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QUICK ACTION: The Algoa Park community apprehended a man who allegedly had attempted to rape a 36-year-old woman on Wednesday morning.Image: SUHAIB SALEM
BEATING HIS GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH IN DESPATCH

Despatch man arrested after girlfriend beaten to death

A 49-year-old man who is suspected of beating his girlfriend to death in Despatch in the Eastern Cape is due to appear in court on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Capt Gerda Swart said on Sunday the incident had apparently occurred after the…

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From left to right: Mendo Vece, Siyabulela Booysen and Sakhumzi Mbaduli developed a food garden during the Covid-19 lockdown.Image: GROUND UP/ Thamsanqa Mbovane
COVID 19 LOCKDOWN

Unemployed Eastern Cape men make food gardening ‘fashionable’ again

In March three unemployed men from KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, decided to start growing their own food. As it turned out, a week later the Covid-19 national lockdown started. Siyabulela Booysen, Sakhumzi Mbaduli and Mendo Vece had no…

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