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The culpable homicide case following the death of Currie Street resident Ashlin Moolman in a hit and run incident metres from his home earlier this year was withdrawn by the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court on Friday 4 December.

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A young woman held at gunpoint in a Grahamstown house and raped on Monday night was finally rescued in the early hours of Tuesday when her three companions – who had escaped – raised the alarm. Meanwhile, two other men who were inside the house throughout the night-long ordeal said they'd been too drunk to realise what was going on.

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will on Monday 23 November meet officials from Makana Municipality managing the shelter, care and reintegration of residents displaced in last month’s looting in Grahamstown.

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Rhodes University Vice Chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela speaks to Grocott’s Mail on 10 November 2015. This was the day after the University held its budget meeting – postponed to adjust for the no-fees-increase announced at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday 23 October. And nearly three weeks after two days of looting displaced 500 people and cast a pall of fear and mistrust over Grahamstown.

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