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Port Alfred police have asked any member of the public who may know the whereabouts of 82-year-old Nohlile Potwana of Loverstwist Admin Area in Bell to contact their local police station.

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After convincing magistrate Lindelwa Figlan to listen to new evidence in the bail application of Rhodes University student Thembani "Zion Eyes" Onceya, the state claimed that new evidence placed Onceya in Extension 9 on the day Grahamstown man Thembelani Qwakanisa was allegedly tortured.

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The Council of Makana Municipality was unanimous in its calls to clamp down on the municipality’s highly inflated overtime budget as a result of workers who are hell-bent on neglecting their duties during the day so they can start work after hours to claim for overtime.

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The 76-year-old grandmother of some of the five accused in a murder case could be charged after it emerged that she may have played a part in the incidents leading to the death of Grahamstown man Thembelani Qwakanisa, whose body was recovered from Zion Dam last month.

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The magistrate's court in Grahamstown today heard a horrifying account of two hours of torture that Grahamstown man Thembelani Qwakanisa allegedly suffered on 2 October. The evidence was given during the formal bail application of Rhodes University student Thembani "Zion Eyes" Onceya today, Friday 28 October.

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A man was arrested with abalone worth R20 000 this afternoon Friday 28 October, thanks to an alert Port Alfred police officer.

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Academic staff were surprised to be not only caught in the crossfire, but to be among those in the line of fire, as public order police patrolled the Rhodes University campus on the afternoon of Tuesday 25 October 2016, using rubber bullets and teargas to disperse groups.

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A man died on the scene and a second died later in hospital after a mob refused to allow campus security or the police to intervene in a vigilante attack at the Mthatha campus of Walter Sisulu University on Friday night 21 October.

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What appeared to be an arson attempt at Rhodes University left the back door of a major exam venue damaged and charred and around 30 windows surrounding the library quad and of offices adjoining the exam venue were smashed in stone-throwing inciidents at the Grahamstown campus on Saturday 22 October.

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