Two vehicles were involved in an accident in front of the Drill Hall on Hill Street shortly before midday on Saturday. According to eyewitnesses, the driver of a white Opel Corsa hatchback carrying several passengers lost control of the vehicle as it came down Hill Street at high speed.
Author: Kayla Roux
The Eastern Cape is unlikely to descend into the violent chaos that has beset rural Western Cape, where farm labourers are striking for better wages.
Four men carrying suspected stolen goods were arrested by police in Webbs Avenue in Grahamstown last week.
A 25-year-old man was arrested shortly after a rape incident last weekend. According to the police, a woman was walking home from a Vukani tavern with her sister when they were followed by two men.
Grahamstown police are still looking for three men in connection with a rape case at a local tavern last weekend.
A short-staffed Grahamstown school is counting itself lucky as a similarly beleaguered school in the province was forced to shed around a dozen teachers this week.
Police are looking for burglars who broke into a family home in Port Alfred and stole items to the value of R7 725 last Thursday afternoon.
Contrary to a report by the SAPS earlier today, the 39-year-old man who allegedly burgled the Grahamstown Spur this morning was not locked in the store after falling asleep there, but entered the shop through the roof in the night.
Police arrested two men along the N2 with 16kg of dagga during a vehicle search operation near the Settlers' Monument on Thursday, 10 January.
The new school year is exciting for most children but fills many a parent with trepidation at the thought of wracking their brains to make enticing and healthy packed lunches.