A NSRI rescue boat. Photo: Paula Leech
An inquest into the death of a 15-year-old Eastern Cape pupil who drowned during a school camping trip is underway.
The teenager went missing on Thursday while swimming with other pupils at a beach at the Palm Springs Resort.
She was from Zwelitsha, outside King William s Town.
Eastern Cape police have opened an inquest into the death of a 15-year-old who drowned during a school camping trip at Palm Ridge Holiday Resort near East London. An investigation is undertaken whenever someone has died. An inquest has been opened as per the law, the investigation into the incident continues, said police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni.
Four classrooms and a resource centre at a school went up in smoke on Sunday.
Two people have been arrested for arson and burglary.
The Eastern Cape education department said the damage amounted to R113 477.
Two individuals, one of which is a pupil, have been arrested by the Eastern Cape police for breaking into Wilson Mayekiso Junior Secondary School in Tsomo.
They stole food which was meant to feed learners, after which the school building was set alight.
The fire destroyed four classrooms and a resource centre.
The Eastern Cape education department said the damage caused by the fire amounted to R113 477.
Cops warn on killer ‘scrap’
“I have never heard anything so loud in my life – hours later it was still ringing in my ears. I was so frightened, I couldn’t sleep last night and my child is still too scared to go outside.”
eNkanini is still talking about the explosion that rocked the informal settlement on the north-east margin of Makhanda on Monday 8 March. It blew a bag of scrap metal to pieces, threw the bag’s owner five metres across the veld and left him with one broken leg and both legs full of shrapnel.
It was not a “bomb”, although it was so loud that neighbours believed it was.
News24 Wire The baby was found by residents on 8 January in Efata Extension, Chris Hani Park, Mthatha, said police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni. Picture: iStock
The baby was found by residents on 8 January, said police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni.
“Mthatha police are requesting the assistance of the public in locating the relatives, parents or mother of a baby boy estimated to be about two to four months old, who was found by community members abandoned in an open space.
“The baby was found at Efata Extension, Chris Hani Park, Mthatha on 8 January 2021 early morning at about 08:30,” says Tonjeni.
The infant is currently at a place of safety, while police trace his parents or relatives.
Eastern Cape cops attacked after confiscating over 300 litres of illegal brew
17 January 2021 1:30 PM
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Police officials in the small Eastern Cape town of Joubertina came under attack after seizing hundreds of litres of illegal brew.
The SAPS officers responded to a tip-off on Friday night about a house that was selling illegal liquor concoctions.
Around 7pm, police officials arrested two suspects aged 30 and 44 for selling illegal liquor concoctions and also confiscated over 300 litres of the illicit brew.
After arranging back-up, police later arrested nine suspects for public violence. More arrested are expected to follow.
After executing the arrests, it s alleged that a group of over 100 people attacked the police with stones inflicting costly damages to their police vehicle.