A Langa man who raped his 14-year-old niece on several occasions and impregnated her was sentenced to 25 years behind bars after entering a plea agreement with the state.
A fatal shot through the right cheek left Riaan Kohl dead as he sat in his BMW, metres away from the delivery truck he had escorted to a house in New Brighton.
She had a budding career and a competitive nature, but Gqeberha physiotherapist Marolien Schmidt’s bright future was ruthlessly taken from her and it was all for a cellphone.
A Kariega man in custody for the murder of his girlfriend, surprised court officials and those in the public gallery when he told the judge that he might not make it to his next court appearance as he planned to take his own life.
Almost two weeks after the daughter of an elderly Jeffreys Bay man found him beaten to within an inch of his life, his alleged assailants have abandoned their bids for bail.