The abuse she suffered, allegedly at the hands of her neighbour, left an elderly woman from Soweto-on-Sea so traumatised, she visited four different shops looking for rat poison so she could take her own life.
A year and a half after attacking Mzwandile Damane in his Kwazakhele home, stabbing him with a traditional spear in front of his two-year-old daughter, two brothers have been convicted of attempted murder.
About a month after a much-loved Gqeberha doctor was strapped to the exam table at his Zwide practice and shot at point blank range, the police have finally made a breakthrough, with a 46-year-old woman arrested late on Tuesday afternoon.
Two friends from Motherwell were on their way to look at plastic chairs and a canvas tent for a new venture they were planning, but hours later their joyful outing turned to tragedy when their bullet-riddled bodies were found on the side of the road in Joe Slovo.
Five people are expected to appear in the New Brighton Magistrate's Court on Friday after allegedly beating one man to death and severely injuring another in a suspected mob justice attack at the weekend.