Police are facing an accommodation crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay, with temporary lodgings needed for scores of new members set to be deployed to the metro to bolster its crime-fighting capabilities.
Lusikisiki, which has earned itself the unwelcome tag of being one of the national hotspots for rapes, gender-based violence and femicide in recent years, has a new police station commander.
Community leaders and gender-based violence activists have called for speedy arrests after a horrifying attack in Tsolo on New Year’s Day in which three teenagers were raped and one of them killed.Eastern Cape police, who have launched a manhunt for two suspects, said the two survivors had managed to escape and seek help after being tied up and thrown into a stream.