Riaan Marais is a crime reporter at The Herald and Weekend Post
Third Gqeberha smallholding hit by ‘polite’ robbers
A gang of robbers burst into a home on the outskirts of Gqeberha, held up a family at gunpoint and tied them up but ...
Alleged child rapist on run after skipping bail
Police in Gqeberha are on the hunt for a Kwazakhele man accused of raping of his own minor daughter in 2020.
Congolese MMA star rises above hardship to secure debut win
It takes months, even years of sacrifice and preparation to build a fighter up to the point where they are ready to ...
Eastern Cape man back home after kidnap hell
For three days a young Gqeberha man was tied up, beaten and forced to phone his hysterical sister to negotiate his own ...
Respected Eastern Cape businessman killed in hail of bullets
A popular Motherwell entrepreneur died in Livingstone Hospital on Monday night after he was shot a few blocks from his ...
Kingswood welcomes new head
Kingswood College ushered in a new era when the prestigious Makhanda school inducted a new college head at the weekend.
EC councillor’s barefoot pursuit results in robbery suspect’s arrest
Never underestimate a woman in heels — that was the lesson a would-be-thief learnt this week when she was chased down ...
‘Shorty’ crowned king of the flyweights
And while the Extreme Fighting And while the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) have already made mention of a ...
Eastern Cape man shot twice while fighting off home invaders
A Rowallan Park, Gqeberha, resident underwent surgery on Tuesday, hours after sustaining two gunshot wounds in the ...
Little girl’s birthday surprise ruined by courier van robbers
When an Algoa Park mother went outside her house to collect the birthday present she had ordered online for her ...