Riaan Marais News reporter

Riaan Marais is a crime reporter at The Herald and Weekend Post

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Hijacking victim stuck in boot during high-speed chase, shoot-out with cops

A high-speed chase through New Brighton in the Eastern Cape ended in a car crash and a shootout with the police, all ...

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‘Unremorseful liar’ convicted of court orderly’s murder

A guilty verdict wiped the smile off Andile Nyoka’s face on Thursday when he was convicted of the murder of court ...

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Eastern Cape shows off its wild side at Wildsfees

The Eastern Cape put its wild side on display at the weekend as one of the province’s premier festivals took over the ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

Sport

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Kingswood welcomes new head

Kingswood College ushered in a new era when the prestigious Makhanda school inducted a new college head at the weekend.