Riaan Marais News reporter

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

Riaan Marais News reporter
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 while the victim of an alleged ...

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Two killed, two wounded in KwaDwesi shooting

Nelson Mandela Bay police are investigating the murders of two men who were shot in KwaDwesi in the early hours of Sunday.

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‘Deadly curses’ and big cash donations come to light at Omotoso trial

A former member of the Jesus Dominion International Church told the Gqeberha high court he had feared for his life after church leader pastor Timothy ...

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Respected Motherwell businessman killed in hail of bullets

A popular entrepreneur from Motherwell in Nelson Mandela Bay died in Livingstone Hospital on Monday night after he was shot a few blocks from his ...

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Dad in disbelief after girlfriend charged for his daughter's murder

A dismayed and heartbroken Bethelsdorp father is struggling to understand why his girlfriend of four years allegedly strangled his nine-year-old ...

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Gqeberha 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 stomach while trying to fend off ...

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Soccer coach Milutin Sredojevic guilty of sexual assault

Former Zambian national soccer coach Milutin Sredojevic was handed a suspended jail term after being convicted on two counts of sexual assault in the ...

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Man dies after being shot in head, chasing down 'petrol station robbers'

A man tragically died on Wednesday due to a wound he sustained while chasing after a group of robbers in Gqeberha.

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Police release name of woman killed in crash with mayor Nqaba Bhanga

One of the occupants of the Audi that collided with Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Nqaba Bhanga’s Mercedes-Benz on Saturday night has been identified.