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3 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Werner Hills
Evans to spend another weekend in custody after bail bid postponed Premium By Brandon Nel - 06 June 2025 Murder accused Rob Evans will have to wait even longer behind bars, as his bail application drags on after being postponed on Thursday afternoon. Evans made a brief appearance in the Humansdorp Regional Court on Thursday where his case was postponed to Monday...
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3 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Guy Rogers |Werner Hills
Premium The son of Cradock Four member Fort Calata broke down in the Gqeberha high court on Thursday as he described his anguish at not only having to grow up without his father, but also how the families of the murdered men had been discarded by the new ANC-led government. Testifying during the inquest on Thursday, Lukhanyo Calata said as a child growing up in the Cradock township of Lingelihle, other children used to call him and his sister “the son and daughter of a leader”...
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3 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Andisa Bonani |Werner Hills
Nelson Mandela Bay council fails in second bid to pass budget Delays in integrated development plan blamed for latest hold-up By Nomazima Nkosi and Andisa Bonani - 06 June 2025 A second attempt to pass the 2025/2026 budget for the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality was unsuccessful due to delays in the integrated development plan.
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3 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Andisa Bonani |Werner Hills
Row over Nelson Mandela Bay ward allocations in metro budget DA questions fairness and political favouritism in funding for capital projects Premium By Nomazima Nkosi and Andisa Bonani - 05 June 2025 As Nelson Mandela Bay prepares to table its municipal budget on Thursday, tensions are mounting over stark disparities in capital project allocations across wards. The DA has raised fresh concerns about fairness and political favouritism...
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3 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Werner Hills
Premium While the lawyer for murder accused Rob Evans argued that the businessman was not the monster the state had made him out to be, the court heard about the heartbreak of a nine-year-old girl who desperately missed her mother. In the Humansdorp Regional Court on Tuesday, defence attorney Paul Roelofse said the state’s case rested on little more than a photo of slain Bay mother Vanessa van Rensburg’s bloodied face — and an assumption that Evans was the one who had assaulted her...
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3 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Werner Hills
BAIL BID CONTINUES: The bail application of murder accused Rob Evans continues in the Humansdorp Regional Court The lead investigator in the Vanessa van Rensburg murder case did not mince his words when he told the court on Tuesday that it was not in the interest of justice to release her boyfriend on bail. He said murder accused Rob Evans could also face more criminal charges as the investigation unfolded.
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4 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Kathryn Kimberley |Werner Hills
Letter from the palace moves Gqeberha woman to tears Activist Lindsay Ziehl receives note from Queen Camilla after receiving copy of her book Premium By Kathryn Kimberley - 31 May 2025 Ten years after receiving the prestigious Most Excellent Order of the British Empire from the late Queen Elizabeth II and stepping through the gates of Buckingham Palace, Gqeberha activist Lindsay Ziehl has once again caught royal attention.
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4 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Werner Hills
Claims Rob Evans was told he was a suspect refuted in court By Brandon Nel - 30 May 2025 Whether Rob Evans knew he was a murder suspect from the moment his girlfriend’s body was discovered remained a key point of contention during his formal bail hearing on Friday afternoon. Evans is accused of the premeditated murder of Vanessa van Rensburg, whose body was discovered in Oyster Bay on April 20...
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4 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Werner Hills
‘No-one else could have done it’ — lead investigator in Evans’ case By Brandon Nel - 30 May 2025 When Vanessa van Rensburg was allegedly beaten with a whiskey bottle and strangled to death, there was no sign of forced entry and nothing was stolen. The only other person allegedly present, according to the lead investigator, was her boyfriend, Rob Evans...
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4 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Werner Hills
Police followed ‘trail of broken glass’ from Vanessa’s body By Brandon Nel - 30 May 2025 On the sixth day of murder accused Rob Evans’ bail hearing in the Humansdorp regional court, a seasoned detective took the stand, offering a detailed account of the crime scene he encountered when Vanessa van Rensburg’s body was found. The 36-year-old Gqeberha woman was found murdered in her boyfriend’s Oyster Bay holiday home during the early hours of April 20...
