EASTERN CAPE HIGHLIGHTS

The “arch villain” in a multi-million rand perlemoen enterprise Morne Blignaut was sentenced to an effective 20 years behind bars.

Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a 9-year-old child was killed in an accident involving an emergency vehicle in PE.

South Africans have welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment on the private use and cultivation of cannabis with characteristic good humour.

A convict who was 17 years old when he murdered an elderly woman should receive direct imprisonment under the Child Justice Act, a PE Court heard.