Candice Bezuidenhout

In August alone, at least 42 people were murdered in gang-related incidents in Nelson Mandela Bay.

An Eastern Cape man, Andile Nyoka, who is accused of killing Sergeant Mario Nel in a Gqeberha court last year, told a paramedic he was sorry for killing the police officer after he, too, was shot and injured during a shootout.

A young doctor told the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha that a man who was wounded in a shootout with police after he allegedly shot an officer dead in a court building last year, assaulted her while she was treating him.

A hit list, a black Audi A4 and a terrified witness were the key elements in uncovering the mystery behind a horrific string of murders - committed allegedly for insurance money - across the Eastern Cape.

"Please don't hurt me. God loves you, and He will give you a second chance."

Children can barely play in their bedrooms as gunshots go off in the streets of Helenvale in Gqeberha.

Mariska Ferreira and the child's father, Vargo Jacobs, watched in horror as 17-month-old Mattao Ferreira took his last breath after a live wire