Six guilty of killing couple
ANIGHT of brutal assaults and ultimately the murder of an elderly Port Elizabeth couple was summed up in a five-hour judgment yesterday, with the Port Elizabeth High Court finding all six accused...
View ArticleMunicipal strike grows
More workers down tools as talks continue TECHNICIANS, plumbers and other service workers downed tools yesterday as they joined their electricity department colleagues, demanding that the Nelson...
View ArticleChildren pelt police vehicles with stones
CHILDREN pelted police vehicles with stones as violence erupted for the second day in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas today (28/07/15). The children, mainly aged between 10 to 15, also used burning...
View ArticleZelda contemplates trying out the ‘Home of the Brave’
Former president Nelson Mandela’s personal assistant Zelda la Grange is eyeing a trip to America‚ which could be for a lengthy stay as she is inquiring about how to relocate her beloved pet pooches. La...
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Nurse wins R100‚000 with her cup of tea
Winner Priscilla Divala. Photo supplied The last thing Priscilla Divala was expecting in her box of Rooibos was a golden tea bag. “I couldn’t believe it. I thought it was a joke!” the 43-year-old nurse...
View ArticleMom claims granny kidnapped toddler
A CAPE Town mother has opened a case of kidnapping against her boyfriend’s mother who refuses to return their 18-month-old son. Their names cannot be published to protect the child’s identity. The...
View ArticleLife sentence for teacher who raped boy
The HIV-positive Soweto primary school teacher who raped a boy at the school has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Magistrate Audrey Mpofu found in the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto on Tuesday...
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Pupils’ bright-eyed idea pays dividends
TEAM WORK: Pupils Pamela Malanga, Kamvalethu Rengqe and Uyanda Makwayi in front of empty library shelves which will be stocked soon. Picture: TREMAINE VAN AARDT EARLY birds famously catch the worm –...
View ArticleMan thrown off moving train wants Prasa to pay up
A man who was thrown from a moving train wants the Constitutional Court to overturn a judgment which he claims would make it impossible for people to hold the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa)...
View ArticleID and passport fraud likely to increase
The growing number of fraudulent identity documents and passports is likely to increase due to government inefficiency. This has affected the partnership between the Department of Home Affairs, SAPS...
View ArticleUS keeps SA on trafficking watch list
FAILURE to implement anti-trafficking regulations or prosecute international sex trafficking syndicates in South Africa are among the reasons the country will remain on the US State Department’s Tier 2...
View ArticleVideo: Why Panayiotou must stay in jail
Judge endorses original reasons given by magistrate AMID high emotion among slain Jayde Panayiotou’s family, Judge Glenn Goosen spelt out exactly why her husband and murder accused Christopher should...
View ArticleEskom wants land rights
ESKOM has asked parliament to give it the right to expropriate land which it wants to use for the construction of power lines. However, sceptical MPs say the request is unlikely to be granted. In a...
View ArticleSAPS Warrant Officer fatally wounded on N2
A police official attached to the Hawks elite Commercial Crime Unit division was stabbed to death this morning (29/07/2015) during a suspected ambush robbery on the N2 highway in Cape Town. Warrant...
View ArticleLoad-shedding threat by strikers
PAY us our money now because if we don’t have money to enable us to eat, there could be permanent load-shedding, Nelson Mandela Bay municipal workers demanding their scarce skills allowance threatened...
View ArticleLack of skills and capacity hinder water delivery in SA
Lack of skills and capacity among municipalities in South Africa is at the heart of poor water service delivery – 28% of the country’s towns have inadequate water supply – the chief engineer in the...
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Did this cop fire at crowd?
TAKING AIM: A police constable, believed to be from the Port Elizabeth Tactical Response Team, points a firearm at protesters in Stanford Road, Helenvale, on Monday morning. Details remain sketchy as...
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Beacon Bay hotel floor collapses in the rain
INSPECTING THE DAMAGE: Above, workers on site at the Beacon Bay Crossing where a section of a building has collapsed. Picture: MARK ANDREWS A small portion of cement flooring has collapsed at the site...
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DJ’s girlfriend may have survived with immediate medical attention
Donald Sebolai at the Jabulani Police Station on July 8, 2014 in Soweto, South Africa – PICTURE: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng If the slain girlfriend of former Jozi FM DJ Donald “DJ Donald...
View ArticleNo vote, but Rhodes SRC backs name change
RHODES University’s student representative council (SRC) has thrown its support behind calls to rename the institution despite not holding a campus referendum to gauge student feelings on the...
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