Fifa bans three from SA
Former SA Football Association CEO Leslie Sedibe (SAFA CEO) was on 14 March among those banned by FIFA from all football-related activities .Picture: DUIF DU TOIT Former Safa officials maintain...
View ArticleClinic nurses ‘in mourning’ over work conditions
MAKING A STATEMENT: Sister Winky Mngqibisa, dressed in black, checks Pumza Nkayi’s blood pressure. Picture: YOLISWA SOBUWA DRESSED in black clothing instead of their uniforms, nurses at the New...
View ArticleNMMU students get 24-hour IT laboratory
IN EFFORTS to provide students with the best technological opportunities, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) is opening a new 24-hour-a-day computer laboratory on its Bird Street Campus...
View Article‘Isibaya’ reaches for stars
Jessica Nkosi, who plays the rural Qondi on Isibaya, launched her acting career through the show after the auditions. Picture: Gallo Images Every day a star is born and each year popular local...
View ArticleWorldwide taxi system proves a hit in Bay
THREE months after its official launch in Port Elizabeth, international transport network Uber is operating successfully and has been transferring clients as far as Grahamstown and Plettenberg Bay,...
View ArticleReservist receives top award
PROUD VOLUNTEER: Police reser vist Captain Garth Rademeyer displays the award he received for his commitment to fighting crime. Picture : EUGENE COETZEE Rademeyer has devoted 41 years of his life to...
View ArticleSeven guilty of horror deaths
Hankey woman, niece, 6, also raped THE six men and a woman who were part of the brutal gang rape and murder of a six-year-old girl and her aunt during a burglary two years ago were found guilty by the...
View ArticleSCA dismisses Government’s Bashir appeal
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir greets his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma (L) at the Palace in Khartoum. Picture: REUTERS Government’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir was...
View ArticleU’hage SPCA defends slitting throat of distressed donkey
THE Uitenhage SPCA says it followed the proper procedure when a very distressed donkey’s throat was slit in Rosedale at the weekend. Chairwoman Deirdre Swift said an SPCA inspector responded to the...
View ArticlePolice officer dies tragically
EASTERN Cape SAPS are mourning the tragic death of Warrant Officer Mzwanele Tukani, 45, who was shot and injured by unknown assailants in Mandela Park, Mthatha. Tukani had gone to investigate a case in...
View ArticleSA still confronted by the scourge of racism – Mbeki
South Africa is a country of two nations – one is white and wealthy and the other one is black and poor. These are the words of former president Thabo Mbeki‚ who was speaking at a conference hosted by...
View ArticleR650 million in NSFAS bursaries ‘wasted’
More than R650 million of National Student Financial Aid Scheme funds set aside for grants‚ in the form of allocations for loans and bursaries‚ was unutilised for the current year ending in March. This...
View ArticleJailed king Dalindyebo’s home vandalised
Picture: SUPPLIED Jailed Abathembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s Bumbane Great Place in Mthatha has been vandalised. Members of the family found the ceiling board of the home had been broken with...
View ArticleFNB shuts branches as online banking and ATMs grow
One of South Africa’s big four banks has announced job cuts and the closure of some branches as it accelerates the conversion of its customers to digital and pressure to reduce costs in a struggling...
View ArticleGordhan must behave like a law-abiding citizen – Hawks
“This is neither a talk-show nor a soapie‚” the Hawks told Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday. In a highly unusual step‚ South Africa’s top investigations unit publicly advised the Minister...
View ArticleWATCH: Pizza deliveryman speaks to The Herald
Pizza deliveryman tells of ordeal after driver tries to knock him down – and records his attempt A BLACK pizza deliveryman targeted by a white driver using racist slurs says if the man were sitting in...
View ArticleSenior policewomen in court over fraudulent travel claim
Two senior Eastern Cape police officials appeared in court today on charges of fraud and defeating the ends of justice in connection with a fraudulent travel claim. The case against former provincial...
View ArticleZuma calls for unity in alliance
THE fragile tripartite alliance in the Eastern Cape came under the spotlight at the weekend during the provincial alliance summit, where President Jacob Zuma preached unity. Zuma told delegates from...
View ArticleWATCH: Joburg metro police caught on camera punching‚ kicking motorist
Video has emerged on social media showing a member of the public being manhandled by Johannesburg metro police officers. The video of the excessive force being used – over a traffic violation – was...
View ArticleSmart moves taught Visiting chess grandmaster shares skills at schools
CHESS M AT E S : Grandmaster Aleksa Ugrenovic gives some chess tips to young master in training Seth le Roux, 7, at West End Primary School. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE CHESS saved him from a dangerous...
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