Call to share beauty of PE on Instagram
SHOWCASING CITY: Photographer Dean Cothill wants Instagrammers to help promote theFriendly City. Picture: RIAAN MARAIS Simply add hashtag to city picture posts A PORT Elizabeth photographer is...
View ArticleMurdered baby’s mom rearrested after months on run
A YOUNG woman who has been on the run for nine months since she escaped custody after being arrested in connection with her baby daughter’s death last year has been rearrested. Lungiswa Tsengiwe, 28,...
View ArticleRelief after father’s murder conviction
THE children of a Motherwell man who stabbed his wife to death in front of them expressed their relief yesterday after he was found guilty of murder. The public gallery in the Port Elizabeth High Court...
View ArticleWATCH: Gigi Lamayne drops #FeesMustFall song for Wits graduation
Hip hop performer Gigi Lamayne is on Wednesday releasing a #FeesMustFall single and video as she graduates from the University of the Witwatersrand with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media and...
View ArticleJustice minister to appeal Janusz Walus parole judgment
Janusz Walus Justice minister Michael Masutha is appealing the decision of the Pretoria High Court that Janusz Walus must be released on parole. The department of justice and correctional services said...
View ArticleSylvester the lion could dodge euthanasia
BAD BOY: Sylvester the lion SANParks management may not follow through with its threat to put down Sylvester the lion. Spokesperson Wanda Mkutshulwa told JacarandaFM’s on Wednesday morning that options...
View ArticleFloating bookshop to visit PE
BOOK SHIP: Logos Hope boasts the largest bookshop THE Logos Hope, a Christian ministry vessel which hosts the world’s largest bookshop, will dock in Port Elizabeth in June. It is stocked with more...
View ArticleMystery over student activist’s disappearance in Mthatha
Vusi Oldman Mahlangu Eastern Cape police said on Wednesday that they will only open a missing persons case for student activist Vusi Oldman Mahlangu after 48 hours. Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela said that...
View Article7de Laan actress disappointed by racist posts
Mbali Mlotshwa (Nandi) and her colleague Werner Coetser (Barnard) 7de Laan actress Mbali Mlotshwa was a victim of a slew of racial slurs from the Afrikaans soapie fans following an episode in which her...
View ArticlePE teen sentenced for attempted murder
A 17-year-old was sentenced earlier this month in the Port Elizabeth regional court for attempted murder, possession of firearm and possession of ammunition. On Wednesday, 14 May 2014, the accused was...
View ArticleSuspected PE gangsters convicted of murder
CEDRIC JOHNSON - Suspected gangsters Cedric Johnson, Rodwell “Boef” Peters and Oscar Alexander have been convicted of murder in the Port Elizabeth High Court today. The men broke into a Seaview home in...
View ArticleHawks’ assign Serious Corruption unit head to DA’s Gupta case
The head of the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation’s Serious Corruption unit has been assigned to investigate the Democratic Alliance’s “Zuptagate” charges. The party’s David Maynier‚ who...
View ArticleWool Week comes to PE
The Campaign for Wool and the South African Wool Industry are hosting this year’s annual Wool Week in Port Elizabeth. The annual event which starts today (30/03/2016) and ends Saturday, April 2, will...
View ArticleDagga, mandrax confiscated in PE home raid
Picture: Supplied R3 000 worth of dagga and mandrax were confiscated during a raid on a house in Chatty, Bethelsdorp, at 10.20am this morning. The raid led to the arrest of a 44-year-old man, who...
View ArticleLight aircraft crashes in Kowie river
Picture: Supplied A 43 Air School pilot escaped unhurt from his plane which crashed into the Kowie river near the Mansfield Game Reserve, about six kilometres from Port Alfred, shortly after 10am...
View ArticleOne of SA’s most wanted bank robbers arrested
One of the country’s most wanted criminal suspects‚ Lucky Vusi Dube‚ who has been evading the police for more than a year after six alleged bank heists in Gauteng and Mpumalanga‚ has been arrested....
View ArticleFULL STATEMENT: Gordhan responds to Hawks
MINISTER OF FINANCE PRAVIN GORDHAN RESPONDS TO THE HAWKS I have responded to the questions sent by the Hawks and I wish to state the following: a. My legal advice is that I am not obliged, under any...
View ArticleDetective probed after prisoner escapes
It took authorities 10 days to realise an awaiting-trial prisoner at St Albans prison had escaped after he was booked out of the facility by a detective, who failed to report that the man was on the...
View ArticleMalema applauded as he gets his degree
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema at a Unisa graduation ceremony to receive his BA degree.Picture: ALON SKUY A rousing applause reverberated across the University of South Africa’s ZK...
View ArticleThree guilty of murder in Seaview robbery
CEDRIC JOHNSON THE Port Elizabeth High Court was packed with northern areas residents yesterday as three suspected gangsters were convicted of murdering one of their own. Cedric Johnson, Rodwell “Boef”...
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