VIDEO: Doggone good patient care!
PE hospital is first in SA to use dogs to help ease pain, emotional stress IN a South African first, Life St George’s Hospital is using dogs to help seriously ill patients to heal. Dog therapy aims to...
View ArticlePistorius could wait months
THE parole review board has up to four months to conclude its decision on when Oscar Pistorius can be released from prison‚ a spokesman for the Department of Justice said yesterday. Pistorius‚ 28‚ was...
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Woman dies after being hit by motorbike
FAMILY SORROW: Family friend Sylvia Langabi comforts Zoleka Jonas whose cousin, Nokuzola Klaas, was hit and killed by a motorcycle on Uitenhage Road yesterday. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE A HORRIFIC...
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Rain to clear in time for the weekend
The 3rd Avenue dip in Newton Park was closed this morning. Grey skies over Nelson Mandela Bay will clear by midday today, just in time for the weekend, says the SA Weather Service. According to...
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Local musician asks public to help find stolen guitar
Local Port Elizabeth musician Hugo ‘Pat’ Kleinhans took to Facebook today after his much-loved guitar was stolen. Local Port Elizabeth musician Hugo ‘Pat’ Kleinhans took to Facebook today after his...
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Two men arrested for possession of dagga
Picture: Supplied Two Tanzanian nationals were arrested today (21/08/2015) at about 11:00 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, for possession of dagga. It is alleged that the two men, both 35-years-old,...
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Data cost spiral raises hackles
HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW: Cell phone users are doubting the evidence of their eyes as their data runs out in a flash Customers fuming but cell giant MTN says customers were notified in May FUMING MTN...
View ArticleBhisho’s sex-for-jobs scandal finally gets some traction
A TEAM tasked with investigating the Bhisho legislature sex-for-jobs scandal has received several leads. This includes at least three managers who allegedly had sexual relationships with subordinates....
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Baggage, insults fly as guest is ‘turfed out in her slippers’
VERY UPSET: Jeff and Alta Craill were thrown out of a B&B in Summerstrand. PICTURE: BRIAN WITBOOI THE feathers, baggage and insults were flying at a Port Elizabeth guest house this week where a...
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Mom’s tribute of love to Reeva
MOMMY’S GIRL: June Steenkamp at her home in Port Elizabeth, with a portrait by artist Etmaal van Jaarsveld of her daughter Reea. PICTURE: JAMES OATWAY New foundation will assist victims of domestic...
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Couple plan to power ahead with challenge to win new reality show
TEST THE LIMITS: Juanita de Andrade and Juran Banfield are ready for M-NET’s ‘Power Couple’ challenge. PICTURE: BRIAN WITBOOI A COUPLE’S love and affection for each other were the key to their being...
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Seal dies after 200km drive for assistance
Picture: NSRI Twitter page An apparently injured Cape fur seal died despite efforts by vets from Durban’s uShaka Marine World to save it‚ the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Monday. The...
View ArticleKrejcir convicted over botched Australia drug deal
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir has been convicted of kidnapping and attempted murder in a case that is linked to a botched drug deal. The victim‚ Bhekithemba Lukele‚ is the brother of a man who...
View ArticleCop arrested for dealing in drugs
AN Aliwal North police detective is due to appear in court today (24/08/2015) after being arrested on Friday while allegedly transporting drugs from the Eastern Cape to Johannesburg. The 37-year-old...
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Hobie Beach safe – for now
For the time being, no fish farm will threaten Port Elizabeth’s Hobie Beach. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI Business welcomes decision to put controversial fish farm plan on hold HOBIE Beach will remain...
View ArticlePersonal use of metro vehicles probed
Calls for forensic audit as irregular practices cost Bay thousands per month THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has launched an investigation into some of its workers who use its vehicles for their...
View ArticleShock report shows how system fails rape victims
A RAPIST must be extremely unlucky to get convicted in South Africa. Of the 62 649 sexual offences cases reported to the police in 2013-14, only 5 484 resulted in convictions. The remaining 57 165...
View ArticleSA mapped out as having big thirst for sweet drinks
THE first map of the world’s nonalcoholic drinking habits places South Africans as above-average consumers of sugar-laden cold drinks. The map appeared in the journal Plos One and documents sugary...
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Alisa puts service above self
REACHING OUT: Junior Citizen of the Year finalist Alisa Louw feeds resident Carl Fitchett at the Summerstrand Cheshire Home. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI Childhood visit to Cheshire Home put her on a path...
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Nyati feels he has what it takes
Nicholas Nyati Daso SRC candidate confident he represents struggles of students HE calls himself a typical Eastern Cape child: raised by a single parent, studying with a student loan, and from a small...
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