‘Voting for the ANC makes you feel peaceful inside‚’ says Zuma
President Jacob Zuma at a walkabout in Uitenhage. Picture: AVUYILE DIKO President Jacob Zuma told African National Congress (ANC) supporters in Uitenhage that the party was not intimidated by...
View ArticleThird East London ANC branch calls for Zuma’s ‘release’
An East London African National Congress (ANC) branch has broken ranks with its provincial leaders and called on President Jacob Zuma to quit. The provincial executive committee had earlier accepted...
View ArticleHA! Beyoncé was born in South Africa
Local comedian Thenjiwe Moseley recently shared a hilarious video‚ where she claims Beyoncé is her biological daughter and urges her to come back home to KwaMashu in Durban. The video‚ which has been...
View ArticleParents, teachers and pupils march against education crisis
About 200 people, including parents, teachers, principals and pupils took part in a march to raise awareness to the ongoing education crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay’s northern areas today. The march was...
View ArticleWATCH: Thousands march in biggest protest against Mugabe in nearly a decade
Zimbabwean demonstrators held the largest protest against President Robert Mugabe in nearly a decade on Thursday, marching through central Harare under the watchful eye of riot police, AFP reporters...
View ArticleNew car reward for completing her studies
GRAD’S DELIGHT: Asipesona Mxakato, 21, in the car her father, George, gave her SHE was taught by her father about the importance of education, so when she was in Grade 8, he promised to buy her a car...
View Article‘Crous’s firm owes R2.4m for work done’
BUSINESSMAN Theunis Crous’s liquidated construction company still owes a contractor R2.4-million for work done five years ago. This was said in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court yesterday....
View Article‘Yellow-bone’ Zuma charms
ALL SMILES: President Jacob Zuma greets wheelchair-bound Sarel Vos during his walkabout at the Uitenhage taxi rank yesterday.Picture: MIKE HOLMES AS President Jacob Zuma went on a charm offensive in...
View ArticleAnti-terrorism vans for cops
R25m tender to customise 10 hi-tech police vehicles THE South African Police Service is getting hi-tech counter-terrorism response vans fitted with the latest chemical, biological, radiological and...
View ArticleRamaphosa slams quack remedies
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi visited the Aspen Pharmaceutical flagship facility in Port Elizabeth. Picture EUGENE COETZEE MAKING light of false healthcare...
View ArticleShocking levels of foetal alcohol syndrome in Bay
TRAGIC LEGACY: Nelson Mandela Bay has high rates of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome. Picture: JUDY DE VEGA Northern areas thought to have highest rate in the world EMERGENCY advocacy and awareness programmes...
View ArticleEscorts for ambulances
Drastic move follows Kwazakhele attacks on medical personnel STATE ambulances will only go into Kwazakhele with a police escort following two attacks on emergency personnel in the last four days. And...
View ArticleUitenhage car hijacking turns into chaos
SUDDEN STOP: The car that was hijacked yesterday A HIJACKING in Uitenhage turned into chaos yesterday, with scenes reminiscent of the Wild West. Two men held a couple at gunpoint as they unlocked...
View ArticleVIDEO: PE residents insult ANCWL president, she starts crying
ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini told delegates at the opening of a drug treatment facility on Friday that if it wasn’t for the fact that ANC would discipline her for beating someone,...
View Article‘Kidnapped’ #OutsourcingMustFall activist back in court on Friday
VUSI MAHLANGU The bail application of #OutsourcingMustFall activist Vusi Mahlangu continues on Friday‚ a day after his name was raised in a political spat between the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and...
View ArticleZuma sits out ANC’s ‘final day of mobilisation’ ahead of manifesto launch
The African National Congress’s (ANC) “mobilisation machinery” will continue “in fully swing” without President Jacob Zuma on Friday. After a day mounting a charm offensive which saw the leader have...
View ArticleRace is tearing SA apart‚ says Chief Justice
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng . Picture: GALLO IMAGES CHIEF Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has challenged South Africans to confront the issue of race relations saying it was “tearing us” apart. Delivering...
View Article‘Roughly 10 000′ turn out for DA #MarchForChange
Thousands of DA supporters gathered for the march. Image by: @Our_DA via Twitter “We’re about to hit the streets of Jozi! #MarchForChange‚” the Democratic Alliance @Our_DA tweeted as its mass march to...
View ArticleWe want our billboard back or else… DA tells Jordaan
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will see Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Danny Jordaan in court after he failed to respond to a 5pm deadline on Friday for its demand to invoke his instruction to...
View ArticleANC start filling up stadium for #ANCManifesto
Picture: Mike Holmes African National Congress (ANC) supporters slowly trickled into Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth ahead of their party’s local government manifesto launch on Saturday....
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