WATCH: New intervention takes on gang violence in Cape Town
In Cape Town, one of the richest cities in all of Africa, gang-related killings and drug use are rampant. A new intervention program called Ceasefire is finding remarkable success by getting in the...
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Celebs show support for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela after health scare
WINNIE MADIKIZELA- MANDELA Local celebrities including Oskido‚ Nomzamo Mbatha and Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa have added their voice to the chorus of well wishes for political stalwart Winnie...
View ArticleComair strikers to take salary grievance to CCMA
Striking Comair employees will on Tuesday approach the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) following failed negotiations with the company over salary increases. Members of...
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Electronic tracking devices letting Oscar Pistorius down
Oscar Pistorius speaks on his phone after he appeared for a postponement of his sentencing hearing at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, April 18, 2016.Picture: Marco Longari The electronic...
View ArticleDA: Nene’s Allan Gray appointment shows Brics Bank job was a blatant lie
After his being “treated shockingly by President Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC)”‚ the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday wished former Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene well in his new...
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Zuma must step down…or take a sabbatical‚ concerned citizens tell ANC
STRAIGHT TALKING : President Jacob Zuma at the ANC manifesto launch. Picture: MIKE HOLMES The calls for President Jacob Zuma to resign from office continued on Monday. A group of protesters‚ nine to be...
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Petrol saving tips
18/04/16. A petrol price hike of between 17 and 18 cents a litre is likely next month. File picture. WITH everyday living expenses skyrocketing and with the added burden of increasing fuel costs...
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Plett crime fighters catch home invader
18/04/2016. Suspect invades Plettenberg Bay home. Picture: Screen grab from CCTV footage. Click here to watch the video The quick thinking of a Plettenberg Bay residents and action by local crime...
View ArticleOscar’s bail rules eased
OSCAR Pistorius’s bail conditions were relaxed slightly when he appeared in the Pretoria High Court yesterday. Pistorius, 29, shot dead former Port Elizabeth model Reeva Steenkamp two years ago. He...
View ArticleRape claims rock varsity
RHODES University erupted into chaos when hundreds of students started searching residences for alleged rapists and threatened an academic shutdown when the names of 11 male students accused of rape...
View ArticleMEC blamed for low attendance figures
A TAXI association in Nelson Mandela Bay has blamed Transport MEC Weziwe Tikana for the logistical bungling which resulted in scores of ANC supporters unable to attend the party’s manifesto launch on...
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Crossing sides in Jayde case
Marius Stander is preparing to go head to head with his former boss, Advocate Hannelie Bakker, when the case against Christopher Panayiotou goes to trial later this year. THEY were previously on the...
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Snakes make animal lover feel a lot safer
STRANGE BEDFELLOW: Jeru von Claassen with one of the snakes she is living with. Picture: RIAAN MARAIS ANIMALS in Wonderland owner Jeru von Claassen has described her first week of living with an...
View ArticleRobbery suspect beaten to death in mob justice attack
AN ARMED robbery suspect was killed and his alleged accomplice is fighting for his life after they were severely assaulted during a mob justice incident outside George at the weekend. The two were...
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Kuilsrivier cops seek help tracing 5-year-old
5-year-old Okuhle Linganiso Kuilsrivier police on Tuesday released a photograph of 5-year-old Okuhle Linganiso‚ who disappeared from his Kalkfontein home on Sunday. “We have reason to believe that...
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Dozens arrested in citywide drunk driving crackdown
SA police members and national, provincial and metro traffic police stop motorists during a blitz on drunk-driving and dodgy vehicles. Picture: SUPPLIED DOZENS of motorists were arrested for...
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Rhodes VC apologises for pushing student
A screen grab from the video that was posted to social media today. Video by: Zandile Zondani Rhodes University VC Dr Sizwe Mabizela has apologized to the student he was filmed pushing earlier this...
View ArticleGALLERY: On board the Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria today graced Nelson Mandela Bay with her presence when she docked at Port of Port Elizabeth. She will be officially welcomed to the port by mayor Danny Jordaan and Transnet National...
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I’m being legally strangled, man claims
Jacques Gouws. Picture: The Herald Stress disorder leads to postponement in case of feuding neighbours A NASTY feud between two neighbours has left one of them with post-traumatic stress disorder,...
View ArticleNo bail for parents on culpable homicide rap
A UITENHAGE couple who allegedly neglected their six-weekold baby to the point where she died last month were denied bail in the KwaNobuhle Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The 42-year-old mother and her...
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