ANC: Arms Deal report ‘brings to finality allegations of wrongdoing’
The African National Congress said President Jacob Zuma’s release of the Arms Deal report will “bring to finality the allegations and claims of wrongdoing”. The “ANC reaffirms its confidence in the...
View Article#FeesMustFall left varsities in a spin‚ workshop told
Spin doctors of higher education institutions were not prepared for the #FeesMustFall campaign that gripped the nation last year. This was revealed on Thursday at a Cape Town workshop called Crisis in...
View ArticleWATCH: Rhodes students demand immunity over rape protests
No student protesting against rape culture shall face disciplinary action‚ Rhodes University’s Student Representative Council (SRC) demands in a video released on Thursday. This comes at the height of...
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Cocaine, tik hidden in bakkie
Drugs were found in the body of panels and other compartments of a bakkie in the Karoo yesterday. Picture: SUPPLIED DRUGS worth R2.6-million were found stashed in the body panels and other hidden...
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Music superstar Prince found dead at his home
SAD LOSS: Talented musician and star performer Prince first found fame in the late 1970s. Picture: PAUL NATKIN MUSIC superstar Prince, whose hits included Purple Rain and Kiss, was found unresponsive...
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MBDA board packed with heavyweights
Council agrees on new members to lead way SEASONED heavyweights in business, tourism and education are among the crop of Port Elizabeth men and women appointed to take charge of the city’s prized...
View ArticleAnger after ‘joke’ arms deal commission findings let Zuma off hook
THE Seriti Commission of Inquiry into the arms deal was a farce and taxpayers’ money was wasted to shield President Jacob Zuma from corruption allegations. These are the views of critics of the deal,...
View ArticleDebate as metro looks at huge loan
WHILE concerns have been raised about the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s intention to raise a loan of R3.1-billion for infrastructure projects, it says it is confident the projects will generate...
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Nhleko declares his innocence
HOT WORK: Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko wipes his brow while submitting his report on President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla homestead. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER – 28 May 2015 I HAVE never been found...
View ArticleRhodes task teams set up
University plans to deal with rape claims A NUMBER of task teams have been set up at Rhodes University to look at the institution’s policies and processes when it comes to dealing with cases of sexual...
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Students begged for air in back of police van
Screengrab of footage taken at Rhodes. ONE of the five students arrested during protest action at Rhodes University had a panic attack in the back of a police van, while an attorney said she pleaded...
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College campuses in uproar
MONEY PROBLEMS: College students in Uitenhage, from left, back, Busisiwe Nojoko, Anelisa Komazi, Teresa Swart and Asemahle Mfengu, and, front, Fikelwa Maku, Nandipha Zinto, Fundiswa Ketshengani and...
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Walmer hijack terror
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE: Nolawa Speelman, 54, with her husband Lourens Speelman, 55, describes how they were hijacked in Walmer on their way home from visiting family early yesterday after her sister...
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Knysna gets an elephant… at the waterfront
“Genesis” was carved by Theodorus du Plessis (left) out of the root-stump of a cypress tree, the art work was commissioned by Jock McConnachie (right). Picture: Supplied A sculpture that has stood in...
View ArticleWATCH: Alison’s vicious rape and kidnapping detailed in new film
It was a story that gripped the nation and now‚ more than 20 years later‚ Alison Botha is going to document being kidnapped‚ raped and stabbed more than 36 times in a new documentary film. Narrated by...
View ArticleMinisters to ‘engage’ banks over Gupta company
In an unprecedented move, the cabinet has assigned three ministers to “interact” with the big four banks about why they closed the accounts of Gupta company Oakbay Investments. At a post-cabinet...
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EFF: ‘Ministers rerouted to deal with private affairs of the Zupta phenomenon’
EFF spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Picture: GALLO IMAGES The decision to intervene between banks and Oakbay Investments shows that “key cabinet ministers” have been “rerouted to deal with private...
View ArticleDaso will ‘provisionally accept’ Fort Hare results while irregularities...
Despite a “number of irregularities…observed during the course of the election”‚ the Democratic Alliance Students Organisation (Daso) on Friday said it is “honoured that so many students at the...
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Liberal stalwart Dene Smuts dies
DA stalwart, Dene Smuts, passed away last night. Picture: Stu Pen Diss Via Twitter Liberal stalwart Dene Smuts died suddenly in Cape Town on Thursday afternoon. She was in her 60s. A friend of the...
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Prince treated for a ‘drug overdose’ days before his death
SAD LOSS: Talented musician and star performer Prince first found fame in the late 1970s. Picture: PAUL NATKIN Multiple sources have told TMZ...
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