Severe weather warnings for Eastern Cape this weekend
Severe weather warnings have been issued for the Eastern Cape this weekend, the Port Elizabeth Weather Office said today. According to Quinton Jacobs from the PE Weather Office, a strong frontal...
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Cape teen murder suspect ‘sold her phone to buy drugs’
Franziska BlöchligerImage by: YouMagazine via Twitter A prison warder’s son who is implicated in the brutal rape and murder of teenager Franziska Blöchliger in Cape Town says he wanted to sell her...
View ArticleCourt to rule on decision to drop charges against Zuma
The high court in Pretoria will deliver a judgment on Friday on whether or not the decision to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma in 2009‚ was lawful. The judgment comes just less...
View Article‘Gang boss’ fights to get assets back
Valuables seized pending R2.1m tax fraud case IN a fight to have suspected gang boss Shaun Ah Shene’s assets returned to him pending his criminal case for tax fraud, his lawyers argued that the...
View ArticleZulu ‘Hello’ a big hit on the internet
CALL centre agent Esperanca de Tavares spends her days saying hello to hundreds of people – and now she is singing it. Her isiZulu version of songstress Adele’s No 1 hit Hello is making waves online,...
View ArticleSnow and rain forecast for Eastern Cape as winter starts to howl in
TEMPERATURES are set to plummet and snow is forecast for mountains in high-lying parts of the Eastern Cape as the first significant cold snap of the season is expected to arrive this weekend....
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Chaos erupts as strikers run riot
PROTEST MAYHEM: Samwu members trashed areas of East London after marching from the Orient Theatre to the city hall yesterday. Pictured is part of Currie Street in the Quigney. Picture: ALAN EASON...
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Protest halts refuse service
FED UP: Protesting refuse workers block the road in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall yesterday. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN No collection today as workers down tools over pay, bonuses THE Nelson...
View ArticleShock figures released on killings of newborn babies
NEARLY 20 out of 100 000 newborns are killed in South Africa, according to a new study. This, the authors say, is an underestimate of the true picture of infanticide in the country. The study, the...
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Prince had Aids, friends say
SAD LOSS: Talented musician and star performer Prince first found fame in the late 1970s. Picture: PAUL NATKIN MUSIC star Prince reportedly had been diagnosed with full-blown Aids six months before he...
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Police still hunting taxi boss’s killer
Ex-PE Taxi boss Sandi Mbona was shot and killed inside his New Brighton home in what appears to have been a hit. Picture: Supplied WHILE friends and family prepare for the funeral of former Port...
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Gym trainer held in big dagga bust
BOTTLED WEED: Police of ficers Deon Fourie, left, and Gerhard van der Merwe we carry out bottles containing dagga found at a house in Lorraine during a raid yesterday. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI Police...
View ArticleNMMU SRC to donate over R150‚000 to help needy students
Port Elizabeth students will on Friday donate funds they raised to help their compatriots struggling to pay their way through university. The Student Representative Council at the Nelson Mandela...
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Constant learning gives you the edge in business – NMMU graduate
Port Elizabeth graphic designer Udesh Chetty is a visual effects supervisor at The Mill in Chicago – one of the world’s biggest post-production houses. Picture: NMMU/ Supplied A holiday visit to a...
View ArticleNMMU SRC to donate over R150‚000 to help needy students
Port Elizabeth students will on Friday donate funds they raised to help their compatriots struggling to pay their way through university. The Student Representative Council at the Nelson Mandela...
View ArticleWinnie Madikizela-Mandela discharged from hospital‚ recovering at home
Politician Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is recovering at home after undergoing back surgery. Madikizela-Mandela‚ Madiba’s ex-wife‚ was rushed to a Johannesburg hospital earlier this month after falling...
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Gupta bodyguards: we saw boxes of money – report
Ajay Gupta.Picture: Martin Rhodes Bodyguards who worked for the Gupta family claim that the family patriarch visited “Number One” up to three times a week. Speaking anonymously‚ three former guards...
View ArticleDecision to drop Zuma corruption charges ‘irrational’, court rules
The full bench of the High Court in Pretoria has set aside a decision to discontinue the prosecution of President Jacob Zuma taken in April 2009. The court held that the decision of 1 April 2009‚ taken...
View ArticleOriginal corruption charges brought against Zuma – full document
The decision of 1 April 2009‚ taken by Acting National Director of Public Prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe to drop 783 charges‚ related to the arms deal‚ against President Jacob Zuma was irrational and...
View ArticleRand hits five-month high against dollar after ruling against Zuma
The rand extended its gains against dollar on Friday to hit a five-month high after a court ruled that a 2009 decision to drop 783 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational and...
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