Top chef Dr Billy Gallagher dies
John de Canha, general manager of InterContinental Pallazo (back), and Billy Gallagher , food and beverage director of Southern Sun. Pic: Max Berg. 18/01/06. © SUDNAY TIMES. One of South Africa’s...
View ArticleLend a hand to clean up a busy city street
Volunteers are being called on to join a campaign to clean a busy Port Elizabeth street tomorrow. Project Nelson Mandela Bay, a private “good citizen” initiative, is calling on the public to join them...
View ArticleMillions for art shows
Noxolo Nqwazi MILLIONS of rands will be pumped into a series of youth, sports and culture events in Nelson Mandela Bay over the next two months to unearth job opportunities for young people. The metro...
View ArticleFootage shows thieves putting liquor in their underwear
Cape Town police on Friday released still images taken from surveillance footage of thieves who stole five bottles of whiskey and a bottle of vodka from a grocery store. The larceny took place last...
View Article‘Terror link likely in air crash’
AN EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people crashed in the Mediterranean yesterday, with possible wreckage spotted off a Greek island, as investigators probed whether it had been downed...
View ArticleOom Danie – court artist
Ex-cop records Jayde case in cartoons SITTING in the court gallery day in and day out listening eagerly to the bail proceedings of murder accused Christopher Panayiotou is “Oom Danie”, who considers...
View ArticleCyclist hit by bakkie on N2 near Cotswold
A cyclist was killed when he reportedly swerved in front of a bakkie on the N2 near the Cotswold interchange yesterday morning. Police spokesman Warrant Officer Alwin Labans said the incident had taken...
View Article34 hit by suspected chlorine gas leak
At least 34 people were affected after they inhaled an unknown gas‚ suspected to be chlorine‚ in Green Point on Friday. City of Cape Town officials said the parks department building on the corner of...
View ArticlePanayiotou bail application postponed
The bail application of murder accused Christopher Panayiotou was once again postponed in Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s court today. The postponement comes after Magistrate Abigial Beeton was absent from...
View ArticleUber to implement cash payments
From next Thursday‚ some Uber users will be able to pay drivers in cash‚ the e-hailing service announced on Friday. Half of Uber’s new and existing customers will have the option of paying their...
View ArticleFilm on Alison’s ordeal to be shown at US festival
IT was a crime that shocked South Africa – stabbed 37 times, raped, disembowelled and slashed 17 times in the neck. This was the ordeal suffered by Alison Botha, who in 1994 was viciously attacked by...
View ArticlePolice seal off Fort Hare campus ahead of centenary celebrations
20/05/2016 -Students have started protesting outside a res at #FortHare’s Alice campus ahead of the centenary celebrations. Students started protesting at the University of Fort Hare’s Alice campus...
View ArticlePE woman still seeking ‘justice’ for her father
SPECIAL CARE: Colleen Linde looks after her father, Glen Griffiths, who after a fall in hospital has been left wheelchair-bound and requiring full-time care. Photo: MIKE HOLMES AFTER waiting in vain...
View ArticleSurfers seek to honour Fish
Dave Fish Border surfers competing in the South African masters championships have set their sights on winning the team trophy for a record ninth time in a row to honour local legend Dave Fish....
View ArticleMinister ‘smuggles’ friend in state jet
Picture: THINKSTOCK/BDlive A senior cabinet minister smuggled a foreign national with a false passport into South Africa on a state jet‚ the Sunday Times reported. Defence Minister Nosiviwe...
View ArticleEskom records low diesel usage and spend
Eskom has reported lower diesel usage and spend for its open cycle gas turbines (OCGT)‚ which use diesel to generate electricity‚ from October 2015 until April 2016. It attributes the lower diesel...
View ArticleTwo white lions found poisoned in Limpopo
Two white lions have been found dead from poisoning near Lephalale‚ in Limpopo‚ with their heads and paws hacked off‚ police tweeted. According to a report on the South Africa Today website‚ the dead...
View ArticleDA says Mapisa-Nqakula should be prosecuted for flouting law
-NOSIVIWE MAPISA-NQAKULA Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula should be prosecuted for flouting the law after allegedly smuggling a foreign national with a false passport into...
View ArticleWatch: This bush baby really lives in someone’s pocket
Stand by for an “ag‚ shame” moment. Australian vet Laura Ellison‚ who works at the Rhino Orphanage in Limpopo‚ has posted a video on her Instagram account showing a bite-sized bush baby popping out of...
View ArticleZuma lashes out at destruction of infrastructure during protests
President Jacob Zuma. Picture: SIPHIWE SIBEKO President Jacob Zuma on Sunday lashed out at the destruction of infrastructure during protests‚ saying there could never be any justification for violence...
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