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Housing protest turns violent
FIRE RAVAGED: Angry Vastrap residents set this municipal truck alight in Stanford Road yesterday morning and barricaded all the main roads leading into the area with stones. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE...
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Toilet outcry leads to plans for homes
Aug. 17th 2015. These toilets are in Moe Valley, Despatch. Photo: Mike Holmes © The Herald. AN outcry from residents over the “toilet city” in Despatch’s Khayamnandi township has prompted the...
View ArticleGunmen rob guard on building site
THREE men held a security guard at gunpoint and stole equipment from a construction site at the corner of Willow Road and Circular Drive at about 10.15 on Tuesday night. Police spokeswoman Captain...
View ArticleThree Chinese skippers in court
Magistrate explains fishing contravention charges to accused CHINA may say its three arrested fishing vessels are innocent of plundering South African waters, but the Hawks yesterday put the three...
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Church hosts Africa Day walk
PEACE EFFORT: Congregants and residents march in KwaNobuhle yesterday. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI EDUCATING the community on what it means to be African in a society filled with racism and xenophobia was...
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PE journalist wins health award
ESTELLE ELLIS. Picture: Supplied THE Herald and Weekend Post specialist reporter Estelle Ellis took top honours at the national Discovery Health journalism awards last night, winning the Discovery...
View ArticleAction on bus probe pending
City awaits Treasury direction on recovery, possible prosecutions NELSON Mandela Bay acting city boss Johann Mettler and the national Treasury are still thrashing out a way forward on how to deal with...
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Time bomb of protests
Mariadza Inclusive School’s administration block was set alight by protesters in Mashau village, Limpopo. Picture: SANDILE NDLOVU Police admit they can’t cope with rise in violent demonstrations SOUTH...
View ArticleZuma: ‘Guns must be silenced in Africa by 2020’
“Guns must be silenced in the continent by 2020‚” President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday‚ but the “mechanism” through which this will be achieved is still to be established “at a time to be decided by...
View ArticleKatie Price reveals details around Oscar Pistorius messages during his trial
British TV personality Katie Price has given more details on the messages she claims to have received from Oscar Pistorius during his trial. Price‚ who has previously confirmed that they two were in...
View ArticleChinese captains caught with R48m squid haul released on warning
Three Chinese nationals who were arrested after squid worth R48-million was found aboard their vessels have appeared in the East London Magistrates’ Court. The trio face charges of contravening the...
View Article‘Hard to say’ if SA faces ratings downgrade: Gordhan
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has said it was still unclear whether South Africa’s debt could be downgraded by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch after holding discussions with the rating agencies last...
View ArticleUber says it’s keen to offer its technology to meter taxi drivers
Uber is engaged in talks with meter taxi drivers to ensure peace between the two parties. Meter taxi drivers attacked an Uber driver in Sandton‚ Johannesburg on Friday in an anti-Uber protest. Four...
View ArticleDA to make PAIA request on ‘smuggled Burundian woman’ story
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will make a request under the Promotion of Access to Information Act for details on Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo…that...
View ArticleSABC local content quota to extend to TV from July: Kaizer Kganyago
Only weeks after announcing a 90 percent local music quota across its 18 radio stations, the SABC has reaffirmed its commitment to increasing the amount of local content on its television platforms....
View ArticleTerrified passengers see taxi driver shot dead in front of their eyes
A taxi driver has been shot and killed in front of his passengers in Libode as taxi violence flared up again on Thursday. At least one other person was wounded‚ according to unconfirmed reports. The...
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Ramaphosa again asked to solve violence problems in parliament
DEPUTY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA. Picture: Supplied THE cabinet has expressed concern about parliamentary disruptions, which it said are increasing in frequency and intensity and announced that leader...
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Meeting on fate of metro police protesters postponed
WAITING TIME: Traffic police wait to hold a meeting at Sidwellto discuss the metro police impasse. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN A MEETING to decide on the fate of 26 Nelson Mandela Bay safety and security...
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Jayde’s private hell – read full letter here
Jayde, 29, a Port Elizabeth school teacher, was murdered in April 2015, allegedly at the instruction of her husband, Christopher Panayiotou. Picture: Facebook. UITENHAGE school teacher Jayde Panayiotou...
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Girls urged to dream big and avoid pregnancy
BEAUTY AND BRAINS: Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene shares her experiences with pupils from J Kekana High School in Mamelodi, Pretoria, during the Take a Girl Child to Work Day event at the...
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