Rescue underway on Uitenhage farm
A joint rescue operation is currently underway on a farm outside Uitenhage. Police K9 Search and Rescue, ambulances and coastal water rescue swimmers are on the scene where, according to officials, two...
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Death bus driver was a casual
Man, 23, had only driven route for three days when tragedy struck SCENE OF SADNESS: Rescue workers and members of the public inspect the wreckage of a bus which plunged down a river bank and onto a dry...
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Primary school sex attacks protest
CALL FOR HELP: Parents and pupils protest outside Hankey Primary over the lack of action following claims of sexual assault and robberies as younger children share the high school building. Picture:...
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Giving it up for a sweeter, healthier life
SALADS will replace the lunchtime sandwich for 70 000 South Africans who signed up for the Facebook 21-Day No Bread No Sugar challenge which started yesterday. The challenge involves going without...
View ArticleDurban Games ‘a gigantic leap for the continent’‚ says mayor
The country’s Sport Minister was one of the first to congratulate Durban on being confirmed the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Wednesday morning. Fikile Mbalula took to Twitter to say:...
View ArticleBid to impeach Zuma defeated
ATTEMPTS by the DA to set up an ad-hoc committee with a view to impeaching President Jacob Zuma were outvoted yesterday with 211 against and 100 for. The party wanted the circumstances under which...
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Body found after two were swept down Elands River
A photo of the Elands River taken by rescue workers on the scene where two men were swept away by strong currents Picture: SUPPLIED/ THE HERALD SEARCH and rescue workers this morning (02/09/15) located...
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Motherwell bus accident leaves 13 injured
Pictures: Supplied THIRTEEN people were injured in Motherwell this morning when a truck and a bus collided on Amanzi Road. According to emergency personnel on the scene, the truck allegedly rammed...
View ArticleWC mother arrested for child neglect
Western Cape police arrested a 35-year-old woman for child neglect and abandonment after it was alleged by neighbours that she left her three children alone at home for four days after she went on a...
View ArticleMozambican rhino poachers sentenced to 11 years
TWO Mozambican nationals believed to have snuck into the Kruger National Park in an attempt to poach a rhino have been sentenced to eleven years each behind bars. According to police, Phinias...
View ArticleCradock man arrested for kicking girlfriend to death
A 39-year-old Cradock man was arrested yesterday morning for allegedly kicking his girlfriend to death during a “heated argument” inside their house. Police spokesman Captain Stefanie Smith said the...
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Jayde’s alleged killer’s cousin also up for murder
Crime scene investigators inspect the house in Lytham Street where Marlene Webber, 78, was murdered on 20 August 2015. A suspect in the murder case of Webber, is a relative of Sizwezakhe Vumazonke,...
View ArticleVIDEO: New World Cup anthem to get country behind Boks
DJ OSKIDO and Tamara Dey are giving the Rugby World Cup an anthem that will get the country twerking behind the bokke. The song, Habashwe: Let’s do this, kido’s 2011 Rugby World Cup hit. But the 2015...
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Crowds flock to opening of fashion store
GETTING IN FIRST: Expectant shoppers queue outside Fashion Fusion, which opened its store in Govan Mbeki Avenue yesterday. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN A LONG queue snaked along Govan Mbeki Avenue in Port...
View ArticleEskom goes into 25 days without outages
Eskom looks set to make it 25 days in a row with load-shedding. The power parastatal tweeted on Thursday morning that the “load-shedding risk remains low today” and thanked it suctomers for using...
View ArticleAccused turns on ex-husband
Adler claims she was not part of farm deal AGERMAN woman accused of murdering the man she allegedly defrauded, turned on her former lover yesterday, claiming she was at all times under the impression...
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I did not know Guptas owned plane – Cyril
Cyril Ramaphosa DEPUTY President Cyril Ramaphosa has broken his silence on travelling to Japan in a private jet belonging to the Guptas, saying he “honestly” did not know who owned it. Ramaphosa was...
View ArticleFour arrested for child porn
FOUR more people have been arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography as police make further inroads into the alleged international child pornography ring operating in South Africa....
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Zuma meets Al-Bashir‚ agrees to visit Sudan
Sudan’s President Omer al-Bashir greets his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma (L) at the Palace in Khartoum February 1, 2015. File photo Image by: MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH / REUTERS President Jacob...
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St Mary’s cathedral turns 190
BIG DAY: The Very Rev Sharon Nell prepares to celebrate the 190th anniversary of the Cathedral of StMary the Virgin in Port Elizabeth tomorrow. Picture: Eugene Coetzee/The Herald. A “GRAND old lady” of...
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