NMMU responding to concerns
ISSUES around fees, governance, unfair labour practices and decolonising the higher education sector are still being grappled with by university management at NMMU. This was announced yesterday at a...
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Stray cattle rounded up in Uitenhage blitz
ON THE HOOF: A total of 74 stray cattle were caught in Uitenhage yesterday and impounded. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN A JOINT operation to round up stray livestock roaming Uitenhage’s roads resulted in...
View ArticleMissing teen’s body found
THE body of a missing teenager was found wrapped in a duvet hidden in the bushes next to Thornton Road, Schauderville, on Tuesday morning. Brent Felix, 17, was reported missing two weeks ago. His body...
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DA candidate target of silly pre-election e-mail
Athol Trollip DA mayoral candidate in Nelson Mandela Bay. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN WILL the real Athol Trollip please stand up? The election season, or silly season rather, is in full swing and the...
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Celebrations for RDP house-owners
BIG MOMENT: Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Danny Jordaan assists Walmer township resident Jane Koester, 54, to sign her title deed. She is one of 463 residents who received title deeds for their RDP houses...
View ArticleCentral paid-parking plan on cards
MBDA reveals move for 1 300 meters to be located in string of streets MOTORISTS could soon be paying for parking in Central as the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) looks at setting up demarcated...
View ArticleSuspected drug lord out on bail
A suspected Port Elizabeth drug lord arrested earlier this week appeared in court yesterday (08/06/16) and was released on R1 000 bail. Justin Saaise, 31, was arrested on Tuesday when members of...
View ArticleRapist posing as cop sentenced to 27 years
A Butterworth man pretending to a policeman to gain entry to a woman’s home has been found guilty of rape. Lubabalo Mbusi, 35, was sentenced to 27 years in the Butterworth Regional Magistrate’s Court...
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Parked car outside school creeps out kids
UNDER SURVEILLANCE: Pupils point out where they claim the three men parked their car on Monday. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE Parked car outside school creeps out kids PORT Elizabeth parents are fearing for...
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Rapist Hewitt to hear SCA appeal outcome
BOB HEWITTPICTURE: Moeletsi Mabe / The Times Judgment is expected in former doubles-tennis ace Bob Hewitt’s sentence appeal bid on Thursday morning. Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judges Mandisa Maya‚...
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Murder of a little angel
PICTURE PERFECT: Aliya Tee, who died in her own home in a suspected gang-related shooting. Picture: Supplied Father fighting for his life in hospital after trying to ward off killers of Strelitzia...
View ArticleGeneral Hlaudi’s latest idea: Uniform for SABC staff
If SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has his way, employees of the public broadcaster will soon be forced into uniform. In an interview with City Press, Motsoeneng said he had been...
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DA to launch “censored” TV ad
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will on Thursday launch the local government election campaign TV advert it says the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) tried to censor. The launch of the...
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SABC: banning of reading newspaper headlines on-air not censorship
SABC’s decision to ban the reading of newspaper headlines on-air a “business decision” The SABC has responded to criticism that the banning of reading newspaper headlines on-air is a form of censorship...
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LIVE: Jordaan’s first state of the metro address
DANNY JORDAAN. Picture: The Herald Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Danny Jordaan will lay out his plans today for the city for the next financial year when he delivers his first state of the metro address...
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EC taxi services to be brought to standstill
Taxi commuters in the entire Eastern Cape will be stranded tomorrow as several taxi operators will descend on Bhisho to hand over a memorandum of grievance to the premiers officers. Picture: Brian...
View ArticleReport: SA firefighters in Canada embroiled in pay dispute
South African firefighters in Alberta to help tame a wildfire didn’t report for duty on Wednesday because of a dispute over pay‚ a Canadian website reported. CBCNews said the Working on Fire members...
View ArticleMan dies at Home Affairs in East London
Members of the public were evacuated from the Home Affairs offices in East London after a man collapsed and died inside on Thursday. Police cordoned off the entrance and the body had not been removed...
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Rapist Hewitt loses appeal, must serve six years
BOB HEWITT.Picture: Moeletsi Mabe. The Times Disgraced former tennis champion Bob Hewitt’s appeal bid against his six-year sentence for rape and sexual assault has failed. Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA)...
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Step inside the world’s largest floating bookshop
The floating bookshop Logos Hope docked shortly after 9am on Wednesday, 1 June 2016. Picture Eugene Coetzee/The Herald The public will finally have a chance to step inside the world’s largest floating...
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