Daso: Violence at NMMU will hurt students
Sasco members protesting at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University The Democratic Alliance Students Organisation (Daso) has condemned the South African Students Congress (Sasco) for protesting at...
View ArticleWarrant out for councillor who omitted to tell court of theft conviction
IN THE DOCK: (from left) Sigcinile Saba, 31, Mawande Njeza, 30, and Nanziwe Rulashe, 36, in the East London Magistrate’s Court . Picture: STEPHANIE LLOYD The East London Magistrate’s Court has issued a...
View Article‘New’ Nkandla road repaired for R45 million
The homestead of President Jacob Zuma in Nkandla.Picture: TEBOGO LETSIE The road that links President Jacob Zuma’s home village in Nkandla with nearby towns has been rehabilitated for R45-million –...
View ArticleSA Airlink denies hijack alert
SA Airlink has blamed an “anomalous hi-jack alert” that was broadcast from an aircraft carrying more than 70 passengers and four crew members for a hijacking scare on Monday. The aircraft was flying...
View ArticleSABC ordered to back down on violent protest ban
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has ruled that the SABC has to rescind its ban on showing protest footage and communicate that it has done so within the next seven days....
View ArticleOscar ‘a lot calmer’ this time in prison than before
Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius is a lot calmer in prison this time than when he was first convicted‚ according to a prison official at Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru II prison where the Paralympian athelete...
View ArticleTwins accused of wanting to bomb US diplomatic mission in SA
A flower seller outside The US Embassy in Sandton, JohannesburgFile picture: Alon Skuy A set of identical twins have been charged under South Africa’s anti-terrorism laws for allegedly trying to aid...
View ArticleThieves targeting older model cars
Port Elizabeth police have warned motorists to take extra security precautions when parking their vehicles following a spate of motor vehicle thefts. The warning come after 91 people were arrested for...
View ArticleWoman breaks leg after falling into trench in New Brighton street
DANGEROUS STREET: NomkithaNqam broke her leg when she fellinto a trench. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI A Port Elizabeth woman fractured her ankle and tibia after falling into a trench in Tsewu Road, New...
View ArticleStalker’s reign of terror ends
JOB DONE: Undercover police escort the man, left, who is facing a string of charges. Picture: Supplied Mom tells of her nightmare months of rape, kidnappings A stalker whose alleged reign of terror...
View ArticlePraise singer hits back
Jessica Mbangeni performed praise poetry at the memorial for former President Nelson Mandela. Picture: Tshepo Kekana/Sunday World Facebook video mocks Xhosa tribute to visiting Indian premier A...
View ArticleMusic Academy concert in PE tonight
From teaching music to covering university tuition fees, the Keiskamma Music Academy has been improving the lives of the Hamburg community one child at a time for the past 10 years. To celebrate the...
View ArticleDefiant Hlaudi vows to fight Icasa ruling on SABC ban
The SABC’s decision not to screen footage of protests has been slammed as unconstitutional by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). But SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng says nobody can...
View ArticlePrivate cars most accident prone
Most fatal accidents on South Africa’s roads are caused by private cars. A five-year crash analysis report by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) also indicated that light delivery vehicles...
View ArticleSassa stampede victim still not identified
NO ONE has come forward to identify the body of an elderly woman who died in a stampede at the South African Social Security Agency’s 10th anniversary celebrations in Port Elizabeth last week. The...
View ArticleFailure to comply could see SABC licence revoked: Icasa
The SABC could‚ in an “extreme” case‚ see its licence revoked. That’s according to the Independent Communication Authority of SA’s (Icasa) Rubben Mohlaloga when questioned by 702’s John Robbie about...
View ArticlePilots did not enter hijack code‚ SA Airlink insists
The pilots in command of an SA Airlink passenger aircraft that broadcast a false hijacking alert on Monday are adamant that they did type in the code used to declare the emergency. The aircraft‚...
View ArticleTwins arrested in anti-terrorism raid were aspiring actors
Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie were allegedly plotting to blow up the US embassy and Jewish institutions in South Africa on behalf of terror group Islamic StatePicture: Facebook A set of twins who...
View ArticleCollision claims nurses’ lives ahead of graduation ceremony
Three Eastern Cape department of health nurses were killed in a car accident on the R63 road between King William’s Town and Alice on Tuesday morning. Eastern Cape Department of Transport spokesman...
View ArticleSuspected drug dealers arrested in Uitenhage
Police confiscated mandrax worth nearly R1-million and arrested three suspected drug dealers Three suspected Gauteng drug dealers posing as gate installers were arrested in Uitenhage after police found...
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