WATCH: Tempers flare at election debate
ALL FIRED UP: Political party supporters sing and dance during the election debate atthe Nangoza Jebe Hall in New Brighton.Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI Political parties did not pull any punches last night...
View ArticleBail shock for perly suspect
UNDER SCRUTINY: Julian Brown is allegedly the head of a multimillion-rand poaching enterprise. Picture: Supplied ‘Obviously wealthy’ Brown ordered to pay staggering R800 000 to go free If the suspected...
View ArticleAt least 80 dead in ‘terrorist’ Nice truck attack
WARNING: Not for sensitive viewers A truck smashed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 80 people in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a “terrorist” attack on...
View ArticleStalker case postponed to next week
A distraught mother sobbed as her son – accused of stalking, kidnapping and raping his ex-girlfriend – appeared in court yesterday. The case was postponed to Wednesday. His lawyers said they would ask...
View ArticleCops injured by stone-throwers
TWO police constables were injured after residents pelted them with stones while they were chasing a wanted gangster in Helenvale, Port Elizabeth, yesterday at 3pm. Within hours of the incident, a...
View ArticleKnysna elephant family moved to new home in reserve at Plett
JUMBO FAMILY: An adult elephant with two youngsters. Picture: Supplied Happy endings are not limited to fairy tales – at least not for nine rescued elephants at the Knysna Elephant Park. Most of the...
View ArticleSisulu drops PE homes bombshell
Bicks Ndoni, Lindiwe Sisulu and Danny Jordaan. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN Sub-standard houses will NOT be fixed, minister says Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is sticking to her guns, saying...
View ArticleCall side-chicks, lovers to vote: Mbalula
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Chris Ricco Call all your girlfriends, boyfriends, side-chicks and undercover lovers to come and vote for the ANC next month. That was the message from Sports...
View Article55 minutes of hell as dad awaits news
CLOSE CALL: Lara, 7, who narrowly escaped the deadly Bastille Day attack in France, with her mother Mary Michaelides Le Belicard, her father Jerome Le Belicard, and brother Lucas, 4. PE businessman...
View ArticleRoar of wild on our doorstep
BUTTING IN: Black wildebeest spar during a bit of playful activity at Kuzuko. Picture: GUY ROGERS Tracking spoor in the shadows of Kuzuko elephant herd adds to adrenaline rush, writes Guy Rogers We...
View ArticleCourt orderly, warder busted as ‘part of drug smuggling gang’
A Port Elizabeth police court orderly and a prison warder have been arrested for allegedly being part of a gang smuggling drugs into St Albans prison. The arrests stemmed from a sting operation by the...
View ArticleUPDATE: ‘Midwife’ cop on hand to deliver baby
Constable Magda Bezuidenhout of the Kwanobuhle police station and the baby she helped deliver. Pic: Supplied A Uitenhage police officer went beyond the badge yesterday, making an unexpected delivery...
View ArticleUB40 to wow PE crowds
STILL GOING STRONG: UB40 will visit South Africa – and Port Elizabeth – as part of their world tour later this year Nelson Mandela Bay music fans can look forward to an invigorated and reinvented UB40...
View ArticleWATCH: Smile, South Africa! Happy dance video goes viral
Picture: Facebook/Sheshe LeShez Mlotea A video of two white men dancing at a petrol station forecourt is putting a smile on South Africans’ faces‚ as an antidote to seemingly continuous negative...
View ArticleMBDA’s Voges outlines plans for Bay
Pierre VogesPicture: BRIAN WITBOOI The makings of a liveable city are that it must be close enough to sea water that is warm enough to swim in. It must have great architecture, new and old. It must...
View ArticleDrugs recovered on long-distance bus
Pic: Supplied Twelve kilograms of dagga was recovered yesterday when a long-distance bus travelling from Durban to Cape Town was stopped and searched by the police on the N2 near Grahamstown. Although...
View ArticleThree foreign nationals killed over weekend
Three foreign nationals were killed in two separate incidents over the weekend. Despatch police are investigating a case of double murder after an Ethiopian man and a Malawian man were shot and killed...
View ArticleStellenbosch University Choir wins big at Choir Games
The University Choir of Stellenbosch under the baton of André van der Merwe‚ was the biggest winner at the eighth International Choir Games in Russia which ended on Saturday. The choir won first...
View ArticleVarious activities arranged for Mandela Day
Organisations and individuals have announced what they will do on Monday to commemorate Mandela Day. Nelson Mandela‚ the first president of the democratic South Africa in 1994‚ was born on July 18....
View ArticleHelping hands
Mandla Mandela, and his wife, Rabia Clark pack food parcels. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, and his wife, Rabia Clark, pack food at a Sun International and Stop...
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