Robber shot during cash-in-transit heist
A suspected robber was shot and arrested after allegedly being involved in a brazen cash-in-transit heist at the Ziyabuya Complex in Kwadwesi which has left one shopper critically wounded. Police said...
View ArticleNew gardening show planted at PE mall
SPRING SPOTTERS: Yasmeen Caderbegg, 5, and Sherwood Garden Centre manager Nicky Palmer take a closer look at some potted plants at the centre. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE BAYWEST Mall and the Sherwood...
View ArticleCamps, courses help young people learn skills, find work
IN THE SWING: Members of a dance troupe perform during the youth camp at the Green Fountain farm near Port Alfred. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN A GOVERNMENT-sponsored initiative to give marginalised young...
View ArticleDA pledges to boost business
SAMPLING THE GOODS: DA Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral candidate Athol Trollip, right, and DA MP Ngaba Bhanga sample the chicken cooked by a street vendor at Kwazakhele’s Njoli Square yesterday. Picture:...
View ArticleSt Francis house hit by lightning
A house in St Francis Bay was hit by lightning during last night’s electrical storm, causing a fire, The St Francis Chronicle reported this morning. Fire fighters were on the scene in Sunset drive this...
View ArticleCavendish Square jewellery store robbed
Picture: Mandy Lumb/RDM Newswire Cavendish Square shopping centre in Cape Town was a scene of chaos this morning (15/09/15) when Trigg Jewellers was allegedly robbed at about 10.45am. Eyewitness Mandy...
View ArticleChance to visit national parks free
SOUTH African national parks across the Eastern and Southern Cape will open their gates free of charge to visitors this week after the 10th annual National Parks Week was launched yesterday. The...
View ArticleVIDEO: Police on way to provide sound of music
MORE than 1 000 police officials and employees from around the country will be arriving in Port Elizabeth this week as part of a three-day police music festival, starting on Thursday. Yesterday, police...
View ArticleWanted hijacker arrested in Kwanobuhle
ONE of Port Elizabeth’s most wanted hijackers was arrested during a car chase through Kwanobuhle yesterday afternoon. According to police, the 25-year-old man, who was wanted for three hijackings and...
View Article‘Nationalise steel industry’
Andrew Chirwa State needs to step in to save jobs, says Numsa leader FOR South Africa to save the steel industry from total collapse, the government must nationalise it to keep at least 200 000 workers...
View ArticleWoman guilty of R2m tax fraud
Bookkeeper implicates family and friends in SARS scheme A PORT Elizabeth bookkeeper implicated her sisters, friends and colleagues when she pleaded guilty this week to defrauding the taxman out of...
View ArticleThree from Bay shine overseas
HEROES’ WELCOME: SA Sevens U18 captain Heino Bezuidenhout, 18, and SA swimmer Kaylene Corbett, 16, are cheered at the PE Airport. Picture: MIKE HOLMES TWO Nelson Mandela Bay high school pupils returned...
View ArticleFacebook to get a dislike button
Facebook users will soon be able to use the long-demanded dislike button after the social network revealed it is working on such a feature. “People have asked about the dislike button for many years....
View ArticleThree beaten to death after fleeing burning house
THREE people were beaten to death after fleeing from a burning house last night in the latest mob justice attack to take place in Port Elizabeth. According to police, a mob of about 300 residents from...
View ArticleControversial PE tow truck operator shot
Police on the scene where tow truck operator Raven Rungan was shot. Picture: Gareth Wilson/The Herald. Raven Rungen Controversial Port Elizabeth tow truck operator Raven Rungan was shot four times...
View ArticleANC agrees to a review of Malema’s suspension
THE African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday backed down and agreed to allow a review of the presiding officer’s decision to remove Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema from...
View ArticleSpecial rates levy gives Richmond Hill a lift
– EXTRA SECURITY: Some of the historic houses in THE Richmond Hill Special Rating Area (SRA) company has reported vast improvements in the area, as the extra levies paid by residents have started to...
View ArticleMandela grandson back in court in November for teen rape
The grandson of Nelson Mandela who is accused of raping a teenage girl will return to court in November. The 24-year-old did not appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court as scheduled on Wednesday...
View Article58 pupils found crammed into taxi
Uitenhage driver arrested in supermarket after police chase A UITENHAGE taxi driver transporting 58 primary schoolchildren in a 14-seater minibus was arrested shortly after attempting to speed away...
View ArticleBREAKING: DASO takes NMMU SRC
LAST CALL: Vociferous and colourful supporters at the busy NMMU Missionvale campus are, from left, Yondela Hlunza (Daso), Nozipho Qwesha (Sasco) and Milisa Mbotya (EFFSC). Picture: EUGENE COETZEE The...
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