Proud displays as diversity goes on show
CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS: TLC Ballroom dancers, from left, Le-Cane Hatthies, Tess Ellison and Cuan Prins perform at the Northern Culture and Heritage Festival at Helenvale Primary School. Picture: BRIAN...
View ArticlePanayiotou case resumes on Monday
Christopher Panayiotou and his co-accused Sizwezakhe Vumazonke will be back in the dock on Monday. Panayiotou, 28, and Vumazonke, 30, are charged with the murder of Panayiotou’s wife, Jayde, 29, whose...
View ArticleMan threatens to blow up banks in JHB
A 22-year-old man is expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court later today for allegedly making several bomb threats to two banks last month. Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi...
View ArticleCase opened against Sepp Blatter
FEELING HEAT: Fifa president Joseph ‘Sepp’ Blatter reacts as banknotes thrown by British comedian Simon Brodkin flutter through the air during a press conference following an extraordinary Fifa...
View ArticleNeglected Bayworld ‘in dire straits’
Frustrated staff at end of tether after five-year battle as planned redevelopment stalls again, writes Gareth Wilson THE redevelopment of Port Elizabeth’s crumbling Bayworld complex has once again...
View ArticleEFF ‘missing the plot’ on Die Stem
International businesswoman and former model Reeva Foreman has joined the debate on the national anthem‚ accusing the Economic Freedom Fighters party (EFF) of “totally missing the plot” with its call...
View ArticleSuspect arrested with abalone in Western Cape
The swift action of police officers attached to the Western Cape Flying Squad led to the arrest of a 53-year-old man for the illegal possession of abalone with an estimated value of R200‚000. Police...
View ArticleCorruption depriving South Africans of service delivery‚ says DA’s Maimane
Corruption and patronage are not only depriving South Africans of service delivery‚ but in fact steering the country’s economy away from prosperity‚ the leader of the Democratic Alliance‚ Mmusi...
View ArticleMany miss Africa movie awards in PE
DOUBLE WINNER: Director Donovan March receives one of his two awards from Nigerian actress Chidimma Aneke. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI Event marred by visa problems, late start and winners’ absence THE...
View Article‘Weak new public protector not likely’
THULI MADONSELA - Madonsela likens such a scenario to firing doctor who diagnoses cancer REPLACING a strong public protector with a weak one lacking in values-based leadership would be like firing your...
View ArticleSA memes not only about having a laugh
OUT of our darkest and most cringeworthy moments, the South African meme is born. If not for memes – including favourites the picture of an octogenarian captioned “Victor Matfield, I dated him in high...
View ArticleBay enjoys outdoor weekend fun
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES: Joelene Carter, 25, front, and Haydn Johns, 25, both of Port Elizabeth, in the Urban Run Thousands support Urban race, off-road biking and rally NELSON Mandela Bay residents...
View ArticleEMS staff keep jobs after ‘fire them’ order
SHOCKING allegations of emergency service personnel escaping dismissal despite claims they caused the death of patients, destroyed an ambulance and had sex in one have emerged in a petition submitted...
View ArticleMuso chooses Christ
Phelo Bala has opened up about turning his back on being a sangoma for the sake of his Christian faith The youngest of the Bala Brothers trio, he declared on social media at the weekend that, following...
View ArticleGallery: Blood moon wows world
Sky-watchers around the world were treated when the shadow of Earth cast a reddish glow on the moon, the result of rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year. The total...
View ArticleMore than 400 arrests in one week in Mitchell’s Plain
A total of 444 suspects were arrested during a single week in the Mitchell’s Plain area on the Cape Peninsula in connection with various crimes‚ Western Cape police said on Sunday. In one incident‚ on...
View ArticleSA actress caught with R4.6 million worth of crystal meth
Picture: SARS A South African actress who flew into Johannesburg from Abu Dhabi with 15 packages of drugs was caught by Customs officials yesterday. The bust was at the OR Tambo International Airport‚...
View ArticleSearch for fishermen who abandoned stricken trawler
A search was under way on Monday for three fishermen still missing after their trawler was reported to be taking on water in heavy sea swells 20 nautical miles South of Hangklip on Sunday. The National...
View ArticleTenant, owner stabbed in break-in
TWO men were lucky to escape with their lives when four knife-wielding robbers attacked them inside their Rowallan Park home at the weekend. The robbers, who stabbed both men, ransacked the house...
View ArticleAirport Drug Bust: She’s an actress – but not a celebrity (yet)
More details are emerging around the arrest of a 29-year-old actress arrested at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport for alleged possession of drugs worth millions of rands. The woman’s...
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