Two suspected house robbers arrested after car chase
Humansdorp police together with the K9 unit arrested two suspected house robbers following a car chase on the R102, between Jeffreys Bay and Humansdorp at 3am this morning. The arrest stems from an...
View ArticleMadonsela: Unite Against Corruption a bold statement by people of SA
She won’t be amongst the protesters‚ but the Public Protector will be at Wednesday’s Unite Against Corruption actions in spirit. Advocate Thuli Madonsela tweeted on Wednesday: “As I speak to the...
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Horse trailer jam-packed with illegal cigarettes is seized at SA-Zim border
South African customs officials are uncovering inventive ways that criminals are smuggling illegal goods – the latest being a horse trailer at the border post with Zimbabwe. Two taxis were also bust at...
View ArticlePolice captain arrested for defeating the ends of justice
A POLICE captain from Table View in Cape Town was arrested today (30/09/2015) following a case of defeating the ends of justice. The 43 year old female captain was arrested after she interfered in an...
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Two cars side-swiped on road to PE
Picture: Supplied TWO cars travelling towards Port Elizabeth today met in an accident close to the Daleview area in Dispatch. Both cars were side-swiped by a third vehicle, left the road and collided...
View ArticleConCourt: No law needed for disclosure of political party funding
The local government elections will be held next year and the funding of political parties will still remain a secret‚ the My Vote Counts Campaign has said. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday...
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Police to move up the ranks – Phiyega
RIAH PHIYEGA THE South African Police Service (SAPS) will be promoting more than 14 000 low-ranking and long-serving police officers over the next year‚ national police commissioner Riah Phiyega said...
View ArticleJ-Bay man stabbed in the face during a robbery
POLICE are searching for three knife wielding robbers after they stabbed a 52-year-old man from Jeffreys Bay in the face during a house robbery at 1:30am this morning. After the robbery the men fled...
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Maimane: Kohler Barnard’s PW post ‘is indefensible’
DA Member of Parliament Dianne Kohler Barnard. File photoImage by: Michael Hammond / Gallo Images / Foto24 A top Democratric Alliance (DA) figure could be facing party discipline over a social media...
View ArticleMaimane refers Kohler Barnard’s post to DA’s legal commission
Dianne Kohler Barnard’s shared social media post praising an apartheid-era president could see her summoned to appear before the Democratic Alliance’s Federal Legal Commission. A statement from the...
View ArticleShortage of accommodation for senior citizens set to escalate
THERE is a dire shortage of old age homes and frail care facilities in Nelson Mandela Bay – and the problem is set to increase, with the number of people aged 60 and over in South Africa expected to...
View ArticleKing Dalindyebo booted out of the DA
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo will be booted out of the DA. This comes as the king faces a 12 year jail term. The Supreme Court of Appeals heard his case on August 21 before sentencing him...
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Kohler Barnard: PW post fallout like being hit with a baseball bat
DIANNE KOHLER BARNARD - Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Dianne Kohler Barnard has spoken for the first time after being pilloried for re-posting a pro-PW Botha Facebook post‚ saying: “It’s as if someone...
View ArticleProvince slashes teaching posts
Union angry as cuts come despite R1bn pay budget hike BHISHO has slashed the number of teaching jobs by more than 1 000 next year despite the budget for salaries increasing by R1-billion. This has...
View ArticleKohler Barnard has truly sunk the DA – Cope
Dianne Kohler Barnard “has truly sunk the Democratic Alliance (DA)”‚ the Congress of the People (Cope) said on Friday‚ and how it handled it would be an “acid test” for leader Mmusi Maimane. Cope used...
View ArticleMetro’s PR staff slammed
Expert effort needed to fight communications war, forum told MUNICIPAL spin doctors in the Eastern Cape needed to up their game if they were to compete with the public relations warfare being staged by...
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Hope for those with breast cancer
CANCER FOCUS: Women attend the breast cancer awareness event at Nangoza Jebe Hall in New Brighton Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN - ABOUT 50 people in pink – the international colour for breast cancer...
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Makeover fit for monarch
ROYAL TREATMENT: Studio Artaxia assistant stone and metal conservationist Ncedo Benya uses his brush to restore Queen Victoria to her former self. The statue, in Port Elizabeth’s historic city centre,...
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AlgoaFM in big shake-up
From left, Tové Kane and Lauren Mungur ALGOAFM listeners will be greeted with a fresh new sound and a new lineup from November, the station says. “A number of changes have been planned to refresh the...
View ArticleBay ANC councillors in taxi crash
A taxi carrying ANC branch delegates and councillors from Nelson Mandela Bay to Mthatha for the ANC’s provincial general council meeting crashed 77 kilometres from Mthatha last night. There were only...
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