Child’s leg stuck in drain at PE beach
Emergency services are at Hobie Beach near the Pier in Port Elizabeth where a 10-year-old girl’s leg is stuck in a drain. The head of EMS in Nelson Mandela Bay, Brendhan Metune, says that it has become...
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Ways to address pollution crisis in Bay
Law enforcement, education campaigns, infrastructure upgrades and eco-jobs mooted NKANDLA is background noise – the real issue is plastic pollution. That’s the view of NMMU marine biologist Professor...
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Day at beach turns to terror as girl, 8, trapped in shower
TRAUMATIC: MementoNotshoba comforts herdaughter Phakama. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN A FAMILY celebration at Hobie Beach in Nelson Mandela Bay turned to terror yesterday when a young girl’s foot got...
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DA’s Trollip visits Walmer township to see bucket toilets, squalid conditions
TAKING STOCK: Walmer township resident Nono Fans, right, talks to DA mayoral candidate Athol Trollip, centre, and DA councillor Tobani Noqoli about her dire bucket toilet problems. PHOTOGRAPH: FREDLIN...
View ArticlePistorius parole back under review after delays
A parole board is due to meet Monday to determine whether Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius should be released early from a prison sentence for killing his girlfriend. The 28-year-old double-amputee...
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Hall of Fame awards for Madiba, Pienaar
ICONIC MOMENT: President Nelson Mandela hands Springbok captain Francois Pienaar the Webb Ellis Cup following the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. The two have now been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of...
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Traditional leaders want more
EQUAL TREATMENT: Those attending a meeting in Willowvale on Friday include, from left, AmaXhosa King Mpendulo Sigcawu, parliamentary speaker Baleka Mbete, Eastern Cape legislature speaker Noxolo...
View ArticleVavi mum on speeding claims
“Twitter alive‚” one headline blared‚ “with #vavi comments!” But the only person not tweeting about his reported arrest was Zwelinzima Vavi. It had been stated on Monday that the former Cosatu general...
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Pearson High’s Emma seals deal as top matric
WINNING WAY: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University deputy vicechancellor for institutional support Dr Sibongile Muthwa congratulates The Herald Continental Matric of the Year Emma Finestone on Friday...
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NMMU stunners in Miss SA
From left, Luyolo Mngonyama, 24, and Mikaela Oosthuizen, 20 Only two finalists from East Cape TWO Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University students have been selected as the Eastern Cape’s only finalists...
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Boy drowns in sewage canal
Picture: Supplied A six-year-old boy has drowned and another two children are missing and presumed drowned after falling into a sewage canal in the Louterwater area in the Langkloof today. Hendrik...
View ArticleNSPCA: Take extra care of animals during heatwave
Chained or confined animals are especially at risk in extreme weather conditions‚ the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) said on Tuesday. The warning came as a heatwave...
View ArticleModelling boss allegedly a sexual predator and shady businessman
Modelling agency boss Dawie de Villiers summoned them to fake photo shoots where he kissed‚ touched or raped them‚ numerous young women have claimed. These accusations are detailed in the prosecution’s...
View Article‘People-rating’ app vanishes after outcry
A PEOPLE-RATING app “that could cost lives” appears to have crashed and burnt before its release. All traces of Peeple, the app that lets you rate everyone you know without their permission,...
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World’s super-rich choose SA hotels
LUXURY SPOT: The view from the balcony of the 12 Apostles MILLIONAIRES love South Africa’s luxury hotels, new research shows. According to the results of a poll by New World Wealth, international...
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Bay ‘Idols’ impress way into next round
Loyiso Gijana Renditions of ’80s hits earn Loyiso, Amanda high praise from judges NELSON Mandela Bay Idols finalists Loyiso Gijana and Amanda Antony have sailed through to the next round of the...
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Good Samaritan in own race to fund life-saving surgery
RARE MEDICAL CONDITION: Ashleigh Botha, who helped a child in distress. Picture: BRIAIN WITBOOI ASHLEIGH Botha is no stranger to medical emergencies and is in a race against time to raise enough money...
View ArticleManuel calls for China-style clamp on corruption
FORMER finance minister Trevor Manuel has urged a Chinese-style clampdown on corruption in South Africa. Speaking on the sidelines of the Financial Times Africa summit in London‚ Manuel also said the...
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Paul Kruger statue defaced again
Photo credit: Sipho Masombuka The statue of Paul Kruger in Pretoria’s Church Square has yet again been defaced‚ this time with a dark green paint thrown on the four burghers of the monument. It is not...
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Mayoral visit marks Archbishop Tutu’s birthday tomorrow
Photograph: Benny Gool / Oryx Media Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu hopes to be well enough to hear Public Protector Thuli Madonsela deliver the annual peace lecture in his honour tomorrow‚...
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