EFF delays Finance Minister’s budget speech
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s medium term budget speech which was due to start at 2pm has been delayed by calls from the EFF to postpone the speech. As the disruption was taking place‚ students had...
View ArticleNo extra cash for universities‚ despite #FeesMustFall protests
No extra money has been budgeted for universities to fund higher education minister Blade Nzimande’s undertaking that student fees rises will be pegged at 6% next year. Finance minister Nhanhla Nene...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘The moment students broke through Parliament’s gates’
Cape Town – Eight stun grenades were fired in quick succession on the doorstep of Parliament on Wednesday afternoon as thousands of students gathered outside the National Assembly. Jenna Etheridge...
View ArticlePoor state of cop facilities slated
Legislature told of shocking conditions at Kamesh, police garage A DAMNING report on Uitenhage’s Kamesh police station paints a bleak picture of a facility battling to function with old infrastructure,...
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Jordaan delivers on promise to restore power
TEA AND COMPANY: Mayor Danny Jordaan, right, and councillor Andile Mfunda, chairman of the infrastructure and engineering committee, share a cup of piping hot tea yesterday with KwaFord resident...
View ArticleCape Town students not charged with treason
Police have dismissed reports that six students arrested for breaching the gates at parliament in Cape Town yesterday have been charged with treason. In a statement today, police lashed out at certain...
View ArticleBay bus strike should be over by Monday
BREAKING NEWS: Algoa Bus Company services in Nelson Mandela Bay will up and running again on Monday. — The Herald PE (@HeraldPE) October 22, 2015 The almost month-long bus strike which has halted all...
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Never give babies sugar, Noakes advise parents
LOW-CARB MESSAGE: Professor Tim Noakes and Master of Ceremonies Tembisa Gebede-Marele at the Future of Health Summit held in the Feather Market Centre. Picture: MIKE HOLMES Cut carbs and eat real food,...
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Stevens may be unfit
Alleged wife-stabber to be sent for evaluation Martin Stevens and Anna-Marie. Picture: Facebook. A DISTRICT surgeon has found that a Port Elizabeth man who allegedly stabbed his estranged wife seven...
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GALLERY: #NMMUFeesMustFall Day Two
More than a thousand Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) students occupied University Way as part of the national #FeesMustFall movement yesterday. This after NMMU vice-chancellor Derrick...
View ArticleRobber dies, farmer wounded in PE attack
A well-known criminal suspect died and an elderly farm owner is in a serious condition after being shot three times during a dramatic armed robbery at a farm on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth late...
View Article#NationalShutdown collective ‘rejects’ Zuma’s meeting ‘for a select few’
Student protest leaders outside the Unions Buildings appeared unhappy with the people said to be representing them inside the seat of South Africa’s government. Protest organisers handed out a...
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Dark picture painted of Bay
District Health Barometer shows several serious concerns about health service delivery, writes Estelle Ellis THE District Health Barometer launched this week painted a dark picture of Nelson Mandela...
View ArticleMitchell’s Plain boasts more than 300 arrests in a week
The South African Police Service’s Mitchell’s Plain Cluster reported on Monday that a clamp-down on crime in the past week led to the arrest of 306 suspects More than a third – 217 – of the arrests...
View ArticleVIDEO: Rhodes Park rape survivor explains what happened
Jabu Mbatha is a victim of rape. She decided to tell her story to help prevent similar incidents. Mbatha, her husband and another couple took a stroll in Rhodes Park in Kensington when they were...
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Martin calls for probe into Trollip’s rodents remark
Christian Martin ANC MPL Christian Martin wants DA provincial leader Athol Trollip to answer to the Eastern Cape legislature ethics committee for “degrading” the house when he referred to Nelson...
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Bubbly time for young stars
HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT: The victorious EP under-19 team and support staff arrive back at the PE Airport. With the trophy are, front, left, vice-captain Lusanda Badiyana and captain Jeremy Ward. Picture:...
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Fishing company gives back by adopting penguin
A penguin can be adopted for R1500 at Samrec. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI A SIX-month-old African penguin has been adopted by the Eyethu Fishing company and named “Owethu”. Owethu was taken to the South...
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Diwali Festival draws big crowds to Malabar
COLOURFUL DANCE: Members of the junior Geetanjali Dance Academy entertain at the Diwali FestivalPicture: MIKE HOLMES - FOLLOWERS of the Hindu faith descended on the Malabar Community Centre yesterday...
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R667 000 worth dagga hidden in delivery truck confiscated
Picture: Supplied More than half a ton of dagga, estimated to be worth about R667 000, was confiscated after police found it hidden in the back of a supermarket delivery truck that was leaving Port...
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