PE exec to chair GM’s Women’s Council
South African Denise van Huyssteen has been elected to chair General Motors International’s Women’s Council. Van Huyssteen‚ the General Manager of Communications and PR for GM markets in Africa‚...
View ArticleOne dead, eight injured on N2
Picture: Supplied One person was killed and eight were injured when the bakkie they were travelling in rolled on the N2 near Nanaga at around 5:30 this morning. Metro EMS and private ambulances...
View ArticleEnglish to be main language of instruction at Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University. File photo.Image by: ERHARDT THIEL All learning at Stellenbosch University will soon be done in English, the institution said. “Since English is the common language in South...
View ArticleSlide the City misses PE this year
Picture: Facebook THE world‘s largest commercial water slide will no longer be coming to Port Elizabeth this year after organisers postponed the event. The decision was made in light of one of South...
View ArticleBe kind to someone today – it’s good for your health
GIFT-bombing a friend or carrying out a random act of kindness today will not only put a smile on someone’s face, but will also mean that you have participated in World Kindness Day. The day is...
View ArticleSearch on for woman in Uitenhage abandonment case
Puseletso Veronica Setlai The Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in Uitenhage are looking for a woman whom they believe can assist in their investigation with a child abandonment...
View ArticleIran’s Rouhani postpones Europe trip after Paris attacks
Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani on Saturday postponed what would have been the first visit to Europe by an Iranian president in 10 years after attacks in Paris that he described as “crimes against...
View ArticleThis time it’s war’: French press react with horror to attacks
Forensic experts inspect the site of an attack, a restaurant outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, north of Paris after a series of gun attacks occurred across Paris. (AFP)/News24 “This...
View ArticleWitnesses tell of ‘bloodbath’ at Paris rock concert
Picture: The Telegraph Terrified survivors from the Paris concert hall targeted during Friday’s attacks have described running over bodies and hiding after gunmen stormed the venue and began executing...
View Article#ParisAttacks: Targets range from a pizzeria to the Stade de France
Emergency response teams cover the body of a person killed in Paris terror attacks. Picture: AP/News24 The string of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late Friday left at least 153 people dead,...
View ArticleGALLERY: World shows support for Paris
World-wide support has been shown across numerous social media platforms following the string of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late Friday that left at least 128 people dead, in the worst...
View ArticleRescue search following light aircraft crash
Emergency medical services and rescue workers are searching a mountain in the Cathcart area of the Eastern Cape following reports of a light aircraft crash at about 14:00. Preliminary reports show...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search hampered by mountain fire
A two hour aerial search failed to spot a light aircraft that is believed to have crashed on a mountain outside Cathcart. Emergency medical services are also attempting to locate the person who claimed...
View ArticleCouple die in Bay shack fire
A PORT Elizabeth couple burnt to death in their shack in Malabar Extension 6 on Saturday night. Neighbours were unable to save Angelina Hendricks, 56, and her boyfriend, Lennon Pillay, 52. Bonita...
View ArticleRecall letter shows divisions in COPE
DEEP rifts within COPE’s Nelson Mandela Bay caucus have been exposed after a structure purporting to be the regional task team attempted to recall three of its councillors from the council. Councillor...
View ArticleVIDEO: Water babies
Emma Kimberley holds her breath under water and immediately starts kicking to reach the surface. She is 11 months old. WHILE she cannot reach the surface quite yet, her weekly swimming lessons have...
View ArticleNearly 7 000 kids benefit from J-Bay literacy and numeracy programme
AN education programme spearheaded by the Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm Foundation and aimed at improving literacy and numeracy in primary schools is assisting 6 762 pupils from 12 schools. The wind farm has...
View ArticleANC conference storm
THE man at the centre of the Mandela funeral scandal has been re-elected into the regional secretary position by ANC delegates at the party’s Buffalo City Metro elective conference held at the...
View ArticleYeye bids SABC family farewell after 25 years
NEW ROLE: Family man Zola Yeye. Picture: Brian Witbooi AFTER spending 25 years working for the SABC, Zola Yeye, 60, will finally get a chance to spend quality time with his family. During an interview...
View ArticleNew church for gay group
GOD’S CHILDREN: Pastors from left Khanyisa Sinqe and Legend Ninxube> Picture: HENDRICK MPHANDE Refreshing lack of discrimination TWO women with two different stories have opened a place of worship...
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