NMMU student, 19, drowns in Sundays
A 19-YEAR-OLD Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student drowned in the Sundays River in Colchester outside Port Elizabeth yesterday. Police spokesman Constable Mncedi Mbombo said the incident...
View ArticleHonour for G’town director
GRAHAMSTOWN theatre director Rob Murray has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. Murray, who is doing his PhD at the Rhodes University drama department, has a...
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Wheels roll for rhino orphans
GEARED UP: Wayne Bolton is about to embark on a 6 000km cycle trip to raise funds for orphaned rhinos.Picture: MIKE HOLMES TACKLING a 6 000km cycle that will take him through 19 national parks over an...
View ArticleCrime campaign in Kwazakhele
REPRESENTATIVES from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Department of Justice and other government departments will join forces on Friday to educate Kwazakhele residents about the services they...
View ArticleGirls fight off abductors on way to school
PLETTENBERG Bay police have launched a manhunt after the attempted abduction of two young children on their way to school. The two 12-year-old girls, both Grade 4 pupils at the Phakamisani Primary...
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Karabo crowned ‘Idols SA’ winner
TOP OF THE POPS: Karabo Mogane celebrates with ‘Idols SA’ finalists as he is crowned the winner of season 11. Picture: COBUS BODENSTEIN Mbombela youth comes out tops in season 11 finale JOHANNESBURG’S...
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Fronting to be rooted out – minister
ON THE LINE: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries minstrer Senzeni Zokwana and Eastern Cape MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane at the Humansdorp Country Club. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE AGRICULTURE, Forestry and...
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Legends honoured at Opera House
HONOURED GUESTS: John Kani, left, Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona were among the guests at the unveiling of a stained glass window in their honour at the revamped Port Elizabeth Opera House yesterday....
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Man shot as safety campaign launched
SAFER SEASON PLEDGE: Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Danny Jordaan was among those who signed a pledge of support for a safer festive season and a clampdown on crime at the Port Elizabeth City Hall...
View ArticleSecond blow for Bay pilot’s lawsuit
A NELSON Mandela Bay pilot who dragged mining magnate Kobus Smit to court over claims that he had failed to honour an employment contract was dealt a second blow last week when the Grahamstown High...
View ArticleExpect surge in water-borne diseases‚ says SAMA
As if the drought has not caused enough damage to the economy and food production‚ the South African Medical Association has warned that climate change will produce a surge in water-borne diseases....
View ArticleOld age home resident describes horror blaze
“THERE were flames everywhere and I could hear screams from inside the rooms,” a visibly shaken Milton Nopote, 70, said after a fire at the Ekuphumleni Old Age Home in Zwide claimed three lives at the...
View Article‘Pay up or go threat’ angers parents
ANGRY parents at a Port Elizabeth primary school say pupils as young as seven were told they would have to find new schools unless their parents forked out R800 in registration fees. Walmer West...
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Up till dawn in Jayde’s memory
JAYDE PANAYIOTOU THE 10th and final item on Jayde Panayiotou’s bucket list was completed by her friends and family yesterday as they came together to celebrate what would have been the murdered...
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Williams in settlement negotiations
ROLAND WILLIAMS If he goes, he will be fourth top official to leave amid disciplinary crackdown NELSON Mandela Bay municipal communications boss Roland Williams is negotiating a settlement to leave...
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Two due in court after boy (8) was shot while playing outside
CILVIANO DRAAI TWO suspected gangsters, both teenagers, are due to appear in court today after eight- year-old Cilvanio Draai was hit by a stray bullet while playing outside. The teenagers, allegedly...
View ArticleMan sentenced for shooting taxi driver on N2
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 38 years imprisonment by the George High Court for the murder of a taxi driver who was shot in the head while driving on the N2. Zanemali Laho from Thembalethu...
View ArticleNoakes fans and haters see red over hearing
Wearing pink is about breast cancer awareness. Wearing red on Monday was about Tim Noakes awareness. Or‚ more specifically‚ awareness about Noakes defending himself as he appeared at the resumption of...
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Policeman saves woman after suicide attempt
Picture: Supplied A Despatch policeman saved the life of a woman who had attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a 40m-high bridge on Sunday night. According to police, Constable Bruce Brits arrived...
View ArticleExplain exam leaks‚ DA tells Motshekga
Reports of more leaks of matric exam papers prompted the Democratic Alliance to issue a statement on Monday calling for the Education Minister to explain the situation to Parliament. The DA said on...
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