No sentence yet for Emmanuel Sithole’s murderers
The men convicted of the murder of Mozambican national Emmanuel Josias Sithole will have to wait until next month to learn their fate. Sithole was killed on April 18 this year after demanding money...
View ArticleNPA wants Oscar in court ‘urgently’
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) wants convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius to appear in court soon and receive a harsher sentence. Prosecutors have been engaged in deliberations since the ruling...
View ArticleTwo suspects arrested for drug dealing
TWO suspects are facing a drug-related charge, after they were allegedly found in possession of 28 mandrax tablets and 10 packets of tik in East London today (December 4). ,4). The first suspect, 34, A...
View ArticleSA to celebrate Tata’s legacy
Saturday, December 5 will mark two years since the death of former president, Nelson Mandela. This weekend, political parties, religious institutions and foundations will celebrate his life with...
View Article8 killed in Graaff-Reinet accident
Eight people died instantly, including a truck driver, when an minibus taxi collided head-on with a truck in Middleburg, 46kms outside Graaff-Reinet. The minibus was travelling from Uitenhage to...
View ArticleWillowvale man arrested for rape of five-year-old boy
Willowvale Police arrested a 27-year-old man yesterday for the alleged rape of a five-year-old boy. According to police, the boy was raped in a shack at Willowvale Informal Settlement on Friday, 4...
View ArticleChurchman’s age saves him from tax-fraud sentence
A PORT Elizabeth pastor’s advanced age came in handy yesterday when the court decided not to sentence him and instead gave him a slap on the wrist for defrauding the taxman. While magistrate Louis...
View ArticleCostly school uniforms get thumbs-down
Schools should decide what suits their situation, experts tell Lee-Anne Butler OLD-FASHIONED and too expensive. These are the reasons education experts believe that compulsory school uniforms that...
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Heavy cost burden for parents of twins
DOUBLE VISION: Sonja Tifloen has spent more than R11 000 kitting out her twins, Aydin and Mikail, for Grey Junior School THE price of school uniforms is everincreasing, and the costs are even more for...
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Minister and mayor help clean up Walmer township
CLEAN SWEEP: Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu leads a clean-up of Walmer township. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE HUMAN Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Danny Jordaan...
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Parents advised to shop early and compare prices to save
PARENTS have been advised to beat the rush and buy uniforms as early as possible before school starts on January 13. Some uniform suppliers have also warned that they have limited stock. Lené Botha, of...
View ArticleManhunt for farm killer
Community reeling after prominent local man, 75, callously shot down POLICE and shocked members of the quiet Aberdeen farming community, 57km southwest of Graaff-Reinet, yesterday launched a massive...
View ArticleFlying squad’s vehicle fleet beefed up
THE Nelson Mandela Bay police flying squad’s vehicle fleet received a boost last week after struggling with a crippling shortage of cars for the elite unit. The unit has been given two more vehicles...
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Jubilation and dejection
Xolile Dlokolo (left) was healed at the Healing Jesus Campaign Crusade with his friend Mpumelelo Mzizi.Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI After spending time at charismatic preacher Dag Heward-Mills’s ‘Healing...
View ArticleTwo may be linked to farmer’s murder
Suspects arrested in connection with other crimes TWO men suspected of being involved in the murder of Aberdeen sheep farmer George “Schalk” Featherstone had been on the run from police for other...
View ArticleAverage Plett Rage reveller spent upwards of R10 000
BETWEEN R9 000 and R10 000 – that is what the typical young school-leaver spent at the 10-day Plett Rage party, with some boasting they had splashed out up to R25 000. As the 13th annual Plettenberg...
View ArticleEx-project workers claim city owes them
THREE former Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) project coordinators in Nelson Mandela Bay claim the city owes them almost R180 000 for three months’ salaries. The project coordinators signed...
View ArticleWoman bites off piece of alleged rapist’s tongue
A 66-year-old Eastern Cape woman bit off a piece of the tongue of her alleged rapist. Eastern Cape police spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha said the victim was asleep alone on Friday night at her home...
View ArticleInterest in poll strong, says DA
Party to contest every Bay ward THE number of applications to the DA from people wanting to be councillor candidates in next year’s local government elections has tripled compared to 2011. The party...
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Nine East Cape deaths add to carnage
CRASH SCENE: In an accident just before 5.30am yesterday in Cape Road, Kabega Park, four people were injured when a Datsun GX and an Opel Corsa collided Cow on road causes horror crash on rural road in...
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