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Seven killed in Wells Estate shack fire
Seven people were killed in a shack fire in Tshazimeunzi Street, Wells Estate. Picture: Eugene Coetzee/The Herald. A grandmother, her daughter and five children were killed in a shack fire in...
View ArticleMunicipal customer care centres closed
ALL NELSON Mandela Bay municipal customer care centres across the metro are closed to the public due to a budget and treasury strike currently underway. Supply chain management offices, while still...
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Paraffin stove most probable cause of shack fire
Seven people were killed in a shack fire in Tshazimeunzi Street, Wells Estate. Picture: Supplied. The most probable cause of a shack fire that claimed the lives of seven people in Wells Estate, Port...
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SA youth hopeful about the future
SOUTH African youth are optimistic about the future despite social challenges in education and in households, a recent study has revealed. The survey by Brands Laduma reflects the attitudes of young...
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Restoring order
ANGRY SCENES: Police use a water cannon after Heugh Road was blocked with burning tyres during a service delivery protest which disrupted traffic in Walmer yesterday morning. Picture: MIKE HOLMES...
View ArticleCouncil furore over lawyers’ fees
KING Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) municipality has come under fire for allegedly wasting ratepayers’ money by paying as many as eight law firms thousands of rands every month. In the fourth quarter of...
View ArticleDisclosure low on mental health disabilities
THOUSANDS of government employees suffer from chronic mental illnesses like depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but are reluctant to disclose their conditions, concerned MPs heard. MPs...
View ArticlePolice commissioners forced to apologise for Phiyega saga
EIGHT of South Africa’s nine provincial police commissioners were forced to grovel for the forgiveness of the president in parliament yesterday, following the release of a statement in which they...
View ArticleAnother hot potato for Cyril
DEPUTY President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to ease tensions and fears over the new controversial immigration regulations, saying the government has a plan to mitigate its unintended consequences....
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Success followed struggle
AGAINST ALL ODDS: Lunga Tshikila, 24, whose hard work has seen him reap rich rewards. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI Man, who grew up an orphan in KwaNobuhle, now a top businessman A YOUNG Nelson Mandela Bay...
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Roxette head back to Bay on world tour
SET FOR SUCCESS: Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle will be performing at a series of concerts in South Africa AFTER 21 years, Swedish pop-rock duo Roxette will return to Nelson Mandela Bay in February,...
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Crystal meth worth over R2m found in ironing boards at OR Tambo airport
Picture: SAPS Ephedrine worth over R2 million was discovered hidden in ironing boards at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) mail centre yesterday. This is the second seizure of...
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T-shirt gets Virgin Active member thrown out
The t-shirt Muhammed Desai was wearing. Picture: Twitter In a video posted onto YouTube yesterday, Virgin Active member, Muhammed Desai, explains how he was asked to leave the Old Edwardians gym in...
View ArticleCharges against middleman in Panayiotou case withdrawn
ALL eyes will again be on murder accused Christopher Panayiotou today as he takes to the dock in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court for a mandatory court appearance. The matter will again be...
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Student’s death: beachfront vigil plan
AS outrage over the brutal attack on an 19-year-old NMMU student continues to simmer, a group of concerned parents and community members in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas are planning to stage a...
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Fears of serial killer grow as seventh vagrant is killed in East London CBD
CAPTION: A homeless man has been discovered murdered in the East London CBD yesterday morning. Picture: Sibongile Ngalwa © DAILY DISPATCH Another homeless man has been murdered in the East London CBD‚...
View ArticleLIVE: Panayiotou back in court
Members of murder accused Christopher Panayiotou’s family were waiting inside court for Panayiotou and his co-accused Sizwezakhe Vumazonke to appear on Thursday morning (13/08/15). Panayiotou and...
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Interpol hunts for East London child
The International Police Organisation (Interpol) is investigating the kidnapping of a three-year-old East London girl allegedly by a nanny who demanded R500000 for the child’s safe return. The...
View ArticlePanayiotou and co-accused back in court today
Murder accused Christopher Panayiotou and his co-accused Sizwezakhe Vumazonke will be back in court today after the case against them was postponed in June this year for further investigation....
View ArticleDespatch residents urged to use water sparingly
Despatch residents were urged on Thursday (13/08/15) to use water sparingly after the main supply pipe to the Despatch reservoir burst. According to Despatch ward councillor Francois Greyling, water...
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