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A man facing multiple headaches
UNDER FIRE: President Jacob Zuma will deliver his state of the nation address in Cape Town tonight President Jacob Zuma has his back to the wall. Facing a backlash for leading the nation from one...
View ArticleWATCH: Mandela released from prison 26 years ago
This video shows a significant moment in South African history. Former President Nelson Mandela served over 27 years in prison, initially on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor...
View ArticleNoakes tells of anguish
BANTING diet champion Tim Noakes broke down in tears yesterday as he gave evidence at the “humiliating” Health Professions’ Council of SA inquiry into his alleged misconduct. Noakes is accused by the...
View ArticleRand slides ahead of state of the nation address
THE rand began to weaken on Thursday morning against major currencies as markets prepared for President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address. The rand weakness comes despite the dollar weakening...
View Article61 arrested in PE
Sixty-one wanted suspects were arrested during a series of raids across Port Elizabeth from last night to this morning. The operation – which involved more than 40 detectives from various police...
View ArticleFears grow over fate of trapped miners
ANGUISH among families, union officials, workers and management grew yesterday as the search for three missing miners – two of them women – ended with no signs of success. Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Mabuza...
View ArticleElderly man dies from bacteria in Kaaimans River
The Eden District Municipality confirmed today that an 81-year-old man has died after swimming in the Kaaimans River near George in the Southern Cape after contracting a deadly bacteria through an open...
View ArticleWATCH: Zuma’s high tea before #SONA2016
President Jacob Zuma hosted a high tea with some of the guests he had invited to his 2016 State of the Nation Address. The speech is coming as opposition parties have asked the Constitutional Court to...
View ArticleUCT: ‘Kill all whites’ T-shirt is hate speech
The University of Cape Town (UCT) on Thursday condemned as hate speech a t-shirt bearing the message “kill all whites”. The UCT management said on their Facebook page they condemned in the strongest...
View ArticlePoliceman in dock accused of assaulting victims
A policeman who allegedly participated in an act of vigilantism by joining four farmers in beating up two men has been arrested by the Hawks. “He was called to a crime scene where farm owners in Parys‚...
View ArticleWATCH: Police push back protesters outside Parliament
Ses’Khona protesters are pushed back by police hours before the annual SONA in Cape Town. The post WATCH: Police push back protesters outside Parliament appeared first on HeraldLIVE.
View ArticleStun grenades fired on EFF amid surreal atmosphere at Parliament
Like the Winter Palace during the Russian Revolution‚ as stun grenades were fired two street blocks away and Cape Town’s main street‚ Adderley Street‚ was cordoned off by barbed wire‚ festivities and...
View ArticleSONA Fashion – The trends‚ who was hot and who confused us
In the midst of protests against President Jacob Zuma ahead of the latest State of the Nation Address‚ politicians and government officials had the 2016 SONA red carpet lit with hot (and not so hot)...
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43 baby tortoises, dagga confiscated in Grahamstown
Picture: Supplied Forty three baby tortoises were rescued and almost a hundred thousand rand worth of dagga confiscated in two separate busts at a routine road block outside Grahamstown this afternoon....
View ArticleLand reform remains important for transformation
Around 120 000 new land claims had been received as of December, President Jacob Zuma said during his State of the Nation Address on Thursday. This was since the reopening of the process for those who...
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Stevens case postponed
THE ACCUSED: Martin Stevens, left, with his lawyer, Dean Murray MARTIN Stevens, accused of attempting to murder his estranged wife by stabbing her seven times, appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth...
View ArticleCourt told of phone calls between accused
TELEPHONE conversations and SMS exchanges between the woman who allegedly hired the gunman who killed Gerrie Hoekstra, and her bookkeeper friend took centre stage in the Port Elizabeth High Court...
View ArticleClean ward prizes on the cards in Bay
AS part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s plan to eradicate illegal dumping, it wants to run a Cleanest Ward competition. While the details of the competition – including the criteria and...
View ArticleR5bn allocated to fix East Cape roads
THE Phumulo Masualle-led provincial government will inject R5-billion into resurfacing and rehabilitating Eastern Cape roads this year, including two connected to Port Elizabeth. Work will be done on...
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Stray animal crisis in Bay
TRAFFIC MOOSANCE: The grassy island on the main road between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage might be the ideal spot for these unattended cows to rest and graze, but they pose a danger to motorists....
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