At least two DA supporters were injured when rocks were thrown when they marched down Jorissen Street in Braamfontein in Johannesburg on Tuesday (15/05/2012).

People are divided on whether it is time to change the Constitution, according to survey results released on Tuesday (15/02/2012).

THE Uitenhage couple who disappeared without a trace more than a month ago were told to “leave and not come back” and so they did – leaving family and friends fearing for their safety.

JULIUS Malema, speaking publicly for the first time since his expulsion as ANC Youth League president, boasted proudly yesterday of the widespread support he still commanded.

RELATIONSHIPS between superintendents-general in the Eastern Cape departments of Health and Finance have reached “boiling point”, says Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana.

A KEY police witness suffered a suspected heart attack and collapsed yesterday while testifying in the Knysna Circuit Court trial of six men accused in South Africa’s biggest drug bust.

ANGRY college students in Nelson Mandela Bay yesterday disrupted campuses in protest against the short payment of bursary funds from the National Students Financial Aid Scheme.

THE Sanctor Primary School in Port Elizabeth may soon have a permanent principal after a court order was granted in its favour for the district education department to hand over candidates’ application forms for interviewing and short-listing to take place.

MANY provincial doctors in the Eastern Cape have not been paid – some for a month, some for three months.

DEVELOPERS of the unprecedented multibillion-rand “city within a city” development planned for Nelson Mandela Bay’s western suburbs, Bay West City, hope to start construction on the project as soon as August.

THE blame for rising food prices not only rests with increasing petrol and electricity costs but also with consumers, the DA said yesterday

PUBLIC health officials have been linked in a confidential report to a new web of fraud and corruption amounting to R200-million in the embattled Eastern Cape Health Department.

FORGET hymnbooks and bibles, some worshippers arrived at a Port Elizabeth church yesterday morning with knobkerries and guns

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is on a soccer spending spree, with a pending R20-million deal to bring Maritzburg United to the city permanently adding to the recent pledge of R30-million to co-host next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

A PORT Elizabeth youth was killed in a hit-and-run incident on Seaview Road, in what some allege was a racist action.

SOUTH Africa’s top military and counter-intelligence spies are to probe an explosive letter written by embattled police spy boss Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli to President Jacob Zuma promising him his assistance in his re-election campaign.

SOUTH Africa’s nursing crisis involves more than just a shortage of nurses, health experts say. More needs to be done to improve the standard of training for nurses and the standard of care.

CHILDREN’s author Linda “Lulu” Fellowes has published her fourth book, iThemba in Where There’s Life There’s Hope, about a rhino and her game-ranger who take on rhino poachers – and win.

OPPOSITION political parties have vowed to work together on issues of national importance in an effort to weaken the ANC ahead of elections in 2014.

A POPULAR Port Elizabeth entertainment venue is creating a buzz with its products at the Tourism Indaba in Durban.

A pedestrian died after he was struck by a hearse on its way to a funeral in Butterworth, Eastern Cape police said on Monday (14/05/2012).

SCHOOLGIRLS in Nelson Mandela Bay’s impoverished Zwide will get a rare glimpse into the global arts world when American pupil Madeleine Lippey returns to the city with school friends next month as part of a campaign to empower women.

South Africa’s police service should reduce staff numbers by 9000, the National Treasury has recommended, according to a report on Monday (14/05/2012).

THE ANC bowed to pressure on the Protection of State Information Bill yesterday, proposing a raft of changes in response to sustained criticism of the bill over the past two years.

AFTER just three hours’ sleep in three days, the winners of the gruelling 500km Sunshine Coast extreme adventure race told yesterday how nursery rhyme sing-alongs had helped get them to the finish line.

A NELSON Mandela Bay policeman – out on bail after spending three years behind bars following his arrest for a cash-in-transit heist and armed robbery – has been ordered to return to work at the Kabega Park police station.

SCHOOLING in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas will come to a halt today as other schools join the protest by Sanctor High pupils for the permanent appointment of teachers.

A UITENHAGE couple who disappeared more than a month ago were tracked to Grahamstown and arrested for fraud yesterday.

ZIMBABWEAN activists have threatened to take several members of the Hawks to The Hague for crimes against humanity if they are not brought to justice in South Africa.

EVERYTHING about yesterday’s meeting between the DA national spokesman, Mmusi Maimane, and Jessica Leandra dos Santos and Tshidi Thamane reeked of bureaucracy and officialdom.

THE ANC Youth League’s regional executive committee (REC) in Nelson Mandela Bay has been left out in the cold weeks after successfully campaigning for former mayor Nceba Faku to be re-elected ANC regional executive chairman.

THE national drive to grow the number of black chartered accountants in South Africa has been boosted by excellent results posted by the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

EYEBROWS were raised when the Port Elizabeth High Court heard yesterday that South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials had allegedly tried to “persuade” a witness to falsely implicate Malabar businessman Amier Moosagie as being the same person as Shafique Naidu.

UNIVERSITY of Johannesburg vice-chancellor and principal Professor Ihron Rensburg has called for “the establishment of a new social contract with the people” to ensure the future of South Africa’s democracy.

A GROUP of Walmer township residents in Nelson Mandela Bay yesterday vowed to keep ANC ward councillor Nomajama Benya’s office closed until their service delivery grievances have been attended to.

The number of South Africans using the internet has significantly risen because of the impact of smartphones and mobile phones, a new study has shown.

Cape Town comedian Mark Sampson is expected to be charged with animal cruelty for allegedly chopping off the head of a cat, it was reported on Thursday (10/05/2012).

The Flame of Democracy at the Constitutional Court has been doused for maintenance, but will be burning again next week, an official said on Thursday (10/05/2012).