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<description><![CDATA[This Herald - The Voice of Nelson Mandela Bay - News Break]]></description>
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<title>Port Elizabeth to host third leg of sevens series</title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15230</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa will again host the third leg of the Sevens World Series in Port Elizabeth in December, the International Rugby Board (IRB) confirmed on Friday (17/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Amcu leader says union will &amp;#8216;bring economy to standstill&amp;#8217;</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15228</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE leader of South Africa&#8217;s biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday (17/05/2013) to bring the country &#8220;to a standstill&#8221; and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma&#8218; ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month labour crisis.]]></description>
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<title>SANDF prepared for battle against Congo forces</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15211</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is drawing lessons from its battle with Seleka forces in the Central African Republic to prepare for future peacekeeping operations in Africa&#8218; army chief Lt-Gen Vusumuzi Masondo said on Thursday.]]></description>
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<title>'I fear for my life', says city manager</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15189</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[EXPLOSIVE allegations of political interference and veiled threats have been made by Nelson Mandela Bay municipal manager Lindiwe Msengana-Ndlela in a letter sent to Bhisho.]]></description>
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<title>At odds over jobs tenders, security  </title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15190</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TOPPING city manager Lindiwe Msenga-Ndlela's list of complaints in the grievance are allegations of undue political interference by mayor Ben Fihla and his deputy, Chippa Ngcolomba, in trying to get her to flout various laws.]]></description>
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<title>UDM takes fight over qualifications to court</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15188</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[UDM councillor Mongameli Bobani has turned to the courts after failing to get the support he needed to debate new city boss Lindiwe Msengana-Ndlela's qualifications in council]]></description>
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<title>School rot 'starts at the top'</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15187</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A TOTAL lack of management in the provincial Education Department over the past 16 years led to an administrative collapse and systemic disintegration of the entire school system, according to education boss Mthunywa Ngonzo.]]></description>
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<title>Feuding neighbours land in court once again</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15185</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AN elderly Port Elizabeth woman who locked her landlady in a garage was yesterday acquitted of kidnapping, but not before the magistrate warned her and the landlady to stop terrorising one another.
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<title>Red Location centre beset by problems</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15183</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AS the world celebrates International Museum Day, Nelson Mandela Bay's iconic Red Location Museum is battling a host of problems.]]></description>
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<title>Political parties fire off salvos in bitter salute row </title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15182</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE ANC and SACP in Klipplaat have hit back at the DA, saying the opposition was trying to score points when it lashed out at the town's mayor's gun salute at a funeral last month.]]></description>
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<title>Joy as land case is struck off roll </title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15180</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ANGRY protests turned into a dance of joy outside the Port Elizabeth High Court yesterday when residents of Tiryville in Uitenhage claimed victory in their battle with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality over land they are occupying.]]></description>
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<title>Fun programmes at Bay museums </title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15179</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUSEUMS in Port Elizabeth will pull out all the stops this weekend as they celebrate International Museum Day.]]></description>
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<title>Couple accused in R16m swindle get bail </title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15178</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A PORT Elizabeth couple facing charges of fraud and theft totalling at least R16-million have each been released on R2500 bail.]]></description>
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<title>Narrow escape for cyclist as thugs try to steal her bike</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15177</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A PORT Elizabeth cyclist has warned others not to ride alone after a harrowing experience in Forest Hill in which her bicycle was nearly stolen.]]></description>
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<title>'Kids drink more than adults'</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15176</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SCHOOL pupils drink more alcohol than adults in the Eastern Cape. This has been revealed by an Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) study. And Nelson Mandela Bay was highlighted as the second worst area in the province for alcohol abuse.
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<title>David Beckham announced his retirement </title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15175</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Former England captain David Beckham announced his retirement from all forms of football on Thursday afternoon (16/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Hawks man learnt of dismissal in media - report</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15169</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Former Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela learned he had been fired via media reports on Thursday (16/05/2013), EyeWitnessNews reported.]]></description>
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<title>SA army financially crippled, says general</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15168</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Budgetary constraints have crippled the SA Army in its attempts to fulfil national and international obligations, army chief Lt-Gen Vusimuzi Masondo said on Thursday (16/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Gupta probe findings will be made public</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15166</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There will be no attempt to keep secret a report into the illegal landing of a jet chartered by the politically-connected Gupta family at Waterkloof Air Force Base, acting Minister in the Presidency Edna Molewa said on Thursday (16/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Gender commission wants sex work decriminalised</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15164</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) called for the decriminalisation of sex work on Thursday (16/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Free State town loses new fire engine</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15162</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A newly-acquired, bright-red fire engine belonging to the Ngwathe municipality in Parys, in the Free State, has disappeared, the Volksblad newspaper reported on Thursday (16/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Sherwood race feud heads for court</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15139</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A BITTER, racially charged feud in the quiet suburb of Sherwood in Port Elizabeth is headed for court after a black businessman was allegedly viciously assaulted by his white neighbours.]]></description>
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<title>Flight of terror from the Bay</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15138</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TERRIFIED passengers on an SA Express flight from Port Elizabeth to Durban told of their horror when the oxygen masks suddenly dropped down in front of them without warning yesterday.]]></description>
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<title>Incidents still 'worrisome'</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15137</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[RACISM is still very apparent in South Africa after nearly two decades of democracy, according to the SA Institute of Race Relations and the SA Human Rights Commission.]]></description>
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<title>Tears help wash away pain</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15136</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THERE was not a dry eye in court yesterday as a grieving Port Elizabeth mother forgave the motorist who drove into and killed her youngest son in 2011.]]></description>
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<title>Ramphele packs NMMU lecture hall</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15135</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AGANG SA leader Mamphela Ramphele fired up her campaign in Nelson Mandela Bay yesterday, warning university students to fiercely reject being labelled as irrelevant and illegitimate citizens because they believed in excellence.]]></description>
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<title>Metro amnesty slashes hefty traffic fines</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15134</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality yesterday launched its traffic fines amnesty, giving motorists a 50% discount from all fines of more than R300.]]></description>
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<title>NMMU tutors business skills to unemployed</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15133</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NELSON Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) students are teaching basic business skills to unemployed township women in Port Elizabeth. ]]></description>
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<title>Illegal school to be probed</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15129</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE annual problem of a lack of space in suburban schools, which has resulted in hundreds of pupils not in school when they reopen in January, has led to the establishment of an illegal school in Sydenham, Port Elizabeth.]]></description>
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<title>NMMU counts on future CAs</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15128</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NELSON Mandela Metropolitan University's Thuthuka programme, which last month celebrated its first cum laude graduate, is on its way to producing top quality black chartered accountants in South Africa.]]></description>
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<title>Motsoaledi in HPV prevention drive </title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15127</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has committed to rolling out cervical cancer vaccines to all nine- and 10-year-old girls at poor public schools in February next year.]]></description>
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<title>Name and shame corrupt officials</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15126</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE best way to fight widespread corruption in South Africa by elected officials and civil servants is to name and shame the people involved.]]></description>
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<title>Small-town girl's big picture</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15131</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AN Eastern Cape "small-town girl's" market research could contribute to enhancing game reserves and lead to a better understanding of clients' needs.]]></description>
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<title>Pupils aim to sing at nationals</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15132</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PUPILS at a Nelson Mandela Bay primary school have been selected to represent the metro in the provincial leg of the South African Schools' Choral Eisteddfod in East London next week. ]]></description>
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<title>Cellphone service to help moms</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15130</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A NEW cellphone information service for expectant mothers and mothers of toddlers has been launched in South Africa, which is only the second country to benefit from such a service.]]></description>
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<title>Eskom, SABC launch power bulletin</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15124</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eskom has partnered with the SABC to give South Africans daily real time information on the power grid, the power utility said on Wednesday (15/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Free Market Foundation against licensing bill</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15122</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The proposed Licensing of Businesses Bill is a &#8220;crazy&#8221; idea which will maximise corruption, the Free Market Foundation said on Wednesday (15/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>NHI Globally accepted: Motsoaledi</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15121</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[South Africans should stop wasting time opposing National Health Insurance (NHI), Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Wednesday (15/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Cops blew up Gupta wedding invite</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15115</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[North West police blew up an invitation to the lavish Gupta family wedding because it was thought to be an explosive device, it was reported on Wednesday (15/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Buffalo tramples Addo ranger</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15095</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A FIELD ranger is lucky to be alive after he was trampled by a one-ton buffalo at the Addo Elephant National Park yesterday. Sandile Gunya, 40, was airlifted to Greenacres Hospital in Port Elizabeth shortly after the attack. He was bleeding from the nose, ears and mouth.]]></description>
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<title>Exodus from Eastern Cape gathers speed</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15093</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE exodus from the Eastern Cape is accelerating, with more than a quarter of a million people leaving the province in the five years up to 2011.]]></description>
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<title>Underground warfare</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15090</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A SILENT, deadly war is being waged kilometres underground in mines that have become battlegrounds between rival unions.]]></description>
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<title>Kids given spring in their step</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15086</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ALMOST 2000 children in Uitenhage and Despatch were all smiles yesterday after receiving shoes and windbreakers from the Uitenhage Despatch Development Initiative (UDDI) Back2School campaign.]]></description>
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<title>Another DA councillor in firing line for 'favouritism'</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15084</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GELVANDALE'S Ward 12 councillor, Shirley Sauls, yesterday became the third DA public representative accused of favouritism in the awarding of jobs on projects in Port Elizabeth's northern areas.]]></description>
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<title>Hundreds get help at first health event</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15083</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NEARLY 400 people received health screenings and advice at a community health project offered by Rotary and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU).]]></description>
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<title>Randell to appear in lower court</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15082</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ATTORNEY Michael Randell will not stand trial in the Port Elizabeth High Court due to his relationship with the judges.]]></description>
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<title>Girl's freak bus death</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15081</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A TSITSIKAMMA pupil, aged six, died in a freak bus accident a few hundred metres from her home just minutes after being dropped off after school on Monday afternoon.]]></description>
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<title>Heavy police presence at Marikana as miners gather</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15080</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A large number of police were at Wonderkop stadium, in Marikana, North West, where Amcu members were expected to meet on Tuesday (14/05/2013) afternoon.]]></description>
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<title>Big worry over SA's power supply</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15077</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Power utility Eskom&#8217;s ability to keep the country&#8217;s lights on this winter remains a major worry, the DA warned on Tuesday (14/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Bus strike nightmare ends</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15046</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[COMMUTERS can breathe a sigh of relief, with buses set to resume normal services today after a month-long strike by drivers.]]></description>
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