News Golden oldies still clocking in

AT 95 years old, George Nicholas is convinced he is the oldest working journalist in the world, but he is not the only Eastern Cape senior citizen who believes working throughout one’s golden years is a flop-proof recipe for excellent mental and physical health.

News Cop killing suspect arrested

ARY van Onselen, the Uitenhage man who was found partially naked and clinging to life just metres away from a dead policeman last week, says he has “no recollection” of the man he was found with or how he himself sustained more than 20 stab wounds.

News Reeva’s big 3-0 ‘difficult time’

WHAT would have been a grand celebration of the “Big 3-0” for slain model Reeva Steenkamp on Monday will be nothing more than a painful reminder of how her life tragically ended as her boyfriend, Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, appears in court for her murder.

Sport Sauls vows to fight EP Cricket on axing

GRAEME Sauls has been axed as president of Eastern Province Cricket after fellow executive directors voted to uphold allegations levelled against him.

News Mystery murder of PE cop

A PORT ELIZABETH policeman is dead and a Uitenhage man is clinging to life after being stabbed 22 times in a gruesome attack on the two men that has left detectives baffled.

News Storm over teachers’ sick leave

TWO prominent Nelson Mandela Bay psychiatrists are at the centre of a storm over teachers being put on sick leave for extended periods - sometimes up to three years at a time.

News Stringent new law kicks butts

THE fresh winds of change may soon blow through hundreds of bars and taverns across the Eastern Cape if tough new laws that propose a total ban on smoking in public places are passed.

News Rape survivor shares pain

Noordhoek victim speaks out about her ordeal to help others with healing “A LONG and harrowing chapter has been closed, but the book is still being written.”

Sport Deysel in frame to make Bok squad

SHARKS flank Jean Deysel is expected to be a surprise inclusion in the Springbok Rugby Championship squad when coach Heyneke Meyer names 30 players today.

News Young legal eagle set to argue for ‘royal sisters’

NELSON Mandela’s daughters, fighting over their father’s assets, have fired their well-known attorney to once again secure the services of young Eastern Cape lawyer Wesley Hayes.

News Pistorius pictures mystery

THE South African Police Service is considering launching an investigation into how SkyNews in the United Kingdom obtained highly sensitive photographs of the crime scene where paralympian Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend, former Port Elizabeth model Reeva Steenkamp.

News Copter theory as sophisticated poachers strike

TWO Eastern Cape rhinos are lucky to be alive after a “highly organised” poaching incident this week in which the animals were apparently darted before having their horns “surgically” removed.

Tourism See them while you still can

From elephants to gorillas, and turtles to tigers: endangered species and where to see them.

News Sheriff swoops on PE millionaire

FLAMBOYANT Port Elizabeth businessman Ben Nyaumwe is “hopelessly insolvent”, owes Absa bank R101-million and allegedly locked up his luxury Brookes Hill house to prevent the Sheriff of the High Court from seizing his furniture, the bank claimed in legal papers this week.

News St Francis rises from ashes

THE seaside town of St Francis Bay is dusting off the ashes following the devastating fire there last year that gutted scores of homes.

News Liesel juggles legal career and home life

AS DIRECTOR and shareholder in one of Nelson Mandela Bay’s most prominent and prestigious law firms, Liesel Greyvenstein has come a long way since her days as an articled clerk.

News ‘GIVE HIM 10 YEARS FOR RAPE’

ELL-KNOWN Eastern Cape musician Iain McLaggan’s lastditch effort to appeal his rape conviction backfired yesterday when his defence was asked to mitigate why he should not spend a decade in prison instead of the initial eight years to which he was sentenced last year.

News Submarine docks for public to take a peek inside

THE SA Navy’s attack submarine SAS Charlotte Maxeke docked in the Port Elizabeth harbour yesterday as part of a three-day multi-purpose stay.

News Karabus thanks SA for support

CAPE Town doctor Prof Cyril Karabus was welcomed back to the country yesterday amid great fanfare, with bands‚ banners and dignitaries , after spending nine months under arrest in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

News Road rage debacle

A PORT Elizabeth man who was accused of savagely beating a business owner in a racist road rage incident last year walked out of court a free man yesterday after he was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.