OUT OF ALIGNMENT: Cosatu and Sangoco members protest outside the Nelson Mandela Bay council chambers yesterday. They condemned ANC councillors who aligned themselves with the opposition parties

THE long-awaited Nelson Mandela Bay Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) will finally be launched next week - more than five years and R1-billion after it was first announced.

AN illegal strike by Eastern Cape emergency services workers in East London on Monday spilt over into other parts of the province yesterday, forcing health officials to suspend some services.

FEELINGS of nostalgia and a sense of calm are what two artists’ paintings will bring at an exhibition opening at ART Gallery in Cuyler Street, Port Elizabeth, today.

MEN in drag and women in stilettos made for some fun races at the Boardwalk at the weekend.

BY the time he arrived at the flat where murder accused Samantha Mitchell had allegedly killed her life partner, she had taken control of what was happening in the flat and stood drinking, smoking and ordering the police around.

IN what could have been an episode straight out of popular TV show CSI, one of South Africa’s top forensic analysts refuted the different versions ritual murder accused Samantha Mitchell gave to police and ambulance drivers.

Broken beer bottles and glasses were strewn about. The deceased was lying stretched out next to the couple's bed, clad only in pyjama pants. Despite the gaping neck injury, there was no blood. This was the scene described by an ambulance driver who first attended to what the state alleges was the scene of a brutal ritual murder..

BUDGET constraints within the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s public health department are hampering the fight against illegal dumping in Helenvale.

The health professionals caught between their duty, care and the world of abortion, both legal and illegal, describe their dilemma in this slide show put together by Eugene Coetzee

"Most of the teenagers we see get rejected everywhere they go. Their parents, their school, the clinic sisters - nobody wants to help them.

On Monday morning (12/11/2012) the residents of St Francis Bay surveyed their fire-ragaved village. Here are some pictures sent in by reader Tracy-Anne Bragaglia

A number of readers sent us these pictures from around PE and Bushmans of the flooding caused by the large storm on Wednesday night 17/10/2012

Ashley Gombert manager off Seaview Lion Park with Solo his Tricolour Border Collie who has been taking care of two four-month old tiger cubs, Judo and Ruby since they were three days old. Pictures: Eugene Coetzee

Scottish tourist Violet D’Mello was mauled by two cheetahs at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth as she was trying to protect a seven-year old Bay boy on Saturday (28/04/2012). Cleary Estate family Glenda and Samuel Malan, and their children - Cassidy, 11, Camryn, 8, and Calum, 7 - were also there. Camryn was a...

DESIGNER Johan Wolmarans was the man of the night at The Herald and Reach for a Dream’s Wear Your Dream competition gala finale, with two of the three big prizes going to designs from his studio

IT’S only 11 days to go for the biggest and best motor fair ever to hit the Bay. This year’s The Herald World of Wheels Nelson Mandela Bay Motor Fair on December 1 is setting new benchmarks for motor fairs in the country and is attracting nationwide interest.

The end to the popular ‘Twilight’ saga, in all its transcendent loopiness - is very hard to dislike