POLICE, apparently with no court order and acting on their own accord, barred the family and supporters of a murdered Muslim businessman from the Gauteng courtroom their son’s alleged killers were appearing in yesterday.

MANDLA Mandela has confirmed he is not the legitimate father of 11-month-old Qheya, who was meant to be the heir of the Royal House of Mandela.

A PORT Elizabeth road that has already cost about R18-million is yet to be finished - with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality not honouring the agreement it had with the Port Elizabeth Land Restitution and Housing Association (Pelrha).

EASTERN Cape premier Noxolo Kiviet has stood by her decision to urge government departments to buy tables at a lavish East London fashion show.

A JOINT operation by Fort Beaufort police officials led to the arrest of 14 suspects allegedly linked to a crime syndicate involved in a cash-in-transit heist in the town yesterday.

THE ANC does not need party members who are “caught with their hands in the till”. Instead, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said yesterday, members should strive to emulate the selflessness of former president Nelson Mandela.

PORT Elizabeth needs only a further 28mm of rain within the next 18 days for 2012 to be officially declared the wettest winter on record.

POLICE and NSRI divers continued to search the ocean and Keurbooms River mouth in Plettenberg Bay yesterday for four fishermen still missing after their small boat sank last Thursday night.

TWO sports-loving Eastern Cape women are making a name for themselves in a new Johannesburg-based visual radio station that focuses on sports.

AREAS of Nelson Mandela Bay which were still without water after two major supply pipes to the city broke more than a week ago will have their supply restored today (13/08/2012) or tomorrow.

THE country’s female judges have voiced their dissatisfaction about the ANC Women’s League’s proposal to decriminalise prostitution in South Africa.

Protesters threw petrol bombs at police officers near Cape Town International Airport on Friday morning (10/08/2012), the city’s disaster risk management centre said.

The body of an 8-year-old boy was found on Friday (10/08/2012) morning after a fishing boat disappeared in Plettenberg Bay, in the Western Cape, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.

THE office of the Eastern Cape premier has come under fire for putting pressure on government departments to buy tables at a swanky East London fashion show. In a formal letter sent to MECs, Noxolo Kiviet’s office appeals to her executive council to each fork out R10000 for a table at the event.

A PORT Elizabeth toddler died tragically after she fell into a bucket of water and drowned while trying to reach for her toy.

SETTLING back into quiet village life has been challenging for Banyana Banyana star, Amanda Sister, who recently returned home from the hustle and bustle of the world’s biggest sporting event.

ANSER Mahmood can’t talk about the vicious beating that led to his best friend’s death without breaking into tears. It is a murder a former cabinet minister has described as “the stench of Islamophobia”.

SOUTH African women should make use of constitutional and other mechanisms which exist to address issues of unemployment, domestic and sexual violence, and poverty, the public protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, said yesterday.

PRIVATE companies without women as directors and executive managers will soon face penalties, President Jacob Zuma said on Women’s Day

A CHANCE meeting between a cash-strapped Russian-born waiter and an elderly Dutch tourist in a Port Alfred restaurant four years ago has changed both men’s lives forever.

THE Eastern Cape’s meter taxi industry is under siege from scores of new pirate operators who, it is claimed, are taking advantage of the authorities’ failure to check on official licences and operating cards.

ALMOST a decade ago a young plattelandse meisie named Anna crept into the hearts of readers across South Africa.

Six men were arrested in Uitenhage for theft when they tried to sell 227kg of scrap metal, Eastern Cape police said on Friday (10/08/2012).

WIDESPREAD corruption in two Eastern Cape departments and details of dubious spending by a national authority in the province have been revealed in a report by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).

THE Makana Municipality is forging ahead with plans to buy a new vehicle for mayor Zamuxolo Peter, with R800000 budgeted from Grahamstown’s saving reserves.

TWO Gardmed medics and a critically ill woman were held at gunpoint and robbed during an emergency call- out in Zwide yesterday.

A BAY woman filmmaker who fired two men crew members for making inappropriate remarks to public protector Thuli Madonsela during filming will have her work flighted on SABC1 during Women’s Month.

WATER shortages in Port Elizabeth have been reduced to eight streets.

A PORT Elizabeth motorcyclist who was seriously injured during an unlawful high- speed race at the Scribante race track has lost his first round against the Road Accident Fund (RAF) and is now likely to approach the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) for permission to take the matter further.

NDLAMBE police are investigating alleged environmental crimes at a dump site near Bushmans River following a written warning issued to the municipality by the Green Scorpions.

CAPE TOWN - South Africa’s next generation of leaders should honour the legacy of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela by promoting democratic values around the world, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday (08/08/2012).

A three-year-old girl died when the walls of her home collapsed after continuous rain in Bityi, near Mthatha, Eastern Cape police said on Wednesday (08/08/2012).

Overseas trips, unnecessary catering and the printing of T-shirts at all Free State government levels must stop, the Free State ANC said on Wednesday (08/08/2012).

Mziwamadoda Qwabe was jailed for 25 years on Wednesday (08/08/2012) for kidnapping and murdering honeymooner Anni Dewani.

Pupils at a farm school outside Bloemfontein have burned tyres and school desks, apparently in a protest against additional classes ordered by the principal, it was reported on Wednesday (08/08/2012).

WE HAVE reached a development T-junction. We can either accept, without thinking, the proposed R80-billion oil refinery, Project Mthombo, without an environmental impact assessment having been done - never mind Durban South and the pollution there, never mind scrutinising that extraordinary 18500 permanent jobs’ promise by our premier.

CHRIS Hani District Municipality is set to do what Treasure the Karoo Action Group is hoping the national government will still decide is necessary. The step? To appoint a team of experts to investigate fracking, the controversial drilling method Shell wants to use to explore for and extract gas from shale beds deep beneath the Karoo

ABOUT a hundred eager young swimmers from Port Elizabeth’s northern and township areas will miss out on what is considered to be the highlight event of their sporting year.

Pupils and parents flocked to Newspaper House to snap up The Herald Matric Results supplement. Now we make available to you pdfs of the supplement pages.