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FEARS of potentially deadly health risks from contaminated water forced the immediate closure of two of Nelson Mandela Bay’s largest cemeteries yesterday.
Paul primed for ParalympicsACE Port Elizabeth swimmer Kevin Paul, who leaves on Sunday to take part in the Paralympic Games in London, said he has been inspired by his colleagues who have just returned from the Olympics.
Activist in dramatic plea as delays add upA PENNILESS anti- apartheid activist who has appeared in a Grahamstown court eight times on a R500 malicious damage to property charge raised eyebrows yesterday when he pleaded to be jailed until sentence.
KwaNobuhle shack dwellers riot over service deliveryHUNDREDS of angry protesters burnt tyres, blockaded roads and hurled rocks at police in Uitenhage’s KwaNobuhle yesterday in the latest wave of service delivery protests to rock Nelson Mandela Bay.
Eskom hauled to high court over 'spoiled view'A LUXURY accommodation estate in Wilderness is taking Eskom to court, claiming the parastatal misled them about a multi-million rand powerline project that is now spoiling their previously pristine views.
Bay pupil in top 20 matricsA PORT Elizabeth matric pupil has reached the top 20 of Stellenbosch University’s Matriculant of the Year competition.
Education Department to start hiring, paying processTHE Eastern Cape Education Department last week issued a circular to all staff outlining how it would comply with the court order for the payment of outstanding teacher salaries and the filling of vacant posts by November 2.
Kaizer Chiefs manager arrested in connection with stadium fraudTHREE people, including Kaizer Chiefs manager Bobby Motaung, were arrested yesterday on allegations of fraud, forgery and theft in relation to the construction of the Mbombela Stadium near Nelspruit.
Shock as kids held for farmer's murderONE of the five suspects linked to a Jansenville farm murder at the weekend broke into the same farmhouse just three months ago and spent only a few days in jail before being released as part of President Jacob Zuma’s special remission of sentence.
Mandla infertile, estranged wife claims in courtMANDLA Mandela, the grandson of former president Nelson Mandela, has fertility issues and is unlikely to produce an heir to the abaThembu nation, his estranged wife claimed in an affidavit yesterday.
R30m IPTS revamp under wayIT is back to the drawing board for the long-awaited integrated public transport system (IPTS) as major infrastructure changes to the tune of R30-million began this week. These will see the lanes become designated bus lanes in the long run - with taxis later using the mixed traffic lanes - as well as changes to the initial traffic planning designs.
PE doctor hit with huge fineA PORT Elizabeth doctor was fined R20000 by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) yesterday after he failed to explain the side-effects of a contraceptive pill to a patient.
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THIS week 38 Eastern Cape children with facial abnormalities will receive free surgery to put the smiles back on their faces - thanks to the Smile Foundation.
Another attack at festering ArlingtonANOTHER knife attack has occurred at Arlington Waste Disposal Site. The attack, which took place on Saturday afternoon, comes amid calls by the DA for an investigation into the chaotic state of the site and questionable swopping of contractors.
Cause and effect of climate change explainedSO HOW to communicate the complexity and magnitude of climate change to youngsters from a little school in Zwide? The kids, in grades six and seven at Mzimhlophe Primary School, were given the answer to this question during their visit to the SA Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre (Samrec) yesterday (August 03 2011).
R1.5-million farming venture will fit Eastern Cape to a teaTHE Eastern Cape government has set aside R1.5-million to kick-start an expanded honeybush tea industry that could be ramped up to produce a turnover of R100-million a year and hundreds of new jobs. The good news follows on the results that have emerged from a study of the honeybush industry, commissioned by the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) on behalf of the provincial economic development and environmental affairs department.
Algoa Bay the best monitored in all of AfricaALGOA Bay is now “the best monitored bay in Africa” with millions of rands worth of equipment installed below the surface measuring a wide range of environmental conditions. That was the proud revelation yesterday (July 28 2011) from SA Environmental Observation Network (Saeon) co-ordinator Shaun Deyzel, who was speaking at a marine science symposium hosted by SA National Parks, at the Addo Elephant National Parks.
Surf event sets greening benchmarkBILLABONG Pro J-Bay is setting a benchmark for international surfing contests with a comprehensive programme to protect the local environment and combat global climate change.
Unique source of Bay waterHOW many cities in the world can say they get their water from a World Heritage Site? Very few, I bet. Yet, that’s the case with Port Elizabeth and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and in fact the Gamtoos River Valley vege farmers.
Bayworld raggies returned to the oceanTHE biggest baddest pair from Bayworld’s de-commissioned aquarium, two bulky raggedtooth sharks, were released yesterday (July 26 2011) back into the sea. It was a sad day for the oceanarium, where they have lived for nearly two decades, inspiring awe in hundreds of thousands of visitors - but it is good news for the species, as the pair are now part of a research project aimed at securing our waters as one of the few safe havens in the world for raggies.
Unique study of great whitesA UNIQUE study into the abundance, distribution and movement of great white sharks in Algoa Bay, sponsored by the metro, has been launched. There has never been a fatal shark attack in Algoa Bay, but the metro has committed the R800000 grant as a pro-active step, taken in line with their marketing of Port Elizabeth as “the watersports’ capital of Africa”, researcher Dr Matt Dicken explained yesterday (June 21 2011).
Co-op sponsors two farmers on US missionTWO Karoo farmers have flown out of PE on a ground-breaking mission to the US, to get the low-down on fracking, in the country where it all began.
Link Refit to electric cars proposalIF WE CAN link Refit with electrical motorcars - then we could really be onto something. Speaking to The Herald yesterday (June 14 2011), department of environmental affairs deputy-director general for climate change, Peter Lukey, said the scheduled launch this month of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff (Refit), will likely lead to significant positive change.
Exciting reforestation project underway in TranskeiAN UNUSUAL re-forestation and carbon sequestration project is underway in the heart of the old Transkei, where savage erosion is a common feature. The R7600000 project is being run as a partnership between the Congress of Traditional Leaders’ of South Africa (Contralesa), the national department of environmental affairs and a Johannesburg-based company called Carbon Worx.
Branch recalls fascinating careerFOR world-renowned reptile and amphibian expert Dr Bill Branch, who retired this week from Bayworld after 32 years employment there - it all began in 1969, on the shores of a lake in East Africa.
Green electricity programme set to launch this monthGOVERNMENT will this month launch the long-awaited Refit programme that will make funding available to pay private energy entrepreneurs who will generate their own green electricity and sell it to the grid.
EC investment boost to counter climate changeEASTERN Cape economic environment MEC Mcebisi Jonas yesterday announced significant new green economy investment to boost green economy skills in the province.
EC leads climate change battleTHE Eastern Cape government has declared its intention to lead from the front in the war against climate change, with a landmark multi-benefit project agreement signed at the Eastern Cape Climate Change Conference in East London yesterday (June 08 2011).
Get out the Karoo, farmers tell ShellANGRY residents of the Middleburg area have called for Shell to “get out the Karoo” after the company failed to guarantee the security of their water if fracking goes ahead. Addressing Shell representatives at a hall in Middelburg’s Grootfontein Agricultural College in a hall packed with farmers in T-shirts saying “Don’t Frack with our Karoo,” members of the audience asked repeatedly if the multi-national could “guarantee no risk to our water”.
Why are we so shocked about kids held for murder? These kids know that they cannot go to jail if they are underage and therefore more and more crimes these days are done from kids. I'm sorry but if ...
TheRef 15 August 2012 6:02 amSack the board of SAA?The government should sack themselves incompetent bunch!...
alvonhumb 14 August 2012 2:10 pmANC National Disciplinary Committee Head, Hanekom was there? Faku again at the center of undermining our City and Hanekom stands by, apparently? Suggestion for the Disciplinary Head - pull your finger...
royboy 14 August 2012 11:47 am...no budget left for road to be completed...rather spend on overseas trips and Afcon soccer...far more important...
royboy 14 August 2012 11:45 amMayor locked in,this is the actions one would expect of a schoolboy prank,yet our supposed LEADERS carry on without any form of embarresment at this infantile behaviour,and yet we vote them in,what a ...
royboy 14 August 2012 11:39 amIt is at times like this that I wish the death penalty was in place,these cowardly scum do not deserve a place on earth after what they did to the elderly Jansenville farmer and his wife...
TheRef 14 August 2012 6:39 amDeputy Motlanthe talk is cheap show us tax payers some action!...
TheRef 14 August 2012 6:36 amThis is the second Transformer failure in as may years.The question is where is the maintenance schedules for the equipment if any!...
alvonhumb 13 August 2012 7:02 pmANC talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk. There is never any action when corruption raises its head. An enquiry is followed by inaction while the problem hopefully blows over (e.g. Faku and the K...
thirsty 13 August 2012 5:22 pmwhat a twat, i mean twit, i mean what wit he speaks with!!!...