AMCU protesters turn violent: Cops
Amcu protesters pelted cars with stones and barricaded roads in Rustenburg where a strike in the platinum industry entered its second day on Friday (24/01/2014), North West police said.
Jo'burg malaria scare unfounded - NICD
There is no malaria outbreak in parts of Johannesburg despite two people contracting it, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Friday (24/01/2014).
Cool ideas for relief when the heat is on

WANT to beat the heat this summer? We asked The Herald Facebook friends if they knew of any clever, low-cost tricks to help keep your cool when the weather is sizzling.
Domestic spat ends in double shooting in J-Bay

JUST hours after engaging with a senior Jeffreys Bay police officer over domestic violence on Wednesday, a mother of six was gunned down by her enraged husband while clutching her five-month-old baby.
Oscar might cough up R3m to family

LEGAL teams for South African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius and his slain girlfriend's family are discussing an out-of-court financial settlement over her murder, a lawyer said yesterday.
Protester shot by police dies
TSHEPO Babuseng yesterday became the sixth person to be killed by police in a series of deadly protests gripping the country over the past three weeks.
'SA's youth an untapped asset, not a problem'

HOW do you motivate disadvantaged youth to have a positive outlook on the future? Social entrepreneur Rob Taylor, 58, has one solution: treat them with respect and reconnect them with the environment in a values-driven manner.
Helenvale mob justice threat

THE shooting of a nine- year-old girl caught in the crossfire of gang violence while innocently playing in the garden of a house on Wednesday night has resulted in northern areas residents threatening to turn to mob justice if the situation is not brought under control soon.
R60m plan to address school crisis

OVERCROWDED Nelson Mandela Bay schools that are bursting at the seams could soon benefit from R60- million set aside by the provincial Basic Education Department to tackle the overflow.
New twist in bunny tale

AN animal rights group has applied to the government to adopt the bronze bunny secretly sculpted inside the ear of a statue of Nelson Mandela.
New twist in bunny tale

AN animal rights group has applied to the government to adopt the bronze bunny secretly sculpted inside the ear of a statue of Nelson Mandela.
No living in rosy glow
According to the chief scientist in the Mars Programme Office at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr Richard Zurek, while the Martian year is twice as long as the earth's year, there will still be summer and winter seasons because of the Red Planet's tilted axis.
Hofmeyr fined R10,000: Report
Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr was fined R10,000 for speeding by the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate's Court on Thursday (23/01/2014), the SABC reported.
Mapisa-Nqakula mum on 'spy' satellite
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will not be drawn into public discussion on Project Flute, the name of a secret contract reportedly involving a Defence Intelligence satellite.
Big day dawns for blind students

THREE months ago, their hopes of attending the university of their dreams were dashed when they were rejected for being completely blind.
Mbalula set to kick-start Bafana's road back
SPORTS Minister Fikile Mbalula is determined to hold the SA Football Association (Safa) to account for Bafana Bafana's shock exit from the third edition of the African Nations Championship - and he expects heads to roll.
PE mom in court accused of illegally exporting shark, octopus

GLAMOROUS suburban mother- of-three Sharmilla van Heerden cut a lonely figure in the dock yesterday when she appeared in the Port Elizabeth's Magistrate's Court in connection with illegally exporting more than 95 tons of shark and octopus, worth millions, to Australia.
Rescued raccoons find new home in Plett

MORE than 20 raccoons had to travel nearly 10000km to Plettenberg Bay to have a taste of freedom after living in appalling conditions as illegal pets in tiny cages in Belgium for most of their lives.
City sued over R5m guardrail deal
A LEGAL spat between the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the company it hired to repair guardrails and fencing in 2010, Moko Construction, will be in court on Monday.
Racist charge: man acquitted
AN EASTERN Cape man accused of calling his partying neighbours "Zuma's baboons" before firing a shot in the air, has been acquitted after the court found that the complainants had "lied" under oath.
Oyster and linefish in short supply due to Bay red tides
THE tide has turned against oyster stocks in Nelson Mandela Bay, where the delicacy is in short supply following the extensive red tides which have occurred over hundreds of kilometres of the Eastern and southern Cape coastlines.
Police patrol riot-hit Kamesh
POLICE maintained a strong presence in Uitenhage's western areas yesterday following protests by residents on Tuesday night.
No principal for eight years

A GROUP of Kirkwood pupils protested at their school yesterday, saying their poor matric pass rate was the result of a lack of leadership.
Protest halts 'green' launch
A GROUP of irate small, medium and micro enterprise owners forced an environmental project on-site demonstration to be abandoned in Port Elizabeth yesterday.
PE man dies in shower
A PORT Elizabeth man was found dead in his shower yesterday morning - apparently after he fell.
Huge police raid in Sidwell nets drugs
A MASSIVE police raid on known drug dens in Nelson Mandela Bay last night netted dagga, mandrax and cocaine rocks, as well as a number of suspected illegal immigrants.
Top matric takes gap year in Oz

A PORT Elizabeth matriculant who achieved eight distinctions last year is jetting off to Australia where she has been accepted to study at the Hillsong International Leadership College, an affiliate of the Pentecostal megachurch, Hillsong Church.
Pupil tells of her four weeks in Germany

VICTORIA Girls' High School pupil Danielle Walker has recently returned home from an FSA Youth Exchange programme overseas after being selected as top candidate for the Eastern Cape.
Win a love boat cruise
THE Herald Bride and Groom competition is building up to its richest prize package as sponsors once again roll out an impressive line-up of prizes worth nearly R70 000.
Sculptors apologise for rabbit in Mandela’s ear
THE sculptors of the newly erected statue of former president Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria have apologised for secretly adding a tiny rabbit to their work‚ the Department of Arts and Culture said on Tuesday.
World worry about SA police
AN increase in police brutality and the failure to take action against corrupt police officials, as well as failure to deal with xenophobia, are serious concerns affecting the rule of law in South Africa.
Police, protesters clash in Uitenhage again

POLICE fired rubber bullets to disperse angry residents of Uitenhage's western suburbs yesterday after they rampaged through streets on the outskirts of the central business district to demand land from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
Diver's body found in sea at Willows
THE body of an as yet unidentified scuba diver was found in the sea at the Willows municipal camping area on Marine Drive outside Port Elizabeth late yesterday.
Red tide alert

LARGE swathes of the Eastern and southern Cape coastline have been invaded by huge patches of potentially highly toxic red tide and people are being warned not to eat shellfish.
Life of luxury ends for drug accused

ONCE known for his extravagant lifestyle, alleged drug dealer Livingstone Makasholo has become so poor that he no longer has funds to cover legal expenses.
Walmer housing plan given the green light

AFTER almost two years of ongoing negotiations with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality about land for housing development in Walmer township, the community were overjoyed yesterday as they moved a step closer to receiving their RDP houses.
'Take bumps away before someone dies'

THE family of an elderly Port Elizabeth woman who nearly lost her life when her car crashed into the back of a BMW that had stopped suddenly at the controversial rubber speed bumps in Walmer Boulevard on Sunday wants the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to have them removed before they claim a life.
Robbers will hear fate today
THREE men who committed a robbery at the Metlife Plaza Wimpy in Kabega Park in which a gang member was killed will be sentenced at the Port Elizabeth High Court today.
Marikana police brigadier 'poisoned' minds
The operational police commander during the Marikana shootings coached the evidence of subordinates on the event in 2012, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Tuesday (21/01/2014).
Delft rape accused held in custody
A 27-year-old man appeared in the Bellville Magistrates' Court, Cape Town, on Tuesday for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in Delft and setting her alight.
Dagga grow-house bust in Central

A LONG-TERM undercover investigation paid off for Port Elizabeth police yesterday when they raided a sophisticated hydroponics dagga-cultivating operation in a quaint 1820 Settler cottage in Central.
Heads roll over R3m Makana payout
THE Makana Municipality has suspended some of its top brass, including municipal manager Pravine Naidoo and strategic municipal manager Mncedisi Boma, over a proposed R3-million payout to Naidoo
Another horror child attack
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was fighting for her life in hospital yesterday after she was raped, set alight and left to die in bushes in Delft on the Cape Flats
Pistorius trial judge has strong views
THE judge assigned to the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has spoken out strongly on violence against women and has made it clear that no one is above the law.
Move to curb illegal use of RDP houses
IN a bid to halt massive RDP housing abuse, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is to develop guidelines to ensure rightful owners live in their houses.
Bhisho steps in to resolve admissions crisis in Bay

POLITICIANS from Bhisho have stepped in to try and resolve an admissions crisis in Port Elizabeth's northern areas where scores of children were turned away from the few schools there, all of them too full to cope with the influx.
Newton Park pool saga splashes on

NELSON Mandela Bay's beleaguered top-class Newton Park swimming pool facility is set to remain closed until autumn following a delayed municipal supply chain management process and a looming legal battle over repairs.
Red tide's return dire for Knysna
Symptoms of paralytic shellfish poisoning, associated with red tide, appear between one and five hours after eating contaminated seafood.
Two cleared of pillaging ships

AFTER one man became the first person in South Africa to be convicted of the illegal pillaging of shipwrecks when he pleaded guilty to the charges last week, his two co-accused were acquitted.
Three guilty of robbery at Metlife
THE three men behind the brazen robbery at the Metlife Plaza Wimpy in August 2009 showed no emotion when they were found guilty in the Port Elizabeth High Court yesterday.
Municipal security queried
THE DA in Nelson Mandela Bay has raised concerns about municipal security officers' ability to ensure the safety of councillors at council meetings.
Nehawu calls for state pharmaceutical company
A state-owned pharmaceutical company would be the best way to keep the costs of medication down, the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) said on Monday (20/01/2014).
Knysna red tide warning
Further warning of a so-called red tide in the Knysna estuary on the Cape south coast was issued by SA National Parks on Monday (20/01/2014).
Knysna red tide warning
Further warning of a so-called red tide in the Knysna estuary on the Cape south coast was issued by SA National Parks on Monday.
Tshwane confirms Zuma escort
The City of Tshwane on Monday (20/01/2014) confirmed that its metro police department had escorted President Jacob Zuma and deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe out of the province for an ANC election campaign last week.
Couple's wedding day bomb terror

POLICE and extra security were called in to monitor the wedding of a controversial Port Elizabeth couple at the weekend after a petrol bomb was set off outside the groom's house hours before the couple tied the knot.
Chaos reigns at Sanco meeting
A THREE-DAY South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) elective conference had to be called off after a fight broke out and chaos reigned at Walter Sisulu University's Mthatha campus.
ANC warns of nutrition scam
SCHOOL nutrition programmes, vandalism and a lack of partnership between schools and stakeholders were some of the concerns raised at a meeting at a Port Elizabeth primary school on Friday.
Rural school drops science

A SHORTAGE of science teachers in the Eastern Cape has forced one rural school to dump the subject and divert pupils to study economics, despite having a state-of-the-art laboratory donated to boost maths and science at the school.
Pupils will benefit from science labs
THOUSANDS of Eastern Cape pupils at schools that do not have science laboratories are set to benefit from a deal to establish science centres in rural areas.
MBDA gets all-clear
THE auditor-general is satisfied that the Mandela Bay Development Agency's books are in order, earning the entity its first clean audit in nine years.
Bid to float Plett harbour plan
WHILE the controversial R4-billion small boat harbour development on the cards for Plettenberg Bay has been met with massive opposition from residents, the town's township community has now embarked on a campaign in support of the project.
Bodies identified in gang-shooting
THE two men killed execution style in a suspected gang-shooting last week have been identified as Emanuel Roberts, 22, and Graylyn Sauls, 24.
Firearms, ammunition recovered in St Albans
SEVERAL firearms including automatic rifles as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition were recovered on a small holding in St Albans during the early hours of this morning.