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Latest Stories
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Firefighters still battling blaze in Knysna
FIREFIGHTERS are still battling to bring a blaze in the Knysna area under control, but Eden fire chief Annelize Lampbrecht said they were winning the war against six others from Harlem in the east to Still Bay in the West. |
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Pipe bursts outside Motherwell
A pipe burst about 10km outside Motherwell this morning (February 9), resulting in water shooting about 100m into the air. |
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Zuma close to appointing defence secretary
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma will soon appoint a permanent defence secretary, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said today, after staunchly defending the acting incumbent against accusations of incompetence. |
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Selebi Constitutional Court papers filed
THE State security ministry has petitioned the Constitutional Court to prevent an ex-intelligent official from testifying in the corruption trial of Jackie Selebi, its lawyers said today (February 9). |
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Fawu still unhappy about labour brokers
THE Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Fawu) said today (February 9) it was pleased the strike at ABI was over but it would continue lobbying against labour brokers. |
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Woman ‘raped by Knysna policemen’
KNYSNA policemen face an identity parade today after a 32-year- old Plettenberg Bay guesthouse owner was allegedly raped at the weekend after celebrating her birthday. |
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The search is on ...
THE Herald Greenacres Miss Port Elizabeth 2009 Di-Anne Qoto visits the Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World to put up posters outlining the search for her successor. |
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Yengeni case: call for cop to be jailed
Cape Town – A policeman should be jailed for interfering with the docket on a drunk driving charge against former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni, Mpumalanga’s police commissioner, Thulani Ntobela, told the Parow Regional Court yesterday.
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Jeffreys Bay teenager surfs to victory in NZ
JEFFREYS Bay teenager and SA junior surfer Dylan Lightfoot stunned his Kiwi counterparts when he clinched victory in the premier under-16 boys’ division of the Grom Series at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand. |
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Vests lose UN seal
Johannesburg – The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) will ask the company marketing stab-proof vests to visitors to the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa to remove Unicef advertising from its website.
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Canine piggyback ride
MARK Gouws and his two-year-old terrier JR bring a smile to everyone’s faces when they pass by. |
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Sex case hearing
Pretoria – Convicted sex offender Cezanne Visser, also known as “Advocate Barbie”, should not face jail time for her crimes, forensic criminologist Eon Sonnekus told the High Court here yesterday.
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Smashed delivery
Student Kirsten Schoombie, 22, takes stock of the situation after this baker’s delivery van smashed through the railing of her family’s holiday home in Wilderness yesterday. |
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Four in court for murder of granny, kids
FOUR men appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the murder of a 60-year-old grandmother and five children she was looking after. |
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Untreated Aids kills three a day – report
AT least three people in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipal area die from untreated HIV and Aids every day, with the average age at death just 29 years, the metro’s public health committee was told yesterday. |
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Arms deal lobbyist calls for BAE blacklisting
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma should ensure arms giant BAE was blacklisted from all future government contracts in South Africa, arms deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne said in a letter to the president today (February 8). |
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Hard-hitting report on inept Bay lifeguards
A DAMNING report detailing the alleged inefficiency of Nelson Mandela Bay’s lifeguards – following the drowning of a popular Bay pastor last year – which is believed to highlight various flaws in the municipal lifesaving system, has finally been completed. |
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Mbau’s gorgeous – ‘partner’ Crous
HIGH-FLYING Eastern Cape businessman Theunis Crous, whose on-again, off-again, on-again relationship with Johannesburg socialite Khanyi Mbau has dominated recent newspaper headlines, popped into the Bay last week with the leggy 23-year-old back on his arm. |
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Housing contracts cancelled
CONSTRUCTION companies that performed poorly on Eastern Cape housing projects have had their contracts cancelled, the provincial government said yesterday. |
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New beginnings
The Weekend Post Matric of the year winners from 2009 started their tertiary studies across the country this week.
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NMMU vision to equip students for big issues
AS part of his long-term vision for Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University to become a “dynamic African university”, vice-chancellor Prof Derrick Swartz is determined to equip students with the knowledge and confidence to tackle critical world issues, including poverty and the depletion of natural resources. |
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Future looks green and gold for Warrior Ingram
PROLIFIC run-scorer Colin Ingram has been carrying a cricket bat around for as long as he can remember and this has shone through this season as he smashed batting records during the recent MTN40 series. |
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Singles get helping hand
VALENTINE’S Day is just over a week away. It is an exciting prospect if you’ve managed to find Mr or Ms Right – but all is not lost for the Bay’s singletons who are dreading the day of love and romance. |
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‘Arthritis miracle cure’ secrets
A WEEKEND Post article last month extolling the medicinal virtues of an apple cider vinegar concoction has resulted in a flood of letters from interested readers and arthritis sufferers inquiring about the “miracle” home remedy. |
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