<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" ><channel><ttl>15</ttl><title>The Herald Online</title><link></link><description>All the News and Stories of The Herald</description><item><title>SA signs police agreement with China  </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589890</link><description><![CDATA[AS part of efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between South Africa and China, Police Deputy Minister Fikile Mbalula yesterday (July 30) signed a police co-operation agreement with his Chinese counterpart, Chen Zhimin.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Petrol price drops by 10 cents per litre </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589798</link><description><![CDATA[THE price of all grades of petrol will drop by 10 cents per litre on Wednesday next week, the energy department said today (July 30).]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>R20000 fine each for Reitz four </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589761</link><description><![CDATA[THE four former University of Free State students known as the &#x201C;Reitz four&#x201D; were sentenced to a R20000 fine each or 12 months imprisonment in the Bloemfontein Magistrate&#x2019;s court today (July 30).]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Samwu prepares for water strike </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589759</link><description><![CDATA[THE SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) and its allies were preparing to strike after wage negotiations between them and their employer body failed, the union said today (July 30).]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Molesting stepfather escapes jail sentence</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589641</link><description><![CDATA[A PORT Elizabeth man yesterday avoided jail after being found guilty of raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter, because he is the sole breadwinner in the family.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>One more season at home as Limpopo woman buys Bay United</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589642</link><description><![CDATA[UMLILO will keep the flame burning in Nelson Mandela Bay &#x2013; at least for now.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Gang suspect, 18, arrested after shooting</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589643</link><description><![CDATA[AN 18-year-old was arrested early yesterday after allegedly shooting at two men in an apparent gang-related incident in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>For the love of the beautiful game</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589639</link><description><![CDATA[SOCCER balls collected by The Herald in partnership with the Port Elizabeth Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry in their &#x201C;Keep the Balls Rolling Campaign&#x201D; were handed over to a group of nine soccer teams from various schools, soccer clubs and worthy charities at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Cousins arrested after tourist&#x2019;s rape</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589644</link><description><![CDATA[POLICE have arrested two cousins believed to be behind the rape and robbery of a 15-year-old German girl at an Addo bed-and-breakfast establishment at the weekend.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman found dead after two-week search</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589645</link><description><![CDATA[THE body of a missing Joubertina woman, aged 22, has been found dumped in a field near the town after an extensive two-week police search for her.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>March in Mthatha by public service strikers </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589647</link><description><![CDATA[A NATIONWIDE strike by members of the Public Service Association, including a march in Mthatha by hundreds of Eastern Cape state employees, started yesterday despite attempts by the government to reach a compromise with the union.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title> Thespian Davies succumbs to long battle with cancer</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589648</link><description><![CDATA[PORT Elizabeth&#x2019;s theatre community has said a sad farewell to one of its most colourful personalities.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title> South End&#x2019;s new genealogy directory</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589649</link><description><![CDATA[FIVE years after the death in 2005 of local genealogy researcher Les Williams, his work has been published by two Port Elizabeth women in a book called <i>South End Street Directories.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Baring her soul at last</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589650</link><description><![CDATA[WRITING poems on serviettes and toilet paper has finally paid off for a Port Elizabeth wordsmith, whose dream of publishing a book has come true.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Strong winds, clear skies for the weekend</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589651</link><description><![CDATA[CLEAR conditions are expected to prevail over the Nelson Mandela Bay region from today until Sunday, the SA Weather Service said yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>&#x2018;Insolvent&#x2019; finally convicted of R1.9m fraud after 10 years</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589652</link><description><![CDATA[MONEYWISE Cash Loans co-founder Martin Grobler was found guilty yesterday of defrauding investors out of almost R2-million in a case that has taken a decade to reach judgment in the Knysna Regional Court.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title> Child tries in vain to save burning mother</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589653</link><description><![CDATA[A 48-YEAR-OLD man is under police guard at Port Elizabeth&#x2019;s Dora Nginza Hospital after allegedly burning his wife alive and attempting to kill his two children by setting fire to their family home.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>New trial hold-up as second lawyer axed</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589654</link><description><![CDATA[THE trial of four killers, who made a dramatic escape from the Port Elizabeth Magistrate&#x2019;s Court two years ago, has been delayed again after yet another accused fired his lawyer.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Bay water usage down, but little rain on way</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589655</link><description><![CDATA[WHILE above-average June rainfall had &#x201C;assisted us&#x201D; and the collective supply dam capacity was about 35%, Nelson Mandela Bay could yet be in &#x201C;real trouble&#x201D;.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Council refuses to pay R12m for supplies</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589656</link><description><![CDATA[THE Sundays River Municipality is to defend in the Port Elizabeth High Court its non-payment of five building supply companies more than R12-million for materials for RDP housing projects in the area, which have stalled amid claims of corruption and fraud.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Committee asks for a report on AMR contract</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589657</link><description><![CDATA[NELSON Mandela Bay&#x2019;s infrastructure, engineering and energy committee has requested a report on the controversial automatic meter-reading (AMR) contract which was resurrected this year, despite the opinion of senior council it would be illegal to do so.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Cable theft cost queried in committee</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589658</link><description><![CDATA[CABLE theft had &#x201C;played havoc&#x201D; with lighting in some parts of Nelson Mandela Bay, the infrastructure, engineering and energy committee was told yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>R129m budget for energy efficiency in Bay</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589659</link><description><![CDATA[THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has been handed a budget of R129-million for the next three years for energy- efficient projects.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>All it needs is sunlight</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589660</link><description><![CDATA[PRESENT at the unveiling of Nelson Mandela Bay&#x2019;s first solar-powered traffic light at the South End fire station yesterday were (from left) municipal electricity special projects head Corrie Schmidt, Environmental Affairs national greening deputy director Godfrey Nyakhulalini and environmental officials from the United Nations in Kenya, Richard Mokua and Pascal Ovandji.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Nassif back on the witness stand </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589702</link><description><![CDATA[FORMER security boss Cinton Nassif returns to the witness stand today (July 30) in the trial of convicted drug trafficker Glenn Agliotti at the High Court in Johannesburg.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Join tribunal debate, Mantashe tells editors </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589663</link><description><![CDATA[INSTEAD of acting defensively, newspaper editors should join the ruling party&#x2019;s debate on setting up a media tribunal, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said in a report in The Star newspaper today (July 30).]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>SA trailing Africa</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589591</link><description><![CDATA[SOUTH Africa was falling behind the rest of the continent in education and skills development, said economists.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title> Death threats from prince</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589593</link><description><![CDATA[THE SA National Editors Forum (Sanef) yesterday threatened to report an alleged death threat against journalists made by a Swazi prince to international bodies.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>No defence force crisis &#x2013; Sisulu</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589594</link><description><![CDATA[DEFENCE Minister Lindiwe Sisulu yesterday firmly rejected renewed calls by MPs to release reports on conditions in the military, saying she could only do so once its work was completed.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Soccer City set for third name change</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589595</link><description><![CDATA[FIFA World Cup final stadium Soccer City will keep its name until the High Court makes a decision on its naming rights, its management firm says.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Deputy minister to fast-track law barring internet porn</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589596</link><description><![CDATA[DEPUTY Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba intends to fast-track the passage of a yet-to-be drafted law that will compel internet service providers (ISPs) to filter content provided to users to ensure it does not contain any pornography.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Cope fight drags on</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589598</link><description><![CDATA[THE legal fight between Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota and his deputy Mbhazima Shilowa over who has the right to lead the party in Parliament was adjourned to next week in the Cape High Court yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>SA to lose six royals </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589432</link><description><![CDATA[PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has asked traditional communities to embark on a path of &#x201C;acceptance, healing and reconciliation&#x201D; after a recommendation by a traditional leadership commission  South Africa lose six of its kings and queens.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire bomb attack as upgrade launched</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589254</link><description><![CDATA[A VISIT by a high-ranking municipal delegation to kick off the first phase of the upgrading of Zosa Street in Korsten, Port Elizabeth, yesterday was marred by a petrol bomb attack on the home of an activist involved in the housing project.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Glamour on the greens at Humewood</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589256</link><description><![CDATA[GLITZ and glamour graced the links of Humewood Golf Club yesterday as the Vodacom Business Origins of Golf tour rolled into Port Elizabeth.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman found strangled </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589316</link><description><![CDATA[ THE body of a missing 22-year-old woman was found in Twee Riviere near Joubertina, Eastern Cape police said today (July 29).]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title> PE harbour master transfers to Port of Ngqura </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589257</link><description><![CDATA[PORT Elizabeth harbour master and acting port manager Neil Chetty has been appointed as the Port of Ngqura harbour master and acting port manager.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Mossel Bay gives reassurance on dunes, beach restoration </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589260</link><description><![CDATA[THE Mossel Bay Municipality has reassured concerned residents that it will fully rehabilitate the dunes and beach at Voorbaai where a desalination plant will be built to relieve the town&#x2019;s dire water shortage.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Bay&#x2019;s jobless find it tough making a living</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589261</link><description><![CDATA[THE Quarterly Labour Force Survey released by Statistics SA earlier this week shows that unemployment stands at 35%. Nelson Mandela Bay residents agree, saying jobs are very scarce.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Logger&#x2019;s trial put off to next year</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589262</link><description><![CDATA[THE trial of logging contractor Cassie Nel, accused of culpable homicide for the death of a hiker killed in a tree-felling accident on the Tsitsikamma hiking trial, has been postponed to next year to allow him to apply for a stay of prosecution.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Blooming beauties</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589263</link><description><![CDATA[WOODRIDGE Preparatory School Grade 5 pupils Genee Phillips, 10, (left) and Lilitha Llori, 11, had the opportunity yesterday to enjoy the beauty of the king proteas which are flowering at the Van Stadens Wild Flower Reserve near their school.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar-heated geyser plan back on track</title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589265</link><description><![CDATA[ONE month after the Central Energy Fund (CEF) put on hold the largest renewable energy project Nelson Mandela Bay has yet seen, well-placed sources and suppliers have revealed that the R900-million roll-out of solar-heated geysers to residents is back on track.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item><item><title>St Francis Bay woman, 81, robbed by two men </title><link>http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=589264</link><description><![CDATA[AN 81-year-old St Francis Bay woman was robbed by two men wearing balaclavas who forced their way into her house early yesterday morning.]]></description><pubDate>2010/07/31</pubDate></item></channel></rss>