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Baikonur, Kazakhstan – SOUTH African cosmonaut-inwaiting Mark Shuttleworth is having what he terms moments of trepidation, but says he deals with them swiftly....
He’ll be thinking of PE as he blasts off
By Heidi Bantam
SOUTH African space hero Mark Shuttleworth will be thinking of Port Elizabeth during his incredible odyssey that starts on Thursday....
Talented Angelique wows tough Idols judges
By GAYNOR KASTJohannesburg – Three cheers to the Idols judges for agreeing that talented Angelique Campher, 20, of Arcadia, Humansdorp, was outstanding.....
Faku’s trust in bid to sell land
By Max Matavire Municipal Reporter
THE Port Elizabeth Co-operative Development Trust – chaired by Mayor Nceba Faku – has had its offer to sell a piece of land to the metro council for its urban agriculture project turned down....
‘Venus’ Saartje Baartman is coming home
By PAMELA KIMBERGJohannesburg – THE remains of Saartje Baartman, the Khoikhoi woman known in her time as the “Hottentot Venus” and who was exhibited in Paris as an ethnological and sexual curiosity in the 19th century, will finally arrive home on May 3....
Ex-convicts harass former prison nurse in city streets
By Nick WilsonFIVE years after surviving a horror hostage ordeal at St Albans Prison, a former correctional services nursing sister was robbed at gunpoint yesterday and threatened by two former prisoners involved in the drama....
‘I was saved by a mystery Golf driver’
By Julian RademeyerTHE intervention of an unknown motorist may have prevented a hijacking near the Walmer Country Club. ...
Harksen’s wife arrested now
Cape Town – Jeannette Harksen, wife of controversial German businessman Jurgen Harksen, was arrested last night on fraud charges, Western Cape police said....
DA councillor on the mat for stance on jobs
By MIKE LOEWE Grahamstown – AN ANC decision to summon veteran DA councillor Michael Whisson before a disciplinary hearing over remarks he has made to the media has drawn derision from Eastern Cape DA leader Athol Trollip....
Rare shark find intrigues local scientists
By Guy RogersTHE carcass of a mysterious giant of the deep sea, washed up on the southern Cape coast at the weekend, has been transported to Port Elizabeth and is awaiting dissection at Bayworld....
Mugabe’s land policy in chaos
Lack of skills, water, capital, equipment and seed prevent crops being planted on land grabbed from Zimbabwe’s commerical farmers, writes MICHAEL HARTNACK in Harare....
‘Bridge of death’ claims its 51st victim
Herald Reporter
THE notorious Van Stadens “bridge of death” claimed its 51st suicide victim at the weekend when a Port Elizabeth woman leapt to her death....
150kg of perlemoen seized in raid on business
By Nick Wilson
IN a major raid on a Port Elizabeth business premises police seized about R150 000 worth of perlemoen....
Sewage spill concern over Storms River
Reports by Guy RogersSEWAGE spilt into a tributary of the Storms River has renewed concerns on the part of residents about the future of the community’s vital tourist industry....
We reacted immediately - mayor
THE Koukamma municipality has rejected allegations that its tardy response to a sewerage spill in Storms River caused a pollution crisis....
Crisis looms at PE hospitals
STATE-run hospitals across the Nelson Mandela metro are facing drastic food shortages because they have not received their money from the provincial health department for this financial year....
Zwartkops club building for sale at R950 000
By Trevor NeethlingTHE former Zwartkops Yacht Club, the ship-shaped Port Elizabeth landmark, is on the market with a price tag of nearly R1-million....
Telkom denies monthly limit plan
Johannesburg – Telkom yesterday denied a media report that it had implemented a new policy to summarily suspend the service of any customer who exceeded call costs of R700....
Uncertain future lies ahead for Kona twins
By DUMILE MEINTJIES and MIKE LOEWEPORT Elizabeth’s tiny Kona twins, Zanele and Zinzi, may have survived their huge R100 000 surgical operation to become physically separate individuals – but they face a return to harsh poverty and welfare hand-outs when they get back home....
Reggae superstars wow festive PE crowd
By Heidi BantamA MULTI-CULTURAL cross- section of young and the young at heart gathered at the UPE Sports Arena for a sold-out concert by reggae supergroup UB40 last night....
Setback for Immigration Bill
By WYNDHAM HARTLEY Cape Town – The much-delayed Immigration Bill was dealt another blow yesterday when its provision for special immigration courts was criticised in Parliament as unconstitutional....
