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Thousands homeless
by Denver Donian, Trevor Neethling, Ayanda Salayedwa And Angela ZachariasenFIVE days of heavy rain in East London and Port Elizabeth are believed to have left 13 people dead and thousands homeless....
Little girls washed away
by Deon Van Der Merwe
East London – Two children, reportedly girls aged between four and six, were still missing last night after the 4x4 vehicle in which they were passengers was swept away by flood waters as it negotiated a low-level bridge on the access road to the Tiffendell ski-resort near Rhodes....
Record weather damage claims
By Sicelo Fayo Business EditorCLAIMS of nearly R35-million for weather damage in the Eastern Cape in July alone have been received by insurance group Santam....
Dangerous road closed
By Trevor NeethlingPART of the pot-hole-ravaged road between Swartkops and Despatch was officially closed yesterday for an indefinite period....
Farmers joyful over rains, worried by cold weather
Herald CorrespondentQueenstown – Farmers have expressed joy at the weekend rain and believe it may herald a good season for the province’s farming communities....
Farmers catch attack suspects
By Denver DonianEast London – Members of the East Coast farming community apprehended three men in connection with the attack on an elderly woman at Meises Halt last week....
Thousands of angora goats lose their lives as cold, wet conditions persist
THOUSANDS of angora goats are believed to have died in the weekend’s cold and wet conditions....
Concern at delay over report on Goqwana
By Cecile GreylingGrahamstown – The office of the Public Protector will soon issue a report – which is 20 months overdue – about the private business interests of Health MEC Dr Bevan Goqwana....
Knives, drugs found during prison search
Johannesburg – The anti-corruption Special Investigating Unit, assisted by police, soldiers and correctional services officials, yesterday completed an overnight search of Diepkloof Prison and its inmates....
R70m to be spent on tribal kings’ offices, community halls
Herald Correspondent
Johannesburg – The government is set to spend at least R70-million on offices for South Africa’s many tribal kings....
Time to move from ethic of justice to ethic of care
It is time for society to listen to the needs of women, writes Port Elizabeth advocate NARNIA BOHLER-MULLER, who is a law lecturer and head of the Private Law Department at Vista University....
Racist thug put in his place with a quick hook to jaw!
By DENVER DONIANEast London – A racist thug got more than he bargained for when he took on Buffalo City Mayor Sindisile Maclean! ...
If it’s broke, ‘Mr Fix-it’ is the perfect man for the job!
By Heidi Bantam
MAKING molehills of mountains has become the trademark of this Port Elizabeth grandfather, who despite the loss of three limbs has become renowned as his neighbourhood’s Mr Fix-It....
Naked after hijacking
By Denver DonianEast London – A taxi driver hijacked in Mdantsane at the weekend was robbed and left naked in bushes near Keiskammahoek, police said....
Baqwa post shortlist
Cape Town – Parliament’s ad hoc committee on the appointment of a Public Protector has short-listed 10 people to succeed Selby Baqwa when his term of office ends on September 30....
J-Bay land row looming
By Guy Rogers
A ROW is looming in Jeffreys Bay where a highprofile development consortium has proposed building a golf course estate in the Kabeljous Conservation Area....
Miraculous escape from armed gang
By Angela ZachariasenA PORT Alfred shop owner watched in horror as his partner was shot in the stomach during a robbery at their premises on Friday night....
Sister-city ties with Jacksonville renewed
By Max Matavire Municipal Reporter
A THREE-member delegation from Jacksonville, Florida, has arrived in the city to intensify the sister-city agreement signed with Port Elizabeth two years ago....
Emergency aid puts smiles on E Cape faces
By MKHULULI TITICala – THE hopelessness written in the eyes of Cala and Elliot residents was turned into laughter and happiness – thanks to a North West Province-based bus company, which donated food parcels and clothing to more than 1 000 people in the area at the weekend....
Battle between Transnet, ex-CEO far from resolved
By ROBYN CHALMERSJohannesburg – A defiant Zandile Jakavula has vowed to fight Transnet in court over his dismissal – a move that looks set to dash the parastatal’s hopes that the furore surrounding the Spoornet chief executive officer has finally been put to rest....
DaimlerChrysler also to be sued over apartheid deals
Berlin – A multi-billion-dollar lawsuit brought by South African apartheid victims against multinational corporations and banks will also target US- German carmaker DaimlerChrysler, a lawyer in the case has told a German newspaper....
Skeptics scoff at pledges of safety for summit VIPs
Report by Sapa-DPA
Johannesburg – THE largest United Nations gathering yet takes place in South Africa just days before the first anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States....
Offers of help keep AWS animals safe during flood
By Trevor NeethlingTHE Animal Welfare Society has been inundated with offers of help since heavy rains lashed its site on the Schoenmakerskop road in the past few days....
Brit, Mugabe in secret ‘jets for land’ deal
London – A British businessman, currently in jail awaiting sentencing for manslaughter, has been involved in secret talks to buy Russian MiG fighter jets for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the Sunday Times reported....
‘Militants killing Z’babwe workers’
Report by SapaDurban – The African Christian Democratic Party yesterday claimed that five black farm workers were murdered by Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF government militants in full view of police, who showed reluctance to stop the attacks on Saturday....
Call for Mbeki to end his ‘chronic silence’
Cape Town – The DA is to request an emergency debate in Parliament on the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, where at least 147 white farmers have been arrested for defying orders to vacate their farms under President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reform programme....
