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Shock new perlemoen plan By Melanie GoslingCape Town – A RADICAL new fisheries policy unveiled yesterday will take lucrative perlemoen quotas away from commercial fishing companies and include a ban on recreational perlemoen diving.... ‘New measures ignore problem in E Cape’ By Heidi BantamTHE exclusivity of the new fisheries policy drew harsh criticism from those involved in the fight against perlemoen poaching in the Eastern Cape last night.... R20 000 bail for man held in record perlemoen bust By Hendrick MphandePONY-TAILED Uitenhage businessman and alleged syndicate member Johannes van der Bank, who was arrested on Friday in connection with the biggest perlemoen haul yet, was yesterday released on R20 000 bail when he appeared in the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court.... Addo park to get six Kalahari lions By Lourens SchoemanSIX Kalahari lions will arrive at the Addo Elephant Park later this week as part of the plan to develop the Greater Addo Elephant Park into the only Big Seven national park in the country.... Attacker still at large after gran was mugged By Sam MkokeliALTHOUGH police positively identified one of three vagrants who attacked an 83- year-old woman in Central on Sunday, the three of them were still at large yesterday.... Department cuts 1 000 posts for better service By Thozi Ka ManyisanaBisho – The department of sports, arts and culture is to cut 1 000 posts in an effort to streamline service delivery.... SA’s Smith undaunted by loss in final Test Nottingham – South Africa captain Graeme Smith was far from deflated after his side lost the third Test to England by 70 runs yesterday.... Roof collapse victim counts blessings By Elize JacobsPretoria – The Woman’s Day award winner who was paralysed when the stage roof at the Union Buildings collapsed, Suraya Scott, yesterday said she did not think anyone was more blessed than she.... Admissions policy ‘will help pupils’ By Guy RogersTHE education department yesterday moved to dispel alarms about its proposed centralised admissions facility for tertiary education.... Hard work led to Happy Valley attack arrests By Helga van StaadenOLD fashioned round-the-clock detective work by the Humewood police team led to the arrests of the men suspected of brutally attacking a visiting French family in Happy Valley recently.... UN is set to copy SA community involvement plan By Jimmy MatyuTHE United Nations is to use a South African community involvement programme focused on helping the underprivileged.... Not enough ‘bad eggs’ for E Cape’s ‘supermax’ prison By Estelle EllisJohannesburg – THE “supermax” prison in Kokstad in the Eastern Cape “can only be regarded as a pointless expenditure”, University of Western Cape Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen has found in a study.... Halgryn investors await suit decision By Adrienne CarlisleGrahamstown – More than 100 people caught up in Port Elizabeth property magnate Danie Halgryn’s R727-million high-risk investment scheme may soon know if their R55-million lawsuit against the Attorneys Fidelity Fund to recover their lost funds can go ahead.... Trent sparks council row with baboon slur By Max Matavire Municipal ReporterTHERE was drama at yesterday’s council meeting when DA caucus leader Elizabeth Trent had to apologise to an ANC councillor for telling him at a previous meeting that he looked like a baboon.... Heated debate on draft plan for development Municipal ReporterTHERE was heated debate yesterday as the metro council adopted, with additions, the second draft of its integrated development plan.... ‘Bring back rope, compensate victims’ By Patrick CullNNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk last night called for the reinstatement of the death penalty for murder and aggravated rape, and the creation of a victims’ compensation fund – funded from the state lottery.... DA noses ahead in close ward poll By Patrick Cull, Political CorrespondentVOTERS in Ward 43 of the Nelson Mandela Metropole go to the polls tomorrow in a by-election that has attracted considerable interest and which the DA is expected to win, although with a reduced majority.... Municipal police called to eject councillor Municipal ReporterMUNICIPAL security police had to be called yesterday to eject a councillor from the council chamber, but when they arrived he had been persuaded by his caucus to leave.... Cyclists on shooting charge By Gill GiffordJohannesburg – Two cyclist brothers who were arrested for attempted murder after they shot one of six men who tried to steal their bicycles are to be prosecuted.... Pupils set fire to school near Alice in fresh unrest incidents By Denver DonianEast London – Rebellious pupils set fire to several sections of the George Mqalo High School near Alice yesterday, causing damage estimated at about R250 000.... ‘Boeremag men being tortured’ By Zelda VenterPretoria – THE Boeremag accused are at the end of their tether about loud music blaring over the loudspeakers in C-Max Prison from 5am to 9pm.... Follow your dream, says Shuttleworth By Helga van StaadenALWAYS follow your dream, was the advice from South African space traveller and billionaire Mark Shuttleworth to young people during a visit to Port Elizabeth yesterday.... Pahad’s wife on drink charge By Judy DamonCape Town – Sandra Jean Pahad, wife of Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad, appeared briefly in the Goodwood magistrate’s court here yesterday on a drunk driving charge.... Vehicles for abuse units By Helga van StaadenTWENTY new vehicles were handed over to the police’s family violence, child abuse and sexual offences unit in King William’s Town yesterday.... Cold, wind, snow across the country Herald CorrespondentDON’T pack away your winter woollies – there’s more cold weather on the way!... State stays mum on Zuma probe Johannesburg – The Government has resolved not to comment any further on the investigation involving Deputy President Jacob Zuma, Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said yesterday.... The fantasy world of Robert Mugabe Since April 2000, hundreds have died at the hands of President Robert Mugabe’s State-sponsored militants and youth militia, while police steadfastly refuse to intervene, writes Michael Hartnack in Harare.... Hand over your cash, Zim central bank orders Harare – Zimbabwe has outlawed the holding by individuals and merchants of cash exceeding Z$5- million (R45 000) in another bid to stem a cash crisis in the country, the central bank said yesterday.... |
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