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Kepler not guilty
KEPLER Wessels was cleared yesterday of racism allegations, but the inquiry found racial tensions existed in Eastern Province cricket and needed to be dealt with....
Why probe found Wessels not guilty
ALLEGATIONS of racism levelled against Kepler Wessels have not been proved, the disciplinary hearing has found....
Ngcuka briefing ‘character assassination’
By Estelle Ellis
Bloemfontein – National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka appeared to have used a confidential meeting with black editors for the “vitriolic character assassination” of several subjects of Scorpions investigations, including Deputy President Jacob Zuma....
Two sisters robbed on Kenton beach
Grahamstown – Two sisters backpacking in the Eastern Cape were threatened at knifepoint and robbed, police said yesterday....
‘Crime rife’ in Malabar settlement
By Jimmy Matyu
RESIDENTS and community leaders in Malabar Extension 6 informal settlement are concerned about the high level of crime in their area....
Unionists threaten City Hall invasion if boss does not go
By Max Matavire Municipal Reporter
METRO union shop stewards yesterday kicked out human resources manager Speech Sohena from his office....
African film-making pioneer Lionel Ngakane dies
Johannesburg – One of the greatest stalwarts of the African film industry, Lionel Ngakane, died in Rustenburg yesterday after a long illness....
Acclaimed playwright for city
By Jimmy Matyu
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed playwright, composer and actor Mbongeni Ngema of Sarafina and Woza Albert fame will be in Port Elizabeth for two days next week....
No prisoners’ pardons to mark 10 years of freedom
Report by Sapa
Cape Town – THE government is not considering any general presidential pardon for certain prisoners at this stage to mark South Africa’s first decade of freedom next year, President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday....
Lilitha to be province’s unified nursing college
By Thozi Ka Manyisana
Bisho – The Eastern Cape will soon have one unified nursing college with satellite campuses around the province....
E Cape Parks Bill approved
Political Correspondent
Bisho – The legislature yesterday passed the Provincial Parks Bill, which will separate the administration of reserves in the province from the Eastern Cape Tourism Board....
Marais ‘never raised plight of poor’ with golf estate boss
By Ben Maclennan
George – A police bodyguard has disputed former Western Cape premier Peter Marais’s account of a conversation on poverty relief with Italian multi-millionaire Count Riccardo Agusta, saying it never took place....
Perlemoen: man arrested
Herald Reporter
A MAN was arrested yesterday in the Cape Recife area allegedly in possession of 22kg of perlemoen....
Robbers nabbed crossing river
FIVE men were arrested yesterday after an armed robbery at an Umtata supermarket....
Balfour wants Bok boot camp probe
By ANDREW HOLLELY
Johannesburg – THE King Commission into racism in Springbok and South African rugby – set to take place early next year – may include a probe into the recent shocking revelations surrounding “Kamp Staaldraad”....
Man killed by crocodile
Malavuee – A Limpopo man was attacked and killed by a crocodile while fishing in the Nupshunduvi River near here on Tuesday, police said yesterday....
Confiscation of assets causes sentence delay for cops
Cape Town – An application for the confiscation of ill-gained assets belonging to two policemen who had stolen German currency worth millions belonging Jeanette Harksen, wife of German conman Jurgen Harksen, yesterday delayed sentencing procedures in the Cape Town Regional Court....
Searching for wife’s family
A MAN from New Brighton is searching for the relatives of his partner of 11 years who died recently....
Violent crime rate is dropping, says Selebi
Cape Town – The number of murders and rapes in South Africa has steadily dropped over the past 18 months, and there has been a substantial decrease in the number of cash-in-transit heists....
Abuse hurled at stage psychic
Herald Correspondent
Cape Town – Fundamentalist Christian demonstrators caused chaos at the Baxter Theatre on Tuesday night as they hurled threats and anti-Semitic abuse at psychic Belinda Silbert....
Tiger, girlfriend enjoying Shamwari
TOP international golfer Tiger Woods is still at the internationally acclaimed Shamwari game reserve....
Home affairs touts cheating public – report
Grahamstown – Touts and vendors preying on poor people at department of home affairs offices throughout South Africa are causing problems for the department and the public, says a monitoring report drawn up by the Black Sash....
Smaller majority, but DA wins in Uitenhage
By Patrick Cull Political Correspondent
THE Democratic Alliance retained a Uitenhage seat – Ward 52 – in a municipal by-election in the Nelson Mandela Metro yesterday, but with a reduced majority....
Two die in new initiation season
By Mphumzi Zuzile
East London – Circumcision season is only in its second week and two initiates have died – while 35 have been rushed to hospitals in the Transkei....
Ex-car dealer on 48 fraud charges
Herald Reporter
FORMER Port Elizabeth car dealer Johannes Jacobus Britz, who is facing 48 counts of fraud amounting to R454 120, was refused bail when he appeared in the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court yesterday....
Guard tells how youths were shot
By Deon Van Der Merwe
East London – Wilsonia factory security guard James Wupula, 68, told the High Court here yesterday how he heard firing and later found out that three youths being held for allegedly breaking into a factory had been shot....
Police love for abandoned baby Lisa
By Tabelo Timse
AN abandoned township baby girl has found a new home – with policewoman and mother of two Anel van Eyk, who rescued her from a death....
Club’s closure proves popular
Herald Reporter
THERE has been an overwhelming response to yesterday’s Herald report that Here Groove Lounge in Clyde Street, Central, has been shut down because of its failure to comply with municipal health regulations....
Lending a hand scheme ‘slavery’
By Jimmy Matyu
THE United Democratic Movement and volunteer groups are considering taking the volunteerism campaign to the High Court for review....
Africa in Aids orphan crisis – UN
By Anele Ka Nene
Johannesburg – EIGHT out of 10 children who have lost parents to HIV and Aids live in sub-saharan Africa, a study by Unicef (the United Nations Children’s Fund) revealed yesterday....
Big prizes up for grabs in Herald MTN Cycle Tour
Herald Reporter
ENTRIES are now open for the 2004 Herald MTN Cycle Tour, the Eastern Cape’s premier race, with prizes totalling R120 000....
Ec Finances On Better Footing
The Eastern Cape government has been under sustained attack since 1994 over poor management of the province’s finances. An independent study of reports of the Auditor-General for the past three years, however, suggests that there have been “significant improvements”. Political Correspondent Patrick Cull looks at the findings of the study....
Fraud charges against top cop dropped
By Denver Donian
King William’s Town – CHARGES of fraud against provincial deputy commissioner Trevor Hayes have been withdrawn on instruction from deputy national director of public prosecutions Jan Hennings....
Exciting tale of Addo lions to be told on TV
By Guy Rogers
THE exciting story of the recent capture of six lions in the Kgalagadi and their journey to Addo is due to be aired on 50/50 this weekend....
Death of liberation envoy at 47
By Jimmy Matyu
A MAN who narrowly escaped being necklaced in Port Elizabeth in the 1980s has died in Cape Town....
Educationist Metcalf Maliza dies, aged 89
By Jimmy Matyu
A LEADING educationist and former Port Elizabeth businessman, Metcalf Mthuthuzeli Maliza, has died, aged 89. ...
I was raped, says alleged gay killer
THE man accused of murdering a gay prison warder on a Port Elizabeth beach has claimed that the warder raped him....
Two ‘amateur’ robbers jailed for 21 years
AN Algoa Park man and his friend who went on a robbery spree after stealing a firearm were both jailed by the Port Elizabeth regional court for 21 years yesterday....
Anti-abuse campaign launched in Uitenhage
By Zingaphi Matanzima
THE provincial launch of the national 16 days of activism for “No Violence against Women and Children” was launched at Allan-Ridge Hall in Uitenhage on Tuesday....
Boeremag accused to get informer file
Pretoria – About 800 pages of a so-called secret informer file were handed to defence counsel in the Boeremag treason trial yesterday....
National laboratory service opened
Herald Reporter
FOLLOWING last week’s anti-retro viral roll-out treatment programme announcement by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, further plans are in the pipeline to revolutionise the medical industry....
‘Georgia-style overthrow no option for Zim’
Report by Sapa
Cape Town – ZIMBABWE’S MDC has rejected any notion of a violent “Georgia-style” overthrow of President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF regime....
SA interests in Zimbabwe are being protected, says Mbeki
Cape Town – The government is talking to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s regime on the protection of South African interests in that country, in the context of a bilateral agreement between the two states....
Zanu says it expects summit boycott
Harare – Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu party expects some African members of the 54-national Commonwealth to boycott next month’s heads of government meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, after President Robert Mugabe was denied an invitation....
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