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Axe falls on Rian, Rudolf
By Herald Correspondents and Sapa
Cape Town – IN a move that has sent shockwaves through the international rugby community, Springbok coach Rudolf Straeuli and SA Rugby managing director Rian Oberholzer both stepped down from their posts yesterday following a heated board meeting here....
I did it for my kids, says tearful Rian
By Stephen Nell
Cape Town – There was just the hint of a tear in the eye of Rian Oberholzer when he gave his reasons for cutting all ties with the game yesterday....
Man tells of brutal beachfront mugging near popular nightspot
By Zingaphi Matanzima
A YOUNG man was brutally assaulted and mugged at the popular nightspot Brookes Pavilion yesterday....
Faku wants to clean out ‘dead wood’
By Max Matavire
METRO Mayor Nceba Faku yesterday called for a shake-up in the council’s administration department, which he said had a “lot of dead wood”....
Human organ trafficking shock
Report by Sapa-AFP, Reuters
Durban – A THIRD man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in an alleged international human organ trafficking network, police said yesterday....
Mbeki slams ‘apartheid barrier’ built by Israel
Pretoria – The “security fence” that Israel is building through the West Bank to protect itself from bombers is an apartheid barrier that needs to be torn down, says President Thabo Mbeki....
Corruption debate in camera
Municipal Reporter
THE metro council yesterday decided to go behind closed doors to discuss the controversial corruption allegations against a senior official in its human resources department....
Row flares over absent councillors
By Max Matavire Municipal Reporter
A MOTION by the DA calling for disciplinary action against five councillors – including one who is seriously ill in hospital – caused an uproar in yesterday’s council meeting....
Perlemoen suspect is granted R15 000 bail
AN alleged perlemoen poacher, who was arrested in connection with a large haul of perlemoen confiscated at a Greenbushes farm, was released on R15 000 bail by the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court yesterday....
Help on way for ‘foreign’ PE woman
By Jimmy Matyu
THE plight of a Motherwell women who can not get a grant because home affairs claims she is a foreigner is receiving the attention of the Eastern Cape social development department....
Porn peddler Young arrested on new charge
PORN peddler Brian Young was arrested yesterday and released on warning after briefly appearing in the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court....
Mob threatens to kill girl’s alleged rapist
By Jimmy Matyu
AN irate mob in Walmer township threatened to kill and burn a man accused of raping an eightyear-old girl....
Man pays R20 000 . . . for some broken glass
By Graeme Hosken
Pretoria – A gang of “semi-precious stone dealers” operating throughout South Africa are raking in hundreds of thousands of rands from gullible businessmen....
SA soldiers face charges after men shot near border
Musina – Two SA National Defence Force members in Musina face charges of attempted murder following the shooting of three Ethiopians near the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe....
MPL in broadside against ‘sloppy sub-contractors’
By Thozi Ka Manyisana
Bisho – Sloppy, corner-cutting State sub-contractors must pay a penalty....
R432m investment in park at St Lucia
Durban – Eight winning bidders are to invest R432-million in eco-tourism in the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park, Environment Minister Mohamed Valli Moosa announced yesterday....
Green Light For T’kei Road ‘fatally Flawed’
Herald Reporter and Sapa
THE government’s go-ahead for construction of the proposed Transkei toll road is “fatally flawed”, the DA said yesterday....
TV actor in court on theft charge
Cape Town – A former Mr Clifton and the man who plays Ben in the Anant Singh and Franz Marx SABC 2 production The Res appeared for the third time yesterday in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on a charge of theft....
Fight violence at all levels, urges Neer
By Jimmy Matyu
VIOLENCE against women and children must be fought at many levels, says Eastern Cape Safety and Security MEC Dennis Neer....
Factory boss guilty of shooting boys
By Deon Van Der Merwe
East London – GUILTY of murder and of attempted murder....
Confront and destigmatise Aids
The courage of a prominent Port Elizabeth family in disclosing their daughter had died of HIV/Aids, will have a positive influence in the fight against the disease, writes businessman Mkhuseli Jack....
E Cape circumcision deaths rise to seven
By Ben Maclennan
TWO more circumcision deaths were reported in the Eastern Cape yesterday....
Controversial advocate charged
CONTROVERSIAL law professor and advocate Mbuyiselo Christopher Jozana, arrested on a fraud charge, will spend the weekend in jail....
Growing veggies and crocheting in her 100th year
By Dineo Matomela
CROCHETING and tending a vegetable garden are still major interests for Sarah Isaacs, who turned 100 yesterday....
Brighton Beach muggers meet their match
By Sam Mkokeli
TWO surveyors on official business were mugged by a gang of 11 men on Brighton Beach yesterday, but with the help of police turned the tables on the muggers by chasing them to a house in New Brighton....
Fishing boat refloated
A GROUNDED fishing boat at Blue Horizon Bay was refloated and towed to Port Elizabeth harbour yesterday....
We must fight to end violence – Neer
By Jimmy Matyu
VIOLENCE against women and children must be fought at many levels, says Eastern Cape Safety and Security MEC Dennis Neer....
Ex-VW worker in R2,26m fraud probe
By Tabelo Timse
A FORMER employee of Volkswagen appeared in the Uitenhage magistrate’s court yesterday accused of defrauding the company of R2,26-million between 2000 and last month....
C’wealth leaders ‘will attempt to resolve Zim issue’ – McKinnon
Report by Sapa-AFP
Abuja – COMMONWEALTH leaders will try to find a way to resolve their dispute over the suspension of Zimbabwe from the 54-member grouping but do not want the issue to dominate their summit, the body’s secretary general said yesterday....
Mugabe flies in for party conference
Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe flew to the southern town of Masvingo yesterday ahead of his ruling party’s annual congress....
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