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GM back in the saddle
AMERICA’S mighty General Motors is back in the saddle in Port Elizabeth, with Delta Motor Corporation becoming GMSA from next week....
The Delta Success Story
Patrick Cull examines the remarkable 17-year turnaround that made Port Elizabeth car manufacturer Delta a South African business success....
Willie, the local boy who made good, sees Delta ‘home’
By Robert Ball
WILLIE van Wyk, 55, will long be remembered as the local boy who achieved success at Delta, steering it to prosperity in the difficult times of the withdrawal of US investment – and facilitating its return through the resumption of General Motors ownership....
Man dives into his pool and finds . . . a croc
By Mariette Le Roux
Pretoria – A MAN who found a crocodile in his swimming pool this week will be “very careful” when diving in for a nightly swim in future....
Straeuli, Oberholzer may have to return millions
By Brenden Nel
Johannesburg – Former Springbok rugby coach Rudolf Straeuli and former SA Rugby managing director Rian Oberholzer may have to return their multi-million rand golden handshakes as they may have been given illegally....
Rape claim bid to blackmail Desai, claims lawyer
Herald Correspondent
Mumbai – Judge Siraj Desai – accused of raping Aids activist Salome Isaacs during an anti-globalisation forum in Mumbai – is a victim of blackmail, his lawyer said yesterday....
Swede praises Nelson name
By Max Matavire
A SWEDISH tourism expert yesterday applauded the branding of the metro as Nelson Mandela Bay, saying the name was an icon....
Popular school supplement is back – and it’s free!
SCHOOLS are back at work and next week MatricHerald is back in the Herald....
Municipal police a must – DA
By Sam Mkokeli
THE DA yesterday accused the ANC of not taking the issue of a municipal police service seriously....
Konings ‘killer’ appears in court
Swellendam – The man accused of murdering Dutch student Marleen Konings, 24, appeared in court here yesterday....
Maharaj, Shaik happy with Hefer’s findings
Report by Sapa
Pretoria – FORMER transport minister Mac Maharaj and ex-ANC intelligence operative Mo Shaik have welcomed the release and content of the Hefer Commission of Inquiry into allegations that national prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka might have been a spy. ...
Bisho bungles set schools back
By Jimmy Matyu
BUNGLING within the department of education in Bisho has resulted in a host of schools around the province being unable to start teaching on the first days of the school year....
Perlemoen charges dropped
Herald Reporter
TWO policemen and a youth charged with perlemoen poaching appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court yesterday only to have the charges against them provisionally withdrawn....
Foreigner not certain if ‘brothel’ owner paid cops
Report by Sapa
Johannesburg – FOREIGN national Ovidio Muresan, implicated in the exploitation of women who allegedly worked at Andrew Phillips’s erotic club in Rivonia, told the Johannesburg regional court yesterday he did not know if Mr Phillips “paid off the police”....
PE opens its heart to disabled man
By Guy Rogers
WHEELCHAIR-bound Walmer Township resident Faans Gors has received a new set of wheels from a kind businessman....
Amount paid to Mashaba will stay confidential
Johannesburg – Former Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba’s severance package will remain confidential. ...
No-frills battle for the skies ready to take off
By Lee Rondganger
Johannesburg – THE battle for South Africa’s skies has begun with the launch yesterday of a second no-frills airline, 1time....
Swedish trio to mark freedom celebrations
By Max Matavire Municipal Reporter
A SWEDISH delegation arrived in Port Elizabeth yesterday to attend the opening of council and the 10 years of freedom celebrations to be held jointly tomorrow at the Feather Market Centre....
Tree shame subject of Sunday talk
By Guy Rogers
THE suspected illegal felling of 70 Baviaanskloof yellowwoods, presently under police investigation, is the subject of the keynote address at the upcoming AGM of the Dendrological Society....
New drive to revive league
Political Correspondent
ANC Women’s League President Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will deliver the keynote address this morning at the second Eastern Cape provincial conference of the league....
DA and UDM running neck and neck
By Patrick Cull Political Correspondent
THE DA and UDM appear to be running neck and neck in the battle for the position of official opposition in the 62-seat Bisho Legislature after this year’s elections....
DA seeks SABC meeting
Cape Town – DA election spokesman Douglas Gibson yesterday sought an urgent meeting with the SABC over its election coverage policy, but the station refused to heed the party’s request....
MEC praises heroic cyclist
By Thozi Ka Manyisana and Makhaya Komisa
East London – “You are our hero,” Sports, Arts and Culture MEC Nosimo Balindlela told disabled anti-abuse cyclist Johannes Kloppers....
Farmer’s mutilated body found in hole
Harare – A white farmer has been killed in Zimbabwe, the first in almost 18 months, the predominantly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) announced yesterday....
Printing to start as cops leave paper
Harare – Zimbabwean police yesterday complied with a court order and finally left the printing works of independent newspaper the Daily News for the first time since it was shut down in September, the newspaper’s legal adviser said. ...
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