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PE’s golden girls for Olympics TWO Port Elizabeth champions – cyclist Anriette Schoeman and teenage diver Jenna Dreyer – have been included in the South African team for the Athens Olympics.... Game sale highlight of festival By Guy Rogers A GAME auction and an African Garden exhibition look set to be two of the highlights of the Kirkwood Wildlife Festival this weekend.... Koukamma finance chief previously fired for fraud By Max Matavire Municipal Reporter THE current chief financial officer of the Koukamma municipality – which is being threatened with liquidation – was fired from the Plettenberg Bay municipality three years ago for fraud, embezzlement and corruption, the Herald learnt yesterday.... Scorpions’ dragnet misses catching metro pair By Max Matavire TWO Port Elizabeth suspects escaped arrest in yesterday’s province-wide Scorpions crackdown.... Paralysed by rusty jungle gym A BROKEN, rusted climbing frame from a municipal playground in Port Elizabeth has left an 11-year-old girl paralysed for life.... Family of ‘dictator’ buying R23,5m house in SA – Leon By Donwald Pressly Cape Town – DA leader Tony Leon told Parliament yesterday that information from his party’s city councillors in Cape Town indicated that the family of Equatorial Guinea “dictator” President Teodoro Obiang Nguema was buying a property in Clifton worth R23,5-million.... Seventh suspect arrested in R12,4m bank robbery case A SEVENTH suspect has been arrested in connection with the R12,4-million robbery at First National Bank in Kempston Road.... Spaceman Mike is ‘proudly South African’ By Steve Matthewson MIKE Melvill, the South Africanborn pilot of the world’s first privately funded space mission this week, says a part of him remains proudly South African and he still has strong ties to the country despite the fact that he left here almost 25 years ago.... Parties accept report on Zuma probe Cape Town – The ANC and opposition parties have accepted a special committee’s report on the Public Protector’s probe into Deputy President Jacob Zuma’s complaint against National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka.... School head ‘guilty of insubordination’ Herald Reporter A SCHOOL principal who refused to re-admit an unruly pupil has been found guilty of insubordination and bringing the education department into disrepute.... House arrest for pair who robbed granny A YOUNG Port Elizabeth woman and her boyfriend, who stole 23 Krugerrands and a diamond from her grandmother to feed their drug addiction, were sentenced yesterday to correctional supervision.... Ship seems likely source of carbon spill By Guy Rogers THE carbon slick seen in Algoa Bay recently has resulted in intensive investigation into its source.... Arbitration begins over cop transfers By Steve Matthewson THE first series of arbitration hearings for SA Police Service employees who objected to being moved to King William’s Town when the provincial police head office was shifted from Port Elizabeth begins in the city today.... Health minister unwell Cape Town – Health Minister Manto Tshabalala- Msimang was yesterday admitted briefly to the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital.... ANC in dispute over Umtata by-election By Luxolo Tyali Umtata – The ANC chief whip in the King Sabata Dalindyebo (Umtata) municipality has questioned the credibility of the by- elections held here yesterday.... It all adds up for UPE accountants By Mawande Jack UNIVERSITY of Port Elizabeth students were among the best in the country in this year’s annual professional accountancy examinations.... Shock as one of PE’s oldest firms closes By Sicelo Fayo, Business Editor HUNDREDS of workers were devastated yesterday to learn that their employer, Valley Textiles, one of Port Elizabeth’s oldest firms, was shutting its doors immediately and could not pay them this month.... Undertaking on care centre Johannesburg – The government will work closely with anyone affected by its decision to close the controversial Noupoort Christian Care Centre, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said yesterday.... Reagan fought world communism, and won Events subsequent to Ronald Reagan’s presidency have cast a positive light on his term of office, writes retired editor and media manager Stephen Mulholland.... New Z’babwe detention law slammed Harare – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s government is introducing laws to extend his already sweeping powers of detention of people suspected of state security and economic crimes, and also to stop journalists who violate state press gag laws from working, critics said yesterday.... |
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