ANDREW Endean’s letter (“Beating the environmental drum for the wrong reasons”, The Herald, October 4) makes the assumption that those of us who enjoy a privileged lifestyle, by living on the southern Cape coast, are to the last man anti-development. Not so....more

City taxes invisible dogs

IT appears that Port Elizabeth has been overrun by a pack of invisible dogs. If you listen very carefully at midnight you can hear their distant baying, or is that sound of the supposed owners pulling out their hair on reading their latest municipal bill....more

Check lodge out before criticising

I THINK the Habba Habba Lodge is the best thing that has taken place and a lot of people in Port Elizabeth will agree with me. I do not think anything bad occurs there, as people are trying to say....more

Tragedy waiting to happen on Seaview road

I REFER to the letter from Jenny Gerber, “Keep to speed limit and avoid pets on road” (The Herald, October 7), regarding speeding on the Buffelsfontein-Seaview road....more

Convicts could clean hospitals

MUCH has been said about the conditions of our State hospitals. I have visited these hospitals over the past years and found the staff pleasant and helpful, yet overworked....more

Don’t condemn reggae

THE South African constitution provides everybody with rights and that includes freedom of speech, affiliation and freedom of choice. I am saying this because I have met some people who do not like some kind of music played by the other person....more

Use local artist for daily cartoon

WHAT has happened to that very talented cartoonist, Derrick Nesbit? He appeared in The Herald for about two weeks, then disappeared! In my opinion, he definitely is streets ahead of Brandan – and what about using home- grown talent?...more

Pleasure to access site

LET me thank you for speeding up The Herald web page. I had stopped reading it as it took so long to down load and would often hang up, now it is a pleasure....more