Durban – AN upbeat former deputy president Jacob Zuma yesterday promised more than 1 000 chanting supporters outside the Durban magistrate’s court that he would reveal the reasons for his implication in corruption after his court battle....more

Fresh policy on procurements bars all officials

IN a bid to curb corruption in tender processes, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality yesterday adopted a new policy that outlaws employees from doing any business with the public sector....more

Bhisho slammed for way finance inquiry is funded

Bhisho – The Eastern Cape government has been slammed for diverting R7,9million from the cashstrapped departments of education and health to help fund the Pillay Commission, which ironically is probing the finances of the province....more

Councillor attacks VW over its policy on soccer sponsorship

A NELSON MANDELA BAY councillor yesterday launched a scathing attack on Volkswagen SA for buying a “second string” soccer side for the region while at the same sponsoring one of the country’s top professional teams, based outside Mandela Bay....more

City says it ‘never committed’ to funding project at Bayworld

THE Nelson Mandela Bay municipality had never committed to funding Bayworld’s renovations, acting municipal manager Vuyo Zitumane said yesterday....more

Betting on ‘geegees’ gets back on track

RACE track betting in Port Elizabeth is enjoying a huge resurgence in popularity, with revenue from horse racing increasing a mammoth 64 per cent in the past year....more

Smiles as first exam goes off with no problems

THE first matric exam, written by 1 545 pupils across the province, went off without a hitch yesterday, with Deputy Education Minister Enver Surty visiting several schools and examinations centres to double-check that everything was on schedule....more

Ngcuka in ‘apartheid soldiers’ row

BULELANI Ngcuka, former head of the National Prosecutions Authority and husband of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has been slammed by a top Botswana doctor for going into business with two men who served as senior officers in elite units of the SA Defence Force during the apartheid era....more

Congo fever ‘under control’ in Overberg after death of worker

THE Western Cape health department said yesterday it was confident it had a Congo fever situation under control following the death from the deadly virus earlier this week of a Southern Cape farm labourer....more

Immunisation of poultry cut over inaction by council

KNYSNA Animal Welfare has taken the Knysna municipality to task over its inaction in combating the outbreak of Newcastle disease in the district....more

Tourism official heading for new venture

AFTER six years with Knysna Tourism, membership liaison manager Bev Reed is leaving town to start her own guesthouse in Stormsriver Village....more

Clean-up sparks appeals to beach and river users

THOUSANDS of plastic items and cigarette butts collected during a recent coastal clean- up initiative sparked appeals to beach and river users to clean up their act....more

Pupils learn about the importance of nature

MOTHER Nature became a fascinating classroom for 70 pupils from two primary schools in George at the annual Kingswood Cares Environmental Day recently....more

Shacks razed in Lorraine

MORE than 30 families were left homeless yesterday when 29 shacks in Madiba Village informal settlement in Lorraine, Port Elizabeth, were demolished to make way for a development....more

PE customer successfully fights unfair blacklisting

A PORT Elizabeth man has won a court battle against Multi Choice for an unfair blacklisting by the Credit Bureau....more

When does BEE become racism?

On one hand, South Africa has a constitutional commitment that discrimination on the basis of race will not take place and, on the other hand, a political commitment to give preference to previously disadvantaged groups...more

Missing dog found with pellet wound, broken leg

A SUMMERSTRAND man whose two dogs went missing had one returned to him badly injured after it was apparently shot with a pellet gun....more

ECDC’s Jonas cleared on reckless driving charge

FORMER Eastern Cape Development Corporation chief executive Mcebisi Jonas, who was charged after his Mercedes-Benz hit a teenage boy on the Addo road, was yesterday found not guilty of reckless driving....more

Intensive search for kidnapped boy, 10

Johannesburg – Police were still combing the city late last night for a 10-year-old boy kidnapped outside his home in Ennerdale earlier in the day....more

Tsotsobe facing probe into culpable homicide

POLICE have confirmed they are investigating a case of culpable homicide against Springbok women’s rugby captain Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe....more

‘I was on drugs’ – murder accused

A PORT Elizabeth man, accused of murdering a teenage prostitute, yesterday pleaded not guilty, saying he could not remember what happened on the night of her death as he was under the influence of alcohol and drugs....more

Distraught mother waits for news of missing girl

A HELENVALE woman has been having sleepless nights after her 15-year-old daughter disappeared last month....more

Cricket clubs bowled over by generosity

SIX township cricket clubs, which have been hamstrung by a lack of decent equipment, were bowled over this week when a sporting goods company came to their aid and donated cricket equipment worth R8 000 to them....more

Church to honour Balindlela with special award

EASTERN Cape Premier Nosimo Balindlela will receive the Charlotte Manye Maxeke Award at the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church’s Women’s Missionary Society conference tomorrow at New Brighton’s Centenary Hall....more

PE picketers ‘will fight until blood runs dry in our veins’

ABOUT 20 people affiliated to Cosatu picketed and chanted freedom songs in front of the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court yesterday in support of former deputy president Jacob Zuma....more

Adviser fired for racism is still being paid

Cape Town – The City of Cape Town has confirmed it has been paying its controversial former media adviser, Roderick Blackman Ngoro, despite his axing two months ago....more