NELSON Mandela Bay is facing a collapse in surgical services at State hospitals due to a dire shortage of surgeons....more

IN a major boost to business and tourism, the Knysna municipality is to extend its cutting-edge wireless technology to key areas throughout the town to help dramatically reduce phonecall and internet costs....more

TWO policemen were stoned by community members in Duncan Village near East London yesterday after arresting a man for trying to illegally connect electricity....more

ANGLING conditions proved to be ideal at Wednesday‘s opening of the Port St Francis ski boat and yacht clubs‘ fourth annual Tuna and Marlin Challenge, where 166 anglers raked in a record 199 yellowfin tuna. ...more

Johannesburg – The print media are being hostile towards the SABC, says chief executive Dali Mpofu....more

THE correctional services department has launched an internal investigation into allegations of a brutal assault on 11 naked awaiting-trail prisoners in a courtyard at the Grahamstown prison....more

AFTER at least 10 years of silence, the SABC‘s recording studios are full of the sound of music and attracting some big names in the industry....more

A WEBSITE dedicated to exposing the “true extent of crime in South Africa” has come under attack, with similar domain names being rerouted to a site critical of the man behind the site, Neil Watson....more

THE South African National Civic Organisation is being evicted from the Ibhayi Buildings in Struandale which it has occupied since 1990 after it had forcibly removed the then Ibhayi Town Council from the premises....more

AUSTRALIAN flanker George Smith and Springbok wing Akona Ndungane might find themselves having a bad hair day when the two teams clash in Brisbane tomorrow....more

AN elderly Port Elizabeth woman whose household water supply was cut by the municipality on instruction of her landlord, is contesting the municipality‘s right to cut the water of tenants if property owners default on payments....more

A NELSON Mandela Bay engineering whiz-kid has added to his list of awards by receiving an accolade from a national engineering body....more

POLICE in East London have embarked on a full-scale manhunt to try and track down a group of cash-in-transit robbers who struck just outside Macleantown yesterday....more

Bloemfontein – Free State police have launched a manhunt for a gang who robbed a chartered aircraft at the Bloemfontein airport of an undisclosed amount of money early yesterday. ...more

MORE startling allegations of farm workers being tortured and compelled to share a filthy room with controversial figure Trevor Nel‘s dogs at his small-holding were heard in the Port Elizabeth magistrate‘s court yesterday....more

A PLANNED strike in the petroleum industry has been put on hold while trade union Solidarity recommends that its members accept the new wage offer from Sasol....more

ABOUT 190 000 oysters were scoffed in a variety of guises during the Knysna Oyster Festival – a 32 per cent increase on last year‘s figure....more

REDISTRIBUTION of agricultural land is being hampered by a number of problems, including over-value and inconsistent prices, says the Land Claims Commission....more