THE dramatic fallout between South African Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins and Springbok coach Jake White continued to escalate yesterday, with an unrepentant Hoskins hinting White would have to “toe the line” or be sacked....more

THE Bitou municipality has hired a private security firm to act as bodyguards for mayor Luluma Mvimbi and three councillors following attacks on their homes and vehicles by angry KwaNokuthula residents earlier this month....more

REGIONAL businesses aim to lead the country in going green with a pioneering environmental charter which more than 800 companies will be asked to sign....more

THE South African Municipal Workers‘ Union has condemned the second draft document of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality‘s rationalisation of senior management structures, saying it is not worth the paper it is written on....more

AS the tender bell tolls today for the sale of the controversial Brookes Pavilion on the Port Elizabeth beachfront, fear that a new high-rise building might be built on the property has led to legal threats by homeowners and businesses in the area....more

AN “arty gentleman” has put a Port Elizabeth coffee shop‘s commitment to “bottomless coffee” to the ultimate test, drinking about 30 cups of the hot brew before sprinting out without paying his R6,50 bill....more

IN one of the biggest accidents ever in the Southern Cape, 21 vehicles were involved in a pile-up on the N2 in George during peak traffic yesterday morning...more

THE Eastern Cape education department has temporarily replaced two top officials who were suspended two weeks ago pending a probe for alleged financial mismanagement and procurement irregularities....more

MOVIE star Emma Thompson‘s visit to former resettlement camp Glenmore on the impoverished former Ciskei side of the Fish River has had a positive sequel....more

FOLLOWING years of exploitation and earning a living on tips, waiters and other workers at bars, hotels, restaurants, lodges and game farms will now receive a minimum wage ranging from R1 379 to R2 050 a month for those in metropolitan areas....more

COTSWOLD Extension residents are angry at developers for causing dust and noise pollution which invades their homes seven days a week....more

BLASTING at a Cotswold Extension quarry has become a problem for some residents in Westering....more

OPERATIONS at a Port Elizabeth asphalt-producing company have become a problem in Malabar....more

THE Kragga Kamma Game Park is celebrating the arrival of an important new resident – the first rhino born in Nelson Mandela Bay....more

DOCTORS testifying in the trial of a Soweto-on-Sea man charged with indecently assaulting a 10-year-old boy told the Port Elizabeth magistrate‘s court yesterday how the boy‘s condition had deteriorated after being admitted to hospital....more

KWAZAKHELE Rugby Union (Kwaru) trust member and rugby stalwart Wilfred “Nkala” Khovu, 67, has died at Livingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth....more

PUPILS from poor schools in Nelson Mandela Bay area will have no excuse to shy away from the fields of technology, science, mathematics and accounting following a cash injection by a major bank....more