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| Marius Delport |
We should have helped them
Herald ReporterA SENIOR prison official admitted yesterday that the authorities had failed in their duty to protect three women from sexual harassment....
Soni accuses Mpanya of misleading prisons commission
Herald ReporterTENSIONS ran high in the Jali Commission hearings yesterday when Rustenburg Prison area manager Paul Mpanya – a leading figure in Popcru – was accused of misleading the commission with false evidence....
Cricket showdown in court
By Lourens SchoemanANGRY former members of the Eastern Province Cricket Board are to seek a court order to force the United Cricket Board to release the final forensic audit report on the cash-strapped province’s situation....
Water-logged graves give undertakers a headache
By Heidi BantamMETRO funeral directors are having to contend with water-logged
graveyards after the recent heavy rains....
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| Karlien de Klerk (centre) and Zanoxolo Mabusela of the Main Library in Port Elizabeth with some of the books donated on behalf of the Herald by books editor Robert Ball (left). Picture: Ivor Markman |
Herald donates surplus books to cash-strapped Main Library
Herald ReporterIN a boost to Port Elizabeth’s cash-strapped library services, the Herald yesterday donated dozens of surplus review books to the Main Library on Market Square....
Law commission holds off on prostitution issue
By ANGELA QUINTALCape Town – The SA Law Commission has decided not to take a position on whether to decriminalise or legalise adult prostitution, pending a decision of the Constitutional Court....
Guilty plea to tyre firm theft
By Hendrick MphandeA FORMER clerk at Continental Tyres and a colleague of convicted fraudster Shannon Klaasen has pleaded guilty to four counts of theft amounting to R420 034....
Law Commission recommends settlements in criminal cases
Cape Town – Out-of-court settlements in criminal cases should be allowed in South Africa in cases where a court would have handed down a sentence other than imprisonment, or not more than a year in jail, according to the South African Law Commission....
Pilot boat springs leak
Herald ReporterWATER had to be pumped from a pilot boat in the Port Elizabeth harbour yesterday after it threatened to sink after springing a leak....
Mboniswa ‘fluent in English’
Cape Town – A court interpreter told the Cape High Court yesterday about his surprise at Luyanda Mboniswa’s proficiency with the English language, during the alleged killer’s confession to a Cape Town magistrate....
Amnesty man briefly in court
Cape Town – A former Apla member and six others appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon in connection with a robbery earlier in the week....
Urgent attempt to rescue export animals fails
By Lourens SchoemanAN urgent application in the Grahamstown High Court for an interdict against Australian exporters from transporting goats and cattle by sea to Mauritius was dismissed with costs yesterday....
Nepad plan lays on water for Africa
By Guy Rogers at the summit in JohannesburgAN exciting new initiative was launched at the summit yesterday that will help African countries access desperately needed capital to fund the provision of safe water and sanitation across the continent....
Culture shock for Norwegian music teachers
By Heidi BantamA LOVE of field band music shared between Norway and South Africa resulted in an exchange programme that produced a bit of a culture shock when two foreign music teachers journeyed to Port Elizabeth’s poor areas for the first time....
Bisho denies allegations about services provided by hospital
By CECILE GREYLINGGrahamstown – The office of the premier has denied allegations by patients at the Bisho Hospital who were unhappy with the service they received....
Back to the drawing board for Protector
Report by SapaCape Town – PARLIAMENT will go back to the drawing board to find a successor for Public Protector Selby Baqwa, after 10 short-listed candidates failed to make the grade following public interviews for the independent watchdog post....
Two SAA incidents
Johannesburg – Two international SAA flights were involved in incidents at Johannesburg International Airport yesterday....
Allow reporting on divorce cases, Law Commission proposes
by ANGELA QUINTALCape Town – The SA Law Commission has recommended that the blanket media ban on publishing details of a divorce action should be lifted at the discretion of a court....
Assets are seized in R2m Amatole council fraud case
By EDDIE BOTHAEast London – A court-appointed curator yesterday seized control of bank accounts and business interests of two former Amatole District Municipality employees and two businessmen accused of defrauding the council of more than R2-million....
Strikers invade G’town brickworks
By CECILE GREYLINGGrahamstown – A THREE-DAY strike by union members at Grahamstown Brickworks turned ugly yesterday when strikers forced their way onto the premises....
Row over green marches defused
Report by ReutersJohannesburg – THE Government moved to defuse growing tension with environmental activists yesterday by approving all the protest marches planned at the Earth Summit tomorrow....
Determined Kwazakhele troupe soldiers on at the World Summit
By Guy RogersTHE determined young band of performers who walked from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg to be at the World Summit on Sustainable Development was still stuck in Johannesburg last night....
Dead whale washed up at Gonubie to be cut up
East London – A dead sperm whale washed up on the Gonubie coast would not be blown up with explosives but instead cut up into pieces and buried at the Gonubie tip, Aquarium curator Willie Maritz said yesterday....
Tarkastad farmer wins award for best wool clip
By Lourens SchoemanA TARKASTAD farmer walked off with the award for the best-classed wool clip for the year, with all four the runners-up also from the Eastern Cape....
Sex pest’s conviction confirmed
By ADRIENNE CARLISLEGrahamstown – Local government chief director Ngwadi Mzamo’s appeal against his 1999 conviction for sexually assaulting his then secretary, Stephanie Kallides, has been dismissed by the Bisho High Court....
Bomb silences dissident Zim voice
By CRIS CHINAKAHarare – GUNMEN threw a bomb which exploded in a private radio station widely regarded as antigovernment in the Zimbabwean capital yesterday, but nobody was hurt in the blast, witnesses said....
US ‘very, very alarmed’ at Zim food shortages
Johannesburg – The United States is “very, very alarmed” at the worsening food shortages in Zimbabwe, a top US aid official said here yesterday, as he warned that much of southern Africa could be in the grip of famine by December....
SAS preparing for Z’babwe evacuation – report
London – The web edition of the London Daily Telegraph reported that the Special Air Services had reconnoitred the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe in preparation for a possible evacuation of British citizens....
Farmer threatened in NZ by supporters of Mugabe
Wellington – The government has asked police and immigration officials to investigate allegations that supporters of Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe are in New Zealand and have threatened a white Zimbabwean farmer....
Mondi’s Minnie to retire after 40 years in business
By Julian RademeyerDERRICK Minnie, deputy chairman of paper company Mondi and executive chairman of its Mondipak division, is set to retire in October after nearly 40 years as a driving force in the packaging industry....
