Bid to dramatically slash medicine prices

Pretoria – Medicine prices should drop by between 40 per cent and 70 per cent in May in terms of regulations unveiled by the health ministry yesterday....

Massive drought relief plan under way

Report by Sapa

Cape Town – THE government is planning a massive financial injection to help kick-start its national emergency drought plan in a bid to assist at least four million South Africans affected by debilitating drought....

Strong winds uproot huge tree, unseat biker

By Sam Mkokeli

A TREE was uprooted and a motorcyclist blown off his bike by strong winds that lashed the Port Elizabeth coast yesterday....

Police cagey on Konings case

By Kashiefa Ajam

Cape Town – Western Cape police said yesterday they were following up “definite leads” in the case of the disappearance of Dutch student Marleen Konings, 24, who went missing two weeks ago....

Business leaders call for zero tolerance on township crime

By Jimmy Matyu

A CALL for zero tolerance against armed criminals who rob professionals and business people in the townships was made by leaders yesterday....

Four arrested in blitz on perlemoen poachers in PE

By Jimmy Matyu

PERLEMOEN valued at R432 000 was confiscated by police in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday....

PE man victim of phone scam

By Mawande Jack

A PORT ELIZABETH man was shocked to discover a fraudster had used his identity number to open a false telephone account in Gauteng and Run Up A Bill For R2 000....

Owner fights for right to keep ‘brothel’ open

Report by Sapa

Johannesburg – THE Johannesburg High Court yesterday granted the State leave to appeal against a court order for the return of alleged brothel owner Andrew Phillips’s assets....

Back to school clothes to cost ten per cent more

By Dineo Matomela

PARENTS should brace themselves for a 10 per cent increase in school uniforms this year compared to last year, the managing director of a Newton Park school outfitter’s shop said yesterday....

Germany to take interest in African issues

Berlin – German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will use an upcoming visit to Africa to boost German influence in the region and to underline the necessity of successful reform programmes in order to receive future aid, a senior German official said....

Dismay at delay in provision of school supplies

By Asanda Nini

BISHO – News of a two-week delay in the distribution of stationery and Text Books To Most Schools In The Eastern Cape Was Greeted With Dismay At A Standing Committee Meeting In Bisho Yesterday....

Grahamstown cafe is robbed

Grahamstown – The Butterfly Snack Bar in Bathurst Street here was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash yesterday, police reported....

Freed PE man is stranded in Peru

Herald Reporter

A PORT Elizabeth man convicted of heroin smuggling and was jailed for six years in Peru has been unexpectedly released from prison on grounds of ill health....

ANC can expect 64pc of vote in election

Report by Sapa

Johannesburg – THE ANC still has the most supporters of all the political parties in the country, a SABC/Markinor survey has found....

US group calls for delay in N2 toll road planning

By Guy Rogers

A HEAVYWEIGHT US wildlife conservation NGO has called on Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Valli Moosa to suspend any final decision on the proposed Transkei toll road until the completion of a comprehensive land-use plan....

Clinton’s hope for treating Africa Aids

Report by Sapa-AP

New York – AN AGREEMENT with five medical technology companies could help reduce the costs of treating HIVinfected people in Africa and the Caribbean by up to 80 per cent, former US President Bill Clinton said in announcing a deal brokered by his foundation....

Buffalo City police ‘illegal’ states Act

By Eddie Botha

East London – Buffalo City Municipality’s so-called city police force, established under the previous regime, is believed to be illegal in terms of the SA Police Services Act....

PE man jailed for attempted R700 000 bank fraud dies

By Jimmy Matyu

A MAN who attempted to defraud the Addo branch of First National Bank of about R700 000 in 1997 has died in prison....

Freedom Fighter Receives Top Honour

Anti-apartheid activist Ray Alexander has been awarded the ANC’s highest honour, Isithwalandwe. Political Correspondent Patrick Cull looks at the role Ms Alexander played in the liberation struggle....

Drama as reporters attacked in courtroom

Grahamstown – Police armed with semi-automatic rifles were called into a packed Grahamstown magistrate’s court yesterday afternoon when grey-bearded Methodist church preacher and Eskom messenger Khathazile “Marangula” Kolosa, 59, appeared for the murder of a mentally and physically disabled local man....

Woman, 36, takes over reigns of Mail & Guardian

Johannesburg – Associate editor Ferial Haffajee is to become the new editor of the Mail & Guardian newspaper....

EU Parliament votes to impose tougher sanctions on Mugabe

Brussels – The European Parliament has called on EU governments to toughen sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, arguing that existing restrictions have done little to change Mr Mugabe’s human rights record....

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