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Boy dies after operation is delayed
AN INTERN doctor yesterday told how staff at East London’s Cecilia Makiwane Hospital failed the family of a nine-year-old boy, who died after falling off a toy scooter.
Hospital managers told: Shape up or go
HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has warned hospital chief executives and managers to shape up or be fired.
Tenants talk about their life in Yekela communes
FORMER tenants of King William’s Town slum queen Nompiliso Yekela have described how the government worker exploited desperate people and earned thousands of rands in the process.
Protests prod ANC into refocusing
THE provincial executive of the ANC said service delivery protests in many of its municipal councils had forced it to refocus priorities.
Residents desperate as rain floods homes
HEAVY rains sweeping East London since Wednesday have flooded houses in Egoli, leaving residents with ruined furniture and putting the lives of children at risk.
DA, Cope set sights on EC victory
WHILE the ANC battles divisions in the Eastern Cape, opposition parties are quietly working to win ground against the ruling party ahead of the 2011 municipal elections.
Top TV evangelist issues challenge over Second Creek
INTERNATIONAL mega-televangelist Joyce Meyer was in East London this week for a recording for Christian television network TBN Africa at River Park, TBN’s African headquarters. It will be broadcast next week.
Soccer official pays for village clinic
A SOCCER administrator has become a philanthropist to a small Willowvale village after he built a clinic for it out of his own pocket.
Policeman tells court he didn’t plan to kill his wife
A KING William’s Town police officer accused of murdering his wife said yesterday that he had not planned to kill her.
‘Illegals’ in 19 RDP homes, say officials
THE Eastern Cape Commercial Crimes Unit has intervened in the Orange Grove RDP housing dispute and are investigating claims that some residents have been occupying houses illegally.
Now that’s legally humorous, judge
AN 80-YEAR-OLD retired high court judge has written a book – just months after becoming the oldest student to graduate with a history degree from Rhodes University.
Cope youth leader says sorry to ‘token white bitch’
COPE youth leader Anele Mda’s suspension from the party has finally been lifted after she apologised to deputy general-secretary Deidre Carter.
Top business awards at gala dinner
FUSION Multi Branded Office Solutions walked away with top honours from the Daily Dispatch/Border-Kei Chamber of Business 2009 Business Awards last night as the best emerging entrepreneur.
Another closure at Gonubie mall
GONUBIE’S beleaguered King’s Mall has suffered another blow with the liquidation – and subsequent closure – of the Dros restaurant.
Study rubbishes Oscar ‘advantage’
RESEARCHERS in the United States are disputing a study by counterparts from two American universities that the prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter, Oscar Pistorius, give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400m race.
 
 
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Days of our lives - a real-life soapie saga
AN INDIAN woman successfully divorced her husband after he refused to allow her to watch television soap operas.
 
 
 
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