Eastern Cape
Court orders Bisho to pay pensions
Daily Dispatch Correspondent PORT ELIZABETH -- Pensioners yesterday won a court battle against Bisho, with one of them in line for a massive back payment. Port Elizabeth widow Joan Wild, 66, of Central Hill, has not been paid a cent since her app...
Umtata's Sindi is SA's top businesswoman
By Eddie Botha Business Editor EAST LONDON -- Umtata-based accountant Sindi Zilwa last night became the first Eastern Cape executive and the youngest woman ever to win the coveted South African Businesswoman of the Year award. At 31, Ms Zilwa, n...
Old age charity car draw
EAST LONDON -- People who have helped a senior citizen's charity could be helping themselves to a new R45 000 car this weekend. The car, a Toyota Tazz, is the prize in a raffle organised by the Border Aged Persons Association (BAPA) and will be wo...
High charges in Q'town 'forcing ratepayers out'
By Sonja Raasch QUEENSTOWN -- High rates-and-service charges are making this town expensive to live in, and the increased costs are forcing ratepayers to move away. This is according to councillor Eddie Luppnow, responding to a finding in the aud...
R332000 copper wire theft, sabotage in two months
By Zama Mpondwana EAST LONDON -- Copper wire theft and the sabotage of underground cables in the Border area have cost Telkom R332000 in the past two months, its internal investigation unit has disclosed. The hot spots for copper thef...
EL widow has photos of Hammarskjøld crash
By Graeson Haw EAST LONDON -- An East London widow has produced photographs taken of the 1961 plane crash that killed UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjøld, and which according to Truth and Reconciliation Commission revelations yesterday ma...
Mandela 'no' as farmers call for death penalty
PORT ELIZABETH -- The current crime wave on farms in the Eastern Cape was high on the agenda at the Eastern Province Agricultural Union's (EPAU) annual congress here yesterday where farmers demanded the return of the death penalty. Despite recent ...
EL dog unit bites petty crimes to bits
By Matt Ramsden Crime Reporter EAST LONDON -- Dogged police work by canine unit members resulted in the arrests of seven suspected thieves this week. Unit spokesman Captain Roy Roberson said the first incident occurred at 7.15pm on Monday when I...
Rally driver on wife assault charge
By Wimpie Heath Court Reporter EAST LONDON -- A prominent local motor sports personality appeared in the district court here this week charged with assault after allegedly breaching an interdict and attempting to strangle his estranged wife. Vehi...
Drug bust nets R12000 LSD, Ecstacy pills
By Wimpie Heath Court Reporter EAST LONDON -- A Quigney man, 24, was released on R3 000 bail yesterday after being arrested during a police drug raid. Investigating officer Detective-Sergeant David "Ridgeback" McPherson, said yesterday the arres...
Finance to clear backlog
Political Correspondent BISHO -- Officials from the Finance and Education departments are working to overcome the problem of non-payment of transport subsidies, and electricity and water bills for provincial schools, Finance MEC Enoch Godongwana s...
Fort Hare buys All Saints
Picture and story By Zama Mpondwana BISHO -- The Development Bank of Southern Africa and the University of Fort Hare signed a R19 million loan agreement here yesterday to enable the university to buy the All Saints College campus near here from th...
Farmer died from 'deep stab into heart'
GRAHAMSTOWN -- The 66-year-old Aliwal North farmer who was murdered in October died from a "deep stab wound to the heart", the town's district surgeon told the high court at the trial of Zimoshile Nelani, 32, who lives here. Mr Nelani is accused o...
Kerr held in custody until next hearing
EAST LONDON -- Local businessman Neil Kerr will spend the rest of the month behind bars after his bail application in the Pretoria Regional Court was yesterday postponed to September. The application which started this week was postponed to Septem...
G'town loses major asset in sale of museum
By Adrienne Carlisle GRAHAMSTOWN -- A major asset has been lost to Grahamstown with the sale of the Albany History Museum and it could ultimately have an impact on the small town's economy. According to Rhodes University Fine Arts Professor Domin...
Nina to 'ape-pear' at fun run
By Matt Ramsden EAST LONDON -- East London's best known primate, Nina the chimpanzee, will be making a celebrity appearance at this year's Daily Dispatch Fun Run and Port Rex Lions Spring Festival. The cheeky chimp has been thrilling crowds at Qu...
Bisho violates rights says NP
By Eric Naki, Political Correspondent BISHO -- The Eastern Cape government has been taken to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of school children, the disabled and social pensioners. This relates ...
Pupils blacklist Gompo teachers
By Lucas Mati EAST LONDON -- Pupils of Ebenezer Majombozi High School in Gompo have handed a list of names of teachers they don't want at the school to education district manager Dirk Greeff. Teaching at the school has ground to a halt after pupi...
PWD won't pay R32000 rental for Rhodes museum
By Adrienne Carlisle GRAHAMSTOWN -- The Public Works Department has reneged on an agreement to pay the rental on brand new premises for the National English Literary Museum (Nelm) which will now have to make do with its present deficient premises ...
Call for cultural revolution
By Phakamisa Ngani UMTATA -- Sport, Arts and Culture MEC Sonwabile Mangcotywa has called for a cultural revolution reflecting the changing political realities of a new democratic South Africa. He was the guest speaker at the 10th anniversary cele...
Rhodes plan to improve financial reporting
By Simphiwe Xako UMTATA -- Rhodes University's Department of Journalism and Media Studies will be producing a new breed of reporters after an overseas-based media company agreed to support the institution in teaching financial journalism. The...
3 SA world boxers for Alice 10km run
EAST LONDON -- Three South African world boxing champions have confirmed they will be taking part in a 10-kilometre fun run in Alice on Saturday. Two Border IBF champions -- mini-flyweight Zolani Petelo and junior-featherweight Vuyani Bungu -- a...
10 EC schools take part in enviro contest
By Zama Mpondwana EAST LONDON -- The Wild Life and Environmental Society hosted an environmental competition for about 10 Eastern Cape primary and high schools here recently. The pupils were required to find an environmental problem close to thei...
Science, maths teachers guided
Story and pictures by Wilberforce Mdoda MDANTSANE -- Science and mathematics teachers here turned up in large numbers for a workshop at the Hlaziya Teachers' Centre this week. The workshop -- Science Teaching and Learning for çompetence i...
Bedford TLC accuses SIU of siding with ratepayers' association
By Lucas Mati EAST LONDON --The Bedford Transitional Local Council (TLC) has accused the Heath Special Investigative Unit (SIU) of siding with the ratepayers' association in its dispute over the town's financial crisis. The TLC said recent allega...
Council in bid to solve hawkers' problems
QUEENSTOWN -- The town council is making progress in addressing problems relating to hawkers in the town's central business district. In a general action meeting this week it was revealed that agreements had been reached on several areas of confli...
Tip truck write-off at Abbotsford black spot
By Zingisile Mapazi EAST LONDON -- The dangerous North-East Expressway intersection in Abbotsford left a truck driver in hospital here yesterday after the tipper truck he was driving collided with another truck. Statistics show that the basin-sha...
Tshwete to be guest speaker
EAST LONDON -- Minister of Sport Steve Tshwete will be the guest speaker at the Eastern Cape Amateur Boxing Organisation (Ecabo) Boxing and Dine event at the Osner Hotel here tomorrow evening. Mr Gacula said the aim of this event was to raise fund...
DV youths on cover charges
EAST LONDON -- Three Duncan Village youths appeared briefly in the district court here yesterday, accused of stealing a manhole cover this week. Mr Secele Gxina, 18, and two minors, aged 13 and 15, were not asked to plead. They were arrested in F...
