Eastern Cape

Arrive Alive to be all-year project R50m to stop road carnage
By Sam Ngwenya NGQAMAKHWE -- The government has set aside R50 million from the national budget to make the Arrive Alive campaign an all-year-round project in an attempt to reduce road accidents from the new year. This was said by Transport Minis...

A toast to the future
Precilla Zoleka and Yolanda Smith celebrate New Year in East London at the Gonubie beachfront. Eastern Cape   South Africa   Foreign   Business    Stocks & St...

PE accountant suspected in R4m scam
PORT ELIZABETH -- The Commercial Crime Unit of the police has launched an intensive investigation into an elaborate scam in which a local accountant is alleged to have defrauded his employer of several millions of rands during the past 12 months a...

Chopper in rescue at Gonubie
EAST LONDON -- A couple had to be rescued by helicopter over the weekend after their small fishing craft capsized at the Gonubie River mouth, Hunters Gold helicopter pilot Monster Wilkins said yesterday. Wilkins said they had finished patrols and...

No go area
A trailer is used by members of the SAPS and SANDF to block the corner of Fitzpatrick and Commercial roads in anticipation of a large influx of people heading for the beach area to celebrate New Year. Eastern Cape ...

Raining into the new year
EAST LONDON -- Scattered showers and cooler temperatures can be expected throughout the Border region today. According to the Weather Bureau, the wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southwesterly. Scattered thundershowers can be expect...

HOLIDAY FUN & PICTURES
SUN SEEKERS: Enjoying the school holidays relaxing at the Joan Harrison Pools in East London yesterday afternoon were, from left, Angelique Nel, 16, Melishia Knoetze, 17, and Megan Nel, 9. BEAR BUDDIES: Under East London's Buffalo Park floodl...

Survivors recall bus crash trauma
By Sam Ngwenya NGQAMAKHWE -- Screams and loud cries snatched sweet dreams away from Nomakholwa Nojilana as she opened her eyes to a horror that will haunt her for the rest of her life. "They say the three sisters from my village that were seated...

'Proper' behaviour needed for 2001
By Justine Gerardy EAST LONDON -- Xhosa King Xolilizwe Sigcawu has appealed to people to behave in a proper manner, especially when on the road. Spokesman Prince Xhanti Sigcawu said the king was greatly upset by the recent Kei Cuttings accident ...

Contralesa youth to help protect chiefs' system
By Mkhululi Titi QUEENSTOWN -- In an effort to counteract the erosion of traditional leadership, the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa would establish a youth wing this year with a view to attracting young people loyal to the chiefs...

Seers predict increase in prosperity for 2001
By Ncedo Kumbaca EAST LONDON -- What will the year 2001 hold for East London? Fortune tellers interviewed by the Daily Dispatch this week were all optimistic about the improvement of business in the province in the new year, especially in the Bo...

Retrenchment looms for tyre company staff
PORT ELIZABETH -- Workers at South Africa's leading tyre manufacturer, Continental Tyre SA, here will enter the new year with the doom of job losses hanging over their heads. Last week the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) no...

SA violent crime mars 2000
By Rochelle Bradshaw EAST LONDON -- While police report a decrease in violent crimes in most parts of the country, South Africa was still rocked this past year by gruesome acts of murder and terror. These are some of the events that made headlin...

3 held after armed heist
UMTATA -- Three suspects have been arrested after allegedly stealing an undisclosed amount of money from a grocery store in Xhugxwala village on Thursday morning. Four men armed with pistols held the shopkeeper, Bonginkosi Ngqangqu, at gunpoint a...

Rocky shore resources studied
By Justine Gerardy EAST LONDON --Lack of investigation into the stores of rocky shore invertebrates and levels of their exploitation has led to a project to close the gap in such research in this area. Spearheaded by East London Museum malacolog...