Updated: 8am GMT -- 2004/04/03
Eastern Cape
BRFU saved from insolvency
By Eddie Botha Business Editor EAST LONDON - The Border Rugby Football Union (BRFU) has been saved from the threat of insolvency. After a meeting in the Grahamstown High Court yesterday between lawyers representing the BRFU and the JSE-listed sport...
Desperate appeal for blood
EAST LONDON - The National Blood Service could run out of supplies by next weekend. The Border branch of the blood service said yesterday stock has plunged to an all time low and non-emergency surgery may have to be stopped in many areas as the coun...
Spray-painting of bunnies worries SPCA
EAST LONDON - The holidays have begun and the SPCA is concerned about the growing trend of spray-painting animals to celebrate Easter. SPCA manager Marie Eekhout criticised some pet shops for coming up with 'cute" ideas of spray-painting bunnies as E...
Bisho to pay part of debt to BC
By Mayibongwe Maqhina Municipal Reporter EAST LONDON - The Bisho provincial government has committed itself to pay Buffalo City about R705000 of the R1726898 debt owed in rates and services, chief finance officer Brian Shepherd said yesterday. Shephe...
Feast of sport to satisfy all tastes
EAST LONDON - Beaches and malls here could be partially deserted today and tomorrow as residents pack into stadiums or sit before the telly enjoying a feast of sporting events. A week after the excitement of the SA Games, sporting enthusiasts are i...
IEC to discuss alleged disruption of rallies
EAST LONDON - The Independent Electoral Commission's provincial electoral officer Bongani Finca has invited the ANC, UDM and DA to a special meeting to discuss allegations of political intolerance received by the IEC this week. Finca said they would ...
Mbeki scolds organisers of extra event
PORT ELIZABETH - President Thabo Mbeki lodged a stern protest yesterday as the Eastern Cape ANC squeezed yet another event into his electioneering programme in the province. Arriving at the Courtyard Hotel here for what the ANC programme described a...
Health train concludes successful EL visit FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: Optometrist Sam Hlongoane from Johannesburg, gives Dolly Nonkwelo, a Duncan Village resident, a pair of new reading glasses at the Health Train at the East London Station yesterday.
EAST LONDON - Phakwana Mbalimbi could not afford to consult a doctor until the Phelophepa Health Care Train arrived here on Monday for the week. The medical train and staff have visited several towns and cities in the province during the past month. ...
Power unit recovered in DV
By Lew Elias SAVING THE DAY: From left, station officer Arthur Maphekula, rescue medic Mark Alexander and control officer Gerald Plaatjies with the generator which was recovered yesterday. Picture by ALAN EASON EAST LONDON - The power unit for the ci...
Matter of Fact
The Daily Dispatch yesterday incorrectly reported that Blythswood Institute is near Peddie, instead of Nqamakwe in the Transkei. Eastern Cape South Africa Foreign Bu...
Traffic cops vigilant as visitors flood EC
EAST LONDON - School's been out for three days now - and thousands of motorists began their cross country journeys to visit relatives and friends yesterday. But tourism authorities here told the Saturday Dispatch that hundreds of vehicles, boasting n...
Caterers dispute police account of dog bite
By Lulamile Feni PAINFUL EXPERIENCE: Border Technikon student Olwethu Ntsasa, who was bitten by a police dog at President Thabo Mbeki's dinner in East London on Thursday evening, shows her wound. Behind is her father Mphathiswa. Picture by LULAMILE...
Son held after mother dies
UMTATA - A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his mother with an iron rod at Lwandlana near Umtata, Sergeant Dineo Koena said yesterday. The man allegedly went into his mother's room on Wednesday while she was asleep and beat her ...
DA: councillor allegation rubbish
PORT ELIZABETH - A row has broken out over a claim by President Thabo Mbeki that a Democratic Alliance councillor here refused to walk in squatter areas for fear of getting her feet dirty. Mbeki made the allegation yesterday during a day of campai...
EC residents differ on name change proposal
By Zine George EAST LONDON - A King William's Town resident believes that changing the name of the town to Steve Biko will be a reconciliatory gesture and an informed decision. This was one of the opinions in a survey done by the Daily Dispatch. T...
Highway crime drops thanks to anti-crime structures
By Lucas Mati MDANTSANE - The level of crime at Highway business centre has dropped tremendously since the introduction of policing forums, according to business, police and community structures. Police said they have received fewer reports of crimes...
Learners enjoy career exhibition
KING WILLIAM'S TOWN - About 700 Grade12 learners from across the province flocked to a career exhibition at All Saints here yesterday, with the hope of identifying their future careers. The exhibition, aimed at bridging the gap between school and ter...
Seymour man gets life imprisonment
EAST LONDON - A Seymour man was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and 10years for robbery with aggravating circumstances in the high court here yesterday. The sentences are to run concurrently, police said. Captain Michelle Matroos said Xolan...
Mbeki shows due respect for older man
DESPATCH - When President Thabo Mbeki entered the crowded lounge of the Xhola home in Khayamandi here yesterday, an elderly man rose to offer his chair. But the president didn't take it. 'We gave him a chair," explained 79-year-old matriarch...
Prices rising as the Quigney attracts new interest
By Nandipha Ramadikela EAST LONDON - Property prices in Quigney here are booming - and some renovated homes even boast price tags of close on R1million. Estate agents this week told the Daily Dispatch that homeowners who had snapped up old or ordina...
