Updated: 8am GMT -- 2006/08/08
Eastern Cape
‘Please forgive me … ’
SHARING THEIR PAIN: Two mothers embrace after a tragedy that left one son dead and another in prison for 15 years. Linda Odendaal, left, and Ingrid Napoleon at Napoleon’s home yesterday. Picture: ALAN EASON … son’s killer begs of community...
Spears boss takes aim at Border, Eagles
By EDDIE BOTHA Investigations Editor SOUTHERN Spears’ chief executive Tony McKeever says he will apply for the liquidation of Border Rugby and the South Western Districts’ Eagles if they fail to pay him their share of his salary. At the same time,...
My Kinda Town | Mthatha
Nelly Lunika – Dream and you will succeed NELLY LUNIKA was born and bred in Port St Johns. She spends most of her time with the youth, developing their theatre and creative writing skills. What is your occupation and job title? I am a teacher by ...
Salvors vying for Agulhas contract
By DEON VAN DER MERWE THE deadline for submission of tenders for the removal of the Safmarine Agulhas wreck has been extended by a week until next Wednesday. The ship finally snapped in half on Saturday after being battered by merciless seas f...
Woman saved as she was about to jump from bridge
She hugged her rescuers but said she might try to kill herself another way By BULELWA MDINGINYA A HEARTBROKEN woman was stopped from jumping to her death from a West Bank bridge in East London at the weekend. The woman, who cannot be named, ...
Shock as second Aliwal North girl found hanged
By MODISE KABELI ALIWAL North residents are reeling in shock after a second 14-year-old girl from the town was found hanged in less than two months. Police Captain Ursula Roelofse said Leandra Botes, a Grade 8 pupil at Bishop Demont Secondary Schoo...
Secretary to run the city ambulance service today
Chief says he is handing over the job to recognise women for their ‘role in liberating this country’ By AVUYILE MNGXITAMA A SECRETARY will take charge of running the City’s ambulance services today – but only for a day. Chief Ambulance Office...
Dispatch readers dig deep to support little Sihle and Sinako
By TOM MAPHAM GENEROUS readers have donated more than R35000 to help two children who were left to fend for themselves when their mother was taken to hospital. The story of Sihle, six, and Sinako, three, elicited a wave of generosity from readers a...
East London’s a people magnet
New jobs are opening up and there’s still a skills shortage By ROUX VAN ZYL INCREASING numbers of people from around South Africa are packing their bags for East London. Local companies have confirmed the trend, saying people choose the coast for...
Heading east makes business sense
By ROUX VAN ZYL WHEN businessman Ron Friedman decided to expand his Johannesburg-based printing business last year, East London became the obvious choice. After visiting the city a number of times last year and finalising an empowerment deal, the...
In Brief.......
PE still without power after floods LARGE parts of the Port Elizabeth area are still without power following the widespread floods of last week, the Nelson Mandela Metro said yesterday. Metro spokesperson Lourens Schoeman said Port Elizabeth had ...
KSD ropes in community to help clean up Mthatha
By LUXOLO TYALI Mthatha Bureau Chief THE King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality has invited local businesses, churches, schools and even the army to help clean up Mthatha. KSD mayor DeLarey Mkatshwa will kick-start a clean-up campaign today to be cham...
