High-speed car chase nets R100k dagga haul
POLICE in East London arrested four men after a high-speed car chase on the N2 yesterday and confiscated dagga worth almost R100 000.
Needs Camp man found dead in wheelbarrow
EAST London police are investigating murder following the discovery of the body of a 23-year-old Needs Camp man lying in a wheelbarrow at the gate of the local clinic.
CAR rebels make peace with SA
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma and International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane are expected to attend a meeting today in the Republic of Congo about the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR).
White-owned vehicles a target
EAST London car thieves who spoke to the Saturday Dispatch this week said it took less than 10 minutes to steal a car. White-owned cars were their biggest targets, they added.
Insight: Grappling with Big Joe’s death from afar
I HEAR from across the Atlantic Ocean that Andile “Big Joe” died in a car accident on his way to a meeting. Well, Steve Biko died on his way from a meeting. I suppose that’s what happens to leaders and sometimes they pay the ultimate price for it, even if in different ways.
Allow media to ask questions about CAR
WHEN John Vorster decided it was time to silence the press, he and his cabinet proposed to set up a “press court”.
Rebels claim more SA soldiers died in CAR
SELEKA rebel commanders have made sensational new claims that dozens more South African troops were captured and killed during the battle of Bangui in the Central African Republic than was admitted by the SA National Defence Force.
We need truth about dead soldiers
I AM truly mortified, shocked and, at a loss for words that the South African government has sacrificed the lives of 13 soldiers in the Central African Republic for reasons which still remain unclear.
