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Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Move to give Mthatha airport Mandela‘s name ‘confusing‘

A PROPOSAL to rename Mthatha airport as Nelson Mandela airport could cause confusion as Port Elizabeth is in the process of using the same name, meaning that the Eastern Cape will have two cities using the same name to...

Thanks to those who put a lid on xenophobia

Derrick Spies DEPUTY CHIEF REPORTER THE Somali Association of South Africa (Sasa) acknowledged the vital role that the police and the provincial government had played in preventing xenophobia attacks in Port Elizabeth in...

Bay on alert as ‘giant‘ waves blow in

Guy Rogers ENVIRONMENT & TOURISM EDITOR VERY rough seas, huge waves and fierce winds are predicted for this weekend along the Eastern and Southern Cape coast. And motorists have been warned that the N2 running past the...

Mbeki to deliver inaugural Mhlaba Memorial Lecture

President Thabo Mbeki will this morning deliver the inaugural Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. Mhlaba, popularly known as 'Oom Ray', was an anti-apartheid icon.

HIV-positive fraud accused ‘doesn‘t want to die in jail‘

Gareth Wilson HERALD REPORTER A BRITISH national who is facing numerous charges of fraud had a clinical psychologist testify on his behalf that he is HIV-positive and does not want to die in a South African prison. Sean Smith,...

Organ donations give two grieving moms a bond in common

Hendrick Mphande HERALD REPORTER FOLLOWING the tragic deaths of their children, a group of Port Elizabeth mothers has found new hope in knowing that their children‘s organs have made a difference in someone else‘s life. Instead...

March to launch campaign against crime in the Bay

Dineo Matomela HERALD REPORTER NELSON Mandela Bay‘s business sector is focusing on finding solutions to crime with support from stakeholders. The Port Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Percci) together with Business...

Mbeki heading for PE to honour Mhlaba

Dineo Matomela EDUCATION REPORTER PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki will be in Port Elizabeth tomorrow to deliver a keynote address during the inaugural Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University....

Pupil dies, 14 hurt in crash

Port Elizabeth - One pupil was killed and 14 others were injured on Tuesday when the minibus they were travelling in overturned, the Eastern Cape Health Department said. Spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the accident occurred in...

PE Housing Project Comes to Fruition

Posted to the web 15 August 2008 Proffesor Ndawonde Port Elizabeth Almost 1 000 families living in informal settlements in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will receive keys to their own homes on Friday. The Minister of...