With the Eastern Cape hit almost weekly by protests over service delivery, premier Oscar Mabuyane reflected at the weekend on three decades of democracy, calling for people to be optimistic. Irate residents have taken to the streets across the province over grievances such as a lack of clean drinking water, proper schools and roads, unemployment, electricity, crime and corruption.
A socialite, music promoter and entrepreneur living in the lap of luxury has seemingly gone into hiding after he was fingered as the alleged mastermind behind a Ponzi scheme that saw a string of investors from around the world duped out of millions.
Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) members are battling to keep up with the startling number of murders in Nelson Mandela Bay — so much so that at least one member has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, while another is undergoing a boarding process.
With open water swimming now an established adventure sport in Nelson Mandela Bay, a fascinating document has surfaced describing how it all began with the Redhouse River Mile in the Swartkops Estuary.
The chaotic scenes which played out at the City Hall last week when hundreds of people pitched up to apply for a few Expanded Public Works Programme jobs are indicative of the desperation of the large numbers of unemployed in the country.
A court has heard how five people, accused of murdering two elderly women at a retirement village, can no longer stomach the brown bread, soup and tea served to them at court while standing trial.
After a successful tour in India performing in the World Jazz Festival, New Brighton’s Titi Luzipo will host her final Homecoming Edition show in Gqeberha on Sunday.
The Economic Development Board of Mauritius touched down in Gqeberha to talk about the country’s remarkable recent successes, and why it is “the place to be for business and investment, working and living”.