RIAAN MARAIS and KGOTHATSO MADISA Fewer than 20 people took part in the Gqeberha (formally Port Elizabeth) leg of the ANC’s nationwide antiracism picket on Tuesday, but their message was loud and clear — racism should be fought wherever…
KYLE ZEEMAN Controversial puppet Chester Missing has hit back at suggestions that recent name changes in the Eastern Cape may affect tourism in the province, calling the argument “moronic”. Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and other parts of the…
Port Elizabeth has a new name — Gqeberha. East London airport is now the King Phalo Airport and King William’s Town is now Qonce. The decision was officially approved and gazetted by sports, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa on…
Matric pupil Eesa Omar said “I do” and is now on honeymoon‚ after almost not making it down the aisle. The 18-year-old’s mid-December wedding and honeymoon plans almost got ruined by the department of basic education’s decision that…
The 2020 Ironman SA has been cancelled, along with other major sports events, due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. The event was set to take place in Port Elizabeth. “I definitely do wish all of this was just a bad dream, but…
Health department confirms Siyabonga Ntamo ‘showed no symptoms’ of the coronavirus A Port Elizabeth police reservist has died in hospital from pneumonia, weeks after returning from a boat cruise to Mozambique. While his family said he had…
Mlungiseleli Patrick Tyane of New Brighton in Port Elizabeth raped two girls aged five and six and left one for dead after repeatedly stabbing her. Image: EUGENE COETZEE Their ages proved no obstacle to justice as, with the help of their…
There has been no teaching at Inkqubela Primary School in Kwazakhele, Port Elizabeth, since Monday, where angry parents have closed roads to the school with burning tyres and rubbish. GroundUp reports they are demanding better…
A 43-year-old taxi boss was shot dead in Fairview in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday morning. This is the second incident in which a taxi boss in Port Elizabeth has been killed, following the murder of Mlungiseleli Mlanjana in New Brighton,…
A man has been shot dead outside Brylin school in Overbaakens, in Port Elizabeth. The shooting happened shortly after 8am, reports HeraldLIVE. The road in the area has been blocked. Three bullet holes were clearly visible in the driver’s…
Police have recovered another 15 mortar bombs in Strelitzia Dam in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Police spokesperson Brig Tembinkosi Kinana said the bombs were discovered on Monday. This brings the total found in the dam to 18. At the weekend…
Eastern Cape ambulance drivers and their assistants are appealing for protection from community members following a spate of robberies while on duty. GroundUp reported that a group of about 30 emergency medical services (EMS) employees…
A Port Elizabeth property owner who took in an abandoned pitbull nearly lost his dog this month when a man claiming to be the original owner tried to take it away. The incident was captured on footage from the homeowner’s house CCTV…
Two men who allegedly hijacked an Uber vehicle and kidnapped a driver at the weekend were arrested on Sunday. The driver collected the men at the Virgin Active gym in Humerail on Sunday, just after 5am. They asked to be dropped off in…
A 25-year-old woman who allegedly snatched a toddler from a beach in Port Elizabeth is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. Colonel Priscilla Naidu told TimesLIVE the woman was arrested in a shack in Victoria Park Drive on Sunday…
