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Havilah Jewellers Welcomes New Intern

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Havilah Designer Jewellers, started in 1996, is a family run business, based in Port Elizabeth. Owner, Charlie Jackson, not only believes in providing the best possible experience to customers, in terms of excellent quality and service, but also believes in investing in the education and development of individuals. Since Havilah’s inception, Charlie, with his 36 years experience as a jeweller, has been responsible for training five jewellers, who are now all successful in the industry. Having started as a small family business, Havilah are now pleased to be providing full time employment …

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Keeping the Cycling Heart Beating

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With two top Port Elizabeth institutions providing medical support, participants in the 27th edition of The Herald VW Cycle Tour will once again be in safe hands. As in the past, Life Healthcare and Gardmed ambulance service will look after the safety of riders in the mountain bike and road events on February 4 and 5. "They can rest assured that the highest level of care will be available," said Gardmed owner Dave Gardner. Two off-road emergency vehicles and an ambulance will cover the mountain bike course at Addo on the Saturday, while a response vehicle and four ambulances will be …

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Call 0800 872222 to verify if a private education institution is legal

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Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has urged potential students to contact the department’s call centre to verify the existence of private educational institutions before enrolling. The minister said there were bogus institutions which were not registered with the Department of Education and were therefore not legitimate. Some institutions also offered certain subjects in order to get students to register but ended up teaching other subjects. This was in a bid to get more money from students. He said potential students should call 0800 872222 to check with the …

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Join the Protest Against Proposed Walmer Cell C Tower

We'd like to keep you healthy and well and so ask you to please join us on Monday 16 January, 6:00 pm at the Clarendon Park Primary School Hall (Church Road, Walmer, between 7th and 8th Ave) for a public meeting.  This is an urgent call for anyone who lives, works or has children going to school in the Walmer area. Cell C are proposing to erect a cell tower on the corner of 8th Ave and Water Road. We see this as a real problem for the following reasons: In May 2011, the World Health organisation retracted its previous "no harm to human health" statement and declared electromagnetic …

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Lamb Schnitzel

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In our family we have the NMMU Rowing Captain Carnivore who is well versed in the art of inhaling food and the horse riding nut who has sworn off of red meat. This results in a situation where we almost always end up catering for two different meals at supper time. With the Rowing nut stepping up his training pace I was faced with 4 chicken breasts and 4 lamb chops for supper. Post Christmas is budget and food stretching time as we count down the days to the next tip masquerading as a pay cheque so lots of creative stuff is done in the kitchen. One of my favourite ways of stretching chicken …

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Shara Cape – Top 40 Under 40

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The Top 40 under 40 is a showcase of local business talent under the age of 40 compiled by the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC). Shara Cape (30) is the Managing Director of Headhunters with a simple mission: Find great people great jobs. Before her 30th birthday, she had a variety of successful high-profile placements under her belt: Headhunters placed the CEOs of the Amatola Water Board, the Business Women's Association, and the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, as well as the personal assistants to Basetsana Khumalo, Graça Machel and Josina Machel. An entrepreneur …

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Port Elizabeth in the News on 13 January 2012

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Rotting body found in garden - iafrica.com01/13/2012Rotting body found in gardeniAfrica.comThe decomposing body of a man was found buried in a garden in Bluewater Bay, Port Elizabeth on Thursday, police said. Captain Andre Beetge said the owners of the more... Bucs take CAF match to PE - Sowetan - sowetanlive.co.za01/13/2012SowetanBucs take CAF match to PESowetanORLANDO Pirates are engaged in talks with the Nelson Mandela municipality to stage their African Champions League game against Angolan side Recreativo do Libolo more... Ipsa sells two gas turbines - Creamer Media's …

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