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Needles and knives seized from homeless at PE shelter – Port Elizabeth in the News

28 March 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Needles and knives seized from homeless at PE shelter: Port Elizabeth police confiscated needles, knives and numerous other weapons from homeless people sheltering at the Walmer Town Hall. At least 73 homeless people were being accommodated there in terms …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

SA rugby legend tests positive for COVID-19, urges South Africans to follow the rules: Gerber says he travelled a lot in the past two weeks, including more than four flights, and it is impossible to say where he picked up the virus. He is now isolated at his home in Port Elizabeth. “I …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Coronavirus: South Africa has 1170 confirmed cases (27 March): We are now extending them to Tshwane Academic, Walter Sisulu and Port Elizabeth. We have 7 mobile testing laboratories and in April we will have a total of 47 which will spread all over the country.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

COVID-19: Police shut immigrant-owned spaza shops: Police shut down immigrant-owned spaza shops early on Friday morning in Govan Mbeki, Port Elizabeth, citing the 21-day national lockdown to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The spaza shop owners were …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Medical and food supplies prioritised in South Africa: Topics: Food South Africa The country’s main ports will continue to operate but berths at Durban and Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and the deep water Port of Ngqura in the Eastern Cape have been reduced …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Springbok legend Danie Gerber tests positive for COVID-19: Former Springbok centre Danie Gerber has revealed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The Port Elizabeth-based rugby great told HeraldLive on Friday that he was one of over 1 000 South Africans …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

O’Reilly roared with 1955 Lions: The friendlier coastal conditions, which many felt would help the visitors, proved inspiring venues for the Springboks who won the second Test 25-9 at Newlands in Cape Town and the final Test 22-8 in …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Gerber tests positive for Covid-19: Former Springbok centre Danie Gerber has tested positive for Covid-19 while at home in Port Elizabeth. The 61-year-old – who lives in Bluewater Bay – was diagnosed as positive in Port Elizabeth on …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

This Day That Year: New Zealand’s unwanted 65-year-old record that still stands: On this day in 1955, New Zealand were bundled out for a paltry 26 – the lowest Test score till date – in fourth innings of Auckland Test against England …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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Port Elizabethan

This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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