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Urgency needed to grow SA’s maritime jobs

SAIMI Conference

South Africa needs to speed up the job creation potential of the Oceans Economy to reach the targets set out by Operation Phakisa in 2014. The urgency of growing jobs through suitable skills development and entrepreneurial opportunities topped the agenda at the Forward Thinking for Maritime Education and Training Excellence conference hosted by the South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) in Durban today (Monday, 14 October). The event was hosted in partnership with AMSOL, the John Langalibalele Dube Institute, the eThekwini Maritime Cluster, eThekwini Municipality, the …

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SA’s LNG Hub

Dedisa Entrance

The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) welcomes the comments by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Honorable Gwede Mantashe. In particular, the CDC welcomes the comments attributed to the Minister that, “by Wednesday [16th October], I am very hopeful that the IRP would be concluded, and we will gazette it.” In July 2019, the Department of Mineral Resources & Energy (DMR& E) identified the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as one of the location for the initial LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Hub for South Africa. The Coega SEZ is home to the diesel-fuelled 342 MW Dedisa …

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Have your say in electoral wards

Voting X for Elections

Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) Chairperson Thabo Manyoni has encouraged communities to participate in the creation of electoral wards for the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) to enable free and fair elections. The board said they are working hard to promote active public participation in the ward delimitation process ahead of the 2021 LGE. “We appeal to all community members to engage the MDB on the first draft set of wards and provide proposals on how their wards should be configured. When we announce the final wards in July 2020, we should have the comfort of knowing …

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Team Sailing League sponsored by Coca-Cola

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Start of the third race in the inaugural Team Sailing League sponsored by Coca-Cola In the Port of Port Elizabeth on Saturday 11 October 2019. @southafricansailing #alanstraton #matchracing #regatta #alanstraton #mype #ridingthejoy #harbour - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know. …

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Gajima Tsotsi

PORT ELIZABETH – Day two of the cross cluster disruptive operation - Gajima Tsotsi - kicked off in Walmer on Saturday afternoon, 12 October 2019 at 14:00. The operations involves Station Commanders from Port St Johns, Port Alfred, East London, King Williams Town, Mdantsane and Motherwell as well as officers and members from Mount Road Cluster. Gijima Tsotsi operation was led by the Provincial Commander, Visible Policing, Brig Malibongwe Ntsabo in our efforts towards the reduction of serious crimes throughout the Province, leaving no room for criminals to move. …

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One Fatality after boat capsizes off of Noordhoek

At 09h06, Saturday, 12th October, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were activated following reports of a boat capsized off-shore of Noordhoek. NSRI rescue swimmers in a sea rescue vehicle, EC Government Health EMS, the EMS Aeromed 3 helicopter, Gardmed ambulance service, Relay EMS, Coastal Water Rescue (CWR), Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Beach office and NMB lifeguards and the SA Police Services responded. On arrival on the scene NSRI rescue swimmers launched into the surf to rescue a 37 year old local man who was in the surf near to a capsized boat. On reaching the man NSRI found the man to …

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Live mortars found in Uitenhage dam

Eastern Cape Police have warned the Uitenhage community to guard against physically picking up or handing any strange/foreign objects that they recover at the Strelitzia Dam. This after two residents in the area discovered two old and unused mortars on Friday. A mortar is an artillery weapon which fires explosive shells. “[They] transported them not realising that they could have had fatal effects. It was later discovered that these two mortars was in fact still live and could have detonated. The SAPS Bomb Disposal Unit from Port Elizabeth were informed and the mortars were …

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Aquijo’s first ever visit to the Friendly City

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The Superyacht Aquijo’s docking in the Port of Port Elizabeth will go down in history as its’ first ever visit to the Nelson Mandela Bay. Aquijo is a first class sailing vessel designed to cruise around the world. Owned by a European businessman, she measures 86m in length and is the largest high performance yacht in the world. Built through a first time partnership between Oceanco and Vitters, she is not merely a motoryacht with sails, her twin 90-metre masts carrying identical 1,192-square meter mainsails. With all up, including code sail, her total sail area leaps to a staggering …

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Loss number 3 for Kings

Ulster Kings

A spirited second half fightback by the Isuzu Southern Kings was not enough to prevent a 17-42 defeat to Irish side, Ulster Rugby, at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday, 12 October. The home side found themselves on the back foot after a strong start by the visiting Ulstermen, who had enjoyed a 10-35 lead at the halfway mark. Ulster only managed to score one try in the second which took their overall tally for the day to six five-pointers, with scrumhalf John Cooney, who had scored two of the tries, successfully converting all six of the visitors’ tries. Other try-scorers for …

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Teenager Missing in Swartkops Surf

Justin Erasmus, NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander, said: At 10h11, Thursday, 10th October, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Swartkops River Mouth, Port Elizabeth. 3 local male teenagers were reported to be swimming when they were caught in rip currents. 2 of the teenagers managed to get to shore and were not injured but one teenager, aged 17, disappeared under water. The sea rescue craft JLK Rescuer was launched and the sea rescue craft Spirit of Surfski 4 was towed to the scene and launched to join NMB (Nelson Mandela …

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Kings in Search of First Win

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Toyota Cheetahs coach Franco Smith will look to sign off his spell in Bloemfontein on a high note on Friday by continuing their unbeaten run in the Guinness PRO14 against Munster, while the Isuzu Southern Kings have emphasised the importance of rounding off their point-scoring chances when they meet Ulster in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. In Port Elizabeth, the Isuzu Southern Kings will be looking to draw inspiration from the Toyota Cheetahs’ big win over Ulster last week when they meet at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday. But Isuzu Southern Kings assistant coach Vuyo Zangqa says …

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Eastern Province Cricket National Week Youth Teams

Eastern Province Cricket is proud to announce the selected Youth Squads for the upcoming Cricket South Africa National Weeks. “We would like to congratulate allthe boys and girls who have been selected to represent the Eastern Province Provincial School teams that will be participating in the various Cricket South Africa National Tournaments across the country in December. All the best to them and may they fly the Eastern Province flag high. We also want to acknowledge those boys and girls who did not make the teams and encourage them to say that they must keep trying and hopefully their …

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Lindani Mchunu – Transforming Sailing

Lindani Mchunu

Perceptions of sailing being a predominantly white pursuit are rapidly changing with transformation programmes across the country making the sport accessible to all South Africans. The man currently tasked with heading that drive is Lindani Mchunu, who was recently voted onto the SA Sailing National Council as Transformation Councillor. Mchunu himself fell in love with the sport himself when a chance meeting on the Gautrain led to an invitation to step onto a boat for the first time. That was only seven years ago. “2012 in Langebaan Club Mykonos, I set foot on my first sailboat. …

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Nelson Mandela Bay church leadership Express Concerns to SA President

Letters to the Editor

Dear MyPE The open letter below has been sent to: President Cyril Ramaphosa and Mmusi Maimane Dear Sirs Concern about the falling apart of Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipal Council. As the church leadership of this Metro, it pains us to bring to your attention as the national leaders of the two strongest local parties, the collapse of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, and the suffering it is causing among our parishioners and wider constituency – who are also your voters. The decline of systems and service delivery caused by corruption, petty political warfare has …

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Focus on suicide prevention on #WorldMentalHealthDay

Your thoughts do affect your state of being

As South Africa joins the global community to observe and commemorate World Mental Health Day today, the country has dedicated October to raising awareness on mental health and suicide prevention. Observed on 10 October, World Mental Health Day is used as an opportunity to raise awareness of mental health issues and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. This year’s World Mental Health Day is observed under the theme ‘suicide prevention’. The focus will be to highlight the importance of mental health and to raise awareness of what can be done to prevent suicide related …

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Using a rental agency is the safest option in a tough economic climate

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The resulting flat average national rental growth rates, paired with increasing numbers of high-risk tenants and tenants in default, have led many landlords to question whether the cost of using a rental agent is worth the additional convenience and security. “It can be tough to justify extra costs on an investment when that investment isn’t delivering the kind of growth that you’re used to,” says Jacqui Savage, National Rental Manager for the Rawson Property Group. “Ironically, these tight economic times are when rental agents can really be worth their weight in gold.” According to …

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In The Pink

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Algoa FM will once again partner with Isuzu in the 2019 Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer. The radio station has taken delivery of two Isuzu mu-X sport utility vehicles, wrapped in pink, which will help raise awareness for the upcoming Big Walk on 26 October. Alfie Jay, Algoa FM Managing Director, said the vehicles would be used throughout the month of October to create awareness about the Big Walk. “It is great to have Isuzu going the extra mile by cladding the vehicles and making them available for a second consecutive year,” said Jay. He is also commended Isuzu Motors South Africa for …

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Water restrictions to remain in place

The storm water canal outside Eveready

With temperatures beginning to soar, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has warned that water restrictions will remain in place in several of the country’s provinces. With persisting drought conditions, the department said the majority of the country continues to report reasonable to poor veld and livestock conditions. “According to the Seasonal Climate Watch, issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) dated 30 September 2019, below normal rainfall is anticipated over the central and south-eastern parts of the country during late spring,” said the department …

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