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PE in the news: Ensuring the welfare of the seafarer

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Ensuring the welfare of the seafarer: SSTG has the largest number of maritime accreditations in South Africa and provides holistic services to students at each of its three major locations (Cape Town, St Helena Bay and Port Elizabeth) including a combination of transport, accommodation …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

A record on the cards for Cape Town Marathon?: Frith van der Merwe’s 2:27:36, set in 1989 in Port Elizabeth, is the fastest in Africa, with Cape Town Marathon record holder Isabella Ochichi’s 2:30:20 in sixth position. A four-day running festival of races and events starts in the city with the AIMS …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

GLOBAL MANGANESE WRAP: Ore prices keep rising, fuelled by SiMn futures: Manganese ore prices still advancing SiMn futures prices hit 2017 high US ferro-manganese prices high amid tight supply SiMn prices hold in India, Europe and the USA Metal Bulletin’s 37% manganese ore index, fob Port Elizabeth rose 13 cents to $ 4.23 per …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Wrong Horse – Sharon Kotzen Fined: The National Horseracing Authority confirms that at an inquiry held in Port Elizabeth on 25 July 2017, Trainer Sharon B Kotzen was charged with a contravention of Rule 72.1.45 in that as the Trainer of TRINI’S ORATORIO, she failed to present the correct …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Teams smooth as silk in trying rally: Moving to local motorsport news, it was the Volkswagen Rally leg of the National Rally Championship which took place in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape over the weekend. Being one of the longest-standing races in the series (now in its 35th race), the VW …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

First Listen: FonZo, South African Rap’s Best Kept Secret, Has A New Mixtape: The 24-year-old rapper, who’s from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province, has been based in Cape Town for the past five years or so, where he has managed to build a name for himself as one of the most respected rhymers in the city, making …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Luxurious lodging without borders: Today there are 12 Town Lodge hotels situated in: Bellville, George (Western Cape), Isando (adjacent to Or Tambo Airport), Menlo (Pretoria), Midrand, Roodepoort and Sandton, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Gaborone (Botswana) and Nairobi (Kenya).
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa: PE Municipality Cleans Rubbish Dump: Piles of rubbish in Motherwell, NU 10, Port Elizabeth, that had not been collected since December, have been completely removed. GroundUp ran a story on the rubbish dump on Friday. The municipality began removing the waste on Saturday. By early Wednesday …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

‘I punched him’: Spear-fisherman gets the shock of his life when he comes face to face to face with a Great White Shark with NOTHING between them: Eugene van Wyngaardt was out spear fishing over a reef called Deep Pinnacles in Port Elizabeth, South Africa when he spotted a huge Great White shark just a few feet away from him. The Great White gets so dangerously close to him, that he is forced to …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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