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PE in the news: Maimane: DA will surprise many come 3 August

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Maimane: DA will surprise many come 3 August: Trollip says the vote in Port Elizabeth will be close but he’s confident many residents are ready for change. “The Eastern Cape has been a stronghold of the ANC for many years, so when they lose Nelson Mandela Bay, it’s going to have a profound …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Heads are likely to roll – just not Zuma’s: Analysts surmise that should this happen, President Jacob Zuma would have to take the blame. I don’t believe the polls. The ANC will do much better than many people believe. I’m guessing, but I’m not prepared yet to believe the Zuma years have done enough …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Union Police Explorers Get First Hand Look at Union County Marine Unit: The Explorers went out on a Marine boat for a tour of the unit’s primary jurisdiction, including all waterways of Union County (Arthur Kill, Elizabeth River, Rahway River, Newark Bay, Port Elizabeth) and all lakes and rivers throughout the County.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Settlements minister hands over government rental houses in PE: Human Settlement Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has handed over three housing units to beneficiaries in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. The units are part of a 400 000 planned units to be built in the Willodene Project. The department is planning to build …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Why Mmusi’s battle is also a test for SA: In order of likelihood for the DA, they are Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay), Pretoria (Tshwane) and Johannesburg – the biggest prize of all, although that is possibly out of reach. Internally, no party leader is without both critics and sharks.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Call to ‘punish’ ANC: The latest Ipsos opinion polls suggest that the ANC, which has ruled since the end of apartheid in 1994, could be under threat in three more major cities — Pretoria, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth — at the election. A major impact The radical leftist …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Marlon Samuels: Chronicles of an underachieved career: The South Africa series brought better yields — pinnacled by a century at Port Elizabeth. And five innings later, he scored the last of his seven hundreds. The century column should hurt him — for seven centuries in 116 innings for someone as gifted as …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Olympic athletes shine at SA Champs: National Olympic team members displayed fine form on Saturday, keeping pace at the SA Half-Marathon Championships in Port Elizabeth, in the final stages of their preparation for next month’s Rio Games. In the men’s race, Stephen Mokoka made a solo …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Chippa Utd continue shopping spree: The former Kaizer Chiefs defender has signed a three-year deal after spending two weeks on trial with the Port Elizabeth-based team. He had been released from his contract at AmaKhosi in May. The 22-year-old defender played just five matches during his …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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