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PE cop accused of killing State witness granted bail: Former police constable, Walter Francis who allegedly planned the execution of a State witness in a gang-related murder trial was granted bail in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Francis brought the bail application on new facts after he …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Strong field for iconic Ironman champs: With a strong field of international and local athletes, the 14th Standard Bank Ironman African Championship has been touted as one of the biggest-ever triathlons in Port Elizabeth. This year, 56 professionals will take part, with 1 900 amateur athletes …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Special birthday for society: Since 1932, Port Elizabeth’s longest running drama society has been bringing some of the best and most loved community theatre offerings to Bay theatre lovers. Now, the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society coincides its 85th birthday celebration …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

L.A. Times’s New Owner Plans Big Moves. First Up, Relocating to the Suburbs.: LOS ANGELES — As a son of Chinese immigrants growing up in apartheid South Africa, Patrick Soon-Shiong spent his afternoons racing through the streets of Port Elizabeth selling the evening newspaper. The job, he likes to say, shaped his views on the …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

French athlete disappears in Port Elizabeth before Ironman champs: A French athlete due to compete in this weekend’s Ironman African Championships in Port Elizabeth has gone missing. David Rene Roger Bellet-Brissaud‚ 48‚ who lives in Gabon‚ and his wife booked into the Paxton Hotel at about 3.20pm on Thursday.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Exquisite Touch stands out as a banker in all bets: It’s hard to believe it is now 30 years since the Hennenman air disaster. Even though I was based in Port Elizabeth at the time when it happened I knew quite a lot of the jockeys as they were apprenticed with me in Durban. In those days we were only …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa: ‘I Saved a Life,’ Says Beaming Metro Cop Who Caught Baby Flung From Shack: A Nelson Mandela Bay metro police officer says he feels “good” after catching a 1-year-old girl whose father had thrown her from their shack in Port Elizabeth. “I saved a life yesterday,” Constable Luyolo Nojulumba said with a smile at a media briefing on …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Patrick Soon-Shiong — immigrant, doctor, billionaire, and soon, newspaper owner — starts a new era at the L.A. Times: He was born and grew up in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. His parents arrived from China after the Japanese invasion during World War II. Soon-Shiong was the fifth of eight children. His parents owned a general store, surrounded by a …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South African Dad Throws His 6 Month Old Daughter Off The Roof Of Their House (Photos): A 38-year-old South African man has been charged with attempted murder after he threw his six-month-old daughter off the top of a shack in an illegal township in Kwadwesi, near Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s eastern cape coast. The South African …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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