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PE suburb finally gets consent for Mosque: After six years the Westering Jamaat Khana in Port Elizabeth received official recognition as a public place of worship after special consent was approved by the Nelson Mandela Bay council. The consent comes during the holy month of Ramadaan when Muslims …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Trollip confident NMB municipality will have budget by next week: More comprehensive and collaborative.” The ANC in the region is stonewalling the budget’s passage saying the DA is failing the citizens of Port Elizabeth by not providing enough funding for service delivery for people living in townships. It is standing …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Two Crewmembers Medevaced off Port Elizabeth: On Wednesday, personnel with the South African Air Force and the National Sea Rescue Institute medevaced two seafarers from the bulker KS Flora off Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Both of the crewmembers had been injured on board during rough weather.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa: Middleman in Panayiotou Murder ‘A Liar and a Flight Risk’, Court Hears: He does not have the guts to say his confession is false. He doesn’t have the guts to say the money is his,” he told the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court. Earlier Siyoni’s attorney, Zolile Ngqeza, had appealed to Magistrate Thandeka Mashiyi not to be …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa v England: Siya Kolisi – the Springboks captain uniting a country: I texted him last week and told him how important this is.” Born into poverty and raised by his grandmother in the Zwide township of Port Elizabeth, Kolisi’s story is a significant one. “So many people in this country come from a similar background …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

First black Bok captain’s dream of transformation: He was born to two school-going parents, Phakama and Fezakele, in Zwide, a township of Port Elizabeth. Raised by his grandmother, food and money for school fees were a constant struggle. But his father, like many black men in the Eastern Cape, loved rugby …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Squash sensation Gwinidza set for SA: Last month, he was runner-up in the Under-16 Eastern Province Open Junior Tournament in Port Elizabeth losing 3-0 in the final. In August this year, Gwinidza will be in South Africa again for the South Africa Junior Open in Johannesburg and the Africa …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

England head into South Africa’s Ellis Park looking to prove they are the real deal: Kolisi becomes South Africa’s first ever black Test captain in 126 years. And the 26-year-old flanker, who was raised in poverty in Port Elizabeth, said: “I think on Saturday, everything will come together and I will realise how big this moment is.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Port Elizabeth suburb finally gets consent for mosque: Eventually the Masjid Bilaal Trust aims to build a full-blown mosque and madressa (Islamic school) at the Westering Jamaat Khana property. After six years the Westering Jamaat Khana in Port Elizabeth received official recognition as a public place of …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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