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PE in the news: Uitenhage old age home loses nearly R1.2m in fraud scam

3 August 2018 By Port Elizabethan

Uitenhage old age home loses nearly R1.2m in fraud scam: Port Elizabeth police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said several cases were opened in July, around the same time that ABSA relaunched their brand to establish themselves as an independent Afr…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Birds learn another ‘language’ by eavesdropping on neighbors: “The capacity to learn by associating sounds with meaning makes sense, biologically.” Studio Tel (Port Elizabeth): 083 913 8 955 (VAS rates apply) Studio Tel (East London): 083 913 8 956 (VAS rates ap…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Call for Eastern Cape to reduce reliance on motor industry: “When you talk of East London and Port Elizabeth, their overdependency on the automotive industry and related services is a huge risk,” Fikeni said. “What if Mercedes-Benz and VW and other related ind…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Democratic Alliance-led coalition breaks down in Nelson Mandela Bay: South African main opposition party Democratic Alliance Port Elizabeth mayor Athol Trollip addresses his supporters as they demonstrate in front of the city hall at a rally in his support on the eve o…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa: Minister Zokwana gives progress on allocation of Fishing Rights: On the same day, in Port Elizabeth a person was arrested, a Boat and various types of fish were confiscated. In Lusikisiki and Flagstaff, four were arrested for illegal possession of East Coast Rock L…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Prasa gets another life line: The country has had a few rail accidents in the past few months. In January a Shosholoza Meyl train en route from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg crashed into a truck that allegedly failed to stop at a …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

With Trollip likely to go, no one is sure who’ll be PE’s next mayor: It appears to be only a matter of time before DA mayor Athol Trollip is dislodged from the Nelson Mandela Metro (Port Elizabeth), after the municipality’s opposition parties agreed to join forces to g…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Omotoso trial in October: Almost 18 months after he was arrested at the Port Elizabeth International Airport, Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso’s trial will finally start in October. Omotoso, 59, and his two co-accused Lusanda S…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Maintaining Ngqura now easier and more cost effective: It is also able to load and carry a 6 m container should the need arise, and will also be used to transport equipment and maintenance materials in and around the port, as well as pick up materials fro…
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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Port Elizabethan

This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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