09/18/2013
NDTVSports.comZaheer Khan honing skills in South AfricaNDTVSports.comZaheer Khan has been hard at work in Bloemfontein, the home base of the Knights, for several days now, participating in training se more…
09/18/2013
Independent OnlineFuture looks bright for super NovaIndependent Online“Well, I grew up in New Brighton (Port Elizabeth) and there was only ballroom dancing which is what I learnt. “I grew up with more…
09/18/2013
Independent OnlineEnigmatic muso destined for the worldIndependent OnlineI then moved to Port Elizabeth. I first sang when my teacher asked me to sing a solo in Silent Night. I went backstage and it w more…
09/18/2013
Independent OnlineNerd rapper's got winning formulaIndependent Online“My mother moved out of my grandmother's house in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, when I was seven. She moved into a shack more…
09/18/2013
Murder charges withdrawn against Somali shopkeepereNCASeptember 18 – Foreign nationals seeking refuge at the Motherwell Police station in Port Elizabeth have been turned away after they were attacked more…
09/18/2013
Artslink.co.za News (press release)Meet Smokie in personArtslink.co.za News (press release)… and will be visiting the Aardklop Arts Festival in Potchefstroom (26 Sept), Namibia Rugby Stadium in Wind more…
09/18/2013
Online forum in the spotlight over undeclared donationsLegalbrief (subscription)The Weekend Post notes that the Port Elizabeth PSNN has secured a massive 38 000 followers since it was set up in 2010, more…
09/18/2013
Independent OnlineBoeings arrive amid carbon tax fearsIndependent OnlineThe fly-in package starts at R4 733 including return flights from Joburg, Durban or Port Elizabeth. It includes four nights' more…
09/18/2013
Smokie to tour SA this September and OctoberMedia Update… from Thursday, 26 September to Saturday, 5 October and will be visiting the Aardklop Arts Festival in Potchefstroom, Namibia Rugby Stadium i more…
09/18/2013
Creative Week Cape Town opens the creative floodgates as the Loeries come to …Bizcommunity.com… which starts at R1 709 per person (excluding car hire and flights) and a fly-in package deal startin more…
09/18/2013
Somalis displaced, shops lootedeNCAPORT ELIZABETH – Foreign nationals seeking refuge at the Motherwell Police station have been turned away after they were attacked and their shops looted in the area. more…
09/18/2013
No logic in 'house arrest' for owners of RDP homesBDlive… appear in the next edition of the Helen Suzman Foundation's journal, Focus, which is devoted to the centenary of the 1913 Native more…
09/17/2013
FIVE MINUTES: South Africa, 18 May 2013Daily MaverickPublic violence and looting of spaza shops in Port Elizabeth has led to the arrest of at least 70 people, Eastern Cape police said, adding that the more…
09/17/2013
South African Police Arrest Dozens in Violence against ForeignersCRIENGLISH.comPolice on Tuesday arrested more than 70 people suspected of attacking foreign-owned shops in Port Elizabeth, about 700 km more…
09/17/2013
Sanef condemns threats on reporter's lifeNews24Port Cities in South Africa, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Eastern… Now R256.00 buy now. Johannesburg – The SA Nation more…
09/17/2013
Times LIVEPE protests shameful – municipalityNews24The attacks on Somalians had put the people of Port Elizabeth to shame, the municipality said in a statement on Tuesday. It said a suspected act of c more…
09/17/2013
Muncipality condemns PE violencePost (subscription)Port Elizabeth – The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has condemned the looting of foreign-owned shops and related violence in the city. The attacks o more…
09/17/2013
Times LIVEMEC condemns Port Elizabeth looting and violenceTimes LIVEChaos as foreign owned shops were looted in New Brighton Area also spreading to Kwazakhele and other townships in the Port Elizabeth more…
09/17/2013
MEC: Looting foreigners' shops unacceptableNews24A Somali shopkeeper cries in his empty shop, after it was looted in Diepsloot. Seventy people have been arrested following the looting of foreigner more…
09/17/2013
Battle for SRC controlThe New Age OnlineThe fiercely contested Student Representative Council (SRC) elections at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth takes place tomorrow. The more…
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Alan Straton
Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth.
Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
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