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King Williams Town news: Gospel spectacular for city

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Gospel spectacular for city: Mthatha residents can buy tickets at the Assemblies of God in Northcrest and Ngangelizwe, while those living in Bhisho and King William’s Town can purchase them from the Bisho Community Church, Ark Christian Church and Jesus The Answer Ministries. Source: "King Williams Town" - BingNews. Minister ignores EC debt: Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is embroiled in a legal battle with a King William’s Town panel beater over an unpaid bill for repairs to her … [Read more...] about King Williams Town news: Gospel spectacular for city

Proteas in the city – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Proteas in the city: I went Geocaching in Lorraine this afternoon and had to follow a trail into the bush in the area to go and find a cache up a tree.  You can see it is spring by the amount of wild flowers in bloom and I specially liked these Pincushion Proteas close to the cache location. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. The remains of the Oceanos lifeboat at Schoenmakerskop: It's been a few years since I've been down … [Read more...] about Proteas in the city – Featured Blog

King Williams Town news: Mdantsane City turns eight and exemplifies the changing face of township retail

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Mdantsane City turns eight and exemplifies the changing face of township retail: Having celebrated its eight birthday in April, Mdantsane City now sprawls across a 9.8-hectare site close to the national road connecting East London and King William’s Town. It houses over 100 stores and draws foot traffic of more than 835,000 each ... Source: "King Williams Town" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about King Williams Town news: Mdantsane City turns eight and exemplifies the changing face of township retail

City Tour of Port Elizabeth South Africa – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: City Tour of Port Elizabeth South Africa: A Marine Safari Port Elizabeth video selected by Expert Tours: Spring 2013 CEA MOJO Michelle Peniche films the many characteristics of Port Elizabeth as she takes us on a tour around the city. Visit www.GoWithCEA.com for more information about our study abroad programs! Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience | Expert Tours on […] Source: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth. Image … [Read more...] about City Tour of Port Elizabeth South Africa – Featured Blog

Sick of a dirty city?

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On Saturday 21 May 2016 you will be given a chance to ditch 'slacktivism' and engage in a bit of 'activism'. The Help Clean up the City initiative is inviting all citizens to take part in the Good Citizen Clean Up Campaign on Saturday 21 May from 14h00 to 16h00. The targeted area for a clean up is Langenhoven Drive, Newton Park encompassing the area from the robots at Greenacers to the robots at the Burt Drive/Diaz Road intersection on both sides. Meet at the Corner of 2nd Avenue and … [Read more...] about Sick of a dirty city?

Buffalo City Tourism unveils new campaign at Indaba 2016

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Buffalo City Tourism unveils new campaign at Indaba 2016 by Eastern Cape – MyPR: Buffalo City – Your Triple A Destination 25 April 2016 BCM TOURISM TO UNVEIL EXCITING NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN AT INDABA 2016 Buffalo City: Your Triple A destination The eyes of the world’s major tourism stakeholders will turn to South Africa in early May when thousands of tour operators and product owners converge in Durban for Indaba 2016 – and Buffalo City will be there, rolling out an exciting new campaign … [Read more...] about Buffalo City Tourism unveils new campaign at Indaba 2016

Zebras in the city – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Zebras in the city by Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: It's not often that you get the opportunity to see game right in the city.  An early morning walk on the Grysbok Trail in the NMMU Nature Reserve gave us the opportunity to see zebra fairly close up and while on foot. Read more here: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness … [Read more...] about Zebras in the city – Featured Blog

Friendly City Marathon raising funds for Retina South Africa

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This year the ‘Die Burger, Rafi’s, Builders Warehouse Friendly City Marathon’ will be held on 30 January 2016. The race will commence and end at the Fountain Vineyard Church fields behind Builder’s Warehouse. Retina SA East Cape Branch is the beneficiary of this event. To create awareness of this event the Run 4 Retina charity Challenge was launched in 2013. The challenge takes place before the marathon on the morning of 24 January 2015 at Builder’s Warehouse. The concept is that four … [Read more...] about Friendly City Marathon raising funds for Retina South Africa

1864: City Hall – no tower – Editors Pic

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This image is from the MyPE Editor's Flickr Account - offering some topical daily images from a phone smarter than Alan, occasional images from a DSLR and scanned images of Port Elizabeth as he wanders around the Bay pretending to know a lot and sometimes succeeding in making a complete hash of it! 1864: City Hall - no tower Image by awstraton Main Street (now Govan Mbeki Avenue) looking towards the City Hall before it's tower had been added. This image is randomly selected from an ever … [Read more...] about 1864: City Hall – no tower – Editors Pic

City Lodge Port Elizabeth

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A MyPE.co.za 'Bayworld Port Elizabeth' selected video for you: http://africahotelsearch.com This hotel is less than a ten minute drive from the central business district. The City Lodge Port Elizabeth is near the Boardwalk Casino and the Bayworld Oceanarium. The Humeworld Beach is across the street and the hotel has views of the Indian Ocean. Shopping and dining establishments are a short walk from the hotel grounds. The airport is just a ten minute drive by car … [Read more...] about City Lodge Port Elizabeth

Johann Mettler – NMB Acting City Manager

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From left, New Acting Executive Director for Corporate Services, Vuyi Zitumane, Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Danny Jordaan, New Acting City Manager Johann Mettler, Deputy Executive Mayor, Bicks Ndoni and New Acting Human Resources Director, Oscar Mngwanza. New Acting City Manager Johann Mettler comes to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality from the Drakenstein Municipality in Paarl, Western Cape where he was the municipal manager from April 2012 until date. He lists his strengths … [Read more...] about Johann Mettler – NMB Acting City Manager

City supports Algoa FM’s first Music Festival in PE – ‘Algoa Live’

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Support for the first Algoa Live music festival has come from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. “Look we’re very excited in the city to have this event; it’s a new product, it’s a new offering, it’s new in terms of our events calendar and I’m sure that it’s going to provide the people of the Nelson Mandela Bay and the tourists with something new and something fresh”, says Assistant Director for Events Management of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Seki Mandaba. Algoa FM’s first … [Read more...] about City supports Algoa FM’s first Music Festival in PE – ‘Algoa Live’

Port Elizabeth celebrates 100 years of being declared a city

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Take a journey with Port Elizabeth as we celebrate 100 years since being declared a city on 28 July 1913 by the then City Council. http://youtu.be/7J5fGbXvvyM Creator: FireflyAfrica Posted to MyPE by: Alan Straton Submit your favourite Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch videos for consideration for publication on MyPE by filling in the form below: Click here to see more PE Videos. … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth celebrates 100 years of being declared a city