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EDITORIAL | If DA mayor did break curfew, docking his salary won’t be enough – Gqeberha in the News

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EDITORIAL | If DA mayor did break curfew, docking his salary won’t be enough: The incumbent mayor was on Monday in a serious condition in the high care unit of Netcare Greenacres hospital in Gqeberha. The circumstances around crash are still under investigation. What we do know ... Source: "Gqeberha" - BingNews. Two suspects arrested after EC hijacking: Gqeberha police arrested two suspects minutes after they allegedly hijacked a man in Central on Sunday night. One man was wounded in the leg … [Read more...] about EDITORIAL | If DA mayor did break curfew, docking his salary won’t be enough – Gqeberha in the News

Makhanda News: EDITORIAL: Another Life Esidimeni tragedy waiting to happen

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EDITORIAL: Another Life Esidimeni tragedy waiting to happen: In 2016, as the Life Esidimeni tragedy was unfolding in Gauteng, a crisis of a different sort was playing out in the corridors of Fort England, a psychiatric hospital in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. ... Source: "Makhanda" - BingNews. Newhouse to host discussion on apartheid in South Africa: The Newhouse team brought four high school students and two representatives from the Syracuse City School District on a two-week reporting … [Read more...] about Makhanda News: EDITORIAL: Another Life Esidimeni tragedy waiting to happen

Makhanda in the news: EDITORIAL | Women’s Day, but little has changed

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EDITORIAL | Women’s Day, but little has changed: Since then, the campuses of both Rhodes and Nelson Mandela universities have erupted in further anger after the suicide of an alleged rape victim in Makhanda (Grahamstown) and the alleged rape of a fe... Source: "Makhanda" - BingNews. Objections to the renaming of Grahamstown: Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has received over 300 objections to the proposed name change of Grahamstown to Makhanda. Gallo Images … [Read more...] about Makhanda in the news: EDITORIAL | Women’s Day, but little has changed

Bhisho news: Editorial | Work out plan on how to co-operate

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Editorial | Work out plan on how to co-operate: The guidelines which have been put together to regulate these civilian squads were drafted by Bhisho two years ago, but have yet to be finalised. And no wonder, since clearly there is unhappiness over a string of elements – most pointedly, to police havi ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. GroundUp: Education Department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools: Judgment has been reserved in the case on norms and standards in Bhisho High … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Editorial | Work out plan on how to co-operate

Uitenhage in the news: Editorial | Day should be about massacre

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Editorial | Day should be about massacre: The striking image on the front page of yesterday’s edition said it all. An 81-year-old woman, who had made her way to Uitenhage’s Allanridge Hall to remember the fallen of the Langa Massacre, reduced to tears when a solemn commemoration turned into a ... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. ANC refuses to reveal name of mayoral candidate: Speaking at the 33rd anniversary of the Langa Massacre in Uitenhage on Wednesday, ANC acting regional chairman … [Read more...] about Uitenhage in the news: Editorial | Day should be about massacre

PE in the news: EDITORIAL: Realities force DA changes

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EDITORIAL: Realities force DA changes: Clean government, not liberal or quasi-liberal principles, has been the reason why growing numbers of people have voted for it, particularly in traditional ANC strongholds like Port Elizabeth and Gauteng. For the most part, the DA has done a good job of ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. The most expensive cities to live in: Joburg vs Cape Town vs Pretoria: Johannesburg ranks second in both rankings, followed by Cape Town. Durban and Port … [Read more...] about PE in the news: EDITORIAL: Realities force DA changes

Grahamstown in the news: Editorial: Poison chalice set to be passed on

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Editorial: Poison chalice set to be passed on: Few would argue that it is perhaps the hottest seat in world rugby and the latest coach feeling the pressure is Grahamstown-born Allister Coetzee. There were high hopes that Coetzee would provide the answers to South African rugby’s woes when he was ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. 9 facts you should know about the Eastern Cape: The towns of Bathurst, Grahamstown and Cradock are some of the towns to visit if you want to hear more of the … [Read more...] about Grahamstown in the news: Editorial: Poison chalice set to be passed on

Bhisho news: Editorial: Protect unique Baakens River

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Editorial: Protect unique Baakens River: It starts with doing away with the notion that urban sprawl is the answer to meeting the city’s growing development needs and, as the powers-that-be in Bhisho suggested, rather activating dormant approved projects and densifying existing suburbs. Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. PE housing plan gets the chop: A contested plan to build almost 3 000 houses opposite Baywest Mall has been stopped in its tracks by the provincial Department of Economic … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Editorial: Protect unique Baakens River

Uitenhage in the news: EDITORIAL: Stricken pupils need our help

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EDITORIAL: Stricken pupils need our help: Just as the citizens of Nelson Mandela Bay rallied round to help victims of the fires at Woodridge and Knysna, we hope they will also extend their generosity to Gamble Street Senior Secondary School in Uitenhage. On Thursday night, a fire broke out in the ... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. Anger over cattle killing case delay: Members of the movement Makukhanye sang and waved their placards outside the Uitenhage Magistrate’s Court as Piet Voigt, … [Read more...] about Uitenhage in the news: EDITORIAL: Stricken pupils need our help

Bhisho news: Editorial: No proper plan to fill security gap

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Editorial: No proper plan to fill security gap: Provincial health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said a team headed by the provincial head of security was “immediately” sent from Bhisho to assist the hospitals. “There will be no security vacuum at the hospitals,” he said. But where was this team when ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Editorial: No proper plan to fill security gap

PE in the news: EDITORIAL: The ANC Reaps Its Political Whirlwind

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EDITORIAL: The ANC Reaps Its Political Whirlwind: As of this week, it occupies the opposition benches in Cape Town, the home of Parliament; Tshwane (Pretoria), the administrative capital; Johannesburg, the economic powerhouse; and Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth), the capital of the ANC’s erstwhile ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. SAMREC Penguin Rescue and Rehabilitation. Working for Ocean Birds in Port Elizabeth.: Eastern Cape. - I love the ocean. Actually I’m blatantly … [Read more...] about PE in the news: EDITORIAL: The ANC Reaps Its Political Whirlwind

Dear KyDaar, Please Stay at Home

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Listen in your car whilst on your way home to the Gold Mines: www.MyPE.co.za: The number of incidents involving Kydaars and water at this time of the year is frightening. (A Kydaar is a sub species of the Afrikaans nation that walks along the beach and says; "Kyk Daar, kyk daar en ky daar en kydaar") I hereby propose a deal with our Northern cousins - we won't come up to the wilds of Gauteng and explore your gold mines if you agree to not come down to our beaches and buy high powered … [Read more...] about Dear KyDaar, Please Stay at Home