Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Barber immigrants make the most of their skills

Thabo Jijana HERALD REPORTER IN the survival-of-the-fittest spirit of street life, setting up a makeshift street barber “shop” has proved an option for foreign nationals based in the Nelson Mandela Bay to make money. Since...

Runner Stabbed, Robbed During Race in South Africa [A Trail Runners Blog]

I can't say that this is the wisest group of thieves out there - attacking someone who can run fast and has almost no possesions on them? From The Herald in Port Elizabeth, South Africa:Source: A Trail Runners Blog

E Cape braces for a battering

Cape Town - While the foul weather in the Western Cape looks set to subside, the Eastern Cape should brace for a battering, forecasters warned on Thursday. The SA Weather Service in Port Elizabeth has issued a severe weather...

South Africa: Port Elizabeth Plans to Build R800 Million International Convention Centre

Posted to the web 10 November 2008 Loyiso Sibali Johannesburg PORT Elizabeth has set in motion a process to develop an International Convention Centre (ICC) to further stimulate the city's economy. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan...

Shark angling venture enters stormy waters

Guy Rogers ENVIRONMENT & TOURISM EDITOR AN unusual angling enterprise has been launched in Port Elizabeth, targeting some of the giants of the ocean, but the venture might already have run into stormy waters. Advertised on the...

Treasure trove of military signatures in visitor‘s book

Ivor Markman HERALD PHOTOJOURNALIST A LONG-FORGOTTEN visitor‘s book containing a host of historic signatures has been found in a rusty safe in Port Elizabeth. The finder, Noel Smith, who is vice-chairman of the South African...

Country Launches Eighth Season of Blue Flag

Posted to the web 6 November 2008 Pretoria South Africa launched the eighth season of Blue Flag on Wednesday on Marine beach, San Lameer on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. The Blue Flag programme is currently run in almost 40...

Estate agents quitting as market nosedives

THE Eastern Cape property market is feeling the pinch of the economic climate, with the number of registered estate agents dropping dramatically, homes languishing unsold on the market for up to three times longer than usual,...

Committee chief does back-pedal on PE name change

Khanyi Ndabeni HERALD REPORTER THE head of an Eastern Cape committee tasked with changing geographical names in the province has backtracked on his controversial announcement that Port Elizabeth‘s name will be changed to...

Clifford found guilty of fraud, theft

Nomahlubi Sonjica HERALD REPORTER FALLEN investment queen Maureen Clifford was found guilty of fraud and theft by the Port Elizabeth High Court on Friday. Clifford, 64, her daughter, Dalene de Wit, 35, Clifford‘s sister, Thelma...

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