Robbery suspect killed in shootout with police
A 30-year-old man suspected of house robbery was killed in a shootout with police in KwaNobuhle on Thursday night.
Continue reading →Nelson Mandela Bay Covid-19 cases drop below 100
For the first time since September, the number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped below the 100 mark in Nelson Mandela Bay, with only 12 patients admitted in hospitals as of Wednesday.
Continue reading →Vaccination webinar gets to the point
Even though the vaccine is now available in the Eastern Cape, medical experts say human behaviour is your best defence against the potentially deadly Covid-19 virus.
Continue reading →It’s wet‚ very wet: Bulls’ Carr warns SA teams about Europe and the Rainbow Cup
Having spent some time in England with Wasps‚ Springbok and Bulls loose-forward Nizaam Carr knows what’s in store for the South African teams in the inaugural Rainbow Cup.
Continue reading →Virtual work parties: the good, the bad and the plain peculiar
Virtual work parties? You can’t really mingle with colleagues, or dance with them, and it’s tough to get in the disco mood in your home office. On the other hand, you can’t spread disease, you don’t have to traipse home … Continue reading →
‘No One Is Talking About This’ — a dark vision of life led online
Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel is the latest in a flourishing genre about living through the internet
Continue reading →Vusi Nova’s album a hit with fans, critics
Over the past few years Gqeberha singing sensation Vusumzi Nongxa, affectionately known as Vusi Nova, has cemented himself as one of the most prolific artists in the Afropop and gospel music genre. The singer recently released his highly-anticipated new album … Continue reading →
Biden CIA nominee Burns to focus on ‘authoritarian adversary’ China
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be director of the CIA, William Burns, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that he saw competition with China — and countering its “adversarial, predatory” leadership — as the key to US national security. Burns, … Continue reading →
Vandals create new setback as Makhanda enters day 9 of dry taps
Thousands of desperate Makhanda residents were fuming and helpless as they entered their ninth day without water on Thursday. Taps ran dry on February 17 with a catastrophic failure at Makana municipality’s major pumping station at the James Kleynhans water … Continue reading →
Thousands of stranded Eastern Cape pupils thrown scholar transport lifeline
The long walk to school is about to end for thousands of stranded Eastern Cape children. Sixteen thousand Eastern Cape pupils are to be reintegrated into the scholar transport programme — only days after it was discovered that tens of … Continue reading →