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Eastern Cape

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/ 13 August 2008

Engineering new concepts

KwaZulu-Natal-born Bridgette Gasa’s passion for architecture and the built environment was ignited during her matric year.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 August 2008

DA lambastes ANC on Scorpions’ future

The ANC is ”worried” about the public’s opinion on its decision to disband the Scorpions, says the DA at public hearings on the Scorpions’ future.

By Mail Guardian Online Reporter, Sapa Author and Sapa Afp
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/ 11 August 2008

Robbers kill two police officers in E Cape

Armed robbers shot and killed two police inspectors on Monday morning in Mount Frere, Eastern Cape police said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Man jailed for killing young stepdaughter

An Eastern Cape man was jailed for 20 years on Friday for killing his five-year-old stepdaughter.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 August 2008

Man denies killing five-year-old stepdaughter

A Middelburg man accused of bludgeoning his five-year-old stepdaughter to death after quarrelling with her mother has denied killing the child.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 August 2008

E Cape hiding information on baby deaths, says DA

The Eastern Cape department of health needs to release a full report on the deaths of 142 babies in that province, says the DA.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 August 2008

Blood belonged to sheep, murder accused claims

A man accused of killing his five-year-old stepdaughter claimed in court on Monday that the blood found on his jacket belonged to a sheep.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 August 2008

Sol’s legacy haunts Wild Coast

Former Transkei military ruler Bantu Holomisa said this week he did not know how the lease extension had ”slipped through”.

By Stefaans Brmmer and Sam Sole Author
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/ 2 August 2008

Mbeki set to hold E Cape

Mbulelo Sogoni replaced Nosimo Balindlela, who was forced to resign by the new ANC leadership for failing to improve service delivery in the province.

By Matuma Letsoala and Mandy Rossouw
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/ 1 August 2008

‘No choice’ but life sentence for child rapist

The Grahamstown High Court sentenced a man who raped a seven-year-old girl last year to life in prison on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 28 July 2008

‘It’s going to be a blast’

Mthatha will host the Eastern Cape’s first regional science festival from August 26 to 28.

By Christina Scott
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/ 26 July 2008

Meet Premier Sogoni

The first item on his diary will be to deal with the report of the Pillay commission, requested by Balindlela in 2005 to probe corruption.

By Mandy Rossouw
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/ 24 July 2008

Pirates’ ship sunk by Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs took apart their arch-rivals Orlando Pirates 2-0 in the third match in the Vodacom Challenge series on Thursday night.

By Billy Cooper
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/ 24 July 2008

E Cape man dies of rare but deadly fever

A farmer and professional hunter from Adelaide in the Eastern Cape died on Thursday after been diagnosed with Crimea-Congo haemorrhagic fever.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 July 2008

Security stops special delivery at TB hospital

Three men have been arrested in possession of dagga at the Jose Pearson tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Port Elizabeth.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 July 2008

Concrete-block murder: ‘They had killed that dog’

Four men accused of killing a man by dropping concrete blocks on his head have pleaded not guilty to murder in the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 July 2008

DA pursues report on baby deaths

The DA is appealing the government’s ”refusal” to approve an application for the release of a report into Eastern Cape baby deaths.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 July 2008

E Cape denies oxygen shortage led to patient’s death

The Eastern Cape health department has dismissed claims that an XDR-TB patient in a PE hospital died because there was not enough oxygen to treat her.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 July 2008

Mbeki praises Mandela’s ‘noble vision’ for SA

Nelson Mandela’s vision for a South Africa beyond apartheid is what gave birth to the transition to democracy, President Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 July 2008

Six boys burn to death in Eastern Cape

Six boys were burnt beyond recognition at an initiation schoolhouse in Mtasane, East London, the Eastern Cape health department said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 July 2008

Grand celebration held in honour of Mandela

Guests cheered, a choir sang and a smiling Nelson Mandela welcomed hundreds of well-wishers on Saturday as SA formally celebrated his 90th birthday.

By Celean Jacobson and Sapa Afp
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/ 18 July 2008

Eastern Cape initiation claims another victim

Aware of the risk of traditional circumcision, the family of Yongama Boya had him circumcised in hospital before sending him to his initiation ritual.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 July 2008

On his birthday, Madiba remembers the poor

Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday by urging the wealthy to share their prosperity with the less fortunate.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 July 2008

‘No one in the ANC is permanent’

The ANC’s national working committee is believed to have recommended the removal of Balindlela for her lack of leadership in the province.

By Matuma Letsoala, Mandy Rossouw and Zodidi Mhlana
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/ 11 July 2008

Eastern Cape hopes to restore its PSL status

Bay United and FC AK will trot out at the Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Sunday knowing that the stakes are high.

By Zodidi Mhlana
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/ 10 July 2008

Stofile rejects Pillay report ‘with contempt’

Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile, named in a report on corruption, said on Thursday he rejected its findings ”with contempt”.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 July 2008

Call for Stofile’s head after corruption probe

DA leader Helen Zille is calling for the head of Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile following the leaking of the Pillay report.

By Michael Hamlyn
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/ 7 July 2008

Five in court over pickaxe killing

Five people accused of beating a man to death with a pickaxe handle nearly two years ago appeared in the Grahamstown Regional Court on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 July 2008

Eastern Cape circumcision toll rises

Circumcision deaths in the Eastern Cape continue to climb with reports on Thursday of four more fatalities in the Transkei region.

By Ben Maclennan
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/ 3 July 2008

Pared-down PAC prepares for congress

Far-reaching changes to the constitution of the PAC are to be put to the vote at the party’s national congress, which gets under way on Friday.

By Ben Maclennan
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/ 3 July 2008

The foibles that make us all human

Robyn Sassen reviews <i>Bar Flies</i>, now on stage at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

By Robyn Sassen
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/ 3 July 2008

Shock tactics or social consciousness?

In a society reeling from violence, how appropriate or helpful is it to see violence depicted on stage?

By Anja Muller-Deibicht
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