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Pioneer: Deshun Deysel plans to once again take on Everest. (Oupa Nkosi)

Ain’t no mountain high enough

An all-women African team, which includes a climber who was part of the disastrous 1996 climb, plans to summit Mount Everest in 2020

Cope takes rap for losing PE hotspot

Cope was to blame for the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan council remaining in ANC hands, Cope officials themselves conceded.

VW closes Uitenhage plant as Numsa strike starts

VW South Africa shut down its Uitenhage plant on Wednesday because of a strike by the Numsa in the components industry.

Toddler beaten to death by brothers

A three-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death by two brothers, aged five and seven, in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.

Rise of The Invaders

Uitenhage’s long-forgotten Sixties rock’n’rollers are getting a revival. Lloyd Gedye reports.

Labour probe launched after VWSA deaths

The Department of Labour ordered on Wednesday that all work stop on a construction site at Volkswagen SA’s (VWSA) Uitenhage plant while it investigates the deaths of three…

Fire rages outside Port Elizabeth

Firefighters were on Friday working to contain a fire in the Rocklands and Elandsriver areas outside Port Elizabeth, a fire official said. Meanwhile, technicians were battling to…

E Cape ‘tornado’ causes R8,4m in damages

The damage caused by the freak storm which struck the Eastern Cape town of Klipplaat on Wednesday evening has been estimated at R8,4-million. Five people were critically injured…

‘People screaming’ as tornado strikes E Cape town

Five people were critically injured and at least 20 hurt when a tornado whipped through the town of Klipplaat near Jansenville in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday evening. ”The town…

Uitenhage man charged with raping his toddler

A 49-year-old unemployed man appeared at Uitenhage Magistrates’ Court on charges of raping his eight-month-old daughter.

No ‘mad cow’ threat in E-Cape – Health Dept

A 27-year-old Uitenhage man diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) does not pose any public health threat, says Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.