PE man’s miracle: ‘How I survived London bus blast’

By Karen van Rooyen

A PORT Elizabeth man who was a passenger on the ill-fated double-decker bus when it was blown up in a terror attack in London this week has told how he miraculously escaped with his life....

Bok rookie ready for war against Oz

Special Correspondent

SYDNEY – Australian rugby captain George Gregan can expect some antagonistic treatment from his opposite number – rookie halfback Ricky Januarie – in today’s Test tie at the former Olympic stadium....

Steytlerville: peaceful town that belies a colourful past

Michael Roux van Zyl visits the dusty Karoo hamlet of Steytlerville, hidden in the region’s mountain ranges, and marvels that it was once regarded as the “Sodom and Gomorra” of the arid sheep farming region...

A world in need of unity and peace

THURSDAY’s terror outrages in London have shaken the security of the world as did the September 11 horror in the US and the Madrid bombings, which took such a toll – and ended Spain’s involvement in Iraq. For the British, now, the instinct is to go on as before, to increase vigilance, to encourage people to be observant and report suspicious circumstances – and to refuse to surrender to the forces that spread confusion, terror and mayhem....

Art in Eastern Cape sitting pretty, thanks

Features Editor Babalwa Shota chairs her views on a local art project

THE much-hyped Cow Parade might have passed by the Eastern Cape, but Port Elizabeth fans of quirky art can console themselves by visiting the Cuyler Street Gallery in Central for something almost as interesting....