Rape victim endures horrific ordeal

Melody Brandon WEEKEND POST REPORTER brandonm@avusa.co.za

THE only thought racing through the mind of a brave, young single mum as she was being brutally gang-raped just metres from a busy Port Elizabeth road was that she had to get home to her two- year-old son....

Number of tourists to Eastern Cape plummet

Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za

NUMBERS of tourists visiting the Eastern Cape last year plummeted for the first time since 2004, according to annual statistics released by tourism bosses this week....

Three MECs get the boot in Sogoni‘s executive

Barbara Hollands EAST LONDON CORRESPONDENT hollandsb@avusa.co.za

NEW Eastern Cape Premier Mbulelo Sogoni revealed his executive council in Bhisho yesterday after giving three MECs the boot....

Buckland named Woman of the Year

Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za

CELEBRATED Eastern Cape choreographer and drama teacher Janet Buckland was named overall Checkers Shoprite Woman of the Year at a glittering Cape Town ceremony on Thursday night, much to her surprise....

EL angler hooks champs honour

Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za

WHILE most girls were happy to play in their rooms with their dolls, East London‘s Denise Hewitt, newly crowned captain of the South African Shore Anglers women‘s team, preferred to be out on the river with her fishing rod poised and ready for a catch....

Grandma‘s stories sparked praise poet‘s inspiring career

Luyolo Mkentane WEEKEND POST REPORTER mkentanel@avusa.co.za

A MULTI-talented Eastern Cape woman whose inspiration for praise poetry comes from great Xhosa writers, is living her dream of uplifting the arts with her poetry and music....

Animal activist‘s green bush find prompts rapid response from cops

Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za

ANY criticism of the police for slow response was turned on its head when more than 10 squad cars with sirens blaring descended on a Bay scene in under five minutes. The emergency? A suspicious-looking green box....

Greatest gift is daughter reunion after decade

Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za

WHILE most grandmothers would be happy to get a phone call and flowers for their birthday, for 89-year-old Daphne Dovey having her five daughters together for the first time in almost a decade, as a surprise, was the gift of a lifetime....

Long and painful journey to womanhood

Melody Brandon WEEKEND POST REPORTER brandonm@avusa.co.za

NATIONAL Women‘s Day next week will be her third annual celebration of being a woman for Christina Engela, who was born male. And despite being ridiculed, rejected and misunderstood, she hopes to assist others like herself on their tough road to happiness....

R300m leisure resort to rise on site of old Seaview Hotel

Luyolo Mkentane WEEKEND POST REPORTER mkentanel@avusa.co.za

THE historical and dilapidated Seaview Hotel on its prime coastal site – which has had both a colourful and troubled background – is to be redeveloped into a major leisure resort at a cost of R300-million....

Recalling the day in 1867 when storm caused havoc

Ivor Markman WEEKEND POST PHOTOJOURNALIST markmani@avusa.co.za

A STIFF south-easter blew in Algoa Bay on Tuesday, November 19, 1867, heralding one of the worst storms in the village‘s history....

Prominent couple in sex scandal

Barbara Hollands EAST LONDON CORRESPONDENT hollandsb@avusa.co.za

A PROMINENT East London business couple is under police investigation for allegedly drugging a young woman‘s drink before sexually molesting her while she was in a semi- conscious state....

Balindlela opens heart about her dismissal

Barbara Hollands EAST LONDON CORRESPONDENT hollandsb@avusa.co.za

AXED Eastern Cape premier Nosimo Balindlela has told of her humiliation and embarrassment at learning from the media that she had been sacked while she remained in the dark about her fate for two weeks....

PE high school head to address leaders at major UK conference

Brian Hayward WEEKEND POST REPORTER haywardb@avusa.co.za

A NELSON Mandela Bay principal, who will be delivering an address to thousands of prominent industry leaders from around the world at a high-profile conference at Britain‘s Cambridge University next week, has more than 400 teachers back home to thank....

Cyber issues under spotlight next week

Melody Brandon WEEKEND POST REPORTER brandonm@avusa.co.za

THE dangers of chat rooms, cyber-bullying, cyber- harassment and identity fraud are some of the issues to be addressed on National Women‘s Day by a Uitenhage-raised social website and Mxit expert....

Jazz foursome keeping it in the family

Barbara Hollands EAST LONDON CORRESPONDENT hollandsb@avusa.co.za

WHILE other kids gave their parents smellies and socks last Christmas, the Burger brothers gave their mum and dad a product of their outstanding talent – a jazz CD they recorded themselves....

Matric of The Year aims for high note

Melody Brandon WEEKEND POST REPORTER brandonm@avusa.co.za

FUTURE Hollywood blockbusters may have a music score written by a Port Elizabethan if last year‘s Weekend Post Matric Of The Year scholarship winner, David McCoy, has anything to do with it....

Reused cooking oil poses health threat

Luyolo Mkentane WEEKEND POST REPORTER mkentanel@avusa.co.za

WITH the soaring price of cooking oil, concern has been raised over health threats posed by catering businesses reusing oil far beyond the time it should be discarded, in order to cut costs....

Beijing Olympics focus of festivities

Melody Brandon WEEKEND POST REPORTER brandonm@avusa.co.za

WHILE you might not be able to get to Beijing for the Olympics, the Eastern Cape Chinese Association, in association with other communities, will bring a slice of Olympic spirit to the Eastern Cape at a “Communities On Show” celebration on Sunday next week....

PE link to racehorse that is taking world by storm

Luyolo Mkentane WEEKEND POST REPORTER mkentanel@avusa.co.za

ONE of the world‘s top racehorses, Archipenko, who is co-owned by several leading Eastern Cape breeders and a Dubai sheik, will fly to Chicago next Saturday to contest the prestigious Arlington Million....

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