FIFTY readers each won double tickets to a sneak preview screening of romantic comedy ‘Think Like a Man’ at Ster-Kinekor The Bridge this week. The film, which opened at The Bridge on Friday May 4, is based on the bestselling relationship advice book, ‘Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man’. In the film a group of men attempt to turn the tables on their ladies, who are all secretly reading the book that was written by twinkly-eyed comedian and media personality Steve Harvey. But it is only a … [Read more...]

By Barbara Hollands  CASH-STRAPPED students in the Eastern Cape are turning to prostitution to finance their tertiary studies, openly advertising their services in newspapers or hustling for business on the streets. And for some of them, their life of vice has become so lucrative they can work from homes in upmarket suburbs instead of spending entire nights trawling backstreets for customers. This has been the case with one mother of three and East London university student who was forced to … [Read more...]

By Barbara Hollands RESIDENTS in the picturesque Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet are reeling over the closure of the landmark 200-year old Drostdy Hotel which has shut its doors amid rumours its management company has run into financial difficulties. Despite the majestic, antique-filled hotel recently showing a marked increase in occupancy levels and improvement in the quality of its service, the establishment was not open for business this past week – allegedly because Celsius Hospitality … [Read more...]

By John Harvey THERE is growing concern that lions from the Eastern Cape are being exported to China and elsewhere in Asia so their bones can be crushed and used as substitutes in making a traditional medicine known as “tiger bone wine”. Conservationists fear the lion bone exploitation could even rival the illicit trade in rhino horn sweeping South Africa. At the centre of the fears lies the fact that the world’s tiger population is on the verge of extinction – there are fewer than 4000 … [Read more...]

LET’S MAKE IT BETTER: Theodor Herzl Grade 7 pupils (from left) Antigua Koekemoer, Britney Meyers and Mvuyiseko Ntanjana were among a group that donated comforting items for awaiting young witnesses to regional magistrate Ronel Erasmus (back) Picture: Mike Holmes By Mary-Jane Botha THE children’s waiting and testifying areas in the Sexual Offences Court in Port Elizabeth are now friendlier, more comforting places to be, thanks to the care and thoughtfulness of Theodor Herzl Primary School … [Read more...]

By Shaanaaz de Jager NELSON Mandela Bay’s northern areas are taking a significant step towards combatting rampant drug abuse with the opening of a drug rehabilitation centre in Korsten. The Survivors Life-Skills Centre at the Ruven Centre in Korsten, which is being launched today, will seek to rehabilitate drug addicts by way of a four-week programme that will include a detoxification process as well as a 12-step life skills programme. It will incorporate Bible and Islamic classes to assist in … [Read more...]

Balisa Ntloko has graduated and intends to do her honours next. Picture: Mike Holmes By Shaanaaz de Jager A RAGS to riches tale came true for former Weekend Post Matric of the Year scholarship winner Balisa Ntloko when she graduated from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University on Monday April 23. The 2008 winner of the award walked away with a three- to four-year scholarship to study towards a degree or diploma at the university, where she hoped to complete a degree in media, communication … [Read more...]

Michael van Vuuren By George Byron A DREAM has come true for former Grey High schoolboy and current Free State rugby hooker Michael van Vuuren  who has signed a lucrative “big money” two-year contract  to play for the world-famous Stade Francais club. The big-spending French outfit, who are known as the Manchester United of French rugby and regularly play in front of 80 000 fans at France’s national stadium Stade de France, have had their sights on Van Vuuren for some time. Van Vuuren, … [Read more...]

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By William Alexander A SHADOW of controversy has been cast over the upcoming Nelson Mandela Bay Megafest music extravaganza with local artists claiming they have been overlooked by organisers. The event, which is being organised by private company Zeranza, and will be headlined by international stars Ludacris, Ne-Yo, Shaggy and Protoje, has been set for June 2 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. But according to Nelson Mandela Metro Music Association chairman Dumile Manxoyi the number of Eastern … [Read more...]

By Shaun Gillham A BRITISH businessman and former life partner of Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas has told of how he had been scarred for life following a nightmarish 19-month ordeal at Nelson Mandela Bay’s notorious St Albans prison, where he suffered daily gang rape and other physical abuse. Englishman Sean Smith, 42, a former Nelson Mandela Bay resident who faces arrest in South Africa after fleeing the country in the boot of a car while out on bail – allegedly with the help of the … [Read more...]

By Yolandé Stander THE victim of the savage Nelson Mandela Bay road rage attack that began with an altercation over a donkey cart has spoken about her ordeal for the first time. Speaking to Weekend Post from her hospital bed at Greenacres on Thursday, Greenshields Park resident Lorna Poulter said she had suffered memory loss as a result of the brutal attack that nearly claimed her life earlier this month. Poulter, 51, was attacked at about 10pm on April 3 by a driver wielding a wheel spanner … [Read more...]

A member of the Tactical Response Team at Friday's shooting. Picture: Ivor Markman By Shaanaaz de Jager FIVE armed men were killed in a mid-morning shoot-out with police in the Port Elizabeth industrial area of Markman on Friday April 20 after members of the Tactical Response Team laid an ambush for the gang at a local business. Business was brought to a standstill and bystanders and staff members dived for cover just before 9am as dozens of gunshots rung out while the heavily-armed gang … [Read more...]

JEFFREY ARCHER By John Harvey JEFFREY Archer is anything but the staid, reclusive figure the literary world so loves to revere, romanticise and sometimes revile. For one thing, the best-selling British author makes no secret of his passion for women, even though it was his alleged liaisons with a prostitute in the 1980s that led to his political downfall and ultimately earned him a four-year stretch in prison. For another, he speaks his mind as loudly and as publicly as possible with little … [Read more...]

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