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Night fever: Mr Shakes (above) headlined at the Godfather, a club in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth, in the Eighties. (Facebook)

Say goodbye to 80s disco in PE? Never!

Fifty years ago, disco started having an impact. Its influence was felt even in apartheid South Africa

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille

R174.5 million set aside to ensure safety of tourists

Minister Patricia de Lille said the country welcomed 4.8 million international and 18.8 million domestic tourists in the first six months of 2023

Blazing A Trail by Lincoln Mali (supplied)

Writer tells a lot, shows little

Activist-turned-banker Lincoln Mali’s memoir Blazing a Trail is well intentioned but sadly it misses the mark in many ways

From the other side: A mine dump on Wemmer Pan Road, Johannesburg South, 2020. The photographer says Joburgers have an affinity for these dumps because, aside from a few natural ridges, the city is pretty flat. Photo: Marc Shoul

The Portfolio: If there is a jol there you will go

For photographer Marc Shoul, nothing is sacred in Joburg

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Editorial: Are South Africa’s new names more than a mouthful?

There have been plenty of complaints about Port Elizabeth’s name change to Gqeberha, but citizens should be more active in speaking up during consultation processes

Koeberg’s chief nuclear officer, Riedewaan Barkadien, has resigned to take up an executive position at a nuclear power station in Canada. Eskom said former Koeberg power station plant manager Keith Featherstone would act as chief nuclear officer from the start of August.

Eskom secretive about its study into seismic activity and Koeberg nuclear station

Extending the life of an aging nuclear plant, which generates only a small portion of South Africa’s electricity, in an earthquake fault zone is not worth the risk

Nationalising the dairy company would save jobs and the Lichtenburg factory, Giwusa said. (Madelene Cronjé)

‘We sacrifice our families for Clover all year’

The strike at the dairy company continues, with exhausted workers demanding an end to compulsory weekend and public holiday work as well as overtime being forced on them

Nelson Mandela University.

Eastern Cape university goes all in to assist provincial health-care efforts

A special steering committee seeks to fill urgent gaps in the system in order to fight the coronavirus

The Department of Home Affairs has not confirmed the measures that have been put in place to deal with the arrival of asylum seekers, (Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images)

Coronavirus uncertainty affects asylum seekers

Some refugee reception offices in South Africa have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis

Dimension Data has opened a new chapter of its Saturday School Programme in Port Elizabeth. Pictured are staff members, principals, representatives from the department of education, talent manager Lulama Mafisa and programme manager Shakes Makgalemane. (Jeff Latham Photography)

Dimension Data launches Saturday School in PE

The Gauteng Saturday School has produced a number of success stories

New modes of digital literacy are just as important as traditional literacy. Photo: File

Coding without computers reaches thousands of learners

“It was the opportunity of a lifetime for some of our kids … allowing them to explore a world of programming and the creative use of technology.”

(John McCann/M&G)

New medical school to open in 2021

Mandela University’s medical degree will contain some of the best elements from the Cuban model

(John McCann/M&G)

Programme multiplies pupils’ success

A maths and science incubator run by Nelson Mandela University is producing promising results

Mark Minnie, a retired cop, was found dead this week. The murky circumstances of a possible suicide remain unclear. (John McCann/M&G)

‘The Lost Boys’ speaks to us all

In many ways the book exposes the psychosocial trauma that has been inherent since the founding of our country

(Mohammed Jameel Abdulla)

PE homeowners complain about land occupiers

A resident, who said she feared reprisals if named, said: ‘Ever since the ‘squatters’ came… we are facing a torrid time…’

Pep Guardiola believes Aguero

Suspect arrested in NMU rape case

After a Facebook post called attention to the plight of two students, CCTV footage circulated online is helping police in the investigation.

Pep Guardiola believes Aguero

Nelson Mandela University students threaten shutdown after rape, stabbing on campus

A female student was raped and another stabbed last night at a computer lab at the Second Avenue campus in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth.

About 15 Motherwell residents have formed a co-operative to farm pigs.

Urban pig co-operative needs land to stay in business

15 Port Elizabeth residents are farming, but they want to keep their piglets safe from traffic and dirty water.

It was all fun and jubilation at the Mbombela Campus graduations when a total of 477 qualifications were awarded to the students

DA’s Trollip: Axing UDM councillor won’t jeopardise coalition

The Democratic Alliance says it’s committed to working with the United Democratic Movement but not with the deputy mayor ousted in no-confidence vote.

Labour’s sweetheart: Cyril Ramaphosa addresses delegates at Cosatu’s central committee meeting this week. Some unions want a ‘backup plan’ in case he doesn’t become the next ANC president.

Ramaphosa: SA progress means free higher education for the poor

The deputy president believes that the country will only know that it has made progress once it is able to provide free higher education to the poor.