St Francis & Kouga News

Kromme-Enviro Trust Coastal Cleanup a great success  –  Helping to keep our oceans clean –  Following on from yesterday’s article on  the eco-brick initiative, Rotary and Kromme-Enviro Truust joined forces again on Sunday

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape & Southern Coast

19-year-old arrested for allegedly killing fellow student at NMU  –  A 19-year-old Nelson Mandela University student is in police custody after he allegedly stabbed a fellow student to death.

Holidaymakers find human remains on EC beach  –  Police in the Port Alfred cluster have opened up an inquest docket following the discovery of skeletal remains on a beach in Boknes.

20-year-old man drowns at Port Elizabeth pool party  –  A 20-year-old man drowned at a pool party in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, at the weekend.

Former municipal director and stepson appear in PE court for fraud  –  A former municipal director and his step-son appeared at the specialised commercial crimes court in Port Elizabeth for alleged fraud, theft and corruption, amounting to approximately R16 million,

Surfing

Courtney Conlogue Finds Perfection at Roxy Pro France  –  The Quiksilver and Roxy Pro France continued yesterday in excellent four-to-six foot surf at La Graviere to run through the third rounds of competition in both the men and women’s fields. 

National & African News

Nowhere to hide: Canned big cat hunting explained  –  Canned hunting is an integral part of South Africa’s captive breeding industry. 

Walus has shown remorse for killing Chris Hani, says his lawyer  –  According to the assassin’s psychologists, he has rejected racism and accepted democracy.

Our not-so-perfect wedding: 9 arrested, cops assaulted after KZN celebration  –  A wedding procession led a day later to a party that didn’t end until police were forced to intervene.

WATCH: Suspects rob, stab KZN motorist who stopped to change flat tyre  –  A bakkie driver who stopped to change a flat tyre was stabbed and robbed on the N2 southbound freeway near the spaghetti junction. 

Striking Zimbabwe doctors defy order to resume work  –  Doctors striking in Zimbabwe for pay hikes defied a government order to resume work on Monday and asked the UN and private businesses to help fund their return to the wards.

Police

Viewfinder: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA  –  Torture, rape, killings, assault – South Africans lodged 42,365 criminal complaints against the police between April 2012 and March 2019. 

Nine Key Takeaways: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA  –  For years, whistle-blowers inside South Africa’s cop watchdog have alleged that investigations into police criminality were rushed through in a bid to inflate performance statistics. 

#ZondoCommission

Duduzane is lying and I don’t know why – Madonsela  –  Zuma was given numerous opportunities to respond to the allegations before the report was released, she said.

WATCH | ‘That’s my guy,’ Zuma says about his relationship with Tony Gupta  –  Tony Gupta was a business partner as well as a “dear” and “close” friend of his, Duduzane Zuma told Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo

‘He’d always ask people about Guptas’: Duduzane confirms taking Booysens to meet family  –  A confident Duduzane said Booysens had expressed interest in meeting the now fugitive Gupta family. 

Politics

Mkhwebane was determined to make findings against me  – Gordhan  –  Pravin Gordhan says Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is determined to make adverse findings against him “irrespective of the evidence to the contrary before her”.

Business, Money & The Economy

Bridgestone invests R700m in SA tyre plants and signs taxi deal  –  CEO says strategic partnership with SA Taxi will see it gain a bigger share of the minibus taxi tyre market.

Eskom’s $4bn coal bill headache largely of its own making  –  South Africa wants coal producers to help debt-stricken state power utility Eskom tackle its skyrocketing costs of fuel – a problem that’s largely of its own making.

International

Sport

Bok skipper Kolisi takes step into unknown with Canada  –  South Africa captain Siya Kolisi accepts his side will be taking a leap into the unknown when they face Canada for the first time in nearly 20 years

Pocock: Tall trees catch the most wind  –  Wallaby flank David Pocock believes taller players are more likely to being penalised for high tackles under the tight regime at the World Cup.

Science & Environment

Ozone hole vigilance still required‘  –  The recovery of the ozone layer over Antarctica cannot be taken for granted and requires constant vigilance