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These businesses support MyPE: MyPE supports PE business: … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth in the News on 6 August 2013

A total of 340 000 Eastern Cape learners attend a school without proper toilets everyday, and in some cases there are no toilets at all. This is according to data obtained by the Democratic Alliance from the Education Department in the process of our Human Rights Commission complaint into school sanitation. The HRC has thanked the DA for submitting this information as it will … [Read more...] about 340 000 EC learners go to school without proper toilets

Most people think of kicks and blocking punches when they hear the term self-defence; however, true self-defence begins long before any actual physical contact. As we celebrate women this August, a local security firm has appealed to the ladies to be extra security conscious and safety savvy. “Being aware of your surroundings and potential threats is the first and most … [Read more...] about Women need to be extra security conscious and safety savvy

The Ubuntu Education Centre in Zwide, Port Elizabeth is an iconic building housing a project doing iconic work amongsth the dispossesed of the area. The Ubuntu Center is also a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment site that was visited by the man himself, Bill Clinton, this afternoon. Accompanying Clinton was his daughter, Chelsea and a couple of financial heavyweights … [Read more...] about Bill and Chelsea Clinton visit Ubuntu

During a very powerful gale in February 2013, many Cape fur seal pups of 6 to 8 weeks old were washed off Black rocks, one of the 5 islands of the Bird Island archipelago in Algoa Bay. Pups this young cannot swim properly but fortunately a number of them managed to reach the beaches along the south east coast; amazingly, one was found over 200 kilometres away at a coastal … [Read more...] about Rescued seal pups swim for their lives