DEADLY DISEASE: Lee-Anne Butler speaks to Gloria Bloem who suffers from scleroderma, a disease that has caused her to require a double lung transplant.
Khanyi Ndabeni interviews Vuyisile Msila about his book – The Black Train Rising:The Life and Times of Welcome Duru. Duru was a notorious Johannesburg based gangster during the 60s who became a boxing official.
STRONGMAN: Former Port Elizabeth man, Jon “the wookie” Macfarlane, has broken the Guinness world record for furthest washing machine toss. The Herald’s Este Coetzee spoke to him on the phone.
Chief Reporter Brian Hayward interviews former Port Elizabeth mayor Nceba Faku about allegations that he retains a holiday cottage at the Van Stadens River Resort
NMMU music student Liske Potgieter has been invited to sing work from Bach’s St Johns Passion with the University of Dusseldorf and Wurzburg orchestra later this year.
FURIOUS: Disgruntled Addo residents yesterday (August 26) barricaded roads with burning tyres and burnt down a councillor’s office in Nomathamsanqa and Valentia townships, demanding government houses.
CHAOS: BUSINESS owners in Kempston Road and North End say the construction work associated with the Bus Rapid Transit system is seriously hampering their businesses – but authorities are not responding adequately to their complaints.
Metropolitan police director Trish Armstrong (left), with assistant directors Sindile Moyikwa and Lee-Anne Meiring
Trish Armstrong, director-elect of the Metropolitan Police which will be inaugurated in February next year, tells The Herald reporter Sibongile Dimbaza about the nature of the new unit’s duties.
INKUNZI: Brett Soso Managing Director of Amalgamated Automobile Distributors talks about the new Chery minibus taxi with an escape hatch in the roof in case it lands on its side.
CHERY VP: Biren Zhou, Vice President of Chery Automobile and General Manager of Chery International addresses South Africa media representatives in China.
FACTORY: Brett Soso, Managing Director of Amalgamated Automobile Distributors, South Africa speaks on a visit to the Foton commercial vehicle manufacturing plant in China.
BOFFINS: Alastair Scott, head of the department of Electrical Engineering at NMMU, explains the significance of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists – of which he is convener – at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
SPLIT PERSONALITY: Faye Gatley and Maryanne van Eyssen, who share the role of Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie perform scenes from the show and tell Arts Editor Leon Muston about the role. The PEMADS production plays at the Little Theatre next week.
