Tracks from this week’s CD selections
Listen to selected tracks from this weeks cd review column in TGIF. Read Caleb Eastwood’s CD reviews here.
Taxi Violence bring ‘sexy, sleazy sound’ to PE
Cape Town based band Taxi Violence are performing at Pool City in Walmer tonight. Listen to tracks from their first two albums. Read the story here
Bay scientist discovers new species
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Bayworld repile and amphibian expert Dr Bill Branch was part of a multi-national expedition that returned recently from northern Mozambique where they explored the remote granite mountain top and pristine forest of Mt Mabu. They returned with several fascinating species — including a chameleon never before described by science. Dr Branch talked to Herald Environment Editor Guy Rogers about this discovery, and the secret world of Mt Mabu |
Incredible journey
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Kyle Meenehan, 23, is walking 5800 kilometres from Cape Town to Cape Town along the border of South Africa in the hopes of gaining life experience. He arrived in Port Elizabeth yesterday and spoke to Herald reporter Lies Kombrink about his travels. |
Interview with Jason Hartman
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Herald reporter Shafeeka Abrahams caught up with Jason Hartman, co-winner of Idols season 5, who will be jamming with local band Ten Story Fall at Uptown Theatres on Saturday night (Jan 9). |
Interview with Eddie Armani
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British DJ Eddie Armani speaks to Herald reporter Shafeeka Abrahams ahead of his performance at the Weekend Post J&B Fashion Challenge. |
Beat box star for PE
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Shafeeka Abrahams talks to George “Gorgeous” Avakian who will be demonstrating his beat box talents at a number of top PE and Garden Route clubs over the next few weeks. |
Spend your bonus wisely
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Financial planner John Osmond shares five tips with Weekend Post reporter Shaanaaz de Jager on how to spend your bonus wisely |
Which world cup team should be based in Bay
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 Ashley Viljoen was one of the Bay residents asked which FIFA team she's prefer to be based in the Bay during the 2010 World Cup |
Lee-Anne Butler asks a few Mandela Bay residents which teams they’d like to see based in Port Elizabeth during the 2010 World Cup and who they would like to see come first in the football tournament |
Gelvandale girl picked for Oprah’s academy
A PORT Elizabeth schoolgirl is over the moon after being selected for admission to the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Gauteng. Kelly-Anne Rossouw, 12, of Gelvandale, a Grade 6 pupil at Alpha Primary School, has been accepted by the academy as a Grade 7 pupil in January.
Local rap group shows its class
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AUDIO: Tracks from Teargas’s new album Dark or Blue. Music courtesy of Electromode Music. Read the CD review
Mayor warns of challenges ahead
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In his first public address, the new Nelson Mandela Metro executive mayor Zanoxolo Wayile talks about his plans to address the social and economic challenges facing the region. |
Mother tells of baby’s death at hospital
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The Herald Reporter Khanyi Ndabeni interviews a tearful Chantell Mentoor, the mother of baby Vaughn who died after treatment at Dora Nginza Hospital. |
Interview with Maphazi
“I FEEL betrayed,” said tearful Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nondumiso Maphazi after officially handing her resignation letter to the council’s speaker on her birthday yesterday. This audio is an interview with Maphazi conducted by Herald reporter Rochelle de Kock.
I was betrayed, sobs mayor
“I FEEL betrayed,” said tearful Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nondumiso Maphazi after officially handing her resignation letter to the council’s speaker on her birthday yesterday. This is the full audio of her speech.
ECC activists celebrate
Lee-Anne Butler spoke to key players of The End Conscription campaign. They recounted their memories and told how conscription came to an end in the Eastern Cape.
Former apartheid activist Janet Cherry
Syd Kitchen’s in town
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Singer Syd Kitchen tells Arts Editor Leon Muston about recording in New York and his Eastern Cape tour this weekend. Music courtesy Syd Kitchen |
Soul singer Garth Taylor for PE show
ADULT contemporary soul singer Garth Taylor is already a well-known voice on radio and now for the first time in a major public show Port Elizabeth audiences will get the chance to experience his live act this weekend.
Taking children off the streets
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YOUNG street children in Nelson Mandela Bay are being given the chance to go back to school and reunite with their families. Safety and Transport MEC Ghishma Barry and Social Development MEC Nonkosi Mvana began a joint programme yesterday aimed at taking young children off the streets and placing them in care centres where they will be provided with educational programmes and protection. The audio is an interview with Barry.
Be open and honest when discussing sexuality
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Weekend Post Sexual Healing and Relationships columnist Leandie Buys explains the best approach for parents and life-orientation educators when discussing sex and sexuality with children. |
Interview with Roland Clark
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HOUSE OF FUN: International house DJ Roland Clark tells Arts Editor Leon Muston about his plans for his performance in PE this weekend. (October 31). In the background you can hear Soul Good and President House, both by Roland Clark, courtesy Soul Haven Records. |
Tumi breaks through humour barrier
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Comedienne Tumi Morake tells Arts Editor Leon Muston about her upcoming performance at the Blacks Only comedy show |
Camdeboo best performing municipality
Camdeboo mayor Daanjtie Japhta, describes what it takes to run the country’s best performing municipality.
Irate parents
IRATE parents of children at Despatch Primary School yesterday threatened to forcefully remove the school’s deputy principal, who is alleged to have molested pupils