Travelblog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Stellenbosch is Wine country student town and party place all put together.Took BazBus backpackers use this bus frequently booked myself right upto Port Elizabeth its a hopon hopoff service so all transport issues on Garden Route solved.On the bus itself met an Australian guy who has been travelling for 5 months through UgandaKenyaTanzaniaMalawiZimbawe. That's the classic overland r
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Volkswagen of South Africa has started exporting right-hand-drive versions of the new Polo following investment at its plant in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth.
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Filed under: Performance , UK , MISC Few visionaries have bred as many supercar brands as Lee Noble. The British sportscar guru is responsible for the Noble M12 and M400, the Ascari Ecosse, the Ultima GTR, Rossion Q1 and Salica GT, to name just a few. And now he's looking to add one more to the list with the announcement of his latest project: Fenix Automotive. Just last month we brought you initial...
Search Engine Roundtable (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A Google Maps Help thread reports that at least one satellite image in South Africa has a weird posterization effect to it. You can see it yourself at 33°55'7.79"S, 25°35'2.40"E, or Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Here is a picture: This...
The Global Miss Contest (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Miss Japan, Eruza Sasaki, is the winner of the Miss World Sports Fast Track. The Event held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Football Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Sasaki beat 111 other women at this competition which reunited various sports disciplines like soccer and track and field. Miss Japan became the 1st semi-finalist of the Top 15 semi finalists at Miss World 2009 Pageant. Third place (Bronze) went...
trucks world news (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Port Elizabeth,South Africa - Weekend Post, by Luyolo Mkentane -11 Nov 2009: -- A new parking management system aimed at replacing conventional coin-operated parking metres will be unveiled in Nelson Mandela Bay next month. .. With the MobiPark Electronic Management System, the brainchild of local company Jongisizwe Traffic Solutions, coin-operated parking meters would be replaced by parking attendants...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Netcare911 Paramedics Have Been Dispatched to the Port Elizabeth Airport for an Aircraft Which Has Left the Runway.
The Mercury (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
FOUR passengers and a crew member were treated for shock, while other travellers were rattled and in tears after an SA Airlink aircraft carrying 32 passengers lost its nose wheel steering and veered off the runway at Port Elizabeth airport on take-off yesterday.
The Star (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
An SA Airlink aircraft with 29 passengers on board left the runway at Port Elizabeth Airport yesterday afternoon, paramedics said.
IOL (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Passengers insisted that as the SA Airlink aircraft rumbled down the runway and gathered speed at the Port Elizabeth Airport they heard a loud noise from the left of the plane - and then it spun violently.
Port Elizabeth Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Fort Frederick can be found on the hill overlooking the Baakens River valley and Port Elizabeth Harbour. It's a stone fort built in 1799 by the British Forces to defend the mouth of the Baakens River to prevent a possible landing of French troops to assist the Graaff-Reinet rebels. It was named after Frederick, Duke of York and was commanded by Captain Francis Evatt . Even though the fort was built...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
• Critics call for a ban after latest ear-splitting episode • Fifa refuse to budge over use of plastic vuvuzelas The World Cup usually provides an aural extravaganza – from the drums of the South Korea fans in 2002 and the berserk chants that greeted every throw-in to the blaring police sirens in Marseille four years earlier – but South Africa 2010 promises to be the most cacophonous...
Port Elizabeth Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The Humewood Station is Port Elizabeth's main narrow gauge station and is mainly used by the Apple Express tourist train. Big parts of the old station is in desperate need of repair while a section of it acts as a grave yard for old steam trains and rolling stock. Steam train enthusiasts would probably look at the remains of some of those trains and pick away a tear in sadness. Unfortunately the reality...
SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Carlos Alberto Parreira oversaw his first match back in charge of Bafana Bafana and striker Benni McCarthy made his return to the team as South Africa and Japan drew goalless in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa — Japan held 2010 World Cup host South Africa to a 0-0 draw in a friendly in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Takeshi Okada's men had the better of the game, with in-form striker Shinji Okazaki and Wolfsburg midfielder Makoto Hasebe both going close to breaking the deadlock in the first half.
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