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1 week ago | 
theherald.co.za | Jonathan Jansen |Eugene Coetzee
Victorian idea of boys only schools meaningless today A few weeks ago, a polite, older gentleman sat me down for coffee and asked this question with an earnestness in his voice: ‘Is there still a place for boys’ schools?’He was the head of a boys’ schools association, and I did not want to deflate his obvious enthusiasm for the concept...
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1 week ago | 
theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Eugene Coetzee
Nelson Mandela Bay health manager removed from position Lupondwana hits back, saying process was invalid and placed her in ‘a state of abuse and humiliation’ Premium By Nomazima Nkosi - 28 May 2025 Nelson Mandela Bay’s health boss, Sonia Lupondwana, has been removed as district manager.
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1 week ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Eugene Coetzee
Evans questioned over scarf around murdered girlfriend’s neck By Brandon Nel - 26 May 2025 Shocking images of Vanessa van Rensburg’s badly bruised body were shown in the Humansdorp Regional Court on Friday during the fifth day of murder accused Rob Evans’ formal bail application. State prosecutor Bianca Burger told the court that Van Rensburg, 36, was likely beaten to death with a whisky bottle, which was later thrown into a bin...
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Eugene Coetzee
Gqeberha businessman's bail application to return to court next week Premium By Brandon Nel - 23 May 2025 The daughter of the late Vanessa van Rensburg is struggling to come to terms with her mother’s death and has since been sent for counselling. This was revealed in the Humansdorp Regional Court by prosecutor Bianca Burger during the fifth day of the bail application of Rob Evans, the man accused of Van Rensburg’s murder...
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Guy Rogers |Eugene Coetzee
Charges withdrawn against second accused Young woman charged with kidnapping Dora babies Premium By Guy Rogers - 23 May 2025 A young woman has been charged with kidnapping the two babies at Dora Nginza Hospital on Tuesday. Sinovuyo Rabula, 22, appeared briefly in the New Brighton magistrate’s court on Friday morning, and was charged with two counts of kidnapping...
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Eugene Coetzee
Shocking photos shown in court: Evans questioned over scarf around murdered girlfriend’s neck Premium By Brandon Nel - 23 May 2025 Shocking images of Vanessa van Rensburg’s badly bruised body were shown in the Humansdorp regional court on Friday during the fifth day of murder accused Rob Evans’ formal bail application. State prosecutor Bianca Burger told the court that Van Rensburg, 36, was likely beaten to death with a whiskey bottle, which was later chucked into a bin...
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Ntsikelelo Qoyo |Eugene Coetzee
Premium She packed her bags, boarded a flight to the US citing racial persecution, and now one of the Afrikaner “refugees” from Gqeberha has put her Lorraine home on the market for R2.3m. Santana de Bruyn, 33, her three children, 14, 10, and an infant about to turn one, along with her 62-year-old mother, Susanna de Bruyn, are just some of the 13 Afrikaners, mostly from middle-class suburbs in the city, who embarked on the journey...
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Eugene Coetzee
Premium On the morning of Vanessa van Rensburg’s brutal murder, her boyfriend reportedly told police that he had walked into his home and casually lit a fire for a braai — completely unaware that her lifeless body was on the living room floor just steps away.
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Eugene Coetzee
State claims boyfriend was intoxicated when Vanessa’s body was found By Brandon Nel - 21 May 2025 Murder accused Rob Evans was reportedly so drunk the morning his girlfriend’s battered and bruised body was discovered in his holiday home, that he was unable to recall what had happened. The state claims further that he gave at least three conflicting versions of events...
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Eugene Coetzee
In an effort to demonstrate the alleged violent nature of murder suspect Rob Evans, the prosecution presented a video showing him allegedly assault a man at a pub just weeks before his girlfriend’s death. After the CCTV footage was played to the Humansdorp Regional Court on Wednesday afternoon, where Evans is applying for bail, he remarked: “It definitely happened.” Evans is accused of murdering Vanessa van Rensburg at his Oyster Bay holiday home over the Easter weekend.
