http://www.georgeherald.com/topstories.aspx George Herald (c) 2012, www.georgeherald.com 5 http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=27048 GEORGE NUUS - Tronkdeure regoor die Suid-Kaap het Maandag oopgegaan vir 130 veroordeelde misdadigers wat onvoorwaardelik vrygelaat is as deel van die Vryheidsdag-amnestie wat verlede maand deur pres. Jacob Zuma aangekondig is. Sowat 13 gevangenes is oorgeplaas na gemeenskapskorreksies (Gemkor) w... Fri, 17 May 2012 16:02 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=27033 GEORGE NEWS - Local devout trail runner, Chantel Nienaber, has been invited to participate in an Epic Trail Run charity drive. Only 32 athletes were selected to run through the Valley of a 1 000 hills (from Pietermaritzburg to Durban) on 2 June, the day before the Comrades ultra marathon. The... Fri, 17 May 2012 14:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=27013 GEORGE NEWS - Georgian, De Wet du Toit's dream to travel to Hollywood and audition for the next Warner Brothers Tarzan film may just have been realised. A Johannesburg based film director Dominik von Eisenhart-Rothe of Katjusha Films offered to obtain a visa on his behalf, and to pay towards the ... Fri, 17 May 2012 12:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26998 GEORGE NEWS - On Saturday 19 May, Sors Grobbelaar, a local fighter from George and an instructor at Scorpions Martial Arts Academy +amp; Two Brothers Combat Institute will be fighting a Professional Muaythai (Thai Boxing) fight in Cape Town, against one of South Africa's top Muaythai fighters, Duman... Fri, 17 May 2012 10:30 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26911 GEORGE NEWS - A concerned reader, Frans Bekker, complained that a fish stall at the Outeniqua Farmers' Market is selling red stumpnose which appears on the Red List of Sassi (SA Sustainable Seafood Initiative). Frans alleged that trading in this fish species is therefore illegal. Not so, says Sas... Fri, 17 May 2012 10:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26913 GEORGE NEWS - The prevalence of sexual offences against children seems to be on an alarming increase in the Western Cape. Jenny Hartnick, DA MP and Western Cape Spokesperson for Youth, Women and People with disability says for this reason it is a very serious concern that the Sexual Offences Act... Fri, 17 May 2012 08:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26960 GEORGE NEWS - It was a happy and tearful reunion for a family from Cape Town after inspectors from the Garden Route SPCA found their possibly stolen pet in a backyard in Blanco last week. Nikita, a rehabilitated pit bull terrier, went missing from her home in Kuils River a few week ago. Her owner... Fri, 17 May 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26954 GEORGE NEWS - Live bugs were found in packets of Boss Dog Treats that were bought at a supermarket chain in George. Werner Ekron, from George, says his girlfriend loves her two dogs to bits and always keeps a large supply of dog treats of different brands in a special drawer in the house. The... Fri, 17 May 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26951 GEORGE NUUS - Die poppe dans behoorlik by die Conville-polisiekantoor nadat dit aan die lig gekom het dat polisiebeamptes 'n verdagte glo uit die aanhoudingselle geboek het en daar met hom rondgery is asof hy 'n vry man is. Die verdagte is 'n bekende taverne-eienaar in die dorp en is na bewering... Fri, 17 May 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26910 GEORGE NUUS - Dooie-dorp-sindroom is ons voorland. Die dorp is besig om van sy kern na buite te vrot. Dit was oorwegend die mening van die meeste mense wat Dinsdagaand in die George-burgersentrum die openbare debat oor die voorgestelde mobiele parkeermeters in die middedorp bygewoon het. Daar is... Fri, 17 May 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26959 GEORGE NEWS - A Thembalethu man appeared in the Thembalethu Magistrates Court on Monday on charges of bestiality. These charges come after the man was caught copulating with his neighbour's dog in his shack. Community members are outraged by this incident and have said they will not allow him to ... Fri, 17 May 2012 06:30 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26955 GEORGE NUUS - 'n Plaaslike tandarts wat van verkragting beskuldig word, het verlede week weer in die George-landdroshof verskyn. Landdros Pumela Yono het die saak in C-hof uitgestel tot 29 Mei vir 'n datum in die streekhof. Die tandarts (39) word daarvan verdink dat hy op 27 Desember verlede ... Fri, 17 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26925 GEORGE NEWS - Commuters who travel between Pacaltsdorp and the rest of George will finally be rid of the ultra-heavy peak hour traffic once the Beach Road bridge crossing the N2 is widened. The bridge is the only access point to and from Pacaltsdorp. The Executive Mayor of the George Municipa... Fri, 17 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26915 GEORGE NEWS - A barking dog is what led neighbours and the police to a pit toilet where they found a crying baby boy lying on top of human faeces. This horrible scene greeted police upon arrival in the backyard of a house in the Asazani squatter camp in Thembalethu last Wednesday night. The ne... Fri, 17 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26914 GEORGE NEWS - Injured after being brutally raped, a nine-year-old girl managed to make her way home, desperate for help. This little girl was snatched by an unknown man while playing with her friends in Tabata Street in Thembalethu Sunday afternoon at 14:00. According to Captain Malcolm Pojie,... Fri, 17 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26904 GEORGE NUUS - Groot gedeeltes van George se sake en residensiele areas gaan op 'n weeksdag vir 10 ure sonder krag wees. Die George-munisipaliteit se direkteur elektrotegniese dienste, Kevin Gr+uuml;newald, het verlede Dinsdag gese dat Eskom op Maandag 21 Mei van 06:00 tot 16:00 noodsaaklike werk ... Fri, 17 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26938 GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - The plea bargain agreement between the State and former Knysna broker, Michael Toerien, has been withdrawn. The trial is expected to begin today, May 17 in George, following a meeting between stakeholders at the Knysna Police at 16:40 on Monday, May 14. According to the chief... Fri, 17 May 2012 05:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26919 GEORGE NEWS - His parents are really concerned about him, like any mom and dad would be if their son was attacked, beaten and stabbed just metres from their home. Christian Pyl (19), who was recently crowned Miss Campus George at the South Cape College, is struggling to walk after his attack in ... Fri, 17 May 2012 05:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26912 GEORGE NUUS - Die gemeenskap van Borcherds se noodkreet om beter lewensomstandighede tydens groot reenval op George is verlede Woensdag bewaarheid. Tydens die Junie 2011-vloede is die laagliggende huise in die informele nedersetting swaar getref. Tientalle van die huise het nie geute gehad om die... Fri, 17 May 2012 05:00 GMT http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=26927 GEORGE NUUS - Woedende inwoners van die dorp se hulle is keelvol vir die oorverdowende geraas wat oor naweke van die nagklub, Zanzibar in Courtenaystraat afkomstig is. Tydens die naweek van 5 Mei is sowat sewe klagtes deur inwoners van omliggende woonbuurte teen die nagklub aan die polisie gerapp... Fri, 17 May 2012 04:00 GMT