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Pick n Pay CEO calls for liquor ban to be lifted

Social unrest, looting and damage has dealt a further body blow to liquor traders Following the damage done by riots, looting and arson in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last week, Pick n Pay Group CEO Pieter Boone has appealed to the…

Woolworths and Pick n Pay have announced that they will remove TRESemmé products from their shelves following a racist hair advert posted by Clicks.Image: THULANI MBELE

More stores pull TRESemmé products off their shelves

Woolworths and Pick n Pay are removing TRESemmé products from their shelves after a public outcry over an offensive hair product advertisement posted by health and beauty retailer Clicks. “Given the recent concern about the language used…

DA MP Tsepo Mhlongo has rubbished allegations that he went on a booze shopping spree during a parliamentary meeting this week.Image: Tsepo Mhlongo via Twitter

‘It’s not like I stole public money’ — DA MP claps back after shopping spree during Zoom meeting

DA MP Tsepo Mhlongo has rubbished allegations that he went on a booze shopping spree during a parliamentary meeting this week. Mhlongo’s whereabouts were caught in a video which he said was “unintended”. He has since said he would not…

Port Alfred Pick n Pay was closed over the weekend

Port Alfred Pick n Pay reopens after deep clean

Pick n Pay at Heritage Mall announced it has reopened today after being closed over the weekend, after an employee at Pick n Pay clothing tested positive for Covid-19. Staff in the main store walked out in a dispute with management after…

Positive case of Covid-19 at Pick n Pay clothing store

The Ndlambe Municipality Covid-19 JOC Committee has confirmed that an employee at Pick n Pay clothing at Heritage Mall has tested positive for Covid-19. Rumours spread like wildfire on social media and staff at Pick n Pay stopped working.…

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Strike action at Pick n Pay in Port Alfred

Pick n Pay in Port Alfred was closed this morning as staff went on strike. The reason was apparently over UIF payments which had not be made to staff who are not making their full wages during the Covid-19 national lockdown. Police and…

Coronavirus strikes Nelson Mandela Bay stores

Covid-19 closed three stores in Nelson Mandela Bay on Monday. The management of Pick n Pay confirmed on Monday night it had temporarily closed its store in Walmer Park after a contractor tested positive for the virus. Earlier on Monday,…

LION’S SHARE: President of the Port Alfred Lions, Francois de Klerk hands-over the non-perishable food they collected to Steve van Rooyen from Loaves and Fishes Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Port Alfred Lions collect for charity

THE Port Alfred Lions Club collected non-perishable goods outside Pick n Pay at the Heritage Mall Last Saturday and donated three trolleys full of goods to local charity Loaves and Fishes.