AN animal rights group has applied to the government to adopt the bronze bunny secretly sculpted inside the ear of a statue of Nelson Mandela. Photo: The little bunny hidden in the ear of the Nelson Mandela statue. Picture: AFP

LARGE swathes of the Eastern and southern Cape coastline have been invaded by huge patches of potentially highly toxic red tide and people are being warned not to eat shellfish. Picture: STARK CONTRAST: Herald reader Megan Freestone submitted this photograph of the red tide as seen from Seaview

THE family of an elderly Port Elizabeth woman who nearly lost her life when her car crashed into the back of a BMW that had stopped suddenly at the speed bumps in Walmer Boulevard on Sunday wants the Municipality to have them removed before they claim a life.

FIELD OF DREAMS: Port Elizabeth policemen Captain Gerhard Stander, left, and Warrant Officer Michael Meyer examine dagga that was being cultivated in a specialised growing operation in an 1820 Settlers cottage in Upper Hill Street, Central. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI

HORROR START: Hours before the wedding on Saturday, Trevor Wilson inspects the damage to his brother-in-law's Toyota parked outside the house. In the damaged garage is Wilson's Porsche, which retails for R2-million, with its personalised number plate. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI

NO PUSSYCATS: The Pumba Private Game Reserve near Grahamstown has welcomed a new pride of white lion cubs. The three cubs are said to be doing exceptionally well. Reserve manager Dale Howarth said white lions were not albinos. 'The unusual cream colour of their coats is due to a recessive gene,' he said. Picture: JONATHAN PLEDGER

For a very special look inside the Breast Milk Reserve Bank and two extraordinary stories on one woman’s amazing big heart and how donated breast milk saved the life of a premature baby weighing only 750 grams see our online report

CRIPPLED by rampant corruption, widescale inefficiency and almost non-existent financial management, the Eastern Cape Education Department is stealing our children’s future.

The health professionals caught between their duty, care and the world of abortion, both legal and illegal, describe their dilemma in this slide show put together by Eugene Coetzee

"Most of the teenagers we see get rejected everywhere they go. Their parents, their school, the clinic sisters - nobody wants to help them.

GREY High School pupil Kurt van Staden did his school proud when he became the fourth Grey pupil in a row to win The Herald Matric of the Year competition.

Pictures: LIEZEL BARROW, Pro-Design, Shows choreographed by BARBARA ROBERTSON, Hair and make-up designed and styled by IMAGES1

The Herald Bride and Groom 2012 competition ended on a high note last night at a cocktail finale held at Thunzi Bush Lodge.

Scottish tourist Violet D’Mello was mauled by two cheetahs at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth as she was trying to protect a seven-year old Bay boy on Saturday (28/04/2012). Cleary Estate family Glenda and Samuel Malan, and their children - Cassidy, 11, Camryn, 8, and Calum, 7 - were also there. Camryn was a...

Eastern Cape singer and songwriter Anton Calitz is presenting a tribute to the music of Canadian music legend Neil Young in PE this weekend. Joining Calitz are fellow local legends Keith Yoko on percussion, Cliffy Francis on bass guitar and accompanying harmony vocals and Alan Godwin on lead guitar.

SUCCESS IS SWEET: Dr Nokwanda Makunga holding the stevia plant

FAME!: Primary school pupils Jedijah (left) and Daniah de Villiers won the vocal junior group grand champion award at the World Championship of Performing Arts in Los Angeles.