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-Edited by Bev Mortimer Photo Credit: Eskom - Edited by Bev Mortimer The South African power utility run by the SA government has appointed Bheki Nxumalo as Group Executive Generation, effective immediately.Nxumalo's career in the energy sector spans 20 years from junior to senior management and executive levels. He is an all-round business leader comfortable…

-Edited by Bev Mortimer-NSRI Cape Town and boats brought 26 people to safety on shore after a fire broke on a 35m Hout Bay support vessel south of Cape Point.Simon McDonnell, NSRI Simon's Town station commander, said Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) and Telkom Maritime Radio Services co-ordinated response to the vessel that was on…

-Edited By Bev Mortimer - A father and son fishing near Mossel Bay on the East coast of South Africa were swept off rocks on the shoreline this week and though the father, aged 47, managed to get to shore his 16 year-old teenage son is still missingThe NSRI said on 11 April, NSRI Mossel…

Edited by Bev Mortimer - A Frenchman, Emmanuel Dailler, 56, who left Hout Bay purportedly to sail to the Martinique in the Caribbean may be missing at sea as he is apparently overdue for his arrival at his planned destination. Photo supplied by the NSRI . Above: Emmanuel Dailler , 56 and his Akela II…

- Edited by Bev Mortimer - Investigations following the escape of Thabo Bester from prison, have resulted in the arrest of a 39 year-old former G4S employee and a 65 year-old man from Port Edward by the South African police service.The SAPS announced today that the suspects have been charged with aiding and abetting a…

- Edited by Bev Mortimer - The South African Police Service (SAPS) Easter Weekend Operations, dubbed Operation Paseka, kicked off in all eight policing districts across the Eastern Cape (EC) this Eastern weekend."Road speedsters will be severely dealt with by law enforcement as they not only pose a danger to themselves but to other road…

- Edited by Bev Mortimer -The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Survival Swimming Pools are not only a first in South Africa but also in the world.These swimming pools are built inside a specially equipped shipping container, which can be transported and installed anywhere in the country, in the right conditions. And the first two of…

- Edited by Bev Mortimer -The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Eastern Cape confiscated nearly half a million Rand’s worth of drugs and eight firearms at Gelvendale , in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in PE (Gqeberha) Eastern Cape yesterday, 3 April . And during the search, residents in the vicinity became hostile,…

- Edited by Bev Mortimer A sea kayak overturned in rough seas at Paradise Beach and one man swam ashore while the other is still missing despite a long search from after 5 pm yesterday and today. Paul van Jaarsveld, NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander, said the NSRI Jeffreys Bay volunteer duty crew were alerted…

By Bev Mortimer - Breaking , New Discovery A team of Swiss marine biologists, studying at long length the newly discovered batfish with a human face, has made an incredible discovery that this batfish, called 'pancake' batfish, has the ability to communicate with humans and solve complex problems. Batfish discovered in 2022 expeditionA pancake batfish…