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The East London Surf life-saving club, affectionately known as EL Surf, has announced the opening of the 2023-2024 life-saving season.

Mthatha-based Tyeks Security Services and the Cheetahs Athletics Club have partnered to organise a marathon aimed at encouraging people to keep fit.

Zenande Ndava’s small business has grown, quite literally, from seeds to vegetables on the plates of guests at Sun International’s Wild Coast Sun, thanks to support from the resort.

Congratulations are in order for Vincent Park Shopping centre, as the team was recently awarded not one, but two Footprint awards for its “50 years young” birthday campaign.

An extensive investigation led by the police provincial family violence, child protection and sexual offences (FCS) Unit has linked a 30-year-old man, through DNA evidence, to at least 14 rape cases spanning from Tsolo to Msobomvu in Butterworth. Some of these cases date back to as early as 2016, with victims ranging from 15 to 39 years old.

An Eastern Cape teacher who opened a case of attempted murder against her estranged boyfriend now lives in fear after the man, who is on the run from police, was recorded threatening to kill her and her child.

Police in Butterworth are investigating a case of murder and have also opened an inquest after bodies of three children and their mother were found dead at Tholeni village.

Just hours after undergoing painful and serious c-section surgery, East London mothers are having to endure the agony of walking up a flight of stairs carrying their babies because lifts are not working at Frere Hospital.

The MBSA 15km run out and back to the motor plant on East London’s historical West Bank attracted a finishing field of 735 runners, joggers and walkers on an ideal morning.

Entries have been streaming in at a steady rate for the 2023 Surfers Challenge taking place on Saturday, and in the process a picture of the likely head-to-head racing is taking shape. The Daily Dispatch had a discussion with 2012 men’s winner Awonke Bungu, who indicated he would be racing the traditional Surfers from Kwelera to Nahoon for the first time since he had won.