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Scientists continue to investigate the unusual increase in whale strandings, with more than seven recorded cetacean beachings this month, including three neonate humpback whales in the last 11 days. Chintsa residents were devastated to find a baby humpback whale swimming in shallow water on Tuesday, and after multiple attempts to guide the whale back into the deep, the day-old calf kept returning to shore, washed onto the rocks and was humanely euthanised. ....
A Mdantsane woman told the East London high court her convicted rapist had asked her to withdraw the case against him. In turn his family would pay her. ....
The only place that champion sailer Kirsten Neuschäfer wants to be is back home, and on land, in the Eastern Cape. After making history as the first woman to win the Golden Globe solo non-stop around-the-word yacht race, the 39-year-old is recovering from a bout of Covid-19 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, France. ....
Two people bitten by hungry sharks last week were merely a hors d’oeuvre ahead of their main meal, the greatest shoal on Earth.The iconic sardine run is starting to appear off Boknes and heading to East London, said the metro’s only ocean tour operator, John Barry of Southern Cross Cruises. ....
After reaching its goal of sterilising more than 2,500 dogs, East London’s Buckaroo project is set to scale down its operations. The decision had to be taken after international funders pulled the project’s main income source. Buckaroo founder Marlene Neumann, who runs the project from her home in Vincent Park, started the sterilisation drive with surplus revenue left over from renovations to the East London SPCA in 2014. ....