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Wilderness physiotherapist Sineke Schmidt was up early preparing for a full programme of Women’s Day activities with her friends when she got a devastating phone call — her daughter, Marolien, had been murdered in her home in Gqeberha.
As messages of condolence streamed in for a much-loved Gqeberha physiotherapist, Richmond Hill residents described how they tried in vain to save Marolien Schmidt after she was stabbed by an intruder in the early hours of Women’s Day.
The destruction of monuments and memorials is a sign of social decay and dislocation, but it can be addressed by winning more buy-in from communities.
Environment minister Barbara Creecy has implemented fishing closures in the waters around six African penguin colonies — including two in Algoa Bay — in a bid to save the species from extinction.
A photograph of a group of suspected poachers carrying the carcass of a large rock python down a Gqeberha township street has sparked concern and even excitement in the conservation community because the species was declared officially extinct in the province nearly a century ago.