A monthly tabloid, community newspaper for St Francis and environs in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
NSRI advises caution during bad weather conditions.
Bad weather conditions with heavy rains, flooding, blocked or impassable roads as well as a severely cold fronts with icy winds and lots of rain in the Eastern Cape and elsewhere in South Africa have been anticipated.
The NSRI PE volunteer, on duty members have had a busy May so far evacuating one Chinese man and two Filipinos from different boats at sea last week, the NSRI says.
About R22-million worth of abalone was seized and more than 15 arrests were made by the SAPS in the Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth/PE) area of the Eastern Cape of South Africa during different anti-abalone poaching raids at four different premises on Thursday and Wednesday this week.
NSRI JBay recover capsized kayak in the surf.
The NSRI volunterr, on duty crew launched their NSRI rescue craft jet-rib, Rescue 37 Alpha, and recovered sea-kayak about 509 meters off-shore.
Hawks bust illicit drug-making operation in Magaliesberg. Chemicals, equipment and drugs in various stages of production amounting to millions of Rands were seized by South African Hawks at a plot in the North West Province.
South African Presidency responds to claims of weapons supplied
There is a big need for BRICS countries to trade more with each other than with the rest of the world, attendees the BRICS second Employment Working Group (EWG) in Port Alfred yesterday.
South Africa’s fraud prevention unit is developing a website called Yima ( Sesotho word for ‘Stop’) that is anticipated to be a one-stop shop to combat fraud, to report fraud and to assist victims.
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