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The National Sea Rescue Institute says a sealed blue container that washed ashore in Jonkersfonteinstrand on Saturday has been removed and is no longer a risk to the public. Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said it contained dangerous chemicals and was safely removed by the Garden Route Disaster Risk Management Team (GRDRMT).

A 40-year-old man from Kariega is lucky to be alive following a harrowing ordeal on Wednesday in Perseverance. Police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the complainant stopped at a stop sign whilst travelling on the M19 towards Kariega in the morning when he noticed two white bakkies behind him.

A Gqeberha tavern owner was shot dead and two others injured following a shooting incident in Kwazakhele on Friday night. Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says local police on patrol noticed a Toyota Quantum minibus with bullet holes on the corners of Daku and Salumtu Street and stopped to investigate.

At least five people were killed when a fully loaded minibus taxi crashed into a stationary heavy-duty truck loaded with bags of cement on Saturday morning.

Police in Gqeberha opened up an inquest docket after a teenager died in a house fire in the early hours of Saturday.

A motorist who allegedly offered a ride to a hitchhiker, driving in the direction of Gqeberha on Friday was critically injured when the situation turned into a gruesome attack. REMS Paramedics responded to the scene after 3 pm on the N2 just outside of Humansdorp.

A 32-year-old man on holiday in Mossel Bay died in a fatal drowning accident on Friday. Spokesperson for the NSRI Craig Lambinon says the victim and his friend, both from Cape Town were fishing at Dana Bay when the victim got swept away in rip currents.

A sealed blue container weighing 200 kilograms washed ashore at Jongensfonteinstrand near Stilbaai on Friday. The National Sea Rescue Institute says it contains dangerous chemicals and should not be handled by the public.

Truck driver busted with thousands of mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R7 million