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The body of an unidentified woman was spotted floating in the water near Belvedere on the Knysna Lagoon on Thursday. A spokesperson for the NSRI Craig Lambinon says reports came from two tourists on holiday in Knysna.

A liquor outlet in First avenue Walmer in Gqeberha fell victim to a robbery on Thursday afternoon. Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge says shortly after 4 pm about three men entered the outlet and confronted staff.

A multi-stakeholder joint operations centre was on Thursday activated in the Buffalo City Metro to monitor the developments of a province-wide taxi shutdown. Various taxi associations put the brakes on their services over unpaid scholar transport fees, affecting thousands of learners.

A 24-year-old Provincial rugby player attached to Griqualand West Rugby Union is expected to appear in the Kariega Magistrates Court on Thursday for violent and aggressive behaviour. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the alleged incident happened on Monday at a liquor store in Gavin Drive when he helped himself to alcohol and drank it inside the store.

The Department of Transport in the Province has called on scholar transport operators to revisit their plans for a total shutdown on Thursday as their actions will be illegal. Provincial Traffic Spokesperson Unathi Bingqose says such actions will infringe on people's right to movement and hurt learners and workers, not to mention those who depend on transport to collect their social grants.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber says businesses in Newton Park have come together as a collective to form a cluster to address service delivery and safety and security challenges.

The gruesome murder of well-known real estate agent, Cheryl-Ann Kannemeyer, was laid bare in her killer husband's chilling confession to the court.

Two EC environmental activists have received global recognition for their efforts in stopping seismic testing for oil and gas off the Wild Coast.

Sponsors include animal welfare organisations such as Stop Rhino Poaching, Animal Survival International (Brady Hunter Foundation), Dancing for Rhinos and others like Tocoforce (the developer of an eco-lodge near the Park) and Rouxcell Technology.