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Clean-up operations on Garden Route Beaches will continue on Thursday after a small-scale oil spill was detected on Monday. The substance found on the beaches has been identified as heavy furnace oil and the source is still unknown.

Diesel prices are set to decrease sharply in December while petrol prices will increase by between 23 cents and 33 cents a litre next month. That's according to unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund.

A 32-year-old woman accused of killing her friend at her place of work in Mossel Bay is applying for bail in the local Magistrates Court. Fallon Edwards has been in custody for over a month after she allegedly stabbed 27-year-old Kirsty James at her office at NDK Valuers in Spring Street.

A collaboration between businesses, tourism organisations and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality with other stakeholders will ensure that there is 24-hour security along the beachfront. The Beachfront Safety Sector initiative announced on Wednesday comes right in time as the Metro gears towards officially opening the Summer season.

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel has announced a temporary ban on the export of scrap and waste metal.

Two security guards who work for a company contracted to Eskom appeared in the East London Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for their alleged role in the theft of diesel from a power station. Forty-year-old Sicelo Dunga and 37-year-old Abongile Nokulila were arrested at the Port Rex Power Station in the City while on duty on Monday.

Eskom said two guards employed by a security company contracted to protect Port Rex Power Station in East London were arrested on Monday in connection with the theft of thousands of litres of diesel.

Eastern Cape police have announced the arrest of four suspects for the murder of seven members of a family in a locality near Bityi on 16 November.

Police in Gqeberha have opened up an inquest docket after a security guard shot himself outside the Cleary Park Shopping Centre. Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the incident happened during lunchtime on Tuesday.