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OpenAI on Friday revealed a voice-cloning tool it plans to keep tightly controlled until safeguards are in place to thwart audio fakes meant to dupe listeners. A model called "Voice Engine" can essentially duplicate someone's speech based on a 15-second audio sample, according to an OpenAI blog post sharing results of a small-scale test of the tool.

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).

Removing the twisted steel remnants of the bridge and freeing the Dali is a top priority for local authorities, who say the collapse could have a major impact on the regional economy for years.

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.

According to police, 34 bodies have been found but only nine were identifiable with many burnt beyond recognition. The authorities continue to search for the remaining 11.