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A dolphin was returned to the sea by bystanders and later a severely injured dolphin was humanely euthanised.Ernie Schmidt, NSRI Jeffreys Bay deputy station commander, takes up the story:We dealt with two dolphin stranding incidents in Jeffreys Bay

 A woman and a rescue worker drowned on Saturday morning after they were swept away by floodwater in Frischgewaagd village near Kwaggafontein in Mpumalanga, police said.The incident happened amid occasional heavy rain that started in the early

Police in Willowvale have arrested a 20-year-old man for the alleged rape of a 76-year-old granny, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday.It was alleged that the victim had attended a traditional ceremony on Friday at Mantlanani location, Nkanga

Officials in Beijing are creating a new environmental police squad in the latest effort to fight China’s persistent problems with heavy smog.According to state media, Beijing’s acting mayor said Saturday that the new police force will

The death toll in a collision between a minibus taxi and a bakkie on the N1 in Hammanskraal north of Pretoria on Saturday evening has risen from 12 to 16, Netcare 911 paramedics said.“A total of 16 people were declared dead after a taxi and

A Cape Town man is in a stable condition after being bitten by a Cape Cobra on Saturday.Netcare 911 says when paramedics arrived on scene they found the man to be in a stable condition.Spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe said that “paramedics began

PRETORIA, January 7 (ANA) – The basic education department (DBE) has dismissed suggestions that the department has “culled” the number of school pupils to get a higher pass rate in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations

Four people were killed in a head-on-collision on the R56 between Steynsburg and Middelburg on Saturday morning.Spokesperson for Provincial traffic Charles Bramwell says the accident happened at around 5am between a Toyota Corolla and a Toyota Yaris

An Army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, killing five people and wounding eight