Bathers have been urged to be extra careful due to super-strong rip currents that come with the new moon on Thursday. Visitors to Cape Town beaches on Wednesday would have noticed that the high tides were higher than normal, and the low tides were lower than normal, with rip currents[…]
Saldanha Bay Mayor Marius Koen must be suspended immediately following apparent “racist” remarks concerning beach access, the ANC’s West Coast branch said on Monday. “The people of Saldanha Bay are no drunkards, vandalist or noisy [sic],” said the regional branch’s spokesperson Sammy Claassen in a statement. “We reject the mayor’s[…]
A child’s body washed up near Clifton’s First Beach in Cape Town on Wednesday morning, Western Cape police confirmed. Two members of the public saw the body floating in shallow water at about 07:45 and recovered it from the sea, said police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk. Due to its[…]
Five people, including a teenager, have died and three have gone missing in several drowning incidents on New Year’s Day. A 17-year-old Grahamstown male drowned in Port Alfred, while an elderly man was declared dead in the Bay Hall Area, Richards Bay Port, the National Sea Rescue Institute said in[…]
With families expected to flock to the beaches this coming weekend as the country celebrates The Day of Goodwill, the City of Cape Town has issued a call for the public to be mindful of where the swim and how they conduct themselves at the beach, in order to ensure[…]
Beachgoers were urged to be vigilant and work with the City of Cape Town’s partner, the Shark Spotters, to ensure the safety of all visitors to in-shore areas, the city’s environmental department said. Spokesperson Gregg Oelofse said in a statement on Thursday that there had been 29 shark sightings at[…]
Warning: this article contains images that readers may find distressing Heart-rending pictures of a toddler’s lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror as the cost of Europe’s burgeoning refugee crisis hit home. The images of a child lying face down in the surf at one of Turkey’s[…]
Law Enforcement officers are monitoring the stretch of the False Bay coastline between Sunrise and Sonwabi beaches after three teens arrested for a spate of robberies in this vicinity were released from police custody last week. This after none of the victims were prepared to lay charges. The trio was[…]
Police believe that a man shot dead on a Cape Town beach on Monday morning was driving a stolen car. The body of the the 26-year-old man was was found near the vehicle, which was stuck in the sand at Blue Waters Beach in Strandfontein. Police said on Tuesday that[…]
Israel says no action will be taken against those involved in the last year’s bombing of Gaza beach that left four Palestinian children dead, saying that it was an accident. “The… case has been closed following the completion of a criminal investigation,” the Israeli army said in a statement on[…]
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