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The Daily Maverick’s Estelle Ellis speaks during Marianne Thamm’s performance journalism show ‘Round of Applause’ in Gqeberha in 2025
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‘Caring and courageous’ Bay journalist dies suddenly at 51

Top journalist Estelle Ellis, one of the leading media voices in Nelson Mandela Bay and South Africa on health and social justice issues, has died.

The Zwide murder suspect and Eastern Cape provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Vuyisile Ncata at the arrest scene. Picture:

Gqeberha man arrested soon after fatal shooting of Zwide resident

Police have arrested a suspect following a fatal shooting in Zwide on Saturday.

Adv Sally Ann Collett impressed the commission with her experience and vision for more humanity in court.

JSC recommends three candidates for Eastern Cape court vacancies

Collett, Cengani-Mbakaza and Ntlama-Makhanya praised for courtroom experience and legal insight

Rob Yordi, left,  of US-based Busch Gardens, which helped fund the recent rhino transfer, with one of the animals at the African Parks facility in North West. Picture:
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Nelson Mandela Bay wildlife expert key driver in rhino relocation project

In the ongoing drive to save the rhino, a large group was relocated from a key facility in the North West — and one of the co-ordinators of the transfer was none other than Nelson Mandela Bay expert Taryn Gillson.

Bayworld Aquarium operations curator and marine research scientist Dylan Bailey inspects a loggerhead turtle hatchling
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Turtle alert — look out for hatchling loggerheads

The public has been urged to watch for stranded loggerhead turtle hatchlings along the Eastern and Southern Cape shores due to storms displacing them from the Agulhas Current.

Open water swimmer Sue Derbyshire with her special swim challenge calendar
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Swimmer’s depth of compassion in epic ocean challenge for badly injured friend

FIGHTING FOR A FRIEND: Gqeberha open water swimmer Sue Derbyshire, 53, has just completed a year-long swimming challenge in honour of her close friend, businessman and environmentalist Mark Rushmere, 60, who is recovering from a serious…

The Glen Avon Mill with the overshot wheel in the foreground
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Family Brown set to unveil historic watermill

Somerset East is ready to rollout its fully-functional historic watermill which has been painstakingly refurbished over the past year as part of a proud new tourism drive