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Anxious moments as bomb hoax causes delays at King Phalo Airport

Eastern Cape police are tracking down an anonymous caller after a hoax bomb threat targeting a FlySafair flight from Johannesburg triggered emergency security protocols at King Phalo Airport.

East London Aquarium's Siani Zahn.
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Pioneering East London aquarium manager resigns amid constructive dismissal claim

Siani Zahn, the first woman to manage the East London Aquarium in its 96-year history, has resigned after 30 years of service amid a reported constructive dismissal dispute referred to the bargaining council.

Community members gather together a police forensics come on the scene of the fatal shark attack that claimed the life of swimmer Janine Lochrenberg, on Tuesday morning at Orient Beach in KuGompo City.
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SHARK ATTACK: Horrified onlookers describe Orient Beach shark attack

A 65-year-old retired nuclear physicist, Janine Lochrenberg, has died after being attacked by a shark while swimming with a group off Orient Beach.

The new R40m waste management fleet handed over earlier this week. The trucks are due to be rolled out to Mdantsane soon. Picture: SUPPLIED

Buffalo City Metro deploys R40m refuse fleet to clean up Mdantsane

Ten new refuse trucks are expected to roll out across Mdantsane soon after the Buffalo City Metro handed over the vehicles for use in the township's wards.

The unfinished Water World fun park.

Kwankwa slams BCM ‘white elephants’

UDM deputy president Nqabayomzi Kwankwa has raised sharp concerns over incomplete, multimillion-rand municipal infrastructure projects in Buffalo City, demanding accountability and welcoming an SIU investigation.

The universally recognised Multicultural Man statue that stands above the East London aquarium had its birds and ‘cage struts’ stolen during load-shedding.

Neglect leaves Buffalo City landmarks in ruins

Vandalism, theft, and chronic maintenance delays have left Buffalo City's historical landmarks and memorials in severe disrepair, sparking growing concern from officials and preservation advocates.

An illustration of fungus gnats (Sciaridae), small, dark flies commonly found in moist environments such as household potplants.

Harmless black fungus gnats behind metro outbreak, say experts

Investigations into the recent surge of flying insects across Buffalo City have identified them as non-biting midges from the Sciaridae family, posing no health threat to residents as numbers begin to subside.