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@heraldlive Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:49:38
BREAKING | Women killed by shark at Orient Beach
An experienced open-water swimmer was fatally attacked by a shark while swimming with her regular morning group off KuGompo Cityâ s Orient Beachfront on Tuesday. The womanâ s identity is known to the Daily Dispatch but is being withheld until her family has been informed. Witnesses told the Dispatch that members of the group became aware the woman was in distress and realised she had been attacked by a shark.
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@heraldlive Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:49:46
SA's favourite 'Liewe Heksie' goes English
For more than 65 years, Liewe Heksie has charmed Afrikaans-speaking South Africans young and old. Now, for the first time, SA's most beloved little witch arrives in English. Liewe Heksie and the Robber Rats, published by Human & Rousseau, tells the first new Liewe Heksie tale in decades. English-speaking readers have never had the chance to experience Liewe Heksie firsthand, which is set to change with this book, skilfully translated by award-winning SA translator Elsa Silke.
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@heraldlive Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:52:27
Gqeberha green cycle tour unveils urban activation event
Get active, get informed and get involved â then let's share this journey together. That's the clarion call from Greenspaces SA, the Gqeberha-based community cycling organisation that aims to promote environmental and social wellbeing, and to put the skids on climate change. The vision is to create "green routes" linking cities and urban townships with rural dorps, villages and farms, connecting points of beauty and interest and moving away from cycling being viewed as an elitist sport.
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@heraldlive Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:55:10
Black Wednesday: The day apartheid tried to silence a revolution
Forty-nine years ago, on October 19 1977, the apartheid regime banned about 18 Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) organisations and two major newspapers. That day was dubbed â Black Wednesdayâ . Though it wasnâ t easy to stop the momentum, the BCM never accepted the negative use of the term â blackâ .
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@heraldlive Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:56:18
Staff use own airtime, data to keep vandalised post office going
For two years, workers at the Kariega post office have been forced to endure unacceptable working conditions with no running water, no electricity and buckets of water to flush the facilityâ s only working toilet.
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@heraldlive Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:57:21
Stage-four arthritis no match for boxing coach's mission
Despite being diagnosed with stage-four hip arthritis, a Gqeberha boxing coach is still bobbing and weaving his way to develop the next generation of champs. Basil "No Apologies" Ray, a former SA professional heavyweight boxer who now coaches the youth at his gym in Overbaakens, has not allowed the diagnosis to deter his vision to develop professional boxing in the province.
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@dispatchlive Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:15:08
Hawks arrest KuGompo City attorney for alleged RAF payout theft
A KuGompo City lawyer has been arrested for allegedly misappropriating R1.8m in Road Accident Fund (RAF) compensation meant for his clients. Vuyisile Magqabi, 51, was arrested by the Hawks on Monday and appeared in the magistrateâ s court, where he was granted R10,000 bail. His case was postponed to November 10 and will be heard in the commercial crimes court.
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