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It is unsafe to eat kreef affected by red tide.Image: Cederberg Local Municipality
RED TIDE

Red tide hits Cape west coast town

The Cederberg Municipality has warned local residents not to collect any west coast rock lobster that has walked out on the beaches around Elandsbaai on the West Coast. The kreef ‘walkout’, a natural phenomenon caused by ‘red tide’,…

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The Central Karoo District Municipality has still not reported its first case of Covid-19.Image: 123rf/Duncan Noakes
KAROO

Open up the places with no Covid-19 cases‚ say food security experts

Vast areas of the country with hardly any Covid-19 cases should be considered for lockdown exemptions. The proposal comes from the Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape‚ which said on Thursday there…

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