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Air guns will fire loud shock-wave emissions that could potentially be harmful to marine life in the area. File photo.Image: Lesley Rochat

Shell’s seismic blasting plan along Wild Coast under fire

Multinational oil and gas company Shell has made public its plan to start a seismic survey in search for oil or gas deposits along the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape next month. In a public notice published in local newspapers, Shell…

A group of philanthropic swimmers donated water rollers to Wild Coast communities on March 13 2021.Image: Michael Walker

Rollers rock, say Wild Coast residents given water lifeline by swimmers

Twenty families on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape will no longer have to carry buckets of water on their heads. On Saturday, a group of philanthropic swimmers delivered 20 Hippo Rollers to residents of Tsweleni and Tshani. Women and…

The new Mbhashe incubator will farm tilapia like these, which were harvested from a similar facility in Malawi.Image: SUPPLIED

Wild Coast fish farm gets a fillip

A fish farming project on the Wild Coast has surged to the fore to take its place on public works minister Patricia de Lille’s new strategic infrastructure projects which she gazetted last week. The Mbhashe Marine Tilapia Incubator was…

The 333m-long supertanker Yuan Hua Hu ran into trouble near Port St Johns on the Eastern Cape coastline earlier this week while sailing from Singapore to Angola. Image: 123RF/ Zacarias Pereira Da Mata

Oil spill teams on standby as Chinese tanker runs into trouble on Wild Coast

Emergency rescue and oil spill response teams are on standby after a crippled Chinese crude oil tanker narrowly missed being wrecked on the Wild Coast because of engine problems. The 333m-long supertanker Yuan Hua Hu ran into trouble near…

A view of the beach from the cliffs along the Wild Coast in Transkei.Image: 123RF/LEON SWART

Three Eastern Cape teenage girls missing after swim

Three teenage girls are missing after going swimming at Cebe beach, near Centane, on Saturday afternoon. Police are investigating. Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said the girls had gone swimming at about 2pm on Saturday.…