An inconsolable wife held the hand of a family member as she emerged from the reeds at the Van der Kemps Kloof nature reserve after she was given the daunting task of identifying the body of her murdered husband on Wednesday afternoon.
When former Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Helga van Staaden fell out of the political race, she turned her attention to gardening and now her green fingers are in demand.
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s environmental education unit unveiled its Grootkloof vegetable seedling nursery, flagged its school sustainable gardening programme and celebrated World Arbor Month on Wednesday.