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Given how the tracks in this study were formed impressions made on wet sand, followed by burial with new blowing sand it is a good method as we can be reasonably confident that the dating clock started at about the same time the trackway was created.The Cape south coast is a great place to apply optically stimulated luminescence.
Just over two decades ago, as the new millennium began, it seemed that tracks left by our ancient human ancestors dating back more than about 50,000 years were rare.
A quiet ransom exchange in the seclusion of East London's Nahoon Dam turned into a violent shootout as East London police foiled a hostage situation on Tuesday morning. One kidnapper was shot dead and a police officer was shot and injured on the scene. East London police tactical response units, including the Mdantsane flying squad and a team of hostage negotiators, responded when the family of a kidnapping victim was given instructions to make a ransom drop at an open field near Nahoon Da.
East London’s hopes of securing blue flag status for some of its beaches may be a distant dream if events over the Easter weekend are anything to go by.