Quick-thinking Gqeberha beachgoers averted a potential tragedy after a motorboat flipped near the Swartkops Estuary mouth and one of two fishermen was washed out to sea.
Valiant groups of volunteers braved the gale-force wind and raging spring high tide at the weekend to collect dozens of bags of rubbish along the Gqeberha coastline as part of the International Coastal Cleanup, which today involves 150 countries worldwide.
Bayworld marine biologist Dr Greg Hofmeyr has called for boat crews to keep a lookout for marine mammals after a dolphin, apparently killed by a speeding vessel, washed up at Bluewater Bay at the weekend.