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The latest E coli readings for several Durban beaches, published by water treatment specialist company Talbot, reflects a vast improvement in the beach water  (Peter Titmuss/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Durban paddlers, lawyers take on eThekwini metro over sewage crisis

The Northern wastewater treatment works disgorges sewage into the Umgeni River, which flows into the sea at Durban, polluting the city’s popular beaches

Beach bans were forced by the government during South Africa’s lockdowns. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

It’s safe to open the beaches, says UPL after chemical spill in July riots

Agrochemical producer UPL said it has paid R250-million in chemical spill clean-up

Benguela, the second-oldest Portuguese-founded city in Angola, has existed since 1617 and is in the western part of the country.  (Walter Fernandes)

Welcome to Benguela, Angola’s top holiday destination

Benguela exists in the country’s collective psyche in a way no other city does. It’s a place that’s inspired poets, musicians, writers and artists

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

South Africa to remain on level one: Do’s and don’ts for the long weekend

Aside from slight tweaks to alcohol regulations and measures on religious gatherings, not much has changed as South Africans prepare for the long weekend

Buggy sucks up nasty nurdles on beaches

Four friends who spent their spare time diving saw the bigger picture and started an organisation to defend the blue

Clifton’s second beach. (David Harrison/M&G)

Sun over beach? Better behave, says Cape

Rate-payer interest groups say certain provisions on protecting the coastal environment are welcomed. But they also describe other proposals

(Mary-Ann Palmer/Gallo Images)

Seaside sketches: Margate’s pounding waves belie its languid tide

The town’s prosaic edge has been worn down over time by a carefree, sometimes careless ocean breeze.

Durban beaches fall short on quality

Durban beaches fall short on quality

Eighty percent of Durban beach water that was tested during the past year did not meet South African water standards according to a new report.

Jamaican police left stranded after thieves steal a beach

Thieves in Jamaica have embarrassed police and triggered a political row by stealing a beach — and making a clean getaway.