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These are South Africa’s 44 blue flag beaches for 2017: Only Humewood Beach in Port Elizabeth and Grotto Beach in Hermanus have retained a place on the list since it first started in 2000.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

The terror of guns after uncle Errol’s murder: Still, as a young drama student at Rhodes, my friends and I went from Grahamstown to Port Elizabeth to collect money for Rag (reach out and give) – in other words, for charity. Young, healthy, firm, lovely students that we were, standing at traffic …
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Op-Ed: UDM 20-year anniversary – 2019 cannot come soon enough, says Holomisa: Coalition politics requires certain skills, to cope with the tensions that can easily arise – as we are now learning in Port Elizabeth. A lot of water has flown under this bridge, but last Sunday, before I left for Germany, DA leader Mmusi Maimane called …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Newborn baby’s body found dumped: The body of a newborn baby still attached to its umbilical cord was found dumped in Port Elizabeth yesterday. The body of the baby boy was found wrapped in a T-shirt in an open field near Aragon Road, Perridgevale. Delon Wentzel, 24, the resident who …
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2017 Ironman World Championship Preview: Pro Women’s Race: We’ll see if that plan means she’ll bike more aggressively (similar to what she did in Port Elizabeth) or if Kaisa will rely on her strong run. Susie had a great rookie pro year in 2015, taking sixth place at Kona. For most of 2016 she struggled with …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

2017 Ironman World Championship Preview: Pro Men’s Race: After a battle with Nils Frommhold for most of the run, he won IM South Africa again this year, running a 2:42 marathon and posting the first sub-8 finish in Port Elizabeth. He’ll come to Kona prepared to ride with the front group, stay with leaders in …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

SUP Surfing With Hundreds of Dolphins: A local paddler in South Africa’s Port Elizabeth region was lucky enough to capture that exact scenario when a mega-pod of dolphins showed up to catch a few waves. While that footage alone would be cool enough, it gets even better when he dips the camera …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

10 South African craft beers to try out this summer: This beer also a special story behind it. It was named after a homeless man who used to roam the streets in Port Elizabeth joyously singing. It’s said that regardless of how much people offered him, he only took two rands and nothing more. One day he …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

India to play South Africa Tests in Cape Town, Centurion, Johannesburg: The others will be played in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. The Twenty20 internationals will be staged in Johannesburg, Centurion and Cape Town. Details of an Indian women’s tour were also announced, with the last three of six …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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