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Mike Loewe produces local climate and environment page Off Track for the Daily Dispatch. He is also a lifestyle columnist

Community members gather together a police forensics come on the scene of the fatal shark attack that claimed the life of swimmer Janine Lochrenberg, on Tuesday morning at Orient Beach in KuGompo City.
SHARK ATTACKS
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SHARK ATTACK: Horrified onlookers describe Orient Beach shark attack

A 65-year-old retired nuclear physicist, Janine Lochrenberg, has died after being attacked by a shark while swimming with a group off Orient Beach.

  • Mike Loewe
  • Mpumzi Mshweshwe
  • Banathi Gungqisa
Dr Shiksha Gallow and husband Wayne of Gonubie celebrate her third and toughest doctorate.
MEDICAL CANNABIS

EC’s medical cannabis prostate cancer research knocks on global doors

Pioneering South African researcher Dr Shiksha Gallow's study reveals that combining medicinal cannabis with chemotherapy led to a 63% rate of remission or tumor reduction in advanced prostate cancer patients.

  • Mike Loewe
Doodsklip in the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve. Picture:
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‘The province’s greatest natural asset is in real danger’

The Eastern Cape’s network of nature reserves is under growing strain.

  • Guy Rogers
  • Mike Loewe