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South Africa is set to have its strongest representation yet at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with 130 of the country's filmmakers registered for the event, and the National Film and Video Foundation gearing up to showcase 20 local projects.

Walking off with two awards, Otelo Burning was one of a number of South African films that won nine awards in total at the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Awards in Lagos, Nigeria.
• e'Lollipop sequel soon for SA

South African teenager Bianca Buitendag posted a massive score of 16.65 out of a possible 20 in the final to win the women's event in the CHIKO Pro Junior surf event in Newcastle, Australia on Sunday.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape is working on improving safety for all beach users and, in doing so, creating a safer environment for the elusive, shore-loving humpback dolphin.
• Centre for the protection of penguins

The Mr Price Pro Ballito will host the world's finest surfers in the wave-rich South African holiday town through 2014, thanks to a three-year deal inked between KwaDukuza municipality and world surfing's governing body, ASP International.

Through the Sea Pledge programme, now promoting marine and environment conservation across South Africa, citizens are encouraged to preserve not only the country's coastal waters and sea creatures, but its entire wealth of natural heritage.
• Research centre for African oceans

Twenty-five-year old Californian Patrick Gudauskas joined his brother Tanner as a Mr Price Pro Ballito champion when he lifted the title at Durban's Surfers Beach on the weekend to earn his first ASP Prime title.

Blessed with a beautiful coastline almost 3 000 kilometres long, South Africa is a watersports playground - and in 2010 the country's watersport athletes shone in a variety of disciplines. Brad Morgan looks back on the year.

The popular and environmentally important Soetwater resort on the Cape peninsula has become the Western Cape province’s newest coastal conservancy.
• South Africa protects its oceans

American Tanner Gudauskas celebrated the biggest victory of his professional surfing career by winning the six-star-rated Mr Price Pro Ballito near Durban on Sunday.