Price: R 905 000 This is a beautifully maintained, sunny, top floor apartment overlooking the canals at Marina Martinique. The La Caribe apartment has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and an open plan kitchen and living area. It is perfect for a young family, holiday makers or someone wanting to be able to lock up and […]
The Aston Bay road is about to undergo a transformation. Work started this week on a joint project that will help to safeguard motorists and pedestrians while also beautifying the area and putting in place extra recreational facilities for the surrounding communities. Kouga Speaker Hattingh Bornman said the project was inspired by growing concern about […]
On 21 March 1960, a large group of South Africans gathered in Sharpeville, near Johannesburg, to protest against the Pass laws, which required all indigenous Africans over the age of 16 to carry a passbook everywhere they went. This practice served to severely restrict and control travel, dictating when, where and for how long black […]
UP to two tons of plastic pellets will make its way from Scotland to Jeffreys Bay over the next few weeks for the construction of the first “plastic” road in Africa. Gareth Nel, from MacRebur South Africa, said civil contractors were currently calculating how much asphalt would be needed to rebuild Koraal Street at Jeffreys […]
“An area where we are particularly proud of the progress we have made, is waste management and cleansing.” So said Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks in his State of the Municipality Address held recently. He said both landfill sites at Humansdorp and Hankey had been given a thorough clean up while drop-off zones had been […]
The Ballito Pro, the world’s longest running professional surfing event, has welcomes global wetsuit and apparel giant O’Neill as the new presenting sponsor of the event. The Ballito Pro presented by O’Neill will again be a key event on the World Surf League (WSL) schedule, showcasing the best juniors, women and men in the surf […]
St Francis Bay has developed into a thriving coastal town that is slowly regaining its reputation as a premier holiday and lifestyle destination in South Africa. The local population has also increased over the years and the town is now home to thousands of people. It is not difficult to understand why South Africans and […]
It was a tough negotiation, but Eskom has finally agreed to make R4-million available to Kouga Municipality for the electrification of Stofwolk at Hankey. “Hankey and Patensie have proven problematic when it comes to electrification projects because these towns, as well as Loerie, receive electricity directly from Eskom, limiting what the municipality can do,” Executive […]
South Africans are reeling under power cuts as Eskom desperately attempts to prevent grid shutdown by implementing stage 4 load shedding. Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, met with Eskom yesterday and was told that power supply shortages have been caused by problems with coal supply and the quality of coal provided to Eskom. Low […]
The Kouga region must break free from its reliance on the official storage dams if water security is to be achieved, said Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks in his recent State of the Municipality Address. Hendricks said attaining water security for all communities was the biggest challenge currently facing the municipality. “The Kouga region has been […]
