Poor black households carry majority of South Africa’s air pollution burden, indoor air-pollution a more serious threat than outdoor, according to the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) South Africans face two types of air pollution. The first is outdoor air pollution of the type created by power stations or large industrial producers. The IRR found […]
The new Ward Committee of Ward 2 (Pellsrus and Tokyo Sexwale) was elected on Monday evening. Overseeing the process were Kouga Speaker Horatio Hendricks (top left in the photograph), Director for Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation and Special Projects Thobeka Tom, who was also the Electoral Officer (centre) and Ward 2 Councillor Timothy Meleni (seated far […]
An entrepreneurial development training and mentoring programme for existing micro to small businesses, employing one to three employees, will be held from November 2016 to February 2018. The project is aimed at improving and streamlining small businesses in Humansdorp, Jeffreys Bay, St Francis Bay, Hankey and Patensie for future growth. The programme will consist of […]
Tourism is becoming a very important driver of economic growth, creating more and more jobs and business opportunities, especially in developing countries, says Tourism Minister Dereck Hanekom. Speaking at the World Tourism Day event held in the Free State, Minister Hanekom said last year, more than 1.2 billion people left their home countries to follow […]
SAA’s losses for the 2014/15 financial year was R5.6bn — close to R1bn more than the expected amount of R4.7bn. This emerged when the national carrier presented its 2014 to 2015 interim financial statements to parliament’s standing committee on finance on Tuesday. The national airline made a R 1.5 billion loss in the 2015/16 financial […]
Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear station will be taken offline for a planned refuelling outage, Eskom said on Monday. “Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear station will be taken offline for a planned refuelling outage after a safe record-setting continuous run of 474 days. “The refuelling outage takes just over a month and the […]
South Africa’s Matt McGillivray finished equal third in the Quiksilver Pro Casablanca in Morocco, a World Surf League (WSL) QS1,500 rated event that was co-sanctioned by the WSL Africa and WSL Europe regional offices. McGillivray, 19, from Jeffreys Bay, advanced through four rounds of competition before being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual runner-up Nelson […]
The Nuclear Deal is not only an environmental issue, it’s about another type of nuclear bomb. A bomb that will destruct the South African economy, ruining the future for generations to come. It’s clear that the South African Government is planning a nuclear bomb for South Africa’s economic future. Let’s unpack the nuclear deal. Energy […]
South Africa’s Jordy Smith claimed victory at the Hurley Pro in California on Wednesday, defeating Joel Parkinson in the final of Stop No 8 of 11 on the Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour in 3-4 foot waves at Lower Trestles. The win was Smith’s fifth on the Championship Tour (CT), his second […]
An American tourist was robbed of her wallet in Jeffreys Bay yesterday . Ms Rebecca Campbell is offering a reward of $ 100 (R 1 400) for the return of her United States passport and her green card, which were amongst other items that were stolen. She had parked her rental car at the BP […]
