Jeffreys Bay local Kai Woolf won the Junior Women’s title at the Jordy Smith Cape Town Surf Pro in solid 1.0 to 1.6 metre waves at Big Bay in Bloubergstrand on Saturday. For Woolf it was a fourth consecutive World Surf League (WSL) Junior Qualifying Series (JQS) victory this year, and just for good measure, […]
Solid investigation by a team of dedicated detectives from the South African Police in Joubertina ensured that 23 year old Benito Damons was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for house robbery and declared unfit to possess a firearm. The incident took place on 19 April 2018, when the accused entered a house in Wyekloof, Tweeriviere, […]
Kouga Municipality will expand its borehole programme in the new financial year as part of its efforts to secure water for residents amidst the ongoing drought. Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks told a Council meeting that the municipality had budgeted R1,5 million for the drilling of boreholes in the new financial year. “The drought could have […]
The Jeffreys Bay police are investing the death of a couple found shot to death in their home in Paradise Beach on Thursday morning (14 June 2018). The bodies of the married couple in their fifties were found in their home in Tunny Street. Both had gunshot wounds to the head. “Police officials confiscated a […]
Apply now for a stall at the inaugural Kouga Humansdorp Lentefees to be held from August 31 to September 1 at the Nico Malan High School. A total of 70 stalls are available. Exhibitors such as Williams Hunt Delta, Dirk Ellis Volkswagen and Nissan Eastern Cape have already secured their spot at the festival. A […]
Hankey and other parts of the Gamtoos Valley were without power last night as Eskom faced power supply problems due to striking workers. Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe confirmed in a tweet that there would be stage 1 load shedding, saying it would take place between 17:50 and 20:00. Phasiwe said load shedding was caused by […]
Efforts to fight the proliferation of illegal firearms in Humansdorp paid off today, 11 June 2018, at about 13:15,when a 17-year-old male was arrested with an unlicensed firearm (.38 special) and several rounds of ammunition. Police from Humansdorp were conducting routine patrols on Monday between Vaaldam and Gill Marcus, Humansdorp, when they received information from […]
Matt McGillivray (Jeffreys Bay), Cannelle Bulard (Reunion Island) and Eli Beukes (Kommetjie) took the Men’s, Women’s and Junior Men’s titles respectively at the 2018 Vans Surf Pro Classic in Lamberts Bay on Sunday. The final day produced incredible high-scoring encounters as YoYos delivered pumping 1.5 to 2 metre waves in clean offshore conditions and even […]
A wave hit a boat yesterday (12 June 2018) at around 10 am, causing it to capsize and throwing its two occupants into the ocean. The incident occurred about a nautical mile off the Kromme River. The two men (ages 40 and 46) were fishing when the wave hit their boat and they spend about […]
Cape St Francis is a special place. While the local community has grown over the years and the road has been tarred to reach the once isolated village, Cape St Francis is still rural and peaceful. Guarded by the iconic lighthouse, Cape St Francis is a magnet for photographers with local photographer Clive Wright taking […]
