The DA led Kouga Municipality handed out items worth more than R 600 000 to various community projects recently. Funding for these came from the Ward Development Fund and was budgeted for in the 2017/2018 financial year. The items included sports apparel for schools and clubs, upgrades of social amenities such as play parks and […]
Officials from the Kwazulu Natal provincial government will be visiting the scene of an ambush in Colenso in which 11 taxi drivers from Gauteng were killed on Satuday night. Kwazulu Natal police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker, said that the victims had attended a funeral near Greytown and had been returning home to Gauteng. “On the […]
The Gamtoos Valley towns of Hankey and Patensie face severe water shortages if good rains don’t fall in the catchment area of the Kouga Dam within the next few weeks. The level of the Kouga Dam, which is the main water source to both towns, dropped to an alarming 7,17 %. Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio […]
A South African National Parks (SANParks) field ranger was fatally shot on Thursday (19 July 2018) while tracking poachers in the Kruger National Park. According to reports, the field ranger and his colleagues made contact with a poaching group that they had been tracking, supported by the K9 unit. “It appears as they approached the […]
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane led over a thousand people on a march through Cape Town townships on Thursday. They urged the national government to deploy the army in crime-ridden communities. Dubbed the #SendTheArmyNow protest, they walked from Manenberg Police Station to Nyanga Police Station. Last year former Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula said that […]
The World Surf League (WSL) has announced that global surfing icon Bethany Hamilton from Hawaii will rejoin the lineup against the world’s best female surfers at the first-ever Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley. It was an easy choice for the WSL Commissioner’s Office to select the 28-year-old, Kauai-born surfer after her display of barrel […]
Search launched for suspects following a house robbery at a farm in Joubertina A 50-year-old caretaker and his 45-year-old wife were attacked in their home on Thursday evening , 19 July 2018 at about 19:00. They noticed someone had broken their bedroom window and had climbed through it. He was joined by three more suspects […]
More than 600 residents received the title deeds to their RDP houses at a Nelson Mandela Day event at Humansdorp on Wednesday, 18 July. The event was one of three activities hosted by Kouga Municipality in celebration of late President Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday. Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks said 631 title deeds were handed […]
The police are hunting for suspects involved in a house robbery at Thornhill (between Jeffreys Bay and Port Elizabeth). On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 at about 18:30, on the farm Doringkop, a husband and wife were watching television when three unknown males (wearing balaclavas and armed with knives) entered through the unlocked kitchen door and […]
The South African Reserve Bank has unanimously decided to keep the repurchase rate unchanged at 6.5 % per annum. This means that the prime lending rate stays at 10%. Making the announcement on Thursday, Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said that the policyis to remain accommodative and appropriate, given the current state of the economy. […]
