On 17 October 2019, the Speaker of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Cllr Buyelwa Mafaya, unlawfully postponed a special council meeting and an ordinary council meeting. This decision was ostensibly made on the strength of advice received from the South African Police Service (SAPS) regarding an imminent and real safety threat to all councillors. Cllr […]
Controlled burns are an essential component to a healthy ecology of an area, says Park Manager for the Garden Route National Park, Paddy Gordon. He was speaking after a successful burn was conducted by SANParks. The area burnt was about 23,3 hectares, located 5 km West of the Tsitsikamma tollgate and about 8km East of […]
A 34 year staff member was amongst those arrested by the South African Police for the murder of two elderly women at a retirement village in Port Elizabeth on 10 October 2019. The suspects entered the first room where they confronted Ms Agnes Elaine Burns, 91 years old. She was found on the bed with […]
Jeffreys Bay – The third review of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for the Kouga region will get under way this month. Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks said 13 public consultation meetings would be held across the region, starting on October 28. “The IDP is the municipality’s most important planning tool,” he said. “It captures […]
The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal continued in improved conditions with four-to-six foot surf and light winds to complete the Elimination Rounds as well as the men’s Round of 32 (Round 3) yesterday. 11X World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) put together one of the day’s standout performances to edge out Sebastian Zietz (HAW) in their Round […]
Kouga Municipality has placed second in the 2019 Eastern Cape Greenest Municipality Competition. Community Services Portfolio Councillor Daniel Benson and members of the municipality’s Waste & Environmental Management team received the award from the East Cape MEC for Environmental Affairs, Tourism and Finance, Mlungisi Mvoko, at a function in Hamburg yesterday. Benson said Kouga was […]
Jeffreys Bay – Police are investigating a case of house robbery after five armed men stormed into a farm house and attacked an elderly couple in Smithtown area outside Jeffreys Bay on Wednesday night (16 October 2019). At around 21:00, five men, at least one of them armed with a firearm and others with unknown […]
Without any prior warning, South Africa was hit with stage 2 loadshedding yesterday (16 October 2019) with the grim reality that the country is not producing enough power to cater for demand. Stage 2 loadshedding will continue today as 2000 MW needs to be shed to protect the national grid. “The supply constraint has come […]
The South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced three successful operations in the Kruger National Park (KNP), where six suspected poachers were arrested since the beginning of October 2019. During the operations, three heavy calibre hunting rifles were confiscated and the majority of suspects were arrested before shooting any animals. In the same period, there […]
The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal starts today October 16, and runs through October 28, 2019. As the second-to-last stop on the World Championship Tour, this competition can make or break 2019 World Title dreams and requalification hopes, in addition to qualification for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Carissa Moore (HAW), three-time WSL Champion, and Gabriel […]
