Mayor Elza Van Lingen passed away peacefully at her home yesterday after a long struggle with cancer. After overcoming the illness in 2009, it returned in 2016 just before the Municipal election, which was won by the DA in Kouga. Despite being on chemotherapy, Elza worked long hours as she was determined to turn the […]
Perspective matters. Recent provincial economic data published by Stats SA take on a fresh light when they’re ranked against other countries. Gauteng is South Africa’s economic powerhouse. The province contributed just over a third to South Africa’s economic output in 2016, according to provincial gross domestic product (GDP). In runner-up positions were KwaZulu-Natal and Western […]
A report from the Auditor General on the Department of Public Works’ Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has revealed that the program is riddled with poor administration and corruption that has seen payments being made to ghost workers, individuals without identity documents and a poor paper trail on payments made. “The DA will write to […]
Police are on the trail of the arsonists who set fire to a popular community facility at Humansdorp over the weekend. According to Community Services Portfolio Councillor Daniel Benson, the Humansdorp Country Club was broken into and set alight on Saturday night. The fire was reported to the Kouga Fire Department at 9:15pm. Vehicles were […]
South Africa should be alarmed by the six farm attacks which have occurred in the last 72 hours. Attacks on anyone who lives on or visits a farm – have increased once again. The attacks are carefully planned, and without exception include violence, and frequently torture of the most horrific kinds. Even children are mercilessly […]
A 21 year old female has disappeared in Sedgefield after going walking on the beach early yesterday evening. Marie Ostbo from Norway, (who studies in France and is on a tour of South Africa) arrived in Sedgefield with a group of young International student tourists on Wednesday, 18th April. At around 18h00 some of the […]
World Surfski Champion Jasper Mocke, is the new King of the Kromme for 2018. With a time of 1 hour 32 minutes and 10 seconds, Mocke crossed the 20km event finish line first at the annual Pam Golding King of the Kromme held at St Francis Bay on Easter weekend. Securing 12 months of bragging […]
The Margaret River Pro has been cancelled following the shark attacks on two surfers and aggressive shark behaviour in the area. The WSL cancelled the remainder of the Margaret River Pro, as a result of exceptional circumstances surrounding this season’s event regarding sharks and the safety of the surfers. On April 16th, two separate shark […]
The water supply to the whole of Jeffreys Bay will be shut off on Thursday (19 April). The shutdown, which was initially scheduled for Tuesday, is necessary to repair a leak in the main pipeline from the Churchill Dam. There will still be water in the pipes, so the supply will not stop immediately. The […]
The family of a missing 48-year-old triathlete from Gabon, David Bellet-Brissaud, has offered a R12 000 reward for any concrete evidence on his whereabouts. Bellet-Brissaud, who was in Port Elizabeth to compete in the Ironman event over the weekend, disappeared from the Paxton Hotel on the beachfront in the early hours of Friday morning. According […]