There will be several opportunities for local artists to take to the stage at the first JBay Makiti, set to take place from September 20 to 22 at the Jeffreys Bay Caravan Park. “If you are a proud Kouga artist and wish to be part of the Makiti line-up, the organi-sers would like to hear […]
Price: R 780 000 This apartment is a rare gem at Marina Martinique – an exclusive estate situated on the outskirts of Jeffreys Bay. Units in this block of apartments rarely come on the market and this particular one is priced to sell quickly. With views of the main canal, the apartment is a perfect […]
A second Kouga town is in the running for the coveted Kwêla Town of the Year title. Patensie was named the winner of the East Cape round of the annual competition on Kyknet’s Kwêla on Sunday. The Gamtoos Valley town beat two of the province’s well-known seaside towns, Port Alfred and Kenton-on-Sea, to claim the regional title. […]
Energy minister Jeff Radebe praised the renewable energy sector’s contribution to socio-economic development as he officially opened the doors to a custom-built R4-million library for residents of the impoverished Sea Vista community in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday. Radebe was invited as a guest of Kouga Wind Farm, which provided the funds to construct the […]
The Rotary Satellite Club of St Francis Bay will hold a wine auction at Cape St Francis Resort on Saturday, April 20 – a first for the club. Some 50 lots of wine sourced from well-known cellars and boutique cellars will be auctioned by guest auctioneer Jeff Clause from St Francis Links. A custom built […]
The Automobile Association has announced that local motorists can expect another huge fuel price increase in May. “Strong international fuel prices have raised the spectre of an unwelcome fuel price hike for petrol users at the end of April,” the AA said. It was commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy […]
Winter is approaching and the aloes will start blooming along the Jeffreys Bay coastline. The cold fronts will start to batter the shores of South Africa, bringing the waves that have drawn surfers to the magical lines of Supertubes for decades. Surfers from all over the world will soon be flocking to Jeffreys Bay to […]
An emergency application is due to be submitted to the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) for the breaching of the Seekoei estuary mouth at Paradise Beach, Jeffreys Bay. The water level of the estuary has dropped to such an extent that fish have been dying in numbers. “The water in the […]
Almost 50 Grade 7 learners from Sea Vista Primary became the first honorary ambassadors for the Keep Kouga Clean campaign last week. The learners were officially sworn in by Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks at a fun-filled ceremony, after which they put their oaths into action by cleaning up a section of the informal settlement […]
The communities of Hankey and Patensie are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the review of their annual water allocation by the national Department of Water and Sanitation. Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks said the water allocation to the towns was drastically cut by the national Department in 2018 due to the prolonged drought. “The Kouga […]