Kouga has become one of the first municipalities in South Africa to successfully switch over to the new municipal Standard Chart of Accounts (mSCOA) and achieve an unqualified audit while doing so. The good news was shared by Kouga Finance Portfolio Councillor Brenton Williams this week. “The switch-over to mSCOA was no easy task. Many […]
The NSRI are appealing to four teenagers, three males and a female, who have been captured on CCTV cameras, making off with an NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy that is now missing from its post at the Point in Jeffreys Bay. The incident took place at 21h45, Wednesday, 12th December. The four teenagers can be seen […]
Armed with a slew of ideas and a vision for the future of the Kouga Business Forum (KBF), the only female – and youngest – board member, is rolling up her sleeves to help bring the organisation to new heights. Passionate about her home town’s economic prospects, Leilani Coetsee, the recently appointed acting administrator for […]
Eight South African surfers have ended the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) ranked in the Top 100, improving on the five in 2017, three in 2016 and just two in 2015. The annual rankings are based on each surfer’s best five results after 64 events on all five continents and featuring a […]
Kouga will be home to top-class tennis action this December – seeing local, national and international players descending on the region. Cape St Francis and St Francis Bay will play home to high-profiled beach tennis games as part of the KIA Summer Slam beach tennis tour held by Tennis South Africa (TSA). Each event is […]
South Africans will be flocking to the coastal areas like Jeffreys Bay for the summer holidays. While a day at the beach is one of the ultimate pleasures while on holiday, there are dangers when going for a swim. Here are some safety tips: 1. Swim at beaches where and when lifeguards are on duty. […]
On Saturday, 8 December 2018, police closed two shebeens in Jeffreys Bay and fined the owners R 2 500 each for operating unlicensed liquor outlets. During the operation, four suspects were arrested for possession of illicit drugs. A similar police operation in Joubertina yielded positive results after three motorists were nabbed for drunk driving and […]
The results are in and 45 000 readers of the Telegraph have voted for Cape Town as being the best city in the world. The South African city pipped Tokyo and Vancouver to the top spot with its beaches, Table Mountain, the wine lands and access to nearby game farms all helping Cape Town win […]
A 31-year-old Walmer man appeared in the Port Elizabeth magistrates’ court on Friday 7 December 2018 on three separate charges of house robbery allegedly committed at the retirement village in Buffelsfontein Road during November 2018. Detectives from the Mount Road Cluster Trio Task Team arrested Thembelani Ntantiso on Wednesday at the PE magistrates’ court building […]
As Jeffreys Bay braces for another week of load shedding, the question has to be asked – what is the solution for the power crises facing South Africa? Surrounded by wind farms, it would seem to make perfect sense for the Kouga Municipality to purchase power directly from the wind farms. DA leader Mmusi Maimane […]