Huge waves are expected in Jeffreys Bay tomorrow as the last of the winter storms will deliver swell from Cape Town to the worlds best wave – Supertubes. Both Wavescape and Magic Seaweed are calling for surf of 10 foot plus on Saturday, with Jeffreys Bay receiving the lions share of the action. Local surf […]
Mathematics under performance is a concern in South Africa, as reported by the current Minister of Education Naledi Pandor, who released evidence that only 35% of children in South Africa could read, write and count. In an attempt to help improve numeracy understanding at foundation phase and to create a critical awareness of how mathematics […]
Annica Bentley represented Global Leadership Academy in the SANESA Inter-schools horse riding competition recently and galloped away with several awards. Due of her outstanding performances throughout the year, she received the following awards for her respective discipline – Three Phase Eventing. At the recent Eastern Cape Awards Evening she received overall third place on her […]
Do you love fresh, local seafood and hanging out with friends and family? If the answer is yes, than make sure not to miss the Calamari Festival, organised by St Francis Tourism, in St Francis Bay on 22 September 2018. My Kitchen Rules celebrity chefs, Lani and Louzel, will be the star attraction at the […]
The Kouga region has a new water mascot and we need residents’ help to pick the perfect name for this cute blue drop. The winning name will be announced at the opening of the Kia Makietie Jeffreysbaai on September 21, with the person who suggested the name receiving a special invite to the opening, a […]
The levels of Kouga’s supply dams have increased dramatically following the recent rain, but it is unlikely that water restrictions will be lifted in the near future. “Early indications are that the Department of Water and Sanitation does not yet want to relax the restrictions that they have placed on extraction from the dams,” Kouga […]
There is a system lingering off the Western Cape that is already bringing some light rain to Cape Town and the South Western parts of the province. Snow is expected to start during the early hours of tomorrow morning (18 September 2018) and is expected on almost all the high peaks. Initially snow is expected […]
The Jeffreys Bay Community Police Forum (CPF) is set to meet at the Ethemba Church Hall in Rolihlana Mandela Road in Jeffreys Bay at 18:00 on Tuesday, September 18 (tomorrow). The CPF is a legislated body. It operates under the Police Act of 1995 which says that each police station in South Africa must have […]
The recent rains brought relief to the drought situation in the Jeffreys Bay region with the Kouga Dam now at 44 %. The dam was at 6 % of capacity before the rains. Kouga Dam supplies the towns of Hankey and Patensie with water. According to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality the total combined capacity […]
Rumours have been swirling around that a child from Jeffreys Bay Primary School was abducted. The headmaster of JBay Primary has confirmed that this is false information and that no child from the school has been kidnapped. “After speaking at length to the Jeffreys Bay Police, checking our school attendance register, confirming the validity of […]