Winter is approaching and will bring the big waves that have made Jeffreys Bay and St Francis Bay famous. It was in the 1960’s that surfers first discovered Bruce’s Beauties and subsequently Supertubes, which is now regarded as the worlds best wave and hosts the Corona Open JBay – the only world championship tour event […]
The inaugural Open 4’s JBay Winterfest Bowls Tournament is set to roll off at the Jeffreys Bay Bowling Club (JBBC) from July 4 to 7 this year – forming part of the action-packed JBay Winterfest 2019. Sponsored by Investec and Trink, the four-day event, that will see 36 teams from across South Africa battling it […]
Tons of sand are set to be removed from the beach between Aston Bay and Paradise Beach over the next three weeks to open the mouth of the Seekoei estuary at Jeffreys Bay. The artificial breaching of the estuary mouth got under way on Monday (13 May) after authorisation was received from the East Cape […]
The Humansdorp Police made a significant drug bust in the town yesterday morning (16 May 2019). At around 6 am the Police, in possession of a search warrant, raided a house in Bureau Street, Humansdorp. Calif, a patrol and narcotics dog, positively traced drugs stashed in several compartments inside the house. Police had to demolish […]
Kouga Municipality is helping to keep South Africans healthy by nurturing the next generation of Environmental Health practitioners. Twenty third-year students and their lecturers from Nelson Mandela Bay University are in the Kouga region this week to learn more about the day-to-day operations of the municipality’s Environmental Health section. Kouga Community Services Portfolio Councillor Daniel […]
The international surfing contingent is currently competing overseas – in Indonesia and Australia – but will be on our shores next month to start competing on the South African professional surfing leg. The first event is the Qualifying Series (QS) event – the Ballito Pro – has 10,000 points for the win, and will be […]
Oyster Bay is one of the undiscovered gems in the Kouga with its endless beaches and close access to nearby towns like St Francis Bay and Humansdorp. This part of the Eastern Cape has an extremely diverse coastal and marine life caused mainly by being a transition zone between cold and warm sea currents. As […]
The Kromme-Geelhout Protected Environment is a new Protected Area that was recently declared near St Francis Bay. The Greater Kromme Stewardship (GKS) initiative is a partnership between the WWF Table Mountain Fund, the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency and a number of private landowners. The Kromme-Geelhout Protected Environment lies on the peninsula where the Kromme […]
The breaching of the Seekoei estuary mouth at Paradise Beach got under way yesterday morning in Jeffreys Bay. It is expected that it will take at least three weeks to remove enough sand for the estuary mouth to be opened, with a 50m x 500m trench set to be excavated. The excavation site, as well […]
Twelve years after much-needed upgrades were first approved, the Humansdorp Magistrate’s Court is set to receive a facelift in the near future – making it safer and more user-friendly. The multi-million Rand project, to be implemented over a period of 30 months, is expected to start in the second half of this year and reach […]