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A monthly tabloid, community newspaper for St Francis and environs in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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Month: July 2011

“We wanted to stay marooned!”

Most St Francis Bay residents are celebrating tonight as the temporary bridge for vehicular traffic over the SandRiver  was completed … More

Greg’s yacht Gulliver has been found

The yacht Gulliver, owned by Greg West from St Francis Bay and abandoned at sea in a sea rescue operation … More

Sand River: latest update says bridge only open tomorrow 1 pm

The bypass is on track and should be open to vehicles from about 1pm tomorrow, the Kouga Municipality has annnounced … More

New bridge across the Sand to be competed this evening

According to a foreman at the construction site at the broken Sand River bridge, a new double lane bridge has … More

Latest updates on Sand River bridge

  The latest news is that they are taking longer to build a one lane bridge across the Sand River … More

Impatient motorists try to drive vehicles on footbridge

Impatient and iritable motorists are attempting to drive their vehicles over the footbridge that was created last night over the … More

Latest update on fixing of the bridge

 A bypass is going to be built to allow vehicles access to/from St Francis. According to the municpality it is … More

Foot crossing now built across the Sand River

  There is now a foot crossing acros the Sand River, built by volunteers and under the supervision of the … More

The floods by Jeff Clause

For the past 8 weeks, water has been accumulating in the Sand River catchments above the Sand River Bridge towards … More

Back to using borehole water as Churchill pipe breaks

St Francis is now using borehole water again after a section of the main water line from the Churchill Dam … More

Motorists stranded as Sand River bridge is demolished

It looks like a tsunami coming!” These words were spoken by one of the disaster management team as he looked … More

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Stormwater damage to Main beach dune wall

Inadequate storm water drainage at St Francis Bay’s main beach caused flood waters  from the recent rains to gauge a … More

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