Top SA surfers to hit JBay waves for Hurley SA Junior Champs

South Africa’s top young surfers will be flocking to  Jeffreys Bay next month to compete for prestigious team and individual national titles in the annual Hurley SA Junior Champs. And some of Eastern Province’s top surfers will be there, including 2011 finalists Tahra Uhren, Kai Woolf, Matt McGillivray (U15 boys) and Jose Faulkner (U13 boys),…

SABC crew tour flood areas today

Following the recent disaster in Santareme, municipal authorities requested Nigel Aitken of the St Francis Bay Residents Association to take the camera team of SABC on a tour of the affected areas as well as viewing the large ‘dam’ which is causing a certain amount of concern.  This news clip will appear on SABC 2…

St Francis photographer a victim of the flash flood

Photographer Simon Edwards of St Francis Bay became a victim of the flash flood that almost wiped out lower Santareme on Saturday morning. He was busy snapping photos and stepped backwards into a deep hole in the road. In trying to save his camera he quickly stretched out his arm and dislocated his shoulder. He…