By Bev Mortimer The Jeffreys Bay police are investigating a case of arson in respect of the fire that destroyed a Billabong warehouse in Da Gama Road between around midnight on 28 June and the early hours of 29 June. Firemen were still at the scene trying to extinguish the last remnants of the blaze at 5 am…
Month: June 2016
Metro’s Mayor Danny gets support from Rastas
The Rastafarian Community of Nelson Mandela Bay, has pledged its unconditional support towards the municipality initiatives to combat crime, drugs and gangsterism in the Northern Areas and Township communities. The Council Chairman, Jerome Brown, met with Executive Mayor Danny Jordaan and Council Speaker Maria Hermans to also appeal for land for a church to be constructedfor…
Big fire destroys JBay warehouse
Updated 3 pm Updated at 9.10 am By Bev Mortimer A huge fire consumed a big warehouse in Da Ga Road in the vicinity of Billabong Village last night, 28 June. Firemen were unable to contain the blaze that was out of control and the entire building was destroyed. The G4S security guard in the…
No electricity this Sunday, 3 July
There will be no electricity in the whole of Kouga this Sunday,,3 July from 5 am to 7 pn, The alternative date has been moved to 17 July so as to accommodate the Winterfest. Kouga Municipality says this is thanks to Eskom that is willing to plan around this big tourism event that is of immense…
CSF lighthouse climber in hospital
A man who decided to climb the Cape St Francis Lighthouse landed up in hospital on the weekend. The man believed to be in his 30s and from Port Elizabeth (name withheld) apparently climbed up the Seal Point lighthouse in the early hours of yesterday morning, 26 June. He fell and it was suspected that…
Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker charges monstrous waves to victory
South Africa’s Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker claimed victory today at the Puerto Escondido Challenge, besting a field of 24 of the world’s best big wave surfers in towering 20-to-35 foot surf off the coast of Mainland Mexico’s Puerto Escondido. The first event of the 2016/17 World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Tour (BWT), the Puerto Escondido Challenge,…
Monster waves at ‘Big Wave’ Challenge in Mexico – see video
Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker in Semi-Finals of this event – See video of monstrous waves and wipe-outs – link is below South Africa’s Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker was placed second in his Round 1 heat of the the ‘Big Wave’ Puerto Escondido Challenge in Mexico yesterday, 25 June. Held in monstrous 10 metre (30-foot-plus) unruly…
Shark attack at Ryspunt, Western Cape
A 43 year-old man was attacked and bitten by a suspected White shark off-shore of Arniston in the Western Cape this morning, 23 June. The man from Bettys Bay suffered multiple lacerations and bite marks to his left leg and thigh, plus an avulsion injury to his left leg and thigh and lacerations to his…
Body of baby recovered from Sea Vista garden
A body of a baby was recovered from a grave in a back garden of a Sea Vista property this morning, 23 June by St Francis Bay police, The police acted following a tip off from a family member in this St Francis Bay suburb. An inquest into the death of a child is being…
JBay security vehicle petrol-bombed – R5000 reward
By Bev Mortimer A security vehicle was petrol-bombed in Jeffreys Bay last week. And KB Special Eye Security has offered a R5000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of a suspect. Photo showning burnt car. Photo supplied. Captain Gerda Swart of the Uitenhage SAPS, under which Kouga falls for media reports, said…
Tyres burnt, taxi strike in Oceanview – update
Violence flared up in Oceanview, Jeffreys Bay, early this morning. Tyres were allegedly brunt and there was a taxi strike . Police are on the scene and monitoring the situation. Captain Gerda Swart of the Uitenhage SAPS, under which Kouga falls for media reports, said community members were allegedly closing roads with burning tyres in Oceanview this morning. …
Sunday electricity cut-off postponed
The power will not be shut down this coming Sunday, 26 June, in the Kouga Municipality area! The municipality announced today, 22 June, that the shutdown is now scheduled for next Sunday, 3 July, from 5 am to 7 pm, with 10 July as the alternative date in the event of inclement weather.
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