Author: St Francis Chronicle

St Francis Chronicle is a monthly tabloid which has been printing monthly since March 2003 (except for six months during covid). We are an independent, small town monthly newspaper bringing you the latest news relevant to the St Francis area of the Eastern Cape , such as community news, our popular forthcoming events column for social and sport , plus reviews, and lovely photos - including those submitted by a few top photographers. Contact : stfrancischronicle@gmail.com

Fisherman chops off finger while cutting ice blocks (update 7 pm)

A 34 year-old Ceres fisherman completely amputated his left index finger with an ice chopping knife while cutting ice blocks … More

Brave, talented paddlers undeterred by friz weather

(By Bev Mortimer) There was big excitement with quite a few shivers at the start of Pam Golding’s Canal Winter … More

Stroke victim evacuated from chokka boat off JBay

NSRI St Francis Bay volunteer sea rescue crew evacuated a fisherman off a fishing boat five nautical miles off Jeffreys … More

ShowMe St Francis launches in St Francis Bay

The exciting new website ShowMe St Francis’ triumphed over the elements to have its first introductory launch in St Francis … More

Olympics TV screening South Africa: SABC TV 1-3 and combined programmes (added and updated 8 am)

 The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) as an Official Broadcaster of the 2012 London Olympic Games is broadcasting the Olympics … More

Forthcoming Event: Robert Kellerman live at Joe Fish!

Solo artist and song writer, Robert Kellerman, will be performing live at Joe Fish restaurant, Cape St. Francis Resort on … More

New Guinness World Record attempt of most surfers on same wave in September

This year’s  Guinness World Record for the ‘most surfers riding the same wave’  will attempt to break the record  of … More

SA Sports Minister at Commonwealth Meeting in London

LONDON – Minister of Sport and Recreation SA, Hon. Fikile Mbalula, has today attended the 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers meeting … More

Forthcoming Events – 26 July – 9 August (updated):

26 July: Tonight St Francis Bay Small Business Forum meets interested business people at St Francis Links  at 6 pm. … More

Humansdorp power problems today

Kouga Municpality says it is experiencing some problems with a transformer in Humansdorp.  Electricians are busy with repairs. It is … More

Latest Hankey water condition update

The Gamtoos Irrigation Board expects to finish up repairs to the canal pipeline tomorrow morning, so Hankey’s water should be … More