A monthly tabloid, community newspaper for St Francis and environs in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
A Nigerian was arrested in the seaside town of Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape yesterday on a charge of dealing in drugs and for allegedly being in possession of 1830 full Boss mandrax tablets, 3 half mandrax tablets, 13.52 grams of Tik and cash valued at R113 370. on Thursday last week.
Fun and laughter at FOSTER Jol
A lovely evening was held for the FOSTER Jol last night at the Resort, the annual fundraiser for this nature conservation group that is custodian of the pristine Cape St Francis Reserves with their natural flora and wildlife.
Grandmother hiding under mattress perishes in PE fire. A 62 year-old grandmother desperately tried to escape raging flames by hiding under a mattress when her home in Timothy Valley in Gqeberha (aka Port Elizabeth/PE) area, became engulfed in flames.
A senior St Francis lady had her car hijacked by two men, who made off with her vehicle yesterday afternoon at 4 pm.
Two women and two men fatally shot in Constantia house
Gift of the Givers to the rescue of Hankey residents
Pair arrested in possession of R800k worth of gold-bearing material at illegal gold refinery
Seven suspected rhino poachers, including two prison escapees, arrested in EC this past weekend
Three men in the Northern Cape province of South Africa were arrested yesterday immediately after selling an uncut diamond for R120 00 to a buyer on Thursday this week.
Kidnapping, hijacking, murder, and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition led to a 195-year jail sentence in the Kuruman Magistrate Court in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, yesterday.
Residents in the parts of Hankey area are fed up because they say they are “swimming in human waste” following the past week of rains that caused dam levels of water to form in some Centerton suburb streets, dams that have floating faecal stools flowing from a nearby sewerage dam.
SA power system is severely constrained with a high risk of increased stages of load-shedding in winter – Eskom statement
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