Early this morning off the St Francis Bay coastline a small whale was reported to have become entangled in a drogue parachute used to slow fishing trawlers. By the time the NSRI boat… Continue reading →

Well known Bob Meikle , a former NSRI station commander in St Francis Bay, this morning had his beard that he has sported for the past 20 years, shaved off for Cansa. An enthusiastic… Continue reading →

A big crowd packed Super Spar St Francis Bay this morning to watch and cheer on the chosen entrants in the successful St Francis College trolley dash fundraiser.  The winner was Keith Vermeulen (left)… Continue reading →

Most St Francis Bay residents are celebrating tonight as the temporary bridge for vehicular traffic over the SandRiver  was completed around 6 pm tonight. But I hear some are actually drowning their sorrows as… Continue reading →

The yacht Gulliver, owned by Greg West from St Francis Bay and abandoned at sea in a sea rescue operation last month, has been found washed up on the shores an Eerste Rivier farm.… Continue reading →

The bypass is on track and should be open to vehicles from about 1pm tomorrow, the Kouga Municipality has annnounced in a late afternoon press release.  The municipality and the Department of Roads… Continue reading →

According to a foreman at the construction site at the broken Sand River bridge, a new double lane bridge has been built on the Links side of the old bridge. Speaking in an… Continue reading →

  The latest news is that they are taking longer to build a one lane bridge across the Sand River than initially anticipated… so St Francis Bay residents are marooned here for another… Continue reading →

Impatient and iritable motorists are attempting to drive their vehicles over the footbridge that was created last night over the Sand River to help workers get to to and from work – instead of… Continue reading →

 A bypass is going to be built to allow vehicles access to/from St Francis. According to the municpality it is hoped the bypass will be completed by tomorrow at the latest. The municipality… Continue reading →