(Article edited by Bev Mortimer) A 25 year-old man was shot dead outside his front door in Goeda Street, Humansdorp, two days ago. The SAPS says the deceased Macvin Magielies was at home on 7 August at about 10.50 pm when he heard someone fiddling with the door of a vehicle parked outside the kitchen…
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Humansdorp teenager shot to death this morning
Edited By Bev Mortimer A 15-year old teenager, Antonio Botha was shot and killed in the early hour of this morning, 20 July in Gill Marcus area, Humansdorp. The SAPS says the incident happened at about 2 am when it is alleged that someone fired several shots at the youth who had apparently been standing…
Humansdorp liquor store burnt down in fire
Tops liquor store was burnt down last night, 20 October, but the main retail Spar store alongside, although damaged, was saved by firemen. The fire is believed to have started in a storeroom above Tops at around 11 pm last night but the cause is unknown and investigations are underway. Although the inside of…
R97.27-m for JBay, Humansdorp RDP houses
The East Cape Department of Human Settlements has appointed contractors to build 1 500 RDP houses at Ocean View, Jeffreys Bay, and 391 RDP houses at Kruisfontein, Humansdorp. In efforts to unblock human settlements delivery to Kouga residents, the Department has spent R 97,27 million to upgrade the bulk infrastructure in Humansdorp and Jeffrey’s Bay…
News Flash!! News Flash!! Land-lines go dead in Kouga today
Most land-lines in the Kouga area of the Eastern Cape – from Hankey, Jeffreys Bay, Humansdorp, St Francis Bay and Cape St Francis – are not working, or working intermittently today. It is believed there could be a fault with or perhaps theft of optic fibre. Land-line phone owners were not able to receive calls…
News Flash!! News Flash!! JBay road from Gamtoos closed owing to fire
The R102 between Mondplaas (the Gamtoos bridge) and Jeffreys Bay has been closed to traffic due to a massive veld fire raging between the N2 and R102 towards the sea. The N2 was closed earlier today but has been opened for traffic again. Fire-fighters from Jeffreys Bay, Humansdorp, Hankey and St Francis are fighting the…
Humansdorp rapist gets 8 years
A 21 year-old Humansdorp man was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment for raping a 20 year-old woman in 2011. Johan Kettledas was sentenced at the Humansdorp Magistrates’ Court earlier this month for the crime he committed on 11 July 2011 in Gill Marcus, Humansdorp. According to a media statement from Corporate Communication, SAP Uitenhage and Humansdorp,…
Exchange students set for Christmas holiday in Germany
Four high school pupils from Humansdorp can hardly wait to wing their way to Germany after being chosen by Rotary Jeffreys Bay as Exchange students. Chante´ du Plessis, Micheala Japhta, Habre´-Ann Krige and Lene´ Prinsloo will fly off at the end of November for a six week cultural exchange that will see them spending Christmas and…
Motorists stranded as Sand River bridge is demolished
It looks like a tsunami coming!” These words were spoken by one of the disaster management team as he looked towards St Francis Links Golf course from the top of a hill. And the force of water may well have equalled that of a tsunami since it broke the Sand River bridgeacross the R330 on the…
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