St Francis Chronicle October 2016 print edition is now online

St Francis Chronicle October 2016 print edition is now online.   This free, community, print newspaper for St Francis, Kouga and Port Elizabeth readers has been placed online for the benefit of those readers living around Southern Africa or across the globe, who have holiday homes in St Francis, or who have family or friends here….

‘For Sale’ signs banned outside St Francis Bay properties

By Bev Mortimer Estate agency ‘For Sale’ boards are now banned from being erected in St Francis Bay outside those houses or properties that are on the market. The only exception is when there is a “Show House’, as only then can an agent erect a board outside a property during the hours of the…

NSRI JBay rescues ill fisherman offshore St Francis Bay

arly this morning NSRI Jeffreys Bay assisted in transporting  a critically ill fisherman on board a boat offshore and taking him to St Francis Bay’s private port. The 37 year-old Port  Elizabeth fisherman was suffering chest pains from a suspected heart attack . He was transported from the fishing boat, Umfana, and taken to the port,…

Icy cold front, floods expected in Western and Eastern Cape

Big sea swells, storm conditions, strong gale force winds, rain, possibly snow and floods are expected as the Western and Eastern Cape brace for an icy  cold front. The NSRI has warned boaters, paddlers, bathers and anglers to be cautious around the sea and coastline, plus on inland water ways following numerous weather and flood predictions…