Isolated showers and rain are expected all along the coast, with the West Coast receiving rain in the morning and the East Coast in the evening on Saturday. Gale force north-westerly winds (65 to 75km/h) are expected along the coastal regions between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas, as well as in the Karoo Hoogland of […]
Former SA bowling champ celebrates 100th birthday in Pretoria
A former South African bowling champion, who was once awarded “best-dressed man in Trafalgar Square”, recently celebrated his 100th birthday in the east of Pretoria. Willem Hendrik Rademeyer was born on 4 June 1919 in Cradock. He was one of seven children, with only one sister still alive, who celebrates her 97th birthday in 2019. […]
Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for all South African provinces, 5 June 2019
Weather data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here. Warnings: Gale force W to SW wind of 60-75km/h is expected along the coastal regions between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay early morning spreading to Cannon Rocks by afternoon. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over […]
Eskom pulls the plug on Inxuba Yethemba Municipality
Eskom has held true to its warning and cut off all bulk power supply to the Eastern Cape’s Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality for failure to service its mounting debt. This only adds to the growing list of problems faced by the municipality. Dubbed the worst place to live in South Africa, Cradock and Middleburg, will […]
Brrrrrr! Cold snap drops temperatures below freezing and the weekend will be much the same
South Africans woke up on Friday to icy temperatures that dipped well below zero in some parts. South African Weather Service forecaster Mbhavi Maliage said a high pressure system‚ which brought cold air into the country‚ had affected most areas. She said the system started affecting the Western Cape on Thursday. “It moved to the […]
Lusanelle selected for PE rugby team
Rowallan Park Primary Grade 7 learner, Lusanelle Mbenga (13), has been selected for the PE rugby team that will take part at the U/13 sub-union tournament in Cradock from June 13 to 15. Mbenga has been chosen to play wing and has scored 20 tries so far this season. Photo:SUPPLIED Multimedia · User […]
Afrikaans singer dies in car accident
2019-06-09 15:17 Cape Town – Afrikaans singer Jacques de Coning died in a car accident on Sunday morning in the Eastern Cape. Netwerk24 first reported the singer’s death on Sunday afternoon, citing a car accident on the R72 between Kenton-on-Sea and Alexandria at around 10:30. His son, Basil, died five years ago in a car […]
Bay deploys ambassadors to look after revived heritage sites
The Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s economic development and tourism department is pushing to restore the city’s heritage sites to their former glory after employing 94 new tourism ambassadors to man the sites. This follows an outcry from tour operators who had resorted to either cancelling or shortening some of their planned tours. The sites, which […]
WATCH: Snow falls on Swartberg Pass, as cold snap hits Western Cape
Central parts of the Western Cape experienced the first snowfall of the season on Thursday morning, following a cold front. Video captured by Craig Geldenhuys shows the mountainside at the Swartberg Pass covered in snow. The SA Weather Service has issued an alert for damaging winds in parts of the Northern Cape over the weekend. […]
Opinion: Our national anthem is far from all-embracing
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Tuesday’s weather: Most of South Africa will be fine and cool
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Central Karoo of the Western Cape, central parts of the Northern Cape as well as the north-western parts of the Eastern Cape. Forecasts as provided by the SA Weather Service. The weather in your province It will be fine and cool in Gauteng. The expected UVB […]
R17 million Cradock drugs bust
A routine check led to the confiscation of drugs with the street value of R17.4 million when police stopped and searched two vehicles outside Cradock at the weekend. The mandrax tablets and dagga were thought to be destined for Port Elizabeth. Police first found the dagga worth an estimated R1.4-million in a bakkie on Saturday […]
#WorldEnvironmentDay: Karoo schools warned that air pollution is everywhere | Cape Argus
Cape Town – This year’s World Environment Day is especially significant for South Africa, where it was found that air pollution from coal-fired power stations kills more than 2200 people every year and causes thousands of cases of bronchitis and asthma. This is according to a 2017 report by UK-based air quality and health expert […]
Opinion: Our national anthem is far from all-embracing
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#WorldEnvironmentDay: Karoo schools warned that air pollution is everywhere | Cape Argus
Cape Town – This year’s World Environment Day is especially significant for South Africa, where it was found that air pollution from coal-fired power stations kills more than 2200 people every year and causes thousands of cases of bronchitis and asthma. This is according to a 2017 report by UK-based air quality and health expert […]
Eastern Cape cops find mandrax worth R30 000 in 10-year-old’s schoolbag
A 10-year-old boy was found in possession of drugs with a street value of R30 000 on a taxi destined for Somerset East in the Eastern Cape on Saturday. Cookhouse police officers reacted to information from a source about a large shipment of mandrax tablets, which was being transported from Port Elizabeth by minibus taxi, […]
Friday’s weather: Cool start to the weekend, as temperatures continue to drop
Cool to cold weather is expected on Friday, ahead of a wintery weekend. Strong interior north-westerly winds of 50-65km/h are expected in places over the interior of Northern Cape’s Namakwa District, the Central Karoo, the Cape Winelands and the Little Karoo of the Western Cape on Sunday, according to the South African Weather Service. The […]
Our land of empty promises | Arts and Culture
THE HOUSE OF TSHATSHU by Anne Mager and Phiko Jeffrey Velelo (UCT Press, Juta and Co ) As one drives through Cradock, in the Eastern Cape, past Whittlesea, Cofimvaba, Cathcart and Tsomo down to the Great Kei River, signposts at the threshold of dusty tracks lead into the rural hinterland of the former Transkei and […]
Wednesday’s weather: Stormy weather continues in Western Cape with warning of gale force winds
Isolated showers and rain will continue in the Western Cape as the cold front moves across land on Wednesday. Gale force westerly to south-westerly winds of 60-75km/h are expected along the coastal regions between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay in the morning, spreading to Cannon Rocks by the afternoon. Strong to gale force wind of […]
LIVE election results: Count in Gauteng finally also completed, ANC retains slim majority
The final national numbers have all come in. You can read that report here. The ANC has managed to just cling to an outright majority in Gauteng with 50.19%. The DA will once again be the official opposition, with the EFF improving its share of the vote to take third. . Earlier: The IEC has […]