George Herald

01/06/2026

With the announcement today of a Level 8 weather warning from the South African Weather Services, George is preparing for another onslaught during the middle of the week. Jeff Ayliffe will be keeping a track of developments again to keep us updated.

01/06/2026

The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (DMPR) has announced that petrol will increase by R1.43 this Wednesday, while the prices of diesel, paraffin and LP gas will decrease.

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MOTORING NEWS - The Department of Petroleum...

01/06/2026

SEVERE WEATHER WARNING: At this stage the Level 8 warning excludes Mossel Bay (Level 4), but applies to Oudtshoorn, George, Knysna and Plett.

01/06/2026

ANOTHER LEVEL 8 RAIN WARNING: Residents in the Garden Route and Central Karoo are urged to prepare as up to 200mm rain, strong winds and dangerous sea conditions are forecast to thrash the Eastern parts of the area this week Wednesday and Thursday, 3 and 4 June. At this stage the Level 8 warning excludes Mossel Bay, but applies to Oudtshoorn, George, Knysna and Plett.

GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - The Western Cape...

01/06/2026

Be Remarkable this June! The Western Cape Blood Service is calling on the public to donate blood as stocks, especially O Negative, reach critical levels. Every donation can save up to three lives. Could you be a lifesaver this winter?

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WESTERN CAPE NEWS -  During June, the...

01/06/2026

PROMOTIONAL ARTICLE - The fourth Wine & Whatever Experience (W&WE26), taking place from 4 to 6 June, is anticipated with great excitement by local lovers of the culinary and vinicultural arts.

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SPONSORED CONTENT -  The fourth Wine...

01/06/2026

NO HURRY ON SAFARI
All is not as it seems in a recent wildlife incident involving a lion and tourists on safari in Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Watch the video to see what happened. Produced and narrated by: Cameron Squire / Group Editors
Video by: Janien Gericke / Group Editors

01/06/2026

The University of the Third Age programme for June opens on Wednesday the 10th at 10:30 with Armchair Travel, when Diana van Cittert will be exploring the lesser-known areas of north-eastern Croatia.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The University of the...

01/06/2026

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01/06/2026

OPINION - William Saunderson-Meyer, the author of the column The Jaundiced Eye that appears in The Citizen newspaper on a Saturday, says in just two years, John Steenhuisen has gone from being an occasional thorn in the ANC’s flesh to its willing, but inept, stooge.
"This unhappy decline has already cost him the DA party leadership. It should also cost him his job as the minister of agriculture. Unfortunately, it won’t," Saunderson-Meyer writes.

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OPINION - In just two years, John...