Local Life

02/09/2025

02/09/2025

BREAKING NEWS: NEW BEGINNING FOR ALL THINGS OLD AT SNUFFELS

Spring Day marked an exciting new chapter for SNUFFELS, now under new management!

Introducing our New Brooms, Janine & Jacobus — a local family passionate about protecting the environment and creating jobs through the magic of reimagined pre-loved goods.

🙌 We invite you to come meet the newbies at SNUFFELS 🙌

First things first...

🫧Over the next few months the New Brooms will be Spring Cleaning! 🫧

👀 Watch this space, as we have loads of exciting news to come! 👀

❤️ Join us in wishing Mike & Rudi, the previous owners, all the best in their new adventures! ❤️

SNUFFELS, for everything secondhand. We buy! We sell! We pick-up/deliver!

New stock every week at Unit 2 AND Unit 4 Mink Business Centre, 16 Mimosa Street, Hermanus Old Industrial.

Call: 028 3121 802
WhatsApp: 066 352 6150
Email: [email protected]

Trading hours:
Mondays to Fridays 8:00 till 17:00
Saturdays 8:00 till 13:00

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01/09/2025

Some views don’t need a filter. 💛

01/09/2025

01/09/2025

Double win for Hermanus!

Few events capture the spirit of a community quite like an interschools clash, and this year Hermanus has had reason to celebrate on two fronts. Throughout 2025, Hoërskool Hermanus High School (Hermies) and Curro Hermanus (Curro Lions), have each claimed memorable victories that left their learners, teachers, parents, and alumni beaming with pride.

The Hermies have already faced Worcester Gymnasium several times this year as part of their interschools clash, competing in tennis, cricket, golf, and swimming in the warmer months. In mid-August, they took to Hermanus High’s sports grounds for their final showdown of the year in chess, rugby, hockey, and netball.

For the last four years, interschools has been a test of grit and determination, and this year Hermies finally turned the tide after three years of losing to Worcester Gymnasium. Their victory was greeted with shouts of celebration, which could be heard in the surrounding residential areas.

Hermanus High also had a special tented area during interschools for visiting alumni, as well as a get-together in the school hall after the day had concluded.

The same weekend as Hermanus High’s fixture, the Curro Lions marked their own triumph, roaring to victory and lifting the interschools cup in another eagerly contested series against Generation Schools Hermanus (girl’s soccer), Robertson High (hockey and chess), Bonnievale High (rugby and netball), and Curro Somerset (boy’s soccer). The school’s celebratory posts thanked every hand that played a part, from the athletes on the field to the teachers on the sidelines, and the parents cheering from the stands.

For both Hermanus High and Curro Hermanus, interschools marked the last winter sports matches of the year.

For more images and the individual game results, visit the schools’ pages.

Images © Local Life and Lizette Manchest

31/08/2025

A change of season is just around the corner: the mornings are brighter, the evenings are longer, and after months of hibernating with hot chocolate and blankets, we’re all looking forward to the sun.

Now that activity is on the rise again, the month ahead offers various events from markets to fairs to rugby screenings. Be sure to diarise the second Stanford in Bloom festival which will run from 10 to 24 September. At the heart of the festival lies the star attraction, Chelsea Flowers in Stanford – a replica of the gold award–winning garden from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. Designed by Leon Kluge and Tristan Woudberg, it’s an experience that lets you wander through their world of creativity right here in the Overberg.

The festival promises an array of attractions for visitors of all ages. On the Village Green, a lively gifts and goodies market sets the scene, alongside a garden exhibition judged by guest experts and a pop-up plant nursery.

Guests can take part in hands-on gardening and creative workshops, unwind at the Leivoor Lounge bar with its selection of wine, spirits, and craft beer, or enjoy live music performances and concerts throughout the village. Enjoy thought-provoking book talks and art exhibitions, as well as a curated festival of talks led by horticultural experts, conservationists, and creative thinkers. You can find out more at www.stanfordinbloom.co.za

This is also the season when visitors begin to arrive, and it’s always a pleasure to see fresh faces exploring our community. Tourists remind us of what we sometimes forget in the busyness of everyday life – just how lucky we are to live here.

Happy reading,
Taylum

29/08/2025

26/08/2025

WHALE COAST MALL | DOGBOX PROJECT

The Dogbox Project distributes kennels, food, and blankets to doggos in less fortunate areas and you can help brighten their home!

Bring the family and enter your team ( 2 members) to paint a kennel on Saturday, 06 September, from 10:00 – 12:00 at the Food Court by Entrance 2.

Please contact The Dogbox Project at [email protected] for entry forms or download at https://www.dogboxproject.co.za/

Paint and paintbrushes will be made available by our awesome sponsor Paintsmiths Hermanus, but please bring an extra brush and your own decorative elements that you would like to add to your unique project!

Costs to enter a team: R250.00

Beneficiaries of the event will be HAWS, KAWS, BARC and Wags N Whiskers so please come and support our local animal welfare agencies, while having fun!

19/08/2025

18/08/2025

18/08/2025

2026 Matriekraad | Matric Council

Geluk aan die 30 leerders wat tot die 2026 Matriekraad verkies is.
Baie geluk ook aan Mnr. Kuhn en Mev. Swart, wat aangewys is as die voogde vir die 2026 leiers.

Congratulations to the 30 learners who were elected to the 2026 Matric Council.
Congratulations also to Mr. Kuhn and Mrs. Swart, who were appointed as the guardians for the 2026 leaders.

GIRLS | DOGTERS
Aliliso Nonqane
Ana Voigt
Anna-Mari Boshoff
Charlotte Kilpin
Courtney Anderson
Elke Keulder
Helen Ackermann
Leah Boyd
Mia Kotzé
Nikki Snyman
Rachel Horn
Sophia Thorpe
Surita Lamprecht
Taylor Anderson
Tilde Kok

BOYS | SEUNS
Carlin September
Christiaan Nepgen
Eduard Theron
Ishaam Lodewyk
Jandrè Kruger
Jason Gers
Jean Joubert
Joshua Arnoldus
Liam Prodehl
Leewin Ko
Leighton Slabbert
Stefan Stieger
Tony Martins
Ukhololwethu Sobantu
Zack Bydawell

18/08/2025

Congratulations!