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25/09/2026

Press release: We are devastated to let our Kariega community know that we have suffered a poaching attack and have lost a dehorned rhino cow and her two year old calf. Due to the ongoing investigation we cannot share any more information. Needless to say we will use our anger to fuel the fight and to rise as a community to save this endangered species from further brutality and death.

25/09/2026

Tragically, life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that an official Inquest docket has been opened following a tragic drowning incident at Middle Beach in Kenton-on-Sea today, Friday, 25 September 2026. According to preliminary reports, a 36-year-old man who was visiting the area on vacation with...

25/09/2026

13 parties, 13 manifestos - what are they promising the citizens of Ndlambe?
Ndlambe FM 99.0

25/09/2026

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is urging beachgoers, anglers and coastal hikers to take extra care this weekend. A full moon spring tide peaks over the weekend, just as the school holidays and the Heritage Day long weekend begin.

25/09/2026

This is just to remind you to pick up your copy today -because maybe Heritage Day 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 kept you away from your usual routine 🙂

24/09/2026

He had been reported as missing since Saturday, September 19

The South African Police Service has opened an Inquest following the discovery of the body of a 20 year old man on a sandbank in the Kariega river on 24 September 2026 at approximately 8.10am. SAPS spokesperson Captain Marius McCarthy said the body had been positively identified as that of 20-year-o...

24/09/2026

The firing of a historic cannon at exactly 12.45pm, synchronised with cannon-firings at 30 other venues across South Africa, was the highlight of a family day at the Bathurst Agricultural Museum today, Heritage Day.
A programme of pioneer skills and games followed.
Earlier, Basil Mills had his audience captivated with a display and talk on weapons and am******on used two and three centuries ago.
The South African Battle re-enactment (SABRE) group represented the Eastern Cape in a national project as they fired a
Napoleonic muzzle-loading cannon.
The spectacular synchronised firings were a project of the Cannon Association of South Africa to highlight the early Dutch cannon call-up signal system linking the Cape Town Castle to military outposts as far as Citrusdal, Worcester and Swellendam during colonial times. That organisation’s mission is to preserve ordnance heritage.
Mills demonstrated military signal
systems such as the Semaphore and heliograph used from 1843 between fortified signal towers in the Eastern Cape.
Taking orders as the gun crew were children from Voortrekker Ooskaap.
Thank you Heinrich Kritzinger for the video - which was much better than ours!
Bathurst Village BATHURST AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM

24/09/2026

First pic is the organising committee of the Barefoot Arts Meander which opened officially last night at the Volo Beach Bar, plus some other familiar faces at the launch!
Kenton-on-Sea & Boesmans Tourism

22/09/2026

A truck has lost control and crashed into a house in Runeli Drive, Port Alfred. Gardmed Ambulance Service and other emergency services are on the scene. One person has been taken to hospital.

21/09/2026

Port Alfred Pre-primary School came alive today in the senior school hall with a brilliant display of hadedas, bunnies and even lions in their end-of-year concert. Port Alfred School