Plett Lifesavers Are Provincial Champs
16th March 2012

Under-10 Plett Surf Nippers, Emma Roode and Katarina Behr won a total of ten medals between them at the 2012 Eastern Cape Nippers Lifesaving Championships.

Plettenberg Bay Surf Club won the coveted trophy at the recent 2012 Eastern Cape Nippers Lifesaving Championships held in Plettenberg Bay.

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Oyster Fest Preparations Start
16th March 2012

Oyster Festival Preparations begin

The first Joint Operations Committee meeting of the 2012 Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival was held at the Log Inn on Monday, February 27.

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Life In The Amazon
16th March 2012

Lani (bottom left) and her fellow young Amazon explorers covered their bodies with special mud, letting it dry in the sun before showering in the rain. The mud is supposed to exfoliate the skin and improve the recovery thereof. (Photo: George Herald)

It might be hot and humid in the Amazon but young explorer Lani van Niekerk (18) is not bothered. When she is not coming face to face with pink river dolphins she is either playing soccer with the local children or searching for crocodiles in the dark.

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Cape Town Dubbed ‘drinking Capital Of Sa’
16th March 2012

Shebeens could be relocated to business hubs in residential areas. (Photo: Lulama Zenzile)

Cape Town has been dubbed the “drinking capital” of the country, with a study by the Department of Health finding that more than 50 percent of its people consume alcohol – and that a third of this group abuse it.

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Gmsa Begins Exporting To Kenya
15th March 2012

Built tough in South Africa: the Isuzu KB pick-up (Photo: Isuzu South Africa)

General Motors South Africa has begun exporting Isuzu KB pick-ups to Kenya, and is looking to further expand its exports of the locally assembled light commercial vehicles - both right- and left-hand drive - into key sub-Saharan Africa markets

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Preperations Speeding Up For Slow Festival
15th March 2012

Sedgefield Slow Festival coordinator, Amanda Dixon explains that the festival will incorporate slow and not-so-slow events to be enjoyed by both young and old. (Knysna-Plett Herald)

Preparations for the third Sedgefield Slow Festival on April 5 to 9 are well on the way, with festival coordinator Amanda Dixon and her team promising that this year's programme has something for everyone.

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Red Bull Drops Jesus Ad In Sa
15th March 2012

The energy drink maker Red Bull said it has dropped an advertisement in South Africa after an outcry from both Christians and Muslims for its portrayal of Jesus Christ walking on water.

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Southern Cape Surfski Championships
14th March 2012

South Cape Surfski Champion, first in the open category, is Stef le Roux. (Photograph: Sylvia Ferguson.)

The JCO Southern Cape Surfski Championships were held on Saturday, March 3, starting at Wilderness and finishing at Myoli Beach, Sedgefield - a distance of 20.5km.

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Local Excels At Argus Cycle Tour
14th March 2012

Nicola Giliomee  (Knysna-Plett Herald)

Following on her win at the VW Herald Mountan Bike 60km race in Addo earlier this year, 15-year-old Knysna local, Nicola Giliomee, showed older and more seasoned cyclists a thing or two during this year's Cape Argus/Pick n Pay Cycle Tour races.

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The Art Of The Portrait
14th March 2012

Candace Charlton's magnificent portraits are currently exhibited at Knysna Fine Art Gallery.

One's first - astounded - impression of Candace Charlton's art is of scale.  Not daunted by size or proportion, this South African-born (now living in Holland) artist's canvasses (often assembled by two or three 'extensions') could almost cover a wall!

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Cape Town Airport Best In Africa
13th March 2012

Cape Town Airport (Photo: Andres de Wet via Wikimedia Commons)

Cape Town International Airport has been named the best airport in Africa by an international association of the world's airports, the Western Cape government said on Friday.

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Nestlé, South Africa Partner In Science
13th March 2012

Women work and learn in a vegetable seedling nursery, the main project of visionary social entrepreneur Lillian Masebenza's Mhani Gingi programme (Photo: Mhana Gingi)

The world's biggest food company, Nestlé, is entering into a research partnership with the South African government aimed at promoting the scientific development of the country and the continent as a whole.

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Tsotsobe World's No. 1 Odi Bowler
13th March 2012

Proteas' star one-day international bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Photo: Cricket South Africa)

South African cricketer Lonwabo Tsotsobe's performances in the recent one-day international series against New Zealand have lifted him to number one in the world ODI bowling rankings.

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South Africa's Nuclear Spend Could Near R1-trillion
12th March 2012

South Africa will come to the aid of a nuclear industry struggling for new customers a year after Japan’s Fukushima disaster by issuing a tender for one of the world’s biggest atomic power deals.

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Hannes Ronneblad Wins Sa World Juniors
12th March 2012

Hannes Ronneblad

Hannes Ronneblad of Sweden won the KeNako SA World Juniors tournament played at the Kingswood Golf Estate in George by a single shot from Zander Lombard of South Africa.

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Kevin Evans Does It Again
9th March 2012

Kevin Evans (Knysna-Plett Herald)

Plettenberg Bay cyclist, Kevin Evans won the Pick n Pay Argus Mountain-Bike Challenge, an off-road version of the Argus Cycle Tour, on Sunday March 4.

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Sa World Juniors: Lombard Maintains Lead
9th March 2012

SA World Juniors: Lombard maintains lead

16-year-old Zander Lombard maintained his one shot lead going into the third and final round of the KeNako SA World Juniors tournament at the Kingswood Golf Estate in George yesterday morning.

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Kenako Sa World Juniors
8th March 2012

Junior and senior players awaiting the Am-Am prize-giving draw results.(Photo: George Herald)

The KeNako SA World Juniors Am-Am got underway in glorious weather on Sunday, but by the time the field had played seven holes the weather had changed dramatically, with strong winds and rain making conditions very unpleasant.

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Rainfall Figures For Knysna
8th March 2012

Although the Greater Knysna District has received some rain during February, residents are urged to use water sparingly.  

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Labour Bosses ‘also Flexing Muscles’
8th March 2012

Cosatu supporters take part in a march in the streets of Johannesburg. Tens of thousands of South Africans staged a one-day national strike on Wednesday, hitting mining production, as the nation's biggest labour group flexed its muscles.(Reuters)

Tens of thousands of South Africans staged a one-day national strike on Wednesday, hitting mining production, as the biggest labour group in the continent's largest economy flexed its muscles to remind the ruling ANC of its political clout.

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