Friday 13 June 2025
Village News:
St Francis Bay Beyond the Garden Route – A Really Cool Visitor’s Video Featuring All The Locals.
The Hopeless Romantics Rock n Roll duo, St Francis parkrun, St Francis Market, Andrew Buckland, and Ejay – St Francis Tourism letting us know what’s on this weekend.
You’ve Stopped Working – But Your Money Shouldn’t: The Human Side Of Money Presented By Client Care
A Lighthouse Storm Was Brewing – Lighthouse Photo Of The Day by Clive Wright
Friday 13th – What Could Go Wrong? – A Brief and Unreliable History of Paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the editor
Naked, legless torso playing a broken organ in the forest – Jigsaw puzzle, 100 pieces, simple, but complex.
ST FRANCIS TIDES:
High 04:42 am (1.7m)
Low 10:56 am (0.35m)
High 05:09 pm (1.7m)
Low 11:14 pm (0.47m)
Regional:
Street sweep initiative makes waves in JBay – Since Jan 2025, a dynamic street cleaning initiative led by KLM has been breathing fresh life into JBay’s streets and sidewalks.
SA & Africa News:
Major pain about to hit South African households Households across the country need to brace for significant electricity price hikes to hit from 1 July.
Tech:
‘They went too far’: Musk says he regrets some of his posts about Trump – Tesla share price rises as former Doge head seems to retreat from feud and president welcomes apparent apology.
Kouga Local Municipality
Kouga engineer earns MBA, working on PhD proposal – earning his Master of Business Administration from Durban University of Technology, at 39 years old.
International:
British passenger in seat 11A survives India plane crash, reports say – A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 260 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency.
Environment:
North West officials evade responsibility for Madikwe elephant crisis, say MPs – More than 1,000 starving elephants may have to be culled.
Politics:
NPA secures major State Capture win: Gupta associates and Free State officials face retrial – overturned acquittals of Iqbal Sharma, Ronica Ragavan, and senior officials in the R24.9m Nulane fraud case.
Crime:
Surfing Today:
Surf fans cry foul after Filipe Toledo pulverised by Griffin Colapinto at Lexus Trestles Pro – “I honestly think that WSL is making an effort to end the Brazilian storm.”
Food and Drink:
Three renowned CT eateries on 2025 World’s Best Restaurants list – Cape Town continues to assert itself as a global culinary capital with three of its most acclaimed restaurants earning coveted spots on the 2025 World’s Best Restaurants list.
Business:
South African cabinet members spent R202 million of taxpayer money on travel in one year – Opposition party ActionSA, citing official parliamentary replies, confirmed that R202,589,406 has been spent in less than a year.
