Thursday, 24 September, 2026.
St Francis Bay | Cape St Francis | South Africa
Daily news, views and stories from our coastline and the world.
Travel:
Why South Africans, not international tourists, are driving domestic tourism – In 2025, South Africans undertook 44.7 million overnight domestic trips, generating R111.6 billion in tourism revenue.
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Business:
How much more you’ll pay on your bond after the latest interest rate hike – The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee unanimously voted to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25%, taking the prime lending rate to 10.75%.
Crime:
Honoured in Constantia, reviled in Liberia — fugitive war criminal Guus Kouwenhoven dies free – Dutch war criminal Guus Kouwenhoven recently died. Some honoured his life at a church service in Cape Town
SA & Africa News:
Great white shark spotted in False Bay after eight-year absence – Bold as brass, a lone great white shark made a big splash off the coast of CT. becoming the first of its species to be sighted and filmed in False Bay in nearly eight years.
Food:
Braai basics for beginners – How to get the fire, coals and meat just right
Sport:
Proteas’ David Miller pumped for exciting home summer as World Cup nears – The Proteas begin their busiest home summer of cricket in nearly a decade with a 50-over series against Australia.
Health:
Struggling with Movement? Here’s How to Fix It – Blocked. Delayed. Backed-up. Struggling to go number two?
Business:
Ex-Superbalist engineer launches R159-per-month online store – for small South African businesses
Politics:
Death penalty: Let’s not aspire to being a bloodthirsty, barbaric nation – As ANC leaders revive calls to restore the death penalty, evidence shows capital punishment neither deters crime nor protects survivors from wrongful convictions.
Tech:
Trump reveals millions of dollars’ worth of share deals in big tech and AI – US President Donald Trump has disclosed millions of dollars’ worth of stock market trades made during July.
Surfer’s Corner:
The surprise resurrection of Great White shark hunter Vic Hislop – “He tried his whole life to warn people of things to come and now it’s happening.”
