Friday, 23 October 2026.

Village News:

What’s happening in St Francis Bay This Weekend – What would you do? With Derek Olsen and Full Moon Sauna with Hot Huts at Granny’s Pool

Another Fox Is Top Dog in the Local Property Den! – by Richard Arderne

Buckets, Spades and Seaside Discoveries at Cape St Francis – with the Kromme Enviro-Trust

Mayor Hattingh Bornman puts his endurance to the test with aspirant lifeguards – putting his own mettle and endurance to the test in a series of running and swimming challenges.

An elephant balancing on one leg atop a concrete pedestal in a minimalistic room – Jigsaw puzzle, unusual.

‘Eat Mor Chikin’, said the cow – Photo Of The Day by Jeremy Bishop

Regional:

‘The ocean was Janine’s happy place’ – Swimmer mourned after fatal shark attack in KuGompo City

Tech:

Wavepool Surf Tour Alaïa Surf Challenge: The Final Countdown Starts Now – surfing in wavepools hits new levels.

Food & Drink:

South Africans love beer and brandy: Is poverty part of the problem? – A Brown University study linking hunger to alcohol cravings raises questions about poverty and harmful drinking in food-insecure South Africa.

Energy:

Bad news for petrol and diesel drivers in South Africa – The Dept of Energy and Electricity has proposed a new levy system on high-emission cars. (there’s no more good news)

Health:

Want Better Sleep? New Research Says Eat More Of These Foods – A new study examined the links between daytime feasting and nighttime snoozing.

It’s A Wonderful Life:

Your kid pulls the wedding ring off your finger while playing in a foreign mountain stream – Italian hikers: “we will start a quest to find The Ring.” They find it and dress like hobbitses when returning it.