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The Belgium Beer Festival is heading to Cape St Francis Resort on Saturday, 5 September, bringing beer, sausages, live music, rugby and a distinctly European flavour to the village.
The event combines two festivals in one, with the afternoon starting with a Munich Beer Festival before Belgium takes over for the evening. Add a Beer Run, an Oompah band, the Springboks against the All Blacks and a chilli-eating competition, and it should be a fairly lively Saturday.
The Munich Beer Festival runs from 14:30 to 20:00, complete with a traditional Oompah band and plenty of German festival atmosphere. From 20:00 until midnight, the Belgium Beer Festival takes over, with live music from Me & Mr Green.
Food will also be a major part of proceedings. Festival tables include organised seating and dinner, with Belgium sausage platters and eisbein on the menu. Meanwhile, anyone feeling unnecessarily confident can put their taste buds to the test in the chilli-eating competition.
Tables cost R4,500, or R450 per person, including organised seating and dinner. General festival tickets cost R200.
Before the main festivities begin, there will be a dress-up Beer Run through Cape St Francis Resort at 13:30. Entry costs R50, and dressing up is part of the occasion.
Rugby fans are also well catered for. The Springboks take on the All Blacks, with the match shown on a big screen during the festival.
German and Belgian beers will be on sale throughout the event, completing a Saturday built around food, music, rugby and, naturally, a healthy quantity of sausage.
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The Belgium Beer Festival takes place at Cape St Francis Resort on Saturday, 5 September. For bookings and further information, email seals@iafrica.com or contact Jason on 071 274 5725, Anita on 082 494 3755, or Kimon on 082 787 7700.
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Kouga Local Municipality has outlined a busy week of roadworks, pothole repairs and stormwater maintenance across St Francis Bay, Cape St Francis and Oyster Bay.
The work is scheduled to take place from 17 August to 21 August 2026, with a number of streets in St Francis Bay receiving repairs, resurfacing and other maintenance.
Leighton Hulett Drive is scheduled for a fine slurry overlay, while Abalone Avenue and Perlemoen Street will receive pothole patching. Alikreukel Avenue is set for an asphalt overlay, with Cowrie Crescent and Mirra Way receiving slurry overlays.
Work on Sunset Drive will include vegetation clearing and pothole patching. Meanwhile, Sea Glades Drive is scheduled for pothole patching and an asphalt overlay.
Harley Street will receive pothole patching and a slurry overlay, while Shore Road is scheduled for road pre-treatment works.
In addition to the road refurbishment programme, municipal teams will be working on stormwater maintenance in several parts of the greater St Francis area.
The weekly programme includes Tom Brown Boulevard, Ginger Joll, Tumeric Turn, Corriander Crescent and St Francis Drive.
Residents and motorists are asked to drive carefully around construction areas. Temporary road closures or changes to normal traffic flow may also be required while contractors complete the work.
The municipality has asked residents in affected areas to limit unnecessary road use where possible to help crews complete the programme safely and efficiently.
Residents can also assist by reporting potholes to the Kouga Municipal Call Centre. Reports can be submitted via WhatsApp on 081 760 9183 or by calling 042 200 2200.
The scheduled programme remains subject to operational and weather conditions.
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