Friday 28 August 2026.
St Francis Bay | Cape St Francis | South Africa
Daily news, views and stories from our coastline and the world.
Village News:
Heart of a Woman – Unmask Your Heart At This Mardi Gras Carnival Celebration At The Links On Saturday
Kouga Local Municipality Events Calendar 2026/2027 – The KLM Events Calendar 2026/2027 is out and freshly updated. It looks quite exciting, all the way through to early next year.
What’s On In St Francis This Weekend? This is what’s on...Full Moon Sauna & Guided Meditation – Crouse & Carstens – St Francis Morning Market – Live Entertainment with Kerry Hiles – POP-UP Thrift Shoppe – Coffee Rave, DJ White Lion
Kouga calls on community to plant for the future – “Plant a Tree, Grow a Future”, KLM is calling on residents, businesses, schools and communities to join the campaign.
We Are All Here To Learn Something – Jigsaw puzzle, 200 pieces, escape room fun.
Tech:
Social media class action in US: Meta agrees to settle for $18 bn – and impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram,
Regional:
Eastern Cape town name changes spark public participation concerns – Lady Grey to become Inkosi Makhobeni, Herschel to Inkosi Lihlongo etc
Food:
KFC Debuts An Oreo-Flavored Chicken Sandwich & Fast Food Lovers Are Horrified – Yep, KFC & Oreo are collaborating to create a cookie-flavored chicken sandwich at the chain’s outposts in China.
Politics:
ANC manifesto: Good to look at, nice to read — but hard to believe – The ANC acknowledges its failures, but can it fix the problems it created?
Environment:
R10m windfall for African conservation after Australian ‘rhino rescue’ plan folds up – The Australian Rhino Project was set up at the height of the SA rhino poaching crisis.
Kouga Municipality:
R25m road upgrade project underway in Humansdorp and Gamtoos Valley – The project is targeting critical road infrastructure in Humansdorp and the Gamtoos Valley,.
Travel:
6 South African trips for families who don’t want a resort – Across SA, there are places where children can feed farm animals, explore forests, sleep in mountain cottages and have fun
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International:
Death toll from Nepal-Tibet flood jumps to at least 469 – fears of second flood put rescuers ‘on edge’..A lake of rising water has formed near the China-Nepal border and has prompted fears it could burst its banks
SA & Africa News:
How much it costs to live in the safest town in South Africa – Firlands, near Gordon’s Bay in Cape Town, is one of the safest suburbs in SA,.
Surfer’s Corner:
The Community Effort to Feed Children On Nelson Mandela Day in South Africa – Now in its second year, the Jeffreys Bay Community Lunch is co-organized by Joshe Faulkner and focused on the mission of ‘food as a basic human right’.
Business:
A major industry is turning its back on Eskom – South Africa’s miners are buying their own power, and Eskom is no longer the default supplier of electricity.
Sport:
How women’s sport is becoming one of sport’s biggest growth drivers – The mainstreaming of women’s sport is predicted as a major growth driver of the future of the sport’s economy, requiring sustained investment and structural support.
This and That:
Energy Drinks: Myth Vs. Fact – Regulators around the world are cracking down on energy drinks, citing serious health risks associated with high levels of caffeine and sugar.
