Thursday 16 November
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Low 11:28pm (0.35m)
Village News:
Early Black Friday Sale, Wine Of The Week, and Stand A Chance To Win A PS5 Console – What’s On At The SUPERSPAR
Puzzle Page – 180 pieces, awesome photo, aurora borealis.
Soccer Ball Distribution Kicks Off In St Francis – another awesome project by The Rotary Club of St Francis
Photo Of The Day:
Van Life Eksé – One of those classic images
Kouga Local Municipality:
Paradise Beach water tower to be repaired – This project encompasses not only repairing the tower, but also replacing outdated pipelines, installing a new perimeter fence.
SA News:
Good news for interest rates in South Africa expected next week – The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is likely to follow the lead of the US Federal Reserve and keep interest rates on hold when it meets next week.
Sport:
Facing False Bay – Swimmer Prepares for Daring Dive to Support SABMR
Psycho-babble:
Shane MacGowan’s wife thanks well-wishers as The Pogues frontman is pictured in hospital bed – The 65-year-old singer is in an intensive care unit after being diagnosed with viral encephalitis last year.
Entertainment:
‘It was a way to share your musical experiences’ – why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure
Action Sport:
WSL Celebrates Global Impact – Releases 2023 Annual Purpose & Impact Report
Regional:
Christmas Lights Up In JBay – Deck! The halls – and trees, walls, doors, and roofs – with boughs of holly . . . Fa la la la it’s Christmas time.
Technology:
NFTs were meant to change everything – what happened?- in early 2022 ‘non-fungible tokens’ were a supposedly revolutionary million-dollar asset. Now, they’re practically worthless
Politics:
South Africa’s broken state – A two-year research study from Harvard’s Growth Lab has taken a deep dive into why South Africa has gone backwards over the last 15 years – and a collapsing state is a big part of the answer.
Crime:
Resistance and lack of coordination in government allow continued corruption at Eskom – says retired SAPS brigadier
Travel:
Scam alert – Sun International warns public of bogus Sun City special.
SFPO:
St Francis Property Owners Association – Newsletter November 2023. Subs drive, statement about the ocean damage, and more…
Food:
Obz Café is a familiar friend with delicious new twists – The wood-fired pizzas are a firm favourite, so you can’t go wrong there, but what you really should look into are the starters.
International:
German publisher halts sale of top author’s books – after leak reveals he received €600,000 from Putin ally.
This and That:
Bogus travel agent who absconded from court sentenced to 12 years – A bogus travel agent who duped a company out of more than R6 million has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
