LOCAL NEWS: (Kouga)
Property News You Can Use, presented by Harcourts – Will Returning To The Office Influence City Living Demand?
Photo Of The Day – Duckdive
Rotary – Woodridge Interact Club News – More good work from Rotary
St Francis Bay JKA Karate – At the 2022 Eastern Cape Province JKA Championships held in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, 12h March, students from St Francis Bay JKA Karate performed exceptionally well.
REGIONAL:
JBay Lifeguard swims in Africa’s toughest 5km Indian Ocean race – Kouga Municipality lifeguard Craig Sampson, has completed many swimming challenges since he received his Lifesaving Surf Proficiency Award more than 20 years ago.
Surfers Corner:
Surfing Today with Rip Curl – McGillivray and Smith Heading For G-Land – After miraculously making the mid-year cut-off in Western Australia last week, McGillivray joins Smith on the remainder of the elite tour for the rest of the year, kicking off with Grajagan.
ENERGY:
Expect the worst Eskom power cuts South Africa has ever seen – South Africa is headed for a record year of power cuts if the rate of station breakdowns fails to improve, particularly at coal-fueled plants.
POLITICS:
Aaron Motsoaledi admits strong police presence unsettled ANC Eastern Cape conference delegates – ANC National Executive Committee member Aaron Motsoaledi says media reports about threats of violence at the Eastern Cape conference are inaccurate.
CRIME & CORRUPTION:
‘Fearless and independent’ SA courts hailed for holding the line against Zuma onslaught – Facing unprecedented political pressure, South Africa’s Constitutional Court held the line and had been undeterred by former president Jacob Zuma’s three-pronged onslaught in 2021, a report on the judiciary has found.
SPORT:
Boucher welcomes CSA withdrawal of ‘unsustainable, unjustifiable’ charges – CSA dropped a bombshell announcing they had withdrawn charges of discrimination, including those of racism, against Boucher because they said there was no basis to sustain them
INTERNATIONAL:
Putin preparing for long war in Ukraine – US spy chief – Over 800 reports of war crimes in Mariupol, says mayor.
TECHNOLOGY & TELEVISION:
Elon Musk Says He Would Allow Trump Back on Twitter – “Cheers, we’re out of here,” said most Twitter users worldwide.
SA & AFRICA NEWS:
Interest rate hikes to bite middle-class South Africans in coming months – South Africa is set for another year of interest rate hikes which will hit the buying power of South Africa’s middle-class in the coming months