Wednesday, 28 October, 2026.
St Francis Bay | Cape St Francis | South Africa
Daily news, views and stories from our coastline and the world.
Village News:
Drones and Panic Buttons Added to Kouga Safety Plan – Kouga Local Municipality is extending its drone programme, with new measures to support emergency response, monitor school routes and improve beach safety.
A huge psychiatric ward on the outskirts of a city – Halloween jigsaw puzzle, complicated
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Politics:
Signs of hope — Home Affairs works, if you can find the right queue – From lost identity documents to power cuts and endless queues, one family navigates South Africa’s Home Affairs offices in search of passports.
Environment:
How to make your plastic coffee cup biodegradable — most recycling bins won’t help – With roughly 440,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into South Africa’s environment every year, plant-based packaging is often championed as an eco-friendly cure-all.
Extreme:
South African OCR world champion and Red Bull athlete Thomas van Tonder has made history– by crossing 600 monkey bars suspended 216 metres above the ground beneath Bloukrans Bridge.
Surfer’s Corner:
“I will smash your knee!” Italian ex-pat surfer goes viral after altercation in Indonesia with Aussie pro – Shane Dorian posits, “There are Indonesians and then there are foreigners. Living there does not make someone a local.”
Travel:
Airbnb to stop hosts asking guests to wash dishes and remove rubbish – Holidaymakers fed up with stripping beds, washing dishes and hauling rubbish out of their Airbnb accommodation may finally get relief.
Business:
SARS can now take the money you owe directly from your employer – SARS has announced changes to the third-party appointment process, which lets it collect tax debt from a person’s employer.
This and That:
In a culture obsessed with staying young, we ignore the many benefits of ageing – Research shows later life can bring emotional stability, wisdom, resilience and stronger relationships.
SA & Africa News:
Takealot delivery drivers drove enough to do 8,844 laps around South Africa in 9 months – Takealot has revealed that its drivers have covered 43 million kilometres since the beginning of the year
Crime:
Gayton McKenzie under siege over controversial Ticketpro deal – and meetings with the Blu Label brothers Mark and Brett Levy
