When the 1820 settlers signed up for life in what is now the Eastern Cape, they were told they would be coming to a “rolling English parkland”. “They weren’t told they would have 20 000 angry neighbours.” Alan Weyer was the drawcard for…
The Kowie Granny Grommets (KGG) were all ripples of delight when they got together for their year-end bash at Guido’s on Friday. To say the atmosphere was electric on the upper floor, would be an understatement. Not quite like being…
The Bathurst Agricultural Society (BAS) recently announced the appointment of the new Executive Committee for the term 2025-2026. Following a well-attended Annual General Meeting on October 21 2025, members elected a new leadership team.…
The annual Buco Golf Day at Royal Port Alfred Golf Club on Friday drew 120 golfers to one of the biggest RPAGC events of the year. Golfers participating in the 4-Ball Alliance competition, with proceeds going to Palcare, had to endure…
Bikers from Port Alfred, Alexandria, Gqeberha and East London roared into Makhanda for the 8th annual Children’s Charity Run on Sunday morning.The goal was to collect toys, and funds, that will go towards Christmas cheer for needy…
Well-known ichthyologist Professor Mike Bruton’s recent account of Charles Darwin’s life and times enthralled audiences of U3A at Settlers Park’s Don Powis Hall. The former director of the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology at Rhodes…
The Port Alfred MOTHs held their Remembrance Day parade at the Battleaxe Shellhole, the Eddie Grant Memorial Hall last Sunday, under the relentless glare of a bold November sun. The 20 uniformed members were matched by around the same…
Twenty young people, dressed in confidence, strode, sashayed, danced, glowered and grinned their way into the hearts of a supportive crowd at St Thomas Catholic Church Hall last weekend. The 2025 Mr & Miss Kowie United 2025 competition…
The Port Alfred Round Table’s MARDI GRAS 101 fundraising event, held on Saturday, was a resounding success, according to chairperson Keanan Hendricks. Despite falling short of the targeted 150 guests, the event attracted around 120…
The South African Air Force Association (SAAFA) of Port Alfred celebrated its 80th anniversary with a commemorative lunch at Summer Pine Ranch on Friday, October 17. Members and guests were captivated by a dramatic war story shared by…
Royal Port Alfred Golf Club rolled out the red carpet for 80 golfers from 10 regions on Monday at the official opening ceremony of the SA Inter-Provincial Country Districts tournament being played from Tuesday up to Friday this week. The…
The Port Alfred Lions Club reflected on a year of community service, highlighting numerous successful fundraising campaigns at an induction of incoming president, Ilana de Klerk, at the PA River & Ski Boat Club on Saturday. Ilana’s…
Round Table Port Alfred 177 received a thumbs-up for its well organised community projects following a visit from their EP area chairman Daneel Meiring and other regional counterparts this past weekend. On Friday, the Makhanda, Border and…
The induction of incoming Rotary Club of Port Alfred president, Daniel Levings, was celebrated in fine style on Saturday at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club, as the organisation raised a glass to 40 years of dedicated service in the town.…
The Wharf Street Pub & Grill hosted an unforgettable quiz night on Saturday, May 24, in support of Palcare. The evening was filled with laughter, excitement, and quirky questions that only South Africans would know. Bathurst’s Michelle…
The Sunshine Coast and Makhanda hummed, roared, growled and burbled with the sound of nearly 350 motorbikes, as they made the R72 and R67 their own for four days and nights during the Ulysses SA 26th National Convention. Hosted by the…
Social network organisation, Ladies Circle No 29 Port Alfred, are on a mission to intensify their collaboration with other social service organisations to “uplift those in need in the region”. Incoming chairperson, Nicole Riddin, who was…
Rotary Port Alfred have embarked on an initiative in line with its international controlling body to create awareness of the polio disease that is still afflicting some countries of the world, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rotary…
The EP Grahamstown rural cricket team pulled off a history-making feat by winning the Cricket SA Coastal Rural cricket week in Boland on Thursday last week for the first time in their history. EP Grahamstown Rural turned things around…
SUE MACLENNAN and MARK CARRELS Makhanda’s Swallows gave it all they had but it wasn’t enough to prevent a 25-13 defeat to the Karoo Springbokke in their Inter Sub Union Semifinal at Albany Sports Ground in Makhanda on Saturday October 14.…
