“I never imagined that day on my honeymoon, when my husband said ‘This is where we’re going to be living,’ that here I would still be here so many years later,” said Shirley Evans who is leaving Damant Lodge after 20 years, and Port…
The Ama-Riders Cycling Club are keeping the wheels moving for a brighter future thanks to their enthusiasm and one man’s drive and initiative to use the sport as a vehicle for change. The colourful Ama-Riders kitted out in canary yellow…
TONIGHT is the Stenden/Talk of the Town Quiz for the Port Alfred Soup Kitchen. It’s always fun, for a good cause and there are great prizes as well as lucky draws. If you haven’t yet booked a table of four you might still have a chance.…
SO load-shedding has returned, shortly after Eskom’s approved tariff hike was announced that will add yet another burden to the public. Stage 4 came as a surprise to Ndlambe residents and businesses when it was announced on Wednesday…
THE cost of electricity is going to go up again, as we expected it would. Eskom always asks for a ridiculous increase so we are more inclined to be relieved by the final figure approved by the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa), even…
THE Port Alfred Post Office will be closed again from Monday February 28 for continuing rent arrears. The SA Post Office’s failure to pay rent to its landlords is a national problem. It has not paid rent to its Port Alfred landlord since…
THERE was a good turnout at Kelly’s Beach on Sunday for the paddle-out in tribute of the late Martin Bekker. A paddle-out is a traditional rite by surfers to honour a fellow surfer who had died or someone who was significant to the…
BY now, most locals know about the fire that gutted Centenary Hall in Bathurst in the early hours of Monday morning. It is tragic that SA has lost yet another historical building, more than 100 years old, to fire. Community members…
WELCOME back to the Stenden students, and congratulations to all those who received prizes at their academic opening function at the Royal St Andrews Hotel on Monday night. It will be really exciting to have international students…
WITH shoppers noticing some of their favourite brands missing from the shelves of local supermarkets, Pick n Pay manager Jarred Moss provided a breakdown of the products we have lost during the lockdown. He said even before lockdown…
IT was back to school this week for most local schools, after an earlier start for Alexandria Christian Academy last week. It seemed to be a busy first day for the schools we were able to pop in to, with principals laying out expectations…
AND we spoke about last week being quiet. Wow, it got even quieter this week with most holidaymakers having departed and few events left on the calendar. There have even been far fewer emails in my inbox. Now we await the release of…
HOW quickly Port Alfred has quietened down after the busyness of the holiday season. It was so good to have a full schedule of events again for locals and holidaymakers alike, from carols by candlelight at Settlers Park and the excitement…
WE wish a happy New Year to all our readers, advertisers and contributors. May 2022 be filled with many amazing memory-making moments. May the blessings of good health, good humour and good sense be with you and your family in the coming…
WE would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers, advertisers, holidaymakers, colleagues, family and friends a blessed Christmas and hopefully you will receive the present that you have been looking forward to. AS always…
MANY of the holidaymakers will have reached the Sunshine Coast for the festive season by mid-December. There already were a few folk from Johannesburg at Port Alfred parkrun last Saturday, well-timed for the local parkrun’s fourth…
A WARM welcome to all holidaymakers gracing our area. May you have a fabulous holiday and enjoy everything the Sunshine Coast has to offer. AS from Friday, our free holiday supplement – the Sunshine Holiday – is available at outlets where…
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our reader’s competition. Over a period of four weeks, readers had to find a piece of a puzzle picture somewhere in the newspaper and stick it on a grid provided in the newspaper when the competition was…
THE SA government has extended the lockdown under level 1 by another month, until December 15. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma made the announcement by government gazette last weekend. The…
IT was with heavy hearts that we worked on this edition of Talk of the Town after learning of the sudden death of our colleague, Rob Knowles. Rob passed away quietly at home over the weekend with heart failure. His family were notified…
