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Upgrade of the R336 route between Kirkwood and Addo Phase 2

The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has advised road users of the current road upgrade taking place on the R336, phase 2 between Bezuidenhout’s River, 13km out of Kirkwood and Addo (intersection of R336/R335),…

Upgrade of the R336 route between Kirkwood and Addo Phase 2 has begun

Road users are advised that the R336 road upgrade is in progress between Bezuidenhout River (13km out of Kirkwood Town) and Addo (Intersection of R336/ R335) until 4 August 2025. The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited…

STEER CLEAR Motorists have been warned to steer clear of Addo Road where there is currently heavy protest action.Image: Eugene Coetzee

VIDEO | Trucks, buses set alight during protests – Gqeberha

Nelson Mandela Bay police have warned motorists to steer clear of a number of roads around Gqeberha after early morning protests saw at least three trucks and two buses set alight during ongoing protest action. Police spokesperson Captain…

Fiery action Trucks are being burned by protesters in Addo Road.Image: Port Elizabeth Traffic Updates

Addo Road a ‘no go’ zone

Several Nelson Mandela Bay roads are closed due to protest action. Addo Road is closed due to ongoing protest action where a truck was allegedly set on fire on Tuesday morning. Protest action is also looming in the Joe Slovo and…

A 28-year-old police constable allegedly shot her 33-year-old partner and their five-month-old son in Mpumalanga on Saturday.Image: 123RF/123RF Premium

‘It was like Texas’: Addo guest house robbery victims describe bullets flying

The man shot in the stomach at a bed and breakfast guest house outside Addo in the Eastern Cape on Friday threw his brandy and Coke at one of the balaclava-clad men just before they robbed him. As he hurled his drink at the man, another…

An officer from KwaMakhutha police station on the KZN south coast is being probed by Ipid after he allegedly raped a woman in custody on September 25.Image: File

Eastern Cape farm attack and stock theft numbers laid bare

Farm attacks have tripled in four years in the Eastern Cape, and as Covid-19 took hold this year, stock thieves plundered livestock worth almost R18m in three months. Startling statistics revealed by the provincial government in response…

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Elephants at a watering hole in Addo

Addo Elephant National Park was a popular place to visit on National Women’s Day on Sunday August 9. And visitors were blessed with sightings such as this at various watering holes in the park. World Elephant Day was on August 12.

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Close encounter with an elephant at Addo

World Elephant Day was on August 12, but we had a chance to admire and celebrate these majestic beasts a few days early while visiting Addo Elephant National Park on National Women’s Day on Sunday August 9. A short distance after our…

SANParks will from next week open accommodation to intraprovincial visitors.Image: Amy Dawson

Want to stay in a national park this month? These are the ones that will open

Accommodation in the majority of national parks will be open to intraprovincial tourists from next week, South African National Parks (SANParks) announced on Tuesday. The national parks scheduled to open for overnight leisure travel on…

Manhunt launched for Addo robbers

A manhunt has been launched to track, trace and arrest the two suspects who stabbed a private security officer in an attempted robbery at an entrance gate at the Addo National Park. According to the police report, it is alleged that the…

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Mobile tech to help fight poachers at Addo Elephant Park

The Addo Elephant Park is adding technology to its infantry in the battle against poachers. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) developed Cmore (command and control collaborator) software which the park’s control…

SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR SUSPECTS – ADDO

The South African Police Service in Addo in conjunction with detectives from the Uitenhage Cluster Operational Command Centre are currently following up on all possible leads following an attack on a 69-year-old man at 01:15 this morning,…

The elephants are currently living in a busy part of the park that is accessible by railways and new roads. Image: Reuben Goldberg

Elephants relocated to save them

A family of 27 elephants will be moved to an isolated part of Addo Elephant National Park on Monday (today)‚ in an area where the animals were once hunted to extinction. The move is to keep the elephants safe as poaching for ivory…