The challenging climbs in the Woody Cape section of the route worked in the favour of 17-year-old Erik van Zyl who broke away from the pack 10km from the finish to clinch a decisive win in the Boknes Woody Cape Cycle Challenge 54km event.…
Turning trash into living treasure could be the theme of the annual Boknes Garden Club show. What you see in the village’s Daniel Scheepers community hall for two days every December is testimony to can-do attitude and sheer koppigheid.…
It was braaivleis, rugby and a mild seaside-town evening last Saturday as the Boknes community celebrated the 70th anniversary of the newly renovated Daniel Scheepers community hall, and the 150th anniversary of of the founding of the…
Hours of observation, a lengthy pursuit of suspects on foot and a high-speed vehicle chase led to the arrest of a poaching suspect on the R72 near Alexandria on Thursday July 10. The full-moon anti-poaching operation was conducted jointly…
“A big blue flash – amazing, terrifying – bigger than a bolt of lightning,” is how a Boknes land owner described power lines arcing Wednesday night, shortly before flames tore across the veld, driven by gale-force winds. Weather data at…
The Boknes Padstal Christmas Market drew scores of patrons – many of them visitors – to its stalls on Wednesday December 20. The market which operates every quarter, might have been in existence for only 16 months but, according to…
Vakansiegangers en inwoners het die tiende uitgawe van die Boknes Kersmark hierdie week begeesterd bygewoon. “Dit was die beste opkoms in tien jaar,” meen lid van die koordinerende span, Riana Smith. “’n Groot sukses. Daar was baie mense…
Saturday at St David’s Church in Bushmans River Mouth saw the institution of a new Anglican Rector, the Reverend Deon Lombard, for Alexandria that extends through Alexandria, Bushmans/Connon Rocks and Kenton-on-Sea. Due to pandemic…
Due to last week’s strong winds and high swells over 30 seal pups were rescued on beaches between Woody Cape and Port Alfred. Most were recovered from Boknes and Cannon Rocks. Here, first responder Lionel Taylor, carefully handles a seal…
Land invasions have proliferated in Ndlambe, including in Boknes, Trappes Valley, Bathurst and on the R67 close to the 43 Air School turnoff. The issue came up at the most recent Ndlambe council meeting last week. In Boknes individuals…
Taking up the theme, Plastic Our Enemy, the Alexandria Women’s Agricultural Association (WAA) launched a project on Thursday August 15 to keep Boknes Beach clean. The WAA unveiled a large galvanised steel fish that has specifically been…
