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Locals, visitors make a splash at Kowie River kilometre

A total of R4 400 was raised for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) at the Kowie River Swim on Thursday December 28 was R4400. Included in that amount were the winnings of two swimmers who chose to donate their prize money to the…

THE RIGHT STUFF: The Management of the Halyards Hotel and Spa, Justin Bester and Crystal Bester, stand with Head Chef, Mteza Qinela, at the recent launch of the hotel’s Seafood Saturday buffet.

Seafood Saturday at the Halyards Hotel

The Halyards Hotel & Spa welcomed invited guests and the public to their Seafood Launch on Saturday, September 10. The seafood buffet dinner has always been a popular experience and it is now back and available every Saturday from 7pm at…

ON TOUR: Rowers from Oldenburger Ruderverein Rowing Club in Germany and the Vikings Rowing Club from Johannesburg teamed up with the Cape Coastal Rowing Club from False Bay in Cape Town for their Friendship Tour that takes them along many rivers in the Eastern and Western Cape before they end their 14-day journey back in False Bay Picture: ROB KNOWLES

German and South African rowers join together on Friendship Tour

Rowing along iconic rivers in the Eastern and Western Cape, Germans from the Ruderverein Rowing Club and rowers from the Vikings Rowing Club from Johannesburg teamed up with the Cape Coastal Rowing Club (CCRC) from Cape Town on their…

SHARING A HOBBY: Local ladies who took part in the National Scrapbook Day event at the Halyards Hotel last Saturday

Scrapbookers mark first National Scrapbook Day in Port Alfred

Local scrapbookers gathered at the Halyards Hotel on Saturday for National Scrapbook Day, sharing ideas and lovingly putting together memories of family, friends and special occasions. “Mostly women are attracted to this,” said local…

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Preserving memories in a creative way

Jacobie van der Westhuizen shows a mini scrapbook she made about family at the National Scrapbook Day event at the Halyards Hotel last Saturday.

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Scrapbookers mark first National Scrapbook Day in Port Alfred

Local scrapbookers gathered at the Halyards Hotel on Saturday for National Scrapbook Day, sharing ideas and lovingly putting together memories of family, friends and special occasions.

Guest faces charge for calling hotel worker k-word

An Eastern Cape woman has been left “shaken and traumatised” and has been having “sleepless nights” after a guest at the hotel where she works allegedly called her the k-word last week. Nditsheni Singeni‚ 56‚ a general worker at the…