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…
Three lions that strayed from the Kruger National Park (KNP) on Friday were captured on Monday and returned to the park. They were darted from a helicopter near the Sabie Sand Nature Reserve. “We received alerts from community members…
Late, last Thursday afternoon, the Port Alfred Lions Club once again packed their gloves and plastic bags on-board the Integrity barge for a Kowie River clean-up. This is just one of many occasions the Lions have ventured out to keep the…
There is a compelling reason that global awareness days and months exist. In the case of diabetes, the reason is twofold: stemming a worldwide epidemic and saving lives. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 50% of people…
“If we don’t keep some of our female lions on contraceptives, the population grows rapidly out of our control and when we have too many lions, they eat more herbivores, which are also in small numbers because we’re one of the smaller…
SA National Parks (SANParks) has stood by its decision to put down seven lions it believes posed a threat to humans and other animals in the Karoo National Park. It said the decision to put down the animals was not taken lightly and was…
Beach cleanups are important and, in our stretch of the Eastern Cape coastline volunteers regularly get down to the beaches to ensure that the beaches are not just clean but also free of glass and other debris that might spoil the…
Two lions mauled Limpopo lodge owner Arthur “West” Mathewson to death during their regular walk on Wednesday. The incident occurred at the Lion Tree Game Lodge in Hoedspruit, according to police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo. “It…
There was a great deal of friendship and mutual support for club activities expressed when Lions International District Governor for Eastern South Africa (District 410E) Alistair Tuckett visited the Port Alfred Lions on Saturday. The Port…
Lion Ilana de Klerk and her bother, Round Tabler JP de Klerk got their respective clubs together at the Round Table Clubhouse on Friday evening for a lekker fish evening and great friendship. JP said his sister had been the driving force…
The Lions visited Port Alfred High School on Friday as part of its Operation Brightsight. The project has helped provide spectacles to thousands of people by collecting unused frames and repurposing them for use by other, less fortunate…
THE Port Alfred Lions Club collected non-perishable goods outside Pick n Pay at the Heritage Mall Last Saturday and donated three trolleys full of goods to local charity Loaves and Fishes.
PRESS RELEASE We have received many questions relating to the future of the six lions involved in the tragic incident surrounding the killing of suspected poachers. The six lions involved were darted (anesthetized) from a game viewing…
MEDIA STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, EASTERN CAPE EC: PORT ALFRED 2018-07-04 The SAPS can confirm that an inquest docket has been opened for investigation following the discovery of suspected human skeletal remains at a…
