The boogie boarding ensemble, Kowie Granny Grommets, displayed their compassionate side by donating an assortment of pet food to the Port Alfred SPCA. Jenny Hodgskiss and Claire Bell on Friday, on behalf of the KGGs, were on hand to…
SIBULELE MTONGANA Thieves have hit the SPCA in Port Alfred for the second time in 10 days. The organisation is urgently looking for ways to tighten security measures at the facility after two dogs were stolen some time on Saturday night,…
SIBULELE MTONGANA Members of the public have been asked to look out for five puppies stolen from the SPCA in Port Alfred this week. Three boerboel-cross and two border collie-cross puppies, all eight weeks old, were removed from their…
On Saturday, 5 November, there were some sparks at the Guido’s Beach Bar parking lot but these were in support of animals as members of Bloms Entertainment put on a fire poi display in their Anti-Guy Fawkes event in support of the Port…
The Walk for Wags walkathon organised by the Rotary Club of Kenton On-Sea attracted over 70 dogs despite the strong breeze on Sunday, 30 October. The walkathon that took place at Kenton’s Middle beach was a fundraising initiative in aid…
The Port Alfred and Ndlambe SPCA needs serious support and so Rotary Kenton have put their shoulders to the wheel, organising a morning of appropriately furry fun on the beach. The SPCA’s admin manager Forbes Coutts sets out the SPCA…
The Port Alfred Lions Club brought much needed relief to the SPCA with the donation of a Speed Queen, top loader washing machine on Wednesday, September 14. The SPCA only had one washing machine that is third hand and literally on the…
It is much rarer than one might think, that the media can actually effect positive action from a ruling authority. Despite years of intense coverage of seemingly endless corruption in government at all levels in South Africa, nothing has…
This was not the first time Lesley and Craig Theunissen – the owners of Rosehill SuperSpar and the Nemato Spar in Port Alfred, together with the Sunshine Coast Spar in Kenton-on-Sea – have donated dog and cat food to the Port Alfred SPCA.…
Neighbours are up in arms about two pitbull dogs allegedly kept chained 24/7 on a property in Halstead Road and the nuisance they cause by barking all hours of the day and night. Linda Clur and Marie Dickie came to see Talk of the Town…
Following the tragic death of their son, Kevin and Jennifer Edwards dedicated the new SPCA cattery, now named the Brett Edwards cattery, to his memory. Following the short introduction by SPCA’s Margie Thomas, Jennifer made a short speech…
A Johannesburg homeowner could face criminal charges for the dreadful conditions she made animals live under in her home. After a tip-off, the Randburg SPCA rescued about 150 animals, including some exotic species, at a house in…
An ostrich — one of two which escaped from a bird sanctuary in Boksburg on Monday — remains on the loose in the suburb with search teams scrambling to find it. The ostriches are understood to have escaped from the Rondebult Bird Sanctuary…
The National Council of SPCAs has vowed to continue its fight against live sheep export despite the Grahamstown high court’s decision this week to allow a shipment of 56 000 sheep to leave East London’s shores for the Middle East. Acting…
There has to be something done about the sewage that flows freely at various locations throughout Ndlambe. It is not simply because we are a favourite holiday destination but rather because people are suffering as a result of the failure…
