Having Wharf Street reopened is good news for taxi operators and their passengers, pedestrian commuters and the tourism industry. At a ceremony to officially reopen the newly resurfaced road, various speakers expressed relief that the…
This information from Ndlambe Municipality explains the work being done on the Wharf Street sewer rising main in Port Alfred (next to the NuWater Plant) on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 October 2022. Ndlambe LM currently has a Contractor on site…
Another body washed up from the Kowie River on Saturday, but is this the end of the saga? When Talk of the Town investigated the incident where it was reported a female driver had accidentally plunged her Nissan bakkie into the Kowie…
Updated with information from SAPS local spokesperson, Captain Mali Govender. At around 5.30am on Tuesday morning, March 16 a car ran off the road in Wharf Street travelling toward town, plunging into the Kowie River and killing the…
The announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday evening that the current Covid-19 restrictions would be eased at Level 1 lockdown (as from midnight on Sunday, September 27), residents of the area might feel a sense of relief.…
Raw sewage was overflowing again at the municipal sewage pump station in Wharf Street today, and spilling into the Kowie River. Local resident Graeme Kelbrick, who operates a boat cruise business at Wharf Street, took the video. He said…
Residents reported that raw sewage was spilling from the pump station in Wharf Street again on Monday August 26. We asked the municipality what was being done about it, and what could be done to stop it happening. Municipal spokesman…
A few of the photographs that didn’t make it into the paper. The photos were taken on Friday and Saturday before Christmas at Wharf Street (Barefoot Cafe and Hoppy’s Paddle Inn) as well as at Richmond House. There are so many diverse…
Smoke billowed over Wharf Street this afternoon, reducing visibility for motorists travelling between the Port Alfred CBD and Nemato/ Station Hill. The source of the smoke could not be seen from the road. No flames were visible.
The end of Wharf Street where it meets the R67 was the scene of a traffic accident on Tuesday afternoon when a motorcycle collided with a car, scattering bike parts while only denting the front wing of the car. According to police…
Despite a High Court ruling that Ndlambe gets its act together with respect to stray cattle, not everyone seems to be aware of the problems these animals cause to road users. Driving from a reasonable bad traffic accident at the top end…
