Knysna, South Africa News

The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe, seen here steaming into Hartenbos station, is South Africa's only remaining scheduled steam train.

The last scheduled steam train in Africa ended its final journey yesterday after flooding and landslides made it too expensive to run.

Co-operative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka has reiterated that he is the "choir conductor" for all the provinces, including the Western Cape - as DA leader and provincial Premier Helen Zille vowed she would resist attempts to meddle in her province.

The SA Weather Service has issued warnings of very cold, wet and windy conditions in the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape on Thursday.

Generous Pictures, fast earning a reputation for its flexibility, ingenuity and a can do' attitude in the commercials production industry, brought all those skills to bear in its latest project - a four-minute music video for the fresh-faced local pop band, Dear Reader.

Mortimer Bester, a 24 year-old wine steward at Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa has won the Chane de Rtisseurs' Jeunes Sommeliers competition and will represent South Africa at the finals in the UK this September.

Now in its third year of operation, Pezula Private Residence Club, the fractional ownership scheme at South Africa's first true luxury resort, has attracted a wide range of owners, with a solid base of domestic support.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old woman in White Location in Knysna, Southern Cape police said on Sunday.

Wives and girlfriends coming to town BECAUSE the English football team is virtually assured a place in the 2010 World Cup, their Wags are heading for the sleepy Western Cape town of Knysna.

According to the John Ord of the Sports Event Association of South Africa there has been a marked increase in the use of black shadenet for events where black scaffolding shadenet is used to neatly cover scaffolding towers at sports events such as the IPL, Super 14 Rugby, J&B Met, A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport, Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, ODI ...

Two men were stabbed and killed in two separate incidents but apparently by the same gang in Kwanokuthula on Sunday, Western Cape police said.

Traditionally the BPO sector has been dominated by Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.

By Vinni Dlamini He faced charging elephants, hippos, lions and buffalo, but in the end it was the miniscule mosquito that brought down one of South Africa's most famous game rangers.

By Anel Powell Buoyed by its massive show of support in the provincial elections, the Democratic Alliance has set its sights on winning all 30 municipalities in the Western Cape - with outright majorities or coalition agreements - at the next municipal elections in 2011.

President-in-waiting Jacob Zuma's spokesman, Zizi Kodwa, would not be drawn yesterday on speculation that outgoing Gauteng premier Paul Mashatile was in line for appointment as deputy finance minister, which is one of the rumours floating about the corridors of power.

By Mandla Mnyakama Western Cape Rastafarians said they stayed away from the polls because participation in the country's national elections would be like "giving their souls to the devil". While millions of the country's citizens and supporters of the many political parties that participated in the elections stood in queues to vote on Wednesday, ...

Organisers of this year's Pick n Pay Oyster & Wine Mardi Gras sponsored by Tabasco have announced that participants in this annual Oyster Festival event will once again be required to present cooked oysters at the competition.

WHILE many South Africans and foreigners can no longer afford their second homes in SA's choice coastal areas, the property market for the super-rich is still promising.

By Roy Cokayne The luxury property market in South Africa is starting to take strain, with the Alliance Group reporting a 240 percent increase in the number of loan defaults on jumbo mortgages, which are defined as home loans with more than R5 million outstanding.

A breakdown of the format, route and the challenges riders face on this gruelling 8 day mountain bike race Jazz Kuschke Men's Health word guy and 2009 Epic entrant, Jazz Kuschke , breaks down the race.