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Cape fires keep teams under pressure

Fires continued to burn in the Southern Cape and Franschhoek on Tuesday, despite extra help from KwaZulu-Natal and Free State firefighters, authorities said.

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Mon Feb 08, 2010

Sunday Times

Policemen in rape ID parade

A woman who moved to the Garden Route last year seeking a safer life says she was raped in a Knysna police vehicle - by a uniformed officer.

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News24.com

Fires rage on in Cape

Wildfires continued to rage in the southern Cape on Monday with 180 veld and forest firefighters on the ground beating back flames in seven different areas, authorities said.

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Wed Jan 27, 2010

Bizcommunity

Pink Loeries to turn 10 in Knysna

The Pink Loeries will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a Mardi Gras at Knysna, to be held between 27 April and 2 May 2010.

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Sun Jan 17, 2010

Pretoria News

Family dies in crash

A family of four returning from their Knysna holiday, died on Saturday after the car they were travelling in hit a tree on the N1 north highway near the Grasmere toll plaza, Johannesburg Metro police said.

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Fri Jan 08, 2010

Telegraph.co.uk

On the property market: a place in the sun and the best of the rest

SOUTH AFRICA Four-bedroom house, 1.63m LOOKS This really is a piece of paradise.

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Wed Jan 06, 2010

Business Report

AgriSA pans water plan as Cape's rivers run dry

Dire water shortages from rivers running dry in the Eastern Cape and the central and southern part of the Western Cape, in what AgriSA terms the "worst drought in 130 years", have focused attention on the lack of regional infrastructure plans and a regulating authority to oversee water pricing.

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Mon Jan 04, 2010

The Mercury

We'll fight bus ban, says SA Roadlink

By Murray Williams and Esther Lewis Embattled national bus operator SA Roadlink is determined to fight for its right to run on Cape roads as provincial Transport MEC Robin Carlisle repeated his vow on Monday to ban the company.

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Sun Jan 03, 2010

News24.com

Another Roadlink bus impounded

A third Roadlink bus has been impounded in less than a week after being found with defective brakes in George in the Southern Cape on Sunday, the SABC reported.

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Thu Dec 24, 2009

Independent Online

It's ho-ho-hum at the tills

By Clayton Barnes and Tatenda Goredema Staff Reporters City malls reported record shopper traffic on Wednesday, but sales remained slow as shoppers kept a tight grip on the purse strings.

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SABC News

Desalination brings relief to drought-stricken Knysna

The Knysna Municipality is a step ahead of other coastal towns in the Southern Cape that are currently experiencing the worst drought recorded in 132 years.

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Tue Dec 22, 2009

SABC News

W Capea s drought-stricken Eden district declared disaster area

The Western Cape Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Department has announced that parts of the province have been classified as local disaster areas due to drought.

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Sun Dec 20, 2009

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Sat Dec 19, 2009

Independent Online

Garden Route water fees to soar

By Melanie Gosling Environment Writer With Garden Route towns in the grip of the worst drought in 132 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has given permission for local municipalities from Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay to push up the price of water as an emergency measure to curb demand.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009

Business Report

Drought in Western Cape Eden district a 'disaster'

Parts of the Western Cape have been classified as local disaster areas due to drought, the provincial local government, environmental affairs and development planning department said on Thursday.

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Mon Dec 14, 2009

Independent Online

'Of course we are praying for rain'

By Luvuyo Mjekula Despite fears from some guesthouse owners that tourists will stay away from the drought-stricken Garden Route due to water shortages, authorities have assured holidaymakers that there is enough water.

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Fri Dec 04, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

World Cup 2010: the best things to do in South Africa - The Garden Route drive

Continuing our series of great things to do in South Africa, Graham Boynton recommends a drive along the Garden Route, one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Africa.

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Sunday Times

Weekend Hotspot

Perched high on the eastern head of Knysna on the exquisite coastline of the Western Cape along the Garden Route, is the Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

Mail & Guardian

Southern Cape water crisis looms

Holidaymakers bound for the southern Cape this Christmas will find that shared showers will be standard practice over the festive season.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Sunday Times

Wanna buy a steam train? Youa d better have deep pockets.

If you've ever wanted to own your own steam locomotives - and the railway to run them on - your time has come.

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