Knysna, South Africa News

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

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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