Knysna, South Africa News

“For the last two years, the event has been given South African National Championship status, but for 2008 the OCC will also act as a qualifying race for marathon athletes in the Paralympic team for Beijing 2008”

THE seventh Outeniqua Chair Challenge, or OCC, will take place this weekend over a half-marathon course in George. via The Herald

“Such a situation does not sound right to me.”

BITOU is owed about R27-million in unpaid traffic fines for the 2006/07 financial year, according to figures in the municipality's draft annual report. via The Herald

“My motto has always been and it might be applicable here: The desire to win must be stronger than the fear to lose.”

Tiaan Strauss, renowned Springbok rugby player and captain, will participate in the 2008 Cape Epic which starts on March 28 in Knysna.. Strauss will be one of 1 200 other riders representing more than 40 ... via Independent Online

“A single vaccination, if the challenge is high enough, is not going to do it.”

Sign In or Register Now for FREE access to all 11,300+ articles A new awareness and blanket vaccination campaign to combat African horse sickness in the southern provinces of South Africa is showing positive ... via The Horse

FORMER Bitou mayor Euan Wildeman and former municipal manager George Seitisho will appear in the Knysna magistrate's court on April 8 for their trial date to be set. via The Herald

“We greatly appreciate all of this. We thank Parker and his organisation very much.”

IT was all smiles when three schools in Knysna received books and stationery from a trust set up in memory of a woman and her child who were killed by a stampeding elephant in Zimbabwe last year. via The Herald

“Craig made a huge difference to tourism in our province and to many people's lives. He was a true leader. The greatest tribute we could pay him is by reigniting our passion for tourism in the Eastern Cape”

TRIBUTES from friends and colleagues have come pouring in following the death of Knysna Tourism chief executive officer Craig Nancarrow early yesterday morning. via The Herald

“The boy and three of his friends went on a boat in shallow waters after they allegedly wandered off from a gathering at Lourie Park. They got into trouble when the boat steered into a channel and they capsized.”

The body of a 13-year old boy, who was presumed to have drowned in Knysna Lagoon, has been found, said Western Cape police on Sunday. via News24.com

“We went to Mr Price Home in the Garden Route Mall and there, sure enough, were two of my paintings being sold as block-mounted prints, but of very poor quality”

WHEN Tracey Pharoah, wife of leading Garden Route artist Peter Pharoah, walked into a shop in George's Garden Route Mall recently, she had quite a shock. via The Herald

MAYHEM broke out in Plettenberg Bay yesterday when police and security guards attacked unarmed squatters with sjamboks and shot them with rubber bullets in an unprovoked attack witnessed by several shocked ... via The Herald

“Although the major domestic season is over, the international tourists will start coming in for February/March”

THE Garden Route has reported a good holiday season, despite having little time to clean up after the devastating floods of last November and ever-tightening belts as interest rates and fuel prices soar. via The Herald

“We are hoping that the process (of the national department making funds available) will be quick”

By Natasha Joseph Two months after torrential rains battered the southern and Western Cape, the parking lot at one of Plettenberg Bay's most popular beaches is still crumbling into the sea. via Independent Online

“In most of our investigations into irregularities at Driving Licence Testing Centres - ' we found that the manual register had been manipulated by corrupt officials to force desperate members of the public to pay for early appointments”

The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works says that it is about to launch an Electronic Licence Booking System along with a number of other interventions in order to stop corruption at Drivers ... via Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom

“The main focus of the centre will be to get people on treatment, the provision of anti-retroviral drugs and TB treatment”

BUILDERS have been given the go-ahead to construct a new HIV/Aids testing, counselling and treatment centre on the Knysna Provincial Hospital grounds. via The Herald

“We set ourselves a target of a 90% pass rate, and although we didn't quite reach it, we were still higher than the province's overall pass rate”

PUPILS from poorer schools in the Southern Cape have shown despite their circumstances they have the will to succeed. via The Herald

“The aim of the project is to speed up the process for applicants and reduce the human error factor and corruption.”

KNYSNA has been identified as one of two pilot sites to implement an electronic booking system for driver's licences that is aimed at speeding up the application process and cutting down on corruption. via The Herald

“Parents taking children to school for the first time must assure them it is just the first step to greater things in life”

Hendrick Mphande HERALD REPORTER EVERYONE remembers that traumatic first day of school and the high-profile citizens of the Eastern and Southern Cape are no exception. via The Herald

“I am a ratepayer here. I know what I am doing.”

TRANSKEI lifesavers who did a stint at Brenton-on-Sea outside Knysna over the festive season said they had received flak from some local residents, but for the most part enjoyed their work. via The Herald

“They look at properties and then make the actual purchase after season. Traditionally, January, February and March are our busiest months when the sales go through”

ESTATE agents in Plettenberg Bay and Knysna say they have seen a healthy interest over the past festive season in local homes from holiday-makers . Homenet Trio agent Michonne Eatwell said homes priced between ... via The Herald