Knysna, South Africa News

THE Eden district council has called on all institutions, whether political or civil, as well as community-based organisations, religious leaders, youth and women leaders in the Southern Cape to unite against ...

THE Knysna council met yesterday to discuss the 2008/09 municipal budget, but the agenda was overshadowed by the recent spate of xenophobic attacks.

RESIDENTS in Knysna and Bitou were left without power for the better part of yesterday, with electricity still not restored late last night.

SPORADIC incidents of xenophobia cropped up in the Garden Route yesterday, but for the most part police kept a lid on attacks in the Southern Cape.

MOST of us would have thought we had entered the strange world of Don Quixote if we spotted Spanish cyclist Nando Padros in the middle of the Sudan desert.

The death of a man in Du Noon near Milnerton was not linked to xenophobic attacks, as he had been run over by a car, Cape Town police said on Friday.

By Lavern de Vries, Leila Samodien, Yunus Kemp and Candice Bailey The xenophobic-linked violence that has raged in parts of the country flared up in Cape Town on Thursday night, leaving a Somali man dead, ...

By Caryn Dolley Xenophobic violence spread to the Western Cape on Thursday night with hundreds of terrified foreigners forced to run for their lives from a number of informal settlements.

Anti-immigrant violence has spread to South Africa's second largest city, Cape Town, where mobs attacked Somalis and Zimbabweans and looted their homes and shops, police said on Friday.

A TOURING art exhibition by Garden Route pupils who painted their thoughts and feelings about HIV forms a powerful catalyst to discuss the pandemic.

Convicted double murderer Heinrich van Rooyen's defence team was so confident during the final argument in his trial that they asked the Knysna circuit court not only to acquit Van Rooyen but to rule that he ...

“I have made exceptions to the 5km-radius rule, especially in the rural areas, on the grounds of safety considerations”

THE Western Cape education department will be including Grade R pupils in its R87-million transport scheme from next year. via The Herald

“Management has been fragmented in the past and it will mean that things can be done in a more integrated way. The bill makes provision for joint working committees, which we did not have in the past and as a result things slipped through the cracks”

ENVIRONMENTAL groups along the Garden Route have welcomed the Integrated Coastal Management Bill discussed in the national assembly by Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk last week. via The Herald

“The figure increased over each of the past three years to 8 665 in 2007. Once again, this figure is probably only reflective of poached species that have been recovered by rangers, and so the actual figure is certainly higher.”

Poaching levels in the Table Mountain National Park have rocketed, with 8 665 poached marine species confiscated by rangers last year, nearly double the 2006 figure of 4 578 and almost triple the 3 378 in 2005. via Independent Online

“We are fortunate to have Karoo scrub, forest, mountain fynbos, inland water and the coastline within reach”

Katherine Wilkinson and Bob Hopkin YOUNGSTERS from Stepping Stones School enjoyed a birding outing at Leisure Island in Knysna yesterday to celebrate National Birding Week. via The Herald

“He was already a suspect in Jessica's murder.”

POLICE will act on criticism directed at them by a circuit court judge over mistakes in the investigation into Knysna serial killer Heinrich van Rooyen, a spokesman said yesterday. via The Herald

“We've been wearing pants since we started high school without any problems.”

Khethile Thomas and Janine Oelofse A GROUP of girls was reprimanded for wearing trousers at Murray High School in KwaNokuthula, Plettenberg Bay, yesterday. via The Herald

“It's the law now and I think it's wholly appropriate.”

South African social conservatives aren't big on the follow-through . After about 400 people made a stink last week about small town Knysna's forthcoming gay pride parade, not one protester showed up. via Queerty

“I have great respect for religious views, but can't cope with hate speech and blackmail. Let's have mutual respect.”

Knysna's gays better keep a belt handy. Officials in the small South African town are deploying "pink police" to monitor this weekend's gay pride parade, where nudity has apparently been an issue in the past. via Queerty

“We will have a live band playing and be open for business as on any other weekend.”

By Jo-Ann Bekker Many restaurants in Knysna have garlanded their premises in swaths of rosy fabric, fairy lights and balloons to celebrate the opening of the third Pink Loerie Carnival on Thursday. via The Star