SoPlett! | Plettenberg Bay News and Info

ROUGH seas claimed the life of a 31-year-old Estonian tourist when a wave swept him out to sea at Eerste River between Plettenberg Bay and St Francis Bay yesterday morning.

PLETT businessman Cobus Roos, 36, died instantly on June 7 when his motorcycle collided head-on with a truck on the N2 just past the Engen entrance to the town. The accident happened around 12:30 and was heard by learners and staff at the adjacent Plett Primary School.

WESTERN Cape Local Government MEC Anton Bredell has turned down a request to sack Bitou DA councillor Johann Brummer for contraventions of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct.

Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa in Knysna was the honeymoon destination of choice for popular American newlyweds Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney who met on the ABC show The Bachelor in 2009 during its 13th season.

Plett local Thomas Maurer – manning the scoreboard above – quickly sprang into action when his friend Dominic Baldzuhn was injured in a motorbike accident on Easter Monday.

OVER 100 people showed their true commitment to local preschool children by attending Bitou mayor’s Lulama Mvimbi’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Indaba at Piesang Valley community hall on March 20.

THE country’s most talented all-round female paddler, Plett native Michèle Eray, has set her sights on the SA K1 river championships as she plots the defence of her Global Trader Drakensberg Challenge title, which takes place in Underberg this weekend (February 27 and 28).

IT IS known as the sport of princes, but the hottest talent in South African polo is a former stable-hand who grew up helping his dad saddle horses for rich farmers.