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Cultural centre planned for Plettenberg Bay
PLANS are afoot by a group called Cultural Bridge to develop a cultural centre in Plettenberg Bay which, if approved, could attract between 500000 and one million tourists a year.
Continue reading...US pair expand Kurland music programme
05/11/09
AN American couple involved in the music industry in New York, who started teaching music in Kurland outside Plettenberg Bay, have extended their programme to Grade 4 and 5 pupils at Phakamisani Primary School in KwaNokuthula.
Continue reading...New Kindergarten in the Crags, 2010
17/10/09
The ‘Forest Friends Kindergarten’ for 3 to 6 year olds is opening it’s doors in January 2010. Nestled on the edge of the indigenous forest at Khoinania farm in the Crags, it is perfect for parents in surrounding areas needing a closer school option.
The classroom of this kindergarten is a beautiful dome allowing [...]
Plett education summit puts literacy, numeracy on top
14/10/09
THE Bitou mayoral education indaba has taken a number of resolutions to improve education in the Plettenberg Bay area and make it more accessible to all youngsters, from pre-school to tertiary level.
Continue reading...‘Past policies strip SA of skills’
12/10/09
The racially skewed policies of apartheid have left a massive and difficult legacy for educators to overcome with statistics showing township children still lag far behind in terms of literacy and numeracy, the second Bitou mayoral education Indaba heard at the weekend.
Continue reading...Plett pupil shares top honours in cyber Olympiad
08/10/09
A Plettenberg Bay high school pupil has won top honours in the Standard Bank Computer Olympiad, beating about 33000 other entrants to share first prize for his programming skills with a boy from Cape Town.
Continue reading...Bitou’s Integrated Education Development Plan a First for South Africa
25/09/09
BITOU’S Mayoral Education Indaba task team has finally birthed a ‘first’ for a South African municipal area: an Integrated Education Development Plan.
Continue reading...Plett school gang fears
15/09/09
POLICE have agreed to work with a Plettenberg Bay school to deal with worrying levels of violence and drug abuse.
Continue reading...Skills audit will let Bitou campus focus on market needs
06/08/09
The Bitou Municipality has donated R100000 to the Bitou Community Education Trust for a skills audit so that the South Cape College’s local campus can tailor its vocational courses to meet industry needs in the area.
Continue reading...Formosa prepares for their 40th anniversary
22/07/09
FORMOSA Primary School in Plett celebrates its 40th anniversary from July 27 to August 2. It promises to be a fun-filled week for all involved, complete with merry-go-round on the school grounds, courtesy of Fun Time Rides.
Continue reading...Your signature may save a child’s life
07/05/09
In January this year, a primary school student from Kwanokuthula died on the N2 and in February, a New Horizons student lost his life while crossing this ever-bustling stretch of national road on his bicycle. Then a group of concerned mothers took action to prevent further tragedy for Bitou’s pedestrians and cyclists.
Continue reading...Mary the Good Samaritan of St Peter’s Church
28/04/09
Energetic octogenarian Mary Randon recently played a pivotal role in raising R31000 in aid of four crèches in Bitou, courtesy of a raffle run by St Peter’s Anglican Church in Plettenberg Bay.
Continue reading...Wittedrift High first in line to show off their Bitou ambassador
26/04/09
PLETT’S radio station in conjunction with three local schools – Wittedrift High, Murray High and Plett Secondary – is searching for young women who shine and show potential to become future ambassadors for their schools and communities and, ultimately, star achievers in their chosen post-schooling fields.
Continue reading...Bitou Community Educational Trust congratulates scholarship students
23/04/09
TRUSTEES of the Bitou Community Educational Trust have awarded one-year scholarships to a top student from each of Bitou’s three high schools. The students were recommended by their schools and met with the trustees on April 6.
Continue reading...‘Mind The Gap’ Easter Fun Day
10/04/09
Easter Fun Day and your contribution might help close our deep divide
MIND the gap! No, not the one on the London Underground, but the one in South Africa. It is getting wider, and we must be more aware of this continuing danger.
“The gap is between the haves and the have-nots,” says Kurland Estate Community Responsibility [...]
Dream 67 Plettenberg Bay
10/04/09
DREAM 67 will jump to life as 255 pairs of happy feet play ‘the beautiful game’ in the beautiful bay on Saturday April 18, when 17 teams of under-13 boys and girls will meet at New Horizons Stadium.
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Server Maintenance – We will be performing several upgrades to our servers to enhance stability and performance. The maintenance is scheduled to last two (2) hours, beginning on the morning of March 6 at 08:00 AM and ending at 10:00 AM. Connectivity during this window will be intermittent and SoPlett might be offline for as long as 90 minutes.
As always, we will do everything we can to keep the interruptions to an absolute minimum.
We apologize for the short notice of this maintenance. It is critical, however, that the work be completed in as timely of a manner as possible to ensure increased stability.
Thanks – The SoPlett Team
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Some killer whales were spotted in the bay on 28 Feb 2010… first time in a year (apparently). Read more here
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Unnoficial measurements peg the total rainfall last night+this morning at 7mm. This is not enough to make a significant difference to the current crisis so please continue to use water as sparingly as possible.
11/03/10
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