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All eyes on Michèle Eray this weekend
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).
Continue reading...From stable-hand to polo star – a success story to emulate
04/01/10
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.
Continue reading...Herald correspondent dies after short illness
04/11/09
THE Herald’s correspondent in Plettenberg Bay, Khethile Azikiwe Thomas, has died following a short illness.
Continue reading...Murdered couple laid to rest
22/10/09
MURDER victims Willie and Julie le Roux were buried yesterday at a small cemetery in the Harkerville forest near Plettenberg Bay.
Continue reading...Stallholder loses battle with Bitou
16/10/09
A PLETTENBERG Bay informal trader has lost a David and Goliath battle with the Bitou Municipality to keep trading at a prime beachfront spot.
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...‘Trouble’ ultimatum over teen murder duo
30/09/09
A crowd of angry Wittedrift and Green Valley residents chanted “we want justice” outside the Plettenberg Bay Magistrate’s Court yesterday during the brief appearance of two teenagers accused of stabbing dead 78-year-old librarian Johanna Blignault.
Continue reading...Murder victim ‘made killers sandwiches’
22/09/09
Two teenagers arrested for the murder of a 78-year-old librarian in Wittedrift, Plettenberg Bay, apparently stabbed her to death after she made them sandwiches.
Continue reading...Father’s body found at foot of cliff close to where last seen
16/09/09
The family of Port Elizabeth resident Johan Redelinghuys, whose body has been found six months after he went missing while on holiday in Plettenberg Bay, expressed relief that they had obtained a sense of closure and could “properly mourn” him.
Continue reading...Sculptor waxes lyrical over new foundry
10/09/09
Sculptor Robert Leggat, known for his signature bronze dolphin piece in Plettenberg Bay’s town centre, has opened his own foundry, the only “lost wax” casting facility in the area.
Continue reading...‘Devil’ work no pie in sky award
02/09/09
PLETTENBERG Bay artist Stephen Rosin has won this year’s Absa L’Atelier award for his visual adaptation of the English proverb, “the devil makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues and clerks’ fingers”.
Continue reading...Bitou denies making offer of settlement in harassment case
26/08/09
Bitou Municipality has denied claims by sexual harassment litigant Elmaré Fourie that she was offered a R450000 settlement.
Continue reading...UK tourist rescued from Plett surf
26/08/09
An alert onlooker and two surfers helped rescue a 62-year-old British holidaymaker just seconds before he disappeared under the water after being washed out to sea at Plettenberg Bay’s Lookout Beach yesterday.
Continue reading...Still no sign of missing Kranshoek fisherman
25/08/09
The 49-year-old Kranshoek angler who disappeared in the surf while fishing off the rocks near Plettenberg Bay on Sunday had still not been found by late yesterday afternoon.
Continue reading...Wannabe artists set free of fear
14/08/09
Artist Charles Levin, who was a director of the Johannesburg Art Foundation for 11 years, has set up his studio in The Crags outside Plettenberg Bay, where he not only continues to produce works of art, but has instituted classes for students from beginner level to post-graduate.
Continue reading...The pie-maker from Plett: ABSA L’Atelier winner Stephen Rosin
28/07/09
The winner of this year’s ABSA L’Atelier competition is an unlikely suspect. Thirty-four year old Stephen Rosin runs a family pie-making business, and lives in a rural area near Plett, where, until last September, he had no electricity.
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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.
25/02/10
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