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Horror death of Kranshoek horse highlights neglect and abuse
THE community of smallholders who own properties on the Airport Road near Kranshoek are up in arms over the apparent neglect and abuse suffered by horses in Kranshoek – an ongoing situation that culminated two weeks ago in the senseless death of a beautiful, well-known and well-loved Anglo-Arab mare named Lady.
Continue reading...Ill-fated Plett golf estate just a chip and putt from reality
25/02/10
A MAYORAL committee decision on rezoning is all that is now required before developers can begin construction of the R1-billion golf estate at Roodefontein in Plettenberg Bay.
Continue reading...Gordhan turns on the taps for Garden Route
21/02/10
FINANCE Minister Pravin Gordhan’s Budget has brought a massive boost to drought-stricken areas, with R141,5-million allocated to the blighted Eden and Central Karoo districts.
Continue reading...Firebreaks set for Outeniqua Mountains
16/02/10
FIREFIGHTERS from six Working on Fire (WoF) teams will start cutting firebreaks today in the Outeniqua Mountains above the Garden Route Dam in George.
Continue reading...Lucky Break for Snorkey
15/02/10
Care and goodwil kept it all from going wrong for Snorkey.
Continue reading...Fires devastate huge areas of Garden Route
10/02/10
AT least 6000 hectares of mainly indigenous fynbos have been destroyed by wildfires sweeping across the Garden Route, and firefighters were still battling last night to contain a number of massive blazes that were raging out of control.
Continue reading...Bitou water critical with under 3 months’ supply
09/02/10
BITOU has joined George and Knysna as a critical drought area, with less than three months’ water supply left, according to Western Cape officials.
Continue reading...Bitou River inflow set to benefit from Funda quarry rehabilitation
08/02/10
THE Funda quarry outside Plettenberg Bay, which stopped operating last April, is to be rehabilitated in a move that looks set to improve the quality of water flowing into the Bitou River.
Continue reading...Municipality uses drinking water to spray dump site during Crisis
08/02/10
Municipal workers have apparently been authorized to use our critically low drinking water supply to spray the dump site.
Continue reading...Bitou set to form water users’ association
29/01/10
REPRESENTATIVES of the agriculture, nature conservation, tourism, ratepayers and municipal sectors in Bitou have agreed to form a water users’ association in light of the prolonged drought.
Continue reading...Bitou water supply – all the alarm bells sound…
28/01/10
Long-time CXPRESS contributor of years past, and outdoors fundi of legendary proportions, JACK MUDD shares a piece of his mind on the local water crisis
Continue reading...Rain fails to end Garden Route drought
27/01/10
WHILE heavy rains were experienced in the Eastern Cape, Free State and KwaZulu Natal yesterday, the drought-stricken Garden Route only received between 8mm and 15mm overnight on Monday.
Continue reading...Bitou hoping for desalination plants news as drought bites
26/01/10
THE Bitou Municipality is hoping to get feedback in February for its R40-million application to the Western Cape government and National Treasury to build two desalination plants.
Continue reading...Drought may soon push food prices up
22/01/10
THE price of vegetables, milk and even beer could increase soon as Southern Cape farmers continue to buckle under unrelenting drought conditions.
Continue reading...Job creation and the drought (opinions)
21/01/10
The drought is or will be causing unemployment. There is no doubt some disastor relief money from the government available and this should be spent on job creation.
Continue reading...Waterthrifty Garden Route must try even harder
12/01/10
WATER supplies held up well in the drought-stricken Garden Route over the December tourist season, but with holidaymakers returning home, town councils said yesterday the situation remained critical and urged residents to redouble their efforts to limit consumption.
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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.
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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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