2009-07-03

Knysna Oyster Festival warms up winter

The Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival, a celebration of sport and the good life, has established itself as one of the most popular annual events in the Western Cape. It is into its 26th year and was officially opened on Wednesday evening by the Executive Mayor of Knysna, Eleanore Bouw-Spies Read More...

2009-07-03

Residents voice objections to toll-road plan

More than 500 Garden Route residents have commented on the planned Knysna N2 toll highway, with most objecting to having to pay a toll while traveling in one municipal area. Read More...

2009-07-03

SABMiller in R6bn empowerment deal

Global brewing giant SABMiller has unveiled black economic empowerment deal that will see approximately 10% in South African Breweries, worth approximately US$750-million (about R6-billion), being transferred to its employees and other participants. Inset: The owner-manager of a distribution centre he has built up and made successful distributing SAB products in the Johannesburg region (Photo: SABMiller - One Red Eye/Philip Meech) Read More...

2009-07-03

Young George violinist plucks out has-beens on road to riches

Talented George violinist Avigail Bushakevitz, 21, advanced through the semi-finals of the second Unisa National String Competition in Pretoria with flying colours on Tuesday and will compete with two other finalists tomorrow. Pulling Strings: George violinist Avigail Bushakevitz, 21, accompanied by the Johannesburg Philharmonic, competes in the finals of the second Unisa National String Competition in Pretoria. Read More...

2009-07-03

Sedgefield veld fire under control

A veld fire that started on a private smallholding in Rondevlei Heights between Sedgefield and Wilderness this morning has been brought under control, according to SA National Parks officials. Read More...

2009-07-01

Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival opened

The 26th Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival was officially opened tonight by the Executive Mayor of Knysna, Eleanore Bouw-Spies. At a well-attended function in the Heineken Pavilion at Loerie Park, sponsors, municipal officials, Knysna Tourism board members, media and events managers gathered to celebrate the start of one of South Africa’s most popular and enduring festivals, which has been touted as the Best 10 Days of your Winter. Read More...

2009-07-01

The Final Countdown For Table Mountain

You have seven days left to cast your vote for Table Mountain in the New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign. Currently sitting at number 7 in its category, the majestic icon needs your votes to boost its position before Tuesday July 7, when voting closes. Read More...

2009-07-01

Cultures collide at the Jazz Fest

In the true spirit of fusion, musicians from the US, Norway, Swedan, Israel, Switzerland, Holland, Australia, Mozambique and South Africa will join forces in Grahamstown from 2 to 11 July to present a Standard Band Jazz Festival programme as diverse as the genre itself. Inset: Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2009: drummer Kesivan Naidoo (Photo: National Arts Festival) Read More...

2009-07-01

Google goes mobile in Africa

Internet giant Google is targeting Africa's mobile phone users with the introduction, starting in Uganda, of Google SMS, a suite of mobile applications which will allow people to access news, information and advice on health, agriculture, weather, sport and more via SMS (text). Read More...

2009-07-01

SA records first trade surplus in 29 months

South Africa's trade balance swung to its first monthly surplus in 29 months in May, data showed on Tuesday, as the prevailing economic recession kept imports depressed. The South African Revenue Service said the country recorded a surplus of R2 billion in May from a deficit of 1.465 billion rand in April, the first positive balance since December 2006. Read More...

2009-07-04

Herolds Bay Storm

Image: http://www.zoopy.com/data/media/51703/thumb-500x500f.jpg (http://www.zoopy.com/photo/13w7/herolds-bay-storm) My mom and I went to Herolds Bay last week as there were high seas during the storm that came past. We took some photos - not all of them are equally good, but here they are: ... Read More...

2009-07-03

Genuine Seiko/Casio/Citizen watches from Singapore

No this is not spam, I have always loved Seiko watches and some time ago I found this website in Singapore that sells Casio,Citizen & Seiko the prices are excellent and I have bought at least 5 watches for gifts. They incl International Warranty. My favorities are the Seiko... Read More...

2009-07-02

Garden Route Wireless User Group (GRWUG)

Thanks for attending the meeting Charl,Imel & Justin. Imel will purchase 3 x Ubiquiti Picostation wireless devices and let us know when they arrive so that we can do the handson session For now we have choosen the mesh route due to the costs of setting up a high site (solar,... Read More...

2009-07-02

Knysna Baker not allowed to donate to the needy

This is disgusting, so typical of "treffic officerous", their always 2 sides to a story I do not find this hard to believe, lets hope he can continue donating his bread, possibly its was causing a traffic flow problem. Plett Bay Traffic Dept: 044 501 3238/0 Chief Traffic Officer: Gary Swiegers ... Read More...

2009-07-01

Gardenroute.com Portal Theme Change

Finally, we managed to find some time to work on a front end theme for the portal. The majority of time spent in the past has mostly been on the backend and functionality and the front end theme was essentially a quick fix. We will be switching over today and ironing out minor CSS and display... Read More...

2009-06-30

moving towards the Dordrecht area

Hi all, Charlvn already knew it for a couple of days, we've been confirmed for it for more then a week now; I/we've been a little quiet on the moving-to-Africa-front, but we're happy to announce that after 13 years of searching for the right place we located a beautiful farm up in the... Read More...

2009-06-30

Geek Retreat

---Quote--- A while back, Heather Ford and Justin Spratt were having a chat about IS Labs -- an initiative by Internet Solutions that challenges people to submit ideas to make the internet better in South Africa. We started talking about different ways to support innovation in the space, and... Read More...

2009-06-28

Post RSS Feed

The default vBulletin RSS feed only contains a list of forum threads. There has been various complaints about this over time and I undertook quite a long time ago (about 18 months I think) to add the missing functionality to generate a feed of the actual posts but then never got around to it, until... Read More...

2009-06-26

Cosatu & other websites get Google Advisories scary

Better check you website as you do not want to get this advisory Image: http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w345/midafricam/Misc/cosatuorgza.jpg http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/8547.html ... Read More...

2009-06-26

Michael Jackson dies age 50 - cardiac arrest

Wow the Pop king is dead :confused: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5642715/Michael-Jackson-dies-aged-50.html Read More...

2009-06-25

Luxury cruise with difference: Hunt Somalian Pirates

Pics here of your arsenal and prices :eek: too much money around http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3617/85/ these are not Russians but also Americans, is this for real ? Wealthy punters pay £3,500 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by... Read More...

2009-06-25

Strange weather in George Snow: 25 June 2009

Here are is a light sprinking of snow on George Peak (Outside Temp 6 degrees) Rainfall since midnight 23mm Image: http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w345/midafricam/Nature/DSC_5208.jpg Yesterday some really strange clouds, perpendicular Image:... Read More...

2009-06-25

Receding Water Level of George Dam

Some serious winds last night and welcome rain too. I have no doubt damage reports will be coming in as I write this. The George Dam Level is at critical levels at the mo. Locals are very concerned. We received a mail and some disturbing pics showing just how much the dam has receded. Pics... Read More...

2009-06-24

Owlcam has to be called a Goosecam - damn thieves

Looks like the nest is being claimed by the rivals Egyptian geese - power problems still need to sorted out. Camera needs to be re-positioned too. Daytime culprit Image: http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w345/midafricam/Owlcam/capture-23-06-2009-18-55.jpg Night time view Image:... Read More...

2009-06-23

Confederation Cup

Are there any soccer mad fans in the Garden Route that have been watching the confed cup? It seems a pity that soccer in our area is not very well supported, unless there are a lot of "couch spectators" and/or ex players who rather support the UK and/or European soccer teams instead of the local... Read More...