By Aneeqa du Plessis Two children drowned in a kayaking incident in Plettenberg Bay yesterday while a third managed to make it to shore raise the alarm. According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Spokesperson Craig Lambinon, rescue swimmers responded in vehicles and two rescue craft following a report that three boys, aged between 8 and 10, on a kayak at Natures Valley Lagoon, Grootrivier, got into difficulty. The […]
The Plett Shark Action Group (PSAG) has counted 12 great white sharks on its coastline in Plettenberg Bay in the Garden Route following an aerial survey. Shark surveillance has been boosted on the coastline after last week’s fatal shark attack. The survey started from the Robberg Peninsula to the area of Grootbank past Keurboomstrand. It involved representatives from the Bitou Environmental Management and the Plett Great White Shark Research. The […]
LOCAL Tributes continue to pour in for a 39-year-old Cape Town woman who was killed in a shark attack at Plettenberg Bay in the Southern Cape. Kimon Bisogno went out for an early morning swim on Central Beach on Sunday when she was attacked. She was an active member of the community in Observatory and worked with organisations dealing with homeless people. Her friends and family have expressed shock over the incident […]
A 39-year-old woman from Cape Town has been killed in a shark attack at Central Beach in Plettenberg Bay in the Southern Cape. According to NSRI spokesperson, Chris Lambinon, “NSRI Plettenberg Bay and the police services were activated at 07h53 following reports of a shark incident at Central Beach.” “The sea rescue craft Eric Stratford was launched. On arrival on the scene, the body of a believed to be 39-year-old […]
LOCAL The NSRI and the Bitou Municipality are appealing to the public to be cautious along the Plettenberg Bay and Southern Cape coastline. Beaches have been closed in Plettenberg Bay by Bitou Municipalty. This sadly follows a fatal shark incident at Central Beach on Sunday morning. NSRI Plettenberg Bay and the police services were activated at 07h53 following reports of a shark incident at Central Beach. The sea rescue craft […]
LOCAL Police in Plettenberg Bay, in the Western Cape, have arrested two suspects for the alleged murder and armed robbery of a shop owner. The shop owner was shot dead at his spaza shop last week . Police had launched a manhunt after the 27-year-old Ethiopian shop owner was gunned down in Kwanokuthula. Police Spokesperson, Chris Spies says the two were arrested during separate operations in an operation by local […]
A monkey sanctuary at Plettenberg Bay in the Southern Cape is ensuring that the animals in their care own the land they live on. Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary is the world’s first free-roaming, multi-species primate sanctuary, covering an area of 12 hectares of indigenous forest and providing ex-captive primates with a healthier, more natural lifestyle. Home to over 550 primates including gibbons, howler monkeys, vervet monkeys, langurs, sakis, capuchins, squirrel monkeys, […]
Up to 10,000 residents were forced to flee their homes in Knysna overnight as fires fuelled by storm winds ripped through the Western Cape coastal town. Provincial local governance spokesman James-Brent Styan confirmed‚ in an update at 1am on Thursday‚ that 8,000 to 10,000 evacuations had taken place in the town of 77,000 residents. “The fire in Knysna is the largest and most destructive fire in a built up area in […]
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