Jonty Rhodes visits Cango Wildlife Ranch
A cricket legend graced Cango Wildlife Ranch with his presence late last week… the one and only Mr. Jonty Rhodes! Jonty is currently residing inIndia, as he was appointed as the fielding coach for the Mumbai Indian Premier League T20 Cricket competition. Most recently, he has been traveling around SA on behalf of SA tourism [...]
Rural project plants hope in ripe little town of Dysselsdorp
HOPE has been given to the small town of Dysselsdorp, a pilot site for the government’s Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP). The settlement of 12 000 people near Oudtshoorn is the R10 million beneficiary for initiatives to empower the rural community. These include outreach projects, from planting trees to the redistribution of land to the [...]
Oudtshoorn school to fight eviction
GrootkraalPrimary School near Oudtshoorn is to fight an application for the school to be evicted from the land it occupies, advocacy group Equal Education said on Thursday. It said the farm school, which had been operating for over 80 years, faced eviction by the Kobot Trust because there were plans to turn the farm into [...]
Pick your own grapes at De Krans Wine Cellar
Visit the farm from 8 February – 7 March and pick your own grapes at R4.90/kg. De Krans Wine Cellar is situated along the picturesque Gamka River Valley near Calitzdorp. Great outing for the whole family. Call 044 213 3314 The history of the farm dates back to 1890, when it was bought by the [...]
Land reform programme accelerated
The government says one of the biggest success stories has been the revitalisation of small rural towns. Two pilot projects are under way at Prince Albert hamlet, Witzenberg municipality in the Western Cape, and in Dysselsdorp, in the Greater Oudtshoorn municipality in the Southern Cape. These are two examples of what can be achieved through working [...]
Strong theatre set for Karoo stage
Afrikaans festivals have become the lifeblood of Afrikaans theatre. If you don’t catch productions there, you’re not going to have much joy, especially in Gauteng. The Cape seems to fare better on this score and hopefully more of the better productions will start travelling across the country and changing these dynamics. This year’s Klein Karoo [...]
KKNK huldeblyk aan Reza de Wet
Toe Reza de Wet in 1985 haar kreatiewe visie, perfek gevorm en in volle blom op ’n onvoorbereide en ietwat impotente Suid Afrikaanse teater-landskap losgelaat het, het sy ’n subtiele, maar ook radikale alternatief aangebied vir die agitprop en vermaak wat toe die norm op ons verhoë was. Van meet af aan, in wat ’n [...]
‘Meningitis death’ actually murder
A little girl was allegedly murdered by her father’s girlfriend. Three-year-old Lache Stols died shortly after she was rushed to hospital in EersterivIer last week. Her father Angelo Stols, 24, and girlfriend Anthea Kleynhans, 33, originally claimed the tot died of meningitis. But – in a case that echoes the infamous 2005 murder of baby [...]
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- Rural project plants hope in ripe little town - Independent Online February 19, 2012
- School to fight eviction - Independent Online February 16, 2012
- Ostrich farming hit by bird flu February 22, 2012
- Jonty Rhodes visits Cango Wildlife Ranch : Oudtshoorn News February 22, 2012
- Rural project plants hope in ripe little town of Dysselsdorp ... February 20, 2012
- Oudtshoorn school to fight eviction : Oudtshoorn News February 17, 2012
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