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Check this out! Note from the webmaster. I've walked these places (once) and have to say that this book is a must get for anyone who loves the Wild Coast. The authors have included an extraordinary amount of information including the history of the coast, the peoples, the environment (with comprehensive flora and flauna lists), tourism and much, much more. Images sourced from all over the world make this a spectacular read. Above is a single page from the book Hope they don't mind! Mkambati and the Wild Coast
News archive Wild Coast: get there while it's still wild Wild Coast tourism under crime siege Youths kill holidaymaker Teachers die in lovers' row Fishermen declare war on marine authorities Port St Johns – DESPERATELY poor fishermen demanding subsistence fishing exemptions here have declared war on the Marine and Coastal Management authorities. That is the feeling among 240 fishermen here who have been waiting for subsistence fishing permits for more than seven years.
First quarter 2005 news retrospective update. Villagers ill after eating bad beef At least sixty people were rushed to a hospital near Port St John's in the Eastern Cape, after apparently eating contaminated beef, SABC radio news reported on Friday. The residents of kuZele village, near Libode, experienced diarrhoea, vomiting and headaches on Thursday. Indigenous Food Fair in Port St Johns focuses on delicacies from the Eastern Cape Poverty alleviation project pays dividends as new indigenous food products go on display at event. Eastern Cape women are cooking up a storm in Port St Johns where later today guests from around the country will gather for a celebration of the province's indigenous foods. The Eastern Cape Indigenous Food Fair is the fifth event held countrywide as part of a poverty alleviation project aimed at promoting and commercialising indigenous foods through technology transfer. http://www.csir.co.za/plsql/ptl0002/PTL0002_PGE013_ Uneducated entrepreneurs market themselves in Port St. Johns On a recent trip to Port St. Johns Richard Clarke, founder of Just Ideas, was pleasantly surprised to find basic understanding of and insight into marketing and PR amongst a community with very little access to basic schooling. "These communities have some of the poorest people in the country and yet despite a lack of education and poverty there are entrepreneurs that stand out from the crowd," says Clarke. Juni 2004, Port St. Johns, Südafrika. Durch die Hochebene von Umtata biegen wir rechts ab gegen Osten, der Küste entgegen. Die Landschaft ändert sich dramatisch von einer steppenähnlichen Hochebene fallen urplötzlich tiefe Schluchten und Canyons hinab ins Tal. Von ca. 1000 Metern über normal Null fällt die gut ausgebaute Strasse innerhalb von wenigen Kilometern auf Meeresspiegelniveau ab.
In the weeks prior to the Cape Parrot Big Birding Day (CPBBD), I feel considerable anxiety about whether it will be successful or not. It is not often as a biologist that one has to rely on volunteers to collect most of the data. However, I am continually amazed and grateful to see how many people have become involved over the years, some of whom have participated since the first CPBBD. Some worries are related to the security of volunteers, especially of students that I send to out of the way places, and of course there is concern that the weather be conducive to parrot-spotting. Drei Damen aus der Schweiz Rural women get up and at IT The development of women entrepreneurs in information technology in South Africa was boosted recently with the launch of a women's IT academy in Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape - an initiative which will be duplicated across the country. The initiative, spearheaded by Technology for Women in Business (TWIB), is being partnered by the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Science and Technology, Cisco Systems International, Microsoft SA, Digital Partners and the CSIR. R10m for Sanitation in East Cape Schools PRETORIA : The Eastern Cape Department of Education is making strides towards realising its goal of providing water and sanitation to schools in the province. In this regard, Education MEC Mkhangeli Matomela officially launched a multi million Rand Rural Schools Sanitation Programme in Mqanduli today. The R10 million programme will provide 697 toilet seats in 35 schools to the benefit of 16 632 learners and 409 educators. These include schools in the districts of Lusikisiki, Port St Johns/Libode, Maluti, Mbizana, Umtata/ Mqanduli, Idutywa and Mt Fletcher. Decision to uplift shark nets praised The KwaZulu-Natal coast currently has an abundance of sardine shoals and more shoals are making their way past north Port St Johns, with numerous shoals passing immediately off Durban’s beaches. UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY THREATENED & ENDEMIC GOLDEN MOLES AT A WORLD-CLASS AFRICAN UNIVERSITY! No more mud houses for Port St Johns villages With the provincial government introducing low cost housing in rural villages of the Transkei, there will be no more mud houses and rondavalls at Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape. The first multi-million rand housing project at Caguba village at Port St Johns was launched this afternoon. It has however been been received with mixed reactions. Big swells reach SA coast The National Sea Rescue Institute and the SA Navy have warned the public and fishermen against high waves along the KwaZulu-Natal Coast and parts of the Eastern Cape following the tsunamis which killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. SABC news reported on Monday that beaches had been flooded at Coffee Bay and Port St Johns. Environment Week launched Newly appointed Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk launched National Environment Week on Monday with a visit to Bird Island in Algoa Bay, about 50 kilometres east of Port Elizabeth. His visit to the island comes shortly before it and four other areas around the South African coast are gazetted, on Friday, as marine protected areas (MPA).
On the Wild Coast, after a decidedly hesitant start, considerable progress has now been made with providing the required infrastructure to attract investment with the node at Port St Johns earmarked for development in the first phase of exploiting the enormous potential of the region. Negotiations with several investors at Port St Johns have now reached a critical stage, and major announcements are expected during the course of this year that will result in the town being transformed into the hub of what is envisaged as the Riviera of South Africa. The Wild Coast will also benefit from the East London-Port Shepstone toll road for which the environmental impact study is expected to be finished this year. Tsunami Felt as Far as Southern Africa INTRO: The effects of the tsunami in Asia are being felt in far corners of the globe. In southern Africa, people are responding generously to calls for assistance to the international relief effort. Delia Robertson reports from Johannesburg.
The IDC’s contribution to the overall South African economy was noteworthy and addressed some of the challenges, the country faced, the IDC said.
A summary of PSJ in the news in 2004 Dagga worth R60 million seized in the Eastern Cape 19/11/2004 Oil transfer from grounded ship begins 25 Oct 2004 Farmer killed in Port St John's 22 Oct 2004 South Africa recognized for its four new marine protected areas 28, Jul 2004 Royalty and other leaders from Southern Africa put heads together to commercialise indigenous foods and resources 16 July 2004 Smash it down: Court rules on Transkei cottage July 8 294 Couple reported missing traced 02/07/2004 Rural women get up and at IT 30 June 2004 2019 Cape Parrots seen 8/9th May 2004 SA's Precious Coastline To Be Protected February 17, 2004 A summary of PSJ in the news in 2003 2km-long queue for Madiba's Christmas party December 27 2003 We're taking over, proclaim AK-wielding men December 19 2003 Tears of joy as Madiba meets HIV pioneers December 12 2003 Red
tape around hotel stymies Port St Johns' upliftment November 9,
2003 As Henry James, the owner says: "The biggest losers are the poor of Port St Johns." Invitation to apply for Capital Radio's broadcasting licence 11 September 2003 R50-m
boost for Transkei reserve 8 September, 2003 Paradise
lost? 16 Jul 2003 A
system in crisis 02 Jul 2003 Wild
uproar over Wild Coast toll road plan June 17 2003 South Africa and Mozambique Bust Rhino Poaching Gang Don't Relax Ivory Trade Ban, Activists Urge |
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