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This year, the J-Bay Surf Festival, which took place from July 13 to 23, attracted a record number of visitors, with surf and music fans streaming to Jeffreys Bay in droves.

Kouga Municipality has closed the Seekoei Estuary for swimming and finishing until further notice from July 24.

The 2023 Park Off Music Festival has re-established itself as the fan-favourite J-Bay Surf Festival event, with festival headliners GoodLuck, Desmond and the Tutus, Muzi, Steven Sawyer and Jeremy Loops, drawing in massive crowds of music-lovers from across the country.

Thanks to the recent heavy rain and regular inflow of water from various catchment areas, as of July 21, the Kouga Dam is at 43.93 percent which is an increase of almost 11 percent since the start of month.

St Francis Rotarians welcomed Lindsay Pearson as club president for the 2023-24 Rotary year. Outgoing president, Brian Codling, handed over to President Lindsay at the annual induction dinner at St Francis Links on Thursday, July 6.

Local author, Barrie Thomson (88) from Jeffreys Bay, recently published his latest novel titled The Man Who Bought a Kingdom, a biblical fiction book which answers many fascinating questions while taking the reader on a journey filled with descriptiv

Thornhill resident and Kouga Municipality Power(ful) Woman finalist for 2022, Ziyanda Kilimani (26), recently spearheaded the first Kouga Youth Hustlers Awards – uplifting youth, while celebrating and acknowledging their achievements.

The Kouga Municipality has committed its unwavering support for the innovative PickMe app, created to combat local unemployment.

Non-Profit organisation, JBay Animal Rescue Sanctuary, which sterilises at least 80 animals each month in the Kouga region, is located in the Ocean View township in Jeffreys Bay. The organisation is looking for forever homes for a few of their…

On July 19, Lakey Peterson from the United States of America and Filipe Toledo from Brazil won the Corona Ooen J-Bay Stop No. 9 on the World Surf League (WSL) 2023 Championship Tour (CT), in perfectly groomed, three-to-five foot surf…