Big turnout and festive spirit for Boxing Day fun run
The annual Kowie Striders fun run held every Boxing Day saw another good turnout of locals and visitors who make the event a regular...
Ndlambe Municipal Notice: Liquor Trading Hours
Extension of liquor trading hours
This notice serves to inform all affected parties of a resolution taken by Ndlambe Council at the meeting held in...
The start of the 2018 Dirty Pineapple Mud Run
The runners set off for the 2018 Dirty Pineapple Mud Run on Sunday.
Talk of the Town was there to capture the moment as well as...
Congrats to PA Butchery celebrating 80 years
If you didn't get to the 80th birthday celebrations at PA Butchery on Saturday then you missed out on a feast of spit-roasted lamb,...
A Freight Train a coming…
Hoppy's Paddle Inn "Friday Night is Wine Night" featured the laid-back sounds of Freight Train on Friday evening.
The band - Dennis Schultz, lead vocalist, banjo...
Readers get their copy of Sunshine Holiday
Talk of the Town sales reps Bryan Smith and Adele Steck popped into Rosehill Mall to hand out our free Sunshine Holiday edition, and...
Celebrating a year of parkrun in Port Alfred
Port Alfred parkrun celebrated its first birthday last Saturday with a bring and braai outside the Girl Guide Hall. It was a good social...
A festive year-end party for KGB golf
The KGB section of the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club held their annual prize giving lunch at the club last Friday. It was a...
Santa spreads joy at Kenny’s
In a whistle-stop tour to visit the good children of Port Alfred on Sunday, Santa Clause, aka Father Christmas, Kris Kringle among a host...
Shop here, take home a car
ALL SMILES: It was a jubilant occasion for Yolisa Mabece who was the winner of a Toyota AYGO supplied by Kowie Toyota in Pick...
1820s golfers celebrate 50 years
ERNEST ALLEN
The 1820 Golfers Group held their annual lunch at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club (RPAGC) on Monday November 19.
The event was special...
Bathurst Agricultural Show is almost ready for next year
The Bathurst Agricultural Show is the largest agricultural show in the Eastern Cape and one of the most prestigious events on the agricultural calendar.
At...
Bustling fete at St Paul’s Church
The St Paul’s Anglican Church fete was bustling last Saturday morning as patrons did some early Christmas shopping, browsing the white elephant table, book...
Showing the development of bonsai at exhibition
The Sunshine Coast Bonsai Club is showing a variety of trees at the Girl Guide Hall in Port Alfred until Sunday December 2. The...
Walking away with trophies at the Striders annual awards
As usual, the Kowie Striders annual award ceremony showed that, despite being a smaller club, it can always compete with the big boys when...
Kowie Foundation School’s Trojan Horse
Like the Trojan Horse of Greek mythology, the show put on by Kowie Foundation School (KFS) at the Girl Guides Hall on Thursday evening...
Amazing talent on display at photo exhibition
The Kowie Camera Club opened its inaugural photo exhibition at the RD McKenzie Art Gallery in Wharf Street on the evening of Saturday November...
Kneeboarders rip it at champs in PA
The SA Open Kneeboard Championships at Port Alfred's East Beach last weekend was hailed as a huge success, with Gigs Celliers emerging as the...
Cannabis concessions
Following the recent judgement by the Constitutional Court, there has been some uncertainty as to what the ruling on the private use, possession or...
NSRI Golf Day winners
Congratulations to the winners of the NSRI Golf Day, Andries Small, Harold Horne, Wollie Wolmarans and Rocky Rowe, which was held at the Royal Port...
Surfing community holds moment of silence for Jannie du Preez
A poignant moment during the Kowie Boardriders Club party after day 1 of the SA Open Kneeboard Championships in Port Alfred on Saturday, as...
Lots of prizes at the NSRI Golf Day
As usual, golfers flocked to the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club on Friday to take part in the NSRI Golf Day and show their...
Settlers market another success
It was a difficult task to even find parking in Settlers Park on Saturday morning as the annual Morning Market drew hundreds of patrons...
Genetic modification in sci-fi thriller
The Titan, with Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Lennart Ruff.
4/5
If you are into science fiction movies then head to Rosehill Mall...
Hospice Fun Run in pictures
There was a fantastic turnout of 240 people – nearly double the usual number of parkrun participants –for the special breast cancer awareness fun...
Learning through travel
Travellers are interesting people – especially travellers who commit to a substantial amount of time in a country, going far and wide, engaging the...
Spanish cyclists on marathon trek across SA
A Spanish couple cycling across South Africa hit the coast for the first time last Saturday when they entered Port Alfred, and have been...
International karate Instructor to visit Makhanda
United Shotokan-Ryu’s (USR) intention of bringing top class international karate instructors to South Africa will be realised with Sensei Pascal Lecourt’s (7th dan) arrival...
The success of the clivia
A local success story leads to a challenge of accepted history on the origin of the clivia
The clivia is a highly sought-after flowering plant,...
Help make up a Santa’s Seniors Shoebox
To brighten up what is often a lonely time for struggling pensioners, Talk of the Town is spearheading a Santa’s Seniors Shoebox collection for...
