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Talk of the Town, 27 Aug 2026

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ArticleCom­munity has three days to appeal decision after meet­ing

The Bathurst com­munity has just three days after tomor­row’s pub­lic meet­ing to appeal a decision to author­ise min­ing on the Bathurst Com­mon­age. The meet­ing was announced amid wide­spread con­cern over what sev­eral organ­isa­tions say was a...

Com­munity has three days to appeal decision after meet­ing

ArticleSkate­boarder chases world record, and second chances

Nathan du Preez drew admir­a­tion and amazement as he skate­boarded through Port Alfred last week, clock­ing up valu­able prac­tice miles as he pre­pares for an attempt to break the Guin­ness World Record for the longest con­tinu­ous skate, while...

Skate­boarder chases world record, and second chances

ArticleON THE ROAD:

Talk of the Town caught up with epic skate­boarder Nathan du Preez some­where between Port Alfred and Nanaga on Sat­urday. Con­tend­ing against extremely strong winds (up to 45km/h head­winds in the after­noon), he had hoped to be in Nanaga by 1pm but...

ON THE ROAD:

ArticleThree arres­ted in aba­lone bust

Three men were arres­ted on Wed­nes­day August 19 in a joint oper­a­tion that uncovered sus­pec­ted illegal aba­lonere­lated activ­it­ies at a lodge in the South­well area out­side Bathurst. SA Police Ser­vice spokes­per­son Col­onel Siphokazi Maw­isa...

Three arres­ted in aba­lone bust

ArticleK9 unit crisis and rising fraud con­cern­ing

The Port Alfred CPF would like to con­grat­u­late Col­onel Botha and his SAPS team for arrest­ing two people who had evaded traffic offi­cials on their way from Gqe­berha to our town. They were found to be hid­ing weapons in a secret com­part­ment in...

K9 unit crisis and rising fraud con­cern­ing