StreetSmart SA, an organisation dedicated to helping street children rebuild their lives through donations from restaurants in the Western Cape and Gauteng, has handed R50 000 to Masizame Children's Shelter, their Plettenberg Bay beneficiary for 2016.
Masizame offers food, a shower, ...more
To describe tea as a beverage served hot would be understating a product that has had a profound impact on world trade and cultural life globally.
Popping in for a cuppa means so much more than adding a tea bag to a pot of boiling water. In the Commonwealth it remains a measure of ...more
"Good Samaritan" Plett holidaymakers made sure that hundreds of children had at least one tasty meal this festive season.
Anti-child abuse group Plett Green Hearts spokesperson Yvette Wilschut said on December 30 she received a very welcome phone call informing her of a couple, who ...more
SABC 3’s Expresso Show recently featured Plett’s Kay and Monty Vineyards in The Crags, a wine farm in the Plett Winelands.
George Airport brings you to the heart of the Garden Route. With regular direct flights from Johannesburg, getting there has never been easier. This coastline offers a ...more
With a a coastline stretching more than 2 500km from Namibia to Mozambique, it's understandable than in 2015, we witnessed some pretty bizarre incidents one these shores.
Among these were:
1. When a message-in-a-bottle was discovered along the Garden Route
When a 13-year-old Angela Harris filled a ...more
Rebecca McConnell, a self-confessed huge fan of Caspar Lee, received an early Christmas present this December when she was lucky enough to bump into the YouTuber in the car park at Plett's Sanctuary Beach.
Caspar, who had been having breakfast with his niece and nephew Hannah and Max, emerged from the ...more
The summer fun begins as Plett’s local videographer Stuart Brink of Stuart Brink Films gets his board out and shows us how to relax and enjoy the waves on Sanctuary Beach, Plettenberg Bay. There's even a cameo appearance from his dog at 1:01.
Surfing in Plett, with a dog!
Watch more Stuart Brink Films videos at Vimeo and YouTube.
The Plett Summer Times Magazine for 2015 includes information about sporting events, festivals, music acts, shows and many other events over the 2015 December/January festive season.
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Matric exams are finishing but there’s one more challenge for matriculants – perhaps more of a ‘hurdle’ for parents – RAGE.
Here in the Western Cape we are most familiar with Plett Rage, but Rage also happens in J-Bay, Margate, Umhlanga, Ballito and Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe).
It’s a time of celebration ...more
This is it, when one reaches adulthood they have to leave their family to make a start for themselves. They take with them their values and teachings to share with the world. The family name will forever be with them; it is a symbol they carry with them as a mirror to show their upbringing. This is me and the ...more
While thousands of matrics are getting ready to let their hair down and celebrate the end of their school careers, behind the scenes of South Africa’s biggest student festival organisers and other role-players are working around the clock to ensure yet ...more