Blouberg, Blaauwberg, Cape Town – South Africa

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Anxious pet owners will have to wait a bit longer for test results that will prove whether or not their pets have been poisoned by batches of contaminated food.Eleven Woolworths customers have reported the deaths of their pets and are waiting for test results to confirm the presence of a contaminant, ethylene glycol, detected [...]

THE beauty of the Paarl winelands will form the picturesque backdrop to a scintillating combination of wonderful music, fine wine and good food, during a sunset picnic concert at Nelson’s Creek Wine Estate outside Paarl on Sunday at 16:30.
During the picnic, entertainment will be provided by the Stellenbosch University Symphonic Wind Band conducted by Pamela [...]

Bloubergstrand
This photo was taken at sunset at Bloubergstrand about two weeks ago.

I removed the abseilers as I felt that they detracted from the general feel of the photo. Their sails were too blue to make much of a contrast, and as I don’t know (yet!) how to change the colour of objects, I felt it [...]

No news for today so here is another fantastic view of Blaauwberg, Blouberg.

Photo by Victor Geere on Flickr.

A Fantastic photo by coda (on Flickr) of a view down Milnerton Beach during a small ’sand storm’

A Plettenberg Bay couple is to cut short a 10-day visit to the city after being held up by four armed men in Table View.
Ronnie van den Berg, 64, said they were robbed of a gun, R6 000, credit cards, jewellery, holiday clothes and other valuables. His car was also taken but was recovered by [...]

Take a drive down to Blouberg on any given day of the week, in most weather conditions and do not be surprized to see a view of Table Mountain somewhat distored by a few colourful objects… Kite Surfing! Blouberg Beach is slowly becoming one of the most popular kite surfing beaches in the world!

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An absolutely amazing photo of Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand. – photo by Victor Geere on Flickr.

The fact that she is no longer “tour tied” is great news for South Africa however as it means that she will now be able to compete on the local Surfing SA Pro Surf Tour and she wasted no time in making her return by winning the open division of the final Billabong “Girls Get [...]

THE CH Warman pump group, the supplier of quality pumps to the mining, industrial, agricultural and marine markets, have been represented in Cape Town for more than 30 years. The branch moved to its current offices in Killarney Gardens, Table View in 1998.
It services the areas from Alexander Bay on the West Coast to the [...]

THE Democratic Alliance (DA) in Blouberg Municipality is fuming over the alleged employment of unqualified people by the municipality.”We are sick and tired of officers who employ friends and relatives. These friends and relatives are incompetent in crucial positions, especially people who befriended senior politicians in the municipality,” said councillor Tshamano Danguru, [...]

” An accused fraudster allegedly involved in the illegal production of credit cards worth millions of rands has been released on R10 000 bail.Mario de Oliveria, 24, and his partner Antoinette Pitkova, 25, appeared before Magistrate Mohamad Esau in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Tuesday and faced 395 charges.
Police are investigating another 80 charges [...]

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A classic view of Table Mountain taken from the seaside town of “Table View”. The low liying haze is the remnants of what was thick sea fog 2 hours earlier. Initially whilst driving round to Table View I though that my chance to [...]

A city man donned a Spiderman costume to demonstrate for the rights of divorced fathers outside the Cape High Court yesterday.
Dale Smith, 35, of Parklands, said he has been denied fair access to his daughter since his divorce. Dressing up as a cartoon character such as Spiderman is the trademark of the international organisation, Fathers [...]

So you’re a mountain climber, rock climber or hiker. You’ve done all the popular and less popular routes and climbs on Table Mountain and you’re scratching around for something fresh.
The cable car is way too loud and busy, Cape Point is great, but it’s the fifth time now, the Waterfront is getting too crowded, the [...]

Heather Clark makes triumphant return to SA surfing in Billabong ‘Girls Get Out There’ Surf SeriesSurfersvillage Global Surf News, 4 February, 2007 : – – Heather Clark made a triumphant return to SA surfing when she scored a narrow but deserved win in the Open division of the fourth and finalBillabong ‘Girls Get Out There’ [...]

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 4 February, 2007 : – – Tanika Hoffman put on a stellar performance in the 1.5 metre (4 foot) surf at Tableview in Cape Town on Saturday as the top seeds dominated proceedings on the first day of Billabong ‘Girls Get Out There’ Surf Series.
While hundreds of girls enjoyed Learn [...]

Police are compiling identi-kits of the two men who shot and seriously wounded a Business Against Crime (BAC) executive early yesterday.Johannesburg-based Alan Mackenzie, 56, was to have answered questions about the justice department’s finances before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) in Parliament yesterday but was instead recovering in hospital.
Police have launched a search [...]

“The case of a 73-year-old woman charged with the attempted murder of the wife of the man she allegedly loved has been transferred to a higher court for trial.Sophia de Villiers of Bloubergstrand appeared briefly before magistrate Ludfie van Rhodie in the Simon’s Town magistrate’s court on Wednesday. “
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