This is a copy of an email that was sent to me regarding what could be the first step down a very unconstitutional and undemocratic path for South Africa. The Cape Point Peninsula may be just a bolt on to the rest of the country, giving us a false feeling of security but this bill will even effect us at the end of the world. I have fully checked out the web site and the email s...
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Author: Russell Hepworth
Wild Mushrooms in the Cape Point Peninsula- Nutritious food source or deadly accident waiting to happen?
The weather in the last few weeks has been good for ducks (ones with thermal underwear presumably) and also for mushrooms, judging by the number that are sprouting up, well…, like mushrooms.
Now, I am one of those people who fancy themselves as a bit of an outdoors man, and in the UK I had a fair idea of what could and could not be eaten out of the hedgerows and fields. ...
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Developments in the Cape Point Peninsula- how can you have your say?
New developments pop up like mushrooms in the Cape Point Peninsula, and one wonders where they are all going to go. Recently the City gave up its legal battle against the development at Dassenberg, which got the community up in arms, but this is by no means the only property project on the go at the moment in the Deep South, nor will it be the last.
Recently plans were appr...
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Toll Roads to be rolled out country wide- how will this effect the Cape Point Peninsula?
I was trolling through my RSS feeds this morning, one of which is News24 (a South African internet news service) and was disturbed by a report titled 'Toll Roads Planned Across the Country'!
The plan is to duplicate the Gauteng pay-per-kilometer road toll system, currently being implemented on a busy commuter route, and use it nationwide to fill the R149 billion hole (no pun...
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Winter comes early to the Cape Point Peninsula
I sat for most of the day watching the rain sweep across the Fish Hoek Valley, driven from the west by squally winds, lamenting the fact that the endless sunny days have come to an end. It is one of the quirks of our weather patterns here on the Cape Point Peninsula that summer seems to stretch on forever- during the hottest parts of the year, when it is too hot during the day ...
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Ward Council Results for Cape Point Peninsula 2011
So that was the local elections, and I for one am glad that it is over, and I am not looking forward to the national elections. Why? It seems that a lot of our national leaders are hell bent on keeping the country in the gutter in order to service their own need for power. The country is fighting very hard to improve itself and leave a checkered past firmly there, in the past. ...
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Kommetjie Road, Quarry Road and 17th Avenue- still an accident black spot!
For as long as I have lived in the area the junctions where 17th Avenue and Quarry Road meet Kommetjie Road in Fish Hoek have been accident black spots. The local newspapers had letter after letter regarding this problem and what was to be done. The main problems were that it was nearly impossible at busy times to get out of 17th Avenue and that traffic used the left lane g...
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Top class football entertainment right here on the Cape Point Penninsula
A passionate crowd, three goals, a fight, two yellow cards and a sending off- and I only saw the last 15 minutes. Was this a European game on pay TV or a PSL game on SABC? No, it was Fish Hoek versus Camps Bay on Fish Hoek Sports Field, all seats were sold out and it was standing room only.
For those of you who follow the beautiful game it was no festival of silky skills but...
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Local Election Time for the Cape Point Peninsula- What are you voting for?
The local government elections are fast approaching and as someone with a keen interest in local affairs I have been following events in the media. Then something dawned on me- I actually have no clue what is being voted for next week!
First let me explain that whilst I am not a permanent resident of the Cape Point I am not a citizen of South Africa, and therefore cannot vot...
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Road closures in Cape Town that you may not hear about- until its too late!
I have just read a report on news24 that the City of Cape Town is closing two roads in the Cape Town CBD for repairs and upgrading. Whilst they have let the effected areas know through a pamphlet drop the news may not have filtered down so readily to the inhabitants of the Cape Point Peninsula.
If you do travel to town a lot, or are even planning a trip in the next few days ...
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