The census for 2011 has started and already there has been an unsavoury incident. On the very first day two men posing as census collectors conned their way into a property in Kensington, Johannesburg, and robbed the owners at gunpoint.
It was bound to happen, and it surely won't be the last incident of this type before the end of the census.
The residents of the Cape Poi...
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Introducing Cape Point Chronicle’s Poll
After the recent shark attack off Fish Hoek beach the usual debate has been opened in the letters pages of local newspapers. There are two camps, those who think that the only way forward is to fence off the bay in some way (control nature) and those who think we should continue to find a way to live with sharks (live with nature). In the tradition of the Cape Point Peninsula, ...
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Shark Attack off Fish Hoek Beach
This morning there was a tragic Shark Attack off Fish Hoek Beach, at the Clovelly end, and although at present facts are dependent on who you talk to it seems that this is going to have to go down to one of those things. All the reports that I have read point to the fact that the shark watch was in operation, that the correct flag was flying and that spotters were working ...
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Shark joins Fish Hoek Beach Heritage Day Fun
Early Summer for the Cape Point Peninsula
What a glorious Heritage day weekend on the Cape Point Peninsula, perfect Saturday to light the coals and Sunday is set to be a scorcher! You can't go wrong!
Being that it was a perfect day, and the missus wanted us out of the house, my daughter and I took the slow, and familiar walk down to Jaegers Walk in Fish Hoek. I was hoping t...
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Long Beach Mall Closed?
It has been some time since I last went to Long Beach Mall, I am not a mall person, but needs must sometimes. So imagine my surprise when I arrived to find it closed! Not just the shops but the whole building, with the windows covered in paper!
Surely Long Beach Mall had not been closed down- the owners Growth Point are a large company, their bankruptcy would make the news I...
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Free Entry to Cape Of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape Point
To celebrate National Parks Week SANParks are giving all South Africans free entry to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. The offer is from 12 to 16 September 2011 and all you need to do is turn up at the gate with a South African ID book.
This is a brilliant offer, especially if you are not a Wild Card owner, as the entry fee is a bit steep (if you are a fa...
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NSRI issue shark warning for False Bay coastline
The NSRI have issued their annual shark warning for False Bay. Generally the sharks are in False Bay all year round but tend to stay in the deeper water, patrolling areas around Seal Island.
Towards spring however the sharks can move inshore in larger numbers (you will always get the odd character patrolling inshore waters all year round). They are searching for fish and ray...
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Be Careful Where and When You Park in Fish Hoek
Recently there has been a big issue kicked up by a parking ticket given to a newspaper writer, for the local paper. He was given a fine for parking in a loading bay on a Sunday morning. Judging by the response in the paper, letters, and SMS's feelings are mixed between the driver being in the wrong and the police being over officious.
Personally, I think that if you do somet...
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Postcards from Masiphumelele
A New Contributor Joins Cape Point Chronicle
On the Cape Point Peninsula there are two very distinct levels to our society, and although they are separated by nothing more than a road or two, they may as well be the dark side of the moon.
These two sides are typically the 'haves' and 'have-nots'. There may be shades of grey here and there, but it seems to me that in the are...
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Glad to be living in the civilized Cape Point Peninsula
If you are a regular reader of my drivel then you will know that I am a recent arrival to the beautiful shores of the Cape Point Peninsula. I moved here in September of 2005 and haven’t regretted the move once.
At the time a lot of friends (some of them from the Cape Point area) thought that I was mad. Why on earth would I want to live in a place like this when my alternative ...
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