The Gremlin - Daily online newspaper for the Garden Route

Still Bay to open art and culture route

southcapenet — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:12:45 +0000

The coastal town of Still Bay in the Southern Cape could soon have its own art, food and culture route. Spokesperson for local tourism, Louise Gerryts, says that they are in the process of getting the project approved. A route map will be available from the local tourism office directing visitors to various artists. She [...]

International News

southcapenet — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:10:40 +0000

Assad forces renew barrage on Syria’s Homs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighbourhoods of the city ofHoms, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists. The barrages marked an intensification of a nearly three-week offensive to crush resistance inHoms, one of the [...]

National News

southcapenet — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:09:57 +0000

Rhino activists threaten global boycott on SA products Conservation activists have threatened to push for a global boycott on South African products if the government does not immediately stop all trade in rhino horn. In a petition delivered to the presidency inPretoriaon Wednesday, they also demanded the destruction of the state’s rhino horn stockpiles within [...]

Business News

southcapenet — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:06:13 +0000

Budget adds more flesh to ANC policies IF THERE is one aspect of governance that the African National Congress (ANC) has got consistently right since 1994, it is macroeconomic planning and management. Happily, the 2012-13 budget announcement was no exception — Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan reached a number of significant milestones in Wednesday’s speech, despite [...]