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J-Bay in the news: Blood that of missing German

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Blood that of missing German: One of the foremost forensic experts in the country said yesterday that blood had been found in a camper van belonging to missing Jeffreys Bay businessman Claus Schroeder. Captain Marius Joubert, of the Western Cape SA Police Service’s forensics ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. 11 beautiful beach cottages for a superb summer escape: Jeffreys Bay is all flip-flops and surf culture. When I arrived, the Shack had been booked for three months by a … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Blood that of missing German

Shark Slaughter – Not Cool for Port Elizabeth

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A recent visitor to our shores, Jens Höptner has had an article published on a popular German dive site - Taucher.net - decrying the shark fishing he witnessed in Algoa Bay recently. See the article here Haie schützen oder schlachten – ein Widerspruch im Paradies - Diveinside News Essentially: Jens Höptner, on his seventh trip to South Africa, spent some time in our neck of the woods seeing marine wildlife was shocked to see a long line fishing boat hauling sharks out of the sea. Jens, … [Read more...] about Shark Slaughter – Not Cool for Port Elizabeth

1915: German Club – Then and Now

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This image is from the MyPE Editor's Flickr Account - offering some topical daily images from a phone smarter than Alan, occasional images from a DSLR and scanned images of Port Elizabeth as he wanders around the Bay pretending to know a lot and sometimes succeeding in making a complete hash of it! 1915: German Club Image by awstraton The Deutsche Liedertafel or German Club that stood on the site of the Park Gate Mansions (now Tenerife) in Western Road, prior to it's being burned down by … [Read more...] about 1915: German Club – Then and Now

EC Players play rugby for Germany

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Jaco Otto and Jarrid Els have lent a rich Eastern Cape and South African flavour to the German rugby squad set to tour South America for two Tests against Brazil. Germany, currently ranked at No 30 on World Rugby's official rankings, will play two Tests against the 39th-ranked Brazil. The first Test takes place in Blumenau on November 28, with the second Test scheduled for Sao Paulo on December 4. The German team is coached by a South African, Kobus Potgieter, who included six South … [Read more...] about EC Players play rugby for Germany

German and Cape Choirs to perform in PE

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Music lovers have a wonderful evening of choral music to look forward to on Friday, 22 August, when the Eastern Cape Children's Choir will be hosting the Landesjugendchor Saar (Germany), as well as the newly established Stellenbosch University Chamber Choir. The Landesjugendchor Saar, conducted by Alexander Lauer (currently cathedral choir master at the Speyer Cathedral), was established in 2008, and provides an opportunity for talented singers, between the ages of 15 and 30 years, to develop … [Read more...] about German and Cape Choirs to perform in PE

A Friendly City Willkommen for German Pupils

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Ten teenage school pupils from Germany have spent a fortnight soaking up the best that the Bay has to offer, thanks to the hospitality of Theodor Herzl Primary and High Schools. Theodor Herzl estalished an enriching pupil exchange relationship with Conventz Private School, in Roetgen, Germany, during 2008, and the programme has been enthusiastically received as an opportunity to broaden children’s understanding of daily life. The German teenagers are hosted in the family homes of Theodor … [Read more...] about A Friendly City Willkommen for German Pupils

Did PE Get Any Action in the Second World War?

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Dotted along the coastline of Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay are a number of structures that were built for observers during the Second World War. Day after day and night after night people would man these observation posts on the lookout for the enemy. Being so far away from the theatre of the war, modern man would expect that the 'action' on the Southern tip of Africa would be negligible at least. But modern man forgets that the Suez Canal presented a high risk for freighters and other craft … [Read more...] about Did PE Get Any Action in the Second World War?