• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • MyPE Copyright Terms
    • Authors
    • Deals
  • Info
    • Accommodation
    • Classified Adverts
    • Directory
    • Essential PE Numbers
    • Flight Schedules
    • Forex Converter
    • PE’s Online Radio Stations
      • Algoa FM
      • Bay FM
      • iFM
      • Kingfisher FM
      • MannMade Radio
      • Madibaz Radio
      • Umhlobo Wenene
    • Podcasts
    • Shipping
    • Street Map
    • Tides
    • Ward Details
    • Ward News
    • Weather
  • Contact
    • Advertising on MyPE
  • Submit
    • Blogger
    • 5 Quick PE Questions
    • Entertainment
    • Events
      • Add your Port Elizabeth event
    • Letter to the Editor
    • Lost and Found
    • Movers and Shakers
    • News Article
    • PE Videos
    • Photographs
    • Recipes
    • Traffic Hooligan
    • Say NO
  • Dam Levels
  • Advertorial
  • Business
  • NMBRA
  • NMB Rates
MyPE

MyPE

Community Business Directory, Event Listings, News and Views from Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay

mauritius

Main’s Mauritius Challenge

4 December 2019 By Alan Straton

Kyle Main - Mauritius

In what he describes as his biggest challenge to date, Port Elizabeth endurance, adventurer, Kyle Main will swim a distance of 50km uninterrupted from the west to south coast of Mauritius in December. Beginning at Flic n Flac beach on the west coast and finishing at Bel Ombre beach in the south, Main will not touch land or support craft for around 10 hours over which time he is expected to have made around 36 000 arm strokes. Main has pioneered at least two swims of up to 25km around … [Read more...] about Main’s Mauritius Challenge

Air Mauritius partners with SA to launch pilot academy – Port Elizabeth in the News

23 August 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Air Mauritius partners with SA to launch pilot academy: The academy – Flying Academy of the Air Mauritius Institute (AMI) – is expected to work in partnership with the Progress Flight Academy in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Meanwhile, the training course ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Kermit Erasmus is a learner who gets bored easily‚ says Bafana boss Ntseki: Bafana Bafana interim coach Molefi Ntseki has no qualms about handling characters like Kermit Erasmus and that was why he … [Read more...] about Air Mauritius partners with SA to launch pilot academy – Port Elizabeth in the News

Victoria Resort and Spa Mauritius 45% Off – Last Minute Dot Com – MyPR.co.za

29 June 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Victoria Resort and Spa Mauritius 45% Off – Last Minute Dot Com: Victoria Resort and Spa Mauritius 45% Off – Last Minute Dot Com Victoria Resort and Spa Mauritius –  Winter getting you down already? Here is a crazy last minute deal going down. Only two days left for the “45% off Special” at Victoria Beachcomber Resort Mauritius. Problem is, you have to book by end June, which leaves very little time to make a decision. A discount of 45 % is a big deal however. Forty … [Read more...] about Victoria Resort and Spa Mauritius 45% Off – Last Minute Dot Com – MyPR.co.za

Cala Hospital CEO suspended for 2 months

15 June 2019 By Port Elizabethan

Cala Hospital CEO suspended for 2 months: A CEO whose hospital served patients with poor quality meals was placed on suspension on Wednesday. ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. HEALTH OFFICIALS GIVEN THE BOOT!: Kupelo said: “The patient diet was a disgrace and should never have been allowed. Two supervisors at the Mthatha forensic facility have been issued with letters of intention to suspend them after ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. Mthatha primary school pupils to perform in Los … [Read more...] about Cala Hospital CEO suspended for 2 months

You Need Real Grit to Win the 2017 Oakley X-Over

26 July 2017 By Port Elizabethan

Just days after announcing their title sponsorship of the Colin Mayer Tour mountain bike stage race in Mauritius in October, Grit Real Estate Income Group (GRIT) announced its sponsorship of the 4th annual Oakley X-Over event, powered by Sharp, cementing the GRIT brand firmly within the family sporting community in Mauritius and South Africa. The popular, 2-day Oakley X-Over sports-celebrity event took place 20-21 July as part of the J-Bay Winterfest and comprised three vastly different … [Read more...] about You Need Real Grit to Win the 2017 Oakley X-Over

Kyle Main completes treacherous ultra open water swim (despite Shark scare)

19 October 2016 By Alan Straton

Kyle Main

Port Elizabeth adventure swimmer Kyle Main has described his most recent swim between the uninhabited tropical islands of Mauritius as treacherous and unforgettable. Armed with four shark shields, Main set out on the 20km channel from Serpent Island, 30 km north of Mauritius, to Flat Island with another local marathon swimmer SW van der Merwe, who was forced some way into the swim to bail out as a result of the conditions. Battling heavy currents in deep seas, headwinds, chop aggravated by … [Read more...] about Kyle Main completes treacherous ultra open water swim (despite Shark scare)

Main to swim Mauritian Shark Pit

3 February 2015 By Alan Straton

Kyle Main

Port Elizabeth adventure swimmer Kyle Main has identified Mauritius for his next endurance expedition. Main, who has earned a reputation for doing extreme first time ultra swims exceeding 20kms, spanned the Rottnest Channel off Australia in an African record time in June last year and swam the Straits of Gibraltar the year before that. Donning only a speedo, Main, a swimming coach and former SA swimming champion, will swim from Flat Island, the northern most part of Mauritius to Grand … [Read more...] about Main to swim Mauritian Shark Pit

Footer

RSS Straton Electrical

  • Open Cycle Gas Turbine Usage
  • Flattening the curve – What Every Solar Installer Needs to Know
  • Why you shouldn’t leave a charger plugged in when not in use
  • How do I check if an Electrician is properly registered in South Africa?
  • Easy Electrical Troubleshooting for Humans
  • Water – If You Cannot Measure It Then You Cannot Manage It
  • Tips To Survive Loadshedding
  • Eskom’s Top 50 Electricity Saving Tips

RSS MyPE Business News

  • NMBBC On Budget 2025
  • Leading Business Minds Set to Headline Chambers Annual General Meeting
  • Bay of Opportunity Portal
  • Bay of Opportunity Ambassadors Programme to Promote the Bay and Attract Investment
  • 6 Decades of Trucking
  • Thermal Camera Installed at Redhouse Substation
  • Finalist in the 2025 South African Car of the Year
  • Joining hands to create a lasting impact to St Albans Primary School

RSS MyPR Press Releases

  • Chery Vehicle giveaway adds extra excitement to inaugural Absa RUN YOUR CITY MANGAUNG 10K
  • R8.5 Million Lotto Winner Claims Prize in Gqeberha
  • Pensioners Win Refunds After Unauthorized Funeral Policy Deductions
  • Brahman Hills Appoints New General Manager
  • iCAUR 03T REEV Poised for South African Debut With 800 km Combined Range

How you may use MyPE content © 2026 MyPE · Gqeberha, South Africa | Privacy Policy | MyPE Ads and Media Kit