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The Swartkops N2 bridge – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The Swartkops N2 bridge: The N2 bridge running over the Swartkops River at Bluewater Bay Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday to Friday Newsletter. … [Read more...] about The Swartkops N2 bridge – Featured Blog

Historic Footage of Swartkops River Sailing

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Warwick Owen of Due North Rum Club fame, managed to come across an old Super 8 film clip of 'Stroppy' and sent the editor of Sailing Magazine, Richard Crockett a CD. It came from Bruce Baldwin who had the forethought to save it from his grandfather's archive. Stroppy is a Sprog dinghy designed by Port Elizabeth's great benefactor and architect Herbert McWilliams The footage is obviously old, but interesting all the same. Also shown in the 'film' are two canon being fired by the Bridge … [Read more...] about Historic Footage of Swartkops River Sailing

Swartkops Bridge – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Swartkops Bridge: Looking up at the N2 bridge over the Swartkops River from the river mouth Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Hoisting the Campanile Bells: After taking down the Campanile bells and the renovation process, the bells have just been hoisted back into the top of the Campanile with Bell #23 going up on Wednesday.  Somebody thought it may be a good idea to attache a GoPro to the bell before it went up and thus we … [Read more...] about Swartkops Bridge – Featured Blog

Swartkops River: conservation and protection makes for a good property buy

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With the Zwartkops Conservancy and government working on an initiative to have the Swartkops River Valley recognised as a wetland of international importance, there’s no better time to invest on the banks of this river. If approved under the Ramsar Convention, the initiative will ensure the protection of a key environmental asset that could play a huge part in the sustainable use of the river, and in boosting the Bay’s tourism prospects. “This is a long-term plan, and if it succeeds in … [Read more...] about Swartkops River: conservation and protection makes for a good property buy

Three rescued in Swartkops River mouth

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Ian Gray, NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander, said; "At 08h00, Saturday, 01st August, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were activated following reports from EC Government Health EMS of a boat capsized in the Swartkops River Mouth. "EC Government Health EMS, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal Fire and Rescue Services, Blue Water Bay Sector Police, Blue Water Bay lifeguards and Coastal Rescue were responding and NSRI Port Elizabeth launched the sea rescue craft EIKOS RESCUER IV. "On NSRI's arrival … [Read more...] about Three rescued in Swartkops River mouth

PE men assisted at sea

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Justin Erasmus, NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander, said; "At 08h20, Saturday, 18th July, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) reporting 3 local men on a rubber-duck, approximately a nautical mile off-shore of St Georges Strand with motor mechanical failure, and requiring assistance. "NSRI Port Elizabeth launched the sea rescue craft EIKOS RESCUER IV and on arrival on the scene found the 3 fishermen had managed to get their … [Read more...] about PE men assisted at sea

Raw Sewage Flows into Swartkops River

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Dear MyPE See the Youtube video of the latest break in the sewerage pipe from Motherwell. The sewage is flowing down into the Markman Canal which enters the Swartkops in the Brickfields area. The flow is at least 1200 liters per min. This is all flowing past the poor Aloes Community on its way to the Swartkops. This is at least the 10th break in this 1Km section of the pipeline since October & sewage has been flowing off & on for most of this time. We have been reporting leaks … [Read more...] about Raw Sewage Flows into Swartkops River

John Tallant Road Project – Grahamstown Road roadworks commence

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Dear All The Roadworks at the intersection of Grahamstown Road and Trunk Road 63 (TR63) will commence on Thursday 15 May. The Contractor will start erecting signs, (before Thursday), so that you will know where detours will take place. Please find a "flyer" below, which I request you print a few copies and distribute to your drivers, friends and colleagues that use this route. I will ask the Traffic Dept. to assist during rush hour. Extra Flag Ladies will also be in … [Read more...] about John Tallant Road Project – Grahamstown Road roadworks commence

John Tallant Road Project: Advance Warning for Road Closure

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Hi All, Work on the right hand lane of Grahamstown Road is almost complete. Unfortunately we have experienced excessive rain and have lost 4 days of production in the process. An extra day was also lost due to an Asphalt Plant breakdown. We expect that traffic will change over onto this new surface on Monday (5 May). The next portion of Grahamstown Road is the Centre lane. This means that we will partially close the intersection of TR63 and Grahamstown. The expected duration of this … [Read more...] about John Tallant Road Project: Advance Warning for Road Closure

Interruption to Swartkops Electricity Supply

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Residents are kindly requested to note that the electricity supply to Swartkops and surrounding areas will be interrupted between 07:00 and 17:00 this Sunday (2 March) for routine maintenance and the upgrade of existing infrastructure at Swartkops Substation. Areas bounded by Swartkops Village, Deal Party, Metcalf, Dunkeld, Grahamstown Road, Adamas and Roco Projects will be affected. The electricity supply is also scheduled to be interrupted on Sunday, 16 March and Sunday, 30 March to the … [Read more...] about Interruption to Swartkops Electricity Supply

Uitenhage man rescued after being swept out to sea

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Justin Erasmus, NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander, said; "At 14h58 on Wednesday 6 November, NSRI Port Elizabeth volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a rubber-duck with a man onboard being swept out to sea at the Swartkops River Mouth. "The 30 year old Uitenhage man phoned NSRI to say he had been fishing when his boat suffered engine failure and despite having his anchor deployed the anchor dragged and he was swept out to sea on the rubber-duck. "Our … [Read more...] about Uitenhage man rescued after being swept out to sea

Time for Pimms and Rowing at Redhouse

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The Grey High School and Zwartkops Rowing Club are inviting you to join them in the beautiful village of Redhouse for a fun day out on the river bank, watching young local rowers give it their all in the annual ZRC/Grey Heads Regatta.. A heads racing regatta sees rowing crews crossing the start line in numerical order and individually timed over the course. There are no heats, and medals are awarded to the winners of each event. The races will be over 1km, 2km and 5.6km distances. The U15 … [Read more...] about Time for Pimms and Rowing at Redhouse