On the minute News in the Weskus
On the SOCIAL FRONT: While the wild West Coast wind blows everyone indoors, it’s worth a peek to see what’s happening behind some of those closed doors . . . A Champagne Breakfast and SH’ZEN demonstration at UNIQUE in[…]
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Another young biker’s life was sadly cut short yesterday morning when he apparently lost control and spun off the road on the Saldanha/Vredenburg Road. Alvin Cloete, a former pupil of Hoërskool Aggeneys and a student at Cape Peninsula University of[…]
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PUTTING YOU ON THE LINE . . . Weskusontheline is an INDEPENDENT community-based initiative to keep locals from Langebaan and surrounds informed about important issues that affect them directly and to provide a central, professional media platform to showcase the[…]
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Cancer is not a subject we like to talk about, yet sooner or later most of us are forced to discuss the Big C when a loved one or oneself is afflicted by it. The GOOD news is that cancer[…]
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While the wind is heaven to kite surfers in Langebaan, it is hell to shop owners, visitors and pedestrians who have been braving the sand, dust and detours due to the prolonged road construction work for many months now. […]
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“Die brand was in die middel van Natuurbewaring se stuk grond aan Hopefield se kant van die Elandsfontein-myn. Dit was ‘n koel, windlose aand en daar was geen glasstukke of iets wat ‘n spontane brand kon veroorsaak het nie, so[…]
Read moreAge-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of blindness and sight loss as we get older, but older people who drink a shot of coffee every day reduce their risk by a third. Caffeine seems to protect against sight[…]
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The Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Proposed Gas-fired Independent Power Plant to Support Saldanha Steel and Other Industries in Saldanha Bay has been submitted to the Department of Environment Affairs (DEA) for decision making. A copy of the[…]
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Shark Bay Memories Good times of old Stories that were told Suspended in memory on chariots of gold. Beach camping under starlight, Full moon shining so bright, Whispers on the ocean breeze Watching flamingos take flight. Fire and wine and[…]
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FORMER finance minister, Trevor Manuel, has demanded the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) “clean up its act” referring specifically to the controversial granting of a permit to mine phosphate next to the Langebaan Lagoon – part of the West Coast[…]
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