Plettenberg Bay, South Africa News

A South African man wanted in Britain on child pornography and rape charges was handed over to the British authorities at Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday night for extradition.

Tip-off leads to arrest, extradition of fugitive A CHANCE encounter with an informant led a Johannesburg cop to one of the UK 's most wanted men.

EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA, June 24, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Oasis Counselling Centre is at the forefront of helping addicts fight their addictions.

FORCE OF NATURE: Wind uprooted a tree in Cape Town's Company Gardens ý View the Gallery at http://multimedia.thetimes.co.za Picture: ESA ALEXANDER Severe weather until the weekend THE winter cold snap wreaking havoc across the country will be here until the weekend, says the South African Weather Service.

WHILE Cape Town's disaster management has warned residents to batten down the hatches, weather forecasters say South Africans are in for freezing weather with heavy rains, snowfalls and strong winds expected across the country in the next few days.

By Craid McKune Sections of the Western Cape are to be thrashed by another three cold fronts this week, and they are predicted to bring gale force winds, cold, mountain snow, heavy rain and massive seas.

South Africa has always had the beauty and appeal that challenged the worlds top tourist spots.

Owner wants R50-million for wine estate AN OWNER of a 15.5ha wine estate in Plettenberg Bay, in the Western Cape, is searching for anyone willing to trade the property for R50-million. Even with the country knee-deep in a recession, the owner and estate agents are marketing the estate as an "ideal family holiday retreat". But for buyers interested ...

Set on an area of 2.17 hectares , Birds of Eden Bird sanctuary, in Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, is officially the world's largest single dome free flight aviary.

Find yourself on the southern edge of Africa with 48 hours to spare and a good set of wheels at your disposal? Then set the GPS coordinates for Franschhoek in the Western Cape, and from there take a spin down Africa's southernmost road - the Garden Route.

The hotel has 12 suites, which have a 'relaxed grandeur' The location On South Africa's Garden Route, the Kurland Hotel is just outside Plettenberg Bay in Nature's Valley.

Capetonians should bring out the heaters and blankets this weekend, since icy weather and widespread snow are expected in the high-lying parts of the Western Cape and southern parts of the Northern Cape.

Two men were stabbed and killed in two separate incidents but apparently by the same gang in Kwanokuthula on Sunday, Western Cape police said.

Filed Under by Jan Hennop on 18-05-2009 and tagged weather , wind , winter The South African WeatherA Service has warned that another well-developed system was heading for Cape Town, and the south and east coast.

By Carien du Plessis African National Congress leaders in the Western Cape have unleashed a scathing attack on the party's secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, and accused its national leadership of factionalism during a weekend lekgotla called to mull over its devastating election performance, the Cape Times can reveal.

The political fallout after the ANC's defeat in the Western Cape has begun, with the SA Communist Patty in the province calling for the ANC Western Cape leadership to be disbanded.

The ANC will reverse setbacks it has experienced in the Western Cape, the party said on Sunday.

ANC Secretary-General, Gwede Mantashe, says the party takes collective blame for its poor showing during the elections in the Western Cape.

Sitting in his office overlooking Lake Geneva, Brian Myerson insists he was "an extremely good and caring husband" to the ex-wife with whom he shared his life for 26 years.

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on Friday named ten appointees to her provincial Cabinet, including one from the Independent Democrats.