Latest articles on Knysna

DA wants its mayor out – he won’t go

Article Lester Kiewit - 20 Jun 2019

Despite the DA having more seats in Knysna, the ANC has chosen the town’s mayor

Heat is on insurance companies

Article Lynley Donnelly - 7 Jun 2019

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Silver Town: The picture of devastation

Article Raeesa Pather - 26 Oct 2018

A single image of the aftermath of the blaze cannot tell the whole story

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DA to oust mayor for voting against caucus instruction

Article Raeesa Pather - 30 Aug 2018

Embattled Knysna mayor Mark Willemse is facing the axe after he voted with his conscience instead of toeing the party line

W Cape leader ‘unfit’ to be premier

Article Dineo Bendile - 24 Aug 2018

The DA is split between those who back Alan Winde and Bonginkosi Madikizela’s supporters

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Knysna residents back mayor, accuse DA of not following due process

Article Raeesa Pather - 10 Jul 2018

Residents are firmly behind Mark Willemse who is facing a party disciplinary hearing

DA to charge embattled Knysna mayor for misconduct

Article Raeesa Pather - 18 Jun 2018

The party is instituting a disciplinary hearing against Mark Willemse on grounds that he breached section 2.5 of the DA constitution

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‘This has never happened before’ ― new Knysna mayor amid DA tussle

Article Paul Herman - 10 Jun 2018

New Knysna mayor Mark Willemse addressed to assure them that he has not yet resigned from his post, amid unhappiness from his party, the DA

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Knysna DA councillors support opposition to oust mayor

Article Paul Herman - 7 Jun 2018

Former mayor Eleanore Bouw-Spies was voted out on Wednesday by an ANC-sponsored motion supported by two DA councillors

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Invasive alien plants in South Africa pose huge risks, but they can be stopped

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Apr 2018

The alien species that costs South Africa's economy billions can be eliminated

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Climate change evident in Cape storm and Knysna fires

Article Sipho Kings - 13 Jun 2017

The Knysna fires and storms in the Cape are indicators that the climate is changing. Solutions, which exist, must be implemented.

Knysna bus ‘overloaded’, says mayor

Article Stuart Graham - 25 Aug 2011

The driver of a 32-seater bus involved a crash in which 14 school pupils were killed in Knysna had allegedly tried to transport 58 schoolchildren.

Fifteen children, driver killed in Knysna bus crash

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Aug 2011

Fifteen people have died -- 14 of them children -- and 42 were injured when a school bus plunged off a bridge and into a dam in Knysna this morning.

Eleven children dead in Knysna bus accident

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Aug 2011

Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 11 children from a dam in Knysna on Wednesday and were expecting to find more bodies.

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