Blogs Hearty Karoo flavours make festive gift ideas

THERE’S something very comforting about traditional South African cooking - and now there’s a book available which combines South African cuisine with flavours of the world.

Blogs PE beauty vies for R1-million prize in TV show

FORMER Weekend Post Faces of the Future finalist Reeva Steenkamp has landed the chance of a lifetime to compete for R1-million in South Africa’s reality TV game show ‘Tropika Island of Treasure’ in Jamaica.

Blogs 'Wreck pillagers' nabbed

THREE Port Elizabeth businessmen were arrested on Friday, September 7, following a six-month joint investigation into suspected “rogue” salvage divers who pillage historic wrecks for scrap metal along the Eastern Cape coastline.

Blogs In your Weekend Post on Saturday September 8

Reeva Steenkamp, one of the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World for the past two years, is in PE to visit her family. She says she’s "so excited” about being chosen as a contestant for a popular television game show in Jamaica in November. Find out more about her sensational modelling career - and also how you can earn a place on the Tropika Island of Treasure TV show alongside Reeva and the likes of hip-hop star AKA - by getting your copy of Weekend Post on Saturday.

Blogs It's hup, two, three on the road to Super Rugby

WITH Super Rugby looming and a desperate need to breed a new generation of stars, the EP Kings are running a “boot camp” at the Piet Retief army base in Humewood.

Blogs Glimmer of hope for sick miners

BANGUMZI Balakisi is just one of tens of thousands of former gold miners from the Eastern Cape suffering from silicosis - a disease common among ex-mineworkers - who has joined what is hoped to be a new class action against three mining giants.

Blogs Our reporter wins top award

WEEKEND Post senior reporter Yolandé Stander was rewarded for dynamic reporting at the national Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards when she won the Enterprise news category.

Blogs Eberspacher deserving of coveted Exporter title

AT the glamorous Exporters Club gala awards event on Friday August 24, 2012 manufacturing firm Eberspacher was awarded the accolade of Exporter of the Year.

Blogs Alarm raised over baby seat safety

SOUTH African parents who have bought a Bumbo Baby Seat are being advised to request a free repair kit after a recall over safety fears was initiated by the American government last week.

Blogs Queenstown hails 'tall but tiny' Bok

HIS MOTHER was opposed to her “tall but tiny” son taking up rugby at his Queenstown school because she feared he would be injured, but now she is Lwazi Mvovo’s biggest fan.

Blogs Apple Express raring to blow off some steam

THERE is hope that Nelson Mandela’s iconic Apple Express steam train could be back on track as soon as November 2012.

Blogs PE student researches penguin population

A PORT Elizabeth zoology student has embarked on a remarkable research project in the Falkland Islands to investigate why the world’s sea birds are declining in such great numbers.

Blogs Surfing African wave less travelled

MOROCCO is usually associated with colourful souks, richly patterned rugs and enchanting mosques and Kasbahs but, according to an East London surfer, it is also an increasingly popular surfing destination.

Blogs Rich fossil heritage at Nieu Bethesda

THE OWL House is not the only big-ticket tourist attraction in Nieu Bethesda - the Karoo town’s ancient fossils are drawing their fair share of visitors too.

Blogs Let it all hang out at naturist getaway

VERY often the best holiday breaks are those where all you need are the bare necessities and a lot of sunshine, elements that a naturist resort near East London are taking to the extreme.