Ganora had some heavy snowfall - Great Excitement - It started on Monday 4 June 2010 at approx 20:00. Snow fell intermittendly throughout the night and in the morning it was about 30cm thick.

AFTER ignoring maybe even neglecting it for many years, Nieu Bethesda's authorities are taking good care of outsider artist Helen Martin's amazing Owl House these days.

FOUR members of South Africa's national bird species, rescued from illegal captivity and rehabilitated in Port Elizabeth, were released into the wild yesterday. Blue cranes are – along with the Cape parrot – among the country’s indigenous birds most heavily targeted by smugglers.

"Kom, kêrels!" roep Jakob van Staden en piets die donkies liggies op die boude. Karools en Vellies vertrek op 'n drafstappie met die donkiekarretjie deur Nieu-Bethesda se strate. Terwyl ons rustig Jakob se begeleide donkiekartoer meemaak, jaag besoekers die dorp in, besoek die Uilhuis en jaag weer uit. Ek wonder hoeveel van hulle werklik die dorp ervaar. Soos die vrou van Gauteng in haar luukse Duitse 4x4 wat fotos van die dorp deur die voorruit neem. Dalk was die somerhitte en die stofstrate vir haar een te veel.