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We thought it was time for St. Lucians and other stakeholders to come, work and move forward together. But in order to do that, we all need to know what is actually happening in St. Lucia. So we are here to provide a service to the St. Lucia community, by providing up to date, relevant and objective news and information about St. Lucia Estuary, South Africa.

If anything happens in St. Lucia , many stories start to go around. We hope, through professional journalism, to separate fact from fiction, to bring you the objective truth without choosing sides. That is what journalism is all about. If you've heard anything and want to know what really happened, send us an email (TamlynHead@gmail.com) and we'll investigate what's actually going on, and provide our findings in an objective manner on this site. Make sure you subscribe to this blog by leaving your email address on the right of this page, so whenever a new news item is published, you get to know about it.

As an additional service, we offer a business directory, an agenda of activities organised in St. Lucia, as well as an up to date listing of employment and housing opportunities.

In other words, if you wanna know what's really happening in St. Lucia, this is the place to look at!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Hippo struck and killed by vehicle

Earlier today, 13 April, a hippo was struck and killed by a vehicle, allegedly a white double cab bakkie, in the vicinity of the speed humps just outside St Lucia.

While the speed limit along this St Lucia-Mtubatuba Road is more often than not ignored, St Lucia News has noticed, on multiple occasions, drivers of the bigger style 4x4s simply do not reduce their speed when driving over the small speed humps, such as those on the road adjacent to the boat tours booking office and in the vicinity of the Butterfly House.
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Monday, April 8, 2013

Long weekend, half marathon and a celebrity to visit town

Archive photo from 2012 event
On the weekend of 27th and 28th April St Lucia will host its second annual half marathon. Much the same as last year's event, with scenic routes through town, however, this year more emphasis is being placed on more activities and discounted accommodation & tours for visitors during the course of the weekend.

The St Lucia Ratepayers Association is organising the event in conjunction with the iSimangaliso Park Authority and, as far as St Lucia News is aware, as per last year's inaugural event, participants will get to
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Discounted accommodation and tours during half marathon weekend

As mentioned previously, a selection of B&Bs, self catering establishments and tour operators have offered a 15% discount during the course of the half marathon weekend, 27 & 28 April 2013. Details of said businesses are listed below.

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