Melkbosstrand Gemeenskapsentrum het Saterdagoggend sy stout skoene aangetrek. Steunpillare van die gemeenskap soos tannie Dot, Petra van Asch, Ronel Ferreira en Gerda Nilsson is te midde van hoog drama in hegtenis geneem. Die arrestasies by plekke soos Slabber se Klippe, OK in Duinefontein en die Birkenhead sentrum was egter deelRead More

Good-bye, litter! The area around the MyCiti station in Otto du Plessis Drive will get additional garbage bins this week. And it is thanks to residents who decided to speak up and demand their rights. Recently Melkbos.net received a complaint about the lack of bins and consequent littering in thisRead More

A warning about child kidnappers doing the rounds on social media has been rubbished by the police. The warning, which was posted on Weskus Crimefighters, and mentioned on other forums, states in no uncertain terms: “SAPS WARNING SCARY NEW TREND: Child smugglers offering drug addicts R2000 to kidnap kids fromRead More

The Melkbosstrand High School soap box derby on Friday had all the colour and drama of a Hollywood blockbuster. Teachers and learners took to the race track in outlandish costumes and masks. Caution was cast to the wind as learners pushed carts at a perilous pace around the track. TheRead More

Clear and adequate signage detailing when dogs are allowed to run off leash on Melkbosstrand beach will get our tails wagging… The current dearth of information is probably partly to blame for frustration with the way man’s best friend behaves on the beach. We’ve extracted the essence from the cityRead More

Our recent report on the traffic situation on the corner of 11th Avenue and Otto du Plessis Drive got so much response that we thought we’d share it. City fathers, listen up! One lady who lives nearby wrote to us, “Quite a few people have died here in the past.Read More

Oom Renier Groenewald van Melkbosstrand wat so strand skoonmaak, is nie die enigste een in die gesin wat die wêreld probeer verbeter nie. Sy dogter Sonja Smith is op die punt om die regering in die hof aan te vat oor ‘n barbaarse wet wat ouers verhoed om hulle doodgeboreRead More

Hennie van Deventer besing die lof van die Probusklub wat so lekker braai dat mens net kan hoop om uitgenooi te word. “Altyd reg vir kuier.  Dis nou die manne van die Probusklub van Melkbos (amptelike naam Probusklub van Blouberg).  Die klub borg die woord “kuier” by die WAT (WoordeboekRead More

Colyn Serfontein, bobaas kok en skrywer van die kosblog Colyn maak Man Kos,  deel sy sitrus tert resep met ons, en ‘n heerlike storie wat ‘n tennisbeskuit-kors vergelyk met ‘n sekere kledingstuk … “Roomkaas terte is iets wat ek baie geniet maar ek het ook al rillers teëgekom. Een vanRead More

‘n Lid van die Melkbosstrand Hoërskool koor vertel dat musiek alles in haar lewe is. Sy en die res van die besondere koor oefen vyf tot ses maal per week voor ‘n groot geleentheid. Dis geen wonder dat elke lid van die 32-tal koor wat so mooi a cappella singRead More