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    Stickers and other tacky subjects

    As most of you know we started a campaign about a year ago to discourage everyone (but especially bikers) to stop putting stickers on private and state road signs. The campaign is galloping along nicely now, but there is one group (Proudly Meerkat) who are showing us the middle finger in...
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    MPSA Latest News 4th Feb 2021

    We have a full news release today and we guarantee you will learn things you didn't know about before. *Wild Coast report back *Great South Africans *City of George *Montagu Pass - as always its completely free and open for the next 7 days...
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    I got mugged

    Ironically this post is the one I have the most interaction. Thanks to everyone for their wishes. Its much appreciated. I am now fully recovered from the op as well as the Covid. Next up is a few sessions of chemo.
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    I got mugged

    Some of you might have noticed that I slid off the map mid December. I got mugged by a gang of bad people in the form of anaemia, a blood transfusion, colon cancer surgery, followed by Covid 19 and still chemo to follow. It's been an incredibly tough month and a bit, but I am just getting over...
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    MPSA - Latest News and Ben 10 update

    Photo: Drone shot taken near Coffee Bay by Abie Spies. For any of you guys planning to ride the Ben 10 over the Christmas holidays, please note that the Ben McDhui Pass has been substituted with the Bottelnek Pass. This is a temporary measure until all the legal issues are resolved at...
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    Wild Coast, Swartberg, Zapiro, Egoli and more

    Photo: One of the many ravines around the area known as the Collywobbles / Photo: Trygve Roberts In our news release this week we have a report back on the Swartberg Tour; Day 1 of the Wild Coast Tour (where believe it or not a Land Cruiser 4.2D bakkie broke down); Life and times of the...
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    The Wild Coast

    Photo: The MPSA convoy crossing the bridge over the Umzimvubu between Colonanek and Mount Frere / Photo: Trygve Roberts We've been away on tour for a few weeks with the Wild Coast as our destination. Over the next few weeks we will relate some of the highlights. This week we start with the...
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    Wanted - The elusive alien

    We need some help. A person operating in the Garden Route area is defacing private and State road signs with a can of spraypaint and a stencil where an emblem of an alien is painted onto the various signs. He has so far defaced almost 50 road signs (including some of our ours). We're trying to...
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    Pretoria, Gary Player, Ben MacDhui and more

    It's Thursday and as usual we offer you a news release filled with interesting and fun facts, history and other positive stuff that you might not have known about. Here's the link: https://mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za/news.html
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    Old Postal Route Closed

    Important Notice. The Old Postal Route has been permanently closed to all bikers and 4x4's. Please read the letter below which has been sent to us by the farm owner. This is a sad state of affairs guys. Your comments are welcome. I am contacting you in regards to the "old postal route". I...
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    Sidetracking

    We do not have this road listed yet, but would love to have all the details available. Please send the following to us per email: 1. GPS coordinates in decimal degrees of the start, end and summit points. 2. As full a description as possible of the technical parts of the pass. 3. Any good...
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    Durbs * Great South Africans * Ben 10 V3

    What's up this week? * Great South Africans * City of Durban * Volunteershoek Pass * Trip report Day 4 Ben 10 V3 Popcorn and click! https://mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za/news/item/1658-latest-news-22nd-october,-2020.html
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    Places, People, Passes and Potch

    It's from the start of your anniversary year (which has nothing to do with your marriage) :-)
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    Places, People, Passes and Potch

    In our news release today we have a *Podcast on day 2 of the Ben 10 Eco Challenge  *Joubert's Pass near Lady Grey with videos  *Life of CJ Langenhoven  *History of Potchefstroom and more. Here's the link - enjoy...
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    Ben 10 Eco Challenge - Important news

    The situation with the 10th pass of the challenge, the ben MacDhui Pass, is that Tiffindell is currently closed, having taken a huge financial knock due to Covid 19. The pass in question lies on private property, which is currently locked at the first gate. We urge you not to trespass. To still...
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