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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

It's from the start of your anniversary year (which has nothing to do with your marriage) :-)

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...

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...

That eastern descent used to take about 2 to 3 hours in a 4x4. It now takes just 1.5 hours. Having said that, it will only take one set of good summer storms to reduce back to what it was. We drove it 10 days ago

It's Thursday, so naturally its Latest News day at MPSA. In this issue we bring you a report back on Day 1 of the Ben 10 V3 Tour; a look at the life and times of Christiaan Barnard; we take a visit to the city of Kimberley; and we cyber drive the rough and tough Bastervoetpad. It's always free...

The driver of large truck had some explaining to do to his employer when he took this huge vehicle along Bain's Kloof Pass, ignoring the height warning chains and multiple height restriction signs and firmly jammed his truck under the historic overhanging rock known as Dacre's Pulpit, which has...

In this week's news bulletin you can enjoy Part 2 of Gawie se water - a remarkable bit of local history, then head over to the Free State to cyber drive Grootpoort. There is also a podcast discussing the new arched suspension bridge at Ashton as well as the history of Cogmanskloof...

Photo: A group of adventure bikers near the summit viewpoint of Naude’s Nek Pass. Each Thursday we publish our latest news page which can enjoy gratis via the link below. This week we offer a podcast on the Penhoek Pass; we cyber drive the Middledale Pass in KZN; we uncover the story of Gawie...