It’s been a week of glitz and glamour but also one of tragedy and danger.

Locals have been talking about the elegant matric farewells hosted by Estcourt High and Estcourt Secondary schools.

The death of an elderly man in the Drakensberg also made national headlines.

An eight-year-old child in Weenen survived a suspected Green Mamba bite. Take precautions as snakes slither out of hibernation during these warm months.

Weenen was in the headlines again when police recovered illegal firearms.

Ending on a culinary note, former Estcourt resident Rashida Juan has published a vegetarian cookbook.