About US - False Bay Echo

The False Bay Echo is a trusted and reliable news publisher covering the latest news, sport, lifestyle, and community updates from Cape Town’s False Bay coastal suburbs which includes the key shopping centres Long Beach Mall, Sun Valley Mall and Valyland Centre within its distribution area. Covering hyper-local content, news, community issues, sport, entertainment and civic updates. The False Bay Echo (formerly the Fish Hoek Echo) was established in 1953 and renamed False Bay Echo in 1986. 

Catch up on school sport from athletics, cricket, soccer, community matches - youth leagues, local champions and club updates from Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, and beyond. Discover music events, art shows, local entertainment news and family-friendly activities around the South Peninsula. The False Bay Echo is a platform for community perspectives, opinion pieces, editorials takes, letters from residents and community leaders across Cape Town.

The False Bay Echo is a free weekly community newspaper available in print and digital format, and is distributed to 31 590 readers’ homes every Thursday in the Lakeside, Sandvlei, Muizenberg, Marina Da Gama, St James, Kalk Bay, Clovelly, Fish Hoek, Sun Valley, Capri, Simon’s Town, Glencairn, Da Gama Park, Kommetjie, Ocean View, Sunnydale, Noordhoek, San Michel, Masiphumelele and Milkwood Ridge areas with bulk drops in Scarborough.

Content is created by trained, qualified journalists whose skills have been honed in all aspects of digital content creation. Our readers are at the heart of every strategic content decision and we live by our Just Cause of inclusivity and transformation. The False Bay Echo content is written, edited and managed by a team of specialised journalists and editors.

The False Bay Echo offers advertisers a unique opportunity to target their specific local customer market and maximises market penetration.

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Newsdesk:

Acting Editor Yolande du Preez email: yolande.dupreez@acm.co.za 

Content Manager: Tamlynne Thompson email: tamlynne.thompson@acm.co.za

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ACM also publishes: Athlone News | Atlantic Sun | Bolander | CapeTowner | False Bay Echo | Plainsman | Sentinel News | Southern Mail | Southern Suburbs Tatler | Tabletalk | Northern News | DFA | I’solezwe | DurbanLocal