Hope that burn will save endangered fynbos

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Meadowridge Common and the Westlake Wetlands reed beds are among seven conservation areas due for controlled burns by the City’s biodiversity management branch in ...

Increasing visible policing and sense of safety

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The Tokai Forest Joint Security Patrol held a visibility safety patrol in dedication to International Human Rights Day and 16 days of activism at Lower Tokai on ...

Scholarships brighten futures of needy pupils

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Wynberg Girls’ High played host to a big day in the lives of more than 40 children who received high school scholarships from a charitable foundation. The 42 children ...

Watch boosts security before crime peak

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New razor wire will be fixed to a boundary wall between the M3 and a Kirstenhof greenbelt ahead of the anticipated festive-season crime spike thanks to donations ...

Call for community to help Tokai library

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Budget constraints and the impact of Covid have made Tokai library reliant on support from the Friends of Tokai Library, says senior librarian Natasha Segers. The ...

Volunteers fight to save Westlake River

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An environmental volunteer group is appealing to the public to help it look after the Westlake River and stop illegal dumping there. For two months, the Westlake ...

International school says goodbye to principal

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After 19 years at the helm of the International School of Cape Town, principal David Hunter is retiring. His teaching career spans 40 years and started at a high ...

Couples keep love burning strong after 60 years

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Two couples who have been together for more than 60 years, Sylvia and Colin Thompson of Plumstead and John and Andrea Benn of Bergvliet, ...

Showing solidarity with victims of abuse

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At Timour Hall Primary School last Friday evening, Diep River’s Community Police Forum held a candlelight vigil in solidarity with victims of abuse. It marked the ...

Kirstenhof SAPS at risk of losing staff, says CPF

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Kirstenhof police station’s partnerships with the community police forum and other groups have helped to keep crime low in the precinct, but this very success could ...

Fixing broadband connectivity in Tokai

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To make the broadband connectivity issues that have plagued Tokai for years a thing of the past, Vodacom has asked the suburb’s residents to “help us, help you. ...

Patrol convoy honours radio controller

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A convoy of over 200 vehicles snaked its way through Constantia on Friday November 11 as security services personnel, volunteers and residents came out to honour ...

Councillor calls for Prasa to clean up its act

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Nearly 50 Expanded Public Works Programme workers arrived on Monday morning November 14 to clean up in a squatter camp under a bridge on Prince George Drive, between ...

District Six Museum man makes naming committee

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Aspiring historian Matthew Nissen, 35, from Rondebosch, has been appointed by Cultural Affairs and Sport MEC Anroux Marais to serve on the province’s geographical ...

Stationery drive for needy pupils

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Benjamin Projects has kicked off its annual stationery drive to help over 50 children, from Heathfield, Capricorn, Die Gatjie, Diep River, Hillview, Retreat, Seawinds, ...

Baboon Matters picks up the slack

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A non-profit organisation has made a public appeal for funding to support a team of rangers that is trying to keep a splinter baboon troop roaming Constantia in ...

Accessible tourism offers new opportunities for SA

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For most able-bodied people, tourism may look accessible and they can take for granted the ability to move around freely while on holiday, but that is not always ...

City going to court to evict squatters

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The City is seeking eviction orders through the courts to tackle squatting that mushroomed during the pandemic, but many of Wynberg’s vagrancy hot spots will be ...

Promoting cycling safety in Westlake Village

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Cycling safety awareness in Westlake Village was in the spotlight at the weekend. The Bicycle Empowerment Network, a non-profit company, and On Bike, the community’s ...

Fight for suburbs needs support, says civic leader

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The fight to defend the character of the suburbs from the City’s push for densification will need a lot more effort and support from those who live in them, says ...

Extravaganza raises money for breast cancer

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The Sisterhood coloured The Blocc in Exeter Road, Wynberg, in bright shades of pink to raise money for breast cancer on Saturday. More than R40 000 was raised for ...

Help give Dario a future with a smile in it

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Rowena Samuels, a Retreat mother who is balancing work as an admissions clerk at Melomed Tokai and caring for her 10-month-old born with a cleft lip and palate, ...

Crime climbs in Constantia’s open spaces

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Crime, particularly car break-ins, remote lock jamming and pickpocketing, in the open spaces of Constantia Valley is increasing, according to police and neighbourhood ...

Spring tea fundraiser for school stationery

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A morning of tea, business and fundraising was held at Westlake Golf Club on Monday October 10, for the friends and golfers of the Westlake Ladies section. Donned ...

Murder charges dropped for two co-accused in Annie van Rooyen case

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Marlene van Rooyen, mother of slain 33-year-old Annie van Rooyen, says she wants to know what happened to her daughter to find closure. This after the state withdrew ...