District Mail and Helderberg Gazette
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A large-scale multi-agency search-and-rescue operation is urgently underway in the Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset West following the disappearance of 37-year-old hiker Itumeleng Mekoa. He has not been heard from since the weekend.
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Multiple shooting incidents rocked the Helderberg Tuesday morning (30 June) as taxi violence returned to the basin, with two security guards wounded.
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Local fashion designer Sanette van Schalkwyk of Shifting Sands African Couture has taken local design to one of the biggest sporting stages in the world.
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When a kitchen fire struck Stables Restaurant, Vergelegen turned disaster into opportunity and Firehorse galloped in to keep the estate alive.
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A DA oversight visit to Lwandle exposed a severe policing crisis, with 17 detectives carrying 141 cases and one officer per 926 residents.










