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Excitement was evident on the faces of young people who graduated from the National Youth Service programme under the Expanded Public Works Programme(EPWP) on Friday 16 February.

A development project at Ward 114 in Mfuleni is underway and is expected to be completed soon. The project accommodates beneficiaries from various areas including Nyanga, Philippi and some of the old informal settlements and backyarders from Mfuleni.

Shack dwellers from the Votsho informal settlement say they lost hope in the City, accusing the municipality of ignoring and marginalising them.

The phenomenon of drugs in our communities is a problem. Many families are broken as a result. Young people are becoming hobos because they are addicted to drugs. This is a scourge that we need to fight as a collective.

Lwandle Sports Ground is set for a massive upgrade after many years of it being vandalised.

A horrific car accident that nearly claimed her life and left her bed-ridden, did little to deter local songbird Thumeka Lothe from fulfilling her music journey.

Meat-stall owners from Embengweni in Town Two vowed they won’t allow people from the area’s SST informal settlement to erect their shacks near their stalls, for fear of bringing criminals and causing a stink.

Hard work paid off for members of Khuseleka Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) from Makhaza under Harare Police Station precinct in Khayelitsha after they were awarded a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ by the Harare Community Policing Forum on Wednesday 14 February. The group…

“We want people, especially children, to understand that we are part of the community. They mustn’t run away when they see our vans,” says Khayelitsha Police Station spokesperson Const Asanda Daweti.

“It’s difficult to do our job. Our members are seen as the targets by the criminals,” remarked a despondent Fransina Lukas, amid heightened fears and anxiety among community policing forum (CPF) members in the province.