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Age is nothing but a number, says an 83-year-old Brown’s Farm gogo who has a small vegetable garden in her backyard to keep her busy.

The construction of the clinic in Samora Machel is underway after the site was handed over by the Department of Health and Wellness in September last year.

Makhaza police are investigating cases of carjacking, kidnapping and rape after two emergency medical services (EMS) workers were reportedly hijacked and kidnapped at Matthew Goniwe Community Health Centre in Makhaza on Friday 21 February.

The Lingelethu-West Community Policing Forum (CPF) in Khayelitsha was awarded a certificate of appreciation at the Western Cape Provincial CPF Board Appreciation Awards on Saturday 22 February, held at Wynberg Civic Centre.

Ward 86 councillor Xolani Diniso has completed the street resurfacing campaign in his ward to revamp some of the streets in Strand.

Members of the Qhakaza Disability Group converged on Chris Hani Community Hall in Mfuleni on Saturday 15 February to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

At least 18 shacks were destroyed and over 48 people were left destitute when another shack fire broke out at DT section in Taiwan informal settlement, Site C on Saturday 15 February.

On a rainy night in Cape Town Brandon Manzoni lay on a cold stoep, soaked and exhausted. It was his lowest point after four years of homelessness, four years of sleeping under bridges, searching for safe places and feeling invisible…

Let us put Samora Machel in our prayers. That area is a disaster, and it is becoming worse daily.

“We are left stranded and desperate for answers.” This is a common sentiment expressed by dozens of students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) District Six campus, amid an ongoing accommodation crisis.