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Macassar greening project plants trees at Zandvliet High School
GrowMacassar planted eight indigenous trees at Zandvliet High School for Arbor Month and plans a nursery to green all of Macassar.
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Helderberg Rotary Anns support Reach for Recovery with donation
Helderberg Rotary Anns donated goods to Reach for Recovery, a Somerset West NPO supporting breast-cancer patients and their families.
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Help avid young Helderberg readers to become leaders!
The Readers are Leaders campaign is calling for children’s book donations and school nominations to build a library at a deserving school.
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Gordon’s Bay fundraiser paints the way for Animal Welfare
Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club (GBYC) was filled with creativity, community spirit and plenty of animal-loving generosity on Saturday (29 August) as a collaborative fundraiser for the Animal Welfare Society (AWS) Helderberg raised R5 850 through ticket sales and raffles, along with…
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Final hours to switch SASSA gold cards as deadline expires tonight
Social grant beneficiaries have until midnight tonight to replace their SASSA gold cards or risk losing access to payments.
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Hospice seeks community donations for support centre care
Helderberg Hospice’s Support Centre is a 10-bed facility for pain management, respite and end-of-life care, and needs community donations.
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Tommy Dell delights local Seniors
Local seniors were treated to a morning filled with music, laughter and nostalgia on Friday 7 August, as the Strand Dienssentrum for Seniors hosted a memorable Tommy Dell show at Huis Soeterus.
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Boland Islamic Council Women’s League hosts Vintage High Tea for Cancer
More than 500 women gathered in Strand for a celebration of sisterhood, courage and community on Sunday 9 August, with the Boland Islamic Council Women’s League (BICWL) hosting its Vintage Women’s Day High Tea for Cancer.
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Empowering Macassar through adult education, AI coding for youth
RDM empowers the Macassar community through an adult education programme and a girls’ AI coding course, building skills, confidence and new career pathways.
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Squares for care: Helderberg Hospice smashes world record
Helderberg Hospice collected 106 763 granny squares, unofficially breaking the Guinness world record and yielding 2 224 blankets for palliative care patients.