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Watch members socialise over good food and company
The Westridge and Somerset Ridge Neighbourhood Watch (WNW) hosted a social bring-and-braai for watch members on the field located along Keurboom Avenue in the suburb on Saturday 25 February.
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Wild, wild Somerset West: Shoot-out jolts R44, N2
Mid-afternoon traffic was disrupted by a hail of bullets showering from the bridge over the N2 highway at the R44, Broadway Boulevard, last Friday (10 March) in an apparent shoot-out between the occupants of two vehicles.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Community cleans up the banks of the Lourens River
A small group of volunteers responded to the call by the Lourens River Conservation Society to assist in a litter clean-up and alien-vegetation hack on the banks of the Lourens River on Sunday 12 March.
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SPORT: Epic action awaits!
When the Absa Cape Epic gets underway this Sunday (19 March) Helderberg residents will be quietly hoping local riders can give the professionals a run for their money in the world-famous mountain-bike race.
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Info sought on fatal N2 collision
Somerset West police are requesting the public’s assistance with information regarding a fatal collision that claimed the life of a motorcyclist last Friday (10 March).
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Bail hearing postponed once again
Four suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Lingelethu West-police officer in Lwandle on Christmas Day (25 December), are expected to be in the docks again later this week.
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SPORT: Dismal weekend for H’berg cricket clubs
It was a winless weekend for local cricket clubs in the Western Province Cricket Association First Division B League as both Somerset West Cricket Club (SWCC) and Hottentots-Holland Cricket Club (HHCC) succumbed to defeats on home soil.
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Injured hiker rescued, hospitalised for treatment
A female hiker who sustained a serious ankle injury during an abseiling adventure at Steenbras River Gorge Crystal Pools had to be airlifted out of danger.
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No mere storm in a teacup
Storm Williams, a Grade 10 learner at Zandvliet High School, was selected for the Western Province 200?m sprint team to participate in the Western Cape Schools Track and Field Championships scheduled to take place at Dal Josafat in Paarl this…
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SAILING: Kirsten’s leading the race
Nearly 200 days since leaving Les Sables-d’Olonne in France, South African solo sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer leads the non-stop round-the-world Golden Globe Race.








