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A new chapter dawns for the decades-old Somerset West Paperback Book Exchange.

Imagine a principal from a well-known school with a couple of empty trolleys in a grocery store and the goal of collecting as many baby products and sanitary pads that’s possible in an allotted amount of time for a good…

A long-standing tradition of developing players for provincial squads continues to be the benchmark of performance and progress for Helderberg Pirates Baseball Club, as eight players across various junior and senior divisions have been selected for t

Helderberg local Andiswa Sigadla, founder of Sibuyisela Ubuntu (“We restore human dignity”), a non-profit that aims to assist young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds or communities with sanitary towels to restore their dignity and ensure they embrace their identities, was recently…

The sponsorship of a R2,4 million boundary wall for the Macassar Sports Grounds made by a private company in 2021 now hangs in the balance following objections from the community. They seem divided on the issue while the City of…

The Dirkie Uys monument in Somerset West – a historical commemoration to the loss of two Afrikaner war heroes – is slowly succumbing to vandalism and neglect as community organisations call for the monument to be moved elsewhere to be…

Lwandle police are investigating a case of business robbery after two suspected armed robbers targeted a cellphone and accessories store located inside the Somerset Crossing shopping centre in Strand on Friday (17 March).