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We see him every Tuesday and Thursday, patiently sweeping the streets in our small community with smooth strokes of the broom. He greets everyone he meets with a smile and politely asks about their well-being.

A group of Somerset West friends has found a charitable way to enjoy a boys’ night out – donating a container to Sakhikamva Lethu (Hope for Disabled) in Makhaza.

Cape Wine Master (CWM) Bennie Howard was among the five luminaries of South African wine honoured for exemplary standards at the annual Wine Harvest Commemorative Event, hosted at Groot Constantia in the Constantia Wine Valley on Thursday 6 February.

’n Macassar-inwoner het ’n klagte oor die storting van ’n dier se karkas in Duneweg, Macassar, aangemeld, en is dankbaar vir die Wyk 109-raadslid, Peter Helfrich, en die Stad Kaapstad vir hul vinnige reaksie om dit te verwyder.

The Somerset West police have opened an inquest docket following a fatal house fire in the Rome Glen residential area.

Significant progress has been made in repairing the collapsed Trappies Bulk Sewer pipeline in Strand, according to a recent update from the City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate.

The Ward 109 Development Forum have announced plans to push for two more high schools in Macassar. However, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said it had no plans to build new schools in the area.

The Helderberg Rotary Anns settled the outstanding book accounts of eight Strand High School learners, thanks to a generous donation of a Dutch donor.

Maryke Roberts (links) het verlede Woensdag (12 Februarie) die bekende skrywer Constant van der Merwe se nuwe boek, Ontvoer, by Exclusive Books in Somerset Mall bekendgestel.

It is with dismay that we have recently noted a cap in a local shop depicting the G-anchor-B as Gordon’s Bay. This is far from the truth.