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Somerset West resident, Liezl Russell has self-published her debut children’s book Bart’s Art, after a five-year journey of writing, illustrating and self-discovery.

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.

Colin Truelove celebrated his 100th birthday at the Helderberg Society for the Aged’s La Rochelle independent living facility on Friday 14 February.

Nadine Valentine and Morné Hendricks of Zandvliet High School in Macassar proudly represented their school at the False Bay Zonal Athletics Championships held at Vygieskraal Stadium in Athlone on Saturday (15 February).

BeGraceful Studio is bursting with pride as eight of its dancers, aged 23 to 40, prepare to represent South Africa at the World Dance Masters competition in Croatia this May.

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, South Africa’s largest marketer of apples and pears, invites the public to explore its Heritage Orchard of historic apple and pear trees at Oak Valley Estate in Grabouw.

BeGraceful Studio is bursting with pride as eight of its dancers, aged 23 to 40, prepare to represent South Africa at the World Dance Masters competition in Croatia this May.

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.

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.

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.