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PHOTO GALLERY: A token of appreciation
Cindy Schmitz (43), who was formerly homeless for over two years and lived on the streets between Strand and Somerset West, thanked her sponsors for helping her get on her feet again as she now works, and no longer lives…
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Local portraitist sketches Mayor
A talented artist from Somerset West who recently pursued art full-time, ticked off another item on his bucket list when he gifted a pencil-drawn portrait of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to the politician himself.
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Swimmer makes a splash
Somerset West teenager Kate Allwood, a Grade 10 learner at Somerset College, returned from Brazil on Sunday 21 January after representing South Africa at the first ever World Deaf Youth Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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LETTER: An ode to Freddy the ill-fated seal
In October, we spent a glorious seven days in Strand. During our morning walk along the promenade on Tuesday 17 October we encountered Freddy the seal…
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Local portraitist sketches Mayor
A talented artist from Somerset West who recently pursued art full-time, ticked off another item on his bucket list when he gifted a pencil-drawn portrait of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to the politician himself.
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Prolonged power outage raises the ire
A planned power outage in Macassar had residents hot under the collar when the power supply disruption, which was supposed to last for a mere few hours on Monday 22 January, persisted until Wednesday (24 January).
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Swimmer makes a splash
Somerset West teenager Kate Allwood, a Grade 10 learner at Somerset College, returned from Brazil on Sunday 21 January after representing South Africa at the first ever World Deaf Youth Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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PHOTO GALLERY: A token of appreciation
Cindy Schmitz (43), who was formerly homeless for over two years and lived on the streets between Strand and Somerset West, thanked her sponsors for helping her get on her feet again as she now works, and no longer lives…
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LETTER: An ode to Freddy the ill-fated seal
In October, we spent a glorious seven days in Strand. During our morning walk along the promenade on Tuesday 17 October we encountered Freddy the seal…
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Prolonged power outage raises the ire
A planned power outage in Macassar had residents hot under the collar when the power supply disruption, which was supposed to last for a mere few hours on Monday 22 January, persisted until Wednesday (24 January).
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