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Opinion
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Hook, Line & Sinker: Storms Send Western Cape Dam Levels Soaring
In his column, Kegan Matthey reports on last week’s storms that swept the Garden Route and Karoo, pushing dam levels from 44.9% to 52.5%.
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OPINION || Take Learnings From Our Own Past to Shape Our Future
In his column, Barend Williams opens the DistrictMail’s archive to reveal what the Helderberg has forgotten, repeated and quietly changed since 1976.
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Resident questions ethics of ‘Strand 4 Palestine’ protest
Strand resident challenges the ‘Strand 4 Palestine’ sign, arguing it implies community-wide support without residents’ consent.
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Rubriek: Egpaar van Somerset-Wes vier 60 jaar van saam sout eet
Rubriekskrywer Jamey Gordon besin oor grootouers Martin en Joan Thomas se 60-jarige huwelik as voorbeeld van volhardende liefde.
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Hard-fighting pelagics and quality edible fish a feast
The past two weeks have delivered some of the most exciting fishing seen in False Bay for many years, with reports that more yellowfin tuna have been landed off Strand,…
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Say hello to Suzuki Across
Suzuki launches the Across, a new flagship C-segment SUV with mild-hybrid technology, priced from R349 900 in GL and GLX trim levels.
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Fish stocks are in ‘serious trouble!’
For generations it has fed coastal communities, supported livelihoods and created a deeply rooted fishing culture. Yet many of the fish species that once thrived along the Western Cape coast…
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Quack the code to chemical-free gardening
If you’ve recently visited Faircape Life Bridgewater in Somerset West, you may have spotted a few enthusiastic garden assistants waddling between the flowerbeds. Instead of uniforms and timesheets, these assistants…
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Letters: Four months without streetlights, why must we fight with the City?
We’ve reported not having streetlights for four months in Chilwan Crescent, Helderberg Industrial Park, multiple times. How much longer must one keep fighting with the City of Cape Town?
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Why is my skin colour rejected?
Somerset West resident Emmy Holliday criticises how social media constantly reinforces racial discrimination and argues that government attempts to categorise people by skin color through constitutional manipulation cannot change the…
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