Local Stories
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U-Turn rapidly extends its footprint across the Helderberg
U-Turn Homeless Ministry boasts an 80% success rate as it expands in Helderberg with digital vouchers, a Thrift Shop Bus and a new transitional house.
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Somerset West garden giving homeless gardeners a hand up
Somerset West Village Garden partners with Thomas House of Hope to run a work programme for homeless adults, but finding jobs for graduates remains a challenge.
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Martia Heunis se nuwe boek bied warm portrette van lewe en liefde
Martia Heunis stel haar vierde boek, My moskombersie-mense, bekend – ’n warm en humoristiese huldeblyk aan die mense wat haar lewe gevorm het.
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Van hartseer tot hoop: Paartjie se onvergeetlike troue by Ongegund
‘n Onbetroubare trouvenue het byna ‘n Gordonsbaai-paartjie se droomdag verwoes, maar Ongegund Lodge in Sir Lowry’s Pass het alles gered.
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Macassar son shares story in published book available online
Macassar’s Derico Jansen published a free e-book about his life, urging others to share their stories using whatever they have.
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Somerset West volunteer joins Operation Smile cleft surgery drive
Somerset West volunteer Melinda Mostert joins Operation Smile SA to help deliver cleft surgeries for 40 children at Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital.
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Somerset-Wes-skrywer se nuwe boek vier mense wat saak maak
Martia Heunis, oudjoernalis en toneelspeler uit Somerset-Wes, deel warm en skreeusnaakse stories oor haar geliefdes in haar vierde boek.
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Pioneering osseointegration gives Strand amputee new life
Strand amputee Tashinga Skipa walks without crutches after a pioneering bilateral osseointegration procedure restored his independence.
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Twee sterf, nog twee beseer ná tragiese Winery-pad botsing
Raithby-inwoner Wayne Delport en driejarige Jody Fuller het Sondag 24 Mei tragies gesterf in ‘n botsing op die Winery-pad in Somerset-Wes.
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Three dead, five displaced after blaze in Lwandle
Three people died and five were displaced when a fire gutted two informal structures in Pholile Park, Lwandle, in the early hours of Monday 25 May.
