Municipal
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Heat over Strand pool’s lack of it
A “chilling” reality is setting in at the Strand Municipal Swimming Pool, where local residents and regular swimmers are expressing growing disillusionment with what they describe as poor management, erratic…
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Soet River cleanup gets cash injection from City of Cape Town
Two Helderberg-based organisations, Making a Change and Oasis Reach for Your Dreams, have secured funding from the City of Cape Town’s R3.5 million community partnership programme to tackle chronic pollution…
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Rioolkrisis laat Broadlandspark inwoners sê: ‘Ons is nie diere nie!’
Rioolstortings in Broadlandspark, Strand dwing families beweerlik tot isolasie terwyl kinders siek word van die aanhoudende krisis.
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City of Cape Town warns of water levels at new lows
Cape Town’s daily water consumption has climbed to 1,073 million litres—98 million above target—while dam levels drop 2% weekly, prompting urgent calls for water-wise behavior to avoid future restrictions.
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Hope lights up as Nomzamo families connected to power grid
The City of Cape Town completed a R4.9 million electrification project connecting 395 families in Nomzamo’s New Village Informal Settlement to the formal electricity grid for the first time.
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Local beaches brace for Blue Dragon sea slug
City of Cape Town officials are monitoring coastlines after discovering five Blue Dragon sea slugs at Muizenberg Beach, warning that the venomous creatures could likely appear on Helderberg shores due…
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Trappies sewer works on track
Work on the multimillion rand rehabilition of the Trappies Bulk Sewer project resumed after the annual builders’ break. Contractors have officially remobilised to the De Villiers Street area to begin…
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300 residents march against Strand sewage spills
More than 300 residents of all ages took to Strand Beach on Friday (16 January) in protest of the alleged ongoing sewage spills contaminating the local coastline.
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Strand water quality: Officials reassure public amid local outcry over spills
City of Cape Town officials have moved to reassure residents and holidaymakers that water quality at Strand’s main recreational areas remains well within safety limits, even as infrastructure challenges and…
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Beach safety: Identikidz programme returns to Helderberg shores
The City of Cape Town’s Identikidz child safety programme returns to Helderberg beaches including Gordon’s Bay, Strand and Harmony Park for 15 days over the festive season, providing numbered wristbands…
