Municipal
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Pearls with purpose: Growing potted pride along the Strand coast
Twenty pearl-shaped plant pots — ocean-inspired and locally designed — are adding colour and civic pride to Strand’s coastal streets.
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Salute to Basin’s ‘Quiet’ Champions: Helderberg Heroes Honoured
Community volunteers, city officials and civic workers across the Helderberg basin were honoured at the annual Subcouncil 8 Civic Honours Awards.
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Sewage Nightmare at Strand Property Leaves Owner in Despair
For two years, Sharifa Daniels has watched raw sewage destroy her Strand property — stripping insurance cover and exposing the City’s failing network.
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Overgrowth ‘a Threat’ as Strand Residents Demand City Action
Residents say Strand’s overgrown pavements are a public safety crisis — yet the City has no logged complaints and clearing is only expected from July.
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Row Over ‘Raw Sewage’ Erupts at De Ruyter Street Pump Station
Strand residents say raw sewage is flooding De Ruyter Street’s pump station — but the City insists it is a stormwater facility with no sewer faults.
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City mumm on ‘neglect’ of trees around Strand CBD
While the Helderberg basin has spent much of the week battling the elements, residents in Strand say a man-made problem is making local pedestrian life even more treacherous – a…
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Vrae oor ‘haglike’ toestand van Macassar se sportterrein
Macassar se sportgemeenskap eis dringende herstelwerk na klagtes oor stukkende toilette, onveilige velde en gevandaliseerde geriewe.
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Strand se werkloses maak die Soetrivierkanaal skoon
Subraad 8 gebruik EPWP om twee doele te bereik: werkloses van Strand kry tydelike werk terwyl die Soetrivierkanaal skoongemaak word.
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Cape Town to rename Strand square in historic reconciliation move
Cape Town’s acting mayor used his Freedom Day address to propose renaming Ben Friedman Plein to Strand Muslim Square and advance affordable housing reform.
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First rainfall causes flooding in Lwandle
The first significant autumn rains arrived with force over the weekend, delivering an estimated 50mm to 60mm of rainfall across the Helderberg basin between Friday and Tuesday morning .
