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Six decades: Somerset West Library marks building anniversary
Somerset West Library celebrates the 60th anniversary of its purpose-built Victoria Street facility while marking 128 years of continuous community service since 1897, having evolved from a subscription-based reading room…
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Row over bid to raze ‘Blue Waters’
A heritage battle is unfolding in Somerset West as residents mobilise to stop the proposed demolition of an 80-year-old property, known as Blue Waters, on the remainder of erf 7691…
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Somerset West local wins Wear the Hope Challenge
Somerset West resident Marnus Botha won Cape Town’s inaugural “Wear the Hope Challenge” with his design “Cape Town Lights of Hope,” which will become Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s official festive season…
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Man (34) struck, killed by train in Somerset West
A 34-year-old man from Strand was struck and killed by a train on School Street in Somerset West on Monday morning (13 October), marking the latest in a series of…
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Parel Vallei skitter weer as ATKV-Tienertoneel nasionale kampioen
Hoërskool Parel Vallei het weereens bewys hulle is die kroonprinse van jeugteater deur die gesogte ATKV-Tienertoneel Nasionale Finaal 2025 te wen. Met ‘n ongelooflike rits oorwinnings sedert 2021, het Parel…
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Crime plagues Firgrove power grid as theft and vandalism cause extensive outages
Customers in Firgrove and surrounding areas have been grappling with extensive power faults since Friday 10 October, with Eskom confirming that criminal activities and accidents are responsible for the interruptions.
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Macassar Activist Forum wants RDM to stop sending arms to Israel
The Macassar Activist Forum (MAF) is leading a peaceful protest this morning, Friday, 10 October outside the Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) factory in Macassar.
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Western Cape Mobility Minister welcomes court ruling on Codeta interdict
The Western Cape Minister of Mobility Isaac Sileku stated that he welcomes the judgment handed down by the Western Cape High Court, dismissing taxi association Codeta’s urgent interdict application against…
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Hawks nab second suspect in R1 Million Strand cannabis bust
The Hawks arrested a 29-year-old second suspect on Wednesday in connection with last year’s R1 million cannabis seizure in Strand, with the suspect set to appear in court Friday alongside…
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Concerns over stormwater upgrade at John Rumble Park, Somerset West
The municipality’s Catchment, Stormwater and River Management Branch (CSRM) is advancing plans to upgrade stormwater infrastructure in the Geelsloot catchment, a sub-area of the larger Lourens River catchment in the…
