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Smoking clouds the battle against TB
March is Tuberculosis (TB) Awareness Month and World TB Day on 24 March. The City of Cape Town’s Health Department reminds the public of the devastating link between smoking and TB.
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Drugs, illegal alcohol confiscated
Over the past weekend, 28 February to 1 March, Stellenbosch Municipal Law Enforcement joined the South African Police Service in various special liquor and drug operations across the municipal area.
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Adam Small se nalatenskap geëer
Prof. Adam Small is al beskryf as “’n filosoof as digter, maar ook ’n as digter as filosoof”.
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How Tudge taught the Canna Bush
In 1978, Rajie Tudge from Durban was offered a promotion, as head of Afrikaans at a Cape Town school only six months into her teaching career.
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Author speaks her heart out
Growing up in the 1970s, Desiree-Anne Martin learnt there was an unspoken rule in her home, one that is captured in the rather apt title of her book, We don’t talk about it. Ever.
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Another farm robbed
There seems to be no end in sight for farm robberies and attacks in the Drakenstein area.
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Four dead in horror crash
Three people died instantly after a horror motor vehicle accident close to the Bridge House bridge on the R45-road near Franschhoek.
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‘Min respek vir die Grondwet kwel’
“As ’n mens kyk na wat tans in ons parlement aangaan en hoe min respek daar vir mekaar, ons Grondwet en ons mense is, dan moet ’n mens ’n bietjie meer bekommerd wees oor dit. Elkeen van ons as stemgeregtiges…
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Land reform: is there a right and a wrong?
Whilst South Africans have until the end of February to share their comment on the draft national policy for beneficiary selection and land allocation, Prof Brian Ganson, head of the Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement at the University of Stellenbosch…
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Thieves brought to book in the Winelands
In January 2020, numerous cases of theft were solved across the Cape Winelands.





