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CPUT students face accommodation crisis as hundreds remain stranded amid limited spaces
“We are left stranded and desperate for answers”. These were the sentiments of dozens of students from Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) District Six campus, who face an accommodation crisis.
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Masiphumelele Gateway Market set to open after 10 years, offering dignified trading spaces
The Masiphumelele Gateway Market, a project that has been 10 years in the making, will finally come to fruition this year.
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Cape Town celebrates literacy with events and reading to children in hospitals
World Read Aloud Day (WRAD), an initiative founded by LitWorld in 2012, aims to promote the importance of reading aloud and fostering community literacy.
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Support local children with school essentials and make a difference
What started as a simple fun walk has grown into a movement of hope for the children of Hout Bay. When a small group of community members organised their first walk, the idea was simple: register for R10, bring a…
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Preserving Kalk Bay’s legacy: Outdoor exhibition honours erased fisher families and indigenous heritage
Tracing her own family history has led local fisher woman Traci Kwaai to create an outdoor exhibition in remembrance of the many fisher families erased or forgotten.
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Kewtown couple celebrate 50 years of love, faith and commitment
Kewtown couple Sheila and Kenneth Cheemee have reached a milestone not many can relate to.
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Rondebosch residents demand urgent action to address rising winter power outages
Residents of Ward 59 have experienced an increasing number of winter-related power outages over the past two years, with many calling for urgent intervention to address the problem.
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Lions District opens Heathfield Primary library with 4 520 books
On Friday 7 February, Lions District 410W Region E celebrated a milestone event with the official opening of the Heathfield Primary School Library and Media Centre.
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Housing activists demand affordable housing on Tafelberg site as legal battle continues
Housing activists say only once they see developments and affordable housing being built on the Tafelberg site in Sea Point, will they believe that the local government is serious about addressing the crises.
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Oaklands High receives indigenous trees and first-of-its-kind Cyber Lab
A total of six Yellowwood and Stinkwood trees were donated to Oaklands High School by the State Information and Technology Agency (Sita) and Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.










