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NOAH opens new centre for social seniors in Athlone
Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH) now has a new centre for social seniors living in the Athlone area.
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Library project boosts literacy at Parkwood Primary
With a need to boost literacy at Parkwood Primary, a school without a designated library, non-profit organisation (NPO) Rescue A Young Life (RAYL) has stepped in to create a student hub.
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Elderly pair evicted, living on the streets of Ocean View
Pensioners John Pluim (64) and his wife, Anna (62), from Ocean View never imagined that one day they would find themselves on the street.
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Vandals targeting police vehicles in Ottery and Parkwood a ‘general occurrence”
The Grassy Park Policing Forum (CPF) is calling on residents to stop vandalising state property after the tyre of a police vehicle was slashed in Ottery on Sunday 7 April.
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‘A beacon of hope’: Woodstock church celebrates 165 years
On a busy corner of Station Street in Woodstock, you will find St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church. In it lies more than a century’s worth of history.
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Have your say on City of Cape Town’s draft budget
Capetonians have until the end of the month (30 April) to comment on the City’s R76,4 billion draft budget for 2024-’25, which was tabled recently.
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Athlone man has eyes set on Springbok jersey
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa more than four years ago, Mogammad Sauliegh Arendse from Surrey Estate in Athlone, now a loose forward at the Boland Cavaliers, was part of the Western Province Supersport Challenge which was subsequently c
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Green Point’s ‘Moaning Minnie’ providing navigational safety for the past 200 years
The Green Point Lighthouse was the first lighthouse to be built on the South African coast and Friday 12 April marked 200 years since it was first lit.
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Calls mount to break the stigma around mental health
Thanks to a generous donation, Cape Mental Health’s (CMH) advocacy programme can now reach more clients and continue to advocate for people with psychosocial conditions.
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Klipfontein, Mitchell’s Plain substructure spread Autism awareness
Autism is more than just speaking late or sensory seeking and defensiveness.










