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Law enforcement efforts sharpened to clampdown on abuse and exploitation of seals on Cape shores
However amazing the scope in travelling guides/blogs/articles to the Mother City might be, visitors to Hout Bay don’t seem to have a one-search Google result warning tourists to protect our local Cape fur(ry) friends.
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Iconic Muizenberg Beach huts officially open in time for he festive season
After months of restoration, the iconic Muizenberg Beach huts are officially open to the public in time for a bumper festive season.
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Jamie (8) Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School’s bottle-top king
It’s amazing how recycling heaps of bottle tops or bread tags can change another person’s life with the gift of a wheelchair . . . what’s even more amazing is that youngsters such as eight-year-old Jamie Trauernicht care so much…
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Constantia Food Club wins global prize for ‘Innovating for sustainability’
Constantia Food Club (CFC) was recently announced as one of the South African winners of the small businesses and non-profits who have won a share of the global small business platform, Xero’s, R8 million global prize pool for “Innovating for…
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Sprouting new beginnings for sustainable income at Bel Porto in Lansdowne
Bel Porto School in Lansdowne is home to a new community market garden aimed at fighting malnutrition and creating sustainable income for the school.
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Spread seasonal joy to Southfield, Plumstead this festive season
Along with celebrating the festive season with family and friends one is also reminded of a moral obligation to spread some Christmas joy to those in need, and a private feeding scheme in Southfield offers a chance to do just…
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A successful recycling project in Xakabantu near Vrygrond in Cape Town is creating jobs for the unemployed
A successful recycling project in Xakabantu, a poverty-stricken informal settlement near Vrygrond is creating jobs and utilising skills within a community that is rife with unemployment.
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Researchers excited at the prospect of the return of the Great White Shark to False Bay
Great White Shark sightings off the coast of False Bay in recent weeks have researchers excited at the prospect of the return of the apex predators to the bay where activity declined since 2020.
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A learner from Pinelands Primary School is receiving psychological assistance following alleged bullying
A 13-year-old boy from Pinelands Primary School is finally receiving psychological assistance from the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) following a serious injury and a series of confrontations with an alleged bully from another class.
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Camps Bay Good Samaritans share boxes of love with learners from Bishop Lavis for Christmas
Christmas came a little early for learners from Kalksteenfontein Primary School in Bishop Lavis thanks to a group of Camps Bay Good Samaritans.










