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Zhea goes for gold: Vault queen takes national gymnastics honours
“Bring home the gold” was a phrase always said to her ahead of a journey. While the common saying is just another thing to say, Zhea Patrick took that quite literally.
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Cameras to monitor Key Ward 46 entrances get the green light for Manenberg, Belgravia and Rylands
The placement of Licence Plate Recognition (LRP) cameras funded by ward allocation will soon be underway.
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Four armed robbers in court following high-speed chase in Claremont, Cape Town
The case of four men arrested in Claremont over the weekend has been postponed to Thursday 9 November. The quartet, between the ages of 25 and 45, was arrested following a high-speed chase by the Western Cape Flying Squad and…
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Non-profit organisation celebrates 15 year milestone
When the international non-profit organisation, MOT, was first introduced to South Africa, local leaders promised to take the vision forward. And now, with 15 years of serving the communities of Cape Town, the organisation has expanded its reach to the…
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‘Huge need’ for ECD centres in Overcome Heights informal settlement
Seeing the “huge need” for Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in Overcome Heights, a new structure is being built to house classes for 34 children.
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‘Care for patients, is what I love’: False Bay Hospital nursing assistant celebrated
False Bay Hospital bade a fond farewell to nursing assistant Nomzamo Mngupane during a surprise celebration on Thursday 19 October.
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Grassy Park family lodges complaint for ‘slow response time’ of hospital staff to assist mom, who later dies
A Grassy Park family regarded as “stalwarts of the community” has lodged a complaint with Groote Schuur Hospital over the treatment of their mother Pearl Jacobus, who died at the hospital on Thursday 5 October.
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School vegetable garden feeding the elderly and frail in Ocean View
With patience and in Sophia Grodes’ case, “green fingers”, a once bare vegetable garden targeted by vandals has been transformed into a thriving garden feeding learners as well as the frail and the elderly.
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‘There is a need for housing’: New R54,6 million housing project gets underway in Ottery
“I will finally have my own home,” said an excited and emotional Ottery resident Venessa Oncke.
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Long wait for housing, takes its toll on sick child in Ocean View
Living in a wendy house with her sickly wheelchair-bound child, who needs hospital care each month, is simply not healthy, says Ocean View mom Kim-Lee Thomas.










