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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.
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Ward committee visit key sites in Tafelsig’s ward 82
Ward committee members from Ward 82 in Tafelsig toured the ward on Wednesday 18 October to familiarise themselves with key projects currently underway.
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Mitchell’s Plain boys receive civic honours for uplifting their community
Three Lentegeur High School learners have been honoured with Mayoral Civic Pride honours for their involvement in uplifting the community.
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First u18 soccer tournament held in Portlands is a kick in the right direction
Keeping young men occupied through sport is a way to keep them off the streets and out of the grips of drugs and gangsterism.
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Rondebosch BikeBus ‘in transit’
Keen cyclists Kevin Foster and Roland Postma introduced Rondebosch kids to the BikeBus initiative on Friday 20 October by inviting primary school learners to cycle to school on a route with fellow walkers or rollerbladers escorted by adults for their










