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A former director of the Alliance Française in Cape Town and Mitchell’s Plain (2008-2013), Dr Ludmila Ommundsen Pessoa, researched a book on Mitchell’s Plain, Welcome to Mitchell’s Plain: Filming a ‘Model Township’ during Apartheid.

“There is no such thing as bad publicity”, the well-known phrase goes, but the University of Cape Town (UCT) may well disagree as reports of the “imminent” suspension of their vice-chancellor, Mamokgethi Phakeng, as well as a campus-wide shutdown by

After a hiatus of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cansa Relay for Life Athlone is hosting their event on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 March, from 18:00 at the Turfhall Sports Complex in Athlone.

A R1,5 million padel tennis court, set to introduce the “elite” sport to the community, will be built at the Lavender Hill CARES (Culture, Arts, Recreational, Education and Sport) complex.

One person was injured with extensive damage to one property when a municipal refuse truck overturned and collided with a house in Southern Cross Street, Rocklands on Tuesday 14 February.

Bikers from far afield as Bettys Bay joined the fifth annual Charity Bike Ride on Sunday 19 February, and all in aid of animals.

“He was a kind man who always put others’ needs before his own.”

As work on sewer pipe replacement steadily progresses in Tokai, Wynberg residents will have to wait a few months longer with the City of Cape Town planning to head to that neck of the woods in the 2023/24 financial year.

Ongoing theft and vandalism in the Kromboom Precinct are costing the City of Cape Town and the ratepayers of Athlone a lot of money.

A total of 70 past and present matric learners from Delft, Heideveld, Hanover Park and Westlake were treated to a breakfast – and words of wisdom – at an event held at Lansdowne Civic Centre on Saturday 11 February.