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UCT council breaks silence on vice-chancellor debacle
The University of Cape Town has broken its silence on a settlement deal reached with outgoing vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng.
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German tourist’s credit card among items discovered in raid in Hangberg, Hout Bay
The discovery of missing German tourist Nick Frischke’s visa card among stolen property recovered on Tuesday 21 February has seemingly gone unnoticed by police until today.
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Mom gets new lease of life after Groote Schuur Hospital performs first incompatible kidney transplant
The saying by Vietnamese Proverb, brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet, got a new meaning for Chervon Meyer when her brother Joshua donated his kidney despite not having one blood type.
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Search of Hangberg trail in Hout Bay for missing German tourist comes up empty
NSRI Hout Bay has been called to join the ongoing search for a German tourist Nick Frischke, 22, who went missing last week.
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Book chronicles fortunes of Mitchell’s Plain
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.
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UCT council to consider options amid ‘unstable’ start to year
“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
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Cansa relay set for a March come back at Turfhall
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.
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‘Elite sport’ paddles into Lavender Hill with R1m court slated to be built
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.
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Refuse truck makes Valentine’s Day mess after crashing into a house in Mitchell’s Plain
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.
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Bikers in Cape Town join forces to ride over Ou Kaapse Weg in aid of animal welfare
Bikers from far afield as Bettys Bay joined the fifth annual Charity Bike Ride on Sunday 19 February, and all in aid of animals.









