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A Kensington-based motorcycle repair shop is on a mission to ensure a group of learners can start the academic year with stationery supplies for the year, but they need help to achieve this.

Residents in Ward 56, which includes Kensington, Factreton and Maitland, say they want better service delivery and positive change in their community.

“Just because we live in a squatter camp does not mean that we need to live like this, we are also human.”

Our reporters and sales team are taking a deserved break and will return to the office on Monday 9 January to take your calls and listen to your stories.

A large Cape fur seal, affectionately named “Santa”, was retrieved and saved from peril when it was spotted by motorists in morning traffic in Athlone on Wednesday.

Like any child, Berewine Gertse wishes to run around carefree and play with her friends and soon, thanks to the help of Good Samaritans from a Camps Bay-based organisation, her wish will be granted.

To entertain, educate and help residents kickstart the new year, the University of Cape Town (UCT) Summer School programme will head to Kensington for the first time, from Monday 9 to Saturday 28 January next year.

Learners at schools in Mitchell’s Plain will soon give adults a run for their money in darts – a growing and popular sport in the area.

An excited but sad Carol Haupt of Athlone retired from teaching after 33 years at Athlone North Primary School on Friday 9 December, when she and two others said goodbye to the school.

A request to demolish and replace the corrugated-roof shelter, which serves as a bus stop in Klipfontein Road in Rondebosch, has been submitted to the City of Cape Town.