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Mitchell’s Plain District Hospital kickes off its 10-year anniversary celebrations
From filling a gap in the health sector to becoming a leading specialist facility, Mitchell’s Plain District Hospital is making strides to continue bettering its facility.
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UPDATE | Sixth person dies in shooting at a house in Ocean View in Cape Town
Police and emergency workers in Ocean View are attending to a scene where five people were killed, with another person injured in a shooting incident in Neptune Lane earlier today.
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Childhood cancer: Kids at Plumstead CHOC House ‘keep on keeping on’
Children and parents living at Plumstead CHOC House were in for a treat last week when hip hop group Driemanskap dropped by for a visit.
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‘Living from hand to mouth’: Women shelters appeal to private sector for help
Four months since women’s shelters around the Western Cape made a public appeal for emergency funding to keep their doors open the Western Cape Women’s Shelter Movement says nothing much has changed, and shelters are “living from hand to mouth”.
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‘Naive, un-researched and a reckless’: Arborists calls out City’s PSHB tree list
The City of Cape Town has taken flack following the release of a list of trees recommended to replace those infested with the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle.
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‘Don’t remove the Pink Buoys’: NSRI urges public to refrain from taking lifesaving device
“Removing a Pink Buoy from a pole for any reason other than a rescue may cost somebody their life.”
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Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer: Impact of carnage on trees being felt
From Tuesday 4 April the City of Cape Town has removed 40 trees infested with the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) beetle along the Liesbeek River corridor, near the N2 highway and Liesbeek Park Way – and more fellings…
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Baboons inspiring change in community in southern suburbs in Cape Town
While baboon management in the South Peninsula has been a hot topic and public comment on the draft Baboon Strategic Management plan has come to a close, activists say baboons have inspired a lot of positive change in the community.
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Community in Simon’s Town remembers navy dog Just Nuisance
The annual Just Nuisance Commemoration Day parade saw pooches of all sizes put their best paw forward.
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Men kitted out in high heels to place themselves in women’s situations
If you saw a group of men and young children kitted in high heels walking along the Sea Point Promenade on Saturday 1 April, it wasn’t an April fool’s prank but rather a gender-based violence (GBV) awareness initiative organised by…










