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Scouts give back to the homeless
The First Muizenberg Sea Scout Group hosted a soup kitchen for the homeless, in collaboration with the Retreat Cub pack, as part of their Mandela Day service initiative.
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Two sites for social housing released
There seems to be some light at the end of a long affordable housing struggle as the City last week tabled the release of the Salt River Market precinct for development and construction of social housing.
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Simon’s Town community takes on ‘Jurassic Park’
In honour of Mandela Day, the Simon’s Town Civic Association, Community Policing Forum (CPF), Green Group and StadCo, together with Happy Valley shelter, Take Back Our Mountains (TBOM) and My Father’s House, joined forces on Saturday 23 July to clean
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Window very narrow for counter-spoliation
Ward councillors across the city have been urged to encourage their constituents to immediately report any new signs of vagrancy or new structures being set up following a Western Cape High Court ruling last week.
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‘Save our library’
Asking motorists to hoot to save their library, patrons of Plumstead Public Library held a protest in Main Road on Mandela Day.
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Clean-up initiative educates kids
The New Horizon Neighbourhood Watch together with community children from Pelican Park gave off their 67 minutes on Mandela Day by cleaning up a nearby field.
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‘Education chose me’
Oscar Apollis spent more than 40 years in the education sector and believes that “home and school must talk the same language”.
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Largest food can mosaic created at CTICC for Madiba
It’s not every day that hundreds of people join hands to create a massive mosaic made entirely out of food cans.
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Tafelsig clinic keeps improving
Clients travelling from as far as Strandfontein can attest to the improvements made to the Tafelsig clinic, but the management are constantly seeking to improve its services.
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Bravely breaking the stigmas of mental health
In an effort to end the stigma around mental disability, a group of people bravely shared their stories of mental health challenges during a storytelling and poetry event at the Observatory Recreation Hall on Thursday 21 July.










