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Funding from National Lottery fun helps dancers in Stranfontein
Due to funding from the National Lottery the non profit organisation (NPO) Aphrodite Belly Dance Studio in San Remo, Strandfontein, could compete in the Cape Town Oriental Dance Festival at Artscpae in October last year and at the Egyptian Cinderella
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Review of ‘hot spots’ along Cape Flats railway line promotes increased levels of safety
Joint site inspections of a number of hot spots along the Cape Flats railway line were conducted between representatives of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and two local councillors, Zahid Badroodien and Rashid Adams on Wednesday 1
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Load shedding, cable theft a double whammy for residents in Athlone
During the last week of January residents in Athlone and the surrounding areas had to endure a double whammy of blackouts, when electrical connectors were stolen twice from electricity boxes.
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‘Make your mental health a priority’: Valkenberg Trust calling on “friends” to assist with donations
“We have to take care of our mental health like we take care of the rest of our body.”
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‘As parents we feel helpless’: Parents cystic fibrosis sufferes in desperate plea
A determined group of parents has filmed a video campaign and started a petition to raise awareness about the exorbitant costs of treatment of cystic fibrosis.
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Women take to the streets of Cape Town at night to create awareness on women safety
A group of Cape Town women is on a mission to reclaim women’s right to walk the street at night and since last year August the group takes to the street at about 21:00 each month talking, socialising and getting…
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New ECD centre on the Cape Flats aims to grow kids holistically
Being a teacher born and raised in Manenberg with an interest in developing young minds by using sport, social media and education Shukr Hartzenberg established the Early Childhood Development Centre in Manenberg called Growth Zone Learning Centre.
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Dreams become a reality for Mitchell’s Plain children who got to walk out onto Cape Town Stadium pitch
We, young and not so young, all have sports heroes, and can only dream of meeting them one day.
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‘At risk in the dark’: Fire leaves host of Lavender Hill residents vulnerable without power
More than 100 Lavender Hill residents were left without electricity after a fire tore through an apartment block at Keppel Court on Monday 30 January.
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Western Cape’s top matriculants honoured for their academic excellence
‘The world is your oyster’. This is the encouraging phrase given to the 2022 top matric learners during the Western Cape national senior certificate awards ceremony held at Leeuwenhof today.










