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Comedians unite for dementia unit
Local comedians are teaming up for an evening of laughter to help raise much needed funds for a dementia unit at the Kensington Home for the Aged.
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Interfaith event unites community
Park Road in Wynberg was abuzz with the sounds of hundreds of people laughing and chatting as they convened to break bread together on Sunday 10 April.
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Eggcitement fills Hampstead Park
Coloured stickers were hardly placed in the shadows of trees or play equipment at Hampstead Park in Harfield Village before little hands snapped them up and stuck them on their colour-coded cards. Once full, these cards were exchanged for… (cue…
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Car break-ins ‘increase’ in Obs
Observatory residents are calling for increased police visibility following a spike in car break-ins and crime in the area in recent weeks.
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New shelter in the pipeline
People living on the street will soon have access to a new shelter, this after the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) allocated R4,5 million over the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to establish a new shelter.
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Tree management gets a once over
The City of Cape Town has asked communities to weigh in on the draft Urban Forest Policy which “seeks to take into account the changing social, legislative and environmental context of the city, and can be adopted across City, public…
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Tragedy hits on Good Friday
Gang violence claimed the lives of two innocent bystanders in Ottery on Good Friday (15 April).
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‘Act now on climate catastrophe’
The “window to avert catastrophic climate change is now”, was the message of Extinction Rebellion Cape Town during a picket held along Main Road in Kalk Bay on Sunday 10 April.
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Jobs Connect offers people hope
The City of Cape Town’s Jobs Connect Programme recently visited Hanover Park youth under the invitation of Ward 47 councillor Antonio van der Rheede.
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Public hearing on power hike to go ahead
Despite an initial decision to forego a public hearing to engage on the issues raised in a published consultation paper on the municipal guideline increase and benchmarks, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) last week declared that










