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Teachers at school in Parkwood dress up in pink to raise awareness around breast cancer
To mark breast cancer awareness month, Parkwood Primary School teachers and learners wore pink and invited St Luke’s hospice for a dialogue.
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Stash of stolen street signs found in Lotus River
A Lotus River neighbourhood watch group found a stash of street signs believed to have been removed from their posts and abandoned with the likelihood of ending up in a scrapyard.
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‘No final decision’ made on plans to turn Queen Victoria Street into a one-way street
Plans to convert Queen Victoria Street in the Cape Town Central Business District into a one-way are still undetermined.
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Learners discover the fairest Cape
The sky is the limit. This was the theme on Wednesday 19 October when a group of Grade 6 learners from Kalksteenfontein Primary School in Bishop Lavis were treated to a trip to Table Mountain, Camps Bay and the V&A…
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SANDF long service medal parade held at Youngsfield Military Base
Long-service medals were bestowed on South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members from the Original Works Unit Western Cape and the Original Works Unit Eastern Cape during a parade at Youngsfield Military Base on Thursday 20 October.
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SHiNE promotes human rights
Schools and teachers from Lansdowne, Mitchell’s Plain and surrounding areas recently attended the launch of the Social Harmony National Effort (SHiNE) project of the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) at the Al Ihklaas Academia Library in Lansdowne.
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Bookery Quiz returns after two-year break
Following a two year break, the annual Bookery Quiz returns on Thursday (27 October) and will see seven schools going head-to-head all in the name of fun and reading.
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Garden Day celebrated in Turkish style in Mitchell’s Plain neighbourhood
Terrosita Chee Mee from Colorado Park celebrated Garden Day on Sunday 9 October with 24 of her neighbours, ex-colleagues and friends at her home.
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‘Together we can make this happen’: Police sound out clarion call to parents in Manenberg
“Our youth was set on a path to success. The power of young people was felt today as never before. We flung the doors of success open and if you’ve never seen it before we saw it today, that the…
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ECD workshop upskills teachers
A total of 25 teachers at Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres from Heideveld, Delft and Lansdowne attended a workshop at Jumpstart Pre-School in Kenwyn on Saturday 15 October.










