Local Stories
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ECD centres still face uphill battles with registration
Unregistered educares don’t qualify for subsidies, training or resources from the City, but the registration process is laborious.
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Grace wins gold in national maths competition
Grace Travers beat tens of thousands of competitors to take home a gold medal at the Western Cape Horizon Maths Competition.
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Save a Fishie calls public to sign petition to ban plastic lollipop sticks
Environmentalist group, Save a Fishie is calling for a ban on plastic lollipop sticks after thousands were discovered over the past few months during beach clean-ups.
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When goodbye comes too soon
It is a strange, almost unreal feeling to watch someone you love endure a grief so deep it seems to swallow them whole. Two weeks ago, I watched my fiancé…
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Spanbestuurder van Parow bereik reuse mylpaal
‘n Lid van die NTK-rugbyklub in Parow-Noord het die afglope naweek ´n reuse mylpaal behaal – Arthur “Mr Manny” Reichhardt is nou reeds vir 50 wedstryde die eerste span se…
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Voormalige hoof van Northlink College, Leon Brian Beech, sterf af
Northlink College het aangekondig sy voormalige uitvoerende hoof en hoof van die instelling, Leon Brian Beech (70), is op 12 Augustus oorlede. Die kollege het ‘n kennisgewing oor sy heengaan…
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Demolitions boss loses court bid to get govt and City to buy informal settlement
The Cape High Court dismissed key parts of a long-running legal battle involving Ross Demolitions, the City and government over the Isiqalo Informal Settlement.
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Bothasig residents urged to stay alert amid signal jamming spike
Bothasig residents should be alert due to increased remote signal jamming incidents linked to vehicle thefts, as warned by local police.
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Women in Parow encouraged to find healing and strength at uplifting event
Keynote speakers at a Women’s Day event encouraged women to overcome their past, embrace self-care, and support one another through struggles.
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Volunteer spends her free time saving lives at sea
The sea rescue station commander at Strandfontein spends her free time saving people from drowning and training rescuers and she does it for free.
