Siblings take top gardener awards

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Strandfontein siblings say their father is smiling at them from heaven because they have put the green fingers they had inherited from him to good use. Jonathan ...

First Thursday celebrates second anniversary

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Keziah Coetzee, from Strandfontein, and Althea de Wet, formerly from Rocklands, are Kind Art, who created a blend of photography, paint, make-up and canvas. Mitchell’s ...

Girl guides give back for Mandela Day

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Girl guides and their families from various group met at Pinelands Guide Hall on Saturday where they helped to fill more than 2300 jars, called Jars of Hope, with ...

Ballet legend honoured at District Six Museum

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Legendary ballet teacher Cecil Jacobs was honoured with the unfurling of his portrait at the District Six Museum, in the Cape Town city centre, last week. Mr Jacobs, ...

Emergency services stoned during Guy Fawkes

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Stone throwing and gang fights were among the Guy Faux chaos last weekend. Picture: PixabayStone throwing at emergency services reached a head on Guy Fawkes, Sunday ...

Book fest has readers crying, laughing, dancing

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Read to Rise hosted the Cape Flats Book Festival. In the middle is Mavis Williams, the mother of Athol Williams who co-founded the literacy non-profit organisation. ...

Fisherfolk stake claim to angling heritage

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Sonwabe Fishing and Tourism Front (SFTF) management team. Pictured from left are Sonwabe Fishing co-operative interim chairwoman Rushaan Williams, Marion Misrole, ...

Hair and make-up competition

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Hair stylists and make-up artists in-training pulled out all the stops in the Western Province School of Skills' hairdressing competition hosted in Mitchell’s Plain ...

’Plain Cansa relay on track

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Fun laps, interesting outfits and a vibe of a night under the stars is set to help raise funds for cancer. These are just a few activities planned to keep participants ...

‘Stop urban terror’

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Abie Isaacs, chairman of the Cape Flats Safety Forum, Camorin du Plessis, from Portland and Soraya Samsodien, from Beacon Valley, protested outside SAPS Western ...

Book festival fun

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Authors, illustrators, poets and performers gathered at the second Cape Flats Book Festival in Mitchell’s Plain at the weekend. Pictured right is author Sara-Jayne ...

Helping hands

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Members of Kitchen of Kindness, based in Zeekoevlei, had a hand in serving 50 women in Tafelsig on Saturday August 13. The non-profit organisation aims to promote ...

Women’s souk

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Art to remember slavery

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Artists from around Cape Town exhibited their work in the original slave quarters of Leeuwenhof, the premier’s official residence, at the official launch, on Saturday, ...

Young archers take aim on the Plain

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Youngsters from various archery clubs took part in an archery programme, in Mitchell’s Plain on Sunday. It was held at Masjidul Miftaah by the Imāmat Council of ...

Grassy Park man explores his passion for art

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A Grassy Park artist took to the easel by chance when he bought some paints and brushes online. Angelo Solomons has always loved woodwork and making things with ...

Prayers for a safe festive season

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The melody of Muslim prayers reverberated in the streets of Beacon Valley, as a group of women recited them on a netball pitch, bordered by Hockey Street, on Reconciliation ...

Food for Life cooks up a storm in meal marathon

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Dozens of volunteers and representatives from 125 communities ...