Sibulele Kasa

Journalist

Kuils River resident makes her comeback to the Mrs South Africa semi-finals

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Kuils River’s Anita Momberg is among 94 semi-finalists of the 2025 Mrs South Africa season. She was selected at the national casting which was held in Menlyn Park ...

Durbanville photographer wins national award

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Durbanville photographer Werner de Kock, 38, was named as the national winner at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025. Werner took first place under the motion ...

Murder up, rape down in Kraaifontein

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The Kraaifontein police precinct has recorded a 33% increase in murders, according to the latest SAPS crime statistics released on Friday. The increase was recorded ...

Anina Walters, 10, wins story competition

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Durbanville Primary School pupil Anina Walters, 10, was crowned as the winner of 2024 Story Stars competition. Story Stars is an annual creative writing competition ...

Kraailove organises Valentine's date for couple

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A Kraaifontein couple are beaming with joy after being taken out for a Valentine’s Day date last Friday. Julene Skippers, 59, and her husband Joseph Skippers, 64, ...

Kraaifontein karate kid, 11, to compete in Finland

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Eleven-year-old Warren Jantjies Jr. from Scottsdene, in Kraaifontein, is set to compete in world karate championships in Finland in June. He will compete in the ...

Action series to shoot at Kuils River steel mill

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Ward 11 councillor Wouter de Vos has expressed excitement after a film company decided to shoot scenes for a series in Kuils River. The company, Blue Ice Africa, ...

Pupils challenged to turn trash into treats and school funds

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The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP), in Bellville, has joined the Trash4Treats campaign to encourage school pupils to collect recyclables to generate funds for ...

Looking back at the headlines of 2024

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As 2024 comes to an end, Northern News looks back at some of the stories that made headlines this year. Schools in the northern suburbs came out tops when the results ...

Petunia Primary gets donation of iPads

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Petunia Primary School, in Scottsville, Kraaifontein, received a donation of 20 iPads from the Cheslin Kolbe Foundation, iSchoolAfrica Education Trust and a private ...

Looking back on 40 years of radiography service

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A 63-year-old chief radiographer from Bellville was among 75 recipients of the award for 40 years of service at Tygerberg Hospital on Monday. Petronella le Roux ...

Police issue warning on false bomb threats after Tyger Valley scare

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Making false bomb threats creates unnecessary panic and draws emergency services away from where they are really needed, say the police. The warning comes after ...

Bellville recycling project gets a boost

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The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) has received R600 000 and an electric trike van to boost its project collecting recyclable waste in Bellville, the organisation ...

Plan to revive Bellville’s Elizabeth Park

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The Friends of Elizabeth Park, along with the Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) and other groups, has appealed for donations of plants and money to help make the ...

Murder and rape increase in Kraaifontein - crime stats

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Murder and rape in Kraaifontein increased from the beginning of July until the end of September compared to the same period in 2023, according to the latest police ...

Tree of Lights to help families remember loved ones

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Tygerberg Hospice in Bellville will hold its Tree of Lights ceremony at the Kuils River Community Church on Thursday December 5, at 7pm, to help families commemorate ...

Brackenfell man marks one year after losing arm, leg in crash

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A Brackenfell man is on a mission to solve mobility challenges faced by disabled people. Willem Lourens, 60, lost his right and left leg in a motorbike crash on ...

Brackenfell watch named top watch of the year

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The City has named the Fernpark Neighbourhood Watch, from Brackenfell, as the Neighbourhood Watch of the Year in the ceremony at the weekend. The annual event held ...

Trail run aims to aid farmworkers’ children

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In Touch Athletic Club will hold its annual Charity Trail Run/Walk at the Zevenwacht Wine Estate on Sunday December 1. All the proceeds from the event will be used ...

Kraaifontein street lights take a beating from vandals

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The City has raised concerns about street lights being vandalised in Kraaifontein. This comes after technicians repaired 47 street light faults along the Botfontein ...

Petition calls for rehabilitation of the Bellville Velodrome

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Over 6000 people have signed the petition ...

Counting project aims to understand magnitude of homelessness in city

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Several organisations serving homeless people are hopeful that they will be able to determine the number of homeless people around certain suburbs of Cape Town before ...

Eskom unveils De Novo substation

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Kraaifontein residents and Eskom staff came to witness the official opening of the De Novo substation on Tuesday November 19. The construction of the substation ...

Small business owners graduate from City course

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More than 70 small-business owners have completed a three-year entrepreneurship course run by the City and UWC. The programme provided online and in-person training ...

New mural inspires hope in Bellville

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The Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District (VRCID) unveiled its first mural on Middel Street, Bellville, to brighten up the area and foster a sense of community ...

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