WESLEY FORD

Community Reporter

Doccie tells story of returning D6 woman

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“This is part of my legacy, and I want to encourage the youth to always remember where they come from,” says Soraya Martheze who is the subject of a short documentary ...

Muslim cemetery gets nod for morgue

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The Mowbray Muslim Cemetery received City permission earlier this month to build a dedicated morgue at the site. “These approvals included provisions for a washroom, ...

Bad service leads to lifetime together

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Bad service brought David, 95, and Pauline Patterson, 94, together a lifetime ago, and earlier this month, they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple ...

Charity expands its Claremont shop

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The Help the Rural Child charity has expanded its charity shop at 71 Imam Haron Road, Claremont. The shop now uses a room next to the original premises with the ...

Claremont CPF wants to build bridges

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The Claremont Community Police Forum says it wants to strengthen communication channels between the public and the police. The CPF’s executive committee, which met ...

Jonathan Hobday commemorated

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“Jonathan Hobday was an incredible community volunteer, we don’t have enough men and women like him,” says Chairman of Sub-Council 16, Matthew Kempthorne in tribute ...

CPUT campus clash over student digs

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Following violent clashes between campus security guards and students demanding accommodation at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, the institution says ...

Muslim cemetery embraces digital age

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The Mowbray Muslim Cemetery is using a website to make it easier for people to locate the graves of relatives. Mowbray Muslim Cemetary Board and Muslim Cemetery ...

World Read Aloud Day fun at Red Cross

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Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and City librarians shared the joy of reading at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on World Read Aloud Day, ...

Oaklands High unveils new computer lab

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Oaklands High pupils will be able to work on website development, coding ...

Happy 90th

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Sharifah Sanders flanked by her children, from left, Gawa Reay, Juleiga Abrahams, Aboebakar Sanders, her brother Omar Abrahams and her children Shireen Sanders and ...

Rondebosch gets upgrade to park and subways

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Ward 59 councillor Mikhail Manuel took steps to upgrade Rondebosch Park and the surrounding areas in the community towards the end of last year. Mr Manuel through ...

Just another brick off the mall

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A shock waited for shoppers in a Claremont shopping centre’s parking lot last Friday: bricks had broken off the top of the building and smashed into vehicles below. ...

Claremont High runs sandwich drive

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Claremont High’s Bread Buddies project is serving sandwiches to needy pupils. Teacher Lindile Tshetsha says the project has been going since 2013, but he and senior ...

Glitz, glam at the Met

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Ward 58 councillor, Dr Richard Hill, and his wife, Monique NautaGretchen Muller, of Gordon’s Bay, left, and Lauren Snyders, of RondeboschJalene Burger, left, and ...

Woodstock artist to exhibit at Cape Town Art Fair

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Woodstock artist Tafadzwa Tega, 39, will exhibit at the Cape Town Art Fair at the Cape Town International Convention Centre next month. “My art reflects my personal ...

CPUT unveils new student residence in District Six

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The Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s new student residence in District Six will accommodate some 400 first-year female students. The university unveiled ...

Clean-up planned for Mowbray Muslim Cemetery

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The public is invited to join a clean-up at the Mowbray Muslim Cemetery next month. The campaign, now in its third year, is intended to “honour the deceased and ...

Derelict train carriage burns in Woodstock

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Police are investigating after a fire gutted a derelict train carriage on tracks under an N2 flyover in Woodstock last Friday. Roeland Street, Salt River and Milnerton ...

Walmer Secondary shines in matric exams

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Walmer Secondary School has proved to be one of the success stories in the matric exams, jumping to a 96. 2% pass rate from 78. 1% the year before. Anton Steyn, ...

Claremont’s Shelley Lothian is resident director for Artscape show

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Shelley Lothian, 45, of Claremont, is the resident director of Dear Evan Hansen, ...

First day smiles

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Holy Cross Grade R pupils with teaching assistant Susanda Mbambani, left, and teacher Feroza Ryklief. Pinelands North Grade 1 pupil Kendrick Mutandwa, right, on ...

Matrics celebrate record 87. 3% pass rate

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Matriculants had reason to celebrate this week as they received their results. The matric class of 2024 has achieved a pass rate of 87. 3% in the National Senior ...

Pinelands High’s Rayyan is SA’s top matric pupil

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Pinelands High pupil Rayyan Ebrahim is the top-performing matriculant in the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams. Rayyan,18, from Thornton, passed with ...

Home for disabled needs help

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The Western Cape Cerebral Palsy Association (WCCPA) is collecting non-perishable food for its Help Fill Our Pantry project in aid of disabled residents at Rosedon ...

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