Constantiaberg Bulletin
- Publisher:
- NewsBank
Publisher
- NewsBank (1340)
Latest documents
- BMX track at Princess Vlei
BMX enthusiasts from across the city, especially the little ones, could hardly wait to put their bikes and the track to the test, at the launch of the newly-refurbished BMX track, at Princessvlei Eco Park in Elfindale, at the weekend.
- U-turn, a non-profit organisation that helps to get the home
U-turn, a non-profit organisation that helps to get the homeless off the streets, wants to open a support centre for them at a Wynberg church hall.
- Tee-off to help raise funds for baby Sebastian
The Dutch Reformed Church in Simon’s Town is hosting a golf day fund-raiser for a 10-month-old baby with a rare congenital heart defect.
- A five-storey block of flats is set to replace an old-age ho
A five-storey block of flats is set to replace an old-age home in Constantia, but residents fear it will worsen traffic congestion, strain sanitation and encroach on privacy.
- Returning to the Mother City in its current format for the f
Returning to the Mother City in its current format for the fifth time, the Pick n Pay Wine and Food Festival promises a world of flavour in two afternoons of fun with friends and family over the age of 18 at its new venue at the Claremont Cricket Club in Constantia.
- Tee-off to help raise funds for baby Sebastian
The Dutch Reformed Church in Simon’s Town is hosting a golf day fund-raiser for a 10-month-old baby with a rare congenital heart defect.
- It was always going to be a clash to be savoured – unbeaten
It was always going to be a clash to be savoured – unbeaten Wynberg Boys’ High School, ranked 10th on the national school’s rankings table, travelling to Paarl to face Boys’ High, fourth on that table and unbeaten to date this season.
- A court ruling has prohibited murder-accused Darren Mettler
A court ruling has prohibited murder-accused Darren Mettler from entering Westlake.
- The latest reading scores from the Progress in International
The latest reading scores from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) have shown something we can’t ignore: South Africa needs to step up its reading game.
- Various activities at Franschhoek Literary Festival
The Franschhoek Literary Festival 2024 official programme includes a line-up of renowned local, pan-African and international authors.
Featured documents
- Glimpse of a bygone era In the dog box Coming alive Eye-opener
On a recent afternoon walk in the Tokai Forest, I ran into the bird-watcher who I'd previously seen with her binocs focused on a baby hadeda in a nest at the top of a tall pine. She told me it had met a premature death. It had been pushed out of the nest by one of the adults and had landed at her...
- Norman Henshilwood High School in Constantia, during its fou
Norman Henshilwood High School in Constantia, during its founder’s week in May, will be celebrating 55 years of existence and a recent discovery that its school song has a close link to a respected anti-apartheid activist....
- They say that every little girl dreams of being a ballerina,
They say that every little girl dreams of being a ballerina, and for Laura Strugnell, 31, from Century City, and Jess Hayes-Hill, 30, from Plumstead, this dream became a reality in an extraordinary way....
- The authorities are failing to act against growing vagrancy,
The authorities are failing to act against growing vagrancy, including the lighting of fires, on a municipal site near a Plumstead traffic circle, say nearby residents....
- The Friends of Constantia Valley Greenbelts is working with
The Friends of Constantia Valley Greenbelts is working with residents and a number of other local organisations to create a wetland restoration garden. But their work will be “severely undermined” if the City doesn’t play its part, said chairman Colin Walker at the FoCVG’s recent annual general...
- Glimpse of a bygone era In the dog box Coming alive Eye-opener
On a recent afternoon walk in the Tokai Forest, I ran into the bird-watcher who I'd previously seen with her binocs focused on a baby hadeda in a nest at the top of a tall pine. She told me it had met a premature death. It had been pushed out of the nest by one of the adults and had landed at her...
- Budget is ‘more of the same’
Capetonians reeling from salary cuts, job losses, soaring inflation and the pandemic’s other financial ills will need to dig even deeper into their pockets after the City of Cape Town’s new budget kicked in on Thursday July 1....
- Constantia valley residents have raised a red flag over part
Constantia valley residents have raised a red flag over part of the Grootboschkloof greenbelt being carved up for a housing development....
- The Constantia Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association’s new
The Constantia Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association’s new executive committee says there has never been a more critical time to be a member of the organisation as it works to block “rampant inappropriate development” in the leafy suburb....
- Active legends Unexpected gifts Support crime watch Slow down
With the recent death from Covid-19, of Dawn Lindberg, one half of the legendary singing partnership, it is well worth remembering that Dawn and her husband Des (who were always known as Des and Dawn) were more than fine folk singers. They were rebels with a cause....