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• Skipper drowns, two survive

  A 39-year-old skipper from Ocean View drowned at Brightwaters, on the Atlantic side of Cape Point on Saturday, April 20, after his boat capsized.

• Women turn 580 audio cassette tapes into art

  Anyone who grew up in the 80s will know that there’s little beauty to be found in mangled audio cassette tape, but six women have shown that you can crochet it into a work of art.

• As a new principal, understanding high school admissions cri

  As a new principal, understanding high school admissions criteria became a top priority.

• The Embassy offers local musos a sound footing

  A Hout Bay non-profit organisation is offering support to struggling musos.

• Wonga has chance to shine on German TV

  An Imizamo Yethu film-maker and tour guide has a shot at promoting his tours overseas with a German broadcaster preparing to film an episode with him next month.

• While nearly all South African children (over 95%) are onlin

  While nearly all South African children (over 95%) are online, a recent Unicef study also reveals a disturbing reality: one-third face potential online violence, exploitation, and abuse.

• More water pipe bursts in Hout Bay

  Hout Bay’s water woes continue with more pipe bursts this week and last weekend.

• Hangberg families on City land face eviction

  The City is seeking to evict more than ten families from municipal land in Hangberg.

• Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Justin February is preparin

  Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Justin February is preparing to take on Durban’s Stavon Lewis for the World Muay Thai Organisation’s middleweight South African professional-amateur vacant title.

• Have you ever stopped to think about what fuels a child’s br

  Have you ever stopped to think about what fuels a child’s brain at school?

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• A giant on and off the field, Collegians RFC president Armie

  A giant on and off the field, Collegians RFC president Armien Brink will forever be remembered as a gentle soul and someone who cared deeply about his community, family and friends....

• Jason van't Slot is an extreme cyclist, public speaker and s

  Jason van't Slot is an extreme cyclist, public speaker and sales representative who lives in Noordhoek, but when he was eight months old he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, or CF, and his parents were told he would likely live only 10 years....

• 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...

• City blueprints for greater densification in parts of the so

  City blueprints for greater densification in parts of the southern suburbs have drawn a bitter response from residents who viewed them at a public meeting in Constantia....

• Sewage matters under spotlight

  A public presentation on sewage pollution organised by a proportional representation (PR) councillor who serves on the City of Cape Town’s Economic Growth Portfolio Committee, had more than 100 Camps Bay residents attending....

• Researchers plan to survey 500 to 1000 residents of several

  Researchers plan to survey 500 to 1000 residents of several Cape Peninsula suburbs, asking them to give their views on baboons....

• Harbour management project out to tender

  Affordable rentals, transparency of leases and the site development plan, fishing opportunities for the youth – these are requests from fishers, business owners and other Hout Bay Harbour users levelled at Sihle Zikalala, the national Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, last week....

• Minister pulls chain on City’s poo permits

  A national minister’s decision to pull the permits that let the City pump raw sewage into the Atlantic has been welcomed by environmentalists, with one saying the Hammans- kraal cholera outbreak, which left more than 20 dead, carries stark lessons for political appointees tasked with waste disposal....

• HIDA remain in the dark

  Just as locals living in the Hangberg Insitu Development Area (HIDA) were about to have their lives lit up, they were left in the dark once again, as yet another project was halted.On Friday June 4, contractors were forced to vacate the area after being intimidated by locals who are not in line to...

• Rusty finds new purpose after Zim prison ordeal

  There was a time when Rusty Labuschagne, of Hout Bay, had pretty much everything a man could ask for − he ran a safari outfit, flew his own aircraft and had a luxury house in Bulawayo and a fishing resort on Lake Kariba....