NewsBank (Southern Suburbs Tatler)

Public safety, improved infrastructure and housing security are among the key issues raised by candidates contesting Ward 92 ahead of the local government elections on Wednesday, November 4.

Scores of parishioners and guests attended the St Saviour’s Anglican Church community fundraising lunch on Saturday, September 26, to raise necessary funds for the 172-year-old church. Reverend Mark Andrews said funds raised would go towards supporting the parish’s ongoing needs, which include essential maintenance and its work in the community.

Many District Six residents living in the Phase Two restitution units were without water for nearly four weeks last month after the City of Cape Town restricted the municipal water supply over outstanding debt.

More than 30 people from various organisations took part in a community clean-up at Harfield Station and surrounding areas on Friday, October 2.

The Finest of the Fest-winning production at the 2026 Zabalaza Theatre Festival, Kinnes van Somers, will be staged at the Baxter Studio until Saturday, October 10.

Award-winning children’s publisher Imagnary House will open its first bookstore at the former post office at Kenilworth Station, 34B Kenilworth Road, on Sunday, October 11, at 10am.

The Brahma Kumaris non-profit will host a free mental health and wellness talk at its headquarters in Claremont on Saturday, October 10.

A community fundraising event will bring local artists, crafters, plant growers and residents together at Raleigh Road Park in Mowbray on Sunday, November 8 with organisers aiming to raise R50 000 towards improvements to the park and its playground.

Early Childhood Development (ECD) principals, practitioners, NGOs and sector partners will have an opportunity to raise challenges facing the sector and contribute to the City of Cape Town’s priorities during a series of regional conversations.

Safety and security, improving infrastructure and ensuring fair municipal charges are among the issues raised by candidates contesting Ward 58 ahead of the Local Government Elections on Wednesday, November 4.

Former Newlands and Claremont residents who were forcibly removed from the area under apartheid’s Group Areas Act took part in a Walk of Remembrance on Heritage Day, Thursday, September 24.

Around 500 current and former District Six residents gathered at the Castle of Good Hope on Sunday, September 27, for a belated Heritage Day celebration.

There are some weekends in sport where you need popcorn, a comfortable chair and absolutely no expectation that anything will make sense.

A 55-year-old foreign national was arrested on a charge of trafficking in persons following the rescue of a 21-year-old woman during a search operation at a suspected brothel in Rondebosch, the Hawks said.

Scores of residents from Woodstock and surrounding areas attended a community upliftment day at Queen's Park High School on Saturday, September 19.

Wynberg Boys’ Junior School’s (WBJS) Under-13A rugby team has helped raise R26 000 for the Children’s Hospital Trust (CHT).

Scores of people joined Paedspal Paediatric Palliative Care for a fundraising plunge at St James Tidal Pool on Saturday, September 19, helping to raise funds and awareness about the organisation’s work.

The Belvedere East Civic Association (BECA) will hold a children’s entrepreneur market at Choo Choo Park, Claremont, on Sunday, October 11, from 9am until 1pm. The children’s entrepreneur market, which is called the Kidpreneurs Fair, was first held five years ago.

Enthusiastic runner Naiema Abrahams is taking a stand against gender-based violence (GBV) with a 24-hour awareness run at the Rondebosch Common on Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26.

The beActive Schools Programme turns visits to beActive Life’s indoor play and adventure parks into a fundraising opportunity for participating schools.

Dr Helen Robinson, a respected historian, author and long-time Wynberg resident who spent decades documenting the people and places that shaped the suburb, died at the age of 96 in Wynberg on Sunday, September 13.

Battle lines have been drawn for the 2026 Local Government Elections on Wednesday, November 4, with 37 candidates set to contest Ward 60, which includes Lansdowne, Kenwyn, Rondebosch East, Garlandale and Sybrand Park.

I am a memoir -essayist and poet writing in my personal capacity for the annual Newlands/Claremont Heritage Day Walk.

Four District Six organisations have called on the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) to engage with the community after civil unrest linked to student protests at the university’s District Six campus last month.

Woodstock police have opened a culpable homicide case following a multi-vehicle collision on Nelson Mandela Boulevard inbound on Monday, September 14.

Claremont Library will be closed for stocktaking from Monday, October 5 until Saturday, October 10.

The Welcome Glen Community Voluntary Association (WGCVA) is inviting residents to come together for its annual Heritage Day Potjie Competition on Thursday, September 24.

The Chrysalis Academy is inviting the public to lace up their running shoes and join its second annual Trail Run & Walk on Saturday, October 31.

The free eight-week Start Smart entrepreneurial programme will start at Southfield Library on Saturday, September 26, helping entrepreneurs build stronger and more sustainable businesses through practical training, templates, accountability and hands-on learning.

Works by some of South Africa’s most celebrated artists and galleries will go under the hammer, with 100% of the proceeds helping to rescue and care for neglected dogs and cats.