FCP founder joins final pack

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The Friends of Child Protection (FCP) marked an emotional milestone last Thursday as they held their final packing session of the year at the Presbyterian Church ...

Blue Flag still dogged by questions

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Eight City beaches have been given Blue Flag status for meeting water quality targets, among other criteria, but the rating is questioned by some who say it hides ...

FCP hold annual service of hope

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The teddy bear is the most important part of the comfort pack according to Safeline director Rochelle Philander. Friends of Child Protection hosted their yearly ...

Expect Dalmatians in tutus on promenade

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Mdzananda Animal Clinic’s Paws on the Promenade event takes place on Sunday March 17, from 9am. This is the first event since 2020 and it will begin at the Mouille ...

FCP prepare 1 300 comfort packs for victims of sexual abuse

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The Friends of Child Protection (FCP) got together at the Presbyterian Church in Gardens last Thursday, July 20, to put together 1 300 comfort packs for children ...

School boys arrested for robbery of Bolt driver

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Four matric pupils from a Cape Town school were arrested in class in connection with the robbery of a Bolt driver. The 50-year-old man claims that the four knife-wielding ...

One & Only Young Stars winners

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District Six resident Jadon Lee Harilall beat 34 culinary students to earn the title of Chef of the Year in the One&Only Reaching for Young Stars 2021 competition. ...

Pros and cons of online teaching and learning

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While various online platforms are proving adequate to educate pupils during the pandemic, most are in favour of a full-time return to the classroom instead of the ...

Gardens Commercial High celebrates 60 years

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Gardens Commercial High School celebrated its 60th anniversary with a socially distanced event at the school on Monday, August 23. Principal Dylan Tommy was joined ...

Twenty-three people injured in taxi crash outside parliament

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Twelve people were seriously injured when a taxi carrying school pupils crashed into a bollard outside parliament this morning, Friday August 20.

Resistance walkers call for colonial statues to fall

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Residents of the Bo-Kaap, Salt River and Observatory, took part in a resistance walk from the Bo-Kaap Museum to the Jan van Riebeeck statue on Heerengracht Street, ...

Parents protest DSK teacher’s reinstatement

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Parents of pupils at the Deutsche Internationale Schule Kapstadt (DSK) are outraged that a teacher who allegedly uttered racial remarks at pupils has been reinstated. ...

Soupertroopers mark 7 years of helping the homeless

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When Sea Point resident Kerry Hoffman set out to feed homeless people on June 7, 2014, little did she know that her organisation – Soupertroopers - would become ...

Roeland Street Fire station celebrates 90 years

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Last Thursday, June 10, the Roeland Street fire station celebrated its 90th anniversary. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, celebrations were low-key but Atlantic Sun ...

Gurwitz Interrupted inspired by lockdown

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Interrupted, a series of art works by Claudia Gurwitz, was inspired by and during the national lockdown last year, and is on exhibition at the Association for Visual ...

Detective Bardien on catching a killer

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Swift action from Detective Warrant Officer Shaun Bardien and his colleagues from the Serious and Violent Crimes (SVC) detectives unit resulted in the arrest of ...

Culinary students’ skills put to the test

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Seven culinary schools are competing in the Reaching for Young Stars competition, which started at the One&Only hotel last Wednesday, May 26. The culinary and hospitality ...