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Cecil Jacobs, 84, nurtures tomorrow’s ballet stars

Cape Town ballet teacher Cecil Jacobs, 84, is still going strong, nurturing the next generation of ballet stars. Through his non-profit organisation, Cecil Jacobs Outreach…

Social grant recipients queue outside the Boxer store in the Mitchell’s Plain Town Centre to swop their Sassa card for the new Postbank card ahead of the deadline on Thursday March 20.

‘What the government is doing to us is not right’

The deadline to switch from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) gold cards to new Postbank black cards has been extended but not before the process fed thousands of…

A featured author at the Cape Flats Book Festival was Vennessa Scholtz from Parow, who has published books such as Kita’s Dance with the Dust and Ellie and the Good Hair Fairy. Pictured is Ms Scholtz reading one of her books to attendees at the festival.

Cape Flats Book Festival celebrates stories and community

A featured author at the Cape Flats Book Festival was Vennessa Scholtz from Parow, who has published books such as Kita’s Dance with the Dust and Ellie and the Good Hair Fairy.…

Public Protector South Africa’s hosted a regional public hearing into systemic failures in child maintenance at Lentegeur Civic on Wednesday January 22. As seen in this picture, not many people turned up for the public hearing.

Public Protector SA hears women’s maintenance woes

Strandfontein resident Zulpha Mohamed, a single mother of seven children shared the challenges she experienced at the Mitchell’s Plain Maintenance Court at the public hearing in…

Cancer survivors take to tracks in relay for life

Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Relay for Life Mitchell’s Plain is gearing up for its annual relay event, which takes place at Stephen Reagan Sport Field in Westridge…

Siphokazi Jonas is among the line-up of authors and poets at the Cape Flats Book Festival.

Cape Flats Book Festival offers literary feast

Book lovers will have a chance to meet local and international authors at this weekend’s Cape Flats Book Festival, at West End Primary, in Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain. Writer,…

The truth, two ‘tieties’ and thrilling SA stories at upcoming Cape Flats Book Fest

Strand homecooks Najma Abrahams and Azba Fanie, will be showcasing their cookbook Tietie & Nana se Huiskos at the Cape Flats Book Festival on Sunday February 2. Cape Flats Book…

Local entertainment at its best lined up for ’Plain fest

Street Kidz Dance Crew are among several dance crews that will entertain crowds at the DStv Kyknet Mitchell’s Plain Festival later this month. Organisers of the DStv Kyknet…

'Being in a wheelchair doesn’t mean it is the end of your life’

Eddie Daniels, of Westridge, may be a double amputee, but he is determined to spread a positive and resilient message and start a support group for those in wheelchairs. The…

Twenty-eight community activists and leaders from across Cape Town and Knysna have graduated from the Development Action Group’s “active citizens” training course. “The active citizens training course is customised to equip communities with a set of tools that will assist them in their advocacy and will better enable them to lobby different stakeholders, particularly government, to respond to housing and human settlements needs,” said DAG programme coordinator Akhona Siswana.

Active citizens

A video doing the rounds on WhatsApp is showing how to turn a pen into a zip gun, but those who try this risk serious injury or death, say the police. Picture: supplied

Police issue warning over pen zip guns

Turning a pen into a zip gun - as shown by a video that has been circulating on WhatsApp safety groups - can lead to serious injury and death, warn the police. "SAPS is aware of…

The National Sea Rescue Institute recorded two separate incidents on Saturday October 26 in which bathers were bitten by Cape fur seals at Blue Waters and Big Bay beaches. Pictured is a seal on Muizenberg Beach.

Bathers warned of seal rabies risk after attacks

The National Sea and Rescue Institute and Shark Spotters have urged the public to stay clear of seals when visiting the beach, citing the risks of serious injury and being…

Beatrice Roberts, chairperson of the Leadwood Seniors’ Club in Eastridge and award-winning community activist, shares valuable safety tips with fellow seniors.

Safety tips for the elderly

Beatrice Roberts, chairperson of the Leadwood Seniors’ Club in Eastridge, has urged the elderly to take special care at home and when they’re out in public, especially those who…