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Flo Borchers started the Friends of Child Protection (FCP) project after reading a magazine article 22 years.

FCP founder joins final pack

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 in Gardens.…

Camps Bay Beach has been awarded Blue Flag status, but critics say the accreditation hides the full scale of a water pollution crisis facing the city.

Blue Flag still dogged by questions

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 a water…

The teddy bear is the most important part of the comfort pack according to Safeline director Rochelle Philander.

FCP hold annual service of hope

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 service of…

The Paws on the Promenade event in 2020.

Expect Dalmatians in tutus on promenade

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 Point…

There are comfort packs for children as young as two.

FCP prepare 1 300 comfort packs for victims of sexual abuse

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 who have been…

School boys arrested for robbery of Bolt driver

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 pupils…

The One&Only Reaching for the Young Stars 2021 Chef of the Year, Jadon Lee Harilall of District Six.

One & Only Young Stars winners

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.

Pupils in class at Sea Point High School

Pros and cons of online teaching and learning

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 rotational…

From left are Anam Mabhokwane, Sesihle Mathimba, Eman Ibnouf who is chairperson of the RCL, Aluve Manyonya, Zenande Ngudle and La-eeq Illingworth

Gardens Commercial High celebrates 60 years

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 by a limited…

A 12-seater taxi crashed into the bollard barriers.

Twenty-three people injured in taxi crash outside parliament

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

The walk of resistance starting in Bo-Kaap with the 50000 signatures in the boxes.

Resistance walkers call for colonial statues to fall

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, on Youth Day…

Parents who protested outside DSK on Tuesday afternoon want a teacher accused of making racist remarks, expelled.

Parents protest DSK teacher’s reinstatement

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. Parents who…

Providing meals for the homeless before lockdown started.

Soupertroopers mark 7 years of helping the homeless

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 vital to the…

Roeland Street Fire station, a heritage sight.

Roeland Street Fire station celebrates 90 years

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 was given an…

Claudia Gurwitz at the AVA gallery with the Interrupted art works

Gurwitz Interrupted inspired by lockdown

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 Arts (AVA).…

Detective Shaun Bardien speaking about catching a killer.

Detective Bardien on catching a killer

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 an undocumented…

Culinary students’ skills put to the test

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…