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The morgue will be built at the back of the Mowbray Muslim Cemetery’s main administrative building.
SOUTH AFRICA

Muslim cemetery gets nod for morgue

The Mowbray Muslim Cemetery received City permission earlier this month to build a dedicated morgue at the site. “These approvals included provisions for a washroom, a cold room…

  • WESLEY FORD
1 min read
Robin Malan was also the founder of Junkets Publishers in Pinelands.
ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE

Robin Malan praised as a champion of the arts

Robin Malan was a tireless advocate of South African theatre who helped to take the country’s stories to worldwide stages, according to tributes that followed his death last…

  • WESLEY FORD
  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
David Hill, former editor-in-chief of Cape Community Newspapers, shakes hands with former president Nelson Mandela during a visit to Newspaper House in 1999. Pictured from left are, Shaun Johnson, the then managing director of Independent Newspapers Cape, Vukile Sonandzi, founding editor of Vukani and in front, Chryss O’Reilly wife of Irish businessman Sir Anthony O’Reilly, who owned Independent News and Media South Africa at the time.
INDEPENDENT MEDIA

Saluting legendary former editor-in-chief, David Hill

Former editor-in-chief of Cape Community Newspapers, David Hill, enjoying the outdoors in his retirement. Sandy Naude, CEO of Africa Community Media, with David Hill, former…

  • YOLANDE DU PREEZ
7 min read
Food lovers are mourning the loss of beloved chef and cookbook author Fatima Sydow. Picture: Bertram Malgas / Independent Newspapers
CAPE TOWN

Queen of Cape Malay cooking Fatima Sydow dies after cancer battle

Food lovers are mourning the loss of cookbook author and TV show host Fatima Sydow, 50, who died on Tuesday after battling cancer. According to a statement released by the…

  • Sibulele Kasa
1 min read
Dr Latozi ‘Madosini’ Mpahleni died in Mthatha after a lengthy illness. Picture: Ian Landsberg.
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE

Tributes pour in for legendary Madosini

Tributes continue to pour in for legendary Xhosa musician Dr Latozi “Madosini” Mpahleni who died at the age of 78, in Mthatha on Friday after a lengthy illness. Madosini, as she…

  • Sibulele Kasa
2 min read