‘Ukubona izinyanya’ kubawisile abafundi
Kwisihlandlo sesibini kule kota, abafundi besikolo samabanga aphakamileyo sasekuhlaleni baye bawa ngenxa yesityholo sokubonwa zizinyanya. Ukufunda kuphazamiseken gequbuliso kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iTable View nge-1 Novemba xa abafundi abaninzi nootitshala bewa, kutyholwa ukuba kungenxa yokubna okanye ukubonwa zizinyanya. Esisiganeko senzeke kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo iSunridge Circle, nesihlala ikakhulu abafundi baseDunoon, singqinwe liSebe leMfundo leNtshona Koloni (WCED). “Njengokuba […]
‘Ancestral sighting’ has pupils fainting
For the second time this term, pupils at a local high school have collapsed due to an alleged ancestral sighting. Learning was abruptly disrupted at a Table View high school on 1 November when several pupils and teachers collapsed, allegedly due an ancestral calling or sighting. The incident at Sunridge Circle High School, which mostly […]
Disability no obstacle to Dunoon school cleaning team
A group of Dunoon residents have refused to let their disabilities confine them, having taken responsibility for cleaning services at Sophakama Primary school in the township. The group of ten disabled residents have signed a six-month contract, starting 17 October, to provide cleaning services which will provide income to supplement the disability grants they receive. […]
Ukukhubazeka akungo mqobo kwiqela lokucoca isikolo saseDunoon
Iqela labahlali baseDunoon abakhange bavume ukuba inkuthazo zabo zibavalele, bathathe uxanduva lokucoca kwisikolo iSophakama Primary kule lokishi. Iqela labahlali abalishumi abakhubazekileyo batyikitye isivumelwano seenyanga ezintandathu, esiqala ngomhla we-17 kweyeDwarha, sokubonelela ngeenkonzo zokucoca eziya kuthi zibonelele ngengeniso yokongeza kwizibonelelo zokukhubazeka abazifumanayo. uShasha, omilenze yakhe inqunyulwe entla kwedolo, utshayela ibala lesikolo ngelixa ehamba ngesitulo esinamavili, efika emsebenzini […]
Dunoon toilet row continues as residents find creative way to empty toilets
The toilet row continues in Dunoon after informal settlement residents stopped the new City contractor, Sanitech, from entering the township’s informal settlements to render the services it has been contracted by the City to provide. Residents accuse Sanitech of doing a bad job previously when it was sub-contracted to Mshengu toilet hire, whose contract expired […]
Covid de-densification plans postponed to next year
The planned relocation of 1,500 residents from overcrowded informal settlements in Dunoon to land in Milnerton in order to relieve overcrowding and resulting feared spread of Covid-19, has been postponed to 2021. Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announced the plan in April, stating residents would be relocated to their new homes in Winning Way, Milnerton, […]
With hard work and a lot of luck, you can beat the odds
There is a movie star from Dunoon’s streets. Local resident Nolukhanyo Hempe, (32) has starred in locally written and produced feature films ‘Umninindlu,’; ‘Umlingisi,’ and ‘Iwashi’. The films are repeatedly played on DSTV channel 161 and 164, which has seen her attain celebrity status. Hempe, from Dunoon’s Tulip Street, is a single mom of one […]
Land invasions benefit ‘entrepreneurs’
Land invasion entrepreneurs are profiting as a new informal settlement has sprung up on the corner of Potsdam Road and Malibongwe Drive near Dunoon where residents started erecting shacks on vacant land underneath Eskom’s high-voltage power line servitude on Saturday 8 August. Shacks have been also been erected across the Diep River in Parklands North, […]
Golf clubs under pressure amidst housing crisis
A City notice advertising the renewal of a 10-year lease on the 49ha King David Mowbray Golf Club for R11,500 per annum, which sparked a campaign and petition for the well-situated public land to be used for affordable housing, has been withdrawn. The notice was placed by the City of Cape Town on 24 July […]
Former Dunoon gangster finds a better way
Starts anti gangsterism movement A Dunoon gang of teenagers became so notorious its members were hired by individuals for illegal debt collection and by those seeking revenge against their personal or business enemies. Their price for undertaking a “dirty job” was in the region of R15 000. But one man had enough of the gangster […]