Community protests for justice in child rape case
Women rally outside Cape Town Magistrate Court against bail being granted to the accused bail Peter Luhanga About 50 protesters, mostly women, demonstrated outside the Cape Town Magistrate Court on Thursday against bail being sought by a 61-year-old pensioner charged with the rape and sexual assault of three children. Two of the victims are seven […]
Ukususela kwi ‘Sex Tape’ uyotsho ku ‘Life waseMatyotyombeni
u’Turf’ waseKhayelitsha uguqula imizabalazo yangoku ibe yigolide yomculo INTATHELI YETHU Imvumi yaseKasi yeHip-hop neRnB ingene kudidi lomculo wekwaito ngecwecwe elitsha elinomxholo othi, Ubomi baseMatyotyombeni neliguqulela ngokuthi ‘ukuphila ematyotyombeni. Umhlali waseKhayelitsha Site C uMonwabisi Bence, 28, nowaziwa ngegama leqonga elithi Turf, ulungiselela ukukhupha umculo wakhe wamva nje kwinyanga ezayo. Olu tshintsho luvuyisayo luza emva kwe-EP kaTurf […]
From ‘Sex Tape’ to ‘Life waseMatyotyombeni’
Khayelitsha’s ‘Turf’ Transforms modern struggles into musical gold Peter Luhanga A Kasi Hip-hop and RnB artist has ventured into the kwaito music genre with a new album titled “the life waseMatyotyombeni” which translates to ‘life in the informal settlements’. The Khayelitsha Site C resident Monwabisi Bence, 28, known by his stage name “Turf”, is gearing up to release […]
Dunoon teen sensation: second album hits the streets
Fans say they’re uplifted and inspired by Sinoyolo Nzuzo’s Maskandi music Peter Luhanga A Grade 11 pupil who is an up-and-coming sensation in the Maskandi music genre, celebrated the release of her eagerly awaited second album this past weekend. Sinoyolo Nzuzo, who is an 18-year-old pupil at Inkwenkwezi Senior Secondary, released her album “Qhaweloxolo, ndigula […]
Intshukumo yolutsha lwaseDunoon: icwecwe lesibini libetha ezitratweni
Abalandeli bathi bakhuthazwa ngumculi kaMaskandi uSinoyolo Nzuzo INTATHELI YETHU Umfundi weBanga le-11 osaziwayo kudidi lomculo kaMaskandi, ubhiyozele ukukhutshwa kwecwecwe lakhe lesibini ebelilindelwe ngamehlo abomvu kule mpelaveki iphelileyo. USinoyolo Nzuzo, noneminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo efunda eInkwenkwezi Senior Secondary, ukhuphe icwecwe lakhe elithi, “Qhaweloxolo, ndigula ndihamba” phakathi kwesiphithiphithi serenki yaseDunoon. Umdla kaNzuzo emculweni waqalwa ngethuba esafunda amabanga aphantsi […]
Iinkxalabo ngokhuseleko njengoko abahlali basematyotyombeni begrumba kwibhulorho yaseDunoon
Iinkxalabo zesakhiwo ngebhulorho yeNdlela yasePotsdam zikhokelela kwisicwangciso sokufudusa amakhaya angama-225 INTATHELI YETHU Efuna ikhusi uMbuyiselo Pama, 42, ubhenele ekugrumbeni kudonga lwendlela iPotsdam apho ibhuloho isiporo sikaloliwe eDunoon ukuze alungise indawo yetyotyombe elinamagumbi amabini ahlalise yena, inkosikazi yakhe nabantwana abathathu. Abanye abantu abadinga izindlu baye bagrumba kweli litye, abanye babo bebhentsisa iintsika zeebhulorho. Oku kuthintele umgaqo […]
Concerns over safety as shackdwellers dig into Dunoon bridge embankment
Structural concerns over Potsdam Road bridge result in plan to relocate 225 households Peter Luhanga Cape Town — Desperate for shelter, Mbuyiselo Pama, 42, resorted to digging into the Potsdam Road embankment where it bridges the railway line in Dunoon in order to level space for a two-room shack to house himself, his wife, and […]
Korea invests in Atlantis schools
David Rossouw Two Atlantis schools have received state of the art computer equipment from the Republic of Korea. Robinvale and Witsand primary schools received the equipment on 21 September, thanks to the Korean ambassador Chull-Joo Park. Witsand principal Gerhard Matthyse thanked Park, and said the initiative started after the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) […]
Alitshoni lingenandaba
Umlilo usube imiphefumlo yabantu abathathu AMBESIWE MBANA NgoMgqibelo ngomhla we17 kule nyanga imiyo umlilo omkhulu usube imiphefumlo yomntwana obeneminyaka eli14, umama wakhe kwakunye nesinqandamathe sikamama wakhe nekukrokreleka ukuba besiyolala apho kumatyotyombe amade kufuphi nendawo yentselo. Abahlali bashiyeke bethe nkamalala emva komlilo otshise amatyotyombe aqikelelwa kuma-20 ukonyuka. Lo mlilo kusolwa ukuba uqale emva kokuba omnye wabanxusi bakamama uNomapha […]
Three people die in shack fire in Joe Slovo Park
73 people left homeless by the blaze on Saturday night. By Peter Luhanga Three people died in a shack fire that broke out in the densely populated Ekuphumuleni settlement in Joe Slovo Park, Milnerton, in Cape Town on Saturday 16 September. The blaze destroyed 20 shacks, including some two-storey structures, leaving 73 people homeless. According […]