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Budget: social grants go up, but not as much as inflation Covid grant budget slashed by R8-billion Marecia Damons Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced increases to social grants during his Budget Speech on Wednesday, but these are lower than the inflation rate. The minister allocated R36-billion to fund the extension of the Covid-19 Social […]
Atlantis residents demand health clinic services be expanded
Peter Luhanga A lack of sufficient healthcare facilities in Atlantis has led residents to campaign for the two City-run clinics in the area to be handed over to the provincial Department of Health and Wellness. The two City-run clinics in Atlantis – Saxon Sea and Protea Park clinics – offer limited services to residents, with […]
Valentine’s Day: Openness and honesty keep love alive
Peter Luhanga A sunset walk on the beach is how Phumzile Sithebe and Vuyokazi Mehlwana plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The couple, who are both in their forties, say they will still be together in their eighties. But finding love has not been an easy path. Sithebe had two children when she moved from Johannesburg […]
Local learners beat dire poverty and Covid-19 to bag distinctions
Seven distinctions for Joe Slovo Park learner despite schooling disruptions and the challenges of living in an informal settlement Peter Luhanga In order to be able to concentrate on her matric studies, Lisakanya Mlindi had to wake up in the early morning hours when the informal settlement where she lives was quiet for a brief […]
Man burnt to death in Siyahlala, hundreds homeless in Nkanini
No fatalities as more than 100 homes razed in Nkanini but man dies when his shack catches fire in Siyahlala A week after a blaze destroyed 106 shacks in Dunoon’s Nkanini informal settlement, leaving 233 people homeless on New Year’s Eve, another blaze in Siyahlala informal settlement Section B resulted in the death of a […]
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Another Postbank “glitch” delays January social grant payments “We came to the Post Office and they said there was no money” A Cape Town mother spent hours queuing outside the Post Office in Athlone this week, desperate to collect her child’s unpaid social grant. “November was the last time I received a SASSA grant for my […]
Woman found trapped between buildings at midnight
City rescue services demolish a wall to pull out to safety How she got there is a mystery A video of a young woman trapped in a narrow gap between two upgraded RDP houses in Dunoon’s Bulelani Street has been shared several times on social media. Wedged between the walls, the video shows the woman […]
Fuel giant launches development fund for small businesses
A R220 million development fund to empower small business in the Astron Energy value chain has been announced by the fuel giant situated in Milnerton near Dunoon. Astron Energy Chief Executive Officer Thabiet Booley said the Astron Energy Development Fund (AEDF) was a “milestone in our transformation journey as an organisation”. Astron Energy operates the […]
Two arrested in copper bust
More than a ton of various infrastructural property such as water meters and copper cables were seized at a Dunoon storage facility on Monday 5 December, leading to the arrest of two suspects. The copper was positively identified as belonging to state-owned companies. Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie says concerted efforts to […]
Eight left homeless in separate fire
One person died in a fire in Dunoon’s Siyahlala informal settlement on Wednesday 7 December which destroyed 11 shacks and left 21 people homeless, including mothers and children. The 33-year-old man who burnt to death was a tenant in Mzoxolo Rala’s five-room shack. Rala said he arrived home from the Eastern Cape on Thursday to […]