VAT hike to make life harder in informal settlements
Price increase could deepen poverty and worsen food insecurity Peter Luhanga • Families already stretched thin say rising prices on basics like onions and bread will hit them hardest. • Ramaphosa promises more cash for grants and poor households, but trust remains low. • However, many residents in informal settlements were largely unaware of the 0.5 percentage point VAT […]
Ukwaphula imilinganiselo yobuhle ngokuzithemba
U-Angela Mbolekwa waseKapa uGcineka njengoNksk Curve South Africa owandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi. Intatheli yethu Umdlali ophumelele isiqingatha sokugqibela kuNksk. Curve South Africa usisibane samandla nokomelela njengomama oneminyaka engama-45 ubudala wabantwana ababini. U-Angela Mbolekwa waseKuils River akapheleli nje ekukhathaleleni usapho lwakhe, ukwangumseki wombutho ongajonganga ngenisoUmngqunqa Wentokazi kwaye uzimisele ukuxhobisa abasetyhini kunye nokucela umngeni kwimigangatho yobuhle besintu. Kwaye […]
Breaking beauty norms with confidence
Staff Reporter A semi-finalist in Mrs Curve South Africa is a beacon of strength and resilience as a 45-year-old mother of two children. Angela Mbolekwa from Kuils River not only takes care of her family, she is also the founder of the Umngqunqa Wentokazi non-profit organisation and is determined to empower women and challenge traditional […]
Patient suffering deadly condition sent home from clinic undiagnosed
Private doctor shocked at what he found Peter Luhanga A Dunoon woman was sent home from the local clinic with ointment and painkillers for her swollen leg, only to find out days later that she was suffering from a deadly condition. In pain and unable to properly use her left leg, Mpho Madzidzela, 30, from […]
R5 to use the toilet in Dunoon informal settlement
Residents of Zwezwe say they are forced to pay to use toilets stolen from other informal settlements Peter Luhanga A fee of R5 is being charged to Zwezwe informal settlement residents in Dunoon whenever they want to use one of the communal toilets in the area. The chemical toilets in the informal settlement beneath power […]
Ulwaphulo-mthetho lwezesondo luyanda eMilnerton Amapolisa afuna uncedo loluntu phakathi kodlwengulo kunye nohlaselo
Amatyala ezesondo kwindawo yamapolisa aseMilnerton, ebandakanya iDunoon, enyuke phantse ngama-60% kwezi nyanga zintathu zidlulileyo zika-2024, ngokweenkcukacha-manani zolwaphulo-mthetho zamva nje. Ikhutshwe nguMphathiswa wamaPolisa uSenzo Mchunu ngomhla wama-21 kweyoMdumba, iinkcukacha zibonisa ukonyuka kwamatyala odlwengulo nge-50%, kwaye ukuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo nako kunyuke kakhulu. Amanani, aquka ulwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwa phakathi komhla woku-1 kweyeDwarha kunye nowama-31 kweyoMnga ka-2024, abonisa ukuba amatyala angama-38 […]
Sexual offences soar in Milnerton
Police seek community help amid rising rape and assault Peter Luhanga Sexual offences in the Milnerton policing precinct, which includes Dunoon, surged by almost 60% in the last three months of 2024, according to the latest crime statistics. Released by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on 21 February, the data shows a 50% increase in rape […]
Heritage celebration rocks Dunoon
In Heritage We Stand’s explosive cultural bash lights up Inkwenkwezi Secondary School Peter Luhanga Cultural heritage through language was the focus of the annual International Mother Language Day hosted by the non-profit organisation In Heritage We stand at Inkwenkwezi Secondary School on 21 February. International Mother Language Day is a UNESCO initiative and poet and […]
Ipolisa elingekho emsebenzini lityholwa ngokubetha ngenkohlakalo indoda yaseDunoon
Ixhoba elingekho zingqondweni lalahlwa kwikliniki yasekuhlaleni Indoda yaseDunoon ithi yabethwa kabuhlungu lipolisa elalingekho emsebenzini namanye amadoda amathathu emva kokutyholwa ngokuphanga, nto leyo eyamshiya esibhedlele kangangeentsuku kulo nyaka umtsha. ULisakhanya Noyi, 26, uthe yena nomzala wakhe, uBuhle Noyi, 21, bobabini abahlala kumatyotyombe Ekuphumuleni eDunoon bashiye itheko lomhla wokuzalwa kukadadewabo ongudadewabo ngaphambi kwentsimbi yethoba ngeCawe yomhla we-29 […]
Off-duty cop accused of brutally assaulting Dunoon man
Unconscious victim dumped at community clinic Peter Luhanga A Dunoon man claims he was brutally beaten by an off-duty police officer and three other men after being wrongly accused of robbery, leaving him hospitalised for days over the New Year. Lisakhanya Noyi, 26, said he and his cousin, Buhle Noyi, 21, both of whom live […]