Six years later, Dunoon housing project is still years away
Mayco member cites bureaucratic challenges since the announcement of the Annandale housing project in 2018 Peter Luhanga Despite recent advancement, plans for affordable housing in Dunoon, announced by former Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille six years ago, have encountered further delays due to ongoing bureaucratic processes. In 2018, just before her expulsion from the Democratic Alliance, de Lille announced to […]
A dream woven into reality
From township to fashion brand: Mkhanyiseli Landu’s journey to success AMBESIWE MBANA Forced to be resourceful while growing up in Samora Machel township, 24-year-old Mkhanyiseli Landu honed his entrepreneurial spirit to launch his own clothing brand, S2PHA. Having matriculated from Sophumelela High School in 2018 where he demonstrated his leadership skills by serving as a […]
Controversy surrounds skills training project
Peter Luhanga A project aimed at providing Dunoon residents with skills to secure jobs and start businesses, is facing allegations of unprofessional conduct and financial irregularities since it started opposite the Dunoon taxi rank in May. The allegations were made by students enrolled in the Cape Venture Project which opened its doors opposite the local […]
ULil Ndebi wenza amaza ngengoma yakhe entsha
Bambi bathi nguNkosi sikelela AMBESIWE MBANA UZakhe Ntshakaza nowaziwa ngokuba yiNkosi Yama Ndebele wothuse abalandeli bakhe ngengoma ayikhuphe noTallrickyworldwide enesihloko esithi, ‘Chom’. Le nkwenkwezi iqaqambayo yinzalelwana yase Mthatha eMpuma Koloni nangona efihla intloko kweli leentlanzi. Emva kokugqiba amabanga wakhe aphakamileyo uye waza kweli leentlanzi ukugqibezela imfundo enomsila. Igama ‘INkosi Yama Ndebele’ ligama awaziqambela lona waze […]
Abefundisi babamba inkonzo yomthandazo wonyulo olunoxolo
INTATHELI YETHU Ngethemba lokuqinisekisa ulonyulo olunoxolo nanjengoko imibutho yezopolitiko ikhuphisana kulo lonyulo olunokuba yimbali ngoLwesithathu, abefundisi abangamashumi amabini abaphuma kwiimvaba ngeemvaba ngeemvaba bebebambe umthandazo kwiholo yesikolo iSophakama Primary School ngoMgqibelo umhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu kuCanzibe. Le nkonzo ibizinyaswe ngabavoti, abaphathi beeteksi abaphuma kwiDunoon Taxi Association (DTA), inkumanda yesikhululo samapolisa aseMilnerton, nabameli bombutho wezoluntu woMzantsi Afrika, […]
Pastors host prayer service for peaceful elections
Peter Luhanga In hopes of ensuring peaceful elections as political parties compete in what may be historic elections on Wednesday, 20 pastors from various church denominations held a prayer service at the Sophakama Primary School hall on Saturday 25 May. The service was attended by voters, taxi bosses from the Dunoon Taxi Association (DTA), the […]
ANC urges voter turnout in Dunoon
Oliver Tambo branch stresses they are not to blame for residents’ woes, as they are not in power Peter Luhanga The ANC campaigned in Dunoon ahead of elections, with the Oliver Tambo branch addressing voters in a makeshift community hall in Doornbach informal settlement on 22 May. The event was attended by about 100 people […]
Ulutsha lwaseDunoon alukholelwa ukuba ivoti yalo iza kuzisa utshintsho
Intswela-ngqesho kunye neemeko zokuphila eziphantsi zibangela ukungakhathali ekuvoteni INTATHELI YETHU Kwabanye abahlali abasebatsha abahlala kumatyotyombe amdaka, athanda ukutshiswa ngumlilo, akukho mdla ungako wokuthatha inxaxheba kunyulo oluyimbali lwangoLwesithathu. Ulutsha lukhankanya ukunqongophala kwamathuba emisebenzi, iinkqubo zolutsha, kunye neemeko ezingentle zokuhlala njengezizathu zokuphoxeka kwalo kwinkqubo yokuvota. Akukho nentengiso kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ethunyelwe ngabaphembeleli abahlawulwa ngamaqela ezopolitiko ibahenda ukuba […]
Victims of Doornbach shack fire unable to vote
The Department of Home Affairs failed to send a mobile unit, preventing those who lost their documents from obtaining temporary IDs. Peter Luhanga Hundreds of Dunoon residents won’t be able to vote in South Africa’s historic elections on Wednesday, as their ID cards were destroyed in a devastating shack fire in the Doornbach informal settlement […]
Amakhulu ashiyeke ngaphandle kwingqele kwaye emanzi emva kokutsha kwamatyotyombe eDunoon
NgoLwesibini umhla we-7 kuCanzibe, iinkokeli zabahlali bezisaqhubeka nokuququzelela amaxhoba omlilo kumatyotyombe aseDoornbach eKapa. INTATHELI YETHU Ashiyeke ethandabuza amakhulu abantu abaphulukene namakhaya abo kumlilo ogqugqise kumatyotyombe aseDoornbach eDunoon ngoMvulo we-6 kaMeyi ka-2024. Nangona kungakhange kubikwe mntu wonzakeleyo, lo mlilo utshabalalise amatyotyombe angaphaya kwamakhulu amabini. Uninzi lwezi ntsapho lwachitha ubusuku ngaphandle ukuze lukhusele nantoni na olukwaziyo ukuyisindisa […]