Dunoon mourns death of taxi boss and community hero
Residents mourn the death of Dunoon Taxi Association chairperson and MyCiTi bus vehicle operating company board member Sivuyile Tshaka. Peter Luhanga Dunoon residents are mourning the death of the Dunoon Taxi Association chairperson and taxi boss, Sivuyile Tshaka, who was viewed as the township’s moral conscience. Tshaka, who was also a board member of the MyCiTi bus Vehicle Operating […]
Hearty winter soup drive by De Village Lifestyle and Iliso Labantu
De Village Lifestyle and Iliso Labantu News have partnered to provide hearty winter soup to vulnerable residents, in Dunoon township, near Milnerton. The wholesome meat and veggie soup is intended to cater to the needs of the community and express our love for its people. The collaboration plan was to start providing the soup to […]
Iyaphuphuma inkunkuma kwizitalato zaseDunoon naseWitsand
Peter Luhanga Ivumba lenkunkuma ebolileyo ligqugqisile kwizitalato zaseDunoon naseWitsand e-Atlantis njengoko inkunkuma yasekhaya ingazange iqokelelwe ukusukela ngomhla wama-30 kuJuni. Oki kungenxa yokuba isivumelwano sababoneleli-nkonzo siphelelwe lixesha, kunye neekontraka ezintsha ezisaza kuqeshwa siSixeko. Ukunyuka kwenkunkuma kuyabacaphukisa abahlali kuzo zombini iindawo, kwaye kukhokelela kwingxaki yeempuku ekhulayo. Kodwa eDunoon, iSouth African National Civic Organisation iyanqanda ikontraka entsha yokuqokelela […]
Balwe nomlilo bemekumaphahla eDunoon
Umlilo utshabalalise amakhaya angama-50, eshiya intsapho zigodola. Peter Luhanga Abahlali bamatyotyombe ase-Ethembeni eDunoon eKapa, bagqithise iiemele zamanzi kuphahla lwamatyotyombe abo ngelizama ukucima umlilo ngoLwesithathu. Amatyotyombe angamashumi amahlanu atshiswe aphela. Abantu abamalunga nama-200, kuquka nabantwana, basala bengenamakhaya kwingqele eqhaqhazelis’ amazinyo. Lo mlilo uqale phambi kwentsimbi yesihlanu malanga. Kwathatha abacimi-mlilo abangama-50 abaneenjini zokucima umlilo ze-14 ukucima umlilo nge-9pm. Akukho […]
Uncollected rubbish piles up on Dunoon and Witsand streets
Peter Luhanga The smell of rotting garbage permeates the streets of Dunoon and Witsand in Atlantis as household waste has not been collected since 30 June due to the service providers’ contract having lapsed, and new contractors yet to be appointed by the City. The mounting refuse is angering residents in both areas, and leading […]
Dunoon residents battle blaze from their shack roofs
Fire destroys 50 homes, leaving families in the biting cold. Peter Luhanga Residents of Ethembeni informal settlement in Dunoon, Cape Town, passed buckets of water hand to hand across the roofs of their shacks in an effort to douse a fire on Wednesday. Fifty shacks were burnt to the ground. About 200 people, including children, […]
Diep River occupiers won’t move
The City needs to provide acceptable alternative accommodation say people who have been occupying municipal land on the Diep River floodplain for three years Khayalethu Gazi, Buhle Mpande and Nontlantla Mdlekeza, are among the 358 families facing a consolidated eviction Peter Luhanga Formal notice to vacate the land they occupy was on 24 May served […]
From shack to stage – Dunoon writer and actor scoops awards
Zwelitsha informal settlement resident wins top awards at the Zabalaza Theatre Festival. His play based on little-known anti-apartheid activist will be developed and hopefully tour the country’s stages. Peter Luhanga A play about a little-known anti-apartheid activist has catapulted a Dunoon playwright from his informal settlement shack to the bright lights of the Baxter Theatre, […]
Urgent announcement for local SMME’s
Protesters block roads in Dunoon with burning tyres and rubble
Anger over City of Cape Town demolishing and confiscating material of “unoccupied” shacks Peter Luhanga While the country observed Human Rights Day on Tuesday, about 300 protesters from informal settlements in Dunoon, Cape Town, blocked Potsdam Road and Malibongwe Drive by strewing litter and stones and burning tyres. They were protesting against the City of Cape […]