Diep River occupiers happy to evicted
Land occupiers say if they are legally evicted, they’ll get access to municipal services Peter Luhanga People occupying land on the banks of the Diep River near Parklands North are excited the City of Cape Town intends to evict them as it means they will be moved to a place with humane living conditions and […]
Dunoon women spend their public holiday clearing other people’s rubbish
Rubbish has been piling up in Dunoon for more than a month Peter Luhanga Instead of cooking umngqusho as she would have liked to do to celebrate Women’s Day, Nosipho Dyonase, 44, chose to spend 9 August with a group of about 20 women clearing garbage that had been piling up behind the communal toilets near the Dunoon […]
After a month of no refuse collection, Dunoon residents march to municipal offices
Subcouncil 3 manager says area is too volatile to render services. Peter Luhanga On Friday 4 August, after more than a month without any refuse collection, over 100 residents from Dunoon and surrounding informal settlements marched about 7km to the Blaauwberg municipal subcouncil offices. The protesters marched in the MyCiTi bus dedicated lane to avoid […]
Boxer comes to fire victims’ aid
Food parcels donated to victims of the Ethembeni informal settlement fire Peter Luhanga After a fire which burnt 50 homes in Dunoon’s Ethembeni informal settlement to the ground on 5 July leaving about 200 people, including children, homeless, retail giant Boxer donated food parcels to the affected families on Wednesday 19 July. The food items channeled through […]
IDunoon izila ukusweleka komphathi weteksi kunye neqhawe lasekuhlaleni
bahlali bazilele ukubhubha kukasihlalo weDunoon Taxi Association nokwangulungu lebhodi yenkampani esebenza iibhasi zeMyCiTi uSivuyile Tshaka. Peter Luhanga Abahlali baseDunoon bakhala ngokusweleka kukasihlalo weDunoon Taxi Association nomphathi weeteksi, uSivuyile Tshaka, nojongwe njengesazela sokuziphatha kwale lokishi. UTshaka, obekwalilungu lebhodi yeMyCiTi bus Vehicle Operating Company (VOC) Kidrogen, ubhubhe ngoLwesihlanu umhla we-14 kweyeKhala kwisibhedlele saseMaclear eMpuma Koloni emva kokugula […]
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 […]