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 […]
Miss Dunoon crown for high school teen 22 young people participate in Dunoon’s first beauty pageant Anita Khaile A High School teenager has been crowned Miss Dunoon while a 23-year-old man took the Mr. Dunoon title at the Mr. and Miss Dunoon beauty pageant on Saturday 25 March at Sophakama primary school. The pageant theme […]
National shutdown Cape Town — Monday 20 March 2023
Before midnight on Sunday 19 March, a small group of protesters gathered in Parklands Tableview. City of Cape Town Safety and Security Mayco member JP Smith claims that the group tried to intimidate fuel stations in the area. Smiths says private security along with SAPS responded at which point one EFF supporter was arrested. He […]
Iphondo libhiyozela iKrisimesi kunye neentsana zoNyaka oMtsha
IDunoon ifumana isabelo sayo seentsana ezine zeKrisimesi kwabali-188 kweli phondo INTATHELI YETHU Abanye abazali baseNtshona Koloni bebenemibhiyozo kabini yeeholide njengoko bebesamkela iintsana zabo ezisandul’ ukuzalwa kwihlabathi ngeKrisimesi nangoSuku loNyaka oMtsha. Iintsana ezizalwa ngeKrisimesi zilikhulu elinamashumi asibhozo anesibhozo (188) kumaziko ezempilo ephondo, zaze zayi-192 ngoSuku loNyaka oMtsha. Kwaba, abantwana abane beKrisimesi bazalelwa kwiZiko lezeMpilo laseDunoon kwaye abantwana […]
Province celebrates Christmas and New Year’s babies
Dunoon gets its share of four Christmas babies out of 188 in the province Some Western Cape parents had double holiday celebrations as they welcomed their newborn babies to the world on Christmas and on New Year’s Day. There were 188 babies born on Christmas at provincial health facilities, and 192 on New Year’s Day. Of […]
Youth cycle into green delivery jobs
New last-mile delivery venture gets 100 youths on their feet Jobs provided for young people from Atlantis, Dunoon, and Joe Slovo After getting poor marks during his first year journalism studies at Rhodes University, 22-year-old Yandisa Mbhadeko’s attempt to reapply for financial aid from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in 2020 was rejected. With no […]