‘Ancestral sighting’ has pupils fainting
For the second time this term, pupils at a local high school have collapsed due to an alleged ancestral sighting. Learning was abruptly disrupted at a Table View high school on 1 November when several pupils and teachers collapsed, allegedly due an ancestral calling or sighting. The incident at Sunridge Circle High School, which mostly […]
Disability no obstacle to Dunoon school cleaning team
A group of Dunoon residents have refused to let their disabilities confine them, having taken responsibility for cleaning services at Sophakama Primary school in the township. The group of ten disabled residents have signed a six-month contract, starting 17 October, to provide cleaning services which will provide income to supplement the disability grants they receive. […]
Dunoon toilet row continues as residents find creative way to empty toilets
The toilet row continues in Dunoon after informal settlement residents stopped the new City contractor, Sanitech, from entering the township’s informal settlements to render the services it has been contracted by the City to provide. Residents accuse Sanitech of doing a bad job previously when it was sub-contracted to Mshengu toilet hire, whose contract expired […]
Covid de-densification plans postponed to next year
The planned relocation of 1,500 residents from overcrowded informal settlements in Dunoon to land in Milnerton in order to relieve overcrowding and resulting feared spread of Covid-19, has been postponed to 2021. Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announced the plan in April, stating residents would be relocated to their new homes in Winning Way, Milnerton, […]
With hard work and a lot of luck, you can beat the odds
There is a movie star from Dunoon’s streets. Local resident Nolukhanyo Hempe, (32) has starred in locally written and produced feature films ‘Umninindlu,’; ‘Umlingisi,’ and ‘Iwashi’. The films are repeatedly played on DSTV channel 161 and 164, which has seen her attain celebrity status. Hempe, from Dunoon’s Tulip Street, is a single mom of one […]
Level 2 might inject life back into amateur football
With the introduction of lockdown level 2, amateur football might just receive the green light from SAFA and the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. On 20 August SAFA submitted an application to the Minister of Sport to lift the suspension on amateur football, requesting a restart of provincial and regional competitions such as the […]