Posters take over Dunoon as Ward 104 municipal by-election race heats up
Candidates flood streets and taxi rank in last push for votes Peter Luhanga Dunoon has been plastered with election posters as the Ward 104 municipal by-election heads into its final stretch, opening a contest for representation in the City of Cape Town council. Along the stretch of Potsdam Road from the Killarney bus terminus, running […]
Skills pact links Atlantis students to jobs
A Special Economic Zone company and West Coast College formalise a decade-long partnership aimed at strengthening local workforce Staff Reporter A new agreement aimed at linking vocational training to industrial jobs in Atlantis was signed last week as the Atlantis Special Economic Zone company and West Coast TVET College formalised a partnership designed to strengthen […]
From code to contract: Atlantis graduate lands job as tech cohort celebrates new chapter
As digital graduates step into work, Atlantis SEZ and UWC position the town as a growing hub for inclusive innovation and AI-driven industry. Staff Reporter Siyamthanda Mazokwana did not leave the University of the Western Cape’s Future Innovation Lab with a certificate alone. He left with a job. Weeks after completing the CoLab for e-Inclusion […]
Iintsapho zaseDoornbach zisangenamakhaya emva kokutsha kwamatyotyombe kaJanuwari
Iintsapho zodonga lwasemda zisashiye amakhaya kwaye zithe saa emva kokutsha kwetyotyombe Peter Luhanga Emva komlilo kwiiveki ezintandathu ezidlulileyo, iintsapho ezingama-28 ezisuka kumatyotyombe aseDoornbach azikabinayo indawo yokuhlala. Ezi ntsapho, ngabantu abayi-114 bebonke, ababephakathi kwabahlali abangaphezu kwama-2,600 abaphulukene namakhaya abo kumlilo we-9 kaJanuwari, bakhelwe amakhaya abo ngakudonga lwesikhululo seebhasi zeMyCiTi, kwaye baxelelwe ukuba abanakuphinda bakhe iziza ezikuzo. […]
Doornbach families still without homes after massive January shack fire
Boundary wall families still displaced and scattered after devastating shack fire Peter Luhanga After a fire more than six weeks ago, 28 families from Doornbach informal settlement still have nowhere to live. The families, totalling 114 people, who were among more than 2,600 residents who lost their homes in a fire on 9 January, had […]
Nine killed in wave of shootings across Dunoon and Joe Slovo Park
Female security guard among victims as spate of murders stokes fears of escalating violence in Milnerton Peter Luhanga Five people were killed in separate shootings in Dunoon over the weekend, and a sixth man, accused by residents to have been a thief, was beaten to death and abandoned behind the Siyahlala informal settlement near the […]
Abalithoba babulawa kuqhushululu kwiDunoon naseJoe Slovo Park
Unogada obhinqileyo phakathi kwamaxhoba njengoko ukubulawa kwabantu kubangela uloyiko lokunyuka kobundlobongela eMilnerton Peter Luhanga Kule mpelaveki kubhubhe abantu abahlanu kwiziganeko ezahlukeneyo zokudubulana eDunoon, ze indoda yesithandathu, etyholwa ngabahlali ngokuba lisela, yabethwa yabhubha yaze yashiywa emva kwamatyotyombe aseSiyahlala kufutshane nomgaqo kaloliwe. Kuphinde kwakho ukubulawa kwabantu kathathu eJoe Slovo Park ngobusuku bangoMgqibelo. Ubundlobongela buqatsele kanye emva kwentsimbi […]
Murdered councillor mourned at packed Joe Slovo Park hall
Shock and anger unifies community in calls to bring Lazola Gungxe to justice Peter Luhanga There was barely room to breathe in the Joe Slovo Park municipal community hall on Sunday 8 February as hundreds of mourners gathered to bid farewell to murdered ANC councillor Lazola Gungxe. Gungxe was a proportional representation councillor who was […]
Despite shack conditions, two township pupils excel
Multiple distinctions for pupils who had to deal with noise and the constant interruptions of life in an informal settlement Peter Luhanga In a shack too small for much more than a bed, Lukho Londile studied late into the night to prepare for his matric exams. His perseverance resulted in him achieving seven distinctions. Londile, […]
Amaxhoba wemililo yaseDunoon bangxamele ukwakha ngethuba IsiXeko sisacebisa ukuthinyelwa ngokutsha
Umlilo wamatyotyombe aseDoornbach ushiye amawaka engenamakhaya kwaye zingangaphezulu kwama-600 izakhiwo ezitshabalaleyo. Peter Luhanga Odla umhlala-phantsi eDunoon uSidwell Soyizwapi wayesanxibe iimpahla awayezinxibe kwiveki ephelileyo ngethuba imali awayonge ixesha elide itshe yaphela. Ngaphezu kwama-630 amanye amakhaya kumatyotyombe aseDoornbach, nekwaziwa njengeSiza 5, nawo atshileyo. Kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, uSoyizwapi wonge iR26,000 ukuze athenge ityotyombe kwisiza esiziimitha ezintandathu nesithandathu ekuhlaleni. Ukutyhubela […]