Owasetyhini usweleke kwityotyombe eDunoon emva kokusela iOld-buck gin
Amabango odlwengulo nokubulala akanasiseko Peter Luhanga Owasetyhini uye wabhubha kwityotyombe laseNewlands eDunoon emva kokutyholwa ngokusela ijini iOld Buck eyayithengwe kwishibhini yasekuhlaleni. Ukusweleka kowasetyhini ngoMvulo we-4 ka-Agasti kwabangela ukuba kubhalwe kuFacebook besithi udlwengulwe kwaye wakrwitshwa, kwabelwana kaninzi kumaqela oluntu. Kodwa amapolisa awachithile la mabango ngelithi akanasihlahla, isithethi samapolisa aseTable View uKapteni Adriana Chandler esithi amapolisa awafumananga […]
Woman dies in Dunoon shack after drinking gin
Claims of rape and murder have no basis Peter Luhanga A woman collapsed and died in a shack in Newlands informal settlement in Dunoon after allegedly drinking Old Buck gin purchased from a local shebeen. The woman’s death on Monday 4 August triggered Facebook posts claiming she had been raped and strangled, shared multiple times […]
Atlantis teens code their way into the future!
Staff Reporter A group of 14 bright sparks from Proteus Technical High School in Atlantis have wrapped up a high-tech crash course in coding, robotics and data science thanks to a cutting-edge skills drive by West Coast College. The two-week training bootcamp, held at the college’s Atlantis campus, was backed by BankSETA and the Western […]
Rats out, kids in
Rotten park gets makeover thanks to local heroes Peter Luhanga Dunoon’s only park has been rescued from ruin and is now a green, gleaming playground for township children. Once a hotspot for rats, rubbish and illegal scrap fires, Thandabantu Park has been reborn thanks to a major R700,00 facelift funded by local construction firm Ciolli […]
R40 million school left in ruins as parents rage
Dunoon Primary School faces vandalism and neglect Peter Luhanga A R40 million school in Dunoon, built under the Department of Basic Education’s Accelerated School Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI), has become the latest symbol of public sector neglect. More than 45 school windows were smashed and the aluminium window panes stolen during the school holiday. As […]
Izikhukula zasebusika ziwatshabalalise amatyotyombe aseKapa
Izikhukula ezinuka ilindle kunye nengqele yasebusika zichaphazela iintsapho zaseDunoon Iinkonzo zikamasipala ezinyiniweyo ziyenza mandundu ingxaki Peter Luhanga Amakhulu-khulu abahlali bakumatyotyombe aseDuNoon ngaphandle kweKapa balwele ukukhusela amakhaya abo ekubeni angagxobhozi kule veki emva kweemvula ezinkulu zasebusika ezibangele izantyalantyala zemvula. Amanye amatyotyombe kwisiXeko saseKapa achatshazelwa ziimvula aquka iKhayelitsha, iLwandle, Nomzamo, iGugulethu, iMasiphumelele, iMacassar, iSir Lowry’s Pass, iMfuleni, […]
Winter floods hit Cape Town’s informal settlements
Sewage-smelling floodwaters and winter chill take toll on families in Dunoon Limited municipal services worsen crisis Peter Luhanga Hundreds of residents of DuNoon informal settlement outside Cape Town battled to protect their homes from being swamped this week after heavy winter rains caused widespread flooding. Other informal settlements in the City of Cape Town affected […]
Ingqele inegalelo kungquzulwano malunga nokuqhagamshelwa kombane ngokungekho mthethweni
Iimfazwe zamandla ziqhambuka kwisitrato saseDunoon njengoko abamelwane abanomsindo besilwa ukucima umbane Peter Luhanga Ingqele yasebusika ibe negalelo kwingxwabangxwaba ekrakra phakathi kwabaninimzi nabahlali basematyotyombeni ngenxa yokufakelwa kombane ngokungekho mthethweni eDunoon. Abahlali abahlala kwizindlu zeRDP, ezinye zazo eziguqulwe ngokungekho mthethweni zaba ziiflethi zaza zarentiswa kubahlali, bathi umbane wabo uhlala ucima kangangeeveki ngenxa yokuba uqhagamshelo olungekho mthethweni olunikezela […]
Cold contributes to clash over illegal electricity connections
Power wars erupt on Dunoon street as furious neighbours battle blackouts Peter Luhanga The winter cold has contributed to a bitter feud between homeowners and informal settlement residents over illegal electricity connections in Dunoon. Residents living in RDP houses, some of which have been unlawfully converted into blocks of flats and rented to tenants, say […]
AmaRasta kunye nosaziwayo basekuhlaleni bacela ulutsha ukuba luthathele ingqalelo ikamva lalo
Owayesakuba yintshatsheli yembethi manqindi uSinethemba Blom ukhokele kwimibhiyozo yoSuku loLutsha eDunoon njengophawu lwereggae nomdaniso. Peter Luhanga Ngaphantsi kwentsangu kunye nemvukelo kaBob Marley, uluntu lwamaRastafari luhlanganisene eDunoon ngoMvulo we-16 Juni, ukubhiyozela uSuku loLutsha, lunika imbeko abantwana ababulawa kwiZidubedube zaseSoweto ngo-1976. USuku loLutsha lukhumbula ubomi obaphulukana nabo ngethuba abantwana besikolo bevukela urhulumente wocalucalulo, bekhalazela ukunyanzeliswa kwesiBhulu njengolwimi […]