The residents of Elsies River have expressed relief following the sentencing of the fourth suspect in the Valencia Farmer murder case. Farmer was brutally gang raped and murdered in Eerste Rivier in 1999. Elmario Maasdorp was the fourth suspect linked to the case. He has been sentenced to 23 years in[…]
With Gaza experiencing heavy storms, the Al Quds Foundation recently launched the Gaza Emergency Flood Relief project which will assist Palestinians living in the congested coastal strip. The inclement weather has resulted in power cuts and major floods which have left many homeless and destroyed roads and agricultural farms. The project[…]
The Elsie River Community Policing Forum (CPF) has slammed media reports on gang violence in the area as “distorted”, after a temporary diversion of patients to the Tygerberg Hospital and Delft Day Hospital. On Monday, the Western Cape Emergency Medical Service (EMS) temporarily suspended the transportation of patients to the[…]
Hundreds of residents from Lavender Hill paid their respect at the janazah of 19 year old, Shafeeqa Kiel on Monday. The community stood together as they mourned the death of the latest victim of gang shooting in the area. Kiel and a close friend got caught in a gang crossfire on[…]
As most students across the Western Cape face financial and academic exclusion due to #FeesMustFall 2015 protests they are left with turbulent uncertainty. The UWC SRC demands that the historical debt of students be cleared. “Historical debt has always served as a barrier to students prohibiting from registering[…]
The Department of Basic Education has clamps down on a number of institutions in the Western Cape that are claiming to operate as ‘Independent Schools’ and that have been ‘enrolling’ learners for the 2016 academic year. The department stresses this has serious implications particularly for the learners involved, as their[…]
A Claremont teenager has escaped a hack attack by a group of men after leaving a nightclub in Mont last Friday. The incident has since rattled the popular party strip Zander Vermeulen, 19, managed to run to get help while holding his severed left hand, attached by a thread of[…]
The Cape Town Islamic Educational Centre (CTIEC) organized an inspirational event in honour of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH). The Grand Moulood 1437 took place on Sunday, which was attended by over thousands of devotees from across the City of Cape Town, including few guest from the Gauteng region. The proceedings of[…]
A cornerstone of Islam in South Africa and the Bo-kaap community, the Auwal Masjid in Dorp Street will be marking its 222 year anniversary this Sunday. Home to the handwritten Qur’an, the Auwal Mosque is the first and oldest mosque built in South Africa. The strong oral tradition confirms that[…]
The City of Cape Town has appealed to residents in the surrounding area to comment on the upgrades and maintenance plans of Trafalgar Recreation Park. “The City needs residents around Trafalgar Park to comment on its maintenance,” says mayoral committee member of energy, environmental and spatial planning Johan van der[…]
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