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Cape Town township gets a pop-up cinema
With his love of movies and experience from working at a cinema, 25-year-old Buhle Sithela has opened his ...
Last-minute call to extend Covid-19 grant, increase it to R585
Many beneficiaries of the grant were not even aware that it is being terminated, said Alfred Moyo, a ...
Man arrested for Table Mountain fire no longer faces arson charges
Frederick Mhangazo came to Cape Town to study. He has ended up homeless and living from hand to ...
50% of learners don’t get meals when they’re not at school – Equal Education
Teachers and staff members in Gauteng and the North West say they are struggling to feed learners on ...
INSPIRING: The only weightlifting club in Soweto is changing lives
On Letsoala street, just meters away from where the 1976 Soweto Uprising took place, is the only weightlifting ...
Woman seeks to sue rapists 40 years after attack
A woman who was the victim of a gang rape almost 40 years ago, is seeking to change ...
School kids flock to new mobile library
On Thursday, the VUSA Academy Programme launched its mobile library initiative in Langa.
UCT fire: Students tell how they grabbed textbooks and laptops and fled
“It was a normal Sunday morning. I made plans to go out for ice cream with one of ...
5 Years on: Mamelodi residents tired of waiting for electricity connections
More than 1 300 Mamelodi residents in Nellmapius Extension 22, who received RDP houses in 2016, still have ...
Gqeberha township residents battle overflowing sewage – AGAIN
Residents of Sizinzi Street in Motherwell’s NU30, Gqeberha say their countless attempts to stop sewage from overflowing have ...
