Manenberg mentors offer kids hope

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Some of Manenberg’s best and brightest have been visiting schools in the area to encourage the crime-plagued community’s children to make good choices in life. The ...

Pensioners caught in ‘utter chaos’ card-switch wringer

Hazel Allies-Husselman, YOLANDE DU PREEZ and Alicia English|Published

The deadline to switch from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) gold cards to new Postbank black cards has been extended but not before the process ...

‘What the government is doing to us is not right’

Hazel Allies-Husselman and Alicia English|Published

The deadline to switch from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) gold cards to new Postbank black cards has been extended but not before the process ...

Rosewood Primary deputy principal retires

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Rosewood Primary School deputy principal Abdurachmaan Schroeder has handed over the baton after 37 years in education. Mr Schroeder started his career at the school ...

Matrics praised for true grit

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Matric top achievers from schools in Manenberg, Heideveld and Surrey Estate were celebrated on Saturday with much funfair. Organised by the Manenberg Community Development ...

Ma Doris celebrates her 100th birthday

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Doris Barrish Johnson celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family at her Crawford home on Monday January 13. Ma Doris, as she is affectionately known, ...

Habibia Primary welcomes Grade 1 triplets

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Habibia Primary School welcomed its second set of triplets since 1987 when the Fredericks siblings started their first day of school on Wednesday January 15. Umar, ...

Manenberg faces crime crackdown

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Police have vowed to crack down on crime in Manenberg following a bloody festive season there in which a woman burned to death in an alleged arson attack, a man ...

Advice Office stalwart retires

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

After serving the community for 32 years, Brian Alcock, the former project director of the Athlone District Advice Office (ADAO), has decided to hand over the baton. ...

Heideveld girl, 8, gets to experience her dream

Hazel Allies-Husselman and Staff Reporter|Published

An eight-year old Heideveld girl who is battling a rare condition, got to experience what it’s like to be a firefighter - an adventure she has long wished for. With ...

Four suspected drug dealers arrested

Hazel Allies-Husselman and Staff Reporter|Published

Four suspected drug dealers were arrested in Manenberg last week with the seizure of about R5000 worth of mandrax, unga and tik, say police. City Law Enforcement ...

Hairdressing graduates ‘pay it forward’

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

A group of women who graduated from a hairdressing training course used their skills to spoil seniors at Erica Place old age home in Silvertown. The Women’s Circle, ...

Dancers need help to compete

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

A dance pair who have made waves in South African wheelchair ballroom dance competitions are hoping to once again represent the Western Cape, but they need help. ...

'Crime creeps in’ under shadow of neglect

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Drug dens, a scrapyard’s toll on a neighbourhood and neglected public areas, were among the concerns Athlone residents raised during a meeting on Saturday to discuss ...

Seniors’ concert

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Margaret Dowman, 78, and Anna Parson, 74, played “council workers” in this skit. Entertaining with their soulful sounds, are, from left, Mervyn Wilson, 77; Morris ...

Manenberg woman slain for speaking out, say family

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

The family of a Manenberg woman who was killed while fetching her sons from stone-throwing believe she was targeted because she spoke out against this illegal activity. ...

Turning the tide against crime in Bonteheuwel

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Robberies, break-ins, shootings and sexual violence are among the crimes which have gone down significantly since the establishment of the latest neighbourhood watch ...

Three dead, four wounded in Manenberg shootings

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Multiple shooting incidents in Manenberg on Sunday morning left three dead and four injured. “It is sad. The area is still tense and sombre. Manenberg has been quiet ...

Helping youth make the right choices

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Manenberg SAPS and two organisations held a youth awareness programme on drug and alcohol abuse. The workshop on Thursday November 7 was presented to young people ...

Marching to the beat of their dreams

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Talfalah Primary School pupils are gearing up for a trip of a lifetime when they jet off to Thailand to compete in the World Music Championships next month. Principal ...

‘A story of resilience and hope’

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

A Hazendal man, who was born in a mixed-race family during the height of apartheid, has written a book about his life with the hope that it may help to heal, inspire, ...

Drugs behind most crime, says rehab group

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Most crimes committed in South Africa have their roots in drug addiction, says Ebrahim Dawood, the founder and director of the Refocus and Upliftment Foundation ...

Finding the fun in things we throw away

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

A fun day at Kewtown Primary School showed what can be made from things we throw away. The event on Wednesday October 16 was organised by a company that rewards ...

Scripture gets Kaaps treatment

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

A group of Christian artists has teamed up with a global Bible translation non-profit organisation to translate the book of Psalms into Kaaps - a colloquial language ...

Bonteheuwel gets wellness hub

Hazel Allies-Husselman|Published

Vanguard day hospital has launched a wellness hub where Bonteheuwel residents can get basic health-care services closer to their homes. It will run at the Bonteheuwel ...

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