Bathers urged not to use Milnerton Lagoon and beach

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The City is urging beachgoers not to use the Milnerton Lagoon, Estuary Mouth and Lagoon beach due to pollution in the Diep River. This, after hundreds of bathers ...

Good Samaritans donate clothes to kids in Phoenix and Joe Slovo Park

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A Kuils River non-profit organisation donated Christmas clothes to more than 70 needy children from Phoenix and Joe Slovo Park in Milnerton on Saturday December ...

New Killarney lease signed

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The City of Cape Town has formally signed a new lease with the Western Province Motor Club to operate the Killarney International Raceway for 15 years, at a market-related ...

Wave of vandalism, theft, batters libraries, says City

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Municipal libraries across Cape Town are facing an onslaught of burglaries and vandalism, says the City. Tafelsig library is the latest left counting the cost, according ...

Two held for abduction of elderly Parklands couple

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Police have arrested a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman in connection with the abduction of an elderly Parklands couple. The couple, both in their 80s, were ...

Suspected mugger nabbed in Parklands

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A 30-year-old man accused of robbing another man at gunpoint in Milnerton has been arrested, say police. The 31-year-old victim was robbed of personal possessions ...

From war-torn Syria to academic superstardom

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Joudy Banyan, a Grade 7 pupil at Seamount Primary School in Milnerton, came top of her grade in all her subjects, including English and Afrikaans. What is so special ...

Site 5 man gets 15 years for murder

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A man from the Site 5 informal settlement in Table View has been handed a 15-year prison sentence for murder, say police. Sonwabile Pakamile was sentenced in the ...

Praying for a safe festive season

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Community leaders and youth groups joined the Dunoon prayer service for a safe festive season

Table View murder suspect tracked to Eastern Cape

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Table View police have traced a murder suspect to the Eastern Cape. The 24-year-old man was arrested in Tsolo on Friday December 9, according to Table View police ...

Cooking, baking classes help Wolwerivier youth

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Cooking and baking lessons are offering new opportunities to Wolwerivier’s youth. The project is the brainchild of Wolwerivier community leader Magdalene Minnaar, ...

Fire chief calls time on a blazing 43-year career

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Cape Town’s fire chief Ian Schnetler joined the fire department a day after writing his final matric exam on December 3, 1979, and the rookie faced his first big ...

Theft out of cars on the rise in Table View

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There has been an increase in theft out of motor vehicles in Table View, say the police. According to the latest crime stats for July to September, Table View had ...

Robberies, burglaries, climb in Bothasig

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Robberies and home burglaries in Bothasig increased from July to September this year, compared to the same time last year, according to the latest crime stats. The ...

Table View police launch anti-abuse campaign

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Victims of abuse need not suffer in silence, say the Table View police, who threw their support behind the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and ...

Pollution chokes Milnerton nature reserve

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Civic organisations in Milnerton are accusing the City of turning a blind eye to pollution at the Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve. Milnerton Riding Club chairwoman ...

New compost bins for Sunset Beach

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Twenty compost bins have been distributed to the Sunset Beach Homeowners’ Association by the City’s urban waste department. Ward 4 councillor Anthony Benadie said ...

Watches welcome award nominations

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Neighbourhood watch members from the greater Milnerton area who were nominated for City awards say the recognition came as a surprise but was very welcome. The Summer ...

Missing woman found

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Landi Biesenbach, 43, who went missing on Tuesday October 25 in Parklands, has been found. Originally from Johannesburg, Ms Biesenbach had been staying in Parklands ...

Police make R4m drug bust in Milnerton

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Milnerton civic organisations have welcomed the confiscation of drugs worth more than R4 million in the area. Around 3am on Wednesday November 9, Milnerton police ...

Feeding project helps Bothasig pensioners

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Pensioners at a social housing development in Bothasig are getting help to put food on their tables, thanks to a project run by the chairman of the Bothasig Residents’ ...

Veteran Bothasig policeman retires

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Bothasig policeman Warrant Officer Jacques Mostert, 60, will be retiring from the SAPS at the end of this month. He joined the South African Railways Police in 1981 ...

City unaware of calls for crime warning signs

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The City of Cape Town says it is unaware of calls by Table View residents to install crime-hot-spot warning signs along Potsdam Road. Last week, Table View civic ...

Alleged drunk driver arrested after R27 crash

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A suspected drunk driver was involved in a car crash that left one person dead and another seriously injured, on Otto du Plessis Drive, at the weekend, according ...

Bothasig High School draws flak from residents

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It’s been six months since a prefabricated school opened in Bothasig to accommodate unplaced pupils, but it is still not connected to water and power supplies, and ...