Bowler claims world record

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Jonathan Cochrane has officially set a new Guinness World Record title for the most lawn bowls clubs played in 24 hours. In October last year, Mr Cochrane, 47, of ...

Security manager dies in motorcycle accident

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The Fish Hoek area manager for Deep Blue Security, Gerhard van den Bergh, 56, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Saturday October 26. His brother, Renier van ...

Bowler aims for Guinness record

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The Fish Hoek Bowling Club will be the starting point for a bowler attempting to set a new Guinness World Record for the most lawn bowls clubs played in 24 hours. ...

Waddle to help save the African penguins

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Two Oceans Aquarium and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob) will hold a Waddle for the Penguins, from Muizenberg to Simon’s ...

Two days left for free entry to national parks

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South African citizens have just two days left to take advantage of free entry to selected national parks, including Cape Point, as part of the 19th annual SA National ...

Zandvlei Trust presents spring talks

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The annual Zandvlei Trust Spring Talks starts this week and will be presented on three consecutive Thursday evenings throughout September. All talks will take place ...

Time running out to update prepaid electricity metres

YOLANDE DU PREEZ and Staff Reporter|Published

Capetonians have until Sunday November 24 to update prepaid electricity meters via the City’s prepaid electricity metre software update project. According to the ...

Saluting legendary former editor-in-chief, David Hill

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Former editor-in-chief of Cape Community Newspapers, David Hill, enjoying the outdoors in his retirement. Sandy Naude, CEO of Africa Community Media, with David ...

Nostalgic train trip to Simon’s Town

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Passengers enjoying the trip from the Foreshore to Simon’s Town in the train’s lounge. Enjoying the trip, from left, are Belinda Day of Zeekoeivlei, Milla Styling ...

Rotary campaign aims to eradicate polio

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Rotarians celebrated World Polio Day on Tuesday October 24 with a walk and photoshoot on Signal Hill. The event was themed “Focus on the Finish: The Polio Endgame ...

Navy mini festival cancelled

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The SA Navy has cancelled the mini navy festival that was supposed to take place at the V&A Waterfront from Saturday September 23 to Monday September 25. This comes ...

Final farewell for retail giant Raymond Ackerman

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Family, friends and colleagues of Raymond Ackerman gathered at the Clovelly Country Club on Monday to pay their respects to the country’s retail giant. Mr Ackerman ...

Driving licence backlogs to be cleared soon

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The bottleneck of outstanding driving license cards experienced between November 2021 and January 2022 will be cleared by April 2022 and the renewal backlog that ...

Apply for special votes now

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Voters who will not be able to cast their votes on Monday November 1 due to physical infirmity or disability can vote by special vote on the two days preceding election ...

SA on alert over more-catchy Covid strain

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South Africans have been asked to stay home and flatten the curve for the next 14 days as the country moved to adjusted level-4 lockdown on Monday. President Cyril ...