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- Book review: DS Special Agent Hunter McCallumDS Special Agent Hunter McCallum Mission South Africa Schalk van der Merwe Independently published Review: Karen Watkins The mutilated body of a US Peace Corps volunteer has been found in a garbage dump in Soweto. She has been brutally raped, disfigured and tortured. Special Agent Hunter McCallum is among those… Read more »
- Sassa gold card holders urged to get new black card by month endSouth African Social Security Agency (Sassa) beneficiaries have until the end of the month to replace their current gold cards with black cards. Picture: David Ritchie The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and Postbank have urged social grant beneficiaries to replace their Sassa gold cards with the new Postbank… Read more »
- Mr President, where is the plan?Jacques Moolman, president of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry The president’s latest State of the Nation Address shows once again how government has failed to turn its words into wages. While few can doubt the lofty sentiments expressed, President Ramaphosa’s speech belies the fact that the state of… Read more »
- Poor turnout at Kewtown crime meetingOnly 25 people attended the Kewtown public meeting to discuss crime on Thursday February 6. Only 25 people attended a Kewtown public meeting on Thursday night to discuss crime. Athlone Community Police Forum chairwoman Sharon Classen said the low attendance could be because the meeting, which was organised by the… Read more »
- World Read Aloud Day fun at Red CrossMayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and mayoral committee member for community services and health Francine Higham with the children of Stepping Stones, librarians and members of Nal’ibali non-profit. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and City librarians shared the joy of reading at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on World Read Aloud Day,… Read more »
- Man, woman slain in Rylands shootingFile Photo Two people were killed and a third wounded in a drug-related shooting in Rylands, at 2am on Thursday, say police Officers arriving at the scene in College Road found a man with gunshot wounds to his body and a woman with gunshot wounds to her face and arm,… Read more »
- Wear your flip flops for R10 for cancer awarenessSupport Flip Flop Day, on Friday February 14. Valentine’s Day this year will also be Flip Flop Day — a day which offers South Africans a chance to stand in solidarity with children and teenagers who have been diagnosed with cancer. Flip Flop Day, hosted by CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation… Read more »
- E-edition: Feb 05 2025The post E-edition: Feb 05 2025 appeared first on Athlone News. Read more »
- Do you remember?Ratanga Junction was the place to be for family and friends to enjoy the day. When Cape Town opened their first theme park nearly 17 years ago, it instantly jumped to the number one spot for the most visited places in Cape Town. Ratanga Junction opened in December 1998, forming… Read more »
- Cape Flats Book Festival celebrates stories and communityA featured author at the Cape Flats Book Festival was Vennessa Scholtz from Parow, who has published books such as Kita’s Dance with the Dust and Ellie and the Good Hair Fairy. Pictured is Ms Scholtz reading one of her books to attendees at the festival. The Cape Flats Book… Read more »
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