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Letters to the editor
Dear Edwin, Thanks for your friendly newsletter that is always very welcome. I would like to mention that there’s a lovely new St Luke’s Charity shop in Durham Rd on the right as you go down off Main Rd. It’s diagonally down from the Forensic Labs on the left. Lovely staff. It’s open from 07h30…
Join us on a donation run in support of Obz Can Feed You (OCFY)
Artscape hosts the Women’s Humanity Festival
Artscape hosts the Women’s Humanity Festival since 17 years. Some events are free. The Humanity Walk on the 9th remains one of the highlights. This year it honours women statues in the CBD as well as Krotoa. Also on Women’s Day itself a host of pop up exhibitors will be at the disposal for women…
Mancomm meeting
Reminder that our next Mancomm meeting will be held on Tuesday 25 July 2023. Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings which are always held on the last Tuesday of every month. Mancomm meeting Date: Tue 25 July 2023 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home To attend our Mancomm meetings, please pop us…
Obs Can Feed You
Hi everyone. FYI, We are still fully active!! Please contact me to volunteer or donate supplies 🤗 follow us on Instagram @obscanfeedyou 💛
Cape Town librarians roll up sleeves for Mandela Day
As the globe gears up for the annual Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July 2023, the City of Cape Town’s librarians will celebrate the day by taking part in storytelling sessions, to spread joy to their communities. South Africans and the global community honour South Africa’s late former President and international icon, Nelson Mandela,…
[LISTEN] City of Cape Town responds to indigent benefit woes
“I’m asking our residents; contact your councillor; your councillor must help you out.” Clarence Ford interviews Siva Moodley, Portfolio Committee Chair for Finance at the City of Cape Town. LISTEN HERE
Cape Town learners are turning junk into money to upgrade their schools — and cleaning up their neighbourhoods
Kristin Engel – 9 July 2023 A project to rehabilitate a Cape Town primary school’s waste-strewn sports field has grown into a movement among under-resourced communities across the city to realise the value of recycling – both economic and environmental. A local and national government initiative is using the circular economy model to slowly transform…
Letters from the future
JODI ALLEMEIER – JULY 10 Imagine receiving a letter from the future. A letter that describes what life in Cape Town might look like in 2045. What would it say? How would the city have changed? And what (in)actions taken today led to that future? In this blog post, we embark on a journey into…