An Obs local submitted this: Morning all. I went down to the river yesterday and it was clearly time for my annual Friends of the Liesbeek appreciation! From the initial building of the reed bed as a flooding overflow to last years wet land (in front of the Wild Fig) to divert high water away…
Ward Committee 57 resignation
Councillor Yusuf Mohamed – Ward 57 7 July 2024 Resignation from Ward Committee 57 I am writing to formally resign from the Ward Committee 57 with immediate effect. My decision is based on the following critical issues: 1. Exclusion of Civic Bodies: The public refusal by you at a Salt River Public Meeting held on…
Urgent Help Needed! Storm Devastation and Sadness!
Not only is our clinic and shelter flooded, but our hospital and theatre roofs have sustained damages costing R20,000, and our sterilisation clinic needs R10,000 in repairs. These unexpected expenses are putting immense strain on our already tight budget. We urgently need your support. Please make a donation to help us recover. We are also…
Emergency Safe Space donation
Imagine living on the streets in this weather… How to donate blankets, food, etc.
FILE: A homeless person sleeping on a bench. Picture: Chaivit Chana / 123rf Staff Writer – 9 July 2024 ‘Mould Empower Serve’ provides shelter, food and warmth for those who are homeless but struggles to do so with limited resources. Can you help? Lester Kiewit speaks to Anelle Erasmus, Head of Fundraising and Marketing at…
How YOU can assist flood affected families with Community Chest
Heavy rain on 9 July 2024 caused flooding in parts of Cape Town. Picture: @CityofCT/X By Keely Goodall, 10 July 2024 Thousands of people affected by floods in the Western Cape need urgent assistance. Lester Kiewit speaks with Peter J. Heeger, Interim Chief Executive Officer at the Community Chest. Listen to the interview in the…
W Cape flood: Primedia Cares, Feed the Nation Foundation, Pick n Pay calls for donations
W Cape flood: Primedia Cares, Feed the Nation Foundation, Pick n Pay calls for donations Shopping, trolley / Pixabay: Alexas_Fotos 1080840 1280 By Amy Fraser, 10 July 2024 Here’s how you can help. To assist the thousands of Western Cape residents affected by life-threatening floods, Pick n Pay is urging the public to donate. Donating…
Have YOU heard of Avaaz?
If you think all hope is lost, think again. This weekend, everyone expected the extreme right to win in France. Millions of people had other ideas. They voted. In droves! And they beat the far right’s hate and division. Into third place. It’s unbelievable! And it’s not just in France. In the biggest election year…
Scaling up school meals
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, at the Food4Education Giga Kitchen in Industrial area, Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 18, 2023.Edwin Ndeke—Guardian/eyevine/Redux BY VARSHA BANSAL – MAY 30, 2024 7:41 AM EDT What started out 12 years ago as an ad hoc way to feed 25 schoolchildren in a town outside of Nairobi is now Africa’s…
Retrofitting homes and neighbourhoods helps us “embrace the wholesale reimagination of how we live together”, says Civic Square’s Immy Kaur
The Alternative – 4 July 2024 Above is a new film from Civic Square and Immy Kaur – our great comrades in so much cosmolocalism – centring on their #RetrofitReimagined festival last autumn. It’s full of instances and ideas around making the “retrofit” of our homes and neighbourhoods an attractive and convivial prospect. Here’s the blurb… READ MORE