After traumatically being held up at gunpoint, and having most of their possessions taken, one South African woman explains why she still chooses to stay. Eleven years ago, my…
The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service formally welcomed 25 new staff members into the fold. The learner firefighters took centre stage at their graduation ceremony in Epping…
Inspired to save lives, Paige Hunter wrote more than 40 heartfelt notes and tied them to the railings of the Wearmouth Bridge and it’s working! Paige Hunter is an…
A local skipper, 6 dutch tourists and 4 german tourists were rescued over the weekend after their boat capsized in rough Knysna waters. At 13h21, Wednesday, 04th July, NSRI…
From Sandton to Soweto, the City of Johannesburg’s high-tech eyes are waiting to catch criminals in the act and speedsters. The City’s Metropolitan Trading Company (MTC) is embarking on…
Traigh Pathon from Cape Town, played his first round of golf at the tender age of 4, and since then he has been making waves and hitting all the right…
There is a platform that is teaching Grade 10 Mathematics and Physics in great detail, for free! Literally anyone can access these helpful lessons. Cape Town-based edtech social enterprise,…
It wasn’t his impressive academic skills that paved the road to his ER24 paramedic journey, but a burning desire to work with people from all walks of life. Nine…
This is what a manager at a restaurant did after seeing a homeless man, pressed against his shop window, begging for food. Have you ever sat in a window…
It’s easy peasy to get in touch with yourself, your family and your community by harvesting the abundance of nature. Easy Peasy is a Cape Flats Youth Enterprise started…
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