WESLEY FORD

Community Reporter

World Read Aloud Day fun at Red Cross

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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, ...

Glitz, glam at the Met

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Ward 58 councillor, Dr Richard Hill, and his wife, Monique NautaGretchen Muller, of Gordon’s Bay, left, and Lauren Snyders, of RondeboschJalene Burger, left, and ...

Health services brace for busy festive season

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The province’s hospitals are bracing for the usual spike in trauma cases over the festive season, say health officials. At the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s ...

Children’s rights need actions not words

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“We can no longer tolerate our children going hungry, dying of poison, being shot or joining gangs,” says early childhood development expert Professor Eric Atmore. ...

Woodside makes festive season appeal

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Woodside Special Care Centre is making a public appeal for support for a Santa Shoebox initiative in aid of the home’s intellectually and physically disabled residents ...

Soldiers of the past help children of today at Red Cross

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Children must be protected from preventable ills, such as malnutrition, foetal alcohol syndrome and violence, so that the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital ...

Keeping Mam Lydia’s memory alive

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The late trade unionist and member of Parliament, Lydia Kompe-Ngwena, is the subject of Lydia: Anthem to the Unity of Women, written by Dr Kally Forrest and launched ...

Spreading smiles across Africa

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Spreading the highly specialised and life-changing surgical skills needed to bring smiles to the faces of children with facial deformities was the aim of a conference ...

Best College marks a milestone

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Former teachers and staff of a non-profit college in Salt River joined its 25th anniversary celebrations on Thursday last week. The Basic Education and Skills Training ...

Chelsea flower show gold medalist receives warm reception by rotary club

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The Rotary Club of Newlands welcomed Chelsea flower show winner, Leon Kluge who shared his heroic tale to enthusiastic guests on Monday October 7. Over 100 guests ...

Blind take part in long cane rally in Sea Point

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Over 200 members of the blind community took part in a long cane rally on the Sea Point Promenade on Saturday October 5. The long cane rally was organised by the ...

Stay positive, says teen cancer survivor

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When Mitchell’s Plain teen Chad Payne was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 15 it came as a shocking blow to his parents. “I did not expect this. When he got diagnosed, ...

Sighted glimpse world of blind at Dinner in the Dark

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The sighted had a chance to “see” what it’s like to be blind during a dinner in pitch darkness last week. About 70 guests were led by the hand into a darkened room ...

Sex workers step out of the shadows

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The continued criminalisation of sex work in South Africa means sex workers must still largely work in the shadows enduring the dangers that come with that, says ...

R20m project to help performing arts hit the road

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Performing artists will find it easier to take their work on the road, reaching wider audiences around the country thanks to a joint project that plans to plough ...

Gaireyah opens window on Cape Muslim community

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Paarl writer Gaireyah Fredericks was at Cecil Road Primary, in Salt River, on Sunday, to promote her short story collection een voet innie kabr. Written in Kaaps ...

Young dancers get their chance to ‘Bloom’

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Young ballet dancers will have a chance to shine in Bloom, ...

Castle exhibition celebrates Africa’s queens

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Woodstock artist Chantal Coetzee is shining a light on Africa’s queens and female leaders in her new exhibition launched at the Castle of Good Hope on Women’s Day ...

Blind women urged to invest in themselves

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Blind and visually impaired woman had their moment to shine during a celebration last week in honour of Women’s Day. The Invest in Women event, attended by about ...

Home for abandoned pregnant women in need of help

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The Mater Domini home that takes care of destitute pregnant women is appealing to the public to support them during their tough financial times. The Claremont-based ...

CPUT goes green with three-bin system

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The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has adopted a three-bin system at all its major campuses to do its bit for the environment. The colour-coded bins ...

U-Turn aims for R1m in rough sleeping drive

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U-Turn, a non-profit organisation that helps the homeless get off the streets, says it has raised more than R600 000 towards a R1 million month-end target through ...

Icy Himalayan swim to help Red Cross

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Wearing a Speedo, Jean Craven, of Kommetjie, and Neo Kunene, of the City Bowl, have swum in a Himalayan ice pool, more than 6400 metres above sea level, to raise ...

Rough sleeping fund-raiser to aid homeless

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The public are being invited to sleep rough for a night as part of a fund-raising drive by U-turn, a non-profit organisation that helps the homeless. The fund-raiser, ...

Society for the Blind marks a milestone

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The Cape Town Society for the Blind has marked 95 years of helping the blind and visually impaired find independence and support in a sighted world. Staff, donors ...