The Mandela Park Backyarders write: Earlier this morning a group of Khayelitsha residents showed up in front of the brand new Khayelitsha Hopsital to protest against the refusal of hospital authorities to hire local people from amongst the recent estimated 70,000 job applications. Estimates are that only 2%-10% of staff hired at the hospital are from the Khayelitsha area. Almost 100 people converged in front of the hospital. They closed the road and burned tyres in order to show government … [Read more...]
Khayelitsha Residents Arrested for Tyre Burning Outside new Khayelitsha Hospital
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Missing East Cape Man Presumed Drowned
26 September, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mario Fredericks, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said; "At 17h29 on Sunday 25 September our NSRI Strandfontein volunteer duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning incident at Monwabisi Beach on the False Bay coastline. "An angler had seen the man paddling in the water on a floatation device (on a board similar to a boogie board) but the man had fallen off the board and had disappeared beneath the water. Friends, that the missing man was with on the beach, had initiated a … [Read more...]
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City Council meeting highlights
4 December, 2009 By Leave a Comment
At its November meeting, the City's Council took decisions on its 2010 transport plan, housing, and the environment, amongst other issues. World Cup transport plan approved The Council has approved the updated transport plan for next year's 2010 FIFA World Cup™. The plan provides for 32 000 parking bays in the central business district, and the deployment of more than 200 trained personnel and volunteers to co-ordinate the transport service. Some R8,5 billion is being spent on municipal … [Read more...]
City supports neighbourhood watch initiative
4 December, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain are going to be safer this festive season, after the graduation of 300 new neighbourhood watch members from these two communities. The volunteers were trained by the Provincial Department of Community Safety to actively participate in crime prevention and visible policing in their neighbourhoods. The City of Cape Town will provide 100 bicycles to enable them to enhance their community patrols, particularly during the festive season when the crime rate … [Read more...]
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