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Cape Town’s affordable housing investment summit seeks partnerships for 14 000-unit pipeline

Cape Town’s affordable housing investment summit seeks partnerships for 14 000-unit pipeline

Annette HavengaAugust 18, 2026

The City of Cape Town is aiming to forge strong public-private partnerships for more affordable housing, with a land release pipeline now totalling over 14 000 affordable units worth an estimated R26bn in private sector development capital. The City brought together private sector developers, financiers, government, and international finance bodies for a groundbreaking Affordable Housing Investment...

Farmers urged to dispose of obsolete pesticides safely

Farmers urged to dispose of obsolete pesticides safely

Annette HavengaAugust 18, 2026

The Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning is encouraging farmers, government institutions and pest control operators to make use of CropLife South Africa’s free collection and safe disposal programme for obsolete pesticides and empty pesticide containers. The programme provides a responsible disposal option, with no legal repercussions for obsolete pesticides submitted for...

Johannesburg’s City Power will hold weekly imbizos to hear residents’ concerns regarding ongoing power outages

Johannesburg’s City Power will hold weekly imbizos to hear residents’ concerns regarding ongoing power outages

Annette HavengaAugust 17, 2026

Report compiled by Musa Mhlongo SABC News JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA – Johannesburg’s City Power will hold weekly imbizos to hear residents’ concerns regarding ongoing power outages. The first meeting will be held in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, on Tuesday. The power utility has been battling with challenges of illegal connections, infrastructure theft and low electricity payments. City...

Photographic Exhibition Celebrating Women with Disabilities

Photographic Exhibition Celebrating Women with Disabilities

Annette HavengaAugust 17, 2026

A powerful photographic exhibition celebrating the beauty, strength and individuality of women living with disabilities. Cape Town, South Africa – The internationally acclaimed Bold Beauty Project (BBP), which originated in the United States and has become a global movement promoting visibility, dignity and inclusion, will be presented in South Africa for the very first time...

Consumers are left to carry the cost of plastic shopping bags warns Traderbag

Consumers are left to carry the cost of plastic shopping bags warns Traderbag

Annette HavengaAugust 16, 2026

Shopping bags are one of the most visible sustainability touchpoints in the customer journey. Customers may not see what happens behind the scenes, but they are left, quite literally, carrying the bag, says Traderbag, a leading supplier of customized sustainable paper shopping bags. That is why this company is on a mission to persuade South...

JUSTIN COETZEE STEL NUWE ENKELSNIT “OP SOEK NA LIEFDE” VRY

JUSTIN COETZEE STEL NUWE ENKELSNIT “OP SOEK NA LIEFDE” VRY

Annette HavengaAugust 16, 2026

Die jong Afrikaanse sanger en liedjieskrywer Justin Coetzee is besig om sy eie merk in die Afrikaanse musiekbedryf te maak met eerlike lirieke, moderne popklanke en ‘n opregte passie vir storievertelling.Met elke vrystelling wys hy groei as kunstenaar en bou hy aan ‘n unieke musikale identiteit wat aanklank vind by ‘n nuwe generasie Afrikaanse musiekliefhebbers....

Short documentary ‘Druk dit!’ illuminates arm wrestling and the close-knit community behind the sport

Short documentary ‘Druk dit!’ illuminates arm wrestling and the close-knit community behind the sport

Annette HavengaAugust 16, 2026

It may surprise many to learn that arm wrestling is an international sport — but it does indeed require hard work and good technique, something you definitely cannot learn late one night in a pub… The short documentary Druk dit! lifts the veil and introduces viewers to the arm wrestling community. It focuses especially on Terence Opperman,...

Broad scope of loss explored in the short film ‘ ’n Poppy op die heuwel’

Broad scope of loss explored in the short film ‘ ’n Poppy op die heuwel’

Annette HavengaAugust 16, 2026

A brother and sister return to a Namaqualand farm to bury their grandmother Poppy in the place where she spent more than 50 years of her life — but they find themselves up against the company that now owns it. Initially, Josh (Marunzo Thomas) tries to convince Laila (Lauren Joseph) that they should abandon the...

Rap icon Jack Parow flexed his muscles as The Masked Singer South Africa’s green machine, Spinach

Rap icon Jack Parow flexed his muscles as The Masked Singer South Africa’s green machine, Spinach

Annette HavengaAugust 16, 2026

This week’s rollicking episode of SABC 2’s The Masked Singer South Africa served up surprise after surprise. A quirky “detective” called Pangolin arrived on the scene to put a scaly paw into the guessing game; for the first time this season, detective J’Something correctly identified the big-name celebrity behind the Mask; and it was revealed that...

THEO PAUL VORSTER CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF LINOCUT PRINTMAKING WITH SPECIAL EXHIBITION AT RUST-EN-VREDE GALLERY

THEO PAUL VORSTER CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF LINOCUT PRINTMAKING WITH SPECIAL EXHIBITION AT RUST-EN-VREDE GALLERY

Annette HavengaAugust 14, 2026

Artist and printmaker Theo Paul Vorster celebrates two decades of linocut printmaking with a special exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in Durbanville. The exhibition runs until 12 September 2026.The exhibition marks a significant milestone in Vorster’s career and brings his journey full circle, returning to the gallery where he presented his first linocut exhibition in 2006.Although...

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