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Hot on the heels of the TV interview on "Real Talk" with Anele, PowerFM had media consultant Lance Classen and Bruinou.com founder, Charles Ash, in their studios on 23 May…
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Monday, 12 December 2016 14:25
Development of Philippi Horticultural Area a Threat to Food Security
Written by Ryan Swano
The Philippi Horticultural Area not only produces up to 50% of all the fresh produce consumed in the greater part of Cape Town but also serves as the primary recharge…
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Monday, 28 November 2016 14:44
Govt says First-nation status for Khoisan ‘unsustainable’
Written by Andisiwe Makinana - City Press
The government does not want the Khoisan people to be declared as the “first nation” of South Africa, warning this would create divisions in the country and would not be…
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Wednesday, 17 August 2016 17:19
I can be Coloured and Black at the same damn time - #ColouredExcellence
Written by Mohammed Jameel Abdulla - DailyVox
Charles Ash, founder of Bruinou.com, contends that celebrating one’s Coloured identity does not go against Black Consciousness – it is in fact an embodiment of it. Ash along with Aasia…
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Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:18
Bloody Thursday - Girl 8 Hit by Stray Bullet in Deadly Hanover Park Shootings
Written by Paul Herman - News24
Two people were killed and five injured, including an 8-year-old girl, in three shooting incidents in Hanover Park on Thursday. Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut said all…
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We have for the past few years been saying that there is nothing temporary about the abomination called the Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area or as it is better known,…
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Friday, 17 June 2016 11:57
Patriotic Alliance Disrupts DA Meeting in Eersterust: Shouts Abuse at Zille
Written by Bruinou.com
Members of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) on Wednesday 15 June stormed into the hall where Western Cape premier and former DA leader Helen Zille’s was addressing a meeting as part…
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Tuesday, 14 June 2016 16:48
Child Kidnappings - Police Warn about Dangers of Hoax Reports
Written by Ryan Swano
As communities, parents and families we all have a responsibility to be vigilant about the crime of child trafficking and we should all be sensitising our children to these dangers.…
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Thursday, 02 June 2016 16:26
Emile Jansen of Heal The Hood named Lead SA Hero of the Month
Written by Sithandwa Ngwetsheni - LeadSA
Congratulations to Emile Jansen aka Emile YX? on being named Lead SA Hero of The Month for April 2016. Emile is a founding member of the Hip Hop group Black…
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Friday, 20 May 2016 17:46
Wayde van Niekerk Gives Half a Million Rand for Premature Babies
Written by Ryan Swano
South African champion sprinter Wayde van Niekerk has given South Africans a new reason to be immensely proud of him and this time it is not through his achievements on…
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THERE have been running gun battles in Manenberg every day for the past week – which have left a number of people injured and there have been several unconfirmed deaths.…
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Thursday, 07 January 2016 19:14
Burning the midnight oil nets Anushqah 6 distinctions
Written by Gadeeja Abbas - Cape Argus
Manenberg High School matriculant Anushqah van der Ventel beat the odds by achieving six distinctions. “I did not expect to get six distinctions,” the surprised girl said. “I still cannot…
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(With our collective heads in the sand...will it ever end? - Ed) Gang violence is escalating in Hanover Park near Philippi in Cape Town, the Western Cape government said on…
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Monday, 25 October 2010 05:26
‘Our drugs keep the Flats alive’ - The Coloured drug economy
Written by Vincent Cruywagen - Daily Voice
Gang shootings and drug dealing have made Kewtown in Athlone a nightmare for residents. In exclusive interviews with the Daily Voice, druglords say the Cape Flats would be worse off…
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Friday, 17 September 2010 13:20
High Court action threat on Khoisan military issue
Written by Luyolo Mkentane - The Herald
A LEGAL storm is brewing in the Khoisan community about the integration of the “military wing” of the self-proclaimed Khoisan Kingdom into the SA National Defence Force. The “kingdom” claimed…
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Thursday, 26 November 2009 07:02
Coloured community hardest hit by unemployment
Written by Chantall Presence - Eyewitness News
Finance and Economic Development MEC Alan Winde on Tuesday released the provincial economic overview for 2009. He told the Western Cape Legislature unemployment figures showed an increase of nearly three…
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