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Sanccob calls for volunteers to help with ongoing Cape cormorant chick rehab 9 March 2021 12:48 PM Share This: Seabird rescue group Sanccob says it still needs volunteers to help with the rehabilitation of the rescued Cape cormorant chicks. The Sanccob facility in Table View rescued over 2,000 abandoned Cape cormorants chicks from Robben Island in mid-January. The seabird hospital received an overwhelming amount of donations to help fund the rehab project, including the cost of food, veterinary...

When their one-year-old rescue cat, Gina, failed to wander into their room as usual one morning, Sunell and Gerrit Moss knew something was wrong.

Dillon Solomons promises a KO at Fight Africa 01 By Julian Kiewietz Share CAPE TOWN – I believe it was Roman philosopher Seneca who once said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Now, I am no believer in luck, but purely in hustling hard and smart until your preparation meets your opportunity. And this statement can ring no louder than for boxing prospect Dillon Solomons, a young man who aims to change his family’s fortune via the “sweet science”. The 24-year-...

Table View residents bemoan declining infrastructure By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku Share Cape Town – The Greater Table View Action Forum (GTAF) says it has noticed a serious decline in maintenance and upkeep in the Table View area. From broken sewage and stormwater drain collectors to the deteriorating state of public parks that have been taken over by drug users, the forum said things had been getting worse over the past five years. GTAF management committee member Dirk van Niekerk said the area had...

Tableview cat rescued after accidentally being plastered in wall Thankfully Gina the Cat showed no ill-effects from her two-day stay inside the wall and lived to tell the tale. Or meaw her tale, if you will. A Tableview cat survived a harrowing couple of days after inadvertently being trapped inside of a wall. Thankfully, the poor cat lived to tell her tale but not before putting through her owners Sunell and Gerrit Moss through a stressful search. The one-and-a-half-year-old Gina went missing ...

Greenmarket Square refugees spokesperson fighting deportation order Share Cape Town - Greenmarket Square refugees spokesperson Papy Sukami is fighting deportation by the Department of Home Affairs after his asylum-seeking papers were rejected by the Refugee Appeals Authority of South Africa (Raasa), which claims he is a fugitive. According to a statement from Raasa dated Friday, February 26: “A final rejection notice by Raasa is ready and the department is in the process of serving the outcom...

[PHOTOS] Lucky Tableview cat rescued after accidentally being plastered in wall 3 March 2021 2:47 PM Share This: Tableview residents Sunell and Gerrit Moss spent more than two days searching for their missing cat Gina who had just disappeared. Tableview residents Sunell and Gerrit Moss posted on the Tableview Pets Lost on Found on Facebook after spending more than two days searching for their missing cat Gina, who had suddenly just disappeared. Pippa Hudson talks to Sunell to find out what hap...

Concerted efforts by police in Gauteng to prevent and combat trio crimes that include business robberies, on Tuesday afternoon 23 February 2021, saw police apprehend a sought suspected jewellery store robber who has been on the run from police since escaping from custody in 2014. Police embarked on a multi-disciplinary, intelligence-driven operation that was activated on Monday 22 February 2021 and on Tuesday 23 February 2021, successfully traced the wanted suspect and located him in a vehicle ...

City of CT apologises for foul stench amid ongoing sludge removal at Potsdam 15 February 2021 9:53 AM Share This: The remaining sludge at the sewage treatment plant is expected to be completely cleaned out in approximately two weeks. Contractors resumed the process of removing sludge stockpiled at Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works over the weekend. The City of Cape Town says the disruption of the stockpile is causing a bad odour, as anticipated. "The City regrets the discomfort to residents, ...

Removal of sludge at wastewater treatment plant begins By Sukaina Ishmail Share Cape Town - The removal of the sludge at the City’s Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) will finally take place this week after residents in the Table View area were affected by a stench since early January. The City advised that tenders have been granted and contracts concluded for the removal and disposal of sludge from the Wastewater Treatment Works across the city. The City said the appeals process wa...