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Khayelitsha homeless dog shelter in need of urgent help after cold front flooding By Staff Reporter Share Cape Town - The Mdzananda Animal Clinic is calling for urgent assistance after the clinic’s homeless dog shelter was flooded in last week’s rainstorm. The Mdzananda Animal Clinic said that the homeless dogs needed to be moved to small hospital cages during the flood as they had no other space for them. “It’s only the start of winter and the pets are already struggling,” said Marcelle du Plessis, fundraising and communication manager. “Just last week we foun...

Online electronic payment of vehicle licence renewals is now available. GEORGE NEWS - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licencing, Hibernia Street (next to train station) 044 801 9310. Open to the public weekdays 08:00 - 15:00, except Wednesdays when closed at 14:00 due to compulsory training, or if otherwise indicated as per Covid-19 measures. Access control is from the gate at the street, when necessary. Please consider online renewal of vehicle licenses as per details below instead of in-person renewals at the vehicle licencing centre, as Covid-19 regulations significa...

Here we are in the month of March, autumn is round the corner. We are half way through Lent and half way to Easter. But before all that there are a few important days to remember in March. To begin, March 17, the feast of St. Patrick, a sacred day for all the Irish and those with Irish connections. This is the day on which Lent stops for 24 hours and a glass is lifted to Ireland, St. Patrick and the green green grass of home. Be sure to phone your Irish friends and wish them a Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

May 13, as I write this newsletter is the official Feast day of the Ascension. However here in South Africa we will celebrate the Ascension on Sunday. That leaves us free to celebrate as best we can the other feast day which is so important for this day, that of Our Lady of Fatima. When she appeared to the three children, Lucy, Francisco and Jacinta, on this day in 1917, it was the beginning of a series of appearances which would last up to the 17 October. Among all the messages Our Lady gave was the appeal for prayers for peace. Just to remind us all, 1917 the year in which the Russian Revol...

Solly Krok to challenge himself to touch his feet in aims to raise finds to feed the hungry (Supplied) Businessman Solly Krok, 91 is determined to prove that age is nothing but a number in his fundraising challenge to feed the hungry. In the next six weeks, Krok has committed to proving to elderly people that they can reach a position of flexibility and balance if they exercise regularly. For the Touchdown Challenge, his coach will be his lifelong friend, Barney Gordon, 98. South Africa's veteran, Solly Krok, 91, is determined to prove that age is nothing but a number as h...