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Pinelands High School introduced a new school crest and motto after ditching the old ‘Van Riebeeck’ crest which created was when the school was first established nearly seven decades ago. “This is a historic day in the sixty-nine-year history of our school, as over three years of work and consultation come to fruition in a new symbol which we believe captures the spirit and values of our school”. Pinelands High School Outdated ‘Jan Van Riebeeck crest Bethany Toohey, the representative council of learners (RCL), explains that a group of students on the RCL raised concern about probl...

Pinelands High unveils new school badge after ditching old 'Van Riebeeck' crest 2 March 2021 6:50 PM Share This: Pinelands High School has introduced a new school crest and motto this year after three years of consultations about a reimagined design. The high school has officially done away with its old crest which was created 69 years ago when the school was first established. In 2017, a group of parents and pupils approached the school management about some problematic symbols in the crest linked to South Africa's colonial past. Principal Dave Campbell says the founding school crest includ...

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Ladysmith streets were flooded on Tuesday morning after heavy rain in the area. Memories long forgotten of flooded roads, homes and complete devastation were being re-lived by Ladysmith residents this week with heavy downpours from Tuesday morning resulting in flooding. On Wednesday morning disaster teams were in the area to assist members of the community. Public Safety and Disaster Management officials were on call to assist with road closures and residents that needed help with their flooded homes. ALSO READ |  Twelve Ladysmith residents had to be evacuated from their homes on Tuesday nig...

At a time when Covid-19 has created a potentially long-term global excess of office space as more professionals work from home, the City of Cape Town seems to be considering giving private developers the green light for a controversial R4-billion mega development of residential, hotel and commercial buildings in a public park in the heart of the city. On 11 December, I joined a small group on a walking tour with civic activists Marc Turok and Tauriq Jenkins through the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP). Together with the Observatory Civic Association and the Two Rivers Urban Park Association (TRUP...