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Sunday 18 October11
poorly during the 2024 general elections. While he was campaigning for the ANC in Rylands on the Cape Flats, one pensioner who spoke to Eyewitness News expressed his excitement about voting, but admitted he knew very little about politics.
during the 2024 general elections. While he was campaigning for the ANC in Rylands on the Cape Flats, one pensioner who spoke to Eyewitness News expressed his excitement about voting but admitted he knew very little about politics.
are just saying, look, I'm not going to participate in the election. I spoke to one lady in Athlon, and she's saying, I mean, she didn't even bother to register to vote. So she's not voting at all. I mean, she's a 29-year-old, she's never
With ordinary voters, some of them very angry, like Mfuleni as well, to vote to cost a vote for the ANC. What then is the ANC actually offering Cape Town voters? Has Ramaphosa set out a clear alternative for the city? And is the party's
I mean, the issue of affordability in Captown, the issue of rents, the issue of utility, the cost of utilities like electricity and water. And when I went out with him yesterday, or joined him at least in Athlon, that's what most people.
election in 2024. Ramaphosa is spending the weekend in Cape Town, campaigning door-to-door in Rylands, Mfuleni, and Kailicha. Quentin Mchala joined the president for a visit to Athlone on Saturday. In a patched school hall, Ramaphosa
In 2024, Ramaphosa is spending the weekend in Cape Town, campaigning door-to-door in Rylands, Mfuleni, and Kailicha. Quintan Mchala joined the president for a visit to Athlone on Saturday. In a packed school hall, Ramaphosa addressed ANC
of the stakeholders because the challenges that is happening to Nelson Mandela needs its own citizens. A resident from Rayland in Athlone, Mohamed Hussein, has bemoaned the high levels of crime in their area. Hussain was one of the
community. And the high crime rate is also a problem within EU. This morning, Rabaposa will descend on Kailicha, one of the party's strongest constituencies, where he hopes to encourage its volunteers and supporters to get to the polls.
24. Ramaphosa spending the rest of the weekend in the city campaigning door to door in Rylands, Mfuleni, and in Kailicha. Quintanum Chala has more. In a packed school hall, Ramaphosa addressed ANC supporters, including the party's army of
Ramaphosa is spending the rest of the weekend in the city, campaigning door to door in Rylands, Mfuleni, and in Kailicha. Quintan Chala has more. In a packed school hall, Ramaphosa addressed ANC supporters, including the party's army of
Saturday 17 October9
a campaign trail in Cape Town where he kicked off his campaigning with door-to-door visits in Athlone and ended with an address to party loyals in Mphulani. We are very pleased to have seen that a number of them registered, and we are
Athlone and said they needed to participate in South Africa's democracy by casting their ballots. Quinton Gala, eyewitness news, meanwhile, Build 1 SA mayoral candidate Roger Solomon says Cape Town's housing market is increasingly shutting
Engaged with the Muslim community in Athlone and said they needed to participate in South Africa's democracy by casting their ballots. Quinton Gala, eyewitness news in full in. Meanwhile, Build 1 SA mayoral candidate Roger Solomon says Cape
a benefit for me. So that is why I'm not voting. Also outside the building was Akila Samsung, who said she would demand of the politicians vying for a vote that they improve communities, especially schools. Eyewitness News Athlone.
later today. Quentin Mikyala has more. Some students have been cordon off in the suburb of Rylands as ANC President Syro Ramaphosa sits down for an interview with the Cape Town community radio station. Outside the station's offices, local
Meanwhile, the ANC is in Cape Town with its leader Sal Rama Posa on a door-to-door campaign trail in Athlone. He said to visit him fully later today. Quintin Imjiala has more. Some seats have been caught off in the suburb of violence as.
just more than two weeks before the local government elections. This morning, he spent time in Ethlone on a door-to-door campaign to make the case for the ANC. Quintin Mgyala reports from Ethlone. Some seats have been quoted off in the
worry about how they are campaigning on a daily basis. I worry about me also when we campaign there because history has shown us that people have been gunned down in Crossroad over the past years. And it's known councillors and me having.
Is where you can find entry details for that. And the Mitchells Plain Titans annual road race, Saturday, 21 October, with a 21.1 kilometer distance at 10 as well as a 5k family-friendly route taking you through Mitchells Plain towards the
Friday 16 October27
Elsa River. So that is a universal South African story. So people here will speak about how they lived in, I mean, they'll speak about how they were straight from Sophia Towns and into, you know, the township. So I speak about those
being homeless on the streets, I was in drag addiction and gangsters for 12 years in the streets of the Cape Flat, you know, and I was making money by washing taxis in Mitsu Splin, you know, also hustling what he called Scuttle in Capella.
the M2 Highway on Baden Powell. That's pretty sluggish this afternoon. Cromboom Road out to Athlone from Rondebosch, that's very hilly. And Marine Drive, this little set of roadworks just north of Woodbridge Island towards Milverton High
very slow as well. And the Stella Bosch Arterial Road showing you some big traffic today from Delft across the R300 all the way through to Blackheath. It's a pretty heavy queue, an unusual queue out that way. With your traffic updates, I'm
at Key Ridge. Cape Town today, the M2 out of town, slow to Boonga Avenue in front of Langa. The N1 looking pretty busy with queues out as far as the Durban Roads. It looks like something may have happened on the top of Platycliffe Hill.
firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. He will make his first court appearance in Blue Downs Magistrates' Court once he has been charged. It's a partly cloudy afternoon in Gauteng today with isolated showers expected. Temporary.
Amateur Club Cup. We'll see the final teams battling out in football over three divisions at Athlone Stadium. Gates open at 12 and the games start at 1, and tickets available for that on Quicket. And then tomorrow night, sorry, no, it's
they don't look after the Kalija or Mitch Plain or Mennebeg or Hanoverbag or Langa Guletu, Philippi, Samoro. I mean, some areas they don't look after the council, really. So the Kepler is a deficient group area existed. I mean, if you are
It couldn't have been easy to shift from, or in addition to the practice in Mitchells Plain, the practice in Phippi, to extending the work to rural communities in the Eastern Cape. How has that journey been, and what have you found to?
people behind the founding of Livingston High School. And that in 1926. Of course, there was Stephen Regan as well. That's one of the names that come to mind. So if you're living in Mitchell's Plain, you know the Stephen Regan Sports Car.
private dental practice in Mitchell's Plain, and then there was also one that you opened in Philippi. You could easily have just continued in that way and leave it at that in terms of the core focus of the work. But what is it about what
a barrel. In your traffic in Mannenberg, there's still that accident being tended to on Philippi Ring Road and Mannenberg Avenue and effective sets in Balha on Sonata Way and Symphony Way and at Roberts Abook Way and Symphony Way and in
and other stories at 10 or as it happens. EWN traffic. In Mannenberg, there's an accident on Philippi Ring Road and Mannenberg Avenue. A reminder of those faulty traffic lights in Valha on Sonata Way and Symphony Way and at Robert Sabukwa
News in Mfuleni. You can find images and footage of this and other pre-election stories on all our EWN digital platforms. Police in Pumalanga are investigating the conduct of a pastor and his wife after they were found allegedly operating
a barrel. In Alsace River, there's an accident on Viking Way and Halt Road. And if you're in Athlone on Jansmatsdrive, there's an accident just before Cliffentain Road and on Robert Subuque at Symphony Way, causing delays approaching the
Pensioners in Mfuleni say they will go to the polls. Well, while one elderly man in his 60s who has been living in the area since the early 90s says he's had to keep the windows of his home closed to keep the stench of sewer spillages out,
worth of income for the company. Have you ever made a mistake like deleting an entire series of TV? 0214460567. It's 10 minutes to 8 o'clock. EWN traffic in Elsies River, there's an accident on Viking Way and Halt Roads. You can expect
In Mfuleni. You can find images and footage of this and other pre-election stories on all our EWN digital platforms. Political parties are divided over the Constitutional Court ruling that compels the Electoral Commission to add 181 ANC
of traffic on the N2. It's a crash between Borchard's Quarry and the airport exit. Traffic coming in from Kyalicha, it's a big volume N2. It's already backlogging in a heavy queue from the R300 if you're on your way to the airport from.
to us. Despite it, all the two pensioners say they will still vote. They hope their vote can finally bring the change they say their community has been waiting for. Or see Kwanamaling Amni eyewitness news in Mfuleni. You can find images.
of about plus minus 30 females and the rest being males. As South Africa heads towards the local government elections, some pensioners in Mfuleni say they have given up on receiving service delivery. EWN, local government elections.
Friendly route taking you through Mitchell's Plain towards the coastline around Menandi and Stunfontein. A lovely race to enter racepass.co.zas. We'll get entry details. So that's the Cape in a wrap, Africa. Absolutely. And let's look at
That. And the Mitchells Plain Titans annual road race, Saturday, 21 October, with a 21.1 kilometer distance, a 10 as well as a 5k family-friendly route taking you through Mitchells Plain towards the coastline around Menundi and Stunfontein.
And I know how hard it is for myself. I have no support system, right? Imagine how hard it is for other ladies within the communities of the Cape Flats. And that's where the initiative then grew from the thrift store, the another baby.
support back then you know so imagine how many other ladies are out there especially in the cape flats right that need that support and that is where you know everything started and because of my own personal experiences yeah so yeah so
Elsie's River exposed her to the hardships facing women who come from poor communities and the struggles of working in supporting families while either unemployed or working in low-income jobs. And she's in studio with us, delighted to
professional workplace attire from her community thrift store. Dania Chussen, the self-proclaimed Duchess of the Cape Flats. I love that. Am I saying that right? Dania? Correct. Dania. Dania. Dania. No, she isn't. Says that growing up in
Thursday 15 October13
And funny enough, I know you're focusing on Cape Flats township cinemas, but I also remember the Savoy in Rosebank. I think it was opposite the Baxter Theatre. And what I remember there is that I watched Sister act at the Savoy in Rosebank.
township life, and especially us, you know, who were really victims of forced removals. And like, I'm from a Hanover park, we moved from Langstown. So, like, in my area, the Capcree's, I used to go there virtually every Saturday. I would
It's an ongoing project, Lester. It's about documenting all the great cinemas of the Cape Flats, and I mean specifically the Cape Flats. Look, it's a very short form, it's an ongoing form that I'm hoping to expand. So I only managed this
might remember the Eldorado. I think you were struggling to find that name. There was the Princess and the Eldorado in the Glassy Park, Lotus River area. Yeah, they were two major cinemas in that area. Did the Eldorado cinema turn into the
before my time, but I still know of before my time, but the edifice is still there. The Baijou in Observatory, the palace in Saltrover, the Kismet, Kismet in Athlone, right? Yes, in Athlone. There was the Kismet, Mario. All places that.
Sunday. Traffic signals faulty out in Nyanga at Governor Beeke and Ems Drive and in the Kalin Kales River at Noynes Fontaine Road and Van Ribik Road. I'm Zane Johnson, where I witness news traffic in 15 minutes. There's more EWN on air,
And the marathon routes on Sunday. The traffic signals falty in Nyunga at Governor Mbeki and Ems Drive in the Kalen Eddies at Noyens Fontaine Road and Van Ribik Road in Claremont at Chichester Road and Garfield Road. I'm Zane Johnson. More
you know, we have recently, a month or two ago, I visited Blue Combos and we have visited Philippi Kailicha in Cape Town, and we've seen Swedish pillages even in Cape Town and the Western Cape. So the situation is dire. It is very, very
other stories are to or as they happen. EWN traffic. We have the effective traffic lights in Nyanga at Governbeke Road and Ems Drive, also in De Kalen at Noynesfontein and Vanribek Road, in Claremont at Chichester and Garfield Roadworks on
$104.58 a barrel. In your traffic, there's still protests on the new Ice Libran Road that's in Philippi. The road is closed due to those demonstrations between Governor and Berkey and Bristol Road. And on the N2 outgoing, there's a truck
We'll have more on these and other stories at 11 or as it happens. EWN traffic in Philippi on New Eistlin, the road has been closed due to protests. That's between Governor Berkey and Bristol Road, and there's road works on the
I'm on the ground. Any of our TVCs that you see, myself and my team are on the ground. We're in these communities. We're there. When the water goes in, we're there. We're in Elsie's River, which I love. And, you know, Kai Leacher Google.
being tended to on the M3 south. That's at Struben Road, where you can expect delays. And in Philippi on New Eisleben Road, the road is closed due to protests between Governor Berkey and Bristol Road. It's a cloudy and cool day forecast for