Lakeside
A suburb of Cape Town. 25 moments on air in the last seven days within 10 km, the latest on Thursday 13:18.
25 moments, each a 30-second window as it aired
Thursday 8 October7
don't have space, which is quite substantial. And I'm just going to name some in Cape Town, let's say, for example, like Sachs or Wynberg or Bishops, or there's lots of them. They don't actually have the land, so therefore, they will tip.
space. And this month we're going to be visiting the Gabriel Road Food Garden, established by Plumstead residents a couple of years ago after they got sick and tired of seeing a vacant plot go to rack and ruin. It was becoming a problem
you know, all of us and all many of us feel. As a contractor, I'm had to go to from Fishook to Simonstown, to Seapoint, Greenpoint, and other parts of the of the Cape Town. It's hitting me quite badly, the price of the petrol. You know, and
development in Krombum was happening, at the very same time, 44 sites were sold via auction in Constantia. And all the disadvantaged areas are already densified. Okay? And we are not against socializing, as you said, we can go over that
the other side of the city. You make your calculations. Leicester, I worked three years from Plumstead to Paul. I finished working there in July 2026. I filled up once a week. I serviced my car three times a year due to mileage. I did about
Yahus, so that's light on fuel Aslam spends 160 kilometers a day in a round trip. We're from Plumstead to Paul. 2,000 Rand a week petrol budget. Are you nuts? 021 4460567. It's 17 minutes to 8 o'clock. Cape Talk. Cape Talk. A world view
spoke to Peter John, who is about 140 kilometers in a round trip from Krabo to the CBD to Pardon Island. Aslam, what's your commute? Hi morning, Lester. I travel every day, six days a week, Plumstead to Paul. That's 160k. 160k is returned.
Wednesday 7 October9
murder are being investigated. Police say a 31-year-old man has been shot and killed in Lavender Hill on the Cave Flats. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the incident happened in the morning. The motive behind the attack is unknown,
this, but no. And if I go into town and then I don't know how late the trains run, but if I arrive at the Cape Town station at nine o'clock for a train to Lakeside, it's not something that I am prepared to do. Anyway, it's four o'clock.
seen that market and are willing to make people pay for it. Dean has just written to me from Constantia, Andrew, to say I recently had to pay for a second check-in bag on an airling flight and nearly fell over when it cost just under a
Thanks so much. So, Janet, this is Pippa. I understand you bought your white I-20 from Hyundai Plumstead and took delivery back in June 2016. And it was a 2014 model, is that correct? Correct. So, how soon did you first notice the paint
to tap into their expertise one-on-one. This month, we are going to be visiting the Gabriel Road Food Garden, which was established by Plumstead residents who were sick and tired of seeing a local vacant lot being used as a dumping ground.
the dollar, 22.06 to the pound, 1868 to the Euro. Brent crudes $101.75 a barrel. In traffic in Grassy Park at 5th Avenue before Victoria Road, a vehicle has left the roadway. We have an accident on the N1 outbound after Klupmits. All lanes
area at Flauberg and Porker Dry Roads. There's been an accident. We have slight delays there. In Grassy Park at Fifth Avenue before Victoria Road, a vehicle has left the roadway. Traffic lights are defective in Newlands at Main.
from colonial to apartheid to racist to spatial planning, and now the one oak is talking about Constantia versus Alcis River. It blows my mind that the wealthy people are actually subsidizing the poor people in this city, whether you like
In Constantia, Durbanville, half an hour tops I saw on the group the other day, the truck is there repairing the light. The same services you have to for the same complaint in Mitchellsplain, any other community on the Cape Flats, it's
Tuesday 6 October7
the 15th of October at 10 a.m., we'll be taking a group of listeners on a guided tour of the garden. It's in Gabriel Road in Plumstead. You'll get to ask questions about what they are growing, how they manage irrigation, fertilization.
are taking you to a spot we actually featured in our gardening segment a month or two ago: the Plumstead Food Garden, run by the Gabriel Road Area People's Association. If you were listening at the end of July, you would have heard us
vehicles, another crash westbound on Fandribik Road at the R300, one lane obstructed, and in Lakeside at Main Road near Lakeside Fire, there has been another accident. Cape Town weather today, partly cloudy with a gentle south-southeastly
astutely as Dr. Malumba. Good morning, Clarence, on the topic of medical care issues. I waited five hours at the Lady Michaelis Day Hospital in Plumstead yesterday, and that is just heartbreaking. It's the story of so very many complaints.
time. And there's still slow-moving traffic heading into the CBD on the N1 between Durban Road and the N7. The M3 is still slowing down from Constantia Main and the N2 in coming from Jake's Habo Drive. The traffic lights out at the art.
This listener needing to get from retreat to Bylands, wanting to park their car at the station, worried about whether the park and ride is safe? 021-446-0567. Drop me a WhatsApp: 072-567-1567. Want to help shape the talk of the town by
generally become more reliable. I would suggest, I wouldn't park and ride at retreat station. What I would do is maybe if you're coming from the south, the deep south, Lakeside provides, I think, a bit more safer park and ride, park there.
Monday 5 October2
there. Looks like pure volume. And Cape Town, the M3 fairly slowed today from UCT, University of Cape Town, moving down into Newlands and then extending queues right down through Bishops Court, almost towards the top of sort of Wynberg.
Residents in parts of the city and really spread out parts of the city, Woodstock Strand, Grassy Park, and other spaces are facing planned water supply interruptions. That's from today. The city is carrying out maintenance work on the