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Sunday 18 October10
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
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
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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
again to the owner of the establishment, PJ Basson, giving us reasons why you should consider Montague especially, but the Klein Karoo more generally and Route 62 here in the Western Cape. The best of talk on Cape Talk. Today we're joined
isn't that? That is so good. Shout out, shout out to Florence and everybody down there at Southfield Library. Why do you think that these practical hands-on skills, I mean, I mentioned that the crochet and other things are so valuable for
Thing it's a shout out to Southfield Library, who I saw that's obviously school holidays, and I saw something pop up on my Instagram. Southfield Library said, We're going to be doing knitting workshops. And so, my daughter and my son, who's
Saturday 17 October10
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
Vernon coming in again, saying the outside of the chicken. Sarah says, the outside. It's Sarah from Wynberg. Okay. Petty Duncan also says it is the outside. Elaine says the feathers are on the outside. Thank you for playing along, David.
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.
And a complex situation as opposed to my house in Plumstead, I've got nothing to do with my neighbours on either side, and my home is my home. Right, Alex? That is 100% correct. Okay. All right, good. Okay, fair enough. And what I would
Friday 16 October35
because my mother really was a very, very protective woman, kept us off the street because the area was also gangster-ridden, quite dangerous at the time. In fact, it was called, Windermere was called the States because of the gangster.
have had your own direct experience of the apartheid system in South Africa, a family home in Maitland, the group areas act bites, and you all have to move. I mean, how old were you when that happened? And how did your parents help you, as
How do you think that shaped you? Because you were living at the time in an area of Caetown, Kensington, which would have very much been consumed by the student protests of the time. How did that shape the person you would become? Well,
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.
181 ANC candidates who were left off the party's final lists. EWN in touch, in tune, and independent. For the latest, visit EWN.co.za or download the EWN app. EWN traffic. Well, at the moment, if you're driving through Newlands, there's
that, because that's the sort of story I normally notice: that there are some rinkals on the Kenilworth race course. That's number two. Can I have a show of fingers, please? Gordon, you're allowed to vote. Thank you very much. And it's a
read what you read, so I'm unable to give you an answer. Well, as you can see, I live in Kenilworth, and the answer is that they found a colony in the Kenilworth Race Course Conservancy, right across the road from me. Isn't that delightful?
to you by Telkom Business. Possible begins here on Cape Talk. Cape Talk. Cape Talk. Rapid fire. Previously, when we've had two questions, each question has come from somebody in the same part of Cape Town. Well, today it's Kenilworth.
on Thursday morning with our common ground listener visit, the Gabriel Road Food Garden in Plumstead. They are hosting a pre-garden day event on Saturday morning where there will be things to buy. You can go on tours of the garden and take
30,000 runners and closes down a number of streets. The route starts in Strand Street. It'll take runners through District 6 past Parliament and the Company's Garden into the Boer Carp and Greenpoint. The marathon section will also head.
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
the Asagai Submarine Museum in Simonstown. Cape Town has expanded the Haven Light Shelter in Kensington by 150%. Informal trader finds 1500 Rand. People are breaking the law. That conversation will have again. Books, we've talked, you and I
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
District 6. If you missed our chat, which tells you a little bit more about the show, you can go and look for it on podcast after the show today on Primediaplus.com and in the Primedia Plus app. And then please go and listen back to Book
About many of these on this show, for example. But recently, a bust in Grassy Park where 69,000 Mandrax tablets were seized. Last week, we had that farm in Krugersdorp, where a multi-million rand drug manufacturing laboratory was uncovered.
You would have heard about many of these on this show, for example. But recently, a bust in Grassy Park where 69,000 Mandrax tablets were seized. Last week, we had that farm in Kruger's Torp where multi-million ran drug manufacturing
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?
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
Rand for homelessness interventions this financial year with projects planned for Kells River, Wynberg, and District 6, Carlo Peterson, Eyewitness News. National Police Commissioner Fanny Massamola's suspension has been lifted. Massamola
On the street. Hillowis opened an expanded Haven Night Shelter in Kensington yesterday. The city spent 12 million rand to increase the bed capacity from 80 to 200. The Haven says 865 formerly homeless people were reintegrated into
who previously lived on the streets. Hill-Lewis opened an expanded Haven Night Shelter in Kensington yesterday, where the city spent 12 million rand to increase capacity from 80 to 200 beds. The haven says 865 formerly homeless people were
what I wanted to say, my brother. Thank you very much there, Lord. Much appreciated. Mike in Newlands. Good morning, Mike. Hey, good morning, Coquette. So, yeah, I just comment on yesterday. I can't deny I'm bitterly disappointed. It's a
then he's just going to deal with it. Well, Ramiz, we have actually a call from Michelle in Rondebosch. Put on your cans, your headphones, as we call them in the industry, Tyrone. Michelle, you're on the air with Lester, Tyrone, and Ramiz
Today, and that's in the city centers, Sea Point, Greenpoint, and District 6. More eyewitness news traffic in 15 minutes. There's more EWN on air, online, and on the EWN app. Every neighborhood has a story. From the epic and inspirational
For Kells River, Wynberg, and District 6, Carlo Peterson, eyewitness news. Moving to international news: now three children and a teacher were killed when a 16-year-old entered an elementary school and opened fire. In a news conference last
Lived on the street. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis opened an expanded Haven Night Shelter in Kensington yesterday, where the city spent 12 million rand to increase capacity from 80 to 200 beds. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city of
Scammers, Grace and Goodwood, really appreciate you getting in touch. Grace, among other businesses, have been scammed by bulk order scams. They order in bulk, they send you a proof of payment. They maybe send a driver to collect. Next
my own slippers, which are inside-only slippers. I don't think I can take it anymore. Gliz in Kennelworth. Well, I think it's a jolly good idea. In Poland, they take their shoes off at the door. And my brother married a Polish girl, but
where the late Nelson Mandela delivered his first speech after getting out of incarceration after 27 years. That's correct. So the start and finish, as you've said, will be at the Grand Parade. We'll then be running up through District 6.
Parade. We'll then be running up through District 6 down through the company gardens up into the Boer Cop. And that's for the half masses, the 10 and the 10-kilometer run, and that'll be up the very famous Cooksister Hill that the slavery
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 October5
some very interesting collaborations. Tell us about that. I mean, the most recent one was with Mutandazo and Kenza. We did a track called Vuga. We actually made that track at my studio in Century City in Cape Town. Oh, yeah. And then we
the Alabama. Alabama, yeah. VJ says, don't forget the Carlton in Deep River and the Gaiety in Wynberg. So the old bioscopes were like the ever almost to a lesser extent these days, but in the 90s, you had the chain cinemas that were
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