A society that values security should also value human dignity

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Lunga Baliwe, KenilworthOn Tuesday October 22, at around 9. 45am, I witnessed an encounter in Summerley Road, Kenilworth, that made me question how we, as a society, ...

Ending sex work on Kenilworth’s streets

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Mikhail Manuel, Ward 59 councillorIf we are to bring an end to sex work on the streets of Kenilworth we must do so by protecting the right to dignity and freedom ...

Thank you, Groote Schuur, for excellent service

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Kariema Davids, LansdowneI always feel agitated when people complain about Groote Schuur Hospital and they don’t like their food and services. And they are the very ...

Oude Molen development plan still in early phase

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Jandre Bakker, provincial Department of Infrastructure (DOI) spokesperson The provincial DOI is engaged in a pre-planning process to investigate possible development ...

Tribute to a ‘woman of courage’

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Colin Jooste, ObservatoryFlorence Constance Jooste neé Thomas was born as the youngest child of two God-fearing parents, Ruth and Peter Thomas, on June 10 1950. ...

Thank you, police, for saving the day

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A Moore, KenilworthOn Wednesday March 13, my daughter and I were victims of an attempted armed hijacking in Nyanga. We were returning home from Mitchell’s Plain ...

Cape Town looking ahead for energy planning

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Mark Kleinschmidt, Ward 60 councillor The launch of the City of Cape Town's future 2050 Energy Strategy was held on Monday at the Cape Town International Convention ...

Never too late to rework your CV

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Robyn Kessler, RondeboschIt's funny how at some point in life things come to a head and one can't continue as things are. Not having had work for 26 years and already ...

OCA should have been dismissed as troublemaking cranks

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Ron McGregor, ObservatoryIn reference to your front page article published at the beginning of July. (“Final chapter in River Club battle,” Southern Suburbs Tatler, ...

Hands off old District Six creche

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Donald Hendricks, claimant and member of the District Six Beneficiary and Redevelopment TrustWith reference to last week’s article about turning the D6 Tafelberg ...

Beware of ATM scammers

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Robyn Kessler, RondeboschI was doing a transaction at the FNB ATM on the corner of the Main Road, Rondebosch, outside the frozen-yoghurt place, on the Saturday of ...

Witness to a crime

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Witness, RondeboschI write to you as a direct response to your “Increase in theft out of vehicles" article on page 4 of last week’s Tatler. On Tuesday February 14, ...

City needs to revisit its rates charges for services

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Marc de Villiers, PinelandsHow can the City add any spurious surcharge they deem fit to my rates account? They may cite various bodies that have made this law; however ...

How will we remember Vlok?

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Colin Jooste, ObservatoryAllow me the courtesy to preface this article with the compelling words of the 18th century poet George Cooper:" One by one of death are ...

Municipal fees please need clarity

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Robyn Kessler, RondeboschWe have been asked by the energy provider to use electricity sparingly, and, in the case of rising electricity rates, many comply. . . except, ...

Good job

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Mary Burton, RondeboschI should like to thank you for the particularly interesting and uplifting issue of the Southern Suburbs Tatler of Thursday September 29. ...

Thanks for helping me in Keurboom Park

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Sandy Bywater, NewlandsDear Christiaana, thank you for you kindness in helping me when I fell in Keurboom Park on Sunday August 28. Thank you for also making me ...

Thanks to mall security

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Donald Abrahams, RosebankI would like to express a word of thanks and appreciation to the Riverside Mall, in Rondebosch, for the alertness and observance of the ...

LLPT can’t buy truth even though they try

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Professor Leslie London, chairperson of Observatory Civic Association, and Tauriq Jenkins, high commissioner of Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional CouncilWe ...

Development good for area

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Nona Phillips, ClaremontI have read the article regarding the River Club and feel it would deprive the people of Cape Town great wealth in not accepting a chance ...

Our past is being destroyed

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Thomas Johnson, Belthorne EstateMonica Sutherland’s letter (“River Club development will destroy heritage,” Southern Suburbs Tatler, April 14) is spot on. She asks ...

River Club development will destroy heritage

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Monica Sutherland, RondeboschI sincerely hope that the developers of that monstrosity on the site of the River Club lose their appeal and that the new judge makes ...

Saluting a champion for the oppressed

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Mogamat Shahied JacobsBayar Laattoe, Dryden Street Primary School, Salt RiverThe Dryden Street Primary School (DSPS) community extends their sincere condolences ...

Let’s not pine for exotic water guzzlers

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Chris Bedford, Harfield Village It is a tragic mistake to consider exotic, water-guzzling trees enough of a “heritage” to re-plant (“Felling stone pines is a blow ...

Thanks for arranging prompt staircase clean-up

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Jerome Jansen, Rondebosch EastI would like to commend Ward 60 councillor Mark Kleinschmidt on how quickly he got a municipal cleaning team together to clean a filthy ...