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Night Studies Pay Off for Dunoon Matriculant

2 months ago | goodthingsguy.com | Peter Luhanga |Ashleigh Nefdt

Sange Dastile studied in the early morning in the one-room house he shares with his mother and brother. Now he’s off to Stellenbosch University to study medicine. Dunoon, South Africa (31 January 2025) — Studying in the early hours of the morning, when his mother and younger brother were asleep in the one-room house they shared, Sange Dastile made his way to academic excellence.
Trash dumped at councillor’s office in electricity protest

Sep 26, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Peter Luhanga

A ward councillor’s office in Dunoon, Cape Town, was closed last week after garbage was dumped at the door in a protest over electricity. Repeated shack fires have left about 36 families in Ekuphumuleni Section R informal settlement without power for a year. They want Eskom to restore their supply and replace their electricity boxes and meters. People have been relying on charcoal and paraffin stoves, which they say is dangerous and expensive. A R45 bag of charcoal, they say, lasts only a few days.
Dozens of families affected as polluted Cape Town dam overflows

Jul 23, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Peter Luhanga

A dam near Dunoon has overflowed after heavy rains, flooding homes in a nearby informal settlement with filthy water. A community leader says 172 people have been affected. Residents have dug trenches outside their homes to divert the water. The City of Cape Town says the settlement is on land which is not suitable for human habitation. Relentless winter rains in Cape Town have caused a dam near Dunoon to overflow, flooding the homes of 172 residents in Ekuphumuleni informal settlement.
South Africa: Red Tape Delays Dunoon Housing Project

Jul 11, 2024 | allafrica.com | Peter Luhanga

The housing project was first announced to residents in 2018, and construction won't be starting anytime soon More than six years after the then Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille announced plans to build affordable housing in Dunoon, very little has been done. This development will be the first housing project in the overpopulated community in over 20 years. The City has blamed bureaucracy and red tape for the delays.
South Africa: No ID, No Vote - Home Affairs Fails Victims of Cape Town Shack Fire

May 28, 2024 | allafrica.com | Peter Luhanga

Home Affairs says the City of Cape Town must send a list of victims but the City says it's already done so Some voters who lost their IDs in a fire in Doornback informal settlement in Cape Town earlier this month will not be able to vote on Wednesday. The Department of Home Affairs blamed the City of Cape Town for not sending in a list of those needing temporary IDs.But the City said it did send the list and provided a reference number.
South Africa: Hundreds Left Outside in the Cold and Wet After Dunoon Shack Fire

May 8, 2024 | allafrica.com | Peter Luhanga

On Tuesday afternoon, community leaders were still coordinating relief efforts for fire victims at Doornbach informal settlement in Cape Town Hundreds of people were left outside in the cold and wet after their homes were gutted in a fire that ripped through Doornbach informal settlement in Dunoon on Monday afternoon. While no serious injuries were reported, the blaze destroyed over 200 shacks.
Hundreds left outside in the cold and wet after Dunoon shack fire

May 8, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Peter Luhanga

Hundreds of people were left outside in the cold and wet after their homes were gutted in a fire that ripped through Doornbach informal settlement in Dunoon on Monday afternoon. While no serious injuries were reported, the blaze destroyed over 200 shacks. Many of the families spent the night outside to protect whatever belongings they managed to salvage and to hold onto their plots.
Hundreds left outside in the cold and wet after Dunoon shack fire

May 7, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Peter Luhanga

Hundreds of people were left outside in the cold and wet after their homes were gutted in a fire that ripped through Doornbach informal settlement in Dunoon on Monday afternoon. While no serious injuries were reported, the blaze destroyed over 200 shacks. Many of the families spent the night outside to protect whatever belongings they managed to salvage and to hold onto their plots.
Building of new classrooms at overcrowded Dunoon school stalled

Mar 13, 2024 | bizcom.to | Peter Luhanga

Search jobs Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class. Inkwenkwezi Secondary, the only high school in Dunoon, Cape Town,and is overcrowded with an average of about 45 learners per classroom. Photo: Peter LuhangaThe only high school in Dunoon township in Cape Town is overcrowded, since a project to build more classrooms has stalled.
Building of new classrooms at overcrowded Dunoon school stalled

Mar 13, 2024 | bizcommunity.ug | Peter Luhanga

Search jobs Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class. Inkwenkwezi Secondary, the only high school in Dunoon, Cape Town,and is overcrowded with an average of about 45 learners per classroom. Photo: Peter LuhangaThe only high school in Dunoon township in Cape Town is overcrowded, since a project to build more classrooms has stalled.