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Fitra with an impact

By Staff Reporter Mustadafin Foundation volunteers packed 900 fitrah parcels (a donation of groceries), which included non-perishable food as well

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‘We have lost everything’

By HAZEL ALLIES-HUSSELMAN Residents from Pooke se Bos informal settlement in Rylands started the long road to rebuild their lives and homes, after a fire swept through the area in the early morning hours of Tuesday August 29. The fire left one person dead, destroyed 52 shacks and displaced more than

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We have lost everything

Residents from Pooke se Bos informal settlement in Ryands started the long road to reduild their lives and homes, after a fire swept through the area in the early morning hours of Tuesday August 29. The fire left one person dead, destroyed 52 shacks and displaced more than 100 people.

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Cause of Fire Still Unknown

Residents of Pooke se Bos in Rylands are piecing back the remants of their lives after a fire ripped through the settlement in  the early hours of Tuesday morning and affected 127 residents. According to the City Of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Theo Layne, a man burnt

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Mustadafin keeps Tafelsig residents warm

The Mustadafin Foundation handed out blankets and distributed soup to Tafelsig residents at their offices on Thursday August 3. More than 500 people queued outside the gate to receive their items. The foundation’s director, Ghairunisa Johnstone-Cassiem, said they had recently received a generous donation from the Azhar Timol Charity Foundation

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New premises for Mustadafin

By HAZEL ALLIES-HUSSELMAN Staff, volunteers and guests celebrated the opening of Mustadafin Foundation’s new premises on Thursday July 27. The 30-year-old organisation moved from their old premises in Belgravia Road, to a new location at 30 Turfhall Road, Lansdowne (on the corner of Belgravia Road). According to Mustadafin director, Ghairunisa Johnstone-Cassiem,

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Woman arrested for Bonteheuwel fire

By NABEELAH MOHEDEEN Fires ripped through two backyard dwellings in two separate incidents in Bonteheuwel last week, displacing eight people. A 19-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly causing the first fire, which took place on Monday July 10 at a backyard dwelling in Prunus Street, just after 2am, resulting in

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Experience to Remember for Mustadafin Youth

Thirty (30) of our learners were given the opportunity to visit the South African Museum and the Cape Town Gardens on the 18th May 2017. The learners were accompanied by four of their peers. Their day was filled with fun  educational activities  in the Museum and in the gardens. Each

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Playtime blues at Pakhuis Park

Two-hundred excited children rush to Pakhuis Park every day, only to stand in a queue to play, because there is not enough equipment to accommodate them all. Now Tafelsig residents are demanding answers from the City of Cape Town about the future of the newly built park, which is in

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