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Heinz Park activist champions Ramadan charity efforts

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Community activist Mogamat Mohammed, renowned for his charity work in Heinz Park, shares insights into Ramadan preparations and community outreach projects. Speaking to Ramadan AM on Thursday Mohammed, affectionately known as Uncle Mo, described the atmosphere in the area during Ramadan. "The people in the area are in a happy mood, and they are enjoying the days so far in Ramadan," he stated. As with most organisations, […]

14 March 2024

Local

Food parcel plan assumed councillors have best interests of their people at heart

The food distribution process remains the one intervention during lockdown that highlighted systemic and systematic challenges in local government. This article does not question the rationale behind the provision of food parcels to those who needed food the most during the lockdown - this was a proactive response from government and came at a time when such support was needed the most. For this and many other interventions, we applaud […]

24 May 2020

News

Ocean View Resident: ‘It is a sad sight to see’ on work loss under lockdown

Ocean View was established in 1968 as a township for coloured people who had been forcibly removed from so-called ‘white areas’ by the apartheid government under the Group Areas Act. Ocean View is home to a tight-knit community that has been rocked by sporadic incidents of gang violence. But with the introduction of the COVID-19 lockdown, residents claimed that crime has decreased. Resident Paul Franke explained that a sense of […]

12 May 2020

Local

Councillors accused of looting food parcels meant for the poor

Government’s attempts to feed the poor and vulnerable during the extended lockdown are being hampered as opportunists – mainly local councillors – allegedly divert the aid to themselves and their supporters, and, in some instances, sell them on. In some parts of the country, councillors have been accused of demanding food parcel donations from businesses – parcels which never reach the intended recipients. Community activists, political parties and government officials […]

20 April 2020

News

How to access a food parcel in the Western Cape

The access to food availability for poor and working-class communities has come into the spotlight since the start of government’s lockdown, aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa. The financial burden of people not being able to work during this period, added to the existing state of joblessness, has plunged people further into poverty. Since the lockdown came into effect on 27 March and with its […]

16 April 2020

Local

Sassa gives clarity on who qualifies for food parcels

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has clarified who qualifies for food parcels during the national lockdown to dispel fake news doing the rounds. Sassa says in a statement that food parcels are provided as temporary relief for those who cannot meet their family’s most basic needs. Those who qualify are people whose disability grants lapsed in March, people who have been hit by natural disasters, and if a […]

16 April 2020

food parcels

Heinz Park activist champions Ramadan charity efforts

Food parcel plan assumed councillors have best interests of their people at heart

Ocean View Resident: ‘It is a sad sight to see’ on work loss under lockdown

Councillors accused of looting food parcels meant for the poor

How to access a food parcel in the Western Cape

Sassa gives clarity on who qualifies for food parcels

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