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Heinz Park Activist Raises Concern Over Outsiders Being Hired for Community Projects

By Odwa Mkentane Many residents across the Cape Flats say they are being left without access to basic services. In Heinz Park, residents are raising concerns about being excluded from community development projects and struggling to access library services. Speaking to VOC, Heinz Park activist Tashreeq Perry says people from outside the community are being employed on projects intended to benefit local residents, leaving community members feeling sidelined and frustrated. […]

17 August 2026

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Heinz Park activist brings joy to madrassa kids, this school holidays

This weekend, several children attending madrassa in Heinz Park will be treated to a day of festive cheer, thanks to community activist Moegamat Mohammed. Mohammed shared more about the initiative: “This time of the year, places are closing, and for the kids, we’re taking them out for the day to say shukran for attending madrassa on Thursday nights and Sunday evenings. It will be a beach day on Saturday, giving […]

19 December 2024

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Heinz Park family loses everything in house fire, community rallies for support

By Ragheema Mclean A devastating fire has left a Heinz Park family with nothing after their home was completely destroyed. In response, community activists are calling on the broader community to help the family rebuild and make their house a home again. The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Edward Bosch, confirmed that the fire left 15 people displaced. Bosch said that one adult male sustained burn […]

10 September 2024

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Heinz Park community activist seeks support to make Eid special for local children

By Ragheema Mclean As we bid farewell to the holy month of Ramadan, Heinz Park community activist Mogamat Mohammed, affectionately known as Uncle Mo or Boeta Mo, is reaching out for assistance to ensure a memorable Eid-ul-Fitr for the children in his community. South Africans were afforded another day of the month of Ramadan 1445. This comes after the moon was not sighted at Three Anchor Bay last night (9 […]

10 April 2024

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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

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A year of lockdown: Heinz Park community still stifled

On the day South Africa commemorated its one year anniversary of the hard lockdown that was put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease, the death toll from the virus had reached 52 602. According to the National Health Ministry, the total number of Covid-19 cases for SA also reached 1 543 079 on that day. Initially, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country would go into […]

30 March 2021

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South Africa police seek rape suspects in Mitchells Plain

Police in Cape Town's Mitchells Plain area are searching for three suspects who raped two women in separate incidents, a spokesman said. On June 6 around 10.30 pm, a woman on her way to her friend in Heinz Park was attacked by a man believed to be in his 20s, provincial police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said in a statement. The suspect approached the woman when she reached a […]

1 July 2020

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Heinz Park Resident on covid-19 lockdown: ‘The only choice I have is killing myself’

Heinz Park, a severely impoverished area that sits tucked away between Phillipi and Mitchells Plain was the home to murdered 14-year-old Janika Mallo who was found raped and bludgeoned to death in her grandmother's yard last year, and since then, not much has changed in the poverty stricken area. Most residents find themselves without running water, electricity or proper housing. Informal structures plague the land and the lockdown has done […]

16 May 2020

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