Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato, MEC’s Anroux Marais and Sharna Fernandez officially bid farewell to the team representing South Africa at the 2019 Homeless Street Soccer World Cup. The 17th edition of the Homeless World Cup will take place at Buke Park, Cardiff in the United Kingdom from 27 July – 3 August 2019. The annual tournament brings together street football programmes from around the world, affording each player the opportunity to represent their respective
The Honest Truth: Get Me to 21 – a mother’s epic battle to save her daughter’s life.
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On Tuesday 23 July, author Gabi Lowe, joined Benito Vergotine in studio on The Honest Truth. Gabi’s daughter, Jenna Lowe was a frequent visitor to the Smile90.4FM studios, and we fought her battle with Pulmonary Hypertension all the way, till she lost the fight 4 years ago. Jenna captured the hearts of our nation and became a well-known advocate for Pulmonary Hypertension and Organ Donation through her #GetMeTo21 campaign. And her legacy continues as her foundation has
While some of us seem to be born with a (sometimes irritating) sunnier disposition, psychologically speaking, happiness is not based on circumstance. It’s actually something you learn. That’s right. Happiness is not something that happens to you — it’s a skill that requires just as much training and practice as any other skill. But this also means that those thought patterns you might know all too well of, “I’ll be happy when…” are not actually real.
8 Out of 8: 23 July 2019
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8 Out Of 8 Questions: 23 July 2019 1.Who had a hit with Morning Train? 2.In 1995’s American President, who plays the male lead opposite Annette Bening? 3.Which band was set on a memory of bliss? 4.Odd One out – Jason, Freddy, Pennywise, Chucky? 5.From which song is this line: I know it’s been some time 6.Which 80’s tennis star has a record of 377 weeks as World #1? Steffi
Fines for Homeless People? An urgent discussion initiated and hosted by the Community Chest took place at its offices in Cape Town on 8 July 2019 with the express purpose of considering the recent reports of fines being issued to homeless persons living on the streets of Cape Town. The event comes in the wake of media reports of 199 fines being issued against homeless people by local law enforcement. It was arranged as an
