Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-07-22 i Daily Voice

WHEN award winning comedian Mamello “Mum-z” Mokoena went to Russia for a vacation in February 2020, he had no idea it would become his home for the next two years. Mum-z, like so many other travellers across the globe, got stuck when borders closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He finally returned home to Cape Town on 31 December 2021, and now he is taking to the stage to share his experience. “Russia is an amazing country but my first comedy gig was horrible, like no one laughed or understood what I was talking about. Humour “So I had to understand Russian culture and see what their sense of humour is like. “When I got back from Russia, I had so much material that I had to do a show,”…

Delay Bayview resident and lifelong fisherman, Andre Arendse, 61, blames “slapgat officials” for the delay. “They are just taking us for a gat like they always do with coloured communities and I will not be surprised if no work is ever done there,” he says. “All they do is hold public participation meetings so they can tick the boxes and tell their bosses that they did it but they already know that nothing will be done.” Fellow angler and Strandontein resident Errol Adams said the lack of streetlights has created a breeding ground for skelms. “There is a wall there that can fall and it will fall on fishermen who often stand underneath it, or children playing. “Because it is so dark there, the guys have to be on constant…

ANGRY parents descended on Portlands Primary in Mitchells Plain yesterday morning to shut it down, claiming a building was “falling apart” and they feared for their children’s safety. More than 100 parents picketed outside the school with placards following a meeting on Wednesday night where they decided to shut the school down a day after the third term started. However, the school was reopened following a visit from education department officials, but parents say they are waiting to see if the promises made will be kept. Ezra Williams, the dad of a Grade 5 pupil, said: “The E-block where the grades 4 till 7 attend looks like a war zone,” he tells the Daily Voice. “There are cracks in the slabs on the balconies where the children must walk, the…