Marsha Bothma

Multimedia journalist

Parents still battling to get kids in schools

Marsha Bothma|Published

The Mitchell’s Plain Community Advice and Development Project are still battling to connect unplaced children to be placed in schools. The MPCADP had a follow up ...

Tech donation boosts Spine Road's robotics programme

Marsha Bothma|Published

Spine Road High School’s robotics and coding programme has received a significant upgrade following a donation from Bet Software of equipment aimed at improving ...

Veteran Lentegeur police reservist bids farewell

Marsha Bothma|Published

After more than three decades of service as a police reservist, Faith Mentoor, 65, has retired from Lentegeur SAPS. Ms Mentoor joined SAPS as a reservist in 1993. ...

New school to open in second term

Marsha Bothma|Published

Kilimanjaro High School, which is under construction in Kilimanjaro Street, Tafelsig, will be one of nine new schools to be built in the province for this school ...

Preschools get ward budget boost

Marsha Bothma|Published

Thirteen Mitchell’s Plain preschools have received R100 000 worth of equipment. Ward 76 councillor Avron Plaatjies said the money had come from his ward budget, ...

Teen gets 10 years for Naeema’s murder

Marsha Bothma|Published

Naeema Marshall’s teenage killer has been sentenced to 10 years of direct imprisonment for murder. The boy, who was 14 at the time, shot Naeema, 14, from Beacon ...

Pupils’ viral brawl video was ‘gang-related’

Marsha Bothma|Published

Police say pupils recorded a brawl at Lentegeur High School with the intention of making it go viral and the Western Cape Education Department has encouraged social ...

Irish charity donates shoes to Tafelsig school

Marsha Bothma|Published

An Irish charity has donated 500 pairs of second-hand shoes to needy children at Paramount High School in Tafelsig. The handover, on Monday, was attended by Basic ...

Battle for place in class

Marsha Bothma|Published

There has been relief for some Mitchell’s Plain parents and guardians who were still desperately trying to get places for their children three weeks after schools ...

Cape Flats Book Festival celebrates stories and community

Marsha Bothma and Alicia English|Published

A featured author at the Cape Flats Book Festival was Vennessa Scholtz from Parow, who has published books such as Kita’s Dance with the Dust and Ellie and the Good ...

Online high school ‘ruined our future’

Marsha Bothma|Published

Mitchell’s Plain pupils and parents are demanding a free re-mark of their 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam scripts with the South African Comprehensive ...

MyCiTi buses draw flak from disabled man

Marsha Bothma|Published

An Eastridge man with cerebral palsy who uses an electric wheelchair says he battles to get on and off MyCiTi buses as they have no ramps. Ernest Ficks, 45, has ...

Black World War I servicemen honoured with memorial in Company’s Garden

Tamlynne Thompson and Marsha Bothma|Published

A new memorial in the Company’s Garden honours more than 1 700 black servicemen who served and died with the Military Labour Corps during World War I and had no ...

Eager start to first day of school

Marsha Bothma|Published

First day of school for pupils from left, Isaiah Phillips, Ridaah Awaldien, Maajidah Petersen, Likuwe Qhalo, Mohamed Amein Abdi and Abongwe Bushula with their grade ...

Residents plea for end to gang violence

Marsha Bothma and Alicia English|Published

Ithrah Jaftha, 10, was part of the crowd on Thursday January 16 during a prayer walk to end gang violence. “Stop killing our children” was the plea of residents, ...

Community march against gang shootings

Marsha Bothma|Published

Sub-council 17 councillors called a community march on Thursday January 16, walking through the streets of Lentegeur where several people were shot, injured and ...

Two ’Plain schools tie for top spot with 100% matric pass

Marsha Bothma|Published

Spine Road High School placed joint first place in Mitchell’s Plain with Darul Arqam Islamic High School with 100% pass rate. From back left are Spine Road High ...

St Luke’s Hospice closes Kenilworth in-patient unit

Marsha Bothma|Published

Come 2025, St Luke’s Hospice will no longer run an in-patient service at its Kenilworth facility. St Luke's Combined Hospices, a non-profit organisation, announced ...

Help disabled Strandfontein man take his next step to independence

Marsha Bothma|Published

Former Western Province TT6 table tennis champion finally has a rent-to-own electric wheelchair which has helped him get around more easily. Adriaan-Jack Booysen, ...

Strandfontein teen reunited with family after six months on the streets

Marsha Bothma and OWN Correspondent|Published

Strandfontein’s Nestor Ebden was reunited with his father after being homeless for six months. Nestor, 18, left his home six months ago and was reunited with his ...

Taking a look back at 2024

Marsha Bothma|Published

Darul Arqam Islamic High School’s matric class of 2023 take first place in Mitchell’s Plain with the highest pass rate for the National Senior Certificate examinations ...

Woman’s fantasy novella teaches life lessons

Marsha Bothma|Published

Author and freelance writer, Yumnah Jones, 41, said she felt inspired to write the novella She Who Dreams to encourage readers to live a purposeful life, one that ...

Jamey inspires aunt’s book on ADHD

Marsha Bothma|Published

A Portland author’s new children’s book was inspired by her nephew who has ADHD and was written to create awareness about the disorder. Award-winning social entrepreneur, ...

Good news for central line

Marsha Bothma|Published

From left are MURA members, Arthur Voegt, Ebrahim Abdullah, Frances Schoeman, Michael Jacobs, Connie Adams, Linda Jones, Zenda Daniels and Norman JantjesThe central ...