Athlone News

25/07/2025

After a harrowing experience in Spain, 28 South African children and coaches return home, reuniting with their emotional families at Cape Town International Airport. Video by Marsha Chesné Bothma

23/07/2025

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22/07/2025

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18/07/2025

Cape Community Media acting editor Yolande du Preez reflects on her time outside the Medicross Heart Hospital in 2013 during the illness of Nelson Mandela. Read the full story: https://falsebayecho.co.za/news/2025-07-17-mandela-day-reflection-how-a-nation-came-together-outside-a-hospital/

18/07/2025

Ahead of Mandela Day, IOL and CCM joined forces to create over 250 sandwiches for the District Six Haven Night Shelter, showcasing the power of community support and compassion. Read the full story: https://tabletalk.co.za/news/2025-07-17-celebrating-mandela-day-media-organisations-come-together-to-support-district-six-homeless-shelter/

18/07/2025

It’s spelling bee time again with Reading and Writing Solutions.

Athlone News and Reading and Writing Solutions (RWS), an Athlone-based non-profit, will partner to host a spelling bee and newspaper quiz for Grade 7 pupils on Wednesday, September 10 at the Dulcie September Civic Centre in Athlone. Cash prizes, gifts and awards will be up for grabs.

18/07/2025

In the spirit of giving back this Mandela Day, we're giving 18 lucky people the chance to level up their future with a free Webmax Coding Academy course valued at R3,500 each!

How to enter:
✅ Follow our page
✅ Tag someone in the comments who could benefit from this course and tell us why

Entries close 30 July.

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Webmax Solution

Webmax (Pty) Ltd, a youth and black-owned company, is revolutionising digital empowerment through the Webmax Coding Academy, inspiring young minds to become the tech innovators of tomorrow.

17/07/2025

This Mandela Day, retired police officer Captain Ezra October will join volunteers at The Haven Night Shelter in District Six for the Dignity Project, supporting people experiencing homelessness. He recalls meeting Nelson Mandela at South Africa’s first post-Apartheid international rugby match in 1995 as a young officer

17/07/2025

On Thursday July 17 the Athlone SAPS Spiritual Crime Prevention Forum and CPF hosted their prayer gathering at Athlone SAPS police station.

16/07/2025

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11/07/2025

The Plug Fragrances.