Reflecting on 2023

January

• St. Mary’s Children’s Home dancer Vusimuzi Nhlapho pursued his dream of being a dancer and was set to compete in New York in July.
• Glenvista-born Karen van der Merwe won the Colour your Plate with KOO competition.
• Moffat View Warrant Officer Ntshidi Marutla stabbed to death during a stop-and-search operation in Rosettenville.
• St. Martin’s learners relocate from Rosettenville campus to The Hills.
• Bassonia’s Thashil Mistry earned a remarkable record by obtaining 10 distinctions with top achiever recognition with an average of 92.9%
• Primary school’s welcome Grade Ones.

February

• Kibler Park Secondary School provided with a mobile digital library.
• Ten male suspects arrested while attempting to rob the Golden Fry Factory in Eikenhof.
• Local business Robot Hardware donated cleaning essential items to SOJO Business and Tourism clean-up team.
• 4Racing hosted the first race day of the season.
• Glenvista dancer Demi-Lee Klerk was selected to represent South Africa in the Czech Republic.
• Region F community stakeholders taught learners about drugs and GBV.

March

• The Glen Shopping Centre announces bursary winner.
• Floyd Brink appointed as city manager.
• Gauteng provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela led the Operation Okae Molao.
• Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic School learner, Guiliana Pereira represented SA at the World Freestyle Championships.
• Eighteen foreign nationals nabbed for theft of packages of Disprin.
• Scalabrini missionaries launched a community healthcare centre.

April

• Group 1 Auto The Glen celebrated their sixth birthday.
• Grade Three Trinityhouse Glenvista learner, Reamoleboha Monethi launched her R Book Hire programme.
• Marist Brothers Linmeyer held a career day for Grade 12 learners.
• Nova Pioneer hosted its annual Junior InterNOVA sport event.
• The JSPCA visited the Abraham Kriel Bambanani Children’s Home to conduct an educational talk about animals.
• Alberina Manthlakana joined Nova Ormonde Pioneer as school leader.
• Covenant College reopened the Grade RR and R play centre.

May

• Hoërskool Marias Viljoen High School welcomed new principal.
• Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic School participated in Earth Week.
• Robertsham Primary School Celebrated 70 years.
• DA JHB South held its congress where the new office bearers were elected and awarded.
• Clr Kabelo Gwamanda elected as a mayor for the City of Johannesburg.
• JIWA donated essential items to the needy.
• South Rand Hospital celebrated International Nurses Day.

June

• Thabelo Makhode, a Kibler Park learner, became a SABC TV presenter for Kids News and Current Affairs.
• Kibler Park learner, Britney van Rooyen qualified to be SA’s first junior teen winner to compete in the World Imperial Beauties South Africa.
• President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal inaugurated the celebrations for Portuguese community in Turffontein.
• Young Karateka and Trinityhouse Glenvista learner Brogan Taylor represented SA well after she emerged as number one in the South Union of African Karate Federations.
• Rotary member Shereen Hunter inaugurated as new president of the Rotary E-Club of Southern Africa.