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Calls for Nominations for the Cape Chronicle Heritage Award Certificate
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Calls for Nominations for the Cape Chronicle Heritage Award Certificate

Staff Writer10 August 2026

Businesses, institutions and individuals whose contribution has shaped the Cape are being invited to take their place in history CAPE TOWN — The Cape has been built over generations by…

Community News & Events Northern Suburbs Office of the Editor

Notice to Advertisers – Northern Suburbs

Staff Writer7 August 20267 August 2026

During the month of September, we will focus on Durbanville and everything it has to offer. If you want to become part of the Cape Chronicle’s history, we invite you…

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Cape Chronicle Announces Creation of Dedicated Investigative Desk

Staff Writer27 July 2026

A new era of accountability, public interest journalism and community reporting begins Cape Town — The Cape Chronicle has announced plans to establish a dedicated Investigative Desk, a specialised editorial…

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Staff Writer24 July 202617 August 2026

Since 2009 I had nothing but hate for Facebook and today it yet again proved it is the collection of lowest life forms in the Milky Way. I don’t give…

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Independent Media Contributor (Independent Contractor)

Staff Writer13 July 202619 July 2026

Location: Western Cape, South Africa Work Type: Independent Contractor (Full or Part-time & Remote Work) Industry: Online News Publishing & Media About Cape Chronicle Publishing Cape Chronicle Publishing is a…

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Our Feature section is now open to local businesses

Staff Writer13 May 202626 May 2026

Take advantage of our Self-publishing offer and showcase your business as often as once a day! Get your message out to our subscribers and make sure your message reaches them.…

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Hello Cape Town

William Foster13 May 202623 July 2026

This is the Cape Chronicle! And it’s a re-enactment of the Cape’s history from 1861 to date. It is as far as possible, a factually accurate rendition of events of…

Creative Work Office of the Editor

The Cape Chronicle mourns the loss of Isabella Maria De Villiers

Dorothy Nairn19 September 195523 July 2026

Isabella Maria de Villiers (1879–1955) The Cape Chronicle’s Champion of Education and Social Reform Among the distinguished journalists who shaped the Cape Chronicle during the early twentieth century, few earned…

Office of the Editor

Notice: New Deputy Editor appointed

Edmund Carrow17 July 187821 July 2026

To the Readers of The Cape Chronicle It affords me much gratification to acquaint the numerous friends and patrons of this Journal with the appointment of Mr. Arthur Reginald Harrington…

1860 to 1872 Office of the Editor

To the Esteemed Readers of the Cape Chronicle

William Foster4 June 187121 July 2026

Cape Town, 4 June, 1871 To the Worthy Inhabitants of Cape Town, and to our Esteemed Subscribers, Friends, and Patrons, It is with a heart oppressed by sorrow, and with…

1860 to 1872 Office of the Editor

To the Good People of the Cape Colony

William Foster26 February 186121 July 2026

Concerning The Cape Chronicle and the Cause of its Establishment By William Foster Cape Chronicle Proprietor & EditorCape Town, 1861 To the merchants of Adderley Street, the farmers of the…

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