www.bolandgazette.co.za bolandgazette.mobi Year 18 • Tuesday 2 September 2014 | Tel. 021 853 0211 Helderberg Youth want legal drinking age lowered CASSY VAN EEDEN A recent survey revealed that about 50% of South Africans believe that the current legal drinking age of 18 should be lowered and that it is appropriate for people under the age of 18 to drink alcoholic beverages. Consumer insights company Pondering Pan- da surveyed 4 657 South Africans between the ag- es of 15 and 34 years and found that 43% of 15 to 17-year-olds felt that the legal drinking age should be lowered. Gerard Thomas of the Help Me Network in Somerset West said underage drinking is definitely a problem in the Helderberg. “There’s a lot of drinking in our schools - even at our primary schools.” Half of the young people who participated in the survey feel that underage drinking is a prob- lem. The Help Me Network sees about 45 cases a year of underage drinking. However, Thomas said that in most of these cases the clients have been “sent here by the court. There’s many children out there still drinking who won’t come here out of their own will.” Thomas said the youngest underage client that they have had was 10. Sarah Fisher, executive director of the drug treatment centre Helderberg Cares, said lower- ing the legal drinking age would be detrimental to the youth of Helderberg. “Young people often binge drink and binge drinking leads to risky situations.” Debbie Bell,, also from the Help Me Network, says binge drinking is the consumption of large amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time. She says girls are only fully developed at the age of 21 and boys only at 23. Bell said that under- age drinking “influences their mental develop- ment, so they can’t make mature decisions at that age.” She says the youth do not know “how to drink sensibly or respon- sibly,” which is why she says low- ering the legal drinking age would “not be a good plan.” Thomas said some of the reasons for underage drinking in the Helderberg are “poverty, family issues and families that are dysfunctional due to alcohol. Alcohol is also socially acceptable.” The survey also revealed that alcohol and drugs are believed to be the second biggest prob- lem in South African schools after a lack of re- sources and facilities. Fisher said underage drinking can lead to concentration problems at school. Thomas said binge drinking needs to be made less socially attractive to teenagers. Chester Williams, Johannes Hartzenberg en Vernon Gertze was deel van die groep hawelose mense wat Sondag die Somerset-Wes-area skoongemaak het. Die skoonmaak-projek is deur Andy Loughton van die Local Network of Care geïnisieer met die doel om die sentrale besigheidskern op te knap en 1 000 sakke vullis te kollekteer. FOTO: DELIAH BRINKHUIS Haweloses maak skoon Haweloses maak skoon Read in this week’s DistrictMail ) Truworths SW becomes 30th H’berg business to be targeted by armed robbers ) Rowers teiken Gordonsbaai- huise ) Weekend rugby match reports Sir Lowry’s Pass opgetooi 2 Leerders betoon laaste eer 3 Cellar2Cellar trail run 8
Youth want legaldrinking age loweredCASSY VAN EEDEN
A recent survey revealed that about 50% ofSouthAfricansbelieve that thecurrent legaldrinkingageof18shouldbeloweredandthatit is appropriate for people under the age of18 to drink alcoholic beverages.
Consumer insights company Pondering Pan-dasurveyed4 657SouthAfricansbetweentheag-es of 15 and 34 years and found that 43% of 15to 17-year-olds felt that the legal drinking ageshould be lowered.Gerard Thomas of the Help Me
Network in Somerset West saidunderage drinking is definitely aproblem in the Helderberg.“There’s a lot of drinking in ourschools - even at our primary schools.”Half of the young people who participated in
the survey feel that underage drinking is a prob-lem. The Help Me Network sees about 45 casesa year of underage drinking.However, Thomas said that in most of these
cases the clients have been “sent here by thecourt. There’s many children out there stilldrinking who won’t come here out of their ownwill.”Thomassaidtheyoungestunderageclientthat
they have had was 10.
Sarah Fisher, executive director of the drugtreatment centre Helderberg Cares, said lower-ing the legal drinking age would be detrimentalto the youth of Helderberg.“Young people often binge drink and binge
drinking leads to risky situations.”Debbie Bell,, also from the Help Me Network,
says binge drinking is the consumption of largeamounts of alcohol in a short amount of time.She says girls are only fully developed at the
ageof 21andboysonlyat 23.Bell said thatunder-age drinking “influences their mental develop-
ment, so they can’t make maturedecisions at that age.”She says the youth do not know
“how to drink sensibly or respon-sibly,”which iswhy she says low-eringthelegaldrinkingagewould
“not be a good plan.”Thomas said someof the reasons forunderage
drinking in the Helderberg are “poverty, familyissues and families that are dysfunctional dueto alcohol. Alcohol is also socially acceptable.”The survey also revealed that alcohol and
drugs are believed to be the second biggest prob-lem in South African schools after a lack of re-sources and facilities. Fisher said underagedrinking can lead to concentration problems atschool. Thomas said binge drinking needs to bemade less socially attractive to teenagers.
Chester Williams, Johannes Hartzenberg en Vernon Gertze was deel van die groep hawelose mensewat Sondag die Somerset-Wes-area skoongemaak het. Die skoonmaak-projek is deur Andy Loughtonvan die Local Network of Care geïnisieer met die doel om die sentrale besigheidskern op te knapen 1 000 sakke vullis te kollekteer. FOTO: DELIAH BRINKHUIS
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Read in this week’sDistrictMail
) Truworths SW becomes 30thH’berg business to be
targeted by armed robbers) Rowers teiken Gordonsbaai-
huise) Weekend rugby match
reports Sir Lowry’s Pass opgetooi 2 Leerders betoon laaste eer 3 Cellar2Cellar trail run 8
Helderberg Gazette News - Nuus Tuesday 2 September 20142
Sir Lowry’s Pass verfraai’n Paar huise inSir Lowry’s Passhet onlangs ’nnuwe baadjie ge-kry.
Die huise, in dieRiverside-infor-mele area, is ge-verf ter ondersteu-ning van Mandela-dag en is dieinisiatief van SirLowry’s PassCommunity Em-powerment.
Dié organisasiebeywer hom omgeletterdheid inskole te bevorder,werkskepping tebewerkstellig en bestuur ook ondersteu-ningsprogramme vir bejaardes.
Volgens Camfer Serfontein, voorsittervan die organisasie, het hulle ’n leespro-gram in 2010 begin wat mettertyd geletterd-heid-, syfervaardigheid- en skoolgereed-heid-modules ingesluit het.
Serfontein sê dat die werkskeppingspro-jek in 2013 begin het toe hulle ’n skenkingvan verf van die Stonecor-maatskappy ont-vang het.
“Ons het dit ook as ’n geleentheid gesienom die dorpie te verfraai en waardigheiden trots te herstel,” vertel Serfontein.
Die organisasie het op Mandela-dag ’npaar besighede asook individue genaderom elk ’n huis te borg en ook self te komverf.
VolgensSerfonteinwasdieprojeksosuk-sesvol dat hulle dit ook vir volgende jaarbeplan.
Serfonteinnooimenseuitom’nhuis teenR1 250 te borg wat al die verf, kwaste en an-der benodigdhede dek.
Diegeldwat ingesamelword, saldanaan-gewend word vir die opvoedkundige pro-gramme by die skool. Navrae: 0 CamferSerfontein by 083 655 5590.
Vrywilligers besig met ’n huis se ‘nuwe baadjie’.
Kinders moet gesien word. . .LeerdersvanSt. PaulsPrimêr inFaureheton-langs ’n donasie van 50 glimvoorskote ont-vang.
Die voorskote is deur die nabygeleë Kelder-hof Country Village geborg, met die hulp vanraadslid John Heuvel.
Die inisiatief volg ná die dood van ’nSt.Pauls Primêr-leerder, Samkelo Nyale-la (12), op 3 Oktober verlede jaar. Samkelo wasop pad skool toe, toe hy deur ’n motor gestampis. Die oorhandigingseremonie is ook deur dieverkeersafdeling bygewoon, waar amptenareJohann Geswindt en Alicia Qaga ’n padveilig-heidspraatjie aan die 162 leerders gelewer het.
Sersant Charlton Cloete van die Macassar-polisie het op sy beurt die leerders aangemoe-dig om hul voorskote op te pas en dit te altyd,na en van die skool, te dra.
Roddy Wakeford, Kelderhof landgoed-bestuurder oor-handig die voorskote aan die leerders.
Die leerders vanSt. Pauls Primêrstaan hier trotsmet hulle glim-voorskote. Agteris Roddy Wake-ford,raadslidJohn Heuvel enskoolhoof Dian-ne Volminck.
Skoonhede Donderdag gekiesMacassar Hoërskool houop Donderdag 4 Septem-ber hul 2014 Mnr. en Mej.Macassar Hoër-skoon-heidskompetisie in dieskoolsaal.
Hope vermaak van san-gers en dansgroepe wagop gaste wat die geleent-heid bywoon.
Die konsert begin om19:00 en kaartjies is R20per persoon indien voor-af gekoop word, of R25 opdie aand by die deur.
Virnadereinligtingbel021 857 1090.
Dié meisies is verlede jaar se wenners, asook vanjaar se Mej Valentyn-wenners.Van links is Munibah Samuels, Andronichia Mouries en Morichin Fortuin.
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Bomb threatsat schoolsPolice are investigating a number of bombthreats after three schools received threatslast week.The incidents at Somerset West Primary
and Strand and Rusthof Secondary schoolsoccurred on Wednesday and Thursday lastweek. Strand Secondary was targeted twicewhen they received phone calls on Wednes-day and Thursday, while SomersetWest Pri-mary and Rusthof Secondary fell prey to thebomb threats on Thursday. Sgt MthokozisiGama of the Lwandle police said three callswere made to Rusthof Secondary just before13:00. Police responded and safely evacuatedthe learners.Anyonewithinformationcanphonethein-
vestigating officers Detective WO CarleighNoemdoe: 021 850 1335 at Somerset West po-lice, Lt-Col Franklin Plaatjies at Strand po-lice: 082 469 3359,DetectiveConstableZimasaNungu at Lwandle police: 082 522 1208 or 021845 2060 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
’n Stil en somber atmosfeer het Vrydagoggend oor die MacassarSekondêre Skool geheers tydens die roudiens vir Lee-Jane duPlessis wat verlede week vermoor is. Du Plessis ihet gesterfnadat sy vermoedelik deur haar kêrel, Fabio van Wyk (22) sebroer in die nek gesteek is. Die verdagte, Grant van Wyk (20),het gister (Maandag) weer in die hof verskyn op aanklagte vanmoord. Teen druktyd van die Helderberg Gazette was die hofuit-slag nog onbekend. Op die foto is die skoolkoor, wat ’n liedby die roudiens gesing het. FOTO: DALEEN FOUCHÉ
’n Stil en somber atmosfeer het Vrydagoggend oor die MacassarSekondêre Skool geheers tydens die roudiens vir Lee-Jane duPlessis wat verlede week vermoor is. Du Plessis ihet gesterfnadat sy vermoedelik deur haar kêrel, Fabio van Wyk (22) sebroer in die nek gesteek is. Die verdagte, Grant van Wyk (20),het gister (Maandag) weer in die hof verskyn op aanklagte vanmoord. Teen druktyd van die Helderberg Gazette was die hofuit-
’n Foto van Lee-Jane du Plessisis by die roudiens uitgestal.
Murders in Gordon’s BayGordon’sBayPolice are investigating twomurdercasesaftertwostabbingincidents.
A47-year-oldman died after hewas alleged-ly stabbed by his common-law wife, ElaineMatiya (52) on Saturday 24 August at 16:35 af-ter an argument. Matiya appeared in courtlast Monday, and was released on a warning
to appear again on 30 October.In another incident the followingday, a pas-
ser-by discovered the body of amanwithmul-tiple stab wounds at a look-out point on theR44 inGordon’sBayat 08:45. Familymemberslater identified the man.Anyone who can aidthe investigation can phone Detective Const.Advocate Solwandle on 021 856 2317/2677.
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Dealing with drug addictionCASSY VAN EEDEN
Discovering that someone closeto you is using drugs can comeas a shock.
Sarah Fisher, executive direc-tor of local treatment centre Hel-derberg Cares, says that how youreact to and deal with someone’sdrug use has a massive impact onwhether or not they continue touse drugs or not.If a family member, friend or
colleague tells you that theyhave a drug problem:Fisher says that the best thing
todo is to thankthemforconfidinginyou, then find themhelpas soonas you can. She added, “You needto support them while they go
throughtreatment,butdon’t try todo it yourself, because drug treat-ment is very complicated.”Fisher says that people should
never attempt to detox someonewithout professional help and shealso warns that people should notbelieve everything that they readon the Internet about drug addic-tion.She advises that people rather
approach a professional for accu-rate and effective information.According to Fisher the worst
thing you can do “is to tell themto ‘pull yourself together’, becauseit’s going to make them feelashamed and hopeless.”If you suspect a family mem-
ber, friend or colleague is usingdrugs:
Fisher advises that “you shouldnever plan to confront someonewithout a plan to help them.”She said the best way to get
through to the person is to explainthe signs or symptoms that youhaveobservedandhow thepersonhas changed.“Tell them that ‘itmakesme feel
very worried because you are notthe same person that you used tobe’.”She also says that confronting
the person while under the influ-ence of alcohol or drugs is nevera good idea.“Be kind, compassionate and
find out what help is available tothem,” she said.“A common misperception is
that treatment and advice is ex-
pensive and that the person has togo away for treatment,” says Fish-er. However, this is not the case.Helderberg Cares in SomersetWestoffersa freeout-patient treat-ment programme as well as infor-mation sessions that offer peopleinsight into:
) Understanding triggers andcravings in substance use
) Stages in substance-use re-covery
) Families and recovery fromsubstance use
) Inputs by Narcotics Anony-mous and Alcoholics Anonymous
) Treatment of substance useand the availability of treatmentsFor more information contact
If you suspect that a familymember, friendor colleaguehas a drug problem, it is best to not confront themwhen they are intoxicated or under the influence ofany substances. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: DELIAH BRINKHUIS
Deel jou ideesmet die stadInwonersvanMacassarhetnoudiegeleentheid omhulle opinie oor in-formele handel in die area te laattel. Die Stad Kaapstad nooi inwo-ners uit om kommentaar te lewerop die voorgestelde informele han-del-planvirMacassar. ’nOpenbarevergadering oor die plan sal plaas-vind op Maandag 1 September van13:00 tot 18:00 indieMacassar-raad-saal in die behuisingskantoor inBindlaan. Die Macassar informelehandel-plansalhierbeskikbaarge-maak word.Vir meer inligting, bel vir Shir-
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Entries open for Cellar2Cellar Trail RunTrail runners will be pleased to notethat the ever-popular Cellar2Cellartrail run and wine experience, whichstarts and finishes at Blaauwklippen,will be held on Saturday 6 September.
Amongthewine farmswhich theroutepasses through are: Blaauwklippen,Vriesenhof, Mont Marie and Dornier.Runners taking part in the trail run
may run either the 12 kmor 20 km route,both of which pass through spectacularvineyard surroundings without thewine-tasting pit stops.The formal trail runs start at 08:00 and
have exceptional wine prizes from par-ticipating wine estates up for grabs.The theme for this year’sWineExperi-
ence is Alice in Wonderland and partici-pants are encouraged to dress up.The best-dressed man and woman fun
seekers will be able to win their “weightin wine” with an additional R2 500 cashprize for the most dazzling outfit.WineExperienceparticipantswillalso
be able to buy wine en route and havethe wine delivered to them at the finishline, where the festivities will continuewith a farmers market and
entertainment.Besides tasting the wine, participants
will also be able to sample tantalisingtasters such as Portobello cheese andWedgewood nougat.Waterford Wine Estate is a must stop
for their ever-popular chocolate andwine pairings.The fun-filled Wine Experience starts
at 08:15 with a staggered start every 15minutes until 09:30 to ensure a leisurelyand jovial atmosphere at the cellar tast-ings.Mums with young children will be
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