www.bolandgazette.co.za bolandgazette.mobi Year 18 • Tuesday 3 June 2014 | Tel. 021 853 0211 Helderberg Read in this week’s DistrictMail )Fraud claims against advocate mount )Strand Sakekamer se groot planne )Man robbed of his bicycle and phone World Play Day at Cotlands 11 Safe transport for Helderberg children Kit sponsorship for SAPS football team 12 Petrol bombs and rocks were hurled at police attempting to enforce an eviction order on residents occupying about 180 illegal structures on land belonging to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) in Asanda Village, Lwandle. The violence erupted early on Monday morning (2 June) as the police moved into the township with armoured vehicles, stun bombs and tear gas. The police were met with aggressive resistance from disgruntled residents who told the Helderberg Gazette that they had nowhere else to go. At the time of going to print, clashes were still continuing in Asanda Village. Read more in Thursday’s DistrictMail and watch a video of the clashes on www.bolandgazette.co.za. PHOTO: DALEEN FOUCHE Asanda’s squatters evicted
)Fraud claims against advocatemount)Strand Sakekamer se grootplanne)Man robbed of his bicycle andphone World Play Day at Cotlands 11 Safe transport for Helderberg children Kit sponsorship for SAPS football team 12
Petrol bombs and rocks were hurled at police attempting to enforce an eviction order on residents occupying about 180 illegal structures on land belonging to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral)in Asanda Village, Lwandle. The violence erupted early on Monday morning (2 June) as the police moved into the township with armoured vehicles, stun bombs and tear gas. The police were met with aggressiveresistance from disgruntled residents who told the Helderberg Gazette that they had nowhere else to go. At the time of going to print, clashes were still continuing in Asanda Village. Read more in Thursday’s DistrictMailand watch a video of the clashes on www.bolandgazette.co.za. PHOTO: DALEEN FOUCHE
Asanda’s squatters evicted
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A 17-year-old man from Macassar appeared in theSomerset West Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 27May on charges of business burglary. This followsafter he was arrested in connection with a break-inat the Somerset West Primary School on Friday 23May. The suspectwas foundon the school’s premiseswith a set of school keys, sweets, chips and colddrink. Anyone who has additional information canphone Detective Constable Bongi Madolo on021 850 1407.
Crime Snippets
Girl rapedA 16-year-old girl was raped after accept-
ing a lift from a stranger in Somerset Weston Friday 23 May.According to a police report, the girl was
making her way from Helderberg Hospitalto town when a man driving a white vehicleoffered her a lift. The man however trans-ported her to Gordon Road, where she wasraped.The Somerset West Police are investigat-
ingacaseofrape.Noarrestshavebeenmade.Anyone with information can contact
021 360 4804.
Robbery suspects arrestedTwomen (aged 30 and 43) fromGugulethu
will appear in the Somerset West Magis-trate’sCourtonchargesofbusinessrobbery.This follows after four armedmen entered
a liquor store in SomersetWest around 17:55on Thursday 30 January 2014, and fled thescene with alcohol and an undisclosedamount of cash.Two of the men were arrested, and were
also linked to another robbery case.Warrant Officer Carleigh Nomdoe was
congratulated for her sterling efforts duringthe investigation.
Negligent drivingbeing investigatedCASSY VAN EEDEN
A report issued by the Lwandle Policestates that they are investigating the ac-cident that left six-year-old ThandekaMathainacriticalconditionduetosever-al severe injuries.
Sergeant Mthokozisi Gama, the spokes-person for the Lwandle Police, said that “acase of reckless and negligent driving wasopened and is being investigated by the po-lice”.The child, the daughter of local councillor
MbuyiseloMathaof sub-council 08 andward
85, was hit by a speeding taxi on 2 April inNomzamo and has been in hospital eversince.Thereport states that thechildwas“stand-
ing on the pavement and then suddenly ranacross the road and was knocked down bythe taxi”.The girl is still being treated at the Tyger-
bergHospital in CapeTown for a broken pel-vicbone,brokenlegandhandaswellasotherserious lower-body injuries.The Lwandle Police request that anyone
with information about the incident shouldcontact Detective Constable Mfundo Soyiyoon 021 845 2060.
Dagga seized: Members of the Lwandle Police arrested two men for the illegal possession of daggalast weekend (23-25 May), after receiving a tip-off from the public. This led them to a house inthe Ethembeni Informal Settlement in Nomzamowhere 38 parcels of dagga were seized. The suspects,Lusanda Zinyane (23) and Jericho Mpetsheni (46), were arrested and appeared in the Strand Magis-trate’s Court on Monday 26 May. The men were released on bail. Constables Gershwin Januaryand Freddy Baloyi of the Lwandle police show off the 38 parcels of dagga that were found.
New Macassar Police station commander: LieutenantColonel Sanele Eugene Zama has been ap-pointed as acting station commander at Ma-cassar Police station as of 12 May. The visionof the station commander is to reduce crimeby working with the community through CPF(Community Police Forums), local neighbour-hood watches, street committees and other in-dividuals or organisations involved in fightingcrime. The station commander also aims toboost themorale of themembers to better serv-ice delivery.
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Ensuring safe transportin the HelderbergCASSY VANEEDEN
The Amalgamat-edRushof ScholarTransport Associ-ation (RASTA) be-gan in 2013 whenconcerns arosethat learners inthe Helderbergwere not beingtransported safe-ly from school totheir homes eachday and vice ver-sa.
Mark Alloys,spokesperson andsecretary of the association, said that he andhis team became aware of the fact that mostlearnersmake use of transport where driversdo not have PDP licenses or even worse, nodriver’s licenseatall,which is illegalandverydangerous.Before they started RASTA, the drivers
sought out asmuch information as they couldabout running a non-profit organisation andhow to ensure that their associationwould becompletely “legal and professional,” he said.Alloys said that initially there were only
five drivers who transported up to 200 learn-ers daily from their homes to school and backto ensure that they are safe and protected.
However, af-ter a meetingheld on Thurs-day 29 May, afurther eightdrivers joinedtheassociation,allowing theteam to make afar bigger im-pact in theircommunities.He said that
the legal proc-ess toward be-coming a regis-tered non-prof-it organisation(NPO) tooksome time but
that RASTA became a registered NPO as ofApril this year.The association transports children from
all over the Helderberg “currently excludingLwandle, Nomzamo and Macassar,” he said.Alloys said that the RASTA team want to
be “more than just a transport organisation,we want to help our communities with othersocio-economic problems such as housing,drugs and alcohol.”Registered PDP drivers who would like to
join theorganisationcanattend theirmeetingon7Juneat16:00at theGustrouwsports fields.Readers who are interested can contact
Mark Alloys on 071 121 5733.
The team that started the Amalgamated Rushof Scholar Transport Associa-tion (RASTA). From left: Isaac Hendricks, Louis Jansen, Patrick Kirkwood,Peter Collins (deputy chairman), Mark Alloys (secretary) and JassonMajiet(chairman).
Petrol thieves target local fuel stationsTheLwandlePolicehave issuedawarningto petrol stations to be on the alert for pet-rol thieves.Sgt Mthokozi Gama, spokesperson for
the Lwandle Police, said a few incidentsof petrol theft have been reported. He saysthe suspects have targeted a petrol stationontheN2close toLwandleandanotheroneclose to Broadway Square in Strand.Gama said these motorists would have
their tanks filled and then speed awaywithout paying.He advised petrol attendants to:
ask for payment before filling up thecars
when payment is made with a card toask the driver of the vehicle to produce anID or driver’s licence to verify the nameon the card
to take details of the driver using acard and the car registration
check that security cameras are inworking condition
alwaysensurethat thelocalpolice-sta-tion or sector commander’s numbers areon hand.
Jasson Majiet (RASTA chairman and driver) and his daughter, Joslin Cloete, with some of the happy childrenhe transports to and from Temperence Town Primary School in Gordon’s Bay. PHOTO: JAMEY GORDON
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Leerders vir dagga getoets en sewe geskorsDELIAH BRINKHUIS
Sewe leerders aan die HoërskoolHottentots Holland is positief ge-toets vir dagga en geskors.
’n Leerder (16) is ook verledeweektydelik geskors nadat dagga, waar-mee hy vermoedelik op die skoolhandel gedryf het, in sy besit gevindisenhypositiefvirdiedwelmgetoetsis.Die dwelmtoetse is verledeWoens-dag op graad 8- tot graad 12-leerdersuitgevoer.DistriksPos het die skoolhoof,
Geoff van der Voort, om kommen-taargenaderoorwatdieaardvandiedwelmtoetse was – watter dwelm-toetse op hoeveel leerders uitgevoerisasookwatdie toetsegeïnisieerhet.Van der Voort het egter verkies omniekommentaar te lewernie, engesêhyworddeur “die onderwysdeparte-ment se professionele kode gebindom nie met die media te praat nie,”en het die DistriksPos na die media-kantoor van die Wes-Kaapse onder-wysdepartement (WKOD) verwys.Volgens Paddy Attwell, woord-voerder vir die WKOD, was daar ge-rugte van ’n leerder wat met dagga
opdie skoolhandel dryf en is diedag-gatoetse gevolglik uitgevoer. Hy sêleerdersmagvirdwelmsdeursoekofgetoets word indien vermoed wordhulle gebruik dwelms.Volgens Atwell is die ouers vanleerders wat positief vir dagga-ge-bruik getoets is, onmiddellik daar-van in kennis gestel, en is hulle vir’n tydperk van sewe dae geskors. Dienege dagga-stoppe is aan die polisieoorhandig, wat die voorval onder-soek.Volgens Attwell word dwelmmis-bruik in die WKOD se lewensoriën-terings-kurrikulum behandel en
werk die skool met gemeenskapsor-ganisasies om dwelmmisbruik tehanteer.
In ’n afsonderlike voorval hetdie WKOD ’n ondersoek gelas na be-werings dat die skool se o. 19-rugby-span die nuutverkose o. 18A-rugby-span met leergordels bygedam hettydens ’n onlangse inisiasie-ritueel.Die sessie het op Vrydag 17 Mei opdie skoolterrein plaasgevind. Vandie spelers is na bewering só geslaandat rooimerke op hul liggaamgelaatis. Die inisiasie het ook onder meer’n kaal bolyf-oefensessie, en die af-skeer van die spelers se hare inge-
sluit.Die rugbyafrigter was na bewe-
ring nie teenwoordig by die hele ont-groeningsessie nie en het gedurendedie laaste deel van die sessie by diespanne aangesluit.Attwell het namens die skool kom-mentaar gelewer en gesê nóg dieskoolhoof, nóg die afrigter was be-wus daarvan dat spelersmet gordelsgeslaan is. Attwell sê die WKOD be-skou bewerings van ontgroening byskole in ’n ernstige lig omdat dit on-wettig is. Volgens Attwell het dieskool sowel as dieWKODse distriks-kantoor ’n ondersoek gelas.
Reward for stolen puppiesCASSY VAN EEDEN
Two pitbull puppies werestolen out of the garden ofa Victoria Park residencelast week Wednesday (21May).Somerset West localYolande Venter has beenhelping her neighbour giveher puppies out for adop-tion. And when she arrivedhome on Wednesdayevening, her neighbouraskedherif threeof thepup-pies had been sold. Theyboth then realised thatthree of the puppies hadbeen stolen.A police officer who livesnearby told Venter that hehad seen a man dressed inblue jeans and a blue topoutside the property and gave Venter a de-scription of the man.On the Thursday morning, Venter and
her neighbour realisedthat one of the puppieshad returned. “He wastotally distressed,starving and veryscared,” she said, “whoknows what happenedto him out there.”Venter suspects thatthe puppy managed toescape the thief at somepoint and return home.The Somerset WestPolice have confirmedthat a case for theft hasbeen opened.A reward of R3 000 isbeing offered for thesafe return of the twodogs.Contact YolandeVenter on 076 331 8558or Sergeant Nel of the
Somerset West Detective Services on021 850 1344 if you have any information.
These two pitbull puppies were stolenfrom a residence in Victoria Park onWednesday last week.
Soup kitchen seeks new homeDALEEN FOUCHÉ
The Helderberg Street People’s Centre inSomerset West is facing some difficult deci-sionsas its current leasewith theCityofCapeTownwas not renewed during full council onThursday.The lease was not renewed and in fact, therenewal of the lease would be considered anillegal decision according to the city’s by-laws, as the municipal building situated inVictoria Street is earmarked as part of theproposed transport hub for Somerset West.The proposed SomersetWest Public Trans-port Interchange that aims to improve publictransport, is still in the concept design phaseand a detailed design is only expected to becompleted by the end of winter.Ian Greer, chairperson of the HelderbergStreet People’s Centre, says he is not sur-prised by the recommendation because therehad been discussions with the City of Cape
Town beforehand. He does, however, feel dis-appointed by the decision and believes itwould not be too much of a burden for theCity of Cape Town to keep the centre in thebuildingonamonth tomonthbasisuntil suchtime that the premises are needed for thetransport hub.Council allowed the centre to operate in thecurrent premises until September. The cen-trehasbeen renting thepremises onamonth-to-month basis for the past two years.The centre has appointed an estate agentto find new premises, but Greer says so farthe search has not produced anything suita-ble.The Helderberg Street People’s Centrefeeds about 200 people a day at the centre andfrom there food is distributed to a further 800to 1 000 people in various communities. Thecentre also provides people with clothes andblankets and employs five local people. It wasestablished in 2001 by a group of churches.
Bekende vroedvrou oorledeIngridOliphant, ’n verpleegsustervan Macassar, het haar stryd teenkanker verloor en is op Sondag 25Mei oorlede.Haar dood laat ’n voelbare leem-te, nie net in haar gesin en familienie, maar ook in die mediese velden in die breë gemeenskap.Sy word onthou as die vrou wathaarman, SimonOliphant, ’n oud-polisiesersant en kwadrupleeg virdie laaste 25 jaar, liefdevol versorghet.Haarkinders,Marcelle,Emileen Taryn-Lee kan hul skaars ’n le-we sonder haar voorstel. Haarmoederlike toewyding, liefde en ondersteu-ning sal hul ewig bybly en hiervandaan bou-stene vir hul pad vorentoe wees.Haar skoonfamilie en intiemevriendeont-hou haar vir haar liefde, raad, ondersteu-
ning en mediese kundigheid. On-der haar kollegas sal sy onthouword vir haar liefde en passie virhaar werk, wat ook gesien konword in die feit dat sy haar tot diehoogste vlak gekwalifiseer het asvroedvrou.In die breë gemeenskap staan sybekend as die “verpleegster watkinders vang”. Dít was haar ken-merkendishoebaie indiegemeen-skap haar sal onthou.Sy het ook gedien as diakones opdie kerkraad van die VGK Ge-meente te Macassar.
’n Roudiens is om 19:00 op Woensdag 28Mei gehou, en die begrafnisdiens is om 08:30op Saterdag 31 Mei in die VGK Gemeente inMacassar gehou. Vir meer inligting, bel021 857 4645.
Ingrid Oliphant
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Plak vir jou sakDieDistriksPosstuurvolgendemaand’n opwindende kompetisie vir toege-wydelesersvanstapel.DiePlakvirjousak-kompetisie begin op 5 Junie en le-sers staan ’n kans om ’n lam te wen.Omin te skryfmoet lesersoordie loopvan ses weke hulle oë oop hou vir diePlak vir jou sak- blokkie in die Dis-triksPos. Al die blokkies moet byme-
kaar gemaak word en op die legkaart(wat ook in die DistriksPos sal ver-skyn) in regte volgorde geplak word.Groot pryse is opdie spel endie geluk-kige wenner sal ’n lam (geborg deurCinnamonSquare Spar)wen. Tweedeprys is ’nR1 000 (geborgdeurDistriks-Pos) en derde prys is driemaande gra-tis intekening op die DistriksPos.
Meer treine, nie ’n volkstaat, nie misdaad nieHelderberg makeer ekstra trein-roete
Pendelaars,pendelaarsnetwaarjy kyk in Van der Stel.Vra dit nie vir’n stasie nader aan Nomzamo nie?Wat van ’n trein wat gereeld na SirLowry’sPass - soalomdieuur,gaan?Die Helderberg word reeds afge-skeep met treine wat net nou en danverby kom, maar vanaf Eersterivieris treine volop. SammyNo to extra liquor trading hoursWhy extend the hours for buying
liquor? This will cause drunk peopleto cause more accidents and moreheartache. Children suffer and arehungry and cold without good care.
The poor just to have a bottle of thisrubbish.Whynot rathercloseall bot-tle stores? Be a good thing for allWestern Cape people, I beg you!
VerkiesingPSteyn,meeras77%vankiesers
indieHelderberg stemgladnie saamdat die DA ’n dooie alliansie is nie.Inteendeel, hulle weet die DA staansterkenlewerdiensteaanaldiemen-se. Gaan soek elders na ’n volkstaat.OnsDA-kiesers soek nie ’n volkstaathier nie.Bernadette Rossi skep haar toe-
komsBernadette Rossi, jy’s ’n vrou
van staal en gaan nog ver kom metjou kamera! Jy wag nie vir handoutssoos wat ANC-en DA-ondersteunersdoen met kospakkies nie! Hulle wagnet vir daai gebraaide hoendertjiemet skyfies! Bernadette, jy skep joueie goue-pakkie-toekoms!Smit, Strand
Dinge gaan vererger in SADieeendingwatekindieHelder-
berg wil hê moet gebeur, is nie netdatmisdaaduitgeroeimoetwordnie,maar die grense moet gesluit word.Anders floreer misdaad verder! Kri-minele en dwelmsmokkelaars komoor die grense en kom baljaar in SA!
In2011wasekenmysusteralbeislag-offers van ’n bende wat in die vroeëoggendure my suster se rekenaarkom steel het! Elke tweede persooninSAsekansom’nslagoffervanmis-daad te word is baie goed! SA wordtans gevangene gehou deur tweeANC-partye, die ANC-regering endie DA (tweede ANC). Albei stremekonomiese groei en werkskepping!Albei kan nie eens 6% groeikoershaal nie, terwyl bendes van dieKaapna Strand, Somerset-Wes en Stellen-bosch stroom! SA is in ’n lelike dood-loopstraat, dinge gaan erger raak.Rynhardt, Somerset-Wes
Dankie vir teeDankie vir teeOns bedank graag die borge en men-sewatonsonlangsehigh tea, tenbatevan die Hoërskool Macassar se ma-trikulante, ’n sukses gemaak het: DeJagers SomersetMall,Moulana Sha-hied Alexander, Peter en AdelaideWilschut,DJStan,FranklinenMari-ca Sedwick, Loretta Engelbrecht,Lindell Paulse, Faradibah Pastor,
Tiema, N&FSupermark, ArjoenMo-tors, Wafra, raadslid John Heuvel,Ganief Darries - Maccsand,Melvin’sTransport, mnr.P.Cohen, Theo Fa-nusCBA,JoaneBrink,dieMacassar-gemeenskap, die onderwysers vanHoërskool Macassar en skoolhoof Y.Abrahams, Fadiah Johnson.
BERYL UYS
Vrywilligers verbonde aan die Verenigende Gereformeerde Kerk (VGK) in Macas-sar het onlangs ’n projek van stapel gestuur om op Woensdae sop uit te deelby die kerk, om sodoende kos aan talle mense te voorsien. Helena Steenkamp(links) en Bealiane Harnick, het dit op hulle self geneem om die sop bestanddelete koop, die sop te maak en uit te deel. Enige hulp van die gemeenskap salverwelkom word. Bel vir Steenkamp op 073 333 2595
Fines forelectionpostersPoliticalpartieswhoparticipat-ed in this year’s national elec-tionswere given until 22May toremove all campaign posterswithin the City of Cape Towndistrict. Inthestandardelectionrules, parties have 10 days afterelections to remove all posters.However, this deadline was ex-tended in theCityofCapeTown.“We have decided to give theparties a few extra days’ graceto remove posters,” said cityspokespersonPriyaReddy.Par-ties who had not removed theirposters by 22 May will bechargeda fineofR88.40perpost-er or R126.90 per pasted poster.
All political parties who still have posters up in the Helderberg willbe fined. PHOTO: DELIAH BRINKHUIS
Children have the right to playCASSY VAN EEDEN
Wednesday28MaywasWorldPlay Day, a day that focuseson a child’s right to play.Cotlands in Somerset West
held an exciting event in cele-brationof thedayat theirEar-ly Childhood DevelopmentCentre in Macassar (see pic-tures on page 11).I attended the event and it
gotme thinkingabout theval-ue of playing as a child.It isasadfact inourcountry
thatmanychildrenare forcedto take on responsibilitiesthat are meant for peoplemuch older than them due toa variety of circumstances.Oftenchildrenwillhave tobe-come the head of the house-hold and will be expected toleaveschool toworkor tocare
for younger children.This will of course mean
that the child will have verylittle timetoengagewiththeirhomework and to play.So these situations are a
double whammy really, notonly is the child forced to takeon an adult’s roles, but theyare unable to fulfil their fun-damental right to play.As the CEO of Cotlands
said, “some people see play asfrivolous.” Many people as-sume that children just playbecause that’s what childrendo. But what many people donot realise is just how vital
the role of play is in a child’slife.Throughout childhood,
playing lays a strong founda-tion for future learning, itbuilds up self-confidence andteacheschildren tobecuriousand creative.Did you not learn that a
square peg does not fit into around hole or that mixingblue and red paintmakes pur-ple through play?Mypoint is, do not underes-
timate the power of play, nev-er discourage a child fromplaying -exceptwhenit isbed-time of course - and most im-portantly, spend time playingwith your child. Childrenhave the right to be cared forand to feel safe, but they alsohave the right to play, whichin my opinion as important.
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Masikhule, a local organisation that empowers teachers at Early Childhood Devel-opment Centres, received over R3 500 in cash from the Playhouse Theatre lastweek. They received R5 for every ticket that was sold for the Playhouse’s latestproduction of To Kill a Mockingbird. From left: Sandy Immelman (Masikhulemarketingandcommunicationsmanager), LindsaySmall (chairmanof theHotten-tots Holland Dramatic Society) and Léanne Keet (Masikhule’s founding director).
Badisa provides vital services in communityCASSY VAN EEDEN
Badisa Strand is a community organisation,established in 2003, that works specificallywith children in the Helderberg.One of the vital services that they provide
is an aftercare programme that children canattend after school, to focus on their home-work with assistance from volunteers. Thelearners at the aftercare also receive lunchmade at Badisa from ingredients that are do-nated by various sponsors in theHelderberg.
After their afternoon session, Odette Gor-don, the aftercare coordinator, drives all thechildren to their homes.The aftercare operates from 14:00 to 15:30
every afternoon at the Badisa Strand premis-es. The programme is currently registered toassist up to 30 children of which about 20 at-tend the aftercare facilities daily. Fees for theaftercare vary from as little as R20 per week.Badisa also has four social workers who
deal with various issues that children andtheir families experience. They deal primari-
lywith foster care children and oversee theircare in foster homes. Through their Parent-ing Skills Programme, Badisa also providesguidance to parents so that they are able toraise their children.Theorganisationspendsa lot of timeworking on family re-unificationand providing children and parents with in-valuable life skills.The organisation also works with some of
the local daymothers to ensure that childrenin their care are being adequately preparedfor entry into Grade R.
Although Badisa receives a governmentsubsidy, they are always in need of assist-ance. The centre desperately needs assist-ance in the printing of their newsletters andAGM documents and would greatly appreci-ate clothingandblanketdonations for adults,childrenandbabies.Badisawouldalsoappre-ciate any sponsorship towards the purchas-ing of a mini bus to transport the children.Readers can contact Odette Gordon on
021 853 1888 to enquire about making dona-tions.
Kom dansby skoolDr Joubert laerskool bied opVrydag 6 Junie ’n snack dan-ce aan.Die dans sal in die nu-we skoolsaal plaasvind metKalliesDance-orkeswatdan-sers op hulle voete sal hou.Kaartjies, teen R60 elk, kanby die skool gekoop word.Ouers en belangstellendesword gevra omdie funksie teondersteun ten bate van diesaal. Vir verdere inligtingbel 021 853 7422.
Youth Day atSomchem HallTheCapeMethodistUnitwill cel-ebrate National Youth Day at thethe Somchem Hall on Monday 16June.The celebrations will be pre-
ceded by a procession, starting atthe Methodist Church at 08:30.The event, with the theme “To-
gether, Disciples of All Nations,”is hosted by the Helderberg Cir-cuit. An entry fee of R5 will bechargedandrefreshmentswillbeon sale.For further information con-
tact the events administratorCoulette Kennel on 082 694 0643or [email protected]
Abigail James, beterbekend as Koekie,tree op Maandag 7Junie in die Somer-set-Wes Stadsaalop. Die optrede isgetiteld, Abby vs.Koekie, en beloofomalmal ophul voe-te te hê. Verskeiegaskunstenaars salsaammet James dieverhoog deel en Ja-mes se CD sal ookby die geleentheid tekoop aangebiedword. Toegang: R50per persoon. Virmeer inligting, bel084 791 1798.
’n Skootrekenaar vir jou skool?Wil jy in aanmerking komom ’n skoot-rekenaar vir jou skool te wen?DiesewetitelsvanBolandMedia (die
Gazette, DistriksPos,Hermanus Times,Eikestadnuus, Paarl Post, WorcesterStandard enWeslander) wil een skoot-rekenaar vir een skool in ons versprei-dingsgebied weggee. Jy kan ons helpom ’n wenner te kies!Ons soek stories by leerders van alle
skole in die Boland,Weskus, Overbergen Helderberg oor waarom hul skooldie Beste in die Boland is. Hulle moetdit op ons webwerf laai, en ons publi-seer dit dan onder die Jeugjoernalis-af-deling op ons webwerf vir al ons lesersom te sien. Die idee is nie om te besluitwatter skool is waarlik die beste in diestreek nie,maar eerderwatter skool seleerders vir ons die beste en mees en-toesiastiese motiverings gestuur het.As ons jou storie gepubliseer het,
“share” dit op Facebook of twiet dit opTwitter. Moedig jou maats aan om ookin te skryf envergroot jouskool sekansom te wen.Onswilgraaghêjymoetonswebwerf
ontdek en dat dit somaklik is soos 1-2-3om jou nuus op ons webwerf te publi-seer en te deel – nie net tydens die kom-petisie nie, maar heeljaar deur. Dit isvinnig, daar is onbeperkte spasie, ditkan gedeel word, en dit gaan oor jou.Hoe skryf jy in?Registreer as gebruiker op ons web-
werf (jy kan ook met Facebook regi-streer). Klik dan op “Tell your story”.Die aanlynvormpiewat dan verskyn isso maklik om te gebruik soos Face-book.Dit is belangrik om jou naam en van
in te vul, ’n foto van jouself op te laaien ook jou skool se naamêrens te noem(dit is verbasend hoe maklik ’n mensdit vergeet!).Stories moet ongeveer 300 woorde
lank wees en kan tot die einde van dieJulie-vakansie opgelaai word. Ons saldie wenner in die eerste week van dienuwe kwartaal aankondig.Wat die wenskoolmet die skootreke-
naar doen, is heeltemal hul eie besluit.Gaan dus na www.bolandgazet-
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Fun and games for children at World Play DayCASSY VAN EEDEN
Cotlands in Somerset West held aspecial event for young childrenat their EarlyChildhoodDevelop-ment Centre in Macassar onWednesday last week (28 May).Cotlands, whose aim is to developtomorrow’s leaders, believestrongly in a child’s right to play.
“Somepeople seeplayas frivolous,but for young children it’s the foun-dation of life-long learning,” saidJackie Schoeman, CEO of Cotlands.“It’s more than just play,” she said,“even the simplest of games can helpunlock skills required for formallearning.”The theme for this year’s World
Play Day was children’s rights andresponsibilities, which focusedmostly on teaching children abouttheir rights.“Due to numerous circumstances
many children have to assume adultroles and responsibilities,” saidSchoeman, “and it leaves little timeforschoolworkandeven less time forplay.”The event inMacassarhadnumer-
ous play stations involving all kindsof activities from dancing, arts andcrafts, obstacle courses and hop-scotch.The stations were run by volun-
teers from all over the Helderberg,whogaveuptheir timetonurture theyoungmindsof thechildrenwhopar-ticipated in Wolrd Play Day.
Megan October and Margot Vrydenburg from Nokthemba DayCare attended the Cotlands World Play Day event in Macassarand enjoyed dancing with the other learners at the music station.
PHOTOS: CASSY VAN EEDEN
Drenvel Demas, Chanté Poole, Valencia Hop, Kiesha Fransmanand Duan Daniels discuss children’s rights and responsibilitiesas per the World Play Day theme.
Jordan Janse van Rensburg and Tershia Davidsdecorate their crafts at the play dough stationat Cotlands in Macassar.
Cotlands staff pose with the fantastic cake made especially for World Play Day.From left: Marilyn Simons, Sylvia Consul, Cindy Lucas and Thandi Sawuti.
Sanet Davids, adonor from Pickn Pay, plays withBianca van Wykand JosephJacobs at thearts and craftsstation.
A group of Cotlands children participate in an exciting game of musical chairs.
Kit sponsorship for SAPS football teamPick n Pay Sports Against CrimeSouthAfrica (SACSA), inpartner-shipwiththeSouthAfricanPoliceServices, recently supplied Hel-derberg Football Club with muchneeded soccer kit.
The soccer team is a part of theStrand SAPS and falls under theKhayelitsha SAPS cluster.Themanageroftheclub,Constable
Anele Medu, approached VincentDaniels, President of SACSA, to askif his organisation and Strand SAPSwould be able to sponsor the clubwith soccer equipment.Daniels said he realised that the
clubwas indesperateneedof jerseys,shorts, socks, kit bags and soccerballs, which he, with help from
Strand SAPS, was able to obtain andsupplied the football club with thekit.The Station Commissioner, Colo-
nel Shaun van Wyk of the StrandSAPS, thanked Daniels and SACSAfor assisting with the sponsorshipand for agreeing to support and as-sist the Helderberg Football Clubmore in future wherever possible.Daniels said he was pleased to see
more and more SAPS stations be-coming actively involved in varioussporting codes and that his organisa-tion would be happy to assist themwith sporting equipment whereverpossible.Formore information on the SAC-
SAorganisationphoneVincentDan-iels on 082 8651 144.
SPONSORSHIP: Vin-cent Daniels, ofSports Against CrimeSouth Africa (secondfrom left) handing oversoccer kit to (left)Const Anele Medvu(Manager of the Hel-derberg FootballClub). With them areColonel Shaun vanWyk of the StrandSAPS (second fromright) and ConstableNireshni Joseph.
Macassar-jeugrugbyspanneskop die seisoen goed afDie Macassar-jeugrugbyspanne, wat verbon-de is aan dieMacassar Rugbyklub, het die sei-soen al baie rugby gespeel en tot dusver hullegoed van hul taak kwyt.JosephNoble, eenvandie jeugrugby-organi-
seerders, noem dat al die spanne (van o. 7 toto. 13) reeds aan die Florida ParkWP toernooi,die Mini Spur Toernooi, asook twee ligawed-stryde en aan dieWP-proewe deelgeneemhet.Die spelers het die klub se naam hoog gehou.“Onsgetallehetdie afgelope tydvermeerder
en ons seuns is baie entoesiasties en sien uitna elke oefensessies en wedstryde.“Tanshetonsnog ’nspeler indieWP-proewe
watgevorderhet totdievierderonde,watweerhervateindeJulieendieklub isnatuurlikbaietrots op dié prestasie.“Metonstweetuisligawedstrydewasditver-
blydend om soveel ouers, veral die mammasteenwoordig te sien langsdieveld.Baiedankievir die belangstelling – die seuns speel ’n beterwedstryd as julle langs die veld staan,” hetNo-ble gesê.Die Macassar-jeugrugbyklub se oefentye is
vanaf 15:30 tot 16:30 elke Dinsdag en Donder-dag by die Macassar-rugbyklub se velde.Vir meer inligting oor die jeugrugby bel Jo-
seph Noble by 083 5052 854.
Macassar (blue jerseys) and Collegians play-ers fight for ball possession during the matchplayed at theMacassar sports grounds on Sat-urday. A gale force North Westerly wind whichprevailed throughout the match, made playingconditions for both sides extremely diffi-cult.The game ended in a 10 all draw.
POTOS: PETER BEE
Draw forMacassar,Collegians
One thing that you can count on...rain orshine, and that’s if Macassar Rugby Clubis playing, their supporters will be there.
