www.bolandgazette.co.za bolandgazette.mobi Year 18 • Tuesday 4 February 2014 | Tel. 021 853 0211 Helderberg A mother hastily gathers her young children from the site where their home is being demolished. PHOTOS: ILLANA FRANTZ A nyala truck carrying barbed wire was on standby. Workers breaking down one of the illegally erected structures. Hundreds homeless Hundreds homeless after eviction after eviction CASSY VAN EEDEN AND ILLANA FRANTZ Hundreds of Lwandle residents were forcefully evicted on land in Asanda Village yesterday (Mon- day) and were left stranded, many without their essential belong- ings. This follows after about 300 resi- dents of other areas in Lwandle ille- gally had started setting up camp on a stretch of land belonging to South African National Roads Agency Lim- ited (Sanral) since 4 January. Since then, residents of two complexes in Guldenland, Strand have been in the process with Sanral to obtain an in- terdict to have the squatters re- moved. On Monday hundreds of po- lice and law enforcement officers de- scended upon the illegally occupied area to oversee the eviction process. The residents were barricaded on the pavement across the road and watched helplessly as their homes were being broken down. Captain JP du Toit from the Lwandle police, says the sheriff of the court was sent out to enforce the eviction order, which Sanral had obtained on 24 January. The Helderberg Gazette was unable to obtain the contents of the court or- der. When the Helderberg Gazette ar- rived on the scene, crowds of onlook- ers were restrained by police barri- cades. Masses of law enforcement officers, dressed in riot gear, were lined up facing the crowds with shields. The officers were also geared with gas masks, teargas and fire- arms. Attempting to salvage their homes and possessions, a few residents car- ried sheets of corrugated iron from the site before their homes were be- ing demolished. One of the affected residents, Mothito Ntandi, says she now has no place to stay. “We will have to go to the streets or live under bridges.” A number of structures were marked with red spray paint to prevent them from being demol- ished. According to Du Toit, the own- ers of these structures have Sanral’s permission to live on the land as their previous homes in Pholile Park were flooded. Du Toit adds that a con- tingency plan is in place to prevent the illegal occupants from re-erect- ing on the site. The Helderberg Ga- zette asked Sanral how many illegal structures were demolished and when the permission was granted for the legal structures to be erected, but at the time of going to print, no com- ment was received. *Also see videos on www.bolandga- zette.co.za. Distressed residents who were evicted look on as their homes are being demolished.
Hundreds of Lwandle residentswere forcefully evicted on land inAsanda Village yesterday (Mon-day)andwere left stranded,manywithout their essential belong-ings.
This follows after about 300 resi-dents of other areas in Lwandle ille-gally had started setting up camp ona stretch of land belonging to South
AfricanNationalRoadsAgencyLim-ited (Sanral) since 4 January. Sincethen, residents of two complexes inGuldenland, Strand have been in theprocess with Sanral to obtain an in-terdict to have the squatters re-moved. On Monday hundreds of po-lice and law enforcement officers de-scended upon the illegally occupiedarea to oversee the eviction process.Theresidentswerebarricadedonthepavement across the road andwatched helplessly as their homeswere being broken down. Captain JP
duToit fromtheLwandlepolice, saysthe sheriff of the court was sent outto enforce the eviction order, whichSanral had obtained on 24 January.The Helderberg Gazette was unableto obtain the contents of the court or-der. When theHelderbergGazette ar-rived on the scene, crowds of onlook-ers were restrained by police barri-cades. Masses of law enforcementofficers, dressed in riot gear, werelined up facing the crowds withshields.Theofficerswerealsogearedwith gas masks, teargas and fire-
arms.Attempting to salvage their homesand possessions, a few residents car-ried sheets of corrugated iron fromthe site before their homes were be-ing demolished. One of the affectedresidents, Mothito Ntandi, says shenow has no place to stay. “We willhave to go to the streets or liveunderbridges.” A number of structureswere marked with red spray paint toprevent them from being demol-ished.According toDuToit, the own-ers of these structures have Sanral’s
permission to live on the land astheirprevioushomes inPholileParkwere flooded.DuToit adds thatacon-tingency plan is in place to preventthe illegal occupants from re-erect-ing on the site. The Helderberg Ga-zette asked Sanral how many illegalstructures were demolished andwhenthepermissionwasgranted forthe legal structures to be erected, butat the time of going to print, no com-ment was received.*Also see videos on www.bolandga-zette.co.za.
Distressed residents who were evicted lookon as their homes are being demolished.
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Final weekend forvoter registrationCASSY VAN EEDEN
This coming weekend (8 – 9 Febru-ary) is the last voter registrationopportunity for the upcomingelections.
Residents in Strand can register atLochnerhof Primary School, thoseliving in Nomzamo and surroundingareas can register at Solomon Qatya-na Primary School and residentsfrominandaroundGustrowcanreg-ister at Masjied Dul Ummah Com-plex Daycare.
Somerset West residents may reg-isterattheLifeChurchonMainRoadopposite Waterstone Village or atParel Vallei High School. People liv-ing in the Rusthof area may registeratSt.John’sAnglicanChurch. InMa-cassar the registration venue isChristen Gemeente church in BellGlen and Firgrove residents mayregister at Firgrove Primary School.
Gordon’s Bay residents may regis-ter at Temperence Town Primary
School and people living in Lwandlemay n to Hector Pietersen MemorialLibrary.Votingregistrationwill runfrom 08:00 to 17:00 on Saturday andSunday.
All that is required to register isyourgreenbar-codedIDbookoryourbar-coded smartcard ID.
The last voter registration opportunity is this week-end (8 - 9 February).
Make sure you cross the road safelyCASSY VAN EEDEN
Recently, I have nearly been involved in several acci-dents as a result of school children crossing the roadunsafely. Children have often walked in front of mycar without even checking the road before they cross.I have also seen learners running accross the N2 atpeaktraffichourswithvery little regard for the trafficaround them. According to the South African Nation-al Roads Agency (SANRAL), nearly half of the deathsthat occur on South African roads are of pedestrians.
Chief Inspector of the City of Cape Town Traffic De-partment, Eric Swanepoel, says the departmentpresents lectures about road safety at all the schools.Swanepoel says the department also spends timetraining both scholar patrols and part-time traffic at-tendants.
Here are some important rules that everyoneshould follow when crossing a road:
•Find a safe place to cross the road, like a zebra orpedestrian crossing. If possible, use bridges that runabove roads to get across it.
•If you cannot find one of the above, choose a placewhereyoucanseeclearlyalong theroad inbothdirec-tions.
•Once you have chosen a safe place to cross, stopand stand on the pavement, you should be out of theway of the traffic but still able to see all around you.
•Look both ways: Take time to look both left andright before you cross.
•Do not rush. First look around and listen for cars
before you start walking.• Wait until the traffic has passed and only cross
when there is a safe gap and you are sure that thereis enough time for you to make it all the way acrossthe road.
•Keep looking both ways and listening for carswhilst you cross.
•Make sure drivers can see you, especially at night.Wear brightly coloured clothing and do not jump intothe road from behind cars parked on the road sides.
•Neverrun.Runningacross theroadmaymeanthatdrivers do not see you and are not expecting you tocross the road.
•Never expect that a car will stop for you to crossa road. Always wait for a car to come to a completestop before you cross in front of it.
•Remember, it’s better to arrive late than not at all.
Two pupils crossing a road in Strand safely.PHOTO: CASSY VAN EEDEN
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Drugs seized in MacassarTik with an estimated value ofR40 000 was confiscated in Macas-sar last Wednesday.
According to Macassar Policespokesperson Constable ChrisyYoung, R27 750 in cash was also foundin the black Opel Corsa transportingthe 250 g of drugs along MacassarWay. Young says two men, one a Ma-cassar resident (31) and theotheraNi-gerian national (23), were arrested onthe scene. The men were charged forthe illegal possession of drugs. Youngwasunsureofwhenthemenwouldap-pear in court, but says it would besoon.
In another successful operation thepolice seized 19 bags of dagga from aToyota Quantum just after midnighton Wednesday 22 January. Accordingto Young police spotted the Quantumin densely vegetated area next to Ma-cassar Way and found the dagga wheninvestigating the vehicle. Accordingto Young the dagga has an estimatedvalue of R142 500.
Aman(31) fromKhayelitshawasar-rested and has since appeared in theSomerset West Magistrate’s Court oncharges of possession of dagga.
Members of the Macassar Police who confiscated tik worthR40 000 and arrested the two men who was in possessionof the drugs. At the back from the left are Capt Donovan leRoux (Head: Visual Policing) Constables Charlton Cloete andSiyabonga Mbuyana; (front): Constables Sibusiso Madlaloseand Marco Pekeur and Sgt. Deon Dalziel.
Scammed in StrandCASSY VANEEDEN
A 23 year oldStrand residentwas scammedand robbed onThursday (29January) at approximately21:15. A woman appeared ather door asking to use herbathroom and for money topay for petrol at a petrol sta-tion where her car was being‘held hostage’, because shecouldnot pay for thepetrol astheATMswallowedher bankcard.
Whilstusingthebathroom,the thief stole over R5 000worth of jewellery from theresident’sbedroomandmadeaway with R200 cash for the
petrol. The Caucasian wom-an called herself Lee-Ann,said that she was 30 years oldand claimed she lived nearbyin De Villiers Street. She leftin a grey car with a CAnumber plate. Helderbergresidents are warned to notlet any strangers into theirhouses to use the bathroomor give anyone money, nomatter how desperate theymay seem.
See more on this story inthis week’s DistrictMail.
Donations for animals stolenCollection tinsofTheAni-mal Rescue Organisation(ARO) have been stolen.These tins bring in overR12 000 per month andover a thousand tins areplaced on the counters ofvarious shops in the CapeMetropole, including theHelderberg. Recently, in-dividuals posing as mem-bersof theAROhavebeenremoving the tins.
“This significantamount of money assistsus greatly and despite therecent thefts, members ofthe public wanting to do-nate money should nothesitate to do so,” said Jessica Perrins,
ARO communicationsand events coordinator.
Perrinsadded that theyhave a snapshot of a sus-pected thief who has beenseen in the Helderberg.Copieshavebeengiven toall shop managers as wellas the police.
“Wearekeeping a closeeye on all our tins and itis now compulsory thateach tin is secured to theshop counter by a chain.Only persons with an IDcard may collect a tin andthey must also provide areplacement tin.”
People with informa-tion can phone the ARO on 021 396 5511.
Collection tins like these belongingto the Animal Rescue Organisationwere stolen.
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Macassar-woonstelle opgradeerCASSY VAN EEDEN
Die Macassar-woonstelle word tans deur dieStad Kaapstad opgegradeer.Die verf van die 52woonstelblokke se dakke
is onlangs voltooi.Die opgraderingsproses is egter nog nie vol-
tooi nie, en sluit ook in die bou van ’n laagop die buitemure van die woonstelle.Volgens raadslid Tandeka Gqada, burge-
meesterskomiteelid vir menslike nederset-tings, is die Brick Skin Project in Januarie diéjaar van stapel gestuur.Dié projek behels die konstruksie van ’n ad-
disionele buitemuur wat om die bestaandemuur gebou sal word. Volgens Gqada sal ditas ’n insuleerder dien en die temperatuur indie woonstelle beter reguleer.Volgens raadslid John Heuvel beteken die
opgradering baie vir die inwoners van diewoonstelle sowel as die res van die gemeen-
skap.Heuvel sê dat die ekstra laag opdiemureook sal help met die probleem van klammig-heid in woonstelle.
Die 52 woonstelle in Macassar se dakke is onlangsgeverf as deel van ’n opgraderingsproses.FOTO: CASSY VAN EEDEN
RECOGNITION OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Staff members of Shoprite in Macassar were awarded witha certificate for the successful completion of an emergency exercise, which was held on 16 October2013. During this exercise, the store’s emergency preparedness was tested by means of a simulatedarmed robbery. Various city emergency services, including the Metro Ambulance and SAPS Macassar,were involved in the exercise. The certificate was issued by the City’s Disaster Risk Managementand is valid for one year. Pictured are the officers, officials and staff who were involved in the exercise.
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Helderberg Gazette-lesers se kommentaarDuiwe-diewe gaan hulle rieme styf loof
My boodskap gaan aan al die duiwe die-we.Dit is nie die eerste keer dat julle by myseun, wat ’n duiweboer is, se broeihok in-breek en sy broeiduiwe wat babaduifies het,steel nie. Die babaduifies is dood want hullekon nie sonder hulle ma leef nie.
As ek julle vang, slaan ek julle hande pap,julle sal nooit weer met jul hande kan eet nie- dit belowe ek julle! Aan die ouers van daaiskelm kinders, julle weet dat julle kinders nieduiwe het nie; vra jou kind waar hy die duiwekry. Laat die polisie jou kind ’n pak slae gee,want ek sal dit doen as my kind steel. Dié dui-we kos’n klomp geld; as ek julle vang gaanjulle spyt wees.
Onstelde Firgrove-inwoner
BuurtwagteJy kan soveel buurtwagte stig soos jy
wil, maar ons oop grense laat misdadigers naSA stroom! Verder sit die land met ’n onbevoeg-de polisiemag! Kriminele het meer regte aswetsgehoorsame burgers. ’n Week terug is daarop’n“rocket launcher”inJohannesburgbeslaggelê, wat onwettig oor SA se grens gekomhet!Dingeraakalhoemeerbuitebeheer, terwyloop grense deur beide die ANC en DA geïgno-reer word! P.Steyn, StrandSamesmelting van Agang en DA
Let op my woorde wat julle vandag lees- dieDA is in vir die skok van hul lewe as hule dinkdat Agang en Cope nie van die ANC is nie. DieANC het die kuns van oorlog voer bemeesteren die DA kan dit nie raaksien nie. Agang en
Cope is heimlik nog altyd deel van die ANC enhule het langtermyndoelwitte en dit is ’n een-party staat. Elke keer, vanaf nêrens, is daarskielik ’n party uit die geledere van die ANC,net om die kiesers se deelname te verdeel. DieDA se strategiese span is vas aan die slaap.
Hulle het nou nog nie agtergekom dat Zumatrou, nie net somaar so nie, NEE!!!
Hy trou in die families wat groot in getalleis. Sodoende verseker hy sy magsoorname metdie volgende verkiesing én die daaropvolgende.Arme DA, vas aan die slaap! Met ’n oornamevan ANC-lede binne hulle geledere. KallieLourensia Park
Mense kla van keelaandoenings en gehoeswat hulle toeskryf aan die stof wat die plafonnevan die huise in Lourensia Park afgee.
TKC Changing LivesCentre offersassistance to addictsCASSY VAN EEDEN
Since their opening in March last year, be-tween 25 and 35 people attend the Trinity King-dom Connection church (TKC) ChangingLives Centre’s weekly meetings. About 10–15of these people are addicted to alcohol anddrugs and the others are family members andcaregivers for those who suffer addictions.
The centre meets every Tuesday evening at20:00 at Unit 3 of the Atlantic Business Parkin Nortje Street in Strand. The services thatthe centre offers are completely free and any-one can join. The only condition required tojoin the programme is motivation and a will-ingness to commit and change.
At their first meeting, attendees will beasked to complete a questionnaire and thenwork individually on their personal 12-step re-covery programme. Thereafter, they will re-ceive “unconditional support in their recov-ery,” said Mario Paulse, founder of TCKChanging Lives.
For more information phone Mario Paulseon 079 244 9835 or Surlena Paulse on 076 0277455.
Kursusse ontwikkeljou BybelkennisOntwikkel vaardighede in verstaan, interpre-tasie en toepassing van die Bybel met jaarkur-susse aangebied by die NG Kerk Lourensri-vier, Strand. Kursusse, deur die Veritas Bybel-skool, vind plaas op Woensdae van 09:00 – 10:00en van 19:00 – 20:00. Inskrywings sluit Vrydag31 Januarie. Gebedskursusse word aangebiedop Donderdae van 08:00 – 09:15, inskrywingssluit 5 Februarie. Bel die kerk by 021 853 5991of besoek www.lourensrivier.co.za.
Koop en skenk klereHelderberg Kindersorg hou elke derde Vrydagom 10:00 ’n tweedehandse klereverkoping byDummerstraat 10, Somerset-Wes. Donasiesvan klere kan by die bogenoemde adres afge-laai word of die kantoor kan by 021 852 3126of [email protected] gekontakword.
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In Macassar is twee besondere kunstenaarsCASSY VAN EEDEN
Die gehoorgestremde NazleyBritten (44) het ‘n obsessie oortwee dinge: poppe en ons suster-publikasie,DistriksPos. Sykoopen lees die koerant nou al vir 28jaar.
Nadie leesvandieDistriksPos endie HelderbergGazette, gebruik diegesin die koerante om water te ab-sorbeer wat gedurig, weens foutie-we loodgieterwerk by die toilet, diebadkamer oorstroom.
Britten het ‘n besondere talent,syspandeeralhaar tydaandieweefvan ingewikkelde wol-tapisserieë.Sy gebruik soms ‘n patroonboekwat iemand vir haar gegee het,maar meestal gebruik sy net haartalent en ver-beelding omhaar kuns-werke te skep.
Britten sejonger broer,ook gehoorge-strem, het ook‘n besonderegawe: naald-werk en klere-ontwerp. MoegamatLendor (33) het geen formele oplei-ding nie en tog kan hy pragtige kle-re ontwerp en maak vir mense, envir poppe soos Britten s’n. Lendoris ook buitengewoon intelligent en‘nbriljanteatleetwathouvanhard-loopennetbal, sêhullema,NayamaLendor.
Aangesien hul ma haarself enhaar kinders op haar maandeliksepensioen moet onderhou, het sygeen geld om vir die materiale tebetaal waarmee haar kinders hul
kunswerke maak nie. “Dit is net teduur, en ek leef net van ‘n pensi-oen”.Gewoonlik salNayamaplaas-like materiaalwinkels besoek enhaar finansiële situasie verduide-lik en soms sal hulle vir haar stuk-kies materiaal gee waarmee Brit-ten en Landor kan werk. “Hulle ge-bruik enigiets wat hulle kan vind.Moegamat het selfs my tafeldoekgebruik om ‘n rok te maak!” het Na-yama gesê.
Weens hul finansiële situasie hetBritten nie altyd die geld om dieDistriksPoselkeDonderdag tekoopnie. Maar hulle tannie gee altyd virNazley haar ‘posgeld’, sê Nayama.Britten het ‘n groot album wat ge-vul is met honderde nuusknipselsoor familieledeofmensewat sykenen wat sy oor die jare versamel het,
“sy is baietrots op haaralbum en salniemand nabydit toelaatnie,” sê Naya-ma. Geduren-de die feespe-riode, wan-neer die
DistriksPos nie verskyn nie, weetBrittenniewatommethaarselfaante vang nie, sê haar ma.
Nayama sê dit is vir haar hart-seer om haar kinders so in Macas-sar “gestrand” te sien met niks omte doen nie en geen manier om ‘ninkomste te verdien nie. Enigie-mand wat materiaalvoorrade virBritten en Lendor kan skenk, ofkan sorg vir die loodgieterwerk,kanNayamaLendorby078 050 3295bel of ’n e-pos na [email protected] stuur.
Nazley Britten (44) koop reeds vir 28 jaar elke week dieDistriksPos.Omdat sy gehoorgestremd is, kan sy nie werk nie en spandeersy haar tyd deur woltapisserieë te maak.FOTO: CASSY VAN EEDEN
DiegehoorgestremdeMoegamat Lendor (33)het ’n besondereself-aangeleerde talent: Hy ontwerp en maak pragtige klerevir mense en vir poppe. FOTO: CASSY VAN EEDEN
Renting RDPs is not illegalCASSY VAN EEDEN
Residents of Lourensia Park in SomersetWest are unhappy with, the “illegal occupa-tion” of houses in the low cost housing resi-dential area.
According to City of Cape Town’s MayoralCommittee Member for Human Settlements,CouncillorTandekaGqada, theCity“prohib-its the sale of a government-provided housebefore it has been owned for eight years. Ifa seller does try and sell it, the ‘new’ ownerwon’t be able to take official transfer of thehouse,” she says.
However, whilst the city advises that resi-
dents retain their lowcosthousesasanasset,they do not prohibit unofficial sales beingmade and “often the house stays registeredin the name of the original owner eventhough money has transferred hands,” saysGqada.
According to the councillor this is not clas-sified as corruption, “there is also no restric-tion on the renting of a house and it is notillegal to do so,” she said.
As soon as an RDP house has been trans-ferred to a “beneficiary,” said Gqada, it be-comes the beneficiary’s house and is “theirsto use how they see fit according to any rele-vant legislation.”
Residents of the low cost residential area of Lourensia Houses in Somerset West are unhappy about somehomeowners who are renting out their houses in the area. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN
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Minder TV en beter emosionele hulp vir kindersMinder TV,meer huiswerk en be-ter emosionele ondersteuning.
Dit is maar van die raad wat ouerskan probeer as hulle agterkom hulkinders sukkel op skool. Maar dit ismaar net die begin.Volgens die Bolandse arbeidstera-
peut Bea de Klerk, wil dit tog voor-kom of daar ’n toename is in kinderswat spesiale onderrig en leer nodighet.Sy skryf dit toe aan:• beter evaluering en assessering
van kinders;•ouerswatalbeimoetwerkenmin-
der aandag en stimulasie aan kin-ders gee;• leerders wat daagliks te lank TV
kyk of rekenaar- en TV-speletjiesspeel en so nie genoeg skoolwerkdoen of opvoedkundige speletjiesspeel nie;• kinderswatmindermotoriese en
perseptuele stimulasie ontvang;• emosionele probleme by kinders,
soos wanneer hulle blootgestel wordaan gesinsgeweld, -konflik, egskei-ding en ander traumatiese gebeurte-nisse wat tot hoë angsvlakke lei;• die groot toename in kinders wat
gebore word waar die ma voor ge-boorte drank en/of dwelms gebruikhet;• onderwysers is nie altyd meer
passievol oor onderwys nie, het niegeduldnieenwilniemoeitedoenmetleerders wat moeilik leer nie;• by sommige gr. R-klasse (nou ’n
noodsaaklikheid om kinders skool-gereed te kry) is daar nie altyd opge-leide onderwysers nie en word kin-ders nie behoorlik voorberei vir gr.1 nie;
• ouerbetrokkenheid is nie vol-doende nie, en ouers spreek ook niebetyds leerprobleme aan nie;• daar is steeds baie ongeletterde
ouers asook ouers met beperkte ou-erskapsvaardighede;• ongereelde skoolbywoning.DeKlerk sêwanneer ’n rapportnie
aan ouers se verwagtinge voldoennie, is dit belangrik om nie die kindte vra wat het verkeerd gegaan nie,maar eerder eers ’n afspraak met syonderwyser te maak om presies vaste stel wat is die probleme, het die
kind inderdaad volgens sy vermoëpresteer of onderpresteer, enso-voorts.Soms stel ouers hoër verwagtinge
as waartoe hul kind in staat is. Daarmoet dan saamgekykwordna oorsa-ke en oplossings. Indien die ouer nietevrede is met die gesprek nie, kandie ouer ookdie kindnaprivaat kun-diges neem wat hom of haar kantoets, of vir nog ’n mening.Ouers kan ook aandring om bewy-
se van intervensie te sien. Die skoolmoet die nodige ondersteuning aan
die kind gee en die ouer kan vrawat-ter ondersteuning gegee is.De Klerk maan dat ouers dit ern-
stig moet opneem as ’n onderwysersê dat hul kindhulp nodig het. Ouersmoet ook dadelik plaaslike kundigesinroep om vas te stel presies wat diekind se probleem is, die omvang enaarddaarvan,enwatterhulpsalhelpen is beskikbaar.Ouers moet ook die aanbevelings
van ’n onderwyser volg as dié by-voorbeeld sê die kind moet gaan virtoetsing of evaluering (dit kan enig-ietsweesvanoogtoetse totdie spreekvan ’n sielkundige).En hier, sê sy, kan die DStv-geld
maar opgeoffer word as daar nie an-dersins geld is nie – ’n kind se toe-koms moet met erns bejeën word.Verder is emosionele ondersteu-
ningdeurouersbaiebelangrik.“Dik-welsnogisouersongenaakbaarteen-oor ’n leerderwat nie oor die vermoëbeskik om werk te kan doen nie, ofwat tuis nie die nodige ondersteu-ning kry nie. Ouers behoort nie kin-ders se selfbeeld te beskadig deur ne-gatiewekritiekof slegsêerywanneerhy of sy nie presteer het nie, maarmoet eerder saam met kinders naoorsake gaan kyk en na oplossingssoek.“Om eksterne hulp in te win word
sterkaanbeveel.Daarisbyvoorbeelddikwels kinders wat sukkel om tekonsentreerofhulaandagkannie fo-kus nie, maar ouers weier dan datsulke leerders medikasie neem watkan help, omdat ouers dikwels wan-ingelig isoordiemedikasieofdie toe-stand.”
Nuwe AlfabetANTJIE KROG
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verderasdievorige eeuas ’n stamlandas gedig of dokumentAs jy A sê moet jy B sêA is altyd teen apartheidB is blind vir kleursoveel gidse laat my in die
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Sub-council meetings in briefThe first sub-councilmeetings for 2014kickedoff in January with full agendas for both sub-council 22 and sub-council 8.Sub-council 22met on 20 January at the
Strand council chambers.) Great emphasis was placed on budget
spending and councillor John Heuvel, chair-person of sub-council 22, implored officials tostay on track with budget spending for theirallocated projects.
) During an update on the Macassar taxirank, officials confirmed that taxi drivers arenow utilising the interim taxi rank. The Cityof Cape Town will appoint a contractor inApril to design the formal taxi rank.
) Heuvelquestionedofficialsabout thesta-tus of the project to erect a memorial monu-ment for the victims of the sulphur dioxidedisaster in Macassar on 16 December 1995.Heuvel submitted amotion threeyears ago,
but no progress has yet beenmade. Themeet-ing was informed that Heartlands got in-volved with the project and volunteered totake responsibility for the design of the me-morial. However, no design has been forth-coming. Heuvel requested that officials fol-lowupwithHeartlandtospeeduptheprocess.
) Officials also gave an update on the pro-posed Macassar Pathways to Employmentproject. The project, which aims to create re-sources for the youth to help them gain em-ployment, is gaining momentum after aperiod where no progress was being made. Itwas, however, suggested that partnershipswith Macassar businesses be revisited andencouraged.
) There was an update on the renaming ofthe two Macassar civic centres and feedbackon the progress is expected at the next sub-
council meeting.Sub-council 8 met on 23 January at the
Strand council chambers:) Councillor Stuart Pringle, chairperson
of sub-council 8, informed the meeting thattenders for theupgradeofStrandPavilionareout and work is expected to begin early thisyear.“There is a particular emphasis on the im-
provement of facilities, the regularisation ofthe informal trading bays and the creation ofa more user-friendly environment for resi-dents and for visitors who are the lifebloodof our local economy,” said Pringle.
) An investigation into the provision of re-movablebeachtoiletsatBigBluewaspresent-ed to sub-council. These would replace thecurrent temporary toilets.
) Sub-council further heard that provin-cial government has declared those areasaffected by the floods ofNovember 2013 as dis-aster areas.“Thisenables theCitytoaccess fundingand
plan works faster than normal budgetaryprocesses would allow, but unfortunatelydoes not have an impact on private ownersof properties who were affected.” saidPringle.
) In his opening address, Pringle said thathewasgivingconsideration to the lights festi-val and had begun engagementswith theCityofCapeTown’s events office toget localsmoreinvolved and revisit the fund-raising oppor-tunities of the festival.
) The next meeting of sub-council 8 is on20 February and the much anticipated inves-tigative report by two Professors from Stel-lenbosch University on last year’s flood willbe presented at the meeting.
The provincial government declared the areas affected by the November 2013 floods as disaster areas.A report about the flooding will be presented to subcouncil 8 next month.
Many optionsfor electricityconsumersThefollowingchannelsarenowavailableto Cape Town residents to buy prepaidelectricity:Cellphone vendingConsumers can make mobile purchas-
es via sms after registering onwww.itronenergy.co.za. Information onhowtodo this is availableon thesite.Youwill also still be able tomakemobile elec-tricity purchases via EFT fromwww.prepaid24.co.za. Alternatively, reg-ister on www.mobilepower.co.za. Allcredit cards and Standard Bank, Ned-bank and Absa debit cards are acceptedon this site.Internet VendingConsumersmakinguse of this channel
will still be able to buy electricity unitswith their Mastercard or Visa creditcards from www.ibuy.co.za.Scratch CardScratch cardswill bemade available at
petrol stations.Point of Sale (POS) outletsNomajor change is foreseenandall the
existingPOSoutletswillstillbeavailable.Call the 0860 103 089 to find out more.
Local councillor makesDA’s parliamentary listDALEEN FOUCHÉ
Localward15councillor,Bene-dicta van Minnen, has been se-lectedastheninthcandidateonthe Democratic Alliance West-ern Cape election list.
Both the national and provin-cial election lists of DA candi-dates were released earlier thisweek and indicate which DAmemberswill serve in the nation-al and provincial parliaments af-ter the national elections laterthis year. The number of partycandidateswhowill serve in national and pro-vincial parliaments depend on the number ofvotes the party receives.According to van Minnen, the DA expects
at least 25 of their candidates to serve in the
provincial legislature, but addsthat there is a push to make thelegislature bigger,whichwill al-low more party members toserve in parliament.Van Minnen says that she is
very excited about this opportu-nity but is at the same timeaware of the responsibility ac-companying the position. “I amhumbled and look forward to fo-cusing on specific challenges.”If van Minnen is appointed to
serve on the provincial legisla-ture, a municipal by-electionwillbeheldwithinthreemonths
of the national election to fill the vacancy ofcouncillor for ward 15.Stuart Pringle, councillor for ward 84, was
selected as candidatenumber 39 on thenation-al election list for the Western Cape.
Benedicta van Minnen
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Happy learners equal happylearning: In 2013, the Im-ibala Sponsor-A-Childprogramme facilitatedthe sponsorship of2 356 learners fromschools in the Helder-berg and its surrounds.Every child was broughtto the Imibala offices inSomerset West and pro-vided with clothes, sta-tionery and even toilet-ries. Learners from ACJPakade Primary Schoolalso benefited from theprogramme. The learn-ers say that it was sucha surprise for them to becalled out of class,picked up by bus to betaken to Imibala and begiven a new tracksuit,trainers, socks, t-shirts,school bags, raincoatsand jerseys for school.Now they look like mostof the other children atthe school, and thismakes them very hap-py!
An Imibalavolunteerassists inclothing alearner forthe schoolyear. With-out the as-sistance ofvolunteers,who helpout onemorning aweek, thetask wouldtake somuch long-er.
The Undersurveil-lance MotorcycleClub from Macas-sar, in collaborationwith the MacassarVillage Outreachproject, which is runby Elizabeth Ad-ams, gave childrenfrom Macassar Vil-lage a special treatwhen they handedout 100 partypacks at the end oflast year.
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Lots to experience atthe circus in townTheMcLarenCircusiscom-ing to town and will beshowcasing an array of im-pressive performances atGordon High School inSomersetWest from 7 to 16February.
This circus was founded byDavid Dallas McLaren andbuiltupon thegoodmemories
of his childhood dream tosomeday reintroduce themagic and a variety of a tradi-tional big-top circus.Visitorswill be in awewith
the trapeze acts, rope walk-ing, jugglers and fire blowersaswell as therarewhite lions,Bengal tigers, perky poodles,burmese pythons and minia-ture horses and ponies.
The shows can be seen on:Friday 7 February at 19:30;Tuesday (11th), Wednesday(12th) and Thursday (13th) at19:30; Friday (14th) andSatur-day (15th) at 15:00 and 19:30;and Sunday (16th) at 15:00.The ticket office opens at
10:00 on show days, and tick-ets can be bought for R70, R90and R110.
See a fire blower in action at the McClaren Circus from 7 to 16 February.
Man dringend gesoek vir familiesakeMagdalenahuis is op soek naPaul Petrus Cooper wat laasin die Strand- of Somerset-
Wes-area woonagtig was.Cooperwordvirdringendefa-miliesake gesoek. Mense wat
weetwaarhyhombevindkandie welsynwerker Riana Bar-ry by 021 948 3637 bel.
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Kleinspan kan nou ingeskryf word vir die Miss Tiny Tots-kompetisie wat29 Maart om 14:00 in die Hoërskool Macassar-saal aangebied word.Die inskrywingsfooi is R30 en meisies tussen die ouderdomme van drieen vyf jaar kan inskryf. Belangstellendes kan Bernadette Rossi by 071036 8651 bel. FOTO: BERNADETTE ROSSI
Rhodes Cutest Smile Winner:Five-year-old Shyloh Swart-land from Strand has beenselected as one of the fourwinners of the RhodesFoods Cutest Smile compe-tition. Shyloh beat 2 100other entrants, and won aR10 000 cash prize and thechance to star in theRhodes Foods advertisingcampaign: Rhodes puts asmile in every meal.
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Halli Trust needs yourhelp via My SchoolCASSY VAN EEDEN
The Halli Trust community outreach or-ganisation is currently in theprocessofap-plying for funding from the My School re-wards system, and they need your help.
The organisation needs at least 100 applica-tions to request that the Halli Trust be addedto their list of three My School beneficiariesfor them to qualify for the rewards system.MySchool cardholders can keep whatever benefi-ciary they currently have registered to theircard and simply add Halli Trust by filling outa short form.“This is a great opportunity for us aswewill
benefit financially from this on a monthly ba-sis,” saidHeidi Naudé, head of theHalli Trust.Thefundsthat theyreceive fromtheMySchoolrewards systemwill go towards buying “basicnecessities such as food, toiletries and babyitems for individuals and families in need inthe Helderberg area,” said Naudé.The funding will also make a huge impact
in the lives of less fortunate children as theTrustwill be able to buy themschool uniformsand stationery.Please contact Heidi Naude on 082 339 6876
or [email protected] to get the formto complete to add Halli Trust to your list ofbeneficiaries so that the organisation can reg-ister for My School rewards.
Halli needs your help: Heidi Naude (left) and Halli (right) need you to register the Halli Trust as one of yourthree My School card beneficiaries.
New business hours for Heldeberg AWSTheAnimalWelfareSocietyHelderberg(AWS)has new operating hours for viewing, adop-tions, medical issues and so forth over week-ends. This will now be possible on Saturdaysand Sundays from 09:00 – 12:00, and no longer
from09:00 – 16:00.Thevetwillbeondutyeverysecond Saturday. Business operates as usualonweekdays (09:00 – 16:00). Formore informa-tion, contact Julia Evans on 082 725 4213 or [email protected].
Helderberg
Year 18 • Dinsdag 4 Februarie 2014 | Tel. 021 853 0211
Sports day to combat crimeUsave Shoprite Sports AgainstCrime South Africa and the SAPSBotrivier Dream Team CommunityOrganisation have joined forces tofight crime by staging a sports dayfor the youth on Saturday 8 Febru-ary.
The event which starts at 09:00 willbe held at the Botrivier sportsfield.
The following teams will be compet-ing in the u.14 age category for netball,rugby and soccer: Erajaville Strand,Caledon SAPS, Botrivier SAPS, Her-manus SAPS, Grabouw SAPS, Vil-liersdorp SAPS, Klienmond SAPS andDream Team.
The winning team in each code willreceiveatrophyandeachplayeramed-al, and the runners-up will win a ball.
A special thank-you goes to the mainsponsors of the day Delta PanelbeatingCentre Strand and Easy Cars.
Vincent Daniels, president of UsaveShoprite Sports Against Crime SouthAfrica, said that these sports days arevital to combat drug and alcohol-relat-ed problems as well as gangster activi-ties at schools.
On Monday 27 January Danielswas involved in a national police dayheld at the Surden Sportsfield in Facre-ton (near Kensington, Cape Town).Daniels says it was very peaceful in thearea – usually know for gang vio-
lence – on the day, but that there wasa high SAPS visibility.
Although the main aim was to sup-port schools in the area, a special pro-gramme will be launched to get trou-bled adults to participate in sport.
Somerset West BadmintonClub starts practice on Tues-day 4 February. Practice ses-sions will take place in theBeaumont Primary Schoolhall, Van der Merwe Street,Somerset West, every Tuesdayand Thursday evenings from19:30.
The club invites all formerplayers and people keen tolearn the game to join them.
For information phone Fredon 084 553 6022 or Mike on082 410 8172.
Netball practice ses-sions start:
Helderberg Netball Club’spractice sessions will be in fullswing as of Tuesday 4 Febru-ary.Formoreinformationcon-tact Hildegard Hauptfleisch on076 676 1000 or send an email [email protected] hou partytjie:Macassar RFC Supporters’
Club hou op Vrydag 7 Februa-rie hul “old school” partytjie.
Die geleentheid sal vanaf20:00 tot laat in die klubhuis opdie Macassar-sportgrondeplaasvind.
Toegang is R20.Vir meer inligting, bel vir
Nahun Botha by 073 444 8466 ofvir Fanie Coetzee by076 410 5949.HelderbergAll Black Sup-
porters’ Club AGM:All Black supporters in the
Helderberg are invited to at-tend the Helderberg All BlackSupporters’ Club AGM on Sun-day 9 February.
The meeting will be held atFirgrove Primary School from15:00. For more information,please contact Nathan Vol-minc on 071 686 6600 or MrPlaatjies on 021 842 2779.Join Helderberg walk for
Cansa:Join the walk of a lifetime in
the battle against cancer at theCansa Relay For Life Helder-berg on 8 and 9 February at theHottentots Hollands HighSchool. Challenge your teammembers to see who can walkthe most laps.
So take out your old walkingshoes, dust them off and startwalking!
For more information onCansa Relay call Caroline on073 204 5979 or Sonja on084 793 8905.
Sport in short
Wat gebeur in jou sportgebied? Het jou gemeenskap ’n sportster?Presteer jou skool se leerlinge op die sportveld? Laat die Ga-
zette weet! Stuur jou sportnuus na Jamey Gordon at [email protected] of bel die Gazette-kantore by 021 853 0211.
