E-mail: [email protected]Tuesday 31 January 2012 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481 ATLANTIC SEABOARD CITY EDITION “Telling it as it is” CAPE TOWN Shop 4, Grand Central Complex Old Post Building, Cape Town, 021 462 0218 / 462 0232 GODWIN OPTOMETRISTS AND CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONERS OPTOMETRISTS We accept all Medical Aids as well as Credit & Debit Cards, Edgars, Sales House, Jet & RCS Free Second Frame and Free Eye Test with every pair of spectacles purchased We test eyes 50% OFF SELECTED FRAMES FREE selected Sunglasses when purchasing any pair of Specs 91 DURHAM AVE, SALT RIVER | www.cashtiles.co.za (t) 021 447 6111 | MasterCard® MasterCard® VISA MASTERCARD ACCEPTED & Imported Wall Tiles R27.95 R27.95 R27.95 /m² Terracotta Tiles R49.95 R49.95 R49.95 /m² Polished Porcelain R82.95 R82.95 R82.95 /m² R41.95 R41.95 R41.95 /m² Imported Floor Tiles CASH TILES from from from from while stocks last AMPLE FREE PARKING REYANA STEYN TEMPERS flared this past week as the community and various Is- lamic organisations took on the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) over the Orion Cold Storage com- pany scandal. The Cape Town-based frozen foods distributor has allegedly been importing pork products, kangaroo and water buffalo meat, and relabe- ling the products as beef and as ha- laal. It is also alleged that Orion Cold Storage imported pork hearts from Belgium and Ireland, relabeling and selling them as beef or sheep veal hearts, marked as halaal. 3rd Degree showed undercover footage which apparently showed employees using heatguns to re- move original labels and replacing them with halaal stickers. In the programme, the MJC did not com- ment, but held a press conference on Tuesday. Scores of people gathered outside in protest to show their dismay with the MJC Various members of the Muslim community feel that the MJC was not transparent enough with their dealings in the alleged halaal rela- beling process. The MJC granted halaal clear- ance to consignments from Orion Cold Storage, but has since cut all its ties with the company. However, outraged Muslims have begun questioning the MJC’s halaal certifying process, with many calling for the organisation to be disbanded. Cassiem Parker, spokesperson for People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad), wants the MJC to be “run transparently” and is asking people to not buy anything that has been certified by the MJC. “Pagad initially became involved after being approached by people who asked if we could do some- thing. “We immediately called on con- sumer organisations, who also said they were prepared to act. “The MJC has not explained its halaal meat certification process to the public,” says Parker. “We want people to rather eat meat which has been certified by other Muslim bodies until these processes have been made public.” He says the MJC has failed in its responsibility to deliver halaal products to the community. “The MJC must take full respon- sibility if it is their fault. They should also investigate members of the MJC and hold those people re- sponsible too.” He adds that if the MJC wants to be the service provider, it should set the record straight. “They should say this is the issue and this is the procedure which has failed and this is the person who is responsible, but up until today this has not been done.” Abduragman Khan, spokesper- son for the Muslims Against Illegiti- mate Leaders, says the MJC has a history of not being transparent or being held accountable and it is time that this happens now. “It is a big violation that Muslims were sold pork. Muslims have lost faith in the MJC. They have been at the forefront of dividing people and they should be held accountable. “The certification is a money- making scheme.” Previously, Nabeweya Malick, spokesperson for the Muslim Judi- cial Council, told People’s Post that the registration of Orion Cold Stor- age had been revoked. “After it was ruled that Orion Cold Storage had been found guilty, the MJC had no dealing with Orion. The MJC condemns the crime as it shows disrespect to Muslim people. “We would like to assure the com- munity that for 45 years all the proper procedures have been fol- lowed to ensure that halaal meats are given to the people.” She added that the chickens which the MJC certified at Orion Cold Storage were halaal. “A vet, inspector and members of the Department of Trade and Indus- try were present when the chickens arrived and everything was in or- der. “The MJC had no jurisdiction over the Orion Cold Storage Facili- ty and had no idea what was hap- pening and condemns this action.” Khan, however, says this is not good enough and that the MJC has done irreparable damage. “When people lose faith, how do they get it back?” The paper tried to gain further comment from the MJC before go- ing to print, but was unable to do so. ROYALTY: The Miss Mardi Gras competition was a highlight at the annual Mardi Gras which was held over the weekend. Marche Martin was crowned Queen, with Imogan Smit, left, first princess and Sarah-leigh Barber second princess. With them are judges, Maritha Williams of the Cape District Facility Management Committee, People’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs and Baxter Theatre Marketing Manager Fahiem Stellen- boom. The Mardi Gras continues on Friday and Saturday. See page 6 for more. Photo: Rashied Isaacs Muslims ‘losing faith in the MJC’ Muslim Judicial Council remains at the centre of controversy
TEMPERS flared this past weekas the community and various Is-lamic organisations took on theMuslim Judicial Council (MJC)over the Orion Cold Storage com-pany scandal.
The Cape Town-based frozenfoods distributor has allegedly beenimporting pork products, kangarooand water buffalo meat, and relabe-ling the products as beef and as ha-laal.
It is also alleged that Orion ColdStorage imported pork hearts fromBelgium and Ireland, relabelingand selling them as beef or sheepveal hearts, marked as halaal.
3rd Degree showed undercoverfootage which apparently showedemployees using heatguns to re-move original labels and replacingthem with halaal stickers. In theprogramme, the MJC did not com-ment, but held a press conferenceon Tuesday.
Scores of people gathered outsidein protest to show their dismaywith the MJC
Various members of the Muslimcommunity feel that the MJC wasnot transparent enough with theirdealings in the alleged halaal rela-beling process.
The MJC granted halaal clear-ance to consignments from OrionCold Storage, but has since cut allits ties with the company.
However, outraged Muslimshave begun questioning the MJC’shalaal certifying process, withmany calling for the organisation tobe disbanded.
Cassiem Parker, spokespersonfor People Against Gangsterismand Drugs (Pagad), wants the MJCto be “run transparently” and isasking people to not buy anything
that has been certified by the MJC.“Pagad initially became involved
after being approached by peoplewho asked if we could do some-thing.
“We immediately called on con-sumer organisations, who also saidthey were prepared to act.
“The MJC has not explained itshalaal meat certification process tothe public,” says Parker.
“We want people to rather eatmeat which has been certified byother Muslim bodies until theseprocesses have been madepublic.”
He says the MJC has failed in itsresponsibility to deliver halaalproducts to the community.
“The MJC must take full respon-sibility if it is their fault. Theyshould also investigate members ofthe MJC and hold those people re-sponsible too.”
He adds that if the MJC wants tobe the service provider, it shouldset the record straight.
“They should say this is the issueand this is the procedure which hasfailed and this is the person who isresponsible, but up until today thishas not been done.”
Abduragman Khan, spokesper-son for theMuslimsAgainst Illegiti-mate Leaders, says the MJC has ahistory of not being transparent orbeing held accountable and it istime that this happens now.
“It is a big violation that Muslimswere sold pork. Muslims have lostfaith in the MJC. They have been atthe forefront of dividing people andthey should be held accountable.
“The certification is a money-making scheme.”
Previously, Nabeweya Malick,spokesperson for the Muslim Judi-cial Council, told People’s Post thatthe registration of Orion Cold Stor-age had been revoked.
“After it was ruled that OrionCold Storage had been found guilty,the MJC had no dealing with Orion.The MJC condemns the crime as itshows disrespect to Muslim people.
“We would like to assure the com-munity that for 45 years all theproper procedures have been fol-lowed to ensure that halaal meatsare given to the people.”
She added that the chickenswhich the MJC certified at OrionCold Storage were halaal.
“A vet, inspector and members ofthe Department of Trade and Indus-try were present when the chickensarrived and everything was in or-der.
“The MJC had no jurisdictionover the Orion Cold Storage Facili-
ty and had no idea what was hap-pening and condemns this action.”
Khan, however, says this is notgood enough and that the MJC hasdone irreparable damage.
“When people lose faith, how dothey get it back?”
The paper tried to gain furthercomment from the MJC before go-ing to print, but was unable to do so.
ROYALTY: The Miss Mardi Gras competition was a highlight at the annual Mardi Gras which was held overthe weekend. Marche Martin was crowned Queen, with Imogan Smit, left, first princess and SarahleighBarber second princess. With them are judges, Maritha Williams of the Cape District Facility ManagementCommittee, People’s Post editor Feroza MillerIsaacs and Baxter Theatre Marketing Manager Fahiem Stellenboom. The Mardi Gras continues on Friday and Saturday. See page 6 for more. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
Muslims ‘losingfaith in the MJC’Muslim Judicial Council remains
at the centre of controversy
Page 2 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition GENERAL Tuesday 31 January 2012
Fried rice and all things niceHANRIE BOSCH
IN a land where people sweat 24hours a day there are bound tobe some quirks, and that is whyThailand is probably such an,um, interesting place:
Health and safety regulationsmostly fall by the wayside – giantrats inside a stall selling noodlesdraw little attention whilst mangymutts beg for scraps and policeopenly drink beer whilst on duty.Apparently, beer is the only thingwhich numbs the sting of reallyspicy food, and it does work.
Flooding during the monsoonseason is a given, andduringSong-kram (a week-long festival signal-ling the start of the monsoon) hos-es are connected to fire hydrants
in the streets and sprayed intobus-es and buildings, knocking peopleoff motorbikes.
Locals and tourists have a mas-sive week-long water fight.
I can just imagine what JPSmith or Beverley Schaffer orDave Bryant would have to sayabout this if this was the protocolin Sea Point or the CBD…
Pointing your foot at someone isstrangely the rudest thing to do, sois calling someone an “ikwai”(buffalo), and so is tipping a wait-er.
On the other hand, spitting inthe street is fine, actually normal,so too is loading an entire family,newborn baby and all, on a 50ccscooter. As long as the driver hasa helmet.
But then again, “us Westerners”
are just plain weird to them withour blue eyes and turning our nos-es up at the sight of “non mai phai”a Thai delicacy of bamboo worms.
So this begs the question, “Whygo back?”
Why indeed? After six months atPeople’s Post, adventure beckonsand the Land of Smiles will be myfirst stop. I am swopping themountain for fried rice, monsoonsand endless bus rides on roadsthat City of Cape Town officialswould never approve of.
I must admit that after spendinga year in Thailand and coming towork at People’s Post, dealing withward councillors, police and theCity, I just can’t help but grinwhen some issues arise, such asunsafe pedestrian crossings, con-gested roads, a need for more park-
ing, dilapidated houses, noisecomplaints, alcohol consumptionon beaches, and the list goes onand on, because in the land ofsmiles they are just pretty easygo-ing; and normally the biggest is-sue is “what is this lying on myplate and did it crawl in there acci-dentally or am I supposed to eatit?”
The Atlantic Seaboard hasdished up a heady mixture of sto-ries and people and I would like tothank all those who make the areaso special, dedicating their lives toimproving the area and listeningto the people of the City and Atlan-tic Seaboard. I wish all of themand all our readers a very prosper-ous 2012 filled with adventure.Laew phob gan mai chokdee neka! (Goodbye and all the best).
Talent meets compassionTHE World Doctors Orchestra will be ex-changing their white coats for evening at-tire to perform a benefit concert at the Bax-ter.
The talented and philanthropic WDOwill kick-start their South African tour atthe Baxter Concert Hall, with one perform-ance only, on Thursday 9 February at20:00. The 70 top physicians from over 30nations will present a charity concert forpeople in need of healthcare.
They will perform Franz Schubert’sSymphony No. 8, in C major, as well asworks by respected South African compos-ers Peter Klatzow and Allan Stephenson,with Maria du Toit as soloist,
The WDO combines the pleasure of finemusic with charity.
Following their successful appearancesin Berlin, Cleveland, Taipei, Yerevan,Washington, Beijing and Shanghai, theWDO’s ninth concert tour will be the or-chestra’s first visit to South Africa.
Proceeds from the concert will go to theHugo Tempelman Foundation, which sup-ports medical and social care for peoplesuffering from Aids/HIV in Elandsdoorn,near Johannesburg.
Since 2008 the WDO, which wasfounded in 2007, has been supporting theHugo Tempelman Foundation to encour-age the Ndlovu Care Group, which not on-ly advances the public health sectorand the structuring of all-round medicalcare, but also focuses on the holistic andsustainable development of people’s livingenvironment in South Africa.
Tickets range from R50 for students andR75 for senior citizens to R90. Block book-ings are available.
All proceeds of the concert will be donat-ed to the Hugo Tempelman Foundation.Booking can be done through Computicketon 0861 915 8000, at any Shoprite Checkersoutlet or on-line at www.computick-et.co.za.
DETAINED: Twentysix years ago,John Hughes wrote the film scriptfor the movie The Breakfast Club,which still appears in many “top 10best ever movies” lists. Countlessstage adaptations have been produced. Five high school students,with nothing in common, are forcedto spend nine hours together whilein detention in the school library. Inevitable verbal, emotional andphysical sparring ensues. The underlying themes are still relevant:peer pressure and isolation, thecommunication gap between parents and their children, drugs andromance. A stage adaptation, directed by Raymond Rudolf, is coming to the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg. Pictured here are from theback, Raymond Rudolph, AlastairDuff, Samantha Jane Tunnah, DeanHowarth, Wayne Ronne, AntonSchafer and Kelly Kowalski. Itopens on Friday 10 February.
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MY COUSIN: The South Zealand New Africa ComedyShow starring Barry Hiltonand Mike King takes place onSaturday 11 February at19:00. On stage with SouthAfrica’s bestloved “cousin”and comedian is Mike Kingfrom New Zealand. Known forhis entertaining, candid andthoughtprovoking brand ofcomedy, Mike King is one ofNew Zealand’s most popularcomedians. Tickets areR100 prebooked or R120 atthe door. Bookings: Call 078174 4244, email sharkspot[email protected] or go to APJones in Fish Hoek MainRoad. All proceeds go towards the Shark Spotters.Photo: Supplied
Reaching common groundTAMMY PETERSEN
PROTESTERS vowed thatthis weekend will be“round two” of their at-tempt to “occupy” Ronde-bosch Common – but thistime, they plan to followthe legal route.
Cosatu will host a pro-test at the common on Sat-urday from 10:00 to 12:00 insupport of the demandsmade by Communities forSocial Change, who at-tempted to “take over” thespace last Friday for aweekend-long summit fo-cusing on housing, unem-ployment, and the integra-tion of poorer communi-ties into the leafy suburbs.
No authorisation hadbeen given by the City forthe summit or for a march,which was supposed to take place from Ath-lone Stadium to this national monument(“Prepare for common takeover”, People’sPost, 24 January).
The organisation’s demands include thedevelopment of housingonRondeboschCom-mon and golf courses to help with the provin-cial housing backlog. They also want thescrapping of council house tenants’ rent ar-rears.
People living in poorer areas – rangingfrom Manenberg to Stellenbosch – werethreatened with arrest at their meetingpoints in Athlone and Manenberg, and it isbelieved that close to 1 000 protesters dis-persed owing to a heavy police presence.
While about 60 determined activists madeit to the Common, 40 were arrested under theillegal gatherings act, including convenorMario Wanza.
But Cosatu organiser Mike Louw says anapplication for permission to assemble at thecommon has been made to avoid a repeat ofthe debacle which unfolded at the nationalmonument on Friday.
The City of Cape Town confirms that therequest hasbeen received, and that ameetingbetween the organiser and the council willtake place tomorrow.
The trade union slammed local govern-ment’s reaction to the march, asking how “ahundred people protesting peacefully couldthreaten the civil order of a citywithmillionsof inhabitants”.
Organisations within Rondebosch have al-so been invited to attend the protest.
Wanza, who is also affiliated to Cosatu,says the participating organisations will“not back down” in its crusade towards“equality within this apartheid-style resist-ance”.
He appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’sCourt yesterday (Monday) and was releasedon R500 bail, on condition that he does nottake part in any other illegal protests.
“It will take much more than this to get usto change course. This was a peaceful demon-stration disrespected by authorities whoused pre-1994-style tactics. We will not throwin the towel – we are not scared of this admin-istration.”
On Friday, hundreds of protesters werebarred from reaching the common, as policemonitored the routes and threatened partici-pants with arrest as they walked and gath-ered at the designated meeting points.
Various protesters told People’s Post thatpeople are “too scared” of a face-off with thepolice, and opted to rather “back down” inthe face of law enforcement.
When People’s Post visited the commonhours before the protest, locals said they be-lieved the Metro Police would “manage tokeep those hooligans out”.
“They are going about things the wrongway,” a woman, who asked to be known onlyas Pat, said indignantly. “There are process-es which need to be followed by the organis-ers. They should be faced with the full wrathof the law. This is a dignified area and suchbehaviour should not be tolerated.”
John Richardson nodded in agreement.“I understand that they are living in abso-
lutely dreadful conditions but what they aredoing is simply not justified. They have to re-spect the common as a natural habitat andrecreational area. This isn’t a piece of veldwhere they can just do what they like.”
But protesters were determined to contin-ue with the march, and weren’t prepared toback down without a fight.
“These white people will never understandwhat we go through every day,” Desmond Ti-tus said angrily. “They live in their cushyhouses while we are moved to overpopulatedareas like Delft and Blikkiesdorp. Why?There is enough space on that stupid com-mon to house 500 families!”
Marita Salie said that despite severe ar-thritis, she would walk all the way to theCommon “so that this council can see howserious this is”.
“I want to invite any one of these fancy peo-ple who don’t want us here to come and spenda day in my hokkie. I am poor, and I am doingwhat I can as a citizen of this city to makemy voice heard. I will support any future ac-tion, so if they want to arrest me, they mustjust try it.
“Ek is reg vir hulle, want net soos ek in dieapartheid jare gestruggle het, sal ek nou ookal aan struggle.”
DETERMINED: Maria Jordaan (54) is one of only about 60 peoplewho eventually made it to the Rondebosch Common.
Photos: Leanne Stander
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Couple arrested fordrugs in WaterfrontHANRIE BOSCH
“THE past three months havebeen very hard on drug deal-ers in the CBD. Word hasspread and they are changingtheir operations.” This is ac-cording to Captain Ezra Octo-ber, spokesperson for CapeTown Central police station.
He was commenting after adrug-dealing couple was arrest-ed in the V&A Waterfront onWednesday 25 January. Follow-ing a tip-off from the communi-ty, the police swooped in on thecouple from Parklands, Milner-ton, and a 25-year-old womanwas arrested with three grams of
tik, two grams of cocaine andfive ecstasy capsules with an es-timated street value of R3 000.Shortly afterwards her 40-year-old husband was also arrested inthe Waterfront parking lot withcocaine, with an estimatedstreet value of R1 000. The manalso had R2 000 cash on him.
Police seized the couple’s blueOpel Kadett along with threecellphones. The V&A Water-front refused to comment on thematter. “We are tightening thescrews on these criminals, andwe urge the community to comeforward with information aboutcriminal activity,” said October.
Report any illegal activities toCrimeStop on 08600 10111.
WATCHDOGS: Metro police,Sea Point City ImprovementDistrict, Sea Point Police andlaw enforcement officers allworked tirelessly over the festive season to keep Sea Pointsafe. Heather Tager (front centre), Sea Point CID chief operations manager, commendedthe hard work of all officers during this period. “They all gaveup their Christmas’ and NewYear’s. While others were withtheir families, they were on thebeat in the boiling sun. I wouldlike to thank each and everyone of them for their hard workand let them know that this ismuch appreciated and thattheir service did not go unnoticed”, said Tager.
Photo: Hanrie Bosch
SEA QUEEN: The 345m long Queen Mary 2 docked in Cape Town on Tuesday 24 January. The Queen Mary2 is on a world cruise that started in Southampton on January 10. Its next port of call is Durban on 28January. From there the ship will head for Mauritius and cross the Indian Ocean to circumnavigate Australia,before heading to Rabaul in Papua New Guinea en route to Japan. The Queen Mary 2 is the longest, tallestand widest passenger vessel ever created, and has a capacity of 3 090 passengers plus 1 253 crew members.
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Solar flare areal ‘let down’HANRIE BOSCH
FOLLOWING lastweek’s solar flares,some experts havewarned that radiocommunictaion couldbe impacted and thatthis could be the be-ginning of more sinis-ter events.
On Tuesday 24 Janu-ary, some residentswaited in anticipationfor the beginning of the2012 Mayan doomsdayprophecy to be fulfilled,while others were bliss-fully unaware of all thefuss.
Some media reportsclaimed that the SouthAfrican National Spaceagency had beenswamped with calls inquiring about the fateof the planet, whilst others wanted to knowwhether or not it would be safe to go outside.
People’s Post took to the streets to find outwhat Capetonians have to say about solarflares and the 2012 Mayan prophecy.
CLUEDUP: Nadia Jansen from Retreat saysthat she was aware of the solar flares assomeone sent her an email on Tuesday warning of the possible dangers: “They said oneshould stay out of the sun from 14:00 to16:00.” As for the Mayans, Jansen says that“I don't believe in it.”
UNFAZED: Allen Galvin from Kirstenhof sayshe does not believe in the Mayan predictionof the world coming to an end and was notreally aware of the solar flares. “I did hearsomething on the TV but did not really careabout it.” Photos: Hanrie Bosch
LET DOWN: Judy Roberts from Heathfieldsays she heard about it a few days before andwas waiting for something to happen. “I waslooking outside waiting for something to happen, but it was just such a letdown becausenothing happened. I even had my camera andsunglasses ready.”
JUST ANOTHER DAY: Michael Martins fromHout Bay was completely unaware of the fussover the solar flares. “I was not aware of itat all, and I don't believe in all of this endoftheworld talk.”
SOLAR ERUPTION: A still shot from a video on Thursday January19 of a solar flare that reached earth on Saturday 21 January.Much larger flares erupted during the following days. Photo:NASA/SDO
Sun continues to shine onSA’s biggest 10km walkTHIRTEEN YEARS after it launched thepopular 10km Big Walk along the sceniccoastline of Sea Point, the Exco of the eventhas welcomed two new major sponsors onboard.
The announcement was made at Wem-bley Centre in Athlone on Thursday 24 Jan-uary.
Cape Oil and Margarine, manufacturersof the brand Sunshine D, and Polar IceCream are new title sponsors of the event,which will now be known as the SunshineD Polar Ice Cream 10km Big Walk.Media24’s People’s Post, Die Burger andCity Vision are print media partners of theBig Walk.
All the entries support Red Cross Chil-dren’s Hospital and a community li-brary.
The legacy of the walk has been em-braced by the people of Cape Town and ithas the ongoing support of the City of CapeTown as official partner.
The walk’s 10th annivesary was celebrat-ed in 2009 and it was the first public eventinaugurating the use of the West Forecourtof the new Cape Town Stadium.
The 10km Big Walk will take place onSunday 4 March.
Walkers will meet at the start in the WestForecourt of the Cape Town Stadium at07:30 and walk along the Sea Point prome-nade and finish inside Green Point Park.
Entry forms are available at the officesof the Big Walk, 3 Mavis Road, Rylands, aswell as at Radio 786, Voice of the Cape, out-lets of the sponsors and the new offices ofMuslim Views.
Registration of entries, which involvesthe issuing of race numbers to each walker,will take place at the College of Cape Town,Crawford Campus from Thursday 1 March
to Saturday 3 March.Contact Saaid Waggie, office manager of
the Big Walk, on (021) 637 1607, fax(021) 633 6239 or send an email [email protected].
BIG WALK LAUNCH: The CEO of Red CrossChildren’s Hospital Trust, Louise Driver, atthe media launch of the 10km Sunshine D/Polar Ice Cream Big Walk. This will be the13th year that the walk which is known asthe “third biggest social sporting event inCape Town”, takes place.
Tuesday 31 January 2012 NEWS People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 5
Help solveCastle raidHANRIE BOSCH
OVER the long weekend of Sunday 4 December2011, a container with equipment was cut openand tools stolen, at the Cape of Good Hope Cas-tle.
According to Captain Ezra October, CapeTown Central Police spokesperson, varioustools where stolen.
Investigating officers have no leads and arerequesting the public to come forward with anyinformation. Among the stolen tools is a veryunique title cutter that might hold the key tosolving the case, says October.
“The tile cutter is very unique and we are askthe community to come forward with informa-tion should it be spottedat a second-handshop.”
October adds that the thieves must havemade use of a bakkie to transport the tools fromthe Castle.
Anyone with information can contact CapeTown Central police investigation officer, De-tective Constable Mechelace Adams on (021) 4678001/2 or 073 076 3346. All information will betreated confidentially.
MISSING LINK: The Dimos tile cutter that mightsolve the case. Photo: Supplied
Minstrels gear up for finalsTAURIQ HASSEN
WITH the minstrel season drawing to aclose, many remain optimistic about theirchances of winning this year’s covetedCarnival Trophy.
Judged for their singing, marching, bestdress, best band and board, they set theirsights on becoming Cape Town’s finestminstrel troupe.
Malick Laattoe, owner and director ofSantam District Six Entertainers, believesthe hard work of the team would pay offin the end. As defending champions, theyare looking to win back-to-back CarnivalTrophies.
“Throughout the year, this team workshard to improve on every item we are in-volved in, that is why we are the champi-ons and that is why we are capable of win-ning this carnival again,” says Laattoe.
He added that lifting the Carnival Tro-phy is an “unexplainable gratitude ofmixed feelings”.
“Knowing that you are crowned no 1, thebuild up towards the final day, obstacles,the lows and the highs just pass you in aflash, a vivid memory,” Says Lattoe excit-ingly.
“As current champions, we have adaunting task as far as preparation andmaintaining our standard of competitionfor the last day is concerned. Our motto isto keep our feet on the ground, stay focusedand concentrate on the task ahead. No timefor complacency and ‘All on Board’”
Richard Stemmet, owner of the Pennsyl-vannian Crooning Minstrels, is nostranger to winning the Carnival Trophy,but knows that this year’s competition willbe tough.
Stemmet’s team found themselves in thechampions seat 13 times in a row.
“There’s been a lot of preparation and weknow how tough it’s going to be, but ouraim is not to take home that trophy, butto focus on establishing ourselves and theteam,” says Stemmet.
He believes that “discipline and dedica-
tion” are two key components in winningthe carnival.
“We have lots of youngsters within theteam and it’s important to educate them,because they are the next leaders,” Stem-met added.
Die Burger’s Happy Boys Entertainers,wowed the crowds at this year’s annualroad march on Monday 2 January and arefirm favourites at next week’s finals.
Adnaan Alexander, co-ordinator of theteam, believes lots of hard work went intothis year’s competition. “It’s now up to thejudges and what they feel was the best, butwe did our best and will go into the finalprepared,” says Alexander.
He added that dedication and commit-ment to the team plays a huge role in be-
coming successful in the competition.“The team makes lots of sacrifices, espe-
cially where family is concerned, but if youwork hard, we always believe it pays off,”Alexander added.
More teams to look out for in this year’scompetition are the Ashwin Willemse Ori-ent Community Entertainers, LentegeurSuperstars, Heideveld Entertainers, Gold-en Dixie Entertainers and many more.
At the finals next weekend, the GroupSong, Adult Coon Song, Best Female Bandand Exhibition March Pass are the itemsto be performed.
There will be no minstrel action thisweek, due to Moulood, but the competitionfinals is set to take place in Athlone Stadi-um on Saturday 11 February.
FINAL SHOWDOWN: Minstrels are working hard on their last touches before the final showdown. Photo: Supplied
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DutieS (key ReSult aReaS/outPutS): • Facilitate and co-ordinateHuman Resource Planning, including organisation developmentinvestigations, job evaluation processes, micro restructuring, EE Planmatters, job descriptions and information control, in the hospital andCommunityHealthCentres • Implement andmaintain policydocuments/circulars within the hospital and Community Health Centres and provideadvice and handle dispute resolutions with regard to all transversalpersonnel practices, including all employment practices, conditions ofservice and terminations within the Hospital and Community HealthCentres • Provide training to the hospital and Community Health Centreswith regards to policy documents and circulars as well as aspects ofconditions of service • Administer and ensure that audit investigationsand follow-up investigations as well as feedback on Auditor GeneralEnquiries and Action Plans are done timeously • Coordinate, administerand provide feedback on all PILIR applications within the hospital andCommunity Health Centres • Manage and coordinate SPMS and HumanResource Development processes of the Hospital and CommunityHealth Centres • Manage and co-ordinate the implementation ofOccupational Specific Dispensations with the region/district.
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Take us to the Mardi GrasTHE annual Mardi Gras brought Wyn-berg’s William Herbert sportsgroundalive over the weekend.
For the second year, People’s Post is theproud print media partner of the Mardi Graswhich is hosted by the Cape District FootballAssociation (CDFA).
For three days, the Mardi Gras treated peo-ple to live entertainment, fun rides, a fun run/walk and food and drinks from a variety ofstalls.
Superstars JodyWilliamsandKarenKortjéwowed on Saturday, with the highlight onFriday being the popular Miss Mardi Grasduring which 12 finalists competed to take thecoveted title of Mardi Gras Queen.
The crowd went wild after Marche Martinwas crowned Miss Mardi Gras, with ImogenSmit chosen as first princess and Sarah-leighBarber second princess. The judges were Peo-
ple’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs, BaxterTheatre Marketing Manager Fahiem Stellen-boom and Maritha Williams of the Cape Dis-trict Facility Management Committee. Jour-nalist Sergio Ben was the adjudicator.
The Mardi Gras continues on Friday 3 Feb-ruary, from 16:00 to 01:00 and Saturday 4 Feb-ruary, from noon to midnight.
On Friday, it will be the battle of the boyand girl bands with R10 000 prize money.
On Saturday, Oscar Petersen, Monox, La-dyliscious, The Rockets and Salome will en-tertain.
Drifting continues on both days and Comeand Play is on Saturday, from noon to 17:00.
• The Mardi Gras was revived in 2006 aftera 15-year absence and is a fundraiser for CD-FA’s member clubs.Entry is free for childrenunder 12 and pensioners.For more informa-tion contact Anwar Hassan on 082 825 3375 orRashid Cloete on 083 448 0325.
TOP TWELVE: The 12 finalists of theMiss Mardi Gras.
PURE JOY:Feroza Begg(7), NadieraAdams (6),Azraa Adams(8) and AshiekKaskar (7) onthe jumpingstar ride.
Surprisefor stardancerAN early Valentine’s surprise has ar-rived for Daria Davletova, a dancerwith the Imperial Ice Stars, seen herewith her life partner Peter Isaac, thecompany’s assistant production man-ager and ice technician.
The happy couple, who have been inCape Town for the past few weeks withthe popular ice show, have just discov-ered they are having a baby!
Daria started skating at the age ofthree, attended school in Moscow andhas performed in and around Moscowand Europe.
Her specialities include twirling fire,as she does spectacularly in Act Two ofThe Nutcracker on Ice that is currentlyon at Artscape till 11 February. Peter,together with an expert crew, keeps theice rink in top shape for the outstand-ing skaters, many of whom are Worldand European champions.
LOVE: Ice dancer Daria Davletova andice technician Peter Isaacs celebratetheir good news, discovered while ontour with The Nutcracker on Ice in theMother City.
Tuesday 31 January 2012 GENERAL People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 7
Wednesday 1 FebruarySea Point: Dr Len Anstey, forensic pa-thologist, will give a talk on Living withthe Dead at the Union of Jewish Women.It will take place at 10:00 for 10:30 at 7Albany Road, Sea Point.
R20 entrance includes refreshments.For more information phone: (021)
713 9490 (mornings only).
Saturday 4 FebruaryDistrict Six: All residents from Virgin-ia Street in District Six and surrounds,as well as former Zonnebloem studentsfrom 1950 to 1957, are invited to join inan afternoon of reminiscing at theYMO, St Lukes Clubhouse, in UpperCambridge Street at 13:00 on Saturday4 February.
Contact Derek Kloppers on (021) 7617133 or 073 521 0431 for more informa-tion.
Bo-Kaap: The Bo-Kaap food and craftmarket will take place from 10:00 to14:00 at the Bo-Kaap Civic Centre inWale Street. Sit-down and take-awaytraditional Malay foods, snacks andtreats will be on sale, as well as spices,jewellery, gifts, scarves, clothes, bags,baskets, health products and every-thing in between.
Embrace the cultural experience bylearning how to make rotis at the fooddemo at 12:00. View a photo collectionand old wedding albums.
Free entrance. Face painting andsand art for children. Contact Nazlia formore information on 072 643 0054.
Wednesday 8 FebruarySeaPoint:TheUnionof JewishWomenpresent Adi Phillips, who will talk onThe Sunflower Fund.
The talk will take place at 10:00 for10:30 at 7 Albany Road, Sea Point.
R20 entrance includes refreshments.For more information phone: (021) 7139490 (mornings only).
Wednesday 15 FebruarySea Point: Riaan Manser will talk onLeadership, at the Union of JewishWomen – 10:00 for 10:30 at 7 AlbanyRoad, Sea Point.
R20 entrance includes refreshments.For more information phone: (021) 7139490 (mornings only).
Tuesday 21 FebruaryCape Town: The Union of Jewish Wom-en presents a Card Afternoon at The Fo-rum, V&A Waterfront, at 13:00 for 13:30.
Entrance costs R75 and lots of prizesare up for grabs. Phone F Davis on 082426 7749 or N Baruch on 083 298 6849.
Saturday 24 NovemberCamps Bay: Calling all 1982, 1992 and2002 Camps Bay High School matricu-lants for reunions. Contact VivienneAshcroft on 082 466 8261.
LIFE THROUGH THE LENS: Lifelong friends Adrienne Beasley and Gloria Montanari meet atthe Sea Point Promenade on Thursday 26 January, after not seeing each other for threemonths. Photo: Deon Raath
SEE THE WORLD:The World PressPhoto Award winners for 2011 willbe on display atthe Cape Of GoodHope Castle untilThursday 16 February. Seen hereis Jodi Biebernext to her awardwinning photograph of Bibi Aisha, a young Afghan women disfigured in an actof punishment.Entry to the exhibition is R28.Photo: Michael Hammond
Page 8 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition LEADER Tuesday 31 January 2012
Common causeFORTY people were arrested at the weekendafter staging an illegal protest at RondeboschCommon which called on government to ad-dress issues relating to “land, jobs and hous-ing”.
In the aftermath, the City of Cape Town andpolice find themselves taking flack for alleg-edly acting “too harshly” against the smallgroup of protesters which police outnum-bered and sprayed with blue dye to have themdisperse.
Organisers believed to be supported by theSA Council of Churches, Cosatu and the SANGO Coalition are intent on lodging a com-plaint with the SA Human Rights Commis-sion, and with another protest planned forSaturday, the pressure continues.
In 2008 the City’s housing backlog stood atapproximately 300 000 registered applicants,but the City estimated that in reality, about400 000 houses were needed.
With figures this high is it a surprise thatthe electorate, living in backyards and infor-mal settlements, would want luscious publicopen spaces in more affluent areas?
The facts speak: The basic need of housingis not met for so many; the gathering was ille-gal. That said, was the extent of action takenby the police justified?
How feasible is the idea of converting pub-lic open spaces in more affluent areas intohouses for the poor; especially when comingup against a site of heritage and ecologicalvalue, such as the Common?
And what will the building of low-cost hous-ing mean for existing residents and ratepay-ers who provide the City with a fair portionof its annual budget?
In the context of our turbulent political his-tory, do such demands even deserve a serioushearing in post-apartheid SA?
Housing is a basic right, guaranteed by theConstitution.
Power lies in hands of the people, this is acornerstone of democracy. The will of the peo-ple should always govern.
YourSMSesIn response
. I questioned a zealot theother day at the break ofdawn, and asked if he be-lieved in ghosts.
He said “no, I’m a religiousguy”.
He only believes in the ho-ly one. Holy moly?
. Thank you, Jason Bosch,for a well written letter.Anon, Lansdowne
. I passed the grounds of aschool at midday on Tuesday.All the children were practis-ing for sports.
They were wearing t-shirts, shorts but no hats.
Not one had a hat on and allwere sitting in the full mid-day sun.
Teachers, use your com-mon sense. It’s commonknowledge to wear hats in thesun!
. The entertainment at theMardi Gras is always good.However, since the revival ofthe event the stalls resemblea fleamarket.
If I need AMC Classic potsI can get them at a supermar-
ket; if I need samoosas I canget them at Wembly. The con-cept of the Mardi Gras hasbeen lost. If it has notchanged this year, it will beour last visit. Steve
Just a thought. I suggest that People’s
Post add a section on itemswhich have been stolen tohelp reduce crime and pre-vent anybody from buyingstolen goods.
Let’s give it a try at least,please. Cheers. Ish
Let’s enjoy a carnage-free tripLIKE most responsible South Africans, I amvery concerned about the carnage on ourroads.
Being a keen motorcyclist, I have noticedthat many scooter riders and motorcyclistsbecome road accident statistics because theyhave not had the correct training to ridetheir scooter or motorcycle in a safe manner.Secondly, they put themselves in danger be-cause they have little or no traffic and roadsafety riding skills. Thirdly, there is no mo-torcycle riding school in this region that spe-cializes in training beginner and novice rid-ers.
In an effort to promote “safe” riding withinthe motorcycling community I have now es-tablished a motorcycle and scooter ridingacademy in the Southern Suburbs. This isaimed at beginner and novice riders and in-cludes learner licence training, traffic androad safety etc.
I have done the required courses as speci-fied by the SA Road Traffic Act and the CapeTown Traffic Department and am a regis-tered motorcycle instructor.
This is very much a business that is aimedat the southern suburbs.ANDY RICE
Cyclists must respect othersWE are often told to be careful of cyclists, butthey are often the law breakers.
Huge sums have been spent by Cape TownCity Council putting cycling tracks all overbut they are not used.
I live in Rosebank and travel along Lies-beeck Parkway to work each day.
Every day, some cyclist weaves in and outof the traffic at peak hour.
There is a cycle track from Alma Roadthrough to Station Road, Observatory, buthow often is it used?
Aroute that I alsouse regularly is that overOu Kaapse Weg and there too cyclists comedown towards Constantia two and threeabreast sometimes – taking the last bend onthe wrong side of the road and we motoristshave to get out of the way.
A couple of Sundays ago, between 07:00 and07:30 I was driving along Belmont Road,Rondebosch, towards the Main Road.
I had three cyclists riding abreast infront of me and hooted (asking them to giveway).
My hoot was ignored and they continueriding this way over the bridge and down to-wards Main Road.
If I had knocked into them I would havebeen to blame.
Cyclists are also often seen riding abreastfrom Fish Hoek to Simonstown.
It doesn’t matter what time of the day ornight it is, they too need to respect other roadusers.PAT CARSTENSRosebank
Moodley’s large load of hogwashI WAS both bemused and astonished at con-victed killer Donovan Moodley’s audaciousmotion for a retrial, and his startling allega-tions made against top South African sleuthdetective Piet Byleveld.
He alleges Byleveld recreated the allegedmurder scene and fabricated incriminatingevidence, which resulted in Moodley beingsentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for kid-napping and murder, and 10 years for extor-tion.
Moodley’s application to the JohannesburgHigh Court is preposterous, and this cunningkiller has taken seven years to hatch his latestevil scheme, claiming that his incarcerationwas “unfair, unjust and dishonest” – for himto languish in prison for a crime that he didnot commit!
What a load of hogwash!Whose sympathy is Moodley attempting to
obtain?My perception is that Moodley has
jumped on to the “go easy on convictedcriminals” bandwagon, along with convict-ed fraudster Schabir Shaik and former na-tional police commissioner Jackie Selebi, thelatter two gentlemen receiving “judicial leni-ence” through their alleged medical condi-tion.
Does Moodley seriously believe he can pullthe wool over the judiciary’s eyes?
It will be a catastrophic travesty of justiceif the new developments in the tragic LeighMatthews murder leads to Moodley being ac-quitted – heaven forbid!
I shudder to think of the consequences. Butthen, nothing is impossible in the South Afri-can criminal justice system if you have the fi-nances to hire top legal minds.
Perhaps Moodley only needs to take a show-er for all the incriminating evidence to bewashed away.MARK KLEINSCHMIDTKenwyn
Tuesday 31 January 2012 GENERAL People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 9
BATTLE IT OUT:The German International School ofCape Town isonce again presenting the Battle of the Bandson Friday 3 February at the school.School bandsfrom across theCape will battle itout for the title.Freshlygroundbassist JoshHawks will be oneof the judgesalongside musical acts like JamJarr, Dutch Phobia and SmuggJuggler. Gatesopen at 16:00and tickets costR50 presold orR70 at the gate.Contact Laura on084 290 1157 orWilly Hansen on082 345 7158 formore information.All profits willbenefit the CapeMental HealthDaycare Centrefor Disabled Children.
Romantic antics with The ParlotonesThe Parlotones will beperforming at D’Ariain Durbanville on Sun-day 12 February. Thetwo previous years`Valentine’s showswith the group sold outweeks before theevent.
The Parlotones areknown for their electric,polished stage perform-ances delivered againstthe backdrop of theirdeftly crafted and darklyromantic lyrics – perfectfor an unforgettable pre-Valentines concert atsunset in the Winelands.
The Parlotones are oneof the most popular Eng-lish rock/alternativebands in SA, selling outhuge stadium shows andperforming alongsidelegendary international bandslike Collective Soul and Coldplay.
D’Aria is in Racecourse Road inDurbanville. Tickets are R175(kids under 12 R60) and are avail-able online at www.webtick-
ets.co.za. Gates open at 12:30 andthe concert will start at 18:00.Queries about the concert (021)970 2398 or 021 975 0421. Take yourpicnic blanket and basket. Therewill be a range of award winning
D’Aria wines on sale, as well asfood and a variety of other alco-holic and non-alcoholic drinks.No own alcohol/beverages will beallowed. Phone (021) 970 2398 or(021) 975 0421.
CLASS ACT: The Parlotones will play at D’Aria for a preValentine concert onSunday 12 February. Photo: Supplied
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FORMER Premier SoccerLeague team Hellenic have re-formed almost eight years af-ter closing down when theirPremier League franchisewas sold to Benoni PremierUnited.
The team, which is now basedin Milnerton, started training inNovember last year and willfield three teams in the SuperLeague of the Cape Town Tyger-berg Football Association.
According to Grant Veitch, op-erations manager at Hellenic,the club was restarted after heand Mark Byrne, former Hellen-ic player and coach, and the cur-rent director of football, ap-proached the Hajidakis family topurchase the naming rights.
The Hellenic name was thensuperimposed on to BloubergCity Football Club, and a largecontingent of staff set up shop atthe team’s Tygerhof base.
Veitch says developing CapeTown’s abundant football talentwill be the main aim of the teamfor the immediate future.
“We think there is somethingmissing in Cape Town football atthe moment. There are certainclubs and academies aroundthat say they are the benchmarkfor youth development,” saidVeitch. “We believe that thebenchmark should at anotherlevel, which we think we can of-fer.” The club will function pri-marily as a football academy,hoping to develop players thatthey can sell on to professionalsides for a profit, and Veitchhopes that the Hellenic namewill help to attract these talentedyoungsters to Milnerton.
Veitch, whose father played atleft back for the team, said thathe and Byrne also hope to re-build the Hellenic brand to its
former glory.“The name will attract a lot of
attention and we then have tolive up to that expectation. It’svery important that this name islooked after, to the best of ourability,” said Veitch.
“And our aspirations are toget Hellenic to where it was allthose years ago, up into the PSL.It’s a very long term project, butat the same time it’s somethingthat we are doing as a 10-15 yearprogramme.”
Hellenic have three coachesfor each one of the three teamscurrently at the club, as well asa dedicated goalkeeping coachand a biokineticist.
The size of the coaching staffis much larger than most teamsof Hellenic’s size, but it is thequality of the individuals whichis even more surprising.
Byrne himself is the formerhead of development at Udinese,while respective U17and U13coaches Neven Payne and CecilNtlebi held the same positions atthe original team before it closeddown.
Veitch said that three of thecoaching staff are Union of Euro-pean Football Association(UEFA) accredited and one hasthe highest level of South Afri-can Football Association (SA-FA) coaching certificate.
According to Byrne, the highnumber of staff members willhelp the club to develop the play-ers technically, mentally andphysically.
“We have said that our pro-gramme is to develop the indi-vidual holistically,” said Byrne
“I have played overseas, I havecoached overseas, I know thelevels that are required, and it’shard. We have too many playerswho go overseas and then withina year or a year-and-a-half, theycome back again because theycan’t survive.”
BEATEN: Kyle Wheelen of Glendene United manoeuvres the ball around goalkeeper Unathi Tiso, of Manenberg sideChelsea United, to score during a Metropolitan Premier Cup playoff match. The game was played at the Greensin Manenberg and ended in a 30 victory for Glendene. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
REACH FOR THE SKY: Evertonians goalkeeper Riaaz Dyers and defender Moegamat Williams fight to clear a highball from their penalty area, while Gershwin van der poll(in red), of Matroosfontein, attempts to head the ball towards goal. The Metropolitan Cup playoff match endedin a 00 stalemate. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
CHALLENGE: Clayton Williams (in blue), of Grassy Parkbased side Evertonians, jumps to control the ball aheadof Matroosfontein player Junaid Ismail at the Greens inManenberg on Sunday 29 January. The teams played toa 00 draw in a Metropolitan Premier Cup playoff match.
Photo: Rashied Isaacs
Kenpo karateclasses startTIGER Academy of Martial Arts SAKenpo Karate will start their classeson Saturday 28 January.
Registration will take place on Sat-urday 4 February.
Classes and registration will takeplace at the Rocklands Sports Hall,and the registration fee is R60.
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THE state of non-racialism and develop-ment in Western Cape sport will be the sub-ject of an independently hosted symposi-um.
Cheryl Roberts, a respected sports activ-ist who in recent years has actively cam-paigned for female participation in sport,will host the event in conjunction with theSport and Recreation Council of the City ofCape Town.
The former table tennis star, who partici-pated at the 1992 Olympic Games in Athens,said the main reason for the seminar is theslow pace of transformation in South Afri-can sport.
“This an a platform to get us to engagein dialogue and conversation about ourguiding principle in sport– that of non-ra-cialism in sport,” said Roberts
“It will also focus on, and try to thrashout, what we should know and implementwhen we talk about development and devel-oping sport.”
The event will take place on Saturday 4January from 09:00 at the Athlone Stadium.
According to Roberts, the symposiumwill be independently hosted, outside of na-tional and provincial government but willnot be anti-government.
The event is open to all, especially offi-cials and administrators at provincial lev-els of sport, leaders of sports councils, dis-trict associations, club and communitysports structures, coaches and selectors,tertiary education sports officials and gov-ernment officials. “We need many mindsto be exposed to non-racialism in sport.
Twenty years after sports unification,following decades of anti-apartheid sportsstruggle, we have been catapulted into anera of money and professional sport, withsevere class, colour and gender imbalancesand non-racialism in sport is not under-stood,” said Roberts.
“Development is vital for every sport ifthey are to survive healthily in the future,but participation has, over this period,dwindled.
“I don’t think the emphasis should be on-ly on elite participation but on building thefoundation of sport, in conjunction with lo-cal government and sports federations. Inimplementing development programmes,we must work from a non-racial perspec-tive, not a racial one.”
Additionally, all delegates attending thesymposium will receive a copy of Robertsbook titled No normal sport in an abnormalsociety – struggle for non-racial sport inSouth Africa: From apartheid to sports uni-ty”
For more information call Roberts on 082691 8547.
Farewell to dance sport legendMARK WARD
ON MONDAY morning, 23 January,Roberta Johnson was not at the doorto meet me but when she made her en-trance minutes later into the loungeof their home in Lotus River, shelooked sprightly, and smiled as shegreeted me.
Last week I set off to trace the recip-ients of the Sport Legends awardswho live in the Southern Suburbs.The event took place just beforeChristmas but Roberta and her hus-band Bernard could not attend thefunction because they were at a
championship in Bloemfontein.The former ballroom stars were
part were of a group of 33, inductedas Western Cape Sport Legends forDance Sport.
On Friday it was with great sadnessthat I heard Roberta died suddenly onWednesday 25 January, a day afterthe article appeared in Peoples Post.
I did not know Roberta (62) beforeour meeting as dance sport was neverhigh on my sporting agenda. It wasonly my obsession to honour our leg-ends that set me off on this coursemeeting the couple. The 25 minutes inthe company of Roberta and her hus-
band, Bernard, was inspirational andleft a lasting impression on me. I wasglad to have had the opportunity ofmeeting her.
Her husband, Bernard, said. “Itcame so suddenly. She died on herway to hospital after suffering com-plication related to thrombosis,which she suffered from for a longtime.”
She will be buried on Tuesday 31January from the Good Hope Chris-tian Centre in Ottery.
She is survived by a son, Cameron,who was in America at the time of herdeath. REMEMBERED: Roberta Johnson and husband Bernard Johnson .
Fetcher fears for StormersFetcher fears for StormersLIAM MOSES
THE Stormers’ leadership has weighedin on the debate raging around whetherthe Newlands side will be able to fulfiltheir Super Rugby aspirations for thisseason without the services of a top-class fetcher.
Francois Louw, the team’s first choiceopen-side flank, swapped Cape Town andthe Western Province Rugby Union for theBath rugby club in England at the end oflast season.
Louw’s departure has left the team with-out an obvious choice for the position andsparked fears that the breakdown could bea major weakness for the Stormers thiscoming season.
These fears could have been reinforcedonFridaynight, in the sides’ unconvincing28-6 victory over the Lions, the 2011 CurrieCup champions, at Newlands.
When questioned about his views of theteam’s performance at the breakdown,team captain Schalk Burger, who himselfoccupied the number six jersey on thenight, admitted that his team could im-prove.
“I think, on attack, our break down(play)waspretty effective actually, bar oneor two incidents of sealing off,” said Burg-er.
“Obviously, a lot of the time we madedominanthits and foundourselves occupy-ing the space between the ball carrier andthe number nine, and you have to get outof there as soon as possible.
“Tonight, the guys were getting a fewdouble hits and driving them back and fall-ing over in the wrong space. We’ll have towork on that.”
The Stormers were penalised for in-fringements at the ruck on several occa-sions during the game, including twice inthe first three minutes.
Burger was the first to draw a whistlefrom the referee, when he sealed off a ruckonly seconds into the match – castingdoubts over his ability fulfil the fetcherrole for the Stormers.
Burger has put the poor performance atruck-time down to ring-rust, while Storm-ers’ mentor Alister Coetzee said that newinterpretations of the laws could also havecontributed to the less-than-clinical dis-play.
“The breakdown is probably an areawhere we will get Jaco Peyper to come outand explain a few things,” said Coetzee.
“Jaco has been assigned by SA Rugby towork with our region – the Stormers,Boland and the Eagles – and it would be agood discussion to have with him and justgo through the breakdown.”
The match saw several players return tofirst fifteen after a youthful and inexperi-enced side was picked for the Stormers firstwarm-up game against Boland on Saturday
21 January.Burger, Gio Aplon, Jean de Villiers and
Juan de Jongh all took to the field for thefirst time since playing in the Springboks’ill-fated World Cup campaign in New Zea-land last year.
New signings Joe Pietersen, who re-turned to club after two seasons in France,former Sharks prop Deon Carstens, who al-so last played in the French Top 14, andformer Bulls wing Gerhard van den Heeverall played a part in the match.
However, like so many of the Stormers’
and Western Province’s games last season,the team had a very youthful feel.
This trend looks set to continue as flankNizaam Carr, Steven Kitshof – who is closeto being a first choice player anyway – EbenEtzebeth and Siya Kolisi all performed im-pressively.
Both coach and captain commended theyoungsters on their play. Coetzee made spe-cial mention to Etzebeth, saying that theyoungster had all the makings of a top-classinternational, but that he was still a longway from the finished product.
PRACTICE: Stormers captain Schalk Burger has blamed a lack of match practice for histeam’s unpolished performance at the breakdown in the 286 victory over the Lions at Newlands last Friday. Photo: Sharief Jaffer
