E-mail: [email protected]Tuesday 31 May 2011 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 (t) 021 447 6111 (t) 021 447 6111 91 DURHAM AVE, SALT RIVER 91 DURHAM AVE, SALT RIVER MasterCard® MasterCard® VISA AND MASTERCARD ACCEPTED Imported Wall Tiles R29.95 R29.95 R29.95 /m² Terracotta Tiles Imported Glazed Porcelain (60x60) R39.95 R39.95 R39.95 /m² Imported Floor Tiles CASH TILES from from while stocks last R49.95 R49.95 R49.95 /m² /m² from from R110.00 R110.00 R110.00 Winter woes beset station traders VERNA VAN DIEMEN T RADERS on the station deck say the winter months will flush out their business because the units which they trade from do not provide overhead shel- ter when it rains. Intersite Property Management Services, a subsidiary of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), controls the deck. Yesterday the traders complained to the People’s Post that their structures do not pro- vide shelter from the rain, forcing them to close their doors and turn away customers. They also say that security and cleanliness have deteriorated since the new site was launched just before the World Cup last year. Henry Masimla, portfolio manager for Pra- sa, says he only heard about the challenges traders face during heavy rain yesterday, and that he had already instructed a staff member to assess the situation. Ralph Bailey, a trader who sells shoes from one of the kiosks, says Intersite should have thought about the problem when they de- signed the units. “We want them to build some kind of cover- ing for the area. Before, when we traded we could hide underneath our canvas covering. Now we have to trade like this,” he says. The Steenberg pensioner has a towel ready to dry the shoes which he sells when the rain comes. “Lucky for me, I act fast and have a towel ready but the rain can spoil our stock,” he says. Bailey says that they are also forced to hold the doors of their units together by stacking bricks underneath the door because the metal hooks, which prevent the door from blowing around, were stolen. “We cannot understand how these things are stolen if we are supposed to have 24-hour security,” he says. Masimla says that the tenants were in- volved with the design of the units and that they had approved it. He added that nobody reported that their steel hooks had been being stolen and said he would follow up the matter with the security guards who are employed on the deck. He also says he was open to talking about a short-term solution to the problem. He adds that Prasa is concerned about ten- ants putting up canvas canopies, because it would not tie in with the aesthetics of the ar- ea. “I am not sure who at Prasa decided they cannot use canvas shelters, but we want to prevent everyone from putting up their own thing. It could look like an informal settle- ment and we have worked so hard to attract customers to the station deck,” he says. Masimla says they will work towards a so- lution, considering the budget and other con- straints. “In the next two to three months we will be able to come up with a clear way forward,” he says. Bailey said the standards of cleanliness of the area had also dropped. But another tenant, Yagyaa Charles, who has been selling take-away food from the sta- tion deck for 16 years, says the traders’ sec- tion is very clean compared to the taxi rank, which is on the opposite side of the units. Moerida Abrahams, a taxi commuter who walks past the traders three times a week to get to her Mitchell’s Plain taxi, says the area at the traders is much cleaner than the taxi rank. “I never smell urine here but when I get to the taxi rank, it’s another story,” she says. Abrahams says it is difficult to shop on the station when it rains. “There is no shelter when it rains, so I do not think that I would shop there in such con- ditions,” says Abrahams. PRECIOUS STOCK: Trader, Ralph Bailey, dries a shoe before it spoils in the rain. CLEAN: Yagyaa Charles says the area where the traders are situated is kept clean by Intersite, unlike the taxi rank. Photos: Verna van Diemen
TRADERS on the station deck say thewinter months will flush out their
business because the units which theytrade from do not provide overhead shel-ter when it rains.
Intersite Property Management Services, asubsidiary of the Passenger Rail Agency ofSouth Africa (PRASA), controls the deck.
Yesterday the traders complained to thePeople’s Post that their structures do not pro-vide shelter from the rain, forcing them toclose their doors and turn away customers.
They also say that security and cleanlinesshave deteriorated since the new site waslaunched just before the World Cup last year.
Henry Masimla, portfolio manager for Pra-sa, says he only heard about the challengestraders faceduringheavy rainyesterday, andthat he had already instructed a staff memberto assess the situation.
Ralph Bailey, a trader who sells shoes fromone of the kiosks, says Intersite should havethought about the problem when they de-signed the units.
“We want them to build some kind of cover-ing for the area. Before, when we traded wecould hide underneath our canvas covering.Now we have to trade like this,” he says.
The Steenberg pensioner has a towel readyto dry the shoes which he sells when the raincomes.
“Lucky for me, I act fast and have a towelready but the rain can spoil our stock,” hesays.
Bailey says that they are also forced to holdthe doors of their units together by stackingbricksunderneath thedoorbecause themetalhooks, which prevent the door from blowingaround, were stolen.
“We cannot understand how these thingsare stolen if we are supposed to have 24-hoursecurity,” he says.
Masimla says that the tenants were in-volved with the design of the units and thatthey had approved it.
He added that nobody reported that theirsteel hooks had been being stolen and said hewould follow up the matter with the securityguards who are employed on the deck.
He also says he was open to talking abouta short-term solution to the problem.
He adds that Prasa is concerned about ten-ants putting up canvas canopies, because itwould not tie in with the aesthetics of the ar-ea.
“I am not sure who at Prasa decided theycannot use canvas shelters, but we want toprevent everyone from putting up their ownthing. It could look like an informal settle-ment and we have worked so hard to attractcustomers to the station deck,” he says.
Masimla says they will work towards a so-lution, considering the budget and other con-
straints.“In the next two to three months
we will be able to come up with aclear way forward,” he says.
Bailey said the standards ofcleanliness of the area had alsodropped.
But another tenant, Yagyaa Charles, whohas been selling take-away food from the sta-tion deck for 16 years, says the traders’ sec-tion is very clean compared to the taxi rank,which is on the opposite side of the units.
Moerida Abrahams, a taxi commuter whowalks past the traders three times a week toget to her Mitchell’s Plain taxi, says the areaat the traders is much cleaner than the taxirank.
“I never smell urine here but when I get tothe taxi rank, it’s another story,” she says.
Abrahams says it is difficult to shop on thestation when it rains.
“There is no shelter when it rains, so I donot think that I would shop there in such con-ditions,” says Abrahams.
PRECIOUS STOCK: Trader, Ralph Bailey, driesa shoe before it spoils in the rain.
CLEAN: Yagyaa Charles says the area where the traders are situated is kept clean by Intersite, unlike the taxi rank. Photos: Verna van Diemen
Page 2 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition NEWS Tuesday 31 May 2011
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Schafer, received an enthusias-tic response from Green Pointratepayers when she promised toensure that minibus taxis are re-placed by the Integrated RapidTransport system by year end.
This was one of the many issuesraise at the Green Point Ratepay-ers’ and Residents’ Association(GPRRA) AGM on Wednesday 25May. About 80 people attended themeeting, which was held at Hellen-ic Sports Club in Green Point.
December 2011 is the current tar-get date for the inception of the IRTfeeder routes for the Atlantic Sea-board, but this depends on the con-clusion of a long-term contract withan operator.
The ratepayers bid farewell tooutgoing ward councillor, JPSmith, and warmly welcomedSchafer, who promised that shewould continue championing allthe projects started by Smith.
Some of the issues which she willconcentrate on are: the Sea Point/Mouille Point R30 million upgradewhich, among others, will includethe installation of a new irrigationsystem, as well as new trees, partic-ularly in areas where there is playequipment for children to allowfamilies to sit in the shade. Newplay equipment will be arriving toreplace the old, rusted swingswhich are situated close to the Pa-vilion parking area. Schafer will al-so focus on helping the homeless inher ward.
Smith thanked residents for play-
ing a role in developing the parkingdisc system.
“I am proud of this communitywho made community solutions,City solutions,” he said.
Smith suggested that the associa-tion considers having a rent-a-copfor event days to enforce the park-ing laws which have been passed.
At the lively meeting, residentsvoiced concerns over traffic, noiseand crime among other things.
The Built Environment Commit-tee, a subdivision of GPRRA, spokeabout property development inGreen Point.
Mervin Bregman, chairperson ofthe committee said: “We are a facili-tative mechanism rather an anti-development body. We do standagainst development, but we wantto retain the green integrity whichmakes Green Point what it is to-day,” he said.
Bregman encouraged residentsand developers to consult theirbody if they want to develop in thearea.
“There is almost no new land inGreen Point as it is, but there aredevelopers who purchase betweenone to five properties to have it de-veloped. People are relatively freeto do with their properties whattheywant, butwearehere to ensurethat it does not traverse the neigh-bours’ rights.”
Jocelyn Kagan, the organisa-tion’s publicist, said that GPRRAwill start a fire committee whichwill look at preventing fires whichravage the vegetation on the moun-tain and threaten properties closeby.
After several meetings with SAN-Parks, she has been given the go-
ahead from the Department of For-estry to clear vegetation at the twofire breaks on either side of themountain’s gumtree plantation.
“The burning of Signal Hill hasbeen a repetitive incident this pastsix years. After the last fire I said,this is it,” she said.
Kagan is in talks with the Cityand the Fire Department to cart thedebris collected from the mountainbefore setting a date for the opera-tion.
Shehas appealed to the communi-ty to submit their names if they areinterested in helping with the two-day clean-up operation.
Following a number of dog fatali-ties onGreenPointMainRoad closeto Mouille Point lighthouse, wheredogs are allowed to run lead-free,the association is trying to acquirea different space which is off-lead,safe and not close to a main road.
A suggested area is the one be-hind Virgin Active. “Several dogswho do not stay on the grass havebeen knocked down on the MainRoad. This is traumatic for the own-er and everyone else,” she said.
The area was used as a car parkduring the World Cup and was asuggested area to grow grass forCape Town Stadium.
Smith said the space was de-claredunfit to growgrass as the sur-face underneath was too hard.
Kagan appealed to owners to “beresponsible” with their dogs,should the area be demarcated, be-cause it would not be fenced off.
Jacques Weber from the HumanEnvironment Committee (HEC) ofGPRRA said HEC keeps a close eyeon event applications for the area.
“We cannot say no to each and
every event application becauseevents brings money and businessto the area. It also brings peoplefrom other areas, which is good be-cause Green Point belongs to every-one in Cape Town. But we have tofind a balance,” he said.
The 1UP Big Walk (“Big Walknoise irks residents”, People’s Post,Tuesday 22 March) and the Moon-lighting film shoot were two of theevents which created problems forthe residents of Green Point, saidWeber.
“Wearehere to see that residents’rights are not abused by certain or-ganisations,” he said.
Weber mentioned that the organi-sation successfully opposed the bailapplication by violent convictedhousebreaker Ernest Chambiso, byaccumulating 1 200 signatures fromGreen Point residents who weredead-set against seeing him get outon bail.
Chambiso was arrested for at-tempted murder and house-break-ing in November when he savagelyattacked a woman in her GreenPoint flat.
He was sentenced to 13 years inprison in the Cape Town RegionalCourt in December.
Traffic problems were anotherhot topic at the meeting.
One resident asked if there wasany way that cars and bakkies whopark on pavements and flower bedscould be towed away.
A resident of Tolby Road in GreenPoint said there was a problem withtrucks entering their narrow road,destroying the pavement.
“Can there not be a truck size lim-itation? There are huge gapingholes in the roads because of the
heavy trucks.”Smith said there are few solu-
tions for the trucks which damageroads, because if the City enforcesa size limitation for trucks onroads, residents would have to payfor two smaller delivery trucks in-stead of one big one, said Smith.
“The infrastructure is really old.The roads are between 60 and 80years old, and we have to spendmoney but if we repair the roads,the trucks might break it again.And if we send smaller trucks thereis no guarantee that they will not dothe same damage,” says Smith.
The parking tariffs in Sea Pointwill be reduced on Friday 1 Julyfrom R9,40 per hour to R7 per hourand R3,50 per 30 minutes.
Smith said the new public artwould be unveiled at the Sea PointPromenade walkway on Thursday16 June when the contract ends forthe current art pieces, “Walking theRoad”, by Marieke Prinsloo Rowe.
The new display will be by Har-field Village artist, Kevin Brand.
FRESH BLOOD: Newlyelected wardcouncillor, Belinda Schafer, with BobGoebel of the Green Point Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association.
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Charity productionA FUNDRAISING production of “Tuesdayswith Morrie” will be staged at the Theatreon the Bay in Camps Bay at 19:00 on Wednes-day 1 June.
The production has been arranged by Helpthe Rural Child, a non-profit organisation fo-cused on helping underprivileged rural com-munities.
Tickets to the show cost R150 per person.The price includes a pre-show drink upon
arrival.For further information, contact Claire
McGuinness on O71 687 4732 or (021) 689-8392.
Bo-Kaap food and craft marketBo-Kaap Food and Craft Indoor Marketwill be held at the Bo-Kaap Civic Centrein Wale Street on Saturday 4 June from10:00 to 14:00.
There will be an array of traditionalfoods, including hot breakfasts, cakes,spices, koeksisters, milk tart, samoosas,salomies, dried fruit and other preserves.
The crafts will include jewellery,clothes, gifts, African curios and crochet
baskets. This month there will be some-thing new for the females. This will in-clude, threading, cranic healing, foot andhand scrubs, facials and Indian headmassages.
At 12:00 there will be a food demonstra-tion using Soraya’s Secret Delicacies or-ganic pastes and spices. The next marketwill be held on Saturday 2 July. For de-tails, call (021) 424-3736 or 072 643 0054.
Contact your ward councillorKEEP in contact with your ward council-lors about service delivery.
. Ward 77 (Schotschekloof, Tamboersk-loof, Gardens, Vredehoek, Oranjezicht, Ta-ble Mountain, Devil’s Peak, District 6/Zon-nebloem and the City centre.
Dave Bryant, who will replace BelindaWalker:
Cell: 071 855 9554Email: [email protected]’s office number is not available
yet.
. Ward 54 (Atlantic Seaboard suburbs ofGreen Point, Mouille Point, Sea Point,Three Anchor Bay, Bantry Bay, Braemar
Estate and Fresnaye, Clifton and part ofCamps Bay).
Beverley Schafer, who will replace JPSmith:
Cell: 083 598 3676Schafer is waiting for her official land-
line number and email address.
. Ward 74 (Part of Camps Bay, Bakoven,Llandudno, Hout Bay, part of Table Moun-tain National Parks between Camps Bayand Hout Bay, and the south-western partof Table Mountain)
THE City of Cape Town will contributealmost R1 million to shelters for the
homeless this winter.
It announced last week thatit would be allocating R400 000to the Haven Night Shelterwhich will, in turn, distributeto shelters across Cape Town.
The Haven has 14 branchesacross Cape Town, and has anannual budget of R15 millionfunded by the National Lot-tery, the provincial Depart-ment of Social Developmentand members of the public.
The City will also apportionR500 000 to the Haven whichwas not allocated last year.
Hassan Khan, chief execu-tive officer of the Haven, saysthat the funds will be used asa top-up service during winter.
“We have enough infrastruc-ture, with 950 beds across the14 shelters, and this is for extramattresses, blankets andmeals,” he says.
Khan says last year was aparticularly bad winter for the Haven, be-cause it had not received the funding from
the City and the World Cup also brought inextra homeless people.
“We used our reserves last year and wepulled through,” he says.
Seventeen organisations,including nine of the HavenNight Shelter branches, ap-plied for funding last year.
Khan says that they are notanticipating such a big influxof homeless people as lastyear.
“There will be the usual ref-ugees who will be looking forrefuge, but our goal is to re-integrate people back intotheir own families,” he said.
Mattresses are replaced allthe time and those returninghome are sent off with a blan-ket.
Lungelo Nokwaza, from theCity’s Department of SocialDevelopment, says they are“finalising the funding proc-ess”.
Nokwaza confirms that theCity will be paying last yearand this year’s money to theHaven Night Shelter to dis-tribute to other shelters.
Nokwaza was unable to confirm the exactdate.
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REPAIRS by Metrorail on damaged car-riages has seen a decrease in the number
of coaches on trains, causing even more over-crowding on the already capacity-filled trans-port mode.
But despite Metrorail’s claims of working“aggressively” on a short-term recovery planto ensure that every available train is in serv-ice, commuters say the serviceprovider should have informedcommuters of planned carriagecuts, and made provision for ad-ditional trains to run during therepair process.
Former eight-coach trainshave been reduced to seven andin some cases six-coach trains.
Metrorail regional manager,Lindelo Matya, says trains areshortened when carriages thatdisplay defects related to the ag-ing of its infrastructure are re-paired on site or are temporari-ly removed to be repaired.
He says the entire train orsome carriages can also be per-manently or temporarily removed from serv-ice, depending on the extent of the breakdownand its rail-worthiness.
But commuters, who are being forced intofewer carriages, remainunimpressedwith theservice provided by Metrorail.
Jessica le Grange says she has “lost about10 kilos” from being squashed in the third-class carriage she takes from Plumstead Sta-tion to Salt River.
“I didn’t think it would be possible to over-crowd trains more than they were a fewmonths ago, but Metrorail has done it again.
“This situation is ridiculous, but for manyof us, this is the most cost-effective way to get
to work.“I am seriously considering rather forking
out more and be comfortable than to risk mylife on an overcrowded carriage.”
Miles Sibanye, from Steurhof, says it is in-evitable that someone will fall from a movingtrain.
“The situation is especially bad at Wynbergstation. It’s dangerous and disgusting that wehave to travel like cattle on a truck. Metrorail
makes millions every year.Can’t they treat their customersbetter? They should be increas-ing the number of carriages in-stead of cutting down.”
Matya acknowledges that a“limited number” of train setscurrently operate without therequisite number of carriages.
“These carriages are beingmaintained, and due to occa-sional lack of sufficient spare ca-pacity, we are forced to operateshorter trains rather that can-celling the entire set.
“Our rolling stock depot isworking flat out to repair thevandalised couches with an in-
tention of returning them back to service assoon as possible.”
He adds that most of the work has been out-sourced to private contractors to speed up theprocess of returning these sets to service.
“These efforts, however, will be in vain ifthe commuters do not join hands with Metro-rail security and Law Enforcement to reportany incident of vandalism and malicious dam-age to the coaches.”
Report vandalism to Crime Stop on08600 10111; the Metrorail Protection Serviceon (021) 449-4336, or the Transport Informa-tion Centre on 0800 65 64 63.
THE Cape Penin-sula University ofTechnology andstudents have metto resolve their dif-ferences after aprotest which re-sulted in the cafe-teria being lootedby some students.
A peaceful protestby students againstgrievances about is-sues such as servicedelivery, the condi-tion of residencesand the marking ofexamination pa-pers, turned rowdyon Tuesday 17 Maywhen some studentslooted the cafeteriaat CPUT’s Cape Town campus.
The Student Representative Council(SRC) has distanced itself from the groupof students who looted the cafeteria.
Monwabisi Luthuli, SRC president,says: “Those were a bunch of disruptivestudents who undertook to make a peace-ful demonstration, unpeaceful.”
Thami Nkwanyane, spokesperson forthe CPUT Cape Town campus, says thesituation is calm and that they have notyet assessed the cost of the damages fromthe protest.
Luthuli says the SRC met the CPUT’sexecutive management and the chairper-son of the CPUT council, Mbulelo Bik-wani, at the Bellville Campus on Satur-day 21 May.
“The meeting went well, and lots of pos-itives came out of it,” he says.
Bikwana says students are unhappyabout “exorbitant” food prices at the cafe-teria, the “abominable” conditions ofsome of the student residences and thefact that CPUT buses are not equipped fordisabled students. They also want exami-nation papers to be marked on their stu-dent numbers, not their names, to avoid“discrimination”.
Luthuli says that students’ grievancesstudents include:
“A Jive cooldrink, which costs aboutR9 in all stores, costs R20 at the cafeteria.We want them to pay our allowance forfood into our bank account, and not intoour student accounts so that we can buyoutside the cafeteria as well.
“We want the buses to cart disabled stu-dents because they are disadvantaged by
this system; there seems to be a prefer-ence for white students by the Engineer-ing lecturers so we want them to markour examinations on the basis of studentnumbers and not by name; and we wantthe residences at 179 Loop Street and an-other in Salt River to be closed down be-cause we have found some rooms withoutwindows, it is dirty and there are crackson the walls, among other things,” hesays.
Nkwanyane says: “We have decided tomark students’ examinations by studentnumber and not by name.”
Luthuli adds that it was agreed that stu-dents’ allowances be paid into their bankaccounts; that students’ examinationsare marked on the basis of their studentcards that the contracts with the resi-dences in Loop Street and Salt River areterminated by the end of June.
Nkwanyane says he had no idea aboutthe bus saga or the payment of allowancesinto students’ bank accounts.
“I am not aware of those two issues butthe cafeteria issue was part of the biggerissues like fees and conditions at the resi-dences,” he says.
Students are demanding that the uni-versity scrap the increase in the fees for2012.
He declined to talk about the protest,but said that the CPUT has undertakento meet some of the demands of the stu-dents at specific dates.
“We had a meeting and the issuesraisedby the studentswere sent to the rel-evant departments to be taken care of,”he says.
Some students at the CPUT Cape Town campus looted the cafeteria, taking drinks, chips and other items. Photo: Lulama Zenzile
War and the media at the Labia“THEWarYouDon’t See”, a documentaryabout the role of the media in war, willpremiere in Cape Town at the Labia onOrange Cinema on Sunday 5 June at 18:15,on Monday 6 June at 20:30 and on Tuesday7 June at 18:15.
This film by John Pilger is a “pow-erful and timely” investigation into themedia’s role in war, tracing the histo-ry of embedded and independent re-porting from the carnage of World WarI to the destruction of Hiroshima, andfrom the invasion of Vietnam to the
current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.The screenings will be followed by a fa-
cilitated audience discussion.This event is presented by the Labia
and While You Were Sleeping, which is aCape Town-based non-profit film collec-tive committed to bringing progressive,non-mainstream documentaries with im-portant social, political and environmen-tal messages to South African audiences.
Tickets are R20.Reserve your seat by calling The Labia
on (021) 424-5927.
Protein Crunch book launchDID you know that it took 30 000 litres of wa-ter to make your mobile phone? Or that tofeed their citizens, China and Saudi Arabiahave bought more farmland in Africa thanexists in the whole of France?
Or that fishing has been banned on the Seaof Galilee as fish stocks have collapsed? It isfacts like these that make The ProteinCrunch: civilisation on the brink is a fasci-nating read.
Written by Jason Drew, an international
businessman, serial entrepreneur and pas-sionate environmentalist, The ProteinCrunch dishes up the harsh truths of theworld but also shows that business opportu-nities exist for innovative entrepreneurs.
The book launch will be held at The BayBookshop 126 The Square, Level 1 CapeQuarter, Somerset Road, Green Point onTuesday 7 June from 17:30 for 18:00. For de-tails RSVP (021) 421-1301 or email [email protected].
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A CAR GUARD appeared in theCape Town Magistrate’s Courton Wednesday 25 May for alleg-edly murdering a fellow carguard inGreenPointonSunday15 May.
Sea Point police spokesperson,Warrant Officer Bheki Xulu, saystwo car guards were fighting overwork boundaries at a parking lotat about 19:00 in Main Road, GreenPoint.
“During their argument, a carguard pulled out a knife andstabbed Fezekile Motwana (36) inhis head, chest and stomach,” he
said. Motwana died on the scene.Car guard Edward Louw (40) wasarrested for murder.
Xulu says the suspect will bekept in police custody until hisnext court appearance in August.
The exact date has not yet beenconfirmed.
He added that the two do nothave fixed addresses as many carguards live on the streets.
. Meanwhile, Cape Town policeand members of the neighbour-hood watch visited 10 buildingcontractors in Tamboerskloof onThursday 26 May to notify themthat they can request that policeaccompany them when they col-lect large sums of cash from the
bank.This follows an
armed robbery of abuilding contrac-tor on Friday 20May at about 12:00
in Burnside Road, Tamboerskloofafter he collected R29 000 from thebank.
One of his employees has beentaken in for questioning.
Captain Ezra October, spokes-person for Cape Town Central Po-lice Station, says each sector com-mander went around in their areato encourage buildingcontractors to paytheir workers via elec-tronic transfers, and toask the police to ac-company them shouldthey need to withdrawlarge sums of money.
“The contractorwithdrew the moneyfrom Absa in Wood-stock.
He then returned tothe site, where he wasapproached by two men, onearmed with a knife and another
with a gun. They threatened him,took the money and fled on foot,”he says.
October said the employee wasarrested because the contractorsaid he was receiving and makingcalls most of the morning on Fri-day 20 May.
“We have received permissionfrom the courts tofind out where thecalls were madefrom.
“The investigationis ongoing, and it willbe determinedwhether the employ-ee will be chargedbased on the evi-dence,” says October.
. Sea Point policehave issued a warn-ing of increased inci-
dents of bank card skimming inGreen Point and Sea Point.
Xulu says: “It has been a con-cern for the past three months thatmembers of the public, includingtourists, are targeted while usingATMs in certain points in GreenPoint and Sea Point.”
Police have held meetings withall the relevant stakeholders inthe area to ensure that safetymeasures are available at allATMs, says Xulu.
Residents and visitors to the ar-ea are advised to use ATMs inwell-lit places; to always keeptheir eye on their cards; to not ac-cept assistance from strangers,never to reveal their pin, even toa person claiming to be a bank offi-cial; to watch out for people stand-ing very close to the ATM andlookingover their shoulder; and tonever leave a bank card in theATM but rather to follow instruc-tions on the ATM if the card isstuck.
Man arrested for murder after guard is stabbed in head, chest and stomach
QuestionconsciousnessA FREE public talktitled “Can neuro-science throw lighton consciousness?”,by Baroness SusanGreenfield, directorof the Royal Institu-tion of Great Britainand Fullerian Pro-fessor of Physiologyat Oxford, will beheld at the SA Astro-nomical Observato-ry Auditorium, Ob-servatory Road onTuesday 7 June at17:00. For more in-formation and direc-tions visit www.roy-alsocietysa.org.za.
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Wine and class at Nederburg launchNEDERBURG launched the latest vintage oftheir Ingenuity range on Monday 23 May atthe award-winning Fresnaye mansion of de-signers Stefan and Carla Antoni.
The Antonis are the owners of a high-endluxury, handmade, gifts designedandmadebycelebrated South African artists, sculptors,designers and jewellers.
The striking backdrop of Fresnaye in thedistance and the sun setting over the oceanprovided a beautiful setting to celebrate allthings design and ingenuity. Guests were es-corted to the event in Rikkis London cabs andwere greeted on arrival with a glass of Desi-
derius Pongrácz. Attendees also receivedbracelets from Dune Kossatz and mingledamongst Antonis’s exquisite collection thatwas on display in glass cases throughout thehouse. No-one went hungry, with deliciouscanapés circulating the whole night – fromoysters and slow-roasted lamb with mash tomouth watering meringues, with ice-creamcones and coffee to finish off the night.
The guest list included Tracey McGregor,Ard Matthews, Landi Swanepoel, NickyGreenwall, Ram Barkai, CEO of Cadiz andThemba Mvusi, CEO of Sanlam, lending theirglamour to the event.
UPPER CRUST: Atlantic Seaboard residents atthe deluxe affair, Carla Antoni (Fresnaye), Gerhard du Toit (Sea Point) and Marina Nestle(Green Point).
SWANKY: Green Point residents, BiancaBerry and Julie Shahid, enjoyed the opulentaffair.
Seen here are Tom PearsonAdams (left) and Rob Sawyer.
Opera singer, Robin Botha, is one of the performersat The Brasserie.
From left, Dominik Marszalek and Kerry Hillier from The Hattery.
From left, Tanja Mostert and Sandra H from Body Arts. Brasserie dancers Tracy Stanford (left) and Lindi Peters. Photos: Supplied
A quirky new eatery, The Brasserie, openedon Thursday 19 May in Vaudeville on theForeshore. Patrons can enjoy a variety of en-tertainment that takes place intermittentlythroughout the evening.
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‘Help me getmy sight back’TAURIQ HASSEN
“THIS is the onlyhope I have”,
pleads a partially blindFactreton man, who islosing more of his eye-sight with every passingday.
Craig Thomas was diag-nosed with degenerativemyopia at an early age,which saw his eyesight de-teriorate over time.
The 51-year-old Thomas iscurrently occupying a smallroom in a wendy house, liv-ing alone and depending ona disability grant of R1 010 amonth.
He never leaves thehouse, as his vision re-stricts him to the safety ofhis back yard.
According to a myopic de-generation support website,myopia is a conditionwhereby images come intofocus in front of the eye, re-sulting in a blurred imageon the retina.
The more severe the near-sightedness, the farther theimage is from the retina,which results in more blur-ry vision in the distance.
Myopia causes light raysto focus on the front of theretina. As a result, close ob-jects are seen clearly, while distant objectsappear blurred.
Near vision, however, can deteriorate toa level where reading even close to the facecan become difficult.
“I cannot do normal things like every-body else, and it’s sad for me,but it’s a condition that I amfaced with and have been liv-ing like this for almost all mylife,” says Thomas.
Thomas visits the GrooteSchuur Eye Clinic for treat-ment regularly, but this hasresulted in very little successthus far.
On his visit to the clinic,Thomas is required to per-form optical tests, whichproves that his eyesight is de-teriorating by the day.
However, approximatelythree weeks ago, he was of-fered a lifeline when a doctorinformed him about an opera-tion that could restore his eye-sight. “This is the first opera-tion of its kind, and my hopes are high, be-cause there is something I can do to savemy eyesight,” Thomas says excitedly.
According to Thomas, the R50 000 opera-tion initially came to him asa “huge surprise”, but thelifeline gave him “hope tocling on”.
“I was even prepared to actas a guinea pig for this opera-tion, this is how desperate Iam, because I just want an-
other chance,” says Thomas with a widesmile on his face.
He adds that watching television, driv-ing a car, obtaining a driving licence andnot walking into objects are all possible ifthe operation is performed.
“I know I am losing my eye-sight really slowly, but thereis a chance for me to do thenormal things that everybodyelse gets up to, so I will contin-ue to hope and dream,” saysThomas.
“If there is anybody outthere, the public and evendoctors reading my story, thisis something that means somuch to me, because thethought of losing my eyesightcompletely is really some-thing scary.”
Anybody willing to assistThomas can contact him on079 441 2699.
People’s Post forwarded a de-tailed query through to theGroote Schuur Hospital to
gain further informationonThomas’ case,but they did not respond by the time of go-ing to print.
PLEASE HELP: Craig Thomas demonstrates how difficultit is for him to read a simple sentence. Photo: Tauriq Hassen
Castle indeed the oldestANDRE BAKKES
MANY people think the Cas-tle is theoldest building inCape Town, and after
much research, phone calls andsite visits, it turns out they are ab-solutely correct.
People’s Post recently publisheda notice which claimed that the Janvan Riebeeck-commissioned fortwas the oldest building in the Cape,but a week later a reader indicatedthat this title and distinction, infact, belongs to the Posthuys in Mu-izenberg.
The plot thickened when a read-er, Gary Goldman, insisted that itwasn’t the Castle or the Posthuys,but Coornhoop, a double-storeybuilding in Observatory, that wasthe oldest.
This led People’s Post on a longbut fascinating journey of discov-ery, only to end up where it all began – or,as turns out, where it all began – the Castle.
Goldman put the cat among the pigeonswhen he said: “It is Observatory’s Coorn-hoop, without a doubt. The original pigeonholes are still there. These were homing pi-geons that would carry messages to and fromplaces like Wellington. It was built in 1657and the Castle only came much later.”
This part of the Cape Peninsula was oncemarsh-land, with buffalo, elephant, hippo, li-on and leopard roaming freely in the area.
Observatory traces its origins to the Coorn-hoop Colony land grant, which was commis-sioned to the first Free Burghers in 1657 byVan Riebeeck.
These officials from the Dutch East IndiaCompany were to occupy land in the Lies-beek River valley.
The large number of mills surrounding thevalley at the time bore testament to the suc-cess of the farms.
A few mills still remain, such as the famousMostert’s Mill.
An even older mill still exists at the Alexan-dra Institute, not far from the site of thepresent Observatory.
The later sub-division of farms such as Bel-levliet, Westoe, Valkenburg, Coornhoop andWelgelegen contributed to the present-daygrid pattern layout.
A diminutive plaque commemorating thehistoric Van Riebeeck commission is todayat the entrance of Coornhoop – a buildingnow used by the University of Cape Town’sCentre for Conflict Resolution on DixtonRoad.
On the plaque it also reveals that the Simon
van der Stel Foundation restored the ruinsin 1964-1965.
Historian Mike Walker says that if there isan authority who can identify the oldestbuilding beyond a shadow of a doubt, it is re-nowned architect Gawie Fagan.
Fagan filed the question under “elementa-ry” when he confirmed that the general as-sumption is the correct one – the pentagonalCastle, which was built in 1666, is undoubted-ly the oldest.
Things were about to get even more inter-esting when Iziko Museums of Cape Town’sdirector, Lalou Meltzer, set up an interviewwith historian and multi-award winning au-thor Dan Sleigh.
“I deal with facts,” says Sleigh confidently.“The Castle is the oldest building in the prov-ince.”
He adds that there are some circular stonestructures in the old Transvaal and FreeState that might even be older, but he can’tbe sure.
“The two cornerstones of the Castle wereplaced on 2 January 1666. The builders dugthe trenches a few months before,” he states.
When speaking to Sleigh, it is obvious thathistory flows through his veins and dateswhirl meticulously in his mind.
“Coornhoop has a very modern style of ar-chitecture. I have seen the plans for the build-ing, and they are dated between 1960 and 1970.That’swhen itwas restoredand there is hard-ly anything left of the original ruins,” hesays.
“The freemen’s houses looked completelydifferent. They had a very poor beginningand didn’t have double-storey buildings at
all.”As for the Posthuys, Sleigh says the
“misreading” of a document has leadto misinformation.
“I’ve spoken to the owners of theplace and informed them that it wasnot built in 1673, as many believe, butmuch later – definitely not before1743. They are nice people, but they’reflying under false colours.”
The second oldest building is, infact, the Slave Lodge, which was origi-nally a slave lodge and later the Su-preme Court. It is now a cultural his-tory museum, with a section on slav-ery and artefacts not only from CapeTown’s history, but also ancient andglobal civilisations.
“The Lutheran Church was built inthe 1780s, but the clock tower itselfwas built in 1702,” says Sleigh, beforerattling off a whirlwind of names anddates.
RECENT: Coornhoop, with its old pigeon holes, was builton the original ruins. Photo: Andre Bakkes
OFFICIAL: The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest building in South Africa Photo: Supplied
Hiking schedule for JuneTHE Meridian Hiking Club will be hikingto see the Noon Day Gun on Saturday 4June.
. On Sunday 5 June, there will be a funrock scramble up Cave Peak from Clovel-ly, then through Boomslang Cave to sum-mit Kleintuinkop via DassieskasteelTraverse. Contact Jenni Fitzell on 083 324
. On Saturday 11 June, there is a fullday hike to the Paarl Mountain Reserve.Contact Louis Conradie on 073 195 9077 oremail [email protected] to find out more.
Sew much to learnCLOTEX will be hosting training workshopsfor participants in the clothing and textile in-dustry, which will provide informative anduseful guidelines.
. A budget and scheduling session takes
place on 4 June between 09:00 until 12:00.The event takes place at the Clotex head-
quarters on the corner of lower Klipfonteinand Springbok Roads in Kewtown, Athlone.
There are payments required for certainsessions. To find out more about the costs,contact Natasha on (021) 637-3648, fax (021)637- 3647 or email [email protected].
Weekend of wisdomAPPLES of Gold Ministries invites all moth-ers to attend their camp at Simonsberg from3 till 5 June for a weekend of stimulating talkson mothering and marriage. Enjoy some old-fashioned nurturing as older women share
their experience with younger parents.The cost is R330 for the full weekend, in-
cluding all meals and teas.For more information, phone Christine on
(021) 782-4485 or 079 223 9635.
I cannot donormal thingslike everybodyelse, and it’s
sad for me, butit’s a conditionthat I am faced
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Saamtrek at the German ClubTHE first Zef-Zeffer-Zefste event will be heldon Friday 17 June at the German Club in Gar-dens, Cape Town.
Celebrated playwright, Charles Fourie’shit play “Agterplaas”, which was recentlystaged to accolades at the Klein Karoo Nation-al Arts festival, will be performed.
Afrikaans rapper and raconteur, JackParow, will showcase his Parowphernaliafashion range, together with funky Stellen-bosch designers, Zef Leopard.
The Psychedelic Theatre Company willstage a spectacular fire and UV performance.
A few proud Zephyr and DKW antique carowners will display their motor vehicles.
Photographer, Herman Jordaan, will holda solo-exhibition of images taken from poor-white squatter campsaroundCapeTown, and
Solidarity’s Helping Hand organisation willjoin them to inform the public of their workamong the poor.
To end the evening, music guru, VinceLadd, who has collaborated with Nine InchNails in Norway, will be playing his specialmix of “retro-sokkie-electro-vibe”, and theRoodehek restaurant will host an open barand full menu with Thai and German cuisine.
Members of the public can win great prizesfrom Baccini’s Pizzeria and Van Hunks res-taurant for the best-dressed Zef-couples. Theevent kicks off at 19:00 and tickets cost R100.
There will be safe parking at the GermanClub in Roodehek Terrace, which is just offHope Street in Gardens. For more informa-tion and bookings, contact Cintaine on073 161 4141.
Strings attached to love story“OUROBOROS”, an excitingpuppetry production by one ofSouthAfrica’s leading creativeteams, will take centre stage atthe Baxter Theatre from 1 to 11June.
Directed by 2010 StandardBank Young Artist Award win-ner for Theatre, Janni Younge,with master puppeteers BasilJones and Adrian Kohler, thistale of dreaming and the cyclesof life has been created withevocative imagery.
At its heart is a love story be-tween a dancer, Nokobinisa,and a poet, Andre.
Using the magically trans-forming powers of the puppet-ry medium, these two charac-ters are able to appear as sever-al versions of themselves.
Audiences witness the un-folding drama of their livesfrom birth to death. Their in-teractions form a web of rela-tionships, revealing the interdependence ofthe past, present and future.
The production, created and designed byYoung, is inspired by the work of US poet lau-reate Billy Collins, and was first presented togreat acclaim on the main programme of theNational Arts Festival in 2010.
It offers a swirling interaction of perform-ers, exquisitely-created puppets, filigreeshadow work and Michael Clark’s animation.
The show is set to original music by NeoMuyanga, with puppet dance choreographyby Mamela Nyamza.
The 13 main puppets are manipulated by asuperb cast comprising Jason Potgieter, Cin-dy Mkaza, Gabriel Marchand, Tali Cervati,Beren Belknap and 2007 Fleur du Cap Best Ac-
tress winner, Chuma Sopotela.Younge joined Handspring Puppet Compa-
ny as associate director in January this year.She is a graduate of the French nationalschool of puppet theatre, and has a BA in FineArt and an MA in Theatre from UCT.
“Ouroboros” is anancient symbol depictinga serpent swallowing its own tail and forminga circle.
Ticket prices range from R60 to R130. Book-ing is through Computicket on 083 915 8000,online at www.computicket.co.za or at anyShoprite Checkers outlet countrywide.
Follow the production on Facebook(www.facebook.com/pro-file.php?id=100000450807832) and Twitter (ht-tp://twitter.com/handspringcc).
MOVING: Animators bringing characters to life in a scene from“Ouroboros”, which runs at the Baxter Theatre from 1 till 11June.
Sterling forKirstenboschTHE instrumental band, Sterling EQ,will be performing at the Silvertree Res-taurant in Kirstenbosch Gardens onSunday 5 June.
The four-piece group, who have per-formed at SA’s top events and sharedstages with international icons, will per-form a selection of popular melodies andshowpieces. Expect anything from Mo-zart to Mandoza.
Tickets cost R100, and include a wel-come drink. The show starts at 18:30 for19:00. There will be light meals availablefor under R70 each. For bookings, call(021) 762-9585.
GEMS: Sterling EQ will bring their instrumental virtuosity to Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday.
Broadway hits at the MasqueA COLLECTION of well-known Broadwaysongs and dances can be seen at theMasque Theatre in Muizenberg in theform of a show called “Razzle Dazzle” fromFriday 3 June to Sunday 5 June.
The show features Felicity Kiran, whostarred in Sun City’s “Let There Be Rock!”Also starring is Peter Weisz from London’sWest End.
The show “takes the audience on a musi-cal journey through the ages of the Broad-way showstoppers, incorporating songsfrom “Cabaret”, “Moulin Rouge”, “Chica-go”, “Dream Girls”, “Grease”, “MamaMia”, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “Wewill Rock You”, “A Chorus Line” and “LesMiserables”” among others. Supported bya young cast of dancers and singers, theshow is choreographed by Jason Sisam.
Friday night is at 20:00 and Saturday at14:30 and 18:30.
Tickets cost R75 (Theatre Club membersR65).
Sunday is at 15:00.Tickets for the Sunday matinée are R65
(Theatre Club members and pensionersR50).
Bookings are through Computicket, on083 915 8000 or by phoning (021) 782-8976.
Tickets are also available through Com-puticket at Shoprite, Checkers, CheckersHyper and House and Home.
GLAMOUR: Felicity Kiran features in “RazzleDazzle” at the Masque Theatre from Friday3 June. Photo: Supplied
Comedy – the Miller wayTAMMY PETERSEN
SHARP, poignant and fast with thehumour – Mel Miller is all that and
a bag of top-quality chips.
The humour heavyweight will be per-forming in Fish Hoek on Saturday 11 Junein the Fish Hoek High School Hall as partof the Comedy Legends in the Valley se-ries, a fundraiser for the Shark Spotters.
Miller, who recently returned from asold-out show at the Sydney Opera House,and has also been awarded the Comic’sChoice Lifetime Achievement Award, iswell-known for his “Biltong and Potroast”TV show in the 1970s, in which South Afri-can comedians were pitted against Britishcounterparts.
Miller tells People’s Post he “just can’twait” for his first visit to the Far Southin decades.
“I haven’t been there in yonks, so youcannot believe my excitement for thisshow. I hope to see a full-house because Iam ready for Fish Hoek!”
He says his audience can look forwardto two hours of “moaning and complain-ing”.
“I will whine about everything fromgovernment to old age. I hope people comeprepared for an evening of chaos and mad-ness.”
Comedian Barry Hilton, who had theFar South in stitches earlier this month,says Miller is one of the most unique per-formers anyone will see.
“Even though he has been a pro for over40 years, he is as sharp and hilarious asever. He is current, poignant and quick onhis feet. He is, without a shadow of doubt,my favourite comedian. Ever!”
The Cousin says audiences are in for areal treat because when Miller takes to thestage, laughter is guaranteed.
“He is not scared to be himself, and theaudience can sense that. He is a real, genu-ine person and a top-class entertainer.”
SarahTitley, theSharkSpotters’ projectmanager, says there are still ample ticketsavailable, and calls on residents of the Val-ley to show their support next week.
“This promises to be a real family event,and a great opportunity for locals to con-tribute to the Shark Spotters and help usraise funds towards our budget shortfall,”she says.
Tickets to the show, which starts at19:00, cost R100 if pre-booked on078 174 4244, or R120 at the door on thenight. Tickets can also be bought at APJones in Fish Hoek Main Road.
. People’s Post is the print media spon-sor of the show.
Mel Miller will hit Fish Hoek to raise fundsfor a good cause.
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Help reunite Steelewith his ownersSTEELE, thisbeautiful bordercollie, wentmissing on Ta-ble Mountain onWednesday 18May when hisowners tookhim and theirother dog for awalk after vot-ing two weeksago.
The Vines resi-dents, Diane andGavin Goldsmith,are franticallysearching forhim, and are des-perate to get himhome safely.
Steele is micro-chipped and has aname tag with hisowners’ contactnumbers on it.
The Goldsmiths say the sup-port from the public has beentremendous, with people search-ing on the mountaine very dayandsendingSMSesandemails ofwell wishes to the family.
Steele was given to the Gold-smiths two years ago by familywho had emigrated.
Instead of handing Steele in tothe SPCA, the Goldsmiths adopt-ed the beloved dog.
Now the family is sick withworry, but are still keeping theirhopes up that their dear dog will
return home.They ask that anyone who
finds Steele takes the dog to thenearest vet for a free scan.
They also ask anyone whowants to help to print a few cop-ies of this article and put it up attheir local grocery store, library,police station, vet or any publicplace.
There is a reward offered forany information leading to thesafe return of Steele.
If Steele is seen or found, call083 777 8058 or 083 787 9224.
GONE: Steele went missing two weeks ago onTable Mountain.
Food for thought at StonehavenTHE Union of Jewish Women willensure that minds are enrichedwith their series of interestingtalks in June.
On Wednesday 1 June Dr Mau-rice Kibel will talk on “A Celebra-tion of Failure”. On Wednesday
15 June Devis Iosifzon, chief li-brarian, will talk on the Gitlin Li-brary. Wednesday 22 June will in-clude a tour and talk of the Medi-cal Museum by Professor DeVilliers.
Please note that there will be no
lecture on Wednesday 8 June dueto Yom Tov.
All the talks will be held atStonehaven at 10:00 for 10:30. En-try is R20 and includes refresh-ments. For inquiries, call (021)434-9555 in the mornings only.
Allowing locals’ creativity to flourishWESTERN CAPE craft producersand designers, as well as othersworking in or studying design, artand engineering, now have an en-hanced venue for exploring theircreative ideas and developing newproducts.
Known as the Cape Craft and De-sign Institute’s (CCDI) Product Sup-port Space (PSS), the facility in Har-rington Street, Cape Town, consistsof the former FabLab (an assistedDIY computer-aided design/manu-facturing environment), which hasbeen expanded with research anddesign computers, plus a wide
range of new machines.Full-time specialist staff are on
hand for technical and design ad-vice, and to help with the use oftools and fabrication processes.Safety is paramount and the staffare all trained in first aid.
The service is free, provided thatusers make an appointment for aone-hour session consisting of aconsultation and assisted use of thetools and processes.
Follow-up consultations can bemade with the same advisor.
The PSS is divided into two mainsections – a research and design ar-
ea and a tool room.The research and design area
consists of a central consultationand planning area, with computersfor both research and design.
The Product Support Space is lo-cated on the fourth floor of the CCDIbuilding at 75 Harrington Street,Cape Town.
For consultation bookings, con-tact Ashanti Zwedala on (021) 461-1488, or email [email protected].
Alternatively, visit their websiteat www.capecraftanddesign.org.zafor further details.
PRODUCTIVE: Lindy Greyling and Sibulele Tom workingwith the CCDI Product Support Space heat press.
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Inconvenient truthTHE Protection of Information Bill, alsoknown as the “Secrecy Bill”, is nothing but badnews for transparency in government.
The Bill seems to challenge the very founda-tion on which South African legislation is de-veloped – the Constitution – which ensuresfreedom of expression and that of the press.
In a shocking act last week, ANC MPs on aparliamentary committee tasked with debat-ing and finalising the Bill made headlineswhen they insisted that matters in this regardbe fast-tracked to meet a deadline of 24 June.
This despite other parties’ representativeson the committee calling for continued brain-storming, discussion and consideration of ob-jections to the controversial legislation.
Once a world bastion for press freedom, SAhas now been demoted to the status of only“partially free” by the international freedommonitoring group, Freedom House.
The regression is a sad state of affairs whenconsidering the vast promise of a free and dem-ocratic country made at the very dawn of de-mocracy. Seventeen years later, the same po-litical party that served as the catalyst for thefall of oppression and unjust governance isnow, in some ways, increasingly at logger-headswith themedia, andrespect for transpar-ency of the state is under serious threat.
The Secrecy Bill will serve as more than asimple annoyance and inconvenience for jour-nalists, and has a far-reaching impact on thefuture of the electorate. If left unchallenged itwill not only muzzle the media, but will alsorob every ordinary citizen of their right to holdaccountable the very leaders they elect to pow-er. Government officials at any level will beable to classify information as secret, a privi-lege which, in itself, could easily be abused.
The Bill also ushers in minimal protectionof informants, which means that the distribu-tion and publication of information regardedas classified could provoke imprisonment.
Various organisations and individuals havepublicly reiterated the effects this legislationwill have on us all, and they have called fora re-draft of the proposed legislation.
The truth is always worth fighting for.
Political sentiment. Julius, your hate song is racism in
reverse. Mandela freed the country, hedid not sing this song. Educated people nor-mally vote for educated candidates. Keep thepast in the past – move on. Now it is timeto help the people.
. Way to go! The ANC have a rapist as amayor. Why do you give all Pollsmoor pris-oners jobs? I see you trafficking drugs too– so many criminals. Why don’t you just hireshebeen owners too?
. The reason the ANC did so badly is dueto four names: Zuma, Malema, Mantasheand Ehrenreich!
Time to prove your worth. Now that voting is done and the time has
come to put the shoulder to the wheel, whocan we, the voters, go to when these publicservants are not doing their well-paid jobs?
. Zille, I want to see action not words. Ihate shacks. Why don’t you give the peoplethe ad in People’s Post for jobs? Wendy hous-es don’t have plumbing and electricity andyou can’t install a fireplace. The solution isthat you must give these people a proper roofover their heads, because they also have atoilet problem. I want you to live in it for amonth. This is a dare.
Service delivery suggestions. The City of Cape Town could save a con-
siderable amount of money in the long termby offering electronic billing for all ratepay-ers who are online. Postal billing is a wasteof time, money, paper, postage, energy andresources.
. Now that we have voted for the DA, whycan’t they scrap the rates in all the areas?
Housing matters. Stop upgrading the old flats – rather
start building flats for poor people. We arein for a very cold winter and people need aroof over their heads immediately. Viva DA.Henry
. When giving people good houses, give
Keeping the faith
Superheroes give Chase a chance
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ASCENSION DAY is on Thursday 2 June.We, as the coloured population seem to
be the only group that still celebrates As-cension Day, and only our coloured schoolsare closed on this holy day, which ourSouth African government has scrapped offthe calendar.
We belong to the Western Cape Colouredpopulation. In a 2009 global study of thisgroup, it was revealed that we have themost diverse ancestry in the world. We em-brace the Christian faith and we stand veryfirm in keeping God’s laws.
Our ancestors are descendants of mixedheritage, including German, French Hu-guenot, Dutch, 1820 Settlers, St Helenians,Chinese, Khoisan, Jewish, African and In-dian. Our ancestors endured much perse-cution, e.g. French Protestants, Jewish per-secution and our slave ancestors endured
severe hardships during slavery and ourparents and grandparents severe oppres-sion during apartheid.
Through all this we acknowledge thatGod’s enduring mercy has brought usthrough it all. God is our avenger and ourdeliverer. He will destroy the wicked menwho carry on hurting and oppressing thepoor and the righteous.
I encourage all 80% of South Africanswho professed the Christian faith in the2008 census to take a stand for God and keepand observe His holy days as He had com-manded.
Jesus reminded us to love God above alland to loveourneighbours and tokeep faithuntil He returns soon in the same way inwhich He ascended.MERLE MARTINKirstenhof
THE Sovereign Trust and deVere South Af-rica have joined forces to raise funds for atwo-year-old boy, Chase Winshaw, who wasdiagnosed with high tone cerebral palsy.
His parents are interested in enrollinghim in a stem cell operation (researchbased), that holds the ability to increase hisquality of life by up to 70%.
We have recruited 72 runners who havejoined the “League of Awesomeness” by be-ing superheroes to Chase, in our effort toraise funds and create awareness – not only
for Chase, but also for cerebral palsy inSouth Africa. We are doing this throughrunning the Knysna Half Marathon in July.
We would ultimately like to increase theawareness for the cause, as well as raisefunds for the operation that is only availa-ble abroad and costs around R90 000.
For more information, please visitwww.chasewinshaw.co.za.
Thank you,ANLI LATEGANSovereign Trust
them an agreement too. They will be able torent it out, but they can’t sell it. Only onefamily can stay in a house or they lose it. Onemember of the family must be employed.The can’t get the house if they already havea house.
. To Zille and Zuma, why when buying ahouse and taking a home loan do bankscharge us triple the amount when we payback? They must give service and not rob us.
Metrorail. What happened to the extra trains? I
happen to work for attorneys and was toldto deal with the fact that the trains are latemany times a month. I had to work in mytime when the trains were late. Come onnow, Metrorail, help please.
. Mr Matya, how can commuters joinhands if you are squashed in like sardines?You are ridiculous.
Broadcast blues. I hope that e.tv naked news does not air,
but what about that stupid “SMS and get na-ked pics”? Please take that off too!
. A friend of mine came home to find hisdomestic worker watching a blue movie thatshe had found. Win
Consumer woes. When eating from food outlets take note
of what you put into your mouth, as we dis-covered a thread of artificial hair in a sliceof pizza! Oh my, had we just munched awaywho knows what else could have been in thatpizza. They take precaution by wearing hairnets and bandanas, but it’s a mystery howthat hair got in the filling!
Thank you. Thank you David Kramer and the cast
of “Breyani” for an entertaining show andillustrating the history of coloureds. TaliepPetersen was missed, and we will never for-get.
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WHEN the DHL Stormerstake on the new kids in
the Super Rugby competition,the Melbourne Rebels, on Fri-day, they will be looking tomake it three wins out of fourmatches on tour.
But with injuries in vital posi-tions plaguing the Cape side, thedecision of who to field against theside that has impressed criticsthroughout the season, will deter-mine just how the Stormers endtheir four-week Australasian tour.
After losing the services of theirpoint-scoring machine and flyhalf,Peter Grant, just last week, theStormers have been dealt anotherblow with the loss of scrumhalf De-waldt Duvenhage, who sustainedan injury to his ankle during theside’s 16-3 victory over the Brum-bies in the Australian capital ofCanberra the past weekend.
Duvenhage, who flew backhome on Sunday, will be replacedby seasoned scrumhalf Ricky Jan-uarie, while head coach AllisterCoetzee will have a tough time se-lecting a suitable replacement forGrant.
He opted for 20-year-old KurtColeman for the Brumbies clash,and says he was satisfied with hisperformance.
“I am very pleased with Kurt’s
performance – he’s still veryyoung, and this is still very muchpart of his apprenticeship,” Co-etzee said after the match.
“He needs to gain a lot more ex-perience, but it really is great thathe is doing so in a winning side.”
Despite being impressed withColeman, Coetzee has also askedformer Lions utility back and nowGriquas flyhalf, Earl Rose, to jointhe squad in Melbourne.
He has also called on the servic-es of Vodacom Cup flyhalf andscrumhalf, Louis Schreuder.
During the match against theBrumbies it was evident that themen from the Cape tried their bestto keep Coleman protected, keep-ing the ball away from him when-ever they could.
Rose, despite having more expe-rience than Coleman, has been in-consistent over the past couple ofseasons – with his career beingmarred by off-the-field incidents.
But his natural talent and abili-ty to read the match may be thetrigger needed in the Stormersbackline.
However, the question of wheth-er Rose is really the only optionavailable to the men in navy-blue-and-white needs to be asked.
The injury list sees Grant, Grayvan Aswegen, Lionel Cronjé andSam Lane benched at the moment.
But in the beginning stages ofthe season, who would be wearing
the coveted number-10 jersey wasa toss up between Van Aswegen,Cronjé and Elgar Watts – a Bolandplayer who impressed all duringthe warm-up matches.
Watts, who was part of the train-ing squad since December lastyear, is fit and has been playingimpressive rugby in a strugglingBoland outfit.
He has proven that he has theability to dictate the backlinewhile playing for the Pumas in lastyear’s Currie Cup, and has also no-tablyworkedonhis placement andfrom-hand kicking.
Then there’s the impressive fly-half, Dimitri Catrakilis, from cur-rent Varsity Cup champions FNBUCT, who has also been over-looked. Talks that Catrakilis maybe leaving the Cape to ply his tradewith the EP Kings has surfaced.
In the end, Coetzee will probablybe using the match against theRebels to test combinations andce-ment the strongest players to pos-sibly take over from his first-choice players.
SANDWICHED: DHL Stormershooker, Deon Fourie, is tackledby two Brumbies players duringthe Super Rugby clash betweenthe two sides in Canberra, Australia on Saturday. The Stormerswere eventual 163 victors.
Photo: Getty Images
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HAND OFF: UCT’s Morne van Wyk gets away from Zolani Mofu of Villager RFC, duringUCT’s 5520 win in a Western Province Super League A rugby match at Groote Schuuron Saturday. Photos: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
SWIFT PASS: Daniel Anderson of Rondebosch Boys’ High offloads during his school’sclash with Paarl Boys’ High at Rondebosch on Saturday. Paarl won 4811.
TURF FIGHT: UCT’s Vaughan Erasmus battles a grounded Mbulelo Nkomo of Langa during UCT’s 63 win in a WPGrand Challenge match at Rondebosch on Saturday.
DESPERATE DASH: Roaul Larson of Villager attempts to break through the UCT defence, duringthe Ikeys’ 5520 win in a WP Super League A rugby mqtch on Saturday.
RARE RAID: Giovanni Hoffmeyer of Rondebosch Boys’ High eludes Dean Hensley of Paarl Boys’ High,during the visitors’ 4811 win in a Western Province under19A match at Rondebosch on Saturday.
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The Midas touchThe Midas touchBRIAN GAFFNEY
AJAX CAPE TOWN FCace, Thulani Serero,
made sure his name will beembossed in gold in the an-nals of South African soc-cer history when he wonfour major awards at the2010/11 PremiershipAwards ceremony held inJohannesburg on Sundayevening.
Serero (21) was awarded thePremier Soccer League (PSL)Footballer of the Year, as wellas the Absa Premiership Play-er of the Season, Players’Player of the Season and AbsaRed-Hot Young Player of theSeason awards.
The Soweto-born Sere-ro – who joins defendingDutch champions Ajax Am-sterdam FC (which hassigned him up) on 27 June forpre-season training – re-ceived a record total ofR600 000 in prize money at theglittering awards ceremony.
Serero’s achievement ofwinning the PSL Player of theYear earned him R250 000 inthe face of challenges fromtwoothernominees – Ajaxde-fender Clayton Daniels andOrlando Pirates midfielderAndile Jali.
Serero – a nominee for fivePremiership awards – was de-nied a clean sweep when helost out to Tlou Segolela of tri-ple champions Pirates, whowon the Absa-lutely Awe-some Goal Award.
Serero hit the target 11times this past season. Hejoined Ajax in 2008 and wonthe PSL Young Footballeraward for the 2009/2010 sea-son.
Jali (21), received the Ned-bank Cup Young Player of theTournament award (R100 000)
on Sunday evening. KaizerChiefs’ Knowledge Musonowon the Telkom KnockoutPlayer of the Tournament(R250 000) and BloemfonteinCeltic’s Patrick Tignyembwalked off with the Premier-ship Goalkeeper award(R50 000).
Dutch coach, Ruud Krol,who guided Pirates to the Pre-miership, Nedbank Cup andTop Eight championship ti-tles, received the Coach of theYear award (R75 000).
Serero’s domination of thePremiership awards crowneda golden season in his profes-sional career. Serero al-so won the Player of the Yearaward at Ajax’s presentationdinner at Cape Town Stadiumon Wednesday evening.
Another popular Ajaxaward winner was Kensing-ton-born Granwald Scott. The23-year-old Scott started
out with Kensington AFCjuniors and debuted for Ajaxat age 17 in the PSL in 2004.
Scott was preferred as awide midfielder until Dutchcoach, Foppe de Haan – dur-ing his two-year spell –switched him to a defensivecentral midfield position.
Scott flourished in his newrole until he sustained a kneeinjury that sidelined him forAjax’s final two crucialleague clashes.
His absence hit Ajax hard,as they succumbed 4-0 toChiefs and drew 2-2 with Mar-itzburg United – with the re-sults affording Pirates thechance to snatch the title fromAjax with a better goal differ-ence record.
The other Ajax individualaward winners for 2010/11were Thembinkozi “Terror”Fanteni (Golden Boot Award)and Khama Billiat (Rookie ofthe Year).
GLITZ AND GLORY: Thulani Serero won four major PSL awards. Photo: Gallo Images
SOS for ballvolunteersTHE Western Province SoftballFederation needs to double its con-firmed list of volunteers to 200 to en-sure the smooth running of the In-ternational Softball Federation(ISF) Junior Women World Cham-pionship for under-19s in CapeTown.
Province will host the 16-nationISF championship – in partnershipwith Softball South Africa(SSA) – at the Turfhall Stadium inCrawford from 7 to 17 December.
The participants are the defend-ing champions USA, Argentina,Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,Chinese Taipei, Germany, Botswa-na, Zimbabwe, Italy, Japan, NewZealand, Puerto Rico, Russia andhosts South Africa.
Noore Nacerodien, the head ofthe Local Organising Committee,says there is an urgent need forSpanish, Portugese, Mandarin,German, Italian, Russian and Japa-nese-speakingpersons to serveas li-aison offers for the touring teams.
Additional airport ambassadors,telecommunication and IT special-ists, as well as marketing and hospi-tality staff are also required.
Nacerodien says there are signsthat large groups of ball fans fromacross the world will make theirway to Cape Town for the champi-onship.
He says that about 80 New Zea-land fans have already sought hotelaccommodation.
The USA has also already con-firmed the arrival of their team andfans on 1 December.
A volunteer information sessionwill be held at Athlone Stadium(East Stand) on Wednesday 1 June,starting at 18:30.
Interested persons may call Dan-ielle Davids on 073 201 8235 or [email protected] orNacerodien on 076 566 7774.
GREATSCOTT: AjaxCape TownFC’s Granwald Scottoozes confidence, afterreceiving the2010/11Sportsmanof the Yearaward atAjax’sawards dinner held atCape TownStadium onWednesdayevening. Photo: Ajaxct.com
All set forreunionALL former Glenville profes-sional and amateur football-ers are invited to a reunionon Friday 10 June at theStephanian clubhouse, off DeWet Road in Ottery, startingat 19:00.
The reunion is also open toall ex-Cape Town Spurs profootballers and fans of the1970s and 80s.
Please call Vincent Naudeon 082 663 7240 or on (021) 931-7224 (office hours).
Four cheers – and a cashbonanza – for Ajax’s golden boy
