E-mail: [email protected]Tuesday 24 April 2012 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481 CLAREMONT/RONDEBOSCH “Telling it as it is” Designers head to flora fest STEFNI HERBERT NOTHING less than gold for their visual travelogue. That’s the aim of the South African Na- tional Biodiversity Institute’s (Sanbi) team heading for the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show, in the UK. Counting the days are designers Ray Hud- son and David Davidson, who set out a four- part display showcasing the diversity of South African flora. Davidson says, “Many people who display at the show go there to sell flowers, but we go there with the intension of showing off our country.” Themed Gateways – A Botanical Journey, it will showcase locations from different parts of South Africa, along with vegetation unique to those areas. “We’ve created a ‘pop-up story book’ for the display, in that there are four water paintings as backdrops and the vegetation blends in with it,” explains Davidson. “The exhibit resembles the diary of a trav- eller who visits places like the Southern Cape to see a fisherman’s cottage or a Cape Dutch manor house.” Some members of the team are considered “part of the furniture”, but for others, like Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden event coor- dinator Alison Pekeur, this year’s show is a first. Pekeur, who has taken over from event manager Sarah Struys, says that even though it is a massive undertaking, she is overwhelmed with excitement. “I am nervously excited,” Pekeur says. “We have a brilliant team and many of them have done this for years.” She says the request to accompany the team was “the cherry on top. I’ve been work- ing at the garden for eight years and as much as this will be extremely challenging, given that it is an international event, I am ready for it.” Transporting the vegetation from South Africa to Chelsea is a gruelling task and has to be done in one day. Annette McCarthy, a representative from a forwarding company, handles all the ad- ministration for the Sanbi team and the plants. McCarthy says: “We have to make sure all the paper work is done correctly and that the arrangements to transport the plants are done with no hiccups. “Customs at airports can be rather sticky with the plants because they are protected species and they have to be checked before being allowed out of the airport.” Martin Upton, a South African Airways freight representative, says the boxes are loaded onto a direct flight to London. “Because we have to work on a tight time- line, within 24 hours, we avoid delays at all cost because we have to maintain the plants till the last day of the show,” says Upton. The team will leave for Chelsea early in May to set up for the show which takes place from 22 to 26 May. This is the second year the South African Gold Coin Exchange is sponsoring the team. Chairman Alan Demby says last year they won gold, this year they need to do it again. “Last year we made a medallion for Davidson and Hudson as an incentive for winning gold. This year we are going to do the same, so I hope you will bring home the gold, team Sanbi.” SCALED DOWN: Designers Ray Hudson and David Davidson created a downsized model of their display for this year’s Chelsea Flower show. The exhibit will be arranged exactly the same way as it is seen on the model. Photos: Stefni Herbert BY THE SEASHORE: Part of the display will include scenes typical of the Southern Cape coast where fishermen’s cottages are very close to the beach. Tel: (021) 713 9472 | Cell: 071 471 6337 Advertising is key to growing any business. People's Post To advertise in the next edition of the contact: People's Post Yolande Anderson Quality is our game! 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NOTHING less than gold for their visualtravelogue.
That’s the aim of the South African Na-tional Biodiversity Institute’s (Sanbi) teamheading for the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show,in the UK.
Counting the days are designers Ray Hud-son and David Davidson, who set out a four-part display showcasing the diversity ofSouth African flora.
Davidson says, “Many people who displayat the show go there to sell flowers, but wego there with the intension of showing offour country.”
Themed Gateways – A Botanical Journey,it will showcase locations from differentparts of South Africa, along with vegetation
unique to those areas.“We’ve created a ‘pop-up story book’ for
the display, in that there are four waterpaintings as backdrops and the vegetationblends in with it,” explains Davidson.
“The exhibit resembles the diary of a trav-eller who visits places like the SouthernCape to see a fisherman’s cottage or a CapeDutch manor house.”
Somemembers of the teamare considered“part of the furniture”, but for others, likeKirstenbosch Botanical Garden event coor-dinator Alison Pekeur, this year’s show isa first. Pekeur, who has taken over fromevent manager Sarah Struys, says that eventhough it is a massive undertaking, she isoverwhelmed with excitement.
“I am nervously excited,” Pekeur says.“We have a brilliant team and many of themhave done this for years.”
She says the request to accompany theteam was “the cherry on top. I’ve been work-ing at the garden for eight years and asmuch as this will be extremely challenging,given that it is an international event, I amready for it.”
Transporting the vegetation from SouthAfrica to Chelsea is a gruelling task and hasto be done in one day.
Annette McCarthy, a representative froma forwarding company, handles all the ad-ministration for the Sanbi team and theplants.
McCarthy says: “We have to make sure allthe paper work is done correctly and thatthe arrangements to transport the plantsare done with no hiccups.
“Customs at airports can be rather stickywith the plants because they are protectedspecies and they have to be checked before
being allowed out of the airport.”Martin Upton, a South African Airways
freight representative, says the boxes areloaded onto a direct flight to London.
“Because we have to work on a tight time-line, within 24 hours, we avoid delays at allcost because we have to maintain the plantstill the last day of the show,” says Upton.
The team will leave for Chelsea early inMay to set up for the show which takes placefrom 22 to 26 May.
This is the second year the South AfricanGold Coin Exchange is sponsoring the team.
Chairman Alan Demby says last yearthey won gold, this year they need to do itagain. “Last year we made a medallion forDavidson and Hudson as an incentive forwinning gold. This year we are going to dothe same, so I hope you will bring home thegold, team Sanbi.”
SCALED DOWN: Designers Ray Hudson and David Davidson created a downsized model oftheir display for this year’s Chelsea Flower show. The exhibit will be arranged exactly thesame way as it is seen on the model. Photos: Stefni Herbert
BY THE SEASHORE: Part of the display will include scenes typical of the Southern Capecoast where fishermen’s cottages are very close to the beach.
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I’ve received interesting, challenging andvaried responses to my last column, withmany applauding my running and a fewquestioning whether I was “seriously doingthis”.
Those who know me well enough, willknow that I don’t commit lightly, neither doI conjure up stories. In fact, I’m known forbeing – often to my detriment – too honest.
To those of little faith: I know I’ve mas-tered the art of looking chilled,but I have witnesses who canback me, in the form of my run-ningmates. They seemepuffingand panting alongside themevery Tuesday and Thursday,occasionally yielding for a fewbrief seconds to remove my or-thotics, tie my laces and pitymyself for having painful an-kles. I’ve lived with this pain –and many others – all my lifeand it hasn’t stopped me fromtaking part in any sport or ac-tivity.
All the more reason I feel agreat sense of achievement onfinishing my run, with my sights firmly seton running 10km in about five weeks’ time,God willing.
On a more ambitious level, I’ve heardwhispers from coach Farouk about runninga half marathon in November. Eish!
This comment from a reader reads: “I en-joyed your ‘No guts, no glory’ piece... showedthat editors are people too, who once experi-enced hardships...”
Touche, Clint! Often, people judge us bythe image and persona we project, or meas-ure our worth in terms of the positions wehold, or our status or wealth. They forget tolook past the outer at the real person, whohas had both good and bad life experiences.If you are generally a positive person withcoping skills, most people assume that yourlife was a breeze, that you’ve been privilegedand have never had any hardships.
In my profession, for example, I am chal-lenged nearly every day, on a range of issues;
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Behind the scenes, story de-velopment in our newsroomis intricate’ from conceptual-ising to final editing andprint. We brief our journal-ists extensively on story an-gles, the multiple voices theirstories should contain andthe pictures to complement
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I welcome your feedback, good and bad, asit opens the door to honest engagement. Ifour country is to achieve true democracy,upfront conversations such as the ones Ihave with my readers must take place, notonly in our business interactions but in so-cial circles too. Themoreweexpress our con-cerns, fears, insecurities, and the countlesspositives South Africans can be proud of, thecloser we will move to true reconciliation atgrassroots level – where it truly counts.
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TONY ROBINSON
THEY don’t say how they will do it, but asmall group of Noordhoek environmentalactivists wants to get rid of the cute littlegrey squirrels on the Common.
Their crime? They “spread oak seeds andeat tree bark”.
That is exactly what squir-rels have always done but,suddenly, the bunny-huggersfind it offensive.
They see oak trees andsquirrels as unwelcome al-iens.
For those who don’t know it,the Noordhoek Common, atthe foot of Chapman’s PeakDrive, is a wonderful commu-nity asset used for equestrianevents, community fairs, pic-nics, informal ball games anddog walking. It is graced by some wonderfulold oaks and the beauty of the common hasmade it a popular location for film shoots.
But the greenies want to take away thiscommunity playground and turn it into anindigenous nature reserve complete withindigenous mole rats and snakes so theoaks, planes and squirrels have to go.
Now oak trees are as much a part of theCape as grape vines, Cape Dutch architec-ture and milk tart. They are part of our cul-tural heritage. You will find them in everyBoland town and, for the most part, eachtree is treasured. Stellenbosch, a town ofknowledge and learning, takes great pridein its oaks and delights in being called Eike-stad – Oak City.
It is the oak trees that make the WesternCape different (and better) than other parts
of South Africa. And they are not invaders.They were brought here on purpose to doa job. They have served us well, providingwonderful shade in the towns and on theboundaries of our famous cricket grounds.
Oaks grow slowly and with difficulty.They are battered by winds and storms andthis gives them great character. They
record the history of winterspast and their struggle for aplace in the sun should be a mor-al lesson to us all.
So one must ask what kind ofcultural louts would want to killthe squirrels and chop down theoaks? And how will they kill thesquirrels? It’s a question thebunny-huggers don’t answer inthe unsolicited document theyhave prepared on the futuremanagement of the common.
Will they try to do it quietly sothat their children don’t know about theslaughter? Or will they have the courage oftheir convictions and do it in the open. Per-haps they could invite the Mayor along toperform the first squirrel execution. Itwould make a striking change from cuttingribbons. TV coverage would be guaranteed.I’m afraid we are dealing with humourlesspeople afflicted with tunnel vision. Whatthey don’t understand is that the oaks arethere because we love them and becausethey are a part of our heritage. In fact, oaktrees have been around for a lot longer thansome of the self-appointed guardians of eve-rything indigenous.
So, in the end, there should be a choice.Are the unwanted aliens oak trees andsquirrels or those who would axe andbutcher them?
Now the bunny-huggerswant to kill the squirrels
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As their logo states, these guys are trulysmashing bed prices. “This makes other bedsuppliers sit up and notice. People are wisethese days and they know when they are pay-ing too much. Why should someone pay morethan R8 000 for a top class bed, when they canget the best for under R5 000? We even havea queen sized orthopaedic bed for underR3 000.
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er incident occurredon Monday last weekin Selous road, Clare-mont.
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InSeptember last year, a sizea-ble army of gardeners set towork to hand-plant more thanseven million flower bulbs in apublic park in Keukenhof.
Sixty-three years ago the may-or of Lisse invited thirty bulbgrowers to participate in a flow-er show.
In the closing years of the warpeople fought off starvation bybaking with flour ground from
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Within a few years Keukenhof(in the 1400s it was literally a“kitchen garden”) was attract-ing significant numbers of inter-national visitors, among themroyalty from all over Europe.Now, 91 Royal Warrant holderssupply the plant material thatcovers 32 hectares. More than 51
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NATURAL BEAUTY: Lisse is the place to befor all flower lovers as the little town ishome to a massive flower garden with morethan seven million flowers in a public parkin Keukenhof. Photo: Supplied
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After the handover, the company took 60children of St Joseph’s Home, in Montana,on an outing to see a movie. St Josephs ishome to chronicallyill children, for manytheir first time at the movies.
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“It encourages children to eat the healthyfish meals they love, while, at the same time,they are donating money to ensure sick chil-dren at the hospital keep getting the verybest medical care. We hope these funds willgo some way to making a difference to thenurses and other healthcare professionalswho do such excellent work here.”
After collectively raising nearly R500 000in twoyears throughKids forKids,Hess saysthe company is “100%” committed to nextyear’s campaign. “What could be more re-warding than knowing you are helping thou-sands of sick children get better? We are100% committed to being on board for a thirdyear and hope to raise even more funds tobenefit the hospital.”
Patients who were unable to go to the mov-ies received activity sets. “Sometimes asmall gesture can make a big difference tosomeone’s day,” says Hess.
For more information, please visitwww.seaharvest.co.za and www.children-shospitaltrust.org.za
FLAPPINGLYHAPPY: BabySoneze Nonotiis one of the patients who willbenefit from anupgrade at RedCross Hospital’s B2 ward.With her are hermother,Yandiswa Nonoti (left), andPhilippa Douglas, fundraisingmanager for thehospital. Photo:Supplied
Ramm performs in concertASTOUNDING cellist Alexander Rammwill stage a recital at the Hugo Lambrech-ts Auditorium on Sunday 13 May at 15:30.
This remarkable Russian musician,who has won many major internationalmusic competitions, will be accompaniedby Tinus Botha on piano. It will be the 7thconcert in The Hugo Concert Series.
Ramm studied at the Moscow StateChopin College of Musical Performancewith Maria Zhuravleva, and is currentlya student at the Moscow Conservatorywith famous professor Natalia Sha-khovskaya.
In July 2011 Alexander took part in theprestigious Verbier Festival Academy inSwitzerland, receiving instruction fromfamous professors Frans Helmerson andGary Hoffman. He was awarded the NevaFoundation Prize for a Russian-speakingmusician.
TinusBotha receivedhismusical train-ing at the University of Pretoria, MusicAcademy of the West (Santa Barbara) andTexas Christian University (Fort Worth).He featured as soloist with a number of
South African orchestras, including theArtium Orchestra, University of PretoriaSymphony Orchestra, and the PretoriaSymphony Orchestra.
As a chamber musician he has collabo-rated with a number of South Africa’sforemost artists, and is regularly invitedto serve as official accompanist at Unisa’sInternational Music Competitions. He isalso an examiner for Unisa’s Directorateof Music.
The programme for this concert willconsist of the well-known Sonata for celloand piano in A major by César Franck,Gaspar Cassadó’s lively Suite for cello so-lo and the Sonata in G minor for cello andpiano, Op.19, by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Alexander Ramm in Concert will bepresented at the Hugo Lambrechts Audi-torium in Picton Street, Parow. Ticketscost R120 per person, R80 for pensionersand R60 for students and scholars. Tick-ets can be booked on www.webtick-ets.co.za or call (021) 461 3816 during of-fice hours. Tickets will also be on sale atthe door.
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Bedroom farce hits the spotCONSTANTIABERG TheatrePlayers present Move Over MrsMarkham by Ray Cooney andJohn Chapman, directed byWesley Figaji.
Typical of Cooney farces, thereare no deeper meanings to be un-covered in this show, just a cou-ple of hours of good escapist com-edy.
The impossible situation in-volves three sets of would-be se-cret lovers who plan to use theMarkham’s flat while the owners
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double-entendres and all-roundsilliness that will have you in gig-gles and guffaws.
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Virtuoso flautist plays VivaldiCAMERATA Tinta Barocca willplay at St Andrews PresbyterianChurch on Somerset Road, CapeTown, tomorrow (Wednesday 25April) at 20:00.
The soloist will be flautist Gabri-ele von Durckheim who will per-form the Quantz flute concerto in DMajor; La Notte, the flute concertoby Vivaldi and the Piccolo concertoalso by Vivaldi.
Wine and fruit juice will be onsale during interval.
Tickets at the door cost R90 andR70 (concessions).
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Page 8 People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch NEWS Tuesday 24 April 2012
Exhibition focuses on environmental changesERDMANN Contemporary andthe Photographers gallery ZAat number 63 ShortmarketStreet in Cape Town is thrilledto announce that it will hostBarbara Wildenboer’s sixth so-lo exhibition, “Canaries in thecoalmine” on Wednesday 2 Mayuntil Saturday 2 June.
Birds have long been seen as in-
dicators of environmental changeand can essentially be seen as the“canaries in the coalmine” whenit comes to climate change.
The premise for this exhibitionis the concept “solastalgia”. Theterm was coined by environmen-tal philosopher Glenn Albrecht in2004 by combining the Latin wordsolacium (comfort) and the Greekword algae (pain). Solastalgia is
emplaced change, a loss of solace,and involves a sense of melancho-lia. It is used to describe the emo-tional distress experienced whenone realizes that one’s home envi-ronment is under threat; a form ofhomesickness one gets while stillat home.
The exhibition will consist of aseries of paper sculpture, alteredbooks, photographs, digital and
paper installation. Entry is free.For more information or imagescontact Naomi Menyoko at Erd-mann Contemporary.
ART PIECE: An altered book is oneof the works of art on show at the“Canaries in the coalmine” exhibition. Photo: Supplied
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Math whizzes break recordsIT WAS enough to warm thecockles of any math whizz’sheart when two record entrieswere made at a number-crunch-er event.
A record entry of 8 312 partici-pants from 153 Western Capeschools converged at the UCTMaths Competition at the univer-sity’s Upper Campus on Monday16 April.
A warning of heavy traffic con-gestion was unfounded and UCTspokesperson Pat Lucas says the
event “ran like clockwork”.“There were many people on
campus, but not all of the entrantsare competing for the first time, somany knew their way around,”says Lucas.
More than 280 participants from13 schools in Khayelitsha werebused in.
After registration, candidatesmoved into 63 venues across thecampus to write the contest pa-pers. More than 200 maths teach-ers assisted in the running of thecompetition.
Separate papers forgrades eight to 12were set by a com-mittee of mathteachers andUCT lecturers.Each paperconsisted of 30questions; 10easy ones, fol-lowed by 10which requiredsome head-scratching, and end-ed with 10 brain-strain-
ers.The problems aredesigned to test in-sight and creativethinking, unlikeschool exams,which consist ofstandard exer-cises requiringstereotypical so-lutions.Professor John
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marks in the competition is a“rare event”, the competition is“an excellent way of uncoveringmathematical potential amongour high schools”.
While the best pupils will viewith each other for top honours asindividuals, those who feel twoheads are better than one maycompete as pairs. Pairs and indi-viduals write the same paper, butare ranked separately.
The results will be announced ata prize-giving on Thursday 7 Junein the Baxter Concert Hall.
Cape Town surpasses250 000 Facebook fansCAPE TOWN Tourism’s Facebookfan page, “I Cape Town”, has sur-passed a quarter of a million fans.According to social media and digitalanalytics company, Social Bakers, “I
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The Cape Town fan page allows res-idents and visitors to share their fa-vourite Mother City experiences,photos and videos, while Cape TownTourism shares advice about whereto go and what to do, as well as greatdeals on Cape Town activities; hav-ing recently partnered with collec-tive-buying site UbuntuDeal.
Dublin has 8 856 followers andAuckland in New Zealand 85 213. Cit-ies such as London and Buenos Aireshave in the region of 300 000 follow-ers, while established urban tourismcentres such as Berlin and New Yorkhavewell over onemillion fansonFa-cebook.
Cape Town Tourism recognises thepower of social media in communi-cating personally and instantly witha diverse audience and the organisa-tion continues to interact with fanson facebook and twitter, strengthen-ing the brand through the use of so-cial media networks.
Cape Town Tourism PR and Com-munications Manager, Skye Grove,says, “The online world has signifi-cantly changed the way that we gath-er information and make buying de-cisions when it comes to travel. So-cial media sites have become trustedsources of information as friends andfamily have begun advising on travelrecommendations. In this day andage, it is absolutely vital to be activeonline and interacting with potentialtravellers, but at the same time theseplatforms are kept alive by our fansand creates an element of nostalgiafor both South Africans abroad andfor people who have visited us andwould like to return one day.
“Cape Town Tourism is proud ofour reputation as one of the most con-necteddestinationmarketingorgani-sations in the world and we are com-mitted to being a leading voice in e-marketing and social media for thetourism industry in South Africa.”
MAJESTIC: Cape Town is known asone of the most beautiful cities in theworld. Photo: Danielle Karallis
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ing group.
Tuesday 24 AprilMowbray: The Egyptian Socie-ty of South Africa will host twolectures titled “The End of theHyksos Era and the Beginningof the Great 18th Dynasty” byJean Smith, followed by “An-cient Egypt and the Greek Con-nection - Art” by PatriciaWeckesser at 19:30.
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TELLINGIT AS IT IS:Rollins isa relentless oneman rollercoasteron a global trackof currentevents.Photo: Supplied
Rollins walks us through ‘The Long March’HENRY Rollins is a smart, an-gry man with a conscience. Hewalks the earth on a relentlesssearch for stories to tell.
Now he brings you the dis-tilled results of his travels andwhat he has witnessed out at theedge in a dazzling two-hour re-count called “The Long March”.
Intelligent, funny, andthought provoking.
Don’tmiss this opportunity tohear counter-culture observerRollins speak his mind on Fri-day 18 May at the Baxter Thea-tre.
Tickets cost R278 and areavailable through Computicket.
Page 12 People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch LEADER Tuesday 24 April 2012
Free, at last?DEMOCRACY in South Africa has come ofage. Eighteen years ago, all South Africansvoted in the country’s first democratic elec-tions.
Like a pregnant mother expecting her firstchild, it was the hope of a new dawn.
Today, this country has been labelled a de-veloping nation. In itself, this is not a badthing. It simply means South Africa, like Bra-zil, straddles two worlds. It is not quite a firstworld, because it is hampered by so manythird world problems.
It is an indictment of the slow march oftime, however, as 18 years seems simply notenough time to fix all apartheid’s wrongs.
Millions of South Africans face a dailygrind of abject poverty, humiliation by hun-ger, a job market that is unable to providework for a people hamstrung by poor or noeducation, and a nation often blamed for anunwillingness to join the labour force.
Thousands throng to urban centres in thehope of obtaining that brighter future, as alast gasp of rhetorical promises of politicians.
Is there light at the end of this tunnel? DAleader Helen Zille has called Eastern Capelearners flocking to this province for a bettereducation ‘refugees’.
Her apology notwithstanding, the tradi-tional weapon of politicians – the blame game– helps no-one.
Our nation is peopled by inventive and in-telligent citizens with a ‘can-do’ attitude. It isthis reality that continues to make South Af-ricans ever popular with the overseas corpo-rate environment.
The unashamed siphoning of our country’sintelligentsia – across all spheres of qualifica-tions – is a shameful display of this govern-ment’s failure to stem the brain drain.
When whichever government is in powereventually wakes up to this reality, who thenwill there be to switch off the lights? Thiscountry cannot wait another 18 years to re-build a nation from the empty reserves leftby the apartheid regime.
Be responsible on the roadsI CAN’T believe what I just read in your lat-est issue. Someone sent in a text messagestating that because our government is notimplementing what he or she deems to bethe right measures to curb road deaths, itis therefore responsible for the high deathtoll in this country.
What kind of warped logic results in suchan opinion? When are SA citizens ever go-ing to take responsibility for their own ac-tions?
Government can and does help with vari-ous campaigns but the hand-holding has tostop somewhere.
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habits we have.Blaming the government for everything
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There is a slightly corny little sloganwhich goes, “Be the change you want tosee” and I think it should be applied by allthose who constantly expect the govern-ment to think for them.
Next time you reach a stop sign - cometo a complete stop, behind the line.
Next time you see a speed limit sign,check your own speed.
Next time you drive along the construc-tion area near the Koeberg interchange,slow right down to the limit currently im-posed.FAPlumstead
A letter to say thanksWITH this letter I would like tothank the staff and pupils at Wyn-berg Boys High and also the teach-ers and staff at Timour Hall prima-ry in Plumstead.
Also Mrs Anne Enrich of Fair-ways and her team for their mostwonderful Easter treat they gave tothe children of Lavender Hill andsurrounding areas and informalsettlements.
The outreach program, whichwas a one day holiday program or-ganized by the Lavender YouthCommunity Outreach and Develop-ment Project, is a non-profit organi-zation based in Lavender Hill.
As the Chief executive Officer Iwould like to express our thanksfrom all at the organization and theparents that helped and supportedus in making this event a huge suc-
cess.With all the negatives happening
within Lavender Hill we surelystand our ground by making thisday a sunshine day for our childrenat risk.
The five hundred kids that madethere way to the venue was assistedby parents and community workersfrom various entities.
I also want to thank Allen Pak-kies and her foundation for bring-ing the kids to the event, LucindaEvans and her team for their kind
and helping support as well as MissAnneliese Thomas of Images ForChangewhobrought the childrenofthe adjacent flats along. Thanks toall of you.
Abig thanks toourWardCouncil-lor Marieta Petersen of ward 68.Thanks for your contribution, yourattendance and support.
As I always say it is never aboutme as an individual but it’s alwaysabout us as a united community forthe sake of our children and safercommunities.
Now for the big one in June/JulySafer Schools holiday period. Weappeal to all businesses and com-munity-based businesses to donateand sponsor our upcoming event bycontacting Mr Clive Jacobs on076 789 2178 or email [email protected] to pledge any positivesupport.
Food, toys, books, sports equip-ment, financial assistanceor just bypraying for success.CLIVE ALEX JACOBSLavender Advice/Support centre
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NOW’S THE TIME TOLIVE WELL LATER.
BLOCKED: SACS player Struan Murray is tackled by two Stellenberg High School playersduring an U19 A match in Newlands on Saturday. SACS won the game 2411.
Photo: Peter Heeger
Wynberg Junior edge out Primrose in tense matchA TENSE encounter on Saturdayresulted in Wynberg Boys Jun-ior School edging out local rivalsPrimrose Rugby Club at the startof the junior rugby season.
The weather conditions on matchday were overcast but that didn’tkeep supporters from witnessingthis titanic battle between two well-drilled, young teams.
Wynberg, who just returned from
a successful tour to Johannesburg,had a lot to prove to their support-ers and coaches, as well as them-selves, after years of being labelled“an under achieving team.”
The game started brightly for theboys in blue and white stripes, withMaxwell Jewell crossing the line af-ter just five minutes of play. Thesubsequent conversion was missedby Wynberg captain Taine Hackett.
Primrose replied with a penalty,
making the score 5-3, but thisseemed to provide the hosts with ex-tra motivation and they scoredtheir second try through powerfullock, Inga Halu. This time the con-version was successful and Wyn-berg moved into a 12-3 lead. Anumber of penalties conceded byWynberg just before half-time gavePrimrose a chance to claw theirway back through the boot of theiroutside centre. It was a first half of
massive hits and all out rugby, withneither team holding back at thepoint of contact.Primrose startedthe second half the better of the twosides and crossed over for a try aftersome poor defence by the hosts. Theconversion which followed nar-rowed the deficit to just one pointwith the score at 13-12 to Wynberg.
The game was on a knife’s edge,yet both sides were still playingtheir normal expansive games.
Wynberg worked their way up fieldand were ultimately rewarded witha try through prop Justin Pringle.
Taine slotted his second conver-sion and Wynberg were back infront, leading 19-13. As the gameneared the end, Wynberg surprisedeveryone with a tighthead scrum.The ball was kicked out by scrum-half Uzair Saban, and Wynberg re-corded their first victoryoverPrim-rose in three years.
HOLD ON: Luke van der Smit of SACS is tackled by Stellenberg High School player WianErasmus during a U19 A match in Newlands on Saturday. SACS won the game 2411.
Photo: Peter Heeger
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BEATEN: Levi Odendaal of the University of Cape Town (UCT) beats thetackle of Belhar Rugby Club player Ivor van der Merwe during a Super LeagueA match at Groote Schuur on Saturday. UCT won the match 5319.
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Hamiltons on a highLIAM MOSES
HAMILTONS rugby club willhead into their clash againstStellenbosch tomorrow nightflush with confidence, afterbrushing aside Villager andFalse Bay in consecutivematches.
The Sea Point-based side havemade an impressive statementwith their results over the pasttwo weekends, first crushingtheir traditional rivals Villager53-11 in their opening game andthen beating False Bay 49-3 on Sat-urday in Constantia.
The most recent result will bethe most significant for Hamil-tons, not only because of the man-ner of the victory but also becausethey had lost the same fixture in2010 and 2011.
A committed defensive per-formance by the home side in thefirst half meant that the scoreswere tied at 3-3 in the 39th minute,giving the vocal home crowd hope
that their team would be able tosnatch victory yet again.
However, Hamiltons managedto breach the defence in the finalminute of the first half and scoredwhat would be the first of severaltries when substitute loose for-ward Bennie Adams toucheddown after a powerful drive.
Anton Moolman, Hamiltons’head coach, says he expected acommitted performance by thehome side in the first half.
“I think False Bay came outwith a hell of a lot of heart. Theyare an immensely passionateteam and we knew the first 40minutes were going to be tough.
“But we knew that if we carriedon applying the pressure andwearing them down, the dam wallwould start to crack. This is thefirst time we have beaten themhere in three years. We look for-ward to the season ahead.”
Hamiltons went on to score sixmore tries through Dugal Robert-son, Francois Prinsloo (2), Janovan Zyl, Jandre du Plessis and JG
Giliomee, while False Bay couldnot add to the solitary penaltythey scored in the 15th minute.
False Bay coach Chris Hewet-son attributed the flood of pointsin the second half to the qualityof players on Hamiltons’ substi-tutes bench.
“Clearly in the second half,with the depth that Hamiltonshave, and the budget that theyclearly have, they came and beatus off the bench,” said Hewetson.
“We couldn’t keep up with theplayers we brought on and that’sclearly a problem for us. Our line-outs and set pieces were abysmal.It’s obviouslyadepartmentwherewe lack in at the moment becauseof the players that have left.”
Hewetson added that althoughhis side had lost several “stars”since last season, they were amore passionate team.
Hamiltons face Stellenbosch at21:00 at Danie Craven Stadium,and False Bay will play their nextgame on Saturday 5 May againstVictorians at the same venue.
