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The judgement is set to be handed down on 7 July. The property, which is currently occupied by between 10 and 35 people, belongs to Wind- flower Properties cc, which has been declared insolvent. The 475m² house, valued at R4,4 million, is in a “terrible state” according to the liquida- tor, who is also one of the trustees, Mohamed Ismail Patel. When People’s Post visited the house yes- terday, some of the occupants living on the property were home and the house was in- deed badly neglected. The men claimed that they have been living there legally after paying a R60 000 deposit and monthly rental. They said they would have no problem if the judge ruled that they must move out, but they did not appreciate the “way” they were being treated. The men alleged they have suffered racism at the hands of some Bishopscourt residents. “In this country, is it written that blacks can’t stay somewhere?” asks one of the occu- pants, Mike Uche. According to him, a neighbour has told them that Africans are not allowed to live in Bishopscourt and should rather live in a shack in Khayelitsha. Patel said in an affidavit to the High Court that the occupants have “disposed of human waste in drains and elsewhere after the water supply was disconnected, they broke the ceiling and removed the geyser, and they removed light fit- tings and piping”. Their neighbour, An- drew Lord responds vocif- erously to claims of racism: “They are clutch- ing at straws. Why would they now want to play the race card? Thirty-five people live in an unmaintained house. The fumes from their generator are poisoning my family, and no matter who tells them to switch it off, it always stays on!” His house is located right next to the ga- rage, where the occupants keep their genera- tor. He will only believe that his “nightmare” has ended once he sees it. Claims made in a daily newspaper included that the occupants are drug dealers and that prostitution takes place on the premises. The occupants deny this categorically. Patel responds to this, however, by admit- ting that these claims are only rumours, but he adds hesitantly that when you look at the people occupying the house, “one could prob- ably expect that”. When Patel was told that the occupants claim to have paid a deposit and rental, he re- sponded: “Who have they been paying? Where is the proof? The property belongs to an insolvent estate. “My duty is to renovate and sell the proper- ty so that the R5 million bond can be repaid.” The previous owner couldn’t pay it and had to go into liquidation. “How the current occupiers got into the house in the first place is a mystery. They have no right to be there. They don’t have any legal documents,” he insists. Landa says he has been living there for more than three years, and adds that the oc- cupants used to pay between R1 000 and R3 000 a month for the use of one of the eight rooms available. They say they stopped paying when the electricity and water were cut off two months ago. “We have wives and children and are not killers. If we have to move out then we want our deposit back,” he insists. Zola Gaoa is somewhat more philosophical. “The house doesn’t belong to us, but we still want to live here. “We need to find a solution. The judge will give us a notice, and then we’ll have to move out. We can’t fight for something that doesn’t belong to us.” What they refuse to accept, however, is the alleged racist “bombardment” that is coming their way. The previous councillor of the ward, Neill Ross, is familiar with the current state of af- fairs, since it was he who first reported the squatters to the authorities. “The council cannot just kick people out of a house if they have been living there for more than 24 hours, but if the judge rules that the occupants must move out then they have no choice.” If they still refuse, the Sheriff will evict them. RACISM CLAIMS: Zola Goao, Bobby Osifo, Patrick Landa and Mike Uche say they’ll move out of the house, but don’t like the way it is being done. 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SQUATTERS living in a dilapidatedBishopscourt mansion are awaiting a
High Court judgement on whether theymust vacate the run-down house theyhave been living in for up to three years.
The judgement is set to be handed down on7 July.
The property, which is currently occupiedby between 10 and 35 people, belongs to Wind-flowerProperties cc,whichhasbeendeclaredinsolvent.
The 475m² house, valued at R4,4 million, isin a “terrible state” according to the liquida-tor, who is also one of the trustees, MohamedIsmail Patel.
When People’s Post visited the house yes-terday, some of the occupants living on theproperty were home and the house was in-deed badly neglected.
The men claimed that they have been livingthere legally after paying a R60 000 depositand monthly rental. They said they wouldhave no problem if the judge ruled that theymust move out, but they did not appreciatethe “way” they were being treated.
The men alleged they have suffered racism
at the hands of some Bishopscourt residents.“In this country, is it written that blacks
can’t stay somewhere?” asks one of the occu-pants, Mike Uche.
According to him, a neighbour has toldthem that Africans are not allowed to live inBishopscourt and should rather live in ashack in Khayelitsha.
Patel said in an affidavit to the High Courtthat the occupants have “disposed of humanwaste in drains and elsewhere after the watersupply was disconnected,they broke the ceiling andremoved the geyser, andthey removed light fit-tings and piping”.
Their neighbour, An-drew Lord responds vocif-erously to claims of racism: “They are clutch-ing at straws. Why would they now want toplay the race card? Thirty-five people live inan unmaintained house. The fumes fromtheir generator are poisoning my family, andno matter who tells them to switch it off, italways stays on!”
His house is located right next to the ga-rage, where the occupants keep their genera-tor.
He will only believe that his “nightmare”
has ended once he sees it.Claims made in a daily newspaper included
that the occupants are drug dealers and thatprostitution takes place on the premises. Theoccupants deny this categorically.
Patel responds to this, however, by admit-ting that these claims are only rumours, buthe adds hesitantly that when you look at thepeople occupying the house, “one could prob-ably expect that”.
When Patel was told that the occupantsclaim to havepaid a depositand rental, he re-sponded: “Whohave they beenpaying? Where isthe proof? The
property belongs to an insolvent estate.“My duty is to renovate and sell the proper-
ty so that the R5 million bond can be repaid.”The previous owner couldn’t pay it and had
to go into liquidation.“How the current occupiers got into the
house in the first place is a mystery. Theyhave no right to be there. They don’t have anylegal documents,” he insists.
Landa says he has been living there formore than three years, and adds that the oc-
cupants used to pay between R1 000 andR3 000 a month for the use of one of the eightrooms available.
They say they stopped paying when theelectricity and water were cut off two monthsago.
“We have wives and children and are notkillers. If we have to move out then we wantour deposit back,” he insists.
Zola Gaoa is somewhat more philosophical.“The house doesn’t belong to us, but we stillwant to live here.
“We need to find a solution. The judge willgive us a notice, and then we’ll have to moveout. We can’t fight for something that doesn’tbelong to us.”
What they refuse to accept, however, is thealleged racist “bombardment” that is comingtheir way.
The previous councillor of the ward, NeillRoss, is familiar with the current state of af-fairs, since it was he who first reported thesquatters to the authorities.
“The council cannot just kick people out ofa house if they have been living there formore than 24 hours, but if the judge rules thatthe occupants must move out then they haveno choice.” If they still refuse, the Sheriff willevict them.
RACISM CLAIMS: Zola Goao, Bobby Osifo, Patrick Landa and Mike Uche say they’ll move out of the house, but don’t like the way it is being done. Photo: Andre Bakkes
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Michelle Obama visits UCT
UCT was honoured to be one of the hosts forthe visit of the First Lady of the UnitedStates of America, Michelle Obama, onThursday 23 June.
While at UCT, Obama met 50 studentsfrom five historically-disadvantaged com-munities in Cape Town, forming part ofObama’s continuing commitment to engageyoung people worldwide, especially girlsand young women, support educational op-portunities and promote youth mentoring.
The students, accompanied by UCT men-tors, were taken on a tour of the entire cam-pus. They were then given talks by facultyrepresentatives and administration staffabout study opportunities at UCT, the ad-missions process, financial aid and campusstudent life, before meeting Obama andUCT vice-chancellor, Dr Max Price.
“The essence of Mrs Obama’s message re-inforces a core part of UCT’s mandate – toprovide opportunities to learners with tal-ent and motivation to gain access to a worldclass higher education, regardless of theirsocial class and in spite of their poorerschooling,” says Price.
He adds: “We believe that it is indeed pos-sible to succeed to graduation at a universi-ty even if your educational background was
not ideal, even when you are very poor,even when your parents might have beendenied such an opportunity.
“At UCT we have examples of these stu-dents succeeding against incredible odds.Wecreate access throughaffirmative actionadmission policies, we ensure that anyonewe admit will be given all the financial aidnecessary to cover their costs, and we pro-vide the additional academic support tohelp them succeed to graduation.”
. UCT is the highest-rated university inAfrica and the only African university to beranked among the top 200 universities inthe world by Times Higher EducationWorld University Rankings.
The university also has a consistentrecordof resistance to the inequalities insti-tuted under apartheid, and has a proud as-sociation with American leaders who havea passion to advance human rights. In June1966, Senator Robert F Kennedy deliveredthe National Union of South African Stu-dents’ annual Day of Affirmation speech inUCT’s Jameson Hall.
In March 1997, First Lady Hillary Rod-ham Clinton visited UCT soon after visitingRobben Island with President Nelson Man-dela.
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HONOURED GUEST: Michelle Obama addresses students from historicallydisadvantagedcommunities in Cape Town during her visit to UCT. On the left is UCT vicechancellor, DrMax Price, and Dr Mamphela Ramphele, the first black woman to become vicechancellorof UCT. Photo: Katherine Traut
Race to beat green manTERESA FISCHER
PRIMARY school childrenat Rondebosch Boys areforced to run across busyCampground Road at theintersection with SandownRoad.
According to parents, thisis because the “green man” al-lows only enough time forpeople crossing to get to themiddle island of the double in-tersection.
Wayne Houghton, a parent,says: “It is a very dangerousintersection, and I am sur-prised that something seri-ous has not happened yet.”
He adds that many motor-ists also speed across the red light, and thathe has personally witnessed many near miss-es. “About a week ago there were three carsthat skipped the red light and nearly knockedover three adults and the children they weretrying to escort across,” says Houghton.“It isjust a question of time before a child or evenadult for that matter is knocked down – in-jured, or killed,” he says. According toHoughton, many concerned parents have tak-en photographs of the situation and writtento the traffic manager, but there has been noimprovement or response on the issue. Henotes that it has even been suggested that aa pedestrian bridge be erected. Several par-ents People’s Post spoke to at the schoolagreed it was a problem, adding it was toodangerous to allow the children to crossalone.
Tom Gillmer, the school’s acting principal,says from the first day of next term the schoolwill hire another traffic marshal to help thechildrenacross the road. [The school employstwo marshals who help children cross whereCampground intersects with Rouwkoop Roadand Oakhurst Avenue.]
Gillmer says there is “no easy solution”,and there are ongoing talks with the trafficdepartment about the situation.
According to Gillmer, the council is not be-ing uncooperative, but it seems that the rea-
son the “green man” cannot be extended be-yond the four seconds the school has timed itat, are that this would back up traffic on Cam-pground Road, which is already congested inthe morning.
The lack of parking makes this even worse,and parents resort to parking illegally in Cam-pground Road. Gillmer says talks are ongoingregarding paving vacant land opposite theschool, which would alleviate the parking is-sues. The parking would be shared with Bish-ops and UCT’s Jammie shuttle.
But Sean Glass, head of Transport NetworkDevelopment at the City of Cape Town, saysthere is no need for the length of the greenman signal to be extended.
He says: “The green man signal is a launchperiod, and indicates to pedestrians that theymay begin to cross the road. It is never theintention to enable pedestrians to finishcrossing the road during the green man sig-nal.”
Glass adds that the flashing red man signalindicates to pedestrians who have begun tocross on the green man signal that they haveonly just enough time to finish crossing theroad before a green signal is given to othertraffic at the junction.
“Pedestrians may not begin to cross theroad after the beginning of the flashing redman period, as they would not have sufficienttime to complete the crossing. Without theseseparate launch and clearance periods, pedes-trians would never know how much time isleft to cross the road, and hence whether ornot they should start to cross,” he explains.
Glass says the length of the flashing redman signal period is typically based on a lei-surely walking speed in order to provide suffi-cient time for the elderly or infirm to crossthe road, and that it shouldneverbenecessaryto run.Henotes that thedepartment is re-eval-uating the walking speed used to determinethe flashing red man signal period at this in-tersection, and will make any adjustmentsnecessary.
He says the extension of the green manwould only be beneficial if the demand forcrossing was exceptionally high, and largecrowds needed to cross. Glass says the erec-tion of a pedestrian bridge is unlikely to findfavour with those crossing the road regularly,and that such bridges are typically ignoredunless the danger is perceived to be severe.
ON YOUR OWN: Pedestrians say the “green man” lasts onlylong enough to allow pedestrians to get halfway across theintersection of Campground and Sandown roads outsideRondebosch Boys Preparatory School. Photo: Teresa Fischer
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Domestic held up at knife-pointTWO unknown women held up a domesticworker at knife-point at a residence in HopeStreet, Claremont on Friday.
According to Claremont Cluster spokes-person, Captain Angie Latchman, they ap-proached the domestic under the pretext ofbeing sent by the owner of the house to takemeasurements.
The domestic then asked the women to re-main outside while she confirmed this withher employer. She then phoned her employ-er, who informed her that he had not sentanyone, and told the domestic worker not toallow them into the house.
Unfortunately, the front gate and doorwere open, and the two women, aged be-tween 22 and 40, casually entered the house.
The older woman then produced a knifeand held up the domestic worker.
The suspects stole several items of silverjewellery and three watches before fleeingfrom the scene on foot. No injuries were sus-tained. Initial investigations establishedthat the two suspects were extremely welldressed, and gave the impression that theywere businesswomen.
Police appeal to anyone with informationto contact the investigating officer, Detec-tive Sergeant Quinton Matthew, at Clare-mont Police Station on (021) 657-2222 orCrime Stop on 0860 10111.
“Police areurging the community tobe ex-tremely vigilant when it comes to the safetyof their homes.
“Always ensure that doors and securitygates are kept closed and locked at alltimes,” says Latchman.
. Claremont Police are urgently seekingthe assistance of the community in trying tofind the whereabouts of Nico Marais, whois wanted on a charge of fraud in the Clare-mont area.
According to Latchman, investigationsthus far have ascertained that Marais alleg-edly poses as a car salesperson who promis-es to secure excellent deals on motor vehi-cles for unsuspecting persons.
His modus operandi is that he places anadvert in anewspaperunderMaraisMotors,advertising vehicles at a reasonable price.
Once he is contacted by a potential buyer,he asks them to deposit an amount of moneyinto his account that will secure the deal.
However, once the money is deposited,Marais cannot be traced.
His latest victim was defrauded of R19 000.Anyone with information regarding the
whereabouts of Marais, or who has been avictim of this scheme, are urged to contactthe investigating officer, Constable MbuleloBetela, of the Claremont Police Station,on(021) 657-2257 or Crime Stop on 0860 10111.
GO WADING: Just over 50 Cape Town swimmers tackled a choppy 1314°C Atlantic Oceanin Camps Bay on Sunday in a fundraising race for street children during the Cadiz Youth DaySwim, which was held over from June 16. The race, which offered a one mile or two milecourse, was part of the Cadiz Swim Series, a host of cold water sea swims around CapeTown aimed at promoting swimming and raising funds for good causes. The swim was postponed to Sunday due to adverse ocean and weather conditions on Youth Day. As part ofthe event, a donation from the Cadiz Foundation of R10 000 was made to The Homestead,which helps reintegrate street children into society and which runs a home in Khayelitshacalled The Bridge at Elukhuselweni. Photo: Supplied
DID you knowthat you cancollect yourown bottles ofspring waterfrom the New-lands Spring?Drive downSprings Way,park at the endof the cul de sac,and fill up yourwater bottlesfrom a whiteplastic pipe atthe end of theroad. – (http://www.travel-start.com/street/new-lands-spring/)
Man in hospital aftermountain assaultA MAN is in hospital after he was severe-ly assaulted on Table Mountain by twomen armed with a knife.
The incident happened at 15:00 yesterdaywhen the man and a colleague were walkingon the Contour Path in the Newlands Forest.
According to Claremont Cluster spokes-person, Captain Angie Latchman, the pairwere attacked by two unknown men.
Whenoneof theattackers tried to graboneof the men’s backpacks, a scuffle ensued.
One of the suspects then produced a knifeand the pair fled, closely pursued by theirattackers. But then, Latchman says, one ofthe complainants slipped into a stream.
His colleague kept running to get help.When he returned with help, he found that
his friend had been severely assaulted.The extent of his injuries is unknown at
this stage, but Latchman says they are acombination of the fall and the attack.
One backpack was stolen.No arrests have been made yet.
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JUST 50ml of breast milk a daycould save a baby’s life.
Milk Matters, a registered non-gov-ernment, non-profit organisation pro-vides pasteurised, donor breast milkto hospitals for premature and vulner-able babies who cannot get the breastmilk they need from their own moth-ers.
Lizzie Brierley, of Milk Matters,says the risk of necrotising enterocoli-tis – a potentially life-threatening ill-ness that causes the bowel to go gan-
grenous – is very high when prema-ture infants are given formula, “so atall cost it needs to be avoided”.
It focuses on the tiniest babies of un-der 1,5kg, who thrive on the irreplace-able nutrients, growth factors and an-tibodies in human milk.
“Providing these babies with breastmilk is the single most effective wayof preventing these complications andensuring that babies go home sooner.”
To date 23 hospitals, in both the stateand private sector, have received do-nor milk from Milk Matters. It has alsoassisted four hospitals to set up theirown in-house milk banks.
GrooteSchuur,TygerbergandMow-bray Maternity Hospital are the mainrecipient hospitals.
Brierley adds: “We are getting to acritical point with regards to demandoutstretching the supply of donorbreast milk.”
According to Milk Matters, the de-mand for donor milk still far exceedsthe supply, as mothers are still notaware that they can donate their sur-plus milk, and sadly some mothersthrow away their extra breast milk.
Brierley says most mothers are ableto donate breast milk. “By expressingextra milk for another baby you willnot deprive your baby in any way – in
fact, expressing increases milk pro-duction,” she says.
Donating mothers express a little ex-tra breast milk and freeze it in sterilejars provided by Milk Matters. The fro-zen breast milk can then be deliveredto Milk Matters depots situated in var-ious areas.
There are three in the Southern Sub-urbs – in Constantia, Plumstead andCape Town.
Each donor mother is also asked to
complete a screening form and to un-dergo an HIV and a Hepatitis B test.These tests are done at no cost to thedonor mother.
Mothers do not need to donate largequantities of breast milk to make a dif-ference, as just 50ml of breast milk canfeed a baby of under 1kg for 24 hours.
Contact Milk Matters for further in-formation on (021) 659-5599 or082 895 8004 or email [email protected].
LIFELINE: Donating breast milk givespremature vulnerable babies a betterchance at life. Photo: Supplied
MOTHER’S MILK: Donating breast milk can the life of a baby such as this one.Photo: Supplied
ChristmascomesearlyMISS GAY WESTERNCAPE is hosting a“Christmas in July”dance in aid of establish-ing a hospice/halfwayhouse for the gay com-munity on the CapeFlats, and people affect-ed by or with HIV/AIDS.
The event will be heldon Saturday 2 July at theGoodwood Civic Centrefrom 19:00 until late.Cheese and wine will beserved on arrival to theearly birds.
A feast of magicTHE College of Magic is opening itsdoors to Capetonians during the June/July school holidays for the TraditionalChildren’s Magic Festival.
After a break in 2010, the festival isback on track this year with an excitingholiday entertainment programme forchildren of pre-school and primaryschool age and their families.
They have a cast of more than 50young entertainers, students and pro-fessionals, magicians, jugglers, clownsand puppeteers hard at work preparinga feast of entertainment for Cape Townaudiences. With a special focus in 2011on local folklore, the Traditional Chil-dren’s Magic Festival will comprise atwo-hour experience of fun, magic andlaughter.
Chad Findlay, director of the show,says: “There will be friendly walkaboutartists, dazzling magic shows, intrigu-
ing traditional folk-lore, make-magicworkshops, the furri-est giant magical rab-bit, tricky treasurehunts and even fantas-tic free goodie bags.You don’t want to missout on this most spec-tacular festival ever.And arrive early forpre-show entertain-ment!”
The festival runs atthe College of Magic,215 Lansdowne Roadin Claremont fromWednesday 29 June toSaturday 2 July, withtwo show sessions on each of the fourdays – at 10:30 and 14:30.
Interested parties can book their
places at R50 a ticket, all inclusive, bycontacting Zanele or Precious on (021)683-5480.
NO WAY: The Traditional Children’s Magic Festival takesplace at the College of Magic in Claremont.Photo: Sam Burrows
Italy’s Musician ofthe Year in NewlandsACCLAIMED acoustic guitarist, Antonio Forcione, willbe performing at CapeAngel Guesthouse on 2 July at 19:30.
Hailed as the “Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar”,award-winning Forcione is considered one of the mostcharismatic and inventive performers to come out of Eu-rope in recent years. He breaks the mould of most conven-tional, popular guitar sounds – be it in the field of jazz,Spanish,African,Brazilianor improvisedmusic. Interna-tional tours have brought high critical acclaim from asfar as Australia and Hong Kong to Russia, the Caribbean,USA and all over Europe.
Recently voted Italy’s Musician of the Year, he has re-corded 16 albums and has opened for Phil Collins, BobbyMcFerrin and Jools Holland; played privately for illustri-ous clients such as Paul McCartney and with world-classmusicians including Trilok Gurtu, Birelli Lagrene, Tom-my Emmanuel and Andy Sheppard.
Tickets cost R300 per person and include a scrumptiousmeal. Patrons are in for a special treat as Antonio willbe playing some of the songs on his latest album, whichwill be only be released officially in London in September.
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Chelsea designer talks about showTHE next meeting of the Cape Horti-cultural Society is on Monday 4 Julyat 20:00 at the Athenaeum, BoundaryTerraces, next to the Western Prov-ince Cricket Club (WPCC), Camp-
ground Road, Newlands.The guest speaker will be David
Davidson, a member of the South Af-rican design team, who will tell dis-cuss his experiences at the recent
Chelsea Flower Show. Visitors arewelcome. The entrance fee is R8 formembers and R15 for visitors, whichincludes tea. Call Glenda on(021) 531-5713.
Learn all about the pyramids“THE Great Pyramids of AncientEgypt” is the theme for the dayschool at The Egyptian Society ofSouth Africa, which takes place at10:00 on Saturday 23 July at theBaxter Studio Theatre, Ronde-
bosch. There will be refreshmentsand a buffet luncheon. Memberspay R120, non members R150, andstudent members R80. Book byMonday 18 July with Jean Smithat (021) 557-5082.
TERESA FISCHER
THERE are differing interpreta-tions of tests undertaken by theCity of Cape Town on levels of siltin water being pumped into thestormwater system at the WBHOexcavation site in Claremont.
Earlier this month The Friends ofthe Liesbeek said they were not sat-isfied with WBHO’s attempts to pre-vent sediment entering the river,and more tests were taken (“Siltingof the Liesbeek ‘unacceptable’”, Peo-ple’s Post, 14 June).
Farouk Robertson, Water and San-itation department spokesperson,says: “The suspended solids (silt) inthe discharge does pose a problem.The particulate matter causes amore direct impact in terms of fauna(fish, invertebrates etc).”
He says WBHO must ensure thattheir filtration system is maintainedin such a way that the final water be-ing discharged has total suspendedsolid levels of lower than 75mg/litre(ideally lower than 20mg/litre).
In winter, silt levels are higher asrain naturally flushes down silt anddetritus, and organisms have adapt-ed to this annual event.
Robertson says since it is winter,the impact of the silt from the con-struction site is somewhat negatedby the rains removing the silt down-stream.
But WBHOproject man-ager, ChrisMace, saysthe resultsshow that thewater beingpumpedfrom the sitehas belowminimumsilt levels.
He says theinitial high-er levels are a result of a five minutetime delay between when the sam-ples were taken. He says initiallythere would be higher levels due tosediment residues on the road.
Mace adds: “We continually cleanthe stone filters, and as you have ob-served we have a team continuallymonitoring the water being pumpedas well as keeping the road clean. Wehave been working closely withmembers of City of Cape Town waterdepartment to ensure that they aresatisfied with what we are doing.”
According to the department, WB-HO should not take housekeeping re-lated to the filtration lightly, as thesystem could fail if it is clogged bysilt.
Meanwhile, Robertson says thenutrient levels of the water beingdischarged, althoughhigher thande-sired, has a negligible impact be-cause of the volume of the discharge
compared to the total volume of theriver.
Councillor Ian Iversen says: “Idon’t believe that the ‘filtering’ proc-esses put in place by WBHO were orare effective. The currentHeathRob-inson arrangement is certainly notaprofessionalway todealwithwastewater.” (Robinson was an illustratorknown for unnecessarily complexand implausible contraptions.)
He adds this has highlighted theneed for the City’s Planning Depart-ment to develop conditions thatwould protect the environmentwhen property developers createbasement parking areas.
Iversen says he believes that “pol-luted” waste water needs to be col-lected and placed in a tank and thendisposed of at a landfill site.
By the time of going to print, itcould not be determined which wasthe accurate interpretation.
Liesbeek test results debated
DELICATE BALANCE: Silting up river habitats is bad for organisms that usually hide under rocks and cracks in the riverbed.Silt also clogs the gills of fish and other organisms. Photo:Supplied
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Nurturing body andsoul in the gardenTERESA FISCHER
TRAIPSING through a vegeta-ble patch is a wonderful way
to slow life’s galloping pace.
“Look at our lovely cabbages,”says John Kennedy, of the Oude Mo-len Food Garden Village for Chil-dren.
Children from neighbouringMaitland Garden Village plant veg-gies in the garden under Kennedy’sguidance. He has been running theprogramme for about 10 years.
Leafy spinach, massive cauliflow-ers and juicy broccoli are all thriv-ing in the rich soil that they enrichwith homemade compost made fromgreen cuttings and horse manurefrom the village. No chemicals areused in the garden; instead a naturalpesticide is made from khakibos.
Broad beans are sold to the EthicalCo-op [They support small and localfarmers over larger, more remotefarmers, striving for the greater goodof all] and the Millstone Café buys broccoli.Daily, food is harvested for the pot.
He says during 2002 he was making hisown vegetable garden just outside his dwell-ing. “One afternoon I came home to find foureight to 10-year-old children digging a patchof ground– they toowanted tomakeavegeta-ble garden, they said. And so, quite sponta-neously, the Food Garden Programme waslaunched,” explains Kennedy.
He adds that once he had given the chil-dren the go-ahead to start their own gardens,interest spread amongst seven to 11-year-olds in Maitland Garden Village, a largelypoor neighbouring community, and by No-vember 2002 there were 12 mini-gardens inwhich a variety of crops were being cultivat-ed, including tomatoes, cabbage, beans andcarrots. He provided the children with
seeds, and helped them cultivate the cropsof their own choice.
The garden is more than a place to growfood. Children play on the obstacle course,swim in the village pool, or run down to thewetland where they paddle about on an oldbarge. Kennedy says within every humanbeing there lies an inherent potential of tal-ents, and that when provided with the rightset of opportunities, these talents can beawakened and nurtured.
He says gardening is a vehicle throughwhich this can occur.
Kennedy says learning to garden is sec-ondary to the importance of exposing thechildren to nature and developing a naturalreverence for the spiritual essence of life.
A big sign under the tree notes that thegarden is also home to worms, beetles, crick-ets, grasshoppers, caterpillars, butterflies,bees, dragonflies, spiders, fish, frogs, moles,rats, lizards, snakes and birds.
Also important is that the children takewhat they learn in the garden back to theirown homes, where some have started grow-ing potatoes and tomatoes. The garden is al-so run in collaboration with another organ-ic veggie garden called “The Back Area Gar-dens”, run by Margot Neser. Kennedy saysshe has clients for whom she makes up or-ders, and if she doesn’t have enough pro-duce, she harvests from their food garden,generating some extra income for the gar-den. The project would benefit greatly fromsmall trowels and garden forks, as theirtools were stolen. “And a mighty weed eater,would be wonderful,” muses Kennedy.
PUMPKIN PATCH: One of the children strikes a poseat the Oude Molen Food Garden Village for Children.
Photo: Supplied
SOUL FOOD: The food garden provides children the opportunity to be exposed to nature.
Photo: Supplied
Travel down memory laneREHEARSALS are under way at the Club-house in Pinelands for an off-Broadwaymusical comedy, by the Pinelands Players.
Forever Plaid, one of the most popularand successful musicals in recent memory,is described as a “deliciously goofy revue”,which centres on four young, eager malesingers killed in a car crash in the 1950s asthey were on the way to their first big con-cert. Now, they are miraculously revivedfor the posthumous chance to fulfil theirdreams and perform the show that neverwas.
Singing in the closest of harmony, squab-bling boyishly over the smallest intona-tions and executing their charmingly out-landish choreography with over-zealousprecision, the “Plaids” are a guaranteedsmash, with a programme of beloved songsand delightful patter that keeps audiencesrolling in the aisles when they’re not hum-ming along to some of the great nostalgic
pop hits of the 1950s.Varying walks of life add to the interest-
ing characters involved in this show.The cast is Simon Speck as Francis, the
leader of the group who is also asthmatic;John Lambrou as Jinx, the clown; ChrisLaurie as Sparky, shy and nervous andsubject to nosebleeds, and Richard Whiteas Smudge, a worry pot.
According to the organisers, their culmi-nation of good looks, humour, style and vo-cal talent makes this production “a mustto see”.
The show is directed by June Wells andthe musical director is Victor Tichart.
“Forever Plaid” will be performed at thePinelands Town Hall on Friday 29 July,Saturday 30 July and Wednesday 3 Augustto Saturday 6 August.
Tickets cost R100, including an Ameri-can diner-style meal. For bookings, call 072923 1035 or email [email protected].
Holiday programme at libraryRONDEBOSCH Children’s Library willhave a holiday programme during theJune/July school holidays.
There will be storytime, crafts andcolouring-in and music in various ses-sions at 10:00 on the following days:
Wednesday 29 June, Friday 1 July,Wednesday 6 July, Friday 8 July,Wednesday 13 July and Friday 15 July.For more information about the pro-gramme , please contact Karen or Taniaat (021) 689-1100.
LEONARDO DA VINCI, who wasborn in Vinci, near Florence in 1452,is known for his visionary ideas.
He made sketches of scissors, the
parachute, helicopter, airplanesand engineering designs, some ofwhich only came into use 400 yearsafter his death in 1519.
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GENEROUS NATURE: In trueMadiba spirit,the Grade 4s atThe Grove Primary School inClaremont extendedthoughts ofcare and goodwill to the children of Maitland CottageHomes in Claremont. Recentlythey took timeto fill paperbags with giftsof soft toys,games, colouringin books,crayons, face cloths and reading books. They decorated their bagswith pictures of their favourite celebrities and pastimes. The carepackages were completed with messages of love and friendship. Handing out the gifts, they saw firsthand what a difference the Grade 4s’67 minutes of care and effort had made to children less fortunate thanthemselves. Their gifts brought smiles to the faces of some 50 children. The Grade 4 teachers thanked the matrons at Maitland CottageHomes for allowing them the opportunity to interact with the children.Seen here are Sibulele Ngcukana (left) and Zoë Foale of The Grove.
Stamp-collecting raises fundsTHE Pinelands Stamp Circle will be holding theirmonthly meeting at 19:15 in the activities room of thePinelands Library on Wednesday 28 June.
The topic for the evening will be Royalty, and all mem-bers are invited to bring any relevant philatelic itemsfor display. The main presentation of the evening will
be given by Alastair and Brenda Weir, who are membersof the Stamp Circle, on the subject “Reflections of Alex-andria”. One-page competition topics are “Match” and“Reel”. Visitors and those interested in stamp collectingare welcome.
The items are in aid of the Red Cross Children’s Hospi-tal and will be on sale. For more information, call Johnon (021) 531-1954 or Martin on (021) 689-5050.
EARLY BIRDS:Kayla Marian and Adam Swain with the care packagesthey put together to mark Mandela Day, which falls on Monday July18, Madiba’s birthday. It was launched to encourage people acrossthe globe to take responsibility for making the world a better placeby giving 67 minutes of their time to a worthy cause.
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INTENDED PROCESS FOR DRAFTING THE CITYOF CAPE TOWN’S INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTPLAN (IDP) FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARSThe City of Cape Town has compiled a timetable by means of which it will draw up a new5 Year Term of Office - Integrated Development Plan (IDP). This plan will guide its strategicplanning and budgeting for the period 2011/2012 to 2015/2016. As it is ultimately meant toensure the best possible service delivery to residents, we would like to draw your attention tothe compilation schedule, which is outlined below:
Details Date
Draft IDP and Budget timetable to be tabled in Council June
• Advertisement of schedule on City’s website, local newspapers andnotice boards
• Acknowledgement of inputs received
July/AugustSeptember
Annual Report:• Tabling of Annual Report to Council• Annual Report made public and submitted to City’s Portfolio Committees• Approval of Oversight Report on Annual Report by Council• Notify public of Oversight Report
JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril
Provisional approval of draft IDP (5 Year Plan) and Budget:• Table draft IDP and Budget Report to Mayco and Council• Advertise and publish final draft of IDP and Budget for public comment
and submit to National and Provincial Treasury and others as prescribed
MarchApril
IDP and Budget Hearings:• Conduct IDP/Corporate Scorecard/Budget public hearings to obtain
public comment and inputs from communities, Provincial Governmentand other relevant stakeholders
• Acknowledge comments received• Respond to public comments in respect of Budget, tariffs and policies
AprilMayJune
Approval of the Budget and IDP:• Give draft IDP and Budget consultation feedback to subcouncils and
portfolio committees• Council gives final approval of the IDP/Corporate Scorecard and Budget
document by resolution (setting taxes and tariffs, approving changes tothe IDP and budget related policies), approve measurable performanceobjectives for revenue by source and expenditure by vote before thestart of the financial year
AprilMay
Public notification about Budget and IDP June
Section 57 (MSA) Performance Agreements:• Submit performance agreements to the Executive Mayor within
10 days after approval of the IDP and Budget• Council to note New Section 57 Scorecards• Notification of approved S57 (top management performance
agreements) to the public
May / JuneJuly/AugustAugust/September
Approval of Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plans(SDBIPs):• Executive Mayor to approve Corporate SDBIP within 28 days after
approval of the Budget• Place all Directorate Executive Summaries and SDBIPs and Department
Business Plans and SDBIPs on City’s website
MayJuneAugust/September
For a detailed timetable outlining the timeframes and deliverables for the nextfinancial year, contact the Integrated Development Planning office on 021 400 9803;fax: 021 400 4909 or e-mail [email protected]
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER
Chelsea show talk
Christmas in July
THE next meeting of the CapeHorticultural Society is on Mon-day 4 July at 20:00 at the Athe-naeum, Boundary Terraces,next to the Western ProvinceCricket Club (WPCC), Camp-ground Road, Newlands.
The guest speaker will be Dav-id Davidson, a member of theSouth African design team, who
will tell discuss his experiencesat the recent Chelsea FlowerShow.
Visitors are very welcome.The entrance fee is R8 for mem-bers and R15 for visitors, whichincludes tea.
There is no need to book, butfor inquiries call Glenda on(021) 531-5713.
JOIN The Emma Animal Res-cue Society (Tears) for a“Christmas in July” fund-raiser on Saturday 23 July atthe Kelvin Grove Club inNewlands.
A three-course Christmasdinner will be served, fol-lowed by entertainment and
an auction, to raise much-needed funds for a new ani-mal shelter on Wenga Farm.Tickets cost R175.
For more information, or tosecure your ticket, contactMarge Kruyt on (021) 785-7014or email her [email protected].
Celebrate Cape TownAS PART of their ongoing seriesof lifestyle events, the Palm Dé-cor and Lifestyle Centre will behosting a special day in celebra-tion of Cape Town’s unique andcolourful history on Saturday 2July.
The day will include a range of de-licious foods and tasty treats tokeep you warm and toasty, as wellas interesting craft stands tobrowse and buy from.
Visitors can also expect fantasticstore displays by the various homeand lifestyle tenants, like FinalTouches, Wetherlys, Coricraft,Kitchen Emporium and Karma In-teriors.
The Palms building, very much apart of Cape Town and Woodstock’scharming history is home to a widearray of décor, fabric and lightingshops; a far cry from the bustlingbiscuit and bread factory it was formany decades. At the centre theystrive to make you feel welcomewith their great service and advice,
and to add richness and taste toyour life in the form of exquisitefabrics, wonderful art and every-thing else you could want for yourhome. With an impressive selec-tion of exhibitors and a wide varie-ty of taste sensations, this is one dé-cor event you won’t want to miss.Exhibitors include an antique knifemaker, an embossing and leafingspecialist and many more fascinat-
ing displays and stalls.Pop in on Saturday 2 July from
09:00 until 13:00, and experiencegood old-fashioned hospitalityamid contemporary design – not tomention the wonderful home anddécor shops which are themselvesbecoming part of the design revolu-tion that seems to be taking overWoodstock. For more information,please visit www.palms.co.za.
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A schoolhouse worthy of a springbokTERESA FISCHER
EVERY winter, children working inthe food garden at Oude Molen Eco
Village in Pinelands faced the same bat-tle against the elements.
The primary school children, from Mait-land Garden Village, are part of Oude MolenFood Garden Village for Children project,which has been run by John Kennedy forabout 10 years.
In the afternoons he teaches them to growvegetables that they harvest for the pot. Anychild who has helped in the garden may takehome a share of the organic produce. Any-thing that is left, they market.
But when the rains come, attendance
drops, as there is no place where they cantake shelter. This resulted in the buildingof the “Pink House”, a classroom construct-ed almost entirely of timber. It will also beused to teach the childrengardening theory.
The building so far has relied on donatedmaterials, although the project bought therafters and the corrugated iron sheeting.Until last week the building was not com-plete.
“It has been a long, tedious process,” saysKennedy.
But now, as part of their community serv-ice programme, members of the 1st Pine-lands Scout Troop are collaborating withthe food garden project by engaging hands-on in the completion of the children’sschoolhouse.
Yorke Lowe (17) who is working towardsachieving the top award in scouting – TheSpringbok Scout Award – led the endeav-our.
From Thursday 16 June until Sunday 19June,
Yorke and his team completed the interi-or, fixing the windows and hanging the dou-ble doors.
Kennedy says: “Next week we will thenbe able to move in our school tables, book-shelves and library and begin the school-room aspect of our gardening project.”
“This was a wonderful offer by the boyscouts,” says Kennedy, adding that the col-laboration between the two organisationsfor the good of the community was some-thing positive to be celebrated.
On Friday 17 June, work was well underway. The team was installing windows andhad completed the cladding on the insidewalls.
Yorke Louw says: “It’s really nice; thekids are running in and out. By the end ofit, I think they will be excited to see whatwe have done.”
Louw says he chose the project, afterhearing about the schoolhouse while visit-ing Oude Molen.
An old bus that the children play in is alsobeing given a bright red coat of paint, andall the safety hazards will be removed.
Joseph van Stavel, who lives at Oude Mo-len and works with the youth, gave skillstraining in glazing to the scouts who werefitting the glass panes.
SHELTER: Children from Maitland Garden Village at the doorwayof the pink schoolhouse at Oude Molen Eco Village.
BEFORE COMPLETION: The pink school house as it wasbefore the Scouts got involved. REVAMP: The painting of the old bus at Oude Molen.
Getting theorder rightTHE Order of St John will be holding an in-vestiture service in St George’s Cathedral inCape Town on Friday 1 July.
Nineteen members of the community areexpected to be admitted to the order or re-ceive promotion.
Theorder traces its originsback to the 11thcentury. Today it is a major internationalcharity, active in more than 40 countries;with about 25 000 members worldwide, sup-ported by over 4 000 salaried employees and250 000 volunteers.
For further information, contact CraigHartley, director for St John at the CapeTown Centre, on (021) 461-8420.
Take part in arefreshing hikeTHE Meridian Hiking Club is having a hikefrom Newlands Forest Base to the ContourPath on Saturday 2 July. Meet at the FireBase at 10:00, or call Denise on (021) 685-7443or 083 261 3326.
On Sunday 3 July there is a strenuous hikeon the Fisherman’s Trail from Hout Bay toKalk Bay.
Phone Karen on 076 543 7266 for informa-tion, or go to www.meridian.org.za. Visitorspay R15.
Ballroom danceat SareptaTHE September Reunion Club will be host-ing a ballroom dance on Saturday 2 July atthe Sarepta Community Hall at 19:00.
Sarepters Band will be providing musicalentertainment. Tickets cost R70 per person,and attendees can bring their own plattersand XYZ.
For more details or tickets, call Lydian on079 717 0218 or Albie on (021) 906-3172.
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The City of Cape Town has to amend the boundaries of subcouncils due to the demarcationof new wards.
The draft By-law proposes new boundaries for 24 subcouncils and clusters adjoining wardsto form the new subcouncils.
The public are invited to comment on the clustering of the wards and the proposed newsubcouncil boundaries so that the comments can be considered before Council makes a finaldetermination on these boundaries.
The closing date for comment is 18 July 2011.
Copies of the draft Subcouncil By-law are available at all subcouncil offices and City librariesfor viewing purposes only. You may also access the draft By-law and post comments atwww.capetown.gov.za/subcouncilboundaries.
For further enquiries and for written or faxed submissions, please contact:Keith MillerManager: SubcouncilsTel: 021 400 1261Fax: 021 400 5900E-mail: [email protected]
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER
HAVE YOUR SAY!PROPOSED NEW SUBCOUNCIL
BOUNDARIES
Farewell dear patronWITH the passing of Professor Kader Asmal,the Friends of Rondebosch Common have losta patron.
He has been the patron of our small groupsince 1997.
He had a keen interest in local affairs, anda great concern for the preservation of openspaces such as the Common.
He and Louise lived within walking dis-tance, and they enjoyed many hours explor-ing and enjoying this open space.
He attended our AGMs when he could, andaddressed us many times, always encourag-ing us to look after this community asset.
He also graciously wrote a wonderful for-ward to our book, “Rondebosch Common”,published in 2008.
In praise of the artist, Betty Dwight, he saidshe “painted with a poet’s eye, enabling us tosee the intricate beauty of Nature”.
To quote him: “Good hospitable open spac-es in our cities, such as the Common, are likeart galleries andorchestras – theygiveus thatextra dimension of enjoyment, appreciationand self-worth in our lives that lift us abovethe everyday; they provide food for the soulwhen we are stressed, grieving or recoveringfrom ill-health.”
Go well dear Patron. On behalf of theFriends, we extend our sympathies to Louise,whohas also servedonour committee, aswellas the family.SUE OPPENHEIM, FRIENDS OFRONDEBOSCH COMMON COMMITTEE
Electricity charges explainedTHE column published in People’s Post of 21June, titled “Power to the City”, contains se-rious inaccuracies about the electricity tariffincreases that may confuse residents.
TheCitywould like to clarifyhow the tariffincreases will really affect them, as the au-thor of the column unfortunately did not con-sult the City to check whether he understoodthe tariffs correctly.
The current Domestic Low and DomesticHigh tariffs will as of 1 July be replaced witha single two-stepblock tariff,with the servicecharge which formed part of the DomesticHigh tariff falling away.
All domestic customers who use more than450 kWh per month will be charged accord-ing to thisnewsingle, two-stepDomesticTar-iff.
What the “inclining block tariff” means, isthat you will pay 122,47 c/kWh, or unit, (inclVAT), for the first 600 units and 134,59 c/kWhfor the units in excess of 600.
The author of the column failed to take thisstep-tariff into account when making his cal-culations.
At the present tariff, 800 units will cost youR850,96 (106,37 c/unit, including VAT), and800 units from 1 July onwards will cost youR1 004 (600 units at 122,47 c/unit, and 200units at 134,59 c/unit, all including VAT).
This equates to an increase of 17,98%,which is below the 19,94% average increase,and not 26,5% as per the author’s calcula-tions.
The majority of the residential customerswill in fact see an increase of less than theaverage 19,94%, whereas only a minority ofcustomers in the city that use over 1 000 kWhper month will be subject to above-averageincreases.
The accusation that the City is “trying tosqueeze more profit out of the good people ofsuburbia” is therefore unfair and untrue.
The reason behind the introduction of the
inclining block tariff is to ensure that con-sumers who use large amounts of electricitypay more for their higher usage, so that thosewho are conservative energy consumers donot bear undue costs.
It also provides an economic signal and in-centive for high energy consumers to reducetheir consumption and/or to switch their en-ergy consumption to alternative sources,such as solar power.ALDERMAN IAN NEILSONExecutive Deputy Mayor of Cape Town andMayoral Committee Member for Finance
TONY ROBINSON, AUTHOR OF THECOLUMN, RESPONDS:
THE serious error was on page 299 of theCouncil Budget, the piece of paper council-lors had before them when they voted for thenew electricity tariffs.
It gives two tariff bands for domestic con-sumers: one for those using less than 600units and one for those using more.
There is nothing to indicate that a new pol-icy had been introduced to use the two tariffsin combination so that one rate applies to thefirst 600 units and the higher tariff appliedonly to units used over and above the first600.
In the past the domestic high and domesticlow have been entirely separate tariffs andwere not used in combination.
Why was no phone call made to the councilto check on the interpretation?
Well, when you see something in black andwhite in an official document then there issurely no reason to suspect that it doesn’tmean what it says it means.
Electricity is the biggest single source ofrevenue for the council so it is reasonable toexpect a clear and unambiguous documentfor councillors to vote on.
Anything less than that is just not goodenough.
Your SMSesParkhof police residence
. Parkhof tenants could afford satel-lite TV and expensive cars, yet weresubsidised by taxpayers!
. Stop blaming SAPS. Everybodystaying longer than three years gottheir eviction notices in 2004!
. I think it is appalling that thepeoplethat keep us safe in our houses and lookafter us in our times of direst need areleft with accommodation that does nothave basic services stipulated by ourconstitution. Concerned
e.tv midnight viewing. Val Behrens, if you find the naked
sex on e.tv offensive then why watch it?You must be if you know about it.Anon
. Serial moaner and whinger VG Be-hrens is at it again. If you don’t like na-ked news, switch it off and go to sleep.I’ll bet you watch “The Bold and theBeautiful”! Smile man! Steven
. Why is pre-paid electricity R1.06per unit before increase? Are we victim-ised because we pay up front? I use 600per month.
. Can the Post go to Pick n Pay andShoprite and see the chickenbraaipacks? They cut the breasts inhalf! Help us!
. Can you blame these youngsters forracing illegally? They watch movieslike “Fast and the Furious”. They get in-spired to race because of these types of
movies. Where do they go?. I’m so grateful that this will be the
last time I see this toxic paper. I ammov-ing out of this suffocating city you Capemortals call a “well-run place”! Illusion... oxymoron! Four months of livinghere is too long! When karma gets toyou, only look in the mirror!
. Julius Malema claims he is like ourMr Nelson Mandela. You are like IdiAmin. Mr Mandela is a wonderful man,God bless him, but you make us laugh.M
. To who does one lodge a complaintif a neighbour is running a businessfrom home in a sectional title complexthat is causing problems for other resi-dents?
. Why do you insist on using colouron your pages? You sure don’t think ofreaders’ eyes failing. Unty
. If you have seen or found a greenring-necked parakeet please contact072 373 8328, www.parrotalert.com orthe SPCA. Thank you.
. The majority of households are indarkness at night. Is Cape Town disap-pearing into darkness? Is Eskom blow-ing a fuse on small businesses, which inturn will lead to many closing theirdoors and resulting in a higher unem-ployment and crime rate?
Eskom, you are killing the country.Those small businesses staying afloatincrease prices drastically to survive,which in turn spells disaster and clos-ing doors.
The youth are revoltingTODAY’S young people will lead the way.
Born into the “Age of Information Tech-nology”
They will reject racism and loyaltyAs a support for old, outdated ideology.They will not accept corruption or ina-
bility
Or that inequality will bring resolu-tion.
Forward-thinking and part of the ITage.
They will lead the “Youth Revolution”.CHARLOTTE CAINEClaremont
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Tuesday 28 June 2011 SPORT People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch Page 15Page 14 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition GENERAL Tuesday 28 June 2011
DAZZLED: As the countdown to the 2011 Rugby World Cup begins,MasterCard’s “Witnessing History” campaign, which aims to rallySouth Africans behind the Springboks, made a stop at the VillagerFootball and Rugby Club in Claremont, where rugby fans were ableto take a snap with the prestigious Webb Ellis Cup on Sunday. Hereclub manager Dave Edwards and Villager president Tubby Teubesflank star attraction Bob Skinstad. Photos: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
GOLDEN MOMENT: Warren Taylor from Rosebank enjoyshis closeup with Bob Skinstad and the coveted trophy.
Club rugby firstround winnersTASMIN CUPIDO
THE first half of the West-ern Province Rugby Foot-ball Union (WPRFU) clubrugby season has finished,with the winners of thedifferent leagues being de-cided after nine rounds.
This coming weekend seesthe second round of byes formost clubs, with only clubswith majority Muslim play-ers and clubs in the Paarl Re-gion league still playing.Themonth of Ramadaan fallswithin the season, and clubswith Muslim players need tofinish their seasons beforethe religious period.
. The winners of the firstround of the season havebeen determined, with Mat-ies winning the SuperLeague A first round. TheStellenbosch team will rep-resent the union at the annu-al National Club Champion-ships on their home soil inSeptember. After ninematches,Maties finished thefirst round on 33 points.Clubs based in the southernsuburbs are on the followingpoints: SK Walmers (38) hav-ing played 11 matches; UCT
(29); Hamiltons (28); FalseBay (23); Villagers (17). Hel-derberg finished the firsthalf at the bottom of the logwith only five log points.
. In Super League B, thespoils were won by Tyger-berg (40), with Bellville (35)– the only team to have beat-en the league winners – aclose second. The southernsuburbs teams, Collegiansand Primrose (both on 17)are in sixth and seventhplace respectively, after 10matches. Young Peoplesfrom Paarl ended the firsthalf in the last place with 11points.
. Goodwood (40) are thefirst round winners in thePremier League A, with StGeorge’s coming in secondwith 37 points.
. In the Premier LeagueB, UWCcontinue to impress,winning the first round with38 log points – just oustingSir Lowrians, who ended on35 log points.
. Young Wesleys (37) wonin Division 1; ManenbergRangers (34) won in Divi-sion 2; Correctional Servic-es Violets (43) won in Divi-sion 3 and Masiphumelele(42) won in Division 4.
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Do or die for silverwareseeking StormersDo or die for silverwareseeking StormersTASMIN CUPIDO
THIS is it – the DHL Stormers will knowwhether their Super Rugby campaign
will continue or come to a crashing haltwhen they take on the Crusaders in asemi-final at DHL Newlands on Saturday.
The match is likely to be much like thehyped-up league match between the two sidesin May.
That match, in front of a sold-out Newlandscrowd, was won 20-14 by the Crusaders, de-spite the men from New Zealand sufferingseveral injuries before and during the eager-ly-anticipated clash.So while a win and the prospect of progress-ing to the final of the competition may bemore thanenough forAllisterCoetzee andhischarges, revenge will also be on the cards.
The winner of this match will take on thewinner of the other semifinal clash betweenthe Reds and the Blues in Brisbane.
But while every Stormers fan will be hop-ing and believing that their team will be ableto beat the Crusaders, it cannot be denied thatthe match is likely to be a close affair, andit remains a toss-up over who will be victori-ous in the end.
Both teams appear to have the odds stackedin their favour.
The Stormers have had a week to rest,while the Crusaders had to battle against theSharks in the quarterfinal clash in Nelson.
They also had to travel to Cape Town – aflight which could last up to 20 hours, includ-ing stopovers. But the Crusaders have alwaysbeen good travellers, winning many a matchaway from home.
After 19 weeks of rugby, with only two byes,the Crusaders have played a total of 17 games,while the Stormers have played only 16.
The Stormers remain the best defensiveside in the competition, havingonly conceded18 tries compared to the 28 tries given awayby the Crusaders.
On the other hand, the Crusaders are thestrongest team on attack, having scored a to-tal of 49 tries, compared with the 33 by theStormers this season.
And, despite the Stormers enjoying a home-ground advantage for the clash, there is al-ways a mountain of support for New Zealandteams at Newlands.
In the league clash between the sides,Stormers captain, Schalk Burger, said it feltas if they were playing at Canterbury’s AMIStadium, and local media dubbed the Crusad-ers the “Cape Crusaders”.
The ever-lingering question is whether theStormers will have the temperament to out-
class the team who have won the trophy arecord seven times – four at home and threeaway from home.
The Stormers, who were finalists last year,have yet to win the silverware. Rugby criticsacross the country have highlighted the factthat the Stormers – and Western Province –have a lack of big match temperament (BMT),often playing superb rugby throughout theseason but stumbling at the last hurdle dur-ing play-off matches.
And while the Stormers have struggled toplay catch-up rugby this season, the Crusad-ers have always approached the match witha never-back-down attitude, always playingtop-class rugby for the full 80 minutes.
On paper the Crusaders have a strongerteam, but many of their star players are justreturning from injuries. Great battles can beexpected when the likes of Jean de Villiersand Jaque Fourie have the opportunity totake on this season’s competition sensation,Sonny Bill Williams, and his centre pairingmate, Robbie Freuen.
It was also be an interesting battle betweenStormers flyhalf, PeterGrant, and theworld’sbest, Daniel Carter.
But, without a doubt, the biggest battle willbe in the engine room.
The Stormers have prided themselves on asolid scrum and accurate line-out throughoutthe season, but one cannot help rememberinga Crusaders front row completely demolish-ing an all-Springbok front row at Twicken-ham earlier this season.
While many may believe that refereeingwill not be a factor on the day, an all-SouthAfrican refereeing panel has been selected toman the match, with Craig Joubert in chargeof the whistle.
Throughout the season, moans and groans
were heard from rugby fans in all three par-ticipating countries, while the neutrality is-sue has continuously been questioned.
A physical, close and epic encounter can beexpected at Newlands on Saturday afternoon,and the team with the lead at the time of thefinal whistle will be deserved winners, aseach team will be geared to give the other arun for their money.
Whoever that team may be will definitelybe decided only after those crucial 80 min-utes.
GET SONNY BILL!DHLStormersplayersJean deVilliersand LionelCronje(left) attempt tostop CanterburyCrusadersensation, Sonny Bill Williams, during theteam’s2014loss to theNew Zealand sidein aleaguematch atNewlandsin May.Photo: NasiefManie
