Shop 1, Nieuport Building Recreation Road, Fish Hoek www.garnerproperties.co.za BUYING · SELLING · LETTING 082 900 3116 · 021 782 4908 TERESA FISCHER EMOTION ran high at a public meeting about Zandvlei Estuary on Tuesday evening, where residents questioned au- thorities about the recent dramatic fish deaths. Divergent theories were put forward as to the cause of the algal bloom, which was blamed for the fish deaths. Opinions also differed over whether the mouth of the estuary should have been opened to allow fish to escape. More than 100 people attended the meeting at Muizenberg High School. Nature Conservation officials made a pre- sentation on golden algae, which they had eventually pinpointed as the culprit that was killing the fish. This newspaper previously reported on the dramatic fish deaths (“Zandvlei: nature will take its course”, People’s Post, 24 February). Golden algae kills anything with gills; haemorrhaging can be observed in the gills of dead and dying fish. They warn an algal bloom such as this could most likely happen again soon. It was decided that it was important to ensure any mistakes were not repeated in the event of a repeat bloom. An Estuary Forum was set up prior to the meeting. This Forum, to be chaired by Sandra Folkes, will comprise four technical groups. They will deal with pond weed, water quality and hydrodynamics, fishing and recreation. The forum will bring together residents and officials. News that there was indeed a sewage spill at Westlake around 27 March was met with anger, as residents believe the City has de- nied a sewage spill was responsible for the al- gal bloom. Scientists maintained this stance and pointed out that E.coli levels at Zandvlei are consistently at healthy levels. Consensus among scientists was that the water was safe to swim in. The question of why the estuary mouth was not just left open was again raised. The mouth management policy aims to balance the needs of recreation and Marina da Gama residents with the ecology of the vlei. It was pointed out by Nature Conservation officials that a “reality check” may be what was needed as solutions are not always easy to find. The official said a compromise may be nec- essary and that in the last 12 years there has been dramatic progress in managing the vlei. If the mouth was left open permanently the vlei would dry up in summer. It is opened to enable water flow during spring tide. While commending Cape Nature Conserva- tion officials for their skill and knowledge, a resident suggested that their findings be bet- ter communicated to others in an accessible way. These included publishing the results of water quality tests online. “There is a lot of energy and goodwill among the people present; this could be tapped,” added the resident. Uncertainty surrounds the death of some birds at the vlei, but an outbreak of botulism is thought to be responsible. Birds naturally leave after outbreaks, which could be why few birds remain at the vlei. Pelicans feeding on remaining dead fish are not believed to be at risk. The dead fish were removed from the vlei. For further information regarding the fo- rum, please contact ward councillor David D’Alton on (021) 784 1924 or (021) 784 2022. Forum to monitor Zandvlei Quality is our game! 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TERESA FISCHER
EMOTION ran high at a public meetingabout Zandvlei Estuary on Tuesdayevening, where residents questioned au-thorities about the recent dramatic fishdeaths.
Divergent theories were put forward as tothe cause of the algal bloom, which wasblamed for the fish deaths.
Opinions also differed over whether themouth of the estuary should have beenopened to allow fish to escape.
More than 100 people attended the meetingat Muizenberg High School.
Nature Conservation officials made a pre-sentation on golden algae, which they hadeventually pinpointed as the culprit that waskilling the fish.
This newspaper previously reported on the
dramatic fish deaths (“Zandvlei: nature willtake its course”, People’s Post, 24 February).
Golden algae kills anything with gills;haemorrhaging can be observed in the gillsof dead and dying fish.
They warn an algal bloom such as thiscould most likely happen again soon. It wasdecided that it was important to ensure anymistakes were not repeated in the event of arepeat bloom.
An Estuary Forum was set up prior to themeeting.
This Forum, to be chaired by SandraFolkes, will comprise four technical groups.They will deal with pond weed, water qualityand hydrodynamics, fishing and recreation.The forum will bring together residents andofficials.
News that there was indeed a sewage spillat Westlake around 27 March was met withanger, as residents believe the City has de-
nied a sewage spill was responsible for the al-gal bloom.
Scientists maintained this stance andpointed out that E.coli levels at Zandvlei areconsistently at healthy levels. Consensusamong scientists was that the water was safeto swim in.
The question of why the estuary mouth wasnot just left open was again raised. The mouthmanagementpolicy aims tobalance theneedsof recreation and Marina da Gama residentswith the ecology of the vlei.
It was pointed out by Nature Conservationofficials that a “reality check” may be whatwas needed as solutions are not always easyto find.
The official said a compromise may be nec-essary and that in the last 12 years there hasbeen dramatic progress in managing the vlei.
If the mouth was left open permanently thevlei would dry up in summer. It is opened to
enable water flow during spring tide.While commending Cape Nature Conserva-
tion officials for their skill and knowledge, aresident suggested that their findings be bet-ter communicated to others in an accessibleway. These included publishing the results ofwater quality tests online.
“There is a lot of energy and goodwillamong the people present; this could betapped,” added the resident.
Uncertainty surrounds the death of somebirds at the vlei, but an outbreak of botulismis thought to be responsible.
Birds naturally leave after outbreaks,which could be why few birds remain at thevlei. Pelicans feeding on remaining dead fishare not believed to be at risk.
The dead fish were removed from the vlei.For further information regarding the fo-
rum, please contact ward councillor DavidD’Alton on (021) 784 1924 or (021) 784 2022.
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IN CHARGE:CommanderHandsome Matsane was swornin as the firstblack naval officer to assumecommand of thetype 209 submarine, the SASQueen Modjadji,at the Simon’stown Naval baseon Thursday.See story onpage four.Photo: Lulama Zenzile
Community has their chance to demand answers from Nature Conservation officials
Page 2 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 1 May 2012
Life’s a challenge whenyou become the storyDear reader,
Yesterday, I watched television footage ofeNews reporterRobynKriel coveringa storyin war-torn South Sudan as half a dozenbombs from warplanes hit the ground.
My heart went out to her, being at the fore-front of the news, literally in the line of fire;to bring home the full story.
After hiding in a tiny trench,Kriel, some soldiers and othersfled in a vehicle, but their ter-ror was not over, as one of theplanes pursued their car for afew kilometres before turningaround.
Though inadvertently, jour-nalists often become the storyand while little can comparewith the abject terror of beingin a warzone, most journalistshave, at some point, faced dan-ger in their quest to get the sto-ry and photographs.
To the viewer, the media aremere voiceless observers with notebooks,dictaphones and cameras in hand; like ex-tras in a movie around whom life plays itselfout.
WatchingKriel’s account, I recalledmyex-periences as a court reporter on a dailynewspaper. I was threatened and bribed andmy car tampered with. At the time, I was cov-ering two cases at Wynberg Magistrate’sCourt; one about a woman whose modus wasto hitchhike, pick up seemingly wealthymen, befriend them and find out where theylive, to later burgle their homes. One suchburglary nearly resulted in the death of thepartner of one of the men the woman hadpicked up, but this was her last strike as hervictim survived the brutal attack and livedto tell his tale in a court of law.
I drifted in and out of several courts everyday and court orderlies, magistrates, prose-cutors and attorneys all knew me well, so toodid the defendants and their families andfriends. I was accustomed to being asked amyriad of questions in and outside the court.
I was unprepared though for the conversa-tion in a court lift one day when a man andwoman began asking me whether I was cov-ering the hitchhiker case. The man intro-duced himself as the woman’s fiancé, claim-ing he owned a jewellery business. After en-quiring unsuccessfully as to which preciousstones I like and offering to make me a
“piece” of my choice, the manasked me to stop reporting thecase as I was ruining his fian-cee’s life. I told him I did notwant his jewellery and that Iwould continue doing my job.He turned threatening, but Istood my ground; I had noth-ing personal against his fian-cée and would keep reportingthe story as it was in the pub-lic interest and their right toknow.
I felt no fear during the in-teraction. My second encoun-ter was when covering the tri-al of an elderly woman whose
home was raided by police and clothing fromseveral stores found. When the woman wasconvicted, much drama unfolded. Her chil-dren turned on me with utter hatred, blam-ing me for the outcome of the trial, and hiss-ing all sorts of threats at me. Once again, Ifelt zero fear, until shortly afterwards whenI discovered that my car engine had beenmessed with. The gravity finally hit homeand I informed my news editor who paid lit-tle heed. He told me to get on with the job,which is exactly what I did, until my fearsmanifested itself in a manner that took meout of the field, and courts, for a few months.
Just as Kriel’s experience became her real-ity in South Sudan, so too were mine incourt; and those of the countless journalistsand photographers who chase stories wher-ever they unfold. Till next time, go well!
ConnectED is a weekly column, by Peo-ple’s Post Editor, Feroza Miller-Isaacswho can be contacted on [email protected] People’s Post is online. Visitwww.peoplespost.co.za.
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Jury still out on parking baysJury still out on parking baysTERESA FISCHER
THE parking lot dispute at the Farm Vil-lage – still a hot topic in Noordhoek –could drag on for a couple of years.
There remains a possibility that thetarred lot will have to be bulldozed and theland returned to its original state.
The battle between the owners of the land– the Old Cape Farm Trust – and the Noord-hoek Environmental Action Group(NEAG), currently rests on the decision ofthe Supreme Court of Appeal.
In December 2011 the Western Cape HighCourt ruled the Trust was in contempt ofcourt and ordered the parking lot and sig-nage columns to be demolished within 90days. The court agreed with NEAG’s asser-tion that approval was required for thetarred parking bays, which it consideredpermanent structures.
The Trust’s Jeremy Wiley is uncertainwhen the Court will decide whether theTrust will be granted leave to appeal theearlier High Court decision; Judge DennisDavis ruled that the trust was in contemptof court.
If leave to appeal is granted then it couldtake up to two years for the case to be re-solved.
The nursery, car wash and worm farm lo-cated on the site have since been shut down
by the City of Cape Town, which found thestructures to be illegal. The recycling cen-tre will remain until alternative arrange-mentshavebeenagreedonwith themunici-pality.
Wiley met with journalists last Wednes-day, with the purposes of clearing up “mis-conceptions” he feels have crept into lettersand articles.
Most importantly, he states the land inquestion is zoned open space – not publicopen space. Wiley says the land has alwaysbeen privately owned. The confusion mayhave arisen from the historical zoning aspublic open space. However, when the Vil-lage was built, the land was rezoned formixed-use development.
Wiley says the Trust understood parkingwas allowed on the land. He adds that thezoning scheme was silent on the questionof parking on open space. He says whenplans for the Village were approved, theCity was satisfied the Trust had allocatedenough parking, but the popularity of thedestination created a higher demand thanpredicted. This resulted in a gravel parkingarea being tarred and formal bays being de-marcated.Wileyadds they tried to retain in-digenous trees on the site, and this also re-stricted the bays available in the rest of theVillage.
He says it has been a “long drawn outprocess” and it hasn’t been clear what had
to be done. He adds the dispute has causeda lot of unhappiness and tension in thebroader community.
The community has waded into the de-bate, vociferously voicing their opinions innumerous letters to this newspaper.
A common theme of the correspondenceis that the parking is needed and should,therefore, be retained. However, the deci-
sion restswith the court – although, ifWileyis granted leave to appeal, public participa-tion will be part of the approval process.
NSRI aids injured fishermanA FISHERMAN (28) from Saldanha Bay suf-fered fractured facial bones after he was hiton the head by a rope on Wednesday.
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simon’s Townstation commander, says a fishing boat wastowing a fellow fishing boat, Joanne, whenthe nylon tow-rope snapped and recoiled.Siphelele Matomela was hit on the head bythe rope.
At 09:21 the NSRI Simon’s Town volunteersea rescue duty crew were activated follow-ing a request for assistance from the fishingboat Nommer Sewe.
The NSRI volunteer sea rescue duty crewlaunched their rescue craft Spirit of Safma-rine III accompanied by Cape Medical Re-sponse (CMR) paramedics, meeting the boateight nautical miles south of Simon’s Town.
Zimmerman and a CMR paramedic board-ed the boat and stabilised Matomela. As aprecaution they immobilised his spine.
Zimmerman says they decided to keep thepatient onboard Nommer Sewe rather than
risk transferring him onto the sea rescuecraft in strong westerly winds and a 2,5 me-tre swell. The NSRI sea rescue craft tookover the towing of the fishing boat.
Once in the harbour, CMR transportedMatomela to hospital in a stable condition.
PUBLIC DISPUTE: Spraypainted graffiti on one of the nursery buildings at the NoordhoekFarm Village, where a legal fight over the parking lot continues. Photo: Gareth Griffiths
SEA RESCUE: Darren Zimmerman and ElaineJansen Van Rensberg leapt from the rescueboat onto the fishing boat to help an injuredfisherman. Photo: Chops Craig
Page 4 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 1 May 2012
TERESA FISCHER
COMMANDER Handsome Matsanehas been sworn in as the first blackofficer to assume command of theType 209 submarine, SAS QueenModjadji.
Readers may remember the good-looking officer as the winner of People’sPost’s impromptu poll to discover whowas the most attractive officer in a frontpage photograph (“Pulling rank”, Peo-ple’s Post, 20 March).
A ceremony took place on Thursdayinside the Navy Dockyard in Simon’sTown.
“Handsome” as he is affectionatelyknown to most of the naval members,joined the South African Navy in 1998and went on to complete his Bachelor inMilitary Science at the Military Acade-
my in Saldanha.In 2007 Matsane qualified as a subma-
riner and was appointed as OperationsOfficer onboard SAS Charlotte Maxeke.He was the executive officer of this sub-marine until Thursday when he official-ly took command of SAS Queen Modjad-ji.
Matsane says the highlight of his ca-reer was sailing in a number of Yachtregattas, including the Cape to Rio Racein 2003, and four months he spent sail-ing around theworld fromChile.Hewasmentored by skipper John Martin.
He was the best student in the mathe-matics class for the three years he spentat the Academy. He says: “I am not goodin languages, but give me any numbersto solve and I will always have a solu-tion.”
Matsane spoke proudly of his mentor– his grandmother.
Moving upMoving up
IN CHARGE: Commander Handsome Matsane was sworn in as the first black naval officer to assume command of the type 209 submarine, the SAS Queen Modjadji, at the Simon'stown Naval base on Thursday. Photo: Lulama Zenzile
Please return phoneA WOMAN whose phone wasstolen at False Bay station is ap-pealing to whomever may haveit to please return it to her.
It is a brand new Nokia c3 cellphone and the reader is pre-pared to pay the amount it
might have been bought for. Theowner says the phone will even-tually be blocked if it is not re-turned so it would be of no useto the user. If you have thephone, contact Israel on084 259 5681 or 072 104 9414.
Bookworms better stock upTHE Ocean View library will beclosed for major renovationsfrom Monday 7 May to Saturday9 June.
It will re-open on Monday 11June. For further informationplease contact the senior librari-an on (021) 783 1887.
LEIERS: Laerskool Paul Greyling het ontlangs hulle leerlingraad vir2012 tydens ’n saalbyeenkoms aangewys. Op die foto is Hester Horn,personeellid verantwoordelik vir die leerlingraad, André Engelbrecht(skoolhoof), Angelo Jullies (hoofseun) en Kaylyn Kemp (hoofdogter).
Foto: Verskaf
Masi Massive ploughs backTHE Masi Massive Group hosted abeauty contest in Masiphumulelerecently.
Siyasanga Malima was crownedqueen, with Winnie Mahobo first
princess and Refiloe Mosoe secondprincess.
Event organiser Andile Thethasaid the prizes included learners’and drivers’ lessons and computer
courses.The Masi Massive Group focuses
on keeping youth occupied throughart, hip-hop, dance, poetry and dra-ma.
STRUTTING THEIR STUFF: The contestants of the Masi Massive Group beauty contest put their best foot forwardto impress the judges. Photo: Supplied
BIG VOICES: TheCape Peninsula’s favourite male voicechoir, the Quarrymen,will hold a benefitconcert at the Mountain View BaptistChurch in Lakesideon Saturday 5 May at19:00. The talentedchoir is regarded bymany as an embodiment of the rainbownation in harmony.They sing variousgenres of music andchoir members aredrawn from all overthe Southern Peninsula.
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Man in court for stealing gunAMANwasdue toappear in theSimon’s Town Magistrate’sCourt yesterday for robbing anOceanViewpolicemanofhisof-ficial weapon.
Police were closing a shebeen inMasiphumelele at 1:00 on Fridaywhen the patrons became violent.
They overpowered a constableand stole his weapon. Police laterreceived information that the fire-arm was at a residence in Masem-ula Street, Masiphumele. Policefound a 27-year-old suspect in pos-session of the gun and he was ar-rested and detained at OceanView Police Station. He is beingcharged with the illegal posses-sion of firearms and ammunition.
•The South African PoliceForce has warned that owners offirearms who do not safeguardtheir weapons will face prosecu-tion. This includes charging own-
ers for their failure to adequatelysafeguard their guns if they arenot reported as stolen and are lat-er used in crime. Police will con-tinue with operations in an effortto rid the community of illegalfirearms.
They also appeal to the commu-nity to help them to combat crime,and provide them with accurateinformation on illegal activities.Anyone with information regard-ing illegal gang activity, drugdealing and illegal firearms iskindly requested to contact CrimeStop on 0860 010 111.
•Table Mountain Watch haswarned that a father andhis eight-year-old son were mugged at thetop of Black Hill in Glencairn Val-ley on Wednesday afternoon.
A member of the Welcome GlenNeighbourhood Watch facebookgroup believes the pair were ap-proached by the same man who
she says attacked her friend onMonday 16 April in the parkinglot. In the first attack, the manwas stabbed, reportedly “not bad-ly”, and his cellphone was stolen.
In the most recent incident theman’s camera was stolen, but thepair, although quite shaken up,were not harmed.
The facebook user believes themugger was wearing the sameclothes as he wore in the first at-tack – a red shirt and blue overallpants with reflective stripes at thebottom.
It was reported on Tuesday thatnearby Noordhoek Beach was toget warning signs indicating it isa mugging hotspot.
The signs come after severalmuggings near the Kakapo wreckand Long Beach in Kommetjie.
Tourists are the most vulnera-ble. The signs will warn them notto walk beyond certain points.
FLEET INCREASES: Emergency Medical Treatment (EMT) is proud to announce the arrival of its new Hyundai H1 ambulance EMT 1 (far left). Due to high demand, the service has investedin this vehicle. As a communitybased service EMT are grateful to the community for their continued support. They say this support has enabled their service to grow from strength to strengthin a relatively short period of time. Robert de Wet says they are now better positioned to meet the demands of their clients and provide a top quality ambulance service in the SouthernSuburbs of Cape Town and surrounding areas. EMT also provides certain services to the Provincial Metro Emergency Services on a voluntary basis as part of their community initiative. Picturedhere are the team and the fleet of EMT ambulances and staff. Photo: EMT
Stint in China givesNSRI volunteer the edgeLANGUAGE was no barrier whenthe Simon’s Town volunteer searescue duty crew went to the aidof a Chinese yacht limping to-wards Cape Town.
The navigator on the NSRI res-cue vessel speaks fluent Chinese.
The 51-foot yacht O-Feelingwithfive Chinese sailors onboard wason an around-the-world voyage.While crossing the Atlantic, diffi-culties arose onboard O-Feelingwith gear failure that involved thestanding rigging and engine. Onroute from Chile – its last port ofcall – the boat suffered a brokenboom and then engine failure.
Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Si-mon’s Town station commander,says the crew managed to continuesailing towards Cape Town underforesails. The volunteer sea rescueduty crew launched the sea rescue
craft Spirit of Safmarine III to the strickenyacht.
Craig Lambinon, NSRI spokesper-son, says by “pure coincidence”, crew-man Gerry Norris, duty navigator on-board the NSRI’s Simon’s Town searescue craft, speaks fluent Chinese.He says Norris spent a number ofyears working and living in China.
Zimmerman says at first they strug-gled a bit to make sense of each other.He says Norris then took the handsetand began speaking to the Chinesesailors in their home language – bothto their surprise and that of his owncrew. They escorted the yacht intoFalse Bay and then towed it into Si-mon’s Town harbour.
The next step for the crew will be toundertake repairs before headingwest to Madagascar and then to com-plete their circumnavigation by head-ing back to China.
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Clothing guildcollection timeTHE annual distribution for theClothing Guild is being held onWednesday 16 May. Thirty sevenwelfare organisations will benefit.Anyone interested in donatingnew clothes can phone Gill Bucha-nan on (021) 794 3637.
Wednesday 2 MayGlencairn: The Volunteer Wildfire Services(VWS) helps the Table Mountain NationalPark to combatwildfires. To improve their re-sponse time to veld fires in the Far South,VWS are creating a new base in Noordhoek(closer than the current Newlands base).VWS is recruiting local resident volunteersto staff the new South Peninsula base – forvarious roles, not only for active fire-fighting.Would you like to know more? An informa-tion evening will be held at 19:00 at the Phoe-nix Hall opposite the Spar. Or if you can’t at-tend, email [email protected] information.
Fish Hoek: The Women’s Agricultural As-sociation meet at 09:00 for 09:30 in the MinorHall of the Civic Centre. Maryna Stotesbury,from the South Peninsula Handcraft Clubwill demonstrate needlework. All womenwelcome. Visitors’ fee of R10 includes tea andcake. Contact Pat James (021) 782 2379.
Thursday 3 MayClovelly: False Bay Volunteer EmergencyMedical Service will host their annual ‘Fund-raiser Golf Day’, now known as the ‘KevinPrice Memorial Golf Day’ at Clovelly GolfClub. There are 4-ball times, as well as greenand tee box sponsorships available. Prize do-nations will be appreciated. Call Dr KevinLentin on 083 250 7999 or [email protected] for info.
Muizenberg: University of the 3rd Age(False Bay), presents “A Forensic Meander”with Dr David Klatzow at 0 9.30 in the Pavi-lion. All welcome and entrance is free. Re-freshments available. Enquiries to(021) 788 9469 or (021) 788 3368.
Friday 4 MayFish Hoek: La Leche League is an interna-tional breast-feeding support group for preg-nant or breast-feeding mothers. The FishHoek group meets once a month. The nextmeeting is at 14:30.
Contact Tammy on (021) 782 9240 or Carolon (021) 785 3003 or email [email protected] for directions and details.Pregnant moms, who would like to breast-feed, can meet them before the birth. Other-wise bring your breast-feeding baby or tod-dler, they would love to meet you. The web-
site is www.llli.org.Fish Hoek: Support Group for families cop-
ing with Alzheimers and other dementiasmeets the first Friday of every month at Neri-na Gardens in Recreation Road at 10:00 for10:30. All welcome. Phone Bridget on(021) 786 3279.
Saturday 5 MayFishHoek: TheMethodistChurchCraftMar-ket will soon be 10 years old and another mar-ket day will be held in the church hall in lstAvenue. This market has become an institu-tion and most of the 26 stallholders have beenwith the market since day one. The proceedshave benefited the crafters and a percentagegoes to running the church retirement house.The market, held on the first Saturday of eve-ry month, has become a popular meetingplace for tea, refreshments and chatter. A spe-cial celebration will be held today and theyinvite thepublicwhodonot know themtovis-it from 08:30 until noon. There will be a spe-cial R10 table with lots of goodies and tea/cake. For further information phone Yvonne082 685 2099.
Simon’s Town: Homemade Market will beheld at the Library Hall. They are looking fornew crafters to join them. Contact SharonJames on (021) 785 5322.
Muizenberg: Join the Muizenberg Moon-light Meander and enjoy a safe familyevening on the beach; walking with membersof Safer Together and the Muizenberg Com-munity Safety Initiative NeighbourhoodWatch. Stay on if you wish for coffee, chat andsupper afterwards in a local restaurant. Meetthem in front of Knead at 18:00. The walkstarts at 18:15. Dogs on leads are welcome, butplease bring a plastic bag for poops. Dresswarmly. For further information phone CapeTown Tourism Muizenberg (021) 787 9140.
Muizenberg: The friends of Muizenberg li-brary book sale from 09:15 to 11:45 with spe-cial thanks to book donors.
Tuesday 8 MayFish Hoek: The next meeting of the PhilatelicSociety will be held at 19:30 at the Minor Hallat the Civic Centre. Email: [email protected]
Fish Hoek: Art Society workshop will takeplace at Nerina Gardens Hall, RecreationRoad at 14:00.
Mary Collis, international artist and re-nowned colourist whose paintings are col-lected around the world will demonstrate col-our and composition. She will set up a still-life for all who wish to paint along, pleasebring own equipment. Guests are most wel-come – pay R10. Email: [email protected]
Friday 9 MaySimon’s Town: Happy Valley Home annual
general meeting will take place at the Homeat 17:00 Phone (021) 786 5087.
FishHoek:TheSaarp (SouthAfricanAsso-ciation of Retired Persons) will hold a manne-quin parade at 10:00 at the Fish Hoek CivicCentre. R5 entry includes tea/coffee. Saarpmembership offers over-50s and pensionersmonthly meetings, social activities, outingsand trips away. Call Saarp on (021) 782 2719between 9:00 and 12:00 Mondays, Thursdaysand Fridays.
Sunday 13 MayFish Hoek: The Blue Gecko restaurant onMain Road hosts a fundraising Mother’s Dayluncheon. There will be a free cocktail andgoodie bag for each woman – courtesy of thePinkDrive – a breast cancer NGO. Blue Geckowill donate a healthy percentage of the pro-ceeds to the PinkDrive. Kumala will also do-nate a percentage through the sale of theirwines. The cost is R75 per person for a three-course roast. Reservations are essential.Please call Gené on (021) 782 5723 or [email protected]
Monday 14 MayMuizenberg: Safer Together brunch at FalseBay College hosts Enver Duminy, Cape TownTourism’s Executive Manager, who willspeak on “Keeping our tourists, visitors, cus-tomers and staff safe and secure”.
It takes place from 11:00 until 13:00 at theFalse Bay College Rooftop Conference Cen-tre. Please RSVP by May 7 to Khanyisa Lu-bamboon (021) 0030 600 or email:[email protected].
Tuesday 15 MayOcean View: A Community Police Forummeeting for Ocean View, Kommetjie andMasiphumelele will be held at 18:00 at the po-lice station. Contact Johann Kikillus, chair-person, at 084 280 2213.
Fish Hoek: Notice is hereby given that the29th annual general meeting of Fish Hoek’smeals-on-wheels will be held in the MethodistChurch hall, First Avenue, at 10:30. Refresh-ments will be served after the meeting.
Friday 24 MayClovelly: Holy Trinity Church is holding theKalk Bay Golf Challenge at the Golf Club.This is to raise funds for the parish, as wellas to support the various community-relatedoutreach/social projects. Last year morethan R100 000 from parish funds was used topurchase monthly food parcels and blankets,and to support less-privileged communitiesin Ocean View, Masiphumelele, LavenderHill and Ottery. For information regardingsponsorship opportunities, please contactKevin on 083 338 4201 or (021) 788 1641.
Saturday 23 JuneOcean View: Ocean View Baptist Churchhosts a dinner evening, and promises goodmusic. There will be a three-course meal atthe church in Saturn Way at 19:00. There willalso be a prize for the best dressed couple. Thecost of tickets is R150 per couple and R85 asingle. Contact Desmond at (021) 783 1613 or074 154 7078 or e-mail [email protected].
VIVID COLOUR:Gina Torrente(11) of Sun Valley has beennamed as one ofthe finalists inNational Geographic Kidsmagazine’sYoung Photographers’ competition for thisphoto, entitled“Beauty ofSouth Africa”.The popularphotographycompetition, inits sixth year, attracted more than 2 200entries. Jessica Wolf of Pretoria was the overall winner. Judges were impressedwith her control of a camera on a moving boat and the fact that she managed toget five dolphins leaping out of the water in one amazing shot.
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Legal action continuesTERESA FISCHER
LEN Swimmer, chairperson of the HoutBay Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Associa-tionsays if constructionofa toll plazaandoffice block on Chapman’s Peak contin-ues, it will set a major precedent in thecountry.
Swimmer says: “It is wrong for so many en-vironmental reasons.”
“Just like alien vegetation, this proposedconcrete man-made construction is alien tothe mountainside. Who will speak on behalfof the environment, the flora and fauna ofthis mountain?” he asks.
He says the association will champion theenvironment by means of further court ac-tion.
The matter will again be heard in the Cape
High Court on Monday 28 May. Swimmersays the association is the first applicant andthe Habitat Council is listed as the second ap-plicant
This follows a failed attempt in March tohalt construction. Judge Rosheni Allie dis-missed the first urgent application on Friday9 March, saying it did not qualify as an ur-gent matter and the association was orderedto pay legal costs.
The respondents include the ProvincialGovernment of the Western Cape, PremierHelen Zille, the Provincial Minister of Trans-port, SANParks, and Entilini/Murray andRoberts.
The Protect Chapmans Peak Movement isplanning another protest march on Sunday20 May. For further information phone pro-tester Bronwen Lankers-Byrne on 082 3183308.
Page 8 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 1 May 2012
Fair tradeTO one in four people, today serves as a grimreminder of their inability to find a job.
While Workers’ Day has its origins in theapartheid struggles of trade unions for im-proved employment conditions, a quarter ofthe country's adult population are jobless.
According to a Statistics SA labour forcesurvey, 4,4 million people were unemployedlast year.
Many of these citizens are dependent ongovernment grants, and while the price of liv-ing constantly increases, their income“boost” is minuscule.
And while entrepreneurship is the tuneregularly played by government, starting abusiness is not as easy as seeing a gap in themarket and diving in.
Countless small, medium and micro enter-priseshave foldedowing to the tougheconom-ic times experienced worldwide.
Business owners have lost everything,leading to scores of new faces joining the un-employment line.
While state-initiated projects to supportlegislation have been implemented and a va-riety of funding institutions and governmentincentives through the Department of Tradeand Industry have moved the development ofthese enterprises to a new level, further in-vestments into thegrowthof this sector is stillneeded. The National Small Business Act,passed in 1996, further assisted the expansionof government’s supportive structures, butit’s up to free-thinkers and inexperienced mo-guls to take the chance, while not overlookingthe important phase of forward planning.
The economic development of the countryis in the hands of the fresh produce hawkeron your street corner and the property tycoonwho sold you your first house.
The day will be filled with politicians mak-ing convoluted promises of jobs for all, but itis up to the average man on the street to backhis own dreams. Getting your foot on the firstrung of the ladder is the easiest and while theclimb may sometimes be arduous, the viewfrom the top is worth the shot.
Novel idea to keep beach safeYOUR beach is not safe, weknow that, and it has beenwritten about hundreds oftimes over the years; re-garding another muggingon Noordhoek/Kommetjiebeach.
Don’t you people inNoordhoek and Kom-metjie get rather sick ofhearing the same stupidstory every day?
Tourists held up and re-lieved of their luggage,cellphones, watches, airtickets, passports and evenraped or beaten?
So now what is wrongwith people that livearound the “most beauti-ful beach in the world” but
can’t walk there because itis too dangerous?
No, this is rubbish, if ev-er I heard rubbish.
You have the wrong peo-ple running your Munici-pal Protection Portfolio.
All you want is police onhorseback twenty fourhours a day paid for by thepeople that live in andaround your area fromFish Hoek, Scarborough,Kommetjie, Noordhoek toSun Valley.
They all have small chil-dren and elderly that arefrail and targets so if eachhousehold in the abovementioned areas pays R10a month to keep four hors-
es and four police riders topatrol the area, Bob’s youruncle. Don’t wait for thenext rape or the next at-tack, just leave it to the po-lice to put a bullet in theirknee and they will thinktwice about coming back.
Of course that onlyworks if you are seriousenough about the safety ofyour children and the safe-ty of your old people andthe tourists that happen tosee the beautiful beach andwant to walk on it.
R10 is nothing for everyhousehold and you’ll soonbe safe in Noordhoek.RALPH KRALLOranjezicht
Your SMSesGeneral
. Table Mountain mis-management has probablymismanaged Zandvlei aswell. G Ross
. A big ‘thank you’ toMelissa Greeff and AndreGeorge for the bread andfood you are serving us eve-ry Friday. We, as the com-munity, really appreciateit. Thanks a million, OceanView resident
. I saw four pelicansswimming in the little baybetween the yacht club andthe Sea Scout base Fridaymorning at 08:15. Are theysearching for fish absentelsewhere in the vlei, per-haps? I have not seen peli-cans here for years.
. I wish baboons had achoice to use paintballguns on humans, seeingthat it is mostly the minkand manure living on theirland.
. The Mountain Men areto be commended for theirarrests over the past weekand amazing work done forso many years. It is such adisgrace to see a new rivalsecurity company watch-ing and cursing the Moun-tain Men on the sidelines.They have a lot to learnfrom the Mountain Men.Horis, Lakeside
Maria and Helen Zille. Maria obviously
doesn’t know what she istalking about. Rent doesnot go up by R350-R500 amonth. Petrol, food andtrain fares have nothing to
do with Helen Zille or the pro-vincial government. Mariashould educate herself in thematters she wishes to com-ment on. Besides which, we allstill live in the only provincewhere there is service deliv-ery and the City of Cape Townis probably one of the onlyones that doesn’t face bank-ruptcy. That is only thanks toHelen Zille. Wake up you all!T, Glencairn
. So Helen Zille runs Es-kom, Metrorail, Sasol and, ofcourse, is responsible for thetoll roads the ANC have in-stalled. Does Maria think theDA raises petrol prices?
. Does Maria have any ideahow the province is run?Helen Zille has no say in thepetrol price. The oil compa-nies set that. Eskom’s non-sense was allowed to go aheadby the ANC back when theyhad a majority and the imple-mentation was spread over afew years, so Helen can’t do an-ything about it now. Metrorailis also a private company.Flawed thinking like hers isthe reason our governmentcan do as they please.
. Ai toggie, Maria of FishHoek, you are really a verymisguided soul, perhaps evenmisled by others. How can youpossibly believe Helen Zillehas anything to do with theplight of Capetonians and allthe increases. It is happeningnationally, bokkie. Shame!
. Maria of Fish Hoekdoesn’t know what she’s talk-ing about. Helen Zille hasnothing to do with the ‘poorerCapetonians’. Electricity, fueland food is a nationwide prob-lem. The Western Cape re-
fused tolls. Take a look at allthe other provinces and begrateful to be with Zille! Naj,Clovelly
Customer service. Not all shops at Long-
beach Mall have bad service.Longbeach Vet Shop and Post-net have friendly and helpfulstaff.
. Why don’t all you sourgrapes look in the mirror be-fore you go shopping at themall. You’re boring. Stop com-plaining. Peter, Ocean View
. You think Longbeach hasrudeness, attitude and escalat-ing prices. You should come toSimon’s Town. The elderly areleaving and, with them, goodmanners, grace and kindness.It is a bad moon rising.
. I have to agree on the sub-ject of sour staff at Mr PriceLongbeach Mall. I have not seta “wheel” in that store in overa year! Wheel, you may ask? Iam disabled and have been allmy life and shopped at Long-beach since it opened.
A while back I was shoppingand I had thrown some itemsin a canvas bag at the back ofmychair as I havealwaysdonefor easy carrying when I shopalone. I pay for all items in bagwhen I’m done.
I never had a problem be-fore. Suddenly I’m accused ofshoplifting and asked to leavethe store without even lettingme pay for the goods I wantedto buy!
I went to centre manage-ment, but nothing was ever fol-lowed up. To say that I wasshocked and hurt by their atti-tude doesn’t even begin to ex-plain what I felt! I now onlyshop at Mr Price Blue Route.
Service with a smileON Monday morning wefound we had a blockeddrain.
We phoned the Road andDrainage Department at09:00.
The repair team arrivedat10:45.
Afterunblocking thedrainthey said there was an un-aligned pipe and they wouldreport it.
On Wednesday at 09:00 ateam arrived and proceededto pull up our paving and diga hole to replace the pipe.
On Thursday the job wascompleted and the pavingand so on were all replaced.Perfect job, what stars!MARGARET CARRU-THERSLakeside
Tuesday 1 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT People’s Post False Bay Page 9
Would you save a Nazi?Would you save a Nazi?ACCLAIMED writer and actorJames Cairns presents theCape Town première of his la-test play, Sie Weiss Alles, open-ing at Kalk Bay Theatre onWednesday 9 May.
Cairns, who was most recentlyseen on stage in Cape Town as aDromio twin, playing oppositeRob van Vuuren in Maynard-ville’s A Comedy of Errors, per-forms in Sie Weiss Alles withTaryn Bennett, under the direc-tion of Tamara Guhrs.
The production won a Stand-ard Bank Silver Ovation Awardat the 2011 National Arts Festivaland has received universalpraise.
It is Berlin, 1945. The Third Re-ich has collapsed; the Russiansare hours away. The thoughts ofthe remaining SS personnel areon escape and survival. An SS lo-gistics officer’s orders are toquestion a young woman. Who isshe? Someone who just wants tostay alive. But then so does he,and so does his commanding of-ficer. The woman and the officerhave a history. Does she knowhowtoget out ofBerlin safely andwill she tell him if she does? Doesshe want to save a Nazi? Is he aNazi? What will persuade her totell him if she does know how toescape?
Cairns says: “In the last weeksand days before Hitler’s death, anincredibly efficient bureaucracyfell to pieces and many fellthrough the cracks – Sie Weiss
Alles is about one of those cracks,and an intriguing story of two in-dividuals trying to survive.”
The play will be performedWednesday to Saturdays at 20:30from 9 May until Saturday 2June.
Doors open at 18:30 and seating
isunreserved.Guests canalso en-joy a two or three course meal,with dessert and coffee after theshow. Tickets cost R95 with anopening and mid-week special forselected shows of R75. For allbookings and further informa-tion visit www.kbt.co.za
Life has its own musicFOR the first time since 1998,Brigham Young University’sYoung Ambassadors is performingin South Africa, Botswana and Swa-ziland from now until Sunday 20May.
They are presenting their newestshow, Harmony: The Music of Life– a 90-minute performance full ofbright costumes, creative choreog-raphy and broadway and radiotunes.
Through song, dance and theat-rics, this show depicts life’s specialmoments on the journey from child-hood to old age. Harmony capturesthe playfulness of youth, the ro-mance of first love and the rewards
of starting a family.Award winning songs from musi-
cals such as Hairspray, DreamGirls, Carousel and The Prince ofEgypt will feature in the produc-tion along with popular hits fromMiley Cyrus, Benny Goodman andMichael Bublé.
A live 10-piece band accompaniesthe Young Ambassadors to bringeach piece to life. These songs, en-hanced by choreography and cos-tumes, make this a show suitablefor all ages. They will perform onFriday 18 May at Artscape Theatreat 19:30. Tickets can be booked atComputicket. For more informa-tion visit www.pam.byu.edu.
BERLIN 1945: Taryn Bennett and James Cairns in Sie Weiss Alles, whichwill be performed at the Kalk Bay Theatre until Saturday 2 June. Photo:Bjorn Krietsch
DYNAMIC: The Young Ambassadors will perform at Artscape Theatre on Friday 18 May at 19:30. Photo: Supplied
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Aliens get Earth Day marching ordersWHAT better way to celebrate Earth Daythan getting rid of some alien vegetation?
The Vineyard Hotel and Spa conducted its45th “Adopt-a-Plot” initiative to clear alienvegetation in theSilvermineValley in theTa-ble Mountain National Park.
Three enthusiastic teams, including threeMiss Earth SA finalists, met at SilvermineValley on Sunday 22 April to help clear alienplant species from the Table Mountain Na-tional Park.
Chris van Zyl, Vineyard Hotel and Spa’sgroup sustainability manager and horticul-turist, explains: “When we adopted the plotin October 2006, 70% of it was heavily infest-ed by alien vegetation.
“Since then we have removed approxi-mately 75% of alien and invasive plant spe-cies.”
Once a month between March and Novem-ber, Van Zyl and his team visits the site andsays “anyone willing to assist in clearing al-ien vegetation is more than welcome tojoin”.
“We meet from 10:00 to 13:00 on the day,after which the hotel provides a picnic lunchto all those who take part,” says Van Zyl.
Van Zyl says if alien vegetation such as
Rooikrans burns, the fires are far hotter thannatural vegetation like Fynbos, and resultsin the soil structure being affected.
“Such fires could even destroy the Fynbosspecies which rely on fire for their rejuvena-tion and spread of seed. In heavily infestedareas, the aliens can use up to 50 % of thesurface runoff water into the surroundingstreams.
“The result of this may leave the land witha monoculture and absent biodiversity - theplants, animals and insects that would nor-mally be present are removed and in time,this may even lead to a particular species be-coming extinct,” says Van Zyl.
The Vineyard Hotel and Spa is one of ahandful of hospitality properties in the West-ern Cape with Green Leaf status.
The Green Leaf Environmental Standardmeasures the effects of consumption on theenvironment while inspiring environmentaland social change.
The symbol is internationally recognisedand synonymous with South African envi-ronmental educator Dr Ian Player.
For more information on how to get in-volved in alien plant clearing contact Chrisvan Zyl at [email protected] or visitwww.vineyard.co.za
GREEN FINGERS: The team takes a break after tackling the alien vegetation in the SilvermineValley. Photo: Supplied
Tuesday 1 May 2012 SPORT People’s Post False Bay Page 11
Race through Cape’s historyLIAM MOSES
FOR the first time in the historyof Cape Town an organised roadrace will pass right through theCastle of Good Hope.
The Jive Slave Route Challenge,which was first held last year, seesracers runpast several of the city’smost significant historical land-marks, and this year it will takeracers into one of the most signifi-cant.
The race was started by IthekoSportAthleticClub, andaccordingto Farouk Meyer, race director,head coach and founder of theclub, they aim to educate peopleabout the history of the city whilealso promoting a healthy activelifestyle.
“We had to have a race which isvery different and we looked atsomething that focuses on the cityof Cape Town,” says Meyer.
“One of the things that peopledon’t know is that almost thewhole city was built by slaves. Sowe looked at history and thought
we should highlight that aspect ofCape Town.”
Meyer added that a cannon fromthe Castle would be used as thestarting gun on race day.
The Slave Route Challenge com-prises of a 10km big walk, a 5kmfun run/walk, a 10km run and ahalf marathon. For the second con-secutive year, People’s Post is theprint media sponsor of the event.
Participants will also have theopportunity to view some of CapeTown’s other historical land-marks apart from the Castle.
The event will start in front ofthe City Hall and pass landmarkssuch as the Whipping Post at thecorner of Darling and Buitenkantstreets, the Hurling SwingingPump and the Slave Lodge inAdderley Street.
Meyer said the locations hadbeen carefully selected, based ontheir significance to the history ofslavery in Cape Town.
“The Parade, where we finish,was where slaves were whippedand some of them executed,” saysMeyer.
“If you look at a place that we al-so run past in Spin Street, there’sa plaque on the floor but peopledon’t take note of it. That’s whereslaves were auctioned.
“People don’t know that at Gal-lows Hill, where the traffic depart-ment is, a lot of slaves were execut-ed. Besides those slave heritagesites that we run past, we also runpast a lot of other historical land-marks in Cape Town.”
The race is run in partnershipwith Iziko Museums, and this yearinformation boards will be postedat all the slavery-related heritagesites.
The race will also pass by sever-al other historical sites not linkedto slavery and other scenic partsof the city, suchas theVictoria andAlfred Waterfront.
For more information or to reg-ister for the Jive Slave Route Chal-lenge visit www.itheko.org.za orcall the race office on (021) 762 8934.The first 1 000 people to register forthehalfmarathon this yearwill re-ceive a goodie bag from Clicksworth R150.
Rugby triumphs at Wynberg Boys’LIAM MOSES
AROUND 760 of South Africa’sbest schoolboy rugby playerswere present in the SouthernSuburbs this weekend to takepart in the Wynberg Boys’ HighSchool rugby festival.
The festival, held each yearsince 2005, sees 36 teams in fourdifferent age groups, fromschools all around South Africa,converge on Wynberg Boys fortwo days of rugby.
Since its inception the eventhas become a massive attractionfor players and spectators, butaccording to Peter van Schalk-wyk, director of sport at Wyn-berg Boys, the festival has hum-ble beginnings.
“We started small; there werejust six or eight teams, and it’sjust grown. Now we’ve got 37teams. It’s just getting bigger andbigger every year,” says VanSchalkwyk.
“We have about 760 playershere today taking part. I can’tthink of any other rugby festivalthat will have as many players asthat. Of the 760, probably about380 are from up country and therest are from Cape Town.”
This year the tournament wasattended by Gauteng sides StBenedict’s Catholic School forBoys, St Stithian’s College, StJohn’s College and Helpmekaar
Kollege. While the WesternCape schools present at the tour-nament were Rondebosch Boys,SACS, Fish Hoek, ReddamHouse and Drostdy TechnicalHigh School from Worcester.
The tournament kicked off onSaturday, with the first 18gamesbeingplayedbetween9:50and 17:00.
Some of the highlights of thefirst day’s play came from thematches between Rondeboschand Helpmekaar, SACS and StStithian’s, and Wynberg and StJohn’s. Rondesbosch beat theiropponents 37-8, while SACS won31-3 and the hosts triumphed 41-13.
The Gauteng participants inthe tournament may not havefared well on the first day, butaccording to Van Schalkwyk,they are some of the top sportingschools in the province.
“They are all private schools.They are the big private schoolsof Johannesburg and Gauteng,”said Van Schalkwyk.
“St Stithian’s and St John’sare well-known because theyhost the big Easter Festivals inJohannesburg. They are famousbecause they host the biggestschoolboy festivals in the coun-try.”
The last 18 matches of thetournament were played yester-day.
POWER AND SPEED: A SACS player burst through the defence and heads towards the tryline during a match againstJohannesburg school St Stithian’s College. SACS won the match 313. Photo: Liam Moses
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Brand shapes up in PanamaPAUL BOTHA
THE Far South’s BenjiBrand, of Kommetjie, and
Scarborough’s Max Armstrongmade their mark in Panama.
They were the top two SA teammembers in the U16 boys divisionof the Dakine ISA World JuniorSurfing Championships whichwas completed inPanama tendaysago. The duo respectively finishedfinished equal 13th and equal 21st.
While the SA team will be dis-appointed with their ninth-placeresult among the 31 countries,more thanhalf the squadweredeb-utantes and will have learnt plen-ty for future tournaments.
Dakine is the annual gatheringof the world’s top surfers aged 18and younger.
In other contest news, the SALongboard Championships gotunderway at Victoria Bay in theSouthern Cape on Sunday andwill run until Saturday 5 May.
The strong WP team includesmany representatives from theFar South and hopes to bringhome the team trophy, along witha heap of individual titles.
The fatal Great White shark at-tack on SA national bodyboardteam member David Lilienfeld,from Camps Bay at Kogel Bay, onthe other side of False Bay has un-derstandably upset the entireocean-using population. There
have been a flood of calls from peo-ple from all walks of life for opera-tions that interfere with theseapex predators to be halted.
The outcry is mostly centredon chumming used by shark cagediving operations and particular-ly the research conducted by theOcearch project in which sharkswere controversially hooked, ex-hausted, lifted out of the waterwhile experiments were per-formed and a SPOT satellite tagbolted onto the dorsal fin, beforebeing releasedback into theocean.Chumming is the practice of pour-ing a mixture of mashed up fishand water into the ocean to bringsharks to the side of the boat.
Given the minimal amounts of
chum reportedly used by Ocearchit is unlikely that this had any di-rect influence on the recent tragicincident.
However, the reports of the al-most complete absence of GreatWhites at the shark cage divingvenues of Mossel Bay, Gansbaaiand, more pertinently, Seal Islandin False Bay in the days after theOcearch project had operatedthere, seems to point to the disper-sal of the sharks into areas awayfrom their customary predationhaunts.
Add the major increase in in-shore sightings reported by thelocal shark spotters – seven lastFriday alone – and the Ocearch’sown satellite tracking demonstra-
ting that every shark tagged hasimmediately left the area, withtwo having gone as far as 40 de-grees South, and it appears thatthe entire Great White shark pop-ulation may be traumatized andthat there may be stressed sharksswimming around your localbreak.
The DEA, who issued the re-search permit without any publicparticipation and ignored warn-ings of possible heightened sharkactivity, along with the Ocearchproject have predictably deniedany blame and have applied tohave their permit, suspended min-utes after the shark attack, to bereinstated.
So be careful out there!
BOTTOM TURN: Benji Brand fromKommetjie displays the radical surfing that saw him finish equal 13thin the U16 boys division at the Dakine ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Panama. Photo: ISA / Parkin
