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Read in this week’sDistrictMail

) Besighede ondersteun DistriksPos se ‘Adopt-a-School’-projek

) Armed robbery at Strand Cashand Carry

) St Georges beat Pniel Villagers19-18

Muller spog met talent 2 Geysers stolen in Lwandle 3

Meet a lo-cal: Ward15 Coun-cillor Bene-dicta vanMinnen 4

Polisie vind R100 000 seperlemoen in G’baai gestortTwee mans van die Strand isVrydag elk borgtog van R500indieStrand-landdroshof toe-gestaan vir die onwettige be-sit van perlemoen.

AbdulGabier (31) enFaltonTi-tus (23) is verlede Maandag inhegtenis geneem nadat 115 ge-skulpte perlemoen asook 33 ali-kreukels in hul besit gekry is.Die oplettendheid van ’n see-

vissery-amptenaar het tot diemansse inhegtenisneminggelei.Volgens Gordonsbaai-polisie-

woordvoerder ao. Nico Beukes,het die amptenaar, sers. Jere-miah Naidoo, omstreeks 18:30vanwaar hy en sy gesin in dieplaaslike Spur aandete geniethet, die mans uit die see by dieGordonsbaai-hoofstrand sienloop.Die mans het blykbaar twee

plastieksakke by hulle gehad.

Naidoo het bystand van die K9-eenheidontbiedenbynadereon-dersoek is gevind dat die plas-tieksakke 115 ongeskulpte perle-moen met ’n geraamde waardevanR10 000,asook33alikreukelsbevat het. Gabier en Titus ver-skynweeropDinsdag16Septem-ber in die hof.In ’n afsonderlike voorval het

die polisie op 19 sakke met 3 742ongeskulpte gedroogde perle-moen, met ’n geraamde waardevan R100 000, in die Firlands-areabeslaggelê.Volgenspolisie-woordvoerder ao. Nico Beukes,het ’nverbyganger ’nonbekendevoertuig in die omgewing vandie Boorgat-plaas gesien. ’n Per-soon het na bewering die sakkeuit die motor gelaai, ’n motor-band daarop gesit en dit aan diebrand gesteek. Die persoon hettoeweggery.Geen inhegtenisne-ming het nog plaasgevind nie.

Die gedroogdeperlemoen is ver-lede Woensdag indie Firlands-omge-wing gekry waar ditgestort en aan diebrand gesteek is.

Helderberg Gazette News - Nuus Tuesday 29 July 20142

Afgetredene woeker met kunstalentDELIAH BRINKHUIS

Macassar-inwoner Fred Muller isopdie rypeouderdomvan74nog lanknie reg vir stilsit nie.Diéhoutwerkerhetna syaftrede in

2000 sy hamer vir ’n verfkwas verruilengenietelkeoomblikhiervan, sêhy.Muller glo dat dit belangrik is om

’n liefde te hê vir enigiets waarvan jy’n sukses wil maak.So, sê hy, het hy vir meer as vier

dekades sypassievirhoutwerkuitge-leef.“Ekwas lief virmywerk en het toe

nie regtig tyd gehad vir skilder nie,”sê hy.Maar naweke en wanneer hy ’n

vrye tydjie gehad het, het hy aan syskilderkuns gewerk.Dié skilderwerkhet begin toehy sy

seun Gary, wat ’n leerder by Hoër-skool Luckhoff in Stellenbosch was,met ’n skooltaak moes help.Muller vertel dat Gary nie juis vir

kuns aangelê is nie, en sy hulp metdie kunsprojek gevra het.Die skilder van dié rooi roos het

Muller’nanderwêreldlaatontdektoedie kunsonderwyser hom later per-soonlikkomsienhet enaangemoedig

het om sy talent te beoefen.“Ná die aanmoediging van die on-

derwyserhet ek gaanverf koop enbe-gin skilder,” sê hy.Hy vertel dat sy eerste skildery ’n

landskaptoneelvandieJonkershoek-berge was.Met sy aftrede sowat 14 jaar gelede

het hy die skilderkuns meer ernstigaangepak.VolgensMullerwashierdie jarenie

sonder uitdagings en teleurstellingsnie. Hy vertel dat hy by heelwat in-stansies aangeklop het met die hoopomkuns formeel te studeer,maar on-suksesvol was.“Ditwasmaarmoeilik in die apart-

heidsjare en ek het maar op my eieaangegaan,” sê hy.Só het hy deur die jare hier en daar

raad van ander kunstenaars gekrywat hy in sy skilderwerk toegepashet.Muller vertel dat een van sy men-

tors is ’n kunsprofessor aan die Uni-versiteitKaapstadwathydeur’nken-nis ontmoet het en wat ’n tydjie afge-knyp het om na sy werke te kyk enraad te gee.Hy was verheug toe hy die geleent-

heid kry om sy werk in ’n Strandse

galery uit te stal.Hierdie ervaring was egter ’n bit-

tersoet ervaringvirMuller omdatdiegalery insolvent verklaar is en hyheelwat van sy kunswerke in die pro-ses verloor het.Dit het hom egter nie van stryk ge-

bring nie en sy liefde vir sy kuns hethom laat voort skilder.“Dis die lekkerste gevoel omte sien

hoe my skilderye gestalte aanneem,”sê hy.Volgens Muller is al sy werk vir

hom spesiaal. ’n Skildery wat hy er-ken na aan sy hart lê omdat dit plaas-lik is, is ’n skildery van die Lourens-rivierbrug in Somerset-Wes. Hierdieskildery,vertelhy,hethyoornawekegedoenwanneer dit stiller in die dorpwas en hy rustig daar kon sit en skil-der.Nog so ’n werk is dié van die “Ou

Tol” regoor Mediclinic Vergelegen.Hyvertel trots dat hyna raming so-

wat 30 skilderye vanuit sy huis ver-koop het.Maar, hy sou graag die geleentheid

wou hê om sy werk uit te stal en sóte verkoop.Muller is glad nie suinig om sy ta-

lent te deel nie, en net soos wat hý

deur ander kunstenaars gehelp is,helphyookgraagopkomendekunste-naars wat om hulp aanklop.Volgens Muller het nie een van sy

vier kinders sy liefde vir kuns nie. Syhoop lê wel by sy kleinseun Fredwin,wat ook skilder om die Muller-talentte laat voort leef.

Fred Muller van Macassar het homself leer skilder. Hier staan hy trots by van sy skilderyewat onder meer die Lourensrivierbrug (links agter) en die ‘Ou Tol’ (heel regs) insluit.

FOTO: DELIAH BRINKHUIS

Gazette changes rulesDue to the overwhelming number ofentries and nominations that theHeldeberg Gazette has received forthe Entrepreneur of the Year compe-tition, we have decided to extend thecompetition until next year Julywhen we will announce the Entre-preneur of the Year 2014/15. Instead

of having an Entrepreneur of theMonth each month, we will now behaving anEntrepreneur of theQuar-ter.Every three months, readers will

be given the opportunity to vote fortheir favourite entrepreneur andthat personwill receive a free adver-

torial in our sister publication theDistrictMail to the value of (insertvalue).Readerswill thenbe able to choose

which of the four finalists will win

the ultimate title of Entrepreneur ofthe Year 2014/15. Thewinnerwill re-ceive an advertorial in the District-Mail to the value of (insert value) topromote their business.

If you would like to nominatesomeone (or yourself) for the Entre-preneur of the Year contact JameyGordon on 021 853 0211 or jamey.gor-don@media24.com.

Helderberg GazetteNews - NuusTuesday 29 July 2014 3

Several arrests followgeyser thefts in LwandleWILLIAM SIGWINTA

Eleven suspects between the ages of 17 and49 have been arrested and charged withtheft and possession of stolen property.Thearrestwastheoutcomeofa jointopera-tion by the Lwandle police and Law En-forcement.TheoperationstartedonSunday,29July

and is ongoing.According to Constable Phindiswa

Gcume, provincial police spokesperson,several houses were searched in Lwandle.Stolenpropertythat includedfourgeysers,were recovered. A car, used to transportthe stolen goods, was also impounded. Thesuspects will appear in the Strand magis-

trate court.Butaccording to severalLwan-dle residents, some of the geysers at theLwandle hostelswere removedby the resi-dents of the hostels.Andile Gqwede, who lives in one of the

hostels, said that some residents takedown their geysers and sell them to scrap-yards. When asked why, he claimed thatofficials from the City of Cape Town trig-gered the behaviour when they removedfour geysers fromBlock 1without consult-ing residents of those rooms and never re-turned them. Several women, who refusedtodivulge their identitiesandarealso resi-dent in the hostels, admitted that peopleremove their own geysers because of lackof jobs, “they sell them to buy food.”

Solar geysers are being stolen in Lwandle. PHOTO: WILLIAM SIGWINTA

Inwoners van die Donkerbos-informele gebied naby die Somerset-Wes-spoorwegstasie het onlangs begin omhul huise weer op te rig. Die heroprigting volg ná ’n vergadering tussen die Kaapstadse burgemeester, Patriciade Lille en die inwoners op Maandag 14 Julie waartydens sy toestemming gegee het dat die 17 strukturewat die vorige week deur wetstoepassers afgebreek is, weer opgerig word. Volgens Joyce Mzamo, voorsittervan die Lourensia Park-inwonerskomitee, het ’n groep werkers van die Stad Kaapstad wat Vrydag die gebiedskoongemaak het, hul moue opgerol om hul 67 minute vir Mandela-dag te gee, en van die vroue gehelpom hul huise te herbou. FOTO: CASSY VAN EEDEN

Helderberg Gazette News - Nuus Tuesday 29 July 20144

The HelderbergScholar TransportAssociation (HSTA)recently held aluncheon for seniorcitizens. The eventwas sponsored byPick n Pay SomersetMall. Pictured are themanagement andmembers of theHSTAteam.From left: DonavanMartin, PeterJantjies,WilliamBar-nard and WillemIsaacs. Chrystal Pe-terson, Sharon Dav-ids, Hazel Martinsand Judith van Ster.

)Where do you live in theHel-derberg and how long haveyou lived there?I live in Somerset West – in

Ward 15, and have been in theHelderberg for over 30 yearsas wemoved here when I was9.

)What do you do?I am the Ward Councillor

forWard 15 inSomersetWest,as well as theMaycoMemberfor Health in the City of CapeTown.

)What do you like most

about theHelderberg?The fact

that it is Cape Town withoutbeing in Cape Town, so it isclose to the mountains andthe seawithout the “BigCity”feeling you get in the CBD ofCape Town.

) If you could change onething about the Helderbergwhat would it be?The employment rate. Hav-

ing good stable employmentand economic growth are the

key to social cohesion.These factors drive so-cial change in that itdiscourages poverty-driven crime, assistsin keeping children informal educationalstructures and givespeople a stake in theircommunity.

)What is most im-portant to you?Being part of social

change to transform afractured society into a win-ning society. We live in thebestrunMetro inthecountry,but still have enormous chal-lenges. Being part of a teamthat is intimately involvedwith building our City for the21st century is a wonderfulprivilege. I believe very firm-ly in giving back to societyand being involved in one’scommunity.

Meet a Local: Benedictavan Minnen

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Have your say

Strike seasonI agree with Cassy that’s its our constitution-

al right to strike and I refer to the Numsa strikein the Helderberg, you said it remained peacefuland I do not agree with you. I know for a fact thatpeople were beaten and kicked at a local factoryanddidanyonebother tophoneyourpaper tellingyou? No! I am a former shop steward and Cosatumember and for the past few years, every strikecame with violence. Nothing is peaceful. Whatpeople should keep in mind is when you strike,your family suffers, for there is no source of in-come and the big shots tell you to go to the streetsand strike. But at the end of the month there isnothing on the table for your children. As a moth-er I feel disgusted that they were hitting and kick-ing my son because he did not participate in astrike. That’s not a democracy. Cher, SomersetWest

Worker strikes will not be necessary if em-ployers pay their workers a decent salary onwhich they can make a living. The question is,who are the real savages?

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Metrorail hef tariefverhogings om die vol-gende redes. In die verlede is talle waens aan diebrand gesteek oor treine wat laat gekom het. Noumoet daai koste gedek word. Dan moet daar ook’n styging wees in die salarisse van Metrorail segrootbase! Hulle moet darem lekker kan lewe. Rylankal nie meer trein nie, Metrorail se onveiligetreinekanmenseseveiligheidniemeerwaarborgnie! Smit, StrandHulp vir voedingskema

Ek wil baie dankie sê vir die volgende mensewat ons onlangse projek om kos in Chris Hanite verskaf moontlik gemaak het - Cherelene DinoVan Heerden, Lorraine Charles Fortuin. Ons isvan plan om tot Kersfees met die voedingskemavoor te gaan. Bel Anne Fischer by 076 577 5662.

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The well-known local Wafra Fruit Sellers joined by the Macas-sar Police, also ran their regular feeding scheme and handedout soup and bread to the needy.

The Macassar Police spent their 67 minutes cleaning the ZandvlietCare facility. Station Commander, Sanele Zama, encouraged thecommunity to assist them to make Macassar a safe place byextending the 67 minutes to voluntary taking care of each other’sproperty.

Macassar Police members cleaning theZandvliet Care facility.

Welbekende Macassar-inwo-ner, Simon Isaacs (66), hetverlede Donderdag gesterf.Isaacs was vir 23 jaar by dieCisco Iron and Steelworks inKuilsrivier werksaam. ’n Ge-denkdiens word om 19:30môre (Woensdag) 30 Julie bydie plaaslike St. Joseph, theworker Aglikaanse kerk ge-hou. Die begrafnisdiens isSaterdag om 09:00 by diebogenoemde kerk.

In honor of our late Tata MadibaPR Councillor Chantal Cerfontein(Ward 85 and 86) joined by KevAccurate Measuring, gave 67 win-ter hamper buckets to 67 Nomza-mo residents.

In celebration of Mandela Day, the ANC Ward100 branch had a clean-up campaign of theriver inSir Lowry’s Passandalsohelda candlevigil in honour of the late president NelsonMandela at Emily’s Playschool in Sir Lowry’sPass. Dorcas Shopane, the chairperson ofthe branch was happy that the communitysupported the event and also helped. Manystories were told about living in Sir Lowry’sPass during Apartheid and a candle was litfor each story.

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Year 18 • Dinsdag 29 Julie 2014 | Tel. 021 853 0211

Sport to combat crimePicknPay SportsAgainst CrimeSouthAf-rica in partnership with provincial policesocial crime projects recently launchedthe Sports Against Crime Street Games atDr GJ Joubert Primary School in Strand.

Vincent Daniels, president of SportsAgainst Crime SA, says the event will be heldat different sports grounds in the Helderbergeverymonthuntil 6Decemberwhen the finalswill be played by the top participating teamsof various sport codes such as rugby, netballand soccer.The winning teams will be awarded with

medals and trophies.Daniels has also, together with provincial

police social crime projects, formed an organ-ising committee consisting of the following

members:CaptainMkhuseluGwentshula,ColMzwandele Ndlovu, WOWynnett Kleinsmith(Grassy Park SAPS), Sgt Zita Norman (Ath-lone-Nyanga cluster), WO Ruben Klassen(Stellenbosch cluster), Captain Ezra October(Cape Town cluster), CaptainDenverMatroos(Claremont cluster), Caroline Wildschut(chief operation officer) andNicholasKordomto assist with the Erijahville projects.The soccer and netball teams will compete

on the followingdays: 9August atDurbanvilleSAPS sport grounds and 25 October at theSAPS sport grounds in Pinelands.The International Sports Against Crime

Sport Day will be held in Port Elizabeth on 28March 2015.For enquiries or additional information

contact Vincent Daniels on 082 865 1144.

Seen here (back,from left) are Nicho-las Kordom (chair-man of ErijahvilleUnited), Vincent Dan-iels (president ofSports Against CrimeSA), Caroline Wilds-chutt (local organis-ing committee, chiefoperations officerSport Against CrimeSA); (front) DaryllJosephs and AngusPoole (u.14 Erijah-ville United), EllicsonWarner and RobinMoses (u.14 soccerteam from Rusthof),and Joan Waggenaarand Alischca Wilds-chutt (netball teamfrom Sercor Park/Broadlands Village).PHOTO: JAMEY GORDON

De Beers AFC in support of the Patricia De Lille’s “SayNo to Drugs” campaign recently hosted a junior footballtournament. It was all about putting the ball in the backof the opponent’s net for 3 eleven-a-side junior soccerteams from the surrounding areas of Lwandle, StrandandMacassar.Eachteamrepresentedoneof thepartici-pating demographic areas. De Beers chairperson AlanWinter says the tournamentwashosted tomobilse com-munity interest in soccer and create an awareness ofhow drugs are destroying communities. Winter said thetournamenthasbroughtplayersandspectators togetherby encouraging active participation in soccer. He addedthat the club has been encouraging communities in theCape Metropole to adopt the campaign.

Boots for Bafana AcademyThe Young Bafana Soccer Acade-myhasanongoinginitiativetocol-lect second-hand and or new soc-cer boots for their u.15 develop-ment team.Theclub’snewProteinPartnerProgrammetogetherwithGojigo is encouraging donationsof second-hand soccer boots, shinpads, or soccer shorts. Donations

can be dropped off at Gojigo at theDecor Centre Somerset Mall (op-posite the new Checkers Hyper)from Monday - Friday between10:00 – 15:00. A kind request is tohave all donations clean as theshop is a retailer of fresh produce.Phone the shop on 082 0497 916 orvisit www.youngbafana.com.