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A DOMESTIC worker was beaten and tied up with cableties in a house robbery on Saturday morning at a ValleyVista Road home in Athlone.

Home owner Joan Venn said that theirdomestic worker Mildred Majola was home alonewhile they were watching cricket at a nearby field,when three men rang the bell and pretended tobe municipal workers there to read the electricitymeter.

The men in question were not wearing distinctive

municipal uniforms and name tags, Venn said.“One man stayed in a green vehicle and two

got inside the home after she opened the gate forthem.”

When Majola walked down the stairs to show themthe meter, they grabbed her and tied her up. Venn saidthey forced her into the house and demanded to beshown each bedroom, asking who was using it.

“They tied Majola’s hands to her back and puther under the bench. They then went into TV roomand removed a flat screen off the wall,” Venn said.

She said they also took jewellery, an iPad andMajola’s cellphone ­ all amounting to over R50 000 ­and fled the scene.

Majola was taken to Northdale Hospital withbruises on her face and was complaining of pains in her

chest. Venn’s daughter, who asked not to be named,said while the men were walking away with theirbelongings, Majola fled and hid in the garden.

She said the man had to remove the gate from itsrails to exit and when Majola felt safe, she shouted tothe neighbours who then alerted the police.

“Mildred was terribly traumatised and in a state ofshock when we got here,” she said.

She said this was the second robbery in just sixmonths.

“I feel uneasy. It is dangerous here and we cannotleaveourchildrenalone.Weneedtobealertandvigilantat all times.”

Police spokersperson Major Thulani Zwane said theTownhill police are investigating a case of houserobbery. No arrests have been made.

Domestic workerbeaten in robbery

AMIL UMRAWAND KHANYISANI DLOMO

FLUNG from the back of aflat-bed truckas it plowedinto a car, a woman was

hurled through the air and ontothe hard tarmac, where shelater died.

This was the first scene of astring of crashes in the city overthe weekend.

An eyewitness, who did notwant to be named, said a Volvocar was approaching the trafficlights on Chatterton Road out-sidetheMcDonald’soutletwhena light truck tried to turn into theadjacent road from the oncom-ing lane.

“The driver tried to swerveinto the next lane to avoidthe truck but it smashed intothe side of the car and thecar swung around more than180 degrees.

“Passengers in the back ofthe truckwere flung into the airand landed all around thevehicles,” the eyewitness said.

The woman, who was flungfrom the truck, died on sceneand seven others were injured.

The eyewitness alleged thatpassengers in the truck wereseverely intoxicated, but this

could not be confirmed.“Shewas alive at first but we

couldnotfindanybodytocall forhelp for at least 20minutes. Wekept askingher to keepher eyesopenbut sheunfortunatelydiedbeforeparamedicsarrived,” theeyewitness said.

AccordingtotheDepartmentof Transport’s Colin Govender,thetruckisbelievedtobeownedby the Londiwe Driving School.All attempts to get commentfrom the driving school wereunsuccessful.

Netcare 911 spokesperson,Chris Botha, said paramedicsfound the truck had overturnedon impact and its passengerswere ejected as it rolled.

“Four people sustainedserious injuries, while threeescapedwithminorinjuriesandrefused treatment,” Botha said.

In a separate incident, apassenger diedwhen the driverlost control of a vehicle thatoverturned on the N3 at Hiltonon Saturday night.

Thedriverescapedwith lightinjuries.

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A LOCAL 86­year­old pensioner is at her witsend with the Msunduzi Municipality for notfulfilling promises of writing off her ratesand water account.

Betty Gasa from Imbali Unit 18 said thatshe stopped paying her water bill after

Msunduzi mayor Chris Ndlela visited hercommunity last year August and apparentlymade promises of writing off the waterdebts of pensioners.

“I was always up to date with my ratesand water payments and used to pay notmore than R500 per month. On 16 August,the mayor visited our community hall andsaid that pensioners would not have to pay

that I owed R4747 in rates and water. My billhas gained an interest of just over R4000,”said Gasa.

Earlier this year, Pietermaritzburg ratepayers took to the streets to protest againstthe lack of service delivery by the MsunduziMunicipality and also to demand free basicservices. Some of the tabled grievanceswere directed towards improper waterbilling which costs rate payers thousands ofrands. The then organizer of the march,Zakhele Hlatshwayo, said that instead ofcaring for the pensioners, the municipalitywas destroying people’s lives.

“After the march, which was held inJanuary, there were many people fromdifferent wards that joined our struggle whoare affected by this. In other instances, themunicipality has said that they cannot findthe water meters but they still continue toestimate the readings. Since the march,nothing has progressed.

Atthetimeofprintnoresponsehadbeengathered from the municipality.

Water debt write-off mystery not solved

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AT 76, Aziz Vanker is stillpassionate about photogra-phyandanavidcollectorofold

cameras,camcordersandprojectors.Vanker has a collection of more

than100camerasdisplayed inoneof

the bedrooms in his home.The oldest is a 1920 Kodak

Brownie camera.Vanker said all the cameras were

still inworking condition, but theynolonger make film for them.

“It is my hobby to collect anythingconnected to photography,” said

Vanker.He said he first fell in love with

photography in the 1950s and stillhashis first camera,whichwasgivento him in 1952.

“I take photographs of landscape,buildings, flowers and naturalscenes,” he said.

Vanker has also converted part ofhis garage to display more of hiscameras.Astheeldestathomehewasforced to leave school at primaryschoolleveltohelphisfatherruntheirshop at Manderston farm nearThornville.

“I never regretted this decision

because under my father, I learned alot and after 11 years running thefamily business I opened my ownshop in Thornville,” he said.

After retiring 16 years ago, hefocused on taking pictures during hisannual tripsabroad.Vankerhasbeento the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahalin India, Spain, Russia, Brazil, theU.S., Jerusalemin IsraelandCanada,among other far-flung destinations.

“Everywhere I go I takepicturesofthe scenery because it is easier toshow people where you have beenwhen you take photos,” said Vanker.

He said he began his collection bygathering together his own camerasthat hehadbeenusing over the yearsand by asking family members andrelatives for their old cameras.

“I do it as a hobby and if peoplewant to bring their old cameras theyare welcome to send them to me.”

He said he is interested in collect-ing old makes like Leica, Contax,Pentax, Hasselblad, Voigtlander,Mamiya and Speed Graphic presscameras.Hesaidpeoplearewelcometo view his collection and he wouldalso like to see theirs.

He appealed to those with oldcameras that are lying unused tocontact him at 033 394 1713 or084 965 4440.

PHOTO: THOBANI NGQULUNGAAziz Vanker (76), collector of old cameras, holding his oldest, a 1920 Kodak camera. Behind is a display of some of his others.

Over 100 cameras atphotography enthusiast’s home

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Rememberingfallen soldiers

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YESTERDAY morning, drizzleand chilly weather could notkeepMsunduzi trafficwarden

Mthobisi Ngubane from flashing asmile while controlling traffic at theintersection of Langalibalele(Longmarket) and Chapel Streets.

“What can I say? I do what I loveand I lovewhat I do,” said Ngubane.

He has previously been featuredin a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)advertisement after capturing thehearts ofmotoristswith his dancingand cheerful character.

“I grew up in Sobantu and it hadalwaysbeenmychildhooddream tobe a professional traffic warden.I remember that as a child, I use todraw road markings on the groundwhile playing with my friends. Myfriends would be motorists while I

was a traffic warden.“I liked being a traffic warden

because the profession instillsdisciplineand Ihavea fascinationofcontrolling traffic,” said Ngubane.

Ngubane’s journey started whenhe served as a volunteer trafficcontroller while the New EnglandRoad bridge was under construc-tion.

“I was on site for three to fourmonthsandpeopledidnotknowmyname so they called me Mr NewEngland. The compliments floodedin and that made me very happybecause I liked what I was doing. Iwas only scared of the trucks but Iwas taught that as soon as I am ontheroad, I amtheboss,”hesaidwitha laugh.

At the time, Ngubane was avolunteer at Sobantu High Schooldoing administration duties.

As soon as construction of the

New England Road bridge finished,Ngubanemoved to the Peter Brownintersection and the Chota Motalaintersection for the morning andafternoon peak hours respectively.He then became a scholar patrolofficer at Alexandra High School.

Ngubane has been featured invarious publications includingDrum,Bona,SundayTimesandTheWitness. He has also done inter-views on YFM, and P4 Radio (nowcalled GagasiFM). In 2012 he was anominee for the Indondo Award.

“Right now I am at differentintersections.Myshift starts around6am and ends at 3pm. My secret isthat I love my job. Children shouldnot like the job because they see theuniform. They must be passionateabout it so that they can be dedicat-ed. Children who dream of being inthe traffic department should stayaway from drugs,” said Ngubane.

Msunduzi traffic warden MthobisiNgubane controlling traffic at theintersection of Langalibalele(Longmarket) and Chapel Streets.PHOTO:NQOBILE MTOLO

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ILLUMINATI posters, with promisesof transforming an ordinary personinto an instant celebrity, have beenerected along Prince Alfred Street.

The posters have been designed

with images of famous celebritiessuch as the likes of RnB megastarBeyonce, singer Willow Smith,rappers Kanye West and Jay Z andUnited States of America PresidentBarack Obama

The posters promise power,weight lossandlongevity,solutionstofinancial problems, winning backlost lovers and thriving businessopportunities.

Acting general secretary of theSouth African Council of Churches,

BishopMalusiMpumlwana, said thatthere has never been a time in lifewhere dark forces have not been inplay.

“The forces of this nature havebeen around for a long time. Thereare dark forces in our communitiesand the secret illuminati clans arenothing new. The illuminati secretsociety has pledges that peoplemakeunderground,” said Mpumlwana.

He said that the church and thecommunities are responsible in

making sure that children, andpeople in general, withstand suchchallenges.

“Life isaboutworkinghardatyourgoals and investing a lot of effort inyour dreams,” added Mpumlwana.

Traditional healer and director ofNomkhubulwane, Dr NomaguguNgobese, said that people can neverbuy luck.

“Success is a blessing fromancestors and Mvelinqangi [theCreator],” said Ngobese.

She said that it is imperative thatpeople know their identity now thatthere are many people promisingthem instant frivolous success.

Maritzburg Fever contacted theMsunduziMunicipality to findout if itis aware of these illuminati posterswhichhavebeen illegallyerectedandhow far it has succeeded with itsillegal banners and posters removalcampaign. However, no responsewas gathered at the time of going toprint.

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PIETERMARITZBURG lost one of its oldeststruggle stalwarts and most active citizenswith the death of Ramaswami Munsami(Bandy) Govender.

Govender (88) took part in the 1946protests against the “Pegging Act”, theprecursor to the Group Areas Act.

He belonged to over 20 polit­ical, religious and civic organi­sations in Pietermaritzburg.

However, he was mostproud of the fact that heattended the historicFreedom Charter Congressin Kliptown in 1955.

In tributes at his funer­al, speakers recalled that heremained active in commu­nity affairs right until theweekend he fell ill. This includedattending meetings of the AfricanNational Congress(ANC) and doing hisvoluntary work at theSiva Soobramoniarand Marriamemtemples.

uMgungundlovu District Mayor YusufBhamjee said that Govender was one ofthose activists who preferred being afootsoldier for the struggle.

In all his years he never missed a meet­ing and was always available to be a driver,hand out pamphlets or help with the prep­arations for rallies. Bhamjee said Govenderwas very proud of his congress links andremained a committed member of theANC. He had worked closely with stalwartslike Dr Chota Motala and A.S. Chetty andwould often drive them and other congressmembers to and from covert meetings. It

was his driving that turned him into anactivist. In 1946 he started off transportingpassive resistors from Pietermaritzburg toDurban to take part in the sit­in on a vacantpiece of land in Umbilo Road. He wasarrested for being part of that protest andimprisoned for three months.

Govender grew up in Pietermaritzburg,a member of the pioneer, P.M. Gov­

ender family. He once said helearnt about civic responsibili­

tythroughbeingamemberofthe Cubs and Boy Scouts.Later he was a volunteer forboth the St John’s Ambu­lanceandtheRedCrossSo­ciety.

He described as hisclaim to fame winning the

Silver Star award from the Pi­etermaritzburg mayor for

skilled driving after he managedto avoid crushing a man to death.

The man was runningfrom the magistrate’scourt when he fell infront of Govender’svehicle, who managed to

stop in the nick of time.Govender has been honoured over the

years for his work in various organisations,including the Siva Soobramoniar andMarriammentemples,theDeepavaliCheerSociety, the Aryan Benevolent Home,Sunlit Gardens Home, the Natal IndianCongress, the ANC, the Tamil EisteddfodCommittee, the Child Welfare Society, thePMB Mental Health Society and theFriends of the Sick Association and theGandhi Memorial Committee.

He leaves his wife, three sons,daughter­in­law, four grandchildren andtwo great grandchildren.

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HENRY Vosloo (57) hasdonated 375 units of bloodsince becoming a blood donorfour decades ago.

He said that he is inspiredby the fact that he is helpingpeople who cannot helpthemselves.

Just recently, Vosloo wasrecognised for this greatmilestone by the SouthAfrican National Blood Service(Sanbs) during a gala dinnerat the Golden Horse Casino. Atthe event, Vosloo waspresented with a certificate ofappreciation by the chairmanof the board of directors forSANBS, Alex Christians.

Speaking to MaritzburgFever Vosloo said that he ishappy that his selfless act isbeing recognised.

“To date, I have donated186 litres of blood. I have neverthought that I would everreach this milestone because I

only donate blood six timesevery year.

“I decided to be a blooddonor because I know thatthere are people who need itto sustain their lives. My aim isto help those who cannot helpthemselves,” said Vosloo.

He said that the constanttrips to the Howick SANBSbranch have made him afamiliar face at the branch, tothe point that he feels like heis part of the family.

“I do tell other people to goand donate blood. If youdonate for the first time, youwill be tempted to go back anddonate more and more. It is allabout helping people,regardless of their gender, ageand race.

“I will continue to donateblood for as long as I can.However, should I get sick, I willhave to stop. However, for nowI will continue to do what Iknow best, and that is being adedicated donor,” added Vos­loo.

Henry Vosloo (R)receives a certificateof appreciation fordonating blood fromthe chairman of theboard of directors forthe South AfricanNational Blood Service(Sanbs), AlexChristians, at theSANBS gala dinner.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

Recognised for donating186 litres of blood

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMidlands MedicalCentre (MMC)Private Hospital wasrecently honouredfor the systemsand processesinstalled in recentyears to enhanceefficiency andproductivity in thework place. Thehospital was afinalist in thecorporate categoryof the provincial legof the ProductivityAwards, hosted byProductivity SouthAfrica in Durban.Pictured are (fromleft) Dumile Cele(Durban Chamber ofCommerce andIndustry CEO),Alwyn Nel (Produc­tivity SA chairper­son), Kavith Harrilall(MMC public re­lations officer), Ner­osh Orie (MMC), Yu­gan Pillay (MMC)and Melanie Veness(PietermaritzburgChamber ofBusiness CEO).

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PIETERMARITZBURGER Nonkulu-leko Williams fought the battle ofnot allowing her background to

stand in the way of achieving herdreams.

PlacedattheSOSChildren’sVillageattheage of seven, she recently started her owncompany, Stardom Events, which doeswedding and event planning.

Recounting a less than happy start tolife, she said she was placed at the SOSChildren’s Village after her grandmotherhid her at a Place of Safety in Umlazi,Durban, just a few months after she wasborn because of the family’s financialconstraints and an abusive father.

“My father wanted a boy so when heheard I was a girl, he took off, leaving mymother with nothing,” Williams said.

Although her ultimate passion isacting andmodelling, she realised early on

weddings and events planning.The 24-year-old still treasures a

letter of congratulations from DA leaderHelen Zille after she was awarded anOverall Academic Award for the Reach ofthe Stars competition held in Cape Town in2007.

“It was an honour. I still have theletter and it means a lot to me.

“One day I will meet her and tell herabout my achievements and where I amnow.”

She said her childhood dream wasto go to Disneyland in the United Statesand it was realised last year when sherepresented South Africa through themodelling agency Just You ArtistManagement.

“I live and breath modelling. I oftenasked myself: ‘Why give up on a dreamthat only you understand and arepassionate about?’ My dream is torepresent my country one day as MissSA.”

She said she never fitted in anywhereand that helped her to be strong to face anychallenges on her way to success.

Shemether familywhenshewas18,butattributes her success to the SOS Village.

“SOS Village showed me nothing butlove.Theysheltered,nurturedandwatchedme blossoming into this beautiful flowerthat I am today.”

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THE Pietermaritzburg division of the ChocChildhood Cancer Foundation is calling onmembers of the public to help raise the reward

for their CHOC Cow which has been reported stolen.The cowdisappearedwhile being transported from

Alexandra High School back home to the CHOC Housein Muswell Hill.

“This cow is an important part of Choc and bringsgreat joy to childrenwith cancerand their familieswhoare delighted to be greeted by a life size purple, floralcowwhentheyfirstarriveatthehouse,”saidChiluPikitiof Choc.

Lara Edmonds of Just Boutique is helping to co-ordinate the rescue and ransom collection.

“It makes sense to use the funds raised by ourChristmas Campaign to help, but the pressure is nowontodoubletheR35000weraisedlastyear,”saidPikiti.

Russell High pupils have undertaken to redecoratethe Choc Christmas House and Parklane Centre hascome on board to offer 12 prizes for the countdown toChristmas.

Chocisappealingtofamilies,businessesandschoolsto purchase the R10 Countdown to Christmas ticketsandpledgetobrandthelogoorbadgeontotheChocCowof any entities who purchase more than 500 tickets.

New England Primary School and St CharlesScrummies immediately offered their support andThandiandChemotheChocmascotsvisitedtheschoolslast Friday to thank them for their efforts.

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STUDENTS are joining the fight to maintainforeign languages at UKZN.

The main argument to close languagedepartments is they do not have adequatestudents to make them viable. Yet, somedepartments’ efforts to increase numbers arethwarted.

French is recommended if one wants toenter African politics. To speak Frenchadequately, one has to at least complete foursemesters of the language or better, the sixsemesters required for a major. Top studentswould like to major in French if they do abachelor of arts international studies.

Yet, core modules only include choicesamong four possible majors: economics,historical studies, media and cultural studies,and political science. French can only be donefor three semesters.

Calls to reverse this fall on deaf ears andevery year the department loses many goodstudents at second-year level.

How can numbers increase if there is nocognisance of the job market by those whostructure courses? I have been a contractlecturer in theFrenchdepartment for12 yearsand have seen the department’s growth, andfrustration caused by the limitations imposed.

Every year, baffled students ask the depart-mentwhy their chancesarehindered thatway,if the university really cares about their needs.Is thisuniversitypreparing students for the jobmarket?

If so, why is the management not listening

to the needs of students?GHYSLAINE DYE

Hilton

University not listening to students

SOdefaecation in public places inIndia is to be stopped, as soon aseveryhousehasatoilet,whichthegovernment promises will takeabout four years to achieve.

Presumably, they plan a wa-terborne system. It’s ironic thatthis should come at a time whenclever people around the worldaretryingtofind alternatives,because there isn’t going to beenough water on Earth to flushawayand treat the offeringsof the burgeoning billionsin the cities.

Perhaps this was exercising

themind of the Thinker, while hewas posing for Auguste Rodin?

When Joseph Bazalgette wasbuilding the first seweragenetwork in London, after theGreat Stink of 1858, when theRiver Thames was nothing morethananopencesspool,afar-sight-ed woman said the “lavatorychain would spell the death ofhumanity” (or words to thateffect).

Maybe that was a bit strong,but our grandchildren will telltheir grandchildren about flushloos and water closets, like our

grandparents told us abouthorseless carriages and thewireless.Duringourpublichealthcourse asmedical students in thesixties,wewereofferedglassesofsparkling clean water during ourtour of the Johannesburgsewerage farm.

Would you take a swig at Dar-vill today?

Perhaps readers could comeup with some ideas, although,perhaps,onsecondthoughts,youshould let the matter drop.

BERT BRAYSHAWPietermaritzburg

New ideas needed for the loo system

NO longer is it necessary tovisit prophets, such as thefabledMrJoshua inNigeria, ifmiraculous intervention isrequired in ones’ life.

Reference to the classifiedads on page 14 of theMaritzburg Fever publishedon 29 October reveals thatdivine intervention isavailable much closer tohome.

Three such ads, all high-lighted in yellow, appear butthe one extolling the virtues ofa Mr Baka really caught myattention.

Ostensibly written by oneof his grateful clients (sub-jects/patients/victims?),

identified only as Priya - whonotably provides her age butno surname or contact details- the advertisement waxeslyrical about Mr Baka’sremarkableabilitieswhich, inher case, involved the returnhome of her waywardhusband via the curiousintervention of water and amirror.

And although Priya’spersonal experience seemslimited to this restoration ofmarital bliss, she can none-theless attest to Mr Baka’sabilities in such diverse fieldsas:boostingbusiness,chasingbad spells, the finishing ofunfinished jobs, thequicksaleof property, curing illnessesand -perhapsmost alluringofall - “lucky oil to win at thecasino”. Plus, it seems, ‘manymore’.

It is unclear whether the

‘lucky oil’ is imbibed orliberally smeared over thegambler’s body.

In the latter instance, carewould have to be exercised toensure that the lucky gamblerdoes not slide from his/herseat at themomentof greatesttriumph.

Consumers are frequentlywarned to wary in two areas.The first is that if somethingseemstoogoodtobetrue,thenit probably is. The second is toexercise caution beforerespondingtoadvertisementsthat give only a cell phonenumber and no other meansof contact.

‘Mr Baka’ scores big onboth counts and I wonderabout the wisdom of publish-ing such ads in the first place.

JOHN GARDENERHowick

Exercisecaution

I AGREE that in one sense the buckstops with the municipality, as it issupposed to use our rates to benefitthe city.

Now turn the coin over and findthe residents.

If theyonlyadheredtotheconceptthat “you have the right to doyour thing, provided that you donot infringe on my right to do mything”, every disruptive strike,copper-cable theft, illicit electricityconnection, along with drivers

who ignore the rules of the road,suicidal pedestrians andlitterbugs, infringe on the rights ofothers.

Sodoesthebucknotalsostopwithevery resident in our city?

Is it not time that we took onour responsibilities?

Do we not have the power to turnour city back from a city oflawlessness and filth to a City ofChoice?

It all lies in our hands.

AVIS ODELLMontrose

Change is inour hands

THE staff and pupils,especially Grade 11A andtheir form teacher, of Raise-thorpe Secondary con-gratulate Arisna Maharaj onbeing the winner of “A YoungLadywithHeart” competi-tion.

She truly encompasses allthe qualities of this title. Wewish her and the other

nominees and finalists all thebest in their futureendeavours.

We are proud as a commu-nity to have such caring andcompassionateyoungwomenamongst us and we hope tolearn from their example.

We thank all those whosupported and voted forArisna in this campaign.

Our sincere thanks andappreciation to the coordina-tors and sponsors of this com-petition.

May your campaign toencourage compassionamongst the youth grow fromstrength to strength.

BEVIKA SEWGOOLAMVia email

A real young lady with heart

CADRE deployment is a majorcontributory factor to the many servicedelivery problems facing South Africa.

This, coupledwithno skills, experienceandcorruption, is the fundamental reason whymany of our state institutions are suffering.

Guilty state employees caught stealing fromtaxpayersareconvenientlyredeployedtootherdepartments.

In KZN, the Legislatures StandingCommittee on public accounts found thatirregular expenditure amounted to R14.5billion.Thereasonisblatant-thechieffinancialofficers (CFO’s) do not possess the requisiteknowledge to execute their roles effectively.

After an audit, the Minister of Co-operativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, PravinGordan, stated that 170 of the 278 CFO’s haveno qualifications in finance. Inefficient,unskilled, incompetent and corrupt statepersonnel have cost the country R30 billion ayear since 1994, according to the WorldTransparency Organization.

So Mr Nene, the easiest way to get oureconomy moving again is to put a stop toall those unscrupulous officials who plunderthe taxpayer money with impunity.

Increasing value added tax to 16% andfurther taxing the overtaxedmiddle andupperincome earners is going to be counterproduc-tive.

The multitude of taxes that people arealready subjected to, compounded by yoursignal to increase taxes, will erode consumersdisposable income which will in turn furtherslow down the economy.

Thissocalledmultipliereffect isnotgoodforinvestors.

So where do you get the money Mr Nene.?Yes you don’t, themoney is already there in

the government coffers.All youneed todo is stop corruptionand the

countrywillsavealmostR35billionayear.Whymust thealmost 6.2million taxpayers continu-ouslypaythebruntforthegovernmentsincom-petence.

The citizens of SA are also reeling from thee-toll blunder whereby the R29 billion projectseems doomed with the motorists probablypicking up the bill via increased fuel levies andhigher license fees.

So Mr Nene, the idea is simple, do not suckthe blood of the overburdened taxpayer withincreased taxes...just stop corruption and thecountry will have more money for servicedelivery.

Themoneysavedwill translatetoevenmorethan your fiscal consolidation plan outlined inyour medium term budget.

VIJAY SURUJPALVia email

BLATANTCORRUPTION

EDWARD WEST

THE Pietermaritzburg Chamber ofBusiness (PCB)presentedtwoawards tothe capital’s Businesses of the Year at a

glittering event on Friday night.The annual award ceremony, which has

become a highlight in the city’s socialcalendar, was held in the RoyalShowgrounds and was well attended bymore than 300 PCB members and otherstakeholders.

Midlands Medical Centre, one of onlya few independently black ownedprivatehospitals in South Africa, was namedBusinessof theYear intheServicesSector2014.

ItwasrecognisedbythePCBforitspas-sionandvision,exceptional financialper-formance, application of soundmanagementprinciplesandsubscriptionto the highest ethics.

A commitment to the care of peoplewas also supported by a big portfolio ofsocial responsibility initiatives.

Pressure Die Castings (PDC), thelargest brass foundry in the country, wontheBusinessof theYear in theManufactur-ing Sector 2014.

PDCmakes brass and aluminium alloywindow and door handles, brasscomponentsused inhighvoltage insulatorcut-outs,andbrasssprinklerheads in large

volumes, mainly for export to the United

States.The company has a strong financial position

in terms of assets built up over the 62 years, hasmaintained its competitive edge and has shown“remarkable growth in turnover and profitabili-ty”.

The Champion Entrepreneur for 2014 wasLumen Pillay, from Lumen’s Auto Solutions, acompany started in 2012 that services and re-pairs vehicles, specialising in Mercedes Benzbrands. Lumen claims to have been fully bookedsince the business opened in 2012 and there areexpansion plans in the pipeline.

This year, under the auspices of the KBCC(KwaZulu-Natal Business Chambers Council),the PCB, along with four other chambers in theprovince, adopted an entrepreneurial pro-gramme initiated by the Ilembe Chamber calledThe Entrepreneur.

“We partnered with The KZN Department ofEconomic Development, Tourism and Environ-mental Affairs, Hulamin and The Witness, andembarked on an exciting journey of entrepre-neurialskillsdevelopmentandcapacitybuilding.The competition attracted many entrants, 79 intotal, all ofwhomaresmall businesses,” saidPCBchief executive officer Melanie Veness.

The winner of the Entrepreneur 2014 wasPhilangezwi Ngcobo, trading as WoodenPyramid.Thefirstrunner-upoftheEntrepreneur2014 was Kaamani Jangali, trading as IzimbaliFlorist. The second runner-up of the Entrepre-neur 2014 was Taryn Govender, trading asTarynG Training.

PietermaritzburgMayor Chris Ndlelaand PietermaritzburgChamber of Businesschief executive officer

Melanie Veness at thestart of the Chamber’sannual gala dinner onFriday night.PHOTOS:JONATHAN BURTON

DoingCAPITALbusiness

Jay Ramharak (L) (KPMG), Shanitha Ramharak.

(From left) Condy Nxaba (Nedbank), Nelly Nxaba, Nomi Majola, and ThulaniMajola.

Allison (L) and Lance Deysel (PDC).

Frances Chisholm (L) and Peter Sibanda (Royal Haskon­ing DHV).

(From left) Farouk Jasat (Jasat&Jasat Attorneys), Sean Liu (productionmanager at Amalgamated Tobacco Manufacturing), Deon Van Schalkwyk,Tracy Van Schalkwyk.

Nathan Govender (L) (Kratos Steel Fabrication), KevinKisten (Medikist Pharmacy).

PHOTOS: JONATHON BURTON(From left) Lorna Jones (PCB), Dr May Mkhize, Koushik Maharaj.

(From left) Viresh Pakkoo (Paks Construction), Raksha Pakkoo, Renuka Chutterpaul, Shaun Chutterpaul (I­Spy).

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9Raising cancerawareness

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDEnglish teacher at Regina Primary School,Munira De Almeida (L), presents SavannahNaidoo with a trophy for having representedthe school at the GET Excellence awards in2013. Naidoo placed third.

Excellence awards

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDKaren Stander, enjoying the ‘pink gardens’ at Merchiston Preparatory School. This particular tree wasdecorated by MAG, and their theme was, “Cancer affects all walks of life.”

Pink gardens atPink gardens atMerchistonMerchiston

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPictured at Epworth’s speechnight (from left) chairman ofthe board Ian Ogilvie, deputyhead girl Camilla Pennefather,head girl Kristen Wepener,deputy head girl NonjabuloNdwandwe and head ofschool Liz Klug.

Epworthspeech night

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDIt is tradition for Cordwalles old boys and their parents to return toCordwalles for a reunion before writing their matric exams. Thisyear, 34 boys from the Class of 2009, representing their respectivehigh schools, returned for an evening of reminiscing and special'remember when' moments. Taking a moment to catch up were(from left) Colin Campbell (Maritzburg College), Kye Abraham (Hil­ton College), David Jones (Michaelhouse) and Tim Lewis (KearsneyCollege).

Cordwalles old boys reunion

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDHowick High School recentlyannounced their leadershipfor 2014/2015. Current headboy and head girl, JoshuaBull and Suman Nunkumar,handed over leadership toJames Webb and GraceCrookes, with their deputyleaders being Quinn Andersonand Tave Verhoef (from left)Joshua Bull, SumanNunkumar, Grace Crookes andJames Webb.

Howick headsfor 2015

Clarendon Primary Schoolrecently held a ‘spray for

cancer’ day. Donations werecollected and pupils and staff

sported sprayed hair for theday. A total of R3670 was

raised for the CancerAssociation. Seen here sporting

their sprayed hair are (fromleft) Keagan Lombard, Kian

Thomas, Amkela Mkhize andRylee Thomas.

Spray forcancer

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPictured on the steps of St George’s Church at the recent St Nicholasprize giving are (from left) Luke Perkins, St Nicholas principal, Pixie vanHeerden, St Nicholas chairlady of the board and Xolani Majola,programme director of the ISASA maths and English programme.

St Nicholas prize giving

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe girls of Russell High Schoolheld a bandana day to supportthe Sunflower Fund. Picturedwith their bandanas are (back,from left) Kanyisa Mfokazi,Thobeka Majola, Thando Dlamini(front, from left) VuyisileNgubane, Zamambo Mkhize andAnele Dlamini.

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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDJessica Schmidt from St John’s Diocesan School for Girls was selectedto represent KwaZulu­Natal at the 2014 SA Young Riders Champion­ships that were held in Gauteng. Schmidt competed in the 90cmevent on Frankies Tanga and Frankies Arabella.

Champion St John’s rider

Head ofEpworthSchool LizKlug present­ed MichaelaSandalls withthe goldmedal shewon at theKwaZulu­Na­tal provincialartistic gym­nastics com­petition.Sandallsqualified forthe KZNgymnasticsteam.

KZNgymnast

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDAn inter­schools fishing weekend was held recently at the BaynesfieldEstate, with Cowan House, Lynford, Pelham and St Charles Schoolsparticipating. Pictured is Cowan House pupil Jamie Stephenson withhis prize catch.

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to the front and rear as well as new head andtail lights featuring the automaker’s latestmultibeam LEDs. Alternatively, three modelsare optionally available with new multibeamLEDs.Ifthecamera­basedadaptivehigh­beamassist­plus system detects oncoming traffic orvehicles ahead with their lights on, each of the24 individual high­performance LEDs iscontrolled electronically so that various areasof the road surface can be masked out,depending on the situation.

The new CLS 250 CDI is powered by a four­cylinder diesel capable of 150kW/500Nm. Anew V6 petrol unit is a available in the CLS 400.Its turbocharged 3.5­litre unit is capable of245kW/480Nm. Inside owners can choosefrom five interior colours, six types of trim andvarious qualities of leather. A choice ofinfotainment system (Audio 20 CD – CLS 250CDI only) or Comand Online – (CLS 250 CDIoptional) and standard on CLS 350 BlueTEC,CLS 400, CLS 500 and CLS 63 AMG) is availablein conjunction with the new free­standing

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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDWielding headlights, torches and glow sticks, a brightly clothed group of families,individuals and teams enjoyed a walk or run through the St Anne’s wetland recently forthe annual Laddsworth Night Relay, a fun event for the Hilton community. Pictured intheir gear are (from left) Michael Brown, Hannah Mulder and Kaylim Humphrey.

Fun at the Night Relay

THE Primary Schools Sunfoil T20competition, hosted by the Inland CricketUnion, was a great success.

The excitement of the white ball, blacksight screens, bright lights and loud musicbetween overs and after boundaries iscommon place in T20’s these days.

This season saw eight schools invited toparticipate, with a straight knockoutformat, quarters, semis and final.Merchiston and St Charles Prep bothcruised past Pelham and Cordwallesrespectively, on the way to the final at thepicturesque Pietermaritzburg Oval.

Merchiston elected to bat first andstartedbriskly, goingatover five runs to theover during the restrictions, Luc Poussonbeing themain contributor forMerchiston.

Young Saints bowler Zane Saayman

turned the game around with his man-of-the-match return of four wickets for threeruns in four overs.

Despite losing wickets, Merchistoncontinuedtobatpositivelybutwerebowledoutinthepenultimateover(forthefirst timethisyear) for76runs.StCharlesPrepgotoffto a solid start and were in control at 35/1after seven overs when the electricity diedand the Oval was plunged into darkness.The players left the field and once powerhad been restored, time had been lost andDuckworth Lewis came into effect. It onlytook a few overs after play resumed forJames Twycross to loft a drive overmid-ontowin thematch forhis teambyeightwick-ets.

St Charles Prep will now represent theprovince in the national T20.

Saints win Sunfoil T20 PrimarySchools Challenge

ENTRIES for the 90th Comrades Marathon willcloseatmonthend,orassoonasthecapof23000has been reached. The Comrades MarathonAssociation (CMA) has announced that morethan 14230 entries have already been receivedsince the entry process opened on 1 September2014.

This means that less than 9000 entries areavailable before the overall entry process closesat theendofNovember,orassoonas thecaphasbeen reached. Thereafter, no entries will beaccepted so runners are urged to enter as soonas possible or risk missing out.

“The 90thComradesMarathon is going to bea very special one for us and our runners. Weurgeour runners tobeapart ofnext year’s eventon Sunday, 31 May 2015,” said CMA racedirector Rowyn James.

The cost to South African runners is R380.

Runners from the rest of Africa will becharged an entry fee of R600, while all otherinternational athleteswill payR2000.The entryrequirements,whichareclearlyindicatedontheentry form, must be adhered to at all times.Entries may be made as follows:>> online via the Comrades Marathon website:www.comrades.com;>> by posting the completed entry form with proof ofpayment to the CMA Office in Pietermaritzburg: P.O.Box 100621, Scottsville, 3209;>> by handing in the completed entry form togetherwith payment at the CMA office in Pietermaritzburg:18 Connaught Road, Scottsville.

Runners may enter the race before runninga qualifying marathon (minimum qualifyingdistance of 42.2km run in under five hours)whichmust be run between 1 August 2014 and3 May 2015.

Please note that the 2014 ComradesMarathon will not be an automatic qualifier forthe 2015 race. Qualifying details must besubmitted to the CMA by 5 May 2015.

The 90th edition of the world’s biggest andoldest ultra-marathon will be an ‘up-run’,startingat theDurbanCityHallandendingat theOval Cricket Stadium in Pietermaritzburg.

The substitutionwindow periodwill be from1 to 21 April 2015.

Last month for2015 ComradesMarathon Entries

TEAM Proudly Bidvest Ya-maha Racing rounded the2014 SA Liquorland

National Enduro season offclaiming three more podiumresults at the LiquorlandMatatiele WFO National Endurothat took place at Matatiele in theEastern Cape, and formed thesixth and final round of theseason.

TheMatatiele eventwas toughas it consisted of four specialstages with a total of 15 stagescounting towards the points.

With the number one plateof the 2014 National Off-roadseries already safely secured,Pietermaritzburg local KennyGilbert tackled the finalnational enduro with caution, asthe Roof of Africa is only a monthaway.

After a fairly trouble-freeevent, Gilbert claimed the secondplace in E2 (open class) and

finished fifth overall.This result ensured him the

third place in the E2 ClassChampionship for the season,while he finished sixth on theoverall standings.

He would however ratherforget theLydenburgeventwherehelostlotsoftimeinaspecialstagewhen the chain of his YamahaYZ290wasknockedoffandhehadto repair it in an extremely rockysection.

A sixth consecutive runner-upresult for Denzil Torlage in theMaster Class Championshipsecured him the second place inthis championship behind hisarch rival and veteran, Alfie Cox.

There were also good resultsfor Team Liquorland YamahaRacing’s William Gillitt who notonly claimed his fourth seniorclassvictoryoftheseason,butalsohis sixth consecutive senior classchampionship title.

Pietermaritzburgresident KennyGilbert clinchedthe second spotin E2 (openclass) after asafe racePHOTO: SUPPLIED

Podiums for Yamaha

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