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E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday 8 May 2012 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481 CLAREMONT/RONDEBOSCH “Telling it as it is” 350 Ottery Road Ottery (opposite Sasol & China Town near Pick n Pay & Makro) HART NURSERY WINTER SALE A nursery run with organic integrity Monday - Saturday 08h30-17h00, Sunday & public holidays 09h00-16h00 • www.hartnursery.co.za • [email protected] • www.facebook.com/bushbaby2865 tel 021 703 8689 fax 021 704 1480 R8.95 Flower seedlings from R9.95 Organic manure ±20dm /bag R36.95 Roses were R45.95 20% Vegetable seedlings Shrubs, trees, indoor plants, herbs from /tray R9.95 Potting soil ±20dm /bag NOW R6.95 /tray off marked price 10% off marked price Accessories, paving, ornaments, tools, organic pesticides, and fertilisers Winter Seedling varieties available at Hart’s Vegetable Seedling varieties available at Hart’s A large variety of shrubs, trees, herbs and vegetables at affordable prices ... 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Organisations from areas includ- ing Athlone, Mitchell’s Plain, Hano- ver Park, Hangberg and even Stel- lenbosch were threatened with ar- rest at their meeting points in Athlone and Manenberg on Friday 27 January as close to 1 000 people made their way – on foot – to the two-day summit. Only 60 determined activists made it to the common, while 40 were arrested under the illegal gatherings act. Cosatu then applied for permis- sion to host the event, which took place a week later. But after months of silence, the movement has declared its inten- tion of returning to the common and is refusing to apply for permis- sion from the City of Cape Town’s events management department. Mario Wanza, the convenor of Communities for Social Change, has snubbed the legal route as, he says, “he has the right to do so”. He cites that in terms of section 17 of the Constitution, which en- compasses freedom of assembly, demonstrating, pickets and peti- tions, “everyone has the right to as- semble with other people, hold a demonstration, picket or present petitions”. The charter continues that this must be done in a peaceful manner without the use of weapons. “We have the right to come to- gether without receiving authorisa- tion from the council. Our objective is clear – to find solutions to benefit society as a whole,” he says. Richard Bosman, the City’s direc- tor for Safety and Security, says the organisation would have to submit an application to the City in accord- ance with the Gatherings Act. “Applications for gatherings of more than 15 people are necessary in order to ensure that the neces- sary provision can be made for pub- lic safety, sanitation and traffic management, amongst others,” he explains. Applications are considered by a committee that includes Law En- forcement and the police. In terms of the Act, a gathering means any public assembly, con- course or procession of more than 15 people. Discussions will revolve solely around the development of the com- mon, Wanza continues. “Our goal remains to see the inte- gration of the poor and the rich liv- ing side by side. While our initial takeover of the common revolved around discussion, we are now go- ing to enter the planning stage so that we can take this initiative for- ward,” he says. Wanza, who is also the chairper- son of Proudly Manenberg, insists on referring to the com- mon as Tsui Goab, the name given to this monu- ment during a “cleansing ceremony” by Khoisan leaders in February. He says the date of the gathering is symbolic. “On these days in 1955, our forefathers gathered on an open piece of land in Kliptown to discuss their views on a new South Africa. Their ideas were documented in what is known today as the Free- dom Charter,” he explains. “Today, 57 years later, their ide- als are still relevant. The poor are still suffering and integration is still not a reality. It is up to us to do what we can to see change in this city.” He says the organisers plan to in- vite Premier Helen Zille, Mayor Pa- tricia De Lille and Human Settle- ments minister Tokyo Sexwale to the gathering. But an exasperated Rondebosch resident tells People’s Post that while she understands the plight of the poor, she doesn’t want to feel “like a hostage again”. “I thought they realised that this is a battle that they will never win,” Shirley Marais, who has lived in the area for 23 years, says. “The com- mon is part of the heritage of Ronde- bosch and I don’t think council or government will ever agree to de- velop it. They should set their sights on a more suitable pocket of land, and not on a site which will cause hostility between us and them.” Robert Sailles agrees. “This is a part of nature which should never be built on. We paid good money to live in this area sur- rounded by greenery and there is no way that I for one will give these plans my blessing.” He adds that he “fully intends” to attend the summit. “I will give those organisers a piece of my mind. Just like the poor have rights, so do I and I will prac- tice mine by speaking against this ludicrous idea to destroy this land.” See page 2 for more. Common goal on the cards NOT LOSING GROUND: Mario Wanza, the convenor of Communities for Social Change, says a solid foundation to the organisation's plans for Rondebosch Common will be laid at a summit next month. Photo: Leanne Stander We would like to improve our delivery service to you our readers, and have put in place an SMS service to make sure you receive your favourite newspaper regularly. Simply SMS the word DELIVERY to 32516 should you have any delivery related queries. SMS costs R1.00
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E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday 8 May 2012 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481
CLAREMONT/RONDEBOSCH
“Tel l ing it as it is”
350 Ottery RoadOttery
(opposite Sasol & China Townnear Pick n Pay & Makro)
HART NURSERY
WINTER SALEA nursery run with organic integrity
Monday - Saturday 08h30-17h00, Sunday & public holidays 09h00-16h00 • www.hartnursery.co.za • [email protected] • www.facebook.com/bushbaby2865
tel 021 703 8689fax 021 704 1480
R8.95
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from
R9.95
Organic manure±20dm
/bag
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/trayR9.95
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Accessories,paving,ornaments,tools, organicpesticides, andfertilisers
Winter Seedling varieties available at Hart’s
Vegetable Seedling varieties available at Hart’s
A large variety of shrubs, trees, herbs and vegetables
at affordable prices ...
Pansy, Viola, Ranunculus (Limited, only 300 x 6 packs grown from bulbs), Larkspur, Delphinium,Nemesia, Calendula, Stocks (Hybrid doubles in separate colours, Mai Series, Limited), Dianthus,Iceland Poppies, Salpiglossis, Petunia Carpet Series, Primula Malacoides, Primula Acaulis,Cineraria, Bokbaai, Kale, Antirrhinum, Foxglove, etc
Assorted varieties of Lettuce, Cabbage (green and red), Broccoli, Cauliflower, Swiss Chard Mix(Bright Lights), Swiss Chard Green, Beetroot, Leeks, Onions, Spring Onions, Peas etc.
TAMMY PETERSEN
THOUSANDS are expectedto plan “the future” ofRondebosch Common at a
mass meeting at this nationalmonument next month – againwithout authorisation.
This comes only five months afterprotesters from impoverished are-as faced off against police and lawenforcement in January whenCommunities for Social Change at-tempted to host a land, jobs andhousing summit.
Organisations from areas includ-ing Athlone, Mitchell’s Plain, Hano-ver Park, Hangberg and even Stel-lenbosch were threatened with ar-rest at their meeting points inAthlone and Manenberg on Friday27 January as close to 1 000 peoplemade their way – on foot – to thetwo-day summit.
Only 60 determined activistsmade it to the common, while 40were arrested under the illegalgatherings act.
Cosatu then applied for permis-sion to host the event, which tookplace a week later.
But after months of silence, themovement has declared its inten-tion of returning to the commonand is refusing to apply for permis-sion from the City of Cape Town’sevents management department.
Mario Wanza, the convenor ofCommunities for Social Change,has snubbed the legal route as, hesays, “he has the right to do so”.
He cites that in terms of section17 of the Constitution, which en-compasses freedom of assembly,demonstrating, pickets and peti-tions, “everyone has the right to as-semble with other people, hold ademonstration, picket or presentpetitions”.
The charter continues that thismust be done in a peaceful mannerwithout the use of weapons.
“We have the right to come to-getherwithout receivingauthorisa-tion from the council. Our objectiveis clear – to find solutions to benefit
society as a whole,” he says.Richard Bosman, the City’s direc-
tor for Safety and Security, says theorganisation would have to submitan application to the City in accord-ance with the Gatherings Act.
“Applications for gatherings ofmore than 15 people are necessaryin order to ensure that the neces-sary provision can be made for pub-lic safety, sanitation and trafficmanagement, amongst others,” heexplains.
Applications are considered by acommittee that includes Law En-forcement and the police.
In terms of the Act, a gatheringmeans any public assembly, con-course or procession of more than15 people.
Discussions will revolve solelyaround the development of the com-mon, Wanza continues.
“Our goal remains to see the inte-gration of the poor and the rich liv-ing side by side. While our initial
takeover of the common revolvedaround discussion, we are now go-ing to enter the planning stage sothat we can take this initiative for-ward,” he says.
Wanza, who is also the chairper-son of Proudly Manenberg, insistson referring to the com-mon as Tsui Goab, thename given to this monu-ment during a “cleansingceremony” by Khoisanleaders in February.
He says the date of the gatheringis symbolic. “On these days in 1955,our forefathers gathered on an openpiece of land in Kliptown to discusstheir views on a new South Africa.Their ideas were documented inwhat is known today as the Free-dom Charter,” he explains.
“Today, 57 years later, their ide-als are still relevant. The poor arestill suffering and integration isstill not a reality. It is up to us todo what we can to see change in thiscity.”
He says the organisers plan to in-vite Premier Helen Zille, Mayor Pa-tricia De Lille and Human Settle-ments minister Tokyo Sexwale tothe gathering.
But an exasperated Rondeboschresident tells People’s Post thatwhile she understands the plight ofthe poor, she doesn’t want to feel“like a hostage again”.
“I thought they realised that thisis a battle that they will never win,”ShirleyMarais,whohas lived in thearea for 23 years, says. “The com-mon is part of the heritage of Ronde-bosch and I don’t think council orgovernment will ever agree to de-velop it. They should set theirsights on a more suitable pocket ofland, and not on a site which willcause hostility between us andthem.”
Robert Sailles agrees.“This is a part of nature which
should never be built on. We paidgood money to live in this area sur-rounded by greenery and there isno way that I for one will give theseplans my blessing.”
He adds that he “fully intends” toattend the summit.
“I will give those organisers apiece of my mind. Just like the poorhave rights, so do I and I will prac-tice mine by speaking against thisludicrous idea to destroy this land.”
See page 2 for more.
Common goal on the cards
NOT LOSING GROUND: Mario Wanza, the convenor of Communities for Social Change, says a solid foundation tothe organisation's plans for Rondebosch Common will be laid at a summit next month. Photo: Leanne Stander
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Page 2 People’s Post Claremont-Rondebosch GENERAL Tuesday 8 May 2012
Dear reader,
I dedicate this column to my motherwho has been living with breast cancerfor more than two years.
I’ll never forget the day my mom’s doc-tor diagnosed her cancer and her re-sponse after crying. She said: “I will haveto live with this”, unlike most people whoexpress fear of dying at such news.
With these words, my mother had inad-vertently created a message of hope forherself. Remarkably, she has kept thishope alive, without invasive treatmentswhich our family initial-ly insisted on and retali-ated angrily to when shepersistently refused toeven consider the bestknown conventionaltreatment available.
Ultimately though, wehad to respect my moth-er’s right to live her lifeand manage her illness asshe chooses.
Faced with the head-strong, determined ma-triarch that is my moth-er, our family fully sup-ported her decision andtried everythingwecouldto strengthen her im-mune system and giveher a fighting chance.Among the many thingswe have tried are apricotkernels, vitamins, bitter herbs, olive leafhoney, massage, oils, holy water, prayer,dark chocolate and green juice.
These have brought some relief, but Iam constantly amazed at how my motherlives with her pain. She seldom takespainkillers and even now, after a few tea-spoons of morphine, she has lowered herdose. Throughout her illness, my motherhas remained her usual talkative, author-itative, smart, wickedly funny self. De-spite becoming very frail and thin, shehas retained her ability to walk and sitwhile eating her meals, and have a puffor two. Who’s counting?
A woman of remarkable faith, willpow-er and resilience, my mother is an inspi-ration to her six children and many whoknow her.
My father would differ somewhat, as ithas become his destiny to take care of this
strong, wilful woman and their three catsand two birds. His best culinary effortsare often criticised by her and feedbackto visitors is that he does not provide herwith the balanced diet she requires. Mysiblings and I take this with a ton of saltas we know how much effort my fatherputs into my mother’s meals; in fact, eve-rything he does for her.
To keep the peace, we humour mymother in her diatribe against my father,and then tell him in private we know thetruth. If my mother were to read this, I’dbe in trouble.
In the past fewmonths, my mother’shealth has deteriorat-ed rapidly and physi-cally she has become ashell of her formerself, but her mind is asastute as ever and Istill turn to her forguidance on mattersfinance, career andpersonal.
I do my best to visither throughout theweek, but Sundays areour days when we talk,feel sad, reminisce andlaugh at our silly com-ments, especially mymom’s gossip aboutmy dad.
What I love mostabout my interaction
with my mother is her brilliant sense ofhumour and ability to appreciate a goodjoke –notmine though, as I’mnotoriouslyunfunny.
I cannot believe when looking at mymother’s beautiful smiling face that sheis riddled with pain; it is only when I fo-cus onhow thinand fragileherwrists andlimbs are, that the reality of her illnesssinks in.
My mother’s journey has been painful,traumatic and terrifying and I am hum-bled by her strength and grace. She willalways be my heroine and I thank God forevery moment I still have with her.
ConnectED is a weekly column, byPeople’s Post Editor, Feroza Miller-Isaacs who can be contacted on [email protected]
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TAMMY PETERSEN
WHILE it would be difficult to gain permis-sion to build houses on the RondesbochCommon, the task is by no means impossi-ble.
The land is a provincial heritage site andan application would need to be made toHeritage Western Cape for any develop-ment proposals.
The land is zoned Public Open Space interms of the City’s zoning scheme and alsohas a zoning schedule provision reservingits purpose as “Commonage.”
It therefore has no development rights asthe space is being held in common for allpeople to use. This protects the common byvirtue of the fact that the City may notchange the zoning without advertising itsintention to the public and inviting publiccomment. People can therefore make for-mal objections to any proposed change inuse.
No development on the Common cantake place without changing the title deed.
The Rondebosch Church Lands Act affectsthe Common in that the original conditionsof this Act – pertaining to the Common –are enshrined in the title deed to the land.No development contrary to these restric-tions can be undertaken without changingthe title deed.
The land is owned by the City of CapeTown and City Parks is the custodian of theCommon. The land was transferred to theCity in 1913 in terms of the City of CapeTown Ordinance No 19 of 1913.
The common is also on the Cape TownBiodiversity Network, being one of the lastremaining sites of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos.The site is almost entirely a seasonal wet-land, which also makes it unsuitable.
The land can be used for picnicking, run-ning, walking and dog-walking. It is alsoused for small local events such as Carolsby Candlelight and, in the past, Blisters forBread.
There are by-laws covering the use of thearea, including no motorised transport,picking of flowers or overnight stays.
What are the chances?
PICTURESQUE:Although it wouldprove difficult,there is a possibility for development at theRondebosch Common.
My mother, my hero
PROFESSOR Ed Rybicki, of the Universityof Cape Town’s Department of molecular andcell biology will give a free public talk on “In-fluenza vaccines – including the possibilityof ‘universal vaccines’”, which could protectagainst all human influenza virus variants.The talk will take place on Wednesday 16May at 17:00 at SAAO Auditorium, Observa-tory. No bookings. Go to http://www.royal-societysa.org.za/ for more information orcall (021) 650 2543.
Keep the flu at bay
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Healing on the wild sideLILLIAN AMOS
WILD animals in the southernsuburbs will in future be treat-ed at a R4,6 million medical fa-
cility.
In a first for the City, a short-term WildlifeCare Facility opened at the Grassy ParkSPCA last Wednesday.
Construction on the facility started lastSeptember with primary funding from thenational lottery and R600 000 from the SPCA.
The facility will provide emergency treat-ment to a range of injured, sick and errantwild animals.
SPCA CEO Allan Perrins says the wildlifeunit “serves a critical role in responding toreports of displaced, injured and sick wild-life and investigates reports of cruelty towild animals.
However, until now our ability to provideoptimal care and treatment to the myriad ofmammals, birds, reptiles and fish rescuedeach year, has been limited by the lack ofspecialist facilities to properly house andcare for them.”
The need for such a facility was identifiedin 2000 when the SPCA first started respond-ing to wildlife emergencies.
SPCA Wildlife Unit supervisor Brett Glas-by says: “The facility has been designed andmasterfully built to enable us to simultane-ously care for different types of wild animalsthat require short-term treatment and carebefore being released back into the wild or,whereappropriate, transferred to a long-termrehabilitation centre.”
He says displaced animals need a safe,warm and quiet place to recover before beingreleased back into the wild.
“For those with injuries, such as burns orwounds, or those that are emaciated and de-
hydrated, we now have facilities to providespecialist treatment and care.”
The facility will be operated to “interna-tionally recognised standards” and will playa big role in protecting and conserving wild-life.
During the last fiscal year (April 2010 toMarch 2011) the SPCA Wildlife Unit respond-
ed to 230 wildlife rescues involving more than1 000 animals.
The team investigated nearly 200 wildlifecruelty cases and was involved in over 450 hu-man/wildlife conflict issues.
The unit also undertook inspections of 14captive wildlife facilities.
They expect these numbers to increase. Al-
though construction is complete, the cost ofrunning the facility is budgeted at just underR1 million a year. The SPCA is looking to in-dividuals, foundations, trusts and corporatedonors to support the initiative.
More information can be obtained atwww.spca-ct.co.za or visit them on the cornerof First Avenue and First Road, Grassy Park.
MUCH TO CROW ABOUT: Wildlife Unit Inspector Gareth Petterson from Plumstead with a rescued Cape Black Crow currently being cared forin the new facility. Photos: Supplied
LOOK AT ME NOW: An Iguana, rescued bythe CoGH SPCA Wildlife Unit.
Stop abuseagainst womenVIOLENCEagainstwomen is oneof themostpressing problems in South Africa? Ascourge against society that affects the fu-ture of all.
Every 25 seconds a girl is raped, everysixth day a woman is murdered by her part-ner and one out of four women is in an abu-sive relationship.
The Women’s Hope Education and Train-ing (WHEAT) Trust calls on all South Afri-cans to stand together and fight against this.You can do this by joining their movementand help women to become strong leaders.You can also donate money to support Com-munity projects that work to stop violenceagainst women.
WHEAT is hosting a “1000 women unitedagainst domestic violence” luncheon whereyou and nine of your friends can share a ta-ble at R3 500. It will be held on Thursday 17May at the CTICC. To find out more visittheir Facebook page or their website onwww.wheattrust.co.za. Email www.wheat-trust.co.za or phone (021) 762 6214 to book aticket. Funds raised will strengthen women-led initiatives across the country that worktirelessly to bring hope, protection andknowledge to women and girls.
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UCT students put shoulder to the wheelTWENTY-TWO UCT students worked up asweat on Freedom Day to fix up a crèchein Ottery.
The students – mostly from Grootte Schuurresidence – beautified the crèche, which wasbuilt last year by the founders of the FellowshipBible Church Christian School.
The school offers schooling to learners withlearning challenges, including foetal alcoholsyndrome. Many of the learners come from im-poverished communities, including FreedomPark and Jim se Bos informal settlements in Ot-tery and nearby farms.
The idea of fixing the crèche came aboutwhen occupational therapists who volunteer atthe school found that some of the learners wereunderdeveloped in certain areas which result-ed in learning difficulties and physical abnor-malities.
A large part of the crèche was still underde-veloped. The students volunteered to tile floors,plant grass and succulents on the creche play-ground, paint walls and dig trenches for irriga-tion pipes. The school is a safe haven for learn-ers and also offers assistance to parents.
Anyone who wishes to donate resources ortime to the Fellowship Bible Church ChristianSchool or crèche can email Daniel du Plessis [email protected] or go to their websitewww.fbcshool.org.za.
There ishelp outthereDEMENTIA SA will post nu-merous dementia/Alzheim-er’s disease support groupsdesigned to help those withfamily members afflictedwith these conditions.
The groups will focus onsharing coping techniques,management and otherstrategies for caring forsomeone living with memo-ry loss.
The Plumstead groupmeets at 10:00 at BrentonLodge, 9 Brenton Road onthe first Wednesday of themonth. Attendance is freebut donations are welcome.
For more information con-tact Sandy on (021) 4210077/8, 0860 636 679, email;[email protected] or vis-it www.dementiasa.org.
GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY: UCT students, who come from different backgrounds and communities in South Africa, could not haveimagined a better way to celebrate Freedom Day. Photo: Supplied
Choir keeps winter chills at bayTHE Universi-ty of CapeTown’s annualwinter concerttakes place onWednesday 16May.
The “Sop ‘nDop” concerttakes the formof a “sop”(soup) and“dop” (drink)to keep awaythe winterchills.
The concertstarts at 19:30at St Paul’sChurch,Rondebosch.
Tickets costR50 for adultsand R20 for stu-dents.
Tickets arealso availableat the door. SINGING SENSATIONS: The University of Cape Town Choir prepares to wow the crowd in a series of concerts this winter.Photo: Supplied
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In one case, goods valued at R10 800 werestolen. Pinelands police urge residents totake better precaution when leaving theircars unattended, to avoid becoming anothervictim of theft from a vehicle.
Three vehicles, parked in The Orchardssecurity complex in Pinelands, were brokeninto on Wednesday 18 April. The theft inwhich the owner is believed to have lostgoods valued at R10 800, was discovered at08:00.
In the first theft, thieves made off with aradio and camera which were left in a carparked in the driveway of the security com-plex.
The owner of the second vehicle was noti-fied around 4:20 of the theft by a securityworker.The back window was smashed andclothes, CDs and a medical kit were stolen.
Pinelands police urge residents not toleave any items in their cars, especially atnight. Car owners are also encouraged to in-stall car alarms to avoid opportunisticthefts. Pinelands police spokesperson TandoSonjica says: “The perpetrators are alwayslooking for an opportunity to commit crime.We urge the community to assist the police
in curbing crime as thefts out of motor vehi-cles are escalating in our precinct.”
The police’s safety tips include lockingyour car door, windows, boot and sunroofeach time you leave your car.
If your vehicle is parked outside, lock thesteering wheel with an immobiliser, such asa steering or gear lever lock.
Car owners should remove all valuables,including radios, CDs and laptops from carswhich are left unattended. Owners are alsocautioned to park their vehicles in well-litareas at night.
In a separate incident, Pinelands police ar-rested four men for possession of an illegalfirearm.According topolice, the gunwas ful-ly loaded. The occupants drove a yellow Hon-da Ballade when they were pulled over in aroadblockonJanSmutsDrive shortly before22:00 on Sunday 29 April.
None of the occupants claimed ownershipof the gun, which was discovered on the roadnext to the vehicle. The men appeared in theGoodwood magistrate’s court.
Pinelands police are looking for the own-ers of two bicycles. You have to be able toidentify the bicycles and have proof of own-ership. A suspect has been arrested inHoward Drive in connection with the case.
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Lupus awareness dayTHE Arthritis Foundation is having a LupusAwareness Day at Groote Schuur Hospitalin the Kleinschuur Room on Thursday 10May from 10:00 till 12:30. Rheumatologist,Dr. R. Bhorat will be the speaker. PleaseR.S.V.P.
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Get cracking on those tertiary preparationsIT IS already May, so matricsmust start making plans fortheir studies in 2013.
This year’s Grade 12s are onlyjust settling into their last year atschool, but an education expertwarns that those who want to pur-sue studies next year must start in-vestigating their options and sub-mit applications to the tertiary in-stitutions of their choice.
Dr Felicity Coughlan, director ofthe Independent Institute of Educa-tion, says: “It is imperative that thelessons of the last three or fouryears are used to make this group’sexperience less stressful than thoseof the thousands upon thousands ofprospective students who had theirdreams dashed in recent years.”
In past years, many prospective
students left their registrations andapplications until the last minute(or even later). Great distress re-sulted when masses of applicationscould not be considered becausethey were late, a candidate’s chosencourse was already fully sub-scribed, or a school-leaver’s aca-demic record disqualified him orher for a chosen path.
She says the following tips willempower students to make the bestchoices for their unique circum-stances, without the pressure oflooming deadlines forcing them ina direction they would not other-wise have chosen:
.Broaden your scope andcheck out campuses for yourself
“Guidance teachers at school canonly offer advice on that with whichthey are familiar, which often lim-
its their guidance to a smallnumber of public universities. Asmart student will explore optionsin the public and private sector, andwill go to the campuses themselvesrather than blindly trust advertise-ments,” says Coughlan.
.Check the facts“This is your future, so fully ex-
plore registration and accredita-tion, entrance requirements, dura-tion of qualification, price, campussize, equipment, staffing and suc-cess rates. Don’t be fooled by hollowpromises – check the facts on whichall promises are based and if thereare no facts to back them up, walkaway. Read the small print.”
.Keep your options open byhaving options
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tion types (for instance public andprivate institutions, universitiesand colleges). It is also better to ap-ply for more than one qualification.Once your results have been re-leased, your foresight will meanthat you will be in a position tomake the best available choice.”
.Meet the deadlines“Several institutions have sur-
prisingly early closing dates and itis important to get your applicationin on time. While many private in-stitutions offer the advantage ofhaving closing dates that don’t fallwithin your Grade 12 year, youshould not leave applications tothem too late either, as the demandon many high quality programmesis high.”
.Hope for the best but preparefor the worst
“If degree study is what you want,then familiarise yourself with thedifferent levels of achievementneeded for the same degree at differ-ent institutions. Understand nowwhat the alternative access routesto degree study are should you notqualify this year.”
.But remember, life is notlived by degrees
Coughlan points out that it is amyth that all the best opportunitiescome to those with degrees.“A per-son with a respected, vocationallyfocused diploma can be more em-ployable than someone holding ageneric undergraduate degree. Adegree is no longer the door openerit used to be.
Employers are looking for amatch between what they need andwhat you have studied.”
Catch early train, Grant tells school childrenPUPILS using the train have to get up earlierto make it to school on time.
That’s the advice from education ministerDonald Grant.
Grant, together with Minister of PublicWorks and Transport, Robin Carlisle, lastweek made a whistlestop at the Golden Acrein the City Bowl to determine the impact oftrain delays on pupils.
Many pupils using the trains cut throughthe Golden Acre to get to school on time. De-lays in train schedules due to, among others,cable theft and faulty signals, have last weekprevented pupils and workers from gettingto their destination on time.An education de-partment clamp-down on late-coming atschools have proven a difficult task as a re-sult of late trains.
Grant says: “I have often received com-plaints from pupils that delays on Metrorailtrains were the cause of them being late.While I am fully aware that many of theselearners simply do not wake up in time, onehas to feel sympathetic for those learners
who did plan to get to school on time, butwere delayed because the train was late.”
Grant says he roped in Carlisle to see first-hand how late Metrorail trains affected “oneof their biggest clients, the pupils”.
Pupils told them trains were frequentlylate on rainy days, Thursdays and Fridays.
“My message to learners is to please takethese delays into consideration when plan-ning to travel to school. Wake up a bit earlieron these days to make provision for delays.While it is unacceptable that they can’t con-sistently rely on such a service, this is thesad reality they face. So, unfortunately, thiscould mean getting up an hour earlier onthese days until Metrorail becomes more or-ganised and reliable.”
Carlisle says that it is inevitable that thetrains will not run on time.
He also said he was optimistic that recentmoves to restructure a single public trans-port partnership with the support of the City“will result in a vastly improved experiencefor our school-going children”.
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Time captured in first solo exhibitionTHE Barnard Gallery at number55 Main Road in Cape Town re-cently opened its doors to a deepand thought provoking exhibi-tion by Jaco van Schalkwyk.
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Van Schalkwyk captures the pas-sage of time and its navigation ofthe temporal to the eternal.
The launch was opened by guestspeaker Cecile Loedolff and guestsenjoyed wine, canapés and BuchuWater.
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IN FULL VIEW: Art lovers at the first solo exhibition of Jaco van Schalkwyk. Photo: Supplied
BIG SMILES: Guest speaker Cecile Loedolff shares a photoopportunity with the artist, Jaco van Schalkwyk.ENJOY THE SHOW: Sonja Steyn and Brad Twaddle enjoy the exhibition as
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ART LOVERS: Bernice Botha (left) and Joana Botha(right) formed part of the crowd at the exhibition.
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On Thursday 26 April a couple got en-gaged onstage after watching the hit showBullets over Bishop Lavisat the Baxter.
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A STONE’S throw from Wynberg, wehave one of the most beautiful wine es-tates in the world, Groot Constantia,and after a wet weekend it was the per-fect spot for a sunny walk.
This historic estate is always a perfect es-cape. Rolling green vineyards set againstthe mountains and Simon van der Stel’smagnificent country house, splendidlyplacedamongageingoaks.OldSimonreallychose the best spot in the Cape, well worththe hazardous journey in those flimsy sail-ing vessels back in the day of curly wigs andclay pipes.
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It seems strange that sofew people enjoy strollingthrough the Estate as thereare plenty of long, safewalks in the valley and onthe mountain paths.
On rainy days the ba-boons frolic on the picniclawns, the babies swingfrom trees which is fun towatch from the safety ofyour car, but a bit scary ifyou are on foot. We had ahair-raising confrontationone Sunday while walking in the mountainvineyards, when we spotted a large baboon
strollingalong companionablywithour twowhite poodles. He seemedfriendly enough and ran offthrough the vines when wecalled the dogs.
Most visitors head straightfor the restaurants and Simon’sand Jonkershuis are very popu-lar with gorgeous young cou-ples enjoying a glass of wine,while their kids run amongstthe oak trees, cycle on the grav-el paths and play hide and seek.
One sweltering hot day Iwatched six fully-dressed kidsswim around with the ducks inthe historic pools behind themanor house.
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The Iziko Museum, next to Jonkershuis,opens a window to the past when Simon hada personal slave just to light his pipe – how-ever, the slaves ate well, as the daily mealsincluded generous helpings of meat andwine.
Thank you Simon van der Stel for creat-ing this paradise on earth.
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OBSERVATORY’S holistic lifestyle fair hasundergone a makeover and a change of ad-dress after 15 years.
The fair, best known for promoting con-scious and wholesome living, reopened asLife.Style & Eco Fair at Gardens Commer-cial High School in Cape Town’s CBD thispast Sunday.
Around 100 exhibitors will present theirwares on the first Sunday of every month atthe new venue.
Stalls includeholistic therapists, life read-ers, natural, eco and green products andmuch more. There is also a range of enter-tainment options, including lifestyle filmsand talks.
Healer, poet and Director of the Edin-burgh Festival of Spirituality and Peace,Andrew Newman, was one of the speakersat Sunday’s event.
Newman studied healing with Dr BarbaraBrennan (author of the classic Hands ofLight) and has had numerous successesworking with, among others, coma patientsand animal communication.
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Table Mountain confirmed as world wonderPOSTCARD perfect and iconic TableMountain is now officially one of theworld’s seven natural wonders.
Table Mountain’s status as one of the NewSeven Wonders of Nature has become officialafter an international audit confirmed the re-sult of a global voting process.
In her announcement, City of Cape Townmayor Patricia de Lille described the title as“a great accolade for a unique wonder of na-ture that belongs to all the people of CapeTown, South Africa, Africa and the world.The New Seven Wonders title has great long-term marketing value for Cape Town andSouth Africa. The wonder becomes part ofschool curricula, it becomes a “must-see” and“bucket list” item for travellers and explor-ers.” The New7Wonders Foundation, which
is based in Switzerland and regulated underSwiss law, has confirmed that Table Moun-tain’s “provisional” status after internation-al voting closed on 11 November has beenchanged to “official”.
Hundreds of millions of votes had been castfor 28 finalists across the world and all ofthese numbers had to be verified.
De Lille says an official inauguration willbe held. “An impressive commemorativeplaque will be officially presented by theNew7Wonders Foundation. Table Mountainis unique among the Seven Wonders in thatit is in the heart of the city. The others area distance away from main centres. TableMountain is a marvel of history, geology, bio-diversity and it even has a stellar constella-tion named after it.”
The other six wonders are the Amazon for-
est in South America, Halong Bay in Viet-nam, the Iguazu Falls in Brazil and Argenti-na, Jeju Island in South Korea, Komodo Is-land in Indonesia and the Puerto Princesaunderground river in the Philippines.
De Lille thanked everyone who voted forTable Mountain, adding that the City “willwork closely with the South African NationalParks (SANParks). They are responsible formanaging Table Mountain as one of our coun-try’s national parks”.
The Official Supporters Committee (OSC)started the Vote for Table Mountain cam-paign three years ago at the first of threerounds of voting. They approached the Cityfor support in the final round of 28 when thecampaign needed a major thrust. The City,through its Communication and Tourism De-partments, launched a high-impact, high visi-
bility campaign “Seven Weeks to Seven Won-ders” for the final, decisive victory push.
Sabine Lehmann, chairperson of the TableMountain official supporters committee, saidthe official confirmation would provide a sig-nificant boost to the South African tourismindustry.
Lehmann said visitor numbers to themountain “reached record numbers” whenthe mountain was named on the provisionallist of seven sites last November, and “we ex-pect the official confirmation to further boostvisitor interest locally and abroad”.
SANParks regional general manager Garyde Kock said “we value that this award recog-nises SANParks’ significant investment inthe natural heritage of this beautiful moun-tain chain and that conservation adds valueto the tourism economy.”
Table Mountain has been named oneof the seven natural wonders of theworld. Photo: Michael Hammond
Page 10 People’s Post Claremont-Rondebosch GENERAL Tuesday 8 May 2012
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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DuTiEs (kEy REsuLT AREAs/OuTPuTs): • Open, sort and circulate mail • Timeouslyretrieve patients x-rays and medical folders • File all patients x-rays/medical folders/subfolders • Ensure the preservation and safekeeping of case notes and x-ray covers andthe maintenance of filing order systems • Handle all telephonic queries • Handle clinicalsystem.
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iNsTRuCTiONs TO APPLiCANTs: Z83 forms (obtainable from any Governmentdepartment or www.capegateway.gov.za) must: Be completed in full, clearly reflect thename of the position, name and date of the publication (candidates may use this asreference), be signed, accompanied by a comprehensive CV, the names of 3 referees andcertified copies of ID, driver’s licence and qualification/s. Applications without the afore-mentioned will not be considered. Applications must be forwarded to the address asindicated on the advertisement. No late, faxed or e-mailed applications will be accepted.CV’s will not be returned. Excess personnel will receive preference. Applications, whichare received after the closing date, will not be considered.
Further communication will be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not receiveda response from the Department within 3 months of the closing date, please consideryour application as unsuccessful. It will be expected of candidates to be available forselection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department.
As directed by the Department of Public service & Administration, applicants mustnote that further checks will be conducted once they are shortlisted and that theirappointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which include securityclearance, qualification verification, criminal records, credit records and previousemployment.
The Department of Health is guided by the principles of Employment Equity. Disabledcandidates are encouraged to apply and an indication in this regard will be appreciated.
FIGHTING FIRE: During thelast five months, the Fire Brigade Services of ProvincialDisaster Management hassupported the Table Mountain National Park in approximately 10 fires. Through theplacement of one of the firebrigade’s helicopters at theTable Mountain NationalPark’s Newlands Fire Base,Fire Brigade Services havesaved the park more thanR1,4 million in standing feesand R200 000 in flying hourfees. This positioning of thehelicopter allowed fires tobe dealt with quickly and efficiently, always aiming toassist within the first criticalhour of a fire. Pictured fromleft are pilot, John Mittelmeyer, Fire ManagerPhilip Prins and ProvincialDisaster Management Assistant Director, Jerry Maycock. Photo: Supplied
EVERY Kenilworth Centre custom-er will have a chance to spoil theirmom on Mother’s Day, Sunday 13
May.
Kenilworth Centre, managed by BrollProperty Management and part of the Foun-tainhead Property Trust Portfolio, is pre-senting an exclusive Mother’s Day programthis month. It is designed to give each cus-tomer an opportunity to spoil their mother.
Mother’s Day is the perfect opportunity toacknowledge how special moms are in ourlives, and Kenilworth Centre is here to helpcelebrate this special day. Kenilworth Cen-tre has formulated a selection of ways andideas to help thank Mom for being the best.
First off, spoiling your Mom with pamper-ing gifts is a beautiful expression to showyou care.
Customers can spend R100 or more fromnow until Saturday 12 May at any Kenil-worth Centre store and stand a chance to winone of four unique pamper hampers filledwith items every mother deserves. The luckydraw will take place on Saturday 12 May at14:00.
Mother’s Day is the best time to express in
writing how much you love and care for yourmother. With this in mind, Kenilworth Cen-tre is setting up a ‘Mom’s Wall’ in the CentreCourt for children to write a warm and heart-felt message for everyone to see.
This Saturday, prizes will be given awayrandomly to customers to commemorate thisoccasion. While some show their motherhow much she means to them in writing, oth-ers can do so by decorating plain vanilla cup-cakes for their mothers in the Centre Courtbetween 11:00 and 12:00.
The Mother’s Day Sidewalk Gift Sale Ex-travaganza, from Friday 11 May to Sunday13 May has a wide range of products – fromhair, skin, nails, shoes and accessories. Cus-tomers will be spoilt for choice while search-ing for that perfect gift meant for their Moth-er.
Afterwards they can relax and enjoy amouth-watering meal in one of the selectionof restaurants in Kenilworth Centre.
Kenilworth Centre welcomes families tocelebrate this Mother’s Day.
Entry forms for the competition are availa-ble at the information kiosk and go towww.kenilworthcentre.co.za or call(021) 671 5054.
Special Mother’s Day giftfrom Kenilworth Centre
THOUSANDS of books have been collectedin the Juta and Company drive.
The book retailer and publisher hosted thedrive which started on 23 April, World BookDay.
Working with The Bookery, they aim tohelp build libraries at schools and in commu-nities where none existed previously, and tobolster resources at others. In four days,about 250 volunteers managed to make 2 400books library-ready, enough to stock an av-erage library to 80% capacity.
Cosmas Mabeya, project manager at TheBookery, says those books which were fullyprepared are currently being catalogued on-to the computer library’s lending system:“This is the final stage in the process beforethis collection of books is shelved at a schoollibrary. The remaining books that have yetto be sorted, catalogued and covered will beprepared at the Bookery.” Juta and Compa-ny kick-started the initiative by donatingR700 000 worth of books which volunteers be-
gan sorting, covering and cataloguing alongwith books donated by the public.
Lynne du Toit, Juta & Company CEO, saysit was wonderful to see so many people vol-unteer: “Students, professionals, even theWestern Cape Education MEC, DonaldGrant, as well as visitors from overseasturned up to donate or cover books.”
Du Toit adds she is hopeful the book dona-tion drive will grow into an annual event be-cause the need for library resources does notonly exist on World Book Day: “Our effortswill be ongoing and in future we hope to con-tinue to work with The Bookery and set our-selves targets, while encouraging furthercommunity involvement.” Du Toit says usedbooks in a good condition can still bedropped off in the donation bin housed attheir flagship Juta bookshop in DreyerStreet, Claremont.
“One may also choose to purchase a bookfor donation from the wide range of schoolresources in-store.”
Books for the less privileged
ONTO THE SHELF:Western Cape Education MEC DonaldGrant and Juta andCompany CEO Lynnedu Toit cover booksto help build librariesin celebration ofWorld Book Day2012. Photo: Supplied
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St Anne’s – a home for allSUMMER JACOBS
A sense of comfort pervades StAnne’s Home in Woodstock.
The sound of children’s laughterand women walking about barefootgives an air of homely reassuranceinstead of it being a place of refuge.
Based in Woodstock for over 100years, St Anne’s has been servingthe public since 1904. Their 108thbirthday last Friday went downwithout much fanfare. They don’thave the cash.
It is hard to conceive the mothersand children living at the sheltershare a background of abuse andneglect.
Their smiles and chatter do notresemble society’s stereotype ofdestitute women.
Most of the women and childrenwere camera-shy and preferred tostay out of the media limelight.
St Anne’s Home director JoyLange says board members had theintention of creating a homely envi-ronment when they transformedthe corner house on Balfour Streetinto a shelter.
Lange says: “The original StAnne’s Home was situated in Chap-el Street and had an institutionaldormitory style. When board mem-bers bought the house on BalfourStreet in the middle 1990s they hadthe idea of creating a homely styleof living”.
This homely living is evident inthe set-up of the bedrooms whichhave both beds and cots. The crècheis across the passage so mothershave peace of mind, knowing theirchildren are close by and safe.
Lange explains a block of flatsnext to the shelter was put up forsale a few years ago.
The home then purchased thatproperty and was able to create thespacious shelter now spreadingacross four plots.
This has also provided them withthe opportunity of creating areasdedicated to, among others, grouptherapy, workshop sessions and acomputer room.
StAnne’sHomeoffers shelter andcare to women and their childrenfor four to six months.
They provide the women with ac-commodation, three meals a dayand clothing in exchange for R70 amonth.
This fee also includes services tothem and their children.
A social worker facilitates coun-selling, along with an array ofworkshops and training skills.Women who are cash-strapped are,however, not turned away.
Lange points out that the positiveparenting skills programme is a fa-vourite among the women.
The programme revolves aroundinstituting discipline and establish-ing healthy boundaries betweenparent and child.
Lange says 90% of the womenthey serve “have not been parentedproperly”.
To this end, “the workshop teach-es mothers to deal with situationsin a proper manner, for example bynot shouting at their children orputting them down”.
St Anne’s is currently home tonine mothers and 14 children.
Once every quarter they try to or-ganise an outing for the women and
children to enjoy themselves.“We take them to the beach, the
zoo or the movies. I remember awhile back a staff member tooksome of the women to the movies.One woman was brimming fromear to ear when they returned. Sheexclaimed that it had been eightyears since she had been to the mov-ies,” says Lange.
“So everyday things we take forgranted are highly appreciated bythese women who are largely fromlow- skilled and low-educationbackgrounds.”
The Home also extends its servic-es to foreigners, although, says
Lange, it presents difficulties, suchas food preferences and communi-cation barriers. A special fundrais-ing evening is planned for Tuesday15 May with the comedy show Fun-ny Business at Theatre on the Bay,in Camps Bay, featuring Alan Com-mittie and Robery Fridjhon.
The show starts at 20:00 and freesnacks and wine will be servedfrom 19:00. To book, contact Tash-min or Lorraine on (021) 448 6792.
CREATIVE THERAPY: Joy Langeshows off a tutu made by one of thewomen in a sewing workshop.Photo:Summer Jacobs
A FAMILY AFFAIR: Some of the women staying at St Anne’s Home are, from left, Colleen Carelse with daughterElzaan; Sipokazi Ntsomi with one of a set of twins Siyabonga; director Joy Lange with twin brother Ntsikelelo;and Jameela Marlie with her son Zubair. Photos: Summer Jacobs
Page 12 People’s Post Claremont-Rondebosch LEADER Tuesday 8 May 2012
Be goodWith Mother’s Day fast approaching, it maybe hard to reconcile this city’s statistics forwomen and child abuse.
Let the facts speak for themselves.A 2004 study by the Medical Research Coun-
cil found that four women each day are killedin acts of femicide by known perpetrators,particularly intimate partners. This means awoman is killed every six hours.
This number makes up half of the womenmurdered in SA. It is the highest rate yet re-ported in research worldwide, says the re-port.
The Women’s Hope Education and Train-ing (Wheat) Trust has found that one out ofevery four women in South Africa is in anabusive relationship. Every 25 seconds awoman or girl is raped in South Africa.
These statistics paint a devastating picturefor the safety of women and children in ourcountry.
Enter valiant attempts at redress throughorganisations such as the Saartjie BaartmanCentre for Abused Women and Children, inAthlone. This centre now faces closure.
Their coffers are bare. They need help –even if all you do is reach for the cheque book.
Abuse transcends barriers of culture, back-ground, income and religion.
This centre offers a lifeline to thousands ofwomen – not only on the Cape Flats, but toabused women and children all over. It offerscounselling and a safe haven through twophases. The first is short term, while phasetwo – which offers housing – is up to a year.
There is a dearth of such facilities in thiscity and the country. It would be a travestyfor the Saartjie Baartman Centre to have toshut its doors.
The iconic woman for whom the centre wasnamed suffered humiliating depravity.
It is said bad things happen when good peo-ple do nothing.
Come now Cape Town, be good people!
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Did anyone find R1 000 at theStandard Bank machine in Bel-vedere Road on the 30th of April?I’m a pensioner who left it there.My phone number is(021) 671 3651.
No workI wish the six tenants in my
house readsyour letter. The fourchildren, aged 24-32, lay and playDVD games 24 hours a day andeat all they see. Ma and Pa workand say the children can’t findwork because they have no expe-rience or they blame affirmativeaction. My son joined the policeand proudly wore his blue uni-form for 15 years. He went to asecurity firm for five years,packed his bag, kissed me good-bye and has been a warehousemanager in Auckland for thepast eight years. He has been tovisit three times. Wetton
HousingWe all know there is a housing
shortage in the Western Cape.Why are there empty houses inthe Joe Slovo Park next to theN2? These houses are standingempty for many years already.
Muslim tradingIs this normal Islamic “mus-
lim” practise for a business to betrading inside a store while it isjuma time? The owner runs off,sits in mosque while business isbooming inside on FreedomDay? Irrespective, most if not allother butchers were closed forthe juma duration. Just goes toshow, money is the ultimate rul-er for somepeople.What a shameto the dean. This shop shouldhave started closing its doorsfrom 12:00 already. So what’s theexcuse? I was in the shop.
Restaurant tipsAccording to the Federation of
Hospitality in Southern Africathere is no legislation on tippingin South Africa. Therefore, it isnot the right of a waitron. A tipis rather a privileged reward forexcellent service during a meal.It is a free gift from a customerand can be given at his discre-tion and the amount is also de-termined by him.
Electricity costsThe electricity tariffs are
high. It is a difficult life we areliving. We are still earning pea-nuts. I don’t know where to goright now.
Pirate copiesPirated DVDs are the only
cheap entertainment option forthe poor, while everything elseis unnecesarily overpriced.
Give cannabis a chanceA FEW thoughts on the recentdemonstration here and in 700other cities.
I have never smoked cannabis.Nor do I intend to. I still feelwholeheartedly that it should belegalised.
Banning it deprives the worldof a commodity (hemp) as usefulas bamboo to the Chinese. With-out hemp, there would be no CapeTown – all those hemp ropes onwhich sailing ships relied.
Imagine a world where not onetree has to be sacrificed for paper.
The American Declaration of In-dependence was written on hemppaper. Hemp grows easily almostanywhere and without fertiliser,unlike cotton. Yet you can makelonglasting fabric from it.
Hemp is a nutritious foodstuff,both for people and animals. It isa brilliant insulator and has beenused in the construction indus-try. I have not even touched on itspainkilling properties. If it issuch a panacea, why was it everbanned? Ask Dupont and the oth-er producers of nylon and syn-
thetic fabrics.Ask the tobacco giants who had
to vilify cannabis to divert atten-tion from their own problems.Ask Monsanto and other fertilis-er multinationals.
Why take my word for it? Go tothe internet encyclopedia wikipe-dia.com and look under the en-tries on cannabis.
You can download films madeabout legalising cannabis whichI believe will convince you asreadily as they converted me.Banning cannabis is as daft asbanning petrol because some idi-ots like to sniff it!HELEN PARRY
Journey safeMOST people over 40 would muchrather take the train if they hadthe assurance of not being at-tacked, beaten or even raped.
To go to work by train would berelaxing and you would be savedfrom having to find parking, payfor monthly parking and terribletraffic jams.
But the trains are not safe or re-liable. They are being burnt out,people are knifed, thrown out of
moving trains, killed, maimedand even shot.
So who wants to take the trainunless a safe way to protect peo-ple can be found? I remember us-ing the train and it was alwayssafe, even during the worst dem-onstrations of the past. But this isa whole new element of peoplethat are in for the kill. It givesthem a high.
They are tik users and drugabusers and they need bigger andbigger highs all the time. Thoseare the people that must be
caught first and the rest is easy.Where do the drugs come from
and the tik providers?People will take the train again
because it is easy and comforta-ble. I also remember when thetrain station was orderly andclean, and people behaved in anorderly manner but that was be-fore South Africa became floodedwith drugs.
I say yes to Metrorail, if theyprovide safety to get into the cityand not into the cemetery.RALPH KRALL
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STAR ATTRACTION: Multiple Grammy award winning Canadian superstar Michael Bublé wowed the crowd at his concert at GrandWest lastweek. The crooner performed at the venue from Tuesday 1 to Thursday3 May. Capetonians showed their appreciation with all three showssold out. Photo: Nasief Manie
CONTINUING the Raise the Roof2012 Concert Series, and follow-ing the recent success of the mul-ti-award winning black andwhite silent movie, The Artist,South Africa’s leading organ im-proviser and Kanna Award win-ner, Zorada Temmingh, returnsto St George’s Cathedral to im-provise a soundtrack to themuch-celebrated 1923 black andwhite silent movie, The Hunch-back of Notre Dame.
Hailed as the “super jewel” of1923, this iconic film is consideredthe most successful silent film of itsera. The film will play in the cathe-dral while Temmingh plays her
piece.The performance will take place
at St George’s Cathedral on the cor-ner of Wale and Queen VictoriaStreets on Wednesday 9 May at19:30. Tickets cost R90 per personand are available at the door.
Refreshments will be on sale atInterval in the marble entrance hallof the Taj Hotel. For further infor-mation about this unusual and notto be missed event, which supportsthe Cathedral Roof Appeal, or forfurther information about theRaise the Roof 2012 Concert Series,contact Cathedral Director of Mu-sic, David Orr, at the Cathedral on(021) 424 7360 or email to [email protected]
SUPER JEWEL OF THE 1920s: Organimproviser, Zorada Temmingh, revisits and improvises the soundtrack ofThe hunchback of Notre Dame.Photo:Supplied
Revisiting a classic
Reviving the jukebox soundSOME of the most iconic musicwhich used to be blasted fromjukeboxes all over the world dur-ing the early ’40s to the late ’60sis recreated in a show called Jivewith the jukebox.
This musical romp, producedand directed by Jayson King, wasa sold-out success at the JosephStone in Athlone last year. It willbe brought to life again at thesame venue for two performanc-es on Friday 1 and Saturday 2June at 20:00.
This production follows thefootsteps of recording artists likeElvis Presley, Fats Domino, Con-
nie Francis, Tom Jones, LouisPrima, The Drifters, Tempta-tions, Gloria Gaynor, DonnaSummer, Peaches and Herb, NeilSedaka, Elton John, Cliff Richardand many more.
Jive with the Jukebox will haveyou twisting and jiving to thesounds of Chubby Checker, sungby newcomer Deeno. ConnieFrancis is portrayed by Sumayaand Tom Jones and Engelbertwill be brought to life by PhillipDee and Dennis Maart.
Zurayda does Doris Day proudwith her version of Sway, fol-lowed by Ruth Knight singing the
songs of Gladys Knight. The Su-premes, Shirelles, Dixie Cupsand Three Degrees also featurewith the three girls performingas Crystal Clear. They belt outthe sounds of Aretha Franklin,Fontella Bass, and Cher.
Jive with the jukebox guaran-tees to be entertainment with adifference as the choreography isstyled to the period and so are thecostumes.
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CHOSEN: Four cricketers from Wynberg Boys’ Junior School were selected to represent the Western Province U13 team. From left, UmarAnthony, Wade Dollman, Kyle Pluke and Riaz Paleker Photo: Supplied
CALLED UP: Twenty cricketers from Rondebosch Boys’ were selectedfor Western Province representative teams recently. Seventeen players were picked for A teams and 3 for B teams. The school have neverbefore had this many cricketers selected to the provincial team atonce. Back from left, Ryan Klein, Kay SkovgaardPetersen, Alex Mather, Murray Commins, Tayo Wahlbrug and Yaseen Allie. Middle from left,Keagan Smith, Devon van Rensburg, Riaz Sader, Zubayr Hamza, Matthew Christensen, Nicholas Stander and Suhail White. Front from left,Gavin Kaplan, Jay Stephens, Dayyaan Galiem, Edward Bester andAthenkosi Nyengane. Photo: Supplied
BATTLE: The boys’ hockey team from Sweet Valley Primary in Bergvliet played St Paul’s College, a side on tour from Windhoek, at BergvlietHigh School’s Astroturf on Wednesday last week. In the picture Andrew Kiangi from St Paul’s and Sweet Valley player Josh Atmore battlefor possession. The Namibian team won the game 30. Photo: John Raymer
OUTPLAYED: The boys and girls’ hockey teams from Sweet Valley Primary in Bergvliet played St. Paul’s College, a side on tour from Windhoek, at the Bergvliet High School Astroturf on Wednesday last week.Here Kiana Cormack of St Paul’s attempts to sneak the ball awayfrom Lutho Sidzuma of Sweet Valley. The visitors won the game 31.
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TEAMWORK: The Young Killers Football Club U9 team received a kit sponsorship from Adidas thanks to thekindness of the sportswear company, the Claremont Rotary Club and one of their young opponents. The sponsorship came about after Luca Hefer of Meadowridge Football Club noticed that the side had no kit andplayed barefoot during a match. His mother contacted Adidas and the Rotary Club and the project was setin motion. In the picture are from left, Hilary Hefer, Lionel Morkel from the Rotary Club of Claremont, LennoxNgubetole, Luca Hefer, the Meadowridge Football Club U9 team (top), the Young Killers U9 team and BobMaphosa from Adidas. Photo: Supplied
Major netball tournament for cityCAPE TOWN will host the first everWorld University Netball Champion-ships (WUNC) at the Good Hope Cen-tre in July this year.
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Young netball players will alsobe able to benefit from coachingclinics to be held in and aroundCape Town by coaches and playersfrom the 12 participating coun-tries, as part of USSA’s goal of de-veloping sport at grassroots level.
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The WUNC will be preceded bythe University Sport South Afri-ca’s (USSA) netball champion-ships which will be hosted at Stel-lenbosch University from Thurs-day 28 June to Monday 2 July.
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‘Maroon Machine’ steamrolls False BayLIAM MOSES
A BRAVE and determinedFalse Bay side felt the fullforce of the University of Stel-lenbosch’s “Maroon Machine”on Saturday evening whenthey hosted Maties at PhillipHerbstein in Constantia.
The home team went into thematch on the back of defeatagainst three of the toughestteams in the competition, Dur-banville, Hamiltons and Victori-ans.
They were hoping to turn thecorner against another of the Su-per League A title contenders,but any chance of False Bay gain-ing early superiority on eitherthe score-board or the field waserased as soon as the eighthminute, when Maties scoredtheir first try after aperiodof sus-tained pressure.
Flyhalf Jarryd Buys missed thesubsequent conversion, but hemade no mistake with his secondattempt in the 26th minute afterhis side crossed the whitewashagain.
False Bay managed to pull backthree points in the second lastminute of the half, after a penaltyfrom Stefan Swanich, but the vis-
itors resumed dominance lessthan two minutes after play wasrestarted with another convertedtry.
The hosts staged a fight-back inthe 49th minute by notching uptheir own 7-pointer, but the ri-poste did not last long and Matieswent on to add two more tries, aconverted try in the 51st minuteand an unconverted one in the73rd.
The 31-10 score line will haveleft many of the passionate homesupporters bemused as False Baywere never completely dominat-ed during the match.
False Bay coach Chris Hewet-sonput the result down tohis sidefailing to take their opportuni-ties.
“I think we were a lot better,and I suppose it’s a cliché, but wewere a lot better than the scoreactually suggested, like anycoach would probably say.
“But it was evident to anybodyhere that we actually left threetries abegging.We justnever exe-cuted.”
Hewetson added that poor exe-cution of kicking tactics, whichwere decided on before the game,was also to blame for the loss.
“We do serious analysis of ouropposition and we found it evi-
dent that Maties weren’t good un-der the high ball. The unfortu-nate thing with our kicks werethat they didn’t go where wewanted them to go. But it waspart of our strategy.”
With four losses from theirfirst four games, the Constantiateam’s season has not gone astheywouldhavedesired, but theywill have their best chance at vic-tory when they face Villager intheir next game at Brookside onFriday.According to Hewetson,his team should now have somerespite after making it throughthe first four games with theirpride intact.
“We have played against thetop four teams. UCT (the Univer-sity of Cape Town) are a team thatwe know are battling at the mo-ment because we know they lostplayers due to all the Stormers’injuries and the Vodacom Cup(team),” said Hewetson.
“We know that we’ve playedagainst the four toughest teamsalready, so we know we got thatout of the way.”
Despite the player drainHewetson refers to, the Ikey Ti-gers will still be a tough prospectfor False Bay when the sides meeton Friday 18 April at Groote Sch-uur.
Bursting at the seamsLIAM MOSES
IN the four short years since its for-mation, Itheko Sports Athletic Clubhas grown into one of the largestrunning clubs in Cape Town andone of the most well-known.
The club started when its founderand current head coach, FaroukMeyer, decided to personally traintwo heavily overweight acquaint-ances in 2008. Since then it hasgrown exponentially into the 1000-member running force that it is to-day.
However, de-spite this incredi-ble growth andthe success of theclub’s first race,the Jive SlaveRoute Challenge,which will behosted for the sec-ond time on Sun-day 27 May, Lionof Africa Ithekohas stuck to itsoriginal focus ofworking withnewcomers to thesport.
“The main rea-son (I started theclub) is the in-stances of ail-ments like cardio-vascular disease,obesity and high blood pressurethat you see around you all the timewithin our community,” says Mey-er.
“All it means is that people needto do some form of exercise. Com-bined with eating healthily, it willmake a difference. My biggest let-down is that I don’t have enoughtime to document the life-changingexperiences that people have.”
The club started its speedygrowth in size immediately afterMeyer took on his first trainees andonce people witnessed the changethat the men had gone through.
At first the newly-formed clubmet and trained at RondeboschCommon, but once their numberssoared to around 400 they wereforced to move to the Rhodes HighSchool in Mowbray.
But the club has once again out-grown their home and today theywill move to a new location in Wil-
low Road, Observatory.Meyer says that while the
amount of members on Itheko’sbooks is impressive, what is moreimportant is the fact that most werecomplete novices before theyjoined.
“I have been running for the last35 years but four years ago I real-ised that there is no actual runningclub that caters for people who havenever done sport in their lives be-fore.
“What is significant or phenome-nal about this running club is that
99% of people whoare members ofthis running clubhave never donesport before andthey have trans-formed their livesby getting healthyand fit throughrunning.”
According toMeyer, Itheko isnow the biggest ofthe 85 runningclubs affiliated toWestern ProvinceAthletics.
The club’sname, Itheko,means “a big occa-sion in isiXhosa,
and over the last two years it has be-come increasingly appropriate dueto the growth in size and the incep-tion of the club’s own road race.
But Meyer says the club aims tomake any run a big occasion foreach and every member takingpart.
“Most people come here and say‘I cannot run’. But what we say isthat if you can walk you can run. Allwe do is teach you the difference be-tween walking and running.
“The type of person who will en-joy being part of Itheko is a personthat wants to make a difference intheir lifestyle in terms of theirhealth. We’ll show you how to enjoythe sport and then you’ll enjoy allof the healthy benefits that comewith the sport.”
People’s Post is the print mediasponsor for the Lion of Africa Ithe-ko Jive Slave Route Challenge. Forfurther information or to enter therace visit www.itheko.org.
READY TO GO: Itheko coach Farouk Meyer (left) with EdwardMurdock (79), this year’s oldestrace entrant and first time participant in the Jive Slave RouteChallenge. Photo: Summer Jacobs
STANDINGFIRM: Nic leRoux of Rondebosch BoysHigh is held byMorne Briel ofBrackenfellHigh during anU19 A match inRondeboschon Saturday.Photo: Peter Heeger
