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Legal action pending againstchildren’s homeTERESA FISCHER

IT HAS emerged that the City ofCape Town was already in the

process of taking legal actionagainst the Building Blocks Chil-dren’s Home in Pinelands, wheretwo babies were found dead intheir cribs on Tuesday 31 May.

This is for violation of the City’szoning scheme regulations.

Building Blocks Children’s Homeis a temporary home and refugecentre for abandoned, abused andHIV-positive babies. As a safehouse, babies are cared for thereuntil permanent care can be ar-ranged.

At the time of the incident, the fa-cility also had morebabies than it was al-lowed in terms of So-cial Developmentregulations.

Building Blockswas not required tobe registered if it didnot have more thansix children in itscare.

Bruce Oom,spokesperson forBonginkosiMadikizela ActingMEC for Social De-velopment, says thatin line with the Chil-dren’s Act, Act 38 of2005 Building Blocksco-founder JennyBerger can legally provide care andprotection to six childrenat anyonetime.

Oom says that at the time of thedeaths, she had a total of 10 babiesand toddlers in her care, and shewas in violation of the regulations.

One of the deceased babies hadbeen found abandoned and the oth-er was removed from the care of herdrug-addicted mother.

By the time of going to press, Oom

was not able to respond to a ques-tion regarding what processes theDepartment has in place to monitorsuch facilities.

Cheryl Walters, Director of Plan-ning and Building DevelopmentManagement, confirms that on 21October 2010, a 60-day notice wasserved on the operators to cease theillegal activity at 131 Forest Drive.

A follow-up inspection on Thurs-day 20 January revealed that theywere still operating. According toWalters, the City was awaiting acourt date.

Meanwhile another children’shome in Pinelands without the cor-rect zoning permission has alsobeen served notices for allegedlyoperating illegally.

Walters says theowner failed to complywith the notices, andthe operator of thechildren’s home wassummoned to appearin the City Hall Muni-cipal Court on Mon-day 7 March.

The case was re-manded a few times,and the next court ap-pearance is Wednes-day 22 June for pleaand trial.

Madikizela said onFriday 3 June that theDepartment of SocialDevelopment had or-dered the removal ofall babies and young

children in temporary safe care asa precautionary measure, pendingthe finalisation of the SAPS investi-gation.

Oom says eight babies were re-moved on Friday; seven were takento Nomzamo Children’s home, andanother to an alternative place ofsafety in Hout Bay.

He adds that Berger has three fos-ter children, over which the courthas given her legal custody. Those

three children are still with her.Ward councillor, Alderman Bri-

an Watkyns says: “While it is recog-nised that the operators are bothconducting humanitarian workthat fulfils a need in society, it mustbe done in a legal manner. It is un-fortunate that in both cases theychose to continue operating afterthey were made aware that their ac-tivity was illegal, and in each caseignored the deadline given to themby the City.”

Amid the turmoil of media re-ports following the incident, Eye-witness News last week quotedMadikizela as saying that the ba-bies died of unnatural causes.

The report quoted Madikizela assaying: “We were informed by theSouth African Police Service thatthey had done the autopsy and thatthose babies died of natural causes,but subsequent to that, we havelearnt that the report was in fact in-correct. The babies actually died ofunnatural causes,” he said.

Asked to clarify why the ActingMEC said that the deaths were fromunnatural causes, Oom says:“Minister Madikizela commentedthat the death of the babies was un-natural, in the sense that it was sud-den and unexpected. This was nota medical or forensic proclamation,nor was it intended to pre-empt an

official forensic pathology report.”He adds: “Minister Madikizela

apologises for any confusion or in-convenience this may havecaused.”

Director of Communications forthe Provincial Department ofHealth, Faiza Steyn, says the causeof death is under investigation.

“It will remain so until the post-mortem findings have been madeby the attending pathologist. Theautopsy report will be released tothe police.”

Yesterday, Berger, co-founder ofthe home, was unavailable for com-ment yesterday as she was underdoctor’s orders to rest.

DOUBLE TRAGEDY: The forensic pathology van outside Building Blocks temporary foster home in Pinelands, wheretwo babies were found dead on Tuesday 31 May. Photo: Danielle Karallis

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’n Mediese Fonds is nie net nog ’n versekering nie.

’n Ware mediese fonds stel jou belange eerste deurdat dit jougesondheidsvereistes beide effektief en omvattend bestuur. Diswaarom Selfmed opsies bied wat by alle gesondheidsorg-behoeftes pas – van ’n gewone verkoue tot ’n swangerskap enselfs ’n lewensbedreigende noodgeval.

Ons bedank ons lede vir meer as 45 jaar se volgehoueondersteuning en is met reg trots dat Selfmed steeds een van diemees etiese en lid-vriendelike skemas in Suid-Afrika is. Boonopbied dit finansiële gemoedsrus met reserwes wat wetlike vereistesby verre oorskry.

Praat met ons, want by Selfmed is dit ons lede wat die vrugtepluk.

Mathematicians claim slice of pi

NATURAL LEADERS: “Our fu­ture is being taken from us. It’stime for us to take it back!”says Hannah Harrison­Saay­man, a Grade 7 pupil at Pine­lands North Primary School.Her fellow pupils are so con­cerned about environmentaldegradation in this countryand the planet, that they aretoday presenting speeches tothe Western Cape ProvincialParliament. An intrepid groupof Grade 7 environmentalistswill be addressing the stand­ing committee on Agricultureand Environmental Planning.In hard­hitting statements,Harrison­Saayman, Huda Abra­hams, Nadia Arends, MoufheTshifularo and Mohamed Al­taaf Hassan Uphadey raisetheir concerns regarding biodi­versity, water, waste and energy and what they believe the government and the legislature shouldbe doing about them. Pictured are Marianne Martens (back) and (middle row, left to right) DanielNeu, Zachary Laidlaw, Muofhe Tshifularo, Caylin du Toit, Noluvo Nkabeni, Reza Ebrahim and KeishaGidion. in the front (left to right) are Huda Abrahams, Hannah Harrison­Saayman, Nadia Arendsand Altaaf Ismail. Photo: Supplied

A TEAM of four Grade 7 students will competein an international maths competition inHong Kong, and another team of four Grade7s and four Grade 9s will compete in Bali.

In March, 202 Grade 7 and Grade 9 “mathe-maticians” from all over Cape Town gatheredat Elkanah House to take part in the first oftwo elimination rounds of the Po Leung KukPrimary Mathematics World Contest and theIndonesian International Mathematics Com-

petition.The second elimination round was held on

Thursday 24 March to determine the CapeTown teams.

Elkanah House is recognised for its mathe-matics excellence, and is currently providingadditional specialised mathematics trainingfor all team members and runners-up in prep-aration for these internationally-acclaimedmathematics competitions.

It all adds upCAPE TOWN boasts four of the sixmembers of a team that will repre-sent the country in the 52nd Interna-tional Mathematical Olympiad(IMO) taking place in Amsterdam inJuly.

The South African team is dominatedby southern suburbs pupils – Ashraf

Moolla (Rondebosch Boys’ High School),Kira Dusterwald (Springfield Convent Sen-ior), Robert Spencer (Westerford HighSchool) and Sean Wentzel (Westerford HighSchool).“To represent your country at theIMO is like achieving national colours inany sport,” saysProfessor JohannEngelbre-cht, executive director of the South AfricanMathematics Foundation.

Desperately seeking booksNAZARETH House is desperately in need ofgood used books for their charity shop aswell as their forthcoming book sale.

They can collect. Please phone (021) 461-1635 or 083 432 1473 (Fred) to make arrange-ments.

HOT SHOTS: ThomasMcDougall (Grove Pri­mary, who is on theHong Kong Team), Ja­don Wolffs (Herzlia Mid­dle School) and MartinKillick (Sweet Valley)both in the Bali Grade 7Team. Photo: Supplied

ASHRAF MOOLLA: Rondebosch Boys’High School. Photo: Supplied

KIRA DUSTERWALD: Springfield ConventSenior School. Photo: Supplied

ROBERT SPENCER: Westerford HighSchool. Photo: Supplied

SEAN WENTZEL: Westerford High SchoolPhoto: Supplied

WORK STARTS: Cannons CreekIndependent School has turnedthe first sod on the premises ofwhat will be the new primaryschool building. The buildersmoved on to the site on Monday23 May, preparing for the com­mencement of the buildingwork on Wednesday 1 June. Theschool celebrated with glass ofbubbly on Tuesday 31 May. Pic­tured are Ricky Anderson (pri­mary school pupil), HannahBanks (pre­school pupil) andNatasha Miszewski (highschool pupil), with Carol Booth(founder principal of the schooland also the principal of the pri­mary school). Photo: Supplied

Join in this reunion cocktailMICKLEFIELD SCHOOL ishosting a past pupils cock-tail party on Thursday 9

June from 18:00 at a cost ofR75 per person.

For more information,

email pastpupils@mickle-field.co.za or phone (021) 685-6494.

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Sex worker refuses to takenon-payment lying downPOLICE have once again unrav-elled a perjury case in the Clare-mont Cluster.

The most recent incident oc-curred on Monday 30 May, whena Rondebosch resident regis-tered a case of Housebreaking atRondebosch Police Station.

According to this resident, asuspect entered his home via anopen bathroom window andstole a laptop.

Rondebosch detectives fol-lowed up on the case and viewedvideo footage, which showed thecomplainant in the company ofa sex worker.

Subsequent investigations ledto detectives interviewing thesex worker, where she statedthat she had taken the laptop asthe complainant refused to payher for services rendered.

A 30 year man old was arrest-ed on charges of perjury andmade a brief court appearanceon Thursday 2 June at the Wyn-berg Magistrate’s Court, wherehe was released on bail. He willre-appear in court on Saturday4 July .

Just a few days earlier, an 18-year-old university student wasarrested and charged with per-jury after she alleged that shewas robbed of her BlackBerrycellphone, when she had actual-ly sold it.

The UCT student alleged shewas accosted on Friday 27 Maywhile walking along the MainRoad in Claremont.

Subsequent investigation byClaremont detectives resultedin the phone being traced to aresidence in Cape Town on Sun-day 29 May.

The phone was found togetherwith its original packaging. Shemade a brief court appearanceon Monday 30 May in the Wyn-berg Magistrate’s Court.

She was released on bail, andher next court appearance is onWednesday 22 June.

Captain Angie Latchman,

Claremont Cluster spokesper-son, says despite continuouswarnings by the police, mem-bers of the community still con-tinue to lay false complainantsin spite of the repercussions oftheir action.

“The South African PoliceService would like to inform thecommunity that persons mak-ing false reports will be crimi-nally charged, and face the pos-sibility of jail term if foundguilty.

“A lot of police time, effort andresources are being wasted oncases opened under false pre-tences.

The South African PoliceService is committed in the fightagainst crime and its pursuit ineradicating criminal elementsfrom society,” says Latchman.

•Mowbray Police have arrest-ed a man who held a 57 year oldwoman up in her home.

The woman was on Saturday4 June at 21:00 confronted insideher kitchen at home in PrieskaRoad in Mowbray, by an un-known man.

The suspect produced a knifeand demanded she hand overcash and her cellphone. He thenfled from the scene on foot. Thewoman did not sustain any inju-ries.

Mowbray Police followed allpossible leads and in the earlyhours of Sunday morning, 5June, they arrested a 22 year oldmale at his residence in Bok-makkierie in Athlone.

The woman’s wallet was re-covered at the suspect’s resi-dence.

Initial investigation at thescene established that the sus-pect gained entrance into thehouse when the complainantopened the door to let her dogsout.

The arrested suspect will ap-pear in the Wynberg Magis-trate’s Court on Tuesday 7 June.(today)

Achmat’s great tale of courageTERESA FISCHER

IT IS hard to imagine a sharkattack being in any way funny,

but Achmat Hassiem’s story-tell-ing ability has his young audi-ence alternately gasping withfright and then giggling uncon-trollably.

Champion swimmer and sharkattack survivor, Hassiem (28) issharing his inspirational story atRosebank Junior School, holdingeveryone spellbound.

Hassiem and his brother weretaking part in a life-saving trainingexercise at Sunrise beach in 2006when the attack happened.

“Please either be a big dolphin ora big friendly seal,” was his firstthought when he saw a huge, darkshape moving through the water to-wards his brother.

“But then I saw a big fin stickingout (audience: “aaaaaaaaahhh”).The fin was moving towards mybrother (audience: “joh, joh, joh”).It was a Great White shark! It was4,5 metres long! (audiencescreams).”

Hassiem started splashing wildlyto distract the shark from his broth-er and soon the big black shadowturned towards him, swimmingright up to him until they were eye-ball to eyeball. “Its skin felt just likesandpaper,” he remembers. Whenhis elbow bumped the shark’s tailthe enraged shark came for him,

mouth open wide, baring row uponrow of jagged teeth.

“All I wanted to do was get awayfrom those teeth,” he says. He decid-ed he would try and get on top of thecreature’s back, “like a cowboy”.

But before he could throw his legover the shark, it bit his leg rightoff.

At the time Hassiem didn’t real-ise his leg was missing, because ofthe adrenaline pumping throughhis body. Just as the shark was pull-ing him under, the life-saving teamarrived in a rubber duck and hisbrother managed to pull him out bythe arm. As Hassiem turned back,he saw the shark had something inhis mouth, but he didn’t know whatit was.

“He was chewing on something ...I thought to myself this shark hastime for a snack while I’m busy be-ing attacked here ... who does hethink he is?”

The crew made for the shore atbreakneck speed with the furiousshark thrashing against the boat.

It was only when he woke up inhospital that Hassiem realised hisleg was missing and he thought hischildhood dream of representinghis country as a sportsman hadbeen dashed forever.

Before the attack, he had playedon several provincial sports teamsand was the South African beachsprinting champion for two yearsin a row. Life-saving had given hima chance to make a national team.

But as he was lying miserable inthe hospital bed, champion swim-mer Natalie du Toit, who also losta leg, visited him and encouragedhim not to give up. So Hassiem be-gan intense training at the SportsScience Institute, and by 2010 hadclinched a spot in the national para-lympic team, competing in the Bei-jing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Hassiem is the captain of theWestern Province swimming team,is in the top five in the world in al-most every event in his category(S10) and is the world record holderfor the 200 metre butterfly.

After his talk, which he has alsodelivered to the United Nations inthe presence of President BarackObama, Hassiem was bombardedwith questions, and the children al-so begged him to take his prostheticleg off.

Hanging around his neck is oneof the shark’s teeth, which was em-bedded in his leg. “I keep it roundmy neck as a reminder that nothingis impossible,” he says.

. The talk was organised by SafiaAbrahams, the mother of Huda Ab-rahams, a 13-year-old pupil at theschool who has dwarfism.

She is a disability swimmer, whothis year made the Western Prov-ince Primary Schools SwimmingTeam and in March scooped fourgold medals at Newlands in a na-tional competition. Huda’s dwarf-ism hasn’t let it stop her fromachieving her dreams.

MY HERO: Huda Abrahams and her mother, Safia, with Achmat Hassiem.Photo: Teresa Fischer

AWESOME: Children from Rosebank Primary School touch the shark toothhanging around Achmat Hassiem’s neck. Photo: Teresa Fischer

Whales postponedTHE Whale of an Equation Conferencethat was due to be presented in Mui-zenberg today (Tuesday 7 June) hasbeen postponed to Tuesday 2 Augustdue to an unprecedented interest fromschools and colleges that in many cas-es were unable to commit due to exam-inations. This will give them the op-portunity to benefit from educationalpresentations on whales, mathematicsand science by a series of top-classspeakers. To view the speaker line-up,search on the internet for “A Whale OfAn Equation Muizenberg”. Call 079 3912105 to make a booking.

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NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THECITY OF CAPE TOWNA special meeting of the Council of the City of Cape Town will be held on Wednesday,8 June 2011 at 10:00 in the Council Chamber, 6th Floor, Podium Block, Civic Centre,12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town, where the Annual Budget 2011/12 – 2013/14 will beconsidered in terms of Chapter 4, Section 24(2) of the Municipal Finance Management Act.

Please note that limited seating is available in the public gallery of the Council Chamber,and therefore seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Should you wish toattend the meeting, you are requested to contact Ms A Curtis on 021 400 3342 between09:00-16:00. All requests for attendance must be received by no later than a day before themeeting. You will be required to provide your surname, initialsand contact telephone number. Visitors are kindly requested tobe seated by 09:30.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER

GREENINGRONDE­BOSCH:From left toright areMatthewKemp­thorne,(ward coun­cillor), Mar­waan Mar­theze (CityParks),LuckmoreZvenyika,JohnChingxy,Tafadzwa Chintukhu, Hilton Marimo, Maxwell Maumbe, Shelton Marimo, Alderman Owen Kina­han and (front row with shovel) Lovemore Mokondo.

Multi-faceted approach to clean-upTHE corner of Campground and Park roadsin Rondebosch has received the first instal-ment of a clean-up in the form of some tree-planting.

Five cork oaks and five water oaks wereplanted at the site on Friday 3 June.

Outgoing ward councillor, AldermanOwen Kinahan says: “The wheels of councilsometimes grind infinitely slowly, and I ampleased to put this one to bed at the end ofmy last term as ward councillor.” He says thearea has been compromised over the yearsby a number of factors, including poor main-tenance of what used to be a colourful corner,footpaths eroding the grassed areas as pedes-trians follow desire lines rather than pave-ments, and successivewavesof vagrant inva-sions. He adds that “lawless runners” whopark their carswherever they likewhen theymeet to runaround the commonareanaddednuisance. Kinahan says there is a multi-lay-er strategy in place.

. The runners will be asked for their coop-eration, and council will put some bollardingin place. The Traffic Department will regu-larly blitz the site.

. The informal pathways that have beencreated over the years will be hard-surfaced.

. The trees that have been planted com-plete the line of cork oaks on the Camp-ground Road edge and water oaks have beeninterplanted between the old and diseasedEnglish oaks, which will eventually allowthem to be felled.

. The trees are part of a long-overduepromise to the crafter-traders on Park Road,Kinahan says. “This began as an experimentto reduce and eventually remove tradersfrom doing their business in the traffic. Thesmall group we dealt with has cooperated in-credibly well. They pay a hawkers’ fee, theyare legal and they keep off the roadway.”

. The Rosebank Scouts have had a torridtime with the regular invasion and foulingof their headquarters. “The ugly razor wireis at least doing its job, but the Parks Depart-ment has pledged some really vicious rosesto further deter vagrants from dumping rub-bish over the fence.” Kinahan says he willbe doing everything he can to assist his suc-cessor, Councillor Matthew Kempthorne, tocontinue seeking a solution to deal with acombination of job creation, and removing“the serious problem of sometimes desperatepeople who take their lives in their handsselling their wares in the traffic”.

Klein Constantiachanges handsANDRE BAKKES

THE internationally-ac-claimed Klein Constantia

Wine Estate has been sold forR198 million to two foreignbusinessmen, but the farm’smanaging director and previ-ous owner, Lowell Jooste, saysit’s “business as usual”.

Jooste told People’s Post thatthe farm, which has been in thefamily since 1980, has been soldsolely due to the fact that therewas no “logical succession plan”in place.

“Sometimes there are toomany grandchildren, which cancomplicate the matter,” he says,before adding that the salewasn’t a decision taken lightly.

“I have considered the proposal very care-fully, and also thought about the possiblesale of the property for a long time.”

The most important issue for Jooste, whowill continue as the managing director forthe foreseeable future, is that the new ow-ners do not develop any residential sites onthe property, which currently includes se-ven “urbanised” areas.

The houses in those areas are surroundedby sweeping vineyards on the eastern slopesand foothills of Constantiaberg.

Developmentwithin theConstantiaValleymade headlines last year following the sub-mission of a business proposal to introduce30 single residential houses and an expandedhotel on the Constantia Uitsig Wine Estate(“Bid to develop Constantia Uitsig”, People’sPost, 26 October 2010).

It was proposed that Constantia UitsigWine Estate be developed to include 30 singleresidential houses and that its hotel be ex-panded from 16 to 28 bedrooms.

At the time, Jean Naude, chief executiveof Groot Constantia Estate said: “The winefarms play an enormous role in giving Con-stantia the rural effect and sense of space.Development of one farm can lead to a snow-ball effect.”

Similarly groups such as the ConstantiaProperty Owner’s Association also sugges-ted that many residents had been attractedto Constantia by its rural character, wine

farms, heritage sites, open spaces, beauty,tranquillity and mountain views (“Sourtaste for Constantia locals”, People’s Post, 7December 2010).

Jooste is, however, certain that the sale ofhis family’s farm and any developmentplanned at Klein Constantia will not have anegative effect on the character of the area.

“The aim of the new owners is preserva-tion and leaving the farm in a better condi-tion than it was first found. They are stun-ning and sincere people who act from theheart,” he says.

Klein Constantia was sold to US citizenZdenek Bakala and Charles Harman fromthe United Kingdom.

According to Jooste, the winery will onlygo from strength to strength, since the newowners love Cape Town and are devotees ofthe wines produced in the Constantia Valley.

Bakala’s international contacts and know-how will ensure that Klein Constantia’swine will be even more readily available in-ternationally, according to Jooste, but headds that they are currently already export-ing about 50% of their production.

“This place is still very close to my heart.The new owners will bring fresh ideas to thetable, so I’m excited,” says Jooste.

The owners are apparently enthusiasticabout furthering the development of KleinConstantia as one of South Africa’s top win-eries.

Wine connoisseurs will also heave a sighof relief when they hear that the services ofwinemaker, Adam Mason, will be retained.

According to Jooste, the rest of the staff arealso happy with the change in ownership.

Bakala and Harman have both been regu-lar visitors to South Africa for the past 20years, and divide their time between theirrespective homes in Europe and Cape Town.

They know the Cape Peninsula especiallywell – as participants for many years in theCape Argus Cycle Tour.

Bakala allayed any fears regarding the fu-ture of Klein Constantia by stating on KleinConstatia’s website: “We are privileged to becustodians of one of the most historic proper-ties in the Cape, and regard the preservationof this heritage as a serious responsibility.”

SOLD: Klein Constantia was sold for R198 million, but thewine will continue to flow. Photo: Supplied

GREEN GOLD: Vineyards at Klein Constantia.

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BY THE BOOK: HealthMEC, Theuns Botha,launched the Depart­ment of Health’s Road toHealth booklet on Tues­day 31 May at MowbrayMaternity Hospital,where he issued newmothers with the book­let, which is usedthroughout a child’s lifeto monitor and record itsstate of health. Accord­ing to the provincialHealth Department,health workers have inthe past faced challeng­es when parents orguardians do not under­stand the importance ofretaining the card athealth facilities. Thebooklet will be issuedfree of charge to women who give birth at state facilities, and will be provided in a plasticsleeve to emphasise the importance of retaining and presenting the booklet at everyvisit. It will be used throughout the country, and contain information about TB, HIV, nutri­tion, immunisation, developmental screening, weight and oral health. Here Botha is pic­tured with new mother, Zoghera Zeeman. Photo: Supplied

Refugee processingcomes under fireTERESA FISCHER

THOUSANDS of asylum seekers areturned away from the Maitland refu-

gee reception centre every month, mostoften through no fault of their own.

They are also subjected to violence and con-tempt, and corruption is rife, according to theNGO Passop (People Against Suffering Op-pression and Poverty), following a two-weekperiod of intensive monitoring.

The most common reason people wereturned away was because the office had runout of forms.

According to Passop, applicants are beingrendered undocumented through no fault oftheir own, and are as a result vulnerable toarrest, imprisonment with criminals, and de-portation.

The NGO recently released a report of mo-nitoring conducted at the centre from 28March until 8 April by a team of 11 volunteersof various nationalities, led by American re-searcher, Alaina Varvaloucas.

Two to three monitors were always at thecentre during the hours it is open, between08:00 and 16:00.

The monitoring was funded by the Ful-bright Commission.

The monitors attempted to question themajority of people leaving the centre, andnote their experiences and the reason theywere turned away, if applicable. Of a total of1 659 people interviewed, 365 were turnedaway due to the centre’s lack of forms, 363 be-cause they did not have a border pass or ithad expired, and 246 because there were toomany people.

According to the report, monitors also ob-served several instances of security guardsbeating people in the crowd with makeshiftwhips of cloth and rubber or long woodensticks.

A security guard allegedly hit a Somaliman over the head with a stick. He bled pro-fusely.

The incident was reported to the monitorby at least a dozen people and the monitor wit-nessed and took photos of the injuries.

On one occasion, guards attempted to dis-perse a crowd of newcomers turned away byHome Affairs by beating them with a stick.Monitors were caught up and nearly knockedover in the rush.

There was also a stampede when the gatewas opened one morning at 04:00, which re-sulted in one Somali man breaking his leg.

With regards to corruption, the reportstates some form of corrupt practice was wit-nessed by every one of the 11 monitors overthe course of the two weeks.

The monitoring was in part due to two ma-jor amendments to the Immigration Act of2002, which are currently before parliament.

These include shortening thevalidity of theasylum transit permit or border pass from 14days to five, which means asylum seekershave only five days in which to report to arefugee reception office after they enter thecountry.

The other amendment would impose signif-icant jail time on any migrant caught undocu-mented, or any individual caught aiding un-documented migrants.

Passop says that given the potential to ad-versely affect asylum seekers, it was worthrevisiting the situation to assess Home Af-fairs’ capacity to deal with applicants.

It has found the centre is unable to servenewcomers within the requisite five days,and therefore, jail time for undocumented mi-grants is draconian.

Delays have perhaps the biggest implica-tions for newcomers, who, especially oncrowded days, are frequently turned awaywithout a chance to fill in their forms and gettheir temporary permits. So even those with

valid border passes may be turned away dueto numbers. Since newcomers can only comeon certain designated days, they must waitanother week to re-apply. The newcomerwould thus receive no papers, through nofault of his/her own, and be unable to workor open a bank account, and would be vulner-able to arrest and deportation.

“Because of the multitude of reasons asy-lum-seekers are being turned away, it is un-reasonable to think that the five-day permitrule can be adhered to unless serious stepsare taken tomake theprocessmore efficient.”

The report states that officials and securityguards generally treat asylum-seekers withindifference and contempt.

They are not informed of when they will beserved, officials have come out the office toscream at the crowd and there are inadequate(sometimes none at all) portable toilets.

Finally many (66 during the monitoring)who have already obtained their status arestill waiting for months for their refugee

passport. Passop strongly urged the Depart-ment of Home Affairs to take a serious lookat the daily running of its refugee centres,and make changes where necessary.

It recommends that the centre must:. Hire new staff, or open on Saturdays.. Not limit newcomers to specific days of

the week.. Crack down on corruption and abuse.. Develop a more respectful attitude to-

wards asylum seekers.. Enhance the efficiency of current staff.. Provide number cards for the following

day to those turned away; and. Put up better signage and inform those

in the queue about when they will be served.The Department of Home Affairs responds

that it notes the monitoring report and willstudy the report and its findings, followingwhich it will communicate a comprehensiveresponse. Passop was due to meet the Depart-ment of Home Affairs to discuss the reportyesterday.

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Cycle Tour stalwarts honouredPAT WHITE and Ken Sturgeon, two stal-warts who have both been involved withthe organisation of the Cape Argus Pickn Pay Cycle Tour since the 1980s, havecalled it a day.

The cycling fraternity gathered enmasse at Casa Labia in Muizenberg on Fri-day 27 May to celebrate their contributionto cycling and to honour their retirement.

Guests in attendance included Linusvan Onselen (veteran cyclist), 91-year old

Japie Malan (the oldest man to completethe Cycle Tour), Gert Bam (director ofSport, Recreation and Amenities for theCity of Cape Town) and Penny Krohn (aveteran cyclist who has won her age cate-gory in the Cycle Tour no less than 25 con-secutive times).

White was the Cycle Tour’s first perma-nent employee, and assumed her positionin 1988, the first year the event was broad-cast on television.

In contrast, the Cape Town Cycle TourTrust today employs 26 people.

White was responsible for the CycleTour’s entry and seeding process, and setsystems and procedures in place whichare still being followed today.

“I will never forget the bags and bags ofpost delivered to us by the postman,”White remembers. “In those days peoplestill had to enter via the post, and we weremeticulous about ensuring that the postwas sorted in date order, so that entrieswere processed on a first-come-first-served basis. We received our first fax ma-chine in 1989.”

Sturgeon, originally a town planner,first started volunteering in 1984 and be-came the Cycle Tour organising commit-tee’s chairman in 1987. Sturgeon was in-strumental in negotiating an alternativeroutewhen thenotoriousChapman’sPeakwas closed from 2000 to 2003, and more re-cently diverting the route over BoyesDrive from 2009-2011 due to road worksalong the Main Road.

Sturgeon has completed 21 Cycle Toursand hopes to now spend some more timein the saddle. Sturgeon said: “The CycleTour Trust gave me a mountain bike as afarewell gift, so who knows, you may justsee me tackling the Columbia Grape Es-cape next year!”

Pat White and Ken Sturgeon were honoured for theircommitment to the organisation of the Cape Argus Pickn Pay Cycle Tour.CELEBRATION: At the event were (from left) Japie Malan, Pat White and Maurice Malan.

Dual exhibition atSteenberg galleryTHE “RED!” art gal-lery in Reddam Road,Steenberg Village, pre-sented a joint exhibi-tion by artists, DavidKuijers and David Rid-ing, on Friday 20 May.

Riding is an ac-claimed artist whowas born in Zimbabweand educated in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, but nowlives in Hout Bay.

Riding’s work canbe found in private col-lections all over theworld, including cor-porate collectionssuch as De Beers, OldMutual, the Rupertgroup of companiesand Bells Scotch Whis-key.

He has had severalsolo and group exhibi-tions in South Africaand internationally.

Kuijers was born inVanderbijlpark, Gau-teng, but achieved hissuccess in Cape Town.

He has been a full-time artist since 1999,and his work adornsthe offices of compa-nies such as the Presi-dent Hotel in SeaPoint, the RadissonHotel in Granger Bay,Constantia Medi-clin-ic, the Da Vinci Hotelin Johannesburg andTiger Brands.

ART LOVERS: James Swemmer, Jean Irvine, Cheryl Traub Adler andDave Endean attended the event. Photo: Michael Kirner

Warren Hilland Philip­pa Dods.Photo: MichaelKirner

GUESTS: Bradley and Lesly Poole.Photo: Michael Kirner

FAMILY: Dan Riding, son of one of the exhib­iting artists, David Riding, and his wifeFrancoinette. Photo: Michael Kirner

A DOG’SLIFE: Mar­cus Peile(left) andLisaLosken infront ofsome ofthe workson display.Photo: MichaelKirner

Tuesday 7 June 2011 GENERAL People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch Page 7

Launch into discussionWITS UNIVERSITY PRESS, Book Loungeand the Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust willhold a dual launch and panel discussion onTuesday June 16 at the Book Lounge, 71 Roe-land Street, Cape Town.

The book, titled “South Africa & India:Shaping the Global South”, and edited by Is-abel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams, will be

launched. The topic for discussion will be“South Africa and India: Imperialism and/or Cooperation in the Indian Ocean arena?”.

UCT sociology professor, Ari Sitas, will bein conversation with Hofmeyr and Wil-liams.

RSVP to booklounge@gmail.com or call(021) 462-2425.

Gazing at the starsTHERE will be a free public talk at the SAAstronomical Observatory on Saturday 11June, starting at 20:00.

The title of the talk is “Sidereal narra-tives without boundaries”.

After the talk there will be stargazing(weather permitting).

Visitors are advised to arrive by 19:30,

in order to give them time to park and findthe venue.

For further information, please con-tact Thembela Mantungwa of the SA As-tronomical Observatory on (021) 460-9319 or 086 612 7502 or 071 105 0109, emailtm@saao.ac.za or visit the websitewww.saao.ac.za or www.salt.ac.za.Saturday 11 June

Rondebosch:Craft in the Park at the cornerof Campground and Sandown roads, from09:00 until 14:00. Handmade crafts in thebeautiful atmosphere of the park. Enjoy thesmell of the egg and bacon as it is cooking,or choose freshly-made pancakes and relaxwith a cup of coffee. Support animal rescueand other charities that need your support– drop off anything that you don’t want orneed any more at the information desk andAnn will drop it off at Marsh Memorial.Phone Ann Rodwell on (021) 531-4236 fromTuesday to Friday between 09:00 – 17:30 oron 083 272 5482 on market day.

Tuesday 14 JuneKenilworth: The Friends of KenilworthRacecourse Conservation Area winter talk.Sheila Powell, of the Silvermine FloralGroup, will be talking on “The Flowers ofTable Mountain”, with an emphasis on theflowers of Silvermine. The Friends will alsotake the opportunity to say goodbye to thereserve manager, Maya Beukes. Theevening starts at 18:00 for 18:15 in the ProteaRoom. Take the Rosmead Avenue entranceto Kenilworth Racecourse. Contact Gavin083 777 8058.

Saturday 9 JulyRondebosch:Craft in the Park at the cornerof Campground and Sandown roads, from09:00 until 14:00. Handmade crafts in thebeautiful atmosphere of the park. Enjoy thesmell of the egg and bacon as it is cooking,or choose freshly-made pancakes and relaxwith a cup of coffee.

Support animal rescue and other charitiesthat need your support – drop off anythingthat you don’t want or need any more at theinformation desk and Ann will drop it off atMarsh Memorial. Phone Ann Rodwell on(021) 531-4236 from Tuesday to Friday be-tween 09:00 – 17:30 or on 083 272 5482 on mar-ket day.

Saturday 23 JulyRondebosch: “The Great Pyramids of An-cient Egypt” is the theme for the day schoolat The Egyptian Society of South Africa byProfessor Anthony Humphreys, Keith Gren-ville and Jean Smith, which takes place at10:00 at the Baxter Studio Theatre, with re-freshments and a buffet luncheon.

Members pay R120, non-members payR150, student members pay R80. Book byMonday 18 July with Jean Smith at (021) 557-5082.

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Was it art all along?TONY ROBINSON

THE Tretchikoff exhibition inthe Iziko National Gallery willat last give us a chance to makeup our own minds about one ofthe most controversial paint-ers of our time.

Until now this has been diffi-cult, because the art establish-ment has gone out of its way to in-sult the little Russian painterwho made his home in CapeTown.

The sheer venom and volume ofthe criticism was out of all pro-portion to any offence he mighthave given, and I often asked my-self why his detractors were sodetermined to put him down.

It was almost like a conspiracy.It became fashionable to mock hiswork, and not a single gallery inSouth Africa bought one of hispaintings.

His exhibitions took place inhotels and department stores out-side the sphere and influence ofthe traditional art business.

And he did give offence. He up-staged the art establishment andsold autographed prints by thetens of thousands in venues likeHarrods in London and US de-partment stores.

His exhibitions set attendancerecords which still stand todayand, as the saying goes, helaughed all the way to the bank.

Tretchikoff’s pictures becamepart of 20th century culture, and

you will see his prints on film setsand in the backgrounds on TVshows.

His craftsmanship was superb,but he was criticised for beingsentimental and kitsch.

Uttering a word in his artisticdefence was evidence of your ig-norance and bad taste.

The question is, why could thecritics not see what was so obvi-ous to the thousands who flockedto his exhibitions?

The answer is probably thatcritics are very much like the restof us – full of fashionable theories,prejudices and ideas of their ownimportance.

This was dramatically illus-trated when the French impres-

sionists burst onto the scene afterthe industrial revolution andchemistry had given them newpigments to work with, especiallychrome yellow and cobalt blue.Suddenly two of the three prima-ry colours were available in vividbrightness.

The old earth colours of themasters’ traditional pallets sud-denly looked tired.

Youngpainters began to experi-ment with light and reflections inways that had never been possi-ble before.

It was a shock to the establish-ment, and one can sympathisewith the critics.

Their education and all theirartistic references came from adarker age, and they were notequipped to face the explosion oflight and colour.

Ever since then there has beena reluctance to condemn any-thing new, and some artists havegot away with the equivalent ofmurder under the label of modernart.

Some of the finalists for Bri-tain’s Turner Prize are jokes, andothers are examples of depravity.

Picasso was a great painter, butI think that some of his later workwas like a game he played withcritics – a sort of “see-what-you-can-say-about-this” challengeand he, too, laughed all the wayto the bank.

So go along to the exhibition ofTretchikoff’s work and make upyour own mind.

LINE OF DUTY:A memorialwall commem­orating fallenpolice officerswas unveiledat the Pine­lands PoliceSportsGrounds onWednesday 1June. The cer­emony tookplace on theday the SAPSheld a sportsday. The West­ern Cape provincial commissioner, Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer, present­ed winning teams with trophies. Police say they are eager to improve fitnesslevels, and the sports day was a great opportunity for members to competeon a social level against each other. Seen here are, from left to right, Lamoer,Major General Sharon Jephta, Major General Yolisa Matakata and Major Gen­eral Hendrik Burger. Photo: Yunus Mohamed

Water workshopWESSA (Wildlife and EnvironmentSociety of South Africa) will behosting an informal workshop enti-tled “Water in your life – how toconserve, harvest and reuse thisprecious resource” on Saturday 11June. The workshop will take place

from 10:00 till 12:00, and non-mem-bers will be required to pay R25.

Anyone interested in attendinghas been asked to RSVP beforeThursday 9 June. For further infor-mation, contact Sandy on ad-min@wessa.co.za or (021) 701-1397.

WESSA members’ talkWESSA (Wildlife and EnvironmentSociety of South Africa) will behosting a members evening andtalk on Thursday 9 June from 18:30to 20:00. Leif Petersen, an eco-soci-ologist and development practition-er fromtheSustainableLivelihoodsFoundation, will be speaking aboutthe legal and illegal consumptiveuse of plants and animals in the

City of Cape Town, and how this af-fects local biodiversity.

Non-members will be required tomake a R20 donation.

Those interested in attendinghave been asked to RSVP by Satur-day 7 June. For further informa-tion, contact Sandy by emailing ad-min@wessa.co.za or calling (021)701-1397.

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Pollsmoor’s young offenders bare their soulsLIAM MOSES

AROUND 100 of PollsmoorPrison’s youngest inmates

gathered to give emotional testi-monies of how and why they en-ded up in prison at an event heldon Thursday 2 June last week.

The event commemorated Na-tional Child Protection Week, andwas attended by several high-rank-ing government offi-cials, including Cor-rectional Servicesminister, NosiviweMapisa-Nqakula, So-cial Developmentminister, BathabileDlamini, and Cor-rectional Servicesnational commis-sioner, Tom Moy-ane.

The proceedingsstarted with prayersby both a pastor anda Moulana, beforethe guests were wel-comed by JamesSmalberger, the re-gional commission-er of CorrectionalServices in the West-ern Cape.

Azola Ntsizikalo (20) was the firstyoung offender to speak about hisexperience in prison and what ledto his conviction.

Ntsizikalo described how his badbehaviour led to him being kickedout of his family home, becoming adrug addict and resorting to crimeto feed his addiction to tik.

Children from several schools al-so attended the event, and Ntsizika-lo warned them not to follow thepath that led to his downfall.

“I'm looking at you and you lookso beautiful in your school uni-forms,” said Ntsizikalo.

“I hope that you make the best outof what you have.”

Ntsizikalo also described his lifein prison – saying that when thestructured programmes stopped at

16:00, the prisonchanged from a“constructive” en-vironment to a “de-structive” one in-volving “gangs andtattoos”.

After Ntsizikalospoke, the 100 otheryoung offenderswere given the op-portunity to sharetheir stories abouthow they came to bein Pollsmoor.

A young femaleinmate, who wasdue to be releasedthe following day,said that she wouldnot make the samemistakes once sheleft the prison.

“I can’t blame anyone for me be-ing here. Peer pressure had some-thing to do with it, but it had moreto do with me trying to be clever,”she said.

“But now the people that I wastrying to impress by committingcrimes won’t even come and visitme or phone me. When you’re in

here, the only people who careabout you are your parents.”

Several other young offenders al-so spoke about why they ended upin prison, and what they would doto change their lives when theywere released.

One of the most common reasonsexpressed by the inmates was los-ing or being abandoned by theirparents at a young age.

Peer pressure and a desire to im-press friends was also a recurringtheme in the stories.

Most of the inmates spoke emo-tionally, and some broke into tearswhen describing their reasons forcommitting crimes.

The parents of some of the youngoffenders were also present at theevent.

One mother of an inmate directeda tear-filled message at all theyoung offenders present.

“I am very sad that my child is inprison,” she said.

“I just want to tell the childrenthat they should just look forwardand never look back, because no-one deserves to be here.”

Mapisa-Nqakula told the inmatesthat speaking about their troubleswould help them to move on withtheir lives.

“The beginning of the healingprocess is admitting that you madewrong choices, choices that havelanded you here in a correctional fa-cility. You don’t belong here, but be-cause of the mistakes you made youhave landed here,” she said.

Mapisa-Nqakula added that theoffenders should take advantage ofthe free electricity, water, food and

education to study and completetheir schooling, because many stu-dents outside Pollsmoor wereforced to go through their schoolingwithout their basic needs beingmet.

Deen “D’Low” Louw, a Mitchell’sPlain musician who recently ran

for councillor in Ward 99, was alsopresent at the event, and enter-tained the crowd with poetry andmusic.

The speeches were followed by atour of the mother-and-child unit ofthe prison, where 12 mothers are in-carcerated with their babies.

DANCE: Deen “D’Low” Louw, a Mitchell’s Plain musician, leads some of thehigh­ranking government officials who attended the event in song. From rightto left are Nontsikelelo Jolingana, the chief deputy commissioner of Correc­tional Services, Bathabile Dlamini, the minister of Social Development,Nosiviwe Mapisa­Nqakula, the minister of Correctional Services, and TomMoyane, national commissioner of Correctional Services. Photo: Liam Moses

Young prisoners warn school pupils against drug abuse and bad behaviour

When you’rein here, theonly peoplewho care

about you areyour parents

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Page 10 People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch LEADER Tuesday 7 June 2011

Empty cotsFOUR babies died during National ChildProtection Week – two at a Manenberg Clin-ic and two more at a Pinelands foster home.

This tragic account is four deaths toomany for the infants’ families, communitiesand society as a whole.

The two babies who died at the clinic, diedon International Children’s Day (Wednes-day June 1).

The next day (Thursday June 2) two moreinfants who shared a cot in a foster homedied within 45 minutes of each other.

One of the mothers of the babies who diedat the foster home is reportedly a drug user.

This was the third baby that had been tak-en away from her and placed in safe carewhere, ironically, it died.

While questions are levelled at the fosterhome, the responsibility extends further;foremost with the child’s mother, who hadtwo more children, despite being unable tocare for herself, let alone children.

In 1994 when the president declared thathealth care for pregnant women and chil-dren under the age of six would be free, thisnoble move unwittingly opened a “Pando-ra’s box”.

Yes, government provided educationaround women’s health issues such as fami-ly planning, safer sex, how to prevent thespread of HIV and Aids and its PreventingMother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)programme for HIV-positive pregnant wom-en.

But the dissemination of knowledge is justthe beginning of a communication process,the success of which ultimately rests withthe receivers of that information, who maychoose to interpret this information to theirselfish advantage.

Proof lies in the countless unwanted preg-nancies and innocent babies who end up infoster homes, when where they truly belongis in a loving, nurturing home created bytheir own families.

Metrorail response raisestemperaturesTHANK you for the article in People’s Postlast week (“Railway line issues ham-mered out”, People’s Post, 31 May). Thereare a couple of points of interest from theresponses received, namely:

. How can a large company like Metro-rail, with several kilometres of tracks, on-ly budget R800 000 per annum for clean-ing? One also has to assume that meansthey have zero budget left to do weed andpest control. If a private company usedthat as an excuse they would pretty smart-ly be told to either sort it out or stop trad-ing

. Why is Metrorail allowed to operateoutside of good business and environmen-tal practices? The Metrorail stock re-sponse is always back to vandalism. Iwould estimate the fencing along WhiteRoad probably dates back to when the linewas originally built. Strangely, it is total-ly free of vandalism, but has slowly col-lapsed in places as it rusts away throughold age. Maintenance (or lack of) is the is-sue, not vandalism.

. No-one is talking about illegal dump-ing (another Metrorail excuse) – just com-mon littering that occurs around anywasteland site in urban areas anywherein the world. Elsewhere, it gets cleaned up(as per my comments of the City council

efforts in the area) – why not Metrorail?. We all understand the use of sirens

– no problem. However, if [Metrorail re-gional manager, Lindelo] Matya had both-ered to look at the area he would noticethat there are no level crossings or pedes-trian crossings on the stretchof rail underdiscussion – there are only under-passesand over-passes for pedestrians. Any si-rens can only be due to vagrants on thelines because the fences are falling down!

. As for the comments of CouncillorIversen, having done nothing about the is-sue for the past few years and again blow-ing it away with his sudden “civil engi-neering expertise” and comments like “...subject to a bit of shake, rock and roll”,it is all rather laughable, and sad really,that these are the people we pay to lookout for our interests.BRUCE SEENewlandsJournalist’s note: Matya’s response includ-ed that station cleaning costs about R12million per year, in addition to the men-tioned cost of cleaning rail reserves –about R800 000 per year. This was omittedas the story referred to the railway re-serve, but should perhaps have been in-cluded for the sake of comprehensive cov-erage.

Complaints fall on deaf earsTHANK you for your headline article in a re-cent edition of your newspaper, which I readwith interest “Railway line issues hammeredout”, People’s Post 31 May).

I would like to bring two issues from thisreport to your attention:

1. I have lived in Mowbray, southern sub-urbs, for many years, close to the Mowbraytrain station. Every day I drive to work, andcross the road bridge in Durban Road over therailway line adjacent to the Mowbray trainstation.

Huge amounts of rubbish have littered theside of the railway since last year. Repeatedletters and emails to the relevant authoritiesto clean up the mess have, to date, failed toyield any results or replies apart from addi-tional rubbish bins that have been placed atthe Bus Terminal.

It would have been very helpful if your re-port contained a contact email/fax/telephone

number of the correct responsible persons tocontact to report this issue and to achievetimeous results. I challenge you to visit thissite soon to see this appalling mess for your-self.

2. As reported, rubbish collectors are few,and are only able to clean the tracks twice ayear. The real issue though, is to raise publicawareness about unnecessary litter so that ul-timately the public do not have to rely onstreet cleaners to clean up our mess!DR DEAN A SOLOMONMowbray

RIANA SCOTT, Metrorail spokespersonresponds: The best option for the public is toreport litter to Transport.Info@cape-town.gov.za or on 0800 65 64 63 – they will pro-vide a tracking/reference number and for-ward the report toPRASACRES/Metrorail fa-cilities department for follow-up.

POLLUTED: A view of the litter on the railway line adjacent to the Mowbray train station, whichthe writer says has been left there since last year. Photo: Dr Dean A Solomon

HEALTH MINISTER Dr Aaron Motsoale-di has lost weight through healthy life-style choices and recently encouraged fel-

low Members of Parliament to follow hisexample by cutting down on fatty foodsand picking up on exercise. Our cartoo-

nist has come up with a manual of exer-cises that parliamentarians may adapt toquite easily.

Tuesday 7 June 2011 LETTERS People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch Page 11

Your SMSesThank you

. Dr Hindmarch of Cape Animal MedicalCentre has kept my beloved German Shep-herd mobile way beyond prediction. Special-ist skills are worth it. Rosemary Miller

. Thanks for providing councillor Kemp-thorne’s cell number, it’s more than he didduring his campaign. Why not publish hisemail address too? The other two councillorsprovided theirs but not Kempthorne. [Coun-cillor Kempthorne’s email address ismatthew.kempthorne@cape-town.gov.za. At the time, he was not allo-cated this address.]

Cameras please!. Please can we have permanent traffic

cameras on Claremont bridge – morningsare hell! Local resident

Beggars. Can someone or the City of Cape Town

please do something about these beggars inCape Town’s streets? They are becoming abig nuisance and terrifying the tourists.

Election waste. Voting is finished, now the posters lie

around.Overweight troops. Youngsfield’s overweight women troops

are a laughing stock and disgrace. They canbe used as cannon fodder in time of war.Bring back the baby boomer generation,who were battle-hardened border troops.Wala!

Consumer troubles. Telkom 8ta sent my friend a contract

phone without telling her she had a choiceof a Blackberry, and on top of that the six-page contract is illegibly small.

How should voters holdelected representativesaccountable?TRULY, democracy is about holding electedrepresentatives accountable. But ratherthan will, the question must read, howshould voters hold elected representativesaccountable in a representative democracy?

The essence of elections in representativedemocracies is that voters surrender theirright to rule to the elected representative.Once elected, the voter cannot dismiss therepresentative but at the next elections.

The voter or taxpayer cannot dock theelected representative’s R30 000-plus month-ly public salary, which over five years addsup to a nice sum. To hold elected representa-tives accountable, there must be accounta-bility measures in place. Representative de-mocracy has no accountability measuresother than that being exercised by the candi-date’s political party. Schumpeter argues in“Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”that democracy is merely a method wherebypersons compete for the office of govern-ment.

Once elected to government office, theycan govern as they like. This is not democra-cy, but how representative democracy mani-fests. Citizen participation is the key to truedemocracy. But citizen participation can on-ly be effective if citizens are able to influencethe decisions of elected political representa-tives. It is of no use for citizens to participatein public surveys, meetings, hearings, con-sultations and other forums, and their ideasand proposals are not considered during thedecision-making process.

In fact, citizen participation can be a pub-lic relations exercise. Government or theelected representative has already taken thedecision somewhere, and the participationprocess is merely to sanction the decision.Citizen participation can only be effective ifcitizens are truly empowered in the process.

So how should we hold our elected politi-cal representative accountable? I would sug-gest that we enter into a social pact or socialcontract, to borrow an idea from JeanJacques Rousseau, with our elected repre-sentatives and ruling parties.

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Cellist Altstaed for City HallAWARD-WINNING cellist, Nico-las Altstaed, will performTchaikovsky’s popular “Varia-tions on a Rococo Theme” onThursday 9 June in the City Hallat 20:00.

This performance forms part ofthe Cape Philharmonic Orchestra’swinter symphony season, whichruns until Thursday 23 June.

Dutch conductor, Arjan Tien,who is well-known to South Africanaudiences, will once again conductthe Cape Philharmonic in this pro-gramme, which includes “The Tem-pest; Fantasy-Overture” by Tchaik-ovsky and Rachmaninov’s “SecondSymphony”.

Altstaed was born in 1982 to Fran-co-Germanparents inHeidelberg inGermany. He is the recipient of theprestigious Credit Suisse YoungArtist Award for 2010.

He has also performed with theBamberg Symphony, the StuttgartRadio Symphony and the Finnish

Radio Symphony orchestras.Tien, artistic leader and princi-

pal conductor of the Magogo Cham-ber Orchestra in the Netherlands,was awarded the first prize at thecompetition of the InternationalConducting Masterclass in LaChaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in1997.

Between 1999 and 2001, he workedintensively as assistant-conductorwith the Netherlands Radio Phil-harmonic.

During this period he was also in-volved in opera-productions withthe Dutch National Opera.

He regularly works with theMetropole Orchestra.

He also conducted the orchestraon two international tours in 2007and 2008. Another CD has been re-leased with the Chamber Orchestraof South Africa, with the “AltoRhapsody” by Brahms, featuringSibongile Khumalo as soloist.

To book, call Computicket on(011) 340-8000 or 083 915 8000; alter-natively call Artscape-dial-a-seaton (021) 421-7695.

A feast of Tchaikovsky is in store forlovers of the cello.

No nukes is good nukesEARTHLIFE Africa will be host-ing “Klap the Nukes live” at theBijou in Observatory on Friday10 June.

Led by three original South Af-rican bands, and two well-known local comedians, theevening promises to be bothgood fun and a novel way to raiseawareness around the nuclearissue.

The line-up includes Jamie Ju-piter, ex-Honeymoon Suites,Ubuntustan Avenue, an up-and-coming band from Khayelitsha,playing a blend of original musicin an Afro-jazz, soul and worldmusic flavour, led by the accom-plished Lelethu Godongwane;the fantastic Six-gun Gospel andthe Green Grass Band, a vital fu-sion of folk, rock and reggae.

To ensure that laughter willdominate, well-known CapeTown comedians Rustum Au-gust and Ken Bull Smith will al-so be performing.

Attendees are reminded that,as the show is going to be shot

on video for broadcast on CapeTown TV later, the programme

will be running on time. Doorsopen at 19:00 and the entrance isR25.

A cash bar and safe parkinghave been organised.

For more information, contactMuna Lakhani on muna@iafri-ca.com, or call 083 471 7276.

The venue attracts some strangecharacters. Photo: Supplied

Puppets lure skeletons out of the closetPUPPETRY and visual performance creatives, ThePaper Body Collective (TPBC), will be premiering“Plot 99 Live”, their latest “site-specific” puppetryand multimedia production in the original “BlacksOnly” psychiatric hospital buildings on the present-day Oude Molen grounds in Pinelands.

Described as a “sensorial immersion in living mul-tiple creative languages”, “Plot 99 Live” is a perform-ance experience inspired by the true story of Non-thetha Nkwenkwe, a visionary Xhosa prophetess andlittle-known historical icon from the Eastern Cape,incarcerated by the state for mental insanity in 1922.

Her story brings to light the forgotten histories ofthe thousands of patients pushed through the psychi-atric system, which served as little more than a pris-on for the politically unruly. It also inspires ques-tions about mental illness today, and the links be-tween personal emergence and state emergency,madness and self growth, illness and healing.

Heading up the dynamic group of artists, puppet-eers, creators and performers involved in thisground-breaking new production is Aja Marneweck,artistic director of The Paper Body Collective (TBPC).

Since 2005, TPBC have toured their powerful per-formance work in over seven countries, the most re-

cent of which was the Festival Mondial Des TheatresDe Marionette in Charleville-Meziere France, whereit played to sold-out audiences on the main pro-gramme. The creative team includes performer andtraditional poet Nobuhle Ketelo (“Desert Rose Music/Spirit of Africa”) and performance and sound artistJulia Raynham (“Resonance Bazaar”).

The experience accelerates the meeting points of in-stallation, live performance, puppetry and videodance with a multi-nominated, award-winning castand team. This vibrant team includes Rouxnet Brown(Best Actor World Cinema Festival, Toronto Film Fes-tival, Berlin Film Festival); Jacqueline van Meyg-aarden (Commonwealth award-winning documenta-ry); Dramaturg Mitzi Sinnott (Best actress nomina-tion Edinburgh Fringe Festival); and Anthony Strack(Spier Contemporary 2008, multi-nominated photog-rapher).

“Plot 99 Live” runs at Oude Molen Eco Village inPinelands from Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 June, at19:00 nightly. Tickets are R65 throughout, R40 for stu-dents. To book, call Lesche Devis at (021) 480-7129 dur-ing office hours, or emai lesche.devis@uct.ac.za.Tickets may be bought at the door. Go to www.paper-body.co.za or www.plot99.wordpress.com. Artscape abuzz with talent

THIS year Artscape Theatrehosts the “Umbiyozo Youth Fes-tival” from June 8 to 19 and itpromises to be an explosion oftalent.

This festival nurtures youngtalent while offering audiencesan entertaining showcase. Musi-cal dramas, jazz music and tradi-tional performance arts are allin the line-up.

The socially-conscious musicaldrama, “Bash orBe Bashed”, is aco-production be-tween Artscapeand Nantsi’Ngqayi Arts De-velopment organi-sation. This pro-duction is directedby Thoko Ntshinga and PeggyTunyiswa, and runs from 8 to 18June. Music is a major feature atthis festival, and a collection ofaward-winning choirs willshare the stage for “A ChoralTribute to Madiba”, which paystribute to world-known leaderNelson Mandela. This two-dayevent on 18 June at 19:30 and 19June at 15:00 will feature theCape Philharmonic Orchestra,Abavuki Marimba and JazzBand, as well as five of CapeTown’s top choirs – Joyful Har-monies, Simon Estess, HeavenlyVoices CPUT and Pro Canto.

Madiba’s renowned praise poet,Zolani Mkiva, will tell storiesthat reflect the significance ofthe various songs.

“Battle of Youth Jazz BigBands” takes place on YouthDay, which is celebrated on 16Juneat 15:00 tomark the 35yearssince the historic youth upris-ings against the apartheid gov-

ernment. Partici-pating groups arethe IhlumeloYouth Jazz BigBand, New AfricaFace Jazz Ensem-ble, Delft YouthBig Band, Indiba-no Jazz Konexionand the Elsies Riv-er Youth Jazz BigBand. An “Indige-

nous Music Dance and PraisePoetry” show will also reflectthe diversity of Cape Town’s her-itage on 17 June at 15:00. Formore information, visitwww.artscape.co.za, and forticket bookings contact Com-puticket on 083 915 8000 or Dial-A-Seat on (021) 421-7695.

. WIN! People’s Post and Art-scape are giving away 10 doubletickets for the Battle of the JazzBig Bands on 16 June. To enter,SMS “Artscape” to 34586 by noonon Wednesday 8 June. SMSescost R2 each; winners will bephoned.

Mel Miller in town this weekCOMEDY legend Mel Miller will beperforming in Fish Hoek on Satur-day 11 June in the Fish Hoek HighSchool Hall, which is becomingquite the entertainment venue!

The show is part of the ComedyLegends in the Valley series andacts a fundraiser for the Shark Spot-ters. Barry Hilton’s show in May,which formed part of the series, wasa sold-out success.

The Comedy Legends in the Val-ley series is organised by local co-median Mark Sampson, who hadthe idea to bring all the comedy leg-

ends down to the south peninsula sothat local audiences could be treat-ed to South Africa’s best – whilesupporting a good cause.

The series is supported by Peo-ple’s Post as print media sponsor.Mel Miller is very well-known forhis “Biltong and Potroast” TV showin the 1970s, in which South Africancomedians were pitted against Brit-ish comedians.

Mel has appeared in nearly all theSmirnoff Comedy festivals; co-wrote, produced and directed ashow with the late Shaun Griggs

(“Things To Do In Jo’burg WhenYou’ve Forgotten That You’reDead”; packed for three weeks);sold out at the Grahamstown Festi-val twice; toured with his ownshows (“Captain Chaos”, “CaptainChaos Flies Again” and “DivineMadness”); and worked in Israelwith Cyril Green and Eddie Eks-teen and in London as part of aSouth African Comedy Festival.

Tickets to his show on 11 June,which starts at 19:00, cost R100 ifpre-booked on 078 174 4244 or R120at the door on the night. Tickets canalso be bought at AP Jones in FishHoek Main Road.

LYRICS vVERSE:Musicianand poet,Jitsvinger(left), andpoet, ToniStuart,will collab­orate for anight ofacousticpoetry inthe first ina seriesentitled“’n Deca­dentWoordes­moortjie”.The first performance takes place on Youth Day, Thursday 16 June, at 19:00,at Ragazzi in Long Street. Entry is R30. For more information, call071 573 3597.

A Fugard retrospectiveTHE Fugard Theatre will mark theLifetime Achievement Tony award-ed to Athol Fugard in New York on12 June with a week of classic filmsbased on the playwright’s worksfromTuesday 7 toSaturday 11 June.The awards committee describedFugard as “a playwright whose arthas always spoken out against rac-ism, and who continues to be an ac-tive voice for freedom and equali-ty”. Over the years, Athol Fugardhas received six Tony nominations,including four for Best Play for“Sizwe Banzi is Dead” and “The Is-land”, “A Lesson from Aloes”,

“Master Harold and The Boys” and“Blood Knot”. The film screeningswill start at 20:00, with hot soup,garlic bread, wine and “a warm at-mosphere”. The theatre has recent-ly been fittedwithnewcinema-styleseats, cinema-quality projectionand surround sound systems. Theschedule is as follows:

. Tuesday 7 June: “Boesman andLena”, directed by Ross Devenishand starring Athol Fugard andYvonne Bryceland (1974).

. Wednesday 8 June: “Hello andGoodbye”, directed by Ross Deven-ish and starring Athol Fugard and

Yvonne Bryceland (1977).. Thursday 9 June: “Master Ha-

rold and the Boys”, directed byMichael Lindsay-Hogg and starringMatthew Broderick, John Kani andZakes Mokae (1985).

. Friday 10 June: “The Road toMecca” directed by Athol Fugardand Peter Goldsmid and starringAcademy award-winner KathyBates, Athol Fugard and YvonneBryceland (1992).

. Saturday 11 June: “Tsotsi”, di-rected by Gavin Hood – 2006 Acade-my Award for Best Foreign Lan-guage Film. Tickets are R40. forbookings, visit www.computick-et.com or by phoning The FugardTheatre box office on (021) 461-4554.

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KENNISGEWINGVANVOORNEME OM INGEVOLGE ARTIKEL 19VANDIE DRANKWET, NR. 27VAN 1989 OM‘N DRANKLISENSIE AANSOEK

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Neem kennis van die volgende applikant se voorneme om by dieDrankraad van dieWes-Kaap om‘n spesiale lisensie aansoek te doen omalle tipes drank vanaf die perseel wat by die ondervermelde adres geleëis, te verkoop. Die aansoek is by die ondervermelde Landdroskantoorgeliasseer en vir inspeksie beskikbaar. Beswaar teen die aansoek magbinne 28 dae vanaf die eerste Vrydag van die huidige maand by dievoorgenoemde Landdroskantoor ingedien word en ‘n afskrif van diebesware moet aan die betrokke applikant(e) verskaf word.

Volle name, straat-en posadres van dieapplikant

Applikant: CandiceCornelia MosesStraatadres:Fortressstraat 9,Factreton, 7405Posadres: BowmanGilfillan Ing, Posbus248, Kaapstad, 8000(Verw: AK0094)

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Notice is given herewith of the intention of the following applicant toapply to the Liquor Board of theWestern Cape for a special licence tosell all types of liquor on the premises located at the indicated address.The application has been lodged at the Magistrates’Office detailedbelow is where it may be inspected. Objections to the application maybe lodged with the said Magistrates’Office within a period of 28 daysfrom the first Friday of the current month and a copy of the objectionsmust be furnished to the applicant(s) concerned.

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Boxing fundi punches for amateursBRIAN GAFFNEY

RENOWNED referee, EddieMarshall, is on a mission to

promote amateur boxing inCape Town – after travelling toall corners of the globe to callthe shots in over 100 world titlefights over the past 20 years.

The bell will literally sound forMarshall’s latest venture whenthe Portland Boxing Club – ofwhich he is the chairper-son – hosts a contingent of RoyalNavy boxers in Mitchell’s Plain onFriday 10 June.

Marshall has invited several ex-perienced boxers from across thePeninsula to face the navy’s meanpunchers, as he is mindful that hisyoung charges – several of whomwill be fighting in the tourna-ment – are not ready to challengethe big guns.

“There is immense boxing tal-ent in Mitchell’s Plain, and I be-lieve this tournament will be goodfor the sport,” says Marshall, whohas boxing blood flowing throughhis veins.

Marshall (55) has been involvedin boxing for 42 years, and reignedas a SA amateur bantamweightand featherweight champion dur-ing the early 1980s.

His late father, Ernest Marshall,

and late uncle, Martin Marshall,were the WP amateur flyweightand lightweight champions re-

spectively.Thereafter, Marshall’s younger

brothers, Nathier and Rodney,

were crowned SA lightweight andlight heavyweight champions.

While knee injuries put a stop to

the boxing careers of Marshall’ssons, Elroy and Marlin, they havenot been lost to the sport.

Elroy referees professionalfights, while Marlin coaches atPortland Boxing Club.

Marshall’s penchant for contactsport has seen him become an in-ternational kickboxing referee,too. Outside the ring his love formusic makes him a sought-afterjudge for minstrel and dance com-petitions – thanks to his rich mu-sical background that includesballroom dancing and stints as asaxophonist with popular dancebands.

Marshall who has refereed inall divisions in South America,Europe, Australia, Africa and theUSA, says he has encountered noscary experiences at the hands ofirate boxers or spectators duringhis career. He, however, recallsone unforgettable and hilariousmoment when he reached theknockdown count of seven andthe groggy boxer mumbled fromthe canvas “eight, nine, ten”.

. The tournament at the Port-land Indoor Centre, which will in-clude senior and youth boxers,starts at 18:00 on Friday.

Another tournament involvingthe navy boxers will take place atthe Wynberg Military Base on Sat-urday 18 June.

UPPERCUT: Eddie Marshall, still going strong after 42 years in the ring. Photo: Jonathan Lestrade

LOCKED INBATTLE:TarquinCarlson ofBishops(centre)battlesBrandonHamman(left) andTyler Rei­chardt ofWynbergBoys’High, dur­ing Bish­ops’ 35­14win in aWesternProvinceunder­19Arugbymatch atWynbergon Satur­day.Photo:Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

CHARGED UP: Jason de Villiers (centre) of Hamiltons attempts to get away from CalvinKotze and Reinhardt Erwee of Villager, during Hamiltons’ 30­6 win in a WP Super LeagueA match at Brookside Sports Complex in Claremont on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

SANDWICHED:Stirling Mort­lock (centre),captain of theMelbourneRebels, is com­pletelywrapped up ina tackle byDHL Stormersplayers, EarlRose (left) andSchalk Burger,in the Capeside’s 40­3 vic­tory over thenewcomers toSuper Rugby inMelbourne onFriday. Photo:Getty Images

CLOSE ENCOUN­TER: Shane Joe­math (right) of OldMutual Academykeeps AshwinBarends of FishHoek AFC at bay,during Old Mutu­al’s 1­0 win in anunder­17 divisionmatch of the LFACape Town Tyger­berg at MutualPark in Pinelandson Saturday. Photo:Rashied Isaacs

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TRIUMPH: HamiltonsRFC leftwing AlshaunBock eludes a divingDuncan Emslie andshapes to passCalvin Kotze of Villag­er RFC as he headsfor the try line totouch down, duringHamiltons’ 30­6 winin a Western Prov­ince Super League Arugby match at theBrookside SportsComplex in Clare­mont on Saturday.The other try scorersfor Hamiltons were Li­am Slater, Tiaan deKock and FrancoisPrinsloo. Jano vanZyl and Claud Burgereach goaled a penal­ty and a conversionto assure Hamiltonsa five­point haul. War­ren Edwards slottedover two penalties forVillager. Photo: PeterHeeger/Gallo Images

Coetzee plots to counter vengeful BullsTASMIN CUPIDO

A ROCK-SOLID defence, somethingthe DHL Stormers have prided

themselves on for the past two SuperRugby seasons, will be needed when themen from the Cape take on the Voda-com Bulls at DHL Newlands on Satur-day.

And with the side only conceding 13 triesthis season, Allister Coetzee and his coach-ing team will be hoping the match, a tradi-tional North vs South derby, will be a repli-ca of the performances throughout thisseason.

With the team coming off a four-weektour of Austrakia and New Zealand, inwhich they won three of their four match-es, Coetzee will be hoping the long trekfrom Down Under will not play any role forhis charges.

He will also be hoping his team can repli-cate the performance they displayedagainst the Melbourne Rebels in the lastgame of their tour on Friday.

The Stormers finished 40-3 victors, se-

curingamuch-needed four-trybonuspointand further cementing their hopes of get-ting a home semi-final later this month.

And despite injuries to key players, themen in navy-blue-and-white showed thedepth of the squad, as they completely an-nihilated Stirling Mortlock’s men.

The young flyhalf, Kurt Coleman, im-pressed not only with his general play andball distribution, but also his place kick-ing, with a near-perfect record for thematch.

He was also assisted well by Jean de Vil-liers, while replacement hooker, DeonFourie again impressed with his generaland set play.

But the injury woes of the team may con-tinue, as flyhalf Peter Grant, front rowerCJ van der Linde and scrumhalf DewaldtDuvenhage remain doubtful for the Bullsclash. Fitness assessments were conduct-ed on all three players yesterday, and theresults will be revealed later this week.

The last time the two sides met, it wasthe Stormers who ended victorious, witha 23-13 win at Loftus Versveld.

The Bulls are likely to stick to their pat-

tern of forward play, while the Stormerswould do themselves a favour by runningthe ball from side to side to ensure a victo-ry.

Interesting battles include those be-tween the lock pairings of Reinard Elstadtand Andries Bekker, and Victor Matfieldand Bakkies Botha (Bulls), as well as thebattle between the two sides’ loose forwardtrio.

In the backline, everyone’s eyes willmost likely be glued to the clash betweenBjorn Basson (Bulls) and Brian Habana.

In the Bulls’ 23-17 win over the Waratahson Friday evening, Basson equalled Haba-na’s try-scoring record for a Super Rugbyseason (nine tries).

He has been impressive throughout theseason, gaining metres, being strong on de-fence and being a feared figure in the Bullsteam.

Habana has only recently shown form,and has been somewhat of a disappoint-ment since moving to the Cape.

A tight, true derby-style match can be ex-pected when the two sides take to the fieldon Saturday.

BUNDLED: DHL Stormers replacement flyhalf, EarlRose, takes down a much larger Melbourne Rebels’Stirling Mortlock during the two sides’ Super Rugbyclash in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday. Photo: Getty Images