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“Tel l ing it as it is”

TERESA FISCHER

“THE picnic’s not over until someone starts eat-ing the blanket.”

This is one of the comments on the HarfieldVillage Association’s (HVA) Facebook group,which is used with great success to create a re-newed sense of community in the neighbour-hood.

The association held its picnic in Purley Parkon Saturday to build on this sense of community,and celebrate recent work to improve the fourparks in the area – Surrey, Hampstead, Princesand Purley Parks.

In August, the new committee of the HVA an-nounced its plans for the beautification of the vil-lage and its parks. R30 000 was also allocated tothis project through the Subcouncil’s annualward allocation budget. Funds from a previousallocation were also used.

HVA chairperson James Fernie says a fewyears ago a Friends of the Harfield Parks organi-sation was formed, but few people got involved,and those who did were often the immediateneighbours of the parks.

But through meetings with residents andgrowing a core group of motivated locals, theparks are now the focus of lavish attention. Fern-ie says: “What is most gratifying is that the parksare now well used, and the community is in-volved.”

He says, to take Surrey Park as an example,people have donated their gardeners’ time for aday, and the HVA refunds them. The fencearound Surrey Park was also fixed to preventpeople entering the park from the railway line.Sixty bushes were also planted along the rail-way, which in time will become a colourful

screen to hide the tracks.Sandra Meyer, HVA secretary, explains that

in Purley Park the ablution block was complete-ly neglected, and a team of residents reportedthis to the City of Cape Town and monitoredprogress. She thanks everyone who made dona-tions to the cause, or helped dig flowerbeds.

Fernie says there are plans to repaint the met-al fencing at Hampstead and Princes Parks, andto continue fencing along Hampstead Road andThird Avenue to increase safety for dog walkers.

Fernie says the City’s Parks Department andward councillors have been very helpful in at-tempts tobeautify thevillage. “I just get despond-ent when residents do not fix up the areas out-side their own homes,” he says.

HVA events are publicised on its Facebookgroup to motivate residents to get involved. Oth-ers use the group page to make suggestions, suchas a proposal to hold carols by candlelight in oneof the parks. Photos of recent spring blossomsin Surrey Park were also posted on the site tolure people back to their green spaces.

Harfield Village resident Gail Morrison says:

“I have found it awesome to connect with otherpeople from around the neighbourhood in thislovely, relaxed way, and find myself wonderingdown to the park more often.”

Morrision notes: “I think that it is so impor-tant to bear in mind that this is an ongoing initia-tive, so that the parks become an integrated partof the community and so continuously reflect theneeds of residents – this means that residentswill be using them far more than in the past.”

Ward councillor Matthew Kempthorne was atSaturday’s picnic, during which an indigenoustree was planted, and comments that it was greatto see the community taking ownership of theirpublic spaces. “Phenomenal work has been doneby the committee in keeping the council on itstoes,” he says, lightly.

Kempthorne appeals to residents of other are-as to join their own residents’ associations,which he says are vital.

Tom Crafford adds that any upgrade can onlybe successful if the community assists the coun-cil by policing the parks and reporting problemswhen they happen.

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SWIFT MOVES: During the Genée International Ballet Competition, which started at the Artscapeyesterday (Monday) and will run until Sunday, the Royal Academy of Dance, in association withCape Town City Ballet, will present a series of workshops that will culminate in a free performanceentitled “Sizodanisa” (“Let’s Dance!”) tomorrow at 15:00. Participating community groups include Dance for All, Jikeleza, Zama and CAFDA.For more information call (021) 4627384 or visitwww.rad.org.uk. Photo: Supplied

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The lies you learn at schoolTONY ROBINSON

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS discoveredAmerica.

Sir Alexander Fleming invented penicillin.Thomas Edison invented the electric light.Marconi invented Radio.Elijah Grey invented the telephone.Few people would argue with those state-

ments, but the first four are dead wrong.Columbus never set foot on American soil.

He discovered the West Indies, and he mayhave landed in Central America, but the manwho actually landed on the North Americanmainland was John Cabot, a naturalised eng-lishman who sailed from Bristol in 1497 look-ing for more northerly route to the East.

So why does Columbus get all the credit?Probably because he paved the way for the

SpanishConquistadorswhobroughtback thegold. That got all the attention, and Columbuswas seen as the discoverer of the “newworld”, which the US came to dominate a fewhundred years later.

Cabot landed in New England, but the terri-torydidnot become importantuntilmuch lat-er. He did not survive his second voyage, andis largely a forgotten man. There was no oneto blow his trumpet.

Sir Alexander Fleming made the observa-tion that mould appeared to kill some bacte-ria. He tried hard to invent penicillin, butgave it up as a bad job in 1928 and had nothingwhatsoever to do with the development of thedrug.

That was done in Oxford during the war byHoward Florey and Ernst Chain. The manu-facturing processes were perfected in Ameri-ca with their help.

But Fleming did have someone to blow histrumpet – Lord Beaverbrook, who controlledthe press in England. Beaverbrook served onthe board of St Mary’s Hospital and he usedhis papers to promote the hospital and its fun-draising efforts. Fleming and penicillin madea good story, and Beaverbrook did not let thetruth get in the way of good headlines. Heeven campaigned for Fleming’s Nobel Prize.

But the Americans object-ed.

They knew the real storyand as a result of their pres-sure, the Nobel Prize wasjointly awarded to Florey,Chain and Fleming.

The electric light was in-vented by an Englishman,Joseph Swan. Edison im-proved it, and most peoplenow give him the credit. Theproblem with Swan’s globewas the filament, which had ashort life. Edison used his vastresources to hunt down a bet-ter filament and, as we know,he succeeded.

Marconi never invented radio.The real inventor was Nicola Tesla, one of

the great unheralded geniuses. Tesla used ra-dio waves to steer a model boat and gave pub-lic demonstrations of radio control beforeMarconi entered the picture. He was tryingto sell radio to the US Navy as a guidance sys-tem for torpedos.

Marconi, wealthy heir to the Guiness for-

tune, challenged Tesla’s patentsand won the first round, but Tes-la appealed and the US SupremeCourt eventually overturned thedecision. By that time Marconiwas famous and Tesla was an oldman about as cranky as HowardHughes.

Elijah Grey did invent the tele-phone, but so did Alexander Gra-ham Bell. Bell’s triumph was toget to the patent office a fewhours before Grey.

If Grey had got to the patent of-fice first, Edison would havebeen credited with the inven-tion. How come? Edison was a

patent-breaker, and he was hired by WesternUnion to get round Bell’s patent.

He did make a big improvement, but Bell’swealthy father-in-law went to court and won.If the patent had been granted to Grey, hewould not have been in a position to defendit, and Edison would now be seen as the in-ventor of the telephone.

The moral of the story?There are lies, damn lies and history.

News in the palm of your hand

PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN an-nounced the winners of its fifthannual Homegrown Awardscompetition at a glamorous galadinner on Thursday.

The event, sponsored by Petro-SA, was celebrated at the SandtonConvention Centre and attended bymore than 450 delegates, includingspecial guests such as councillorParks Tau, Joburg mayor HerbertMkhize, Nedlac executive directorCyril Ramaphosa, Baxolile Zwane(acting vice president of trade, sup-ply and logistics for PetroSA), Les-lie Sedibe (CEO of PSA), and advo-cate Dali Mpofu (chairperson ofPSA). Sedibe applauded the win-ners for their great achievementand hard work.

“These are the companies thatare role models to small and bigcompanies, as these companies are

committed to the values of beingProudly South African. They arebuying local to create jobs, andcommitted to fair labour practice,environmental responsibility anddelivering high-quality goods andservices. It is a real pity that someof South Africa’s leading corpora-tions and listed companies are notmembers of Proudly South African,yet they often claim to be a ProudlySouth African company.”

Sedibe challenges each and everycompany in South Africa to becomeaProudlySouthAfricanmember sothat they “can truly commit them-selves to working together as a na-tion to create jobs and eradicatepoverty in this beautiful country”.

The winners of the HomegrownAwards in their respective catego-ries this year are:

Product of the year• Optiphi Skin Rejuvenation

Technologies;Service of the year• Cora’s Costumes;• Karan Beef (special recogni-

tion award);CSI of the year• Clover Mama Afrika Trust;Environmental (most green)

company of the year• Green Office;Best recognised and ac-

claimed PSA member company(by public voting)

• Stormsriver Adventures;PSA/CGF schools govern-

ance award• Victoria Girls’ High School (its

second Homegrown Award);• Gert Sibande FET College (spe-

cial recognition award);Best PSA company over the

past 10 years• Longspan Gutters;• Karan Beef (special recognition

award).Says PetroSA’s Baxolile Zwane,

“We are proud sponsors of thisevent, and it is an honour for us towitness the greatness of our nation

through the efforts of these compa-nies, both big and small.

Well done, PSA members; keepflying the flag high so that otherscan follow.”

YOU will now be able to access local newsand information on your web-enabled cell-phone with Netlocal and Media24.

Not everyone has access to a computerand internet, statistics indicate that SouthAfrica has one of the highest ratios in theworld of cellphones to people.

So People’s Post has just launched its

new mobile site; the new Mobi functionali-ty, made possible by a separate platformcreated by Prezence SA, is synchronisedwith the newspaper’s website.

This enables cellphone users to gain ac-cess to the People’s Post website – instant-ly, and from just about anywhere. Take alook at our Mobi site on ppost.mobi

Bag yourself a good bargainDUE to public demand, the SPCA willhost another of its Bag a Bargain BookSales on Saturday at the SPCA vet shop at6 Gabriel Road in Plumstead from 08:00 un-til 14:00.

The SPCA will sell bags to shoppers, whocan then fill them up with their favouritetitles from the large selection on offer.

Small bags, which can hold around 13books, will be sold for R50; larger bags,which can hold about 40 books, will go forR150 each.

A limited number of big bags will be instock.

For more information contact Natashaon (021) 700-4155/40.

Celebrating SA’s best Homegrown companiesFASHIONABLE WIN: Theaward forService of theYear was given to CoraCostumes.Cora Simpson, owner ofCora Costumes, is seenhere withObed Bapela,deputy minister of Communications, andevent MC Tumi Makgabo.

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City extends rebate deadlineCAPE TOWN residents who needassistance to pay their monthlymunicipal accounts now haveuntil Monday 31 October to ap-ply for special rates rebates fromthe City of Cape Town.

“Senior citizens who are 60 yearsor older, as well as recipients of adisability grant or pension, couldqualify for rates rebates rangingfrom 10% to 95%,” says aldermanIan Neilson, executive deputy may-or and Mayoral Committee memberfor Finance.

This year the City has budgetedR1,26 billion to help poor and vul-nerable citizens.The upper limit oftotal household income for thesetwo categories has also been raisedfrom R8 500 to R10 000 per month. Inaddition, all property owners witha total household income of R3 000

or less per month may apply to beregistered as indigent, and mayqualify for a 100% rates and refuserebate. Their arrears may also bewritten off once during occupationof the property.

“Apart from the full rates rebateon households earning R3 000 orless per month, or whose residen-tial properties are valued atR200 000 or less, the City has addeda new indigent category for peopleearning between R3 000 and R4 000per month to apply for a 50% ratesrebate,” says Neilson.

“We call on community leaders toassist potential beneficiaries in reg-istering for this financial assist-ance. “The rebates kick in from thedate that the City receives applica-tions and remain valid until the endof June next year.

“To date, some 9 698 people have

registered, but we know that thereare many more who can take advan-tage of this financial lifeline.”

According to Trevor Blake, theCity’s director for Revenue, resi-dentswhohave registered for finan-cial relief in the past need to re-reg-ister to prove their circumstancesstill apply.“Rebates are also availa-ble to bona-fide non-government or-ganisations, public benefit organi-sations, health and welfare institu-tions, educational institutions,historical monuments, charitableinstitutions, sporting bodies, cul-tural institutions, youth develop-ment organisations and animal pro-tection organisations,” he says.

For more information on how toapply for the rebates, call the Cityof Cape Town’s call centre on0860 103 089 or visit your nearestmunicipal office. SALUTING VOLUNTEERS: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (cen

tre), flanked by Diane Ritson (acting head of the Old Mutual Foundation) and Kuseni Dlamini (CEO of Old Mutual Emerging Markets), peersat a display of images depicting supported community projects at theOld Mutual Staff Volunteerism Awards function, held in Pinelands onThursday. During the ceremony, the company recognised those employees who are actively involved in making a difference in their communities. Tutu – guest of honour – said: “Do a little bit of good whereveryou are. It’s these little bits of good put together that overwhelm theworld.” Since the inception of the company’s staff volunteer efforts,Old Mutual has collectively disbursed over R30 million to worthy community projects. Photo: Mark Wessels

Don’t missyour chanceWARD councillor Ian Iversen will hold arates rebate meeting on Wednesday 12 Oc-tober in the St Paul’s Church hall inRondebosch, starting at 10:30.

Those who don’t submit their applica-tions by the end of October will not be eli-gible for a rates rebate.

To qualify, applicants must own and liveon the property in question, and be at least60 years old or earn a total household in-come of less than R10 000 per month.

“I would like to encourage residents toattend this meeting and check if theymight qualify,” Iversen says. “Council of-ficialswill bepresent to answer individualqueries. Rates rebates range from a 100%rebate to 10%, so it is well worth makingan application.”

For further information phone (021) 762-3400 or email [email protected].

ACCORDING tomythany.com, thenumber 13 isn’t usedin any street ad-dresses in some Eu-ropean countries.Instead, the address12 is followed by12½, and then by 14.

Seen any rabbits lately?A REWARD is being offered forthe safe return of two rabbits,which were stolen from theircage – which was ripped out ofthe ground – at a block of flats inRosebank.

One rabbit is black, and theother is brown and tan. The

brown rabbit has been stolen be-fore, when the owner was living inRondebosch. It was later found inAthlone, where it was offered forsale to a woman for R20.

If you can help find these belovedpets, please phone James on082 226 3733.

Safety for the summer seasonGREAT WHITE season is upon us,the City of Cape Town warns.

The predators are typically seenin greater numbers between Au-gust and March, peaking in mid-summer, and a number of sightingshave been made already in Muizen-berg, St James and Clovelly.

Analysis of the Shark Spotters’data from the two beaches with thehighest number of shark sightings,namely Muizenberg and Fish Hoek,reveals that most (over 65% of sight-ings) sharks are observed swim-ming behind the breakers. “Thissuggests that in most cases sharksare simply swimming past thesebeaches on their way to another lo-cation, and we recommend that wa-

ter users in areas of high shark ac-tivity limit the amount of time theyspend behind the breakers, faraway from shore,” says AlisonKock of the Save Our Seas Founda-tion. The data have also shown thatin the event of a whale stranding,nearby shark sightings increasesignificantly for up to a week afterthe stranding. The City forewarnsthat it will close certain beaches ifthe risk is deemed too great.

Kayakers and surfskiiers are spe-cifically asked to be cautious be-tween Sunnycove and GlencairnBeaches, and people are urged notto swim at Jaegers Walk in FishHoek. Surfers should be especiallycareful between Sunrise Beach and

Strandfontein, as well as at Macas-sar Beach.

People are encouraged to use are-as where Shark Spotters are on du-ty, and to take the time to speak tothe spotters about potential dan-gers. Read the shark spotting signsto find out about the four-flag warn-ing system used, and listen out forthe siren call that signals a beachclosure.

People are reminded that greatwhites hunt our waters all yearround, so there is always a chanceof encountering one.

For more information, or to re-port a great white sighting, visitwww.sharkspotters.org.za orwww.saveourseas.com.


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Adi’s legacy lives on

Cecilia’s new eco car park

TERESA FISCHER

HER friends describe Adi Ansems asan amazing philanthropist, whowould travel around “literallyspreading sunshine” wherever shewent.

She was just 27 when she died.But her spirit lives on through the Adi

Foundation, a group established in hermemory. The Foundation, continues thegood work of Adi Ansems, who caredabout all people, the environment, hercity and her country.

She was a trained social worker whowas on the brink of obtaining her mastersin planning and sustainable developmentwhen she died in a car accident in Novem-ber last year.

One of the ways in which her lovingspirit lives on is Adi Day, which happensevery two months and offers an opportu-nity for ordinary people to have fun andmake a difference. For these days, the AdiFoundation identifies enjoyable ways tosupport established causes, believingthat any action, no matter how small, canchange a life.

“People really want to see positivechange in our city and our planet,” saysAngi James, the foundation’s administra-tor. “But with the ever-growing list of peo-ple and projects in need, they simply don’tknow where to start.”

By providing their time, talents and en-thusiasm, members of the foundation areable to make a difference, no matter theirfinancial situation.

The foundation, which has a core groupof about 10 people, already has 95 support-ers,

The foundation also tries to confine its

uplifting events to onedayapiece tomakethem easily manageable, and also to cutout administrative burdens by finding es-tablished causes to support.

“If we are painting a crèche, there willbe paint. People can roll up their sleevesand get started.”

Among the projects given life by thefoundation include a food drive, beachcleanup, and “Beanies for Teenies” – adrive to sew and knit over 200 warm bean-ies for needy children.

“We can feel her sunshine shiningdown on us when we are doing her work,”says Ellis.

The foundation has created a video tohelp spread the word (find the link onwww.peoplespost.co.za), and membersappeal to the community to get involvedby participating in the next Adi Dayevent, which takes place on Sunday at theGun Run in Green Point.

To take part, email [email protected] for more information.

TREE PLANTERS: Nicole Joubert, JennaHume, Alan Atkinson, Candice Jooste,Dunya Ansems, Cathryn Edwards andCourtney Ellis do their bit for Adi Day,helped by furry friend DemiDog.Photo: Supplied

THE Table Mountain National Park reo-pened the Cecilia car park, which providesaccess to the Cecilia plantation along RhodesDrive, on Friday.

The parking area was closed in January tomake way for the commercial harvesting ofpine trees in the surrounding plantation.

While the parking zone was closed, TMNPappointed landscape architect Clare Burgessto collaboratively with local stakeholdersand partners to design a new, user- and eco-friendly plan for car park. It now providesspace for 50 cars in designated bays betweenplanted beds of fynbos shrubs and indige-nous shade trees. Restoration of the slopessurrounding the car park, allowing for thegradual regrowth of the indigenous granitefynbos and iconic silver trees, is underway.

Cecilia was established as a commercialplantation in 1903, and the land was assignedto SANParks in 2005, at which stage thestanding timber had already been sold to aprivate harvesting company. “From the out-set, Park management could foresee that theCecilia gateway would be at the forefront ofpublic debate around the harvesting of the

tall pines,” says Paddy Gordon, TMNP man-ager. “We all remember the sad faces paintedon the felled timber, replied to by happy facespainted by fynbos lovers.”

This heated debate was not simply aboutpine trees, says Gordon. “It was a battle thatspanned the rights and voice of users, a shad-ed heritage landscape, the legal ownership ofthe timber, and, of course, SANParks’ na-tional and international mandate to protectthe biodiversity of this beautiful mountainchain.”

Gordon says that although SANParks hadno power to reverse the commercial harvest-ing, it undertook to invest significantly in re-storing the Cecilia gateway as a gesture toshow people it values their sense of owner-ship of the mountain, and does not take theirfeelings lightly. “The reopening of the Cecil-ia Car Park has been long awaited, both byusers and park management,” Gordon says.“The upgrade that was undertaken here rec-ognises Cecilia as a popular gateway to thepark, but moreover it recognises the signifi-cant role that Cecilia played in the tree de-bate.”


The TMNP’s newtake on natural funDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE Table Mountain Nation-al Park unveiled its re-vamped activity permit,which allows unlimited year-long access for a particularactivity to parts of the re-serve, at a press conferenceon Wednesday.

The My Activity Permit is arestructured management toolto ensure that the impact of ac-tivities within the park is prop-erly managed, and that the ex-traordinary biodiversity of thepark is protected.

But the debate on the revisedpermit system was already infull swing before the unveilinglast week. In a letter to People’sPost (“Give my dog its own per-mit”, People’s Post, 16 August),Roy Phillips asked whether itwould not be more practical togive dogs a permit instead ofpeople. This way, he argued, afamily would not have to buyseveral permit cards, but onlyone for the family dog.

In response to this debate, andto a request made by the Friendsof the Dog Walkers (FDW), theTMNP will now further investi-gate possibilities for family andcouple permits for dog walkingin the park; this would offer adiscount for each member of afamily applying for a permit.

But Merle Collins, spokesper-son for the TMNP, says this

structure is still to be complet-ed. However, Collins says theTMNP will engage with theScarborough and KommetjieResidents’ and Ratepayers’ As-sociations to offer discounts toresidents who only walk theirdogs on their local beaches anddo not use other park facilities.

Collins says residents will beinformed of the discounts oncethey have been finalised.

The cost of the activity card isdetermined by the impact theactivity is deemed tohaveon thepark, and ranges from R135 fora dog-walking permit to R280 fora horse riding or line fishingpermit.

Park manager Paddy Gordonsaid during the press confer-ence that some activities areprohibited in some areas of thepark, depending on the sensitiv-ity of the environment. For in-stance, dog walking is not per-mitted at Cape Point.

He said this zoning schemewas developed through the anal-ysis of several years’ worth ofresearch. Gordon further ex-plained that a permit holderwould not have to pay fees forentering the park when engag-ing in the permitted activity,but would need a My GreenCard or a Wild Card to accessthe park otherwise.

The TMNP recently launchedits My Green Card (“Go greenand get access to save”, People’sPost, 2 August), which costs R80

and allows 12 entries into thepark for one year.

Gordon said dog walkers andpeople partaking in other activi-ties are increasing every sea-son, with over 110 000 dog walk-ers, 52 000 cyclists and about80 000 trail runners visiting thepark in a year.

He said the TMNP’s first pri-ority is to protect the biodiversi-ty of the park, but it also realisesthe need to make the park acces-sible to people – hence the re-structuring of the permit sys-tem.

Asked how the permit systemwould be enforced, Gordon saidthe park relies mainly on resi-dents to police themselves. Hesaid people need to sign a codeof conduct when they apply fora permit.

Even so, he warned that therangers on patrol in the parkcheck for permits, and that re-peat offenders would be fined.

Gordon said the revampedpermit system was developed inconsultation with various inter-est groups, such as Paddle Pow-er and the FDW.

The card is available at Boul-ders Beach, and the TMNP offic-es in Westlake and Tokai. TheTMNP is also negotiating withCape Town Tourism to makecards available at its outlets.

For more information call(021) 701-8692, email [email protected] or visitwww.sanparks.org.

Where toasters go to diePEOPLE travelled from asfar off as Hout Bay and Si-mon’s Town to drop off their“e-waste” in Pinelands,where a whopping total of3,5 tonnes were collected onHeritage Day alone.

E-waste is defined as any-thing that uses a plug or bat-teries – electronic goods, inother words.

The E-Waste Alliance, inpartnership with the Insti-tute of Waste Managementof Southern Africa’s West-ern Cape branch and Jef-fares & Green Engineeringand Environmental Con-sultants, thanks everybodywho dropped off their e-waste during the collectiondrive, and for contributingtowards its success.

Compared to last year’sfigures, an additional 700kgof e-waste were collectedthis year, including comput-ers, printers, cables and key-boards. Other diverse itemsincluded a stove, washingmachines, vacuum cleaner,kettles, a drill, hairdryers,compact fluorescent lampsand batteries. A number ofTVs, decoders, DVD play-ers, VCRs, cellphones, tele-phones and fax machines were alsodropped off.

Many items were broken, but somepieces of equipment were repairable,and others simply obsolete. The e-junk will now be refurbished and re-paired (where possible), or disman-tled and safely disposed of, all handledaccording to integrated waste man-agement principles and in the mostenvironmentally safe manner possi-ble.

On the waste drop-off day, around80 people arrived to do their bit for theenvironment, and many completed afact-finding questionnaire on the type

and origin of e-waste they’d broughtin.

Findings from the survey indicatedthat the majority (75%) of individualsdropping off e-waste lived in Pine-lands and Thornton. The greatest per-centage (24%) of respondents indicat-ed that they usually stored broken orold e-waste items at home. A total of58% of respondents indicated thatthey would like e-waste collectionpoints and recycling centres at con-venient sites.

For more information on the near-est drop-off or recycling facility inyour area, visit www.mywaste.co.za.

INFORMATION AGED: Ewaste was dropped off bythe truckload at Jeffares & Green in Pinelandsfor recycling. Photo: Supplied


SHARING IS CARING: The pupils of Cannon’s Creek Primary School in Pinelands paid a visit to Molenbeek Primary School in Maitland last week fora day of fun and interaction. The Cannon’s Creek pupils were each askedto take along an extra lunch and drink to share with their friends at Molenbeek, and the youngsters spent the day singing and playing together.

WINE AND DINE: PensionersDries and Marietjie Kleyn, whoturn used wine barrels into creations of functional beauty, will joinseveral other artists and craftersat the Santam Swartland Wineand Olive Route Farmer’s Marketat the Kirstenbosch Stone Cottages in Rhodes Drive from 10:00to 16:00 on Saturday. A host offine wines, olive products andmore will also be on sale to showoff the region’s best – and a luckyreader stands a chance to win acase of mixed Swartland winesand olive products from the OliveBoutique by emailing fran@hippocommunications.com with “People’s Post Swartland” in the subject line before Thursday. To findout more call (022) 4871133.

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Tools to grow a better futureDALEEN FOUCHÉ

LIVING WAY, a local NGOworking to train people to“earn their way out of pover-ty”, has launched a new agri-culture and business trainingprogramme in Masiphumeleleand Ocean View.

The course will run over twomonths and cover several topics,including entrepreneurial ba-sics, work readiness, farmingskills and agricultural businesspractices.

Richard Lundie, general man-ager of Living Way, says thecourse aims to create entrepre-neurs who are passionate aboutgrowing food for commercial pur-pose. He says the NGO aims tobreak the mindset that farming is“just for my own tummy”, and tohelp people realise that, with theright knowledge and skills, onecan run a successful agriculturalbusiness.

He says this can be illustratedbyLivingWay’s first tomato crop,grown in a hydroponic tunnel onits campus in Kommetjie Road,next to Capri.

Lundie says the 30-by-8 metretunnel holds 660 tomato plants,andyields around six tonnes of to-matoes in six months.

He says the crops are sold to lo-cal retailers in the Far South, andthe income is “ploughed back” in-to training programmes.

The tunnels currently supplywork to three people, and willserveas aplace of training for stu-dents in the agri-academy.

The long-term vision for thistraining programme is to rejuve-nate rural communities and fight

urbanisation. “Our vision wasnever to start micro businesses inMasiphumelele or Ocean View,”Lundie elaborates.

Lundie says the soil inMasiphumelele is too sandy foragriculture, but adds that thereare residents in Masiphumelelewho own fertile property in theEastern Cape, but they left theirhomes there to find work in thecity.

Popular culture portrays citylife as glamorous, and so attractsmany South Africans to cities,Lundie elaborates.

As such, he says the projectaims to empower people to useland productively to cultivatefood on a commercial scale.“There are 800 million hectares ofunused cultivatable land in Afri-ca,” he points out.

Three experts in their fieldswill be teaching the four courses

to a group of about 20 students.Lundie says the course is “heavi-ly subsidised”, but Living Waywill charge a nominal fee of R120to get students to take ownershipof the course and give them theimpetus to see it through to theend.People will be able to pay this ininstalments, he adds. “Even if aperson can only pay R10 a week,it would show his commitment tothe programme.”

Training runs from 18 Octoberto 9 December. Lundie says somestudents might be chosen afterthe course for a year-long inten-sive mentor programme and fur-ther training. “They can then, inturn, go back to rural communi-ties and train others.”

For more information on theagri-academy and Living Way,call (021) 785-2597 or visitwww.livingway.co.za.

TUNNEL OF GREEN: These tomatoes are grown at the Living Way campusin Kommetjie Road. Photo: Supplied


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History gets a little plastic surgeryAFTER criminalsravaged a numberof historical mon-uments in Pine-lands, the City hasmanaged to re-store dignity tothe past.

Criminals stolethe 80-year-oldbrass sundial fromthe FoundationStone in Pinelandsin 2008, and in the process threwacid on a brass plaque commemo-rating the proclamation of MeadWay and the Mead as nationalmonuments. The following year,

in June, People’sPost reported thatthieves had stolenboth brass plaquesfrom the MeadWay monument;two months later,Peoples Post re-ported that thecriminals hadstruck again, thistime removing the40-year-old brassplaques commemo-

rating the establishment of theGarden Remembrance in CentralSquare (“Vandals mess with histo-ry”, 23 June 2009).

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ea’s ward councillor, aldermanBrian Watkyns, approached theCity with a view to having theplaques replaced in the interest ofpreserving the history of the area.Clive James of the Heritage Re-source Department in the Cityagreed, and the funds weresourced to do so.

Basil Tommy was tasked withfinding a manufacturer who couldproduce a plastic plaque with abrass-like appearance.

The City was then faced with theproblem of recreating the plaqueswith the exact wording. Watkynsspent months studying old photo-graphs in the hopes of making outthe tiny, blurred-lettering; with

the help of his twosharp-eyed sons,he was eventuallyable to get about90% of the wordingright.

Then, while go-ing through someold papers in hisarchive, Watkynsfound the actualwording, as ap-proved by council.The informationwas passed ontoBasil Tommy, and after fewmonths the plastic plaques wereready, well ahead of Heritage Day.

When the plaques were reinstat-

ed, the councilcleaned and re-paired the stone-work on each monu-ment. Watkyns sayshe was pleasantlysurprised to see thatthe stolen sundialhad also been re-placed, as he hadunderstood thiscould not be doneconvincingly withplastic.

He adds that thePinelands community is indebtedto both Clive James and BasilTommy for their efforts in restor-ing the historical monuments.

NEW HISTORY: Ward councillor Brian Watkyns isseen with the new Gardenof Remembrance plaque.

LOOKALIKE: The sundialon the foundation stonehas been replaced with aplastic replica.


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THOUSANDS of children in needof care have viewed St George’sHome for Girls as a safe havensince it opened 149 years ago.

Today, the second oldest institu-tion of its kind in Cape Town houses33 girls between the ages of 3 and 18years, and coming up with thefundsneeded to give thema fightingchance in life is always hard.

Not all of them are orphans, asprincipal Graeme Cairns explains.“The home is a registered child andyouth care centre. It used to becalled an orphanage and then a chil-dren’s home, but now the correctterm is a child and youth care cen-tre.”

The home, registered with the De-partment of Social Development, isthe only residential care facility inthe Wynberg district that providesfor children in need.

“Kids come in and kids go out. Itis extremely difficult,” continuesCairns. “We cannot help them in-definitely because of our limited re-sources.

“A lot of staff stay in contact withthe girls when they leave, becausethey often become like mothers tothem. Even though the girls mustleave when they are 18, one can al-ways help them with advice or emo-tional support.”

As a child and youth care centre,the home’s main areas of focus areto provide shelter for girls in needof care, create a nurturing environ-ment that will cater to their emo-tional, spiritual, physical, socialand educational needs, and to pro-vide social services, quality thera-peutic and developmental pro-grammes with a view to reunitingthem with their families where pos-sible.

Byproviding specialised careandeducation, as well as teaching lifeskills to the girls within a secure en-vironment, caregivers empowerthem with the necessary skills andknowledge tobecomeconfident peo-ple, Cairns says.

“When the children arrive, a so-cial worker will spend a lot of timewith them,” says Cairns whenasked about the difficulty the girlshave with acclimatising to the new

environment.“They must understand that St

George’s won’t necessarily be theirhome until they are 18 years old.Many of the children return to theirparents or foster parents beforethat.”

While at the home, however, thechildren are fully integrated intothe local community, with most at-tending schools in the surroundingareas, and they are actively in-

volved in extramural activities,workshops and skills developmentclasses.

“We work with them through ourprogrammes, such as our therapeu-tic and developmental pro-grammes. We teach them the littlethings, suchashow to tie their shoe-laces, or how to use a knife or fork.”

To nurture the children, thehome strives to provide an environ-ment that closely resembles a

warm, loving and caring familyhome. The girls are divided intofour smaller “families” of all ages,each in the care of qualified childcare workers, of whom there arecurrently five. Therapeutic care isprovided by a registered socialworker, and six other people makeup the home’s compliment of 12staff members.

“Volunteers also come in to helpus with different aspects,” Cairnssays. “At the moment we are in a re-al need of tutors. Someone musthelp the girls with their schoolwork in the afternoons, or even af-ter hours. The girls struggle a lotwith maths, English and Afrikaans,so we also encourage reading.”

The home receives a subsidyfrom the government, but the fund-ing is not enough to run the facilityoptimally.

“It is way too little,” Cairns ad-mits. “It is never enough. It’s a thirdof what we need – which is R1,5 mil-lion a year – so we depend a lot onthe generosity of people out there.

“Ideally, we want people to pledgeR50 or R100 a month – this would re-ally help us.”

If you’d like to make a donation,or you’re willing to help out with tu-toring, please contact the home on(021) 797-0262 or email [email protected].

PROUD AND ABLE: Some of the staff of St George’s House in Plumsteadare seen standing in front of the child and youth care centre. From left: FredaSnell, Delia Cottle, Ursula Lawrence, Yvonne Engelbrecht, Maureen Abrahams, Graeme Cairns and Alric van Niekerk. Photo: Andre Bakkes

Diwali ready to set the sky aflameTHE Cape Town Diwali Festivalwill light up the sky when it opensat Ratanga Junction in CenturyCity at 11:00 on Saturday 15 Octo-ber.

The festival, held until midnight,will include a Bhangra Bash, a fire-works display, dancing and music.Fine food, exotic fashion, tradition-al goods and lifestyle items will beon sale, and the festivities will eveninclude a sari modelling competi-tion.

A number of children’s rides will

keep the youngsters busy.Also known as the Hindu Festival

of Lights, Diwali is meant to dispelthe darkness and light up lives, andsymbolises the victory of good overevil.

Hindus celebrate Lakshmi, (god-dess of good fortune and beauty),Ganesh (god of wisdom and auspi-ciousness) and mountain Goverd-han on this day.

The homecoming of Lord Rama –who is said to have defeated the de-mon-king Ravana – along with Sitaand his brother Lakshmana, is alsocelebrated after their 14-year exileto Ayodhya.

Festival organisers say the showwill “blow into your hearts andwash away all of your worries”.

“The elements of earth, wind, fireand water will be engulfed. Earth

gets in touch with your roots andyour culture. Wind is envelopedand swept away by the entertain-ment on offer. Fire sets your soulalight with the spirit of Diwali, andwater allows the light of Diwali toflow in your blood and dance inyour veins, bringing all streams toone ocean.”

Rajan Zed, president of UniversalSociety of Hinduism, says the Hin-

du spiritual practices and tradi-tions hold many important lessonsfor future generations.

“Instead of running after materi-alism, we should focus on innersearch and realisation of self, andwork towards achievingmoksh [lib-eration], which was the goal of Hin-duism.”

Tickets for the event are availa-ble through Computicket at a costof R40. For more information callLerisha Mudaliar or Thev Patheron 083 415 1580.


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Mowbray: The Off the Wall art andcraft exhibition is being held at StGeorge’s Grammar School in Rich-mond Road from 18:00 to 21:00. The ex-hibits were produced by talented peo-ple at Fountain House SA, a projectrun by Cape Mental Health for peoplewith psychiatric challenges. Refresh-ments will be served, and a cash barwill be available. Call Suzanne Fouchéat (021) 447-7409.

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Kenilworth: The Off the Wall exhibi-tion continues at the Gill AldermanGallery. Contact Suzanne Fouché at(021) 447-7409.

Saturday 8 OctoberPinelands: The Brown and AnnieLawrence Home and Broadwalk MewsRetirement Village will hold an openmorning between 09:00 and 12:00.You’ll get to browse among craft andmarket stalls, and refresh yourself inthe tea garden. There will also berooms and units on show. For more in-formation email [email protected] contact Jackie on (021) 530-4400.

Sunday 9 OctoberRondebosch: The Friends of Ronde-bosch Common will lead their fourthfree spring flower ramble at 11:00.Meet on the grass area on the CampGround Road-side of the common.“The common will be wet in places, sowear wellies and bring a windcheat-er,” the Friends say. “We finish at13:00. Bring a little money to buycards, and our book on RondeboschCommon will also be available.

“This flower ramble will honour thememory of the late professor KaderAsmal, patron of the Friends of Ronde-bosch Common.”

Donations towards the common willbe gratefully accepted. For more infor-mation contact Sue on (021) 686-8968 orJoanne on (021) 685-3451.

Sunday 9 OctoberKenilworth: The Friends of the Kenil-worth Conservation Area will lead aspring flower walk, starting at theWetton Road racecourse entrance gateat 10:30. Adult non-members are asked

for a R10 donation to join the walk, andchildren get in for free. Call James orSkye on (021) 700-1843.

Monday 10 OctoberRondebosch: South African YouthEducation for Sustainability (SA-YES)will hold a presentation for potentialmentors at the Marsh Memorial from18:15 until 19:15. SA-YES was foundedin South Africa in 2010, aiming to pro-vide guidance and support to youngpeople in need after they stop receiv-ing government funding at the age of18. For further information phoneMichelle on (021) 788-3807 or [email protected].

Monday 10 OctoberNewlands: Adrian Pheiffer is to speakon “The History of Motor Racing in theWestern Cape” at the next meeting ofthe Historical Society of Cape Town atthe Josephine Mill in Boundary Roadat 20:00. All are welcome. Entrancecosts R20. For more information con-tact Sybil Havenga on (021) 761-4770.

Thursday 13 OctoberKenilworth: The Grayladies Associa-tion presents a cooking demonstrationat 19:00 at the Pick n Pay School ofCooking, 101 Rosmead Avenue. Thetheme is “Perfect Pasta”. Free and se-cure parking is available. For furtherinformation contact Barbara on (021)671-0820 on Mondays, Tuesdays orThursdays between 09:00 and noon, oron 082 923 3544.

Thursday 13 OctoberRondebosch: The Cape Town FamilyHistory Society presents Colin Ed-wards, who will lead a workshop ontaking photos with a digital camera,from 09:30 to 12:00 in the St Paul’sChurch hall, Main Road. Programmesand registration forms are availablefrom Lois Harley at [email protected]; alternatively, call (021) 797-6537.

Saturday 22 OctoberRondebosch: A ladies’ high tea to sup-port children of abused women takesplace at Rustenburg Girls’ JuniorSchool from 14:30 until 16:30. Ticketsare R100 per person. RSVP by Friday14 October to [email protected] further information phone Leighon 072 447 1600.

Bag yourself a book bargainDUE to public demand, the SPCA will hostanother of its Bag a Bargain Book Sales on Sat-urday at the SPCA vet shop at 6 Gabriel Roadin Plumstead from 08:00 until 14:00.

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TOURIST TRACTION: These colourfullycostumed dancers, backed by the rhythmic pulsingof a group of drummers, were seen performing outside the Golden Restaurant at Cape TownCentral Railway Station on Monday last week – the eve of World Tourism Day. Celebratedon 27 September each year, the day is earmarked by the United Nations to honour tourismand its social, economic and environmental benefits. This year’s theme, “Linking Cultures”,perfectly captured Cape Town’s rich heritage and cultural diversity. The Mother City ison the eve of two important cultural announcements: This month, residents will find outwhether their city has been chosen as the World Design Capital for 2014; and on 11 November, it will be known whether Table Mountain has made it onto the list as one of the newSeven Natural Wonders of the World. Cape Town is now set for a monthlong celebrationfocused on making its cultural riches available to all of its citizens. Photo: Lulama Zenzile

People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch LEADER Tuesday 4 October 2011

Thin blue lineA CAPE TOWN car thief died at the weekend,allegedly at the hands of an SAPS officer inAthlone, addingyet another statistic to the in-creasing rate of police shootings nationally.

While police gave chase, the man drivingthe car failed to stop as instructed, and wasfatally wounded.

The SAPS illustrated a steady increase inthe number of public claims for shootings bypolice in a report released last week.

Based on figures for the year ending March2010, these claims increased nationally fromR426 million to R526 million. Claims for po-lice assault reportedly increased fromR380 million to R506 million.

While national Police commissioner BhekiCele says not all such claims are substantiat-ed, the sharp increase remains a worrying in-dicator.

Intimidation and unwarranted violence bypolice in many communities are serious real-ities. Some don’t recognise the SAPS as a po-lice service, but rather a militaristic groupwielding almost absolute state-bestowed pow-er. While allegations of corruption within theranks remain rife, police remain at logger-heads with residents.

Some suggest the trouble is only worsenedby a lack of training and quality recruitment.But is the root of the problem inherited froma society in which the vast majority of thepopulace feared and loathed the police? Thisis very possible.

While stats like those released last week areconcerning, the SAPS are in some regardsmaking an effort. The more buy-in there isfrom the public for initiatives like communi-ty policing, hopefully, the better public andpolice will relate to one another.

And while organisations such as the Inde-pendent Complaints Directorate remain opento listen to grievances, we remain on the righttrack. It is true that SA officers have a longway to go to entrench themselves into somecommunities, but the fight to take this placeis a noble one, and entirely worth its weightin gold.

Shoppers walk with spring in their stepIT would not be fitting to write thisletter without indulging in the na-tional debate which has turned everySouth African into either a rugby se-lector or a rugby groupie.

Whatever your take is on the ideaof experience over youth, their na-tional rugby debate speaks to the pas-sion we feel as South Africans aboutour national symbols like Springbokrugby.

Claremont and environs has itsown symbols, which make the Clare-mont experience a quintessentiallyClaremont one, and which the usersof Claremont feel equally passionateabout.

For some this experience involvesCavendish Square, the Claremontbookstores or a beauty therapy expe-rience at any one of the health experi-ences in the Claremont area. Y

et others consider experiencing theantique wonderland of Dave PortersAntique shop as their quintessential

Claremont, or popping into a club af-ter watching our local and nationalheroes at play in neighbouring New-lands. Whatever the experience, theClaremont Improvement District (CI-DC) would like to frame that experi-ence in a secure, clean and well man-aged environment.

The CIDC prides itself in being ableto provide a safe predictable environ-ment, which then can lead to the“wow” shopping or entertainment ex-perience for theuser of theClaremontarea. The latest national crime statis-tics published in the middle of Sep-tember reveal very little if the raw da-ta is left uninterpreted.

The trends a busy retail districtlike Claremont should be checkingwould be business robbery and busi-ness burglary. The significant dropyear on year in both these categoriesspeaks to the fantastic relationshipbetween the police and the CIDC incombating crime in the Claremont

CBD.The 36 CIDC security officers intheir bright orange beanies, with theemphasis on visible policing coupledwith regular joint operations withmembers of the police, Law Enforce-ment, and the City of Cape Town, con-tribute to a comfortability indexwhich makes the retail and entertain-ment district of Claremont one of themost walkable business districts inthe Metropole.

This comfortability index is experi-enced by users of Claremont feelingat ease to move between the northernand southern borders of the Clare-mont Business District without feel-ing the need to clutch onto personalbelongings for dear life, as every sooften a member of either the police,Law Enforcement or our orange-capped security officers can be seenon the horizon.ABDUL KERBELKERExecutive manager of the ClaremontImprovement District Company

Givingheartfeltthanksamid griefWE as the Gaffney family would liketo express our sincere gratitude toeveryone who supported us duringthe difficult time of our husband, fa-ther and grandfather Brian Gaffney’spassing.

Through everyone’s messages ofsupport, personal visits, and sincere

expressions of condolences,we appreciated afresh theimmense role he played inso many people’s lives, andthe impact his life and workhad on people and the com-munity.

Thank you to those whoshared their personal expe-riences of Brian at his memorial serv-ice at St Cyprian’s Church; your sto-ries about the times you shared withBrian were special, and enriched ourmemories of him. The stories will al-ways be with us.

Thank you to everyone who attend-ed the funeral service.

It was hard to say goodbye to him,but having you with us helped carryus through the process.

Brian is still with us in ourthoughts every day and we miss himbeyond word.

But we have been encouraged bythe love and support we have re-ceived from everyone who reachedout to embrace us as a family.MayGod bless you the way you have bless-ed us.VANESSA, SASHA, CALLANAND ZARAH GAFFNEY

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. Please support local musi-cian Tyler Drake on Facebookand on Twitter (@tylerdrak). Hisnew single “On My Knees” willbe available on 10 October in var-ious online stores.

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Top of the local popsANDRE BAKKES

ORGANISERS are gearing up for two mo-mentous Die Burger Pops concerts onSunday 16 October, with a host of stellarnames already signed up.

The stars will be coming out for “free” ona day when the audience and performers willbe doing their bit to make this Christmas alittle merrier for needy children.

People’s Post caught up with two of the art-ists – mother and daughter Madeegha Andersand Jawaahier Petersen – to hear theirthoughts on the upcoming Die Burger Pops.

“When I was approached, I was quite takenaback,” says Anders.

She looks almost as young as Petersen, butshe refuses to give her age, and answers in-stead, “Whoever guesses right wins a prize!”

She continues, “With the amount of talentwe have in Cape Town, it was a surprise tobe asked. There are like a zillion artists inCape Town.

“We look forward to it very much, and I wasgiven a song I’ve always wanted to do. It waswritten by a very talented woman – my grootpêl – Mynie Grové. She’s just it!”

All the artists will be on stage for the open-ing and final songs, and in between they willeach grace the stage for a particular song.

Petersen is also “ecstatic” with her choiceof song, but she doesn’t want to divulge whatit will be. She will also be one of the BurgerPops guest presenters for Kyk-Net, which issomething she says she has looked forwardto her whole life.

“There will be a big band on stage with arunning theme of ‘Swing’. The scale of theshow will be a few notches up from whatwe’re used to,” Anders continues.

For someone who has been performing infront of audiences her whole life, it is some-what surprising to hear that Anders still getsbutterflies before she goes on stage.

“I feel sick,” she smiles. “I get so nervousI can’t eat! But all this just adds to the per-formance. I think you actually need the but-terflies to deliver a great show.”

Joining them on stage will be AndréSchwartz, Sarah Theron, Lize Beekman, Ned-ine Blom, Johnny Davids, Zanne Stapelberg,Gugulethu Tenors, Elle Amor, Rocco de Vil-liers, Hilandi du Toit and Chad Saaiman – toname but a few. The proceeds will be fun-nelled into community empowerment; muchof the money raised will help three charityorganisations – the ACVV, Badisa and Mfe-sane – give youths a merry Christmas and alife filled with opportunities.

Die Burger Pops will hit the Artscape witha matinee at 14:00 and an evening show at19:00. Tickets cost R80, R150 and R220 throughfrom Computicket. A special family packagefor the matinee is also available.

READY TO ENTERTAIN: Jawaahier Petersenand Madeegha Anders will be the only familyact at Die Burger Pops. Photo: Andre Bakkes

The penguins are upon usTHE countdown to the 11thannual Simon’s Town Pen-guin Festival is nearly at anend.

The two days of education-al fun, food and family games,all for the benefit of the en-dangered African penguin,kick off at 10:00 on Saturday– African Penguin Aware-ness Day – with the beach re-lease of a group of penguins,rehabilitated by Southern Af-rican Foundation for the Conservation ofCoastal Birds (SANCCOB), back into thewild.

“The public is encouraged to come downto Seaforth Beach, Simon’s Town, to wit-ness this moving event,” the organiserssay.

Children and adults can also meetSANCCOB’s ambassador penguin and“find out more about these charismaticcreatures” during African PenguinAwareness Day, which is celebratedacross the globe. This year SANCCOB hascreated a lesson plan to commemorate thebig day. It’s available to all teachers,groups, zoos and aquariums; email [email protected] or call (021) 557-6155 toget one. The festival itself promises arange of entertainment for the whole fami-

ly, including the “Penguinand Snake” show at theBoulders Beach Lodgeparking area at varioustimes throughout theweekend.

The centrepiece of thefestival – the annual galaauction – will be held onSaturday at Blue Horizon,Red Hill Road, “with amouth-watering menubrought to you, once again,

by Boulders Beach Lodge and Restau-rant”. During the event, conservationistcouple Michelle and Riaan Garforth-Ven-ter will take guests through an evening offine dining and fundraising.

As the official fundraisers for the Burgh-er’s Walk Restoration Project, SANCCOBwill put funds raised on the evening to-wards uplifting this unprotected area,close to the Boulders Beach colony of Afri-can penguins. Tickets for the gala costR395 per person; for bookings or more in-formation, contact Margaret Roestorf on(021) 557-6155 or at [email protected].

For further information on the PenguinFestival in general, email [email protected] or call (021) 557-6155. To down-load the programme, visit www.sanc-cob.co.za.

WIN TICKETS: After a soldout season in 2009, the Lilliput Children’sTheatre Company will conclude another sevenshow run of its populartake on “Red Riding Hood” at Muizenberg’s Masque Theatre this Saturday. The play shows at the Masque– 37 Main Road – daily at 11:00.Tickets, priced at R40, can bebooked through Computicket or atany Shoprite or Checkers outlet. Forblock bookings or queries, call Eltonon 083 364 8284 or (021) 5582650, or call the Masque Theatre on(021) 7887911. For more information on the Lilliput Players themselves, visit www.lilliputplayers.co.za. To stand a chance to winone of 10 double tickets to the show,SMS the word “RED” to 34586 bynoon on Thursday. SMSes costR1,50. Photo: Supplied

Fly away with ‘In the Wings’WITNESS the story of two sisters as theybattle to work past their limitations to cre-ate the future the rest of the world some-times fails to see when “In the Wings”emerges from the wings at On Broadwayin the CBD at 20:30 every day this week un-til Saturday.

Written by Jared Kruger and producedby the Chaeli Campaign, the play followsJo – who wants to study design abroad –and her sister, Kath, who has cerebral pal-sy and is finishing off high school.

The family isn’t exactly flush, and Jo

struggles with the desire to fulfil her po-tential and the sense of responsibility shefeels toward her beloved little sister andher burdened mother.

“This is a story about everyday stuff,about choices and, ultimately, about pos-sibility,” a write-up on the play reads.

On Broadway can be found at 44 LongStreet. Tickets cost R85 through www.on-broadway.co.za; block bookings can bemade with Melanie Scrooby on086 124 2354 or at [email protected].

Seriously symphonic tunesTHE final round of the eighth Laura Sear-le Prize for Concerto Playing, which isopen to all piano students at the South Af-rican College of Music (SACM), will beheld at Baxter Concert Hall in Rondeboschat 20:15 next Tuesday.

As part of their reward, the magical mu-sicians who come out on top of the LauraSearle competition get to perform a con-certo with the UCT Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets, which can be booked throughComputicket, cost R50; UCT staff pay R45,senior citizens and students pay R35, andscholars pay R25.

• A free performer’s class show by Siya

Charles and Friends will be held in theSACM’s Chisholm Recital Room at 14:00on Wednesday next week. The show,which includes works by Bheki Mselekuand some original compositions, will fea-ture Charles himself (on trombone), Re-uben Crowie (drums), Stephen Bell (pi-ano), Darren English (trumpet) and Mo-nique van Willingh (flute).

• On Thursday next week at 13:00, thefirst of three free lunchtime concerts willbe put on by the SACM’s composition stu-dents in the Baxter Concert Hall.

For more information call the SACM on(021) 650-2626.

Butler brings his show homeJONATHAN BUTLER re-turns to South Africa inNovember for two exclu-sive performances only inJohannesburg and CapeTown.

It’s been almost sixyears sinceButler last per-formed in Johannesburg;although he was in CapeTown in 2010 for the CapeTown Jazz Festival, and in2008 for the Jonathan But-ler and Friends Tour,“this show will be up close and personal”, or-ganisers say.

His show at the GrandWest Grand Arenaon 4 November will feature Butler “in a

unique setting, providingintimate behind-the-mu-sic stories about his hitsongs”; he’ll also performa number “all the songsyou’ve grown to love”, theorganisers promise. “Theaudience will be treated toa special evening, duringwhich Jonathan will tellstories about his music,writing experiences andmemories growing up inSouth Africa and eventu-

ally settling in Los Angeles.”Tickets are available at Computicket from

R155 to R275. There is also a limited numberof VIP hospitality tickets at R750.

JonathanButler

HANDS UP: This year’s BaxterDance Festival promises a bumperlineup “jampacked with CapeTown’s diverse and dynamic dancetalent” from Thursday this week toSaturday next week. The festivalwill showcase over 50 danceworks, ranging in style from contemporary to neoclassical, flamenco, fusion, physical theatre, modern, African, jazz, hip hop, belly andIndian dancing. Tickets, which costR75, R50 and R30 depending onthe category, are available throughComputicket on 0861 915 8000,online at www.computicket.co.zaor at any Shoprite or Checkers outlet. For discounted corporate orblock bookings, senior citizens andcharities, contact Sharon on(021) 6803962 or Carmen on(021) 6803993 during officehours. For more information contact Alethea PattersonCordigliaon (021) 6803963, at alethea.patterson[email protected] or on072 0142 780.

Sold outTICKETS to the final instal-ment of “Comedy Legends in

the Valley” on Friday, fea-turing legendary funny manPieter-Dirk Uys, have beensold out.

“Comedy Legends in the

Valley” is a fundraiser theShark Spotters beach safetyinitiative, and features com-edy greats like Mel Millerand Bary Hilton.

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People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch GENERAL Tuesday 4 October 2011

Let your hard work shineWESTERN CAPE crafters anddesigners have until Friday 2December to submit their en-tries for the 2012 Cape Craftand Design Institute’s (CC-DI’s) fourth Handmade Col-lection, which aims to show-case the most innovativehandmade products in theprovince.

Work will be selected by aboard of top designers, retail gal-lery owners and curators, andthe products will be unveiled atthe iconic Design Indaba in Feb-ruary next year to retail buyersand collectors from across bothSouth Africa and the rest of theworld. The works will also beshown off in a glossy catalogueand on the CCDI’s website.

The products can be made ofanything from ceramics, wooland textiles to glass, wood andmetal; previous selections haveincluded items such as mosaics,beadwork, embroidery, lighting,jewellery and even homewaremade from recycled plastic, fab-

ric waste and bottle caps.Last year’s selection, for ex-

ample, ranged from a leatherand steel chandelier to a collec-tion of lifelike proteas madefrom cardboard, and even acrown made of recycled maga-zine paper, wire and cottonthread. The only limit – asidefrom “innovation, local distinc-tiveness, integrity and skill”, thecurators say – is that the finalproduct does not measure morethan a cubic metre. CCDI spokes-person Marjorie Naidoo says thefact that Cape Town has beenshortlisted for World DesignCapital 2014 has “renewed inter-est from around the world in ourcreative people and products”.

“This is a wonderful opportu-nity for craft producers and de-signer-makers to show just howboldand skilled they canbe,” shesays. For more information con-tact the CCDI on (021) 461-1488 orvisit its offices at 75 HarringtonStreet, Cape Town. Visitwww.capecraftandde-sign.org.za.

The V&A Waterfront welcomes youTHROUGHOUT September, Cape-tonians were spoilt with a month-long festival of My Cape Town activ-ities in order to celebrate TourismMonth and the value of the tourismsector across the globe.

Cape Town Tourism and a host ofpartnering attractions encouragedlocals to explore and enjoy theirbeautiful Mother City through spe-cial offers, discounted vouchersand exciting events.

One of Africa’s most-visited at-tractions – and a favourite amongCapetonians – the V&A Waterfrontis a mix of extraordinary tourism,leisure, retail and entertainmentexperiences for all tastes and agegroups. For themonthof Septemberthe V&A Waterfront encouragedCapetonians to rediscover theircity through the My Cape Towncampaign by partaking in events atvenues in the Waterfront locale.

This month, the V&A continuesits run of activities – the ever-popu-lar Wheel of Excellence has re-turned, and is once again operatingfrom Market Square. The Smurfscome play at the V&A until 6 Octo-ber, and the Save our Sea Birds Fes-tival takes place from 10 to 16 Octo-

ber. This is not to mention the CapeOutdoor Adventure and Travel Ex-po from 14 to 16 October.

The V&A continues to fly its flagsfor the Bokke during the RugbyWorld Cup, with live screenings ofgames at the Amphitheatre. TheV&A Waterfront has pledged itssupport for the Springbok RugbyWorld Cup team, in conjunction

with Plascon, by repainting theClock Tower in green and gold. Vis-it on Fridays and don your Spring-bok jersey for “Bok Friday”.

Call (021) 408-7500 or visitwww.waterfront.co.za for more in-formation on the V&A Waterfrontand upcoming events, or visitwww.capetown.travel for what todo in Cape Town.

BREATHTAKING: The famous V&A Waterfront Pierhead is seen before TableMountain; it’s one of Africa’s mostvisited attractions, and welcomes countless people to the city. Photo: Supplied

Kenilworth Centre celebrates 36 years of community serviceKENILWORTH CENTRE, whichhas been serving its community formore than three decades, celebratesits 36th birthday during Octoberand has great gifts in store for cus-tomers.

The centre, fondly referred to byits patrons as their “home awayfrom home”, is managed by BrollProperty Services and is part of theFountainhead Property Trust port-folio.

Kenilworth Centre customers

have seen the centre evolve over thelast few years, with three major re-vamps being completed.

This dynamic centre includes thecountry’s major grocery and retailchains, and is one of the few shop-ping centres that offer free and un-dercover parking.

During its birthday month, cus-tomers have the opportunity to winoneof 36 electrical appliances, rang-ing from a flat screen TV to a kettle.All customers have to do is spend

R100 or more at any KenilworthCentre store between Saturday 1and Monday 31 October.

On Tuesday 1 November, 36 final-ists will be drawn, and will be invit-ed to be present at Kenilworth Cen-tre on Saturday 5 November for thegrand giveaway.

Entry forms are available fromthe information desk on the groundfloor.

Believing in giving back to itscommunity and serving the needs

of those in need, Kenilworth Centreis hosting a fundraising drive andmeal packaging event together withhunger relief organisation StopHunger Now on Saturday 15 Octo-ber. Every R10 donation will trans-late into five meals – enough to feeda preschool child for a week.

Kenilworth Centre aims to raiseR36 000 for Stop Hunger Now.

TerryPollock,KenilworthCentremanager, says: “We thank each oneof our customers for their loyal and

continuous support over the past 36years. It is heartwarming to seehow many parents are shoppinghere with their families, who weretoddlers themselves visiting Kenil-worth Centre with their parents 36years ago. “We appreciate the ongo-ing feedback that we receive fromour customers, as we endeavour tooffer our customers the very bestshopping experience, and to caterfor their shopping needs all underone roof.”

A roller coaster ride of fun and fellowshipIRMA TITUS

THE YOUTHS of New Apostolic Church(NAC) branches from around the Cape cel-ebrated Heritage Day with some seriousfun in the sun at the famous South Africantheme park – Ratanga Junction.

More than two hours before the park’sgates opened, well over 6 000 youths andministers converged outside its fences.Tickets had been available since August,and were reported to be completely soldout on the day.

The biggest attraction was the wild roll-er coaster that everyone knows as the “Co-bra”. Most of the youths had no problemsstanding in the long lines – for up to halfan hour – to get their few moments ofadrenalin overload.

The youths were also entertained withperformances by the park’s resident char-acters, but the youngsters themselvesowned the stage, as the programme mostlyshowcased talent from the various NACCape congregations, who came from as faroff as Wellington and Port Elizabeth.

SPRING SMILES: Seen basking in the sun are,from left: Octavia Tango, Jodie Theron and RudiPhillips from Hanover Park. Photo: Irma Titus

COUNTDOWN: Getting ready to take flight withthe Cobra are Joshua Cole and Justin Swartzfrom Mitchell’s Plain.

IN CHARACTER:Seen with Ratanga Junction’smascot, Murphythe Meerkat, aresome of the members of the NAC’syouth committee,who helped organise the event.From left, RaibenScheepers, Gavinvan der Hoven, Allister Kriel, OwenPeters and HillyneJonkerman.

DEATHDEFYING:VirginieSoha andShannonSelekefrom Bonteheuwelare seenhereshortly after theirwild rideon the Cobra.

EARLYBIRDS: Fromleft: JoshuaCole, MilanoLategan andJustinSwarts, allfrom Mitchell’s Plain,beat most oftheir peers tothe Cobra –they made abeeline for itthe momentthey got intothe park.

GREEN QUEEN:Western Capebeauty Kim Rivalland (24) fromClaremont wascrowned thisyear’s Miss EarthSouth Africa at aglittering galadinner honouringSouth Africa’s“green ambassadors” at Montecasino in Johannesburg late lastmonth. YusufAbramjee, president of Lead SA,crowned 24yearold Rivalland after she workedher way to thetop spot. Seenhere, from left:Catherine Constantinides(Earth Organisation ambassador), Kim Rivalland and Ella Bella (MC at theevent and EarthOrganisation ambassador).

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World Cup watch – and yet more rulesLYNN PRINS

THE road to the quarterfinals forEngland nearly ended on Saturday.

Scotland nearly dominated theteam, but Chris Ashton’s 78th-minute try left the Scots with a dis-appointing 16-12 defeat; their onlyhope to remain in the tournamentrode on a loss by Argentina, but thisproved in vain.

SA also had a shaky match whenthey played the Samoans in a fierce-ly physical clash that sent FransSteyn, who had been an outstand-ing replacement inside centre,home with an injury. SA still man-aged to win their Friday match 13-5through good defensive play.

On Saturday, another major up-

set was seen when Tonga beatFrance 19-14, and Australia beatRussia 68-22. On Sunday, mean-while, Argentina crushed Scot-land’s dreams when they beat Geor-gia 25-7, with host team New Zea-landdestroying theCanadians 79-15and Ireland grabbing a 36-6 winfrom the Italians. This Saturday,the first quarterfinal match will beplayed by Ireland and Wales at 07:00in Wellington; at 09:30, Englandtakes on France in Auckland. SouthAfrica now faces Australia in thequarterfinal on Sunday at 07:00 inWellington, and New Zealand willplay Argentina at 09:30 in Auck-land. SA wasn’t the only team to suf-fer a casualty during the ferociousgames; New Zealand supporters al-

so lost fly half Dan Carter to an inju-ry – he’ll be out for the rest of thetournament. Looking back at lastweek, People’s Post explained therules around penalty kicks, freekicks and the 22m dropout. Thisweek, People’s Post will focus on therugby mark and hand-offs.

Rugby markThis rule is used infrequently –

when isolated – to get out of trouble.It’s normally the fullback or

winger who catches a ball on the fly,but it could be any player who grabsit after it’s been kicked ahead by theopposition and has not yet touchedthe ground. If the player about tocatch the ball is about to be tackledby opposition players – and is in histeam’s own 22m or in-goal area – he

can call “MARK!” if he makes aclean catch (it’s still okay if the ballhas touched any part of the goalposts). After being taken down, playwill resume on the “marked” spot,with the catcher’s team in posses-sion.

Hand-offsThe stiff-arm fend, known as a

hand-off, is a tactic employed by theball-carrier. Ball-carriers run to-wards defenders, who are attempt-ing to tackle them. By positioningthe ball securely in one arm, theball-carrier can fully extend his oth-er arm, palm-out, locking his elbow.The ball-carrier uses this hand toshove his opponents away at thechest or shoulder. The fend is apush, not a strike.

A stiff-arm fend may cause thetackler to fall to the ground, takinghim out of the play.

• Next week People’ Post will focuson what happens after the mark iscalled, and on in-goals.

RUGBY GURU: Lynn PrinsPhoto: Tammy Petersen

LYNN PRINS

SOFTBALLERS are set to spendanother summer of hot days onthe playing field when seasonkicks off this weekend.

Grass burns will be nursed andpressure will mount as everyoneaims to be the victorious team. Lastseason, Mitchell’s Plain’s SuperLeague team Westridge Yankeestook their game to another levelwhen they were crowned knockoutand league winners – and the pres-sure is on again, as Yankees willhave to work twice as hard to keeptheir titles from their tough com-petitors.

A lot of interesting moves havebeen made by coaches and players,and spectators can only look for-ward to an exciting and entertain-ing season. With the likes of StevenRodkin (former Yankee) now headcoach of Glenthorn A’s, TanyaPrice head coach of Falcons, Bron-wyn van Heerden with Old MutualCubs, and Nazeem Dulvie, seniorSA coach, making his appearance

again with the Yankees, the seasonis sure to be a challenging one. Afurther shakeup came when Fal-cons merged with Norman Henshil-wood High School in Constantia.

Rodkin says both he and his teamare very excited for the season.“Last season Glenthorn A’s came soclose to winning the league, so ourgoal will be to win the league thisseason. However, winning theleague is a long term goal, and wehave lots of small goals to achieve.”

Rodkin adds that preparation hasbeen difficult, since three of hisplayers are in the SA under-19team.

St Martin’s, who were finalistswith Yankees in the knockout lastseason, came blisteringly close toending up fourth on the log for theleague, but Old Mutual Cubsnabbed the position. This season, StMartin’s will be coached by JillianAlexander, who coached GlenthornA’s to second place last season.

Van Heerden, who joined up withOMC Cubs, says: “My feelings to-wards the season are positive – I dobelieve the season will be challeng-

ing, as there have been manychanges within the clubs and thelevel is evenly spread, so I am look-ing forward to some good, competi-tive games.

“The OMC Cubs have been work-ing hard, and there is a great mix-ture of youth and experience. Theyare committed to improving theirpersonal game, and uplifting thestandard of play within their club.”

Price, meanwhile, says her teamis ready to take on the season andsecure the title. “We have goals forthe club this season, and not justthe team. We have youngsters wewant to develop and expose to bet-ter coaching and more opportuni-ties.

“The season will definitely be acompetitive one,” she echoes.

Yankees coach Dulvie feels simi-larly: “This season will be a toughone, especially with new team dy-namics, and we’re looking forwardto an exciting, challenging, andcompetitive season, since there arenew moves everywhere.

“Our team is definitely ready,waiting in anticipation.”

New players to Yankees’ ranksare Kaylynn Stoffels (from St Mar-tins), Kim Nicholson (former SAplayer from Falcons, who ostensi-bly retired a season ago), AimeeCampbell (Glenthorn A’s) and Can-dice Stephens (formerly of Old Mu-tual Cubs, and recently returned

from Canada, where sheplayed for Calgary Kaizen). Ju-liana Forero Becerra from Co-lombia will make her return toYankees.

Tanta Sports’ Carly Mulder,meanwhile, will now play forGlenthorn A’s.

Softball season set to sizzle

CLOSE CALL: Lara Erasmus makes a desperate attempt to slide in safeto home plate, where Sammy Jones of Falcons awaits to tag.

Photo: Rashied Isaacs

COVER DRIVE: Proteas test match Captain Graeme Smith is seen back inaction on Saturday after his injury. He has joined Claremont Cricket Club,and is playing in the Super League 20/20 Western Province Cricket Association’s amateur games. Claremont beat Bellville during their Saturday matchat Burt Oval in Constantia. Photo: Peter Heeger

A SIMPLE South African pastimegot a braai-hard local into therecord books and nabbed him theaccolade of the longest braaiwhen he tamed hot coals for 32hours straight on Heritage Day.

Vito Polera, a representative ofFruit and Veg City, fired his wayinto history when he beat previ-ous record holder Jan Braai’s 28-and-a-half hour stint by almostfour hours at the Food Lover’sMarket in Willowbridge.

The record setting attempt wasa Fruit and Veg City initiative.

Says Polera: “It was not as hardas I thought it would be, becausethe weather was good, and manylocals popped in to spur me on.”

He adds that the victory is morespecial as it was done on HeritageDay.

“There’s nothing like a goodbraai to show how much we havein common as South Africans.”Brian Coppin, CEO and co-found-er of Fruit and Veg City, says theidea was for Fruit and Veg City toshow support for the one day inthe year when our common herit-age as South Africans is celebrat-ed around a piece of meat oncoals. “Breaking the record set byJan Braai is about keeping therecord in South Africa – therehave been many contenders forthe title since last year, but Fruit

and Veg City is the first challeng-er to bring out an adjudicatorfrom Guinness World Records toensure it’s appropriately verifiedand official.” In the time it tookto set the record – from Friday 23September at 09:00 to Saturday 24September at 17:17 – Vito braaied74kg of meat, enough to feed 1 300people through Fruit and VegCity’s corporate social responsi-bility partner, Foodbank.

Through Foodbank, Fruit andVeg City was able to feed 1 300 in-dividuals in need of hot meals onHeritage Day.

The Food Lover’s Market soldboerewors rolls and Pepsi for R10– and the proceeds will go to fiveprimary schools in the area.

During his record-breaker, Pol-era only took two rest breaks, to-talling just 17 minutes, in 32hours.

And this Guinness WorldRecord-setting attempt was notwithout strict regulations. Guin-ness World Record adjudicatorTarika Vara flew in from the UKto ensure the strict criteria weremet.

To meet the specified rules, Pol-era needed to have five types ofmeat cooking at all times, andwas not allowed any assistance,bar moral support from the manyonlookers.

Two cameras were required tocapture every single minute ofthe braai, while time keepers andauditors from Deloitte were onhand to audit every moment ofthe braai.

Polera reckons his favouritemeat for the braai is “good old Ka-roo lamb chops”, and that there’snothing better than a braai withfriends.

“My favourite place to braai isin my braai kamer. South Afri-ca’s idea of having a braai roomis indicative of our passion forbraai – we’ve devised a way to en-sure that we can braai regardlessof the weather, for any occasion!”

Vito fires his way intothe record books

BRAAI ON: Vito Polera in action.

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Softballers hit the pitch runningSoftballers hit the pitch runningLYNN PRINS

A WEEKEND training camp in CapeTown showed just how fearless the

under-19 softball women are.

The squad of 20 are definitely not afraid ofswinging a bat facing decent fast pitching, orthrowing a ball from the outfield to nail a run-ner; as the saying goes, “Dynamite comes insmall packages.”

Getting ready for the upcoming JuniorWomen’s World Championship (JWWC), thegirls took on Falcons super league team in awarm-up match on Saturday, and played dou-ble matches against Westridge Yankees onSunday, showing dynamic character towardboth teams.

However, Lester Smith, coach of the SA un-der-19s, feels that there is still a lot of prepara-tion ahead. “This weekend was our firstmatch situations, and I am not entirely satis-fied with the girls’ performances – there stillneeds to be a lot of hard work before we canactually be ready to take on the world cham-pionship.”

The women train on Wednesdays and Sat-urdays, and hit the gym on Tuesdays at theSports Science Institute. Leading up to the

JWWC, People’s Post aims to profile a coupleof players every week to introduce them tothe public.

• First up is Western Province player Kath-ryn van Boom (17). This Grade 11 student atBergvliet High School plays as catcher forTanta Sport. Her hobbies include readingand, of course, playing sport; she enjoys themusic of The Arrows, James Morrison, andAlicia Keys, with her favourite actor beingBen Stiller.

The burgeoning sportswoman – whose fa-vourite foods are lasagne and steak – hassome serious life goals: She wants to study atUCT’s Health Science Faculty, and to contin-ue representing her country in softball.

Her motivational quote is, “Never be satis-fied with what you achieve, because it allpales in comparison with what you are capa-ble of doing in the future.”

• KwaZulu-Natal’s Julia Meaker, also aged17, plays forAshleysand takesupoutfield andcatcher positions.

Currently in Grade 11 at Durban Girls’High School, her hobbies include mountainbiking, touch rugby and hockey. She enjoysa variety of old and new music, and her fa-vourite actor is Ryan Reynolds. Her powerfoods are pasta and pizza, and her life goal is

“to be the best me I can be”. She’s driven bytwo quotes: “The harder you fall, the higher

you bounce,” and, “Adversity can eitherbreak you or make you break records.”

LOCAL: Kathryn van Boom.Photos: Neezaam KarriemKWAZULU CATCHER: Julia Meaker.

TAKE A SEAT: Jadwin Ranck of Junction Rovers(Green) Rygate LFA lands past a kick by MorneMaarman of Woodlands during their semifinalclash on Saturday at Vygieskraal Stadium.Rovers won 40. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

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