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Not all rangers will be armedTERESA FISCHER

CONTRARY to earlier media re-ports, not all of the 50 additionalrangers who will be deployed inthe Table Mountain NationalPark will be armed.

Instead, there will be a specifical-ly-trained unit of armed rangers,with one armed ranger per patrolgroup.

These officials will carry 9 mmhandguns. It is envisaged that thefirst recruits will be in action with-in the next three months.

On Wednesday 6 April, the chiefexecutive officer of South AfricanNational Parks (SANParks), DrDavid Mabunda, announced thatrangers are to be armed.

The park currently employs 43rangers and 12 visitor safety offic-ers, who cover the mountain rangefrom Cape Point to Table Mountain.

According to Mabunda, effortswill be made to increase thenumber of additional rangers by 50over the next three years. Therewill also be more dogs used on the

mountain.SANParks spokesperson, Wana-

ka Rusthoi, adds that at this stagenumbers of armed rangers cannotbe given for safety reasons. The spe-cifics of where these rangers will bedeployed and in what circumstanc-es they could use their weapons hasnot been finalised.

Rusthoi says this is partly tomaintain the element of surprise,but added that hot spots would cer-tainly be targeted. A spate of mug-ging incidents, often at knifepoint,flared up in May last year.

However, the latest announce-ment seems to have taken civilianstakeholders by surprise.

In February Community SafetyMEC, Albert Fritz, initiated the for-mation of a steering committee totackle crime on the mountain. Thisaimed to coordinate park officials,police and groups such as the TableMountain Safety Action Group andto facilitate consultation. The an-nouncement that rangers wouldsoon be armed followed, but it is un-derstood that no mention of theplan was made at the last Safety Fo-

rum meeting.Asked to comment on this,

Rusthoi says only: “The steeringcommittee is working well togetheron all matters regarding visitorsafety on the mountain, includingsearch and rescue efforts. We lookforward to working together tomake the mountain safer for all vis-itors.”

Asked if the decision was a resultof the efforts of the steering commit-tee,MelanyKühn, spokesperson forFritz, said that the SANParks an-nouncement was driven nationallyand that it was the culmination ofa process that started “way before”the steering committee was formed.

Kühn adds safety on Table Moun-tain is about involving the commu-nity as a whole to bolster existinglaw enforcement initiatives. Ac-cording to Kühn, a prime exampleis that UCT, which borders themountain on the Rhodes Memorialside, is currently looking at addi-tional state-of-the-art cameras to in-clude the mountain in its surveil-lance.

Mabunda said the impact of

crime over the years in parts of theTMNP had resulted in the decision.

He adds that SANParks and itspartners had to “act decisively”.

But it is understood that promis-es of an armed response team weremade two years ago but never mate-rialised.

Andre van Schalkwyk, of the Ta-ble Mountain Safety Action GroupWatch, a group of hikers, mountainbikers and walkers, welcomes thedevelopment and says he is veryhappy with these new steps.

“We believe the constant pres-sure all concerned mountain usersand the media have applied over thepast four years has contributed tothese developments, especially thedata and the statistics we madeavailable recently.”

Van Schalkwyk adds that theTMNP has a clear obligation to en-sure people are secure within theirparks and that not delivering onthis mandate would not be in theirinterests.

Noordhoek resident, Louis Lie-benberg of CyberTracker, has pre-viously submitted a proposal to the

TMNP to train rangers to becometrackers.

He tracks and maps the paths andhiding places that criminals use onthe CyberTracker software he de-veloped, along with an Americanprogrammer.

Liebenberg says: “The announce-ment is to be welcomed as the parkcurrently has far too few rangers tomake it safe.

“The aggressive nature of the in-cidents makes it necessary for rang-ers to be armed.”

He adds: “However, simply em-ploying more rangers to do visiblepatrols will not be sufficient. Crimi-nals often simply hide when theysee patrols, and then attack visitorswhen the patrols have moved on.”

Rangers need to be trained intracking skills and stealth in orderto catch criminals.”

The SA Surf Life Saving NipperChampionships were held in perfect weather conditions at Strandbeach on Saturday. The Fish HoekSurf Lifesaving Club walked offwith the championship title, whileDurban Surf and Kings Beach (PE)placed second and third respectively. Photo: Denzil Maregele

E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday 12 April 2011 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481

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People’s Post ConstantiaWynberg NEWS Tuesday 12 April 2011

Job opportunitiesavailable during theelections

PEOPLEWHO CARE:The St Johnprimaryhealth careorganisation in FishHoek recently receivedR321 775from the National Lottery Distribution TrustFund totrain 75 students fromthe SouthPeninsula inhomebased carewith first aid. This threeweek, accredited course was available to South African citizensliving in informal settlements and previously disadvantaged communities in Masiphumele, Red Hill, Lavender Hill, Retreat, Capricorn Park, Ocean View, Muizenberg and FishHoek. Training started in October 2010 and is to be completed by the middle of May.Heather Baker, centre manager of St John Fish Hoek, says that this is the third timein eight years that the centre has received funding from the National Lottery DistributionTrust Fund. She says the sponsorship has enabled St John to empower many peopleover the years.

Choirs to battle for Silver Fez

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MELISSA LE ROUX

WITH the municipal elections aroundthe corner, the Independent ElectoralCommission (IEC) has created 15 630temporary voluntary employment op-portunities for community members.

This is in addition to other IEC posi-tions, such as as-sistant project co-ordinators andarea managers.

The 15 630 tem-porary staff willman voting sta-tions.

The IEC is apublicly-funded,permanent bodythat was estab-lished in terms ofthe ElectoralCommission Actof 1996. Its pur-pose is to pro-mote and safeguard democracy in SouthAfrica.

Provincial Electoral Officer, ReverendCourtney Sampson, says the IEC’s task isto put all structures and systems in placefor a “free and fair election without show-ing prejudice or favour to any of the par-ticipating political parties”.

The IEC’s job structure consists of per-manent jobs as well as “expansion jobstructures” – temporary employment forpeople in the community during the elec-tion period.

As each electoral project coordinatorhas an assistant, there are 40 posts for theassistant project coordinator position.There are also 387 posts for the area man-ager position. These positions are adver-tised in various publications as appli-cants would need to have a tertiary quali-fication. The posts are terminated onemonth after the election is over.

Sampson said: “There are 1 570 votingstations, and during the registration

process, three staff members are at eachvoting station and 10 are present on elec-tion day.”

However, there are currently no morepositions available at the IEC, as theyhave all been filled.

According to Sampson, the IEC doesnot offer jobs.

“The 15 630 positions that are availableat the time ofelections are vol-untary positions,and they get com-pensated for thetime spent work-ing in aid of theelections,” hesaid.

The IEC adver-tised the availa-ble positions andanyone interest-ed could apply atthe local officesin Athlone,Mitchell’s Plain,

Strand, Constantia and Bellville.Training is provided by the IEC and be-

gan on Friday 1 April. It covered the oper-ations involved during elections.

Staff are taught to handle difficult situ-ations, what their duties are and the legalaspects of the legislation.

According to Sampson, political partyofficials or campaigners may not applyfor a job at the IEC during election time.

“Having someone who campaigns for aparticular political party volunteering ata voting station on election day will putthe IEC in a bad light, as they could tryto persuade people to vote for that party.

“There is a declaration that the volun-teers at the voting station have to sign,saying that they are being truthful,” hesays.

Any of the volunteers found guilty ofcampaigning for a political party at anytimeduring the electionperiod,will be re-moved from their post and replaced im-mediately.

TAURIQ HASSEN

COME this weekend, eight top Malay choirgroups will be battling it out for the 2011Silver Fez competition.

The 72nd Silver Fez Grand Finale kicksoff at the Athlone Stadium on Saturday 16April.

The 29 teams belonging to the Cape Ma-lay Choir Board will compete for the over-all trophy, the best dressed choir, the grandmarch-past, exhibition march, mini floatand highest points award.

Some of the teams participating includethe Young Men and Shoprite Jonge Stu-dente from Mitchell’s Plain, Ottomansfrom Sherwood Park, Young Zinnias fromBridgetown, Sterlitzia from Kensingtonand Modern Boys from Ottery.

Board president, Shafiek April, was bothproud and excited, saying: “This is reallygoing to be something spectacular for thepublic to see.”

TheSilverFez trophywasdonatedbyDieBurger in 1940, which saw the Young Lionsfrom Manenberg being honoured with thefirst win.

Thereafter, the Boarding Boys dominat-ed proceedings, walking away as 11-timewinners of the Silver Fez.

“This is the most sought-after trophy inthe Malay choirs and the teams will be go-ing full steam ahead in their mission to becrowned champions,” says April.

The eventkicks off at 15:00,with the gatesopening at 13:30. Adults pay R30, childrenR15 and tickets for the reserved area costsR40.

There will also be CDs, DVDs, top eightNederlandsliedere collections and Neder-lands books on sale. “The public shouldknow there will be strict security not allow-ing liquor or firearms inside the stadium,”he says.

For more information phone (021) 692-1450 or 072 369 3387 or fax (021) 691-7860.

WINTER is nearly here, withcold, rainy days forecast for themonths ahead, and The EmmaAnimal Rescue Society (Tears) isappealing to communities toconsider the animals in disad-vantaged areas who have no bed-ding, no shelter and not muchfood.

Many of them are tied up onshort chains and cannot escapethe freezing conditions and rainto seek warmth and food.

If you have any unwanted ken-nels, blankets, cushions or dogbeds lying around unused, or areable to donate food, please callthe kennels on (021) 785-4482 toarrange delivery or collection.

MAHATMA GANDHI’S grandson willpresent a public lecture at the Samaj Centre,Temple Road, Rylands on Saturday 16 April,at 18:30 for 19:00. Arun Gandhi will speakabout “Gandhi’s legacy: from Phoenix Settle-ment to the Gandhi Worldwide Education In-stitute”.

The event has been organised by the 1860

Legacy Foundation, in conjunction with theIndian High Commission and the Cape TownHindu Seva Samaj. A variety of MahatmaGandhi-related collectables will be on dis-play. If you have any items of interest whichcould be added to the exhibition, or for anyinquiries, contact Ela Valji on 072 341 7543or email [email protected].

Society plant sale Learn how to make a passTHE Cape Horticultural Society’s annualplant sale is being held on Saturday 16 April.

The plants have been grown by members,and reflect the wide range of indigenous andexotic plants in the Western Cape.

The salewill beheld at 6ThomasRoad, cor-ner Summerley, in Kenilworth, from 10:00 to13:00.

For further information call Melanie on(021) 797-1319.

THE Cape Natural History Club will host anillustrated talk by Dave Cowley on Wednes-day April 20 at 20:00 at SACS School in New-lands. Cowley will discuss early road andpass developer, Thomas Bain, in a lecture ti-tled “A Colossus of Roads”. Bain was respon-sible for 23 passes, most of which are still inuse today. Entry is R20. Call Eleanor (021)762-1779, or visiting www.capenaturalhisto-ryclub.co.za.

A tale of two playsTHE Muizenberg Dramatic Society is holdingauditions for either “The Haunted ThroughLounge And Recessed Dining Nook at Farn-dale Castle” or “We Found Love And An Ex-quisite Set Of Porcelain Figurines Aboard

The SS Farndale Avenue”. Both are comediesand exercises in coarse acting. Auditions areon Saturday 16 April at 14:00 at The Rendez-vous (Old Zandvlei Bowling Club), 57 Prome-nade Road, Muizenberg. The show will be per-formed from Friday 22 July. Phone AndrewBlake on (021) 781-0114 or 082 493 3330.

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Man shoots two burglarsLIAM MOSES

AHOUT BAY man allegedly shot twoburglars last week after discover-

ing the men in his home when he wasawoken by a noise.

Warrant Officer Tanya Lesch, spokesper-son for the Hout Bay Police, says the home-owner discovered the men at 03:00 onThursday 7 April when he went downstairsto investigate.

Lesch says the complainant shot the menas they were leaving his property.

“The complainant was woken up by anoise and saw that his house alarm was notactivated,” said Lesch.

“He then went down to the second storeyof his house, noticed that two of his win-dows were wide open and then went to thebalcony. He saw four unknown males leav-ing with bags and fired a warning shot andthen shot one of them.

“He then saw another suspect who wasaway from the other group and fired anoth-er shot.” One of the men was shot in the armand taken to Victoria Hospital and the oth-er was shot in the buttocks and taken toGroote Schuur Hospital.

Both suspects have been charged withhousebreaking and will appear in courtonce they have recovered.

The owner of the house has been chargedwith attempted murder.

In a separate incident, two men were ar-rested for possession of illegal guns and anattempted murder which took place on Sun-day 12 March in Imizamo Yethu.

The two men, aged 19 and 20-years-old re-spectively, are accused of threatening aman using a gun and firing a shot into thedoor of his home.

Both suspects are from site B in Khayelit-sha and are set to appear in the WynbergMagistrate’s Court today.

Eighteen other arrests were also made bythe Hout Bay police this past week.

Lesch said the crimes for which the sus-pects were arrested included murder, drugpossession, theft, theft out of a motor vehi-cle, drunken driving and assault.

. In Constantia, three armed men stolejewellery, computer equipment and cell-phones worth between R20 000 and R30 000in a home-invasion style robbery last week.

According to Warrant Officer AndreFransman, spokesperson for the Wynbergpolice, the complainant discovered themen, who were armed with screwdrivers,in his home at around 01:30 on Thursday 7April.

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“The complainant, his son and girlfriendwere then robbed by the men.”

Fransman added that no-one was hurt inthe robbery and that no arrests have beenmade in the case.

. In Tokai, a man was arrested for beingin possession of 20 Mandrax tablets onThursday 7 April at 08:30 after he wassearched by officers from the KirstenhofPolice Station.

The man was also found with two bottlesof aftershave.

The man was charged with possession ofstolen goods and for the possession ofdrugs, and appeared in the Wynberg Magis-trate’s Court on Friday 8 April.

On Friday 8 and Saturday 9 April, policefrom the Kirstenhof station also arrestedsix people for drunken driving.

They also issued fines to the value of R4300 for minor crimes such as public urina-tion.

Plumstead watch joins vigilTHE Plumstead Neighbourhood Watch willbe joining other neighbourhood watches ina candle-light vigil at 18:30 on 13 April tovoice its abhorrence of crime.

Those taking part in the vigil will meet be-hind the Richmond Centre at 18:00 and thenproceed to the intersection of Main and Vic-toria roads in Plumstead, where the vigilwill be taking place from 18:30 to 19:00.

The watch has encouraged residents to

join the vigil and bring lanterns, candles ortorches.

ApologyPEOPLE’S POST published incorrect infor-mation about an accident victim in a pho-to caption included in last week’s edition(Tuesday 5 April). Headed “Narrow es-cape”, the caption stated that a motorcyclerider walked away uninjured from an ac-cident that occurred on Sunday 3 April at21:00 in Main Road, Diep River. The riderconcerned did not walk away uninjured,but rather was admitted to hospital withserious injuries and had to have his armamputated.

The caption was based entirely on infor-mation provided by a police spokespersonproviding information in his official ca-pacity. The police spokesperson told People’s Post this week that he had been relay-ing information given to police officers onthe scene by paramedics. The severity ofinjuries emerged only after this informa-tion was relayed.

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A DESPERATE Plumstead woman, who is onthe verge of homelessness, is appealing to thepublic to help her find a home for herself andher bedridden partner.

Beverly Strong (50) and her sickly partnerPeter (48) are currently living in a wendyhouse in the yard of her friend’s home inNaruna Estate, a cluster of government-owned properties in Plumstead.

But, according to Strong, the rules of thehousing estate stipulate that occupants maynot have boarders living with them on theproperty they are renting.

“She isn’t allowed to have people livingwith her. The inspector was there and he saidit’s not allowed. We were supposed to be outby the end of March.”

Strong was not issued with a formal evic-tion notice but said a man known only to heras Mr Hendricks, who is an inspector at theWestern Cape Department of Human settle-

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According to to thedepartment,NarunaEs-tate is meant to cater for “low income earn-ers”.

Strong says that there are currently fiveempty houses in the estate which she has in-quired about.

The Department of Human Settlementssays that the unoccupied houses already havetenants who will move in once repairs on thehouses have been completed.

Strong previously lived in another part ofPlumstead, but lost everything in 2009 duringher daughter’s battle with drug addiction.

Her daughter, now 22, has turned her lifearound, but cannot afford to help Strong atall.

Strong said that after losingher flat shewasforced to move into The Haven night shelter.

“I have a 22-year-old daughter who hadtrouble with drugs, and I lost everything. Iwent to stay in The Haven night shelter,” saidStrong.

“My daughter is living with her boyfriendand they are going to getting married quitesoon. She’s unemployed and pregnant so shecan’t help me.”

Strong’s partner Peter – who did not wanthis surname mentioned – is recovering fromtuberculosis (TB) and is currently sufferingfrom other illnesses as well.

Strong says she fears forhis life should theyhave to live on the streets.

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“He’s almost 1,9 metres tall, but he onlyweighs 62 kg. He has to live on a supplementpowder that he gets from the day hospital to

try build himself up. He’s just not going tosurvive a single night outside.”

Strong currently works part time at theLighthouse Project, the official fundraisingorganisation for the Tygerberg Children’sHospital, and earns around R1 000 a month.

Peter receives around R1 000 in the form ofa government disability grant.

Strong has asked that anyone who can offerher and Peter affordable accommodation con-tact her on 074 341 8252.

People’s Post approached the WesternCape Department of Human Settlements forcomment but had still not received a reply byyesterday. The questions posed to the depart-ment include:

. What is the rental at Naruna Estate?

. How much must a prospective tenantearn in order to qualify?

. Why is Strong being evicted from theproperty, and

. Where should prospective tenants applyfor housing in the estate?

New lease on life for Disa RiverMARISE COLLINS

THE Disa River in Hout Bay has beendeclared temporarily safe enough to

swim in by the City of Cape Town afterE.coli numbers spiralled dangerously outof control since it was first tested in 2006.

The City’s scientific services departmentreports that the pollutants level in the lagoonhas dropped from a very toxic 50 000 E.coliper 100 ml last year to a mere 40 per 100 mlthis year.

Dr Justin O’Riain, sector environmentalrepresentative on Hout Bay’s Ward 74 andPh D supervisor at the University of CapeTown, says this is good enough for people toswim in.

“It’s the first time in years that I have feltsafe to walk through the river and allow mykids to play in it,” he says.

According to Len Swimmer, chairperson ofthe Hout Bay Residents’ Association, the lev-els of pollutants in the river got out of handlast year, claiming the lives of two dogs thatdrank the water. A horse also contracted aninfection in its hooves.

“The veterinary surgeon who attended tothe horse said that he had never before seensuch a high E.coli count in any horse’shooves,” says Swimmer. He notes that the sit-uation has affected both residents and visi-tors alike.

A woman with lacerations to her foot con-tracted a severe infection, while a visitingZimbabwean family had their three-year-oldchild hospitalised on an intravenous drip forfive days after exposure to the river water.

But the City took swift action to reduce thevolume of E.coli-infested stormwater enter-ing the Disa River, which in turn flows ontothe Hout Bay beach, following further re-quests from residents last year.

O’Riain says the first tests of E.coli contam-ination were conducted in 2006 and revealedstaggeringly high levels (9 billion/100ml) ofE.coli bacteria entering the river water –enough for the stormwater drains and later,the river, to be declared toxic.

“There are two inter-related reasons forthis: the lack of sewerage infrastructure inlarge parts of Imizamo Yethu, and conse-quently the emptying of bucket toilets direct-ly into the stormwater drains in the disposalof this waste,” says O’Riain.

As a result of civic pressure, the City con-structed a low-flow stormwater diversion in2007 and 2008, which diverts the pollutedstormwater into the sewer system, whichthen goes out to sea far from the beach andharbour area.

However, because Imizamo Yethu is builton a steep slope and there is hardened terraincaused by shacks and building, gravity takesits toll in the rainy season, bringing with ita landslide of complications.

O’Riain says: “Consequently rainfall runsoff and fast erodes the pitted roads and walk-ways, carrying an avalanche of silt, stonesand solid waste into the storm water, and thisclogs silt traps and stops the pump from di-

verting the polluted water.”Contamination of the river thus “skyrock-

ets” when it rains.According to Swimmer, a local farmer lo-

cated near Imizamo Yethu has severe prob-lems due to the sloping land and pollution.

“(A local farmer) is located very close toImizamo Yethu, and when it rains the sewer-age overflows onto his property. It is haskilled some of his cattle,” says Swimmer.

Last year, following an exposé on CarteBlanchedocumenting the toxicmess, theCityupgraded the facility by installing mesh bar-riers and a diversion chamber to reduceblockages and pollution.

On top of that, a weekly cleanout of the silttrap is also important for the functioning ofthe system, a system the City also implement-ed last year.

Hout Bay ward councillor, Marga Hay-wood, agrees that there has been a remarka-ble improvement. “Where the water runs intothe sea it used to be murky brown, and nowit is much clearer and devoid of any foulodours,” she says.

Haywood has written a motivation for asecond silt-trap.

“The council has approved it. It falls undermunicipal infrastructure grant funding,” shesays, adding that this should greatly improvethe functioning of the stormwater diversion.

Despite the massive improvement, O’Riainwarns the low-flow system struggles to han-dle winter rains, and until more silt traps areinstalled and cleanedweekly,E.coli levels areexpected to rise again during the winterrainy periods.

He urges people to avoid contact with theriver at this time of year.

“Only one of the two major stormwaterpipes from Imizamo Yethu is currently treat-ed, although the City assures us that the sec-ond will also have a diversion system in-stalled.”

“We have to upgrade our community infra-structure in Imizamo Yethu and other infor-mal settlements,” says O’Riain.

Swimmer concurs that the current im-provement is only a treatment of symptoms.“There are too many people in Imizamo

Yethu.“We need to attempt to relocate some or im-

prove the infrastructure. We are currentlyjust putting a band-aid on the situation,” saysSwimmer.

“All I want is for kids, especially those whodo not have access to swimming pools, to beable to play in that river again without thethreat of a serious infection.”

Jenny Nelson, of the Hout Bay Tourist In-formation Office, says the issue has not beendetrimental to tourism.

“Tourists are certainly taken aback, but ithasn’t stopped them from coming.”

She added that the cleaner river would,however, be “very positive indeed”.

GARBAGE: Although pollutant levels are down,there is still other rubbish floating in the DisaRiver. Photo: Marise Collins

GOOD RESULT: The Disa River after the City ofCape Town implemented a plan to lower the level of pollutants. Photo: Marise Collins


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THE Diep River police are searchingfor two men who committed a spree ofmuggings from the back of a motorcy-cle last week.

Three separate robberies tookplace lastweek – in Plumstead, Meadowridge andConstantia – and the method used by thecriminals was the same in all three cases.

Warrant Officer Keith Chandler,spokesperson for the Diep River PoliceStation, says two of the robberies were al-so caught on video.

“They are definitely linked, because wegot the same description from the com-plainants and the registration of the mo-torbike is the same,” said Chandler.

“The incidents were also caught onCCTV at Constantia Village and at Mead-owridge Checkers.”

The first mugging took place in theparking lot of Pick n Pay in Plumstead onSunday 3 April at around 15:00.

A woman was walking to her car afterleaving the centre when her bag wasgrabbed by a man on the back of the mo-torbike.

In the second incident, a woman waswalking from her car to the Checkers inMeadowridge on Tuesday 5 April at 11:00when her bag was grabbed by the bikers.

In the most recent incident, which tookplace on Wednesday 6 April at 10:30, awoman was mugged in the parking lot ofthe Constantia Village shopping centre.

The woman’s bag was grabbed by thepassenger on the bike as they rode pasther.

According to Chandler, the woman wasthen dragged by the motorcycle for 10 me-tres before the bag was ripped from her

arm.“The bag and everything inside was re-

covered in the parking lot after one of thesecurity guards tried to stop the bikers,forcing the passenger on the bike to dropthe bag,” says Chandler

Chandler says the woman was treatedfor bruising, cuts and scratches on theright side of her body at ConstantiabergMedi-Clinic.

In all three cases the men were ridinga red Suzuki 250 cc motorcycle with theregistration CF 121 558.

The rider of the motorbike wore a whitehelmet with a red stripe and the passen-ger wore a silver helmet.

The Diep River police have discoveredthat the motorbike used in the muggingswas stolen in the city centre on Saturday2 April.

People’s Post previously reported (“Wom-an chases laptop thieves”, Tuesday 15April) that a similar incident took placein Larne Road, Bervliet on Wednesday 9February.

In the incident, a Larne Road resident’slaptop was taken from her car while shewas closing her house gates.

The thieves, who were both dressed insuits, then sped off on the back of a rust-coloured motorcycle.

According to Chandler, the latest inci-dents are not linked to the Larne Road in-cident because a suspect was subsequent-ly arrested in that case.

Chandler could not confirm whetherthe man had appeared in court.

Cases of robbery have been opened forthe three latest incidents, but no arrestshave been made.

Anyone with more information cancontact Detective Warrant Officer StevenLewis on (021) 710-7363.

A healthy alternativeTHE annual Radio 786 Health Fair will helpopen doors to an affordable and healthy life-style on Sunday 8 May at the College of CapeTown, Kromboom Road, Crawford, from08:00 to 17:00.

The Radio 786 Health Fair is this communi-ty radio station’s biggest fundraiser.

Organisers say natural approaches tohealth recognise thebody’s ownhealingpow-er and try to maximise and enhance it, so ex-pect nurturing, holistic body and skin caretreatments. The kids corner offers cup-cakedecorating, a puppet show, musical chairsand a treasure hunt.

Entrance is R10, children under 12 enterfor free, and convenient parking is availableat no cost.

Worldly anecdotesTHERE will be a “friendship morning” onTuesday 3 May at the Trinity Hall in NewtonDrive, Meadowridge, at 10:00.

Guest speaker, Ward Jacklin, will be pro-

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All are welcome and no tickets are needed.A donation towards refreshments is re-quired.

For more information, contact HerbertSyre on (021) 713-1272 or 072 336 3027.

LOCAL FLAVOUR:Renowned cartoonist Zapiro’s illustrations grace the BigFive DevelopmentProgramme, an interactive sixweekliteracy development programmedevised by HelaineRobinson and reformatted by MaryWalsh. Robinson,of the Centre forSport and Development on Grove Avenue in Claremont,says children startto learn to read andwrite within sixweeks on the programme, which caters for all ages, as well as children who have special needsor learning problems. The unique, userfriendly Big Five Development Programme consists of nutrition, occupational therapy, memory development, art therapy and scholastic development covering literacy and numeracy. Walsh reformatted The Big Five Development Programme into a modern, Western programme children, students and teachers from around the world can access. ABritish funder is subsidising 30 children and 30 students, teachers and NGOs who would liketo do the programme. Contact Robinson on 073 280 3585 or email centresportdevelopment@yahoo.com. Photo: Supplied

Special school for specialyouth launched in LakesideA DEVELOPMENT project for youngadults with autism and special needs wasopened in Lakeside recently by The Acade-my for Adults with Autism.

However, they need help to keep theirdoors open and run optimally.

The Enrichment Centre Project providesa safe and caring environment for youngadults and school leavers with autism, spe-cial needs and development delay whowould otherwise have no place to go duringthe day.

The structured daily programme incor-porates craft activities, encouragement ofindependent life skills, constant supervi-sion by qualified and experienced staff, be-havioural management, exercise with su-pervision and advice of therapists and atrained facilitator, as well as supervisedleisure time and opportunities to socialise

and practise communication.Constructive activities such as puzzle-

building and gardening are also on the listof activities, as these are used as learningtools.

Occasional outings to places of naturalbeauty like the beach, forest or parks arealso a highlight for the youth.

However, the centre still requires educa-tional games, puzzles, books, art materialsand a 3x3 m carpet.

The centre welcomes donations as wellas items which can be sold at fundraisersto purchase materials for the centre.

Anyone willing to assist the non-profitorganisation, or for more information,phone Debbie on (021) 788-7652 or071 933 0535. Alternatively, email [email protected] or visitwww.adultswithautism.org.za.

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Essential educationfor Heaven’s NestHEAVEN’S NEST – an emergency fos-ter care home in Ottery – was openedin 2004 and is run by the task team ofSt Francis of Assisi church in Strand-fontein.

It has been six months since Heav-en’s Nest launched its classroom, andthe response from the children andteachers alike has been positive.

Heaven’s Nest cares for abandoned,neglected and abused children, as wellas those affected or infected by HIV/AIDS. It cares for 14 children betweenthe ages of six months and eight years.

Until last year, funding did not allowfor formal on-premises education.

Eleanor Bester, founder of the home,recognised the need for a classroom af-ter witnessing the children strugglingto cope with mainstream school, large-ly due to the absence of formal educa-tion in their family homes.

In late last year, the classroom wasbuilt with support and funding fromthe local community, Lottery funding,the Community Chest, corporate so-cial initiatives and international aid.There are two teachers who dedicatetime on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fri-days.

“Our children are really excitedabout having their ‘own’ teachers anda comfortable room to learn in.

“Our funders are delighted to seethis project come to fruition and we areproud to be able to give these childrenthe very best start in life.

“The children are now being givenbasic education which will give themthe confidence they need to attendmainstream schools in future,” saysBester.

More teachers are needed to donatetheir time on Wednesdays and Thurs-days so that the children can haveclasses every day.

If you would like to contribute in anyway to this child care facility, pleasecontact Eleanor Bester on (021) 703-9781 or email [email protected] for more information.

Reaching for the starsTASMIN CUPIDO

FOR the past six years the Vrygrond YoungStars soccer club has been an outlet for extra-mural activities for youths from the informalsettlement and surrounding areas.

And administrators and coaching staff ofthe club, based at the Italy Sports Ground,have dreams of the club growing to greaterheights, hopefully producing players whowill play in the Premier Soccer League (PSL)some day.

Three Vrygrond and Capricorn locals,Calvin Kamanga, Thulani Ndozotho andZukile Nelani established the club in 2005, be-cause the informal settlements had no recre-ational facilities or activities for youths.

“We saw that most of the youths were hang-ing around on street corners or kicking a ballin the streets,” Nelani says.

“We knew that the area had establishedclubs, but most of the clubs focused on seniorsoccer.

“So we got a group of 15 youngsters togeth-er and started training at the Italy SportsGrounds in Vrygrond.”

After three months, the club’s numbersswelled to more than 70 players thanks to in-formation being passed on by word of mouth.“We were soon invited to participate in atournament in Wynberg, where we narrowlylost in the finals,” Nelani says.

“At the tournament, someone saw that wewere struggling financially as most of ourplayers played without proper boots and kit.We were generously sponsored with a playingkit and a couple of balls.”

Over the years the club, which caters foryouths from the informal settlement as well asOvercome Heights and Seawinds, has grownfrom strength to strength, with the assistanceof Mymoena Scholtz from the community-based organisation, Where Rainbows Meet,and sponsorship fromaretiredConstantia res-ident, Tony van Rhyneveldt.

The team has also won a number of tourna-ments and, in 2008, joined the Greater Wyn-berg Local Football Association (LFA).

“We received a sponsorship of R25 000 fromthe Dangwan Trust in Maitland, which ena-bled us to pay the affiliation fees,” Nelani says.

“But the rest of the sponsorship, and anyother sponsorship we receive, is used to trans-port our teams to and from the RooikransSports Complex in Grassy Park every Satur-day.”

And transport has been an issue for the club,which has teams in the under-11 to under-17division. Hiring a taxi costs R300 per trip.

“We have to have about four trips a Satur-day. It’s expensive, but we try our best, be-cause the children really look forward to play-ing,” he says.

The coaching styles of the two coaches, Nela-ni and the other founder member Kamanga,focus on physical training, ball control andteamwork.

“We just want the players to play good foot-

ball, while we also want them to excel in thesport,” Nelani says.

“We have big dreams – it would be great ifone or two of our players could play for thelikes of Engen Santos or Ajax Cape Town inthe PSL, because they certainly have the tal-ent.

“Imagine seeing them playing on TV ... thatwould be awesome. And we would like for theclub to also move in stature to better leagues.”

But for now, the guys of Vrygrond YoungStars are still dreaming small, with obtaininga sponsorship to continue offering youths ofthe community an alternative and healthy life-style. For more information on the club con-tact Nelani on 073 279 7065 or (021) 701-1614 orKamanga on 078 193 9521.

GOING FOR GOAL: The Vrygrond Young Stars football club have big dreams. Photographed beforea training session are under17 players, from left, Ezile Muku, Patrick Nceba Makhanda, ZukileNelani (coach), Siyasanga Ngwevu and Nasiphi Bendlela. Photo: Tasmin Cupido

Thumbs up for zone relaxationVERNA VAN DIEMEN

AT LEAST two residents’ as-sociations around the Cape

Town Stadium say they will sup-port a review of some of the re-strictions preventing commer-cial activity in the area whenthere are no events at the venue.

The stadium is built on groundsdeclared a public open space, whichrestricts any commercialisation.The conditions are stipulated in theRecord of Decision (ROD) issued in2006 by then MEC for Environmen-tal Affairs, Tasneem Essop.

It is projected that ratepayers willhave to cough up R44,6 million ofthe R56 million operating costsneeded to run the stadium this year.

But members of the Sea Point,Fresnaye and Bantry Bay Resi-dents’ and Ratepayers’ Association(SFBRRA) and the Green Point Res-idents’ and Ratepayers’ Associa-tion (GPRRA) say they would sup-port any efforts by the City to un-lock the stadium’s economicpossibilities, including lifting someof the restrictions.

Brett Herron, the Mayoral Com-mittee member for CommunityServices, says he welcomes the pos-itive feedback from the two associa-tions.

“The site has always been contro-versial, but we were hoping for thesupport of the community,”he says.

David Lazarus, of SFBRRA says:“Making the stadium financially vi-able must come first. The ratepay-ers are paying for it at the moment.We are not saying do a blanket liftof restrictions but look at each re-

striction on its merit.”Jocelin Kagan from GPRRA says:

“The short-sightedness of thosewho were responsible for draftingthis document (ROD) costs the Cityand ratepayers an extraordinaryamount of money every month tokeep the stadium going.

“The City has the power to refor-mulate the ROD and as such, couldspeed its income-generating capa-bilities if they would move to focuson this document and process.”

The Mouille Point Ratepayers’Association (MPRPA), however,did not want to voice its support ordisapproval for the zoning restric-tions, opting instead to raise its con-cerns about the impact stadiumevents have on residents.

Marco van Embden, the MPRPAchairperson, says: “The workingsof the City and its endeavours torun the stadium at a break-even arenot part of our discussions withthem at this stage.

“Our concerns are limited to theimpact the various events wouldhave on our owners and residentswho live in Mouille Point, betweenThree Anchor Bay and The WaterClub.

“The shortage of parking in andaroundMouillePoint is an issue, es-pecially now that the magnificentUrban Park is fully operational.

We are in contact with the City inthis regard as the lack of parkingand excessive traffic in the area atpeak visitor times does cause incon-venience to residents.”

The City put out a tender lastweek for a service provider to lookat all potential business models formanaging the stadium. This proc-

ess could look beyond the ROD aswell.

The business analyst would bestbe able to advise the City on whichzoning restrictions could be lifted,adds Herron. “The idea is not tobuild a mall or a casino, but wewould like to see a tea room, a res-taurant and to sell souvenirs fromthe visitors’ centre, which alreadyattracts people.”

Lesley de Reuck, director of theCape Town Stadium and GreenPoint Park, says the concerts heldso far and those lined up for the sta-dium are not sufficient to cover thecosts of running the stadium.

“It is well-known throughoutworld that events and concertsalone do not nearly cover opera-tional costs of stadia.

“The most important thing is ananchor tenant and other potentialtenants, for example coffee shopsand a sports shop so that all the rev-enue-generating opportunities canbe optimised to create income,”says De Reuck.

Residents’ associations are eagerto have the taxpayers’ burden lift-ed.

Lazarus says they encourage anyefforts by the City to make the “loss-making venture run by the councilwith ratepayers’ money” sustaina-ble, “provided that the conditions ofuse continue to meet the terms laiddown by the Stadium ComplianceManagement System so that neigh-bouring residents are not adverselyaffected”.

“If anchor tenants or even brand-ing the stadium provide a means ofachieving that goal, then we wouldencourage such moves ...”

Kagan says it was “extraordinaryto think that they did not initiatethis process immediately the 2010World Cup finished. Almost a yeardown the line they are still wrig-gling around trying to find ways tomake the stadium pay when it can,but they have not moved to removethe greatest stumbling block.”

De Reuck says: “We need to con-sider the best option. It might meanthat we will have one or many an-chor tenants.”

Despite having more than sevenconcerts and big events scheduledfor this year, the revenue will notbe enough to break even, says DeReuck. The city made R2,5m fromhosting the U2 concert, withR868 000 profit after expenses.

Yesterday’s Neil Diamond con-cert brought in around R100 000.

“It is impossible to run the stadi-um on just the revenue from con-certs and events.”

De Reuck says the City has al-ready made a saving of R2 millionby renegotiating two tenders – forcleaning and safety and security.

Thirteen new tenders to deliverservices at the stadium have justbeen advertised. It is envisaged thatfurther savings could possibly berealised from the process, says DeReuck.

The City has been managing thestadium since January after SailStadefrance backed out just weeksbefore their lease agreement was tohave come into effect in November.

At the time Sail Stadefrance saidthat the strict zoning conditionsstipulated in the ROD made it al-most impossible to generate in-come.

Motivationthrough a lensTHE I Was Shot Foundation, anon-profit organisation provid-ing photographic skills toformer street children, haslaunched in Cape Town after twosuccessful programmes in Jo-hannesburg.

The foundation aims to helpmotivate participants to channeltheir hardships through photog-raphy and use it as a creativeoutlet.

According to Bernard Viljoen,the organisation’s executive di-rector, the children involvedwill learn business and socialskills from the programme.

“We are excited to bring thisinspiring project to Cape Town,as the children learn not onlyvaluable photographic skillsthat create an income platform,but also interpersonal and socialskills, independence and, mostimportantly, gives them hope foran improved future,” said Vil-joen.

“We also harness photographyas a tool for expression and anopportunity to nurture hiddentalent among the youth.

“Life’s moments, significantto a street child but perhaps for-gotten to us, can remind us to ap-preciate the simple things bylooking at our beautiful citythrough their eyes.”

Equipped with a disposablecamera and a brief to captureCape Town’s culture, the partici-pants will photograph key land-marks throughout the city forthe next year.

Delphine de Blic, an award-winning French director, will bedocumenting the process.


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A HEATHFIELD family has been left devastatedby the sudden and unexpected death of their“pillar of strength” days before he was set to ar-rive home after six months abroad.

Randall Quickfall (47) was killed on Monday 4April when the plane transporting him to the N’Jiliairport in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democrat-ic Republic of Congo (DRC),crashed, killing 32 of the 33 peo-ple on board.

Quickfall had been working inthe DRC as a deputy project man-ager for a company called PacificArchitects and Engineers (PAE),and was an experienced andhighly-respected firefighter.

Cheryl Snyders, Quickfall’solder sister, says the sudden na-ture of her brother’s deathmakes it harder for the family todeal with.

“Any family that loses a mem-ber is traumatised, but in ourcase, because it was so tragic, weare definitely devastated,” saidSnyders.

“My mother and father aren’tdealing with it well, his childrenaren’t dealing with it well and Idon’t think any of us are.”

Snyders was still visiblyshocked by her brother’s deathwhen People’s Post visited thefamily’s home on Wednesday 7 April, and came closeto tears during the interview.

Mercia and William Quickfall, Randall’s parents,looked on solemnly as Snyders described her broth-

er’s passion for his career.“What I can say is that Randall died for what he

loved,” said Snyders.“His work was his passion; he lived for his work.

So he died being happy, I suppose.”Quickfall was returning to his home base in Kin-

shasa from an assignment in Goma, and was set toreturn home to South Africa on Friday 15 April.

He had planned to spend over a month in CapeTown on leave before returning to the DRC.

Snyders added that her broth-er’s dedication to his work wasso strong that he was prepared todie.

“I visualisethe torrential rainsand that plane going down, andhim actually seeing that death iscoming,” said Snyders.

“But I don’t think he even com-plained because he was execut-ing his duty. And that is whoRandall Malcolm Quickfallwas.”

The family have been living inHeathfield for close to 50 years.Quickfall is survived by his twochildren, Carri (17) and Bryan(21) Quickfall.

Snyders said she would re-member her brother as a fun-lov-ing, people’s person.

“He lived life, he enjoyed life,he loved people, he was bubbly,”said Snyders.

Quickfall’s body is expected toarrive in the country this week,

and his family is in the process of making funeralarrangements.

Snyders added that the family’s faith in God washelping them through “this difficult time”.

DEVASTATED: The sister of RandallQuickfall, Cheryl Snyders, holds up apicture of her brother. Next to her arehis sister Beverley Lategan and Mercia Quickfall, their mother. Their father, William Quickfall, is seated infront of them. Photo: Liam Moses

THE South African Riding for theDisabled Association (SARDA) carboot sale takes place inBrommersv-

lei Road, Constantia, on Saturday16 April between 09:00 to 12:00. Theentry per car trading is R40. Thereis plenty of parking and catering isavailable. For more informationcontact Joan on 083 339 0897.

THINK TWICE – a non-profit organ-isation based in Wynberg – believesthat it is important to lay strongfoundations with young peoplefrom the earliest of ages. ThinkTwice’s early childhood develop-ment programmes target youngpeople from the age of five, and fo-cus on instilling a sense of theirown self worth and ability to makegood decisions, while empoweringthem to deal with issues such asHIV/AIDS and child sexual abuse.

Think Twice will be hosting atwo-day training workshop, wherethe fundamentals of the pro-grammes – techniques and tools for

facilitating the Grade R Jerry Gi-raffe programme and the Grade 2Mr Wiggly Worm programme – willbe taught on Monday 18 April andTuesday 19 April; and another onWednesday 20 April and Thursday21 April.

Parents, guardians, Sundayschool teachers and those interest-ed in this age group are welcome tojoin.

May dates are available on re-quest.

For more information contact Nt-siki or Miemie on (021) 762-2979 or(021) 761-3338, or visit the websitewww.thinktwice.org.za.

THE next meeting of the Cape HerbGroup will take place on Saturday16 April at 14:30 at Super PlantsTokai Nursery, Tokai-on-Main Cen-tre, Main Road, Tokai/Retreat. Em-my Pabst, president of the South Af-

rican Flower Union (SAFU), willtalk on “Using Herbs In Floral ArtDemonstration”. Entrance is R10for visitors and R5 for members.For inquiries call (021) 712-1898 or(021) 689-2807 during office hours.

THE next meeting of the Cape TownFamily History Society will be heldon Saturday 16 April at St John’sChurch, Wynberg at 14:30.

The guest speaker will be DrFrancois Cleophas, and the topic ofhis talk is “Sporting Family Histo-

ry”. Entrance is free for membersand R10 for visitors, which includestea and biscuits. Call David Slingson (021) 715-5104, or email [email protected]. For a mapand more information visitwww.family-history.co.za.


NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE SUBCOUNCILSAPRIL 2011Notice is hereby given that the meeting of the 23 (twenty three) subcouncils for the Cityof Cape Town will take place at the time and at the different venues as indicated in theschedule below:

Subcouncil Venue Date Time Manager

1 BlaauwbergCouncil Chambers, Royal Ascot,Milnerton

21 10:00Peter Deacon021 550 1001

2 Bergdal Kraaifontein Council Chambers 15 09:00Fred Monk021 980 6053

3 De GrendelCouncil Chambers, VoortrekkerRoad, Goodwood

21 10:00Johannes Brand021 590 1676

4 TygerbergParow Council Chambers,Tallent Road, Parow

15 10:00Ardela van Niekerk021 938 8050

5 CentralCouncil Chambers, cnr JakkalsvleiAvenue and Kiaat Road Bonteheuwel

19 10:00Martin Julie021 695 8171

6 BellvilleBellville Council ChambersBellville Civic Centre

18 10:00Pat Jansen021 918 2024

7 KoebergFisantekraal Multipurpose Centre,Fisantrekraaal

18 10:00Elmaleen du Plessis021 970 3002

8 HelderbergStrand Council ChambersStrand

21 10:00Izak du Toit021 850 4149

9 Nxele MakanaLingelethu Training Centre,Khayelitsha

19 10:00Fezekile Cotani021 360 1267

10 CharlotteMaxeke

Lingelethu Training CentreKhayelitsha

18 10:00Thando Siwisa021 360 1351

11 LooksmartNgudle

Gugulethu Council ChambersFezeka Building, Gugulethu

19 10:00Kayise Nombakuse021 630 1600

12 Mitchells PlainPortlands Community CentreMitchells Plain

21 10:00David Cedras021 371 4550

13 David MthethoNtlanganiso

Phillipi East Communuty Hall,Lower Crossroads

19 10:00Lunga Bobo021 630 1600

14 MirandaNgculu

Old Crossroads Sports Complex,Nyanga

18 10:00Christopher Jako021 6301600

15 PinelandsPlover Room, Pinelands TrainingCentre, Pinelands

21 10:00Mariette Griessel021 531 3437

16 Good HopeCouncil Chambers, 44 Wale Street,Cape Town

18 10:00Marius Coetsee021 487 2055

17 Athlone andDistrict

Athlone Minor Hall 21 10:00Edgar Carolissen021 637 9757

18 RondevleiRondevlei Subcouncil Chambers,Lotus River

19 10:00Okkie Manuels021 710 8394

19 SouthPeninsula

Council Chambers Fish Hoek 15 10:00Desiree Mentor021 784 2011

20 ProteaCouncil Chambers, Alphen CentreConstantia

19 10:00Brian Ford021 794 2493

21 OostenbergOostenberg Council ChambersKuils River

19 10:00Pieter Grobler021 900 1502

22 Lizo NkonkiOostenberg Council ChambersKuils River

18 10:00Richard Moi021 900 1508

23 AdelaideTambo

The Hague Community Hall, Delft 21 10:00Anthony Mathe021 956 8000

In addition to items of relevance to specific sub-councils, the following items will appear onthe agendas for all Sub-councils in October:

• Draft revised Early Childhood Development Policy• Draft City of Cape Town By-law relating to the use and control of recreational water

areas and boating

Copies are available for scrutiny at subcouncils, municipal libraries andwww.capetown.gov.za. Organisations are requested tosubmit comment to their subcouncil. The Rules of Order forsubcouncils permit any member of the public to address thesubcouncil on these or any other matters by prior arrangementwith the relevant subcouncil manager.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER

CERTIFIED: Thirtyseven people recently graduated from the Sentinel Intermediate School’s intervention programme for the parents and carers of Grade R and 1 learners. The programme is aimedat promoting informal learning of numeracy and literacy at home. All the participants are fromthe Hout Bay area, and either have children in Grade R or 1, or work at crèches in the area.

Extended reading time

A brave little Easter puppet show

HOUT BAY LIBRARY has extended its trad-ing hours as of Friday 1 April. The librarywill now be open from 10:00 to 13:00 onWednesdays.

The trading hours for the library are:. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays –

from 10:00 to 18:00.. Fridays – from 10:00 to 17:00; and. Saturdays – from 09:00 to 13:00.For more information, contact the library

on (021) 790 2150.

THE Rainbow Puppet Theatre will present“The Brave Little Easter Rabbit” until Satur-day 30 April.

Admission is R20 at the door for adults andchildren.

Shows are every Saturday at 10:00 and11:15 and refreshments are available.

Contact Alison on (021) 783-2063 or [email protected] formore information.

The Rainbow Puppet Theatre is situated atthe Constantia Waldorf School, Spaansche-mat River Road, Constantia.

Parking at the theatre is free.

Alphen Hotel closesafter 50 yearsLIAM MOSES

THE Alphen Country House Hotel inConstantia has closed after 50 years.

The hotel was founded in the 1960s bySandy Bairnsfather Cloete, and stoppedoperating on Thursday 31 March, despitehaving been a popular choice of accom-modation for celebrities and importantfigures over its 50-year lifespan.

The hotel was run by hospitality group,Three Cities, at the time of closing andhad been since April 2010.

According to Garnet Basson, WesternCape operations manager for the compa-ny, closing down was a joint decision be-tween Three Cities and the owners of thehotel.

“It wasn’t a viable business any more.I think it was an overall thing and thata series of factors led to this.”

Alphen was originally established as afarm in 1714 on 11 acres of land, and grewin size as subsequent owners purchasedadditional land until it stretched overmost of the northern section of the Con-stantia Valley.

The property has been in the Cloetefamily since 1850 and is currently ownedby husband and wife Dudley and NickyCloete-Hopkins.

Alex Cloete-Hopkins, son of the own-ers, said that his family had not yet decid-ed how to use Alphen.We are now lookingat what to do with the buildings but wedon’t have a clue yet,” says Cloete-Hop-kins.

“We’ve had sever-al suggestions andseveral presenta-tions about what wecan use it for. Andthey range from anembassy to a schooland even a hotelagain.”

Cloete-Hopkinsadds that a properassessment wouldbe done before anydecision was made.

The property hashad several illustri-ous visitors in its297-year history, in-cluding LordCharles Somerset,the former gover-nor of the Cape Col-ony, Dr James Bar-

ry, a British army doctor who was discov-ered to be a woman on her death, authorMark Twain, author George BernardShaw, former Cape Colony Prime Minis-ter Cecil John Rhodes, British monarchPrincess Alice of Athlone and Jan Chris-tian Smuts, former prime minister ofSouth Africa.

Basson added that a slow-down in busi-ness was not the reason for closing the ho-tel.

“I wouldn’t say that it was becauseguests weren’t coming to the hotel anymore,” says Basson. “I would say it wasjust time for the owners to look at otheruses for the property.”

However, Cloete-Hopkins, says al-though there was a demand from the pub-lic, Three Cities did not put in the invest-ment necessary to make the hotel moreprofitable.

“Alphen had been going down-hill forfive to eight years because of quality ofservice and quality of product,” saidCloete-Hopkins.

“It needed investment in order to besuccessful.

“There were people who were interes-ted in staying at the hotel, but withoutany investment people aren’t going towant to go there.”

All 52 of the staff at the hotel were em-ployed by a subsidiary of the Three Citiesgroup, named Flaming Silver Trading352, and all their posts have been maderedundant. Basson said the companycould not find positions for them at otherhotels in the group.

LEGACY: DudleyCloeteHopkins,who owns the Alphen Hotel withhis wife Nicky, isseen here withhis son AlexCloeteHopkins.They decided toclose the 50yearold hoteland find a moreviable use forthe property.

HISTORY: Alex CloeteHopkins, son of Alphen hotel coownerDudley CloeteHopkins, showing a map of the grounds.

Photos: Nasief Manie

Tuesday 12 April 2011 ADVERT People’s Post ConstantiaWynberg

People’s Post ConstantiaWynberg LEADER Tuesday 12 April 2011

MINISTER of Cooperative Governanceand Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shicekahas come under fire for leading a lavishlifestyle at taxpayers’ expense, following

a Sunday Times report into the R2,5 mil-lion in state money he has allegedly spenton luxury hotels, limousines and over-seas trips since 2008. In a country whose

public representatives are often caughtout enjoying too much of the good life, hisparticular blend of lavishness has a bitof a Hollywood ring to it.

Cry, beloved countryWHILE most South Africans live in abject po-verty, public officials such as Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Af-fairs Sicelo Shiceka seem to have been livinglike a millionaire – if the findings of a SundayTimes report are true.

No expense was allegedly spared by Shice-ka who – according to documents in the news-paper’s possession – has spent more than R2.5million on first-class flights and accommoda-tion since 2008. The article states that Shicekaspent R640 000 in one year for him and staffto stay at the One & Only, of which R280 000was spent on Shiceka alone – by his own ad-mission.

Furthermore, it is reported that Shicekaembarked on a first-class flight for him andhis personal assistant, rounded off with a stayin a five-star hotel to visit his girlfriend inprison in Switzerland, at a cost of R335 000.The visit to the prison, in a chauffeur-drivenlimo, cost R32 000.

If true, Shiceka’s lifestyle smacks of “bla-tant abuse of taxpayers’ money”. His allegedwasteful expenditure has attracted wide-spread condemnation.

Shiceka is not the only South African pub-lic official whose lavish lifestyle is underscrutiny.

In a country that can ill afford to blow mil-lions of rands, ANC youth league leader Ju-lius Malema cost taxpayers more thanR886 000 for police bodyguards from October2009 to October 2010. Malema did not hold anypublic office to justify having two body-guards. He was just an ordinary citizen, likethe millions of other ordinary South Africanswho forkoutmillions tokeep themselves safe.

But the buck doesn’t stop there. Flying inthe face of a country lacking housing, healthand basic services, is Defence Minister Lindi-we Sisulu’s decision to lease two new aircraftfor transporting VIPs, at a staggeringR800 million.

When South Africans voted a democraticgovernment into power 17 years ago, they vo-ted for democracy, and a better life for all. Abetter life is being had, but only by a privi-leged minority.

Drug demands will be metWHILE the statistics are shocking toacademics and others who live in ivo-ry towers, it has been obvious to ordi-nary people.

By targeting so called “drug push-ers” the do-gooders have failed to real-ise thatwhere there is ademand itwillbe met.

In an urban setting there just is notenough for young children to do.

Compulsory sports no longer exist,so young children come home earlyfrom school to no adult supervision.

The real problem lies with thosewho use the drugs.

Huge numbers of young peopledon’t have a man in the family, andthose that do are too busy trying tokeep ahead of the huge increases inliving expenses.

South Africans pay a disproportion-ate amount for housing, fuel and foodsince these items are now costed outin world currency.

Fuel in America is much cheaper inearnings power, as are housing andfood.

We live in a society where people donot know each other and of course itis now illegal to discipline one’s chil-dren so that, thanks to the media, itis impossible to control wayward chil-dren.

I blame the media because theywere all for abolishing corporal pun-ishment, so now we see the results inunintended consequences.

And just in case anyone thinks theSouth African Police Service (SAPS)are doing anything, I wish to bring toyour readers attention that currentlythe SAPS in Belville and Durbanvilleare targeting gun collectors by doingsurprise inspections on their storage,just looking for some reason to arrestthem.

Traffic police are also involved andovertime is not a question. So tell meagain how the SAPS is attackingdrugs!

If the real problems are not ad-dressed because of bias in the media,how will society be able to solve itsills? On top of everything else, SouthAfricans also have to pay for privatesecurity to protect them from thecriminals that the SAPS seems unableto protect them from.

Private security is the second big-gest industry inSouthAfrica, and thatmeans big bucks, so we now have anindustry that wants to protect itspiece of territory, and the high crimerate is their raison d’être.BRIAN HOAREPlumstead

Young man’squick thinkingsaves a lifeVERY late on Tuesday 15 March, my wife andI were returning home.

I was driving. We were on the Main Road justby Builders Warehouse when my wife noticedI was struggling to breathe.

I pulled the car over and in my panic tobreathe, opened the car door and collapsed onmy knees.

My wife, who cannot drive, thought I was hav-ing a heart attack and started to shout.

A young motorist passing by on the other sideof the road stopped.

My wife screamed that she needed help. Bynow I was blue around the mouth and my facewas going blue. The young man felt for a pulseand said: “You must get him to a hospital quick-ly.”

My wife screamed that she does not drive andthe young man locked his car, opened the backdoor of our car and put me in, and then calledConstantiaberg Medical Centre, saying he wasbringing in an emergency patient.

With thathegot behind the steeringwheel anddrove my car at a high speed to the hospital.

Iwas rushed into emergency,where theywerewaiting for me. My wife was able to obtain theyoung man’s name as Brent, who also lives inKirstenhof. I had suffered an extreme asthmaattack and my wife was advised by the doctorsthat, had it not been for the young man’s quickand thoughtful actions, I would be dead.

My wife and I are so very thankful to thisyoung man and are both amazed at his thought-ful and caring attitude in this day and age,where most people do not want to be concerned.

We do not know how to express how gratefulwe are to Brent.

Thank you, Brent. May God shower you withblessings for the rest of your life. We can be con-tacted on (021) 788-2005.RUDOLF AND MYRA WICHTMANNKirstenhof

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. Ban the use of all animals in circusesworldwide. Do not support any circuswith animals. Wild animals belong in thewild, not in circuses. See real-life footageof what really happens behind the sceneswith the money-hungry people exploitinganimals.

Only by banning the use of animals incircuses and closing zoos will this awfulsituation end. Eleanor

. Before there was a democracy in SA,service delivery with no councillors ap-pointed, things were excellent, but now itis not. Surely there is a better way tospend the money used for their annualsalary of R108 million? For your informa-tion – I know how! Niefie van die Kaap

. We need security officers on thetrains – not on the platforms at the sta-tions. The criminals walk from carriageto carriage while the train is moving,looking for an easy target to rob or attack.Please place a security officer or two oneach train to minimise these attacks.

. I ran my own business and have since1985 been servicing lawn mowers, genera-tors, engines. I also employed people. Myworkshop rental shot up to R20 000 permonth and parts costs rose 2 000 %. Agreedy landlord and parts suppliers en-sured the closure of the business, whichled to the dismissal of employees. Smallwonder SA leads the world in unemploy-ment. Eddie

Shopping matters. How come retail stores and major su-

permarkets are still not giving customersthe five cents at the check-outs after therounding on the till print out shows thisis owed to them? This is theft and mustbe dealt with urgently. A. Albertyn

. In reply to the issue around the Pickn Pay Smart Card: for every R100 youspend you will get R1, which means youget R10 for every R1 000. Either you do-nate your money to an organisation, or itcan be accumulated until you decide tospend it. Regular Pick n Pay shopper

PRESCRIBED ecological burning operationshave continued in Tokai, with the TableMountainNationalPark (TMNP)burning sec-tions of cleared pine plantation to stimulatefynbos seeds to germinate. These seeds havebeen lying dormant here for many years.

Many fynbos plants have adapted to fire andcannot survive without it. Fire serves to re-move old vegetation and signal to seeds to ger-minate. Other fynbos species re-sprout fromtheir rootstock, while in some cases fire helpsto open cones (some Proteaceae species) anddisperse the seeds.

Natural fires can no longer be allowed to oc-cur in these areas due to development sur-rounding them and the threat that runawayfires pose to lives and property.

For this reason, and to ensure the survivalof rare and endangered fynbos species, activefire management needs to be undertaken byorganisations such as the TMNP. It is unfortu-nate that so much smoke results from suchfires, but this is mainly from the resins in thepine tree logs and roots.

Enviro Wildfire Services thanks the MarketToyota group for sponsoring a vehicle this pastfire season to help with the transporting of firefighters and equipment between the NewlandsFire Base and the fire scenes.

To help prevent veldfires and learn moreabout them, visit www.envirowildfire.co.za/articles.ROB ERASMUS AND OLIVIA ROSE-INNES, ENVIRO WILDFIRE SERVICES

CONTROLLED BLAZE: TMNP staff oversee a prescribed fire to clear dangerous fuel loads andstimulate fynbos seed growth at Tokai.

Photo: Rob Erasmus

Burning forsurvival

Act should have come soonerDUE to the recession I was retrenched in2009. My only solution was to cancel a poli-cy with a well-known insurance company.

After a period of 12 years I had paid anamount of R51 000 – no interest.

The amount paid out to me was onlyR23 000.

The insurance company claimed R28 000for themselves.

Three months afterwards deductions

were still made. The reason given was thatit takes three months to cancel a stop order.

I was requested to draft a letter to claimback three months’ payments after the can-cellation of the policy.

If the Consumer Protection Act was inforce way back it would have been a differ-ent scenario.ROBIN PERRYPlumstead

We all need to stop the rotTHE article in People’s Post with the head-line “School attack under investigation”(Tuesday 5 April) was very disturbing to me.

I want to ask the person who recorded thefight why did he/she not intervene. The per-son followed the fight from one point to an-other. Surely the right thing to do was to in-tervene and report the matter to a teacheror the office?

This situation where evil flourishes be-cause people do nothing is part of a biggerproblem in South Africa. We find it easierto stand on the sidelines and let things hap-pen instead of intervening directly.

In schools we must begin to stop this rut.

We must teach students and teachers (whodo not ) to intervene when things go wrongin the playground and the classroom.

It is also a pity that the principal of theschool was not prepared to make a statementabout the incident. This is also part of thebigger picture in SA. That person (old oryoung ) who filmed the incident should havehad the courage and at the very least in-formed the principal and prevented a stu-dent from being hurt.

Shame on this person. Let us stop this rotin schools.BRIAN ISAACSTeacher, Lansdowne

People's Post Phone: 021 713 9440 | Fax: 021 713 9481 Tuesday 12 April 2011

Playing among the starsSOUTH AFRICAN jazz stars will gatherat the Artscape Theatre Centre on Fri-day 15 April in support of the Alexan-der Sinton High School jazz band’spending trip to the Tutti World YouthMusic Festival in China.

This arts focus school will be sending itsmusic pupils to an international gatheringfor the first time. The youngsters will per-form only South African music.

Their journey to Beijing in July is his-torical, says music director Ronel Nagfaal.“We are proud and eager to represent Ath-lone and South Africa at this global assem-bly, where youth musicians will presentmusical traditions from their countries.

“This contact and exchange is a uniquecultural experience, a tremendous oppor-tunity for the musical and personalgrowth of our youth, and their groomingas leaders in music and in their communi-

ties.”The other Cape Town schools sending

bands to the eight-day festival are Heath-field, Bergvliet and Wynberg Girls’ High.

Appearing at the Artscape Theatre Cen-tre will be vocal star Gloria Bosman, pian-ist George Werner, bassist Norman Sauls,drummer Frank Paco, guitarist JimmyDludlu, troubadour Errol Dyers and prom-ising jazz vocalist Lee-Ann Fortuin.

Now in their 11th year, The Little Gi-ants, directed by Werner, and the Alexan-der Sinton Jazz Band will be the youth jazzgroups in attendance.

Both groups will participate in thisyear’s Grahamstown National Youth JazzFestival.

The concert starts at 20:00 in Artscape’sOpera House. Tickets are available atComputicket and cost R100 for adults andR50 for pensioners and children under 18.

For more information call 083 390 4529.

The Alexander Sinton High School Jazz band. Photo: Supplied

Musical set for Baxter stageTHE Cape Town Festival (CTF) will be pre-senting the acclaimed musical “Silence ofthe Music” at the Baxter Theatre fromWednesday 13 to Saturday 30 April.

Openingnight is Saturday 16April at 20:00.Shows will take place on Mondays to Satur-days from 20:00 till 22:00, except Friday 22April (Good Friday).Produced by Desert Rose Music, “Silence of

the Music” combines leading world musiccomposer and director, Lynne Holmes-Ganiefand renowned theatre director, Basil Appol-lis.

It tells the story of an intercultural couplewhose love for each other was spurned in 2010by their families, friends and broader society.

The original musical score, composed byHolmes-Ganief, reflects the rich diversity ofSouth Africa’s melting pot of cultural influ-ences, combining classical, Middle Eastern,Asian and African musical elements into con-temporary, melodic, world music arrange-ments.

In January this year the CTF adopted “Si-lence of the Music” as one of its major cultur-al arts projects for 2011.

Tickets are R120 each and can be boughtthrough Computicket, online at www.com-puticket.co.za or its call centre on083 915 8000. Tickets can also be bought fromany Shoprite or Checkers branch. For corpo-rate bookings, charities and special blockbookings at discounted prices contact SharonAlexander on (021) 680-3962 or email [email protected] or Shelagh Blom-kamp on 083 205 0935 or email [email protected].

. “Silence of the Music” forms part of theCTF’s year-long programme of events, whichalso includes a 1CMC discussion; communityyouth workshop programmes; a senior citi-zens’ day; a leadership forum; a multimediaexhibition and community festivals.

For more information, visit www.cape-townfestival.co.za or email [email protected].

College students take centre stage

Join the concert

THE Students Quarterly Concert takes placeat the Baxter Concert Hall on Tuesday 19April, starting at 20:15.

The concert is arranged by Franklin Lareyand Dizu Plaatjies, and features a selection ofthe performance students at the South Afri-

can College of Music.Tickets are available at Computicket or at

the door.Prices are R50 for UCT staff, R45 for senior

citizens, R35 for tertiary students and R25 forpupils.

THE Musicanti Chamber Orchestra, di-rected by Erika Naumann, will perform aconcert at the St Martini Church at the topof Long Street on Sunday 17 April startingat 18:00.

The programme includes Stabat Mater,

by Pergolesi, with soloists Jessica Wells,soprano, and Caren Van Heerden, alto,and Horn Concerto no. 4 by Mozart, soloistPeter Amon, horn.

Tickets are sold at the door at R50 foradults. Students pay R20 and scholars canattend for free.

For further information, phone (021)790-5310.

Classic jam with top artistsTWO of South Africa’s foremost classical gui-tarists, James Grace and Jonathan Crossley,are giving music lovers the duel of the decade:an innovative feast of modern and classicworks by Bach, Tarrega, Albeniz, Myers, Ab-dullah Ibrahim and more.

The concert will take place at the BaxterConcert Hall on Saturday, 16 April at 20:00.

James Grace is one of one South Africa’sleading concert artists, appearing with sym-phony orchestras and in recital.

He studied at the Royal College of Music,taught guitar in Qatar, and then returned toSouth Africa, where he was appointed headof Classical Guitar Studies at the Universityof Cape Town.

Grace recently released his fifth solo al-bum, “World Café”, and is in the final stagesof setting up the Stringwise Young Artist’sTrust, which will assist young artists fromacross the country to produce their own al-bums, as well as offer bursaries for overseas

study.Jonathan Crossley, who began his career

on the classical guitar, has shifted his focusmore towards jazz performance, and ap-peared on stage with international and localstars.

As a composer, he has found his outletthrough The Jonathan Crossley ElectricBand, with which he has appeared more than45 times across Europe over the past threeyears, most notably at festivals in Spain, Slo-vakia, Turkey and ongoing tours in the CzechRepublic.

Crossley will be giving master classes forthe public on Friday 15 April at 14:00 at UCT.For more information, email [email protected] or [email protected].

The Concert Series recital starts at 20:00and tickets can be booked in advance fromComputicket at R125. Student and senior citi-zen discounts can be purchased at the dooron the night of the concert.

Jazz to break the silenceTHE Central Library will change its tunefrom 19 until 21 April when free live jazzperformances by fresh young talent willreplace the usual silence.

On Tuesday 19 April, from 13:00 to 14:00,join The Tribe of Benjamin Jazz Quartet,which features Benjamin Jephta, MarlonWitbooi, Keenan Ahrends, Zeke le Grangeand special guest vocalist, Sandile Gotsa-na.

On Wednesday 20 April, from 16:30 till17:30, visitors will be treated to the smoothsounds of Afternoon Standards, with RyanAndrew Peters on vocals and Keenan Ad-amson on guitar.

On 21 April from 15:15 till 17:00, the li-

brary will host the John Pama PrimarySchool Brass Band, which is part of theAmy Biehl Foundation’s after-school initi-ative.

Alsoon thebill isMomentum,which fea-tures Ted Faulkner, and Allen van derMerwe.Aspart of the library’s communityinvolvement plan, they will be running adrive to collect oldmusical instruments onbehalf of the Amy Biehl Foundation as theorganisation can currently accommodateonly 15 learners per teaching session.

Central Library is situated in the DrillHall at the corner of Darling and Paradestreets in Cape Town.

Contact the library on (021) 467-1560.

Drama, jealousy at the theatre“LOVBORG’S WOMEN” is the finalproduction in the summer season atThe Intimate Theatre, and will runfrom Saturday 14 to Saturday 21May.

Presented by The Mechanicals,the cast includes Adrian Collins,Mikkie-Dene le Roux, AndrewLaubscher and Kate Liquorish.

Directed by Christopher Weare,“Lovborg’s Women” is a comedyspoofing the naturalistic and realis-tic dramas of Jorgen Lovborg (afterAnton Chekhov and Ibsen).

Hens, geese, earmuffs and gerani-ums are all part of this tapestry oflust, drama and jealousy as an em-bittered Lovborg considers threeinfluential women.

A number of established physicalforms are explored; for example thework of Steven Berkoff, DV8 Physi-cal Theatre and the late MarleneBlom.

For bookings phone (021) 480-7128or email [email protected]

Advanced booking is advised asseats are limited.

HAT TRICK: Andrew Laubscher is oneof the cast members of “Lovborg’sWomen” in May. Photo: Supplied

Come out to quality concertTHE Songmakers’ Guild will have theirnext concert on Sunday 17 April at theNassau Centre, Groote Schuur HighSchool in Palmyra Road, Newlands.Borrowed Plumes with Magdalene Min-naar (soprano), Christopher Vale (bari-tone), Albie van Schalkwyk (piano) andsongs by Maurice Ravel, Richard

Strauss, Gustav Holst, Mátyás Seiberand others can all be expected. The con-cert starts at 16:00 sharp.

Tickets are being sold at R40 at thedoor.

Bookings can be made with Hanna on082 824 1007 or [email protected].

Tuesday 12 April 2011 GENERAL People’s Post ConstantiaWynberg

Show your support

Cool cats on show

Fine and decorative art lecture

Keeping our water clean

THE Prostate Cancer SupportAction group will meet at 17:45for 18:00 on Tuesday 19 April inthe auditorium of the Constanti-aberg Medi-Clinic, BurnhamRoad, Plumstead.

Newly-diagnosed patients andtheir partners or care-givers

from all over the Cape Metro arewelcome to attend, meet pros-tate cancer survivors and sharedetails of their experience.

The speaker’s subject is treat-ment with proton beams. Call073 560 3067 for more informa-tion.

THE Big Cat Club Cat Show willbe held at Cape Town HighSchool on Saturday 16 Aprilfrom 10:00 to 15:00pm.

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ca in the Company’s Garden onWednesday 20 April at 19:30.Tickets cost R30 for membersand R40 for students. For detailscall Jill on (021) 434-4579 or [email protected].

PROFESSOR Eugene Cloete, thedean of science at the Universityof Stellenbosch, will give a freetalk entitled “Innovation, thekey to sustainable water supplyand sanitation” on Wednesday20 April at 17:00 at the SA

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Things can be muchworse than frackingTONY ROBINSON

MOST of the people who are rag-ing against the idea of exploringfor shale gas in the Karoo knowvery little about the technologyand what Sasol has called its“game changing” potential.

In fact, most of the knowledge incirculation has come from thosestrongly opposed to “fracking”.Public relations companies haveeven been retained to blacken thepicture and whip up emotions to apoint approaching hysteria.

They have plenty of material towork with. In the early days offracking there were disasters, mostof them the result of wild cat opera-tions. But the technology has im-proved and in responsible hands itmight even be acceptable in somecircumstances. So it is easy to un-derstand the fears in circulation. Igrew up in the Karoo and I knowthat water gives land its value. Takeaway the water or contaminate itand one is left with worthlessdesert. In a drought, a good bore-hole is the only thing that stands be-tween a farmer and financial ruin.It is an emotional relationship. Youcan mess with his wife but don’ttouch his borehole. The water of ag-ricultural importance lies at depths

of no more than a few hundred me-tres. Fracking, however, takesplace something like 10 kilometresbelow the surface! That is five timedeeper than our deepest gold mine.The temperature down there will beabout 300°C and any water wouldbecome instant steam. If the hole islined with steel there should be nocontamination of agricultural wa-ter. But one can understand thefear. The biggest problems will belogistical ones. The equipment ismassive and new roads will be re-quired. What does one do with 10kilometres of earth from borehole

cores? The impact on the Karoo willbe considerable. And where will thewater needed for fracking comefrom?

On the other hand, holes 10 kilo-metres deep will give us access to aninexhaustible supply of geothermalheat. And that can be turned intoelectricity. The US Department ofEnergy says geothermal electricityis cheaper than coal or nuclear pow-er and theprice doesnot goupeveryyear along with the cost of fuel andlabour. Even if there is no gas wecould win. So here’s the question:would you rather have Shell frack-ing in the Karoo or Eskom trying torun half a dozen atomic power sta-tions? Nuclear power requires con-sistent good management for atleast 50 years. There is no place forCEOs who trim the maintenancebudgets to improve the bottom lineand their bonuses. And there is noplace for cadre deployment.

Imagine a future Minister of Min-erals, Energy and Nationalisation –someone like Julius Malema – hav-ing a hand in the appointment of nu-clear mangers. His matric wood-work studies would be of little help.

We may be able to survive an im-plosion in the Land Bank or a foul-up in the Karoo, but mismanage-ment of a Koeberg could be goodbyeCape Town.

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SPORTING SPRINT: Ikapa Sporting FC’s Ukunia Nuka (right) races Ryan Herman of Steenberg United FC, during Ikapa’s 21 win in a Vodacom Second Division soccer match atGrassy Park on Saturday. Photo: Wayne Lategan

GET AWAY: Wynberg Boys’ High (WBHS) wing Rushdie Salie (right) beats a St Stithian’s opponent, during Wynberg’s 146 win in an under19A match at the annual WBHS rugby festivalat Wynberg on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

Be wary of wounded LionsBe wary of wounded LionsTASMIN CUPIDO

THE reaction of the DHL Stormersteam, who suffered their first defeat

of the season at the weekend, will dictatethe team’s run for the rest of the SuperRugby competition.

And head coach Allister Coetzee hopeshis troops will take the loss in their stride,get up and learn from the mistakes madeagainst the Australian outfit at Newlandson Saturday. “This is a long and tough com-petition, and it is crucial that the guys pitchwith their A-game at each match,” Coetzeesaid.

“We need to take this loss on the chin andstand up to produce better performances.”

Unforced errors and ill-discipline marredthe Stormers’ game plan in the 19-6 defeatto the men from Brisbane saw.

The Reds, who dominated the lacklustreCape side in all aspects of the game, weresimply the better side on the day – Coetzeeis the first to admit this. “We were not atour best; tactically the Reds were much bet-ter and their physical intensity was muchhigher – all credit to the Reds,” he said.

A territorial game, keeping the Stormersin their own half for most of the match, sawthe likes of Quade Cooper and Will Genia

using tactical kicks to put pressure on themen in navy blue. Stints in the sin bin forStormers eighthman, Duane Vermeulen,

and hooker, Tiaan Liebenberg, also did nothelp them.

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and playing with 14 men for 20 minutes ofthe match did not aid us, either,” Coetzeesays.

Despite the loss, they remain in the topposition on the South African conferencelog and third on the combined log.

Now the Stormers will divert their atten-tion to the MTN Lions, who they take on atCoca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Satur-day afternoon.

The last time the two sides met the Storm-ers came out 19-16 victors in their firstmatch of the competition.

John Mitchell’s side has had a spate of un-fortunate, tightly-contested losses through-out the competition and will be looking toraise themselves from the bottom of thecombined log.

With nothing to lose, playing for pride infront of their home crowd, the men in redwill put up a brave fight in the hope of turn-ing the tables on the high-flying Stormers.

Never afraid to run a risk, the men fromEgoli will test the ever on-song Stormers de-fence.

A battle in the engine room can also beexpected.

Coetzee expects inside centre Jean de Vil-liers, who was a last-minute withdrawalfrom the Reds’ clash, to make his returnagainst the Lions this Saturday.

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TELLING TALE: Unforced errors marred the game of the DHL Stormers in their 196 defeatto the Queensland Reds at Newlands on Saturday. Here eighthman Duane Vermeulen losesthe ball in a tackle by Reds front rower, James Slipper. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

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City to hostglobal festBRIAN GAFFNEY

THE Safa Cape Town is forging aheadwith plans to stage an eight-nation inter-national showpiece for under-20s – be-lieving it will generate a huge financialspin-off for amateur soccer in 2012.

So much so that the Safa CT applica-tion to run the event – in partnershipwith the City of Cape Town – has alreadybeen approved by the SA Football Asso-ciation. Safa CT president, NormanArendse, disclosed that the eight-nationchampionship will comprise the respec-tive winners of the six Fifa Confedera-tions Cup championships, the SA under-20s and an additional African team.

“It is vital that we recognise under-20soccer as a milestone for the develop-ment of our players. It is our responsibil-ity as an amateur association to show-case this talent,” said Arendse.

The blueprint for the 2012 champion-ship comes on the back of the successfulinaugural Cape Town InternationalChallenge for under-20s that was hostedby the Safa CT and the city in 2010.

Ghana, Brazil, South Africa and Ni-geria vied for honours on the eve of the2010 World Cup in South Africa. Ghanadefeated Brazil 3-2 in the challenge final,watched by a 50 000-strong crowd atCape Town Stadium – with the overallgate-takings from all matches allowingthe city to contribute R600 000 to the cof-fers of the Safa CT.

Arendse also disclosed that the SafaCT has secured increased financial sup-port from other stakeholders to stage itssenior and junior competitions thisyear.

. Coca-Cola has agreed to increase itssponsorship for the Coke knockout Cupchampionships from R500 000 to R600000.

. Freeworld Coatings has upped itssponsorship for the club championshipsfor under-11s and under-13s from R50 000to R75 000.

. Peace activist Mary Burton will pa-tron the new Unity Cup for under-16high school teams from various commu-nities to the tune of R150 000 this year;and

. Build It will sponsor junior tourna-ments in areas close to its branchesacross the Peninsula.

Brent’s making it happenBrent’s making it happenBRIAN GAFFNEY

AT age 30, Brent Carelse re-sists thoughts about

hanginguphisboots in the for-seeable future – but rather fo-cuses on what more he can as-pire to achieve with Ajax CapeTown FC on the road ahead.

What is uppermost in Carelse’smind of course at the moment, isto help Ajax win the Premier Soc-cer League (PSL) champions titlefor the first time in its 11-yearhistory.

“I believe we can finish top ifwe stay focused and avoid com-placency,” says Carelse, who hasbecome no stranger on the cham-pions’ rostrum.

Carelse – eyeing a fourth win-ners’ medal – represented cham-pions Mamelodi Sundowns(2006/2007), whereafter heshared in two of SuperSportUnited’s three consecutiveleague triumphs (2008/2009 and2009/2010). Now Ajax could en-hance their championshipchances if they notch full pointsagainst Golden Arrows at New-lands Stadium on Friday (start20:00).

Carelse, buoyed by Ajax CEOGeorge Comitis’ disclosure thathe will sign the midfield maestronext season – after he came onloan from SuperSport in Janu-ary – is expected to continue hisrich vein of form for the UrbanWarriors.

“I was not only looking for anewchallengewhen I returned toAjax from SuperSport, where Ifelt my game was stagnating be-cause of my irregular appearanc-es in matches. I also felt a needto settle in Cape Town with myfamily,” said Carelse.

The presence of a versatile left-sided midfielder – who has thusfar netted four goals for Ajax –has also brought out the best inthe free-scoring Thulani Sereroand Khama Billiat.

So often Carelse’s penchant for

engaging his pacey fellow play-ers in quick one-two plays has al-lowed Ajax to prosper duringtheir recent run of successes.

The other motivation forCarelse is to be mentored byDutch coach Foppe de Haan. “Heis professional in his approachand a very honest coach. He con-stantly tells us that we are betterplayers than what we think weare.”

“De Haan’s one-on-one chatswith each player really makes usbelieve in our abilities,” en-thused Carelse.

The Johannesburg-bornCarelse is also thankful to his fa-ther Dougie Carelse – a formerpro with Cape Town Spurs andVereeniging Old Boys in the oldFederation ProfessionalLeague – for inspiring him topursue a soccer career.

“My dad insisted that I enrol atthe School of Excellence in Jo-hannesburg during my teens.

“It was a tough experience buthe encouraged me to persevere toensure my future in the game.

“He has always allowed me thefreedom to do things my way onthe field. But he will occasionallytell me what aspect of my gameI need to improve on,” saidCarelse junior, who first turnedprofessional with Hellenic FC(then coached by Gavin Hunt) atage 17.

Butback to the showdownwithGolden Arrows. Remember thatit was Arrows that drew 2-2 withAjax in 2007/2008 to deny Ajaxthe title on goal difference whenthe clubs tied on points.

First choice custodian, HansVonk, is also ruled out by suspen-sion and will be replaced by An-dre Petim on Friday night.

Good news for Ajax though, isthat Clayton Daniels returnsfrom suspension and that Saame-hg Doutie is fit to play.

. Tickets are on sale at Com-puticket and Shoprite/Checkersbranches. No tickets will be onsale at the stadium.

CHARGED UP: Brent Carelse, influential mifielder for Ajax CapeTown FC. Photo: Gallo Images

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