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Easieraccessto beachNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

A management plan has beendrafted to improve public ac-cess to Kommetjie Beach.

The City of Cape Town is in theprocess of seeking approval of itsmaintenance management plan(MMP) for themaintenance and re-habilitation of public access pointsand associated infrastructurealong the Kommetjie beachfront.

Subject to processesAccording to theMMP, thebeach

is subject to various coastal proc-esses including erosion, accretionand wind-blown sand. Further ero-sion is experienced as a result oftrampling of vegetation and dunesaround the access paths.“Due to the historically planned

close proximity of infrastructureto this coastline, roads and accesspaths to the beach are often eitherinundated with sand or undercutby erosion,” the report states.The plan has been prepared to

enable the immediate manage-ment of the windblown sand andlooks to ensure infrastructure isprotected and the remediation ofthe environment takesplace in linewith legislation.“The potential implications of

not managing these dynamicswithin the context of an already al-

tered environment, are serious,”the report states.The plan includes access points

at the Wireless Road parking area,Pelican Place, Duiker Drive servi-tude, Seeliger Road, Kirsten Ave-nue, Surf Way parking area, Die-mar Road, Melkhout Avenue, For-syth Road and the corner ofBenning Drive and Gladioli Road.Some of these points may re-

quire a combination of mainte-nance interventions, such as theremoval of rubble and gravel, themechanical movement of sand,planting of vegetation, the installa-tion of fencing and wooden walk-ways, and the removal of alien veg-etation.

Open for commentTheMMP is open for public com-

ment until Wednesday 15 June.Copies of the draft maintenancemanagement plan are available atthe Fish Hoek subcouncil officeand at Kommetjie Library.It is anticipated maintenance

will commence as soon as the planis approved.V Comments, recommendations or inputcan be submitted by e­mail to beach.en­quiries@capetown.gov.za; via post to theCoastal Coordination Unit, Sport, Recrea­tion and Amenities Department, 22ndFloor, Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard,Cape Town 8001; via fax to 086 202 8152or via the online comment form.

The Two Oceans Aquarium is releasing all the ragged­tooth sharks from the current I&J Predator Exhibit inpreparation for the closing of the I&J Predator Exhibit for repairs in mid­June and the opening of the newlarge scale exhibit, the I&J Ocean Exhibit. Divers manoeuvred each shark into a transparent PVC conebefore transporting them to Mossel Bay, where they were released. Read more on page 6.

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From Silvertown to silver screenEARL HAUPT

@EarlHaupt

Julian Cleophas has lived most of his lifein Silvertown, but due to a series of events,

now has a vested interest in the silverscreen.Silvertown became his home after living

in Kuils River for the first five years of hislife.After journeying through Turfhall Prima-

ry School and Belgravia High School, heeventually ended up studying a B.Sc courseat the University of the Western Cape.However, his path would take a dramatic

turn after enrolling at the Raymond Acker-man Academy (facilitated by the UCT Grad-uate School of Business) where he studiedentrepreneurship. While there, Cleophaswas introduced to the world of modelling,which afforded him the opportunity to trav-el the world while participating in variousfashion campaigns. The environmentopened up the door for him to pursue a ca-reer in film and production. He still pursuedalternative career paths while modelling.“After the entrepreneurship, I was pursu-

ing an educational initiative called i-Wizzkids whichwas a concept I was pushing thatfocused on an incentive-based online educa-tional platform for high school students tofind educational resources and providethem with a social networking platform toenhance academic achievement.”However, following a stint in Raizcorp’s

Pitch and Polish competition, Cleophaslanded up at Visual Impact. There he metUga Carlini, director of Alison.Alison is based on the true story of Alison

Botha, who was raped, stabbed and disem-bowelled – and survived to rebuild her lifeas an inspirational speaker. Botha’s storywas first transformed into a best-sellingbook “I Have Life” which has been translat-

ed into seven languages and a perennial onPenguin’s best seller list since 1998.According to Carlini, this is the first time

Alison has ever allowed cameras into herhome.Critics have described Alison as one of

South Africa’s most hotly-anticipated hy-brid films. “Deploying a bold mixture offairy tale idiom and unflinching frankness

to tell its story of survival, resilience and tri-umph, Alison has already been dubbed “astory of monsters, miracles and hope.”Locally it has been selected for the En-

counters International Documentary FilmFestival (Thursday 2 - Sunday 12 June) aswell as the Durban International Film Festi-val (Thursday 16 - Sunday 26 June). Alisonwill also be the opening film of the Mzanzi

Women’s Festival on Friday 5 August and isset for an exclusive Nu Metro Women’sMonth theatrical release on Friday 12 Au-gust.Cleophas says that being part of the

project has been nothing short of inspiring.“You are working on a project where the

person and the subject matter are about oneof South Africa’s most iconic female hero-ines, one of the biggest stories to hit SouthAfrica. For me, the experience has been in-spiring. To be able to get on the phone andspeaking to Alison and giving her a call tohear this person that sounds very optimis-tic. This person projects such a warm aura,so it is kind of hard to understand that some-one who had gone through such a horrificordeal is able to project such a sense of hu-manity and happiness and optimism.”He says that the entire experience was al-

so a learning one, because from a modellingand acting perspective, he only got to see oneside to the entire process, but since he hasbeen at Visual Impact and involved with theAlison project, it became more specific towhat he was promoting.“You have to attach an identity behind the

brand. There has got to be a feeling with re-gard to how this specific film is dealt with.Youhaveapersonwho is ahero tomanypeo-ple, who is this element of hope, a symbolof ‘I can’. You know, where things might notbe the best, but it is okay.”A special, free, filmmakers in conversa-

tion eventwith director Uga Carlini andAli-sonwill behostedonSaturday4Juneat 10:00at the Encounters Film Festival at the V&AWaterfront Cinema Nouveau. This sessionexplores the complex relationship betweenfilmmakers and their subjects – developingtrust, negotiating access and walking thefine line between the public and the private.V For more information about the movie, visit www.ali­sonthemovie.com.

Julian Cleophas is the campaign producer for an upcoming film entitled Alison: The Movie,which will make its international debut at the Encounters Film Festival in June. The movie isdirected by Uga Carlini.

Only days left toenter racism relayJoin Cycle of Life and People’s Post thisweekend as we walk away from racismin the first Relay Against Racism familyfun walk at the Vygieskraal Stadium inRylands.The event on Saturday consist of a 22-

lap family and corporate fun walkaround the track, representing one lapfor each year of South Africa’s democra-cy and aims to unite all people againstall forms of racism, xenophobia and re-lated intolerances.More importantly, the event aims to

bring together people from all walks oflife to promote a better understandingand trust between various communities.There will be plenty of activities for

children, including face painting andjumping castles,while exciting spot priz-es will be up for grabs.The local DJ in attendance will be Ron

X Rated, a very popular radio DJ, whowill be providing the perfect music set-ting for the day. TheWPmarching squadwill also join in on the festivities.Event organiser, Rozario Brown, says

a number of schools have indicated thatthey are in the process of putting togeth-er teams to participate in the walk.Schools, corporates, church groups, sen-iors clubs, sporting bodies and especial-ly walking and running clubs are en-couraged to enter teams of 10 or more in-to this event. The team with the highest

number of participants into the eventwill win a cash prize of R1000 and thehead of the team with the most partici-pants stands to win a complimentarystay at any Protea Hotel in South Africa.Entry into the event is R25 for pension-

ers and children under the age of 13, andR40 for people 13 years and older.Eachparticipantwill receive a free gift

and a beverage at registration and everyparticipant that completes the RelayAgainst Racismwill also receive a certif-icate of appreciation in recognition ofyour support and commitment to walk-ing away from racism, xenophobia andrelated intolerances.Participants are urged to dress in col-

our (representing our rainbow nation)and take along handmade posters andbanners denouncing all forms of racism.The event starts 09:00. Registration

will also take place on event day from07:00.The main prizes for the day includes

a trip for two on the world famous BlueTrain, valued at over R37 000. There willalso prizes up for the grabs to the mostcolourful and brightly dressed male andfemale participants. There will be foodvendors selling great products on theday.V For entry forms call Sharon on 021 391 0140, en­ter online on www.relayagainstracism.co.za. En­tries will also be accepted at the event.

The Cape Town Society for the Blind ishosting a Chinese evening at the TaiPing Restaurant in Dean Street, Newl-ands, on Thursday 30 June.Starting at 18:30 for 19:00, visitors will

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and support projects for the visually im-paired and blind from these communi-ties.Tickets are R200 for the seven-course

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New mobilestation, for nowNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

Atemporary satellite station has been as-signed to Masiphumelele.This after the mobile police unit was re-

moved fromits site at the community centreover a month ago.Themove has been followed bynumerous

reports of unroadworthiness surroundingthe mobile police unit.However, crime fighting organisations

claim the vehicle is merely “in need of re-pairs”.Community members reported that the

mobile police station had been removed lastmonth.The mobile police unit was handed to the

Ocean View police in November last year,(“MobileStation ready”,People’sPost 24No-vember) andhasbeenhousedat the commu-nity hall.In September last year, national deputy

minister of police, Maggie Sotyu, backed aproposal for a satellite police station in Ma-siphumelele during a visit to the area withprovincial police commissionerMajor-Gen-eral Thembisile Patekile.This followed complaints from the com-

munity about a lack of visible and effectivepolicing by the Ocean View station, as wellas slow response times when crimes werereported (“Police moving in with mobileunit,” People’s Post, 27 October)The mobile unit was reassigned from

Kwa-Zulu Natal, and had to be renovatedand upgraded to fit the needs of a communi-

ty service centre before it could be officiallyhanded over, cluster spokesperson CaptainAngie Latchman previously told People’sPost.In letters submitted to People’s Post

(“Build a permanent station”, 17 May; and“Community needs better police support”,17 May), local community workers claimedthe Ocean View Community Policing Fo-rum (CPF) and Ocean View Police con-firmed thevehicle had failed its roadworthytest and parts must be imported fromFrance.However, Ocean View CPF chairperson,

Kathy Cronje, says the forum did not makethis statement.Latchman says the vehicle used as a satel-

lite police station at Masiphumelele is cur-rently in for repairs.“As an interim measure, a patrol vehicle

is used in the place of the satellite police sta-tion and it is parked daily in the same areato ensure that the community is not de-prived of service delivery.”Cronje confirmed that a new satellite sta-

tion was placed in Masiphumelele on Sun-day 22 May.“Wewereverypleased to receive theMasi

satellite station,” she says.“It is bigger and better than the other sat-

ellite [station], but it is only temporaryuntilthe dedicated Masi satellite [station] hasbeen repaired and returned.”The temporary station, however, func-

tions as the police joint operations centreand may be reallocated or called out at anytime, Cronje says.

GOLF KEEPS FALSE BAY EMS AFLOAT: Clovelly Country Club was once again thevenue for the Kevin Price Memorial Golf Day, an annual fundraiser for the False BayVolunteer Emergency Medical Services. False Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Serviceshave been providing free emergency medical support to all communities in the SouthPeninsula for 20 years. The funds raised go towards keeping the association afloat,contributing to the day to day running costs, equipment and the fuel and running costsfor their ambulance. Pictured with Lucy Price from False Bay Volunteer EMS is the winningteam, made up of Ian Huddleston, Damon Garty and Chris Hendrikz.

PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAYTuesday, 24 May 20164 NEWS

WESTLAKE

Growing aculture of givingCharity organisations inneedof freshveg-etables cannow reach out to a local phar-

maceutical company.More than 60 Pharma Dynamics staff

members, including CEO Erik Roos, rolledup their sleeves to plant more than 432herbs and vegetable seedlings, including avariety of turnip, spinach, beetroot, cab-bage, broccoli, kale, peas, leeks and springonions this past week.The produce will be donated to needy or-

ganisations.SpokespersonMariska vanAswegen says

increasing fruits and vegetables in people’sdiet is vital to reducing chronic diseases.“Not onlydoes this initiative complement

our umbrella health and wellness initiativewhich encourages well-being throughhealthy nutrition and exercise, but it alsoacts as a powerful tool that addresses socio-economic and environmental concerns.“There are so many areas in our city

where poverty bites and so many rely onfeeding programmes, such as this, for their

survival. I hope that this initiative will en-courage our staffmembers andothers in thecommunity to start small vegetable gardensin their own yards to broaden the impact,”says Van Aswegen.Bob Kamfosi, who has been taking care

of the company’s office gardens inWestlakeformore than six years, has also been givena leg up. Kamfosi will now be in charge ofsupervising and maintaining the 80m² herband veggie garden along with other staffmembers.Only seasonally appropriate plants using

crop rotation and companion plantingmethods will be used. As such, the gardenwill produce a 10 to 20kg harvest everymonth – indefinitely. The first harvest is ex-pected in July of this year.V Charities or non­profit organisations in Westlake orsurrounds in need of fresh produce can contact Margi­en Matthews from Pharma Dynamics on email viam.matthews@pharmadynamics.co.za or on021 707 7000 in order to be added to the company’slist of beneficiaries.

Local Westlake employees get their hands dirty for a good cause. PHOTO: HANNES THIART

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Training to boostcommunityNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

Ocean View women will be given aboost through a new social develop-

ment training programme, focusing onempowering them to make a differencein their community.The social development project looksto provide an intervention programmefor tenants of the City of Cape Town’srental stock flats.The project is targeting women andprovides a training programmeon topicssuch as truancy, safety for pupils travel-ling to school and the broken windowstheory.Women will be trained to report litter-ing, graffiti and dumping, assist in socialcare and substance and abuse, as well asparticipating in a programme calledStrengthening Families.

Abuse awarenessThe training also looks at creatingawareness of domestic and gender basedviolence.Currently 20 women are participatingin the training, says PR councillor Patri-

cia Francke.There is a need for training becausewomen in the community have a lack ofskills, explains Franke. This leads towomen not being self-sustainable.The training looks to address this lackof skills, creating independent womenand fostering a sense of entrepreneur-ship.

Empowering women“The training focuses on women dueto the fact that they are the managers inthe household. Women are also ofteneasy targets for abuse. The participantswill be able to apply for work after thetraining or can assist in the communitythrough training others or ensuring thesafety of our children by taking them toand fetching them from school,” shesays.Franke believes the training will seethe women empowered and receivingnew skills which will assist them in theworkplace.“The training will help women to feedand nurture others, making a positivechange in their own home environ-ment,” she says.

Kommetjie Primary school is hoping to ex-pand in 2017.There is still space for 15 Grade 1 pupils.These spaces are ideal for pupils residingin Kommetjie, Scarborough, Ocean View,

Masiphumelele and Capri.For information regarding applicationsand fees, contact the office on 021 783 2973.Applications have to be submitted beforeWednesday 1 June.

Still space for 2017 Grade 1s at Kommetjie Primary

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KALK BAY

A toast to turning 25Two Oceans Toastmasters has marked its

25th anniversary this month.In honour of the occasion, a black and sil-

ver themed dinner meeting was held at CafeSoul in Kalk Bay. Since 1991, Toastmastershas been dedicated to helping people becomebetter speakers and leaders.“Two Oceans Toastmasters provides a dy-

namic, supportive and positive environ-ment where members have the opportunityto overcome their fear of public speaking,sharpen their presentation skills and learninvaluable leadership skills,” says Francois

Roux, a local business owner, key notespeaker and president of Two Oceans.“Other benefits include the opportunity to

increase confidence, build critical thinkingskills and become an effective listener.”The club officially charteredwith 21mem-

bers on 21 May 1991.TwoOceans is located inDistrict 74,which

ismade up of 11 SouthernAfrican countries.The clubmeets on the firstWednesday of ev-ery month at 18:45 at Clovelly Golf Course.V Visit www.twooceanstoastmasters.co.za or contactKay Price­Lindsay on 082 658 7987

Two Oceans Toastmasters celebrated its 25th anniversary.ART ON AUCTION: Thefirst Pablo Picasso colouredcrayon drawing to beauctioned in South Africa,“Au Cirque”, was unveiledat Stephan Welz & Co onTuesday 17 May in Con­stantia. The drawing hasan estimated value ofR3m. The 1954 work bythe iconic Spanish cubist,will no doubt garner stronginternational interest andheat up the auction floor.Picasso's Au Cirque will beopen to public view atStephan Welz & Co in thelead up to the auction,which will take place onTuesday 7 June, at 19:00.

Ragged-tooth sharks, which have been liv-ing at the Two Oceans Aquarium, are beingreleased into the sea today (Tuesday).The aquarium is set to release all the rag-

ged-tooth sharks from the current I&J Pred-ator Exhibit. Another releasewill also takenplace on Thursday 2 June and the sharkswill be released off Mossel Bay.This is in preparation for the closing of the

I&J Predator Exhibit for repairs in mid-June and the long-awaited opening of thenew large scale exhibit, the I&J Ocean Ex-hibit.The sharkshavebeen taggedwith internal

multi-purpose transmitters.These transmit-ters have a 10-year battery lifespan and willtransmit to various acoustic monitoring re-ceivers that are dotted along the southernAfrican coast.“Wewill receive data from these transmit-

ters for the next 10 years, and through thatwill continue to contribute to the scientific

research being conducted on sharks aroundthe southern African coast,” said TinusBeukes, aquarium operations manager.Yesterday (Monday), aquarium staff re-

moved the first two ragged-tooth sharksfrom the I&J Predator Exhibit at around08:00. Divers manoeuvred each shark into atransparent PVC cone. Once secured, thesharks were moved to a holding tank placedinto the exhibit. Fromthere, the sharksweremoved to a 6000F holding tank on the backof a transport truck. The truck and tank arefitted with complete life support systemsthat will maintain water quality during thejourney to Mossel Bay.This morning, the sharks were transport-

ed to the harbour, transferred to a boat andtaken out to an offshore reef for release.A similar procedure will take place on

Wednesday 1 June when the second set ofsharks are removed from the I&J PredatorExhibit.

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TIYESE JERANJI@jeranji

Vrygrond residents had an opportunity toraise their concerns and worries on

crime to make their area a better place at animbizo last week Tuesday.Muizenberg police hosted the imbizo at

Capricorn Primary, with the aim of improv-ing andbuilding community andpolice part-nerships and to find solutions to addresscrime.Attending the imbizo were Colonel Ismail

Daniels, the Muizenberg police station com-mander; Brigadier Aaron Mlenga, WynbergCluster commander; the management of

Muizenberg police; Frank Bokhorst, chair-person of the community policing forum; aswell as local councillor Albertina Ngqame.Community members raised various con-

cerns about drugs in their area. They alsorequested the establishment of a mobilecommunity service centre, as well as an in-crease in personnel and allocating the Peli-

can Heights area to a nearer police station.Responding to the concerns raised by the

community, Daniels requested the commu-nity to come forward and provide informa-tion to police. He reiterated thatmeaningfulsuccesses can only be achievedwith the helpof the community.Mlenga explained the practicalities of the

establishment of a mobile community ser-vice centre. He also encouraged the commu-nity to stand together and establish streetcommittees and neighbourhood watches tohelp in the fight of crime.

Building police partnerships

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EDUCATION

Mind thegap yearMidyear exams are underway, and yourmatric scholar should be sharing their as-pirational plans. Do they want to pursuefurther education, join the working worldor a thought more scary… take a gap year?Parents often fear that their childmay be

left behind, sleep the whole day and partyall night; or, that they lose momentum andnever go back to study.Take a look at the pro’s and cons of a gap

year. Start by asking them a simple ques-tion: “what do you want to achieve by tak-ing a gap year?”Be open minded to the possibility that

your child is exhausted and uninspired aft-er 13 years of schooling. Your child maysimply be looking for opportunities to trav-el or grow their knowledge base throughwork experience. Perhaps they have plansto focus on other aspects of their personaldevelopment thoughcommunityworkor todiscover their drivingpassion.Your child’shappiness is as important as their inde-pendence.Another challenge to consider is the fear

of failure and separation from circles theyhavebecomesubconsciouslydependent on.Your child could be unable to see the impli-cations of their decisions made in fear ofbeing ostracised or rejected. Be aware ofthis emotional challenge and try seekingopportunities to expose themtonewexperi-ences, which will buffer their resilience tochange. Being able to adapt to a changingenvironment will help them cope through-out life’s curve balls.Keep in mind that children are encour-

aged to start thinking and making deci-sions for themselves earlier in life, versesdays when teenagers were forced to leaveschool early to seek employment. If yourchild is able to display a clear plan ofgrowth, even if just thoughmenial employ-ment opportunities, it might help themma-ture enough to realise that you can’t drivea Ferrari or find a solution to solve worldhunger without proper further education.Being able to take a gap year may be theone thing to help your child realise how for-tunate and necessary a higher education isto achieve your dreams.V This column was contributed by False Bay TVETCollege. Look out for more study success strategiesin People’s Post in the last week of every month orgo to www.falsebaycollege.co.za.

LETTERS

Still fightingfor freedomWhether you’re fighting a just cause,breaking the law and infringing onother people’s rights is wrong andshould be discouraged.Community leaders, union leaders,

student leaders – if you entice violence,vandalise property, intimidate or forcepeople to be part of your cause, what doyou call yourselves when you look inthe mirror? A leader, freedom fighter oractivist? You are in fact an oppressor.Freedom is the right of an individual

to act out of free will. If you have ahandful of people willing to protest withyou for a just cause, without anytactics, you can pat yourself on theshoulder and rightfully call yourself aleader.“No-one but ourselves can free our

mind”, so what right do you have toforce people to act according to yourwill?Society is falling apart because we fail

to recognise freedom for what it is – therespect and tolerance for another, evenif they don’t see things the way thatyou do.This freedom has been fought for and

in many instances died for.CARMEN NAZIER

Ottery

Animals nicer than peopleTo Yagyah Adams (“Death penalty isrequired”, People’s Post 17 May) very wellsaid – the time has come to create anatmosphere of abject fear among those insociety who create abject fear amongstthe innocent in society.The only point that I would take up

with Adams is the second last paragraph“While we have the most violent societyon earth, those – who live in a well-pro-tected leafy suburb, far removed fromviolence – want to lecture the victims ofviolence”.Not quite true: the Constitutional Court

was created by our late Madiba in 1994 –subsequently this then politically createdCourt abolished the death penalty on6 June 1995.Prior to this, the last political hanging

was of Jeffrey Boesman Mangena on 29September 1989.My attitude towards the abolishment of

the death penalty is that it should havebeen voted on by the public in a referen-dum – however, in those early days itmay well have got the vote in favour ofabolishment.I am prepared to bet that if this was

put to the vote today via a public referen-dum (including those living in protectedleafy suburbs), it would probably bereinstated as it appears that the onlylanguage criminals do not understand isthat of going to prison.A Parliamentary law should be passed

that stops bail applications for murder-ers, rapists, paedophiles and other grosscrimes. Sentences are a joke – Parliamentin the same way should set out mini-mum, without parole sentences of saymurder (30 years), rape (20 years), childmolesters (20 years) and not leave thiscurrently arbitrary decision to magis-trates and judges.Sadly this will probably never happen –

South Africa, as the rest of the world,plays the political game of “Constitution-al Rights”; these working more in favourof criminals than victims.Never must we say of criminals “they

are worse than animals” – there is onlyone major difference between modern daysociety and animals, and that is thatanimals are a lot nicer!

ROD TOERIENEmail

Death penalty is never a solutionRegarding “Death penalty is required”(People’s Post 18 May).Criminals do not fear the death penal-

ty. Why would suicide bombers continuewith their vile belief in martyrdom? Fewpeople consider consequences when theycontemplate their murderous plans.Stirring up emotions about one particu-

lar case is tantamount to instigatingviolence. Many more victims lose theirlives daily. No right-thinking person willever “find an excuse for murderers” – avery dangerous lie used by lovers ofdeath penalty to confuse ordinary people.Of course everybody sympathises withvictims when they fall prey to derangedpeople. It is a blatant lie and generalisa-tion to mention that “they (opponents ofdeath penalty) never mention the anguish

of a parent whose child was murderedwhile playing in a neighbourhood park”.Ours can never be regarded as “the

most violent society on earth”. Whatabout the US, where 33 000 gun-relateddeaths are recorded each year? Whatabout Syria, Somalia, Nigeria, Libya,Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, all deathpenalty countries drowning in devastat-ing violence, to name a few?Those in “leafy suburbs” do not lecture

the victims of violence. They will contin-ue to warn against this Trojan horse.The biggest lie, “death penalty is the

only punishment criminals fear”: thetruth and reality will one day catch upwith this modern-day Goebbels.

KOERT MEYEREmail

Remove artto restoreserenityI was at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gar-dens this morning (Tuesday 17 May)and horrified to see some “artwork”added to the beautiful little pool andwooden bridge, destroying the rusticpeace of this scene.This is a total travesty of everything

Kirstenbosch stands for – naturalbeauty, the one place one can viewnature in safety and quiet.William Sweet Love “artist” should

remove his stuff (“Water Wars”) andplacard forthwith and restore this littlecorner of serenity! If he wants a plat-form for his work then he should buildhis own little pool and put it in anexhibition hall of art – it is certainlyout of place where it destroys thenatural beauty. This is a world heritagesite that attracts thousands of visitorsfrom overseas – I believe there were6000 people there on the last publicholiday.Thank goodness that I got a beautiful

photo of the pool and rustic bridge lastweek – now the scene is spoilt with abright blue statue and lots of red blobs(frogs? turtles?) floating in the water.Shame on you Kirstenbosch!There is also a huge pile of water

bottles on display in the courtyard asone enters at the bottom gate – a hugerectangle stacked and on top of it(unbelievable!) a huge post box red dogwith running shoes on (meaning?) – andin contrast just further along by thebeautiful pond water feature a wonder-ful display of big Bonsai trees, some 150years old – how incongruous is that!That is the sort of display the visitorshould be met with on entering theGardens. What does one come toKirstenbosch for – more garish stuffthat one finds all over cities? Surely onecomes to Kirstenbosch for naturalbeauty, peace and serenity?I spoke to other people staring in

disbelief at the scene and they were alsoshocked at this contravention of thevery thing Kirstenbosch Gardens standsfor. There is not even a bin on thepremises because it would upset theaesthetic beauty of the scenery, andnow this? What are the people whomake the decisions thinking?

JEANETTE AIREYSandvlei

Death sentence no deterrentIn People’s Post (17 May) Yagyah Adamswrote “Death penalty is required” to curbcrime.Really? If indeed capital punishment

would “curb the crime rate”, why hasSouth Africa’s murder rate been on thedecline since it was abolished in 1995?Then the rate was 67.9 per 100 000 people;at present it’s 32.2 per 100 000 people (asimilar phenomenon occurred whenCanada abolished it in 1976; their murderrate also declined).In the United States, a September 2000

New York Times survey found that duringthe previous 20 years, the murder rate instates with the death penalty has been48% to 101% higher than in stateswithout the death penalty.The Economist echoes this, saying

“there is no solid evidence that the deathpenalty is any more effective at deterringmurder than long terms of imprisonment.This seems counter-intuitive. Surelydeath must deter someone. But the kindsof people who kill are rarely equipped, orin a proper emotional state, to make finecalculations about the consequences.Even for those who are, decades ofimprisonment may be as great a deter-rent as the remote prospect of execution.”In European countries which have

banned such extreme sanction, theirmurder rate remains far below that ofAmerica’s. More than two-thirds ofcountries have done away with it eitherin law or in practice.Even in Malaysia, a zealous exponent

of state-sanctioned killings for drug

dealing, the Malaysian Bar has urged thegovernment to abolish the death penalty.Records have shown that the deathpenalty has not reduced the number ofoffences, but they have instead increased.This shows that the death penalty has azero deterrent effect.Amnesty International states: “The

threat of execution at some future date isunlikely to enter the minds of thoseacting under the influence of drugs oralcohol, those who are in the grip of fearor rage, those who panic while commit-ting another crime, or those who sufferfrom mental illness and do not fullyunderstand the gravity of their crime.”A number of violent crimes, notably

murder, rape and assault, are called“social fabric crimes” by the policebecause many of these offences arecommitted by people known to oneanother in familiar environments. InSouth Africa, 50.3% of women murderedare killed by an intimate partner. Elevat-ed blood alcohol levels combined withunemployed status was also found to beassociated with intimate killings.Obviously then, drink and drugs

exacerbates the violence when the killerhas lost his civil faculties. And hardly, inthe rage of the moment, will the potentialkiller think: “Hold on a moment, I mayget the death penalty for this.” Indeed, ifthat thug knows he could face the deathpenalty, nothing will hold him back fromfurther violence against others.

CHRIS CHARLESGlencairn

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PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAYTuesday, 24 May 201610 NEWS

THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN’S RELIGIOUSDESK IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL,SERVING ALL FAITHSThe City of Cape Town’s Social Development and Early Childhood Development Directoratehereby declares the City’s Religious Desk open and fully operational. The Religious Desk willserve as a platform for the religious sector to engage with the City on various matters such asavailable land for religious institutions and collaborative initiatives in line with the directorate’sbasket of services: street people, early childhood development, substance abuse, povertyalleviation, youth development and vulnerable groups.

The Religious Desk is also responsible for the establishment of a comprehensive database ofall religious institutions within the boundaries of the City of Cape Town, which will be madeavailable on request after completion.

Contact the Religious Desk on 021 444 5487 or veronica.solomons@capetown.gov.za formore information and assistance.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER117/2016

Hout Bay caracalfreed from trapWildlife inspectors last week released a

caracal that had become trapped inHout Bay, back into the wild.Inspectors were alerted to the trapped

caracal on on Sunday 15 May. Megan Reid,Wildlife Unit supervisor, and trainee in-spector Kelly Spence arrived on the sceneto assist the Urban Caracal Project in free-ing the animal.The caracal had minimal injuries, a dis-

location on one of its toes, and was moni-

tored for two nights at the SPCA WildlifeUnit in Grassy Park before its release backinto the wild last Tuesday.The Urban Caracal Project led by Laurel

Klein Serieys, together with the Cape ofGoodHopeSPCA, fitted a trackingunit ontothis caracal. Thiswill allow theUrbanCara-cal Project to monitor all of the animal’smovements in its natural habitat, thereforeensuring the conservation of the speciesacross the Table Mountain National Park.

The caracal, which was found trapped, had minimal injuries to its paw and a dislocation ofone of his toes and was treated the SPCA Wildlife Unit in Grassy Park.

Following the nursing of the caracal back to health, it was released back into the wild with atracker so that its movements can be followed.

TOP READERS: Ocean View pupils showed off their talents at a reading competitionheld at Ocean View Library on Friday 13 May. Students from Marine and Kleinberg Primarychallenged each other in English and Afrikaans, with English judges Chantel Daniels andJohan Kikilus and Afrikaans judges Virginia Truter and Anthea Hople taking them throughtheir paces. Marine Primary came out victorious by winning both English and Afrikaans. Inthe Afrikaans category, Chelsea Potts (Marine Primary) took first place and ChursteySimon (Kleinberg Primary) was placed second. Marine Primary’s Candice Lottering wasnamed the most promising reader. In the English category, Gakeelah Petersen (MarinePrimary) was awarded first place, with Naeelah Slarmie (Marine Primary) as runner­up.Kleinberg Primary’s Sipho Bistol was awarded the prize for most promising reader.

Family fun day with scouts at ZandvleiThe 1st Muizenberg Sea Scouts group, thatteaches and encourages young people to par-ticipate in sailing, camping and other excit-ing Scouting activities, is hosting an eventon Sunday 29 May.Cubs and Scouts and their families and

friends from all over Cape Town are expect-ed to attend the event at Zandvlei.Therewill be a host of fun activities – from

a bird and reptile show to carnival gamesand tombola.

There will be boerewors rolls for sale andif the weather permits, the Scouts will betaking people out on sailing boats.There will be a bookstall, a pancake stall

and fun activities for children, like facepainting, henna tattoos and a selfie booth.All proceeds from the event will go to the

1st Muizenberg Sea Scout Group that pro-vides unique opportunities for girls andboys from the age of 7 to 18 to participate inoutdoor activities.

PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAYTuesday, 24 May 2016 NEWS 11

GARY VAN DYK@gvdcapejazz

Tennis development in theWesternCape is getting tuned inwith some

support from top talents.Empext andWPTenniswill behost-

ing a gala jazz fundraiser at the Art-scape Opera House on Saturday 18June starting at 18:00.One of the organisers, Joey Fourie,

explains that this initiative has beenput in place to address social changein poorer communities in the metro(and elsewhere) through sport – inparticular tennis.“Weunderstand thatmanycommu-

nities face pressing problems andthat interventions that talkmore sub-stantially to poverty alleviation, edu-cation and job creation might bemore needed,” he says.“However, we have the skill-set,

network, knowledge andaccess to rel-evant partnerships to impact mean-ingfully on some of these areasthrough tennis.”

Imparting life skillsHe explains that the project has

started with tennis because itpresents a fantastic lifelong sport op-tion and vehicle for imparting lifeskills.“It also presents a huge develop-

ment opportunity because tennisstructures inmost communities havecollapsed.“Municipal tennis facilities in

black communities are derelict. Inour view themain reason for this canbe found in the ‘unification’ of tennisstructures after democracy.“Today, it costs a child R15 000 per

year (at the entry level and excludingthe cost of equipment) to learn to playtennis as compared to R500 to R2500per year to play cricket, because theonly coaching programmes in exis-tence are private programmes.“The situation cries out for a subsi-

dised coaching programme to be im-plemented by WP Tennis throughschools and (once established) clubsin black communities.”Fourie, who has extensive academ-

ic, social development and corporateexperience obtained with variousteaching institutions and projects,has a passion for jazz and sport thriv-ing in an environment where he canassist young people to take advantageof the benefits that sport and musichave to offer.

Great line-upFourie, who will also be perform-

ing, added that the event at Artscapewill include keynote speakers Loren-zo Davids, CEO of Community Chest,and Dr Shirley Zinn, author of Swim-ming Upstream.“We’ve got a great line-up of talents

for the show,” he says.“This includes the Andrew Ford

Quartet, Adelia Douw of the Delft BigBand, The Jazz Yard Academy fromBonteheuwel and the New ApostolicChurchChildren’s Choir, while therewill also be extracts from Mike vanGraan’s latest play Pay back the Cur-ry!”Tickets for the event cost R195, or

R175 for bookings of ten or more.V For more information call Joey on084 880 7012 or email info@homesofafri­ca.co.za or Tony Loubser on 082 550 2994.

WIN! WIN! WIN!V Ten readers can each win double tickets tothe show. SMS the word “tennis” followed byyour name and contact details to 45527 be­fore 12:00 on Friday 3 June to enter. SMSescost R1.50.

Talentandtunes

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INSPIRING YOUTH: A handpicked groupof 92 teenagers from Cape Town andsurrounds recently produced their ownsell­out show at GrandWest’s Roxy RevueBar. The show was part of the InspiredStages Mentor’s Programme for teens witha passion for the stage and a desire toinspire their peers. Split into four groups,they were challenged to create a 20­min­ute themed show and had to market theevent, sell the tickets and raise money fortheir nominated charity. The programmealso saw them receive intensive dailyworkshops, life coaching and mentorship.

The City of Cape Town has unveiled its re-cently implemented policy which will

empower community-based small business-es during a presentation by mayor Patriciade Lille.

The presentation took place at the FezekaCouncil chambers, where Subcouncil 11 isbased. Subcouncil 11 encompasses ward 42,ward 44, ward 45 and ward 49.

In her presentation, De Lille said quota-tions for services can now be requested di-rectly from community-based vendors in aspecific area or from a specific communityfor the procurement of goods and servicesfor amounts less than R30 000, which may in-clude construction.

The lack of service delivery to community-based businesses has been a contentious is-sue with various vendors within the Athlo-ne area saying they do not have access to ba-sic ablution facilities.

“When goods and services are sourcedfrom service providers outside of the wardor subcouncil, this creates an uneven spreadin the creation of and access to economic op-portunities in the city for these enterprises.We learned that financial strain is placed oncommunity-based suppliers to comply withmandatory legislative requirements,” ex-plained De Lille.

She said the City wanted to afford thesmaller companies an opportunity to pro-

vide services.She stated that the standard operating pro-

cedure (SOP), which was drafted, includesa guide on what vendors need to do to ensurethat they are compliant with the policy. DeLille added that the SOP has been circulatedfor comment among subcouncils and wardcommittees and was signed off last week.

“Each contract represents meals on thefamily table, school fees being paid, andtravel money for those in the family. By in-vesting in communities in this manner, wehope to help address some of the social illsthat are linked to poverty and unemploy-ment.

The SOP will also require contractors to

make use of local labour through our Ex-panded Public Works Programme (EPWP)database,” she said.

The identified services that the City willrequire from the contractors will include,but not be limited to, cleaning and waste re-moval, catering, laundry and hygiene andgeneral maintenance.

Subcouncil managers will invite local ven-dors to submit their applications within andregister on the City’s database, and thosewho are already on the database will bemaintained as well.

The subcouncil will have an oversightrole, along with the various line depart-ments who are using the service providers.

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PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAYTuesday, 24 May 201614 ENTERTAINMENT

Steenberg pupils play a new tuneLOUISA STEYL

@LouNotes

“I canbemyself throughmusic, evenwhenother people don’t understand me.”These are the words of Reneeca Beukes,

one of threeyoungSteenbergmusicianswhohave blown their way into the Cape Philhar-monic Youth Wind Ensemble.Leigh-Lynn Smidt (baritone saxophone),

Reneeca (euphonium) and Miche van derRheede (tuba) from Steenberg High Schoolhave joined the orchestra after only a fewyears with the school’s music programme.With the help of non-profit organisation

Musiquelaine South Africa and legend-ary band leader Ian Smith, the schooldebuted their Steenberg High SchoolSymphonic Wind Band in 2014 after themusic programme’s inception in late2013. With their new appointment tothe Youth Wind Ensemble; Leigh-Lynn, Reneeca and Miche are a testa-ment to the project’s success.

Well-rounded youthMusiquelaine board chairperson, Louis

Fouché explains that the aim of the projectis to produce “well-rounded young civil-ians” who can create structure in their ownlives and make wiser decisions.All three girls agree that their music les-

sons have changed their lives dramatically.“I got to know myself much better,” Leigh-Lynn says, adding that she grew as a person,learned to focus and improved academical-ly.Last year she was elected the Representa-

tive Council of Learners (RCL) chairpersonforher school and this year shehasbeencho-sen as a prefect and nominated as band lead-er.“I never knew I had the potential for lead-

ership.”Reneeca says hermusic lessons, andmore

specificallyplayingmusicwrittenbyothers,have helped her process her emotions and

also learn empathy for others. The band hasgiven her a sense of self-worth andmade hermore of a people’s person.Miche points out that one of the main les-

son she learnt was respect.“Youneed to respect your conductorwhen

he speaks; you need to stop what you are do-ing and listen.”She also found confidence going from be-

ing a shy and nervous teen to making lotsof friends.Grade 10 learnersMiche andReneeca both

started playingmusic at church.Miche orig-

inallywanted to play the trombone, but aftersigning up for the school’s band she endedup on the tuba. “I was a bit nervous, becauseit’s a big instrument,” she says, but she soonfound she quite enjoyed it.Reneeca says she’s attended every prac-

tice since joining the school band in Grade8. She started out as a trumpeter before Ianasked her to try her hand at the euphonium,which she also thoroughly enjoys.Grade 11 learner Leigh-Lynn has been

with the band since its inception.“I like toparticipate in everything,” she explains.

Like her peers she also switched instru-ments, starting on the clarinet before mov-ing to alto saxophone and later the baritonesaxophone. It took one look at the baritonesax and Leigh-Lynn was hooked. “I thought:‘Oh my gosh, this thing is beautiful’.”Another lesson the girls have learnt is self-

discipline. “The more discipline you havethemore you can achieve with yourmusic,”Reneeca says.It’s this ethic that made the three perfectcandidates when the wind ensemble waslooking for new players earlier this year. “Itwas an opportunity we might not ever getagain,” Leigh-Lynn says.

Balancing actSelf-discipline has been a key factor inhelping the girls juggle their extra-muralactivities with their academic work. Mi-che, for example, also plays for herchurch band which means she has to at-tend rehearsals for three differing bandseach week.“I set myself a time-table,” Reneeca ex-plains, making sure she has time for her-self and friends. “I enjoy music, so Ispend most of my time playing andpracticing so that I can be successfulwith music and make everybodyproud,” she adds.Leigh-Lynn has also employed her

own method of time management, especial-ly nowwithwork load that comeswith beingin Grade 11 and says: “Even though it’s hardforme I know that everything I do has a ben-efit for me.”While Renecca and Leigh-Lynn dream of

careers in law and civil engineering respec-tively while being part-time performers, Mi-che hopes to study music and travel theworld as performer.For now however, their focus is on their

school work and their music. In Octoberthey will join the Cape Philharmonic YouthWind Ensemble when they tour to Robert-son and Swellendam.

Artscape Theatre will be launching anexciting and jam-packed Youth Monthprogramme with the first of their newArtscape Lunch Hour Concerts onWednesday 1 June.Starting at 13:00, the first free Artscape

LunchHourConcert is presented in asso-ciation with the Cape Town Philharmon-ic Ochestra in the Artscape’s ChandelierFoyer where the young musicians fromthe Masidlale strings and woodwindsprojects will perform.These young musicians – from Langa,

Mamre and Nyanga – form part of theCape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’syouth development and training projectswhere children between the ages of sixand 17 receive strings and woodwindtraining.Artscape’s new monthly Lunch Hour

Concerts will showcase the different de-

partments within the theatre complexand Capetonians working in the city areinvited to take a break from their dailyroutine to enjoy a chance to experiencethe magic of theatre.This first concert will also launch a

month-long programme aimed at cele-brating Youth Month, starting with theSekunjalo Edujazz Concert with guestartist Jimmy Nevis on Saturday 4 June.The Benjamin Jephta Quintet will be

joined by other young artists for a run inthe Artscape Arena from Thursday 9 toSaturday 11 June. That same weekendwill see an explosion of hip-hop culturewhen Cape Town’s Most Wanted returnsto the Artscape Theatre for three per-formances on Friday 10 and Saturday 11June, beforeALLBastersbringsSouthAf-rican and Dutch hip-hop artists togetheron Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 JuneAnother popular returning production

is the Artscape Youth Jazz Festival witha line-up of 100% South Africanmusic onSaturday 18 June. Young jazz musicianswill complete a 10-week mentorship pro-gramme with artists like Camillo Lom-bard (piano), Frank Paco (drums), Wes-ley Rustin (bass), Marc De Kock (saxo-phone) and musical director AmandaTiffin (vocals), before taking to the stageto raise funds for theWestern Cape Reha-bilitation Centre.Other highlights of Artscape’s Youth

Month programme include a dance pro-duction, Tribute to Christopher Kindo,The Shakespeare School Festival and theAfrican International Theatre andDanceFestival.The next Artscape Lunch Hour Con-

cert will be in association with the CapeTownOpera onTuesday 19 July. The con-cert will form part of the media launchfor the Artscape Women’s Arts Festivalwhich will start at 11:30 that day.V For more information, visit www.artscape.co.zaor visit www.cpo.org.za/outreach/.

Youth Month in art

Benjamin Jephta will bring his quintet toArtscape as part of the theatre’s YouthMonth programme.

From left: Reneeca Beukes (euphoni­um), Miche van der Rheede (tuba)and Leigh­Lynn Smidt (baritone sax)have been chosen to play for theCape Philharmonic Youth WindEnsemble. PHOTO: LOUISA STEYL

With more than 40 years in the local enter-tainment industry under his belt, DennisEast is truly one of South Africa’s living leg-ends.In fact, the “Dammit I Love You” singer

from Harfield Village will be just one of thelegends on stage for this year’sBakgat Coun-try Opskop at the GrandWest Grand Arenaon Sunday 5 June from 15:00.He’ll be joined by Bobby Angel– who celebrates his 80th birth-day this year, Tommy Oliver,Lance James, Barbara Ray,Steve Hofmeyr and RockingHorse along with Country fa-vourite Manie Jackson and up-and-coming artists Pieter Mohrand Dee-Dee. Dennis makes hisreturn to the Bakgat CountryOpskop stage this year afterhav-ing last performedat the concertin 2014. He promises to performhis biggest hits like “Take myHeart”, “Cry to me” and “AMil-lion Drums”.Dennis won’t just be perform-

ing at the concert though; he’salso been helping Christo Booyens fromBakgat Promotions to put the show together.The two have been working together foryears. Dennis performed at Christo’s Coun-try Legends show after meeting him on theToeka 2 tour and says he’s looking forwardto the production they’ll be presenting inJune. “Thiskindof showdeserves abig audi-ence. You’ve got to give people what theywant and there isn’t enough of this.”As a songwriter, musician and producer,

Dennis knows a thing or two aboutwhatmu-sic fans want. He’s busy producing his sev-enth album for Manie Jackson. “All of hisalbums have achieved gold status, with anumber of them even going platinum.”Whenhe isn’t busy inhisBlueViewMusic

studio, Dennis is still very busy with live

work. “I’m pretty busy, right around thecountry, for which I’m very grateful.”Dennis has been making music since the

early 70s. He released his first of many hitsin 1974 before joining the rock group Sting-ray in the late 70s. When he toured withSteve Hofmeyr in 2006 for Toeka 2, peoplestarted recognising him for his Creedence

Clearwater Revival medley.The medley has now evolvedinto an 18 minute long ver-sion called “Creedence Non-Stop”, which he’ll be releas-ing on the new album he’sworking on.While the album will only

be released around August,Dennis has an idea of whathe’d like to call it: StillBreathing. “Even if it is withan oxygen tank and paramed-ics,” he jokes.Dennis is crazy about the

energy ofmusic and loves thepeople he gets to work with,especially the artists he’ll bejoining at this year’s Bakgat

Country Opskop. “I think it’s a very strongline-up…. from Manie, to Steve, to TommyOliver who’s never performed at the concertbefore.”Then of course there are, as Dennis puts

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Battle of the Titans IV is one of the mostrewarding bodybuilding and fitnessshows in South Africa with a stagger-

ing R142 000 in prize money.The showwill be hosted by Body Building

& Fitness South Africa on Saturday 10 andSunday 11 June and boasts a new venue atthe Durbanville High School auditoriummoving from the previous CPUT Bellvillecampus venue.Khayelitsha policeman Xolile Damba has

won the previous three showswalking awaywith the overall title.“The show has seen tremendous growth

since the first show back in 2013. We startedoff as a local show in Cape Town and sincethen we attracted top athletes from aroundthe country. This year will be no different.We even have an athlete travelling from theUK to compete,” saidKevinSchwartz, ownerof Battle of the Titans“Georgie Norval from the UK has seen the

benefits at this eventwhich gives back to theathletes like no other. We have fitness cate-gories from beach bikini to fitness bikini,men’s cover model to men’s muscle modeland then our full blown hardcore bodybuild-ers bringing their best physiques to thestage. There will be fitness and health com-panies giving the public advice on healthierliving, so come along and grab a sample ortwo,” said Schwartz.Besides the prize money, several compa-

nies are on board sponsoring prizes in thevarious divisions.With the increase in prize money each

year, this fixture is penciled in in the diaryof someof the finestmale and femaleathletesin the country.“The feedback is just phenominal each

year, I believe we have a winning recipe andthis is the main reason why the show hasgrown in stature. Battle of the Titans is allabout giving back to the athletes and to cre-ate a stage likenoother for themto showcasetheir physique,” said Schwartz.The winners in the overall beach bikini,

fitness bikini, cover model, and men’s mus-cle model categories will walk away withR10 000 each. The overall men’s winner re-ceives R35 000.A new addition this year is that personal

trainers will also get some recgonition. Thepersonal trainer will receive R5000 if theirclient wins an overall title.On Friday 10 June the athletes will regis-

ter at the venue from 17:00 to 20:00 at R150.

Entry per division is R250.Pre-judging starts at 09:00 on Saturday

morning with the main show at 18:00. Main

event tickets are available at Computicket.Charles Tertiens from Karl Ahari fame

will be the MC.

Who will take the title?

Kevin Schwartz and overall winner Xolile Damba last year at Battle of the Titans.PHOTO: STEHAN SCHOEMAN

Perfect weather and brisk racing high-lighted the third round of the 2016Western Cape Karting Championshipat Killarney on Saturday 21 May.Saturday’s races featured a few in-

teresting upsets as well as some ex-pected results among the day’s high-lights.Dario Busi (Automan Birel)

bounced back form a controversialCape national in April to take overallhonours away from the expected frontrunners with a couple of wins – hisfirst in the high school Rotax JuniorMax 125 class, according to a press re-lease by WPMC Kart Club.Busi won the opening races ahead of

Jason Coetzee (RKT Kosmic) Sebas-tian Boyd (Boyd Freight Kosmic), An-drew Rackstraw (Tony), Daniel Dumi-ny (Kosmic) and Aidan Strydom (Tur-boTech CRG) in race 1 and from SamLockhoff (Kosmic), Rackstraw, Coet-zee, JP Hamman (Kosmic) and Stry-dom in race 2. Coetzee bounced backto take the finale from Boyd, Busi, Du-miny, Hamman and Strydom.The primary school Maxterino 60s

delivered their usual fireworks asCharlVisser (BatteryEnergy Zanardi)put two wins over principal rival Jo-sephOelz (Zanardi) to take theday, butTroy Dolinschek (Makita Kosmic) wasthe star of the day as he took a third,a second and his first win in the classin the finale to end up a close secondoverall and ahead of Oelz.The little u.8 Cadet class kids saw

Paul Malcolm dominate, winning thefirst two races from Reza Levy (Jive)and the third from Reese Koorzenwhile Levy, Mischca Williams andJoaquin de Oliveira shared out thethird places with Ethan Stier rightthere among them.Dino Stermin (Designer Trims RKT

Kosmic) made no mistakes as he tooka trio of wins to hold off Delano Fowler(SuprocomFA)and further strengthenhis Senior Max open 125 champion-ship lead. Hylton Peters shared thirdplaces with Arnold du Toit, ahead ofRichie Napier and Nicholas Jacobs.The Cape karters return to Killar-

ney for their midwinter fourth roundon Saturday 11 June.

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