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Kenmere principalAndre Johannessoncuts the ribbon withheadboy Ezra Goliathand headgirl CaitlinCollins. Pupils willmove into the fivenew classrooms(right) next term.

PHOTOS: NICOLE MCCAIN

KENSINGTON

New home for classesNICOLE MCCAIN

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Grade 4and5pupils atKenmerePrimarywill make themselves at home in newclassrooms from next term.

The school officially opened five newclassrooms after having been under con-struction for the last year.Funding for the project was supplied by

the education department while the schoolwas allowed tomanage the project, principalAndre Johannesson says.“The school put a team together which

was managed by us, with oversight. Thiswas much better than having the publicworks department managing the project, aswe were able to expedite the process andensure high quality standards,” he says.A local contractor was appointed, Johan-

nesson says.“Wewanted to use someone from the com-

munity who wanted to give back,” he says.The project cost R4.5m and the new class-

rooms boast modern technology, Johannes-son explains.“The classrooms are fully installed with

technology to allow TVs, interactive boards,alarms, intercoms and all modern technolo-gy. The school is also currently havingbroadband internet installed, so we hope tosee pupils working off tablets in a fewyears,” he says.The new classrooms will replace prefab

classrooms currently used.“These are hot and small and they really

are not conducive to teaching,” Johannes-son says.Five classrooms damaged in a fire last

year have also been rebuilt.Education department spokesperson

Jessica Shelver says the existing prefabri-cated classrooms were beyond repair andrequired urgent replacement.“The new classrooms will relieve health,

improve safety conditions and better theeducation process,” she says.Johannesson hopes to receive funds to

upgrade the remaining ten classrooms.However, no additional funding will be

given to the school for further construction,Shelver says.“We hope the new classrooms will im-

prove academics and the pupils are veryexcited to move in,” he says.

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The Department of Community Safety invites religious institutions (registered NPOs) to submitproposals for safety promotion programmes for youth living in high crime areas. The Departmentwill support these activities at a rate of up to R50 per day per youth participant on condition thatthese activities run for at least 8 hours per programme day and at least one meal is provided for eachparticipant every programme day.

Applications must be submitted on the prescribed application form, supplemented by a PowerPointpresentation (maximum 5 slides) introducing your organisation and its track record in communitysafety, the programme you envisage, programme objectives, a budget and a detailed schedule ofproposed activities. Applicants will be required to present their proposals at a Departmental ReviewPanel Meeting. The Department may request applicants to participate in further safety promotionactivities. Institutions interested in conducting safety promotion activities during both the June andthe December holidays should complete a separate application on the prescribed form for each period.Applications are invited for:

• June school holidays, 27 June – 19 July 2015.• December school holidays, 10 December 2015 – 10 January 2016.

Application forms can be found at: http://www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/community-safety.

The programme will be implemented in high priority communities. These areas are: Nyanga, Gugulethu,Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Atlantis, Elsies River, Kraaifontein, Manenberg, Belhar, Ravensmead,Wesbank, Delft, Retreat, Dysselsdorp, Vredenburg, Malmesbury, Villiersdorp, Paarl East, Zwelethembain Worcester, De Doorns, Touwsrivier, Laingsburg, Prins Albert, Hermanus, Kleinmond, Stanford,Heidelberg, Albertinia, Riversdale, Clanwilliam, Citrusdal, Paarl-East (Smartie-Town and Chicago)Stellenbosch, Macassar, Strand and Lwandle/Nomzamo. Applications for safety programmes for youthliving in other areas will be considered on merit.

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CITY RENTAL UNITS

Policy controls home fixesMONIQUE DUVAL

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Non-payment, limited resources, lack offunding and high levels of theft andvandalism are the main issues

plaguing City of Cape Town rental units.The maintenance of these units across

Cape Town is often a bone of contention inmany communities but a new policy aims toaddress this by prioritising repair work.

Last week, the City released its draft com-munity residential unit maintenance policyfor public comment.

According to the policy there are a rangeof issues affecting City rental units.

The Citymaintains 45 000 rental units and11 000 hostel beds.

ChallengesBenedicta van Minnen, mayoral committeemember for human settlements, says majormaintenance and upgrading is required dueto the age of rental units.

“Therefore there is generally not muchfunding left over for both operational (day-to-day) and capital (major upgrading) main-tenance work.”

VanMinnenexplains thehigh level of non-payment of rental by tenants also impactsfunding. The high incidence of vandalism,theft and abuse of municipal services infra-structure in these units is also a challenge.

She further explains gangsterism, vio-lence and associated illegal activities con-tribute to a dangerous and stressfulworkingenvironment for personnel. Mental andphysical health deterioration among staff isalso a challenge faced by the department.

MaintenanceResponding to questions about staff alloca-

tions and the inspection of rental units, VanMinnen explains the public housingmainte-nance staff cannot conduct door-to-door sur-veys, but do high-level block assessmentsonce a year when the budget request is com-piled.

“The City relies on residents to report anyissues so that they can be addressed, espe-cially in terms of health and safety matters.The City also uses expanded public worksprogramme workers to assist where possi-ble.”

She says non-payment by tenants directlyinfluences the budgets and maintenancework that can be performed and affects thesustainability of the rental units.

“In terms of the policy, defaulting tenantsor occupants will not be assisted with main-tenance apart from matters relating tohealth and safety.”

She says there are various levels ofdefaulting tenants but the municipalityoften requests they make arrangements ifthey cannot pay.

“In general, payment levels vary between40% to 42% across the city. It is importantto note that the collection rate in the alreadyupgraded units went up from 28% to 45%,”she adds.

FundingFor the 2014/2015 financial year, themunici-pality received a once-off lifetime renova-tion grant from national government whichallowed it to upgrade 7000 units at a cost ofR1.2bn.

Van Minnen explains those units may notaccess grant repair funding again and mustbe maintained by the City in the future.

“Therefore tenants must please pay theirrent to enable high levels of maintenance inthe future.”

On average, the municipality spendsR15m each year on day-to-day maintenancewhich addresses mainly health and safetyconcerns.

Van Minnen explains this maintenancedepends on what is allocated in the annualbudget. In the last financial year the depart-ment received R10.4m.

PolicyThe new draft policy categorises and priori-tises repairs to ensure that health and safetyrepairs are attended to first.

Van Minnen explains it also incentivisestenants to pay rent in order for the City todo maintenance.

The policy proposesmaintenance work bedivided into four categories which range

from “very high” priority to “low” priorityand according to levels.

For the first two levels, which are consid-ered “very high” or “high” priority, mainte-nance includes emergency repairs in theevent of a disaster, anything which poses ahealth risk, structural damage to a unit andelectrical repairs.

For the two lower levels, namely “medi-um”and“low”priority,maintenance coverswindows, ceilings, internal doors and locksand toilet seat replacements.

The comment period on the new policycloses on Thursday 30 April.V To view the draft policy visit www.capetown.gov.za.It is also available at subcouncil offices and libraries.For more information contact Cassandra Gabriel on021 400 5212 or [email protected].

A new policy proposes the prioritisation of maintenance work for rental units owned by theCity of Cape Town. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

Prisoners in a fightagainst TBMONIQUE DUVAL

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Inmates atPollsmoorPrisonaremaking strides in the fightagainst tuberculosis (TB).

With an increase in the num-ber of inmates the infamousprison is currently 199% over-crowded, creating the perfectopportunity for TB to spread.

During a briefing held at theprison last week Ntobeko Mket-sane, area commissioner for thedepartment of correctional ser-vices, revealed shocking statis-tics.

In his presentation he ex-plained there were 8642 offend-ers. In the admission centre,which is built to house 1619 in-mates, there are currently 4254inmates. He said the spread ofTB was threatening the healthof inmates but also their fami-lies and communities.

For this reason, the prisonhas partnered with the TB/HIVCare Association, the health de-partment and the NationalHealth Laboratory Services(NHLS) to ensure that all in-mates entering the prison arescreened, diagnosed and treatedquickly.

“Through this partnership

we now have six counsellors,two nurses, two enrolled nurs-es, data capturers and a radiolo-gist to assist us”.

TB/HIV Care Associationchief executive Harry Hauslerexplains patients are diagnosedin two hours and can then betreated sooner, hindering thespread of the disease.

For the period betweenMarch 2013 and February thisyear, 68 152 inmates have beenscreened.

More than 700 patients havebeen treated for TB, of which 28have been treated for multi-drug resistant TB.

Hausler says one TB patientcan infect up to 20 others, mean-ing the early detectionhas led tothe prevention of over 14 000possible infections.

According to Delekile Klaas,regional commissioner of thedepartment of correctional ser-vices, there is a 86.6% cure ratein prison across the WesternCape. He explains the depart-ment is looking at ways to ex-pand Pollsmoor Prison’s suc-cessful programme to otherprisons in smaller towns.V What are your thoughts? Startingwith the word “Post”, SMS yourthoughts to 32516. SMSes cost R1.

Delekile Klaas,regional commission-er of the departmentof correctionalservices, talks aboutthe results of a TBdrive at PollsmoorPrison.

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Locals aim to speed up land claimsNICOLE MCCAIN

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The District Six working committee hasvolunteered to bolster the land claimsprocess.

The organisation maintains it can com-plete the entire verification process, whichcan take several years when carried out bythe department of rural development andland reform, in just one year.

Completing claimsEach claim goes through a very rigorousprocess of research, explains Land ClaimsCommission chief director Michael Wors-nip.Often claims are vague or incomplete and

these first need to be completed before the

commission can test if there was disposses-sion according to the law.“That might not be a simple matter to de-

cide, because the act allows for disposses-sion because of racial practice as well as ra-cial legislation,” he explains.All the potential beneficiaries might not

have been accounted for, Worsnip says.“Sometimes people are deliberately and

wrongfully excluded. Resolving family dis-putes is often one of the key delays in theresolution of a claim,” he says.Then the commission tests the actual rela-

tionships, Worsnip explains.“Often getting people to produce their

identity documents is a major problem.Sometimes people are reluctant to producethem, because of this or that skeleton in thecloset,” he says.

“Often people disappear, in which casewe need to put adverts in the press to tryto contact them. Often there are disputesand sometimes there is fraud.”Resolving all these matters can take a

great deal of time and effort, saysWorsnip.“It is thus impossible to saywhat thenor-

mal time for the verification and compli-ance process for a claim is. It could take anafternoon. It could take 19 years,” he says.

BacklogIn the previous land claims process, claimswere captured on paper which createdmany inaccuracies or discrepancies,Wors-nip says.“Then there is the matter of capacity.

The office manages to settle, working opti-mally and being far ahead of all the otheroffices in the country, around 250 claims ina year,” he says.To date, 15 000 claims have been settled.

There are 1000 outstanding.“We have a fairly small staff and the set-

tlement process requires very intensivestakeholder engagement. There is a queueand some claims are in the front of thequeue and some towards the back,” hesays.In community claims, the community

representatives are usually in the form ofa trust or a communal property associa-tion. These are always asked to assist withverification, Worsnip says.This is where the District Six working

committee hopes to step in.

VerificationWorking committee chairperson ShahiedAjam says the organisation has formallyrequested to be included in the process.“At this rate, it will take 20 years to final-

ise all the claims. Unresolved issues in oth-er community groups have held up the pre-vious process, and we want to avoid that,”

he says.The organisation is currently busy with a

verification process through a door-to-doorcampaign in Hanover Park and Mitchell’sPlain. Close to a thousandmembershavebeenverified this way, Ajam says.However, verification is only one step of the

land claims process, Worsnip says.Once claims have been verified, a complex

settlement process is carried out.A research report needs to be written up

and approved. Claimants are then given op-tions on how theywould like to be compensat-ed.“If they are eligible for, and choose develop-

ment, then there is the long process of identi-fying apiece of land, if restoration is not possi-ble,” Worsnip explains.“The process is necessarily a long one, be-

cause the matters are complex and involve alot of hurt and a lot of emotion,” he says.

The District Six working committee has requested to be part of the land claims verificationprocess, claiming they will speed up the process. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

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Oasis for greeneducationNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

Creating an educational environment isthe aim behind a Greenpop fundrais-ing initiative.

The non-profit organisation, whichplants trees at schools and runs educationalprogrammes on environmental conserva-tion, is hoping to launch an “eco educationhub” at its nursery in Woodstock.Greenpop has launched a crowdfunding

campaign to fund the expansion of the nur-sery. This will see a container installed atthe Mountain Road property, which will beconverted into a workshop space, explainsGreenpop fundraising head Marleen Lam-mers.“The main thing we need is a container,

which we’ll upcycle into an awesome greenworkshop space with all necessary facili-ties,” she says.Once completed, the hub will be open to

pupils and the community.“We host regular skills-development

workshops for groundsmen and principalsfrom the schools that we have planted treesat as part of our urban greening.With theseworkshops, we focus on improving our par-ticipants’ knowledge of urban greeningtechniques, such as vegetable production,fertilising and composting,” Lammers says.The organisation also helps people create

care management plans for their trees anddesign creative ways for them to involvetheir learners in the process.“We also plan on hosting regular school

groups at our eco hub, so that we can host

interactive workshops that spread aware-ness of the importance of trees, of growingyour own food and of taking care of our en-vironment. We want greening to becomefun and inspire children to feel connectedto their natural environment,” she says.Apart from the actual container, the orga-

nisation needs building material, tools,shelving,windows and solar panels tomakethe space as eco-friendly as possible, Lam-mers says.“In addition to our envisioned education

centre, our tree nurseryneeds somegeneralTLC. Our vision is to utilise the space to itsfull potential by growing as many trees aspossible, turning our vegetable garden intoa showcase of urban greening, and by secur-ing the area properly. To realise this, weneed further tools, water tanks, fences andmore seeds and plants,” she says.Contributing R100 will get your name in-

corporated into the artwork on the contain-er, with further rewards for bigger contri-butions.But if you don’t have money to spare,

there are a host of ways to get involved,Lammers says.“You can help spread the word! Share the

message on social media, mention it to afriend, or convince your company to join in– it all helps,” she says.“Wewould love in-kind donations too and

we host regular volunteer days at our nur-sery, where you can join to get your handsdirty and help make our nursery green andlush,” she says.VVisit www.ripple.org.za/greenpop for more informa-tion.

Greenpop is calling on residents to assist in growing its nursery into an education hub.PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

A planned Greenpop education hub will see locals and schools developing green thumbs.

Eat, review to feed othersA local food website and magazine isteaming up with foodies to feed childrenat underprivileged schools.Eat Out, primarily an online guide to

dining out in the country, also publishesa magazine focussing on South Africa’stop 500 restaurants.It is currently fundraising in aid of Stop

Hunger Now SA.The charity, founded in 2009, aims to

end hunger in the country through educa-tion and feeding schemes.The meals provided by Stop Hunger

Now SA are completely nutritionally bal-anced, with an enrichment supplement of23 vitamins and minerals specifically for-mulated to combat malnutrition. Thepackagingmakes the product safe to storefor 12 months and meals are easy to pre-pare, requiring only water and 20 to 30minutes of cooking time.The fundraising initiative was

launched in November with an innova-tive consumer engagement tool on theEatOut website: every time a visitor posts anonline review, a meal is pledged to StopHunger Now SA.

A barometer on thewebsite’s homepageindicates the number of meals pledged forthe currentmonth, and a prize is awardedfor the best review of the month.Over 1700 meals have been pledged to

date, says editor Abigail Donnelly.“We chose to partner with Stop Hunger

Now SA due to its holistic approach, par-ticularly with respect to early childhooddevelopment.We’re delighted that our au-dience has responded so positively.”

Fundraising diningNow a series of dinners will take place

to further raise funds.The first of these was hosted by award-

winning chef Reuben Riffel and Boschen-dalwinemaker LizelleGerber at Reuben’sat One&Only Cape Town last Thursday.Stop Hunger Now SA CEO Saira Khan

says: “We are very excited about this part-nership. In addition to Eat Out pledgingmeals for hungry children and youth,Stop Hunger Now SA appreciates the val-ue of the unique interactive dining eventsEatOuthas planned,which further assist-ance to support our objectives.”

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UCT

Plan to spark better neuro helpA major neurosciences initiative from

UCT’s faculty of health sciences willbring together clinicians and

researchers from a range of specialities.It has the aim of fostering collaboration

in the treatment of a number of neurologi-cal disorders, including stroke, centralnervous system infection and trauma.The initiative was launched on Monday

23 March in partnership with GrooteSchuur Hospital.Dr Bhavna Patel, CEO of Groote Schuur

Hospital, says it isproud to be a part ofthis initiative in pro-viding a clinical neu-roscience service toits patients.“We would like to

thank UCT for thecontribution to thishospital facility,which will be world renowned in clinicalservice, teaching and research. Our part-nership can only grow in strength going for-ward,” she says.An ideal site has been identified atGroote

Schuur Hospital which will be developed toinclude the academic departments of keyneuroscience disciplines, laboratories, aneuroimaging facility and highly special-ised, multidisciplinary clinics, which willcomplement and enhance the existing clini-cal activities at Groote Schuur.The initiative will advance care and

transformresearchand teaching in theneu-rosciences in Africa by bringing togetheran array of expertise in neurosurgery, neu-rology, neuropsychology, neuropsychiatryand neuroimaging.There will also be partnerships with oth-

er disciplines such as engineering, the arts

and disability studies, creating a facilitywhere patients can get the highest qualityof care and themost cutting-edge treatmentoptions.Prof Gregory Hussey, interim dean of the

faculty of health sciences, says neuroscien-ces is the new frontier of medical researchat UCT.“Through this initiative, we aim to make

a contribution not only in South Africa, butin Africa and globally. The initiative willaddress the needs of our continent’s people

and open new waysfor Africa to contrib-ute to the globalbody of knowledgein this rapidlyadvancing field,” hesays.The vision of the

neurosciences initi-ative has been made

real through a R25m donation from UCTalumni David and Ursel Barnes. Fundrais-ing will continue to finance the develop-ment of this state-of-the-art facility.Prof Graham Fieggen, head of the divi-

sion of neurosurgery, says the majority ofpeople suffering fromcommonneurologicaldisorders “live in low- and middle-incomecountries”.“There is a need to understand these dis-

orders within the context of our own conti-nent.We cannot simply importmodels fromthe North,” he says.ProfDanieVisser, deputy vice-chancellor

of UCT, adds that UCT “is excited” that thisinitiativewill integrate the laboratory, clin-ic and community, so that clinicians andresearchers can collaborate to offer rapidtranslation of contemporary treatment op-tions.

“There is a need to understandthese disorders within the contextof our own continent. We cannot

simply import models from theNorth.”

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Dumping in Observatory soared lastmonth, with over 40 cases reported tothe Observatory Improvement Dis-

trict (Obsid).In a social media posting, Obsid reported

cleaning over 3059 bags of rubbish off thestreets, with 43 cases of dumping reportedfor March alone.

Graffiti was removed 52 times.Obsid chief operating officer Brian

Amery says around two-thirds of the dump-ingwas householdwaste, with the rest com-ing from construction.

“I think the household dumping is justlaziness of people who cannot be botheredto get awheely bin. There is a lot of dumpingof food by some of the rogue clubs,” he says.

“There are toomany people with no pridein theurban environment.And to an extent,it is because Obsid does such a good job incleaning up.”

Dumping is a huge problem that escalatesexponentially when the first dump happenswithout being detected, Observatory CivicAssociation chairperson Marc Turok says.

“Observatory residents and businessesneed to get a grip on the areas aroundwherethey live and work and to constantly lookout for all illegal activity, including dump-ing,” he says.

“The Observatory Neighbourhood Watchis actively recruiting people to be madeaware of how tomake a difference in active-ly looking out for anti-social activities andhow to report them.”

The dumping tends to take place mostlyat night, Amery says.

“Dumping tends to be around the clubsand restaurants.

“Building rubble is also frequentlydumped on the Salt River side and in ourindustrial area. Some student houses are al-

so frequent offenders,” he says.And cleaning up this mess places strain

on Obsid’s resources, Amery says.“The impact is a significant extra work-

load for Obsid. If we report it to the councilthey are usually too slow to respond and thefood will rot and stink. Builder’s rubble hasto be shovelled up onto our bakkie and tak-en to Woodstock dump,” he explains.

Turokwarns against intervening directlyor making unreasonable accusations.

“But we have to report whatmay seem in-appropriate behaviour even without proof.

“If we all take an active stand, we canchange the pattern of crime in Observatoryand this includes dumping,” he says.

Reporting all incidents will also ensurethey are cleaned up promptly, says Turok.

“If not, others simply will add to the pileas if it is a designated legitimate place todump, adding to the pile with no sense ofdoing anything wrong. Minor littering, ifpermitted, becomes an acceptable norm,”he says.

Obsid is now calling on the community toassist in catching perpetrators.

“We have offered a reward for informa-tion leading to successful prosecution. Wehave reported offenders to metro lawenforcement and wewill continue to do so,”Amery says.

Residents are also encouraged to get evi-dence in the form of photos of numberplatesand other details.V Report dumping to the Obsid control room on021 447 1066.

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Isgaak Slamdien (60, left) of Woodstock and Yusuf Gamieldien (70) of Athlone, both fromItheko Sport Athletic Club, completed the men’s race in the Old Mutual Two Oceans HalfMarathon. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

BEN BURGER

If you have heard of the Stanley Cup andteams like theNewYorkRangers, TorontoMaple Leafs, Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton

Oilers andVancouverCanucks, thenyouarean ice hockey fan and Monday 13 to Sunday19 April will be an important time for you.The International Ice Hockey Federa-

tion’s Ice Hockey World Championship(Division II – Group B) will take place at theIce Station at GrandWest Casino and Enter-tainment World next week.South Africa is the host nation and will

compete against Bulgaria, China, Israel,Mexico and New Zealand.“The Ice Station has the onlyOlympic-size

ice rink in Africa, whichmakes us stand outfrom the rest and we are very proud to hostthe world championship,” says JaysonAlcock, spokesperson of the Ice Station.“We invite everyone in and around Cape

Town to come and see world class competi-tive ice hockey, right here in our own back-

yard. Especially if you have never seen anice hockey game live and evenmore so if youdo not really understand the sport. Now isyour opportunity to learn more about thegame,” he says.Tickets for “the fastest non-motorised

sport in the world” are available from Com-puticket and cost R30 and R60 each.The opening game of the world champion-

ship is on Monday 13 April at 13:00 whenNew Zealand and Israel will face off againsteach other. South Africa’s first game is thesame day at 20:00, against Mexico.V Visit www.iihf.com/competition/475/ for more infor-mation.

‘Fastest sport’ coming to CT

The Ice Station in Goodwood will be a hive ofinternational ice hockey activity when the IceHockey World Championship (Divison II –Group B) takes place there next week.

PHOTO: BEN BURGER

Anele Gwe from JL Zwane tries to control the ball in mid-air as Jody Jansen fromGlendene United keeps a close eye during the final of the Metropolitan Under-19 PremierCup played at Erica Park in Belhar yesterday. The match had not yet finished at the timeof going to print. Visit our website, www.peoplespost.co.za, for an update.

PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

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