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TAURIQ HASSEN

OWNERS of a business illegallyparking their fleet vehicles onstate landhave30days to removetheir trucks.

This comes after a handful ofWalmer Estate residents drafted apetition calling for the business tostop using state land as a parkinglot.

The open tract of unused land inWorcester Road is believed to beearmarked for restitution.

The vehicles are owned by an alu-minium guttering company.

Resident Kevin Pailleux, who co-ordinated the petition, says despitenumerous attempts, the matter hasnot yet been resolved.

“The result is that a tense andthreatening atmosphere prevails,”he says.

Pailleux adds that attempts havebeen made to communicate withthe fleet owners, but there has been“no luck” in finding a solution.

However, the husband-and-wifeteam who owns the company arehitting back by obtaining counter-signatures from residents whom,they say, do not have problems withtheir trucks parking on the site.

The owners, who do not want tobe named, say the petition wasdrawn up under “false pretences”because the woman who collectedthe signatures claimed her grand-parents were sick and the truckfumes were aggravating their ill-ness.

“We will counter this petitionwith one of our own by getting sig-natures of people who do not haveproblems with the trucks,” says thewife. “We believe we are running alegitimate business and we are do-ing nothing wrong.”

People’s Post previously reportedon this issue, (“Trucks must go, sayresidents”, 7 December 2010), whichfocused on concerns lodged by resi-dents against the trucks parking onland maintained by the WesternCape Provincial Housing Depart-ment.

At the time, Roy Steward, the dep-uty director for title deeds in theprovincial housing department,confirmed that no permission wasgranted to theowner touse the land.

He explained that the matter wasraised at a meeting about land is-sues throughout the city. The meet-ing was attended by the communi-ty, ward councillors and relevantofficials from the department.

People’s Post obtained a copy ofthe petition which had 16 signa-tures from Worcester Road resi-dents.

According to signatories, the

trucks diminish the aesthetics ofthe street, the parking of the vehi-cles were “inconsiderate and un-neighbourly”, they provided unde-sirable elements with a place tohide, the vehicles are operated at allhours of the day and night and park-ing spaces outside residences areoccupied by the vehicles, forcingresidents to park further away fromtheir homes.

Ward councillor Brett Herronconfirmed that the petition was ac-cepted and handed over to the rele-vant department.

“The City of Cape Town has noti-

fied the owners to remove thetrucks within the next 30 days,” hesays.

Herron explains that in terms ofzoning stipulations, trucks werenot allowed to park on the vacantpatch.

Moosa Sydow, the chairperson ofWalmer Estate Residents’ Commu-nity Forum, was aware of the peti-tion, but says the organisation hadnot been asked for input. “Personal-ly, I don’t have a problem with thosetrucks, but no one approached theforum, especially knowing that weare very active within the commu-

nity,” says Sydow.He confirmed that the matter was

raised more than a year ago whena complaint was received by the fo-rum, which was taken up with pro-vincial government.

“The owners of the land shouldget on top of this matter and all we,as the forum, can do is make themaware and request action,” saysSydow.

Truckers ordered to move

GIVEN NOTICE: The owners of a fleet of trucks parked illegally on state land have been given notice to move within a month. Photo: Tauriq Hassen

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A WALMER Estate boy clearly has the writestuff.

Ihsaan Bassier, of Rondebosch Boys High,won a R75 000 bursary in a Western Capeschools essay competition. He also won aR10 000 cash prize.

Bassier (17), who is in Matric, is continuingthe school’s winning trend. A RondeboschBoys High pupil won the competition in 2010.

An elated Bassier says: “I enjoy economicsand it’s wonderful that I’ve won a bursary.But I still haven’t decided what I would liketo do once I finish school.”

He says his field of study would “be alongthe lines of economics and policy creation”,because he believes it would have a broad im-pact whereas other fields may only affect asmall group of people.

Bassier says his parents, Shaheda and Ma-jediBassier, areproudofhis achievement.Hejoked that his 24-year-old sister, Khadeeja,believes she was the “good influence on herlittle brother”.

The competition has been running for fouryears and is aimed at pupils with strongmaths, accounting or economics skills.

The competition is structured for Grade 11students to submit essays, with the top 12 be-ing awarded bursaries at a tertiary institu-tion and field of study of their choice.

Bassier’s essay was on the current state ofthe economy in the Western Cape. He wroteabout unemployment, poverty and the reve-nue competition with other provinces andcountries.

“I wrote about how these topics affect oureconomy, but took into account that we areblessed with resources and skills,” says Bass-ier.

The second part of his essay discussed,

among others, tourism and other sectors.Fellow Rondebosch Boys High pupil Luke

van Rensberg just missed out on a bursary.He was in the penultimate round of finalists,but was eliminated in the final top-12 round.

Even so, the Pinelands resident’s parents,Wendy and Martin van Rensburg were pleas-antly surprised.

“It was a great experience,” says Van Rens-berg, who enjoys commerce and plans tostudy towards a business science degree be-cause he has always wanted to be his ownboss.

Van Rensberg, who won a R2 000 cash prize,is considering becoming a chartered finan-cial analyst or a chartered accountant.

“The Western Cape has achieved a lot andis doing well with regard to tourism, but oneof the sectors we should pay attention to isthe Small Micro and Medium Enterpriseswhere we should be encouraging entrepre-neurs and, in turn, creating more jobs.”

Sean Harris, an economics teacher at theschool, says the competition runs at a slowpace, but is a good initiative.

Harris said: “Pupils who wish to enter thecompetition have to write an essay of 2 500words and prepare a 10-minute presentationof the information they researched in theiressay.”

Harris explains that an overseeing teacher‘judges’ the essays, which are sent to a dis-trict office for further scrutiny and the dis-trict office decides which essays to submit forthe competition.

The finalists are notified in the first termof their Grade 12-year and are required to pre-pare for the presentation and question-and-answer session. The competition enjoys thebacking of the Western Cape provincial treas-ury, the Western Cape Education Depart-ment and Nedbank.

Ihsaan writes his way to the top

POWER OF THE PEN: Rondebosch Boys High pupil Ihsaan Bassier, left, wrote a winning essayon the state of the Western Cape’s economy. Luke van Rensburg, right, just missed out onalso winning a bursary in the same competition. With them is economics teacher Sean Harris.

Dear reader,

Yesterday, I watched television footageof eNews reporter Robyn Kriel covering astory in war-torn South Sudan as half adozen bombs from warplanes hit theground.

My heart went out to her, being at theforefront of the news, literally in the lineof fire; to bring home the full story.

After hiding in a tiny trench, Kriel,some soldiers and others fled in a vehicle,but their terror was not over, as one of theplanes pursued their car for a few kilome-tres before turning around.

Though inadvertently,journalists often becomethe story and while littlecan compare with the ab-ject terror of being in a war-zone, most journalistshave, at some point, faceddanger in their quest to getthe story and photographs.

To the viewer, the mediaare mere voiceless observ-ers with notebooks, dicta-phones and cameras inhand; like extras in a moviearound whom life plays it-self out.

Watching Kriel’s account, I recalled myexperiences as a court reporter on a dailynewspaper.

I was threatened and bribed and my cartampered with. At the time, I was coveringtwo cases at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court;one about a woman whose modus was tohitchhike, pick up seemingly wealthymen, befriend them and find out wherethey live, to later burgle their homes.

One such burglary nearly resulted inthe death of the partner of one of the menthe woman had picked up, but this was herlast strike as her victim survived the bru-tal attackand lived to tell his tale ina courtof law.

I drifted in and out of several courts eve-ry day and court orderlies, magistrates,prosecutors and attorneys all knew mewell, so too did the defendants and theirfamilies and friends. I was accustomed tobeing asked a myriad of questions in andoutside the court.

I was unprepared though for the conver-sation in a court lift one day when a manand woman began asking me whether Iwas covering the hitchhiker case. Theman introduced himself as the woman’s fi-ancé, claiming he owned a jewellery busi-ness. After enquiring unsuccessfully as towhich precious stones I like and offeringto make me a “piece” of my choice, theman asked me to stop reporting the caseas I was ruining his fiancee’s life. I toldhim I did not want his jewellery and thatI would continue doing my job. He turnedthreatening, but I stood my ground; I hadnothing personal against his fiancée and

would keep reporting the sto-ry as it was in the public in-terest and their right toknow.

I felt no fear during the in-teraction. My second encoun-ter was when covering thetrial of an elderly womanwhose home was raided bypolice and clothing from sev-eral stores found. When thewoman was convicted, muchdrama unfolded. Her chil-dren turned on me with utterhatred, blaming me for theoutcome of the trial, and hiss-

ing all sorts of threats at me. Once again,I felt zero fear, until shortly afterwardswhen I discovered that my car engine hadbeen messed with.

The gravity finally hit home and I in-formed my news editor who paid littleheed. He told me to get on with the job,which is exactly what I did, until my fearsmanifested itself in a manner that took meout of the field, and courts, for a fewmonths.

Just as Kriel’s experience became herreality in South Sudan, so too were minein court; and those of the countless jour-nalists and photographers who chase sto-ries wherever they unfold.

Till next time, go well!ConnectED is a weekly column, by

People’s Post Editor, Feroza Miller-Isaacs who can be contacted on fero-za@peoplespost.co.za

People’s Post is online. Visitwww.peoplespost.co.za.

Life’s a challenge whenyou become the story

THE Western Cape branch of the South Afri-can Archaeological Society will hold theirnext meeting on Tuesday 8 May at the SA As-

tronomical Observatory auditorium at 18:00.Simon Hall will be the guest speaker and

will discuss Tswana towns and colonial ex-pansion, the organisation of these towns, theeconomic relationships and why, in theRustenburg/Zeerust area, they abruptly end-ed in the late 1820s.

Entrance is R10 for non-members.For more information call Connie Feast on

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Understanding the history of Tswana towns

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TWO derelict buildings in Bo-Kaap willbe demolished if the owners cannot betraced.

The buildings, in Chiappini Street and va-cant since 1993, have been identified as beingunfit for residential use by the City of CapeTown.

Partially destroyed, all that still stands arethe side walls. The roofs have already beenremoved.

The Executive Director of Safety and Secu-rity, Richard Bosman, says: “As there is nobuilding, but only walls, demolition is the on-ly option for these structures.”

He cautions: “The wall structures seem tobe very old and may have heritage value.Demolition would need to be authorised byHeritage Western Cape.”

People’sPostvisited the areawhere theher-itage buildings are located, but various at-tempts to reach the owners have been unsuc-cessful.

The plots on which the buildings stand arestrewn with rubble. Weeds and trees growout of the empty spots where concrete shouldbe. Neighbouring residents have previouslytold People’s Post the derelict buildings werea concern as they were used as a hiding place

for criminals.Bosman says the City plans to demolish

the remaining walls, but “because of the her-itage value of the buildings, it has to gothrough a process before this can be done.”

The chairperson of the Bo-Kaap Civic As-sociation, Osman Shabodien, says an evalua-tion process needs to be conducted on thebuil-dings. “One of the reasons the buildingshave been kept in the manner that it is in to-day is because of the historical value it holds.Even if the City does demolish the buildings,a solution needs to be found. It has an histori-cal purpose and needs to be evaluated to seeif they are worth saving,” he says.

Ward councillor Dave Bryant says demoli-tion of a building only takes place once allother avenues have been explored.

“The City can’t just go and demolish abuilding because it sticks out like a sorethumb in the area,” says Bryant.

“We wouldn’t want to have a situationwhere a building that belongs to somebodyelse is just demolished and there is a way inwhich the owners can have the building re-stored.”

Vacant housesface demolition

BARELY STANDING: The two derelict buildings in Chiappini Street in Bo­Kaap is set to be demol­ished once approval has been secured from Heritage Western Cape. Photo: Melissa Le Roux

CAPE TOWN will participate with 700 citiesworldwide in a solidarity march for cannabisfreedom on Saturday 5 May.

The Cape Canna Festival will showcase thevast applications of the ancient cannabisplant for medical, social and environmentaldevelopment.

Cannabis is widely prescribed by modernmedical doctors and is legal for medicinalpurposes in 16 American states as well asCanada, British Columbia, Netherlands,Germany, Austria, Finland, Italy, Spain, Is-rael and Portugal.

Cannabis is a hot topic and its versatilityhas become imperative in solving rural pov-erty, social development and housing projectproblems.

It can be used as bio-fuel, for textiles andprovides excellent nutrition, just to name afew of the 55 000 industrial uses.

Current scientific research shows greatpromise in areas of treatment such as chron-ic persistent pain, cancer, diabetes, HIV,CMT and epilepsy.

Cannabis has been trusted for its extensivemedical properties in its natural form.

Cause supporters will meet at the cornerofKeizersgracht andChapel Street from10:00for a Festival Walk through the streets ofCape Town starting at 11:00.

This will be followed by the screening of

three documentaries showcasing Cannabisand closing with an after party featuringsome of Cape Town’s hottest local acts.

For more information email in-fo@norml.org.za.

Find them on Facebook by typing www.fa-cebook.com/events/173910412729365// intoyour search bar.

Canna fest walks with the world

Page 4 People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland OPINIONS Tuesday 1 May 2012

SUMMER JACOBS

ON the eve of yet another petrolprice increase, South Africans arestruggling to maintain a healthystandard of living.

Since the beginning of the year, thepetrol price has increased by 15,17%and there seems to be no relief in sightin the near future.

People’s Post took to the street to findout when people thought enough wouldbe enough.

Up andUp andway outway outof reachof reach

CHANGE OF PLANS: Agani Tsangu from GreenPoint says: “I have stopped stressing about itbecause I’ve started using public transport. Ionly use my car when necessary.”

AMAZED: Brandon Boniface says: “Eventhough I have a car that’s light on fuel the in­crease still hits my pocket hard. I don’t knowhow others with bigger engines cope”.

POSSIBLE: Miss Petersen from Athlone be­lieves there is a plausible solution. “Enough isenough. Setting a stable fuel price in South Af­rica can be done.”

AFFECTED: C Cupido from Statice Heightssays: “When the petrol price rises the cost offood rises and it gets difficult to afford grocer­ies. I’m not a driver but I still get affected byit all”.

NO ALTERNATIVE: Randal Daniels from Wyn­berg says: “It’s ridiculous. If public transportprovided a better service then it would’ve beena good alternative but it’s so unsafe you rathercough up more to drive your own vehicle.”

NO SURPRISE: William Adonis from Athlonesays the price hike didn’t shock him at all.“There’s no surprise in it going up anymore. Ithink people will jump out of their skin if it actu­ally went down”.

NO WORDS: Ebrahim Said from Mitchell’s Plainsays: “I have no words left on the subject ofpetrol price inflation. We all know it’s awfullyridiculous and unless something drastic isdone, I don’t see it getting better.”

DOES your mirror tell you you’ve got theperfect body? Then enter the Mr and MsFitness SA competition or the the Mr andMs Fitness pageant.

These competitions aim to showcase themost athletic bodies in South Africa andoffers an entertaining spectacle of beauty,muscle and ultimate fitness.

With categories like Bikini, Ms Figureand Ms Fitness for women, and BeachBody Model and Mr Physique for men, theMr and Ms Fitness pageant is a feast for

lovers of the body fit and beautiful.Entrants can go to www.missfit-

ness.co.za to download an entry form oremail consistency@netpoint.co.za.

Preliminaries will take place on Friday11 May from 11:30 to 22:00 and the finalson the following day from 18:00.

Both will be held at the Grand Arena atGrandWest Casino.

Tickets – at R60 for the preliminariesand R150 for the finals – are available fromComputicket.

Bodies beautiful, shape upTHE City of Cape Town is calling on the pub-lic to comment on the drafting of the SkyBridges Policy.

Sky bridges or “elevated walkways” aregenerally built to connect private buildingsabove public streets.

It is a worldwide trend that facilitates thebetter use and design of office/retail spaceand a development that allows people to movebetween buildings under cover in safe andweatherproof conditions.

The process has been used successfully indevelopments such as the upgrade of Cavend-ish Square and indeed a sky bridge is envis-aged as part of the expansion of the CapeTown International Convention Centre.

However, the motivation for this policy isbased on the need to limit the proliferationand adverse effects of sky bridges in the city.

Whilst they may provide convenience forprivate users, they can cause buildings toturn inwards, raise foot traffic to a higher lev-el, and reduce activity on the street.

These structures become spatial barriers,depriving urban dwellers of the richness ofcity life, and can block views of significantbuildings and landscapes.

In some respects, these structures conflictdirectly with the City’s objective of encourag-ing pedestrian and commercial activity onthe street.

By taking pedestrians off the street, bridgescan create shadows and dark spaces that arethe natural habitats for crime and other anti-social behaviour.

It is intended that proposed sky bridges willbe assessed with regard to how well theyserve the public interest and their relation-ship to the cityscape.

It is acknowledged that in some exceptionalcases there is a need for these structures, spe-

cifically when they promote public healthand safety or provide a clear public benefit.

The City is requesting input from the pub-lic to provide guidance on the desirability,planning and design of pedestrian bridges inCape Town.

The policy seeks to promote safe, mixed-useand pedestrian-focused streets, as well as toprotect important public views and heritagefabric.

The draft policy is a city-wide approachthat will inform and evaluate the desirability,planning and design of sky bridges.

It sets out the necessary information orsubmission material needed to effectivelyevaluate proposals.

On a more technical level it includes draftbest-practice design guidelines that will pro-vide developers and assessors with more de-tailed guidance during the design and appli-cation process.

This will reinforce the City’s aim of creat-ingawalkable citywith lively, vibrant streetsand public spaces; where the sidewalks re-main the principle place of pedestrian move-ment and casual social interaction.

It is expected that the final draft of the SkyBridges Policy will be submitted for approvalto the Executive Mayor in September 2012.

The draft policy is accessible to the publicfor the month of May at the City’s sub-counciloffices, municipal libraries and District Plan-ning Offices.

It is also available on the website at:www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay.

Interested groups and members of the pub-lic are requested to submit their commentsin writing between 1 and 31 May, via post toSpatial Planning and Urban Design, P.O. Box4511, Cape Town 8000; fax to (021) 421 6209; oremail to future.capetown@capetown.gov.za.

Walk high or stay down low

EXOTIC: Decorexheld its annual In­terior Design Ex­po at the CapeTown ConventionCentre fromThursday to Sun­day. Luxuriouspieces of furni­ture were on dis­play and theunique itemsproved quite pop­ular with shop­pers. Here SueRanenscroft ad­mires one of Sin­tan Vartay’s hand­made lamps whileher daughter Mik­ki Homann andgranddaughterAlexia look on.Photo: Michael Hammond

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EXPLORING the ga-laxy could easily havebeen a thing of thepast for the McCleantelescope at the SouthAfrican AstronomicalObservatory.

The observatory isthe national centre foroptical and infrared as-tronomy, which is runby the National Re-search Foundation ofSouth Africa.

In 2009, the charity“Friends of the Observ-atory” was establishedto raise funds to restorethe old telescope andthe McClean buildingwhich had fallen into astate of disrepair.

About two years laterthe unique hydraulicmechanism that raisesthe floor of the observatory wore out and theshutters on the dome were no longer opera-tional.

To add to the misery, the roof started leak-ing and many began to wonder if the tele-scope would ever be used again.

Dr Nicola Loaring, the facility’s OutreachAstronomer, explains that the McClean tele-scope led to many important discoveries andfelt that the observatory’s open nights con-tributes to a better understanding of astrono-my and the work of the observatory. “Opennights serve to increase public interest in as-tronomy, which is vital when South Africais on the brink of participating in the largestastronomical project ever undertaken in thehistory of the planet, the Square KilometreArray,” says Loaring.

The McClean telescope, which is alsoknown as the Victoria, was a gift from FrankMcClean, a wealthy engineer and talentedamateur astronomer, in 1897. The telescopewas built by Sir Howard Grubb of Dublin.

The main tube carries a lens of 61cm diam-eter and 6,8 focal length to give a scale on thephotographic plate of 30 seconds of arc permm.

After 1926, the telescope was mainly devot-ed to find the distances of nearby stars andacted as a spectroscopic laboratory for com-

paring earthly substances to those found inthe stars.

Last year, national government becameinvolved by funding the restoration of thedome, shutters, the hydraulic floors and thebuilding – designed by Sir Herbert Baker –which houses the telescope.

“This was an impressive recognition ofthe work done at the observatory, and is asymbol of the commitment of government toastronomy in South Africa,” says Loaring.

She says the country has a “long and illus-trious history” in astronomy, which willcontinue through SALT (Southern AfricanLarge Telescope). SALT is the largest singleoptical telescope in the southern hemisphereand is amongst the largest five in the world.

The primary research telescopes are locat-ed at the observing station near Sutherlandin the Northern Cape.

“Although the old telescopes no longer per-form scientific work, they are important inrecounting the tremendous history of astron-omy and points towards an exciting future,”Loaring adds.

To find out more, contact the observatory’sCape Town headquarters on (021) 447-0025 oremail enquiries@saao.ac.za.

Alternatively, visit them in ObservatoryRoad, Observatory.

A clearer future forMcClean telescope

BEFORE: The telescope’s shutters arechanged during the restoration of the historicbuilding. Photo: SAAO

HAVE A LOOK: The McClean telescope waspreviously one of the largest telescopes in thesouthern hemisphere.

THE BIG LOOKER: Dr Nicola Loaring shows off a model of the largesttelescope in the southern hemisphere.                   Photo: Tauriq Hassen

WORK IN PROGRESS: The McClean telescope being built in the early 1800s. Photo: SAAO

Page 6 People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland PHOTOS Tuesday 1 May 2012

A LUNCHEON was held atthe elegant Mount NelsonHotel last week for theAdele Searll 100 Club,where author Lord Jef-frey Archer was the guestspeaker.

The club was founded in1979 by the late Adele Searlland a group of women fromCape Town’s business andprofessional circles.

The group was alsoknown for their active inter-est in welfare and communi-ty projects.

From its inception, theclub’s motivation has beento attract members from all

sectors of the community, suc-cessfully bringing togetherwomen who are representa-tive of South Africa’s diversesociety.

It offers members the oppor-tunity to network, both profes-sionally and socially and at-tracts speakers of the highestcalibre in all fields. For moreinformation, feel free to visitwww.adelesearll100club.co.za.

Celebrating aCelebrating acaring societycaring society

SMILES ALL ROUND: Lord Jef­frey Archer, club chairpersonAnet Pienaar and comedian Ru­by Wax. Photos: Allison Foat

POISED: Opera singer Aviva Pelham with her husband PaulSulcas.

PRIZED: Beryl Eichenberger and Jackie Lange with a signedcopy of Lord Jeffery Archer’s book “Only time will tell”.

BIG SMILES: Club committee members Miriam Patel and Shel­ley Witz.

ARISTOCRACY: Allison Foat and Lord Jeffrey Archer share aphotogenic moment.

THE Barnard Gallery recentlyopened its doors to a deep andthought-provoking exhibitionby Jaco van Schalkwyk.

“Just a matter of Time” showshow the artist investigates theeveryday life of an isolated com-munity. Van Schalkwyk cap-tures the passage of time and itsnavigation of the temporal to theeternal. The launch was openedby guest speaker Cecile Loedolffand guests enjoyed wine, cana-pés and Buchu water.

The exhibition runs till Thurs-day 17 May.

Time captured insolo exhibition

IN FULL VIEW: Art lovers at the first solo exhi­bition of Jaco van Schalkwyk. Photo: Supplied

BIG SMILES: Guest speaker Cecile Loedolff with the manof the moment, Jaco van Schalkwyk.

GOOD TIMES : Sonja Steyn and Brad Twaddle enjoy the exhi­bition while sipping on Buchu water.

ART LOVERS: Bernice and Joana Botha formed part of thecrowd at the exhibition.

Tuesday 1 May 2012 FEATURE People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland Page 7

STEFNI HERBERT

THE starting leg of AshleyCooper and Filip Cederholm’sadventure to raise funds forcharities started in South Afri-ca.

The two plan on trekkingaround the world to raise $10 mil-lion for charity.

Cederholm is a photographerfrom Sweden, Cooper is an artistfrom Canada and together theyform Peace Love and Photography– the World’s Largest Art Projects.

ABCharity is the name of thepair’s project which was recentlylaunched at Blouberg beach with

500 children, aged seven to 15,from organisations such as Loveto Langa and the Amy Biehl Foun-dation.

The children were arranged toform the letter ‘A’ and Cederholmtook pictures of the formationfrom a cherry picker.

Cederholm says: “I had the ideato create the letters of the alphabetwith children from different or-ganisations. When I met Cooper,she was researching non-govern-mental organisations, so she sim-ply came on board this project.”

Cooper and Cederholm plan onvisiting 26 countries, seeing thatthere are 26 letters in the Englishalphabet, but they have no definite

answers as to their itinerary.Cooper says: “We don’t know

wherewewill beheadingwhenweleave South Africa, but Namibiais showing great promise becausewe’ve received feedback fromcompanies and organisationsthere.

“We want to stay in Africa foras long as we possibly can.”

Cederholm and Cooper are self-funding the project and look forhelp and sponsorship in the coun-tries where they are heading.

“Initially, it looked like we wer-en’t going to receive a lot of helpfrom companies and organisa-tions in Cape Town, but then com-panies such as Jeep and CapeTown Productions came throughfor us.

“Before going ahead with theletter formation, we needed tohave a permit and certain equip-ment to execute the project and atthe last minute our sponsorssaved us,” says Cooper.

The duo plan on taking the pho-tographs in “significant” placesso that the buyer can recognisethe location.

The letter A’’s landmark is Ta-ble Mountain, which is in thebackground of the shot.

The duo is currently runningtwo other projects: The One Wayand Face the Peace.

The One Way is aimed at findingout what people’s “one way” willbe to change themselves, whichwill in turn change the world.

Face the Peace is directed at ce-lebrities and children. They areasked five questions about peace

and what they are doing to createit, which is then documented in avideo.

A photograph is taken with thesubject showing the peace sign.

After giving everything up forthis cause, the pair still has needsto make the project run smoother.“If we have a 4x4 with a tent on theroof, we would drive through con-tinents instead of us having to fly.That way we can stop along theway and continue our documenta-ries,” says Cederholm.

Cooper adds: “It would makeour load a lot lighter even thoughwe are currently travelling with30 kilogrammes of luggage each”.

Once the 26 letters are complete,it will be sold in different sizes aslimited edition art on Peace Loveand Photography’s web-store.

The two artists hope to concludetheir project in 2016, but say thatthis might be a lifetime’s calling.

For more information about theprojects, visit peaceloveandpho-tography.tv.

Peace, love and charity

AWESOME: Ashley Cooper and Filip Cederholm are all smiles after suc­cessfully launching their ABCharity project on Blouberg beach.

UNITED: Cooper and Cederholm do a trial run in Langa. Photos: Supplied

Page 8 People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland LEADER Tuesday 1 May 2012

Fair tradeTO one in four people, today serves as a grimreminder of their inability to find a job.

While Workers’ Day has its origins in theapartheid struggles of trade unions for im-proved employment conditions, a quarter ofthe country's adult population are jobless.

According to a Statistics SA labour forcesurvey, 4,4 million people were unemployedlast year.

Many of these citizens are dependent ongovernment grants, and while the price of liv-ing constantly increases, their income“boost” is minuscule.

And while entrepreneurship is the tuneregularly played by government, starting abusiness is not as easy as seeing a gap in themarket and diving in.

Countless small, medium and micro enter-priseshave foldedowing to the tougheconom-ic times experienced worldwide.

Business owners have lost everything,leading to scores of new faces joining the un-employment line.

While state-initiated projects to supportlegislation have been implemented and a va-riety of funding institutions and governmentincentives through the Department of Tradeand Industry have moved the development ofthese enterprises to a new level, further in-vestments into thegrowthof this sector is stillneeded. The National Small Business Act,passed in 1996, further assisted the expansionof government’s supportive structures, butit’s up to free-thinkers and inexperienced mo-guls to take the chance, while not overlookingthe important phase of forward planning.

The economic development of the countryis in the hands of the fresh produce hawkeron your street corner and the property tycoonwho sold you your first house.

The day will be filled with politicians mak-ing convoluted promises of jobs for all, but itis up to the average man on the street to backhis own dreams. Getting your foot on the firstrung of the ladder is the easiest and while theclimb may sometimes be arduous, the viewfrom the top is worth the shot.

Questions over double burialsI MUST congratulate the City Council, orwhoever is responsible for upgrading theMaitland Cemetery.

The old vibacrete walls were replacedwith steel fencing, and the different gatesare clearly marked, for easy identifica-tion.

Even the gravel road running in thecentre of the cemetery has been tarred.However, my mom was buried at Gate 6,five years ago, and her grave was easilyidentified by means of a hedge and a signboard (Boer War Veterans Graves).

These were all removed. Trying to findthe grave was like trying to find a missingperson.

After the successful search, we discov-ered why it was so difficult to find mymom’s grave.

All around, and opposite her grave,were all new graves. Those people wereall buried from 1 January 2012 to the cur-rant time.

There was even a newly dug grave,waiting to be used the next day. Thisgrave was dug half the depth of a normalgrave.

My guess was, that they were going toplace a new coffin on top of an old coffin.

My concern is, are the people whose rel-atives were buried on those plots, awarethat there are new graves dug there.

Also who has the last and final say to

uproot old graves and replace them withnew ones. I’m certainly not racist, but Ialways understood that the ‘Blacks’would bury their dead in the EasternCape. I don’t have a problem where any-body is buried, but I do have a problemwhen other families’ burial grounds aredisrupted. I would suggest that peopleshould visit the site of their beloveds, toensure that the graves are still there.Speaking to an old 94-year-old lady aboutthis, she had a fascinating story to tell. In1943, a double family plot was purchasedfrom Cape of Good Hope Funeral Assur-ance and Undertakers. This policy wasfully paid-up in 15/07/1953.

The husband was buried in Durban (ac-cident) three children over 18 marriedand off the books, and this old lady is obvi-ously still alive to tell the tale.

In 1963, this old lady contacted the Cem-etery Board as Cape of Good Hope was nolonger in existence, and inquired about apay-out for her plot, as she was going tobe cremated and nobody else will be usingthe plot.

She was told, “that they don’t do pay-outs”.

Are there anymore of these unfortu-nate people around, that just threw uptheir hands, and says “I give up”.ARTHUR PILLAYMaitland

Apprenticeships are essentialTHERE is nothing more important than learn-ing a trade.

When I grew up in Germany every girl andboy went into an apprenticeship for threeyears unless you stayed on for high school anduniversity.

You don’t get experience in various jobs un-less you’ve been an apprentice.

It’s a hard and frustrating time because youmake very little money and you have to haveparents who support you, of course.

Back then that was what people did and stilldo now.

That’s why the Europeans have a good back-ground of the jobs they do.

After three years you get junior jobs and

from there you work your way up, slowly butsurely, nothing is achieved overnight.

Unfortunately in South Africa families donot support their children until they have gota proper education, especially in the poorerareas of the Cape.

But remember this, if you make sure yourchildren go through an apprenticeship whileyou support them, they will always be thereand support you in your old age.

As journalist Allistar Sparks says: “It is ofvital importance that apprenticeships in alljobs, professions and industry become a lawof the land if we want a healthy future.”RALPH KRALLOranjezicht

YourSMSes. I just want to tell Tomand Megan that I’m a carguard in the SouthernSuburbs. In the nineyears I’ve started I’vemade arrests, broken afew arms and foiled carthieves. I only work inthe evenings. Some peo-ple tip, others don’t. Onoccasion I’ve been givenR100 and R200 notes. Ifyou are just stingy, get alife. Nigel

. The media must in-vestigate the petrol pric-ing. I know that Angolasigned a deal supplyingus with petrol. We refine

it and send back half.Who is pocketing and get-ting more money? Thegovernment. We strugglewith drugs. The govern-ment is not clampingdown on it and nothing isbeing done to stop thesmuggling.

. In reply to the badpostal system, I have sentparcels all over the worldfrom my Plumstead PostOffice and received themin return for the last 15years. Not one has evergone missing eventhough it contained itemssuch as make-up, jewel-

lery and DVDs. Perhaps Iam just lucky.

. For friendly and effi-cient service when re-newing your drivers’ li-cence, go to the new Ot-tery depot. Liz,Rondebosch

. Free, at last?Yes,there’s a lot of pover-ty and a lack of jobs butpeople in positions ofpower are so busy liningtheir pockets and beingnepotistic that there’s nomoney or posts for oth-ers. Too many posts arefilled with unskilled peo-ple. J Curtis

Tuesday 1 May 2012 NEWS People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland Page 9

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TAURIQ HASSEN

ONE of Cape Town’s mostwell-known voices will cel-ebrate a career milestonewith a concert which is notto be missed.

Salt River’s Zayn Adamscelebrated his 50th year in themusic industry and has comea long way since wooing localfans with his ’70s hit, Give alittle love.

The 65-year-old talent citeshis openness to be taught forhis long-term success.

“One thing young musi-cians should remember is toalways be open to learn. Nev-er be too hard on yourself andbe dedicated to your passion,” he advises.

His career reads like a story book. In 1961a young Adams took to the mic as a solo singerfor the minstrel group Young Stars AmericanJazz Singers.

With this small taste of fame,Adamsstartedhis own vocal group, The Rocketeers, whichacquired a notable fan base.

An avid football player, Adams, realisedthat he could make show business his career,abandoned his soccer boots and grabbed themic to pursue his passion.

At 15, the youngster with the memorablevoice found himself among the industry’sgreats, sharing the stage with names like Ken-ny Japhta, Roy Pietersen and Monty Webber.

“I never allowed my amazement at being

surrounded by these stars to goto my head,” he says.

“I was finally experiencingthe big stage.”

Despite rubbing shoulderswith the movers and shakers,Adams still held on to his Ma-lay choir roots, and captainedThe Celtics Sing-koor with hisfather and brother.

But he doesn’t only let hisvoice do the talking. Adamshas also proven to be a star onstage, and played a leading rolein Kat and the Kings.

Themusical, byDavidKram-er and the late Taliep Petersen,boosted Adams’ status, makinghim one of the city’s brighteststars.

After achieving his first suc-cess in 1962, Adams’ star continued to shine.

To celebrate his 50th year in show business,a musical extravaganza will be staged atGrandWest’s Grand Arena on Saturday 26May. The two-hour spectacular will showcasetop talents from around the country, includ-ing Marc Lottering, Terence Bridget, TerryFortune, Loukmaan Adams and Karin Kortje.

The spectacle is produced by Camillo Lom-bard and conceptualised by another house-hold name, Allistair Izobell.

Adams recently released three new singles,which are receiving regular airplay on a localradio station. His CD will be launched on thenight of the celebration. Tickets cost R165,R150 and R130 at Computicket and the showstarts at 20:00.

Five decades of hits

GOLDEN VOICE: Zayn Ad­ams is still going strong.

SUMMER JACOBS

AFTER an horrific car accident paralysedAyesha Toyer, this young girl has decidedto use the experience to enrich her life.

An inspiration to all, her positive atti-tude has led to a special performance byDesert Rose in an effort to raise funds forher recovery.

Last November Ayesha and her parentswere travelling on the M3 when their carand another vehicle collided.

The collision resulted in their car roll-ing several times before landing upsidedown. “I was stuck and a bystander hadto pull me from the wreck. I was disorien-tated. There was a noise and people every-where. When I tried to stand up I fell downagain. That was the last time I stood,” shesays.

She injured her spinal cord, fracturedher sternum and eight ribs, and puncturedher left lung. Father of the fourteen-year-old, Ridwan, stresses there should be agolden rule preventing bystanders frominterfering in an accident scene.

“Unless you are an expert, you don’tknow the extent of the injury. You mightmake matters worse by moving the personaround. My wife and I were lucky becausewe were pulled out by the paramedics whoused transfer boards,” he says.

Since the accident Ayesha has had a ma-jor back operation. She attends physio-therapy weekly to stimulate her blood cir-culation. She also needs specialised equip-ment to assist with her recovery andrehabilitation.

Family friends of the Toyers, Yusuf andLynn Holmes-Ganief were distraught tohear of Ayesha’s ordeal. “It was a greatshock. We were extremely disturbed tohear about the accident. Our daughtersare best friends so it devastated us all, ”Ganief says.

Due to her specialised needs the Ganiefsand the Toyers came to a joint decision toraise funds for Ayesha.

Yusuf, who forms part of the musicalgroup Desert Rose will perform at theJoseph Stone Auditorium on Saturday 5May at 19:30, giving a part of the proceedstoward Ayesha’s recovery.

Tickets for the concert cost R60 each.For bookings call Nazli on (021) 403 4447 or074 147 6654. Alternatively email book-ings@desertrosemusic.co.za.

Bruised rose still blooming

NOT BROKEN: Fourteen­year­old AyeshaToyer in her bedroom. Photo: Supplied

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Tuesday 1 May 2012 SPORT People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland Page 11

LIAM MOSES

FOR the first time in the history of CapeTown an organised road race will passright through the Castle of Good Hope.

The Jive Slave Route Challenge, which wasfirst held last year, sees racers run past sever-al of the city’s most significant historicallandmarks.

The race, which takes place on 27 May, wasstarted by Itheko Sport Athletic Club, and ac-cording to Farouk Meyer, race director, headcoachand founder of the club, theyaim to edu-cate people about the history of the city whilealso promoting a healthy active lifestyle.

“We had to have a race which is very differ-ent and we looked at something that focuseson the city of Cape Town,” says Meyer.

“One of the things that people don’t knowis that almost the whole city was built byslaves. So we looked at history and thoughtwe should highlight that aspect of CapeTown.”

Meyer added that a cannon from the Castle

would be used as the starting gun on raceday.

The Slave Route Challenge comprises ofa 10km big walk, a 5km fun run/walk, a10km run and a half marathon.

For the second consecutive year,People’sPost is the print media sponsor of the event.

Participants will have the opportunity toview some of Cape Town’s other historicallandmarks apart from the Castle.

The event will start in front of the CityHall and pass landmarks such as the Whip-ping Post at the corner of Darling andBuitenkant streets, the Hurling SwingingPump and the Slave Lodge in AdderleyStreet.

Meyer said the locations had been care-fully selected, based on their significanceto the history of slavery in Cape Town.

“The Parade, where we finish, was whereslaves were whipped and some of them exe-cuted,” says Meyer.

“If you look at a place that we also runpast in Spin Street, there’s a plaque on thefloor but people don’t take note of it. That’s

where slaves were auctioned.“People don’t know that at Gallows Hill,

where the traffic department is, a lot of slaveswere executed.

“Besides those slave heritage sites that werun past, we also run past a lot of other histori-cal landmarks in Cape Town,” Meyer added.

The race is run inpartnershipwith IzikoMu-seums, and this year information boards willbe posted at all the slavery-related heritagesites.

The race will also pass by several other his-torical sites not linked to slavery and otherscenic parts of the city, such as the Victoriaand Alfred Waterfront.

For more information or to register for theJive Slave Route Challenge visit www.ithe-ko.org.za or call the race office on (021) 7628934.

The first 1 000 people to register for the halfmarathon will receive a goodie bag fromClicks worth R150.

Race through the Cape’s historyRace through the Cape’s history

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HISTORIC: A racer passes the Owwal Mosquein Dorp Street during the inaugural event lastyear. The mosque is the oldest in Cape Town. SCENIC EXERCISE: Participants walk through Bo­Kaap with Table Mountain in the background during the 2011 Jive Slave Route Challenge.

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A BERGVLIET mountain biker,whose team recently finished18th out of 600 at the Cape Epicmountain bike race, has set hissights on a top five finish at oneof the most difficult bike races inSouth Africa.

Dave Morrison only started com-peting in mountain bike races in2009, after switching from triath-lons, but his progress to the top ofthe sport has been matched only bythe speed at which he progresses upa hill.

Now the University of Cape Townatmospheric science student has se-lected the “joBerg2C” mountainbike race as his next step on the as-cent to becoming a fully-fledgedprofessional mountain biker.

“I always set two goals: a goal I’dlike to achieve and then an ambi-tious goal. So the goal I would liketo achieve is a top five and the moreambitious goal is a top three fin-ish,” said Morrison.

“My ultimate goal is to race pro-fessionally and sustain myself,which isn’t easy to do because youneed to find a good financial spon-sor to back you. I’d like to go for itbecause in South Africa we have areally good national series.”

The “joBerg2C” covers 900km ofrugged, arduous farmland andbushveld between the south of Jo-

hannesburg and the Kwa-Zulu Na-tal coastline during nine days of in-tense racing.

Morrison trained hard after fin-ishing the Epic, spending betweenfour and five hours on his bike eachday in the hope of improving his re-sult at the next race.

The 27-year-old ranks the 18thplace finish at the Cape Epic as hisbest achievement in mountain bik-ing so far. He says that he wouldhave finished several places higherif he had not contracted hypother-mia. “On day six I got hypothermia.I did continue racing but I tookquite a knock from it and struggledduring the last two days,” said Mor-rison.

“I think it’s all in the mind. Therewas no option of pulling out for me.I just have to keep going until I fin-ish unless I break a leg and I can’tphysically ride. I just wanted to fin-ish. Until that day we were in 13thplace. We were on track up to thatpoint.”

Having only started at the age of24, Morrison is a fairly late covertto the sport, but his passion andcommitment to mountain biking isequal to that of any of his competi-tors.

According to Morrison, it’s thesetting and intense challenge thatraces provide that he loves.

“I suppose I like the feeling ofworking hard and pushing my lim-its, going uphill and getting the re-

wardof goingdownhill. I like the ex-citement of going downhill, espe-cially on the mountain bike singletrack. I also like exploring and ad-

venture, so being out there in na-ture and riding new places all thetime, which we are able to do in theWestern Cape, is one of the things

I really enjoy about it.”The “joBerg2C” mountain bike

race icurrently taking place andwill finish on Saturday 5 May.

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RIDING ROUGH: Bergvliet resident Dave Morrison will compete in the “joBerg2C” mountain bike race. Here hecan be seen riding in the Cape Epic. Photo: Supplied

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