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TAURIQ HASSEN

THE transfer of a problematicpiece of land in Woodstock is

currently being discussed be-tween the Provincial Depart-ment forHumanSettlementsandthe City of Cape Town.

An informal settlement locatedon the erf in Pine Road has raisedthe ire of the surrounding commu-nity, with drug dealing and dump-ing heading a list of concerns.

The settlement was establishedin 1992 and six years later receivedbasic services such as running wa-ter and ablution facilities.

According to the Subsector 2 Fo-rum, the site remains a “drug deal-ing hotspot” and acts as a “haven”for outside criminals plying theirtrade within the community. It iseasy to escape, using a train run-ning close by the settlement.

Bruce Oom, the spokesperson forthe provincial minister of humansettlement, Bonginkosi Madikizela,confirmed that the land transfer re-quest has been made to the State At-torney, which is expected to becleared within two months.

“Once the City has ownership ofthe land, they will be able to developit accordingly, which may involvethe relocation of the people livingon the property,”

When People’s Post visited thesite last week, an attempt was madeto speak to some of the informaldwellers. A hostile reception greet-ed the reporter and seemingly agi-tated residents asked him to leave.

Ward councillor Brett Herronconfirms that complaints had beenreceived regarding the activities atthe settlement from a commerciallandowner. He says complaintsabout the settlement as a “crimehotspot” have already been investi-gated, but due to a lack of evidence,

police could not prove that thesecrimes arebeing committed. “I real-ise that the settlement is not a suita-ble nor desirable way to house fami-lies and that it is a cause for concernfor many of the residents in the ar-ea,” says Herron.

A resident nearby, who spoke toPeople’s Post on condition of ano-nymity, explained that problems atthe settlement were “endless” .

From drunken fights to drug deal-ing in the open, the residents be-lieve the settlement has become a“haven for crime and grime”, creat-ing a lot of frustration. “This prob-lem has been around for years andwhen this settlement initially start-ed, people around here could see

these problems on the horizon. Wetried to warn those in charge at thetime, but now the problem is like athorn in our sides and the peoplewho were in charge are living a re-tired luxury life somewhere else,”says the resident.

Oom also confirmed that no ex-tensions to the existing structureson the site were made in recentmonths, but stated that the depart-ment had received a request fromthe City’s Anti Land Invasion Unitto rebuild a structure ahead of win-ter, due to leakages. Occupants ofthe structure will also receive pel-lets, which could be used for firewood, as they do not have electrici-ty. With regard to the general state

of the area, Oom added that the areais monitored twice a day and house-hold waste is removed twice a weekby the City. “This site has beencleaned regularly, although it is un-fortunately used as a dumping siteby residents in the area. The depart-ment has regularly removed rub-bish off the site if the need arisesand will continue to do so as longas it owns the land,” says Oom.

Ernest Sonnenberg, MayoralCommittee member for Human Set-tlements at the City of Cape Town,explained that the City had not re-ceived any evidence that the settle-ment is a source of criminal activityand encouraged residents to passany tip-offs to the police. “The set-

tlement was established by the Pro-vincial Government about a decadeago and is a lawful settlement. Con-cerns with regard to day-to-daymanagement of the settlementshould be addressed by the Provin-cialMinistry ofHumanSettlementsas the settlement is currently theirresponsibility,” says Sonnenberg.

However, once the land is trans-ferred to the City, Sonnenberg indi-cated that the City’s Informal Set-tlement Unit will manage theshackland.

Pine Road ‘unsettled’

TENSE: Residents are concerned about the informal settlement in Pine Road, Woodstock,but the province and City says the settlementis lawful. Photo: Tauriq Hassen

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THE establishment of the Ken-fac Parks Sub Committee

could serve as the light at the endof the tunnel for recreationalparks in need of an upgrade.

The committee was recentlyformed at the Ratepayers’ Associa-tionofKensingtonandFactretonaf-ter conditions at the parks wereslated by local residents.

Kevin Alexander, the project co-ordinator, explained that the aim ofthe subcommittee was to find waysin which living standards could beimproved through projects involv-ing the community.

“Kenfac Parks will focus on for-mulating and driving projects to de-velop and maintain existing parkswithin the community. The ulti-mate goal is a better and safer placefor all,” says Alexander.

As a start, the committee hasidentified four parks, De Havellindand 12th Avenue parks in Kensing-ton and Albacore and Albury parksin Factreton, to serve as pilotprojects.

On Saturday, the committee host-ed a picnic at the De HavellindPark, where residents were invitedto spend the day and identify areaswhich needed to be upgraded.

“Wehavedecided to comeupwithprojects that will enhance and im-prove the status around and insidethese parks and we call on the com-munity to become involved and as-sist the committee in their quest toimprove the situation,” says Alex-ander.

He mentioned that the main con-cern for the committee was thatdrug users and dealers were occu-pying these spaces, a situation notideal for children to be exposed to.

Ward councillor Derrick Ameri-ca eagerly supported this “positiveinitiative” saying, “Our parks havebeen neglected for a very long timeand we need to discuss ways for-ward and that is why we are form-ing this bond in an attempt to im-prove the situation”.

He adds that in future he willwork closely with the committee inorder to come up with amicable so-lutions and suggestions around theparks.

“This is a very positive initiativeand I will communicate with therelative department in order to getproper answers for the committee.Meetings will be called and solu-tions discussed and implemented ,”says America.

Residents in the area felt that theupgrades to the parks were “longoverdue” and the area as a whole

has become “neglected”.Ayesha Toffy, a resident in Ken-

sington, felt that parks in the com-munity were no longer safe for chil-dren to play in and parents worryabout their children’s safety.

“I would rather keep my child athome, because if you look at thetype of characters that hang aroundthe park, you will think twice aboutsending your children there,” saysToffy.

A Factreton father of three, Is-mail Adams, says that “broken bot-tles and used condoms” were a reg-ular feature when visiting the localparks.

He understood that parks arecleaned regularly, but felt that se-curing the facility with adequatefencing would be the “obvious solu-tion”.

“This problem has been aroundfor years and the people in this com-munity have grown used to it. Eventhe children are used to it, but anyhelp is welcome and I really hopethey will aim to make a difference,”Adams concluded.

. People’s Post hit the streets toget some views from residents.

Committee to make life apleasant walk in the park

DRUGFREE ZONES: Blaine Saaimanfrom Kensington felt that the committee should focus on removing“antisocial people”, like drug users,from the facilities. “There are peoplesmoking dagga in the park and children are exposed to this. They alsoneed to focus on cleaning up andmaking sure it stays clean”, he suggests. Photos: Tauriq Hassen

UPGRADES NEEDED: Helen Steurman from Factreton hopes to seemore parks created in her community and the old ones upgraded. “Theparks are not safe for children anymore as there are so many thingsthat could hurt them. When this committee gets to upgrade these parks,they must keep going and not die outin the next two months”.

KEEP IT GREEN: Kensington’s TracySheppard, pictured with little Blade,wants to see more trees and grassin the public open spaces. “Theseparks must become more environmentally friendly and the committeeshould consider having recycle binsand stuff like that. That would reallyinterest me”.

SAFETY FIRST: Factreton’s NuraanKorb, pictured with her daughter Natalia (6), wants to see all the parkswithin her community upgraded withnew equipment. “Some of the children are abusing these parks, butthe park itself must be upgraded.This will make it safer for the childrento play”.

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SUMMER JACOBS

SEVENTEEN men walked into thedressing room. Two hours later,

they minced out transformed.

Initial fears of a poor turnout were un-founded as a capacity crowd, eagerlyawaiting the glitz and sparkle of gay pag-eantry, recently filled the Kensington Civ-ic Centre.

A scramble for front row seats ensuedhalf an hour before the event.

Walking down the corridor to the dress-ing room, the senses were overwhelmedby sights not usually associated with themale species.

Nimble fingers expertly rolled in longtresses and trays of make-up were dis-played on dressing tables. Perfectly mani-cured fingertips painstakingly glued falseeye lashes and generous dabs of glitterhighlighted the eyes. Glossy lips poutedback at mirrors.

Want to know how the men at gay pag-eantshave suchbronzed legs?Babyoil andfoundation.

Padding creates that all-important hour-glass shape a la Marilyn Monroe.

This was the first Miss Gay Ambassadorpageant – and founder Logan McGregorwas adamant about the venue. The pag-eant is the brainchild of the Kensingtonresidents and current Miss Gay WesternCape, who arranged the extravaganzawithZeeBrickles,MarkDonoughandBar-ry Reed. “Everyone wants to leave a lega-cy,” says McGregor. “I didn’t just want tobe Miss Gay Western Cape and prancearound with the title for a year and afterthat be forgotten.”

McGregor wanted to have an annualevent which “complemented Miss GayWestern Cape”.

Seventeen participants – from Parow,Ravensmead, Bishop Lavis, Mitchell’s

Plain, Elsies River and even Port Eliza-beth – strutted onto the stage in flamboy-ance.

When the lights dimmed, opening actMannilla Von Teez monopolised the lime-light with her oversized blonde wig teasedto the max and complemented by a tight-fitting Barbie-pink body suit and riskèheels.

The crowd went wild.Contestants – arrayed in silky cherry

red hot pants – soon filed onto stage tojointly perform to Nicki Manaj’s SuperBase. “I was backstage most of the time,helping the girls prepare, so I had no clue

what was going on out there,” says McGre-gor. “When I heard the applause, I knewwe had a large crowd and I couldn’t havebeen happier, knowing the Kensingtoncommunity came out to support the pag-eant.”

Vicky Langeford from PE said this wasan “impressive” experience. The avid par-ticipant has been a contestant in gay pag-eants for eight years. “I enjoy what I do.When I found out about the pageant via Fa-cebook, I felt it was time to spread mywings. I am very impressed with my firstcompetition in Cape Town. The show waswell organised and very professional.”

Contestants wowed the crowd in stun-ning swimwear and elegant evening-wear– from sexy, tight-fitting creations to over-the-top ball gowns, complete with hoopsand stiffening.

To-the-step choreographed moves bydrag cabaret group 3D were in tandemwith Beyonce’s Single Ladies and DancingQueen, by Abba – staple favourites at gaypageants.

Secretly shot-up prayers must havefound their heavenly target for Zilin Ay-oki Zang, who claimed the title. Each ofZilin’s outfits – from a pink, rosy eveningdress to a gem-encrusted tuxedo – took thebreath away.

Several minutes of blissful pandemoni-um ensued as the first Miss Gay Ambassa-dor was flooded with kisses and congratu-lations. Zilin’s crown – a gorgeous spar-kling tiara – would’ve made Cinderellagreen with envy.

“I’m absolutely ecstatic and shocked atthe same time,” says Zilin, as careful fin-gertips wiped away tears. “We all enter towin and deep down inside you really wantit, but when you see all the gorgeous ladiesyou’re up against you can’t help but bedoubtful of your chances.”

The Woodlands resident aims to addsubstance to the title. “Miss Gay Ambassa-dor focuses on society as a whole insteadof just a subculture. I will use my title tohighlight social issues affecting the com-munity.”

Zilin hopes to help raise awarenessabout scourges such as drug abuse.

As the crowd cleared out, the queenspacked up their hairspray, lipstick and al-ter egos.

An ecstatic McGregor says the event canonly get better from here.

“I can’t wait to see what next year hasin store,” she says before prancing off inher killer heels to join in a celebratorytoast.

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CRÈME OF THE CROP: Zilin Ayoki Zang, second left, won the coveted title of Miss GayAmbassador. AliciaAmy Connoisseur, far left, was first princess and Miss Legs. Secondprincess was Justine Craft, with organiser Logan McGregor looking on.

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WATCHFUL officers once againfined night clubs and bars con-

travening their liquor licence applica-tions with fines to the amount of R11600 over the weekend.

Woodstock Police visited 12 liquor out-lets and arrested 28 suspects during vari-ous crime prevention operations conduct-ed in the precinct.

During the executions of roadblocks,three motorist were arrested for drivingunder the influence of alcohol.

Crime prevention patrols saw police ar-rested 19 suspects for minor offences, twofor possession of drugs, two for robberyand two for possession of stolen property.

All suspects arrested appeared in theCape Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday(Monday 23 April).

“These focused operations will be doneon a continuous basis in the Woodstockpolicing precinct,” Sergeant Hilton Mali-la, the station’s spokesperson, confirmed.

. Woodstock Police wants to inform allorganisations, NGO’s, businesses,churches and community-based struc-tures, about a planned Community PoliceForum annual general meeting which willtake place on Tuesday 15 May.

All interested parties willing to join theWoodstock CPF is asked to collect an ap-plication form from Sergeant Malila assoon as possible.

The venue for the AGM will be commu-nicated at a later stage.

Liquor outlets cornered

TRAGIC: On Saturday at about 18:10, authorities were called out to the N1 freeway near Woodstock to investigate an incident where a 40yearold man, Giusepe Johnson, was critically injuredin a collision. It is alleged that Johnson, a biker, collided with a car travelling towards CapeTown and was declared dead at the scene. A case of culpable homicide has been opened. “Noarrest has been made,” says Sergeant Hilton Malila, the station’s spokesperson. Police are nowawaiting the outcome of the postmortem examination to confirm the cause of death. Anyonewith information about the incident is asked to contact the investigating officer, ConstableSandile Vulani, on (021) 486 2871. Photo: Yunus Mohamed


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THEY don’t say how they willdo it, but a small group ofNoordhoek environmental ac-tivists wants to get rid of thecute little grey squirrels onthe Common.

Their crime? They “spreadoak seeds and eat tree bark”.

That is exactly what squirrelshave always done but, suddenly,the bunny-huggers find it offen-sive.

They see oak trees and squir-rels as unwelcome aliens.

For those who don’t know it,the Noordhoek Common, at thefoot of Chapman’s Peak Drive, isa wonderful community assetused for equestrian events, com-munity fairs, picnics, informalball games and dog walking. It isgraced by some wonderful oldoaks and the beauty of the com-mon has made it a popular loca-tion for film shoots.

But the greenies want to takeaway this community play-ground and turn it into an indig-enous nature reserve completewith indigenous mole rats andsnakes so the oaks, planes andsquirrels have to go.

Now oak trees are as much apart of the Cape as grape vines,Cape Dutch architecture and

milk tart. Theyare part of ourcultural heritage.You will findthem in everyBoland town and,for the most part,each tree is treas-ured. Stellen-bosch, a town ofknowledge andlearning, takesgreat pride in itsoaks and delightsin being calledEikestad – Oak City.

It is the oak trees that makethe Western Cape different (andbetter) than other parts of SouthAfrica. And they are not invad-ers. They were brought here onpurpose to do a job. They haveserved us well, providing won-derful shade in the towns and onthe boundaries of our famouscricket grounds.

Oaks grow slowly and with dif-ficulty. They are battered bywinds and storms and this givesthem great character. Theyrecord the history of winterspast and their struggle for aplace in the sun should be a mor-al lesson to us all.

So one must ask what kind ofcultural louts would want to killthe squirrels and chop down theoaks?

And how willthey kill the squir-rels? It’s a questionthe bunny-huggersdon’t answer in theunsolicited docu-ment they have pre-pared on the futuremanagement of thecommon.

Will they try to doit quietly so thattheir children don’tknow about theslaughter? Or will

they have the courage of theirconvictions and do it in the open.Perhaps they could invite theMayor along to perform the firstsquirrel execution. It wouldmake a striking change fromcutting ribbons. TV coveragewould be guaranteed. I’m afraidwe are dealing with humourlesspeople afflicted with tunnel vi-sion. What they don’t under-stand is that the oaks are therebecause we love them and be-cause they are a part of our herit-age. In fact, oak trees have beenaround for a lot longer thansomeof the self-appointedguard-ians of everything indigenous.

So, in the end, there should bea choice. Are the unwanted al-iens oak trees and squirrels orthose who would axe and butch-er them?

Now the bunnyhuggerswant to kill the squirrels

Tuesday 24 AprilSalt River: THE Salt River Residents’ Asso-ciation will meet at 20:00 at the ColeridgeRoad Madrassa in Salt River. For further in-formation, contact Warda Rahim on 082 8058555.

Thursday 3 MaySaltRiver:CommunityHouse, a site of activ-ism, invites the public to attend the celebra-tion of its official declaration as a provincialheritage site at the Community House in SaltRiver Road starting from 10:00 until 14:00.The guest speaker will be Tony Ehrenreich.

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CHRONIC medication might soon bedelivered directly to patients at

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This is according to provincial Ministerof Health, Theuns Botha.

“Eventually, delivery of patients’ chronicmedication parcels to their homes in theMetropole and postal delivery will be rolledout within the financial constraints and allo-cated budgetary framework,” he says.

UTi Pharma was appointed to provide achronic medication dispensing service to theDepartment of Health for some 40 000 pa-tients.

But from 1 April, the tender was extendedtonearly 200 000 patients permonth –makingit the single largest pharmacy operation ofits kind on the continent.

Botha describes the new chronic dispensa-ry service as “top in the country”.

“The contract is moving into new territoryin the dispensing of medication. With this,government is delivering an improvedhealth service.

“When government provides the serviceand our patients take the responsibility totake their medication, we are better togeth-er,” he emphasised.

Earlier this month, many patients were

forced to wait in long queues to receive theirchronic medication after a delay in the dis-pensary.

Thedepartmenthas since apologised to thepublic for the incidents.

The delay was caused by the new dispensa-ry company taking over and having some“teething problems”.

When UTi Pharma eventually gets set-tled, Botha predicts a range of benefits in-cluding 500 000 people being supplied withtheir chronic medication throughout thecountry and upgraded communicationmethods, including SMSes to patients tonotify them when their medication isready for collection.

The department also plan to reduce wait-ing time “dramatically”.

A spokesperson for the health departmentsays despite the “unfortunate challenges”that occurred, it should be noted that evenwhere a script has not been available, pa-tients were served and medicine was stillprovided.

UTi Pharma SA vice-president, RobinBotha, says the service is a significant stepin improving the dispensing of chronic medi-cation to all patients in the province, and willbecome the standard by which dispensingwill be judged.

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WAITINGGAME: Patientswere notimpressedwhen theyhad to waithours fortheir medication after a delivery delay.Photo: Gigi Richards


Bigger Bed Busters premises for even bigger savingsBED BUSTERS has just moved from CapeTown to Salt River because they neededbigger premises.

“We needed to expand, being the onlygenuine Bed Factory shop in the WesternCape. We are proud to say that besidesguaranteeing to beat anybody’s price onany product, some of our bed prices areslashed by more than 50%,” says owner,Dallas.

As their logo states, these guys are trulysmashing bed prices. “This makes otherbed suppliers sit up and notice. People arewise these days and they know when they

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DO YOU recycle? Or have you plantedtrees in a bid to save the world?

On Sunday, the 42nd annual Earth Day wascelebrated around the world.

The event aims to take a stand against envi-ronmental degradation – but very few localsseem to know about it.

People’s Post took to the streets to find outhow green the average Capetonian is

AnotherAnotherday to saveday to savethe worldthe world

DISGUSTING HABIT: “I know about Earth Hourbut not about Earth Day. Now that I know aboutit, I will do my part by reminding people notto litter. It’s a disgusting habit,” says BridgetBlake, with daughter Brinay from RondeboschEast.

PRESERVATION: “My son and I will plant a tree.I want to teach him about conservation andeverything that Mother Earth provides us withso that there can be a future for him on thisplanet when he grows older,” says RoxanneRaffles from Lansdowne.

PAY BACK: “My boy is three years old and Iwill help him to plant his first tree. It’s a greatway to spend time with your kid and at thesame time give back to Mother Nature,” saysthe conscientious Gavin Wiese from Observatory.

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On Thursday, a 12-year-old boy fromWalmer Estate was reported missing,which sparked severalnotifications via BBMmessages and emails, re-questing assistance infinding the boy.

He was later discov-ered by a search party ata house currently underconstruction in ParkRoad, just off Worcesterand Eden roads.

Sergeant Hilton Mali-la, spokesperson for theWoodstock Police Sta-tion, confirmed that po-lice had taken the security guard in forquestioning, but he was released afterquestioning.

“We checked his phone and discov-ered that he had SMSed the owner ofthe house, asking for assistance witha boy that had arrived at the house,”says Malila.

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“At the station, we educated theguard and told him what he shouldhave done. He was not a suspect andthe boy was not harmed, so we releasedhim.”

Moosa Sydow, chairperson for theWalmer Estate Resi-dents’ Community Fo-rum (WERCF), ex-plained that due to theincident last week, ameeting will be called todiscuss the safety and se-curity in the area.

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THE Community Outreach Or-ganisation Kensington and Fac-treton hosted their Annual Din-ner at the Kensington Civic Cen-tre on Saturday 24 April.

The event raised funds to meetthe growing demands on the organi-sation for its services and for its ex-tention into neighbouring areas, aswell as for the daily running of thecentre.

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MR ENTERTAINER: Trevor Sampson strumshis guitar to the delight of the crowd.

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People’s Post WoodstockMaitland LEADER Tuesday 24 April 2012

Free, at last?DEMOCRACY in South Africa has come ofage. Eighteen years ago, all South Africansvoted in the country’s first democratic elec-tions.

Like a pregnant mother expecting her firstchild, it was the hope of a new dawn.

Today, this country has been labelled a de-veloping nation. In itself, this is not a badthing. It simply means South Africa, like Bra-zil, straddles two worlds. It is not quite a firstworld, because it is hampered by so manythird world problems.

It is an indictment of the slow march oftime, however, as 18 years seems simply notenough time to fix all apartheid’s wrongs.

Millions of South Africans face a dailygrind of abject poverty, humiliation by hun-ger, a job market that is unable to providework for a people hamstrung by poor or noeducation, and a nation often blamed for anunwillingness to join the labour force.

Thousands throng to urban centres in thehope of obtaining that brighter future, as alast gasp of rhetorical promises of politicians.

Is there light at the end of this tunnel? DAleader Helen Zille has called Eastern Capelearners flocking to this province for a bettereducation ‘refugees’.

Her apology notwithstanding, the tradi-tional weapon of politicians – the blame game– helps no-one.

Our nation is peopled by inventive and in-telligent citizens with a ‘can-do’ attitude. It isthis reality that continues to make South Af-ricans ever popular with the overseas corpo-rate environment.

The unashamed siphoning of our country’sintelligentsia – across all spheres of qualifica-tions – is a shameful display of this govern-ment’s failure to stem the brain drain.

When whichever government is in powereventually wakes up to this reality, who thenwill there be to switch off the lights? Thiscountry cannot wait another 18 years to re-build a nation from the empty reserves leftby the apartheid regime.

Thank you for reaching out to usWE, the family of the late Leon Makatees,would like to thank each and everyone whosupported us through our time of mourning.His passing-on is still very difficult for us,but we are inspired by the many messages,visits and memories from everyone whoknows him and the family.

The time and effort that were offered andstill continues, from family, friends, neigh-

bours and the community is very much ap-preciated. We say thank you for reaching outto the family and please continue to pray forus as we mourn his untimely passing.

We give all the praise to God our Father,for from Him we come and to Him we shallreturn.MAKATEES & EDICK FAMILYKensington

Be responsible on the roadI CAN’T believe what I just read inyour latest issue. Someone sent in atext message stating that because ourgovernment is not implementing whathe or she deems to be the right meas-ures to curb road deaths, it is thereforeresponsible for the high death toll inthis country.

What kind of warped logic results insuch an opinion? When are SA citizensever going to take responsibility fortheir own actions? Government canand does help with various campaignsbut the hand-holding has to stop some-where. It is drivers themselves whoare responsible for road deaths - if wethink we are adult enough to get a driv-er’s licence and a car then we shouldalso be adult enough to know what the

dangers are when drinking, speedingand all the other bad driving habits wehave. Blaming the government for eve-rything is just passing the buck andhanding the power over our everydayactions to someone else.

There is a slightly corny little sloganwhich goes, “Be the change you wantto see” and I think it should be appliedby all those who constantly expect thegovernment to think for them. Nexttime you reach a stop sign - come to acomplete stop, behind the line. Nexttime you see a speed limit sign, checkyour own speed. Next time you drivealong the construction area near theKoeberg interchange, slow right downto the limit currently imposed.FA

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. Regarding your picture(“Descendent of the proph-et”). To my knowledge, line-age comes from the father’sside. Both of the Prophet Mu-hammad’s sons died in infan-cy. The lineage is, therefore,from the son-in-law’s side andthe descendancy, I am told, isthe 39th.

. Start with enforcing thecurrent speed limits. Do youthink that people ignoring thepresent limits will abide byreduced limits?

. With regard to the roadcarnage, rules may help butwon’t make a difference to thethousands driving illegallywith bought licences, boughtanswers and bought eye testsand those who drive drunk.We are aware of the lack of ap-propriate consequences forinappropriate actions. Jenny

. Tony Robertson hit thenail on the head about theCity that wastes our money,but he forgot about moneywasted on performance bo-nuses where most depart-ments have many unsolvedproblems and, therefore, no-body is entitled to a bonus.Transport allowances to buythe latest models every fourthyear. My car is eight years oldand in excellent condition.When a manager does some-thing wrong he is requestedto resign so that he can apply

for the same post or higherwith a clean record. They arestealing our money by in-creasing the rates, water andelectricity to pay all these un-justified perks to those whoearn R500 000 a year and up,but the poor labour forcemust beg for an increase.George

Just a thought. My apologies to the read-

ers with regards to the freeDVD advertised on 17 April. Ifyou’re still interested SMS orcall 083 237 4329.

. The DA is not a party forall. If you look at most of theirsupporters, they are againstblack South Africans.

. Anyone phoning you andintruding, trying to sell some-thing, and estate agents,write down their names andnever use them. Lori.

. Desperados United: to allthose desperate “joe’s” and“jane’s” out there, it is anoverdue statement, but a re-minder that “we shouldunite, plan and mobilise andcreate solutions for our-selves”.

The public is the govern-ment and we have to do whatwe can to alleviate our situa-tion. Samie

. Inspired by PrincessAnne’s visit, here are roadsdenoting royalty in CapeTown: Princess Anne Avenue

in Newlands, Princess Eliza-beth Street, Princess Marga-ret Street in Goodwood,Prince Albert Road in Dur-banville, Prince George Drivein Plumstead, Prince CharlesRoad in Southfield, PrincessVlei Road in Plumstead, Prin-cess Vlei in Elfindale, as wellas Sovereign Road in South-field, and Coronation Avenuein Plumstead. There’s alsothe Royal Cape Golf Course inOttery, Jubilee Square in Si-mon’s Town, and the JustNuisance statue helping sail-ors. Perhaps more?

. The sounds of suburbia.The rhythmic tick-tick-tick-tick of electric fences nowthat the rains have started!

. Val Behrens’ medical aidis probably charging a “co-payment” on her chronicmeds because they have beentaken off the free list as cheap-er options become available.Get your docter to check theirwebsite.

. What absolute junk onTV tonight. We pay more,thank you, to have decentshows like the Apprentice andMaster Chef. Why are theseshows not shown on TV3? Itis ourmoneyyouare stealing.V Gordon

. If one spouse died a cou-ple of years prior to the sec-ond spouse, should the re-maining spouse draw up anew will? Please help.

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LIAM MOSES

TENSIONS between schoolsand rugby clubs in the

southern suburbs have spilledout into the open following ru-mours of player poaching anda disregard for the rules of theWestern Province Rugby Foot-ball Union (WPRFU).

The People’s Post have beenmade aware that several schoolsin the southern suburbs and oth-er areas of Cape Town are dis-mayed that some of their pupilshave chosen to play junior rugbyat clubs instead of at the school.

This is happening despite a2006 WPRFU ruling which statesthat pupils may only play for jun-ior club rugby teams if the schoolthey attend does not offer rugbyon a Saturday morning.

One of the schools which has re-portedly been the hardest hit bythe player drain is Islamia Col-lege, in Lansdowne Road, Ronde-bosch East.

According to school principalShaheem Galant, the school hasrecently experienced a large dropin the amount of students partici-pating in rugby.

“We originally had four fullteams and those teams have beendiluted to only about two teamsnow because of the procurementof players by clubs outside of theschool,” says Galant. “This iscontrary to the schools act and towhat the sports ministry wants.It requires that school level sportmust be advocated but we arefinding it difficult because learn-ers are finding it more interest-ing to play for clubs, for whateverreason, instead of the school.”

Galant added that the schoolhad recently made a major finan-

cial investment into rugby andthe loss of players was harmingthe school and inhibiting theachievement of sporting targetsthe school had set for itself.

“We want to reach a point of ex-cellence in sport but can’t seem toget there because of these stum-bling blocks,” he says.

“It’s hurting the school. We aresitting with a stock room full ofjerseys. We have procured theMaties Academy to train ourplayers and its costing us a lot ofmoney. The coaches come butthere are no learners to train.”

According to Galant, the schoolhas also experienced a similar sit-uation with its cycling team.

The People’s Post has been in-formed that many of the formerIslamia rugby players havejoined either SK Walmers, Vio-lets or Primrose, but this couldnot be verified.

Jowa Abrahams, president ofPrimrose Rugby Club, respondedto the allegations by saying thatschools needed to sort out the is-sue with the players and theirparents and not to blame Prim-rose. According to Abrahams,young players are attracted to hisclub by the high standards andhave not been poached. “The bot-tom line is that it’s the choice ofthe parents and the schools mustsort it out with the parents,” Ab-rahams says.

“We don’t force the children tocome to us. Not to be boastful, wehave a very good coaching struc-ture at school level from underseven all the way to under 19. Youwant to encourage schools rugby,but youth rugby is also im-portant because manyschools don’t have facili-ties or teachers to coachand they (the players)

come to us.”Theo Kleynhans, the general

manager for youth rugby atthe WPRFU, says that the 2006rule was instituted in order tohelp strengthen the relationshipbetween clubs and schools, aspart of a South African Rugby Un-ion (SARU) project.

“You take six (or) seven playersout of a school team to play in aclub and you weaken the school.The rest of the people in theschool can’t play because thereare not enough of them, they havebeen siphoned off. The clubs areactually there to accommodateplayers who cannot play rugby atthe school.”

Galant claims that Kleynhanshas assured him that the WPRFUwill approach the clubs and finda solution to the problem by Tues-day 1 May.

Danny Jones, President of theWesternProvinceSchoolsRugby,the administrative body foryouth rugby in the province, in-sists that the problem is not a ma-jor issue.

However, Jones did say that theclubs must respect the school’sright to have first choice to all oftheir rugby playing pupils.

“I think some people want toplay for a club because the clubis playing at a higher level thanthe school but that doesn’t givethe club a right to use the school’splayers,” says Jones.

“It mustn’t become an ‘us orthem’ situation. It must be a col-lective where everyone gains outof the fact that we are providingsport to our pupils.”

‘Player poaching’in junior rugby

PURE PACE: UCT player Nathan Nel sprints towards the try line during aSuper League A match against Belhar Rugby Club at Groote Schuur on Saturday. UCT won the match 5319 Photo: Peter Heeger

‘Black South Easter’ blows through MaitlandZAHIEDA VAN DER FORTE

I WAS woken early last Thursday tothe loud rumblings of a truck off-loading in my street. Not an earlyriser, I wasn’t too pleased.

Two hours later, woken by muchlouder noises and as I looked out thewindow, I saw all these white peo-ple walking around the area.

Seeing white people should ofcourse not be unusual, but let’s faceit, Maitland’s current demographicrepresents more of Africa than itdoes of North America.

For a brief moment, I thoughtthat they may have been Jehovah’sWitnesses going door to door tryingto save a few souls and “clean up thearea” given the coverage about theincrease crime and grime latelyhere lately.

But the clapper-board, cameras,mics and sounds of “Action!” indi-cated that a movie was being shotin the block of flats right acrossfrom me. This block is one of themost run-down in the area, has nofence, more than one satellite dishsuspended from every balcony andwashing hanging everywhere, it isa bit of an eyesore.

Besides the above, all the win-dows on one side are broken andhave either cardboard or woodenboards in the window frames.

Who would shoot a movie at thislocation, I wondered and was it cho-sen precisely for its “old-fashionedcharm” and derelict look? Knowing

that a location fee must have beenpaid (or should be) I wanted to findout how much and who got the mon-ey. Filming in Cape Town has al-ways been popular because of theobvious beauty and professionalcrews. Many international filmsand commercials have been shot inthe city and although it is rare to

find shooting in the Cape Flats (punintended) it does happen.

Denzil Washington’s thriller“Safehouse” was not only shot inthe city, but in Bonteheuwel (andMaitland) as well.

While the benefits of filming in anarea can be far-reaching, I wantedto know how this small block of

flats, its residents and communitydirectly benefited from this full dayshoot.

The investigation had begun…The movie being shot was a

“small budget” local thriller by di-rector Carey McKenzie, a local film-maker who studied film at NYU inthe United States.

Called “Black South Easter” thestory centers around a Triad mur-der, perlemoen smuggling and po-lice corruption, all very topical atthe moment and stars, among oth-ers, well-known SA actor FanaMokoena.

Some residents who had smallscenes in the movie and the ownerof the unit were compensated, butwhen pressed if it would not havebeen better had the film-makers of-fered to replace the windows for theoncoming winter, instead of a fewindividual beneficiaries, I was re-minded that funds were limited andthat “it’s not our responsibility toclean up the area, we just film thereand pay for the location”.

“Black South Easter’s” tagline is:“When there’s no-one to trust, trustyourself” and I can’t help but thinkthat if all the residents had trustedthemselves and thought of the long-term benefits for the block, it wouldhave been a win-win for all.

Now, a few people, for a shorttime, will have money in their pock-ets. Had they negotiated and bar-tered differently, new windowswould have meant improving theaesthetics, as well as insulating theflat/s properly against the rain andthe black south easter this comingwinter.

The “Black South Easter” hascome and gone, and wherever itblows, we wish McKenzie well withthis new film and look forward tosupporting it at local theatres.

ON SET: Maitland was the scene of a filmshoot last week. Photo: Supplied

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YEARS of hard work and commitment fi-nally culminated in the achievement of alife-long dream for a southern suburbscricketer this month, when he secured aprofessional contract with the Cape Co-bras.

Qaasim Adams (26) was awarded the con-tract for the coming season after consistentlyimpressive performances for Western Prov-ince B team caught the attention of seniorteam management.

While Adams is happy about securing thedeal, he is under no illusion about the amountof work which now lies ahead.

“I’m happy about it, but it’s only the startof it. I’m not going to hide behind the fact thatI have a contract,” says Adams. “It’s me need-ing to work hard now to secure my place, orto first of all get a place in the side and then

to cement my place. And hopefully I can getmore contracts after this.”

The 26-year-old’s journey to the Cape Co-bras is a long one that started almost 15 yearsago when, as a young boy living in Lentegeur,Mitchell’s Plain, he played Willards Weekcricket.

Adams then went on to represent WesternProvince at U13, U14, U15 and U17 level andplayed for theSouthAfricanU17 teamaswell.

The Maitland resident made his debut forthe Western Province B side in 2002 and wasselected for the team sporadically until 2011when he secured his place and began to im-press with bat in hand.

Earlier this year Adams was also selectedto play for the New Age Impi, a side made upof players from several other teams, in theT20 Challenge.

The left hander has excelled because of hisaggressive batting style, and the high runrate which he maintains, and he says that Co-

bras fans can expect more of the samenext season.

“I will basically do my best. I won’t tryanything flashy, I will play my game. Mygame is very risky, but it’s my game, ithas worked for me for the last four years,”says Adams.

“I’ve learned that you can’t just be ag-gressive. So I’ve calmed down a bit. I havemixed it up a bit. I think I can play allthree formats of the game. I do a bit of me-dium pace (bowling), but that I’ll leave forclub cricket.”

The next step of his cricketing journeywill start next month, when he joins upwith his new teammates for pre-seasontraining.

Adams says that while he has hopes ofplaying for South Africa, his immediategoal is to make this season a success andhe refuses to put timelines on his dreams.

“I’ll take it one step at a time. I alwayswant to play at the highest level of myability. “My ability got me to the CapeCobras and now I want to secure my placein the side.Then if I dowell there,whatev-er happens from there happens. I’m notgoing to put undue pressure on myself bysaying I want to play for South Africa bya certain time.”

When asked for a message of advice toany young cricketers who hoped to makea career out of the sport, Adams says:“keep your head down and always workhard”.

Adams shows venom

NEW ADDITION: Qaasim Adams has been awardeda contract with the Cape Cobras. Photo: Liam Moses

THE South African Invitation schoolsteam finished the eighth annual Interna-tional Cricket Challenge in Malaysia asrunners-up after they were defeated by SriLanka in the final earlier this month.This is the third year that an invitationteam from SA participated in this tourna-ment¸ which is also known as the TuankuJa’Affar Trophy. The team showed lots ofpromise in the opening rounds, beatingboth the eventual champions and thehosts during the round-robin phase.However, South Africa could not repeattheir performance in the final, and SriLanka claimed the title for the secondyear in a row.The star performer for South Africa wasAbdu-Dayaan Galiem of Rondebosch Boys

who took 11 wickets in the tournamentand also scored a total of 242 runs in thefive matches that the team played, includ-ing a century (125) against Malaysia in theround-robin phase of the tournament.Other bowlers who gave Galiem good sup-port were Michael Cohen from Herzlia,Mika Ekstrom from Wynberg Boys andCiaran Dayaram from SACS.Other players who made significant con-tributions throughout the tournamentwere Tyla Scarles from SACS, Aaqil Ebra-hiem from Wynberg Boys and Siphaman-dla Mavanda (Western Cape SportsSchool).Galiem went on to claim the Player of theTournament award for his outstandingperformances with both bat and ball.

Invitational side ends second

DUCK FOR COVER: Salt River Blackpool player Lihle Dlambulo (in white) tries to duckout of the way of an expected clearance by Ndzondelelo Khumsha of Grassy Park sideDevonshire Rovers during a match played at the Shelly Road field in Salt River. Blackpoolwon the league match 32. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

Peoples Post Woodstock-Maitland 24 April 2012

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