Peoples Post Woodstock-Maitland Edition 13 September 2011

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THE annual crime statisticsare out, were revealed by the

police for Woodstock, Maitlandand Kensington Police Station’slast week.

The statistics reflect the periodbetween April 2010 and March 2011.

•Murders in the Woodstock pre-cinct have dropped from 12 in theprevious statistical period to 8, withthe number of attempted murdersincreasing from four to seven.

The precinct also saw a drop inaggravated robbery, which wentfrom 268 to 172, with business bur-glaries falling to 175 from 258.

The jump in cases of driving un-der the influence from 151 to 186,and the rise in drug-related crimesfrom 717 to 767, are considered to bea good thing by the station as thecrimes are dependent on police fordetection.

Teun Baartman, Woodstock Com-munity Police Forum chairperson,is pleased with the statistics, saying

they reveal a “general decrease incrime”. “This can be attributed tobetter policing,” he says.

People’s Post could not gain com-ment from the Woodstock police onthe statistics by the time of going toprint.

•The number of murders in theMaitland precinct increased fromthree to seven, with attempted mur-der dropping from six to four cases.

Significant decreases were notedin the cases of aggravated robbery(110 to 76), business burglary (229 to167) and housebreaking (149 to 118).

Colonel Elizabeth Hermanus,Maitland station commander, saysthe drop in these crime categoriescan be attributed to the number offoot patrols and other visible polic-ing projects in the area.

Aggravated robbery was particu-larly prevalent around the local theHome Affairs offices, but securityimprovements have curbed this,Hermanus says.

Maitland officers racked up 27more drug-related arrests com-pared to the previous period, with

the stats jumping from 220 to 247.Hermanus thanks the public for

helping to bring drug addicts anddealers to book.

Charnell Hendricks, MaitlandCommunity Police Forum chair-person, says the statistics show“quite a success”.

CPF members have been workingto keep locals informed about theirsafety by handing out pamphlets,Hendricks adds.

•In the Kensington policing pre-cinct,murders increasedbyone, go-ing from four to five cases, with thenumber of attempted murders re-ported jumping from 9 to 22.

Colonel Natasha Thomas, Ken-sington Police Station’s command-er, blames the rise in attemptedmurder on a spike in gang violence.

Robbery with aggravating cir-cumstances dropped from 48 to 35,with a similar trend shown in

housebreakings (174 to 113) andbusiness burglaries (76 to 66).

“This decrease is mainly due tothe community getting involvedwith police and passing on informa-tion regarding certain incidents,”says Thomas.

Chrislene Sadan, KensingtonCommunity Police Forum chair-person, agrees: “We are doing fairlywell in the area, because the com-munity is working very closelywith police in fighting crime.”

She also says gang violence wasbehind many of the raised figures.

A total of 39 people were caughtwith illegal guns and ammunitionin the precinct compared to 16 pre-viously, while drug-related arrestsrose from 510 to 578.

• Johan Burger, a senior re-searcher in the Crime and Jus-tice Programme for the Institutefor Security Studies (ISS), says

cross-referencing the crime sta-tistics with independent busi-ness and industry reports andsurveys corroborates the po-lice’s indication of a significantdrop in crime. “They are at leasta fair reflection,” he says, addingthat he would peg the accuracythe statistics at 80% or more.

But, he says, releasing the fig-ures only once a year – and witha six-month delay, at that – is un-acceptable. As such, the ISS, to-gether with stakeholders likeBusiness Against Crime andStats SA, has suggested that thefigures be released at least twicea year.

CROWD CLOUD: City club Assembly rocked out to the bluesy riffs of band Shadowclub on Saturday. Thegig settled into the kickoff of Cape Town Creative Week, a whirling tour of events celebrating the MotherCity’s finest innovative imaginings, from a capella concerts to daring displays of handmade jewellery.

Photo: Sarah Scott

People’s Post WoodstockMaitland NEWS Tuesday 13 September 2011

JOIN me in a game of spot the scandal.

The basic facts, as exposed recently byCity Press, are that the government hasspent R46 million this year on bling Capemansions for cabinet ministers, their depu-ties and the Deputy Speaker of the House,former Cape Town mayor NomaindiaMfeketo.

The state paid R8 million for the DeputySpeaker’s house in the new suburb of VanRiebeeckshof in Bellville. The municipalvaluation of the property is R1,7 million, butproperty experts say it is worth R7 million.

Nowyoumay think the scandal lies inpay-ing R8 million to accommodate a formermayorbest remembered forthe problems she left be-hind rather than the onesshe solved. Others woulddamn the Department ofPublic Works for a piece ofshocking extravagance,but, given some of their re-cent police station deals, weshould not be surprised.No, the real inner core ofthe scandal, folks, is themunicipal valuation.

This is the description ofthe Tuscan Villa that isabout to be graced with MsMfeketo’s presence: Themansion has an air-condi-tioned bedroom, a designerkitchen with a stainlesssteel gas hob and plushdark wood finishes. There is an outdoor en-tertainment areawitha stainless steel braai,a swimmingpool and imposing steps leadingto a terraced garden, and, wait for it, six ga-rages.

And all this, according to City Council val-uers, is worth just R1,7 million. How couldthey get it so wrong?

Municipal valuations are required to re-flect the actual market price of property, andwe know what that is because the Depart-

ment of Public Works coughed up R8 millionfor the residence. This shocking under-valu-ation means that past and present ownershave been paying less than a quarter of therates they should have been paying whileyou and I have to pay the full whack.

It is grossly unfair. It contravenes the con-stitutional requirement for administrativejustice. I wish I could say that this was somekind of corrupt exception or an isolated caseof incompetence, but a professional valuerassures me that 30% of Cape Town proper-ties are undervalued. Estate agents say mu-nicipal valuations don’t mean a thing.

So 30% of homeowners are not payingtheir fair share of rates, and the rest of us

are paying too much. Theunderlying problem withthe present valuation sys-tem is that people complainwhen the valuation of theirhomes is too high, and themistakes are corrected.When a house is underval-ued, however, the ownershuts up and rejoices in alow rates account. When theCity boasts about the lownumber of objections to thevaluation roll, it is lookingat the tip of the iceberg. Thereal problem is the growingnumber of undervaluedproperties that attract nocomplaints and are there-fore never corrected. Whena property worth R7 million

or R8 million is valued at just R1,7 millionin the municipality’s books, then somethingis desperately wrong. The only possible ex-planation that comes to mind is that theCouncil doesn’t know the house is there, andthat the valuation is for the land only. Butsurely there were building plans and inspec-tions. The situation cries out for investiga-tion. The 70% of honest city ratepayers de-serve no less. Perhaps we can get the PublicProtector to take an interest.

A scandalous evaluation

Proudly South African wins goldPROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN won numer-

ous awards this year at the prestigious an-nual Decorex SA, which took place at Gallagh-er Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannes-burg.

The five day event ran from Friday 5 toTuesday 9 August, hosted over 700 high-endexhibitors and attracted some 53 000 visitors,including international buyers from Ameri-ca, Germany, Indonesia and China.

Proudly South African invited some of itsmembers to exhibit under the category calledSA Handmade Collection, which is a pro-gramme of the Department of Trade and In-dustry to promote local crafters.

Given the Proudly South African “Buy Lo-cal to Create Jobs” agenda, it was strategical-ly fitting for Proudly South African to havea presence at this event and to showcase itscommitment to its members and consumers.

Proudly South African won the gold certifi-cate in the category Best Individual Exhibi-tor, as well as a recognition award as part ofthe South African. Handmade Collection ofDecorex SA 2011.

A Proudly South African member company– Aaron’s Pin Thread Sculptures – also wona bronze award in the category Best Product.

Dalene du Preez, Proudly South African’sexecutive manager for marketing and com-munications, says; “What was critical to ex-hibiting at the SA Handmade Collection eventthis year was Proudly South African’s crea-tive flair for promoting locally produced, highquality products that reflected South Africa’sculture, look and feel.”

Carol Mullany, owner of Glass Escapes anda proud member of Proudly SA, says: “Fromthe moment we arrived at the Proudly SouthAfrican stand at the SA Handmade Collection,we realised this was going to be a professionalshow.

“The impact of the stand itself took ourbreath away. It looked like it had jumped outof the pages of a top international magazine.This certainly was validated when ProudlySouth African was awarded the gold medal.“Congratulations all around; we were soproud. The stand alone looked like a piece ofartwork.”

Many Proudly SA members supported theevent, which went a long way in showcasingthe impressive crafts they have to offer to thelocal and international market.

Proudly South African member companieswho exhibited at the SA Handmade Collectionat Decorex this year included: Glass Escapes,a home glasswear and jewellery supplier; LisaMartin, a supplier of aluminium diaries andcoasters; Aaron’s Pin Thread Sculpture, a pinthread jewellery and corporate gift suppli-er;Andy C Design, a supplier of homeware,jewellery and corporate gifts;Essay Gifts, acorporate gift, tea set and gift bag supplier;Es-sential Earth, a supplier of home furniture,and aluminium and ceramic tea sets; AsherHouse, a fabric-based supplier of albums, giftbags and greeting cards;The Craft Connec-tion, a supplier of trophies and African jewel-lery; and Leather Legacy, a supplier of leatherproducts such as ottomans, belts and shoes.Du Preez says: “Proudly South African creat-ed an impressive stand that caught the eye ofthe judges because of its originality and hospi-table flair. It encapsulated the art of ubuntuby creating an inviting feel that was warmand engaging, allowing for professional busi-ness to take place.”

The SA Handmade Collection event,launched in 2007, is an annual event that ispart of Decorex SA, which has been runningsince 1994. It aims topromote locallyproducedproducts arts and crafts to the local and inter-national business market.

Shape your healthy worldGET tips from sports scienceexpert professor TimNoakes and other leading di-eticians and fitness trainersduring the free SHAPE mag-azine Health and WellnessWorkshops at the CapeTown Look and Feel GoodExpo, taking place at theCape Town InternationalConvention Centre (CTICC)from 16 to 18 September.

This expo, now in its sec-ond year in the Mother City,is a must for all those whoare eager to embrace ahealthier, more vital and ful-filled lifestyle. It features aspectrum of interactive ex-hibits, as well as the oppor-tunity to try out varioustypes of dance and yoga, aswell as laughter therapy, fit-ness equipment, spa treat-

ments, makeovers, organicproduce and much more.

The free Shape magazineHealth and Wellness Work-shops will take place dailyon the hour, between 10:00and 15:00.

Visitors can also pop intothe Clicks Health Zone for afree mini-health assess-ment. To register for the freeShape Health and WellnessWorkshops, visit www.ifeel-good.co.za and go to “Planyour day”. Professor TimNoakes will only be speak-ing on Friday, so book yourseats early.

Check out IFeelGoodExpoon Facebook and Twitter,and watch a selection of vid-eos on the Look and FeelGood Expo’s dedicatedYouTube Channel.

Domino derby on cardsTWENTY teams, one hall, and one eye onthe prize sums up the 2011 People’s PostDomino Marathon – and all the fun willwork toward a good cause.

People’s post will partner with the West-ern Cape Domino Union Trust in an attemptto raise funds for old age homes in need ofassistance.

The tournament – scheduled for thismonth, will feature teams from Mitchell’sPlain, Grassy Park, Lansdowne, Salt Riverand more.

Two invitational sides, consisting of thebest players in the league, will form a West-ern Cape Union “Dream Team”.

People’s Post itself will also enter a sidemade up of past and present league players.

The tournament is earmarked to be host-

ed at the league’s new home in BlackpoolHall in Shelley Street, Salt River; dates andtimes have yet to be confirmed, and will bepublished in the next edition of People’sPost.

The cost of entry per team is R150, whichworks out to around R10 per player. ’n

All funds raised will go towards organisa-tions, which will be identified by People’sPost.

Teams struggling to come up with themoney to enter the tournamentmaydiscusstheir situation with the organisers of theevent.

Further information will be posted on thePeople’s Post website – www.peoples-post.co.za and in future editions of the pa-per.

SPELLING SPREE:Daniyal Matthews ofBergvliet PrimarySchool was announced the winnerof the Pick n PaySpell Check Competition last Tuesday after his spelling wizardry downed the opposition at the duel’sgrand final in Johannesburg. “Congratulations to Daniyaland to the runnersup!” says Pick nPay’s general manager of marketing, Malcolm Mycroft, whoadds that the competition “generated a wonderful response” this year. “Education and the support of learnersand educators are close to our hearts at Pick n Pay, and fit in with our belief that doing goodis good business,” he says. Thanks to Daniyal’s way with words, Bergvliet Primary has beengiven Pick n Pay vouchers to the value of R5 000. The young spelling whizz is seen herewith Robin Ellis of Nedbank, Natasha Oosthuizen of Sappi, Charné van Rensburg of the Department of Basic Education, and Enes Tavener of Pick n Pay. Photo: Supplied

Adkhaar in Bo-KaapEVERYBODY is invited toan Adkhaar at the Nurul Is-lam Mosque in Buiten-gracht Street, Bo-Kaap, onSaturday to remind partici-pants of the events that sur-rounded the birth of SheikhSerag Makki Johaar in Mec-ca 61 years ago.

He is the first of nine chil-dren, and was born in Mec-ca on Sunday 17 September1950. Sheikh Johaar’s par-ents, Haji Cassiem and Haj-ja Zainab Johaar, namedhim after Sayed Shiraj Wali– the father of Sayed Umar,with whom they were stay-ing when their son wasborn. His middle name wastaken after the holy city inwhich he was born.

Days after his birth,

Sheikh Johaar’s parentstook him along on the pil-grimage. He was barely 16when he led the tarawih sa-laah at the Habibia SoofieMasjid. The Ibaad-u-Rag-maan Qadiri Jamaa’ah willlend its voice to the occa-sion. The dhikrullah (re-membrance of Allah) willbegin with the Magrib Sa-laah, and Sheikh Johaarwill deliver a short address.

To learn more about thedhikrullah, contact HajiAbdul Maliek Majiet on(021) 531-3975 or082 900 7344, Haji Mogam-mad Ganief Galvaan on(021) 423-8754 or082 494 4690, or Sheikh Jo-haar on (021) 797-6543 or082 968 7254.

Tuesday 13 September 2011 NEWS People’s Post WoodstockMaitland

Category April 2009 toMarch 2010

April 2010 toMarch 2011

Murder 4 5

Sexual crime 28 31

Attempted murder 9 22Assault with

intent to inflictgrievous bodily

harm55 46

Aggravatedrobbery 48 35

Business burglary 76 66Housebreaking 174 113Vehicle theft 26 26

Theft from vehicle 168 163Carjacking 2 1

Drug-related crime 510 578House robbery 0 1

Business robbery 2 4



Murder 12 8

Sexual crime 55 44



harm81 80



Theft from vehicle 1 440 1 160Carjacking 10 4





Murder 3 7

Sexual crime 36 23



harm77 63



Theft from vehicle 309 223Carjacking 4 1



Woodstock SAPS Maitland SAPS Kensington SAPS

Family rebuilds after fireTAURIQ HASSEN

A FAMILY from Woodstock willhave to rebuild their lives fromscratch after neighbours smokingdagga started a fire that razed boththeir homes.

The families were left to scram-ble for their possessions when thefire ripped through the two Wendyhouses in Pine Road at about 19:30on Tuesday 30 August.

Rabia Anderson, who lived inone of the Wendy houses foraround four years, says the firestarted in the home next door.

The people living in the housewere “smoking dagga using a can-dle”, she says.

The day after the fire, “the guy

cameover tousandapologised, ex-plaining that they had been busysmoking when the candle fell over– but his apology will not bring myhome back.”

Anderson says she and her hus-band are now sleeping in a securi-ty hut, while her daughter andgrandchild are staying with theirin-laws. Her neighbours havemoved off.

“They are somewhere aroundthe area, but they packed up andleft after apologising to us,” saysAnderson.

Wilfred Johannes, acting headof the Disaster Operations Centrefor the City of Cape Town, says theWendy houses, sponsored by theAfrikaanse Christelike Vrouelike

Vereeniging (ACVV), were on apiece of land ownedby the province’sTransport and Pub-lic Works Depart-ment.

Hours after thefire, Johannes con-tinues, the Cityhanded out foodparcels and blan-kets to those affect-ed.

“No emergencyshelter was provid-ed to the families asthey did not wantto relocate, andsought accommodation with fami-ly and friends in thearea,” saysJo-

hannes.The City also handed out emer-

gency building material, and isnow in consultation with the pro-vincial government to arrange

more.The families were

staying on the landtemporarily, Ander-son says, and havebeen waiting for theACVV’s promise ofnew accommoda-tion.

“They told me Iwould have to waitanother two weeksfor them to find out ifthey have found an-other place for me tomove to,” saysAnder-son.

Shariefah Jackson, who livesnearby, says shewatchedhelpless-

ly as the fire destroyed the twoWendy houses.

“I can only imagine how theymust be feeling; they were livingon that land because they werehomeless, and now they’re in thesame position because of the fire.”

Jackson says “waves of sad-ness” swept through her heartwhen she heard children crying.

“Irrespective of what caused thefire, the fact that two families havelost their homes is the main thing,and people need to come out andsupport them.”

People’s Post could not gain com-ment on the matter from theTransport and Public Works De-partment at the time of going toprint.

If you wish to donate any cloth-ing, food or building material tothe Andersons, please call Rabiaon 078 380 2389.

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BRIGHT FUTURES: Thirty students at Christel House South Africa, an independent school in Otteryfor children fighting through poverty in Cape Town, are set to breeze through their next threeyears of topnotch schooling, courtesy of a generous R900 000 donation by automotive filtermanufacturer GUD Holdings. The donation, which forms part of a longterm partnership betweenGUD and Christel House, will put R10 000 a piece toward the needs of 30 top maths and sciencestudents in their journey from Grade 10 to matric. The company is also offering to take promisingstudents on as apprentices over the next three years. Photo: Mark Wessels

Third timeunluckyHAVING FAILED two drivingtests already, a Muizenberg manthought he could take a shortcutand just buy his driver’s licence –but his attempt at bribery boughthim a criminal investigation in-stead. Traffic officers arrested themanat thebeginningof themonth,after his third abortive drivingtest at the Ottery Driving LicenceTesting Centre. When the interiorinspection of the car had started,the man tried to palm a R1 000“gift” to his examiner, who turnedhim down. Not to be dissuaded, theman tried a few more times beforegetting on with the test. He failedagain before even getting out ofthe testing yard. Heedless, theflunked driver left his bribe on thedashboard, and this time the ex-aminer did pick it up – for it wasnow evidence – then escorted theman to the traffic officers sta-tioned at the centre. A 47-year-oldman fromMuizenberghasbeenar-rested in connection with thecrime, and is now being investi-gated by the police. The suspecthas appeared in the Wynberg Mag-istrate’s Court, but this papercould not establish the state of hiscase at the time of going to print.

The French connectionTHE relationship between France and Af-rica will be placed under the magnifyingglass during a public seminar at the Cen-tre for the Book, 62 Queen Victoria Street,Gardens, next Monday.

Arranged by the Western Cape branchof the South African Institute of Interna-tional Affairs (SAIIA), the seminar will beaddressed by Dr Richard Moncrieff, anexpert in the politics of West and CentralAfrica, at 17:00 for 17:30.

Moncrieff, who has lived and worked inParis, Abidjan and Dakar, was senior re-searcher and then head of the Africa Re-search Unit at the Foreign and Common-wealth Office in London from 2001 until

2008. He was the West Africa Project Di-rector for the International Crisis Group,where he researched and wrote reportson Guinea, Cameroon and Nigeria, from2008 to 2010. As Bradlow Research Fellowat the SAIIA this year, he is writing onFrance’s policy towards Africa underpresident Sarkozy.

Entrance for non-members is R30 perperson or R15 on presentation of a currentstudent card.

Parking is freely available behind thebuilding after 17:00.

RSVP to [email protected] orcall Pippa Sella on (021) 761-4842 or083 305 2339 during office hours.

Tuesday 27 SeptemberDrAmandaWeltman,Cosmologistand Physicist at UCT will give apublic talk entitled ‘Dark Energyand where to find it’. Dark Energyis the mysterious force causing theuniverse to expand ever fasterwith time. The talk will start at17:00 at the SA Astronomical Observatory Auditorium in Observatory Road. No bookings.For more information and directions go to www.royalsocietysa.org.za

Get back in the boxTHINKING out-side the box hasbeen put in a boxof its own withCreative WeekCape Town 2011.

The brainchild ofnon-profit organisa-tion Creative CapeTown and a legacyproject of the city’sWorld Design Capi-tal 2014 bid, Crea-tive Week CapeTown puts the spot-light on the city’screative industries.While it involves acore programme,the Creative Weekcalendar is predom-inantly populatedby the extraordi-naryofferings of or-dinary Capeto-nians.

Says CreativeCape Town coordi-nator Zayd Minty,“This year we havecreated a fantastic campaign called ‘F theBox’, in collaboration with our designteam, Design Infestation. We played withidea of thinking outside of the box.

“When you see a branded box outsidea venue during Creative Week, you knowthat something interesting is going on in-side.”

The celebration of all things creativeand innovative in the Mother City kickedoff with the City Hall Sessions on Fridayand Saturday nights, filling Cape Town’sCity Hall with sound and light asThandiswa Mazwai, Kesivan and TheLights set the stage for the Cape Town de-but of international artists Ray Lema(DRC) and Chico César (Brazil).

And anyone is welcome to submit theirevent for inclusion in the programme atwww.creativeweekct.co.za – as a range ofart galleries, musicians, designers, pho-tographers and artists have already done.

While events will take place all over thepeninsula, the physical centre of CreativeWeek is The Fringe:

Cape Town’s design and innovation dis-trict, where the launch of the CreativeCape Town Annual 2011

will take place today (Tuesday) from17:00 at 50 Canterbury Street. This year’sedition of the annual

explores developments in The Fringearea.

The advertising, media and designworld’s annual mega-event, The LoerieAwards, also falls under the banner ofCreative Week this weekend. Other note-

worthy events include Meet the Makers– involving tours inside renowned designstudios; Music City, a Cape music docu-mentary film festival screened at the La-bia on Orange in partnership with the En-counters Documentary Film Festival andthe Cape Film Commission; and the Stu-dio 41 Creative Exhibition and Exchangeat 41 Glynn Street. Creative Week windsto a close on Sunday.

To find out more about the events on of-fer, check out www.creativeweekct.co.za.

ON THE BOX: Members of theatrical crew Active X, who’ve beentaking part in the Out the Box festival during its time in CreativeWeek, are, from right: Busiswa Yolanda Adonisi, MzwabantuRicardo Dyantyi and Bafana Dladla. People’s Post could not establish the name of the righthand man before going to print.

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SHADOW BOXING: Jacques Moolman ofShadowclub resonates with the mic at Assembly in Cape Town. Photo: Sarah Scott

SSSSPRING: Snakes are waking up from their winternaps, warns Shaun MacLeod, coordinator of theSnake Catch and Rescue Volunteer Team. The creatures are coming out of hibernation, and MacLeodsays while there is no cause for alarm, it’s best tobe watchful while spring cleaning and working in unruly gardens. Snakes will avoid confrontation wheneverthey can, and won’t attack unless threatened or provoked, MacLeod says – so if you spot a grumpy snake,let him deal with its threemonthold morning breath.Call Shaun MacLeod on 082 532 5033.

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Vine Road flat block strangledTAURIQ HASSEN

AN APPLICATION to develop a four-storey block of flats in Vine Road,

Woodstock, has bombed.

A “tight vote” at a recent meeting of Sub-council 57 blocked the application for the de-velopment of 2 Vine Road mainly due tonumber and nature of communi-ty objections. Ward councillorBrett Herron says he opposedthe application because thescale of the proposed develop-ment “was out of keeping withthe nature of the surroundingproperties”.

“Most of the surroundingproperties are single dwellings,and we objected to the applica-tion on the basis that the pro-posed development would domi-nate the neighbourhood.”

As it stands, thepropertydom-inates the neighbourhood forless savoury reasons: Vagrantsand copper thieves have madethe rubbish-strewn plot theirbase, and drunken fights on theland are common (“Vacant lotfilled with problems”, People’sPost, 19 July). At the time of People’s Post’slast article, Herron said the site was on a listof properties to be investigated by the City’sProblem Buildings Unit. Following investiga-tion, the owners are tracked down and toldto fix up or be fined. People’s Post visited thesite yesterday (Monday), and found the en-trances to the site partially blocked off withstacks of old bricks and roof tiles. The onlything remaining of the building that oncestood on the property is a wall. An attempthad been made to clean the site up – the bush-es and choking vegetation People’s Post sawduring its last visit had been cut down and

cleared from the property.Herron says most councillors at the meet-

ing were against the apartment block devel-opment, but “there were some who supportedthe development as proposed”.

Herron adds that the owner of the site hasfull rights in “terms of zoning” to develop ablock of flats on the property, which is zonedfor residential usage.

“This right is subject to thedevelopment meeting the re-quirements of urban conser-vation, and the basis of sub-council’s decision was that thedevelopment would impactnegatively on the protectionand maintenance of the archi-tectural, aesthetic and histori-cal significance of the area.”

Vine Road resident RusselMartin was relieved to hear ofthe proposal’s failure.

“Just imagine how manypeople would have been com-plaining about this monstrosi-ty of a building right in themiddle ofWoodstock,”he says.But Martin, sick of the crimeand grime at the site, is all fordeveloping the land.

“We would love for this siteto be sorted out, and something to replace thefilth and mess. “But we must not become des-perate and just try and fill the space with any-thing, because months down the line we willdiscover problems. We will then be forced tocomplain about the problems – and maybephone the newspapers again,” Martin laughs.

People’s Post could not contact the ownerof the land at the time of going to print.

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ON the 27th day of the holy month ofRamadan, eight people gathered

around a rustic stable in Philippi to wit-ness the rarest of sights – the birth ofhealthy twin foals.

First, the world was a brown filly richer,and then witnesses were left speechless whena white palomino colt followed suit.

The general consensus online is that, whenit comes to horses, 1 in 10 000 pregnancies aretwins – and only nine percent of those are car-ried to term.

An even smaller number are actually bornhealthy, so the fact that this “next genera-tion” is now frolicking in the fields of Zandv-lei Farm fills owner Moosa Ockards withpride. “It was a bright, starry evening, andwhen the foals were born we were also glow-ing,” he smiles.

Ockards had been attending a religiousevent that night, but he was constantly on hiscellphone, giving advice to those who weredelivering the young horses.

Nobody had suspected that the mare, Popp-lin, had been carrying twins, so when Ock-ards heard there was another little miracleon the stable floor, he was very excited.

But his vast equine experience told himthat this latest development would need allthe accumulated knowledge he has garneredover the decades, since a twin pregnancy isconsidered to be very dangerous for the mareand her offspring.

According to horseadvice.com’s RobertOglesby, a twin pregnancy in horses is gener-ally bad news.

“The uterus has a hard time supportingtwins,” says Oglesby. “Foals are often borndead or weak, and other complications in-

clude retained placenta, delayed recovery ofthe uterus, decreased rate of settling for thenext two years, and potentially permanentdamage to the mare’s reproductive tract.”

In most cases of live births, either one orboth foals don’t survive beyond two weeks.

People’s Post visited the farm last Thurs-day, and saw that each of the adorable foalswas, well, as healthy as a horse. They wereexploring the tiny stable and liaising withtheir vigilant mom on a regular basis.

On one occasion the brown filly chewed onthis journalist’s camera strap, which drew anauthoritative and abrupt neighing from theever-vigilant Popplin.

On whether the presently unnamed twinsand their mother will suffer any delayedhealth problems, Ockards just says, “We willhave to see what God has in store for them.”

Ockards owns several of the 23 horses onthe farm, and most of these are used as cart-horses.

Ockards learned everything he knowsabout the animals from his father, and hesays the last time he heard of twins beingborn was in the late 1970s.

Diana Truter and all the other staff of theCarthorse Protection Agency (CHPA) werejust as amazed at Popplin’s feat.

“I’ve been working with horses almost myentire life, and this is the first time that I haveseen twins born healthy,” says a glowingTruter.

The most difficult and dangerous time forthe mare and foals has passed, but latenthealth issues might still put a damper on cele-brations.

Be that as it may, Truter is confident thatOckards’ vast experience and “family se-crets” will see them through. He laughs whenasked to reveal some of these secrets.

“Well, one of the reasons some foals die dur-

ing birth is because their tongues are stillstuck to the inside of the mouth. That’s whenone can put a little milk on one’s finger andfeed the youngsters.”

The first few sips of mother’s milk are themost important in a foal’s life, since it con-tains a concentrated amount of nutrients, an-tibodies and immune system boosters.

“I think the fact that this happened in Ram-adan is a blessing for Moosa,” Truter says,“and I think he deserves that blessing, sincehe has helped so many other people in his life.

“In fact, if all the carthorse owners were asdiligent as Moosa, the role of the CHPA wouldbe severely diminished.”

The CHPA is based in northern suburbs ofEpping, but it keeps an eye over most of thecarthorses in the Southern Peninsula as well.

Ockards will soon give names to the littlemiracles, and then the CHPA will set up a Fa-cebook page to keep the public up to date withhow these statistical oddities are enrichingthe lives of those who have helped them tothrive in a fascinating world.

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Beacon View Primary has won school im-provements to its to the value of R160 000,and the three children in the winning teamwill each receive R20 000 towards their fu-ture education. There was great excitementwhen the prize was handed over to BeaconView principal Magda Esterhuizen by JewelHarris, assistant regional manager ofGrowthpoint Properties.

“This is truly amazing,” exclaimed Ester-huizen. “These three students have workedvery, very hard to win this prize, and we areso proud of them. We plan to buy books toadd to our library, build a computer centrefor the kids, build a school hall, add interac-tive whiteboards into the classrooms, andconstruct a preschool play park with a jun-gle gym.”

The Growsmart literacy competition is acorporate social investment initiativeaimed at improving literacy, launched in2010 by Growthpoint Properties and en-

dorsed by the Western Cape Education De-partment. The competition kicked off earli-er this year with 120 primary schools com-peting in the opening rounds.

Says Harris, “We have realised that thiscompetition is about so much more than lit-eracy. It’s a terrific confidence booster forthe participants.”

Quizmaster and host Soli Philander man-aged to keep the children focused and re-laxed while they competed for points byspelling, defining and constructing sentenc-es, all before an excited audience. ZerildaPark Primary came second and Delft Prima-ry came third.

The event was attended by alderman IanNielson, Cape Town deputy mayor, and Pen-ny Vinjevold, head of department for theWestern Cape Education Department.

Four Growthpoint shopping centres –Constantia Village, Middestad Mall, GoldenAcre and Longbeach Mall – and their ten-ants were involved throughout the competi-tion, donating time and resources to makethe competition a success. The centres allheld book drives, encouraging shoppers todonate books to needy schools, and thou-sands of books were collected. For more in-formation visit www.growsmart.org.za.

PROUD MOMENTS:Jewel Harris (assistantregional manager atGrowthpoint Properties), Magda Esterhuizen (Beacon View Primary School principal), Brian Schroeder(deputy directorgeneral of curriculum management for the Western Cape EducationDepartment), andShaun Theunissen(head of CSI at Growthpoint Properties) areseen with winning Beacon View Primary students Ameerah Elmie,Xolelwa C Qwashu andCasey Goldschmidt.

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People’s Post WoodstockMaitland LEADER Tuesday 13 September 2011

Right to lifeFIVE YEARS have passed since the brutalmurder of a young Khayelitsha woman, alleg-edly slain because of her sexuality.

Zoliswa Nkonyana was just 19 when shewas clubbed, kicked and beaten to death inFebruary 2006.

Nine men were charged with her murder,and last week two of them were set free – be-cause the State did not have enough evidenceto prove its case.

The remaining seven continue to face mur-der charges.

Throughout the trial, which thus far hashad more than 30 postponements, calls weremade for South Africa to do more to protectlesbians from violence.

Sadly, none of these calls could stem thetide of homophobia, and recently, the decom-posed body of a 21-year-old woman was foundin a bin in Nyanga.

She was allegedly killed because she was a“tomboy” who had rejected the sexual ad-vances of a man who was her friend, now sus-pected of being her killer.

While much is frowned on in South Africa,more is tolerated; and the Constitution af-fords us many rights, such as rights to termi-nation of pregnancy and freedom of expres-sion.

Zoliswa was denied the most basic right –her right to life and freedom to live out herdays as she wished. Her life was taken by ig-norant, narrow-minded, murderous thugs,who directed their self-hatred outward.

While it is impossible to monitor homopho-bia, the State and justice system can strike anindelible blow against this by imposing theharshest laws and sentences.

At the foundation of this should be a systemthat guarantees that enough evidence is gath-ered to successfully prosecute and convictthose guilty of homophobic crimes.

This country cannot tolerate persecution,bigotry or any hate-fuelled crimes. Destruc-tive emotions have no place in a society thatshould place atop of its agenda reconciliationand unity.

Looking good, ObservatoryWHAT with the early summer days oflate, what a pleasure to see so many peo-ple walking their dogs, cycling, strolling,jogging, and picnicking along our newlyupgraded Obs section of the LiesbeeckRiver. Also, Trill Road to Station Road onLower Main Road is looking top notch,with colourfully painted columns andplants in abundances along the side-walks, along with oil paintings coveringcity service boxes. Hats off to the busi-nesses and individuals who partake inmaking this happen. Our streets areclean, there are more of our homelesssheltered than ever before, crime is downby 50% to 60%, patrols are around mostcorners, and a recent article in a majorpaper presented Obs as being a very desir-able place to buy and live, with excellentproperty returns. All this did not just hap-pen by itself; it takes concern, planning,

perseverance, time, and the efforts ofmany individuals who care enough aboutObs to make the difference for us all. Sothank you to all those faceless individualswho make the difference we all benefitfrom. In the very near future we shouldbe looking forward to the huge parking lotacross from the hockey stadium finallybeing paved, trees being planted down themiddle of our Main Road as in Mowbray,and a tree upgrade in the village greenacross from the Spar. And hopefully thecity will be listening to our concernsabout the unsightly Hartleyvale Stadium.

All in all, a positive way to start thesummer. I’ll soon be back with my letterof complaints, but thought I’d take this op-portunity to simply look on the brighterside of life; it’s too short not to.CRAIG HARRISONObservatory

Courting the lawIN response to Rozario Brown’s question(People’s Post, 6 September), “If the courtsare being used to overturn every majordecision made in parliament, then whatis the purpose of having a parliament andgoing to the polls every five years?”

If the members of parliament applied

their minds correctly and diligently be-fore trying to propose and implimentlaws, there would be no necessity to havethem challenged so frequently.

This government is more interestedin protecting the party than the countryand its citizens, hence many of the chal-lenges.JAMES SHELLEYPinelands

YourSMSes. I would like the councillor for the Kensing-ton and Factreton area to do something aboutCentury City station. On our side, the bushesand the road leading to the station are verybad, especially for the cars. When you getdropped off, it’s really a bad sight. I think weshould invite the premier and the mayor tosee outside the nice station. Make a nice park-ing area, please.

In response. To all the people complaining about bark-

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. Why can they not create jobs and give peo-ple work? Give them training to control thedogs and fine the owners.

. Who is in charge of making the laws aboutdogs without leashes on the beaches? Nothingis being done.

Just a thought. On Wednesday 4 September, I and many

other commuters waited impatiently as therewere no trains in sight on our station. At 07:45,someone finally announced over the PA sys-tem that a train from Cape Town would leaveon platform three.

She sounded like she had a hot potato in hermouth. There was no train in sight, and eventhe Simon’s Town train was cancelled.

I, for one, use the train only on Wednesdays,when I go to St James.

I feel so sorry for the people who have touse this service daily.

. Archbishop Tutu can start by collectingmoney from his rich and famous guest whowill attend his 80th birthday bash that’s notmeant for the poor.

From poorest of the poor, who is black like

you. God bless.. In terms of gas prices, both BP and Mica

adhere to government guidelines, but the oth-er gas shops add on R35, claiming it’s a refillcharge. This is wrong and a rip off. Theyshould stock the 9kg bottle like the othershops. VE

. The 8 and 16 gig branded flash driveswhich are being sold cheaply by street ven-dors look like the genuine article – but is it?

. I have spotted a driving school jump twovery red traffic lights for the second time intwo weeks. Once a learner driver was driving.Jay

. Beware of cellphone networks’ “cheap”contracts on fancy mobiles.

Read the fine print with regard to terms andconditions carefully to make sure you fullyunderstand the packages. John, Lansdowne

. Has Nakhlistan ever thought of feedingthe poor all year round?

I would like to know whether they only feedMuslims or all spectrums of our rainbow na-tion? Damocles

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The glory days of District Six

CAPETONIANS will get a taste of musical historywhen the District Six Heritage Day Concert swingsinto the Good Hope Centre at 19:30 on Saturday 24September.

Jayson King, the mind behind the concert, grew upin District Six. Having been schooled at Trafalgar High,King started promotions at the age of 14.

He first promoted wrestling at the age of 15 and pre-

sented his first international showwith British pop Queen Helen Sha-piro, whom he brought out to SouthAfrica.

Along the way, and hundreds ofsingers, dancers and entertainerslater, he also performed at the StarBioscope in Hanover Street, whichwas nicknamed Cape Town’s Carn-egie Hall.

Regular backing group The BigBeats, which played in the exactstyle of the Shadows, backed justabout every singer way back then.The lead guitar player of thatband, Ivor Wagner, who was bornblind, later moved to the UK, wherehe became a judge in the justice sys-tem.

King remembers as clear as day-light some of the names that he pre-sented on stage at the various ven-ues of District Six, some of whomwill be back on stage again at theconcert.

He says Terry Smith, Zelda Ben-jamin, Carol-Leigh, Blackkurrantand Richard Ceasar, Young IdeasMalay Choir and Deja Vu were lu-minaries, and legends in their ownlifetimes. This production will bebacked by The Richard CeasarBand and several audio visualscreens.

King says it will be an evening tocelebrate and remember the artistswho endured the hardships ofapartheid while trying to earn a liv-

ing as entertainers.“It is my intention to pay homage and recognise the

efforts of some of South Africa’s best entertainers,whom are only paid tribute to once they have passedon.

“This production is designed to remind the peopleof Cape Town of an area once and still loved by thou-sands who were so brutally and forcibly removed fromthe city centre by the old government.”

HOT STUFF: Seen here is Jayson King, the man behind the District Six Heritage Day Concert which will take place on Saturday 24 September. NO LAUGHING MATTER: Luke van der Spuy (seen here), in Grade 11

at Camps Bay High School, won the Intermediate Own Choice Monologue section at the Theatre Dance Association (TDA) Eistedfodd ofthe Performing Arts, held at the Sea Point Civic Centre recently.Coached by Della Schneider, Luke – also a model with BOSS SouthAfrica – did a short scene as the Joker, inspired by Heath Ledger’srole as Batman’s nemesis in “The Dark Knight”. In its usual role, theTDA is committed mainly to giving teachers as much versatility, creativity, knowledge and training as needed to produce dancers who areperformers as well as technicians. Photo: Supplied

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During the Sports Challenge, said to bethe largest event of its kind in the coun-try, participants are exposed to a hugevariety of sports, including cricket, ten-nis, hockey, soccer and basketball – andbehind the fun and games this year willbe a follow-up on a 10-year-old healthstudy that revealed the incidence of obes-ity in South African children.

The 2011 study will assess the fitnessand health of a large sample of childrenbetween the ages of 9 and 13.

“Every child who participates in thisyear’s challenge will first complete a fit-ness test,” says Brad Bing of SportingChance, one of the event’s main organis-ers. “Testing personnel will measureheight, weight, waist and hip circumfer-ence, which will provide crucial statis-tics on the prevalence of obesity andbody weight distribution.

“Then, children will engage in a seriesof exercises designed to assess flexibili-ty, abdominal muscle strength, lowerand upper body strength, and agility.”

Besides giving children the chance toplaynewandunfamiliar sportsunder ex-perienced coaches, the challenge pro-

vides an opportunity to spot new talent,Bing says, pointing out that a number ofaccomplished athletes have benefitedthrough Sporting Chance coaching pro-grammesandevents, suchasEngland in-ternational cricketer Craig Kieswetter,Lions captain Thami Tsolekile andformer rugby Springbok Neil de Kock.

“Over the past five years the challengehas grown exponentially,” says KelloggsSA spokesperson Sarah Mansfield.

“In addition to teaching and showinglearners how to be physically active onthe field, it’s also important to empowerSouth African children to make healthylifestyle choices off the field.

“In this light, in the weeks leading upto the challenge, Sporting Chance willhost pre-challenge road shows in select-ed communities.

“The sessions address specific socialconcerns within communities, includ-ing: how to leadanactive life andpreventobesity; principles of personal hygiene;and nutritional guidance.”

Schools or individuals wishing to par-ticipate in the challenge and researchproject can contact Natalie at SportingChance on (021) 683-7299 or visitwww.sportingchance.co.za.

ENERGETIC: Children are put throughtheir paces in a number of activities during the challenge. Seen here is SinazoGungulisa .

FOOTLOOSE: Cricket legend Herschelle Gibbs pits his football wits against the youngsters in the challenge.

VICTORY CELEBRATION: Woodlands United’s Dominique Witbooiwelcomes his team withopen arms after scoringhis second goal of a last16 round of the CocaCola KnockOut Cupagainst Lentegeur United in Grassy Park on Saturday. Woodlands won41.

Get ready to playATHLONE A’s baseball club starts train-ing sessions for juniors this coming Fri-day at the Parktown Sports Complex inBridgetown.

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HEAD TO HEAD: Gavin Saayman(blue) from Mondale High Schoolin Mitchell’s Plain races ShaneStevens from Steenberg HighSchool to head the ball in theschools’ match last Wednesday.Mondale were crowned regionalchamps after winning the match10 at full time. On Friday theMondale players will head off toBeaufort West to compete provincially. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

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MARTHA Pretorius missed outon winning the gold at the 51st

annual Karoo Ultra-marathon over80 kilometres in Laingsburg at theweekend.

But it’s not the end of the road in thisrace for the 41-year-old Rylands resi-dent, whose penchant for long-distancerunning has made her a household nameon the endurance circuit.

The two-time winner of the gruelingKaroo event finished in second place onSaturday, behind Linah Mhlongo of Wit-bank in Mpumalanga. This is the thirdsuccessive year she has finished runner-up to Mhlongo.

Although her time of 7:33:38 was wellshort of Mhlongo’s winning time, shehas vowed to be back at next year’s eventin the peaceful platteland town.

The Top-Form athletics club runnerwon the race in 2006 and 2007.

“I enjoyed the race,” Pretorius said.“It was, as usual, a difficult course tonavigate, but I am used to this coursenow. Next year I will be back to completemy 10th race, and maybe – who knows– win the gold again.”

After making it through their 10thrace, athletes qualify for a permanentnumber.

Pretorius, a nurse at the Sarah FoxHome in Athlone, has also excelled inother endurance races.

Her achievements include havingwon the 160km Washie Race betweenPort Alfred and East London for threeconsecutive years, and the Hewat 100-miler along the Atlantic Seaboard onfive occasions.

Bellville was awarded for having thebest team, themost participants, and theteam with the best spirit.

STRENUOUS: Martha Pretorius in action during the Karoo UltraMarathon.

FUN TIMES: Zaida Boltman and John van der Byl of Mitchell’s Plain Titans Athletic Club competed in the half marathon in Laingsburg.

BIG RUN: Trevor Jacobs from Strandfontein holds up his medal after running histhird race.

ACHIEVER:Solomon Miiller of Grassy Parkproudly shows off the medal he receivedafter the marathon. Photos: Mark Ward

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