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City funding for homeless sheltersVERNA VAN DIEMEN

THE City of Cape Town will contributealmost R1 million to shelters for the

homeless this winter.

It announced lastweek that itwouldbe allo-cating R400 000 to the Haven Night Shelterwhich will, in turn, distribute to sheltersacross Cape Town.

The Haven has 14 branches across CapeTown, and has an annual budget of R15 mil-lion funded by the National Lottery, the pro-vincial Department of Social Development

and members of the public.The City will also apportion R500 000 to the

Haven which was not allocated last year.Hassan Khan, chief executive officer of the

Haven, says that the funds will be used as atop-up service during winter.

“We have enough infrastructure, with 950beds across the 14 shelters, and this is for ex-tra mattresses, blankets and meals,” he says.

Khan says last year was a particularly badwinter for the Haven, because it had not re-ceived the funding from the City and theWorld Cup also brought in extra homelesspeople.

“We used our reserves last year and wepulled through,” he says.

Seventeen organisations, including nine ofthe Haven Night Shelter branches, appliedfor funding last year.

Khan says that they are not anticipatingsuch a big influx of homeless people as lastyear.

“There will be the usual refugees who willbe looking for refuge, but our goal is to reinte-grate people back into their own families,” hesaid.

Mattresses are replaced all the time andthose returning home are sent off with a blan-

ket.Lungelo Nokwaza, from the City’s Depart-

ment of Social Development, says they are “fi-nalising the funding process”.

Nokwaza confirms that the City will be pay-ing last year and this year’s money to the Ha-ven Night Shelter to distribute to other shel-ters. He could not confirm the exact date.

R 1 million for homeless shelters this winter - contributed by the City of Cape Town

STICK IT: As partof celebrating Af­rica Day and Inter­national day onWednesday 25May, the Iziko Mu­seum in CapeTown hostedevents to em­brace and keepthe memories oflocal traditionsalive. The eventwas open to thepublic, and sever­al high schoolswere invited to at­tend. There weremany traditionalitems on display,as well as a booksale for tradition­al fundis to enjoy.Attendees wereable to partake inindigenousgames. Here Xho­sa stick fighting –which is a type ofmartial art tradi­tionally practisedby teenage Nguniherdboys in SouthAfrica – is demon­strated.Photo: Danielle Karallis

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A TOTAL lunar eclipse will be visi-ble from South Africa on Wednes-day 15 June.

The last total lunar eclipse visiblefrom this region took place in Feb-ruary 2008, and the next one will on-ly be in September 2015.

A lunar eclipse occurs when themoon moves into the shadow of theEarth. At this point the Earth pre-vents the rays of the sun from strik-ing the moon, and thus makes themoon appear darker.

Though lunar eclipses happen atleast twice a year, any given eclipsewill only be visible from certainparts of the world. Total lunareclipses are also more rare.

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rican Standard Time (SAST). Oncethe moon is inside all of the earth’sumbral shadow, a total eclipse canbe observed.

The total eclipse will last from21:22 to 23:03, when the moon willeventually start to move out of theEarth’s shadow and a partial eclipsewill then be seen again.

The full moon will leave theEarth’s umbral shadow a few min-utes after midnight.

During the total lunar eclipse, themoon will most likely have a darkcopper-red hue on it.

This is because a great quantity ofthe blue light will be removed by theearth’s atmosphere through thescattering of small particles, lettingmainly the red part of the sunlightthrough.

Unlike a solar eclipse, no precau-tions regarding eye safety are need-ed when observing the moon at thistime.

THE Islam Discover Centrepresents its first Family Day.

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ContactyourwardcouncillorTHE contact details for the newlyelected and old councillors are as fol-lows:

. Ward 55 includes Tygerhof,Sanddrift, Woodbridge Island, Mil-nerton Central Metro Industrial, Ys-terplaat, Rugby, Paarden Eiland,Woodstock,Brooklyn, SaltRiver,Ys-terplaat Air Base, Lagoon Beach,Milnerton Golf Course, the west sideof the residential area of CenturyCity, the waterfront area and SunsetLinks. Contact Ward Councillor Ber-nadette le Roux on 084 288 8223.

. Ward 56 includes SummerGreens, Acacia Park, Wingfield,

Maitland, Factreton, Kensingtonand Windermere. Contact WardCouncillor Derrick America on082 200 6679.

. Ward 57 includes Mowbray(western part), Observatory (westof Black River Parkway), Salt River(south of Malta Road), Table Moun-tain (far northeastern section),Woodstock (south of Albert Road),Zonnebloem (north-east of De WaalDrive and Southeast of Chris-tiaan Street). Contact Ward Council-lor Brett Herronon 082 518 3264.

BURNT OUT: Firefighters were hard at work after a fire broke out at a busi­ness in Perth Street, Maitland, on Friday 27 May. According to Warrant Offic­er Siyabulela Vukubi, spokesperson for the Maitland Police Station, the firebroke out at approximately 19:00. The cause of the fire has yet to be deter­mined. “A case docket has not been opened with police and we eliminatedany thoughts of possible foul play,” says Vukubi. No­one was injured duringthe fire, and goods in the store room of the building were damaged.

Photo: Leanne Stander

Residents to work with‘unknown’ councillorTAURIQ HASSEN

LOCAL government electionsmay have brought a new wardcouncillor to Kensington andFactreton, in the form of Der-rick America, but some resi-dents are questioning the mer-its of his appointment.

America, a DA candidate, hasbeen installed in Ward 56, whichincludes Summer Greens, AcaciaPark, Wingfield, Maitland, Fac-treton, Kensington and Winder-mere after the long-serving JacobRidder decided to retire this year.

Sharon Alexander, a communi-ty worker formely employed byShawco, raised concerns aboutthe candidate before the elec-tions, and wanted to know howAmerica was nominated to beward councillor there.

Alexander says several resi-dents flocked to her offices, “rant-ing and raving” about the newcandidate for the area.

“The complaints kept rolling,in and nobody could understandhow somebody who knows noth-ingabout theareagetsnominatedfor such a huge role in the com-munity,” says Alexander.

Alexander, along with a hand-ful of concerned residents, met upwith People’s Post at the Shawcooffices last month, and residentsvoiced their anger. All seemed toshow a lack of support for Ameri-ca, who had not yet taken officeat the time. Mogammad Rabansaid he had no idea who Americawas, until a poster showing hisimage was put up close to hishome. The furious Raban addedthat there had been no consulta-with the community in this re-gard.

“That is a day when you as acommunitymemberhavea say in

what happened in the area youlive in, but now people are just be-ing brought into the area and no-body is consulted. And they ex-pect me to vote for people I don’tknow,” Raban said.

Lorraine Adams, a former com-munity leader in Facreton, wasshocked at America’s nomina-tion. “Things were forced ontothis community, and althoughthe numbers speaks for them-selves, I believe a fair candidatewas not nominated for the area”.

She explained that “confusion”and “disappointment” are prima-ry emotions felt in relation to thenew ward councillor.

“I must admit, it’s only a hand-ful of people that I know of com-plaining against this new coun-cillor, but as I said before, thenumbers are in and there is verylittle anybody can do now but tryand make it work,” says Adams.

A senior DA official who spoketo People’s Post on condition ofanonymity, explained that eachDA candidate is selected by sub-selection committee, comprisingmembers of the party from differ-ent areas. During last year, posi-tions for ward candidates wereadvertised, and several applica-tions were received. The topthree candidates are interviewedby the committee and nominated(short-listed) for the ward coun-cillor’s position. In response tocomplaints about his win in thearea, America said he noted thatmany of the concerns “were ex-pressed by opposition parties andcertain members within the com-munity”. He said that he hadreached out to the community“on ground level” in the run-up tothe elections, with door-to-doorvisits and campaigning on streetcorners.

“At the end of the day, it’s not

the community’s concern that isimportant, but it’s got to do morewith the individual and the re-sults speak for themselves,” saysAmerica. Before being nominat-ed in 2010, America worked as alecturer for 15 years at the Busi-ness Faculty at the Cape Peninsu-la University of Technology.

He then moved on to become acommissioner for the Commis-sion for Conciliation, Mediationand Arbitration (CCMA).

“When I found out that I’m be-ing nominated, I had to resign ascommissioner and focused onwinning this ward, so I’m actual-ly currently unemployed,” Amer-ica laughed.

Another community leader,Jimmy Xalipi, was not happywith the election of America, butexpressed his interest in workingwith the new councillor to create“a better community”.

“There is very little that can bedone now, and we should ratherbe focusing on how we are goingto work with him, instead of whywe are working with him,” saysXalipi.

America has plans to tackle thedegeneration of the Main Road inMaitland, as well as the drugproblem in that area. In Kensing-ton, he plans to address the prob-lems around the 6th Avenuesquatter camp.

In Facreton, he will look intothedumping issues and tackle thebushy areas found at the back ofFacreton. In the near future,America will call public meet-ings, where he will be reachingout to community organisationsand stakeholders in his ward.

“The election is over and I amthe new ward councillor, so myfocus is primarily on doing somegood work for my community,”America concluded.

Have your sayTHE Kensington Police Sta-tion’s designated police officerhas received a liquor licence ap-plication for a residentialpremises which will be used asan off-consumption outlet (nodrinking on the premises).

The premises will be named“A & D Liquors”, and will be sit-uated at 72 Albacore Street, Fac-treton.

If any member of the public

has any objection, they may sub-mit it in writing to The Magis-trate’s Office, Cape Town, Pri-vate Bag X 9017, Cape Town,8000, or Kensington SAPS, Roomno. 38011, for attention SergeantStemmet.

Objections should reach hisoffice by Friday 3 June at 16:00.For any inquiries, contact Ser-geant Stemmet on (021) 594-7039or 082 469 2316.

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Minstrels gear up for new season

Perform yourheart outTHE Grammy Award-winning Americangospel superstar, Israel Houghton, will be inSouth Africa in early June to conduct audi-tions for his New Breed Africa programme,celebrating the next generation of leaders inmusic, arts, culture to form a team repre-senting the spirit of South Africa.

His most recent album, “Love God. LovePeople”, won best pop/contemporary gospelalbum at the Grammy Awards this year, andthe Grammy Award-winning, gold selling al-bum, “Alive in South Africa”, also ignited agreater dream to ultimately develop a groupcomprised of South African musicians andsingers.

The open auditions will be held in CapeTown on 7 June, in Durban on 8 June andJohannesburg on 9 June from 08:00 until20:00.

Vocalists will be chosen for a New BreedAfrica recording project in South Africa.The auditions will be filmed to not only cap-ture captivating stories, but also build upcontent for a possible reality program on themaking of “New Breed Africa”.

Charity theatre productionA FUNDRAISING production of “Tuesdayswith Morrie” will be staged at the Theatreon the Bay in Camps Bay at 19:00 on Wednes-day 1 June.

The production has been arranged by Helpthe Rural Child, a non-profit organisation fo-cused on helping underprivileged rural com-munities. Tickets to the show cost R150 perperson, and include a pre-show drink uponarrival. For further information, contactClaire McGuinness on O71 687 4732 or (021)689-8392.

Question consciousnessA FREE public talk titled “Can neurosciencethrow light on consciousness?”, by BaronessSusan Greenfield, director of the Royal Insti-tution of Great Britain and Fullerian Profes-sor of Physiology at Oxford, will be held atthe SA Astronomical Observatory Auditori-um, Observatory Road on Tuesday 7 June at17:00. For more information and directionsvisit www.royalsocietysa.org.za.

TAURIQ HASSEN

FOR DECADES, minstrels have beena part of Cape Town’s culture, filling

the streets with colour and sending mu-sic through the city, uplifting spirits anddrawing crowds from across the world.

Minstrels first originated when the earlyslaves celebrated their freedom with musicand marches through District Six, up intothe historical Bo-Kaap, ending off at the oldGreen Point Track. At the track, severalteams competed in various categories ofsong and dance.

Asa-aad Williams, a former member ofthe Glamour Boys Minstrels Troupes, oneof the longest-standing minstrel organisa-tions, could not emphasise enough the im-portance of minstrels performing at the endof the year.

He explained that although the modern-day minstrel season can never be comparedto the “good old days”, many of the new min-strel troupes are taking pride in what is saidto be their “culture and history”.

“There have been many changes sinceminstrels first took to the streets, but I’mhappy to admit that what we as the klopseare still going strong. In fact, it certainlyhasgrown over the years,” says Williams.

Each year, minstrels compete in differentsections at different venues around CapeTown, with song and dance the main fea-tures, leading to a “highest points” trophy.

Kevin Momberg, director for administra-tion for the Cape Town Minstrels CarnivalAssociation, recently attended severalworkshops designed to educate minstreltroupes, enabling them access to “new ideasfor the upcoming minstrel season”.

“It’s tradition to keep this cultural sport

alive, and it’s important to ensure that eachyear we come up with new ideas and givetroupes the opportunity to improve on theirperformances at their competitions,” saysMomberg.

The workshops started last month inHanover Park and Wetton, where 140youngsters were handed the opportunity toimprove their skills and managementcourses.

“They were very excited and we had ahuge response, even learners that were notinvited attended the courses,” says Momb-erg.

There were approximately 100 learnersinvolved in the skills course, with 40 learn-ers taking part in the management course,with a further 20 learners involved in ayear-long learnership course, consisting oftraining in various departments within theminstrels.

“Our aim is to equip these learners withthe necessary skills and information, be-cause they are the future of the minstrels,and we aim to keep the spirit and culturealive by having these workshops,” Momb-erg explained.

The minstrel season was weighed downover recent years by several complaintslodged against the New Year’s festivitiestaking place in the suburb of Bo-Kaap byconcerned residents.

Concerns included noise, crime andtroupes marching throughout the night orat inconvenient times. Minstrel leaderswere furious to discover that local authori-ties banned all minstrel activities throughBo-Kaap, even ensuring that patrol vansand police on horses were at hand to ensurethat minstrels do not march through Bo-Kaap. However, several failed attempts tore-stage minstrel events in Bo-Kaap result-

ed in a pass foronly the localteams, includ-ing V&A Min-strels, SantamDistrict Six En-tertainers andDie Burger’ sHappy Boysover the min-strel season.

“We had end-less battles try-ing to get theminstrels backinto Bo-Kaapand we eventhoughtwegot itright last year,but it didn’twork out and wewill continue tofight this thing until we get the minstrelsback into Bo-Kaap,” says Momberg.

A local resident from Bo-Kaap, EbrahimSmith, was “irritated and confused” overlast year’s supposed minstrel activities inBo-Kaap, as he was under the impressionthat a “fullminstrel programme”wason thecards.

“After hearing all the stories about theminstrels being banned from Bo-Kaap lastyear,manyof the residentsbelieved that theold minstrel show would be on the cardsagain,” says Smith.

Troupes last marched in Bo-Kaap fouryears ago.

“People would line the street, stalls wouldgoupand the smell of braai and that buzzingsound all faded away since these mysteri-ous concerns were raised with police andcouncil,” Smith explained.

One man, who chose to remain anony-mous for fear of his safety, reveals that hehad complained continuously about min-strel activities. When his wife fell ill, he wasleft with “no options at all”.

“I had people sitting on my doorstepsmoking their hubbly bubbly pipes, talkingloud and laughing, so I only lodged concernsasking for this to stop happening,” says theman.

“You can’t walk at such unusual hours,you can’t carry on weekend after weekendwith the same problems. They don’t sit withthe problems, because they go home andthey leave this place in a mess,” he adds.

The next minstrel activities are set tokick off on 2 January 2012, with the marchesand routes still being discussed between theDepartment of Heritage and Culture andminstrel leaders.

GETTING READY: Die Burger’s Happy Boys during last year’s Cape Min­strel Carnival Competition. Photo: Mark Wessels

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Look out for fake neighbourTAURIQ HASSEN

POLICE are warning Observatory resi-dents to be on the look-out for a conmanpretending to be a “new neighbour” inthe area.

Three people have already been hit by thescam artist, who pretends to be new in thearea to gain access to residents’ property.

According to a number of residents, theman is “well dressed” and drives a ToyotaTazz.

James Able Smith, an Observatory resi-dent, came across the man two weeks ago,when he asked permission to enter his yardto cut down trees hanging over “his” proper-ty. “He said he just moved into the area andhe was fixing up his home, so I trusted himand allowed him onto my property,” saysSmith.

The man uses the excuse of wanting to cutdown the trees before disappearing with val-uable items. According to the reports, hesays the trees are hanging over into his backyard, and the only way to trim the treeswould be to cut them down in the neigh-bour’s back yard.

Another woman, who asked to remainanonymous, first had a lengthy conversationwith themanbefore sheallowedhimonto thepremises. She tells People’s Post that he ini-tially approached her, requesting permis-sion for the branches to be cut down.

“He snapped at a few branches and I be-lieved him, but then when I checked up onhim again, he was missing. Later that day,I discovered some of my jewellery had gonemissing, and there had been no new peoplemoving into the house next door,” says thewoman.

She adds: “It was quite scary to think thatI was fooled by a complete stranger and any-thing could have happened.”

Sergeant Hilton Malila, spokesperson forthe Woodstock Police Station, was aware ofthe problem. “We are now searching for thissuspect, who is still operating in the area and

people should just be warned around this ar-ea.”

According to Malila, the man is said to bearound 30 years old, tall and overweight.

Among the items reported stolen at the sta-tion by residents were cellphones, money,jewellery and other small valuable items.

“When the victims inquire at the next doorneighbours, they usually don’t know any-thing,” says Malila. “We just want to makethe public aware, if they encounter anyonewho uses the same modus operandi, to imme-diately contact the Woodstock Police Stationand request positive identification from thecompany if they indicate they are workingfor an organisation,” Malila says.

David Raphael, chairman of the Observa-tory Neighbourhood Watch (ONW), foundthe problem to be “absolutely concerning”,as he also personally experienced the samething earlier this year.

“This man is very convincing, and I evenallowed him into my house, but got rid of himsoon after,” says Raphael.

He explained the ONW have already iden-tified a fewsuspects believed tobepart of thisscam.

“We have photos of suspects who are be-lieved to be part of this problem, and we havecirculated them to all security companiesand they should be on the look-out,” Raphaelconfirmed.

Teun Baartman, chairperson of the Wood-stock Community Police Forum says: “Wehave known about this problem for quitesome time now, but it’s very difficult to trackdown this person.” He added that it is impor-tant for the surrounding residents to imme-diately contact the police or their private se-curity companies, to catch the suspect. “It isour aim to make as many of the residents inthat area aware of this man, because he willbe caught if the community works closelywith police,” Baartman concluded.

Anyone with information on the wherea-bouts of the suspects is asked to contact Con-stable Reginald Abrahams on (021) 486-2870or Crime Stop on 086 001 0111.

Drug house raided in WoodstockTAURIQ HASSEN

POLICE arrested four suspects and confis-cated drugs worth R15 000 in Woodstock lastweek.

On Tuesday 24 May, at about 14:00, and af-ter receiving information from the public,the Woodstock Police conducted a search ata house in Wright Street.

Sergeant Hilton Malila, spokesperson forthe Woodstock Police Station, says the infor-mation received was in relation to ongoingdrug activities taking place at the house.

“We followed up the information, andwere issued with a search warrant, whichwas immediately carried out,” says Malila.

During the search, police confiscated 37packets of tik, 19 Mandrax tablets and abackpack filled with tik lollies.

“We arrested four suspects on the scene,aged between 25 and 36 years old, on chargesof dealing and possession of drugs,” Malilasays.

All four suspects appeared in the CapeTown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday 26May. Ricardo Boonzaaier (36), BrendonRinquest (32), Masoed Ismail (25) and Fern-ando Maggat (34), were released on R500 baileach and are due to appear in July.

. The Maitland police are requesting theassistance of the public in connection witha business burglary that took place inPaarden Island on Monday 2 May.

According to Warrant Officer SiyabulelaVukubi, spokesperson for the Maitland Po-lice Station, suspects in the case are knownto police, but information is needed on theincident. “Any information received by thepolice will be treated as confidential,” saysVukubi. He explains that on the day of theincident, five brass gears for shuttle pumpjets, worth R42 000, were allegedly stolen.

Anybody with information is urged to con-tact the station on (021) 506-9400 or DetectiveConstable Nobuzwe Godongwana on (021)506-9441.

. Maitland police arrested a 29-year-oldsuspect in Khayelitsha on Thursday 19 Mayin connection with a murder case.

According to Vukubi, the motive in thecase is still “unknown at this stage”. “Theinvestigation is still under way and the mo-tive is yet to be determined,” says Vukubi.

On Saturday 30 April, at 08:55, police at-tended to a murder scene where a 30-year-oldman was found with one stab wound to thechest in Voortrekker Road.

“The man was declared dead on the sceneby the paramedics attending to him,” saysVukubi. An arrest was made possible aftera “thorough investigation” by the investi-gating officer, Detective Sergeant EdwardEdwardes, and information was received bythe public. “Members of the community arethe eyes and ears of the police, therefore anyinformation they give to the police that leadsto a success like this, is much appreciated,”says Vukubi.

The suspect appeared in the Cape TownMagistrate’s Court where the case was with-drawn. Vukubi could not provide a reason-ing behind the withdrawal of the case.

Maitland police would like to encouragethe public not to be afraid to give informa-tion in order to bring potential criminals tobook. Please contact the Maitland Police Sta-tion on (021) 506-9400 to give information.

. The Maitland police, in conjunctionwith the Community Police Forum, will behaving a public participation meeting atGarden Village Primary Hall on Thursday9 June starting at 18:00. Crime concerns andthe service delivery rendered by police willbe the topic of discussion. For any furtherinformation, contact Warrant Officer Siyab-ulela Vukubi on 071 604 8350.

. Woodstock police are still battling tocontrol the number of wheelie bins beingstolen in the area. Police are urging resi-dents to properly mark their bins, as officersat the station have been assigned to be onthe lookout for marked bins.

Malila explained that when marked binsare spotted, they can be returned to the ad-dress written on them. Anybody who spotsstolen wheelie bins or knows about the binsbeing stolen is urged to contact the stationon (021) 442-3122/21.

GUN RUNNERS: Gun Push,a street race through thecity centre, involved 13teams of soldiers pushing23mm anti­aircraft can­nons, each weighing abouta ton, over 7,2km on Satur­day 28 May. This is the Cityof Cape Town’s second ar­tillery gun race, which washosted by last year’s win­ner, Cape Garrison Artil­lery. The race started at thesound of the noonday gun,from the City Hall, alongDarling Street, past theGood Hope Centre, down Russell and onto Newmarket, all the way along the front of the Castleto Adderley Street, where the contestants turned back up to Darling Street. They repeatedthe circuit three times and ended at the Grand Parade. Above is a women’s team pushingthe air defence artillery gun, which is mounted on a two­wheel carriage. Photo: John Rayner

Page 6 People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland GENERAL Tuesday 31 May 2011

‘Help me getmy sight back’TAURIQ HASSEN

“THIS is the onlyhope I have”,

pleads a partially blindFactreton man, who islosing more of his eye-sight with every passingday.

Craig Thomas was diag-nosed with degenerativemyopia at an early age,which saw his eyesight de-teriorate over time.

The 51-year-old Thomas iscurrently occupying a smallroom in a wendy house, liv-ing alone and depending ona disability grant of R1 010 amonth.

He never leaves thehouse, as his vision re-stricts him to the safety ofhis back yard.

According to a myopic de-generation support website,myopia is a conditionwhereby images come intofocus in front of the eye, re-sulting in a blurred imageon the retina.

The more severe the near-sightedness, the farther theimage is from the retina,which results in more blur-ry vision in the distance.

Myopia causes light raysto focus on the front of theretina. As a result, close ob-jects are seen clearly, while distant objectsappear blurred.

Near vision, however, can deteriorate toa level where reading even close to the facecan become difficult.

“I cannot do normal things like every-body else, and it’s sad for me,but it’s a condition that I amfaced with and have been liv-ing like this for almost all mylife,” says Thomas.

Thomas visits the GrooteSchuur Eye Clinic for treat-ment regularly, but this hasresulted in very little successthus far.

On his visit to the clinic,Thomas is required to per-form optical tests, whichproves that his eyesight is de-teriorating by the day.

However, approximatelythree weeks ago, he was of-fered a lifeline when a doctorinformed him about an opera-tion that could restore his eye-sight. “This is the first opera-tion of its kind, and my hopes are high, be-cause there is something I can do to savemy eyesight,” Thomas says excitedly.

According to Thomas, the R50 000 opera-tion initially came to him asa “huge surprise”, but thelifeline gave him “hope tocling on”.

“I was even prepared to actas a guinea pig for this opera-tion, this is how desperate Iam, because I just want an-

other chance,” says Thomas with a widesmile on his face.

He adds that watching television, driv-ing a car, obtaining a driving licence andnot walking into objects are all possible ifthe operation is performed.

“I know I am losing my eye-sight really slowly, but thereis a chance for me to do thenormal things that everybodyelse gets up to, so I will contin-ue to hope and dream,” saysThomas.

“If there is anybody outthere, the public and evendoctors reading my story, thisis something that means somuch to me, because thethought of losing my eyesightcompletely is really some-thing scary.”

Anybody willing to assistThomas can contact him on079 441 2699.

People’s Post forwarded a de-tailed query through to theGroote Schuur Hospital to

gain further informationonThomas’ case,but they did not respond by the time of go-ing to print.

PLEASE HELP: Craig Thomas demonstrates how difficultit is for him to read a simple sentence. Photo: Tauriq Hassen

Castle indeed the oldestANDRE BAKKES

MANY people think the Cas-tle is theoldest building inCape Town, and after

much research, phone calls andsite visits, it turns out they are ab-solutely correct.

People’s Post recently publisheda notice which claimed that the Janvan Riebeeck-commissioned fortwas the oldest building in the Cape,but a week later a reader indicatedthat this title and distinction, infact, belongs to the Posthuys in Mu-izenberg.

The plot thickened when a read-er, Gary Goldman, insisted that itwasn’t the Castle or the Posthuys,but Coornhoop, a double-storeybuilding in Observatory, that wasthe oldest.

This led People’s Post on a longbut fascinating journey of discov-ery, only to end up where it all began – or,as turns out, where it all began – the Castle.

Goldman put the cat among the pigeonswhen he said: “It is Observatory’s Coorn-hoop, without a doubt. The original pigeonholes are still there. These were homing pi-geons that would carry messages to and fromplaces like Wellington. It was built in 1657and the Castle only came much later.”

This part of the Cape Peninsula was oncemarsh-land, with buffalo, elephant, hippo, li-on and leopard roaming freely in the area.

Observatory traces its origins to the Coorn-hoop Colony land grant, which was commis-sioned to the first Free Burghers in 1657 byVan Riebeeck.

These officials from the Dutch East IndiaCompany were to occupy land in the Lies-beek River valley.

The large number of mills surrounding thevalley at the time bore testament to the suc-cess of the farms.

A few mills still remain, such as the famousMostert’s Mill.

An even older mill still exists at the Alexan-dra Institute, not far from the site of thepresent Observatory.

The later sub-division of farms such as Bel-levliet, Westoe, Valkenburg, Coornhoop andWelgelegen contributed to the present-daygrid pattern layout.

A diminutive plaque commemorating thehistoric Van Riebeeck commission is todayat the entrance of Coornhoop – a buildingnow used by the University of Cape Town’sCentre for Conflict Resolution on DixtonRoad.

On the plaque it also reveals that the Simon

van der Stel Foundation restored the ruinsin 1964-1965.

Historian Mike Walker says that if there isan authority who can identify the oldestbuilding beyond a shadow of a doubt, it is re-nowned architect Gawie Fagan.

Fagan filed the question under “elementa-ry” when he confirmed that the general as-sumption is the correct one – the pentagonalCastle, which was built in 1666, is undoubted-ly the oldest.

Things were about to get even more inter-esting when Iziko Museums of Cape Town’sdirector, Lalou Meltzer, set up an interviewwith historian and multi-award winning au-thor Dan Sleigh.

“I deal with facts,” says Sleigh confidently.“The Castle is the oldest building in the prov-ince.”

He adds that there are some circular stonestructures in the old Transvaal and FreeState that might even be older, but he can’tbe sure.

“The two cornerstones of the Castle wereplaced on 2 January 1666. The builders dugthe trenches a few months before,” he states.

When speaking to Sleigh, it is obvious thathistory flows through his veins and dateswhirl meticulously in his mind.

“Coornhoop has a very modern style of ar-chitecture. I have seen the plans for the build-ing, and they are dated between 1960 and 1970.That’swhen itwas restoredand there is hard-ly anything left of the original ruins,” hesays.

“The freemen’s houses looked completelydifferent. They had a very poor beginningand didn’t have double-storey buildings at

all.”As for the Posthuys, Sleigh says the

“misreading” of a document has leadto misinformation.

“I’ve spoken to the owners of theplace and informed them that it wasnot built in 1673, as many believe, butmuch later – definitely not before1743. They are nice people, but they’reflying under false colours.”

The second oldest building is, infact, the Slave Lodge, which was origi-nally a slave lodge and later the Su-preme Court. It is now a cultural his-tory museum, with a section on slav-ery and artefacts not only from CapeTown’s history, but also ancient andglobal civilisations.

“The Lutheran Church was built inthe 1780s, but the clock tower itselfwas built in 1702,” says Sleigh, beforerattling off a whirlwind of names anddates.

RECENT: Coornhoop, with its old pigeon holes, was builton the original ruins. Photo: Andre Bakkes

OFFICIAL: The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest buil­ding in South Africa Photo: Supplied

Hiking schedule for JuneTHE Meridian Hiking Club will be hikingto see the Noon Day Gun on Saturday 4June.

Contact Maré Ascott on 083 4455 728 oremail mareascott@meridian.org.za forfurther information.

. On Sunday 5 June, there will be a funrock scramble up Cave Peak from Clovel-ly, then through Boomslang Cave to sum-mit Kleintuinkop via DassieskasteelTraverse. Contact Jenni Fitzell on 083 324

8866 or email wallcape@netactive.co.za tofind out more.

. The club will also be hiking to Ele-phants Eye on Saturday 11 June.

Contact Beverly Lothian on 084 206 7796or email bevlothian@meridian.org.za formore information.

. On Saturday 11 June, there is a fullday hike to the Paarl Mountain Reserve.Contact Louis Conradie on 073 195 9077 oremail louis@patat.co.za to find out more.

Sew much to learnCLOTEX will be hosting training workshopsfor participants in the clothing and textile in-dustry, which will provide informative anduseful guidelines.

. A budget and scheduling session takes

place on 4 June between 09:00 until 12:00.The event takes place at the Clotex head-

quarters on the corner of lower Klipfonteinand Springbok Roads in Kewtown, Athlone.

There are payments required for certainsessions. To find out more about the costs,contact Natasha on (021) 637-3648, fax (021)637- 3647 or email natasha@clotex.co.za.

Weekend of wisdomAPPLES of Gold Ministries invites all moth-ers to attend their camp at Simonsberg from3 till 5 June for a weekend of stimulating talkson mothering and marriage. Enjoy some old-fashioned nurturing as older women share

their experience with younger parents.The cost is R330 for the full weekend, in-

cluding all meals and teas.For more information, phone Christine on

(021) 782-4485 or 079 223 9635.

I cannot donormal thingslike everybodyelse, and it’s

sad for me, butit’s a conditionthat I am faced

with

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Tuesday 31 May 2011 GENERAL People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland Page 7

Empowering job seekersTERESA FISCHER

CONCENTRATING intently, one of thewomen taking part in a job readinesscourse jots down notes, then pauses, anderases something before bending over hernotebook again.

It is day three of a 10-day job readinesscourse, and the focus is on character and howit affects your job hunt.

The job readiness programme aims to equipunemployed people with life skills so they areable to find and retain work.

The course is offered in Epping by Zanokh-anyo, which means to “bring light”, and is aproject of Pinelands-based NGO PhambilingeThemba (Going forward with hope).

Zanokhanyo was launched in 2008, in re-sponse to the country’s growing unemploy-ment rate, and it attracts people from Langa,Khayelitsha, Gugulethu and Mitchell’s Plain.

According to project coordinator, LindaChonco, research conducted in Langa in 2007established that there were jobs available, butthat employers struggled to find suitable peo-ple, as many job-seekers were not “work-ready”.

For example, punctuality is an issue, andemployees might not arrive for work, only pro-viding an explanation when it was already toolate.

Emotional healing is another aspect of thetraining,which includes seminars onpersonalfinances, practical interview skills and work-place ethics.

Candidates are also taught basic computerskills, and they graduate with an email ad-dress and the tools to access job-seekers web-sites.

Then the real hard work of finding a job be-gins, but they are also given free access to com-puters in the resource centre, where they can

print documents for aminimal fee and haveaccess to telephonesand fax machines. Apastor is also availa-ble for prayer sup-port.

The course is ex-tremely popular, andis currently bookedup three months inadvance. Places arelimited to 14 percourse. News of theproject was spread en-tirely by word ofmouth.

The course costsR150 and in order toreceive a certificate,participants must at-tend every single day.

Chonco does notconsider what shedoes work, because itis so rewarding. Shegives the example ofsomeone who findswork as a domestic worker as a result of theInternet, when a month prior they hadn’t everused a computer before.

“I am from Langa and have a great love forthe community. I want to see us all become thebeautiful beings God wanted us to be,” shesays. She adds that she considers it a privilegeto work on the project. “You can learn so much... these people teach you about courage, love,and getting up and doing something,” she says.

“We show them we care, show them thatthey can do it; we just provide the tools. Thereis a fire in them, they have dreams,” she adds.

Chonco says 188 people have done the course–110 have worked since and at least 92 are still

working.Zanokhanyo receives no government spon-

sorship and relies on donations.There are ways to help other than giving

cash, such as sponsoring a candidate, donatingbread or peanut butter (sometimes the onlymeal of the day for the unemployed), or evenvisiting the centre to assist as a volunteer. Ex-perienced trainers could provide advice totrainers at the project. Employers could con-tact the project for reliable referrals.

“The whole community benefits,” notesChonco, “Not just the person who finds work.”

Contact Linda Chonco on (021) 531-0655 or083 2621 290 or email linda@zanokhanyo.co.za

DIGGING DEEP: Participants at a job readiness course at Zanokhanyoin Epping prepare for the workplace environment.

Photo: Teresa Fischer

Bo-Kaapfood andcraft marketTHE Bo-Kaap Food and CraftIndoor Market will be held atthe Bo-Kaap Civic Centre inWale Street on Saturday 4June from 10:00 to 14:00.

There will be an array oftraditional foods includinghot breakfast, cakes, spices,koesisters, milk tart, samoo-sas, salomies, dried fruit andother preserves.

The crafts will include jew-ellery, clothes, gifts, Africancurios and crochet baskets.This month there will besomething new for the wom-en.

This will include thread-ing, cranic healing, foot andhand scrubs, facials and Indi-an head massages. At 12:00there will be a food demon-stration using Soraya’s Se-cret Delicacies organic pastesand spices.

The next market will be onSaturday 2 July. Call (021)424-3736 or 072 643 0054.

CAMEL’S milkcontains high lev-els of insulin andantibodies thatare good for regu-lating diabetesand other diseas-es. Unlike cow’smilk, camel’s milk is easily digesti-ble for the lactose intolerant popula-tion. It also contains more vitaminC than cow’s milk. –(www.2020site.org)

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Plumber plunges cycling depthsTERESA FISCHER

LOCAL legend, Peter the Plumber, hasbeen unblocking drains and patchingup burst geysers since 1974.

His maroon Austin vanis a familiar sight inRondebosch, although ithas been a little scarce late-ly.

That’s because Peter La-mond swopped his plungerfor a bicycle pump to takepart in a 11 900km bikingadventure from Cairo toCape Town.

Sixty-four brave soulsfrom all over the worldtook part in the four-monthtrip, which saw them trav-elling through Cairo, Su-dan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tan-zania, Malawi, Zambia,Botswana and South Afri-ca. The group includedeveryone from a postman to a professor.

Lamond arrived back earlier thismonth, but apart from a peeling nose, andwild, sun-bleached hair – lots of it – heseems fit and is not walking like JohnWayne.

Aged 64, he is the oldest cyclist to havecompleted the “incredibly interesting”journey, which was punctuated by re-markable experiences he casually pops in-to conversation. “In Northern Kenya agang of AK47-wielding rebels held us up.”

He explains he was with a small groupof six riders when the incident occurred.“They first threw a spear at one of the girls.Then they fired about 12 shots past ourears,” he says, adding it was “quite trau-matic”, and lasted about 45 minutes.

The gang spoke no English and werevery nervous, making them empty theirbackpacks.

But apart from being pelted by stone-throwing children in the hills of Ethiopia,their other challenges were the naturalkind, such as flooding rivers, quagmires

and hailstorms. And hitting wanderingcows, which may seem unlikely, but wassomething a couple of the cyclists experi-enced.

“The weather was unbelievably change-able. We rode in absolutely torrential

rain.” Lamond says if theywanted to get to where theyneeded to be there was nooption but to hop on theirbikes, whatever the weath-er.

He is one of only 14 par-ticipants who received anEFI medal for completing“every fabulous inch”,even though he was verysick in Ethiopia. “I wasvery determined; I won’ttake sickness as an ex-cuse.”

He was also awarded the“broken compass” awardfor his wayward navigationskills.

Asked whether he learntanything that would

change his life, he says: “At my age I amnot going tohave somegreat bubble appearover my head, a so-called light bulb mo-ment. I wanted to do it for the historicalsignificance of the Cape to Cairo route, andas a personal achievement.”

Last year he had a hip replacement, andonly had a few months to train for this trip.

But cycling is in his blood. Most of hischildren have been on trips with him, Ni-cholas to Madagascar, Sarah to Ghana, Si-mon to Malawi and John Craig to Tanza-nia. And that was just for starters. Theyhave since explored Vietnam, India andMexico. The tour is organised by the TourD’ Afrique expedition company, which hasa philanthropic mission. One-hundredand-fifty bikes were donated to NGOsalong the route, mainly to medical staff sothey can access more patients.

Lamond also has two bikes and clothingdonated by the group, which will be givento residents of Kaya Mandi informal settle-ment near Stellenbosch.

Music expo strikes a chordARTSCAPE plays host to the inauguralMusic Industry Development Showcase(MIDS) – an event which includes indus-try workshops, live performances and atrade expo – from 3 to 5 June.

It is designed to provide the buddingmusician with information on the beststrategies, products and services to makemusic dreams a reality. All genres are ca-tered for, and South Africa’s leading mu-sic brands and retailers are representedat the trade expo. Attendees will have theopportunity to interact with professionalmusicians, DJs and technical expertswith a variety of specialist skills.

Event director, Lance Kenned, elabo-rates: “It is very appropriate that MIDSis happening in June – also known asyouth month – because the event is aimedat empowering youth with the knowledgeof what it takes to have a successful ca-

reer in the music industry.“All role players are very excited and

relieved that the event is finally con-firmed after more than a year’s planningand negotiations.”

According to Ukhona Mlandu, re-source centre manager at Artscape, thereis always room for improved strategies topromote careers in the music industryamong youth, and “MIDS is guaranteedto make a significant contribution in thisregard”.

This is the only music industry eventof its kind on the Western Cape calendar.MIDS coincides with the Artscape YouthJazz Festival. Event entrance and allworkshops are free of charge, and can bepre-booked on the MIDS website.

For more information, visit www.mid-scapetown.co.za or email info@midsca-petown.co.za.

Help reunite Steele with his ownersSTEELE, this beautiful border collie, wentmissing on Table Mountain on Wednesday 18May when his owners took him and their oth-er dog for a walk after voting two weeks ago.

The Vines residents, Diane and Gavin Gold-smith, are frantically searching for him, andare desperate to get him home safely.

Steele is micro-chipped and has a name tagwith his owners’ contact numbers on it.

The Goldsmiths say the support from thepublic has been tremendous, with peoplesearching on the mountaine very day andsending SMSes and emails of well wishes tothe family. Steele was given to the Goldsmithstwo years ago by family who had emigrated.

Instead of handing Steele in to the SPCA,the Goldsmiths adopted the beloved dog.

Now the family is sick with worry, but arestill keeping their hopes up that their dear dogwill return home. They ask that anyone who

finds Steele takes the dog to the nearest vetfor a free scan. They also ask anyone whowants to help to print a few copies of this arti-cle and put it up at their local grocery store,library, police station, vet or any public place.There is a reward offered for any informationleading to the safe return of Steele. If Steeleis seen or found, call 083 777 8058 or083 787 9224.

GONE:Steelewentmissingtwoweeksago onTableMoun­tain.

Seenhere areTomPear­son­Ad­ams(left)and RobSawyer.

Opera singer, Robin Botha, is one of theperformers at The Brasserie.

From left, Dominik Marszalek and KerryHillier from The Hattery.

Fromleft,TanjaMostert andSandraH fromBodyArts.

BrasseriedancersTracyStanford(left) andLindi Pe­ters. Pho­tos: Supplied

ASTERIX LOOKALIKE: PeterLamond cycling throughZambia. Photo: Tour d’Afrique

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Page 10 People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland LEADER Tuesday 31 May 2011

Inconvenient truthTHE Protection of Information Bill, also knownas the “Secrecy Bill”, is nothing but bad newsfor transparency in government.

The Bill seems to challenge the very founda-tion on which South African legislation is de-veloped – the Constitution – which ensuresfreedom of expression and that of the press.

In a shocking act last week, ANC MPs on aparliamentary committee tasked with debatingand finalising the Bill made headlines whenthey insisted that matters in this regard be fast-tracked to meet a deadline of 24 June.

This despite other parties’ representativeson the committee calling for continued brain-storming, discussion and consideration of ob-jections to the controversial legislation.

Once a world bastion for press freedom, SAhas now been demoted to the status of only“partially free” by the international freedommonitoring group, Freedom House.

The regression is a sad state of affairs whenconsidering the vast promise of a free and dem-ocratic country made at the very dawn of de-mocracy. Seventeen years later, the same polit-ical party that served as the catalyst for the fallof oppression and unjust governance is now, insome ways, increasingly at loggerheads withthe media, and respect for transparency of thestate is under serious threat.

The Secrecy Bill will serve as more than asimple annoyance and inconvenience for jour-nalists, and has a far-reaching impact on thefuture of the electorate. If left unchallenged itwill not only muzzle the media, but will also robevery ordinary citizen of their right to hold ac-countable the very leaders they elect to power.Government officials at any level will be ableto classify information as secret, a privilegewhich, in itself, could easily be abused.

The Bill also ushers in minimal protection ofinformants, which means that the distributionand publication of information regarded asclassified could provoke imprisonment.

Various organisations and individuals havepublicly reiterated the effects this legislationwill have on us all, and they have called for are-draft of the proposed legislation.

The truth is always worth fighting for.

America is people’s choiceOUR new councillor, Derrick America, wasa lecturer at Cape Peninsula University ofTechnology (CPUT) for more than 15 years.

After that he was a commissioner at theCommission for Conciliation, Mediationand Arbitration (CCMA).

He is a strongly ethical person, with noclassprejudice, andhe is committed towork-ing with everyone. Our election campaignwas run from a house in Albacore Street,Factreton, which is an area known as the gat.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) activiststook him to their bosoms.

It does not matter if he does not live in thearea; his skills are important, he is conver-sant with most of the issues in the communi-

ty, since he personally went door-to-doorand heard directly from residents their con-cerns and issues.

It does not matter that Jimmy Xalipi is nothappy with our councillor. The people spokewith an overwhelming vote – Derrick is thepeople’s choice. In addition we do not expecthim to do things for us. We expect him to dothings with us – together we will improveour community. We no longer wait for oth-ers to change things; we are the vehicle forchange. Our councillor will be supportingall CBOsand stakeholderswhoprovide serv-ices and support to residents.LISA MCBRIDEFactreton

Keeping the faithASCENSION DAY is on Thursday 2 June.

We, as the coloured population seem to bethe only group that still celebrates Ascen-sion Day, and only our coloured schools areclosed on this holy day, which our South Af-rican government has scrapped off the calen-dar. We belong to the Western Cape Colouredpopulation. In a 2009 global study of thisgroup, it was revealed that we have the mostdiverse ancestry in the world. We embracethe Christian faith and we stand very firmin keeping God’s laws.

Our ancestors are descendants of mixedheritage, including German, French Hugue-not, Dutch, 1820 Settlers, St Helenians, Chi-nese, Khoisan, Jewish, African and Indian.Our ancestors endured much persecution,

e.g. French Protestants, Jewish persecutionand our slave ancestors endured severehardships during slavery and our parentsand grandparents severe oppression duringapartheid. Through all this we acknowledgethat God’s enduring mercy has brought usthrough it all. God is our avenger and ourdeliverer.

He will destroy the wicked men who carryon hurting and oppressing the poor and therighteous. I encourage all 80% of South Afri-cans who professed the Christian faith in the2008 census to take a stand for God and keepand observe His holy days as He had com-manded. Jesus reminded us to love Godabove all and to love our neighbours and tokeep faith until He returns soon in the sameway in which He ascended.MERLE MARTINKirstenhof

Stop the dumping in Kensington RoadMY NAME is Yusuf Kamaldien, and I havebeen a resident of Kensington for the past20 years. I live on the corner of 9th Streetand Kensington Road.

Since the day I moved here I have hada problem with dumping in KensingtonRoad. The residents of Kensington, whoare incidentally also my neighbours, useKensington Road as their private dumpingground, dumping anything from gardenrefuse to builders rubble, as well as theirunwanted/broken furniture.

I have contacted the council on many oc-casions regarding this problem. The coun-cil sends a truck to clean up the mess, onlyfor people to dump their rubble again later.

My appeal to the residents of Kensingtonis to refrain from dumping their rubbishin Kensington Road.

How would they like it if I continuallychoose to dump my rubbish on their door-step?YUSUF KAMALDIENKensington

FILTH: Rubbish dumped alongside Kensington Road. Photo: Supplied

Tuesday 31 May 2011 LETTERS People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland Page 11

YourSMSesPolitical sentiment

. Julius, your hate song is racismin reverse. Mandela freed the coun-try, he did not sing this song. Edu-cated people normally vote for edu-cated candidates. Keep the past inthe past – move on. Now it is timeto help the people.

. Way to go! The ANC have a rap-ist as a mayor. Why do you give allPollsmoor prisoners jobs? I see youtrafficking drugs too – so manycriminals. Why don’t you just hireshebeen owners too?

. The reason the ANC did so bad-ly is due to four names: Zuma, Male-ma, Mantashe and Ehrenreich!

Time to prove your worth. Now that voting is done and the

time has come to put the shoulderto the wheel, who can we, the vot-ers, go to when these public serv-ants are not doing their well-paidjobs?

. Zille, I want to see action notwords. I hate shacks. Why don’t yougive the people the ad in People’sPost for jobs? Wendy houses don’thave plumbing and electricity andyou can’t install a fireplace. The so-lution is that you must give thesepeople a proper roof over theirheads, because they also have a toi-let problem. I want you to live in itfor a month. This is a dare.

Service delivery suggestions

. The City of Cape Town couldsave a considerable amount of mon-ey in the long term by offering elec-tronic billing for all ratepayers whoare online. Postal billing is a wasteof time, money, paper, postage, en-ergy and resources.

. Now that we have voted for theDA, why can’t they scrap the ratesin all the areas?

Housing matters. Stop upgrading the old flats –

rather start building flats for poorpeople. We are in for a very coldwinter and people need a roof overtheir heads immediately. Viva DA.Henry

. When giving people good hous-es, give them an agreement too.They will be able to rent it out, butthey can’t sell it.

Only one family can stay in ahouse or they lose it. One memberof the familymust be employed.Thecan’t get the house if they alreadyhave a house.

. To Zille and Zuma, why whenbuying a house and taking a homeloan do banks charge us triple theamount when we pay back? Theymust give service and not rob us.

Metrorail. What happened to the extra

trains? I happen to work for attor-neys and was told to deal with the

fact that the trains are late manytimes a month. I had to work in mytime when the trains were late.Come on now, Metrorail, helpplease.

. Mr Matya, how can commutersjoin hands if you are squashed inlike sardines? You are ridiculous.

Broadcast blues. I hope that e.tvnakednewsdoes

not air, but what about that stupid“SMS and get naked pics”? Pleasetake that off too!

. A friend of mine came home tofind his domestic worker watchinga blue movie that she had found.Win

Consumer woes. When eating from food outlets

take note of what you put into yourmouth, as we discovered a thread ofartificial hair in a slice of pizza! Ohmy, had we just munched away whoknows what else could have been inthat pizza. They take precaution bywearing hair nets and bandanas,but it’s a mystery how that hair gotin the filling!

Thank you. Thank you David Kramer and

the cast of “Breyani” for an enter-taining show and illustrating thehistory of coloureds. Taliep Pe-tersen was missed, and we will nev-er forget.

Support the SAPSTHE killing of two police offic-ers has once again highlightedthe risk police have to face in theline of duty to protect us, the citi-zens of South Africa.

General Bheki Cele, in a me-dia statement, stated that com-munities and the media muststop being unsympathetic to-wards the police, and that thekilling of our police officers is anational crisis. On reading this,and being a retired police officermyself, and knowing the impor-tance of community support,

I decided to make a proposalthat would show that we, thecommunity, cherish, support,appreciate and are proud of ourpolice force. My proposal is thaton a date and time frame in thevery near future, implement thefollowing: In each province, onthe same date and time, the po-lice march through the capitalcity of each province, followedby the communities in a massplacard display of support forthe police.

That in each province wherethat march is taking place, a 21-gun salute is fired to honour our

police, and at a given time afterthat, every vehicle to blow theirhooters and every church bellring out in honour of our menand women in blue.

At every police station on thatday members of those respectivecommunities, with their spiritu-al leaders, gather and pray forthe members doing duty forthem, and also voice their com-mitment in support of the police.Radio stations for that period toentertain support pledges fromlisteners. Pledges on public plat-forms by community leaders.Stickers stating “support our po-lice” to be distributed, to bestuck on vehicles of the commu-nity. Finally, everynational andcommunity newspaper writingabout the community supportfor the police.

While writing this above pro-posal, a feeling of national prideswelled in my body as I realisedwhat an impact it would have onthe law-abiding citizens and thecriminal element in South Afri-ca.KEITH BLAKEOttery

DID YOU KNOW that rats laugh when you tickle them? Not only that, they vary the intensityof their laugh response, depending on their level of enjoyment. Humans can’t pick up thesehigh-pitched giggles and guffaws without a bat-range listening device.

- (www.webbofscience.com/2009/05/11/laughing-rats/)

Launch into discussionWITS UNIVERSITY PRESS, BookLounge and the Harold Wolpe Me-morialTrustwill hold adual launchand panel discussion on TuesdayJune 16 at the Book Lounge, 71 Roe-land Street, Cape Town. The book,titled “South Africa & India: Shap-ing the Global South”, and edited byIsabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Wil-

liams, will be launched. The topicfor discussion will be “South Africaand India: Imperialism and/or Co-operation in the Indian Ocean are-na?”. UCT sociology professor, AriSitas, will be in conversation withHofmeyr and Williams.

RSVP to booklounge@gmail.comor call (021) 462-2425.

People's Post Page 12 Phone: 021 713 9440 | Fax: 021 713 9481 Tuesday 31 May 2011

Saamtrek at the German ClubTHE first Zef-Zeffer-Zefste event will be heldon Friday 17 June at the German Club in Gar-dens, Cape Town.

Celebrated playwright, Charles Fourie’shit play “Agterplaas”, which was recentlystaged to accolades at the Klein Karoo Nation-al Arts festival, will be performed.

Afrikaans rapper and raconteur, JackParow, will showcase his Parowphernaliafashion range, together with funky Stellen-bosch designers, Zef Leopard.

The Psychedelic Theatre Company willstage a spectacular fire and UV performance.

A few proud Zephyr and DKW antique carowners will display their motor vehicles.

Photographer, Herman Jordaan, will holda solo-exhibition of images taken from poor-white squatter campsaroundCapeTown, and

Solidarity’s Helping Hand organisation willjoin them to inform the public of their workamong the poor.

To end the evening, music guru, VinceLadd, who has collaborated with Nine InchNails in Norway, will be playing his specialmix of “retro-sokkie-electro-vibe”, and theRoodehek restaurant will host an open barand full menu with Thai and German cuisine.

Members of the public can win great prizesfrom Baccini’s Pizzeria and Van Hunks res-taurant for the best-dressed Zef-couples. Theevent kicks off at 19:00 and tickets cost R100.

There will be safe parking at the GermanClub in Roodehek Terrace, which is just offHope Street in Gardens. For more informa-tion and bookings, contact Cintaine on073 161 4141.

IN THEYARD: Thecast of“Agterp­laas” (fromleft) Cin­taineSchutte,DeirdreWolhuter,Deon Lotz,Charles vanden Heever,Esther vonWaltzle­ben, JanHendrik Op­perman andLanel vander Kolf. Pho­to: Supplied

Strings attached to love story“OUROBOROS”, an excitingpuppetry production by one ofSouthAfrica’s leading creativeteams, will take centre stage atthe Baxter Theatre from 1 to 11June.

Directed by 2010 StandardBank Young Artist Award win-ner for Theatre, Janni Younge,with master puppeteers BasilJones and Adrian Kohler, thistale of dreaming and the cyclesof life has been created withevocative imagery.

At its heart is a love story be-tween a dancer, Nokobinisa,and a poet, Andre.

Using the magically trans-forming powers of the puppet-ry medium, these two charac-ters are able to appear as sever-al versions of themselves.

Audiences witness the un-folding drama of their livesfrom birth to death. Their in-teractions form a web of rela-tionships, revealing the interdependence ofthe past, present and future.

The production, created and designed byYoung, is inspired by the work of US poet lau-reate Billy Collins, and was first presented togreat acclaim on the main programme of theNational Arts Festival in 2010.

It offers a swirling interaction of perform-ers, exquisitely-created puppets, filigreeshadow work and Michael Clark’s animation.

The show is set to original music by NeoMuyanga, with puppet dance choreographyby Mamela Nyamza.

The 13 main puppets are manipulated by asuperb cast comprising Jason Potgieter, Cin-dy Mkaza, Gabriel Marchand, Tali Cervati,Beren Belknap and 2007 Fleur du Cap Best Ac-

tress winner, Chuma Sopotela.Younge joined Handspring Puppet Compa-

ny as associate director in January this year.She is a graduate of the French nationalschool of puppet theatre, and has a BA in FineArt and an MA in Theatre from UCT.

“Ouroboros” is anancient symbol depictinga serpent swallowing its own tail and forminga circle.

Ticket prices range from R60 to R130. Book-ing is through Computicket on 083 915 8000,online at www.computicket.co.za or at anyShoprite Checkers outlet countrywide.

Follow the production on Facebook(www.facebook.com/pro-file.php?id=100000450807832) and Twitter (ht-tp://twitter.com/handspringcc).

MOVING: Animators bringing characters to life in a scene from“Ouroboros”, which runs at the Baxter Theatre from 1 till 11June.

Sterling forKirstenboschTHE instrumental band, Sterling EQ,will be performing at the Silvertree Res-taurant in Kirstenbosch Gardens onSunday 5 June.

The four-piece group, who have per-formed at SA’s top events and sharedstages with international icons, will per-form a selection of popular melodies andshowpieces. Expect anything from Mo-zart to Mandoza.

Tickets cost R100, and include a wel-come drink. The show starts at 18:30 for19:00. There will be light meals availablefor under R70 each. For bookings, call(021) 762-9585.

GEMS: Sterling EQ will bring their instru­mental virtuosity to Kirstenbosch Gar­dens on Sunday.

Broadway hits at the MasqueA COLLECTION of well-known Broadwaysongs and dances can be seen at theMasque Theatre in Muizenberg in theform of a show called “Razzle Dazzle” fromFriday 3 June to Sunday 5 June.

The show features Felicity Kiran, whostarred in Sun City’s “Let There Be Rock!”Also starring is Peter Weisz from London’sWest End.

The show “takes the audience on a musi-cal journey through the ages of the Broad-way showstoppers, incorporating songsfrom “Cabaret”, “Moulin Rouge”, “Chica-go”, “Dream Girls”, “Grease”, “MamaMia”, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “Wewill Rock You”, “A Chorus Line” and “LesMiserables”” among others. Supported bya young cast of dancers and singers, theshow is choreographed by Jason Sisam.

Friday night is at 20:00 and Saturday at14:30 and 18:30.

Tickets cost R75 (Theatre Club membersR65).

Sunday is at 15:00.Tickets for the Sunday matinée are R65

(Theatre Club members and pensionersR50).

Bookings are through Computicket, on083 915 8000 or by phoning (021) 782-8976.

Tickets are also available through Com-puticket at Shoprite, Checkers, CheckersHyper and House and Home.

GLAMOUR: Felicity Kiran features in “RazzleDazzle” at the Masque Theatre from Friday3 June. Photo: Supplied

Comedy – the Miller wayTAMMY PETERSEN

SHARP, poignant and fast with thehumour – Mel Miller is all that and

a bag of top-quality chips.

The humour heavyweight will be per-forming in Fish Hoek on Saturday 11 Junein the Fish Hoek High School Hall as partof the Comedy Legends in the Valley se-ries, a fundraiser for the Shark Spotters.

Miller, who recently returned from asold-out show at the Sydney Opera House,and has also been awarded the Comic’sChoice Lifetime Achievement Award, iswell-known for his “Biltong and Potroast”TV show in the 1970s, in which South Afri-can comedians were pitted against Britishcounterparts.

Miller tells People’s Post he “just can’twait” for his first visit to the Far Southin decades.

“I haven’t been there in yonks, so youcannot believe my excitement for thisshow. I hope to see a full-house because Iam ready for Fish Hoek!”

He says his audience can look forwardto two hours of “moaning and complain-ing”.

“I will whine about everything fromgovernment to old age. I hope people comeprepared for an evening of chaos and mad-ness.”

Comedian Barry Hilton, who had theFar South in stitches earlier this month,says Miller is one of the most unique per-formers anyone will see.

“Even though he has been a pro for over40 years, he is as sharp and hilarious asever. He is current, poignant and quick onhis feet. He is, without a shadow of doubt,my favourite comedian. Ever!”

The Cousin says audiences are in for areal treat because when Miller takes to thestage, laughter is guaranteed.

“He is not scared to be himself, and theaudience can sense that. He is a real, genu-ine person and a top-class entertainer.”

SarahTitley, theSharkSpotters’ projectmanager, says there are still ample ticketsavailable, and calls on residents of the Val-ley to show their support next week.

“This promises to be a real family event,and a great opportunity for locals to con-tribute to the Shark Spotters and help usraise funds towards our budget shortfall,”she says.

Tickets to the show, which starts at19:00, cost R100 if pre-booked on078 174 4244, or R120 at the door on thenight. Tickets can also be bought at APJones in Fish Hoek Main Road.

. People’s Post is the print media spon-sor of the show.

Mel Miller will hit Fish Hoek to raise fundsfor a good cause.

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WHEN the DHL Stormerstake on the new kids in

the Super Rugby competition,the Melbourne Rebels, on Fri-day, they will be looking tomake it three wins out of fourmatches on tour.

But with injuries in vital posi-tions plaguing the Cape side, thedecision of who to field against theside that has impressed criticsthroughout the season, will deter-mine just how the Stormers endtheir four-week Australasian tour.

After losing the services of theirpoint-scoring machine and flyhalf,Peter Grant, just last week, theStormers have been dealt anotherblow with the loss of scrumhalf De-waldt Duvenhage, who sustainedan injury to his ankle during theside’s 16-3 victory over the Brum-bies in the Australian capital ofCanberra the past weekend.

Duvenhage, who flew backhome on Sunday, will be replacedby seasoned scrumhalf Ricky Jan-uarie, while head coach AllisterCoetzee will have a tough time se-lecting a suitable replacement forGrant.

He opted for 20-year-old KurtColeman for the Brumbies clash,and says he was satisfied with hisperformance.

“I am very pleased with Kurt’s

performance – he’s still veryyoung, and this is still very muchpart of his apprenticeship,” Co-etzee said after the match.

“He needs to gain a lot more ex-perience, but it really is great thathe is doing so in a winning side.”

Despite being impressed withColeman, Coetzee has also askedformer Lions utility back and nowGriquas flyhalf, Earl Rose, to jointhe squad in Melbourne.

He has also called on the servic-es of Vodacom Cup flyhalf andscrumhalf, Louis Schreuder.

During the match against theBrumbies it was evident that themen from the Cape tried their bestto keep Coleman protected, keep-ing the ball away from him when-ever they could.

Rose, despite having more expe-rience than Coleman, has been in-consistent over the past couple ofseasons – with his career beingmarred by off-the-field incidents.

But his natural talent and abili-ty to read the match may be thetrigger needed in the Stormersbackline.

However, the question of wheth-er Rose is really the only optionavailable to the men in navy-blue-and-white needs to be asked.

The injury list sees Grant, Grayvan Aswegen, Lionel Cronjé andSam Lane benched at the moment.

But in the beginning stages ofthe season, who would be wearing

the coveted number-10 jersey wasa toss up between Van Aswegen,Cronjé and Elgar Watts – a Bolandplayer who impressed all duringthe warm-up matches.

Watts, who was part of the train-ing squad since December lastyear, is fit and has been playingimpressive rugby in a strugglingBoland outfit.

He has proven that he has theability to dictate the backlinewhile playing for the Pumas in lastyear’s Currie Cup, and has also no-tablyworkedonhis placement andfrom-hand kicking.

Then there’s the impressive fly-half, Dimitri Catrakilis, from cur-rent Varsity Cup champions FNBUCT, who has also been over-looked. Talks that Catrakilis maybe leaving the Cape to ply his tradewith the EP Kings has surfaced.

In the end, Coetzee will probablybe using the match against theRebels to test combinations andce-ment the strongest players to pos-sibly take over from his first-choice players.

SANDWICHED: DHL Stormers hook­er, Deon Fourie, is tackled by twoBrumbies players during the SuperRugby clash between the two sidesin Canberra, Australia on Saturday.The Stormers were eventual 16­3victors. Photo: Getty Images

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HAND OFF: UCT’s Morne van Wyk gets away from Zolani Mofu of Villager RFC, duringUCT’s 55­20 win in a Western Province Super League A rugby match at Groote Schuuron Saturday. Photos: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

SWIFT PASS: Daniel Anderson of Rondebosch Boys’ High offloads during his school’sclash with Paarl Boys’ High at Rondebosch on Saturday. Paarl won 48­11.

TURF FIGHT: UCT’s Vaughan Erasmus battles a grounded Mbulelo Nkomo of Langa during UCT’s 6­3 win in a WPGrand Challenge match at Rondebosch on Saturday.

DESPERATE DASH: Roaul Larson of Villager attempts to break through the UCT defence, duringthe Ikeys’ 55­20 win in a WP Super League A rugby mqtch on Saturday.

RARE RAID: Giovanni Hoffmeyer of Rondebosch Boys’ High eludes Dean Hensley of Paarl Boys’ High,during the visitors’ 48­11 win in a Western Province under­19A match at Rondebosch on Saturday.

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AJAX CAPE TOWN FC ace,Thulani Serero, made sure

his name will be embossed ingold in the annals of South Afri-can soccer history when he wonfour major awards at the 2010/11Premiership Awards ceremonyheld in Johannesburg on Sundayevening.

Serero (21) was awarded the Pre-mier Soccer League (PSL) Football-er of the Year, as well as the AbsaPremiership Player of the Season,Players’ Player of the Season and

Absa Red-Hot Young Player of theSeason awards.

The Soweto-born Serero – whojoins defending Dutch championsAjax Amsterdam FC (which hassigned him up) on 27 June for pre-season training – received a recordtotal of R600 000 in prize money atthe glittering awards ceremony.

Serero’s achievement of winningthe PSL Player of the Year earnedhim R250 000 in the face of challeng-es from two other nominees – Ajaxdefender Clayton Daniels and Or-lando Pirates midfielder Andile Ja-li.

Serero – a nominee for five Pre-miership awards – was denied aclean sweep when he lost out toTlou Segolela of triple championsPirates, who won the Absa-lutelyAwesome Goal Award.

Serero hit the target 11 times thispast season. He joined Ajax in 2008and won the PSL Young Footballeraward for the 2009/2010 season.

Jali (21), received the NedbankCup Young Player of the Tourna-ment award (R100 000) on Sundayevening. Kaizer Chiefs’ KnowledgeMusono won the Telkom KnockoutPlayer of the Tournament(R250 000) and Bloemfontein Celt-

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Dutch coach, Ruud Krol, whoguided Pirates to the Premiership,Nedbank Cup and Top Eight cham-pionship titles, received the Coachof the Year award (R75 000).

Serero’s domination of the Pre-miership awards crowned a goldenseason in his professional career.Serero also won the Player of theYear award at Ajax’s presentationdinner at Cape Town Stadium onWednesday evening.

Another popular Ajax award win-ner was Kensington-born Gran-wald Scott. The 23-year-old Scottstarted

out with Kensington AFC juniorsand debuted for Ajax at age 17 in thePSL in 2004.

Scottwaspreferredasawidemid-fielder until Dutch coach, Foppe deHaan – during his two-year spell –switched him to a defensive centralmidfield position.

Scott flourished in his new roleuntil he sustained a knee injurythat sidelined him for Ajax’s finaltwo crucial league clashes.

His absence hit Ajax hard, as theysuccumbed 4-0 to Chiefs and drew2-2 with Maritzburg United – withthe results affording Pirates thechance to snatch the title from Ajaxwith a better goal difference record.

The other Ajax individual awardwinners for 2010/11 were Them-binkozi Fanteni (Golden Boot) andKhama Billiat (Rookie of the Year). GLITZ AND GLORY: Thulani Serero won four major PSL awards.Photo: Gallo Images

GREAT SCOTT: Ajax Cape Town FC’sGranwald Scott oozes confidence,after receiving the 2010/11 Sports­man of the Year award at Ajax’sawards dinner held at Cape TownStadium on Wednesday evening.

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