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Queens Park aburning issueTAURIQ HASSEN

RESIDENTS are challengingthe City of Cape Town’s R2

million rand upgrade of theQueen’s Park recreational facili-ty, raising issues of access, secu-rity and suitability for childrenand dogs.

They have called on the City toimprove certain aspects of the reno-vation of the sportsfield, children’splay area and dog park.

The sports precinct in UpperWoodstock materialised after thelong-standing Queens Park Swim-ming Pool was demolished when-several security concerns aroundthe pool were raised.

In 2009 residents agreed to thedemolition of the ageing facility ata public meeting.

The City has since introduced anew trim park, recreational playpark for children along with im-provements to the soccer field.

Most notably, a new dog walkingfacility had been introduced at thesite of the pool. The facility is to in-clude green areas, benches andtrees, allowing for enough space fordogs to run about.

People’s Post reported that resi-dents were complaining that toomuch fencing had been erected inand around the facility (“Too muchfencing, say residents”, 22 Fe-burary). The green palisade fencingseparates different quadrants of thefacility.

Residents felt the fencing onlycreated a sense of division for theusers of the park.

Bridget Lloyd, a Woodstock resi-dent coordinating many of the com-plaints, has lodged these concernswith council and called for a bettermanagement system and better de-sign to be implemented at the site.

“What is happening now, is thatthere is a division at this publicopen space, along with several oth-er problems around the area,” says

Lloyd.Lloyd said it would see that the

community would not be entitled tomake use of the soccer field, cur-rently being repaired, in the future.

She said a few weeks ago someboys approached her, claiming thatthey were kicked off the field by theclub.

“This is supposed to be a publicopen space and you find this hap-pening, so something is not righthere,” says Lloyd.

She also said there were severalleaks on the field, caused by burstwater pipes, “which is water wast-age”.

The large amount of fencing cre-ates a new safety concern for resi-dents using the facility, as there isonlya limitedamountof exit points,says Lloyd.

“This is a potential risk, as all ittakes is one person to block the exitand you are trapped and at the mer-cy of criminals,” says Lloyd.

Lloyd believes the current spaceallocated for the dog walking park,“is way too small”.

“It will soon become a territorialmatter among the dogs and theywill be fighting with each other, soin actual fact, they cannot be letloose in this park,” says Lloyd.

Lloyd says these are some of theconcerns “streaming from the com-munity” which need to be ad-dressed with council and residentsfrom the area.

In order to strengthen their casewith council, Lloyd began a chainof emails, circulating all the con-cerns fromthe community.Approx-imately 27 residents joined in on theemail chain, supporting the issuesraised.

She says several requests havebeen lodged with the ward council-lor to implement a formalisedFacility Management Committee,which is “seriously needed”.

“All we want is for the area to be-come more unified and to bring thiscommunity together, but with all

these issues and now this fencing,we will not achieve that,” Lloydsaid.

Ward Councillor Cedric Thomasconfirmed that the field has beenleased out to the Queens Park Soc-cer Club, which is currently main-taining the facility.

According to Thomas, all up-grades made to the area were com-municated to the public via subcouncil and ward forum meetings,as well as public meetings held bythe Upper Woodstock Residents As-sociation (UWRA)

“The organisation is mandated torepresent the residents of the com-munity and I worked throughthem,” says Thomas.

Thomas explained that he wasnot fully aware of the burst waterpipes causing leakages on the field,but the problem has already beenaddressed and is being monitoredby the club.

Thomas added that the fencingwas part of the 2010 World CupProject which saw the upgrade tothe original fencing at the facility.

“The total amount of money thathas been invested in the QueensPark precinct over the last fiveyears has been around R2 million,”says Thomas.

He also made it clear that the topsection of the facility, which in-cludes the gym trim park, club-house and basketball court, wouldcover a significant area for childrento play, with adequate space for dogowners, “providing they do not actin an anti-social manner and alsopick up their dogs’ faeces”.

Olivier Kleinhans, another con-cerned resident, has been using thepark for years for both her childrenand dogs.

Although she has not encoun-tered any problems, she too has wit-nessed people being chased off thefield and dog owners being asked toleave.

“It’s a beautiful facility, with themountain as your backdrop, so Idon’t understand why people arebeing asked to leave. We all thoughtthis was supposed to be a publicopen space,” says Kleinhans.

In response to the dog owners toleave the site, Thomasadded thatheis pushing for the new dog walkingsection to be completed later thismonth.

“It will have all the necessities in-stalled for dog lovers, which is thelast section to be completed in thisarea,” Thomas confirmed.

Thomas concluded by saying: “Iwill continue to do the best of myability to work towards improvingthe lives of all who live in this wardand that includes our animals, asthey are part of our families andlives.”

People’s Post attempted to gaincomment from the Upper Wood-stock Residents Association, butthey were unable to comment at thetime of going to print.

AU NATUREL: Cape Town was one of 50 sites around the world to participate in a cheeky protest againstoil dependency and the car culture on Saturday March 12 by celebrating the bicycle and the power andindividuality of the human body. To symbolise the vulnerability of the cyclist in traffic, many cyclists weresemi­clad as they rode down the Fan Walk in Green Point. Photo: Nasief Manie/Foto 24

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Horsepower doesnot come cheapTONY ROBINSON

HAVE you noticed the motorcycles theCape Town traffic cops are riding thesedays? They are 1300 cc Hondas and theycost about R150 000 each.

Now why do the traffic police need suchpowerful motorcycles when their opera-tions are confined to the municipal areawhere speed limits are between 60 and80 km/h? It is true that speed limits do goup to 120 km/h on the freeways, but that isnot where the work is.

So what is the point of motorcycles thatcan race along at speeds in excess of200 km/h?

For less than half the price, the city couldhave bought versatile 600 cc bikes by thesame manufacturer that are also capable ofexcessive speeds. That means they couldhave bought twice as many bikes or theycould have saved a lot of money.

How much money? Well, it would take apensioner who lives in a modest home andpays about R500 a month in rates 16 yearsto pay the extra cost of a single superbike.

Nodoubt the traffic departmentwill havetheir own story. They will probably explainabout the radios and other equipment theofficers have to carry, but that’s all bun-kum – radios have never been smaller orlighter than they are now and, anyway, thebike was designed to carry two. There is noway the equipment (whatever it is) couldbe heavier or less compact than a pillionpassenger.

Anybody who has ever ridden a motorcy-cle (and I am one of them) will tell you thata 600 cc machine is more than powerfulenough for traffic work. In fact, the lightermachine is better suited for use in heavytraffic.

Buying the big 1300 cc superbikes fortraffic cops is as extravagant as buyingBMWs and Jaguars for building inspectorsand social workers.

Of course there was a time, under a previ-ous city administration, when the mountedtraffic officers disappeared and the new

crop of officers tried to do the job in air-con-ditioned cars that cost even more than su-perbikes.

Somehow it always took twocops todriveone car so this reduced the visible presenceon the roads and it reduced their effective-ness because it is darn difficult to threadan air-conditioned Camry through a trafficjam to reach the scene of an accident. Andonce there, the car becomes an extra obsta-cle.

The mounted traffic officer, on the otherhand, can thread his/her way through traf-fic (even in gridlock conditions) to thescene of the accident to take charge and getthe traffic flowing again.

So it’s good to see the bikes back, but whythe superbikes?

We know that bigger bikes are nicer toysfor boys, but that should not be a considera-tion. We must think of the pensioner whohas to pay an extra 16 years worth of ratesfor the extra horsepower.

Big Walk indeed!OVER 20 000 people participated in CapeTown’s annual 10 km Big Walk on Sunday 6March.

The 1UP Cash and Carry Big Walk, pre-sented by Spice Mecca, was held in aid of theRed Cross Children’s Hospital and IslamicLibrary.

A cheque of R125 000 was handed to theRed Cross Children’s Hospital on Sunday 6March. Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato fired

the starting gun just before 08:00. Dr IvanMeyer, MEC for Cultural Affairs and Sport,was spotted among the Big Walk partici-pants walking along the beach front to theGreen Point track.

Seen here are just some of the thousandsof people who enjoyed the glorious weatherand healthy outdoors on Sunday.

. People’s Post is the print media sponsorof the Big Walk.

STRONG WALKERS: Nur(54) and Rajie Dewajee(60) from Kensington.

Photos: Rashied Isaacs

ALMOST THERE: Gamieda Buggas (44), andZuleigah Buggas (76) from Salt River.

GOING STRONG: Musoodah Larry (11), andJogerah Abrahams (55) from Kensington.

KEEPING FIT: Aysha Adams (75) from SaltRiver.

GETTING READY: Gielmie and Shanaaz Solo­man from Maitland.

Smooth sailing at rehearsalFLOAT rehearsals for the Cape Town Car-nival team were successfully completed inwindy conditions at the Culemborg site.

The float, called “World Without Bor-ders”, is a large sailing ship with multi-col-oured flags representing the nations of theworld.

The float is one of nine that will formpart of the carnival procession in LongStreet on Saturday 19 March, starting at20:00.

It will be pushed by volunteers and willbe preceded by six lead dancers, and fol-lowed by 200 more dancers from across thecity.

Cape Town Carnival CEO, MichaelWorsnip, expressed his happiness at theprogress of the event.

“Things are really starting to fall intoplace; our lead dancers are completingtheir final fittings, our community groupsare having final rehearsals and the floatsare being fitted with sound and other last-minute trimmings. The 2011 Cape TownCarnival is ready to rock Cape Town in amagical way,” said Worsnip.

COLOUR FLOAT: The “World­without­borders”float is one of nine floats that will form part ofthe Cape Town Carnival procession in LongStreet on Saturday 19 March.

Sachs on freedom of expressionTHE University of the 3rd Age (U3A) in-vites you to a talk by retired ConstitutionalCourt judge, Albie Sachs, entitled “Freespirits and ravaged souls – tension in theheart of freedom of expression”.

It will take place at the Belthorn Commu-

nity Centre, on the corner of Belgravia andTussen roads, on Thursday 17 March at10:00.

Entry is free.For more information call Jacki Lange

on (021) 696-5212 or on 078 321 9044.

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Bogus copsrob houseTAURIQ HASSEN

MAITLAND police arrested a 31-year-old man believed to be linked

to a house robbery, on Friday 4 March.

The arrest was made after an extensiveinvestigation.

“We cannot divulge as to how the arrestwas made at this stage, because we are plan-ning to apprehend all the remaining sus-pects that were allegedly involved,” saysWarrant Officer Siyabulela Vukubi,spokesperson for the Maitland Police Sta-tion. The robbery took place in MilnerRoad.

Vukubi says the four suspects introducedthemselves as police officials and orderedthe complainant to open the door.

“No one was dressed in police uniformand one of them allegedly produced a policeappointment certificate,” says Vukubi.

The “officers” told the complainant theywere searching for drugs. The complainantthen allowed the men inside the house,where they started to search the house. Nodrugs were found. “They then started tounplug the plasma TVs and DVDs aroundthe house,” says Vukubi.

According to the police report, the sus-

pects walked away with three plasma TVs,one DVD player and one cellphone.

The items were loaded into a white Chev-rolet Optra with an unknown registrationnumber. One of the suspects had a gun andordered the victim not to follow them asthey left, says Vukubi.

A similar incident took place in Novem-ber last year, where “officers” allegedlyforced open the front gate and broke downthe front door of a house in Montague Streetin Maitland.

Vukubi explained that investigations arestill currently under way and no links canbe made with the previous incident in thearea at this stage.

“There are still three suspects outstand-ing and we are hoping to arrest them verysoon,” says Vukubi.

Maitland police are asking anyone whocan shed light on the incident to contact theMaitland SAPS on (021) 506-9400 or the in-vestigating officer, Detective ConstableBooi Mphaphuli, on 072 126 6807.

Undercover sting sees resultsTAURIQ HASSEN

MAITLAND police arrested a 32-year-oldman for dealing in drugs after he wastrapped in an undercover operation.

Warrant Officer Siyabulela Vukubi,spokesperson for the Maitland Police Sta-tion, says police suspected that drug deal-ing was occurring in Ferndale Street.

At 13:25 last Thursday an undercoveroperation was held after thorough obser-vation by the Maitland Crime Intelli-gence office.

The suspect was driving a white VWPolo at the time of the operation and wastrapped into selling the drugs to an un-dercover officer.

“Soon after the transaction was done,

he was cornered by Maitland police, whowere assisted by police task force mem-bers,” Vukubi explained.

Police confiscated two packets of co-caine worth R600.

A Khayelitsha man appeared in theCape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday,where the case was postponed. He was re-manded into police custody for furtherquestioning.

“This was a major success for the po-lice, and we would like to issue a warningto everybody getting involved in illegalactivities that we will throw the fullmight of the law at you,” says Vukubi.

Vukubi urged the community to reportillegal drug activities to police, and addedthat anonymity was guaranteed.

Ackerman’s seven-figure birthday giftPICK n PAY founder and formerchairperson, Raymond Acker-man, has donated R1 million tothe Children’s Hospital Trust,the fundraising arm of the RedCross War Memorial Children’sHospital.

He made the donation to markhis 80th birthday on Thursday 10March.

The seven-figuredonationwillboost the Children’s HospitalTrust’s strategy to raise fundsfor projects outside the hospi-tal’s doors in 2011.

Half of the money will be allo-cated to the first Trust “expand-ed-reach” fundraising project –the equipping of four MetroEmergency Medical Services(EMS) ambulances with addi-tional specialist paediatricequipment.

This will improve EMS pre-hospital and inter-hospital serv-ices rendered to neonate and in-fant patients in the WesternCape. The Trust will need toraise a total of R2 million to fullyequip four ambulances with pae-diatric equipment, sufficient totransport children with whatev-er medical support they require.

The remaining R500 000 will gotowards building a PaediatricInfectious Diseases Clinic andClinical Research Unit at theRed Cross War Memorial Chil-dren’s Hospital.

The clinic will provide highlyspecialised treatment and carefor children with infectious dis-eases, including children withHIV who are seriously ill.

The total cost to build the facility whichwill house the Paediatric Infectious DiseasesUnit, the Clinical Research Unit, and the Oc-

cupational Health Staff Clinic, is approxi-mately R31.6 million.Ackerman’s donation follows a R500 000 giftby the New Apostolic Church.

HUGE DONATION: Raymond Ackerman cuts cake for chil­dren at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospitalcréche. Ackerman donated R1 million to the Children’sHospital Trust. Photo: Kim van Zyl

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BOOST FORCANSA: Soropti­mist Internation­al Cape of Goodhanded a chequefor R16 000 tothe Cancer Asso­ciation of SouthAfrica (Cansa)last Monday.Funds wereraised throughthe sale over thepast two years ofa large number ofdonated Triumphbras. Cansa willbe using themoney for its new mobile breast cancer screening clinics, which will operateat day hospitals, including the Lady Michaelis in Plumstead. Seen here are, fromthe left, Sally Mellish (Cansa), Lisette Genseberger (Soroptimist InternationalCape of Good Hope president), Dorothey du Plooy (Cansa) and Meryl Wilkinson(Soroptimist International Cape of Good Hope project coordinator).

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The championship will take place in themain mall, enabling shoppers to see the ac-tion first hand. Chess players and enthusi-asts across the peninsula are invited to at-tend the championship. The event will takeplace from 09:00 to 17:00, with registrationstarting at 08:30. The championship will bebased on a 20/20 format – 40 minutes a game– with a total of seven Swiss rounds for theday. The championship is open to all ages,juniors and adults and costs R30 per partici-pant to enter. The championship will endwith an official prizegiving and promisesgreat cash and consolation prizes. Entryforms are available from the Vangate Mallmarketing department. If you require fur-ther information, contact (021) 633-1065 orAndre van Reenen, contact (021) 694-2626.

THE Friends of Valkenberg Trust will behosting their annual golf day on Thursday14 April at Rondebosch Golf Course.

The day is aimed at raising awareness ofmental health issues and raising the fundsrequired to help the healing process of men-tally ill people who spend time at ValkenbergHospital.DrDespinaLearmonth, apsycholo-gist and lecturer, will be telling golfers whysport is good for their mental health.

The Sports Science Institute of South Afri-ca will be setting up stalls with their serviceproviders (including massage therapists andbiokineticists) to provide assistance and in-formation for players on the day.

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AS PART of their Great Texts/Big Questionsseries, the Gordon Institute for Performingand Creative Arts (GIPCA) will host JaneTaylor – writer, scholar and curator – onThursday 17 March at 17:30.

Currently Mellon Senior Research Advi-sor at the University of the Western Cape,Taylor will engage with John Locke’s Letter“Concerning Toleration” (a key document inthe early modern history of religious toler-ance). This series, which is free, takes placeat Hiddingh Hall, UCT Hiddingh Campus,Orange Street, Cape Town.

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National soccertournamentcomes to townTAURIQ HASSEN

“It’s an exciting event to look for-ward to and the boys are pumped topartake in this event in their ownback yard,” says Shaheem Galant,principal of Islamia College inLansdowne.

On Thursday 18 March, the first an-nual Association of Muslim Schools(AMS) national soccer tournamentwill be hosted in Cape Town.

The tournament was hosted in Jo-hannesburg last year, and involvedseveral Muslim schools in a three-dayevent.

On the long list of schools are Al Fa-laah and Orient Muslim schools fromDurban, Nasroedien Muslim Schoolfrom Port Elizabeth, JohannesburgMuslim School and the Escort MuslimSchool from Kwazulu-Natal. Repre-senting Cape Town is Darul Islam andAl Azhar Muslim schools.

Galant said the tournament, now inits 12 year, is hosted by a school in dif-ferent parts of the country, often forc-ing their boysto travel in order to par-ticipate.“We are truly looking forwardto this experience of hosting such a bigevent,” Galant added.

Twenty-seven schools will be partic-ipating in seven-a-side clashes. Eachteam will be involved in 12-minutematches.

Nazmie Phillips, a former soccer

trainer, is excited at the prospect ofhosting the AMS championship andsaid: “Our boys have the chance to rep-resent their city on their own homeground, so I just know they will do usproud.

“Events such as these do not comeevery day, especially an event of thismagnitude, because it’s talent comingfrom all over the country.”

The tournament will be hosted atthe Windsor High School grounds, andadequate facilities are available for allmatches. The weekend will kick offwith a Quranic recital and lecturesfrom guest speakers at a banquet host-ed by the convening school on Thurs-day 17 March.

“The main priority is to ensure thatwe promote sportsmanship and createa fun atmosphere for the boys to enjoythemselves,” Galant said.

On Sunday 20 March, the tourna-ment will be ended with an awardspresentation in the Islamia CollegeHall. “Just a quick message to theboys: enjoy yourselves and do every-body cheering you on very proud,”Phillips said.

Grant urged Cape Town “to comeout in their droves” to support theplayers. Refreshments will be on sale,with all funds being pumped back intothe school.

For any further information on theAMS championship, kindly contactthe school on (021) 696-5600/5836.

Get warped outTHE WARP Educational Exhibit is now on dis-play at the Woodstock Library on VictoriaWalk. The environmental awareness commu-nity art project will showcase various kinds ofenvironmental artwork. WARP sets out to cro-chet a symbolic installation of sculptural coralreef structures and to extend the awareness ofenvironmental issues and related aspects of

science, maths and art in participating com-munities and to extend these activities to pub-lic forums. WARP would like to expand theparticipant base and all interested persons arewelcome to join the workshops. The exhibitscan be viewed in the afternoons on Monday,Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays between 13:00and 17:30 and in the mornings on Wednesdayfrom 10:00 and Saturday from 09:00 until 12:00.

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Cake and fashion war heats upVERNA VAN DIEMEN

CHARLY’S BAKERY has taken off its ov-en gloves to take on international fashionstore Fornarina in a fierce Facebook andTwitter battle.

Jacqui Biess, the owner of Charly’s in Can-terbury Street in Cape Town, claims that For-narina did not honour a trade exchangeagreement reached between the two partiesin July last year.

Charly’s claims that when the internation-al fashion brand Fornarina was launched inCape Town in August last year, they strucka deal that Charly’s would make cakes to thevalue of R14 000 in exchange for products, TVexposure and the return of some of the goods.

Now, six months later, Charly’s claims thatthey have still not received their clothing.

In desperation, Biess took her battle toTwitter and Facebook, resulting in a tiradeagainst Fornarina – on the corner of Loop andBuiten streets in Cape Town – by some ofCharly’s Bakery’s 5 000 Facebook contacts.

Biess said: “This was a last resort. I was up-set about all of this but I hope this will makethem come to the party.”

She said that Fornarina approached her inJuly last year about their launch, which washeld at the Upper East Side Hotel in Wood-stock.

The agreement was that Biess would makea four-tier Alice in Wonderland-themed cakeand 250 cake pops, which are figurines on asucker stick.

But Biess said she decided tomake a dum-my Alice in Wonderland cake which wouldbe returned to her after the launch. In addi-

tion, she made a three-tiered golden cake,which was served to guests at the launch.

“We agreed that we would get the exposure,and they would return the Alice in Wonder-land cake and the silver cake stand. We alsoagreed that my three daughters and I wouldeach receive a pair of R3 500 jeans, whichwould add up to R14 000,” said Biess.

But besides not receiving the coverage,Fornarina did not hand over the jeans, aspromised.

“Top Billing did not arrive, the Alice inWonderland cake was destroyed when theybrought it back because they ate off all thedecorations, they returned my silver cakestand three weeks later and we are still wait-ing on the clothes.”

One of the posts on Facebook by Charly’sread: “As given R14 000 of cakes for thelaunch of their product and promised usclothes in exchange. This was in August. Wereceived nada in exchange. Brandfail (sic).”

Fornarina responded on Twitter: “Charly’sBakery Fornarina is now owned by a differ-ent company. You would have done a tradeexchange with Dujo Boutique.”

What incensed Biess even more, she said,was when she received an email from Forna-rina employee Brigette Saville, saying thatthe jeans which they sell would not fit Biessand her daughters.

“We said fine, if the jeans will not fit us thenwe will be willing to take other products.Saville offered us shoes and bags. We evenmade an appointment to see her at her flatbut when we called her she told us that shewas in Durban.”

Biess said she last heard from Fornarina inDecember and decided last week to put a mes-sage on Twitter and Facebook.

After she posted the message on the two so-cial networks about the deal gone wrong, shereceived a call from Saville threatening legalaction for defamation.

She then posted another comment online,which read: “Just got a threatening call fromBrigette from Fornarina South Africa sayingthey don’t care if our customers boycott For-narina as Charly’s Bakery customers don’t fitinto Fornarina clothes anyway, and weshould expect legal action. Bring it on.”

When People’s Post contacted Saville, she

denied making a threatening call, saying thatshe had not had contact with anyone fromCharly’s since August last year and that theywere twisting her words.

“I amnothurt but shocked that I amgettingall the blame. I did not make the decisionsabout the launch and the cake.

“Charly’s are twisting my words. We areinvolved with another legal case and that iswhat may have sounded as if I threatenedthem with legal action.

“I don’t even know Charly’s customers.How can I call them fat?” she said.

Saville denied that she was a director forFornarina, saying she “merely helped withorganising the event as an employee of DujoBoutique” and that she was “not the decisionmaker”.

The latest post by Charly’s in the social me-dia smackdown reads: “Good Morning For-narina South Africa. Fashion & food can befriends. Come to the party and let’s end theanimosity.

“We’re waiting to hear from you.”Dujo Boutique is a close corporation and

its members are Duane Riley and JocelynMeier.

Meier, however, said that she had signeddocuments in April last year to remove heras a member of Dujo. “I have no involvementwith them whatsoever, nor do I have involve-ment with the new company or Fornarina”.

Biess claimed that Saville was also the di-rector of the new company which has takenover Fornarina.

“She still emails us from the same address.She is trying to claim no responsibility.That’s not on,” said Biess.

Saville said she was “just an employee” ofthe new company.

She also commented on behalf of the newowner of Fornarina, who did not want to benamed. “We are unable to comment becauseof other legal action pending.”

CYBERSTORM: The Alice in Wonderland cakemade by Charly’s Bakery for the launch of For­narina.

Developing communitiesTHE Community DevelopmentExhibition will take place at theKensington Civic Centre on Fri-day 25 March until Sunday 27March.

Theaimof the event is to show-case a well co-ordinated and uni-fied approach to social develop-ment.

The vision is to have a united

and peace-loving South Africansociety which is confident, pro-active and determined to partici-pate, on the basis of equality andmutual respect, in social, eco-nomic and political developmentendeavours.

For more information, contactWilliam Ntebe on (021) 423-8331or 083 562 7509.

RAISING SPIRITS: The world­renowned Watoto Children’s Choir fromUganda performing at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospitalat the Sea Harvest “Kids for Kids” fundraising handover event. Thechoir performed for an audience of sick children, friends, parents, nurs­es and media on Friday 4 March, when Sea Harvest officially handedover funds raised through their “Kids for Kids” campaign – moneyraised from a portion of the sale of certain products – to the Children’sHospital Trust. The three­month project raised R295 000 for a newSurgical Skills Training Centre at the Hospital, which will be equippedto train surgeons in multi­disciplinary endoscopic (minimally invasive)surgery in a virtual technology laboratory. The Watoto choirs have trav­elled the world since 1994 as advocates of the 50 million childrenin Africa who have suffered the same losses they have. Every childin the choir has been orphaned through disease, poverty or war. Photo:Supplied

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Junaid Daries, head of theIAHET’s education sub-com-mittee, said the quality andvariety of applications willmake the task of short-listingcandidates and awarding thebursaries very difficult.

“The number of applica-tions received, which is upsignificantly from last year’sfigure of 176, is both a reflec-tion on the growing profile ofthe IAHET, which is now inits fifth year of operation, aswell as a sign of the tough eco-nomic times. “We are happythat so many of our youth arepursuing tertiary studies andeven though the bursarydoesn’t cover all their fees, itdoes make a significant con-tribution to meeting their fi-nancial commitments.”

Daries pointed out thatshortlisted candidates will becalled to interviews between26 March and 25 April andthat successful applicantsshould be notified by the firstweek of May.

“Those applicants whohave not been contacted by 26March should accept thattheir applications were un-successful. Because all ourmembers hold full-time jobswe simplydon’t have the timeor capacity to notify each ap-plicant,” he said.

Help get Jenny ‘out there’GERDA VON BENECKE

A RESIDENT with cerebral palsyis in a life-and-death battle to getBotox.

She is appealing to the communi-ty to help her as her medical aidsubmission for Botox will probablybe rejected.

Jenny Symons was born with cer-ebral palsy, caused by a lack of oxy-gen to the brain during birth.

This, says Jenny, caused braindamage, which ultimately affectedher arms, legs and speech. She suf-fers from dystonia (a neurologicalmovement disorder, in which sus-tained muscle contractions causetwisting and repetitive movementsor abnormal postures). She is goinginto spasms and at times her neckis thrust back and she cannotbreathe as a result.

The only thing that will help heris Botox, but her medical aid con-siders it to be a cosmetic treatmentand not a medical expenditure.

“It is literally a case of life anddeath,” she told People’s Post, whilebegging for an appeal for help to bepublished.

She added: “This is very difficultfor me. I have never asked for helpbefore.”

Few people realise that behindJenny’s exterior, there is a perfect-ly normal brain. She is a self-con-fessed speed junkie, so a few daysbefore her 50th birthday, Jenny’slong-time friend and neighbour of10 years, Sean Light, took her for abike ride on the M5.

It was nothing like the scooter fordisabled people she owned at onestage, says Jenny.

For one, this one’s wheel didn’tjust fall off. In fact, burning downthe freeway was an “absoluteblast”.

As for her sense of adventure? Noproblem whatsoever.

She’s gone bungee jumping, tan-dem skydiving and horse riding inNew Zealand.

Jenny says she “lives an activelife” – a bit of an understatement.

She has represented South Africaseveral times in swimming and

shotput, having been chosen for thefirst time as part of the Springbokteam to go to Israel in 1984, whereshe won gold in swimming andbroke a world record in shotput.

In 1993 Jenny won gold and silverin England at the Robin Hood Inter-national Games for Cerebral Pal-sied (CP) Athletes with 620 other CPathletes – again breaking a worldrecord in shotput.

In 1994 she went to Malta for theInternational Paralympic Commit-tee World Swimming Competitionwhere she won two bronze medalsat the age of 33, being beaten to thefinish line by a 19-year-old.

And then there’s her love for talk-ing and public speaking. She didnine talks in three days in 2000 inBloemfontein to help people under-stand cerebral palsy better.

There’s a lot of things on Jenny’s“still to do” list, including taking aride in a race car and finding a wayto paint.

But what she’s really looking for-ward to, after several years of goingthrough multiple operations andsetbacks, is to “get her life back ontrack” and to “get back out there todo life”. At the moment she justdoesn’t know how.

Even though Jenny’s father,Michael Symons, has made finan-cial provision for her future and al-though she is on a medical fund, ex-pensesdue to several bladderopera-tions from October 2009 to mid-year2010, essential Botox injections eve-ry eight months and monthly ex-penses, including special stomabags and nappies, have just made itimpossible for Jenny to keep up fi-nancially.

Anyone able to provide assist-ance and/or donations to help Jen-ny “get back out there” can phoneJenny on (021) 761-9951, send her anemail on jennysymons@tel-komsa.net or send an email to RuthMinnaar at ruthminnaar@ya-hoo.com.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Theodora Mzebetshann (left), one of Jenny’s (right) veryappreciated carers, moments before yet another “big ride”.

OUT ON THE ROAD: Jenny Symons(left) with her good friend, Sean Light(right), getting ready to enjoy a bitof speed. Photos: Gerda von Benecke

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY VALUATION TO THE2009 GENERAL VALUATION ROLL (SV02) FORTHE FINANCIAL YEAR 2010/2011Notice is hereby given in terms of section 49 (1)(a)(i) of the Local Government: MunicipalProperty Rates Act, 2004 (Act no. 6 of 2004), hereinafter referred to as the “Act,” that theSecond Supplementary Valuation Roll to the 2009 General Valuation Roll (SV02) for thefinancial year 2010/2011 is open for public inspection at the venues as stated below as from22 March 2011 until 30 April 2011. The forms for the lodging of objections are obtainableat these venues. In addition the valuation roll is available on the Council website as from22 March 2011 (the address is provided below).

Properties are selected to appear on the Second Supplementary Valuation Roll to the 2009General Valuation Roll (SV02) Roll in terms of section 78(1) of Act if the property a) wasincorrectly omitted from the Valuation Roll; b) has been included in the municipality afterthe last general valuation; c) has been subdivided or consolidated after the last generalvaluation; d) has undergone a substantial increase or decrease in market value since thelast general valuation; e) was substantially incorrectly valued in the last general valuation; f)must be revalued for any other exceptional reason; g) of which the category has changed.

In terms of Section 49(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, any property owner or person who so desires maylodge an objection with the municipal manager in respect of any matter reflected in, oromitted from, the SV02 within the abovementioned period.

Objections may be lodged in respect of these properties only. The owners of theseproperties will be notified of their SV02 valuations in writing at the postal address currentlyheld on the City’s database.

Attention is specifically drawn to the fact that in terms of section 50(2) of the Actan objection must be in relation to a specific individual property and not against thesupplementary valuation roll as a whole. The forms for lodging an objection can beobtained from one of the venues listed below, and can be downloaded from the website.A separate objection form must be completed per property.

Completed objection forms can be submitted as follows:• Email – valuationsobjection@capetown.gov.za• Fax – 086 588 6042• Post to – The City of Cape Town, For Attention: The Objection Co-ordinator,

PO Box 4522, Cape Town 8000• By Hand - At one of our public inspection venues

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WRAPPED: The WesternCape Domino Trust Boardwrapped up another suc­cessful week of dominoaction at the BlackpoolHall in Shelley Street onSunday 13 March. Re­sults on the day are as fol­lows: Eldorado and Delftplayed to a 26 all draw,Generations 28 ­ Diggers16, Netreg 34 ­ VarsityBoys 12, Juventus 34 ­ Tu­lips 18, Searidge 32 ­Grassy Park Lakers 24,Sporting Boys 36 ­ Orient 16, Proteas 32 ­ Democratics 22. The next round of dominoaction takes place on Sunday 20 March. Photos: Cassiem Hassen

More trains for southern suburbsLIAM MOSES

SOUTHERN suburbs residents have wel-comed an announcement by Metrorail thatthey will soon be able to travel home fromCape Town as late as 21:00 at night.

Metrorail said last week that three extratrains would be added to the southern sub-urbs line timetable from Monday 28 March.

The new trains will depart from CapeTown Station at 19:30, 20:30 and 21:15 and willreturn to Cape Town after reaching Simon’sTown station.

The extended timetable is part of a com-bined pilot project between the City of CapeTown, the Western Cape Provincial Ministryof Transport and Public Works and Metro-rail, that will also see park and ride facilitiesbeing opened at 10 stations along the line.

Metrorail spokesperson, Riana Scott, saidthe matter of commuter safety had been tak-en into account and addressed.

“We realise that people are concernedabout safety and we understand that,” saidScott.

“We partnered with the City of Cape Townand the province to provide security. Therewill be increased security and railway policeon the trains. And the City will secure thepark and rides.”

MEC for Transport and Public Works, Rob-in Carlisle, said he hoped the later trainswould alleviate some of the traffic conges-tion. “The extended service is an incentivefor motorists to leave their cars and use thetrain instead,” said Carlisle.

According to Scott, Metrorail has a plan toinform the public.

“We don’t have a huge budget for advertis-ing, but we will target major employers sothey can inform their staff.

“The city and the province will also informtheir staff. We will also let the Chamber ofCommerce know so that they can notify theirmembers,” said Scott

Scott added that commuters could call0800 656 463 for more information or visit theMetrorail website – at www.metrorail.co.za– to find out more about the extended timeta-ble.

Freedom’s light shines brightTERESA FISCHER

BLANCHE LA GUMA (83) walks witha quick, energetic step and it is easy

to call to mind an image of her riding herbicycle, her nurse’s veil and navy bluecape with red trim flying about in thewind, as described in her book.

People would shout: “Here comes Bat-man!”.

La Guma is the wife of Alex La Guma, whodied in 1985. He was a leader of the South Afri-can Coloured People’s Organisation, a de-fendant in the Treason Trial, and is also con-sidered one of the most notable South Africanwriters of the 20th century.

Towards the end of last year, Claremontresident Blanche released her book, “In theDark with my Dress on Fire” – her memoirsof fighting apartheid in her various roles asa nurse, wife and mother, and underground

Communist activist.She explains the intriguing title. As a mid-

wife, she was delivering a baby during a Capestorm at a tiny shack in Athlone, and waterwas dripping from the tin roof. The only lightwas from two candles. She says that just asthe baby’s head emerged, a gust of wind blewwater onto the candle in the front, snuffingit out, and she was almost completely in thedark.

“I began to feel an intense heat on my bot-tom,” she writes. The other candle had set heruniform on fire, but she had to finish the de-livery as it was at a sensitive stage. “ThereI was – in the rain, in the dark, with my dresson fire – delivering a baby!”

The book, which is written in an easy toread, engaging tone, brings the freedomstruggle into the context of a young family,fighting for justice and survival.

As a young nurse, La Guma led the fightagainst “nursing apartheid” in Cape Town

and provided safe houses for anti-apartheidleaders such as Walter Sisulu and GovanMbeki.

She describes harassment and regular po-lice raids on their home, adding that you hadto be very careful as you could never be sureof who your friends were.

Both Alex and Blanche were detained insolitary confinement, once at the same time,even though they had two young children.

La Guma’s description of solitary confine-ment is so vivid, you can almost feel the bedbugs crawling on your skin – “tortoise-shaped – a little head at the top, little feet,and a big round blob at the back like a smalltick, but brown in colour…”.

She writes: “There were so many bedbugsin the cell that they got between my fingers.I squeezed my hands to crush them. They al-so crawled up my legs, getting into everycrevice in my body. Worse yet there werethousands of insects attacking me and at-

tacking every orifice of my face… the toiletwas just a bowl, the origin of that cloud ofmosquito-like insects.”

The mental torture was equally cruel.While in solitary confinement, police told herthat her son was very ill and dying and thatonly if she answers questions to their satis-faction, would they allow her to see him. “Theshock was almost too much,” she says. Butshe managed to stay strong and later discov-ered it was a lie; her son was not ill.

The family in 1966 went into exile in Lon-don and also spent time in Cuba, fighting forthe cause. The book was compiled from hermemory, with historical notes by ProfessorMartin Klammer. La Guma notes people fo-cused on the 1970s and 1980s as the years ofstruggle against apartheid. “But what manydon’t realise is that the 1970s and 1980s werebuilt on the pillars of the 1950s and 1960s.”

The book is available at all good bookstores.

HARD AT THOUGHT: Lansport nar­rowly defeated Young Men, 30 ­ 24.

RIDINGHIGH:LavisUnitedthrashedAdaliahs44 ­ 12,after de­featingformerlog lead­ers Dem­ocratics on Saturday 12 March. The sides met aftertheir game was postponed last month, Lavis ranaway comfortable winners, 36 ­ 12.

BACK TO SCHOOL: Col­lege Boys defeated thedefending champions,IZRA, 30 ­ 20.

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Strike terrorBELEAGUERED commuters are onceagain getting the short end of the publictransport stick as a citywide taxi strike gotunder way yesterday (Monday).

Members of the SA National Taxi Coun-cil (Santaco) protested about “draconian”traffic laws and the red tape and “sloppi-ness” around the issuing of operating li-cences by provincial government.

Santaco secretary general Philip Taai-bosch says the Western Cape “is the onlyprovince in South Africa where taxi opera-tors are harassed in such a big way”.

Taxi drivers are entitled to protest aboutmatters affecting their livelihoods, butpeacefully so. That the strike turned vio-lent on its first day displays a blatant disre-gard for the government’s warning thatSantaco will be held personally responsiblefor any violence.

Even the National Taxi Alliance’s urgingtaxi drivers “not do anything and to parkthe taxis at ranks or at home” fell on deafears.

Many taxi drivers are notoriously reck-less. Their conduct during strikes bearstestimony to their overall lack of regard forthemselves, their passengers and fellowroad users.

They threaten the very commuters whofaithfully support them and rely on themas their only mode of transport from thetownships to work.

Among the alarming incidents reportedsince the strike began: a bread truck wasset alight; vehicles were set alight andstoned by striking drivers; stone-throwingoccurred in Fish Hoek and along Klipfon-teinRoad;GoldenArrowbuseswere stonedon Lansdowne Road.

As with previous taxi strikes, this strikewas characterised on its first day by vio-lence, intimidation, destruction and oppor-tunistic crime – none of which will garnersympathy or even empathy.

YourSMSes. To the grandmother driving a white car, youare irresponsible to leave two boys, approxi-mate age 7, and a girl aged 4, alone in the carwhile parked in Kenilworth parking bays onMonday 7 March, while you did your businessinside. You were parking at the Fujifilm en-trance at the time. They don’t deserve a hid-ing. You grandma, deserve a scolding and ahiding. Had I had the time, I would have wait-ed for you, I would. Any child that is in yourcare, you must take responsibility and owner-ship for, and look after them properly. Don’tendanger our children any further than whatthey already have to live with. Don’t you addto the statistics of crime and violence wherethe kids are concerned. It obviously doesn’tbother you that somebody could have stolenor hurt them, otherwise you wouldn’t haveleft them alone. If only you know how angryI get when people like you leave kids that ageunattended.

. I have noticed an accumulation of usedcar tyres on the corner of Lower Main Roadand Nelson Road in Observatory. This is a firehazard and the wall is at risk of collapsingfrom the weight.

. Why are the police doing nothing regard-ing the loud worshipping of the foreigners lastThursday? I phoned five times the last at 12:00and they are yet to arrive. Are they scared?

Most of these churches are a front for illegalactivities.Awhite carwas stoppedat 04:00 andthe driver arrested in Yew Street in front ofthe church. One is sleeping that time of themorning. And as for Pillay and Adams atSAPS in Woodstock SAPS, your attitudestinks. Your are there to provide a service.

.There is a definite lack of ginger in Stoneyginger beer these days. Has anyone else alsotasted the difference? L.S.

. If we are proudly South African, then whydon’t we fly our flag in front of our homes likethey do in other countries such as America?If we can do this then we can really make our-selves proud, don’t you agree? Amos

. Vandalism at state facilities is a great con-cern. I think it would help if security camerasare installed inside and outside the buildingsand a security monitor deployed where thereis not anyone on duty, and they can monitorand communicate with their colleagues. I amsure this will stop vandalism in its tracks.Concerned health worker

. I’mconcerned, not just formyself, but alsofor my girlfriends. We finished school, butnow we can’t find jobs because we are inexpe-rienced. How will we ever gain experience ifnobody is willing to take a chance on us? Con-cerned young adult

Good luck, beloved Table MountainTABLE Mountain is in the running to benamed a new wonder of nature.

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Piah in Hong Kong number two.Good luck Table Mountain , Cape

Town, in your quest to be a new wonder ofnature.PAM COTTRELLConstantiaberg

Bird lovers as mad as fynbos fanaticsI WAS delighted and relieved to read theletter from Steve Smith of M.E.R.C.Y. Ani-mal Rescue attacking the absurd claimsby some so-called academics that catswere killing millions of wild animals ayear (“Blinded by pseudo-science”, Peo-ple’s Post, 8 March 2011).

At last there is a sane, articulate andsensible voice speaking out against thehysterical anti-cat brigade. How on earthdo these “scientists” measure such a wildopinion, which is stated as fact? I havecome to regard some who inhabit the UCTDepartment of Ornithology as mad as thefynbos fanatics.

Further, since when were all birdslooked upon as innocent, gentle creatureswhich were put on earth to sing beautifulsongs for the upliftment of mankind?

Their songs are designed for the pur-poses of mating, and most birds of preyare ruthless killers who spend their dayshunting smaller creatures, which is theirnature, and what they were designed todo.

Please save us from sentimental “scien-tists” who operate from the point of viewof their own personal agendas.JANIS VAN TONDERClaremont

Crime fighters spread to the netA NEW international police law enforce-ment organisation has been formed in NewYork, USA, where the “World Police and FireGames Olympics’’ are to be held during Au-gust and September 2011.

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NO HANDS: The Cirque du So­leil’s “Saltimbanco” featuresoutstanding athletic perform­ances and other acrobaticskills. Photos: Supplied

ATTRACT­ING THECROWDS:The MagnetTheatre’slongest­run­ning show,“Every year,every day, Iam Walk­ing” returnsto raisefunds fortrainee bur­saries. Thebursarieswill be is­sued toyoung andtalented ac­tors fromunderpriv­iledgedcommuni­ties, whowill betrained insinging,dancingand acting.The final four performances will take place in Cape Town before head­ing for Sweden and New York. The show traces the story of a youngrefugee in Africa who loses family and home brutally and irrevocably,and is forced to journey to a new place through many dangers anduncertainties. The show starts on Thursday 24 March and runs untilSunday 27 March. The first three shows will start at 20:00, with theSunday preview starting at 18:00. The show takes place at The Mag­net in the Old Match Factory, on the corner of Lower Main and StMichael’s Road in Observatory.

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The first performance willtake place in the Cape Town CityHall on Thursday 17 March andthe second in the Endler Hall,Stellenbosch on Saturday 19March, both starting at 20:00.

The soloists are AntoinetteBlyth (soprano), ChristopherAinslie (counter-tenor), Nicho-las Nicolaidis (tenor, Evange-list), Charles Ainslie (bass-bari-tone) and Hendré van Zyl (bari-tone, in the role of Jesus).

The orchestral ensemble willbe Camerata Tinta Barocca, ledby Quentin Crida. Booking isthrough Computicket, or thechoir. You can call (021) 421-8368or e-mail phil-choir.ct@gmail.com.

And all that jazzTHE South African Association for Jazz Education(SAJE) Festival is being held on Friday 18 March andSaturday 19 March at the South African College of Mu-sic, and at the Nassau Centre on Sunday 20 March.

Artists from the USA are Dr Gordon Vernick (trum-pet), Bob Sinicrope (bass) and John Baboian (guitar).

Mike del Ferro (piano) is from Holland, and SouthAfrican artists are Jesse Mogale and the CAFCA Band,Dan Shout, Kesivan Naidoo, Lee Thomson, Mike Rossi,Amanda Tiffin, Wesley Rustin, Alvin Dyers, DarrenEnglish and Eddie Backhouse. There will be two day-time performances presented by Jazz for Juniors.

“Crazy For Jazz: Our Journey Through Music” is adynamic 60-minute musical which exposes the audi-ence to the magic and history of South African jazz.

Presented by three actors, a live jazz band and audio-visual archival footage, it was developed by a top-levelteam including Themba Mkhize, Concord Nkabinde,

Gwen Ansell and the late Hotep Galeta.Visit www.saje.org.za for more information or con-

tact Diane Rossi at sajejazz@gmail.com or call 082 5157051.

. The Baxter Concert Hall will play host to “Anevening of Mahler songs” on Tuesday 22 March at 20:15.

Prices are R50. UCT staff pay R45, senior citizens andstudents R35 and learners R25.

. “ChamberMusic”, a concert co-ordinatedbyBeckySteltzner, will feature students of the SACM on Thurs-day 24 March at 19:30 at the Baxter Concert Hall.

Admission is free. Donations in aid of the SACMChamber Music Scholarship Fund can be made at thedoor.

. The final round of the Fine Music Radio 101.3 Nuss-baum Bursary Competition will be held on Friday 25March at 19:30 at the Baxter Concert Hall

This competition rewards a student in each of twocategories, classical and jazz.

For more information contact FMR 101.3 on (021) 401-1013. Admission is free.

Tuesday 15 March 2011 SPORT People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland Page 15

Battle­scarredStormers brace for BullsTASMIN CUPIDO

AFTER a tough and hard-hittingphysical encounter with theHighlanders the past weekend,the DHL Stormers will be nurs-ingscarredandsorebodies in therun-up to the highly anticipatednorth-south derby against theVodacom Bulls on Saturday.

The Stormers were 18-6 victors inlast Friday night’s clash, ending theNew Zealand team’s unbeaten runin the competition and remainingone of two unbeaten teams in theSuper Rugby competition.

And Stormers head coach Al-lister Coetzee was happy with histeam’s performance, despite theirinability to, yet again, not cross thetryline.

“Against a physical and motivat-ed side like the Highlanders, I

thought we performed well as ateam, stepping up on defence andphysically,” he said.

“The collisions during the matchwas unbelievable and I think wehad the upper hand.

“There was a noticeable improve-ment in the set pieces and on at-tack.”

The loose forward trio of Fran-cois Louw, Pieter Louw and DuaneVermeulen impressed at the break-down point, while the entire teampulled their weight on defence.

But, despite Coetzee’s thoughtson the improvement on defence, theimportance of scoring tries andgaining valuable bonus pointseludes the Cape side.

They have only managed to scoreone try in three matches, with allthe points coming from the boot offlyhalf, Peter Grant – again.

And the performance displayed

on Friday evening did not reallyshow any signs of the team’s inten-tion to throw the ball wide to speed-sters Brian Habana, Danie Pool-man, Juan De Jongh and Gio Aplon.

The men in blue have the servicesof some of the country’s best back-line players, but with scrappy ballfrom the forwards, they have beenunable to execute and unleash thetalents of these players.

As can be expected, the battleagainst the Bulls will be similar tothe match against the Highlanders,with a tough, physical and tight en-counter on the cards.

The Stormers, who lost to theBulls in the final of last year’s Super14, will be looking for revenge, buttravelling to a sure-to-be packedLoftus Versveld will be tough andthe team with the most hunger,drive and eagerness will be victori-ous in the end.

SHARP SHOOTER: DHLStormers flyhalf, PeterGrant, has been his team’sonly points scorer for thesecond consecutive week.

Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

CELEBRATIONDAY: Tyler Day(21) raced tovictory in theCape ArgusPick n Pay Cy­cle Tour in2hrs 32m and10sec on Sun­day. Teammate MalcolmLange camethrough in sec­ond place.Lange’s team,now calledTeam BonitasMedischeme,have now wonthe race threeyears in a row.Lange (37) an­nounced hisretirementfrom cyclingon the eve ofthe race. Cher­ise Taylor fromUSN won thewomen’s race.Photo: RashiedIsaacs

LETTING RIP: Aneez Davids of United takes evasive action as Dale Campbellof UWC hits out during United’s 10­wicket win in a Western Province 1A Leaguecricket match at Green Point on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

MATCH­WINNER: Eurolux Strikers’ goalkeeper Thaakira Samuels saves a penalty attempt by BrothersSport Fireflies’ Sarah George in the shootout won by Strikers, after a 1­1 tie in the Princess ProSeries hockey tournament at Hartleyvale Stadium in Observatory on Saturday. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

FAST TRACKING: Jess Kew (left) of Brothers Sport Strikers chases Cindy Brownof Eurolux Fireflies, during the Princess Pro Series hockey tournament at HartleyvaleStadium in Observatory on Saturday. Fireflies won a penalty shootout after the scorewas tied at 1­1. The pre­season tournament for men’s and women’s teams continueson Sunday 20 March. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

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The subtle touches ofThe subtle touches of OranjeOranjeBRIAN GAFFNEY

TWO Dutch legends whosenames are printed in gold in

the annals of Netherlands soccerhistory are close to being ac-claimed heroes – 9 000km fromtheir native land.

For Foppe de Haan and his fellowcountrymen Ruud Krol – the coach-es of Ajax Cape Town FC and Orlan-do respectively – the honour ofwalking the red carpet to the cham-pions’ rostrum in May will be de-served for the two seasoned coach-es.

Indeed, either of their faces couldbe mirrored in the sterling silvertrophy that is at stake for the Pre-mier Soccer League champions forthe 2010/2011 season.

The destiny of the coveted cupwill of course be influenced by theresult of the clash between Ajax andPirates at Newlands Stadium to-morrow (Wednesday), starting at19:30.

In the fiercely-contested leaguechampionship, pacesetters Pi-rates – with 50 points in the bag area point ahead of Ajax, while Mame-lodi Sundowns on 47 points and Kai-zer Chiefs on 46 points are also inthe race, after 24 matches.

The neck-and-neck tussleprompts De Haan to concede that

“nothing less than victory” willserve the Ajax cause.

De Haan’s no-nonsense approachwhen it comes to the game hastransformed Ajax into one of themost exciting teams to watch in theleague this season.

His achievements include coach-ing the Netherlands to the UEFAEuropean under-21 champions ti-tles in 2006 and 2007, after servingas the head coach of Heerenveen FCfor 20 seasons.

And those successful experienceshas inevitably helped De Haan tokeep his young charges focused onthe arduous task of matching Pi-rates – buoyed by a 3-0 first roundwin in Johannesburg in October.

The rapid development of playerslike Thulani Serero, Khama Billiat,Sameehg Doutie, Sonwabile Loloand Granwald Scott has markedAjax’s progress thus far.

Soweto-born Serero (21) and Billi-at (21) from Zimbabwe (21) haveeach scored vital goals, while thepacy Doutie (22) is enjoying his bestseason since joining Ajax at age 17.

Their efficiency is matched byKensington-born midfielder Scottand defender Lolo, whom Ajaxnabbed from African Tribes ama-teurs in Khayelitsha.

The efforts of Tembinkosi “Ter-ror” Fanteni and Serero to hit thetarget 11 and eight times respective-

ly this season also augurs well forthe match.

The not-so-good news for De Haanis that the suspended Doutie willmiss the crucial showdown.

And Krol? the Pirates mentor wascapped 83 times for the Netherlandsand represented the Dutch in twoWorld Cups.

He was also a member of the star-studded Ajax-Amsterdam FC sidethat won the European Cup forthree consecutive years (1971-1973) – missing out on the 1971 finaldue to a fractured leg.

Notably in his heyday the versa-tile Krol could be depended on toplay in all defensive and midfieldpositions for club and country.

So no wonder Pirates boasts oneof the best defensive records in theleague this season – thanks mainlyto Krol’s coaxing of defensive mid-fielder Andile Jali (21) and leftbackReuben Cloete into tough ball win-ners.

Pirates have scored 34 times andconceded 16 goalswhileAjax, on theother hand, have hit the target 36times but have conceded 24 goals.

This of course is a worry for DeHaan and goalkeeper HansVonk – his custodian at Heeren-veen FC for several years before hemoves Ajax Amsterdam FC andtheir Cape Town namesakes.

But De Haan showed his hand

when the long-serving flank defend-ers Brett Evans and Nazeer Al-lie – who were sidelined with leg in-juries for several weeks – returnedto the team that lost 2-1 to Free StateStars in the Nedbank Cup knockoutchampionship over the weekend.

The possible inclusion of bothflank defenders with the centreback duo of Derek Descamp andClayton Daniels could be De Haan’sploy to snuff out Pirates’ free-scor-

ing Katlego Mashego, ThulasizweMbuyane and Tiou Segolele.

Pirates, since the inception of thePSL in 1995, have been crownedchampions in 2001/02 and 2002/03,while placing second in 2004/05,2005/06 and 2008/09.

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EXCITED: An animated Ruud Krol,coaxing Pirates. Photos: Gallo Images

PONDERING: Foppe de Haan, theAjax Cape Town mentor.