Peoples Post Woodstock-Maitland 15 November 2011

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Facreton gets service upgradeTAURIQ HASSEN

A R40 MILLION basic servic-es plan for backyarders has

been launched in the Facretonarea, which will see servicessuch as water, sanitation andelectricity being introduced tobackyarders.

Backyarders welcomed theproject, which aims to improvetheir health and wellbeing as theyawait permanent and long-term so-lutions to their housing plight.

Councillor Ernest Sonnenberg,

Mayoral Committee of Human Set-tlements for the City of Cape Town,said the capital project will be fund-ed with City funds as well as subsi-dy funds. “It should be noted thatthe City funds relate primarily tothe overall planned infrastructureupgrade of the electrical infrastruc-ture for the entire Facreton area.”

When City officials conducted adoor to door survey earlier thisyear, it was discovered that thereare about 210 city owned houseswith 156 back-yard structures.

Facreton will be the first area tobenefit fromthepilot project,which

will also be rolled out in areas suchHanover Park and Langa.

Sonnenberg said each unit car-ries a capital cost of around R48 865,which includes a water/sewerageconnection; precast toilet struc-tures, which are to be shared; elec-tricty meters; and connections toeach backyard structure.

“Partial funding goes towards thebulk electricity infrastructures andthe cost excludes the electrical in-frastructure upgrade for the entireFacreton area,” says Sonnenberg.

The project commenced lastmonth with the installation of bulk

electricity and the provision ofrefuse bins.

The provision of toilet and sewer-age connections are currently un-derway. Completion is expected inthe second quarter of 2012.

“There is a lot to be learnt fromthis project before the City will beready to roll it out to Cape Town asa whole,” says Sonnenberg.

WHAT A WONDER: On Friday evening it was announced that Table Mountain is one of the New7Natural Wonders of the world, a title which isset to create thousands of new jobs in the tourism industry. Full story on page 6. Photo: Denzil Maregele

People’s Post WoodstockMaitland GENERAL Tuesday 15 November 2011

Getaway with Morning GloriesTHE Morning Glories Male Choir is plan-ning a weekend getaway to Saldanha’sTabakbaai Holiday Resort from 18 to 20 No-vember.

Tickets are R380 for adults and R200 for

children under 12 years. The bus leaves at16:00.

For more information phone Yusuf Davidson 074 600 2245 or email [email protected].

Follow your heartTHE Heart Rhythm Support Group is invit-ing anyone interested, but particularly pa-tients with ICDs, pacemakers, or anyonewithaheart rhythmdisorder, to adiscussionon ‘Heart Arrhythmias – What to ignore and

what to heed’ on Saturday 19 November from14:00 to 15:00 at the UCT Private AcademicHospital in Anzio Road, Observatory.

Guest speaker will be Professor A Okreg-licki.

For further information, or to RSVP, con-tact Anna Marie Oosthuizen on 072 047 2280or Gill Smit on 083 677 1284.

Witbooi-Namastamlede herenigingNA 158 jaar, gaan Witbooi-Namastamlede inSuid-frika herenig word met hulle medestamlede in Namibie.

Gedurende 1853, moes hulle, weens histo-riese en ander redes, Suid-Afrika, vanaf Pel-la, verlaat om hulle in Gibeon Namibie tevestig. Hierdie hereniging vind plaas vanaf16 tot 18 Desember by Bergkroon, in Welling-ton.

‘n Inligtingsvergadering word gehou opSondag 20 November, in die Goodwood Ge-meenskapsaal, om 15:00.

Alle Witbooi’s, hetsy van vader-of-moeder-skant, is baie welkom, of enige ander Nama.

Vir verdere inligting, mag u John Cor-nelius Witbooi, leier van die Witbooi-Namas-tam in Suid-Afrika, by 072 106 1409 of (021)873-3712.

Know the house rulesA SALE agreement comesinto effect when a prospec-tive buyer makes a writtenoffer to a seller and the sell-er accepts that offer to pur-chase his/her property onthe terms and conditionsagreed upon.

The next step is to give ef-fect to this sale by formallytransferring the propertyfrom the Seller to the Buyeras registered and recorded inour Deeds Office.

The Seller either directly orthrough an estate agent orauctioneer, then instructs aconveyancing attorney totransfer the property interms of the sale agreement.

The average time to com-plete the process from sale totransfer is about 12-14 weeks,though complicating issues,arising from a deceased es-tate or divorce, could in-crease this period considera-bly.

Once instruction has beenreceived, the transferring at-torney opens a file and en-sures that suspensive condi-tions have been compliedwith. Example of a suspen-sive condition is the paymentof a deposit.

The transferring attorneywill draft the transfer docu-ments in preparation for sig-

nature by the Seller and Buy-er.

Five basic documents arerequired for the transfer of animmovable property, namelythe Power of Attorney; the ex-isting Title Deed in terms ofwhich the Seller is the cur-rent registered owner; theDeed of Transfer in terms ofwhich the Buyer will becomethe new registered owner; theTransfer Duty Receipt andRates Clearance Certificate.

Transfer Duty is a tax paya-ble by the Buyer on the pur-chase and transfer of immov-able property. This cost is inaddition to the transferringattorney’s fees. However, thetransaction may be exemptfor transfer duty tax if thepurchase price is R600 000 orless (as per current legisla-tion). Transfer duty tax is cal-culated as follows:

R0-R600 000=no transfer du-ty payable

R600 000.01 toR1 000 000=3% of the value be-tween these amounts

R1 000 000,01 toR1 500 000=5% + R12 000

Above R1 500 000=8% +R37 000

A Rates Clearance Certifi-cate is issued by the City ofCape Town to the transfer-ring attorney upon settle-ment of the Seller’s rates,

which includes advance col-lections on the rates accountfor a period of 120 days.

This cost is payable by theSeller. Once the documentsare in order the transferringattorneywill contact thebondattorneys and the bond can-cellation attorney and ar-range a date to lodge their re-spective deeds simultaneous-ly at the Deeds Office.

The documents are exam-ined and usually becomeavailable for registrationwithin 10-12 working daysfrom date of lodgement.

The transfer, bond andbond cancellation are then si-multaneously registered re-sulting in the transfer beingeffected between the Sellerand Buyer.

This is a basic overview ofthe transfer process and cir-cumstances may vary accord-ing to the particularities ofeach transaction.

The Buyer will be liable forthe bond attorney’s registra-tion costs in addition to thetransfer costs. The Seller willbe liable for the settlementamount of the bond as well asthe bond cancellation attor-ney’s costs. Prospective buy-ers should request a quota-tion in advance so that theyare able to budget for thetransactions.

AS PART of the ProudlySouth African ChristmasCampaign, PDSA is profil-ing members who providegoods and services thatmay be useful over the fes-tive season, or can fill aChristmas stocking.

This week the spotlightfalls on Ocean Therapy,started in 2006.

They produce a range ofbath salts for hotels, spas,game lodges, health shops,and as corporate gifts.

The bath salts are madeof pure, unrefined sea salt.These large sea salt crys-tals are produced natural-ly by solar evaporation incoastal salt-pans besidethe ancient Namib Desert.

The crystals are rich inbeneficial sea minerals(over 76) and fragrancedwith top quality aromath-erapy essential oils to pro-duce a natural salt-baththerapy.

It is not only healing,but is also environmental-ly friendly.

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It gave us great exposureand opened up a wholeworld of new opportuni-ties to grow our business.

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However, rather thantake the easy option of go-ing to China, we made ourown as much as possible totry and keep our productuniquely African andhome grown.

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Don’t get sucked into the‘buy China, buy cheap’syndrome.

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On a high noteTHE Cape Town Male Voice Choir’s end of theyear concert will be held on Saturday 26 No-vember at the Cape Town City Hall.

There will be two shows: a matinee per-formance at 15:00 for which tickets are R100,and a second performance at 19:30 for R120 perperson. Tickets can be booked through [email protected] or 082 468 7504.

Phone (021) 683-5522 after hours.

HOMEMAKERS: Thephotographer writes:“The WeaverBirds at DieOog in Bergvliet are hardat work making nest fortheir veryfussy mates.You shouldpay them avisit onelunch time.They arequite fascinating littlebirds, alwayson the go.”Photo: John Rayner

WALK FOR LIFE: TheCity’s oldest sportingevent, the DiscoveryCape Times Big Walk,took place on Sunday,with 36 509 people joining in the 107th editionof the walk to raise fundsfor Nazareth House, TheSteenberg Foundationand Cansa. Activitiesand entertainmentamused the crowdsthroughout the day, withacts like local comedians Oscar Petersen, Stuart Taylor and KurtSchoonraad taking thestage. Photo: Denzil Maregele

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The return of the minstrelsTAURIQ HASSEN AND HANRIE BOSCH

MINSTREL troupes are tosign a code of conduct as

part of the agreement to marchthrough the historic Bo-Kaap ar-ea.

The news comes after lengthy dis-cussions between representativesof the City of Cape Town, provincialgovernment and minstrel associa-tions over the past two months.

On Tuesday 8 November anagreement was reached, which in-cluded the return to the normalroutes through the historic Bo-Kaap area, and hosting the event on2 January. City of Cape Town willalso provide R3.5 million forTweede Nuwe Jaar celebrations. Afurther R500 000 was made availa-ble for events after Tweede NuweJaar and competitions.

Peoples Post extensively coveredthe discussions at the Cape HighCourt, “Minstrel battle marches on(1 November 2011),” before retiredConstitutional Court Judge KateO’Reagan.

According to Osman Shaboodien,chairperson of the Bo-Kaap CivicAssociation, the code of conductwill ensure timeliness, with strictstarting and finishing times, andorderly conduct. The city councilhas set up a task team to ensure thatthere will be enough toilets alongthe routes.

The conduct of the minstrels willbe policed by the City Council. “Wehave walked for 150 years withoutcouncil, but to take it to the next lev-el and make this a calendar eventwe need strong partnerships thatwork,” said Shaboodien The con-

cerns of residents, based on theirexperience of previous years, wereof minstrels marching into the ear-ly hours of the morning; minstrelsnot respecting prayer times; and al-legations of minstrels urinatingagainst Mosque walls.

CEO for the Cape Town CarnivalAssociation, Kevin Momberg, wasdelighted at the outcome and said:“This is what we wanted and nowwe can work on restoring a part ofhistory which should rightfully bestaged every year.”

Momberg highlighted the impor-tance of the minstrel culture inCape Town, mentioning the days ofa packed Wale Street, marchingpast the old Slave Lodge in Adder-ley Street, with faces painted blackand white and thousands of min-strels lining up to entertain CapeTown. “These are fond memories,so we have had to fight for this, forsomething that rightfully belongshere,” says Momberg.

According to Solly Malatsi,spokesperson for the ExecutiveMayor of Cape Town, Patricia DeLille, the agreement “paves the wayfor the successful hosting of one ofCape Town’s historic and celebrat-ed cultural events.”

Momberg said.“We will be work-ing very closely with the City ofCape Town to ensure that we hosta successful event that will be re-membered and remind people of thegood old days.”

The agreement will serve as a pi-lot project to guide the managementof future minstrel events.“It hasbeen a long, long road,” said Sha-boodien. “This is not a victory; it isjust a restoration of rights and rec-ognition of the culture, heritage

and history of the Bo-Kaap, and anacknowledgement of the impor-tance of the area.”

“This has become a way of life formany people, and it is reassuring tosee the tradition reinstated,” saidShaboodien. The Mosque Associa-tion is cautious: “let’s see what hap-pens this year; if it will be better

than previous years.”According to Cape Town Tour-

ism, the Kaapse Klopse festival hasbeen compared to that of the Carni-val in Rio de Janeiro, and the MardiGras in New Orleans and is “a spec-tacular and colourful event thatshould not be missed.” Cape Town’sfamousTweedeNuweJaar carnival

has been described as a “bright,noisy and vibrant celebration.”

HAPPY TIMES: Die Burger’s Happy Boys blowing the right tunes during the last minstrel event.Photo: Mark Wessels

Power to the womenTHE Women Empowerment Expo will takeplace at Samaj Centre in Gatesville on Satur-day 19 November, from 09:30 to 18:00.

Entry is free and open to men, women andchildren.

Entertainment will include belly dancersand singing.

The aim of the expo is networking and pro-

viding a platform for job creation.Organiser Yasmin Mohamed thanks the

sponsors who donated prizes for the LuckyDraw, including DKNY watches, a BusinessManagement Bursary from MANCOSA,Jewels of the Heart and El Chocolata.

For more information [email protected].

Building up the communityTHE Communicare Learning Centre inRuyterwacht has launched a variety ofcommunity empowerment workshops.Some of the workshops cover topics relat-ed to personal development, money man-agement, customer relations, and job-seeking skills.

To find out more about dates and times

email Estelle Hendricks at [email protected].

To cover the cost of catering, attendeeswho are employed must pay R50, whilethe unemployed pay R25.

Frank Julie is the volunteer facilitator;visit www.nonprofitconsultant.org.za todownload his books for free.

STELLAR BEAUTY: OnWednesday evening local shutterbug JohnRayner captured themoment as the moonrose just as the sun set.But unfortunately therewere some lowlyingclouds over the Tygerberg hills and it was only a little after the sunhad set that the moonwas visible as it rosethrough the thin clouds.Rayner added that hundreds of people flockedto Signal Hill to witnessthe phenomenon theroad along the Hill wasclogged with cars, withquite a festive atmosphere, even thoughthere was a stiff coldSouth Easter blowing.Photo: John Rayner

People’s Post WoodstockMaitland NEWS Tuesday 15 November 2011

Finweek digs deeper into bank chargesSouth Africa’s revenue hungrybanks have continued to pile onbank charges as they try to makeup for lost interest revenue.

This is one of the key findingsfrom the 2011 Finweek BankCharges Report which will be re-leased on Friday 4 November.Now entering its seventh year,this annual research into thecharges banks levy on their cus-tomers has played an importantrole into the discussion aroundcharges which are regarded asamongst the highest in the world.

“Bankchargesareobviouslyanemotive issue in South Africa anda combination of the global finan-cial crisis and the decreasing de-mand for lending has meant thatbanks are going to be looking foralternative ways – including feesandpenalties – to boost their reve-nue line,” says Finweek editor

Marc Ashton.One of the challenges around

preparing the research has beenthe challenge of comparing prod-ucts on a like for like basis fromthe banks. Traditionally this hasbeen an incredibly difficult taskand for the duration of the re-search Finweek has employed theservices of Horwath Forensics toconduct and verify the results ofthe study which uses only thechannels to which you have ac-cess: branches, brochures andcall centres.

Key findings of the 2011 studyinclude:

• Standard Bank remains is themost expensive in terms of bothpackage and Pay as You Use(PAYU) options.

• FNB is cheapest, but has thehighest penalty fees.

• It costs twice as much now to

bank with Absa and Standardthan it did seven years ago.

• Banks continue to push evergreater numbers of clients to thedefault of buying package options

• On average banks are drivingup the annual costs of package op-tions in double digits.

• Penalty fees are becoming anincreasingly important revenuesource, especially on cheaperpackage options.

•Call centre andbranch staff re-main broadly incapable of accu-rately interpreting official litera-ture.

The 2011 Finweek Bank Charg-es Report was available in Fin-week magazine on Friday 4 No-vember.

The original report developedby Horwath Forensics is alsoavailable for download fromwww.fintalk.co.za.

Saturday 26 NovemberThe MYM (Maitland YouthMovement) will host a Healthand Wellness Day at the Mait-land Madrassa Hall on the cor-ner of Patton Street and Corona-tion Road.

There will be interactive pres-entations and discussions, in-cluding a slide show and Q&A.Topics covered will be ‘How toraise drug-free teens’; ‘Wellnessin a time of high stress (andmore serious conditions like de-pression and bipolar disorder);

‘When work becomes a pain inthe neck (or back),’ a back-to-ba-sics approach to understandingyour body.

Presentations will last from09:00 sharp until 13:00. More in-formation and materials will beon sale, but entry is free. Anyoneover the age of 10 is welcome.There will be giveaways and alimited number of goodie bags.

Refreshments will be served.Booking is essential before Mon-day 21 November by contactingWaadiyah at (021) 511 2845 or 076817 5724.

Park problems continues in MaitlandTAURIQ HASSEN

MAITLAND’S RECREATION-AL PARK continues to generateconcerns around the number ofvagrants drinking, smokingand fighting in the presence ofchildren.

People’s Post previously report-ed on these concerns, “Locals un-happy with vagrants (7 June2011),” where parents expresssedconcern about alcohol consump-tion, fighting, arguments, littering

and harassment of visitors to thepark.

Adele Richards, a Maitland resi-dent who also raised concerns,says that nothing has changedsince then.

“I think the park has becomeeven worse now, because it looksas if the vagrants invited somefriends over. Now they are not justdrinking and smoking, but somedays you find them gambling aswell and our children must be ex-posed to this?” Richards asked.

She again witnessed violent be-

haviour between two vagrants inthe park, with glass bottles flyingaround and bricks being used asweapons of defence.

In May this year, Richards alsofound herself in the middle of a tor-nado, when two vagrants violentlythrew glass bottles and bricks ateach other.

“This cannot be right and thereis no law enforcement to preventthis. I have decided to find alterna-tive ways to enjoy my recreationaltime with my daughter.”

“She cannot be exposed to that

every day,” says the frustrated Ri-chards. Another concerned moth-er, Elise Edwards, was worriedabout the number of stray dogs be-ing allowed to roam the park off-leash.

She said these dogs harass peo-ple for food, as they are poorly fedby their owners, who are seeming-ly the “drunken vagrants.”

“They sit there for most of theday, only God knows where theyget the money to buy this cheap al-cohol and once they are drunk,they get into arguments, resulting

in the violent behaviour so manyare exposed to,” says Edwards.

Maitland Community Improve-ment District (MaitCID) manager,Edite Rodrigues, was aware ofcomplaints about the park andsaid: “We really have to get some-thing done about this problem, be-cause it is really becoming badnow and we do not want to sit witha situation where we cannot con-trol the problem.”

People’s Post could not reachthe Ward Councillor at the time ofgoing to print.

Cape is open for businessTHE City of Cape Town is drivinga job creation agenda by providingan enabling environment motivat-ing Cape Town Entrepreneurship.

This is being done partly througha series of events at the City Hallfrom now until Monday 21 Novem-ber, as well as numerous satelliteevents across the city.

“Cape Town recognises the roleand importance of small to mediumenterprises in job creation,” saysCouncillor Garreth Bloor, chair-person of the City’s Economic, En-vironment and Spatial PlanningPortfolio Committee.

“We can create a supportive envi-ronment by helping existing organ-isations directly so they can in-crease their current capacity. Pri-marily, however the major drive isone of sound policy and effective ad-ministration.”

Bloor says while Council will useits mandate to drive job creationacross all sectors, it will take extrasteps to help Cape Town’s business-es – particularly small to mediumenterprises (SMEs) – to complywith existing national regulations.

The City and the Provincial Gov-

ernment are currently workingthrough a Red Tape to Red Carpetset of recommendations, focusingon how to make it easier to do busi-ness in Cape Town, across all busi-ness sectors.

The upcoming Cape Town Entre-preneurship Week will allow SMEstheopportunity to interactwithpol-icy-makers, public representativesand senior City officials in open fo-rums. In addition to aspiring andcurrent SME owners, Cape TownEntrepreneurship Week will in-clude events with senior policy-makers from emerging marketssuch as Thailand and Brazil whohave achieved high growth rates,lifting millions out of poverty.

“Job creation is at the top of theagenda and that means targetingand supporting the job creators.The City, and the country, can learnmuch from existing success storiesin other emerging markets,” addedAlderman Belinda Walker, Mayor-al Committee Member for Econom-ic, Environmental and Spatial Plan-ning. For more information on thejob creation initiative, visitwww.ctew.co.za.

Mbu would not be killedDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE gripping tale ofMbu Maloni (18) is toldin his biography NobodyWill Ever Kill Me, whichwas launched at KalkBay Books on Wednes-day 9 November.

The book carries amessage of hope and tri-umph. Mbu, who eventu-ally found a safe home atHokisa Children’s Homein Masiphumelele, wasencouraged by friendsand mentors like Dr Lutzvan Djik, author andfounding director ofHokisa, to share his sto-ry. The launch wasopened by Dr. AndyDaws, a Clovelly resi-dent and Professor atUCT’s Faculty of Psy-chology.

Dawsexpressedhis ad-miration for Mbu’s cour-age to share his story. Hesaid that the book re-minded him of Dickens,and said it was sad that societiesstill failed children and youngpeople.

He says there are many otherchildren in our communities who

suffer the same fate as Mbu. “Thisbook should inspire us all to domore.”

The bookstore was filled withHokisa teens, who came to sup-

port their brother.The excitement in the

room was hushed whenMbu started reading fromthe first chapter of hisbook. The audience wasspellbound and somecould be seen to shed atear.

Mbu read three passag-es from his book, each fol-lowed by Mbu’s friend,Yamkela Dangisa, singinghis own compositions,while accompanying him-self on the keyboard.

The evening was con-cluded with a short ques-tion-and-answer session,when Mbu revealed thathe wrote the book, withthe help of van Djik, inthree months. He said hefelt compelled to write hisstory after the death of agood friend.

The book, Nobody WillEver Kill Me, is publishedby the University of Kwa-zulu Natal Press. It isavailable at various book-

stores in the Far South, includingKalk Bay Books and Wordsworthin Long Beach Mall. You can alsoorder the book from www.onthe-dot.co.za.

Climbing KiliTWO experienced guides from Afri-can Outdoor Adventures will give a

free presentation on climbing Kili-manjaro on Wednesday 23 Novem-ber at the Sportsman’s Warehousein Tokai at 18:00.

There is no charge, but please

RSVP for catering purposes.Free refreshments will be

served.For more information contact

Paul Winder on 083 788 2230.

Enjoy a martial music concert experienceMILITARY music lovers take notethat the Army Band Cape Town willhold its annual year-end Gala Con-cert on Friday 2 December in the

Cape Town City Hall.The concert starts at 19:30 and

tickets cost R30.Tickets will be available at the

door.For further details and tickets

call Jerome Mecloen on082 561 4539.

CELEBRATING PEACE: Members of the South African National Defence Forcetook to the streets on Thursday night to practise for the Armistice Day celebrations on Sunday in Adderley Street. Armistice Day is celebrated acrossthe world on 11 November to commemorate the day in 1919 when the treatyof Versailles was signed and brought an end to the First World War.Photo: Jaco Marais

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People’s Post WoodstockMaitland NEWS Tuesday 15 November 2011

Observatory festival time againTAURIQ HASSEN

OBSERVATORY Village of Artsofficially launched the

15th annual Obs Art Festival,which will take place on 9-11 De-cember at the Observatory VillageGreen and surrounding roads.

A crowd of at least 15 000 peopleare expected according to the festi-val’s public relations officer, Lee-Anne Sasman.

Project Manager Andrew Fifesaid: “The objective of this year’sevent is to promote more of the artwithin Observatory and illustratewhat true artistic talents are withinthese boundaries.”

The main challenge faced by or-ganisers was to meet the City ofCape Town’s requirements.

Justin Ashley, Observatory Vil-lage of Arts director, said the list in-cluded proper security, disastermanagement and proper medicalassistance at the venue.

“We hired several private compa-nies to ensure that these require-ments were met and the City ofCape Town approved the plans,”says Ashley.

The festival will include streetperformers with acts from theSouth African National CircusSchool, visual arts, spoken wordand music.

Last year, the festival ran over aweekend and also throughout theweek, with historic documentaryviewings and visual arts displayedin surrounding restaurants andbars.

“We will look at extending the fes-tival in future, but this year, we arefocussing on the weekend only,”says Ashley.

He said festival goers will not beallowed to carry alcohol around,but remain in the beer tents.

Last year’s event drew a crowd ofabout 8000 people, but was unfortu-nately tarnished by a murder thattook place outside the boundariesand hours of the event.

“This year, we will have securityinside and outside the event, therewill be strict access controlthroughout the event and nobodywill be allowed to enter withouttickets,” says Fife.

Organisers also approached locallaw enforcement agencies to patrolthe public spaces around the fencedoff event.

“The visual arts component willinclude open days at art studios inthe area, shop window galleries andan interactive graffiti mural,” Fifeadded.

Mark Bekker, Festival Music Di-rector, mentioned the “highly an-ticipated” music line-up, which in-cludes aKING, Hot Water, Tidal

Waves, Gazelle and many morewell-known Cape Town artists.

Trevor Hughes, chairperson forthe Observatory Civic Association,said the live music will end at 23:00this year, which deals with the con-

cerns they had about noise. “We aretrying to put Observatory on themap and the festival showcases thetalents and arts of Observatory,”Hughes said. Festival tickets costR50 for Friday, R70 for Saturday

and R20 for Sunday. R90 gets you anall-weekend pass. Tickets can bepurchased through Webtickets.

For further information on theevent, visit www.obsarts.org.za oremail [email protected]

FESTIVE TIME: Last year’s Obs Art Festival drew a crowd of about 8000 people. Photo: Supplied

What a wonderTABLE MOUNTAIN is one of theNew7Wonders, along with theAmazon, Halong Bay in Vietnam,Iguazu Falls in Argentina, Jeju Is-land in South Korea, Komodo inIndonesia, and Puerto PrincesaUnderground River in the Philip-pines.

The news came just after 22:00on Friday evening.

Grant Thornton, a leading tour-ism, hospitality and leisure re-search company, predicted a R1.4billion annual return for SouthAfrican tourism. Basing theirprojections on the New7ManMade Wonders, in which 100 mil-lion votes were cast worldwide,Grant Thornton estimated thattourism to Cape Town could in-crease by about 20%, resulting inincreased employment opportu-

nities. Mariëtte du Toit-Helm-bold, CEO of Cape Town Tourismsays: “We are very excited aboutthis win. From being awarded theWorld Design Capital 2014 desig-nation just a few weeks ago to Ta-ble Mountain being named one ofthe New7Wonders of Nature to-day, Cape Town and South Africaare standing proud!

There are many benefits, butour biggest opportunity is job cre-ation. In line with Cape TownTourism’s new brand strategy forthe city, we are working with in-dividuals and companies on de-veloping new, interesting andgenuine tourism offerings to sat-isfy changing travellers’ needs.With the anticipated increase intourism, more entrepreneurialopportunities will open up.”

The campaign also gave SouthAfricans the chance to learnmoreabout the mountain. Before thecampaign, many people may nothave known that Table Mountainis one of the oldest mountains onthe planet, about 360 millionyears old, and was declared aWorld Heritage Site in 2004.

The Cape Floristic Region isthe smallest and richest of the sixfloral kingdoms on the planet,and habitat to 8 200 rare and en-dangered plant species.

Table Mountain is also the onlyterrestrial feature to have a con-stellation named after it. Thesouthern constellation Mensa(originally Mons Mensae – Latinfor “the table mountain”), wasnamed in 1754 after the increas-ingly world-famous landmark inthe then Cape of Good Hope.

It is also one of the most photo-graphed sites in Africa.

PROUD SUPPORT: A group of dancers from the Cape Academy of Performing Arts (CAPA) based in Tokai,took time out this week from rehearsals for their upcoming Dreamcatcher season at Artscape to show theirsupport for the Table Mountain New7Natural Wonder of the World campaign. Photo: Allison Foat

Watch out for your carTAURIQ HASSEN

THERE has been a rise in theft ofand out of motor vehicles in Mait-land in recent weeks. Vehicle own-ers are advised to take the followingprecautions:

. Ensure that all doors are prop-erly closed and locked.

. Install an alarm and tracker.

. Park in a well lit area at night.

. Remove all valuables from thecar.

Vehicles parked on the road orpavement overnight gives crimi-nals a perfect opportunity to breakin or steal the car. “Your propertywill remain your property and noone will ever take care or look wellafter your property,” says WarrantOfficer Siyabulela Vukubi, spokes-person for the Maitland Police Sta-tion. “Police are doing their part inthe fight against these trends by in-creasing police patrols in the affect-ed areas, but we appeal to the com-munity to also do their part by re-porting any suspicious movementsaround vehicles, businesses and

residences,” says Vukubi. Thenumbers to contact are as follows:For Sector One, which includesPaarden Eiland, Ysterplaat andBrooklyn, contact the Sector PatrolVehicle on 079 894 1397. Alternative-ly contact the Sector One ManagerConstable Johnson on 079 894 1394.For Sector Two, which includesMaitland, Garden Village, Ndabeniand Oude Molen, contact Sector Pa-trol Vehicle on 082 302 0977. Alterna-tively contact the Sector Two Man-ager Sergeant Whiteman on 082 5221713. . A 39-year-old man was sen-tenced to eight years in prison formurder. Zilindile was sentenced on11 September at the Cape TownMagistrate’s Court to eight years inprison, of which three is suspendedfor five years under certain condi-tions. Ngoko was found guilty ofstabbing his victim in the chest on19 November 2010 in Paarden Ei-land. “The suspect stabbed the vic-tim once in the chest and he died onthe scene, but he was arrestedshortly after the incident,” saysVukubi.

Calling outWalmer EstateRESIDENTS of Walmer Es-tate, bounded by SearleStreet, De Waal Drive, UpperRoodebloem Road and the

Nelson Mandela Boule-vard, are invited to a meetingat the Southern Sun GardenCourt Hotel on Tuesday15 November from 19:45 to21:30. Guest speaker will beWard Councillor Brett Her-ron.

For more information con-tact Moosa Sydow on 083 6457688 or email [email protected]

Rocking to thegreatest hitsSECOND year Events Managementstudents at Cape Peninsula Univer-sity of Technology (CPUT) in CapeTown, will be staging The FinalCountdown at the Barnyard Thea-tre in Willowbridge on Sunday 20November at 14:00. The studentswere asked to form groups in theirsubject Event Practice, and host anon-profit event of their choice.

“The Final Countdown is a musi-cal journey that takes you on a ridethrough sixdecades of radio,music,fashion and Rock and Roll,” saidone of the organisers.

The greatest hits of each decadewill be staged, including Elvis, Bud-dy Holly, The Beatles, Tina Turner,Rod Stewart and Kings of Leon U2.

All proceeds will be donated tothe Lions Foundation of CapeTown. The tickets will be sold indi-vidually as well as in tables of 10.

Free picnic baskets with treatswill be given away for every two

tickets purchased.The tickets are R130 per person.

For more information or to buytickets contact Vee on 072 182 0406or email [email protected]

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People’s Post WoodstockMaitland GENERAL Tuesday 15 November 2011

AZURE APPETIZER: Avocado with cured Franschoek salmon trout, with a corriander and bellpepper syrup at Azure.

SERENITY ON A PLATE: Feast your eyes on the chicken terrine with Parma ham at the Roundhouse. Photo: Hanrie Bosch

FIERCELY FRESH: A delicious compilation ofsalmon trout, spiced, cured and tartar at Planet restaurant.

“I did not choose to be a chef,” says Grobbe-laar, “It chose me.” He dashes off to the kitch-en to prepare avocado with cured Franschoeksalmon trout, so fresh it must have been aliveas I was walking up the stairs.

Speaking of blue and wide open spaces, ournext stop is Planet Restaurant. Situated in theiconic Mount Nelson Hotel, executive chefRudi Liebenberg matches his food perfectlywith the atmosphere of the restaurant - whichis out of this world.

The highlight is the most delectable andexquisite desert imaginable (the picture doesit no justice).

A lot has been said earlier about chain res-taurants, but our next stop is, in fact, a chainrestaurant of sorts, but on a different level.Nobu, situated in the One and Only hotel onthe Waterfront, is nearly always packed.There are more than 22 restaurants around

the world. Executive chef Hideki Maeda gotinto the industry by accident. As a teenagerhe “couldnot evenpeel anapple,” but 20 yearslater his international career has seen himtransfer from London to Cape Town to headthe Japanese-inspired Nobu. Serving up a ba-by spinach salad topped with prawns, the imi-tated impression was “plain,” but then thetastes kicked in...a little something Maedacalls Umami.

Between salmon, duck and delectable pas-tries and puffs, each chef was asked on whomthey placed their bets to take away the bacon,so to speak, on 20 November.

Surprisingly, one name came up repeated-ly: Luke Dale-Roberts.

Who is this you ask? He is the last of thefive City chefs and owns The Test Kitchen inWoodstock at the Old Biscuit Mill. An openkitchen accentuates the fact that you are now

eating out, and shows a side of the experiencethat is mostly hidden, always tasted and nev-er seen. Interesting and unique flavoursmakes time disappear amidst the hustle andbustle of the restaurant that is fully book at12:30.

Twenty-three years in the industry has giv-en him a few laughs and electric shocks thathave flung him across a kitchen. Dale--Roberts says that creating great food is allabout “transferring passion onto a plate,”which is evident in the well orchestrated“ballet” of sorts one sees in the kitchen.

At the end of the day, chain restaurant oravant garde, risky or conventional, food is allabout enjoying yourself. And with so manygreat places to Eat Out in Cape Town, whynot take the chanceof enjoying somethingdif-ferent to the two-for-one special at that placedown the road.

A Taste is worth a thousand wordsHANRIE BOSCH

WHY spend a fortune on a meal whenyou can just pop across the street to

a chain restaurant and get your favouritesame predictable burger you know andtrust? And why would you swap a menuwith a hundred choices for one with few?Surely family feuds will ensue as a result?

First you need to establish what is fine din-ing. Does it mean that your meals are smalland resemble art more than food? Toweredand layered beyond recognition?

No. It means passion. It means that everymorsel passing from fork to mouth has beenexquisitely crafted into excellence. Really, itis like comparing a Ferrari to a toy car.

With the DStv Eat Out awards culminatingon 20 November, People’s Post sampled someof the best of the five nominees in the city.

First on the list was Roundhouse, an appar-ently haunted gem with a 300-year historyoverlooking Camps Bay. On a beautiful sun-ny day on the rolling lawns overlooking theocean, executive chef PJ Vadas contemplatethe finer things in life.

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is afruit, but wisdom is knowing not to put it intoa fruit salad,” muses the chef who has workedin London, France and New York.

Serving up chicken and duck terrine withParma ham, drizzled with seasonal flowersmade all thought of conversation disappear,just like the clouds rolling over the 12 Apos-tles.

Ournext stop is theAzure, set in the luxuryand opulence of the 12 Apostles Hotel. “I donot know any food that is naturally blue,”says executive chef Henrico Grobbelaar, “butit just works.” And so it does, the blue decorbrings the ocean, mere metres away, insideand onto your plate.

Regularly working 12-14 hours a day, Grob-belaar has become somewhat attached to hiskitchen: “Two days without stainless steelcountertops and I feel sick”

HOMEMAKERS:The photographer writes:“The WeaverBirds at Die Oogin Bergvliet arehard at workmaking nest fortheir very fussymates. Youshould pay thema visit one lunchtime. They arequite fascinating little birds,always on thego.”

Photo: John Rayner

SIMPLE DELIGHT: The baby spinach salad atNobu looks mouthwatering.

Photo: Hanrie Bosch

TEST TEASER: Woodfired pork belly, duo ofsauces, coco bean and bay leaf, TK kim chiand pak choi at The Test KitchenPhoto: Supplied

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Tuesday 15 November 2011 GENERAL People’s Post WoodstockMaitland

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INFORMATIONSESSIONSThe City of Cape Town invites all businesses to attend an information session on theCity’s Supply Chain Management Processes and Procurement Policy.

VENUE ADDRESS DATE TIMEStrand Civic Centre Cnr Main and Fagan Streets, Strand 23 November 2011 18:00

Council ChambersMunicipal Building,Royal Ascot Road, Milnerton

24 November 2011 18:00

Wittebome Civic Centre Rosmead Avenue, Wynberg 28 November 2011 18:00

Maitland Town Hall Voortrekker Road, Maitland 30 November 2011 18:00Bellville SouthCommunity Hall

Kasselsvlei Road, Bellville South 6 December 2011 18:00

Athlone Civic CentreCnr Klipfontein and Protea Roads,Athlone

8 December 2011 18:00

Please RSVP to Sonia Galant on 021 400 5523 or via emailto [email protected] note that limited seating is available.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER

Become business savvyTHE Haedons Training Academy, inpartnership with Starfair Business Con-sulting, will host a free business informa-tion session on Thursday at Athlone Li-brary from 10:00 until 12:00. During thesession, entrepreneurs will be informedabout tender procedures, positive chang-es in government procurement (includ-ing what “preferential procurement”

means), BBBEE considerations, andbusiness opportunities with provincialand local government and the private sec-tor. Entrance is free. For more informa-tion contact John Prinsloo on 082 958 7865or at [email protected]. Alter-natively call Ezzard Fakier on071 243 3212 or Bruce Bouwers on083 320 8228.

OPPORTUNITY AWAITS: Telkom Cape Town Entrepreneurship Week offers a platform for debate and advice from 15 to 21 November. Photo: Nasief Manie

The key to unlocking dreams“FAILURE is a great teacher. It is a normalpart of being an entrepreneur. We should

stop stigmatising people who have failedand stop regarding it as the end of the road.Just think of Richard Branson and SteveJobs,” says Martin Feinstein, organiser ofthis year’s Telkom Cape Town Entrepre-neurship Week.

“In a sense people are forced to be more en-trepreneurial and findnewwaysof generatingan income,” says Feinstein, adding, in thesame breath, that between 30 to 40% of smallbusinesses fail within the first year, and overfive years the number doubles to 80%.

“These figures can be very scary, and intim-idate a lot of people, especially since most peo-ple starting a small business have very goodtechnical skills and know a lot about the tradethey are entering, but not about business.

“People also start in a very overcrowdedmarket, opening up crèches or hair salons in-stead of doing something new and innova-tive.”

But Capetonians can regard themselves aslucky, because Cape Town is seen as one of themost nurturing urban environments for en-trepreneurs in the country.

Feinstein explains: “Cape Town has some of

the best infrastructure in the country. Trans-port networks and safety and security are allof a much higher standard, which makes iteasier for people to access your business andeasier to run a business. Inconvenience is atax on your time, and if the city can save youthat time you can spend more time makingyour business work.”

However, he says that South Africa is ingeneral 50% behind in the entrepreneurialmarket compared to similar countries.

“Entrepreneurship creates wealth. Not justfor yourself, but for employees and suppliers.It also creates social cohesion and stability bycreating more jobs, which equates to lesscrime and, most importantly, it creates moreentrepreneurs.”

Whether you have just started a small busi-ness, and need mentoring and support, or youare just thinking about starting a small busi-ness, the Cape Town Entrepreneurship Week,15 to 21 November, can help you with advice.

All events will take place at City Hall, andon Saturday 19 November budding entrepre-neurs can enjoy a free interactive day, whereexperts will be on hand to answer questionsand give advice.

For further information visitwww.ctew.co.za

Cape Town goes to the dogsWIGGLE WAGGLE, South Africa’s biggestdog walk, starts at 09:00 on Sunday 20 No-vember from the School for Maths, Scienceand Technology on Firgrove Way in Tokai.The 4,5km circular route finishes at thesame place.

Last year, just over 1 700 dogs and 2 300walkers took to the streets. Organisers, Capeof Good Hope (CoGH) SPCA and dog and cathealth nutrition manufacturer Royal Canin,are expecting more entries in the 4,5km funwalk this year.

The walkathon is not only for the dogs, butalso an opportunity for owners, friends andfamily to help raise funds for the CoGHSPCA.

The MySchool, MyVillage, MyPlanetfund-raising programme, which last yeardonated R17 510 to the CoGH SPCA, hasagain pledged an extra R10 to the SPCA forevery dog entered.

Dogs and walkers will meander through

the streets around the school, with waterpoints for dogs and owners along the route.Marshalls and traffic officials will ensurethe safety of walkers. Medical and veteri-nary crews will be provided by CoGH SPCAand Royal Canin to ensure everyone crossesthe finish line in good shape.

Every participant will receive a goody bagat registration and there will be spot prizesat the finish.

Participants will be able to discuss theirdog’s nutritional needs with Royal Caninstaff and veterinarian.

There will be food stalls and family enter-tainment, such as a dog agility display, ponyrides, face-painting, a jumping castle andmore.

Entries cost R30 per person and R20 perdog. Children in prams are free.

For more information and to enter onlinevisit www.spca-ct.co.za or contact the CoGHSPCA on (021) 700 4141/80.

FURRY FUN:The SPCARoyal CaninWiggle Waggle Walkathon starts at09:00 on Sunday 20 November fromthe School formaths, Science andTwecnhologyon FirgroveWay in Tokaifor a 4,5kmcircularwalk.Entriesare R30 perperson andR20 per dog.Children inprams arefree. For moreinformationand to enter online visit www.spcact.co.za or contact the SPCA on (021) 700 4141/80.Pictured here is Felicia Crovster of Heathfield with Inges at last year’s Walkathon. The SPCARoyal Canin Wiggle Waggle Walkathon starts at 09:00 on Sunday 20 November from theSchool for maths, Science and Twecnhology on Firgrove Way in Tokai for a 4,5km circularwalk.Entries are R30 per person and R20 per dog. Children in prams are free. For more information and to enter online visit www.spcact.co.za or contact the SPCA on (021) 700 4141/80.Pictured here is Felicia Crovster of Heathfield with Inges at last year’s Walkathon.

People’s Post WoodstockMaitland LEADER Tuesday 15 November 2011

Majestic mountainCAPETONIANS now officially live in theshadow of greatness.

The mammoth icon, Table Mountain hasbeen included on a provisional list of theNew7Wonders competition finalists. An-nounced on Friday, the final result is said tobe made public early next year. Off the backof Cape Town being named the design Capitalof the World in November, the latest an-nouncement will make huge inroads for thetourism sector and increase visitor numbersin the province, as Table Mountain now be-comes the deciding factor for internationaltourists considering their options. This natu-ral resource has become one of the country’smost valuable commodities, and with a globalstruggling economy it is true that every bitof help is welcome.

These are exciting times for Cape Towntourism. Authorities in the sector have esti-mated that the announcement alone willbring over 100 000 visitors to local shores.

Reportedly the value of the tourism in-crease was estimated to be about R1.4 billiona year for the first five years following the in-clusion. This will inevitably lead to an in-crease in jobs.

While business readies itself to use themountain’s new elevated status in marketingcampagins, tourism authorities are rightful-ly focused on making local tourist destina-tions more accessible to the local public, thevery people who voted to make this prestig-ious accolade a reality for Table Mountain. Itis after all, the only of the finalists situatedin the middle of a bustling urban setting,hardly isolated or difficult to reach like someof its competitors.

Cape Town Executive Mayor, Patricia DeLille says the announcement has confirmedwhat many locals already know. For manyCapetonians, Table Mountain holds greatsentimental value. Rumour has it that theNew7Wonders Foundation is set to take on anew survey in the future, the top seven citiesin the world. Cape Town, here we go – again!

Tax businesses which benefitedIT IS regrettable that since the founding ofa democratic state, most citizens of this beau-tiful country find themselves in a state of ab-ject poverty. Democracy means very little tothem because at the end of the day they gowithout food, shelter and may other basic ne-cessities.

The companies that profited most duringapartheid are still in existence.

Still profiting from the human misery towhich they contributed in apartheid days.

A minute proportion of their profits go to-wards social investment. A kind of feel-goodcontribution that is in most cases useless be-cause the projects are not sustained.

The time has arrived that we start to makethese companies take more responsibility tochange the socio economic condition of ourpeople.

Many of these companies would probably

say they are unable to contribute because ofa slow-down or down-turn in the economy.However, a person just has to lookat theprof-its that the banking sector posted underthese economic conditions. The question ofcourse how can this sector be suffering withsuch enormous profits?

The proposal by Archbishop Tutu to taxthose who benefited from apartheid shouldbe taken more seriously and should be givenmore support by the disadvantaged.

Also, while this is being deliberated, thesecompanies must be encouraged by govern-ment and the communities who supportthem to make significant contributions to ed-ucation and employment.

If we forget the suffering of our parentsthen their struggle to end injustice would bein vain.SHEIKH MA JARDIEN

101 books to read beforeyour suspension is overa little bit of free advicefrom a few non-Sandtonitesout at your local libraryFree advice, no strings,for the defender of our moralsand loudspeaker-extraordinaireone Julius Malema, he of

‘You don’t need to goto Oxford University’JM Coetzee’s Disgrace could be the firstto curl up with all by yourselfno comrades in sight(all Gone with the Wind)Perchance Austen’s classicPride and Prejudice sooner thanDostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment

Before your suspension is over... makes its entrance on the coffee tableAnd before your next forayinto The Grapes of Wrathyou might even have the timeto start a local book-clubor a Friends of the Library Forumas you plan your economic march backThen some might sentence you toOrwell’s Animal Farm or 1984instead of Things (really) Fall Apart(now no more The Little Prince or The Count

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Minstrels and culture. I’m sorry, minstrels, but

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. Charles has it horriblywrong. Not all coloured peo-ple regard the minstrels astheir culture. I was born andbred in District Six.

Just a thought. What is up with SARS

call centre agents? When theycan’t help you and do nothave an answer to your que-ry, and you ask for their su-pervisor, you are told he isnot there. You then ask forthe manager and you get put

on hold indefinitely? And totop it all SARS loses your pa-perwork! What do people atSARS get paid for? To lookpretty? Amber Edwards

. Can anybody tell me howthe price of Grabouw wors in-creases by R10 in threemonths?

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By the way. Friday I sat in a restau-

rant and watched a man walkout with a half-finished bottleof wine and get into a vanparked in a handicap park-ing. Law enforcement wasticketing a few cars away.Surely that bay should bechecked first.Hehadno stick-er. Hope he had indigestionfrom his eisbein. PJ

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. In keeping with the spiritof Helen Suzman’s erstwhileproposed voting restrictions,may I suggest that only thosewith Matric be allowed todrive on the road named afterher? Gary

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. If words could expresshow I feel when I’m at the mo-tivational corner with MrMzamo. Baie dankie for beinga spark in my life for the pastfour years. Being unem-ployed is not easy but now Iunderstand that everyonehas to go through, not over,obstacles and it’s okay to bedifferent.

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Showcasing thetalent of M’Plain

Disney on ice in Cape TownDISNEY On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy forthe first time in South Africa. Thrill tohigh-speed stunts as Lightning McQueen,Mater and the crew of Disney/Pixar’s Carsrace across the ice. Dive into The Little Mer-maid’s enchanting undersea kingdom. En-ter the mystical world of Pixie Hollow withTinker Bell and the Disney Fairies as theyreveal the magic. The toys are back in townwith heroic action when Buzz Lightyear,Woody, Jessie, and the Toy Story gang es-

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Disney on Ice will be presented at theCape Town International Convention Cen-tre on Friday 6 July 2012, 11:00 and 15:00,Saturday 7 July, 11:00, 15:00 and 19:00, Sun-dayandMondayat 11:00 and15:00 andTues-day 10 July at 11:00, 15:00 and 19:00.

WONDER WORLD: Join Tinkerbell for a magical journey on ice. Photos: Supplied

AGLAMOUROUS coffeetable book, a week-long photo exhibition

and a production featuring fa-mous entertainers fromMitchell’s Plain, will be theflagship presentation at theninth annual Suidoosterfeesfrom 14 to 19 February at Art-scape.

The production, ’n Plekkie indie Son ... Mitchells Plain seMense, is a co-production be-tween the Suidoosterfees andArtscape with stars such as Emoand Loukmaan Adams, theKhoisan rapper Blaqpearl, theSA’s Got Talent winner JamesBhemgee and Melanie Jones.

Basil Appollis is the directorof this musical theatre produc-tion, which features storytellingand songs to illustrate the pastand present of Mitchell’s Plainwith compassion.

Marlene le Roux, director ofArtscape and the Suidooster-fees, compiled the book of the same titlethat will be launched on 15 February be-fore the première.

A reading from the book will take placeon 17 February before the show at 17:00.

The production will only have twoshows at the Suidoosterfees – Wednesday

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Tickets are available atComputicket orvisit www.facebook.com/Suidoosterfees,Twitter or www.suidoosterfees.co.za, call(021) 446 1558 or send e-mail to [email protected].

RARE TALENTS: Local talent on the programme atthe Suidoosterfees are, from left, Blaqpearl, Loukmaan and Emo Adams. Photo: Supplied

Open mic at Trinity in Green PointSONGWRITERS and performers fromaround the Mother City are invited to at-tend the Sunset Fireflies Cape Songwrit-ers Open Mic Jam Sessions at Trinity,

15 Bennett Street, Green Point, everyTuesday at 20:00. The entry fee of R30 in-cludes a free beer or glass of housewine.

For more information call 082 256 7656.

A play about leading separate livesA DIVORCED former politician, a re-tired military man, a bullying mother,her repressed daughter and a fashion-able divorcée are some of the charac-ters in the beautifully crafted play,Separate Tables, that opens at theMasque Theatre, Muizenberg, on Fri-day 18 November.

The setting for the play, wovenaround the foibles and personalities ofhotel residents, is Bournemouth, Eng-land, 1954. Playwright Trence Ratti-gan was a master of characterisationand his convincing and compassionatestudies of ordinary human beings ringas true today as they did 57 years ago.

English playwright Terence Ratti-gan was born 100 years ago and the Clare-mont Dramatic Society decided to honourhim in his centenary year by presentingone of his most famous plays. The play isdirected by Sue Bolton.

The show runs from 18 to 26 November(excluding Sunday to Wednesday). The

showstarts at 20:00 onweeknights and14:30and 18:30 on Saturdays. Tickets are R55 forThursday evening and Saturday matinéeand R65 for other performances. (MasqueTheatre Club Members enjoy a R10 dis-count). To book phone (021) 788-1898 duringoffice hours.

COLOURFUL CHARACTERS: James Skilton, Sheila Inglis and Jane Skilton in Separate Tables,which opens at the Masque Theatre

A Goldin opportunityTHE Brett Goldin Bursary fund is the bene-ficiary of a special performance of LaraFoot’s acclaimed Solomon and Marion,staring Dame Janet Suzman and Khay-alethu Anthony, on Sunday 20 Novemberat 14:00. The Brett Goldin Bursary was setup after the young actor and a friend, fash-ion designer Richard Bloom, both 28, werebrutally murdered on 16 April 2006.

Goldin was murdered just days before hewas due to leave for Stratford-upon-Avonto perform the role of Guildenstern in Ham-let, directed by Suzman, in the RoyalShakespeare Company’s Complete WorksFestival. The double murder sent shock-waves throughout South Africa and Eng-land. The bursary was established by TheRoyal Shakespeare Company, The ActorsCentre in Johannesburg and the BaxterTheatre Centre to give another young actorthe opportunity denied Brett, and to hon-our his memory in an appropriate manner.The first donations were from South Afri-

can-born actors Sir Antony Sher and Hon-orary RSC Associate Dame Janet.

The bursary is for a short post graduatecourse to fine-tune the skills of actors to in-terpret Shakespeare. The first three recipi-ents were Omphile Molusi, Thami Mbongoand Nicholas Pauling. All three actors hadroles in The Tempest, which marked thesecond collaboration between the BaxterTheatre Centre and the Royal ShakespeareCompany in 2009. The 2010 recipients wereThato Moraka and Josette Eales.

The 2012 winners will be announced ata special function on Friday 25 November.

To find out more on how to support theBrett Goldin Bursary Fund, visitwww.baxter.co.za under the tab Fundrais-ing. Booking for the special performance ofSolomon and Marion is through Com-puticket on 0861 915 8000, on-line atwww.computicket.co.za or at any ShopriteCheckers outlet countrywide. Ticket pric-es for the bursary fundraiser are R180.

Win tickets to Josh GrobanBIG Concerts are proud to present A Spe-cial Evening with Josh Groban at theGrand Arena, GrandWest, on Tuesday 29and Wednesday 30 November. Theseevents are presented in partnership withTalk Radio 702, 567 Cape Talk and M-Net.

Withover 25millionalbumssoldworld-wide, Groban is one ofthe world’s best sellingartists. The 30-year-oldLA native first brokeout in 2001 with his selftitled debut album andhas gone on to releasefive multi-platinum al-bums, the latest being2010’s Illuminations.

Groban has beennominated for morethan a dozen awards,including an Ameri-can Music Award, aWorld Music Award, aJuno Award, twoGrammy Awards andan Academy Award.He has performed withsome of the most cele-brated artists in histo-ry, including BarbaraStreisand, Andrea Bocelli and Celine Di-on. In South Africa, he is one of the mostsuccessful international artists of thepast 10 years, having sold over 750 000 al-bums.

For all his success, Groban remains in-tent on staying connected, not only to hismusic, but also to his fans in countriesaround the world. Groban’s ties to SouthAfrica are just an example of that. In 2004

Groban made his first visit to South Afri-ca and was appointed by Nelson Mandelaas an official ambassador for Mandela’sProject 46664, a campaign to help raiseglobal awareness of HIV/AIDS. Throughhis own Foundation, Groban has support-ed Siyawela (formerly Zamimpilo Or-

phanage)/NOAH (Kwa-Mashu, South Africa).

For his 2006 Awakerecord Josh recorded thesong Weeping composedby South African DanHeyman, a song about ap-preciating the commonhumanity in us all, espe-cially during times ofconflict. He recordedWeeping with LadysmithBlack Mambazo and VusiMahlasela.

His current album, Il-luminations, alreadyplatinum in South Afri-ca, teamed Josh with pro-ducer Rick Rubin (John-ny Cash, Metallica, NeilDiamond) and chal-lenged the artist to tapdeeper into his full range

of talents, not only as a singer and musi-cian, but as a writer. Notable tracks in-cludeHiddenAway,Bells ofNewYorkCityand Higher Window.

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Join the world and fight diabetesTHOUSANDS of South Afri-cans will join the Global Dia-betes Run/Walk on Saturday19 November, to raise aware-ness for the diabetes pandem-ic, which has been recognisedby the UN as one of the world’smost severe health risks.

In South Africa, approximate-ly one in five people over the ageof 35 have type 2 diabetes.

More than 50% of them are un-aware they have it.

Globally, every eight seconds,a person dies of diabetes-related.Every eight seconds two morepeople develop the disease.

Currently there is no cure fordiabetes, but early diagnosis andcorrect treatment can control di-abetes.

A healthy lifestyle and educa-tion is key in prevention and dia-betes management.The walk willstart at 9:00 from the South Fore-court of the Cape Town Stadiumin Green Point.

Capetonians will join the May-or of Cape Town, Patricia De Lilleand Professor Tim Noakes in thefight against diabetes.

The three routes on offer arethe 3km Moms and Tots, the 5kmrun/walk and the 10km run/walk. The 10km route can also becompleted as a team of two, witheach running 5km.

Professor Noakes will run the10km and give a brief inspira-tional and informative talk.

With Cape Town’s newest land-

mark, theCapeTownStadium, asbackdrop, participants will enjoya scenic circular route, along thePromenade and Green PointPark.

The Healthy Lifestyle Expo atthe start and finish line in theSouth Forecourt, is supported bythe Department of Health (PG-

WC), the City of Cape Town andthe Lions International.

There will be free Blood Glu-cose, Blood Pressure, HB (foriron) and HIV testing.

You can have your Body MassIndex measured.

There will be free foot and eyescreening, live entertainment,

children’s educational and enter-tainment areas, lots of spot prizesas well as healthy food and prod-uct stalls.

Entry fee is R30 for adults, R20for children and R80 for twoadults and 2two children under12-years-old.

For more details on The Global

Diabetes Run/Walk and how toregister visit: www.diabetes-sa.co.za or contact diabetesSAon083 301 3218, email them [email protected] or, toenter online or go to www.entry-time.com .

Visit www.worlddiabetesfoun-dation.org.

BEAUTIFUL: Last year’s Global Diabetes Run/Walk participant make their way along the breathtaking Sea Point promenade.

Tuesday 15 November 2011 SPORT People’s Post WoodstockMaitland

HOWZAT? StAugustine’sCricket Club’sBrett D’Oliveira(left) celebrates a catchwith wicketkeeper CarlLewis duringtheir WesternProvince Cricket Association1A matchagainst Old Mutual, played onSaturday at theElfindale Cricket Grounds.Brett is thegrandson of retired cricketerBasil D’Oliveira. Photo: PeterHeeger/Gallo Images

Touch rugby teams excelTHE Western Cape Touch Rugby Association (WC-TRA) team took part in the annual Junior InterPo-vincial Tournament in Durban last month. Al-though there were six divisions, namely the under15 boys and girls, under 17 boys and girls, and under19 boys and girls, WCTRA only entered their under

17boysandgirls divisions,where thegirlswon threeof the six games and finished in 5th place.

The boys under 17 were unbeaten in the tourna-ment, and took on Western Province in the final,beating them 4-3 at full time. Nine provincial touchrugby associations competed in the tournament.

CHAMPS: Picturedstanding from left:Moegammad Cornelius, Imtiyaaz Esau, Ramiz Kamish,Tauheer Williams(captain), GaariethFakier, and RaqibSiljeur. Seatedfrom left: MubeenHassen (awardedmost valuable player), Isgak Samsodien, Tauhier Theys,Adeeb Orrie (vicecaptain), IshaamAbrahams, andQaasim Jacobs.

ALL SMILES: Pictured back rowfrom left: KellyBlaauw, ChantayDudgeon, ShimeezWallace, LaeeqaTheys, and ZahrahClayton. Middlerow from left: UlfaaNoordien (captain),Nicole Fortuin,Kashan Jacobs,and Nicole Manneville. Front row fromleft: NicoleArendse, ImaanOmar, ZiyaanahFredericks, Faatimah Sieed, andSadia Fortune (vicecaptain).

WHIPPED: Mohamed YaseenVallie of OldMutual CricketClub whips aball off his padduring hisside’s WesternProvince Cricket Association’s 1Aleague matchagainst St Augustine’s,played on Saturday at Elfindale cricketgrounds. Valliewas recentlycalled up to theCape Cobrasteam.Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo

Cape teams out to improve statusLYNN PRINS

AJAX Cape Town and EngenSantos are facing a tough battleto the top as they prepare toshow their mettle against for-midable opponents SuperSportUnited and Kaizer Chiefs thisweekend.

TheUrbanWarriors beat Super-Sport 5-2 in the first round duringthe MTN Top Eight, and revengeis to be expected come Friday.

Pressure will definitely be onfor both Ajax and SuperSportsince Ajax missed out on silver-ware in the Telkom KnockoutCup, when they were booted fromthe tournament by Golden Ar-rows.

Urban Warriors will have tokeep an eye on SuperSport’s Ma-lawian dangerman Atusaye Nyon-do, who is currently the joint topscorer in the Absa PremiershipLeague.

He was also voted the PSL Play-er of the Month for August andSeptember and heads into thematch as the man to watch.

Newly-signed defender Mat-thew Booth might be the kick Ajaxneeds.

Booth recently signed a con-tract which lasts until the end ofthe season.

Over at the Santos camp, theteam is optimistic after reachingthe semi-finals in the TelkomKnockout Cup.

They are oozing confidence, al-though they had a difficult start tothe season.

The People’s Team, as they are

known to fans, faces two awaygames, a league match againstKaizer Chiefs and the TelkomKnockout semi against BidvestWits University.

When asked how Santos willprepare to play against one of thetop teams, coach Boebie Solomonscommented: “We don’t view otherteams as big teams. All games areimportant for us and we prepareit in the same serious way.”

He added: “An away game isnever easy and we expect to havea tough game against them.Against teams like Chiefs, playersare normally highly motivated toget a positive result.”

Solomons reckons the team isworking well together and newplayers like Jonathan Armogam,Jonathan Fransman, Pere Ari-weriyai and Warren Bishop aregetting used to the way the teamfunctions.

However, there is an unfortu-nate rash of injuries in the camp.Key players such as striker ErwinIsaacs, central defender WayneArendse – who is still recoveringfrom bruised ribs – and TshepoMotsoeneng, who has a knee inju-ry, may not be taking part in thematch.

“We are managing Motsoenengat this moment in time and assoon as we have an opportunitywe will try and solve this injuryproblem,” said Solomons.

Ajax takes on SuperSport Unit-ed on Friday at 20:00 at Cape TownStadium.

On Saturday, Santos faces Kaiz-er Chiefs at the Peter Mokaba Sta-dium at 20:15.

INJURED: Erwin Isaacs, striker for Engen Santos, picked up a calf injuryin the last game, a late fitness result showed. Photos: Rashied Isaacs

ON THEBALL: AjaxskipperGranwaldScott aswell asGeorgeMalulekawerecalled upto the nationalteam thatplayedagainstIvoryCoast inthe NelsonMandelaChallengeon Saturday.

TOP SHOT: False Bay Gun Club member Alexis Biermann participated inthe Boland League ChampionshipShoot on Saturday 5 November inSomerset West where she won agold medal for the Ladies OpenClass. At the Boland year end function held that evening, she was alsoawarded the Ladies Open Shield aswell as another gold medal. Alexis,a Grade 10 pupil at Silvermine Academy, is the daughter of False Bay GunClub chairperson Keith Biermann.Alexis represented Boland for Tactical Shooting in April, and recently returned from representing South Africa at the World Shoot 16, which washeld in Rhodes Island, Greece, in October. At the event she participatedas a Junior in the Open Class. Nationally, she shoots in the ladies divisionand is the only junior who shootsopen. Photo: Supplied

Tee off with VOBTHE VOB Baseball and SoftballClub will be hosting a golf day onSunday 18 December at King DavidGolf Course in Bellville. Entry isR300 per person or R1 200 for a fourball. For more information, or tobook your spot, contact DeniseJones on 079 225 5772 or [email protected].

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INTERNATIONAL FAST PITCH SOFTBALL

29 Days to 1st Pitch

Management has eye on the prizeLYNN PRINS

THEY ARE always in the back-ground, spurring the players

on and formulating strategies totake their team to the top. Thisweek People’s Post will intro-duce the team behind the nation-al women’s softball side.

The eight-strong managementteam has been working around theclock, preparing the squad for argu-ably thebiggest tournament of theirsoftball careers.

The Softball Junior Women’sWorld Championship takes placefrom Wednesday 7 to Saturday 17December at Turfhall Stadium andPeople’s Post is the print mediasponsor.

Former national softball playersand provincial coaches make up theexperienced panel, with four ofthem hailing from the Mother City.

Lester Smith is the head coachand known as the man who led thesenior WP softball team to victoryin the National InterprovincialTournament in 2010.

He almost repeated this feat ear-lier this year, however the team fellshort when they were beaten byGauteng in the final.

Smith is also the former headcoach of the Westridge Yankees andthanks to his vision, his former sidehas scooped knockout and league ti-tles in 2007 and 2010.

Smith says his team is fully-fo-cused on the task ahead and looksforward to a respectable result.

“South Africa will go out and becompetitive in every game. Our ob-jective is to play better than whatwe are ranked. Our strongest com-petitors in our preliminary groupwould be the USA and Canada andwe have to be mentally prepared foreach game.

“Goals are essentially tough, andI can only deal with what is in mycontrol,” he says.

“My goal is to have the girls pre-pared as well as possible. I can’t tellhow many games we will win,though,” he says with a laugh.

Shihaam Nacerodien, the as-sistant coach to Smith, has a wholehistory of softball seasons behindher.

She started off at the age of 10 andplayed in the Super League untilthe age of 45.

“I am excited to be part of thecoaching staff, and it’s great to becoaching at this level. Being part ofthe World Series is a big achieve-ment, and I’m proud of them all.”

Fitness trainer Shaheeda Majietwas also a former national athleteand holds a record in 100m, 200mand relay track events.

She was also part of the WP Mas-ters softball team which went toMelbourne, Australia, in 2002.

Assistant manager Lynn Alexan-der is a former national player and

has represented thecountry since 2000.

Her first tourna-ment was in Lesotho,and she also playedin two World Series.

She was also partof the team that

played in the EuroAfrica Olympicqualifier which took place in Italyin 2007.

“I hope that I serveas a rolemodeland that what I’ve achieved servesas an example of what can be donewhen you work hard,” Alexandersays.

Moses Molaba is the Pitching Technical Advisor.

Kerry Brooks is also a Pitching Technical Advisor.

Andre Wessels is the team’s manager.

Lee Vermaak is also an assistantcoach.

Lester Smith is the head coach .Photos: Rashied Isaacs

Lynn Alexander is the assistant manager.

Shihaam Nacerodien is the assistantcoach.

Shaheeda Majiet is the fitness trainer.

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