district mail 26 april 2012

VVllaammmmeevvveeeerrrssswwweeeelllgggg hhhuuuiiiisss) n Egpaar van Somerset-Wes was gelukkig om methul lewens daarvan af te kom toe n brand Dinsdagaandhul huis in puin gel het.) Verwoestende vlamme het di huis, met antieke eningevoerde meubels en skilderye, in Spanish Farm ver-swelg.

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In the wakeof the attack) THE loved ones of David Lilien-feld (20)willnever forget the tragedyon 19 April, when he was killed bya shark.

) On 29 July 1999, Sergio Caprinearly lost his life to a great white,but lived to tell the tale. Capri hadbeen surfing in Kogel Bay at theCaves the same spot were Davidwas attacked last week and he stillrecalls the moment the shark at-tacked him.

) SarahTitleyof theSharkSpotterssays itsnormal forsharks tobenearthe shore around this time of year.

) Thousands gathered on Sundaymorning in Camps Bay to honourLilienfeld. Dave was pure awe-someness, and a legend in a humanform, said his brother Gustav.Dave was definitely there with us.

Read the full reports on page 4.

Murray Williams (left) and a policeofficer support David Lilienfeld sbrotherGustav and fatherDirk at thescene where David lost his life.

Photo: Nikita Sylvester

Thursday, 26 April 20122 NUUS | NEWS

Deur vlamme verswelgILLANA FRANTZ

n EMOSIONELE Henna van Nie-kerk het Woensdagoggend in onge-loof na die oorblyfsels van haar huisgestaar,nadatvlammeditdievorigeaand verswelg het.

Henna en haar man, Gerhard,was Dinsdagaand tuis toe die brandby hul Spanish Farm-huis uitge-breek het.

Woensdagoggend, terwyl brand-weermanne die laaste smeulendekole geblus het en polisiebeampteshul verklarings afgeneem het, hetHenna deurmekaar en verward inhaar motor gesit.

Syhetdieaandsegebeureherleef:Gerhard was in die slaapkamer enek is na die kombuis om iets te kryom te eet. Ek het iets in die studeer-kamer gehoor en toe ek gaan kyk,was daar net rook.

Volgens Henna het sy na dieslaapkamer gehardloop en aan haarman geskree om die paniek-knoppietedruk.Dithet skynbaarniegewerknie en sy het die sekerheidsmaat-skappy gebel. Die egpaar het deurdie slaapkamervenster vir hul le-wens gevlug. Dit het alles so vinniggebeur. Skielik was daar net rookwaar jy kyk. Ek wou nog teruggaan

vir my handsak, maar die rook waste oorweldigend.

Graydon Norton, operasionelehoofvanEmergencyMedicalOpera-tions, s hy het die vlamme van hulkantoor in die Strand gesien en homna die toneel gehaas.

Die hele huis was aan die brand,maar gelukkig is daar niemand be-seer nie. Die paartjie is vir beradingbehandel.

Norton s brandweerwaens wasreeds op die toneel en lede van dieHelderberg Crime Watch en Buurt-wagte het met die verkeer en anderdienste gehelp.

Volgens Theo Layne, woordvoer-der van Kaapstad se brand-en-red-dingsdienste,hetdiebrandweerom-

streeks 20:32 n noodoproep ont-vang. Daar is geweldige skade aandie huis en die oorsaak van diebrand is nog onbekend.

Dit het 16 brandweermanne, tweebrandweerwaens en twee water-tenks twee ure geneem om die oor-weldigende vlamme te blus.

Gerhardhet genoemvan n 150-ja-rige Aga-stoof en n ingevoerde kla-vieruitChicago inAmerikawatnouverlore is. Henna is hartseer oorhaar fotoalbums, want daar wasnie tyd om iets te gryp nie. Hullehet die aand in n gastehuis oornagen moet nou die stukke van hul huisen hul lewens optel.

Mense met inligting, kan sersantNolan Fisher by 021 850 1381 bel.

Die oorblyfsels van die Van Niekerk-egpaar se huis in Spanish Farm.

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Thursday, 26 April 2012 NEWS | NUUS 3

Face of the HelderbergShowing support

Young fans: These happy youngsters were captured on camera by DistrictMail's photographerPeter Beewhile they were loudly supporting StrandUnited in the team's derbymatch againstMacas-sar at Gustrouw on Saturday. In the end, Macassar claimed the victory with 123. Read the fullreport on page 72.

YOUNG AT HEARTDance at C'est la Vie.

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PENSIONERSEnjoy some instrumental

entertainment at Beaumont.Page 56

FAMILIESJoin Somerset College for

Paradise Lost.Page 16

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INDULGENCEDelight in dinner at Overture.

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ON Wednesday morning, while firefighters extinguished the last of the smoul-dering coals and police officers were taking statements, Henna van Niekerksat in disbelief looking at the remains of her house, after a fire destroyed itthe previous night. Henna and her husband Gerhard were at home when theflames broke out. She relives the ordeal: Gerhard was in the bedroom andI went to the kitchen to get something to eat. I heard a noise in the study andwhen I went to look, all I saw was smoke. Henna then ran to the bedroomand toldherhusband topress thepanicbutton,but it didnot seemtobe working.She then phoned the security company before she and her husband fled fortheir lives through the bedroom window. - Page 2

A MAN allegedly driving under the influenceof alcohol, caused an accident and walkedaway from the scene. The accident, betweena bronze Mercedes Benz E-class and a whiteAudi A4, happened on Saturday at 19:00 at theintersectioninfrontof MediclinicVergelegen.Somerset West resident Matthew Denton ar-rived shortly after the accident. The driverof the Merdeces was clearly drunk and incapa-ble of using his cellphone, he said.

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Shark attack: a survivor speaksITs been 13 years, and Sergio Capri (55)can still recall seeing a set of large gillsright beside him.

On 29 July 1999, Capri was fortunateenough to survive a horrific shark attack.

It was around midday when he wentsurfingat theKogelBayCaves, thesamespot were David Lilienfeld (20) was killedlast Thursday. Capri had just caught awave and was paddling out to sea whenhe felt himself moving sideways.

He explains that the shark had grabbedhold of him, with its bottom jaw beneaththe surfboard and his top jaw over his but-tocks. I dont know what happened next,

but all I saw was a lot of blood around me.After the shark released me I rememberseeing his tail moving back out to sea.

His board had snapped, and Capri trieddesperately to paddle to shore. The sharkhad bitten him on the right leg, and hisback above the hip. This is not happen-ing. I dont want to die, are the words herecalls running through his mind.

Another surfer helped him ashore. Par-amedics were called, and he was airliftedto hospital. After five minutes in the heli-copter, Capri had already lost nearly halfhisblood. Everything justworked formethat day, he says with a smile.

Thedescriptionoftheshark, a great white ofaround four or five me-tres in length, is simi-lar to that of Lilien-felds attacker.

Three months laterCapri was back in thewater. He even went surfing again at thespot where he was attacked. Going intothe sea is a chanceyou take. Ivebeensurf-ing for 45 years; the sharks are there, andIve seen many cruise past.

Capri says he cant imagine the traumaLilienfelds loved ones are going through.

Sergio Capri.Sergio Capri.

Geliefdes bring huldeHONDERDE mense het Son-dagoggend in Kampsbaai by-mekaar gekom om hulde aanDavid Lilienfeld (20) te bring.

Lilienfeldhet in2010aandieHorskool Jan van Riebeeckin Kaapstad gematrikuleer.Hy het n voorliefde vir lyf-plankry-sport en vir die seegehad en het sedert 2001 lyf-plankry beoefen. Hy het in

Kampsbaai gewoon enhet sy Suid-Afrikaanse

kleure in lyfplankry verwerf.Duisende boodskappe van

medelye het op sosiale netwer-ke soos Facebook en Twitteringestroom. Kort na Lilienfeldgesterf het, het sy pa, Dirk ge-s: This was his life and hedied doing what he loved.Honderde lyf- en brander-plankryers het n huldiging-sirkel in die see gevorm.

Sy broer Gustav het diboodskap op sy Facebook-

profiel geskryf: So much lovefrom everyone. Its been said abillion times and we will keepsaying it Dave was pure awe-someness and legend in a hu-man form.Always full of spiritand amped for a mission. Hewould be so stoked seeing howmany people loved him andcared forhim.Wewill carryonhis legacy and he will alwaysbe our brother. Cant thankeveryone enough for showingyour love for him. Turnout forthe paddle was unreal. Davewasdefinitely therewithus...

David Lilienfeld (20).Foto: Facebook

Tragedy strikes at seaIT WAS an afternoon intended to havebeen a fun session of surfing, but it endedin tragedy.

Thursday 19 April is a day many willnot forget especially the family andfriends of David Lilienfeld (20) fromCamps Bay, who was killed by a shark.

At around 12:30 that day David, hisbrother Gustav and friend Kirk Morganwent bodyboarding at a popular surfing

spot known as the Caves at Dappat seGat in Kogel Bay.

Provincial police spokesperson colonelAndr Traut says David and Gustav werenext to each other in the water when agreat white shark attacked David.

The shark took hold of the Springbokbodyboarder, dragged him under the wa-ter and bit off his right leg. The brotherpulled David onto his board and broughthim out of the water, says Traut.

Paramedics, however, declared himdead on the scene.

According to a City of Cape Town re-port, eyewitness Matt Marais had beensurfing at the Caves prior to the attack.

He saw two bodyboarders paddling out;minutes later he heard shouting and sawDavid being attacked by the shark.

The shark made three passes at David,Marais said, but only on the third pass didhe see blood in the water.

After the final strike the four- to five-metre-long shark moved away.

Charl Cilliers, manager of ambulanceservices forGordonsBayMedicalRescue,was one of the first paramedics on thescene. He says Gustav and two other by-standers had carried Davids body to therocks. As we got to the body we found hisbrother lying next to him and holdinghim, he says.

We looked for signs of life, but therewas no pulse. There was nothing we coulddo. He was already dead.

Cilliers says Davids right leg had beenbittenoffbelowhiship,andhedsustaineda secondary bite on the hip.

The ultimate cause of Davids death isnot yet known.Cilliers sayshe couldhavedrowned, or died as a result of blood loss.

Dirk Lilienfeld, Davids father, arrivedat the scene shortly thereafter.

Gustav cried a lot but did not say any-thing, says Cilliers. Dirk just wanted tosee his sons face.

They just held each other.

Nobodyknows why

MANY have their theories on whythe shark that killed David Lilien-feld was in the area, or why it at-tacked, but no one is entirely sure.

Sarah Titley, Shark Spottersprojectmanager,saysitsnormal forsharks to be near the shore this timeofyear.Spottershaveseenanumberof sharks along the coast all week.

We cant say where the sharkscame from; they were alreadythere, says Titley. She says that,earlier on the day of the attack, aschool of dolphins had been swim-ming in the area, and birds had beenfeeding there. This could have at-tracted the shark.

Asked about the belief that sharkresearch conducted at Seal Island inFalse Bay which involved chum-mingandtaggingsharkshadsome-thing to do with the attack, Titleysays it is highly unlikely.

The chum the researchers usedwas either less or about the sameamount that cage divers in the areaof Kogel Bay use to attract sharks.

Furthermore, the programme op-erated on the preceding Sunday andMonday. Any residual chum wouldhave dissipated within hours and,due to the wind direction, movedaway from Kogel Bay, according toa report by the City of Cape Town.

Meanwhile, Shark Spotters helda meeting in the Strand on Mondayto discuss stationing spotters at theCaves. The initiative was well sup-ported, and a request was made tohave spotters at the site all yearround. After a year, it was sugges-ted, it could be assessed whether itwould be necessary to keep the spot-ters at the site in winter.

The Shark Spotters are now im-plementing therequest. Itmaytakesometimeasweneed togetapprovaland funding, and we need to trainspotters, says Titley.

Local surfer Philip Nel shared hisviews about the incident the nextdayonhisblog. Its almost impossi-ble to objectify the cause of such anattack, he wrote. How can any ofus (including the shark scientists)claim to know enough to predictgreat white shark behaviour accu-rately? We surf this bay. We knowthe rules. We enter our other worldeach time we get knee-deep.

We all have numerous stories ofencountering these apex predatorswhile surfing here. Its a sad dayhere in the Boland. . . one of us diedyesterday. Sometimes they take us.

Rest in peace David. . . Well missyou truly, brother. . .

Articles and photographs compiled by Nikita Sylvester and Illana Frantz.

Friends mourn David s death.Photo: Nikita Sylvester


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Bike stolen: This Suzuki Bandit400cc (registrationCEY 63172)wasstolen in Gordon's Bay on 12 Aprilbetween 08:00 and 13:00. Theabove photograph was taken a whileago, and the gold frame has sincebeensprayedblack. According to thepolice, a guard at the gate recalls aman entering the complex whoclaimedtobe there to repair thebike.A case of theft has been opened. Ifyou have any information that couldaid in the investigation, please callconstable McDonald on0 021 856 2317/8.

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DIE vrywillige werker van die SolidariteitHelpende Hand-welsynsorganisasie watdaarvan aangekla word dat hy n 12-jarigeseun verkrag het, sal onder huisarres bly.

Volgens sy borgtogvoorwaardes sal hyvanMaandaetotVrydaevan08:00 13:00toe-gelaat word om sy huis te verlaat, maar hysal naweke vir 24 uur onder huisarres bly.

Di man (61), wat die voorsitter van dieSolidariteit Helpende Hand-organisasie seplaaslike tak was, is op 20 Februarie by syhuis in die Strand in hegtenis geneem op nklag van beweerde verkragting.

Borgtog van R2 000 is op 28 Maart aan diebeskuldigde toegestaan op voorwaarde dathy nie kontak maak met: die bestuur, perso-neel of kinders van die Ruimte Nasorgsen-trum nie; met enige van die vrywilligers ofpersoneel van Solidariteit Helpende Hand ofdie ACVV nie. Hy mag ook nie direk of indi-rek met enige kind, behalwe sy eie kind, ofenige kinderorganisasie, kontak maak nie.

Die man is na bewering n familievriendvan die slagoffer se gesin en het hulle skyn-baar finansieel ondersteun.

Erica Rossouw, Wes-Kaapse organiseer-der vir Solidariteit Helpende Hand het ge-rugte ontken dat die man fondse van die or-ganisasiegebruikhetomdiegesinfinansieelte help of om te koop, soos onlangs in die me-dia berig is.

Daaris tweeouditte,eendeureksterneou-diteurs, gedoen n die gerugte. Ons kongeen bewyse kry dat die geld wel geneem isnie, het Rossouw ges.

Sy volgende verskyning is op Donderdag31 Mei.

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When they noticed the guard, the men ranfrom the ATM and fled in a blue VolkswagenGolf 1 Jumbo (registration CA 312 051) in thedirection of Sir Lowrys Pass. Police are in-vestigating a case of malicious damage toproperty. If you can shed light on the case,pleasecalldetectivewarrantofficerGertvander Merwe on 0 021 856 2677.


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Police captain arrestedA WELL-KNOWN Helderberg policecaptain was arrested on Tuesday.

The 48-year-old policeman was ar-rested at about 20:00 by members ofthe SAPSs Organised Crime unitwhile on duty. At the time of the ar-rest he was working at the Strandpolicestation.Hepreviouslyworkedat the Macassar police station.

Station commander colonelShaun van Wyk confirmed the ar-rest.VanWyksaysdetailsof thecaseareunavailableasheisstillawaitinga report from the arresting officer.

He did say that a case of theft wasbeing investigated against the manwho was a member of the Crime Pre-vention Unit.

It is alleged that a previous inves-tigation against the captain was alsoconducted following a raid on aStrand shebeen.

The policeman was due to appearin court yesterday (Wednesday 25April).

At the time of going to print theoutcome of the case was unknown.

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Di ongeluk, tussen n MercedesBenz E-klas en n Audi A4, het Sater-dag om 19:00 by die verkeerslig voorMediclinic Vergelegen plaasgevind.

n Inwoner van Somerset-Wes,Matthew Denton en sy vriendin, hetgestop toe hulle die ongeluk sien.Ons het uitgeklim en gesien dievrou wat aan die passassierskantvandieAudigesithet, sekophet teen

die paneelbord gekap. Ek het na dieander voertuig gestap en die be-stuurder was duidelik dronk. Ek hethom ges om n familielid te bel,maar hy was te besope om sy selfoonte gebruik.

Die bestuurder se seun het kortdaarna opgedaag en sy pa beveel omdie toneel te verlaat. Denton het diepolisie gebel en na die ander mensegaan omsien; toe hy opkyk het diebestuurder wat die ongeluk veroor-saak het, per voet die toneel verlaat.Na verneem word is hy die eienaarvan n motorsaak in die Strand.

Dentonhet nverklaringbydiepo-lisie afgel en die polisie het ges dit

is n moeilike saak. Volgens adju-dant-offisier Olebogeng Tawana,woordvoerder van die Strand-poli-sie, moet die bestuurder se bloedal-koholvlak so gou moontlik getoetsword.Elkesaakwordopmerietebe-handel en in di geval is dit moeilikom te bewys of die bestuurder welonder die invloed was, omdat hy nieagter die stuur gevind is nie. Hy kandalk van roekelose en nalatige be-stuur of dat hy die ongelukstoneelverlaathet, aangeklaword,maarnienoodwendig van dronkbestuur nie,

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Fright ends happilyJAMEY THOMAS

CUSTOMERS at McDonalds at SomersetMall were shocked when they found that atwo-year-old child had been left behind byher teachers last Thursday.

DistrictMail received a call just before14:00 on 19 April from a concerned readerabout this little girl, who had been forgot-ten after her teachers made a wrong stepin counting the children with them.

Figures releasedby thepolicesMissingPersons Bureau show that a child is repor-ted missing every six hours in South Af-rica. This adds up to a total of 1 460 chil-dren per year.

MissingChildrenSouthAfricasstatis-tics show that almost 87% of these chil-dren are found within the first week, butthe other 13% are not located.

Fortunately, this girl from Khayelitshawas found in the toilet by a customer andwell cared for by the food outlets staff.

Apparently, four teachershadentered therestaurantwith13children toplaceanorderahead of the lunchtime rush. They camebackat 12:30, had lunch, and tookall the chil-dren to the toilet before they left, saysAviesNgqose, a manager on duty at the time.

After13:00acustomerfoundthegirlstand-ing behind the womens toilet door. Shiftmanager Nozuko Matomela says she had notbeen able to reach the door handle.

The little girl, like all the other childreninhercrchegroup,waswearinganavybluetracksuit with Sibanye Educare Centre acrcheintheinformalsettlementofHarareinKhayelitshaemblazonedinyellowontheback of the top.

DistrictMail arrived on the scene to findthe little girl unfazed by the fact that she had

beenforgotten. Insteadofsheddingafewtears, shegaveeveryoneacourageoussmile.

Matomela attempted to get hold of thecrche and inform staff of the mishap, butits number was not listed. She then phonedasecuritycompany thatpatrols thearea,butits personnel could not help either.

At 14:00 she reported the incident to thepolice, but before they made an appearanceone of the crches teachers, Amanda Ng-coko, came back for her. A distraught Ng-coko said they had counted the children, butunknowingly missed one.

Shareen van Staden, manager of Helder-berg Child Welfare, says although thereshouldbe someprocedure followedby teach-ers toensure thesafetyofachild, an incidentlike this could easily happen to anyone.

When presented with this situation, re-port the child missing at the nearest policestation, she advises.

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The two-year-old girl and her new-foundfriend Holly-Raine (7) from SomersetWest, who was celebrating her birthdayat McDonald s at the time. MadelaineJacobs, one of the managers, gave thelittle one an ice-cream cone.

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Thursday, 26 April 20128 MENINGS | VIEWS

A new pageIN our efforts to keep satisfyingourreadersneeds,wereintroduc-ing two brand new features in thisweeks edition of DistrictMail.

Apart fromkeepingyouupdatedon local events and bringing youthe news, angles and follow-up ar-ticles that you get nowhere elseDistrictMailDistrictMail is also striving togrow and explore new ideas withour readers.

Acting on suggestions receivedfrom our community, today werelaunching a page dedicated to ourGerman readers (see page 24).

DespitehavingnoGerman jour-nalists on our staff, weve decidedto take on the challenge with thehelp of our loyal German readers.

A huge thank-you to those will-ing to assist us free of charge.

The success of this page will de-pend solely on our local Germancommunity, since we need you toshare events, news and photoswith us. Please send them (in Ger-man) to [email protected].

Anothernew feature is theaddi-tion of our own handyman Her-man Fourie, who also free ofcharge is sharing his expertisewith readers on how to make andbuild useful items at home.

At first, our Meet en Pas / Makeand Do page (page 22) will appearat the end of each month.

However, should this prove tobeapopular feature, the frequencycould be increased.

Please continue to share yourthoughts, comments and needswith us, so that DistrictMail cancontinue tobringyou thebest readin the region.

Protect your dogs!THERE has been a spate of dogsgoing missing in these areas, andwebelieve that someof themhavebeen stolen by the people who sellcompost in the area.

In other cases dogs were stolenand taken to informal settle-ments. There have been two casesalready where people have re-trievedtheirdogsfromNomzamo.

Dogs thatare indangerofbeingstolen are pit bulls, staffies, bullterriers, Rottweilers, Germanshepherds and huskies. Makesure your dogs are secured inyouryard.Thesepeople dont juststeal puppies, they steal maturedogs too, sopleasemakesureyourdog can preferably not be seenfrom walkways or roads.

These people are unscrupu-

lous: they break into houses, cutholes in gates, yank the dogs oversix-metre walls, cut off bolts andlocks. Report youths peering overwalls and just strolling aroundaimlessly these guys might betargeting your place next! Reportall strange activity groups ofguys walking with two or moredogs (mainly pit bulls) at strangetimes of the day. If you see anyonetrying to sell a dog at any street,mall or corner, call the police andthe SPCA immediately.

It is a good idea to put thenumber of the officer who drivesthe police inspection vehicle onyour phone (get it from your po-lice station), and the office and af-ter hours numbers of the SPCA.

If you are sure your dog has

been stolen, report it to the police.The police have to open a properdocket and give you a casenumber. If theofficerondutydoesnot want to open a case, ask tospeak to the station commander.

If they still dont want to openacase, please send thenameof theofficer and thenameof the stationto me at [email protected].

We need the statistics of stolendogs so that we can get the policeto see that it is becominga seriousmatter, and that they should startpaying attention to it.

Should you be so unfortunateas tohaveyourdogstolen, contactme for some advice on how to goabout trying to find them.

LOUISE SPAGNUOLO

ProblematicpipelineWITH regards to the articleabout the pipeline on Strandbeach published in District-Mailon4November2010 thatpipeline is in a deterioratingstate, and a ticking time bombthat will soon be spilling rawsewage over our beautifulbeach.

CONCERNED STRANDRESIDENT

Asked for comment on the mat-ter, councillor Shehaam Sims,theCityofCapeTownsmayoralcommittee member for utilityservices, says the Citys Waterand Sanitation Departmentstaff inspected the site on 20

April and confirmed the pipehad been abandoned; it is not inuse.

The pipe poses no risk to thepublic, says Sims.

Onlythetopsectionof thepipeis visible, and will be removed,sheadds.Themanholewaspar-tially exposed when the sandsurrounding it dropped belowthe level of the brickwork, caus-ing some of the lower bricks tofall away. This, Sims assures,will be repaired.

The matter will be seen to assoon as possible..

NOT everyone has dogs that barkconstantly.

As a dog owner I know dogs bark,but have you ever asked yourselfwhy?

1. People walking past your house.2. Neighbourhood cats deciding

its more comfortable sleeping infront of my gate and driving my dogsinsane (this is my main problem).

3. Noise.Just simple reasons. Dogs commu-

nicate by barking. Its in their natureand we cannot take it away fromthem. Its like trying to tell a roosterto stop crowing! As a cat owner, tryto get your cat not to meow. . .How doyou expect a dog to understand?

JUST AN OPINION

Barking is intheir nature

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Stuur jou sms na

32465Begin die smsmet diewoordMENSE en tikdan jou boodskap.

S jou sS jou s) VIR my suster Denise: veels gelukmet jou 50ste verjaarsdag wat op die15de was, en dankie vir almal wat dieverrassingspartytjie vir haar spesiaalgemaak het. Van jou suster Sherree

) Terrible new neighbours inStrand. So disrespectful. How can youbeaphysiologistandwanttohelpotherpeople but you have a selfish attitudeat home. You, your son and dogs mustlearn to respect people around you.

) I would like to know what the po-lice are doing about all the stolen trol-leys that get used on dirt-collectiondays. After all, they are stolen, notsponsored. Concerned resident

)Mense wat by die kliniek werk:dit vatniksomordentlikmet siekmen-se te praat nie. As jy nie mense ordent-lik kan behandel nie kry vir jou anderwerk. Ek dink nie my vrou is die enig-ste wat so onbeskof behandel word nie.

) Ek is n nuwe besoeker aan dieHelderbergNatuurreservaatenhetop-gelet datdie reservaat gereelddeureenveldwagter gepatrolleer word. Ek hetverneemdat synaamAlex is.Baiedan-kievir joudiens; jy laatonsalmalspesi-aal voel. Mev. Liederman

) Ek wil graag weet hoeveel dieselen werksure die munisipaliteit morsmet skrapersopdie strand.Wie se idio-tiese idee is dit? Ek woon al 57 jaar indie Strand en nog nooit het hulle diestrand so verniel nie. Die see sal allesself regmaak. Ters

) People, just want to say sorrythat I offended you all. The publicopened my eyes. Everybodys life isjust as important as mine. Next timeI will think of everybody else, and notjust me, before driving that fast again.Will drive safer and not be in a hurryagain. Anonymous road user

) Anika baie geluk met jou 17deverjaarsdag. Mag jy n wonderlike dagh. Ons is lief vir jou. Van Mamma, Ar-no en Marko

) ToMommyMinaandDaddyRay-mond Hartogh: Gods richest blessingson your 42nd anniversary on 29 April.Maytherebemanymoreyearstocome.With lots of love, from your childrenWayne, Varety, Mynie, Shawn, Jonath-an, Jarred, Jade and Bradley

) Stefan Diener van Diener Cupbo-ards is en bly steeds die beste boksiebouer in die Helderbergkom! Baiedankie vir jou uitstaande werk die af-gelopepaar jaar.Onswaardeer jou.DieMinnaars

) Aan Eilene Booysen: n gelukki-ge 50ste verjaardag. God se rykste senen ons wense is n lang en mooi lewe.Ookdankievir jouopregtevriendskap.Die Summers-familie

) n Silwerkleurige CompaqEvoN1050v-laptop is Vrydag uit onshuis gesteel deur n rondloper. Moeniegesteelde goed koop nie meld dit bydie Somerset-Wes polisiestasie aan.WvB

) Aan Frewina Adonis wat op 26April verjaar: veels geluk, vriendin.Geniet die dag. Lynette Louw

) Aan Errol Duncan wat op 29April verjaar: Jy moet lekker verjaar.Stadig met die Olof Bergh. LynetteLouw

) Lieve Anton Elroy Ineke: baiedankie voor een geweldige verjaars-dag. Liefde Han

) Just want to say thanks to Godand my daughter Gail, son in law Cor,grandchildren Stacy, Braam, Micaela,Lientjie, family, friends for all the helpand prayers. Had a light stroke. Shal-lom. Rina Bezuidenhout

) ElkeSondaggaankuierekinSLPendit is n skandedatdievullis jouwel-kom heet by die ingang van die dorp.Waar is ons trots? Die dorp is n deur-gang vir motoriste na Grabouw en So-merset-Wes. Asseblief mense, as almalhul deel doen kan dit weer die prag-plek word wat dit was. Mev. RH Eras-mus

) Veels geluk aan Frovina methaar 50ste verjaarsdag. God se rykstesen. Liefde Charmaine en Randall

) Geluk met ouma Wiena se ver-jaarsdag.Genietdiedag.Liefvirouma.Rudi Dillon en Lauren

S dankie, geluk,jammer, lief jou....

EKverwysnaMoeg-gekla sebriefin DistriksPos van 19 April.

Vol punte aan Moeg-gekla. Ekis bekend daarvoor dat ek diegrootste kla-gat in die buurt waarek woon in die Strand is. Die redevir my knorrigheid is omdat daarn hand vol dowe, dom, honde-eie-naars is wat naby my woon.

Mensewatduidelikniedieeen-voudige kennis het om na hulhonde om te sien nie. Hulle het al-mal die ongelukkige gebrek vandoofheid, of n gebrek aan intel-lek. n Hond blaf net oor twee re-des :hyblafomdathysybaasroepof omdat hy te onnosel opgelei isom te weet dat hy n baas het.

As die eienaar van die brak nieluister wanneer sy hond homroep nie, het hy waarskynlik ooknooit geluister toe sy kinders ge-roep het toe hulle klein was nie.

En waag dit net om vir so n

blaffendehondsebaas tegaanvraofhynieasseblief syhondwil stil-maak nie, kom jy agter die hondaardeintliknasybaas nblaffen-de, dreigende spesie wat dink diehele wreld is verkeerd en hy isdie skepper van n nuwe leefstyl.

En jy, wat die klagte ingedienhet, is die grootste vark in enigeverhaal. So is ek al gevra om asse-blief my vertrek te neem na n glo dit nou of nie ouetehuis. Soasof mense in n ouetehuis nood-wendig n laer-klas mens is. Ekwonder of die vroue wat my so ge-degradeer het nie dalk ouers hetwat in n ouetehuis sit nie.

Tog vreemd dat daar n grootmate van stilte heers by een vandieblaffendehondesehuisenekmaar gedwee my rug gedraai engesweer het dat ek n beter kwali-teit oorpluisies moet aanskaf.

Om jou te wend tot die reg is

nodeloos,dieproseduresalmaan-de lank neem en op die ou end isdit te betwyfel of die Suid-Afri-kaanseregstelsel,watnieeensge-noeg krag het om n geskorsteJeugliga-lid werklik te skors nie,genoeg krag het om n blaffendehond stil te maak.

Moeg-gepraat, ekstemvolmon-dig (nie grootbekkig soos sommi-gehonde-eienaarsnie) saam daarmoet n metode te wees om sulkeonbekwame, selfsugtige, kort-van-draad honde-eienaars met nmaagwerking-toestel toe te rus.

Die ironie is dat sou di menseaangeval, beroofofvermoorworden die honde histeries blaf, salniemand aandag daaraan gee nie.

Die honde blaf in elk geval.Groete aan al die dowes in my

lokasie. Simpatie aan die inwo-ners wat smag na n on-onderbro-ke nagrus.

DANIE PIENAARSTRAND

Blaffende brakke se base

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Huis Marie Louw verloor n geliefde:Die in-wonersenpersoneel vanHuisMarieLouw isbaiehartseer omdat hul kantoorkat, Tyger, oorlede is.Graag wil ons die dokters en personeel van dieHelderberg Dierehospitaal bedank vir hul uitste-kende sorg en omgee. Ons waardeer dit opreg.

BRIEWE

Dui aan as jy van baan veranderMEDE-MOTORIS: As jy een van daai menseis wat jou rigtingaanwyser (flikker) aansitterwyl jy van baan verander, doen jy dit niereg nie.

Jy moet dit doen vrdat jy van baan ver-ander tot n jy van baan verander het.

Diemotoristeomjouwilnieweetwathullereeds kan sien deur jou aksie nie. Wat hulleeintlik wil weet is wat jy van plan is om tedoen/jou bedoeling is.

Jou rigtingaanwyser in di geval is om joubedoeling te verkondig dat jy van baan wilverander.

Ek sien elke oggend motors, veral teen dieheuwel by die Lord Charles-hotel op die R44wat agter n stadige voertuig sit met geen rig-tingaanwyser aan nie.

Ek veronderstel die bestuurder wil vanbaan verander, maar gee geen indikasie omdit te bevestig nie. Indien die rigtingaanwy-ser flikker, enditveilig is, skepek (ensommi-ge ander motoriste) vir so iemand geleent-heid om in die vinnige baan te kom.

Meer male wag die mense en as daar n ga-ping in die vinnige verkeersbaan kom dneers draai hulle en sit hulle (partykeer) dierigtingaanwyser in die beweging aan.

Jy maak net die ou wie jy afsny kwaad,man!

So, as jy vanbaanwil verander, sit jou flik-ker aan om te wys jy wil draai vrdat jydraai; en draai dan wanneer dit veilig is.

MARIUS VORSTER

The fact is nobody can really say forsure why the attack took place and whatcaused it.

Research is being conducted continual-ly on these creatures to try and find outmore about them and what makes themtick, because there is still so much aboutthem that we do not know.

A meeting to establish a shark spottersprogramme on the Strand and Kogel BayBeaches was held earlier this week andthis will hopefully be implemented soon.

Until we know more about thesesharks, a shark spotting programme thatwill get people out of the water as soon asa shark is seen, is the only way to ensurethat there will be no more attacks.

MARK STUART

COLUMN

RIP David LilienfeldTHE tragic loss of Camps Bay bodyboard-er, David Lilienfeld (20) to a Great WhiteShark at Kogel Bay on Thursday, 19 Aprilis hard for all to accept.

My deepest sympathies to the familyand friends of this well-loved, respectedand talented young bodyboarder.

So much has been said and writtenabout the incident that it is difficult to addanything else.

Scientists, so called shark experts,shark-cagedivingoperators, surfers, fish-ermen, divers and other ocean users allhave different theories as to why the at-tack took place.

Somepeople believe thatsharkcageop-erators and researchers are dumping toomuchchumintotheseaandthis isattract-ing more and more sharks to our coast-line.

Researchers who have been catchingthese Great Whites sharks and attachingradio transmitters to them to study theirbehaviour have been accused of trauma-tising the sharks and changing their be-haviour.

There is also anopinion that the sharksthat are attracted by the chum from re-searchers and cage diving operators arestarting to associate people with food.

Another theory is that therewasahugeschool of baitfish seen in and around theKogel Bay area throughout the weekwhich in turn attracted bigger fish, dol-phins, seals and sharks.


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SOMERSETWEST

Eye on the roadDELIAH BRINKHUIS

STEYNSRUST Road in Somer-set West has been under thewatchful eye of theCity ofCapeTowns Traffic Services since29 March.

Traffic Services stepped inafter Somerset West residentKaren Geldenhuys lodged acomplaint with DistictMailabout traffic density in theSteynsrust area and pointedout that motorists werentsticking to the 60km/h speedlimit in the residential area.

She says road use has in-creased markedly in recentyears with various new developmentsin the area, adding that cars and buses areusing Steynsrust and Abelia Roads as ashortcut toSomersetWest andStellenbosch.

Geldenhuys says she approached Bene-dicta van Minnen, councillor for ward 15,with these concerns in July last year. Sheasked that traffic regulation or speed calm-ing measures be taken.

Heavy traffic, she says, starts as early as04:00 daily. Many motorists disregard trafficrules, and accidents are frequent, with themost recent one involving a bus transport-ing school children.

Van Minnen confirms that developmenthas indeed contributed to an increase intraffic. She says funds will be allocated forspeed calming efforts in Steynsrust Road,but explains that, before any speed-calmingmeasures can be installed, the area needs to

be monitored by the City of Cape TownsTraffic Services.

Brett Herron, mayoral committee mem-ber for transport, roads and stormwater,says, Steynsrust Road is a district distribu-tor route in the metropolitan road network,and can be expected to carry substantiallyhigher traffic volumes than a lower-orderresidential road.

Physical traffic calming measures arenot appropriate to this type of road, and arenot supported by the Citys Traffic CalmingPolicy.

Herron has, however, agreed to have thearea monitored, and has initiated increasedvehicle checks.

Members of the public are encouraged tosubmit any requests, in writing, to their lo-cal traffic department.

Eye on the roadEye on the roadEye on the roadEye on the roadEye on the road

Development in the Steynsrust area has led to anincrease in traffic there.


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t a 8 1 1 00 & Fr d y 0 y 0 0Da e: S turday, 2 April 20 2 @ 1: i a , 4 Ma 2 12 @ 10: 0 T er a m r e s WesVenue: he Int ch nge, So e s t Mall, Somer et t

Vi i : o u s a 9 p i 20 Sta t of u i n.ew ng Fr m Th r d y 1 A r l 12 till r A ct o

Mod rn T Unit, Blackwood 2-Door 2-Drawer Cupboard, Imbuia Ball & Claw Drinks Cabinet, e vOregon Pin Drinks Cabinet, Imbuia Ball & Claw Coffee Table, Imbuia Ball & Claw Diningr om o

Chair, Variety of Lounge Suites, Microw ves, Carpets, Oak CD Racks, Gaslift bar Stools, Kitchen a Chairs, Oak Captains Arm Chai s, Sleeperwood Tv Cabinet, Single - Queen Size Base with Mattr ss r e

Sets, Assorted Cane Chairs Mini Hifi , Ladies & Gents Wardrobes, Assorted Smalls & Lots More..., s

Thursday 26 AprilSomerset West:) The Helderberg Cancer Sup-

port Group meets every second

Thursday at 18:00 in the lounge atthe Oncology Department, ArunPlace Block 1, Sir Lowrys PassRoad.

0 Alison Turner: 079 741 7097.

Vrydag 27 AprilStrand:) Die NG-gemeente Strand se

plaasmark vind elke Vrydag plaas.0 Elise: 083 414 8734.

Saturday 28 AprilGordon's Bay:) The Friends of Gordons Bay

Library hold a book sale from 09:00to 12:00. Story-time for under-ninekids starts at 10:00 in the childrenssection.

0 Gretel Marais: 021 856 1825.Somerset West:) The Country Craft Market at

Southeys Vines, 186 Main Road, islooking for new crafters to join itsranks. This will be the last chancefor crafters wishing to join the mar-ket to book. Bookings will be taken

at the market between 08:00 and13:00. No food or cleaning agentswill be considered.

0 Lesley: 021 843 3287.) Celebrate World Tai Chi and

Qi Gong day from 10:00 to 13:00 inthe park on the corner of Main andPastorie Road (opposite the policestation).RefreshmentsandChinesesnacks will be served. Everyone isinvited to experience this ancientmeditative art form. 2 JanineLan:[email protected].

Sondag 29 AprilStellenbosch:) Blaauwklippen Vineyards Fa-

mily Market van 10:00 tot 15:00.Neem deel aan die Mini MasterChef-kursus. Kinders van vier jaaren ouer word genooi om te kom leerkook. Die kursusfooi is R50 perkind, maar toegang tot die mark isgratis.

0 Amanda: 083 392 9593.) Visit the Slaley Social Sunday

Market, on the R44 (towards Paarl),from 09:00 to 14:00. Enjoy the atmos-

phere with family and friends, andindulge in the freshproduceofferedby traders. For more informationcontact 0 083 656 2678 or visitwww.slaley.co.za.

Monday 30 AprilSomerset West:) If you are living with someone

whose drinking is affecting you,thereishelpavailableatAL-ANON.Meetings are held at 20:15 at the StPauls Church.

0 Jackie: 021 851 7660.

Dinsdag 1 MeiSomerset-Wes:) Die Aanhouwen-werksen-

trum vir volwasse gestremdes, inDummerstraat, bied elke Maandag-enDinsdagoggend n tweedehandseklereverkoping van 08:00 tot 13:00aan.

0 Linda Niemller: 021 851 3798.Strand:) TheMsCapeTownpageant for

Cape Town will host a wine tasting

at 13:00 and a high tea at 14:00 at theOcean View Hotel. An entry fee ofR85 per person will be accepted atthe door. The official Gala eventwill take place on Saturday (5 May)at 19:00. 2 Juanita: [email protected].

Wednesday 2 MaySomerset West:) Somerset College will host its

new musical, Paradise Lost, from 2to 5 May at 19:30. A large cast of 30students from Grades 10, 11 and 12are highly involved and the musiccan be described as unique. Ticketsare sold every week between 12:30to 13:30 in the school hall foyer atR60 each. For more details phoneShirley 0 021 842 8001 duringschool hours.

Donderdag 3 MeiSomerset-Wes:)Die Dierebeskermingsvereni-

ging se R1-klereverkoping vind om08:30 in Reitzstraat plaas.

Send diary entries to:[email protected]

Weekly deadline:Monday, 12:00

We would like to invite ourregular diary advertisers tosend us pictures of theirevents for inclusion in ourSocial or Diary section.

DistrictDiary

Collectlostpropertyat MallTHE Somerset Mallhas accumulated avast amount of lostproperty itemsthrough the years.

The managementof theMall invite thepublic to visit theiroffice in the Somer-set Mall to collecttheir lost property,should they be ableto successfully iden-tify their items.

A period of threemonths will be giv-en for collection(from1May to 31 Ju-ly), after which thelost property will bedonated to a localcharity organisa-tion.

So make sure youhead to the Somer-setMall nextweek ifyou have ever lostany of your belong-ings in that area.


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Hulp vir Umyezo-skoolJAMEY THOMAS

DIEUmyezoWamaApilegraad11-en12-leer-lingeontvangvanMaandag (16April) onder-rig in Kuilsrivier.

Sowat 200 leerlinge sal vir drie maandeby die Cape Teaching and Leadership Insti-tute skoolgaan. Die leerlinge sal ook vir dietydperk by die instituut loseer, waar hullegemaklike verblyf, 24-uur-sekuriteit, sport-en ontspanningsgeriewe, en drie maaltyeper dag sal ontvang. Hulle sal Sondae na dieinstituutvervoerwordenVrydaeterugkeer.

Volgens die Wes-Kaapse minister van on-derwys, Donald Grant, is dit n tydelike op-lossing om oorvol klasse by die Umyezo Wa-ma Apile-skool te verminder terwyl die bouvan die satellietkampus voortgaan.

Die satellietkampus en mobiele klaska-

mers wat op twee persele in Grabouw opge-rig gaan word sal eers teen Junie gereedwees.

Die graad 11- en 12-leerlinge wat in Maartoor n tydperkvanvierwekeergdeurprotes-optogte inGrabouwontwrig is, salookinten-siewe onderrig ontvang. Ons moet sekermaak hierdie leerlinge word die geleentheidgegun om die beste moontlike uitslae te ver-werf en om al die verlore werk in te haal,sGrant.DrieonderwysersvanUmyezoWa-ma Apile sal by die onderwyspersoneel vandie instituut aansluit. Die WKOD het ook nervareskoolhoofaangestelomsekertemaakdat verrigtinge vlot verloop.

Volgens Grant gaan die departement nierus voordat grond vir die bou van n nuweskool gedentifiseer is nie. Di doelwit isvan kardinale belang.

GRABOUW

Kranige oud-rugbyster sterf: Die welbeken-de Willem Lucas van Somerset-Wes het op 19April in die ouderdom van 59 gesterf. Willemwas 'n kranige rugbyspeler wat onder meer virklubs soos Thistles, Somerset RFC en AllSaints gespeel het. Hy het ook die Somerset-Wes Raad-span verteenwoordig. Willem laatvyf kinders agter, asook vyf kleinkinders, tweebroers en ses susters. Die begrafnisdiens vindSaterdag om 09:00 uit die Garden Village-ge-meenskapsaal plaas.

IN MEMORIAM


She brings you the news: Strand resident Tessa van Stadenwas recently hailed as the best news reader at the 2012 MTNRadio Awards. The annual competition saw over 850 entriesthis year; the winners were announced in Johannesburg earlierthismonth. Born in theBoland, Tessawas schooled in Gautengand studied at Stellenbosch University. She went on to studytowards hermaster's degree at ColumbiaUniversity in theUSA.Tessa began her career with the SABC before accepting a posi-tionwith for TheVoiceof America.She'snowdeputy newseditorand an anchor at Cape Talk, and has been with the stationsince 2007.

STRAND

New cemetery forSomerset WestJAMEY THOMAS

A NEW cemetery is being planned for Vaalfontein tocater for future burials.

The Vaalfontein cemetery site neighbours a smallfarmgraveyardinOldStrandRoad,nearFirgrove.Thesite covers around 20 ha, enough space for 15 000graves. Councillor Tandeka Gqada, the City of CapeTowns mayoral committee member for communityservices, says cemeteries are filling up fast, so newones need to be developed.

Althoughsomeof thecemeteries thathavereachedfullcapacitycontinuetobeusedbyfamilieswhodecideon the option of second burials on top of the first, somecultures and religions prefer to bury in vacant graves,and we need to keep up with demand.

The Vaalfontein cemetery will be developed in threephases. The first will start next year, and the spacewill be available by 2014 if all the necessary processesgo as planned. Formal tenders will be advertised bythe City towards the end of 2012. It is estimated thatthe cemetery, including all phases and facilities, willcost between R8- and R10-million.

The new cemetery will provide a choice of two typesof private graves full monumental and berm graves.The berm-grave layout excludes pathways betweengraves, and memorials are limited to headstones; nomonuments will be allowed on the surface of the grave,which will be levelled and grassed to provide accessto visitors.

Bermgravescost 40%of thepriceof a fullmonumen-tal grave. Both berm and full monumental graves will

offer exclusive right of burial, and families will be giv-en the option to re-use a grave for a second burial.

Non-private or public graves the cheapest burialoption will also be available. Public graves grant thedeceaseds next of kin the right to mark the site forfive years, after which the City may allow a secondburial on top of the first burial, without disturbing thefirst in any way. A variety of choices for cremated re-mains will also be available.

During the last five years City Parks has extendedthe Khayelitsha, Grassy Park and Welmoed cemeter-ies, and developed new ones in Wallacedene and Delft.

To enquire about reserving a space, call the KuilsRiver office on 0 021 900 1902.

An aerial view of the new cemetery site.

VAALFONTEIN



Trash on the tracksNIKITA SYLVESTER

THE section of the railway line near Somer-set Ridge in Somerset West continues to beused as a dumping ground.

Somerset Ridge resident Des McCay saysthat on numerous occasions he has seen va-grantsgoing throughhiswheeliebinsoncol-lection mornings, only to leave the rubbishlying around.

He also claims he and his wife are threat-ened when they ask the vagrants to stopscratching in their bins and to leave theirproperty.

One man even tried to pull a knife on mywife, but fortunately the police reacted swif-tly and escorted the vagrant away, saysMcCay.

Ward councillor Benedicta van Minnensays this is a very big problem in SomersetWest, and one often contributed to by resi-dentswhoput theirdustbinsout theeveningprior to collection day.

These bin-scratchers or the TrolleyBrigade as they are sometimes known areprobably one of the single biggest com-plaints that residents have in SomersetWest, she says.

As everyone has a right to move aroundthe streets as they please, Van Minnen ex-plains that it is very difficult to prevent thisunsightly problem. However, the issue canbe exacerbated by residents who give direc-tly to thehomeless insteadof supportingsus-tainable initiatives such as the local nightshelter.

Therefore, she says, she and fellow wardcouncillor Stuart Pringle will be fully sup-

porting the Give Responsibly Campaign andits emphasis on donations being made toshelters and relief organisations whose aimit is to help the homeless responsibly.

Despite the sterling work done by theneighbourhood watch and HelderbergCrime Watch to manage this problem on bindays, Van Minnen says that legally there isvery little law enforcers can do. She does,however, encourage residents to continue toreport these incidents.

IshallaskSolidWasteto lookatthelitter-ing problem, but unfortunately we are cur-rently in a bit of a tussle with Metrorail asthey do not fall into the jurisdiction of theCity, and our officials cannot enter theirpremises.

However, today it was confirmed to meby the Solid Waste Department that they arelookingat somesort ofworking relationshipallowing them access.

The railway line in Somerset West re-mains an eyesore.

SOMERSETWEST

Thursday, 26 April 201216 LEEFSTYL | LIFESTYLE

Inspirasie:Die Strand-blommeklubhet op 11 Aprilvergader. Dieblommekun-stenaar Bren-da Eksteenwas die de-monstrateur.Sy het treffendkleur en tek-stuur in haarrangskikkingsgekombineer.Die kompeti-sie vir ledewas My Inspi-rasie. Die wenner was Elsa Smit met 85% en tweede was Kobus Conradie met82%.Die volgende vergadering vindop8Mei plaas,met LorraineRoseasdemon-strateur inDienatuur sepalet.Gaste iswelkom.Van links isAmeliaLouw(sekreta-resse), Franciosnette van Zijl (voorsitter) en Brenda Eksteen (demonstrateur).

A musical brought to lifeA CAST of 30 Somerset College students fromGrades 10, 11 and 12 are bringing a new musi-cal, Paradise Lost, to the stage.

Themusicand lyrics forParadiseLostwerecomposed and written by the students them-selves, with the play led by matric music stu-dent Markus Hegewisch as musical director.

The story revolves around Paradise, aonce-utopianstatewhereEastmeetsWestandNorth meets South, a spokesperson says.

The leader of Paradise is a power-seekingdictatorwhosewifestruggles tocometo termswith his ruthless tyranny. The population islonging for life tochangeand,asaresult, rebel

leadership falls into the hands of rival twinbrothers Forrest and Charles.

Unfortunately these brothers fall in lovewith the same girl, Halley, who has beenbrought up to believe that a world beyond thewalls of Paradise does not even exist!

The music covers a wide range of genres,including heavy metal, pop ballad and Afri-can jazz.

Paradise Lost will be on stage at 19:30 from2 to 5 May, with a matine on 5 May at 14:30.Tickets, at R60, will be sold from 12:30 to 13:30in the school hall foyer. Phone Shirley on0 021 842 8001 during school hours. The cast of Paradise Lost.

Join in Tai Chi's global waveEVERY year on the last Saturday of April,thousands of people all over the world,create a global Tai Chi and Qi Gong wave,as the Earth turns.

The idea is that together we can unitewith our own strength and get in touchwith our inner peace.

Tai Chi is a perfected and dynamic sys-tem of internal energy cultivation, thattakes place through natural movement.

Sgt. Nicholaas Thysen from the Somer-set West police did a course in Tai Chi andQi Gong and is now a Tai Chi master.

He has been giving classes to local po-licemembers, all ofwhomsay it is incredi-bly relaxing and great for stress release.

He invites the community to the WorldTai Chi and Qi Gong Day on Saturday 28April.

Families are welcome to bring picnicbaskets, come and relax, join in and learn,or just come and have a look to see whatit is all about.

The event, which is put together by DrMichael Lan and his team, who is theSouth African leader and representativeof the World Tai Chi Qi Gong Federation,will take place from 10:00 to 13:00 on thecorner of Main Road and Pastorie Road inSomerset West.

Therewill alsobeaTaiChi andQiGonggathering at the Sea Point Pavillion inBeach Road, Sea Point.

Refreshments and Chinese snacks willbe served.

For more information, email JanineLan on [email protected] or phoneDr Lan on 083 436 0064.

Thursday, 26 April 2012 LIFESTYLE | LEEFSTYL 17


Decorex sets thetable for top trendsDECOREX Cape Town is a hotbed of col-our trends, eco interiors, fine fabrics,pure inspirationandpractical solutions.

Visitors can indulge in inspirationaldcor talks and stylish food demos, eatin modern pop-up restaurants and meetup with top designers in curated roomsettings.

Not to miss is the highly desirableDecorex Designer Collection, exclu-sively designed for Decorex SA by nineof South Africas leading designers andartisans. The signature range of fashion-forward pieces use an exciting combina-tionofmaterials and textures, fromclay,porcelain and recycled glass to wood andhand-printed textiles.

AllDecorexDesignerCollection itemswill be sold from a unique pop-up shopat this popular home and lifestyle dcorexhibition.

An example of the trend towards do-gooddesignatDecorexCapeTowncomesinthe formof theinteractiveM-netCaresCaf and Decorex Reading Corner.

This partnership between M-netCares, Decorex Cape Town, Salvocorpand a host of local designers and busi-nesses supports the M-net Naledi Chil-drens Literacy Project, a programmethat encourages a love of reading in pri-mary school children.

Aidan Bennetts, Katie Thompson ofReCreate, and Joe Paine have designedbespoke childrens bookshelves usingliteracy as their cue. Gcina Mhlophe, a

well-known storyteller and author ofchildrens books, will deliver book read-ings at theM-netCaresCaf andDecorexReading Corner.

Visitors are urged to take theirsecondhand childrens books and be apart of this remarkable initiative.

The expo starts today (Thursday) andcomes to a close on Sunday, runningfrom 10:00 to 19:00 daily.

Entrance costs R65 for adults, R55 forpensioners and students, and R10 forchildren under 12.

Visit www.decorex.co.za if youd liketo find out more about the show.

Lisa Firer vases and splatter candles.

Learn about arthritis: Professor HelmuthReuter will be the guest speaker at the Maymeeting of the Helderberg U3A. During themeeting, taking place on Wednesday 2 May atthe Strand town hall at 09:30, Reuter will deliv-er a talk titled Life Need Not Be a Misery forArthritis Sufferers: It Can Also Be Fun withthe Correct Treatment. He will focus on the cor-rect diagnosis of arthritic conditions and theimportance of evidence-based treatment toprevent complications and promote a goodquality of life. He will also discuss issuesaround preventing arthritis. Professor Reuteris a rheumatologist at Mediclinic Stellenboschandadirector of theWinelandsMedical ResearchCentre.Hestudiedextensivelyat Stellenbosch University, and has done further studies in London and Cam-bridge, New York and Bethseda, as well as Paris. Guests are welcome to jointhe talk at a cost of R20, and members are reminded to wear their badges.For more information phone Brodwyn Wilson on 0 083 604 0784.

Have an Olde Oaks SundaySTAYING home this long weekend? Thenconsider spending a lazy Sunday under thelovely old oak trees at the Olde Oaks FarmStalls in Somerset West.

Home-bakedtreats,artsandcrafts,olives,pickles, pats, jewellery, olive trees, plantsand containers, perfumes and more will beon sale; you can also grab a drink from thefully licensed pub, have a bite at one of the

food stalls, and watch the kids play on thejumping castle.

AnimalRescuewillbesellingT-shirtsandbooks to raise funds on the day. Donationsof blankets, food and care products will begreatly appreciated, and can be dropped offat the market.

New stall holders are welcome. ContactMandy on 0 082 374 6648 to find out more.

Enjoy a lazy day at Slaley marketTHE Slaley Social Sunday Market takesplace at the Slaley Wine Estate this Sundayfrom 09:00 to 14:00.

Join family, friendsandanumberof qual-ity traders offering fresh foods, produce andother goods. Slake your thirst at the full bar,orbuyalittlewinewhile theyoungstersplayon the jumping castle.

Safe parking is available. Enduro and

fishing will take place until 12:00.If youre looking for a slow but a chilled

day out, spread out on the lawn, surroundedby trees, vineyards and mountains, aspokesperson says.

Slaley Wine Estate is situated at the inter-sectionof theR44 (towardsPaarl) andKrom-me Rhee Road. For more information phone0 083 656 2678 or visit www.slaley.co.za.


Alzheimer's Awareness dayTHE spotlight was thrown on Alzhe-imers during a public event hostedat Somerset West care centreLivewell Suites on last Thursday.

The Alzheimers AwarenessMorning, presented by AlzheimersSA, entailed a varied programmefeaturing guest speakers who arespecialists in the fields of Alzheim-ers and dementia.

Addressing the topic of dementia,Somerset West psychiatrist Dr Ju-dith Ludwick-Erwee, discussed theburdenandpathologyof thedisease,and what one can do to slow downthe process. New research hasshownthe importantroleofanti-oxi-dants and folic acids. Also omega 3and 6, vitamin B6 and B12 and vita-min E are excellent inhibitors. Thebest preventative measure, howev-er, remains brain exercise.

In her presentation, LivewellSuitesoccupational therapistMadrFraenkel highlighted different ther-apies. She recommended activities

that will prevent loneliness, bore-dom and feelings of helplessness.

Good examples are board games,art, music, gardening, laugh yogaand aromatherapy, as well as senso-ry activities for lower-level resi-dents such as the use of multi senso-ry rooms, touch aprons and touchboards. With Alzheimers and de-mentia the most important activityis reminiscence, because it boostsresidents self image.

Sanmar MacRobert, a dieticianat Mediclinic Vergelegen, highlight-ed the importance of a healthy dietfor people with dementia. Research

has shown that depression also con-tributes to the onset of Alzheimers.Depressiondecreaseswith theuseofsupplements high in omega 3 fatssuch as EPA and DHA.

This event was the first of its kindat Livewell Suites and forms part ofa regular awareness programmerun by Alzheimers SA in the West-ern Cape. Jill Robson, director, saysthere is a huge need for educationabout Alzheimers. They attempt tohave an awareness event at leastfour times per year.

Visit www.alzheimers.org.za orwww.livewellsa.co.za for details.

Guest speakers are (from the left) Dr Judith Ludwick-Erwee(SWest psychiatrist);MadeleinDuvenhage (director healthcareLivewell Suites); Madr Fraenkel (Livewell Suites occupationaltherapist); Sanmar MacRobert (dietician at Mediclinic Verge-legen); Janine de Villiers (support group leader in the northernsuburbs) and Jill Robson (director of AlzheimersSA in theWest-ern Cape).


Frosty fantasyITs almost that time of year again whenGordons Bay is transformed into a spec-tacular fairyland of lights for the annualWinter Wonderland Festival.

From 29 June to 1 July, visitors will beable to stroll along the beachfront and thestreets, browsing the quaint shops andcraft markets, stopping at pavement firesfor glhwein, roasted chestnuts and hotchocolate, and getting delicious food onthe go from one of the many food stalls.Restaurants and pubs, each with theirown live bands and musicians, will offerspecial warming winter fare.

Fifty exceptional artists will displaytheir work on the Art Route, while abeachfront fun fair, also decorated withfairy lights, will provide an attraction forthewhole family.Fortheverybrave,avis-it to the enchanted ghost house is a must.

On Sunday morning, various celebri-ties will lead a Gordons Bay for Jesussong-and-praise festival in the music festmarquee. Other highlights include theMilkwood Trail which will be trans-formed into a Fairy Forest of twinklingwhite lights to delight all, especially chil-dren and the romantically inclined aswell as a gigantic, shining snowman towelcome visitors.

Treesandquainthistoricbuildings in

the village, as well as houses all the wayup the mountain, will light up with spar-kling white lights, creating a wonderfulspectacle to be seen from afar, a spokes-person says. Winter Wonderland memo-rabilia will be available at the historicPost Office tree, where you can also offerdonationsofblanketsandfoodtonon-gov-ernmental organisations Fifth Principle(to support orphans) and the Lions Club.

In celebration of Gordons Bays secretseason, the magical Winter Wonderlandlights will be shining for a full month,from 22 June to 22 July.

Ifyouoryourbusinessare inapositionto assist with a sponsorship of any sortto support this event, please get in touchwith Margot Paulsen; call her on0 082 467 3060.

The Fairy Forest is a magical delight created by John Corser.

Make a splash at Blue RockBLUE Rock is situated on the beautiful slopesof the Helderberg Mountains, a stones throwaway from Sir Lowrys Pass, Somerset Westand Gordons Bay.

LakeBlueRock is theonly lake inCapeTownwith crystal clear water and a depth of 60 m,ideal for commercial and recreational scubadiving. In summer, the water temperaturereaches up to 26 C.

The Cable (Blue Rocks overhead pullingsystem) is made for kneeboarding, waterski-ing and wakeboarding, but surfing on a doorand skiing barefoot have been seen too. Youcan take your own equipment or hire some the only requirement is that you can swim.

This is also a popular destination for kite-boarders on a windless day. For advanced rid-ers, Blue Rock offers one of the biggest obsta-cle parks in the world. For beginners, thereare skilled instructors to assist. Depending onthe weather, night skiing is offered on Fridaysfrom 19:00 to 21:00. School outings are madepossible with subsidised tariffs.

The restaurant and caf offer a wide varietyof Mediterranean dishes for breakfast, lunchand dinner, accompanied by home-made des-

serts. Chef Robert Sibitz creates special dishesforelegantdining,andpromotesahealthy life-style, cooking seasonal dishes using fresh andlocal produce.

Blue Rock is known for its crispy, thin-basedpizza dItalia, and tender fillet steaks.

Theconferencecentre is fullyequippedwithspeakers,anamplifier,overheadprojectorandwireless Internet connection. It can seat upto46peoplecinema-style,16classroom-style,and 12 boardroom-style.

The Badi (Blue Rocks beach area) is greatfor relaxing, tanning and socialising. For thechildren there is shallow water, a playgroundand a trampoline. Shaded areas, umbrellasand deck chairs are available for hire.

The other activities at Blue Rock are: volley-ball; a six- to seven-metre tall rock jumpingpoint; a 400 m fufi-slide; seven-kilometre en-duro motocross track; and two fenced paint-ball fields (bush and obstacle), which are per-fect for spectators to watch.

Contact Blue Rock for table reservations,venue hire, packages for families, birthdayparties, company functions, conferences,weddings and school outings.

Blue Rock offers outdoor fun in an ex-quisite setting.

PROMOTION

Riebeek ValleyOlive FestivalJOIN the fun at Allesverloren on Saturdayand Sunday 5 and 6 May with its many activi-tiesduring theRiebeekValleyOliveFestival.

Taste various wines paired with deliciousgourmet meals from a number of food stallsand delis at the estate. Visitors can browsethrough the countrymarketwhere freshpro-duce will be for sale. Order your favouritebeverage fromthebar in thenearbyperform-ance tent where live music will be performedby local artists. Cash and wine hampers areup for grabs for the funkiest festival hat sorummage through your cupboard. Sign up atthe wineglass sales table at R10 per entry.There is the olive playground where kids canmake the most of the jumping castle, outdoorapparatus and toys.

The festival starts at 09:00 and entry andparking on the estate is free.

ContactAllesverlorenon0 022 461 2320orsend an email to [email protected].


Meet en Pas met DPHERMAN FOURIE

ONS menseras leef in n wreld vol goeters wat ons elkedag gebruik en/of benut. Iemand het ons Homo faber(die mens wat goed maak) probeer doop dalk n beterbeskrywing as Homo sapiens (die mens wat dink).

Hoe dit ook al sy, ons is omring deur voorwerpe enmeganismes,waarvandie oorgrotemeerderheid so gloons altans uitgedink en verfyn is om ons lewens te ver-gemaklik.Ekwil geenuitsprake lewer oordi aspeknie,maar ek gaan wel allerhande min-of-meer nuttige goe-ters van nader betrag, soms met die oog daarop om vanhulle te herskep, soms om stukkendes te herstel of somsom bloot iets wetenswaardig daaroor te skryf.

Die vaardighede hiervoor sal soos myne wees: selfge-leer en baie beskeie. Ek vertrou egter dat u net soveelplesier uit handewerk put as ek en dat u sal baat by watekvorentoemetuwildeel.Ekgaangeen ingenieursteke-ninge verskaf nie, miskien net n skets wat u, as verbeel-dingryke handwerker, self sal interpreteer en aanpas.

Ontmoet ons meet-en-passerGEBORE n dag voor D-Dag, in n dorpwat twee Nobelpryswenners opgele-wer het.

Vliegtuie heelgemaak in die lug-mag na skool, toe moderne tale bestu-deer (ver) onderAPBrinkenkollegas.Lank gewerk as joernalis, tolk, ou-teur, (tegniese) skrywer, herskrywer,nou semi-afgetree uit eie diens.

Praktiese ervaringvanmotors,mo-torfietse, metaalwerk, self n huis oftwee en n seiljaggie help bou, n 250-jaar oue huis en gepaste meubelmenthelp restoureer en tallose toestelleherstel of in die proses finaal getermi-neer. Afgetrokke vader van twee (eenvanelk) engrootvadervan n tweeling(van een soort).

Woonreeds30 jaar indieWes-Kaap,soms in Somerset-Wes, soms nie.

Prakseer 'n `paternoster'HERMAN FOURIE

AS intreerede wil ek n toestelletjiebespreek wat nie net nuttig is nie,maarooksomaklikomtemaak,datenigeen met minstens JuJu se on-betwyfelde knoeivermons dit salkan baasraak.

In 1969 in Frankryk in my gap-jaar het ek vir n boer in Champag-ne help druiwe pluk. So drie jaarof wat gelede besoek ek weer dieplaas waar ek gewerk het en worduiters gul ontvang deur die seunvan my toenmalige werkgewer.Met die vonkelende renie sien ekdaar n toestel wat my so bendrukhet dat ek self een gemaak het ennou dikwels gebruik.

n Paternoster is n soort me-taal-oondjie wat in die vuur of inn oond gesit word om kos mee tebak en hierdie een is n uiters ver-nuftige aanpassing van die begin-sel by ons mense se behoeftes.

Basies is dit twee stukke yster-pyp wat deur n raamwerk ewewy-dig met stawe so aan mekaar ver-bind is dat die pype langs mekaarplat op die grond l.

Hul agterkante is toegesweis enin elke pyp skuif daar n los bakkiein en uit. Die voorkante van elke

pyp word tradisioneel voorsienmet nsierlikehandvatseltjie indievorm van n mens- of dierekop (inmy geval twee buffelkoppe vanbrons wat normaalweg gebruikword om gordyne mee terug tebind).

Die rakkies kan gemaak wordvaneenstukpypwat oorlangsmid-deldeur gesaag is, of uit n langwer-pige stukkieblikwatgebuigenmetklinknaels geheg is.

Die oondjie se staalraampieword breed genoeg gemaak om nlos rooster te stut of self as ingebou-de rooster te dien op n nuttigehoogteenmetdienodigeekstra sta-fies of draadwerk.

Die vuur word dan tussen dietwee pype gemaak.

N n rukkie leer nmensopwat-ter stadium die uie, patats, aartap-pels, groenmielies of wat ook al(met of sonder foelie) ingesit moetword om net deurgebak te wees asdie vleis en wors reg is.

Die groot voordeel is dat die rak-kie uitgetrek en die inhoud maklikmet n vurk getoets kan word.

Bon apptit!Enigevraeof insetteofkommen-

taar vir Herman kan gerig wordaan 2 [email protected].

Herman se illustrasie van die `pater-noster' se basiese ontwerp.

Die `paternoster is 'n soort metaa-loondjie.

Herman Fourie

Thursday, 26 April 2012 FEATURE | FOKUS 23

Real Dutch courageWELMOED wine farm in StellenboschplayedhosttotheDistrictMailEikestadnuusbranch of the Winederous Wine Club lastThursday.

Visitors were invited to taste 10 of the bestwines Welmoed had to offer six whites andfour reds. The list of white wines comprisedthe Kumkani Infiniti Brut MCC 2007, Wel-moed Viognier 2011, Welmoed SauvignonBlanc 2011, Kumkani Sauvignon Blanc 2010,Kumkani Lanner Hill 2009 and WelmoedHeyden Courage White 2009. The list of redwines covered the Arniston Bay BushvinePinotage 2010, Kumkani Shiraz 2009, Wel-moed Heyden Courage Red 2009 and Kumka-ni Cradle Hill 2007.

The tasting was presented by Corn Oost-huizen, brand and business developmentmanager of the South and Southern AfricanDevelopment Community, and Morn vanRooyen, wine development manager.

With a winemaking history dating backmore than300years,Welmoedwinereflectsthe classicism of the Old World but is alsoinfluenced by the contemporary, fruit-driven styles of the New World. The farm ofWelmoed was first granted to governor Si-

monvanderStel in1690,but itsmost famousowner was the vrijburgher Jacobus van derHeyden,who famously rebelledagainst cor-rupt Cape governor Willem Adriaan van derStel and was imprisoned for it.

It was of him that the neighbours said,Deze ventheeftwelmoed (this chaphas cour-age), a phrase that lent Welmoed its name.

Over the years many great wines havebeen produced in the Welmoed cellar underwinemaker Bernard Claassen, who has beenwith the company of wine people since 2004.

The wines in the Welmoed range are ledby varietal specifics; placing quality aheadof price, these approachable wines combinea proud sense of history with Welmoeds dis-tinctive, carefully crafted approach.

The range comprises aCheninBlanc, Sau-vignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Ros, Pinotage,Shiraz,Merlot andCabernet Sauvignon, anda non-vintage Charmat Brut.

To celebrate the Cape wine industrys350th year of existence, the winery has intro-duced a new reserve range Welmoed Hey-dens Courage, comprising a white and redblend to honour previous Welmoed ownerJacobus van der Heyden.

Visitors to the winetasting at Welmoedwere (standing, from left) Bjrn van Oordt,Nazreen Lahri and Chris van Wyk. Seated:Danie van Zyl, Zabeth van Wyk, Linda Ceff,Danie Fourie and Gisela Harms.

A cause for a culinary OvertureA DELICIOUS six-course dinner, in aidof The Pebbles Project, will be held atOverture wine estate on Monday 30 May.

Makesureyouareoneof the40gueststo experience Bertus Bassons culinarywizardry, pairedwith fantasticwines, allin aid of The Pebbles Project, the organ-isers say.

ThePebblesProject isacharityprovid-ing critical education and empowermentto almost 700 children of workers on 17farms in the Cape. These services includeearly childhood development pro-grammes, after-school activities, stafftraining, support for children with learn-ing difficulties, and parental workshops.

Bertus has created a sumptuous six-course dinner that will be complementedby, among others, the Pol Roger 1998,Trimbach Alsace Riesling Cuve Freder-ick Emile 1997, Jean Grivot Vosne Roma-neePremierCruBonneMares,Burgundy1998, and Mullineux Straw Wine 2010.

The evening will include an auction,and some of the items set to come underthe hammer of our esteemed auctioneer

Jrg Pftzner are: a wooden case of 12bottles of 2009 Vin de Francois; a trip fortwo on the luxurious Rovos Rail; lunchfor four at Overture, including a scenichelicopter flip over the Winelands cour-tesy of Base4 helicopters; and a BertusBassonsponsored dinner party at thelucky bidders home for six guests.

Theevent,costingR950,happensat18:00at theOverturerestaurant,HiddenValley,Stellenbosch. Dress elegantly. Book withSophia Warner on 0 072 472 2797 or at2 [email protected].

These are some of the glowing young-sters at the Pebbles Project crche.

Thursday, 26 April 201224 FOKUS | FEATURE

Augustin s C est la vieEIN neues Licht am Western CapeHimmel. Im Januar 2012 war es so-weit!

Das erste Musik und Entertain-ment Restaurant, das AugustinsCest la vie wurde in Somerset Westerffnet. Ein Familien Traum, einFamilien Unternehmen.

Ein Treffpunkt fr Leute die Mu-sik, Kunst, Geselligkeit, in einemwunderschnen Ambiente, in ent-spannter Atmosphere genieenwollen.Also einOrtderGlckselig-keit. Frdas leiblicheWohlwerdenschmackhafte, gute mediteraneSpeien zu gnstigen Preisen ange-boten.

Von Scheinshaxe ber Trincha-dosundPizzas zusuperSptzleundvieles mehr. Bier vom Fa direktaus Mnchen aber auch lokale Bie-re.

DerService imCest lavie ist sehrgut und das Lokal wird seit Beginnvon seinen Besitzern mit Hingabeund Begeisterung gefhrt. Sthle,TischeundBdenmitechterPatinaberzogen. Der ganze Wirtsraumist mit unzhligen alten und neuen

Musikinstrumenten deko-riert.Frunseinesderschn-sten,wennnichtdas schnsteRestaurant in der Region.

Zahlreiche Veranstaltun-gen begeisterten die Gste.So ist am Dienstag und Mitt-woch eine angenehme At-mosphere bei leichter Hin-tergrundsmusik.

Donnestags heit es dannOpen Mic. Hier treffensich lokale Musiker um zus-ammen zu spielen. Aberauch viele Jugendliche ausden lokalen Hochschulendrfen an diesem Tag Ihr Talentdem Publikum darstellen.

Freitags ist dann der Tag an demalle gesangsbegeisternden GsteihreStimmendemPublikumfrei-nen groen Applaus geben. An denSamstagen wechsel Bands mitTanzveranstalltungen. In Somer-set West soll es wieder eine M-glichkeit zum gesellschaftlichenTanz geben. Ja und Sonntags, nachder Kirche die Mglichkeit in ent-spannter Umgebung einen Frh-

schoppenbei etwasDixilandMusikzu genieen.

Bis auf ein paar DauernrglerundMiemacher, sprechendieMu-siker, Entertainer und Gste die AugustinsCest laviekennennurvon hchstem Lob. Hoffen wir also,da sich die Kunde ber den neuenTreffpunkt schnell genug verbrei-tet, damit Somerset West diesenneuen, gesellschaftlichen Juwelnicht verliert.

Thringer Bratwurst in SdafrikaINES GIESE

GESCHFTSMIG auf dem H-hepunkt und voller Energie kamzwei Thringer Familien vor sechsJahren die Idee, die berhmte Th-ringer Rostbratwurst in Sdafrikaherzustellen und zu verkaufen.

Der Plan entstand im Februar2006, und schon im September des-selbenJahres landetenwir auf demFlughafen in Kapstadt.

Aufgeregt und neugierig genos-sen wir die Aussicht auf den Tafel-berg, im Hinterkopf die Frage, wasuns das neue Leben bringen wird.

Die Anfangszeit war sehr span-nend: Formulare, Anmeldungen,die fremdeSprache, dieSuchenacheinem geeigneten Haus und einerFabrik hielten uns ber Wochenebenso in Bewegung wie immerwieder neue Leute mit guten Rats-chlgen.

Trotz guter Vorbereitung ereil-ten uns nach kurzem Aufenthaltdie landestypischen Probleme.Obendrein wurde nach einem drei-viertel Jahr deutlich, dass Freund-schaft und Geschftsinteressennicht zu vereinbaren waren. Uns,Wolfgang und Ines Giese, traf dieerstegroeEnttuschung.Wirstie-gen aus der gemeinsamen Firmaausundgrndeteneineneue:Thu-eringer Butcher.

Ohne finanziellen Rckhalt fielder zweite Neustart deutlichschwerer. Zuerst haben wir unser

Angebot von der Thrin-ger Rostbratwurst auf diegesamte Palette der Th-ringer Hausschlachtungerweitert. Danach sindwir auf Kundensuche ge-gangen. Trotz groerSchwierigkeiten fandenwir Geschfte und Restau-rants, die bis heute sehrgern unsere Ware anbie-ten.

Mit der Zeit haben wirviele Probleme kennenge-lerntundversucht,positivdamit umzugehen. Auchwir spren die angespann-te wirtschaftliche Lageund mssen lernen, die Si-tuation fr uns vorwrts-bringend zu gestalten. Sobeschrnken wir unsnichtmehraufdieProduk-tion und den Verkauf, son-dern grillen auch selberauf Mrkten und Events. Dadurchhat sich unser Bekanntheitsgraderhht und die Nachfrage ver-grert.

Neben unserer Wurst bieten wireinen Cateringservice an. Das An-gebot erstreckt sichvonSpanferkelam Spie ber ungarischen Kessel-gulasch bis hin zu belegten Platten.Als Folge davon arbeiten wir sehroft am Sonntag und an Feiertagen,aber die Freude an der Arbeit hatnoch nicht nachgelassen. Durchdie Nachfrage wird Wolfgang stn-

dig inspiriert, die Palette unsererSpezialitten noch zu erweitern.Als Nebenprodukt der regelmi-gen Herstellung von Leberwurst,Blutwurst und Suelze entsteht einegute Wurstsuppe, die wir zu vers-chiedenen Suppenkchen bringen.Es ist ein sehr gutes Gefuehl, beimAusliefern in glckliche Kinderau-gen blicken zu knnen oder dieDankbarkeit der lteren Menschenzu hren.

Unser neues Leben in Sdafri-ka ist vom Kampf ums weitere

berleben gekennzeich-net.

So haben uns gesund-heitliche und familireUmstnde zum Umdenkenveranlasst und wir habenuns mit Hilfe von Freun-den einen neuen Wohn-und Produktionsplatz ge-sucht.

Jetzt lebenwirauf einerFarm am Rande von So-mersetWest.Hier sindwirumgeben von einer wun-derschnen Natur, von wowir den Blick auf den Oze-an, die Hottentotten Hol-ands Berge und in der Fer-ne den Cape Point ge-nieen.

An diesem Ort habenunsere Vermieter, Harrietund Mike Joao, ihr groesFarmhaus in ein Gste-haus umgebaut. Whrend

der Umbauphase bat Mike oft Wolf-gang um Rat, wie sich Gste wohlfhlen knnten. So entstand u. a.auch ein Pool mit dem beschriebe-nen Ausblick.

Als die Umbaumanahmenbeendet waren, fragten uns dieZwei, ob wir bei der Fhrung desGstehauses mithelfen wollten,und wir haben zugestimmt. Damitgibt es im Gstehaus der Chelaya-countrylodge original sdafrikani-sche, englische und deutsche Gs-tebetreuung inklusive Thringer

Rostbratwurst.Unsere Vermieter sind zu sehr

guten Freunden geworden, durchderenHilfewirLandundLeutebes-ser kennengelernt haben.

Auf gemeinsamen Reisen konn-ten wir die Weite des Landes, dieFreundlichkeitderEinwohnerunddas Leben ohne Technik und Tele-kommunikation erleben.

Die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt hatbei uns tiefe Eindrcke hinterlas-sen, welche uns immer erhaltenbleiben werden.

Wir haben erfahren, dass es bes-ser ist, auf den Rat von Sdafrika-nern zu hren inzwischen unter-laufen uns weniger Fehler als zuBeginn unserer Einwanderung.

Oft fragenunsunsereKinder,diemit ihren Familien in Deutschlandleben, ob wir nicht zurck nachDeutschland kommen wollen. Un-sere Antwort ist zum jetzigen Zeit-punkt ganz klar: nein.

Wir fhlen uns wohl in Sdafri-ka und haben unseren Schritt zurAuswanderung, trotz persnlicherEnttuschungen, nicht bereut.

Ohne Hilfe unserer deutschenund jetzt auch sdafrikanischenFreunde htten wir es nicht ge-sc

district mail 26 april 2012

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