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Houses of their own at lastfor families of WW II soldiers

WARDA MEYER

ITS TAKEN decades of strug-gle, but this week the families of

World War II soldiers who weregiven council houses as far backat 1944, when they returned

from the war, will finally behanded the title deeds.

The houses are in Steurhof,

and the families were evictedin the early 1970s when thearea became designated for

whites only. Of the 138 fami-lies, just 75 have returned sincethe end of apartheid.

An overjoyed Desiree deLange, 64, is celebrating thefact that shell finally get the

title deeds this week after get-ting a confirmatory call fromMayor Patricia de Lille, who

promised shed get the long-awaited documentation on

Wednesday.I shouted Praise the Lord.

I just could not help myself, De

Lange said.Its the end of a struggle

going back to 2003, when the

affected residents land claims

were finalised.God helped us to come back

after being evicted. Now wecan close the final chapter ofthe Steurhof land saga, De

Lange said.Shes full of praise for De

Lille, who acted after just a sin-

gle meetingat which De Langespelt out the entire land claimfiasco, dating back to when her

father left for the war in 1939.These boundary walls of

our homes were built by ourfathers. Theyve paid their duesand fought in a war they knew

nothing about.De Lange said the mayor

told her: Aunty Des, do not

worry. Before Christmas youwill have your homes.

At the time the mayor also

asked why people had to payrent for homes that belonged to

them, and from which theydbeen forcibly evicted.

Now were getting them

free of charge, De Lange said.The last living World War 2

veteran still living in the

Steurhof council units isCornelius September. He sayshe turned 102 on December 3,

although his ID put him at 97.Hes still fit and healt hy, and

remembers when the soldiersreceived the houses from thearmy in 1944.

I remember there were lotsof tears when we were told tomove. They dumped us in

Lavender Hill and back then wewere the first people to movethere. It was very traumatic,

he said.September was one of the

first people to be invited back to

the area in 1997, and said hewished his wife Nancy waswith him today to share his joy.

Another neighbour who willget her title deeds this week iswidow Edna van der Post, 93,

who lived with her husbandJoseph in their home in Fran-cis Street for 35 years, before

they were evicted.There is no way to describe

just how sad I was to lose thathouse, only to be dumped inOcean View for nine years. It

was so terrible, she said.And while Van der Post is

happy thatshe will finally have

her own house, she is heartsorethat its not the original house.

Elizabeth Phillips, 78, was

just 14 when they moved intotheir home in Steurhof, andsaid she cried when they were

evicted. Its like a dreamcomes true. I feel so happy, Ivewaited so long and now the

house will be mine, she said.Helen Fortein, 68, said her

war veteran father-in law John

Fortein died in 2000.

Some of our people havedied of sadness in the areas

where the apartheid govern-ment dumped them. We lost somany, but its good that we can

finally get the deeds and moveon, she said.

De Lille said on learning of

the plight of the Steurhof resi-dents, she had just had toensure the title deeds were

transfer red correctly.warda.meyer@inl.co.za

AT HOME: Residents of Steurhof, including the families of former World War II soldiers, will finallyget the title deeds to their homes this week. From left are Maureen Cupido, 69, Helen Fortein, 68,Desiree De Lange, 64, and Alida Murray, 77.

LAST MAN STANDING: Cornelius September, 102, who is the last of the World War II soldiers stillliving in the Steurhof council units, says he is delighted he will finally have a house of his own.

PICTURES: ROSS JANSEN

Festive cheer hits Red Cross HospitalBIANCA CAPAZORIO

CHRISTMAS isnt really fun whenyoure sick, but at Red Cross Chil-

drens Hospital volunteers and staffwork hard to raise the spirits of theyoung patients over the festive sea-

son.On Thursday the hospital held itsannual Christmas party and parade

for about 300 outpatient children,with Father Christmas, Snow Whiteand a host of other characters raising

the excitement levels to fever pitch.Outpatients and some of the chil-

dren from the wards, many wearing

bandages, plasters, drips and drains,were treated to ice-cream, popcornand entertainment.

Inside the hospital, Father Christ-mas and his wife Mother Christmasmade their way around the wards,

delivering presents to all the children.A second, secret Father Christmas

is also used to make the delivery go

quicker, but hospital staff make surethe two are never spotted together,using carollers to distract the chil-

dren.In Ward E1, the ear, nose and

throat and cardiac ward, children

broke into shy smiles as they received

their presents.Sandisiwe Bonani, 10, a cardiac

patient who arrived from the Eastern

Cape on Wednesday night, had a but-terfly painted on her face.

She quietly opened her gift, which

contained a shiny handbag, pink

beaded jewellery and some pencils.Hospital spokeswoman, Lauren

OConno r-May, said the Red Cross

Childrens Hospital Trust collectedtoys throughout the year. This yearthey had received large donations

from Charlys Bakery and Syntell.

We sort the toys by age and gen-der, and put them into bags. Then, onthe day, we get the numbers of chil-

dren and we send the toys up. As faras the children are concerned, theycame from Father Christmas.

The Friends of the ChildrensHospital Association, an NGO basedat the hospital, accepts, sorts and dis-

tributes donations in kind on the hos-pitals behalf.

The Friends will be open during

office hours, until December 21, shesaid.

Anyone who wants to donate after

hours or after December 21 can con-tact the matron on duty.

This would be the only way that

people can get involved during thistime.

During the festive season the vol-

unteer programmes de-escalate, alongwith the rest of the hospital, and onlyreopen for new registrations next

month, she said.Tygerberg Childrens Hospital

held its Christmas party last week.

Spokeswoman for the hospital, Lati-cia Pienaar, said there were no special

plans for Christmas Day.

CHRISTMAS GIFT: Lauren Boothpresents Daniel Mzimkulu Matiwanewith his bus tickets.

PICTURE: LEON LESTRADE

Dream of Christmas at home comes true for Daniel

HENRITTE GELDENHUYS

AN INFORMATION technology com-

pany was quick to react to the Week-end Argus story detailing the plight of

Langa resident Daniel MzimkuluMatiwane a week ago, and is payingfor his bus fare so he can fulfil his

dream of spending Christmas withhis family in the Eastern Cape for thefirst time in seven years.

Staff from the company, Integr8,read Matiwanes story, and did nothesitate to buy him the return bus

ticket to his home town of Butter-worth. The report was about howMatiwane, 44, earns R60 per day, or

about R1 400 a month, working as agrasscutter operator between 7am

and 4.30pm da ily.The story explained that Matiwane

hasnt been able to celebrate Christ-

mas with his family for the past sevenyears, because he could not afford theR900 fare. Now, thanks to the com-

panys support, hell be leave for theEastern Cape on Wednesday, return-ing to Cape Town on January 10 next

year.Although the company initially

tried to book him an air ticket, Mati-

wane, who has never flown before,wasnt keen and chose to take the bus.

Meeting him at his home in Langa

yesterday to hand over the tickets,Integr8s brand ambassador Lauren

Booth hugged Matiwane and wishedhim a pleasant trip. She also handedhim abag filled with all kinds of good-

ies, such as chocolates, cooldrinksand chips, to take along on the trip.

Matiwane said he couldnt wait to

spend three weeks with his motherBetty, sister Nomlindo, cousins sisterThunyiwe, brother Siyabona and his

childhood friend Vumele. They live inthe village Nqamakwe near Butter-worth, where he grew up.

Booth said: We read his story anddecided to do something to make hisChristmas special.

HO HO HO: Sandisiwe Bonani, 10, gets a gift from Mother Santa Clause, UllaPaul, at the Red Cross Childrens Hospital. PICTURE: GARETH SMIT

Mi Casa onObama bill

STAFF REPORTER

MI CASA will join

songstress Lira to per-form for US PresidentBarack Obama at the

2013 Ambassadors Inau-gural Ball on January 21in Washington, follow-

ing his swearing in.The band won two

2012 Samas (Best Group

and Best Dance Album)this year for their plat-inum-selling, self-titled

debut album.