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E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday 30 October 2012 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481
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TAURIQ HASSEN
MINSTRELS are set tomarch through thehistoric Bo-Kaap,much to the dissatisfac-tion of a local Islamic organisation.
The Mosques of the Bo-Kaap, an organisa-tion representing all 11 mosques in the area,feels the minstrels have not kept their end ofthe bargain.Minstrel troupes signed a code of conduct
as part of the agreement tomarch through thehistoric Bo-Kaap area.This came after lengthy discussions be-
tween representatives of the City of CapeTown, provincial government and minstrelassociations in 2011. “We had complaints ofpeople urinating against walls and even leav-ing behind faeces because resident had com-plainedabout theminstrels,” says the spokes-person of Mosques of Bo-Kaap.The spokesperson agreed to speak to Peo-
ple’s Post on condition of anonymity sayingthat residents who have previously spokenout against the minstrels returning to Bo-Kaap had been victimised.
He explains that during the carnival at thestart of the year, minstrels had violated theiragreement andhe is shocked to hear a similarshow will be showcased.“We were not approached by anybody and
I cannot understand why they are being al-lowed back into Bo-Kaap if they had violatedso many of their agreements,” he says.He confirms the organisation is now pre-
pared to put their grievances to paper, hopingtheir concerns would not “fall upon deafears”. He adds: “We are not against the min-strels, but we are against the times in whichthey choose to march because they have torespects the mosque, prayer times and Mus-lims intending to pray.”Minstrel leaders are happy to announce
that the carnival is set to feed the public withsome traditional entertainment come 2013.The carnival officially kicks off onWednes-
day 2 January, when minstrel troupes fromall over Cape Town performs in the city cen-tre as part of the annual road march.Minstrels will receive R1 million from the
City’s Arts and Culture department to fundthe events.
Richard Stemmet, the chairperson of theCape Town Minstrel Carnival Association,confirms that the “traditional routes willonce again be explored”. “We have won thisbattle in court and we will be using the sameroute on the day, walking right through Bo-Kaap to entertain the crowds,” Stemmet says.In October 2011, minstrel leaders engaged
in a court battle with the City of Cape Townand the provincial government in the CapeHigh Court. Retired Constitutional Courtjudge Kate O’Reagan had been appointed tolead negotiations between the parties as anindependent mediator (“Minstrels work itoutwithCity”,People’s Post, 11October 2011).The route starts from the top of Keiz-
ergracht, through Darling, into Strand, upWale and finishing off in Rose streets , beforeheading off to Athlone or Vygieskraal stadi-ums in order to perform their items.“We are expecting much of the same as last
year – a very exciting and traditional carni-val. The public can be rest assured that theywill enjoy it,” says Stemmet.An agreement was reached in November
last year, which included the return of the
normal routes through Bo-Kaap and hostingthe event on 2 January, as well as the CityprovidingR3,5million for TweedeNuwe Jaarand competitions.The agreement also stated that minstrels
would have to adhere to prayer times andwould have to stick to a cut-off time in orderto respect the Bo-Kaap community (“The re-turn of the minstrels”, People’s Post, 15 No-vember 2011).Grant Pascoe, the Mayoral Committee
member for Tourism, Events and Marketing,confirms that “no violations” occurred dur-ing the formal road marches, but severalcomplaints were received from residentsabout “back marches”.“Back marches” occur when resident min-
strel troupes return to the Bo-Kaap after com-petitions. “TheCity is not opposed to theprin-ciple of allowing back marches to take placeafter competitions. However, applicationsneed to be made timeously and are subjectedto approval,” Pascoe says.He adds that the City’s Law Enforcement
andpolicewill be on stand-by to dealwith anytransgressions.
Minstrel mayhem to return?
The Leeuwen StreetPark in BoKaap willreceive a R140 000upgrade, which includes a minigrassed soccerpitch, fencing,benches and oaktrees. A boy looks onas the first set oftrees are planted bythe City of CapeTown. Full story onPage 9.
Photo: Tauriq Hassen
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dreds, if not thousands, of people and or-ganisations working tirelessly through-out our beautiful, world-class city tomakethis a truly joyous Christmas – a day fromwhich nobody should be excluded.It doesn’t matter which faith we belong
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you can; whether it’s volunteering yourtime at the SPCA, offering to help out ata children’s home, buying a toy for aneedy child, handing out a few loaves ofbread in an informal settlement or mak-
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LOWER Camps Bay residents are fed upwith the noise coming fromVictoria Roadonce restaurants and clubs have closedtheir doors for the night.
Residents have raised question marksabout the rowdy patrons leaving clubs in theearly hours of the morning and dozens of acci-dents on the popular stretch.
A concerned resident in Central Drive al-leges that when these clubs close for thenight, there are “all sorts of problems”.
The man, who wishes to remain anony-mous, explains that drunk driving, accidents,noise and constant begging head the list ofconcerns in the lower half of Camps Bay.
He adds that homeless people take advan-tage of the activity and use children as “toolsto make money”.
“There are plenty of these people roamingaround the restaurants and clubs. It’s reallysad to see such young children being used tomake money and you can see they are tiredand hungry,” he says.
Another resident, Jason Andrews, takes is-sue with businesses operating well into thenight, which causes problem for residents inthe end.
“At the end of the day, there is completechaos and the residents have to deal withthese problems,” he says.
With regard to the high accident rate, An-drews believes patrons are being allowed toparty well into the night, which encouragesdrinking over the limit. “I cannot understandwhy these clubs have to remain open until ri-diculous hours and then you sit with a prob-lem of drunk driving. Whoever is in chargeneeds to take note of this,” Andrews adds.
Another resident feels that these problemswill be experienced if you find yourself livingin an area “filled with hype and activity”.
Sonia Cloete, a Camps Bay resident, alsohad concerns around the late activities, but
says: “You cannot get away from this or doanything about it. This area attracts lots ofattention and even if you did take away thebusiness, Camps Bay beach is right there andwill continue to attract large crowds.”
She would also like to see clubs, restau-rants and bars closing their doors earlier, butfeels it would be “unfair”, as these businessesare contributing to the economic growth of
the area.“Maybe they should find a way to monitor
these specific problems, but to have themshut down is simply ludicrous. There mustbe ways to deal with the matter,” Cloete says.
Chris Willemse, the chairperson of theCamps Bay Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Asso-ciation, explains that the association isagainst businesses operating well into the
early hours of the morning.“We are against drunk drivers and late-
night hooliganism. This is why we areagainst having these night spots operatingwell into the night,” he says.People’s Post attempted to gain comment
from ward councillor Marga Haywood, butshe was unavailable for comment at the timeof going to print.
Turn it down, say Camps Bay locals
NOISY: Residents are askingfor liquor licences to be reconsidered in Victoria Roaddue to a number of patronscausing havoc late into thenight. Photo: Tauriq Hassen
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The Wastewater and Industrial Effluent By-law will be available for viewing at allsubcouncil offices, libraries and on the City’s website www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay from 1 November 2012.
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3-4 November
REMEMBER, remember thefifth of November.
GuyFawkes is celebrated annual-ly on this day.
Throngs of people head to areasdesignated for setting off fireworks,while others get in on the fun bypelting others with eggs and smear-
ing toothpaste.The day is named after the
Englishman who planned thefailed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 inEngland.People’s Post interns Luzuko Zini
and Tarren-Lee Habelgaarn askedreaders if they felt celebrating theevent was still relevant.
NO POINT: Christine Dict says shehas outgrown the celebration. “It isjust useless because there is notmuch to it. I used to celebrate itwhen I was young and would buy firecrackers.”
THINK OF OTHERS: Craig Erasmusbelieves people have to be considerate. “It is okay, but people don’t takethe animals into consideration. Idon’t even know the history behindthe day.”
NOTHANKS: Tembisa Sabela says: “Idon’t celebrate it because I don'tsee the meaning of the day. I thinkit is just a bunch of people lookingfor an excuse to act out of character.”
OLD SCHOOL: While growing up Alroy Conradie celebrated Guy Fawkeswith much enthusiasm, but hedoesn’t any more. “I think it died abit because people don’t celebrate itlike they did years ago.”
GREAT SPORTS: Nazeem Cupidofeels Guy Fawkes is “too much fun”to ignore. He says he enjoys the fireworks and throwing paint at people.“Every year we have fun with fireworks at the beach.”
TRADITIONS: Sharne Tyutu says although she feels bad for the animals,Guy Fawkes is a tradition she enjoys.“I hope I will be allowed to go to thebeach this year. We sit and eat whilewatching the fireworks.”
IRRELEVANT: Kevin Ashton says GuyFawkes is a waste of time as thereis no relevance to celebrating it inSouth Africa. “People don’t realisethe affect it has on animals. It’s a hazard and has nothing to do with us.”
DANGER: While it is very dangerousLorezene de Wee says Guy Fawkesis still a lot of fun. “My friends andI have gotten hurt many times playing with fireworks, but we still lookforward to the day every year.”
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TAXI OWNERS braved the grimweatheron Friday and marched to the Civic Cen-tre to protest the MyCiTi bus service.
They are opposing new bus services asthey claim they are being excluded in negoti-ations.Nqazazeleni Matayitayi, an executive
member of the South African National TaxiCouncil (Santaco) says they are being “leftout”.He accusedMayorPatricia deLille ofmak-
ing false statements.“The mayor has made numerous state-
ments that she has engaged with us. Noneof the taxi associations know of any negotia-tions. We are protesting because govern-ment went aheadwith their plans for the In-tegrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system eventhough we were not engaged,” he says.More than 100 taxi owners sang struggle
songs as a meeting between Santaco leadersand the City of Cape Town took place insidethe Civic Centre.Santaco representatives andBrettHerron,
the Mayoral Committee member for Trans-port, Roads and Stormwater, told taxi own-ers and drivers that meetings have beenscheduled with taxi associations to map away forward.“We had a very good meeting. We have
agreed to negotiations between the City andtaxi owners. We have concluded that we cannot go forward with the IRT because the tax-is are part of the future transport in thiscity,” says Herron.“We can not move forward without con-
sulting the taxi association. Before the endof the year, we will have two or three meet-ings with Santaco. We have listened to theirconcerns andwehaveanunderstanding thatwewill work together to better the transportsystem.”AmosNtsabo, a taxi driver on the route be-
tween Kuils River and Bellville, believes theIRT system will take away their only sourceof income and is opposing its implementa-tion.“The IRT system will kill our business.
This is the only way we have to put food onour tables,” he says.Loyiso Tisani, a Khayelitsha-route taxi
driver says: “We apply for permits, but weare not given them and then traffic officialsimpound our vehicles.”Another Khayelitsha route taxi driver,
Zamekile Sibangi, says the IRT systemshould be stopped in its tracks.“We don’t want the IRT system in this
province because our industry will suffer.The government must end the IRT system,”he says.The City met with Santaco yesterday and
agreed to work together.Herron says: “The Santaco leadershipwill
be included in all future discussions aroundTransport for Cape Town work, specificallythe minibus taxi industry, including IRT(MyCiTi)”.VernonBillet, the vice chairperson of San-
taco in the province, says they are willingto work with the City to improve publictransport.“We must speak to one another until we
understand where you (the City of CapeTown) want to take us as a city. That is ourcollective responsibility.“We are not opposed to improving the pub-
lic transport system. We welcome this, butdo it with us,” he says.
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COMMUNITY ARTS AND CULTURE FORUMThe City of Cape Town’s Arts and Culture Department invites all community-based artsand culture organisations to attend a stakeholder engagement session with a view to theestablishment of a community arts and culture forum.
Amateur groups in all genres of arts and culture as well as institutions that provide aservice to the community-based art sector, such as educational, theatre, carnival, historicalsocieties, community museums, youth in arts, diversity training as well as other forms oftraining and development, supporting such bodies including funders, universities, non-profitorganisations, etc. are invited.
Date: Saturday 17 November 2012Time: 10:00 to 15:00Venue: Media Room, 2nd Floor, City Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
Format• Speaker on a topical arts issue• Presentation on the arts and culture strategy• Workshop session on:
- Exploring the nature of the proposed forum and developing a draft plan of action- The future development of community-based arts
• Artistic performance
We are planning for approximately 150 attendees and therefore only one mandateddelegate will be allowed so that we can include as many organisations as possible.
Please confirm your attendance by Monday 12 November 2012 to Aasimah Parkerat tel 021 417 4096, fax 086 576 2587 ore-mail [email protected].
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SING IT! Today is the last opportunity for aspiring karaokestars to enter the ForeverYoung Amateur Music Competition at Ferryman’s Tavernat the V&A Waterfront. Afterweeks of vocal talents takingto the stage, the semifinalswill kick off next Tuesday. Thecompetition is strictly opento people over 40. Up forgrabs are three eighthour recording sessions which include a demo disc, a FenderStratocaster guitar, Shuremicrophones, Tascam Monitorspeakers, Ernie Ball guitarstrings, Zildjan drum sticksand Paul Bothner MusicStore vouchers. Ferryman’sTavern will also offer extended contracts to some contestants to play at their venue. Here Hans Kilian lets outhis inner rock god in a bid fora semifinal spot.Photo: Supplied
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Tuesday 30 October 2012 NEWS People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard-City Edition Page 9
TAURIQ HASSEN
PROBLEMS at a Bo-Kaap recreationalpark could soonbe a thing of the past oncea rejuvenation project by the City of CapeTown gets in gear.
On Thursday, new oak trees were beingplanted around the Leeuwen Street Park,whichhas oneof thebest viewsof the city cen-tre.Residents who came to look at the park re-
juvenation also found it the perfect opportu-nity to tell People’s Post about the negativesplaguing the park.Resident Hishaam Davids points out that
the parkwas beingused bymanyof the home-less people in the area who set up shack onthe property’s outskirts.“This has been going for many years and
they are attracted here because of the way itlooks. Nobody ever worries about this parkand that is why it is in such a state at the mo-ment,” Davids says.Another resident, Asma Williams, is re-
lieved to see action being taken by council asshe regularly worries about her grandchil-dren playing in such a “dangerous park”.“Anybody can go there and tell you what
the dangers are. You have people smokingdagga in one corner, people making fires inthe other corner and sometimes you havepeople drinking and fighting. Overall, it’sjust very dangerous,” she says.Theseproblemscould soonbea thingof the
past, says ward councillor Dave Bryant, whoexplains that R140 000 is being spent on se-curing and upgrading the park.He adds that the City of Cape Town plans
to construct a small grassed soccer pitch foryoung children, which requires some earth-work to level the grounds. The City will alsoincorporate further tree planting, benches,water points and do a general clean-up at thepark.The City also intends on fencing the park
in order to separate the facility from a prob-lematic house which continues to give theCity headaches.The historic house in Dorp Street contin-
ues to raise eyebrows amongst the communi-ty, especially the impact it has on the neigh-bouring park (“Historic house of hassles”,People’s Post, 18 October).“This is such an amazing park, because it
must have one of the best views of the citycentre and we need to exploit that,” Bryantsays.He confirms that the rejuvenation project
has started offwith the tree planting, but oth-er work is set to commence in January 2013.
“The full rejuvenationproject is part of a biggervision to upgrade thepark and the general areato create a safe andworka-ble space within Schot-shekloof,” Bryant says.Manager for City Parks
for the City of Cape Town,Keith Hartnick, is cur-rentlyworkingon threeofthe recreational parks inthe community andclaims to not have seenthese sorts of problemsanywhere else.“There are lots of prob-
lems at this park andmostly it’s being occupiedby plenty of unsavourycharacters doing danger-ous things that is not suita-ble for children,” he says.Hartnick suggests that
either side of the park be fenced off and a des-ignated person in the community be assignedwith the task of taking care of the new facili-ty.“This person can water the grass and en-
sure nothing bad or illegal is taking place.
This person will also be a community mem-ber and will know a lot about the area,” headds.The Leeuwen Street recreational park up-
grade will be rolled out over a few phases.Dates for conclusion could not be provided.
ProblemProblem parkpark getsgets anan upgradeupgrade
VIEWVIEW FRFROMOM THETHE TOP:TOP: The Leeuwen Street park is said to haveone of the best views. Photos: Tauriq Hassen
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Cheap justice?IN ONE case the wheels of justice have cometo a halt. President Jacob Zuma has with-drawn his lawsuit against cartoonist Jonath-an “Zapiro” Shapiro.The Zapiro cartoon, published by a Sunday
newspaper in September 2008, depicts thepresident with a shower on his head and hispants undone. “Lady Justice” is pinned downby former ANC Youth League president Ju-lius Malema, Cosatu general secretary Zwel-inzima Vavi, SA Communist Party generalsecretary Blade Nzimande and ANC secre-tary generalGwedeMantashe, all saying: “Gofor it, boss”.Zuma had, at the time, been acquitted of
rape. He also had a long-running battleagainst corruption charges with Thint, aFrencharmscompany.The corruption charg-es have been dropped as the National Prose-cuting Authority reportedly said there wasrecorded evidence of interference in the case.The R5m lawsuit – first reduced to R4m
with the impairment of dignity aspectdropped, then reduced to R100 000 for defama-tion and an unconditional apology – has beengoing since December 2008.It was withdrawn yesterday.Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj
said Zuma wanted to avoid setting a legalprecedent which could limit “the public exer-cise of free speech”.Zapiro has called it a “great victory for free-
dom of expression, satire and for comment”.The political power play cannot be ignored.Political figureheads are fair game for the
media. These may all be true.Putting aside the issues of freedom of ex-
pression, the imagery of the rape of Lady Jus-tice leaves a bitter aftertaste.Perhaps without intending to, the cartoon
may be seen as transcending the boundariesof good taste.Whatdoes the cartoon say toanywoman who has ever been violated like this?This country has a very high incidence of
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MetroraMetrorail, clean up your actil, clean up your actOUR men and women in blue needevery available resource at the dis-posal of government.They also need police manage-
ment to assist them in (fighting)this scourge of crime.Criminals need to be reminded
that, when it comes to resources,the police will put all it has – to di-vide barbarism and civilisation – inthe front line.Where are our dog units?The dog seems to have dwindled
to almost extinct status.No wonder our (police officers)
are struggling, because the canineunit is not being maximised.When I was a policeman the ca-
nine unit’s presence and sound(barking) had a preventive pres-ence on the crowd or individualcriminal element.It also had an encouraging affect
on my colleagues and I.In our violent strikes, unruly
crowd control or gangsterism re-cently, I did not see any dog unitpresence or assistance.If there is some or other law or
regulation that restricts the use ofdogs, then the lawmust be changedand adapted to assist the hard-pressed police.The lawmust be seen to be assist-
ing our police to the detriment ofcriminals.Bring man’s best friend with his
trained professional back on ourstreets and neighbourhoods, so thattop management can announcethey are applying every availablesource to keep the blue line strongand ever present.KEITH BLAKE
BrBringing backbackdog undog unitit
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THE Cape of Good Hope SPCAis calling on Capetonians toconsider the terrifying effectsfireworks can have on animalsahead of Guy Fawkes and Di-wali.
TheSPCAadvises residents liv-ing in areas where fireworks willbe discharged to:
. Ensure all animals haveidentification such as a micro-chip or a dog tag;
. Stay at home with your pets;
. Keep your pets inside and ina room that is safe and secure;
. Try and mask any noise bydrawing the curtains and playing
calming music;. Put familiar and comforting
things around the pet;. Give your pets a nutritious
and balanced meal at night as itis likely to make them moresleepy;
. Give themsomething to chewon – a chewy bone or catnip toysfor cats;
. If you suspect your pet willreact badly to fireworks, seekpro-fessional advice fromyour veteri-narianwhomay prescribe a seda-tive to help them cope with thenoise.
Keep your pets safeLAUGHTER –LAUGHTER – METMET EISH!EISH! Hold on toyour hats because PieterDirk Uys isback with a new show. An Audiencewith PieterDirk Eish! will run at theBaxter Theatre until Saturday 17 November andwill have a different themeevery night. Uyswill present a celebration of free speech, an orgy of laughingat sacred cows, all in the loving embrace of being in a relatively healthyyoungdemocracy. The show runsMondays to Saturdays at 20:00. Ticketscost R100 for the preview tonight(Tuesday) and the matinee onWednesday 14November at 15:00. Allother performances are R140. Booking can be made via Computicket.People’s Post is giving away five setsof double tickets to the showon Thursday 1 November. To enter, SMS theword “eish” to 34586 by Wednesdayat 12:00. SMSes cost R1,50.Winnerswill be contacted telephonically.
SOCCER star Matthew Booth and his familyare encouraging everyone to join themat theCape Town International Kite Festival atZandvlei this weekend.Kites in a range of colours and designswill
take to the sky on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4November, and promises days of fun.People’s Post is the print media sponsor.Kiters from six countries will be attending
this year, representing Germany, India, Ma-laysia, Singapore, South Africa and Turkey.Aspiring kite-makers will have a range of
workshops to choose from. This includes thefirst Swaeltjie kite-makingworkshop aswellas children’s diamond kites and traditionalIndian fighter kites. All the workshops costR50 including materials and can be bookedat the Info Tent at the festival.The Heritage Kite Competition on Sunday
will award cash prizes and the People’s Postfloating trophy to the best Swaeltjie kites onshow. In addition, children from 30 schools,including pupils with special educationalneeds, will be participating in the Edu-KiteSchools’ Competition on Saturday.With non-stop kite-flying, craft and food
stalls, as well as rides for tots and a full pro-gramme of entertainment on the Coke GigRig, the festival offers fantastic outdoor fam-ily fun.The event is held in aid of a very good
cause – all profits go to Cape Mental Healthto help provide much-needed services toadults and children in poorly-resourcedcommunities in the Western Cape.Open from 10:00 to 18:00 daily, the event of-
fers lots of parking and easy access by trainvia False Bay or Muizenberg stations.Entry is R20 for adults and R10 for chil-
dren.Visit the newwebsite at www.capemental-
health.co.za and you could win a weekendfor six friends at the Whale Watchers pent-house suite in Muizenberg.Formore information call (021) 447 9040 or
082 658 4537.Alternatively email [email protected] or
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has been made possible thanks to the sup-port of People’s Post, Heart 104.9fm, Let’sPlay SuperSport, Coca-Cola, the City of CapeTown, Cape Town Tourism and WhaleWatchers.
CountdoCountdown town tokkite festite festivalival
TOTO THETHE SKY:SKY: Matthew Booth and Azraa Edwards, a pupil at EricaSpecial Care andEducation Centre in Mitchell’s Plain. Photo: Eric Miller
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WP flex badminton muscle at nationalsWESTERN Province playersdominated at the SA BadmintonOpen and Interprovincial Cham-pionshipsheldat theTempeMili-tary Base in Bloemfontein at theweekend.
The championship was hosted bythe SouthAfricanNational DefenceForce (SANDF) Badminton Associ-ation and 300 shuttlers fromall nineprovinces and Botswana competedin the tournament.
Larry Keys, the president of Bad-minton South Africa, says the com-petitionwill help raise the standardof the national team.
“I am extremely pleased with thestandard of play in this tourna-ment. Our shuttlers have gainedvaluable experience from this com-petition,” says Keys.
“This tournament will hold themin good stead in competing on theinternational circuit. The ProteaBadminton team competed in theLondon Olympics and we are in-deed proud of their performance.”
Stacey Doubell (WP) won thewomen’s singles section when shebeatMichelle Butler-Emmet (NorthGauteng) 21-15, 21-15.
Doubell featured again when shepartnered with JadeMorgan to winthe women’s doubles by beatingJenny Fry (North Gauteng) andSandra le Grange (Free State) 21-15,21-19.Doubell featuredprominentlyin all the matches. Her quick move-ment and accurately-timed returnsenabled her to gain points over heropponents.
Olympians and doubles pair spe-cialists Dorian James and Michelle
Edwards (WP) beat Chris Dednamand Sandra le Grange (Free State)21-15, 21-19 to win the mix doubles.James and Edward reached thequarter finals of the London Olym-pics this year.
Wiaan Viljoen of Free State wonthe SA Openmen’s singles when hedefeated Andries Malan of Boland21-9, 21-8.
Malanwas nomatch for Viljoen’sbackhand smashes that is reveredfor its high generation of power. Inthe end, the smooth footwork anddeceptive shots provided the ex-tremely diverse weaponry for Vil-joen to oust his opponent.
Viljoen and James partnered forthe SA Openmen’s double competi-tion, but were defeated in the finalby Free State pair Chris and RoelofDednam 21-18 and 21-19.
REACHING OUT: Western Province shuttler Stacey Doubell stretches for theshuttlecock during the final of the Women’s Open. Photo: Supplied
Walking the talkto raise fundsLIAM MOSES
INSTEAD of throwing a party, aMitchell’s Plain communityworker will celebrate his 50thbirthday by tackling a 50kmwalk to raise funds for charity.
Keith Meyer, from Strandfon-tein, is founder ofMakingan Im-pact Through Sport (MITS), anNGO which provides extra-mu-ral sport and physical educationcoaching at several schools inMitchell’s Plain.
On Sunday 11 November, theday after he turns 50,Meyerwillwalk the Discovery Cape TimesBig Walk in hopes of raisingenough money to send at leastone of the organisation’s 10 un-paid volunteers on a coachingcourse.
“The funds are so that we canpay towards the training ofcoaches for either a qualifica-tion in sports management orcoaching science,” says Meyer.
“They help the communityand now they can get somethingback from the community.Hopefully it will create job op-portunities or open doors forthem as coaches.”
MITS runs the mandated cur-ricular physical education pro-grammes at 10 schools in Len-tegeur, Portlands, Tafelsig andRocklands and also providescoaching for soccer, volleyball,softball and other sports.
The organisation works withup to 1 000 pupils at each schoolevery week, and also runs theMitchell’s Plain girls footballleague and other regular sportsevents for children from all theschools in Mitchell’s Plain.
All the programmes are runby local volunteers, as well asvolunteers from Europeancountries such as the Nether-lands andGermany.Meyer sayshe hopes the courses will help tomake the local volunteers moreemployable.
“Some of them are fortunatein that they receive stipendsfrom the schools. The schoolsare able to generate the incomeand are able to assist some of thevolunteers,” says Meyer.
“They work for a full year,and not getting paid takes a lotof commitment from the volun-teers..”
However, with just over aweek to go until the walk, MITShas not yet raised enough mon-ey to send one of the volunteerson the course. Only R1 500 of therequired R8 000 course costs forone person has been raised sofar.
Meyer hopes to raise thefunds by having people donatetowards each kilometre hewalks.
Children at the schools wherehis organisation works havestarted donating small changetowards the cause.
Meyer will be joined by aDutch volunteer who previous-ly assisted at MITS. She has or-ganised a 10km walk in herhome town to coincide withMeyer’s walk. The funds raisedwill go towards MITS.
The organisation is also col-lecting second-hand takkies andsoccer boots for pupils.
Anyone interested in assist-ing MITS can contact Meyer on079 597 0012.
PITCH PERFECT: KeithMeyer throws a ball during a softball coachingsession. Meyer is set to walk 50km the day after his 50th birthdayto raise funds for charity. Photo: Supplied
LEADING THE PACK: Plumstead resident Bryce Carter (9) sprints towards the finish line in the semifinalof the under11 race at a Western Cape BMX race in Strandfontein on Saturday. Photo: Liam Moses
SISTER ACT:Sisters Nicky(left) and AlexFortune(right), of Glenthorne A’s,work togetherto run out Lindsay Verkuil ofFalcons Normies during aSuper Leaguematch at theTurfhall SportsComplex onSunday. Glenthorne wonthe game 93Photo: RashiedIsaacs
Lace up those takkiesLIAM MOSES
A DEARTH of recreational facili-ties has prompted a Wynberg cou-ple to strap on their walking shoes.Now they’re inviting others to jointhem.
Norman and Marlene Samuelshave been involved in soccer at theCape District LFA for 52 and 48years respectively.
Other than the soccer fields atWilliam Herbert Sports Complex,the couple says Wynberg doesn’thave any recreation facilities and ithas become unsafe to walk alongthe roads of the area.
Norman Samuels says the clubwill allow residents to exercise andsocialise safely in their suburb.
The Samuels couple have “al-ways walked on Rosmead Avenue”,until a man was killed opposite therace course in 2009. “Since that timewe have been scared to walk,” saysNormal Samuels.
But no longer. After initiallylooking to join a walking club, thecouple decided to start a club inWynberg.
“Here are many people in Wyn-berg, (including) senior folk, butno-one wants to do anything.”
Called the Battswood WalkingClub, it is affiliated to the soccerclub the couple has been a part offor many years.
They aim to host walks at Wil-liam Herbert, where they also hopeto have a walking track marked off
for walkers around the fields.While it is envisaged the clubwill
take part in walking events, Mar-lene Samuels says it will be more ofa social than competitive club.
“Wynberg has two old age homesand quite a few crèches and thereis nothing for them to do,” saysSamuels.“It’s not going to be a competitivesport. It’s going to be social walkingmore than anything else.”
Samuels adds that the club hopesto have a strong community aspectas many elderly residents of Wyn-berg are starved of recreational ac-tivities for most of the year.
The club is set to launch at theWilliam Herbert on Sunday 18 No-vember.
For more information call Mar-lene or Norman Samuels on(021) 761 7409.
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HOT STEPPER: Juan de Jongh hands off Keegan Daniel and heads towards the chalkafter gliding through the Sharks’ defence. De Jongh’s try was the only one scored inthe game. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
Bafana stars take charge at Old MutualLIAM MOSES
OLDMUTUALFootball Clubwillnow be able to call on the experi-ence of three former BafanaBafana players in their fight forsurvival in the second division(formerly the Vodacom League)this season.
The club was recently boughtfrom the insurance firm by formerBafana striker George Dearnaley.He has brought on board GeraldStober and Mark Anderson, who al-so represented South Africa, ashead coach and goalkeeping coachrespectively.
Dearnaley says he decided tobring Stober and Anderson to theteam because they shared a similarfootball philosophy and because oftheir experience.
He says Anderson does a goal-keeper’s session once a week, whileStober, who has been coaching Ry-gersdal, was “keen to” join Old Mu-tual FC.
“Even though I am the owner,(Stober) is the head coach. I let himmake his decisions,” says Dearnal-ey.
The club has also roped in formerSpringbok and Western Provinceloose forward Bobby Skinstad to siton its advisory board and the OldMutual football academy, which al-so belongs to the insurance firm, iscurrently headed by Roger Links,who also represented Bafana.
Dearnaley started out his profes-sional career with AmaZulu in Dur-ban and also played for Hellenicand Seven Stars. He earned threecaps for South Africa and went onto coach the Ajax Cape Town juniorteam after retiring.
The Claremont resident boughtOld Mutual FC as a way to give backto South African football. He saysthe team’s main goal will be to de-velop players, and not to earn pro-motion to the National First Divi-sion.
“We are not going to try to win theleague. We want to develop someplayers. We want to be a develop-ment side, so that in a couple ofyears’ time we can point at about
six or seven players in the PremierSoccer League (PSL) and say theycame through our team,” says Dear-naley.
“There are quite a few rich own-ers pumping money into the game,which is fantastic. Players are earn-
ing decent salaries at this level,which is great, but I don’t have themoney to compete with those typesof owners. Realistically I can’t tryto win the league when some clubshave a salary bill of R100 000 amonth, whereas we will probably
have a bill of R100 000 a year ontransport costs.”
Dearnaley’s side has alreadyplayed three games this season, los-ing 2-1 to Ajax in the first game and1-0 to Steenberg United before beat-ing Stellenbosch University 2-1 on
Friday night.As part of the deal to purchase the
club, the team will keep the samename and colours and remain attheir training ground in Pinelands,next to Old Mutual’s head office, forat least the next two years.
FRESH AIR SHOT:Mickyle August, of Grassy Park side Devonshire Rovers, misses his kick as Anzio Georgia, of Pinelands team, OldMutual Academy,attempts to block the expected clearance during a Mr Price Parkhurst Academy under15 tournament match at Westridge High School on Sunday.Old Mutual won the game 50. Photo: Rashied Isaacs