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Cape Town goes to HollywoodMELISSA LE ROUX

INTERNATIONAL films being shot inCape Town is becoming a trend forfilm-makers, while proving to have

aremarkable impacton theCity’s econo-my.

Two of the latest blockbuster films wereshot entirely in the Mother City: Safe Houseopened in cinemas on Friday, while Chroni-cle opens this week.

Both films showcase the city, not only asa premier film location, but as a destinationof choice for potential visitors.

“Shooting films in Cape Town has becomea major attraction for overseas film-mak-ers,” says The Cape Film Commission’sDenis Lillie.

“The crews that come here to film leavewith a positive image of the city’s scenery,beaches and nature. That information getspassed on throughout Hollywood, makingCape Town very popular.”

Safe House – a thriller starring DenzelWashington and Ryan Reynolds – wasfilmed in its entirety in Cape Town, earlylast year.

The film was originally destined for aSouth American city, however, once theproducers and director saw what CapeTown’s environment and industry had to of-fer, the story was adapted to suit it.

According to Grant Pascoe, the City’sMayoral Committee Member for Tourism,Events and Marketing, there are a numberof factors that makes the City a perfect can-didate for international film shoots.

“The Cape Film Studios have been adapt-ed to suit the needs of international film-makers. Various locations were used dur-ing the shoots, such as Green Point, whichgives the film crew locational advantagesbecause of the setting,” he says.

The City of Cape Town’s Film Permit Of-fice and the Cape Film Commission (CFC)assisted the filmmakers in accessing someof the key locations for the film. Both theCity and the CFC have a good understand-ing of Cape Town and film-making and thisknowledge, together with their interactionwith various City and Provincial Depart-ments, ensured a seamless shoot.

The two films brought in an estimatedR350 million, spent on local hotels, restau-rants, shops, catering services and trans-port, having an enormous impact on the lo-cal economy. “The economic impact ofthese two films has been quite large. It’sgreat because it helped to create jobs andutilised skills that aren’t often used in thecity. The crew employed local set designers,

costume designers, make-up artists, and soforth,” says Lillie.

Safe House premiered in Ireland, and be-cause of the hype around the shooting beingdone in Cape Town, Lillie had already re-ceived an enquiry from the Irish Film Com-mission, seeking to organise a competitionwhere the winners will get to travel to CapeTown to see the locations where the movie

was filmed. “What’s great about these par-ticular film shoots is that people can clearlysee that it is Cape Town, which in turnwould help promote our city as a destina-tion for more film shoots and tourist attrac-tions,” says Pascoe. There has been discus-sions pending future film shoots in theMother City, however, information aroundit is strictly confidential.

STARSTRUCK: Denzel Washington in action during the filming of Safe House. Photo: Caught on Set

Blockbuster movies put South Africa on the international map

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Win – and experience the red busCITY Sightseeing is offering People’s Postreaders five sets of double tickets (ten intotal) for their popular Night Tour,which will be valid till Sunday 6 May.

City Sightseeing has asked that winnersredeem their tickets before the closing date(Sunday 6 May). The Night Tour does notrun in winter. Enjoy a romantic night out

on one of the City’s Sightseeing NightTours, running daily at 18:00, until Sunday6 May. Cape Town is beautiful by day andabsolutely magical on a warm summernight, as the stars light your way with TableMountain as a spectacular backdrop.

City Sightseeing Cape Town, the compa-ny that operates the unmistakable and well-known red double-decker open-top buses,

has become the first bus company in SouthAfrica to be certified carbon neutral.

Theyarepassionate aboutCapeTownandpreserving the environment for future gen-erations and will continue to strive towardsgreater sustainability and responsible tour-ism.

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Carla ‘falls’ for handsome beauLILLIAN AMOS

FINDING true love on a cruiseship off the Caribbean coast af-

ter slipping and drawing the atten-tion of the person you’re meant tobe with for the rest of your lifesounds like something straight outof a Mills and Boon novel.

But this is exactly how 26-year-old Carla Meyer met her dreampartner, Lawrence Lee. The coupleis set to marry at a picturesqueStellenbosch wine estate on Satur-day 3 March after they fell hope-lessly in love on a cruise ship bothof them were working on.

Carla, a beautician from Wetton,studied at the Cape Technikon anddecided to pursue a career on acruise liner after training in Lon-don. She worked 12 hours a day,seven days a week and towards theend of her first trip she was intro-duced to her future husband. Oneevening, Carla’s friends were hav-

ing dinner and she decided to jointhem. It must have been fate – orher legsmight justhavebeenpush-ing her after seeing the handsomeNew Zealander – as Carla took atumble in the main dining area.

After recovering from the em-barrassing moment, Carla startednoticing Lawrence more andfriends from both sides were tell-ing them to get in touch with eachother. After the many months atsea, the two finally became morecosy and started watching moviestogether and spending more timein each other’s company.

After the cruise, both went theirseparate ways but vowed to stay incontact. Eventually, they decidedto join another cruise for eightmonths and rekindle the relation-ship. While their love was grow-ing, Carla’s parents, Andre andRonelle, decided to visit theirdaughter on the cruise ship for avacation.

This was the perfect opportunityfor Lawrence to ask the Meyer’sfor their daughter’s hand in mar-riage, even though it was the firsttime he had met them. Andre andRonelle gave their permission andthe lovebirds came back to SouthAfrica to go on a vacation at theKruger National Park.

“We had a lovely outdoor dinnerand everything was just perfect.Eventually, dessert was served butI grew suspicious after Lawrencekept telling me to not eat the des-sert just yet.” Then Lawrencepopped the question.

“It was so romantic”, says Carla.The two are not sure whether theywill live here in South Africa or inNew Zealand.

“At the moment, we are trying toget on another cruise together butif not, I will be moving to New Zea-land,” the bride-to-be says.

LOVE BIRDS: Carla Meyer and Lawrence Leeprove that true love does exist. Photos: Supplied

Put your best foot forwardin the fight against cancerTHE 4th CANSA Relay For Life Ath-lone event will take place on Friday23 March at the Vygieskraal Stadiumin Athlone.

Participants will walk for 12 hours toraise fundsandcreate awareness of thefight against cancer.

Teams of between 10 and 15 peopleare invited to register and be part ofthis fun overnight event.

The aim being that at least one teammember will be on the track at alltimes.

Cancer never sleeps and with this inmind, those participating in thenight’s event are kept awake by a en-tertaining programme taking place onand around the special Coke stage.

Teams are encouraged to do some

fundraising before as well as duringthe actual event, by creatively raisingawareness of the different types of can-cer.

Funds raised at Relay For Lifeevents enable the South African Can-cer Association to positively impactthe lives of those affected by cancer.

As CANSA Relay For Life events arecommunity owned and volunteer driv-en, funds are plowed back into the com-munity by a multitude of services. It al-so helps to fund research necessary tocreate a cancer free society.

To become part of this event and helpchange the lives of those affected bycancer contact the organising commit-tee. Michelle on 082 588 6566 or Kevinon 082 788 1181.

Learn more about your babyA FUND-RAISING baby workshop will be heldat the J&J Building at the Red Cross Chil-dren’s Hospital in Rondebosch on Saturday 3March starting from 09:00 until 12:30. JeanineBeukes, a well-known Cape Town based Clini-cal Psychologist, will cover and showcase an

amazing range of infant-parent interactionsOther speakers will also feature. Mothers andfathers pay R350 and couples are chargedR500. For bookings contact (021) 486-9111 or 078728 1976 or fax (021) 448-7694 or [email protected]

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Chappies siteoffice sabotagedTERESA FISCHER

A STEEL rod, part of the foun-dations of the controversialChapman’s Peak toll plaza,was damaged when someonecut most of the way through it.

Somebody also allegedly tookan angle grinder to the scaffold-ing being erected at the site of thenew toll plaza and offices onChapman’s Peak last weekend.

The Civil Rights ActionGroup’s Bronwen Lankers-Byrne, who is on hunger strike atthe site, says she was told that acontainer at the site was brokeninto and police were on the scenelast Monday, 6 February.

The foreman, however, refusedto speak to the media. MarcusMinutelli of Haw & Inglis, con-tractors at the site, referred ques-tions to the Provincial Govern-ment.

Provincial Transport MinistryHead Hector Elliot confirmed theincident, adding it was “incredi-bly dangerous”, although he saysthat because only one rod wascut, it was unlikely the structurewould have subsequently col-lapsed.

He adds that it was a “very stu-pid” thing to do and put builders

at the site at risk.“I don’t think the vandal in-

tended to kill someone,” he says.“We understand people havestrong emotions about this, butthere are other channels,” saysElliot.

Graffiti artists have twice vent-ed their frustration at the site –last weekend – and on Sunday.Road signs were changed, inways which had Lankers-Byrnesayshadpassers-by giggling.Onesuch comment was “Murray andRobbers”, referring to construc-tion company Murray and Rob-erts, major shareholders of En-tilini, the company that operatesthe toll road.

Lankers-Byrne saw the graffition Monday morning but sayswithin 30 minutes it had been re-moved.

A security company was em-ployed to guard the site after thefirst incident.

Len Swimmer, chairperson ofthe Hout Bay Residents’ Associa-tion, confirms lawyer’s lettershave been sent to Province, Mur-ray and Roberts and SanParks, tohalt building.

The land on which the officebuilding will be located wastransferred from the Labia fami-ly to SanParks in October 2006.

Swimmer says part of the titledeed conditions are that the landwas sold on condition that it isutilised solely for the purposes ofnature conservation.

Swimmer says legal fees are ex-pected to cost a minimum of R500000. A fund has been set up to cov-er these costs. It will be adminis-tered by Environmental special-ist attorneys Cullinan and Asso-ciates. “Publicity must be turnedinto donations,” says Swimmer,who can be contacted on [email protected]

Alternatives such as an auto-matic paypoint and boom havebeen put forward.

Hout Bay Police spokespersonWarrant Officer Tanya Leschconfirmed two cases of maliciousdamage to property had beenopened, as well as one case ofhousebreaking at a businesspremises. This latter case relatesto the container from which toolswere removed.

Terry Wyner, of the CivilRights Action Group, (Crag) sayshe did manage a brief meetingwith representatives from Mur-ray and Roberts on Friday 10 Feb-ruary, which he says “under thecircumstances, was fruitful”.

“The door is slightly open,” headds.

Meeting forretired personsTHE Groote Schuur branch ofthe South African Associationof Retired Persons (SAARP) willbe meeting on Monday 20 Febru-ary at 9:30 at Rosebank Method-ist Church.

Join them for tea/coffee andfellowship and an illustratedtalk by David Cole on the DeadSea Scrolls.

For more information contactVictoria Paterson on071 429 6014.

Inside the mind of ahunger striker

TAKING A STAND: Bronwen LankersByrne of the Civil Rights Action Group(Crag), waters the flowers someone gave to her. She is refusing to eat untilconstruction on the Chapman’s Peak toll plaza stops and a “winwin” solutionis found. Photo: Teresa Fischer

TERESA FISCHER

HER last meal was a chicken salad,from Casa Reccio in Hout Bay, fol-lowed by an ice-cream wafer and abanana.

This was at 20:00 on Saturday 4February, four days before this re-porter chatted to Bronwen Lankers-Byrne on Chapman’s Peak – she isrefusing to eat until construction ofthe R54m office building and tollplaza is stopped.

Nothing but water has sincepassed her lips.

She lies in the shade of a bush atthe building site, where she iscamping during the day, with theclanging sound of scaffolding goingup.

Meanwhile, Lankers-Byrne saysher pounding headache lifted onWednesday morning.

She is no longer suffering fromthenauseaandvomiting she experi-enced during the first few days, butsays she is tired and rests a lot.

“I have not been hungry untilnow,” she says and adds that she issaving a lot of time she would havespent on shopping, cooking, eatingand washing up.

“I practise being present,” she ex-plains when asked how she passesthe time.

She does not read or listen to mu-sic, with the exception of newspa-per articles about the plaza. Lank-ers-Byrne was a Buddhist nun for

more than 6 000 signatures. Somebring her flowers.

There are lighter moments. Whenshe stands up, her shorts slip down,due to weight loss. She exchangesfriendly banter with the foreman,who wrote “out to lunch” on one ofher placards, when she was attend-ing a meeting. Lankers-Byrne sayssome people are bemused by her de-cision, and that she overheard twoTable Mountain National Park war-dens wonder if she was going to die.

“I have been a free spirit for 10years,” she explains. She has twogrown children and her parents arein their late nineties.

“This, in a nutshell, is what is go-ing on everywhere else,” she says,adding that citizens are gettingwrapped up in deals governmenthas made with big business. “It’s asmall taste of a bigger issue. Theyare spending our money on some-thing we don’t want, something wedon’t need and then charging us forit. It’s crazy,”

•When People’s Post spoke toLankers-Byrne on Monday 13 Feb-ruary, nine days into her strike, shesaid she was “feeling very ener-gised” She adds “hordes” have beenvisiting her and someone even do-nated a hammock.

To date, she has received no callsfrom Premier Helen Zille, whomshe flagged down while Zille was cy-cling the pass, nor from TransportMEC Robin Carlisle.

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two years, during whichtime she spent threemonths on a silent re-treat in Burma. “I havemental and physical en-durance,” she says, add-ing her resolve is strong.

“I am representingthousands of people,”she says.

Some of these peoplehave rallied behind her.They stop to chat, bringher water, and sign thepetition, which has

Fun run for every ageTHE annual Cannons CreekFun Run, now in its fourthyear, will take place on Tues-day 21 February, with the firstrace starting at 17:45.

The race, which is open torunners of all ages, started in2009 to commemorate the highschool’s 10th anniversary. Itstarts and finishes at theschool in Nursery Way, Pine-lands, and is open to all in thecommunity. Participants canrun or walk 2km, 6km or 8km.

There are prizes for all catego-ries and medals for those whopre-registered.

The entry fee is from R30 perperson.

It is a fun-filled family event,with parents often runningwith their children and enjoy-ing boerewors rolls and otherrefreshments on sale after therace.

For further information callTerri van Haght on (021) 5315011 during school hours.

ANGRY: A handfulof former DistrictSix residents held aprotest alongHorstley Street onSaturday to emphasise their dissatisfaction with themanner in whichthe land restitutionprocess is beinghandled by government. The daymarked the 46thanniversary of District Six being proclaimed a “whitesonly” area, leadingto the eviction ofover 60 000 peoplein the 1960s.Photos: Jaco Marais

People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch NEWS Tuesday 14 February 2012

Cashstrapped residents ‘conned’MELISSA PAPIER

WESTRIDGE residents are resort-ing to various measures to re-cover their hard earned money

after they were apparently “conned out oftheir earnings” by a debt collecting com-pany.

The locals, who are struggling financiallyand are all under debt review, say they paidmoney to the company with the assurancethat it would make arrangements for pay-ment and compensate debtors on their behalf.

People’s Post was alerted to this by Joe Cru-ywagen, a pensioner from Blackberry Street.

He says he was referred to the company bya neighbour.

The company in question, Debt Out DebtCounselling, claims to be registered with theNational Credit Regulator (NCR) with theregistration number NCRDC 1976. Their of-fices are in Ottery.

The owners are Yasmeen and Sieraaj Ab-derof, who claim to be registered debt coun-sellors.

The person who collected money from theWestridge residents was apparently Debt Outemployee Tasmyn Pasquallie.

“I was in arrears with my bond paymentsand other debt. I called the company and theywere willing to assist me. I was placed underdebt review and the company and debt coun-sellor promised to assist me by paying mydebtors on my behalf every month,” says Cru-ywagen.

He started with payments on 31 March 2011,amounting to R16 500 to date.

“Tasmyn came to collect the money fromus on a monthly basis, and she even gave usa receipt as proof of payment. It was only aftermy bank contacted me recently about mybond arrears that I was informed. My bondhad not been paid for the last seven monthsand they were about to repossess my home.

“I confronted the owners and Tasmyn, whodenied that this was a scam. I have lodged acomplaint with the Credit Ombudsman,” hesays.

Resident Trevor Golding tells People’s Postthat he was unaware of the debt collector’sactions.

He lost his job last year and was unable topay his debts. He was forced to go under debtreview and was also referred to the companyby a friend.

Golding says: “I was alerted by Mr Cruywa-gen and soon I was also called by my creditorsdemanding money as they were going to handme over to their lawyers.

“When I enquired about my status at thebank I was informed that my bond and myother debt was never paid.”

He added that he now owes the bank moremoney than he did initially.

“If we had made arrangements ourselveswith our creditors things would have beendifferent. We are now in a position where weare about to lose our home.”

It’s understood that a criminal investiga-tion has been launched into the company, yetthey are still operating as an entity. The in-vestigating allegedly relates to theft underfalse pretences.

A case of theft under false pretences is cur-rently being investigated by Grassy Park Po-lice station.

People’s Post sent an enquiry to the station,and according to Warrant Officer WynitaKleinsmith, the spokesperson for GrassyPark Police station, the matter was “being in-vestigated”.

Kleinsmith could not elaborate on the in-vestigation, saying the investigation is a“sensitive matter and at a crucial stage witharrests to follow”.

She did however respond that anyone withqueries in the Grassy Park area can addressit with the investigating officer Constable Jo-damis on (021) 700 3927.

Cruywagen added that no one has respond-ed to him or the other victims about recover-ing their money.

“We are being given the run-around andeverytime we call the owners or the counsel-lor they don’t answer their phones. I have lostlots of money.

“It’s not as if it a small amount – it’s thou-sands of rands ,” he says.

He added that all those affected are at theirwits’ end as all doors are being closed and “noone seems to have any answers”.

Lebogang Selibi, media relations officer for

the National Credit Regulator, says that interms of Section 44 of the National Credit Reg-ulator (NCA), only persons and not compa-nies may register as debt counsellors.

Selebi says Yasmeen Abderof is indeed reg-istered with the National Credit Regulator asa debt counsellor.

The NCR has received some complaintsagainst Yasmeen, she continues, and the mat-ters were receiving the necessary attention.

“According to the information at our dis-posal, the alleged criminal investigation isagainst Mr Abderof’s employee and not himor his company.”

She added that people who find themselves

in a similar position can lodge a complaintwith their office or open a criminal case.

People’s Post sent an emailed media en-quiry to the owners of the company twoweeks and tried to contact them for comment.

At the time of going to print, a response wasnot forthcoming.

People’s Post also tried calling Pasquallie toget her side of the story. Calls were not an-swered as her cellphone was off.

If consumers are not getting assistancefrom their debt counsellors, they should re-port the matter to the Credit Ombudsman on086 166 2837 or the National Credit Regulatoron 086 062 7627.

UPSET: Joe Cruywagen shows his proof of payment. Photos: Melissa Papier

PAID: This is the receipt that residents weregiven after they paid the money to a debt collector.

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Province’s Mighty Menconference cancelledTHE official organizing committee, ledby Jurianne Schreuder and HardusZevenster of Radio Tygerberg, intenselydeliberated the question whether aMighty Men Conference should be held inthe Western Cape this year.

After a time of humiliation and prayer, aswell as consultation about the matter withAngus Buchan, concensus was reached thatno Mighty Men 2012 will be held in Paarl.

“The Mighty Men conferences were auniquephenomenon in the reawakeningandrepositioning of men as the spiritual headsof their homes,” Zevenster said. “It was alsounique in the context within which the Lordvisited, liberated and confirmed men at Sha-lom.”

“However, the time has come for thoseseeds to grow into deeds and to develop intopowerful trees, offering shelter and shade, asexpected by God.

The era has dawned for men to set theirhands to the plough and live the Good Newseach day to the full at each level of society.

The relay baton given to thousands of menduring Mighty Men, now needs to be passedon. Yes, Mighty Men was a wonderful spiritu-al injection, but it was found that many menrelapsed into their old habits again after-wards... until the next conference.

“We believe that the Lord calls us to liveobediently. The management of Mighty MenWestern Cape is convinced that our Fatheris busy with a new season, and that MightyMen and everything He wanted to achieve byit, has been completed,” Zevenster said.

Two conferences will be held elsewhere inthe country – Mighty Men Transvaal fromFriday 9 to Sunday 11 March, and Mighty

Men Karoo from Friday 27 to Sunday 29April.

Visit www.google.co.za and select “KarooMighty Men Conference” and “Mighty MenLimpopo” for more details.

During both these conferences AngusBuchan will be the guest speaker on the re-spective Sundays.

“Webelieve thatGod, as theFather ofCrea-tivity, has a fresh plan for the Western Cape,”Zevenster said. “We are anxiously lookingforward to witness what He is creating forthe province with his Wonderful Fingers.”

CANCELLED: Angus Buchan will not be hosting the Mighty Men conference this year..

CANDID CAMERA: Many ofSouth Africa’snational cricket, soccer andrugby teamsgathered forthe filming of anew beer advert at the entrance of theCape Town Stadium. From left,Bismarck duPlessis, SchalkBurger, AB deVilliers and JPPietersen wasamongst theknown nameson set. Photo: Danielle Karallis

A closer look at where we come fromPROFESSOR John Compton of UCT’s Ge-ological Sciences Department will give afree public talk entitled “Did modern hu-mans originate on the southern coast ofSouth Africa?”, on Wednesday 15 Febru-

ary at 17:00 at the SAAO Auditorium inObservatory.

No bookings are required.For more info go to http://www.royal-

societysa.org.za or contact (021) 650 2543.

Quick Wires talk for teachersPROFESSOR Lori Assaf, Director of the Cen-tral Texas Writing Project, will be hosting alecture in which he discusses the use of“Quick Wires” to engage learner-strategiesand techniques in order to help learners dur-ing the writing process, develop revision hab-its and discover topics that matter.

The lecture will take place on Wednesday15 February at venue LT 2, Schools Develop-ment Unit, Hoerikwaggo Building, UCT, from16:00 till 17:30.

RSVP to Wadeeah Fisher by Monday 13 Feb-ruary on (021) 650 3584 or at [email protected]

Keep safe while cyclingTHE City of Cape Town urges all road us-ers to exercise caution and common senseon the city’s roads, especially during atime of year when greater numbers of cy-clists will be on our roads in the build-upto the iconic Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay CycleTour in March.

Along with the increase of cyclists,comes an unfortunate increase in thenumber of accidents involving cyclists.

There are ten ways for cyclists to staysafe on Cape Town’s roads:

• Be visible. Cyclists can help by wearinghigh-visibility clothing (orange, neongreen or pink), flashing LED belts andtrouser-straps – and by riding 1.5m in fromthe road edge.

• Obey the rules of the road: Cyclistsshould stop at stop signs and obey road sig-nage like all other road users.

• Be assertive but polite. Show otherroad-users respect and they will show re-spect to cyclists.

• Pay attention at intersections and traf-

fic circles – particularly when you are trav-elling straight onwards and the vehiclesare turning left. At stop streets and trafficlights, come to a halt slightly in front of sta-tionary vehicles.

• Be predictable. Indicate where you in-tend to go.

• Ride in single file and wear a helmet.It’s against the law to ride without a hel-met.

• Don’t deliberately swerve your bikefrom side to side, and always keep at leastone hand on the handlebars.

• Light up your bike: white lights/reflec-tors on the front; red lights/reflectors onthe back.

• Be prepared: Carry water, a pump, apatch kit and identification. Check yourbike for obvious mechanical problems eve-ry time you leave for a ride.

City Traffic Officers will be focusing onthe behaviour of both cyclists and motor-ists and where the law is broken, fines willbe issued.

Home visits to help first-time momsTHE Parent Centre would like to inform preg-nant women and teenagers that they haveCommunity Counsellors available to visitthem at home during pregnancy and untiltheir babies reach the age of six months.

These home visits are free and will providethem with parent counseling as well as parent

information. This will be valuable to themothers-to-be during pregnancy and it willhelp them to cope better with caring for a new-born baby. If pregnant women and teenagerswould like to be visited they need to contactreception at The Parent Centre at (021) 7620116 or [email protected]

South Africa’s global position in spotlightChantell Ilbury, Clem Sunter’s co-author, willhold a talk called “2020s: South Africa in theGlobal Environment”.

It will take place at the next U3A meeting

at the Baxter on Thursday 23 February, at 9:45for 10:30.

All are welcome. For more informationplease contact Eve Dunell on (021) 531 5604.


The next big electionsLILLLIAN AMOS

WESTERN Cape Education Depart-ment will hold School Governing Bod-ies (SGB) elections next month

Many people are still unaware of theimportance of these bodies. According toWestern Cape Minister of EducationDonald Grant, strong governing bodiesare one of the essential partners in theirplanned improvement of educationaloutcomes in the province.

“A school’s governing body representsall non-teaching staff as well as parentsand learners.”

Before 1994, educators, learners, par-ents and communities were excludedfrom school governance but with the es-tablishment of the South African SchoolsAct of 1996, all public schools now haveto have an SGB elected by members of theschool community.

The South African Schools Act gaveparents, teachers and high school stu-dents the right to form SGBs and to influ-ence policies around issues like lan-guage, religious instruction, school fees,and a code of conduct for learners.

They decide what the language of in-struction will be, whether it’s a Christianor Muslim or sectarian school, what kindof uniform is allowed, school fees andplenty more.

Most people think the school principaland staff decide these things, but it’s actu-ally the SGB.

When People’s Post asked people on thestreet what they thought GBs were for,most didn’t even know that every publicschool had to have one.

Another important role of the SGBis to interview and nominate educa-tors and principals for appointment tothe school.

Kaashif Effendi, who serves on theLavender Hill High SGB and is also

the bursar, says they occasionally dealwith disciplinary action.

“If there are any disputes betweenlearners, or any other disciplinary prob-lems, we set up meetings and try and getto the bottom of the problem to find a fairsolution.”

At Lavender Hill High the SGB con-sists of the principal, deputy principals,chief financial officer, an administrativeperson, non-educator (cleaner) and atleast seven parents.

“Given these responsibilities, it is im-portant that school communities take theup-coming elections seriously,” saysGrant.

The election is the biggest in the coun-try, after local and national governmentelections.

The process is due to start from Thurs-day 1 March and should be completed bythe end of the first term on Friday 23March.

Schools all over the Western Cape havenominated people, therefore the elec-tions can go ahead.

Training for the newly elected mem-bers will take place between April andJune.

SGB members serve a three-year termand learners a year.

“I urge all members of the school com-munity to get involved in the SGB elec-tions by either making themselves avail-able to serve on the SGB or by nominat-ing and voting for the most suitablecandidates.

“If we are to improve our education, weneed to ensure that school communitiesselect the best possible candidates,”Grant concluded.

FULLY STRETCHED: The Cape Town SEVA Project hosted around 400 people who took part ina large scale yoga class for charity on Sunday 12 February at Green Point Park. The money raisedthrough the event will go towards the Earth Child Project, which is a nonprofit organisation offeringyoga classes to children in Lavender Hill and Khayelitsha. The organisation also teaches childrenabout nature and how to start their own organic vegetable gardens. Around 3 000 kids are involvedin the project, aged between six and 16. Photo: Leanne Stander

Let music feed the soulTHE Music Therapy Commu-nity Clinic – an organisationusing music to provide psy-cho-social support to youngpeople within Cape Town’smarginalised communities –will be hosting a benefit con-cert.

A diverse repertoire fromBeethoven to Stravinsky willbe performed by internation-ally acclaimed violinist Cath-rin Kudelka, accompanied onpiano by Charl de Villiers.

Kudelka is founder of therenowned Swiss-based “Zau-

bergeige Violin School” andhas performed as a soloistthroughout Europe and Asia,winning several internation-al competitions, includingthe prestigious “La Musiquedu Monde” in Paris.

Accompanist Charl de Vil-liers completed his under-graduate degree in South Af-rica prior to furthering hisstudies in chamber music inZürich. Mr de Villiers cur-rently holds the position ofcoach and accompanist at theKonservatorium Winterthur

in Zürich, Switzerland. Allproceeds will support MusicTherapy Community Clinic’scommunity programmes.The concert is on Wednesday15 February at 18:30 at theBeau Soleil Music Centre inKenilworth.

Tickets cost R80 per personand include light refresh-ments. To book, call Juanitaon (021) 671 5196 or [email protected]. For informationvisit www.music-thera-py.org.za.


Inside the mind of ahunger strikerTERESA FISCHER

HER last meal was a chicken salad,from Casa Reccio in Hout Bay, followedby an ice-cream wafer and a banana.

This was at 20:00 on Saturday 4 Febru-ary, four days before this reporter chattedto Bronwen Lankers-Byrne on Chapman’sPeak – she is refusing to eat until construc-tion of the R54m office building and toll pla-za is stopped.

Nothing but water has since passed herlips.

She lies in the shade of a bush at thebuilding site, where she is camping duringthe day, with the clanging sound of scaf-folding going up.

Meanwhile, Lankers-Byrne says herpounding headache lifted on Wednesdaymorning.

She is no longer suffering from the nau-sea and vomiting she experienced duringthe first few days, but says she is tired andrests a lot.

“I have not been hungry until now,” shesaysandadds that she is savinga lot of timeshe would have spent on shopping, cook-ing, eating and washing up.

“I practise being present,” she explainswhen asked how she passes the time.

She does not read or listen to music, withthe exception of newspaper articles aboutthe plaza.

Lankers-Byrne was a Buddhist nun fortwo years, during which time she spentthree months on a silent retreat in Burma.“I have mental and physical endurance,”she says, adding her resolve is strong.

“I am representing thousands of people,”she says.

Some of these people have rallied behindher. They stop to chat, bring her water, andsign the petition, which has more than 6000 signatures. Some bring her flowers.

There are lighter moments. When shestands up, her shorts slip down, due toweight loss.

She exchanges friendly banter with theforeman, who wrote “out to lunch” on oneof her placards, when she was attending ameeting.

Lankers-Byrne says some people are be-mused by her decision, and that she over-heard two Table Mountain National Parkwardens wonder if she was going to die.

“I have been a free spirit for 10 years,”she explains. She has two grown childrenand her parents are in their late nineties.

“This, in a nutshell, is what is going oneverywhere else,” she says, adding that cit-izens are getting wrapped up in deals gov-ernment has made with big business. “It’sa small taste of a bigger issue. They arespending our money on something wedon’t want, something we don’t need andthen charging us for it. It’s crazy,”

•When People’s Post spoke to Lankers-Byrne on Monday 13 February, nine daysinto her strike, she said she was “feelingvery energised” She adds “hordes” havebeen visiting her and someone even donat-ed a hammock.

To date, she has received no calls fromPremier Helen Zille, whom she flaggeddown while Zille was cycling the pass, norfrom Transport MEC Robin Carlisle.

TAKING ASTAND: Bronwen LankersByrne of theCivil RightsAction Group(Crag), watersthe flowerssomeone gaveto her. She isrefusing to eatuntil construction on theChapman’sPeak toll plazastops and a“winwin” solution is found.

Photo: TeresaFischer

Ballet olympics grace the Mother CityDIRK Badenhorst, CEO ofthe Cape Town InternationalBallet Competition (CTIBC),is proud to announce that 50professional and non-profes-sional dancers will competein the 3rd CTIBC, the mostsince the competition’s in-ception in 2008.From Saturday 25 February,dancers will be arriving inthe Mother City from manyglobal destinations, includ-ing the Republic of South Ko-rea, Argentina, Armenia,Russia, the USA, Brazil, Aus-tralia, China and Cuba.The competitor group in-cludes a strong South Afri-can contingent, with 22 danc-ers of varying ages enteringfrom Gauteng, Kwazulu Na-tal and the Western Cape.The event takes place overone week from Monday 27February to Sunday 4 Marchat the Artscape Opera House.The Cape Town Internation-al Ballet Competition is thepremier event of its kind onthe African Continent, oftenhailed as the Ballet Olym-pics. The standard of thecompetition is enhanced bythe CTIBC’s association withsimilar events such as theYouth America Grand Prix(YAGP), the South Korea In-ternational Dance Competi-tion, the Geneé InternationalBallet Competition and sev-eral outstanding ballet insti-tutions in Cuba.For the first time in the histo-ry of the biennial CTIBC,male and female participantswill be judged separately inboth the classical and con-temporary sections.Junior Division dancers are15 to 18 years old and SeniorDivision 19 to 28 years of age.Competitors may appear ei-ther as soloists or couples.Dancers perform thrillingsolos and Pas de Deux fromwell-known ballets such asLe Corsaire, Don Quixote,

The Sleeping Beauty, SwanLake and more. These out-standing dancers demon-strate superb technique,skill and artistry in a bid forthe coveted Gold, Silver andBronze medals and cash priz-es, in both Junior and Seniorsections, totalling R300 000.Assessing the entrants is adistinguished jury that in-cludes Kevin O’Hare, direc-tor-designate of The RoyalBallet, Dr. Ramona da Sáa,Director and Professor, Na-tional Ballet School of Cuba;Leticia Müller, former balle-rina of Birmingham RoyalBallet and PACT Ballet andLynn Wallis, Artistic Direc-tor of the Royal Academy ofDance, London. Returningjudges are Septime Webre,Artistic Director of TheWashington Ballet, Hae ShikKim, Professor Emeritus,Korea National University ofArts, Mario Galizzi, ArtisticDirector, Ballet de la Plata,Argentina; and SA-bornCharla Genn, Faculty Mem-ber, Julliard School, NewYork.Badenhorst announced thata South African candidate ofhis choosing will be giventhe opportunity to compete

in the YAGP in New York,next April.The Cape Town Internation-al Ballet Competition, sup-ported by the City of CapeTown and the ChiappiniTrust will once again to be athrilling dance event, highon the City’s cultural calen-dar.Elimination rounds takeplace on Tuesday 28 andWednesday 29 February andThursday 1 March at 19:00,tickets atR40perperson.TheFinal will be on Friday 2March at 20:00, with ticketsfrom R65 to R225.The winners will be an-nounced at the Gala perform-ance on Saturday 3 March at20:00. Due to the popularityof the Gala at previous com-petitions, a second gala hasbeen added on Sunday 4March at 15:00. The CTIBCwinners and internationaland SA ballet stars will per-form and the South Africancandidate to compete in theYouth America Grand Prixwill be announced. Ticketsfor both Galas cost from R190to R300. These events willtake place at the ArtscapeOpera House in Cape Town.

POISED IN BEAUTY:Hannah Bettes from theUSA will compete in theJunior Division of theCape Town InternationalBallet CompetitionPhoto: supplied

Names go in for the ‘Afrikaans Oscars’NOMINATIONS for thekykNET Fiestas – a glamor-ous awards ceremony wherethe most talented up-and-coming and established Afri-kaans artists are honoured –have been announced.

They have been selectedfrom productions that debut-ed at Afrikaans arts festivalscountrywide during 2011.Winners from 16 categoriesas well as three LifetimeAchievement Awards will beannounced during an extrav-agant production at the Art-scape Theatre in Cape Townon Thursday 23 February.The Fiestas, already referredto as the Oscars of Afrikaanstheatre, will see categorywinners sharing the stagewith some of the country’s

most talented artists and mu-sicians.

Karen Meiring, channelhead for kykNET, says theFiestas focus on festival pro-ductions as these eventshave established themselves“as the home of the Afri-kaans theatre and entertain-ment industries”.

“They represent a gather-ing and celebration of the Af-rikaans culture and are anopportunity to recognise theartists and productions par-ticipating in these festivals,”explains Meiring. “The dif-ferent arts festivals may sub-mit nominations for the vari-ous categories for produc-tions that debuted at theirevents in 2011. And this year,the nominations are once

again of outstanding quali-ty!”

The nominations are inturn presented to an inde-pendent panel of judges whoattended all the festivals andsaw the productions. Thepanel then decides by votewho the final five nomina-tions for a category will be,as well as the final winner.

The public also have theopportunity to vote for two ofthe categories in order to de-termine the winners of theMost Popular Fiesta Present-er and the Most Popular Fes-tival. The winners of thesetwo categories will be deter-mined by SMS voting and thepublic have until Tuesday 31January to vote for their fa-vourites.

Vouchers for those whopay bills on time

THE City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Commit-tee Member for Human Settlements, Council-lor Ernest Sonnenberg, handed over vouch-ers worth R1 000 to six Housing IncentiveScheme winners on 9 February.

The Housing Incentive Scheme is aimed atfurther encouraging all housing debtors inboth the City’s housing rental and sellingschemes to pay their accounts. It rewardsthose who pay their accounts regularly bygiving them a chance to win prizes.

“The Housing Incentive Scheme is a greatopportunity for us to be able to directly meetand liaise with our rental unit clients whopay their accounts regularly.

Thanks to our efforts, there has been a defi-nite increase in our cash collection for rent-als. Many of the winners are indigent debtorsand pensioners and we are pleased with theresults of this campaign,” said CouncillorSonnenberg.

Todate, 90 debtors fromacross the cityhaveeach won R1 000 in Shoprite vouchers. Win-ners hail from:

Atlantis (four tenants and 11 home-own-ers), Belhar (four home-owners), BellvilleSouth (four tenants), Bishop Lavis (two ten-ants), Bontheuwel (four tenants and onehome-owner), Elsies River (three tenants andthree home-owners), Grassy Park (four ten-

ants), Gugulethu (one tenant), Hanover Park(two tenants), Heideveld (three tenants),Kleinvlei (one tenant and two home-owners)

• Langa (three tenants), Macassar (four ten-ants and one home-owner), Manenberg (sev-en tenants), Melton Rose (one tenant), Mitch-ells Plain (six tenants and five home-owners),Ocean View (two tenants), Parkwood (threetenants), Ravensmead (one tenant), Retreat(one home-owner), Scottsdene (three ten-ants), Strand (one tenant and two home-own-ers), Valhalla Park (one tenant).

The incentive scheme, coupled with otherdebt management actions, has increased thecollection rate by 5% for rentals and 7% forloans from November 2010 to December 2011.The City has spent R90 000 in order to gainan increase in collection of approximatelyR850 000 (the comparison between November2010 and December 2011).

Occupants who have paid their housing ac-counts for at least three consecutive monthsqualify for the competition. Those occupantswho receive an indigent grant and have beenpaying their account consistently for the lastthree months will also qualify.

Winners will be excluded from the draw forthree months following the award beforeagain becoming eligible to participate in thedraw.

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Mardi Gras 2012 enjoysa huge successSHERISE DREYER

MARDI GRAS made a big splash thewith attendance of 25000 people atthe Wynberg’s William Herbertsportsground which ran fromThursday 26 January to Saturday28 January and Friday 3 February.

Peoples Post Editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs has praised the collaborativeefforts of BGS Consultants and allthose who sponsored prizes for theMissMardiGraspageant.The spon-sors were, Velocity Cars, Sound-tech, Kenilworth, Long Beach Malland the Baxter Theatre.

The Chairperson of BGS Consult-ants Rashied Cloete expressed thatthe Mardi Gras was “definitely” ahuge success. “We had children un-der the age of 12 years come in forfree and that aspect was a huge suc-cess, we do not have exact figuresbecause no tickets were colleccted,but the kiddies rides run by the Cityof Cape Town was a huge success.The Mardi Gras also treated or-phans from Habibiya Childrens’

Home and Heavens Nest which en-ter for free on Friday 3 Februaryand was given access to free ridesand free meals.

The Boy Band Competition waswon by Vibe and they received R10000. Marche Martin was crownedMiss Mardi Gras and received tick-ets from the Baxter Theater, avoucher for two at De NoordhoekHotel which includes dinner, bedand breakfast and R1000 vouchersfrom Long Beach Mall. The secondprincess also received tickets fromthe Baxter Theater, a voucher fortwo at De Noordhoek Hotel whichincludes dinner, bed and breakfastas well as R1000 vouchers fromLong Beach Mall.

“Hearty thanks to everyone inthe community who has supportedthe Mardi Gras, contributing to itssuccess this year.” Miller-Isaacsadds that “Peoples Post is proud tohave been the print media partnersof this important initiative andlooks forward to a continued part-nership.”

STUNNING: Miss Mardi Gras 2012 contestants struting their stuff.Photo: Rashied Isaacs

Carnival Kings yet againTAURIQ HASSEN

THIS year’s annual minstrelcarnival has come to a close,with Santam District Six En-tertainers being crowned aschampions for the secondyear running.

The concluding phase of thecompetition unfolded at the Ath-lone Stadium on Saturday, withtop teams eyeing the title of“Carnival Kings”.

Malick Laattoe, owner of San-tam D6, was over the moon say-ing: “This is what we worked forand it’s an unbelievable feeling,winning the carnival for twoyears in a row.”

Santam District Six Enter-tainers walked away with 13 tro-phies comprising of first prizesfor Adult Drum Major, JuniorCombined Chorus, Group Song,English Combined Chorus, Afri-kaans Moppie and English Mop-pie, second prizes for JuniorDrum Major, Junior Sentimentaland Minstrel Song, fourth prizesfor Grand March Pass, Exhibi-tion, Best Board and a fifth prizefor Best Band.

“We beat the second placedcompetitor by 27 points; what anachievement,” says the excitedowner. Laattoe believes that“hard work, strategic planningand setting achievable goals” wasthe secret behind the team’s suc-cess and most importantly, rack-ing up back-to-back titles.

“This year it was a collectivecommitment from all role-play-ers that made our goals attaina-ble, from the two-year-old young-ster to the 80-year-old pensioner.

Pressure was definitely on us andwe could feel the heat,” says Laat-toe. Supporters from all over con-gratulated the team on their suc-cess, most saying that SantamDistrict Six were “deservedlycrowned as Carnival Kings”.

Ayesha Galant has four chil-dren, three grandchildren andfive son-in-laws all walking in thetroupe and says winning the com-petition brought “excitement tothe house”.

“They all rushed in here jump-ing up and down in the earlyhours of the morning, and thenthey rushed out to link up withthe team again to go and cele-brate. This troupe really knowshow to entertain the masses andwinning the competition provedthey are true entertainers,” saysGalant.

Ebrahim Jacobs, another fan ofthe team, said: “Congratulations

to the Santam District Six Enter-tainers, because throughout theyear, everybody involved withthe team works around the clockto improve their performanceand they deserve to be crownedchampions.”

The top five teams in the SuperLeague of the competition were:Santam District Six Entertain-ers, Shoprite Pennsylvannians,Ashwin Willemse Orient Com-munity Entertainers, HappyBoys Entertainers and Salt RiverCrooning Minstrels.

Laattoe concluded by saying:“The year ahead has much morehard work and we are revisingour strategy, as the competitionlevel has been raised. To all teamsthat made this carnival a success,we are all winners. We as SantamD6 salute you and our motherbody, Cape Town Minstrel Carni-val Association.”

FINAL BATTLE: Athlone Stadium was the venue for the finals of the SuperLeague section of the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association’s competition on Saturday. Here, a member of thirdplaced Ashwin Willemse Orient Community Entertainers struts his stuff. Photo: Roger Sedres/Image SA

People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch LEADER Tuesday 14 February 2012

Price of fameTHE DEATH of acclaimed singer, WhitneyHouston has rocked the world.

After a troubled latter life, rife with drugabuse, the songbird – once the toast of the mu-sic world – was found in her hotel suite beforethe Grammy Awards at the weekend.

Toxicology results are yet to be released.Houston’s story is illustrative of the pres-

sures of life in the spotlight and the destruc-tive coping mechanisms some superstars findsolace in.

The 48-year-old joins other legendary starswhose lives ended sadly in a similar way,such as King of Pop Michael Jackson, AmyWinehouse, rock bassist Mike Starr, grungerocker Curt Cobain and Marilyn Monroe.

Their lifestyles, and ultimate demise,should serve as a reality check for the count-less youths who idolise celebrities, desiringtheir seemingly enchanted lives. Often, star-dom comes at a costly price.

Back home, the Medical Research Councilcites the Western Cape as having the highestpercentage of binge drinkers in high school- 34%.

The number of people seeking treatmentfor methamphetamine (tik) has overtakenthose with alcohol problems. Among patientsunder 20 years, six out of 10 use tik as a prima-ry or secondary substance of abuse.

At this alarming rate, now more than everyouths need a positive influence and positiverole models. Often, these are right on theirdoorsteps and organisations such as AfrikaAblaze, Proudly Manenberg and SportingChance are but some of those offering healthyalternatives.

The true role models are the selfless indi-viduals in the community who coach youthsin soccer on rundown football fields in crime-challenged underprivileged areas such asHanover Park.

Provinces such as the Western Cape isfaced with the devastating effects drug abusehas on families and the economy and requiresthe collaborative input of all roleplayers.

Will Rondebosch be common?IT saddens me to read all the terrible SMSesabout “poorer”people (People’sPost, 31 Janu-ary) and blaming the housing problem onpeople who “can’t stop having children”.

Ignorance, illusion and denial run rife asthe affluent attempt to divert us from thecity’s rich history of physically relocatingthe “coloured’’ people from areas such asRondebosch, Harfield Village, Claremont,and District Six.

People were removed from their homesand the city’s property industry thrived inthe 1980s.

Many fortunes were made overnight andhouses were bought for next to nothing inthese “affluent’’ areas.

The affluent prefer to disguise their crimeswith legal jargon and administration.

Many SMSes say that if poorer people wereto move into Rondebosch, it would escalatecrime and drug use.

Get real. All the affluent kids are doing thesame drugs and more.

There are drug dealers driving aroundthese areas and a majority of them are notcoloured.

White, black, purple, green.Who cares what colour you are?The fact remains that people’s lives were

destroyed during apartheid and nobody inCape Town wants to admit or take responsi-bility for it.

The city administration is only concernedwith maintaining this “bubble’’ for the uppercrust and scores of foreign settlers whobought homes at low prices in the beautifulparts of Cape Town, before property lawsmade it harder for them.

Why the denial? Why the passing of blameto the victims themselves?

Fear. Fear of change.Fearof being thrownout of yourbighouse.

Fear of not being “the fittest’’ on top of thesurvival pile anymore.

I think the thought of applying for a protestis quite ironic.

When people fought for freedom, they didnot put in an application.

The government would never allow it andthey acted with force when freedom fightersprotested.

Blasting people back into coloured areaswith water cannons is something reminis-cent of this behaviour, almost like a watereddown version (excuse the pun).

I support the initiative to get the debatestarted on land reform.ADRIAAN HELLENBERG

YourSMSesMJC and the HalaalTrust

. The MJC is a real em-barrassment to our Mus-lim ummah. How canthey be such scumbags?They cannot answer aproper question. Theymust go.

. I am pleased that apanel has been selected tomake recommendationsto improve the halaal cer-tification. Also a bigthank-you to the two law-yers –ZahirWilliamsandNoor Kapdi – in offeringto assist in this regard.As for Mr Mohamed,shutting the MJC down isnot an option as this isnot your decision tomake. There are thou-sands in this community.You cannot smear youropinion and negativityon us all. There has beena loophole and there is astrategy in place to pullthe reigns tighter. Meand many others applaudthis new strategy. I be-lieve the ulama and um-mah will get past this In-sha’Allah. Shukran. Sha-hieda

. I am surprised thatChristians are not con-cerned about eating pork.

The Bible says: “Theflesh of swine is uncleanto thee, Ye shall not eatfrom from it”. Surely Je-sus and his disciples, be-ing Jews, abhorred andnever ate swine? Shoul-dn’t the true followers ofJesus also abstain fromeating pig meat? An-swers, anyone? FromOthmaan, Surrey Estate

. The Muslim JudicialCouncil Halaal Trustshould be shutdown.They can’t be trust-ed. They must set an ex-ample of how Muslimswill not tolerate this kindof behaviour. Shut themdown.

. I think they must re-move halaal certificatesnow. Phantsi, ngo-MJC,phantsi! Bhabha

Just a thought. Criminal offenders

must get hard labour. Putleg irons on them and letthem build roads. Paythem but they must payfor their own bed andfood. Taxpayers are pun-ished because their hard-earned money is wastedon cruel people.

. I agree with FagmiAbass. Stop the toll roads

and stop tenders and out-sourcing. You’re killingus with taxes, levies andservice charges. Comeon, Zille and De Lille,wake up and stop wastingour money!

. If only governmentcan come to the rescue ofthe poor and not so poorand put an end to inflatedprices. Someone’s mak-ing too much moneywhile government looksthe other way.

. Shame on strikingEastern Cape teachers!Education is in chaos inSA! They have jobs whileothers don’t. Maggie,Plumstead

By the way. 1c and 2c coins are no

longer used. Why do pric-es still end with 9c? Sheerprofiteering! Anon

. All ex-teachers, pu-pils and parents affiliatedwith Bramble Way Pri-mary: Please phone theschool in connectionwith its 50th anniversarywhich will be celebratedin July. Call (021) 694 4379or Paul Le Roux on (021)797 4591.

. How about an advicecolumn?

Tuesday 14 February 2012 LETTERS People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch

No dignity in counter serviceDuring the last few years I have observed theunprofessional counter service rendered toour people by Social Services.

But then, lack of security, long hours andtoo many people to attend to will frustrateanyone.

Another worrying point is that there is noprivacy during interviews. A neighbouringclient can clearly hear any intimate details

about one’s life.I think all counter services should be re-

viewed.They need to find a different way of inter-

viewing clients who apply for child supportand all other grants.

I also think Social Services could be spreadby using empty community halls.CLIVE ALEX JACOBS

Violence should be the issueTHE debate that ensued after Professor Bena-taar’s statement that mostly men are victimsof violence, and as such needs society’s atten-tion, has sadly ended up in a war of words asto which sex is most affected.

After reading numerous epistles to thepress, I did not get the impression that Profes-son Benataar was in anyway trying to mini-mize the degree of abuse suffered by women.

What he had done was to highlight the factthat men are victims of violence but little orno attention is given to them and their feel-ings.

This is perhaps because we have placedsuch a huge emphasis on gender violence eversince we achieved independence that we havereached the point where men are seen as abunch of baddies and their issues relating toviolence do not need attention.

I agree fully with Professor Benataar thatsomething should be done about men, who arevictims of all types of violence.

As a practitioner in a lower income area Itreat a fair number of men, who present to meafter being physically assaulted and occasion-ally about being molested as children by fami-ly members. Men rarely talk about their painas women do, so I am certain that I merely see

the tip of the iceberg. It takes a lot of guts andcourage for a man to talk about emotionalpain because they feel too shy or they havebeen brought up with the false idea that theymusthide their feelingsbecause theyaremen.

What we need to debate and discuss is thevarious forms of violence; what provokes itand how to deal with life’s issues in a peacefulway. Fighting about which sex is more affect-ed is an exercise in futility and will get us no-where.

I have visited Thailand and India in the pasttwo years and what struck me is that despitetheir huge population and constant battle forspace, I have not seen a single act of aggres-sion or violence. Almost all the people worea pleasant smile. I could walk about freelywithout feeling fearful or threatened. Eventhough their driving is atrocious, I have notseen a single act of aggression or someoneshowing theirmiddle finger to anotherdriver.They might be liberal with their hooters butthey always displayed a strong sense of cour-tesy on the roads to fellow drivers.

We need to take some lessons from the easton how to deal with stressful situations, with-out resorting to violence.DR EV RAPITI

Share the Easter blessingsEVERY Good Friday, families worldwidetraditionally eat pickled fish followed bythe exchange of easter eggs with friendsand family on Easter Sunday.

Year after year we participate in thiswonderful tradition.

I enjoy helping my wife prepare thepickled fish and exchanging easter eggswith my loved ones.

Last year God answered my prayer andsomeone donated enough easter eggs forthe children of Freedom Park informalsettlement.

Thismorning Ihadavisionanddecidedto make a contribution.

I am not trying to put anyone on a guilttrip, I am merely proposing that you andI do some volunteer work.

Take a second to imagine pots of pickledfish and bags of easter eggs being takento the poor in our surrounding areas.

I can already envision the looks of ap-preciation and joy on our brothers and

sisters faces as well as your joy for beingpart of this.

I am talking from personal experienceas this was done last year as well.

Therefore, if you want to to be a part oftheEasterBlessingCrusade, youaremostwelcome to donate easter eggs, choco-lates, fish, onions, fish oil or hot crossbuns.

Anyone interested in donating can con-tact me at 073 877 6207, (021) 704 0053 ormy church, The Ottery Baptist Church at(021) 704 2527, or email me atkaablake24@hotmail. Any financial do-nations can be directed to my pastor, Wal-ly Thomas.

I want to encourage others to help theunderprivileged in their areas by makingthis Easter a blessed one.

Easter is the oldest and most importantChristian festival as it celebrates thedeath and resurrection of Jesus Christ.KEITH ALFRED ADOLPH BLAKE

UN system allows mass killingRUSSIA and China’s veto of a United Na-tions resolution condemning the Syriangovernment’s use of violence against itsown people is scandalous.

The biggest scandal has to be this systemwhere five countries – the USA, UK, Rus-sia, China and France – have the right toveto any proposed resolution in the Securi-ty Council and the whole world has toabide by this decision.

The United Nations Security Councilhas to be transformed and it must happennow!

It is unacceptable that this global body,which apparently serves as the world’sforemost platform to settle political con-flicts and wars, is also the very organisa-tion supporting the brutally undemocraticand unfair practice of allowing veto rightsto only five members.

What about the others?I suggest that our government take a

leading role in lobbying other membercountries to put pressure on the UN to com-

mence a process of transformation, whichwouldallowallmember states equal votingand veto rights.

Those members without veto rightsshould refuse to pay UN membership feesand draw up a resolution to withdraw fromthe UN.

People are dying in Syria at the handsof its government and it is grossly unfairthat two countries have the right to deter-mine whether the UN would act againstthis brutality or not.

The international community’s tardi-ness in responding to the plight of the Syri-an people is a disgrace. In Iraq, the US gov-ernment and its international coalitionpartners went ahead with military actionand invaded the country without the bless-ing of the UN. I urge them to once againgo it alone – in spite of Syria not being anoil rich nation! Assad and his criminal ca-bal has to be removed before more peopleare murdered.ROZARIO BROWN

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Scouts partake in camp fire momentsMORE than 150 cubs, scouts andfamilies enjoyed a summer eveningcampfire in Claremont on Friday 3January at the annual campfire forLiesbeek District. The campfirewas hosted by 1st ClaremontScouts, where scouts have been“setting fire to things since 1908”.

Guests came from Claremont,Rondebosch, Rosebank, Pinelands,Athlone, Cape Town, Camps Bayand even Gauteng. The crowdjoined in songs and “skits” rangingfrom Waltzing Matilda to Monty Py-thon, and ended the evening withboerewors rolls and marshmal-

lows. The fire was made from thewood of an alien pepper tree cutback by the Scouts at a recent workparty. Scouting is open to boys andgirls aged 7 to 17 and adult leadersare also welcome. For more infor-mation, call 078 255 1122 or email:[email protected]

BRIGHTLY LIT: Nick Hall from 1st Claremont Scouts at the campfire.Photo: Supplied

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Prepare to be whizzed!Prepare to be whizzed!THE College of Magic, Cape Town’s onlymagical arts organization, will be hostingthe 2012 South African Championships ofMagic at the Artscape Theatre and itspremises in Claremont, from Friday 2 toSunday 4 March.

The SA Championships is a triennial eventheld to select the best magician nationwide.This year’s highly anticipated competitionwill see wand-wielding titans compete for thehonour to represent Africa at FISM, theWorld Championships of Magic, in Englandin July.

Set to transform the already enchantingArtscape Theatre into a mystical battle-ground, the three-day-long Championshipswill feature a wondrous programme ofevents, including lectures by leading world-renowned illusionists, the exhilaratingClose-Up and Stage contests, a Children’sMagic Spectacular and the not-to-be-missedStars of Comedy and Magic, a spectacular ga-la show featuring the crème de la crème oflocal comedians and magicians.

The line-up includes:.The captivating and thrilling Children’s

Magic Spectacular at the Artscape Theatre

on Saturday 3 March. The College of Magic’stalented members will enthral young audi-ences with a whirlwind of magical entertain-ment.

- For the adults, the phenomenal Stars ofComedy and Magic at the Artscape Theatreon Sunday 4 March. Prepare to be amazedand entertained by the likes of top comediansAlan Committie, Riaad Moosa and StuartTaylor; SA’s top ventriloquist Conrad Koch,special international guest star - WayneHouchin - direct from the USA as well as avariety of specialty acts at this one night onlyfund-raising gala event for the College ofMagic’s Community Outreach Programmes.

The College of Magic, a non-profit organi-zation and the only one of its kind in theworld, has been training children and adultsin the marvellous art of magic and illusionfor more than 30 years.

Tickets for the Children’s Magic Spectacu-lar and the Stars of Comedy and Magic areavailable at Computicket (www.computick-et.com or 0861 915 8000.

For more information about the South Af-rican Championships of Magic, contact theCollege of Magic on (021) 683 5480 or visitwww.samagicchamps.co.za.

Experience Viva SantanaIF you are a fanatical Carlos Santana fan,you will love the Viva Santana show fea-turing Jayson’s Latin Kings. This promis-es to be a showcase of musical talent com-ing together to pay tribute to the interna-tional Rock/Latin icon.

With his band Santana, this amazingmega-star became known as a latin cultfigure with his special brand of musicfirst recognised at the Woodstock Festivalin America during the ’60s. The producerof the show, Jason King, promises the ac-tual sound and style of Santana will be al-most identical, and it will surely be thebest show any music lover will have seenfor a long time.

King is bringing together some of thegreatest Cape Town based musicians tograce the stage.

The show will also feature female latinostyle dancers that will gyrate in true Bra-zilian/Cuban style, to songs like Blackmagic woman, Jingo Loba, Oye Como Va,Smooth, Maria Maria and other favour-ites that have made Carlos Santana thehousehold name that he is.

Viva Santana will debut for the firsttime at the Joseph Stone Auditorium inAthlone on Friday 23 and Saturday 24March at 20:00.

Block-bookings can also be made bycalling (021) 633 4299.

Have a go at cathedral musicOVER the course ofthe past four years, StGeorge’s Cathedral’s“University Cathe-dral Singers” has es-tablished themselvesas one of Cape Town’smost active choirs,with monthly per-formances of acapellaand accompaniedworks.

Cathedral directorof music, David Orr,will be holding audi-tions for this vibrantand exciting commu-nity choir on Tuesday14 and 21 February at17:45 at theSouthAfri-can College of Music(UCT). For further in-formation about theseauditions or the Ca-thedral’s music pro-gramme contact Dav-id Orr on (021) 424 7360or email him at [email protected]

. The St George’sCathedral’s Raise the Roof 2012 concert seriesbegins with South Africa’s leading electriccellist, Carol Thorns, presenting a multi-me-

dia programme basedon her highly ac-claimed album, Fire-flies in the Rain.

Thorns has sharedthe stage with the likesof Arno Carstens andthe Soweto StringQuartet and received a4-star rating at the Ed-inburgh Fringe Festi-val. This performanceis on Wednesday 15February starting at19:30. Tickets are R90at the door and aresold in support of thecathedral roof appeal.

Alternatively a dis-counted season ticketfor all 12 Raise the Roofconcerts can be pur-chased at the cathe-dral office for R810.

Refreshments andCarol Thorns’s CD willbe on sale at the TajHotel following theconcert.

For further informa-tion contact David Orr at the cathedral on(021) 424 7360 or by email: [email protected]

RENOWNED: South Africa’s leading electric cellist, Carol Thorns.

Calling all talented amateur singersMARIKA will be hosting their next amateurmusic evening on Monday 20 February at19:00.

This is a “no pressure” opportunity for am-ateur musicians to get together, perform orjam and meet other like-minded people. Theysupply a sound system, guitar/bass/key-board amplification, a drum kit and micro-

phones. Potential performers need onlybring their instruments. Entrance is R30 perperson and booking is essential. They are sit-uated above the 7 Eleven on the corner of Bo-Buitenkant Street and Vredehoek Avenue,Gardens, Cape Town. Bookings can be madeon (021) 465 2727, 082 955 4390 or via email [email protected].

ONLY FOR YOU: Local talent Junaid Onkers, fromSurrey Estate, will be releasing his first album entitled For you on Friday 17February at Club G Spot inEpping. The album features tracks written andproduced by Brilynn VanRooyen and music arrangement by Bernie Damon. Van Rooyen and theCrazyworld Band will alsofeature. “I was a renowned baritone soloistand sang in variouschoirs, always wanted tosing and release my ownmusic, but never had theopportunity until now,”says Onkers. “It is something everyone can enjoy.”

Donizetti witha differenceDONIZETTI must be smiling at the way hisopera, Viva la Mamma, is turning out. Thisopera, performed for the first time in Italyin 1827, has been through several incarna-tions and this one takes it to a new levelof fun, laughter, brilliant singing and act-ing. It’s an all-round theatrical experienceand you have three chances to enjoy it attheSuidoosterfees atArtscapeon16, 18 and19 February.

Director Lara Bye, who dons the drama-tist’s hat, has rewritten the spoken dia-logue to make this opera within an operasparkle, with dramatic singing, dancingand non-stop action.

Baritone Siyabulela Ntlale is singing thetitle role of Donna Agata, in drag.

With Siya are eight of South Africa’smost promising young singers, HlengiweMkhwanazi, Thesele Kemane, Linda Ntele-za, Thando Mpushe, MandisindeMbuyazwe, Karen van der Walt,Makudupanyane Senaoana and Phelo Nod-layiya, all of whom have shone in recentUCT and/or Cape Town Opera productionslike The Rake’s Progress, La Boheme andDer Entfuehrung aus dem Serail.

The gorgeous score will be played by theCape Philharmonic Orchestra under thebaton of Kamal Khan. Reza Levy is the cos-tume designer. Jesse Kramer is creatingthe sets for the two-act opera, and FaheemBardien is the lighting maestro.

Performances in the kykNET Theatre atArtscape are on Thursday 16 February at

20:00, Saturday 18 February at 19:30 andSunday 19 February at 16:00.

A free talk by FMR presenter RodneyTrudgeon will be presented an hour beforeeach performance. Tickets for the operaare R220, R185 and R100 at Computicket.www.richardwagner.co.za

MARVELLOUS: Baritone Siyabulela Ntlale issinging the title role of Donna Agata, in drag.

Violinist opens new concert seriesBRILLIANT German-Japanese violinist Miri-jam Contzen and the dynamic American pian-ist Bryan Wallick will open the new CapeTown Concert Series season on Saturday 18February.

They will play a programme of the Sonatasin F by Mendelssohn, Debussy’s Sonata andSchumann’s Sonata no 2 in D minor, and shewill play Ravel’s Tsigane.

Contzen has performed with many Europe-an orchestras including the Bavarian RadioOrchestra in Germany and Royal LiverpoolOrchestra in England. She performed inmany important concert halls like the BerlinPhilharmony and Musiekverein in Vienna.She worked with important conductors suchas Albrecht, Davies, Frühbeck de Burgos,Hogwood and Noseda and played with JoshuaBell and Mischa Maisky.

Contzen completed her studies with the leg-endary violinist and teacher Tibor Varga. Shewon a number of prizes and awards, and atthe age of 16 she won first prize at the prestig-ious International Violin Competition TiborVarga. She recorded several CDs for Arte No-va/BMG, including “Favourite Violin Piec-es”, which won the ECHO-Klassikpreis 2001.She plays a 1733 Carlo Bergonzi violin.

The concert takes place at the Baxter Con-cert Hall in Rondebosch at 20:00. Subscribers

benefit from a 15 percent discount for the sea-son with prices of R530 and R265 for students.

Subscribing to the first season secures seatsfor the second at regular subscription rates.It includes concerts with Joshua Bell, Wolf-gang Schmidt and Konstantin Sherbakov. Forinformation contact Louise Howlett on(021) 439 7663 or [email protected]. Com-puticket bookings for individual seats is open.Tickets cost R125/R110. Visit www.ctcon-certs.co.za for more information.

BEAUTIFUL: Mirijam Contzen playing the violin.

Tuesday 14 February 2012 GENERAL People’s Post ClaremontRondebosch

VICTORY: OnWednesday 19October, Western ProvinceWaterpolo heldtheir cappingceremony atRondeboschBoys HighSchool. Herschel GirlsSchool andBishops wereannounced asthe SchoolsWaterpoloTeams of theyear. LaraDendy Young iscaptain of Herschel GirlsSchool’s 1stteam. DendyYoung, who represented SouthAfrica in Italy isone of 12 Herschel players inthe U16 andU19 WesternProvince teamswho will participate in the National SchoolsTournament inCape Town later this year.

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Meridian hikes for FebruaryTHE Meridian Hiking Club is hosting the fol-lowing hikes:

.On Wednesday, 15 February, to SeaPoint. A short walk along the Sea PointPromenade with sundowners afterwards.Contact Sam on 082 498 0361.

.On Saturday, 18 February, a Sunset Hikeon Chapman’s Peak. Enjoy one of CapeTown’s special sunset venues. Bring a torch,snacks and sundowners. The hike will takeapproximately 3 to 4 hours. Contact ColinBlake on 082 532 3124.

.On Saturday, 18 February, to the DarkGorge and Newlands Buttress. Note thereare limited numbers. Book with Marius [email protected].

.On Sunday, 19 February, to Red Disasand Judas Peak. Full day hike up Suiker-bossie, up cool Myburgh’s Waterfall Ravinefor tea at the waterfall and then on to RedDisas. Contact Victor on (021) 557 4885 or072 977 5597.

.On Sunday, 19 February, from Muizen-berg to Glencairn. Walk along the coastalpath, stop for a swim and pastries and then

train back to the start. Contact John Jameson 084 249 9979.

.OnSunday, 19February, to theRedDisasandJudasPeak.A full-dayhikearoundSuik-erbossie and Llandudno, taking in My-burgh’swaterfall, RedDisas andJudasPeak.Contact Victor Barnard on (021) 557 4885.

.On Sunday, 26 February, the Melkbosbeach walk at14:30. A flat walk along thebeach towards Koeberg and back. The walkwill take approximately 2 to 3 hours. ContactMecheal on 0826 401 268.

.On Sunday, 26 February, to the MinorPeak via Blockhouse Ridge. A Full day hikewhich includes scrambling, bushy androcky terrain with some exposure. Numbersare limited. Book with Marius at [email protected].

.On Wednesday, 29 February, to the Com-munity Chest Carnival. Join Sam for beer,food and a walk-around.

Phone Sam on the night from 18:30 on082 498 0361.

Visitors pay R15 and for information visitwww.meridian.org.za

Wednesday 18 FebruaryKENILWORTH: The next meeting of theCape Herb Group will take place on Satur-day 18 February at 14:15 in the EducationRoom, St Lukes Hospice, Harfield Road,Kenilworth. Dr Jimmy Symmonds BScBVSc will be talking on: An IntegratedHerbal Approach to Stress in Animals. En-trance is R10 for visitors and R5 for mem-

bers.For enquiries call (021) 712 1898 or

(021) 689 2807 during office hours.

Tuesday 28 FebruaryRONDEBOSCH: Trip to Caledon on Tues-day 8 February. Departs from RondeboschCommon at 18:00 and is R250 per person,which includes the bus fare, R100 casinochips and a meal at Da Vinci Restaurant.

THE Villa Tavern-Portuguese Restau-rant & Pizzeria, an established AuthenticPortuguese Restaurant and Bar is in theheart of the City Bowl.

Portuguese cuisine is characterised byrich, filling and full-flavoured dishes.Garlic and peri peri is widely used inmost dishes, but can be eliminated on re-quest.

A common soup is caldo verde with po-tato.

Among fish recipes, bacalhau dishesare traditional. They serve this on week-ends, on request, and for special occas-sions. During the festive season it is al-most always on the menu. Kingklip, hakeand tuna is grilled. Calamari rings aredeep-fried, served with olive oil and vine-

gar. Other popular fish dishes are import-ed Portuguese sardines, squid tentaclesand prawns grilled with peri peri sauce.Local cuisine includes Portuguese steak,served in a wine-based sauce and fried po-tato chips. An egg, sunny side up, isplaced in top. A popular snack is a pregoroll, a small beef steak in a Portugueseroll, often served with a Superbock Beer(Portuguese beer).

Espetada, meat on the skewer, Portu-guese chicken peri peri is for the hungry,and deserves top prize in villa history.

The restuarant is at 176 BuitenkantStreet in Vredehoek. Trading hours arefrom Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 until late;Mondays from 15:00 until late. For fur-ther information contact (021) 465 4100.

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Win the ultimate experienceTHIS month, Cape Town plays host to thecountry’s only, and largest, extreme sportslifestyle event – the Absa Life Xtreme Ulti-mate Festival – on Saturday 18 February.

The Gateway Canal at the V&A Water-front will be transformed into an extremesporting paradise with death-defyingstunts and dare-devil twists performed bythe champions of ex-treme BMX, FMX andskate and wake board-ing in South Africa.

Experience top inter-national and local ath-letes competing on someof the largest ride infra-structure ever seen inSA.

Lifestyle stalls, a fullservice bar, live radiobroadcast and top SouthAfrican brands will alsodraw crowds to the

event.Watch international competitors in ac-

tion such as Nick de Wit (FMX) Greg Illing-worth (BMX) and Moses Adams (skate)plus extreme stars such as Alastair Sayerand Dallan Goldman on FMX.

Gates open at 11:00 and close at 19:00 fol-lowed by an extreme concert at Zula

Lounge in Long Streetwith top local DJs andbands.

. People’s Post andUltimate X 2012 aregiving away two dou-ble tickets to theevent.

To win simply SMSthe keyword “ex-treme” to 34586 be-fore Wednesday atnoon. Winners will becontacted by phone.SMSs cost R1,50.

Last chance for young artistsTHE February 2012 issue of National Geo-graphic Kids is currently on sale and in-cludes easy Valentine’s crafts. It’s yourlast chance to enter the Young ArtistsCompetition where prizes to the value ofR40 000 are up for grabs!

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Ottery baseball club in needLIAM MOSES

ONE of South Africa’soldest baseball clubs hasappealed to businessesfor sponsorship after ex-periencing a massivegrowth in its player num-bers.

Thistle Baseball Club,which is based in Ottery,has seen its junior ranksswell from around 20 play-ers to around 120, after amarketing drive by theclub resulted in an influx ofyoung players.

Providing playing kitsfor the junior teams has al-waysbeena struggle for theside, but since the increasein players this task has be-come practically impossi-ble.

According to Garth vanEeden, the team’s facilitiesmanager, the club is in direneed of all the basic re-quirements for a junior

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volved at the club havesponsored what they can.

“Now I’m trying to getthe club known out there toget some sponsors becausewe are short of baseballequipment,” said Van Eed-en.

“We don’t have enoughbaseball gloves. We don’thave enough balls, bats,helmets and basically allthe general equipment toplay with.”

The side also provides itsjuniors with practiceshirts, match shirts, socks,caps and pants, and paysfor their registration withthe union.

The team’s 120 juniorplayers come from areas allaround the southern penin-sula, including Strandfon-tein, Mitchell’s Plain,Hanover Park and Heide-veld, and often they cannotafford to pay for this.

Apart from this, Thistlehas other overheads whichneed to be paid in order tokeep the club running.

“Because of the commu-nity we serve, we try to buythe kit or have it made, butit’s an ongoing struggle,”he said.

“We also have weekly ex-penses to cover. We havewater and electricity billsthat have to be paid. Wearen’t asking that a compa-ny pay these bills for us,we’re just asking thatsomeone help us buy moreequipment for the juniors.

“What keeps us surviv-ing these days is our clubhouse, because we have abar and we try to have func-tions. That is all that keepsus alive.”

Anyone interested inhelping the team withsponsorship can contactGarth van Eeden at 0833531359 or [email protected].

EYE ON THE BALL: Quinton Dreyer of WynbergBoys swings for theboundary during a Under19A match against Stellenbosch school PaulRoos at the Jacques Kallis Oval on Saturday 11February. Photo: Peter Heeger

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OUT: Joanne Philander of Old Mutual cubs tags Fairuz Adams of Westridge Yankees at thirdbase during a super league match played at Turfhall Sport complex on Saturday. The Pinelandsclub held the log leaders to a fourall draw. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

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Ikeys are ready to roarIkeys are ready to roarLIAM MOSES

IT is a well-known saying insport that getting to the top is

a lot easier than staying there,and it seems that the Universityof Cape Town’s Varsity Cup teamwill learn just how true that isthis season.

The Ikey Tigers became only thesecond team to win the competitionlast year, when they defeated theUniversity of Pretoria 26-16 andwrestled the title away from localrivals, University of Stellenbosch,who had dominated the competi-

tion since its inception in 2008.Since the team’s excellent per-

formance last year, several of theirstar players graduated into the sen-ior team at the Stormers, leavingthem short on experience and quali-ty. But head coach Kevin Foote be-lieves that the loss of these playerscannot be blamed for his team’spoor showing in their openinggame against the University of FreeState.

“Obviously those players werefantastic and that’s why they havegone up the ranks. But the majorityof players we now have, had playedin the Western Cape league, and we

won the Western Cape league, sothere is no real excuse,” said Foote.

“We planned for this, but justdidn’t execute well on Monday. Istill believe this team is goodenough to win. If I don’t back theplayers, who will?”

Nick Fenton-Wells, Donovan Ar-mand,EbenEtsebeth,NizaamCarr,Demetri Catrakilis, Nic Groom andMarcel Brache are some of the play-erswhowerenot available for selec-tionwhenUCT lost 38-10 toShimlas.

Foote has put the defeat down topoor execution from his side as wellas the excellent defence of UFS,forcing errors from UCT.

“Shimlas played well and put a lotof pressure on us. I think it showedin our ball handling. I think it wastwo-fold. They put us under pres-sure and we didn’t cope well.”

The defeat came as a surprise tomany UCT fans, and the early sea-son enthusiasm of many supportersseems to have faded away.

Foote said that although he un-derstands the disappointment, histeam should not be written off justyet. “I think I understand why peo-ple are having a negative responseto some aspects of the defeat,” saidFoote.

“At the same time, it was one

game and we created a lot of oppor-tunities for ourselves but didn’tconvert them into points. It’s not alldoom and gloom.

“We know we disappointed someof our fans, but it’s one game. Wewill move on and we will comeback.” Foote added that his playerswere confident in their ability to re-tain the title this season.

“For some of the guys it’s the firsttime they lost in the first team jer-sey. Maybe not in the Varsity Cupbecause it was their debut, but theyplayed 9 or 10 games in the firstteam jersey and they won. They def-initely believe they can win it.”

Softball SA topman suspendedMARK WARD

THE suspension of NooreNacerodien by SoftballSouth Africa has sentshockwaves through thesport.

Nacerodien’s suspen-sion comes just weeks af-ter he was lauded for thesuccessful staging of theJunior Women’s WorldChampionship in Decem-ber.

Nacerodien headed theLocal Organising Com-mittee for the prestigeevent, which took placein Cape Town from theTuesday 6 to Friday 17 De-cember at the TurfhallPark Stadium in Craw-ford.

Nacerodien said the ac-tion from the sports controlling bodyis a mystery to him and that he wasnotified via a text message.

According to the message his sus-pension is due his failure to presenta comprehensive report relating tothe World Championship.

He is also banned from all formsof the sport and was not allowed tocomplete his umpiring duties at theweekend.

“The suspension comes as a shockto me. I did submit a report,” saidNacerodien.

“Unfortunately I could not attendthe 4 February meeting, but threedelegates from the Western Prov-ince, who served with me on the LOCwere given the report for discussionat the meeting.

“I am seeking legal advice and can-not speak too much. The only thingI wish to add is, why the banning or-der? Is it not the responsibility of theorganisation to first summons amember? Normal procedures thendictate that if the person in questionfails to attend that meeting thenshould drastic action like this fol-low? I was not afforded that opportu-nity.

“The banning has cast a shadowover me and has created suspicion.I need to clear my name, and the na-tional body has some explaining to

do.”The sports controllingbodySSAconfirmed Nacerodien’s suspensionin statement this week.

“This serves to confirm that thegeneral council meeting of the SSA,held on the 04 February in KemptonPark, has decided to suspend MrNoore Nacerodien, the 1st Vice Pres-ident of SSA and also the chairmanof the LOC that organised the 2011ISF Junior Women World Champi-onship that took place in Cape Townduring the 06 to 17 December 2011,from all softball activities until hehas presented before the Council,the comprehensive report of theevent.

“The Council went further to re-ject his resignation as the 1st vicePresident of SSA until the abovematter has been resolved,” the state-ment concluded. Denise Paulsen,president of Western Province Soft-ball Federation and secretary gener-al of the national body, refused tocomment on Nacerodien’s banningorder and referred correspondenceto Guillo Marapjane, president of thenational body.

Nacerodien recently saidhewouldbe availing himself for the presiden-tial race in August later this year, aposition he held until 2008 when theincumbent, Paulsen, took over.

OUT IN THE COLD: Noore Nacerodien, vicepresident of Softball South Africa, has been suspended. Here he can be seen in happier times, beforethe the World Junior Softball Championshipswere hosted at Turfhall Park. Photo: Mark Ward AHEAD: Sadia Fortuin of Rhodes High School

shows her delight as she wins the girls U17100m final during the Section Two schoolathletics meeting held at Vygekraal onWednesday.

NUMBER ONE: Divi Solo of Garden Village Primary Schoolcelebrates before he reaches the finish line in the boys under11 80m final. Photos: Rashied Isaacs

OVER: Mark Bright of Camps Bay High School clears the bar to win the Boys U17 high jump. Camps Baywere the winners on the day with Garlandale second and the Leadership College from Manenberg third.

Photo: Rashied Isaacs

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