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MOST of the 16 murders which hap-pened in theOceanViewPolice Station’sprecinct have been solved. But this is be-cause in majority of the cases, the ac-cused was known to the victim.

This is a concern, says station com-mander Lieutenant-Colonel JJ Augus.He adds liquor-related crimes have de-creased, but arguments sometimes re-sult in one person fatally stabbing theother.Another disturbing trend, he says is

related to rape and sexual crimes, when“most of the victims” are underage, andthepersonresponsible is a friendor fam-ily member. A total of 63 cases were re-ported from April 2011 to March 2012.Augus says the arrests are increasing

due to police awareness programmes.Assault – 48 cases of common, and 165

of assaultwith the intent to inflict griev-ous bodily harm – also tend to be relatedto domestic incidents.Augus says foreigners are most often

the victims of business robberies, espe-cially in cases where they open theirshop to customers after normal tradinghours. House robberies and burglariesremain a concern, with plasma screenTVs, laptops and cellphones prime tar-gets for thieves.

. In Fish Hoek, there were two mur-ders this year – up from last year’s zero.Robbery at residential premises in-creased from seven to 12, and therewerethree robberies at non-residentialpremises.Burglaries at businesses doubled,

from 21 to 41 incidents, while burglariesat private homes dipped slightly (337 to320).Fish Hoek Police spokesperson War-

rant Officer Peter Middleton says thestation’s strategy is to look at crime ten-dencies weekly and to plan operationsaround this. But, he says, the annual fig-ures provide an accurate picture of theyear’s incidents.He says the station’s crime rate is rela-

tively lowwhen compared to neighbour-ing areas.He adds policewill only be sat-isfied when the crime rate is zero. “We

alwayswant it tobe lower,”hesays.Mid-dleton says a consistent lowering in thenumber of incidents of crime is pre-ferred to dramatic up and downs.

. In the Muizenberg policing precinctthe total reported murders declinedfrom 33 to 26, while assault with the in-tent to cause grievous bodily harm in-creased from 152 to 212.Burglary at residential premises re-

mains a concern, despite a decline from788 to 649 reported cases. The statisticsshow a marginal decline – 36 to 32 – incases opened for the possession of illegalfirearms and ammunition. However,drug-related crime cases showed a small

increase from 357 to 359.People’s Post contacted both Muizen-

berg police spokesperson, CaptainStephen Knapp, and Muizenberg CPFchairperson, Gerri Gordon, for com-ment. Both declined the opportunity tocomment, saying theywould first like tostudy the statistics.

. Crime figures for Simon’s Town re-mained low, with one murder reported.Zero robberies were reported at busi-ness premises and last year’s figure ofthree residential robberies remainedthe same.Burglary figures at business premises

were halved from last year’s eight inci-

dents, while burglaries at residentialpremises decreased from 307 to 213 inci-dents.The last three years has seen a de-

crease in cases of common assault from53 to 35. However, cases of assault withintent to inflict grievous bodily harmjumped from 19 to 30 cases.The Simon’s Town police station com-

manderwas unavailable for comment atthe time of going to press.

POKER FACE: Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant­General Arno Lamoer addresses the media at a conference after Minister of PoliceNathi Mthethwa released the crime statistics at Parliament on Thursday. Photo: Edrea du Toit/Phoo24

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Living Hope getsinternational nodSIX years after being estab-lished, Living Hope has re-ceived a health accreditationfrom a top organisation.

The faith-based organisationhas earned a two-year accredita-tion from the Council for HealthService Accreditation of South-ernAfrica. The health council as-sists a range of healthcare facili-ties in Southern Africa to meetand maintain quality standards.LivingHope founder and chair-

person John Thomas says this isan extensive audit of the organi-sation.“It brings the highest possible

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sation. We hope this will lead topossible ‘twinning’ with otherhealthcare organisations acrossthe world,” says Thomas.Peter Hawksley, general man-

ager of operations, says this legit-imises thePalliativeCare organi-sation.The accreditation application

began under the late ProfessorBarbara Robertson and SisterRene Bates. Former Living Caregeneral manager Leigh Snymandrove the accreditation processinvolving the Health Care Cen-tre, Home Based Care and Com-munity Care Workers. The medi-cal work was carried on by thevarious managers of Living Care

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People’s Post editor, Feroza Miller-Isaacs is currently on leave.Her column, ConnectED, will again be featured upon her return.

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HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU: Harry Croome says he was on his way to theCape of Good Hope National Park when this sight greeted him at the park­ing area just past the Black Marlin restaurant. The sign warns of a R200fine for hawking. Croome sent in this photograph saying it looks like thebaboon was wondering if the sign was meant for him.

Weather putsdamper on marketTERESA FISCHER

THEforecast ofhighwinds –andnota liq-uor licence application – resulted in theweekly Earth Fair Market at NoordhoekFarm Village being called off.

This according to owner Jacqui Simpson.The forecast of inclement weather was

made forThursday, the daywhen themarketis held.The application for the licence was sub-

mitted in time for the August deadline, butthe market has been going since mid-June.New applications are sent to the police by

the last Friday of every month.Together with specialist food products, a

selectionof craft beers andorganicwines areserved under a Bedouin tent on Thursdayevenings.Simpson says the application is for the per-

manent liquor licence.“The bar will run on temporary licences

until the permanent licence is approved aswe have done at our othermarkets beforewehave received our permanent licences.”

She says the market was cancelled thisweek after the forecast of 35-45km winds asthe tent is a safety hazard in very strongwinds.While the forecast didnot come true, Simp-

son says they still cancelled the event, asmuch work goes into the food preparation.Bar manager Peter van der Post says they

missed the initial deadline for submissions,but adds they are able to trade on a tempo-rary licence in the interim.He says they believed the FarmVillage liq-

uor licences would cover them in the inter-im, but when this turned out not to be thecase, he submitted a temporary application– which, he says, takes four days to process– this week.Fish Hoek police spokesperson Warrant

Officer Peter Middleton says the fine fortrading without a valid liquor licence isR1 500.

The Western Cape Liquor Act came intooperation on Sunday 1 April. Through thisnew process applications need to be lodgedat the office of the Western Cape Liquor Au-thority and the relevant police station.

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A RECOMMENDATION has been made bythe Commission for the Promotion andProtection of the Rights of Cultural, Reli-gious and Linguistic Communities thatRastafarians be allowed to carry around100g of marijuana for religious purposeswithout being arrested.

People’s Post readers shared their viewsabout the proposed recommendation with in-terns Luzuko Zini and Tarren-Lee Habel-gaarn.

RESPECT: Magdalene Jacobs says peopleshould value other religions. “ It is their religionand we must not stop them from practisingtheir religion, because smoking marijuana ispart of the beliefs.”

MONITOR: Anton Boer believes the govern­ment should allow Rastafarians to have mari­juana. “I think they should be allowed to smokemarijuana and the government should sell itlike cigarettes. If a person is growing and sell­ing it, then they must be arrested.”

EXCUSE: Vinchanzo Barnardo believes Rasta­farianism doesn’t exist. “ Rastafarianism is nota religion; it’s just a reason to smoke marijua­na.”

UNFAIR: Lauren Thomas says all people shouldbe treated equal. “Religion should not beabout smoking drugs. This would cause chaosif they allow Rastas to have and smoke mari­juana when other people will not be allowed.”

UNCLASSIFIED: Tristan Tee feels the semi­le­galisation of marijuana should not be classifiedto one group of people. He wants to know howto determine if someone is Rastafarians or not.“Why can’t other people with different spiritualbelief be able to smoke?”

BEEN DONE BEFORE: Charity Ndebele saysRastas should be allowed to carry marijuana.“I think they carried (marijuana) before, so Ithink it’s better they be allowed, as long to asthey won’t hurt anybody.”

OTHERS WILL TRY THEIR LUCK: Marie deLange says she has no issues with the recom­mendation, but is afraid of what othersmay do.“People might use it to their advantage andclaim to be Rastafarians so that they can carryand smoke marijuana.”

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recently introduced a recycling programme and vegetableThe grounds are particularly fabulous with a large outdoor garden.garden, super-sized jungle gym, boat, car, bike tracks,swings, and a lovely place for children to kick and throw a Fish Hoek Pre-Primary: Lower end 1st Avenue, Abingtonball. There is a lovely space indoors for interactive play. Circle, Fish Hoek

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Be a whale spotterTHE peak of the annual migration ofSouthern Right whales to the Cape coast-line has arrived.Whale watchers are asked to SMSwhale

sightings and the times to the BaronsVolkswagen whale watch line on

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Traffic backupsraise hacklesTERESA FISCHER

ROADusersmay get hot under the collarfor more reasons this summer, if initialreports of delays resulting from theMainRoad upgrade are anything to go by.

TheMain Road upgrade has resulted in in-creased pressure on Ou Kaapse Weg, andeven onto the already-congested KommetjieRoad. However, construction will be on holdfor about a month from mid-December tomid-January.Henry du Plessis, Director of Roads and

Stormwater at the City of Cape Town, saysthe road will be open to two-way traffic dur-ing this period. After this it will revert to thestop-go system until the completion of theproject at the end of March. This phase is onschedule and under budget, he says.Frustrationwas evident at ameeting of Le-

kkerwater Road business owners held inSunnydale last Tuesday. Themeeting, calledby the business owners, was attended byCity traffic engineers Shaun Glass and PaulBooth.Business owners put forward alternatives

to solve some of their traffic nightmares onKommetjie Road. One proposal for the trou-blesome Lekkerwater Road intersectionwasto create a traffic circle out of painted tyres,which would be landscaped.Andre van Heerden remarked he had seen

this working well in Nigeria, to which pro-vincial government representative MarkWiley replied: “Then we are on a very slip-pery slope”.

Another business owner suggested theCity “look the other way” while he and a col-league bulldoze amakeshift road to alleviatepile-ups leading to Capri.Councillor Felicity Purchase says the lat-

est traffic nightmare might help create ur-gency regarding the R20m Kommetjie Roadupgrade, but funding was always a hurdle.Taxing developers, says Purchase, is a

way to bring in funds, but businesses com-plained planning approvals take years andresult in loss of income and, in one case,bankruptcy.One factor stalling approvals is the impact

these would have on Kommetjie Road.Graham McDougall of Fish Hoek phoned

People’s Post to say the stop-go system on theMain Road “is crazy”. He questions the logicof the work taking place “four-and-a-halfdays a week, when it is behind schedule andover budget”.In response, Du Plessis says the project

teamhavehada community liaisonmeeting,at which these issues are discussed, everytwo months for the last four years.He says the option of night work was

raised, but itwas rejected by the community,due to the noise and disruption it wouldcause. “Night-time work also increases thesafety risks for workers and road users.Work on a Sunday is only allowed under spe-cial circumstances,” he adds.DuPlessis sayswhenworkhas takenplace

at night or on a Sunday as a result of emer-gencies, complaints have been received fromresidents.“Presently, the contractor works from

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TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

Clovelly: An art exhibition is on at theClovelly Country Club until Saturday 29 Sep-tember from 13:00 until 17:30.Students fromthe studios of Hildegarde van Zyl, BarbiVandewalle and Tim Johnson will exhibit inacrylic, oil and watercolour. Organisers saythis is an opportunity to browse and investin original artwork. Free entry. Call Irene on082 303 6798 or Jacqui on 072 257 0890.

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBERFish Hoek: The Community Police Forum

meeting is at 19:30 in the hall at Paul GreylingPrimary School in Sunray Road. All resi-dents, businesses and interested parties areinvited. Fish Hoek police will provide statis-tics and feedback on crime in the Valley.Phone Andre Blom on 082 622 8180 or emailcpf.fishhoek@gmail.com or pablom@xsi-net.co.za.Simon’s Town: Chris Taylor will speak on

the causes and consequences of The Battle ofMuizenberg at the Simon’s Town Museum inCourt Road at 17:30 for 18:00. Entrance, at R20,includes a glass of wine or fruit juice. PhoneYvonne Mawhinney (021) 786 4404.Fish Hoek: The Fish Hoek Art Society will

show a Rolf Harris DVD, Star Portraits, at19:00 in Nerina Gardens hall in RecreationRoad. Harris hosts three different artistspainting portraits of famous people. All wel-come; guests pay R10. Phone Ann on(021) 782 6297.

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBERSimon’s Town: Soul Searching, The Jour-

ney of Thomas Merton, will be screened at

11:00 at the museum. This is described as anengaging look at this extraordinary Trappistmonk who became a mystic and eloquentwriter as well as an anti-war advocate.

Tickets cost R20. Booking essential. Phone(021) 786 3046.Fish Hoek: False Bay Handicraft Centre

craft exhibition at the civic centre from 09:30until 18:00; also on Friday from 09:30 until19:00 and Saturday from 09:00 until 15:00. En-trance for adults is R5 and children R2. Allprofits go to charities in the area. Phone Ka-rin on (021) 785 4791.

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBEROcean View: St Clare of Assisi Anglican

Church will hold a masquerade ball at themulti-purpose hall from 19:30 until 01:30. Mu-sic will be provided by the Five Star band.Tickets cost R60.

For details call the church officeon (021) 783 2098 on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays (09:30-13:30).Fish Hoek: Literary Tea at 10:00 at the li-

brary. Dawn Garisch will be speaking abouther latest book Eloquent Bodies. A donationof R20 will include tea. Phone Jen Stricklandon (021) 782 7337.

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBERCape Point: Step into springtime at Good

Hope Gardens Nursery, Plateau Road (M65)en route to Cape Point from 10:00 until 16:00.Fynbos walks to explore, succulent footpath,home bakes and refreshments, food stalls,jumping castle, face painting and playground

Phone (021) 780 9299 or 072 234 4804.Fish Hoek: Morning market at the Moth

Hall. New and unwanted goods, second-handclothing, books and many other items of in-terest will be on sale. Tables available for R25

Phone Alice (021) 782 2643.

Muizenberg: Safer Together MoonlightHeritage meander will visit sites of historicalinterest including Het Posthuys, Casa Labiaand the old Post Office. Meet on the lawn op-

posite Knead at 17:45. The walk will start at18:00 and end by 19:30. Dogs welcome, butmust be on leashes (bring a bag for poops).Chris Taylor will be the guide. Phone Muizen-berg Tourism on (021) 788 7803.

WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBERFish Hoek: The Women’s Agriculture As-

sociation meet at 09:30 in the Minor Hall ofthe Civic Centre. Sarel Vermaak will explainpermaculture and his work with LivingHope. Pay R10 including tea and cake. PhonePat James (021) 782 2379.

THURSDAY 4 OCTOBERSimon’s Town: The Simon’s Town Com-

munity Police Forum will hold its annualmeeting at the library hall at 18h00. Everyoneis welcome.Ocean View: Friends of the Library AGM

will take place at 19:00 at the Library. Phone

(021) 783 1887.SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER

Muizenberg: The Friends of MuizenbergLibrary will hold a book sale at the libraryfrom 09:15 until 11:45.

FRIDAY 12 OCTOBERFishHoek: The 36th Managed Aging Semi-

nar will be held from 10:00 until 11:15 in StMargaret’s Church Hall, corner 5th Avenueand Kommetjie Road.

A medical doctor will speak onBedlam andRage in this age of Drug Abuse. All welcome.Donation R8. Phone (021) 782 2024 or emailkilbaigie@afrihost.co.za.

WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBERFish Hoek: The AGM of the Fish Hoek As-

sociation for the welfare of the elderly will beheld at 18:30 in the Chat coffee shop at NerinaGardens. Phone (021) 782 6106.

NATURE’S GLORY: Vic Duggan took this spectacular photograph of flowers growingalongside Kommetjie Road, just as you enter Kommetjie. He says: “Who needs the WestCoast when you have shows like this?”

Tuesday 25 September 2012 ADVERT People’s Post False Bay Page 7

Page 8 People’s Post False Bay OPINIONS Tuesday 25 September 2012

Cough up to stay healthy(ish)YOUprobably rememberthe recent claim by theCouncil for MedicalSchemes that medicalaid costs are going up be-cause members are get-ting older, sicker andstaying in private hospi-tals for too long.

In other words, their cus-tomers are to blame for ris-ing costs.

In fact, the problem is alot bigger than the medicalaid schemes. The schemesare mostly operated by financial servicescompanies which also have shares in thehighly profitable private hospitalgroups. So, if old people stay in privatehospitals too long it may be an extra costfor the medical aid scheme, but it is anextra profit for the private hospitals andtheir shareholders.

At the end of the day it’s just more mon-ey flowing into the whole healthcarecluster of businesses.

Really big hospital bills scare the hellout of patients and can be used to panicthem into buying expensive hospitalplans. It’s like using the threat of deathto sell life insurance.

The financial services companies oper-ating in the healthcare field have a vestedinterest in high medical costs. The morethings cost, the higher the premiums andthe more money they make.

This perverse incentive leads to someoutrageous bills. Recently, someone Iknow needed a lumbar puncture. Afterthis routine procedure the patient is ex-pected to lie still for about two hours soit is usually done in a hospital. And forthis two-to-three-hour use of a bed theprivate hospital wanted the full R3 000-a-

day fee.Medical aid funds pay

these bills, but after a greatdeal of protesting and ap-peals by this private pa-tient, the price came doneto R900 and then, finally, toR400.

You can still make a lotof money renting out bedsfor about R150 an hour. Ofcourse R3 000-a-day is evenbetter and you can use thebed again in the afternoonso that’s a potential R6 000a day for the bed!

The point about old people is reallysick. Generally, the old live on fixed in-comes which have been shrinking as in-terest rates have come down. Eventually,the elderly reach a point where they canno longer afford to keep up the paymentson their hospital or medical aid plans,leaving them at the mercy of public hos-pitals. Unfortunately these hospitals arenot what they used to be, partly becausethe private hospitals have poached mostof the good staff.

Over the years the financial servicescompanies have swallowed up the smallindependent medical aid funds and takenover the company medical aid schemes.Now, in one way or another, they controlthe whole healthcare sector and costshave gone up and up. So have their prof-its.

And they complain about the old andthe sick: the very people they have ex-ploited over the years!

Fast forward to the lawyer’s officewhere the will of the dearly departed isabout to be read: “I’m sorry folks,” saysthe executor of the estate, “after we paythe hospital account there will be noth-ing left.”

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ALLof the120childrenhadtobeevacuat-ed from Fish Hoek Pre-Primary Schoolon Friday after the premises was floodedwith sewage.

Although a City official arrived promptlyhe needed to call reinforcements.

PrincipalPaulaWickhamprovideda time-line of the disaster.

Wickham says the first teacher at schooldiscovered the toilet bubbling at 06:50.

By 08:00 the water started to seep into theclassrooms and through the kitchen door.

Fifteen minutes later the flooding hadspread from the back drain through thekitchen and into three more classrooms.

Wickham says at 08:30 they decided toevacuate the children to the Paul GreylingSchool hall as the school was considered ahealth risk.

All parents were notified to collect theirchildren.

At 08:45 the council drainage department

said the problemwas that FishHoek has twopumps, one of which had been broken for awhile.

Wickham says: “They therefore only hadone pump to sort the drains and because ofthe rest of flooding in this area, that pumpwasn’t coping.”

Council workers went in search of sand-bags to try and stem the flow into the school.

By 11:30 the flooded area included the play-room and four classrooms, which wereabout 5cm deep in wastewater.

She adds despite attempts to contact an-other official who would have been able topump the area, by 13:15 he could not bereached on his cellphone.

Farouk Robertson, spokesperson for theWater and Sanitation Department, says:“The City was informed of the sewer over-flow and summoned a crew to attend to it.The matter will be investigated.”

A parent, who asked not to be named, sayslast month the school flooded due to heavyrain.

“If it doesn’t rain, it poos,” she remarks.

HEALTH HAZARD: The City is investigating why sewage flooded the Fish Hoek Pre­Primary Schoolon Friday. Photo: Supplied

Talk on risk in MuizenbergTHE African Institute for MathematicalSciences (AIMS) will host a public lec-ture, What are your chances? Measuringand communicating acute and chronic

risk, by Professor David Spiegelhalter,today at the institute in Melrose Road,Muizenberg, at 18:45 for 19:00. Entry isfree.

Page 10 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 25 September 2012

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

GROOTE ScHuuR HOSPiTAL, ObSERvATORy

chief industrial Technician (building Management System)REMuNERATiON: R 198 975 PER ANNuM

REquiREMENTS: MiNiMuM EDucATiONAL quALiFicATiON: National Diplomain Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (T-stream) or equivalent qualification.ExPERiENcE: Extensive experience in the field of the BMS in a Hospital environmentand project and contract management. iNHERENT REquiREMENTS OF THE jOb:• A valid Code B/EB (manual) driver’s licence • Able to be on standby. cOMPETENciES(kNOwLEDGE/SkiLLS): • Competent with hands-on practical work • Ability tomanage staff • Computer literacy and proficient in Excel and Word.

Duties (key result areas/outputs): • Manage the BMS which includes theHoneywell XBSI System, Edwards Fire Detection System and the Softcon SecurityAccess Control Systems of the division and ensuring the various service levelagreements and preventative maintenance is followed • Ensure effective requisitionmanagement system in the department • Manage the administrative tasks withinthe department efficiently • Perform incident investigations as well as inform theinstitution’s management of any breakdowns or interruptions to services and ensurethat an up to date record of equipment, budget, breakdowns, service history androutine maintenance is maintained for the department • Liaise with all relevantpersonnel to ensure that Groote Schuur Hospital is within regulations, and with serviceproviders and agents to negotiate quotations and obtain technical specifications• Liaise, evaluate, investigate, monitor and advise on suitability of equipment, costsof repairs and running cost of equipment • Perform standby and call-out duties whenrequired and comply with inherent in-house systems and procedures • Supervise andtrain the Clinical Medical Gas division effectively.

NOTE: Candidates may be subjected to a competency test.

ENquiRiES: Mr NK Mbobo: 021 404-6230/1 or Mr DE Smith: 021 404-6201/2

industrial Technician (Anaesthetic)REMuNERATiON: R 160 224 PER ANNuMS

SERvicEbENEFiTS: 13th cheque, employer’s contribution to the pension fund, housingand medical aid allowance.

REquiREMENTS: MiNiMuM EDucATiONAL quALiFicATiON: National Diploma inMechanical Engineering (T, N or S–stream) or registration as Engineering Technicianin terms of the Engineering Professions of South Africa Act, (Act 46 of 2000) (proofmust be submitted). ExPERiENcE: Appropriate practical experience with the repairand maintenance of life-support and other medical equipment. cOMPETENciES(kNOwLEDGE/SkiLLS): • Good written and verbal communication skills in at leasttwo of the three languages of the Western Cape • Computer literacy • Ability tofault-find and repair anaesthetic and related medical equipment • Competent withhands-on practical work • Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, fine mechanics andelectronics • Ability to do lathe, milling, welding and solder work.

DuTiES (kEy RESuLT AREAS/OuTPuTS): • Carry out maintenance and repairs ofanaesthetic and relatedmedical equipment • General administrative duties as requiredby Clinical Engineering (write reports, assist with specifications and keep record ofdepartmental activities) • Liaise with clients and suppliers • Ensure compliance withthe Occupational Health and Safety Act • Ensure that the equipment meets the legaland safety requirements of the manufacturers and statutory bodies, and that it is safefor patient use.

NOTE: Shortlisted candidates will be required to undergo a practical test.

ENquiRiES:Mr J Marais or Mr L Van Niekerk: 021 404-4040

Please submit your aPPlication for the attention of ms n mbilinito the chief executive officer: Groote schuur hosPital, PrivatebaG x4, observatory 7935.

iNSTRucTiONS TO APPLicANTS: Z83 forms (obtainable from any Governmentdepartment or www.capegateway.gov.za) must: Be completed in full, clearly reflectthe name of the position, name and date of the publication (candidates may use thisas reference), be signed, accompanied by a comprehensive CV, the names of 3 refereesand certified copies of ID, driver’s licence and qualification/s. A separate applicationform must be completed for each post. Applications without the afore-mentioned willnot be considered. Applications must be forwarded to the address as indicated on theadvertisement. No late, faxed or e-mailed applications will be accepted. CV’s will notbe returned. Excess personnel will receive preference. Applications, which are receivedafter the closing date, will not be considered.

Further communicationwill be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not receiveda response from the Department within 3 months of the closing date, please consideryour application as unsuccessful. It will be expected of candidates to be available forselection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department.

As directed by the Department of Public Service & Administration, applicants mustnote that further checks will be conducted once they are shortlisted and that theirappointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which include securityclearance, qualification verification, criminal records, credit records and previousemployment.

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The Western Cape Government is guidedby the principles of Employment Equity.Disabled candidates are encouraged toapply and an indication in this regardwould be appreciated.

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Penguins in the spotlightTHEmonthofOctober is alsoNationalMarineMonth and the Simon’s Town Museum willrun several interesting and fun programmesaround the theme, Southern Oceans – it’s thesmall things that count.Themuseumwill focus onmarinepollution,

the effects of climate changes on African Pen-guins, how to reduce pollution andhow to carefor marine animals.The annual Penguin Festival will take place

on Saturday 13 October and will feature a spe-cial awareness project on where can make adifference to a penguin’s life.Donations of old toothbrushes, towels and

linen can be sent to the museum, for penguincleaning operations. Donations will be hand-ed over to Sanccob on the day.Bookings for all programmes is essential.

For details phone Suzette Farmer0 (021) 786 3046.

Birth of movementHALF a century ago thisweek a remarkable bookwas published whichmarked the birth of themodern environmentalmovement.Thenameof thisbook by Rachel Carson wasSilent Spring.

Silent Spring was about thegrowth of the chemical andpesticide industry and what happens ifwe allow profit to dominate commonsense. It clearly demonstrated how tech-nology can have global consequences, inways previously considered impossible.The book title arose from the fact that

pesticide spraying programmes in theUSA had massive unintended impacts.Carson learned how huge areas of hercountry had become utterly silent be-cause of chemicals killing birds.Often the birds were not killed direct-

ly. They ate earthworms which had fedon decayed leaves that had been sprayedthe previous summer. The poisons builtup in the food chain in what is known asbioaccumulation.These persistent poisons like DDT,

dieldrin and heptachlor were almost in-destructible. Even today we all carryamounts of these poisons, which havebeen banned for many years, in our bod-ies. So do whales, polar bears and fish.The chemical and pesticide industry

kicked up a storm about Silent Spring,but the book was so well-researched thatit has never been faulted. It led to imme-diate tightening of regulations in theUSA and across most of the westernworld to control the use of pesticides.However, the developingworld has not

been as lucky. Since 1994 the use of pesti-cides in South Africa has increased byover five times, to over 80 000 tonnes ofpesticides a year. Yet we are not produc-ing five times, or even twice, as muchfood! We apply more than 6kg of chemi-cals to every hectare of arable land.Our pesticide regulations date to 1947,

well before the publication of SilentSpring. They are in urgent need of mod-ernisation, a fact recognised by the Min-istry of Agriculture which stated in 2010we need to update these laws.Our supermarkets sell many potent

chemicals, including several that have

serious side effects and re-main in our environment along time. When we spraythese products in our homes,gardens, on our driveways orover our plants, we expose ourfamilies and ourselves direct-ly to risk. After all, who both-ers to read those instructions?And what happens when youmix two of these together? The

effects might not be evident now, butwhat happens in 10 or 20 years?While we have little control over what

happens outside our homes, we can con-trol what we bring into them. There aremany better ways to deal with pests likeweeds, bugs, plant diseases, rodents.For instance use pure vinegar – not

chemical weed killer – in a spray bottleto kill weeds in your driveway . Use chilliand garlic to repel pests from your veg-gies. Use non-toxic fly traps to catch fruitfly on your trees. Use a rat trap, not poi-son. Better still, build an owl house in atree; they love rats!Carefully select your fruit and veg. Try

to buy locally or at least from a farmwhere you know how it was grown. Orgrow your own food, using home-madecompost and no chemicals. Home-grownfood somehow tastes so much better andis far cheaper.Try toweanyourself off chemicals alto-

gether.Wedon’t need germ-killing soaps,and bug busting sprays. Goodnessknows, our parents and grandparents gotalong perfectly well without them!Many of the chemicals we bring into

our homes are no good for us, and farworse for our children. Youngsters arefar more sensitive to chemical exposurethan adults. The side-effects can includeallergies, skin problems, behaviouralproblems and learning challenges. Long-term impacts such as sterility or hor-mone disruption may only become evi-dent years later.Carson showed us 50 years ago howwe

can so easily damage our world.We must try to keep our homes, farms

and neighbourhoods as close to naturalas possible, for our sake and for our chil-dren.After all we only have it on loan from

our children; we owe it to them to returnit in better condition than we found it.

Tuesday 25 September 2012 NEWS People’s Post False Bay Page 11

WRITER, actor and comedian BrentPalmer presented the worldpremière of his latest play,Bench, atKalk Bay Theatre.

Theplay explores the storyof twopet-ty thieves, sitingonaparkbench, aboutto embark on their most daring job to

date. When one of them gets an attackof conscience, the planning takes an in-teresting turn with surprising results.Palmer also performs in the play, withAdrian Collins.It is directedbyMichaelKirch.Bench

will be performed until Sunday 7 Octo-ber.

Buddies indemandMORE Beach Bud-dies are needed.Coordinator,

Elizabeth Milne,says Beach Buddiesoperate along Mui-zenberg Beach fromthe water slide toSunrise Circle andbeyond to the kite-surfing area. Shesays this is ideal forunemployed peoplelooking for a busi-ness opportunity,not a job.Prospective

BeachBuddies needto be prepared tospend three days inFirst Aid trainingand job-briefing ses-sions. There is nopay for this.The next training

courses are onMon-day 1, Tuesday 2and Wednesday 3October and on Fri-day 5, Saturday 6and Sunday 7 No-vember.Contact Elizabeth

at eliza-bethm@newleaf-network.co.za or on0 (021) 788 9121, oron 084 988 9121(SMS only).

Libraryclosed –for nowTHE MuizenbergLibrary will beclosed for IT main-tenance from to-morrow to Friday28 September. Formore information0 (021) 788 5263.

Thief on ‘Bench’ for growing a conscienceThief on ‘Bench’ for growing a conscience

MIN­GLING:Adrianand An­gela Col­lins withBrentPalmer,StuartCollinsand GinaPauling.Photo: Chris-tine Skinner

HAPPY: Alistair Moulton Black and Samde Romijn.

OUT AND ABOUT: Gareth Arenz, Kelly Sasman, Brent Palmer and Nathaniel Jupin.

CHOC­O­FIX: Enjoying brownies after theshow are Rousseau du Plessis and Eu­gene Yiga.

SOCIAL:LesleyandBrentPalmerwithMyrtleJupinand Ed­die Sam­uels.

Page 12 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 25 September 2012

Boot crimeASTHEbraai fireswere goingyesterday, thatother favourite national pastime – discussingcrime – would have reared its head.

The national crime statistics were releasedlast week. It could be perceived as the samesee-saw of win some-lose some.

In releasing the 2011/2012 annual crime sta-tistics in Parliament, Police Minister NathiMthethwaannounced that the country’smur-der rate has dropped by 3,1%.

This figure accounts for a drop of 2 000 peo-ple murdered to bring the figure to 16 000when compared to the 2004/2005 statistics.

Mthethwa says there as been a 27,6% reduc-tion in murders in the period from 2004/5 to2011/12.

One murder is one too many.Just ask the family of anyone who has to

bury a murdered loved one, among them thefamily of former world heavyweight boxerCorrie Sanders.

He reportedly died while shielding his 15-year-old daughter when robbers shot at din-ers in a restaurant.

Sanders was shot in the stomach and diedin hospital on Sunday after undergoing emer-gency surgery.

The minister says the government is, how-ever, still concerned about the “scourge ofrape”. This crime has decreased by 1,9%,which, Mthethwa rightly calls “(still) unac-ceptably high”.

One rape is one too many. There can neverbe justification for sex crimes.

Rape is one of the crimes which more fre-quently goes unreported. In spite of efforts atfacilitating the process to report sex crimesthrough the introduction of victim supportrooms, few would want to experience second-ary violation by a justice system regarded asinsufficient to put away every rapist.

No country in the world has a zero crimerate, but let’s hope this murder of a nationalsporting hero will spur on the detectives toarrest the killers. Let’s hope the justice sys-temwill be bold in sending out amessage thatall crime is unacceptable.

Net won’taffect treknettersI GUESS the delay was to be expect-ed (“Frustration at net delay”, Peo-ple’s Post, 18 September).

Weare still looking forward to theimplementation and the eventualresults of the experiment. We canall philosophise about the effects oroutcome after the experimental pe-riod, but can not really predict it atthis time.

I have been swimming at FishHoek daily and can not see how the3,5%area thenetwill protect can af-fect the trek net fishermen.

They are taking a chance.Maybe they can move to Glen-

cairn Beach if they are not happyhaving access to 96,5% of the bay?RUDI COETZEEFish Hoek

Buy quality, not quantityIT IS with a degree of dread that I think aboutthe future ofmy children, especiallywhen I notehow many inferior quality goods are being im-ported from the Far East – China and India.

These goods are then sold to the consumer athigh prices and the only people that benefitseem to be the “middlemen” from China andSouth Africa, who pocket the profits.

Often these goods wear out soon after pur-chase and the consumer seems reluctant to com-plain. Perhaps this is due to the consumer nothaving the confidence to do so, not knowingtheir rights or not wanting to make the effort.It also seems a waste of precious resources tomake something designed to wear out quickly.

I encourage you to demand value for yourmoney and be discerning when purchasinggoods and to teach your children to do the same.Start by reading the label to find out the compo-sition of the product and where it was made.

If it says “made in SA” it does not necessarilymean the factory is owned or staffed by SouthAfricans. I recognise many immigrants havecontributed positively to the economy in termsof sharing their valued skills, ethics,morals and

values to our systems, such as in the manufac-turing sector.

A garment will be cooler to wear in summerif it has a natural fibre content, such as cotton,viscose, silk and bamboo and will be warmer inwinter if it has anatural fibre content, likewool,mohair, cashmere and angora.

Those made from “plastic” – polyester, nylonor acrylics – tend to make one sweat in summerand freeze in winter. They may, however, begood as a wind or water barrier, such as fleecesand raincoats. The threads of natural fibresburn with a flame, while those of the “plastics”melt when heat is applied.

Realise the importance of “less, of good quali-ty, is more” in the long term. Rather buy onegood-quality t-shirt insteadof threeor fourpoor-ly-made t-shirts.

To people in the boardrooms, educate yourbuyers to order good quality – which I’m sureis being made in China and India, especiallythatwhich theyhave a good reputation for, suchas silk, cotton and bamboo products.STEPHANIE GOOSENClovelly

Let us use ChappiesTHE traffic problems caused by the stop-and-goin Kalk Bay can be improved by dispersing thetraffic.

The only way to disperse the traffic is to openanother way out of the South Peninsula – viaChapman’s Peak.

Why don’t they allow residents to use Chap-pies?

If residents show their municipal or tele-phone bill and their ID or driver’s licence asproof of residency, they can use Chappies forfree.

It could be improve the traffic problems.ANNIEFish Hoek

Where is the sign?ALL areas appear to have recentlyreceivednew suburb indication sig-nage – black lettering on a whitebackground.

It is long overdue and a great im-provement. But what has happenedto the sign for Murdoch Valley? Itwas removed within a very shorttime of being erected.

I heard from another local resi-dent there had been objections tothis sign from within Murdoch Val-ley.

Surely a few (people) cannot dic-tate for the rest of us?LAINE BRAMPTONMurdoch Valley

Tuesday 25 September 2012 LETTERS People’s Post False Bay Page 13

. I wouldlike tothank

Burglar Bar Studio for making hundreds ofsandwiches for our school’s feeding pro-gramme in Masiphumelele each week. Blessyou. I would likemore local businesses in thearea to help these hungry children. Agnes,Masiphumulele

. Why are there traffic officials at theLongbeach Mall robots? The robots are inworking order. Why fix what ain’t broke?They are causing traffic jams, which we’venever had before. So, thankyou, butwe reallydon’t need that.

. Come to Pick n Pay Capricorn Park,which borders on Vrygrond informal settle-ment, and see how many winos and riff-raffare hanging outside their bottle store. None!Stop moaning. Peter E

. Regarding the bridge in Muizenberg andtrucks. If the bridge cannot be lifted or theroad cannot be lowered, the bridge should be

painted red and white chevron. Or let graffitiartists loose on it.

. Glencairn car accident: driver treated foronly minor lacerations and abrasions. Well,that’s a Beetle for you. Pat H

. Will the child who keeps shooting mar-bles in the Elgin Circle area kindly stop? Wehave enough marbles and you must be miss-ing a few!

. I am opposed to the Pick n Pay liquor li-cence. Johan Connoway

. Almost everyone is whining about thisproposed liquor licence story for Fish Hoek.I guess you get winos that don’t drink, too?Fuzzy

. Be warned. Once the shark nets havebeen installed at Fish Hoek beach the resi-dents won’t have a hope in hell of getting any-where near to enjoy the beach or JaggerWalk. It’s bad enough already. Why not situ-ate it at other end? G Martin, Fish Hoek

. At lastwehavea sensible approach takenby Dr Phil Richardson regarding keeping ba-

boons in their place and allowing us peace ofmind.Well done.We look forward toyour suc-cess in monitoring the situation. AngelaBotha

. All our neighbours have events and arehaving events right now. In Fish Hoek noth-ing ever happens. Should that not change? Asthey are reading this, the “moaners anony-mous” have their fingers poised. Go for it,guys.

. To all the baboon lovers: Why don’t youuse someof your indignation in support of en-dangered rhinos and also cry out against chil-dren getting raped andmurdered? I dare you.Pat

. Traffic management with road works isridiculous, frustrating, corrodingproductivity, taking our goodwillfor granted, amateurish, an insultto us, arrogant andhaughty, anger-inducing, ruinous to time manage-ment efforts, contrary to logic anda slack-wristed passive resigna-

Your SMSes tion to the force of inertia.. Because of the hold-ups at the Clovelly

corner, Banks Road and Abington Circle –and further on – have now become a bypasswith traffic racing along a once quiet area.The elderly who use these roads suddenlyhave to cope with speed freaks. Where, ohwhere, is law enforcement?

. OnWednesdaymorning at 08:45, headingtowards Steenberg along Prince GeorgeDrive, a Metro police officer drove past meand a man pushing a wheelie bin on the side-walk. The wheelie bin was possibly filledwith stolen goods. The cop drove pastwithoutstopping to enquire. Let’s all unite to makecrime as hard as possible. JB, Muizenberg

Baboons onroad to nowhereIN MY opinion, it is clear the baboon andhumanmanagement protocol isn’t working.We need to begin acknowledging that wehave created an untenable situation for thebaboon troops of the peninsula – and for our-selves.

In very few places in the Western worlddo wild animals and people co-exist success-fully, so why does the Baboon TechnicalTeam think it will work here?

No-one is benefiting from the current situ-ation, and the animals are paying the heavi-est price.

Let’s do the responsible andkindest thing:use the monies we would have spent on ba-boon management over the long term, andrelocate the troops to an area that can sup-port them, and where they are not constant-ly in a bitter battle for resources with hu-man beings.

They may struggle at first in unfamiliarterritory, but they are clearly strugglingnow, too. Why are we pursuing this road tonowhere?ANTHEA JOHNSTONEKommetjie

Introduce atrial runI WAS led to believe the anti-alcohol titledeeds do not specify the selling of alcohol,but the supply thereof. If this is so, then Idoubt if anyone can remember a time whenthis was enforced, as this would mean eachvisitor to a dinner party, braai or functionin Fish Hoek would have to take their owndop.

To serve same would be in conflict withthis title deed. It would be interesting toknow if what I heard is correct. I haven’t no-ticed the sky falling on our head becausewine is sold at the Capricorn Pick n Pay. Isthere not a way to limit the licence to a six-month trial to assess its impact?TESSA MOOREMarina Da Gama

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GROUP A

Hellenic FCAffiliated: Cape Town Tygerberg LFABased: MilnertonBest result: 1st Engen KO

Hellenic will undoubtedly be one of thedark horses at this year’s Knockout Chal-lenge. The former Cape Town giants were re-formed earlier this year, after closing in 2008when the PSL franchise was sold to BenoniUnited. Although the team are effectivelynewcomers to major football tournaments,opponents should be wary of underestimat-ing their ability. The club currently hasformer Hellenic player and Udinese head ofyouth development Mark Byrne at its helm,and several other qualified and respectedbackroom staff, including former BafanaBafana biokineticist Andrew Gray. Hellen-ic’s set up is easily one of themost profession-al in the Cape Town amateur ranks, and theclub are focused on developing talent. Mun-soor Cooper, under-17 assistant coach, saysutility defender Lionel Saal as a future star.

Kuils River FCAffiliated: Northern Suburbs LFABased: Sarepta, Kuils RiverBest result: Eliminated in the second round

of qualification last year.

Kuils River FC make their debut at the En-genKnockoutChallenge finals this year, afternarrowlymissing out on a place last year.Thenorthern suburbs side finished second intheir playoff group this time around. Theyearned six points from their three games inthe final round of qualification, after beatingJamestown 2-1, thrashing Invincible Craven-by 3-0 and losing 1-0 to the group winners,Stars of Africa. Gershon Geyer, club chair-person and under-17 coach, says oppositionshould expect them to play an attractivebrand of football, focused on short passingand keeping possession. Geyer adds theteam’s central midfield combination hasguided the club to several victories this sea-son and highlighted midfielder Charle vanWyk as a player to watch. The club hope tobuild on the LFAKnockout Cup theywon lastyear by progressing from the final round.

Rygersdal FCAffiliated: Cape Town Tygerberg LFABased: RondeboschBest result: Eliminated in the first round

in 2008

Rygersdal will be relying on their teamspirit, a creative midfield and miserly de-fence to see them through the first round ofthis year’s challenge. They last played in theKnockout in 2008 and qualified for this year’sfinals by finishing second in their playoffgroup. In the final round of qualification Ry-gersdal lost their first game 2-1 to fellow final-ists Fire Fighters, but notched up a convinc-ing 5-0 win over Spenston FC in their secondgame.Teammanager Daniel “Dot” Borman, aCape Town football legend, says although hisclub traditionally employs a more sedate,passing style of play, they will be looking toplay a more direct, high-tempo game at theChallenge.He says LennethBowers,who cap-tains the team from central midfield, will bea star at the tournament this year.

Greenwood FCAffiliated: Cape District LFABased: RetreatBest result: Semi finalists in 2006

Greenwood initially missed out on qualifi-cation for the Engen KO finals after under-performing in the playoffs, but have been in-cluded due to Chippa United’s withdrawalfrom the tournament. In the final round ofqualification Greenwood drew 1-1 against fel-low finalists Bayhill and then slumped to a2-1 defeat against Bluegum United, leavingthemat the bottomof the playoff group.KevinHendricks, the team’s coach, says the factthat they almost missed out on playing in thefinals will motivate his players. The Retreat-based club will have at least three playerswhohave played in theChallenge before, hav-ing played in a previous tournament whenthey were still under-15s.Hendricks says versatile forward Dillon

Solomons, who can play on the right flank orlead the attack, will be Greenwood’s biggestthreat to opposition defences.

GROUP D

Vasco da Gama FCAffiliated: Cape Town TygerbergBased: ParowBest result: 5th last year

NFD side Vasco da Gama are the clear-cutfavourites towinGroupDandaremost likelyto proceed to the latter stages of the tourna-ment. Vasco qualified for the final as run-ners-up in their qualification group, behindWoodlands United on goal difference, afterclaiming a total of four points from their twogames. They drew their first game againstWoodlands (1-1), and sealed their passage tofinals with a 2-0 victory over Ashford FC.Coach Joseph Tantaal says the team will

look to keep possession, use the full width ofthe pitch, defend as a unit and employ a 4-3-3formation at the Challenge.He believes opposition defenders will have

to keep a close eye on lethal striker ThomasRoss.

Atlantic Nacional FCAffiliated: Cape Town TygebergBased: MilnertonBest result: 1st time competing

Atlantic Nacional were established at thebeginning of this year and will have alreadyshocked many of their more established op-ponents by qualifying for the tournament attheir first attempt. The rookies from Milner-ton claim they have already achieved theirgoal by qualifying for the finals of the EngenKO, but as an unknown quantity they couldyet have more surprises in store. Coach Lut-fie Bey says, although his team play in eithera 4-4-3 or 4-4-2 formation in all their games,they adjust their tactics based on their oppo-nents and can be unorthodox at times.Bey adds the team’s pace and fitness will

be their biggest advantage at the Challenge,and has tagged centre-back and team captainLuke van Rooi as a player to watch.

CPUT Selesians FCAffiliated: Cape Town Tygerberg LFABased: Harleyvale, ObservatoryBest result: Eliminated in final roundof the

playoffs in 2011

Selesians are also newcomers to the finalround of the Challenge and they have settheir sights on making to the quarterfinalsof the competition. TeammanagerAlexPoliz-zi says his side plays in an attack orientated3-5-3, but are capable of adapting their styleand tactics to whichever team they play.The “horses-for-courses” approach seems

tohaveworked for the team, as are in the run-ning to win the Cape Town Tygerberg under-17 Premier League and knockout Cup thisyear. The current under-17 side has beenplaying together for almost two seasons andPolizzi believes the players familiarity witheach other, and their team spirit will be theirgreatest weapon as they go in search of victo-ries. Polizzi marked centre-back Tsepho Pen-duka as the most impressive player in theCPUT Selesians ranks.

Kenpark United FCAffiliated: Mitchell’s Plain LFABased: PortlandsBest result: 8th in 2007

Kenpark are one of the most establishedamateur clubs in Mitchell’s Plain and theywill be playing to win at the Knockout.Head coach Ricky Burns says a short pass-

ing, “Brazilian” style of play has been en-forced at all age groups at the club. Expectthe under-17’s to keep the ball on the groundthis weekend and only look to play longerballs if confronted by a particularly staunchdefence. Burns hopes Kenpark’s playersdraw the attention of the many professionalscouts who will be circling the pitches inWestridge. He adds that the team’s biggeststrength will be a trio of exceptionally giftedcentralmidfielders, the best ofwhom isCraigHendricks.

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GROUP C

Ajax Cape Town FCAffiliated: Cape Town Tygerberg LFABased: Ikamva, ParowBest result: Winners in 2006, 2008, 2009 and

2011

The Urban Warriors are the most success-ful team in the history of the Challenge, hav-ing won the tournament four times. Muchlike the senior team, the under-17 side thatwill play in the Knockout will employ an at-tack-minded strategy and look to keep theball on the ground. Although they will notplay the “total football” first popularised bymother club Ajax Amsterdam, expect theyoung Ajax players to attack in numberswhen they have the ball. These young warri-ors will be fit, organised and technically effi-cient and as safe a bet as possible to take thecrown again this year.

Old Mutual Academy FCAffiliated: Cape Town Tygerberg LFABased: PinelandsBest result: Semi-finalists

With a set-up and facilities to match mostprofessional sides and a former Bafana Bafa-na centre-back as head coach, Old Mutualare surely one of the strongest contendersthis year. The Pinelands-based club have al-ready claimed the under-11 and under-15 ti-tles at the Kensington AFC Youth Cup thisseason. Head coach Roger Links will be keento add the Engen KO silverware to the OldMutual trophy cabinet. OldMutual qualifiedat the top of their playoff group after record-ing a mammoth 5-1 victory over Ambassa-dors and a narrow 1-0 win over fellow final-ists Heath Athletic. Team manager MariusFourie believes Morne Nel, a versatile mid-fielder who could soon move overseas, willbe the team’s stand-out player.

Bayhill United FCAffiliated: Mitchell’s Plain LFABased: RocklandsBest result: Eliminated in the first round

last year.

Bayhill United are easily one of the mostrecognisable names in the Cape Town ama-teur football fraternity. As hosts of the Met-ropolitan Premier Cup, the city’s other ma-jor youth football tournament, Bayhill havebecome quite well-known. However, theyhave never made it past the first stage of theChallenge. Team manager Moegamat Ad-ams says his team will look to change thatand take the tournament game by game. Butthey will have their work cut out for themhaving been drawn in the group death.Bayhill qualified at the top of their playoff

group after beating Bluegum FC by one goaland drawing 1-1 will Greenwood Athletic.Adamsbelieves the players are amatch for

any of their GroupC counterparts and prom-ises strikers Ashwin Haman and Monrayvan Niekerk will be a handful.

Woodlands United FCAffiliated: Mitchells Plain LFABased: Mitchell’s PlainBest result: Withdrew in the last round of

qualification last year

Woodlands United may lack the facilitiesand budget enjoyed by more establishedclubs, but they have consistently punchedabove their weight this season. The clubhave made their 20th year in existence oneto remember by winning the Dulux Inter-community Cup, taking second place in theKenparkArising Stars under-23 tournamentand now advancing to the Challenge finalsfor the first time. Woodlands qualified thetop of their group, ahead of Vasco da Gama,after thrashing Ashford Athletic 4-0 anddrawing against Vasco. Randall Oliver, teammanager, says striker Adrian van Niekerkwill punish opposition defences if he is givenspace.Woodlandswill also benefit fromplay-ing at StephenReagan,where theyare based.

THE ninth edition of Engen Knockout Chal-lenge will kick off at the Stephen Reagansports complex in Westridge, Mitchell’sPlain on Friday.A total of 16 teams from across the Pe-

ninsula will battle for the title, R10 000 in

prize money and a year of bragging rightsThis year’s competition will feature un-

der-17 teams from Premier Soccer League(PSL), National First Division (NFD) andacademy clubs.And five local football associations (LFA)

will be represented amongst the 16 final-ists.People’s Post sports reporter Liam Mo-

ses looked at the teams and their chancesof claiming Cape Town’s most coveted un-der-17 trophy.

GROUP B

Engen Santos FCAffiliated: Mitchell’s Plain LFABased: LansdowneBest result: Winners in 2004, 2005

Tournament hosts Engen Santos won thefirst two instalments of the Engen KnockoutChallenge, but have failed to match thoseheights since. The People’s Team could be ac-cused of underachieving in all the tourna-ments since 2006, and it is not yet known howthe youth sides will have been affected by thesenior team’s relegation from the PSL lastseason. However, Santos’ recent signingsseem to indicate that the club has refocuseditself on youth and building for the future.Any team in Santos’ famous yellow jersey

is always well-supported and the “People’sTeam” monicker will likely be proven trueagain at the finals. Expect the Santos young-sters to be confident, well-coached and su-premely talented. They could ride a wave ofsupport all the way to the final.

Heath Athletic FCAffiliated: South Peninsula LFABased: Lotus RiverBest result: 1st time competing

Heath Athletic is another of several teamsplaying in the Engen Knockout finals for thefirst time in their history. The side claimedtheir spot in the finals by finishing second intheir qualifying group, belowOldMutual andahead of Ambassadors. Heath lost 1-0 to OldMutual and beatAmbassadors 4-0 in the play-off rounds. Muneeb Abrahams, assistantcoach, says although his side’s tactics are“simple and straightforward” they alwaysaim to play attractive and attacking football.He says the team’s biggest strength at the

tournament will be their tactical disciplineand ability to execute the game plan.Abrahams believes opposition defenders

will have towatch out for goal-hungry strikerJeremy Cyster at the tournament.

Fire Fighters FCAffiliated: Mandela Park LFABased: Mandela Park, KhayelitshaBest result: 1st time competing

As first time competitors in the Challenge,Fire Fighters will have been unfamiliar tomost of their opposition in the tournament.However, the Khayelitsha club announcedthemselves in style during the playoff roundsby maintaining a 100% record. Fire Fightersbeat Beacon Spurs 3-0 in their first game andovercameNFDnewcomersMilanoUnited 2-0in their second during the first qualificationround.Theywent on towin 3-0 and 2-1 againstSpenston and Rygersdal respectively in thefinal playoff round. Coach Abongile Qasanasays his team’s biggest strength is that theplayers have grown together as a team, sinceunder-nine level. He says Fire Fighters havebeen hard at work preparing for the finals byholding training sessions with professionalcoaches. Midfielder Batandwa Nzilikazishould impressive at the tournament.

Stars of Africa Cape Town Academy FCAffiliated: Rygate LFABased: Salt RiverBest result: 1st time competing

Stars of Africa was established this yearand are playing in the Challenge for the firsttime. They qualified at the top of their playoffgroup after claiming seven points from a 1-1draw and two 1-0 victories against InvincibleCravenby, Kuils River and Jamestown Unit-ed respectively. Stars recently lost defenderUthmaan Isaacs, after the centre back suf-fered a hairline fracture to his ankle, but Dal-la Abass, director of the academy, says theteam is still packed with quality. Left backAndile Jokani was recently selected to theSouth African under-17 team and Abass be-lieves defenders Iza BamandAmanzo Jacobsand midfielder Dudu Galada have the mak-ing to be stars.

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from BOS Ice Tea, Fondle, DaKine, ZigzagMagazine, Billabong, Rafikis, Von Zipper,Derevko Wetsuits, Kauai, Sector 9, Michael-GamePlan, Palmers, Kahuna Creations andothers.Here’s what to do:. Saturday 29 September: 09:00–Surf

EmporiumWP Inter-Schools Surfing Cham-pionships.NewBalanceWPLongboardSurf-ing Championships; 11:00–Braam Malherbe– environmental talk; 12:00–Attempt to setWorld record for ‘longest line of surfboards

on a beach’; 14:00–Similasan Tandem Surf-ing Championships; 19:00–Earthwave After-Party at Rafikis Restaurant & Bar.

. Sunday 30 September: 08:00 – People’sPost Touch Rugby Challenge; 09:00–Surf Em-porium WP Inter-Schools Surfing Champi-onships; New Balance WP Longboard Surf-ing Championships; 10:00 – Coreban SUPClassic – SUP& Surfski race to Kalk Bay andback;Registrationopens forGuinnessWorldRecord attempt; Dr John Steer – free ‘surfersear’ testing & advice; 11:00 Finals of Long-board, Inter-Schools and Tandem surfing;12:00– BOS Dig For Gold treasure hunt; 12:30– Line-up for Guinness World Record at-tempt; 13:00 – Paddle-out for GuinnessWorldRecord attempt; 16:00–Earthwave After-Par-ty at Brass Bell.

. All-day activities on Saturday andSunday: Spatone First Aid Tent; Michael-GamePlan – skincare advice; Kahuna Crea-tions – demos & tryouts of Land Paddlingboards; Sunflower Fund – Awareness andFund-raising for Bandana Day; Shark Spot-ters – Awareness and Fund-raising; Raffles,Sticker Showers and Give-Aways; Environ-mental awareness demos, talks anddisplays;and Free Learn to Surf and SUP lessons.Call the organisers on (021) 783 4965.

Surfers to head for EarthwaveSurfers to head for EarthwaveSOME of Cape Town’s best young surferswill converge on Muizenberg this week-end.

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contest – Durban’s Umthombo Street Chil-dren – have confirmed attendance. Waves forChange Surf Team from Masiphumelele willalso compete.Waves for Change is a long-term interven-

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A significant segment of the contest is theBattle of the Wave which is open to surfersin the under-18 age group.This contest is intended to raise awareness

of the work being by Cape Town’s uniqueShark Spotters Programme.About 20 Shark Spotters are employed to

work at nine of Cape Town’s most popularbeaches. The R50 entry fee for the Battle ofthe Wave Surf Session will be donated to thisprogramme. The highlight of the BOSEarthwave Beach Festival will be the officialGuinness World Record attempt for the MostSurfers on a single wave.For more information on the Surf Empori-

um Western Province Interschool’s Champi-onship and Battle of the Wave contact RoxyDavis 2 roxy@surfemporium or0 082 562 8687.

NECK AND NECK: Two yachts race alongside each other during the annual False BaySpring Regatta. The race is by the False Bay Yacht Club from Thursday 20 Septemberto Wednesday 26 September. Photos: Trevor Wilkins

LEADING THEWAY: A fleet of yachts sails through False Bay during the Intasure Spring Regattaon Saturday. The event is hosted every year and attracts competitors from several yacht clubsin the Cape, including Hout Bay, Gordon’s Bay and Cape Town. s