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People’s Post wishes all women a happy Women’s DayPPeeoople’s Pople’s Postst wishes all women awishes all women a hahappy WomeppyWomen’s Dayn’s Day
New ‘road’ forAvenue hotelTERESA FISCHER
THE redevelopment of a Fish Hoekproperty has been hailed as a majorboost for the town.
Developer Harold Johnson, of Zeven-wacht Properties, bought a “dilapidated”hotel in First Avenue for R10 million at anauction 15 months ago.He invested a further R10 million to re-
vamp thepremises and transformed it intoThe Avenue Retirement Hotel.The concept aims to create a similar life-
style for seniors to that which they wouldexperience while staying in a hotel. Allmeals, laundry and conveniences such assecurity and Internet connection are pro-vided.The Cape Peninsula Organisation for
the Aged (CPOA) which specialises in therunning of retirement homes has been ap-pointed to run the Avenue Hotel.Johnson was also behind the develop-
ment of the Calders Hotel and BarracudasRestaurant, both in Fish Hoek.Johnson is managing director of Zeven-
wacht Wine Estate, in Stellenbosch.He sayswhenhebought thehotel onauc-
tion he had not yet decidedwhat to dowiththe property.Johnson says the ability to walk to all
the nearby shops and restaurants and tolocal doctors is a “majoradvantage”which“should not be overlooked in these timesof rising petrol and transport costs”.Johnson says because the property was
a good buy the company was able to passon savings to the public.
Furnished and unfurnished suites androoms are ready for viewing and are avail-able from R280 000.Fish Hoek City Improvement District
Manager Hennie van der Merwe says:“This is a wonderful idea, but it onlyreaches those who havemoney and can af-ford it. This retirement hotel, however, ismore affordable thana lot of the others andis ideally situated for the elders who willbe living there to be able to walk to townand the beach.”Van der Merwe believes it is important
that more attention is given by govern-ment to these kinds of institutions due toa “big shortage” of old age homes in thecountry.He addsMinister of Finance PravinGor-
don “correctly said in one of his last ad-dresses that people have to prepare andprovide for their old age”.“However, wemust not forget that ama-
jority of our citizens over the last 50 yearshave not been in a position to prepare fortheir old age and retirement due to our po-litical situation in SouthAfrica,” saysVander Merwe.He praises Johnson for his idea and the
“wonderful opportunity” he has providedfor seniors in Fish Hoek.He adds this facility will ensure seniors
are well cared for.Health care will be provided by CPOA
on site as well as dining and other ameni-ties.Johnson has not always been a develop-
er.His background is in engineering and
when he moved to the Cape, he became in-volved in wine making.He says: “I can’t sit and watch grapes
grow.”He is now on the lookout for his next
project.TheHotelwill bemarketedbyPamGold-
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TOXIC TALENT: Capetonians again proved they have talent when musicians, singers, dancers,actors and various other acts flocked to the Cape Town Convention Centre for the SA’s Got Talentauditions at the weekend. The show, which premieres on e.tv on Thursday 30 August, sees judgesShado Twala, Ian von Memetry and Kabelo Mabalane travel across the country in search of themost talented South African. Although Lance Landor (pictured) was not given three green lightsto progress to the next round, he certainly entertained the crowd with his ‘Melbourne Shuffle’.
Photo: Sharief Jaffer/Photo24, Cape Town
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BOAT LOAD:Henry Patter-son (left) andRichard Noem-doe show offtheir impressivecatch afterlanding at theKommetjie slip.Fishing boats inFalse Bay havebeen landinglarge hauls ofsnoek lately,with each boatbringing in asmany as 500fish.Photo: Johan de Witt
What women wantDear reader,
National Women’s Day, Thurs-day 9 August, is approached bymost with mixed feelings.
On the one hand, we havecause for celebration when we re-member the triumphs of womenover the past decades, most nota-bly 9 August 1956 when morethan 20 000 women of diverse cul-tures fearlessly protested pro-posed pass laws by marching onthe Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Women have deservedly assumed theirplace in the business, political and sportingarenas. We’re the quintessential multi-task-ers, adeptly juggling our various roles – ca-reers, motherhood, marriage, communitywork...
According to the Inter-Parliamentary Un-ion and UN Women, there are “currently 17countries with women as head of govern-ment, head of state or both”.
Globally, Thursday will mark the 101st In-ternational Women’s Day and abroad and lo-cally, thousands of events are being planned.
With all the awareness and altruistic ef-forts by government and organisations com-mitted to women empowerment, as well asthe power wielded by women today, it is thegreatest irony that as many women are vic-tims of abuse and violence.
However, statistics on violence againstwomen in South Africa is not reliable, be-cause many cases go unreported. This is dueto a number of factors, such as stigma, finan-cial instability, fear of repercussions fromabusive partners, a lack of information andeducation around women’s rights when itcomes to reporting abuse, and limited to noresources for escaping abuse.
There is also the “system”, such as theprocesses and red tape involved in filing fordivorce, and the complexities of the Domes-tic Violence Act. Many women can testifyhow they’ve been sent back home to further
abuse, in the name of “gettingboth sides of the story” before di-vorce becomes an option.
During my stint as a court re-porter, I would force myself tolisten dispassionately to the tri-als about women who had beenassaulted, and nearly killed, bytheir partners.
The women had been kid-napped, locked up, beaten withconcrete objects, stabbed...
My intended disconnectionwas twofold, I reasoned; firstly, professionaland secondly, to distance myself from my lifeexperiences and that of others I care about.
As a reporter, I had been trained to be ob-jective and report the facts; but my trainingdid not extend to my humanity and it becameimpossible for me to detach as I looked at thewomen painfully testifying against the menthey had once loved and trusted.
The tragedy was that most of the mencharged with assaulting “their women”, ap-peared unaffected, emotionally void.
Our most profound memories take rootduring childhood and it is critical that edu-cation begins primarily in the home and in-cludes conversations around respecting andvaluing all people, including women. Theonus is on both parents to show respect to-wards one another.
The following organisations provide coun-selling and services to women: Family andMarriage Association of South Africa in Ob-servatory (021 447-7951; [email protected]); Mosaic in Wynberg (021 7617585); Saartjie Baartman Centre in Athlone(021 633 5287); Woman Abuse Line (0800 150150); HIV/Aids National Line (0800 012 322).
’Til next time, go well!ConnectED is a weekly column by Peo-
ple’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacswho can be contacted on [email protected].
People’s Post in online. Visit www.peo-plespost.co.za.
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They’re kickedto curb againTERESA FISCHER
TIME is running out for the homelesswho have been sheltering at the Zand-vlei Community Centre since May.
The building has been earmarked as abase for the City of Cape Town’s TrafficServices.On Tuesday an eviction order was
handed down in the Cape Town HighCourt.The tenants have previously been for-
cibly evicted by a large contingent of LawEnforcement officers and the City’s LandInvasion Unit (“Homeless thrown out ofZandvlei Centre”, People’s Post 5 June).They were subsequently allowed back
in the building (“Eviction of homelessunder question”, People’s Post, 19 June).Andre Swart, speaking on behalf of the
Zandvlei Community Centre Committee,says: “The matter would have been final-ised on Tuesday and the eviction dateconfirmed. We are now waiting for theeviction order from the Cape Town HighCourt.”Swart says this date will only be hand-
ed to them in the next few days.“We do not know how much time we
will be granted on the eviction order.“My feeling is it will be no more than
14 days from delivery of the eviction or-der.”Swart says they did not oppose the or-
der handed down in the Cape Town HighCourt on Tuesday 31 July.“This was never about denying the
Council their property. It was about theway in which they proceeded, and wehave had our side heard in court. Thatis what it was about.”Swart says in themeantime “the home-
less will stay”, and are “allowed to stay”until the eviction date set by the court.He says the City’s roofing contractor is
working on sections of the roof.This is to ensure thenecessary sections
remain intact so as to protect the peopleand the business assets.
SHELTER: William van Vuuren is one of the business owners at the Zandvlei CommunityCentre who offered shelter to Muizenberg’s homeless community. Photo: Teresa Fischer
A lift club with a differenceA NEW online lift club has been launched inSouth Africa. It is free to join.The founders say Liftshare South Africa is
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help people to travel more sustainably bysharing their car journey. Via our online net-work, wematch people with similar journeys,enabling them to save money, reduce theircarbon footprint, make the world a betterplace, and have fun while doing it.”Liftshare SA is affiliatedwith liftshare.com,
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Page 4 People’s Post False Bay OPINIONS Tuesday 7 August 2012
Residents are invited to submit proposals for a new name for Subcouncil 19. The previousname was South Peninsula Subcouncil (19). Please indicate whether you support this name,or propose an alternative name.
It is the intention of Subcouncil 19 to retain the name South Peninsula Subcouncil (19).The subcouncil area comprises wards 43, 61, 64, 67 and 69.
All non-governmental organisations, community organisations, businesses, residents and anyother interested and affected parties are invited to provide comment or alternative proposalsto the Subcouncil.
Written submissions with a suitable motivation to be directed to Desiree Mentor,Subcouncil 19, Fish Hoek Administration Office, Recreation Road, Fish Hoek or [email protected] or send a facsimile to 021 784 2039.
The closing date for submissions is Monday 20 August 2012.
For more information please contact Desiree Mentor ontel 021 784 2000.
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DON’T DO IT: Ryan Africa believesdrunk people should use alternativetransport. “It is clear that, with thecurrent percentage, they are stilldrinking and that won’t stop, even ifthe percentage is lowered.”
DROP IT: Zandile Qumza agrees the per-centage should be decreased. “It is goodthat the percentage will be lowered, butit should be 0.0 because drunk drivingkills a lot of innocent people on theroads.”
GREAT IDEA: Andries Burger be-lieves the percentage should belowered. “If one would not drinkthey would know how to drive onthe roads. Drunk driving is danger-ous to sober road users.”
DRINKING KILLS: Rachel Konig saysshe has bad memories of alcohol. “Ihad a friend who was killed in an acci-dent caused by a drunk driver. Nobodywho has had a drink should be allowedto drive. No percentage should be al-lowed.”
ALCOHOL CHANGES PEOPLE: LynneVester says the behaviour differs be-tween a sober and intoxicated person.“When a person is drunk they are com-pletely different. There should be notdrinking and driving at all. The percent-age should be 0.0”
A PROPOSED amendment tothe national road trafficamendment bill could see thelegal alcohol limit reducedfrom 0.05 to 0.02 grams.
The Road Traffic ManagementCorporation’s Ashref Ismail saysalcohol is a major factor in roaddeaths.More than 65% of all major fa-
tal crashes are attributed to alco-hol consumption.The bill is open for public com-
ment until Saturday 18 August.People’s Post readers shared theirviews with Luzuko Zini andTarren-Lee Habelgaarn.
One for the road
INMEMORY: Thursdaywillbe a year since local heroKevin Price (35) died in acar accident. Price, chair-person of the False BayVolunteers’ EmergencyService, was on duty in aMetro ambulance at thetime of the accident. ABMW hit the side of theambulance and forced itinto a street pole in LowerChurch Street in Wood-stock. Price was trainingas an Advanced Life Sup-port Paramedic. His familywrites: “Little didwe knowthat on this fateful dayGodwould call your name andyou would be taken fromus so suddenly. We loveand miss you. Dad, Momand Lucy.” People’s Postpreviously reported onPrice’s resuscitation of ahockey player who had aheart attack during amatch. (“Hockey player(76) saved by ‘a healthylifestyle’”, 25 May 2010.)
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Whales size up pairTERESA FISCHER
AN AMAZING interaction between twocurious whales and a pair of kayakershas been captured on camera, butmay befrowned upon by authorities.
The two whales, identified as SouthernRight Whales, were spotted by a resident onthe hill in Glencairn.AmandaConradie says themammalswere
just beyond the breakers at GlencairnBeach. This was in July, but she recentlyposted the pictures on Facebook.Conradie says the whales made a beeline
for the kayakers. “The guys just sat still,”she says.She says the whales would circle the men
and then swim about 100m away. “But thewhales kept coming back,” she says, addingthe kayakers tried to paddle away fromthem. “Thewhales kept coming; I haveneverseen them so inquisitive,” she says.“They didn’t go after them at all,” she says
of the kayakers.Conradie says at one point she was con-
vinced they would be knocked off their kay-aks. Cars were parked along the road, theirdrivers and passengers also watching the in-teraction, which went on for about an hour.Dave Hurwitz, of the Simon’s Town Boat
Company, is the sole permit holder forwhale
and dolphin watching in False Bay – fromKalk Bay to Cape Point.He says: “If the kayakers were being fol-
lowed by the whales and a kayak travels atabout six kilometres an hour, they shouldhave been over six kilometres away fromtheir starting point after an hour.”He says the legislation is contained in the
Marine Living Resources Act, which statesno person may, without a permit, may getcloser than 300 metres to any whale. This isif they are “in charge of a vessel or aircraft”.This also applies if a person “fails to pro-
ceed to a distance of 300 metres if a whalesurfaces closer than 300metres from the ves-sel or aircraft. A vessel is anything thatfloats and would include kayaks”.Adding it is “equally illegal” to swimwith
whales, Hurwitz says enforcement is carriedout by the Police Water Wing. He adds SAN-Parks also has enforcement vessels and theDepartment of Environmental Affairs haspatrol craft now operated by the SA Navy.Offenders could face a fine of up toR300 000
or two years in jail.People’s Post was unable to make contact
with the kayakers.
UP CLOSE ANDPERSONAL: Aman-da Conradie saysshe “sat in awe” onher balcony watch-ing two SouthernRight Whales atGlencairn Beach“literally playingwith two kayak-ers”. She says thewhales were veryinquisitive. Photo:Amanda Conradie (Simon’sTown Guest House)
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Wednesday 8 AugustGlencairn: The Simon’s Town CommunityPolice sub-forum (Sector 1) will hold itsmonthly meeting at the Phoenix Hall at18:30. Phil Richardson from Human Wild-life Solutions, the newbaboonmanagementcontractor, will talk on the strategies theywill be implementing to manage the ba-boons. Call Aliet Pelt 0 (021) 781 0028 or0 072 347 3117.
Fish Hoek: SAARP Fish Hoek (South Af-rican Association of Retired Persons) willpresent theNavyBandat theFishHoekCiv-ic Centre at 09:00. Tickets at R10 each in-clude coffee and tea. SAARP membershipoffers over-50s and pensioners monthlymeetings, social activities, outings andtrips away. Call 0 (021) 782 2719.
Friday 10 AugustFishHoek:ManagedAgingwill hold a sem-inarat StMargaret’sChurchhall on the cor-
ner of Fifth Avenue and Kommetjie Roadfrom 10:00 to 11:15. A physician will speakon Parkinson’s Disease. A donation of R8 isrequested. Tea will be served at 09:45. Call0 (021) 782 2024 or 2 [email protected].
Saturday 11 AugustHoutBay:TheFriends of theHout BayMu-seum will host a guided walk by visitingMuizenberg Cave and St James Peak re-turning via Isolation Valley and SteenbergPeak with grade 2B guide Clem Barker.Meet at Silvermine South pay gate at 08:30.For additional information from0 (021) 762 9078 or on 0 073 208 7134.
Glencairn: A breakfast talk, entitled In-tuition – the voice of the soul, is held at TheBay Cafe in Glen Road at 09:30. Lynda Lo-grasso, a well-known sensorymedium fromJohannesburg, will be the guest speaker.Tickets, at R90 each, includes breakfast. Lo-
grasso’s new book Butterflies and Umbrel-laswill also be on sale at R190. To book con-tact Julie 0 082 577 7159 or 2 [email protected] Hoek: The Cake Decorating Acade-
my hosts a demonstration of casting of adoll by Eunice Borcherds at the Dutch Re-form Church hall at 13:30. There will alsobe a mini demonstration by Vanessa Marx,head chef of Dear Me restaurant. Visitorspay R20. For further details phone HettieJordaan 0 083 493 4231.Silvermine: A five-hour long, grade 2B
walkwill be leaving from Silvermine Southat 08:30. For more information call ClemBarker 0 (021) 762 9078 or 073 208 7134.
Monday 13 AugustFish Hoek: St Luke’s Hospice False Baywill hold its annualmeeting at the civic cen-tre’s minor hall at 17:00. Pastor John Tho-mas will speak on the Living Hope CareCentre.
Friday 17 AugustFishHoek:Thehighly-acclaimedUniversi-ty of Stellenbosch Choir, under the baton ofAndre van der Merwe, will perform at theCivic Centre at 19:30. Tickets are R50 fromKleinjan’s Biltong Bar on Fish Hoek Main
Roador in theLongbeachMall, at theValleyBoutique Valyland or at the concert. Emailbookings to [email protected] or for callCarol on (021) 782 2282.
Saturday 25 AugustSun Valley: A new quilting group meets atthe St Brendan’s Catholic Church hall from14:00 to 17:00. Activities of the group includeworkshops, special guests, annual getawayand secret Santa. Tea and coffee will be-served. For more information call MargieAdams on 0 083 557 6696.
Wednesday 29 AugustKommetjie: Ocean View police and theCommunityPolice Forumwill hold a publicmeeting at Kommetjie Primary School hallat 19:00. All residents of Kommetjie are en-couraged to attend. For more informationcall Johann Kikillus 0 084 280 2213.
Friday 31 AugustOcean View: Ocean View SecondarySchool will host a spring dance at themulti-purpose hall from 19:00. Tickets cost R50.Bring your own XYZ and platter. Call theschool on 0 (021) 783 1623.
GOLDEN JUBILEE: Noordhoek couple Chris and Anna Killian celebrat-ed their 50th anniversary on Saturday. The couple hosted a party forclose friends and family on Sunday. Their children, grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren wished the couple well on this momentous occa-sion. Photo: Supplied
WRAPPING IT UP: Pupils of Fish Hoek Primary School donated 67 parcels of donateditems to Living Hope and Tears on Mandela Day. Pupils, from left, Alex Thelander, AlexMeyer, Thomas van Riet, Mila Jilana and Dylan Booysen with the donated packages.
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BEARINGGIFTS: The UnitedMethodist Church Cape Agulhas Circuit’sWesley Guild spenttheir 67 minutes of community service handing out gifts to staff of Living Hope.
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TELEVISON TASKS: AstridFisher ofMuizenberg is one ofthe finalists in Saktyd, Huisg-enoot’s new reality televisionseries which airs on kykNET(channel 111 on DStv). In Af-rikaans, the word ‘saktyd’ re-fers to the time when amaga-zine or newspaper is sent tothe printers. Saktyd is set inthe offices of South Africa’swell-known magazine, Huisg-enoot. The show gives 13 del-egates the chance to win the“job of a lifetime as a journal-ist at the magazine”. Theshow airs at 19:30 everyTuesday. Photo: Supplied
SHARK SCIENCE: Michelle Wcisel of Dyer Island Conservation Trustshares data the Trust has collected. She was speaking during a freetalk at the Save Our Seas Shark Centre in Kalk Bay recently. Theevent formed part of a popular series of free public talks. Wciselshared data on sharkmovements and seal interactions. She is a zoolo-gist specialising in predator/prey relationships and introduced thepublic to her study on the Cape fur seals and White Sharks at GeyserRock in Gansbaai. Sarah Titley of the Shark Spotters was the otherspeaker. She explained the unique nature of the programme whencompared to other shark attack mitigation methods used around theworld. The talks are now complete, but the Centre hopes to host an-other series towards the end of the year. Phone (021) 788 6694.
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is resident along the country’s coastline andhas the smallest intrinsic population size ofany large whale in South African waters.One member of their team, Gwenith Pen-
ry, is conducting a two-year postdoctoralstudy on SouthAfricanBryde’swhales to de-termine their population size, foraging ecol-ogy and molecular taxonomy.Bryde’sWhales are classified as ‘data defi-
cient’ by the InternationalUnion for theCon-
servation of Nature.To assess their conservation status –
whether they’re endangered or threatened –the MRI requires data on their abundance,distribution and genetic identity.The MRI will be operating daily (weather
permitting) within False Bay, in a six-metreyellow and grey vessel, theBalaena, andwillbe flying a blue flag.They will be giving a presentation about
the work towards the end of their fieldworkperiod.For additional information or to direct
queries contact Penry on [email protected].
Murder in Fish HoekTERESA FISCHER
HIS mother’s screams alerted neigh-bours to the murder of a Fish Hoekman.
The murder of Duncan van Soelen (28)has sent shock waves through the town.He was found face-down on the floor
of his bedroom at a Sunray Road proper-ty.There was no sign of forced entry.Hismother foundhis body onSaturday
when she and her partner returnedhome.His family did not wish to comment.It is understood the couple had been
away for about a week.Fish Hoek police spokesperson War-
rant Officer Peter Middleton says whenthe couple arrived home at 16:50 therewas no answerwhen they knocked on thedoor.He says when they got into the house,
they discovered Van Soelen lying on thefloor. “There was blood on the wall andthe floor,” Middleton says.
He was confirmed dead after the policeand ambulance services arrived.Neighbours heard his mother’s devas-
tated cries.“It’s my son,” she screamed. “My ba-
by.”Thevictimappears to have been struck
on the head with a blunt instrument. Astone, which Middleton says may havebeen used to hit Van Soelen, was foundin the same room.Middleton says some items may have
beenmissing from the house, but he saysthis could not yet be confirmed.The time of death will only be known
when the autopsy results are released.A neighbour, who asked not to be
named, described Van Soelen as a“friendly, outgoing” person, who wouldoften wave hello to him.The neighbour says the family only
moved in “about three months ago”.Middleton says murder is a rare oc-
curence in the suburb, although he notescrime figures are “increasingly high”when compared with last year. He urgesthe community to be more vigilant.
Page 8 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 7 August 2012
A woman’s worthSHE is woman, wife, mother, sister, aunt,friend. Matriarch.
Her names are endless, but what she repre-sents is the glue that binds family and friends.
Without her, worlds collide, families disin-tegrate, semblance of peace and cooperationdissimilate, siblings fight and grow apart.
She offers cohesion, a nurturing touch, ashoulder to cry on, soothing advice, a com-forting embrace.
‘She’ is a car, a boat, an aeroplane, but morethan an inanimate object, ‘she’ is MotherEarth. She breathes life and lets it grow – hersure hand ever present to guide, admonishand protect.
Womanhood is more than the spikes of herstiletto, the colour of her hair, the cup size ofher bra, her cooking skills.
Womanhood is defined beyond her physicaland professional abilities.
A woman who dwells in safety representsone who is the object of respect. A woman whois free to study and work is manifestation ofa free society. A woman who chooses to raiseher children and make a home earns her liv-ing.
What does gender equality mean? Do wom-en really want to be equal to men? And whodecides this? How is this equality deter-mined?
Gender equality transcends the borders ofincome. Earning power does not change howmen view women. Are they the weaker sex?Is there such a thing? Is this determined bywhether a woman can change the tyre of acar?
No.Is she any less of a woman if she can change
a tyre? And if she does it faster and with moreskill than a man, does she lose any of her femi-ninity?
Women’s Day on Thursday is a chance forall to examine their personal views of women.
Should she remain the persona society de-mands? Or, if she somehow ‘fails’, does thismake her less accepted as a human?
You decide.
What happened to car guard?IS THIS a rumour or is it true? Has thefriendly car guard, Aggrey, been removed?
I have not seen Aggrey, who is usually atthe car park at the Fish Hoek Arcade, forsome time. Now I hear that whoever is incharge wants to remove him. I find that verydisturbing.
Just over a year ago my car was stolen atthat park, and who was the one who actuallytried to stop the thief: Aggrey.
He knew me so well; when he saw my carpull out after he had just seen me at Pick nPay, he ran to try and stop the thief and near-ly got knocked over in the process. He imme-diately ran to contact the security. I was stillin the shop when all this went on. As I cameout and found my car gone, a police officerpulled up next to me and told me Aggrey sawthe whole incident.
Is management crazy to let go of such atrustworthy employee? Aggrey is one ofthose car guards you can trust. He has beenthere about 11 years and so many of us knowhim by name and he knows nearly everyone.He always has a smile and cheerful greeting.
Come on people, all of us that use the carpark, let’s fight to keep our trustworthy car
guards. To Aggrey, thanks a million forwatching our cars, and to all the other carguards who have been so long on the job. Weappreciate you guys.MARGARET CONSTANTOcean ViewFish Hoek City Improvement DistrictManager Hennie van der Merwe re-sponds: It is not a rumour and it is not true.The car guard Skeyi Aggrey has not been re-moved. He (has been) doing duty at the CivicCentre for July.
The fact is there are 10 posts available forcar guards in Fish Hoek being controlled bythe Fish Hoek City Improvement District(CID). These guards are rotated to assure thesame workload for all and creating a securitysystem whereby the guards also become eyesand ears in the process of fighting crime. Italso assures a system whereby the car guardscannot become stale at one post.
Skeyi Aggrey is thus treated the same as theother nine car guards and will rotate to allthe other posts on a monthly basis during theyear. This system has been passed by Council-lor Felicity Purchase, the police, Law Enforce-ment and the Fish Hoek CID.
Discrepancy in athlete payouts a disgraceI AM horrified to read disabled athletes will re-ceive less money than able-bodied athletes. If an-ything, they should receive more for their deter-
mination and effort. Whoever thought this upis an absolute disgrace to society.JENNIFER GIBSON
OrchestratedvandalismWHAT a completely irresponsibleeditorial, condoning the destruc-tion of public property by peoplewho have never contributed tobuilding anything.
This was organised and orches-trated by the ANC to try and sowdiscord in the Western Cape, andthe City is quite right to take themto court.
This is the best run province inthe country, so what is the com-plaint? Somebody isn’t gettingsomething for nothing!
It is disgraceful to portray pro-testers as outraged. I am outragedthat people think by destroyingpublic property – (which) I and oth-er taxpayers paid for – that this willimprove their lot.
I am outraged that most of myproperty taxes are diverted to build-ing infrastructure people only wantto destroy.
Nobody is entitled to anythingthey don’t pay for and protestershave never contributed in any wayto their community.
John F Kennedy once said: “Asknot what your country can do foryou, but what you can do for yourcountry.”BRIAN HOAREPlumsteadPeople’s Post respects the right of eve-ry reader to their opinion.This news-paper aims to reflect what is happen-ing in our broad readership anddoes not condone violence or vandal-ism by anyone. The leader articleclearly states: “It makes little senseto damage infrastructure and gov-ernment property – meant for use bythe people.” Letter shortened –Editor
Tuesday 7 August 2012 LETTERS People’s Post False Bay Page 9
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. Silence the Bell (and) KalkBay will be killed, like Muizen-berg. Uncompromising at soul.
. I remember bands playingat the Brass Bell 30 years ago.Many people complaining aboutnoise do not admit they did notresearch thearea sufficientlybe-fore theymoved in.Whymove toKalk Bay when you do not likethe late night noise of partygoers? Martin Struthmann
. I would just like to give Sho-priteFishHoekand themanagera big up for the smooth and or-ganised service when we boughtour Linkin Park concert tickets.Thanks! LP fan
. It’s time for traffic authori-ties to conduct another road-worthy check on taxis in theFishHoekarea.Many (are)with-out lights; just hazard lights go-ing!
. It’s about time the Jager’sWalk plaque above Skelly’s Poolwas replaced! The walk was thebrainchild of Bill Jager, the firstmayor of Fish Hoek. Let’s re-member the town’s history.
. Travelling on the train fromFish Hoek to Simon’s Town atabout 20:30 on a weekday, the se-curity guards were present, but
only concernedwith chatting upsome young women who’d obvi-ously been drinking. The guardsasked if I had a lighter to lendthem, which I did and they wentto another carriage. When theyhadn’t returned for a while Iwent looking for my lighter andfound the two guards smoking.Another night I was on the trainI have noticed the same twoguards looking quite “spacedout” with dilated pupils. I won-derwhowill protectme from thevery guards who are supposedlythere to protect me? Late TrainFear, Simon’s Town
. As a single parent I justwant to thank Elton and Dine ofPoppy’s Liquors in Ocean Viewfor the delicious soup they hand-ed out to the children of Lapland.
. To all involved pushing forthe Kommetjie Road calmingmeasures and the fact that it isactually really happening –thank you.
. Do we really wish to be in-formed by your editor of her hol-iday stresses or vacation activi-ties. Boring and trite.
. Wow! What a wonderfulshow of character and skillSouth Africa’s golden waterboys have shown at the Olym-pics. Cameron, Chad and therowing team, you guys rock!Now we wait and see what ourparalympians will do. Greatstuff, I’m sure. Amanda K
Baboon restaurant proposedTHE DEBATE on baboon man-agement continues.What is clearis that current measures are in-adequate for both residents andthe baboons. Interactions, bethey positive and negative, arelikely to increase as more andmore of the baboon territory isturned into housing develop-ments, destroyed by fires andgradually eroded.
Evidence suggests baboons arevery intelligent, easily stealingfood, entering premises and raid-ing “baboon-proof” bins. Theseare learned behaviours whichhave prompted conservationiststo strongly discourage feedingthe animals.
The baboons have learnedfrom this advice and adapted bytaking matters into their ownhands, helping themselves. Theinstallation of electric fencingwill just push the animals intoneighbouring areas, as is thecase with a recent installation ata popular bakerywhichwas a ba-boon hotspot.
It is time for some contrarythinking on thematter. Let’s feedthe baboons. The quick learningcreatures will soon realise it istoo difficult to break into a houseand raid the fridge when food isfreely available.
I suggest establishing a desig-nated feeding area where ba-
boon-friendly residents canleave food. Monitors can guidethe animals towards these spotswhere diets can be supervised,access limited and controlled.
These areas can also be effec-tively used as tourist viewingpoints and education centresproviding income for the moni-tors and the City of Cape Town.The peninsula has hundreds ofspots away from busy roadswhere these areas can be devel-oped from Silvermine to ImhoffFarm and the Kommetjie veld re-habilitation area. It is time forfresh thinking on the matter.BRADLEY PARSONSImhoff’s Gift (Kommetjie)
Spineless plant bloomsTHIS plant was spotted in floweronKommetjie Road between Riv-erside Road and 20th Avenue.
It isAgave attenuata, a relativeof the ‘Century plant’ Agaveamericanum, which grows alongthe railway line at Bailey’s Cot-tage.
After flowering the motherplant dies and several offsetsstart growing.
It is a very handsome plant andideal as a feature plant for a biggarden, requiring nowatering orfeeding.
Most Agave species have sharpspines at the end of their leaves,but Agave attenuata is unarmedand thus safe for animals andchildren.
An Agave species is used formaking Tequila.DANNY GILDENHUYSSun Valley
FULL BLOOM: This dramaticbloom belongs to a species ofAgave. Photo: Supplied
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IN CELEBRATION of Women’s Dayaround 2 000 people will take to thestreets of Bellville for the annual Wom-en’s Day Challenge on Thursday.
The race will see women, men and childrenof all ages walking or running in either a10km run or 5km fun run.
It will start outside the Bellville AthleticsStadium and venture out onto the streets be-fore finishing inside the stadium.
Steve McCarthy, the race director, says theroute has been designed to be fun for walkersand fast for the more serious competitors.
“For the front runners it will be quick andfor people who want to go out there and walk,it is also an enjoyable route,” says McCarthy.
“Coming back into the stadium it’s goingto be festive. The top runners will do the 10kmin about 33 minutes.”
Although entries to the race are now closedpeople are welcome to attend to supportfriends and family, or just soak up the festiveWomen’s Day atmosphere.
Since its inception more than a decade ago,the race has grown into a family event andoften sees entire families entering year afteryear.
Marlene Munnik (60) is one of the less com-petitive entrants in the race and will be par-ticipating along with two generations of herfamily. “I take part just for the fun. My sisterand I always walk with the children. It’s nicewalking with my grandchildren – it’s like an
outing,” says Munnik.“You meet lots of people. It’s my oldest
daughter who gets us together to enter therace.” Munnik’s daughters and granddaugh-ters will also participate.
According to McCarthy, the Munich familyis just one of many who will have generations
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al and those who participate in the 10km racealso stand a chance of winning prizes.
The first five finishers in the 10km race willwin gold medals, those who finish betweensixth and 50th place will win silver medals
and everyone else who finishes before the cut-off time will receive bronze medals.
All racers in the 10km event also stand achance of winning one of 28 cash prizes be-tween R250 and R2 000, depending on wherethey finish. Spot prizes will also be awardedduring the prize giving.
Family affair atFamily affair atannual challengeannual challenge
FUN RUN: Two runners from the BrackenfellAthletics Club make their way to the finish lineof Women’s Day Challenge during last year’srace. Photo: Supplied
NATIONAL CALL-UP: Tokai rower James Johnston shows off the abilities that earned hima call-up to the national team. Johnston, 17, will compete in the single scull event atthe World Rowing Junior Championships in Bulgaria from Wednesday 15 to Sunday 19August. Photo: Gavin Withers
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VICTORY: TheFish Hoek HighSchool under-19A team cele-brate their 26-20win over Hotten-tots Holland HighSchool in FishHoek on Satur-day. The FishHoek team leftfor a tour toGeorge yester-day.Photos: Colleen Bailey
SCRUM DOWN: The Fish Hoek High School under-19A forward pack scrums down against their HottentotsHolland High School counterparts during a match in Fish Hoek on Saturday. The home side won 26-20.
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Paddling season kicks-off with a ripperTHE first K2 event of the 2012 Western CapeCanoe Union canoe season, the RooibergNekkies to Eilandia 27km section of theBreede River, took place on Saturday 4 Au-gust.With 160 plus paddlers arriving atNekkies
in thick mist and cold temperatures, therewere several faceswearing frowns but by thetime the group was brought under starter’sorders and the gun was fired, the sky hadcleared.The initial leading bunch of Ernest van Ri-
et and Edgar Boehm Jnr, Graeme Solomonand Kenny Rice, Michael Farringer andJoseph Williams, and Louw van Riet andOwen Gandor set a furious pace to the firstrapid. The group then broke away from thetwoK1s of Lance Kime and StuartMacLaronwho, until that stage, kept the pace.
The longer, swifter canoeswere always go-ing to dominate over K1s and by the pumpstation, 2km into the race, they were wellclear.After the very “bony” weir at 4km, Ernest
van Riet and Boehm and Solomon and Rice,broke away from Louw van Riet and Gandarto race as a pair of K2s to the endSome 23km later, VanRiet andBoehmbeat
Solomon and Rice by two seconds after anend sprint. Both Ernest van Riet and Boehmwill represent SA at the World Canoe Mara-thon Champs in Rome in September in thesub-veterans category, while Solomon andRice will participate in the veterans and un-der-18 categories respectively.The senior women’s event was, predicta-
bly dominated by the crew of Alexa Cole andEloise van Gysen who will be representing
SA in Rome as a senior women’s K2 pairing.But they didn’t have things all their way.
Theymade several errors, allowing Kim vanGysen and Kirsten Penderis to come in justtwo minutes after them.The crew of Kirsten Flanagan and Amy
Hare took the third spot and they were alsothe second under-18 crew home.In the K1 section of the event, Lance Kime
beat Stuart MacLaron by a mere two sec-onds, while under-18 Dominic Notten camein third, five minutes later.This comingweekendwill see twoK2 races
take place. The first will be a 29km race be-tween Gouda Bridge and Bridgetown on theBerg River on Thursday, and the second willbe an 18km race from the Darling Bridge toWyzersdrift on the Breede River on Satur-day.
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Far South surfers make waves
FAR SOUTH surfers continue to makewaves on the international scene, withKommetjie young guns Mikey Febru-ary, Matt Bromley and Tanika Hoff-man all earning plaudits in the pastfortnight.
M-Feb, as he has become known, cut aswathe through most of the world’s bestpro junior (under-20) surfers at the USOpen of Surfing at Huntington Beach in
California last week. Despite stitches in abadly cut hand,Mikey progressed throughthree rounds of cutthroat competition be-fore narrowly missing out on a finalsberth, ending equal fifth.Bromley has received due recognition
for his performances in big waves aroundthe globe over the past year, in the formof a coveted invitation to compete in theAir Tahiti Nui VonZipper Teahupo’o tri-als. The trials run from Saturday 11 untilMonday 13 August and feature 16 interna-tional invitees and 16 Tahitians, with thewinner plus the highest placed Tahitianearning wildcards into the Billabong ProTahiti, an ASPWorld Championship Tourevent.Held at the fearsome break of Teahupo’o
on Tahiti, universally acknowledged asone of theworld’s best butmost dangerouswaves, being included amongst the plan-et’s premier big-waveperformers is ahugeaccolade for Matt.
Tanika Hoffman (19) recently based her-self in France, where she has been on atear in the ASP Europe pro junior wom-en’s events. Competing against the best 20-and-under girls in Europe, Tanikareached the final of the Billabong Sopela-na event in France twoweeks back, finish-ing fourth overall. This past weekend sheposted a couple of heat wins on her wayto the semis of theWAHRLD event in Gali-cia, Spain, where she placed equal sev-enth.Meanwhile, back home in SA, Tanika’s
father Mark Hoffman has been electedPresident of Surfing South Africa (SSA)for a third successive term at the annualmeeting of the national controlling bodyfor the sport. Bruce Anderson, Presidentof Western Province Surfing, was electedunopposed as the Deputy President ofSSA.The WP team finished fourth overall at
the SA Masters champs which ended in
Durban two weeks back with Neil Ziets-man (Kommetjie) the only WP surfer toreach the final four in the seven divisionscontested.And right here in the Far South, Xpres-
sions on the Beach celebrated the launchof their new store at Surfer’s Corner inMuizenberg with a great turnout of 66Stand Up Paddleboarders and 34 long-boarders for the Xpression Wave Classicat the end of July. Dual SA champ JustinBing, Tom King and Chris Bertish werethe local standouts in the SUP event whileMike Grendon, Jono Rosslind, Tom King,Alfonso Peters and Simone Robb shone inthe longboarding.There are plenty of big waves and in-
clement weather predicted for the weekahead. After a brief respite in midweek,gale-forcewesterly to north-westwinds ar-rive on Friday bringing a swell forecast toreach a massive 10m over the weekend –so be careful out there!
WHITE WATER: Kommetjie’s TanikaHoffman appears to be walking onwater during the run that earned herfourth place in a women’s Pro Juniorsurfing event in France.
Photo: Aquashot/ASP Europe
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