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MUIZENBERG police haveagain come under fire for

poor service delivery, this timefrom a resident whose home wasburgled in February and whostill has not received a follow-upvisit from a detective.

Amanda Hinderson discoveredthat her home had been broken intoon Sunday 13 February after re-turning from jogging with her hus-band.

She found her mother, who is alsotheir neighbour, standing outsidetheir home next to broken glass.

Hinderson says her mother sawthe suspects fleeing from theirhome and phoned the police atabout 10:00.

Two cellphones, a laptop, a make-up bag and other items were stolen.

But when police had not arrivedby 12:00, Hinderson’s husband wentto the police station.

At the station he told a constableabout the incident, who askedwhether their cellphones had been

stolen, and whether they hadblocked their phones. When he toldthem the cellphones were stolen butnot blocked, Hinderson says theconstable refused to open a docket.He told her husband that the policecould not open a docket if their cell-phones were not blocked.

He returnedhome, butHindersoninsisted that they go to the stationagain, because the officer’s expla-nation for not opening a docket didnot make sense.

They went to the station a secondtime, but the same explanation wasgiven to them again and they leftthe station without a docket beingopened.

The following day, on 14 Febru-ary, they again visited Muizenbergpolice station. Hinderson says theywere “disappointed” when officersrefused to help them once again.

But when the Hindersons left thestation, they asked a officer, whowas entering the station to go on du-ty, if they could open a docket. Hesaid yes, took their statement andgave them a case number.

Hinderson says she told the po-

lice officer that her daughter hadthe registration number of the carthe burglars had used, along withitems with the fingerprints of theburglars.

However, to date the Muizenbergpolice have still not visited the Hin-derson home to follow up. Nor havethey asked for the getaway car’sregistration number or collectedthe items with fingerprints, theHendersons report.

In February, People’s Post reportedthat another victim of violent crimewas “fed up” with police for not fol-lowing up on evidence (“Police ‘lostthe plot’”, People’s Post, 1 February).

Rob MacLean, a well-known ca-noeist from Marina Da Gama, andhis daughter (22) were hijacked inApril last year, and also com-plained that police did not followthrough on important leads.

But the Muizenberg police de-fended their actions at the time,saying that the leads MacLean wasreferring to were not relevant to thecase. Police are still looking for sus-pects in connection with the case.

Hinderson says she is extremely

disappointed. “Next time I will notevenbother going to thepolice,” shesays.

Captain Stephen Knapp, spokes-person for the Muizenberg police,says the matter is being investiga-ted.

“A departmental investigationhas been opened regarding the com-plaint and will be investigated. Wecannot, however, speculate on thematter at this point,” says Knapp.

Knapp explains that guidelinesare provided on the theft of cell-phones.

He says it is “standard proce-dure” to obtain a blacklist numberfrom the service provider when acellphone is stolen. “This number isrequired to register the complainton our systems.”

“If, however, any other itemshave also been stolen, the case canbe registered and the details of thecellphone added at a later stage.”

“If it is found that members havefailed in their duties, the necessarysteps will be taken against thesemembers.”

He encourages residents to con-

tact the station management withany service delivery complaints.

The station, he says, also has acomments register and suggestionbox, and any suggestions from thecommunity regarding the improve-ment of service delivery are “mostwelcome”.

Gerry Gordon, chairperson of theMuizenberg Community PolicingForum (CPF), says this kind of ser-vice is “unacceptable” and addsthat she will be following the pro-vincial investigation closely.

She urges residents to contact thepolice management if they are un-happy with the service they getfrom the station. She says in casesof bad service delivery, complai-nants must get the name of the offi-cer involved to fast-track the inves-tigation. Gordon says Muizenbergpolice service delivery in general is“okay”, but adds that there is roomfor improvement.

She urges residents to contact thestation’s management or email herpersonally in cases of poor servicedelivery, atgerry@mothersunite.org.za.

The South AfricanSurf Lifesaving Cham­pionships for nipperswere held in perfectweather conditions atStrand beach on Sat­urday. The Fish HoekSurf Lifesaving Club’snippers walked offwith the champion­ship title, while Dur­ban Surf and KingsBeach (PE) placedsecond and third re­spectively. See page16 for more.

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Navy man retiresWARRANT OFFICER Andre van Breda,who served in the South African Navyfor over 40 years, was honoured onWednesday 30 March at his retirementfunction at the Southern Flow in FishHoek.

Van Breda joined the South African Na-vy in 1970 and completed his basic trainingat SAS Simonsberg. Van Breda became agunnery operator and eventually a gun-nery instructor, facilitating ceremonialduties and training Navy units. He washonoured with several decorations andmedals during his service, including theProtea Bronze, the Kunene Clasp, theSouth African medal, a General Servicemedal and a Good Service medal.

Van Breda was presented with a bottle ofwine and a replica cannon at the function.

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FRIENDS AND COL­LEAGUES: WarrantOfficer Andre vanBreda (right) andWarrant OfficerJohn Zwane.

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HAPPYDAY: War­rant Offic­er Andrevan Bredaand hiswife, Jean.

Every dog has its dayJUST NUISANCE’S birthday was cele-brated on Friday 1 April on JubileeSquare in Simon’s Town.

A cake baked by Glencairn Kwiksparand decorated by Café Pescado was en-joyed by visitors and children had funpainting Just Nuisance onto a pre-drawnsketch. Just Nuisance is a Great Danethat was officially enlisted into the RoyalNavy in August 1939. He never went to seabut performed a number of onshore roles,accompanying sailors on the train to Cape

Town and escorting them from pubs afterclosing time. He liked guarding (sleeping)at the top of the gangplank on the Navyvessels, thus earning the name “Nui-sance” as sailors had to step over him.

When he was enlisted, his surname waslisted as “Nuisance”, with “Just” beingentered in the blank where his forenamewas to be entered.

Just Nuisance’s birthday is celebratedevery year on 1 April on Jubilee Squarewith a birthday cake.

A visiting dog pays homage to Just Nui­sance. Photos: Claire Ryan

A young girl wishes Just Nuisance a happybirthday.

When Easter and the Two Oceans Marathon meetFISH HOEK businesses are supportingthe Fish Hoek Running Club and localcharities over the Easter weekend. Thecommunity is invited to participate anddonate Easter eggs to participating busi-nesses over the week, from Monday 18April.

Make a morning of it – bring the wholefamily to support the local Fish Hoek Clubrunners passing through Fish Hoek MainRoad from approximately 07:00 to 09:00 onSaturday 23 April.

Each business is encouraged to createan Easter egg collection point on theirpremises from 18 to 22 April. Make it fun,

bold, delightful and inviting! Enquiriescan be directed to Adrian Lawson on082 497 7366; Julian Hobson on082 929 9800, or Manu Choudree on072 980 4335.

The Easter eggs will be brought to theArcade, Main Road, Fish Hoek on Satur-day 23 April, where the formal hand-overto local charities will take place at 10:00.

Show your support by dressing up inthe local Athletics Club colours – black,white and yellow hair colouring wouldclearly identify you as a “hoeker”! But trygo for a classy “hoeker” look – think Char-lize, not Paris!

Show your supportTHE Prostate Cancer Support Action groupwill meet at 17:45 for 18:00 on Tuesday 19 Aprilin the auditorium of the Constantiaberg Me-di-Clinic, Burnham Road, Plumstead.

Newly-diagnosed patients and their part-

ners or care-givers from all over the CapeMetro are welcome to attend, meet prostatecancer survivors and sharedetails of their ex-perience.

The speaker’s subject is treatment withproton beams. Call 073 560 3067 for more in-formation.

Watch meetingTHE Sun Valley Neighbourhood Watchmonthly meeting will take place on Tues-

day 19 April from 19:00 at the St Peter’sChurch in Nelson Road, Fish Hoek.

For further inquiries, about the meet-ing phone 071 638 1511.

Support for young mothersTHE next meeting of the Young Moms Sup-port Group will take place on Saturday 16April from 10:30 to 12:30 at the False Bay Hos-pital Hall in Fish Hoek.

All young moms and their children are

welcome to join and attendance is free.For more information, contact Tracy

Engelbrecht on 072 986 3105, email tra-cy@tracyengelbrecht.com or visit the web-site http://tracyengelbrecht.com.

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Unit (BRU). The Baboon OperationalGroup, however, consists only of threeauthorities (City of Cape Town, CapeNa-ture and TMNP). The Baboon LiaisonGroup (BLG) is an organisation of con-cerned civics and does not form part ofthe Baboon Operational Group. The BLGis invited to observe the meetings butdoes not participate in decisions. Simi-larly, the UCT Baboon Research Unitserves in an advisory capacity, but doesnot partake indecision-making. Weapol-ogise for the error.

Come and be seenTHE Sector One Crime Forum of the FishHoek Community Policing Forum (CPF),in conjunction with the Fish Hoek police,will be conducting a visibility operationon Wednesday 13 April from 18:00 to19:00.

Residents of the Fish Hoek Valley areencouraged to demonstrate their abhor-rence of crime and stand together in

their demand for a crime-free valley andcountry.

Neighbourhood watches and residentsare encouraged to partake in this opera-tion.

The meeting point is the Fish HoekCivic Centre at 17:45.

For more information, please contactKim Davis on 082 610 6026.

Assault cases on the riseDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE Fish Hoek police arrested a totalof 11 people on charges of assault dur-ing April.

Warrant Officer Chris Cloete, spokes-person for the Fish Hoek police, says thisis an unusually high number of assaultcharges and contributes this to thenumber of counter-cases being opened inresponse to assault charges that are ini-tially laid.

He says that counter charges do nothave as much “weight” as an originalcharge, adding that the original chargeentails the investigation of both sides.

“We would like to urge members of thepublic to seek mediation before openingan assault charge with the police.”

Cloete adds that detectives spend a lotof their time on these assault cases, onlyto have them retracted.

He says investigating cases that do notmaterialise in the end are a waste of a de-tectives’ time, which could have beenspent investigating other criminal activ-ities. He says the Fish Hoek police willshow no leniency towards people whoare arrested on assault charges if thereare “reasonable grounds” for the arrest.

“Under no circumstances should mem-bers of the public take the law into theirown hands.”

Bush party eludes policeFISH Hoek police failed to break up a partyheld by a group of informal wood traders inthebushesalongOuKaapseWegnearSunVal-ley on Saturday 9 April.

Gwen Rea, a Fish Hoek resident, says shedrove past the party at midnight and alertedthe Fish Hoek police to the noise.

The police informed her that they had al-ready received a noise pollution complaintand were attending to the matter.

But when she drove past the scene again atabout 03:00 on Sunday morning, the party wasstill going on. “They made a terrible racket,”says Rea.

Warrant Officer Chris Cloete, spokesperson

for the Fish Hoek police, says they arrived atthe scene at about 23:10.

However, he says the officers could notreach the party because the group was deepin the bushes and police could not find theirway through the area in the dark.

Cloete says the officers made a second at-tempt but still could not reach the informaltraders.

Cloete urge members of the public to contactLaw Enforcement with noise complaints.

He says Law Enforcement has a dedicatedteam to address noise complaints and keepsrecord of every incident.

They can be reached on (021) 784-2033.

IN CHARGE: Margaret Silk,co­owner of Paddlers in Si­mon’s Town, has taken on thechairmanship of a newly­in­vigorated Simon’s Town Busi­ness Association. Silk is ex­cited about the untappedbusiness potential in Simon’sTown. “I know that if we worktogether, sharing our experi­ences and expertise, we willbe able to enhance the busi­ness success of our town,”she says. As a first step, Silkand her newly­elected execu­tive committee are holding abrainstorming session onMonday 18 April at 18:00, inthe upstairs section of TheMeeting Place in Simon’sTown. “We would like all Si­mon’s Town business owners to join us to share ideas on how the Simon’s Town BusinessAssociation can work with them.” For more information email simonstown­ba@gmail.com.

Special school for special youth launchedA DEVELOPMENT projectfor young adults with autismand special needs was openedin Lakeside recently by TheAcademy for Adults with Au-tism.

However, they need help tokeep their doors open and runoptimally.

The Enrichment CentreProject provides a safe andcaring environment foryoung adults and school leav-ers with autism, specialneeds and development delaywho would otherwise have noplace to go during the day.

The structured daily pro-gramme incorporates craftactivities, encouragement ofindependent life skills, con-stant supervision by quali-fied and experienced staff, be-havioural management, exer-cise with supervision andadvice of therapists and atrained facilitator, as well assupervised leisure time and

opportunities to socialiseand practise communica-tion.

Constructive activitiessuch as puzzle-buildingand gardening are also onthe list of activities, asthese are used as learningtools.

Occasional outings toplaces of natural beautylike the beach, forest orparks are also a highlightfor the youth.

However, the centrestill requires educationalgames, puzzles, books, artmaterials and a 3x3 mcarpet.

The centre welcomesdonationsaswell as itemswhich can be sold at fund-raisers to purchase mate-rials for the centre.

Anyone willing to assist thenon-profit organisation, orfor more information, phoneDebbie on (021) 788-7652 or

071 933 0535. Alternatively,email info@adultswithau-tism.org.za or visitwww.adultswithau-tism.org.za.

APPLICATION: Lakeside’s JarredFlugel (23) paints a stationeryholder.

Cool cats on showTHE Big Cat Club Cat Show will be held atCape Town High School on Saturday 16April from 10:00 to 15:00pm.

Over 100 felines, including many pedi-greed cats and kittens, as well as domesticcats, have been entered and will compete forvarious awards.

The Emma Animal Rescue Society (Tears)will have beautiful rescued cats on exhibi-

tion available for adoption.There is an adoption fee of R450, which in-

cludes vaccination, deworming, flea andtick control, sterilisation and micro-chip-ping. All cats have been tested for Aids andleukaemia.

Entrance is R10 for adults and R5 for chil-dren. For further information call MarilynHoole on 083 651 6343.

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Inspirationaltalks for women

WOMEN TODAY willbe hosting a morningof talks on Tuesday 19April at the King ofKings Baptist Centrein Sun Valley at 09:30.Guest speakers areJackie Folley, CasaLabia’s cultural andprogramme manager,who will be sharingthe history of CasaLabia in Muizenberg,and Rosanne Visagie– daughter of formerPresident PW Botha –who will share herstory – “Journey toWholeness”. Formore informationcontact Mary Murga-troyd: (021) 782-1309.

A tale of two plays

THE MuizenbergDramatic Society isholding auditions foreither “The HauntedThrough Lounge AndRecessed DiningNook at FarndaleCastle” or “We FoundLove And An Exqui-site Set Of PorcelainFigurines AboardThe SS Farndale Ave-nue”, both are come-dies and exercises incoarse acting. Audi-tions are on Saturday16 April at 14:00 atThe Rendezvous (OldZandvlei BowlingClub), 57 PromenadeRoad, Muizenberg.The show will be per-formed at the MasqueTheatre from Friday22 July. For inquiriescontact AndrewBlake on (021) 781-0114 or 082 493 3330.

Walking the village to“spot issues” were:Mike Romyn, MID chair­person; Randall Letsape,MCSI treasurer and Mui­zenberg Community Po­lice Forum member,Derek Harrison of KitchKombuis, who, with agroup of friends has al­ready compiled a big fileof “fix­its”, MargaretDugmore of Safer To­gether and MSCI, andresident Trevor Wells.

Moonlight walkTHE next Muizenberg MoonlightMeander – presented by Safer To-gether and the Jungle Theatre Com-pany – will be held on Saturday 16April on Muizenberg Beach at 18:00.Meet in front of Knead and the walkstarts at 18:15. Come dressed warm-

ly. Dogs on leads are welcome, butbring along a plastic bag for theirdroppings.

For more information contactCape Town Tourism Muizenberg on(021) 787-9140. Diarise the rest of theMoonlight Meander dates: 14 May,11 June, 16 July, 13 August, 10 Sep-tember, 8 October, 5 November and10 December.

Precious find from the pastA TROPHY cast from Britishsilverandmadebefore1900wasfound after 73 years in an oldstore-room at the NewlandsSwimming Pool.

The trophy was returned onWednesday 23 March to its home,the St James Retirement Hotel inSt James, in an auspicious cere-mony organised by the Cape ofGood Hope Rotary Club, whichholds its monthly meetings there.

Mike Walker, historian andpresident of the Cape of Good HopeRotary Club, set out to find theGentrySwimmingCup trophyandmade contact with Sandra Rey-nolds of the WP Aquatics Club,who was said to be the one personwho stood a chance of finding it.Within one month she found it in“The Dungeon”, an old storeroomat Newlands Swimming Pool.

The trophy dates back to 1930,when Captain John Gentry (1874-1938), owner of the St James Hoteluntil 1938, donated it as a floatingtrophy to be used in the Kalk Bay

Regatta. The trophy is solid silver,has a hallmark of County Shef-field, and is dated over 100 years.

The Kalk Bay Regatta was can-celled in 1939 due to the outbreakof World War II and was never re-vived. The trophy then went miss-ing – until Mike Walker set about

trying to locate it.The Rotary Club re-silvered and

refurbished the trophy beforehanding it back to the presentmanagement of the St James Re-tirement Hotel. It is to be placed ondisplay in the hotel’s Gentry Din-ing Room.

BACK HOME: The Gentry Cup was safely returned to the St James Retire­ment Hotel, where it rightfully belongs, after 73 years. From the left areJohan le Roux (catering manager, St James Retirement Hotel), Sandra Rey­nolds (WP Aquatics Club), Mike Walker (president of the Cape of GoodHope Rotary Club), David Harthick (deputy general manager, St James Re­tirement Hotel) and Gael Herring (MD, St James Retirement Hotel).

HAVING FUN, STRICTLY: Lo­cals enjoyed themselvesthoroughly at the StrictlyCome Dancing event in theFish Hoek Civic Centre on Fri­day night, hosted by the Capeof Good Hope Rotary Club.Professional dancers firstdemonstrated various dancestyles, such as line dancing,hip­hop and Latin Americandancing, before guests tookto the floor themselves. Herea group of dancers do the pal­ais glide, a Scottish dance.Photo: Evelyn Lyle

MCSI walkabout a big successTHE Muizenberg neighbourhoodwatch (MCSI) “Spot-it, Fix-it” walk-about on Saturday was a big suc-cess, with people from various or-ganisations andprivate individualswalking together.

It was a great opportunity to getto know neighbours, and talk aboutaspects of safety and the “look” ofthe village. Photographs were tak-en and notes made about somethings that look good, and manythat need attention. The Muizen-berg Partnership, Cape Town Citystaff and others have offered to sup-port the neighbourhood watch ingetting the problems “fixed”promptly. A group of about 20 peo-ple walked Muizenberg Village andthe beach, led by Peter and Marga-

ret Dugmore, while about 10 walkedthe mountainside and the Park, ledby John Cartwright and GeorgeHill. Several people joined as thegroup was walking, and some peo-ple volunteered to join the Muizen-berg neighbourhood watch. Peoplewho have spotted other things thatneed to be added to the “Fix-it” list,or wish to join the MSCI, can con-tact Elizabeth Milne on (021) 788-9121 or email elizabethm@newleaf-network.co.za.

The event was supported by SaferTogether, Muizenberg Improve-ment District, Muizenberg Histori-cal Society, False Bay Tourism andBusiness Association, GeorgeWhitefield College and the Muizen-berg Partnership.

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Security company owner arrestedDALEEN FOUCHÉ

A CAPRI resident and ownerof a local security company

was arrested on Monday 4 Aprilonachargeofassaultwith the in-tent to cause grievous bodilyharm, after he allegedly shotanother Capri resident with apepperball gun on Sunday mor-ning, 3 April.

Michael Oosthuizen (24), ownerof Inovative Security Solutions, ap-peared in the Simon’s Town Magis-trate’s Court on Tuesday 5 Apriland was released without having topay bail. The incident took placeduring a birthday celebration inCapri Terrace Road in Capri andwas allegedly preceded by an argu-ment over parking space.

The complainant, a Capri resi-dent who did not want to be named,for fear of victimisation, attendedthe party with his wife and parkedopposite the property of InovativeSecurity Solutions, which is also aprivate home. He says the owner ofthe property asked him to move his

car, but he refused. He only movedhis car later in the evening.

The complainant found an obno-xious word written with lipstick onhis car’s windscreen and claimsthat the accused was responsible.

Oosthuizen, however, denies thathe is responsible and says he onlyfound out much later about the lip-stick writing on the windscreen.

The complainant claims thatwhen he left the party at about 02:30with his wife, Oosthuizen “ran” upto his car with a pepperball gun.The complainant says that hegrabbed Oosthuizen by his head inan attempt to “restrain” him.

Oosthuizen then allegedly shot athim with a pepperball gun.

Oosthuizen, in defence, says thecomplainant drove into their pri-vate driveway. He walked out to in-vestigate the source of the noise.

The complainant alleges he wasshot about 10 times, in his face, eye,arms and hands. One of the projec-tiles hit and broke the passengerseat window, he claims. People at-tending the party came out of thehouse and the incident came to a

halt. The residentwent toFalseBayHospital and was treated for minorinjuries. A party-goer phoned theFish Hoek police, who arrived atthe scene and took statements.

Oosthuizen did not give any fur-ther comment. His next court ap-pearance is on 13 May.

Siziwe Zuma, communicationmanager for the Private SecurityIndustry Regulatory Authority(PSIRA), says Inovative SecuritySolutions, with its rapid responseunit known as Bayview Rapid Ac-tion, is registered with them.

“PSIRA has not received anycomplaints against this business orowner from any other security ser-vice provider or members of thepublic.” Zuma says the companydoes not use firearms.

Oosthuizen says all their clientsare aware that they use pepperballguns and not real firearms. He saysthis is thepreferredmethodof rapidresponse by both PSIRA and theirclients. Oosthuizen says this is whythey prefer the term “rapid re-sponse”, instead of “armed re-sponse”.

WASHED UP: This seal was found on Fish Hoek Beach on Friday 8 April.Gwen Rea, an early morning swimmer at Fish Hoek Beach, says theseal looked injured and in distress. Workers from the City of CapeTown’s Solid Waste Department tried to help it by pouring water overthe seal. The SPCA collected the seal at about 09:30 and took it toa vet. Gareth Petterson, a wildlife inspector for the Good Hope SPCA,says the seal, an adult female, was diagnosed with severe respiratorydisease. “We had to euthanase the animal,” he says. He says peopleshould not throw water on a seal when it is lying on the beach becauseusually they come to the beach to rest and warm up. Photo: Gwen Rea

DURING the firstdemocratic elec-tion in South Afri-ca in 1994,19 726 610 peoplevoted. –(www.electionre-sources.org.za)

On your marqueTHE Italian Motorcycle Owner’sClub (IMOC) is planning to cele-brate the 90th anniversary of theMoto Guzzi motorcycle marque onSunday 17 April, from 11:30 to 20:00,at the Fireman’s Arms, on the cor-

ner of Buitengracht and MechauStreet in Cape Town.

Both the World Superbike racestaking place in Assen in the Nether-lands will be screened live on thebig screen. There will be a limitednumber of commemorative T-shirtsand various prizes to be won.

IMOC is inviting all Moto Guzzi

owners to attend on their motorcy-cle. Food and a limited range of freedrinks will be provided. Other in-terested people are welcome to at-tend the event, but their food anddrinks will be to their own account.For further information email mo-toguzzi@eversonscider.com toRSVP for catering purposes.

Show the animals you careWINTER is nearly here, with cold,rainy days forecast for the monthsahead, and The Emma Animal Res-cue Society (Tears) is appealing tocommunities to consider the ani-

mals in disadvantaged areas whohave no bedding, no shelter and notmuch food.

Many of them are tied up on shortchains and cannot escape the freez-

ing conditions and rain to seekwarmth and food.

If you have any unwanted ken-nels, blankets, cushions or dog bedslying around unused, or are able todonate food, please call the kennelson (021) 785-4482 to arrange deliveryor collection.

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OLD GUNS: A naval gunwas fired for the firsttime in 108 years onWednesday 16 Marchat Middle North Batteryin Simon’s Town. Manu­factured by the RoyalGun Factory of Wool­wich, England in 1865,this gun was last firedon 27 April 1903 beforebeing withdrawn fromuse on 19 September1906. This series ofphotographs shows thegun in action.

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FIRE AWAY: The gun discharges. BIG BANG: The roar of the explosion.

CLOUD OF SMOKE: The smoke discharge.THE DUST SETTLES: The smoke filters out ofthe gun.

Light relief afer Masi firesNTOMBEKHAYA SO-BETHWAispleasedwithhernew solar-powered lightingunit.

The Masiphumelele residentsays her new shack, which isstill under construction, willbe much safer because she willno longer need candles, an ex-pensive and risky light source.

The single mother-of-four’sshack was one of 15 homes de-stroyed in the latest spate ofshack fires that occur frequent-ly in the area in the warmermonths.

Sobethwa and Ntombokhan-yo Fani both received Ezylightsolar units – which consist ofa solar panel to be placed onthe roof, a switchboard that itconnects to as well as light fit-tings – at a hand-over ceremo-ny organised by Catholic Wel-fare and Development’s (CWD)Crisis Relief and PreventionProgramme.

The ceremony took place on Wednesday 6April at the organisation’s Siyakhulisa Com-munity Development Centre in Masiphume-lele. Sobethwa says the unit will enable herto save on electricity, and she will also useit for cooking.At the samehandover, 15 otherresidents who lost their belongings in thefires received “crisis basins” from CWD’sCrisis Relief and Prevention Programme.

These are plastic basins containing basicneeds for a family left affected by disaster,including a fleecy blanket, food items suchas tinned fish, corned beef, instant porridge,mealie meal, sugar and toiletries such assoap, four face-cloths, four toothbrushes,toothpaste and petroleum jelly or body lo-tion.

The basin is suitable for bathing a baby, al-though it can be used by all family members.As a crisis relief measure the “crisis basin”is unique to CWD.

CWD also handed over front doors to 12 ofthe 15 families for the shacks they were re-constructing after the fires. The remainingthree were donated by hardware retailer Pen-ny Pinchers, from which the other doorswere bought.

In a previous event, CWD hosted an aware-ness campaign aimed at teaching residents ofinformal settlements to protect themselvesagainst flooding, fire and other disasters, inMasiphumelele on Friday 11 March.

For more information on the event orCWD’s work, please visit www.cwd.org.za, ortelephone (021) 425-2095.

HELPING HANDS: Hawa Hassan of alternative energies firmEzylight (second from left) presents a solar lighting unit toMasiphumelele shack dweller, Ntombokhanyo Fani. They areflanked by CWD’s crisis relief and prevention manager,Nontsikelelo Dwangu (right) and Denise Klassen (left), man­ager of CWD’s Siyakhulisa Community Development Centrein Masiphumelele. Photo: Supplied

Tuesday 12 April 2011 GENERAL People’s Post False Bay Page 7

The final draft District Spatial Development Plans and Environmental ManagementFrameworks relevant to your area will be available for public viewing from Friday 1 April 2011at your local library, subcouncil office or Planning & Building Development ManagementDistrict office, or visit www.capetown.gov.za/en/sdf

Comments can be forwarded to:Spatial Planning & Urban Design DepartmentCity of Cape Town, P O Box 4511, Cape Town, 8000

Fax: 021 425 6495

E-mail: futurecapetown@capetown.gov.za

You are invited to participate in stakeholder open days in each of the districts in the month ofApril 2011 where the revised draft proposals of the district plans will be presented and discussed.

The following open day is planned for the Cape Flats District:Date: Tuesday 19 April 2011Venue: Grassy Park Civic Centre, Cnr Victoria Road and 5th Avenue, Grassy ParkTime: 16:30 – 19:00

For more information please visit the website above, orcontact Paul Prinsloo on 021 400 9412 or e-mailfuturecapetown@capetown.gov.za.

The closing date for public commentsis Thursday 30 June 2011.

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Local PR firm soarsA FISH HOEK public relations agencywon gold and silver awards for the CapeTown International Kite Festival at theSouth African public relations industryawards last week.

Cathy Williams, owner of On CourseCommunications, said she and her col-league Noelene Botha were ecstatic abouttheir PRISM awards.

“The fact that our tiny agency could winjust goes to show that you don’t need to bea big business in the city’s hustle and bustleto deliver top-class results. There are manycreative and talented people living andworking in the Far South.”

Both women are parents of young chil-dren, and attribute their success to hardwork and a real commitment to their client.

“Cape Mental Health’s wonderful workassisting adults and children with mentaldisabilities inspires us to go the extra mile,”said Botha.

“A record number of 169 entries were re-ceived for this year’s PRISM Awards,” saidMarilyn Watson, chief adjudicator.

“Our congratulations to On Course Com-munications for an excellent entry; thejudges were impressed with the clear meas-urable objectives set, creative executionand the obvious overall effectiveness of thecampaign, and all on a limited budget.”

On Course Communications competedwith some of the country’s biggest PR firmsin winning silver for “PR on a Shoestring”,and gold for the best NGO campaign, a cate-gory the judges described as “challenging”.

On Course Communications securedover R3,2 million in media coverage for the2010 Kite Festival.

It is currently working on the 2011 cam-paign for this annual event, which will benext held in Muizenberg on Saturday 22 andSunday 23 October.

For details go to www.capemental-health.co.za.

LEST WE FORGET: Acommemorative clothwas unveiled at the re­cent annual meetingof the Fish Hoek Gar­den Club. This clothwill be used to com­memorate, on theirdeaths, past officebearers and commit­tee members of theclub. Seen here areJean Ellam (left), andJean Frankel, the wid­ows of Dudley Ellamand Edgar Frankel.

AND THE WIN­NERS ARE: Noe­lene Botha (left)and Cathy Wil­liams (middle) ofFish Hoek publicrelations agencyOn Course Com­munications,which won goldand silver at therecent PRISMAwards for itsCape Town Inter­national Kite Fes­tival Campaignfor Cape Mental Health. On the right is Dr Pranill Ramchander, the public relations headof PRISM sponsor Anglo American South Africa. Photo: Supplied

PEOPLE WHOCARE: The St Johnprimary healthcare organisationin Fish Hoek re­cently receivedR321 775 fromthe National Lot­tery DistributionTrust Fund to train75 students fromthe South Penin­sula in home­based care withfirst aid. Thisthree­week, ac­credited coursewas available toSouth African citi­zens living in infor­mal settlementsand previously dis­advantaged com­munities in Masiphumele, Red Hill, Lavender Hill, Retreat, Capricorn Park, Ocean View, Muizen­berg and Fish Hoek. Training started in October 2010 and is to be completed by the middle ofMay. Heather Baker, centre manager of St John Fish Hoek, says that this is the third time ineight years that the centre has received funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund.She says the sponsorship has enabled St John to empower many people over the years.

VICTOR: Penny Price, of the Muizen­berg Social and Bowling Club’s cro­quet section, won the Veteran’sHandicap Association Croquet Sin­gles in the Western Province Cro­quet Tournament on Saturday 5 Feb­ruary. The croquet section of theMSBC is very active and welcomesnew members. To join them in thisfun sport, or for more information,call Jean or Bobby Bowden on (021)788­2339. Seen here are, from left,runner­up Graham Saunders, who isfrom the UK, Price and Pat Boyd, aformer president of Somerset WestCroquet Club, who presented the tro­phies. Photo: Supplied

Whale tail on trackMUIZENBERG PrimarySchool is constructing alife-sized female SouthernRight Whale tail made al-most entirely of plastic bot-tle caps.

The school is undertak-ing the task to raise aware-ness of the need for conser-vation.

The unveiling is sched-uled for Friday 6 May. Ashort ceremony to bless thefoundation stone will alsobe held.

Muizenberg PrimarySchool’s tail challengesthat of Tussing ElementarySchool in Pickerington,Ohio, USA.

Both the Tussing and Mu-izenberg whale tails sym-bolise conservation, and inthe case of the Muizenbergtail, the need to keep FalseBay free of plastic waste,which sea animals ingest,causing them to ultimately

starve and die.The school has thanked

the public, charities andbusinesses for collectingand donating recycled plas-tic bottle caps, and is askingpeople to keep collectingthem for drop-off at theschool or at various busi-nesses between Simon’s

Town and Muizenberg act-ing as collection points.

For details visitwww.awhaleofaheritager-oute.co.za/plasticbottlecap-collection.htm.

Suggestions for a namefor the whale can be SMSedto the whale spotting line on079 391 2105.

PACKING APUNCH: Ken Bud­den, of Fish Hoek,donated a ma­chine made fromrecycled partsthat simultane­ously punchestwo holes intoplastic bottlecaps of any size.Fathers from Mui­zenberg PrimarySchool will bepunching holesinto 45 000 caps that will be used to construct a life­sizedfemale Southern Right Whale tail.

DIE TOEKOMS:Laërskool PaulGreyling het opDonderdag 24Maart nuweleiers verkies.Die nuwehoofleiers vir2011 is KaraBeukes (links)en Stefan Uys.Fo­to: Verskaf

THE McLaren Circus will be heading forKommetjie soon, with poodles to pythons,clowns to ponies, magic to illusion, contor-tion to balancing acts and more on show.

McLaren Circus is South Africa’s favour-ite travelling circus, and is currently under-taking an extensive tour of Western Cape.

During the year this traditional circus

visits all the provinces in the country in abid to keep the spirit of circus alive in SA.

The circus will take place at the Kom-metjie Primary School on Tuesday 19 April,starting from 15:00 until 19:30. Ticket officeswill close at 10:00, with prices at R50, R70and R90. For further information or to book,call 082 747 5726.

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Contact: Dawn Visser 082 593 2028 • Inge Kaul 083 300 9454 • Glenn Brown 083 444 9376Engel & Völkers Fish Hoek, 3AGreen Parrot Place, Recreation Rd, Fish Hoek 7975 • Tel: 021 782 0006 • Fax: 021 782 0014

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Now that the repo rate is lower and banklending criteria has softened, interest inresidential property is once again on therise.

Previously-despondent sellers have thefirst real chance to sell their properties onthe beautiful stretch of coastline.

Cape Coastal Properties’ managing di-rector, Adrian Lawson, says the localproperty industry has navigated throughsome tough years, but the past two monthshave been refreshingly different.

“Our team is matching a myriad ofhomes to buyers,” he comments. “Perhapsmost encouraging is our recent successwith the sales of 11, 17 and 60 HighwayRoad, which reaffirms our claim to attract-

ing more high-end buyers.”Cape Coastal, which celebrates its 16th

birthday this year, has grown fromstrength to strength since its inception,and attributes their success to a loyal andhardworking team as well as to their faith-ful buyers and sellers, many of whom haveknown and worked with the Lawson fami-ly for many years.

Adrian says: “We would like to take thisopportunity to thank each and every per-son with whom we have been associatedfor their unwavering support.”

A very special thanks is sent to JanetBarker, Finette Vogts and Sandra Cruz,who have each completed 10 years with thecompany.

The team extends an open invitation tothe public to visit any of their offices inFish Hoek, Lakeside and Simon’s Town todiscuss their real estate needs.

Draw on Engel & Völkers expertiseENGEL & VÖLKERS Fish Hoek continueto buck the trends in what can only bedescribed as a challenging market.

The value in having experienced andqualified agents who live and work in thearea cannot be over-emphasised.

The company’s agents, Dawn Visser, IngeKaul and Glenn Brown together have 35years’ experience in the real estate busi-ness, and are qualified under the new EstateAgency Affairs Board requirements.

Kaul and Visser recently sold a property

in Fish Hoek after it was viewed on theirwebsite by a client in New Zealand. The salewas concluded within a week of the buyerviewing the property.

The Engel & Völkers International brandensures that the agency covers the interna-tional market.

However, the majority of buyers are stillfrom Gauteng, which is home to the Engel&Völkers Southern Africa head office.

Brown says that while local referrals re-ceived from the agency’s Simon’s Town andKalk Bay offices are important, he also re-

ceives referrals from their local offices inConstantia, City Bowl and Camps Bay.

Print advertising plays an important rolein generating interest, which led to theagency establishing Local Guide magazine,which has a monthly distribution of 30 000copies countrywide.

From a database that has been built up bythe Engel & Völkers agents, they also dis-tribute an electronic newsletter which, be-sides featuring the latest homes on the mar-ket, covers other interesting aspects of thearea relevant to the buying and selling of

homes.The newsletter allows for contributions

from readers on anything that’s new and ofinterest in their area, and can be includedin features such as “What’s Hot and Hap-pening” or under the “Did You Know?” sec-tion.

If you wish to receive the newsletter orLocal Guide contact them at their Fish Hoekoffice, conveniently situated on the cornerof Recreation and Main roads.

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Things can be muchworse than frackingTONY ROBINSON

MOST of the people whoare raging against the ideaof exploring for shale gasin the Karoo know very lit-tle about the technologyand what Sasol has calledits “game changing” poten-tial.

In fact, most of the knowl-edge in circulation has comefrom those strongly opposedto “fracking”. Public rela-tions companies have evenbeen retained to blacken thepicture and whip up emo-tions to a point approachinghysteria.

They have plenty of materi-al to work with. In the earlydays of fracking there weredisasters, most of them theresult of wild cat operations.But the technology has im-proved and in responsiblehands it might even be ac-ceptable in some circum-stances. So it is easy to under-stand the fears in circulation.I grew up in the Karoo and Iknow that water gives landits value. Take away the wa-ter or contaminate it and oneis left with worthless desert.In a drought, a good boreholeis the only thing that standsbetween a farmer and finan-

cial ruin. It is an emotionalrelationship. You can messwith his wife but don’t touchhis borehole. The water of ag-ricultural importance lies atdepths of no more than a fewhundred metres. Fracking,however, takes place some-thing like 10 kilometres be-low the surface! That is fivetime deeper than our deepestgold mine. The temperaturedown there will be about300°C and any water wouldbecome instant steam. If thehole is lined with steel thereshould be no contaminationof agricultural water. But onecan understand the fear. Thebiggest problems will be lo-gistical ones. The equipmentis massive and new roads willbe required. What does onedo with 10 kilometres of earthfrom borehole cores? The im-pact on the Karoo will be con-siderable. And where will thewater needed for frackingcome from?

On the other hand, holes 10kilometres deep will give usaccess to an inexhaustiblesupply of geothermal heat.And that can be turned intoelectricity. The US Depart-ment of Energy says geother-mal electricity is cheaperthan coal or nuclear powerand the price does not go up

every year along with thecost of fuel and labour. Evenif there is no gas we couldwin. So here’s the question:would you rather have Shellfracking in the Karoo or Es-kom trying to run half a doz-en atomic power stations?Nuclear power requires con-sistent good management forat least 50 years. There is noplace for CEOs who trim themaintenance budgets to im-prove the bottom line andtheir bonuses. And there isno place for cadre deploy-ment.

Imagine a future Ministerof Minerals, Energy and Na-tionalisation – someone likeJulius Malema – having ahand in the appointment ofnuclear mangers. His matricwoodwork studies would beof little help.

We may be able to survivean implosion in the LandBank or a foul-up in the Ka-roo, but mismanagement of aKoeberg could be goodbyeCape Town.

PERSPECTIVE:A lone surfer en­ters the wavesat MuizenbergBeach with hislongboard onFriday 1 April.The photo wastaken fomBoyes Drive.Pho­to: Gavin Finlayson

A BRANDNEW DAY:A photogra­pher cap­tured a pic­turesquestart to Fri­day whenhe wit­nessedbright raysbreakingthrough theclouds justafter 07:00from BoyesDrive on Fri­day 1 April.Photo: GavinFInlayson

PAINTED SKY: A spreadof clouds veiled theskies over the AtlanticOcean as the sun setover Soetwater Beachnear Misty Cliffs on 27March. Photo: Gwen Rea

Page 10 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 12 April 2011

MINISTER of Cooperative Governanceand Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shicekahas come under fire for leading a lavishlifestyle at taxpayers’ expense, following

a Sunday Times report into the R2,5 mil-lion in state money he has allegedly spenton luxury hotels, limousines and over-seas trips since 2008. In a country whose

public representatives are often caughtout enjoying too much of the good life, hisparticular blend of lavishness has a bitof a Hollywood ring to it.

Cry, beloved countryWHILE most South Africans live in abject po-verty, public officials such as Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional AffairsSicelo Shiceka seem to have been living likea millionaire – if the findings of a SundayTimes report are true.

No expense was allegedly spared by Shicekawho – according to documents in the newspa-per’s possession – has spent more than R2.5million on first-class flights and accommoda-tion since 2008. The article states that Shicekaspent R640 000 in one year for him and staff tostay at the One & Only, of which R280 000 wasspent on Shiceka alone – by his own admission.

Furthermore, it is reported that Shiceka em-barked on a first-class flight for him and hispersonal assistant, rounded off with a stay ina five-star hotel to visit his girlfriend in prisonin Switzerland, at a cost of R335 000. The visitto the prison, in a chauffeur-driven limo, costR32 000.

If true, Shiceka’s lifestyle smacks of “blatantabuse of taxpayers’ money”. His alleged waste-ful expenditure has attracted widespread con-demnation.

Shiceka is not the only South African publicofficial whose lavish lifestyle is under scruti-ny.

In a country that can ill afford to blow mil-lions of rands, ANC youth league leader JuliusMalema cost taxpayers more than R886 000 forpolice bodyguards from October 2009 to Octo-ber 2010. Malema did not hold any public officeto justify having two bodyguards. He was justan ordinary citizen, like the millions of otherordinary South Africans who fork out millionsto keep themselves safe.

But the buck doesn’t stop there. Flying in theface of a country lacking housing, health andbasic services, is Defence Minister Lindiwe Si-sulu’s decision to lease two new aircraft fortransporting VIPs, at a staggering R800 mil-lion.

When South Africans voted a democraticgovernment into power 17 years ago, they vo-ted for democracy, and a better life for all. Abetter life is being had, but only by a privilegedminority.

Red Herring has its charmsI AM a long-time resident living across themilkwoods from the Red Herring Pub andRestaurant. First of all, I am grateful to thenew owner for the changes he has successful-ly wrought at his premises; new furnitureand fittings (the intricate steel lampshadesmade by Steven down the road are especiallynoteworthy), ceasing the happy hour whichmade the place an unholy, rowdy get-up, ton-ing down the amplifiers (all with the enhanc-ing effect that a more respectable ensemblepartake of the pleasures offered).

The house closes a lot earlier than before,which is good insofar as it ought to placatethe likes of the worthy Ben Turok (MP), buta let-down if one feels like a late-night sip.

More importantly, I am very grateful to theRed Herring owner, management and stafffor being wholeheartedly a focus and meet-ing place of the Noordhoek community byhosting the neighbourhood watch and Envi-ronmental Action Group teams.

So it is with surprise that I read a letter inyour paper a couple of weeks back fromaforementioned Ben Turok complainingabout the noise emanating from The Her-ring.

The establishment has changed over thelast year, became quieter, more respectableand had money spent on it.

Turok is isolating himself from the com-munity that has largely enjoyed the pub forthe last 20 years or so, maybe slightly less,but it’s been here a very long time and we’re

all used to it being an essential player in ourcommunity. As I’ve said before, I respectTurok for helping clean up Muizenberg, butNoordhoek is a different kettle of fish and wedo things from the inside here.

If Turok wishes to be involved, and wewould love him to be, there are three commu-nity activities he can belong to – the neigh-bourhood watch, Noordhoek EnvironmentalAction Group, and the Noordhoek Conserv-ancy. If he wants to activate public opinionin these parts, all he needs to do (and hedoesn’t need me to tell him this), is to starta petition and go around door-to-door for sig-natures.

He doesn’t have to tell us the laws, we basi-cally know them – be fair and respect yourneighbour, stop at stop streets, don’t driveand use your cellphone, etc.

There are plenty of other pubs in nice plac-es around thePeninsula, if Turokdoesn’t likethe Herring, for instance a famous one in Ka-lk Bay, another in Newlands and so on.

But I believe he will find they’re all prettynoisy places filled with happy beer-swillingSouth Africans, who enjoy their rugby andcricket.

So why not find another pub to live nextdoor to? Or, as I suspect, perhaps he doesn’treally want to live next to a pub at all.

In which case he should not have boughtnext to the Red Herring.SIMON FULLERNoordhoek

Fix dangerousintersectionI AM responding to the letter in Peo­ple’s Post on Tuesday 5 April, titled“Another dangerous intersection”.

I read this letter in the paper con-cerning this intersection at River-side Road and I totally agree withJudy Chapman about doing some-thing about that intersection.

I had my first-ever accident thereand in the past month I drove pastanother two accidents, both involv-ing taxis. My son goes to schoolthere and every morning I have toslow right down and indicate wellin advance to show people that I amturning right coming from Sun Val-ley. People donotwatchwhere theyare driving and end up missing meby a fraction, or there is hooting,trucks screaming past you, as doother large vehicles.

I agree that a traffic light shouldbe put there. Let’s do somethingabout this dangerous intersectionplease.ODETTE VAUDREYMilkwood Park

TO the white-haired gentleman in thewhite car, who at lunchtime on Sunday,with the assistance of his lady compa-nion, reversed into my car parked in Up-per Towers Road, Muizenberg and forgotto leave his telephone number: my car isnot insured; to ease your conscience call084 517 6464.

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Fred ‘lost all fear of humans’THE Baboon Operational Team, comprised ofrepresentatives from the three authorities(City of Cape Town, CapeNature, Table Moun-tain National Park) charged with managingbaboons on the Cape Peninsula, responds tothe Baboon Matters Trust letter (5 April), asfollows:

The decision to euthanise the baboonknown as Fred was not taken hastily or with-out consultation with scientists, environmen-tal specialists and veterinarians. Euthanis-ing baboons on the Peninsula is always thevery last resort after all other managementoptions have been exhausted. The WildlifeAdvisory Committee of CapeNature makesthe final assessment of the recommendationfor euthanasia after considering whether ornot there is enough conclusive evidence forthe animal to be euthanised.

Baboons learn primarily by trial and error,not by direct imitation. While they can learnto associate a human construct ( such as a caror house) with food, they have to individuallylearn how to open door handles.

Younger males, such as the young maleknown as Jimmy, who have been with theSmitswinkel troop for months, still cannotopen car doors despite being very aware thatthis offers food rewards. Jimmy, or the newmale from Plateau Road, will have limited in-terest or skill in exploring vehicles shouldthey become troop leaders. The baboons Mer-lin and Force can open car doors, but both de-fer to monitors, in contrast to Fred, whocharged at anyone who thwarted his effortsto enter cars.

Observations from monitors, supervisorsand field managers who walk with the troopevery day serve as evidence that Fred’s alphastatus was not an undisputed one, nor a se-cure one. The troop has not had settled leader-ship for a while – there were weeks when ei-ther the male baboons Jimmy, Force, Rude-boy or Merlin led the troop. In addition, afterspending a month with the troop in Novem-ber/December 2010, the Baboon ResearchUnit (BRU) at UCT collected behavioural data

of the social status of the troop.BRU also obtained footage from a film crew

with 60 hours of social interactions, whichprovides ample evidence of frequent aggres-sive interactions between the males of theSmitswinkel troop and their raiding behav-iour.

Fred attacked any person – tourists, sea-soned researchers, field managers and super-visors – who attempted to prevent access toa car. He lunged, teeth bared and mouth open,at the face of anyone who stood between himand a car. Many stood their ground andkicked, pushed or punched Fred, but this didnot stop him. The threat of a canine slash insuch interactions was serious.

TheBaboonOperationTeam(OPS team)be-lieves that waste bins were not a key issue inFred’s raiding behaviour.

Not once have bins been the target on hisraiding report. Fred entered cars irrespectiveof where waste occurred in his home range,therefore baboon-proofing all waste in thehome range of the Smitswinkel troop wouldhave done nothing to prevent Fred from en-tering cars. The OPS team agree that local au-thorities may have been remiss in baboon-proofing waste at certain points in this area.In February, Dr Jordan, veterinarian of theCity of Cape Town, audited the area and thisissue has since been discussed in both the opsteam and Baboon Liaison Group (BLG) meet-ings for remedial action.

Fred was previously considered under theRaiding Baboon Protocol for possible eutha-nasia, but the OPS team decided in 2010 thateuthanasia was inappropriate because at thetime therewerenomonitors on this troop, norhad there been adequate education. Sincethen both these measures were introduced,but neither were successful in preventingFred’s raiding.

The frequency of car raids in which hu-mans were injured and/or traumatised, re-mained unacceptably high.

The OPS team has documented evidence ofdirect attacks resulting inhospitalisationand

surgical intervention, as well as video footageof the severity of attacks by Fred, whichproves that he had lost all fear of humans.

In one month (November-December 2010),Fred raided 28 times despite a full time ob-server (not a monitor) trying to prevent suchraids by talking to people and attempting tokeep them in their cars and the doors locked.The BLG has since secured funding from amember of the public to fund a baboon protec-tor for the Smitswinkel troop. This will serveas a test for whether the more passive and ten-tative raids committed by other male baboonscan be significantly reduced in the absence ofFred.

Progress has been made at improving boththe law and the ability of people who workwith baboons to secure convictions withguilty parties.

However, most car raids are on people whoare not feeding baboons, but sitting in theircars onapublic roadandobservingawildani-mal that happens to be content with enteringthe car with the people inside. The real dam-age to this troop happened a long time agowhen feeding baboons was relatively com-mon and adequate signage and monitors wereabsent. We are thus now trying to deal witha problem that started before any of the cur-rent people involved in management werepresent.

We reiterate that, as people who have cho-sen a career to work with animals, we deeplyregret having to remove a wild animal fromits natural environment.

However such decisions are only made af-ter careful consideration and consultationwith all the relevant role players, and only ifwe believe we have no current alternatives.We are fortunate that there is ongoing re-search on this population, including conflictmitigation measures and we hope that we willcontinue to improve our management of theCape Peninsula baboons.DR ELZETTE JORDAN, CITY OF CAPETOWN VETERINARIAN, ON BEHALF OFTHE BABOON OPERATIONAL TEAM

How about aflea market?AFTER reading your article about thelittle use which is made of the Pavilion(“Muizenberg’s ‘white elephant’”, Peo-ple’s Post 5 April 2011), I suggest organ-ising a flea market once a month ormore often, like the one in Milnertonfor example. This is something ourcommunity needs. It is useful, attrac-tive, and future-orientated because ofrecycling bric-a-brac, clothes and oth-er still-useful items. Besides that it canraise money to improve the buildingand give it a better image.MOUMINA WAGNERMuizenberg

Thieving estate agentWE were also a victim of a thieving estateagent who we rented from. We tried to laya complaint with the Rental Housing Tri-bunal and the Estate Agency Affairs Boardbut got passed back and forth until weeventually gave up. There are so manyloopholes in the law that this estate agentis riding and it is probably the same personthat the other readers have written inabout. We have heard and spoken to manyvictims in theareaand she isnothing shortof a con artist. I don’t understand how aperson like that can still operate in the ar-ea. I have made it my mission to warn eve-ryone I speak to about her tricks.ANOTHER VICTIMMuizenberg

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NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE SUBCOUNCILSAPRIL 2011Notice is hereby given that the meeting of the 23 (twenty three) subcouncils for the Cityof Cape Town will take place at the time and at the different venues as indicated in theschedule below:

Subcouncil Venue Date Time Manager

1 BlaauwbergCouncil Chambers, Royal Ascot,Milnerton

21 10:00Peter Deacon021 550 1001

2 Bergdal Kraaifontein Council Chambers 15 09:00Fred Monk021 980 6053

3 De GrendelCouncil Chambers, VoortrekkerRoad, Goodwood

21 10:00Johannes Brand021 590 1676

4 TygerbergParow Council Chambers,Tallent Road, Parow

15 10:00Ardela van Niekerk021 938 8050

5 CentralCouncil Chambers, cnr JakkalsvleiAvenue and Kiaat Road Bonteheuwel

19 10:00Martin Julie021 695 8171

6 BellvilleBellville Council ChambersBellville Civic Centre

18 10:00Pat Jansen021 918 2024

7 KoebergFisantekraal Multipurpose Centre,Fisantrekraaal

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8 HelderbergStrand Council ChambersStrand

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9 Nxele MakanaLingelethu Training Centre,Khayelitsha

19 10:00Fezekile Cotani021 360 1267

10 CharlotteMaxeke

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21 10:00David Cedras021 371 4550

13 David MthethoNtlanganiso

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18 10:00Christopher Jako021 6301600

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20 ProteaCouncil Chambers, Alphen CentreConstantia

19 10:00Brian Ford021 794 2493

21 OostenbergOostenberg Council ChambersKuils River

19 10:00Pieter Grobler021 900 1502

22 Lizo NkonkiOostenberg Council ChambersKuils River

18 10:00Richard Moi021 900 1508

23 AdelaideTambo

The Hague Community Hall, Delft 21 10:00Anthony Mathe021 956 8000

In addition to items of relevance to specific sub-councils, the following items will appear onthe agendas for all Sub-councils in October:

• Draft revised Early Childhood Development Policy• Draft City of Cape Town By-law relating to the use and control of recreational water

areas and boating

Copies are available for scrutiny at subcouncils, municipal libraries andwww.capetown.gov.za. Organisations are requested tosubmit comment to their subcouncil. The Rules of Order forsubcouncils permit any member of the public to address thesubcouncil on these or any other matters by prior arrangementwith the relevant subcouncil manager.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER

Your SMSesGeneral

. Why are Fish Hoek police so disinterest-ed? We have laid four charges against oneperson, and the result is after six months thecase is closed. Reason: undetected? Why?Please tell me!

.What is happening to the La Diamantedevelopment inMuizenberg? It hasbeendor-mant for months. How much longer until thevagrants take over? Craig

In response. The housing project in Ocean View is

not for the people of Mountain View. I seeeveryone on the wagon, applying for housesnow.

. Is GSM sure of his facts relating to theMPs? I was an MP and at that time we hadthe same, if not greater, powers as the then-SA Police.

. It is evident that people are being misin-formed about the powers of the Military Po-lice. They should stop commenting on issuesover which they are ill-informed or aboutwhich they have limited information. I sug-gest we consult the relevant authorities.[We tried to – three weeks of trying togain comment from the Military Policeon the allegations raised in the originalletter proved fruitless. -Ed.]

. The fruit and veg sellers are seasonal atMuizenberg, they will be back at the Easterweekend and then at Christmas. They al-ways have, and always will. Lynne, Lake-side

. I was thoroughly disgusted with yoursick cartoon about our Proteas – talk aboutkicking a man when he is down. You certain-ly take the cake.

. To Leon, I found your message ratherpointless. Why don’t you share your skillsinstead of idle threats? You may find thatthis has a positive outcome and could helpyou with your money problems. Start aclass. Interested

. I’m not being funny Leon, but why areyou so sensitive about two-year old cell-phones? There is more to life than SteveJobs-type gizmos! Oldtimer

Navy Festival. I would like to say well done to all the

aviators involved with the Navy birthdayfestival over the past weekend. Pat

. To the Navy, could you please restrainpeople from taking their dogs into the dock-yard when the Navy festival is on? They aretraumatised by all those loud bangs. Ros

Baboons. I support Jenni Trethowan from Baboon

Matters in her open letter of 5 April. Eva.I find a lot of similarities between ba-

boons and the pirates of Somalia. Both takeadvantage of the defenceless but just takeone out and see how many come to their aid,crying foul. Ken

. I think it’s time now that everyone moveon from the baboon subject. It’s been the top-ic of conversation every week for years. Thesolution is to leave them alone and secureyour house and chase them without hurtingthem. That’s that.

Anybody out there?.Wake up people! I’m mean really now,

my car was broken into at Longbeach Mall’sunderground parking on Friday night. Itwas parked at the escalator. Surely a passer-by had to have seen this happen? Nowadayspeople just don’t care about others.

Turn it down. If bass-blasting speakers were banned

from taxis and vehicles, then possibly sirensof emergency vehicles could be toned down,thus minimising annoying noise pollution.Although we all agree that sirens are neces-sary for emergencies, indiscriminate useshould be met with punishable consequenc-es. Smiley

Wow!. I amshocked!After I sent anSMSto com-

plain about the graveyard and other junk atthe back of the Muizenberg cemetery, all therubbish is gone. Thanks guys, good job.Cheers to People’s Post. OM

’Tis true!. I must agree about the Pick n Pay Fish

Hoek. There is always someone to ask if youcan’t find an item. The staff are well-trainedand friendly and the owners deserve all thepraise they receive. Pat.

Suggestions box. Aan Elton van Poppies, kan jy nie elke

maand daardie biere op special gooi nie? Disaltyd ’n voorreg om by jou te koop. Diedames daar by jou het altyd ’n smile. Dankievir die goeie diens. Jacky

. Regarding the Pick n Pay car park inSun Valley, please replace duff globes be-cause the area is very dark at night. Con-cerned

. Metrorail should pay serious attentionto the state of their trains – especially thewindows, which are so dirty that passengerscan’t enjoy a sea view. Debbie

Not moaning. The people in Fish Hoek must stop

moaning and just carry on with their lives.They moan about everything under the sun.Anonymous, Fish Hoek

Raindance II. Dear texter Seaward, so jubilant about

the rain: Cape Town and the world rejoicesabout the rain, but asking for more againand again and again?

Ifmyroofhasahole in it, hole in it, rainingand raining again and again will be insane,insane.

Cell towers are dangerousIN REPLY to John Turner’s letter bemoan-ing his fate at not having good cellphone re-ception in Simonskloof (“Poor cell receptionin Simonskloof”, People’s Post, 15 March2011), Iwouldbe interested inmaking the fol-lowing offer:

One would be pleased to send Turner copi-ous information, research and petitions bydoctors which show that cellphone towersare dangerous for the health not only of peo-ple, but also for animals, birds, insects, ma-rine life and plants.

It is possible then thathewill be evenmorepleased that he has relocated to Simon’sTown, which, judging by his letter, seems tohave some sort of handle on the more usualuncontrolled proliferation of cellphone tow-

ers. As public awareness of this threat in ourmidst is growing, it is possible that proper-ties in a “controlled” zone will achieve pre-mium prices.

But why sell? To join the rest of the zom-bies who have lost their memory, are behav-ing in an irrational manner and falling preyto strange and debilitating illnesses?

It may be of interest to note that the crimerate is coming down locally and worldwide.

It seems that crime is no longer a factorwhich should cause us to justify damagingour precious environment. One anticipatesthat big business’ abuse of the environmentwill also come down. Hold thumbs.JOAN ARONOWITZMuizenberg

Ster-Kinekor deliversthe goodsWELL DONE to Ster-Kine-kor (Longbeach) for listen-ing to the Far South com-munity.

We went to see “BlackSwan”, which we really en-joyed. We saw many peoplegoing to see “The King’sSpeech” too.

Now that films like theseare being screened locally,fewer people will drive totown and give their moneyto Nu Metro and will

choose instead to go to theirlocal cinema.

I hope that soon we getfilms like “Blue Valentine”and “Another Year”, andhow about some South Af-rican films too like “Life”and “Above All”? As a mul-tiplex cinema you haveenough screens to showboth mainstream and lessmainstream films.MARGARET WALKERWelcome Glen

Newmovies forall to enjoyTHERE are no lessthan four critically-ac-claimed movies show-ing at Longbeach Mallat the moment. Thankyou Ster-Kinekor andLynda Sterne (market-ing manager, Ster-Kinekor).PENNY BOADENNoordhoek

Bin picking not the answerIN answer to Meg Samuelson (“Raise levelof the ongoing bin picker debate”, People’sPost, 5 April).

Your philosophy on the need for compas-sion, restraint in profligate living and awillingness to share resources is faultless.What is questionable is the way in whichwe go about achieving this.

I absolutely disagree that bin pickers ful-fil any useful purpose for society whatsoev-er and submit that bin-picking is not theway to go.

It encourages people to invade areaswhere they are not welcome and it demeanstheir human dignity.

In addition trashbags slashedopen in thehopes of finding a crust to eat makes a dis-gusting mess for the trash collectors to dealwith. We in Glencairn are already recy-cling.Weput out abag suppliedby the re-cy-

cling people full of reusable material whichis collected separately from our trash.

It would be a better idea for people whohave edible left over food to make a plan todispose of it separately – preferably notfrom their garden gate.

The very best idea is to collect organictrash in a separate container and use it toenhance the compost heap in the garden.This would significantly decrease the trashin need of land fills.

As to the economic welfare of the continu-ing influx of people from the failed statesof Africa to the north of us, the only smallhope we have is to use our votes wisely inthe up-coming elections – at least theremight be some hope of creating jobs to alle-viate the situation.PAULINE HUTCHINGSGlencairn

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THERE was magic in the hall onFriday 25 March. It was the

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The magic has a lot to do with skilfulproduction, clever choreographingand Mr Carlo Fourie’s ability to in-spire confidence and belief.

It is also the sense of being part ofsomething above average, above theeveryday. You are watching live per-formance excellence and with it,oceans of possibility.

You are forgiven for thinking thatyou may just be watching the next di-va, prima ballerina or AcademyAward winning actor – after all, youmight be…

You have the sense that all of themare punching above their weight, andpulling it off in grand style.

The applause at the end of everyitem is as much relief that they havedone it, as it is congratulations thatthey have done it so well. In a momentthe months of practising are all worth-while.

Tears of frustration and the tediumof regular rehearsals are forgotten.They beam for a week.

As I sat back luxuriating, I realisedthat I’d locked horns with more thana couple of the performers over theyears.

Yet, here they were, confident andtalented, making good, very good.

I know that many parents and edu-cators are desperate for the “VarietyConcert” moments. There are just toomany “other moments”.

Yes, it is a frustration that it hap-pens “once a year only”, that you areleft wanting just a little bit more.

But we should all be challenged todoggedly persist doing what we be-lieve to be right.

I believe that for the overwhelmingmajority, the time will come when weare suddenly in the “audience”, wit-nessing their performance, and in thatmoment will also know that it was tru-ly all worthwhile.

Passion lies at the point of intersec-tion between strengths and interests.Whether they are holding a micro-phone, a cricket bat, test tube or com-puter mouse makes no difference atall. The chemistry that goes into mak-ing good, into discovering this pas-sion, is an unknown mixture of love,relationship, opportunity and chal-lenge.

I hope that we all get to experiencethose moments.

. Gavin Fish is principal of FishHoek High School and writes Tamingthe Teenager columns to help parentsand teenagers navigate through theinteresting and often challengingteenage years.

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Local pens guide to South KoreaA SUNNYDALE resident, who recently re-turned from a two-year teaching job in SouthKorea, has written a practical guide about hisexperiences to help others who are about to fol-low the same path. Alain Howes(45) left for South Korea in 2009with the aim of learning moreabout different cultures.

He found a job teaching Englishin a rural part of South Korea.

Howes says at the time it wasthe “ideal opportunity”, becausehe was unemployed and in needof a good dose of adventure.

Howes’ book serves as a practi-cal guide for people consideringbecoming an English teacher inSouth Korea.

“People asked me so manyquestions about how to find a job and aboutthe culture that I decided to write a book.”Howes says there are many unemployed peo-ple in South Africa, including recent gradu-ates who need to decide on the next step in

their lives.“I would recommend working in South Ko-

rea,” he says, adding that this is the ideal wayof gaining work experience and saving money.

He explains that the averagesalary for a foreign teacher work-ing in South Korea is aboutR13 000 a month, and, because allaccommodation is provided, onecan save up to R8 000 per month.He also recommends that peopleinterested in making teachingtheir chosen profession take aone-year postgraduate certificatecourse in education through Uni-sa, while working in South Korea.

Howes describes Koreans as“genuine people” who will treatyou with “respect” and make you

feel as though you are family.“They are very hard-working people,” he

says. To order, go to www.alienhouse.co.za, orvisit www.kalahari.net.

The book costs R110.

A future in birdsIF BIRDS are your passion, then visit the fourthBiodiversity Expo at Kirstenbosch National Bo-tanical Garden from Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 May.

ThePercyFitzPatrick Institute ofAfricanOrni-thology at UCT will be showing its work and dis-cussing ideas for careers at their display.

The exhibit is one of the more than 30 informa-tive projects that will feature at this annual eventoffering ideas for careers in the area of biodiversi-ty. Securing a sustainable future in the face ofescalating global environmental change requiresinnovative approaches to conserving biodiversi-ty, and this is the Fitztitue’s (as it is commonlyknown) focus. It is the only ornithological re-

search institute in the Southern Hemisphere, andarguably one of the most active in the world interms of programmes of both ornithological re-search and education. In recognition of itsachievements and future potential, the Fitztitutewas awarded the prestigious status of one of onlysix National Centres of Excellence in Science andTechnology in 2004 – an award made by the SouthAfrican Department of Science and Technologyand the National Research Foundation.

To find out more about the Fitztitute or a careerin ornithology, visit the stall at the BiodiversityExpo at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gar-den in the Old Mutual Conference Centre.

For more information, visit www.biodiversit-yexpo.blogspot.com, or email Augustine Morkelon biodiversityexpo@sanbi.org.za.

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Thursday 14 AprilFalse Bay: St Luke’s Hospice will beholding their monthly book sale at theHospice Book Container, False Bay Hos-pital, from 09:00 to 12:00. All donationsof books will be gratefully received, andcan be either dropped off at the hospiceoffice or at the Book Container on the dayof the sale. Contact the office on (021) 782-7696.

Saturday 16 AprilCapri: Paul Q will be performing at TheCottage Club in Capri Village at 18:00.Emerging from his usual “cover band”character, he will be introducing a freshline up of original songs, featuring GregBridges on percussion and Mike Dirksen onbacking vocals and lead guitar. Entrance isR80 and soup costs R20.

Bring your own drinks and pack a picnic.Visit the website www.billknight.co.za andto book call (021) 785-5052.

Fish Hoek: “In the Mood” Dance Clubwill be hosting their next monthly dance inthe Fish Hoek Civic Centre at 20:00. Dress

smart casual. Bring your own XYZ. En-trance fee for members is R15 and R20 fornon-members. Booking is essential, contact(021) 686-3448.

Sunday 17 AprilCape Point: Join the Cape of Good HopeFriends for a nature walk in this beautifularea. Meet inside the Pay Gate at 09:00.Good walking shoes, water, snacks and ahat essential. BringalongaWildCard if youhave one. Contact (021) 789-1260.

Thursday 21 AprilFish Hoek: The Fish Hoek Diabetes Sup-port Group will be meeting at the Fish HoekCivic Centre at 14:15.

Guest speaker will be Dietician, LeeanneMcHarry. Contact Gerald Jeftha on (021)786-4540.

Ensemble makesCape Town debutTHE Midgard Ensemble, a

chamber music group thathas been playing to audiences inEnglandandtheUnitedStates forthe past decade, will make itsWestern Cape debut at the Meth-odist Church in Simon’s Town onSaturday 16 April at 19:00.

The four members of the ensem-ble include violinist Imogen Bucha-nan, a recent addition to Cape Town(Noordhoek), Judith Sheridan, a so-prano who lives just outside Lon-don, cellist Eric Jorve, from the fro-zen prairies of Minnesota in theUnited States, and pianist Ray Son-gayllo, from Iowa in America.

The ensemble was formed nearlya decade ago when they met at an in-ternational music festival in south-ern England.

Several times a year, they travelthousands of kilometres to performtogether. The concert programme is typical oftheir past concerts. “We really try for a varietyof styles, composers, and configurations,” Jor-ve explained.

At the heart of the concert programme is “El-egiac Trio No. 1” by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Songs by Kurt Weill, Roger Quilter and PeterIllyich Tchaikovsky are another key part, andtwo string solos by Edward Elgar and IgorStravinsky round out the programme.

“Many people are familiar with Kurt Weill

because he wrote for the cabaret,” said Jorve,“but Roger Quilter will be a new one for mostpeople.”

Admission is R60 for adults (R40 concession),and R20 for children under age 12, and ticketscan be purchased at the door.

To find the concert venue, follow the signsfor the Methodist Church from the Main Roadin Simon’s Town.

For more information contact Eric Jorve on072 882 8041 or epjorve@aol.com.

THE ENSEMBLE: From left, cellist Eric Jorve (USA), JudithSheridan (UK), violinist Imogen Buchanan (Noordhoek) andRay Songayllo (USA). Photo: Supplied

A rose by any other name“WHAT’S in a name?” is a new mu-sical comedy cabaret that pre-mieres at the Kalk Bay Theatre onWednesday 13 April, and runs untilSaturday 30 April.

Devised and performed by DelrayBurns and Roland Perold, “What’sin a Name?” is a light-hearted lookat names, characters with interest-ing names and some names that arejust downright ridiculous, with ahealthy dose of comedy, music anddance thrown in.

“You will hear many of your fa-vourite musical theatre numbers inour new comedy cabaret,” says Per-old. Perold first performed the showas a solo act, but decided to developit as a two-hander. He and Burnshave completely revised the show into anhour-and-a-half of non-stop musical fun.

Although only 22, Burns has performedextensively in South Africa and interna-tionally. She has played the role of Jill Ma-son in Peter Schaffer’s classic “Equus”, andin 2010 toured India dancing in the IPLcricket tournament.

In 2010 she also co-founded Scriptic Pro-ductions, which presented “Autobahn” asthe company’s first production at the Na-tional Arts Festival last year.

Perold is a an actor, musician, musical di-rector and producer. His credits include

playing Stephen Hoffman in “Old WickedSongs” and musical direction for “Returnfrom Oz”. In 2010 Perold co-produced andperformed in two plays – “Autobahn” and“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”,which won the Standard Bank OvationAward at the National Arts Festival.

“What’s in a Name?” is directed by GarthTavares and choreographed by Burns.There is a reduced price for the preview,which is R80 on Wednesday 13 April.

On opening night the tickets cost R175.Tickets to other shows cost R110. For book-ings call 073 220 5430, or visitwww.kbt.co.za

NAME THAT SONG: Roland Perold and Delray Burns.Photo: Andrew Brauteseth

Party at Barocca LoungeTHE Rockerfellas and DJ Goetz, who broughtthe “over-30s only” parties to the Far South,will once again be rocking up a storm at Baroc-ca Lounge at Solole Game Reserve in Kom-metjie on Friday 15 April from 20:00 till 02:00.

The cover charge is R50, which will go to-

wards the band’s trip to AfrikaBurn, a creativearts and freedom of expression festival whichtakes place in the Tankwa Karoo National Parkfrom Wednesday 27 April till Monday 2 May.

For more information, visit the Facebookevent page at https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211417242202780, or emailatle@amazon.com.

McKay finds his MuzeCATCH stand-up comedian, Wayne McKay, beforehe jets off for his Australian tour.

McKay will be presenting his latest stand-up ma-terial at the Theatre in The Muze every Sunday inApril. The next show is on 17 April.

The Sunday show also features Kurt Engelhof,who will perform a set of original comedy bluessongs from his debut CD. The songs are about oldermen trying to be sexy for younger woman, with oth-er interesting anecdotes stitching it all together.

The show starts from 17:00 with Engelhof, fol-lowedbyMcKayat 18:00. Tickets costR60. Forbook-ings call 076 042 4653.

. People’s Post is giving away a set of double tick-ets to the show. To enter the lucky draw, SMS“Wayne” to 34586 by noon on Wednesday 13 April.SMSes cost R2 each; winners will be phoned. FUNNY MAN: Wayne McKay d

Operetta at the MasqueSOME of the most beauti-ful and romantic musicever written can be heardin the many operettas thatenriched the stages of Eu-rope over a century ago.

Operettas differ fromoperas in that about 30%of their content is spoken.

Playbill Productions ispresenting “The Wonder-ful World of Operetta” atthe Masque Theatre thismonth.

In addition, the showhas a leavening of opera tostir the palate.

The show is staged byCelia Musikanth and themusical director is Lor-raine Rothenburg, with choreography byGladys Bullock.

Cape Town soprano, Liesl Hartje, isjoined by well-known tenor, Matthew Over-meyer and Dermod Gloster and MargaretHill complete the singing side of the show.

The programme comprises extracts from“The Merry Widow”, “La Boheme”, “TheChocolate Soldier”, “Cavalleria Rustica-

na”, and many more. Composers featuredare Verdi, Puccini, Johann Strauss, amongothers.

Shows are on Friday 15 April at 20:00, Sat-urday 16 April at 14:30 and 18:30. Ticketscost R65 and R55 for Masque Theatre clubmembers. To book your ticket, phone(021) 788-1898

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Simon’s TownSchool’s hospitality pupils will behosting a number of fundraisingevents this year to pay for the upgradeof their training kitchen and restau­rant facilities. The matric studentswill be preparing and serving a five­course meal during the next twoterms, as part of their Practical ExamAssessments – where they will per­form as chefs or waitrons. The publicis encouraged to support these func­tions. Should you be planning a kitch­en clean­out, or plan to throw outkitchen equipment, utensils, crock­ery or cutlery, the school would behappy to take them off your hands.THE CREATIVE TEAM: Seen here from left are Liesl Hartje (so­

prano), Dermod Gloster (baritone), Margaret Hill (mezzo­so­prano), Lorraine Rothenburg (musical director) and MatthewOvermeyer (tenor). Photo: Supplied

Marina Da Gama retrospectiveTHE Muizenberg Historical Conservation So-ciety will hold a presentation on the historyand construction of Marina Da Gama on Tues-day 19 April at the Muizenberg Pavilion at18:00.

Gerald Rosenthal – the engineer who workedon the construction of the marina – will speakandshowphotographsand itemsofmemorabil-ia. The Marina Da Gama Association has made

available a collection of original slide photo-graphs taken during the construction, andsome residents have also loaned their own orig-inal souvenirs – including a full-colour map –showing the original planned design, which in-cluded an ocean-going yacht harbour and golfcourse.

There will be an admission charge of R20 tocover costs.

No refreshments will be available. To RSVPcontact Peter on (021) 788-5951.

Simon’s Town art exhibitionSIMON’S BAY FINE ART will be holding itsEaster exhibition from Friday 22 April toMonday 25 April at the Simon’s Town Li-brary Hall.

Works by local artists, as well as paintedceramics, bronze sculptures and cards, willbe on display. Artists will also show “work

in progress”.Entertainment will be provided by Ray

Potter. Wine and snacks will be served onFriday 22 April at 12:00.

The exhibition will run from 10:00 to 17:00from Friday to Sunday, and 10:00 to 15:00 onMonday. For more information contactVenitia on (021) 786-2300 or Maureen on(021) 788-8897.

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HISTORY was made at the an-nual Marina Da Gama canoerace on Saturday as both thefirst and second crafts overthe finish line were surfskis.

The event, hosted by the Pe-ninsula Canoe Club (PCC) andheld on Zandvlei and the canalsof Marina Da Gama, was notsplit into different classes ofcraft, allowing for surfski pad-dlers to dominate.

Both the winner, Sean Rice,and runner-up Tom Schilper-

oodt, are members of the Penin-sula Canoe Club, while third-placed Lance King is a memberof Milnerton.

In the women’s race JackieBarnes, of UCT, Melanie vanNiekerk (Milnerton) and RobynKime (Maties) finished first, sec-ond and third respectively.

In total, 150 paddlers took partin the event

ResultsSenior Men: 1 Sean Rice

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Barnes (UCT); 2 Melanie vanNiekerk (Milnerton); RobynKime (Maties).

Junior Men: 1 Michael Farrin-ger (Paarl); 2 Kenny Rice (PPC);3 Michael Pretorius (Milnerton)

Under-21 men: 1 Sean Rice(PCC); 2 Ivan Kruger (Milner-ton); 3 Lance Kime (Maties) –

Sub-Veterans Men: 1 GraemeSolomon (PPC); 2GregvanHeer-den (Milnerton); 3 Daan du Toit(Milnerton).

Veterans Men: 1 Ian Traut-mann (PCC); 2 Quentin Miller(PCC); 3 Herbert Conradie(Paarl).

NECK ANDNECK: SeanRice and TomSchilperoodtfight for firstplace at Zandv­lei on Saturday.Rice beatSchilperoodtto place first.Photo: John Hishin

ON THE BALL: The Masi Pumas played five home games on Saturday at the Noordhoek SportsFields against the Khayelitsha Crusaders. The Pumas won three of the five games, includingtheir first team game, where they trumped the visitors 24­10. Pictured with the first teamare Johan Smal (middle row, left), the director of Amabokoboko Sport which supplies teamwear to schools, sports clubs and corporate institutions, and Terence Botha of Espresso Con­cepts (middle row, right). The two companies sponsored the team’s new rugby jerseys. TheMasi Pumas’ next home game is on 16 April.

CHAMPIONS:New BalanceFish Hoek’snipper surflifesavers’team captainsAvalon de Wetand Enzio Tor­rente (right)are seen hereproudly hold­ing the champi­ons shield, af­ter the FishHoek nippersplaced first atthe SA surf life­saving champi­onship atStrand on Sat­urday. DurbanSurf and KingsBeach (PortElizabeth) fin­ished secondand third re­spectively.Photo Supplied

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