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AU NATUREL: Cape Town was one of 50 sites around the world to participate in a cheeky protest againstoil dependency and the car culture on Saturday March 12 by celebrating the bicycle and the power and individu­ality of the human body. To symbolise the vulnerability of the cyclist in traffic, many cyclists were semi­cladas they rode down the Fan Walk in Green Point. Photo: Nasief Manie/Foto 24

ATM securityunder spotlightDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE lack of security camerasat an ATM has left a custo-

mer and the police with very lit-tle chance of identifying a thiefwho stole R5 000 from her ac-count.

Juliet Gomersall, a Noordhoekresident, says she lost R5 000 fromher account after she paid benefici-aries at a Standard Bank ATM onFriday 4 March.

Standard Bank was criticised lastyear for not installing security ca-meras after several thefts at a Stan-dard Bank ATM in Fish Hoek (“Se-curity guards arrested for ATMtheft in CBD”, People’s Post, 29 Ju-ly 2010).

Gomersallmade two transactionsat the Standard Bank ATM outsidethe Standard Bank in LongbeachMall, on Friday 4 March.

Gomersall says she remembers aman who “smelled of alcohol”standing behind her with a child.

She says although the man madeher “nervous”, she proceeded withher transaction.

Gomersall paid two beneficiarieswith her husband’s card from theirjoint account, received her transac-tion slip and left to do her shopping.

When she wanted to pay, she rea-lised her husband’s card, which shehad used earlier at the ATM, wasmissing. She rushed back to theATM, but found that the card wasgone.

Gomersall says she cannot re-member whether she had left hercard in the ATM. “I honestly do notknow what happened.”

She immediately cancelled her

card and opened a case at the FishHoek police station, but by thenR5 000 had already been withdrawnfrom the account.

“I feel like it is all my fault; I feellike a fool,” she says.

But the incident, says Gomersall,could have been more easily inves-tigated, and the perpetrator identi-fied, had the Standard Bank ATMsin the mall had security cameras.

She said that when one depositsmoney or pays a beneficiary at aStandard Bank ATM, the transac-tion slip comes out before the bankcard, giving a mistaken cue that thetransaction is closed.

Fiona Purvis, a Fish Hoek resi-dent, says the same thing happenedto her at a Standard Bank ATM inFish Hoek in July 2010.

Purvis made a deposit into her ac-count, received the slip and leftwhile her card was still in the ma-chine.

Purvis says that two minutes af-ter the deposit was made, R5 000was withdrawn from her account.

Two security guards were arres-ted in connection with the incident.

Purvis says Standard Bankshould have security cameras attheir ATMs.

“Security cameras are an impor-tant part of fighting crime,” shesays.

She explains that the securityguards were arrested after footagefrom CCTV cameras, placed in theFish Hoek CBD, showed the securi-ty guard entering the ATM after thecomplainanthad left and thengoingaround the corner.

This footage led police to a“stash” of bank cards and the arrestof the two guards.

Since the incident, Pur-vis has complained aboutthe lack of cameras atStandard Bank and to theBanking Ombudsman, butwith no success.

But Michelle Marsh, spokesper-son for Standard Bank, says someof their banksdohave security cam-eras.

“Standard Bank decides on acase-by-case basis at which ATMscameras are installed. This dependson many factors, including loca-tion, patterns in usage at the ATMand so on,” says Marsh.

Marsh says that the order inwhich an ATM card, money andtransaction slip are returned to acustomer is based on “extensivecustomer research, and correlateswith actual customer usage”.

She says the way Standard BankATMs currently operate has resul-ted in a “substantial decrease” inATM vandalism and crime.

Marsh says ATM crime is often“opportunistic” and she encoura-ges customers to be vigilant. “Al-ways be on the lookout for crimi-nals and never accept help fromstrangers, even if they say they areour employees.”

“Accredited ATM assistants, whowill be able to identify themselves

as such, will normally be on duty toassist you. Stand close to the ATMand use your hand and body asshields when entering your PIN sothat other people cannot see it.”

People’s Post endeavoured tofind out what other banks are doingto ensure the safety and security oftheir ATMs.

Pierre Loubser, managing execu-tive for channels, sales and serviceat Absa, said he was not at libertyto disclose intimate details aboutABSA’s security measures. “Doingso may compromise security at ourservice outlets.”

However, Loubser says Absatakes the security of both its em-ployees and customers seriously.“As a result of this we have investedimmensely in security across ourservice networks, throughout thecountry, to ensure a safe bankingexperience.”

Steve Higgins, spokesperson forFNB, says the bank has a certainnumber of security cameras whichthey circulate and move betweenvarious ATMs.

He says FNB uses this method be-cause criminals target other ATMsas soon as they become aware of thecameras.

Higgins says security camerashelp, especially with criminal in-vestigations. Higgins says FNBtries to inform their clients not tobe distracted when making a trans-action and to be aware of their sur-roundings.

Warrant Officer Chris Cloete,spokesperson for Fish Hoek police,says security cameras help the po-lice “immensely” in their investiga-tions.

He says police request a warrantto take footage fromCCTVcameras,which is used to cross reference cas-es and is sent to other police sta-tions. Cloete says many cases havebeen solved and suspects arresteddue to CCTV footage. He adds thatthe footage helps to prosecute crim-inals in court.

Cloete says police have, in thepast, caught criminals after wat-ching footage from security camer-as at ABSA and FNB ATMs.

Lack of cameras hampers investigation

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY VALUATION TO THE2009 GENERAL VALUATION ROLL (SV02) FORTHE FINANCIAL YEAR 2010/2011Notice is hereby given in terms of section 49 (1)(a)(i) of the Local Government: MunicipalProperty Rates Act, 2004 (Act no. 6 of 2004), hereinafter referred to as the “Act,” that theSecond Supplementary Valuation Roll to the 2009 General Valuation Roll (SV02) for thefinancial year 2010/2011 is open for public inspection at the venues as stated below as from22 March 2011 until 30 April 2011. The forms for the lodging of objections are obtainableat these venues. In addition the valuation roll is available on the Council website as from22 March 2011 (the address is provided below).

Properties are selected to appear on the Second Supplementary Valuation Roll to the 2009General Valuation Roll (SV02) Roll in terms of section 78(1) of Act if the property a) wasincorrectly omitted from the Valuation Roll; b) has been included in the municipality afterthe last general valuation; c) has been subdivided or consolidated after the last generalvaluation; d) has undergone a substantial increase or decrease in market value since thelast general valuation; e) was substantially incorrectly valued in the last general valuation; f)must be revalued for any other exceptional reason; g) of which the category has changed.

In terms of Section 49(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, any property owner or person who so desires maylodge an objection with the municipal manager in respect of any matter reflected in, oromitted from, the SV02 within the abovementioned period.

Objections may be lodged in respect of these properties only. The owners of theseproperties will be notified of their SV02 valuations in writing at the postal address currentlyheld on the City’s database.

Attention is specifically drawn to the fact that in terms of section 50(2) of the Actan objection must be in relation to a specific individual property and not against thesupplementary valuation roll as a whole. The forms for lodging an objection can beobtained from one of the venues listed below, and can be downloaded from the website.A separate objection form must be completed per property.

Completed objection forms can be submitted as follows:• Email – valuationsobjection@capetown.gov.za• Fax – 086 588 6042• Post to – The City of Cape Town, For Attention: The Objection Co-ordinator,

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Naval gun back with a bangA NAVAL gun is to be fired for the first timein 108 years on Wednesday 16 March at Mid-dle North Battery in Simon’s Town.

The 30 cm, wrought iron, rifled, muzzle-loading (RML) gun will be fired by the Can-non Association of South Africa (CAOSA) at11:00.

This will be a proof firing exercise, as thegun will be fired during the South AfricanNavy’s Birthday Festival, which will be heldfrom 1 to 3 April.

Manufactured by the Royal Gun Factoryof Woolwich, England in 1865, this gun waslast fired on 27 April 1903 before being with-drawn from use on 19 September 1906.

Itwasmounted in its present emplacementin 1896. The gun is a permanent fixture atMiddle North Battery.

Members of the CAOSA, which has beenmaintaining the gun, will operate it.

Motorists and members of the public havebeen warned to take note of the loud noise.

As a precaution, traffic will be stopped inthe Main Road at Lower North Battery from10:56 to 11:02 on 16 March.

Media and members of the public are invit-ed to view the firing of the gun. For furtherinformation contact Martin Venter on (021)787-3203 or visit www.caosa.org.za for moreinformation.

Famous dog welcomes cyclistsSIMON’S TOWN businesses welcomed thePick n Pay Argus Cycle Tour contestants onSunday by displaying a quirky banner show-ing Just Nuisance on a bicycle.

Most of the participants had cycled throughSimon’s Town during their training for therace. Many had stopped for refreshments inthe historic town, which has a bronze statueof Just Nuisance, before heading off into thesouth easter.

Just Nuisance, the Great Dane that was offi-cially enlisted into the Royal Navy in August1939, has become the symbol of Simon’s Town.Just Nuisance never went to sea but per-formed a number of onshore roles, accompa-nying sailors on the train to Cape Town andescorting them from pubs after closing time.He liked guarding (sleeping) at the top of thegangplank on the Navy vessels, thus earningthe name “Nuisance” as sailors had to stepover him.

When he was enlisted, his surname was list-ed as “Nuisance”, with “Just” being enteredin the blank where his forename was to be en-tered.

Just Nuisance’s birthday is celebrated eve-ry year on 1 April on Jubilee Square with abirthday cake, and there is a room dedicatedto Just Nuisance’s story in the Simon’s TownMuseum.

HEARTYWELCOME:This bannerwas de­signed by Si­mon’s Townresident DrLesleyShackleton,former chair­person andnow vice­chairpersonof the Si­mon’s TownCivic Association. It was displayed by business­es in the Main Road on Sunday to welcome par­ticipants in the Cape Argus Pick n Pay CycleTour.

Goingbikingmad inthe SouthTHE Cape Argus Pick n PayCycle Tour is the biggest timedcycling event in the world. At-tracting in excess of 35 000 cy-clists from around the globeeach year, this prestigiousevent is a unique experiencefor participants and spectatorsalike. Cyclist passed throughFish Hoek, with scenes beingcaptured by the public from theday’s events.

FULL SUPPORT: Denzil Pietersen, fromOcean View, with his old fashioned siren.He says he has been doing this for 15 years.

Photo: Nikki Green

ENCOURAGEMENT: The youth group from the Fish Hoek Methodist Church showing theirsupport and providing much­needed encouragement to the cyclists. Photo: Nikki Green

THUMBS UP: Fish Hoek lifesaver, Frederick Wagen­voorde, on his bike. Photo: Paige Bolton

THE ONE: Bonifasi Hagabimana (38) fromRwanda works as a car guard in the park­ing lot outside Woolworths in Lakeside. Heis a former gymnast and very fit. The unicy­cle was donated to him by a store in Lake­side. Photo: Evelyn Lyle

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Birkenhead revisited

THE monthly lectureof the Simon’s TownHistorical Societywill take place in themuseum on Wednes-day 30 March at 17:30for 18:00. A donationof R15 includes a freeglass of wine or cooldrink. The speaker,Martin Fine, will bediscussing HMSBirkenhead’s tragiclast voyage from Si-mon’s Bay.

Four baboons deadFOUR baboons died in the past

two weeks as a result of “hu-man interventions”.

Two baboons died after they werehit by cars on separate occasions,while the death of the third baboonis still being investigated.

Harry, one of the mature males ofthe Slangkop troop, was found deadin the water of the Solole dam.

The results of his autopsy are stillunknown.

Jenni Trethowan, of Baboon Mat-ters, says anx-ray re-vealed thatHarry had apellet lodgedin the back ofhis leg, butsays that it is not the cause of death.However, he did not die of naturalcauses. Trethowan says she was no-tified yesterday morning that afourth baboon has been killed butcould not provide further informa-tion by the time of going to print.

She says that “for years”, BaboonMatters has tried to convey the factthat hurting or killing baboons willnot solve any problems encoun-tered by frustrated residents who“grow tired and angry” at damageand inconvenience inflicted by ba-boons on their homes and lifestyles.She says Capri and other villageshave lately experienced some of theworst raiding from baboons in re-cent history.

Trethowan says one of the under-lying issues causing such “exten-sive raiding” is the shortage of wa-ter. This year the Cape is experienc-ing the driest summer in 90 yearsand the daytime temperatures,have been extremely high. “Whenthe baboons recently spent an ex-

tended period of time in Kommetjie,many residents reported the ba-boons drinking and swimming inswimming pools,” says Trethowan.

She says the Bokramspruit,which runs from the Kleinplaasdam on Red Hill, down to OceanView, is usually filled with waterthroughout the year, but is current-ly completely dry.

“Exacerbating the scenario arethe dense thickets of rooikrantzwhich the baboons move throughwith speed.”

She saysthe baboonmonitorscannotkeep upwith ba-boons and

lose sight of themin thedense thick-ets. Trethowan says baboon chas-ing methods need to be adapted tothe various areas where baboonmonitors work.

Trethowan believes the next steptowards improving the conflict be-tween humans and baboons is to ed-ucate residents. “The relevant au-thorities need to undertake an edu-cation programme with moreimpact, to all areas affected by ba-boons. Following the educationcampaign should be a law enforce-ment programme so that those whocontinue to flout the laws and sys-tems, and who attract baboons intothe villages as a result of their poorproperty management should beheld accountable and fined.”

“The goal of peaceful co-existencefor all species should guide our ac-tions – allowing that baboons arebetter off on the mountains awayfrom people and we are working toachieving this goal without resort-ing to short-term violent methods.”

Body found at Fish Hoek BeachTHE body of a young wo-man was found at the FishHoek beach catwalk onSunday 13 March at 10:30.

Police suspect the bodyis that of a 28-year-oldwoman from Plumstead,and that she committed su-icide.

The body was found by aman walking on the beachwith his two children. FishHoek police have openedan inquest docket, but nofoul play is suspected. Apolice pathologist exam-ined the body yesterday to

determine the cause ofdeath.

Warrant Officer ChrisCloete, spokesperson forFish Hoek police, saysthere were no signs offorce on any part of thewoman’s body. He says asuicide note has beenfound. A family fromPlumstead was to identifythe body yesterday. Cloeteasked the public to comeforward with any informa-tion regarding the caseand to phone Fish Hoek po-lice at (021) 784-2700.

OV police tackle shebeensOCEAN View police, inpartnership with MetroPolice, held a “successful”shebeen operation inOcean View andMasiphumelele on Fridayevening 11 March.

Two women, aged 20 and35, were arrested in sepa-rate shebeens inMasiphumelele on charg-es of dealing in liquorwithout a valid liquor li-cence. Both suspects werereleased on bail of R1 500each. Warrant OfficerNkosikho Mzuku, spokes-person for the Ocean Viewpolice, says the main aimof the operation was to ad-dress problems of she-beens, which the police be-lieve to be a concern.

“We have been busywith the closing of theseshebeens for quite some

time now, and we are sure-ly making an impact interms of decreasing thenumber of illegal shebeensin the area,” says Mzuku.

Mzuku says liquorabuse in communities is abig concern, as it is one ofthe contributing factors tocrime.

. On Friday 11 March,Metro Police, along withthe Ocean View police,held a “very successful”road block on KommetjieRoad.

Six suspects between theages of 26 and 40 were ar-rested for drunken driv-ing.

Mzukusaysmotorist areurged to adhere to trafficrules and regulations.“You are not only riskingyour life but also the livesof others.”

To the rescueTHE National Sea Rescue Institute’s(NSRI) Station 10 in Simon’s Town will behosting its annual street collection on Sat-urday 19 March, from Kalk Bay to Si-mon’s Town. Please look out for their col-lection tins and help generate funds forsea rescue. For more information, phoneDennis McKillen on 082 445 6979.

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More trains for southern suburbsLIAM MOSES

SOUTHERN suburbs residentshave welcomed an announce-ment by Metrorail that they willsoon be able to travel home fromCape Town as late as 21:00 atnight.

Metrorail said last week thatthree extra trains would be addedto the southern suburbs line time-table from Monday 28 March.

Arné Söderlund, chairperson ofthe Simon’s Town Civic Associa-tion (STCA), welcomed the changeand said the later trains would bevery useful.

“We at the STCA are very happyabout that,” said Söderlund. “Up tonow people couldn’t work late intown. They had to leave early ormake alternative arrangementsfor travel.”

Söderlund added that peoplewho work in Simon’s Town andFish Hoek, but who do not live in

the area, will also benefit from thelater trains.

The new trains will depart fromCape Town Station at

19:30, 20:30 and 21:15 and will re-turn to Cape Town after reachingSimon’s Town station.

“A lot of people also come fromoutside Simon’s Town to workhere. So, all the people who cometo the navy and work in the dock-yard will have better freedom ofmovement.”

The extended timetable is part ofa combined pilot project betweenthe City of Cape Town, the WesternCape Provincial Ministry of Trans-port and Public Works and Metro-rail, that will also see park and ridefacilities being opened at 10 sta-tions along the line.

People’s Post took to the streetsof Simon’s Town and Fish Hoeklast week to gauge the opinion ofresidents. Most said later trainswere an excellent idea, but safetyon trains at night was raised by

many as a concern.Metrorail spokesperson, Riana

Scott, said the matter of commutersafety had been taken into accountand addressed.

“We realise that people are con-cerned about safety and we under-stand that,” said Scott. “We part-nered with the City of Cape Townand the province to provide securi-ty. There will be increased securityand railway police on the trains.And the City will secure the parkand rides.” Roads in the area areusually filled with commuters andtourists, but traffic has worsenedrecently due to road works on KalkBay’s Main Road.

MEC for Transport and PublicWorks, Robin Carlisle, said hehoped the later trains would allevi-ate some of the traffic congestion.

“The extended service is an in-centive for motorists to leave theircars and use the train instead,”said Carlisle.

Söderlund echoed his opinion.

“It’s another move to get people offthe road and into trains,” saidSöderlund.

“We have a lot of difficulty withinfrastructure in Simon’s Town.We have limited roads and increas-ing traffic.”

Most Fish Hoek and Simon’sTown residents interviewed by thePeople’s Post did not know aboutthe timetable extension.

But according to Scott, Metroraildoes have a plan to inform the pub-lic. “We don’t have a huge budgetfor advertising, but we will targetmajor employers so they can in-form their staff.

“The City and the province willalso inform their staff. We will alsolet the Chamber of Commerceknow so that they can notify theirmembers,” said Scott

Scott added that commuterscould call 0800 656 463 or visit theMetrorail website – at www.metro-rail.co.za – to find out more aboutthe extended timetable.

STEYN JANSE VAN VUUREN: “Iwould use the trains if safetywasn’t an issue, if the safety of allof the passengers could be guar­anteed. I would use it if there issports happening at Newlands orin Green Point or for other recrea­tional purposes. A lot of other peo­ple in the area also work late andthey have a problem gettinghome.” Photos: Liam Moses

HENRY ABRAHAMS: “I think it willbe a good idea because a lot ofyoungsters will use it. And if I shouldneed to travel at that time then I willuse it as well. I would consider park­ing my car at the station and takingthe train.”

JOHN GOODSON: “It’s useful for thepeople who need transport. But I be­lieve that Metrorail needs to up­grade the trains.”

ROBIN HERBST: “I think it’s greatand I would use it if I knew that Iwould be safe. I use the train aboutonce or twice a week and I would usethese new trains to get back hometo Simon’s Town from work in FishHoek.”

DAVID LYONS: (left) “I think it willbe a waste of time. In winter it getsdark at around 18:00 here. Andwhen it’s dark there are more crookson trains. So people won’t use them.They've been saying they will intro­duce more security for years nowand it doesn't happen. Or when itdoes happen the people they hirespend most of the time sitting downat the stations. I live close to thetrain station so I see everything. Itwon’t change anything.”

MYRTLE LANDSMAN: “I think it’suseful for the youngsters, but Iwouldn't need it. I know the young­sters have a problem getting homeat night.”

MANUEL SOMJOVU: “That’s a usefulservice, because currently therearen’t any trains after 20:00 andthere’s a chance that you could getstuck somewhere and become a vic­tim. I use the train regularly so I thinkit will be useful.”

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THE African Institute for Math-ematical Sciences (AIMS) andthe Cape Town Science Centrewill host a public lecture titled“The Soliton: John Scott Rus-sell’s Great Wave of Transla-tion” on Tuesday 15 March at18:30 for 19:00 at the MuizenbergPavilion. The speaker is Profes-sor Patrick Dorey from the Uni-versity of Durham in the UnitedKingdom and AIMS. Solitonsare waves of a very special sort– they persist for a surprisinglylong time, neither breaking nordispersing as typical waves inwater, for example, do. Todaytheir properties are the subjectof intensive study by mathema-ticians and physicists, but theywere first discovered in the1830s by a Scottish engineer rid-ing his horse by the Edinburghand Glasgow canal.

This talk will explain some ofthis story, from Scott Russell’soriginal discovery to the revivalof the soliton in the 1950s and1960s and on to some of its mod-ern applications.

School groups and studentsenter free of charge and adultspay R20 for entrance.

For more information, visithttp://www.aims.ac.za/en/pro-grammes/public-lectures.

THE annual Fish Hoek Fish Fes-tival and Bazaar is taking placeon Saturday 26 March at theFish Hoek Civic Centre from09:00 to 14:00. The event is hostedby the NG Church. Fish in vari-ous forms will be for sale – burg-ers, braaied or baked, fresh orpickled. There will also be tradi-tional boere-bazaar favouriteslike home-baked cakes, biscuitsand beskuit; hot pancakes, pud-dings, curry and rice and candyfloss. Children can play on thejumping castle, the water slideor rides outside while parentsbrowse through the hall or relaxin the hospitality tent outside.Entrance is free. For more infor-mation Call Pieter Mouissie at083 274 1451 or Wilma Havengaat 082 651 0289.

THE next Diabetes SupportGroup meeting will be held onThursday 17 March at the FishHoek Civic Centre at 14:15. Theguest speaker will be RaasedaSamaai from the National RenalUnit. For more information con-tact the facilitator, GeraldJeftha, on (021) 786-4540.

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‘Conman’ on the prowlDALEEN FOUCHÉ

A MITCHELL’S PLAIN man offering up-holstery services and free quotations isallegedly also stealing furniture andmoney from his customers, with his lat-est known victim being a Fish Hoek resi-dent.

Rodney Forest says a man knocked on hisdoor on 20 January asking if he needed anywork done on his furniture. “And I did,” hetells People’s Post.

Forest invited the man, Nicki Smit, intohis home and showed him his “custom-made” furniture that needed to be re-uphol-stered.

Smit offered Forest a free quotation for thework he would do.

“He quoted me R775 for four cushions andasked for a R375 deposit to buy materials.”

Forest says he only gave Smit R200 as a de-posit.

Forest picked out the material for his cush-ions. “Smit even made a call to confirm hissupplier had the material in stock,” says For-est.

He left two contact numbers and an ad-dress with Forest, and left with his cushions,worth R1 800, and the R200 deposit.

“I never heard from him again,” he says.Following the visit, Forest made seven

phone calls and left three SMSes, but couldnot reach Smit.

Forest decided to open a case with the FishHoek police, but a constable at the station ad-vised him that he should go to the SmallClaims Court instead.

Forest, however, decided not to leave thematter there.

He visited the address in Grassy Park, giv-en to him by Smit, but found that this loca-tion was for a different upholstering busi-ness, “New Art Fix”.

Aubrey Petersen, who owns New Art Fix,says he is well aware of Smit and his scam.

Petersen explains that Smit offers his busi-ness address to all his “customers”.

“Many people have come into my shoplooking for him.

“One even came with a baseball bat, readyto kill him,” says Petersen.

Petersen has known Smit for over 15 years,but does not consider him a friend, he says.

He explains that Smit is a rep for an uphol-stering business and says he has done “a lotof work” for Smit.

But Petersen says he rarely gets paid forthe work he does.

“He has owed me R3 000 for over threeyears.”

Petersen says he has even gone, accompa-nied by police, to Smit’s address in Mitchell’sPlain.

“But that is all that was done. I have nofaith in the police,” says Petersen.

Forest describes Smit as a “well-built”man in his 50s, of average height, who usual-ly dresses in “grubby casuals”.

Forest says he has met a woman at the FishHoek library who was also conned by Smit.

“I am annoyed and humiliated that I fellfor his tricks,” says Forest.

When People’s Post phoned Smit onThursday 10 March, he said he was on hisway to Forest to return his cushions.

Forest subsequently reported that Smithad not been in contact with him, addingthat his cushions were still missing.

When People’s Post tried to contact Smitagain, he did not answer his phone.

Warrant Officer Chris Cloete, spokesper-son for Fish Hoek police, says Smit has beeninvestigated in the past and the case was re-ferred to the Public Prosecutor.

He says Smit was never prosecuted.Cloete says in order for police to prove that

Smit stole the cushions, they would need toprove that he has not started working on thecushions.

Police must then further establish whathis intentions were with the cushions.

Cloete encouraged people to report previ-ous incidents linked to Smit.

Page 6 People’s Post False Bay NEWS Tuesday 15 March 2011

Government cleans up on Chappies contractDALEEN FOUCHÉ

CLOSURE of the scenic Chapman’s PeakDrive will no longer be decided on only bythe road’s operator, Entilini, but in part-nership with the Provincial Government(PGWC) of the Western Cape roads au-thority.

Residents’ associations from Hout Bay andNoordhoek have largely welcomed this newresolution, but some also say Chapman’sPeak should not remain a toll road.

A new contract between Entilini and theProvincial Department of Transport and Pub-lic Works was signed on Tuesday 8 March, fol-lowing 12 months of lengthy negotiations.Chapman’s Peak has not been closed in 2011,except for the weekend’s Pick n Pay Cape Ar-gus Cycle Tour.

Although the scenic toll road has not yetbeen closed in 2011, closures have been a con-troversial matter and contested in the past,not only between the Department and the op-erator, but also amongst residents who usethe road on a regular basis.

In September 2009, a group of about 200 peo-ple marched to the closed gate of Chapman’sPeak to demand that the road be opened afterit had been closed for almost a year, due toextensive repairs (“Reopen Chappies now”,People’s Post, 1 September 2009).

The new contract allows the province to in-sist on the road remaining open if it is con-vinced that the risks of doing so do not posea danger to road users.

The PGWC will take responsibility for therisks associated with closing the road.

Len Swimmer, chairperson of the Resi-dents’ and Ratepayers’ Association of HoutBay, says the department “did well” with thenew contract.

He says that if the authorities are true totheir word, the road will only be closed forshort amounts of time when maintenance isbeing done.

He says the department will no longer payEntilini when Chapman’s Peak is closed,which was the case in the previous contract.

Rory Sales, chairperson of the NoordhoekConservancy, also welcomes the decisionthat road closures must be agreed upon byboth the department and Entilini.

He says the previous agreement stated thatif there is only a “vague chance” of a rock fall,the operator should close the road.

Sales says incidents in which people are in-jured or killed during a rock fall are “veryrare”.

The negotiations for the revised agreementwere triggered by Robin Carlisle, WesternCape MEC for Transport and Public Works,who was concerned that the previous con-tract was not favourable to the provincialgovernment as large stipends had to be paidto Entilini, even when the road was not in usebut closed for repairs.

Under the new contract, the two partieshave agreed to construct a permanent toll pla-za to replace the current, temporary one atthe Hout Bay end of Chapman’s Peak Drive.

This will cost R53 million, of which the pro-vincial government will pay R25 million.

Entilini retains the right under the newcontract to construct a permanent plaza atNoordhoek should this be deemed necessaryin future.

The previous contract also included plansfor a toll plaza at the Noordhoek side of theroad, but this was met by a legal challengeby Cape Point Vineyards owner Sybrand vander Spuy, as one of his properties bordersChapman’s Peak Road.

Van der Spuy has now suspended the re-view in light of the department’s decision tonot build a Noordhoek toll plaza for the timebeing.

Sales welcomes the decision by Entiliniand government not to build a toll plaza atthe Noordhoek side of the road. He says theslopes and mountainside on the Noordhoekside of the road would have to be flattened for

construction to take place, and says that in-troducing a toll plaza here would not be “via-ble”.

While Van der Spuy does not object to theplanned Hout Bay toll plaza, he is “surprised”at the R53 million budgeted for its construc-tion, believing it is excessive. He says the cur-rent toll plaza is adequate for its purpose.

Swimmer agrees that it is “crazy, mad andappalling” to spend R53 million on a toll pla-za.

“There is no reason why we cannot contin-ue using the current toll plaza,” he says.

Swimmer maintains that a toll is not need-ed on Chapman’s Peak. He argues that veryfew people use the toll road any way. “People

are avoiding it by driving over Ou KaapseWeg,” he says.

Swimmer says the toll contributions arenot significant enough to contribute to theup-keep of the road. He says he has discussed thetoll with Carlisle, who was “adamant” thatthe facility will remain.

Sales recognises the need for a toll, but saysthe charges to drivers are too high.

If the charges were more reasonable, hesays, more people would use Chapman’s PeakRoad, taking pressure off Ou Kaapse Weg.

He says that both Noordhoek and Hout Bayresidents who travel on Chapman’s Peak ona frequent basis have been asking for a dis-count on the toll road, but with no success.

SCENIC ROUTE: An aerial shot of Chapman’s Peak Drive shows some of the catchment netsused to shield the road from rock slides. Photo: www.chapmanspeakdrive.co.za

Grief group formedA SPECIAL weekly support group,GriefShare, has been created forpeople grieving the death of some-one close to them. The group willrun for 13 consecutive weeks, start-ing on Tuesday 22 March at theKing of Kings Baptist Centre in Sun

Valley, starting at 19:15.GriefShare provides a place

where grievers can be around oth-ers who understand the pain thatcomes with losing someone. Forfurther information call the churchoffice on (021) 785-4200.

Library fun at MuizenbergTHE Muizenberg Library will hosta variety of events for LibraryWeek from Tuesday 22 March.

The library will host an arts andcrafts workshop on Tuesday 22March from 10:00 to 11:00, with sto-ry time at 15:00.

On Wednesday 23 March there

will be a book talk by author LionelMaxim on the children’s biographyof Madiba, from 10:00 to 11:00.

On Friday 25 March there will bea senior’s tea and social from 9:00to 10:00. For further informationcontact Muizenberg Library on(021) 788-5263.

Variety in the valleyFISH HOEK HIGH SCHOOL is hold-ing its annual variety concert fromWednesday 23 March to Saturday 26March.

Local talent from the school willbe performing. Tickets are on sale

from Monday 14 March to Saturday26 March at the school.

Prices areR50 for raised seats andR35 for other seats. To book phoneElsa on (021) 782-1107 or email ad-min@fhhs.wcape.school.za.

Re-purpose sewing machinesSEWING classes are held onWednesday afternoons at the KalkBay Community Centre in MainRoad, Kalk Bay between 14:00 and16:00.

The classes are presented prima-rily for domestic workers; begin-ners are also welcome.

For the past 20 years these ses-

sionshave takenplacewith instruc-tion by volunteers with sewingskills.

If you have a sewing machine youno longer see and would like to seeit put to good use, phone Dawn Hareon (021) 789-1424 or 082 688 0508.

Your donation will be appreciat-ed.

Wiley addresses watchTHE Sun Valley NeighbourhoodWatch monthly meeting takes placeon Tuesday 22 March from 19:00 atthe St Peter’s Church in Nelson

Road, Fish Hoek. The guest speakeris Mark Wiley. For more informa-tion phone the watch on071 638 1511.

A green solution for guilt-free tripsCAPE POINT ROUTE welcomed the launchof the Green Bus Shuttle service to CapePoint Nature Reserve on Wednesday 2March. The official launch was held at CapePoint Nature Reserve and attendees had thepleasure of experiencing the shuttle servicefrom Noordhoek or Simon’s Town, whichboth form part of the shuttle route.

The need for this long-awaited shuttle serv-ice was identified by Cape Point Route (desti-nation specialists for the South Peninsula)more than a year ago as the transport serviceto Cape Point Nature Reserve was limited toself-drive vehicles, tour companies andguides or taxi services.

The shuttle initiative was put togetherwith the Green Cab company, which startedoperations in September 2009.

The Green Cab started transport servicesamidst an economic and ecological creditcrunch and set up a fleet that is focused oneach individual’s carbon footprint andstrives towards zero tail-pipe emissions.

The Green Ladies are seasoned tourismprofessionals and were the natural solutionto the transport needs of getting to the pointand being guilt-free in the process.

The 19-seater Sprinter runs on a B50 blendof BioDiesel (used cooking oil) and offers dai-ly services from Cape Town CBD and variouspick-up points along the Peninsula, includ-ing Hout Bay, Noordhoek and Simon’s Town.

A 90-minute stop at Cape Point allows timeto ride the funicular or grab a bite at the TwoOceans Restaurant. The return journey fol-lows the same route.

. All booking is online to save paper, andbooking details can be found at www.webt-ickets.co.za/thegreenbus.

More information is also available fromCape Point Route on (021) 782-9356, or emailinfo@capepointroute.co.za.

Amiene van der Merwe, sales and marketing director of theGreen Cab, spoke about the company’s commitment togreen tourism, using props of recycled material.Photos: Supplied

Southern Africa Tourism Association (SATSA)president Heather Guiterez addressed thegroup of tourism businesses on the ecologicalintegrity and sustainability of a destinationsuch as Cape Town. She is seen here with hergifts from Cape Point Vineyards, including theSplattered Toad wine (R1 of every bottle ofthis wine sold goes to saving the Westernleopard toad).

Tuesday 15 March 2011 NEWS People’s Post False Bay Page 7

DALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE annual Kalk Bay Concert in thePark may have been cancelled, but

that did not stop residents from enjoyingan adaptation of their beloved event onSunday 13 March.

The annual concert in the Lever Streetpark, a community charity event, was can-celled after the organisers could not submitall the information required in terms of theCity of Cape Town’s new Events Bylaw.

The bylaw required organisers to make acomplex, 27-page submission.

Residents were “fed-up” that they werenot allowed tohold the concertand decided to en-joy a Sunday pic-nic instead.

Judy Herbert,organiser of theConcert in the Park, says the picnic was a“happening”, organised through “word ofmouth”. Three thousand rand, which will

go towards the upkeep of the facility, wascollected from the 180 people at the picnic.

The donation will also be used to employa homeless man fromthe Haven Night Shel-ter to work in thepark. Herbert saysthey passed her “gay-ly-striped beach bag”around the crowd to

collect money. Herbert also received vari-ous emails from people who donated moneytowards the upkeep of the park.

The picnic was dubbed the “not-concertin the park”. Herbert says there was no mu-sic and everyone brought their own food.

She says that for the first time since shehas been organising the Concert in thePark, she had time to enjoy the event withfriends, neighbours and members of thecommunity. And even though it started torain, Kalk Bay residents stayed put until itcleared. “We were all really pleased to seeeach other,” says Herbert.

Herbert says they are considering havinga similar picnic next year.

Fun in the park despite concert cancellationKalk Bay residents gather for picnic after the Concert in the Park was cancelled

Page 8 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 15 March 2011

Exercise your right to be healthyTHE Fish Hoek Civic Centre will be filledwith a kaleidoscope of health, beauty andmedical products and services on Monday21 March (Human Rights Day), when theFocus on Health Expo brings more than 50exhibitors, demonstratorsandexpertpre-senters to the south peninsula, many forthe first time.

Created by Fish Hoek Tourism to inspireand enlighten people on how to enhance theirbodies, minds and lives, the second annualedition of the expo has rapidly become the

biggest assembly of health therapies, tech-niques and products under one roof in the ar-ea.

“The Focus on Health Expo is designed toinspire visitors from all walks of life to im-prove their knowledge of health and wellbe-ing,” said Angela Taylor from Fish HoekTourism and Vitality Vacations, the conven-er of the expo.

“Patrons can view and experience a broadrange of health services and products and theexhibitors get to network with their peersand expand their clientele. “The expo alsoprovides the ideal opportunity for scholars,students and young adults to find out aboutmore about careers in the health sector.”

Exhibits at the expo include naturalhealth and beauty products and therapies,books, alternative philosophies, exerciseand dance routines, eating and food prepa-ration, medical equipment, baby care, medi-cal screenings and business practices withpresentations by experts on a range of top-ics. Free health screenings for TB, bloodpressure and glucose levels, body mass in-dex and testing and counselling on HIV willbe performed by members of staff from theCapri campus of the Living Hope ministry,which does sterling work in providinghealthcare and other facilities in Far Southcommunities.

“We are gratified to be able to offer free

health screening to all who attend the southpeninsula’s biggest health show and offer oursincere thanks to the Living Hope ministryfor providing these services,” said Taylor.The Focus on Health Expo runs from 09:00 till17:00 on Human Rights Day with presenta-tions by experts taking place every hour.

Healthy and tasty food and beverages willbe on sale. Entry is R20 for adults and R10 for

scholars and pensioners.All visitors to the expo will be included in

the lucky draws at 12:00 and 15:30.Prizes include Percy Tours in Hermanus

and dozens of products and services from ex-hibitors. For details contact Fish Hoek Tour-ism at (021) 783-4965 or fishhoektour-ism@gmail.com.See theFacebookgroup“Fo-cus on Health Expo” for more information.

A launch ahead of the expo was held on Wednes­day at Kima Global Books in Clovelly. At the func­tion were Lizelle Coombs, Tabera Joosten andMaggie Joubert. Photo: Supplied

Convenor Angela Taylor and promoter Paul Botha toast the launch of the Health Expo with StellarOrganics wine.

Rozanne’s journey to Kommetjie

Rob and Liz Kampersare celebrating their50th wedding anniver­sary on Friday 18March. They were mar­ried in Johannesburg in1961, and have beenresidents of Fish Hoekfor 12 years, having re­tired here in 1998.Pho­to: Supplied

HAPPY FAMI­LY: The Kam­pers family.Rob and LizKampershave fourmarried chil­dren, ninegrandchil­dren and onegreat­grand­child.Photo: Sup­plied

HOLA AMIGOS: The LaPlata rugby team fromArgentina, whichplayed in Cape Townlast week, visited FishHoek beach for somefun last Wednesday.Photo: Gwen Rea

CALVARY CHAPEL in Kommetjie is host-ing Rozanne Visagie (daughter of the latePW Botha), who will be speaking on her“Journey to Wholeness” at a ladies’ tea onHuman Rights Day, Monday 21 March at10:30. Visagie recently appeared in theJanuary edition of Joy Magazine, and asa gospel artist has cut a new CD called“Broken Fences”. She has a weekly col-

umn in Beeld newspaper, and has au-thored various children’s books. There isno charge and no need to book. CalvaryChapel Kommetjie is on the corner ofKirsten and Teubes Road, (next to theShell Garage) in Kommetjie.

Contact Monica Duguid on (021) 783-2900or 072 287 9922 or www.calvarykom-metjie.co.za

Tuesday 15 MarchNoordhoek: Quiz Night eve-ry Tuesday at the Toad in theNoordhoek Farm Village at19:30. The quiz master willchallenge teams on currentaffairs, geography, scienceand nature, history, sport,art and literature and an ab-solutely almost impossiblequestion. Double up on yourstrongest category and takeon the challenge to win greatprizes. Entry is R20. Contact(021) 789-2973 or visitwww.thetoad.co.za.

Wednesday 16 MarchFish Hoek: The AGM of theFish Hoek Garden Club takesplace in the Civic Centre at19:00. The guest speaker willbe Alan Sonnenberg, whowill talk on his experiencesas a flower show judge. Allmembers are urged to attendthis important meeting with

a reminder that the annualsubscriptions are now due.

Saturday 19 MarchFish Hoek: “In the Mood”dance club will be holdingtheir next monthly dance inthe Fish Hoek Civic Centre at20:00. Dress code is smart cas-ual. Bring own bar. Entrancefor members is R15 and non-members is R20. Booking isessential, call (021) 686-3448.

Noordhoek: Puppet Ma-nia Day at Noordhoek FarmVillage from 10:30 to 12:30.Enjoy the pint-sized friends,and kids can make their ownfinger puppet to take home.All puppet shows are interac-tive, educational and a wholelot of fun. Balloon tricks andfacepainting will also beavailable. Contact (021) 789-2812 or visit www.noord-hoekvillage.co.za.

Red Hill: Dan Patlanskywill be rocking the six-stringFender Stratocaster at CapeFarmhouse Restaurant from15:30 to 18:30. Entry fee is R50,students R40 and kids under12 get in free. Regret no pic-nics – but lovely food off thebraai all day and a la carte

available until 16:00. Visit thewebsite on www.capefarm-house.co.za/rocks.

Sunday 20 MarchCape Point: Join the Friendsof the Cape of Good Hope fora nature walk in this beauti-ful area. Meet inside the paygate at 09:00. Bring alonggood walking shoes, water,snack, a hat and a Wild Card,if you have one. Call (021) 789-1260.

Noordhoek: Sundays are afamily affair at Café Roux,bring along the kids or yourparents for Sunday lunch.Live music by Me and MrBrown. Contact (021) 789-2538or visit www.caferoux.co.za.

TuesdaysGlencairn: Zoom Entertain-ment will be hosting a bingoevening at the Glen pub eve-ry tuesday night at 19:30. Reg-ister to play from 19:00. Toplay costs R20 for four games.There will be lots of prizesplus an accumulating snow-ball every week.

Free snacks are providedfor all players. Contact 082446 3110.

Buttery in Kalk BayGUY BUTTERY brings his avant-garde world music to The Forge, 12Windsor Road, Kalk Bay on Friday.

Buttery won a “Best Instrumen-tal Album” award at the South Afri-can Music Awards last year, as wellas two National Awards at the Na-tional Arts Festival, including theStandard Bank Golden OvationAward for the Best Music Produc-tion. The musician recently fea-tured in a three-page spread in US-based Guitar Player magazine,which has 11 million readers world-wide.

The magazine says his latest re-lease, “Fox Hill Lane” is “one of themost adventurous acoustic record-ings in recent memory”.

Contact Simone on (021) 422-4536or email simone@royaleeat-ery.com or theforge.kalk-bay@gmail.com. Guy Buttery Photo: Martin Kriebel

Tuesday 15 March 2011 GENERAL People’s Post False Bay Page 9

Opera at the LindberghModern contemporaryshow in Kalk Bay

Scorpio meeting

Nia in Ocean View

Auld for surffoundation

MARCH is Opera Month atthe Lindbergh Arts Foun-dation in Muizenberg.

Associate Professor Sid-will Hartman, from the SACollege of Music at UCT, hascompiled two programmesfor a morning and eveningconcert.

Expect arias, duets and en-semble work from well-known operas, performed byoutstanding young singersfrom the College. Differentsingers will appear at the twoconcerts, and the pro-grammes will not be thesame.

The morning concert be-gins at 10:30 on Thursday 17March. Tickets are R50, in-clusive of tea served after-wards. Please note that book-ings are now required for themorning concerts as well,and that table allocationswill be made.

The evening concert startsat 20:00 on Wednesday 30March. Tickets are inclusiveof snacks served at interval,and cost R105. Guests canbring their own wine. Softdrinks will be on sale.

For more information orticket booking phone (021)701-4466 or 082 715 7813.

CAROL TAKESTHE CAKE:The AnchorsAway annualcake rafflehas been wonby Carol Lavis­tour of Si­mon’s Town.The raffleraised closeto R1 000 forAnchors AwayVillage. Themuch sought­after Christ­mas cake isiced and deco­rated eachyear by Bar­bara Shen­field. Photo:Supplied

THE Kalk Bay Modern art gallery ispresenting contemporary South Af-rican painters Simon Stone, KateGottgens, John Murray and Giovan-na Biallo from Wednesday 16 Marchto Saturday 16 April from 9:30 to 17:00daily. The guest speaker at the open-ing on 16 March is Basil Jones, of theHandspring Puppet Company. Formore information call (021) 788-6571,fax (021) 788-6793, email kbmod-ern@iafrica.com, or visit www.kalk-baymodern.com or www.kalkbay-modern.blogspot.com.

The gallery is on the 1st Floor, Ol-ympia Buildings, 136 Main Road, Ka-lk Bay.

THE Nia fitness technique is offeredat the Roman Catholic Church hall inCastor Road, Ocean View everyThursday morning from 11:00 to 12:00.

Nia is a cardiovascular fitness fu-sion that embodies sensation, mind-fulness and self-healing. It is suitablefor all ages and fitness levels.

The class is free.For more information contact Mag-

gie Joubert at 072 425 5990.

ROBIN AULD will be playing a sunsetsession at the Brass Bell on Thursday17March from19:00 tomark the estab-lishment’s 30th year in existence.

Tickets cost R50.

THE Scorpio Preschool will be host-ing its AGM on Thursday 24 Marchfrom 19:00 at the school in GalaxyClose, Ocean View.

For more information, phone Shar-on Van Sittert on 084 600 6920.

Art expo in Simon’sTown for residentsTHE Simon’s Town Art Group(STAG) invites the public to its an-nual art exhibition at the Simon’sTown Library in Main Road from Sat-urday 19 to Sunday 27 March.

David Biggs will open the exhibi-tion and live music and refreshmentswill be available.

The grand opening will be held onSaturday 19 March at noon.

For more information, call JanetSpurr on (021) 782-0339.

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home and watch him grow. He willgrow to a length of about 30 cm.Yes, he will have those nasty sharpteeth. Yes, he will gobble all yourgoldfish and will flit around believ-ing himself to be king of his minutepond. Someone please tell him thathe is limited by his confines; that heshould be a 4 to 6 m brute and cruis-ing the oceans.

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helps them identify their interests andpassions, builds their vocabulary, cre-ates down-time – and on and on. Read-ing broadens teens.

We know that prejudice has its foun-dations in ignorance. Well-read peopleare less likely to be ignorant andpreju-diced

So why are libraries so underuti-lised by teens? We can hide behind thetechnological age answer, but thetruth is that a book is boring. Well,that is if you compare it to the high vol-ume, bright lights, instant entertain-ment that whirls around today’syouth. So what are we to do? Spendmoney on good teen books. If bank-rupt, go for library cards. Buy whatthey want to read, not what you wantthem to read. If they live for their Sec-tor 9 long board, buy them books aboutskateboarding. If horses are whatblows their hair back, buy themhorsey books. I know a certain 13 yearold who can sit still for about 2,3 sec-onds but is mesmerised by Harry Pot-ter. Thank you JK Rowling. A guestspeaker at school this year drew spon-taneous applause for his words,“Thosewhodon’t readhaveabsolutelyno advantage over those who cannot.”

An inconvenient truth!. Gavin Fish is principal of Fish

Hoek High School and writes Tamingthe Teenager columns to help parentsand teenagersnavigate through the in-teresting and often challenging teen-age years.

Digital Tips: Beans for timely picsGARETH GRIFFITHS

HOW often do you use the timersetting on your digital camera?This useful feature is not takenadvantage of enough.

Two big advantages of this fea-ture are:

. In low light or when takingclose-up pictures, compose thepic, select the delay, press the

shutter and then remove yourhand from the button. The cam-era will be as steady as its sup-port base. No blur!

. Include yourself in the pho-tograph. I’ve often done this onhikes or with friends. The snagis that you need to be quick onyour feet to join the group, somake sure you don’t trip. Plus,you need a solid base to supportthe camera while doing the un-der 10-second sprint!

Those who have scratchedtheir cameras, had the windblow them over while doing the10-second sprint, or simply comeout with skew-looking pics willenjoy learning of a great porta-ble beanbag product from Cana-da, which I discovered last week.Called “The Red Pod”, it has ascrew adapter that mates withthe centre mounting hole foundundermost cameras.You simply

screw it onto the base of the cam-era and squeeze the beanbagpart so that it hugs the surfaceyou are working from.

Nice and steady, lightweightto carry, cheap, and it preventsdamage to your camera from theoutdoors. Useful from the carwindow, too. I got mine at a bigphoto warehouse in the city.

. DigitalTips iswrittenbyGa-reth Griffiths, a professionalphotographer based in Noord-hoek. Contact him by phoning072 905 0252 and leave a message,or email gg_imaging@iafri-ca.com. Digital Tips and otherinformation can be found on theweb at http://ggphotow-orld.blogspot.com

The Red Pod is a portable bean­bag product that steadies a cam­era when photos are taken on atimer setting.

Gareth Griffiths

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Page 12 People’s Post False Bay LETTERS Tuesday 15 March 2011

Improving lot of poor willbenefit the environmentI HAVE made observations in many countriesthroughout the world which prove without ashadow of doubt that a definite scientific linkexists between unemployment, poverty, deg-radation and pollution.

The density and desperation of the popula-tion is directly proportional to the amount ofpollution they produce.

The phenomenon has been observed in thefavellas of Brazil, the slums of Abidjan, IvoryCoast, and the areas surrounding Port Har-court, Nigeria (once known as the GardenCity), and other cesspits throughout theworld.

Strangely enough the phenomenon is alsoon our own “Kommetjie Scenic Route” at theentrance to Masiphumelele, also depicted inrecent photos published in a local newspaper.

The source of pollution to Wildevoëlvlei cantherefore be scientifically linked to the largeamounts of “crapola” published by “serial ob-jectors” like the Kommetjie Residents’ andRatepayers’ Association (KRRA) and theWildlife Society of South Africa (Wessa) tosensible job creating developments.

These objections, together with the largeamount of time the city council takes to proc-ess the drivel, year in and year out, have de-prived hundreds of people of their livelihoods,caused massive unemployment and causedmany millions of rands worth of damages.

Since the BP filling station was establishedin the wetlands (near Longbeach Mall), no evi-dence has emerged that it had anything to dowith the algae imbalance of Wildevoëlvlei.

In his latest objection to the filling stationapplication at the corner of Kommetjie Roadand Lekkerwater Road, Patrick Dowling, rep-resenting both KRRA and Wessa, intimatesthat the populace may burn down the fillingstation, should it be approved, and then usethe fuel to ignite fires.

He totally misses the point that previous in-cidents of unrest were due to dissatisfactionabout service delivery, lack of jobs, povertyand hunger.

It may come as a surprise to Patrick Dowl-ing that the people of Masiphumelele are asentitled as he is to the very same pristine pro-tected environment of which he dreams.

Only by improving the lot of the people dowe stand any chance at all of being the suc-cessful caretakers of the environment.ANDRÉ VAN HEERDEN, OWNER OFSUNNY ACRES CENTRE

PATRICK DOWLING, CHAIRPERSONOF THE KOMMETJIE RESIDENTS’ ANDRATEPAYERS’ ASSOCIATION (KRRA),RESPONDS:

The state of the Wildevoëlvlei can be linkedto the years of build-up of phosphate-rich sedi-ment in what was once a seasonal wetland.

This is because the local sewerage works,which discharges around 10 million litres oftreated effluent per day into this system, is notdesigned to strip out all the substances whichcontribute to the unhealthy hypertrophicstate of the vlei.

With regards to the comments by the KRRAand Wessa about impacts of development onthe broader Noordhoek-Fish Hoek catchment,the position of these two civil society organi-sations is based to a large extent on the 1999Noordhoek wetlands study commissioned bythe then Cape Metropolitan Council.

The research team included eminent freshwater scientist Professor Bryan Davies, thenof UCT, and an international consulting team,Mott MacDonald and KFD Wilkinson andPartners, who say in a summary of their find-ings:

“The carrying capacity of the Wildevoëlvleiand Sun Valley catchments are at an over-crit-ical level as a result of urban and industrialrun-off. SA is a signatory of the Conventionon Biological Diversity and authoritiesshould thereforebe cautious in their consider-ation of developments that might impact fur-ther on the flora, fauna and marine life.”

As institutional memory loss continueswith change of administrations, officials andpolicy, it is important not to lose such impor-tant scientifically-based data especially as de-velopment pressure shows little sign of easingoff.

Unfortunately the benefit of some short-term jobs based on ultimately unsustainableactivities cannot be endorsed over the needfor much longer term environmental healthon which all life depends.

It is questionable whether the valley and thesouthern peninsula generally need more pet-

rol filling stations, polluting or not.There has been no credible needs analysis

regarding commercial property in the southpeninsula in recent years.

In fact, when the Sunnyacres rezoning ap-plication was advertised in around 2005, thelocal councillor objected based on a perceivedoversupply of commercial space. Commentsincluded: “Additional jobs here may well re-sult in loss of jobs elsewhere in the system.”

We stand accused of delaying approvalswhich lead to costly “damages”. In fact, sincethe authorisation for commercial zoning in2008 it has taken till recently for the developerto act on this.

The viability of this development node hasbeen questionable from the start and we mustalso ask whether jobs for the poor have reallybeen the primary driver for this project.

The KRRA’s latest comment on the “DraftEnvironmental Impact Assessment Report –Proposed Filling Station, Erf 4340 SunnydaleOff Kommetjie Rd” contains no intimation re-garding burning as referred to by Mr VanHeerden.

People’s Post has been furnished with a copyof that (and Wessa’s) submission and it isavailable by email on request.

The matter of filling stations, civic unrest,petrol burning and so on is a broad topic ofglobal relevance, especially in these troubledtimes, and deserves attention generally. Ourunderstanding of the last incident of barri-cadeburningonKommetjieRoad is that itwaslinked to housing shortages as the provisionof formal structures temporarily displaced in-formal backyard dwellers.

The KRRA submission does contain the fol-lowing comment based on the consultant’s ge-ohydrology report: “It is clear that in termsof overall environmental sensitivity of the ar-ea in relation to the potential source risksfrom the proposed filling station, the risk andpotential significance of contamination fromthe site are considered as ‘high’ as the ground-water is shallow and the surrounding areascomprise a sensitive environment. In terms ofthe precautionary principle and because geo-hydrology is the main issue, these risksshould be avoided at all costs, not offered upto chance.”

It must be pointed out that the petrol sumpsof a filling station do not have to be leakingin order for some local contamination to oc-cur. Forecourts are busy places with oil, pet-rol, water and detergents much in use. Brake-lining dust, metal filings, rubber residues andplastic litter compound the situation. It doesnot take criminal negligence for the effects,which are cumulative in nature, to be reflect-ed in the receiving natural environment.

Depending on the position of buildings suchas filling stations in the catchment and thepresence or absence of mitigatory featureslike artificial wetlands and water-run off con-tainment systems, impacts can be of a greateror lesser extent.

Typically no single development or activityis prepared to accept blame and so the tragedyof the commons is played out.

There must be consideration of the socio-economic situation. The need for an addition-al petrol filling station in the far south penin-sula has not been established.

There is little point in creating jobs in oneplace if these are going to compromise thosein another. The Sunnyacres caravan park re-development process has been complex andcontested since the first application for theSunnyacres shopping centre was approvedsome time ago. Even after the more recent ap-plication for commercial rights was reducedfrom 2 312 m² to 1 304 m² to induce the wardcouncillor to withdraw her objection, it hasbeenconceded that the commercial rights con-sequently granted are not viable.

In the executive summary of the final scop-ing report dated April 2010, there is the con-sultant’s comment regarding the commercialalternative: “From a socio-economic perspec-tive it will overextend the already saturatedmarket for retail areas.”

This comment we feel is vindication of ouroriginal objection. Improving the lot of peoplein the long term is entirely dependent on theirbecoming successful caretakers of the envi-ronment.

Mr Van Heerden is rightly concerned thatenvironmental benefits are not shared equita-bly and that is why most of the KRRA’s objec-tionshavebeendirectedatup-markethousingproposals that do very little to alleviate pover-ty or protect the environment.

Offer dignified solutions for bin-pickersI DON’T have the answer to the bin pickingproblems, or eradicating poverty in ourcountry. What we consider waste can makethe difference of a meal for someone else.

Lastweek, I sawoneof thepickerswalkingoff with a set of discarded golf clubs, whichI presume would fetch some cash for scrapmetal.

In some countries people set aside piles ofitems they think might be useful next totheir trash bins, so that people aren’t forcedto rifle through often hazardous waste. Mostpeople are too lazy to drop off things at acharity. I’m not suggesting that we encour-

age thieves, but perhaps we can think ofways to give more dignity to those forced togo through our trash.

Charles Hellyer, remember that our privi-leged lifestyles exist because we can legallypay people R1 000 a month for back-breakingphysical labour. South Africa is in the top10 in the world for income inequality. Bar-bara Harris is at least thinking of solutions.

We need to find innovative ways to narrowthe gap – until then, expect poverty, crimeand violence to escalate.CONCERNEDKommetjie

South stuck with bad moviesWHYis it thatwehave to travel toCavendishSquare in order to see really good movies?WhydoLongbeachMall andBlueRouteMallget “Fockers”, “Morning Glory”, “Bur-lesque”, “Big Momma’s House” and “TheTourist” instead of “Winter’s Bone”, “BlackSwan”, “The King’s Speech”, “True Grit”,“The Concert” and “Jane’s Journey? “Wedid get “The Social Network”, which wasprobably an oversight!)

Is this a reflection of Ster-Kinekor’s opin-ion of the taste in movies of the people of theFar South or is it a truly a reflection of ourtaste?

And perhaps someone can enlighten me asto the workings of the DVD hire shops.About 90% of their offerings are totally un-known to me and very little of excellencemakes an appearance in any of them.PENNY BOADENNoordhoekLYNDA STERNE, MARKETING MAN-

AGER FOR STER-KINEKOR, RE-SPONDS:

The films you refer to as examples of goodfilms – “Winter’s Bone”, “Black Swan”, “TheKing’s Speech”, “True Grit”, “The Concert”and “Jane’s Journey” – fall into what weterm the Cinema Nouveau Category, in thatthey are generally niche films(sometimes re-ferred to as art films) with niche audiencesas opposed to the more commercial titles.

The demand for the art titles is not as highas the demand for commercial films. We do,however, schedule some of the “art” titles onthe commercial circuit and unfortunately inthe case of Longbeach and Blue Route theyhave not performed that well, with very lim-ited demand. We schedule films accordingto the historical demand of those particularcomplexes and the communities they serve.

It would appear that the DVD hire shopsare also stock films that generally appeal tothe demands of the community they serve.

Poor cell reception in SimonskloofAS reasonably new residents of Simonsk-loof, we are delighted with our decision torelocate to Simon’s Town, but have one ma-jor concern that affects our lives daily – andthat is the very poor reception using a cell-phone.

A fixed line does not provide the flexibilityof a cellphone and for this reason, I am surethat we are not alone in preferring this lattermethod of communication. However, mostphone calls seem to terminate mid conversa-tion and it is ridiculous trying to positiononeself into the best reception “position”.

Vodacom, our service provider, says thatthey are not allowed by the Simon’s Townauthorities to erect a tower to provide a bet-ter service and in doing so, will hopefully re-duce the number of interrupted calls.

I wonder if this is the reason for the poorreception as I am aware that other Vodacomusers (and users of other service providersfor that matter) in other locations are alsohaving similar connection problems?

If on the other hand, Vodacom is being pre-vented from erecting another tower, there isthe threat that in an emergency (and Si-monskloof is having a spate of break-ins re-cently) help cannot be called – so posing arisk to our property and perhaps people.

Please can someone clear up this confu-sion and let’s either get Vodacom or the localauthority to act to resolve this problem.JOHN TURNERSimon’s Town

NOMSA THUSI, EXECUTIVE HEAD OFCORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS ATVODACOM, RESPONDS:

We are seriously challenged on how to im-prove network coverage in some areas dueto planning permission constraints and re-sistance from residents. Sometimes it’s thesame people who complain about coveragethat also fight against the erection of towersin their area.

Below, is a series of activities that shouldoccur prior to a tower being erected:

. Department of Land Affairs (LA) facili-tates the meeting between Vodacom and theresidents.

. Environmental Affairs require Envi-ronmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to bedone to see if there won’t be any heritageplants affected by our plan.

. Residents of the affected suburb must allapprove.

. Approval is required from the personwho owns the piece of land where the basestation is to be erected.

. The above processes are not in order oftheir occurrence but must all be done beforeany building can take place.

In terms of overall network quality, I canconfirm that our network availability anddropped call statistics as reported to ICASA,have been well within the prescribed guide-lines of 95% availability and dropped callsless than 2%, and they have both actuallyshown an improving trend.

A traffic cop by any other nameON Friday 18 February the robot was out in17th Avenue, Fish Hoek.

I felt like getting out and moving the trafficalong myself.

You could imagine my anger when I sawcops pulling over taxis right next to the robotthat wasn’t working.

When I got to work I saw two traffic offic-ers at Engen getting coffee.

I went up to them and asked why they werepulling over taxis instead of helping the traf-

fic move along?He said they are a different department to

them so they can’t help!So traffic cops that pull over cars and traf-

fic cops that direct traffic are different?I’m sure it wouldn’t be to much of a hassle

to just move a few cars along until the cor-rect person gets there.

I just find it pathetic.FRUSTRATED DRIVERFish Hoek

Tuesday 15 March 2011 LETTERS People’s Post False Bay Page 13

YourSMSesBin-pickers

. I hate the bin pickers! They mess and defi-nitely look at our houses to break in. I say givethem a good fright and they will get out of ourneighbourhoods.

. Get rid of the bin pickers, even if meansshooting them with a paintball gun. I’ve seenthese people from time to time and the roadshavebeenmuchmorequiet and the crime less.Good job shooters, I’m standing by you all theway. Sun Valley

. If the paintballers strike again or can beidentified, then I hope the neighbourhoodwatch or anyone else will charge them withassault. They are the ones who are the crimi-nal, anti-social element, not the poor who arejust trying to survive! Meg Samuelson

Bitten by estate agent. Once Bitten, your friend must have men-

tioned the estate agent’s name. Go to the au-thorities and ask them to insist that the estateagent shows receipts for money received andfor goods sold.

After all she is a third party. Everyone hasa conscience and I hope the estate agent haslong sleepless nights. Shame on you!

. To the unscrupulous estate agent, haveyou forgotten that you too will get old? Whatyou did was fraudulent and theft.

You should be behind bars before anotherpoor elderly person gets caught in your web!

. To Once Bitten. The name of this agentshould be published for all to see! What a des-picable person! We should be warned! Sad-dened, Lakeside

. Thesharkagent shouldbebrought tobookand shamed, the company she representsshould do it, proving they are a reputable com-pany.

Parents, take note. As a concerned parent of a 19-year-old son,

I would like to know where or what the otherparents are doing when their 15 or 16-year-oldgirls are still out and about in the wee hoursof the morning, after attending one of themany bashes that have been happening inOcean View lately. Do you know that they aredrinking alcohol and smoking dagga for fun?Please wake up before it’s too late. Concernedparent

Turn it down!. Regarding the night club noise to be

curbed, will this apply to the public as well?On Tuesday 8 March at Sandstone, the partyhasn’t stopped. They’re working on cars andbikes in the garage, they are grinding stuff,shouting and pumping the tunes. Just anotherpeaceful night in Kommetjie.

Taken for a ride. Oh bless you Mr MEC for Transport, how

great! All the way from Khayelitsha to CapeTown? Try Fish Hoek to Cape Town at 05:45,06:00 and then try returning at 17:00 onwardfor one week.

Today, for example, no roller doors couldopen, no ticket office service was available, no

back-up was even called.Someone did not get their digit out of their

most southern orifice in time this morning.One sip of wine does not make you a connois-seur. Maureen, Fish Hoek

Why?. My niece was on an official tourist boat

trip from Simon’s Town and was disturbed tosee seals being shot off the Cape Point coast.She asked if this was allowed. We were sur-prised that this was happening, but they werenot able to answer her question.

Muizenberg views. Has anybody else noticed how Muizen-

berg has gone back to the drug-ridden crimehub it used to be since the Mountain Men left?

. With regard to the proposed night centre:I agree with Dave, there are many emptybuildings in Simon’s Town. Where should itbe situated? We already have the Living GraceCentre and Vrygrond. I think it’s more thanwe can handle. Yolanda

Motorists and cyclists. What do you do when the robot is in your

favour, you are half way across the intersec-tion and cyclists ignore the red robot and al-most collide with you? Smile? I think not. Sha-ron, Sun Valley

. How can motorists even take cyclists seri-ously when they dress the way they do? Mark

In response. With reference to “Bumpy ride”: that's it,

Pat of Welcome Glen, you tell Andre Ester-huysen!

He probably has never had a child killed inGlen Road and probably speeds and does notstop at the stop signs. Of course the speedbumps are a hassle to him. Ani

. I don’t agree that Gavin Fish is a great mo-tivator. I find his column is not practical. Iwonder if the hair problem student will findhis dream?

. Just to let Daniel Grebe (and others) knowthat the “bee” he photographed is actually aSyrphidae fly. It is nevertheless enjoying thepollen all the same. Val, Clovelly

. All this dog crap: employ a couple of guysand ticket them.

Bargains and banners. I have just purchased three tops and a pair

of pants – all of good quality, and still lookinggood as new – from Tears for R100. What a bar-gain.

. A certain cellphone outlet in LongbeachMall has a huge banner in their shop with thewords proclaiming: “Whoosh”. Well, guesswhat? The 3G connection needed for the prod-uct is not available in this area and the staffcannot even say when it will ever happen!False advertising?

Attention, attention. Will the elderly lady who left her large

packet ofWoolworths toilet paper at theStand-ard Bank ATM in Longbeach Mall please col-lect it at the centre management office, whereI handed it in? Betty Roughley

Keep Noordhoek ruralNOORDHOEK has a wonderful reputationas a semi-rural village notable for the ab-sence of the noise and bustle.

There is very little commercial activity todisturb our tranquillity. Most of us camehere to enjoy that. Yet the activities at theRed Herring Pub disturb that peace withloud music, drunken behaviour in thestreets, and cars driven at speed on those oc-casions when the pub has live “entertain-ment”. Those living in the immediate vicini-ty are badly affected, while others at a dis-tance are not aware of the noise and someare quite happy to enjoy an evening in thepub, leaving the first group to suffer thenoise. I have been protesting this problemfor some six years. I have made affidavitswith the police who have fined the ownersof the pub; I have complained to councillorFelicity Purchase; NEAG; the ConversancyGroup; to the City Health Department; metwith Dr Bromfield, its head, and many otherplaces. All to no avail. All said the law onnoise nuisance is unclear and enforcementnot feasible. Imagine my surprise when I re-cently obtained a copy of the City of CapeTown’s “Bylaw relating to streets, publicplaces and the prevention of nuisances”promulgated 28 September 2007 (PG 6469; LA44559) Article three under “Noise Nuisance”states: No person shall in a public place–

(a) cause or permit to be caused by shout-ing, screaming or making any other loud orpersistent noise or sound, including ampli-fied noise or sound; or

(b) permit noise or sound from a privateresidence or business to be audible in a pub-lic place, except for the purposes of loud-speaker announcements for public meetingsor due to the actions of street entertainers.

Any person who contravenes this bylawshall be guilty of an offence. Further, the En-vironment Conservation Act 1989 Act 73 hasNoise Regulation Regulations which state“noise nuisance means any sound which dis-turbs or impairs or may disturb or impairthe convenience of any person”. And clausefive states “no person shall operate or playa radio, television set, drum, musical instru-ment, sound amplifier, loudspeaker systemor similar device that produces, reproducesor amplifies sound, or allow it to be operatedor played so as to cause a noise nuisance.”Nothing could be clearer and the Red Her-ring is liable for prosecution. So where is thedifficulty? Why has it been so hard to per-suade authority to act? We ask for no fa-vours, only the enforcement of the law.Please register your protest with Dr Brom-field, Head: City Health Department; emailivan.bromfield@capetown.gov.za or fax(021) 421-4894. Let us keep Noordhoek rural.PROFESSOR BEN TUROK MPNoordhoek

Are you a builder or breaker?IN the half century that I have lived, I havelearned a few truths. One truth is that lifeis hard. Things do not come easily. One hasto sow and plant in order to reap. There isno free lunch; somebody has paid for it. An-other truth is that in society people can bedivided into two groups: builders and break-ers. To build something takes much effort,time, money. To break it down is easy andquick. In Capri we have hard-working peo-ple who are doing a good thing, not only forthemselves, but for others, for the wholecommunity. They are trying to improve ourenvironment, uplift the area and improvesafety. There are also people trying to put astop to this good thing. I saw this horriblefact (being a breaker) in myself many yearsago. I had taken my children to the beachon a warm winter’s day. To our delight peo-

ple had been before and built well-construct-ed sand castles. Perhaps it was part of a com-petition, as there were three substantial cre-ations. My children begged me to allow themto trample them down. My initial responsewas negative, but with weariness of plead-ing, eventually agreed. Thereafter, on leav-ing the beach, a couple of cars arrived. Chil-dren tumbled out excitedly, to show theirmothers the castles that they had built on aschool outing. I was desperately ashamed.What a lesson I learned about builders anddestroyers. Thank you Tony Fernandez, Do-lores Donovan, Kerri de Sousa, Sergio Capel-lino, Clive Byrne and Debby Byrne for yourhard effort, much (precious) time, not tomention money. I want to build with you.JENNI STEWARTCapri

Inform public about fun ridesPEOPLE’S POST devotes a lot of space toissues both for and against cyclists.

These issues are aired every year withoutfail in the lead-up to the Pick n Pay Cape Ar-gus Cycle Tour. The Cycle Tour will havebeen completed on 13 March and thankfullythe number of cyclists will diminish on thelocal roads, until next time.

The cyclists, however, are not going to goaway and the complainants are going to feelaggrieved again next year when they de-mand their unassailable right to use theroads in the Far South for their own purpos-es. Some complainants say that they shouldbe warned beforehand so that they can plan

their travel times and routes accordingly.Can I suggest that People’s Post takes on

the task of informing the locals when andwhere the fun rides are going to take place?

The information is readily available fromthe Pedal Power Association months in ad-vance and I am sure that they would be onlytoo happy to oblige. Information regardingroutes, times and affected roads could bepublished, thereby eliminating a large per-centage of the gripes.DOUG CALVEREYLakesideThank you for the suggestion. We havecontacted the Pedal Power Association,which has undertaken to supply us withthis information prior to events. – Ed.

Increase finesI REFER to the Clarke family’s letter in youredition dated Tuesday 1 March. As an almostdaily visitor to Muizenberg beach, in partic-ular East Beach, I would like to add my voicein support of their sentiments.

To keep that stretch of beach between Surf-ers Corner and the False Bay Surf LifesavingClub free of dogs in the summer season it isnecessary for the authorities to erect moreunambiguous signs at all entrances to thatstretch of beach. More importantly, to en-force the law by having law enforcement of-

ficers patrol the beach and issue fines. Thepresent R100 is woefully inadequate, as evi-dencedby the fact that it is the samedogown-ers who flout the law time and again.

Increase the fines and if they are not a suf-ficient deterrent bring the offenders intocourt. There is an a enormous stretch ofbeach eastwards of the FBSLC plus the areaaround the vlei for dog owners to exercisetheir dogs. Why do they persist in encroach-ing on areas in which people can relax freeof the nuisance of dogs and their excrementwhich few owners bother to pick up?FERRY FAMILYMarina Da Gama

Respect goes a long wayIN RESPONSE to Paddy McPherson’s letterin People’s Post of 8 March (“Speaking of re-spect” and dealing with Fish Hoek princi-pal Gavin Fish’s article on respect):

As a last word on the subject of respect,when I was at school (more than half a cen-tury ago), we had a typing teacher calledMiss EE Carter, who had a humpback as aresult of a fall down a flight of stairs. Shewas single following the death of her fiancein the war, and I never knew what the EEstood for.

We did not like her and she was the causeof considerable scorn amongst the Stand-ard 10s as she would hand out “10 lines”whenever she thought a pupil had trans-gressed.

She must have considered me more of a

sinner than the others or perhaps shethought I was worth saving, as followingan incident when she saw me fraternisingwith one of the Standard sixes, she mademe write out 100 times: “Popularity ischeap tinsel, which soon grows tawdry; re-spect is pure gold that lasts a lifetime.”

I thought “what an idiot” and rattled offthe lines by writing the words in columnsone under the other, instead of the wholeline at once.

To my eternal shame, it was only muchlater that I came to realise that she was thewise one and I was the idiot, and I have re-membered the wisdom of those words mywhole life.CYNTHIA RIDGARDFish Hoek

Thank you, Mr FishI WOULD like to take this opportunity to re-spond to Principal Gavin Fish of Fish HoekHigh School (author of “Taming the Teenag-er” columns in People’s Post).

I commend you for engaging more activelyin the lives of your teenage students.

It’s important to educate our teens so theycan lead a healthy lifestyle with good moralsas taught by their parents and peers.

HIV/Aids is a serious disease that stemsfrom promiscuous behaviour and it’s so ur-gent that we start educating constantly aboutthe prevention of teenage pregnancies, STIs/STDs, and last but not least, HIV/Aids.

Thank you and if you require any volunteer-ing with this, there are young counsellors whoare ready to assist.LOUISE BEUKES

What happens to our mail?I WRITE regularly about this subject but itis never addressed and theft continues to berife in the postal system. Over the past fivemonths, I have sent small samples to eightpeople andnonehas ever reached its destina-tion. These are not valuable items but impor-tant for the recipients to receive.

One was returned and when I emailed totell the person he wrote back to say that forsome unknown reason the post office doesnot recognise his address which I had writ-ten correctly and he often does not receivehis mail. Every month I used to send a parcel

to Swellendam and four months ago I senta small envelope which still has not been re-ceived. A friend from George sent my chil-dren and me some gifts for Christmas. Wenever received the gifts and a friend in Dur-ban sent a DVD and card to her stepson thatwas never received. I sent a tile to Constan-tia, it was stolen.

When will this end? When we all complainloudly enough and unite to force the postalauthorities to investigate and make amends.I feel that for every lost parcel we can claimfree couriered postageANGELA TAYLORFish Hoek

Page 14 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 15 March 2011

Strike terrorBELEAGUERED commuters are onceagain getting the short end of the publictransport stick as a citywide taxi strikegot under way yesterday (Monday).

Members of the SA National Taxi Coun-cil (Santaco) protested about “draconian”traffic laws and the red tape and “sloppi-ness” around the issuing of operating li-cences by provincial government.

Santaco secretary general Philip Taai-bosch says the Western Cape “is the onlyprovince in South Africa where taxi oper-ators are harassed in such a big way”.

Taxi drivers are entitled to protestabout matters affecting their livelihoods,but peacefully so. That the strike turnedviolent on its first day displays a blatantdisregard for the government’s warningthat Santaco will be held personally re-sponsible for any violence.

Even the National Taxi Alliance’s urg-ing taxi drivers “not do anything and topark the taxis at ranks or at home” fellon deaf ears.

Many taxi drivers are notoriously reck-less. Their conduct during strikes bearstestimony to their overall lack of regardfor themselves, their passengers and fel-low road users.

They threaten the very commuters whofaithfully support them and rely on themas their only mode of transport from thetownships to work.

Among the alarming incidents report-ed since the strike began: a bread truckwas set alight; vehicles were set alightand stoned by striking drivers; stone-throwing occurred in Fish Hoek andalong Klipfontein Road; Golden Arrowbuses were stoned on Lansdowne Road.

As with previous taxi strikes, thisstrike was characterised on its first dayby violence, intimidation, destructionand opportunistic crime – none of whichwill garner sympathy or even empathy.

FANTASTIC: Renaye and DavidKramer.

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THREE’S A CROWD: From left, Fiona Gordon, LindaSiboto and Peggy Tunyiswa.

LOVELY: Owen Manamela and Ina Wichterich. BLOWN AWAY: From left, Clare Stopford, JennieReznek and Mark Fleischman.

“MEMORY of how it feels”opened at the Baxter Golden Ar-row Studio on Saturday 19 Febru-ary.

Inspiredby the traditional Zulupractice of exchanging beads en-coded with secret messages be-tween lovers, “Memory of how itfeels” gently weaves togetherthree tonal short stories, using el-ements of myth and folklore fromUganda, Egypt and ancient Sume-ria.

The theatrical drama will rununtil Saturday 19 March at 18:30or 20:15. Tickets cost R120 (Tues-days to Thursdays) and R130 (Fri-days and Saturdays).

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Searle (“So You Think You CanDance”, “Big Boys Don’t Dance”) is atechnically-trained dancer who hasperformed all over the world and lo-cally in an array of shows from “Afri-can Footprint” to “Chicago”, “Fameand “We Will Rock You”.

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Director Bradley Searle is knownas a dancer and entertainer. His cred-its include “Footloose, the Musical”and, with brother Ashley, a country-wide tour in “Big Boys Don’t Dance”,a two-hander comedyanddance showwhich won them a Standard BankOvation Award at the 2010 NationalArts Festival in Grahamstown.

“Love at First Fight” will be per-formed from Wednesday 23 March toSaturday 9 April at 20:30. Tickets areR90 and the doors open at 18:00.

There will be a special perform-ance on Friday 1 April in aid of theSafer Together Community SafetyFund, which raises funds for equip-ment for neighbourhood watchgroups and relevant projects to pro-mote safety in the greater Muizen-berg area.

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The show is rated PG 10.LOVE AND LAUGHTER: Ash Searle and Vanessa Harris explore the tra­vails and triumphs of marriage in “Love at First Fight”. Photo: Supplied

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THE phenomenal run ofpounding swell that hasgraced the Atlantic coast-line of the Far South sincethe middle of last week isunlikely to let up untilWednesday evening whenit will leave behind bat-tered bodies and equip-ment after reaching XXLproportions on Monday af-ternoon.

All wave riders are hopingthis early show of force by theelements in the Roaring For-ties portends well for pump-ing sessions during autumnand winter after the frustrat-ingly sporadic episodes ofswell during the Summermonths.

On the contest scene, thebad news is that the WP Open,a 1A-rated Pro Surf Tour(PST) event for men and wom-en originally scheduled for 1and 2 April in the Far South,has been postponed until lat-er in the year.

The good news is that asponsor is said to be ready tostep in then with substantialfunds to raise the status of theevent.

That will be welcomed bythe local contest brigade afterthe news that the internation-ally rated O’Neill Cold WaterClassic which has run herefor the past two years hasbeen cancelled for 2011.

Still on the competitivecrew, Davey Brand flew theflag for the Far South at theCaptain Morgan Spiced GoldBuccaneers Surf Pro in East

London on the weekend.The 18-year-old from Kom-

metjie beat former SA champDevyn Mattheys in winninghis first heat and then elimi-nated highly rated Durban-based professional DavyWeare and Simon Fish toreach the semifinals in the4A-rated, R40 000 PST event.

However, his run came toan end there and he finishedequal seventh overall.

Meanwhile in Australia,fellow Kommetjie residentBrendon Gibbens was thesole SA representative in theChiko Pro Junior in Newcas-tle where he advancedthrough two rounds to reachthe last 32 before finishing25th overall.

For those interested inlearning how to judge surfingevents, WP Surfing has or-ganised an introductory judg-ing course which will be heldat the Empire Café in Muizen-berg tomorrow (Wednesday16 March). Send an email towpsurfing@gmail.com ifyou’re keen on finding outmore details.

Western Province long-boarding has now completedtwo of the three sets of trialsto select their team for the SALongboard Championshipswhich will be held in Durbanfrom 22 to 29 May.

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RACE ALONG THE COAST: With less than a week to the Cape Point Challenge, sailors are preparing for the firstrace which is set to take place over a long weekend. The Cape Point Challenge aims to raise funds for the NationalSea Rescue Institute (NSRI) and will take place over the 19, 20 and 21 March. Participants are urged to registeron 18 March and join the Fish Hoek Beach Sailing Club (FHBSC) for the opening event. For more information visitwww.fhbsc.co.za. Photo: Rob Tarr

CELEBRATION DAY: Tyler Day(21) rides to victory in the CapeArgus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour in atime of 2hrs 32min 10sec, withan equally elated team mate Mal­colm Lange placing second.Lange’s team, now called TeamBonitas Medischeme, scored ahat trick when they won the racefor a third consecutive year.Lange (37) announced his retire­ment from cycling on the eve ofthe race. Cherise Taylor from USNwon the women’s race.

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