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Children accused of setting homeless man alightANDRE BAKKES

AGROUP of children allegedly tried toset alight a homeless man living un-

der a bridge in Ocean View last Sunday,8 May. The badly burnt 40-year-old manis currently in a stable condition in Tyger-berg Hospital.

Pat Franck, chairperson of the Far SouthCommunity Policing Forum Cluster, says shepersonally visited the site underneath thebridge where the incident had allegedly oc-curred.

Franck saw remnants of a burnt red jerseyin the hole the man slept in, near the SevenSisters council flats.

“The three children, aged between eightand 14, were apparently ‘out having fun’

when they sawablanketunder thebridgeandset it alight,” she says.

Aside from visiting the site, Franck’s infor-mation about the incident is based on whata community member told her.

She did not knowwhether the childrenknew that there wassomeone sleeping under-neath the blanket.

“A lot of the homelessin the area walk aroundsniffing glue, so the man was probably passedout.”

She describes the bridge over the waterwayas “so low that the man had to dig away someof the terrain just to have a place to sleep”.

What concerns her, though, is that the au-thorities have apparently not been notified.

“I was so upset I couldn’t even sleep.“Why wasn’t a case opened?” she asks.People’s Post contacted Warrant Officer

Nkosikho Mzuku, Warrant Officer Tanya Le-sch and Captain Stephen Knapp – all spokes-

people for the po-lice in the FarSouth – and all de-nied that a case re-garding the home-less man had beenopened at their re-

spective police stations of Ocean View, HoutBay or Muizenberg.

When Mzuku was asked on whom the onuswas to report such an incident, he said thatthe person who contacted the ambulanceshould also have phoned the police.

“It’s a human life! What if he died? Also,

who is counselling the children? I’m worriedabout them,” Franck says.

A resident who wants to remain anony-mous, but also claims to know what happenedat the bridge that evening, says a police vehi-cle picked up the victim and took him to Ty-gerberg Hospital.

She was hesitant to reveal anything else,because the case involves minors and accord-ing to her is under investigation.

“Some police were recently at the house ofone of the children who was involved,” shesays.

None of the police officers People’s Postspoke to have any knowledge of this visit.

Tygerberg Hospital spokesperson, LaetitiaPienaar, confirmed that a man was admittedon Sunday 8 May with burns to 45% of hisbody.

BIRD’S EYE VIEW: A man admires the view of Tokai from just below Old Boyes Drive on Saturday 15 May. Photo: Gerhard Slabber

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OPEN DAYDido Valley Housing Project

The City of Cape Town has arranged an open day at the Simon’s Town Town Hall to informthe public of the town planning and environmental process and progress pertaining to theDido Valley Housing Project.

Date: Saturday 28 May 2011Time: 11:00 – 17:00Venue: Simon’s Town Town Hall

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER

These three ladiesenjoyed a memora­ble Mother’s Daylunch at BouldersBeach Lodge andRestaurant, afterCarolynne Franklin(centre) won thePeople’s Post read­er’s competition, inwhich a R500 giftvoucher was givenaway. The SMS com­petition was run twoweeks before Moth­er’s Day, and attract­ed a sizeable field ofentries – but it wasto Carolynne’s de­light that the prizefell to her. From theleft are RosemaryBorden, Carolynne Franklin and Sheila Robinson. Carolynne comments: “Awesome service, sub­lime food and lovely location for a special day. We were even presented with lovely long­stemmedroses for Mother’s Day – thank you!” Photo: Supplied

Parking lotin the dockDALEEN FOUCHÉ

Noordhoek resi-dents areagain caught

in the debate of theNoordhoek Farm Vil-lage parking lot afterthe Noordhoek Envi-ronmental ActionGroup (NEAG) lodgedan application in theCape High Court tohave the trustees ofthe Old Cape Villageheld in contempt ofcourt.

In 2008, the Old CapeVillage trustees – whichinclude Jeremy Wileyand a former co-trustee– were ordered by theCape High Court to demolish a parking lotat the bottom of Noordhoek Farm Village un-less they gained the relevant permission forthe car park.

The car park, built in 2007, is in violationof the land’s current zoning scheme condi-tions. During the rezoning of the property in1993, a title deed condition was inserted tothe effect that the privately owned erf 453was to be used as “open space for public pur-poses”.

The property is owned by the Old Cape Vil-lage Trust. It was rezoned as open space bythe responsible authority at the time.

The Noordhoek Environmental ActionGroup (NEAG), which lodged the originalcomplaint with the High Court, filed an affi-davit in the High Court again in December2010, asking for the trustees to be held in con-tempt of court, since the parking lot had notbeen demolished. The case will be heard inthe High Court on 9 June.

Wiley, however, says that after the CapeHigh Court ruling in February 2008, the trus-tees “took the advice” of Judge Dennis Davis,who made the order that the parking lot bedemolished, and applied to the Western Capepremier for approval.

“The premier’s office delegated the matterto the Department of Public Works andTransport for action,” says Wiley.

The trust gained approval for the parkinglot from the Department of Public Works inAugust 2008, which Wiley considers “legaland binding”.

But NEAG maintained that approval forthe parking lot is needed from the Depart-ment of Environmental Affairs and Develop-ment Planning. Wiley says that an applica-tion for approval of the parking lot was sub-mitted to the Department of EnvironmentalAffairs and Development Planning (DEADP)in January 2011, “after extensive investiga-tion”andon theadvice of environmental andtown planning consultants.

The Department, however, told People’sPost that it had not received an application.

“The Department of Environmental Af-fairs andDevelopmentPlanning canconfirmthat no relevant applications have been re-ceived in terms of the Land Use Planning Or-dinance (LUPO) and the Removal of Restric-tions Act for this particular case. The De-partment is aware of the current legalproceedings and intends filing papers short-ly therein,” says spokesperson Aziel Ganger-dine.

But Wiley says the DEADP received the ap-plication – and acknowledged it. “Surpri-singly, in March 2011, the DEADP informedthe trust’s environmental consultant thatsuch an application was not required.”

Noordhoek residents who have voicedtheir support for the Old Cape Village Trustand the parking area insist that the parkingis essential to keep people from parking onthe dangerous Noordhoek Main Road. Resi-dents furthermore ask why the parking areais an environmental area if it poses no nega-tive environmental threats.

Glenn Ashton, member of the NEAG exec-utive committee, says he cannot speak on be-half ofNEAG,but only speaks inhis personalcapacity. He denies that there is any form ofvendetta involved in the legal action.

Ashton says the original issue was a landuse issue, and is inherently an environmen-tal issue.

He says the trust “bulldozed” a public openspace for parking.

He says the trust is continually expandingthe Noordhoek Farm Village, which createsa bigger need for parking. Neither Ashton,norCathySales, amemberof theNEAGexec-utive committee, would give further com-ment, because they regarded the matter assub judice.

Wiley says he is a “law-abiding citizen andif after exhausting all legal avenues, thejudge rules against the trust, the trust willabide by the final ruling of a court”.

Gareth Griffiths, a freelance copy writerand editorial professional, who has been em-ployed by Wiley, says he has gained a person-al interest in this parking lot dispute.

He says before the trust turned the disput-ed erf into a parking lot, it was overgrownwith invasive alien plants. But now, he saysthe area “looks great”. He says that besidesthe parking bays, there is also a nursery anda small earthworm composting business onthe erf. Griffiths believes that this dispute isnot only a legal dispute, but also a communi-ty dispute.

“My impression is that this issue runsdeeper. Why is this such a big issue?”

Wiley says that Noordhoek residents haveshown “overwhelming” support for both thetrust and the parking lot. “The trust hopesthat sanity will prevail and that NEAG willbe persuaded to withdraw its ill-consideredcontempt of court application before whatwill undoubtedly be a very expensive and un-necessary legal battle,” says Wiley.

THE ISSUE: The disputed parking lot at the Noordhoek Farm Vil­lage. Photo: Supplied

Older persons forum launchedNEARLY 80 elderly people from communityorganisations and clubs in Fish Hoek,Masiphumelele and Ocean View have agreedto form an older persons’ district forum.

The decision was made at a meeting in theFish Hoek Civic Centre on 11 May. The forumwill keep them informed of what is happeningin the field of ageing, raise their concerns andallow them to network.

The gathering was arranged by the WesternCape Older Persons Forum (WCOPF), andchaired by WCOPF board member, PhumlaNdaba, who translated all the proceedings in-to Xhosa. Speakers included Desiree Mentor,from the City council, who outlined the bene-fits available to older people, including re-bates on rates and other services for thosewith an income of less than R7 000, as well asDial-a-Ride.

There is an older persons sector in the Fo-rum of Ward 69, where an older persons’ fo-rum could become involved and could raise is-sues. The meeting was told of a Social Servicesplan to open an office in Fish Hoek when itfinds a suitable building.

It will cover the area from St James to CapePoint, and from Fish Hoek to Noordhoek andKommetjie.

Iris Williams, who will supervise the office,told the meeting that only one club in the areais subsidised by the Department of Social De-velopment and none of the old age homes re-ceive subsidies.

Initially there will be three social workers,one auxiliary social worker and one develop-ment worker in the office. Currently Williamsis operating from Wynberg and can be reachedon (021) 710-9800. There are two emergencybeds available at homes in Plumstead.

The audience responded positively to the in-put of Sister Sheila Williams, from False BayHospital, who acknowledged that older peoplehave a problem at the hospital with long wait-ing times. She urged the audience: “Come tome if you have a waiting problem.”

The distribution of chronic medication isstill difficult for some, but one of the homesat the meeting volunteered to help with this.

Terminal care is not available at the hospi-tal, and patients are referred to Living Hopein Kommetjie for in-patient or home-basedcare. The audience thanked False Bay Hospi-tal for being well-run, and for providing fruitand sandwiches to out-patients.

Sandy Lovick, of Living Hope, explainedthat they cover a wider area than Fish HoekValley and care for other patient groups be-sides the elderly.

Their community support groups assist peo-ple on chronic medication, including highblood pressure. Their home-based carersmake home visits and give bed-baths andchange dressings. Their in-patient unit inKommetjie offers respite care, convalescenceand terminal care, and takes referrals fromseveral hospitals as space permits.

CPF confusionTHE Ocean View Community Police Forum(CPF) says Klaas Present, candidate for theANC in the coming municipal elections, is nota member of the CPF executive.

The CPF executive consists of Pastor SamApril, the chairperson, Joan Orgill, secretary,René Francklin, assistant secretary and PatFrancke, treasurer and cluster chairperson.

The position of vice-chairperson is current-ly vacant. For more information, phoneFrancklin on (021) 783-4444.

Find out more about ChristianityTHE King of Kings Baptist Church is startinga new alpha course on Wednesday 18 May.

This course is for new Christians and thosewho are interested in finding out more about

Christianity.The launch and dinner talk will start at 18:30

in the church. Please RSVP to Jo Sharples, oremail jo@59.co.za for further information.

Neighbourhood watch meetsTHE Sun Valley Neighbourhood Watch’smonthly meeting will take place on Tuesday24 May at 19:00. The venue is the St Peter’s

Church in Nelson Road, Fish Hoek. Theguest speaker will be Councillor FelicityPurchase. Phone 071 638 1511.

Love the wetlandTHE Glencairn Educational EnvironmentSupport Enthusiasts (Geese) organisation willhost its annual general meeting on Sunday 22

May from 17:00 at St Andrew’s Church, 73 GlenRoad, Glencairn. There is no membership fee.The qualification to be a member of Geese isto have a passion for the Glencairn Wetland.Phone (021) 782-6400.

Monthly boot saleTHE St John the Evangelist’s monthly carboot sale will take place on Saturday 28 May,from 07:00 to 13:00 at a new venue. The venueis the St Brendan’s Catholic Church on the

corner of Longboat and Corvette streets inSun Valley.

The organisers apologise for cancelling theApril sale, due to a funeral at the St John theEvangelist Church. For more information,phone Maggi-Mae on (021) 782-9263 or emailher on mvidas@mweb.co.za.

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The association says Nedenwas a major player in the for-mation of the Glencairn ActionGroup (GAG), and a drivingforce in its efforts to preventunsuitable development in thevalley.

His knowledge and patientresearch of planning regula-tions ensured “considerablesuccess” in lobbying on behalfof the community, and madeGAG a respected lobbyinggroup.

“His expertise in this fieldhas also made an invaluablecontribution to both the Si-mon’s Town Civic Associationand Far South Peninsula Com-

munity Forum, ensuring thathis property vigilance and ac-tivism has spread well beyondthe Greater Simon’s Town ar-ea,” an association statementreads.

In addition to his involve-ment in civic issues, he had along record of selfless serviceto community safety, both atneighbourhood watch and atCommunity Police Forum Sub-forum level.

The highly effective Google-group he set up “and tirelesslymanaged” took communica-tion of community concernsand issues to a new level.

“No one person has made asbig a contribution to the neigh-bourhood watch efforts in en-suring a safe and secure localenvironment,” the associationsaid, adding that he was a wor-thy recipient of the award.

RECOGNITION: Geoff Neden (left) accepts the Simon’s Town Citizenof the Year 2011 award from Simon’s Town Civic Association chair­person, Arné Söderlund. Photo: Cilla Bromley

Muizenberg’s last bankshuts up shopDALEEN FOUCHÉ

MUIZENBERG’S only bankservice centre, the Standard

Bank next to the Checkers offMain Road, is closing, leavingMuizenberg without a singlewalk-in bank.

Ross Linstrom, spokesperson forStandard Bank, says StandardBank’s representation in certain ar-eas in the Western Cape will be re-duced after an intensive reviewprocess.

“As part of Standard Bank’s ongo-ing review of business operationsand cost structures, the decision hasbeen made to close two affected serv-ice centres,” says Linstrom.

Both the Muizenberg and V&AWaterfront Standard Bank ServiceCentres will be closed. The bankswill close at the end of May.

Linstrom says an intensive com-munication process has been initiat-ed to minimise the impact on bothstaff and customers.

“Customers may continue totransact and do their banking at thenearest service centres or points ofrepresentation in the area.

“All of our customers’ bankingand account details will remain un-affected.”

He says Standard Bank will try to

accommodate all affected employeeswithin the group. “Employees havealso been encouraged to review allopportunities within the group to ex-pand their knowledge and grow pro-fessionally within the group. Whereappropriate, employees will be reim-bursed for any extra travel expensesthey may incur,” says Linstrom.

Dave D’Alton, an ex-manager ofStandard Bank and the DA electioncandidate for Ward 64, says StandardBank is “making a big mistake”.

“The banks in general do not havetheir customers’ interest at heart,but rather their own profit,” saysD’Alton.

D’Alton, who retired from thebanking industry, says this willforce Muizenberg residents to dotheir banking in Fish Hoek or at theBlue Route Mall.

“Standard Bank is serving theirown interest and not the interest ofthe community,” says D’Alton.“This move will be to the detrimentof Muizenberg,” he says.

Gerald Musikanth, chairperson ofFalse Bay Tourism and Business As-sociation (FBTBA), says he receiveda small, blue pamphlet to inform himof the bank’s decision to close its Mu-izenberg branch.

He says by the time residents wereinformed of the closure, the decisionwas “cast in stone” and no reason for

the closure was provided.Muzikanth says the closure of the

Standard Bank branch will have anegative effect on businesses andwill make life very difficult for pen-sioners, especially those withouttransport.“It will be expensive andtime consuming for customers to vis-it Blue Route Mall for their bankingneeds,” says Muzikanth.

He explains that Absa bank usedto have a small “agency” in Muizen-berg, but says it closed when thewoman who ran the agency, retired.

Peter Wright, member of the Mui-zenberg ImprovementDistrict (MID)executive committee and a Muizen-berg business owner, says the FirstNational Bank closed in 2009.

Wright says he is “disappointed”that the Standard Bank is closing itsMuizenberg branch, because Mui-zenberg is finally “getting itself to-gether”.

He says, as a business owner, it is“inconvenient” for him to travel toBlue Route Mall to do his banking.“That branch only has two tellers,”he says.

Wright says if another bank, suchas Capitec, would open a service cen-

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CorrectionIN the article “Treknetters agree to throwback small fish”, (People’s Post, 9 May), thesentence “He says treknet fishermen onlycatch along a 10km stretch of False Bay,which has a 116km coastline” was attributedto Dr Ken Hutchings. The information, how-ever, was given to People’s Post by PatrickStacey, chief fisheries inspector for the De-partment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fish-eries in False Bay. People’s Post apologisesfor this error.

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Bailey’s Cottagetenant respondsto accusationsANDRE BAKKES

THE new tenant of the his-torically significant Bai-

ley’s Cottage, Peter Mdlalose,revealed recently that thecosts for renovating the prop-erty will be paid by the na-tional Department of PublicWorks (DPW).

Mdlalose took time out of hisbusy schedule to accompanyPeople’s Post to the historicalcottage and speak about the me-dia frenzy which has erupted ev-er since it became public thathis business plan has been ac-cepted by the DPW, and that heis currently renting it for justR533 per month.

Sir Abe Bailey originally builtthe seaside angling cottage onan old fort used as a gun battery,which appeared on a map drawnin 1802.

He got permission to build itin the 1920s, but when the Second World Warbroke out it was used as an observation post.

Mdlalose, a highly successful businessmanwith some high-profile contacts, brushedaside comments that he acquired the leasethrough underhand dealings.

Many have tendered for the use of thebuilding since it fell into disrepair, but to noavail.

“I still don’t have any electricity, so itproves that I don’t get any special treatment,”he reasons.

Mdlalose has been paying for renovationsso far, but he says that when the property hasbeen assessed, the DPW will take into consid-eration how much he has spent on the cottagebefore determining a permanent rental fee.

“I hired someone to, amongst other things,replace all the windows, mow the lawn andpaint the walls – just to make it livable.”

He says he has spent about R50 000 on theproperty so far. It has fallen into a state ofdisrepair since the turn of the century andhas housed the odd vagrant in its recent past.

According to Mdlalose, the grass waswaist-high in some places and graffiti blind-ed one to what was once a lovely cottage.

The historical significance of the nationalmonument pales in comparison to the histo-ry of the immediate surroundings of the cot-tage, according to Mdlalose.

“Let’s make it clear from the start – it’s allabout the Battle of Muizenberg,” explainsMdlalose.

He is aware that the tiny cottage hashoused people like Cecil John Rhodes andmore recently, Nelson Mandela, but he saysthat people should instead focus on what hap-pened there in 1795.

“We wouldn’t have spoken English in thiscountry had the Dutch defeated the Britishat Muizenberg,” he elaborates.

One of the many recent ventures of Mdla-lose was a tourism company based in CapeTown. He used to take tourists on site-seeingtours of False Bay, and made a point of stop-ping at the memorial plaque of the Battle ofMuizenberg, which is situated right oppositeBailey’s Cottage.

He wants to bring in some of this historyinto the cottage, which he plans to turn intoa guesthouse.

Mdlalose also wants to build a coffee shopon the property in the near future, but the

DPW prevents him from changing the struc-ture of the seaside cottage, which is situatednear St James Station.

The fate of the cottage, has nonetheless,worried community members and historicalsocieties.

Local ward councillor, Demetri Qually,raised some questions with the DPW recent-ly, but has not received any response to date.“We’re happy that the cottage will be used,but it is important that all the parties in-volved are sensitive to its history,” insistsQually.

A community member, who wishes to stayanonymous asked some pertinent questions:“What is the timespan of the lease? Is therean optional renewal clause?”

Mdlalose responds to these by saying thatthe lease is valid for a decade and that thereis a renewal clause. George Hill, the chairper-son of the Muizenberg Historical Conserva-tion Society, is particularly perplexed withhow the lease was awarded.

“At no stage has our society been ap-proached to provide input on the historicalstatus of the cottage within the built heritageof the area, or on possible uses for it. Nor, asfar as I know, has there been consultationwith other interest groups in Muizenberg,”he elaborates.

The society has always regarded Bailey’sCottage as a historical icon that forms partof the Muizenberg Historical Mile, stretchingfrom the Muizenberg Station to Rhodes Cot-tage.

“We have, over the years, written letters ofintervention (to the DPW) trying to preventthe cottage from falling into disrepair, andhave also indicated that we would welcomesole or joint custodianship.

The cottage has been a matter of concernfor many years.”

When the society heard that the lease hadbeen signed they were “completely sur-prised”.

An opportunity to use the cottage as a me-morial to its previous owner, Sir Abe Bailey,appears to have been temporarily lost, as hasits status within the Historical Mile, accord-ing to Hill.

He insists, however, that they will contin-ue to probe for answers.

The DPW has not responded to media que-ries to date.

GOING FOR A SONG: Peter Mdlalose is currently renting Bai­ley’s Cottage in Muizenberg for just R553 a month.

Photo: Andre Bakkes

All the fun at Indaba 2011THE tourism trade show, Indaba 2011, heldin Durban, has come and gone in a mad flurryof visual displays, stand set-ups, meetings,talking, activity, noise, networking, sellingand fun – which is exactly what Cape PointRoute (CPR) went to Indaba to achieve.

The organisers’ unaudited figures showthat 11 205 people passed through the exhibi-tion turnstiles.

The indaba tookplace fromSaturday 7Mayuntil Tuesday 10 May.

Indaba 2011 focused on post-soccer WorldCup interest in South Africa, and the trendsshowed innovations in digital competitive-ness on a global scale, as well as a celebrationof creative innovation and the people and thepassion of the country.

Destination promotion and packagingwere sought after by international operators,and Cape Point Route worked strongly onthis aspect of promotion, with packages setup to teach tour operators how to package thearea as a minimum three-day destinationand not a Peninsula day-trip.

“Getting the tour operators to re-sell theirtraditional day tours with interesting alter-natives and activities was well received,”says Barbara Elshove-Schmidt of Cape PointRoute. “The impact of highlighting the southPeninsula in a bold, effective collective isworking, with international visitors return-ing to the Cape Point Route stand for moreinformation, particularly the Brazilian tour

operators.”Sally Grierson, of Cape Point Route, says:

“Getting your message across quickly is im-perative. Strong visual representation, eye-catching display, clear concise informationand a good ‘elevator pitch’ are crucial to cap-turing attention and achieving a sale.”

Cape Point Route hosts a wine evening eve-ry year – and Indaba 2011 was no exception.

One of the drawcards was the quality of thewine, which was sponsored entirely by CapePoint Vineyards. Snacks and platters weresponsored by Pick n Pay Fish Hoek, and priz-es worth R70 000 were given away in variousweekend packages in the area.

These prizes become educational as touroperators experience the area personally tosell the region to their clients. Elshove-Schmidt added: “I am so proud of the CapePoint Route group – working as a team forthe region is critical and every participantwas out there showcasing this beautiful des-tination inwhichwe liveandwork, and,mostimportantly, turning those contacts intobusiness.” Peter Haarhof, of Cape PhotoCompany, attending his first Indaba, says: “Itwas phenomenal for me. I strongly believethat if you are in tourism and you do not at-tend, youare losingoutbig time, andBarbaraand Sally are so experienced in the industrythat they help you through the process,which could have been overwhelming as anewcomer.”

TEAM WORK:The Cape PointRoute “team or­ange” at theirstand. At theback, from left:Peter Haarhof(Cape PhotoCompany) andPieter Gelden­huys (PG Tops).In the front, fromleft: BarbaraElshove­Schmidt andSally Griersonfrom Cape PointRoute.

Vlei for allTHE Zandvlei Trust’s annualgeneral meeting takes placeon Wednesday 18 May at18:30 for 19:00 at the Imperial

Yacht Club, PromenadeRoad, Lakeside.

Louise Stafford will betalking on “Invasive SpeciesManagement in the City ofCape Town, with emphasison Aquatic Weed manage-

ment, early detection, theSeven Rapid Responses pro-gramme and the InvasiveSpecies policy”. Refresh-ments will be served. Formore information, call DavidMuller on 072 986 5311.

MELISSA LE ROUX

EVERY year, on the last Friday of May, theLeague of the Friends of the Blind (Lofob)hosts a “Blind Buddy Day” to create aware-ness of blind and partially-sighted people.

This year “Blind Buddy Day” falls on Fri-day 27 May, and people are asked to wear Lo-fob’s “Blind Buddy” sticker to express soli-darity and support for blind people. The Lo-fob centre in Klip Road, Grassy Park, wasestablished in 1933, and strives towards giv-ing blind individuals a chance to live inde-pendently.

The first “Blind Buddy Day” was held in2008, when people from all over Cape Townwere encouraged to experience what it is liketo be blind for a day. On the day, participantsare encouraged to wear dark glasses, or towear a blindfold at home or at the office.

“Blind Buddy” stickers can be obtainedfrom the Lofob centre at R10, and proceedsraised will go towards Lofob.

The centre asks that people encouragetheir colleagues, family, friends, communi-ties, and those “who dare to wear cool shadesall day long”.

Companies, schools, institutions and faithcongregations can raise further awareness of“Blind Buddy Day”, and the value of sight,by participating in activities such as work-ing with dark glasses, hosting an awarenessof blindness programme, arranging a cafete-ria lunch where everybody wears a blindfold,or coming up with an exciting theme depict-ing blindness, or by simply wearing the stick-er.

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MUIZENBERG’S only bank servicecentre, the Standard Bank next to

the Checkers off Main Road, is closing,leaving Muizenberg without a singlewalk-in bank.

Ross Linstrom, spokesperson for Stand-ard Bank, says Standard Bank’s representa-tion in certain areas in the Western Capewill be reduced after an intensive reviewprocess.

“As part of Standard Bank’s ongoing re-view of business operations and cost struc-tures, the decision has been made to closetwo affected service centres,” says Lin-strom.

Both the Muizenberg and V&A Water-front Standard Bank Service Centres will beclosed. The banks will close at the end ofMay.

Linstrom says an intensive communica-tion process has been initiated to minimisethe impact on both staff and customers.

“Customers may continue to transact anddo their banking at the nearest service cen-tres or points of representation in the area.

“All of our customers’ banking and ac-count details will remain unaffected.”

He says Standard Bank will try to accom-modate all affected employees within thegroup. “Employees have also been encour-aged to review all opportunities within thegroup to expand their knowledge and growprofessionally within the group. Where ap-propriate, employees will be reimbursed forany extra travel expenses they may incur,”says Linstrom.

Dave D’Alton, an ex-manager of StandardBank and the DA election candidate forWard 64, says Standard Bank is “making abig mistake”.

“The banks in general do not have theircustomers’ interest at heart, but rather their

own profit,” says D’Alton.D’Alton, who retired from the banking in-

dustry, says this will force Muizenberg resi-dents to do their banking in Fish Hoek orat the Blue Route Mall.

“Standard Bank is serving their own in-terest and not the interest of the communi-ty,” says D’Alton. “This move will be to thedetriment of Muizenberg,” he says.

Gerald Musikanth, chairperson of FalseBay Tourism and Business Association(FBTBA), says he received a small, bluepamphlet to inform him of the bank’s deci-sion to close its Muizenberg branch.

He says by the time residents were in-formed of the closure, the decision was “castin stone” and no reason for the closure wasprovided.

Muzikanth says the closure of the Stand-ard Bank branch will have a negative effecton businesses and will make life very diffi-cult for pensioners, especially those withouttransport.“It will be expensive and time con-suming for customers to visit Blue RouteMall for their banking needs,” says Muz-ikanth.

He explains that Absa bank used to havea small “agency” in Muizenberg, but says itclosed when the woman who ran the agency,retired.

Peter Wright, member of the MuizenbergImprovement District (MID) executive com-mittee and a Muizenberg business owner,says the First National Bank closed in 2009.

Wright says he is “disappointed” that theStandard Bank is closing its Muizenbergbranch, because Muizenberg is finally “get-ting itself together”.

He says, as a business owner, it is “incon-venient” for him to travel to Blue Route Mallto do his banking. “That branch only hastwo tellers,” he says.

Wright says if another bank, such asCapitec, would open a service centre in Mui-zenberg, he would move his business to thatbank.

Woman attacked in ZandvleiDALEEN FOUCHÉ

A WOMAN doing conservation work onbirds in the Zandvlei Nature Reserve was at-tacked by a man (18) on Friday 13 May at10:00.

The Lakeside resident was working belowPromenade Road when she was attacked bya man who attempted to stab her with a pairof scissors. According to Mountain Men Se-curity Services, who responded to the emer-gency call, the suspect then took a hammerthatwas in thewoman’s possessionand triedto hit her with it.

The suspect again tried to stab the womanwith the scissors, but the woman retaliatedand bit him on the arm, which caused thesuspect to flee. The woman phoned theMountain Men, who responded to the calland chased the suspect through the ZandvleiReserve. Members of the Mountain Men’sCanine Unit and Tactical Trackers were de-ployed. They managed to track and then find

the suspect hiding in a thicket. The suspectwas arrested and handed over to the Muizen-berg police. The suspect appeared in the Si-mon’s Town Magistrate yesterday. People’sPost could not determine the outcome bytime of going to print.

. A badly-decomposed body of an uniden-tified male was found on Fish Hoek Beachon Thursday morning 12 May at 06:00.

Warrant Officer Peter Middelton, fromFish Hoek police, says the police are investi-gating all cases of missing persons anddrownings.

“It is very difficult to identify a body if ithas been in the water for a while.” Middeltonsays the body did not have any clothing on.Middleton says that an inquest docket hasbeen opened. This is the third body to washup on the False Bay Coast this week. On Sun-day 8May thebodies of aman (50) andawom-an (20), washed up at the Wolfgat Nature Re-serve. (“Two drown at Wolfgat Nature Re-serve”, People’s Post, 10 May).

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They don’t get the praise theydeserve, but they don’t expect it ei-ther. Without them, the worldwould be a much poorer place.

The organisation known as Liv-ing Hope has helped thousands ofpeople since it first opened itsdoors 10 years ago.

In some circles it is known as ahospice, but in actuality it is muchmore. It consists of fourministries– Living Grace, Living Right, Liv-ing Way and Living Care – eachperforming a vital role in the up-liftment of communities in OceanView, Masiphumelele, Fish Hoek,Red Hill and Capricorn.

Living Grace is a ministry inMuizenberg, whichacts as a safe havenfor the homeless.

It is not a shelter,as such, but a placewhere the needy canstore their belong-ings in a locker, eat abreakfast and lunch,or just take a quickshower.

There is also a Sub-stance Abuse Recov-ery Programme,which gives people ahand-up (onto theirfeet) instead of a hand-out.

Living Right is divided intothree sections.

The first consists of healthcounsellors who come from thecommunity they work in.

They help with health-relatedinquiries and also educate peopleon chronic diseases and the im-portance of knowing their HIV

statusThe second section consists of

support group facilitators, whomeet people on a weekly basis andhelp them work through their lifeissues.

There are just 18 facilitators and63 group meetings a week.

The third section comprises oflife skills educators, who teachchildren from a young age differ-ent life skills.

The Living Right ministry is, inessence, all about prevention.

Living Way is the economic em-powerment branch, where theyteach “hard” and “soft” skills(how to make something and howto be employable respectively), aswell as enterprise development(how to build small businesses).

Finally, Living Care is made upof home based carerswho go out and care forpeople in their ownhomes.

Many of these pa-tients are too weak toleave their home, sothese carers go the ex-tra mile to help themcope with health relat-ed issues.

All in all, everythingone needs to knowabout Living Hope isin the name: It propa-gates hope.

Explore what Living Hope is allabout at its Open Day on 21 Mayat the centre in Capri.

They will showcase some of thebeautiful crafts their dedicatedvolunteers have made.

On can also take a tour of the fa-cility so that one can see whatmakes Living Hope sucj a specialplace.

INNOCENCE: Underprivileged children find hope Photos: Supplied

EDUCATIONAL:Skills for tomorrow.

NURTURING: Living Hope is a safe haven for the frail.REPLENISHING: Living Hope provides sustenance for the body,mind and spirit.

Beautifulsounds atMasqueCAPE TOWN trio, Russell Davies,Shirley Sutherland and John Waltonwill wow the audience with theirunique blend of sounds at the MasqueTheatre on 22 May.

“Euphony” (meaning beautifulsounds) features Davies on the eupho-nium, Sutherland on vocals and Wal-ton on the piano. Their music crossesa broad range of musical genres, fromclassical and sacred to stage andscreen. The rich, mellow, lyrical toneof Davies on the euphonium offers awonderful counterpoint to the “soar-ing virtuosity” of Sutherland’s so-prano voice – all held together by the“improvisational genius and musi-cality” of Walton on piano. All threeartists have performed at a very highlevel over many years.

There will be two shows on Sunday22 May, the first starts at 15:00 and thesecond at 17:00.

Tickets cost R60, but Theatre Clubmembers pay R50. To book, phoneMasque Theatre Bookings on (021)788-1898 during office hours.

Thursday 19 MayFish Hoek: The Fish Hoek Writers’ Circlewill be holding its workshop at 19:30. Howev-er, due to the minor hall at the Civic Centrebeing unavailable, contact Sybil on (021) 782-3271 or Karen on (021) 785-5811 for informa-tion on the venue.

Saturday 21 MayMuizenberg: “Alibi”, adapted fromthenov-el of Agatha Christie, will be running untilSaturday 21 May at the Masque Theatre. Tobook contact (021) 788-1898 (office hours).

FishHoek:The“In theMood”DanceClubwill be hosting its next monthly dance at theFish Hoek Civic Centre at 20:00. Dresssmart/casual. Attendees to bring along ownXYZ. The cost for members is R15, and non-members pay R20. Booking is essential, con-tact (021) 686-3448.

Sunday 22 MayMuizenberg: Shirley Sutherland, RussellDavies and John Walton, will be appearingin “Euphony” at the Masque Theatre at 15:00and again at 18:00. The programme compris-es a unique version of sounds from classicalto ballads and more. Tickets cost R60 andR50. To book contact (021) 788-1898.

The best of the blues atMuizenberg’s Melting PotTWO of the best young blues bands in theWestern Cape will be appearing head-to-head for the first time at the Melting Pot So-cial Club in Muizenberg.

It will take place today at 20:00.Sixgun Gospel, a fresh, young six-piece

newly arrived from the small towns of theEastern Cape, will be joined by JeremiahBrimstone Band, veterans of the local folkmusic scene.

Both bands have earned acclaim on the lo-cal scene for revitalising the rich history ofcountry, blues, folk and bluegrass with afierce youthful energy.

Jeremiah Brimstone Band was praised inCapeTown’sLiveMusicGuide for insightful,fire-filled and delicate music of the sort notheard often enough.

Sixgun Gospel will be debuting new mate-rial at the Melting Pot, after winning severalawards in the Southern Suburb’s annualBarleycorn Songwriters’ Competition.

Entry costs R30 per person.For more information, contact Murray

Hunter on 072 672 5468 or via email onmuz.hunter@gmail.com.

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Shop cut out ofschool dealDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE small surf shop, Cutback, initiallytasked with selling the new design FishHoek school uniforms, will no longer bedoing so.

A statement from the governing body forFish Hoek High and Primary school andCutback cite “fundamental errors”, made bythe schools in the “commissioning of thenew uniform supply chain” as a reason forthe change of plan. The school uniforms willnow be sold from theFish Hoek PrimarySchool premises,from a shop that willbe run by the BoothSports Trust, a non-profit organisation(NPO).

The governing body of both Fish HoekHigh and Primary Schools decided earlierthis year to award the tender for selling thenew uniforms to Cutback, a surf shop in Val-ley Land, Fish Hoek, and not to AP Jones,which has been selling the uniforms for over50 years.

A new design had been approved for theschool uniform. Gavin Fish, principal ofFish Hoek High School previously said theold uniforms will be phased out over twoyears. (“Company cut off as school moveswith times”, People’s Post, 1 February).

Cutback has, since the tender was awar-ded, moved its shop to bigger premises inValley Land, to accommodate the sale of thenew school uniforms.

Neil van Blerk, chairperson of the FishHoek schools’ governingbody, sayshewouldprefer not to “go into the details” of why Cut-back will no longer sell the uniforms.

VanBlerk,however, admitted that thegov-erning body did make “mistakes”.

“We possibly did not do enough homeworkon the matter,” says Van Blerk.

Van Blerk says the schools will take overall contracts Cutback has with the variousmanufacturers.

The schools will also reimburse the shopfor stock already purchased, and will also

contribute towardsthe shop’s higherrental costs since itsrelocation.

Kevin Greyling,who owns Cutbackwith his wife, says

they have come to an agreement with theschools and are “happy” with the agreement.

Van Blerk says the new school shop willnot aim to make a profit.

A temporary shop will be set up on the pri-mary school premises, where parents canbuy items that have been acquired by Cut-back, but Van Blerk says the “bulk” of thestock will only be available at a later stage.

He says parents will be kept informed ofwhen the stock will be available.

Various manufacturers are being used forthe school uniform which are chosen by thesupplier.

Van Blerk, however, says the school willoversee the choice of manufacturers to en-sure that parents get the best price and quali-ty.

PRICKLY FELLA: Thislost porcupine wasspotted along FishHoek Beach in frontof the Galley Restau­rant on Tuesdaymorning 3 May. Itproceeded to therocks below Jager’sWalk, where itlooked for some­where to hide. TheSPCA was informedabout the animal.Photo: Andy Dunlop

Find out more about ChristianityTHE King of Kings Baptist Church isstarting a new alpha course on Wednes-day 18 May.

This course is for new Christians andthose who are interested in finding out

more about Christianity.The launch and dinner talk will start

at 18:30 in the church. Please RSVP to JoSharples, or email jo@59.co.za for furtherinformation.

Volunteers go the extra mileVOLUNTEERS of an ambulance servicebased in the Far South have responded to thegreat need of the fire-ravaged Masiphumele-le community by donating important itemssuch as blankets and clothes.

False Bay Volunteer EMS (FBVEMS) re-ceived a call just after midnight that in-formed them of a fire in Masiphumelele. Inthe hours thereafter, they assisted membersof the community and transported numer-

ous patients to False Bay Hospital and a se-verely burnt patient to Tygerberg Hospital’sburns unit. The volunteers eventuallybooked off at 11:00 the next morning. Thesheer devastation did, however, inspirethem to assist members of the public by col-lecting some clothing, blankets, food andeven a fridge, from the general public.

These donations would undoubtedly helpthose affected rebuild their lives.

Members of FBVEMS hand over goods to ward councillor, Felicity Purchase, and membersof the Masiphumelele community. Photo: Supplied

Fish Hoek food fairTHE Bay Primary School will hosting afood fair on Friday 27 May at the schoolin Tenth Avenue, Fish Hoek, from 18:00to 21:00.

The theme of the fair is “Flavours of theWorld” and Greek, Indian, Chinese, Ital-

ian, American and South African foodwill be on sale.

For further information, contact Fi on(021) 782-2065, email secretary@baypri-mary.co.za or visit www.bayprima-ry.co.za.

Cancer action group meetsTHE Prostate Cancer Support Action groupmeets in the auditorium of the Constantiab-erg Medi-Clinic in Burnham Road, Plum-

stead, at 18:00 on Tuesday 17 May. For fur-ther information on the event contact 073 5603067.

Handmade crafts on displayTHE South Peninsula Handcraft Centrepresents an exhibition, called the WonderEmporium, from Wednesday 25 until Satur-day 28 May.

The hours are from 09:00 – 17:00 onWednesday to Friday, and from 09:00 until

15:00 on Saturday at the Fish Hoek Civic Cen-tre in Recreation Road.

The entrance fee is R5 for adults and R3for children. Refreshments and handmadearticles will be on sale.

Contact Dianne Osborne 072 141 7003.

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IEC ready for electionsVERNA VAN DIEMEN

THEIndependentElectoralCom-mission says it is more thanready for the local governmentelections tomorrow.

The Western Province ProvincialResults and Operation Centre(PROC) is one of 10such centres, nineprovincial and onenational.

The commissionmade the announce-ment at the officiallaunch of the PROCon Wednesday.

The PROC will bethe nerve centre foroperations, where allof the votes from the 1570 voting stationsacross the WesternProvince will bebrought together.

More than 16 000staff members havebeen trained for the elections.

It is expected that the overall re-sults of the elections will be madeknown by Friday at noon.

Speaking at the event at the Pro-teaville Recreation Centre in Bel-lville South, IEC chief electoral of-ficer, Pansy Tlakula, said: “Thishas been a difficult journey. Neverhave we ever had to print and re-print ballot papers as many times,and this is the longest ballot papersever in the history of the elections.

“We have been in and out of courtalmost all the time. We were in theConstitutional Court up to yester-day to disqualify a party (theInkatha Freedom Party) from theelections because they had not met

the deadline.”The IEC successfully appealed

against a Constitutional Court deci-sion granted in favour of the IFP be-cause they were unable to deliverits candidate nomination docu-ments to the local office of the com-mission.

Tlakula wished all the partieswell.

“All the best, maythe best party win.We are here to ensurethat the party thatwins does so with dig-nity and the partythat loses does sowith dignity too,” shesaid.

Granville Abra-hams, IEC managerfor Electoral Matters,said that operationsat the centre will takeplace in full view ofparties, commenta-tors and the media,who will be able to

view scanned result slips, whichtally the number of votes from vot-ing stations, as they trickle into thecentre.

“The votes will not be counted atPROC, but at the voting stations. Asthe result slips arrive here, we willdo our own verification, it will bescanned and will then be availablefor all to see,” he said.

Various TV and radio stationswill broadcast live from the event.

Courtney Sampson, IEC provin-cial electoral officer, says staffingissues, voting stations and the un-certainty of how people will behaveon the day are only some of the con-cerns.

“How well the staff is trained, is

crucial. The biggest challenge isthat we will be handing the wholeprocess over to people we have nev-er met and do not know on electionsday.”

Sampson says the IEC is alwaysreminded of the economic challeng-es facing the country.

“Some of the staff have never hadbanking accounts, and by the timewe pay them the bank has alreadyclosed it.”

When preparing a venue for atemporary voting station, the IEChas to ensure that they have ade-quate security and temporary elec-trical fencing.

“Often after the ground has beenlevelled for a temporary station, wewill come back the next day to findthat people have settled on theland,” says Sampson.

“Sections of two roads in Khay-elitsha will be closed because thetemporary voting station is posi-tioned almost on the road and thereis a real possibility that someonecould get knocked down,” he said.

The centre will also have a groupof trained professionals who willhelp with conflict resolution issueson the day of the elections.

“We request that parties and themembers play fair. Let us not loseour humanity. The worse you makeanother politician look, the worseyou make politicians look in gener-al, and in the end the person you arebad-mouthing will get more sympa-thy from the people.”

NERVE CENTRE: Independent Elec­toral Commission chief electoral of­ficer, Pansy Tlakula, addressesguests at the opening of the IEC’sProvincial Results and OperationCentre. Photo: Verna van Diemen

Your new councillor’sresponsibilities

TAMMY PETERSEN

THE smiling face you make your crossnext to tomorrow will be the person youwill be entrusting to represent you for thenext five years.

Ward councillors are responsible forrepresenting and serving people in a spe-cific ward and sit in council on behalf oftheir constituents.

This representative, who is elected bya specific geographically-defined wardwithin a municipality, is expected tomake sure that concerns related to his orher ward are represented at local govern-ment level.

According to the Institute for Democra-cy in Africa (Idasa), the ward councillorshould be in touch with the key issues inthe area, understand the problems anddifficulties facing the community andmonitor development and service deli-very. Ward councillors are expected tohold regular public meetings.

People can take their municipal prob-lems to the councillor, who should dealwith these in an appropriate way, such astaking it up with council officials.

Councillors are expected to be in closecontact with their constituencies on theground and to keep council informed ofthe real experiences and views of the resi-dents within the municipality, Idasa con-tinues. Citizens do not have a vote oncouncil, but are meant to influence theirward councillors to represent their viewson any topic that affects them.

The organisation says every councilwill be involved in various planning andpolicy-making processes, and specific

programmes or projects that are being im-plemented.

The council will also conduct informa-tion campaigns on issues affecting thecommunity. Ward councillors, in particu-lar, need to communicate these activitiesto the public in the interests of increasingtransparency and promoting public in-volvement in these activities.

In committees, caucuses and councilmeetings, the ward councillor should actas a spokesperson for the people in theward. The councillor makes sure that vot-ers are consultedandkept informedaboutcouncil decisions, development and bud-get plans that affect them.

During the last financial year, the ave-rage ward councillor earned R29 057 amonth. A councillor is also allowed tohold down a private job as the ward coun-cillor position is considered a part-timeone.

Dirk Smit, the Speaker for the City ofCape Town, explains that the politicalparties the councillors represent are re-sponsible for performance appraisals.

“However, a councillor faces dismissalif they miss three council meetings con-secutively, whether they are portfoliocommittee meetings, full council mee-tings or subcouncil meetings,” he says.

Councillors are also prohibited from in-volvement in tender processes, the distri-bution of council-related job opportuni-ties, and from standing in the way of theimplementation of instructions fromcouncil. Smit says councillors are giventraining in computer literacy, council po-licies and capacity building before theytake up their positions.

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Ward representatives to face a host oftasks to match their pay cheques

Do’s and don’ts for votersONCE you receive your ballot,be sure to check that the back isstamped.

This is just one of the pointersgiven to voters who will be hea-ding to the polls tomorrow(Wednesday).

The Independent ElectoralCommission advises voters toensure that an official stamp ison the reverse side of the ballotas those without it will be coun-ted as a spoiled ballot.

It further advises that you:. Ensure that you have regis-

tered at a voting station in yourresidential area. Those who are unsure ofwhether they are eligible to vote can visitwww.elections.org.za and click on the “AmI Registered?” tab or SMS your ID numberto 32810.

. Vote only at the voting station atwhich you are registered.

Be sure to have your ID document ortemporary identification certificate withyou as without it, you will not be permittedto cast your vote. After you have beencleared to make your mark, your name istaken off the voters roll, your ID is stampedand your thumbnail is inked.

. Don’t allow anyone to influence yourdecision or force you to change it. Castingyour vote should be done with discretion.Therefore, after you have voted, fold theballot paper and place it in the ballot box.

. Do not take your decision to vote light-ly. If you are not sure about the politicalparties standing for nomination, go to theIEC website, www.iec.org.za, to learnmore.

. Make use of the special facilities avai-lable for thephysically disabledorvisuallyimpaired which are available at voting sta-tions. The presiding officer can assist youin casting your vote or you can bring some-body along to assist you. There should beobservers present to ensure an honest andfair vote.

. If you are still uncertain about voting

procedures, speak to the presiding officerat your voting station for guidance.

. Note that voting stations open at 07:00and close at 19:00. You can vote as long asyou are inside the boundary of the votingstation at 19:00.

. Be patient. Election officials will allowdisabled, pregnant, infirm or elderly vo-ters to move to the front of the queue.

. Anyone with a disability can choosesomeone who is over 18 to assist them. Thisperson cannot be a political party agent.

. Anyone who is unable to read or writecan only be assisted by the Presiding Offi-cer. Two party agents must also be present.

. No weapons are allowed in the votingstation and the police may search you.

Also, political parties stopped theirbroadcast campaigning and advertise-ments at 07:00 yesterday morning, as ac-cording to the Electronic CommunicationsAct, no party advertisements may bebroadcast 48 hours before voting starts.

No further campaigning will be done, asMonday (yesterday) was also a special vo-ting day for people who registered for this,such as those who would be unable to voteat their voting station on election day orthose who are physically infirm or disa-bled.

Politicalmeetings,marches, demonstra-tions and events ended at midnight on Sun-day.

Tuesday 17 May 2011 LEADER People’s Post False Bay Page 9

Your vote, your rightTOMORROW (Wednesday, 18 May) SouthAfricans will make their way to the pollsagain to elect the men and women who willserve as their local leaders for the next fiveyears.

The Independent Electorate Commission(IEC) was “satisfied” with the voter regis-tration turn-out during February andMarch.

Despite the buzz around the elections,younger people and the disillusioned in pa-rticular feel their vote won’t make a differ-ence, and so have turned their backs ontheir constitutional right to vote.

But the irony is that voter disillusion-ment, which in turn leads to voter apathy,only serves to perpetuate the cycle. Indiffer-ence leads to only one place: back to squareone.

Local government elections have the pow-er to change the political landscape withina municipality.

The calibre of your local ward councillormeans the difference between a better quali-ty of life, or contending with mounting frus-tration.

This candidate will be the first point ofcall when dealing with your municipality,further highlighting the importance ofsteering clear of incompetence or self-serv-ing agendas.

Whether your gripe is the basic provisionof housing, that the road nearest to yourhome must be periodically cleaned, thatspeed bumps and street lighting must be in-stalled, or that active law enforcement mustbe deployed in hot-spots, your vote ensuresthe efficiency of service delivery.

It is true that in South Africa, castingyour vote holds even greater meaning dueto our country’s past, and for some castingtheir ballot means honouring those whofought for all South Africans to be on anequal footing.

Tomorrow, enjoy the experience andright so many fought to gain, and make sureyour vote is a well-considered one.

Scientific opportunities lostTONY ROBINSON

DOES the name MichaelThackeray mean anythingto you?

He was in Cape Town re-cently to attend a conferenceat the International Conven-tion Centre and hardly any-body noticed.

There were no pictures inthe papers and no radio inter-views, yet Thackeray shouldbe as famous as the late Profes-sor Chris Barnard. Certainlyhis gifts to the world havetouched millions more lives.

Like Barnard, Dr Thack-eray is aUCTgraduate, buthisfield was chemistry. He devel-oped the lithium-ion batterythat powers your cellphoneand your laptop, and whenyou buy an electric car oneday, his battery will drive themotor.

So Thackery has changedthe world, yet we don’t knowvery much about him. Per-haps the reason is that it is arather embarrassing story.

Generally Professor John

Goodenough is credited withthe invention of the lithium-ion battery, but it was Thack-eray and his team at the CSIRin Pretoria who were respon-sible for its development.

They still hold most of thepatents, 28 of them in Thack-eray’s name.

Those scientists were theworld leaders in battery re-search. Then, in 1994, our newgovernment, all bright-eyed,bushy-tailed and flushed withsuccess at the polls, closeddown the battery researchunit.

It was the dumbest decisionsince the old Soviet Union re-jected transistors and put itsfaith and its electronic futurein good old glass vacuum tubevalves.

You might say that hind-sight is always right, but theearly cellphones and laptopswere already on the market,and the need for smaller, moreefficient batteries was not dif-ficult to identify. It was alsoclear that the battery researchwas world-class. This was cer-tainly recognised by leading

research institutes all over theworld, and they grabbed thescientists.

Thackeray is now one of thetop men at the Argonne Na-tional Laboratory in the Unit-ed States.

Pause for a moment andthink where this countrywould have been if fundssquandered on the pebble bednuclear reactor had been usedto create a lithium-ion batteryindustry.

It is worth reminding our-selves that it was Thackeray’sbattery that made it possibleto convert the early “brick”cellphones into the wonderful,multi-purpose gadgets theyare today.

More important, however,is that the old CSIR team madethe electric car a practicalproposition, and here anotherPretoria man comes into thepicture – Elon Musk. He is just39, but has already been de-scribed as the greatest innova-tor in themotor industry sinceHenry Ford. His Tesla electricsports cars, powered by about7 000 small lithium-ion batter-

ies, have a range of nearly400km, and the latest ones ac-celerate from nought to100km/h in 3,7 seconds. He hasmade and sold 1 500 of them,and both Mercedes and Toyotahave invested in his Califor-nia industry.

And the CSIR? Two yearsago they started abattery tech-nology centre to support thedevelopment of the local Jouleelectric car, but how can theyreplace the expertise that waslost in 1994?

Page 10 People’s Post False Bay LETTERS Tuesday 17 May 2011

A personal vendetta?THE Noordhoek Environmental ActionGroup (NEAG) and the Noordhoek Con-servancy are effectively saying that Jere-my Wiley has reneged on his promise to thecommunity of the early 90s (“That parkinglot”, People’s Post, 10 May).

It is, however, the same old voices whoare making this accusation, and they, in noway, represent the modern face of dynamicNoordhoek, which nonetheless retains itsrural character – with or without the ef-forts of these two small, self-appointed com-munity organisations.

Do NEAG or the Conservancy representthe face of present-day Noordhoek? I thinknot.

The support for Jeremy Wiley’s parkingarea is obvious by the support his business

has received from the local community.The two community organisations

named need to reassess their roles in termsof the new character of Noordhoek and dosome soul searching.

Perhaps they need to open their doorsand admit new leaders who genuinely re-flect the wishes and aspirations of Noord-hoek and its community.

Otherwise they should think seriouslyabout disbanding.

It is crass to even consider for a momentthat this ongoing parking issue is about theenvironment.

Nothing could be further from the truth.I know a personal vendetta when I see one.CHASNoordhoek

MCSI objectsto politicalopportunismTHE Muizenberg Community Safety Initia-tive (MCSI) objects strongly to theopportun-istic way in which ANC candidate TrevorWells for Ward 64 has used two photographstaken at an event organised by the MCSI inhis election campaign. On 9 April, the MCSIorganised a successful “Spot-in and Fix-it”walkabout. Wells joined the group along theway, and has used two pictures taken of himwith other MCSI members in an ANC pam-phlet distributed widely, seeking supportfor the 18 May elections.

Wells had nothing to do with the organisa-tion of the walkabout, and has not played anactive role or contributed to the work of theMCSI in any way.

While individual members of the MCSI ofcourse have their own political convictionsand affiliations, we wish to emphasise thatthe MCSI (and all neighbourhood watches)are constituted as a-political organisationswithout affiliation to any political party.Therefore we did not (and would never) givepermission to any political party to use pho-tographs of our events in this politicisedway.

We object to the MCSI’s credibility andcontribution in the community being un-dermined by association with a specific po-litical party.

We have communicated this objection toWells personally – but have had no re-sponse.MCSI COMMITTEE

TREVOR WELLS, ANC CANDIDATEFOR WARD 64 RESPONDS:IT should be pointed out to begin with, thatI am not creeping out of the woodwork asfar as Community Safety is concerned. I amnot doing a Helen Zille and pitching up atsome neighbourhood march to obtain pub-licity.

It is a great pity that the once inclusiveand effective Muizenberg NeighbourhoodWatch, which Michael Klein of the TenantsAssociation and I established for the specif-ic purpose of involving law abiding refugeesin some say in their own affairs, has deterio-rated into being managed by what appearsto be an exclusive cartel of property ownerswho have the cheek to tell me that I mustask their permission to use a photographpointing out lack of service delivery in theward of the very neighbourhood watch thatI established. I have merely used the photo-graphs to illustrate the advantages outlinedin the five-year plan of action for the ward.

Those interested in the contents of thepamphlet can view it at trevorwells.co.za.

What is it that the writer disapproves of?Her committee members know very well

that I have personally, as the chair of theCommunity Police Forum, delivered Bam-banani winter patrol jackets to her doorstepwithout requiring that the recipients beANC members.

. Letter shortened. -Ed

Revealing slip of the tongueTHE report on the Masiphumelele fire(“Wrangle as Masi recovers from fire”, Peo-ples Post, 10 May), refers.

All the current political bandstandingand hype can get very boring and predicta-ble at times, but can also provide interest-ing insight.

Ouronemayoral candidate takes issuebystating that “therewasnoattempt to gethel-icopters to ‘fire bomb’ the area given the ac-cess problems”.

Surely someone hoping to lead our Cityshould be aware that helicopters cannot op-

erate in that role at night, as they are morelikely to add to the problem and endangerlives? In this particular case, to ‘fire bomb’the already flaming area would also cer-tainly not help – or was he thinking of thewealthier suburbs where council (not DAor any other party) officials would no doubtensure water to put these fire bombs out?

Personally, I would prefer the helicoptersto continue “water bombing” fires as theynormally do.ARNÉ SÖDERLUNDGlencairn

Private hospital can share groundsI WAS glad to hear that at last a privatehospital is to be built in the Far South.

However, what would have mademuch better financial and service deliv-ery sense would be to locate it in the ex-tensiveandunusedgroundsofFalseBayHospital.

This would allow services, facilitiesand resources to be used by both thosewho could afford to pay, and those whocould not.

Manchester Royal Infirmary in the

United Kingdom has a private wingwhich subsidises the National Healthside by sharing the operating theatres,doctors and specialists.

Why can’t the same be done here?This would give all patients the care

they deserve, with the choice of a gov-ernment orprivate facility,whilst utilis-ing the resources fully, and all in oneplace.LYNN MOSSFish Hoek

That looks a lot like a parkJOHN CANNAN is clearly suffering memo-ry loss in his comment in the letter pub-lished 10 May (“That parking lot”, People’sPost, 10 May).

There was nothing rural nor community-friendly about the area of the NoordhoekFarm Village now referred to as “the park-ing lot”.

It was in fact an overgrown area of alienvegetation that no member of the publicused.

My family and I have been residents andratepayers in Noordhoek since early 1974,and we have lived opposite “that parkinglot” for 23 years – so who better to testifyto that fact than us, i.e. that it is now morelike “that parking park” – safe, usable, at-tractive and providing a much-needed al-ternative to dangerous parking along atourist route.

As a long-time resident of Noordhoekhimself, John Cannan’s memory should re-mindhim that the first users of this lotwereindividual horse owners, including mem-bers of my own and his family, and he mustrecall that it was I who actually paid a teamof workers for the alien felling and plot-clearing operations many years ago, turn-ing the overgrown plot into a teaching are-na for local horse-riders.

Sadly, it eventually became a dust bowl,and the riders had to stop using it.

After that, the aliens returned, and theplot went into a further period of declinewhilst a few individuals tried their handsat vegetable farming, without success.

At one stage the aliens and weeds wereso dense that it was dangerous and difficultto walk through the area without being cov-ered in burrs.

And I clearly recall the horror when,many years ago, a decomposing body of anunidentified murdered woman was foundamongst the bush.

John Cannan and NEAG should remem-ber these things before making empty state-ments about the rights of the community.

Not one of them have ever had the courtesyto ask the opinion of the ratepaying proper-ty owners most affected – that is, those wholive directly across the road from “that carpark”.

One issue, for example, is the storm wa-ter. They have no conception of the difficul-ties we endured prior to Jeremy Wiley’spersonal and financial input into resolvingnumerous problems for his neighbours,and neither have they bothered to ask us.

I, for one, am immensely grateful to Jere-my Wiley for creating this people-friendlyand environmentally-sensitive “parkingPARK”.

It is not a lot, but more like a park.Jeremy went to immense trouble to in-

clude beautiful indigenous garden beds,and spared no expense researching andplanting huge (expensive) indigenous treesthroughout the parking area, which at-tracts many birds.

As a family, we and many of our neigh-bours can now enjoy our walk from ourhomes through the parking park over to theFarm Village, instead of being forced towalk along the dangerous Chapman’s PeakDrive Main Road.

The question that should be asked is:What are we going to do as ordinary, envi-ronment-loving citizens of Noordhoek,about the disgraceful legal battle thatNEAG are waging against our Farm Vil-lage?

Are we going to sit by and let a perfectlydecent individual and friend be shamedwith a criminal record?

That is, after all, what NEAG is trying todo – besides trying to put people out of workandcreatinganeed to encourage evenmoredangerous parking along Chapman’s Peak,which incidentally impacts on the peaceand privacy of all neighbouring properties.

This, I guess, is immaterial to those rath-er self-righteous and elitist members ofthose objecting so blindly and callously.RAGNHILD (RONI) FINLAYNoordhoek

Remove the little beggarsWHY are the little beggars around the icecream bar still being tolerated (at least fora half a year or longer)? Who is in chargeof the car guards anyway? Because it is obvi-ous to me that they are involved (probablytheir own kids). In that case these carguards must be replaced, otherwise it will

be going on and on, as the kids probably getmuch more money than the guards will everget themselves. This must be something forthe Muizenberg Improvement District(MID) to go after, I think.HELLENMuizenberg

Whale of a tailTHIS is a letter of appreciation to the manystakeholders as well as the hundreds of folkand parents who collected and parcelled upplastic bottle caps of every description forthe life size Southern Right Whale tail artproject at Muizenberg Junior School. Thisphase of the project is completed and theoverwhelming response to the challenge isbeyond belief.

In this regard some caps were shippedfrom Hawaii and the USA!

The focus now is on sourcing funds fromthe Corporate sector to add to the cashraised by the raffle to help pay for the skele-ton which will be an impressive profession-al sculpture signed off by an Engineer. Theplastic caps collected will be punched withtwo holes and sewn onto shade cloth in arandom pattern which will in turn be fitted

tightly over the steel structure. An estimat-ed 45 000 caps will be used. Once the fundinggap has been closed a new date for the un-veiling of the tail and raffle draw will be an-nounced and the challenge to the tail atTussing Elementary School in Ohio, USAwill be complete and the twinning processwill begin. The vertical whale tail whichsymbolises a distressed whale that hasswam out of a sea polluted with plastic willkick-start three long term programmes viz:an educational programme on whales anddolphins, a conservation programme and abusiness/tourism programme. It will alsoinitiate the sculpting of another whale tailby a school somewhere in the world.

The various stakeholders involved, bothhere and in the USA and Hawaii, look for-ward to working with the community aseach programme unfolds.ALAN LINDNERProject manager

Do something, MetrorailTO Metrorail

What’s wrong with you?What are you thinking?How can you, during peak hours, have

trains on the Simon’s Town to Cape Townand vice versa; put three Metro carriages

and four metro plus carriages, when youShould know by now that majority of thepeople travel Third class.

Not even animals are boxed in like thisSo please do something about it.

MAGGIE

Tuesday 17 May 2011 LETTERS People’s Post False Bay Page 11

Housing issues. Why not build the same structures for

Masiphumelele that they built in MountainView? It was good enough for Ocean View,where there are no fires. Freda

. I’ve been on a housing waiting list for 15years, I’ve applied for a plot but the City toldme I don’t earn enough money to buy a plot.Now I’ve applied for a home at the MountainView project, and council told me that I earntoo much money. What am I to do? Must Isquat or is there anyone out there who canhelp me? I need a roof over my head. O.V.

What is going on?. What kind of place do we live in if it is

acceptable for young children to set fire tosomeone sleeping under a bridge? OceanView skrik wakker! We need to sort ourselvesout.

That parking lot. The antics at the Noordhoek Farm Vil-

lage parking are a circus. The developerneeds to be given a medal for putting up withthe rubbish of Naughty NEAG and CowardlyConservancy. Rich

. Does NEAG stand for “Nuclear Experi-mental Group”? I suppose they want the park-ing area to build a small nuclear reactor tosupplement Eskom’s supply to the south.Dave

Treknet fishermen. Stacey, stop blowing hot air, and do your

job! You are never there and neither are yourstaff when a net is pulled. They rarely seewhat has come out of the ocean. We all knowit’s illegal! Do your work, even at Kalk Bay.H Mentor, you also need to abide by the rules.

. What a joke, treknetters to throw backsmall fish! It does not help when all the littlefish have been crushed or had the last bit ofoxygen squeezed out of their tiny lungs by allthe other poor fish trapped in the net. Spinus another, trek-jokers. Pat H

In response. The restoration of the old cable way in

Simon’s Town could have a good tourism po-tential. Pat H

. Thank you for the article about the oldSerina kaolin mine. Anette, Sun Valley

. In response to Roy’s comment on a cer-tain petrol station which is always “dry”when the petrol price is rising: every time Ihave tried filling up at that service station onthe morning of the day before the price is setto rise (i.e. midnight), the garage in questionis out of petrol. I have tried to establish thename of the station, but there is no apparentsignage indicating its name. But it is more orless opposite the Checker’s shopping centrein Muizenberg. I have also made the con-scious decision of never using them again.The Westlake BP Service station never seemsto have that problem and I would thereforerather support them. Norman

. Garages do not run out of petrol on pur-pose. They would never regain the lost sales,and certainly would not make sufficient prof-it on the old fuel to compensate for the largeloss of sales on price increase day.

Baboons. Excellent idea, Pierre Nel, to introduce

leopards to keep the baboons under control.It may well also have a positive effect on thegrowing dog problem. Piet

. If the Cape Leopard was brought back tothe peninsula, the “bunny huggers” of theCape would be very upset, even if one werekilled. They have no clue about the need tokeep animal numbers down! Mark

. What a great idea it is to control baboonswith leopards.

. Pierre Nel and Robin Castell, these arenot original thoughts but let’s do it! AngelaFHT

. Well said Robin Castell! Pack up the ba-boons and ship the whole lot off to the Karooor some other uninhabited area. No moreproblems for us! Everybody will be happy.Janel

. Perhaps Robin Castell should join Shelland the others who want to frack the Karoo.Terry Winship, Kommetjie

. To Robin Castell, who says we shouldsend baboons to the Karoo: who do you think

lives in the Karoo, humans or baboons? Mc-kenzie

. I think Robin Castell should be bused offand deposited in the centre of the Karoo! Thebaboons have been living here way longerthan us humans. Learn to live with then ormove away.

Longbeach Mall. The market at Long Beach has been set

up at Sun Valley Pick n Pay, where you canget your bread, condiments, cheeses, smokedfish and hanging baskets as well as olives. It’sgreat every Saturday.

.Longbeach Mall sucks! Look at the amaz-ing West Coast Mall – it has a nice variety ofshops! Obviously a lot more thought and plan-ning was involved there.

.Hope the new improved Longbeach Mallwill have a retailer to replace Pick n Pay withtheir bad service and rude staff. Pick n Payin other malls are worse. HH

General. I reported to the City dumping on a open

field in Ocean View. That was more than amonth ago. Nothing was done. Please comeand clean the field in Capricorn Road. AD

. Whathappened to respect, obedience, dis-cipline, honesty and good work ethics amongthe majority of today’s students and youth?Maybe corporal punishment and compulsorymilitary conscription should be reintro-duced, which would create a different mind-set and positive outlook on life in general.Smiley

. I have had it with people waking me andall the dogs in area at 05:00 and going throughmy bin. They slash the bags and spread rub-bish everywhere – all over the street. Whatmakes my blood boil is when they destroy myrecycling and mix it all up with the rubbish,then they still have cheek to get aggressivewith you.

. To the young lady driving a silver Audi2-litre with the black soft top – in excess ofthe speed limit, and who then proceeded tothrow her cigarette out on Ou Kaapse Weg onTuesday at 13:05. Yes, I was hooting at you!Be ashamed, very ashamed! Nicky, Simon’sTown

. On Sunday 1 May, I took a photographin St James of a paddleskier who was sur-rounded by dolphins. I hope this person readsthis message as I am sure that he would liketo have the photograph. My number is (021)788-5056.

. Can someone in the Valley please teachthebusker outsideFishHoekPicknPay somenew songs? He’s been singing the same onessince November.

. Are there any other single young mumsin the Valley who would like to start a group,or is there one I can join? Anon

. Why do people bother the seals at KalkBay harbour even though there is a sign upwhich forbids it? Where are the authoritieswho should be fining individuals?

. Julius says the wit ou stole all our landand they didn’t pay for it. He says that lucra-tive game farms have flourished in commoncriminals’ hands. So as soon as he and ourblessed brother “saint” Zuma get to heaven(one of these days?), I suggest they look up thespirit of our other very great and brave warri-or, (the late) Nduna Kakula Dingaan, and justcheck their facts by quietly asking him as towhat happened at his famous signing of thedeed of sale ceremony way back in 1836. God-frey

. People please be vigilant, criminals haveunique ways of entering your property be-cause they want to see what things look like.Oneof theirmethods iswhen they run inyourplace with a story that their boyfriend wantsto assault them.

. Could somebody please tell me why thedrivers of Correctional Service vehicles areallowed to use their sirens to get motorists tomove out of their way?

. Just curious why People’s Post doesn’t ad-vertise the vehicle registration number whenit gets texted as part of the SMS.Wendy Abra-hams [We cannot publish registrationnumbers provided in SMSes because itcannot be guaranteed that the owner ofthe vehicle is guilty of the reported of-fence. -Ed]

. Cosatu and the ANC own big shares inthe national lottery, which is by law illegal.Are they above the law?

. I am sick of re-sealed letters coming inthe post damaged.

What a lot of tripe! Sticky fingers more like-ly! Shame on you! Maggie

Seek out the wise onesI READ the local papers and I see peopleattackingeachother. For every reason,wefirst attack. For small petty differences weattack. We attack each other, we do notstop to think that ours is not a better waybut just another way.

We do not stop to show compassion, for-giveness, understanding. We attack na-ture, the animals, the trees. If we don’t likeit we seek to destroy it.

Then I see politicians attacking eachother, with hate in their hearts, anger intheir hearts.

Attack in their minds.This will surely bring destruction to all,

no matter what your vote is.I see politicians who are corrupt and not

held responsible for their actions, politi-cians inciting hate, politicians amassingpower and money for their own greed.

Now how are we going to stop this whenwe ourselves are creating it?

Because we ourselves are thinking likethis.

I see that soon it will be too late tochange events because we have pushedthem too far and it will be destruction thatwill wipe away the fears and hate and thetears.

Do you really want this for your chil-dren? Your children’s children?

Our very lives are a reflection of who webelieve we are, so if it is not as you wouldlike it to be then know first that it is youthat made it so and it is only you that can

make it change.When enough people have made a

change and brought down the fortress webuilt around ourselves, embraced our di-vinity, our oneness, our truth that we andall our world is our own self looking rightback at us, then the effect on those remain-ing in fear and hate and attack will be sostrong that they too will join the army ofthe shining ones and if they choose to leadthen it will be as one and not as one apart.

So my African friends look for the wiseones amongst you, that must surely bethere, and follow them.

Let the power hungry, the loud and theangry, the carriers of bling, the 4x4 andthe BMW ones, the big house ones, letthem alone that they may see that whatthey have, you do not need.

For in truth, God needs no trinkets ofgold and silver from people to prove theirworth.

For in God you need nothing that Godcannot supply.

This is Africa and the ancient spirits ofthis magnificent land are still here wait-ing for the time when Africans will seetheir truth and stand as one with all ofmankind. Not apart.

My prayer is that I may stand with youone day, not far from now, and see onlyour magnificence.MARTYN JOHN TAYLORGlencairnLetter shortened. -Ed.

Not a good spot for a leopardPierre Nel, with your leopard plan

To lose the odd child or petAnd cull baboons even if only a few,What about being humane?Should they arm us with shotgunsAs there are plenty of chicken runsThe mountains and the valleysWould suit said idealistic waysBut to pick on baboons with leop-

ards?Why not some lions and cheetahs

too?And close off the Peninsula for hunt-

ing game.

I could not bear to visualise,The rip and screams of those precious

lives.And therefore I suggest an even better

plan People and the predators, beasts vsman! Save the baboons from misguidedire

And please don’t fight fire with fire .

. This letter is a response to the letter“Let leopards control baboons”, People’sPost, 10 May.CILLY JIBESFish Hoek

Your SMSes

Tony should honour his rootsI WHOLEHEARTEDLY agreed with Hi-lary Jacobs on Tuesday 26 April and UlricConradie on Tuesday 3 May regardingtheir respective statements about frack-ing in the Karoo.

If Tony Robinson is from the Karoo, ashe claims in your issue Tuesday 12 April,he must have heard of the poem “Heimw-ee,” the first verse of which reads as fol-lows:

“My hart verlang na die stilteVan die wye wuivende veld,

Ver van die stadsgeluideEn die klinkende klank van geld.”JRL van Bruggen composed this poem.

He grew up in Johannesburg and much ofhis work is escapism from city life. As a“Karookind”, this poem describes the Ka-roo to me.

Therefore, I say let us fight for the un-spoilt beauty of the Karoo and against ram-pant mammonism.BARBARA SALTERSimon’s Town

IS HE YOURS?:This stray maledog was foundon a gravelpath leadingfrom GlencairnStation to­wards Simon’sTown. The dogis black, withwhite mark­ings on hischest, the tipsof his paws andon his hindlegs. He waswearing aleather collarand a chokechain, butthere is no dog tag or chip. If this is your dog, or you know who he belongs to, contactFish Hoek Vet – where is being housed temporarily as TEARS does not have accommoda­tion at this point – on (021) 782­1279/5878.

THE Queen of England’s officialbirthday does not coincide with theday she was born.

The Queen celebrates her actualbirthday on 21 April, but the country official-

ly celebrates it in June. It has been celebratedin the United Kingdom with the Queen’sBirthday Parade, which includes Troopingthe Colour ceremonies, since 1748. (www.wiki­pedia.org)

FEELING MZANSI:Mzansi Productions,known for its cutting­edge dance produc­tions and high stand­ard of performance,will present twoshows at Artscapefrom 8 to 12 June,“Somebody To Love: ADance Celebration tothe Music of Queen”and “Sproetjies”. Thiswill be the company’ssecond visit to theMother City. “Some­body To Love: A DanceCelebration to the Mu­sic of Queen” takesplace from 8 to 11June at 20:15 and on11 and 12 June at15:00. “Sproetjies”runs on 8 and 9 Juneat 10:30 and ticketsfor both shows cost between R60 and R155 via Computicket or (021) 421­7695.

5 Levels Up,up and awayANDRE BAKKES

THERE is a newlocal band on

the scene, andthey’re apparentlythe bee’s knees, thecat’s pyjamas andthe kipper’s knick-ers all in one.

This new Capeto-nian band, known as“5 Levels Up”, will beperforming at theGrahamstown Na-tional Arts Festivalfrom 30 June to 9 Ju-ly, so the sky is seem-ingly the limit.

According to bandmember, Deon Olck-ers, they’ve even settheir sights on win-ning a Grammy Award in five years time!He says it with a smile on his face, but theband is certainly not lacking in the determi-nation department.

“We also want to travel and get people tolisten to our sound and appreciate what weare trying to produce. We aim to make theaudience smile and send them on an emo-tional journey,” says Olckers confidently.

The band was started last November, andit has apparently already built up quite a fol-lowing.

It consists of manager Rudi Abrahams,who also plays the bass guitar, drummerMark Samuels, lead singer and backing vo-calist Meliza Arendse, pianist Braide Op-ubo, percussionist Bernard Hendricks, syn-thesiser player, Wesley Dwyer, and Olckers,who is one of the lead singers and songwrit-ers.

Olckers elaborates: “Rudi and Mark start-ed the band, which originally had five mem-bers – hence the name. Some have left andothers have joined, so with seven we are re-ally two levels up, but we decided to ignorethis technical aspect.”

The life of a rock star is no easy ride, andthey practise up to three times a week atSalty Dogs Studios in Woodstock. Most ofthe band members have day jobs as well.

“Music is our passion,” insists Olckers.“I’ve worked with very good and very bad

musicians, and it’s hard to find a bunch ofpeople as passionate as the ‘5 Levels Up’members.

“As things always go, there are darker pe-riods and happier ones. We have been ableto work through all the darker ones, becauseof our passion and determination. The mu-sic industry will allow those who work hardenough to be successful.”

When asked whether they perform theirown music and how it can be classified, hereplies: “We write our own songs, to whichthe crowd has responded well, but we alsodo a lot of covers.“We obviously don’t want to label and limitourselves at this stage, since we are still ex-ploring our sound, but it is a mixture of funkand fusion with a jazzy feel to it.”

Their very first performance even boasteda gospel theme, because they played at a newchurch in Kensington.

The band’s first commercial performancewas at Zula Sound Bar in Long Street, andthey have frequented it ever since.

Their last performance there was appar-ently “a real power show”, and the audiencewent wild during their final, and probablymost popular song, “Bad Girls”.

Reading about a band is, however, a farcry from watching them play, so make apoint of going to Zula Sound Bar on 26 Mayat 21:30. Tickets cost R30 per person.

FLYING HIGH: 5 Levels Up’s Wesley Dwyer, Rudi Abrahams, MelizaArendse, Mark Samuels, Deon Olckers and Braide Opubu.Photo: Supplied

David Kramer’s ‘Breyani’ returnsDAVID KRAM-ER’S “Breyani”returns to theBaxter Theatrefor 10 performanc-es only fromWednesday 18May until Sunday29 May due to pub-lic demand.

In “Breyani”,Kramer cele-brates rhythms,instrumentation,vocal styling andlanguage to createmusic that is un-mistakably anduniquely from theCape.

Audience enthusiasm and rave reviews gen-erated sold-out houses during the Baxter runin December last year. David Kramer is a mu-sician and songwriter with a passion for ex-ploring the roots of Cape Afrikaans folk music.

In this show, a 10-piece band includes thewell-known jazz keyboard player, CamilloLombard, who plays piano accordion.

The incredibly versatile Gammie Lakay,who has played on numerous Kramer record-ings, is on acoustic lead guitar, as well asshowing off his skills as a moppie vocalist.

Don-veno Prins, who wowed audiences in“The Kramer Petersen Songbook” and “3 Wis-er Men”, plays saxophone.

Banjo virtuoso, Nielen Prinsloo, joined“Breyani” for the first time in December andformer member of DNA Strings, JacquesSteyn, plays mandolin and bass. Veterans ofklopse bands, Howard Links and CharlieRhodeonbanjo,mandolin, andguitar, take themoppie, the vastrap, the ghoemaliedjie and thetiekiedraai to new heights.

From the stages of musical theatre and Ma-lay Choir competitions, Loukmaan Adamssings and beats the ghoema drum, and com-pleting the stellar line-up are the much-lovedSonskyn Sisters, Ruth Hector and ElspethDavids, who have an opportunity to show offtheir fine vocal talents.

Kramer keeps the pot simmering through-out, taking the audience on a journey that ex-plores the individual flavours of music uniqueto this part of the world.

“Breyani” was originally commissioned bythe Suidoosterfees in 2009, and then performedat the KKNK in 2010, where Kramer receiveda Kanna award for his “exceptional contribu-tion to a contemporary music production”.

Performances run nightly from Wednesdaysto Sundays, with 10% discounts available forsenior citizens, students and block bookings of10 or more.

There will be two matinee performances at16:00 on Sunday 22 May and Sunday 29 May.Tickets cost from R90 to R135 via Computicket.

HOT AND SPICY: Charlie Rhode, Elspeth Davids and Gammie Lakay star inDavid Kramer’s “Breyani”, which returns to the Baxter Theatre for 10 per­formances only. Photo: Jesse Kramer

Taking music back in timeTHE Cape Consort – a group of sixsingers and two basso continuoplayers – is a new local ensemblecommitted to performances ofmostly early music.

Cellist and composer, Hans Huys-sen, and harpsichordist AndrewCruickshank, who have been col-laborating for years, have joinedforces with Lente Louw and Antoi-nette Blyth (sopranos), Nick de Jag-er, Nico Holtzhausen and LancePhillip (tenors) and Charles Ainslie(bass-baritone).

The group will explore andpresent early vocal repertoires thatrarely feature in local concert pro-grammes.

Following their warmly-receivedrenditions of madrigals from Monteverdi’sBook 6, the next series of concerts in Maywill feature Monteverdi’s six-part Vespersettings, performed in churches in Kom-metjie, Franschhoek, Cape Town and Stel-lenbosch.

For June, an all-Purcell programme isplanned, in collaboration with the CapeGamba Consort.

On Friday 20 May, the group will performat St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, at the

corner of Buitengracht and Somerset roads,in Cape Town at 20:00.

On Saturday 21 May at 19:30 the ensemblewill perform at the Lutheran Church at 26Hofmeyr Street, Stellenbosch.

Tickets, which can be purchased at thedoor, are R90. Pensioners and students payR60.

For more information, contact Andrew on082 494 1398 or Lente on 084 277 5070.

BRING BACK THE PAST: The Cape Consort will exposelisteners to top quality early music. Photo: Supplied

Comic take on technologyIN a world of smart phones, smart cars andnow smart shopping cards, there seems to bemore confusion and more“apps” that claim to help usget through this confusionof everyday life.

Stand-up comedian MarkPalmer brings you “iCON-FUSED” – his new one-manstand-up comedy show –that will show you that lifeis meant to be confusing,and no amount of “apps”will change this.

“iCONFUSED” is notabout clearing up the confu-sion; it’s about making youlaugh out loud at it. It’s com-edy with no harmful side-ef-fects – no vulgarity, no cring-ing, no embarrassing situa-tions and absolutely norequirements to download anything to protectyou from its contents. From the perils of mod-

ern technology – married life, dating, men vswomen, parenting, kids, how airbags are not

a solution, general so-cial commentary on lifeand the world we livein, to solving a centu-ries-old mystery withinthe first 10 minutes ofthe show – Palmer willtalk about everything.

Tickets are R65 perperson, with a two-for-the-price-of-one specialon 17, 19, 24 and 26 May.All shows begin at20:30.

For dinner reserva-tions before the show,call (021) 424-1194.

Bookings can also bemade on (021) 424-1194,by visiting www.on-

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iFUNNY: Mark Palmer promises toleave his audience in stitches.Photo:Sup­plied

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The Consumer ProtectionAct and the property marketTHE much-anticipated Consumer Pro-tection Act (CPA) came into operationlast month and three major areas of con-cern for estate agents are the wordingof advertising and contract documents,possible disputes over the disclosure ofdefects and how the right of the buyerand seller to “cool off” will be interpret-ed.

The Engel & Völkers Fish Hoek teamof Dawn Visser, Inge Kaul and GlennBrown have undertaken extensive con-sultation with the legal fraternity in thisregard, and are equipped to assist andadvise both buyers and sellers.

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Sellers, when signing a mandate,must be made aware of the fact that theyhave a five-day cooling off period result-ing from direct marketing by the agen-cy.

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PROPERTY GROUP Fine & CountrySouth Africa has welcomed a number ofnew licensees into the fold in recentmonths.

This is according to Linda Erasmus, CEOof Fine & Country SA, who says that despitelacklustre trading conditions, the group hasheld fast and even expanded its footprint –a feat she attributes to the group’s ability toprovide top-notch customer service andstrong licensee support.

First established in 2002 in the UK, Fine& Country has over 600 offices worldwide. In2009 and 2010 The Fine & Country Group wonthe “Best International Real Estate AgencyMarketing” title.

Lorraine and Tony Webb have been the lo-cal licensee owners in Fish Hoek since May2008, and have built the brand based on pro-viding excellent customer service and greatmarketing opportunities.

Lorraine won the national award at theend of 2010 for “Best Property Presentation”.

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“Being a licensee operation provides thefreedom to initiate opportunities, and we cantailor the client needs, be it a buyer or seller,to suit the client.”

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The marketing has been upgraded; theforms have been amended to take on boardthe requirements of the Act, and staff haveattended a number of courses on understand-ing and implementing the Act.

Talk to Tony Webb on (021) 782-5934 if youhave any property-related queries.

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The proposed business com-plemented the existing Pen-nypinchers business in theWestern Cape and as a result,Pennypinchers Longbeach in-vested in 50% of the new ven-ture, with Crystal Williamsand Archie Kota investing thebalance of the capital.

Crystal and Archie now runa business that supplies all thePennypinchers stores in theWestern Cape with bulk sandand stone.

The products are delivered

either to the stores for resaleto their customers in smallerquantities, or direct to theircustomers’ sites in truck loadsof 10m³, 6m³ or 3m³.

There has been such goodsupport from the Pennyp-inchers stores that the duo hasjust acquired a third truck toenable them to meet the grow-ing needs of the company.

The quarries and sandmines open at 07:00, and tomake sure they are first to beloaded, Kota leaves home be-fore 05:00 every day to dispatchhis drivers.

He often only finishes after19:00 at night.

When asked whether it wasworth the extra time and hardwork, both partners said: “It isgood to be working for our-selves and the more work weput in, the more we will earn,so we don’t mind the hours.”

Tuesday 17 May 2011 NEWS People’s Post False Bay Page 15

Here’s an award,but no moneyLIAM MOSES

THE National Sea Rescue Institute(NSRI) has expressed its surprise and

frustration at not receiving funding fromthe City of Cape Town.

The NSRI has eight bases within the city,dotting the coastline from Melkbos to Gor-don’s Bay, operating 24 hours a day and allyear round.

The organisation was recently awarded acivic honour by the City for its rescue and edu-cation efforts.

And according to Ian Wienburg, CEO of theNSRI, the award made the lack of fundingeven more evident.

“The Cape Town council don’t give us any-thing, and it happens to be the area that hasmore rescue bases than any other area,” saysWienburg.

“What is surprising is that they’ve just giv-en us a medal and commendation at theirawards day.

“So they do know about us and recognise us,but they don’t give us funding.”

The NSRI has received funding from theCity irregularly in the past and the last dona-tion – R10 000 to the Strandfontein base – wasreceived in May 2009.

The organisation has also had an ongoingclaim for regular aid since 2006.

Merial Bartlett, NSRI marketing director,says that the City has still not decided wheth-er to fund the organisation or not.

“The documentation for the claim was donein 2006, and it was supposed to be consideredby the council,” says Bartlett.

“And it just keeps getting knocked off everyyear. Each year we renew the documentationand do the claim again. The reply always justsays ‘regrettably this was not addressed atthis meeting’.”

Wienburg says that several other smallermunicipalities, in the Western Cape and otherprovinces, fund NSRI bases in their areas.

Station 6 in Port Elizabeth receivedR150 000, station 5 in Durban receivedR174 000, Station 15 and 34 in Mossel Bay andYzerfontein respectively received R30 000each, and station 17 in Hermanus receivedR100 000.

TheNSRI is anon-profit organisationwhichwas started in 1967, after the drowning of 17fishermen the previous year highlighted theneed for a sea rescue service.

Currently, no other organisation, govern-ment or private, has the capability to do thesame work as the NSRI.

The South African Maritime Safety Author-

ity (SAMSA) is responsible for all safety atsea, both in South African waters and furtheraway, but does not have ability to perform itsown rescues.

Instead, SAMSAuses theNSRI, governmentorganisations like the Navy or Airforce andprivate companies to conduct rescues.

The NSRI’s running costs are in excess ofR25 million a year, even though the 980 skilledvolunteers, who are on standby day and night,do not get paid.

Wienburg says the major costs of the NSRIare equipment and fuel.

According to the NSRI’s annual financialstatements for the 2010 financial year, the or-ganisation’s national spending included R18million to suppliers; around R2,5 million onrefurbishing buildings; R1,2 million on the up-keepof vehicles, andoverR7,3millionon serv-icing boats.

Richard Bosman, the executive director ofSafety and Security for the City, says thatfunding the NSRI is not the responsibility oflocal government.

“Although praiseworthy, the function of theNSRI is not allocated to local government,”said Bosman.

“Furthermore, it is the responsibility of na-tional government to detect, locate and rescuepeople in maritime distress situations. TheNSRI provides this particular assistance fornational government.”

Bosman says the NSRI receives fundingfrom the national Department of Transportand the Western Cape Provincial Govern-ment.

In 2010 the Department of Transport grant-ed 1,4 million to the NSRI and R300 000 was re-ceived from the Western Cape Department ofDisaster Management in August that year.

However, Wienburg says the national andprovincial funding only makes up a small per-centage of the NSRI’s financial requirements.

“Those grants are divided amongst all therescue bases in South Africa, including the in-land ones. The government grant doesn’t evencover 2,5 % of our operating budget.”

He says the NSRI relies largely on donationsfrom the private sector and generous individ-uals.

When asked by People’s Post if the NSRIwould be able to function without donationsfrom the private sector, Wienburg answered:“not a chance”.

According to Bosman, the City is currentlyconsidering an application for funding by theNSRI.

Bosman says the full council needs to sup-port the application in order for funding to begranted.

Dining with Bobs for GoodA SOCIETY charity dinner will be hostedon Thursday 9 June at 18:30 at the premiumCape Town Restaurant, 221 Waterfront.

The evening will showcase the Bobs forGood Foundation, and feature an auctionof premium and desirable items whichhave been donated by local businesses. Allproceeds from the auction will go towardsthe foundation.

DJ Lady M will be playing on arrival toset the mood. Paul Snodgrass will welcomeand entertain guests throughout theevening and educate them about the Bobsfor Good Foundation, and the importanceof the charity. A professional auctioneerwill be auctioning 17 to 20 premium andhigh-end items.

All proceeds will be going directly to theBobs for Good Foundation.

Guests will be served a delicious three-course meal, with a complementary glassofwineandwill be further enticedbyamaz-ing packages from 15 on Orange Hotel andSuntra Spa, as well as shark cage divingand Huey rides experiences.

Tickets, costing R350, will be pre-sold viaWebtickets and through the organisers.

The Bobs for Good Foundation was bornout of the need to restore dignity and prideto South Africa’s neediest learners by giv-ing them the gift of hope – a pair of quality,leather and locally-made school shoes tocare for and call their own.

The organisation was founded by formerSpringbok captain, Bob Skinstad, and hislifelong friend, Ron Rutland.

For more information, or to book, visitwww.bobsforgoodfoundation.org.

Fishing for meaningANDRE BAKKES

MOGAMED JACOBS looks down thedeserted beach and finds comfort in

his solitude.He chooses a spot which seems identi-

cal to the next, unpacks his fishing gearand prepares for a 10-hour shift of someserious unwinding.

It is 05:30 on a rainy Tuesday morning,but the 36-year-old Mitchell’s Plain resi-dent glows with content.

This is, after all, doing what he lovesmost – fishing at Beespens near Strand-fontein.

“I’ve been coming herethree times a week for about20 years,” he smiles.

Every time his face lightsup, he resembles a man whois at complete peace withthe world, a man who hasdiscovered the very essenceof happiness.

He fishes about 10 hoursa day and three times aweek, so there is plenty oftime to contemplate themeaning of life. “Some-times I sit here the wholeday and fail to catch any-thing,” he continues.

“I will sit in a world of myown and forget about all my problems.One learns how to deal with these as well.Even if the fish don’t bite, I will startthinking rationally about various situa-tions. Sometimes you will get an idea,quickly pick up your stuff and leave sothat you can go and implement it.”

Jacobs was born in Bonteheuwel, aplace he describes as being “a little rougharound the edges”.

His father taught him everything heknows about fishing, and he has been im-plementing these skills from a young age.

“It kept me out of trouble,” he winks.This is one of the main reasons he wantshis 13-year-old son, Tashreeq, to join himon his fishing excursions when he can.

“Unfortunately he isn’t too keen ... but

I was the same when I was young. Aftersome time I gave it a try, and as soon asthat first fish bit, I was hooked for life.”

Ever since then he has pulled out somereal beauties, the biggest being an 11 kgkabeljou. He has caught a few sharks aswell, which is apparently quite common.

“A battle with a shark can drag you to-wards the water with quite a force. Itcould take up to three hours to finally getit out of the water!”

When listening to the excitement in hisvoice while he explains the thrill of thehustle, it becomes obvious that the serenewait is trumped by the big catch.

And when that happens itis not only Jacobs who cele-brates, but his whole neigh-bourhood.

“If I catch many, or a bigone, then I distribute itamong those who are hun-gry. There are days whenmy neighbours would ea-gerly await my return andhope to benefit with a fishor two.”

Jacobs insists, however,that a day without any fishis far from a failure, sincethe main reason behind hishobby is to relax and driftaway in the breeze.

Jacobs doesn’t pretend to know the an-swers to the meaning of life, but a lifetimeon the beach has taught him one impor-tant lesson.

“The secret is that one must work hardin everything one does, whether it be a jobor a relationship.

“If you manage this, then you will showpeople your unique value.”

French playwright, Marcel Pagnol,once said: “The reason people find it sohard to be happy is that they always seethe past better than it was, the presentworse than it is, and the future less re-solved than it will be.”

For the smiling Jacobs, the past,present and future represents just onething – fishing.

HAPPINESS IS: Mogamed Jacobs in his element at Beespens. Photo: Andre Bakkes

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The circus is coming to town

THE Cape Natural History Club has ar-ranged a coach trip to the Grabouw area,where a Cob house village, a local anthropol-ogist and a ceramicist will be visited on 29May.

It has also been arranged for the group to

lunch at a former jail and a visit to a localgarden.

Cost is R220 per person, including trans-port, guiding, lunch, and fruit juice. Pleasecall Eleanor on (021) 762-1779 or visitwww.capenaturalhistoryclub.co.za.

THE South African National Circus inHartleyvale, Observatory, features tra-peze artists, acrobats, clowns and contor-tionists.

Shows are being held on Friday 27 May

at 19:30, and on Saturday 28 May at 15:00and 19:30. Tickets cost R30 for adults andR20 for children.

Parking will be available on LiesbeekParkway. To book, phone (021) 692-4287.

See beautiful Egypt with new eyes“MORE than Words and Images” is the titleof an illustrated lecture by Gillian Russell,founder member of The Egyptian Society ofSouth Africa, as well as “Egypt through MyLens”, by master photographer Günther Kom-nick, at The Egyptian Society of South Africaon Tuesday 24 May at 19:30 at St. George’s

Grammar School, Mowbray.Members get in free, while non-members

pay R20.Booking is not necessary.There is secure parking in the school

grounds.Phone (021) 557-5082.

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STARTING with contest news this week,MatthewBromleyproduced thebest resultby a Far South surfer in the Billabong SASurfing Championships which was com-pleted at Seal Point on Cape St Francis onSunday 15 May.

Competing for Western Province, thelanky 19-year from Kommetjie reached thefinal of Junior Men u/20 and went on toplace third overall in the rippable one me-tre waves that peeled down the point forfour successive days.

Still on Bromley, unconfirmed reportssuggest that he has qualified as one of thetop three men in the trials for the 2011 SANational Team that will represent thecountry in the Billabong ISA World Surf-ing Games in Panama later this year. Thiswould indeed be a notable achievement forBromley whose talent in large and smallsurf certainly deserves the recognition.

Others to fly the flag at Seal Point for WPincluded Kommetjie’s Dave Richards, sev-enth in Open Men, Tanika Hoffman, fifthJunior Women and Tarryn Chudleighsixth Open Women, along with Max Arm-strong from Scarborough, who placedeighth in the Junior Men. Jarred Veldhuisfrom Kommetjie was placed in seventh inthe Junior Men while competing for East-ern Province.

Meanwhile Kommetjie surfers MikeyFebruary and the Brand brothers, Davey

and Benji, are in the national junior surf-ing team that jetted off to Peru on Mondayto represent South Africa in the Quiksil-ver ISA World Junior Championshipswhich feature more than 250 surfers from30 countries.

February and Davey Brand, both 18, areearning their fourth consecutive capswhile Benji Brand, 15, is representing SAfor the first time.

The team will take on New Zealand inthe customary SANZ Challenge later thisweek as a warm up for what is billed the‘World’s Biggest Junior Surfing Event’.The ISA event runs from Saturday 21 untilSunday 29 May.

The New Balance WP Longboard teamis also gearing up for the SA Champion-ships which will be staged in Durban nextweek from Monday 23 until Sunday 29May. Captained by Thomas Kleynhans,the WP crew is looking forward to onceagain bringing home a bucket full of indi-vidual medals and to successfully defend-ing the inter-provincial trophy for theumpteenth time. For the girls out there,take a look at the recently created websitewww.surfsisters.co.za for tips on where tofind the best surfing conditions in variouswind directions. Designed and main-tained by long-time local surfing ‘wahine’Bernie Shelley and a couple of colleagues,the website performs a valuable referencepoint and forum for female surfers andguys are welcome to visit too.Bracing for

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MAINTAINING momentum and a rock-solid defence have been two of the char-acteristics the DHL Stormers has pridedthemselves on the entire Super Rugbyseason.

Yet it was these two characteristics thatwere absent in the team’s 30-23 loss at Waika-to Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, onSaturday morning.

During the first half, a try by captain,Schalk Burger, and a moment of individualbrilliance by winger, Gio Aplon, ensuredthat the men from the Cape built on a leadwhich was also maintained by two conver-sions and two penalties from the boot of fly-half, Peter Grant.

The team suffered their second consecu-tive loss in the competition to the Chiefs, af-ter taking a convincing 20-3 lead into halftime.

And the sudden change in the match camewhen Aplon, the hero in the first half, wassent to the sin-bin after an off-the-ball tug ona Chiefs player on attack. This action alsoled to a penalty try being awarded to thehome side.

During the second-half, the men in navy-blue-and-white looked nothing like the teamthat has been playing the Cape on fire thisseason.

Missing tackles, dropping the ball duringcrucial attacks and giving away vital penal-ties in kickable positions all led to the finalresult.

And head coach, Allister Coetzee, will be

hoping his charges can get back to winningways and extend their one-point lead on theSouth African conference log, when theytake on the Blues at Auckland’s Eden Parkon Friday morning.

The Blues, who are currently first on theNew Zealand conference log and second onthe combined log, are coming off a 37-31 lossagainst the overall log leaders, the Queens-land Reds.

Over the years, the Blues have beenknown to play exciting, enterprising andrunning rugby – they are not afraid to playhigh-risk rugby or conceding the odd try dueto their style of play.

The likes of Rene Ranger, Jarred Payne,Luke McAlister and Alby Mathewson haveimpressed this season and should bewatched carefully when on attack.

The experience of captain and hooker,Keven Mealamu, and lock forward, Ali Wil-liams, has kept a relatively young forwardpack fighting until the end.

The Stormers should be looking to targetBlues’ flyhalf, Stephen Brett, whose place-kicking and kicking from hand has been un-impressive throughout the season. Dominat-ing up front and in the line-out should be an-otherpriority for theCape side,while settingup phases should tire a Blues defence whichhas come under criticism on several occa-sions.

For the Stormers, the fitness and availabil-ity of Jaque Fourie was yet to be confirmedfor the clash, but should Fourie not have re-covered from a hip injury, another Spring-bok, Juan de Jongh, is likely to take hisplace.

BUNDLED: DHL Stormers flyhalf, Peter Grant, tries to get out of a tackle from Craig Clarkeand Stephen Donald of the Chiefs in his team’s 30­23 loss in Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturdaymorning. Photo: Getty Images

Fish Hoek off targetFISH HOEK AFC experienced mixed for-tunes in the senior and junior competi-tions of the LFA Cape Town Tygerberg atthe weekend. The Fish Hoek first teambeat Camps Bay 5-1, the over-35s beat Ever-ton United 3-0, the under-17Bs beat QueensPark 3-0, the under-11Bs beat Rygersdal 2-1and the women’s team beat Bothasig 2-1 tosecure the only successes.

Other scores:

Under-17A 0 Bothasig 1Under-15A 0 FC Cape Town 8Under-15B 1 Table View 4Under-15C 4 Wynberg-St John’s 5Under-13A 2 Camps Bay 2Under-13B 0 Wynberg-St John’s 1Under-13C 1 De Beers 3Under-13D 3 Meadowridge 4Under-11A 0 Table View 2Under-11C 1 FC Cape Town 4