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Baboon protectors to monitor humansDALEEN FOUCHÉ
A GENEROUS private donation is thedriving force behind a new initiative
by the Baboon Liaison Group (BLG), toprotect the Chacma baboons in the sou-thern peninsula.
Apart from financing additional babooncollars, the R100 000 donation by a Cape Towncouple will help fund the Baboon ProtectorProject which will help Western Cape envi-ronmental authority, CapeNature, enforcenew legislation in terms of an amendmentmade to the Nature Conservation Ordinance19 of 1974.
The amendment prohibits the public fromfeeding baboons in any space – private or pub-lic (“Feeding of baboons banned”, People’sPost, 22 March).
CapeNature has not initiated a single pro-secution in terms of the new or the old legisla-tion, mainly due to a lack of available infor-mation which would allow it to successfullydo so.
Fanie Bekker, director of CapeNature, be-lieves that things are about to change withthe help of the new Baboon Protector Project.
The BLG, made up of civic and ratepayers’associations from areas affected by baboons,has worked with the Nature ConservationCorporation (NCC), the service providertasked with baboon management on the CapePeninsula, to design the prototype of the Ba-boon Protector Project.
“Baboon Protectors” are to focus on kee-ping members of the public away from wildbaboonsandare to informthemaboutbaboonbehaviour and the consequences of “foolhar-dy” interactions. Two baboon monitors em-ployed by the NCC have been selected to be-come baboon protectors, and have already re-ceived training in law enforcement andcommunications. They have also beenequipped with a cellphone and a camera torecord and report difficult situations. If thispilot project is successful, it could be rolledout into other problem areas, such as theTokai forest.
Dr Lesley Shackleton, who represents theSimon’s Town Civic Association (STCA) onthe BLG, says the baboon protectors havebeen trained to identify people feeding ba-boons and trace witnesses, which will helpCapeNature prosecute such perpetrators.
The project has already been launched and
there is one baboon protector on duty fromdawn to dusk every day.
They will be stationed in the Miller’s Pointand Smitswinkel Bay area for four months.
This area is a popular spot visited by tou-rists, and is infamous for car raiding by ba-boons.
The Smitswinkel Bay troop’s alleged alphamale, Fred, was recently euthanased (“Pro-tests overFred’s thebaboon’s death”,People’sPost, 29 March).
The relevant authorities – the City of CapeTown, CapeNature and Table Mountain Na-tional Park – said at the time that Fred’s ag-gressive behaviour and his ability to open cardoors led to his demise.
“This is what we hope to avoid,” says DrGraham Noble, chairperson of the BLG, “andthe way to do this is to educate people thatbaboons are wild animals. People and ba-boons must be kept at a distance from eachother,” he says.
Bekker says CapeNature “strongly sup-ports” this initiative. “The protectors will beour eyes and ears on the ground.”
He says the current problemwith enforcingthe new legislation prohibiting the feeding ofbaboons is that people who phone with tip-
offs do not have enough information for Cape-Nature to follow up on.
But, he maintains, the baboon protectorshavenowbeen trained to source this informa-tion.
Bekker is confident that the initiative willbe a success, adding that after a trial period,the authorities will aim to raise money to pos-sibly even roll out the project to other hot-spots.
The baboon protectors wear a distinctiveorange vest distinguishing them from themonitors. The protectors will integrate theiractivities with those performed by the moni-tors.
NCC supervises the protectors, who will befully employed by them.
NCC will also employ an additional twomonitors to fill the vacant monitor positions.
“We hope this will be a win-win project,”says Dr Justin O’Riain of the UCT Baboon Re-search Unit.
Page 2 People’s Post False Bay NEWS Tuesday 26 April 2011
The African Christian Democratic Party’s CherylHowie(Ward 69)is a teacher and hasbeen a loyal memberof theACDPsince itsinceptionin 1993,serving invariousseniorposts. Shehas the energy andcommitment toserve all residents and strives for righteous governance and justice for all.
The AfricanChristianDemocraticParty’s KimFraser(Ward 64)has lived inthe FishHoek Valleysince1962, completing allhis schooling heretoo. He iscurrentlyserving onthree bodycorporatecommittees, on theFish HoekRatepayers and Residents Association and is chairperson of the local ACDP branch. He is committed to serving the entire ward, especially the youth, seniors andlocal businesses.
The AfricanChristianDemocraticParty’s Anthony Ive(Ward 61) isa formerACDP wardcouncillorwho is available andvery willingto serve afurtherterm. He isdedicatedto realisingthe vision ofCape Townas a beaconof Christianhope andprosperityfor the whole of Africa. He upholds the position of the ACDPas an explicit and strong Christian voice in government in thecity.
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Your ward candidatesFOLLOWING on last week’s in-troduction of ward candidates inPeople’s Post, we this week pub-lish more profiles of political par-
ty members who are makingthemselves available as wardcouncillors.
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representatives will take placeon Wednesday 18 May – declareda public holiday – and residentswill have the opportunity to vote
into power a representative theybelieve will represent their com-munity’s interests within theCity of Cape Town.
Ward 61 Ward 64 Ward 69
Cast your special voteVOTERS will be able to cast a spe-cial vote in the municipal elec-tions for the first time.
The application process for spe-cial votes opened on Friday 15April, and will run until Wednes-day 3 May at 17:00.
South African citizens whosenames appear on the Voters’ Rollbut cannot vote on election day atthe voting station in the voting dis-
trict where they are registered,qualify for a special vote.
Votershave to apply for a specialvote – in person – at a local Munici-pal Electoral Officer or someoneelse can submit the application ontheir behalf. Those applicants whocannot vote on Wednesday 18 Maywill cast their special votes onMonday 16 May between 08:00 and17:00 at the voting station in the
voting district where they are reg-istered. Those who are physicallyinfirm or disabled will be visitedby IEC staff on 16 or 17 May at theirhomes.Votersmayonlyvote in thevoting district where they are reg-istered.
For more information contactthe Independent Electoral Com-mission’s on its tollfree number080 011 8000.
Calling all Far South election candidatesTHE Fish Hoek Residents andRatepayers Association (FHVR-RA), in conjunction with the FarSouth Peninsula Community Fo-rum (FSPCF), is dedicating itsnext quarterly general meetingto election candidates who wouldlike a public platform fromwhich to address the local commu-
nity prior to the elections on 18May.
The Quarterly General Meetingwill take place on Thursday 12May at the Fish Hoek CommunityCentre at 19:00.
All election candidates fromwards 61, 64 and 69 are welcome toattend.
They will be given an opportuni-ty to briefly explain their stand-points, together with an opportu-nity for one-on-one discussionswith the public afterwards.
Contact Peter Kempster on (021)785-2456 or email [email protected].
Give a little bitTHE Simon’s Town CPF would wel-come any donation of items towardtheir boot sale on Saturday 7 May atthe Phoenix Hall, GlencairnHeights.
Electrical appliances should be inworking order and no clothes will beaccepted. Funds will be used to as-sist the local police and for commu-nity projects.
Please contact Jill Grant at (021)786-1491 or Roy Burnie on (021) 786-1806 for collection.
Crime meetingTHE annual general meeting of the Si-mon’s Town Community Police Sub Fo-rum (Sector 1) will take place at 18:30 onWednesday 11 May in the Phoenix Hall,Glencairn Heights.
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Fish Hoek’s ‘eyesore’ garageDALEEN FOUCHÉ
IN the six short months sinceits closure, the Shell petrol
station in Fish Hoek Main Roadhas become “an eyesore”.
The garage along with its shophas been closed since October 2010,when it was bought by a new owner,who is awaiting approval from theDepartment of Minerals and Ener-gy for his application to sell petrolon the site.
Marilyn Rimmer, a Fish Hoekresident, says the garage is “amess”. People are using it as an un-official parking lot, but do not park
in an orderly fashion, she says.“Drivers just stop anywhere,” shesays. Rimmer says the site has be-come a safety hazard. “There is atall sign that has fallen down onwhich people can trip and fall.”
She says the “unsightly” garagehas a bad effect on the image of FishHoek.
When People’s Post visited the siteon Wednesday 13 April, the site wasclosed up with bins, rocks, a fallensign and red tape to keep cars fromparking inside the property and inbetween the petrol pumps.
The petrol pumps were wrappedin red tape. Brian Herman, the own-er, says he was only given authority
over the site on Wednesday 13April. “Before that, Shell was re-sponsible for the site regarding allmatters.”
Herman says he will endeavourto get a cleaner for the site, but willhave to discuss it with Shell first,because itis a Shellfranchiseand hewouldneed theirpermis-sion.
Ghameez Munian, Shell’s districtmanager for the southern region,confirms the owner needs to apply
to the Department of Energy for apermit to sell fuel and that this proc-ess can take up to six months.
She says, however, that this ap-plication has taken longer than ex-pected.
“We are pushing the applicationand are hop-ing that itwill be ap-proved be-foreEaster,”Muniansays.
A petrol station owner selling pet-rol without a licence faces largefines.
Munian apologised on behalf of
Shell for the current state of theproperty, and says renovations atthe site will begin in May.
She says a new convenience shopwill also be installed.
“The Shell will be an asset forFish Hoek,” she says.
Herman says the Fish Hoek Shellwill become the second Shell garagein Cape Town to have the new ShellShop on the premises.
The staff for both the shop and thegarage are currently on training toensure the business runs accordingto “international” business andhealth standards. Herman is very“excited” about the opening of theShell garage. He currently lives inthe northern suburbs, but is plan-ning to move to Fish Hoek soon.
“I will be at the Shell garage ona daily basis and be a hands-on own-er.”
SAFETY HAZARD: This sign has fallen over and is being used as a barrier to keep cars offthe Shell garage premises. Photo: Daleen Fouché CLOSED: The Shell petrol station in Fish Hoek has been closed since October 2010.
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Far South residents recognised for achievementsTHE South Peninsula Subcoun-cil invited a variety of individu-als and organisations to its finalmeeting before the elections, atthe Fish Hoek Civic Centre onWednesday 20 April.
The occasion was to celebrate thegreat achievements and contribu-tionsmade to theFarSouthby theseindividuals and organisations.
Councillor Demetri Qually,chairperson of the South Peninsula
Subcouncil, handed out certificateson behalf of the subcouncil.
Among those honoured were theSimon’s Town National Sea RescueInstitute (NSRI), The South AfricanNavy in Simon’s Town, Friends ofthe Simon’s Town Library, Friendsof the Muizenberg Library, Friendsof the Fish Hoek Library, disastervolunteers from Fish Hoek and theFish Hoek Surf Life Saving Club.
Everyone enjoyed snacks anddrinks afterwards.
AldermanNicki Holdersness is retiring aftermany yearsof service tothe FarSouth. Sheis seen herewith councillor DemetriQually.Potos:Daleen Fouché
Sidney du Plooy (middle) is retiring after dedicating many years as an officialat the South Peninsula Subcouncil. He is seen here with Desireé Mentor,manager of the South Peninsula Subcouncil (left), and councillor DemetriQually.
Frank Johnstone (right) was recognised for his longinvolvement with key Fish Hoek matters. He is alsothe manager of the Fish Hoek City Improvement District. With him is councillor Demetri Qually.
Dr Robert Martell (right), head of False Bay Hospital, accepted an award on behalf of the hospital. With him is councillor Demetri Qually.
Bob Hahndiek (right) accepted an award on behalf ofthe Emergency Control Centre (ECC). With him isCouncillor Demetri Qually.
Judy Herbert (right) was honoured for involvement in KalkBay issues and her contribution, improvements to and management of the Lever Street Park in Kalk Bay. Here sheis congratulated by councillor Demetri Qually.
DARING: These youngsters braved the weather and ventured closer to this massive wavescrashing onto the pier at Kalk Bay harbour on Saturday 16 April. Photo: Chad Chapman
SCENIC SEA: This sunset image was taken on Thursday 14 April with the South Easter infull force on Noordhoek Beach, enhanching the “magic”, says photographer, Gwen Rea.
Tuesday 26 April 2011 NEWS People’s Post False Bay Page 5
ST police crack down on criminalsDALEEN FOUCHÉ
MEMBERS of the Simon’s Townpolice arrested two suspects oncharges of housebreaking andpossession of drugs in the earlyhours of Wednesday 20 April.
Constable Tshidiso Tsautse andConstable Themba Ngele were ontheir nightly patrol at 02:45 whenthey spotted a white VW Golf driv-ing in Glencairn Heights withoutany headlights.
The “suspicious” vehicle pulledinto a petrol station and the twoconstables confronted the occu-pants; two men, aged 21 and 40.
Inside the car the police found acomputer monitor, a computer, aPlaystation, GPRS and camerasworth about R15 000.
Captain Stephen Knapp, policecluster spokesperson says the sus-pects could not give an “acceptableexplanation” for being in posses-sion of the goods and were both ar-rested.
Police also found drugs in theirpossession.
Knapp says a careful study ofcrime pattern analysis led the act-ing station commander of Simon’sTown police, Captain DavidMalong, to encourage members ofthat shift to be “especially vigilant”during night shift patrols in the sta-tion precinct.
“An increase in housebreakings,especially during the night,was aconcern and action against thesethugs was urgently required,” saysKnapp.
Malong was “extremely pleased”with the arrests and confiscationsand has appealed to the owner of thegoods to come forward and identifythem.
He also appealed to the public notto hesitate reporting any suspi-
cious-looking vehicles or people tothe police.
He expressed his appreciation tothe members concerned and as-sures the public of ongoing at-tempts to eradicate crime in theprecinct.
The two suspects appeared in theSimon’s Town Magistrate’s Courtyesterday.
. A combined operation betweenPark Rangers, SANParks, Marineand Coastal Management and thepolice led to the confiscation ofshucked abalone, worth an estimat-ed R70 000, in the early hours ofWednesday 20 April.
This came after the authoritiesobserved activity in the vicinity ofSmitswinkel Bay at the Cape ofGood Hope Nature Reserve.
A white VW Kombi was observedloadingbagsof abalone.Thevehicle
was pulled off but the three occu-pants evaded the rangers and fledon foot.
The driver of the Kombi was ar-rested and three green bags con-taining 333 shucked abalone werediscovered in the vehicle.
Both the abalone and vehiclewere confiscated by SANParksrangers, who reported that therehas been an increase in abalonepoaching around the Southern Pe-ninsula.
This has necessitated ongoingjoint operations with all law en-forcement agencies.
The 26-year-old suspect was de-tained at Simon’s Town Police Sta-tion and appeared in the Simon’sTown Magistrate’s Court on Thurs-day 21 April.
The outcome could not be deter-mined by the time of going to print.
TOP TEAM: From left: Constables Styakholwa Tsautse, Themba Ngele, Tshidiso Jack and Thozama Sixishe with the shucked abalone confiscated duringa joint operation in Smitswinkel Bay. Photo: Supplied
TOTAL WRECK: This car crashed into the wall alongside the Main Roadbetween the Glencairn Quarry and Sunny Cove Railway Station ataround 20:30 on 19 April. The car was badly damaged, but the maledriver managed to escape the mangled wreckage and was treated onthe scene by paramedics from Cape Medical Response, EmergencyMedical Training and False Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Services. He was taken to False Bay hospital in a stable condition. The FishHoek Fire Department was on the scene to ensure the damaged vehicle was stabilised and did not pose a threat to passing cars.
Photo: Cassie Carstens
MOONLIGHT FUN: The Jungle Theatre group joined Safer Togetherfor the Muizenberg Moonlight Meander on Saturday 16 April, adding to the fun with drums, seaweed horns and this colourful Octopus made from reclaimed garbage. Despite a chilly wind, about50 people joined the walk. Manycarried garbage bags and did abeach cleanup as they walked under a beautiful moon. Seen hereis Seugnet Rumble, who camefrom Durbanville with a group offriends. Photo: Supplied
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Yonela sings herway to stardomDALEEN FOUCHÉ
A YOUNG Simon’s TownSchool graduate has been
accepted into UCT’s operatraining programme despitenever having received anyform of voice training.
Yonela Mabuto (17), who, untilrecently, lived in a shack withseven people in Philippi, graduat-ed from Simon’s Town School lastyear and started studying at UCTin January.
She grew up in the EasternCape and joined a choir, whereshe expressed her talent and pas-sion.
She had to move to Cape Townin 2007 because of financial diffi-culties.
Yonela says she realised earlyin her life that she needed to workhard to get ahead.
She won a bursary for mari-time studies while at high school.
Although she was grateful forthe chance to finish school, therewas no opportunity for her to fur-ther her interest in singing andopera.
But in 2010, Yonela was askedto start a choir for the Simon’sTown School hostel, after she per-formed at a farewell concert forexchange students from Germa-ny.
Marié Liebenberg, a part-timemusic teacher at Simon’s TownSchool, first heard Yonela singwith the school choir in Septem-ber last year.
“Her voice was unbelievable,”says Liebenberg.
Liebenberg was convinced thatYonela was taking singing les-sons, but later found out that shehad had no music training.
She says Yonela has an un-
trained voice, but has the poten-tial to become a “dramatic lyricalsoprano”.
Liebenberg organised a musicaudition for Yonela at UCT. “Weonly had three weeks to prepareYonela for her big audition,” saysLiebenberg.
Liebenberg put Yonela’s audi-tion songs on an MP3 player andshe practised every day.
“She worked extremely hard,”says Liebenberg.
“I was very nervous about theaudition,” says Yonela.
But all fears were set asidewhen Yonela was accepted intoUCT and told by her current voicetrainer that she had the potentialto become an opera singer.
Yonela is currently studying aone-year course in foundation op-era, and will then start her four-year diploma in opera training.
Yonela says she would not havemade it this far if she did not havea passion for music.
She says she is grateful to Lie-benberg, Anfra Beyers and LindaPhilips, who all helped her to or-ganise the audition and to trainand introduce her talent to theworldbyputtinga clip of her sing-ing on YouTube.
But Liebenberg says Yonelaneeds help with funding her stud-ies.
In response to her plea, the Si-mon’s Town Action Group – resi-dents whose aim is to support theschool – has taken it upon itselfto help raise funds for this pur-pose.
Jack London, chairperson ofthe group, says Simon’s TownSchool has pupils from many dif-ferent areas, includingMasiphumelele, Ocean View, RedHill and communities as far asPhilippi.
Londonexplains that pupils areusually from poor communities.But because the school is situatedinSimon’sTown,which is consid-ered a wealthy area, the schooldoes not receive much fundingfrom the Western Cape Depart-ment of Education.
He adds, however, that theschool is doing very well andachieved a 97% pass rate for theclass of 2010.
The Simon’s Town ActionGroup is appealing to the commu-nity to help Yonela reach her fullpotential and realise her dreams.
London says any contributionwill be welcome.
Yonela’s funds will be managedby the Simon’s Town School.
For more information on howto contribute, contact London on(021) 786-5537.
Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnXJZAmkZ_8 to viewYonela’s youtube clip.
ANGELIC VOICE: Yonela MabutoPhoto: Supplied
LEGENDS: The treknet fishermen operating from Fish Hoek Beach have become synonymous with the beach. Gwen Rea, an early morning swimmerat Fish Hoek Beach and photographer, says the fishermen are the hub ofthe beach and of Fish Hoek. “They are pivotal in the history of Fish Hoek,”she says. She says the trek fishermen were the first to run to Desmond Firth’srescue when he drowned after an apparent stroke last October (“FormerSquare Hill principal drowns”, People’s Post, 12 October 2010). “We oftenforget that they are without income when there are no fish about and regularly just need some ingredients for their morning coffee.” Seen here are GeorgeCameron (left), who has been a treknet fisherman at Fish Hoek for 38 years,and John Lewis, who has been with the crew for 31 years. Photos: Gwen Rea
Art imitating life in bronzeDALEEN FOUCHE
SIMON’S TOWN is best known forits penguins, the Navy and iconssuch as Just Nuisance, but in theart world, it is also famous for hous-ing the “best” bronze foundry inCape Town.
Bronze Age has been hailed in theart world as the best foundry inCape Town.
The foundry was first opened inSimon’s Town in the late 1990s byOtto du Plessis, and offers an indis-pensable service to South Africansculptors, transforming their origi-nal artwork, which is usually madefrom wood or wax, into a bronzesculpture.
The Bronze Age workshop is situ-ated behind the Simon’s TownTown Hall.
Bronze Age also boasts a func-tional art department, which pro-duces a range of unique furniturepieces.
“It is a mixture of art, design andfunctionality,” explains CharlesHaupt, co-owner of Bronze Age andhead of the functional art depart-ment.
The process of casting bronze isneither simple nor easy. Hauptshowed People’s Post around theworkshop and explained a bit aboutthe casting process.
He says it takes about 20 people,
working in different departments,to complete a bronze sculpture.
At the entrance of the workshop,two men were welding a life sizestatue in the likeness of a man lyingon his side and holding on to hisfeet, while the top part of his headis distorted.
The noisy workshop is filled withcraftsmen, dust, noise and heatfrom the oven.
Craftsmen were working on arange of different art works, includ-
ing those of Dylan Lewis, who isbest known for his life-sized bronzeleopards. Other noteworthy clientsinclude William Kentridge andDavid Brown.
“We approach each artwork dif-ferently, because each work has dif-ferent and unique requirements,”says Haupt.
He explains that this is whyBronze Age is known as the bestfoundry in Cape Town. “We havevery good relationships with our
clients,” he says.The first step in casting bronze is
to create a mould of the sculpture.Different products such as plas-
ter or fibreglass are used duringthis highly-specialised task. Thenwax ispoured into themould, to cre-ate a hollow wax replica of the origi-nal art work.
Thewaxcopy is then“fine-tuned”and any imperfections aresmoothed out and “gates” are add-ed, where the bronze will be poured.
The wax copy is then dunked intoa silica and then sand. This mouldis then placed in an oven until the
wax melts away. This creates thenegative space of the original artwork.
The liquid bronze is then pouredinto the shell. The shell is removedand the bronze sculpture is readyfor the final touches.
To cast bronze is not a cheap exer-cise, but Haupt says each artworkis quoted according to its unique-ness.
Charles says that Bronze Age willsoon be moving their workshop toWoodstock, but will use theirpremises in Simon’s Town as a gal-lery.
CREATIVE MIND: Charles Haupt, coowner of Bronze Age, is seen here inhis design studio in Simon’s Town. Photo: Daleen Fouché
TEAM WORK: The Fish Hoek treknet fishermen dragging their catch ashoreon Sunday 3 April.
ON THEBEACH: Thefishermenwith theirbeachedboat on Sunday morning3 April.
Opera training for a young hopeful star
THE ART: Craftsmen from Bronze Age finish touches on a bronze sculpturein the workshop in Simon’s Town. Photo: Daleen Fouché
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WIN WITH MOTHER’S DAY: Makethis Mother’s Day a memorable oneby celebrating at the beautiful Boulders Beach Lodge and Restaurant.With a blend of scenic beauty,breathtaking views from the terraceand irresistible dishes from the restaurant’s a la carte Pacific Rim cuisine menu, every mom will feel likethey’ve been whisked off to a treasure of a paradise. In association withBoulders Beach Lodge and Restaurant, People’s Post is offering onelucky mom and her family a lunchvoucher to the value of R500 to enjoyon Mother’s Day. To enter this fantastic lucky draw, SMS “Boulders” to34586 by noon on Thursday 28 May.SMSes cost R2 each; the winner willbe phoned.
DANCE FLARE: Fish Hoek Friends of Music will present Spanish dancers from the UCT Schoolof Dance in “An Evening of Dance” at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre on Friday 6 May from 19:30.The programme was put together by Fish Hoek resident Lindy Raizenberg, a lecturer and choreographer from UCT. Tickets cost R50 (children R10) at Valley Boutique in Valyland, or Biltong Barsin Main Road or Longbeach, or at the door. For more information phone Pat on (021) 7822252or Carole on (021) 7822282. From left are Beth Dutton, Lauren McGeorge, Megan Black andTeagan Desvaux Marigny.Photo: Supplied
Boot sale fundraiserA FOOD court and car boot sale fundraiserwill be held on Saturday morning 30 Aprilfrom 08:00 until noon at the parish carpark, St John The Evangelist Catholic
Church, on the corner of Kommetjie Roadand Sixth Avenue, Fish Hoek. For more in-formation and to book a stall, contact Mag-gi-Mae on (021) 782–9263 or 082 892 4502.
Take the chill out of winterFISH HOEK Eldercare invites you to“warm up for winter” at their annuallunch on Saturday 14 May aboard the Roar-ing Forties Cable Restorer in Simon’sTown harbour at 12:00. The cost is R150 per
person. For reservations contact AnnBishop on (021) 782-6123, 082 214 9304 oremail [email protected], or MaureenBurggraaff on (021) 782-4975, 082 749 4516 oremail [email protected].
Forum for the elderlyTHE elderly and their organisations inFish Hoek, Masiphumelele and OceanView are being invited to come togetherto launch a local forum to address com-mon issues. The event will take placeWednesday 11 May at the Fish Hoek Civic
Centre from 10:00 to 13:00. Presentationswill be made on the various services toolder persons and there will be an oppor-tunity for questions and discussion. Re-freshments will be served. Please phoneor fax (021) 789-0071 for an invitation.
Page 8 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 26 April 2011
Historic holidayTOMORROW (Wednesday) South Africanswill celebrate Freedom Day, a historic day fora country and people once divided along ra-cial lines.
Seventeen years ago, people of colour werenot allowed to vote and were subjected to op-pressive minority rule. They were forced tolive, fight and die in inferior areas and evict-ed from their homes. Barren District 6 is a tes-timony to the atrocities that characterisedApartheid.
Not all welcomed the changes that usheredin a new order while some elected to forgetthe pain of the past, focusing instead on thejoy and hope of the present.
Part of the present is the younger genera-tion, and it is both good and sad that theymissed out on the unrest of the ’70s and ’80s.Good, because many youth like them losttheir lives in the liberation struggle, and sadbecause today’s youth seem to lack a true ap-preciation for the privileges that come so ea-sily to them. They take for granted the privi-lege of having the political freedom to livewhere they wish, the privilege of attendingschools with world-class sports and academicfacilities and the privilege of having equal ac-cess to jobs. Sadly, most do not know enoughof our country’s troubled political past to tru-ly value what they have.
Of greater concern though, and an irony, isthat while we have the freedom our constitu-tion and a democratic government afford us,we are not really free. How can we be whenpoverty, unemployment, crime and violenceon women and children headline our exis-tence?
This should be the burning question as wereflect on our freedom tomorrow, as we standunited in celebration of all that we’veachieved; of what we’ve shown the world, andourselves. And so we should celebrate Free-dom Day by also honouring the unsung he-roes – the community workers and the police– who fight daily to ease poverty, joblessnessand crime.
Locals mind and Dassenberg mattersONE of the key issues in a decision-mak-ingprocess iswhether ornot thedecision-making authority adequately “appliedhis mind” to the matter at hand.
It is claimed that Pierre Uys did applyhis mind when he approved residentialdevelopment on the slopes of Dassen-berg.
What does this say about all the individ-uals, civics, local environmental NGOs,including the Far South Peninsula Com-munity Forum, the Wildlife and Environ-
ment Society of South Africa, the City ofCape Town, CapeNature and Table Moun-tain National Park all of whom/which ob-jected to the proposed housing develop-ment andhave significant concerns aboutthe EIA?
Did all these competent and respectedindividuals and organisations not applytheir minds? Why does their mindfulnessnot matter?KIM KRUYSHAAR, THE SCENICSOUTH
Time to pay the piperON Monday 4 April, Rocky (my boxer) and I(a human) made our usual way across FishHoek sportsfield towards Peer’s cave.
Then it hit us, the most beautiful sounds ofScottish bagpipes. Rocky stopped, cocked hishead to the side, not believing his luck.
I pinched myself, not sure whether I was inheaven itself or at least a step closer to it. Thebagpipe sounds followed us as we climbed toour favourite cave.
Rocky ran ahead, so he could stop to listenoften, in complete canine serenity. I stoppedoften too, for a change not to catch my breath,but rather to hear those powerful, moving
sounds.At the top, looking down into our beautiful
valley with the Atlantic and Indian Ocean em-bracing it from either side, the bagpipe man’sbeautiful notes found us yet again and gaveus an Oscar-winning, surreal movie moment.
Mr Bagpipe Player, I look forward to yournext session. Please don’t stop and if you everstart charging for this incredible privilege,Rocky and I will be first in line to pay. Withgreat gratitude, for a week starting on a bliss-ful note.UGA AND ROCKY CARLINI-VIDULINFish Hoek
No life without clean waterDEAR Tony Robinson, of course there aresome things worse than fracking, such asnuclear disaster, contaminated water,wholesale environmental destruction andrampant greed.
Royal Dutch Shell have alreadyachieved the latter three in the Niger Deltaand elsewhere without actually frackingat all. So why on earth would we trust themto behave with due diligence out of sight10 kilometres underground in our remoteKaroo? Imagine the outcry if they pro-posed to go fracking in Holland! Also, wedon’t trust our leaders to make wise deci-sions in managing nuclear power plants,so why should we trust them to be respon-sible and objective about fracking? Shellhad no trouble bribing Nigerian leaders toget at that country’s oil. They are even ac-cused of complicity in the murder of envi-ronmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa, who once
stood in the way of huge oil profits for afew.
All species on earth, including ours, cansurvive without gas and electricity, butnot without clean water.
There is no alternative to potable water,but there are many for power generation.The sunny Karoo is an ideal location forsolar and wind power.
Our powerful ocean currents can be har-nessed to drive huge turbines. Suchprojects would not threaten our water sup-ply, or interfere with the underlying geolo-gy of the earth’s crust.
They could also be undertaken labour-intensively, locally, without recourse tomultinational mega-companies whosegreed far outweighs their concern for oursmall blue planet.HILARY JACOBSSimon’s Town
DID YOU KNOW that Western CapePremier, Helen Zille, is a former jour-nalist and anti-apartheid activist,and famously exposed the truth be-
hind the death of Black Consciousness lead-
er, Steve Biko, while working for the RandDaily Mail in the late 1970s? She also workedwith the Black Sash and other pro-democra-cy groups during the 1980s. – (www.wikipe-dia.org)
Experience the wonders of DubaiI WOULD strongly advise that you put avisit to Dubai on your “Bucket List”, butnot at this time of the year as summer isstarting and temperatures will be rising toabout 50°C with 90% humidity.
We have just returned from a three-and-a-half-week holiday, having stayed withour daughter and her family who live inDubai.
Going up 124 floors to the viewing plat-form of the highest building in the worldin 60 seconds. Skiing down an icy slope inthe middle of a shopping mall, walkingaround the largest shopping mall in theworld with 1 200 shops, just to name a fewplaces out of many places of interest.
The buses, metro, pavements, etc arespotlessly clean and all the roads areflanked by colourful gardens which re-semble carpets of mauve, pink and whitepetunias.
The lawns are a brilliant green and theparks are fantastic and visitor-friendly.
All of the people who we met in allwalks of life we found to be very courte-ous and friendly and on the occasionswhen we got lost they went out of theirway to help us.
Dubai is definitely worth a visit and wewill be back.MAUREEN MICKLESFIELDFish Hoek
EARLIER this month, Julius Malema,ANC Youth League president, accusedDA leader Helen Zille of “dancing like amonkey” to get votes from the electorate.
Keeping such a keen eye on her moves,
Malema must have sat up and taken notewhen he heard that a field mouse hadscampered up Zille’s leg under her jeanswhen she visited his home town, Seshegoin Polokwane, on Thursday.
For Malema, the puzzle about HelenZille’s dancing might be solved and hemay now have one less wonder to ponderabout her before laying his head to restat night.
Tuesday 26 April 2011 LETTERS People’s Post False Bay Page 9
Your SMSesIn response
.The exit for Dassenberg into Ou KaapseWeg will be a moaner because look at howcars leaving Silvermine naval base battle toget out. It’s the same at Noordhoek Main Roadwhen a heavy vehicle comes over with a longtrain of cars behind. It’s quite frustrating toenter there.
. I could not agree more with Glenn Ash-ton’s letter about dogs and their owners notpicking up after themselves. Dog owners,start respecting those around you and do theright thing: pick up your rubbish! Michael,Lakeside
. In response to Ross Raubenheimer’s mes-sage about the circus: I know the McLarenbrothers and I’ve seen theway they treat theiranimals. They are treated in the best way andthey love those animals. Don’t judge beforeyou know the facts.
. Instead of Leon blaming everyone for hisperceived problems and venting his angeragainst the world, he should rather be grate-ful for all his blessings. There are people whowould love the opportunity to be a parent,even toanautistic child, andbe ingoodhealthlike karate champ Leon is. Smiley
General. I am sick and tired of people dumping in
Ocean View. Where is your self respect? Beproud of your town.
. I agree with Dee of Lakeside regarding“Another Victim”. Why is this woman’s de-tails not made public and her thievingstopped? I hope a case has been made.
. I am unsafe in my own house. The same
baboon with the tag and hole in the leg raidedmy kitchen and broke my neighbour’s win-dow. We phoned Baboon Matters, but therewas no answer. This is Da Gama Park and notBaboon Park. Gail
. Can the people in charge of putting upsigns on our roads to warn drivers to slowdown, also put up signs in Simon’s Town, Sea-forth and Boulders area? Just like you shouldslow down whilst driving in and around aschool, you should slow down driving whereyou know there are animals crossing the roadto get to their nests. I see too many peoplespeeding and almost driving over the poorpenguins! No matter how much you hate thefact that animals are around, they are hereto stay. So deal with it and let’s try to get alongand live in peace and harmony! We all needit! Nakita Cerff, Simon’s Town
Think about it. Three wind turbines erected in the valley
alongside the Clovelly golf course would getthe North Westerly wind winter and theSouth Easterly in summer.
. Why is the first ingredient listed onSaskobrown bread white flour? Are we being de-ceived? Jacob, Muizenberg
Why moaning matters. To the person who just moved to Cape
Town, we keep the Cape well run by moaningall the time. If you were a moaner where youcome from, you would not feel the need tocome to a well-run city.
By the way, welcome! Pat
Still goingstrongBORN in Cheshire in the UK in 1918,Ricky Peel (92) boasts good health that heattributes to all the good clean air that heenjoys on Fish Hoek beach during thesummer months when he visits here fromEngland.
Without fail he is on the beach at thecrack of dawn. As the water has notwarmed up much this season, he travelsby train and bus to take a swim in the poolat Sea Point around four times a week. Hesays he can’t swim his usual kilometresany more, so he does about 500m and thenrests and later swims another 300m. Peelcomes to South Africa for the summermonths by ship, but this time he is flyingback as the cruises are all fully booked.
Peel was a commander in the UK navyfor about six years and captained a ship.He says 20 years in Sri Lanka in the teaplantations with all the fresh air also kepthim going for so long, and says one shouldnot be sitting inside when there is a lifeto be lived. The rest of his time, Peel spent
in banking and stockbroking. I think we canall take a page from Ricky’s book to enjoy dai-ly exercise, fresh air and really live the goodlife, which he says is free.GWEN REAFishhoek
LIVING THEGOOD LIFE:Ricky Peelenjoying aswim on themorning ofSaturday 2April on FishHoekbeach. Photo:Gwen Rea
Blaring music a public nuisanceSO, Simon Fuller thinks I am a kill-joy be-cause I have objected to the loud music fromthe Red Herring Pub in Noordhoek?
What he doesn’t appreciate is that the re-duced levels he refers to are obviously due tothe complaints, affidavits and numerousphone calls I and many other people havemade over several years.
Ask the people who live in Mountain Roadand in Beach Road, opposite the Red Herring,who have been infuriated by the noise foryears.
What Fuller has also not been aware of, isthat as soon as the present owners took overthe pub, I had a meeting with them to appealto them to close their windows facing the
mountain, and to install a fan to clear thesmoke in the pub. They refused both requests.
I have said repeatedly that I have no objec-tion to the pub and soft music. What I objectto, is my evenings being ruined by live musicblaring over those of us who live in the vicini-ty, and the late-night rowdiness at the pub.I am absolutely convinced, from speaking tomy neighbours, that the noise is a public nui-sance. The ones who don’t mind it, live outof range.
By the way, the Red Herring has beencharged with noise pollution and will appearin court shortly.BEN TUROK MPNoordhoek
Let’s give the Herring a breakHAVE you ever fallen asleep in front of theTV with the sound blaring or gone back tosleep after your radio alarm has gone off?
Have you ever been to a party and seen achild sleeping on the couch with the party infull swing? Have you ever seen anyone fastasleep at a meeting?
Do you know anyone who lives next to arailway line, a main road or within metres ofa beach and yet has no problems sleeping atnight?
Noise should not keep anyone awake be-cause it is not the noise that keeps peopleawake but rather the annoyance that festerswithin because there is a perception thatsomeone is being inconsiderate.
Of course noise can be inconvenient – thescreeching of guinea fowl at the crack of dawnwhen you have a hangover is a noise nui-sance, and, let’s face it, oneof themost gratingsounds is the call of the hadeda. Noise nui-sance is very subjective and it would requirethe wisdom of Solomon to accurately definea noise nuisance.
A lover of classicalmusic is likely tobelievethat rap or hip hop music is a noise nuisance.(Theauthorities in theUKuse classicalmusicto chase away rowdy youth.)
I live in a semi-detached house surroundedon three sides by units with common walls;each unit has a deck on the roof that is usedto party on until the early hours in summer.I have learnt to be able to sleep with a greatdeal of noise late at night within two metresof my bedroom. It is certainly a lot louderthan the noise I hear from the road when Iarrive at and leave the Red Herring on a Sun-day evening. I believe that it all comes downto what is reasonable. It has been said thatresidents in Noordhoek were attracted to thesemi-rural character of the area and expectpeace and quite. It is true that to a large de-gree there is a semi-rural character to Noord-hoek, but it is equally true that the Red Her-ring is in the centre of a long-established busi-
ness hub. I find it hard to understand whysomeone who was seeking to have peace andquiet would choose to buy a house immediate-ly abutting an established business hub.
In my view the Red Herring has many fea-tures that make it an asset to Cape Town ingeneral. The Red Herring not only employsmany local people but it is also a place wheretourists can have the experience of mixingwith locals away from the rat race and highprices. On more than one occasion I haveshared a table with foreign tourists and madegood friends acting as an unofficial goodwillambassador for our country. Of course thereis noise but this is not a late night venue andas far as I am aware there is not amplified livemusic every night, and certainly on the eve-nings that I go there the amplified live musicstops at a very reasonable hour in my view.
People need to be considerate and tolerant.That does not only apply to the owners andoperators of the Red Herring, but also to thepatrons and to the people that live in the area.I would have a great deal more sympathy forsurrounding residents if the Red Herring wasa recent intrusion into the area that had beenthrust upon them but the fact is that the RedHerring is a long-established business. I haveseen how the owners have avoided using livebands and have chosen to use solo artists. Ihave seen how the amplified live music stopsat a time that I would certainly consider rea-sonable. I have seen the very prominent signin the Red Herring asking patrons to be con-siderate of their neighbours. It would be avery sad day if a venue that has brought somuch joy to so many and which has createdso many pleasant memories for foreign tour-ists is restricted from making reasonable ef-forts to create a financially sustainable busi-ness environment where people can have ear-ly evening entertainment in such a greatsetting.KENNY PHILLIPSKommetjie
Thanks for the supportMANY thanks to all who generously con-tributed to our National Sea Rescue Insti-tute (NSRI) Station 10’s annual street col-lection.
The collection was held on Saturday 19
March, from Kalk Bay to Simon’s Town,and we raised R4 800 – a record for Station10.DENNIS MCKILLENChairperson of Shorelink Committee
Of pigeons, politicians and pietyYOUR lens-person is either about to or hashanded you a picture of an overmass oldman and his wife Patricia feeding a numberof pigeons at the beach this morning atdawn [Unfortunately no such photo ar-rived, but this letter was so good we had toprint it regardless – Ed.].
This note is intended as a fact sheet to am-plify the truncated interview that followedthe shoot.
After a flock of some 50 pigeons gatheredat my feet, I was prompted to share withthem my theological insights. I expoundedon the glory of God and the magnificenceof his creation. The reaction of the birdswas most disappointing. The consensusview was that my theology was not fully de-veloped, fragmented and myopic.
I accepted the feedback with as muchgood grace as I could muster and launchedinto a lecture on the perils of litigation ex-penses – a subject that I felt I was more capa-ble of handling since it was the focus of bothmy education and years of practice. Theirresponse was to poo all over me. I must con-cede that their response is not inconsistentwith the general public’s response to legalfees.
After a frank interchange of views theyexplained that what they wanted was to be
treated like politicians. I must supply unlim-ited amounts of food and they will do the un-bridled eating.
The basis of our relationships has been es-tablished on these premises.RENÉ LION-CACHETFish Hoek
We have taken actionWE (Cape Boat and Ski Boat Club, MillersPoint) have been mentioned in media let-ters recently regarding our waste manage-ment system, in that it is a contributory rea-son for increased human-baboon incidents(“Open letter to the Baboon OperationalGroup”, People’s Post, 5 April and “Fred ‘lostall fear of humans’”, People’s Post, 12 April).
In 2002 the Cape Boat and Ski Boat club,at our own expense, erected a meshed wastebaboon-proof cage where all our refusefrom both the launch area car park as wellas our own precinct is deposited on a dailybasis. The allegation that we do not havesuch a facility is therefore untrue.
With regard to our blue polythene refusebins I must agree that these need to be up-graded to baboon-proof status. An email re-quest was made to the City of Cape Town’sSolid Waste Department.
They have sent us an application form,which we have returned and the promisehas been made that they will be deliveredwithin a week.
We await their delivery and hope thatthis City works for us.MALCOLM GRANT, ENVIRONMEN-TAL OFFICER FOR THE CAPE BOATAND SKI BOAT CLUB
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I SET them up, and then I sprang thetrap.
“How many of you can tell your parentswith a straight face that you are sleepingover at ‘Brian’s’ house, intending to sleepelsewhere?” With mischievous delight, anumber raised their hands. “And how manycan tell your parents that, without even atwinge of conscience?”
Fewer hands were raised.The trap was sprung.I suggested that if they could lie so con-
vincingly, without an inner wince and withno inner struggle, they were in trouble. Isuggested that their conscience had been de-sensitised; their inbuilt-God-given-ability todistinguish between right and wrong hadbeen blunted. They were deep in system-
malfunction.A snap debate produced two thoughts:
firstly, conscience malfunction comes fromsystem abuse. That lie, on the seventh tell-ing, no longer disturbs us. Secondly, the con-science malfunctions when it is loaded withcorrupted data. If you are brought up to be-lieve that lying under “certain circumstanc-es” is okay, then it is easy to disengage it en-tirely. One troubled pupil stayed behind.“Sir, I can lie like that to my parents and feelnothing. Can my conscience be made towork again?” I reassured her that it definite-ly could be resensitised. I hope she has suc-ceeded!
So just what is this reassurance? It is saidthat between stimulus and response lies theability to choose. Teens should place this lifeskill at the top of their shopping list. Giventime, most of us can isolate the correct re-sponse from the instinctive one that we top-
ple towards in the heat of the moment. Wefail to hit the pause button. We live to regret,at leisure, our incorrect response and itsconsequences.
Let me explain. When needing money forFriday’s party, one stumbles across cash ondad’s bedside table. Your instinctive re-sponse may well be to pocket it on the “un-derstanding” that dad earns thousands andwouldn’t miss it. Hit the pause button ... ex-amine your thinking. Go and ask dad for themoney. Sure, he may well say no, but youwill have done the right thing. Note to pa-rents. If after discussing the “pause-button”principle he comes, with a wry smile, andasks for the money…give it to him.
. Gavin Fish is principal of Fish HoekHigh School and writes Taming the Teenag-er columns to help parents and teenagersnavigate through the interesting and oftenchallenging teenage years.
Second chance for matricsMELISSA PAPIER
THE Metro South EducationDistrict (MSED) of the WesternCape Education Department(WCED) has announced itsplans to assist Grade 12 pupilswho failed last year.
The MSED said last Wednes-day that the department will berolling out a programme to en-courage unsuccessful 2010 ma-triculants to successfully com-plete their matric this year as
full-time candidates. Glen vanHarte, the MSED curriculummanager, says the district’s mat-ric pass rate last year was 76%.“This means that 1 600 pupilsfailed to receive their matriccertificate. What we found wasthat many of these pupils failedby 1% to 3% and we can’t affordto let these pupils slip throughthe system. “It is our view in thedistrict that we must allow thesepupils a second chance at ob-taining this precious certifi-
cate,” he said.This opportunity is only for
pupils within the Metro SouthDistrict, which includes FishHoek, Ocean View, Masiphume-lele, Kommetjie, Noordhoek andSun Valley. Former pupils wan-ting to participate in this pro-gramme must:
. Commit themselves to afull-time study programme for2011.
. Commit to attending tutori-al sessions during the holidaysand on selected Saturdays andafter school.
. Attend all lessons regularly
without absence.. Work closely with Dr John
Gibbon, who is the district’s pro-gramme manager.
“The district will support allpupils in achieving this goal. Wewill purchase the necessary sta-tionery and textbooks for pupilsin addition to supplying pupilswith teachers and tutors.”
The meeting will place on Sun-day 8 May and Monday 9 May atthe Lentegeur Hospital Audito-rium and the Ottery Hall, situat-ed at the Ottery Youth Care Cen-tre, at 10:00. Call Edith on(021) 370-2066.
Decipher theRosetta StoneJONATHONDOWNSwill speakon“Discov-ery at Rosetta: The Sword and the Stone” atthe next meeting of the University of theThird AGE (U3A) Cape Town at the Baxteron Thursday 28 April at 10:00 for 10:30.
For more information call (021) 531-5604.
Tuesday 26 April 2011 GENERAL People’s Post False Bay Page 11
Learning about artTHE Lalela Project, in partnership withMasiphumelele Library, celebrated Hu-man Rights Day on 21 March by paint-ing a mural on the walls of the library.
The painting of the mural was facilitatedby up-and-coming graffiti artist Max1Onefrom the Imaginarium in Cape Town. Thechildren from the three communities whoattend Lalela Project’s after-school art andculture programme took part in the cele-brations of the day. CEO of Lalela Project,Andrea Kerzner, also celebrated her birth-day with the children on the day.
Lalela Project is an NGO delivering after-school art and culture programmes to chil-dren from the Hangberg and ImizamoYetho communities in Hout Bay and
Masiphumelele in Fish Hoek. The projectis dedicated to delivering art and music-based educational experiences to childrenat the times when they are most at risk; af-ter school and during school holidays.
The aim of the programme is to exposechildren to the arts as a tool for positivechange. Students from the ages of seven to18 attend and are encouraged in self-expres-sion, team building, listening and concen-tration skills.
Lalela Project will be running an exten-sive winter holiday programme inMasiphumelele and Hout Bay during theJuly schoolholidays. If anyone is interestedin volunteering please contact Cat Rieperat (021) 790-1108 or email [email protected].
CREATIVECREW: Students fromLalelaProject expressingthemselves.
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Analysing the garrulous anatomyGAËTAN SCHMID will première his newshow, “Body Language”, at the Kalk BayTheatre.
After touring nationally and internation-ally for the past three years with the award-winning “Rump Steak”, Schmid moves fromthe food that delights us to the human ges-tures that unite us.
This time he explores the secret languageof the human body, which he says talks andtalks and talks.
The show analyses the provenance andthe hidden meaning of everyday gestures.
“Body Language” will be performed onTuesday 3 May then Wednesday to Saturdayat 20:30 until 28 May.
Tickets to the reduced-price preview onTuesday 3 May cost R55.
Between Thursday 5 May and Saturday 7May tickets cost R80 each for one, two orthree tickets and R70 each for four or more.
Opening night is on Wednesday 4 May.Tickets include snacks and wine and costR175. Tickets for the rest of the run cost
R110. For bookings call 073 220 5430 or visitwww.kbt.co.za.
CHIN UP: Gaëtan Schmid in “Body Language”. Photo: Supplied
College celebrates students’ achievementsFALSE BAY COLLEGE held its diploma andawards evening on Wednesday 13 April at the Mu-izenberg Pavilion.
A total of 201 students received certificates andprizes in recognition of their hard work and per-sonal successes.
The CEO Award went to Megeshen Naidoo, anOffice Administration student and 2010 SRC pres-ident at the Fish Hoek campus. “The array of tal-ents and achievements seen during the eveningis truly inspiring,” commented Sabelo Mali, Dep-uty CEO: Education and Training, False Bay Col-lege. Aruna Singh, Department of Higher Educa-tion and Training (DHET) director for curricu-lum development and support vocationaleducation and training, said Further Educationand Training Colleges were the “Cinderella” ofthe industry and would become the preferredchoice of students.
EDUCATORS: From left, Aruna Singh, Department of Higher Education and Training(DHET) director for curriculum development and support vocational education and training, Karen Hendricks, False Bay College deputy CEO of innovation and developmentand Sabelo Mali, False Bay College deputy CEO of education and training. Photo: Supplied
HONOURED: Megeshen Naidoo(left), who won the False Bay College CEO award, with CassieKruger, the CEO of False Bay College. Photo: Supplied
Wednesday 27 AprilFish Hoek: Due to the Easter weekend, theFish Hoek Writers’ Circle will not be meet-ing on Thursday 21 April. The meeting willbe held at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre at 19:30today, 27 April. Contact Sybil on (021) 782-3271.
Wednesday 4May
Fish Hoek: TheWomen’s Agricul-tural Associationwill be holding theirmonthly meeting atthe Fish Hoek CivicCentre at 09:30. Thetopic is “Needle-work”. Cover chargeis R5, which includestea and cake. Con-tact Pat James on(021) 782-2379.
Saturday 7 MayFish Hoek: TheMethodist Church inFirst Avenue, will behaving a craft mar-ket from 08:30. Therewill be lots of homecrafters and plantson sale. ContactYvonne on (021) 782-2687 or 082 685 2099.
Public Participation Process
CLOSURE OF KAOLIN MINE ON THE
REMAINDER OF FARM NO. 932, DISTRICT
NOORDHOEKNotice is hereby given of a Public Participation Process in terms
of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002.
Applicant: Serina Kaolin (Pty) Ltd.Description: The project entails the final decommissioning,
removal and rehabilitation of the Serina KaolinNoordhoek Mine and associated infrastructure.
Location: Remainder of Farm No. 932, District NoordhoekConsultant: EnviroSci Africa CC
All interested and affected parties (I&APs) are requested toregister as an I&AP and submit their comments before 25 May2011. The registration request should include your name, contactinformation and reasons for interest in the project. Copies of theClosure Plan are available from the consultants.
EnviroSci Africa CC
Contact details:PO Box 6164, Uniedal, 7612Tel: 021 – 889 9005 / 082 411 5995Fax: 086 518 2634E-mail: [email protected]
Help establish a volunteer fire baseTHE Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) saysthere is currently a severe fire risk in the FarSouth.
It believes a dedicated base in the area willhelp provide a faster response to wild firesthan is currently available.
Many of the mountains have not seen firesince 2000 – the bush is now as tall as it wasthen – and there are large areas that couldburn in the next fire season.
To make this base a reality, the VWS is ask-ing for help.
They need local volunteers to man the base,drive vehicles and to fight fires.
They will also require donations, becausethe new base would require a vehicle andequipment.
The VWS relies completely on sponsorship
and financial assistance.All training will take place at the existing
Newlands Base over the next six months to beready for the official fire season that begins on1 November.
The main training for fire fighting is doneover 10 sessions, of which five must be com-pleted.
Logistics training is not as physically de-manding or as involved as fire fighting train-ing, because the work is not as physically de-manding and is based in the control room.
For more information on assisting theplanned Far South base, contact the local VWSmember, Allan Roy on [email protected].
See more general information about the Vol-unteer Wildfire Services on their website:www.vws.co.za.
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Sharks crave winLOUIS DE VILLIERS
THE Stormers will have to stop a fewsturdy players in their tracks at New-
lands on Saturday if they want to stay atthe top of the Super Rugby series.
Not only do the Sharks sound cautiouslyoptimistic that Bismarck du Plessis will befit and ready to play against the Capeto-nians, but the storming flank, Jean Deysel,could also return to the team.
In addition, John Smit delivered a tidy per-formance against the Hurricanes as theSharks’ hooker.
Du Plessis is a football freak that wouldmake most teams, and the Sharks do not con-stitute most teams.
Tendai (The Beast) Mtawarira and WillemAlberts also looked sharp against the Hurri-canes on Saturday, which will make for a lip-smacking spectacle at Newlands for thosewho appreciate rough and ready rugby.
John Plumtree, the Sharks’ coach, justsmiled at the question of whether he wouldconsider Deysel, saying: “If he is fit.”
Deysel has played the past three VodacomCup matches, so this requirement is easilymet.
The Sharks coach is preparing for a diffi-cult mission. “I do not see much in it for usthat they had a bye this weekend. It will nothelp to hit at them for 40 minutes – it is moredifficult than that.
“There is more than enough at stake – bothteams will know afterwards exactly wherethey stand,” he said after the match againstthe Hurricanes.
According to him, his team will not be tak-
ing a leaf out of the Reds’ book.The Queenslanders are the only team that
could trump the Stormers this year and thisis largely the result of tactical kicking.
“The Reds’ recipe will not work for us. Wewill stick with what suits us. You can alsonot try to read too much into one match.”
An area of the Sharks’ play that concernstheir coach is their line-out work. TheSharks lost a couple of throw-ins – not a fatalerror, but their line-out possession was slop-py on the whole and put them on the backfoot.
“We tried out a few options, but it did notgo well. Our line-out work is currently notaccurate enough, and if we don’t urgentlyiron it out, the Stormers will put us underugly pressure.”
The former Stormers lock, Ross Skeate,was in themiddle of the line-out onSaturday,but was not an overwhelming success.
No-one knows better than the Capeto-nians, though, what the talented Skeate is ca-pable of, and Plumtree was also satisfiedwith his performance.
He singled out the contributions of his re-placements: Jannie du Plessis and KeeganDaniel, who were on the replacements benchfor a change but performed superbly duringtheir time on the field.
“Jannie and Keegan did very well and Adi(Jacobs) was as dangerous as always whenhe ran on from the bench. There is healthycompetition in the team.”
With the Stormers doubting the availabili-ty of fly half Peter Grant, an extremely im-portant cog in their defence, there is alreadythe prospect this week of a few feisty Sharksspecifically targeting this channel.
THIRD TRIUMPH: Olesya Nurgalieva of Russia wins her third Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon as Fikile Mbalula, the Minister of Sport and Recreation, follows to honour her at thefinish of the women’s race at UCT on Saturday. Olesya finished in a time of 3:33:58, whileher twin Elena – with three previous Two Oceans triumphs – placed second in 3:37:44, afterpulling up with a painful calf after 30 km. Two other gold medal winners from Cape Townwere eighthplaced Farwa Mentor and VOB’s Joanna Thomas, who placed 10th and firstmaster overall. George Ntshiliza of Port Elizabeth won the men’s marathon.
Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
GOLDEN TOUCH: New Balance Fish Hoek under14 surf lifesavers (from left) Jethro Bloch,Yushua Kimmie, Megan van der Horst and Simone Faulman won gold medals to help Fish Hoekwin the recent South African Nipper Championships at Strand. Fish Hoek staved off challengesfrom Durban Surf and King’s Beach (Port Elizabeth), who finished second and third respectively.
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