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ON THE ROCKS: The play of light on water made for a colourful night scene outside Harbour House in theKalk Bay Harbour on Saturday 21 May. Photo: Gerhard Slabbert

Far Southmovies:that’s a wrapDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE Ster-Kinekor in Long-beach Mall, which has been

a tenant at the mall since its es-tablishment 10 years ago, is clo-sing its doors in September.

Lynda Sterne, marketing mana-ger for Ster-Kinekor, confirms thatthe cinemas at Longbeach Mall willbe closing.

“At this stage no date has been setfor closure. When the date has beenconfirmed, we will be happy to givemore information,” says Sterne.

Sterne would not provide a rea-son for the closure.

Lamesa Modek, manager of Long-beach Mall, says Ster-Kinekor willbe “leaving the mall at the end ofSeptember”.

“It was their decision not to re-new their lease,” says Modek.

Previously, People’s Post readerscomplained in letters and SMSesabout the kind of movies screenedat the cinema (“South stuck withbad movies”, People’s Post, 15March).

Neither ofthe popularOscar-nomi-nated films“BlackSwan” nor“The King’s Speech” was plannedfor the Ster-Kinekor in LongbeachMall, which has five movie thea-tres.

This, however, changed oncereaders voiced their disappoint-

ment, and Ster-Kinekor decided toscreen both movies.

Further complaints centred onthe lack of marketing in the Long-beach Mall and in local newspa-pers.

Far South residents wanting towatch movies will in future have totravel to Blue Route Mall. The clo-sest Cinema Nouveau theatre is inCavendish Square.

Bridget Starbuck, owner of theMugg & Bean in Longbeach Mall,which is situated across the cine-mas, says she is very disappointedto hear about the closure.

“I am not happy about this, be-cause there is very little entertain-ment in the area,” says Starbuck.

She says the cinema “might” beclosing because it was not makingenough money.

“At times the cinemas were full,but at other times there would onlybe two people in a theatre.”

Starbuck says she is not sure howthe closure of the cinemas will im-pact on the Mugg & Bean.

“Perhaps it will have a negativeimpact onthe busi-ness.”

FhireKerrod, aFish Hoekresident,

says she heard the rumour that theSter-Kinekor was closing on twodifferent occasions.

She describes the news as “disas-trous”. Kerrod says the Ster-Kine-kor in Longbeach Mall is the perfect

place for children and families. Shesays mothers rely on places likethis, which offer a safe environ-ment for their children to have funin.

Kerron believes that there is noother place in the Fish Hoek Valleythat offers a safe environment forchildren and families in the eve-nings.

According to rumour, the Ster-Kinekor theatres will be replacedby a Fruit and Veg City outlet inSeptember.

This, however, could not be con-firmed with the greengrocer chain

by the time of going to print.Lamesa Modek, manager of the

Longbeach Mall, merely said “anexciting new major retailer” wouldbe taking over the Ster-Kinekorspace.

“We are working on a refurbish-ment of the centre, and have an ex-citing new major retailer joining uswho will be taking over the Ster-Kinekor space.

“Further announcements will bemade to the press in due course,”she said.

People’s Post asked the manage-ment of Longbeach Mall several

questions that remain unanswered.Some of the questions are:

. Has Ster-Kinekor provided anyreasons for closing the theatre inLongbeach Mall?

. Which retailer will be replac-ing the Ster-Kinekor?

. What does the refurbishment ofLongbeach Mall entail?

Kerrod says she is disappointedthat the community had no say inthis decision.

“The community needs to uniteand stand up against decisions likethese, otherwise we will never ma-nage to bring positive chance.”

Ster-Kinekor closes theatres atLongbeach Mall

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New safe house for Masi childrenDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE African Hope Trust, a Christian-based NGO that aims to address problemsfaced by vulnerable children and orphansin the Fish Hoek Valley and surroundingareas, opened the first of two safe housesin Masiphumelele last week.

The two houses, which opened on Satur-day 21 May, aims to create a home environ-ment for vulnerable children who have nofamily.

Each house will accommodate six chil-dren, and have a house mother who willtake on a parental role. The houses are situ-ated in Skinna Road, Masiphumelele.

The completed house already has its firstresident, Simphiwe, a 20-month-old boy,who cut the ribbon at the opening ceremo-ny on Saturday.

The principle around the workings ofthese facilities are based on an internation-ally-recognised model, developed by Homefrom Home, an established foster caregroup where the house mother is encour-aged to raise the children “as her own”.

Don Sayers, a trustee of African HopeTrust and facilitator for the two homes,says construction on the second house willstart next week.

He explains the trustees of African HopeTrust opened one house at a time to ensurethat they can handle all the challenges thatcome their way.

“So far it has been a very easy process,”says Sayers.

He says children can stay in the home in-definitely, or until a family member adoptsthe child, or the child’s own home environ-ment changes for the better.

Sayers explains that the African HopeTrust follows Department of Social Devel-opment guidelines when accepting a childinto the home.

“It is very tempting to receive everychild that comes to us,” he says.

But Sayers says only children with noother viable accommodation alternativewill be accepted. Sayers has experiencedfirst hand that some parents just refuse totake responsibility for their child.

The African Trust Fund is sponsored by

several churches in the United States andCanada. It will also receive a small grantfrom the Social Development for each childin its care.

Sayers says the homes need volunteerswilling to donate their time. He says, likeany other mother, the house mother some-times needs to be in two places at once.

He says they need people who are willingto look after the children when the housemother takes a child to the clinic or doesother chores.

For more information about the safehouses and the African Hope Trust, contactSayers on 084 900 6868 or Bill Eames, thechairperson of the trust, on 072 220 1115.

NEW BEGININGS: Rachel Madolo, the housemother for the African Hope Trust SafeHouse for Children, helps Simphiwe, the firstresident of the safe house, cut the ribbon atthe opening event on Saturday 21 May.

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Red Hill housingproject progressesDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE draft version of the Environmen-tal Impact Assessment Report (EIA)

for the Dido Valley Affordable HousingProject has been completed and is nowopen for comment, 10 years after the de-velopment was first proposed.

The housing project aims to provide morepermanent homes for the residents of theRed Hill Informal Settlement.

The project is planned for erven 4621 and448, situated in Dido Valley Road betweenGlencairn and Simon’s Town. The land isowned by the Department of Public Works.

The housing project of 8,03 hectares pro-poses to introduce 600 houses, a clinic, acrèche, church, a business node and a taxirank, along with the necessary roads and in-frastructure.

According to Louis de Villiers, a partnerof deVilliers Brownline Associates, the Envi-ronmental Assessors for the development,the City of Cape Town has submitted itshousing application to the provincial De-partment for Environmental Affairs and De-

velopment Planning. De Villiers says theCity would also need to gain rezoning andsubdivision rights on the erven. CouncillorSimon Liell-Cock says the aim of the develop-ment is to provide permanent housing to res-idents living in the Red Hill Informal Settle-ment. “There are no services in the informalsettlement,” says Liell-Cock. Liell-Cock saysthe housing development was proposed 10years ago. He says the reason for the slowprogress is because the land belongs to thenational Department of Public Works. “Na-tional and local governments do not alwayshave the same agendas.”

Liell-Cock says the negotiations betweenthe City and the Department of Public Worksare now complete, and the process is movingforward.Liell-Cock says that it is “absolutelyrequired” to provide housing and services tothe poor. The EIA report can be viewed atthe Simon’s Town Public Library in StGeorge Street, or an electronic copy can beviewed at http//dbass.biz. Comments on theEnvironmental Impact Assessment Reportcan be submitted in writing to deVilliersBrownlie Associates at dbass@icon.co.za by12:00 on 5 July 2011.

Another bust for OV policeOCEAN VIEW POLICE arrested a 50-year-old woman on Thursday 26 May and confis-cated drugs from her house in Masiphumele-le.

Warrant Officer Nkosikho Mzuku, spokes-person for the Ocean View police, says this“intelligence-driven operation” was alignedwith the provincial crime prevention strate-gy aimed at closing down all drug-dealers inWestern Cape communities.

Police “stormed the woman’s house inPokela Road and confiscated 18 big packetsof dagga, 72 dagga sticks and an undisclosedamount of money. The drugs have an esti-mated street value of R1 500.

This suspect appeared in the Simon’sTown Magistrate Court on Friday on chargesof dealing in dagga.

Ocean View Station Commander, Lieuten-ant Colonel Jacobus Augus praised policemembers for the success and achievement.

“Hard work, commitment and dedicationis what I always demand of my members, andthey didn’t disappoint me. Our aim is to closedown the drug dealers in Ocean View andMasiphumelele.

“We can only achieve this objective if thecommunity can continuously provide uswith information about crime, especiallydrugs.”

Ocean View residents can contact the sec-tor one manager, Constable Denver John-son, on 079 893 9823 with information.

Masiphumelele residents can contact thesector two manager, Constable Clive Meyer,on 082 522 2618.

THE BUST: In the front, from left, are Consta­ble Riedewaan Isaacs and Student ConstableMbudzeni Magodi. In the back from left areConstable Denver Johnson, Constable An­nelise Kelly and Warrant Officer Nolen van Nel.The confiscated drugs can be seen on the ta­ble. Photo: Supplied

Contact your ward councillorIF you are experiencing problems withinyour ward, contact your local ward coun-cillor.

. Residents living in Ward 61, whichincludes Ocean View, Scarborough,Misty Cliffs, Simon’s Town, Red Hill andFish Hoek south of Kommetjie Road, cancontact Councillor Simon Liell-Cock atthe subcouncil offices on (021) 784-200.

. Residents living in Ward 64, whichincludes Fish Hoek north of Kommetjie

Road, Kalk Bay, St James, Muizenberg,Lakeside, Marina Da Gama and Capri-corn, can contact Councillor Dave D’Al-ton on (021) 784-200 or email david.dal-ton@capetown.gov.za.

. Residents living in Ward 69, whichincludes Kommetjie, Imhof’s Gift,Masiphumelele, Faerie Knowe, Capri,Sunnydale, Sun Valley and Noordhoek,can contact Councillor Felicity Purchaseon (021) 400-1299.

Water supply disruptionsRESIDENTS of Fish Hoek and Simon’s Townwill experience a break in their water supplytoday, Tuesday 31 May, and tomorrow,Wednesday 1 June.

The water and sanitation department ofthe City of Cape Town will be installing addi-tional control valves on the water supplylines in the areas in order to better regulatethe amount of pressure on water pipes, andlower the risk of pipe bursts.

Residents of the Bayview Heights and BlueWaters suburbs and residents of Simon’sTown Main Road will be without water be-tween 08:00 and 16:000 on Tuesday 31 May.

Residents of Lower Kildare Road, Kinrae

Road, Orlando Road, Ivanhoe Road and Elev-enth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Avenue in FishHoek will not have water between 22:00 onTuesday 31 May and 02:00 on Wednesday 1June.

The City has apologised for the inconven-ience, and has requested that residents of theaffected areas store sufficient water for useand ensure that their taps are closed whilethe work is in progress to prevent any waterloss or damage taking place once the watersupply is restored.

A water tanker will be located at the Sparshopping centre should residents requireany water for domestic consumption.

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This month’s competition theme is“Postal Stationery and Postcards”.

For more information, please-phone Volker Janssen, the societysecretary, on (021) 786-1548.

Mysterious axe murderin SunnydaleDALEEN FOUCHÉ

A CLOUD of mystery hangs over themurder of a 72-year-old Sunnydale

resident, after police only recovered acrucial piece of evidence from the scenethree days after the man was killed.

The man was allegedly hit over the headwith an axe on Sunday 8 May at his homein Sunnydale, south of the Solole Lodge en-trance.

Warrant Officer Nkosikho Mzuku,spokesperson for the Ocean View police,confirms that the Ocean View police are in-vestigating the murder.

He says police arrived on the scene of thecrime to find the man “badly injured”. “Hewas rushed to hospital, where he passedaway.

“Ocean View police are investigating acase of murder,” says Mzuku.

Mzuku says that police “do not know” thecircumstances surrounding the man’sdeath because they are still waiting for thepost mortem report.

However, Aly Verbaan, who has been gi-ven power of attorney by the deceased’sdaughter to investigate the murder, says theman’s housekeeper found him lying in apool of blood with an axe next to his body.

Family members requested that theman’s name not be published.

Verbaan says that the man was not ingoodhealthandhadbeenbreathingwith the

aid of an oxygen machine.When family members and neighbours in-

itially received news that he had died, theyassumed that it was due to natural causes,and only later discovered that he had beenmurdered.

Verbaan says the post mortem confirmedthat it was not a natural death.

Verbaan, who was already in possessionof the post mortem report on Wednesday 25May, questioned why the Ocean View policeclaimed that they are still waiting for the re-port.

Verbaan says the only thing that was sto-len from the man’s house was his wallet.

She says the man’s daughter, who re-turned from Australia to South Africa, con-firmed that police only collected the axe, be-lieved to be the murder weapon, three daysafter the murder.

Ocean View police would not comment onthe matter.

Verbaan says a number of photocopied IDdocuments of women believed to be prosti-tutes were found by his daughter in hishouse, along with a list of telephone num-bers of the women.

She says the man’s housekeeper andhealth worker confirmed that he had regu-lar visits from prostitutes.

Mzuku says the suspects are still at large.“We appeal to anyone with information

on this matter to please contact the investi-gating officer, Warrant Officer Craig Phil-lips, on (021) 783-8300.”

In loving memory of Jo-AnneJO-ANNE RANDALL passed away on 29May after a stroke.

Her funeral service will take place onWednesday 1 June at 10:30, at the St Kiarans

Presbyterian Church in Seventh Avenue,Fish Hoek.

Forever in the hearts of Kim and SiobhanPennington.

Motorcyclist (64) crashes intocar at four-way intersectionANDRE BAKKES

A 64-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist was airliftedto hospital with serious injuries on Fridayafternoon, 27 May, when he collided withanother vehicle on the corner of KommetjieRoad and Ou Kaapse Weg.

According to Darren Zimmerman fromCape Medical Response (CMR), two re-sponse vehicles and an ambulance weredispatched to the scene, but the motorcy-clist’s injuries required that he be trans-ported to Life Vincent Pallotti Hospitalwith multiple fractures and lacerations.

“The man’s inju-ries were serious,but he was in a stablecondition when hewas sent to hospi-tal,” says Zimmer-man.

Warrant Officer Peter Middleton, spokes-person for the Fish Hoek police, says thatboth the car, which carried one occupant,and the motorcycle were heading in thesame direction when the accident oc-curred.

“Currently we only have the statement ofthe driver of the vehicle. She was travelling

on Ou Kaapseweg and wanted to turn rightinto Kommetjie Road when the trafficlights changed to orange,” he explains.

This is allegedly when the motorcyclistrammed into her car.

“We cannot draw any conclusions at thisstage, and still have to follow up with wit-nesses, so all we can confirm is that we areindeed investigating a case of reckless andnegligent driving,” says Middleton.

When asked if the intersection, a four-way stop is a dangerous one, he replied:“It’s not really a problem. Drivers must,nonetheless, prepare to reduce speed when

they approachthe intersection.An orange lightmeans caution.People some-times see it as anopportunity to

speed up.”Spokesperson for Life Vincent Pallotti

Hospital, SusanScholtz, couldnot reach theman’s family at the time of going to print,and was therefore not at liberty to revealanything other than the fact that the manis in the intensive care unit and that he isin a stable condition.

MERCY MISSION: One of the AMS helicopters transported a motorcyclist to hospital onFriday. Photo: Chad Chapman

ZUBEIDA JAFFER will speak about hernew self-published booklet, “Not byDread Alone”, in which she gives herthoughts on journalism, at the SunnyCove Manor Guesthouse (corner of Peterand Solveig Kjeseth streets) in Fish Hoekon Sunday 5 June.

Herpublicationhonours thememoryofJohnny Issel, struggle hero, United Dem-ocratic Front founder and recipient of theOrder of Luthuli.

Issel lived in Muizenberg.The booklet deals with the role of a free

press in democratic South Africa, thethreats to this freedom, aswell as the limi-tations of such freedom.

Jaffer will also speak about the issue ofeconomic justice in South Africa’s youngdemocracy.There will be time for ques-tions and discussions afterwards, includ-ing one on the situation of Masiphumele-le. Snacks and refreshments will beserved.Attendees must be at the guest-house at 15:00 for 15:30, and it will finishat 17:30.RSVP with Horst Kleinschmidton (021) 788-2174.

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Standard Bank sticks to its gunsMUIZENBERG business

owners held a meetingwith decision makers withinStandard Bank at Knead Bakeryon Thursday 26 May, to discussthe bank’s decision to close downits Muizenberg branch.

The meeting was called for by agroup of concerned business peoplein Muizenberg, but it appearedquite early in proceedings thatStandard Bank was not going tochange the decision to remove itsagency branch from Muizenberg(“Muizenberg’s last bank shuts upshop”, People’s Post, 17 May).

Most of those present at the mee-ting banked with Standard Bank,

and felt that this was a huge “dis-service” to the community of Mui-zenberg.

“It would impact on our busi-ness,” said Trevor Johns, a Muizen-berg business owner. “I do businesswith the branch daily.”

The nearest Standard Bank is inFish Hoek or the Blue Route Mall,which means that customers musttravel at least half an hour in thetraffic and then spend another inthe queues at either branch.

Myles Spolander said that Mui-zenberg was being improved.

He mentioned that the recently-installed CCTV cameras had al-ready reduced crime in the village.

Peter Wright, member of the exe-

cutive committee of the Muizen-berg Improvement District and abusiness owner, says he under-stands why Standard Bank madethis decision, but pleaded withStandard Bank to reconsider.Wright offered to help with promo-ting the bank should the decision bereversed.

“Tourism has picked up over theyears. Visitors are forever askingwhere they can exchange their for-eign currency,” Wright said.

Muizenberg stalwart, GeraldMusikanth, chairperson of theFalse Bay Tourism and BusinessAssociation, told the meeting thatthere were five pharmacies 20 yearsago and one surf shop. Today there

are five surf shops and one pharma-cy. “All the banks which had bran-ches in Muizenberg seem to havekilled the chance to expand theirclientele.”

Today there are over 15 coffeeshops and small businesses aregrowing in number. There are twoSunday markets and a Fridayevening market – all thriving.

Localward councillor,DaveD’Al-ton, questioned the service of thebank, and felt that Standard Bankwas simply out to make money andnot serve the people.

He cited an example of having topay R12,50 in bank charges for aR200 cheque into an account at thebank that had over R35 000 in it.

After coffee, for which StandardBank paid, the meeting broke upwithout planning a farewell partyfor the bank, which pulls out of thearea at the end of May.

Ross Linstrom, spokesperson for

Standard Bank, says StandardBank was thankful for the opportu-nity to have met with some of thebusiness owners of Muizenberg.

He says the meeting gave Stan-dard Bank the opportunity to ex-plain the “business rationale” forthe decision to close down the Mui-zenberg branch.

A petition has been signed andmore protests are on the cards.

To sign the petition, call HoldiFord on (021) 788-5702 or DorothyJohaardien on (021) 788-2745. Pro-testers have also been invited to goto the Standard Bank Facebookpage and write their concerns ontheir wall.

Johaardienn suggested that anyStandard Bank shareholders livingin the area voice their displeasureby signing the petition.

. Information for this article wassubmitted to People’s Post by DavidMulle, who attended the meeting.

NEGOTIATING: A group of business owners listening to Johan Van Wyk ofStandard Bank explaining the bank’s withdrawal from Muizenberg. From leftare Graham Benn (Standard Bank), Johan van Wyk (Standard Bank), GeraldMusikanth (chairperson of the False Bay Tourism and Business Association),Peter Wright (member of the Muizenberg Improvement District and businessowner), Tess Wright (business owner), Trevor Johns (Prima Motorcycles)and Councillor Dave D’Alton. Photo: David Muller

WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS: A group of residents held a protest in front of the Standard Bank in Muizenberg onTuesday 24 May. Standard Bank was the only bank with a walk­in branch in Muizenberg, and residents protestedagainst the closure of the branch and “the loss of jobs that will follow”. The closure of the bank was reportedon in the 17 May edition of People’s Post (“Muizenberg’s last bank shuts up shop”, 17 May). Photo: David Muller

How to apply for a liquor licence

Weekendof wisdom

THE Western Cape Liquor Board isinviting all community memberswho are interested in having legaltaverns in Ocean View andMasiphumelele to an informationsession on how to apply for a validliquor licence.

The meeting will take place onWednesday 1 June from 19:00 to21:00 at the Ocean View Multi-pur-pose hall.

For more information, phone theOcean View Police Station on (021)783-8300.

Musical treat in Ocean ViewTHE Izivunguvungu Youth Bandand the Ocean View Dance Groupwill host a concert at the highschool hall at 18:00 on Friday 3

June. Admission is R10 for adults,while children under 13 pay R5.Contact Margaret Kindo for moreinformation on 084 908 1770.

Embracing the elderlyTHE Fish Hoek Valley HistoricalAssociation’s monthly meeting willbe held at the Fish Hoek LibraryHall on Thursday 8 June at 18:00.

Mary Turok, of the Western CapeForum of Older Persons, will dis-

cuss “Old people – past andpresent”.

All are welcome.For more information, contact

Mieke Gordon on (021) 782-5864 (tel-ephone/fax).

APPLES of Gold Minis-tries invites all moth-ers to attend their campat Simonsberg from 3till 5 June for a week-end of stimulating talkson mothering and mar-riage. Enjoy some old-fashioned nurturing asolder women sharetheir experience withyounger parents.

The cost is R330 forthe full weekend, in-cluding all meals andteas.

For more informa-tion, phone Christineon (021) 782-4485 or079 223 9635.

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE: This house in Emerald Crescent, Fish Hoek,caught fire on Thursday evening. The Fish Hoek and Simon’s Townfire stations responded to an emergency call at 17:55 with two fireengines, one water tanker and an emergency car. Theo Lane, stationcommander for the Fire and Rescue Command and Control Centre,says the fire was caused by an electrical fault, and was extinguishedby 18:33. No injuries were reported. Lane says the roof of the housefell in, but some of the walls were still standing. “There was significantdamage to the house and its contents.” Photo: Don Baker

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Fish Hoek not immune to prostitutionDALEEN FOUCHÉ

PROSTITUTION is generally consi-dered one of the world’s oldest profes-

sions, and even the dry town of Fish Hoekis not immune to this age-old practice.

Frank Johnstone, manager of the FishHoek City Improvement District (CID), saysprostitutes are found on every main road ofevery suburb.

He says prostitutes are present in the FishHoek CBD, but adds that the situation has im-proved in recent years.

He says having security deployed in theCBD has improved the prostitute and vagrantproblem. However Johnstone says only thepolice can make a “real arrest” – and onlywhen prostitutes and their patrons are“caught in the act”.

He says police cannot arrest a person forstanding on a street corner, but can only askthem to “move along”.

Warrant Officer Peter Middleton, spokes-person for Fish Hoek police, says prostitutionis policed under the Local Authorities Act of

1974, which prohibits “loitering for the pur-pose of prostitution”.

Middleton says it is very difficult to provethat a person is a prostitute, without a state-ment from a witness or a victim of a crimestemming from prostitution.

He says he cannot say how many prosti-tutes frequent the Fish Hoek CBD, becauseone cannot always differentiate between a va-grant and a prostitute. Middleton explainsthat some people are loitering for the purposeof begging, but may resort to prostitutionwhen they are desperate. Johnstone says theFish Hoek prostitutesare “very clever”. Hesays they stand inplaces where theCCTV cameras can-not “see” them.

Johnstone says heis not aware of any pimps in Fish Hoek, butdoes not rule their presence out entirely.

“There is not big money to be made out ofprostitution in Fish Hoek”.

But Johnstone says as long as there is amarket for prostitution, these workers will

remain. Johnstone has been approached byprostitutes during his nightly walks throughthe Fish Hoek CBD, but he says when theyrealise who he is, they turn around and walkaway. Middleton says that the Fish Hoek po-lice areawareof prostitution in theFishHoekCBD.

He says there have been complaints aboutit occurring in the Main Road.

However, he points out that according tothe constitution, all people have the right tomove around freely.

Therefore a person cannot be arrested forsimply standingaround.

Middleton says ifmembers of the com-munity see a prosti-tute being solicitedand are willing to

make a statement, the case and person in-volved can be investigated.

“If people point out what they see, the po-lice can start addressing the issue.”

Middleton says people who solicit a prosti-tute are also breaking the law. “They are par-

taking in a criminal activity and contribut-ing to crime.” Middleton adds that many “cli-ents” become victims of crimes such as pettytheft, and are “too ashamed” to report it tothe police.

He agrees with Johnstone’s opinion, sayingthat he is not aware of any pimps working inthe Fish Hoek area.

“It seems that most of the alleged prosti-tutes have boyfriends, who may also be theirpimps, but it does not look like an industryrun by one pimp.”

René Franclin, a volunteer counsellor atthe Ocean View police trauma room, says themain drive for people to become prostitutesis money. She says a person who strugglesto find work and who has to take care of a fam-ily may resort to prostitution. Franclin addsthat drugs are also a contributing factor. Shesays many people cannot afford their drughabit, and then turn to prostitution. Othersmay not use drugs, she says, but when theybecame prostitutes, they eventually start us-ing drugs to cope with the emotional conse-quences. Franclin says this is true of bothmen and women in the industry.

Page 6 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 31 May 2011

LOST: This baby seal, that was sepa­rated from its colony, was seen onFish Hoek Beach two weeks ago.Ros Raubenheimer, who encoun­tered the seal, says he alerted theSPCA, but the animal swam away be­fore the SPCA arrived. “It seemed toenjoy the company of the beach­goers talking to it, because theywere all sensitive and did not intrudeon its space,” says Raubenheimer.

Photo: Ros Raubenheimer

TA­DAH! Chanel Ponto Law­rence Seymour and KefilweMoadira celebrate theirsuccess in a recent bakingclass presented by FishHoek resident Nikki Green,who runs Back2Basicscooking classes from herhome. Photo: Supplied

A WORLD OF WONDER: The South PeninsulaHandcraft Centre put on a glorious display of hand­craft at its popular annual exhibition, this yearcalled “The Wonder Emporium”, held at the FishHoek Civic Centre from Wednesday to Saturdaylast week. The exhibition was officially opened onTuesday night by Cape Argus Tavern of the Seascolumnist and Fish Hoek resident, David Biggs (inphoto). In his speech, Biggs celebrated the beau­ty and talent of handcraft, noting that through allthe ages, people have wanted to decorate theirsurroundings to enable a softer and more aesthet­ic way of life. The exhibition showcased a fantas­tic array of crafts, from handmade flowers throughto blankets, cushions, quilts, papercraft, jewel­lery and mosaics, among others. Seen here withDavid Biggs is Annelize van Reenen, chairpersonof the South Peninsula Handcraft Centre.

Photo: Supplied

Tuesday 31 MayFish Hoek: The monthly meeting of the As-tronomy Club will be held at the Fish HoekCivicCentre at 19:30. The topic presentedwillbe “Lunar Eclipses” by

Alan Mitchell. Members pay R5 and visi-tors R10, which includes a star chart andlight refreshments.

Contact Wolf Lange on (021) 785-3713.

Wednesday 1 JuneZandvlei: The Zandvlei NeighbourhoodWatch Group meets at 19:00 at the ImperialYachtClub. PhoneDeeTerblanche, the chair-person, on 072 583 2990.

Thursday 2 JuneMuizenberg: The University of the ThirdAge in False Bay will be holding their nexttalk at the Muizenberg Pavilion at 09:30 for10:00. The topic is “Journey of a Sangoma”with Matthew Cooke. All are welcome andentrance is free. Contact Peter Rickards (021)788-9469.

Friday 3 JuneSimon’s Town: The Jay School of Art willbe holding a progress exhibition of students’paintings in the Simon’s Town Library hallat 19:30. Food and wine will be on sale. Paint-ings are “reasonably” priced and pottery willbe on display. Contact Janice on 082 770 2908.

Muizenberg: The Masque Theatrepresents “Razzle Dazzle” – the show that in-corporates memorable songs and dancesfrom broadway musicals at 20:00. On Satur-day 4 June at 14:30 and 18:30, and Sunday 5June at 15:00. A special price of R50 on Satur-

day and Sunday matinees for pensioners andMasque Theatre members. To book call Com-puticket or (021) 782-8976.

Saturday 4 JuneSimon’s Town: The Homemade Shoppemorning market will be held in the old li-brary hall from 09:00 to 12:00. Cakes, food andcrafts will be on sale. Contact Susan on073 213 8887 or (021) 783-2244.

Fish Hoek: A Fish Hoek Girl Guide Fêtewill be held at the NG Kerk in KommetjieRoad. Contact Sharon on 082 852 8894.

Fish Hoek: A craft market will be held atthe Methodist Church in First Avenue at08:30. There will be lots of crafters and plantson sale. Contact Yvonne (021) 782-2687 or 082685 2099.

Wednesday 8 JuneFish Hoek: SAARP will be hosting a talk andpresentation by the Fire and Rescue Servicesat its monthly meeting at the Fish Hoek CivicCentre at 10:00.

Tea will be served, and all are welcome.Members pay R2 and non-members pay R5.

SAARP membership offers over-50s andpensioners monthly meetings, social activi-ties, outings and trips away. Contact theSAARP office on (021) 782-2719 from 09:00 to12:00 (closed Wednesdays).

Thursday 9 JuneFish Hoek: The Fish Hoek Valley HistoricalAssociation’s monthly meeting will be heldat the Fish Hoek Minor Hall at 18:00. MaryTurok, of the Western Cape Forum of OlderPersons, will discuss “Old People – Past andPresent”. Contact Mieke Gordon on (021) 782-5864.

Every Tuesdays and FridaysFish Hoek: Join “Dancercise For Over 55s”at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre from 10:00 to11:00. Get fit, have fun and feel alive. ContactDee on (021) 786-4148 or 082 734 8345.

THE educational conference in Muizenbergon 7 June that blends business economics,maths and science with whales and dolphinshas attracted some top class speakers whowill present 20-minute papers on a variety oftopics. New to the line-up are Dr LeonieHofmeyr-Juritz, who will speak on whale vo-calisations; Dr Ken Findlay of UCT, who willspeak on “Counting whales: how we do whatwe do”; and Lesley Rochat of AOCA, who willshowcase spectacular underwater footage onspotted dolphins snapped on a recent trip tothe Bahamas. They join, amongst others, Me-redith Thornton of the Mammal Research In-stitute, who will present a paper on photo-identification of cetaceans: who’s who andhow many are there? The key note address –“Balancing the Equation” – will be given byDr IanMcCallum, thenoted environmentalistand author of “Ecological Intelligence”. Hisspecial interests focus on what we learn aboutourselves from animals.

The conference is “a dive into the wateryworld of whales, dolphins, mathematics andscience” and is an initiative to promote math-ematics by the African Institute for Mathe-matical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre(AIMSSEC), The Cape Town Science Centreand A Whale Of A Heritage Route(AWOAHR). The event, which will be openedby scenario planner and strategist Clem Sunt-er by means of a conference call, also featuresan epic poem and plea for whales - HeathcoteWilliams’ Whale Nation - read by David Mull-er of The Zandvlei Trust.

Nedbank is the lead sponsor for the eventand the sponsorship has created a great op-portunity for some less privileged people toattend and hear first-class presentations onmathematics and science as well as the magicof these graceful mammals.

Phone Alan Lindner of AWOAHR on079 391 2105 if you would like to participate ormake a contribution in any way.

Top-class speakers on the menu

The epitome of funny walksANDRE BAKKES

THE idea was to waddle like a penguinfrom Gansbaai to Simon’s Town, butthere is a reason why humans are notmeant to waddle. We just don’t have mus-cles in the right places.

Those who did participate in this AnimalKeepers Association of Africa (AKAA) pen-guinawareness campaign, certainly felt paininmuscles theynever thought theyhadafter-wards, so their attempts have not gone unno-ticed. Thousands of cars hooted as theypassed them by, so the campaign was a mon-umental success – with the emphasis on men-tal.

The “waddle” started in Gansbaai lastMonday, when participants walked 20km toStanford. Then over the next few days theywalked 24km to Hermanus, 23km to Klein-mond, 29km to Betty’s Bay, 10km to Strand,and then finally on Saturday, they walked15km from Muizenberg to Simon’s Town.

Boulders Beach Lodge’s staff, some clad inblack and white, joined the waddlers on Sat-urday.

Janine Genade, general manager of Boul-ders Beach Lodge and Restaurant, says theywork in penguin conservation, and have hada hand in organising the Simon’s Town Pen-guin Festival for the past 11 years.

Genade was one of the only waddlers towear a suit, and even though it was rainingalmost straight through on Saturday, hersuit kept her pretty warm. “To tell you thetruth, you can probably scramble an egg inthis suit right now,” she said, with five kilo-metres to go.

Needless to say she was ecstatic when thatmorning’s “rain dances” paid dividends. Ge-

nade also joked by saying that she had eatensquid that morning, “to get into the mind ofa penguin”.

One of the organisers, Haley McLellan, abird trainer at Two Oceans Aquarium, saysthat this is the first AKAA project, and thatthey will focus on a different animal everyyear. “Myself and Gabriel Harris from Sea-world in Durban only started organising thisabout six weeks ago, but everything has fall-en into place,” she says proudly.

Everything apart from the waddling, ofcourse, which was “all over the place”.

She quips: “It would’ve taken us six weeksto complete if we had to waddle!”

According to her the support they receivedfrom the public was “phenomenal”.

Penguin Promises website sums it up: “Weare enlivened by the support we have had,because it is testimony to the fact that us hu-mans are looking for a life that works for thisplanet. Another beautiful day in paradise.”

AWARENESS: Penguin­lovers walked fromGansbaai to Simon’s Town in the past week.

Photo: Andre Bakkes

WHAT A HOOT:Penguin­loversreceived “phe­nomenal” sup­port from pass­ing drivers.Photo: Andre Bakkes

Tuesday 31 May 2011 NEWS People’s Post False Bay Page 7

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Never too late to learn about agingTHE 22nd Managed Aging Seminar will takeplace from 10:00 to 11:15 on Friday 10 June inSt Margaret’s Church Hall, Kommetjie Road,in Fish Hoek.

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A clean slate for Ocean ViewA NEW project, appropriately namedGraffiti Solutions, aimed at removingunwanted graffiti, was launched at theOcean View Civic Centre on Thursday 26May.

The project is the corporate social invest-ment project (CSI) of Freeworld, the mothercompany of Plascon, Earthcore, Midas,Hamilton’s and RemovAll, and is being un-dertaken in conjunction with the City ofCape Town.

Nicki Holderness, former ward councillorfor the area, says she raised concerns aboutincreasing graffiti, especially on civic andpublic buildings, in Ocean View. She saysnormally the maintenance team for theOcean View housing team paints over graf-fiti on smooth surfaces.

This solution, however, could not be ap-

plied to red brick buildings.The team from Freeworld started remov-

ing the graffiti on the civic centre, libraryand other buildings. The team then movedon to the Ocean View graveyard.

Alvin Castro, creative director for theYouth Development Organisation and ArtVibrations Incorporated, raised concernsabout a lack of platforms for graffiti artiststo create art work and to express them-selves.

Castro and Andrew Pollock, marketingconsultant for “Graffiti Solutions”, alongwith ward councillor, Simon Liell-Cock, al-so discussed cooperation between Free-world, graffiti artists and council aboutbeautifying beautify council buildings.

Freeworld supplied the removal productsand labour for no charge for the duration ofthe project.

Eastlake craft marketTHERE will be a fresh approach to the East-lake Craft Market this month. Marina DaGama crafters will have a range of Father’sDay gifts to choose from.

Browse through the crafts on Saturday 4

June at the Eastlake Village Centre, East-lake Island, Marina Da Gama.

The day begins at 09:00 and runs until15:00. Contact Iona Spalding for more infor-mation on 082 896 1499.

CLEAN­UP: Sibosiso Tubela, a graduate from Freeworld’s Painting Academy, applies the envi­ronmentally­friendly paint removal product to remove unwanted graffiti in Ocean View.

Photo: Daleen Fouché

Page 8 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 31 May 2011

The upside-down worldof dirty old EskomTONY ROBINSON

IN a recent column welooked at solar water heat-ers and how they could saveR300 a month on your elec-tricity bill. Now let’s turn allthat upside down and look atit from the point of view ofthe municipality and Es-kom.

Every solar geyser in-stalled means a saving foryou and a loss of roughlyR3 500 a year in income forthe City of Cape Town. Athousand installations willtake the annual loss in revenue to R3,5 mil-lion.

Cape Town, however, has a populationin excess of three million, so the idea of so-lar panels on 250 000 roofs is not unreason-able, but itwould cost theCityR875 milliona year in lost revenue at today’s prices.Next year the figure will top the billionrand mark. And that will make a huge holein the municipal budget!

Less than 10% of the country’s popula-tion lives in Cape Town, so we can multiplythe local figure by 10 and that means a po-tential loss of R10 billion a year for munici-palities across the country. The Eskomshare of the loss would probably be R5 bil-lion or R6 billion.

Solar water heaters are something of anightmare for the municipalities and Es-kom.

Of course they have to make the rightnoises, so Eskom tells us to tweak the gey-ser temperature, use fluorescent lights andnot to put too much water in the kettle tosave electricity.

What we are seeing, folks, are conjuringtricks. A big distracting fuss over little

things like keeping thefridge door closed whilegreat and highly profitableamounts of electricity con-tinue to be consumed byelectric geysers.

The national energy plansays demand side manage-ment has barely scratchedthe surface of the potentialsaving. And then it ignoresthe obvious benefits and pre-dicts a huge increase in de-mand and the desperateneed for half a dozen nuclearpower stations.

If the government was se-rious about the energy crisis there wouldbe a plan to phase out the pure electric gey-ser over, say, five years. Perhaps even a taxon electric geysers to subsidise solar waterheaters.

The other evil in Eskom’s nightmare isgas. A combined cycle gas power stationwould be cheaper, cleaner and more effi-cient than anything Eskom is buildingnow. Even worse is that it would open theway for a reticulated supply of natural gasto industrial areas, and make it possiblefor many factories to use gas for their proc-ess heat. And Eskom would lose major cus-tomers.

In fact, three plans for gas power stationsin the Western Cape have already beenshot down. They were probably seen as thethin end of a dangerous wedge.

So the upside-down picture is that solarwater heaters, gas and serious energy sav-ing are bad for dirty old Eskom, eventhough they would be good for the country,the climate and for us.

The great truth, folks, is that the electric-ity you don’t use is the cheapest electricityof all.

Hard work to be rewarded“I AM, Ich Bien, Hard work pays!” is a socialupliftment project that aims to cultivate a cul-ture of learning to Grade 4 learners.

“I am, Ich Bien, Hard work pays”, is thebrainchild of social entrepreneur, ChantelDaniels, of Volunteer Mzansi Africa (a volun-teer and travel company).

When one of the German volunteers left forhome and donated his second-hand clothes,VMA, together with the volunteer, decidedthat instead of giving away the clothes, theywould be sold to the community at a mini-mum cost. “With the proceeds from the sale,there was just enough to initiate the pro-gramme and contribute to supporting onechild in the initiative,” says Daniels.

“Ich bien” is the German translation of “Iam”, but in this case it is taken to mean “I amsomebody and the world will be my oyster.”

The project aims to reward Grade 4 learnerswhoconsistentlyworkhard in the face of diffi-cult circumstances, by setting up supportstructures for the pupils.

The initiative selects not the smartest chil-dren, but rather those who work hard consist-ently to be a part of the “I AM, Ich Bien, pro-gramme.

Two primary schools, namely Marine Pri-mary School in Ocean View and Ukhanyo Pri-mary School in Masiphumelele, were selectedand were open to the initiative.

Nawaal Ismail, Daaniyal Francke, Amy LeeLawen and Michaela Williams were chosen toparticipate in the programme.

The selected students from Ukhanyo Prima-ry were Masimbonge Nomfenge and Siphen-athi Msawule. Through the “I am, Ich Bien”project, all the learners will be visited quar-terly to see how they are performing at school,and already there are discussions on ways tosustain the development of the students.

The vision of this project was shared withDenise Nordquist, social entrepreneur andowner of Dandilion Mobility Solutions, whoalso contributed towards the project, to re-ward more learners with assistance in theirstudies.

“I am amazed at how the vision of “I am,Ich bien” ignited interest amongst organisa-tions and companies alike. We were blessedand grateful to have Edgars Longbeach Mallwho donated toward the project,” says Dan-iels.

The contribution of parents to the learningof their children must be emphasised. It is animportant aspect of the “I am, Ich bien”project. The involvement of parents in ensur-ing school work is complete along with con-stant motivation and support is of great valueto the learning career of any child.

“A very special thank you to Edgars Long-beach Mall, Dandilion Mobility Solutions,Blue Cherry Marketing and PR creations, Ma-rine Primary School, Ukhanyo PrimarySchool, and the parents of the students whoreceived their rewards. I am, Ich Bien Projectaims to be an annual rewards project,” saysDaniels.

WORKING TOGETHER:Seen here from the leftare Masimbonge Nom­fenge, from UkhanyoPrimary School, Chan­tel Daniels, from Volun­teer Mzansi Africa,Marion le Fleur, fromBlue Cherry Marketingand PR Creations,Siphenathi Msawule,from Ukhanyo PrimarySchool and Denise Nor­dquist, from DandilionMobility Solutions. Pho­to: Supplied

Castle indeed the oldestANDRE BAKKES

MANY people thinkthe Castle is the old-est building in CapeTown, and aftermuch research,phone calls and sitevisits, it turns outthey are absolutelycorrect.

People’s Post recent-ly published a noticewhich claimed that theJan van Riebeeck-com-missioned fort was theoldest building in theCape, but a week latera reader indicated thatthis title and distinc-tion, in fact, belongs tothe Posthuys in Mui-zenberg.

The plot thickened when a reader, GaryGoldman, insisted that it wasn’t the Castle orthe Posthuys, but Coornhoop, a double-sto-rey building in Observatory, that was the old-est.

This led People’s Post on a long but fascinat-ing journey of discovery, only to end upwhere it all began – or, as turns out, whereit all began – the Castle.

Goldman put the cat among the pigeonswhen he said: “It is Observatory’s Coorn-hoop, without a doubt. The original pigeonholes are still there. These were homing pi-geons that would carry messages to and fromplaces like Wellington. It was built in 1657and the Castle only came much later.”

This part of the Cape Peninsula was oncemarsh-land, with buffalo, elephant, hippo, li-on and leopard roaming freely in the area.

Observatory traces its origins to the Coorn-hoop Colony land grant, which was commis-sioned to the first Free Burghers in 1657 byVan Riebeeck. These officials from the DutchEast India Company were to occupy land inthe Liesbeek River valley.

The large number of mills surrounding thevalley at the time bore testament to the suc-cess of the farms.

A few mills still remain, such as the famousMostert’s Mill.

Anevenoldermill still exists at theAlexan-dra Institute, not far from the site of thepresent Observatory.

The later sub-division of farms such as Bel-levliet, Westoe, Valkenburg, Coornhoop andWelgelegen contributed to the present-daygrid pattern layout.

A diminutive plaque commemorating thehistoric Van Riebeeck commission is todayat the entrance of Coornhoop – a buildingnow used by the University of Cape Town’sCentre for Conflict Resolution on DixtonRoad.

On the plaque it also reveals that the Simonvan der Stel Foundation restored the ruinsin 1964-1965.

Historian Mike Walker says that if there isan authority who can identify the oldestbuilding beyond a shadow of a doubt, it is re-nowned architect Gawie Fagan.

Fagan filed the question under “elementa-

ry” when he confirmed that the general as-sumption is the correct one – the pentagonalCastle, which was built in 1666, is undoubted-ly the oldest.

Things were about to get even more inter-esting when Iziko Museums of Cape Town’sdirector, Lalou Meltzer, set up an interviewwith historian and multi-award winning au-thor Dan Sleigh.

“I deal with facts,” says Sleigh confidently.“The Castle is the oldest building in the prov-ince.”

He adds that there are some circular stonestructures in the old Transvaal and FreeState that might even be older, but he can’tbe sure.

“The two cornerstones of the Castle wereplaced on 2 January 1666. The builders dugthe trenches a few months before,” he states.

When speaking to Sleigh, it is obvious thathistory flows through his veins and dateswhirl meticulously in his mind.

“Coornhoop has a very modern style of ar-chitecture. I have seen the plans for the build-ing, and theyaredatedbetween 1960 and 1970.That’swhen itwas restoredand there ishard-ly anything left of the original ruins,” hesays.

“The freemen’s houses looked completelydifferent. They had a very poor beginningand didn’t have double-storey buildings atall.”

As for the Posthuys, Sleigh says the “mis-reading” of a document has lead to misinfor-mation.

“I’ve spoken to the owners of the place andinformed them that it was not built in 1673,as many believe, but much later – definitelynot before 1743. They are nice people, butthey’re flying under false colours.”

The second oldest building is, in fact, theSlave Lodge, which was originally a slavelodge and later the Supreme Court. It is nowa cultural history museum, with a section onslavery and artefacts not only from CapeTown’s history, but also ancient and globalcivilisations.

“The Lutheran Church was built in the1780s, but the clock tower itself was built in1702,” says Sleigh, before rattling off a whirl-wind of names and dates.

RECENT: Coornhoop, with its old pigeon holes, was built on the origi­nal ruins. Photo: Andre Bakkes

Knit gloves or a scarfKNIT fingerless gloves and scarves,which will be given to the disabled du-ring the month of August, when all theservice organisations in the WesternCape will host a party for them at theGood Hope Centre.

The pattern for the fingerless glovesis as follows:

. Gauge – five stitches/inch

. Materials – 80 to 100 yards ofworsted weight wool

. Needle – US seven (4.5mm) or sizeneeded to obtain gauge

. Waffle stitch worked back andforth, beginning with an RS row:

– Rows one and two – K2, P2 to theend

– Rows three and four – K all stitches– Repeat these four rows for waffle

stitch. Pattern – Cast on 36 stitches, work

waffle stitch four rows (work one com-

plete repeat)– Work 10 rows of stockinette (knit

one row, purl one row)– Work waffle stitch four, seven re-

peats– Work four rows of stockinette,

work waffle stitch for four rows (onecomplete repeat)

– Knit two rows– Bind off and seam up, leabing a

thumb opening. Repeat for secondmitt.

You can choose to slip the first stitchof each row in order to have a cleanedge.

These gloves are knit flat and areseamed up on the side.

Wool and needles will be available atAP Jones.

For more information contact Ursu-la McCabe on 083 685 5157 or JeanSmythe on 084 646 0095.

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Page 10 People’s Post False Bay ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday 31 May 2011

People's Post Page 10 Phone: 021 713 9440 | Fax: 021 713 9481 Tuesday 31 May 2011

Saamtrek at the German ClubTHE first Zef-Zeffer-Zefste event will be heldon Friday 17 June at the German Club in Gar-dens, Cape Town.

Celebrated playwright, Charles Fourie’shit play “Agterplaas”, which was recentlystaged to accolades at the Klein Karoo Nation-al Arts festival, will be performed.

Afrikaans rapper and raconteur, JackParow, will showcase his Parowphernaliafashion range, together with funky Stellen-bosch designers, Zef Leopard.

The Psychedelic Theatre Company willstage a spectacular fire and UV performance.

A few proud Zephyr and DKW antique carowners will display their motor vehicles.

Photographer, Herman Jordaan, will holda solo-exhibition of images taken from poor-white squatter campsaroundCapeTown, and

Solidarity’s Helping Hand organisation willjoin them to inform the public of their workamong the poor.

To end the evening, music guru, VinceLadd, who has collaborated with Nine InchNails in Norway, will be playing his specialmix of “retro-sokkie-electro-vibe”, and theRoodehek restaurant will host an open barand full menu with Thai and German cuisine.

Members of the public can win great prizesfrom Baccini’s Pizzeria and Van Hunks res-taurant for the best-dressed Zef-couples. Theevent kicks off at 19:00 and tickets cost R100.

There will be safe parking at the GermanClub in Roodehek Terrace, which is just offHope Street in Gardens. For more informa-tion and bookings, contact Cintaine on073 161 4141.

IN THEYARD: Thecast of“Agterp­laas” (fromleft) Cin­taineSchutte,DeirdreWolhuter,Deon Lotz,Charles vanden Heever,Esther vonWaltzle­ben, JanHendrik Op­perman andLanel vander Kolf. Pho­to: Supplied

Strings attached to love story“OUROBOROS”, an excitingpuppetry production by one ofSouthAfrica’s leading creativeteams, will take centre stage atthe Baxter Theatre from 1 to 11June.

Directed by 2010 StandardBank Young Artist Award win-ner for Theatre, Janni Younge,with master puppeteers BasilJones and Adrian Kohler, thistale of dreaming and the cyclesof life has been created withevocative imagery.

At its heart is a love story be-tween a dancer, Nokobinisa,and a poet, Andre.

Using the magically trans-forming powers of the puppet-ry medium, these two charac-ters are able to appear as sever-al versions of themselves.

Audiences witness the un-folding drama of their livesfrom birth to death. Their in-teractions form a web of rela-tionships, revealing the interdependence ofthe past, present and future.

The production, created and designed byYoung, is inspired by the work of US poet lau-reate Billy Collins, and was first presented togreat acclaim on the main programme of theNational Arts Festival in 2010.

It offers a swirling interaction of perform-ers, exquisitely-created puppets, filigreeshadow work and Michael Clark’s animation.

The show is set to original music by NeoMuyanga, with puppet dance choreographyby Mamela Nyamza.

The 13 main puppets are manipulated by asuperb cast comprising Jason Potgieter, Cin-dy Mkaza, Gabriel Marchand, Tali Cervati,Beren Belknap and 2007 Fleur du Cap Best Ac-

tress winner, Chuma Sopotela.Younge joined Handspring Puppet Compa-

ny as associate director in January this year.She is a graduate of the French nationalschool of puppet theatre, and has a BA in FineArt and an MA in Theatre from UCT.

“Ouroboros” is anancient symbol depictinga serpent swallowing its own tail and forminga circle.

Ticket prices range from R60 to R130. Book-ing is through Computicket on 083 915 8000,online at www.computicket.co.za or at anyShoprite Checkers outlet countrywide.

Follow the production on Facebook(www.facebook.com/pro-file.php?id=100000450807832) and Twitter (ht-tp://twitter.com/handspringcc).

MOVING: Animators bringing characters to life in a scene from“Ouroboros”, which runs at the Baxter Theatre from 1 till 11June.

Sterling forKirstenboschTHE instrumental band, Sterling EQ,will be performing at the Silvertree Res-taurant in Kirstenbosch Gardens onSunday 5 June.

The four-piece group, who have per-formed at SA’s top events and sharedstages with international icons, will per-form a selection of popular melodies andshowpieces. Expect anything from Mo-zart to Mandoza.

Tickets cost R100, and include a wel-come drink. The show starts at 18:30 for19:00. There will be light meals availablefor under R70 each. For bookings, call(021) 762-9585.

GEMS: Sterling EQ will bring their instru­mental virtuosity to Kirstenbosch Gar­dens on Sunday.

Broadway hits at the MasqueA COLLECTION of well-known Broadwaysongs and dances can be seen at theMasque Theatre in Muizenberg in theform of a show called “Razzle Dazzle” fromFriday 3 June to Sunday 5 June.

The show features Felicity Kiran, whostarred in Sun City’s “Let There Be Rock!”Also starring is Peter Weisz from London’sWest End.

The show “takes the audience on a musi-cal journey through the ages of the Broad-way showstoppers, incorporating songsfrom “Cabaret”, “Moulin Rouge”, “Chica-go”, “Dream Girls”, “Grease”, “MamaMia”, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “Wewill Rock You”, “A Chorus Line” and “LesMiserables”” among others. Supported bya young cast of dancers and singers, theshow is choreographed by Jason Sisam.

Friday night is at 20:00 and Saturday at14:30 and 18:30.

Tickets cost R75 (Theatre Club membersR65).

Sunday is at 15:00.Tickets for the Sunday matinée are R65

(Theatre Club members and pensionersR50).

Bookings are through Computicket, on083 915 8000 or by phoning (021) 782-8976.

Tickets are also available through Com-puticket at Shoprite, Checkers, CheckersHyper and House and Home.

GLAMOUR: Felicity Kiran features in “RazzleDazzle” at the Masque Theatre from Friday3 June. Photo: Supplied

Comedy – the Miller wayTAMMY PETERSEN

SHARP, poignant and fast with thehumour – Mel Miller is all that and

a bag of top-quality chips.

The humour heavyweight will be per-forming in Fish Hoek on Saturday 11 Junein the Fish Hoek High School Hall as partof the Comedy Legends in the Valley se-ries, a fundraiser for the Shark Spotters.

Miller, who recently returned from asold-out show at the Sydney Opera House,and has also been awarded the Comic’sChoice Lifetime Achievement Award, iswell-known for his “Biltong and Potroast”TV show in the 1970s, in which South Afri-can comedians were pitted against Britishcounterparts.

Miller tells People’s Post he “just can’twait” for his first visit to the Far Southin decades.

“I haven’t been there in yonks, so youcannot believe my excitement for thisshow. I hope to see a full-house because Iam ready for Fish Hoek!”

He says his audience can look forwardto two hours of “moaning and complain-ing”.

“I will whine about everything fromgovernment to old age. I hope people comeprepared for an evening of chaos and mad-ness.”

Comedian Barry Hilton, who had theFar South in stitches earlier this month,says Miller is one of the most unique per-formers anyone will see.

“Even though he has been a pro for over40 years, he is as sharp and hilarious asever. He is current, poignant and quick onhis feet. He is, without a shadow of doubt,my favourite comedian. Ever!”

The Cousin says audiences are in for areal treat because when Miller takes to thestage, laughter is guaranteed.

“He is not scared to be himself, and theaudience can sense that. He is a real, genu-ine person and a top-class entertainer.”

SarahTitley, theSharkSpotters’ projectmanager, says there are still ample ticketsavailable, and calls on residents of the Val-ley to show their support next week.

“This promises to be a real family event,and a great opportunity for locals to con-tribute to the Shark Spotters and help usraise funds towards our budget shortfall,”she says.

Tickets to the show, which starts at19:00, cost R100 if pre-booked on078 174 4244, or R120 at the door on thenight. Tickets can also be bought at APJones in Fish Hoek Main Road.

. People’s Post is the print media spon-sor of the show.

Mel Miller will hit Fish Hoek to raise fundsfor a good cause.

Tuesday 31 May 2011 GENERAL People’s Post False Bay Page 11

Learning about primates

Toastmasters turns 20

TALI HOFFMAN, a PhD student fromthe Baboon Research Unit (BRU) atUCT, presented baboon education andawareness lectures at five local prima-ry schools recently.

Students from grades 5 to 7 at Fish Hoek,Bay Primary, Star of the Sea Convent,Kommetjie and Simon’s Town schools havealso been invited to participate in an artcompetition based on the same theme asthe lectures – “Being Baboon Wise”.

By explaining the dynamics of baboon

troops, students have a better understand-ing and appreciation of the animals’ behav-iour, says Liz Hardman, who runs the ba-boon portfolio for the Simon’s Town CivicAssociation (STCA).

In line with City of Cape Town’s BaboonAwareness Campaign, communities im-pacted by baboons are being encouraged totake measures to baboon-proof houses andto practice effective waste management.

Urban areas without “easy pickings”will discourage raiding patterns and be-come less attractive in the long term.

ALL THINGSBABOON:Tali Hoffmanlectures atFish HoekPrimarySchool onThursday 12May.Photo:Supplied

MINE: Erin Tho­mas, of the Good­sport netball team,plucks a high ballout of the air in aninternal match onSunday 22 May atthe Fish Hoek Pri­mary School net­ball courts. Good­sport 1, in thegreen bibs, playedGoodsport 2 (wear­ing bibs). Good­sport 1 won thegame 53­28.

Photo: Derran Thomas

ON THE MAT:These seven gym­nasts from Sun Val­ley Primary Schoolmade the WesternProvince Gymnas­tics team and re­ceived WesternProvince coloursfor gymnastics.Pictured on top areLara Featherstone(left) and MaxineLangenhoff. Bot­tom from left areAmy Harding, Han­nah Altmann, TaraFisher, Saskia Hilland Mia Dalton.

JOURNEY: A cross country competition was held at Zandvlei, hosted by Muizenberg Juniorand Kirstenhof Primary, on Friday 13 May. In front is James Thompson. In the second roware, from left, Ethan Piper, Connor McClure, Jedd Viljoen, Callan Jacobs and Kirsten Roodman.At the back, from left, are Karen Roodman, Matthew Carolessen, Greg Postings, Beth Postings,Chelsea van Coller, Angela Crowley and Lisa Mylie Photo: Supplied

THE Two OceansToastmasters clubin Fish Hoek cele-brated its 20th anni-versary on Wednes-day 4 May. The cele-bration wasattended by “HerMajesty the Queen”,also known as LynnMoss.

The members en-joyed an evening ofcelebration, fun andlearning more onhow to be a confi-dent public speaker.

QUEEN BEE: Givingher speech, is LynnMoss, also known as“Her Majesty theQueen”.

CONGRATS: Theo Potgieter (left), hands overa certificate to Jack London, who successful­ly completed his 20th advanced speech, andthus achieved his Advanced CommunicatorSilver status.

COMMITTEE: The Two Oceans Toastmasterscommittee members, back from left, Paul Kil­foil, Marge Kruyt, Lorne Sulcas, Alana Byrne,Marion Thomas and Tony Byrne.

ALL TOGETHER: Back from left: Craig and LoisStrachan, Alderman Demetri Qually and hiswife Mary­Lou, Marge Kruyt, Lorne Sulcas,Alana Byrne, Marion Thomas. Seated are PaulKilfoil (left) and Tony Byrne. Photos: Supplied

Page 12 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 31 May 2011

Inconvenient truthTHE Protection of Information Bill, alsoknown as the “Secrecy Bill”, is nothing but badnews for transparency in government.

The Bill seems to challenge the very founda-tion on which South African legislation is de-veloped – the Constitution – which ensuresfreedom of expression and that of the press.

In a shocking act last week, ANC MPs on aparliamentary committee tasked with debat-ing and finalising the Bill made headlineswhen they insisted that matters in this regardbe fast-tracked to meet a deadline of 24 June.

This despite other parties’ representativeson the committee calling for continued brain-storming, discussion and consideration of ob-jections to the controversial legislation.

Once a world bastion for press freedom, SAhas now been demoted to the status of only“partially free” by the international freedommonitoring group, Freedom House.

The regression is a sad state of affairs whenconsidering the vast promise of a free and dem-ocratic country made at the very dawn of de-mocracy. Seventeenyears later, the samepolit-ical party that served as the catalyst for the fallof oppression and unjust governance is now,in some ways, increasingly at loggerheadswith the media, and respect for transparencyof the state is under serious threat.

The Secrecy Bill will serve as more than asimple annoyance and inconvenience for jour-nalists, and has a far-reaching impact on thefuture of the electorate. If left unchallenged itwill not only muzzle the media, but will alsorob every ordinary citizen of their right to holdaccountable the very leaders they elect to pow-er. Government officials at any level will beable to classify information as secret, a privi-lege which, in itself, could easily be abused.

The Bill also ushers in minimal protectionof informants, which means that the distribu-tion and publication of information regardedas classified could provoke imprisonment.

Various organisations and individuals havepublicly reiterated the effects this legislationwill have on us all, and they have called for are-draft of the proposed legislation.

The truth is always worth fighting for.

Post perplexes pigeonsTHERE were ruffled feathers in the coops ofFish Hoek when no photograph appeared inPeople’s Post of the local chapter of the feralpigeons enjoying a dawn early-bird spon-sored breakfast on the beach.

An unknown female photographer, medi-um height, athletic build with short hair andlarge camera lens took the photograph, andafter taking relevant names, asked and wasgranted permission to submit the photo-graph to People’s Post.

When no photograph appeared, there wasquite a flutter, according to Wingman, aformer ace and retired pigeon now living inFish Hoek, who acts as the spokes-bird forthe group.

“We had alerted all the caged birds of FishHoek to study the fresh newspapers put intotheir cages for any sign of the photograph –but without success,” he said.

Wingman then lapsed into Second WorldWar fighter pilot slang as he continued: “Shegave us a bum steer. We have a bird’s eyeview of this beach and if she breaks coverin the future it’s going to be bombs away.”

A local Fish Hoek resident and bird brain,one René, then took up the story. “I was atfault. I believed that a local feel-good storywith photo would surf on to the front pageon the groundswell of sentiment followingthe royal wedding, and I told the birds towatch the next edition. I was wrong. In miti-gation I plead that I had no idea that the pic-ture never made it to the copy taster’s desk.

“I was so relieved when I found the report

and editor’s explanation of the problem(People’s Post 26 April) that I rushed to thebeach to read the story to the birds. Theyare all high flyers but can’t read a word ofEnglish.” René added: “The birds listenedattentively as I explained that the editor,quite correctly, decided to, ‘go with whatyou got’ when she was faced with a cut-offdeadline when the paper was put to bed.”RENÉ P LION-CACHETFish Hoek

FOR THE BIRDS: René P Lion­Cachet readsa recent report in People’s Post (26 April)to the executive committee of the localchapter of the feral pigeons at the early­bird­sponsored beach breakfast last week.

Photo: Supplied

Cape Point scenic coastal route isturning into a dumping groundTHE edge of the scenic coastal roadfrom Rocklands to Miller’s Point is nowbeing used as a dumping ground for un-wanted builders’ rubble, plastic andglass bottles, toilet waste, discardedfish heads, tails and backbones.

The latest occurrence of dumpingtook place on May 27, when builders’rubble, including bright yellow paint,was dumped over the bank at the sideof the road close to the Miller’s Pointcaravan park turn-off.

Our scenic coastal road is not onlythe main artery for tourists travellingto and from Cape Point, it also has anabundance of convenient off-road park-ing areas which are frequently used aspicnic spots.

Following the removal of councilrefuse bins because of baboons raidingthe bins, littering at parking and picnicspots has become a problem.

Recent instances of dumping were re-ported to the City council and their ac-tion is now awaited.

Anyone witnessing illegal dumpingis encouraged to report it at theSimon’sTown police station.ERNIE HARDMANSimon’s Town

Where is the spirit of South Africa?I VOTED at Silvermine Village, where the or-ganisation was efficient and friendly, but thequeue moved slowly because of a constantstream of elderly and infirm people in wheel-chairs, etc. I have the utmost sympathy forpeople at that stage of life, but was surprisedthat they had not availed themselves of the“Special Vote” facilities offered two days be-fore the election.

I discussed this with one of the ladies andwas told that the matron of the sick bay hadtold them it “was not important” for them toregister or vote, and that, anyway, therewould not be nurses available to take them toregister for special votes.

Is this the spirit of the New South Africa?GEORGE ASHSWORTHNoordhoek

LITTER: Heaps of litter can be seen on the side of thescenic route to Cape Point. Photo: Ernie Hardman

Tuesday 31 May 2011 LETTERS People’s Post False Bay Page 13

Your SMSesDrugs

. Parents, please try keep your kids in-doors at night. The tik addicts are trying toget more teens hooked on the drug. It isknown as a game to tik users, so they targetspecific people. They also target certainhouses which they use as “tik huise”. Thisis the reality in Ocean View. Kim (con-cerned ex-tik user)

. Why is Ocean View SAPS the only sta-tion doing drug busts? Fish Hoek SAPS, youare aware of the flats near to KFC and thehouse in First Crescent, to name but a few,so what are waiting for, an invitation? Eish!

Farm Village parking lot. J Wiley has only greed and lawlessness

inhis sight, as bothPHoffmanandMTaylorhave shown. Wiley intends changing theVillage from a charming, rustic, creative,natural place into a second Constantia mon-strosity. And this is complete with petrolstations and banks.

Dog poo. Shame to Laura L, she has to carry her

dog’s poop in a bag. Just leave your dog athome. Carrying the poop is better thansomeone stepping in it, or looking at it. LoriH

. To the lady with the black labrador whodoesn’t pick up her dogs’ poo – it is peoplelike you who are causing complaints aboutdogs on Kommetjie beach. Please pick up af-ter your dog. Concerned dog lover, Kom-metjie

. Laura, when I walk my dog, I take a bagwith me and then take it home to throwaway. You’re too damn spoilt. Warm poo,agh! I am honourable enough not to leavethe mess. Bella

. Laura L, please wake up! The City ofCape Town has strategically-placed bins.Walk where there are bins! Can you not getthe hint? Then you would not have to walk2km with dog poop in hand! Nick

Political sentiment. Julius, your hate song is racism in re-

verse. Mandela freed the country, he did notsing this song. Educated people normallyvote for educated candidates. Keep the pastin the past – move on. Now it is time to helpthe people.

. Way to go! The ANC have a rapist asa mayor. Why do you give all Pollsmoorprisoners jobs? I see you trafficking drugstoo – so many criminals. Why don’t you justhire shebeen owners too?

. The reason the ANC did so badly is dueto four names: Zuma, Malema, Mantasheand Ehrenreich!

Time to prove your worth. Now that voting is done and the time

has come to put the shoulder to the wheel,who can we, the voters, go to when thesepublic servants are not doing their well-paid jobs?

. Zille, I want to see action not words. Ihate shacks. Why don’t you give the peoplethe ad in People’s Post for jobs? Wendy hous-es don’t have plumbing and electricity andyou can’t install a fireplace. The solution isthat you must give these people a properroof over their heads, because they alsohave a toilet problem. I want you to live init for a month. This is a dare.

Service delivery suggestions. The City of Cape Town could save a con-

siderable amount of money in the long termby offering electronic billing for all ratepay-

ers who are online. Postal billing is a wasteof time, money, paper, postage, energy andresources.

. Now that we have voted for the DA, whycan’t they scrap the rates in all the areas?

Housing matters. Stop upgrading the old flats – rather

start building flats for poor people. We arein for a very cold winter and people needa roof over their heads immediately. VivaDA. Henry

. When giving people good houses, givethem an agreement too. They will be ableto rent it out, but they can’t sell it. Only onefamily can stay in a house or they lose it.One member of the family must be em-ployed. The can’t get the house if they al-ready have a house.

. To Zille and Zuma, why when buyinga house and taking a home loan do bankscharge us triple the amount when we payback? They must give service and not robus.

Metrorail. What happened to the extra trains? I

happen to work for attorneys and was toldto deal with the fact that the trains are latemany times a month. I had to work in mytime when the trains were late. Come onnow, Metrorail, help please.

. Mr Matya, how can commuters joinhands if you are squashed in like sardines?You are ridiculous.

Consumer woes. When eating from food outlets take note

of what you put into your mouth, as we dis-covered a thread of artificial hair in a sliceof pizza! Oh my, had we just munched awaywho knows what else could have been inthat pizza. They take precaution by wearinghair nets and bandanas, but it’s a mysteryhow that hair got in the filling!

Busker. Leave the busker alone, you miserable

moaner.. As the moaner regarding the busker’s

limited repertoire, please understand a fewthings. His selection of songs are good onesand he’s not being idle. His limited reper-toire becomes rather irritating when youhear it all the time – every day. Put your fa-vourite CD on repeat a few times and hearhow annoying those songs will become.

. Dear Pick n Pay busker: more ABBAplease!

Thank you. Thanks for cutting the bushes at the At-

lantic Heights (Lapland) open space. It’s sosad to see our very young children buyingdrugs, especially girls. ML, concerned par-ent, Ocean View

General. What’s with the word “dove” regarding

“hedived into thewater?”Howwill our chil-dren ever learn? Maureen

. Standard Bank closing in Muizenbergis a disgrace, after the profits they havemade. Tanya

Broadcast blues. I hope that e.tv naked news does not air,

but what about that stupid “SMS and get na-ked pics”? Please take that off too!

. A friend of mine came home to find hisdomestic worker watching a blue moviethat she had found. Win

Don’t take our coastline awayTHE tourists are not the sustainable back-bone of the Simon’s Town economy.

Again and again business developments inSimon’s Town have shown a strong declineduring the winter months. Only the top en-trepreneurs, who deliver quality at a fairprice, stay in business during winter time.

The local population, permanently livingthere, are the real backbone of the Simon’sTown economy, especially during the wintermonths. The permanent population supportsbusiness during winter time once the tour-ists and swallows have gone.

The attraction for the residents is the natu-ral beauty of Simon’s Town, its historic char-acter, its welcoming and friendly popula-tion, its neighbourliness and first of all itswonderful, accessible, unspoiled coast line.

Taking the coastline away will amount toa degradation of Simon’s Town’s major at-traction.

Over the past 20 years, the freely accessi-ble coast line has diminished by about 30%.

In central Simon’s Town there is, besidesJubilee Square, for almost 1,5 km either side,no public access to the coast. Long Beach andWaters Edge are way out. To the South thereis the penguin park and Boulders, with highentry fees and no free access.

Only from Burger Walk onwards does thepublic have free access southwards – up tonow. But now there is the news that alsoBurger Walk will be closed as the penguinsmove southwards, attracting visitors, reduc-ing the income of Parks Board, fenced-offPenguin Park.

Simon’s Town’s attraction for the popula-tion who are permanent residents and spendtheir money in Simon’s Town will be dimin-ishing further. There are organisations whobenefit hugely from Simon’s Town, butspend their money elsewhere.

Is this the way to go? No, certainly not.

The argument that this closure is requiredfor the protection of the endangered penguinpopulation is most likely not a valid one. Themajor increase of the penguin populationhas occurred at Foxy Beach in the nineties,which forms part of the present penguinpark. At that time there was no protectionand regulations at all, no fences, no entry feeand no empty glass fibre nesting places. Thepenguins did not mind visitorsm and it wasa great attraction to swim with them.

Since these monstrous, noisy board walkswere imposed overhead, with 500 000 visitorswalking over them per year, the penguinslost a large area of the beach for nesting andbreeding, and subsequently they were forcedup the hill into the woods and of course toareas outside and south of the penguin park.

A perfect example for the undesirable in-tervention of mankind in an engineering ef-fort of nature in the name of “protection”.

Which is the way to go?. Observing of the basic right of the popu-

lation of free access to the coastline and itsbeaches.

. Restitution of the free access to the coast-line in areas taken over through governmentorganisations.

. Development and enforcement of briefrules for the use of the coastline by the pub-lic.

There is no reason to close the BurgerWalk as it can be rehabilitated on an ongoingbasis with a firm timetable and an actionprogramme, which is published beforehand.KLAUS SCHEIDSimon’s Town. People’s Post sent this letter to Table Moun-tain National Park, but it only informed thepaper yesterday that the land belongs to theCity of Cape Town.

People’s Post will publish the City’s re-sponse next week.

Expression of gratitudeWE would like to thank all who gave us andour mom, Dorrelle Horn, comfort or supportin any way during her illness and after.

Thank you for your visits, phone calls,emails, cards, flowers and SMSes and the do-nations given to False Bay Hospice andMeals on Wheels in Fish Hoek in memory ofher.

These were organisations in which shewas actively involved.

She was a wonderful mom, granny andfriend, and she left the world a better placefor having dwelt in it.STUART HORN, VIV, HARRY, BJORN,CHRIS AND KARL VON DER HEYDENFish Hoek

A vacant lot’s politics of greedWHAT a relief to read Paul Hoffman’s pro-Noordhoek, authoritative and down-to-earthletter (“Anarchy is the alternative”, People’sPost, 24 May).

It is despicable that those who support law-breaking should call those trying valiantlyto uphold the law and protect and preservethe law-abiding community spirit of all de-cent and rural-respecting Noordhoek lovers,bullies. This is an old and disgusting trick,often used by power-grabbing and greedypeople, attributing to the right and goodwhat are their own defects. The dim-wittedtraders, who would be better off in the strip

malls of downgraded urban areas, makefools of themselves defending the illegal carpark. As Hoffman points out, there is a prac-tical, and legal alternative to the illegal landinvasion and unauthorised development ofthe tarmacked lot.

Those who promote the politics and greedof the Malemas of this world don’t belong inNoordhoek.

They should move to Limpopo, or betterstill, to the land of “Mad-Bob,” whose “law”and leadership style fits in with theirs.JIM PHELPSFish Hoek

There are good citizens in actionMY deepest gratitude and thanks.

OnTuesday 17Mayat approximately 18:15,I was involved in an accident on the R310(Baden Powel Drive) between Coastal ParkLandfill and Old Strandfontein Road. A mo-torist overtook three other cars proceedingin the direction of Muizenberg during veryinclement weather conditions (pea soup typemist with a visibility of approximately 5 to10 metres maximum).

I was proceeding in the direction of OldStrandfontein Road from the direction ofMuizenberg with both my headlight and haz-ards of my motorcycle on.

The driver of the approaching vehicle de-cided that he/she was tired of waiting for thevehicles in front to proceed faster and thusdecided to overtake them.

In doing so he/she crossed directly in frontof me, causing me to swerve towards theshoulder of the road.

Even after doing this, the driver of the ve-hicle still managed to clip the side of my mo-tor cycle, causing me to lose control andcrash my motor cycle. The driver did noteven attempt to stop to find out if I was al-right or not.

Whilst lying on the ground, two SAPS ve-hicles passed the scene and did not even stopto investigate. It was only when Mr DonnyFortuin, a member of the Fish Hoek drivertest station passed my location and sawsomething out of the ordinary that anyonetook notice. He proceeded to turn around andparked his motor vehicle across from wheremy motorcycle and I were, and illuminatedthe area with his headlights. He proceededto contact his supervisor, Mrs Cupido, whocalled for an ambulance and thereafter pro-ceeded to the scene to assist.

I wish to thank you both for going out ofyour way to assist a complete stranger in histime of need. It is people like you that giveme a sense of hope for officers in our trafficservices.

To the driver of the vehicle who carried onafter causing the accident, shame on you.

To the drivers of the SAPS vehicles, whereis your promise “To Serve and Protect”? Mayyour conscience bother you.

Once again, to Mr Fortuin and Mrs Cupi-do, thank you very much.ALF CORMACCapri Village

Fire stoppedI WOULD like to commend constables Jackand Jordaan of the South African PoliceService for their diligence and rapid reac-tion to avert a major vegetation fire at Cas-tle Rock, Simon’s Town on Thursday 19May.

Just before 11:00, the two constables werepatrolling the area when they spottedsmoke rising up from the fynbos close to ahouse.

They immediately went to investigate,and found a lady resident in great distress,with a bush fire growing rapidly, fanned bya rising south easter.

A hose was connected, and Constable

Jack, with the lady resident, started to fightthe fire. I arrived some minutes later, hav-ing seen smoke from my house 200 metresaway. We gathered buckets, and for the next25 minutes we frantically carried water andgradually got the fire under control.

The fire brigade arrived promptly afterthey received the call-out, and doused thelast remaining embers.

There is no doubt in my mind that it wasthe quick action of your officers who savedus from a major fire ,which could have soeasily have spread all the way to Simon’sTown.

A very big thank you to them from myselfand all the residents of Castle Rock.JEREMY BROWNINGSimon’s Town

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Respect our sea lifeON SUNDAY 22 May numbers of resi-dents living along the False Bay sea-board witnessed a skiboat goingamongst a large school of dolphinsfeeding with Bryde’s whales.

This is the second such incident re-ported in matter of a few months, andboth vessels came from Simon’s Townand are registered with the False BayYacht Club. The commodore of theClub is taking action, as is Pat Stacey,at Kalk Bay Harbour.

Dolphins have been protected byregulation since 1973 around the SouthAfrican coast and Namibia. Regula-tions are quite clear that it is illegal toharass or kill these animals, and goingthrough the middle of a school is listedas one form of harassment, which isdefinitely not allowed. It is also illegalto buzz them in powerboats, chase andherd them. There is no prescribed dis-tance to remain from dolphins, but onehopes people in boats will have thecommon sense not to do anything fool-ish and to abide by these regulations.

With regard to the whales, they re-ceived protection in 1980, and it re-mains illegal to harass or kill them inour waters. The distance required toremain from them is 300 metres. If awhale surfaces closer to a vessel, thenthe vessel must move away to the re-quired distance.

Vessels that have permits to go clos-er to whales stay within 50 metres ofthem, and if a whale comes to investi-gate, there are strict codes of conduct

to which the vessel has to conform.Naval guns are not fired that often.

When they do and there are whales ordolphins in False Bay, care is taken.Noise above the water does not disturbcetaceans, it is noise under the waterwhich does. In any event, the Navy hasagreed, if possible, not to fire gunswhen the whales peak in False Bay, ieSeptember/October months.

For those who are interested, rightwhales and humpbacks appear to becoming to our coasts a little later in theyear. We do not know the reason forthis. It could just be cyclic.

We are very fortunate to have aplethora of whales and dolphins resi-dent and visiting our coasts each year.For the past months there have beenschools of thousands of dolphins feed-ing or passing through False Bay.Watching these animals gives greatpleasure and joy to people, as do thewhales, and we must do all in our pow-er to stop these selfish boat owners,who are spoiling it for both the dol-phins and people when contraveningthe regulations.

To end: Thank you all those peopleliving along the False Bay and Atlanticseaboard who report contraventions ofthe whale and dolphin regulations.

Your efforts are warmly appreciat-ed. Keep up the good work.NAN RICE, CEO, DOLPHINACTION AND PROTECTIONGROUPFish Hoek

What happened to service?I SPOKE to the sorter at the Sun Valley Post Boxand asked him if he could kindly pay more atten-tion to the sorting of the post and putting it inthe correct boxes.

I only appear to receive any post once a week,and then, many times I have someone else’s postin my box. I diligently repost it in the red box out-side the gates of the sorting office.

I received a letter, the same post box as mynumber, but addressed to Fish Hoek.

This letter is being returned to the Fish HoekPost Office with a letter to the Post Master aboutthe slap-happy way our post is handled – or not!

My telephone account has my box number as

Scarborough, yet I listed it as Sun Valley. I wastold by Telkom in Longbeach Mall that it is oneand the same. Is this true?

Why are the Post Office workers so indifferentto the job they are employed to do? We pay forthe service, and thus, their salaries.

PS: My friend in Port Shepstone posted me aletter on 27 March. I received it on Friday 13 May.Seven weeks in this day and age! I am sure it tookless time by oxwagen.

Dick King rode 700 miles in 10 days over 150years ago.SALLY TOLLINNoordhoek

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WELCOME ABOARD:Supa Quick in Fish Hoekwould like to extend awarm welcome to its newmembers, Shireen, Ash­ley, Isak, Leon and Brad­ley, who are all well knownin the area and will be add­ing to the service excel­lence carried by the SupaQuick team. The SupaQuick team includes,back row from left, Chris­to, Bradley, Russel andChris. Middle row fromleft, Theo (owner), Leon,Isak, Felix and Praise.Front, from left, Shannon,Ashley and Shireen. SupaQuick Fish Hoek would al­so like the community toknow that for the month of June, when bringing your car in for a service, your car will be collectedand delivered. Also, a free tyre rotation and 20­point check will be done to all vehicles thatare brought into the shop. Furthermore, Supa Quick “Did You Know” weekly tips will be featuringon the back page of People’s Post from today, Tuesday 31 May. Photo: Karen Peiser

The world’s her stageGARY VAN DYK

FROM humble beginningsin Paarl, singer Felicity Ki-ran has performed all overthe world, where she gainedthe most extraordinary ex-periencesandplayed to sold-out houses.

After years of performing inthese shows, she is about to re-lease her first single, and hasstarted a project that hopes totake other talents to the top aswell.

Felicity (formerly known asFelicity B) is a seasoned per-former who trained at the LaMuzik School of PerformingArts. In 1998 she took part inthe World Championships ofthe Performing Arts Competi-tion and won.

“My professional career began in 1999 whenI started working with some of the country’stop producers in a number of musicals or tri-bute music shows,” she says.

“This is what was keeping me busy for anumber of years, but then in 2005 I was askedto produce my own show in Spain, which wasso successful that I was asked to stay on andproduce six more shows for various Spanishholiday resorts. It was all exciting and a fan-tastic experience, but there was a part of methat longed to be back home.”

In 2007, Felicity was asked to star in the SunCity Extravaganza, “Let There Be Rock!” thattoured to the Carousel Casino. Felicity has al-so performed in many Barnyard shows, andin 2008 toured to Holland, Amsterdam and Bel-gium with their production of “Under AfricanSkies”.

She has also shared the Sun City Superbowlstage with Kelly Rowland of Destiny’s Childfame.

Now this young singer has her sights set on

encouraging other talentsfromthe communitywith thelaunch of Door 6 Entertain-ment, that she has startedwith Karen Cutts and Ales-sandro Batazzi.

“Our plans are for it to deli-ver world class entertain-ment options to clients andindustry leaders that are wit-hin budget, by creating newconcepts for events, offeringthe very best entertainersand ready-made show opti-ons.

“We will be offering expertevent support and ensuring afive-star service. Door 6 stri-ves to set trends in the indus-try and create exciting op-portunities for clients whilstdeveloping and supportingtalent,” she adds.

Felicity believes that it is only by mentoringand nurturing young talent and being giventhe benefit of stage experience, that youngSouth Africans can achieve their potential.

With regard to her recording she has waitedfor the right song to come along and whilst shehas recorded before, she never felt comforta-ble with the final result.

Together with Alessandro Batazzi, her pro-ducer and partner in Door 6 Entertainment,she has found the perfect song that she trulybelieves in. “The song, called ‘Butterfly’ is duefor release soon, but we are already talkingabout an album that will be produced laterthis year,” she says.

The launch of Door 6 Entertainment will ta-ke place from Thursday 2 June to 5 June atthe Masque Theatre in Muizenberg. The pro-ducers will be presenting the first of their rea-dy-made shows, “Razzle Dazzle”, that will takethe audience on a journey through the hitsongs from the Broadway musicals. Ticketsare available through Computicket or at anyShoprite Checkers store.

READY: Felicity Kiran is readyto rock the world with song.

Edgy musical in Kalk Bay“EDGES” is not a traditional musical; itis “an exciting show about four bourgeon-ing adults seeking simple truths in an in-creasingly complex world”.

Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul(2007 Jonathan Larson Award recipientsand winners this year of the RichardRodgers Award for Musical Theatre fortheir new show “Dogfight”), this contem-porary song cycle “carries an honestvoice advocating introspection whilemaintaining wit and charm”.

“Edges” will be performed at 20:30 fromWednesday 1 to Saturday 25 June at theKalk Bay Theatre.

Confronting emotions, escaping expec-

tation and deciphering complicated rela-tionships, the songs cover the universalissues of love, commitment, identity andmeaning.

Staged by the producers of last year’ssmash hit “I Love You, You’re Perfect,Now Change”, this production is directedby Paul Griffiths, with musical directionby Garth Tavares.

The cast includes Roland Perold, Shan-nyn Fourie, David Fick and Luella Hol-land.

Tickets to the reduced-price preview onWednesday 1 June cost R55, and thereaf-ter tickets cost R110. To book, contact073 220 5430 or visit www.kbt.co.za

THE CAST: From left, Luella Holland, Roland Perold, Shannyn Fourie and David Fick.

Morning homeopathy talksFREE health breakfast talks are hostedevery first Saturdayof themonthatKitch-kombuis in Albertyn Road, Muizenberg,at 10:00.

Germanhomeopath,MouminaWagner,will be giving lectures on different sub-jects, such as “Introduction to homeopa-thy – how it works, why it is so popular,advantages and limits”.

This talk is designed tobe in the interestof long-term patients with chronic diseas-

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All lectures are for domestic use by non-professionals, are easy to understand andlast between 60 and 90 minutes.

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Camerata Tinta Barocca performswith internationally­acclaimed flau­tist, Liesl Stoltz, at 18:00 at St Nor­bert’s Priory, Rubbi Road, Kommetjie,on Sunday 5 June. She will play the“Flute concerto in G Major” by CPEBach, as well as Vivaldi’s “C Majorconcerto for piccolo”. Also on the pro­gramme are works by Albinoni, Corelliand Handel.Tickets cost R90 (R70 forpensioners) at the door, all seats un­reserved. Refreshments will be onsale in the interval. For inquiries, call083 684 7318. Photo: Supplied

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FAR SOUTH surfers were major con-tributors towards the South African

junior surfing team’s best ever result atQuiksilver ISA World Surfing Champi-onships which ended in Peru last Satur-day.

Team SA collected the silver medal for thefirst time in the nine-year history of theevent, beating traditional surfing power-houses Australia, USA, Hawai’i and Brazilin the process, and only finishing behindhosts Peru. Team captain, Davey Brand, ledfrom the front, powering his way throughfive rounds directly into the u/18 Boys finalwhere he picked up third place and addeda second bronze medal to the one he earnedin the U/16 division of the correspondingevent in Peru in 2009.

Fellow 18-year-old Kommetjie surfer,Mikey February, who, like Brand, was rep-resenting SA for the fourth time, came upjust short of the final, placing equal 9th over-all. Meanwhile Benji Brand (15), youngerbrother of Davey, posted one of the top 10 sin-gle wave scores – 8.33 out of 10 – and one ofthe top 10 heat tallies – 14.83 out of 20 – infinishing equal 41st in the u/16 Boys divi-sion in his first international outing for SA.

Theevent, thebiggest international juniorsurfing event ever held, featured 276 compet-itors from 27 nations, and was run in surfthat varied from clean, glassy one-metrelefts and rights to out-of-control, three-metredouble overhead right-handers that forcedthe organisers to finish the contest a day ear-lier than scheduled. At the same time, up the

East coast in Durban, the New Balance WPLongboard surfing team surrendered thePresident’s Cup inter-provincial trophywhen they placed second behind a powerfulKwaZulu-Natal squad. However, Far Southteam members Ethan Pentz (Kalk Bay) inthe Boys’ division and Muizenberg-basedsurfboard manufacturer, Dave Stubbs, inthe Senior Men brought home gold medals.

The Bing family from Noordhoek wereshowered with silver when father Deon, sonJustin and daughter Hannah, each took sec-ond place in their respective divisions ofSenior Men, Open Men and Girls.

Others to feature included Simone Robb,who placed third in the Open Women, fellowKommetjie surfer Gary van Rooyen, secondin the Super Vets and Michael Grendon(Scarborough) who was second in the Mas-ters.

Justin Bing also narrowly lost out on theSurftools-sponsored trip to Bali that went tothe winner of the inaugural SALSA Series,a five stop series of events held all along theSA coastline over the past year. EP’s DylanMcLeod finished just 20 points ahead of Bingin the final rankings. As this being written,the Atlantic coast of the South Peninsula isbeing battered by open ocean swells peakingat 10 metres with a 15 second period. Unlikethe immaculate conditions of last Friday,when every break in the Far South musthave been epic, the stormy conditions sinceSunday have turned the ocean into a heav-ing mass of whitewater. However, calmerweather during the week and plenty moreswell on the way should see the big wavechargers and high performance adherentsalike getting into some juice.

RIDING HIGH: SA team captain, Davey Brand (Kommetjie), in action at the Quiksilver ISA WorldJunior Surfing Championships in Peru, where he earned the bronze medal in the U18 Boys division.

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Stormers face flyhalf crisisTASMIN CUPIDO

WHEN the DHL Stormers take on the newkids in the Super Rugby competition, theMelbourne Rebels, on Friday, they will belooking to make it three wins out of fourmatches on tour.

But with injuries in vital positions plagu-ing the Cape side, the decision of who to fieldagainst the side that has impressed criticsthroughout the season, will determine justhow the Stormers end their four-week Aus-tralasian tour.

After losing the services of their point-scoring machine and flyhalf, Peter Grant,,the Stormers have been dealt another blowwith the loss of scrumhalf Dewaldt Duven-hage, who sustained an injury to his ankleduring the side’s 16-3 victory over the Brum-bies on Saturday. Duvenhage will be re-placed by Ricky Januarie.

Stormers coach, Alistair Coetzee opted forKurt Coleman for the Brumbies clash.

Despite being impressed with Coleman,Coetzee has also asked Griquas flyhalf, EarlRose, to join the squad.

However, the question of whether Rose isreally the only option available to the menin navy-blue-and-white needs to be asked.The injury list sees Grant, Gray van Aswe-gen, Lionel Cronjé and Sam Lane benchedat the moment.

But in the beginning stages of the season,who would be wearing the coveted number-10 jersey was a toss up between Van Aswe-gen, Cronjé and Elgar Watts – a Boland play-er who impressed all during the warm-upmatches. Watts, who was part of the trainingsquad since December last year, is fit andhas been playing impressive rugby in astruggling Boland outfit.

He has proven that he has the ability todictate the backline while playing for the Pu-

mas in last year’s Currie Cup, and has alsonotably worked on his placement and from-hand kicking. Then there’s the impressiveflyhalf, Dimitri Catrakilis, from currentVarsity Cup champions FNB UCT, who hasalso been overlooked. Talks that Catrakilismay be leaving the Cape to ply his trade withthe EP Kings has surfaced.

In the end, Coetzee will probably be usingthe match against the Rebels to test combi-nations and cement the strongest players topossibly take over from his first-choice play-ers.