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Police running on emptyNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

A lack of officers at the Sea Point policestation has seen the precinct only ableto run one vehicle on some days.

A source with knowledge of the station’sfunctioning, estimates there is a shortage ofabout 15 detectives and various other postshave not been filled.While only four years ago you would find16 to 20 officers on duty during a shift, thestation now runs with only six or eight offi-cers per shift.There are two vans available per sector,but there are seldom six vehicles on patroldue to a lack of staff, the source says.SeaPointCommunityPoliceForumchair-person Heather Tager says the organisationreceived a number of complaints, but staffshortages are not unique to the precinct.

“Without the necessary tools no job can bedone adequately. Although there is a lack ofpolicing on the whole, my concern is the SeaPoint community, who deserve effective andproper policing,” she says.There is a problem with the replacementof officers who have been deployed on de-tachment duties, as well as those who haveresigned or been transferred elsewhere, Ta-ger explains.“The complement of detectives has dwin-dled drastically. Naturally this will have anextremely negative impact as tremendouspressure is put on the remaining officers.The station needs to be brought up to the lev-el of personnel it is supposed to have,” shesays.Atlantic Neighbourhood Watch chairper-son Derek Salter says stations across theprovince are short of staff and Sea Point isno exception.

“I am aware that this has meant fewer ve-hicles on the road at times and this is a con-cern for residents. Visible policing is vitalin preventing crime and keeping our com-munity safe. Meetings have been held withthe management at the station to under-stand how they are trying to improve staff-ing and make contingency plans to ensurethat the resources they have available areused most effectively,” he says.However, Sea Point station commanderColonel Maehla Lento says the station hasnot received any complaints.“We had one incident that we know ofwhereby we had to request backup from ourneighbouring station. That is not dependenton how many vehicles we have. The deter-mining factor is the level of threat at thattime and the skill required,” he says.“We do have vehicles supplementing oneanother according to threat analysis. It is

not uncommon that for certain hours wehave onemotor vehicle from the communityservice centre,” he says.In the past two weeks the community ser-vice centre has deployed a few of its mem-bers at Groote Schuur hospital for 24 hoursa day, Lento explains.“The community service centre deploy-ment is being stretched as a result of hospi-tal guard duties of one high-profile detainee.This situation is coming to an end. We willhave our members back to the station. Weare managing the situation,” he says.Salter says: “As residents we urge themanagement at the Sea Point police stationto do all they can to fill the vacancies andprevent any further loss of their comple-ment to other stations.Weknow that the cur-rent situation is putting pressure on manyof the dedicated employees remaining andwe thank them for their contribution.”

Debbie Schäfer, provincial minister ofeducation, has a look over Grade 10pupil Riyaad Jeftha’s (15) shoulderas he surfs the internet in the newcomputer lab at Grassdale HighSchool. The school was one of 10schools to get a computer labsponsored by the MTN SA Foundation. Kusile MthunziHairwadzi,general manager of the Foundationsaid a number of schools in theWestern Cape still have limitedresources and a lack of basicinfrastructure. “We hope to addresssome of these challenges and takelearning to the next level throughthe MTN SA Foundation’s schoolconnectivity programme.”

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Optimist hits the high sea for kidsNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

A person who thinks the best possiblething will happen, and hopes for it even

if it’s not likely.The description of an optimist fits perfect-

ly with Hout Bay’s Greg Bertish.Andhe’s taking to thewater ina small sail-

ing boat, called an optimist, to prove it.In 2002, Bertishunderwent openheart sur-

gery to remove an undiagnosed tropical bac-teria that had attacked his aortic heartvalve. It took him a year to recover.“All I wanted to do was to surf one small

wave at Muizenberg,” he recalls.Doctors had told Bertish that he couldn’t

surf again and would not be able to do ex-treme sports such as windsurfing, but hetook to the water and proved them wrong.But just when Bertish thought he was in-

vincible, the bacteria resurfaced in 2006. Heunderwent another surgery and spent 100days in hospital. He now has mechanicalheart valves and has to manage his lifestyleand medication carefully.But this has not stopped him from getting

back on his surfboard and inspiring othersto do so.He is a bronze medallist in the 2012 World

Stand-up Paddle Championship, has com-peted in SouthAfrican lifesaving champion-ships and was named a Big Wave surfingnominee in 2009.He now gives motivational talks to young-

sters and raises funds for children undergo-ing serious surgeries at the Red Cross Chil-dren’s Hospital.“It’s a matter of perspective,” he says.

“When I was in hospital after my surgery Iwas lying there asking ‘Why me?’ and I

looked to the bed next to me. I saw an oldman with the same number of tubes in himas me, and I started feeling really sorry formyself. Then I looked at the next bed and Isaw an infantwith the same amount of tubesand I started thinking how lucky I am.”

Muchofhisworkattempts to answerques-tions he had as a patient, including what toexpect before and after surgery and equip-ping the patient’s family with information.Bertish’s love for water has now driven

him to take on anewchallenge to raise funds

for these young patients.He wants to complete a 200km sailing trip

across False Bay, around Cape Point and toSaldanha in a boat not intended for the opensea.He has been training to sail an optimist,

a small square boat used to teach childrenhow to sail on flat water, and hopes the ad-venture will raise money for the Children’sHospital trust.“Every time someone says ‘You can’t do

that’ I say ‘Thank you’, because it motivatesme to prove them wrong,” he says.He recently competed in a race with wind-

surfers and catamarans, completing thechallenge in over two hours compared to theaverage 30 minutes.“By the time I had finished, everyone had

gone home,” he says, laughing.After completing his open water adven-

ture early next year, Bertish hopes to run ayearly optimist race to raise funds for thetrust and create a sailing school for disad-vantaged children.Bertish is also working on a children’s

book featuring the optimist as a main char-acter – a little boat that is told what it can’tbe, but proves all the other boats wrong.He hopes that copies of the story book,

which will be donated to children in hospi-tal, will work hand-in-hand with sailingclasses for children.“Many children in the Red Cross Chil-

dren’s Hospital come from impoverished ar-eas. They don’t want to leave becausethey’ve never been in a place where they getthree meals a day, presents on their birth-days and nurses doting on them. If I can givethem something to live for, a passion,maybethat will give them the desire to get better,”he says.

Local surfer and survivor Greg Bertish takes to the sea in his small optimist. He hopes tocomplete a 200km trip to raise funds for children in hospital.

Province celebrates60 years of librariesEARL HAUPT

@EarlHaupt

The largest library service of its kind in Af-rica celebrated its 60th year of existence lastweek.The Western Cape’s library service, run

by the provincial department of cultural af-fairs and sport, was established in 1955 andat the time, still included the Northern andEastern Cape provinces’ libraries.Currently, it has 361 libraries, which con-

sist of 292 public libraries, 42 mini-librariesand 27 depots. It services 1.2m people whoare registered library users.Nomaza Dingayo, director of the provin-

cial library service, says the nature of theirwork is changing as we move into a timewhere digital media plays a bigger role inthe distribution of books.Dingayo says that the library service’s

success demonstrates the healthy partner-ships between the 25 municipalities in theprovince, the national department of artsand culture, the Library and Information

Association of South Africa, the national li-brary of SouthAfrica and also the other pro-vincial libraries in the country.“We are transforming libraries into tech-

nological hubs where people can feel athome. Providing free broadband internetaccess and the plans to roll out Wi-Fi hot-spots will change the lives of communitiesfor the better,” says Dingayo.Head of the provincial department of cul-

tural affairs and sport Brent Walters saysthe library service has developed into whatit is today because of the hard work of allstaff members, past and present.“The library service is standing on the

shoulder of giants. Thank you to everyonewho has contributed,” he says.Anroux Marais, provincial minister of

cultural affairs and sport, says libraries arevery important in children’s education.As part of the 60th anniversary celebra-

tions, Marais unveiled new photos of all thedirectors of library services (past andpresent) last week and a specially madebirthday cake was enjoyed.

The Western Cape’s library service celebrated 60 years of existence last week. Here, from left,are library service director Nomaza Dingayo, provincial minister of cultural affairs and sportAnroux Marais, provincial minister of finance Dr Ivan Meyer and head of the provincialdepartment of cultural affairs and sport Brent Walters blow out the cake candles.

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Aim for safe, cleanThe Sea Point, Fresnaye andBantryBayRatepayers andRes-idents’ Association has an initi-ative to tackle crime and grime.In response to increased crim-

inal activity and cleanliness is-sues in the area, it aims to pro-vide a safe and clean area forvisitors and residents.The ward has grown substan-

tially over the past few years,leading to increased activity,both commercial and residen-tial, andaneed for greater,moreresponsive and visible securityas well as a focus on cleaning,says Association vice-chairper-son and safety and cleansing

project manager Marco vanEmbden.The first phase of the project

covers Beach Road from ThreeAnchor Bay to Saunders, in-cluding the Promenade andLondon and Marais roads.The Association has raised

enough money to fund a dayshift for a year. The cleansingwill be done by the NPO Straat-werk twice a week. Doggy bagdispensers will be availablealong the grassed area.To support this initiative

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A change in environmental legislationmeans the proposed rezoning of the Somer-set precinct no longer requires an environ-mental impact assessment (EIA).This also removes the need for public par-

ticipation linked to the EIA, according to astatement by the company handling the ap-plication.The rezoning is part of the provincial gov-

ernment’s plan to redevelop the area.The Helen Bowden Nurses Home site is

the first of four parcels of land in the Somer-set precinct to be released for development(“Making space for progress”, People’s Post,3 April 2014). The empty home on this site,next to Fort Wynyard and the Green Pointcommon, is currently zoned as public openspace. It will be demolished to make way fora 14-storey development which will includeretail, office and residential space.Land rights have already been secured for

the property, including the title and subdivi-sion. A rezoning application is expected tobe submitted this month.A new set of EIA assessment regulations

came into effect in December last year.

However, as there are historically signifi-cant buildings on the site, heritage approvalis still underway. A heritage impact assess-ment is currently being done.About 35 buildings have been earmarked

for demolition during the development ofthe Somerset precinct. Only five of the build-ings which have been proposed for demoli-tion have a heritage grading of 3B or 3C(“Wrecking ball to Somerset”, 16 June).Increased heritage grading was suggested

for a number of the properties on the site ina recent heritage impact assessment reportand demolition was supported for variousstructures considered to have little heritagevalue.There will be an opportunity for public

participation for selected bodies during thereview of the impact assessment report at ameeting at Heritage Western Cape.The development framework will be final-

ised after a decision is made by HeritageWestern Cape and the rezoning applicationwill then be submitted to the City of CapeTown.Thiswill be followed by a public participa-

tion process and an official report will besubmitted to the City for approval. Thisshould take six to 18 months.

The rezoning of the Somerset precinct to accommodate a proposed development no longerrequires an environmental impact assessment following a change to legislation.

PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

Dare to donate, challenges local watchAfter donating R5000 to the Ha-ven night shelter, the Clive vanEyssen Foundation and theGreen Point NeighbourhoodWatch are issuing a challenge tothe rest of the community tosupport local shelters too.The Foundation was estab-

lished by the NeighbourhoodWatch and is dedicated to socialprojects and programmes in theneighbourhood with a focus onthe homeless.The donations will go toward

the renovation of the shelter,

says the Foundation’s Toni vanEyssen. “The donation also re-flects the concerns of the Foun-dation and the NeighbourhoodWatch with social issues in ourneighbourhood.“I attended the open day over

the weekend. I was impressedand it was an honour to servethe residents lunch. My only re-gret is that the building cannotbe extended to accommodatemore beds.”Visit www.haven.org.za/do-

nate/ to contribute.

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Doodle away and you can winCape Town creatives will have the opportu-nity to sketch, scribble, colour and collabo-rate on ideas at a unique doodling sessionon Thursday.

Hosted by the Cape Craft and Design Insti-tute (CCDI) in partnership with Nando’s HotYoung Designer competition, the #HYD2015doodle session is part of the CCDI’s nightmarket, which has become a popular eventas part of the First Thursday Cape Town pro-gramme.

Under 35s are challenged to design a beau-tiful, usable pendant light fitting that willbring an inimitable South African designmagic and a sense of authentic South Afri-can connection into the interior of a Nando’srestaurant across the world.

The fun and interactive doodling sessionwill give creatives an opportunity to playwith design ideas, and encourage them to en-ter theNando’s competition,which closes on14 September.

The sessionwill be facilitatedbya commu-nity-driven empowerment project called“1000 drawings – doodle for a difference”.

At the night market visitors will also beable to browse goods from 20 women-ownedbusinesses, in celebration of Women’sMonth, along with food and drink stalls.

The market takes place on the corner ofHarrington and Barrack streets from 17:00to 21:00.V Visit www.nandos.co.za/nandos-hot-young-design-er for more information about the competition, includ-ing the prizes for the winning design.V Visit www.ccdi.org.za for more information about theCape Craft and Design Institute and its night market.

Young designers are invited to collaborate ata night market in the city centre on Thursday.

New moms gethelp at seminarMothers-to-be and new

parents with babiesyounger than a year oldshould diarise Saturday22 August for the John-son’s Baby Sense seminarat the Vineyard Hotel inNewlands.

Now in its 12th year, theseminars have become avital and credible sourceof to-the-point informa-tion that helps parentsnavigate thedelugeof par-enting advice – wanted ornot.

With a barrage of infor-mation available to ex-pectant mothers and newparents, it’s easy to feeloverwhelmed by the volume of facts orto be confused by different opinions.

The Johnson’s Baby Sense seminarsare designed to convey concise and ex-pert information.

The parenting experts this year in-clude Sister Ann Richardson (co-authorofBaby Sense and Sleep Sense), Tina Otte(midwife and special editor ofYour Preg-nancy) and Lizanne du Plessis (occupa-tional therapist and author of Raisinghappy children).

Others on the panel are Kate Bailey(occupational therapist and early child-hood development and stimulation ex-pert) and Dr Welma Lubbe (registerednurse and advanced midwife with quali-fications in neonatal nursing science).

This panel of experts will give parentsinvaluable information on a variety oftopics that are close to a new parent’sheart.

During the morning session (08:30 tonoon) experts will equip mothers-to-bewith everything theyneed to knowabouttheir baby’s transition from womb toworld, the golden hour straight after

birth as well as newborn basics.The afternoon session is aimed at par-

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A Johnson’s Baby massage workshoptakes place between the two sessions andwill teach mothers the benefits of senso-ry stimulation and provide tips for babymassage and how parents can communi-cate with their baby through touch andmassage.

The cost per seminar is R240, and R60for the massage workshop. Each personattending will receive a goodie bag, re-freshments and the chance to win prizes.Mothers with babies under six monthsare welcome to bring them with.

For bookings visit www.baby-sense.com.

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New mothers can get expert information on sleepsolutions and what it takes to be a brave mother at theJohnson’s Baby Sense seminar on 22 August.

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SOS on hike is justa WhatsApp awayNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

A new WhatsApp group has been createdto boost hiker safety onTableMountain.The group allows hikers to notify theHik-

ers Network when they depart on a hike, aswell as check in along the way.Created by TimLundy andAnwaaz Bents

to help people be safer on our mountains,the group can track hikers and activatesearch and rescue teams if necessary.“The number of accidents happening on

our mountains is growing as more andmore people use the mountains,” explainsLundy. “The importance of a group like thisis to help our fellowmountain users shouldthey need it. We hopefully will reduce thenumber of rescues performed every year.”Safety of hikers and tourists within the

Table Mountain National Park has been in

the spotlight following a recent spate ofcrimes. A group of cyclists were mugged atBlack Hill, which followed the mugging ofthree groups of tourists on Lion’s Head.Provincial government officials also re-

portedly met with community organisa-tions last week to discuss ways to improvethe safety and security of mountain users.Hikers can join the WhatsApp group by

sending their number to Lundy.“If there is an incident then the tracker

will add you to the incident room, whereyou will be led step by step. The first thingis to call search and rescue. We will alsogive whatever information can help themdecide what rescue steps need to be taken.Your tracker will just be a message away ifyou need him or her. The idea is to helpspeed up getting help to you,” he explains.V Visit hikersnetwork.co.za/mountain-safety/ formore information.

A new WhatsApp group aims to keep hikers safe. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN


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operations is regulated in terms of both the Act and the National Gambling Act,2004.This notice serves to notify members of the public that they may lodgeobjections and/or comments to the above application on or before the closingdate at the undermentioned address and contacts. Since licensed gamblingconstitutes a legitimate business operation, moral objections for or against

gambling will not be considered by the Board.An objection that merely statesthat one is opposed to gambling, without much substantiation, will not be viewedwith much favour.You are hereby encouraged to read the Act and learn more

about the Board’s powers and the matters pursuant to which objections may belodged.These are outlined in Sections 28, 30, 31 and 35 of the Act. Members ofthe public can obtain a copy of the objection guidelines, which are an explanatoryguide through the legal framework governing the lodgement of objections and

the Board’s adjudication procedures.The objection guidelines are accessible fromthe Board’s website at www.wcgrb.co.za and copies can also be made available onrequest.The Board will consider all comments and objections lodged on or before

the closing date during the adjudication of the application.

In the case of written objections to an application, the grounds on which suchobjections are founded must be furnished.Where comment in respect of anapplication is furnished, full particulars and facts to substantiate such commentmust be provided.The name, address and telephone number of the personsubmitting the objection or offering the comment must also be provided.Comments or objections must reach the Board by no later than 16:00 on

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Dogs guide the blindto a better lifeTIYESE JERANJI

@jeranji

For the past 65 years the SA Guide-dogs Associationfor the Blind has been helping blind people be inde-

pendent and live normal lives.The Association says while it tries hard to improve

the lives of many blind people it doesn’t come easy.They put in a lot of money to train dogs.They can’t reach as many people as they would like

because they don’t have enough money to train manydogs.At the moment there are about 20 people on the wait-

ing list to receive guide dogs. Someone can be on thewaiting list for about 18 months before they get a suita-ble guide dog.Teagan Schwerin, SA Guide-dogs regional coordina-

tor, says they want to help a lot of people. To keep afloatand continue tohelp theyhost functions to raisemoney.OnWorld Sight Day on 8 October they will be hosting

a gala dinner to help raise funds.“We breed three types of dogs only and it costs more

than R8000 to get the dog ready. Guide dog owners onlypayR5,which is for the contract, andR100 for the board-ing fee when they have to be trained with their dogson the routes theywill be taking. It is nothing comparedto what we put in to have the dog ready.“We wish to help a lot of people but we can’t because

it’s so expensive. We are inviting more people to comeand support us for the gala dinner in October so thatwe can touch more lives.“We really want to change a lot of lives but without

the help from out there we won’t make it,” she says.Nicky Labuschagne, who is blind, says she attributes

that she is able to live her life to the fullest to the helpshe gets from her guide dog Becks. She has had Becksfor the past 11 months.“Life is much easier. Guide dogs are very helpful and

they make people look at you in a different way. Itwasn’t easier with a cane because I was limited. Peopledidn’t want to talk to you because they are scared theycan hurt your feelings.“It’s so true that the dog is an ice breaker; people ad-

mire the dog and they play with it, then they get to you.By talking they see that you’re a normal person justlike them.“Having a guide dog hasmade life much easier. I was

able to play with my son. I throw the ball and the dogpicks it up. He throws and the dog picks it up, so I nevermissed on my child’s playtime because I’m blind.“If it wasn’t for SA Guide-dogs, life would be some-

thing else. That’s why we are calling on more peopleto help so that they can touch more lives and changetheir lives,” she says.V The gala dinner will be held at Kelvin Grove in Newlands. Youcan book a ticket for R700 by calling Schwerin on 021 674 7395.

Guide dogs make life much easier for the blind and are trained to be good companions too. PHOTO: TIYESE JERANJI

Prison was an opportunity for himTIYESE JERANJI

@jeranji

Spending five years in prison forfraud was a turning point for Stan-ton Hermanus (37) and he is deter-mined to change his life.Hermanus, from Ravensmead,

was convicted without a qualifica-tion but he studied whilst in prison.Now he holds a BSc degree in

Computer Science from Unisa,which he passed cum laude lastyear. He received the vice-chancel-lor’s Senate award as top performerin the Honours programme in theScience, Engineering andTechnolo-gy faculty.Out on parole for the past nine

months, he says life is treating himwell. He is studying for his Mastersdegree in Commerce and Informa-tion Systems at UCT.He admits life in prison wasn’t

easy but he is happy about what hecould achieve whilst there.“In prison you’re confronted with

a lot of challenges. There is gang-sterism and it’s easy to be reluctant,not study and follow the crowd. I’m

happy to say against all odds I man-aged to follow my vision and to bet-ter myself. I was privileged to be ina single cell; it made me reflect ona lot of things and I managed to putmore time in studying. I’m proud ofwhat I have achieved; I don’t regretgoing to prison,” he says.“I feel like I have been given a sec-

ond chance,” says Hermanus.This new lease on life has been

recognised by the Rotary Club ofNewlands. Hermanus is one of nine

students to receive a bursary.At a recent awards evening to cel-

ebrate the students’ results, Herma-nus said that the day he had enteredprison, he had committed to “turnhis life around”. He believes educa-tion is a tool to change the world.“I was determined to study be-

cause I believe education is a keythat can unlock all the doors. Thereare a lot of opportunities in prison.You have time to finish your matricor to study further. Some are just la-zy to study and end up joininggangs,” he said at the ceremony.Jenny Ibbotson, chairperson of

the international and vocationalcommittee of the Rotary Club ofNewlands, says Hermanus’s life haschanged and as a rolemodel he willinfluence the lives of many otheryoung people.“I was deeply touched by the pro-

ceedings of the evening. I listened toeach student as they stood up to talkabout their experiences and how,without the bursary from Rotary,they would not have had access tothis educational opportunity,” shesays.

Wybe Meinessz, former president ofthe Rotary Club of Newlands, withStanton Hermanus.


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Crime heroesalso get badgesNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

Neighbourhood watch members who goabove and beyond to keep their commu-

nity safe will now be recognised in a quar-terly award from the Cape Town CentralCommunity Police Forum (CPF).

The first recipient will be awarded today.CPF chairperson Nicola Jowell says re-

warding good service has been a personalgoal of hers.

“It has been a long-term objective of mineto institute a system that allows us to recog-nise and reward people who go the extramile in what they do. Complaining comesto us all so quickly and easily but, for somereason, when it comes to compliments andpraise people generally seem to be sloweroff the mark,” she says.

The CPF has had an award for police offi-cer of the month for just over a year, butJowell feels it was time to expand.

“There are so many other organisationsthat work with the police in combating andresponding to crime that we wanted to havean opportunity to recognise and rewardmembers of those groups who have shownexcellence,” she says.

The award will also be given to organisa-tions that partner with the CPF and police,Jowell says.

“People are individually and collectivelygiving their time and resources to assist thepolice and the rest of their neighbourhoods.We have seen prevention through visiblepatrols, fast reactions to neighbours in dis-tress and feeding of excellent informationto the police to allow for arrests,” she says.

Nominations can be received from any in-dividual, for themselves, colleagues ormembers in other organisations. The man-agement of any organisation is also able tonominate individuals.V Email nominations for the quarterly crime-fightingaward to [email protected].

Sickness no match for twoTwo young Cape Town soccer fans werein their element at the recent Cape TownCup final between Sporting Clube de Por-tugal and Crystal Palace at Cape Town Sta-dium.

The two soccer-mad youngsters, SikhoMbokotho (8) and Aviwe Dekeda (5), whohave life-threatening illnesses, watchedboth the semi-final and final matches of

the Cape Town Cup. They also joined thecaptains at the coin toss on the field.

The soccer event was sponsored by SunInternational and the Table Bay Hotel.The Reach for a Dream Foundation helpedto give the two children an enriching expe-rience.V For more information visit www.reachforadream.org.za.

Soccermad locals Sikho Mbokotho (8) and Aviwe Dekeda (5) were hosted by Reach for aDream at the recent Cape Town Cup final at Cape Town Stadium.

Two murders on Atlantic SeaboardThe police are investigating two sepa-rate murders in the Atlantic Seaboard,after a tourist was killed in Camps Bayand a local hairdresser was murdered inGreen Point.

The body of an American woman wasfound in a luxury boutique hotel inCamps Bay on Wednesday last week.

Her 41-year-old companion, from Gua-temala, made a brief court appearance inconnection with her death on Friday and

is expected to apply for bail on Tuesday.Gabriella Kabrins Alban (39), was

staying in the Camps Bay Retreat duringher visit from California.

The body of a 36-year-old Green Pointhairdresser was found in his home onThursday last week after he failed to ar-rive at work after a day off.

Peter Hasselman was reportedlystabbed with a sharp implement. No ar-rests have been made.

Tracker gets kids toschool safelyTIYESE JERANJI

@jeranji

School transport has always been in thespotlight as the safety of children is in ques-tion. To make sure that children go to andfrom school in safe transport Child Safe,Discovery Insure and a few other stakehold-ers launched a pilot project to improveschool transport in the province last year.

The project started with 78 drivers – theytested their eyes, bought new tyres for theschool buses, fitted safety belts in some ve-hicles and even gave them jacks to keep inthe car.

Those with eye problems were helped toget glasses.

A year later, though it’s still a work inprogress, they are happy that they havechanged the way drivers operate.

Discovery Insure used its incentive pro-gramme to encourage the drivers to drivechildren safely. The programme uses atracking device to monitor driving behav-iour. It provides feedback and enables Dis-

covery to reward drivers for improvement.A study recently found that drivers on the

programme improved their driving behav-iour significantly, compared to the generaldriving population of Cape Town.

The best drivers of the pilot project wererewarded on Thursday last week.

Anton Ossip, Discovery Insure CEO,says: “We are glad that today we can solveproblems through technology and create anation of great drivers. Things havechanged a lot because they know they arebeing monitored and if they do well theywill get rewarded for it. We are encouragingresponsible driving all the time and I’mglad the results show that there is improve-ment,” he says.

Ruth Lewin, head of corporate sustaina-bility at Discovery, says: “With this project,we aim to make South Africa’s roads saferfor children when travelling to school everyday by improving and increasing road safe-ty knowledge through driver education,and both improvement and provision ofsafety tools and features.”

Discovery Insure and Child Safe recently rewarded Linda Mpani, the best driver in a pilotschool transport project, for prioritising children's safety when driving them to and fromschool. PHOTO: TIYESE JERANJI

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Why does it take the death of one of their own before thepolice puts all their manpower and effort into finding theculprits responsible for the same series of attacks oversome years.

Last week Warrant Officer Petrus Holz, a Hawks offi-cial, was stabbed to death next to the N2 while changinga flat tyre. This after his vehicle hit obstacles placed inthe road by the culprits to force unsuspecting victims topull over. Arrests followed two days later.

These incidents – same modus operandi, possibly eventhe same culprits – however date back more than twoyears. We constantly hear about attacks and stone throw-ing at certain hot spots on the N2 and the R300. So whyonly now has someone been arrested?

When you start looking into individual incidents, talk-ing to supposed victims or asking the police to confirmreported incidents, it turns out that many of these inci-dents, much like many other crimes, were never reported.

The police cannot act when they don’t know a crimehas been committed. They can’t arrest anyone on hear-say, and they can’t investigate a crime they heard ofthrough the grapevine. Yet they are first in line when thepublic starts handing out blame because nothing wasdone.

The problem is there is still a perception among manythat reporting a crime won’t bear any fruit – just anotherdocket to add to the unsolved pile.

In too many communities people also live in fear ofcriminals, so they rather keep mum on what they haveseen. In Manenberg last week a policeman was hit uncon-scious by a brick as stones flew during a march. Yet be-tween hundreds of protestors not a single person saw whothrew the brick.

As long as we stay quiet, criminals have won and aregoing to continue to terrorise our communities. It is timeto drop the “it won’t help attitude” and speak up. Givethose responsible for enforcing our laws the ammunitionto help keep us safe.

Maiden’s Coveimproved, not soldI refer to the anonymous letter “Voteagainst Maiden Cove” published inPeople’s Post.

I wish to bring to the attention of yourreaders that there is no plan to sell ordevelop the Maiden’s Cove picnic area asclaimed in this letter.

In fact, after consultation with adelegation from the Khoisan leadershipin the city and a meeting arranged by alocal radio station with communitymembers who frequent the braai facili-ties of Maiden’s Cove, they were veryhappy with the proposed improvementsplanned for the area and even suggestedfurther fencing to improve the security

situation.The users of Maiden’s Cove will, in

fact, have access to a new and improvedarea.

I appeal to anyone with concerns tovisit the local library where the conceptsfor the area are available to view.

Over the last few weeks City officialshave been meeting with all interestedparties, including ratepayers’ associa-tions, Camps Bay schools and the CliftonBowls Club and the feedback has beenvery positive.

ERROL ANSTEY,Subcouncil 16 proportional representative

councillor

Jazz legends a sweet courseAgainst the backdrop of the highlyacclaimed Fugard Theatre production ofthe Broadway smash-hit musical WestSide story, running currently at theArtscape Theatre, its latest offering (butfor one night only) was the collaborativeArtscape and Micallo Music Productionof Our legends passing the baton, featur-ing jazz greats living and of yesteryear.

Presented by Mitchell’s Plain comedi-enne Mel Jones, jazz lovers were takenon a journey with Cape Town jazzlegends which included posthumoustributes and audiovisual clips featuringTony Schilder, Zayn Adams and TaliepPetersen, under the musical direction oflocal maestro Camillo Lombard and hisband.

Saxophonist Donveno Prins, an emerg-ing Cape legend, shined brightly duringhis solo renditions.

The spectacular show, directed byBasil Appolis, contained all the rightingredients and glitz of an internationalstature. The lightning fast costumechanges by the female stars elicited wolfhowls from an appreciative audience.

Jones’s matter-of-fact banter spicedwith off-the-cuff humour and exchangeswith the legends gave insight into theirlives as aspiring performers during thetumultuous apartheid years, and al-though they were maligned by theiroppressors, they chose to pursue theircraft and talent.

The legends gracefully handed their“batons” over to their emerging charges:Sophia Foster to Abigail Bagley, trump-eter Ian Smith to Lorenzo Blignaut andfeatured songstress Adelia Douw fromDelft Jazz Band, and jazz stalwart SylviaMdunyelwa to Xoliswa. Mdunyelwa’srendition of “Where are the children”lamented the passing of Hector Petersen,the first fatality during the 1976 studentunrest, and their duet performance ofMiriam Makeba’s “Pata pata” had theaudience on its feet.

It is most unfortunate that the per-formance was for one night only, butlike a good dessert, one helping for mewas an excellent indulgence.

COUNCILLOR MARK RH KLEINSCHMIDTKenwyn

Pay corruptionbustersPolice corruption is often highlight-ed in the media. This happenswhen dockets vanish or the policeare accused of general corruptactivity. The recent arrest of ahigh-ranking officer who allegedlysold firearms to gangsters was aturning point for desperate CapeFlats residents.

The media must place pressureon the police and judiciary toboldly manage this criminal caseinstead of allowing justice to bestifled by stupidity and administra-tive red tape. If the police andNational Prosecuting Authoritymesses up this case, as they didwith Shrien Dewani and OscarPistorius, then they will lose thelimited public opinion that theyhave left.

Quality above quantity is vital.Our best prosecutors and detectivesmust be better paid. Those inauthority must rid their depart-ments of ineptitude which includesremoving those with low arrest andprosecution records. More incen-tives must be introduced. Withhigher performance bonus andskills recognition, progress ispossible.

Money has always been a greatmotivator and will inspire a higherconviction. For example, reportingattempted corruption must also berewarded. The official gets to keepthe money offered, providing thatthe corruption was reportedaccording to required protocol. Thiswill generate fear in criminals asthey would be up for corruptioncharges and lose their money.

In the words of the wise, those inauthority need to think outside thebox and do what is required tosecure a corruption-free police,judicial system and SA society.

COUNCILLOR YAGYAH ADAMSCape Muslim Congress

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‘Altro’ entersJoshua’s lexiconLOUISA STEYL

@LouNotes

His fans know him simply as JoshuaGrierson, but the Brackenfell singer

and songwriter has been cooking upsomething different with his new project,FOLLOWER.Joshua had been writing a number of

songs using a loop pedal and, known forhis melancholic storytelling, decided hewanted to do something else with his mu-sic.“I wanted to make music that makes

people dance,” and so, FOLLOWER wasborn.Joshua,whohas been a part of the local

music industry for the last 15 years, hasexperimented with almost every genreunder the sun, but dance is new territoryfor him.“I’ve always been fascinated with the

ethos and everything behind it,” saysJoshua. His brand of dance or electronicmusic is, as he says “still typically Josh”.The music is a hybrid of recent ThomYorke solomusic,mixedwith a bit of Por-tishead and elements of Florence and theMachine, coupled with Joshua’s intro-spective, thought-provoking lyrics. He’sdubbed his new sound as alternative/electro or altro for short.“This journey has been interesting for

me, because I didn’t know if I could pullit off.”

Rocking the DaisiesJoshua confesses to not being able to

use music production software, so he de-cided to employ a DJ/producer to helphim create the sounds in his head. EnterNicolaas van Reenen from Bateleur andFever Trails.While enthusiastic about the project,

Nicolaas is too busy to join Joshua onstage, so the secondmember of FOLLOW-ER is Gean Burrel. They’ve already beenbooked to play the Van’s campsite stageat Rocking the Daisies this year.Besides wanting to make people dance,

Joshua also aimed to create somethingentirely different so that it could be possi-ble to live and work in Europe where thevocal electronic movement is growing.He says he’s been feeling slightly stifledin the current South African cultural cli-mate and is looking for a place to spreadhis wings.Essentially though, Joshua created

FOLLOWER to give his listeners a dis-tinctive sound inwhich to immerse them-selves: “A richer-bodied experience.”Joshua’s plan for the next few months

is to release singles, get them on radio,release music videos and ultimately re-lease a body of FOLLOWER work some-

time in September.Ideally, he wants to eventually turn

FOLLOWER into at least a quartet witha small choir of four or five people behindhim.“I reallywant tomake this exceptional-

ly beautiful in terms of live sound.”Some fans may have seen Joshua pro-

moting a “farewell tour” at the end of lastyear. Despondentwith the local industry,he decided to stop performing under hisown name.It’s not the first time Joshua has been

on stage under another name though. Heperformed as Emo Kid Josh when he wasa teen. He also performed as Mercurialfor a short time.“I killed myself off, in musical terms,

but I realised that I can’t live withoutsinging melancholic songs about weirdcharacters.”Joshua says he needed to resurrect

himself and fans can look forward to anew Joshua Grierson album when he re-leases Strange heart: A suburban shortstory, also in September. The album con-tains six previously recorded songs pro-duced by Dan Roberts that Joshua hasn’tbeen able to release until now.

On stageWhen he isn’t performing under his

own name, as FOLLOWER or as Joshuaand the Trouble, Joshua is also a part ofBIG EXIT, his rock band. Their single,“Prize fighter”, is available on Sound-cloud. His other project is Field of giants,which he describes as instrumental, post-rock experimental music.FOLLOWER will be on stage at the

House of Machines in the city centre to-morrowand Joshuawill be on stage thereeveryWednesday in August. He’ll also beat Alexander Bar on Friday.V Visit the Facebook pages for Joshua’s variousprojects for more information. His music is alsoavailable on Soundcloud and YouTube.

Fest brings uniqueworks to stageArtscape’s stages will be full of though-pro-voking productions during the ArtscapeWomen’s Humanity Arts Festival fromThursday.Cold case, which will be staged on Thurs-

day and Friday, is a tribute to Dulcie Sep-tember who was assassinated in 1988 whileopening the ANC’s Paris office. Producedand performed by actress Denise Newmanand directed by Basil Appollis, Cold case cel-ebrates this legendary Cape Town teacherturned freedom fighter.Henrietta with love is a new work written

by Peter Voges for Lee-Ann van Rooi. It isdirected by Sandra Temmingh and will bestaged from Saturday 8 to Saturday 15 Au-gust. The production explores the differentroles that Henrietta plays in other people’slives, from wife to sister, and her own placein the world.With theOvation award from theNational

Arts Festival, the Unmute Dance Company,an organisation focused on the inclusion ofpeople with disabilities, will present twoworks directed by Themba Mbuli.Trapped on Thursday will merge visual

art, sound dialogue and dance as three art-ists pioneer integrated techniques withmixed abilities. The work is autobiographi-cal and includeswell-knowndeaf dancer andchoreographer Andile Vellem and wheel-chair dancers Nadine McKenzie Appollisand Zama Sonjica.Ashed on Friday will mirror the evolution

of South African citizens.Die glas ennie draad on Saturday is based

on a true story from one of South Africa’smost notorious ganglands. The productionis an on-stage demonstration of how commu-nities are reconstructed and the healingprocesses which can be achieved through

discourse. It is directed by Sandra Tem-mingh andwill be followed by a dialogue, fa-cilitated by Dr Ruben Richards of the RubenRichards Foundation and Dr Lionel Thaver,a sociologist at UWC.The festival will end on Sunday with the

Humanity gospel concert featuring NevilleD, Rouchelle Liedemann, Tertia Hendricks,Michelle Botha and Anele Tame.V Visit www.artscape.co.za for more information. Tick-ets are available from Computicket or Artscape dial-a-seat on 021 421 7695.

WIN! WIN! WIN!V One reader can win a package to experience someof the festival’s theatre offerings. The prize includesdouble tickets to see Trapped on Thursday at 20:00,Cold case on Friday at 19:30, Die glas ennie draad onSaturday at 11:30 and Henrietta with love on Thursday13 August at 19:30. SMS the word “Woman” followedby your name and email address to 45527 before noontomorrow to enter. SMSes cost R1.50.

LeeAnn van Rooi will be on stage in Henrietta with love, performed as part of theArtscape Women’s Humanity Arts Festival.

Joshua Grierson is offering fans a newperspective with FOLLOWER.

PHOTO: LESCA LEA

METAL HAS A FIELD DAY: Metal heads from across Cape Town will gather at theAssembly in the city centre on Saturday for Winterfest ’15. The festival, now in its ninthyear, has moved from its usual Stellenbosch venue. Doors open at 17:00. Devil speak willbe on stage at 18:00, followed by Mind the child, Conduit, Junkyard lipstick (pictured),Beeldenstorm, Mezzanine floor (from Port Elizabeth), Mind assault, Infanteria and Nebuladisrupt. Tickets cost R90 each at the door. Visit the M4A Winterfest ’15 event page onFacebook for more information.

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BREAKING CLEAR: Andre Manuel of Bishops (with the ball) leaves the Paul RoosGymnasium defence in his wake during their WP Schools u.19A match in Stellenbosch onSaturday. Despite Manuel’s efforts, Bishops lost the match 3929.

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DROPPING THE BALL: WP’s Asanda Mcatshulwa (left) drops the ball on her way to the tryline with Border’s Lamla Momoti trying to stop her. Border won the interprovincial match 3712at City Park on Saturday. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

WESTERFORD GIRL GOES ALL THE WAY: Allison Morton (second from right), who is aGrade 10 learner at Westerford High School, won the 42 km Die Burger Mountain Bike raceladies section in Stellenbosch on Sunday. With her are (from left:) Azelia Morkel, marketingmanager at Die Burger, Beulah Buitendach and Jenna Borrill.

DIRE DEFENCE: Craig Barry of the Maties (centre) beats Hamilton’s Chris Cloete (left) asteammate Shane Vallender tries to stop him in their WPRFU Super League A match at theStephan Oval on Saturday. Maties convincingly won the 4724. PHOTO: PETER HEEGER/GALLO IMAGES

Bike race has tyres flyingThe second race of the Western Cape

Spur schoolsmountain bike leaguewasmarked by exciting racing as a total of

455 riders took the fast technical track atSouthey Vines in Somerset West, pushingthe total number of participants in the seriesto over 1000 entries.

A strong primary schools field saw quitea few first-time riders, while strong racingand fierce competition made for great spec-tator value in the high schools category.

In the sub-junior boys (14 years) JamiePenfold of Paul Roos Gimnasium finishedcomfortably first after having led from thestart and sustaining fast lap times, crossingthe line in 30 minutes and 58 seconds.

Daniel van der Walt from Fairmont HighSchool, who finished first at Meerendal, hadto settle for second place in a time of 31 min-utes and 18 seconds with George Ducharme,also of Paul Roos, in third.

A battle in the youth men (15 years) hadthe crowd on its feet with Michard Meets ofParel Vallei leading the first two rounds and

MulderOosthuizen ofDFMalan sitting tightonhiswheel to take over the lead in the thirdround.

However, it was Meets who regained hisfront slot around the last bend and crossedthe finish line first after a tight sprint to takegold only three metres ahead of his rival.

Johan Trotzky of Montana, who wasforced to settle for third place in the firstyouth men (under 16) race of the season dueto technical problems, had a magnificentrace this weekend. Getting off to a fast start,he held on to the front slot for all five lapsto finish first in a time of 36 minutes and 27seconds. A tight sprint finish had Joshua deFreitas of Parel Vallei get the better of Nielvan Tonder of DFMalan, who came in third.

In the sub-junior girls (14 years) CarlaHol-lander of DF Malan held on to her lead posi-tion with Michaela Beaton of DurbanvillePrimary School second and Surine van Ton-der of Drostdy Technical School in third.

AllisonMorton ofWesterford High Schoolis still leading the youthwomen after finish-

ing comfortably, winning her race in a timeof 25 minutes and 23 seconds. She was fol-lowed by Parel Vallei teammates CarlaSteyn (second in a time of 27 minutes and2 seconds) and Jana Barry (close on herwheels in a time of 27 minutes and 12 sec-onds).

Nophiwe Hala of Kayamandi High Schoolimpressed with her win in the junior girlscategory in a time of 25 minutes and 23 sec-onds. Courteney Webb of Westerford fin-ished second and Mire Herbst of Durban-ville was third.

Hala, who trains three times a week withher Songa teammates, has only been cyclingfor a year. “I really enjoymountain bike rid-ing and am really glad that I could move upfrom third place in the first race to firstplace,” says Hala.

As was expected fierce racing and excep-tional mountain bike skills wrapped up theday with the junior men giving a magnifi-cent performance from start to finish. A leadgroup consisting of Manie Lubbe (DF Ma-

lan),MatthewKeyser (ParelVallei), AndrewSparks (ReddamHouse),MatthewLombardiand Robert Hobson (Paul Roos) and AndrewReaper (Sacs) pulled away from the rest ofthe field from the start.

The four front runners – Lubbe, Keyser,Lombardi andSparks – took turns in leadingthe pack for the first couple of rounds, beforeit became a battle between Lubbe and Lom-bardi for line honours. Although Lubbe ledthe final rounds, skill and strong legs sawLombardi steel it in the end in a time of 44minutes and 3 seconds – a mere 4 secondsahead of Lubbe.

Keyser took the last podium slot withSparks in fourth.

The third race of the season will be hostedatMontanaHighSchool inWorcester onSat-urday 29 August.V Online entry forms can be downloaded atwww.spurmtbleague.co.za. For more information onthe Spur school mountain bike league, follow@SpurMTBleague on Twitter or visit the SpurSchools-League page on Facebook.

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The sun was out, fun was hadand at the end of the day, agroup of eight men walked

away with a winner’s cheque ofR5000.In what started as an innocent

kick-about between fellow stu-dents on the “dell”, outside theUni-versity of the Western Cape’s(UWC) cafeteria in 2004, it has nowflourished into a much anticipated“kings of UWC” event.The annual event pits students,

alumni and all those associatedwith the university in a 5-a-sidesoccer tournament.The day was not only to share

skills on thepitch, but to also sharestories of years gone by, reinforc-ing the bonds which were firstforged as students.And while there was an element

of fun attached to the event, thecompetition was red hot as 16teams battled it out.In the end, “S squad” rose to the

challenge, beating all comers to thetitle.Chad Hare, captain, could not

hide his elation.“I can’t explain how I feel, we are

just happy that we did this togeth-er.“Wehavebeen friends for as long

aswehave beenhere, for six or sev-en years. We all know each otherthrough soccer, so it’s a brother-hood. We are a family.”The team’s Fabian “Takka”

Wareley tookhome theLyleArend-se player of the tournament award,named in honour of one of the tour-nament’s founding members.Hilton Stroud, one of the tourna-

ment’s organisers, said he has seenthe event grow from strength tostrength whilst holding onto thespirit which it is synonymous for.“It is also a timewhere guys from

old, who haven’t seen each othersince their timeat campus, came inand met each other and socialised.“Even though theydidn’twin the

game, they really enjoyed the factthat they had the opportunity tocatch up with each other as theycome fromall around the province.So really it has been a success onboth the soccer side as well as thesocial side.”Prof Tyrone Pretorius, UWC rec-

tor, enjoyed the Sunday spectacle,

while also realising the impor-tance the event plays in the life ofthe university.“It’s clearly been a fun day and

the weather played along and fromwhat I can see everyone had fun.Butmore than the fun, it’s student,it’s staff, it’s also our alumni andit’s great to see their passion for theuniversity.“It’s good for the university. It’s

good for the university’s reputa-tion and it says a lot that peoplewant to be associated with the uni-versity in this way.”Pretorius praised the enterprise

shown by the founders of the tour-nament, who were chased off theoriginal field at the “dell” 11 yearsago.“It’s fantastic that what started

out as a student initiative has beenembraced by the alumni and hasbecome a regular feature on thecalendar of UWC.“That’s the kind of graduates

that we want to produce: Gradu-ates that take the initiative, thatare creative and take responsibili-ty for their own development,” heconcluded.Fagan Muller, Santos captain

and one of the founders of the tour-

nament, reminisced about the dayswhere students put in their ownshare in the hope of taking homethe spoils for a gatsby and theirdrinkof choice at theBarn, but alsopointed out the role the tourna-ment has played in his own career.“I think that if it wasn’t for this,

then UWC’s soccer team wouldn’tbe so strong. It was playing in this(tournament) that I decided to playfor the UWC soccer team, whichwas prosperous in the end, playingfor the universities national team.“This started it all. In the dell,

where friends get together.“That’s why we make sure that

we have us playing here, the GreenDragons. Because we are the onlyteam that is left of the teams thatstarted this. A bunch of boys whothought class was overrated,”quipped Muller.“It was never the intention to

make it this big. It was never theintention to make it one of theevents on the calendar, but the ca-maraderie between all the differ-ent teams from the res, outside, in-side and guys from all over, every-one wants to be part of UWC andeveryone feels like part of thealumni on the day.”

Soccer unites generations

“S squad” was crowned this year’s “kings of UWC” soccer champions. They walked away with R5000 for theirefforts on Sunday. PHOTOS: ANGELO KALMEYER

Home Boys’ Mxolisi “Shango” Nxumalo (left) jostles for the ball with Ssquad’s Nino Voges in Sunday’s final.

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