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TENANTS of a building in Wynberg havebeen complaining about poor living condi-

tions, only for their complaints to fall on deafears.

The building used to be an outlet store for UliHeydt Master Butchery, but has now been con-verted into a commune where tenants rent roomsand store owners rent smaller shops.

Even though it sounds like a decent setup, thebuilding has two poorly maintained bathroomsand no kitchen for tenants to cook in.

Large spaces were converted into smallerrooms by creating a partition with wood boards orcupboards.

Moussala Empana, a tenant for a year and ahalf, said that there are approximately 35 peopleliving in the building. The monthly rental is R1800and there are two families living in the building.

“The rent is supposed to cover the electricityand the water for the month, but last month wehad to endure a week without electricity and lastyear we had a huge problem with the water supply.

“For the whole year the water was on and off,but it was more off than on and when it was offthe only place where we could get water from wasfrom the toilets, so we used the toilet water foreverything – to cook, to drink, to wash ourselvesand to clean dishes.

“The owner’s excuse was that there were pipesthat were blocked and needed fixing, but I foundout that the owner must pay the council R200 000for electricity.”

Empana also said that every time he com-plained to the owner of the building, the ownerwould lose his temper, shouting that he mustmove out if he didn’t like the way things are run.

Empana gave People’s Post a contact numberfor the owner, but said that he didn’t know whathis name was.

When People’s Post called the number, theman refused to give us his name and when wetold him about the complaints, he said that weshouldn’t come to him with accusations andasked whether the tenants we spoke to paid theirrent.

After we had explained that the tenants whospoke to us said that they did pay their rent everymonth, he said that he couldn’t talk and hung up.People’s Post tried to contact him on numerousoccasions, only to receive the same treatment.

In 2009 the building was put up for auction, butaccording to Stavros Michel of Remax AuctionCentre, the building was not sold and still belongsto Uli Heydt.

The City of Cape Town confirmed that the build-ing was declared a problem building in February.

Richard Bosman, executive director of safetyand security, said: “The building was declared aproblem building after various City departments

investigated and declared it hazardous.“The owner, Ulfila Axel Alexander Heydt, has

been informed and issued notices of the City’sfindings. He has been instructed to amend theseproblems, but if he doesn’t he will be summonedto court.

“With this specific building, the electricity sup-ply was first cut, because of all the illegal, unau-thorised connections inside the building.

“After the owner complied by having a regis-tered electrician make the connections and ar-ranging with the City to pay all outstanding munic-ipal accounts on this property, the electricity sup-ply was restored.”

Bosman also said that the owner has to submitbuilding plans for the additional rooms built insidethe property and has been instructed to evict allthe tenants. The property needs to remain vacantuntil the Fire Services Department confirms thatthe building is no longer a major fire risk and com-plies with National Building Regulations.

Empana said that the owner has not informedhim about moving out, but has only told him thatif he has problems with the accommodation andkeeps complaining, he should find another placeto live.

“The owner has never told me that I will haveto move out of the building so that they can fixit,” Empana said.

While the City will close the building until theowner has complied with the conditions set, theretail space at the bottom of the building will nothave to vacated.

Even though tenants have not been informedabout the developments, Bosman said: “Heydtmust apply for eviction notices at court - the appli-cation is usually a long process, but in the interim,while he is waiting for this application to be ap-proved, the building plans need to be submittedfor alterations.

“The Building Inspector`s notice must be com-plied with, but if there is any non-compliance re-garding this, Heydt should motivate for an exten-sion on this time period, close to the expiry of thisnotice.”

‘We live like squat-ters’

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: A few smallrooms lead off this passage, where walls aremade from a wood-like board.

KITCHENETTE: There is no kitchen where ten-ants can adequately cook and store food, thismetal table is where all tenants cook theirmeals. Photos: Stefni Herbert

Page 2 People’s Post Constantia-Wynberg GENERAL Tuesday 17 April 2012

FAREWELL: Adescendant ofthe Prophet Mu-hammad, Habib‘Umar, was wel-comed on histour of South Af-rica called “TheHope of aSound Heart”,from Sunday 8April to Sunday15 April. HisCape Town ap-pearances in-cluded visits toDarun Na-im inWynberg, SunniJumm’a Masjidin Pelican Park,Jumu’ah: Azzawia Masjid in Walmer Estate, Masjidul Quds in Gatesville, Masjidur Ragh-maan in Hanover Park, UCT Upper Campus, Masjidur Rawbie in Portlands and Masjid Ragh-mah in Garlandale. A farewell was held at Cape Town International Airport on Sunday. Greet-ing Habib ‘Umar, is Mieaad Frydie. Photo: Yunus Mohamed

Dear reader,

Excelling in the sales arena in today’s highlychallenging economic times, is a tall order. A dou-ble-dip recession has seen many businesses foldand crippled others to within a whisker of extinc-tion.

Millions of over-indebted South Africans hMillions of over-indebted South

Africans have had to place them-selves under debt review. Giventhis context, People’s Post is veryproud of our advertising represent-atives Sheryl Haupt and MichellePoggenpoel, who on Fridayscooped awards (see page 1) forsales success at the WP Newspa-pers Representative of the Yearceremony. Retaining clients ver-sus established competition canonly be as a result of deliveringconsistent quality service; applyinginnovative sales strategy.

On the topic of business, I at-tended Islamic Relief South Africa’s inauguralbusiness breakfast last week and was heartenedby the strong entrepreneurial spirit that exists inour communities. I was inspired by the determina-tion and honesty with which small businessmenand women keep going; not dependent on formalemployment, and at the fountain of talent.

I had a taste of entrepreneurship during my free-lance and self-employed years between journal-ism. I sold everything; from clothing and food toloo paper and a transport service. I know how diffi-cult it is to bring home a few rands, let alone hun-dreds and thousands.

One of my clients, who had not paid several ofhis suppliers, eventually had to face the music forhis unethical dealings. I was one of a few whomhe had owed zero, because I stood up to him anddemanded cash every time my vehicle transportedhis supplies.

You have to be tough in business, especiallywhen you’re self-employed and have no protectionother than your instinct. You bag the profits; so too

the risk. You cannot undersell yourself; factor inyour labour, time, petrol costs, electricity, phone billand every other running expense, before settinga price that’s too low. It must be worth your while;you’re in it for the money!

On a lighter note, I’ve started running. After 17years, I’ve overcome my fear of running, all thanksto the Lion of Africa/Itheko Sport Athletic Club’s

head coach Farouk Meyer.Coach extraordinaire, Farouk

took me, my colleague Edwin Scottand about a dozen other novice run-ners on the road and up the hill lastweek, literally.

None of us would have believedat the outset of our run that we couldcomplete a 5km run complete witha steep hill. I made some friendsalong the way. Like me, some of theother women were anxious aboutrunning. I had images of collapsingalong the road and having to be em-barrassingly carried back to basecamp. I’ve always been a runner,

until I was told by the coach of a walk/run pro-gramme that I’m a walker. And that’s what I be-lieved, but no longer.

It’s early days yet, but my challenge is clear: trainfor the next six weeks to complete a 10km run inthe Jive Slave Route Challenge on 27 May. Theclub caters for beginners to elite runners and trainstwice a week at Rhodes High School in Mowbray,meeting at 18:00 on Tuesday or Thursdays. I’mbracing myself for my next run tomorrow. Wish meluck.

Till next time, go well!ConnectED is a weekly column by People’s Post

Editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs, who can be contactedon feroza@peoplespost.co.za.

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No guts, noglory TONY ROBINSON

THERE is an economic theory that publicspending should be counter-cyclic.

In practical terms, this means that when theeconomy slows down and money is tight, thegovernment and municipalities should in-crease spending in order to keep things mov-ing, generate business and preserve jobs.

Nothing wrong with that. It is certainly atime to put savings to work and even borrowmoney to undertake infra-structure projects.

It is also a time when mu-nicipalities should get goodvalue for their money (actual-ly our money) because thecompetition is keen as com-panies bid fiercely for con-tracts.

So it is not really surprisingthat the City’s income in-creased from R13.5 billion in2008 to R26.8 billion thisyear. But this, according tothe Greater Cape Town CivicAlliance and their research-er, Henri Wolfaardt, is toomuch of a good thing.

It is an increase of R13.3 billion, or 98.5 per-cent and it certainly does give the impressionof a rip-roaring spending spree.

What really hurts, is that it has come “duringa period of economic recession when manybusinesses were forced to close or scaledown operations and tens of thousands wereretrenched or had to accept reduced hoursand reduced incomes.”

While this was happening, municipal sala-ries increased at an alarming rate. Propertyrates increases out-performed inflation andthe City took full advantage of the savage Es-kom electricity tariff increases. So the moneyto finance the counter cyclic spending was notjust coming from savings or borrowings. Itwas also coming from the hard-working peo-ple of Cape Town,

The GTCA rubs in the point. “Figures fromthe National Department of Statistics showthat during the two years from December2008 to September/October 2010, approxi-mately 800 000 people were retrenched. Theresidents of Cape Town did not escape, yetthe City’s budget increased handsomelynonetheless. And it is set to increase by an-other R3.3 billion over the next 12 months.One may well ask: “Will this runaway spend-ing ever stop? Can residents afford this?

Where will they find the mon-ey? Who benefits from all thisspending?”

But let us stay with the theoryof counter-cyclic economics.Things are beginning to im-prove so, in terms of the theory,the City should now cut back onspending.

If it was up to me I would ap-point a Budget Tsar to gothrough every department andhack out the wasteful spend-ing. From the abuse of photo-stat machines and mileageclaims to sick leave forms andprocurement.

In particular he/she should look at the billsfrom consultants and the spending in the lastthree months of the municipal year becausethat is when the race is on to spend the fullbudget allocation so that there will be a caseto increase the allocation next year.

In the mean time you can draw comfortfrom the fact that the Council is being watchedby a bunch of hawks in the Greater CapeTown Civic Alliance. They represent over 100civic and allied organisations, so their eyesare everywhere!

Boom times for the Coun-cil while the rest of us suf-fer

TAURIQ HASSEN

A GROUP of faithful hasembarked on a walk fromSaldanha to Melk-bosstrand in an attempt toraise awareness aroundpoverty, drugs and gang-sterism as well as spread-ing the word of God.

From Sunday, the “JesusTo My Rescue” projectstarted their “Walking WithJesus” campaign whenthey stopped at a commu-nity in Saldanha to feedsome hungry children, formprayer groups and spreadthe word of God.

Jaco Van As, owner andmember of the project, con-firmed that Andriette Nor-man, runner-up in SouthAfrican Idols and IvanSiegelaar, gospel singerand DJ on Radio Tyger-burger, would be part of thewalk along with three othermembers from Pretoria.

“We are simply doing thisto show the world what westand for and that we arewalking with Jesus Christ,”says Van As. Yesterday,the project visited theLangebaan Primaryschool, where a talk aboutdrugs and gangsterism were held for Grade 9learners.

The project will head to the Darling PrimarySchool tomorrow, where the same issues will bediscussed with learners from Grades 1 to 9.

On Saturday, the project will stop at a commu-nity in Atlantis where food parcels, food for thechildren, books and Bibles will be handed out.

“When we arrive at the community, prayergroups will be formed and we will reach out tothe community and spread the word of God onceagain,” says Van As.

The walk will eventually end at the Melk-bosstrand Village with a group of about 20 peo-ple, which will include the celebrity walkers,where branded clothing and flags would be hand-ed out.

“From Atlantis to Melkbosstrand, we will behanding out pamphlets, Bibles and books,” VanAs added.

Walking to spread the word

MAIN WALKERS: Justin Davis and Jaco Van As will be two ofthe main walkers during the project. Photo: Supplied

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Handyman rob-bersEASTER Sunday turned outbadly for a Kirstenhof residentwhen he was hit in the face witha hammer.

At about 21:00 the man, who waswalking his dogs, noticed two mensitting under the trees on the foot-path in the greenbelt between Al-tenburg Road and The Sanctuary.

All of a sudden the men ran to-wards him, one with a hammer inhis hand.

The victim also started runningbut fell while trying to get away, and

that is when the suspect struck.The man shouted for help until

eventually some residents in LaDauphine Avenue heard him. Therobbers fled with his cell phone.

The suspects disappeared alongthe M3 Freeway and the man wastaken to Constantiaberg MedicalCentre for treatment.

Police have not yet made any ar-rests.

Caught in the actA NINETEEN-year-old man was ar-rested for possession of R1 millionworth of abalone in Hout Bay onThursday.

At about 6:00, a member of theHout Bay police got a tip from thepublic about a vehicle transporting

abalone.Police followed up on the informa-

tion and later spotted the white Nis-san LVD coming from the Hangbergarea.

They stopped the vehicle in Victo-ria Road, Hout Bay, and when offic-

ers searched the bakkie they found40 bags filled with 2 654 abalone cov-ered with a black plastic sheet. Thedriver, from Grassy Park, was arrest-ed.

He appeared in the Wynberg Mag-istrates’ Court yesterday on chargesrelating to the contravention of theMarine Living Resources Act.

BUSTED: A Grassy Park man was caught with abalone with a street value of R1 million. Photo: Supplied

Paintballing ba-boons a problemLILLIAN AMOS

A BABOON-proof fence will bethe final solution to managingthe problem in Scarborough.

Or, says Justin O’Riain, whoheads UCT’s Baboon Manage-ment Unit, paintball deterrents inthe hands of expert rangers.

O’Riain says he understandsthe frustration of the residents,but the issue of baboon man-agement again reared its headwhen a paintball mission byScarborough residents came in-to question.

“It can’t be easy having ba-boons around you permanently,but this solution is a one-way at-tempt in the absence of long-term insurance.”

He believes paintballingshould only be done by highlytrained field rangers who “dem-onstrate competence”.

“These officers then have toadhere to strict operational pro-cedures. The residents shot atthem the whole day, but that verynight they came back, provingthat the system is extremelyshort-term.”

O’Riain believes this makesthe case for baboon-proof fenc-es even stronger.

“There is already a fence upon the southern border of Scar-borough. It just needs to beturned into a baboon-prooffence. It would help tremen-dously.”

On Easter Monday, eight resi-dents equipped themselves withpaintball guns after they got per-mission from authorities.

This was to assist them to ridthe village of baboons.

But, says the City’s veterinaryscientist and baboon expert, DrElzette Jordan, things got out ofhand.

The veterinarian says they

gave the go-ahead for the pilotproject seeing as it was Easterweekend and they wanted tohelp residents enjoy a peacefulholiday.

“They didn’t stick to what wasstated in the agreement. Theywere only supposed to try and‘push’ them back over the insideedge and out of the village. Itwasn’t supposed to end up as awild chase.”

Jordan was confident that thepaintball method would work, ifused properly.

“The paintball guns are onlymeant to be used if the baboonscome within a 50m radius of theperimeter. Even then, they arenot to be shot at, but rather theground in front of them.

“At this point many of themwould have retreated. If thereare still some who proceed, theranger is allowed to shoot atthem, but only when their backis turned and only when they areno closer than 10m. You are alsoonly allowed to shoot males ontheir rump and legs. After eachof these incidents, it needs to bereported as the process is still inan experimental phase.”

Dr Graham Noble, who head-ed the operation, was out of thecountry when People’s Postwent to print.

He reportedly said that thepaintball operation had mixedsuccess and by 20:00 that daysome baboons were back in thevillage. As much as they want toprotect their properties, theywanted to equally protect the an-imals from harm, he added.

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Since its inception in 2007 the competi-tion has been a resounding success withboth educators and pupils.

The competition, in English, is open toGrade 5 and 6 pupils in the WesternCape, Tshwane (including Polokwaneand Witbank), Gauteng, Free State (in-cluding Kimberley), Eastern Cape (includ-ing East London and George), Mpuma-langa (Middelburg and Nelspruit) andKwa Zulu-Natal.

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NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THECITY OF CAPE TOWNA meeting of the Council of the City of Cape Town will be held on Thursday 26 April 2012 at10:00 in the Council Chamber, 6th Floor, Podium Block, Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard,Cape Town.

Please note that limited seating is available in the public gallery of the Council Chamber, andtherefore seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Should you wish to attendthe meeting you are requested to contact Ann Curtis on 021 400 3342 between 09:00-16:00. All requests for attendance must be received by no laterthan a day before the meeting. You will be required to provideyour surname, initials and contact telephone number. Visitorsare kindly requested to be seated by 09:30.

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Are car guards a blessing ornot?SUMMER JACOBS

WE’VE all experienced it; theuncomfortable situationwhere a car guard stares atyou through your car window,after you’ve only popped intoa shop for five minutes.

Considered by some aschancers trying to make a quickbuck and by others as noble fortrying to make a clean living,they have certainly made theirpresence felt in car parks rang-ing from shopping centres tonight clubs.

People’s Post took to thestreet to find out where yourviews lie regarding theseguards and just how much theyshould be tipped?

BREAD ANDBUTTER:“Some of thesecar guards arehighly qualifiedforeigners whocan’t make a liv-ing in their owncountries. Theyare willing to doanything to putfood on the tableand I find thatadmirable,”says NadiaMoore fromPlumstead Pho-to: Summer Jacobs

BAD SEEDS: “Certain places such as the parking lots of nightclubs have cars broken into by the car guards on duty. Theyknow people will leave their cars unattended for a long periodand they take advantage of that. These thieves, dressed up ascar guards give the actual car guards a bad reputation,” saysLynn Siljeur from Zeekoevlei

PEACE OFMIND: “I think itdepends onwhere you areparking your car.I feel safe know-ing there issomeone late atnight in the park-ing lot when I amwalking to my caralone,” saysJonathan No-vember fromWynberg.Photo:Summer Jacobs

COMMISSION: “I don’t think we should tip car guards if theyare getting a salary. We don’t know if they are getting paid bythe government for the service they are providing. If they are,it means we are basically giving them commission,” says SonicaKoopman from Pinelands. Photo: Summer Jacobs

DOUBLESIDED: “This is a difficult one because on the one handit’s job creation and on the other hand it depends on where youare and how long you will be spending there. If you are onlypopping into the shop for ten minutes and parking in a busyparking bay, it seems pointless to tip the car guard,” says MosesKwisomba from Lotus River. Photo: Summer Jacobs

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New hope for theHangberg commu-nityLILLIAN AMOS

THE predominantly coloured community ofHangberg in Hout Bay has been in the head-lines since September 2010 when violent clash-es erupted during police attempts to evict peo-ple living illegally on a firebreak on the Sentinel.

Now the University of the Western Cape has an-nounced plans to assist with the future develop-ment of this community.

Further clashes erupted on Human Rights Daythis year when law enforcement officers raidedseveral properties after receiving a tip-off about ab-alone poaching.

At a media briefing last week, UWC Rector andVice-Chancellor Professor Brian O’Connell an-nounced that the university will formally engagewith all roleplayers involved in Hangberg, to helpplot the way forward by bringing its expertise to thetable.

UWC academics and Convocation members as-sisted the Hangberg community in the run-up tothe signing of a peace accord in September 2011.The accord was signed by community representa-tives as well as the three tiers of government andwas made an order of the High Court. However,O’Connell says there is still much work to be donein Hangberg to ensure the growth and develop-ment of the area and its community.

“There is presently no appropriate set of commu-nity development theories and practices that un-derpin how the community of Hangberg willachieve their goals. The process is largely left tochance without strong and well-funded profession-al planning and coordination agents.

“This is essentially so because we are only justbeginning to think of community development andits significance. As with education, we seem to be-lieve that complex challenges sort themselvesout.”

He added that since 1994 there has been tooheavy a reliance on government in South Africa.

“We did not call on our people to reconstruct

shattered families and communities, and to en-gage with the new challenges of nation building.Instead we allowed the expectation to grow thatthe state would take care of everything.

“One of the responsibilities of all universities isto create new knowledge. Added to this is ourSouth African view that universities must engagewith this knowledge in practice. I believe that, withrespect to community development, the time of theuniversity has come,” Professor O’Connell says.

UWC intends to use its graduates and pro-grammes to get the community of Hangberg toovercome the many challenges it faces.

“At UWC we want to see if it is possible, in oneof our most complex communities, to develop asense of common vision, a systems perspective,teamwork, and a mental model of what our chal-lenges are and what can be achieved through thepersonal commitment and mastery of each citizen,in community. Through our actions UWC seeks tosay to our people: ‘If you are waiting for this countryto give you what the advantaged people had underapartheid you may as well keel over and die’.”

The University’s Community Engagement Unitis in the process of building a multi-interdisciplinaryforce that will focus on both the theory and practiceof community development to tackle the challeng-es in Hangberg.

Community leader, Greg Louw, welcomed thenew venture.

“This isn’t happening anywhere else in the coun-try. We need to get to the bottom of why the commu-nity is acting as it is. Hangberg was forgotten formany years, now is the time for ordinary peoplein Hangberg to be his or her own liberator.”

Police on abalone dutyPOLICE are hot on the trail of abalone poach-ers and are following up on all tip offs.

On Friday 13 April, Hout Bay police re-ceived a tip-off about poaching in Llandudno.Officers followed up and also notified theCape Town Sea Border Police.

When police arrived, the poachers madetheir way to the shore and fled on foot. A bagwith 105 undersized abalone was found aswell as the poacher’s diving equipment. Noone was arrested but police are still investigat-ing..On Thursday, members of Hout Bay SAPS

were patrolling in the Hangberg area whenthey came across a suspicious looking car. Of-ficers pulled the car over and did a search.During the search they found 38 parcels ofdagga with the street value of R2 000 in theboot of the red Hyundai.

Three men from Nyanga, aged between 30and 40 were arrested for possession anddealing in dagga. A large amount of cash wasalso confiscated. The three will appear incourt this week..Last Tuesday, at about 22:00, a man driv-

ing home noticed a car turning behind him

into his residential street.When he opened his car door in his drive-

way, three armed men confronted him.The men forced the man to unlock his door

and ensure that no alarms were triggered be-fore ransacking the house and stealing cell-phones, coin collections, cutlery, a laptop,jewellery and flatscreen TVs.

The robbers were described as “polite” andwore gloves and were very efficient. Police areinvestigating the case.

There is reportedly a flasher on the loosein Tokai Forest. A woman has seen the mantwice, once while walking with her daughterand once while walking with a group of girls.The man, aged about 30, urinated in front ofthe woman and girls, and showed them hisprivate parts. He has a ginger ponytail.

If you have had a similar incident with aperson fitting this description, please report itto the police.

THE Department of Health has set up a hel-pline, manned by a pharmacist, to help thosein need of urgent medication while some are-as experience a delay in the issuing of chronicmedication.

This comes after the new service provider,responsible for the delivery of medicine par-cels to public health facilities, experienced ini-tial problems as an improved dispensing sys-tem was introduced.

Patients were forced to queue for hours atgovernment health facilities in recent weeksafter the data transfer of 200 000 patient filesto the new contractor, UTi Pharma, causedthe delay. New business processes and theuse of new equipment also impacted on thedelivery service.

The department and the service providerhave been dispensing medicines manuallywhile the systems were activated.

However, a government spokesperson re-ports that the delivery of pre-packed prescrip-tions has now been resumed at many facili-

ties. Provincial health minister, TheunsBotha, says that the Western Cape is “push-ing new boundaries” in terms of medicine dis-pensing.

“The new contract with UTi outlined expan-sion to new outlets and posed new challengesfor the provider. What we are now experienc-ing are teething problems, but they are in theprocess of being resolved.”

“However, we do apologise to our patientsfor the disruption and inconvenience this hascaused. We believe that in the long term it willalleviate long queues at facilities and bringabout an improved service.”

Those experiencing difficulty in collectingtheir medication can phone the helpline on083 472 9300, where a pharmacist can helpby guiding patients to the nearest 24-hour fa-cility where prescriptions can be obtained

Helpline for patientsafter delivery delay

Last week some areas experienced a delay with their chronic medication delivery. :

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CITY OF CAPE TOWNThe City promotes and applies the principles of employmentequity. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply

THE 5km Carel du Toit FunWalk, in aid of the Carel du ToitCentre for Hearing ImpairedChildren, will be held on Sun-day 22 April at 09h00 on thegrounds of Tygerberg Hospital.Dog owners are welcome to al-so enter their dogs for this fun-filled event.

This year is the 10th anniver-sary of this Fun Walk, in aid ofdeaf children. All proceeds gotowards the Carel du Toit Cen-tre, which is nationally consid-ered as the leading educationalinstitution for deaf children. Thecentre caters for learners fromall over the Cape Peninsula.

At this extraordinary centre,deaf children are taught to com-municate with speech. If a childis diagnosed with deafness ear-ly enough and fitted with thecorrect hearing aid, they canlearn to speak normally, attenda mainstream school and reachtheir full potential. Children whoare diagnosed with deafnesstoo late are unable to catch upon developmental delays.These children will stay outsidetheir community, due to theirlack of speech and language,unable to express themselvessufficiently.

Carel du Toit is the only cen-tre in the country that accom-modates deaf children from

birth. The centre also runs asupport programme for parentsof deaf children. This pro-gramme can be attended fromthe moment the child is diag-nosed with a hearing disability,regardless of age.

Your walking can help deafchildren talk and lead a normallife. Entry fees are R40 foradults, R30 for children under

12 and R30 for dogs. The first500 entrants qualify for a good-ie bag!

To enter contact (021) 9386066 or visit ronel.defried-land@pgwc.gov.za

Your walking canget a deaf child talk-ing

FUN WITH A PURPOSE: Big smiles from some of the learnersat the Carel du Toit Centre. You could change their lives bytaking part in the 5km Carel du Toit Fun Walk on 22 April. Frontfrom left are Kamva Rweqana and Luciesha Williams. Backfrom left are Aadam Amlay and Tamia Rhoode.

Photo: Supplied

JOHN RAYNER

CAPE TOWN is entering a magicaltime of year. It is the shedding of thegarment of summer, the puttingaside, for a time, the frivolity of thesun. It’s the preparation of the coun-tryside to bunker down and preparefor wind, cold, rain, sleet and nowand again, storm.

During this time certain trees, theOaks and Plains, and the vines divestthemselves of their summer greens infavour of russet, copper, orange, yellowand red. At first, there is the merest hint

of a change in the seasons, then, all ofa sudden, the streets and sidewalks,gutters and lawns are ablaze with thebeauty that is autumn – discardedleaves.

Don’t miss it. Don’t promise yourselfone day soon you will grab your cameraand take a few shots or say you’ll waitfor the shower to pass. If you do, theshow may be over all too soon.

The magic of autumn is too brief toallow procrastination. When you areknee-deep in leaves in your backyard,it is too late.

What makes the change all the morestartling is when it is seen against the

more modest of our trees, the ones stilldressed: the evergreens.

The contrast is striking. It is truly awondrous sight when one sees,amongst a copse of green, a bright rust,orange or red.

These hues are referred to as ad-vancing colours and they really do jumpout at one, demanding attention.

This is not a tutorial on how to takephotos of the autumnal colours, buthopefully to inspire you to get out thereamongst it all while it is happening.

Okay, if you really insist, here are afew tips.

If you decide on Tokai or Newlands

forest as your choice for autumn pic-tures, then take your tripod with you –it will be a little dim among the trees es-pecially if it is overcast.

Don’t forget to turn the image stabili-zation on your camera/lens off. Changethe White Balance to Shade. If youhave a cable release, use it or activatethe camera’s self timer – in either caseit reduces the likelihood of camerashake.

Otherwise, wander among the Con-stantia vines or seek shots across thevalley and soak up all those wonderfulautumnal colours.

Autumn leaves are fall-ing

AUTUMN MAGIC: Grab your camera and make use of what moth-er nature throws at you. Photos: John Rayner SPECTACULAR: Warm, vivid colours are the order of the day.

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IN MEMORY: A traditional Navy funeral was held for Admiral Hugo Biermann in Constantia on Thursday. Born in 1916, he served as the Chief of the Navy from 1952 till 1972 and wasthe Chief of the national defence force from 1972 till 1976. Admiral Biermann died last Monday at his home in Silvermine Village, Fish Hoek.

Thursday 19 AprilKirstenhof: The Wildlife and Environment Socie-ty of South Africa (WESSA) is holding a members’evening and talk from 18:00 till 20:00. The eventwill be held at the WESSA Barn at 31 The Sanctu-ary. UCT Zoology department PhD candidateNicola Okes will speak about Cape Clawless Ot-ters and will present her research on these play-ful, freshwater mammals. All members of the pub-lic are welcome. Entrance is R25. Proceeds gotowards covering costs and funding WESSA’swork. A cash bar will be available for wine andsoft drinks.

Saturday 21 AprilClaremont: Herschel Girls School will be havinga 90th birthday bash. The party will be held from18:00 to midnight. Alumni most welcome. Formore information contact Beverley at info@her-schel.org.za.

Sunday 22 AprilConstantia: The Alphen Antiques and Collecta-bles Fair will take place at the Alphen Centre (op-posite Constantia Village), from 10:00 to 16:00.

A variety of items will be on sale. Entry is free,there is ample parking and refreshments areavailable. For enquiries contact Des on084 626 7499, email to desd@cybersmart.co.zaor go to their site: www.antiqueking.co.za.

Thursday 26 AprilHout Bay: The Friends of the Hout Bay Museumare inviting you to a fireside chat at 18:30.

Clyde Davidson from Ships’ Society will be thespeaker with the topic; “Titanic, 100 years on”.

Members pay a R30 entry fee and non-mem-bers R40.

For more information contact the museum on(021) 790 3270.

Thursday 3 MaySouthfield: The Southfield NeighbourhoodWatch will have its Annual General Meeting at19:00 at Southfield Primary School Hall in Baart-man Street. It is time for new leadership with freshideas and positions are open to serve on the Ex-ecutive Committee as chairperson, vice-chairper-son, secretary, treasurer and operations manag-er. Forward nominations to the electoral officerWayne Weimann at wayne.bkm@gmail.com or083 628 5939 before noon on Monday April 30.

Meeting for all foster parentsCAPE TOWN Child Welfare invites all foster par-ents to attend their foster parent meetings at Asi-bambani Youth Care Centre (Pike Office) on thefollowing dates: Tuesday 17 April at 11:00 andTuesday 16 October at 11:00.

Foster children are invited to attend theirgroups on the following dates: Tuesday 10 to

Thursday 12 July and Tuesday 11 to Thursday13 December.

Refreshments will be served. For more infor-mation call Lizette Steenkamp or Arlene Bock on(021) 638 3127.

Times for the rest of the dates will follow at alater date.

Support the Lavender causeTHE Lavender in Lavender Hill project will hosttheir first fundraising initiative, “Yoga on the SeaPoint Promenade”, on Sunday 22 April.

The project is currently facing some financialchallenges after they received news that theirmain funders will stop funding the project at theend of April.

They will host a one hour yoga session with

Steve Porter, owner of ZenZoo, starting at 17:00.Anybody interested in attending is required to

bring a Yoga mat. For further information, emaillavender.lavenderhill@gmail.com or visitwww.lavenderinlavenderhill.co.za

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Babies in jailTHE gestation period for humans is nine months.Incarceration for criminals can be anything fromtrial-awaiting to a lifetime without parole.

So what to do about pregnant inmates? Shouldthey be allowed to keep their babies, or would itbe in the child’s best interest to be removed froma mother who is in prison? There are no easy an-swers.

The effects of crime are evident worldwide. Au-thorities are faced with an uphill battle to stymiecrime. Overcrowding in prisons and the ease withwhich released convicts return to old habits addto the burden. These are the known variables.

A more subjective factor would be a child’s re-sponse to being raised by an absent mother. Sucha child would be denied a mother’s touch, voiceand nurturing. Such a mother would be denied thechance to love her child and, it is hoped, halt recidi-vism.

One cannot, therefore, divorce the moral obliga-tion to both mother and child.

The psychological factor – that prison is noplace for a child – cannot be overlooked. In a soci-ety which fails so many other children – throughits failure to aid the abandoned, abused and ne-glected – should an imprisoned mother not havethe right to be with her child?

The argument in favour of inmates keeping theirchildren, even for a limited time, could be bol-stered by the hope of breaking the cycle of repeatoffending, curbing children of inmates from be-coming offenders, and facilita-ting that most basicof human needs: bonding between a mother andchild.

A study in an American prison found that of 65inmates who took part in a prison nur-sery projectcompared to a control group of 30 inmates whohad had their babies removed 72 hours after birth,17% of the first group returned to jail. Half of thecontrol group did.

The bottom line could very well be at issue. Au-thorities should weigh up the cost of inmates keep-ing their babies in prison versus that of keepinga convict.

Medical aidbluesWHY is it that one has to fight with medical aidsin order for them to refund on chronic medication?

When they first sell you the policy, you are as-sured that you will be receiving the best service.Sign up and see what happens.

The best medical aid is your bank where youcan receive interest instead of wasting your moneyon these Medical Aid firms.

They seem to forget that without you, theywouldn’t exist.

To make matters worse they have the audacity

to deduct monies due to you because of their negli-gence or laziness in not requesting the pharma-cists or doctors for codes that only they know. Yetthe increases which are levied yearly they neverneglect.

There are many people who have cottoned ontothis and have now invested their money into a“special” account in the bank. If one must pay 50%of all fees, then what does the exorbitant amountone is paying to the medical aid, cover?V G BEHRENSPinelands

Kudos, every step of thewayTHE organisers of the 2012 Two Oceans Ultra56km and 21.1km half marathon races must becomplimented for a superbly and well organisedevent, despite the inclement weather, whichthreatened to “destroy” our spirits.

With a record number of 26 000 runners partici-pating in this year’s race, the enthusiasm and ex-citement was exhilarating. It was the first time thatI experienced the rainy, cool weather in this, myfourth half marathon, and with much trepidation,my two brothers and I, whom admittedly did notput in the required training to run a sub three hourrace, were unfazed by the drenching downpouras we reached the torturous Southern Cross inConstantia.

The camaraderie and tenacious determinationof my fellow runners abounded and the rain didlittle to dampen their spirits.

Unbeknown to us, while contending with theheavy downpour on the road, disaster had struckfor the organisers at the finish line, when the time-keeping clock, media advertising merchandiseand balloons were blown over by a strong gustof the treacherous south-easter! It did little to marproceedings which proceeded unabated and un-deterred by the ghastly weather.

The dedicated marshals braved the torrents ofrain well insulated in waterproof attire, ensuringour safety and deserving of a medal, while the

medics were always in sight hoping for the CapeDoctor to make an appearance. Thankfully, therewere few reported emergencies or injuries duringthis year’s race.

Optimistically, the steady rain ensured that wedid not have to hydrate as regularly as required,which usually attributes to the unnecessary lossof time at the refreshment stations, and this con-tributed positively to our excellent finishing time.

With the finish line in sight and the soggy UCTrugby field under my feet, I heard with much jubi-lation and enthusiasm, announcer, Paul Kaye, ex-citedly proclaim that he hoped that the most beau-tiful race would attract approximately 30 000 run-ners next year, and with over 40% of the halfmarathon participants being novices this year, thepossibility is certainly achievable.

Well done and thanks to all the runners andsponsors for ensuring that the Mother City playshost to the most beautiful race in the world. We’rewith you every step of the way!MARK KLEINSCHMIDTKENWYN

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. I am over 40 and did a courseas a porter on a cruise ship forwhich I paid over R3 000. NowI cannot find work and havethree children attending school.

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Tuesday 17 April 2012 GENERAL People’s Post Constantia-Wynberg Page 13

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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Housekeeping supervisorREMuNERATiON: R 84 483 PER ANNuM

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REquiREMENTs: MiNiMuM EDuCATiONAL quALiFiCATiON: Junior Certificate (orequivalent).ExPERiENCE:Appropriate housekeeping experience in a hospital environment.iNHERENT REquiREMENT OF THE jOb: Willing to work shifts, including weekends andpublic holidays. COMPETENCiEs (kNOwLEDgE/skiLLs): • Ability to adhere to safety andhygienic standards and the ability to do physical tasks and operate heavy duty cleaningand household equipment • Knowledge of stock control and infection control • Abilityto effectively communicate in at least two of the three official languages of the WesternCape.

DuTiEs (kEy REsuLT AREAs/OuTPuTs): • Responsible for overall control, performanceand co-ordination of tasks related to linen and hygiene services within the ward • Ensurethe effective use, maintenance, ordering, safe-keeping and monitoring of supplies andequipment • Supervise household aid or cleaners in the ward • Responsible for alladministrative duties associated with supervision • Attend in-service training appropriateto service delivery.

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DuTiEs (kEy REsuLT AREAs/OuTPuTs): • Safe transport of patients on trolleys andwheelchairs, within various areas in the hospital • Check and replace gas cylinders in wards• Assist with shifting of medical equipment • Ensure a safe and hygienic work environment• Assist with the removal of bodies from wards and perform relevant duties • Respondto requests from wards and departments • Assist with ambulatory and walking patients.

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New life for prison ba-biesUNATHI JACK’S baby son was terrified whenshe took him outside for the first time aftermonths in a cramped jail cell cut off from theworld.

Now, one-year-old Chibueze confidentlyroams about in the country’s first dedicated unitto ensure that babies in lock up are not punishedfor their mothers’ crimes at the notorious Polls-moor prison.

“He’s got space now to move up and down,”says Jack, who is serving a five-year sentencefor drug possession.

“When he’s outside, he doesn’t want to go in-side the house again – he wants to be there, out-side.”

Sitting in the unit’s cosy crèche filled with toysand learning aids, Jack is one of four motherswho have moved into a quiet part of the prisongrounds that is a child-friendly oasis behind ra-zor-wire topped walls.

Unlike the grim womens prison, where 518women live in a space meant for 329, the inmateshere share a former staff house where the bed-room doors are ordinary wood and the front dooris open during the day.

The women are free to move about, with a yardand a spacious grassy playground. They are alsoallowed to cook their own food in an unusuallyliberal jail setting to allow as normal an environ-ment as possible behind bars for a child.

“We are hoping that this will expose them toa life that is close to normal but will also contributein breaking the cycle of crime,” explainedNontsikelelo Jolingana, national chief deputycommissioner for development and care.

With the first years of a child’s life regarded asthe most important, babies growing up in cellsare shaped by prison life and are often trauma-tised on leaving.

“They haven’t seen anything other than thefour walls that they were kept in. Therefore, eventhe mental development of the child becomes af-fected,” says Jolingana.

“We thought that if we opened facilities of thisnature, we are giving these children a chance,because our emphasis is that they have not com-mitted a crime.”

Marlise Howell, an instructor with BabyGym,a programme that helps teach baby massageand motor skills says, “What we saw is that insti-

tutionalised babies’ brain development is not onpar with babies outside.”

“Everything is close up, they cannot developtheir far vision properly and they don’t have differ-ing experiences.”

For mothers serving long sentences, the re-prieve is temporary as the children legally haveto leave prison for foster care or relatives oncethey are two. The mothers are sent back to serveout the rest of their term.

In the meanwhile, they relish the gentler settingand seeing their babies react to the stimulationand play.

“There’s a big difference because this is moreof a home environment,” says convicted shoplift-er Rafieka Rajab (26) whose 3-month-old daugh-ter, Ameerah, spent her first month in the mainwomen’s section.

Apart from missing her family, she admits:“There are times when I feel like I’m not in prison,it feels like I’m home.”

The baby-centric setting means that some ofthe little ones are introduced to new things notavailable to many on the outside, such as mas-sages and being bounced on an exercise ball.

The doting prison staff are equally taken withthe young charges in the relaxed environment,where mothers can move around at night if need-ed and chortles and squawks fill the air insteadof jarring prison noises.

With some 70 babies currently in South Afri-ca’s prisons and 20 pregnant women in Polls-moor alone, authorities have opened anotherunit in Durban and plan two more later this year.

South Africa has one of the world’s highestcrime rates, and the move to accommodate thebabies has not been without “five star hotel”mumblings – but authorities are adamant that ba-bies are not convicts and say prison rules still ap-ply.

“We tell you what time you wake up, we tellyou what time to eat, what time to wash, whattime to do whatever – so it’s still a prison,” saidJolingana.

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Western Cape Minister for Transport andPublic Works, Robin Carlisle, will addresstransport issues within the province. Themeeting will take place on Wednesday at18:30 for 19:00 at the Western Province

Cricket Club, Avenue De Mist, Newlands, inthe Chairman’s View meeting room.

RSVP to Councillor Matthew Kempthornon 084 681 0012.

Adversity moti-vates accountingstudentTHE inability of her par-ents to pay for her uni-versity fees and the factthat no one in her ex-tended family everreached matric onlyserved as a motivatingfactor for Tumi Hartnickfrom Woodstock.

Her hard work haspayed off and she willgraduate for her NationalHigher Certificate (NHC)in Accounting, at CPUT.

She worked at a meatmarket in her township topay for extra Mathematicsclasses during her matricyear in 2006. This deniedher a lot of study time, butshe had no choice.

Every single day customers at the marketwould say: “I don’t want fat please”. She says,“I knew that this could not be my life. I savedevery cent I could so that I could get out ofthe meat market.”

Her hands were forever cold and she wouldalways pick up the flu. Her meager savingswere not enough to take her to varsity. Herbelief that her unemployed parents had al-ways saved money for her studies turned intoshock when they told her the opposite. Hart-nick never despaired but kept on workingwhile applying for better jobs that could allowher to register at varsity. An opportunity pre-sented itself at a furniture shop in Diep Riverwhere she worked as a temp doing adminis-tration work. This is where she got her initialaccounting experience as a Creditors Clerkand went on to be appointed on a full-time ba-sis.

All was not well yet because her salarycouldn’t cover the cost of studying.

It was only in 2009 that she managed toregister for the NHC in accounting at CPUT’sCape Town campus. The part-time study ex-perience included leaving classes early tocatch the last bus home. Winter was worsebecause it got dark quicker.

“I’ve been mugged and robbed of my text-books and bus fare but none of these mishapshave made me lose sight of my goal to bethe first university graduate in my family. Andnow, three years later, I will be graduating withmy NHC Accounting. I’ve decided to continuethis year with my national diploma,” she says.

Tumi is currently employed as a creditorsclerk at Vodacom’s Western Cape Head Of-fice.

TOP ACHIEVER: Tumi Hartnick at Vodacom WesternCape’s Head Office. Photo: Supplied

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Local boy leads thepackA BERGVLIET boy has becomeCape Town’s best hope of securinga title in the National MotocrossChampionship this year after open-ing up a comfortable lead at the topof the points table.

Justin Sangster, a nine-year-old whoattends Sweet Valley Primary School,took control of the 50cc class lastmonth after he won both of his heatsat round two of the championship andset new lap records at the Shavron mo-tocross track in Bloemfontein.

Sangster, who also set the fastest laptime at the previous event at Sun Cityin February, says that the secret behindhis impressive performances is prepar-ing well before each race.

“I train really hard with my coach,Dean Hoffman. I rest for at least threedays before a race and try to eathealthy foods and avoid fizzy drinks.

“I pray each day and thank God afterevery race day. My dad sends my biketo Cecil Penny, our great mechanic,who preps my bike before a race andI watch MX DVDs to get myself gearedup for a race,” he says.

Other Cape Town riders in the 50ccclass also proved their worth in Bloem-fontein, claiming four of the top tenplaces.

Chris Erasmus finished fifth, whileCalum Marriott placed seventh and Ol-iver Glover took the ninth spot.

The only other Cape Town rider to

achieve a top-five finish was AnthonyRaynard, who earned a respectablefifth place in the MX2 (250cc) class.

Raynard set the fastest lap time in

practice before the event, but could notwithstand the onslaught of currentSouth African champion Kerim Fitzger-ald, who won the class quite comforta-

bly.The victory at Shavron has given

Sangster a 13-point cushion ahead ofhis home event in Melkbos later thismonth.

The youngster, who has been de-scribed as “gutsy and very deter-mined”, says he dreams of one day rid-ing in Europe or America.

“I love the feeling of riding a powerfulbike and speeding around the MX (mo-tocross) track. It’s fun and I’ve madelots of new friends,” says Sangster.

The Cape Town National, roundthree of the National MX championship,will be held at the Melkbos Motocrosstrack on Saturday 28 April.

Sangster will certainly be hard tobeat on his home track because thesandy course suits his riding style.

HARD TOSTOP:Plum-steadHighSchoolforwardKadeRoberts istackled byRidauhDollie ofIslamiaCollegeduring aU19match atVygekraalrugbyfield inAthloneon Satur-day. Isla-mia wonmatch 12-11.Photo:RashiedIsaacs

AWARD WINNER:Rhoni Gerike, apupil at HerschelGirls School, wasselected as the“player of the tour-nament” at the St.Mary’s HockeyFestival, held at St.Mary’s School inJohannesburgfrom Thursday 29to Sunday 1 April.Gerike, who wonthe award ahead ofgirls from 28 otherhockey teams fromaround South Afri-ca, will participatein Western Prov-ince colours at theNational U21hockey tourna-ment from Sunday22 to Saturday 28April. Photo:Supplied

READY TO RACE: Justin Sangster, a nine-year-oldBergvliet resident, currently leads the 50cc categoryin the National Motocross Championship. Photo: Sup-plied

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Collegians vs Prim-rose – down to thewireLIAM MOSES

THE Cape Town club rugby sea-son kicked off with a bang thisweekend when Collegians RFCand Primrose RFC faced off in afrenetic, intense encounter atthe Lentegeur Sports Complexon Saturday.

The game has grown into some-what of a grudge match in recentseasons and it was clear that bothsets of players were desperate toclaim bragging rights until the nexttime the teams met.

Primrose gained the ascendan-cy in the opening stages of the firsthalf as their powerful pack of for-wards kept the team rumbling to-wards the opposition try line andcreated the momentum necessaryfor the back division to profit. Thepacy Primrose back three werekept away from the whitewash onlyby the committed defence of theirCollegians’ counterparts. But thehost could not replicate the apti-tude they showed on defence dur-ing their attacking play, and failureto protect their possession resultedin Collegians trailing 14-5 after 25minutes.

The home side were forced to digdeep and their efforts were reward-ed in the 30th minute when a con-verted try saw them narrow thepoints deficit despite a poor displayfrom their goal-kicker.

Collegians resumed their as-cendancy in the second half andmanaged to pull away to a 22-17lead in the 75th minute after anoth-er converted try.

However, the lead was short-lived and two penalties from Prim-rose saw them come from behindto snatch a 22-23 victory in the dy-

ing minutes of the game.Primrose coach Herman Mash-

imla said that he was always ex-pecting the result of the game to bea narrow victory for either side.

“It’s always great to win here.There’s a lot of history in this kindof contest and we were not expect-ing anything else,” said Mashimla.

“I wasn’t the coach last year, butI believe last year it also went theway of the penalty,l so we were notexpecting less. It was a greatgame, and we were lucky to win.”

Five of the Collegians playerswho took to the field on Saturdaywere in the U20 team last year, andaccording to coach Adiel Gallie, theloss is part of the learning curve forthe youngsters. Gallie believes thathis side will improve as the seasonprogresses.

“These youngsters have proventoday what hard work does, and it’sonly the beginning for this season,”says Galllie.

“We should take heart from whathas happened and learn from themistakes we made. Everybodytried, and I think we are going to goplaces this year.”

Gallie added that he would workon his team’s handling and goal-kicking before their next match.

Primrose will play Brackenfell athome in their next game this Satur-day, while Collegians will travel toGoodwood.

LOW AND HARD: Isolodien Abrahams (in blue) of Collegians is tackled by Henlin Botha of Primrose during a Super LeagueB match between the sides in Lentegeur on Saturday. Photo: Rashied Isaacs