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Crunch timefor businessownersDALEEN FOUCHÉ
SEVERAL small businesses inthe Fish Hoek Valley and Si-
mon’s Town have been left withlittle choice but to close theirdoors.
The combination of tough eco-nomic times, coupled with overallpoor market research, resulted inthese closures over the past fewmonths.
Robyn Erasmus, co-owner ofBusiness Basics, which offers start-up services for the small businessowner, says she has found throughher work with prospective businessowners that they do not always dothorough market research beforeinvesting in their new enterprise.
She says many people think their“great idea” is enough to make abusinesssucceed.
But Eras-mus saysthat as arule, veryfew smallbusinesses succeed.
Her advice to entrepreneurs whobuy a business is to not just trustthe previous owner for informationon the business, but to rather “dotheir homework first”.
Gerald Musikanth, chairpersonof the False Bay Tourism and Busi-ness Association, says there will al-ways be “casualties” among smallbusinesses.
He says the three main reasonssmall businesses fail are high rent,bad location and bad management.
Musikanth says tourism plays abig role, especially in smaller busi-nesses, in the Far South. “Tourists
help to keep smaller businessesalive,” he says.
But Musikanth believes the au-thorities are neglecting the FarSouth in terms of tourism market-ing.
“Tourists are always directed tothe city and the Waterfront,” hesays.
Musikanth says that businessowners do approach the False BayTourism and Business Associationfor advice, but only once the busi-ness has opened, and not before-hand.
Musikanth says business ownerswho do market research do not al-ways gain accurate information.
Dave Hurwitz, owner of the Si-mon’s Town Boat Company, who al-so gives talks on business, at-tributes the business closures to a“tourism recession”.
He says itis affectingthe entireCapemetropole.
Whenasked if all
business is closely linked with tour-ism, Hurwitz says “definitely”.
He says many businesses ownerswill deny this, but one only needsto look at a business income overthe school holiday, and comparethis to other times to see that busi-ness in the Far South is closelylinked with tourism activities.
“During the December holidaysbusiness is good,” he says.
“But then it takes a plunge, up un-til whale season in July.”
Hurwitz advises business ownersto take full advantage of the “peaktimes”, in order to save for the“slow times”.
“I have seen businesses closing at16:00 during the holiday season be-cause they think they are makingenough money.”
He says living costs have “sky-rocketed”, with rates, fuel, electric-ity and medical prices all rising.
Hurwitz agrees with Erasmus,and says market research is essen-tial for a business.
He says he has seen how an entre-preneur opens a curio shop next toan existing curio shop in Simon’sTown because the entrepreneursees how successful the idea is.
But Hurwitz says it is only a mat-ter of time before both curio shopsclose, because now they have toshare their customers.
Hurwitz says disposable income
for the consumer has also dropped.“The first thing people cut fromtheir spendingbudget is tourismac-tivities.”
He advises small business own-ers to do away with low-profit,quick-turnover products.
He says he largely focuses onquality and popular products.
Skye Grove, communicationsmanager for Cape Town Tourism,says the tourism sector in generalis battling to cope in the face oftough economic times, and rapidly-changing travel behaviour.
“As a long-haul destination over-dependent on markets hit hardestby the global economic recession,and still plagued by seasonality, thecity’s tourism sector could face a
further decline unless decisive ac-tion is taken.”
But Cape Town Tourism cautionsagainst “alarmist statements”about a tourism crisis.
“We are in the middle of winter,traditionally a very tough time forthe tourism sector in Cape Town,”says Cape Town Tourism CEO,Mariëtte du Toit-Helmbold.
“This is reflected in the low occu-pancy levels currently experiencedby the majority of the industry. Theincreased supply, decreased de-mand and lingering recession addto the challenges the tourism sectorfaces.
“There are signs of recovery, al-beit at a slow rate,” she says.
MYSTIFIED: The Roman Rock lighthouse emerges from the mist as a big flock of birds goes by. The photowas taken from Boulders Beach. Photo: Gerhard Slabbert
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Sutherland completed her Honours de-gree at UCT, and is a charismatic per-former with a varied repertoire. Davieshas played with some of the finest brassbands in the world, and has appeared atthe Royal Albert Hall in London severaltimes. Dias is an outstanding productfrom the Conservatoire at the Universityof Stellenbosch. Their concert will covera broad range of musical genres, fromclassical to ballad to stage and screen.Tickets, inclusive of tea served after-wards, are R50.
The evening concert on Wednesday 27July, starts at 20:00 and will now featurean outstanding piano trio consisting ofSuzanne Martens (violin), Peter Martens(cello), and Nina Schumann (piano). Allthree are leading musicians in this coun-try. Their programme will includeBeethoven’s “Opus one, number one”,Dvorak’s “Dumpy Trio” and Men-delssohn’s “C minor trio”. Tickets, inclu-sive of snacks served at interval, areR105. All are welcome to bring their ownwine, and soft drinks will be on sale.Dress code is black-tie.
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Boy beaten at school over tieDALEEN FOUCHÉ
AN OCEAN VIEW teacher has admit-ted to beating a pupil for not wearinga tie to school.
Allegations of corporal punishment atthe school surfaced last week when a con-cerned parent contacted People’s Post.
In a letter, the concerned parent de-scribes how her son, a Grade 8 pupil, wasbeaten with a belt.
Celestine Dicks says she was aware thather son was not wearing a tie on Friday3 June, but explained that the boy couldnot find his tie, and she had advised himto rather go to school without a tie thanbe late for class.
That afternoon her son came home with“distinct belt marks across his buttocks”.
“According to my son, an educatordished out the corporal punishment on aninstruction from another educator” saysthe Dicks.
When she queried the incident with the
two teachers, their reactionwas “less thansatisfactory”.
One did not offer any explanation to theparent, while the teacher who dished outthe punishment allegedly said: “You haveto come and be a teacher, then you’ll seewhat it is like...”
But theparent says this didnot giveany-one the right to hit any learner with a belt.
When Dicks spoke to Keith Klein, prin-cipal of Ocean View High School, he apolo-gised and said he was not aware that thiswas happening at the school, and that hewould deal with it.
But Dicks says, according to her sourc-es, the teacher has been hitting children“for a long time”.
“Why is there detention, suspension orin really extreme transgression, expul-sion?” asks the parent.
Keith Klein, Principal of Ocean ViewHigh School, says he reprimanded theteacher, after he was informed of the inci-dent.
Klein says that the teacher then admit-
ted that such action was wrong, and apolo-gised for his “wrongdoing”. Klein saysthis is the first incident of corporal pun-ishment that has come to his attention.
Heasks that parentswhohave concernsregarding corporal punishment contacthim at the school and share informationso that he can investigate any further alle-gations.
“Corporal punishment is strictly forbid-den by the Western Cape Department ofEducation,” says Klein.
The use of corporal punishment inschools was prohibited by the South Afri-can Schools Act of 1996.
People’s Post requested comment fromthe Western Cape Department of Educa-tion, but could not gain any by the timeof going to press.
Taming the TeenagerGAVIN FISH
I RECENTLY parted with my old faithful,inexpensive and über-reliable Fiat Uno. Idrove it for at least a month before discov-ering it had a fifth gear.
Stupid, I know, but then I assumed thatallmiddle 90s small carshad four gears on-ly. I put that straining engine sound downto old age. Imagine my surprise and em-barrassment on discovering that I couldgo faster, with a lot less effort.
At a rough estimate, 10% of teens are ex-celling academically and 10% are in seri-ous academic trouble.
We sound the trumpet on the former,with trophies, certificates, accolades andapplause.
We wrap the latter in layers of remediallessons, parental interviews, referralsand report systems.
Our achievement with both groups isimpressive.
And with the other 80%?
Here’s my point. Far too little time isspent on those who neither excel, nor fail.As a result, I’m convinced that many inthis “middle mass,” underachieve.
They retreat to a “good-enough-to-get-by,” mentality.
Many live in fourth gear, at best, not re-alising, or believing, that there is a fifthgear.
They drift far enough from failing to besafe, and far enough from excelling for itto be “possible”.
I hate theword“average,” because thereis nothing average about the average.
I think the fault is partly ours. We don’tchallenge enough teens at their currentlevel of performance.
It’s the teachers who excel with the“middle” who are critical in a school.
These teens’ “comfort” needs to be dis-turbed. We have introduced a Fish HoekHigh School Pass: Ruby, Emerald, Dia-mond and Platinum Class for a pass of50%, 60%, 70% and 80% respectively.
It will be in the form of a bookmark. Abookmark indicates how far you have pro-gressed, and will be the individual chal-lenge to every teen to up their game.
And comforting the disturbed? It ismore necessary than ever before.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Atten-tion Deficit Disorder and Teenage Depres-sion are words new to our vocabulary.
I hate the new need to label and medi-cate everything, but I believe strongly thatwe must listen to teenagers as never be-fore.
Hurts buried deep bubble up in time andfind expression, usually in the wrong way.If we can’t grow past responding to theirsymptoms, we are doomed to become in-creasingly irrelevant in the lives of teenswho hurt.
. Gavin Fish is deputy principal of FishHoek Middle School, who is contributing“Taming the teenager” articles to People’sPost in the interests of assisting parentsnavigate the challenges of raising teens.
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Christmas comes earlyMISS GAY WESTERN CAPE is hosting a“Christmas in July” dance in aid of estab-lishing a hospice/halfway house for thegay community on theCapeFlats, andpeo-ple affected by or with HIV/AIDS.
The event will be held on Saturday 2 Ju-
ly at theGoodwoodCivicCentre from19:00until late.
Cheese and wine will be served on arriv-al to the early birds.
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Pet shop owner connedDALEEN FOUCHÉ
THE owner of the Tropical ParadisePetshop in the Fish Hoek Arcade be-
lieves he was conned out of an aquariumworth R8 750 by a smooth-talking con art-ist.
Kevin Tiltman, owner of the petshop, sayshe was contacted by a man called “Paul” whowanted a quotation for a specific aquariumunit, comprising a tank, matching canopyand cabinet, with lighting and a filtration sys-tem.
Tiltman says the unit was to be a showpiecefor the Moonlight Guest House, supposedlysituated in the Décor Centre in SomersetWest. But when People’s Post inquired aboutthe Moonlight Guest House, it was estab-lished that such an establishment does not ex-ist. Jacques Theron, of Omnicron Commer-cial Properties, which manages the DécorCentre, confirms that there is no MoonlightGuest House in the centre.
On 9 June, “Paul” telephonically acceptedthe quote and the conditions of sale for the1,5m aquarium. Tiltman says he received afax, indicating a payment receipt of R8 750,from Moonlight Guest House into his accounton 10 June. Tiltman then informed “Paul”that delivery to Somerset West would be ar-ranged for Tuesday 14 June.
But Tiltman says “Paul” asked whether hecould collect the unit directly from the suppli-er, as the guest house was expecting “impor-tant guests over the weekend”.
Tiltman says he made the arrangementswith the supplier, situated in Brackenfell.
The supplier informed Tiltman that the col-lection could only proceed once an ID numberand car description and registration wereprovided. Meanwhile, Tiltman’s wife, Ange-la, took thepayment receipt toStandardBankinFishHoek to ascertainwhether itwas legit-imate. She was informed that it “appeared”to be authentic, but that transfer funds couldtake up to three working days to go through.
After checking his account after threeworking days, Tiltman had received no mon-ey for the aquarium. The aquarium was col-lected by “Paul’s” associate directly from thesupplier onFriday 10 June.Theassociate pro-duced identification. He says he subsequent-ly received a call from “Paul” on 15 June, andtold him, that due to “an error”, funds werenot transferred, but assured Tiltman that wewould again fax a proof of payment. Tiltmansays he is still waiting for the fax. “I do be-lieve that I have been deceived by fraudulentmeans, and that I stand to lose the full agreed-upon sale price of the aquarium unit,” saysTiltman. Fish Hoek police spokesperson,Warrant Officer Peter Middleton, confirmedthat a docket has been opened. “Police arecurrently investigating the matter.
“I took reasonable precautionary meas-ures, but I was still conned by a smooth opera-tor,” says Tiltman. “I would like to warn eve-ryone not to part with goods until money thatwas transferred actually reflects in your ac-
burglar bars. Fish Hoek police also arrestedtwo male suspects on Wednesday 22 June af-ter the neighbourhood watch alerted the po-lice to a suspicious vehicle in Fish Hoek. Thesuspects were arrested for being in posses-sion of suspected stolen goods and car parts.Middleton says police believe that the twosuspects were also involved in several break-ins in flats in Fish Hoek.
WHALE SEASON: People’s Post has received its first whale photo of the season. ThisSouthern Right was spotted surfacing behind some surfers enjoying the huge swells onFriday 24 June at Buffels Bay near Cape Point. Photo: Derek Goldman
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The City of Cape Town has to amend the boundaries of subcouncils due to the demarcationof new wards.
The draft By-law proposes new boundaries for 24 subcouncils and clusters adjoining wardsto form the new subcouncils.
The public are invited to comment on the clustering of the wards and the proposed newsubcouncil boundaries so that the comments can be considered before Council makes a finaldetermination on these boundaries.
The closing date for comment is 18 July 2011.
Copies of the draft Subcouncil By-law are available at all subcouncil offices and City librariesfor viewing purposes only. You may also access the draft By-law and post comments atwww.capetown.gov.za/subcouncilboundaries.
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Tourism increase brings little joy to ST businessesDALEEN FOUCHÉ
SIMON’S TOWN is experiencing an in-crease in visitors this year, compared
to the slow economic year of 2010, but thisdoes not always translate into profitabili-ty.
Margaret Silk, chairperson of the Simon’sTown Business Association, says 2010 was abad economic year for Simon’s Town, due toseveral factors.
She says the soccer World Cup drew visi-tors to the city andaway fromsmaller special-ity towns such as Simon’s Town.
The lack of the railway service also contrib-uted to a “slow year” for businesses.
The rehabilitation of the railway line be-tween Simon’s Town and Fish Hoek startedin mid-September last year, and was complet-ed by mid-February this year.
Rehabilitation was needed after strongwaves eroded the foundations of the railwaytrack, rail embankment and retaining wallnear the North Battery and at Long Beach.
While the train service was out of use, thetrains were replaced by Golden Arrow buses,a less popular way of travelling, as many peo-ple complained about reckless driving.
But Silk says 2011 is already showing an in-crease in the number of visitors, despite therecent cold weather.
Unfortunately, she adds, more visitors doesnot necessarily translate into profitability forthe small business owner, due to increases inrates, rent, electricity and other costs.
Silk says the biggest challenge for the smallbusiness owner in Simon’s Town is the highrent for shop spaces.
At least five shops in the Simon’s Town Wa-terfront Mall have changed location orclosed.
Silt says the main reason for this is becauseof the high rent.
She says the property is under new man-agement, which does not understand theneeds of Simon’s Town and its businesses.
“Empty shops in a mall are a very badthing.”
She says the businesses in Simon’s Townthat succeed have landlords who understandthe needs of their tenants, and adjust rentalpayments according to the business turno-ver.
Silt says property in Simon’s Town is veryexpensive, and small business owners cannotafford to buy shop space for their businesses.
Zane Dedecker, asset manager for PIC Es-tate Asset Managers, owners of the Simon’sTown Waterfront Shopping Centre, says rent-als for the shops in the centre are “market re-lated”.
He says the situation for small businessesis “not unique” to Simon’s Town, adding thattheir company owns several shopping cen-tres across the country, and all of the centreshave several vacancies.
Dedecker, however, admits that the vacan-cies are a “concern”.
“We have appointed a marketing companythat will implement a new campaign for theSimon’sTownWaterfrontShoppingCentre toattract new tenants and customers.”
The refurbishment of the Quayside Hotel,
with a newbreakfast facili-ty, is also on thecards.
Dedecker be-lieves the rentthey are askingis not too high,because othertenants are “do-ing quite well.”
PIC Estate As-set Managershas been ap-proached bysmall businessto rent space inthe centre, butDedecker saysthey had to de-cline becausethese business-es were not a“good fit”.
Silk says an-other contributing factor was the consumer’sinability to spend money.
She says that in the past a family could visitthe penguins at Boulders Beach and eat icecream afterwards.
But this, she says, is more difficult to do inSimon’s Town, because prices at BouldersBeach and Cape Point are very high.
She says a family cannot always afford todo both, and has to choose one activity overanother.
Another factor that contributes to the fail-ure of small business is the lack of market re-search for specific areas. Silk says Simon’sTown attracts a very specific type of visitor,and a business owner must know whetherhis/her product or service complements thismarket.
Dave Hurwitz, owner of the Simon’s TownBoat Company, says the demographics of Si-mon’s Town are unique, and need to be con-sidered when opening a business.
He says the majority of residents are re-tired, with a fixed income. He says the second
group are the “swallows” who own propertyin Simon’s Town but do not live there.
He says this group does not visit Simon’sTown every year any longer, and some areselling their property. The third group, hesays, ismadeupofNavyandArmscorperson-nel. Hurwitz says this group should be ex-plored as a market in Simon’s Town.
Silk says the Simon’s Town Business Asso-ciation was revived this year mostly becauseof the poor economic performance in Simon’sTown the previous year.
She says the association is planning the Si-mon’s Town Festival, which will take placeover the heritage weekend on Friday 23, Sat-urday 24 and Sunday 25 September. T
he festival aims to recover the Simon’sTown “vibe” and attract more visitors to thetown. Silk says the festival is still in need ofmusicians to perform in restaurants over theweekend.
For more information on the festival, or theSimon’s Town Business Association, contactSilk on (021) 786-2626.
ABANDONED: Letters pile up inside a closeddown bookshop in Simon’s Town.Photo: DaleenFouché
VACANT: Three empty shops in the Simon’s Town Waterfront mall suggesttough economic times. Photo: Daleen Fouché
Fish Hoek businesses buckle under pressureDALEEN FOUCHÉ
THEFishHoekeconomyseems tobeunderpressure, with at least five local small
businesses shutting their doors and manymore changing hands since January.
A Fish Hoek businessperson, who wishedto remain anonymous, says the nature ofsmall business means that small businessowners will always have difficult challengesto face.
In the case of the businesses in Fish Hoek
closing down, the common denominator wasa combination of the current economic cli-mate and a lack of proper market researchfrom business owners.
He says the current economic climate forc-es consumers to focus their spending onclearing their debt, which reduces theirspending ability and income.
The businessman says the shops thatclosed included a stationery shop, a second-hand goods shop and a restaurant.
He believes business owners do not invest
in proper, area-specific market research, be-fore investing in a business.
He says the Fish Hoek Valley has severalpizza shops and over five cellphone shops.“People follow their own idea, instead of do-ing proper research.”
He further says that he has often noticedthat once a business owner becomes negativeabout the state of his business, the businesswill suffer further.
“Very few business owners will go so faras to seek professional business help, or re-fo-cus their strategy, once they fall into a nega-tive mindset about their business.”
He says it is important for a business ownerto be pro-active, look for opportunities, andoffer a unique product or service.
This business owner, however, predictsthat things might change for the better forbusiness owners in general, after the currentwinter.
“I am seeing a little recovery from the re-cession, but things are still difficult.”
Rick Bing, co-owner of AP Jones, says thesingle biggest contributing factor for smallbusinesses closing, is high rentals. “That is
the big killer,” he says. Bing says that theyown the building that houses AP Jones. “Ifwe were to pay ourselves a market-relatedrental, then we would put ourselves out ofbusiness,” he says. Bing says the best idea,is to get into a position where you can ownyour business property. But this, he says, is“no easy task”.
Bing further says that not all business own-ers do enough “homework” before opening abusiness.
Alan Lindner, a local businessperson, sayshe recently heard of at least seven Fish Hoekbusinesses that closed down, two of whichclosed because owners took the “wrong ad-vice”.
He says he recently talked to an owner whoclaimed to have been “misled” about the tour-ism market in Fish Hoek.
Lindner, however says that abusiness own-er cannot depend on only one source for infor-mation, but needs to do proper market re-search. Lindner also believes that there areseveral businesses in Fish Hoek, such as piz-za and cellphone shops, that do not have amarket to support them.
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of the hosts for the visit ofthe First Lady of the UnitedStates of America, MichelleObama, on Thursday 23 June.
While at UCT, Obama met 50 stu-dents from five historically-disad-vantaged communities in CapeTown, forming part of Obama’scontinuing commitment to engageyoung people worldwide, especial-ly girls and young women, supporteducational opportunities and pro-mote youth mentoring.
The students, accompanied byUCT mentors, were taken on a tourof the entire campus. They werethen given talks by faculty repre-sentatives and administration staffabout study opportunities at UCT,the admissions process, financialaid and campus student life, beforemeeting Obama and UCT vice-chancellor, Dr Max Price.
“The essence of Mrs Obama’smessage reinforces a core part ofUCT’s mandate – to provide oppor-tunities to learners with talent andmotivation to gain access to a worldclass higher education, regardlessof their social class and in spite oftheir poorer schooling,” says Price.
He adds: “We believe that it is in-deed possible to succeed to gradua-tion at a university even if your ed-ucational background was not ide-al, even when you are very poor,even when your parents mighthave been denied such an opportu-nity.
“At UCT we have examples ofthese students succeeding againstincredible odds. We create accessthrough affirmative action admis-sion policies, we ensure that any-one we admit will be given all thefinancial aid necessary to covertheir costs, and we provide the ad-ditional academic support to help
them succeed to graduation.”. UCT is the highest-rated univer-
sity in Africa and the only Africanuniversity to be ranked among thetop 200 universities in the world byTimes Higher Education WorldUniversity Rankings.
The university also has a consist-ent record of resistance to the ine-qualities instituted under apart-heid, and has a proud associationwith American leaders who have apassion to advance human rights.
In June 1966, Senator Robert FKennedy delivered the NationalUnion of South African Students’annual Day of Affirmation speechin UCT’s Jameson Hall – a speechthat still resonates today with its af-firmation of the brotherhood of allhumans.
In March 1997, First Lady HillaryRodham Clinton visited UCT soonafter visiting Robben Island withPresident Nelson Mandela.
HONOURED GUEST: Michelle Obama addresses students from historicallydisadvantaged communities in Cape Town during her visit to UCT. On the leftis UCT vicechancellor, Dr Max Price, and Dr Mamphela Ramphele, the firstblack woman to become viceChancellor of UCT. Photo: Katherine Traut
Page 6 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 28 June 2011
TO THE RESCUE: An 11m humpback whale got entangled in rock lobster nets on Tuesday21 June, off Olifantsbospunt at Cape Point, and was rescued and freed by the South AfricanWhale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN). Mike Meyer, of SAWDN, said two other whalesarrived on the scene during the operation. He says it looked like they were “encouraging”the entagled whale. The ropes, netting and buoys were cut off the whale, and it swamoff looking “healthy and comfortable”. Photo: Chad Chapman/NSRI SPECTACULAR: The aloes were all in full bloom in Silvermine on Sunday 12 June.
Photo: Renate Hohmann
REFLECTIONS: Simon’s Town harbour was a picture of tranquillity on Tuesday 14 June. In thisphotograph the town’s historic buildings reflect in the water among colourful little boats.
Photo: Gwen Rea
ALL HAIL: Danny Gildenhuys, a Sun Valley resident, sent in this photo of hail that felllast week, damaging the plants in his garden. “At 65 years of age, this is the first timeI’ve seen such big hail in Cape Town,” says Gildenhuys. Photo: Danny Gildenhyuys
Grow organic vegetables
Councillor for meeting
Holiday fun at Imhoff Farm
SAM ADAMS, from Living Green, will berunning an introductory workshop on de-signing a successful organic vegetable gar-den on Tuesday 12 July at the Living GreenFarm on the corner of Kommetjie Road andFish Eagle Industrial Park in Fish Hoek,
from 10:00 to 11:30.This event is free, as a way to promote veg-
etable gardening in the suburbs.To book a place for the workshop, contact
(021) 785-4847 or email [email protected].
THE Fish Hoek Community Policing Forum(CPF) says local DA ward councillor, DaveD’Alton, will be addressing the public on se-curity and safety issues at the next CPF pub-lic meeting on Wednesday 29 June at the Civ-
ic Centre Minor Hall at 19:30.All members of the public are invited to at-
tend. For more information, contact AndreBlom on 082 622 8180 or email [email protected].
THE Imhoff Farm will be hosting a “kids’holiday fun morning” on Wednesday 29 Junefrom 10:00 to 13:00.
Anarrayof activities and special dealswillbe on offer for the children to enjoy, includ-ing a free snake show, cupcake decorating,
face painting and free entry to the HiggeldyPiggeldy Farm Yard.
Parents can relax with cake and coffeewhile their kids are kept busy.
For further information about the holidayprogramme, call (021) 783-4545.
Charity book sale in Cavendish SquareTHE Chaeli Campaign will once again beparticipating in the Cavendish Square Char-ity Book Sale, taking place on Thursday 25and Saturday 28 August.
The Chaeli Campaign is looking for dona-tions of books, CDs and DVDs, with specialemphasis on children’s material.
Donators can call the organisation shouldthey need somebody to collect, or drop offitems at Chaeli Cottage, 18 Culm Road in
Plumstead.All proceeds from the event will be used
to promote and grow the organisation’s pro-grammes and events, enabling it to “mobi-lise the minds and bodies of children withdisabilities”.
For more information, contact Lana on086 124 2354, email [email protected], or visit www.chaelicam-paign.co.za.
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DID YOUKNOW? Chil-lies are rich in Cand the B vita-mins especiallyvitamin B6,They also con-tain carotenewhich the body converts to Vitamin A.– (www.thetipsbank.com/chillipep-pers.htm)
Unwanteditems neededTHE Animal Rescue Organisation’scharity shop needs unwanted itemssuch as bric-a-brac, clothing, furni-ture, and other quality saleable items.
Donations help the organisation tocontinue its work in surrounding im-poverished communities.
Visit the shop in Belmont Road, offKalk Bay Main Road, which is openTuesday to Saturday.
For collectionsormore information,contact Keith on (021) 396-5511.
Problem owners, not problem dogsTERESA FISCHER
THERE has been a spate of dog attacksin June – mostly on the Cape Flats.
Experts saypoor living conditions, ratherthan the alleged inherent viciousness of cer-tain breeds, are to blame.
Early this month a mentally challengedteenager was seriously injured after beingattacked by two dogs in Lavender Hill. Bothdogs were euthanised at the owner’s re-quest.
According to the Cape of Good Hope(CoGH) SPCA, one dog appeared to be a pitbull and the other a pit bull cross.
According to Lamees Martin, CoGHSPCA spokesperson, just threedays later, they received a re-port of a pit bull in Retreat whobit its owner’s wife in the stom-ach. This dog was also eutha-nised.
An attack on a person by tworottweiler cross breeds hap-pened on Saturday 4 June afterthe dogs escaped from a CapeFlats school property wherethey were kept as guard dogs.
Martin says the most recentattack occurred in Mitchell’sPlain when a pit bull was alleg-edly set on two children – Anjie(4) and and Josh Arendse (14).
Jessica Perrins, spokesper-son for Animal Rescue, saysthat in the majority of caseswhere dog attacks occur, theanimalhasbeenkept ona staticchain.
She says the situation is worse in winter,when these dogs who she says are not fedenough as it is, are hungry, making themaggressive and unpredictable.
CoGH SPCA CEO, Allan Perrins, saysthere is now a growing call for the introduc-tion of a Dangerous Dogs Act, which will seebreeds such as the American pit bull terrierbeingbanned, as is the case elsewhere in theworld.
In the United Kingdom, the DangerousDogs Act of 1991 was introduced.
Four types of breed in particular wereidentified – the pit bull terrier, Japanese to-sa, dogo Argentino and fila Brasileiro.
Under the 1991 Act it is illegal to own any“specially controlled dogs” without specificexemption from a court.
The dogs must be muzzled and kept on alead in public, be registered and insured,neutered, tattooed and receive microchipimplants.
The Act also bans the breeding, sale and
exchange of these dogs.The Act also covers cross breeds of the
above four types of dog. Dangerous dogs areclassified by “type”, not by breed label.
This means that whether a dog is prohib-ited under the Act will depend on a judge-ment about its physical characteristics, andwhether theymatch thedescriptionof apro-hibited “type”.
This assessment of the physical charac-teristics is made by a court.
Other countries such as the United Statesand Australia have passed similar laws re-garding dangerous breeds.
But CoGH SPCA’s Allan Perrins “sincere-ly doubts” the effectiveness of such legisla-tion, and instead suggests a pragmatic risk
reduction programme startingwith law enforcement of exist-ing legislation, such as bylawsgoverning the number of dogsper household and bylaws cov-ering walking one’s dog in pub-lic.
He believes that the attacksare largely the result of ownerindifference, and because theanimals are living in deprivedcircumstances with inade-quate food, water and shelter.
He says: “Often these dogsare treated like objects, as op-posed to sentient beings, andpeople fail to sterilise their ani-mals, which often results in thebirth of dangerous hybrids orcross breeds.”
Allan Perrins says: “In ourexperience, dog attacks have
almost always involved American pit bullterriers or pit bull crosses, creating the per-ception that this breed is extremely danger-ous, when compared to other dog breeds.”
“There has been a proliferation of pitbulls in and around the Cape Flats and else-where in the Cape – especially in crime-rid-den areas where these dogs are kept fortheir deterrent and status value. Here theyare seen as investments, and are used asbargaining chips to solicit drugs and alco-hol,” she adds.
But he adds all dogs have the capacity tobe aggressive and inflict fatal injuries orbite wounds.
According to the CoGH SPCA, the mostcommon attacks on people occur with thefollowing breeds: daschunds, rottweilers,boerboels, German shepherds and Ameri-can pit bull terriers – of which cross breedsor “look-a-likes” are the main culprits.
Daschunds are said to have notoriouslyshort fuses and a nasty nip – their size ac-counts for their perceived innocence.
Martin says the CoGH SPCA is againstvictimising the dog or breed when an attackhappens, because very often the dog hasbeen conditioned to be aggressive. Howev-er, it says it is important to know both thegenetics and environment the dog comesfrom to ensure that it has a predictable andpleasant nature.
Allan Perrins believes that the key to ad-dressing the problem of dog attacks is forowners of these breeds to incorporate earlydog socialisation, and for owners to educatethemselves on what triggers animals to at-tack.
According to the CoGH SPCA, nine timesout of 10 it is “problem owners” rather than“problem dogs” that are the real issue.
Other points to consider when addressingthe problem of aggressive dogs are as fol-lows:
. Owners must make provision for ade-quate food, water and shelter, and especial-ly treat the dog with compassion and as partof the family.
. Regular exercise and constructive men-tal and physical stimulation. The SPCAstrongly discourages playing games withdogs such as tug-o-war, because eventuallythe dog will become stronger that its ownerand will exert dominance over the ownerin an instinctive manner.
. Never use violence to modify the ani-
mal’s behaviour, and if the dog shows signsof early aggression, the SPCA advises con-sulting an animal behaviourist before thedog’s behaviour gets worse.
. A sterilised animal is usually calmerand less frustrated than an unsterilised ani-mal. If you already own a vicious dog, donot walk him or her in public unmuzzledand without a sturdy collar and lead.
Martin concludes: “There is rampant, un-controlled breeding and poor bylaw en-forcement in the Cape Metropole, allowingcallous owners to keep many more animalsthan the prescribed maximum number ofdogs on a single residential property. Underthese uncontrolled, almost anarchistic con-ditions, cruelty and its related evils thriveat the expense of the animals and innocentpeople.”
The City of Cape Town’s new animal by-law gives authorised officials increasedpowers to deal with animal matters farmore efficiently and effectively, and in theprocess prevent animal cruelty. [More de-tails can be found on the CoGH SPCA web-site: www.spca-ct.co.za.]
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CONTROVERSIAL DOGS: Experts say poor living conditions, rather than the alleged inherentviciousness of certain breeds, are to blame for a spate of dog attacks. This is a pit bullcross. Photo: Lamees Martin
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TALENTED: The JaySchool of Art recently held aprogress exhibition on Friday 3June and Saturday4 June in the Simon’s Town LibraryHall. Jane Teixeira,a teacher at Kommetjie PrimarySchool, stands infront of her work after receiving a trophy. For more information, contactJanice at JaySchool of Art on082 770 2908.
EXPRESSIVE: Danielle Thiart,a Grade 8learner atFish HoekHighSchool,proudlyshows offher work.
PROUD:DanielleThiart receiving atrophyfrom Johan leRoux, thegeneralmanagerof Crossbow Marketing.
Page 10 People’s Post False Bay GENERAL Tuesday 28 June 2011
INTENDED PROCESS FOR DRAFTING THE CITYOF CAPE TOWN’S INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTPLAN (IDP) FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARSThe City of Cape Town has compiled a timetable by means of which it will draw up a new5 Year Term of Office - Integrated Development Plan (IDP). This plan will guide its strategicplanning and budgeting for the period 2011/2012 to 2015/2016. As it is ultimately meant toensure the best possible service delivery to residents, we would like to draw your attention tothe compilation schedule, which is outlined below:
Details Date
Draft IDP and Budget timetable to be tabled in Council June
• Advertisement of schedule on City’s website, local newspapers andnotice boards
• Acknowledgement of inputs received
July/AugustSeptember
Annual Report:• Tabling of Annual Report to Council• Annual Report made public and submitted to City’s Portfolio Committees• Approval of Oversight Report on Annual Report by Council• Notify public of Oversight Report
JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril
Provisional approval of draft IDP (5 Year Plan) and Budget:• Table draft IDP and Budget Report to Mayco and Council• Advertise and publish final draft of IDP and Budget for public comment
and submit to National and Provincial Treasury and others as prescribed
MarchApril
IDP and Budget Hearings:• Conduct IDP/Corporate Scorecard/Budget public hearings to obtain
public comment and inputs from communities, Provincial Governmentand other relevant stakeholders
• Acknowledge comments received• Respond to public comments in respect of Budget, tariffs and policies
AprilMayJune
Approval of the Budget and IDP:• Give draft IDP and Budget consultation feedback to subcouncils and
portfolio committees• Council gives final approval of the IDP/Corporate Scorecard and Budget
document by resolution (setting taxes and tariffs, approving changes tothe IDP and budget related policies), approve measurable performanceobjectives for revenue by source and expenditure by vote before thestart of the financial year
AprilMay
Public notification about Budget and IDP June
Section 57 (MSA) Performance Agreements:• Submit performance agreements to the Executive Mayor within
10 days after approval of the IDP and Budget• Council to note New Section 57 Scorecards• Notification of approved S57 (top management performance
agreements) to the public
May / JuneJuly/AugustAugust/September
Approval of Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plans(SDBIPs):• Executive Mayor to approve Corporate SDBIP within 28 days after
approval of the Budget• Place all Directorate Executive Summaries and SDBIPs and Department
Business Plans and SDBIPs on City’s website
MayJuneAugust/September
For a detailed timetable outlining the timeframes and deliverables for the nextfinancial year, contact the Integrated Development Planning office on 021 400 9803;fax: 021 400 4909 or e-mail [email protected]
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER
The milk of human kindnessTERESA FISCHER
JUST 50ml of breast milk a day could savea baby’s life.
Milk Matters, a registered non-government,non-profit organisation provides pasteurised,donor breast milk to hospitals for premature andvulnerable babies who cannot get the breast milkthey need from their own mothers.
Lizzie Brierley, of Milk Matters, says the riskof necrotising enterocolitis – a potentially life-threatening illness that causes the bowel to gogangrenous – is very high when premature in-fants are given formula, “so at all cost it needsto be avoided”.
It focuses on the tiniest babies of under 1,5kg,who thrive on the irreplaceable nutrients,growth factors and antibodies in human milk.
“Providing these babies with breast milk is thesingle most effective way of preventing thesecomplications and ensuring that babies go homesooner.”
To date 23 hospitals, in both the state and pri-vate sector, have received donor milk from MilkMatters. It has also assisted four hospitals to setup their own in-house milk banks.
Groote Schuur, Tygerberg and Mowbray Ma-ternity Hospital are the main recipient hospitals.
Brierley adds: “We are getting to a critical
point with regards to demand outstretchingthe supply of donor breast milk.”
According to Milk Matters, the demand fordonor milk still far exceeds the supply, asmothers are still not aware that they can do-nate their surplus milk, and sadly some moth-ers throw away their extra breast milk.
Brierley says most mothers are able to do-nate breast milk. “By expressing extra milkfor another baby you will not deprive your ba-by in any way – in fact, expressing increasesmilk production,” she says.
Donating mothers express a little extrabreast milk and freeze it in sterile jars provid-ed by Milk Matters. The frozen breast milkcan then be delivered to Milk Matters depotssituated in various areas.
There are three in the Southern Suburbs –in Constantia, Plumstead and Cape Town.
Each donor mother is also asked to com-plete a screening form and to undergo an HIVand a Hepatitis B test. These tests are done atno cost to the donor mother.
Mothers do not need to donate large quanti-ties of breast milk to make a difference, as just50ml of breast milk can feed a baby of under1kg for 24 hours.
Contact Milk Matters for further informa-tion on (021) 659-5599 or 082 895 8004 or [email protected].
LIFELINE:Donatingbreastmilk givesprematurevulnerablebabies abetterchance atlife.Photo:Supplied
MOTHER’S MILK: Donating breast milk can the life of a baby such as this one. Photo: Supplied
Life depends on the liverA FREE health talk on “Liver cleansing – keyto a healthier lifestyle” will be given on Sat-urday 2 July at the Kitchkombuis in Alber-tyn Road, Muizenberg at 10:00.
The talk will be given by German homeo-path, Moumina Wagner – who has 17 yearsof practical experience in Germany, Spainand South Africa. The talk will include howthe body needs support and preparation tomaintain its health – “it is not enough to keep
a healthy diet or take food supplements”.Wagner will also stress that attendees
should also make sure that they are capableof absorbing, transporting and utilisingthese substances fully and correctly.
For more information, contact Wagner on074 139 1491, (021) 709-0738, email [email protected], or call the Kitch-kombuis on (021) 709-0310 or email [email protected].
Philatelic society meeting THE Fish Hoek Philatelic Society’s nextmeeting will be held on Tuesday 5 July at theFish Hoek Civic Centre at 19:30.
For more information about the meetingor the organisation, contact Volker Janssenon (021) 786-1548.
Friday 1 JulyFish Hoek: The support group for fami-lies coping with Alzheimer’s and other de-mentias, will meet on the first Friday ofevery month at Nerina Gardens in Recre-ation Road at 10:00 for 10:30. Contact (021)786-3279.
Saturday 2 JulySimon’s Town: The Homemade Shoppemorning market will be held in the old li-brary hall, opposite the Simon’s Town Po-lice Station, from 09:00 to 12:00. Cakes,food and crafts will be on sale. Contact Su-san on 073 213 8887 or (021) 783-2244.
Fish Hoek: The Methodist Church inFirst Avenue will be hosting a craft mar-
ket at 08:30. There will be lots of homecrafters and plants. Contact Yvonne on(021) 782-2687 or 082 685 2099.
Marina Da Gama: The Marina CraftMarket will take place at the Eastlake Vil-lage Centre at 09:00. Contact Iona on 082896 1499.
Friday 8 JulyFish Hoek: The next Managed AgingSeminar will take place at St Margaret’sChurch Hall in Kommetjie Road from10:00 to 11:15. The topic under discussionwill be “Adult and Geriatric AudiologicalCare”.
The speaker owns The Hearing Clinic.A donation of R5 will be asked, and teawill be served at 09:45. Contact Coral on(021) 782-2024 or email [email protected].
Tuesdays and FridaysFish Hoek: “Dancercise for over 55s” willbeheldat theFishHoekCivicCentre from10:00 to 11:00.
Get fit, have fun and feel alive. ContactDee on (021) 786-4148 or 082 734 8345.
Tuesday 28 June 2011 GENERAL People’s Post False Bay Page 11
Think-tank meeting on Kommetjie RoadA PUBLIC MEETING to discuss KommetjieRoad will be held on Thursday 7 July at theFish Hoek Civic Centre at 19:00.
Residents have the opportunity to meet of-ficials to hear what they have to say aboutwhat can be done to improve the situationon the accident-ridden road and to benefitfrom their extensive expertise. Officials inturn will be able to listen to residents’ con-cerns and ideas for solving an ongoing prob-lem and concern. The panel will includeSean Glass, who is a city engineer and headof Transport Network Development, otherengineers, city traffic officials and council-lors Felicity Purchase, Dave D’Alton and Si-mon Liell-Cock.
The online petition to the authorities withregard to Kommetjie Road now has morethan 500 signatures. Anyone who feelsstrongly about slowing the speed and elimi-nating poor driving on Kommetjie Road andhave not yet signed the petition, is asked togo to http://www.petitionbuzz.com/peti-tions/scenicsouth/0/12. Anyone who hasbeen involved in an accident on KommetjieRoad, or a near-hit, is asked to note down onthe petition the details and the resultant ex-penditure, to create a picture of the extentof the problem. Anyone not on the Internetcan drop of a letter of support at Fish HoekVeterinary Clinic on Kommetjie Road, or in-to the postbox at 93 Kommetjie Road.
Charity book saleTHE Chaeli Campaign will once again beparticipating in the Cavendish Square Char-ity Book Sale, taking place on Thursday 25and Saturday 28 August.
The Chaeli Campaign is looking for dona-tions of books, CDs and DVDs, with specialemphasis on children’s material.
Donators can call the organisation should
they need somebody to collect, or drop offitems at Chaeli Cottage, 18 Culm Road inPlumstead. All proceeds from the event willbe used to promote and grow the organisa-tion’s programmes and events, enabling it to“mobilise the minds and bodies of childrenwith disabilities”.
For more information, contact Lana on086 124 2354, email [email protected], or visit www.chaelicam-paign.co.za.
ANDRE BAKKES
FORMER US president,Theodore Roosevelt,
once said: “With self-disci-pline, anything is possi-ble.”
But he forgot to add:“Aslong as you have the neces-sary talent.”
Richard Asher (31), fromMeadowridge, discoveredthis brutal truth when he setout to become a master golferby dedicating two years of hislife to the sport, but in the endhe just couldn’t reach hisgoals.
People’s Post published anarticle in June last year aboutAsher’s mission to become ascratch golfer by April thisyear.
He even half-joked at thetime that he wanted to play inthe US Masters at Augusta.His plan was to raise funds atstreet corners to play six daysa week for 10 hours a day, andfinally get his handicap downfrom 25 to zero.
His outrageous dream was contagious,and many felt that it might just be possi-ble.
It was plausible at the time that hissparkling enthusiasm alone might beenough to propel him to greatness.
Unfortunately for him and all the otheridealists in this world, his determinationwasn’t enough to make up for his “lackof talent”. Asher explains: “I believe Ihave the potential to get to single figures,but if I think how hard I had to work justto get to a 10 handicap, then it will stilltake a while.
“It is extremely time consuming. Iwould play in the morning, then go to thedriving range in the evening and putt onthe carpet at night.
“I even dreamt about playing golf! Peo-ple say I’ve done well, but I expectedmore. It says to me that I don’t have thetalent.” One of his main problems is thathe doesn’t have a repeatable swing oreven a reliable mistake. “If I did then Icould adjust before the swing,” he chuck-les. Playing every day at Westlake GolfCourse made financial sense, but it alsodirectly resulted in him exclaiming: “I’msick of it!”
He earned money through freelancejournalism, and made time for his friendsevery now and again. “They know I’m abit crazy, so they understood,” he adds.
Asher always has a mission – a dreamhe pursues. He will be heading off to Aus-
tralia in the future to drive trucksthrough the harsh Outback, but deep inhis heart he really, really wants to be apro golfer.
“It’s the best job in the world! It has tobe.”
During his drive to be a good golfer, hewas coached by one of the best in the busi-ness and former Sunshine Tour player,Wayne Bradley, so he can’t even use badcoaching as an excuse.
“I’ve seen enough. I don’t think I couldever beat (newly-crowned US Open cham-pion) Rory McIlroy – even if I practice 24hours a day from now to the day I die.
“Then again, there is truth in workinghard. If you’ve seen talent, then there’sa reason to work hard. It kind of sucksa bit, because you want to buy into thewhole ‘you can achieve anything you can’bit, and there’s so much of that kind ofnonsense floating around, but there arecertain limitations.”
He still keeps his blog updated,www.mygreenjacket.com, and holds onto his dream of playing at Augusta some-day, but he has come to the sad realisa-tion that it would not be as a professional.
At least he has become really good atwalking after his golf ball.
It is perhaps best to never take thissport too seriously, much like the enter-tainer, SammyDavis Junior.WhenDaviswas asked what his handicap was, he re-sponded: “My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed black Jew! That’s my handicap!”
Drive and enthusiasmis not enough
TREEING OFF: Richard Asher sets up an impossibleshot. Photo: Supplied
Page 12 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 28 June 2011
Tall orderAS South Africa commemorated Youth Month, wealso said goodbye in June to members of a genera-tion that has had an unprecedented impact on thepresent.
Lastweek, struggle veteran, humanrights activ-ist, and former education minister, Kader Asmal,died in hospital at the age of 76.
Despite his age and officially retiring from poli-tics in 2008, Asmal was known for insightful com-mentary on topical national issues, and passionfor the future of the country, as is the case withmany of his political peers of his time.
Days before he died, Asmal had reportedly criti-cised corrupt practices of “tenderpreneurs”, call-ing to order the National Youth DevelopmentAgency for spending money on projects, which, inhis opinion, did not directly benefit the country.He also spoke out against the contentious Protec-tion of Information Bill.
Other great South Africans our nation has lostrecently included Albertina Sisulu, Ahmed Kath-rada and Dullah Omar. These leaders made signif-icant political contributions in the fight for de-mocracy. They were the men and women of a gen-eration for whom self-sacrifice was the norm andcollective gain the ultimate goal.
It could be argued that the sharp tongue, quickmoney culture of today’s youth often chasing in-stant gratification, is actually a by-product of de-mocracy. If this were indeed true, it raises thefearful question: Will SA ever again have leadersof their calibre?
Will the absence of the very special set of socialcircumstances thathelped todevelopbeloved lead-ers such as Nelson Mandela mean that we arepoorer for it? What kind of future is our countryheaded for without the moral compass offered bythose who have the benefit of drawing from thepast to make the right decisions in the present andfor the future? Should we accept that we will neveragain have the same charismatic leaders, poweredby insight that has been a hallmark of leaders ofthe struggle generation, and a symbol of pride toour country? Through the ages culture has beenpassed on through practised tradition, the writtenword and orally.
Let’s pray that our future leaders are listening.
Electricity charges explainedTHE column published inPeople’s Post of 21 June, ti-tled “Power to the City”,contains serious inaccura-cies about the electricitytariff increases that mayconfuse residents. The Citywould like to clarify howthe tariff increases will re-ally affect them, as the au-thor of the column unfortu-nately did not consult theCity to check whether heunderstood the tariffs cor-rectly.
The current DomesticLow and Domestic Hightariffs will as of 1 July be re-placed with a single two-step block tariff, with theservice charge whichformed part of the Domes-tic High tariff falling away.All domestic customerswho use more than450 kWh per month will becharged according to thisnew single, two-step Do-mestic Tariff. What the “in-clining block tariff” means,is that you will pay 122,47 c/kWh, or unit, (incl VAT),for the first 600 units and134,59 c/kWh for the unitsin excess of 600.
The author of the columnfailed to take this step-tariffinto account when makinghis calculations. At thepresent tariff, 800 units willcost you R850,96 (106,37 c/unit, including VAT), and800 units from 1 July on-wards will cost you R1 004(600 units at 122,47 c/unit,
and 200 units at 134,59 c/unit, all including VAT).This equates to an increaseof 17,98%, which is belowthe 19,94% average in-crease, and not 26,5% as perthe author’s calculations.
The majority of the resi-dential customers will infact see an increase of lessthan the average 19,94%,whereas only a minority ofcustomers in the city thatuse over 1 000 kWh permonth will be subject toabove-average increases.The accusation that theCity is “trying to squeezemore profit out of the goodpeople of suburbia” istherefore unfair and un-true.
The reason behind the in-troduction of the incliningblock tariff is to ensure thatconsumers who use largeamounts of electricity paymore for their higher us-age, so that those who areconservative energy con-sumers do not bear unduecosts. It also provides aneconomic signal and incen-tive for high energy con-sumers to reduce their con-sumption and/or to switchtheir energy consumptionto alternative sources, suchas solar power.ALDERMAN IANNEILSONExecutive Deputy Mayor ofCape Town and MayoralCommittee Member forFinanceTONY ROBINSON, AU-
THOR OF THE COLUMN,RESPONDS:
THE serious error wason page 299 of the CouncilBudget, the piece of papercouncillors had beforethem when they voted forthe new electricity tariffs.It gives two tariff bands fordomestic consumers: onefor those using less than 600units and one for those us-ing more.
There is nothing to indi-cate that a new policy hadbeen introduced to use thetwo tariffs in combinationso that one rate applies tothe first 600 units and thehigher tariff applied only tounits used over and abovethe first 600.
In the past the domestichigh and domestic lowhavebeenentirely separatetariffs and were not used incombination.
Why was no phone callmade to the council tocheck on the interpreta-tion?
Well, when you see some-thing in black and white inan official document thenthere is surely no reason tosuspect that it doesn’tmean what it says it means.
Electricity is the biggestsingle source of revenue forthe council so it is reasona-ble to expect a clear and un-ambiguous document forcouncillors to vote on. Any-thing less than that is justnot good enough.
Outstanding service after theftMY handbag was stolenwhile I shopped at Pick nPay, Longbeach Mall, onThursday, 2 June. Every-thing gone, bank cards,cheque book, driver’s li-cence, cellphone, car keys,house keys, security re-motes, prescription readingglasses, home address onCity Council account, detailsof car – somebody coulddrive my car away, enter myhouse without “breakingin”. I was in shock.
Response from the manag-erswas instant,magnificent.After seating me in the officeand sending for tea, storemanager, Rene Reagon, per-sonally put through a call tomy bank so I could stop allmy cards.
The assistant manager, Pi-eter van Niekerk, then tookcharge of the next urgentmatter: stopping my cell-phone and ensuring my oldnumberwas retainedwhile anew SIM card was in-stalled in a replacementphone so bank SMSes couldreach me.
Meanwhile, my wheel-chair-bound husband was lo-
cated in the mall, brought tothe nearby coffee shop usedas command centre for thisrescue operation, and wewere treated as guests.
The purchases I had wait-ing in the trolley?
Pieter personally tookthese through the checkout.Customer Service Manager,Cecilia Fritz, back from tak-ing a client home who’d be-come ill while shopping, as-sisted with practical andmoral support.
These included helping tocontact our son, who haskeys for our house so I couldfetch spare car keys, phon-ing Chubb to guard ourhouse until I arrived andMach 1 to change settings onour security remotes, andget a locksmith to changehouse locks immediately.
All this happened from14:30 until 16:30 – two hoursof uninterrupted help andcaring from these wonderfulpeople.
My heartfelt thanks tothese Pick n Pay managers.
More good people are thehead of Mach 1, ManuChoudree, and the manager
of Regal Locksmith, Ian Pur-chase – they respondedpromptly, efficiently, kind-ly.LUCRETIA PRETORIUSSimon’s Town
Abdurahman Hamdu-lay, Pick n Pay generalmanager for the WesternCape, responds:
We would like to thank thecustomer sincerely for herkind words, and we arepleased that we could be ofassistance to her.
We are extremely con-cerned about this unfortu-nate incident, andwould liketo reassure the customerthat we have increased thesafety measures in ourstores.
In the interim, we have de-ployed additional security atour Longbeach Mall store aswe are committed to a safeand pleasurable shoppingenvironment for our custom-ers.
We would like to remindour customers to be vigilantand to hold on to their per-sonal belongings while shop-ping.
Tuesday 28 June 2011 LETTERS People’s Post False Bay Page 13
Cape Farmhouse. Having lived on top of Red Hill for
many years, it is with great sadness thatI read about the noise issues with regardto the Farmhouse. There was always farmore noise emitting from the informal set-tlement, not only on weekends but duringthe week, till late at night. It’s ridiculousthat the Farmhouse is being held responsi-ble. Let the music play and have that selec-tive hearing seen to, you complainers!
. Cape Farmhouse is responsible formany people’s livelihoods and provides agreat venue for musicians and for familiesto spend time together enjoying good foodand company.
. The Cape Farmhouse has broughtmuch joy to our family and friends. Pleasedon’t close!
. Before you become totally blind byyour obvious short-sightedness, the CapeFarmhouse provides meaningful employ-ment to many folk in the area, providingsingle-parent households with their onlymeans to feed and clothe their dependants.View your weekly flight as your contribu-tion to the less fortunate and get over your-self! Delia, Kommetjie
Road safety. Nothing was done after the last death
on Kommetjie Road, and nothing will bedone after this one. The money for policingthe road is worth far more to council thana few deaths. All they care about is theirbottom line.
. About Ou Kaapse Weg: When I had aslower car, drivers were on my tail and itmade me mad! It asked for road rage to becommitted. Now I have a faster car and Istill have idiots on my tail. Have camerasevery 1km. A cement fence sounds okay.My final plan
to get results is to close the road and letthe cars and taxis fly – that’s what they do.
‘Dangerous otter’ in Kalk Bay. Dangerous otter, any animal, includ-
ing humans, will fight for their life if cor-nered and if it feels its life is at stake.
. Dangerous otter? There is no HarbourMaster at Kalk Bay. That position was afigment of someone’s imagination. Floater
Of movies and malls. Not only does Longbeach Mall have
nothing for youngsters, the whole of FishHoek is blank and dead.
. I think that an independent shouldopen a small movie house, run on the old“teahouse cinemas” principle. Run themovies around the whole day. Keep pricesreasonable and I am sure it would be a suc-cess. Britt
. We, as customers of Pick n Pay Long-beach Mall would like to hear from themanager how he and his staff are going toaddress our concerns regarding qualityservice.
. Gloves are more unhygienic thanwashing hands regularly, so before youcriticisePicknPayLongbeachMall, checkto see if they are washing their hands regu-larly, which, by the way, is the newest andpreferred way. The only reason you don’tmoan about Fish Hoek Pick n Pay is youdon’t see their butchery. No doubt they,too, have a clean butchery.
. To Wake Up about the cinemas: I as-sume you’re an old man speaking from ex-perience, being a rubbish yourself! Don’tgeneralise. Proud mom
. Wake up! Maybe if you took the timeout to concentrate on the adult rubbish,the teenagers wouldn’t seem like such a
problem. It’s so tiresome to be judged byeveryone in this so called “friendly Val-ley” when most of the people doing thejudging are just as bad or even worse asthe people they are judging.
In response. Ek stem saam met Jeanette Winter-
bach oor Valsbaai Hospitaal. Ek is ook ‘nbuite-pasient daar, en ek kry dieselfde be-handeling. Omdat ek ’n staatspensionarisis, kry ek alles gratis. What a blessing!Jeanette Botes
. No trees to be planted in children’splay park? Capri SRA leaders are tryingto block the initiative. If you voted yes,withdraw it now. Brian
. Judith, your expectations and sense ofentitlement can only cause dissent amongall madams who are entitled to do withtheir property as they like. Most also workvery hard, and sometimes even have to sellthings to pay their debt, including their do-mestic’s salary. With compulsory domes-tic benefits and contracts it is surprisingthat domestics are still being employed.
Inform any future madam of your expec-tations and remain jobless forever. Smiley
. I became accustomed to that coupleand their dog, and wondered what theirstory was. They were part of the furniture,and now they have nothing to sit on. Notnice.
General:. I would like to know why the street
lights in Disa Avenue, Fish Hoek have notbeen functioning for the past month?Please, it is winter and dark early evening.Fix it please! Linda
. Elaine de Swardt at Pegasus Proper-ties, Fish Hoek, I thank you for yourbreath of fresh air, professional andfriendly approach in which you helped uswith a home after having two other shame-ful agencies before. You are one in a mil-lion, and I think all homes should be givento you to handle. I will always recommendyou.
. Fun Games in Fish Hoek town squareis fantastic. My kids love it! If you want asafe place for kids these holidays, I highlyrecommend them!
. Thanks toSparValyland for supplyingwheat-free products. It’s much appreciat-ed. Heather
. I have just enjoyed a walk on the boardwalk in Kommetjie. It was wonderful – nodog poo! Well done! Scotty, Capri
. An injured black-and-white cat wasfound in Fish Hoek. Will the owner pleasecall the Noordhoek Vet on (021) 789-2888.?Jean
. On Friday, I found a pigeon with a bluetag on its right leg. Its left leg was injured.I phoned around but no-one could help me.I tended to it and on Wednesday let it flyoff. The tag read 5779za2006sp. Will the per-son who it returned to please let me knowif it’s okay by phoning me on 083 621 6065.I will appreciate knowing it got back safe-ly. Leslie, Lakeside
. Why is pre-paid electricity R1.06 perunit before increase? Are we victimisedbecause we pay up front? I use 600 permonth.
. Can the Post go to Pick n Pay and Sho-prite and see the chicken braaipacks?They cut the breasts in half! Help us!
. I’m so grateful that this will be the lasttime I see this toxic paper. I am moving outof this suffocating city you Cape mortalscall a “well-run place”! Illusion ... oxy-moron! Four months of living here is toolong! When karma gets to you, only lookin the mirror!
. To who does one lodge a complaint ifa neighbour is running a business fromhome in a sectional title complex that iscausing problems for other residents?
. If you have seen or found a green ring-necked parakeet please contact072 373 8328, www.parrotalert.com or theSPCA. Thank you.
How do you stop the maniacs?THE truth is that no amount of moneythrown at the redesign of these roads willstop the maniacs who use these roadsfrom being the maniacs that they are.
The closure of Kalk Bay Main Road outof Fish Hoek has not improved the situa-tion at all.
I concur with Michael Oosthuizen’s let-ter (“Average speed enforcement needed
in Kommetjie Road”, People’s Post, 21June).
Average speed enforcement is the an-swer, with a clear sign saying that maxi-mum penalties will be applicable. This as-sumes, of course, that the average speedenforcement will, in fact, be enforced.REINE MARAISFish Hoek
Local kill-joys strike againA PURITAN was once described as some-one who cannot bear the thought thatsomewhere in the world, someone mightactually be enjoying themselves. TheSouthern Peninsula certainly seems tohave more than its fair share of them, thelatest example being the complainantmentioned in your article “Popular venueunder threat”.
The Cape Farmhouse is a much-appreci-ated venue for lovers of quality music, anda safe and enjoyable facility for parentswith young children, and anyone who en-joys a happy Saturday afternoon at theconcerts. It not only provides music, butfood and drink, employment to local la-
bour, and a much-needed performance fa-cility for musicians. It also attracts tour-ists during the holiday season, and somepeople travel considerable distances to bethere.
I cannot believe that the concerts heldthere have any negative effects on the pas-toral surroundings that we all love andcherish, particularly as they are only heldin the summer season, are held only twicea month on average, and finish by 18:00.Please complainers – stop complainingand join in. Who knows, you might evenenjoy yourselves!DR NICK LEESimon’s Town
Rather monitor average speedTHE only way I can see to stop speedingin Kommetjie Road is to put a camera atthe NG Church and another camera at theend of Kommetjie Road where it splits toKommetjie and to Sun Valley, and to moni-tor the average speed between the twocameras.
This technology is available.To put a permanent speeding camera
will only result in speeding up to the cam-era, slowing down at the camera andspeeding again when past the camera.FRIK VAN EEDENKommetjie
Your SMSes
Hidden agendas behind objectionI AM absolutely disgusted with the turn ofevents when a group of caring Capri resi-dents have been prevented from plantingtrees in the little park opposite my home.
Citing the fact that these decent people didnot “follow procedure” is nauseating and lu-dicrous to say the least.
To have to canvas every property owner inCapri in order to plant 30 carefully chosen in-digenous trees in a neglected bit of turf wouldbe comical if it was not so asinine.
One wonders what the real agenda behindthis objection is?
Teenagers smoking weed under a one me-tre high sapling? Three vagrants creating ahome under one? Come off it.
Daily we are urged to plant trees in orderto help save the planet, and this group of peo-ple have been prevented from giving theirtime, energy and enthusiasm freely and withno monthly cost to ratepayers into makingthis previously derelict little park into apleasant destination.
It was wonderful on Argus Lockout Day
seeing all the families enjoying the gatheringin the spruced-up park and the small childrenhappily pedalling their little cycles in CapriDive etc. This gathering was as a result of thework of a group of people with no hiddenagenda, they simply rolled up their sleevesand did the work.
Please don’t give up on this great idea MsDahl, I am not the fittest person, but will doanything I can to help you and your group getaround this sickening obstacle.
If Councillor Purchase got personally in-volved in this disgraceful objection I am ex-tremely sorry that I voted for the DA in thelast election. Surely therewouldbemorewor-thy cases to get involved in? Perhaps if thisis the case, a formal complaint should belodged with the premier of the Western Cape,as well as the mayor of this city?
I just wish to add that should I receive anyabusive phone calls as a result of this letterI shall lay a charge at the local police station.SHEILA VAN BATTUMCapri
Sex, drugs and rock ‘n rollOH my word. Not another one. What is itabout the Far South? There are so manycool people who live here, yet there arethose (a small minority) who just don’tseem to be able to handle others havingfun.
First the Brass Bell – an intensely selfishold man who lived opposite managed to de-stroy a tradition and deny a whole genera-tion the pleasure of top South Africanbands strutting their stuff down at the sea-side on a Saturday afternoon.
Then it was Noordhoek. Also some LoneRanger and his posse of Mounties who
managed to have live music banned at theFarm Village – to the detriment of the vastmajority.
Now It’s Scarborough (“Popular venueunder threat”, People’s Post, 21 June). MrStonestreet, why don’t you and your Con-servative Group just get stoned and hangout in the street on a Saturday afternoon?Put one foot in front of the other, wiggleyour hips to the rock and roll. Hey – youjust might find yourselves having sex allover again.PAUL DE VILLIERSKalk Bay
What about the bus stop, STCA?I SECOND the sentiments of Marianne Wol-marans (“Rethink the bench”, Peoples Post,21 June), regarding the removal of thebenchused by the couple during the daytime.
The decision by the Simon’s Town CivicAssociation (STCA) was indeed a shallowone. I have spoken to the lady in questionwho used the bench, and she informed methat they were continuously harassed byLaw Enforcement officers to vacate thebench.
If the STCA are so concerned about theiruse of the bench, then why do they not re-move the covered bus stop across the road?I have witnessed vagrants sitting on the bustop bench and drinking openly. This isclearly double standards on the part of theSTCA. I urge the new ward councillor tokindly redress this matter in the interest ofthis couple.AMANDA MATTHEWSSimon’s Town
Shame on you for supporting removalWE wish we had written Marianne Wolma-rans’ letter on the subject of removing thebench at Admiralty House, as it expressedour sentiments exactly (“Rethink the bench”,People’s Post, 21 June).
Far from removing benches, we should beproviding many more in Simon’s Town.
They provide a place to rest and enjoy thebeauty of our seaside town, and we see noneed whatsoever to discriminate against any-one who uses them, even if they occasionally
solicit support.Better to provide a few more benches than
take away the only comfortable rest a coupleof poor souls could find. Shame on you Si-mon’s Town residents who motivated or sup-ported such an uncharitable move.
We as residents would be happy to fund itsreplacement if that is what it takes to rein-state the bench.JOHN AND JOYCE BELLISSimon’s Town
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A jazz feast inCape Town
Festival gives movie bonanza
A class of her own
Female works of art
SILENT Revolution Music, in associationwith the Standard Bank Jazz Festival,Grahamstown and Eastern Cape JazzPromotions, presents the first WinterJazz Series at the Fugard Theatre Studioin Cape Town from 7 to 9 July.
The three nights will each have two shows,starting at 19:30.
The line-up features many of the artiststhat would have then just have returnedfrom the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Gra-hamstown, including four Standard BankYoung Artist Award winners for jazz.
The Silent Revolution Winter Jazz Seriesopens on Thursday 7 July at 19:30 with Sowe-to Kinch, featuring Soweto Kinch on the sax-ophone, Kesivan Naidoo on the drums,Shane Cooper on the double bass, Dave Led-better on guitar, and Bokani Dyer on the pi-ano.
At 21:00, the Emily Bruce Quartet will fea-ture Andrew Lilley on the piano, Charles La-zar on bass, Heinrich Goosen on the drums,and special Swedish guest, Fredrik Norén,on trumpet.
On Friday 8 July at 19:30, Melanie Scholtzand the Dirty Trio – made up of Naidoo,Cooper, Dyer and Scholtz on vocals – will
perform with special guest, Mark Fransman,on the saxophone.
At 21:00, Andreas Schaerer on vocals andSwiss guest, Bänz Oester, on double bass willperform with special Fransman on the saxo-phone.
The Gavin Minter Septet will be on stageat 19:30 on Saturday 9 July, with Lee Thom-son on the trumpet and flugelhorn, DanShout on the alto saxophone and clarinet,Buddy Wells on the tenor saxophone andflute, Kevin Gibson on drums, Andrew Lilleyon piano, Charles Lazar on the double bass,and Gavin Minter on vocals.
The final performance of the weekend at21:00 features Tina Schouw on vocals andguitar, Kevin Gibson on the drums, WesleyRustin on double bass, Lodi Paul Inga on gui-tar, Mark Fransman on piano, accordion andclarinet, and Gavin Minter on percussion.
The partners for this first Silent Revolu-tion Winter Jazz series are Kawai piano, ProHelvetia, the British Council, StandardBank and Eastern Acoustic.
Tickets for the Silent Revolution WinterJazz Series are R120 per night, and bookingscan be made through Computicket or byphoning the Fugard Theatre Box Office on(021) 461-4554. Doors open at 19:00.
A FEAST of dance movies will take to thescreen at the Sixth Baxter Dance Film Festi-val, presented in association with Cinedansin the Golden Arrow Studio from 30 June to2 July.
“Based on feedback from choreographers,directors, dancers and teachers last year, wedecided to separate the dance and film festi-vals to give the studios, companies and thewider dance community the opportunity toattend without having to compromise theirrehearsal schedules,” explains Nicolette Mo-ses, Baxter’s associate producer and plan-ning manager, who has been running the fes-tivals since their inception.
The movie line-up kicks off with threefilms on Thursday 30 June at 19:30, and startswith “Ställe Place” – a duet by world-famousSwedish choreographer Mats Ek, created forand featuring two virtuosos – Royal Courtdancer and professor, Ana Laguna, anddance legend, Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Also on the Thursday 30 June programmeis Alarmel Valli’s “Padam Vazhi: The PathisHidden”, performedbyRaneeRamaswanyin Bharatanatyam dance style.
The piece is about an untouchable manwho strives to see Lord Shiva, but his statusdoes not allow him into the Hindu temple,so he begs Shiva to move the huge stone bullin front of the idol so that he may get aglimpse from the entrance.
The matinee on Saturday 2 July at 14:00 is“Zero Degrees”, a duet by Akram Khan andSidi Larbi Cherkaoui, with silicone bodydoubles by sculptor Antony Gormley, andlive music by Nitin Sawhney.
The screening on Saturday 2 July at 17:00is the local film “Cape Town Soup”, whichconsists of four portraits of Cape Town resi-
dents, featuring the work “Hatched”.The film is a staged documentary filled
with Capetonian stories and dance about amelting pot of cultures, race and habits, ofpoverty and wealth. Ending off the festivalwith a bang on Saturday 2 July at 19:30, isan ensemble cast of New York City Balletdancers in “NY Export: Opus Jazz”.
Tickets cost R30, and bookings can bemade through Computicket on 086 915 8000,online at www.computicket or at any Sho-prite Checkers outlets countrywide.
For full details of the Festival offerings vis-it www.baxter.co.za.
MOVIE FESTIVAL: Mikhail Baryshnikov (left)and Ana Lugana in a scene from “StällePlace”, at the Sixth Baxter Dance Film Festival from 30 June to 2 July. Photo: Supplied
ERDMAN CONTEMPO-RARY will hold an exhi-bition, “Present Histo-ry”, a mixed selection ofworks by an all-femalegroup of artists includ-ing Karlien de Villiers,Marna Hattingh, DianaHyslop and Haidee Nel.
This exhibition payshomage to women, whileexploring the issues offemale identity, thebody, and vulnerability.
A wide variety of me-dia is on view, includingdrawing, painting,printmaking and sculp-
ture.Part II of Present His-
tory follows in August,and will showcase a se-lection of works shownat the gallery over thepast 10 years.
This exhibition is onviewuntil Saturday2Ju-ly at the Erdmann Con-temporary & the Photog-raphers gallery ZA, 63Shortmarket Street,Cape Town. For detailscall the gallery (021) 422-2762 or visit www.erd-manncontempo-rary.co.za.
BEHOLDER’S EYE: One of the artworks that will be on display at an exhibition by women about women.
ON BROADWAY presents Tracy Klass, amiddle-aged woman like many otherswho wages her own “Klass Struggle”.
Petrol is over R10 a litre, electricity isrising at the rate of 20% per annum, serv-ice delivery is down, while school fees,food prices and her dress sizes are up,“but we still need to feed a family on lastyear’s income”.
As a parent, Tracy deals with school –then and now – mondelinge (nothing haschanged), “trappe van vergelyking”,school lunches in a nut-free environment,PTA meetings (to be avoided like theplague), school sports days, run-ins withsports coaches, OT, IT and OBE, and thescourge of modern education – projects.
The show stars Klass, is directed byRiaad Moosa and is produced by StuartTaylor’s Intimate Comedy Sessions.
The show runs until Saturday 2 July.Extra performance are on Tuesday 21
June and Tuesday 28 June. Tickets areR85 per person, students pay R65 andgroups of 10 and more, R75. For bookings,call (021) 424-1194, visit www.onbroad-way.co.za or book at any branch of Com-puticket. Tracy Klass Photo: Supplied
SPARKLING PERFORMERS: Sterling EQ, one ofthe most successful instrumental bands SouthAfrica has ever produced,brings virtuosity andglamour together in onebreathtaking musicalshowcase. The fourpiece, SAMA awardwinning group performs at OnBroadway on Sunday 10July starting at 20:30.Sterling EQ, who haveperformed at SA’s topevents and shared stageswith international icons,will perform a selection ofpopular melodies. Expectanything from Mozart toMandoza, delivered in great style. Sterling EQ will make their European debut in Decemberthis year, with performances in Germany, while they are also currently finalising negotiationsaround shows in the USA in October this year. They are also due to appear in the FugardTheatre on 19 August later this year. Photo: Supplied
Award-winning duo aims highUNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN mu-sic students, Phumlani Mtiti (altosaxophone) and Sibusiso Dlamini(piano), walked away the proud re-cipients of the award for Best Con-temporary Jazz Album at this year’sSouth African Music Awards (SA-MA), held in May.
The duo, currently in their finalyear of study at the South AfricanCollege of Music at UCT, foundedthe group in 2008.
Although their musical style is in-fluenced by various forms of music,including jazz, gospel, funk andrhythm and blues, the duo say“their greatest influence is God”.
Their award winning album,“Free-dom”, is a mix of the differentgenres of music, combining Africanjazz, gospel, rhythm and blues andhouse. Both Dlamini and Mtiti saytheir goal “is to tour around thecountry before venturing out to theworld”.
BREAKING IT DOWN: Sibusiso Dlamini (piano) andPhumlani Mtiti (alto saxophone) in action.
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INTRIGUED: From left, Faeron Wheeler, Maridi Jooste, Su Cunningham, Michelle Belknap andClifford Graham in “Macbeth” opening at the Masque Theatre on Friday 1 July. Photo: Supplied
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