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MONIQUE DUVAL

@monique_duval

T

he N7 highway was shut down over the

weekend amid an attempted land inva-

sion. The drama unfolded shortly after

noon on Saturday when motorists reported

seeing Dunoon residents trying to invade

land along the highway.

Milnerton police cluster spokesperson

Constable Henry du Randt explains at

around 09:00 about 200 residents occupied

private property as well as land owned by

the City of Cape Town. The Citys Anti-land

InvasionUnit dismantled the structures and

Du Randt says the crowd began throwing

stones at police and making fires.

Police responded by firing rubber bullets.

TygerBurger arrived at the scene on the

N7 shortly after noon and witnessed resi-

dents marking out plots.

Residents refused to be interviewed but

said they were fed up with government and

needed land for houses.

They toldTygerBurger theyweremarking

the areas and would return the next day to

build.TygerBurger received several false re-

ports about violence along the highway

while on the scene.

Shortly after 18:00,TygerBurger accompa-

nied Du Randt to the N7 which at this stage

had been shut downwithmotorists diverted

through Table View and Richwood. Riot po-

lice were patrolling the highway and con-

tained the protest inside Dunoon. The

shouts of protesters could be heard as thick

clouds of smoke from burning tyres hung

over the highway.

Du Randt then proceeded toMilnerton po-

lice station where senior police officers met

to discuss how to tackle the protest. Here

more than 30Metro Police officers geared up

in the parking lot ready to enter Dunoon.

Milnerton police spokesperson Warrant

Officer Daphne OReilly says on Saturday

four people aged between 38 and 46 were ar-

rested for public violence.

This was followed by an additional five ar-

rests on Sunday. She says reports indicate

that four people tried to burn down the com-

munity hall in Waxberry Street.

V To page 2.

The N7 highway was shut down following an illegal

land invasion and protest in Dunoon over the

weekend. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL

DUNOON: RESIDENTS TRY TO GRAB LAND

Invasion halted

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FROM PAGE 1

According to a statement by theCity of Cape

Town, a group of protesters linked to an ille-

gal land grab in Dunoon attacked and van-

dalised the MyCiTi Dunoon station in Pots-

dam Road on Sunday at about 16:30.

The Mayco member for transport, Brett

Herron, says commuters and a security

guard fled the scene when protesters threw

rocks and objects at the station building,

causing damage to the glass panels and exte-

rior of the building.

Nobody was injured during the attack,

but the T01 and T04 services along Potsdam

Road were suspended for the rest of the

evening with buses turning around at the

Potsdam station. Police and Law Enforce-

ment officers were on the scene, closing

Potsdam Road to traffic at the intersection

with Blaauwberg Road as from 17:00 on-

wards.

This, he said,was the secondattack in five

days on MyCiTi station infrastructure.

There is absolutely no excuse for this

criminal and thuggish behaviour. The ex-

tent of the damage to both stations is still

being assessed and the costs will be deter-

mined in due course, save to say that those

who will suffer the most are the communi-

ties of Dunoon and Joe Slovo who will not

be able to use the Dunoon and Phoenix sta-

tions for a number of weeks while the build-

ings are repaired.

On Monday the T01 and T04 services re-

turned tonormal,with buses stopping at the

Usasaza andKillarney stations. Commuters

fromDunoon are advised to use theUsasaza

station for the time being. Buses operating

along Route T04 from Dunoon to Century

City, are still being deviated along Race-

course Road, into Koeberg Road, onto Bos-

mansdam Road and into Ratanga Road,

as the Phoenix station is not operational.

A man is seen digging during an illegal land invasion near Dunoon over

the weekend. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL The MyCiTi station was damaged during the Dunoon protests.

TheGoodwood Librarywill once again host

a jam-packed holiday programme.

Tomorrow (Thursday) there will be Easter

stories and treats, next Tuesday is autumn

craft day, Thursday will be face painting and

stories and onMonday 4 April a puppet show.

V Programmes start at 10:30. Call 021 444 7326 to

book.

Step down, Step Up!

MICHELLE LINNERT

@linnertmb

T

he conflict between the rights of drug

users to clean equipment, and those of

the broaderBellville community to not

be exposed to drug paraphernalia and open

drug use, will not level out soon.

This comes after yet another reader has

asked TygerBurger to investigate the legiti-

macy of drug users openly shooting up and

leavingusedneedlesbehind, and theorgani-

sation that supplies this equipment as part

of their harm reduction programme.

Resident Tomislav Milakovic sent Tyger-

Burger pictures of a drug user injecting

himself in broad daylight in the middle of

a residential street. Some of the pictures,

which he obtained from the OakdaleWatch,

also show packs of unused syringes that

were picked up by patrollers, and used syr-

inges that were picked up in various parks

around Oakdale.

How is there any control? Milakovic

asked in an open letter to Step Up, the orga-

nisation backed by local and provincial gov-

ernment to service drug users with essen-

tials to ensure harm reduction.

Step Up, you say what you do, will pre-

vent disease. Nonsense. You are handing

out clean needles, yes, but they will get used

on our doorsteps, streets, parks and church-

es. These needles are now dirty and in fact

increase the potential spread of disease,

Milakovic wrote.

Yes, your intentions are noble, but your

end result is flawed. You do your charity

bit during the day over here inBellville then

go home to sleep in your comfortable bed,

believing you are making a better world,

whilst we, here in the trenches, are left

with the task of day andnight trying to keep

our streets clean for our children.

You have helped entice more drug users

into Bellville and surrounds, inclusive of

Boston, he said.

Other concerns raised included a lack of

support structure for the users, no place to

sleep or proper ablution facilities.

Put yourselves in our shoes. We are un-

derstaffed and overwhelmed as operating

neighbourhood watches, sinking in the

cesspool you are, in fact, feeding, he said.

Step Up do us all a favour: step down!

Shaun Shelly, advocacy and psycho-so-

cial coordinator at TB/HIV Care Associa-

tion, the parent organisation of Step Up, re-

sponded to Milakovics letter.

Shelly is currently at a United Nations

summit in Vienna. According to a paper re-

leased at the summit, substantial reduc-

tions in new HIV infections were noted

where needle and syringe programmes and

opioid substitution therapy were applied,

showed a reduction in HIV infections.

According to the paper, continuing their

services would contribute towards ending

Aids as a threat to public health by 2030.

In addition, needle and syringe pro-

grammes have repeatedly been shown to

not increase drug use or injecting, to not di-

minish motivation for reducing drug use,

but to assist injecting drug users in access-

ing life-saving medical and other services,

including treatment for substance use dis-

orders, Shelly said.

The consequences of not supplying ster-

ile injecting equipment can result in signifi-

cantharms. Shelly said by curbing the rap-

id spread of HIV through their programme,

they were indeed protecting the broader

community.

Shelly said no cases of HIV infection have

ever been reported from needle-stick inju-

ries from disposed needles.

He added they were already doing twice-

weekly clean-ups, calling for the public to

email them the locations where discarded

needles are found and having consultations

with local civic and law enforcement agen-

cies to help identify such locations.

They were also encouraging users to dis-

pose of injecting equipment responsibly.

Shelly said harassment and threats of

arrest for used needles does not encourage

the returning of needles.

V Contact [email protected] to report loca-

tions where used drug-use equipment is found.

A drug user shooting up in broad daylight on a

public road last week.

Woensdag, 23 Maart 2016 NEWS TYGERBURGER Goodwood 3

BRENDEN RUITER

@ruitervaniewind

T

he vigilance of employees of a security

company led to the arrest of three sus-

pects suspected of belonging to a

break-in syndicate operating in the north-

ern suburbs.

The security officers noticed a suspicious

white Volkswagen Golf at a security com-

plex inTableView.When they investigated,

a chase ensued after the car fled the scene.

According to Warrant Officer Jacques

Mostert, the vehicle was chased to the Both-

asig area while Durbanville police assisted

by closing off the escape route towards

them.

They were finally cornered in the Atlas

Park industrial area and three

suspects in their thirties from

Khayelitsha, Nyanga and Gu-

gulethuwere arrestedwhen var-

ious items were found inside the

vehicle, says Mostert.

The items included two flat

screen televisions, a fan and var-

ious expensive shoes, clothing

and toiletries. A complainant

fromWest BeachTableViewhas

been located after an intensive

investigation and has identified

some of the property, including

the one flat screen television

which has been taken during a

burglary. Three crowbars were

also found inside the vehicle,

says Mostert.

The police thought the investi-

gationwasdoneanddusteduntil

they had a closer look at the

number plates. They found that the number

plates were covered by fake ones.

Further investigation was done and

found that the false number plates were

used on a Mercedes-Benz which was in-

volved in a house robbery in Bellville. The

vehiclehas alsobeennoticedonother crime

scenes in Brackenfell and Kirstenhof. All

three suspects were charged and will ap-

pear in court. One of the suspects is wanted

on two cases of house break-in in Bothasig

and a case of theft in Fish Hoek, according

to Mostert.

Bothasig station commander Lieutenant

Patrick Jacobs commended the two arrest-

ing officers, Constables Andrew Simmers

and Zukisa Mantewu, on their good work,

and also thanked everyone else involved.

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BRENDEN RUITER

@ruitervaniewind

DieGoodwood-buurtwag pleit om samewer-

king te kry van Ruyterwacht oor die duik-

we wat die twee dorpe met mekaar ver-

bind.

Duikwe loop onder die treinspoor deur

na en van die dorp en is lank reeds n pro-

bleem vir die twee gemeenskappe.

Die Goodwood-buurtwag is deur die poli-

sie aan hul kant van die spoorweg gevra om

te help om die duikwe te beveilig.

Nazeem Israel, woordvoerder van die

Goodwood-buurtwag, s hulle is besig om

groot sukses met hul patrollies te behaal,

maar hulle wens samewerking van die an-

der kant kan verbeter.

Die duikwewas nmisdaadnes voor ons

ingeroep is. Bejaardes wat hul staatspensi-

oene gaan afhaal, is beroof en mense wat

met hul inkopies van Goodwood af kom, se

sakke is afgevat en werkers is aangeval. So

n rukkie gelede is n man, wat van n dans

gekom het, vermoor. Sedert ons begin pa-

trolleer het, is daar n duidelike afname in

voorvalle. Indi stadiumpatrolleer onsnou

weerskante van die spoorlyn en toon reeds

sukses. As ons hulp van die ander kant kan

kry, kan ons die geveg wen, s Israel.

Hy s dit is nie n vingerwysing nie. Dit

is tot beide dorpe se voordeel as daar aan

weerskante gepatrolleer word. Ons kan

misdadigers s verhoed om tussen die dor-

pe te beweeg, s Israel.

Steve Ross van die gemeenskapspolisi-

ringsforum en lid van die Riverton-buurt-

wag s samewerking tussen die buurtwagte

word met ope arms verwelkom.

Daar is drie buurtwagte in Ruyterwacht

en ons hoop om dit in die toekoms te ver-

enig. Ek is egter seker al die buurtwagte sal

te vinde wees om met Goodwood saam te

werk. Die treinspoor is die grenslyn tussen

die twee dorpe en dit maak net sin dat dit

aan weerskante beveilig word. Ons is be-

skikbaarommetGoodwoodoor npraktiese

reling te gesels, s Ross.

Buurtwag vra samewerking

Constable Zukisa Mantewu with some of the property

found inside the VW Golf.

Constables bust

crowbar syndicate

BRENDEN RUITER

@ruitervaniewind

Vier vermeende rowers is vas nadat

een van hulle, in opdrag van die poli-

sie, gerel het dat die ander haar ie-

wers ontmoet.

Di vier het verlede week n vrou

van haar selfoon beroof en op die vlug

geslaan. Volgens die polisie het n oog-

getuie gehelp om een van die rowers,

n vrou, op die toneel vas te trek.

Volgens lt. Wayne Theunis, polisie-

woordvoerder, is dit toe dat sers. Lin-

da Halam reageer op n oproep.

Toe hy op die toneel kom, het die

ooggetuie die verdagte aan hom oor-

handig. Halam s toe die aangekeerde

moet haar makkers bel en s hulle

moet haar by n vulstasie in Voortrek-

kerweg ontmoet, s Theunis.

Die drie verdagtes het, sonder dat

hulleweetwat ophullewag, bydie vul-

stasie aangekom.

Die slagoffer het die drie verdagtes

aandiepolisieuitgewys enhulle is ook

in hegtenis geneem. Hulle het reeds

in die Goodwood-landdroshof ver-

skyn.

. In nog n voorval is n skoolseun

van Monte Vista deur twee mans met

n mes gedreig en van sy selfoon be-

roof. Hy was onderweg huis toe n

skool toe die booswigte hom oorval

het. Volgens Theunis het die rowers in

die rigting vanMonteVista-boulevard

geloop. n Private sekerheidsmaat-

skappy is ingeroep en die twee verdag-

tes is vasgetrek en aan die polisie oor-

handig. Die 23- en 24-jarige Malawiese

burgers het reeds in die Goodwood-

landdroshof verskyn, s Theunis.

Rowers deur

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T

he Omuramba MyCiTi station was

converted into a delivery room when

staff rallied to assist a mom in labour.

According to a statement by the City of

Cape Town, it was just after 13:00 on Mon-

day 14Marchwhen XolaniStofile, aMyCiTi

station manager with first-aid experience,

was visiting personnel at the Omuramba

station.

He noticed the pregnant woman waiting

at the door to the ladies bathroom, which

was occupied at that stage. She seemed to

be in pain and then her water broke unex-

pectedly.

Xolani step-ped up like a professional

mid-husband, removing her stockings just

in time and making her comfortable as she

was giving birth to a beautiful and healthy

baby boy, says Mayco member for trans-

port, Brett Herron.

As the dramatic scene unfolded, MyCiTi

personnel evacuated the front endof the sta-

tion to give the mother and child some pri-

vacy. Luckily the station was not busy at

the time. The personnel sent for an ambu-

lance who took the 31-year-old mother and

newborn child to the Somerset Hospital.

The father told us that he was extremely

grateful to Xolani and all of those who as-

sisted his wife and boy, who they have

named Gilbert Gabriel.

Gilbert and his mother have been dis-

charged from hospital and are now back at

home in Joe Slovo.

We are extremely proud of Xolani who

stepped up and assisted the mother during

this difficult time. Hemay want to consider

a career as a professional mid-husband.

Baby delivered in

MyCiTi station

Gabriel from Joe Slovo was delivered in a MyCiTi

station.Xolani Stofile helped deliver the baby.

Piano girl: Kelsey Everts was

awarded a Hennie Joubert merit

prize for her Unisa Grade 4 theory

examination in 2015. This prize is

awarded annually by Unisa to the

top two achievers per grade

countrywide. Kelsey obtained a

mark of 99% for this examina-

tion. She is a learner at Pinelands

High School and was in Grade 9

when she obtained her prize. She

is a private music student of Ilse

Koeslag of Loevenstein in Bellville.


ESM ERASMUS

@erasmusesme

A

bout 150 000 radio hams

across the world have been

waiting for the day to tick off

Heard Island in the Southern Indian

Ocean about 4 000 kilometres

south west of western Australia in

their log books of entities they con-

tactedvia radio. The radiohamscall

this a DXpedition.

Now, 20 years after the previous

DXpedition in 1996, anotherDXpedi-

tion departed from Table Bay har-

bour on 10 March for a rough trip

on a vessel, aptly named Brave-

heart, to the remote and uninhabit-

ed Heard island.

In Durbanville, an excited 87-

year-old Dennis Wells will keep a

close eyeon theDXpedition fromhis

shack at his home in The Pad-

docks.

Even though he ticked off Heard

Islandmore than 30 years ago (on 20

October 1985 when an Australian

national Antarctic research expedi-

tion team visited the island), he

shares the excitement of the other

radio hams.

DXpeditions are undertaken to re-

mote destinations to help radio

hams all around theworld to be able

to make contact.

It is also 20 years since any man

put foot on Heard Island, known for

its adverse conditions ofwind, snow

and rain. It also has an active volca-

no.

The Braveheart, which is char-

tered by radio amateurs, was ex-

pected to arrive yesterday (Tuesday

22 March) and, since there is no jet-

ty, all equipment would have to be

taken on land by rubber ducks.

This DXpedition, which is called

VKEK and costs about R7 million,

is led by Dr Robert Schmieder from

theUSA, the same team leader of the

previous DXpedition in 1996.

Schmieder, a world authority on

Heard Island and many other is-

lands around the world, is the au-

thor of many books on the subject.

Wells is part of the South African

support team, which is led by Paul

Johnson from Green Point.

Several radio amateurswill quali-

fy for Honour Roll and #1 Honour

Rollwhen theymanage tomake con-

tact with Heard Island.

Wells, a legend in the radio ama-

teur world and well-known by his

call ZS1AU, has earned the very

prestigious DXCC Top of Honour

Roll plaque in 2014 the highest ob-

tainable in amateur radio, and plac-

ing him at number one in the world

of DX. It can take anything from 20

years to a lifetime to achieve this.

Wells was invited to accompany

the Braveheart on a yacht out of

Table Bay harbour.

Oh, it takes so long to say good-

bye toa shipand theBraveheartwas

no exception. The trip on the yacht

to accompanyBraveheart on itsway

was fantastic. When we were near

Robben Island, we called Brave-

heart on our radio and the ship

came to a stop. We took some mag-

nificent photos with Table Moun-

tain in the background.

Onceagain I felt proudof our city

as it was the most beautiful sight

with the table cloth coming over the

top, Wells said.

As the ship tracked its way across

the stormy southern Indian Ocean

fromCapeTown toHeard Island, the

participants and the crew of Brave-

heart launched a string of oceano-

graphic buoys in support of climate

research by three of the worlds

leading scientific organisations, the

Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti-

tute (WHOI), the National Oceano-

graphic and Atmospheric Adminis-

tration (NOAA) and the Scripps In-

stitute of Oceanography.

In addition to the Argo buoys,

they also launched a group of glob-

al driftingbuoys inbehalf ofNOAA

and possibly the South African

Weather Service.

The 1250 satellite tracked drift-

ers worldwide remain on the sur-

face during their approximately

four-year lifespan, continuously re-

porting on their location as well as

currents, sea surface temperature,

atmospheric pressure, winds and

salinity.

This VKEK DXpedition, com-

prising of 14 amateur radio opera-

tors and scientists, will remain on

Heard Island for three weeks doing

other scientific work, as well as am-

ateur radio.

They plan to reach parts of the is-

land by flying a drone with an HD

camera and will be the first to land

on and take off fromwater. The pho-

tos will be relayed to the ground sta-

tion, as well as via satellite.

VVisit thewebsite http://vk0ek.org/ for an

ongoing report of the DXpedition for the

next three weeks.

Radio hams brave

air and seawaves

Dennis Wells

(right), radio

ham from

Durbanville,

pictured in front

of Braveheart

shortly before its

departure from

Cape Town to

Heard Island

with Dr David

Lloyd from

Princeton in New

Jersey (USA),

who received his

radio signal in

the Mellish Reef

DXpedition,

which won Wells

the prestigious

roll of honour

award. PHOTO:

CARINA ROUX

A new car pool app aims to re-

lieve traffic congestion and

help save the environment to

boot.

Two entrepreneurs, Sipho

Ndimande and Chris Megan,

founded uGoMyWay, a unique

ride-share and car poolmobile

application with which com-

muters can do their bit to

change the citys traffic flow

while getting toknownewpeo-

ple during travel time.

With the app, anyone can

find the drivers and passen-

gers heading in the same di-

rection as themselves, using

the special platform for chat-

ting to make mutual commut-

ing arrangements

The app contains a leader-

board on which different cate-

gories are listed and on which

more can be added, making it

easy to find a ride to almost

anywhere in the city.

This effectively means cost

sharing, a reduction in carbon

monoxide emissions, conges-

tion and road maintenance

costs, as well as more availa-

ble parking spaces.

Users will also be able to

show their commitment to a

cleaner environment while

saving money and having the

kind of safety made possible

by the appwhereby only those

within the users chosen orga-

nisation can see their travel

plans.

Companies (or any other

organisation) can pre-register

their members to securely

ring-fence their user commu-

nity. Bymaintaining a private

profile, any member of an or-

ganisation may only see, and

be seen, by other members of

the organisation, according

to the uGoMyWay website.

The app can be downloaded

free on PlayStore for Android

cellphone users and Megan

says this is their way of mak-

ing better use of the road net-

work and allow(ing) technolo-

gy to help people connect to

each other on their website.

Carbon emission reductions

are measured in kilogrammes

on the leaderboard, the num-

ber of reduced cars and the

ranking of the pool with the

most reductions, is shown at

the top.

Why wouldnt your organi-

sation want to promote its

commitment to reducing CO2

emissions.

Their website also states

that theyhavemade payments

simple by employing the Snap-

Scan mobile payment system.

New app aims to

tackle congestion


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One of the girls standing in the middle of the road selling cookies before sunrise in her school

uniform, as reported on by TygerBurger in our 9 March edition. PHOTO: ASTRID FEBRUARIE

Grownups now

aid cookie sales

MICHELLE LINNERT

@linnertmb

G

rown-upshavenow taken to accompa-

nying children selling cookies before

sunrise and after sunset in heavy traf-

fic, as reported on by TygerBurger over the

last few weeks.

This comes after various organisations

concerned over the welfare of these chil-

dren voiced their strong disapproval of the

practice whereby the children sell the cook-

ies on behalf of the production arm of their

church, the Ambassadors for Christ World

Outreach Ministries (AFC) situated in El-

sies River.

The childrenareknown to sell at different

spots at busy intersections in Bellville, Par-

ow and Goodwood. At least four of the chil-

dren go to John Ramsay Secondary School

in Bishop Lavis.

Falling asleep in class

The principal of this school, Roshin Ram-

awoothar, voiced his concern over reports

from the learners teachers complaining

that the learners fall asleep in class. (TB, 9

March, Cookie kids in danger)

This is a likely consequence of the chil-

dren, who live on the church premises with

the permission of their parents, selling the

cookies before and after school, well into

the evening. TygerBurger reported on this

in our first article on 24 Februaryheadlined

Cookie sale concern. The children inter-

viewed were between 14 and 17 years old.

A roll-on effect was created after our first

article on the plight of the children, when

TygerBurger received a message from He-

witt de Jager, a youth counsellor and chair-

man of Hewlin Compassion, a street chil-

drens forum in Kraaifontein.

I spoke to a 15-year-old girl dressed in

her school uniform (last Wednesday) onmy

way to work (at the robots at the N1/Jip de

Jager off-ramp on Karl Bremer Hospitals

side), he said. She says that shes willing-

ly volunteering everymorning before going

to school and that she doesnt get anything

out of it. This sounded very well rehearsed

to me as if others had inquired about the

situation already, he said.

Not above board

De Jager questioned the legality of the sit-

uation, and forwarded his concerns to the

social welfare arm of the Voortrekker Road

Corridor City Improvement District

(VRCID), with Wilma Piek at its head.

Piek in turn forwarded the VRCIDs and

De Jagers concerns to the City of Cape

Town, stating the following, among other

concerns: It does seem that something is

not above board here and of course, it is to-

tally unacceptable that children should

have to sell cookies at busy intersections to

earn a place to stay.

The office of Suzette Little, the Citys

Mayco member for social development and

early childhood development, then escalat-

ed the matter. Her own response was as fol-

lows: TheWestern Cape Department of So-

cial Development is responsible formatters

relating to child welfare and would be best

placed to investigate and establish the chil-

drens circumstances. We have referred the

matter to the provincial department for in-

vestigation. In terms of the sale of the goods

at intersections, I have liaisedwith ourLaw

Enforcement department, who will be serv-

ing a compliance notice on the pastor of the

church that the children selling the cookies

are linked to, she said.

Should there be non-compliance, the

City will start impounding the goods and

summons the pastor to appear in court.

On Thursdaymorning last week, a senior

TygerBurger reporter spotted an adult

womanandmanlooking to be in their 30s,

at one of the locations the children sell from

at Plattekloof Road, as well as on Monday.

V Do our readers think this will be the end of the

childrens sales? Let us know at briewe@tygerbur-

ger.co.za.

Easter market: The next

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March from 09:00 to 14:00. Its

the Easter weekend and while

parents relax with a glass of

organic bubbly or craft beer

and some delicious food,

children will be able to enjoy a

variety of egg-speriences. The

Easter bunny will visit the

Natural Goods Market from

10:30 and there will be Easter

Egg painting on Intaka Island

as part of the monthly Art on

the Island experience from 11:30

to 12:30. Both these events are

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Kendrick House, a home for the aged in Pit-

tosporum Avenue, Thornton, will be hosting

a fte on Saturday 2 April from 08:30 to raise

money. Some of the items on sale at a variety

of stalls include plants, cakes, books, pan-

cakes, white elephant items, curry and rice,

arts and craft, toys and boerewors rolls.

Kendrick House is a non-profit organisa-

tion and we would welcome any assistance

of any kind, said a spokesperson of Ken-

drick House.

V Contact Judy Simons on 021 534 2961 for more.

KendrickHouse hosts fte in aid of the aged

A new community photo exhibition called

7535 (the Bellville postal code) will be open-

ing at the Bellville Library soon.

The exhibition will curate and celebrate

the existing stories at play within the Bell-

ville region.

It features 12 local artists, with each one

having captured their daily practices with

a disposable camera.

While the camera might be disposable,

the underlying stories in Bellville spaces

are most certainly not, as the exhibition

shows.

The outcome of this creative venture re-

veals spaces, faces andpracticeswhichhave

become so interwoven into Bellville culture

that they are almost second nature.

However, the pause for reflection quickly

brings these elements to life, reminding res-

idents that they are the very things that

make this city the Bellville and home to

many that it is.

The exhibition opens on Wednesday 30

March and runs until Saturday 2 April at

the Art.b gallery at the library.

V Call 021 917 1197 for more information.

View Bellville through the lens of 12 cameras

D

ie Laerskool Bellville-Noord het on-

langs sy eerste suksesvolle mini-krie-

kettoernooi by die skool aangebied.

Die volgende laerskolewas almal deel van

hierdie wonderlike geleentheid: Aristea,

Bellpark, Boston, Eikendal, Mikro, Labian-

ce, Parow-Wes, Ruyterwacht, Wolraad Wol-

temade, Litha, die Holy Cross Sisters

School en natuurlik die Laerskool Bellville-

Noord as gasheer.

Elke span is beloon met heerlike verver-

sings n n dag van harde, maar genotvolle

krieket, s ArneMulder van die skool se ou-

ervereniging.

Elke span het ook n goue medalje ont-

vang om aan sy beste speler vir die dag te

oorhandig.

Krieket was die groot wenner en ons

hoop omvolgende jaarweer so n suksesvol-

le dag aan te bied, het hy ges.

Suksesvolle kriekettoernooi

Op die foto is twee spelers van elke skoolspan wat aan die mini-kriekettoernooi deelgeneem het.

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BRIEWE

[email protected]|Faks: 021 910 6501|Posbus 747, Bellville 7535|Briewe wat nie langer is as 250 woorde

nie, sal voorkeur geniet. Verskaf asb. u naam, adres en telefoonnommer by (nie vir publikasie). Spertyd is Vrydag om 12:00

I had the opportunity to assist

my mom to receive her card

when Sassa switched to the

card system. At a certain point

an official requested my mom

to sign a form. I could see that

it was a type of bank order

form. No entries were made.

So my mom were asked to sign

a blank form.

I alerted the official about

this. The reply was that he/she

was just following orders.

We know that our elderly

and needy people are very

vulnerable and would just do

what they are told to get their

grant. Could this be one of the

reasons why so many people

get deductions from their

grants?

JEFF SWARTZ

E-mail

Is this the cause

of Sassa fraud?

Once again the Easter Week-

end is upon us. And the

negligence of humans surfaces.

Please do not leave your pets

unattended. Leaving extra food

and water is not enough. If a

friend or relative is coming

daily to feed your pets, at least

speak to a neighbour to make

sure this person actually does

come every day. Make sure all

relevant gates are locked not

just closed. And please leave a

contact number next door in

case you are needed.

Burglary should be kept in

mind. Leave lights on outside

and a few inside and ask the

person checking on your pets

to alternate inside lights.

Too many people in our

suburbs think they are invisi-

ble or above being seen as

idiots. We, as a community,

must take a stand and learn to

speak up against neglect and

abuse in our areas. Too many

people know about kids being

abused and say nothing. We

must stop being afraid to get

involved. Speak out. Dont be

Extra food,water

not enough for pets

The robot settings/timing,

specifically in Durban Road,

Willie van Schoor Avenue and

Tygerberg Valley Road, to

mention a few, are so badly set

by the authorities that they

cause traffic jams even

without traffic!

Robots are designed to create

the best flow of traffic possible

and should be synchronised to

do just that. Traffic officials

should know that its a system

and not just traffic lights! Who

educates them?

I get irate and frustrated

when standing at so many

intersections for no reason, as

hardly any vehicles are cross-

ing. Its no wonder that motor-

ists put voet in die hoek to

avoid stopping, resulting in

speeding and skipping a red

light! Most motorists do that in

a hurry and one cant really

blame them.

In December last year we had

an 18-year-old visitor from

Holland. When travelling to

Tyger Valley Shopping Centre,

down Durban Road, she re-

marked: How silly your robots

are set!

Im not surprised at the often

Unsynchronised

robots cause chaos

I want to congratulate Rudie

van Rensburg with his article

concerning Donald Trump (Die

Trompet weet hoe om sy eie

beuel te blaas, TB, 16 March).

Wow! Can somebody translate

it into English and send it to

the Americans?

JACQUI

Durbanville

Well done, Rudie

send it toAmericans

I know it is in our nature to

condemn and criticise people

very quickly. However, on this

occasion I would like to ac-

knowledge the kindness and

generosity shown to a senior

citizen, and extend thanks to a

young guy whose name I do not

know. On Thursday 25 Februa-

ry, about 11:00, my 86-year-old

friend was walking from 13th

Avenue to my home for tea, to

celebrate my birthday. On the

corner of Cleveland and 15th

Avenue this kind youngster

stopped in his Rawson Proper-

ties bakkie to offer her a lift.

He assured her that she would

be safe as his mother taught

him to respect and look after

the elderly! She was close to

my home, she declined the lift.

He switched off the bakkies

engine, got out and escorted

her to my front door! Needless

to say, we were both very

impressed with his kindness.

Great to see there are still kind

and considerate people like this

around, especially with the

growing crime rate in our

country and the disrespect for

people, especially the elderly.

AMIE

Boston

Youngmans kind

gesture appreciated

Die Groot K

gebeur nie nt

met ander nie

Ons was op pad kerk toe toe ek die eerste

keer van die Groot K gehoor het. Oom

Koster het tongkanker gehad.

My ma het saggies vir my pa vertel dat

hulle n deel van sy tong sal moet uitsny.

Maar dit was nie sag genoeg vir die

oortjies van n nuuskierige sewejarige

nie. Oom Koster was in beheer van die

kerkklok en ek was vas oortuig hy slaap

in die kerktoring, want hy was altyd net

dr. Hyt ons geskel as ons voete gesleep

het Sondagskoolklas toe.

Ekt gewonder hoe hy gaan skel sonder

n tong. Want oom Koster gaan gesond

word en terugkom die hele gemeente

het immers vir hom gebid.

Kanker was destyds soos n tienerswan-

gerskap of egskeiding. Niemand het

daaroor gepraat of geskinder nie. Gewon-

der dalk, maar nie geprt nie.

Ons het oom Koster nooit weer gesien

nie.

Twintig jaar later was dit my pa se

beurt om die

Groot K in die o

te staar.

Die dag toe hy

nie meer sy

Sudoku-raaisel kon

invul nie, was die

dag dat ek geweet

het dis tyd om

vrede te maak en

koebaai te s.

Wr het die

kerk en my ma-hul-

le gebid dat die

Liewe Vader hom

moet spaar. Ekt

gebid dat hy nie

vir jare moet ly nie en dat hy sonder pyn

moet sterf.

Van die familie het my uitgekryt as n

ongelowige. Dis asof hulle gedink het my

ongeloof mag dalk net maak dat hulle

gebede nie voldoende trefkrag gaan h

nie. Ek moes sm bid vir genesing.

Maar ek kon nie. Want eks n realis en

n mens kan nie teen die feite stry nie.

God se plan is nie noodwendig ons plan

nie. Sy antwoord is nie noodwendig die

antwoord wat ons wil hoor nie.

Die skuldgevoel oor my ongeloof het

my opgevreet ... net di wat in n Calvi-

nistiese huis grootgeword het, sal regtig

verstaan. Die sielkundige het ges ekt

vroer as die res van die familie begin

rou oor my pa. Toe die res nog geglo het

hy gaan weer opstaan, het ek sy studeer-

kamer begin oppak.

Dis hoekom ek die sterk een was n sy

dood. My broers en my ma was gebroke.

Wat die sielkundige ook ges het, is dat

n mens nooit die waarde van hoop moet

onderskat nie. Want solank daar hoop is,

het mense n rede om aan te gaan.

Kanker is nie meer n siekte wat net

met ander mense gebeur nie. Dis op

ons drumpel en meeste van ons het al

iemand na aan ons afgestaan aan di

ongenaakbare siekte.

Ek weet daar is verhale van hoop, van

mense wat kanker oorwin het. Dit bied n

mate van troos.

Al wat n mens kan hoop, is dat

daardie beker by jou verby sal gaan.

Marita Meyer

WATDIE HART VANVOL IS

Die vreugde van

iemandwat vir

die eerste keer n

eie huis ontvang,

is aansteeklik.

Esm Erasmus

People should

verify informa-

tion before

sharing on social

media.

MoniqueDuval

I applaud the

entire Kuils River

community for

their continuous

support follow-

ing the death of

the two

McDonalds staff

members Noxolo

Skota andXolisa

Tshabeype.

Richard Roberts

To leave your

country and

family for three

years to train in

Japan shows

true grit. Ste-

han Schoeman

Dwelmverslaaf-

desmoet seker-

lik gehelpword,

maarwat van

kinderswat aan

di hulp blootge-

stel word, daar

waar gebruikers

oop en bloot hul

ding doen?

Michelle Linnert

afraid of upsetting people.

Where animals are treated

badly, the chances of human

rights being violated are huge.

Where children see it as being

okay to be an abuser, in any

form, they grow up not know-

ing any better.

But back to the animal issue

in Kraaifontein we will be

vigilant and report any cases of

going away for Easter weekend

and not making the effort to

make sure your pets are

properly cared for.

Dumping of animals is also

becoming the new big thing!

Please lets all have a lovely

chilled and safe Easter and not

forget about the comfort of our

furred companions. After all,

they never chose to be ours

we chose to have them.

DENISE

Kraaifontein

V Die bostaandemenings is di van

die betrokke joernalis, en reflekteer

nie noodwendig die opinie(s) van

die TygerBurger-handelsnaam nie.

Toedie res

nog geglo het

hy gaanweer

opstaan, het

ek sy studeer

kamer begin

oppak.

Kan jy dit

oorvertel?

fatal accidents we read about

daily on our roads, are you?

Cape Town is just as bad; it

has been mentioned that its

one of the worst cities regard-

ing traffic jams!

KLAUS GESSNER

Durbanville

Haweloses gaan

nog lankmet ons

wees. Brenden

Ruiter

SMSe

V Kan iemand nie dalk die verkeersligte in

Durbanwegsinkroniseernie?Ekstaange-

reeldenwagby nkruisingwaardaargeen

motor in sig is nie. Gefrustreerd

V Daar is teveelmensewatallesgaanver-

loorasZumanouafgedankword.Hullesal

verseker dat hy president bly. Ben

VDie ekstremiste gaan altyd die boot

skud. Dis ons gematigdes wat die balans

moet hou. Carrie-On

VThedaysofanyoneshumanrightsbeing

comprised should long be over. Louisa

) SMSe kos R1,50. Stuur na 45527.


M

eer as n miljoen Suid-Afrikaners

tussen die ouderdomme van 20 en

50 word geraak deur volwasse aan-

daggebrek-hiperaktiwiteitsversteuring

(ADHD).

Dt is onthul in navorsing deur dr. Rena-

ta Schoeman, n psigiater en die top-MBA-

student vir 2015 aan die Universiteit Stel-

lenbosch Bestuurskool (USB). Vir haar

MBA-tesis het Schoeman die huidige situa-

sie in Suid-Afrika ontleed deur spesifiek te

fokus opdie psigiatriese bestuur enbefond-

sing van behandeling vir volwassenes met

ADHD in die privaat sektor.

Schoeman s: Die erkenning van vol-

wasse ADHD as n chroniese siekte wat be-

handeling benodig, is krities. Tog het vol-

wassenes met

ADHDbeperkte

toegang tot be-

handeling, selfs

diegene in die

privaat gesond-

heidsorgstelsel.

Dis omdat

mediese ske-

mas wat ADHD

by kinders dek,

dikwels nie

voordele of be-

handeling vir

volwassenes

voorsien nie.

Schoeman s

pasinte sukkel

om privaat be-

handeling bo en

behalwe die koste vanhulmaandelikseme-

diese bydraes by te bring, en juis daarom

bly die siekte dikwels onbehandeld. Dis n

duur, kroniese siekte met aansienlike im-

pak op die gehalte van die lewe van pasin-

te enhul families.Die koste direk, indirek

en ontasbaar is aansienlik,met die aange-

paste lewensjare vir gestremdheid (DALY)

bereken op 424 uit 100 000, wat n aansienli-

ke afname in werkverrigting is.

Schoeman se MBA-studie het die gebrek

aan kennis en finansile ondersteuning vir

ADHD gedentifiseer as die vernaamste

struikelblokke ombehandeling vir en diag-

nose van die siekte te verkry. Sy stel n nu-

we befondsingsmodel vir privaat gesond-

heidsorg as n moontlike oplossing voor.

Volwassenes met ADHD ervaar steeds

skeptisisme van diegene rondom hulle wat

aangevuurworddeurvolgehoue enoninge-

ligte mediagedrewe persepsies dat ADHD

nie n regte siektemet regte gevolge en kos-

te is nie, s Schoeman. Sy s omdat so baie

volwassenes met ADHD vir die grootste

deel vanhul lewe sonderbehandelinggaan,

kan dit lei tot n aansienlike toename in die

risiko vir ander psigiatriese toestande soos

angs en gemoedsversteuring, asook

dwelmmisbruik. In die werkplek kan hul

swak tydsbestuur endoelwitstelling n aan-

sienlike impak op hul werknemers h.

ADHD word gekenmerk deur kwaai en

beperkende vlakke van onoplettendheid,

hiperaktiwiteit en impulsiwiteit.

As n sogenaamde ontwikkelingsiekte

word simptome reeds in die kinderjare dui-

delik. Hoewel sommige kinders hul ADHD

skynbaar ontgroei, is dit meer n geval dat

sommige meer bedrewe word met die be-

stuur van die simptome en dan eendag as

volwassenes vergoed vir hul ADHD-ver-

wante gebreke deur leefstyl- en loopbaan-

keuses. Volgens Schoeman word volwasse-

nes wat aan ADHD ly dikwels deur hul tyd-

genote en familielede beskouword as goeie

beginners, maar swak voltooiers, swak

luisteraars, swak organiseerders, aandag-

afleibaar, vergeet- agtig, ongeduldig en

mense wat nie konsekwent is nie. Mense

met ADHD is dikwels hoogs intelligent en

baie kreatief met n laterale en analitiese

denkwyse,maar dikwels leef hulle tog n le-

we van onderprestasie en volgehoue mis-

lukking op akademiese gebied en in die

werkplek, met interpersoonlike konflik,

huweliksprobleme en finansile moeilik-

heid, s sy. Haar voorstel vir n befond-

singsmodel wat vertroulik ontwikkel is

vir die privaat mediese skema betrokke in

haar navorsing sal grootliks bydra tot be-

grip vir die langtermynbehoeftes en die

verbetering van toegang tot diagnose enbe-

handeling vir volwassenes met ADHD.

Meer as 1m.

volwassenes

ly aan ADHD

Dr. Renata Schoeman


n Vergadering van die Raad van die Stad Kaapstad vind op Donderdag 31 Maart 2016 om

10:00 in die Podium-gebou, Burgersentrum, Hertzog-boulevard 12, Kaapstad, plaas.

Let asseblief daarop dat daar n beperkte getal sitplekke vir lede van die publiek beskikbaar

is en dat dit dus op n eerste-daar-eerste-gehelp-grondslag toegeken sal word. As u die

vergadering wil bywoon, moet u asseblief tussen 09:00 en 16:00 vir Nadine Damon by

021 400 3708 skakel. Alle versoeke om bywoning moet teen nie later nie as een dag

voor die vergadering ontvang word. Daar sal van u verwag word om u van, voorletters en

kontaktelefoonnommer te verstrek. Besoekers word vriendelik versoek om hul sitplekke teen

09:30 in te neem.

ACHMAT EBRAHIM

STADSBESTUURDER

KENNISGEWING VAN N VERGADERING

VAN DIE RAAD VAN DIE STAD KAAPSTAD

Hemelsewesens praat met ons

DESIRE RORKE

@dezzierorke

M

inhet ekverwagdatmyeiehemelse

engele so baie te s sou h toe ek

verlede week die foon optel ommet

een van Suid-Afrika se voorste spirituele

mediums te gesels oor haar beplande toer

na Kaapstad.

Shannon Walbran help mense deur per-

soonlike boodskappe van hul engele te in-

terpreteer en oor te dra. Vir n verandering

moes ek stilbly, ophou vrae vra en net luis-

ter ... myself ast ware oopstel en bietjie

kwesbaar maak. In my geval, s Shannon,

kommunikeer engele beslis met my deur

die geskrewe woord.

Dis een van die redes hoekom jy joerna-

lis geword het. Woorde of sinne wat jy lees

sal uitspring en jou aanraak, en kalmte

bring. Dit sal jou lank bybly en inspireer.

Dis nie toevallig nie.As dit gebeur skryf

dit neer, hou dagboek daarvan, plak dit op

joumuur en dink daaroor, want daar l jou

boodskappe, s sy.

Ek is half uit die veld geslaan.

Dit iswel n logiese slotsomdat n joerna-

lis n voorliefde vir die geskrewe woord

het, ja. Maar wat Shannon nie geweet het

nie, is dat elke denkbare gaatjie teen my

kantoormuur reeds toegeplak is onder die

papiertjies met woorde, sinne en gedigte

wat gereeld uitspring na my en gereeld

stof tot nadenke bied.

Toevallig? Miskien, miskien nie. My en-

gele het egter nie daar opgehou nie, en ter-

wyl ek aanhoudend inligting uit haar pro-

beer kry vir my artikel, hou hulle aan

praat.

Shannon smy boodskappe komhard en

duidelik deur, soveel so dat sy skoon fisie-

ke simptome begin voel het. Hartpalpita-

sies en n bewende handwat dui op angsaa-

valle en moontlike hartprobleme.

Nie n onmoontlikheid nie, aangesien

my pa op die ouderdom van 45 sy eerste

hartaanval gekry het. Ek is nou 43, en dis

n vrees wat al jare lank by my spook. Kan

sy my vrese oor die foon aanvoel?

Boonop ly ek ook al dekades lank aan n

sekere angstoestand. Jy moet dit stadig

vat, begin asemhaal, fiks word en die stres-

en angssnellers in jou lewe so goumoontlik

en dringend aanspreek, s sy, en voeg by

dat daar gevolge is vir diegene wat nie na

di boodskappe luister nie.

My engele is so spesifiek dat hulle my

selfs aanraai om karateklasse te begin

neem.

Ek wonder of dit nie n

slim hemelse plan is om

my tedwingomvanmyon-

derdrukte, dog gekoester-

de toorn, ontslae te raak

nie?

Wees stil en weet dat ek

God is, dra sy dadelik nog

n boodskap oor.

God probeer vir jou s

dat jy nie in beheer is nie.

Jy probeer alles self doen.

Vra My vir hulp as jy dit

nodig het, s God vir jou.

Sit My aan die stuur van

jou lewe.

Sjoe.

Teen di tyd het ek die

trant van my artikel ge-

heel en al verloor, en stil-

weg gewonder wat ek nou

eintlik gaan skryf as di

onderhoud verby is.

Shannon s die bood-

skappe wat engele oordra,

is meestal lewensverande-

rend.

Dis geensins lukraak

nie, maar baie spesifiek

met die doel om positiewe

verandering mee te

bring, s sy.

Daarom moedig sy haar

klinte en seminaargan-

gers aan om spesifieke

vrae te vra oor kwessies in

hul lewens.

Jy sal verbaas wees oor

hoe spesifiek jou engele

jou sal antwoord.

Engele bestaan beslis, s

sy. Ek glo in God die Va-

der en natuurlik wil Hy met ons praat. En-

gele is ast ware sy boodskappers, of God

inmenslike vorm, al kan ons hulle nie sien

nie.

Sy verduidelik dit as volg. As God by-

voorbeeld vergelyk kan word aan die Koe-

berg-kragstasie, sou die engele die infra-

struktuur wees wat die energie aan die

eindverbruiker lewer.

In my eie lewe het hulle my al baie ge-

help en groot veranderinge teweegge-

bring. Ek moes net luister, s sy.

Volgens Shannon kommunikeer engele

op verskeie maniere.

Daar is baie tekens om voor uit te kyk,

soos byvoorbeeld die weer, ligte wat in jou

huis flikker en selfs diere.

Tydens haar seminaar, spesiaal net vir

vroue, in Kaapstad op Saterdag 16 April,

sal sy juis uitbrei oor tegniekewat gebruik

kan word om met jou eie engele kontak te

maak.

Seminaargangers sal ookdie geleentheid

h om vrae te stel oor hul lewens.

Shannon is landwyd bekend vir haar ak-

kurate antwoorde tydens onderhoude op

verskeie radiostasies soos Metro FM en

702/Cape Talk, s haar woordvoerder, Me-

lissa Conradie.

Sy het grootgeword in n Rooms-Katolie-

ke huishouding en het later

jare haar geloof versterk

deur verdere studies in Ju-

dasme, Boeddhisme en

Shamanisme. Sy het tydens

haar 20s en 30s meer as 40

lande besoek en tydens 2003

die roeping gekry om ander

te help met die gawe.

Sy het sedert 2003 al

meer as 20 000 mense gehelp

en is ook die skrywer van

die boek Guided! wat jou

leer hoe om met jou engele

te kommunikeer, s Conra-

die.

Geloof in die bonatuurli-

ke en geloofsoortuiging is

myns insiens n persoonlike

saak, maar het Shannonmy

gehelp? Beslis, ja.

Of di boodskappe nou di-

rek van my engele af gekom

het, sou ek nie kon s nie,

maar een ding is seker: alles

wat sy vir my ges het, het

ek lankal reeds in my bin-

neste vermoed of selfs ge-

weet.

Is wat sy doen dus net n

geval van slim sielkunde

waardeurmy gedagtes bloot

gelees word, of was dit

waarlik n geestelike onder-

vinding?

Die woorde van Jesus

kom bymy op: Die konink-

ryk van God is binne-in jul-

le. Maar so ook die miste-

rieuse teorie van die psigia-

ter Carl Jung toe hy ges

het, God is die werklikheid

self.

Jung meen dat ons slegs deur die psige

kan bewys dat God teenoor ons optree,

maar dat ons nie in staat is om te onderskei

of hierdie optrede spruit uit God of uit die

onbewuste nie.

Hoe dit ookal sy, my gesprek met Shan-

non het geen kwaad teweeggebring nie, net

die vooruitsig op n gesonder, fikser en kal-

mer ek. En die hoop beskaam nie.

Die sessie in Kaapstad is slegs vir vroue

en sal by die V&AWaterfront gehou word.

Kaartjies kos R500 en is beskikbaar op

Quicket.

V Stuur n e-pos na [email protected]

of besoek haar Facebook-blad.

The Sunflower Fund will be hosting their

annual big fundraising golf day on Friday

22 April at the Bellville Golf Club.

The event aims to raise money to pay for

the tissue typing of potential bone marrow

stem cell donors in order to increase the

Bone Marrow Registry of South Africa.

This will give patients suffering from leu-

kaemia andother life-threatening blooddis-

orders the hope of finding their 1:100 000 do-

nor match.

There are fantastic prizes to be won and

all golfers will receive a goodie bag and sup-

per and wines included at the prize-giving.

Interested parties can enter a four-ball for

R3000 or contribute towards this event by

sponsoring a hole or a prize.

V For more information or to enter, contact Janine

le Roux on 021 701 0661 or alternatively email

[email protected].

Tee off and help find bonemarrowmatches

What would you do if youwon amillion rand

tomorrow? Go on an extended holiday?

Fly around theworld? Start a newbusiness

or pay off your debt?

If youre a regular shopper at Tyger Valley

Centre, this dream could become a reality in

the Centre of Dreams competition.

Simply spend R350 at any of the stores in

the centre. Then you have to fill in an entry

form and pop it in one of the entry boxes lo-

cated throughout the centre, and you could

be one step closer to being R1 million richer!

The competition will run until Thursday

30 June, and you can enter more than once

to increase your chances.

The final draw will take place at 16:00 on

Friday 1 July in the Arena at Tyger Valley

Centre.

V For more information, visit www.tygervalley.co.za or

join the centres Facebook fan page.

Win R1million at Tyger Valley

The circus is in town! McLaren Circus

is at FairbridgeMall in Brackenfell until

3 April.

This years show is full of highlights

includingMiss Cassan-

dra Stone on the re-

volving trapeze, chair

balancing by Gilberto

direct from Peru, acro-

batics by the Tanzani-

an Boys,Miss Charnes

contortion and flexibil-

ity, mouth balancing

by circus legend Made-

moiselle Francisca and

for the first time in 23

years Miss Fernanda

from Sao Paulo swing-

ing by only her hair.

Then theres Gerson

on the aerial straps di-

rect fromArgentina, theAmazing Tram-

polineAct by theBoys of Brazil and to top

it all off, the Triple Globe of Deathwhich

sees three bikes inside a cage.

Also on the pro-

gramme is the mixed

caged act featuring

Bengal tigers (includ-

ing the rarewhite Ben-

gal tiger) and white

lions. Other animal

acts include poodles,

Arabian camels, mini-

ature horses, ponies,

Friesian horses and

Burmese pythons.

V Tickets cost between

R80 and R140. Call

082 747 5726 or email

bookings@mclarencircus

.co.za to book.

Breathtaking acts in big top

Circus fans can look forward to a

full line-up of entertainment in the

new tent of the McLaren Circus.

Shannon Walbran is in April in Kaapstad om kontak te maak met hemelse wesens.


The 99er MTB Challenge taking

place on 9 April this year has

three routes 45km, 25km and

12km.

The routes are challenging

and provide a fantastic ride

through many of the beautiful

wine farms in the Durbanville

area.

Mountain bikers who enter

the race by 29 March will stand

the chance of winning a fantas-

tic prize of aweekend for a fami-

ly of four worth R7200 at the

Swartberg Country Manor, re-

imbursement of their entry fee

(single entry only) and a 99er

T-shirt.

Entries for the 45km and

25km events can be done at

www.99er.co.za, while those for

the 12km go via Computicket.

Early entries close on 29

March (discounted entry fee).

Entries eligible for seeding

close on5April. Late entries can

be done online until 8 April or

at registration (please note

these entrieswill not be seeded).

There is also a children bike

ride for those aged three to five

and six to 12 years. This will

take place within the Durban-

ville Race Course with a special

lucky draw.

There are great prizes in the

lucky draw prize giving for par-

ticipants in the 99er MTB Chal-

lenge. The main prize is a

Chomp Avalanche Fat Bike and

cycling kit worth R10 000 in to-

tal.

Entries for 99er close soon

E

en van die wonderlike

karaktereienskappe

van pinotage is die

veelsydigheidvanhierdie druif-

soort, veral as daar gekyk word

na hoe goed dit pas by Joubert

en Monty se verskillende vleis-

produkte, sBeyersTruter van

Beyerskloof, een van Suid-Afri-

ka se bekendste pinotage-ver-

vaardigers en n groot onder-

steuner van hierdie variteit.

Op 16 en 17 April sal feesgan-

gers die geleentheid kry om 18

uitsoek pinotage-wyne saam

met nege verskillende gegeurde

biltonge, droworse en salamis

te proe. Die pinotages wat te

proe is by die fees, strek van

vonkelwyn, wit pinotage, ross,

jerepigo en n hele aantal van

diemeer tradisionele rooiwyne.

Kom probeer die Spicy

BBQ-biltong saam met Altyd-

gedacht en Remhoogte se pino-

tage, of gaan voluit vir die kof-

fie-pinotages van Boland-kelder

en Diemersfontein wat saam

met die Smokey Sweet Chilli

te proe is en moet ook nie die

pepperoni-salami enMellasat se

wit pinotage of Perdeberg se

vonkelwyn ros pinotage mis-

loopnie!Hierdie kuierfees is vir

die hele familie met musiek

deur Guy Feldman en sy orkes,

kosstalletjies, ligte etes en ge-

maklike sitplek onder die bome,

langs die dam of op die grasperk

langs die proelokaal.

Die 18 deelnemendewynplase

is: Altydgedacht, Anura-win-

gerde, Badsberg-wynkelder,

Beyerskloof-wyne, Boland-kel-

der, Chamonix, Diemersdal-

wynlandgoed, Diemersfontein-

wyne, Flagstone-wyne, Kaap-

zicht-landgoed, Lanzerac-

wynlandgoed, LAvenir,

Mellasat-wingerde, Perdeberg-

wyne, Remhoogte-wynland-

goed, Rhebokskloof, Rijks pri-

vaat kelder en Tulbagh-wyne.

Heelwat van hierdie kelders

bied ekstra pinotages te proe

aan as deel van die fees, en be-

soekers sal dus die geleentheid

kry om heelwat wyne te proe en

te koop. Vanjaar is die Anna

Foundation deel van die fees en

feesgangers kan meer

uitvind oor die goeie

werk wat hulle doen

en deelneem aan n

fondsinsamelingspro-

jek. Besoek www.an-

nafoundation.com vir

meer inligting.

Die fees vind plaas

op die LAvenir-wyn-

landgoed naby Stellen-

bosch en die hekke

open reeds om 11:00 op

albei dae.

V Kaartjies vir die fees is

beskikbaar teen R150 elk

en sluit n feesglas en proe-

kaart in. Besprekings kan

gemaak word by

www.plankton.mobi en by

aangewese Joubert &

Monty-winkels.

Biltong en pinotage

gaan hand aan hand

Beyers Truter deel sy passie vir pinotage

met gaste by n wyn-en-biltong-paring by

LAvenir.


The Metro Evangelical Services (MES) in

Bellville has had quite a number of mile-

stones during the past year.

So says MES manager, Ilse Els, of the 715

intake assessments theyve done, the 9168

job rehabilitation opportunities benefiting

417 clients in their God Restores Our World

(Grow) programme and the 304 clients who

attended their workshops.

Ilse says added to this, they had 23 clients

who completed

their foreman

training in the

Grow pro-

gramme, 47 cli-

ents who were

assisted with

job placement,

48 families that

were reunited

and 10 families

where re-inte-

gration was

successful.

They also had

17 clients who

used their ac-

commodation

programme.

With March being World Nutrition

Month, we celebrate 8950 meals that were

served at the MES canteen, of which 4464

were paid for by meal vouchers.

This means our local communities are

steadily buying into the strategy to give re-

sponsibly, she adds.

Because of the programme labelled

Goods in Kind MES was able to distribute

128 food parcels.

She adds: Nationallywe celebrate the im-

pact of the KFC Add Hope support that ena-

blesMES to provide hearty healthymeals to

children and monthly food parcels to fami-

lies in need.

Milestones

aplenty to

brag about

Ilse Els

Runners to honour slaves

EARL HAUPT

@earlhaupt

T

his years Slave Route Chal-

lenge on Sunday 8 May will see

participants run the usual scenic

route through the city while also

giving honour to individual slaves

of the Capes past.

Each runner will carry one of

the 8 000 names of slaves who ap-

pear on a column of memory at

the Iziko Slave Lodge in the city

centre.

This was announced at the

launch of this years edition of the

race at the museum last week.

Farouk Meyer of Itheko Sport

Athletic Club and organiser for

the Slave Route Challenge ex-

plains runners will have a specific

purpose and a special honour in

this years race, referring to the

column ofmemory onwhich the

names of 8 000 men, women and

children are inscribed.

This year, every person who

registers will run on behalf of one

of these names on the column, al-

lowing each runner to honour a

specific personwhowas an impor-

tant part of our countrys past.

More than a race

Organisers say the Slave Route

Challenge ismore than just a race:

it is a tribute to the trials of dispos-

sessed people who contributed to

the early development of Cape

Town and, as a result, South Afri-

ca.

The race route takes runners

past several historically signifi-

cant landmarks, such as theCastle ofGood

Hope, Grand Parade, the Whipping Post,

Old Slave Church, the Iziko Slave Lodge

and the Slave Tree Plaque. Today the Izi-

ko SlaveLodge is a site ofmemory a place

of reconciliation and hope. The Slave

Route Challenge provides the run-

ners the opportunity to actively

engage with this history and be-

yond the race to explore, discover,

reflect and reconnect with their

roots, says Paul Tichmann, cura-

tor of the Iziko Slave Lodge.

Meyer says this years race aims

to honour individuals and cele-

brate the collective history and di-

versity of both the race entrants

and the people they are remember-

ing.

This takes the race to a whole

new level, and personalises it for

each runner, while at the same

time instilling a sense of unity and

meaning something so critical at

this point in time for our country,

says Meyer.

5km to half marathon

The event is presented by Itheko

Sport Athletic Club under the aus-

pices of Western Province Athlet-

ics. While there is a minor change

in the title and logo of the race this

year, it still forms part of Metro-

politan Lifes mojo series which

celebrates the community, and

Metropolitan Life remains the

main sponsor.

Since the inaugural race in 2011,

the annual Slave Route Challenge

has consisted of a half marathon

and a 10km run, as well as a 5km

fun run and walk, and a 10km big

walk for those who prefer a more

leisurely pace.

The half marathon is scheduled

to kick things off at the starting

point in Darling Street at 07:00, fol-

lowed by the 10km run at 07:15, the

5km fun run and walk at 07:30 and the

10km big walk at 07:45.

V To enter visit www.iamrunningfor.co.za.

Each of this years participants in the Slave Route Challenge

will be running for one of the 8000 names of slaves found on

the column of memory on display at the Iziko Slave Lodge.

Woensdag, 23 Maart 2016 ADVERTISEMENT TYGERBURGER Goodwood 15


Roetehoogtepunte in neutedop

DESIRE RORKE

@dezzierorke

W

orcester se wyn-en-olyfroete is

soos n stowwerige ou hoededoos,

vergete bo-op n hangkas.

Dit inspireer nie groot nuuskierigheid

nie, maar met die oopmaakslag word jy

sommer heeltemal besiel met die fraai, ou-

tentieke en selfs kleurvolle hoed daar bin-

ne. Dis nie getooi met baie frille en valle

nie, maar elke knopie is liefdevol en sorg-

vuldig met die hand aangewerk.

TygerBurger het di spreekwoordelike

ou hoed onlangs van nader bekykmet n

nuwe toer van die streek.

Di nuwe toerpakket is so saamgestel

dat die hoogtepunte van die roete saam in

n neutedop aangebied word, verduidelik

Nelene Marais, woordvoerder by Worce-

ster se wyn-en-olyfroete.

Die beginpunt is n safari by die Fairy

Glen-wildreservaat aan die voetheuwels

net buite Worcester.

Hierword dieGrootVyf gehuisves en be-

soekers kry die geleentheid om di Afrika-

reuse van enkele meters af te besigtig.

Dis die naaste wat jy ooit aan n olifant

of buffel gaan kom, het ons safarigids ge-

spot, maar geensins oordryf nie.

In die bestek van een uur het ons vier

van die Groot Vyf-wildsoorte van baie na-

by te siene gekry.

Met n heerlike sjampanje-ontbyt in die

grasdakrestaurant, met sy reuk van hout

en teer so uniek aan wildreservate in die

noorde van die land, kon n mens jou mak-

lik verbeel dat jy iewers in die Kruger-

wildtuin sit.

Die volgende stop was die Overhex-wyn-

kelder se bistro, waar die sjef vir ons n pi-

kante voorgereg voorberei het om saam

met n uitgesoekte witwyn te geniet.

Di reeks wyne is vernoem na Survivor,

dieNguni-koei,wat in 2007van n trokafge-

spring het langs n plaas in die Swartland

vanwaar Overhex hul druiwe vandaan

kry.

Sy het in die middel van die cabernet

sauvignon-wingerd beland, wonderbaar-

lik oorleef en het vandag al vyf keer gekalf,

met nommer ses op pad.

Nes die koei Survivor, vertel die smaak-

like wyne n opwindende storie.

In die prentjiemooi Nuy-vallei, by Con-

radie Penhill-wyne en Nuy-vallei-gaste-

huis, het n versameling kunswerke vir

ons gewag netjiesuitgestal indie pragtige

tuine.

n Art in the Park-tema heers hier

waar ons van ons beste plaaslike kunste-

naars se kunswerke met n wandeling in

die tuin kan besigtig. Kunswerke wat jou

hart verower, kan onmiddellik gekoop

word, s Marais.

Rejoice, een van die beste kore in die Bo-

land, het gaste hier vermaakmet n ensem-

ble gewildeklassieke liedere, voor onskok,

Roselene Koopman, se watertand bees-

stertbredie- en boerpampoendis geniet het.

Roselene woon en werk al dekades lank

op die landgoed en is so geliefd dat daar al

selfs n ros-wyn na haar

vernoem is Sweet Rosele-

ne.

Dis min dat n mens jou

mes en vurk sommer so

laat vaar ommetvingers en

al in die tradisionele kos in

te klim, skerts Marais.

Die smaaklike hoofmaal

is natuurlik geniet met wy-

ne wat persoonlike deur

C.P. Conradie uitgekies is.

C.P. is onlangs aange-

wys as hierdie streek se

wynmaker van die jaar.

Die gastehuis met sy his-

toriese geboue en rustige

atmosfeer is so betowerend

dat jy moeilik afskeid

neem, maar as jy jouself

uiteindelik wegskeur, vat

jy weer die Nuypad en bevind jouself n

kwartier later bo-op n koppiemet n asem-

rowende uitsig oor die vallei se wingerde

en berge. Net betyds vir nagereg.

Nuy-wynkelder het dit goed gedink om

hier n restaurant te bou, wat Nuy ... On

the Hill heet, s Marais.

Vir nagereg het ons hier n unieke sjoko-

lade-, wyn- en musiekparing geniet.

Die kos-, wyn- en musiekparing is glo

n nuwe gier wat die wynwreld aan die

gons het, s Andr Morgenthal van Wosa

(Wines of South Africa).

En ek kan verstaan hoekom dis n al-

gehele sensoriese reis wat jou lank gaan

bybly.

Ek self sal nooit weer na Simon en Gar-

funkel se Sound of Silence kan luister

sonder die reuk van n volronde Bolandse

brandewyn in my neus en die smaak van

gemmer en donkersjokolade op my tong

nie.

V Besoek www.worcesterwineroute.co.za vir meer

inligting oor die roete.

Rejoice, die beste Bolandse kamerkoor, is hier in aksie.

Die mooie Nuy-vallei, gesien vanaf die gastehuis.

FOTOS: DESIREE RORKE

Sjokolade, wyn en musiek by Nuy ... on the Hill.

Die Universiteit Stellenbosch is op soek na

mense met sosiale angssteuring (SAS), of

diegene daarsonder, om deel te neem aan n

breinskanderingsnavorsingsprojek.

Die navorsing behels dat spesifieke net-

werkte in die brein betrokke is by die ma-

nierwaarop sosiale situasies verstaanword,

soos die identifisering van ander mense se

emosies terwyl jy by n partytjie met hulle

praat. Daar word vermoed dat hierdie sosi-

ale netwerk anders is in mense met SAS in

vergelyking met mense sonder SAS.

Die doel van die navorsing is om te kyk

watter effek behandeling vanSASophierdie

netwerk het. Kortliks, die deelnemers ge-

bruikmedikasiewat reeds goedgekeur is vir

gebruik in sosiale angs, maar word dan ook

onderwerp aan neurosielkundige toetsing

enMRI- enPET-skanderings.Omasproefko-

nyn te kwalifiseer, moet mense aan die vol-

gende kriteria voldoen: ouer as 18 jaar; vlot

in Engels; regshandig; ni

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