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PHOTO: MERVYN KRISHNAThousands turned up at North Coast beaches to welcome 2014 in the sun. Revellers ushered in the new year as theygrooved to music by live performers who set the stage on fire at the annual Blythedale beach festival.
Ringing in the new yearRinging in the new yearRinging in the new year
DESPITE the national criticism of education stan-dards, local matriculants were mostly jubilant afterreceiving their results this week.
Matric results were released on Tuesday, 7 Januaryaroundthecountry.Thenationalpassrate levelledatanim-proved78%.This figurewaswellsurpassedbylocalschoolsthat prepared intensely for their finals last year.
Amongst the top achieving schools in Tongaat wasBelverton Secondary with an 84.3% pass rate despite thelarger number of matriculants at the school this year.
TopachieverShaunNaickeraccomplishedsevendistinc-tions with an aggregate of 88%.
“I was overjoyed when I got the call. I am very proud. Iwouldadvisematricsthisyeartomaintainastudytimetableand ensure you vigorously stick to it.” School principal DrSK Singh said the school was on its way to improvement.“We have had below 80% pass rate for two years running.This is the first year inwhichwehave gone above thatwith81%.Wehave also not had a studentmanage thismanyA'sin a while. We are extremely proud. “Our school has had amajorturnaroundsincelastyearwithnewimplementssuchas extra classes and private tutors coming to the party.”
The Verulam Islamic School also achieved results witha100%passratewith78%ofpupilsachievinganadmissionto bachelors degree pass.
Belverton Secondary’stop achievers
LlewellynNaicker
andShaunNaicker
Local matriculants soar>> Over 80 % pass rate at most local schools
TOP:BelvertonSecondary’s topachievers
Tongaat Secondary School’s topachievers
Buffelsdale Secondary School toppupil Nicole Pillay with school principal Dr SK Singh
PHOTOS: KAVEEL SINGH
TheecstaticNaickersaid,“I'mjustgladthatthe stress of studying is finally over and thatI have done well. I studied intensely last yearandithaspaidoff. Iwokeupearly in themorn-ing to study and maintained good eating andexercising regiments.”
“Many pupils at this school come fromdis-advantagedhomesandit isencouragingtoseethemdothiswellconsideringsomeoftheircir-cumstances. Their perseverance has showngreat reward.”
Other top achievers at the school wereLlewellyn Naicker who also scored seven A'swithanaggregateof87%andSharleneNaidoowho achieved a 85.7% aggregate.
Tongaat Secondary School also producedgood results with an 89.5% pass. This is ex-pected to go up after re-marking commences.
The school also achieved 250 subject dis-tinctionsaswellasonepupilwhowalkedawaywith eight A's.
The outstanding pupil Preggie Govendersaidhewasexcitedbut expectedgood results.“Ihavebeenworking throughout theyearandI knew most of my work. Everyone tries tomake their parents proud and that's what Iwashoping todo.Thepaperswereabit toughbut because of my preparation I was fine.
Govenderwill be studyingB.ComAccount-ing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Other top achievers at the school wereYasteel Sewnarain and Jouhara Cassim whomanaged seven A's each.
PrincipalRajenSinghapplaudedhis teach-ers for the extra effort they put in.
“Weheldvacationclassesandaddedanex-traperiodendingthedayat3pmforourpupils.I am extremely proud of all that has beenachieved.”
Buffelsdale Secondary School also per-formedexcellentlywithonepupilscoringeightdistinctions.NicolePillaysaidshewasecstaticbecause her hard work had paid off.
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THEFTofdieselhasspiralledoutof control in recent weeks withlosses exceeding hundreds of
thousands of rand in and around theVerulam area.
This isaccording toprivatesecuri-ty companyReactionUnit SouthAfri-ca (RUSA)whohavecracked twosyn-dicates in one week.
RUSA head Prem Balram said hisofficers arresteda suspect after threearmed men held up a security guardat a construction site and demandeddiesel be filled into several 20 litrecontainers.
“The security officer was severelybeaten after he refused a bribe. Thesuspects then loaded the diesel into awhite Isuzubakkieanddroveoffafter
threatening that they would kill [theguard] if he reported the matter.
“They promised to return withinanhour to pick up a second load. TheguardthencontactedRUSAandwith-in minutes officers set up around theconstruction site around 1am andwaited for the suspectswho returned30 minutes later,” said Balram.
He said they forced their way intothepropertyandonemanwas imme-diately arrested as he tried to escape.
“Two suspects managed to evadearrest. The suspect then informedof-ficersthatthebakkiewasgiventohimby an Everest Heights based busi-nessman to steal the diesel for use inhis business and for resale. The sus-pect was later released.”
In a separate incidentmembers ofRUSA arrested two suspects and re-
coveredablueNissanbakkiethatwasused in a theft of diesel case in Redc-liffe, Verulam at around 7.30am onMonday morning.
“Amemberof thepublic contactedthe RUSA operation centre to reportatheftofdiesel inprogress.Adetaileddescriptionof thevehiclewasprovid-
ed by the caller and reaction officersonroute to the scenespottedabakkiefitting the description.
“The bakkie was then boxed in byseveralresponsevehiclesandseveralcontainersofdieselwere found in thebin.Twosuspectswere thenarrestedby reaction officers. They were posi-tively identified by thewitnesses andcomplainants.”
Balram said the theft was a dailyoccurrence in the Verulam, Phoenixand Tongaat areas. He added thatconstruction sites with earth movingequipments, trucking/transportcompanies and general businesses
were targeted.He said that he believed that un-
scrupulous business peoplewere be-hind the theft andwere using driversand assistants to carry out the theftsandprovidingthemwiththevehicles.
He added: “Whenever suspectswere arrested, these business peoplewould appear at the crime scene orpolice station in defence of their driv-ersandgoon toprovideunbelievableexplanations as to how their employ-ees came to be in possession of theirvehicles.”
Balramsaid thatalthough the theftof diesel had spiralled out of control,not every victim had reported thematter as they believed that the sus-pects would not be arrested and thatreporting the matter was inconve-nient.
RUSA officers arresting one of thesuspects.
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THEbody of an adultmalewas found bymembers ofReaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) on Friday after-noonafter theRUSAOperationsCentrewas informedof a possible robbery in progress.
According to RUSA head PremBalram, his officesreceived a call notifying them of a robbery.
“The caller stated that they saw a man beingstabbedandbelievedthathewasbeingrobbedontheHazelmere road in Verulam.
“Reaction officers and the RUSAmedical divisionwere dispatched to the scene and upon their arrivalthey found that a large crowd had gathered arounda man bleeding profusely. RUSA paramedics foundthe man dead.”
Balramsaid thatwhenhearrivedon the scene, hefoundamalecoveredinbloodandlyingfaceupalong-side the road leading to the Hazelmere Dam.
Balram said that the man was pronounced de-ceased upon their arrival.
Headdedthat thevictimwasclutchingacellphonein his hand and appeared to have bled to death froma wound in the left side of his chest.
“Reactionofficersthenmadeenquiriesfromthelo-calresidentswhoprovidedseveralconflictingreportsof the incident.”
Balram said that he handed over the scene to thepolice thereafter.
Police are investigating a case of murder.
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FOR many South Africans, the festive season started on a sad notefollowing the death of Nelson Mandela. However, the sad news hasallowed South Africans to reflect and feel a sense of accomplishment.
2014 is election year and also marks the 20th anniversary ofSouth Africa’s democracy. –There is no doubt a lot has changedin the country in 20 years and many are asking if this is a SouthAfrica Nelson Mandela would have been proud of.
It is without question that Madiba has left a legacy which everySouth African is proud of and now there is a sense of hope judgingby letters and resolutions posted on social media. With a new yearcomes new beginnings and South Africans may be hoping for somechanges this year voters will have the chance to do this.
This week the class of 2013 will start a new chapter in their livesand the Weekly looks forward to sharing these stories with you nextweek.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Making 2014 count
SOMETIMES it gets difficult to remain positive in our world today.After all, there are many wars going on, we're on the tail end of arecession that has shaken the financial wellbeing of many, millionsof people have lost their jobs and many more continue to do so,our education system is taking hit after hit by losing money and goodteachers and our newscasts are filled with reports of crime, tragedy,death and destruction.
For many, things are not very positive on a personal level either!"What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up
your whole life?"These were the words I heard when I turned on the television
the other day.They were coming from one of the talk shows that are so popular
on television these days.
Starttoday!
There are people in their twenties who already feel like they havemissed the boat to success and happiness.
There are people in their thirties and forties who sit aroundmoaning that life has passed them by.
I want to shout to them all: "Wake up! You're still alive! Whathave you done today?"
If we want a happy life we can't dwell on what is going on aroundus or our past mistakes.
If we want joy and love, we have to choose them today.Wegetanewchanceatlifeeverytimewewakeupinthemorning.
It is up to us to seize it. Today can be the beginning of a new worldand life for each of us. We can choose positivity and joy.
We can live in delight starting at this moment. It doesn't matterhow miserable our world or our past has been. Our present can befull of joy and our future can be full of happiness.
It doesn't matter if we are eight or 80 we can still make ourlives and our world wonderful.
Lifeisn'toveruntilyourlastheartbeat. Starttoday,then,tomakeyour heart beat with positivity, joy and love which in return will continue to leave your world full of light and life...
NERESH GAYAPERSHAD
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I almost switched channels, but the words I hadheard made me stop for an instant.
I looked at the speaker of these words. Hecouldn't have been more than 18yearsold, but already he was writing off his life as a useless wastebecause of the way the world and his life was turningout. I wanted to yell at him: "You're not dead yet!"
It is so sad that so many people cannot move beyond the negativity that surrounds them and theirpast.
People need to learn to live in the present.There are so many people like that talk show
guest. There are people still in their teen years thinking that their lives are over.
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Body foundat mall site>> Victim believed to be robberKAVEEL SINGH
POLICEmadeagruesomediscovery at thesiteof thecollapsedTongaatMalloverthefestive periodwhen they found a decom-
posing body on top of the heap of rubble thathad been untouched for more than a month.
But they say this was not a victim of the No-vember 19 tragedy in which two people diedand several were injuredwhen amassive con-crete slab came down on workers who werebuilding the mall.
Reports indicate the man found was a sus-pectedrobberwhohad fled to thesite toescapefrom authorities.
It is alleged that he robbed a woman of hernecklace outside a nearby shop.
Security guards at the construction site sawwhat happened and chased him, but he disap-peared into the collapsed site.
The cause of his death has not yet been es-tablished and the authorities were waiting forthe results of a post-mortem, but it is believedthe man fell from one of the exposed floors ofthe half-finished mall.
His body went undiscovered for about two
weeks. During this time it was exposed to theheat and other elements.
Apolice searchand rescue teamwas sent into recover the body.
Except for security guards, the site is empty,andatwometrehighfence,withsignsprohibit-ingentry, surrounds it.PolicespokesmanColo-nel JayNaicker said a passerby becameawareof the body due to the emanating bad odour.
An inquest docket hadbeenopenedandpo-licewereinvestigatingthecircumstancesoftheincident, he said.
Search and rescue efforts at the site werecalled off last month and, when asked if policethought there couldbeanymorebodiesburiedunder the rubble, Naicker was adamant therewere not.
Recently the eThekwiniMunicipality filed acontempt-of-court application against proper-ty developer Ravi Jagadasan whose company,Rectangle Property, was building the mall.
He allegedly ignored several court orders tostop construction and the municipality hascalled for him to be jailed or fined.
Jagadasan is expected to oppose the appli-cation.
WEEKLY REPORTER
THE festive buzz brought a stir of chaos to theNorthCoasttheseholidayswithseveralseriousaccidents taking place.
Netcare911spokespersonChrisBothasaidparamedics responded to 2580 motor vehicleaccidents and427pedestrianaccidents from1December. A number of these came from theNorth Coast.
As recent as this past Saturday, five peoplewere injured on the N2 near Tongaat when acar rear-ended a bakkie, causing a 4x4 to veeroff the road.
Botha said the cars were travelling on thesouth-bound carriage way, with the 4x4 com-ing to a rest on the north-bound carriage wayafter it had rolled.“Netcare911paramedicsarrivedatthescene
and found that the passengers from the bakkie
hadbeenejectedfromthevehicleasitwastum-bling across the road.”
Aftertheinjuredwerestabilisedatthescene,paramedics transported them to a local hospi-tal.
Boxing Day saw 13 people injured after ataxioverturnedontheM4nearUmdlotiaround3pm.
BothasaidNetcare911paramedicsarrivedat the sceneand found that the commutershadbeen ejected from the vehicle.
“Theroadwaywaslitteredwithaccidentde-bris and the crumples remains of the taxi.
“After assessing the injured they found thatthree people had sustained serious injuries,among them a one-year-old girl, 10 othersmi-raculously escaped with minor injuries.
“After the injured were stabilised and skill-fully immobilisedontraumaboards,paramed-ics transported them to various hospitals forthe care that they required.”
Holiday accidentspile on
THE Luthuli Museum school holiday programme had a ‘Nelson Mandela’ theme runningthrough it for the weeks of December. One of the activities the children engaged in was tocreate a banner using paints signed with their hand prints that was hung up across one ofthe walls of the Interpretative Centre. Here the children stand to show off their handiwork.The second part of the programme commences this week and runs until the start of the newschool term.
Holiday programme at museum
The children of Groutville were encouraged to create their own messages ofsupport and condolence following thedeath of former president Nelson Mandela. The messages and artwork wereput up on display at the reception area of the Luthuli Museum for visitorsto see.
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JOHN van de Ruit is an actor, playwright andSouth Africa’s best-selling author of the lastdecadeandhe isnow looking forward toplay-ing in his first-ever Pro-Am event when theVolvo Golf Champions takes place at DurbanCountry Club this month.
Durban born and bred, Van de Ruit gradu-atedwithamaster’sdegree indramaandper-formance studies from theUniversity of Kwa-Zulu-Natal. His highly successful stage showsofGreenMambaandBlackMamba(incollabo-rationwithBenVoss)performedtosell-outau-diences aroundSouthAfrica aswell as receiv-ing numerous awards.
His2005debutnovel, Spud,wasapublish-ingphenomenoninSouthAfrica,smashingre-cords and winning yet more awards. He fol-lowedituptwoyearslaterwithSpud-theMad-ness Continues, which also received glowingreviews with both books subsequently pub-lished in the USA and the UK as well.
Two more books completed the series,Spud-LearningtoFlyandSpud-ExitPursuedby a Bear and the original title was recentlyplaced11thonExclusiveBook’s ’101books toread before you die’.
The author has also just received the Sap-Net/Nielsen Gold Book Award for being thebestsellingSouthAfricanauthorof the lastde-cade.
A feature film of Spud, was released inSouth Africa three years ago starring JohnCleeseas theeccentricGuvandTroyeSivan inthe title role. It was number one at the SouthAfricanboxofficeandhassincebeendistribut-ed internationally.
The filmversionofTheMadnessContinueswas released in South Africa earlier this year,and Learning to Fly has recently finishedshooting and will be on screens in December2014. Van de Ruit claims to have ”attemptedbut failed” tomaster the game of golf, but stillplays off a very respectable nine handicap athis home course at Durban Country Club.
It was there that he hit his first ever shot,slicing it across the bowling green when hewas just 11.
Despite this somewhat shaky start, he be-came a member of the club when he was 15andnowmanages to playbetween six and tenrounds there each year. “The club has under-gone some positive changes in the last fewyears, and seems to be ever improving. Thecourse itself has always been a magnificenttest of one’s golf and it is one of my favouriteparts of the city,” said Van de Ruit.
HehasneverbeeninvolvedinaPro-Ambe-fore so he is really looking forward to playingin the company of the stars of the EuropeanTournextmonth. Hispreparationwill includeplaying “at least ten times over the comingweeks”andhehasalsoinstalledapracticeput-ting green in the lounge at his home. “I’mthrilled to be taking part in the Volvo Pro-Amatmyhome course, DurbanCountry Club.Mytemperamental golf game notwithstanding, Igreatly look forward to teeing up on the 8th ofJanuary!”
TheVolvoGolfChampionswill beplayedatDurban Country Club in the KwaZulu-Nataldistrict, South Africa, from 9 to 12 January.
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Durban’s celebrityto tee off withthe stars at golftournament
Subrayen goes big>> Prenelan Subrayen plays in national North vs South clash
WEEKLY REPORTER
LOCAL lad PrenelanSubrayen was oneof theplayersvoted
by thepublic of SouthAf-rica to play in the presti-giousNorthversusSouthclash as part of the Cell CFestivalofCricketplayedin Cape Town last week-end.
Subrayen, a 20-year-old cricketer from Veru-lam, was recognised bythe public after his out-standing performancesinthe lastU19WorldCupin Australia where hewas Man of the Match inthequarterfinalsagainstEngland and the out-standingSAplayer in thesemi final against Aus-traliawhere SAwasnar-rowly beaten by thehome team.
Subrayen who is acontracted player for theSunfoil Dolphins in KZNis a bowling all-rounder.
He batted at the tailend of the South inningsalongside greats such asHashim Amla, JP Dumi-ny, Henry Davids, RoryKleinveldt, Robin Pieter-son and David Miller.
Prenelan had onlyone ball to bat which hesmashed for six off pace-manChrisMorris to takethe South team beyondthe 150 mark.
SA captain, GraemeSmith and fellow Proteabatsman, Quinton deKock, who also featuredprominently in the SA
U19 team in AustraliaandmorerecentlyfortheProteaswhere he scoredback to back hundredsagainst India made easymeal of the South open-ers,L.TsotsobeandHen-dricks. The North teamwere cruising to victorywhen Kleinveldt struckwith Subrayen taking atopcatchatmid-off to getrid of Smith.
Kleinveldt struck andaccounted for threemorescalpsandbroughtthe Southerners back in-to the match. Subrayenwasbowledjust oneoverfor nine runs. Captain JPDuminywent back to thetrusted and tested RobinPeterson and Hendricksbut unfortunately Faf duPlessis and Albie MorkelblastedtheNorthteamtovictory with one ball tospare.
However, itwasabril-liant day of cricket andthe fans were treated toan exciting and enjoy-able match.
Hopefully thiswill be-come an annual eventand move to differentvenues throughout thecountry so that the SApublic can be treated tothis extravaganza.
Subrayen returns totheSunfoilDolphinswithrenewed confidence inthe upcoming Ram SlamT 20 competition and iseager to assist the Dol-phins to becomingchampions in this com-petition.From left: Quinton de Kock, Siphokazi (media officer CSA) and Prenelan Subrayen.