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Oceans of loveDRIVINGtourism>> Booming local tourism will also help boost local accommodation
This will not only drive tourism,but will also increase Pietermaritzburg’slocal economy.
Making a presentation at an Executive Committee (Exco) meeting, TsogoSun’s head of entertainment andevents, Sizwe Jantjie, proposed apartnership with the Msunduzi Municipality in hosting the Golden Horse Sprintevent for the next three years.
“We don’t want the Golden HorseSprint to compete with the VodacomJuly, the J&B Met or the Sansui SummerCup.
“We believe that is has a uniquebrand with a unique positioning. It givesanopportunityasaneventforeconomicdevelopment.
“This event will drive people to thecity and influence tourism. If this eventwent national and was seen beyond theregion of Pietermaritzburg and Durban,it would allow us to use those platformsto sell tourism so that people couldcome to this region and align with anevent that does not leave the city,” hesaid.
Jantjie added that it was interesting
that the Dusi canoeists paddle down toDurban, the Comrades marathon startsin Pietermaritzburg and makes it way toDurban and the Amashovashova startsin PMB and also ends in Durban.
“We seem to be giving prominenceto events which leave the city.
“This does not help to drive economic value in this region. Where people stayand enjoy the event ultimately is wherethey spend most of their money,”explained Jantjie.
He said that booming local tourismwill also help boost local accommodation.
“We have four guest houses withinthis region and we will be selectinganother six in June. When we have filledup hotels and there is no place for people to stay, we refer people to theseguest houses because we know that wehave been intricately involved in gettingtheir standards up.
“This race has the potential toenhance the way people live from aneconomic point,” said Jantjie.
He said that this year, they are looking at bringing acts such as Micasa,Zakes Bantwini, Good Luck, Dj SHEctacula, Prime Circle and Mafikizolo, tomention but a few, to the city.
Jantjie said that one of the thingsthis event does not have is an impact
study.Nkanyezi Cele and Njabulo Mathe
bula of Starlight promotions alsopresented their plans before Exco forPietermaritzburg to establish its ownjazz festival.
Both are seasoned musicians whohave worked as musicians and musicpromoters in over 20 countries.
DA councillor Mergan Chetty saidthat the municipality should focus onservice delivery and not on festivals.
In response, Msunduzi mayor ChrisNdlela said: “Let us not pretend as ifpoverty is the only thing we can thinkof. We are trying to raise a profile toindirectly address the poverty levels ofour city.
“The fact that we do not haveenough accommodation is precisely thereason that we want to develop the city.When tourism is booming, there will bea need to develop accommodation inthe city and there will be job creation.”
Msunduzi CFO Nelisiwe Ngcobo saidthat an impact study needs to beconducted on the sprint race to determine the economic benefits it bringsinto the city.
Municipal manager Mxolisi Nkosisaid that three years should be a sufficient period to develop a brand for thejazz festival.
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ZAINETH Sherine Hutchinson hasreformedfromdruglordtolovedcommu-nity member in Happy Valley in
Woodlands, feedingtheneedyintheareaeveryThursday.
Speaking toMaritzburg Fever, Hutchinsonsaid that she is very grateful to thewomanwhoworked with the police to have her arrested,becauseshedoesnot thinkthatshewouldhavestopped if that had not happened.
Hutchinson was dealing in various harddrugs, with the most popular being cocaine.She admitted that she could easily earn aboutR20 000 a week from selling drugs.
“IdidthatforfouryearsandIbecamegreedyformoney. It’s throughgreed that I endedup injail. I thankGod that Iwas sentenced.Myyearsspent in jail were a turning point for me,” shesaid.
Hutchinson was sentenced to 20 years inprison after shewas caught dealing drugs. Sheserved a little over eight years of her sentenceand was released on 22 August last year ongood behaviour.
Whenshewas released from jail, shedecid-ed she wanted to give back to her communityso she began her feeding scheme and gardenproject.
Every Thursday, she feeds over 250 peoplein the area - most of whom areunemployed.
Hutchinsondoesnothaveanypropercater-ing equipment and cooks on a fire in rain orshine because she has made a commitment tothe community.
HutchinsonbeganvolunteeringatGiftof theGivers last month after she approached themto assist with her feeding scheme. Currently,shereceivessuppliesfromGiftoftheGiversandAl-Ameen’s butchery.
Hutchinson has six children and sevengrandchildren.
Her daughter, Raquel Mackay, assists herwith her feeding scheme.
“Beinginjailwasveryhard.Iwouldnotwishit on my worst enemy. Even coming out andstarting over is hard but I am trying and I’mdoing my best.”
Hutchison said that the communityembracedherwhenshewasreleasedfromjail,because they noticed that she was a changedwoman.
She currently attends counselling at correc-tional services.
Hutchinsonsaidthatsheoccasionallymeetspeoplewho she used to sell drugs too, and saidthat she pleads with them to stop.
“Most of themhave died, unfortunately, butI still see some of them and they have notchanged.
“Theyarestill takingdrugs. I fightwiththemand tell them that drugs and alcohol does notpay and that they need to stop and make achange before it kills them. I love my job andI love what I am doing. I am very excited to begiven a second opportunity at life,” shesaid.
Salim Sayed, Gift of the Givers warehousemanager, said that they accepted Hutchison’sappeal to assist her with her feeding schemeand took her on board as a volunteer becausetheysupportherwillingness to changeher life-style.
Hutchison is looking for donations in kind,and not cash, towards her feeding scheme.
To donate or for more information contacther at 073 247 5826.
Former drug lord and prisonerZaineth Sherine Hutchinson(pictured) has reformed herways and is now running afeeding scheme in the community where she once solddrugs.
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Giving back toHappy Valley>> Former drug lord now spends her time feeding the community
On April 12 and April 13, the Sunflower Fund will be hosting a fun morning at LibertyMidlands Mall in front of Pick n Pay, and are encouraging all members of the public tocome along and take part. Come and find out how you can join the South African BoneMarrow Registry, and give hope to patients in need of a bone marrow stem cell transplant and help raise funds by placing coins onto the ‘Flower of Hope’.Each year, thousands of South Africans are diagnosed with blood disorders such asleukaemia, marrow failure and aplasia. For many, their only chance of survival is a bonemarrow stem cell transplant. Sometimes it’s possible for a relative to be a donor, butmost patients are not so lucky and so a search for a matching donor must begin. Thechance of finding a matching donor is just one in 100 000 within your own ethnicgroup. For more information, contact Kenwyn at 083 632 3224 or kenwyn@sunflowerfund.org.za or call toll free 080 012 1082 or visit www.sunflowerfund.org.za
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THE Msunduzi Municipality runs anannual verification process to see ifthere are any ghost employees withinthe organisation.
Recently, Msunduzi employees hadto queue inside the city hall with theirID books and their latest pay slips. Thisyear, the verification process took onlyfour days.
Msunduzi Municipality spokesperson Madeleine JacksonPlaatjies saidthat the outcomes of this verification
process will be included in a report oncethe exercise has been concluded.
“There is nothing that ‘prompted’the search. This is a verification processthat is held on an annual basis,” shesaid.
Explaining how the municipalityends up having ghost employees, shesaid that this generally happens whenpeople resign and that information isnot escalated to the human resourcesdepartment for termination, but payments continue to be made to differentbank accounts.
“It also happens when line function
managers submit information for theemployment of people, but then enterinto a fraudulent collation with thoseby getting paid without working for thestate. Each line function manager isresponsible for ensuring that all peopleon the payroll and assigned to that unitare gainfully employed.”
The process of employee verification started in 2010 while the municipality was under administration.
The municipality uncovered 21 possible fake employees. At the time,Msunduzi’s administrator JohannMettler was quoted as saying: “[We
will] then investigate how they got onthe system, why they remained on thesystem, which manager was responsible … and the manager that allowedthem to remain on the system.
Any [financial] loss that the municipality suffered will have to be recoveredfrom those responsible.
If people were paid and they werenot working for the municipality, thenthey’ll have to pay that moneyback.”
Separating the fake from the real
Saving the day>> Domestic worker acts fast to save Mount Michael home from burning to the ground
was a lot of dark smoke and Imanaged to save a few furnitureitems.
“I managed to make my way tothebathroomand saw that the firehad spread all the way to theceiling.
“I went to the kitchen to fetchsome water with a jug andmanaged to put the fire out aftereight trips to the kitchen tap.”
Khanyile said that the fireemergency services arrived short-ly after she had put out the fire.
“The owners arrived and theyhugged me and thanked me forbeing brave.
“TheyaremyfamilyandIwoulddo anything for them.
“If I was not at the house, thewhole place would have burntdown to ashes,” addedKhanyile.
Tiff and Michael thankedKhanyile for her bravery and forher selfless act.
“If this wonderful lady hadn’tperformed such a selfless act ourentire house would have burnt tothe ground,” said Tiff.
PHOTO:SUPPLIEDTiff (L) and Michael Boardman are proud of Mathombi Khanyile(centre) for putting out a that had started inside their home.
THE Gcinamasiko Art and HeritageTrust, together with the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, will be hosting astorytelling and book celebrationfestival on 16 April at the museum.
DrGcinaMhlophewillbeperform-ing at the festival.
She is theExecutiveDirectorof theGcinamasiko Art and Heritage Trustand is an activist, actor, storyteller,poet,playwright,directorandauthor.
Zondi, whowill share the story of hisjourney. Other speakers includeSanelisiwe Ntuli, a talented youngstoryteller from Mpumalanga Town-ship, Gogo Mabhengu, multi-instru-mentalist from Eshowe and ZenzeleMvelase from Ladysmith, who willshare poetry and stories.
This event will also serve as theofficial launch of the Brail Edition ofthe children’s book, Stories of Africa,translated into brail by BiblionefSouthAfrica,publishedbyUniversityof KZN Press.
Therewillbe twosessions -9amto11am for primary schools and 12pm
to 2pm for high schools.Participating schools may do a
presentation of poetry, drama,musicetc. and will also receive book dona-tions. There is no entry fee.
Schools interested inparticipat-ing in the festival can contact SylviaNdlovu of the KZN Museum at 033341 0533 or email [email protected] for further informa-tion.
Gcina Mhlophe will be performing atthe Storytelling and Book Celebration Festival.
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THISgoesout toall thekindmotoristswhowere driving on Hoosen Haffejee Streeton 6 February between 9 and 10am.
Firstly, I would like to apologise to all of youfor inconveniencing you and putting your livesin danger.
I am very sorry for causing somuch troublefor you.
I am that old, Black woman who foundherself in a quandary facing oncoming traffic,driving a small red car.
I was supposed to be going to Boom Streetfrom Boshoff Street, but I took a wrong turn.
Iwasnot evenaware that I hadmadeamis-take.
WhenIsawabigcarcomingtowardsmeandsuddenly swerving to the pavement, it didn’toccur to me at the time that the driver wasavoiding a head on collision.
And then there were more cars in my lane.Others changed lanes and I was sitting in mycar wondering what they were all doing in mylane.
I couldn’t move. I told myself there must beconstruction ahead or something, causingcongestion.
While I was waiting for these cars to movefrom my lane, I saw this White gentleman
standing next to my window shouting at me“you stupid vark, this is a one way street.”
I was stunned.A ‘stupid vark’ indeed. How could I make
such a mistake?I was beside myself with worry.You all being calm and patient, kind and
considerate preventedme fromcausing a fatalaccident.
Not to mention that you saved my life, yousaved my car, you saved me from going to jail,andyoualso saved the lives of theothermotor-ists.
May God Bless you.If you had dragged me out of my car and
beaten me to a pulp, I would have deserved it.My biggest thank you goes out to the White
Meneer, you are in heart, regardless of the‘V’ word. I also want to thank you for yourpresence of mind.
If I knewwhere everyone lived, Iwouldper-sonally come to your doorstep and thank youon my bended knee.
S MSOMIPietermaritzburg
A note ofGRATITUDE
ONE of the most frequent words used to the run upof any election process in South Africa, be it local orprovincial, is the dreaded word corruption.
Citizens are aware and ready to vocalise the multiple effects of corruption, pointing out its devastatingimpact on the poor and destitute.
Ministers implicated and found guilty by our judiciary serve a few days behind bars. They suddenly fallill with a debilitating sickness and receive a presidential pardon, while some are redeployed to otherdepartments within government.
What a corrupt country we live in.Some have stated that SA is rapidly sinking into
the quicksand of pervasive corruption. Our policeforce, who are supposed to serve and protect, are nowtrigger happy. With the police accountable for 700deaths, with people either killed in protests or incustody, is totally unacceptable. Police brutality is onthe increase, with many cases being investigated bythe Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD).
In the last 10 years, police personnel has increasedby 50%, which translates to 67 035 new posts. Thetaxpayer had to fund the increase to the SAPS budgetduring the same period by a staggering 222%, whichtranslates to an astronomical R66.7 billion.
With the crime statistics released by governmentshowing negligible decreases in the murder rate, andin some cases increases in car hijackings and house
burglaries, citizens are bound to ask if the investmentin police personnel is paying dividends or is it just acase of the government trying to create jobs. Intensivetraining and effective support by senior managementis lacking.
The institute of Security Studies points out that1448 police officials, who have convictions for crimessuch as murder, rape and assault, are still workingwithin the force.
South Africa became a democratic country in1994, 20 years ago. Since 1994, according to Transparency International, R700 billion has been lost tocorrupt officials, service providers and in parliamentitself. The tragedy is the frequency and impunity inthe way that corruption is carried out. As SAcelebrates 20 years of democracy, we need to totallyreject an average loss of R35 billion a year. This moneycould have been used to build more schools, employmore educators, build more houses, create employment and alleviate poverty.
As the election date draws closer a master planneeds to be formulated on how to minimise or eradicate crime and corruption. South Africans deservebetter. The gains of our democracy can be easilyreversed if corruption continues to fester out ofcontrol.
VIJAY SURUJPALVia email
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WHEN launching campaigns, all political par-ties are required to comply with the appropri-
ate municipal bylaws regulating the elevationand dismantling of party banners and postersin local government areas.
But, clearly, the ANC deems itself exemptfrom this legal requirement.
ANCvoter registrationbannersandpostersin great numbers have been evident in andaround Pietermaritzburg for some monthsprior to thevoterregistrationweekendof8and9 November 2013 - and they are still up morethan four months after that event.
Likewise, with regard to the voter registra-tion weekend of 8 and 9 February 2014, ANCposters erected for that event have yet to betaken down more than a month later.
This is in clear contravention of theMsunduzi Advertising Signs Bylaws of 2006which inter alia stipulate that political postersmustberemovedwithin14daysafter theeventconcerned.
Themunicipal manager was first informedof thisunpalatable fact inwritingon30Decem-ber 2013, regrettably, to no avail to date.
It is imperative that themunicipalmanagernowseestoit thattheillegalANCvoterregistra-tion posters and banners referred to are takendown without any further delay.
In addition, he must ensure that theprescribed fines and penalties for contraven-ing the Advertising Signs Bylaws are imposedwithout fear or favour.
VIC WINTERBACHDA Councillor
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THE Office of the KZN Premierhas partnered with Media24 –owners of KZN local news – to
bring the highly successful spellingbee project to the whole of KZN.
The spelling bee began in the Zu-luland community in 2010, throughMedia24’s local newspaper in thatarea, the Zululand Fever.
Because of the success of theevent, and its rapid growth,Media24 mandated that it be takenthroughout the KZN province.
The Office of the Premier, in its
ongoing commitment to youth edu-cation and upliftment, has decidedto partner with KZN local news (en-compassing Fever, Weekly and Echotitles) to inculcate a love of the Eng-lish language amongst second lan-guage English speakers from disad-vantaged schools in the province.
Media24’s head of local papers inSouth Africa, Ishmet Davidson, saidthe company is ‘thrilled’ at the pros-pect of the partnership.
He said this will see hundreds ofspellers throughout the province
take part in the competition, whichhas hundreds of thousands of randsin cash, book and bursary prizes upfor grabs.
“Media24 sees the spelling beeinitiative as having the potential tosignificantly increase the focus anddiscipline of pupils when it comes tolearning the English language.
“Partnering with The Office of thePremier, schools and teachers, webelieve we can make a positive im-pact on education in the province,”said Davidson.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPupils ‘get loose’ to shake out the tension before spelling starts at the Zululand Spelling Bee 2013.
Media24 Local News KZN (pub-lishers of the Fever, Echo andWeekly titles) has partnered withthe Office of the Premier to bringpreviously disadvantaged learnersthroughout the province their pop-ular spelling bee competition.
A spelling bee works accordingto knock-out, where spellers aregiven a list of pre-chosen words(whichwill be printed in the above-mentioned titles) two months be-fore the competition.
These words have to be learnedby entrants,whowill then gather atcompetitions in their areas, namelyZululand,NorthCoast,Durbancen-tral, Pietermaritzburg or the SouthCoast, to spell their way to glory.
Thecompetition is open tograde
10 and 11 learners (one from eachgrade – ie two per school) frompre-viously disadvantaged schools whospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.Therearehundredsof thousandsofrands inprizesup for grabs, includ-ing a full medical bursary, a busi-nessbursaryandabursary to studyjournalism.
Teachers and schools also re-ceive prizes.
The words for the KZN PremierSpelling Bee 2014will be printed inthe first week ofMay, with the com-petitions taking place in July.
Entry forms can be found in thisweek’s issue of your Fever. Entryforms will run until mid-June.
For more information on theevent, contact Sharmaine Smith on082 496 0617 or Vusi Mthalane on079 389 5205.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe winner of the Zululand Spelling Bee 2013, Monitor Nyawo, as he isannounced the champion. Monitor took away thousands of rands inbook, cash and bursary prizes with his successful spelling of the word‘omniscient’.
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IT seems like just the other day that Intel announced its fourth generation processor chip codenamed Haswell.
They have however been talking about the fifth generation chip for a fewmonths. Codenamed Broadwell, the fifth generation processor boasts a staggering 14nm trigate transistor. For those of you who can’t recall the size correlation:One nanometer is 0.000000001 meter.
As with prereleased items, there is always a lot of speculation floating aroundregarding specifications, improvements and support, however there are a fewthings that have been confirmed by Intel regarding these points.
Haswell (fourth generation CPU) was built to support DDR4 on the serverbased CPU’s, but Broadwell will support DDR4 on all of their chips.
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Intel have also been addressing overheating issues from the overclockingenthusiasts and have vastly improved the thermal interface between theheatsink and the actual chip.
Intel have also announced an Intel Pentium 20th Anniversary Edition processor which will be an unlocked chip.
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TECH TALK
Springhaven Primary Grade one pupils held a market day recently.Sayal Dhari (R) had some colourful butterflies for sale. She is picturedhere with her classmates (from left) Annnastacia B Pillay andNizamud Deen Pillay.
SETTLERS Pre-Primary Schoolwas recently visited by threeteachers from The School at
Columbia University in NewYork, who are studying internationalteaching methods and cultures.
Amy Liebov, Karlyn Adler and
Massiel Santos are kindergartenteachers,asit isreferredtoinAmerica,whichmeans that they teach the sameage groups of children at Settlers.
Liebov said that the trio have beenstudying various teaching methodsfromdifferentcountriesforthelastfewyears, and this year was South Africa,so they decided the best way to learnabout it was to visit a school here.
The teachers also attended theEarly Childhood Developmentconferencewhich tookplaceatCowanHouse recently.
The children at the school andteachers warmly welcomed them,showing them around and explainingto them how teaching is conducted inSouth Africa.
PHOTO:NICOLE JOHNSettlers PrePrimary recently spent the day with visitors from New York (back, from left) Amy Liebov, Stephen Apollos,Karlyn Adler, Mary Gray, Bridget Walton, Massiel Santos (front, from left) Gemma Hickley, Kallum van Rooyen, SethRaja and Tahna van Zyl.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPat Kanzler, the education centre manager at Siyabonga HelpingHands for Africa, is presented with a generous easter egg collectionby Laddsworth Primary School. Siyabonga is a society which supportsSouth African children, most of whom have lost one or both parentsto AIDS (back, from left) Pat Kanzler, Scott Butler, Lilla Gopp, PaigePhelps, Hannah Finch, Brandon Merrington, Gavin Lambooy (headmaster) (fron, from left) James Lycett, Shannon Henderson, KellyWust, Katilin Grobler and Bryce Baldrey.
Easter eggs for Siyabonga
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThere has been much excitement at the Maritzburg Christian School junior campus, as the school hosted their firstgala in its new swimming pool recently. Pictured here are sports coordinator Ryan Calder (L) and principal BrettMouton (R) with Grade 3 pupils (from left) Deegan du Bois, Nqubeko Mkhize, Emily Dovey and Reese Peters.
Loving the new swimming pool at MCS
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDOlivia Kinvig of The Wykeham Collegiate junior school shows her delightwhile watching a most entertainingpuppet show entitled ‘Help andSafety’.
Entertainingpuppets
VISITORS all theway from New York
April 9, 2014
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Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 67 bis (2)of the Town Planning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 27of 1949, as amended) that it is the intention of TheMsunduzi Municipality to consider an application forpermission to:Permit the Establishment of "Flats" and to relax the7-metre building line along Thomas Watkins Road to 6metres on Erf 179 Shortts Retreat, Being No 26 ThomasWatkins Road, Shortts Retreat.Plans and particulars may be inspected during normaloffice hours at the Corporate Asset Management PublicEnquiry Counter, 5th Floor, Professor Nyembezi Centre,341 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg.Interested parties may lodge written objections andrepresentations relating thereto with the Executive[Planning and Human Settlement] at 5th Floor, ProfessorNyembezi Centre, 341 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg(PO Box 1393, Pietermaritzburg) on or before:14 May 2014.Any party who fails to lodge written objectionsand representations and response to this notice bythe aforementioned date shall be precluded fromfurther participating in the process with regard to theapplication.Mr M.A. Nkosi, Municipal Manager,City HallPietermaritzburg
THE MSUNDUZI MUNICIPALITY TOWNPLANNING SCHEME SPECIAL CONSENT
APPLICATION AND PLANNING ANDDEVELOPMENT ACT INVITATION TO COMMENTThe Msunduzi Municipality has received an applicationin terms of section 67 bis (2) of the Town PlanningOrdnance (Act No. 27 of 1949)) to establish a ShoppingCentre and application for the deletion of the restrictiveconditions as created in the (Deed of Transfer No.15834/1965) in terms of Chapter 6 of The Planning andDevelopment Act, 2008 (Act No. 6 of 2008) in respect ofErf 3066 Pietermaritzburg, being 14 Manchester Road:Rosedale.A copy of the application is available for inspectionduring office hours (08h00 and 16h00) at the CorporateAsset Management Public Enquiry Counter, 5th Floor,Professor Nyembezi Building, 341 Church Street,Pietermaritzburg.Comments on the application may be submitted to theTown Planning Administrator; Msunduzi Municipality (Tel033 392 2180), by e-mail (Ziphelele. [email protected]), hand delivered to (Municipal offices, 5th floor341 Church Street, Professor Nyembezi Building) orpost (Private Bag X 1393, Pietermaritzburg, 3200) by18 May 2014The Msunduzi Municipality may refuse to acceptcomments submitted after the closing date 18 May 2014People who failed to lodge comments by the closing datewill not have the right to appeal against the decision ofthe Municipality.Mr M.A. Nkosi, MUNICIPAL MANAGERCity Hall, Pietermaritzburg
DATES for the SPAR Women’sRaces in KwaZuluNatal for 2014have been announced, with two
races taking place in the province in themiddle of the year: in Pietermaritzburgon Sunday, 22 June, and in Durban onSunday, 24 August, 2014.
DuetotheTopGearFestival,theraces have been rescheduled, with the firstrace, the Pietermaritzburg race, nowtaking place a few months earlier thanusual.
Ladieswillhaveabitofreprievefromthe chilly Maritzburg mornings with a9am start for both distances (10/5km).The race takes place around the scenicsetting of The Oval in Alexandra Park.
The Durban SPAR Women’s 10/5kmis on track for Sunday 24 August withthe start and finish at Sahara Stadium,
Kingsmead. So effectively the race datesfor the two popular SPAR Women’s raceshave swopped around.
“The two races are both muchanticipated events on the calendars of around20 000 ladies in our province. Following anapproved commitment earlier in the year,we were thrown a curveball with the datechange of the Top Gear Festival which thenclashed with our Durban event. With somereshuffling,wemanagedtoaccommodatethese two major attractions into availableslots in the city’s events calendar and Ithink we have come to an amicable solution for all concerned,” race organiser BradGlasspoole said.
For more information, like theFacebook page SPAR Women’s 10/5kmRace or visit the website www.sparwomensrace.co.za. Supplied.
PHOTO:SUPPLIEDKZN’s two SPAR Women’s Races are around the corner with the announcement of the dates. Getting into shape atTrain Gym ahead of South Africa’s most beautiful races are top Durban dancer Ayanda Sibaya (L) and upcoming localsurfer, Jade Story.
Spar ladies dates announced>> A clash with the Top Gear Festival means that the PMB race will be taking place a few months earlier than usual
TENSIONSwere rife at LievlandWineEstate and Wiesenhof Legacy Park(Stellenbosch) recently, when the bestofthebestgatheredtotakeonthemuchanticipated IMPI Elite race.
IMPI Gauteng winners, ClaudeEksteen (NorthBeach,KZN)andCarlaVan Huyssteen (Pietermaritzburg)claimedvictory in themen’sandwom-en’s IMPI Elite Race in impressivetimesof1hour,47minutes,50seconds
and 2 hours, 5 minutes, 25 secondsrespectively.
According to Van Huyssteen, thecompetitionwas tough in thewomen’sElite Race.
“ChantelNienaberwaspushingmethe whole time. Just when I thought Icould take it easy, I’d catch a glimpseofChantelbehindme.Ikeptremindingmyself to push it asChantel is a fighter.The IMPI Cape Town features a hard
run,withnaturallyhardobstacles, butthe nice thing about this event is thatthe obstacles are doable and a lot offun. I am really proud about today’swin and am looking forward to IMPIGauteng, followed by another IMPICape Town later this year,” said VanHuyssteen.
Chantel Nienaber came in second,while Dominique De Oliveira finishedthird.
PHOTO: CHERIE VALE / NEWSPORT MEDIAPietermaritzburg’s Carla Van Huyssteen (pictured) claimed victory in the IMPI Elite Race at Lievland Wine Estate andWiesenhof Legacy Park (Stellenbosch) in an impressive time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 25 seconds.
Local athlete conquers IMPI Elite race
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