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Residents say they are intimidat- ed and have voiced their disap- proval of 20 cameras being used on a 4th Avenue property. They believe residents’ move- ments and police are allegedly be- ing monitored on these cameras. Athlone Community Police Fo- rum spokesperson Aziza Kanne- meyer says the organisation does not approve of “spying” and have asked council and police to inter- vene. “It makes me sick to know that we have been struggling to secure one camera from the City of Cape Town for Athlone and here you have one house with more than 20 cameras. It’s no secret that those cameras are being used to monitor people and police,” she says. “Why does one person need so many cameras and where does the money come from? Those cameras cost a lot to install and I don’t be- lieve anyone who tries to convince me the cameras are there for safety reasons.” Kannemeyer says crimes are be- ing committed but no arrests are being made. She feels that monitor- ing the area and people has assist- ed in hiding crimes. “We don’t want people to have cameras at their homes. As for sus- picious vehicles driving around it is becoming more and more fre- quent. It is intimidating and un- nerving when you see people driv- ing around and taking footage of you or your home,” she says. But this is not the only property, says Kannemeyer. There are at least five suspected drug dens that are also set up with cameras, Kannemeyer claims. Mayoral Committee member for Safety and Security JP Smith says there are currently no laws in place preventing people from mounting cameras on their proper- ty but says it is a challenge they are having with crime bosses. “I resent gangsters and drug lords being able to use surveillance equipment on their property, but there is no law restricting people from pointing cameras at open public spaces. People may have cameras on their property as long as it isn’t pointed at a national key point,” he says. “We are trying to find a way around this problem but in order to change the laws around cameras it will have to come from national government.” A resident, who did not want her name mentioned for fear of her safety, says the homeowner is “a known drug lord” and it is scary knowing your privacy is being in- vaded. “When I first heard of all the cameras I didn’t want to believe it. They are basically monitoring our every move from that property and now there are people driving around [taking video footage],” she says. Another resident agrees saying stricter laws should be put in place to help police. “Police and neighbourhood watch members can’t do their jobs properly if the criminals know eve- ry movement taking place around their property. Police hardly con- fiscate drugs on raids in Bokmaki- erie and I think the cameras can be blamed. They hide the drugs before anyone can remove them because they already see them coming.” Athlone Police Station com- mander Krisjan Verwant says po- lice respond to all incidents as ear- ly as possible but prioritise patrols. “Cameras are a very valuable tool for police and whenever resi- dents or organisations are able to implement these aids we welcome them. But it should not be used to infringe on someone else’s proper- ty. We know that these cameras are being used to see when police enter the area so that drugs and guns can be hidden away. They know you are coming before you even enter. It makes our job very difficult,” says Verwant. V Starting with the word “Post”, SMS your thoughts to 32516. SMSes cost R1. ZOOMING IN: Residents of Bokmakierie fear their privacy might be invaded by surveillance cameras at private properties. No property or individual photographed is implicated in any crime. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Privacy ‘invaded’TARRENLEE HABELGAARN
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Residents feel their privacy isbeing invaded by surveil-lance cameras set up outside
a residential property in Bokmaki-erie.
Residents say they are intimidat-ed and have voiced their disap-proval of 20 cameras being used ona 4th Avenue property.
They believe residents’ move-ments and police are allegedly be-ing monitored on these cameras.
Athlone Community Police Fo-rum spokesperson Aziza Kanne-meyer says the organisation doesnot approve of “spying” and haveasked council and police to inter-vene.
“It makes me sick to know thatwe have been struggling to secureone camera from the City of CapeTown for Athlone and here youhave one house with more than 20cameras. It’s no secret that thosecameras are being used to monitorpeople and police,” she says.
“Why does one person need somany cameras and where does themoney come from? Those camerascost a lot to install and I don’t be-lieve anyone who tries to convinceme the cameras are there for safetyreasons.”
Kannemeyer says crimes are be-ing committed but no arrests arebeing made. She feels that monitor-ing the area and people has assist-ed in hiding crimes.
“We don’t want people to have
cameras at their homes. As for sus-picious vehicles driving around itis becoming more and more fre-quent. It is intimidating and un-nerving when you see people driv-ing around and taking footage ofyou or your home,” she says.
But this is not the only property,says Kannemeyer.
There are at least five suspecteddrug dens that are also set up withcameras, Kannemeyer claims.
Mayoral Committee member forSafety and Security JP Smith saysthere are currently no laws inplace preventing people frommounting cameras on their proper-ty but says it is a challenge they arehaving with crime bosses.
“I resent gangsters and druglords being able to use surveillanceequipment on their property, butthere is no law restricting peoplefrom pointing cameras at openpublic spaces. People may havecameras on their property as longas it isn’t pointed at a national keypoint,” he says.
“We are trying to find a wayaround this problem but in orderto change the laws around camerasit will have to come from nationalgovernment.”
A resident, who did not want hername mentioned for fear of hersafety, says the homeowner is “aknown drug lord” and it is scaryknowing your privacy is being in-vaded.
“When I first heard of all thecameras I didn’t want to believe it.They are basically monitoring our
every move from that property andnow there are people drivingaround [taking video footage],” shesays.
Another resident agrees sayingstricter laws should be put in placeto help police.
“Police and neighbourhoodwatch members can’t do their jobsproperly if the criminals know eve-ry movement taking place aroundtheir property. Police hardly con-
fiscate drugs on raids in Bokmaki-erie and I think the cameras can beblamed. They hide the drugs beforeanyone can remove them becausethey already see them coming.”
Athlone Police Station com-mander Krisjan Verwant says po-lice respond to all incidents as ear-ly as possible but prioritise patrols.
“Cameras are a very valuabletool for police and whenever resi-dents or organisations are able to
implement these aids we welcomethem. But it should not be used toinfringe on someone else’s proper-ty. We know that these cameras arebeing used to see when police enterthe area so that drugs and guns canbe hidden away. They know youare coming before you even enter.It makes our job very difficult,”says Verwant.V Starting with the word “Post”, SMS yourthoughts to 32516. SMSes cost R1.
ZOOMING IN: Residents of Bokmakierie fear their privacy might be invaded by surveillance cameras at privateproperties. No property or individual photographed is implicated in any crime. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Answers. This is what Heideveld resi-dents are demanding from wardcouncillor Anthony Moses.
A lack of interest, ignored phone calls,being strung along and no service deliveryare only some of the complaints raised ina public meeting hosted in Cathkin Centreon Thursday night.The meeting follows a march organised
by residents in August as well as numer-ous meetings held by residents who are re-questing that a new councillor be elected
to represent the communities’ needs.Communitymembers said they are tired
of fighting for service delivery and willmarch if no action is taken to better servicedelivery and halt crime in the area.Community worker Vanessa Adriaanse
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the waiting list for so long but nothing ishappening,” she said.Here is no facility where we can assist
those with substance abuse problems andhere are limited recreation facilities forour children.”Another resident, speaking on condition
of anonymity, said: “Our councillor has notime or sympathy for residents.”When asked to comment on the allega-
tions Moses said he has done a lot to im-prove facilities and services for residents.“There is so much I have done this year
to improve the community.“I have upgraded a number of parks, we
have refurbished almost all the councilflats in Heideveld, the bridge has been up-graded on the other side, as well as roads.Extra lighting and new pitches have beenadded to the sports field and the CathkinCentre has been buzzing with daily sportand cultural programmes for the youth,”said Moses.Cosatu regional secretaryTonyEhrenre-
ich also attended the meeting.After listening to the community’s griev-
ances Ehrenreich assured residents a fol-low-up public meeting with the councillorwill be held.“It isn’t right for people to struggle for
housing. We all have the right to live com-fortably. Not everyone will be able to gethousing at once but we need to start work-ing with what is available,” he said.
FED-UP: Heideveld residents voiced their service delivery concerns to Cosatu regional secretaryTony Ehrenreich in a public meeting held on Thursday evening. PHOTO: TARREN-LEE HABELGAARN
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Improving the lighting under the Klipfon-tein bridge and fixing the fence along therailway line in the same spot has been a
priority issue for Sybrand Park residentsfor months.Robberies, muggings and various other
illegal activities have been taking place un-der the bridge. Broken fencing and in-creased dumping along the railway linehave also made it a health and safety con-cern.Ward councillor Anthea Green informed
residents in the Sybrand Ratepayers’ Asso-ciation’s general meeting on Tuesday thatthe lighting has been approved.“I’m pleased to inform you that lighting
has finally been approved for the bridge andwill be implemented around April andMay,” she said.Green also assured residents that she has
been in contact with Metrorail to addressthe littering and broken fences.“I’ve asked them to clean up the area and
take care of the problems but no sufficientprogress has been made. I will now informthe health department to come and do an in-spection,” she adds.Sybrand Park Civic Association chair-
person Dr Richard Hills said he has alsosent numerous emails to Metrorail and isstill awaiting response.“This has been avery frustrating process.
The fence under the bridge has been brokenformonthsandhas still not been fixed.Theyremoved someof the dirt along the fence butnot enough tomake a difference. The dump-ing has attracted vagrants and other crimi-nal elements especially because the lightinghas also been a problem,” he said.
“It has beengood to see that po-lice have in-creased securityunder the bridgeand the councillorhas been fightingwith us to try andfind a solution butMetrorail has notbeen cooperating.Crime has becomea serious problemin the neighbour-hood and it is im-portant to stop itbefore it becomesa bigger problem.”Regionalmanag-
er forMetrorail Ri-chard Walker saysrepairs areplanned and prior-itised annually interms of urgency and implemented accord-ing to available funding.“The prioritisation is based on a risk as-
sessment comprising a number of criteria.Replacement costs for a concrete palisadefence range between R800 and R1 100 a me-tre,” he says.“Due to the vastness of the region and re-
sources available, replacement and repairshave to be prioritised against other fencingprojects. The region’s horticultural re-quirements far exceeded its available re-sources. Maintenance and clearance of rub-ble and weeds was directed at keeping therailway tracks clear and safe for opera-tions.”Walker says Metrorail continues to moti-
vate for additional funding but the agency
also “continues to compete for finite re-sources”.“Metrorail will try to expedite the clean-
ing of the immediate surrounds of the sta-tion and the repairs of holes on the fence,”he says.Mowbray police spokesperson Warrant
Officer Derek van derMerwe confirmed thebridge has become a hotspot for crime butalso warned residents to become aware oftheir surroundings.Since the beginning of the year there has
been 31 cases of theft out of vehicles, fourbusiness burglaries, three armed robber-ies,two attempted murders and 14 arrestsfor drug-related crimes.V Starting with the word “Post”, SMS your thoughts32516. SMSes cost R1.
CRIME: Residents in Sybrand Park fear that broken fencing along therailway line will have serious health and safety implications if notfixed quick enough. PHOTO: TARREN-LEE HABELGAARN
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Waiting fortheir paymentTARRENLEE HABELGAARN
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Pay up or shut downThese are the options contractors
have been left with by locals employedto fix the roads in Manenberg through theExtended Public Works Programme (EP-WP).
Concerns revolving around workers’payment, working hours and the employ-ment of local labourers have residentspushing for urgent resolutions to the prob-lem.
Community worker Anthony Barns con-firms numerous complaints have been re-ceived from residents who feel they are be-ing overworked with outstanding paymentpromised.
“Workers have threatened to go on strikeif they do not receive their outstandingmoney which they claim is owed to themby Construction,” he says.
Workers claim they have not been paidsince June for money they were supposedto receive for working overtime, on publicholidays, weekends and during theholiday.
Site agent Sihle Theta says workers willreceive overtime and adds that a change inpayment policy for the EPWP has causedsome confusion.
“Initially our contract with the City ofCape Town regarding the Extended PublicWorks Programme did not include pay-ment for public holidays. We have recently,however, been informed in writing bycouncil that we need to pay workers forovertime,” he says.
“We subsequently had a meeting withworkers and told them we would pay themfor the holidays worked. We didn’t specifywhen payment will be made but we are inthe process of finalising payments.”
Worker Michael Johnston says he has al-ready planned to use the money to pay offdebts and treat his family during the De-cember holiday.
“We all have things we want to do withthe money and have already made arrange-ments. We have worked the hours and nowwe want the money,” he insists.
Fellow worker Gary Absalom says theyhavehadmanymeetingswithmanagementand will strike if payment isn’t receivedsoon.
“Wewere toldwewouldget paid forwork-ing overtime, but we are still waiting to bepaid. We haven’t received anything sinceJune and there is no proper communica-tion from management’s side,” he says.
“We only get paid for the hours we workbut here isn’t enough equipment for every-one to work. We all want to make moneyand the lack of equipment also causes trou-ble among workers. A lot of workers gohome without any payment some weeks be-cause they weren’t able to work.”
Absalom says it is unfair that workersare suffering because of issues such as alack of equipment that are out of their con-trol.
“Workers aren’t lazy. Everyone herewants to earn some money and provide fortheir families,” he adds.
Miriam Isaacs says she knew it would behard labour when she accepted the job butshe just wants what is owed to her. “Wedon’t want to strike but if we are not in-formed of a final payment date soon we willhave no choice. We haven’t been addressedat all and if we don’t get paid we will strikeuntil we are paid,” says Isaacs.
Theta says: “We thought it best to paythem as a bonus on the last pay day but willtry to have the money available as soon aspossible. There seems to have been a mis-communication.”
Abigail Lawn has been looking forwardto the extra money. “It is almost holidayand the extra money will go a long way inhelping us to put food on the table and buysomething nice for the children. For manyof us this is the only income in the houseand we depend on it,” she says.
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HARD LABOUR: Workers working on the Manenberg roads are demanding payment for overtimeowed to them before the December holidays. PHOTO: TARREN-LEE HABELGAARN
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Footage illegally being obtained has res-idents fearing for their safety and pri-vacy.
Residents living in Bokmakierie, Heide-veld and other high crime areas have no-ticed unlicensed cars driving around in theneighbourhood taking video footage andphotographs of homes and people.
A Bokmakierie resident, who did notwant her name mentioned for fear of hersafety, says it is unnerving when she spotsa car driving around and sees photographsbeing taken.
“It makes me feel very unsafe. I immedi-ately go inside the house when I see a suspi-cious car driving around,” she says.
“I’ve spotted a Toyota and Mazda drivingaround before. Some people think it is thepolice but there is nothing that indicates itcould be authorities. So many people arekilled inside their ownhomes in these areasand one can never be too cautious.”
Mayoral Committee member for Safetyand Security JP Smith says crime preven-tion operations are ongoing.
“The City of Cape Town’s various law en-forcement departments receive multiplecrime tip-offs daily and need to investigateeach one. It is difficult to saywhen someoneis surveillancing an area for crime preven-tion or for criminal reasons,” he says.
“As for footage being taken in residentialareas, unless the camera is aimed at a na-tional key point there are no bylaws inplace preventing people from doing so.”
Another resident says homeowners areon edge and fear that they might be target-ed.
“Why are they monitoring us? It makesme feel like my house or family might beshot at next,” she says.
Resident Harisha Naidoo says she strug-
gles to sleep at night wondering if her fami-ly will be victims next.
“It is creepy knowing that at any momentsomeone can invade your home. I readmosthorrible things in thenewspaper andunfor-tunately crime is high in our areas. Gang-sters rule the streets and keep us hostagein our own homes,” says Naidoo.
Heideveld residents have also been expe-riencing similar incidents and have re-quested police and council to intervene.
Ward councillor Anthony Moses says hehas received many complaints from con-cerned residents.
“I haven’t beenable to give residents feed-back yet on whether the cars drivingaroundare linked to crimepreventionoper-ations or if they are private vehicles driv-ing around,” he says.
“Most people who have alerted me tothese suspicious vehicles driving aroundwere very scared and seemed intimidated.I would like to appeal to residents to takenote of their surroundings and people intheir immediate environments. It is impor-tant for people to get to know their neigh-bours so they can recognise those individu-als who don’t belong.”
Moses advises residents to take down thecolour, model and license plate of any carthey see driving around the area and takingphotographs.“This way it will be easier tokeep a record and determine who it is tak-ing the footage,” he adds.
Manenberg police spokesperson Lieuten-ant Ian Bennett confirms police have alsobeen alerted to suspicious vehicles drivingaround residential areas and taking videos.
“Wehave received complaints of vehiclesdriving around in areas and people takingfootage. This is happening all over the pre-cinct and we are investigating the com-plaints,” says Bennett.V Starting with the word “Post”, SMS your thoughtsto 32516. SMSes cost R1.
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Mixed reviewsfor house shopsTARRENLEE HABELGAARN
@LeeLaVidaLoca
When it comes to supporting houseshops there is a clear divide amongHeideveld residents.
The small business owners say they de-pend on the income to make a living andprovide for their families, while some resi-dents insist it is “nothing but a front for ille-gal activity”.The City of Cape Town recently an-
nounced that house shops operating fromcouncil property were not allowed to beshut down.Mayoral Committee member for Human
Settlements Siyabulela Mamkeli sayshouse shops can only be shut down if LawEnforcement officers are enforcing City OfCape Town bylaws.“Law Enforcement agencies would also
serve notice on request from the HousingOffice when anti-social behaviour is con-firmed. TheCity has received complaints ofillegal activity and investigates all of them.The necessary action is taken if required,”says Mamkeli.A number of community meetings have
been called in the last two weeks regardinghouse shops.A small business committeehas alsobeen
formed by residents to provide help and ad-vice to business owners in the vicinity.Small business committee representative
and house shop owner Ameer Peters saysthe committee was formed to protect the
rights of small business owners in Heide-veld.“We are here to provide people with ad-
vice about all aspects of their business, butespecially to guide people and make themaware of the fact that authorities can’t justwalk in and shut down their business,” hesays.“There are a lot of claims being made
about illegal activity taking place at houseshops but where is the proof? I have beenrunning my house shop for years and Iknow for a fact that there are drugs beingsold. When I see the troublemakers stand-ing in front of my shop I chase them awayand explain I have a business and don’twant to be judged for their reputations. Itis not fair that all house shops are labelledto be bad.”Peters says unemployment is a big prob-
lem in the area and people need to feed theirfamilies.“A house shop is a good way for people
to earn a living and provide for their fami-lies. That is why I want to help people toget their businesses in order and makethem aware of their rights. I’d rather havepeople earningmoney througha small busi-ness than turning to crime.”Resident Riyaad Jacobs insists most
house shop owners are making an honestliving and are judged unfairly by the com-munity.“The drug runners come and stand in
front of house shops and make their ex-changes. As owners we try to chase themaway but they still do as they please. Whenneighbours see the activity taking placethey immediately blame the house shopowner and that is not right,” he says.Manenberg police spokesperson Lieuten-
ant Ian Bennett says there has been anumber of cases during the year wheredrugs were found at house shops.“It doesn’t happen at every house shop
but there has been incidents where drugswere confiscated from house shops,” saysBennett.“Our sector vehicles regularly monitor
activity at these establishments especiallyon weekends.”Resident Martin Fredericks says council
shouldn’t be allowing the house shops to op-erate in the first place. “People shouldn’t beallowed to have house shops in the flats. Itis noisy and disrespectful towards othersliving here,” he says.Resident Ashlee Lategan says she has
witnessed exchanges being made at houseshops.“Moreandmorehouse shopsarebeinges-
tablished everyweek and people are just ig-noring it. Our children are being roped inby gangsters to be runners,” she says.V Starting with the word “Post”, SMS your thoughtsto 32516. SMSes cost R1.
Walk Away: you can be a heroMost children think of their school shoes asthe ultimate burden that completes adreary uniform.It represents 12 years of slog and formany
the first sign of freedom fromwearing thoseshoes is to relegate them to a pile of discard-ed clothes immediately after writing thatlast matric exam. Some may even think ofburning those shoes on a very high fire.But imagine the alternative if you didn’t
have those same school shoes to carry youthrough all the seasons – especially duringour cold winters when you have to negoti-ate puddles of rain?In some families children have to share
the same pair of shoes, with siblings takingturns to wear them.Hard to imagine, right? Not quite.This is the reality formany children from
less fortunate backgrounds. Their parentssimply don’t have the means to scrape to-gether enough money for school shoes. Somany of them go to school barefoot.You can be a hero. You can do so by sim-
ply leaving your school shoes at your deskafter you have written your last exam forthe year.Please ensure you ask your parents’ per-
mission to do so. The shoes need to be inusable condition – nobody should wear bro-ken shoes to school. Tie the shoes togetherso thepairs arenot lostwhen theyareboxedup.People’s Post requests that the shoes areboxed and ready for collection in the newyear.V Participating schools donating shoes can contactPeople’s Post at [email protected] with thewords “Walk Away” in the subject field.
HEIDEVELD
Home goesup in smokeTARRENLEE HABELGAARN
@LeeLaVidaLoca
A Heideveld family has been left home-less after a fire destroyed their homeand possessions.
It took fire fighters just under an hour toextinguish the inferno at Juliana Court,confirms Fire and Rescue Services spokes-person Theo Layne.“We responded to the fire at 07:00 onMon-
day 17 November. When we arrived on thescene we found a single wood and ironstructure on fire. There were no injuries orfatalities. The cause of the fire has not yetbeen determined.”Minor damage was done to the exterior
of the bottom floor of the council block offlats.Backyard dweller Chantal says she left
her home for five minutes and when she re-turned her home was engulfed in flames.“Iwent into thehouse to use the toilet and
when I came out my wendy house was onfire. The fire department and communitywere at the scene to extinguish the fire. Myfamilywere able to escape just in time,” shesays.“We have lost all our belongings. We
didn’t havemuch to begin with and nowwehave nothing. My child lost their schoolbooks and clothes that was given to them.My heart is very sore.”While investigations are still in progress
to determine the cause of the fire, she sus-
pects the fire could have been started byclothes catching fire.“I was busy heating up porridge for my
son. I believe that if we had a proper houseor access to electricity and water therewould be less risk of a fire,” she says.“I have been on the housing waiting list
for 18 years and I still haven’t received ahouse. When will we get homes?”She says she would like to appeal to any-
one for clothes and shelter for her familywhile they try to get back on their feet.“We lost our IDs and all other possessions
in the fire. We only have the clothes on ourbacks and I don’t work. I am not worriedabout myself but if someone could assistwith clothes, shoes, food and some toys formy family it will be appreciated.”Ward councillor AnthonyMoses says the
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lice.The case number has been given to the
local housing office for an assessment andthen it will go to the insurance for the re-pairs to the council building,” says Moses.“I hereby wish to ask the community to
be aware of the dangers of fires at this timeas fires happen most during the build-up tothe festive season.However, Iwish to thankthe community for their unselfish supportin trying to assist Chantal during the causeof the fire.”
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Botha warns residents that random SMSmessages have been sent to citizenswhich require them to deposit an amountof money into an account in order to se-cure jobs, and to present it at a hospital.
He says adverts have also been placedin local newspapers.
Helderberg, Valkenberg, Groote Schu-ur andLentegeurhospitals have been tar-geted in the scam.
“People have been caught unaware and
when they present to one of the hospitalsthey realise it was a scam and they havelost themoney they deposited,” hewarns.
“This has been reported to the policefor investigation. This is a very cruel of-fense, to falsely excite job seekers and torob their money on top of it - taking ad-vantage of those who are desperatelyseeking job opportunity.”
All Departmental recruitment is donevia community newspapers and the de-partment website (www.western-cape.gov.za) for departmental vacancies,where an official Z83 form will need to becompleted. No government posts wouldrequire applicants to make payments.
Vangate Mall stores hit in burglaryA man was arrested after breaking into thePick n Pay at Vangate Mall on Friday morn-ing.
Athlone police spokesperson Sergeant Zi-ta Norman says police were alerted to an at-tempted burglary at the mall at 03:45.
“Security received a call from their radiocontrol room informing them that the sen-sor at Pick n Pay was activated. On arrivalthey saw that the receiving sliding gate wasoff and the suspect was hiding behind thegate and steel bars,” she says.
The suspect had already gained entry tothe store.
A case of attempted burglary is being in-vestigated.
The 32-year-old man was arrested and ap-peared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Courtyesterday.
In a separate incident, thieves hit VangateMall on Saturday, making off with cash andinventory.
Norman says a business owner at theShouk in Vangate Mall left his shop at 21:00on Saturday only to find his store had beenbroken into the next morning.
“When the owner’s brother went to openthe store the next morning, he discoveredthe shutter doorwas broken. He also noticedthat 20 bottles of perfume, 50 beads andR3 000 in cash was missing,” she says.
A case of business burglary is being inves-tigated and no arrests have been made.
Items to the value of R9500 were stolen.Norman confirms that break-ins and theft
of motor vehicles at Vangate are increasingand are still a concern.
“There has been a number of thefts report-ed over the month, specifically at the mall,”says Norman.
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partment’s records showed that it will payout more than R44m to fee-paying schoolsin the province for school fee exemptionsgranted last year.The Quintile System determines how
much funding a school will receive fromgovernment. It divides schools into five dif-ferent quintiles, which is determined bythe geographical location of the school.Schools in affluent areas are usually placedin Quintile 5, while a school in a rural areaor township is usually placed in Quintile 1.This means a school which is located in
an affluent area, no matter the area wherethe pupils live, will determine the ultimatefunding of a school.Schools in Quintile 1 are no-fee schools,
which means the school is run solely ongovernment funding.In a statement, Schäfer says: “While I am
pleased that we have been able to assist ourschools in providing fee compensation forfee exemption for some of our poorer [pu-pils], the reality is that there are a growingnumber of parents who simply cannot af-ford to pay school fees. This is an unfortu-nate consequence of our ailing economy.Asa consequence,morehas to bedone to assistthe poor and our schools serving poor com-munities.”If the school fees are more than 10% of
parents’ combined annual salary, theyqualify for fee exemption.They canalso apply for partial exemption
if the fees are between 2% and 10% of theirannual salary, depending on the number of
children they have at a fee-paying, publicschool. “A successful application for fee ex-emption ultimately means that the parentis exempted frompaying school fees. There-fore, that schoolwill not receive that specif-ic pupil’s school fees, which places strainon the schools finances,” Schäfer explains.“While we recognise the important role
which fee exemptions play in granting ac-cess to the poor and relief in tough econom-ic times, we are also cognisant that manyof our schools are struggling financiallyand are dependent on the collection ofschool fees to sustain various projects, re-sources or governing body staff establish-ments.”Since provincial government’s decision
to financially support no-fee schools in2011, it has paid out over 100% more thanfour years ago.“I, therefore, again appeal to [national ed-
ucation] minister Angie Motshekga toamend the Quintile System. In theWesternCape we have tried to alleviate the effectsof the system by allowing some schools inQuintile 4 to apply to be no-fee schools,”Schäfer says.“However, as a result of our own finan-
cial constraints, we cannot expand this fur-ther this year. Fee compensation has pro-vided some assistance, but we ultimatelyneed to change the current Quintile Systemfor schools that genuinely serve poor [pu-pils] to receive the requisite support fromnational government.”She adds the suggestion will not erase all
fee exemptions in the province, “but itwould certainly help many parents whocannot afford to pay school fees, as well asschools in Quintile 4 and 5 which are strug-gling financially because of non-payment offees”.
PEOPLE'S POST | ATHLONETuesday, 25 November 201410 NEWS
The City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Directorate has arranged a public meeting toupdate the community on the progress of the housing project in the area.
Venue: Athlone Civic Centre, corner of Protea and Eland Streets, AthloneDate: Thursday 4 December 2014Time: 18:30 to 20:00
For further enquiries please contact Maureen Lewin on 021 710 9303.
ACHMAT EBBRAHIMCITY MANAGER261/2014
PUBLIC MEETINGHazendal Housing Project
The City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Directorate has arranged a public meeting inHeideveld to update the approved beneficiaries on the progress of the housing project inthe area.
Venue: Cathkin Community Centre, Heideveld Road, HeideveldDate: Thursday 27 November 2014Time: 18:30 to 20:00
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Call to keep children safe when drivingMONIQUE DUVAL
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C ar seats for infants are no longer anoption.With amendments to the National
Road Traffic Act (NRTA) parents and car-egivers are now forced to ensure childrenaged from 0 to three are buckled up.An announcement on the amendments
was made by provincial transport ministerDonald Grant last week where he made anappeal to parents to buckle young childrenin appropriate car seats and protect themfrom horrific injuries.In a statement, Grant explains the amend-
ments were promulgated on Friday 31 Octo-ber.He highlights the changes which stipulate
that all children from newborns to the ageof three have to be transported in appropri-ate child seats when travelling in private ve-hicles.Alida Jones, former Fish Hoek resident
and founder of Drive More Safely, is excitedabout the amendments and has spent sever-al years lobbying for the changes.She explains after assisting at an accident
scene on the N1 in 2011 where a young childhad died, she studied the Act to see what thestipulations were regarding car seats.“I noticed that therewasnothing to ensure
that young children were buckled up and itstated that children three and older shouldbe in a car seat if available,” she explains.Jones says she was concerned and started
lobbying for the law to be changed.She is happy about the changes but ques-
tions the enforcement thereof.According to the statement the penalty for
not obeying this new rule has not yet beendetermined.This will be based on a submission of rec-
ommendation to the chief magistrates of dif-ferent districts for consideration and ap-proval. “Recommendations will need to bemade in respect of all new offences that havebeen created by these amended regula-
tions,” Grant adds.Grant explains an analysis conducted by
Safely Home, using audited fatality datafrom the Forensic Pathology Services of theprovincial health department, showed themajority of the bodies of young childrenwhodied as passengers in road crashes were re-covered outside or under the vehicle. “Thepresence of the body outside the vehicle isa near-certain indicator that the child wasnot restrained or was improperly re-strained, as ejection does not occur when anappropriate child restraint is used,” he says.According to the statistics provided by the
department, 292 children aged from zero to14 were killed in accidents in the WesternCape between 2011 and 2013.Of this total, 27werebabies agedbelowone
year old and 36 were children aged betweentwo and four.Of the 27 babies, 11 were found outside the
vehicle and seven inside. It is unknownwhere the remaining nine were found.Of the 36 children aged between two and
four, 21 were found outside the vehicle, 10inside and the location of the remaining fiveare unknown.Commenting on the statistics, Grant says
the presence of the body inside the vehicleis not an exclusionary factor in determining
if the child was restrained or not.“The analysis therefore erred on the side
of caution by default,” he says.“The data is indicative of a minimum of
two small children being killed on WesternCape roads each month after being ejectedfrom a vehicle in a road crash,” he says.Grant further explains passengers ejected
from a crash face a 75% chance of beingkilled due to ground impact injuries and col-lisions with other objects and vehicles.In December 2011, Jones made an appeal
to Far South residents to donate unused carseats to the organisation.The car seats are then given a makeover
and the organisation ensures they are inworking order.Jones explains the car seats are then given
to familieswhoneed themand the first dona-tions were given in Fish Hoek in 2012.To date they have donatedmore than 4 000
car seats. She has now appealed for parentsand caregivers to be responsible and ensurechildren are buckled up.“When you lose a child it is too late. It best
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Boost for cultureAn historic pledge of financial and other support
for the minstrels, Malay and Christmas choirshas been signed.
The signatories includemayor Patricia de Lille andprovincial minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport DrNomafrench Mbombo.And in a first this year, this festive season’s min-
strel carnival through the streets of the city will berun by the minstrels themselves.Mbombo stressed the importance of preserving the
Western Cape’s culture and heritage. Among others,this gives the so-called “lost generation” a sense of be-longing to a culture that is a source of pride, she says.The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport has
promised its support by facilitating, regulating and
supporting the newly-formed Cape Cultural Eventand Carnival Committee and has pledged R2.37m tosupport events that take place until April.“We are only the facilitators in this process, and we
urge citizens to express themselves through the artsand their culture,” said department director for Arts,Culture and Language Jane Stuurman-Moleleki.“We will give the committee ownership of staging
its own events but will still be there to support mem-bers and give them the necessary tools to make itwork. Culture is embedded in the search for ‘who amI?’ We need to preserve the heritage of Tweede NuweJaar. Historically, this was the only day slaves wereallowed to be free and express themselves throughsong and dance.”
MAKING MERRY: Provincial funding will allow minstrels to manage theirown events from next year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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You might think only a fairy god-mother can help you land yourdream job.
But this is exactly the kind of busi-ness Observatory-based organisationDreamwork specialises in.The NPO helps unemployed people
find their dream job, giving backtheir confidence and dignity.The initiativewas started in 2008 as
a pilot project, explains the organisa-tion’s marketer Charles Tshwane.“The researchers found that those
who are unemployed have low confi-dence and self esteem. Getting a jobgave thema sense of dignity. Thepilotproject was a runaway success,” hesays.Applicants are taken through a se-
ries of one-on-one interviews to estab-lish towhich occupation they are bestsuited.“We ask you what you dreamed of
being as a child. We want the job tobe an extension of your personality,”
Tshwane says.“However, not all who are unem-
ployed are looking for a job. We helpunemployed people find jobs and ex-tend our services to companies look-ing to findquality staff.We receive do-nations and grants, and as a result allour services are free of charge.”Since starting up, the organisation
has helped its clients earn R93m inwages, with over 16 500 people access-ing their services.They also place any level of educa-
tion or expertise, Tshwane says.“We offer support by advising cli-
ents on how to use their wages to bet-ter themselves, such as through ob-taining drivers licences,” he says.Paul Jumaad from Salt River is one
of the many who have found a place-ment through Dreamworker.Jumaad started volunteering at the
organisation, but has now beenplaced in a year-long learnership atan advertising firm.“I foundmypassion forhelpingpeo-
ple and putting a smile of their faces.I would never have had this learning
opportunity without Dreamworker,and I’m hoping to go into marketingandmagazine sales after I’ve complet-ed the course,” he says.Funding remains a challenge for
the organisation, Tshwane explains.“We used to have fieldworkers in
Khayelitsha, Imizamo Yethu and El-sies River because we find unem-ployed people often don’t havemoneyfor transport. We’ve had to let themgo because of a lack of funding,” hesays.However, this has not stopped the
organisation from assisting underre-sourced communities, Tshwane says.Dreamworker also facilitates a
projectwith schools in disadvantagedareas.A donation of R100 can be made un-
der the Links of Love programme,whichwill seehalf donated to a schoolin Mitchell’s Plain or Hanover Park.The other half will form wages for
a community member to carry outmaintenance work at the school.V Contact Dreamworker at (021) 448 5828 orvisit dreamworker.org.za.
BUSY: Dreamworker assists the unemployed to access opportuni-ties. PHOTO: FOTO24/ MALOSE MONAMA
PEOPLE'S POST | ATHLONETuesday, 25 November 201414 LEADER
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Shopping lists.Things to do.Deadlines to meet.
People to please.Gift lists to write, and then rewrite again.More shopping.Gentle reminders and invasive in-store jingle prompts
to buy, buy, buy.In townships, people are pondering what new lounge
suites to buy. The plastic will stay on at least until Easter,to protect the upholstery from excess.There will be no feet or sticky handprints on those
couches – at least until the plastic is removed.They’re probably already hanging the Christmas cur-
tains. And polishing the silverware that comes out onlytwice a year – at Christmas and again at Easter.Then there’s the outfit for Mom, Dad and kids.Maybe even the dog will get an outfit. In this new South
Africa anything is possible.The tree.The gifts – some still with cash slip intact to return on
Boxing Day, just in case the size or colour doesn’t satisfy.Appeals to support charities.Giving and getting. Dropping hints.Making do with little.Giving away even less.Perhaps the citizens of our fair city should consider sav-
ing some of their hard-earned pay. Or at the very leastmake a dent in their mounting debt.Do you really need a new lounge suite?Tone down, already. Temper the impulse to spendmon-
ey you worked so hard for on stuff you don’t need to im-press people you don’t like. Yes, we have all heard thatone before.So why step squarely into the same debt trap?The table doesn’t have to negotiate the burden of the
same winter menu that hints at pre-diabetes in the newyear. Give yourselves a break.
Your SMSes. Tenants in Rylands park big cars on ourpavements. The cars and people visitingthem in themiddle of night and onweekendsdisturb us. Is there a law to protect peaceful,law abiding citizens? Frightened senior andratepayer
. Have the thieves and vandals whocaused havoc at GF Jooste ever thought theymight be the very people who will need thehelp of the hospital once construction iscompleted? It’s strange how people don’tthink. Langley
. What I can’t understand is that we haveneighbourhood watches, community policeforums, LawEnforcement,Metro Police, thepolice and community safety officers. Thereis a railway line on the border, but no men-tion of railway police and so the list goes on.My question to Sithembiso is: what do youthink of us living in the area? Surely you cantalk to us. Randall Meyer, Vanguard Estate
. The police, along with the CPF andneighbourhood watches, are fighting a los-ing battle, as they’re not getting the supportof the community. Communities shouldstart looking at what is happening aroundthem. Identify and report any illegal orunsa-voury behaviour to police – even if it meansyou have to report your neighbour’s child.I see clearly every day where the drug deal-ers in my street hide their drugs. It’s timewe take our area back. These drug lords,merchants and drug runners are gettingrich while they are destroying our chil-dren’s future and any hope of a safe environ-ment. The time is now – let’s all be vigilantand contact our sector commanderswith thepotent information.
. If the land belongs to Consul, then those
occupying it should get off. We are teachingour kids to take even if it is not yours. Backoff gracefully.
. They tookaway land inLongkloofCirclefor housing. Since then, there has been noplace for our children to play. Now they siton the corners and become targets for thegangsters. This project just made the areaworse, especially since the delay.
. I just want to inform you that MarioWanza does not speak for the people ofManenberg andwill never get thatmandate.Give the waterfront back to the people andthose who built it – the CWP and its mem-bers. Let them return and restore it to itsformer glory.
. Whydoyouwant to evict the peoplewhoprotect the people in that road? Now youwant to open that land for criminal activity.I live opposite the land. What do you care?It’s all about the money for you.
. In the past, there were many murderswhere the waterfront is now. There was alsodumping, rapes and lots of other criminal ac-tivities. The land should remain the way itis and be given to the community. It’s a veryrelaxingandquiet place for outings andverysafe, especially since it has been run by thepeople in charge now.
. I stopped visiting the Athlone CBD overthe last couple of months because of thecrime and grime. It was showing improve-ment before, but it just got worse. I readabout the return of the previous manage-ment in People’s Post, so I visited Athloneand was amazed at the improvement.The place looks clean, there’s no more
goods on top of traders’ shelters and the are-as around the Post Office, Shoprite, the li-brary and Lewis are clean and tidy. Peoplecan now start using the CBD again. Welldone!
Lagos: Pray for familiesThe expeditious repatriation of the bodies ofthose who perished in Lagos, Nigeria in TBJoshua’s Synagogue Church of All NationsChurch is imperative to bring closure to thebereaved.Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe’s
deployment to Lagos to facilitate the diplo-matic process is welcomed by all mournersand we remain perplexed at the loss of lifeof those who pilgrimed to Joshua’s churchin a twist of fate, to enhance and bring heal-
ing to their lives.AnglicanArchbishopThaboMakgoba has
implored all people of interdenominationalfaith to pray for those who died in Lagos andtheir loved ones during the repatriationprocessMay the dear souls of those who died rest
in peace and our collective commiserationsfor the wholeness of God to bring strengthto those bereaved by the tragedy in Lagos.MARK KLEINSCHMIDT
Unite in fighton crimeI read an article in a community news-paper inwhich officials againmoanedabout crime being out of control andthat our police are under-resourced.The article said factors like gangs,
drug abuse, unemployment and poorparenting, the need for money andperceptions about the justice systemwere voted main contributors forcrime.Safety and Security MEC Dan Plato
was quoted as saying “on average,there are between 45 and 55 murdersaweekandabout 95 rapes are reporteda week”.We should stop playing with statis-
tics.Weare thevictimswhoare suffer-ing physically, financially, emotional-ly and spiritually because our [gov-ernment] is doing absolutely nothingto stop this wave of terror. Meetingsand talking isworthless as nothing re-sourceful gets implemented and thenext time we have meetings with thesame agenda but still nothing getsdone to protect the citizens.The captains appointed to protect us
against crime are tied by the same jar-gon and fruitless meetings that fadelikemist after themeetings have beenclosed. [Government, safety and secu-rity structures] and the public shouldstop this tsunami of barbaric crime,pray for our country and the wisdomto open police colleges to enrol hordesof men and women in blue and in do-ing so we have to reach the goal of be-coming a police state.Metro Police and Law Enforcement
agencies are to combine to resourcethis police state. Every reservist mustbeamalgamated into one strongpoliceforce and our matriculants should berecruited in our police force. It is timewe become “kragdadig” in the fightagainst crime because criminals havenomercy if we fall into their clutches.When we have a police state crimi-
nals will realise crime does not pay.KEITH BLAKE,Ottery
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PEOPLE'S POST | ATHLONETuesday, 25 November 2014 NEWS 15
HEALTH
OrgandonorsneededNICOLE MCCAIN
@nickymccain
Over 4 000 South Africansare urgently awaiting anorgan transplant.
However, only 566 organtransplants were carried outlast year.
This as the country faces anorgan donation transplant cri-sis with less than 0,2% of thepopulation registered as organdonors.
Each donor is able to donatea heart, liver and pancreas, kid-neys and lungs, which couldsave seven lives. In addition,cornea donations can restore apatient’s sight.
Children are especially hardhit by a lack of donors.
According to Dr PeterNourse, a paediatric nephrolo-gy specialist at the Red CrossChildren’s Hospital, only threekidney transplants tookplace atthe hospital this year. This a de-crease of five from last year, anda significant drop from the av-erage of 10 a year historicallyperformed at the facility.
Nourse believes this drop isdue to a lack of donors.
Eight years ago, 12-year-oldRobbie Laubscher received aliver transplant.
He was born with biliaryatresia – a congenital liver dis-ease in which the common bileduct between the liver and thesmall intestine is blocked or ab-sent and which can lead to liverfailure – and received a livertransplant at four,motherMile-na Laubscher explains.
“We thought we were pre-pared for that call saying hewould receive a transplant, butwe weren’t. It was absolutelyterrifying because so manythings can go wrong,” she says.
Robbie has since competed inthe South African and WorldTransplant Games, receiving anumber of medals for swim-ming and cycling.
However, there are still hun-dreds of children who are stillwaiting for a transplant.
One of them is 14-year-old Ag-cobile Kosana, waiting for a
heart transplant.“She is no longer able to go to
school or play with other chil-dren, which is very frustratingfor her,” says aunt LungiswaNdingi.
The family is on constantalert, Ndingi says, fearing theworst may happen at any mo-ment.
“We’re scared. Her heartcould stop at any time. We al-ways have to check on herbreathing and it’s very difficultfor the family,” she says.
Ndingi is urging donors tocome forward, either personal-ly or on behalf of their families.
“Instead of someone just dy-ing with all their organs, theycan save so many lives. Evenparents should donate theirchildren’s organs – you will seewhat you have done is a bigthing,” she says.
Laubscher agrees, saying itcosts nothing to save lives.
“We were given a secondchance and we were so grate-ful,” Laubscher says. “But atthe same time we were awarethat another family was griev-ing. It’s a very brave thing todo.”
Registering has never beeneasier, as a new Facebook Appallows donors to register andspread to word to family andfriends. This app has beenlaunched under the #Save7campaign, a partnership be-tween theOrganDonorFounda-tion and the Spur Foundation.
“This campaign intends tospread the word and get peopleto take up the challenge to regis-ter as organ donors,” explainsSpur executive chairman AllenAmbor.
Registering as an organ do-nor is free and takes only min-utes, and a donor can changetheirmind at anytime. Any per-son who is in good health andclear of chronic diseases willqualify as an organ donor.
Organ donations are given asa gift and donors or their fami-lies will receive no compensa-tion, but the utmost respect anddignity is given to the donor atall times during the procedures.
Outsourcing for
small business - one
size does not fit all
An expression often heard in businesses, especially those
facing challenges, is that in order to regain financial health, the
enterprise will need to re-focus on its ‘core business’. Many
SME owners who find themselves having to cope with a dozen
different tasks a day, probably relate to this, grin ruefully and
wish that they could afford the luxury of only concentrating on
core business functions.
The irony, says Ravi Govender, Head of Small Enterprises at
Standard Bank, is that small business success is most often
linked to remaining focused on delivering the products and
services that are core to the business’ sustainability and growth.
The key to enabling the people with the skills to place their
energies where they are most useful in the company can be achieved by using a little imagination. The example set
by the finalists in the recent ‘Think Big - Building Business Champions’ TV series, illustrated that by outsourcing
tasks, the scarce skills of permanent staff can be used to maximum effect.
“It is unwise to think that outsourcing is a luxury that only bigger companies can afford. Outsourcing is practical.
All that is required is to work out the costs of the service. It can then be compared to the cost of your inputs, and
the potential loss of productivity that can occur if staff are concentrating on issues that are taking their attention
away from their primary areas of responsibility.”
“As with most things, outsourcing can only work if the necessary research and planning is undertaken to identify
exactly where support is needed, and to find the right supplier,” says Mr Govender.
Thinking about outsourcing should involve:
• Planning the on-boarding of suppliers in a way that does not require a significant time commitment from you.
• Clearly defining the areas that will and will not be outsourced. Strategic company functions should remain with
you and full-time, experienced staff. It is important to remember that you only want to outsource activities, and
not the management of relationships with your customers.
• Checking whether once-off projects can be outsourced to outside suppliers at a reasonable, all-inclusive price.
• Reducing the need for technology, as well as the time needed to administer the staff payroll. Traditionally,
payroll and HR services are the easiest to outsource to specialists.
• Deciding whether you need a full-time bookkeeper or administrator, or whether you can hand over these tasks
to someone who is well qualified, but works off-site.
• Keeping an eye on costs, and comparing them to the expense of using staff to accomplish tasks. The moment
outsourcing costs equal or exceed ‘in-house’ costs, it is time to reconsider.
• Clearly defining the scope of work, deadlines and deliverables on a project.
• Deciding the basis for payment. Will payment to suppliers rely on them completing defined milestones, or
meeting weekly or monthly deadlines?
• Putting everything in writing, so that there can be no disputes regarding charges, delivery or payment.
“Although you will be hiring somebody to accomplish a set task, or for a defined period of time, you should
take as much care interviewing them as you would when hiring a permanent employee. Check references and, if
necessary, visit sites where they have previously worked to inspect the standard of their work. Also take the time
to check whether they have the relevant experience in the areas you require help with.”
“Lastly, don’t be blinded by price. The best is not always the cheapest. You will benefit by making a careful
selection. Ignore quotes that are far below others, as this could indicate, lack of experience, or a supplier who may
not be adequately qualified.”
“Above all, remember that it is your business’ reputation at stake. Risking your reputation could have far-reaching
consequences. Choose an outsourced supplier carefully and monitor what they do and how they do it,” concludes
Mr Govender.
‘While the ‘Think Big’ series has concluded on TV screens, episodes can still be viewed online by visiting
www.standardbank.co.za/thinkbig. For an array of additional tips and tools on how to start, manage or grow a
business, visit www.bizconnect.standardbank.co.za
In its continued drive to support and enable the SME sector, Standard Bank is supporting the Festival of
Entrepreneurship taking place in Johannesburg during Global Entrepreneurship Week (17 – 21 November).
YOUNG HOPEFULS: Agcobile Kosana, who is still waiting for a hearttransplant, with kidney transplant recipient Robbie Laubscher. PHOTO:SUPPLIED
City-wide free Wi-Fi by mid-2015TheCity ofCapeTownplans to pro-vide freeWi-Fi at 61 of its buildingsby the end of June 2015.This free service will be provid-
ed both inside public buildings –via the City’s 102 SmartCape Com-puter facilities – and outside via 61public access hotspots, where peo-ple congregate and queue for serv-ices, a statement said.These amenities include clinics,
administration buildings, trafficdepartments, fire stations and pub-lic transport interchanges, saidHayley van der Woude, the City’smedia coordinator.
She said certain areas will beserviced by December, “with theremaining completed by the end ofJune 2015”.Those buildings to be connected
this year include the Bellville Clin-ic, the Civic Centre in Cape Town,the Hillstar Administration Build-ing, theMitchell’s Plain and Nyan-ga switching centres, the ParowCommunity Health Clinic, thePlumstead Administration Build-ing, the Robbie Nurock Clinic andSite B Youth Clinic.“Each access point will cost be-
tween R60 000 and R100 000 to in-
stall,” she said.The City partnered with service
providers MWEB, Internet Solu-tions andOrange, aParis-based tel-ecommunications company.“Orange will offer a free 200 MB
data bundle per day. Internet Solu-tions will offer a free data bundleof 50 MBper day,whileMWEBwillprovide an uncapped data bundlefor the trial period,” Van derWoude said.The digital inclusion project
forms part of the City’s R1.3bn pro-gramme to complete the roll-outover the next seven years
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Japanese, is said by the automakerto be a turning point for the auto-motive industry with the promise“of a world that is safer, greenerand easier for everyone”.In Toyoda’s words: “This is a car
that lets you have it all with nocompromises.”Toyota says the car has the cruis-
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minutes, and emits only water va-pour.The four-door will launch in Ja-
pan with the price-tag reading $57500 - about R637 000 and a heavyprice for a modest, if rather sexy,family car. Toyota is hoping for 400sales in 2015 followed by Americanconsumption of 3 000 a year by2017.All that’s needednow is an ad-equate number of hydrogen fuel-ling stations.This is what Toyoda said in the
video: “Today, we are at a turningpoint in automotive history wherepeople will embrace a new, envi-ronmentally-friendly car that is apleasure to drive. A turning pointwhere a four-door sedan can travel
500km on a single tank of hydro-gen, can be refuelled in under fiveminutes and emit only water va-pour. A turning point that repre-sents many years and countlesshours ofworkbyour team to createa car that redefines the industry.All of us at Toyota believe in a fu-ture that will be safer, greener andeasier for everyone. We imagineda world filled with vehicles thatwoulddiminishourdependence onoil and reduceharm to the environ-ment. It was a bold, but inspiring,goal - today it is a reality.”He explained that the fuel cell in
the car could create enough elec-tricity to power a house for a week,though the fuel could bemade from
anything - “even garbage”.He added that he did some test
driving and found that it was notonly emissions free but also its lowcentre of gravity allowed “very dy-namic handling”.“After surviving millions of
miles on the test track and 10 yearsof testing on public roads in freez-ing cold and scorching heat… afterpassing extensive crash tests…and after working with local gov-ernments and researchers aroundthe world to help make sure it iseasy and convenient to refuel…weare ready to deliver.”For Toyota, he said, the Mirai
was “not just another car”.– Wheels24
The future is nowTHE FUTURE: Toyota recently launched the 2015 Mirai. PHOTO: REVIEWCARS2015.COM
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pan in early 2015 - it’s expected in South Afri-ca in the third quarter off 2015 - the CX-3 willbecome a core member of Mazda’s modelline-up.Units forEurope, usually the sameas those
scheduled for South Africa - will have achoice of three engines and four drive trains:
. Petrol SkyActiv-G two-litre tuned for
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ual transmissions will be offered for eitherfront- or all-wheel drive.The new car will also have active safety
systems and “superb passive protection” foroccupants from its light yet stiff shell. Mazdasays the cars are also “suited to the needs ofamodernmarket”with “a generous infotain-ment package, including in-car connectivi-ty”.TheMazdaCX-3will be ondisplay through-
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Getting closer to autonomous carsAs millions of cars are under recall forpotentially lethal air bags, designers aretrying to reduce the need for the device- using sensors, radar, cameras and la-sers to prevent collisions in the firstplace.With driver error blamed for over 90%
of road crashes, the thinking is it wouldbe better to have them do less of the driv-ing. TheUS Insurance Institute forHigh-way Safety found that forward-collisionwarning systems cut vehicle-to-vehiclecrashes by 7% - not a huge leap,but a po-tential life saver. Nearly 31 000 peopledied in car crashes in the USA in 2012.Thomas Weber, global R&D head at
Mercedes-Benz, said: “Passive safety fea-tures will stay important, and we needthem. The next level is now visible. Au-tonomousdriving forus is clearly a strat-egy to realise our vision for accident-freedriving.”While giving a computer full control of
a car is some way off, there’s a lot it cando in the meantime.For now, in some cars you can take
your foot off the pedal and hands off thewheel in slow-moving traffic, and the carwill keep pace with the vehicle in front;it can jolt you awake if it senses you’renodding off; alert you if you’re crossinginto another lane; and brake automati-cally if you don’t react to warnings of ahazard ahead.How close this all comes to leaving the
driver out of the equationwas illustratedbyanexperiment atDaimler in 2013: add-ing just a few off-the-shelf components toaMercedes-Benz S-Class, a teamwent ona 100km ride in Germany without hu-man intervention.Team member David Pfeiffer said:
“The project was about showing how faryou cango, not justwith fancy lasers, butwith stuff you can buy off the shelf.”
Such features, however, require solv-ing thorny problems, including how toavoid pedestrians. While in-car camerasare good at identifying and classifyingobjects, they don’t work so well in fog orat night. Radar, on the other hand, cancalculate the speed, distance and direc-tion of objects, and works well in limitedlight, but can’t tell between a pedestrianand a pole. While traffic signs are sta-tionary and similar in shape, people areoften neither. For a better fix on direc-tion there’s LiDAR - a combination oflight and radar - which creates a pictureof objects using lasers. Velodyne’s sen-sors on Google’s autonomous car, for ex-ample, use up to 64 laser beams spinning20 times per second to create a 360-de-gree, 3D view of up to several hundredmetres around the car.Mercedes’ ‘Stop-and-Go Pilot’ feature
matches the speed of the car in front inslow traffic and adjusts steering to stayin lane using two ultrasonic detectors,five cameras and six radar sensors.“This technology is a first major step,”said R&D chief Weber. “(However dis-tracted the driver is), the system miti-gates any accident risk in front.”The next stage, experts say, is a road
network which talks to cars, and wherecars talk to other cars. General Motorshas said its 2017 Cadillac CTS will trans-mit and receive location, direction andspeed data with oncoming vehicles via aversion of Wi-Fi. Other approaches in-clude using cameras tomonitor the driv-er. Not everyone, though, welcomes thisprogress. Some drivers complain thetechnology is intrusive, or is inconsist-ent. Chris Hayes, a vice president at in-surer Travelers, said: “If a safety featureis seen as intrusive or bothersome, adriver may try to circumvent or disableit.”
PEOPLE'S POST | ATHLONETuesday, 25 November 201418 NEWS
Ameeting of the Council of the City of Cape Town will be held onWednesday3 December 2014 at 10:00 in the Podium Block, Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard,Cape Town.
Please note that limited seating is available for members of the public and, therefore, seatswill be allocated on a first come, first served basis. If you wish to attend the meeting, youare requested to contact Nadine Damon on 021 400 3708 between 09:00 and 16:00. Allrequests for attendance must be received by no later than a day before the meeting. Youwill be required to provide your surname, initials and contact telephone number. Visitors arekindly requested to be seated by 09:30.
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Buses filled with residents from across thecity started arriving in Athlone from as earlyas 08:00.
More than 1000 people attended the event,
with the theme Safety starts in the family,to take a public stand against violence andabuse as they marched for peace and safercommunities for women and children.
Provincial minister of Community SafetyDan Plato, national Deputy Minister of Po-lice Maggie Sotyu and provincial police com-missioner Arno Lamoer all addressed thecrowd emphasising the important role of thefamily in reducing violence and abuse.V Starting with the word “Post”, SMS your thoughtsto 32516. Cost
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HELPING HANDS: From left are Maye Mhaka, Warrant Officer Hermanus van Dyk and VuvuMjala.
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There’s a buzz in the air as Cape Towngets ready for a groove that will set thetone for a fantastic festive season.
On Saturday 6 December the beat will betaking place with a musical extravaganza,featuring the cream of Cape Town artists onone grand stage.Headline Entertainment in association
with Heart 104.9FM, People’s Postand Tyger-Burger will host the Hot Summer Grooveconcert at the Grand Arena.Taking to the stage are some talents that
need very little introduction to local musiclovers and actually started in the businessalmost as toddlers.Manymoons ago inMitchell’s Plain the fa-
ther of Emo and Loukmaan Adams startedthe Kinners Vannie Ses project (it is still go-ing strong) and the tiny talents thatwere fea-tured in this show includedRamaineBarrei-ro and Alistair Izobell.The rest, as they say, is history with Emo,
Loukmaan and Alistair eventually gettinginvolved with the Kramer/Petersen produc-tions. All of themplayed the role of Broertjiein District Six – The Musical at one stage.Theywerealsopart of thephenomenalKat
and the Kings that toured internationallyand won a Laurence Olivier Award in Lon-don.Alistair smiles when he recalls those
heady days when they were performing andtouring with the best on the local entertain-ment scene.“The Rockets andAl Etto played a big part
in taking our talent to another level, eventhough we were so young,” he said.“Loukman and myself were part of a tour
to Japan as part of Ricardo and Friends.When we got back we were joined by Emo
and Ramaine who added another dimensionto our sounds and we were encouraged toform the group Nu Fancy.“This was about 1990, and we first record-
ed with the Rockets and then on our own.Remember that the recording studio wasnext to Club Fame in Elsies River.”Looking back Alistair feels that this start
into the entertainment business made themrealise their destiny.“I think after a few years we realised this
is what we were designed to do with ourlives. All of us had music in our back-grounds,” he said.“The Adams’ always had some people
practising there for the minstrels or the Ma-lay Choirs. They participated in those com-petitions from young.“At Ramaine’s place the whole family
loved music; she was always singing tothem. And inmine therewere somany fami-ly members who played music but I am theone that took to it professionally and haveno regrets.”The concert will also feature the Sama-
nominated female vocal group Black-byrd.The Take Note band will be on stage.If you buy a ticket to this show you will
stand a chance of winning a brand new car– the latest FAW V2 1.3.All the tickets bought for the show will be
part of the lucky draw and thewinner on thenight will drive away in their new car.This event is part of a fundraising effort
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Musical trip down memory laneGrandWest is bringing the sell-out Tributeto ABBA show back to the Roxy Revue Barfor a second run this festive season.The show produced and directed by Mike
McCullagh, was a raging success during the2013 holiday season.Acast of topmusiciansandperformersare
once again collaborating for the 2014 TributetoABBA showwhich takes fans on amusicaltrip downmemory lanewith all of the band’stop hits. This cast is headed-up by keyboard-ist andmusical director, Kyle Petersen, whorecently returned from Berkley College inthe USA.Luella Holland, one of the stars of the 2013
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reprise their roles as Björn and Benny.Drummer Darren Petersen, bassist Neil
Peyton and Warren Lomberg all from thelast show, complete themusical line-up. Theshow is compèred by funny-man ClintonPhilander who brings his own brand of hu-mour to the show.WIN! Six readers can win double tickets
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ARE YOU LONESOME? Dubbed‘Lonesome’ Dave Ferguson due tohis unique solo performances, theCape Town-born musician is aninternational class act. Ferguson,being many things all at once, isbest known in South Africa for hissolo looping performances wherehe plays the harmonica, beatbox-es and sings inspired originalsongs as well as mash-ups of aneclectic selection of covers. Onthe cusp of releasing his long-an-ticipated album, Ferguson is cur-rently performing some new ma-terial (as well as fan favourites)and will be performing at Jou Mase Comedy Club Vibes on Sunday30 November. Shows start at18:00. Phone (021) 418 8880 [email protected]. WINWIN WIN!! Two lucky readers canwin four tickets to the show. Visitwww.peoplespost.co.za on #Win-ningWednesday to enter. PHOTO:SUPPLIED
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Crunch timeSHIFAAN RYKLIEF
The Magic will face Zizwe United in theNedbank Cup play-off final.Four teams from the ABC Motsepe
League went head-to-head at Chukker Roadthis past weekend in search of a place in theNedbank Cup play-off final.Zizwe United FC faced newcomers Barce-
lona FC who has really impressed in theleague thus far. Barcelona were surely hop-ing to carry their superb showing in theleague through to theirNedbankCup semifi-nal match-up.However, it was the Khayelitsha-based
outfitwho took a 2-0 lead into the break,withSiyambonga Madikane and Bathandwa“Lanka” Mzilikazi finding the back of thenet respectively for Zizwe.Barcelona displayed an elegant passing
game as they looked to get back into thegame, but Zizwe’s Madikane went on toscore his brace and gave his side a three-goallead. In the closing stages of the game,Barce-lona received a penalty and managed toscore a consolation goal to end the game 3-1.Meanwhile, George Dearnaley’s side The
Magic came from a goal behind to level mat-terswith FCTygerberg in the dyingminutesof the game. Damian Mitchell gave FC Ty-gerberg the initial lead, before GhaalibAvontuur got the equalizer. The Magic thenwent on to claim a 5-4 penalty shootout win.With only one team from the Western
Cape’s third tier eligible to play in the Ned-bank Cup tournament, it means that ZizweUnited and The Magic will soon face eachother to decidewhowill claim the spot in thelucrative tournament. – CapeTownFootballFacebook page
FAST HANDS: UWC Cricket Club wicketkeeper Dean Mazhawidza stumps Isgak Martin of Otto-mans Cricket Club during a WP Cricket First Division two-day match in Surrey Estate on Saturday.The match was eventually drawn. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
HOME SAFE: WP Cubs (under-11A) player Imaad Khan dislodges the bails in vain, asBoland under-11A batsman Shaun-D Wagenaar makes it back safely. The sides met inWP/Boland Day encounter at Boston Primary School in Bellville on Sunday. Province wonby six wickets. PHOTO: CARINA ROUX
DETERMINED RUN: Waghieda Mustapha ofNantes Running Club finishes a 21km racehosted by Mitchell’s Plain Titans AthleticsClub on Saturday. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
Touchline topicsSaturday 29 November
V Paddling: The fourth annual Oxford-Cam-bridge Paddle to Read dragonboat race willtake place at the V&A Waterfront at 09:00.The action kicks off with a school versusschool event, followed by a race between twoprofessional dragonboat racing clubs. The eventraises funds for the Shine Centre, an NPOwhich offers literacy and language support tochildren across the country.
V Triathlon: Triathletes aged six to 18 areinvited to participate in the TribeTri Triathlon –swim, run and cycle – at Slaley Wine Estate inStellenbosch. To enter visit www.tribetri.co.za orphone Audrey on 082 784 6075 for furtherdetails. Also like the TribeTri page on Facebookor follow @TribeTri1 on Twitter.
V Soccer and netball: Tafelzucht Soccer andNetball Club will hold its inaugural presentationat Westridge Swimming Pool from 10:00 until16:00. For further details phone Jeffrey Adamson 082 534 7833.
Sunday 30 November
V Cycling: The eighth Stellenbosch Cycle Tour,formally Die Burger Cycle Tour, will be heldthrough the streets and mountains of theEikestad. A change to the route will see theinclusion of the New Helshoogte Pass toreplace the currently unsuitable Old Helshoogte
Pass – taking the route from 97km to 95km.Entries are now open, with just under 1 000still available. Visit www.stellenboschcycle-tour.co.za and follow the easy instructions toenter online. Entries cost R330 for Pedal PowerAssociation (PPA) members and R350 fornon-PPA members.
V Rugby: Altius Collegians RFC will hold itsannual meeting at Lentegeur High School at10:00. For further details phone RoegshanaPetersen on 083 233 7689.
Monday 1 December
V Street soccer: The Oasis Life Finals Day willbe held at Ottery Community Centre in BruceRoad from 10:00 until 15:30.
Tuesday 2 December
V Running: The Community Chest TwilightTeam Run will start at the Grand Parade. Thejudging for the best-dressed teams will start at17:00; the race starts at 19:00. The cost isR200 per team of four to six participants andR50 for individual participants. Enter online atwww.comchest.org.za. Phone (021) 424 3344.
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V Rugby: Progress RFC is looking for voluntarycoaches for next year’s rugby season. The clubis situated at City Park in Athlone. Anyinterested persons can phone Phillip Riddles on084 382 1264 or Gairo Williams on082 713 9534.
TOO LATE: Westridge Yankees’ Charmel Witbooi fails to tag VOB’s Tarren Daniels during a WP SoftballSuper League encounter at Turfhall Sports Complex on Saturday. Yankees were convincing 12-3 victors.
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SAFE HANDS: Silvertree Baseball Club’s KeeganWatson takes a catch in the outfield during histeam’s Major League encounter against BellvilleBaseball Club at PP Smit Sports Ground on Sun-day. The Southfield team, who have failed to wina match this season, lost 13-3. PHOTO: CARINA ROUX
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Beasts continue unbeaten runSTEVLIN MALGAS
Cape TownAll Stars let yet another derbymatch slip through their fingers whenthey played to a 1-1 stalemate with FC
Cape Town at theAthlone StadiumonFridayevening.Coach Boebie Solomons was left haplessly
looking to the stars as his charges lackedcomposure in the final third to secure theirfirst home victory. The seventh Cape Derbyof the season started off at a blistering pace,with the FC Cape Town outmuscling theirhosts in the opening exchanges. Stars wereshining the brightest in the 40th minutewhen midfielder Zaphaniah Mbokoma gavehis side the lead against his former team.The host took a 1-0 lead into the break as
the African Beasts were left licking their
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tions for the African Beasts, it was SibusisoMasina who found the back of the net for thevisitors to level matters nine minutes intothe second half. The game soon opened up asboth teams searched for the winner and al-though Stars had more clear-cut chances,they failed capitalise on them to regain thelead. Meanwhile, the visitors had theirchances as well, but were denied by the hero-ics of goalkeeper Kyle Peters.With neither side able break the deadlock,
1-1 is how it ended as the two Cape sides add-ed to their draw masters reputation.The result saw FC Cape Town record their
eighth draw in eleven matches, while Starsarenot far offwith sevendraws. –CTFootball