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With the stench hanging in the air, itis hard to ignore the extent of pollu-tion in the Blomvlei canal at the Vy-
gieskraal informal settlement.Continuous dumping of garbage, night
soil and excess sewerage which has leakedinto the canal has led to many cases of diar-rhoea and dysentery. Two cases of typhoidhave been reported since November.Various constituencies in the City of Cape
Town sat down at an emergency forum to ad-dress the issue at Vygieskraal last week.Due to the health risk the overpolluted ca-
nal currently poses, the City’s cleansing de-partment could not be deployed into the ca-
nal directly and instead relied on heavy me-chanical equipment to lift and remove thelarge amount of debris in the canal.A burnt out car wreck was found nearby
and needed a crane to be removed.Magadien Davids, councillor for ward 48,
says this is theworst state the canal has beenin during his time as the area’s councillor,but he concedes that the extended festivebreak, when the City’s cleaning andmainte-nance staff were away, allowed the rubbishto pile up.Davids says a revised awareness cam-
paignwill need to be rolled out to advise resi-dents of the harm they are causing them-selves when they resort to illegal dumping.“We need to talk to the residents of Vy-
gieskraal informal and formal settlements
to re-educate them not to throw their rub-bishor their faeces into the canal.Thatposesa health risk to everyone in the area, eventhe people who visit the area.“The people in the area are quite nice peo-
ple; it is the visitors who come here and dotheir illegal dumping over here.”Davids confirms that a more intensified
approach to monitoring the levels of pollu-tion in the canal will be adopted.“I will sustain this on amonthly basis and
from here I will get the cleaning departmentwith the officials to back me up to get thiscanal back to where it is supposed to be.”Sophia Barends, a community worker in
Vygieskraal, says children aremost affectedby the pollution and that, combinedwith theextreme heat, has caused quite a few people
to end up in hospital with severe dehydra-tion caused by diarrhoea.“There are still two in hospital; one came
out of hospital last week and another one islying in bed with diarrhoea. The toilets andthe canal are the issue. The people arethrowing their dirt in the canal at night andtheir bins.When they don’t empty their binson a Monday, they then throw it into the ca-nal at night,” says Barends.She says that because of the holidays, the
portable toilets were not cleaned in Decem-ber and a few of the toilets were thrown intothe canal after overflowing with raw sewer-age.“The City must close the canal. Put a con-
crete slab over the canal,” she says.V Continued on page 2.
The Blomvlei canal which flowspast the Vygieskraal informalsettlement is heavily polluted,especially after the festive season.The burnt wreckage of a car wasalso found among the debris.
PHOTO: EARL HAUPT
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FROM PAGE 1Wilmot James, the DA’s shadowminister of health, was called intothe emergencymeeting to help findbetter solutions. He says it stillboils down to the residents’ behav-iour and attitude towards pollu-tion.“What is needed is an innovation
and I have asked theCity’s officialsto talk to us about those innova-tions, because the City’s engineershave beenworking out and findinga device thatmakes it very difficultfor people to dump into the canal.The fences don’t work, because thepeople dismantle them.”He says he is happy that the
City’s engineers have a plan and
has also explored the ideaofwheth-er the canal could be closed with-out impacting the flow of thestream.“What has to happen is intensive
monitoring and surveillance.”He says with the current forum
in place to deal with the issue,there will be a better system inplace to ensure the canal staysclean while fostering a betterworking relationship with thecommunity in order for them tostop dumping their waste.“With problems like this, we all
just need to be really alert in re-sponding and we are doing ourvery best to do so,” he says.
Manenberg police cracked down on un-suspecting criminals in Heideveld on
Friday and arrested seven men on variouscharges.The operation served as part of the po-
lice’s ongoing collaboration with the City ofCape Town’s specialised law enforcementunits.Colonel Sanele Zama, acting commander
of Manenberg police station, says the opera-tion was focused and intelligence-driven.He has applauded the community for com-
ing forward with information and for re-porting crimes. He points out that thisshows the trust being built between policeand the people they serve.Allison Court in Heideveld was targeted
by the police on Friday when they cordoned
off the area to do searches.Sixhomeswere searched simultaneously
due to ongoing complaints of suspicious ac-tivity at these addresses.During the operation, which also saw an
increase in police visibility, stop andsearches led to the arrest of seven men,aged between 19 and 66 years, They werearrested forvarious crimes, likepossessionof 17 packets of tik valued at R800 and oneparcel of dagga valued at R200.Alcohol was also confiscated at an illegal
shebeen which was allegedly contraveningthe Liquor Act.“This type of operation will be ongoing
to ensure the safety of our community andespecially our youth. It is important thattheir safe passage to education is secured;that they have as few distractions as possi-ble,” Zama says.Zama is concerned about parents who
leave their children unattended, which hesays leaves them susceptible to the influ-ence of gangsters in the area.“Policing does not start at or with the po-
lice. In reality, it starts with every parent.Parents need to know where their childrenare and who they are with.“There are many influences within the
community. These influences become real-ity when there is no parental supervisionand children do not know whom to turn towhen they need help.”V Anyone with information on crime in the Manen-berg policing precinct can call the police on021 699 9400 or Crime Stop on 0860 010 111.
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Residents in Athlone are in for a specialtreat this weekend as the popular Con-
certs in the Park event heads to Nantes Parkon Sunday.
The free concert, which starts at 15:00, willshowcase the local talents Jimmy Nevis, theRudimentals and Sweet Resistance.
Concerts in the Park, now in its sixthyear, brings local performers to publicparks around the city to entertain residentsin free concerts for the communities wholive close to the parks.
The initiative grew to such a degree thatthe current programme had to be extendedfrom November to April to incorporateparks in Bellville (Jack Muller Park), Wyn-berg, Khayelitsha and Gugulethu.
These additional venues will make it pos-sible for thousands of Capetonians from allsuburbs to experience the outdoor perform-ances for the first time.
Local support actBefore the main event on Sunday, the
Bridgetown Theatre Company (BTC), in as-sociation with Pulse Entertainment, willprovide the local support act at 13:00.
BTC will feature the youth band theYoung Visitors and with their all-femaleyoung singing sensations Tanya Johnson,Jesse Simons and Zoe Daniels. All theseyoung performers are from Bridgetown,Heideveld, Kewtown and Athlone.
More than 200 000 visitors have attendedthe various concerts over the last five years.The initiative is officially supported bymayor Patricia de Lille.
“The vision for Concerts in the Park is tofoster community building. The fact that
these hugely popular concerts are free andhosted in public parks means that peoplefrom all backgrounds can come together toenjoy them,” she says.
“These concerts feature some of the fore-most musical talent in the country andbring thousands of people to the City’s pub-lic parks. This initiative has enjoyed muchsuccess and has been a lively addition toCape Town’s event calendar for the past fiveyears,” says Belinda Walker, mayoral com-mittee member for community services andspecial projects.
“ Increasing the positive use of our public
spaces is something we as a City strive to-wards.”
Now, Concerts in the Park has also be-come affiliated to environmental education.Two organisations akin to the concert ve-nues are Seed and South African environ-mental and education projects (SAEP).
Seed’s programme has made a contribu-tion through its hands-on “grow-it-yourself-feed-yourself” educational programme toresidents of Mitchell’s Plain. SAEP, in-volved in several community programmes,is similarly making a contribution to the up-liftment of lives in Philippi.
Athlone residents will enjoy the free music performances of Concerts in the Park this week-end. More than 200 000 visitors have attended the series of concerts across Cape Town sinceits inception six years ago.
Pinelands police are appealing to mem-bers of the public to help them identifythe body of an elderly coloured male(about 50 to 60 years old) that was dis-covered along the railway lines be-tween Pinelands and Hazendal stationson 30 October.
He was wearing a navy blue t-shirtand black track pants with no shoes atthe time.
It is believed that he died from a seri-ous head injury due to a train-relatedincident.
Anyone with information related tothe incident or who can help in identify-ing the deceased can contact the investi-gating officer on 021 506 2118.
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The Cape Town Connect launch last year wasa huge success, and the next fresh dose of in-spiration and the opportunity to networkwith top professionals is on its way.
The event will take place at NooitgedachtEstate in Stellenbosch on Tuesday 5 Februaryat 15:00. Guests can look forward to qualityentertainment and an exciting guest list.
The objective of Cape Town Connect is topromote networking between businesses andthe event management and entertainment in-dustry. It aims to forge new, sustainable con-nections and stimulate joint business for ev-eryone’s benefit.
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Manenberg’s police chief, Colonel SaneleZama, has reiterated the police’s stance
on crime in and around the area they serve.Zama is acting as the police station’s com-
mander while Colonel Hendrie Hugo recov-ers from injuries sustained in a recent caraccident (“Residents protect police”, Peo-ple’s Post, 8 December 2015).
In a statement, Zama says he has beentold of the notorious gang violence withinManenberg policing precinct and has beenwarned of the violence that can turn deadlyin parts of the area.
“Last year, the precinct was extremelyquiet and the gang activity contained. Thiswas due to two factors – there was the con-tinued, integrated operations targeting hot-spots and high flyers and the sector manag-ers tasked to address social or underlyingfactors that contribute to a generation ofcrime in the hotspots.
“The other, and most important, factor isthe community participation. This was vi-tal for the stability of crime.
“The result was powerful. Our youth hadthe opportunity to concentrate on schoolingand their studies, which resulted in matric-ulants achieving good pass rates.”
Zama is grateful to teachers for their sac-rifice and for ensuring a safe passage for pu-pils, so that they could achieve such out-standing results. He singles out ManenbergSenior Secondary School as one of thestand-out contributors.
“We have started the new year with a fo-cus on the youth and making good deci-sions. We hope to run activities that will en-courage our youth in taking a stand against
crime.“This year holds new challenges. I want
to ensure the community that we are stillcommitted to serving them, ensuring thatcrime is eradicated. I askyou, the communi-ty, to continue to support us in reportingcrime and reporting all illegal activity thatcould compromise the safety of the commu-nity and to make all neighbourhood watch-es active.
“I will ensure that all crimes are treatedwith the utmost priority and complainantsare kept updated on reported matters.”V Manenberg residents are urged to call Zama directlyon 021 699 9480 with any service delivery issues,which he says he will attend to.
PEOPLE'S POST | ATHLONETuesday, 26 January 20166 ENTERTAINMENT
Kramer’s music honours D6Fifty years after the destruction of DistrictSix, David Kramer has assembled a tal-
ented cast to pay homage to the vibrant cul-ture that once defined the area.Over 60 000 residents were relocated from
District Six in the 1960s after it was declareda white group area. A way of life was de-stroyed. Today hardly anything remains ofwhat was once a thriving, densely populat-ed, multi-ethnic and multicultural commu-nity.Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre, lo-
cated in District Six, will pay tribute to theplace and its people withDistrict Six – Kana-la, a musical directed by David.While previews start onTuesday2Februa-
ry already, the show will enjoy its premieronThursday 11 February, exactly fifty years
after the 1966 declaration.David, who together with his theatre part-
ner Taliep Petersen created hugely success-fulmusicals, likeDistrict Six,Fairyland andKat and the Kings, will celebrate the vibrantmusical culture found in the streets, halls,hotels, clubs and bioscopes of 1960s DistrictSix.“Kanalawill be myway of celebrating the
memory of some of the amazing talents fromDistrict Six that I met and worked with overthe past three decades,” he says. “People likeTaliep, Salie Daniels, Cyril Valentine, BillyJaftha, Dougie Schrikker, Al Hendricks,ZaynAdam aswell as Richard Rive andVin-cent Kolbe.”These stalwarts shared their recollections
of Distric Six with David, but a new genera-
tion of stars will bring their stories to thestage.The cast includes Loukmaan Adams,
Bianca le Grange, Carlo Daniels, EdithPlaatjies, SneDladla, NatashaHess andCleoRaatus.They will be accompanied by a six-piece
live band under the leadership of saxophon-ist DonVinoPrins and the guidance ofmusi-cal director Alistair Izobell.Tickets for the preview performances
from Tuesday 2 to Wednesday 10 Februarycost R130 each when booking through thebox office on 021 461 4554. Tickets for the restof the run are available at Computicket.V People’s Post wants to hear about your memoriesof District Six. Send an email to [email protected] tell your story.
A young castwill pay homageto the culture of1960s DistrictSix in DavidKramer’s DistrictSix – Kanala atthe FugardTheatre. Alexander Sinton High School in Ath-
lone will host a dramamini-festival onSaturday, while Cedar SecondarySchool’s turn, in Mitchell’s Plain willhost it on Sunday.The search is on for the best drama
talent in the province for the sixth an-nual Zabalaza Theatre Festival whichtakes place in March.The festival hopes to have another
jam-packed line-up to showcase someof the most outstanding talent from inand outside the province.The final weekend for the search
takes place at Guga S’thebe in Langaon Saturday 6 February and ZolaniCentre in Nyanga East on Sunday 7February. Entrance is free.From the participating productions
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Reckless road users beware.The City of Cape Town has mobilised
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members will focus on enforcing the lawand tracking suspects wanted for crimesand outstanding warrants.The unit was initially deployed in Ath-
lone onThursdaynight andhadanother carcheckpoint in Belhar.During the operation, 387 cars were
stopped. Drivers were screened for alcoholwith six drivers being arrested for drunkdriving. One driver was arrested for sixdrunk driving cases, another driver was ar-rested for reckless and negligent driving,while one person was arrested for resistingarrest. A taxi was also impounded.A further 147 offences were charged at
various points throughout the area.122 vehicles exceeded the speed limit in
Klipfontein Road during the operation,with the highest speed being recorded at145km/h. 202 vehicles overstepped the legalspeed limit on Jakes Gerwel Drive, with thehighest speed clocked at 154km/h.There were also infringements in Stik-
land, with 87 vehicles speeding, the highestspeed being 148km/h.The unit will work with the traffic servi-
ces ghost squad from time to time, with aninvitation also extended to the police to jointhe initiative.The unit will be responsible for road-
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but in recent years our services have beenstretched by an increasing workload. Theresult is that we have not been able to haveas many roadblocks as we would like. Thisunit is a step towards rectifying that situa-tion,” says JP Smith, mayoral committeemember for safety and security.
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Destructive gale-force winds have beenlashing Cape Town the last few weeks
and have had residents living near Krom-boom Park especially worried.
The park’s eucalyptus trees which line thepark now pose a serious safety threat after
one of the overhanging branches got blownoff by the vicious south-easter.
No-one was injured, but concerned resi-dent Peter Cornelius says that it is an acci-dent waiting to happen.
“A large branch of a tree situated closeto the play area of Kromboom Park (border-ing Kromboom Road and Jan Smuts Drive)broke off and fell due to the heavy wind.
The tree is quite old and bulky. It is also situ-ated right above the public toilet, which itnarrowly missed.”
Cornelius believes there are other similar-ly sized trees in the park which “will followthe same fate”.
“It is the residents’ concern that when thishappens again it might injure someone orcause a fatality. It is our hope that the Cityof Cape Town would fell the trees.”
He says the park does not have a fencearound it.
Magedien Davids, councillor for the area,says it is up to the City of Cape Town’s parksdepartment to fell overgrown trees. He hasbeen in constant contact with them to main-tain the area.
“The parks department will come and in-vestigate what has to be done with the re-maining trees – to cut it off or remove it.
“As a councillor for the area, I do not wantto remove trees, but it is up to the depart-ment to find the way forward. But I will han-dle it from my side,” says Davids.
Branches lie sprawled across Kromboom Park after gale-force winds wreaked havoc across theCape Peninsula last week.
PEOPLE'S POST | ATHLONETuesday, 26 January 201610 LEADER
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Save water! The message over the last couple of monthshas been clear – some parts of the country are facing adrought and dam levels are low, we need to save water!In Cape Town the City imposed strict water restric-
tions, even going as far as promising fines for householdsand businesses that don’t save at least 20%. The latter hasleft a bitter taste in many a household, especially thosethat have been living water wise before the water restric-tions were imposed.If you’re alreadynot openinga tap towateryourgarden,
recycling your bath water into the flowerbeds after thewhole family shared the same bath, catching the first fewdrops of cold shower water in a bucket to use for cleaningthe dishes later, keeping the swimming pool just fullenough so the pump can run or implementing any of theother creative water savings Capetonians have come upwith, then what more can you do to save?Water wise or not, we don’t realise howmuch water we
use (and let go towaste) on a day-to-day basis until unfore-seen circumstances force us to live off only bottled waterand our swimming pool (for those lucky enough to haveone) for at least a few days.It’s only once you start counting the litres to fill the
sink, boil the kettle, flush the toilet, not to mention usein your daily hygiene routine and for drinkingwater, thatreality sinks in andyou realisehowmuchyourhouseholdconsumes – not saving as much as you thought you did.And thenyou start thinking of those feeling the drought
at its worst, those who have to live out of a bottle for daysat a time or those whose permanent living conditionsdon’t include running water in their homes.The fact is, water is a precious resource and if we don’t
try to save more, we are in line to suffer more.So next time, before you open a tap, think... And keep
living water wise even after the rains have come and thewater restrictions have been lifted.
Great service to street peopleI wish to respond to People’s Post’sarticle and express my gratitude for theservice offered by the social developmentdepartment’s social outreach team whoprovided exceptional service in Rosebankover the festive period.
They were available each time I loggeda request and always followed uptelephonically. I was on hand twice, asthey helped Moses Manus (“Sakkie”)access medical help – once via ambu-lance and once by car, to two differentmedical facilities (Hanover Park DayHospital and Victoria Hospital inWynberg).
When he found the Schaapkraalshelter “too noisy”, he dischargedhimself and returned to the quiet of
Rosebank. He was then allocated a placein the Wynberg shelter, but again theallure of Rosebank was too great.
By now, he had used up his sixallocated interventions (if not more) bythe social development department. NowI have understanding why this ruleapplies – think ambulance, time, shelter,transport – all paid for by the taxpayer.The next resort is to call the City’s lawenforcement department if a by-law isbeing broken, or in this case, trespassingis occurring.
I felt truly mean doing this, and wasglad not to witness his removal. Myoveractive imagination saw him mur-dered by gangsters in Pollsmoor andsuffering all sorts of other awful disas-
ters – all because of me.A week later, there he was, filthy as
always, with his toothless smile, hangingaround outside Rustenburg Pharmacy.No hard feelings from his side – I was sorelieved to see him, I almost huggedhim.But the boundaries have been set. The
last time seen, he had settled close to thebead sellers on Park Road.Sincere thanks to Ruweida Lakay,
Randall Brown and Fundiswa Phillips-Mdini, supervisor: reintegration socialdevelopment and early childhood devel-opment for their concrete assistance, aswell as in their help in explaining theCity’s policy to me.
GILL LANHAM
Is municipality exemptfrom water restrictions?On Monday 18 January I walked mydogs in Kalk Bay. I saw the garden atDanger Beach, as well as the garden bya parking lot further into Kalk Bay,being watered at 09:10. The gardenersaid the municipality paid extra to waterthe gardens. At Danger Beach, he waswatering the grass.
From the City of Cape Town’s web-page, on Cape Town’s water restrictions:“Watering (with drinking water frommunicipal supply) of gardens, flowerbeds, sports fields, parks, lawns andother open spaces are allowed only onTuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for amaximum of one hour per premiseseither before 09:00 or after 16:00.”
Is the municipality exempt from waterrestrictions? Does it not apply to thembecause they “pay extra”?
Is watering a garden to make it lookpretty for tourists that important; moreimportant than conserving water forliving purposes?
JEANNIE COLLARD,Email
Belinda Walker, mayoral committeemember for community services andspecial projects, responds:
We thank the letter writer for bringingthis to our attention and we will certain-ly investigate the allegations.
Since the level 2 water restrictionswere adopted by the council on 1December 2015 and implemented acrossthe city on 1 January, the City’s parksdepartment has communicated theserestrictions widely to departmental staff.Implementing these water restrictionshas required extensive adjustment of thedepartment’s work schedules and,consequently, extensive engagement andeducation of staff and users.These efforts are ongoing as we try to
bring all of our maintenance work inline with the water restrictions.We fully appreciate the seriousness of
Cape Town’s water situation and areworking hard to adjust accordingly andseek out sustainable solutions for ourwater needs.
Cops can’t judgedrunk driversIt is high time that we stopped blamingdrunk drivers for the road carnage. Asan ex-policeman Keith Blake should bewell aware of the pitfalls of a policeman’sobservations (“Drunk drivers are murder-ers”, People’s Post, 19 January).Policemen and witnesses are not
qualified to make such judgements andthat was why it became mandatory to doblood tests. The fact that the forensicsteams are unable to do their job in atimely fashion is the fault of the justicesystem. Penalising and jailing someonewho isn’t actually guilty of an offencecould lead to the policeman being sued.Statistically, one is much more likely
to be killed or injured by a sober driverthan a drunk one. Today the majorcauses of accidents are inattention,drivers texting and other distractions,according to American statistics. Not thered herring of so-called drunk drivers.
It is high time that society stopsblaming drunk drivers who haven’tactually had an accident and focused onthose who are the real problem.
BRIAN HOARE,Plumstead
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When Philani Dladla cracked open hisfirst book – a heavy political read – he
had no idea he’d one day become a publishedauthor himself.As a 12-year-old boy reading The Last
White Parliament by F van Zyl Slabbert, healso had no inkling of the journey he wouldhave to endure to write his own book.It was this journey that Dladla recently
shared at the Big Issue breakfast, and hiswork to inspire others to start reading.The regular breakfast event is used to
raise funds in support of the magazine.Dladla spent years sleeping under the Nel-
son Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg,trapped in drug addiction. It was his love forbooks, inspired when he was 12, which ulti-mately saved him.
His first book was a gift on his birthdayfrom his mother’s employer. Growing up inrural KwaZulu Natal, Dladla could hardlyspeak English when he was given that book.But he poured over it, intent on understand-ing it and unlocking the promise of morebooks. The book collection of his mother’semployer was later left to him.In his early twenties, Dladla worked as a
health caregiver. But the freedom that camewith the pay cheque sawhim experimentingwith drugs. His addiction spiralled out ofcontrol, and he started selling his posses-sions to buy drugs.“Drugs changed my life. I depended on
them. I could go days without eating, but Icouldn’t go four hours without drugs. I soldmy things and eventually, when I couldn’t
pay my rent anymore, I was kicked out ofmy place,” he says.The only place Dladla felt he could go was
the bridge, where he lived with other drugusers. “Living on the street is dangerous.People fight over simple things. You see peo-ple dying from drugs,” he says.But he managed to hang onto his books,
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them to passing motorists with prices deter-mined by how good each book was.“I had nothing left. All I had were my
books. I had to work with what I had.”One day, Dladla was spotted by a young
filmmaker,whoproduced a documentary onhis “mobile bookshop”.
“It shared my story. By that time I wasninemonths clean and running a soupkitch-en for my friends living under the bridgewith the money I would have spent ondrugs,” he says.The documentary spurred an influx of do-
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When Iwas living on the street Iwouldwritedown everything that happened. hoping oneday someone would come and publish it.”“But I didn’t write it to make money. I
wrote it to tell the story. I’ve always lovedtelling stories and, even in the hard times,putting a smile on someone’s face usingbooks.”
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Athlone A’s finish offSilvertree in baseballSEAN CAMPBELL
Effective pitching for the Ath-lone A’s by South Africansquad pitcher Carl Michaels
helped to set up his team’s demoli-tion of Silvertree 18-0 at Groene-wald sportsfield in Southfield.Dean Jacobs, also a national
pitcher, started thepitching for Sil-vertree.Although he conceded 8 hits in
his sixth innings, the score was on-ly 3-0.It was Silvertree’s bullpen that
could not keep the others’ bats atbay. Dayton Williams relieved Ja-cobs for 2.1 innings and conceded11 hits and 15 runs. Keenan Fishergot the last two outs for Silvertree.The top A’s hitters were Ricardo
Siljeur (2-2), Darren Wedel (5-6),Faizel Moosa (3-6) and Lloyd Stev-en (2-5), which included a homerun.A’s left 15 runners on base with
Silvertree making 5 errors.
Crusaders don’t give upThe youthful Crusaders baseball
sidepulledoff a surprise 3-1 victoryover the much fancied VOB intheir major league fixture at Rooi-krans sportsground on Saturday.Grant Robertson (6 Inn) and
Michael Scritten (3 Inn) (bothformer Crusaders players) sharedthe pitching duties for VOB. Theygave up seven hits, one walk andtwo hits by pitch while fanning six
of Crusaders’ batters.Kyle van der Ross andNeilWilli-
ams (both 2-4) batted well for thewinners.VOB only managed to record
four scattered hits off Crusadersstarting pitcher Ashwyn Kleintji-es, who shared the duties withCameron Fortuin.Between them they gave up sev-
en walks and struck out five bat-ters.VOB scored their only run in the
second innings, with Crusadersscoring two in the third and one inthe fifth inning. VOB were unableto capitalise on the seven walksthey received. Both teams left sixrunners on base.VOB again chose to go into the
gamewithout SA squad pitcher Ja-son Theys.Crusaders are now levelwith Sil-
vertree with four points. VOB re-mains on 16 points.
Bothasig finish Bellville offGrand slam home runs in the
fourth by Brett Willemburg and byNicholas Eagles in the ninth in-ning helped Bothasig beat archriv-als Bellville in the top of the tableclash at the PP Smit fields in Bell-ville on Saturday.In this game there were 13 na-
tional players – seven for Bellvilleand six for Bothasig.Bellville opened the scoring in
the first inningwith a home run byAnthony Phillips to go up by two.
Bellville scored a further two runseach in the second and fourth in-nings.Bothasig score one each in the
third and fourth before Willem-burg’s grand slam in the fourth in-nings. At the end of the fourth thescore was tied 6-6.In the sixth innings Bothasig
scored a further four runs, includ-ing a home run by Kyle Botha totake a 10-6 lead.In the top of the ninth innings
Eagles came to bat for left fielderTyrone Milne and smashed hisgrand slam off a pitch by RussellOlivier to give Bothasig a winningscore of 14-6.Bellville’s best hitters were Phil-
lips (3-5) and Josh Halverson (2-4).Eagles (1-1), Willemburg (2-4) andBenji Smith (3-4) were tops forBothasig.The victory sees Bothasig on top
of the league with 28 points. Bell-ville and Athlone have 26 pointseach after 17 games.
HEAD TO HEAD: Vuyani Ntumbukana of Shockwaves (left) andRobert Solomons of DG Orient in a tussle for the ball during a thirddivision league game played at the Greens in Manenberg on Saturday.The match ended in a 1-1 draw. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
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Athlone’s Glenthornrun to top againJOSEPH PILLAY
There seems no chance to stop a high-flying Glenthorn A’s side fromclinching their fifth consecutive
league crown this season.They beat an improved, though young
and inexperienced, Normies outfit 7-0 ina Cape Town Softball Association superleague match at Turfhall stadium on Sat-urday.
Glenthorn still boast an unbeaten runto date and top the table with 39 pointsafter 13 games. Their three-prong coach-ing team of Deon Kerchhoff (technical),Steven Rodkin (head) and Wayne Lakay(assistant) can reliably believe that nei-ther Falcons nor Westridge Yankees(placed second and third on the log re-spectively) will be able to stop Glenthornfrom annexing league honours again.
Nevertheless, in Normies’ five turns atbat, they did manage to get onto a base
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bagger and could have scored her side’sonly run, but decided in haste to take onthe arm of left outfielder Carla Swane-pool. She was put out by catcher CindyDavids before reaching home plate.Lisa Erasmus led the pitching attack
for Glenthorn. She pitched a steady gamewith a well marshalled field that assistedher. Good catches in the outfield by Deid-re Sasman, Swanepool and Jean Bell andexcellent fieldingby third-base fielderAs-trid van Kresteren and fellow infieldersAlex Fortune, Nicole Kannemeyer andCourtney Stevens meant Normies nevergot their act together with the bat.. In the other super leaguematchesWest-ridge Yankees beat St Martin’s 3-0 whileFalcons recorded a 10-3 win over Tanta-sport. Kenfac Phillies beat VOB 9-5.
DREYER TAKES A STANCE: Quintin Dreyer of Victoria Cricket Club sweeps during the WPCricket Association premier league match against Cape Town Cricket Club at Chukker Road onSaturday. Vics lost the two-day match by two wickets. PHOTO: PETER HEEGER/ GALLO IMAGES