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ATLANTIC SEABOARD residents findthemselves in a “catch-22” as they

consider the desirability of better recep-tion that a cellphone mast will provideversus the health hazards it may present.

Resistance is growing around two existingmasts along the Atlantic Seaboard, and nowresidents are opposing the proposed site of athird. Cell C intends to put the new mast upon the five-storeyRomneyParkHotel andSpain Green Point, and the Green Point Resi-dents’ and Ratepayers’ Association (GPRRA)is taking a stand against it.

“We are not opposed to better coverage, justthe location and possible health risks. Theycould have chosen a more appropriate andhigher building away from residents,” saysBob Goebel, GPRRA chairperson.

The equipment for the mast has alreadybeen placed, despite the fact that the planshave not been approved by council, saysGoebel. Romney Park director Heino Reul-ing says that, had he known the matter was“going to be such a hassle”, he might havethought twice about agreeing to let Cell Cplace an antenna on the roof of his hotel whenhe was approached by the company in 2009.

“We were never even aware that neigh-bours needed to be consulted,” says Reuling,who assures residents that the site is not live,and will remain inactive until council ap-proval is given.

Warren Peterson, who submitted the appli-cation for the mast to council on behalf of CellC, says there are “no health risks involved”with cellphone masts, adding that he has twoon his own roof. In a fact sheet issued by theWorld Health Organisation, it states: “Fromall evidence accumulated so far, no adverseshort-or long term health effects have beenshown to occur from radiofrequecy (RF) sig-nals produced by (cellphone) base stations”,and adds that, “studies have not provided evi-dence that RF exposure from transmitters in-crease the risk of cancer.” But this is littlecondolence for residents farther down the At-lantic Seaboard.

The Camps Bay Residents’ and Ratepayers’Association (CBRRA) are also trying to pre-vent a five-year renewal on a lease for cell-phone masts on the Marine Heights apart-ment block in Upper Tree Road.

Chris Willemse, chairperson of CBRRA,says that, should the revised draft of the Cityof Cape Town’s Telecommunications Infra-structure Policy (first approved in 2002) beput into action, the apartment block mastswill be in clear violation.

“According to the draft, an antenna maynot be within 50m from habitable structures,but here antennas are the same height ashomes higher up on the slopes. There arecomplaints from neighbours that they cannotsleep, and they are concerned over possiblehealth risks.”

Willemse says 51 objections were receivedagainst the renewal of the lease during a spe-

cial subcouncilmeeting.

“The realityon the ground isthat nobody willgive up theircellphones,”Willemse says.“As a communi-ty we have totake a pragmat-ic approach andfind alternativegrounds thatare close to Ma-rine Heightsand also in ac-cordance with the new draft bylaw to solvethe matter.” Camps Bay High School is a per-fect example of where a balance has beenstruck between mast and man, says MicheleHarvey, a governing body member at theschool.

“The mast is on the school grounds, but itis far away from homes and also more thantwo vertical rugby fields away from theschool.

“We benefit from it financially; it helps theschool, and also fits in with the new criteriaset forth by government. It is a win-win situa-tion, as we utilise obsolete land.”

On Scenic Drive, near Clifton, yet anothermast is raising concerns.

“It is a catch-22 position,” says Clifton Bun-galow Owners’ Association chairperson Alan

Berelowitz, who has spoken up about a cell-phone mast on Scout Hall, near Clifton’sfourth beach. The mast has a “negative visualimpact”, Berelowitz says, and is unaccepta-bly close to the residential area.

Berelowitz adds that until conclusive re-search on the matter of possible health risksassociated with cellphone masts yields con-crete results, association members wouldprefer to be on the safe side.

“We do not want to have medical issuesdown the line, and find out in 20 years’ timethat they were not safe.”

The proposed amendment to the Telecom-munication Infrastructure Policy is open forpublic commentuntil 30September, and if thedraft is approved residents will have legalbacking on removing and relocating masts.

Man versus mast

SCENIC SHAME: The cellphone mast near Clifton’s fourth beach is seen ashaving a “negative visual impact”.

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Making their mark in an unfair worldDOES the name Lise Meitnermean anything to you? Proba-bly not. And that just goes toshow how unfair this world canbe.

Lise Meitner made one of thegreatest scientific break-throughs of all time and had towatch powerlessly while thecredit was stolen and she wascheated out of the Nobel Prizeshe deserved.

She was a physicist whorubbed shoulders with Ein-stein and the greats of her time.

For 30 years she worked withthe German chemist, OttoHahn. It was an outstandingcollaboration and she madesure that she and Hahn sharedthe credit for all their work.

But that came to an end in1938 when she was forced to fleeGermanybecauseofher Jewishancestry.

She met Hahn secretly inDenmark and asked him to dosome further tests on the Urani-um atom. Hahn performed theexperiment andwas completelybaffled by the unexpected re-sults. Meitner, now exiled inSweden, studied the results andrealised they had split the at-om. She was able to explain ex-actly what had happened anddo the maths to prove it.

Hahnpublished thepaperbutgave her no credit, despite thefact that she had designed theexperiment and interpreted theresult. She reasoned that Hahnwas working in Germany andthe Jewish contribution wouldnot sit well with the Nazi au-thorities. She thought he woulddo the correction later, whenthings were different.

Hahn never did, and in subse-quent years he played down herrole, calling her an assistant. Infact,Meitnerwas the leaderandHahn followed her suggestions.But he got the Nobel Prize afterthe war and she was left out inthe cold. Her colleagues andsupporters had been scatteredby the hostilities and, as a Jewwho had become a Protestant,she was in a sort of “no man’sland”. No one spoke up for her.

The mistake was never ad-mitted, but in 1966 the womanwho had split the atom and ush-ered in the nuclear age wasawarded the US Fermi Prize.

We all know of Marie Curie,who earned two Nobel Prizes,but there are a number of otherwomen who have made hugecontributions to science, and itis worth remembering themthis Women’s Month.

One of them was the daughterof the poet Lord Byron. Ada,countess ofLovelace,was abril-liant mathematician and creat-

ed the first “computer pro-gramme” for Charles Bab-bage’s wooden analyticalengine. The machine was built150 years later, and it worked!She also recognised the abilityof computers to go way beyondmere calculations.

Another woman, “Amazing”Grace Hopper, was a giant inthe field and was responsiblefor the first computer languag-es.

But it is in astronomy thatwomen have excelled, and to-day, for reasons that are notclear, 40% of astronomers arewomen.

The first of the greats was An-nie Jump Cannon who, in theage before computers, de-scribed and catalogued 350 000stars. She was the first womanto receive an honorary doctor-ate from Oxford Universityand, just before she retired,Harvard finally made her a pro-fessor.

Her star catalogues are stillstandard works in astronomy.Cannon’s work was done in afield neglected by men, proba-bly because it required a hugeamount of plain drudgery.

The modern giant, VeraRubin, also selected a fieldwhere she was unlikely to be el-bowed out of the way by menwith big research grants – dis-tant galaxies. In the process sheproved the existence of darkmatter, the unseen mass thatmakes up 90% of our own MilkyWay and other spiral galaxies.

The nature of dark matter isstill one of the great mysteriesof our universe.

Perhaps it will take anotherwoman to explain it.

A benchmark for women’s safetyCAPETOWNceramics companyZi-zamele have unveiled a uniquebench, aimed at creating awarenessaround the abuse of women, at theFree World Design Centre in thecity.

The bench forms part of the SafeSpaces initiative, a drive aimed atstopping violence against womenand creating safe spaces for themacross the country. Conceptualisedand coordinated by women-focusedNGO Rockgirl, the Safe Spaces cam-paign commissioned several well-known artists and design houses tocreate a bench in their signaturestyle that will be installed in publiclocations across Cape Town. Othernotable artists, designers and ar-chitects involved in the project in-clude Lovell Friedman, Snapp De-signs, Willard Kambeva, Aram Lel-lo and Igneous Concrete.

Zizamele Ceramics receivedR10 000 for its winning proposal to

design and complete two benchesfor Women’s Day, and the companyhas now been commissioned to de-sign another five pairs of benches.Each bench will have a twin in acommunity in need – the Bambana-ni Bench, for one, will be locatednext to the Fan Walk in Cape Town,and its sister bench will be installedat the Football for Hope Centre inKhayelitsha. The Bambanani(meaning “friendship” in isiXhosa)Bench is designed to symbolise thespirit of unity and ubuntu, says To-ni Burton, who founded Zizamele asa job creation project for unem-ployed artists from Masiphumelele.The bench, she says, “carries a mes-sage of hope that together, womenare stronger united than they are asindividuals”.

To learn more about the Rockgirl,visit www.rockgirlsa.org. Zizame-le’s website can be found at www.zi-zamele.co.za.

BOWLED OVER: The Zizamele team show off their colourful work. Front row,from left: Vuyelwa Katshwa, Sisanda Mbana, Toni Burton, Joyce Mfene andSignoria Solontsi. At the back is Songezu Mrwebu. Photo: Supplied

Proud procurement is pivotalRESPONSIBLE procurement

of goods and services is criti-cal to the growth and health ofSA’s economy – and, as such, gov-ernment’s objective of creatingfive million jobs by 2020 – saysProudly South African.

Eustace Mashimbye, chief finan-cial officer of Proudly South Afri-can, says the proper management ofprocurement (which is sometimesthe only opportunity for small en-terprises to interact with big busi-nesses) can help a business maxim-ise its resources.

“Procurement, if used correctly –especially through legislation andsourcing rules – can be instrumen-tal in creating and sustainingmuch-needed jobs in any economy.It is a strategic tool, mostly over-looked when procurement deci-sions are made, and its economicsignificance is often underplayed, ifnot completely ignored.” The big-gest procurement challenge facedby SA companies, Mashimbye says,is the need to vie for local contractswith highly competitive interna-tional counterparts – though thiscompetition is also necessary for ahealthy economy. Other factors im-pacting negatively on sourcing andtrading in local products includethe influxof illegal products and thedumping or under-invoicing of im-ports in SA. The participation of SAin BRICS – an international group-ing of emerging markets compris-

ing Brazil, Russia, India,China and South Africa –will on one hand offer po-tential new markets, butwill also open SA’s bor-ders to more imports,Mashimbye says. Mash-imbye feels it is of greatimportant that the pub-lic and private sectorsexplore ways use localprocurement to their ad-vantage, and says busi-nesses and decision mak-ers need to ask them-selves whether they’recontributing to creatingjobs through their procurementpractices. “It should not just be leftto government to develop and growlocal enterprises. Local manufac-turers continue to take strain, andin some sectors many jobs are lostas companies close down as a resultof the lack of support from local re-tailers. “Price should not almost al-waysbe theonlydetermining factorfor making purchasing decisions.”Mashimbye says the biggest chal-lenge many local manufacturersseem to face is that, despite beingable to compete in terms of priceand quality, they are not even giventhe opportunity to do so.

In a bid to regulate unfair pro-curement practices, Finance minis-ter Pravin Gordhan launched theIndustrial Policy Action Plan 2, de-signed to curb tender fraud andhelp local companies with funding

and policies to improve capacitylevels and competitiveness. Underthe plan, the government will alsobe required to give preference to lo-cal goods and services where possi-ble.

This links up with the codes ofpractice laid out in government’sBroad Based Black Economic Em-powerment policy, which stresses“preferential procurement” in fa-vour of emerging enterprises.

Tying into government’s plans,Proudly SA is developing a data-base made up of local companiesthat produce quality products andservices with a high level of localcontent, environmentally friendlypractices and fair treatment ofworkers. Proudly SA hopes to de-velop the database into the leadinggo-to for procurement in both thepublic and private sectors.

PROUD LOCAL: Eustace Mashimbye, chief financial officer of Proudly South African.

THE finals of the 11th annualMr and Ms Fitness SA Pageantwill be held on Saturday 17 Sep-tember at the GrandWestGrand Arena in Cape Townfrom 18:00.

The pre-judging will takeplace on Friday 16 Septemberfrom 12:00 till 22:00. Of the pag-eant’s 13 divisions, five are fo-cused on dance and fitness.They include the gymnasticallychallenging Ms Fitness, MsPhysique and Mr Fitness forentrants with a more generaldance background, and theCouples division for somestriking aerial feats.

The further eight divisionsare Ms Bikini, Men’s Model,Men’s Model Plus (for largerbuilds), Mr Physique and FigureGirls (for larger builds but notbodybuilders), Women Over 35,Men Over 35, and the newly in-cluded Women Over 45.

Each category consists of tworounds during which contest-ants are judged on their physi-cal appearance, as well as fit-ness and dance.

Winners will go on to competewith fitness fundis from aroundthe world during Fitness Ameri-ca in Las Vegas at the weekendof Sunday 20 November.

There is still time to enter, sovisit www.missfitness.co.za, orcontact Bernadette Beyer on(021) 975-4061 or at [email protected] if you’re interested.

Spectators’ tickets for the fi-nals cost R120 through Com-puticket. Pre-judging tickets areavailable at the door between15:00 and 17:00.

Witness the fitness

BALANCE: Riaan Hiense (left)and Jan Lategaan, both fromBrackenfell, will be taking part inthe upcoming competition.

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This prestigious biennial event, hosted byBoE Private Clients, will take place on Sat-urday 3 September at Leeuwenhof – premierHelen Zille’s home – with all proceeds to bedonated to the Children’s Hospital Trust,which raises funds for the Red Cross WarMemorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Townand for paediatrichealthcare in theWesternCape.

The impressive lineup of artists includesDeborah Bell, Willie Bester, Steven Cohen,Hasan and Husain Essop, Kendell Geers,David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, William Ken-tridge, Moshekwa Langa, Berni Searle, Pen-ny Siopis, Mikhael Subotzky and Sue Wil-liamson, amongst many others.

This year, funds will be channelled to thehospital’s burn unit.

In keeping with this, a number of theward’s brave youngsters are taking part inthe artistic event.

One of these children is William Smith,a 12-year-old boy who lost both his arms af-ter being electrocuted while climbing ahigh-voltage power post to investigate abird’s nest.

After a lengthy rehabilitation programmein the burns ward at the children’s hospital,William has learned to care for himself –and has also become adept at painting withhis mouth and feet.

William will demonstrate his remarkableability to paint along with other burn pa-tients, whose artistic contributions adornartist Kronk’s vinyl collectable toy, whichwill be auctioned at this year’s event.

Incidentally, William – who is from HexRiver near Worcester – now sells his art onhis own website.

The 2011 Art Benefit will be the sixth ofits kind organised by Amanda Bloch, patronof the Children’s Hospital Trust, in collabo-ration with Linda Givon, founder of theGoodman Gallery for Contemporary Art.

The duo have teamed up with StevensonGallery and the Goodman Gallery, now un-der the directorship of Liza Essers, to bring

together the valuable artworks for auction.Since the inception of the Art Benefit in

2003, the eventhas raisedmore thanR14mil-lion for the Red Cross War Memorial Chil-dren’s Hospital.

The 2011 Art Benefit promises to providea spectacular night out with superb art, elitecompany, lavish cuisine and mesmerisingentertainment choreographed by world-re-nowned performance artist and choreogra-pher Jay Pather in collaboration with ac-claimed composer Phillip Miller.

Guests will also be eligible to win extrava-gant prizes, generously donated for the ben-efit evening.

Tickets to the 2011 Art Benefit are availa-ble at a cost of R1 000 per person or R10 000per table of 10.

For more information, or to purchasetickets, contact Amanda Bloch [email protected].

Alternatively contact Tara van Schalk-wyk at [email protected] on (021) 686-7860.

REACH OUT: Earl Fischoff (standing) and artist Kronk help patients Kauthar, Mishka andLisa decorate Kronk’s vinyl collectable toy.

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Muggings no deterrent fornature loving CapetoniansHANRIE BOSCH

AN air of safety and security usually fills thefresh mountain air on a Saturday morningup Lions Head – especially with the presenceof two armed undercover police officers – buthow do nature loving Capetonians feel aboutthe recent spike in muggings at the spot?

The latest mugging happened last Monday, afew metres down from the paragliding launchpad, where another mugging had been commit-ted just 48 hours before (“Two mountain mug-gings in two days”, People’s Post, 23 August). Inthe wake of the crimes, Merle Collins, South Af-rican National Parks’ regional spokesperson,said officers were doing their best to secure thepark, and the police explained the immense diffi-culty of this task. Mark Trust, chairperson of theTable Mountain Forum, presented extensive ad-vice for staying safe on the mountain.

People’s Post took the time to speak to a fewhikers and see what they thought.

“It has been in the back of my mind, but it hasclearly not deterred us from coming to the moun-tain,” says Louisa Crook, taking a walk up LionsHead with friend Ian Howard. “I think they tar-get one person or females more,” Howard specu-lates.

Another set of hikers, coming down the moun-tain, also feel that walking in a group is safe. Hik-er Ahsley Kaine says she has climbed the slopesof Lions Head more than 30 times, and has neverfelt threatened or scared, but adds that she willnever attempt to go it alone.

Following last week’s muggings, Captain EzraOctober, spokesperson for Cape Town Central

Police Station, urged people to take steps to en-sure their safety, and recommended protection,like pepper spray.

Hiker Llewellyn Lloyd, however, argues thatpepper spray on a windy mountain will mostlikely end up blowing in your own eyes.

Monique Gibson, hiking with her family,agrees: “I thought about bringing pepper spraytoday, but it would just perpetuate the problemand make people feel more unsafe and nervous.”

Taking into account last week’s muggings,and copious advice about how to keep safe on themountain, the last thing one would expect to findup there is a lone woman – but Natalie Pollardwasn’t about to be dissuaded from her journeysinto nature.

“I didn’t know the muggings had happened sorecently,” she says. “It makes me a bit scared,but I feel relatively safe as there are so many peo-ple. I could be mugged at any place in town too,and I have not brought any valuables with me.”

Robin Good and Anita Macchr say the latestincidents have left a mark on them, consideringthey also witnessed a mugging last year. “A yearago we went climbing with a group of friends,and two people got mugged basically right be-hind us. It does make you nervous.”

Mary Hernandez, who has been in South Afri-ca for only three weeks on an internship pro-gramme from Venezuela, was excited to explorethe majestic Lions Head, but she and her friendwere shocked when they were told about the re-cent crimes.

“I thought it was safe! It is such a touristy placethat it should be safe!” Hernandez says. Neitherof them were deterred, however, and carried ontheir way.

SAFETY IN NUMBERS: Alex Herzenberg, Ashley Kaine and Llewellyn Lloyd.

FAMILY OUTING: Monique Gibson and her sonCameron. . Photos: Hanrie Bosch MINDFUL: Ian Howard and Louisa Crook.

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A helping hand during RamadaanHANRIE BOSCH

FOR many people across Cape Town, themonth of August is a special time – not

only because it is Women’s Month, but be-cause it is the month of Ramadaan.

During this time, followers of the Muslimfaith fast from dawn till dusk, an age-old tradi-tion that is intended to teach discipline, pa-tience and insight. The practice places greatemphasis on taking stock of your life andcleansing your soul.

Ramadaan gives countless Muslims a valua-ble dose of perspective, as they get to experi-ence firsthand what it feels like to go withoutfood. This is why Bo-Kaap resident MasturahAdams started her Cup-a-Soup programmenine years ago – she wanted to contribute tothose who hardly ever have enough food toeat.

“Staying without food gives you an in-depthunderstanding of what other people gothrough,” she says. “During this time we allrealise how blessed we are for what we have,and it makes us think of others who have noth-ing. “There are many barefoot millionaires inBo-Kaap,” she quips. “Our houses are wortha lot, but a lot of people do not have any money.Especially during the month of Ramadaan,one becomes aware of the plight of the hun-

gry… Knocks on doors for food started gettingworse, and I just felt that I needed to help.”

Asa Ariefdein is one of the many Bo-Kaapresidents who have been receiving soup andfood parcels from Adams and other charitablepeople during Ramadaan. “We would havebeen lost for nine years without this,” shesays, with obvious gratitude.

Another woman, who has been queuing be-fore Adams’s nourishing kitchen at 17:00sharp for the past nine years, says she and herfamily would go “hungry every night” with-out the caring woman’s food. “We thank youvery much,” the resident says.

Working fromatBoorhaanolCentre,Adamsand her helpers have given soup, bread anddates tomore than130people everydayduringRamadaan since the Cup-a-Soup programmebegan almost a decade ago. Each day GaliejaMartin and her helpers take three hours tocook 180 litres of soup, and distribute 80 loavesof bread to anybody who comes by.

Adams says everybody is welcomed, and no-body is judged. “Those in need are not neces-sarily poor. It could just be community mem-bers who are going through though times, likelosing a family member. Everyone is wel-come.” If you are able to donate time or foodto help Adams and her friends in their questto feed the hungry, please call the Boorhaanoloffice on (021) 424-1864.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Galieja Martin givesthree hours of her day during Ramadaan tocook 180 litres of soup for those in need. Photos: Hanrie Bosch

STANDING PROUD: Masturah Adams (wearing black) stands among some of her belovedcommunity, many of whom rely on her for anourishing meal.

THANKFUL: Salaama Latief and Asa Ariefdeinsit outside the Boorhaanol Centre in BoKaapafter receiving their daily meal.

The musings of Tracy PayneARTIST Tracy Payne’s thoughtful exhi-bition, “Muse” – on show right now at theBarnard Gallery in Newlands – comes toan end on 31 August.

“Muse” features a multifaceted set ofworks presenting Djamal, a “beautifulyoung man who offered to pose for Tra-cy”.

The pieces are woven through with thethings Payne gained from the “Shaolinmonks – their strength, beauty and seren-ity, and an attempt, through stillness,meditation and the quiet contemplationof nature, to express something about thepossible healing of the human spirit”.

Call the gallery on (021) 671-1666.

AMUSED: Richard Williams, Suzette BallRoberts and Gavin Mitton. Photos: Supplied

GLITZY: Tracy Payne, Suzette BellRoberts and Chris Barnard.

GREAT ART: Therese Tomes and KellyThomes

APPRECIATION: Pieter Malan, ZanePretorius and Eric Eologwe.

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Cape Town crack downIT has been a busy time for the CapeTown police officers, who tightenedthe noose on criminals in the arealast week.

In just four days – from Monday toThursday last week – CBD officersmade 37 drug-related arrests, 25 shop-lifting arrests, three arrests for theftout of cars, six for theft, one for robberyand four for assault.

Drunk drivers were also interceptedat a Sea Point road block by Metro Po-lice officers on Friday night, and threepeople were arrested for driving underthe influence.

On Friday, the police tackled crimeon the station deck – the transport hubof Cape Town. Captain Ezra October,spokesperson for Cape Town CentralPoliceStation, says thedeck is ahotspotfor muggings and drug deals, especiallyat the end of the month.

While undercover officers nabbedthree people for dealing in dagga andhashish, others handed out a heftyR16 600 in traffic fines at a roadblockoutside the central taxi rank between08:00 and 12:00. Five wanted peoplewere taken into custody after policeswept through the area with a finger-print scanner. One was arrested in con-nection with a case of assault inGrabouw, while another was nabbedfor a house robbery in Philippi. Threeothers were wanted for charges ofdrunken driving, possession of drugsand theft.

On Thursday, officers made a drugbust in the streets of Vredehoek at 11:45.Cocaine with an estimated street valueof R5 000 and R3 500 in cash were confis-cated after two men were searched, andthe men themselves were arrested.

October says the bust was made pos-sible by a tip-off from a community

member, and he commends their in-volvement in the success.

Later on Thursday, at 18:50, under-cover police arrested two people fordealing in dagga with an estimatedstreet value of R3 500 in Long Street. Oc-tober says drug dealers in the area arechanging their procedures as “they areno longer on the streets and loitering oncorners, waiting for customers”.

“Customers phone them directly andarrange meetings to receive drugs.”

The undercover officers got hold ofone of these phone numbers and ar-ranged a meeting to entrap the dealers.

“The men were arrested when theyhanded the drugs over to police in LongStreet,” October says.

All of the suspects appeared in theCape Town Magistrate’s court yester-day, but policewereunable toverify theoutcome of the cases at our time of go-ing to print.

TAXI TORMENT: The Cape Town Taxi Rank was brought to astandstill on Friday when police held a roadblock at its exit. Sometaxi drivers refused to leave the taxi rank, while others leaptfrom their vehicles in protest.

Photo: Michael Hammond

RECORD RUN: A record 16 207 Capetonians took part in the annual charityfamily fun walk, Blisters for Bread, inGreen Point on Sunday. Every step theytook was in support of the PeninsulaSchool Feeding Association’s missionto combat the prevalence of hunger inWestern Cape schools. The event, nowin its 43rd year, is set to raiseR650 000 – enough to feed 1 756 children every school day for a year. Thewalk, which started and ended at theGreen Point Cricket Club, offered threeroute distances – 5km, 10km and18km – and was opened by Cape Townmayor Patricia de Lille.

SUNDAYSUN:Walkersfrom alloverCapeTown enjoyedthe earlyspringSundayand contributedto agoodcause.

Page 6 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition NEWS Tuesday 30 August 2011

THE NEVERGIVEUPS exhibi-tion celebrates the lives of agroup of extraordinary grand-mothers from Khayelitsha, andhighlights the crucial rolegrandmothers play in holdingtogether families and communi-ties across South Africa.

The exhibition, which ends to-day (Tuesday) at the District SixMuseum’s Homecoming Centre, isthe brainchild of South Africanphotojournalist Eric Miller, andthrough his photos he documentsthe strength and love of these “su-pergrannies” in holding their fam-ilies together.

Miller has captured the struggleand spirit of 17 grandmothers inintimate portraits of them andtheir families. The photographsare combined with excerpts fromthe grandmothers’ life stories, doc-umented by award-winning SouthAfrican journalist Jo-Anne Smeth-erham.

Age never gives up

INSPIRATIONAL: These are some of the grandmothers featured in the exhibit.Photos: Eric Miller

GOLDEN OLDIE: Goldie Qayiya (middle) is seen with her family. From left: Nquba Sivuyisiwe (grandson),Angela Sivuyisiwe (granddaughter), Tony the dog, Frederick Qayiya (husband) and Thembela Qayiya(daughter).

WOMAN OF WORTH:Aletta Zangana, farright, is another inspirational grandma whois featured in the exhibition. With her is herdaughter, BabalwaZangana, and grandson Siyavuya Zangana.

BORN TO PERFORM? If you’ve ever dreamed of bright lights, fantasy costumes and performingbefore thousands, then consider trying out for the 2012 Cape Town Carnival. Around 3 000people and 11 large floats will hit Long Street for the parade in March next year, and organisersare expecting even more spectators than the 60 000 who turned out for the 2011 carnival.Auditions will be held in five areas across Cape Town over the next month, and the top groups,as judged by an independent panel, will be selected to participate in the upcoming explosionof colour and sound. To find out more, email [email protected] or contact the CapeTown Carnival office on (021) 4465294/5. Alternatively, visit www.capetowncarnival.com

THE City of Cape Town is refurbishing theStrand Street foot bridge in the CBD, andwork is scheduled for completion by the endof September. Intermittent lane closures inStrand Street, between Adderley andBuitenkant Streets, are required as some ofthe work requires accessing the bridge frombelow. The refurbishment entails installa-tion of new outer cladding, replacement ofall floor tiles and ceiling panels, and a new

coat of paint. As the work depends on theweather, the lane closures cannot be sched-uled in advance. As such, residents areasked to bear in mind that delays are possi-ble at any time during the refurbishment pe-riod. At least one lane open will be kept openat all times, and laneswill onlybe closeddur-ing off-peak hours – 09:00 to 15:30.

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Remember the daysCAPETONIANS will geta taste of musical histo-ry when the District SixHeritage Day Concertswings into the GoodHope Centre at 19:30 onSaturday 24 September.

Jayson King, the mindbehind the concert, grewup in District Six. Havingbeen schooled at Trafal-gar High, King startedpromotions at the age of14.

He first promoted wres-tling at the age of 15 andpresented his first inter-national show with Brit-ish pop Queen Helen Sha-piro, whom he broughtout to South Africa.

Along the way, and hun-dreds of singers, dancersand entertainers later, healso performed at the StarBioscope in HanoverStreet, which was nick-named Cape Town’s Carn-egie Hall.

Regular backing groupThe Big Beats, whichplayed in the exact style ofthe Shadows, backed just about every singerway back then.

The lead guitar player of that band, IvorWagner, who was born blind, later moved tothe UK, where he became a judge in the jus-tice system.

King remembers as clear as daylight someof the names that he presented on stage atthe various venues of District Six, some ofwhom will be back on stage again at the con-cert.

He says Terry Smith, Zelda Benjamin,Carol-Leigh, Blackkurrant and RichardCeasar, Young Ideas Malay Choir and DejaVu were luminaries, and legends in theirown lifetimes.

This production will be backed by The Ri-chard Ceasar Band and several audio visualscreens.

King says it will be an evening to celebrateand remember the artists who endured thehardships of apartheid while trying to earna living as entertainers.

“It is my intention to pay homage and rec-ognise the efforts of some of South Africa’sbest entertainers, whom are only paid trib-ute to once they have passed on.

“This production is designed to remindthe people of Cape Town of an area once andstill loved by thousands who were so brutal-ly and forcibly removed from the city centreby the old government.”

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CELEBRATIONS: Lastmonth, the Honorable Consul of Vanuatu ChristianBrendel, celebrated withhis counterparts and hisdistinguished guest, theNational Day of Vanuatu ingreat style at his CapeTown residence in BantryBay. The Republic of Vanuatu is situated In theSouth Pacific Ocean wherethere are 83 islands located 1750 kilometers east ofAustralia. The island nation is described as one ofthe happiest places on

ALL SMILES: Seen here from left to right: Maren Brendel, Alberta Mayberry from SteenbergConsul General of the United States of America, and Christian Brendel Honorable Consul ofVanuatu. Photo: Michael Kirner

CONTENT: Seen here from left: WarsosumartoHarijadi from Bishops Court with his wife SugieHarijadi Honorable Consul of Indonesia.

HONORED: Seen here from left: Heidi Ashmead from Constantia with husband Geoffrey Ashmead Honorable Consul of the Slovak Republic. Photo: Michael Kirner

CELEBRATED: Seen here from left: Somphassorn Intrasthit and Peter Putschogl fromSeapoint, joined the celebrations .

HAPPINESS: Seen here from left: Jorgen DahlHonorable Consul of Denmark and his wife SonjaDahl from Constantia.

GUESTS: Seen here from left: Silviu Rogobete Consul General of Romania with hiswife Ilana Rogobete from Claremont.

CHEERS: Seen here from left: Dr. Prieur DuPlessis Honorable Consul of Slovenia and Isabel Verwey from Camps Bay.

earth. “Despite the palm trees and the beautiful beaches, life is so good there in the Ringof Friendship as the island is known”, said Brendel. During the celebrations Brendel handedover a generous donation towards the IzivunguVungu Foundation for Youth. Pictured herefrom left to right: Natasha Thunert with husband Volker Thunert from Llandudno, and MarenBrendel from Bantry Bay with husband Christian Brendel Honorable Consul of Vanuatu.

Photo: Michael Kirner

Believing is seeingANDRE BAKKES

“WHAT is reality? Reality iswhatever you make of it,”muses the magician from SeaPoint who made the Voor-trekker Monument disappearlast year.

“The truth is whatever you be-lieve it to be – and I believe any-thing is possible.”

Larry Soffer (28) rolls up hissleeves, opens a black carry bagand presents an ordinary fork.

“We should be more like chil-dren. As a kid, you don’t see theworld through blurred vision.You see beautiful colours.Things look bright. You enjoylife and see it as a game. Youdon’t take things so seriously,”he says while placing the silverobject on the glass table.

“When things become serious,they become solid and more dif-ficult to deal with.”

He moves his hands over thefork in a clockwise direction,moments before it starts to quiv-er disconcertingly.

Common sense and logic mo-mentarily hide as the ordinary becomesextraordinary. Soffer granted People’s Postan hour of his time to speak about a magi-cal world suspended beyond disbelief, buthe managed to warp more than just this re-porter’s reality.

Table Bay Hotel waiters and waitresseshovered around the table in fascination asthe demonstration continued.

Soffer asks one of the waitresses to holdon to the fork tightly. A few moments later,when she opens her hand, the fork is com-pletely twisted around its own axis.

Jaws drop.“You’ve seen it warp over; now watch

this...”He shakes the fork ever so slightly and

– right in front of several sets of stunnedeyes – one of the four tines bends at a 90-de-gree angle.

“What the hell?” asks one astonished on-looker while testing the strength of thebent object.

Soffer persists, “Now I’m going to makeit a little more spectacular for you guys, alittle bit more beautiful...”

He shakes the fork again and – lo and be-hold – the other three tines each bend atvarying angles.

Soffer’s no stranger to entranced gaspsof “No!” and “How?”

“I still get pleasure from what I do, be-cause every night I get to go back homewith a different girl,” he says with tonguefirmly in the cheek.“No, seriously, every

now and again someone changes their lifewhen they see what I do. Some will go, ‘Oh,it’s just a trick,’ which is fine as long asthey were entertained, but if they believeit’s real, then they can create real magicin their own lives. Anything is possible!”

The fifth level magician has come a longway since he first became engrossed inmagic at the age of five. He has performedall over the world in front of many celebri-ties and notables, such as prince Harry,Michael Jordan, Andy Macdowell, TrevorManuel and the prince of Arabia.

“I turned a R100 bill into a piece of paperwhile Trevor Manuel was holding it. Hedropped it immediately in disbelief,”laughs Soffer, before adding that theprince of Arabia got pretty upset with hisown bodyguards when the royal watchmysteriously appeared on the wrist of Sof-fer’s business partner, Gabriela Wiener.

This mind-reading, levitating metalbender won most of his course competi-tions at the College of Magic in Cape Town.

One of the world’s top performers, StanGerson, oncepaidhim theultimate compli-ment when he said: “There is no doubt inmy mind that Larry Soffer will go down asone of the finest magicians of the 21st cen-tury.”

As part of Cape Town’s bid to become oneof thebest cities in theworld, Soffer is plan-ning “something massive” for the end ofthis year. People’s Post ventures that he’sgoing to make Table Mountain disappear.

HANG ON: Larry Soffer has wowed people all over theworld, and has something big in store for Cape Townat the end of the year. Photo: Supplied


Get casualand careSTUCK for something to wear forwork? Then you’ll soon have reasonto rejoice with Casual Day on Fri-day 2 September, which providesone day in the year when anythinggoes.

This wildly popular fundraisingevent is based on the concept thatone can wear anything for the dayas long as one also wears the officialCasual Day sticker, which can bepurchased for R10. The proceeds goto the National Council for Personswith Physical Disabilities in SouthAfrica, Disabled People SA, SA Na-tional Council for the Blind, SAFederation for Mental Health, DeafFederation of SA and Epilepsy SA.

This year the theme is “RockStars” – so “make the world rock inyour suit or your frock!”

Stickers are distributed by theproject’s financial partner, Absa, aswell as Game and Edcon stores anda wide network of participating or-ganisations.Last year’s campaignraised a record amount of just overR18 million, putting the event at theforefront of fundraising for peoplewith disabilities.

Homeless hounds up for adoptionHOMELESS dogs at the SPCA arenot damaged goods, but normal,happy animals waiting to besomeone’s best friend for life,says theCapeofGoodHopeSPCAand Hill’s Pet Nutrition, whohave declared September as DogAdoption Month with their new“No Fun Without Your BestFriend” campaign.

The campaign aims to highlightthe benefits of adopting a dog fromthe SPCA. “There are plenty of goodreasons why adopting makes muchbetter sense than buying a dog”,says Margie Ainscow, Cape of

Good Hope SPCA kennels manager.“Included in the SPCA dog adoptionfee of just R525 is the cost of sterili-sation, vaccinations, de-worming,pet ID tagging and microchipping,which is valued at well overR1 500.”

Ainscow says the campaign willalso work to dispel a number ofmyths about adopting. The mostcommon misconception is that theSPCA does not have a broad enoughselection of animals for manytastes. A quick look at www.spca-ct.co.za/adopt will dispel this mythvery quickly, Ainscow says.

Many also worry that they will be

too upset at seeing so many animalswithout homes, but Ainscow saysthis can easily be solved – potentialadopters can meet dogs away fromthe kennels if they’re anxious.

Marion Falk from Devil’s Peak isjust one among many people whohave found a beautiful friend at theSPCA.

“Toby was rescued by the SPCAinMitchell’s Plainafterhehadbeenkicked in the face, resulting in asplit jaw,” Falk relates. “Despite thetrauma he endured, he had a fight-ing spirit and recovered well aftersurgery. When I met Toby in theSPCA’s adoption kennels, I just

knew that I had found my perfectmatch.

“Today, my home and heart arefilled with love and joy. Every timeI look at Toby I remind myself that,if he could overcome his ordealwith a wagging tail, then I can over-come any challenges life dishesout.” The SPCA and Hill’s sum theirfeelings up with the following quoteby American wildlife luminaryRoger Caras: “Dogs are not ourwhole life, but they make our liveswhole.”

For more information, visitwww.spca-ct.co.za or call (021) 700-4140/4146.

SHOW SUPPORT: The ever popularCasual Day hits South Africa againon 2 September. Photo: Supplied

LOVE AT FIRST BITE: Marion Falk of Devil’sPeak with her rescued labrador, Toby.Photo:Supplied

MAN’S BEST FRIEND: Dimitri Gatzanis and his bestfriend, Basil.

STAR DOG: Western Province rugby star, TimWhitehead with his dog, Josh.


MEDICINE MEN:Dr Ivan Meyer(seen right), MECfor Cultural Affairs and Sport,visited the CapeMedical Museumin PortswoodRoad, GreenPoint, to mark African TraditionalMedicine Weekwith emeritusprofessor JC deVilliers (left),former holder ofthe Helen and Morris Mauerberger Chair of Neurosurgery at UCT. African Traditional Medicine Week, which started on Monday last week and ends this Sunday, puts the spotlighton the tradition of using indigenous herbalism and African spirituality for health. According to a government website, “About 80% of Africa’s population relies on traditional medicine for their basic health needs. In some cases traditional medicine is the only healthcare service available, accessible and affordable to many people on the continent.” Tohonour this, the Cape Medical Museum has an exhibit showing how traditional medicinehas influenced Western thinking. Photo: Lulama Zenzile

In September and October 2011 the City will ask you for input about the Draft 5-year IDP.

The City’s draft plan will be explained and communities will be given an opportunity toparticipate in refining the strategic programmes and/or projects for their areas.

More information is available from the IDP Office ontel 021 400 9811 or fax 021 400 4909 or [email protected]

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QUALITY TIME: The One toOne welfare project, hostedevery year by Jewish organisation B’Nai Brith and madepossible by the hard work ofa number of organisationsand school groups, again heldhigh the torch of care and understanding when it toucheddown at the Good Hope Centre earlier this month. Duringthe event, ablebodied peopleget to spend a day with people who have a mental orphysical disability, sharingexperiences, playing gamesand just generally getting toknow one another.Photo: Supplied

BON APPETITE: St Cyprian’sSchool in the city celebrated all things French with abreakfast of chocolate croissants and hot chocolate,served in the Voorkamer bythe matric French studentsand their teacher Clara Esposito. Among the 76 girlsstudying French with Esposito (centre) are, fromleft: matrics Megan Gunston and Maria Kathurima.

Photo: Janie van der Spuy

BRIGHT SIDE: The Kirstenbosch Lions Club also did their part to bring joy, understandingand balloons into the lives of countless people with mental and physical challengesat the One to One festival. Photo: Supplied

OUT IN THE WOODS: During the annual St Cyprian’s SchoolintheWoods Food Festival,held earlier this month, throngs of people and students let out the love to collect foodfor the less fortunate. The food, distributed in the Villiersdorp farming district by headmistress Pam Syndercombe (seen at the back) and a group of volunteers, will keep a numberof tummies pleasantly full. Seen with Syndercombe and the children’s contributions are,from left: Grade R teacher Lanesse Collins and sixyearolds Hala Parker, Sanah Healey,Holly Brand and Chloe Boswell of the PuddleDucks and TiggyWinkles class.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: TheDeutsche Internationale SchuleKapstadt’s interact club, KIDS,was one of three institutionsawarded the prestigious groupaward for outstanding and continued service to the communityby the Waterfront Rotary Clubon Friday 12 August. The ceremony, which took place at theMetropolitan Golf Club, was attended by Sports and CultureMEC Dr Ivan Meyer (front left)and Peter Swart (front right),president of the Waterfront Rotary Club. Photo: Supplied

NEW BEGINNINGS: Gary Miller takes over the SeaPoint, Fresnaye and Bantry Bay Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association after his election at the association’s AGM. Miller accepts the reins from Aris Vayanos,who remains on the executive committee and is saidto have felt it was the right time for a younger personto lead the association. Miller, who holds a Bachelorof Commerce from Unisa, held positions as audit manager and financial accountant at Bush Kohlberg, an accounting company in Cape Town. Seven years ago heopened his own bookkeeping, accounting and tax consultancy in Sea Point. In addition to his new role aschairperson, Miller will retain the association’s financeportfolio. Photo: Supplied

Grow your market with VOCTHE Voice of the Cape (VOC) radio salesand marketing gurus are abuzz with ac-tivity as details are being ironed out forthe station’s annual festival, aptly calledthe Festival with a Difference.

According to VOC sales manager and festi-val marketing convenor Hassiem Bastra,there is still a lot of work to be done, but theplans are coming along nicely.

“We are now trying to secure corporate cli-ents for the corporate exhibition. This is agreat way to showcase new products or serv-ices within existing organisations, or to evenadvertise brand new organisations and whatthey have to offer,” he says.

“Advertising with VOC through the festi-val is a means of capturing a niche market.This is an opportunity which only comesaround once a year, and organisationsshould make sure they are part of it as theywill gain positive exposure.”

The festival’s corporate exhibition hasbeen tweaked to keep in line with the overalltheme, and the marquee will now be posi-tioned in the heart of the venue.

“We have a 1 400 metre marquee organisedfor this year, and potential exhibitors canchoose between a four-by-four metre stallpriced at R10 000 and a three-by-three metrestall priced at R6 000.

The cost of all the exhibition stalls remainthe same as last year.

“There are 10 four-by-four stalls and 22

three-by-three stalls, as well as 21 three-by-three metre car bays for dealership priced atR2 500 each. We decided to integrate the exhi-bition marquee with the rest of the festival,unlike previous years, when it was on a sepa-rate side of the festival. The area of the mar-quee is also bigger, and we have four mainentrances and exits to the marquee.”

The sponsors for this year include AltiusCape Town Market, Coca-Cola, Market Toyo-ta Athlone and Shafiq’s Travel and Tours.

Eyesave Optometrist is a regular exhibitorat the festival, and said since joining theVOC family the business has definitely pros-pered.

“The festival is a brilliant platform for anynew business to get the word out to people.It is also a great way for older businesses interms of branding and marketing.

“The festival attracts thousands of people,so we benefit from meeting people that possi-bly would never have made their spectacleswith us. It also attracts people from differentareas; we then gain new patients, as we aresituated in areas throughout the peninsula.The festival definitely works for us.”

Florida Foods exhibited their variety offood products at last year’s festival, and thecompany spokesperson, Fatima Allie, saidthey would be supporting the VOC Festivalagain this year.

To get in touch with this unique niche mar-ket opportunity, contact Hassiem Bastra on(021) 442-3503 before Friday 23 September.

Tuesday 30 August 2011 LEADER People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 11

National shameSOUTH AFRICAN musician Art Matthews took ournational anthem to a new embarrassing heightwhen he bungled the words of “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfri-ka” on live TV.

Among the things we hold up proudly as a nationare our Madiba, our democracy, hosting a success-ful Fifa World Cup last year and our national an-them – all truly representative of our kaleidoscopenation.

Every time our national anthem is performed, westand up with pride because it unites us and isuniquely South African, down to its “Uit die blouvan onse hemel” verses.

Art’s pathetic rendition of our national anthemis unforgivable, especially since he is as South Afri-can as skaapkop and braaivleis.

Born Ard Matthews in Durban in 1975, his musi-cal career spans 15 years, from busking on thestreets of London to becoming lead vocalist andfounder of the band Just Jinjer (formerly Just Jin-ger), now based in the United States.

Then, on 23 August, during the announcement ofthe Springbok squad for next month’s Rugby WorldCup, Art put himself and – with the exception of afew (probably) deaf fans – most of the nation toshame when he fumbled his way through the na-tional anthem.

He didn’t even know the opening line of “NkosiSikelel’ iAfrika”.Duringa stormofpublic backlash,one radio listener summed up Art’s artless perform-ance artfully when he said: “They should have tak-en the child from the FNB ad to sing our anthem”.

A good choice, as the little girl knows the wordsto her anthem and sings it confidently.

After his unforgettable forgetting of the words tothe anthem was slammed, Art apologised, saying hewas “utterly devastated, embarrassed and sorry”.

He said he was overcome with emotion andnerves; this after nearly two decades in the musicindustry, performing to national and internationalaudiences. In fairness, it was not asking too muchof an accomplished South African artist to simplysing the words of our anthem with authority andafford it the dignity and respect it deserves.

National anthem anticsTHE National Anthem is the very essenceof our new democracy, and every time itis performed, we stand up with pride be-cause it is unique to South Africans – andthe instruments used to play the tune areunique.

That is how it was introduced and ac-cepted by us, and so it was exported inter-nationally – and any other instruments orway of singing do not give it democraticjustice.

This is the second time that an incidentregarding our national anthem hascaused us hot flushes and embarrassment

when it comes to a solo singer performingour anthem, and one would think that we,who are entrusted with this unique treas-ure, would have learnt by past errors. Asa proud South African I ask myself thequestion, are we going to allow a teenageron a penny-whistle, or later a baby witha rattle, to perform our beloved anthem?I hope not.

Let’s stick to the original instrumentsand have a larger group of our rainbownation proudly and correctly perform thenational anthem as it’s supposed tosound.KEITH BLAKEOttery

YourSMSesRespect your neighbours

. OnThursday, Iwitnesseda bunch of hooligans (schoolkids) between 8 and 11 shout-ing at kids in another bus.The children were using dis-respectful words, and theboys were showing their mid-dle fingers to the others. Par-ents, what are you projectingto your children? It saddenedmy heart, because this is ournext generation.

Trains of thought. Metrorail must tell the

person who blows the whistleto make sure everyone isaboard before they blow it.People are still boardingwhen the doors are closed.Have they no heart?

. Metrorail upgrade? Toomany peak hour trains arebeing cancelled at the cost ofhourly paid commuters beingshort-paid as a result of get-ting to work late.

Who gets to make these de-cisions? Disgusted, CapeFlats

Strike!. As for the municipal

workers’ strike, I get out-raged when I see those buf-foons rummaging throughthe rubbish like baboons.This savage behaviour mustbe crushed, but then the ques-tion is, do we still have a po-lice force? Pat H

. Striking for higher wagesis becoming an annual thing.Instead, strike for lower pric-es to be implemented.

Hot air. To the guy who called an

SMSer names like “airhead”,just pray that you don’t get atyre burst from the differentair pressure that gets inflatedat garages. You’re just a bigmouth. Concerned driver,Grassy Park

. Totally Stumped, in twogarages close to me, I can ei-ther put air or nitrogen in mytyres, so the “old” gent is notsuch an airhead after all.From Peter

By the way. Bring back the Narcotics

Squad. The rehab facilitiesare poor for the unemployed.Nobody is prepared to give arehabilitated drug addict ajob. After trying for twoyears, I am afraid he is goingto go back to stealing anddrugging. Not even his IT di-ploma is helping him.

. We had yellow linespainted opposite our drive-way in our narrow road, butsome folk think its their per-sonal parking bay!

. To the person speakingabout the council outsourc-ing its work: They don’t evencomplete the job and they getpaid.

. To my darling Ghulaab,it’s Ruby wishing you an en-joyable and a blessed Eid.May it be filled with warmthand joy. I wish I could spendthe day with you.

. The article on the healingpower of horses was beauti-ful. Please write more uplift-ing articles that make ourhearts happy. Rachel, Plum-stead

. I applied for a meteredtaxi licence in December2010. They told me it wouldtake three months. They senta letter after the 90 days say-ing my application had beenrejected due to over-trading.Worst of all, the City of CapeTown has not issued permitsfor the last three years. TheDepartment of Transportnever told me about this. Ipaid R300 and got nothing inreturn. I’m still unemployed.I bought my car in October2010 and got my licence inJanuary and my PDP in Feb-ruary. It’s so unfair. Whydidn’t they tell me they wer-en’t issuing permits? Why lieto me? I dare not operate ille-gally. I wonder how manypeople have also been de-ceived. It’s criminal.

. If you have seen or founda ring-necked parakeet,please call 072 373 8328 or theSPCA, or visit www.parro-talert.com. It has been miss-ing since 30 April.

Our journey with GodWE are on our journey to that preciousheavenly land.

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Urgent call for Aegis ex-staffTHANK YOU, Peoples Post, for your articleon the call for ex-Aegis Insurance Compa-ny staff to contact me regarding the pen-sion surplus.

There appears to some confusion,though, with the email address as it was

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Urban dance takes centre stageA CELEBRATION of urban

dance from street to stand-ing ovation promises to leaveaudiences elated when “ColourContrast: Where Worlds Col-lide” spins into the ArtscapeTheatre this weekend.

Directed by Marcus Mabie andLu Jacobs of the Renovatio DanceCompany, the 90-minute produc-tion honours the elevation of ur-ban dance from its street culture

roots to theatre-level profession-alism. A number of fictional char-acterswill give life throughdanceto a story set across two worlds –“Alpha Earth”, called “Walkingin the Footsteps of Legends”, and“Omega Earth”, known as “Col-our Contrast”.

The show runs at the Artscapeon Friday and Saturday at 20:00.Tickets cost R60.

For more information aboutthis year’s Artscape festival,

check out www.artscape.co.za.For ticket bookings, contact Com-puticket on 083 915 8000 or Art-scape Dial-a-Seat on (021) 421-7695. Special prices are availablefor block bookings.

•People’s Post and Artscape aregiving away five double tickets tothe show on Friday night.

. To stand a chance to win,SMS “URBAN” to 34586 bynoon on Thursday.

SMSes cost R1,50 each.

DANCEDELIGHT:An imaginativestoryexpressing thegrowthof hiphopdanceculturehitstheArtscapethisweekend.Photo:Supplied

Get ready for RabinowitzNIK RABINOWITZ will raiselaughs with hilarious new materi-al at Café Roux in the NoordhoekFarm Village at 19:00 on Wednes-day 7 September.

In “Nik Rabinowitz Live”, thelaugh master will explore a host ofnew comedic insights, but will al-so recall some of the old favourite

routines that catapulted him to in-ternational recognition as theworld’s “leading Xhosa-speakingJewish comedian”.

Tickets cost R200, which in-cludes a chalkboard supper. Formore information email [email protected], or call(021) 789-2538 for bookings.

LISTENUP: NikRabinowitzperforms atCaféRouxnextweek.Photo: Supplied

The masculine touchTHE recent popularity of “DivasCape Town” has prompted organis-ers Marmalade Events to host asimilar show with top male singers.

The talented Loyiso Bala, Chad-Saaiman, Alistair Izobell, LuqmaanAdams and James Bhemgee willshare the stage in “Divos” at theGrandWest Grand Arena on Fridayat 20:00.

The musical genres they singthrough will move from dance toR&B ballads – and even opera.

The show also marks the officialreturn of Chad Saaiman to the stagefollowing his traumatic highjack-ing in Gauteng.

Tickets cost between R100 andR180 from Computicket.

. People’ Post is giving awaythree sets of double tickets to seethe show.

To stand a chance to win, SMS“R&B” to 34586 by noon on to-morrow.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Loyiso Bala. THOUGHTFUL: Chad Saaiman.

MASTER OF SONG: James Bhemgee.LYRICAL: Luqmaan Adams.

Meet the music of MozartTHE Musicanti Chamber Or-chestra will perform its nextconcert at the St Martini Churchat the top of Long Street in thecity on Sunday 4 September at18:00.

The programme includes the“Linz Symphony” and the “Sin-fonia Concertante” for violinand cello by Mozart. The viola

part in the original has been ar-ranged for cello by Peter Mar-tens for cello, who will play theinstrument at the concert withviolin soloist Suzanne Martens.

Tickets are R60 at the door;full-time students pay R20 andschool pupils enter for free. Formore information phone(021) 790-5310.

Experience a whale of a taleTHE Jungle Theatre Company’s“The Whale Show” will soonswim into Observatory, return-ing for the fifth time to the upcom-ing Out the Box Festival.

The story revolves around twocharacters on a quest to be likewhales; they discover that theocean is under threat, and get eve-rybody involved in taking care ofthe sea and saving its whales.

“Don’t miss this amazing whaletale for families with childrenaged six and over,” a spokesper-son says. “The Whale Show” isone of many environmentallythemed plays written and pro-duced by Cape Town’s JungleTheatre Company, which usesoriginal children’s and familytheatre as a vehicle for environ-mental, social and cultural educa-tion. The company thanks theL&S Chiappini Charitable Trustand Rolf-Stephan NussbaumFoundation for funding “TheWhale Show” at Out the Box. Theshow will be enacted at the Ob-servatory Arts for a Sustainable

Earth Hub at The Magnet, OldMatch Factory (on the corner ofSt Michael’s and Lower MainRoads), on Sunday 4 September at10:30, Monday 5 September at11:30, Wednesday 7 September at16:00 and Sunday 11 September at14:00. Tickets cost R50 for adults

and R40 for children under 12.Concessions and block bookingsare available. To make a schoolbooking, contact Tahirih Cook on084 873 4711 or at [email protected]. General book-ings can be made through Com-puticket on 0861 915 8000.

MELODIC ESCAPE: The BeauSoleil MusicCentre’s winterconcert seriescontinues withthe return ofawardwinningmusicians DerekFennell (flute)and Sandra Kettle (piano) tomorrow(Wednesday 31August) at18:00. The popular duo willpresent a captivating programme that includes works byJS Bach,Beethoven andCharlesMarieWidor, as well as those of contemporary composer Mike Mower. The centreis at 12 Salisbury Road in Kenilworth. Tickets are available at the door ata cost of R50 for adults, R40 for pensioners and R30 for scholars. For furtherinformation contact Beau Soleil on (021) 7611894. Photo: Supplied

Blunt performs in Cape TownJAMES BLUNT returns to CapeTown to perform at the GrandWestGrand Arena today (Tuesday) aspart of his “Some Kind of Trouble”

world tour. The multi award-win-ning British star will perform anumber of his top hits, including“You’re Beautiful” and “Same Mis-

take”, in addition to tracks off hislatest album, “Some Kind of Trou-ble”. The show starts at 20:00. Tick-ets, priced between R272 and R501,are available at Computicket on083 915 8000 or at www.computick-et.com.

SHARE THE LOVE: Vincent Meyburgh and Unathi Speelman hug Wandathe whale.


Wednesday 31August

SEA POINT: The Un-ion of Jewish Womenwill host a talkbyJas-on Sandler, hypnotistand performancecounsellor, on “ThePower of Our Minds”at Stonehaven, 7 Al-bany Road, at 10:00for 10:30.

An entry fee of R20includes refresh-ments.

For more informa-tion phone: (021) 434-9555 (mornings only).

Sunday 3 September

CAPE TOWN: Themonthly Bo-KaapMarket hits the Bo-Kaap Civic Centre inWale Street from10:00 until 14:00.

You’ll find gifts,clothing for childrenand ladies, scarves,jewellery, bags,crafts, embroidery,crochet, scrap-book-ing supplies andmore.

Monthly attrac-tions include tradi-tional Cape Malayfoods and Indian veg-etarian foods, as wellas savouries and cur-ries and rotis.

Koeksisters, bis-cuits, cakes, tarts, teaand coffee, konfyt,dried fruit and nutswill also be sold. En-try is free.

For more informa-tion call 072 643 0054.

Wednesday 7September

SEA POINT: LadanEshraghi will talk on“The Bhai Faith” forthe Union of JewishWomen at Stone-haven, 7 AlbanyRoad, at 10:00 for10:30.

An entry fee of R20will include refresh-ments.

For more informa-tion phone: (021) 434-9555 (mornings only).

Wednesday 14September

SEA POINT: The Un-ion of Jewish Womenwill host a talk by Si-mon Susman on“Building a Sustaina-ble Branch”, at Stone-haven, 7 AlbanyRoad, at 10:00 for10:30.

Refreshments areincluded with entryof R20.

For more informa-tion phone (021) 434-9555 (mornings only).

Thursday 22September

CAPE TOWN: TheNa’Arot branch ofthe Union of JewishWomen will hostLawrence Anthony,the “Elephant Whis-perer”, at the Fireand Ice Hotel in BreeStreet at 20:00. Entryis R100.

For more informa-tion contact Vanessaon 082 882 3615 or(021) 434-9555 (morn-ings only).

FOR THE BRIDES: YOU Magazine and Huisgenoot have released their first wedding and bridal guide.

THE Table View Toastmasters, who trainmembers in communication and publicspeaking skills, invite everybody to anevening of fun and entertaining speeches atthe Atlantic Beach Golf Club at 18:30 for19:00 tomorrow (Wednesday). The evening’senjoyment costs R85, which includes a deli-cious meal.

A cash bar will be open. For more infor-mation, or to book by today, call Heletia on(021) 531-1805 or 082 883 2873, or email [email protected]. Visit www.tableview-toastmasters.org.za.

Toast yourself

JAMES BLUNT returns to Cape Town to performat the GrandWest Grand Arena today (Tuesday)as part of his “Some Kind of Trouble” world tour.

The multi award-winning British star will per-form a number of his top hits, including “You’reBeautiful” and “Same Mistake”, in addition totracks off his latest album, “Some Kind of Trou-ble”. The show starts at 20:00.

Tickets, priced between R272 and R501, areavailable at Computicket on 083 915 8000 or atwww.computicket.com.

Blunt performsin Cape Town

THE Compuscan Academy will host twobreakfast seminars at the Lord Charles Hotelin Somerset West on Monday and Tuesdaynext week. The topics to be presented are “ABird’s Eye View of Changes in the Commer-cial Regulatory Framework” and “Under-standing the Changing Face of Debt Counsel-ling”.

Then, a free money management workshopwill be hosted on 16 September at Compus-can’s head office in Techno Park, SomersetWest. Anyone who wants to learn how to bet-ter manage their finances and become “credithealthy” is welcome.

To book your seat call (021) 888-6000, [email protected] or visitwww.compuscanacademy.co.za.

Manage your money

THE organisers of the Sunset FirefliesCape Songwriters’ Open Mic Jam Ses-sions are calling all songwriters andperformers in the Mother City to join af-ter 20:00 every Tuesday at Trinity in 15Bennett Street, Green Point. The entryfee of R30 includes a free drink. Formore information, or if you would liketo perform, contact Peter on082 256 7656.

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City woman breaks the iceHANRIE BOSCH

SWIMMING in near-freezingwater is not everybody’s idea

of a good time, but a Cape Townwoman with a fiery determina-tion has shown a commendableability to ignore the cold.

Cecilia Schutte became the firstwoman tobeaccepted into the Inter-national Ice Swimming Associationwhen she braved the icy waters ofthe small Northern Cape town ofFraserburg during the Speedo IceSwim Africa at Nuwedam – and alsobecame the first woman to do an icemile (1,6km).

The very existence of the icy asso-ciation, through which like-mindedpeople gather to brave icy watersbelow five degrees Celsius, mightcome as a shock to many, butSchutte takes it all in her stride –and she’s doing it for a good cause.“I do a lot of youth work, and swim-ming is a vehicle for me to accom-plish my goals in welfare,” Schuttesays.

“During the ice mile, we raisedabout R15 000 for a local school. “Awhole new world of extreme sportsis opening up for women – in whatwas once a purely male-dominatedindustry,” says Schutte, who is up-front with her wry views on the dif-ference between women and men insport.

“We do sport with class,” shesays. “There isnoneed to looseyourfemininity when doing sport. Idon’t see why girls can’t look prettyand do sport.”

Though Schutte was the first

woman to do an ice mile, she saysthere were many women at theevent doing the 600m leg of the race,and hopes that by next year morewomen will join in the mile.

Schutte says doing an ice mile is“99,9 percent about mind over mat-ter, some training, genetics andknowing how far you can push yourbody”.

You also have to train each dayin icy temperatures, come rain,hail, frost or wind.

Not enough?Then consider that there are also

strict qualifying tests that need tobe undertaken before one is allowedto enter an ice mile event.

“We all had to lie in a tub filledwith ice for 10 minutes, a week be-fore the event, to prove that we canstand the cold... It felt like a freakshow because it was held at the wa-terfront in front of a big crowd.”

Then you actually have to swimthat mile – a feat that took Schutteabout 30 minutes.

“The first half of the mile was theworst, and you wonder if you are go-ing to do it, but once you get aroundthat, things go more smoothly. It isalmost as if you become part of thecold… you accept it, in a way.” Sheadds that this is where real mindover matter comes in.

“Your hands get so cold that youfeel like they’re swelling up to thesize of paddles, and eventually youstart feeling like someone is pullingyour fingernails out.”

Schutte admits to being surprisedat the sudden media attention shehas received since becoming thefirst woman to complete an ice mile.“I just did what I did. We [ice swim-mers] do not realise how crazy andabnormal it is that we do.” Schutterecalls an incident that happened

about a year ago, when she realisedthat being an ice swimmer is morethan just a bit unconventional.

“It was a freezing day in Melkbos,and I was going for my normal two-hour swim. On the beach I passedan old lady wearing a pink suit andher poodle. Not long after I startedmy swim, a body boarder came upto me and said the old lady on thebeach had asked him to make sureI was alright.”

As Schutte continued her swim,she noticed an NSRI van parkingnear the beach. “Within a few min-utes, there were five different offi-cial cars parked next to each other,and an NSRI helicopter also ar-rived.

“I thought that something musthave happened to a surfer, and gotout to see if I could help.”

To her shock, the rescuers hadbeen called out by the old lady, whothought that Schutte was about to“commit suicide, or was mentally

deranged”.“That is when I realised that what

I’m doing might not be normal.”The swimmer is setting her sightson more icy achievements – “some-thing more challenging and longerthan an ice mile”.

And, crazy or not, Schutte saysice swimming is about personalgrowth and helping others.

“Ice swimming is about pushingthe boundaries for women in sportand life, and about implementingsocial development programmes.”

It’s not a cheap pursuit, though –Schutte says highly qualified med-ics and boats need to be on hand incase something goes wrong.

“I am constantly looking forsponsorship in order to continueswimming and implementing so-cial development and communityprojects.”

If you can help Schutte in herquest, contact her at [email protected].

IN HER ELEMENT: Cecilia Schutte practises at one of her favourite venues,the Sea Point swimming pool. Photos: Supplied

ODD ONE OUT: Schutte is seen with the rest of the ice mile competitors.

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BEING able to attend one of the province’stop cricketing schools has just become a real-ity for Pinelands resident Jesse Christians.

This priviledge was bestowed on the avid all-rounder when he was awarded a sporting and ac-ademic bursary to attend Wynberg Boys’ HighSchool by the Jacques Kallis Scholarship Foun-dation.

The 12-year-old, who captained a WesternProvince XI invitational team in 2009, startedplaying cricket at the age of six. Both he and 14-year-old brother Matthew – who is equally talent-ed with the bat and ball – were introduced to thegame by a friend of their father, Colin Christians.“At the time the boys were playing mini-leaguebaseball, but they immediately developed a lovefor cricket,” Colin says.

“Jesse has always been playing out of his agegroup, even playing for the under-10 team at theage of six. He has never been afraid, and alwaysholds his own when facing the older boys.”

The leg-spinner, who is also a keen golfer, haswon numerous awards representing both Pine-lands Primary School and Western ProvinceCricket Club (WPCC). He also spent most of thewinter in the indoor nets, as part of the WP un-der-13 winter group; the two teams to representthe province in December are set to be an-nounced in September.

Jesse was also selected for a WP/Boland teamthat toured Dubai last year, as well as a WesternCape under-15 team that toured Malaysia thisyear.

Colin credits the assistance of WPCC juniors’

coach, Charles Fourie, and the D&P Academy fa-cility forhis bothhis sons’ achievements over thepast couple of years – Matthew is also a memberof the WP uner-15 winter squad, and captainedthe WP under-13A team in 2009. “A lot of hardwork goes into training the boys, and the coach-ing of Charles really has shaped them,” he says.

“Many good cricketers come through the vig-orous training – which can be used for older play-ers – set up by these guys. The sad part is thatthey usually lose out on these players, who optto go to cricketing schools and no longer play forthe club.”

Which is exactly what will be happening inJesse’s situation.TheJacquesKallis ScholarshipFoundation was established last year with theaim of combining the academic and life skillsprogrammes of existing school structures withfunding and mentoring support from JacquesKallis.

The foundation and its partners provide talent-ed youngsters from all walks of life the opportu-nity to reach their full sporting and academic po-tential.

Despite being very close, the two brothers willnowbe in rival teams, asMatthewattendsRonde-bosch Boys’ High School. “They will still remainclose – they have already taught each other somuch,” Colin says.

“And this really offers Jesse the opportunityto build his own character and personality – annot be known as Matthew’s brother.”

Jesse is most happy with bat and ball in hand,Colin says. “For now, education comes first, butas long as he can be on a field, he is happy. Wheth-er batting or bowling, he always enjoys thegame.”

Jesse scores another sixJesse scores another six

ALLROUNDER: JesseChristiansfrom Pinelands is heading for thestars.Photo: RashiedIsaacs

UP IN THE AIR: Jimmy Jambo ofKaizer Chiefs flies into battlewith Granwald Scott of Ajax ina secondleg clash of the MTN8 semifinal on Saturday atCape Town Stadium. The finalscore was 11, with Chiefs advancing on the away goal rule.

FULLSTEAM:TarquinCarlsson ofBishopsdrives intoWilliamKeet ofRondebosch during theschools’ under19Amatch atRondeboschBoys’ HighSchool onSaturday.Bishopswere the3712 victors. Photo:Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

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