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An empty plot in District Six has become home to a handful of informal shacks. But the settlement is rubbing salt in the wounds of beneficiaries who have been waiting years to return home, says District Six Working Committee chairperson Shahied Ajam. “It shows how everyone is ignoring re- dress,” he says. “What impression does it create when the land earmarked for restitution is not even being safeguarded?” The ease at which informal settlements can spring up on the land has been highlight- ed by various threats of occupation by com- munity organisations, Ajam says. However, resident Melissa Morris says she has been living on the land for several years and is aware that it has been ear- marked for claimants. “They can’t go against their word. If they give the land to claimants we’ll have to find another place to sleep. But we don’t disturb the neighbours and they don’t bother us,” she says. Regional Land Claims commissioner Michael Worsnip says securing the site falls to the City of Cape Town. “The City is the present owner of the land and is responsible to keep it clear of informal dwellers and invaders on the land. The Dis- trict Six Community Forum was constituted to look after the safety and security of the returnees in the area and is made up of peo- ple currently living in District Six,” he says. The District Six Reference Group oversees the orderly integration of District Six benefi- ciaries through its social integration team, Worsnip says. Richard Bosman, executive director for safety and security, says the City’s law en- forcement teams conduct regular patrols in the area. These efforts are supplemented by patrols by the local neighbourhood watch, Worsnip says. However, Ajam is calling for the Land Claims Commission to step in and secure property intended for claimants. “The government wants the world to be- lieve District Six is sacred ground, but it’s not looking after District Six. At this rate, there will be nothing left for claimants,” he says. Local celebrations for World Belly Dance Day was held on 9 May at Gardens Commercial High School. Live belly dance performances by 26 studios and 211 dancers raised R18 000, which will be donated to Rape Crisis Trust. This is the seventh consecutive year the event has taken place. The belly dance community has raised R100 000 for charity. PHOTO: RUBY RED DOOR PHOTOGRAPHY Belly dancers fly on stage in local celebration
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An informal settlement on restitutionlandhasbeneficiarieswith theirhandsin their hair.
An empty plot in District Six has becomehome to a handful of informal shacks. Butthe settlement is rubbing salt in the woundsof beneficiaries who have been waitingyears to return home, says District SixWorking Committee chairperson ShahiedAjam.“It shows how everyone is ignoring re-
dress,” he says.
“What impression does it create when theland earmarked for restitution is not evenbeing safeguarded?”The ease at which informal settlements
can springupon the landhas beenhighlight-ed by various threats of occupation by com-munity organisations, Ajam says.However, resident Melissa Morris says
she has been living on the land for severalyears and is aware that it has been ear-marked for claimants.“They can’t go against their word. If they
give the land to claimants we’ll have to findanother place to sleep. But we don’t disturbthe neighbours and they don’t bother us,”
she says.Regional Land Claims commissioner
Michael Worsnip says securing the site fallsto the City of Cape Town.“The City is the present owner of the land
and is responsible tokeep it clear of informaldwellers and invaders on the land. The Dis-trict Six Community Forumwas constitutedto look after the safety and security of thereturnees in the area and is made up of peo-ple currently living in District Six,” he says.TheDistrict SixReferenceGroupoversees
the orderly integrationofDistrict Six benefi-ciaries through its social integration team,Worsnip says.
Richard Bosman, executive director forsafety and security, says the City’s law en-forcement teams conduct regular patrols inthe area.These efforts are supplemented by patrols
by the local neighbourhood watch, Worsnipsays.However, Ajam is calling for the Land
Claims Commission to step in and secureproperty intended for claimants.“The government wants the world to be-
lieve District Six is sacred ground, but it’snot looking after District Six. At this rate,there will be nothing left for claimants,” hesays.
Local celebrations for World Belly Dance Day was held on 9 May at GardensCommercial High School. Live belly dance performances by 26 studios and 211dancers raised R18 000, which will be donated to Rape Crisis Trust. This isthe seventh consecutive year the event has taken place. The belly dancecommunity has raised R100 000 for charity. PHOTO: RUBY RED DOOR PHOTOGRAPHY
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Kids can win withtheir Xhosa storiesXhosa-speaking children are invited to en-ter the Puku Children’s Literature Founda-tion story competition.
The competition not only celebrates andpreserves the Xhosa language and rich her-itage of storytelling, but also raises awa-reness of the importance of taking care ofthe environment.
The theme for this year’s competition is“Celebrating our legacy and inventing thefuture” with the focus on the environment.
Children between the ages of 13 and 19are invited to submit their 500 to 1500-wordhandwritten story.
Cape Town participants can drop theirentries off at Langa library, Khayelitsha li-brary, Mfuleni library, Belville library,Gugulethu library and the Philippi East li-brary before Friday 24 July.
The first prize is worth R10 000, the se-cond is worth R5000 and the third, R3000.Winners will be announced on Internatio-nal Literacy Day on 8 September.
Our reporters win bigin national awardsBEN BURGER
People’s Post sister publication TygerBur-ger is once again the best free (corporate-
owned) newspaper in the country.The newspaper’s Bellville edition won
this prestigious award at the 2014 MDDA/Sanlam Local Media Awards dinner at Em-peror’s Palace in Gauteng on Friday. Theseawards recognise the best local newspapers,radio and TV stations and their reporters.
Monique Duval, reporter forPeople’s Post,won the award for Best Photography: Featu-res and Portraits.
The awards are considered the Oscars ofthe local media industry and is the only com-petition in which local newspapers and jour-nalists from different media houses and ow-ners from all over the country compete.
Many other journalists from TygerBurgerandPeople’s Postwere among the Top 10 andeven the Top 3 in various categories.
Samantha Lee, reporter for the Mitchell’sPlain edition of People’s Post, and DesireéRorke, reporter for TygerBurger’s Bracken-fell and Kraaifontein editions, were amongthe Top 10 in the Focus on People: HumanInterest writing category.
Magriet Theron of the Parow edition ofTy-gerBurgerwas among the Top 3 News photo-graphers, with André Bakkes of TygerBur-ger’s Milnerton and Table View editions inthe Top 3 for Sport photos. Carina Roux, pho-tographer of WP Media which publishes Ty-gerBurger, People’s Post andCity Vision, wasin the Top 3 for Photographer of the Year.TygerBurger’s Brackenfell edition was al-
so in the Top 3 for the best front page (corpo-rate-owned, free newspaper).
Marita Meyer, group editor of WP Media,says she is extremely proud of her team:“Everyone works very hard and under hugepressure, so it is quite rewarding when weare recognised for this hard work.”
WP Media’s Top 3 finalists are here with Marita Meyer, group editor, at the MDDA/SanlamLocal Media Awards dinner on Friday. From left are Carina Roux, Monique Duval (winningPeople’s Post reporter), Meyer, Stehan Schoeman, Magriet Theron and André Bakkes.
This photo by People’s Post reporter Monique Duval won the national award for Best Photogra-phy: Feature and Portrait at the annual MDDA/Sanlam Local Media Awards. The photo of afemale gangster in Pollsmoor Prison was published in People’s Post on 23 September 2014along with an article on a public meeting about parolees in Ocean View and Masiphumelele.
PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
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Store showcaseslocal productsKIN Culture, a Cape Town-based NGO, islaunching a pop-up store in the heart ofCape Town for the month of June.The organisation is building a village for
orphans and vulnerable children. The pop-up store comes shortly after the launch ofits online store, www.kincultureshop.org.These stores offer a mix of quality prod-
ucts from local communities around thepeninsula. The shop is a collaborationwithlike-minded entrepreneurial companiesButtaNutt, MovePretty and Bright Owl.The profits are invested in orphans and
vulnerable children. There are about fivemillion orphans in South Africa, the orga-nisation says in a statement.The vision of KIN Culture is to build a
village thatwill be a home for orphans. Thevillage will house a school, medical facili-ties and a wide range of things like sportsactivities and arts and skills development.V The KIN Culture pop-up store will be at 150 LongStreet from 3 to 29 June.
Pay tekkie tax and wear your tekkies on FridayIt’s time to tie up your tekkies – for a goodcause. On Friday the national Tekkie Taxcampaign will raise funds for over 280 orga-nisations.Last year’s event raised almost R5m. This
year, schools can buy stickers and R2 out of
every R10 sticker sold will go to the school.The school with the most sales stands to winextra prizes.Stickers are divided into five categories,
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On InternationalHamburger Dayon Thursday,Spur SteakRanches will beprovidingchildren’shomes andschools aroundSouth Africawith burgers forlunch. Why not
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A special meeting of the Council of the City of Cape Town will be held on Friday 29 May 2015at 10:00 in the Podium Block, Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town, where theannual budget for 2015/16 to 2017/18 will be considered in terms of chapter 4, section 24(2)of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003.
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Please note that limited seating is available for members of the public and, therefore, seatswill be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to attend the meeting, you arerequested to contact Nadine Damon on 021 400 3708 between 09:00 and 16:00. All requestsfor attendance must be received by no later than a day before the meeting. You will berequired to provide your surname, initials and contact telephone number. Visitors are kindlyrequested to be seated by 09:30.
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Over 800 people braved cold and wet weather in the city centre on Saturday to marchagainst the incorrect use of genetically modified organisms. PHOTOS: NICKY NEWMAN
Locals protestGMO foodCapetonians have taken to the street to de-mand correct labelling of genetically modi-fied foods.
As part of an international protest, themarch tookplace in the city centre onSatur-day.
Protesters claim that authorities havegiven into a handful of biotechnology com-panies by failing to require testing and la-belling of genetically engineered foods.
The march is a pro-organic, anti-trans-genic genetically modified organisms(GMO) campaign being held on six conti-nents and in over 500 cities worldwide.
GMOs are organisms whose genetic mate-rial have been artificially manipulated in alab through genetic engineering, says eventorganiser Jeannie Ross.
“GMOs are engineered to withstand di-rect application of herbicide and/or to pro-
duce an insecticide,” she says.Concerned citizens aim to spread aware-
ness about the possible harmful effects ofgenetically modified food, to demand theright to natural medicines and to supportlocal small and organic farmers.
The march was part of apro-organic, anti-transgenicgenetically modified orga-nisms (GMO) campaign beingheld on six continents and inover 500 cities worldwide
Marchers demanded thecorrect labelling of GMOs infood.
The protesters were joined bytraditional healers, speakingout against the suppressionof their right to use naturalmedicines.
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A public participation process is underwayto find an alternative use for the StrandStreet quarry.
The quarry, which has been linked tocrime, vagrancy and littering, was to be de-veloped by the City of Cape Town as a 2010legacy project. But the developmentwas puton hold last year after funding dried up(“Plan grinds to a halt”, People’s Post, 23September 2014).
Funding was set aside in February 2013and tenderdocumentationwas submitted tothe council’s supply chain management de-partment two months later.
But by June 2013, when the consultantteam was due to be appointed, there was nomore budget for it.
According to a report submitted to themayor two years ago, the funds were allchannelled to the Cape Town Stadium, eventhough it was expected that the R4.5m need-ed to kickstart the quarry plan would besourced from funding freed up on the Cityof Cape Town’s adjustment budget.
This despite Johan van der Merwe, may-oral committeemember for economic, envi-ronmental and spatial planning, claimingearlier this year that the City “would stilllike to see development happen in this areaas soon as possible because of the clear op-portunities and benefits this wouldpresent,” (“More quarry cashhurdles”,Peo-ple’s Post, 13 February 2014).
The City is now investigating a short tomedium term use for the quarry, which hasbeen earmarked for development by San-parks.
Sanparks is currently carrying out feasi-
bility studies to explore using the quarry asa tourism gateway to Signal Hill and theNoon Gun, which sees a million visitors ev-eryyear. Theprojectmay include the instal-lation of a funicular – a cable railwaywhich pulls tram-like vehicles up the rockface – or a cable car similar to the one onTable Mountain.
Deputy mayor Ian Neilson confirms theprocess, saying it will close on Monday 15June.
“All comments will be considered to ena-ble the council to make an informed deci-sion. The site has been identified as a pro-posed Grade 1 national heritage site,” hesays.
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Residents can now propose uses for theundeveloped Strand Street quarry.
PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN
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Cape Town mustbe more ‘liveable’NICOLE MCCAIN
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Every resident has a part to play in drawinginvestment to Cape Town.
This was the message of Wesgro CEO TimHarris, who addressed the Mouille PointRatepayers’ Association on Thursday lastweek.
Wesgro is the official destina-tion marketing, investmentand trade promotion agency forthe Western Cape. It promotesCape Town and the region allover the world as an invest-ment destination and a place tosell products.
“To quote Michael Bloom-berg, if you want people to in-vest in your city, you have tomake it a city people want tolive in,” Harris said.
This means residents neededto be civic-minded and partnerwith the council and local agen-cies to prevent crime and makethe city more liveable, he said.
“There’s a whole lot going on that peopledon’t know about. We’ve got a lot to sell,”he said.
Wine and similar products sell them-selves – the agency needs to tell the unex-pected story, Harris said.
“There’s still the perception that if youwant to do business in South Africa, youneed to go to Johannesburg,” he said.
In his talk, Harris focused on three sec-tors, each of which has proven its viabilityas investment opportunities.
Harris told the story of Cape Town entre-preneur Cameron Stevens, who founded
Prodigy Finance, a company which offersloans to international postgraduate stu-dents at leading business schools.
As an INSEAD graduate who experiencedthe difficulties of financing an internation-al MBA, he and two fellow students set outto solve this problem.
When he approached venture capitalistsin the USA, Stevens was told hecouldn’t run a company likethis from Cape Town, Harrissaid.
Stevens has since proventhem wrong, having distribut-ed $50m in loans to postgradu-ate students from 90 nationali-ties, with exceptional repay-ment performance.
“When you look at assetmanagement, Africa’s moneyis now run out of Cape Town,”Harris said.
The food industry is anothergrowing sector, as illustratedby a local iced tea company.
“In 2009, a rooibos farmernamed Dave Evans started
making Bos iced tea,” Harris says. Today,the product is sold in 14 countries.
“Dave always says we need to ditch ourinferiority complex,” Harris said. “Withour diverse market, if you can sell a productin South Africa, you can sell it anywhere.”
And it’s not just small companies runningthe Cape Town food industry, Harris says,with retail giants like Pick n Pay, Wool-worths and Shoprite based in the Cape.
Manufacturers are also choosing CapeTown, with engines made for Mercedes-Benz trucks and flat-screen TVs producedfor Hisense in factories in Atlantis.
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Abuse ‘seriouslydamages kids’The Saartjie Baartman Centre forWomenand Children has raised the alarm
around escalating levels of violence againstchildren.The Centre attributes the higher levels of
violence to an increase in violence in gener-al, with children being caught in the cross-wire – be it gang-related or domestic vio-lence.“Despite all of the awareness raised, at
least three children that we know of havegone missing over the past two weeks. Thesystem is broken and sadly children, ourmost vulnerable members of society, areeasy targets for predators,” says ShaheemaMcLeod, director of the Centre.
MotivateUsing Child Protection Week, which is thisweek, the Centre launched an anonymouspostcard campaign, aimed at exploring themotivation for violence. The campaign,named “I deserve it”, tasked 600 Grade 10pupils to describe the circumstances thatwould warrant domestic violence.Responses varied, from the unacceptabilityof violence, no matter the situation, to vio-lence being deserved when dinner wasn’tready or an expected (but unconfirmed) af-fair had taken place.McLeod says they are not surprised by
the findings of the campaign. She says oftenthere is a disconnect between what peopleknow to be wrong and how they behave.“Our findings revealed that regardless of
the community and the school, the pupil re-sponses very much depended on the envi-ronment in which the child had beenraised.”
Stories of child abuse are commonplacein SouthAfrica; one out of four children areabused daily and it has been estimated thata child goes missing every five hours. De-spite the country’s child protection laws,policies and programmes, high levels ofabuse and violence are reported on a dailybasis.
Damage“Children are not only affected when theythemselves are the victims of violence – ex-posure to violence, for example towards themother, can be seriously damaging to theiremotional psyche,” says Zeenat Osman,child counsellor at the Centre.“Children who have witnessed domestic
violence may experience a variety of emo-tions ranging from guilt to helplessness,which in turn can lead to behavioural prob-lems or social difficulties.“The postcard campaign was very in-
sightful in this regard; it provided an oppor-tunity for the children to explore the ramifi-cations of violence through an anonymousplatform.”
Help for abuseGrade 10 pupils fromSeaPointHighSchool,Leadership College, Gugulethu Compre-hensive Secondary School and NormanHenshilwood High School took part in thepostcard campaign.Established in Manenberg in 1999, the
Centre helps victims of violence and abuse.Typical problems faced by the childrenwhovisit the Centre include abuse, neglect, dis-placement, behavioural problems, sub-stance abuse and difficulties at school.
PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITIONTuesday, 26 May 20158 NEWS
The City of Cape Town is in the process of finalising its policy on the creation andmanagement of municipal facility management committees.
In terms of section 17 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000,the public and interested parties or groups are given the opportunity to submit comments,recommendations or input to the municipality from 1 June 2015 to 1 July 2015.
Comments, recommendations or input may be submitted by:
• Fax: 021 425 4705• E-mail: [email protected]• Written submission: Private Bag X298, Cape Town 8000 (for the attention of the
Director: Sport, Recreation and Amenities)• “Have your say” page: www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay• Delivery to subcouncil offices
The City’s Public Participation Unit will assist people who cannot read or write, people livingwith disabilities and people from disadvantaged groups who are unable to submit writtencomments to have their comments or input recorded and submitted to the City. Contact thefollowing persons:
For general public participation:Ruché Daniels on 021 4001766 or send an e-mail to [email protected]
For disadvantaged groups:Anele Viti on 021 400 1652 or send an e-mail to [email protected]
This draft policy will also be available for viewing at www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay,subcouncil offices and libraries.
Enquiries relating to the draft policy can be e-mailed [email protected].
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CITY OF CAPE TOWN LIFEGUARDVACANCIESCan you swim? Are you physically fit and able-bodied? Do you have a Grade 10 or validlifeguard certificate and a clean criminal record?
Applications for non-permanent seasonal lifeguard positions are now open for the City’s35 municipal swimming pools.
Successful candidates will need to work on an “as-and-when-required” basis up to amaximum payment of 40 hours per week, primarily over weekends and during theschool holidays.
Minimum requirements:
• A Grade 10 certificate or 12 months’ relevant lifesaving experience is required.• Applicants must be able to swim 100 metres within two minutes in a swimming pool.• Applicants must be able to meet the requirements of the qualifying certificate
standard as per Lifesaving South Africa.• A valid lifeguard certificate would be an advantage.• Proven supervisory experience would be an advantage.• Applicants must be physically fit and able-bodied.• Applicants must have a clean criminal record.
If you meet the minimum requirements, please apply before 5 June 2015.
Applicants will be required to undergo a swimming test to meet the minimumswimming requirement prior to being considered for training in other lifeguard skills.The swimming requirement is compulsory.
Application forms may be obtained from your local district office (see list below) oryou can visit www.capetown.gov.za/en/SportRecreation/Pages/default.aspx for moreinformation and to download the application form.
LIST OF CONTACT PERSONS PER DISTRICT
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1ElvinaAdams
021 400 6350District office,23 Oude MolenRoad, Ndabeni
Entrance to the Blue Downs, Long Street and Strand indoor swimming pools will be freebetween 14:00 and 17:00 from 25 May 2015 until 19 June 2015 for pre-season fitnessself-training. Please note that these sessions will be unsupervised. Pre-assessmentswill take place at the Long Street swimming pool on 27 May 2015 and 10 June 2015between 14:00 and 16:00 and at the Blue Downs pool on 1 June and 15 June 2015between 14:00 and 16:00.
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The Zip Zap Circus will be performing a spectacular circus theatre show for the Clive vanEyssen Foundation on Saturday. It’s a family show of ordinary kids doing extraordinary thingschoreographed by Tamryn and Iesu Escalante. Clive van Eyssen passed away on 22 June lastyear, after which the Clive van Eyssen Foundation was formed by the Green Point Neighbour-hood Watch. The foundation is dedicated to social projects and programmes in the neighbour-hood with a focus on uplifting the homeless. Clive was an active member of the Green Pointcommunity and was very involved with the Neighbourhood Watch, especially with safety andsecurity as well as social projects. Clive was also involved with the Zip Zap Circus School fromits inception and was its number one marketing and PR agent. This fundraiser will be to raisefunds for both the Clive van Eyssen Foundation and Zip Zap Circus School. For more informa-tion contact Toni van Eyssen on 083 388 8226 or [email protected].
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While green shoots are slowly returning tothe areas on TableMountain affected by therecent wildfires, a local resident has re-turned too.An adult male porcupine has been re-
leasedback into SilvermineNatureReserveafter being rehabilitated by the SPCA.The severely burned porcupine was
found by an SPCA inspector near the San-parks Silvermine office off Ou Kaapse Wegtwo weeks after the fire.The porcupine, nicknamed “PP” due to
his habit of peeing on everyone, was takento Cape of Good Hope SPCA’s short-termwildlife care facility in Grassy Park, wherehis burns were treated daily for twomonths.“He was treated by our on-site veterinari-
ans. He was rescued a short distance fromthe road along Ou Kaapse Weg, and so wasreleased back into the same section of theTableMountainNational Park,” says SPCAspokesperson Wanika Davids.
PP is one of many animals rehabilitatedafter being injured in the fire, says Davids.“We rescued and cared for a number of tor-toises, snakes and porcupines and success-fully released two angulate tortoises, fourparrot-beak tortoises, a few Cape cobras,one puff adder, one boomslang and one por-cupine.”Another porcupine is still undergoing
treatment for his burnt feet, Davids says.“He is recovering well and we expect to
take him home to the wild soon,” she says.Most of the animals suffered burns to
their feet or were displaced.“There was a grysbok that also came into
our centre after the fire, but succumbed tohis injuries which were too severe. Threeother porcupines also suffered more severewounds and did not survive,” Davids says.However, healing the animals is only the
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jured wildlife is to assist them medicallyand return them to their natural habitats asquickly as possible,” she explains.V For more information on SPCA call 021 700 4140.
PP, an adultmale porcu-pine, wasreleased backto his homeat theSilvermineNatureReserve afterhe wastreated forburn wounds.
PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITIONTuesday, 26 May 201510 ENTERTAINMENT
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‘Little shop’girls deliciousTheatre-goers have less than two week left
to catch Little shop of horrors at Theatreon the Bay.The musical, starring Alan Committie,
tells the story of Seymour Krelborn whoworks and lives in a rundown flower shop.While his boss struggles to keep the shopopen, Seymour seeks a way of bringing theshop – and himself – fame and fortune. Hepurchases an exotic plantfrom a street vendor, nam-ing the plant Audrey II, aft-er the girl he loves.The plant proves good
for business, attractingmore customers to thestore, but gradually Sey-mour learns to his horrorthat Audrey II cravesmorethan potash, and Seymourmust scare up human foodto satisfy the plant’s appe-tite.It’s the show’s “Doo
Wop” girls, played byChantal Herman, LeloRamasimong and DionneSong, that help bring com-poser Alan Menken’s mu-sic to life.Cape Town local Chantal Herman plays
Little shop of horrors’s Crystal.Chantal, who lives in Heathfield, comes
from a musical family. Her father AnthonyHerman was the conductor of the popularPeninsula Choristers and Holy Redeemerchoir formany years. Hermother Sybil, whowas a teacher at St Anthony’s, was the ac-companist for the choir, aswell as the churchorganist and her sister Tania played guitarand directed the Folk Liturgy Group, ofwhich Chantal was a part.Chantal also started a liturgical dance
group and choreographed and shared herpopular pieces.She was only eight when she signed up for
violin lessons and joined the Harvard En-semble, performing all over Cape Town. Shealso joined Arthur Benjamin’s acting groupand discovered a love for the process of put-ting a play together.At school Chantel was already raking in
the awards, winning the Best Actress awardin the Western Province schools competi-tion.
Since graduating from theWaterfrontThe-atre School, Chantel has appeared in numer-ousmusicals, commercials, television showsand in the international movie Hector andthe search for happiness, with Simon Pegg.Pint-sized 26-year-old Dionne, who plays
Ronette in Little shop of horrors, is bestknown for her role as the vivacious bimboBeyonce in MNet’s The coconuts, which
earned her a Safta nomina-tion for Best Actress in aComedy in 2008.With a host of theatrical
credits to her name, thisTswhane-born actress saysshe’s elated to be part of theLittle shop of horrors cast.Besides her theatre per-
formances across the coun-try and in the United King-dom as part of Cape TownOpera’s Showboat cast, Di-onne has also worked as thevocalist for the house trioJenerik-Soulz. She is cur-rently working on her firstsolo project as a singer andsongwriter.Top 10 Idols contestant
Lelo Ramasimong, whoplays Chiffon, hadn’t even turned 21 yetwhen shewon the Durban Theatre award forBest Newcomer.She won another for Best Supporting Ac-
tress for her role in Kickstart’s productionof Little shop of horrors.Lelo has been part of the cast for big pro-
ductions like Hazel Feldman’s Dreamgirlsand appeared on international stages inAfri-can footprint (in the production’s tour to Chi-na) and Barnyard Theatre’s Under Africanskies for its tour of Holland, Belgium andFrance.She also appeared on the small screen last
year as the lead female vocalist for the popu-lar television show Strictly come dancing.V Little shop of horrors will be on stage at Theatreon the Bay until Saturday 6 June. Visit www.theatreon-thebay.co.za for tickets and more information.
WIN! WIN! WIN!V Five readers can each win double tickets to see Littleshop of horrors. SMS the word “little” followed by yourname and contact details to 45527 before midnighton Wednesday 27 May to enter. SMSes cost R1.50.
Heathfield’s Chantal Herman plays Crystal inLittle shop of horrors.
Dionne Song is on stage asRonette.
Lelo Ramasimong brings the production’sChiffon to life.
Best Turkish cinema on show this weekendForeign film fans can look forward to fiveTurkish films when Cinema Nouveau’sthird Turkish Film Festival visits CapeTown on Saturday and Sunday.All the screenings will be free to the pu-
blic. There is no pre-booking for this festival– tickets can only be collected at the cine-ma’s box office before each film is shown.V Visit www.cinemanouveau.co.za for more about thefilms and screening times.
Award-winning singer and songwriterCindy Atler, perhaps better known asthe frontwoman for Clout, Zia andAlter Irving, will be performing atFerrymans Tavern at the V&AWaterfront on Saturday from 15:00 to18:00 as part of the venue’s initiativeto showcase home-grown talents.Cindy’s four-decade-stretching musiccareer has been packaged in 13albums and taken her all over theworld. Visit the Ferrymans Restaurantand Bar Facebook page or call082 345 3835 for more information.
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Bernard Rukadza and Landie Greylingwon the inaugural Old Mutual TwoOceans Beast trail run on Sunday – an
event that marked a tough day in the officefor everyone that participated in the 47kmUltra Beast and 22km Mini Beast races.According to a statement by the organis-
ers, Two Oceans Marathon NPC, Rukadza,Christiaan Greyling and Dion Middelkoopran together for most of the way – even tak-ing time to tweet selfies in a show of trailcamaraderie. Middelkoop suffered fromcramps before the three leaders started theirdescent down Table Mountain, taking himout of contention for the win.“It was such an awesome race but I didn’t
even plan on winning,” says Rukadza of hisvictory.Trail queenand four-timeOldMutualTwo
Oceans 22km Trail Run champion LandieGreyling once again made her presenceknown when she maintained her lead in thewomen’s race from the start, finishing in atime of 06:37:29. Sylvie Scherzinger reachedthe finish line about 30 minutes later, com-ing in second (07:06:53), with Linda Doke inthird place (07:15:45).“The Beast definitely lived up to its name
and I will remember this race for a longtime,” says Greyling.In the 22km men’s race, nobody could out
pace rising star Craig Burns, who took acomfortable win in a time of 02:03:39.“This win is a big one for me,” says the
24-year-old runner from Stellenbosch, whoalso led from the start.
Race results47km men1: Bernard Rukadza (05:41:25)2: Christiaan Greyling (05:43:10)3: Dion Middelkoop (05:54:08)1st vet: Dion Middelkoop1st master: Ludwig Lille (06:37:18)47km women1: Landie Greyling (06:37:29)2: Sylvie Scherzinger (07:06:53)3: Linda Doke (07:15:45)1st vet: Sylvie Scherzinger22km men1: Craig Burns (02:03:39)2: Victor Gugushe (02:06:59)3: Mazu Ndandani and Ruan Myburgh(02:14:38)1st vet: Jaysen Golding (02:20:56)1st master: Seppie Erasmus (02:59:03)22km women1: Takalani Nthulane-Ndandani (02:32:54)2: Samantha Reilly (02:33:44)3: Vimbainashe (Vimbai) Mhike (02:37:35)1st vet: Julie Huckle (02:37:53)1st master: Allison Ball (03:20:41)
Runners take on a new beast
Bernard Rukadza won the inaugural 47km Old Mutual Two Oceans Beast trail run on Sunday.
Braam Gerber of Hamilton Rugby Club breaks through a tackle during the WPRFU SuperLeague A match between SK Walmers and Hamiltons at Green Point Track on Saturday.Hamiltons won 41-19. PHOTO: PETER HEEGER/GALLO IMAGES