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Minstrel battle continuesTAURIQ HASSEN
MINSTREL leaders remain“optimistic” about the end-
of-year celebrations, with thebattlebetweenCityofCapeTownofficials, provincial governmentand minstrel organisations stillraging.
People’s Post covered the start ofnegotiations “Minstrels work it outwith City (11 October 2011)” whenretired Constitutional Court judgeKate O’Reagan was appointed tolead negotiations between the par-ties as an independent mediator.
The negotiations dealt mainlywith the return of the annual CapeMinstrel Carnival, which winds itsway through the historic Bo-Kaap,as well as permission to hold theevent on the second day of Januaryfrom 2012 onwards.
Kevin Momberg, Chief ExecutiveOfficer for the Cape Town MinstrelCarnival Association, remainedpositive about the outcome of thecourt proceedings.
“We are optimistic that the Cityof Cape Town will come around andsupport this event, but discussionswill continue and we are workinghard at bringing back what right-fully should be taking place,” saysMomberg.
He says that discussions are “farfrom over” but had received dis-turbing news that at a meeting onMonday 24 October, officials saidfunds would not be made availablefor the event.
However, the association wasthen informed that funds would beconjured from other departmentsand Momberg said: “Those werejust officials making those deci-sions. Nothing has been confirmedat this stage, so we are not con-cerned at the moment and willawait positive feedback from thecourt proceedings.”
Solly Malatsi, spokesperson forthe Executive Mayor of Cape Town,
Patricia De Lille, remained ada-mant that the Mayor was “firmlycommitted to making the Cape Min-strel Annual Carnival an event thatall people of Cape Town can beproud of.”
“She is particularly committed tobuilding an inclusive City in whichwe celebrate the diverse culturesthat exist throughout the City,”
says Malatsi.He also confirmed that the
City of Cape Town kick-startedthe mediation process by com-mitting to host the Cape Min-
strels Annual Carnival on its origi-nal date (2 January) whilst also al-lowing the minstrel troupes to passthrough the historic route in Bo-Kaap.
“It is in this context that the Cityidentified the need for thorough ad-vance preparation to pave the wayfor a successful celebration,” saysMalatsi. According to Malatsi, theCity of Cape Town also offered toprovide R3,5 million worth of “lo-gistical and support services,”which includes traffic control, toensure that the event is properly
managed in the best interests of theMinstrels and the City of CapeTown. Recently the issue of addi-tional funding for events after the‘Tweede Nuwe Jaar’ celebrationswas brought to light.
“If such funding is to be granted,it will only be done in the interestof genuinely celebrating the City’scultural diversity and we hope thatall parties will continue to negoti-ate in good faith,” Malatsi conclud-ed. The mediation process is setresume on Tuesday 8 November2011.
MAKING A COMEBACK: Minstrel negotiations are still ongoing, but they remain optimistic about the outcome.Photo: Mark Wessels
Page 2 People’s Post Grassy Park GENERAL Tuesday 1 November 2011
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Friday 4 NovemberCafda: The Cafda School of Skills wouldlike to invite you to the Miss Cafda Beautypageant and variety concert.
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The debt counsellingprocess unlockedIn this instalment of our fort-nightly legal advice column,the focus is on debt counsel-ling
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Gate crushes girlTERESA FISCHER
A nine-year-old girl died af-ter a gate at Steen Villas
housing complex toppled over,killing her instantly.
The incident happened at 17:20on Wednesday 26 October whenChelsea Davidson (9), was return-ing from the shop at the HenleyRoad entrance.
“The massive gate fell on herand crushed her skull,” saysTrevor Trout, chairperson of theACDP ward 68 branch.
This has led to questions aboutquality standards at the 450-unitcomplex, which is a collaborationbetween the Provincial Depart-ment of Local Government andHousing, the City of Cape Townand SOCHO, (Social HousingCompany) a government-appoint-ed non-profit company.
According to reports in a dailytabloid, it is not the first time thegate has fallen over and the mat-ter has repeatedly been brought tothe attention of complex manage-ment.
Concerns about financial ad-ministration and maintenance ofthe development have also beenraised previously, with SOCHO atthe heart of the complaints. (“Con-cessions for Steen Villa,” People’sPost, 3 May 2011).
SOHCO did not respond to ques-tions as to whether it was awarethat the gate had previously comeoff its rollers.
However, they did express“deep regret at the accidentaldeath” of the young girl.
SOHCO’s media statement
adds: “Aside from its own exhaus-tive investigation into the inci-dent, SOHCO is co-operating withauthorities in their official inves-tigation.”
SOHCO’S chief executive offic-er, Heather Maxwell, says: “We of-fered to assist her family with pro-fessional grief counselling. Ourprayers and thoughts are withthem at this extremely difficulttime.”
She adds: “We pride ourselveson providing good quality, afford-able and safe housing, so our pri-ority is to find out how this hap-pened and ensure it never hap-pens again.”
Trout said on Friday that thegate, which was recently in-stalled, had since been re-erected.
“The gate is back on, and no ad-equate remedial work has beendone. It is common sense that thatgate needs a stopper,” he says.
“I spoke to the parents thismorning; they don’t have moneyfor a funeral,” says Trout, who isalso questioning SOHCO’s plansfor an additional 200 units at thesite, when he says only 450 wereagreed to.
Johan Potgieter of Tandem Se-curity Systems, which installs au-tomated gates as part of its servic-es, says in South Africa there is“no regulation whatsoever” stipu-lating safety for automated gates.
Potgieter says, “Anybodywithawelding machine can start such abusiness.”
He adds that a lack of knowl-edge and workmanship can leadto accidents. He says a stoppershould be installed to stop the gatefalling off its hinges, and it needs
a mechanism should to hold thegate in place – as sometimes forcecan cause the gate to jump overthe stopper. He adds, however,that from July next year regula-tions related to the installation ofelectric fencing are expected andthat regulations pertaining to au-tomated gates might follow.
In the European Union, auto-mated gate safety is strictly speci-fied.
Llewellyn Jordaan, communitydevelopment manager at the NewWorld Foundation says that whathappened was “really tragic andsad,” and he wants to extend hissincere condolences to the family.
He adds that the standards ofservice must be looked at and hewelcomes SOHCO’s undertakingto investigate the cause of thetragedy.
“An accident of such a natureshould alert attention to the is-sues. Authorities should not waituntil a tragedy has happened;they should learn from their mis-takes.
The safety of children should bea high priority,” adds Jordaan.
Muizenberg Police spokesper-son Captain Stephen Knapp con-firms that police have opened aninquest docket, and he could notspeculate on the cause of the acci-dent. Knapp adds that he wasshocked that adults at the sceneallowed their children to remainpresent while police photogra-phers took pictures of the scene.
“I tried to remove some of thechildren,” he says.
Counselling support has beenarranged for the girl’s family saysKnapp.
Abduction in PhumlaniGRASSYPARKpolice are investigat-ing the abduction of two men on Sun-day 30 October. According to police,12 unknown Congolese men abduct-ed the two men.
At about 19:30 some men, all fromthe Republic of Congo, were cleaninga hall in Harrier Road in PhumlaniVillage. One of them was the Presi-dent of the Youth League of the Re-public of Congo.
Six men went outside while theothers beat up the vice president forwearing a particular political t-shirt.The abductors then asked the othermen in the hall to which politicalparty they belonged.
The abductors saw that they werewearing the same t-shirt as the vicepresident, and beat them as well. Thepresident of the youth league wasable to escape.
When he came back to check up onhis friends, community memberstold him they were taken away in aGrey Opel Corsa and a whiteVolkswagen Golf..
According to Grassy Park policespokesperson Warrant Officer Wyni-ta Kleinsmith, the men are still miss-ingand the incident is politicallymo-tivated. A case of abduction has beenopened.
. In another incident a man wasrobbed at gun point by three africanmales on Saturday 29 October. Atabout 11:00 the man was drawingmoney from the FNB ATM on thecorner of Fourth Avenue and LakeRoad when he was stopped andsearched by the men for money. Po-lice are appealing to communitymembers to be vigilant when goingto ATMs or banks.
Page 4 People’s Post Grassy Park GENERAL Tuesday 1 November 2011
The gorgeous and talent-ed Belgian singer has beena popular performer inSouth Africa for manyyears. She has also donethousands of interviews, soshe takes gawking journal-ists in her stride.
People’s Post spoke to hera few days before her recentshow with Patrizio Buanneat GrandWest Casino. Sad-ly, it was a telephonic inter-view. But, yes, it is possibleto gawk over the phone.
“I’ve been to South Africaabout 10 or 15 times. It’s al-ways very exciting to comehere,” says Winner.
“I always tell peoplewherever I go that South Af-rica has become my secondhome and it’s because of themany things you have inone country. This countryhas very warm and welcom-ing people and once you arein their hearts then you cannever leave.”
This last part is certainlytrue for the stuttering, star-struck person asking thequestions.
Winner bubbles on:“Cape Town has changedthrough the years. It’s nowa very colourful place, and
whenever we work thereit’s like being on holiday.”
Winner performed atGrandWest Casino before,but she has never shared astage with Patrizio.
When asked if it’s truethat he is a flirter of note,she exclaimed “I can hon-estly say that I don’t knowhim that well, but he’s anItalian; what do you expect?No, really, I only met him anhour ago and he’s a verynice person. I recorded myvocals in Belgium and himin South Africa. Technicalequipment nowadaysmakes it easy to combinethose things. I can honestlysay that it has become avery beautiful jewel.”
She emphasises the im-portance of voices going to-gether, which “creates a bitof magic” but this journalistis wrestling with an acutebout of Patrizio-jealousy.
A change of subject was inorder.
Does someone who hasperformed on stage thou-sands of times still get nerv-ous?
“Always! But I need it.When I used to play volley-ball, I played much betterwith nerves. It’s the samewith performing,” she says,probably with an adorableglint in her eyes.
Sometimes the stagelights blind her from the au-
dience, which she admits is“difficult”.
“It’s very nice when yousee the people and their re-actions. Otherwise it’s likesinging in a studio. But youfeel the audience. That’s al-so very exciting.”
Her favourite song is “Letthe children have a world”which she apparently al-ways delivers from the bot-tom of her heart.
“I’d like to sing it all overthe world. It’s a beautifulmessage and I think wehave to stay a little bit likea child. If we think like achild and feel like a childthen we know what the songis all about. Children will al-ways be our future.” Herdaughter is now 12 yearsold, and motherhood andstardom is a delicate jug-gling act.
“She has her own thing.Mom’s music is like... youknow. She loves dancing!”
Much like her daughter,Winner also likes to prac-tise inprivate and, yes, evenin the shower.
As for words of wisdom,Winner has plenty. “I al-ways say that one should al-ways dream. Sometimesthey do come true. If youworkhardenough, thenyoucan achieve anything, buttry to do it in a fair way.”
Thank you Dana! I willkeep on dreaming.
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HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES: Patrizio Buanne and Dana Winner performed this past weekendat Grand West Casino. Photo: Michael Hammond/Foto24Kaap
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ROCKY ROAD:Shocked onlookerswatched as acar collidedwith a truck after spilling itsload of gravelon the cornerof PrinceGeorge Driveand InformalRoad oppositeCapricorn Parkshopping complex in Marinada Gama. Theaccident happened about 08:00 on Friday 28 October. ER24 paramedics found a driver still in the vehicle.The man received treatment for severe facial trauma and a suspected back and neck injury.He was admitted to Mediclinic Constantiaberg. Local law enforcement authorities who attended the scene are investigating, and the cause could not yet be confirmed. Photo: Hanrie Bosch
Page 6 People’s Post Grassy Park LEADER Tuesday 1 November 2011
Design destinyTHE MOTHER CITY has been awarded thetitle of the world’s Design Capital for 2014.Perhaps fittingly so, as this will be the yearwe celebrate two decades of democracy.
The win confirms that our beloved“Slaapstad” is boldly taking the globalstage, to become a major world player anddrawcard in the potentially lucrative tour-ism industry.
In 1994 tourism’s contribution to SA’seconomy was reported as no more than 2%of Gross Domestic Product.
However, with awards such as this andothers filling up our trophy cabinet, tour-ism is fast becoming one of the top earnersof foreign currency.
In the midst of a global recession, we havesomething tobrightenour spirits: theprom-ise of greater investment and, we hope, abetter life for all.
These awards translate into tangible ben-efits for everyone.
Every small business that stays open fora little while longer, means that the cashier,the cleaner, the janitor have jobs for a littlelonger, and able to support their families:a little foreign spend goes a long way.
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille hascommitted herself to work harder to use de-sign as a tool to clean the remnants of apart-heid and bring communities togetheracross the “geographical divide” throughimproved, innovative design.
The award means that future generationsof Capetonians will grow up in a city verydifferent to what most of us have known.
They will benefit from maximum expo-sure to other cultures as more flock to ourshores.
As the winds of change continue to sweepthrough, Cape Town is fast becoming a cityof the world. Hold on to your hats! Todayit is good to be Capetonian.
WHILE demographers are unsure exactlywhen the world’s population will reach theseven billion mark – or whether this mighteven have already happened - the United
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As a result, many parents have claimed
that their new-born baby is, indeed, the 7-billionth human on planet Earth.
Sadly, no-one will ever know who finallytipped the scale.
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The citizens of South Africa are the vic-tims of these terrorists.
There are suggestions to make copper ca-ble theft an act of sabotage, with appropriatesentences.
Talk without action is cheap.Another way to stop this sabotage, is to
force scrap dealers to buy the copper cablesof whatever size or thickness, still in its cov-ering, and every person selling these cablesmust be photographed.
The scrap yards should be visited and in-spected by trained inspectors.
The other measure is to ban all coppersales at scrap yards. Perhpas scrap yard deal-
ers themselves can propose a better preven-tion method.
Crimes of corruption must be exposed ingreat detail in the media and the head of thatdepartment must explain in detail, who, howand how much.
Corruption past and present must be ex-posed to us by senior investigative journal-ists, department heads and law enforcementwith all the details.
The public when you hear conversationsspeak of the locusts eating our nations cornand in vast amounts because the proceeds ofthe corruption is not from the small changein the tickey pockets, no, it’s being taken inbakkie loads and thebig question iswhenarethe locusts going to be stopped.KEITH BLAKEOttery
Final countdown for competitionENTRIES have been pouring in for thePeople’s Post Sheaffer Pens competitionand, because of numerous requests fromlocals who haven’t completed their en-tries yet, we have decided to give you onlyone more day to put your thoughts to pa-per.
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. The article “From swept floors to chalk-boards” is a fantastic story, which just goesto show that hard work does pay off anddreamscancome true.PeterHendricks, Iwishyou everything of the very best in your newventure. NJ, Kirstenhof
. Talking about spaying animals, the SPCAshould reduce their prices. They are so expen-sive that my dogs are having pups year afteryear and I just give them away.
. What is this about 50 free units? I havenever received any free units of electricity.
. Lady, you have a problem. Dogs are dogs.That’s why they are not allowed in shops.Adopt a child and see the difference. Dogs areanimals and you cannot change that. Sham-poo them all you like, they are still animalsand don’t belong in a shop.
. To all those moaning about barking dogs:The average dog is a better person thanthe average person. Why is nobody com-plaining about spoiled kids screamingand crying in shops? Animal lover
Putting the sense in census. If the census is all about statistics
and not an invasion of privacy, why did
they need to know my name and the name ofmy business?
. To all census field workers: I know whatyou are going through as my daughter is alsoa field worker. I just hope that you all receiveyour salaries on time as stipulated in yourcontracts. Keep us posted.
Just a thought. Dear Lynn, the World Cup is wrapped up
and Bok supporters still cry that they wererobbed. If this is the case, report it to the policeand move on. The trophy was won so get a life.Well done, All Blacks. Stanley
. People who work from home need to con-sider their neighbours. Why should we haveto put up with the extra traffic and noise? Ifthis is what we wanted we would live in a busi-ness area and not a residential one.
. It’s time for the Department of Social De-velopment to audit NGOs and NPOs who arereceiving funding but not providing services.Stealing from the poor? Peter, Cape Town
Ungodly eviction of Clifford FelixI MUST compliment Peoples Post for leadingwith this story given that the secular main-stream press chose to ignore it (“ParkwoodPriest evicted,” 25 October.)
At the outset, let me confirm that the viewsexpressed in this letter are my own.
It is indeed a very sad day when a priest,a man of God, can be dumped onto the streetfor daring to question the hierarchy of theAnglican Church on a sensitive subject thathas dogged Christianity for many decades.
By publicly humiliating Fr Clifford Felixand his family, all that the Anglican Churchappears to have done is to “shoot the messen-ger.”
The church may well claim that Felixshould have raised his concerns “in synodsand other forums.” However, after the hier-archy appears to have ignored him, he wasalmost compelled to go public lest his con-cerns be swept under the carpet, like thescourge of corruption currently sweepingthrough our democracy.
Those who claim to speak on behalf of Si-mon of Cyrene Parish have not dealt with theissues raised by Felix. His concerns are gen-uine and perhaps those parishioners areblinded by their loyalty to the hierarchywithout knowing right from wrong.
In an article on the internet(source:www.virtueonline.org), Felix makesa damning allegation against a certain Bish-
op in the Anglican Church.It hasn’t escaped my attention that it was
the Bishop of False Bay Diocese, underwhose jurisdiction Felix and the Parkwoodcongregation falls, who announced that hehad been defrocked.
On the day after his eviction from the pres-bytery, I visited Felix to offer him somewords of comfort. I was struck by the humblenature of this man as he said grace prior tositting down to supper with his parishionerson the pavement, amongst his furniture andbedding.
I was also present the next day when about12 City law enforcement officials in six statevehicles instructed Felix to move from thepavement.
How ironic that the City chose to reactwith such efficiency while liquor and drugswere being sold openly within walking dis-tance of God’s house.
As Felix, like Simon of Cyrene, preparesto carry his Cross, he should seek solace inthe words of the Holy Scripture “Be strongand show yourself a man. Observe the in-junctions of the Lord your God, following hisways and keeping his laws, his command-ments, his customs and his decrees, so thatyou may be successful in all you do and un-dertake” – 1 Kings 2:2-3COLIN ARENDSEGrassy Park
GRANT-IN-AID 2012/2013Applications for financial support for the removal of animal carcasses
The City of Cape Town invites all non-profit/non-governmental organisations to applyfor a Grant-In-Aid to provide financial support for the removal of animal carcasses givingpreference to organisations from disadvantaged areas or catering for disadvantaged people.
The Grant-In-Aid may NOT be utilised for the following:
• Administration costs (e.g. Telephone, rental, internet, etc).• Capital expenditure (e.g. Building, maintenance, renovations and major office
equipment).• Previously incurred expenditure.
Duration: 2012/2013Potential service providers please note that the funded projects must end before 30 June 2013.
Please note that grants can only be awarded subject to the budget available for this purpose.
Applications should be made on a prescribed application form and conform to the followingrequirements:
• A copy of the organisation’s constitution.• A project business plan identifying
• The name and general purpose of the organisation• Guiding principles• Stakeholders• Location• Financial planning• Details of operation
Failure to submit the required documentation will render the application void.
All applications will be assessed in accordance with the interim Grant-In-Aid Policy and mustconform to the Municipal Finance Act, Act 56 of 2003.
All completed applications with supporting information must be submitted to the Manager:Area Cleaning, 19th Floor, Civic Centre, Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town by no later than25 November 2011. No late applications will be accepted.
For any enquiries and copies of the application forms please contactBrent DiedericksTel: 021 400 2145Fax: 021 400 2620E-mail: [email protected]
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER
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Hear it for the first time
Eleven forms part of Steven’s portfolio to-wards his M.Mus (composition) degree.
Steven has invited local artist and interna-tional exhibitor Ryno Swart to create an art-work that depicts aspects of his compositionon canvas.
This painting will feature on posters andon the program. The completed work will beon sale after the premiere performance ofEleven. Tickets to the event cost R90 and canbe booked at www.webtickets.co.za.
Merwe will conduct thepremiere performance ofhis composition Eleven – aRequiem for a Parent on 11 No-vember at St George’s Ca-thedral in Cape Town at19:00.
Eleven is a composition forsoprano and tenor soloists,choir and orchestra. JanelleVisagie (soprano) and Nickde Jager (tenor) will be ac-companied by the Pro Musi-ca Divina Orchestra and 30freelance Cape Town profes-sionals.
The choirs are the StGeorge’s Singers, directed byDr Barry Smith, and the UCTChoir, directed by JohnWoodland.
“My father’s death on11 November 2009 (at almost11.00), was the catalyst thatmoved me to start working on a Requiem.”says Van der Merwe.
“The day after my father’s death a patientof mine offered his condolences and handedme a poppy with a poem about ArmisticeDay: the day the First World War ended – on11 November 1918 at 11.00. The significanceof this date and time inspired me and becamea theme of the requiem.”
Van der Merwe is a student at NMMU un-der the mentorship of Dr Peter-Louis van Di-jk, well-known South African and interna-tional composer and conductor.
EXPRESSIONS: This painting by internationally acclaimed artist, Ryno Swart, depicts Eleven – a Requiem for a Parent withoil on canvas. Inset: Steven van der Merwe. Image: Ryno Swart
TRACY LETTS’ acclaimed dark comedy,August: Osage County, opened at the Masque
Theatre, Muizenberg, on Friday 28 Octoberand runs until Saturday 5 November.
For more information contact MasqueTheatre Bookings on (021) 788-1898 duringoffice hours.
Leading German cellist at Baxter
Celebrating summer in style
Musical time travel at the Barnyard
LEADING German Cellist Peter Bruns,hailed for his recording of Bach’s Solo Cel-lo Suites as “a new Casals,” will bring thecurrent Cape Town Concert Series seasonto a close with a recital, accompanied byhis wife Annagret Kuttner.
The recital will take place at the Baxter
Concert Hall in Rondebosch on Saturday5 November at 20:00. Tickets are R125 fromComputicket. Student, scholar and seniorconcessions are available.
More information from [email protected]; www.ctconcerts.co.za or call 021439 7663.
THE Cape Town Male Voice Choir end-of-year Summer Celebration Concert willtake place on Saturday 26 November in theCape Town City Hall.
Tickets are R100 and R120, with R10 ofeach ticket going to the Children’s RedCross Hospital (The Children’s Hospital
Trust). Guests are invited to bring an un-wrapped toy for distribution to needy pa-tients. The choir has been invited to singin an international choral competition inLondon and tickets will also go towardsfunding this. Old Age Homes will qualifyfor a 10% discount for groups of 10 or more.
A MUSICAL production entitled The FinalCountdown will take place at the BarnyardTheatre in Willowbridge on Sunday 20 No-vember at 14:00.
It is organised by Events ManagementStudents at Cape Peninsula University ofTechnology in Cape Town.
The Final Countdown is described by the or-ganisers as “a musical journey that takesyou on a ride through six decades of radio,music, fashion and rock and roll.”
The greatest hits of each decade will bestaged including the music of Elvis, BuddyHolly, The Beatles, Creedence ClearwaterRevival, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, BoneyM, Saturday Night Fever, Grease and TheRocky Horror Picture Show.
Other artists who will also be featured
include Michael Jackson, Madonna, BruceSpringsteen, Lionel Richie, Alanis Mori-sette, Nirvana, Counting Crows, U2, Kingsof Leon, Coldplay, Pink, Lady Gaga andmany more.
“The timeshave changedand sohave thefashions, but the music featured in FinalCountdown lives on forever. The eveningis simply going to be fiercely spectacular,”say organisers.
All the proceeds of the evening will bedonated to the Lions foundation of CapeTown. Tables of ten as well as individualtickets will be on sale. Free picnic basketsgo to every two tickets purchased.
Tickets are available at [email protected]. For more information visitthe Facebook page The Final Countdown.
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BELLE OF THE BALL: Tarryn Mick of GrassyPark looked breathtaking at the matric farewell of Norman Henshilwood High School. Theglamorous farewell took place at Pigalle’s inGreen Point. Accompanying her was Gershwin Maart. Photo: Supplied
What happensafter addiction?THE Hope House Counselling Centreruns a support programme for addictsin recovery on Monday, Tuesday andThursday evenings every week. Theprogramme includes individual coun-selling, early recovery assistance, re-lapse prevention and family educa-tion.
Call Celeste on (021) 715-0424 formore information.
The healing power of milkLOSING a child has been described as theworst kind of loss anyone can experience, anunspeakable pain. People deal with death inso many different ways; there is no prescrip-tion to aid healing.
Recently, the community-based MilkBank, Milk Matters, was deeply touched byone of their breast milk donors, Kelly, whholost her baby girl, MiKayla, after a long bat-tle.
“I cannot put to words the beautiful con-nection of love that we share, and the empti-ness that followed when she passed away.Healing takes time, as does the acceptanceand understanding of so many things. Ifound comfort knowing that my baby’s milk
would be used to feed and possibly even savethe life of another baby without the meansof having breast milk.”
Kelly’s milk is given to vulnerable prema-ture babies who cannot get the breast milkthey need from their own mothers. Milk Mat-ters focuson the tiniest babies of under 1.5kg,who thrive on the irreplaceable nutrients,growth factors and antibodies in humanmilk.
The breast milk can literally be life-saving.Milk Matters’ Elizabeth Brierley says “Kellycould have stopped donating a long time ago,but a month in, she is still supplying MilkMatters with her precious breast milk.” Kel-ly says: “When I look at MiKayla’s life, al-
though it was brief, she touched and changedthe lives of so many around her. Her breastmilk will feed those who are hungry, and herclothing and blankets will help give warmthand comfort to those in need.”
According to Brierley, Kelly’s outlook onlife is truly commendable and inspirational.Kelly adds: “It was through my ultimate lossof little MiKayla that I can now truly see theblessings in and feel gratitude for absolutelyeverything; the importance of loving deep,living strong and cherishing every blessedbreath of life.
I have no regrets, and go forward with adeeper love, an unmovable faith, and sincer-est hope in the beauty of life and the chanceto make a difference in my immediateworld.”
Contact the milk bank Milk Matters at [email protected] or phone (021) 659-5599.
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One-way ticket to exhilarationOne-way ticket to exhilarationANDRE BAKKES
THE “expressive, creative in-stigator” Glenda Jones went
all out in her eagerly anticipateddance production, Diary of aDancer.
It is unimaginable that this exu-berant woman will ever pass up theopportunity to go all out.
Ample evidence of this can beseen in her must-see show on 16 De-cember at CTICC, where the per-formers will use their finely tunedskills to ignite the stage with Afri-can jazz, hip hop, contemporary,cabaret, kwaito, salsa, krumping,ballet funk, freestyle and originaldance concepts.
The third Afrika Ablaze produc-tion of the year is also the most per-sonal for Jones, since she based iton her own life, and on how dancetransformed her.
“Through dancing you igniteyour creativity,” she says.
“It is the most physical and mostpersonal of all the arts. Soon thereis no separation between the mind,body and soul.”
Jones teaches mostly disadvan-taged children to overcome stigma,prejudice and labels and to findthemselves through the naturalrhythm that engulfs everyone.
Afrika Ablaze is, however, opento anyone.
She also lectures a first-yearsport science group at the Universi-ty of the Western Cape, where she“teaches rugby players to dance.”
In short, she helps people ridthemselves of the perception thatthey can’t dance. “I get into theirheads and open up their minds and
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a very creative life. Anyone canbenefit from dancing!”
Diary of a Dancer is a story that willresonate with all audiences. Itdelves into the heart and mind of ayoung boy who, because of his cir-cumstances, goes underground tobury his dreams until he can nolonger live with the lie.
“We usually have one major per-formance a year, but due to theenormous growth and demand, wewill have three this year,” says
Jones. The protagonist of the show(portrayed by Jesrael Jacobs) grewup in a harsh environment andfound his salvation in dance.
An eventful foray into the worldmakes him think twice about whatis really important in life.
Jones has collected nuggets ofwisdom in her ongoing adventure.“What makes a dancer brilliant? Isit the sacrifices a person makes? Isit their sweat, strife, pain or hardwork? Are there short cuts?”
She lets the questions sink in be-fore she answers: “Dancing is hard
work! And only fear separates thegreat fromtheaveragedancers.Thefear of not being good enough. Thefear of failure.”
Jacobs, whom Jones describes ashaving been blessed with the gift of“dancing on water,” plays a charac-ter that grows up in abject poverty,but then discovers the meaning ofhis life when he finds two balletshoes in a garbage bin.
“In a moment he makes the con-nection and becomes overwhelmed!That’s where he would like to be,”she says. Swan Lake will be playing
in the background and in that mo-ment the character “feels and tastesthe music.”
His friends torment the characterbecause of his dream, which hurlshim into his darkest moment.
Diary of a Dancer promises to topany of her previous work and sheis confident that her cast of 60 ex-ceptionally talented dancers areonce again ready towowCapeTownwith their exuberance, versatility,passion and skill.
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FREE YOUR SOUL: Some of the cast for Diary of a Dancer show readers how to fly.Photo: Supplied
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doorstepLYNN PRINS
THIS seems to be the year of theWorld Cups, starting with the crick-
et and followed by rugby.
And now, in a mere 35days, 16 softball teams willarrive for the ninth Jun-ior Women’s World Cham-pionship (JWWC).
I can proudly say we dounite when it comes tobacking our SA teams.
It’s amazing how host-ing the 2010 Soccer WorldCup has given us a sup-portive attitude.
The success of thatworld event will be thetalk of the town for manyyears to come.
However, it is aboutmore than just support forthe teams, but support forand belief in our country’ability to host a successfulevent.
Well, this major eventdeserves nothing less andI’ll have you know that the softball team SAis still hard at work. They’re making themost of this shot at being the best they canbe, whether at hosting or competing.
Because I would like readers to share mylove of this beautiful game of softball, Iwould like to give the background and his-tory of the tournament and then introducethe winning teams.
The first International Softball Federa-tion hosted the JWWC in 1981 in Canada,exposing young talent to top competition,while introducing the game to many.
Japan were crowned champs that year,
and China in ’85. The USA took the crownin ’87 and Japan took in back in ’91.
In ’95 the Americans took the title again,while Japan did so again ’99 and ’03. In ’07the title reverted to the USA.
With that being said, the USA, Japan,China, and Australia allreceived medals in previ-ous World Series. Austral-ia is the only team not tohave taken gold yet. In2007, in the Netherlands,South Africa participatedfor the first time and fin-ished 15th.
So now we all know whothe tough contenders areand it’s possible that theteams mentioned will see afinal.
Perhaps the SA teamwill surprise us all andmake the finals, whoknows, even winning thetournament perhaps?
They have home groundadvantage after all.
With the SA teamranked 12th they will needall our support.
The tournament takes place fromWednesday 7 December until Saturday 17December at Turfhall Stadium, in Craw-ford, Athlone. Participating teams are Ar-gentina ranked 7th, Australia ranked 3rd,USA ranked 1st, Japan ranked 2nd, Canadaranked 4th, Puerto Rico ranked 5th, Chi-nese Taipei ranked 6th, China ranked 8th,New Zealand ranked 9th, Russia ranked13th, Germany ranked 14th, SA ranked12th, Botswana ranked 15th Brazil ranked14th, Zimbabwe ranked 15th and Czech Re-public ranked 16th.
SOFTBALL TALK: Seen here issports reporter Lynn Prins.
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CONGRATULATIONS: People’s Post once again proved to be tops in the community at SAFACape Town’s annual awards dinner held at Athlone Stadium on Saturday 29 October. For thesecond consecutive year photographer Rashied Isaacs was elected Best Photographer for theCocaCola Cup. The tournament received coverage from all community newspapers includingthe Son. Rashied dedicated the prize to the memory of the late Brian Gaffney (sports reporter).“Brian Gaffney taught me community media, may his legacy live on and serve as an inspirationto others,” he said. Pictured here is Isgaak Davids, general secretary of SAFA Cape Townhanding over the gift to Rashied Isaacs. Photo: Supplied
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Developing tomorrow’s starsLYNN PRINS
TWELVE years ago goalkeep-ing legend Farouk Abra-
hams had a burning passion tostart a goalkeeper’s academy.
His aim was to produce only greatgoalkeepers. He feels the position isneglected and, speaking as a formergoalkeeper himself, he thinks spe-cialised training is needed.
However, there is a lack of spon-sorship.
“All we want to do is provide hopefor the future,” he said.
In 2002 Abrahams was appointedgoalkeeper coach forBafanaBafanaat the Soccer World Cup in Koreaand Japan, and worked with thelikes of Andre Arendse, Hans Vonk,and Calvin Marlin.
“It was my greatest honour to rep-resent my country, it didn’t matterthat I didn’t play on those levels, butthe fact that I was part of coachingWorld Cup goalkeepers, was a hugeachievement and money can cer-tainly not buy such glory,” he said.
When asked who he regards ashighly rated, he said: “ItumelengKhune is a highly rated player.
It’s just a pity that he had fakedan injury against Sierra Leone.
It just showed bad character.Nonetheless, he is good.”
He believes Moeneeb Josephs isalso a highly rated player.
Abrahams played for Cape TownSpurs, Maritzburg United, JomoCosmos, and Bush Bucks. Hecoached for Santos, Ajax CapeTown, and Hellenic.
Farouk Abrahams GoalkeeperAcademy (FAGA) has been spon-sored for eight years by Metropoli-tan, but since they merged with Mo-mentum, Abrahams is unsurewhether the sponsorship will con-tinue.
The academy coaches about 80-100 children, without any disap-pointments, from 7 to 25 years old.
The academy also teachess lifeskills.
“On many fronts, and it becameclear to us that the needs of theyoung people in the Academy ex-tend beyond merely that of acquir-ing goalkeeping skills.
Those living in disadvantagedcommunities are particularly vul-nerable, as they live in poverty andmust often survive harsh and diffi-cult experiences in their younglives,” he said.
“Many of the boys and girls at-tend the training sessions hungry,and lack simple life skills.”
FAGA is free and is based at thecorner of Wynberg Sports Club,Rosmead Avenue.
Abrahams feels that the 2010World Cup legacy is not benefittingacademies such as his.
They still struggle with funding
and he appeals to corporates forhelp with sponsorship for sustaina-bility.
“Danny Jordaan and I spoke overthe weekend, and I was told that inthe new year relevant World Cup
funds will be made available, butcriteria will apply and it will proba-bly be region-bound.
JUGGLING: Football legend Farouk Abrahams and his coaching protégé Emmanuel Mbango from Khayalitsha gothrough their paces at the goal keeper academy. Photo: Rashied Isaacs