TUESDAY 11 June 2013 | 0021 910 6500 | Fax: 021 910 6501/06 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.peoplespost.co.za | Mobisite: ppost.mobi TELLING IT AS IT IS GRASSY PARK Mark Brickles 072 742 6963 CEA: MIEA Broker/Owner. RE MAX / Ultra Select Every Agent Will Promise To Sell Your Home … We GUARANTEE it Call Mark For More Info OR SMS “G6”,Your Name, Email address/ address to 072 742 6963 FREE CALL 0800-00-00-08 24HRS, 7 DAYS A WEEK www.markbrickles.com If your Home Doesn’t Sell We’ll buy it *T & C Apply* TELLING IT AS IT IS GRASSY PARK: STRANGER SELLING DRUG ‘SWEETS’ OUTSIDE SCHOOLS Bitter warning for pupils TAURIQ HASSEN A ngry parents are sending out a stern warning to pupils about buying pink sweets from a stranger. Some parents in greater Retreat and Grassy Park areas had to rush their children to hospital after the little ones consumed a pink sherbet-like sweet sold by an unknown man outside the school gates. In a mad panic, Alvinia Williams rushed her daughter to Victoria Hospital on Friday 31 May after the child became seriously ill hours after buying and consuming the sweets outside Lourier Primary School, Re- treat. “Teachers at the school first rushed her to the day hospital. (Once she was at home) I noticed she was actually getting worse. She couldn’t walk, she looked really bleak in her face and her tongue started swelling,” the distressed mother says. When the doctor’s report arrived, Wil- liams was stunned to learn that traces of ec- stasy was found in her daughter’s system. “Whoever is doing this is really sick. They are targeting small children who are crazy about sweets. That is the sick part of this whole thing,” she says. Her daughter is recovering, but Williams still worries about the safety of other pupils. Grassy Park mother Naseeghah, who chose not to name her son’s school, also wished to warn the rest of the community. Two weeks ago, her eight-year-old son bought sweets from a man standing a few metres from the main entrance of the school. Her son had consumed about four sweets from the packet, before collapsing outside his Grassy Park home. “I watched him from the window. He ar- rived with his friends like normal and all of a sudden, he collapsed. His friends rushed over to help and when I got there, he was turning blue,” she sobbed. At the hospital, Naseeghah was informed that traces of the drug was found in her son. “That person should burn in hell and par- ents must be warned about this,” says the seething mother. “I couldn’t believe it and I questioned his friends about it. They said he bought some sweets from a man at school. They explained it was a pink sweet in a see-through packet and that was the only thing he had after school.” Naseeghah had not opened a case with po- lice due to the lack of evidence, but rather decided to approach the newspaper to send out a warning. Kevin Southgate, chairperson for the Steenberg Community Police Forum, finds it shocking that children are being targeted. “I believe that people do these sort of things to get the children hooked onto the drugs,” he says. However, he explains that incidents such as these should raise questions around the people selling goods outside schools. “Unfortunately, everbody has to be paint- ed with the same brush here, because we do know there are people who are genuinely trying to make a living,” Southgate says. People’s Post forwarded a list of questions through to Steenberg police, but they failed to respond at the time of going to print. ROCK LEGENDS: Myles Kennedy performs with Saul Hudson, better known by his nickname Slash – the former lead guitarist of Guns n Roses – at the Kings of Chaos concert at Grand West Casino on Friday. Fans of Rock and Roll were in for a treat when the rock stars arrived in SA for four performances only. The line-up also included Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Gilby Clarke, performing in South Africa for the first time, alongside Joe Elliot from Def Leppard, Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple and Black Country Communion, Dave Kushner from Velvet Revolver and Ed Roland from Collective Soul. Collectively, these artists have sold in excess of 300 million albums worldwide and they have penned many of the most defining rock anthems of all time. In Kings of Chaos they performed some of their greatest hit songs. PHOTO: JACO MARAIS/PHOTO24
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GRASSY PARK: STRANGER SELLING DRUG ‘SWEETS’ OUTSIDE SCHOOLS
Bitter warning for pupilsTAURIQ HASSEN
Angry parents are sending out a sternwarning to pupils about buying pinksweets from a stranger.
Some parents in greater Retreat andGrassyParkareashad to rush their childrento hospital after the little ones consumed apink sherbet-like sweet sold by an unknownman outside the school gates.In a mad panic, Alvinia Williams rushed
her daughter to Victoria Hospital on Friday31 May after the child became seriously illhours after buying and consuming thesweets outside Lourier Primary School, Re-treat.“Teachers at the school first rushed her to
the day hospital. (Once she was at home) Inoticed she was actually getting worse. She
couldn’t walk, she looked really bleak in herface and her tongue started swelling,” thedistressed mother says.When the doctor’s report arrived, Wil-
liams was stunned to learn that traces of ec-stasy was found in her daughter’s system.“Whoever is doing this is really sick. They
are targeting small children who are crazyabout sweets. That is the sick part of thiswhole thing,” she says.Her daughter is recovering, but Williams
still worries about the safety of other pupils.Grassy Park mother Naseeghah, who
chose not to name her son’s school, alsowished to warn the rest of the community.Two weeks ago, her eight-year-old son
bought sweets from a man standing a fewmetres from themain entrance of the school.Her son had consumed about four sweets
from the packet, before collapsing outsidehis Grassy Park home.“I watched him from the window. He ar-
rived with his friends like normal and all ofa sudden, he collapsed. His friends rushedover to help and when I got there, he wasturning blue,” she sobbed.At the hospital, Naseeghah was informed
that traces of the drug was found in her son.“That person should burn in hell and par-
ents must be warned about this,” says theseething mother.“I couldn’t believe it and I questioned his
friends about it. They said he bought somesweets fromaman at school. They explainedit was a pink sweet in a see-through packetand that was the only thing he had afterschool.”Naseeghah had not opened a case with po-
lice due to the lack of evidence, but ratherdecided to approach the newspaper to sendout a warning.Kevin Southgate, chairperson for the
Steenberg Community Police Forum, findsit shocking that children are being targeted.“I believe that people do these sort of
things to get the children hooked onto thedrugs,” he says.However, he explains that incidents such
as these should raise questions around thepeople selling goods outside schools.“Unfortunately, everbody has to be paint-
ed with the same brush here, because we doknow there are people who are genuinelytrying to make a living,” Southgate says.People’s Post forwarded a list of questions
through to Steenberg police, but they failedto respond at the time of going to print.
ROCK LEGENDS: MylesKennedy performs with SaulHudson, better known by hisnickname Slash – the formerlead guitarist of Guns nRoses – at the Kings ofChaos concert at Grand WestCasino on Friday. Fans ofRock and Roll were in for atreat when the rock starsarrived in SA for fourperformances only. Thelineup also included DuffMcKagan, Matt Sorum andGilby Clarke, performing inSouth Africa for the firsttime, alongside Joe Elliotfrom Def Leppard, GlennHughes from Deep Purple andBlack Country Communion,Dave Kushner from VelvetRevolver and Ed Roland fromCollective Soul. Collectively,these artists have sold inexcess of 300 million albumsworldwide and they havepenned many of the mostdefining rock anthems of alltime. In Kings of Chaos theyperformed some of theirgreatest hit songs.
PHOTO: JACO MARAIS/PHOTO24
PEOPLE'S POST | GRASSY PARKTuesday, 11 June 20132 NEWS
SA ECONOMY: CITY’S PLAN TO STIMULATE GROWTH
Small businesses to prosper?NADINE MOODIE
SMALL businesses are the backbone ofthe South African economy. Many ofthese businesses operate from people’s
homes in suburbs across the city.The City of Cape Town is on a mission to
regulate businesses such as tuck shopswhich run from people’s homes, by creatinga new zoning scheme called the Cape TownZoning Scheme. This will allow and estab-lish home industries, which will rezoneproperties onwhich these businesses are sit-uated.In March this year the Home Industries
bylaw of 1985 was repealed by the City ofCape Town along with 266 other bylaws andpolicies that were created before 1994.The City’s Mayoral Committee member
for Economic, Environmental and SpatialPlanning, Garreth Bloor says these bylawsand policies did not aid the City’s strategyof redress and economic development.“Wewant to openup the economy formore
people to develop themselves, in the past thebylaws and policies prevented people frombecoming economically active,” he says.“The Cape Town Zoning Scheme is al-
ready in effect and applies to the entire CapeMetropolitan. There is no specific criteriafor people to qualify for this zoning scheme.“There is no law against opening a tuck-
shop in any area, people are free to open upshop as they see fitwhen their properties arezoned to do so.“Individuals in this position need to apply
to the City to have their properties rezoned.“There is no blanket cost for process, be-
cause various aspects such as erf size andwhether an impact assessment is requiredfor the property, will need to be calculatedto determine the cost.“The applicant will then hand in their ap-
plication for rezoning to their district office,who will immediately give them a quote on
the cost.”Tuck shop owner, Ameer Ismail says he
is aware of the Cape Town Zoning Schemeand has no grievances with the process.“I think it’s a good thing and a way for the
City to regulate informal trade,” he says.“People should not object to this if they’re
using their tuck shops for the right reasons,then this zoning scheme won’t harm them.”Meanwhile salon owner, Maxwell Johan-
nes is not pleased with the City’s approachto home industries.“This process is not good, because it in-
volves a lot of things such as paying tariffsfor rezoning and asking neighbours for per-mission.“I don’t own this property and my neigh-
bours are rude anddon’t likeme, so theywillobject tomy request to have a salon here. It’sbest that people be allowed to do their ownthing, and not have to comply with thesenew regulations.”
Chief training officer at DTB Trading,Gregg Fick says he spends his time assistingtuck shop owners with registering theirbusinesses, but has concerns and reserva-tions with the new zoning scheme.“The City needs to remember there are
poor people who rent properties from themand others who are not South African citi-zens, but who own tuck shops or lease a sec-tion of the land from which they operatetheir businesses from as their source of in-come,” he says.“Thousands of people have tuck shops on
properties they don’t own. Will they be ableto rezone the properties they don’t own?”Bloor says an impact assessment will be
done for tuck shopownerswhodon’t own theproperties fromwhich they’re operating on.“Only property owners may apply for re-
zoning or change of land use.“If the applicant is not the owner, they
need to obtain a power of attorney from the
owner, before the application will be accept-ed. If this is granted the City will speak tothe neighbours to get permission for tuck-shop owners to continue their businesses,”he says.Fick believes tuck shop owners want to
comply with the City’s bylaws, but he saysthe application forms are too difficult forpeople to understand and complete.“I don’t understand why the City does not
send staff to educate people about the newzoning scheme.“The South African Revenue Service
(SARS) and the Department of Trade and In-dustry usually send fieldworkers to commu-nities to explain things in basic terms to peo-ple, why can’t the City do the same?” asksFick.“Unemployment in our communities is
very high and tuck shops are often people’sonly source of income. If these business areshut down, people will be out in the street.”
SMALL BUSINESSES: Tuck shop are one of the many small businesses in the city which will have to rezone their properties to comply withthe City of Cape Town’s new zoning scheme. PHOTO: NADINE MOODIE
New scanner makes biopsy easierELSABÉ BRITS
RATHER than a painful operation to ex-amine glands and tumours, Groote Schu-ur Hospital patients can now undergo amodern procedure.The University of Cape Town (UCT)
sponsored an endobronchial ultrasoundscanner to the hospital.Groote Schuur is only the secondhospi-
tal to have the machine in the country –in both the private and public sector.The instrument can be used to examine
lymph nodes or any tumour or growthnear or in the tranchea, said Professor
Keertan Dheda, head of pulmonology atUCT and Groote Schuur Hospital.The machine uses an ultrasound to
form an image through a small camera atthe front of an endoscope.It acts as a guide for the doctor to deter-
mine where a biopsy should be conduct-ed.The biopsy is aminute sample of the af-
fected tissue which is to be analysed.In thismanner the phase of lung cancer
can be diagnosed accurately and withspeed.The patient is placed under a light seda-
tion which does not require anesthesia.
The procedure is only 45 minutes andthe patient can be discharged the sameday.It can also be used to diagnose TB and
sarcoidosis – a disease which causeschronic infection in the lungs and lymphnodes.Up to 90%of patientswill nowno longer
have to undergo surgery.They can instead be examined with the
instrument.Dheda said the instrument has already
been used to diagnose, among others,lung cancer, TB and sarcoidosis in threepatients.
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Hospital 5 May 2013.His father’s name is believed to beMvan-
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PHUMLANI VILLAGE: FUN FOR CHILDREN
New park rings in playtimeTAURIQ HASSEN
THERE can be little doubt the childrenof Phumlani Village will give thethumbs up sign to a new playground.
The playground cost R15 000 to install.It was officially unveiled by New Chapter
Foundation (NCF) from Retreat.It comprises a jungle gym, monkey bars,
slide, swings, climbing ropes, tyre tunnels,a double seesaw and a covered platform.The playground is also surrounded by gar-
den features, with various plants and flow-ers that have been planted.NCF director Malcolm Josephs says the
project came about when it was discoveredthat the community lacked sustainable af-ter-school programmes for the children.The organisation was founded in 2011 and
NCF members started visiting the areatwice a week and initially worked withabout 15 children. They also serve severalother communities across Cape Town.“This gave us the perfect platform to start
building relationships with other organisa-tions and universities,” says Josephs.“The project has developed and blossomed
over time, withmany new partnerships thatwere formed.”Today, NCF caters for just over 150 chil-
dren who are guided through various extra-curricular activities provided by the NCFand their partners.The playground stemmed from an idea
one of the NCF interns had and immediatelya new partnership was formed with JungleMania to make the dream come true. Theplayground was funded by the intern.“Themain purpose of the playground is to
create a safe and fun place for children to de-velop.“We just want children to holistically de-
velop andbenefit from this great facility thatthe area was not fortunate enough to havein the past,” Josephs says.The playground was completed on Satur-
day 25 May, when several volunteers andcommunitymembers teamedup to set up theplay equipment in one day.Phumlani Village resident Bulelwa Mvu-
ki has two sons.She says she is delighted to know there is
a safe place for her children to play.“As a single mother, I am always worried
about what my children get up to during theday,” says Mvuki.“I saw them watching as they opened the
playground and they couldn’t wait to startplaying,” she says.Mvuki says Phumlani Village can become
“quite rough” at times, which leaves herworried for her children’s safety when theyplay outside in the street.“I am very worried about them. I now
know that theywill be at a secureplace, play-ing with other children and being construc-tive, which makes me feel a bit more re-laxed,” she smiles.Siyathemba “Siya” Ndlovu is one the eld-
erly members in the village.He, too, haswelcomed the new acquisition
for the children.“This community needs something posi-
tive, because there are lots of things goingwrong around here,” says Ndlovu.“We must all feel really honoured to have
people like this taking care of our communi-ty and it lets us know that there are peoplewho care.”Ndlovu has six grandchildren living with
him.
The reality that there is a constructiveplay area for them makes him happy.Peter Mgutyana, Phumlani Village Com-
munity chairperson, explains the impor-tance of having the playground in the com-munity. He says the village never had a playpark for children, who were eventuallyforced to play in the streets or move out ofthe community to find play parks.“We are very happy that the playground
has been opened. It might seem really smallto some, but to us it huge and very impor-tant,” he says.“The playground will definitely help the
children to develop and we can only thankNew Chapter Foundation for making thishappen, because this is exactly what somecommunitymembers have been asking for.”NCF does not plan to stop there.Josephs explains that they are eyeing a va-
cant container in the community and hopesto start a nutrition centre for the children.At the centre, children can visit where
they will be fed with a hot meal.Discussions about the initiative are still
underway and plans for the centre has notyet been finalised.
PEOPLE'S POST | GRASSY PARKTuesday, 11 June 20134 WORD ON THE STREET
RICE, grain, bread, chicken and wheat.These are some of the products South
Africans will cough up more for overthe next three months due to the weakeningrand.
The weak rand is disadvantageous to con-sumers.
It especially has a negative impact on im-ported products, said Professor Johan Wille-mse of the University of the Free State’s De-partment of Agricultural Economics. Thiscomes after the rand plummeted to R10,28 tothe dollar recently, amid fears of unrest inthe mining industry and indications that theinterest rates in the developed world maystrengthen. The rand has been trading at be-low R10 since the major drop.
It was recently reported that the weakerrand would lead to a bigger profit for export-ers, but imported products are more expen-sive. So the price of which products will in-crease?
Willemse said the prices of a number ofproducts will rise in the next three months.“We import all our rice, so rice will be veryexpensive. We also import half of the grainused for bread products, so bread prices willrise,” he said.
“Then we have the debate about importedchicken, so the price of chicken will also in-crease. South Africa imports 350 000 tons ofchicken annually.
“Two-thirds of our cooking oils are im-
ported, so those prices will also increase. Inaddition, wheat and maize will also rise.These increases have a ripple effect on eggan dairy farmers, because feeding becomesmore expensive. “We have become a net-im-porter and that means that the problem israther serious – everything we buy is directlymore expensive.”
Willemse said South Africans will only feelthe impact on their pockets in the next threemonths. The increase is expected to be be-tween 30% and 40% of the base price.
“It’s a bad place for the country to be in,because salaries will not be increasing.”
According to Dawie Klopper, an invest-ment economist at PSG Consulting, importedvehicles – as well as the parts which are most-ly imported – jewellery and furniture will al-so be more expensive.
The diminishing rand also has a psycholog-ical impact on consumers, he added.
“The rand is seen as the share price of thecountry, so when the rand is not well, thecountry is not well. It is followed by a nega-tive sentiment.”
It also has an impact on the inflation rate.“It will prevent the interest rate from de-creasing and people who have borrowed mon-ey will select lower interest rates,” Kloppersaid. The rand’s trading value also has an im-pact on the petrol price. “Despite the drop lastweek, the price may again increase nextmonth.”People’s Post took to the streets to hear
what readers had to say.
WEAK RAND: PRICES SET TO SOAR
Food for thought
ALETTA JACKSON says South Africans are struggling and have no choice, but to purchase items.“Our salaries aren’t increasing and there’s verylittle we can do to changes things.”
CHRISTO LAMBRECHTS says he’ll have to cuthis down on partying. “The only option I haveis to party less and use the money for food.”
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MARGUERITE TRIMM says there are no measuresshe can put in place to see her rand go further.“There’s no contingency plan. Today you’ll haveenough and tomorrow something else increases.Times are tough.”
DARION PILLAY says salaries should be adjustedespecially for those in poorer communities. “People should try and use staple food like rice morefrequently in their diets. You can also save moneyon electricity by cooking rice once a week and thenfreezing it for the week’s meals.”
JOHAN MCMAHON says there is nothing youcan do about price increases, but there areways to live a sustainable lifestyle. “Insteadof buying takeaway chips you can buy apack of oven chips and make it at home,You can also cook enough food for a fewdays and freeze it.”
THYS EKSTEEN says although times are tough heis a business owner and can afford to spoil hisfamily a little. He says people just need to be savywith their money. “You can eat out as long as youknow where the specials are. People should alsolearn to buy any brand, sugar is sugar, whetherHullets or noname brand.”
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School safety planTAURIQ HASSEN
AN APPEAL has been made for theHeathfield community to establish aSchool Watch.
It would be the first such structure, whichwill act as an entity to combat some of thesocial ills plaguing the school.Heathfield High School has been faced
with a number of challenges over the years,including gangsterism, truancy, substanceabuse and bunking.Wesley Neumann, teacher and member of
the School Governing Body (SGB), says theSGB is currently the driving force behindthe initiative and aims to get as many role-players involved. “We want the SchoolWatch to serve a dual purpose for the com-munity, patrolling the school surroundingsand the residential area,” he says.“Wewish to address these challengeswith
the formation of the School Watch.”
The watch is aimed at improving securitynot only on the school grounds, but also ser-ving the surrounding community. Duringintervals, thewatchwill also be used tomon-itor activity on the playground.According to Naumann, the focus of a
School Watch is to enhance the communitysafety through “a problem-solving approachto crime and disorder affecting schools”.He adds that the SGB hopes to have the
School Watch operating by the first week ofthe new school term, which starts on Mon-day 15 July. Options for the SchoolWatch in-clude patrols, walks or even cycling.Improving the communication network
within the community, logging suspiciousactivities and collecting information on
criminal activity are ideas the watch hopesto incorporate at the start of the new schoolterm. School Watch hopes to reach out toparents, local leaders, police, surroundingschools, churches, the neighbourhoodwatch, community policing forum, local im-provement district, businesses and privatesecurity companies to create a network inthe community. “We need to make a differ-ence about our current situation. There isa solution to every problem and we musthave the will to find it,” Naumann says.Heathfield High School principal Mark
Engelbrecht welcomed the idea.His main concerns are that pupils travel-
ling to and from school have been accostedand robbed. “This initiative is more to do
with the safety of pupils, because a schoolis supposed to always represent a safe havenfor children,” he says.Engelbrecht is in favour of having parents
on the SchoolWatch as they could patrol theschool grounds during intervals and assistthe school.“We are very fortunate in a sense to have
really big premises, but that, too, is a nega-tive. It means there is much more groundthat needs to be covered and the school justdoesn’t have enough staff to cater for this,”he says. “If the parents were patrolling thegrounds during intervals, wewould feel a lotbetter knowing parents are looking aftertheir own children.”MarkRussouw, secretary of the Langevlei
Ratepayers’ and Civic Association, says theSGB approached the association for assist-ance. “It’s a very good initiative. I wouldstrongly encourage people to assist,” hesays.
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Striking right cordsTAURIQ HASSEN
WHILE the sound of gunshots may bethe stereotype residents in greaterRetreat may have become attuned to,
one Coniston Park man continues to strumhis own melody.
Dextry Rasmus hopes to pass on some ofskills to the community through his musicschool.
Named for himself, the music school is be-ing run from his garage. He officially openedup the Dextry Rasmus Music School after re-ceiving an overwhelming response from thepublic.
“My music that I pass down is purely basedon Christian music and, despite the gang vio-lence plaguing our communities, I continueand I strive to achieve the best,” he says.
Rasmus is a member of Grassy Park’s StJosephs Christmas Band and has beenstrumming his guitar since the age of 16.
His dream of one day playing in the bandbecame a reality when the late John Septem-
ber (80), a senior guitarist, introduced himto the art of playing a guitar.
“I’m still feeling the recent loss of a verytalented guitarist who taught me everythingI know about playing the guitar,” he says.
Rasmus started providing guitar lessonsnearly eight years ago, but was encouragedby his wife to open his own music school athis Muritz Way home.
The school attracts many aspiring guitarplayers from Retreat, Grassy Park and evenas far as Heathfield.
Children from six years and upwards areall welcome to attend.
“I’m hoping that with the skill of playinga guitar people can move forward andachieve something positive through all ofthis negativity surrounding the area,” Ras-mus says.
Classes are held every Monday and Thurs-day between 19:30 and 20:30, as well as on Sat-urdays from 15:00 to 17:00.V Anybody interested in becoming the next Carlos San-tana, can contact Rasmus on 079 162 8626.
TALENTED: Dextry Rasmus shows off some of his musical talents at the Dextry Rasmus MusicSchool. PHOTO: TAURIQ HASSEN
Seven decades of loveTAURIQ HASSEN
WHEN everlasting love, ongoing trustand commitment is added to one pot, itcan be turned into a recipe for a success-ful marriage.
Leslie (93) and Dorothy (94) Voegt fromRetreat will celebrate their 72nd wed-ding anniversary on Friday.
The couple first clapped eyes on eachother when Leslie, who was known as a“corner boy” back in the old District Sixera, whistled to Dorothy after she re-turned from a hard day’s work at the fac-tory.
“That is when it all started,” Dorothysays. “It was on the corner of Bruce andHanover streets, but Leslie used to whis-tle at me every day as I passed that cor-ner.”
Theirs is a case of love at first sight,because when the two eventually startedspeaking, who would have thought thatthey would be spending the next 72 yearstogether?
They were regular visitors to the cine-ma and occasionally fished out the bestdance spots in Cape Town, as Dorothyloved to dance.
“I can remember one year they linkedup the City Hall with the Drill Hall, andwe danced all night from one side to theother,” Dorothy laughs.
“We danced so much, we passed outwhen we came home.”
Now living in their Retreat home after45 years, they still show signs of bliss,joking with each other and using nick-
names when referring to each other.They are well-known in the communi-
ty as Dorothy also ran a crèche fromtheir Retreat home.
“We would walk in shopping mallsand then somebody will just come up tous and give a huge hug. We will not knowthe person when we first see them, butonly once they’ve explained who theyare, does it ring a bell,” Leslie says.
When Dorothy was watching the chil-dren, Leslie would take to his daily ritu-al of swimming at Muizenberg Beach.
“I loved it and I made this a habit ofmine. I also loved walking from thehouse to as far as False Bay sometimes,but then it started to become dangerousand I was forced to stop,” Leslie says.
The couple remains adamant thatthere is no secret to their long-standingrelationship.
“It is a matter of whatever goes wrongin your life, you have to swallow it andmove on.
“You have to go from day to day, be-cause sometimes it will be down andsometimes it will be up, but you have tobe able to work through any situation,”both tried to explain from the comfort oftheir living room.
The couple does not have anythingfancy planned for their special day, butsurrounding residents have alreadypromised to visit for a cup of tea and sliceof cake.People’s Postwould like to wish Leslie
and Dorothy Voegt a happy 72nd wed-ding anniversary.
GOINGSTRONG: Leslieand DorothyVoegt will becelebratingtheir 72ndweddinganniversary thisFriday. PHOTO:TAURIQ HASSEN
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SOUTH AFRICANS are a bunch of whiners. And weshould stop.That’s the word fromANC deputy president Cyril Ram-
aphosa.Ramaphosa is quoted as saying at a BlackManagement
Forum that South Africans “must move away from beingthe biggest whiners”.He reportedly said South Africans have a right to criti-
cise, but should also offer solutions.“Do not become an armchair critic; get into the scrum
and show us what you can do.”The reality is it should not come as any surprise when
all people complain of the one aspect that affects everycitizen: hitting the pocket. South Africans will be hardput – inmoreways thanone –when their income is erodedby the proposed toll roads in Cape Town. Other factorswhichwill siphondisposable incomeare the expected fuelprice increase and the R800 president Jacob Zuma is re-portedly paying for the monthly lease of 8.9ha land onwhich his Nkandla compound is built.And Deputy Public Works minister Jeremy Cronin re-
portedly said of the R206m upgrade to Zuma’s privatehome: “It’s clearly outrageous, it’s clearly hard to justi-fy.”The nation has a right to complain, and even to give
solutions. It is also our right to a job, to earn a living in-come, to live in a house, have an education and other civilliberties. These rights are in the Constitution – a hard-fought for document for which many have paid the ulti-mate price. Many of the survivors of apartheid are stillwaiting to see the fruits of their klipgooiery, refusing togo to school and other civil protests.Most of the anti-apartheid activists have grown up and
grown old. It would behove the ANC elite to think of thesematters while few fellow countrymen can live the dreamof prosperity.Solutions? Definitely, but don’t ignore the fact that
many election promises are just that: promises.
Raising children a shared responsibilityTHIS year Father’s Day is Sunday 16 June;very appropriate as it is a public holiday thenext day. Fathers will be celebrating theirday differently, but mostly with their chil-dren – it is the honouring of our fathers.I will be celebrating Father’s Daywithmy
Mom and siblings. We lost our dad a yearago to cancer, so our first stop will be thegraveyard. He is missed a lot. My heart goesout to children who will not have the oppor-tunity to have their Dad there to wish, someofwhom leftwithout considering the impacttheir action will have on their kids.It doesn’t necessarily happen when the
child is small, but as they grow older, chil-dren are not meant to grow up without bothparents present. I would not knowwhat thatis like.I do know the impact amissing parent has
on a child’s life and,more specifically, whenthat parent was there in the earlier years ofthe child’s development and suddenly losesinterest.Someone said it is better that the parent
is not around from day one, but children arecurious beings and they will want to knowwhat happened.I went to a seminar on parenting and I al-
waysmaintain that raising children doesn’tcome with a handbook; you learn as you goalong. The seminar was interesting, but Ifound it annoying that the speaker had nopersonal experience or, let’s say, her chil-dren were not faced with the adversity ourchildren are faced with today. She couldn’trelate to the situation.I firmly believe you have to be in a situa-
tion to be able to give advice. Support is fine,
but you will not have any understanding ofwhat parents go through. I am not judging,I am merely pointing out a fact, it was men-tioned that children of today are born angry,which I agree with to an extent. There wasalso mention of our role as parents and howour children are our responsibility, whichI agreewith, but it is a shared responsibilityand I am not talking in anyone’s favour. Ifeel children should be raised by a village.I would like to wish every father a very
happy and blessed Father’s Day.To those fathers who left women rearing
their children alone, I want to bless them,too. To those women I want to say I admireyou and I know what it is like, but God hasa plan for all of us and happy Father’s Dayto us.Tanya Miseroole, Email
Your SMSes. I wish I could afford to help Moira. Shezi
. Tears streamed down my face as I readthe article “Twilight time turns to worryyears”. Never truer words were spoken!Howweworked for this country,without theluxuries of a cushy job. What have theseyoung children having babies and gettinggrants contributed to this country? At theirage we were in school or working, not hav-ing babies. The grants they receive shouldbe allocated to senior citizens who deserveit. And, yes, we need acknowledgement fromour children. Instead they treat us like mo-rons, forgetting most of us are educated justlike they are. We are their parents. We dounderstand theyhave their own responsibil-ities, but how is showing interest, a kindword and showing love asking for toomuch?Life is not easy for most of us seniors. Allwe need is love, respect, consideration andempathy.
. Thank you for publishing this article. Ihope the parents who bought their kidshookah pipes don’t have too much of a head-ache. My instincts have always been correctabout the hookah. I hope it is an eye openerbecause our kids are already exposed to toomany bad substances.
. You are 100%correct.MyDadwas so ad-
dicted to hookah vapours and it caused himto fall ill with terminal cancer. I’m beggingmy kids to stay away from hookah vapours.
. At least us hookah smokers don’t goaround begging for money. Hookah isn’t asaddictive as cigarettes. The hookah smokersmake it seem addictive by smoking a lot.
. The police should seize all hookah pipesand test its contents. They would be sur-prised at themixtures it contains. Criminalsencourage children to smoke and that’s howthey get hooked. Drug dealers use the sametactic daily,while theyhide inhookah smok-ing groups as a ploy to sell the drugs.
. I agree with the disabled people. GoldenArrow can make a plan for them.
.MyCiTi is the answer for wheelchairpassengers. The Golden Arrow logo says“the bus for us”. I don’t think so, as they arediscriminating against wheelchair passen-gers on the Cape Flats. CBM Le Sar
. I fully agreewithwheelchair-boundpas-sengers. I’m also disabled and if I go hospitala private car (ride costs) R150. The bus ismuch cheaper, but I cannot use it, becauseit is not wheelchair-friendly. It’s time thatwe also get service. Val
. I’ve been to the UK four times – mydaughter lives there. Each birthday shesends me a ticket and I witnessed the Olym-pics. What I admire is the transport on thebuses and trains. There are ramps for thewheelchairs and prams. Come on, SA, it is
time to do something for our people. Mrs S. I am about to write a letter of objection
to the finance minister. My pensions placeme above the threshold and I now have topay Sars more than R3000! I don’t know howIwill do this. I am the sole breadwinner, pay-ing R2560 on my home loan.
. The problem is not only motorists.There are cyclists who show disregard totraffic laws. Traffic officials, please take ac-tion! David
.Why is there a phone-in service forBiki-ni Babes on TV? Do you know how boringthat is to watch if you’re female? You areforcing people to buyDStv. Young people areusually out on Fridays and Saturdays. VSolomons, Diep River
. Prostitution is a fact. It has beenthroughout human history and is never go-ing to disappear. Legalising itwouldhelp en-sure the safety and health of all involved. Re-ligion has no part in this discussion. Theproposed lawwouldmake prostitution legal,subject to rules and conditions.
. I support the West Indies in cricket, theAll Blacks in rugby and England or Germa-ny in football. What’s the big deal? Don’t tellme it’s amatter of “patriotism”. Being patri-otic is a personal choice. Does anybody dic-tate to you which team you should supportor which party you should vote for? Weshould rally support for issues that matter,like respect and tolerance. Jo-Ann
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PEOPLE'S POST | GRASSY PARKTuesday, 11 June 201310 ENTERTAINMENT
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE SUBCOUNCILS:JUNE 2013Notice is hereby given that the meeting of the 24 (twenty four) Subcouncils for theCity of Cape Town will take place at the time and venue indicated in the schedule below:
Subcouncil Venue Date Time Manager
1Council Chambers, Royal Ascot,Milnerton
20 10:00Peter Deacon021 550 1001
2 Kraaifontein Council Chambers 19 10:00Fred Monk021 980 6053
3Council Chambers, Voortrekker Road,Goodwood
20 10:00Johannes Brand021 590 1676
4Parow Council Chambers, Tallent Street,Parow
20 09:00Ardela van Niekerk021 444 0196
5The Hague Community Hall, Cnr DelftMain & Silversands Road, The Hague
19 10:00Martin Julie021 695 8161
6Bellville Council Chambers, Bellville CivicCentre
21 10:00Pat Jansen021 918 2024
7 Durbanville Council Chamber 21 10:00Carin Viljoen021 444 0689
8 Strand Council Chambers, Strand 20 10:00Izak du Toit021 850 4149
11 Fezeka Council Chambers 19 10:00Kayise Nombakuse021 630 1737
12 Lentegeur Civic Centre 20 10:00Alesia Bosman021 371 8199
13Ruth First Community Hall 19 10:00
Lunga Bobo021 630 1619
14 Elukhanyisweni Community Hall 19 10:00Christopher Jako021 630 1678
11 Athlone Minor Hall 19 10:00Kayise Nombakuse021 630 1737
12 Lentegeur Civic Centre 20 10:00Alesia Bosman021 371 8199
13Fezeka Council Chambers 19 10:00
Lunga Bobo021 630 1619
14 Fezeka Council Chambers 19 10:00Christopher Jako021 630 1678
15Raven Room, Pinelands Training Centre,Pinelands
19 10:00Mariette Griessel021 531 3437
16Council Chambers, 44 Wale Street,Cape Town
21 10:00Marius Coetsee021 487 2055
17 Athlone Minor Hall 20 10:00Edgar Carolissen021 637 9757
18Rondevlei Subcouncil Chambers,Lotus River
20 10:00Okkie Manuels021 700 4020
19 Council Chambers, Fish Hoek 21 10:00Desiree Mentor021 784 2011
20Council Chambers, Alphen CentreConstantia
19 10:00Brian Ford021 794 2493
21Oostenberg Council Chambers,Kuils River
19 10:00Pieter Grobler021 900 1502
22 Strand Council Chambers 21 10:00Richard Moi021 900 1508
23 Colorado Community Centre 19 10:00Raphael Martin021 371 4551
24 Khayelitsha Training Centre 20 10:00Goodman Rorwana021 444 7532
To access the full agenda and all supporting documentation 72 hours before the meeting goto www.capetown.gov.za/subcouncils.
Highlight the date of the subcouncil meeting, choose thesubcouncil you require and download the agenda. Please reportany difficulties to the relevant subcouncil manager.
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER
Catch Edujazz at ArtscapeGARY VAN DYK
SOME young talents are taking to the stageat Artscape this week in celebration of Yo-uth Month, and the Delft Big Band is partof it all.
The 13th annual Sekunjalo Edujazz Con-cert takes place on Saturday night and thisbig band will be blowing up a storm withthe best of them.
The junior contingent of jazz will be re-presented by the orchestra of RondeboschEast Primary School, who will be makinganother appearance at the festival after im-pressing audiences some years ago.
Another highlight on Saturday will be theperformance of the popular MiCasa, whohave won some Sama awards for their soul-ful house sound.
Pride of place must go to the Delft Bandwho are also back on the bill by public de-mand.
Band leader Ian Smith’s musical protegeshave been hard at work in recent weeks,performing to a standing ovation at the Ca-pe Town Big Band Festival on the openingnight. And they’re heading to France laterthis year as part of a French-South Africancultural exchange programme.
Started in 2008 this project has developedinto a world-class ensemble that is produ-
cing some top class soloists.Trumpeter Lorenzo Blignaut is now stu-
dying at UCT. He was part of the band forDavid Kramer’s production of Kat and theKings.
Vocalists Adelia Douw and David Octo-ber are also growing into performers whotake to the stage with confidence and al-ways has the crowd begging for more.
In July, Douw will be attending the presti-gious Berklee Music College in America toattend a vocal Summer Camp for musiciansfrom across the world.
Over the past 12 years this series of con-certs has been raising funds for bursariesfor disadvantaged youths to provide a plat-form for inspiration and hope.
It has also given talented musicians fromvarious schools the opportunity to be men-tored by some of the legends of SA music.And some of those early Edujazz alumni arenow growing into legends themselves.
Some of these include pianist Kyle She-pherd, trumpeter Darren English, bassistShaun Johannes, and sax man DonvinoPrins, who have all grown into respectedperformers after performing in some of thefirst concerts.V This year’s concert takes place at Artscape on Sa-turday at 19:30. Tickets, at R75, available from Com-puticket.
TOPNOTCH: Ian Smith leads the Delft Big Band at the concert on Saturday night with histalented singers Adelia Douw and David October always ready to soothE you with some sassysounds. PHOTO: GARY VAN DYK
ENERGY, cool loud beats and dancersdoing all sorts of body twisting tricksthat should come with a “don’t try this
at home” warning label. That’s hip hop.The dance craze has broken the stereo-
types once attached to it and has moved toa universal dance style, says Daphne Jub-ber, director of the South African DanceTeachers Association (Sadta).
This year she’s coordinating the NationalHip Hop Championships taking place at theGood Hope Centre this Saturday and Sun-day. The fun starts at 09:00 on both days.
“The competition caters to all age groups,sections, categories and styles of hip hopdance,” says Jubber.
She says there are eight categories, in-cluding electric boogie, adult (for people be-tween the ages of 31 and 59), break dance,team battles, street dance show, productionand para dancers.
Sadta, which has been in existence for 78years and is running the event this year,wants young people from communitiesthroughout Cape Town to attend the event.
“Young people in Cape Town are talented.I went overseas some years ago and sawAmerican youth doing hip hop. I realisedthat our young people were exercising theirraw talent doing the same thing on thestreets,” she says.
Jubber, who was always a dancer, is pas-
sionate about her craft and teaches youngpeople in some of the city’s impoverishedcommunities.
She says she loves what she does.“It’s such a fulfilling job seeing people
with talent who come from challenging cir-cumstances dance and later get jobs astrainers,” she says.
“I’m inspired by their talent and whatthey’re able to do with their bodies. At Sad-ta we’re committed to development andteaching hip hop dancers to become train-ers now.
“We break down what they already knowso they are able to teach others and find em-ployment with this craft,” she says.
Jubber is not blind to the challengeswhich come with being involved in the gen-re.
“People still associate negativity with thestyle, but it’s fun and everybody should tryit. All you need is a body, two feet and a pa-tient teacher,” she says.
“Sponsorship for this dance style is diffi-cult to come by. It is frustrating knowingthe government gives money to certainsports and not to arts and culture.
“We’re uplifting the community by teach-ing people skills and empowering them byusing their own talents, but yet governmentoverlooks this and turns a blind eye.”V For more information contact Daphne Jubber on082 770 4877. Alternatively email her on [email protected]..
HIP HOP: One of the dance crews who were the winners of World Trial Circuit Adult SmallGroup. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Shiny silverware for GlendeneLIAM MOSES
GLENDENE UNITED will launchstraight into preparations for the SA-FA Second Division promotion play-
offs after winning the league on Fridaynight.United beat Ida’s Valley 5-2 to top the Sec-
ond Division log after All Stars, who hadlead the standings, were docked nine pointsfor fielding an unregistered player in threegames this season.Although Stars may still appeal the deci-
sion before the seven-day window closes ontomorrow (Wednesday 12 June), Glendenecoach Duran Francis says his side do nothave time for a break ahead of their trip toJohannesburg.“The period before the play-offs start is so
short, thatwewill start preparing for Johan-nesburg as soon as possible. The boys needto get used to the conditions up there,” hesays.“It has been a very long season. It started
almost a year ago, but this is a part of thebusiness andwe just have to try and prepareas best as possible and have a successfulplay-offs.”No date has been set for the play-offs as
yet, but it is believed it will take place overthe penultimate or last weekend thismonth.
Glendene will face off against their coun-terparts from the eight other provinces inSouth Africa, in hopes of claiming one of thetwo National First Division (NFD) spotsavailable.While Francis knows the play-offs will be
a challenge for his young, inexperiencedside, he has faith thatGlendene’s players un-derstand the value of promotion and willfight hard to achieve it.“The boys showed a lot of character. It’s
all about thewillpower andmentality. In thepast everyCapeTown team that has finishedon top in the league has always done well inthe play-offs,” he says.“It’s aboutmental strengthbefore anddur-
ing the play-offs. There are different condi-tions, different styles of play and differentteams and if the players adapt they shoulddowell. It’s going to be very difficult becausethere is a lot to play for.”Meanwhile, the other Second Division
sides based in the south were not too far offthe pace this season.Manenberg sideCrystal Palace finished in
fourth, while ASD Salt River Blackpool fin-ished in seventh and Lansdowne’s RC Ath-letico were eighth.Steenberg United finished in ninth spot,
while Mitchell’s Plain United were 10th andPinelands club Old Mutual were 11th.
CELEBRATION: Glendene United celebrate after beating Stellenbosch side Ida’s Valley 52 onFriday to win the Second Division. PHOTO: SHAMIEG MCLAURIE
BIG WINNER:Marliena Richenberg of LavenderHill won a Burgwatch phone, anew bike andR1 500 fromNedbank and theSports Trust at aprizegiving atPhoenix HighSchool in Manenberg on Saturday.Richenberg is oneof many cyclists inthe Trust’s cyclingdevelopmentprogramme. Shewas the fastestfemale finisher inthe group duringthis year’s Pick nPay Cape ArgusCycle Tour.PHOTO:SUPPLIED
DOUBLE TEAM: Primrose RFC players Noer Davids and Ramiz Osman tackle UWC’sWarrick Rhoda during a Super League B match in Bellville on Saturday. UWC won 3115.The loss was Primrose’s first this season. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
Youth football showcasedASHFORDATHLETICFCwill be host its an-nual Youth Day soccer tournament at theclubhouse in Sweet Valley Road in Heath-field on Monday 17 June.
The event will have food stalls, football,raffles and bar facilities. The tournamentstarts at 08:00 and the prizegiving will takeplace at 17:00.
Junior rugby tourney in PlainLIAM MOSES
THE Tafelsig High School Alumni Associa-tion hope a newly-founded tournament willhelp grow rugby inMitchell’s Plain and stopthe area’s “moral value from declining”.The inaugural Thabiet Rossier Legacy
Cup, founded by the Association, will takeplace on Monday 17 June and feature Tafel-sig and seven other under-19 teams.Mark Skriker, former chairperson of the
Association and tournament organiser, saysthe tournament aims “to celebrate ThabietRossier’s life, but we also want to invigoratesport in this area”.“There is than one alumni association in
Mitchell’s Plain. Beacon Hill has one andMondale also has one,” he says.“Weare trying to encourageall the schools
to form alumni associations, because we areconcerned there is a declining moral valuedue to the social challenges.Wewant to keepthe youth busy with constructive activities.There is a league but rugby has died out inthis area, especially at primary school lev-el.”Rossier was one of the pioneers of the
Tafelsig High Alumni Association and ateacher at Spine Road and Glendale Highschools who died in April.Skriker says Rossier was “well known in
sporting circles”, having played rugby forSilvertree RFC, UWC and SKWalmers RFC.He also played cricket for United CricketClub.
Rossier also played and coached at Caledo-nian Roses RFC, one of the eight teams par-ticipating in the tournament.The other teams hoping to stake their
claim on the title are Tafelsig, Spine Road,Princeton, Strandfontein, Portland, Len-tegeur and Beacon Hill. The winning teamwill take home R5 000 and a floating trophy.“Caledonian Roses will be one of the fa-
vourites. A school like Spine Road Highplays against some of the strongest schoolsevery Saturday, so they will also be one ofthe favourites,” says Skriker.“Lentegeur has a host of Collegians play-
ers, so theywill be strong aswell, while Port-land and Strandfontein are also very good.”All the participating schools currently
compete in the Mitchell’s Plain VukaLeague, while Roses participates in the WPSchools Rugby leagues. Spine Road plays inboth.Skriker, who coaches the Tafelsig under-
19 team, says the Association took control ofrugby at the school after three yearswithoutthe sport being played.He adds that the Thabiet Rossier Legacy
Cup will be an annual event. The tourna-ment will take place at Spine Road HighSchool onMonday 17 June.Entrywill be freeto pupils fromparticipating schoolswearingtheir school uniform; admission for specta-tors is R5.V Fixtures: 08:30 – Strandfontein vs Portland High;09:15 – Tafelsig vs Beacon Hill ; 10:00 – Spine Roadvs Princeton; 10:45 ; Caledonian Roses vs Lentegeur.
BOYS IN BLUE: The Tafelsig High rugby team will be looking to claim victory in the inauguralThabiet Rossier Legacy Cup on Monday 17 June. The tournament was founded by the TafelsigHigh School Almuni Association. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Sergil overcomesall obstaclesLIAM MOSES
A SOUTHERN suburbs cricketer has been rewarded forhis hard work and dedication to the game, claiming acoveted award.
Sergil January won the Blind Cricketer of the Year awardat the annual Western Province Cricket Association awardsdinner on last month.The Cafda Village resident says winning the award is his
second greatest achievement, after representing the SouthAfrica at the inaugural blind cricketT20WorldCup inBanga-lore, India last year.“It’s a phenomenal feeling to win the each time,” he says.“Winning the WP Blind Cricketer of the Year award is al-
ready phenomenal, but making the South African team andrepresentingmycountrywas themost awesome thing I couldever do.”January took up the game in 2010, after initial reluctance
to take up any sports.He has since progressed at a surprising rate.He was selected for the WP team in his first season and
was called up to the national squad in 2012, after only twoyears.Armand Bam, SA team coach and World Blind Cricket
Council technical director and director of African develop-ment for blind cricket, says January has shown “incredible”.“Sergil’s climb up the cricketing ladder has been quite pro-
lific. He applied himself well after not really wanting to playsport,” says Bam.“In the space of three years he has gone from being a club
cricketer to a national player. He is one of the best playersin SA and he has the ability to bat and field well. His battingand fielding are on par with other international players.”January lost his sight after a gunshot to his head in 2006,
but he has not let this stop him from achieving both on andoff the field.The League of Friends
of the Blind (Lofob) clubplayer is completing hismatric. He says thegame of cricket has giv-en him a freedom he didnot experience since be-coming blind.“I love that I am free
and I can run when Iwant to, I can hit whenI want to and throwwhen I want to,” saysJanuary.“It’s the fact that I am
free to do what I wantand not be afraid of ob-stacles. It’s somethingthat I have never reallydone as a blind person.”V For more information onblind cricket contact the Lo-fob on (021) 705 2154.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: SergilJanuary. PHOTO: LIAM MOSES
COLLISION: Orient FC’s Ashley Swartland and Greenwood FC’s Shafiek Jacobs (obscured) fight for possession during aCoke Cup match at the Turfhall Sports Complex on Sunday. Greenwood were 21 victors. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS