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In the programme, the MJC did not com- ment, but held a press conference on Tuesday. Scores of people gathered outside in protest to show their dismay with the MJC Various members of the Muslim community feel that the MJC was not transparent enough with their dealings in the alleged halaal rela- beling process. The MJC granted halaal clear- ance to consignments from Orion Cold Storage, but has since cut all its ties with the company. However, outraged Muslims have begun questioning the MJC’s halaal certifying process, with many calling for the organisation to be disbanded. Cassiem Parker, spokesperson for People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad), wants the MJC to be “run transparently” and is asking people to not buy anything that has been certified by the MJC. “Pagad initially became involved after being approached by people who asked if we could do some- thing. “We immediately called on con- sumer organisations, who also said they were prepared to act. “The MJC has not explained its halaal meat certification process to the public,” says Parker. “We want people to rather eat meat which has been certified by other Muslim bodies until these processes have been made public.” He says the MJC has failed in its responsibility to deliver halaal products to the community. “The MJC must take full respon- sibility if it is their fault. They should also investigate members of the MJC and hold those people re- sponsible too.” He adds that if the MJC wants to be the service provider, it should set the record straight. “They should say this is the issue and this is the procedure which has failed and this is the person who is responsible, but up until today this has not been done.” Abduragman Khan, spokesper- son for the Muslims Against Illegiti- mate Leaders, says the MJC has a history of not being transparent or being held accountable and it is time that this happens now. “It is a big violation that Muslims were sold pork. Muslims have lost faith in the MJC. They have been at the forefront of dividing people and they should be held accountable. “The certification is a money- making scheme.” Previously, Nabeweya Malick, spokesperson for the Muslim Judi- cial Council, told People’s Post that the registration of Orion Cold Stor- age had been revoked. “After it was ruled that Orion Cold Storage had been found guilty, the MJC had no dealing with Orion. The MJC condemns the crime as it shows disrespect to Muslim people. “We would like to assure the com- munity that for 45 years all the proper procedures have been fol- lowed to ensure that halaal meats are given to the people.” She added that the chickens which the MJC certified at Orion Cold Storage were halaal. “A vet, inspector and members of the Department of Trade and Indus- try were present when the chickens arrived and everything was in or- der. “The MJC had no jurisdiction over the Orion Cold Storage Facili- ty and had no idea what was hap- pening and condemns this action.” Khan, however, says this is not good enough and that the MJC has done irreparable damage. “When people lose faith, how do they get it back?” The paper tried to gain further comment from the MJC before go- ing to print, but was unable to do so. ROYALTY: The Miss Mardi Gras competition was a highlight at the annual Mardi Gras which was held over the weekend. Marche Martin was crowned Queen, with Imogan Smit, left, first princess and Sarah-leigh Barber second princess. With them are judges, Maritha Williams of the Cape District Facility Management Committee, People’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs and Baxter Theatre Marketing Manager Fahiem Stellen- boom. The Mardi Gras continues on Friday and Saturday. See page 6 for more. Photo: Rashied Isaacs Muslims ‘losing faith in the MJC’ Muslim Judicial Council remains at the centre of controversy
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TEMPERS flared this past weekas the community and various Is-lamic organisations took on theMuslim Judicial Council (MJC)over the Orion Cold Storage com-pany scandal.
The Cape Town-based frozenfoods distributor has allegedly beenimporting pork products, kangarooand water buffalo meat, and relabe-ling the products as beef and as ha-laal.
It is also alleged that Orion ColdStorage imported pork hearts fromBelgium and Ireland, relabelingand selling them as beef or sheepveal hearts, marked as halaal.
3rd Degree showed undercoverfootage which apparently showedemployees using heatguns to re-move original labels and replacingthem with halaal stickers. In theprogramme, the MJC did not com-ment, but held a press conferenceon Tuesday.
Scores of people gathered outsidein protest to show their dismaywith the MJC
Various members of the Muslimcommunity feel that the MJC wasnot transparent enough with theirdealings in the alleged halaal rela-beling process.
The MJC granted halaal clear-ance to consignments from OrionCold Storage, but has since cut allits ties with the company.
However, outraged Muslimshave begun questioning the MJC’shalaal certifying process, withmany calling for the organisation tobe disbanded.
Cassiem Parker, spokespersonfor People Against Gangsterismand Drugs (Pagad), wants the MJCto be “run transparently” and isasking people to not buy anything
that has been certified by the MJC.“Pagad initially became involved
after being approached by peoplewho asked if we could do some-thing.
“We immediately called on con-sumer organisations, who also saidthey were prepared to act.
“The MJC has not explained itshalaal meat certification process tothe public,” says Parker.
“We want people to rather eatmeat which has been certified byother Muslim bodies until theseprocesses have been madepublic.”
He says the MJC has failed in itsresponsibility to deliver halaalproducts to the community.
“The MJC must take full respon-sibility if it is their fault. Theyshould also investigate members ofthe MJC and hold those people re-sponsible too.”
He adds that if the MJC wants tobe the service provider, it shouldset the record straight.
“They should say this is the issueand this is the procedure which hasfailed and this is the person who isresponsible, but up until today thishas not been done.”
Abduragman Khan, spokesper-son for theMuslimsAgainst Illegiti-mate Leaders, says the MJC has ahistory of not being transparent orbeing held accountable and it istime that this happens now.
“It is a big violation that Muslimswere sold pork. Muslims have lostfaith in the MJC. They have been atthe forefront of dividing people andthey should be held accountable.
“The certification is a money-making scheme.”
Previously, Nabeweya Malick,spokesperson for the Muslim Judi-cial Council, told People’s Post thatthe registration of Orion Cold Stor-age had been revoked.
“After it was ruled that OrionCold Storage had been found guilty,the MJC had no dealing with Orion.The MJC condemns the crime as itshows disrespect to Muslim people.
“We would like to assure the com-munity that for 45 years all theproper procedures have been fol-lowed to ensure that halaal meatsare given to the people.”
She added that the chickenswhich the MJC certified at OrionCold Storage were halaal.
“A vet, inspector and members ofthe Department of Trade and Indus-try were present when the chickensarrived and everything was in or-der.
“The MJC had no jurisdictionover the Orion Cold Storage Facili-
ty and had no idea what was hap-pening and condemns this action.”
Khan, however, says this is notgood enough and that the MJC hasdone irreparable damage.
“When people lose faith, how dothey get it back?”
The paper tried to gain furthercomment from the MJC before go-ing to print, but was unable to do so.
ROYALTY: The Miss Mardi Gras competition was a highlight at the annual Mardi Gras which was held overthe weekend. Marche Martin was crowned Queen, with Imogan Smit, left, first princess and SarahleighBarber second princess. With them are judges, Maritha Williams of the Cape District Facility ManagementCommittee, People’s Post editor Feroza MillerIsaacs and Baxter Theatre Marketing Manager Fahiem Stellenboom. The Mardi Gras continues on Friday and Saturday. See page 6 for more. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
Muslims ‘losingfaith in the MJC’Muslim Judicial Council remains
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Miss Mardi Gras crownedTHE annual Mardi Gras brought Wyn-berg’sWilliamHerbert sportsgroundaliveover the weekend.
For the second year, People’s Post is theproud print media partner of the Mardi Graswhich is hosted by the Cape District FootballAssociation (CDFA).
For three days, the Mardi Gras treated peo-ple to live entertainment, fun rides, a fun run/walk and food and drinks from a variety ofstalls.
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The crowd went wild after Marche Martinwas crowned Miss Mardi Gras, with ImogenSmit chosen as first princess and Sarah-leighBarber second princess.
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Drifting continues on both days andCome and Play is on Saturday, from noon to17:00.
• The Mardi Gras was revived in 2006 aftera 15-year absence and is a fundraiser for CD-FA’s member clubs.
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REVVING: Samantha Dawson from Steenbergand Akeela Williams from Summergreenswere drift squad girls at the event.Photos: RashiedIsaacs
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Plans to reach common groundTAMMY PETERSEN
PROTESTERS vowed that this weekendwill be “round two” of their attempt to“occupy” Rondebosch Common – but thistime, they plan to follow the legal route.
Cosatu will host a protest at the commonon Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 in support ofthe demands made by Communities for So-cialChange,whoattempted to “takeover” thespace last Friday for a weekend-long summitfocusing on housing, unemployment, and theintegration of poorer communities into theleafy suburbs.
No authorisation had been given by theCity for the summit or for amarch,whichwassupposed to take place from Athlone Stadiumto thisnationalmonument (“Prepare for com-mon takeover”, People’s Post, 24 January).
The organisation’s demands include the de-velopment of housing on Rondebosch Com-mon and golf courses to help with the provin-cial housing backlog. They also want thescrapping of council house tenants’ rent ar-rears.
People living in poorer areas – rangingfrom Manenberg to Stellenbosch – werethreatened with arrest at their meetingpoints in Athlone and Manenberg, and it isbelieved that close to 1 000 protesters dis-persed owing to a heavy police presence.
While about 60 determined activists madeit to the Common, 40 were arrested under theillegal gatherings act, including convenorMario Wanza.
But Cosatu organiser Mike Louw says anapplication for permission to assemble at thecommon has been made to avoid a repeat ofthe debacle which unfolded at the nationalmonument on Friday.
The City of Cape Town confirms that therequest has been received, and that a meetingbetween the organiser and the council willtake place tomorrow.
The trade union slammed local govern-ment’s reaction to the march, asking how“a hundred people protesting peacefullycould threaten the civil order of a city withmillions of inhabitants”.
Organisations within Rondebosch havealso been invited to attend the protest.
Wanza, who is also affiliated to Cosatu,says the participating organisations will“not back down” in its crusade towards“equality within this apartheid-style resist-ance”.
He appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’sCourt yesterday (Monday) and was releasedon R500 bail, on condition that he does nottake part in any other illegal protests.
“It will take much more than this to getus to change course. This was a peacefuldemonstration disrespected by authoritieswho used pre-1994-style tactics. We will notthrow in the towel – we are not scared of thisadministration.”
On Friday, hundreds of protesters werebarred from reaching the common, as policemonitored the routes and threatened partic-ipants with arrest as they walked and gath-ered at the designated meeting points.
Various protesters told People’s Post thatpeople are “too scared” of a face-off with thepolice, and opted to rather “back down” inthe face of law enforcement.
When People’s Post visited the commonhours before the protest, locals said they be-lieved the Metro Police would “manage tokeep those hooligans out”.
“They are going about things the wrongway,” a woman, who asked to be known onlyas Pat, said indignantly. “There are processeswhich need to be followed by the organisers.They should be faced with the full wrath ofthe law.
“This is a dignified area and such behav-iour should not be tolerated.”
John Richardson nodded in agreement.“I understand that they are living in abso-
lutely dreadful conditions but what they aredoing is simply not justified.
“They have to respect the common as a nat-ural habitat and recreational area. This isn’ta piece of veld where they can just do whatthey like.”
But protesters were determined to contin-ue with the march, and weren’t prepared toback down without a fight.
“These white people will never understandwhat we go through every day,” Desmond Ti-tus said angrily. “They live in their cushyhouses while we are moved to overpopulatedareas like Delft and Blikkiesdorp. Why?There is enough space on that stupid common
to house 500 families!”Marita Salie said that despite severe arthri-
tis, shewouldwalkall theway to theCommon“so that this council can see how serious thisis”.
“I want to invite any one of these fancy peo-ple who don’t want us here to come and spenda day in my hokkie. I am poor, and I am doingwhat I can as a citizen of this city to makemy voice heard. I will support any future ac-tion, so if they want to arrest me, they mustjust try it.
“Ek is reg vir hulle, want net soos ek in dieapartheid jare gestruggle het, sal ek nou ookal aan struggle.”
DETERMINED: Maria Jordaan (54) is one of only about 60 people who eventually made it to theRondebosch Common. Photos: Leanne Stander
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Battle of the bandsTHE City and Suburban ChristmasBands Union will hold its 71st annualbands competition on Sunday 12 Febru-
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THE alleged leader of theMongrels gang was killed ina hail of bullets during adrive-by shooting nearPhilippi police station onSunday night.
Sharugudien “Wolf” April(48), from Grassy Park, died atthe scene while his passengeris fighting for her life after be-ing shot in the stomach.
Warrant Officer EttienneConradie, spokesperson forPhilippi police, says April was
driving in his silver Golf in Low-er Ottery Road towards HanoverPark when a car pulled up along-side him at the corner of Hindsand Lansdowne roads at about23:00.
“The occupants then openedfire on April’s vehicle, hittinghim in the neck and mouth. Abullet also pierced his throat,” heexplains.
“The woman also sustainedbullet wounds and was taken tohospital while April was de-clared dead at the scene.”
Police believe that his assail-ants may have followed him from
the Grassy Park area and takenthe opportunity to pounce at thebusy intersection.
“During a search of the car, wealso found a large, undisclosedamount of money in the cubby-hole,” Conradie adds.
April was a familiar face in theHanoverParkarea, and is the sonof alleged gang boss Johnny Mon-grel.
Anyone with informationabout the incident is asked tophone Warrant Officer Phillips,who is investigating a case ofmurder and one of attemptedmurder, on (021) 690 1500.
SHOUT LOUDER: The Hout Bay Residents’ Association was scheduled to meetwith a senior advocate in the late afternoon of Monday 30 January (yesterday),to gain legal advice regarding the proposed doublestorey building and toll plazafor Chapman’s Peak Drive. Len Swimmer, chairperson of the Association, saysthey will then decide whether to obtain an urgent court interdict to halt construction. During the week, preparations began to move building equipment onto thesite. Transport MEC, Robin Carlisle, said construction was to start on the roadreserve at this stage, and not on Table Mountain National Park land. This picturewas taken during a protest on Sunday 22 January. Photo: Tyree Shannon
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Glamourat theracesTHE 35th J&B Met took place at Ke-nilworth racecourse on Saturday 28January. More than 50 000 specta-tors attended the event, adorned intheir finest outfits for one of the so-cial highlights of the year.
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Just some of the exotichead gear on display at the Met. Photos: CliffordWyeth
GOINGGREEN:Making astatementin green.
YELLOW FEVER: This couple chose to blendin by dressing in the J&B colours.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Dressed to match andimpress at the Met.
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Pro-lifeMarch toParliamentON Wednesday 1 February it is the15th anniversary of the legalisation ofabortion in South Africa and the Afri-ca Christian Action group is planninga march to Parliament to mourn theloss of over one million pre-born ba-bies.
The march will take place in Keiz-ersgracht Street, just below CPUT at12:30.
The march will be followed by aPrayer Rally outside the main gates ofParliament, starting at 13:00.
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Quilt tillyou dropThe Good Hope Quilters Guild will bemeeting on Saturday 4 February atNorthlinkCollege,RothchildAve,Pan-orama. Doors open at 9:30.
The Langeberg Quilters will be dis-playing their work. Vendors will beselling fabric and accessories and from11:30 demonstrations of various tech-niques will take place in the hall.
The entrance fee for non-members isR40. For more information contactDaphne de Jager on (021) 930 1545.
District SixreunionALL residents from Virginia Street inDistrict Six and surrounding areas, aswell as former Zonnebloem studentsfrom 1950 to 1957, are invited to join inan afternoon of reminiscing at theYMO St Lukes Clubhouse in UpperCambridge Street at 13:00 on Saturday4 February.
Those interested in attending havebeen asked to bring their own snacksand drinks.
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Page 10 People’s Post Grassy Park LEADER Tuesday 31 January 2012
Common causeFORTY people were arrested at the weekendafter staging an illegal protest at RondeboschCommon which called on government to ad-dress issues relating to “land, jobs and hous-ing”.
In the aftermath, the City of Cape Town andpolice find themselves taking flack for alleg-edly acting “too harshly” against the smallgroup of protesters which police outnum-bered and sprayed with blue dye to have themdisperse.
Organisers believed to be supported by theSA Council of Churches, Cosatu and the SANGO Coalition are intent on lodging a com-plaint with the SA Human Rights Commis-sion, and with another protest planned forSaturday, the pressure continues.
In 2008 the City’s housing backlog stood atapproximately 300 000 registered applicants,but the City estimated that in reality, about400 000 houses were needed.
With figures this high is it a surprise thatthe electorate, living in backyards and infor-mal settlements, would want luscious publicopen spaces in more affluent areas?
The facts speak: The basic need of housingis not met for so many; the gathering was ille-gal. That said, was the extent of action takenby the police justified?
How feasible is the idea of converting pub-lic open spaces in more affluent areas intohouses for the poor; especially when comingup against a site of heritage and ecologicalvalue, such as the Common?
And what will the building of low-cost hous-ing mean for existing residents and ratepay-ers who provide the City with a fair portionof its annual budget?
In the context of our turbulent political his-tory, do such demands even deserve a serioushearing in post-apartheid SA?
Housing is a basic right, guaranteed by theConstitution.
Power lies in hands of the people, this is acornerstone of democracy. The will of the peo-ple should always govern.
YourSMSesFinding common ground
. Your headline “Preparefor common takeover” refers.Wanza claims that “we don’thave space to move”; this isnot caused by people living inaffluent areas. It is caused bythe irresponsible use of thepenis. Twenty kids per per-son is a crime against hu-manity. Leave our publicopen spaces alone. Why nothave your protest at AthloneStadium?
. I believe the poor havethe right to stand up and tosay “no more will we be treat-ed as if we don’t contribute tothis country of ours”. Wehave right to housing as mostof us work and pay taxi farebut the money is not enoughto apply for a bond at thebank. The wealth in thiscountry is being distributedunfairly whereby certain mi-norities that have money canhave a say in the country butthe poor have none.
. There are other more civ-ilised ways and alternativevenues that can be used to getfreebies from government! Ihope the resident snakes onRondebosch Common bite afew protesters!
. Once again, an eco-friendly piece of ground is un-der threat by communitieswho continue to breed evenwhen they can’t feed theirfamilies. The more the poorer
sector insist on increasingtheir families, the less hous-ing there will be for them.Birth control education or en-forcement of one child perfamily needs to happen firstbefore the entitlement of tak-ing over of common ground.Get things in perspective.
. No to losing one of thelast green lungs in the city tosquatters and badly builtANC shacks.
. The invasion of land atthe Rondebosch Commonmust be a joke. Those poorcommunities are criminallyintent. Crime will double andthe tikkoppe will cause may-hem in the leafy suburbs. Letthem rot on the Cape Flats.
. It’s an injustice thatweaswhite South Africans live soaffluently while the majorityof the people in SA live in pov-erty. There is plenty of landand wealth and it needs to beutilized to help those in need.
. The rich work hard toearn their wealth, they don’tpeddle drugs and behave likehooligans or steal whatdoesn’t belong to them. Theypay a lot of money to live inprivileged areas! You can’tget things for nothing! Youcan’t expect to come and livein privileged areas with yourthieving ways and uncouthbehaviour! Work hard, edu-cate yourself, behave your-self and don’t do drugs and
eventually you can own yourown land!
In response. I questioned a zealot the
other day, and asked if he be-lieved in ghosts. He said “no,I’m a religious guy”. He onlybelieves in the holy one. Holymoly?
. I passed the grounds of aschool at midday on Tuesday.All the children were practis-ing for sports. They werewearing t-shirts, shorts butno hats. Not one had a hat onand all were sitting in the fullmidday sun. Teachers, useyour common sense. It’s com-mon knowledge to wear hatsin the sun!
. The entertainment at theMardi Gras is always good.However, since the revival ofthe event the stalls resemblea fleamarket. If I need AMCClassic pots I can get them ata supermarket; if I need sa-moosas I can get them atWembly. The concept of theMardi Gras has been lost. If ithas not changed this year, itwill be our last visit. Steve
Just a thought. I suggest that People’s
Post add a section on itemswhich have been stolen tohelp reduce crime and pre-vent anybody from buyingstolengoods. Let’s give it a tryat least, please. Cheers. Ish
Festive convoy a great successAS A MEMBER of the Ottery Bap-tist Church, I appealed to one andall using your newspaper to donatetoys or sweets and chips which weas a church could hand out to poorchildren on the day before Christ-mas. The response was not what Iexpected and some citizens actuallyused me and my friends as dumpinggrounds for their broken and verydamaged toys. This reminded me ofthe Biblical story of Caine and Abel.Cain gave his worst fruit to God butAbel gave the very best of his flock.
People from all over appealed tome that if there should be an over-flow, would I pass over to them – sogreat is the need in our communi-ties. We placed our faith and trustin God and to my surprise at the last minutestoys and sweets just flooded in. Some casesI want to mention: a little girl, MichelleBoshoff of Boshoff’s Nursery, made up over100 gifts when she heard the call. Mr LieuCEO of Chinatown donated a huge amountof toysandsweets andMrsCarter ofConstan-tia, a pensioner, donated toys she made withher hands. On Saturday 24 December, theconvoy lined up at 08;30 at my home. It con-sisted of about 15 motorcycles, a red beachbuggy driven by Father Xmas, and a policevehicle. Police stayed with the convoy fromstart to finish, as did the Ottery Fire Depart-ment A four-tonne truck was decorated andfilled with the donated toys and sweets andchips. As the convoy set off we were followed
by friends in their private vehicles.The first stop was at the Bonnytoun infor-
mal settlement in Wynberg, second stop wasat Flamingo Park informal settlement inLansdowne, third was in Becott Road Wet-ton, fourth was the premises of ChinatownOttery, where children from Freedom Parkand Eden Park Informal settlements andfarm employees children of the surroundingarea in large numbers were waiting for us.The final stop was in George Rd, Ottery,where a very large crowd awaited us. TheMetro police were in attendance and had toclose off the road during the handing out ofthe gifts.KEITH BLAKEOttery
CONVOY IN MOTION: Members of the church start handing out toys and sweets to the children. Photos: Supplied
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Home sidefalls apart intense gameDURBANVILLE dealt Athlone Athletics’defence of the Major League title a blow atParktown on Saturday.
The northern suburbs visitors won thisclosely contested encounter 3-1 after a tense10th frame standoff to blast the title racewide open. Durbanville drew level in the topof the ninth frame, following an infield er-ror which allowed Tyrone Baglionie to racehome.
Just before this, Athlone’s coach NeilAdonis replaced Carl Michaels with LloydStevens on the mound. Michaels held thereigns tight on thevisitors’ hard-hittingbat-ters during his eight frames on the mound.He allowed only five hits and struck out 11batters. But then the home side fell apartwith a lapse in concentration. With nonedown, Dylon Coetzer pounced on errors toput his team 1-2 while Terence le Roux drovethe nails of disappointment deeper into thebroken hearts of the A’s fans when crossingthe home-plate on a hit from his coach, GlenBuckley. Garth Terry and Coetzer sharedthe pitching duties for the visitors.
But before this tense two-frame, tempersflared when a scuffle broke out betweenplayers at first base with several of them be-coming involved in heated verbal alterca-tions. The incident seemed to have troubledA’s more as their game just fell apart whenthe game resumed after 10 minutes.
Buckley praised his charges for their fineefforts.
“I guess we are back in contention for theleague title. But this weekend we face astern challenge when we travel to ChukkerRoad on Friday to take on VOB, while onSunday we host Bellville. So yes, we needto take heart from this victory and preparefor a tough double header,” said Buckley.
PROUD: Glen Buckley, coach of Durbanville,walks with pride. Photo: Supplied
CHALLENGE: Clayton Williams (in blue), ofGrassy Parkbased side Evertonians, jumpsto control the ball ahead of Matroosfonteinplayer Junaid Ismail at the Greens in Manenberg on Sunday 29 January. The teams playedto a 00 draw in a Metropolitan Premier Cupplayoff match. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
THE smiles on the faces of theMilano United players said itall as they trotted off theRooikrans turf in GrassyPark following their hard-fought 1-0 win against Mitch-ell’s Plain United in a Safa Vo-dacom Regional League en-counter on Saturday.
The win, which was a reliefteam manager, Rafiek Taylor,couldn’t have come at a bettertime since the Grassy Park-based side had experienced in-different results, losing 2-1 to Jo-mo Power and Salt River Black-pool (1-0) at home and being heldto a draw by Ajax Cape Town(2-2) and FC Tygerberg (1-1) in
their last four starts.“Lady Luck has not been on
our side and perhaps this longawaited win against Mitchell’sPlain United will be the start ofbetter things to come. We de-served this win because theplayers have worked tirelesslyand are fully aware what is ex-pected from them following ourstanding in the league.
“There is still plenty of hardwork to do in building the sideinto a competitive unit, but I’mconfident we can still hold on toour top of the log position,” saidRafiek Taylor.
The win sees Milano Unitedback at the top of the standings– 27 points from 13 games with
Ajax Cape Town placed second(25 points) after being held to a1-1 stalemate against Old Mutu-al Academy at Pinelands on Sat-urday. Nevertheless, both Mi-lano and MP United in the open-ing exchanges grafted likestudents burning the midnightoil on the eveof thebig examina-tion and though Keagan Galantand Nasieg Fredericks of MPUnited prowled the goal arealike a fox on the run – none ofthem were able to pierce homethe opening goal in the first tenminutes of absorbing action-pack soccer.
It was Jayard Visagie be-tween the sticks for MilanoUnited who stole the limelight
with some breath-taking savesand that kept the visitors fromscoring. In the 85th minute Tas-rique Ahmed – one of the homeside’s up-and-coming starsscored the decisiva goal with astunning header off a ShaunDaniels cross that left MP Unit-ed clutching invisible straw.
The other Vodacom Promo-tional League results: RoyalBlues 3, Ikapa Sporting 2; JomoPower 1, Peace Makers FC 0; OldMutual Academy 1, Ajax CapeTown 1; Mbekweni United 1,Oriented Birds 0; Cape Town AllStars 1, Salt River Blackpool 0;Glendene United 3, HanoverPark FC 0; FC Tygerberg 2,Steenberg United 1.
BEATEN:KyleWheelenof Glendene United manoeuvresthe ballaroundgoalkeeper UnathiTiso, ofManenberg sideChelseaUnited, toscore during a Metropolitan Premier Cup playoff match. The game was played at theGreens in Manenberg and ended in a 30 victory for Glendene.Photo:Rashied Isaacs
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Post match: Footballauthorities must do moreLIAM MOSES
THE football fraternity andsports fans all around the coun-
try were stunned by the news thatyet another talented, young athletehas been killed.
Jeffrey Ntuka, aformer Bafana Bafa-na defender, wasstabbed to deathnear his girlfriend’shouse in Kroonstadin the Free State onSaturday 21 Janu-ary, after reported-ly asking someonefor a match. He was26.
The defender wasonce considered tobe such a brightprospect that hewas signed by Eng-lish football power-house Chelsea in2003, but hisprogress was ham-pered by alcoholabuse and indiscipline.
Unfortunately, his story is not an un-common one in local football – whereplayers often seem to rise from obscu-rity to stardom, and from poverty torelative wealth, overnight. And thenplummet back down to earth even fast-er.
Jabu Pule and Mbulelo Mabizela areperhaps two of the most famous exam-ples of extremely talented footballerswho went off the rails after strugglingto deal with their new-found fame andwealth, but there are many others.
Despite the high prevalence of thisproblem, the South African Football
Association, the Premier SoccerLeague and the clubs which employplayers are yet to come up with a suc-cessful way to prevent it.
Footballersneed tobe taught thenec-essary life skills to stop themselvesfrom falling prey to drugs, alcohol andexcessive lifestyles, and a support sys-
tem for players alsoneeds to be devel-oped.
Together, thestakeholders need toensure that playersare taught, from ayoung age, how tostay in control offthe pitch, as well ason it.
The sad reality inSouth Africa is thatnot all citizens aretaught this at homeor at school.
The PSL and theclubs in it benefitgreatly from the tal-ents of these play-ers, and althoughthey pay their sala-
ries, they owe it to the players and sup-porters to make sure they lead healthylives. It also makes sense from a busi-ness perspective.
Professionals clubs have been guiltyof abandoning troubled players tooquickly in the past.
Although it’s understandable that acompany which exists to make asmuch profit as possible, and employsplayers to help them achieve this,would not want to carry on paying aplayer if he is not performing, it is notacceptable that a club can abandon aplayer without helping him find thehelp he needs.
ANYWHERE WILL DO: Ashwin Peters, of Athlone side Jordan Callies, clears the ball as WoodlandsUnited player Keaton Japhta attempts to block his clearance. Woodlands won the Metropolitan PremierCup playoff 10. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
Can you lace up for cancer?LILLIAN AMOS
JUST how crazy can you be for cancer? Thisis the theme for this year’s first annual“Lace-up for Cancer” walk.
The Hospice Palliative Care Associationhopes to get Capetonians pounding the tarat their “Lace-up for Cancer” event on Sat-urday 4 February.
The event will include a 10km run and a5km walk at Rondebosch Common in sup-port of World Cancer Day.
There are more than 20 different types ofcancer, all symbolized by a different colour.For instance, pink for breast cancer andwhite for lung cancer. But the HPCA willhand out lavender-coloured shoelaces to thefirst 250 people who register for the event
as lavender is the colour that represents alltypes of cancer.
The Hospice Palliative Care Associationwas founded in 1987 and serves as a mem-bership organization for hospices aroundthe country. Palliative care is aimed at im-proving the quality of life of those with life-threatening illnesses and their families bypreventing and providing relief from suffer-ing through the early identification and as-sessment and treatment of pain and otherrelated physical, spiritual and psychosocialproblems. Some of the focus areas includehelping patients live as actively as possible,painand symptomcontrol, providing equip-ment like wheelchairs and emotional andbereavement support.
Douglas Jeftha from Zeekovlei says he
and his family have received help from theKenilworth Hospice since his diagnoses ofprostate cancer in 2010.
“The service we got and still get from theorganisation is amazing; they have been ex-tremely helpful.”
“They came to my house almost every daybefore I went to the hospice to help me andwhen I was at the hospice they always madesure I was helped and tried to make me feelat home.”
Asked what advice he would give to peo-ple who are suffering from any life threaten-ing disease, he says: “Please seek help fromthese hospices. They are there to help you.
“Many people are afraid to go to a hospicebecause they have the perception thatthey’ll just die there, but it’s not true.”
Eric Watlington, advocacy officer for theorganisation, says palliative care is availa-ble to any person with a life-limiting condi-tion like Cancer or Aids, but the patientmust consent to joining a hospice pro-gramme.
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Watlington says the organisation be-lieves that palliative care is a human rightfor all who need it; therefore there are nocosts involved. However, patients or theirfamilies can make a donation to their localhospice if they’re able to. According to theassociation’s website, some hospices can al-so process claims to medical aids. For moreinformation you can go to the website atwww.hpca.co.za
BEATEN: KyleWheelen ofGlendene United manoeuvresthe ball aroundgoalkeeperUnathi Tiso, ofManenberg sideChelsea United,to score during aMetropolitanPremier Cupplayoff match.The game wasplayed at theGreens inManenberg andended in a 30victory forGlendene.Photo:Rashied Isaacs
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FORMER Premier Soccer League team Hellenichave reformed almost eight years after closingdown when their Premier League franchise wassold to Benoni Premier United.
The team, which is now based in Milnerton, startedtraining in November last year and will field threeteams in the Super League of the Cape Town TygerbergFootball Association.
According to Grant Veitch, operations manager atHellenic, the club was restarted after he and MarkByrne, former Hellenic player and coach, and the cur-rent director of football, approached the Hajidakis fam-ily to purchase the naming rights.
The Hellenic name was then superimposed on toBlouberg City Football Club, and a large contingent ofstaff set up shop at the team’s Tygerhof base.
Veitch says developing Cape Town’s abundant foot-ball talent will be the main aim of the team for the im-mediate future.
“We think there is something missing in Cape Townfootball at the moment. There are certain clubs andacademies around that say they are the benchmark foryouth development,” said Veitch.
“We believe that the benchmark should at anotherlevel, which we think we can offer.”
The club will function primarily as a football acade-my, hoping to develop players that they can sell on toprofessional sides for a profit, and Veitch hopes thatthe Hellenic name will help to attract these talentedyoungsters to Milnerton.
Veitch, whose father played at left back for the team,said that he and Byrne also hope to rebuild the Hellenicbrand to its former glory.
“The name will attract a lot of attention and we thenhave to live up to that expectation.
“It’s very important that this name is looked after,to the best of our ability,” said Veitch. “And our aspira-tions are to get Hellenic to where it was all those yearsago, up into the PSL.
“It’s a very long term project, but at the same timeit’s something that we are doing as a 10-15 year pro-gramme.”
Veitch and Byrne say they see themselves as a “pro-fessional youth structure” and have taken the issue ofnurturing young talent seriously.
Hellenic have three coaches for each one of the threeteams currently at the club, as well as a dedicated goal-keeping coach and a biokineticist.
The size of the coaching staff is much larger thanmost teams of Hellenic’s size, but it is the quality ofthe individuals which is even more surprising.
Byrne himself is the former head of development atUdinese, while respected U17and U13 coaches NevenPayne and Cecil Ntlebi held the same positions at theoriginal team before it closed down.
Veitch said that three of the coaching staff are Unionof European Football Association (UEFA) accreditedand one has the highest level of South African FootballAssociation (SAFA) coaching certificate.
According to Byrne, the high number of staff mem-bers will help the club to develop the players technical-ly, mentally and physically.
“We have said that our programme is to develop theindividual holistically,” said Byrne
“I have played overseas, I have coached overseas, Iknow the levels that are required, and it’s hard.
“We have too many players who go overseas and thenwithin a year or a year-and-a-half, they come backagain because they can’t survive. There are Cape Townboys who go to Johannesburg and within a year theycome back, mainly because they aren’t prepared prop-erly. That’s why we are developing these kids holisti-cally.”
Farewell to dance sport legendMARK WARD
ON MONDAY morning, 23 Janu-ary, Roberta Johnson was not at thedoor to meet me but when she madeher entrance minutes later into theloungeof theirhome inLotusRiver,she looked sprightly, and smiled asshe greeted me.
Last week I set off to trace the re-cipients of the Sport Legendsawards who live in the SouthernSuburbs.
The event took place just beforeChristmas but Roberta and her hus-band Bernard could not attend thefunction because they were at a
championship in Bloemfontein.The former ballroom stars werepart were of a group of 33, inductedas Western Cape Sport Legends forDance Sport.
On Friday it was with great sad-ness that I heard Roberta died sud-denly on Wednesday 25 January, aday after the article appeared inPeoples Post.
I did not know Roberta (62) beforeour meeting as dance sport was nev-er high on my sporting agenda. Itwas only my obsession to honourour legends that set me off on thiscourse meeting the couple.
The 25 minutes in the company of
Roberta and her husband, Bernard,was inspirational and left a lastingimpression on me. I was glad tohave had the opportunity of meet-ing her.
Her husband, Bernard, said. “Itcame so suddenly. She died on herway to hospital after suffering com-plication related to thrombosis,which she suffered from for a longtime.”
She will be buried on Tuesday 31January from the Good Hope Chris-tian Centre in Ottery.
She is survived by a son, Cam-eron, who was in America at thetime of her death. HAPPY MEMORIES: Roberta Johnson and husband Bernard. Photo: Supplied
REACH FOR THE SKY: Evertonians goalkeeper Riaaz Dyers and defender Moegamat Williams fight to clear a high ball from their penaltyarea, while Gershwin van der poll (in red), of Matroosfontein, attempts to head the ball towards goal. The Metropolitan Cup playoffmatch ended in a 00 stalemate. Photo: Rashied Isaacs