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Henry Flink was left to pick up the pieces after the officers completed their search of his Athry Walk home. The 56-year-old was returning home with a friend from a quick trip to the shop last Thursday when he saw the convoy parked in front of his home. “Officers came running up to us and shook us down. I was too shocked to say much, but then they did the same thing to my wife and her friend,” Flink recalls. “I asked what they were doing and they said the community told them there was someone with a gun in my house. When I asked them who said that, they couldn’t tell me.” He claims he could only stand by as the officers searched his house, turning over beds and damaging his property. “They were so rude. One of them stood on my bed, throwing things around. I suffer from asthma and was so upset, I thought I was going to die. I was shaking with anger.” Flink and his wife now live in fear of what gangsters might think after seeing the police target his home. “What if those gangsters come to my house now?” he asks. The officers later left. Neither the gunman nor any illegal goods were found. But Philippi police deny ever conducting a search at the property. Spokesperson Lieutenant Lance Goliath says there is no record of an operation last week in Athry Walk. However, he says other policing agencies may have responded to intelligence-driven tip-offs. These units operate in isolation in re- sponse to information received from inform- ants. “Should the victim feel the action was out of order, a complaint needs to be lodged so that we can take the matter further,” Goliath encourages. But Flink would prefer to put the incident behind him. “I hope it won’t happen again,” he says. The incident is a case of mistaken identity, incensed community worker and neighbour Gigi Richards argues. “These were the wrong people,” she says. “This was an unnecessary raid. I know the police are looking for drugs everywhere, but there is no such rubbish here. And why do they need so many officers to raid one place? Police should rather approach street com- mittees for the right information.” Hanover Park Backyard Dwellers’ Organ- isation chairperson Ricardo Sedres says po- lice “should have done a proper investiga- tion before sending a whole force to a ten- ant’s house”. “They need to focus on bringing the death toll down instead of sending 30 police offic- ers to one complaint,” Sedres says. “When we do need the police, they are no- where to be found. When shootings take place and someone is killed, they arrive 15 minutes late.” The incident has left Flink incensed as he has never found himself on the wrong side of the law. “We don’t have gangsters, guns or tikko- ppe in this house!” he insists. HANOVER PARK: 30 COPS SWOOP IN ON SHACK Stomp in the yard SHOCKED: Henry Flink’s shack was turned upside down during a police raid.PHOTO: CHRISTELLE WIESE
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“Bully tactics” has resulted in trauma for anunemployed Hanover Park couple after noless than 30 policemen stormed their shackin search of a gunman.Henry Flink was left to pick up the pieces
after the officers completed their search ofhis Athry Walk home.The 56-year-old was returning home with
a friend from a quick trip to the shop lastThursday when he saw the convoy parkedin front of his home.“Officers came runningup tous and shook
us down. I was too shocked to say much, butthen they did the same thing to my wife andher friend,” Flink recalls.“I asked what they were doing and they
said the community told them there wassomeone with a gun in my house. When Iasked them who said that, they couldn’t tellme.”He claims he could only stand by as the
officers searched his house, turning overbeds and damaging his property.“They were so rude. One of them stood on
my bed, throwing things around. I sufferfrom asthma and was so upset, I thought Iwas going to die. I was shaking with anger.”Flink and his wife now live in fear of what
gangstersmight think after seeing the policetarget his home.“What if those gangsters come tomyhouse
now?” he asks.The officers later left.Neither the gunman nor any illegal goods
were found.But Philippi police deny ever conducting
a search at the property.Spokesperson Lieutenant Lance Goliath
says there is no record of an operation lastweek in Athry Walk.However, he says other policing agencies
may have responded to intelligence-driventip-offs.These units operate in isolation in re-
sponse to information received from inform-ants.“Should the victim feel the action was out
of order, a complaint needs to be lodged sothatwe can take thematter further,”Goliathencourages.But Flink would prefer to put the incident
behind him.“I hope it won’t happen again,” he says.The incident is a case ofmistaken identity,
incensed community worker and neighbourGigi Richards argues.“These were the wrong people,” she says.“Thiswas anunnecessary raid. I know the
police are looking for drugs everywhere, butthere is no such rubbish here. And why dothey need somany officers to raid one place?Police should rather approach street com-mittees for the right information.”Hanover Park Backyard Dwellers’ Organ-
isation chairperson Ricardo Sedres says po-lice “should have done a proper investiga-tion before sending a whole force to a ten-ant’s house”.“They need to focus on bringing the death
toll down instead of sending 30 police offic-ers to one complaint,” Sedres says.“When we do need the police, they are no-
where to be found. When shootings takeplace and someone is killed, they arrive 15minutes late.”The incident has left Flink incensed as he
has never found himself on the wrong sideof the law.“We don’t have gangsters, guns or tikko-
ppe in this house!” he insists.
HANOVER PARK: 30 COPS SWOOP IN ON SHACK
Stomp inthe yard
SHOCKED: Henry Flink’s shack was turned upside down during a police raid.PHOTO: CHRISTELLE WIESE
PEOPLE'S POST | LANSDOWNEThursday, 10 October 20132 NEWS
DIAL-A-RIDE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICEInvitation to people living with disabilitiesThe Dial-a-Ride public transport service is a scheduled service for people whose physicaldisabilities render them unable to use mainstream public transport.
All potential passengers must be assessed by an appointed occupational therapist to ensurethat as many people as possible, who meet the qualifying criteria, can be accommodated.The City invites all those who are currently not accommodated but wish to make use of theservice to make an appointment for an assessment.
Appointments can be made any day of the week between 12:00 and 20:00 bycalling 0800 600 895.
Those with appointments will be collected from their homes, taken to Tygerberg Hospital,assessed and returned home.
During the assessment the following documents must be presented:
• Certified copy of your identity document• Proof of address (preferably a municipal bill)• Proof of income• Medical report
Please note that:
• No person will be included on the Dial-a-Ride service without having gone throughthe assessment process
• The assessment does not guarantee inclusion in theDial-a-Ride service
For more information please contact Zanele Mabengezaon 021 400 5454 during office hours.
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While reporting safety concerns is only a textaway, the effectiveness of a relaunched crimeline is being questioned.
The SMS number 35395, which was ini-tially launched as part of the Departmentof Community Safety’s “Reward a Cop/Re-port a Cop” programme to allow the publicto report or compliment the police, nowcomes with extra services.
Provincial Minister for CommunitySafety Dan Plato says the department ex-panded the service to the extent where thepublic can lodge community needs, re-ceive safety tips and get updates on trafficon the province’s national roads.
“In the absence of regular crime statis-tics, we are focusing on collecting policingneeds andpriority information for all com-munities in the province,” he explains.
Users can SMS the word “safe” to 35395and an official will call back to gather in-formation on what the sender feels is im-portant for community safety, crimes af-fecting specific areas, as well as policingchallenges and successes. “People are notalways at liberty to speak openly at polic-ingmeetings, fromwhichwe usually gath-er information. They canSMSus at amini-mal cost and we will return their call tohear what they have to say,” Plato says.
While the initiative gives citizens the op-portunity to voice their concerns about po-licing, the SMS line will inevitably nothelp prevent offences from taking place inthe first place, argues volunteer crimefighter Hanif Loonat. “The departmentneeds to come up with proactive projects.
This is a reactive measure, which encourag-es the public towork against the policewhenthey’re supposed to be working with them,”he says. “The police only arrive at the sceneafter a crime has been committed. The de-partment should instead be implementingprojects which educate communities to re-
frain from crime.”Plato’s spokesperson Greg Wagner
counters the department has been proactiveby hosting annual policing needs and priori-ties meetings, which provide a platform forresidents, community policing forums, or-ganisations, neighbourhood watches, busi-ness owners and representatives of the reli-gious fraternity.
“Minister Plato also attends public meet-ings where communities can raise safetyconcerns which are explored by the depart-ment and relayed to relevant authoritiessuch as the police or the Independent PoliceInvestigativeDirectorate for further investi-gation. Safety information pamphlets are al-so distributed at publicmeetings and duringcommunity walkabouts,” he says.
Aashiq Newman says he encouraged hisneighbours to use the SMS line.
But despite lodging their concerns, no onereceived responses.
“It was a bad service and I doubt whetheritwillwork.Thedepartmentneeds to ensurethat their response is immediate, or else us-ers will get frustrated,” he says.
But Zweli Mnisi, spokesperson for nation-al policing minister Nathi Mthethwa, sayspeople should not be too critical just yet.“The police department will partner withanyone who wants to fight crime. Peopleshould give this service a chance and thoseresponsible should fix the system if there areloopholes,” he says.
COMMUNITY SAFETY: SMS SERVICE EXTENDED
Clear message to curb crime
IN TOUCH: An SMS line launched by the Depart-ment of COmmunity Safety has been expanded.
ASTRID FEBRUARIE
Lowering the speed limits on South Africanroads could save lives.
SouthAfrica still fails to implement inter-nationally proven safety measures, whichcould cut the road carnage by up to 90%.
This is according to Richard Benson ofthe Road Safety Action Campaign.
“To achieve this goal of safer roads, saferspeeds and safer cars, there are five simplemeasures which can be implemented,” heinsists.
These are to bring speed limits in linewith those in Australia, speeding fines tostart at 1km over the limit like in the Neth-erlands, speedsters aswell as drunk driversto benamedand shamed in themedia, speed
limiters to be compulsory in all vehiclesand a total of 120 000 traffic police to be em-ployed.
“Those who are preventing the introduc-tion of these life saving measures have theprimary responsibility for about 60 deathsa day on our roads,” he says.
“Once road users see that authorities arevigilant about road safety and penaltieshave real substance, reckless and deadlyhabits will change.”
Benson believes the more public supportthere is for these measures to be put inplace, the sooner the carnage on the roadscan be brought under control.
But Brett Herron, the Mayoral Commit-tee member for roads and transport, sayscouncil reviews the speed limits on anumber of arterial roads each year, and ad-justs them as appropriate. “Proposals for alower general speed limit on residentialroads have been considered, but to date adecision has not been taken on the matter.”
In practice, Herron continues, speed en-forcement by camera is likely to be concen-trated on freeways, arterials and local col-lector roads. “It is hoped that the culture ofcompliance cultivated on these roads willcarry through to minor residential roadswhere speed enforcement by camera ismore difficult.”
Herron agrees speed limits that are inap-propriate for a specific road environmentcertainly contribute to accidents.
Reducing speed limits to more appropri-ate levels on roads that have been identifiedas improperly regulated, and ensuring theyare adhered to, will reduce accident rates,he says.
Motorist Pauline Ryan says it would bedifficult for some to adhere to the speed lim-its if reduced.
“After several generations of gettingawaywith bad or incompetent driving, whowould adhere to it now?” she asks.
Matthew Julies says the authorities needto launch stronger campaigns to highlightthe dangers of speeding.
“People need to seewhat driving over thespeed limit can do. I think billboards need
to be erected depicting images of what canpossibly happen when speeding. Perhapsthis will awaken drivers to stop putting oth-er people and their own lives at risk,” hesays.
Meanwhile, a total of 373 pedestrians diedon the roads of the Mother City last yearalone. This has led to the launch of the Pe-destrian Safety Campaign, which coincideswith International Transport Month ob-served in October.
Council has formulated a Road SafetyStrategywhich focuses the start of thismas-sive drive under seven goals, intended toreach two million residents. The campaignincludes assessing safety at intersections,using freeway notice boards to communi-cate with road users, educating road usersto change their behaviour on or besidesroads, emphasising safe road user behav-iour, safe road infrastructure and vehicles,as well as supplying information to lovedones after accidents.
The campaignwill further focus onpedes-trians anddrivers alike, andwill convey thepedestrian safety message through market-ing, advertisements, input by residents onthe City’s website, posters at key points andon licence disc holders.
Slowing the wheels for change
PEDAL TO THE METAL: The Road Safety ActionCampaign is calling for more traffic police to fightthe scourge of speeding. PHOTO: PHOTO24
The Kenwyn Ratepayers’ and Civic Associ-ation (Kraca) and Kenwyn Safety and Secu-rity Association (Kensasa) will hold a gen-eral meeting to discuss civic issues, safetyand elections at the Kenwyn Primary
School hall in Leafmore Road onMonday 14October at 19:30. All are welcome.
Contact Mark Kleinschmidt on082 572 2562 or [email protected] for moreinformation.
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Shake out your sequins and shine yourshoes – the Lansdowne Festival is on itsway.A budget of R24 000 has been set aside for
the arts and culture extravaganza, tenta-tively earmarked to take place in Februarynext year.Initial feedback for the planned event has
been positive, with locals giving the festi-val two thumbs up.
Ward councillor Anthea Green says theproposal is still in its planning stages, andalthough the planning committee has theireye on February, the dates have not yetbeen registeredwith theCity of CapeTown.“We don’t want to have the festival at the
same time as other big Cape Town events.However, it will definitely take place sometime during the first quarter of the year,”she says.“We would want it to be a week-long
event, but the reality is it could last any-thing between one and seven days, due tocosts.”Several meetings have taken place with
interested stakeholders and organisationsover the pastmonth to finalise the proposalto be presented to council.“I have met with people from all ages, or-
ganisations, religions and even sportingfraternities to determine exactly what thecommunity wants for this festival,” Greensays.“And although we are still unsure of the
exact form it will take, we have an outlineand are awaiting guidance from the City.”Committee member Ashraf Kenny says
although no plans have been finalised, theaim of the festival is to unite the diversecommunitywhile showing theMother Cityall Lansdowne has to offer.“The plan is for the festival to incorpo-
rate each aspect of its diversity, from busi-nesses, schools and clinics to the elderly,informal settlements and welfare. We wantthe whole whole community to be affectedby the festival, even those who strugglewith social ills such as drugs and prosti-tutes,” he explains.“This canbedone, for instance, via sever-
al different programmes during the weekleading up to the festival.We could arrangedrug and health awareness programmes,
reading drives at the public library, a tea forthe elderly, combined church services on theprior Sunday aswell as prayer sessions on theprior Friday.”Ideally, the festivalwill startwith floats and
aparade downLansdowneRoad on theFridayevening, Kenny continues.“Of course we also want to have fun. When
peoplehear themusic and see theparade, theywill come and see what the festival is about.And because most people don’t feel like cook-ing on a Friday evening, I imagine food ven-dors at the festival would be very busy.”He adds the festival could then possibly be
kicked offwith a grandopening inLansdowneRoad, culminating in a closing ceremony thenext day.Albert Webster from the City’s Department
of Arts and Culture says the next step is forthe organising committee to have anothermeeting to finalise all details before applyingfor a permit.“Once the application is with the City, it
would take at most a fewweeks for the permitto be approved. Thereafter they can go aheadand plan the festival,” he says.The preferred location for the festival is the
Rompie Road Park behind the LansdowneCivic Centre.Resident Rashied Khan says he has never
seen such an event in Lansdowne in the 60years he has lived there.“This is an excellent idea. My family and
I will definitely attend the event,” he says.Lansdowne Road resident Everitt Rossouwagrees.“This would be great. I think everybody
would go and it would be so good for business.I can’t imagineanyonehavinganycomplaintsabout this proposed festival.”V Phone ward councillor Anthea Green on 083 513 6269for further information or to share your thoughts.
LANSDOWNE: FESTIVAL FUN TO HIT THE STREETS
FESTIVAL FUN: Rompie Road Park in Lansdowne is the preferred location for the proposed LansdowneArts and Culture Festival, planned to take place early next year. PHOTO: CHRISTELLE WIESE
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PEOPLE'S POST | LANSDOWNEThursday, 10 October 20134 NEWS
HAVE YOUR SAY!DRAFT BY-LAW:
CONTROL OF UNDERTAKINGSTHAT SELL LIQUOR TOTHE PUBLIC, 2013
The City of Cape Town is in the process of finalising the draft By-law: Control of Undertakingsthat Sell Liquor to the Public, 2013.
In terms of Section 17 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act the public andinterested parties or groups are given the opportunity to submit comments, recommendationsor input from 1 to 31 October 2013.
Comments, input or recommendations may be submitted by:
• Fax: 021 400 4483• E-mail: [email protected]• Hand (written submission): Manager: Support Services and Services Coordination
(Attention: Gavin van Schalkwyk), Strategic Support, 13th Floor, Tower Block,Civic Centre, Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town 8001
• Post (written submission): City of Cape Town (Attention: Gavin van Schalkwyk),Economic, Environment and Spatial Planning Directorate, PO Box 298, Cape Town 8000
Special assistance will be given to people who cannot read or write, people with disabilitiesand other disadvantaged groups who are unable to submit written comments, to have theirinputs or comments recorded and submitted to the municipality. Please contact theCity of Cape Town’s Public Participation Unit.
For general public participation:Ruché Daniels at 021 400 1766 or [email protected]
or
For disadvantaged groups:Anele Viti at 021 400 1766 or [email protected]
The draft By-Law: Control of Undertakings that Sell Liquor to the Public, 2013 willbe available for viewing on the City of Cape Town’s website www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay, at subcouncil offices and libraries.
Enquiries relating to the draft By-Law: Control of Undertakings thatSell Liquor to the Public, 2013, can be directed toGavin van Schalkwyk at 021 400 1993 or [email protected].
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CHRISTELLE WIESE
The bright blue andwhite walls and friend-ly green curtains at 26 Princess Court area perfect reflection of the joyful family nowoccupying the council flat.Itwas a long anddifficult seven-yearwait
for Rashieda Julius and her family, but sheis overjoyed – the ground floor two-bed-roomhomeshemoved into lastweekmeansshe is no longer at risk of losing her disa-bled daughter, Sadieka.The 12-year-old suffers from cerebral pal-
sy.People’s Post reported on the Julius fami-
ly’s plight after social workers threatenedto remove the child from her parents’ careowing to them living in a third storey flatin Howick Court (“Long wait for suitablehome”, People’s Post, 28 May).This meant Rashieda and helpful neigh-
bours were forced to lug Sadieka and thechair up and down three flights of stairs,which was flagged by welfare officials as adangerous situation.Despite being given a December dead-
line, Rashieda never gave up hope.This in spite of her alreadywaiting seven
years for suitable accommodation.“I stuck a piece of paper to my fridge and
read it every morning. It read: ‘We will geta nice housewith nice neighbours and a bigyard that is close to the shops.’ My sonswould laugh at me, but I just kept on believ-ing and now we have all of it!”
When the family arrived at their newPrincess Court home, all the neighbourswere there to welcome them with openarms.“I was still worried about getting the
house ready before having people over, butthey didn’t even care about that. Theymadeus feel so welcome,” Rashieda says.“Of course, I miss my people at Howick
Court, but I have faith that these newneigh-bours will be just as wonderful.”Mayoral Committee member for Human
Settlements Tandeka Gqada says there arecurrently eight other approved cases forpriority transfers to alternative ground-floor accommodation in Hanover Park.Rashieda says all their needs have now
been met.“So far, the best part about living here is
watching Sadieka when she sits in our newbig yardwith the sun shining on her beauti-ful face. She loves her new home.”
HANOVER PARK: FRESH START FOR SADIEKA
No place like home
ECSTATIC: Struggling up and down three flightsof stairs is a thing of the past for Rashieda andSadieka Julius. PHOTO: CHRISTELLE WIESE
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After years of waiting at public health facili-ties in neighbouring areas, Manenberg pa-tients can finally put long queues and the in-convenience of travelling behind them.A drug dispensing support group was
launched at the Parish of ReconciliationAn-glican Church last week to dispense chronicmedication from a more central location.This, in turn, should lead to a decrease inthe volume of patients waiting in queues atoverburdened healthcare centres in Hano-
ver Park and Heideveld.One of the first patients to collect her
medication was Elizabeth Zeeman, who iselated that she will no longer have to spendfrom her meagre income on the trek to thenearest day hospital.“You also sit there for hours waiting for
medication, from the morning to theevening, everymonth. I onlyhave to see thedoctor in December again, so it will bemore convenient to collect my tabletshere,” the 66-year-old says.Situated at the corner of Thames and
Manenberg avenues, the support group isthe brainchild of Dr Randall Ortel.While the Manenberg Community
HealthCentre offers various services to thecommunity, it does not dispense chronicmedication, he explains.Dissatisfied that residents have to travel
to facilities outside of the area, Ortel ap-proached facility managers at the HanoverPark andHeideveld communityhealthcarecentres to make this project a reality.“The support grouphasa safe venue; peo-
ple can get theirmedication quickly and gohome at a decent time,” he says.With the aid of the two healthcare facili-
ties and the provincial health department’sKlipfontein/Mitchell’s Plain substructureoffice, the group will operate every Tues-day from 09:00 until noon.Hanover Park Community Healthcare
Centre facility manager Sheila McCloensays dispensing support groups are an as-set. “It is more accessible and safer, espe-cially for the elderly as it is right in theircommunity,” she says.Community-based services coordinator
at the Klipfontein/Mitchell’s Plain sub-structure officeFloretteFerndale says theyeducate people on living a healthy lifestyle.“It’s not just about getting your tablets, andoff you go. There will be various talks onhealth matters, such as awareness cam-
paigns on various ailments,” she says.To collect medication at the drug dispens-
ing support group, residents need a referralletter from their clinic doctor. “The prescrip-tion must be for six months and the patient’sblood pressure must be stable,” McCloensays.Once a referral letter is submitted, patients
will be registered and able to collect theirmedication from the group.
If patients are unable to collect theirmedi-cation in person, a signed letter or affidavit,stating the person in possession of the docu-ment is authorised to collect themedication,must be submitted on the day of collection.“We want this service to be interactive. Ifsomeone is confined to a wheelchair, theyshould still collect their medication. This isa community service and they need to takeownership of it,” Ortel says.
MANENBERG: PLAN TO PROPERLY DISPENSE MEDICATION
Public health: long wait over
HEALTHY LIVING: Katie Thornton (75) says hav-ing a drug dispensing support group based inManenberg will prevent her having to spend manyhours waiting in line at the local day hospital.
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World Mental Health Day.And although some inroads are being
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a condition that can be willed or wishedaway. People with depression cannot merelypull themselves together and get better.Without treatment, symptoms can last forweeks, months or years. Appropriate treat-ment, however, can help most people whosuffer from depression,” she says.Claire Paul battled to concentrate at work,
which impacted on her productivity and re-lationships with colleagues.However, once she disclosed her battle
with depression, her colleagues were sup-portive.But her family was affected by her mood
swings, she says.“They would never know where they
stood with me. It frustrated me because I’mnot usually like that,” Paul says.A loss of interest in hobbies or activities
thatwereonce enjoyed, feelings of hopeless-ness and pessimism, disruptions to sleeppatterns, decreased energy, fatigue andlethargy are but some of the symptoms ofdepression, Chambers says.“Depression is a ‘whole-body’ illness in-
volving your body, mood and thoughts. Itaffects the way you eat and sleep, the wayyou feel about yourself, and the way youthink about things,” she explains.Relationships often suffer, Chambers
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lationships because of the withdrawal, iso-lation and agitation. This could lead tomore distance between partners and makeit difficult to communicate. Also, manyloved ones don’t know how to help someonewho is depressed.”
Treatment for depression can vary fromperson to person.Khedheyer is hugely in favour of medica-
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help with depression.Khedheyer advises families to go for coun-
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the best form of medicine comes from a sup-port group.As a councillor, she runs a group through
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Silvertree back in the big leagueLIAM MOSES
Silvertree Baseball Club has set modestgoals for its first season back in theMa-jor League after 18 years.
The Southfield club won promotion lastyear after finishing at the summit of theBaseball Western Province’s PromotionLeague with 18 wins in 21 games.Coach and club deputy chairpersonAnton
Maraise says avoiding relegation this sea-son will be a success for the club.“Our goal is just to stay afloat this year.
The competition in the Major League is to-tally different,” he says.“We have to stay in themiddle of the table.
We don’t want to go in and get relegated nextyear. We will just try to stay within the topfive. We don’t want to push the goals toohigh, because we’ll lose focus of what wewant to do.”Silvertree’s path back to the upper eche-
lons of Cape Town baseball has been a longone.The club struggled after being relegated 18
years ago, and completely shut down thesenior section because of dwindling playernumbers in 2003.The senior section remained dormant for
five years, but during that period the clubwas hard at work plotting a comeback.“We worked on a five-year plan to restart
the senior ranks,” Marais says.“We slowly got a third team going, who
won their division and we went to the pro-motion league. For three years we wereknocking at the door for promotion, finish-ing second. Last year we took it all the way.”Marais says the club fought its way back
to the top by focusing on their junior ranksuntil they had produced enough players fora senior team.“Our senior players have been playing
here since t-ball years. We groomed them toadvance to the senior ranks and we havebuilt a phenomenal side, with talentedyoungsters.”The Major League team members have
been at the club since age of 10.Ottery resident Dean Jacobs (22) is one of
the club’s biggest success stories. He startedat Silvertree at just nine years old and hasgone on to earn a Western Province call upand the club captaincy.
“I have been through all the ranks; it’s likea dream come true to be in themajor league,the highest division in South Africa,” hesays.“I am very proud of my club. We finally
made it and we made history for Silvertree.I would like us to stay in the Major League.It’s our first year so it’s going to be tough,but we need to stay strong and confident.”Earning promotion to the Major League
means that Silvertree’s juniors have also
been promoted.Marais says the club now needs to restart
the production cycle and has urged anyyoung players to join.“We don’t actually take on older players;
we take onyounger playerswhohave the tal-ent and we mould them to be good players,”he says.V Anyone interested in joining Silvertree can contactChantal Wilson on 082 455 0837 or Marais on083 228 9702.
BACK IN THE MAJORS: Silvertree Baseball Club will return to the Major League after 18 years. PHOTO: LIAM MOSES
Dojo chops and kicks its way to successLIAM MOSES
A group of 16 karateka are set tocompete in one of the world’smostprestigious mixed martial artstournaments.The group, who train at the
Seishinkai Motobu-Ha Shito-Ryudojos in Bo-Kaap, Walmer Estate,Manenberg and Mitchell’s Plain,qualified for the ISKAWorld Mar-tial Arts Championships tourna-ment by claiming medals at theDestiny SA Open tournament lastmonth.In total the dojo won 56 medals
in almost every age group fromsix-years-old to the seniors.Cassiem Davids, sensei at the
Bo-Kaap, Walmer Estate andManenberg dojos, attributes hisstudents success to their experi-ence.“Our kareteka have a lot of experience, es-
pecially in the 14-years-old to the seniorgroup,” he says.“They have experience at provincial, na-
tional and international level. Quite a few ofthemcompeted at theWorldChampionshipsin Malaysia last year, the CommonwealthGames in Australia and in Mozambique re-cently; and they did extremely well. They dowell in every tournament in which theycompete.”TheDestinyOpen sees fighters compete in
several different martial arts disciplines,such as kata and tile breaking, aswell as fivedifferent styles of fighting. Fighters competein traditional karate, mixed martial arts(MMA), jiu-jitsu, kick boxing and grapplingbouts at the same tournament.After winning their division in one of
these disciplines, fighters then go on to facethe winners of the other four disciplines forthe title of Grand Champion.TheBo-Kaapdojowon fiveGrandChampi-
onships, with Mitchell’s Plain’s ChanelleGewers winning the senior women’s titleand Waggedien Davids being crowned thesenior men’s champion.Davids, Gewers and Yumna Isaacs also
won Grand Championships for kata.Gewers (18) has been participating in the
sport for 13 years and says her success is theresult of hard work.
“I was very tired in the Grand Champion-ship fights, because competing for two con-secutive days, until late at night is very tir-ing,” she says.“This was the second time I participated
and it’s the first time Iwon theGrandCham-pionships. It’s a feeling that I will never for-get, because I went there with the aim ofbringing home one of those trophies – andI did. I wanted to win last year, but I didn’t.After that I worked hard because I knew Iwanted a trophy this year. I guess all myhard work paid off.”The ISKA World Martial Arts Champion-
ships will be held in Florida, USA in July2014.Davids is confident his students have
what it takes to rake in the medals again.“They all definitely have a chance of win-
ning oversees,” he says.“The standard is very high international-
ly but, as far as I have experienced as an in-structor and coach, the kids who have goneto Japan and America had great success.They came home with first and second plac-es.”The trip will cost each participant around
R25 000.Davids says the club will commence with
fundraising events soon.Anyone interested in sponsoring any of
the competitors can phone Davids on073 150 4363.
CLEANING UP: The Seishinkai Motobu-Ha Shito-Ryu dojowon 56 medals at a recent national karate tournament.A total of 16 students from the school also qualified forthe ISKA World Martial Arts Championships in the USnext year. PHOTO: LIAM MOSES
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Final to dazzleLIAM MOSES
Jordan Callies will throw caution to thewind and attack from the first whistlewhen they meet Sporting United in the
Coca-Cola Cup final on Saturday.The Manenberg side have played an at-
tacking brand of football all season andcoach Andy Barnes insists that nothing willchange for the tournament final.“We are going to play to our strengths
without focusing on the opposition toomuch,” he says.“Our game is based on attacking and en-
tertaining football. It’s an integrated style offootball, based on African flair and Europe-an technical strength. It will be fast and at-tractive. We want the people to enjoy thegame.”Barnes immediately implemented his phi-
losophywhenher tookover atCallies in Jan-uary.“It was a process; I had to change themen-
tality of the entire club and bring in profes-sionalism,” he says.“The determination and character of the
players carried it through. The players arequick learners; that brought us to where weare today. It showsme that there is an abun-dance of talent which needs development inManenberg.”The results his side has achieved on the
road to the final speaks to this newly foundcommitment to attack.Callies beat Salt River Blackpool 4-3 in the
last 16, Bluedowns Spurs 3-2 in the quarter-finals and fought back from 2-1 down to win3-2 against Milano United in the semis.Theyhave also achieved success inRygate
Local Football Association this season, win-ning the Premier League and losing in thefinal of the Knockout on Saturday.Barnes says he rested several first team
players for the Knockout final against Junc-tion Rovers.He says no one expected his side to do this
well this season.“Everybody was writing us off. We played
five different SafaCTSecondDivision teamson our way to the final and proved all thecritics wrong. I planned properly and theplayers understand. We has the right game
plans and changed it according to the opposi-tion,” Barner says.The former Ajax Cape Town coach
watched Sporting United see off StephanianOttery in a semi-final on Monday.He expects United to play “kick and
charge”, direct football in the final.“I have identified certain weaknesses,
where we can capitalise, in the opposition.I’m pretty sure they have no idea what weare up to,” Barnes says.“My team is hungry; they have Manen-
berg and Heideveld behind them. They aregoing to go out there and prove they are thebest team in Cape Town.”Barnes’ side may have the support of the
area, but he says most supporters will nothave transport to Philippi Stadium.He has appealed for assistance in hiring
buses to transport their loyal fans.Barnes can be contacted on 071 752 4812.
V The Coke Cup final will take place on Saturday withthe under-17 final starting at 11:30, the women’s finalat 13:00 and the men’s final at 15:00.