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TUESDAY 22 September 2015 | 0021 910 6500 | Fax: 021 910 6501/06 | Email: [email protected] IT AS IT IS
Amotion for ametro police unit to be hosted inHanoverPark has been supported by the Athlone subcouncil.This came after ward 47 councillor Antonio van der
Rheede requested the sub council support the motion fora metro police unit due to resident complaints relating tothe “lack of policing in the area”.“The most complaints involve robberies, vandalism of
our CBD and many contact crimes. We are sitting with aserious challenge in the area,” Van der Rheede says.He adds due to the Mayoral Urban Regeneration Pro-
gramme (Murp) being introduced to the Hanover Park areaas well, residents should be afforded safety and security asa priority “especially if we are to establish a new hospitalin the area”.“Our staff at Hanover Park Day Hospital were held up
at gunpoint two weeks ago. Ambulances and security wereheld up at the same facility. The result is that our staff areno longer willing to work under such unsafe conditions.”Van der Rheede adds in his motivation sent to the sub
council that the Hanover Park CBD has “eight different se-curity companies all paid by government and yet it has notresulted in a drop in crime or vandalism of our facilities”.“It will be a fruitless exercise if we have a new hospital,
but the conditions with regard to safety and security do notchange. We had two incidents over the past two weekswhich include the halting of roadworks in the area,” Vander Rheede explains.He further adds that gangs in the area are steering to-
wards “organised crime” saying that gangs are nowmovingacross territories.“We have noticed that gangsters are moving into each
other’s territories and instead of shooting they are now en-gaging in contact crimes. The community has expressedtheir concern and asked me to convey their request for apermanent metro police unit to be based in Hanover Park,”Van der Rheede says.Resident Mariam Goliath says she would be delighted if
the permanent metro police unit materialises.V Continued on page 2
Erwin Hansen from Freedom Park informal settlement is one step closer to his dream of playing international footballwhen he grows older. He currently plays on the u.14 and u.17 soccer teams at the Lansdowne Football club and for thisseason alone he has scored 23 goals. Hansen received provincial colours in soccer. See full story on page 3. PHOTO:CHEVON BOOYSEN
Provincial colours takes teen one step closer to his dream
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“I really hope this becomes a re-ality for the community andthat we do not have to wait longfor it to come to the area.We arein desperate need of security,and having a unit in the areawill definitely help in the fightagainst crime,” Goliath says.She adds she has witnessed
crime scenes and heard aboutcrime scenes that have playedoff at and around the CBD.“Just a few weeks ago they
caught a guy at the CBD who
was arrested on charges offraud, I heard. And there hasbeen shootings around the CBDarea for many years. It’s so dan-gerous at times that you don’tknow if you’re coming or go-ing,” Goliath says.She adds she looks forward to
the establishment of the unit“before more lives are lost un-necessarily in the area”.V What are your thoughts? Startingwith the word “Post”, SMS your viewsto 32516. SMSes cost R1.
Western Cape minister ofcultural affairs and sport,AnrouxMarais, is urging thepeople of the province tonominate their local cultureheroes for the Cultural Af-fairs Awards.The awards are held annu-
ally to celebrate individualsand organisations in theWestern Cape who are mak-ing a positive contribution inthe cultural affairs sector.Awards have previouslybeen given to organisationsand individuals who havemade a profound impactwithin the arts, culture, lan-guage, heritage, museums,archives, geographicalnames as well as librariessectors in the province over
the years.“The Western Cape has a
diverse and rich culture thatmust be nurtured and cele-brated.“It is important that we ac-
knowledge and celebrate theindividuals and organisa-tions that are doingus proud.They are building a founda-tion for the generations tocome.” said Marais.The cultural affairs
awards ceremony will takeplace in February 2016.V Nominations for the awards arenow open. Anyone who would liketo submit a nomination of a personor an organisation for an award canobtain nomination forms via thedepartment’s website at http://www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/cas
Nominations forlocal culture heroesCape Town schools are almost full
and the Western Cape EducationDepartment urges parents to enrolchildren as soon as possible.“To date, schools in the Western
Cape have processed 128 545 applica-tions for placement for the 2016school year. So far, 118 429 learnershave been placed,” said educationminister Debbie Schäfer in a state-ment to the media last week.“Parentswere encouraged to apply
to schools by 30 June, and those whonow still need spaces at schools needto urgently approach their nearestschools or the closest district officeto find out which schools still have
spaces available,” she said.“We cannot guarantee places in
schools of choice, but will do our ut-most to place children appropriately.It is crucial that parents who havefailed to enrol their child for the 2016school year to do so urgently and be-fore the end of the third term to en-sure that they secure a place for theirchild.”Schäfer says there are currently 3
470 learners who have been acceptedat more than one school. “Some 2 257of these learners areGrade 8 learnerswho have not confirmed if they aretaking up their places.“Moreover,we expect learnerswill
continue to migrate to the WesternCape from other provinces in searchof a better educationandaccess to op-portunities. Each year we plan asbest we can for the influx of addition-al learners from other provinces.The inward migration into the West-ern Cape has huge financial andplanning implications, impacting onthe provisioning of education re-sources and the overall managementof the system,” she says.“Wehave to prioritise according to
the greatest need across the wholeprovince, and available budget. Ourcurrent budget is under considerablepressure.”
CT schools almost full
Who let the snakes out?Residents are more likely to ex-perience snake encounters dueto spring-time, warns ShaunMacLeod, co-ordinator of theSnakeRescue volunteer team inthe Cape Peninsula.“Every spring snakes come
out of hibernation on the huntfor a much needed spring meal.Snakes are very important toour natural environment asthey control the vermin rodentsthat destroy crops and carry nu-merous diseases,” says MacLe-od, who is also a director of Rep-tile Educational AwarenessConsultants (REAC).“We have encroached into
their natural habitat throughhabitat degradation, fragmenta-tion and urban expansion.“Ponds, heapsof building rub-
ble and rockeries in and aroundgardens and homes create mi-
cro environments, which willinevitably attract snakes,” Ma-cLeod warns.He reminds residents that
snakes “are attracted to neglect-ed areas where there is notmuch disturbance, as snakeshate confrontation”.“There is no real way of keep-
ing snakes off your property,but if you keep your grass cutshort, trees well trimmed andclean up all rubble, just to men-tion a few, then there is less like-lihood for snakes to reside onyour property. In short – keepyour garden tidy,” he says.“Leave snakes alone – and it
will leave you alone. Most bitesoccur when people attempt tokill snakes,” he says.V If a snake is encountered, contact Ma-cLeod on 082 532 5033 for advice orfor emergencies pertaining snakes.
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A flight-footed teenager is on his way tosuccess after he received his provincial
colours in soccer.Erwin Hansen, a 14-year-old from Free-
dom Park informal settlement, says this isone step closer to playing international foot-ball when he grows older.“I am very happy with this achievement.
I know that it will take me further in mysporting career,” Hansen says.The striker shares his dreams to play for
Ajax Cape Town locally and eventually end-ing up playing for Real Madrid one day.“They are my favourite teams and that
would be a dreamcome true to play for themone day. I know that I can make it happen,”Hansen says.His proud father, Richard Hansen, says
Erwin’s dream has always been to play soc-cer.“He struggled a bit with learning and
when I asked him what he wanted to bewhenhe growsup, he toldmehe justwantedto play soccer. He said he didn’t want to doanything else but focus on his sport.“ I have supported him in this decision
and so far he is using his God-given talent,”
says Richard.Erwin has been playing for the Lans-
downeFootball club for thepast fivemonthsand during his first season playing profes-sionally, he has scored 23 goals.Erwin currently plays for the u.14 and
u.17 teams at the Lansdowne Football Cluband has already become a player to watch.
His u.14 coach JP Metcalf says Erwin isa “brilliant player and compliments theteam nicely”.“From here on out he will look at playing
for the u.15 team, but the plan is to have himqualify for the super league next year andknockout finals during next week. We arevery proud of him,” says Metcalf.
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WP colours for soccer teenOaklands High School calls on all ex-learners and teachers of Oaklands HighSchool to celebrate the school’s 60 yearold anniversary with a gala dinner. Theevent will take place on Saturday 17 Oc-tober at 19:00 in the school hall. Ticketsare available from the secretary SuaadAllie on 021 761 7302 or Farial Jassiemon 083 556 8861.
The fight against malnutrition in childrenhas come to Cape Town with a new world-class therapeutic food production facilityopening in the area.The facility is a joint venture between lo-
cal shareholders and Norwegian-based GCRieber Compact and will make and distrib-ute a ready-to-use therapeutic food productcalled eeZeePaste, specifically designed forextremely malnourished children betweenthe ages of six and 24 months.The development of therapeutic food
products such as eeZeePaste has revolution-ised the treatment of severemalnutrition asit allows infants and children to be safelytreated at home.
UNICEF data estimates that more than 34million childrenunder the age of fiveworld-wide suffer from acute malnutrition, whilean additional 17 million children sufferfrom its most extreme form, severe acutemalnutrition, and require specialised ther-apeutic feeding care in the form of prepara-tions such as eeZeePaste.These ready-to-use products are designed
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and is easily transportable, making it anideal response to malnutrition in remote ordifficult to access areas.
The new facility has also reinforced CapeTown’s position as a world-class food-proc-essing destination, says Salman Kajie, headof investment promotion at Wesgro, theprovince’s official destination marketing,investment and trade promotion agency.“The agribusiness value chain is particu-
larly well-established in the Western Cape,and this makes it very appealing to inves-tors in the agri-processing and biotechnolo-gy sectors,” he says.GC Rieber Compact is the only UNICEF
accredited producer in South Africa andone of only 13 in the world.V The new facility has already created 21 jobs andthis number is expected to increase in the near future.
Global malnutrition tackled from Cape Town
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Barefoot at 14 to writing a bookGARY VAN DYK
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The journey from a backyard shack inHanover Park to positive empowerment
starts with that first mile you walk to yourdreams.That is the story inManyMiles - a Life Sto-
ry by Bellville resident Ivan Koopman wholaunched his debut book at the Huguenot Li-brary in Belhar recently.Currently a lifeskills and youth develop-
ment facilitator for a programme at Learn-ing Cape Initiative Koopman’s journeystarted when he had to leave school at 14 towork as tea boy and general cleaner at thePostOffice to eventually becoming themedi-cal manager at a major construction site inDubai.“Leaving school at that age was heart-
breaking,” he said at the launch.“But, it had to be done for the survival of
our family and I somehow knew that itwould not be the end for me because I hadfaith in God’s plans for me.“I walked in my bare feet along the main
road to Cape Town going into shops to ask
for work because it was needed. Peoplethought I was joking but I had to do it.”Koopman added that while the book was
a celebration of his triumph he also wantedit to be an inspiration to people who mayhave come from similar situations, or whomay still be in such situations, to never giveup on their dreams.“You must always believe that through
God’s love for you there is a positive planfor you and youmust believe in that plan foryou.“This book is also there to motivate our
youth who are in situations where they aresurrounded by so much negativity,”saysKoopman.“The answer to your empowerment is
there but you must be prepared to do thegroundwork, the hardwork and have the pa-tience to know that the end result is goingto be your ultimate victory.”Beforeworking as themedicalmanager in
Dubai, Koopman worked at the Metro Am-bulance Service from 1981 to 1998 and thenat St John Ambulance.V Contact Ivan on 083 777 6580 or email [email protected].
Ivan Koopman, sitting left, with his brother Gerald Koopman next to him, celebrates the launchof his book. Standing from left is brother Vaudin Hoffman, wife Phillida, Pastor AndriesPlaatjies (MC) and son Andre Koopman. PHOTO: GARY VAN DYK
Capetonians pulled up their sleeves andslipped on some gloves in an effort to reducerefuse in our seas.International Coastal Cleanup Day took
place on Saturday, and is an internationalevent which started in 1986 and has sincegrown into a global initiative.Volunteers are issuedwithdata cards and
each item collected is recorded on thesecards.After thisworldwide event, global da-ta on the waste in our oceans is collated.Last year 560 000 volunteers in 91 coun-
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courts were collected.The weight of the plastic shopping bags
collected equals that of three manatees.Some of the strange things picked up in-
clude bowling balls, a lawnmower and awheelbarrow.
Our oceans have become the garbagedump for humans, Two Oceans Aquariumspokesperson Renée Leeuwner.“It is easy to think that our actions on
land do not affect the oceans, but the exactopposite is true. According to Ocean Con-servancy, between 5 and 12 million tonnesof plastic enter the ocean annually due toland-based activities.”Not only is marine litter unsightly, but it
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A little less rubbishin the oceans
ST. THERESA’S LEARNERS LEND CLEAN HAND FOR A GOOD CAUSE Over400 learners and school community members participated in the International CoastalClean up campaign on Woodbridge Island Beach on Saturday. Here are (from left):Lance Phelander, Alipio de Jager and Adriano Vermeulen learners from St. Theresa’sPrimary School.
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Peeping holes, cracking and dampwalls are the worries of many resi-
dents in Surwood Walk, Hanover Park.These residents who live in the two-
storey flats are now requesting the Cityof cape Town’s help saying theywant theCommunity Residential Units (CRU)programme to be implemented on theirflats as well.Denise Collar, who has been a resident
of SurwoodWalk for more than 38 years,says she wants upgrades to be done attheir homes as well.“These flats have been in this area for
as long as I can remember and not oncehas an upgrade taken place here.We alsowant our homes to look beautiful, but itseems we are overlooked,” she says.Collar adds she has had numerous
complaints sent to the City regarding thecracks in walls, hinges of doors as wellas peep-size holes as faults at her home.“Every time the council came out they
would just patch up the walls with ce-ment, but years later the cracks return.When I complained about the doorframes and hinges, I was told they justdomaintenance work on the outside andnot inside,” she explains.Collar says this makes her feel de-
spondent because she cannot do any-thing to beautify her home.“For years we have been paying rent
to the City and there have been no talksof us actually becoming the owners of theflats. If we become the owners of the flats
then we know we can beautify it at ourown expense. But if we do that nowwhilepaying rent to the City, anything canhappen and they can turn around andput us out of the flats, and what happensto the money we invested?” Collar adds.Social Democratic Party president Ri-
cardo Sedres says he has received vari-ous complaints from residents relatingto faults at the two-storey flats.“People are complaining and asking
why they also were not included in theCRU project. The City should do some-thing to accommodate these residentsbe-cause their homes are supposed to be aplace of dignity and considered a safe ha-ven. However if your house is cracking,it’s not safe – it’s a safety hazard.”Mayco member for Human Settle-
ments Benedicta van Minnen says theCRU programme is a “special projectaimed at refurbishing the multiple sto-rey buildings (three floors or more)”.“That was the specification of this par-
ticular programme in Hanover Park, inaccordance with the conditions of thefunding that was received.“For other rental stock maintenance
enquiries, such as the two-storey units,we encourage our tenants to visit theirlocal housing office in Civic Road, Hano-ver Park (next to the community centre)where our officialswill gladly assistwithinformation, giving clarity and lodginginvestigations into maintenance com-plaints, if required,” Van Minnen ex-plains.V What are your thoughts? Starting with the word“Post”, SMS your views to 32516.
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Invitation to submit letters of expression of interests to be part of ManenbergProject Steering Committee
The City of Cape Town Mayoral Urban Regeneration Program (MURP/VPUU) is in theprocess of strengthening Manenberg Project Steering Committee.
Mayoral Urban Regeneration Program / VPUU is an upgrading programme thatfacilitates the building of safe and sustainable neighbourhoods. This intervention willassist in decreasing crime levels, increase safety and security and improve living andsocial conditions in Manenberg community. It will support the creation of an environmentconducive for sustainable growth and development. It is partnering with active citizenand stakeholders to promote social and economic inclusion.
Part of the process is that the local NGO’s, CBO, FBOs, SGBs and other developmentalstructures be afforded an opportunity of being part of the strengthening process, toensure that the Manenberg PSC is inclusive of every sector and to also reflect all thesections of Manenberg.
Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 17 of the Local Government MunicipalSystems Act that Council is hereby affording the public and groups an opportunity tosubmit letters of interest with the 2 names of nominated representatives to themunicipality for a period of
The period commences on .and concludes on September 2015.
Nominations on organisation letterhead can be submitted in any of the following ways:
Two world wars, the invention of the mo-tor car, the start ofApartheid and the cre-
ation of our democracy ...These are some of the events the South Af-
rican National Institute for Crime Preven-tion and the Reintegration of Offenders (Ni-cro) has weathered while promoting re-forms in the justice system.This month Nicro celebrates its 105th
birthday.Nicro works to divert offenders from the
courts so that they do not receive a criminalrecord and encourages non-custodial sen-tencing or community service as an alterna-tive to serving a sentence in prison.The organisation also offers prison based
support to enhance an offender’s chance ofsuccessfully reintegrating back into society.These services are offered to both adults andchildren. On its establishment in 1910, theprimaryobjectives of the thenSouthAfricanPrisoners Aid Association involved visitingprisoners and encouraging their reform inaddition to providing support for the ac-cused, released prisoners and their familymembers, explains Nicro spokesperson Jac-ques Sibomana.Founded by Justice Mr J de Villiers Roos,
it was the first countrywide organisation ofits kind for the aid and after-care of prison-ers and their families. Prior to this theSalva-tionArmy, as part of their activities, provid-ed accommodation for released prisoners.Little more than a decade later the organi-
sation elected to expand its focus by intro-ducing crime prevention services, which in-
cluded provision for the prevention of recid-ivism or the relapse into criminalbehaviour, the study of cause of crime andrecidivism in addition to public education.The organisation also encouraged the
study of causes underlying crime. From theonset the Association lobbied for social re-form, both in terms of crime prevention andthe rehabilitation of offenders. “NICRO hashadagreat impact andcontribution toSouthAfrican Criminal Justice systems, and in-troduced key services that have now beenadopted by the Justice system,” Sibomanasays.These include the establishment of pro-bation services, introducing diversion ser-vices to children, the Pioneered Prisonersfriend serviceswhich started prison visitorsas well as non-custodial sentencing.The organisation was involved in the es-
tablishment of labour bureaus and treat-ment facilities for alcoholics, as well as theintroduction of a scheme in terms of whichaccused people could pay their fines in in-stalments.In 1970 the Association changed its name
to Nicro. Two decades later Nicro’s use oflobbying and social action as a tool to facili-tate social change became more evident, ex-plains Sibomana.In 1990 the National Council released a
statement lobbying for appropriate racialrepresentation on the committee estab-lished to review the death penalty, and on17 October 1992 Nicro officially took an abo-litionist stance against the death penalty.Currently Nicro is encouraging the public
to get involved in supporting the programsthat NICRO offers, through individual giv-ing, Sibomana says.
Team hopes to shine at gamesEARL HAUPT
@EarlHaupt
The Western Cape indigenous sports teamwas honoured in a capping ceremony atShalimar Gardens Hotel on Friday night.The ceremony, hosted by the minister of
cultural affairs and sport, Anroux Marais,awarded the team provincial colours to rep-resent the Western Cape at the National In-digenous Games Festival in Tshwane thisweek.Indigenous games are linked to the tradi-
tions of a cultural group, being of a local ori-gin and requiring physical skill, strategyand/or chance.Culture is not static: indigenous people
continually added to their own cultural, ma-terial and physical heritage.Through reliving and reinventing the
games of their forefathers andmothers, add-ing and creating their own games along theway, thesegameshavebecomeapart of dailyliving.Despite Africa’s rich history of indige-
nous games, a number of the games have be-come extinct without having been docu-
mented in historical and anthropological ac-counts of the indigenous people of Africa.However, the indigenous games that still
exist, have since been included in the priori-ty sporting codes in the country. A specialfocus has been given to these games as oneof the avenues for mass participation.These games are now organised into nine
different sporting codes and the WesternCape is oneof theprovinces competing at thenational festival.No less than 140 participants will repre-
sent Team Western Cape to compete in allnine codes, namely: Dibeke, Diketo, DrieStokkies, Iintonga, Jukskei, Kgati, Kho-kho,Morabaraba and Ncuva.Marais wished the team well and encour-
aged them to bring home gold.“Our history need not be lost as older gen-
erations pass on. Team Western Cape hasbeen selected from the best indigenousgames players available,” said Marais.“It is now their duty to keep these games
alive in our communities so that future gen-erations can celebrate our heritage. By ex-celling in these games, these players will re-vive and popularise our unique heritage.”
The Western Cape indigenous sports team was given a special send-off in Athlone on Fridaynight.
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Police have successfully securedsentencing for three men in
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21:50 Mitchell’s Plain police re-sponded to a complaint where fourPakistani men were killed and an-other two injured. Allegedly a manarrived at the house and demandedthe safe be opened.
The suspects then opened fire onthe victims, killing four andwounding two others.
The investigation was combinedwith a Lansdowne case where aman and woman were hijacked andkidnapped.
The man was later set free whilethe woman was held, but later
managed to escape.The suspects shot at her and
wounded her before she managedto get away.
On Wednesday 16 September theCape Town High Court sentencedthe three accused Lehano Jansen(31), Nasief De Villiers (37) and Ya-zeed Hendricks (44).
Jansen was sentenced to four lifesentences plus 29 years – a total of159 years – on 14 charges includingmurder, attempted murder, armedrobbery, kidnapping and posses-sion of an illegal firearm.
De Villiers was found guilty ofrobbery of the vehicle and sen-tenced to 18 years.
Hendricks was sentenced to four
life sentences plus 20 years – a totalof 120 years – on seven charges in-cluding murder, attempted mur-der, armed robbery and possessionof an unlicensed firearm.
The investigation officer, Detect-ive Sergeant Errol Bedford of theMitchell’s Plain Police Serious andViolent Crime InvestigationGroup and the team of detectiveswere commended for excellent in-vestigative work.
Three sentenced for 2013 murders
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Feed the cause,not the beggarsThe City of Cape Town’s social develop-
ment and early childhood developmentdirectorate took its Give Responsibly cam-paign to the streets last Friday.
Councillors and officials from the direct-orate were stationed at 17 intersections inDurbanville, Bellville, Goodwood, KuilsRiver, Parow, Athlone, Mitchell’s Plain, Ot-tery, Diep River, Grassy Park, SomersetWest, Strand, Gordon’s Bay, Wynberg,Lansdowne, Table View and the Cape TownCBD, armed with posters highlighting theimportance of not giving hand-outs to streetpeople.
Some of the slogans used to drive themes-sage home included: “Hand-outs are notgenerous, they are harmful”; “By givinghand-outs, you are perpetuating a cycle ofpoverty”; “Yourmoney is supporting a drugdealer”; “Change is about more than a fewcoins”; and“Begginghandicapsmy future”.
“We opted for this activation to createawareness about the fact that street cornerhand-outs are doing little else other thanperpetuating the cycle of dependence andkeeping people on the streets,” said SuzetteLittle, the City’s mayco member for socialdevelopment and early childhood develop-ment.
“The public has a shared responsibilityfor the well-being of street people. We mustunderstand that there is a very good chancethat the R2 or R5 handed over at the inter-section is feeding a habit instead of the indi-vidual.
“So let’s change tack andmove away fromthe instant gratification that amonetary do-nation provides. My appeal to the public isto find outwhere their nearest shelter or or-ganisation working with street people is,
and liaise with them about how to make areal difference, whether it be donatingclothes or other goods, or even volunteer-ing,” Little said.
The City introduced its Give Responsiblycampaign in 2010, aimed at encouraging thepublic to support the homeless by makingdonations to registered organisations in-steadof individuals, thusbreaking the cycleof dependence that keeps themon the street.In addition, the City has formulated a
street people policy and implemented anumber of interventions as part of its streetpeople programme. The budget for this pro-gramme has grown from R4,5 million in2013/14, to R7,8 million in 2014/15, toR9,7 million in 2015/16 – an increase ofmorethan 100%.“The City has made great strides in its ef-
forts to tackle homelessness. Our fieldworkers engage with street people on a dai-ly basis, offering them access to a range ofservices including returning home if possi-ble. On the other hand, we have structuresset up within communities to prevent oth-ers frommigrating to the streets. However,we’ve seen that many street people refuseour offers of assistance and I’m not sur-prised.“Why leave the streets when do-gooders
dish out donations for very little in return?If we are ever going to make a real dent inreducing the number of people living on ourstreets and offer them a better life, we needtomove away from the culture of indiscrim-inate giving. Give a hand up rather than ahand-out,” Little said.V The City encourages members of the public to con-tact its toll-free number on 0800 872 201 for moreinformation on how they can give responsibly.
Councillors Phindile Maxiti (background), chairperson of the City’s homeless agency committee,and Philisa Marman participated in a Give Responsibly awareness drive in Cape Town lastFriday.
NGOs and NPOs are hoping to work in part-nership to upgrade informal settlementsacross the country after the Isandla Instituterecently held their national roundtable.
There are approximately 2 700 informalsettlements in the country, which translatesto around 11% of South Africans living inthem.According toMirjamvanDonk, direct-or at Isandla Institute, “spatial injustice” haslimited residents to land, shelter and basicservices.
The roundtable was attended by local, pro-vincial and national government, civil socie-ty and the private sector.
“We want to promote a participatory ap-proach towards informal settlement upgrad-ing,” said Van Donk.
Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western CapeMEC for human settlements, said that up-grading informal settlementswas his top pri-ority, given that the government could nevercompletely rid itself of the housing backlog.Currently the backlog stands at around 2,3million households that are waiting for freegovernment housing. Even though we are aleading province in providing access to basicservices, there is much work that remains tobe done. What is on paper versus the realityon the ground, are two different things.
“Just because an informal settlement hasaccess to ablution facilities doesn’t meanthey are of decent quality. One toilet for fivefamilies means that 20 people are all usingthe same toilet,” said Madikizela.
“So many officials are only interested inobtaining clean audits that they go for low-hanging fruit in order to achieve their goals.We are spending all themoney in our budget,but on the wrong things,” he said.Rather than tackling the easy problems, he
said his department was focusing on threepressing challenges: upgrading informal set-tlements, accelerating the provision of for-mal houses, and prioritising deserving can-didates on the provincial housing waitinglist. “There are 119 informal settlements thathave been in theWestern Cape formore than20 years, and it’s time that we work to im-prove the quality of people’s lives in these ar-eas.” Madikizela praised the work of NGOswho often act as mediators between the gov-ernment and communities.MelanieManuel of the InformalSettlement
Network said that residents’ mindset regard-ing upgrading needed to change. “When wetalk about upgrading, people say they’re notinterested because they are waiting for theirfree houses. But we say to them, ‘While youwait, let’s change your reality now’.”VanDonk said in order to collaboratemore
effectively, Isandla Institute has partneredwith other Cape Town-based NGOs to forma “community of practice” to promote partic-ipatory informal settlement upgradingthrough knowledge sharing, collaborationand experimentation.Manuel said thatwhen approaching a com-
munity about upgrading, it was important to“go with a blank page and a willingness tocollaborate”, rather than a set agenda. Sheemphasised the need for a “political champi-on” within the city council to enable the up-grading to take place.Various Western Cape case studies were
referred to as good examples of informal set-tlementupgrades. In concluding the roundta-ble, Van Donk encouraged role players towork together, be bold in their actions andmake “responsible” mistakes in driving theprocess of transforming theurban landscape.
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Amotorist will appear in anAthlone courtafter being involved in a high-speed
chase with the City of Cape Town’s GhostSquad after trying to flee an accident scenein Klipfontein Road.The driver of a Toyota Cressida hit a fe-
male pedestrian on the corner of Klipfonteinand Hazel roads just before 22:00 on Satur-day.Themotorist then sped off in the direction
of Gugulethu, with patrolling Ghost Squadmembers following in hot pursuit. The Cres-sida then came to a halt after crashing intoanother motor vehicle in Crossroads. Thesuspect attempted to flee on foot, but waseventually caught by law enforcement offi-
cers who caught up with him. He was takento theAthlonePolice Station andwill appearin court on charges of reckless and negligentdriving and fleeing the scene of an accident.In another incident which took place over
the weekend, three people were arrested forreckless and negligent driving after theGhost Squad responded to complaints of ille-gal street racing in Mitchell’s Plain. Twootherswere arrested for drunk driving – oneof whom refused to stop, leading officers ona chase which eventually ended in Philippi.He was found to be four times over the legalblood-alcohol limit.“In both cases, these motorists are facing
charges additional to those that put them on
our radar in the first place. The lesson hereis to just pull over and take responsibilityfor your actions,” said JP Smith, Maycomember for safety and security.On Sunday, the City’s traffic service ar-
rested 25 motorists for drunk driving at aroadblock in Mitchell’s Plain, and issued 2272 fines.Metro Police netted a further 26 drunk
drivers – 10 of them caught at two check-points in Hout Bay on Saturday. Eleven sus-pects were also arrested for drug-related of-fences at various locations across the city.Meanwhile, the Metro Police Camera Re-
sponse Unit arrested a 19-year-old thief onFriday. The suspect was caught on camera
during a smash-and-grab incident on thecorner of Jakes Gerwel and Washingtondrives in Langa. CCTV operators led thecamera response unit to the suspect’s loca-tion, but when confronted by the officers, heallegedly tried to stab one of them – prompt-ing the second officer to fire a shot, wound-ing the supsect in the thigh.He received medical treatment, after
which he was arrested on charges of posses-sion of stolen goods, possession of a danger-ous weapon, common assault and resistingarrest. The victim also added a charge oftheft out of motor vehicle. Officers managedto recover the victim’s handbag and all itscontents, including more than R600 in cash.
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With the turn of the weather, more people are coming outof the winter slump in celebration of just about every-thing.September is not only the month we celebrate Heritage
Day, but also the month we celebrate many days andweeks in recognition of health and well-being.The month plays host to awareness of Albinism, Bone
Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia, CervicalCancer, Childhood Cancer, Eye Care, Muscular Dystro-phy and Oral Health. It is also National Heart AwarenessMonth and the National Month of Deaf People.While Headache and Migraine, Pharmacy, Kidney and
Back Awareness celebrate weeks, some conditions, suchas Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, International Gynaecologi-cal Health, World Suicide Prevention, National OralHealth and National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Dis-order (ADHD) also have special days dedicated to them.The question we should be asking ourselves is “is it
enough to only pay attention to our bodies once a year?”The awareness programmes do their job – bringing rec-
ognition to these sometimes overlooked disorders and ill-nesses. It forces some people to take tests and pay a littlemore attention to their health, or to donate to a worthycause. But is enough being done to leave a lasting impres-sion on us?What will it take to get us to sit up and listen?Will we only act when it affects us?Reality is that we should be looking after our oral
health, our hearts, our eyes and our bodies in general.Many serious ailments can be cured if caught early and
inmost cases prevention is key. Is it not thenworthknow-ing that everything is running in tip top shape?Experts recommend a visit to your doctor at least once
a year, but most people just don’t bother.In the end, health officials will talk and promote taking
care of yourself, but taking action is up to you.
Women’s important roleOne must recognise the role and thevalue added by civil society organisa-tions to bring about a change in ourcommunities. I would like to highlight,that the role of women cannot be underestimated or undervalued in civil societythese days. The value added by women,especially women in leadership in oursociety, is vital to any community inaddressing social challenges. I think thatin many organisations, it’s women whoare instrumental in leading towardschanging organisations who are strug-gling to achieve its development objec-tives. I have seen over the years in ourcommunities, especially on the CapeFlats, it’s the women who attend com-munity meetings, it’s women who attendschool meetings these days. Believe it ornot it is the women who are leadingchange and in reality it’s the womanwho leads the fight against crime. Checkthe number of women in our neighbour-hood watches, our CPF police structuresserving the community, even in ourchurches, faith groups; it’s women
leading for change, and one wonderswhat happened to the men.I wrote to some women in our commu-
nity who are already in leadership rolesat their various community organisa-tions, appealing and urging asking themto consider playing an active role insport development.I don’t have to remind the sports
leaders that the current role of womenin politics, and in other sports wheretheir experience add value and wheretheir presence change the landscapeseven in our current and young democra-cy. Whether we like it or not women aremaking a vast difference on the politicalscene, so much so there’s a call for thepresident of South Africa to be a wom-an. Women are making their voicesheard on all fronts adding value to abetter society, a better South Africa. Incommunities and on grassroots level, thepresence of women in sports help withthe self-confidence of men and childrenin sport. Ask any youth manager on aSaturday morning about the voices and
cries of women, mostly “mommies”along the touchlines cheering theirchildren on. Every touch is cheered andevery run is motivated to the very end.This is the kind of self-motivation andconfidence which women bring to thesport.Women are our most dominant social
activist in our communities as well asour churches. They are the leaders whenit comes to self-empowerment opportuni-ties. Their ability to lead and theirability to govern our locally basedstructures should be noted.We should be open for partnership on
all level of leadership structures. Weneed to involve men and women jointlyworking together chairing our communi-ty structures, this will enhance ourmodel leadership.I would like to appeal to all women
who are able and trust in their ability togo out there in your communities andlead for change.
WALTER DANIELSBokmakierie
Don’t turn blind eye to needyI feel so sad when people say “Please,not in my nice neighbourhood. Movethese homeless people!”I feel so sad when people who have
had all the privileges of a good educa-tion, as well as the opportunity for workand can therefore pay taxes, feel thatthey have rights that others don’t have.I feel so sad that in a country where
seventy nine percent of the populationclaims to be Christian, we don’t followJesus’ teaching to care for the thirstyand hungry, or the stranger, for thesick, the poor and vulnerable in oursociety. (Matthew 25: 35 – 40)I feel so sad because the biblical story
of Ruth shows how we should reach outto the vulnerable in our society bygiving a hand up rather than a hand-out.As a society we can make a difference
by working with organisations already
working with the homeless.U-turn is one such organisation
working in the Wynberg, Kenilworth,and Claremont areas.Rather than handing out small change
to those begging on the streets or tothose who come to our homes, weencourage people to give one of theU-turn vouchers. A voucher allows themto get a meal or some secondhandclothing at The Powerhouse, which isjust behind Stadium on Main in Clare-mont. U-turn also runs clothing stores,where good quality clothes can bepurchased by the public. By purchasingclothes in these stores, you help financethe work, as well as create trainingopportunities for those who want tomove off the streets and get back intothe workplace.
ROGER WOODDiep River
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Get a second opinionI would like to inform home ownerswho are selling their property to bevery careful regarding beetle,electrical and plumbing certificatesof clearance.I recently had a company check
my home. This company offers allthree services, but after theirinspection I was shocked to see theamount of repairs needed. In fact,there were things indicated to bewrong which were never wrong.So please be very careful. Scruti-
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Culture of choirs togetherAsSouthAfrica celebrated its heri-tage this month, choirs fromaround the Western Cape are pre-paring to celebrate the country’sdiversity.
Hosted by the Western Cape Cho-ral Music Association (WeCCMA),in association with Artscape, theIndigenous Choral Festival is a cel-ebration of the many faces and sto-ries of South Africa. The eventtakes place at the Artscape Theatreon Sunday 27 September from14:00. Now in its third year, the fes-tival invites local choirs to repre-sent indigenous cultures throughsong on stage.
WeCCMA’s Lungile Jacobs saysit is the highlight of the WesternCape choral calendar.
“The eisteddfod is known
throughout the province as theWECCMA event not to be missed,”he says: “It is the culmination of anumber of events we’ve hadthroughout the year which includ-ed a gender based competition, adevelopmental soloist competi-tion, conductor’s workshops andorchestral conducting workshop.”
Jacobs points out the festival isa great opportunity to teach youngpeople about different cultures andbuild the spirit of ubuntu. Thisyear’s festival will feature per-formances by the Princess SquareSingers, Joyful Harmonies, theUWC Creative Arts Choir, theCPUT choir, Ntirisano Arts Acade-my, the UCT Choir for Africa, TheChorus, Western Classical Voices,New Voices Of the Cape, the Trans-
net engineering Choir, the SimonEstesAlumniChoir,UnitedChoralArtists, Western Chorale, Phenom-enal Opera Voices, Heavenly Voi-ces and the SA Navy Choir.
The festival will be divided intotwo categories and the audiencewill get to choose the winners.
The first half of the competitionwill see the choirs perform a cul-tural indigenous piece, before theycome back to sing Izitibili (actionsongs) or folklore pieces with aband in the secondhalf of the show.“This is a day of embracing our in-dividuality and uplifting our cul-tural heritage as a choral society,”Jacobs says.V Tickets for the festival cost R50 and areavailable from Computicket. Visitwww.artscape.co.za for information.
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JUST US AND OTHERS: Bridgetown Theatre Company will behosting their popular free Athlone Nantes Park Summer festivalconcert on Sunday 27 September from 14:00 with performances byJust Us, Epiphany, Exclusive Harmony, Joel C and DJ Echelon, singerEkraam Cupido, the Alexander Sinton Dance Crew, Jaydine Ross andBTC dancers, and MC Annie Shiroky. The event is alcohol free andfood will be on sale. Call Fowzia Khan on 082 716 7179 for moreinformation.
Focusing on documentary filmsthat explore the themes of addic-tion and mental health issues, theSouth African Recovery Film Fes-tival takes place this week duringInternational Recovery Month inSeptember.
Now in its third year, the festivalhas partnered with SACAP (TheSouth African College of AppliedPsychology) and aims to educate,entertain, inform and to promotethe solutions and successes of re-covery.
With the focus on recovery inter-nationally during the month ofSeptember, the festival hopes to liftsome of the stigma that surroundsaddiction, alcoholism and mentalhealth issues. Shame and igno-rance often drive these conditionsmaking access to help difficult.
It is on from Thursday 24 to Sun-day 27 September at the Labia.V To see the full programme, visitwww.thesouthafricanrecoveryfilmfesti-val.co.za. Tickets cost R45 and are availa-ble from www.webtickets.co.za.
Film festival about addiction held
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PEOPLE'S POST | LANSDOWNETuesday, 22 September 2015 SPORT 15
EARL HAUPT@EarlHaupt
The u.13 softball team from Wil-lows Primary school will beoff to Hermanus to represent
the Cape Metropolitan district.The team won their way through
to the regional round recently afterbeating Mitchell’s Plain districtlast week.
However, despite their achieve-ment, the school is currently play-ing with old equipment as well asworn out kit which were donatedto them in the interim.
The facilitator and manager ofthe team, Agnes Grootboom, hasmade an urgent plea to those whoare willing to help them extend oneof the school’s biggest achieve-ments.
Funds neededThe team needs funds for trans-
port, accommodation, netball gear,tracksuits, food, underwear, toilet-ries and sneakers.
Willows Primary is one of theWestern Cape’s non-fee-payingschools, with pupils relying on thePeninsula School Feeding Associa-tion for daily meals and 80% oftheir parents are reliant on govern-ment grants.
One of the players hoping to con-tinue his good form is Cayden Will-iams. Williams is a Grade 6 learnerand says that his curiosity enabledhim to try out the game of softball
and says that his mother also en-couraged him to take up the sportand even has a secret to his suc-cess.
“Practice makes perfect,” saidWilliams, pointing out that theirmatch against Battswood stood outas a highlight for him.
He viewed them as the toughestopponents his team has faced todate.
When asked why he thinks thesport of softball is special, Willi-ams said that, “It’s a bat and ballgame, every team tries to score asmuch runs as possible. It’s excitingto strike the ball with a specificbat.”
He wants to continue to playsport, not just softball, so that hecan stay away from the influenceof gangsterism and drugs.
Meanwhile, Grade 7 learner andmember of the team, Lushin Jo-hannes, says that he started play-ing softball after seeing his friendsplaying and decided to start prac-ticing with them.
He says that the sport has taughthim discipline and respect and en-joys the feeling of winning.
Johannes also plays soccer andis a good athlete as well.
“I am very happy and I feel veryproud, because this is my first timeto represent Cape Town.”V If you would like to help the team or formore information, contact Willows PrimarySchool on 021 637 5560 or Grootboom on072 947 8800.
Willows boys won’t strike out
The Willows Primary school u.13 softball team will be on their way to Hermanus to represent the Cape Metropoleafter winning their regional division finals against the Mitchell’s Plain district. PHOTO: EARL HAUPT
AMBASSADORS LAUNCH NEW KIT: Ambassadors Football Club received andlaunched their new kit for the current season. Here are some of the squad showing offtheir new colours.
Touchline TopicsThursday 24 September
V Century City: The Cape High PerformanceCity in partnership with FNB, Liberty Life, RedBull and Old Mutual will be hosting the TKCentury City foundation sports festival fivesfootball and cross trail run at 08:00. For moreinformation, contact Jerome Walters on073 157 1755 or [email protected].
Saturday 26 September
V Sea Point: The Cape Town Festival ofRunning takes place this weekend, concludingon Sunday. The five-person by 5 km relay(accessible to all, for families and friends),
starting with the noon gun, which is precededearlier by the 100 km and 50 km for ultraendurance athletes. The popular 21 km Classichalf marathon takes place on Sunday. All theevents start and finish on the lawns oppositethe SABC. Visit www.wpa.org.za for details orentry forms. Alternatively, contact the organis-ers on 072 210 1127.
Sunday 27 September
V Green Point: The Heritage Cup betweenSchotshekloof Walmers and Collegians RugbyClub takes place at the Green Point Track from08:00 - 16:00. Refreshments will be on sale.Entry: R20 for adults and R5 for children.
PROGRESS STOPS RANGERS IN THEIR TRACKS: Kyle Booysen of Progress (in red) isbrought down before the try line by three Manenberg Rangers players during a ChampionsLeague match played at City park on Saturday. Progress won the match 34-24.
PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACSPeddle power plea for poorer paws, pleaseEARL HAUPT
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The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has called onall animal-loving cyclists hoping to take partin the 2016 Cape Town Cycle Tour (CTCT) tojoin their cause by applying for one of their160 entries for the event.
The entry, by way of a charity placement,will secure a spot at next year’s event, whichhas adopted a new ballot system for entriesfor the first time in the race’s history.
Once you have joined their team, fundswill be raised for every kilometre that yourtired muscles endure – all for the love of ani-mals. Last year, R500 000 was raised for shel-ter animals.
“You pledge to raise a minimum of R2 000for the SPCA, and this amount will includeyour race entry, a good quality funky cy-cling shirt, as well as a few exclusive extras,”explains the SPCA’s Natasha Johannes.
“Most importantly, every pedal push, hill,and all the sweat and tears will be worth thepain for the happy barks and wagging tailsof the less fortunate animals in our care.What’s more, is that we’ll give the top fun-draiser for 2016, a brand new bicycle,” shesaid.
Once committed to the SPCA’s team, en-trants will ensure that their good work byway of preventing cruelty to all animals andrescuing animals from crisis and distresscontinues. The SPCA will also continue togive shelter to sick, injured, abandoned andunwanted animals whilst also providingsubsidised veterinary care to animals fromless fortunate communities and educatingyoung learners about the humane treatmentof animals.V To find out more, contact Natasha Johannes on021 700 4155, [email protected], like their Fa-cebook page ‘Cape of Good Hope SPCA’, or follow themon Twitter @SPCACape.
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The annual Cape Town marathon tookplace under uncharacteristically mug-gy conditions in Green Point over the
weekend.
Local athletes, William Kaptein and LeboDinah Phalula outclassed a quality field towin the men’s and women’s titles in the10 km run/walk on Sunday.
While the endurance stars were battlingit out for the 42 km title, the speedstersshowed their class in a highly competitiverace over the shorter distance.Kaptein charged to victory in 28:34, with
Elroy Gelant taking second place in 34:10and Abed Nico Mashaba finishing third in34:20.In the women’s race, Phalula earned a
well-deserved win in 34:12, crossing theline 16 seconds ahead of Mapaseka Ma-khanya.“The 10 km distance is ideal for younger
athletes who are still building towards themarathon, and it is perfect for amateurrunnerswho are not yet ready to tackle theclassic distance, so it plays an importantrole as part of the Cape Town Marathon,”said Elana Meyer who is an ambassadorfor the race.“With road running experiencing anoth-
er boom in South Africa, we expect the10 kmdistance to continue to grow inpopu-larity in the years to come.”Meanwhile, in themain event, the 42 km
race, ShadrackKemboi fromKenyaprovedto be the strongest athlete on the day, defy-ing weather conditions to notch up a winin the men’s race.Despite the dominance shown by the
East Africans, there was a strong SouthAfrcan charge as Lungile Gongqa finishedsecond and Michael Mazibuko finishedthird.Another Kenyan, Isabella Ochichi,
earned a superb victory in the women’srace.With humidity at between 70% and 80%,
the East African winners battled some-what,while theSouthAfricans took full ad-vantage of the overcast weather, putting in
an excellent performance behind their inter-national counterparts.Kemboi crossed the finish line in 2:11:41,
with Gongqa taking second place in 2:11:59andMazibuko grabbing the final spot on themen’s podium in 2:12:29.Ochichi romped to victory in the women’s
division in 2:30:20, while Eunice Chumbafrom Bahrain finished second in 2:33:12 andKenya’s Joan Rotich third in a time of2:37:45.“I always wanted amarathon victory, and
I believe that it would come inHonolulu, Ha-waii in 2014, but I got it today on my homecontinent – Africa – and I couldn’t be happi-er,” said Ochichi.The 42 km race boasted a large field of
5 728 participants in only its second year, inwhich it is aiming to achieve the IAAF’s cov-eted Gold Label status. A total of 4.5% of en-trieswere fromoutside of SouthAfrica,with51 countries represented at the race. Sixty-two entrants came from the USA, 21 fromGermany, 20 from theUK, followed by small-er numbers from Sweden, Kenya, Canada,Ethiopia, Namibia, Zambia and Japan.
Locals shine in CT marathon
William Kaptein won the men’s Cape Town Marathon Peace 10 km run/walk in Green Point onSunday.