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GANG VIOLENCE has been the topic ofdiscussion for many people living in and
around Lavender Hill, but this could allchange, thanks to a Sports Day AgainstCrime taking place tomorrow (Wednesday 14December).
This initiative has come from the office of theProvincial Commissioners of the Western Cape,but role-players are urgently needed to make theday a success.
According to Warrant Officer Hermanus vanDyk, spokesperson for the Steenberg Police Sta-tion, the station will be joining up with five clus-ter stations, Diep River, Wynberg, Kirstenhofand Grassy Park, along with the City of CapeTown and Social Development.
“As you well know, the community of Laven-der Hill has been inundated with sporadic inci-dents of gang violence and therefore we need thesupport of various role-players who want to
bring the message of hope,” says Van Dyk.For the past few weeks, People’s Post has been
reporting on gang flare-ups in the community,which saw the army being called in.
Last week, two Lavender Hill men weregunned down in St Bernard Crescent, “DeathToll rises in Lavender Hill” (Tuesday 6 Decem-ber). Teenager Daveron de Wee was shot in thehead and taken to hospital in a critical condition.His friend, Christopher Harris, 22, died after be-ing shot five time in the back, hand and the side.
The aim of the event is to take youth off thestreets and encourage them to become involvedin positive activities such as sports.
However, role-players within the communityand organisations are required, as the messageof “sports against crime” needs to be broughtacross to the youth.
“Dreams create desire, desire creates driveand drive will create the platform to completetasks even when those tasks are difficult,” saysVan Dyk.
Clive Jacobs, community leader, was inspired
by the thought of Sports Day Against Crime ashe felt the initiative was desperately needed inLavender Hill.
“There is somuchhappening in this communi-ty, so many things are negative and led by vio-lence and gang activities, so the youth are inneed of this event. I hope something like this ismaintained and expanded to all the affected are-as,” he said.
The event takes place on the field behind theNew World Foundation in Grindal Avenue andis set to start at 09:00 until 16:00.
If anybody is interested in contributing to-wards the initiative or wishes to become in-volved in the activities, contact Warrant OfficerHermanus van Dyk on (021) 702-9001 or 071 6048381.
LET’S SAMBA:THE Cape TownCarnival combinedwith the TwilightRun recently, withperformers dancing their way downLong Street in highheels and superglamorous carnival costumes. Thecelebratory parade of the 2012Cape Town Carnival takes place on17 March 2012.An estimated 1500 performersrepresenting 40community groupsfrom across theMother City willtake to the streetaccompanied bylarge colourful andimpressive nonmotorised floats.From left, LisaEllen Marais, Freedom Malgas andShereleen January.Photo: Supplied
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Teaching and learning inthe underclass: Retreat (II)DR FRANCOIS CLEOPHAS
MANY Heathfield and Retreat resi-dents do their shopping at the Pick
’n Pay Centre in Main Road, Tokai.
Just over the road, where the mini shop-ping complex is today, was a wetland withreeds. One of the last remaining milestones,indicating the miles to Cape Town, stillstands there. Our story, however, is aboutthe site occupied by the Pick ’n Pay Shop-ping Centre.
Last month we spoke about the BlouvleiDRC Mission School in Sixth Avenue, Re-treat, an institution that is still standing.This school had a sister institution,Hoofweg NGK Skool te Retreat (Main RoadDRC School, Retreat; also known as the DRCMission School, Retreat). It was situatedwhere Pick ’n Pay in Main Road, Tokai, isnow located.
In 1955, the school principal, AJ Weber,presented a history of the school and thisis used for this month’s article.
Weber claims that the school was in exist-ence well before 1905 on a previous site, asa zinc and iron structure that was converted
to a brick building in 1936.The exact start date of the school is un-
known, but it was sometime in the 1890s andthis is supported by an In-spection Report for 1890. Thefirst principal was JFWStadländer, who later left tobecome the principal ofNoordhoek DRC School.
Pupils from differentbackgrounds attended theRetreat DRC School.
Stadländer was succeededfirst by Jan July in 1891 andthen by Charles Dennis in1893. During Dennis’ term,“racial” distinctions weremade between learners.
Sometime between 1900and 1904, land was grantedby Abraham Louw for a newbuilding that was to be usedas both a school and for Sun-day services. This would probably have beenthe present Pick ’n Pay site.
Mr Dennis in turn was succeeded by a MrTerblanche,who retired in 1933,whenhewassucceeded by JA de Jager, who remained
principal until 1940. De Jager then as-sumed the principalship of the RosmeadCentral School. Rev Groenewald acted as
caretaker principal for ayear and AJ Weber wasappointed in January1942, a post he filled untilat least 1955.
The landscape was verymuch different to what itis today.
The picture shows theschool standing on anopen piece of land behindtwo bluegum trees.
In 1940 the school rollwas 250, three years laterit stood on 500 and theschool inspector curbedfurther expansion be-cause of lack of classroomspace. Accommodationwas so limited that new
pupils could only be enrolled every secondyear until 1950. Despite these limitations,the school added Std 6 (today Grade 8) forthose children whose parents wished themto have a higher education. Std 6 was seenas the end of the primary school phase, andwould have allowed the children access totechnical training. A new curriculum in-troduced in the 1940s made it impracticalto proceed with the Std 6 classes.
Between 1945 and 1955 the school roll re-mained between 450 and 500, with a staffof ±12. In 1955 the staff consisted of AJ We-ber (principal), NJ Combrinck (vice princi-pal), William J van Beulen, ER Weber, DGWeber, C Julies, I Zincke, S Mesias, D Afri-ca, Miss MO Hendricks, Miss V Brandt,Miss R Paulsen and Miss S Jacobs.
In his paper, AJ Weber touched on the
painful issue of the Group Areas Act. TheRetreat DRC School authorities contactedthe Servitas for “a piece of ground on theopposite side of the railway line if removalbecomes a reality”.
This removal was done under an “urbanrenewal” project about 10 years before themass forced removals from District Six inCape Town.
Sources:Anon. (1955). Gedenkboek van die
NG Sendinggemeente, Retreat. 1905-1955, pp.27-29.
Dreyer, A (1929): Kerksouvenir vanWynberg. Geskiedenis van dieHonderdjarige Bestaan van die
Ned. Ger. Gemeente Wynberg. Na-sionale Pers, Kaapstad, p.78
Educational News, Feb 1894, SATeachers’ Organisation, Cape Town,p.25
Educational News, Feb 1896, SATeachers’ Organisation, Cape Town,pp.30-31
Inspection Report by Inspector CMurray, 1890. Department of PublicEducation, Cape Town, p.5
Report by the Superintendent-Gen-eral of Education, 1891. Department ofPublic Education, Cape
Town, Appendix.S. Howes, (2012). Personal corre-
spondence with director of WCED Con-servation Centre, Aliwal Road, Wyn-berg.
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NEW LIFE: The Groote Schuur Hospital received an R160 000 makeover, sponsored byFoschini, to upgrade three of the patient areas in the maternity area. Dilapidated spaceswith old, peeling paint, dirty windows, torn curtains and uncomfortable furnishings received a complete makeover. At the event, 4 433 baby blankets were also handed overto the hospital. The blankets were made by job creation projects. Hundreds of metresof polar fleece fabric were donated by TFG Design Centre and Foschini paid women injob creation projects R8 for every blanket made. In the madeover maternity lounge are,from left, Colleen Carstens of Foschini, Prof Silke Dyer, acting head obstetrics and gynaecology, COO Dr Bhavna Patel, Western Cape Health Minister Theuns Botha, Prof JohnAnthony, head of department obstetrics, and Ms Karde Buys of Foschini.
Hundreds of sealsdie along Cape coastLILLIAN AMOS
ABOUT 100 dead sealswashed up on Strandfonteinbeach on Friday 9 Decem-ber.
The stretch of beach alongBaden Powell Drive wasstrewn with seals from Sun-rise beach all the way downpast Strandfontien.
Another 300 were washed upalong the Kommetjie Coast-line.
Brett Glasby of SPCA says itis not unusual for dead seals towash up this time of year inCape Town.
“We have it every year. Thisyear, though, there were morecarcasses than usual, whichcan be attributed to the ex-treme wind conditions. Manycubs don’t survive due to dif-ferent reasons like not beingable to swim.
The swell of water probably washed all thedeadpupsoff Seal Islandand the extremewindconditions contributed to them ending up onthe Baden Powell stretch and at Kommetjie.”
Earlier this week the South African Weath-er Service issued a weather warning of roughseas with wave heights from 4-6 metres be-tween Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay.
According to a marine scientist specialisingin mammals at the Oceans & Coast Branch ofthe Department of Environmental Affairs,seal pups are vulnerable during high windsand very rough sea conditions as they can beeasily washed off Seal Island and find them-selves in distress if they can’t swim, which ul-
timately results in death.According to Disaster Management’s Jo-
hannes Solomons-Johannes, the City’s Disas-ter Risk Management Centre and Solid WasteManagement Department cleared up most ofthe beaches on Friday.
An appeal is made to members of the publicto be vigilant when swimming, boating, kitesurfing and/or canoeing/paddle skiing alongthe False Bay coastline since the mass strand-ing of seals has resulted in the increase ofshark activity at Muizenberg, Simon’s Town,St James and Fish Hoek beaches.
The shark spotters have hoisted red flagsalong these shark spotting beaches.
STRANDED: Hundreds of dead seals washed up on the FalseBay Coast on Friday 9 December. Photo: Jaco Marais
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Community Policing Forums aroundCape Town have reacted to news thatthey will soon be able to exercise a smallamount control over the City’s law en-forcement departments.
Alderman J P Smith, chairman of themayoral committee (Mayco) for safety andsecurity, said that from next year CPFswould be able to assign specific tasks to theCity’s metro police and traffic department.
Smith said that the point of the pro-gramme was to help improve the partner-shipbetweenCapeTown’s lawenforcementagencies and CPFs, and to make better useof the limited resources available to theCity.
“What I want is an accountability mecha-nism, where the community can hold mystaff accountable,” said Smith.
“I want them to be able to assign specificduties and priorities to the traffic law en-forcement and metro police. So we are giv-ing them a time sheet and every day theycan allocate a priority to each one of theseservices. The following month my staffmust then report on what they have done.”
Theprogramme is still in its developmen-tal phase and the finer details will beworked out in January next year when
Smith and the rest of the Safety and Securi-ty Mayco meet with CPF heads.
However, Smith envisions that it will in-volve the CPF leaders meeting with a metropolice and traffic services representativeand then filling in a timesheet to say howwhat they would like the law enforcementofficers to concentrate on.
Smith believes that the city, CPFs and theneighbourhoods they serve will benefitgreatly once this system is implemented.
“For the community, the benefit is thatthe staff are held accountable. They will fillin the timesheet with what they want thelaw enforcement to do and the staff thenwill report back at the next meeting onwhat stats were generated, and what hap-pened, and what they found there,” saidSmith.
“For the city, the plus side is that wewon’t be just sitting with the community‘shotgunning’ a large list of requests. At theCPF meetings what usually happens is thatone person will say this and another willsay that. And you end up with a list of about20 things that are priorities and that youhave to be responsible for, and, quite frank-ly, you end up not being responsible for anyof them.
“The benefit for the city is that it willcompel the CPF to exercise its mind onwhat the priorities are, and to allocate the
resources available to them accordingly.”Senior CPF leaders in Cape Town do not
all share Smith’s confidence that theproject will help to reduce crime in theirareas, or improve co-operation betweenthemselves, the City’s law enforcementagencies and the police.
While some welcomed the move, otherscriticised it heavily.
HanifLoonat, chairpersonof theWesternCape Community Police board, was ecstat-ic upon hearing the news from the People’sPost.
“I’m lost for words. If that’s what he(Smith) told you then he needs to be ap-plauded for taking such a stance. He is nowcoming to the same page,” said Loonat.
“That is what we have been asking for allalong – (for the city) to start using the CPFs.CPFs legally represent their communities.We are excited that he has decided to useus as his partner.
“We appeal to him to let this be a lastingrelationship, and one that befits our com-munities.”
But Michael Jacobs, Mitchell’s Plaincluster CPF chairperson, said he was scep-tical about how effective the plan would be.
He criticised the city for not includingCPFs in the planning process and said theMetro Police’s inability to bring chargesagainst criminals could result in the sys-tem breaking down.
“The plans that JP Smith put on the tableare not attainable. I don’t think they willbe fully realised,” said Jacobs.
“When it comes to law enforcement, they(the Metro Police) don’t have the powers toinvestigate crimes and they don’t have thepower to take the suspects to court. Theyhave to hand the suspects to the SAPS.”
“That calls for greater co-operation be-tween law enforcement agencies, which isthe ideal situation, which to my knowledgeisn’t currently happening. Everybody ishaving their own little operations.”
Cassiem Christians, Athlone CPF’schairperson, criticised the City’s law en-forcement for their past failures, but wel-comed the move if it resulted in more co-op-eration between the city and CPFs.
“We welcome the fact that there can bea much closer working relationship be-tween the CPFs and the city law enforce-ment,” said Christians.
“If we can have this particular close rela-tionship we can make the implementationof crime prevention operations much moreeffective. We welcome his (Smith’s) posi-tion that there needs to be this partnership.
“We need to start planning on a long-termbasis how we are going to deal with not onlycrime, but with crime prevention.”
The programme will also give teeth toneighbourhood watches around the city, bytrainingandappointing someof theirmem-bers as fully-fledged metro police reserv-ists.
Smith said that the reservists would beembedded in the neighbour watches theycame from once they had completed thetraining and passed all necessary tests.
The officers would then be armed, legallybe allowed to conduct search and seizuresand would be able to make arrests.
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Kelly Aples, who lives ingang-ridden Seawinds,says she is not afraid toreach for her goals.
Aples was just threemonthsoldwhenheryoungmother abandoned her andleft her with her grand-mother.
Since then she has gonefrom strength to strengthwith the help of her grand-parents.
“It was difficult at timesbecause both my grandpar-ents get pension, so thingsalways got spread thinlyand my grandparentscouldn’t always give mewhat I wanted or needed.”,says Abels.
“It got really bad and Iwas behind with my schoolfees so we had to make al-ternative arrangementsand that is when wereached out to an organisa-tion to help us pay myschool fees.”
The International LionsClub gladly helped the teenand she was able to writeher matric exams with asound mind.
Kelly’s grandmother,Elizabeth Lawrence (66),says Kelly is a very humbleperson. “I’ve never had complaints from an-ybody about her, I never had to really worryabout her because I knew she had a goodhead on her shoulders.”
Kelly says she wants to study further to be-come a physiotherapist. “I have nothingagainst these young people around here butsome of them don’t have any drive, they
don’t have any dreams.“I encourage them to reach for gold and
not let your circumstances stop you from be-ing who you want to be. You have the ability,you just have to make use of the opportuni-ties given to them.”
Kelly attended her school’s matric ball onTuesday 6 December.
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WHAT would Christmas be withoutbrightly coloured Christmas lights, tin-sel, sparkles an all things bright?
Thousands of Capetonians flocked toAdderley street on Sunday 4 December towitness the switching-on of the festive lightsin the City, undoubtedly the biggest andbrightest of all in the greater Cape Town ar-ea.
But other parts of the city are not to beneglected when it comes to Christmas cheerand all things bright. There were no festivi-ties, no grand parades or thousands of on-lookers on Monday 6 December as the SeaPoint City Improvement District (CID) qui-etly switched on its festive lights, accumu-lated over the years with their own funds.
According to Heather Tager, Chief Opera-tions Officer at the CID, this is the first year
that every lamp pole along the strip has afestive light.
This year the CID acquired 12 new lightsat a cost of R50 000, and it now brings thefinal tally of festive lights in Sea Point to 138.
“We will never be able to match the citylights,” says Tager, “But it is important tohave lights, as it makes the streets festive,especially when you look at the area. It’s a24-hour hub with a lot of tourists stayinghere or coming through the area.”
In 2007 and 2008 the CID organised mas-sive parades for the switching on of thelights, but since then monetary constraintshave let the big festivities fall by the way-side, but Tager says that within two to threeyears they will hopefully have enough lightsto string across the road, as in AdderleyStreet, and that all the little lights will bereplaced by big ones, and hopefully then theparade for the switching-on of the lights willreturn to Sea Point.
Festive spirit lights up suburb
FESTIVE CHEER: This is the first year that every lamp pole in Sea Point is adorned with festivelights. Photo: Hanrie Bosch
Page 8 People’s Post Retreat GENERAL Tuesday 13 December 2011
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Stars give fabulous performanceTAURIQ HASSEN
THERE can be nothing more fabulousthan the famous old Fabulous Wood-
stock Starlites when it comes to the annu-
al minstrel competition.
They were established in 1973 in LowerMain Road in Woodstock and strived tochange the face of their team and community.
According to Jamaldien Jumah, oldestfounding member and owner of the team,when the troupe first started beating theirdrums and blowing their trumpets, people’sperception mainly concerned the number ofgangsters involved with the troupe.
“We as a group have worked long and hardto change those perceptions and we rather fo-cus on the entertaining factors and what wecan give back to the community,” says Ju-mah.
The troupe first took to the stage in Good-wood, where they walked away in their debutseason as carnival champions, and latermoved to Athlone Stadium, where they wonnumerous trophies for their cabinet.
When the team joined the Kaapse KlopseKarnival Association in 2004, the team justi-fied the “Fabulous’’ in their name by walkingaway as carnival champions six years in arow in their respective divisions. They alsoproved they could look fabulous by winningthe prize for best dressed minstrel troupe fiveyears straight.
“We are regarded as a top team and in orderto remaina top team,youmustworkhardandbring out the performances when they aremuch needed, but our main aim is to educatethe youth and pass on what we have learntover the years, because they are the future
leaders of this team,” says Jumah proudly.In their 38-year history, the Fabulous
Woodstock Starlites have managed to start amusic and dance school for the youth.
Every Saturday, youngsters from areassuch as Hanover Park, Valhalla Park, Bonte-heuwel and Woodstock attend classes at TheLab, the team’s headquarters, behind theWoodstock Library in Clyde Street.
Classes are free and parents are regularlyencouraged by the team’s directors and cap-tains to send their children to the classes,where they are taught how to play various in-struments, sing a variety of different songsand also the art of foxtrotting.
“In the end, it’s all about the children andwe must learn to make that our number onepriority, which we are focussing on now,”says Jumah.
However, the team is currently operatingwithout any sponsors and is living off dona-tions and generous hand-outs from teammembers and the surrounding community.
“We started off by having sponsors onboard, but this changed over time and welearnt that we have to put the team before ourfinancial difficulties, because we are acom-munity based team and there are many peo-ple who would be disappointed if the Starlitesshould no longer existed,” says Jumah.
YOUNG STARS: Yazeed George preparing the youngsters for the competition next year.Photos: Tauriq Hassen
Tuesday 13 December 2011 NEWS People’s Post Retreat Page 9
Page 10 People’s Post Retreat LEADER Tuesday 13 December 2011
Climate strangeWHILE the outcome of the COP 17 negotia-tions has met with mixed reactions, the worldis increasingly aware of the devastating effectclimate change could have on our planet.
The conference resolution, the DurbanPlatform for Enhanced Action, encompassesa series of agreements that leaders of 197 na-tions have reached to reduce the emission ofgreen house gases and manage the impactthat climate change will inevitably have.
The level of green house gas emissionspresent in the atmosphere is higher than atany other time during the last 150 000 years.As this increases, so does the world’s temper-ature, which in turn has catastrophic effectson food security.
It has become increasingly clear that cli-mate change is no abstract thought, but a seri-ous threat to life as we know it. In South Afri-ca its effects may mean that rainfall decreasesand temperatures increase, thereby threaten-ing farming.
But despite the technical jargon around thesubject, the far reaching impact the averageperson can have on the preservation and lon-gevity of our species and home is certainlynot to be scoffed at.
Ironically,while thepoorprobably compar-atively generate the lowest carbon footprint,it is this very group – many of whom live inAfrica – who will bear the brunt of the effectsof climate change.
But what can the average man in the streetdo to prevent climate change? Use less fuel bychoosing a fuel-efficient car or use transportrequiring less fossil fuel such as trains, sub-ways, buses, car pools, walking and biking.
Buy efficient appliances that use less elec-tricity, reduce everyday electrical consump-tion. Arguably more importantly, we shouldall start talking about global warming, writeletters to local, regional and national mediato spread the message and thereby start amovement.
The way forward is clear, and the ball is inour court.
The real cause of accidentsFOLLOWING certain claims by a radio sta-tion and a newspaper group, a study was con-ducted to determine whether cars drivenwith their headlights on during the daytimepromoted road safety.
It was found that the use of headlights infact created a safety hazard: the beams oflight tended to distract drivers of oncomingvehicles. Nonetheless, the study found that:
. Best use of lighting to make cars morevisiblewas to lightup the interior of thevehi-cle;
. Bright lighting was essential, preferably10 000 watts;
. Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbswere better because they use less electricity;
. Electricity couldbeprovidedby20 stand-ard car batteries placed inside the vehicle.
Certain problems were identified, howev-
er.TheCFLbulbs containedmercuryvapourwhichcouldbe released in the event of break-age. Therefore, the study recommended thatvehicle occupants should wear gas masks.Another potential problem was the possibili-ty of acid spills from the batteries; for exam-ple, if the vehicle swerved suddenly or hit abump in the road.
To prevent injury, all occupants shouldwear industrial protective clothing whichcovered the entire body except the face (thegas mask has the added benefit of protectingthe face).
The study was conducted by Prof Crazyn-ski of the University of Upper Slovakia
Conclusion: no amount of lighting can stopreckless or careless driving – the real causeof road accidents.CONCERNED MOTORISTS
Season for giving?Many see it as the season of giving,
but what do we really mean by “giving”?Do we give to the less privileged,perhaps we give to the shops by spending
a whole lot of money on that pair of shoeswe dare not resist,
Do we give to the money-lenders,our debts no longer a dark cloud watching
our every move.Our parents taught us not to take but to
give.But on that specific outfit we insist.Yes, the season of giving means giving to
the needy,but do give praise to the King of Kings.“Silent night, O holy night,” the angel
sings.While we celebrate the birth of Jesus
Christ, others celebrate the end of the yearand the beginning of something new.
Christmas morning, seated in church, I seesomeone
lost his Christmas spirit, for a smile is onthe faces of only a few
I hope my Christmas Spirit shines rightthrough because what God has done for meI can not explain. He can surely do the samefor you!MEGAN SAMPSON
YourSMSesLocal thoughts
. In response to “Ruinedproperty a crime haven”:What happened to the peti-tions that were sent to JanBurger?
. It’s not thebuilding that’sa problem, it’s the vacantland that is.
. Backyarders were toldthat the electricity meters,for which they paid an appli-cation fee of R25 to some com-munity workers, were freebut now the DA City Admin-istration is deducting moneywhen backyarders buy elec-tricity. Aubrey Robinson, Re-treat
A barking matter. I agree: ban dogs from the
beach. Old people and chil-dren are at high risk.
. How can anyone hate ani-mals? Children are more of amenace than animals! Theyshould allow animals to befree and put children onleashes! Parents, controlyour kids.
In response. Renaming streets might
make you feel good aboutyourself but what about allthe poor, starving and unem-ployed people in our country?Do you not think the taxpay-ers’ money you are wastingcould be put to better use, likefeeding the starving and pro-
viding people with housing? Iask you this: Can streetnames feed the hungry? Youshould rethink what youwant to do, or maybe youdon’t care about those who gowithout food for days.
. I think the late BennieKies should also be honouredfor his fight against the apart-heid government. He was ateacher at Trafalgar HighSchool until he was banned.Then he became a lawyer andthereafter an advocate. For-tunately, his wife, Helen, isstill alive for more informa-tion. Name a street after him.Vivian Harris
. In response to the SMSabout the census, I was notvisited either, at least not be-fore 24 October, when I wentoverseas. As for a fine for notbeing counted, this is news tome. I don’t remember seeingit in any of the informationhanded out.
. Wise words there, MrBlake. These are my senti-ments exactly. These peoplereally don’t do it for fun, theydo it because they are hun-gry! PG
By the way. I fully agree with Viewer
about the poor selection ofDSTV programmes, I wishmore unhappy subscriberswould object! Viewer 2
. Many families are una-
ware about what’s going onwith the national militaryveterans database.
Some families don’t sharethis information with one an-other. Some people were onthe database a long time ago.Must our fathers’ money thenonly go to certain familymembers?
. Healthy people pay topmedical aid for years butwhen they go on pension thesame medical aid does notgive a pensioner’s rate! Mosthave to downgrade. Why?
. South Africa is the onlycountry in the world whereaffirmative action benefitsthe majority. The definitionis wrong – call it affirmativedamage! Pat Knowles
Just a thought. Often, nannies walk with
toddlers in open strollerswith no shade for theiryoung, fair skins. Parents,make sure your nanny under-stands sun protection!
. Thank you, People’s Post,for the tickets I won to theJosh Groban concert. It wasan awesome experience.From Elizabeth, a loyal read-er
. Cheap Chinese clothesare what we can afford. Bigbrand name stores sell cheapimported Chinese clothes atinflated prices. Open youreyes.
Tuesday 13 December 2011 LETTERS People’s Post Retreat Page 11
Kaptein Santa needs your helpI would like to share a story about one of theCape Flats’ most wonderful, awsome man.His name is Keith Blake, otherwise knownas “Kaptein”, “Uncle Keith”, “Oom” and justplain old “Keith”.
Uncle Keith has loyally served the SA Po-lice for decades and was the Captain at theFalseBayHarbour.He is amanwhohasbeenthere, seen it, helped out – you name it, hehas done it. Years ago, with the Planet Holly-wood bombing, this man and other membersof his unit thought nothing of going into thewrecked building, not knowing if anotherbomb was going to go off, to selflessly carryout the wounded.
This is one of many stories about our UncleKeith that I am sharing with you. A man whoevery morning would give thanks to the Lordwithout fail for all that the Lord has done,all that He is still to do and for blessings toflow in abundance to everyone.
He is a man who does so much for the com-munity. Both he and his wife, Kristina –AuntyTina, aswecall her –havehearts filledwith love and care for the destitute. He is anelder in the Ottery Baptist Church. UncleKeith and Aunty Tina I regard as our modernday Robin Hood and Lady Guinevere.
Don’t get me wrong, he does not steal fromthe rich; he appeals to all and distributesamong thepoor, hungryanddestitute.AuntyTina will cook huge pots of stew or soup tofeed hungry bellies. Together they do somuch for the community from which theycome.
Others have heard and know about thegood works that they do and appeal to himto help out in their communities as well. As
much as he would love to assist, his handsare bound due to the lack of goods donated.There is only so much that even he can alsodo unless he gets help from Cape Town.
I have accompanied them to assist withtheir feeding scheme. They don’t drop thefood and goods off at a central point, theydon’t take it to churches to distribute it orlet the people come to them. No, they take itright to their doorstep. He loads his truckand off he goes.
He has a birthday wish. Yes, his birthdayis on Saturday 24 December and on that daywe will be joining him, our Santa, to sharein the gift of sharing love and compassionwith our brothers and sisters who have noth-ing.
This is a huge plea for donations of allsorts. He especially needs to make goodiebags for 8 000 children. You might think thatis a lot but that is only the tip of the iceberg.The need for toys, whether second hand ornew, is great demand. He also needs to fillup with the “lekker” treats such as chips,sweets and juices. We were all young onceand we know how we looked forward toChristmas morning, waiting with baitedbreathe to see what Santa brought us.
To see children’s eyes light up, their facesglow, that feeling of someone cares, whatmore could be asked? My appeal to you:please assist our Kaptein for the 24 Decem-ber.
You can contact Keith Blake on (021) 704-0053 or 073 877 6207.
Please make his year.HELENA LANGENHOVENGrassy Park
Stop moaning and be happy!To the readers: All one ever sees on this letterand SMS page is moans and groans followedby more of the same.
Here’s a challenge for you all... how aboutfor one week, everyone writing a letter aboutbeing grateful for, thankful to or happy aboutsomething!
It’s not that difficult, really. If you are read-ing this, it means you are alive, and that’s aheck of a place to start!
“Be kinder than needs be, give more thanis needed and love without holding back.”
Happy holidays!RONELLE RHEEDER
SPCA: our local unsung heroesON Wednesday evening 30 November at about17:30 a gorgeous male border collie lay ex-hausted outside my front door.
Clearly he was lost, extremely thirsty, hotand tired. I thought I recognised him, as I walkmy dogs daily.
I decided to walk him in the area that hemay have come from, but no such luck.
I rang the SPCA’s emergency number andwas greeted so warmly by a lady whose nameI did not get as there was some interferenceon the phone line.
As it was after hours and everyone had al-ready left this kind lady asked me to drop thecollie at their premises and said she would or-ganise someone to meet me there and take thedog from me.
I could have waited for their van to collect
the dog from me but I decided to rather takeit through myself. The SPCA are compassion-ate about their rescued animals!
The wonderful hard work they do makes merealise that these unsung heroes need to be ac-knowledged more. A special plea to dog own-ers: Over this festive season, please if youhave house sitters who will be caring for youranimals, make sure that they take time to getto know your animals, because dogs can boltif the gate is left open by accident.
Make sure dogs and cats are microchipped,and that they have identity tags and collarsat all times.
It makes life easier for all concerned. SPCA,please keep up the excellent work and a bigthank you for caring.DEBBIE CLARK
Citizens band against crimeA few months ago some of my neighbours andmyself established the Trenance Road CrimePrevention Committee and we formulated awritten action plan with all relevant contactnumbers should we need assistance in thefight against crime.
The main theme, in plain kitchen language,is “Thou watch my back while the same timeI watch thine”. A week ago, we decided to haveour top-up festive season meeting and here weforwarded to those present the following: thenumber of the fire department, NSRI, ournearest break-down service, double checkedwe all have our police station’s, sector van’samd sector manager’s contact details as well
as the police’s emergency number of 10111, thenumber of our closest law enforcement officeand the number of a senior officer.
We will be patrolling and keeping an eagle-eye on our local school with the joyous bless-ing of the principal and we have each other’scontact details. Last but by no means least, weshared some confidential crime preventionhints. We citizens cannot ride around theneighbourhood like that old western hero ofmy youth, The Lone Ranger. No. we must ridetogether like a troop of calvary carrying a flagwith the words “together against crime”.KEITH ALFRED ADOLPH BLAKEOttery
Blocked drains costsCity R60m a yearTHE City of Cape Town incurs
around R60 million annually toclear sewer blockages, which areprimarily caused by building mate-rial.
Sand, blocks, bricks are beingdumped into drains, sewer gulliesand broken stack pipes.
This results in damaged infra-structure, sewage overflows and ex-posure to unhealthy conditions.
In an attempt to eradicate thisproblem, the Water Pollution Con-trol Unit of the Water and Sanita-tion Department encourages thepublic to report sewer manholesthat are not fitted with a suitablecovers.
Also, builders are asked to:. Immediately report broken or
missing drain covers and gullygrids. Ensure that sewer drains arenot left open to prevent sand/debrisfrom entering the system.
. Ensure that missing/brokencleaning eyes and rodding eyes arereplaced with appropriate fittedcaps.
. During construction or whenincomplete, stack pipes must be fit-ted with end caps to prevent anymaterials from falling into thepipes.
. Cement bags must not be usedto cover stack pipes.
. Heavy duty machinery mustnot be operated until servitudes orservice locations have been estab-lished, to prevent damage to the un-derground sewer reticulation sys-tem.
. Take care not to cause damageto existing sewer covers or infra-structure.
. Legally dispose of unwanted or
leftover building material.In terms of the Waste water and
Industrial Effluent By-law, anyonewho contravenes these provisionsof the by-law will be guilty of an of-fence, and liable to a fine or threeyears’ imprisonment.
For further information and com-plaints contact 0860 10 30 89 or sms31373.
For industrial effluent discharge-related problems or advice call theWater Pollution Control Inspector-ate on (021) 684-1042/76.
These blockages are caused bythe dumping of building materialssuch as sand, blocks/bricks, etc) in-to open sewer drains, rodding eyes,sewer gullies and broken stackpipes. Also by uncovered sand usedfor building purposes which iswashed down by rain or blown bywind into open sewer drains, rod-ding eyes, sewer gullies and brokenstack pipes.
This results in:. Damaged infrastructure. Sewage overflows. Exposure to unhealthy condi-
tionsIn an attempt to eradicate this
problem, the Water Pollution Con-trol Unit of the Water and Sanita-tion Department encourages build-ing contractors and those involvedin the building trade to adhere to re-port sewer manholes that are notfitted with a suitable covers.
. Immediately report broken ormissing drain covers and gullygrids.Andensure that sewerdrainsare not left open to prevent sand/debris from entering the system.
. Ensure that missing/brokencleaning eyes and rodding eyes are
replaced with appropriate fittedcaps.
. During construction or whenincomplete, stack pipes must be fit-ted with end caps to prevent anymaterials from falling into thepipes.
. Cement bags must not be usedto cover stack pipes.
. Heavy duty machinery mustnot be operated until servitudes orservice locations have been estab-lished to prevent damage to the un-derground sewer reticulation sys-tem.
. Take care not to cause damageto existing sewer covers or infra-structure.
. Gully grids must be closed orcovered during construction work.
In terms of the Wastewater andIndustrial Effluent By-law promul-gated on 1 September 2006 PG 6378;LA 18367, Section 3 (1) which statesthat no person must damage,threaten or destroy the municipalsewer
in any manner or form, unlesswritten permission has been givento that person, by Council.
Any person who contravenesthese provisions of the by-law willbe guilty of an offence, and on con-viction will be liable to a fine or aterm of imprisonment not exceed-ing three years, or both the fine andimprisonment. For more informa-tion and complaints contact theCall Centre on 0860 10 30 89 or sms31373 or [email protected] For all your industrialeffluent discharge-related prob-lems or advice call the Water Pollu-tion Control Inspectorate on(021) 684-1042/76.
HONOURED: Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille hosted a namingceremony for the Chief Albert Luthuli Place on Saturday 10 December. The square, above the MyCiti Civic Centre Station andbetween the Civic Centre and Artscape, now bears Chief Luthuli’s name. Luthuli was PresidentGeneral of the African NationalCongress from 1952 until his death in 1967.
Spread the sharing and caringCAPE TOWN’S Biggest Christ-mas Fair, in association withGift of the Giver’s Charity, willbe held at the Good Hope Centrein Cape Town from 16 to 23 De-cember.
The event which aims tospread the spirit of sharing andcaring, is the uniting of morethan 200 talents, crafts, productsand tastes of Cape Town – all un-der one roof.
A one-stop shopper’s paradise,the fair offers quality products ataffordable prices and a host ofprizes is up for grabs.
In the true spirit of sharingand caring, the “Make a Differ-ence” campaign will offer pocketrelief to eight customers andmake a difference to the end oftheir 2011 or boost the start oftheir 2012.
Every day, for the duration of
the event, one lucky customercan win R5 000.
There will be plenty more onoffer including:
• Free entry to the first 100 cus-tomers.
• Pensioners and children un-der 12 enter free.
• Specials and discounts of-fered by all vendors.
• Hourly competitionsthroughout the day.
• Take a picture with Santa andreceive a free toy.
• Kid’s Corner offering a varie-ty of children’s entertainment.
• Takea refreshingbreakat theTea Garden.
• A percentage of all door pro-ceeds will be donated to the Giftof The Giver’s Charity.
For further details, call (021)703-1868 orvisitwww.capetowns-biggestchristmasfair.co.za.
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Rocking the farmhouseTHE name Hog Hoggidy Hog
has been etched deep into theSouth African music scene.
It’s been over a decade of action-packed music, mischief and may-hem since the young hoglets firstblessed the decaying stage of thePurple Turtle with their debut per-formance. They have a few well re-ceived releases and a good numberof nationwide as well as Europeantours under their belt, havingshared the stage with top acts suchas Nofx, Mad Caddies and Lagwag-on. They may be somewhat moreprofessional, a bit more well knownand sounda lot tighter but it’s some-times still a struggle to keep singerGeorge Bacon’s clothes on.
The Rudimentals are an eight-piece ska/reggae band from Cape Town. The band’s re-
leases include two CDs, More Fire and SetIt Proper, and a live DVD/CD combo of the2007 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens con-
cert. The band is signed to the UnitedKingdom based Moon Ska World dis-tribution label. It is one of a handfulof Cape Town reggae-influencedbands, and has been described as aSouth African institution in touristguides and on websites.
Both of these bands will be preform-ing on Saturday 17 December at theCape Farm House, junction of the M66and M65 at the bottom of Redhill Road,3 Km past Scarborough.
Tickets cost R60 for adults, R50 forstudents and free for children under12. The concerts kick off at 15:30 until18:00. For more information visit thewebsite at: www.capefarmhouse.co.za
HOGGING AROUND: Hog Hoggidy Hog will be rockingthe Cape Farm House on Saturday 17 December.
South African ska/reggae band The Rudimentals.
‘Tallest man on earth’ in SAKRISTIANMATSSON, theSwedish sing-er songwriter, is a soft-spoken guy whostands somewhere around1,6m tall. Buton stage, he’s known as “The Tallest Manon Earth”, a name he’s earned with his“unforgettable live performances andone of the boldest, most captivating voic-es around”.
Following sell-out performances in theUK, Europe and Australia for his latestalbum tour “The Wild Hunt”, Matssonwill be coming to South African stagesfor the first time in February.
He will perform at two venues; first atthe CTICC in Cape Town on Friday 10February, and then in Johannesburg onSaturday 11 February at Joburg Theatre.
After releasing his album “ShallowGrave”, Matsson wrote and performedsongs on his second album “The WildHunt” in the months after touring withJohn Vanderslice and Bon Iver, garner-ing more fans along the way and rave re-views from the likes of Rolling StoneMagazine and Pitchfork, who praisedhim as “a natural-born folksinger, ear-nest, clever, and comforting”.
Matsson has often been compared toDylan and although his influences stillweave through some of his songs, hissound is undeniably authentic andunique. But it is Matsson’s passion on
stage that cuts deep into memory.The energy and raw emotion that
bleeds through all his performances ismesmerising.
He is a man with a story to tell and do-ing so with his exquisite music, unmis-takable gravelly voice, timeless melodiesand haunting lyrics, it is easy to see whyhe is called “The Tallest Man on Earth”.Tickets, between R275 and R350, areavailable via www.webtickets.co.za.
STANDING TALL: Kristian Matsson mightnot literally be the tallest man on earth,but it sure sounds like it. Photo: Supplied
Have a musical festive seasonKICK-START yourfestive season a cap-pella-style in thecompany of six ofCape Town’s mostpopular and talentedmale stars in Vocal isLekka at the BaxterGolden Arrow Stu-dio from Tuesday 6December to Satur-day 7 January, at20:15 with early Sat-urday performancesat 17:30.
Producer AlistairIzobell has assem-bled a stellar ensem-ble comprising theaward-winning mu-sical performer, ac-tor and choreogra-pher Loukmaan Ad-ams, Fleur du Capwinner Terry Fortune, ABSA KKNK BestNewcomer, and Kyknet Fiesta Best Upcom-ing Artist Moenier Adams (aka Monox),suave vocalist from JAG-fame Nur Abra-hams, comic vocalist Waseef Piekaan andthe multiple award-winning actor, directorand choreographer Bongile Mantsai. Izo-bell and Adams direct this brand new show,which features six versatile, slick and sea-soned musicians brought together to com-bine rhythmic and vocal harmonisingsounds under the musical direction ofCamillo Lombard.
Using non-musical instruments and ob-jects, Vocal is Lekka showcases popularsongs which span all the decades startingfrom the 1920s with a fresh a cappella andacoustic approach and great melodicrhythms accompanied by charismatic andsmooth choreography. “Three Coins in theFountain”, “Fever”, “Homeless”, “ReggaeNights”, “Don’t Worry Be Happy” and “Itdon’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing”,are just some of the highlights of the bump-er line-up.
“Music and entertainment lovers can ex-pect an evening filled with humour and mu-sical entertainment that will get your feettapping, hands clapping and lips singing tothe incredible harmonies of these multi-tal-ented performers,” says Izobell.
Izobell is currently performing in DavidKramer’s musical comedy Some Like itVrot, which is choreographed by Adams,and the two recently joined forces as pro-ducer and performer respectively in This isMy Life, which showcases the life of Idolswinner Karin Kortje. Booking for Vocal isLekka is through Computicket on0861 915 8000, or online at www.computick-et.co.za or at any Shoprite Checkers outlet.For discounted corporate or block book-ings, fundraisers and charities, contactSharon on (021) 680 3962 or Carmen on(021) 680 3993 during office hours.
Producer Alistair Izobell has assembleda stellar ensemble comprising the award-
winning musical performer, actor and cho-reographer Loukmaan Adams, Fleur duCap winner Terry Fortune, ABSA KKNKBestNewcomer, andKyknetFiestaBestUp-coming Artist Moenier Adams (aka Mon-ox), suave vocalist from JAG-fame Nur Ab-rahams, comicvocalistWaseefPiekaanandthe multiple award-winning actor, directorand choreographer Bongile Mantsai.
Izobell and Adams direct this brand newshow, which features six versatile, slickand seasoned musicians brought togetherto combine rhythmic and vocal harmonis-ing sounds under the musical direction ofCamillo Lombard.
Using non-musical instruments and ob-jects, Vocal is Lekka showcases popularsongs which span all the decades startingfrom the 1920’s with a fresh a cappella andacoustic approach and great melodicrhythms accompanied by charismatic andsmooth choreography.
“Three Coins in the Fountain”, “Fever”,“Homeless”, “Reggae Nights”, “Don’t Wor-ry Be Happy” and “It don’t mean a thing ifit ain’t got that swing”, are just some of thehighlights of the bumper line-up.
“Music and entertainment lovers can ex-pect an evening filled with humour and mu-sical entertainment that will get your feettapping, hands clapping and lips singing tothe incredible harmonies of these multi-tal-ented performers,” says Izobell.
Izobell is currently performing in DavidKramer’s musical comedy Some Like itVrot, which is choreographed by Adams,and the two recently joined forces as pro-ducer and performer respectively in, Thisis My Life which showcases the life of Idolswinner Karin Kortje.
Booking for Vocal is Lekka is throughComputicket on 0861 915 8000, or online atwww.computicket.co.za or at any ShopriteCheckers outlet. For discounted corporateor block bookings, fundraisers and chari-ties, contact Sharon on (021) 680 3962 or Car-men on (021) 680 3993 during office hours.
FUNNY MEN: Pictured from left to right: Back: Loukmaan Adams,Bongile Mantsai, Waseef Piekaan. Front: Nur Abrahams, MoenierAdams, and Terry Fortune in Vocal is lekker
Other people’s lives on stageOTHER People’s Lives, a South Africanplay written by Amy Jephta, columnistfor The Big Issue, will take place at theArtscape Arena from 16 - 17 December.The first performance will be on Friday
16 December at 18:00 and again at 20:15.Times on Saturday 17 December are16:00and 20:15.
Tickets will be sold at the door, at a costof R30 per person.
Last open mic of the yearTHE Sunset Fireflies open mic eveningsat Trinity are coming to end for this yeartonight, Tuesday 13December, butwill beback in 2012 every second Tuesday from3 January. Showcasing up-and-coming
talent from all genres starting after 20:00,entry costs R30 and includes a free beeror glass of house wine. Anybody whowould like to perform can contact PeterJohn on 082 256 7656.
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DISAPPOINTMENT is surely an un-derstatement when it comes to theSoftball Junior Women’s WorldChampionship.
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TAGGED: Alex Fortune of SA gets tagged outby Doreen Pule of Botswana during the opening match on Wednesday.
FAVOURITES: Localswereloud withsupportfor Japan,whentheyplayedAustralia on Saturday.Photos:RashiedIsaacs
Upsets and celebrations
TUSSLE: Tereza Vlcova of Czech Republic missfields as Shirley Anne Daniels of Puerto Rico slides safelyinto second base.
TOO LATE: Taylor Paige Steward of New Zealand is too late to tag out Dallas Escobedo ofUS.CELEBRATING: Czech Republic rejoice after their win against Puerto Rico.Photo:
Rashied IsaacsLEBRATING: Czech Republic rejoice after their win against PuertoRico.
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Women’s softball draws crowdsLYNN PRINS
TURFHALL stadium was filled to capac-ity for the first time in years, for the
opening of the Softball Junior Women’sWorld Championship (JWWC) on Wednes-day 7 December.
People’s Post is the media partner of the JW-WC.
The international guests were entertainedby local traditional dances and the SAPSmarching band, followed by the game betweenSouth Africa played and Botswana, whichSouth Africa won 6-5.
Apart from SA showing good character onthe field, locals also showed how well pre-pared they can be for world events.
With Africa and South Africa hosting theJWWC for the first time, there has been praisefor the hardworking organisers, volunteersand security. International Softball Federa-tion President Don Porter of US said: “We areall very pleased with the facilities. The gameshave been great up to now and the beautifulweather has certainly been excellent. The or-ganisers are doing a sterling job, and no majorproblems occurred.”
Over the weekend South Africa had a battle,falling short of sealing another win, but thesupport was and still is growing as the daysgo by.
ISF President Porter commented on SouthAfrica’s performances and said: “South Africahave made improvements since their last JW-WC four years ago, along with teams such asRussia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Botswana, andCzech Republic. For Puerto Rico, Brazil, SouthAfrica, and Botswana, to mention a few, thishas only been their second appearance, and itis fantastic to see how the sport is growing, es-
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“In a number of areas we are not far off otherteams, and I can proudly say that our under-19girls can compete against any team,” saidSmith. When asked about the way forward forSouth Africa, Smith said: “I think for SA to betruly competitive in softball, softball should beseen as more than just a social game. Club andschool level need to up their game and we defi-nitely need to strengthen our pitching”.
ISF President Porter said: “It really is hard
to say who will be in the final, because it de-pends on who gets into the play-offs. The cur-rent champions, US, are strong, Australia aregood contenders, Canada have really playedsome great games and shown how good theycan be, as well as Chinese Taipei, and then theJapanese always been the toughest competi-tors for US,” he added.
The tournament continues with eight gamesplayed daily from 10:30, and the last game at19:30. The final game takes place on Saturday17 December. Tickets cost R20 each and can bebought at the Computicket stand at the field.South Africa plays New Zealand at 19:30, so besure to get your ticket.
TOKEN OF APPRECIATION: Yesterday, International Softball Federation President Don Porterawarded Gert Bam, Director of Sport, Recreation and Amenities, an historical Atlanta Olympicmedal, as well as the ball that was used in the Beijing Olympics. Pictured from left: ISF PresidentDon Porter, Gert Bam, Guillo Marapjane, Softball South Africa President, and ISF Secretary GeneralBeng Choo Low. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
Brian Gaffney’swidow on JWWCI AM writing with tears in my eyes afterbeing asked by People’s Post to relate justhow much Brian would have enjoyed writ-ing about the Softball Junior Women’sWorld Championship (JWWC) being heldat Turfhall Stadium in Crawford, Athlone.
Brian was the inspiration behind secur-ing People’s Post’s media sponsorship ofthe JWWC and he was very proud of this.
He was excited about the tournamentand often spoke about the young talentedMulder sisters, Lauren and Carly, whoform part of the South African under-19softball team. It was his passion to writeabout softball. With all 16 countries beinghosted by SA, he would have enjoyed inter-viewing most of the young and vibrantwomen from across the globe.
This auspicious event, which sees the fi-nal being played on 17 December, high-lights the talent and gives young playersthe opportunity to showcase their skills onthe field. It would have been great for Bri-an to see legendary player Lynn Alexan-der, whom he admired so much, part of theSA side. She is also assistant manager tothe SA team and with her knowledge andexperience I am sure she will keep theplayers focused on and off the field. ToNoore Nacerodien, chairperson of the lo-cal organising committee and partici-pants: Good luck and may this be a goodlearning experience for all. May this op-portunity be used to forge friendships andpromote the game to all communities inthe greater Western Cape. On behalf of my-self and my family I would like to saythank you to People’s Post for allowing meto voice my thoughts.VANESSA GAFFNEY