TUESDAY 18 June 2013 | 0021 910 6500 | Fax: 021 910 6501/06 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.peoplespost.co.za | Mobisite: ppost.mobi TELLING IT AS IT IS RETREAT STEENBERG: COMPANIES ‘CAN AFFORD PRIVATE SECURITY’ Anger as police escort trucks TAURIQ HASSEN L ocals are livid at the sight of delivery trucks carrying cigarettes being escort- ed by police. A number of cigarette delivery trucks have been targeted in heists in recent months. This has prompted drivers to re- quest a police van from Steenberg Police Sta- tion to escort them during deliveries. Kevin Southgate, chairperson for the Steenberg Community Police Forum (CPF), says people have witnessed the trucks being escorted and started to raise questions. “They (police) see it as a form of ensuring visibility in the area. We see it completely differently because these are huge corporate companies who are able to afford the servic- es of private security companies,” he says. Southgate explains that, due to ongoing gang violence, the area requires the undivid- ed attention of Steenberg police, but feels that this cannot be achieved if police vehi- cles are escorting cigarette trucks. “This is quite a serious concern and it is something that has been raised with the po- lice. They have not denied that they have not been doing so and there are several people who have witnessed this happen in our com- munity,” he says. “It’s not right and it must be fixed.” Mark Russouw, secretary for the Langev- lei Ratepayers’ and Civic Association, says similar complaints were received by the as- sociation and this action by police has not been well-received by locals. “I find this completely ridiculous, because it is our taxes going towards this,” he says. “The police have way better things to do than worry about the trucks being robbed. Russouw says companies should be re- quired to use the services of a private securi- ty company instead. Retreat resident Shaheen Zoutman says he has seen three trucks in the last two weeks under escort of armed police officers. He laughed when explaining that Steen- berg police now acted as private security for people fearing to move freely around the community. “It’s really no joke, but one has to laugh at the thought of workers paid by our gov- ernment, from our tax money, servicing companies that do absolutely nothing for our community,” Zoutman says. “I might as well visit the station every week and ask a police officer to accompany me to work.” Lieutenant Colonel Adriaan Saulse, Steenberg police’s acting station command- er, says management at Steenberg police agreed to provide the escort duties. The CPF was provided with reasons and the decision was taken after the last armed robbery. “These duties, however, do not impact on service delivery to the community of the Steenberg police precinct, but is aimed at improving visibility throughout the pre- cinct,” Saulse says. He adds that the initiative is also to im- prove and monitor relations between busi- nesses owned by foreign nationals, “as a proactive and precautionary measure” to avoid robberies. The duration of the partnership has not yet been determined by police, but is evalu- ated daily. “This precinct can not comment on strate- gies that other police precincts have imple- mented to address their own individual crime patterns. “This office is reserving comment on such matters,” Saulse says. Pupils at Harmony Primary School in Steenberg rocked the town with their annual concert on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 May. The pupils were said to be performing with so much enthusiasm, dancing, singing and acting. Pictured are some pupils moments before heading on stage. PHOTO: SUPPLIED GETTING WITH THE ’FRO GETTING WITH THE ’FRO
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TUESDAY 18 June 2013 | 0021 910 6500 | Fax: 021 910 6501/06 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.peoplespost.co.za | Mobisite: ppost.mobiTELLING IT AS IT IS
Locals are livid at the sight of deliverytrucks carrying cigarettes being escort-ed by police.
A number of cigarette delivery truckshave been targeted in heists in recentmonths. This has prompted drivers to re-quest a police van fromSteenbergPolice Sta-tion to escort them during deliveries.Kevin Southgate, chairperson for the
Steenberg Community Police Forum (CPF),says people have witnessed the trucks beingescorted and started to raise questions.“They (police) see it as a form of ensuring
visibility in the area. We see it completelydifferently because these are huge corporatecompanies who are able to afford the servic-es of private security companies,” he says.Southgate explains that, due to ongoing
gangviolence, the area requires theundivid-
ed attention of Steenberg police, but feelsthat this cannot be achieved if police vehi-cles are escorting cigarette trucks.“This is quite a serious concern and it is
something that has been raised with the po-lice. Theyhavenot denied that theyhavenotbeen doing so and there are several peoplewho havewitnessed this happen in our com-munity,” he says. “It’s not right and it mustbe fixed.”Mark Russouw, secretary for the Langev-
lei Ratepayers’ and Civic Association, sayssimilar complaints were received by the as-sociation and this action by police has notbeen well-received by locals.“I find this completely ridiculous, because
it is our taxes going towards this,” he says.“The police have way better things to do
than worry about the trucks being robbed.Russouw says companies should be re-
quired to use the services of a private securi-
ty company instead.Retreat resident Shaheen Zoutman says
he has seen three trucks in the last twoweeks under escort of armed police officers.He laughed when explaining that Steen-
berg police now acted as private security forpeople fearing to move freely around thecommunity.“It’s really no joke, but one has to laugh
at the thought of workers paid by our gov-ernment, from our tax money, servicingcompanies that do absolutely nothing forour community,” Zoutman says.“I might as well visit the station every
week and ask a police officer to accompanyme to work.”Lieutenant Colonel Adriaan Saulse,
Steenberg police’s acting station command-er, says management at Steenberg policeagreed to provide the escort duties.The CPF was provided with reasons and
the decision was taken after the last armedrobbery.“These duties, however, do not impact on
service delivery to the community of theSteenberg police precinct, but is aimed atimproving visibility throughout the pre-cinct,” Saulse says.He adds that the initiative is also to im-
prove and monitor relations between busi-nesses owned by foreign nationals, “as aproactive and precautionary measure” toavoid robberies.The duration of the partnership has not
yet been determined by police, but is evalu-ated daily.“This precinct can not comment on strate-
gies that other police precincts have imple-mented to address their own individualcrime patterns.“This office is reserving comment on such
matters,” Saulse says.
Pupils at Harmony Primary School inSteenberg rocked the town with theirannual concert on Tuesday 21 andWednesday 22 May. The pupils weresaid to be performing with so muchenthusiasm, dancing, singing andacting. Pictured are some pupilsmoments before heading on stage.
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POVERTY: DAILY CHALLENGES OF LIFE ON THE STREET
Winter worries for destitute driftersTAURIQ HASSEN
Snuggled under a sparse blanketand struggling to find comfort ona wet, dismantled cardboard box,
he braces himself for the night ahead.As the rain continues to pour down,
Ashley van Bloom tries to keep warmunder the bridge he calls home.
The coals of the fire he and his“housemates” built with a plasticmilkcrate and branches glows as they seekheat around the brazier.
Ashley has been homeless all hislife. Over the years he has had to steelhimself against the natural elementsof a Cape Town winter.
And, despite August being known asthe Cape’s rainy month, it seems thefull wrath of the season has come ear-ly, and with it several cold fronts mov-ing across the peninsula since the be-ginning of this month.
Ashley and three other homelesspeople recently made the bottom of abridge along the M5 highway theirhome.
Homeless sincebirth, the 23-year-oldhad been abandoned by his parents inhis birthplace of Worcester.
“I started off with nothing and I stillhave nothing – no family, no friends,no money, not even a warm place tosleep,” Ashley says.
He’s never lived in an orphanage. By17, hewas stabbed for food three times,arrested for stealing clothing from astore and hospitalised for pneumoniaand dehydration.
“Life on the streets is not easy – I hadto learn it the hard way. I try to makethe best of my situation, but it’s hard.I am not giving up,” Ashley says.
Hehasneverhad the opportunity forformal schooling and his personal doc-uments were destroyed in a shack fire.
But this has done little to curb hishunger to learn. Ashley would jumpover a school fence and eavesdrop atclassroom windows during lessons.
Selwin Adams uses the same bridgeto shelter from the rain.
He started calling the streets hishome after running away to escape anabusive home.
“I would have done anything to getaway from my parents. Being on thestreets made me feel free and happy,”Selwin says.
“I experienced so much on thestreets. Now I tell myself I am going todie here.”
The 32-year-old has spent six yearsin jail, beenhooked ondrugs and aban-doned life as a gangster.
“Living on the streets is no joke, yetthere are people who take their livesfor granted. We don’t know where ournext meal will come from or if we aregoing tomake it through the night,” hesays.
“On the surface it may seem as if weare happy to live like this, but we arenot.”
Both Selwin and Ashley go door-to-door asking for food, clothes and blan-kets. They collect branches from openfields to start fires to keep warm andrely on disposed food to still the hun-ger pangs.
A study conducted by the City ofCapeTown thismonth shows that 7 000homeless people roam the streets ofCape Town.
Hassan Khan, CEO for the HavenNight Shelter, says demand rapidly in-
creases at shelters during winter.He says their shelters don’t close
their doors to the homeless. “We obvi-ously cannot take every homeless per-son at the shelter, but we try our bestbecause we know this is a very diffi-cult time of the year for them,” Khansays.
Field workers at the shelter assessthe person for the possibility of re-inte-gration into society.
“We speak to them and try to con-vince them to return to their familiesor homes,” Khan says.
Heurges the public to avoid handingout items to the homeless, as this willonly keep them on the streets.
Suzette Little, the Mayoral Commit-tee member for Social Developmentand Early Childhood Development,says an additional R200 000 has beenbudgeted for the street people pro-gramme in the City’s winter plan.
“The issue of persons living on thestreets will always be a complex, mul-ti-faceted social problem with diverseprecursors and risk factors,” Littlesays.
“Nobody wants to be out in the cold,wet weather during winter and, there-fore, the City has ensured thatwe havethe right partners to address the chal-lenges.”
She adds the programme aims to “ef-fectively reduce the number of peopleliving, sleeping and seeking substanc-es such as alcohol and illegal narcoticson the street”.
“A database of street people will becompiled so that we can effectivelyreach as many people as possible.”V Phone the City’s Street People call centre on0800 872 201.
SEEKING HEAT: Ashley van Bloom (23) seeks warmth under abridge on the M5. PHOTO: TAURIQ HASSEN
Tuesday 25 June
V Retreat: The Retreat BusinessForum will meet at 18:30 atNorton’s Panel Shop in 10th Avenue.All business owners in the area arewelcome to attend. For furtherinformation contact Kevin Southgateon 082 788 1181.
Friday 28 June
V Retreat: The Douglas MurrayHome for the Aged will host theproduction of Hats Off – Thehilarious songbook of Flanders andSwann to raise funds at Theatre onthe Bay. Cheese and wine or juiceon arrival from 19:00, with theshow starting at 20:00. Tickets areR150 each. To buy or to confirmnumber of tickets, contact GregorySirmongpong on (021) 712 2146 [email protected].
V Grassy Park: Grassy Park Klawer-jas Club will host a karaoke disco atthe Grassy Park Hotel from 20:00until late. Admission is R20. Phone
Chris on 073 301 3702.
Saturday 29 June
V Ottery: House of Grace FamilyChurch, 59 Ottery Road, is hosting a“Trip Around the World” starting at10:00. Booklets cost R100 each andthere will be lots of fun. For furtherinformation contact 076 083 2019.
V Ottery: The Reading Room willhave a market day from 09:00 until14:00 at 20 Ottery Value Centre,opposite the Ottery Hypermarket.Come and support organisationsthat work with women, children andthe homeless in the communities.For further information contact082 474 0951.
Monday 1 July
V Retreat: Retreat Holiday Clubtakes place from Monday 1 untilFriday 5 July at St Cyprian’s. Theholiday club is offered for childrenfrom Grade R to 7 from 09:00 until13:00 daily, as well as for Grades 8
to 12 from 19:00 until 22:00. Foradditional information contactJanice Cozett on 082 228 7337.
V Grassy Park: The Break-ThruHoliday Club 2013 provides safety,fun activities and loads more whilelearning about Jesus for Grade R to7. registration is important and theclub is open every morning at nocost involved. The club runs fromMonday 1 July until Friday 5 July,between 08:00 and 13:00 atPerivale Primary School. Lunch willbe provided and donations arewelcome. For further information,email [email protected].
Tuesday 2 July
V Cafda: The Arts and Craft classeswill take place every Tuesday andThursday from 2 July. The classesare from 09:00 until 12:00. Cost isR30 per session. Craft Kit will beprovided at an additional cost ortake your own materials andequipment. Call Amanda on(021) 706 2050 or 073 202 4946.
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RETREAT: ELDERLY ‘DEVASTATED’
Aged at the mercy of criminalsTAURIQ HASSEN
Residents at the Douglas Murray OldAge Home are at the receiving end ofcrime plaguing the greater Retreat ar-
ea.In recent months, the Home has become
a soft target for criminals. It was broken intotwice and the staff were forced to protect thehome.On Sunday 2 June, at 02:00, a man jumped
over thewall and tried tobreak into the laun-dry with a screwdriver. A second accom-plice kept watch outside.Fred Daniels, CEO of Douglas Murray,
says the Home has started working closelywith the community to try and remedy thesituation.“Our job here is to look after and care for
the people, but that becomes difficult whenyou have people running in and out of thehome,” he says.He explains that most of the problems are
encountered during the night shift and theHome wants to put in place “more sophisti-cated” security systems.Increasing the number of security person-
nel on the premises and installing propermonitoring systems are also priorities.“Unfortunately, we are lacking the funds
which is preventing us from introducingthese methods,” Daniels says.After each incident, he says, residents are
traumatised and in need of counselling.
Sister Clarence Alexander, Head of Nurs-ing at the Home, says residents are still re-covering.She says it is “devastating” for the resi-
dents to have criminals invading theirspace.Alexander says these incidents have an
immediate impact, which makes thingsharder for the nurses at the Home.“The residents don’t forget easily and get
over some of the incidents. They start stress-ing and thinking about these incidents. Wetry our best to keep them relaxed, but it isdifficult,” she says.Kevin Southgate, chairperson of the
SteenbergCommunity Police Forum, says issad to see the Home deteriorating and callsupon the community to lend a helping hand.He had been fully briefed on the security
concerns at the Home and understands theyface financial challenges.Southgate says they could form a business
forum and adopt the old-age homes in thecommunity.Meanwhile, Southgate approached local
neighbourhoodwatches to include theHomeon their list of places to patrol.An appeal has also beenmade to the Steen-
berg police to increase visibility at theHomeand the sector commander was requested tovisit the Home regularly for updates on thesituation.“Places such as Douglas Murray play
quite an important role in the communityand we must try and assist them. I wouldurge the community to help wherever theycan, because this Home has become quite animportant institution in Retreat,” saysSouthgate.V Anybody wanting to assist the Douglas Murray OldAge Home, can call (021) 712 2146. SAFETY FIRST: Residents at the Douglas Murray Old Age Home are a soft target for criminals.
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CITY APPEALS TO RESIDENTS TO REPORT ILLEGALSALE OF STOLEN COUNCIL REFUSE BAGSIn an effort to combat the theft and resale of City-owned refuse bags, the City’s Solid WasteManagement Department will be printing the letters CCT SWM followed by a serial numberin black text on all its blue bags as of June 2013. This will ensure that all stolen bags canbe recognised and their source be traced. The City is appealing to residents to please notpurchase blue refuse bags bearing this text being sold on street corners as these are stolenproperty. The printed bags will be used for all of the Solid Waste Management Department’sCleansing Branch activities and programmes.
Report any individual seen selling the printed bags on the streets, at traffic lights, oranywhere else, by contacting the City’s Solid Waste Management branch for Loss Control on021 900 1689 or e-mail [email protected].
If any unprinted blue bags are placed out on the roadside they will be deemed to be illegaldumping and dealt with accordingly.
Your cooperation and assistance in this matter is highlyappreciated. This action is in line with maintaining a well-run city.
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER101/2013
NAME AND SHAME: RECORDS ‘VAGUE’
Campaign: what’s in a name?RICHARD ROBERTS
If Jeff Radebe does not react to a plea fromthe provincial Department of Roads andTransport, it may result in a court case.RobinCarlisle, the provincialminister for
Roads and Transport, said on Thursday thatRadebe, the minister of Justice and Consti-tutional Development, recently halted thedepartment’s Name and Shame Campaign.Through the campaign the names of driv-
ers convicted of driving under the influencewill be published. It is run by Carlisle’s de-partment, LeadSA and the Cape Argus.
The campaign, which ended inNovember,was launched to curb drunk driving.Carlisle discussed the decision to halt the
campaign with transport minister BenMar-tins on Thursday. “I want to ask him toplease address this matter with his col-league. If nothing comes of this, we will seeklegal advice,” Carlisle said.“Wewill likely launch an interdepartmen-
tal dispute and approach an advocate to ad-vise on the legal options.”Hector Elliot, a departmental official, said
the records of drunk driving are no longersupplied to them. These records were, how-
ever, made available to them earlier thisyear, but the content is vague.“(It only contains) the names and ID num-
bers, but does not indicate what the perpe-trator has done.”It is for this reason that they can no longer
publish the names, he said.Provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa said
about 25drunkdriverswerearrestedweeklyduring the campaign. “Since the campaignhas stopped, there has been an increase ofbetween 55 and 60 drunk drivers,” he said.But Mthunzi Mhaga, Radebe’s spokesper-
son, said the department did not “halt” the
campaign, as Carlisle alleges.“There are measures which determine
that the information supplied be thoroughlyscrutinised in consultation with the Depart-ment of Transport, and that it does not in-clude cases which could be reviewed or ap-pealed,” Mhaga said.The department’s duty is to supply the
names and details of the penalty “which weare doing”.People’s Post took to the streets to hear
what readers thought of the campaign.V Share your views by SMSing the word “Post” fol-lowed by your message to 32516. SMSes cost R1.
TARQUIN DU PLESSIS says the initiative acts asa deterrent. “Government also needs to think ofharsher sentences. By driving, drunk people areputting other lives at risk too.”
ANTON ODENDAAL says the campaign shows thepotential. “If people see names in the newspaper,they’ll fear being next. But there are other crimes,like corruption, which need more attention.”
NASEEMA HOOSAIN says the campaign has thepotential to attract negative attention. “The listcould become like a legends list where peoplewould want their names to appear.”
TSHOLOFELO MOLAWA remains sceptical anddoesn’t think the list changes anything. “Becausesomeone’s name is on a list does not mean it willstop them from drinking and driving.”
Booze clash in courtCARRYN-ANN NEL
Allow the sale of liquor on Sundays and af-ter 18:00 on week nights.This is the plea of the Mitchell’s Plain
Liquor Traders Association court applica-tion against the constitutionality of thenew City of Cape Town Liquor Bylaw.The Association claims certain sections
of theWestern Cape Liquor Act are uncon-stitutional. It says the Act does not createthe framework for municipalities to deter-mine the trading days or hours of liquortrading.The organisation also wants to have cer-
tain articles of the City’s bylaw to be de-clared unconstitutional.The bylaw currently regulates liquor
trading hours from Monday to Saturdaybetween 09:00 and 18:00.The Association lodged the lawsuit
against AlanWinde, provincialminister offinance, economic development and tour-ism, the Western Cape Liquor Board, pre-mier Helen Zille and the City.
In a statement businessman and chair-person of theMitchell’s Plain Liquor Trad-ers Association, Elton Oosthuizen, saysthe organisation was formed to eradicatethe illegal trading of liquor and to reducealcohol abuse.Members of the Association are from
Mitchell’s Plain, Mamre, Atlantis, Bonte-heuwel, Bridgetown and Lotus River.In court documents, Oosthuizen states
that he has now doubt in the fact thatWinde has an authoritative role in ensur-ing that rules and regulations of the indus-try are met and adhered to.However, he saysmunicipalities should,
according to the Act, have the right to de-termine the trading times and days beforeprovincial government.The respondents are opposing the law-
suit and must still hand in their court ap-plication.The case has been postponed to Wednes-
day 9 October.V Share your views. Starting with the word “Post”send your message to 32516. SMSes cost R1.
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Be on alert for conman electricianTAURIQ HASSEN
The Retreat community is in shock afterbeing conned by a man claiming to be anaccredited electrician.The conman has allegedly already sto-
len digital cameras, jewellery and cash.Retreat resident Anna Adams crossed
pathswith the con artistwhen she neededto haver her stove repaired. She was alsopromised a timer would be installed onher geyser. “Thismancame intomyhomeand said he was sent by the neighbour torepair the broken items. What threw meoff is that he knew everybody’s names soperfectly, as if he had beenworking in thecommunity for years,” she says.Adams was led to believe the man was
desperate for work and promised to findhim more jobs in the neighbourhood.Hemade offwith a camera, a goldwatch
and ring from her home.She says: “This man has already
conned somanypeople, butnobody seemsto have opened a case or report thematterto police. I think they fear he might comeback, as we know he is still operating inthe community.”Another resident, who asked not to be
named, was not home at the time whenthe man informed his wife that he hadbeen sent to fix their geyser.The elderly woman allowed him into
their home. He left 10 minutes later,claiming to have repaired the geyser.Whenher husband camehome, hiswife
told him the electrician had been there tofix their geyser.The husband says: “She said the man
knew where I worked and he knew myname and surname. He told her I said hehas to fix the geyser. He also told her I had
already paid him for the job and that sheneed not worry.”After inspecting the house, the couple
found that a cellphone, a wallet contain-ing R500, jewellery and some kitchen ap-pliances had been stolen.“I was so angry at this man. I couldn’t
open a case, because I have no evidenceto prove we have been robbed. He was inand out in 10 minutes and my wife couldnot even remember how he looked,” hesays, fuming. “Peoplemust justwatch outand using the newspaper is the best wayto inform the public.”People’s Postheard that six other people
have already come across the conman,who is nowbelieved to be operating in theLotus River and Grassy Park areas.V If you come across the con artist, immediatelycontact Steenberg Police on (021) 702 9000 orGrassy Park Police on (021) 700 3900.
REPAIRS HALTED: THEN RESTARTED
Readers dodge for cover at libraryTAURIQ HASSEN
Everyone knows books andwater don’t go together.But bookworms at theRe-
treat Library are forced to dodgerain drops as heavy rains overthe last fewweeks caused result-ed in several leakages.Repairs were done to the roof
of the library in Concert Boule-vard. However, only one halfwas completed before contrac-tors packed up their tools andleft.Ward councillor Jan Burger
was not impressed.He explains that after follow-
ing up on complaints from thecommunity, it was discoveredthat repairs could not be madeto the remainder of the roof dueto budget constraints.“This is not good enough. My
concern is that if the roof is leftin a damaged state, the booksand the floor will be damaged,”Burger says.He immediately requested
that thematter be looked intobe-fore further damage is incurred.“If this problem is not attend-
ed to, I am worried that moremoney will have to be spent toreplace books and repair thedamaged floors,” Burger adds.Meanwhile, library users are
dodging the leakswhile trying toget their favourite reads.Owen Simons, a frequent visi-
tor to the library, says he is “dis-
gusted at the massive leaking”.“The roof is leaking buckets.
The staff is scuttling about plac-ing bins, buckets and papers onwindow sills, the counter and oncomputers. The two women atthe library are really doing theirbest,” he says.Simons says the library users
were informed that renovationwould be done to the roof andthat it would take about threeweeks to complete. However,contractors were seen leavingthe library only two weeks afterstarting the renovations.Thanks to the efforts of staff,
there were no evident signs ofwater damage at the library.But library manager Sharon
Adams says staff are waiting todetermine if minor repairs tothe roof have worked.“There are still a few spots
that are leaking. The contrac-tors have returned, but we stillhave problems. We can onlywait until it rains again to get abetter idea of the extent of theproblems,” she says.There would be no leaks or
similar problems at libraries inmore affluent areas, saysAnthea Bloemhof, also a regularlibrary user.“I don’t understand how prob-
lems such as these can persist.In amore fancy area this kind ofproblemwouldhave been solvedin a matter of hours,” Bloemhofsays.
STOP AND SEARCH: Muizenberg police, City of Cape Town’ s Traffic Services and Metro Police held a combinedoperation in Vrygrond on Tuesday 11 June. The operation was launched as a result of a possible threat of taxiconflict in the Vrygrond-Capricorn areas. During the roadblock in Vrygrond Avenue, a total of 63 vehicles and 220passengers were stopped and searched. Also, 11 fines totalling R4700 were issued. Three minibus taxis wereimpounded for not having the necessary paperwork and the drivers were arrested for operating illegally. A licensed.45 calibre pistol seized from a taxi driver was sent for ballistic testing. Police also did a pamphlet drive in whichthey discouraged the buying of stolen goods and alerted the public to the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. Thestation commander of Muizenberg Police, Colonel Dorothy Xesha, stated that these operations are ongoing andthat law enforcement agencies will not hesitate to clamp down on illegal taxi operators. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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STEENBERG: NIGHT SCHOOL GIVES THEM A FUTURE
Centre a lifeline for pupilsTAURIQ HASSEN
For just over 44 years, the SteenbergCommunity Learning Centre (CLC) hasbeen providing pupils with an opportu-
nity to take a second bite out of life throughits night school.
The school has faced anumber of challeng-es including drop-outs due to inadequatefunding, pupils being pressured by manag-ers, violence in various areas and transporthiccups.
Even so, registration is open for the nightschool, which runs from Monday 5 Augustthe end of June next year.
Sammy Williams, principal of the CLC,says there was a decrease in the number ofpupils dropping out of the school year.
“We’ve been able to provide pupils with asecond chance in life. We noticed a drop lastyear because pupils realised the importanceof getting a matric certificate,” he says.
The night school serves the communitiesof, among others, Retreat, Lavender Hill,Seawinds, Capricorn, Coniston andSheridon parks, Plumstead, Wynberg,Ocean View and even as far as Strandfon-tein.
A total of 222 pupils registered for the finalexamination this year, and in the last fiveyears more than 2150 pupils passed matric.
“In our current situation with gang vio-lence in the areas, unemployment and ac-tion against service delivery, we as the CLCrender a most valuable service to the com-munity,” Williams says.
In recent times, the provincial Depart-ment of Education had stopped funding theGrade 10 and 12 courses, but the CLC man-aged to keep the school doors open throughfees and fundraising activities.
The subjects are English, Afrikaans, Biol-ogy, Accounting, Business Economics,Mathematics, History, Biblical Studies, In-troduction to Criminology and SA CriminalLaw. From August, the CLC plans to intro-duce Travel and Tourism for the first time.
Former CLC pupil Sheldon Adams, fromWynberg, is in the process of obtaining anIT specialist qualification from UWC.
“I was forced to drop out of school becauseof family troubles and I immediately set outlooking for a job. It was hard, because every-where I went, they kept asking for a matric
certificate,” he says.“I landed up not getting a job and knew
then how important my matric is.”Adams had heard from a friend about the
Steenberg CLC and their successful passrate.
“I made this about me and I knew I am go-ing to have to be committed. There were lotsof things happening at the same time in mylife, but I made my matric the most impor-tant thing,” he says.
Anyone interested in completing theirmatric can register at Steenberg HighSchool on Mondays or Thursdays between18:00 and 21:00.
The registration fees is R350 and R300 persubject. Registration closes on Friday 20September.
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South Africans had a long weekend thanks to Youth Dayfalling on Sunday.The day commemorates the 37th anniversary of the
Soweto uprising on 16 June.In 1975, protests started inAfrican schools after a direc-
tive from the thenBantuEducationDepartment thatAfri-kaans be used on an equal basis to English as a mediumof instruction in secondary schools, says the State web-site.It says the issue was “not so much the Afrikaans as the
whole system of Bantu education”. This was “character-ised by separate schools and universities, poor facilities,overcrowded classrooms and inadequately trained teach-ers”.A year later saw more than 20 000 pupils from Soweto
beginning a protest march. The protests quickly flaredthroughout the country in an already politically volatileSouth Africa. This was a nation on fire and the youth car-ried the flame of change towards a politically indiscrimi-nate dispensation. In clashes with the police and in theensuing violence over the following weeks, about 700 peo-ple – mostly youths – were killed and property destroyed.The image of a dying Hector Pietersen being carried to
safety by a fellow-pupil will remain burnished in theminds of SouthAfricanswhochoose to remember theulti-mate price many paid. Photographer Sam Nzima wasquotedas sayinghe“sawachild falling”. “Undera showerof bullets I rushed forward andwent for the picture,” Nzi-ma said, adding later “the police were ordered to shoot”.This year’s theme is “working together for youth devel-
opment and a drug-free South Africa”.Fastforward to today and the battle has shifted into a
social sphere in which other youths may be trapped be-hind bars of their own making. Again, guns were in-volved.A case in point: the fatal shooting of Spes Bona High’s
Glenrico Martin for which two teenagers were charged.Guns and youths – what a frightening and despairing
combination.
Don’t be fooled by election promisesIt is that time of the year when the City OfCape, with the help of the sheriff of theWyn-berg Court, pounds on the doors of rentalstock homes in Lavender Hill.It is a little too late, because the City has
allowed our people to not pay rent and otherbills as they were promised free housingduring previous election drives.I am inundated with complaints from ten-
antswhohave received letters fromthe sher-iff. This has brought about fear.Some people have gone into depression,
have become sick and have had nervous at-tacks.I went to the housing office for an appoint-
ment and was amazed to see how many peo-plewerewaiting to face thewrathof theCity.Some of them did not know what to expect.Community organisations are not clued
up on how to assist these struggling resi-dents. They were sent from pillar to post for
advice.I assisted at least 20 tenants one day. I was
happy to help.The people who initiate these court ordersare the same ones you see – and whom ourpeople will again listen to – during electiondrives for next year’s general elections.Do not fall for empty promises because
they think nothing of evicting our grand-mothers and parents from the homes whichshould have been ours.You do not see the fat cats now, but come
election time they are all over you andmakeyour time their time.Be warned. What have we gained since
1994?Our youth are unemployed and our chil-
dren pay for education. If we do not pay wa-ter it is suspended. If we don’t pay rent weface evictions. Enough is enough.Clive Jacobs, Lavender Hill
Top service from tax peopleHats off to theCapeTownSouthAfricanRev-enue Services (Sars) office for swift and ster-ling service rendered during the processingof my annual income tax return.My heart leapt with trepidation when I re-
ceived an SMS from Sars stating that an out-standing payment was due from me, andpayable urgently!Telephoning the call centre proved futile
when the automated voiced informed methat I was 181st in the queue and promptedme to make my way to the local Sars office.The Cape Town Sars office was jam-
packed resembling a township day hospital
when I arrived aroundmidday, and the onlyfriendly faces were the security guards.The clerk at the enquiries desk warmed to
my friendly chatter, and directed me to the“fast lane”.Within 10 minutes amiable tax consultant
Sisanda Kuse handed me a printout whichI used to effect an EFT payment.Thank you, Sars for the expedient service.
It was a pleasure making the payment duewithout wasting precious time.I pray that my tax payment is put to good
use within the fiscus.Mark Kleinschmidt, Email
Give poor organisations office spaceIt was with dismay that I saw the advertise-ment in People’s Post (28 May) that DDP willbe based at Shawco.I am appalled at City of Cape Town offi-
cials. DDP is a well-funded organisationwith one principal funder: Konrad Adenau-er Stiftung (KAS).The same funder that funds quite a few
Democratic Alliance events.No coincidence that DDP should get an of-
fice or the building with a budget of morethan R5m – and yet you expect us taxpayersto subsidise them.What about the many poor organisations
that struggle to find office space and yougive offices to people with offices in Durban,Cape Town and Johannesburg?I am not fooled. There is something not
right here!Anon, Email
Your SMSes. Your report “Pedestrians risk lives forshortcut” refers. I am a pensioner. It goeswithout saying that I do not have money forpetrol or taxi fare, so I walk to Pick n Payor Blue RouteMall where I benefit from bet-ter prices. I use the crossing you refer to. Us-ing the recognised crossing further up FloraRoad, towards Steenberg, is not an option.It is just too far for a 71-year-old like me. Imeet many pensioners on that route everyweek. There are many criminals watchingpedestrians cross the tracks at the bridgesover the station. A shooting incident oc-curred at the station over the Easter week-end. Criminals even shoot dice in full viewof the Railway Police at the station.With theabove inmind, do you still believe the cross-ing you refer to should be closed? I do notthink so. It would be better to build a bridgeover the tracks on the southern boundary ofAirton Timbers.
. Please get safe boxes for cellphones atschools, because most teachers chat (ontheir phones) more than helping the chil-dren learn. Or prohibit cellphones atschools. Let them use the office phone foremergencies and more attention will be fo-cused on pupils. Concerned parent
. The sooner they implement the smok-ing restrictions the better. There is a (res-taurant) in (the southern suburbs) wherepatrons sit and smoke themselves stupid.When you open the windows they close it,saying it is cold, yet they come to the venuewith no jersey on. Clyde
. Tuckshops in triple-storey flats are anuisance. Running up and down on stairs,writing on our walls and knocking on ourdoors by children coming downstairs frommobile shop is really a big problem. Also,people sleeping with animals in their flatson second and third floors. Ban mobileshops and animals from flats.
. Whymust we non-smokers live with allthese toxins around us? Ban it altogether.
. Thank you so much for this new law. Irecently stopped smoking when I found outI was pregnant and I don’t want my babynear second-hand smoke. Best decision everto stop.
. Thank you so much for this new law. Irecently stopped smoking when I found outI was pregnant and I don’t want my babynear second-hand smoke. Best decision everto stop.
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Broadway favourite hits the Mother CityBroadway favourite hits the Mother CityTARREN-LEE HABELGAARN
The true-life story of Frankie Valli andthe Four Seasons will be brought to lifein an energising musical at Artscape
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The show tells the story of Frankie Valliand the other members of the Four Seasons– Bob Gaudio, Tommy De Vito and Nick Mas-si.
The group dominated charts in the 1960sand became one of the greatest successes inpop music history, selling 175 millionrecords globally before they turned 30.
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“Being able to be part of this productionis a dream come true. Performing in theatrehas always been in my blood and I did manymusicals at school,” says Emmanuel Castiswho plays bass vocalist Nick Massi.
He describes Jersey Boys as not being atypical musical.
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The well-known soapie actor, says al-though he loves acting on television, theatrehas always been apart of him.
“I’ve always been going for theatre audi-tions, but have been waiting for the perfectrole,” Castis adds.
He says the show has a great cast who havereally embraced the story of this iconicgroup.
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Castis says they have received an incredi-ble reaction from audiences who have seenthe show and he looks forward to performingin Istanbul, Turkey, after Cape Town.
“It’s all about telling the incredible storyof normal people. We want people to walk outwith a smile on their faces and a smile ontheir heart,” he adds.
ICONIC: From left Kenneth Meyer, Grant Almirall, Emmanuel Castis and Daniel Buys tell thetrue-life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Season. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Peter Pan takes to the stageCome fly away with Peter Pan, Tinker Belland the Darling children to the magical Nev-er Land.
Get ready to be amazed by all its wonderssuch as the mysterious mermaids from Mer-maid Lagoon, the beautiful Indian princessTiger Lilly and her brave panther, as wellas the fun-loving Lost Boys and evil CaptainHook.
J.M Barrie’s much loved classic, PeterPan, premiers at the Canal Walk Theatrefrom Sunday 22 June to Sunday 14 July.Tickets cost R70 and are available from Com-puticket.
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While Naledi Award winner, Earl Gregorystars as Captain Hook and newcomer,Michael Wallace will play the title role of Pe-ter Pan.V For more information contact or email VanessaHerbst, PR manager 0 (021) 529 9638 or [email protected] or Wendy Vollmer, marketingmoordinator 0 (021) 529 9629 or 2 [email protected].
Marvellous magical mayhemThe Traditional Children’s Magic Festi-val is back in Cape Town this winter andis set to trick your mind more than be-fore.
The festival will take place at Collegeof Magic in Claremont from 26 to 29 Juneand aims to thrill young ones with daz-zling performances and workshops bysome of Cape Town’s most seasoned art-ists.
Parents and their little ones are set toescape the biting cold with a magical tourof the College’s mysterious 100-year-oldbuilding, marvel at the astonishing actsof more than 50 magicians, jugglers,
clowns, escape artists to learn the art ofmagic. The college is the only one of itskind in the world and has been trainingchildren and adults in magic and illusionsince 1980.
“The Traditional Children’s Magic Fes-tival is a highlight on our magical calen-dar and is a fun, affordable experience forthe entire family. We cannot wait to wel-come you to our historic house of magicthis winter,” says director David Gore.V Tickets for the festival are R50, and include afree magical goodie bag on arrival. For more infor-mation contact 0 (021) 683 5480 or visitwww.collegeofmagic.com.
HOUSE OF MYSTERIES: Monica Nyakatya inspires young clowns Sonwabile Mekuto,Sibabalo Zuma and Sinothando Lufutha to share their magic with young audiences atthe Traditional Children’s Magic Festival. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Trojans at GrandWestIn the wake of the Gladiators era, Teen Tro-jan Warriors will flex their muscles at GrandArena.
You can watch the filming of Teen TrojanWarriors from Saturday 22 to Sunday 30June from 10:00 to 13:00.
The Trojan Warriors show is about mor-tals who, all starting on the same level, fighttheir way up each level by participating ina variety of games.
On their way up they accumulate pointswhich gets them to the next stage, being im-mortal status, and finally to the ultimate ti-tle, that of Trojan Warrior.
Both the filming sessions of Trojan Warri-ors and the TV series itself will provide great
thrills for all South African fans of spectacu-lar action entertainment. The audience willget so close up to the action that they willhear every groan and scream of encourage-ment. They will see warriors being madewhile the less strong will remain mere mor-tals.
The live action will offer fun for the entirefamily who can be part of the exciting actionand not even strain a muscle doing so. TheTV series will be screened weekly over sixmonths.
For the live shows, Teen Trojan Warriorwill take place from 10:00, while the TrojanWarrior sessions will begin at 18:00.V Tickets, at R50, available from Computicket.
COMIC RELIEF: Gaëtan Schmid’s (pictured) brandnew comedy The Belgian is a hilarious trip into themind of a most misunderstood species – Belgians.Directed by Brent Palmer, it shows at the Alexan-der Upstairs Theatre, 76 Strand Street. Behind thefacade of their clean cut little houses with theirneat little front garden and patrolled by smirkinggarden gnomes, something obscurely wicked islurking. Schmid’s latest passionate calling is toshare with you his wealth of limitless and uselessknowledge – “Comic, fascinating, quirky, absurd andsurreal stuff that maketh the Belgian and Belgium”.Shows on Thursday 20 June, Friday 21 June andSaturday 22 June, all shows at 19:00 and all showsare R80. For bookings and enquiries phone0 (021) 300 1652. Strictly no under 18s due to theterms of their liquor licence. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Driven to achieve goalsLIAM MOSES
The dusty streets of Cape Town’s infor-mal settlements and townships havelong provided football with some its
greatest players.If you possess enough talent and determi-
nation, and manage to avoid the pitfalls ofdrugs and gangsterism, football can provideyouth with a better life.However, for most youngsters the sport is
little more than a hobby or a pastime theirparents hope will keep them away from so-cial ills.But since 2003, a Schaapkraal-based organ-
isation has been using the sport to help thecity’s poor, homeless and troubled to bettertheir lives without handing them profession-al contracts.Each year, South African Homeless Street
Soccer and registered NGO Oasis, gives agroup of people the chance to travel to andtake part in the Homeless World Cup.Clifford Marthinus, Oasis founder, says
the point of competing in the tournament isnot to simply give the players the chance totravel to a foreign country, but to openpartic-ipants’ minds to their full potential.“What we hope is that people can realise
that these opportunities are possible forthem. They might live in an informal settle-ment, but they can also better their lives. It’sup to them to take hold of their lives,” saysMarthinus.“We can’t guarantee them that their lives
are going to change. But we can guaranteethat this will make an impact on their lives.They need to use this opportunity to find outhow to make it work and count for them.”TheHomelessWorldCup is an internation-
al organisation based in Scotland and has or-ganised the tournament of the same nameevery year since 2003.This tournament is hosted in a different
country annually and can feature up to 70teams.Last year, the tournament was hosted in
Brazil and this year it will take place inPoznan, Poland, from Saturday 10 to Sunday18 August.
In order to take part in the tournamentplayersmust go through a series of trials andprove toOasis theyare seriousabout improv-ing their lives, that theywill benefit from theprogramme and that they intend to give backto their communities.Players do not have to be homeless in the
traditional sense in order to take part in thetournament, but have to be linked to anNGOin some way.Marthinus says the point of this is to en-
sure that the players continue to receive sup-port and guidance once they return from thetournament.One of the players who will be taking part
this year is centreback Ebrahim Abrahamsfrom The Kraal, an informal settlement inBo-Kaap.“I had a friendwhowas in this programme
and went with the team to Brazil last year.He was the goalkeeper and he told us aboutthe programme,” he says“I grew up struggling so I don’t want my
child to go through life the same way I did.That’s all that I want. I just want to help allthe children who are living on streets rightnow.”Before departing for the Homeless World
Cup, Abrahams and his teammates will goaway on a two week-long camping trip totrain for the tournament and also undergocounselling.Marthinus says although many people are
successful in bettering their lives, some play-ers also fail and fall back into drug abuse orcrime.Oasis also runs Oasis FC, a football club
which is affiliated to the South Peninsula Lo-cal Football Association and has over 150players.The club has teams in every age group
fromunder-9 to under-19 and does not chargeany of the players membership fees as longas they take part in the organisation’s lifeskills programmes.Oasis also aims to start a street soccer pro-
gramme involving 20 different areas aroundCapeTown.For informationabout theHome-less World Cup contact Oasis on 0 (021) 7046815.
READY TO GO: Registered NGO Oasis will send a group of disadvantaged footballers to Polandin August to take part in the Homeless World Cup. PHOTO: LIAM MOSES
OVERSHADOWED:Everton FC’s TristanPoggenpoel controlsthe ball, as CrusadersFC’s ValentinoValesco looks on,during an EngenKnockout Challengematch at The Greensin Manenberg onSunday. Crusaderswon the game 3-1.PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
IN THE AIR: Turfhall United’s Dylon Solomons takes flight as Hout Bay United’sRaymond Samuels looks on during Turfhall’s 1-0 victory in the Engen KnockoutChallenge playoffs at The Greens in Manenberg on Sunday. PHOTO: ARSHIED ISAACS
CONTROL: Montague Spurs AFC player Juninho Lombaard shows off his controlling skill,as he holds off the tackle attempts of Helderberg FC player Anathi Mrwata during thesides’ 1-1 draw in the Engen Knockout Challenge at The Greens in Manenberg onSunday. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
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Engen Santos FC will face two season-defin-ing moments this week when they take onMpumalanga Black Aces and Chippa Unitedin the Premier Soccer League (PSL) promo-tion/relegation play-offs.The People’s Team did well to fight their
way back into contention for promotion af-ter a disastrous start in the National FirstDivision (NFD).But their hard work could all be in vain
if they fail to beat Aces and Chippa in thetwohomegames onThursday 20 andSunday23 June.Head coach Ian Palmer admits both
matches will be crucial, but says a loss willnot be the death of his side’s promotion
hopes.“I don’t think this game is do or die, be-
cause we still have to play Chippa soon afterthat. If we lose it won’t be good and it willbe huge setback,” he says.“But we are thinking about that. We are
going full-out to get one over Aces and putus in thedriving seat.Aces are in thedrivingseat, because they are the only team with awin. The playing field will be levelled as wewill be at home.”Santos had an undesirable start to the
play-offs last month when their first match,away to Chippa, finished in a goalless draw.Chippa went on to lose 1-0 to Aces in the
second play-off match.The Mpumalanga side now top the stand-
ings aheadof their clash against Santos,whohave not hadmuch success againstAces thisseason.But Palmerwill hope recent form and past
results are not an indicator of what Thurs-day’s result will be.The People’s Team drew 0-0 against Aces
in their last encounter in Mpumalanga inApril, while Aces beat Santos 1-0 at AthloneStadium in the season opener last October.Palmer says the fixtures has not been kind
to his side, but he is confident his troopswillrecover before their Cape derby against
Philippi’s Chippa.“Aces are blessed because all their games
are spaced widely. After the match againstis, they have six days before they play again.The draw actually favours them,” saysPalmer.“Chippa also play us and then have to go
to Aces three days later. It’s about howquickly you recover.We have the Sports Sci-ence Institute of South Africa on our side tohelp us regenerate for the next game.”Santos’ fixture against Aces will kick-off
at Cape Town Stadium at 19:30 on Thursday20 June.Chippa United will host Aces on Wednes-
day 26 June and the final fixture of the play-offs will see Santos travel to Mpumalanga toface Aces on Saturday 29 June.
Tight encounter in derbyLIAM MOSES
Division One stragglers HamediehsRFC pulled of a surprise, against-the-odds victory over rivals Violets at
Chucker Road in Lansdowne on Saturday.Violets and Hamediehs went into the
game in second last and first on the tablerespectively, but the gulf in formandquali-ty had little effect on the result.Despite receiving five yellow cards, con-
ceding the only try and coming in a distantsecond in the possession stakes, Hame-diehs won 15-11.Head coach Zain Daniels was surprised
at the victory. “The first half performance
was solid, but we should have lost it in thesecondhalf.Wemade toomany elementaryerrors,” says Daniels.“If they hadwon, Iwouldn’t have felt bad
as we made so many mistakes – our ill-dis-cipline cost us. The first-round match wasclose as well; we should have won that oneat the death.When old rivals play each oth-er, it is always tight.”Daniels describes his team’s lack of ap-
preciation for the rule book was “patheticand poor”.“I don’t blame the referee. It was clearly
our fault. Wewere lucky as one of our guysshould have been red carded. At half-timeI asked them to be more disciplined, as ill-
discipline would cost us the game.”The numerical disadvantage and high
error count meant that Hamediehs spentmost of the game defending, but Daniels’team should be credited for putting theirbodies on the line to guard every centime-tre of the sodden Chukker Road turf.The away side were determined to play
their rugby in the opposition half and theyheaped pressure onViolets throughout thegame, with well-placed tactical kicks.Although Hamediehs attempted to run
the ball when in possession in the opposi-tion half, their success was a direct resultof staunch, smash-mouth defence thatforced the opposition to make errors.
Hamediehs flyhalf Abdul Raqieb Burdi-en kicked five penalties for his side’s 15points, while his opposite number, DenverScheepers, scored two penalties and propSaleigh Schroeder visited behind the try-line for Violets.The loss is Violets’ third in ten games
this season and will cut down their lead atthe top of the table. The Lansdowne clubwill look to get their title charge back ontrack on Saturday 22 June, when Strand’sRaithby Universals visits Chukker Road.Hamediehs, who have now won three
and lost seven matches, will hope to keeptheir late-season revival going against La-gunya away from home.
TEXTBOOK TACKLE: Violets RFC’s Ismaeel Arendse tackles Ebrahiem Adonis of Hamediehs RFC during his side’s 11-15 loss at Chukker Road in Lansdowne, in the WP club rugby DivisionOne clash on Saturday. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS