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TAURIQ HASSEN

TALKS of a six-storey block of flats for a der-elict property in Salt River could prove tobe the solution for a host of problems plagu-ing the community.The property on the corner of Pope Street

and Fenton Road has been ruined with ille-gal dumping. The vagrancy issue is also onthe rise, residents say.Bor Zorman, the owner of the property,

blames the community for allowing the erfto fall into disrepair.“The people in that community do not

wish to report the people illegally dumpingtheir items on the land,” he says.He claims that efforts are made to clean

up the property, which has been in his fami-ly since 1939, but insists that residentschoose his unsecured plot as a designateddumping spot.Zorman confirms that he intends to intro-

duce a six-storey block of flats, which hehopes will replace the problems.“I know there are a few residents whowill

not be too happy about flats going up there,but developing the land is my long- term so-lution to the problems,” he says.If developing the six-storey building does

not materialise, the alternative solution isto place a wendy house on the property inorder for it to be monitored by security heintends to hire.“It still comes down to the community in

the end. They do not want to assist, becausewe are willing to take legal action againstthe people dumping,” Zorman says.“Theymust help us to fight this problem.”Narieman Hendricks lives next to the

property and finds it unfair that the owneris blaming the community.She explains that many times the culprits

are dumping their waste at night.“We can’t stand there and watch his prop-

erty for him. He can’t blame the residentsfor something he is responsible for,” shesays.Residents have also noticed an increase in

the number of flies and rats raiding theirhomes. Fingers point towards the property.One neighbour, who asks not to be named

for safety reasons, has had numerous run-ins with the vagrants sneaking onto the siteafter reporting them to the police.“It is now becoming unbearable. The

smells coming from the property keep peo-

ple up at night and the situation is not get-ting any better. I have a huge rat infestation.This is the only propertywhere dirt is pilingup,” he says.The resident adds that the site is constant-

ly cleaned by the City of Cape Town, but alack of fencing or proper security measuresis the crux.

“This property has been cleaned in thepast. The following week there is just moredirt,” he says.“It’s not only outsiders. There are people

in this community also dumping here.”Wardah Rahim, the chairperson of the

Salt River Residents’ Association, says theproperty and surrounding issues are repeat-edly raised at their monthly meetings.

She adds that the City responded to com-plaints by cleaning the land.However, Rahim believes the real solu-

tions are not being explored by the City andfears that the problems might “never goaway”.Fencing off the land and urging the own-

ers to develop it are two primary solutionssuggested.“This is an old problem for the community

and it has been bothering us formany years.That place is a real eyesore,” Rahim says.The association confirms that they will

once again list their concerns for the City tosort out.“This property must be attended to. It has

been long enough now that residents have

had to endure this problem.”Executive director for Safety and Securi-

ty, Richard Bosman, confirms that the prop-erty has previously been investigated by theCity of Cape Town.He explains that the Zorman has been

served with several notices to clean and se-cure the land.“This owner was served with notices in-

structing him to remedy the situation on hisproperty, which he did adhere to,” Bosmansays.The City adds that the owner had installed

fencing in the past, but this was later stolen.The Problem Buildings Unit now plans to

approach the owner again to have him cleanand secure the property.

WORRYING SIGNS: A vagrant exits the derelict property in Salt River after presumably spending the night. PHOTO: TAURIQ HASSEN

SALT RIVER: PROBLEM PROPERTY RAISES IRE

‘Residents are at fault’

PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDTuesday, 23 April 20132 NEWS

TAMMY PETERSEN

HUNDREDS of people from across the city areexpected to take to the streets next week topromote “solidarity” among dagga users.

Organised by the National Organisation forthe Reform of Matekwane Laws in South Afri-ca, NORMLZA and Iqela Lentsango: The Dag-ga Party of South Africa, the Cape Town Glo-bal Cannabis March on Saturday 4 May willbe attended by those who support the legalisa-tion of the plant as an “economic resource forpublic benefit”.

Jeremy Acton, the leader of the Dagga Partywhich is registered for the 2014 national elec-tions, says participants will be celebratingtheir diversity, unity and mutual respect foreach other and the herb.

The party’s newsletter, The Daggablad,says dagga was one of the many traditionalsmokes used by Africans before the advent ofthe Dutch and British empires.

It was also a source of fibres and the seedswere a valuable source of human nutrition.

Dagga was first outlawed in South Africa in1911.

“If one views the police’s dagga prosecutionstatistics, it is clear that dagga use is a verycommon practice and should be regarded asa legitimate historical cultural practiceamong citizens which should be respected bynarcotics laws and by the Bill of Rights of ourConstitution,” the newsletter reads.

“Dagga law enforcement costs South Africamillions of rands to imprison otherwise law-abiding and economically active people. Thelegalisation of dagga would allow the policeto have their workload lightened, allowingthem to deal with real crimes that have realvictims, such as theft, murder, assault andfraud.”

Acton says it is important that legislationlegalises dagga and that this is “carefully

crafted to maximise the benefits and mini-mise any harms and its control by a ‘daggaelite’”.

“The benefits go far beyond merely al-lowing adults freedom of choice to smokeor ingest weed, which is medically benefi-cial to all users of the plant,” he says.

“Legalisation would allow all poor citi-zens to become producers of resources andpoverty will thus be greatly alleviated.”

States in the US where medical marijua-na has been legalised have also seen reduc-tions in traffic accidents, road fatalities,drunk driving arrests, violent and domes-tic crimes, hard drug use and the suiciderate in young men, he adds.

But not all are in favour of dagga beinglegalised.

Mercia Samuelson cannot stomach thesweet smell of dagga smoke, describing itas “a poison crippling the youth”.

She blames dagga for starting the down-ward spiral of her only son’s obsessionwith chasing “temporary highs”.

Shaun died of a heroin overdose fouryears ago shortly before his 21st birthday.

“He started smoking dagga with hisfriends when he was 16,” she recalls.

“Despite my nagging, he didn’t considerhis habit serious because everyone was do-ing it.”

Over time, she noticed gradual changesin his personality.

“Shaun went from being a pleasant, clev-er child to a paranoid person convinced theworld was out to get him. He dropped outof school the next year and walked aroundin a semi-conscious state, staring at theworld through dead, bloodshot eyes.”

One night he didn’t come home.“He was gone for two months,” Mercia

says. “Then one day, out of the blue, he wasback. But the boy who returned wasn’t myShaun. He was a half-crazy, drug-addictedmonster.”

At 18, her once talkative, intelligent sonhad turned into an unstable, aggressivethief.

“I watched the life in him die. I prayedfor him, no matter how many times he stolefrom my house, attacked me or ran away.But the day he died,” she says, “all I felt wasrelief.”

Mercia believes dagga served as a gate-way drug for her child’s battle with addic-tion.

“It starts small, but escalates into an un-controllable itch which needs somethingstronger to be scratched. Whenever I get awhiff of that sickening substance in the air,I wonder whether the person puffing onthat joint knows he is slowly destroying hislife.”

Dr Ellapen Rapiti, a general practitionerand drug counsellor, says contrary to popu-lar arguments of dagga being a natural sub-stance and not harmful to the user, re-search has proven the drug indeed has anegative impact on the body, specificallythe brain.

“It has been found to slow down reflexesand response time, it increases the heartrate and puts users at greater risk of lungdisease,” he explains.

“Mentally, it affects the IQ and concen-tration levels of adolescents, leads to psy-chosis and makes people with a family his-tory of mental illness more susceptible toschizophrenia.”

Rapiti is adamant the negative side-ef-fects outweigh the good, relaxing euphoriasmokers get after a joint.

He agrees that dagga is a gateway drug,basing this on research he has done inpoorer areas where 99% of drug addicts ad-

mitted to first using dagga.“Despite this, I do feel it should be decrimi-

nalised,” Rapiti says. “It is a phenomenonwhich clearly cannot be policed. These re-sources, of which there already is a short-age, should rather be used to fight seriouscrimes in our communities.”

A more effective use of money spent on po-licing is education. “Let people know whatthey are doing so they can make an informedchoice. Promote information to the ill effectsof this substance so that it can lead to itseradication from our society.”

In its most recent report, the Anti-Drug Al-liance South Africa (Adasa) in its annualsurvey on drug addiction in the countryfound that dagga was most people’s drug ofchoice.

More than 35 000 respondents participatedin an online poll last year. The report findsthat the use of dagga has increased by 11%and the use of nyope, which is a mixture ofdagga and cheap heroin, rose by 8.46%.

While the analysis found the use of drugsis evident across age groups, most userswere found to be between 22 and 35 years old.

Puffing on a perfectly rolled joint, EvanReed savours the effect of the “natural herb”which has split society’s opinions of drugsfor years.

Reed has been smoking about 12 joints“like cigarettes” every day for the past 16years.

The father of two argues that not everyonewho smokes weed experience behavioural

problems or goes on to chase a stronger high.“I am 34 and have never even tried any

[other] drugs,” he says.“Smoking has never caused me to become

violent or turn to crime. Don’t blame the sub-stance, blame the smoker.”

He lights his first joint when he wakes upat 05:30 and his last before going to bed.

“What I smoke doesn’t affect how I act. Iam a father of two, have been married for10 years and have been a loyal employee atan electrical company for 15 years. I couldbe anyone, and the only difference betweenme and anyone else is I enjoy relaxing witha joint.”

He respects not everyone feels the sameabout the substance, but counters that hehas no qualms with people who choose todrink despite him despising alcohol.

“Society’s views and prejudices of daggasmokers need to shifted so that the authori-ties can realise they have unnecessarilycriminalised something that will never bestamped out of civilisation,” he says.

“Police should have bigger fish to fry in-stead of trying to clamp down on peace-lov-ing followers of the dagga culture.”V Protesters will meet at the corner of Keizersgrachtand Chapel streets, Cape Town at 10:00 on Saturday4 May for a “Festive Walk” through the city streets.

DAGGA LEGALISATION: SMOKERS TO PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD

For the legal love of wweedeed

ONE LOONE LOVE:VE: People came out in their numbers at last year’s Cape Town Global Cannabis March,and even more feet are expected to take to the streets next week. PHOTO: BELOWTHELION.CO.ZA

ENRICH yourself with knowledge and un-derstanding.

The International Peace College of SouthAfrica will be addressing contentious issuesby exploring the mainstream Sunni view.All talks are held on Wednesdays after Esha,except for Tuesday 7 May.

On Wednesday 24 April, Sheikh EbrahiemMoos will unpack whether Allah has a bodyor bodyparts at the Yusufeyyah Mosque inWynberg.

Sheikh Fakhruddin Owaisi will host thethird discussion on Wednesday 1 May at

Masjidul Quds in Gatesville.The topic up for discussion is preserving

the graves of great men.On Tuesday 7 May, discussion will re-

volve around reciting for the dead and willbe presented by Sheikh Ismail Londt at theBoorhaanool Mosque in Longmarket Street,Bo-Kaap.

Extending greetings to different faiths on

their religious or secular occasions will bediscussed on Wednesday 15 May at MasjiduSalaam in St Athens Road, Athlone.

Sheikh Ighsaan Taliep will present thisdiscussion.

The final programme of the series will behosted by Moulana Ihsaan Hendricks atMasjidu Rawbi in Portlands.

The discussion will focus on citizenshipfor South African Muslims and Muslim mi-norities in a secular state.

Call the International Peace College ofSouth Africa on 0 (021) 638 1121.

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PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDTuesday, 23 April 2013 NEWS 3

Call for VendorsCall for VendorsThe City of Cape Town is once again staging

the Cape Town Summer Market at theCompany’s Garden.

Prospective vendors are invited to apply for a stallin the following categories:

Home & Décor, Craft & Design, Christmas Goods, Clothing& Accessories, Fresh Produce & Deli, and Food & Beverage.

Preference will be given to locally produced goods.Please Call: 083 899 7312 or email:[email protected]

for an application formEvent dates: 14 to 30 December 2013

(Excluding 25 & 26 December)Venue: The Company’s Garden,

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Closing date for completed applications:17th May 2013

TAURIQ HASSEN

THE Maitland Mosque in Corona-tion Road has been hit by a thirdburglary in the space of a year.This time around, the suspects

left the mosque in a poor state afterstealing the water pipes, resultingin large parts of the building beingflooded.Bienie Garnie, the administrator

of the mosque and chairperson ofthe Maitland Concerned ResidentsForum, says locals are repelled atthe idea of the mosque being bur-gled.“You don’t expect people to stoop

that low. We understand that thereis a drug problem in this area, butthis unacceptable,” he says.The incident unfolded in the early

hours of Saturday 13April, hours af-ter the mosque hosted a prayer ses-sionwhich takes place every Fridayand runs until between 23:00 and00:00.Suspects are believed to have en-

tered the toilet window on the topfloor.They managed to rip the copper

water pipes from the walls, causingthe spurting water to destroy mostof the prayer mats in the mosque.“We know that it is somebody

from this community, possiblysomeone who is addicted to drugs.They knew when the programmewould end and how to get into themosque. This is really sad, but wewill try and put some precautionarymeasures in place,” Garnie says.Members of the mosque were

forced to hire a few industrial vacu-

um cleaners, purchase new matsand replace the pipes, but they arestill in need of assistance.Garnie estimates the cost of re-

pairing everything damaged at theto be around R14 000.On a positive note, he confirms

that a donor has already come for-ward and agreed to replace some ofthe prayer mats.“We are still going to need a bit of

help, but we are working hard at re-pairing everything that was dam-aged during the burglary,” he says.They also had new burglar bars

installed on the windows aroundthe mosque.Locals were left shocked by the

latest incident at the mosque andcould not believe that a place ofwor-shipwouldbe targeted to feed adrughabit.Maitland resident Salaama Mat-

thews lives close to the mosque andexplains how important the place ofworship is to the community.“There is no other mosque in this

vicinity and many of the factoriesand businesses depend on thismosque as well. This must havebeen one of these druggies lookingfor a quick fix, but to choose themosque? That is just disgusting,”she says.Another resident, Edward May-

nard, sawmembers hard atwork re-pairing the damage that was left be-hind by the suspect.He initially thought the mosque

undertook a mass spring clean, butwas left speechless after finding outabout the burglary. “This is a veryclose-knit community and the

mosque is a venue where peo-ple can meet and pray at thesame time,” he says.“This is a really shameful

act and whoever is responsi-ble for this burglary definitely

has a huge hole in their chest. Theydon’t have a heart.”The Maitland Mosque is still in

dire need of assistance and is call-ing on the community for any dona-tions towards refurbishing theirprayer facility.Anyone interested in donating

materials to the Maitland Mosquecan phone Bienie Garnie on 0 082777 8895.V Maitland Mosque will be hosting a foodfair fundraiser on Friday 3 May at the Mait-land madrassah hall on the corner of Pattonand Coronation road. The fair starts startsat 16:00.

MAITLAND: VANDALISED FACILITY FLOODED

Mosque burglary ‘shameful’

DDAMAAMAGE CGE CONTRONTROL:OL: Members of theMaitland Mosque are in the process ofrepairing the damage done by ruthlessthieves. PHOTO: TAURIQ HASSEN

DON’T allow a “council employ-ee” into your home just becausehe’s wearing overalls.The City of Cape Town advises

residents to be cautious before al-lowing strangers onto their prop-erties.In the past, complaints have

been received of con artists con-niving their way into the homesof unsuspecting people, usuallywith the intention to steal easily

concealed items or to extort mon-ey from the homeowner.Never allow a person identify-

ing themselves as council employ-ees into your home without themproducing an identity card.This document should include a

photo and all City staff are issuedwith these cards. You have theright to keep the person waitingoutside your security gate and in-sist on seeing this card before you

allow him or her into your home.If you have any doubt, request

the name of the official’s supervi-sor and contact the City’s call cen-tre on 0 0860 103 089 to verify theidentity of the official and the rea-son for the visit.Should you be approached by

someone you suspect to be a conartist, phone your nearest policestation or Crime Stop on008600 10111.

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ONE of Factreton’s oldest highschools is starting a new chapterafter being plagues by years of vio-lence, crime and gangsterism.Windermere High now aims to

change the “negative stigma” at-tached to the school and get thesurrounding community to alsochange their perceptions.Newly appointed principal

Craig Leetz has already breathedsome much needed life into theschool by enforcing some strictrules in order to guide the learnersto a better future.“Wewant to instil propermorals

and values into the learners, be-cause they come fromavery rougharea. For many of them, it’s hardto pick these things up if they aresurrounded by gangsterism anddrugs,” he says.Leetz hopes that good results,

proper discipline, improving theinfrastructure as well as cleaningthe school will “create a positivemindset” not only among thelearners, but also in the communi-ty. “If the community can start see-ing that coming to school cangenu-inely change lives, then we havealready achieved something. Weknow it’s not going to be easy andthis is not something which wewill achieve overnight, but we aretrying,” he says.“The school is changing and we are get-

ting better.”Pupils are thankful for some of the chang-

es being implemented.Grade 11 learner Leticia Bebuna de-

scribes her early schooling days as “terri-ble”.She was exposed to gang violence, drug

dealing, drug usage and drinking at school.But now her perspective has changed.“I can now finally see myself going fur-

ther with my education,” she says.Grade 12 learner Simone Lewis also had

mounting anxieties about her school.She gives the rules and regulations intro-

duced by Leetz two thumbs up.“It was really tough in the past trying to

learn anything at this school. There werealways gangsters around and we had lots ofproblems with drugs,” she says.“Over the last three years, all these prob-

lems are slowly going away and the chil-dren are taking more pride in the school.”The school recently hosted an inter-house

athletics and seven-a-side soccer tourna-ment, events which had been missing fromthe schooling calendar for several years.Secretary for the Kensington Factreton

Residents and Ratepayers Association andformer drug counsellor at the local rehabcentre, Mariam Oliver, is proud to see theschool being revived.“There are some wonderful changes hap-

pening. The school was faced with some re-ally tough times. It is hard for the childrenas they come from an area riddled withcrime and violence,” she says.Oliver explains that many of the pupils

would come to the centre for assistance butthanks to the changes, the numbers aredwindling.“This school was really placed in a bad

light and we are really glad to see there issome positive changes happening,” Oliversays.V The school will celebrate their 50th anniversarynext year and have a whole host of events lined up.People’s Post will keep you informed about theplanned events.

WINDERMERE HIGH: REVIVING A LOVE FOR LEARNING

New chapterin education

CHANGE: Windermere High School principal Craig Leetzwith students, from left, Nadine Abrahams, Simone Lewis,Leticia Bebuna and Siphosethu Jacobs. PHOTO: TAURIQ HASSEN

RIDING FOR A CAUSE: A local semi-professional cycling group, Team VC, recently held a socialfun ride to raise money for the Alpha School for Autism based in Woodstock. The event coincidedwith World Autism Week, which ran from 2 until 7 April. The ride itself proved to be a resoundingsuccess with a turnout of about 500 people. R10 000 was raised. The school will be usingthe funds for operational costs, educational resources, supplies for children and general mainte-nance. PHOTO: ACHMAT JOSEPH

ASWINTER draws near, spare a thought forthe animals in shelters who are also in needof warmth.The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is appealing

to Capetonians to support their Blanket Ap-peal. It is not uncommon to find up to 200stray and homeless animals at the SPCA onany given day – as well as around 140 petsin hospital.Therefore, they need loads of blankets.The appeal is particularly for polar fleece

blankets, which work well as they give lotsof warmth, are easy to clean and dry quickly.Pet food donations are also always very

welcome and will go a long way to assistingthe SPCA in filling up their winter pantry.All donations of blankets can be dropped

off at the SPCA inGrassyPark or at the SPCAVet Shop in Plumstead.V For more information visit http://www.spca-ct.co.za/box.asp, contact Lara Robertson on (021) 700 4141 oremail [email protected].

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TAURIQ HASSEN

IT IS day five of the bus industry strike andcommuters are bearing the brunt as theyhave to look for alternative ways of travel-ling.The strike, which began on Friday, was

called after unions and bus companies couldnot reach an agreement during the bargain-ing stage of wage increase negotiations.A deserted Cape Town Bus Terminus was

the immediate result of the strike and hadcommuters gnashing their teeth in frustra-tion.Wilfred Hermanus has to travel from the

city centre to Rocklands, Mitchell’s Plain towork.He was forced to consider other forms of

transport, but still questions the authorities’inability to tackle the situation.“There should have been plans in place to

address this problem. I hate using a taxi be-cause of past experiences, but now I’m

forced to because Imust be atwork,”he says.“I really hope this can end soon.”Tharwat Davidson struggled to find other

ways to get to Elsies River as she “hates us-ing the taxi”.“They drive like pigs and have no respect

for other road users,” she says.Davidson also wishes that the strike could

just come to an end.“I know bus drivers intend on showing

how important they are to the public, butthey must also understand that they areplaying with people’s lives here,” she says.Companies have offered a 6,5% wage in-

crease, but unions are demanding 18%, witha minimum salary of R8 000 per monthacross employee categories, ahousingallow-ance of R1 800 per month, 90 days sick leaveand additional contributions to medical aidand retirement funding.GoldenArrowBusServices employees are

participating in the strike, which means allbus services have been suspended until an

agreement is reached.The nationwide protest sees

members of the SA Transportand Allied Workers’ Unionand the Transport and Omni-busWorkersUnionparticipat-ing in the industrial strike ac-tion.Brett Herron, the Mayoral

Committeemember for Trans-port, Roads and Stormwater,says a traffic managementplan has been implemented tomanage the flow of traffic onmain routes.“The strike does not seem to

have caused a significant in-crease in traffic volumesacross the City,” he says.The Cape Chamber of Com-

merce indicated that it was mindful of thetransport challenges that may be experi-enced by employees and encouraged busi-nesses to be lenient and permit employees

to work flexible hours.This allowed the peak travelling hours to

be flattened and minimised the disruption,Herron adds.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT: COMMUTERS STRUGGLE

Bus drivers apply brakes

DESERTED: The Cape Town Bus Terminus was empty when Peo-ple’s Post arrived there yesterday. PHOTO: TAURIQ HASSEN

CEASED: Two general workers, not part ofthe industrial strike action, peep throughthe windows of stationary bus at the Philip-pi Golden Arrow bus depot on Friday morn-ing. PHOTO: JACO MARAIS/PHOTO24

PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDTuesday, 23 April 20136 OUT AND ABOUT

PROPROUD PUD PARENTARENTS:S: Marco and Marrlyn Collins with their children Kiara and Caitlinwho were some of the excited supporters who had a ball. PHOTOS: LUZUKO ZINI

BUBBLEBUBBLE FUN:FUN: Four-year-old Maxine Apollis bounces around on cloud nine.BFFBFFs:s: Cleo Ohlsson, Christleigh Skippers, Jamie Tissong and Raylene Ross.

TIMEOTIMEOUT:UT: Malakai Juta took time to re-lax while watching his friends play.

SPIRITED:SPIRITED: Maxine Apollis, Zuleigha Cassiem, Korbin Simson and Kauthaar Careyprovided a vibrant splash of colour.

FINDER’SFINDER’S KEEPERKEEPERS:S: Cleo Ohlsson clear-ly had no problem playing on her own.

FFAASSTT LELEARNER:ARNER: Josh Kan-hukamwe did not want tolet go of the steering wheel.

Putting the‘fun’ in

fundraisingGATEWAY Children’sCentre in BunneyStreet, Kensington re-cently held a fundrais-er which led to squealsof laughter and hoursof fun. Parents andfamily members cameout in their numbers,with eager childrenclose on their heels, tosupport the event.Jumping castles and

face painting weresome of the drawcardsfor the little support-ers.


TAURIQ HASSEN

TALKS are underway to create more park-ing spaces to tackle the large volumes oftraffic coming into Woodstock, which hasresidents calling for the red light.The Salt RiverMarket and a patch of land

in Kent Street are two spaces being consid-ered.Locals continue to bark on about parking

issues and sent distress signals out aboutthe rising number of theft out ofmotor vehi-cle incidents.Albert Road recently welcomed the likes

of the Woodstock Exchange and continuesto attract large crowds to the well-knownOld Biscuit Mill.One resident ripping his hair out, Ardiel

Francis, battles every Saturday to controlthe parking situation in front of the door-step of his Woodstock home.“The people visiting these places come in,

park here for hours and do not respect thearea. On top of that, many of the cars beingbroken into belong to these people, but theresidents get bothered about it,” he says.“It’s horrible and it’s only gettingworse.”Francis recently had an altercation with

one of the visitors to the area, who blamedhim for withholding information after hiscar was broken into.The man initially claimed that Francis

had hired somebody to break into the car,he says.“This all came about because I told him

thatmorningnot topark in front ofmydoor.I really knew nothing about it, but he madeit sound as if I smashed the window,” Fran-cis says.Another resident, Alicia Marlin, also fac-

es similar worries and has taken the initia-tive by placing traffic cones in her parkingbay over weekends.Her measure soon proved futile after she

noticed that visitors move her cones, justi-fying their actions by saying she “does notown the road”.“The people coming into this area have

absolutely no respect for the people livingin this community. I’m all for rejuvenatingAlbert Road and I think it’s wonderful, butthese sorts of problems make me think oth-erwise,” Marlin says.

Chairperson of theWoodstock Communi-ty Outreach Forum, Shamiel Abbass, feelsthat the parking and theft out ofmotor vehi-cle problems is “one of the major concernsat the moment”.He explains that the forum has embarked

on a mission for answers after conductinginspections with Law Enforcement andtraffic officials from the City of Cape Town.“My concern is that no real feasibility

study was done around the Old Biscuit Milland parking-related issues should havebeen looked at before approval,” he says.He confirms that the forum is currently

in discussion with the City regarding theusage of the two spaces for parking.Abbass also feels that issues around theft

out of motor vehicle incidents were due tothe lack of police visibility in the area.He believesWoodstock police are “under-

staffed” and are unable to properly tacklethe issue.However, Woodstock police spokesper-

son, Sergeant Hilton Malila, disagrees thatthe station is understaffed.He blames the residents and visitors to

the area for their negligence.Malila explains that several of the cases

reported revealed that items such as lap-tops, iPads, cellphones, expensive clothingand other valuable items were left in thecars.“Woodstock police have sufficient man-

power at the station. It’s not the visibilityof police, but the residents and visitors thatare to be blamed,” he says.Woodstock police does not regard theft

out of motor vehicle incidents as a majorconcern in the area, but can confirm thatit’s a crime being reported more than anyother crime category at the station.“In certain instances, people do report

false cases and we have made a number ofarrests for perjury this year already,”Mali-la says. “I won’t say that theft out of motorvehicles is a major problem for us, but wemust warn the public that we will take ac-tion if we find out that they are reportingfalse cases.”Woodstock police is once again request-

ing residents tobemorevigilant and refrainfrom leaving valuables in cars parkedaround the area.

WOODSTOCK: RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS CLASH

Brakes on moreparking spots

THE KenFac Meals on Wheels is having aWinter Charity Drive on Saturday 27 Aprilat Shawco from 13:00 until 19:00.The Wings Biker Club will be hosting the

event so there will be loads of entertain-ment.The entry charge to this event is a dona-

tion of tinned food, clothes and blankets.These goodswill be donated to the less-priv-ileged in the community. Kensington andFactreton residents are urged to come outand show their support for this cause.Phone Chantal on 0 083 226 5981 or

Jacques on 0 082 336 5276 for more details.

Help toHelp to bebeatat thethe wintwinterer chillchill

CONCERNED Pensioners will march to par-liament on Tuesday 30 April. The group willmeet at the Cape Peninsula University ofTechnology in Kaizergracht Street at 11:00.

The march will proceed into Darling Streetand up Plein Street to parliament, where apetition and memorandum will be handedover. Phone Derek on (021) 761 7133.

PPensioners toensioners to marmarch to pch to parlarliamentiament


The cumulative effect of thousands of individual development actions may have an impacton the public domain and change the way the city is structured over time. The City ofCape Town has formulated a draft Urban Design Policy to help guide how development isconceived. The aim of the draft policy is to ensure that we continue to build a city that iseconomically prosperous, environmentally sustainable and a place where people choose tolive, work and invest.

The City of Cape Town invites you to comment on the draft Urban Design Policy. The policywill be available from 1 to 31 May 2013 at www.planning.capetown.gov.za (click on the“have your say” tab) and at all subcouncil offices, libraries and district planning offices.

Written comments (for the attention of Cedric Daniels) can be submitted in thefollowing ways:

• By post: City of Cape Town, PO Box 4511, Cape Town 8000• By fax: 021 421 6209• By e-mail: [email protected]

The closing date for public comment is Friday 31 May 2013.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER72/2013

HAVE YOUR SAY!URBAN DESIGN POLICY

GARY VAN DYK

AFFORDABLE housing in middle incomegroups is making positive changes in com-munities.The findings of an independent study

show how new affordable housing develop-ments, especially in Cape Town, are chang-ing the social fabric of the country.The research, commissioned by Interna-

tional Housing Solutions, was conducted byUCT professor and property economistFrancois Viruly.International Housing Solutions is a pri-

vate equity funder of affordable housingand has already invested in more thanR8.4bn worth of developments throughoutthe country.Speaking at one of the company’s

projects, Viruly points out this was the sec-ond consecutive year that the study hadbeen undertaken.“It shows interesting year-on-year trends

on the impact of affordable housing on com-munities and includes factors such as jobcreation, employment and access to trans-port,” he says.“In-depth interviews were conducted in

households in more than 20 developmentsthat were done by the company and conclu-sions suggest that tenants and owners con-tinue to experience significant benefitsfrom this type of housing compared to avail-able alternatives in the general housingmarket.”Viruly adds: “The affordable housing sec-

tor is still a relatively unknown entityamong South Africans, with focus havingfallen almost exclusively onRDPhousing in

the past.”In most provinces there is a severe short-

age of housing for younger professionals orpeople starting to work, and this type ofproject is an example from a sector whichis changing theway the country approachesthe housing question, he says.The study also shows the popularity of

this type of housing is growing because itoffers tenants a pleasant area in which tolive with safety and security being a priori-ty.Other factors which play a big part in-

clude proximity to public transport andworkplaces, as well as hospitals, police sta-tions and schools.Viruly’s research also shows the many

positive effectswhen it comes to thewelfareof the respondents in his research.“Many felt that living in such an environ-

ment motivated them to help improve theirneighbourhoods,” he says.“In this respect they feel safe and have a

sense of belonging while getting value fortheir money. This then also improved theirleisure time and social life with access torecreational facilities and a better qualityof life for their children.“The building of these projects also

played a part in job creation for surround-ing communities during building and withmaintenance.”The presentation of the results was held

in Belhar at Aurora Village, an example ofan International Housing Solutions-fundedaffordable housing project and proof of thechanging face of lower middle income sub-urbs and a possible blueprint for future af-fordable housing.

HOUSING: CHEAPER OPTIONS EXPLORED

A nation built withaffordable homes

IF YOU’VE ever dreamed of perching in acrow’s nest and shouting “land, ahoy!”, thismay be your chance.Bringing back themajesty of the oldworld,

three Dutch Tall Ships are sailing for CapeTown as part of a voyage around the world.In the wake of Dutch explorers such as

Abel Tasman and Cornelis de Houtman, theywill pass the notorious Cape of Good Hope,Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn.When they dock at Cape Town early next

month, there will be three open ship days toallow visitors a chance to go on board andadmire the vessels.There is also a chance to join the voyage

for one or more legs of its onward journeyfrom Cape Town to Durban, Mauritius andthen to Australia. Two of the ships will thenset sail for Antarctica.No sailing experience is required. Organis-

ers say the professional crew of the ship ismore than willing to explain and teach the

guest crew members about navigation andsail handling.People of all ages can participate.The first ship to arrive will be the three-

masted bark Europa, currently sailing eastafter completing her Antarctica season. Thetwo other historic sailing vessels – Ooster-schelde and Tecla – departed fromBrazil andare now crossing the Atlantic following theancient trade routes.All three ships stay in port for at least 10

days, preparing for the next part of the cir-cumnavigation.Everyone is welcome on the Tecla and

Oosterschelde on Sunday 5May from 10:00 to14:00. All three ships are open on Sunday 12May from 10:00 until 14:00. Companies andother groups can also charter the ships foran event.V For further information on rates and dates or to fol-low the ships’ update visit www.dutchtallships.com oremail [email protected].

Set sail on a Dutch Tall Ship

IN MEMORY: Family and friends of slain actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloomheld a memorial service last Monday at the place where their bodies were found along theM5 near Mowbray. The service, organised by Children Against Crime, was held on the seventhanniversary of their brutal murders. Here Wian Schwan (11) and Jaydee Krous (12) pay theirrespects to Goldin and Bloom. PHOTO: LERATO MADUNA/PHOTO24

DIABETES kills more peoplethan Aids.And it is the fourth leading

cause of premature death in thisprovince.However, with the right diet

and exercise programme, diabe-tes can bemanaged, saysMargotMcCumisky of Diabetes SouthAfrica.This lifestyle disease is

strongly associated with highblood pressure, high cholesteroland weight gain, particularlyaround the waist.Type 1 diabetes is caused be-

cause the pancreas produces no insulin.It often strikes in childhood and affectsabout one million South Africans.Type 2 diabetes, which is often life-

style-related, results when the pancreasproduces too little insulin or the body isnot able to use the insulin the pancreasproduces.It accounts formore than 80%of diabe-

tes cases in the country.Every seven seconds one person dies

of diabetes-related complications andtwo people are diagnosed.McCumisky says obesity is one of the

leading risk factors for diabetes.This is according to information pre-

sented at a conference by the Interna-tional Diabetes Federation, EuropeanAssociation of Diabetes and the Ameri-canDiabetes Association held in Stellen-bosch last year.South Africa has overtaken America

in obesity stats.About 3.4 million South Africans are

diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, McCu-misky says.The alarming fact about this silent kill-

er is that 50% of people who have it areunaware because they are symptom-free.Then there are those who have the

symptoms, but ignore them.Every 30 seconds worldwide, a leg or

foot is amputated because of diabetes.Every eight seconds worldwide, some-

one dies from diabetes-related causes, ithas been reported.

Managing Type 2 diabetes is as easy asadopting a healthy lifestyle – this in-cludes eating foods low in fat andexercis-ing regularly, McCumisky explains.A brisk walk three times a week is rec-

ommended.There is an explosion of diabetes

worldwide anddeveloping countries likeSouth Africa are the worst hit.“People can be walking around with

Type 2 diabetes for years and not beaware of it as they may not have anysymptoms. Focus has up to now been onHIV/Aids and TB and not enough fund-ing or attention has been given to thegrowing numbers of people developingdiabetes,” McCumisky says.Earl Prinsloo was diagnosed with dia-

betes in September.Making healthier lifestyle choices is

oneof thebiggest adjustmentshehashadto make. “I used to enjoy fast foods, butnow I have to watch what I eat.”The 26-year-old says going to bed earli-

er and exercising regularly are key tokeeping the diabetes in check.“It was difficult over Easter as there

were so many sweet things. It’s impor-tant to remember that one can lead a fullandhealthy life if you followagooddiet,”Prinsloo says.He is a medical researcher and was di-

agnosed with Type-1 diabetes.According to McCumisky, diabetes

can also lead to blindness and most peo-ple living with the disease die of cardiacfailure.

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HEUSES his shoulder to hold the telephoneand patiently waits for someone to answer.Sitting on a small chair in the foyer of his

home,Alf Alfreds closes his eyes and listensto the standard call centre music as he at-tempts to get answers from the South Afri-can Social Services Agency (Sassa).His pension has not been paid into his

bank account.This attempt is not his first. He has been

investigating the reason for his unpaid pen-sion for April since he re-registered withSassa, but has been sent from pillar to post,always hitting a brick wall.Alfreds (75) was one of millions of South

Africans who re-registered with Sassa. Butthe new system and process, which was in-troduced as ameans to fight corruption, hasbeen “frustrating and demoralising” for thepensioner. “I had no problem with havingto register as I was happy they were doingsome to fight the fraud and corruption,” hesays. “The registering process was quickand easy. I went to the Sassa office on lastmonth and registered. My pension was pre-viously paid into my bank account and thatworked perfectly.”Alfreds says hewas told themoneywould

bepaid intohis accountwithin 48hours, buthe realised the Easter weekend coincidedwith this, and calculated he would receivehis pension on Wednesday 3 April.But he was disappointed.Since then he visited the Wynberg office

as well as his bank on several occasions,and has also phoned the Sassa Call Centre’stoll-free number in the hopes of assistance.“But no-one can tell me whenmy pension

will be transferred. I have debit orderswhich need to be paid and I have to live.

Luckily my children have been helping me,but I want my money,” Alfreds says.During People’s Post’s visit to his home,

Alfreds contacted the call centre at 11:20.The call was only attended to at 12:25.After giving the operator his reference

number, he was transferred to another de-partment and another long wait ensued.At 12:40 an operator informed him that

themoney had been transferred onWednes-day 10 April, but later retracted this date,saying it had been transferred on Friday 12April. He could not explain why the moneydid not reflect in Alfreds’ account and saidthe matter would be investigated.He then requested to speak to the opera-

tor’s supervisor and another wait ensued,whereafter Alfreds threw in the towel.Sassa regional spokesperson ShivaniWa-

habconfirmedAlfreds completed the re-reg-istration process. “Based on the feedbacksupplied, he is experiencing challengeswith contacting theCashPaymaster Servic-es call centre to have his social grant trans-ferred to a payment option that is most con-venient to him,” she says.“When beneficiaries are issued with a

Sassa master card, the card will be activeimmediately, but the social grant amountwill either be transferred onto the card orthe beneficiary’s bank account, dependingon when the re-registration process wascompleted. We would, therefore, advisebank beneficiaries to verify if the fundswere transferred to their banking accountsor whether the funds have been transferredto their Sassa card.”Beneficiaries can contact 12 different cell-

phone numbers to verify whether the fundshas been transferred to the bank account orthe Sassa card.V View the contact details on www.peoplespost.co.za.

PENSION: SASSA SYSTEM HASSLES

Out of pocket

PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDTuesday, 23 April 201310 LETTERS

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THEREmaybe awhole lot of love, but nomarriage for SouthAfricans who have fallen in love with foreigners.If a South African-foreign couple are planning wedded

bliss, they had better know their partner well.In an attempt to curb fraud, the Department of Home Af-

fairs has reportedly introduced new rules for foreign cou-ples wanting to wed in SA.Lunga Ngqengelele, the spokesperson for Home Affairs

Minister Naledi Pandor, says in the five years leading upto January 2012 there have been 8 883 fraudulent marriagesormarriages of convenience. HomeAffairs will be introduc-ing a system in which couples will be interviewed by immi-gration officers. They will want to know how long the for-eigner has been in the country and if they have a valid per-mit. These requirements have, to date, not prevented acouple from getting married, Ngqengelele said.The new rules would not apply in cases where both are

foreigners.Foreigners wishing to marry in SA would have to have

valid passports and a permit.In turn, the couple would be issued an abridged marriage

certificate, with which they would register their marriagein their country of origin, says Home Affairs.Marriage officers and wedding coordinators have report-

edly been up in arms as, they say, many foreigners werenot prepared to tie the knot here any longer.However, in a country that may be considered a mecca

for refugees, asylum seekers and immigrant foreign nation-als, many may say the action by Home Affairs is long over-due. Many South African women have discovered they are“married” to foreigners they’ve never even met.These women have had to endure the legal roller coaster

that comes with having to undo the legal wrangle as a resultof these illegal unions. This plan by Home Affairs to throwa spanner in the works of deviants who see South Africaas a land of opportunity andmisappropriation should be putinto action with haste.

Corruption taints new SAAFTER 1994 – due to our peaceful road to de-mocracy and (thanks to many) iconic citi-zens – South Africa was regarded a modelstate to the rest of the world.Our unique constitution was a much-de-

sired and sought after scroll on rights of citi-zens.We must accept that change in policy and

attitude was not a smooth ride, but as theRainbowNation there is hope for a better fu-ture for us.What abeautiful democratic roadwe start-

ed to travel, with a few potholes along theway, but we showed our faith and expecteddreams at the voting polls.We, the travellers on that road, have found

that the small potholes we accepted yearsago have become dongas in 2013.We are plagued by the never-ending cor-

ruption pot of gold for a privileged few, atan ever dimming rainbow.Unemployment lines are getting longer,

poverty is increasing, service delivery plansare (failing), mismanagement and missingfunds are a plague, and dreams of diplomasand certificates are cast into the wind, as wesee some pupils still receiving schooling inhovels and under trees.Our police have to deal with all forms of

crime and criminals and are criticised, buthave we noted how thin that blue line is?Due to the crime scourge the thin blue line

has to be doubled or even tripled.Our defence force has to realise their job

description also puts them in life-threaten-ing situations and their port of call is whereour government deploys them.I believe we, as citizens, want to see them

deployed on home soil to protect us from ter-rorists. It’s sad to hear the state of affairs ofour Navy, and the sea fisheries cannot evenpatrol or prevent poaching on our coast-lines.The food of the sea is part of our food secu-

rity and our heritage investment for manygenerations. If things go on like this andbrakes are not applied, we are on a peel slid-ing down into a banana republic – or rather,a mielie state.The only people, it seems, who are sitting

in the trees being fanned by its leaves andeating the bananas are those we have placedin authority.To get back on the right road, those in au-

thority have to go back to their roots of allour dreams of a free democratic South Afri-ca, where all for one is one for all.Keith Blake

Neighbours have right to complainIN RESPONSE to the letter “Barking dogsoffer the best warning” (People’s Post, 16April), I think Dog Lover is in denial.The statement which is the title of her let-

ter is not entirely true. No one will take no-tice of a dog incessantly barking at an in-truder as they become accustomed to thebarking at “nothing”. It is the same as a per-son whose house alarm always goes off. Itleads to a “cry wolf” situation.I, too, am a dog lover and have a dog, and

I think the new dog bylaws are great. DogLover launches into a tirade about how dogsare unfairly discriminated against.A dog barking for more than six minutes

in an hour is (considered) noise pollution,as is screaming children and loud music –as Dog Lover highlights – and that is whyit is against the law. Laws aren’t just madeup because people making them are bored.

The general consensus among dog behav-iourists and vets is that dogs bark incessant-ly because they are bored or scared.Therefore, the logical conclusion is that

the onus is on the dog owners and maybeDog Lover should ask herself why her dogsare barking.It seems that Dog Lover has an issue with

the neighbour for anonymously reportingthe barking. I do not blame the neighbour.In the past I have found that, whenever I

have approached someone about their dogsbarking, I have been met with hostility andthe problem never gets resolved.Now I do not engage. The most objective

way is to report the matter to Law Enforce-ment, whowill give you a reference number.Dog Lover, take responsibility for your

dog barking and stop being a victim!Bruce Johnson

Your SMSes. Why will there only be monthly clean-upoperations of vagrants at Liesbeek River?

I thought that starting a fire in a publicor residential area is illegal? Worried, Ob-servatorySadtu work-to-rule. We have a right to voice our dissatisfac-

tion, otherwisewewould be lying to the chil-drenwe teach. If something is not right, peo-ple must know. No one has to be disadvan-taged by the system for the good of ourcountry. Educator

. I think, just like otherworkers, teachershave a right to strike. If government paysteachers a salary they deserve, there will beno need to strike. Teaching is hard work,even if it looks easy! Sa-eeda HendricksBluebells FC suspension. What is this about CDLFA, Safa and

Fifa? Let the Bluebells kids play, Ivan Wil-liams. Mr Cloete, you love these kids and weknow you are a kind person. Take your bigclub and join SPLFA. You (are) such a goodguy to have around soccer.

. I think theBluebells chairperson is a bigbaby, always complainingwhen thingsdon’tgo his way. This isn’t the only thing he hascomplained about. He wants to be in chargeof everything. Give others a chance too!

. I knowBluebells FCandplayed for themfor a number of years. In my opinion the ad-ministrators of the club are selfish and try-ing to push their own agenda. As a result theplayers must suffer. It’s not about tendersand all this nonsense, (but) about footballandkeeping the youngsters occupied and fit.The Voice

. Bluebells FC are only concerned aboutmoney issues, the café and the Mardi Gras.They have no concern about soccer anddidn’t win a single trophy at Cape DistrictLFA awards last year.General. It is shocking and sad that teens would

deliberately harm their unborn babies justto get the pittance that grant money pays. Ican’t believe any woman can be so stupidand inconsiderate, even in today’s age! TVA

. News can be done in half an hour. Allthis small talk just to give us less TV time.Another show has been taken away fornews. Whose idea is this and what are theysmoking? Over and over the same story!Give us decent shows! Definitely not worthpaying for a TV Licence. VGA

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PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDTuesday, 23 April 2013 ADVERTISEMENT 11

PEOPLE'S POST | WOODSTOCK | MAITLANDTuesday, 23 April 201312 ENTERTAINMENT

FIONA CHISHOLM

THERE’S a handsome new face on the danc-ing block. He’s tall, dark, lithe, highly talent-ed with toothpaste-white teeth and a broadsmile.He’s JesseMilligan (20), fromLondon now

living inVredehoek, whowill dance his firstmajor principal role for Cape TownCity Bal-let in Veronica Paeper’s tearjerker CamillerunningatArtscape fromThursday2 toSun-day 12 May.He will portray the naive, young French-

man Armand Duval, who falls madly for thebeautiful consumptive courtesan Margue-rite, danced by prima ballerina Tracy Li re-prising the role after five years. Their per-formances are on Saturday 4 May at 19:30and on Saturday 11 May at 14:00.During a quick chat before the pair disap-

pear into a rehearsal it emerges that Milli-gan has been dancing most of his life al-though his love of horse riding, scuba div-ing, cricket and rugbywere also onhis radarscreen and, by accounts, he is an excellentpianist.Aged nine, he performed in productions of

Swan Lake and Cinderella with the EnglishNational Ballet School, went to boardingschool when he was 12 where he studied allaspects of dance and acting until hemade uphis mind to become a ballet dancer.In 2011 Cape Town City Ballet artistic ex-

ecutive Keith Mackintosh spotted Jesse’s

six-foot frame, musicality and surefootedstyle on a visit to his own alma mater TringParkSchool for thePerformingArts, outsideLondon. Milligan had to fulfil commitmentsbefore being free to come to Cape Town lastyear.Watching him and Li in action, they look

born to dance together, which is ideal asthere are four major difficult pas des deuxin Camille with lots of lifts which he mustexecute while still in character.“I am relieved Tracy is so light!” he said

of his 39kg featherweight partner. Shewantshim to eat lots of red meat “so he will haveplenty of energy for opening night”.Book at Computicket or Artscape Dial-a-

Seat on (021) 421 7695.

NewcNewcomeromer MillMilligiganan in Cin Camilleamille

TETEAM:AM: Newcomer Jesse Milligan and prima balle-rina Tracy Li will dance together in Camille.

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, a play bySouth African actor and writer John Ka-ni, will be on the planks of the ArtcapeTheatre from Friday 26 April to Friday 10May.Produced by the Siyasanga Cape Town

Theatre Company, the play is based onthe Grade 12 English set work book of thesame name.Set in the time of the Truth and Recon-

ciliation Commission, the play exploresthe turbulent feelings of Sipho Makhayawho struggles to come to terms with thepast.He grapples with having to rid himself

of built up resentment and hatred, whilealso investigating the anger of manyblack people.Theplay is directedbyFatimaDike and

features Chris Gxalaba as Sipho, ChiMhende as his daughter and ZoliswaKawe as his niece, Mandisa Makhaya.Showswill run every day, expect Satur-

days, Sundays and Wednesdays. Allshows start at 10:30 in themorning, whilea special performance – in celebration ofFreedom Day – will be held on Friday 26April at 19:30.Tickets cost R40 and can be booked

throughComputicket. For further detailsphone Riaan Visman on 0 (021) 410 9927or Euginia Budaza on 0 (021) 410 9938.

Exploring a turbulent past

SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT: Actress ChiMhende plays the daughter of Sipho Makhayain Nothing But The Truth. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

HE BROUGHT the world the hit Is this theway to Amarillo?Now British singer, songwriter and actor

Tony Christie is headed for Cape Town forone show only.He will perform at the Grand Arena,

GrandWest on Wednesday 15 May at 20:00.Christie has sold more than 10 million al-

bums worldwide and many of his chart-top-ping hits are widely recognised.Christie’s significant contribution to pop-

ular music across several decades includehits like I did what I did for Maria, Avenuesand Alleyways and Drive safely, darling,which was featured in the film Love, Honourand Obey.Released in the early ’70s, Is this the way

to Amarillo? soldmore than onemillion cop-ies by September 1972. The hit was so popu-lar, it went on to sell in excess of fourmillionrecords and, in 2005, reached Number 1 onthe UK Singles Chart, outselling the first re-lease’s entire chart run.This led to the biggest sales for a Number

1 single for the year, with sevenweeks at thetop of the charts.It also became the longest running chart-

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LOVERS of jazz are in for a treat.The Crypt Jazz Restaurant, at St

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nians and visitors in a unique atmos-phere in the landmark setting and featur-ing talented local musicians, while alsoproviding a platform for internationalmusic exchange with visiting artists.The birth of The Crypt Jazz Restaurant

is the realisation of a dream shared by en-trepreneurs Derk Blaisse and MarioThompson, along with jazz musiciansMike Rossi, double bass player WesleyRustin and bassist Spencer Mbadu, aswell as Diane Rossi, who has extensiveexperience in arts and culture adminis-tration.This dream is shared by the dean of the

St George’s Cathedral, Michael Weeder,himself a jazz enthusiast.Three of the founders of The Crypt are

jazzmusic teachers. Rossi, a saxophonist,is Professor of Jazz and Woodwinds at

UCT and president of the South AfricanAssociation for Jazz Education.Regarded as one of the country’s finest

jazz bassists, Mbadu has taught music atthe MAPP Music School in Athlone, andwas instrumental in coaching The LittleGiants, the young jazz band.Rustin, a highly esteemed and intuitive

double bassist, teaches and conductsworkshops in Cape Town.Open five days a week – from Tuesday

to Saturday – patrons can enjoy mealsand savour live jazz from 18:00 to 21:00.There is a cover charge of R45 or R25 onpresentation of a valid student card.Parking is available in Queen Victoria

Street, and from 17:30 onwards in the ca-thedral parking area.Thismonth’s line-up includes theErrol

Dyers Quartet today and tomorrow; theEmily Bruce Quartet on Thursday 25April; the Amanda Tiffin Trio on Friday26 and Saturday 27 April; and the Sathi-ma Bea Benjamin Quartet, who will per-form on International Jazz Day, Tuesday30April. The jazz programme is availableonline at www.thecryptjazz.com.V For more details email [email protected] book on 079 683 4658.

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CAPE FLAVOUR: Jazz artists whet the appetites for what is to come at The Crypt Jazz Restau-rant. Back row, from left, are Andrew Ford (piano), vocalist Melanie Scholtz, Mike Rossi (saxo-phone), Spencer Mbadu (guitar), Wesley Rustin (bass) and Jack Momple (drums). Front areDerk Blaisse and Mario Thompson, owners of the restaurant. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

FUNNY MAN: South Africa's favouritecousin, Barry Hilton, will take to theBaxter’s stage in Barry Hilton B.E.E. –Best of Everything Ever on Friday 26and Saturday 27 April. The world-re-nowned comedian will again entertainwith his hilarious anecdotes and side-splitting interpretations of dailyevents. The show will include ofHilton’s current work, as well as someaudience favourites which spansacross his 30 years on stage. Steeringclear of political satire, swearing, ex-plicit content and blasphemy, his fanbase continues to grow. Barry HiltonB.E.E. – Best of Everything Ever will beon stage at 20:30. Tickets cost R120and are available via Computicket atwww.computicket.com. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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SOUTH AFRICAN soldiers, de-ployed in theCentral AfricanRe-public as part of an SA NationalDefence Union peace agreement,sustained heavy losses when 13members were killed. People’sPost’s Nadine Moodie polledreaders on whether SA shouldsend its troops on peace-keepingmissions or if they should assistin fighting crime at home.

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DODOANAN BRINK:BRINK: He comes from a military family andunderstands its dynamics. “It’s absurd that oursoldiers have to go and defend other nations.That’s the United Nations’ job.”

MELISSAMELISSA HAHAYNS:YNS: She believes our national crimesituation needs attention. “Our soldiers should bedeployed to protect citizens at home before goingout to help other countries.”

FFORBESORBES RIUSWRIUSWA:A: He says crime in South Africais too high and the soldiers’ responsibility shouldbe to this country. “Our soldiers should be com-bating crime in South Africa.”

PPAATRICKTRICK ABNER:ABNER: Crime in South Africa is at itsworst, he says. “South Africa has its own crime.There’s no need for our soldiers to be fighting inother countries.”

JEJEANNIEANNIE PRETPRETORIUORIUS:S: She doesn’t understandwhy the defence force deploys the military to oth-er parts of the world. “They need to assist withthe high levels of crime in our country.”

CCARLO KARLO KOOPMAN:OOPMAN: He doesn’t agree that the de-fence force should assist other nations with theirinternal wars. “I just don’t like the idea of our sol-diers being there. It doesn’t make sense.”

WELLINGTWELLINGTONON DONGO:DONGO: He knows it is a require-ment for soldiers to be deployed to other coun-tries. “But they need to serve and solve the prob-lems in South Africa first.”

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Primrose pileup the pointsLIAM MOSES

PRIMROSE RFC have boosted their SuperLeague B title credentials thrashing neigh-bours Villager on Saturday, to claim theirthird consecutive victory.The Kenilworth side ran in seven tries at

Brookside without conceding a single pointto win the match 53-0 and usurp the top spoton the league table.Herman Masimla, Primrose head coach,

says his team is not looking much furtherthan their next fixture, but admitted promo-tion is the team’s ultimate goal.“If I say our attempt this year is towin eve-

ry game, then obviously we would like towin the league,” he says.“I believe, with the structures and hard

work that is being put in place, Primrosesurely should be in the SuperLeagueA (nextseason). That is our endeavour, that iswhere we want to go and that’s why we aregoing to take it team by team and game bygame.”Primrose started their season with a 20-3

victory at home against Brackenfell RFCand then built on the performance with 32-7win away at Goodwood RFC.The three victories mean they lead a re-

surgent False Bay RFC on points differencealone, after the Constantia side beat Kuil-sriver RFC 22-16.Primrose and False Bay are now the only

sides with a 100 % winning record, and thesouthern suburbs neighbours could find

themselves major rivals for the league title.The visitors were virtually unstoppableagainst Villager and seldom erred in any as-pect of their play.While Villagerwere guiltyof several unforced errors, they failed tostick their first-time tackles and conceded atleast five penalties at the breakdown.Masimla says his side went into the en-

counter with the simple, structured ap-proach of sucking in the Villager defenderswith their forwards and allowing the backsto take advantage of the momentum and su-perior numbers.“Wehaveaverygooddefensive record. It’s

our third game and only 10 points have beenconceded, and we have scored about 100points,” says Masimla.“We are spending a lot of time on defence

also, so things are really working out. To bea quality side you have to be strong in allthe departments and that is why we workand focus on hard on defence, as well as ourattacking capabilities. We have also spentheavy hours on fitness.”Primrose will host Hands and Heart on

Saturday in one of only two games beingplayed in the league over the weekend.Villager have a bye to lick their wounds,

before travelling to Goodwood on Saturday4 May.

. Meanwhile, in the Super League A,Hamiltons suffered a 29-7 loss away to Mat-ies, SK Walmers lost 7-0 at home to Tyger-berg and UCT beat Helderberg 34-8 in theStrand.

SPEED MERCHANT: Primrose RFC winger Tauriq Davids heads for the tryline as Villager RFCplayer Ryan Massyn attempts to stop him. Davids’ try, one of six Primrose scored in the game,helped his side to a 53-0 victory. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

Shimmi trains Tigersto run the ballLIAM MOSES

NEWLY appointed UCT head coach Han-yani Shimange has promised to retainthe club’s traditional style of runningrugby in this year’s Super League A.Shimange, a former Ikey himself, was

appointed as head coach in the April af-ter his predecessor Kevin Foote joinedAustralian Super Rugby outfit the West-ern Force.“Our first point of call is to play a run-

ning game. That’swhatwe are known forand that, certainly, won’t stop. Theremay, however, be one or two tweaks hereand there,” he says.“Generally, the essence of the team

will stay the same.”Shimange has been involved with the

club for around six months, assistingFoote as UCT’s defence coach.The former Stormers and Springbok

hooker has already lead the Ikey Tigersto two victories this season, against Su-per League A newcomers Bellville andHelderberg, winning 28-21 and 34-8 re-spectively. But the students face a tough-er prospect when they travel to face Dur-banville-Bellville, last year’s runners up,on tomorrow evening (Wednesday).Shimangehasavoided settingany lofty

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Super League rugby and playing in theVarsity Cup – there isn’t as much glam-our,” says Shimange.“TheVarsityCup is televised and there

are a lot of people. In the Super Leagueyou may be playing against the reserveswith only a couple of people watching.But at the same time, the culturewe havecreated defines itself. No matter who weare playing, you are still representing 20000 students and a lot of old boys.”He adds that his playersmay find their

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ing the games away at 21:00 on a Fridaynight presents its own challenges.”UCT will face Durb-Bell away from

home tomorrow and travel to Tygerbergon Saturday 27 April.

TRAINING TIGERS: Former Stormers and Springbok hooker Hanyani Shimange wasrecently appointed as head coach of the UCT rugby team. PHOTO: LIAM MOSES

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Plan to end stand-off After finding inBluebells favour, theWyn-berg Magistrate’s Court also served a war-rant of execution against the CDFLA’s prop-erty inFebruaryand the clubwas suspendedtwo days later.Bluebells failed in their attempts to have

the suspension overturned and hosted a pro-test at William Herbert sports grounds onSaturday 13 April (“Legal clash at Cape Dis-trict”, People’s Post, 16 April). The club wasthen banned from entering the premises bythe Municipal Field Management Commit-tee.The LFA’s executive committee met with

the delegation that engaged with Bluebellson Sunday, to discuss the requests ahead ofthe special general meeting.Williams says the LFA is “committed” to

resolving the problem and getting Bluebellsback on the pitch as soon as possible.

the meeting with the committee as an “opendiscussion”.“The club will be happy if the agreement

is actually ratified. We are trying to find asolution for both parties and that is embod-ied in the agreement,” says Cloete.“It was an acceptable agreement. There is

give and take in any agreement. They haveto give and we have to give, and eventuallyyou find amiddle road. That’s theway agree-ments are entered into.”Bluebells sued the CDLFA in September

2011 after failing to win a tender to run thetea room and café at the William Herbertsports grounds in 2010, alleging that the ten-der process was flawed.

again. The meeting will be held tomorrow(Wednesday).“We sent a committee to Bluebells to look

at how we could resolve this matter, so thatthey can play football again. The committeeneeds to report back to a special generalmeeting on Wednesday 24 April. We are go-ing to look at Bluebells’ proposal and see ifit’s acceptable to Cape District.”Williams adds that the club has “made a

few requests” which the CDLFAwill need tofulfil if Bluebells are to withdraw the casefrom court. However, he did not want to ex-pand on the requests.Rashied Cloete, president of Bluebells, al-

so refused to list the requests, but described

LIAM MOSES

THE Cape District Local Football Associa-tion (CDLFA) has entered into negotiationswith one of its clubs in hopes of ending an18-month legal battle.Bluebells AFC, an amateur club from

Wynberg, won an R81 000 lawsuit againstCDLFA inDecember, butwere subsequentlysuspended indefinitely from all football inFebruary for breaching the organisation’sconstitution by taking them to court.Despite the victory, the organisation has

not paid themoney and previously stated itsintention to appeal the decision.However, the LFA’s senior vice president

Ivan Williams says the organisation willnow assemble for a special general meetingin hopes of settling the matter out of courtand allowing Bluebells to play football

Blackpool strike late to seal drawthe equaliser thanks to a touch of fortune.Leftback Carlo Davids found one of his

teammates with a cross and the resultingheader was tipped onto the crossbar by Mu-tual keeper Theodore Williams. The ballthen fell kindly for of SherwinBailey to bun-dle home from close range.Stober says his team are still motivated to

improve on their performance, despite hav-ing secured the Second Division status withonly six games left in the season.“We are still always trying to improve our

quality. That has been the focus from dayone,” he says.“There is always motivation for the play-

ers to improve, whether they are going to behere next season is entirely up to them.”Mutual will travel to FC Tygerberg in

their next match on Friday 26 April, whileBlackpool will host Jomo Powers.

his zone.Mutual opened the scoring after 15 min-

utes, whenMarlin Oppermanwas played in-to the box from the right flank. Oppermantook a touch with his head and then fired in-to the far corner, beyond the reach of Black-pool goalkeeper Kashief Trumpeter.Blackpool held possession for long periods

in the first half, stringing together pass afterpass, but struggled to get behind the Mutualdefence.The hosts’ rearguard stayed just as

shrewd and miserly in the second half, buttwo half-time substitutions – Ashley Opper-man’s injury enforced switch being one ofthem – meant their attack did not functionas well.Blackpool again had the lion’s share of

possession and the pressure finally toldaround the 40th minute, when they grabbed

knocking balls long, whichwe don’t normal-ly do. I’m a bit disappointed in the way weplayed,” says Stober.“Maybe it was good to take one point (al-

though) we could have stolen all three.“Overall, even though we are not playing

well, the guys’ character is starting to show.They know when they aren’t playing welland they are digging in deep to grind out re-sults.”“Grind” perfectly sums up Mutual’s per-

formance on the night, as Stober’s side wereclearly up for the encounter and launchedintomost of their tackles from the first whis-tle.Combative midfielder and captain Ashley

Opperman was destroyer-in-chief for thehome side, patrolling the space in front ofhis back four and stripping the ball fromanyopposition player who dared trespass into

LIAM MOSES

OLDMUTUALFCproduced an industri-ous and composed defensive perform-ance to earn a single point againstASD

Salt River Blackpool in the Second Divisionon Friday.The sideswent into the encounter separat-

ed by four points on the table, in tenth andseventh place respectively, but divided byvery little on the pitch.Mutual, playing at home in Pinelands,

lead for most of the encounter but surren-dered their advantage late in the secondhalf,resulting in a 1-1 stalemate.Gerald Stober, Mutual’s head coach, was

disappointedwith his team’s attacking play,but praised them for their showof character.“We didn’t play well at all.It looked like we panicked. We were

POWER PLAY: Bishops eighthman Justin Holiday tries to hand-off Paarl Boys’ High Schoolflyhalf Dante van der Merwe during an under-19 match at Bishops on Saturday. The visitorswere 22-18 victors. PHOTO: PETER HEEGER/GALLO IMAGES

NECK HIGH: Ferlin Fers of Paarl Boys’ High is tackled by Bishops’ Mervano da Silva duringan under-19 match at Bishops on Saturday 20 April. Paarl Boys’ won the game 22-18.

PHOTO: PETER HEEGER/GALLO IMAGES

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