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There was nothing odd about the wayKruben Moodliar celebrated his 71stbirthday.
Hewokeup at 03:00 to the sound of sherpassinging happy birthday in Nepalese, accep-ted a “blessed scarf” and then walked 14 anda half hours though freezing rain and sleet.OK, perhaps it was slightly odd.Kruben and his 68-year-oldwife, Sham, re-
cently became one of the oldest couples everto climb up to Mount Everest’s Base Camp.At 5 364 metres above sea level, it is well
over five times higher than what TableMountain is.“Averaging 12 to 14 hours of climbing dai-
ly, it was 200% more difficult than we everimagined it would be,” says Sham.The trip lasted 16 exhausting days.“But we had set our minds set on it and
there was no way either of us was going togive up,” continues the ever-determinedSham.“When times got really tough we egged
each other on. On the mountain there is just
you, your partner and your creator. Nothingelse matters. It makes one very contemplati-ve and it crystallises the essence of life. Itwas very emotional, a hugely spiritual expe-rience.”Sham andKruben, residents of Oasis Reti-
rement Resort in Century City, underwentan intense 29 week training programme be-fore their adventure, whichwas designed byOasis’ bio-kinetic trainer.“It changed every four weeks. We started
in thegymat 06:00,workingon the treadmill,and later walked 50 laps in the pool draggingbuckets behind us.We also walked up 10 flights of stairs ten
times a day wearing weighted vests,” re-members Sham “fondly”.“Later we walked round and round the
Central Park field with tractor tyres filledwith stones tied aroundourwaists!We’re ve-ry grateful to Chris Blackshaw of the Centu-ry City Property Owners’ Association for af-fording us this opportunity. We hope wedidn’t ruin the grass!”Weeks of training finally paid off when
they completed their journey.V To page 2.
ADVENTURE: ELDERLY COUPLE REACH DREAM OF CLIMBING TO EVEREST BASE
Sham (68) and Kruben Moodliar (71) of Century City decided the best way to celebrate hisrecent birthday was to climb to Mount Everest’s South Base Camp.
A birthday at 17 000ft
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“We were first captivated by the majesty ofEverest when we saw it at sunset from aneight-seater Cessna some years ago. It’s themost impressive thing to see. It has an in-credible magnetism to it – it literally gaveus goosebumps. And somewhere it lodgedat the back of the mind that we needed tospend more time in the Himalayas,” shecontinues.One of the two experienced sherpas told
the couple that he had never taken anyonetheir age to Base Camp before.There are so many memories that will
stay with Sham and Kruben forever.
“Due to the numerous landslides and soforth there is no path as such. You have tostep over huge boulders testing each onewith your sticks to ensure it is safe to stepon. Walking on the mountain in daylight isscary enough, but by night was another ex-perience. These sherpas are unreal, howtheyknowtheirwayoverboulders, throughrivers and ice is unbelievable!”Creaking glaciers and the roaring of dis-
tant avalanches were also unforgettable.On Kruben’s birthday, and the day of the
final trek to Base Camp, they got up at 03:00to start the climb from Gorakshep.
The sherpas sang to Kruben and present-ed him with a blessed scarf they got froma monastery, as well as a bouquet of moun-tain anemone flowers picked the night be-fore.For the first few hours the silver glow of
the moon was their companion and thenthey were battered by rain and sleet.What was supposed to be an eight hour
journey to Base Camp and back became atreacherous 14 hour trek.As for their next adventure, Sham jokes
by saying that the family hopes and praysthey won’t be scaling a volcano.
Rehab turns life aroundMICHELLE LINNERT
@linnertmb
“Former” and “heroin addict” rarelygo together. Yet Craig O’Brienmastered this feat. Now, after nu-
merous stints in prison and learning thehu-mility of homelessness, he runs a home forrecovering addicts in Kraaifontein.
Craig attended The Settlers High andgrew up in Boston. His story is not unlikemany others onemay have heardbefore: the almost 50-year-oldcomes from a good, conservativehome, he says. “But I’ve alwaysbeen very inquisitive”.
This, coupled with a rebelliousand self-proclaimed “naughty”nature, saw Craig start his drugexperimentation with dagga.
He tells a captivating story ofhow hewas constantly in troubleat school, expelled, and later be-came a military conscript be-cause his father “knew a Corpo-ral at the Castle”.
All hewanted todowasbecomeanair steward.Ordo art, “butmydad wouldn’t let me”.
Drug careerWhen Craig was done with his
military term, he started work-ing at his father’s industriallaundry company by day, andmoonlighting as a nightclubmanager by night.
Then his drug career pro-gressed to “taking cocaine onweekends”.
He met his wife, Storm “andfell madly in love”. They weremarried in 1990. Then the inci-dent that sparked Craig’s accel-erated downward spiral happened.
His friend shot his wife.It was an accident, but the hollow point
bullet tore through Storm’s arm and stom-ach. “The doctors had to shave her hip toput bone in her arm,” he tells. “They hadto cut through her belly button; to this dayshe has a thick scar up her arm and herthumbs work a bit funny.”
Storm tried heroin to dull the pain.“Stupidly, I got her the stuff. Then I start-
ed using.”
He tells how“chasing thedragon” eventu-ally turned into injecting intravenouslywhile he could still afford his habit. Butthen he was retrenched. “I was going for in-terviews, being told I’m too white, too old.I started eating intomy savings, they got de-pleted; eventually we started to pawnthings.
“I was beginning to hate my life now. Mylife was this drug.”With no job and nomon-ey to support his habit, he turned to crime
– serious fraud and shoplifting.“The cycle goes on and on. It eventually
caught up with me.”Craig was in and out of prison, cheating
his way out of house arrest at the Durban-ville police station by setting up fraudulentcompanies in his late mother-in-law’sname.
All the while his wife was still using. Andlying. “An addict blends the lie with thetruth. To this day I hate liars.”
When he went to Goodwood Prison the
second time around, he met house FatherRodney Pringle, who introduced Craig to anew spiritual journey. “I couldn’t handlethe happy-to-do fake pastors in my cell – Iknew they were rapists,” he says.
He came out of jail earlier than expected.He didn’t know “Mr Zumawas going to giveus all amnesty,” Craig laughs. Storm hadtaken a lover, albeit with his blessing.
Craig eventually ended up at The Havennight shelter in Bellville. His life was
changed.He eventually became clean by
avoiding drug dealers around theshelter.
Knack for troubled teensTucked safely under the wings of
manager Sharon Malan, he pro-gressed from cook to supervisor.Craig soon realised he had a knackfor working with troubled young-sters, especially addicts. His heartand ears seemed to be just the rightreceptacle to absorb their troubles.
A job opening came up with thepeople from the social developmentorganisation Metro EvangelicalServices, or MES.
“Sharon urgedme to go for the in-terview,” he said. Although he hadno faith that he would get the job asmanager of MES’s new facility forsecond phase recovering addicts inKraaifontein, Craig got a call-backthe same afternoon.Says Ilse Els, manager of MES:
“Craig impressed us during his in-terview with his passion to help de-pendent people. He has a very soberoutlook on life andhumilitywith re-gards to his own success story. Weare really happy to have him as partof our team.”
Sharonagrees. “Craig’s is anamazing sto-ry. What a journey – we are really proud ofhim and know he has what it takes to makethis new home a success.”
Storm is still on the streets and theirdaughter is soon to be married to a “verygoodman –more than any father could everask for”, says Craig.
And althoughhis aspiration to become anair steward never panned out, Craig says:“I am lucky enough to end up doing exactlywhat I love – this is my calling.”
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Volgens ao. Jacques Mostert was ledevan die polisie in die omgewing op patrol-lie.
“Daar was die laaste ruk verskeie inbra-ke en die patrollies was ’n voorsorgmaat-reël. Die lede het ’nwit VolkswagenCaddy-bakkie voor ’n huis, waar daar by ’n vorigegeleentheid ingebreek was, sien staan,” sêMostert.
By nadere ondersoek is ’n vrou alleen indie motor gevind. “Sy het toe vir die ledevertel die man wat saam met haar is, hetmet ’n kan petrol gaan haal.
Die motor het egter vir die lede verdaggelyk en hulle het besluit om dit te deur-soek en kom toe af op 36 klein pakkies tikter waarde van R1 000.
“Wat egter die oë laat rek het, is dat daar’n onderdeel van ’n aanvalsgeweer ook indie motor was,” sê Mostert.
Die 37-jarige vrou van Burgundy Estateen die bestuurder, ’n 35-jarige man vanWoodstock, is in hegtenis geneem.
Bakkie wat sonder petrolstaan, laat SAPD se oë rek
Konst. Elton Barron met van die tik wat hullegekonfiskeer het.
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The fire that destroyed Midmar BottleStore on the corner of Boundary and Koe-berg roads last week Friday ushered in abusy weekend for the City of Cape Town’sdisaster response team.
Nine other fires in Cape Town left 111 peo-ple displaced.
A busy weekend was waiting in the wingswhen the Disaster Operations Centre re-ceived a call at 04:10 last Friday, informingthem that the Midmar Bottle Store was onfire.
No injuries were reported, but the con-
tents of the store were completely de-stroyed.
“It was discovered that the cause of thefire was arson,” says Fire and Rescue Serv-ices’ Liezl Moodie.
The case is currently being investigated.Then on Friday night the first of three
fires in Wallacedene broke out.“At 19:52 a fire occurred at Wallacedene.
It involved 11 shacks leaving 27 people dis-placed,” says Wilfred Solomons-Johannes,Head of Systems Integration and SpecialProjects.
“The next one in Wallacedene happenedat 18:03 on Saturday. It destroyed two infor-mal structures, leaving eight people dis-placed. Then at 16:38 on Sunday a fire in
Mphandle Street destroyed two struc-tures,” he said.
Two fires in Elsies River, the first at 11:49on Saturday and the second at 16:36, leftthree people displaced.
One person died as a result of a fire in Gu-gulethu at 03:00 on Sunday morning.
According to Solomons-Johannes the de-ceased was “burned beyond recognition”.
“The City’s disaster response teams pro-vided food parcels, clothing, vanity packs,blankets and building material to the affect-ed victims. The cause of these fires is unde-termined at this stage. The City of CapeTown with local law enforcement authori-ties will probe an investigation into the pre-ceding events to establish the causes.”
More than 90% of nine-year-old girls in theWestern Cape are now protected againstHPV related cervical cancer.
This is the result of an HPV vaccinationcampaign, organised by the Western CapeGovernment Health in collaboration withlocal primary schools.
Western Cape health minister TheunsBotha stated, “The uptake by all role play-ers of the immunisation has been wonder-ful. HPV related cervical cancer is responsi-ble for the death of many young women. Wehope that through this vaccination, whenthese young girls are wives and mothers,we will see a significant decline in the inci-dence of HPV related cervical cancer.
“This not only speaks into our goal of im-proving the wellness of our society, but alsoto the financial implications for householdswho need to care for a family member whois ill. Well done to all those involved inachieving this remarkable coverage.”
The HPV campaign took place in two
rounds, the first round saw coverage of 87%whereas the second round in October foundthat not only had a number of girls becomeeligible for the vaccination, but many moreparents signed consent forms thus enablingtheir daughters to be vaccinated. This smallgroup (approximately 13% of the totalgroup), will receive their booster shot du-ring the 2015 campaign which will take pla-ce in February and March and again in Sep-tember and October.
Immunisation is available free of chargeat all health facilities and at a number ofpartner organisations. The Human Papillo-mavirus (HPV) immunisation is currentlyonly offered to girls attending publicschools and are nine years old during Grade4.
Those parents who wish to have their ol-der daughters vaccinated can consult theirlocal pharmacy.
Vaccination remains the safest method toprevent illness, Botha says.
Girls protected from cancer
A fire completely decimated the Midmar Bottle Store on the corner of Sable and Koeberg roads last week. PHOTO: DAVE COLINS
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An interactive new app, whichmaximises tourists’ experienceof the Western Cape winelands,has been launched.Marthinus Botha from iKi-
neo, the Cape Town-based agen-cy that developed the app, cal-led Sideways, said it is free andoffers a powerful, sophisticatedsearch engine which providesthe perfect guide to the wine-lands of the Western Cape.“You can search by ke-
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brims with useful information,from opening times to availablewines, and even GPS co-ordina-tes that link to your smart pho-ne’s own navigation software.“Sideways is a simple, but po-
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on to local and internationaltourists alike,” says Botha.Another function that sets
the app apart is its updated andthemed curated lists, boastingfun lineupsandmust-see activi-ties.“Not only can users feed off
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dy Lain said the app is not onlydesigned to discover winefarms and restaurants, it allowstourists to discover adventureactivities like running or cy-cling trails or the best picnic orsundowner spots.A rewards system allows visi-
tors to check inwith their smartphone at specific wine farmsand soaccumulate pointswhichunlock rewards like meal dis-counts, free wine tastings andso on. The app is available fordownload on iPhone devicesfrom the App Store and will beavailable onGoogle Play forAn-droid devices in early 2015.V Visit wesgro.co.za, for more infor-mation.
New app showswinelands’best offerings
Books to inspire bookworms
The Rotary Club of Blouberg help various schools in the area by buyingbooks for the top performers. They recently handed over books to grade 8to grade 12 learners at Buren High School and also younger outstandingachievers at Ysterplaat OPrimaery School. These books are usually presented to the learners at the schools’ annual prizegiving.
Buren HighSchoollearners whoperformedadmirablyacademicallyeach receiveda book fromthe rotarians.
Ysterplaat Primary School children also received books.
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A man was killed when he was hit by a trainat the Ysterplaat station last week Friday.
ER24 paramedics, as well as other services,arrived at the scene and found the patient ly-ing on the track in a serious condition.
According to ER24 spokesperson, RusselMeiring, the man had sustained severe inju-
ries to both his legs and injuries to his chest.“Paramedics began their assessment, pro-
viding the patient with advanced life supportto stabilize his weakening vital signs. Unfor-tunately, after a 20 minute resuscitation, thepatient was declared dead,” says Meiring.
The cause of the incident is not yet known.
Man dies after being hit by train at Ysterplaat
Landing pad for Santa: People who go all the way in decorating their front garden isall the rave come Christmas. The Pienaar family, who live in 115 Sunningdale Drive inSunningdale now have a garden that glows with Christmas spirit.
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The City of Cape Town will deploy ateam of dedicated field workers overthe festive season to assist with any
street people-related matters, while 14 Lo-cal Networks of Care will operate in vari-ous communities to deter migration to thestreets.
Out of the 9 000 homeless people in CapeTown, an estimated 120 reside in Good-wood, but homelessness is increasing everyday.
So says Suzette Little, mayco member forsocial development and early childhood de-velopment. “It is true that more and morehomeless people are taking to the streets ofCape Town and Goodwood also experiencesthis influx. The public parks, unoccupiedbuildings and wide verges as in Vasco Boul-evard, Wiener Street Park, Hanekom Park,parking area behind Shoprite Checkers inHugo Street, Rail reserve near Monte VistaStation, throughout N1 City, footway Din-gle and Wallace Street are the places theystay,” says Little.
She says the city’s law enforcement unitsare constantly engaged in removing peoplefrom places where residents complain ofthe street people’s presence, with very littleobvious effect. “These people just move toanother place within Goodwood. The rea-son they return is that it is to their advan-tage to remain in Goodwood on the street.Well meaning and compassionate residentsstore the street people’s belongings and
bedding, give them food and drink, employthem for domestic and gardening choresand allow them to scavenge through therefuse bins in for recyclable items. The pro-ceeds from the recyclables and gifts or do-nations help these vulnerable people to re-main in Goodwood.
“One motor dealer protected the streetpeople from being removed by law enforce-ment officials, by maintaining these peoplewere regarded as “security guards”. Lawenforcement officers were recently verbal-ly abused and chased away by propertyowners on Vasco Boulevard when attempt-ing to remove vagrants as a result of theiranti-social behaviour. These actions by res-idents and property owners conflict withthe efforts of law enforcement,” argues Lit-tle.
The city and province has embarked ona “Give Responsibly” programme in whichresidents are given the option to become in-volved with government to address theplight of street people. “To alleviate theplight of street people the churches of Good-wood during the 1990s established the ElimNightshelter as a place of safety. The de-mand for accommodation at this nightshel-ter exceeds the supply of space. A compli-cating factor is that many of these streetpeople refuse to go to the nightshelter be-cause they would be subjected to the disci-pline of being of sober habits and wouldhave to pay a nominal fee for a plate of food,a bed and the opportunity to wash.”V The City’s dedicated Street People Call Centre canbe reached on 0800 827 201.
Field workers to helphomeless people
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V The Galileo Open Air Cinema runs at Hillcrest Quarry on Tuesdays, at KirstenboschGardens on Wednesdays and at the V&AWaterfront on Thursdays until 23 April 2015.Visit www.thegalileo.co.za for movie listingsand tickets.
V Ice Slide Wonderland is on at Canal Walkuntil Saturday 11 January. Entrance for a 45minute session cost R80 or R60 for miniriders. Visit www.canalwalk.co.za for more.Visit www.tygerburger.co.za to win tickets.
V Madiba’s BluEra, an art exhibition by DrWilla Boezak is on at the Artscape New BoxOffice Foyer until Sunday 11 January. ThePortfolio of works depict a number of prominent jazz/blues artists who symbolically express Madiba’s mood at significant stagesof his life over a period of 67 years. Entranceis free.
V Hope has Wings, ’n kunsuitstalling, is totWoensdag 14 Januarie by die Oude LibertasGalery te sien. Besoek www.oudelibertas.co.za vir meer inligting.
V The Art of the Brick, the world’s most popular Lego exhibition, runs at the V&A Waterfront’s Watershed until Saturday 28 February 2015. Tickets cost R140 for adultsand R95 for children from Computicket.
V N1 City will be offering children’s gamesand activities in the centre’s food court between 11:00 and 14:00 until Saturday 20 December. Children can also have their phototaken with Santa between 13:00 and 14:00.
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V The SeaChange Exhibition of large format photographs along the sea wall on theSea Point promenade will be on display untilApril 2015. Visit www.seachangeproject.com for more.
V The Rotary Club of Kirstenbosch willhost their annual flagship project, Carols atKirstenbosch, from Thursday 18 to Sunday 21December with the Cape Town ConcertBrass and Male Voice Choir, who will perform traditional Christmas tunes and carolsfrom 20:00 to 22:00. Ticketholders willeach receive a glowstick and a song sheeton arrival.
V The City of Cape Town’s Summer Market will be on at the Company Garden in theCBD from 16:00 to 23:00 from Saturday 20to Tuesday 30 December (excluding Christmas Day). Visit www.capetown.gov.za formore.
V MCQP celebrates its twentyfirst party onSaturday 20 December at Cape Town CityHall and the Grand Parade from 17:00. Thetheme for this year’s party is Royal Navy andthe lineup includes local and internationalDJs and performers like Jamie Saint, DJChadd and VJ Karl. Visit www.mcqp.co.zafor tickets and more information.
V Summer Experience 2014 takes place atThe River Club in Observatory on Saturday20 December with top musical acts, wellstocked bars and a variety of gourmet foodoptions. Visit the facebook page www.facebook.com/BigDreamer Event for a lineupand more information
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Christmas goodies: A record crowd of more than 2 500 attended this year’s CenturyCity Carols service held at Central Park in the heart of Century City. The evening’sfestivities kicked off with a range of kiddie activities including free rides on the RatangaTrain while families picnicked on the lawns. The carols service and production wasorganised by one of the Century City-based churches, the Shofar Church. Entry to theevent was free but guests were asked to bring a donation of toys or books for theMasikululeke Creche in neighbouring Joe Slovo Park and guests gave generously with over20 black bags of goodies collected including toys, books, puzzles, games and clothes. Herethe excited children at the creche in Joe Slovo Park receive their goodies.
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“The Scream” looks even better when it’s 3D. PHOTOS: ANDRÉ BAKKES
ANDRÉ BAKKES#andrebakkes
Some people use lego to build dinosaurs thatlook like spaceships, other use it to buildhouses that look like spaceships.Childrenwill relate to the fact that nomat-
ter what they build, it eventually looks likea spaceship.
NathanSawayabuilds dinosaurs that looklike dinosaurs and houses that look likehouses.His remarkable art is nowon showatV&A
Waterfront and is most definitely going tostun onlookers.TygerBurgerwas invited to the exhibition
during a media launch and it is sure to godown as one of the most jaw-dropping
launches of all time.It features up to 70 sculptures created from
more than a million Lego bricks by thisAmerican artist.
Tickets to the exhibition, which ends on28 February, are available from Computick-et at R140 for adults and R95 for kids. Entryfor children under two is free.
The Avontuur Estate Cape Fillies Guineasrun at Kenilworth last Saturday not onlyyielded one of its most exciting winners inrecent times, themightyMike deKock-trai-ned Majmu, but the race meeting was alsowell attended and a significant amount ofmoney was raised for a charity in Observa-tory.Majmu powered away from the field in
exhilarating fashion in the closing stages ofthe prestigious R1 million race, having
been given a confident ride by jockey Ant-hony Delpech.Not even the unfortunate late scratching
of the Cape’s best filly, Cold As Ice, couldput a damper on the impression she crea-ted.Kenilworth Racing handed over a cheque
of R100 000 to the Peninsula School FeedingAssociation. The money will be enough tofeed 255 children lunch and breakfast for ayear.
Horses create dinner courses
Phumelela sales and marketing executive Clyde Basel, hands over a cheque to the PeninsulaSchool Feeding Association’s Charles Grey.
Famous Roman statues are almost as beautiful as those made of marble.
8 TYGERBURGER Milnerton Woensdag, 17 Desember 2014NUUS
Thieves posingas workers strippublic property
This is the first bakkie whose passengers allegedly stole gravel from an electricity substation inBoston.
MICHELLE LINNERT@linnertmb
They come in neon vests as if they are coun-cil workers, when in actual fact they arestealing from the council – and residents –while pretending to be hard at work.This was the case when Janeen Acker-
mann vanHeerden recently saw some suspi-cious activity inBoston at an electricity sub-station while on her way to fetch her sonfrom a playdate.“I was driving past the substation in 13th
Avenue in Boston when I saw one man in-side the fencing and one standing on the out-side,” Janeen said.“The one on the outside had a wheelbar-
row and was continuously accepting a filledspade from the one on the inside,” she said.“I calledmyhusband to check this out, see-
ingas itwas 18:00 in the evening –whoworksat that time, digging for things?” she said.Janeen realised to her shock that they
were busy “loading gravel from the substa-tion” into the wheelbarrow.Janeen’s husband went out and followed
the group of men to a private residencewhere they stopped and tried to sell the grav-el.“My husband said they wanted to sell the
gravel for R1500, but then he alerted the resi-dent that it was stolen property. The resi-dent then wanted nothing further to do withit.”She said her husband went to look for pa-
trolling police officers and sawa second bak-kie. “He counted about 15 men in vests,” shesaid.Her husband told the men to leave the ar-
ea, which they did.“I reckon the council should follow this
up. It was their property that was stolen.”PierreGouws, owner of theDistrict Group
of security companies, told TygerBurger histeam had seen this same modus operandi atcity parks, which were being stripped bare.
“On a regular basis we come across peoplewith bakkies, orange lights and reflectivebibs, that look like people working, but arenot. They do this because people generallythink that it is municipality workers or sub-contractors doing work,” Pierre said.“On many occasions they are the people
that are stealing from the community orstripping the communities and City Of CapeTown of its assets.”He said they found more and more car
cones around park equipment “to make itlook official”.In an incident on 3 November, Pierre’s
team investigated a callout of a bakkie, withan orange light on its roof, parked in frontof a Montague driveway. “making it looklike a maintenance vehicle”.He says the occupants were standing out-
side the bakkie pretending to be fixing it.When security officers appeared, they spedoff.The occupants were followed and pulled
over by the security staff at a business inMonte Vista Boulevard, with the Goodwoodpolice hot on their heels, Pierre says.Then, in June last year, an incident was
recorded where three suspects were arrest-ed, also in theMonte Vista are, for removingthe swings and frames in the park at AlgoaCrescent there, Pierre said.The suspects were tampering with the
swings and told an approaching security of-ficer “they were working for a sub-contrac-tor and they needed to remove the swingsand frames”, Pierre says.The Goodwood police were alerted again,
and arrested the three.Captain Fienie Nimb, Bellville police
spokesperson, said no charges of damage topublic property, or sale of stolen property re-lating to the Boston incident had been laidat the Bellville police station. This is the second bakkie spotted by Janeen’s husband operating in Boston.
Die Dogs Against Drugs-span het onlangsdie Kerspartytjie bygewoon wat aangebiedis vir plaaskinders en misdaadslagoffertjiesvan die Melkbosstrand-omgewing.Die span se passie om die kinders oor die
gevare van dwelmmisbruik in te lig en hulkommunikasie met die kinders, is daad-werklik inspirerend, volgens GerdaNilssonvan die Melkbosstrand-gemeenskapsen-trum.“Die span het ’n blywende indruk by die
kinders gelaat en ons as volwassenes waar-deer die opvoedkundige waarde van die ver-toning.”Dogs Against Drugs is in 2009 gestig deur
Werner Fichtner om die dwelmprobleem indie Wes-Kaap te beveg en hulle lewer gratisvertonings by skole met ’n duidelike bood-skap aan leerders oor die gevare van dwelm-gebruik.“Skoolhhoofde van die Wes-Kaap moet
juis hierdie tyd van die jaar vooruit beplanomDogsAgainst Drugs te nooi vir ’n dwelm-bewusmakingspraatjie endemonstrasiemetdie dwelm-snuffelhonde by hulle skool in2015,” sê Estelle Gerber, spanleier en honde-meester.“Die boodskap oor dwelms bly baie lank
bydie leerders as gevolg vandie hondeverto-ning. Die dwelmprobleem raak elke skoolongeagdie statusvan ’n spesifieke skool.Omons koppe in die sand te druk oor dwelmsby skole help nie die leiers van môre nie.Dwelmbewusmaking behoort ’n baie grootdeel uit te maak van skole se jaarlikse op-voedkundige projekte. Die dwelmprobleemis geweldig groot en groei daagliks soos ’nkanker, maar die skole moet ons nooi.”V Dogs Against Drugs kan gekontak word by082 222 3950 (Werner) of 084 567 7150 (Estelle).Besoek hulle ook op Facebook by www.face-book.com/edudogtraining.
Jeug leer só oor dwelmgevareEen van die honde van Dogs against Drugs.
A total of 47 teams from 20 depots are res-ponsible for repairing potholes and in atleast 80% of the cases the teams meet theCity’s own benchmark of fixing a potholewithin 72 hours of it being reported.So says the City’s mayoral committee
member for transport for Cape Town(TCT), Brett Herron.“This is a very high standard to main-
tain, given the fact that the city’s roadnetwork comprises 10 629 kilometres andevery inch of it has to be managed byTCT. One must admit that it is quite anachievement that over 80% of potholesare fixed within three days when each ofthe 47 teams has to repair at least 260 po-tholes every month.”Residents report at least 250 potholes to
the City’s call centre every week and theother potholes are identified by the su-pervisory staff at TCT’s depots. “A C3(fault reporting notification) is generatedfor every pothole that a resident reportsvia theCity’s fault reporting system.Thisreport is sent to the relevant area depot,whichpasses it on to the responsible crewto undertake the repairs. This admini-strative process can take up to a day, butinmost cases it is sorted outwithin amat-ter of hours. The teamwill inspect the siteandmake the road safe for road users, eit-her by repairing the pothole there andthen or by demarcating the area if an im-mediate repair is not possible.“Sometimes delays are caused by incle-
ment weather, the unavailability of as-phalt to fix the potholes, or the break-down of equipment. However, one of ourbiggest challenges is that thewrong infor-mation in relation to the location and ad-dress of the pothole is often reflected onthe C3 notification system. In this instan-ce residents can greatly assist TCT byproviding the correct addresses.’’The City does proactive maintenance
work as well, such as the resealing andresurfacing of roads to prevent potholes.“The majority of potholes form when wa-ter penetrates the asphalt due to the crac-king of the road’s asphalt surfacing;when roads have to carry higher volumesof traffic than they were originally desig-ned to carry; orwhen routinemaintenan-ce has not taken place due to fundingavailability. Grey water discharge ontoroads and other sources of water such asnatural underground springs are alsocontributing factors.“In the current financial year, TCTwill
spend nearly R464 million on road main-tenance, of which R110 million is alloca-ted for the repair of potholes.Weurge ourresidents to please report potholes to theCity, either by phoning our call centre on0860 103 089 or by using the TCT app (mo-bile application). TCT relies on residentsto be our eyes and ears on the ground, gi-ven the fact that 81% of our road network(8 649 kilometers) is suburban roads,’’says Herron.
Potholes repaired in72 hours
Woensdag, 17 Desember 2014 NEWS TYGERBURGER Milnerton 9
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The Department of Health is guided by theprinciples of Employment Equity. Disabledcandidates are encouraged to apply and anindication in this regard will be appreciated.
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driver’s licence and qualification/s. A separate application form must be completed for each post. Applications without the
aforementioned will not be considered. Applications must be forwarded to the address as indicated on the advertisement.
No late, faxed or e-mailed applications will be accepted. CV’s will not be returned. Excess personnel will receive preference.
Applications, which are received after the closing date, will not be considered. Further communication will be limited to
short-listed candidates. If you have not received a response from the Department within 3 months of the closing date, please
consider your application as unsuccessful. It will be expected of candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date,
time and place as determined by the Department.
As directed by the Department of Public Service & Administration, applicants must note that further checks will be
conducted once they are short-listed and that their appointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which
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Waggle and Walk: The 21st SPCA MyPlanet Wiggle Waggle Walkathon took place recentlyat the Cape Academy for Maths and Science in Constantia and saw over 1 300 people andnearly 1 000 dogs take part in the walk. Putting their best paws forward, participantsmanaged to raise roughly R140 000 for the SPCA – funds that will be used to protect andcare for animals over this festive season, where inspectors are needed most. Here areStephen le Grange and Judy Coleman from Table View with their dogs, Breeze and Light.
The Richwood Sport and Recreation Centrewas filled with early Christmas celebrationand jubilant cheers recently.
The Elundini Special Care Centre locatedin Dunoon celebrated its annual Christmasparty culminating in a graduation of learn-ers clad in full graduation regalia.
The day was filled with children’s laugh-ter, the sugar-scented smell of candy floss,Santa Clause arriving on a fire engine anddistributing Christmas goodies to the chil-dren of Elundini. The general entertain-ment of the day included a ballet, sports ac-tivities, activity tables such as decorate-a-cupcake, play dough fun, loom bands andface painting.
The day would not have been possiblewithout the joint collaboration of the dedi-cated staff of Elundini, all sponsors, Santa’shelpers in the kitchen and the MilnertonFire Department all lending a hand to bringChristmas cheer to the children of Elundi-ni. Founded in 2008 by principal Indy Kawa-na who saw the growing need for a specialcare centre, the Elundini Centre was estab-lished to meet the physical and emotionalneeds of mentally and physically chal-lenged children in the areas of Dunoon, Ta-ble View and Joe Slovo Park.
Today the centre caters for 100 childrenand provides three nutritious meals per dayfor all learners.
Christmas cheer for youngSanta Clause arrived on a Fire Engine.
The City of Cape Town has made it clearthat solicitation of Christmas donations bymunicipal staff is forbidden. Any contribu-tions are purely voluntary.
“The City of Cape Town would like to ad-vise residents that the solid waste manage-ment department enforces a policy whichstrictly forbids its personnel from askingresidents for ‘Christmas boxes’ and solici-ting any donations. Staff have been remin-ded that this practice is prohibited.
“If, however, residents believe that excel-lent service has been provided, they are ofcourse at liberty to give a voluntary donati-on to staff as a gesture of thanks and good-will, but under no circumstances shouldthey be approached and asked for money.
“City staff are appropriately remunera-ted. It would be appreciated if residentscould report any incidents of intimidationby City staff to the call centre on 0860 103089 during office hours.
Apart from the date, time, and place, a ve-hicle registration number should be provi-ded so that the culprits can be identified.Such reports will be investigated immedia-tely and, where residents are willing to tes-tify, the City will be able to take disciplina-ry action against the offenders,” says theCity’s mayco member for utility services,Ernest Sonnenberg.
Refuse collection services will remainunchanged during the festive period, evenon public holidays.
No Christmas Boxes for staff
10 TYGERBURGER Milnerton Woensdag, 17 Desember 2014HOOFARTIKELBLAD
The wishbone willnever replace thebackbone. – OrrinCheckmate Hudson
Fees van liggies: Patricia de Lille, die burgemeester van Kaapstad, het Sondag die Kersligte in die stadamptelik aangesit. Vanjaar was die 48ste viering van die Liggiefees en duisende Kapenaars het die liggies aanskouen saamgedans op musiek van onder andere Emo Adams. FOTO: LIZA VAN DEVENTER/FOTO24
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As an avid animal lover, thephotograph of the starvingpuppy sickened me for severalreasons (Lewenskiekie, 3December).
The caption reads “Ek soeknet kos” and further on“babahondjie kyk net ander-pad”.
This was all happening whilepolice were looking for perpe-trators “in ’n misdaad opera-sie”.
Whoever owns this dog – ifanyone – is a criminal.
I cannot, for the life of me,think why you would publishsomething like this. To whatend?
If your photographer was sotouched by this puppy’s plight– take it to the SPCA and thenrather publish a before andafter picture when it has beentaken care of, rehabilitated andput in a home where peoplewill give it the love it soobviously needs.
Take R50 out of your walletif have to.
The only reason this puppyis standing so still and “pos-ing” for the photographer isbecause the poor thing hasnowhere to run.
As an animal lover, I am ofthe conviction that animalsand humans all have rights.Human babies depend on theirparents, young puppies dependon the people who own them.
And this picture had thesame effect on me as if youhad published a picture of anewborn baby dumped in arubbish bin. No regard.
PIER HEMYTable View
Upset over picof starving pup
Om ’n bekostigbare woonstel tekry is byna onmoontlik en soskaars soos hoendertande.
Vir ’n seun wat lang urewerk en ver afstande moet ry,was dit ’n maande langesoekery vir ’n woonstel.
Die omgee van die vriendeli-ke mense in Durbanville waswaarlik ’n riem onder die hart– van Mackie en ook die gawetuinman by De Oude Pastorie,tot elkeen wat verhuring indaardie areas doen.
Dankie ook aan Roelof,Anneke, Sonja, Wilma en Pamwat werklik uit hul pad gegaanhet; almal was so hulpvaardig.
Om ’n blyplek te kry washoofsaak. Ons het baie tyd inBellville, Brackenfell en Dur-banville bestee.
Ná nog ’n lang dag se soek,kom Esmarie se bekostigbareplek in Durbanville op ons pad.Dit was die antwoord op baiegebede, maar dit was ons toenie beskore en weer eens kryiemand anders die plek.
Baie teleurgesteld wou ekeintlik nie glo toe ’n vriendinsê die liewe Vader het dalk ietsbeter en met ’n doel in gedagte.Dit was haas ondenkbaar, maarwaarlik gebeur dit toe net so.
Moet net nooit moed opgeenie, want dinge gebeur op dieregte tyd.
Nou val als in plek, met syruim blyplek beskikbaar van 1Januarie in Durmonte.
’n Mens leer om positief tebly en te weet: Op die regte tydsal die regte dinge tog gebeur.
Nogmaals, ’n groot dank aanalmal wat help soek het.
CORRIE LAUBSCHERSuid-Kaap
Op die regte tyd salregte dinge gebeur
I would like to respond to therecent letters about guns by P.van Wyk and Charl van Wyk.Both claim more guns in thehands of “good” people willlimit crime, which is of course
a myth.I follow their tirade in most
newspapers. Both are alsopro-death penalty activists. Itseems their whole outlook onlife is one of anger, hatred andvengeance.
Charl was the guy who hadhis gun in the St James Churchmassacre in 1993 claiming thelives of 11 people. He claims hislittle gun prevented a biggerdisaster, but most of us believeit was only the hand of God.Those evil folks had biggerguns and even hand grenades.
I once read that Charlpropagates the fallacy thatbecause Simon Peter carried asword, the weapon of Biblicaltimes, we must all also carryguns to protect us.
But most of us believe ourMaster taught us to put oursword away because “those wholive by the sword will die bythe sword”.
If we look at the misery anddevastation guns are causing allover the globe, no sane personwill instigate more fear intosocieties by telling us all tocarry guns. It is wholly unreal-istic and dangerous.
If God cannot protect us,what can? Guns? Anyone thatsupports the death penalty andviolence is himself a potentialmurderer.
KOERT MEYERWelgelegen
God, not guns, willkeep us protected
My daughter and I wish tothank the kind people whostopped and offered help to uswhen our car broke down onthe N1 on Wednesday 10December. We were in a blueFord Fiesta on the N1, nearBrackenfell, at about 10:30travelling towards Bellville.
Meeste van die mense watgehelp het, is Afrikaansspre-kend en ons hoop dat julle diebrief lees. Mag God julle seën.Weer eens, baie dankie.
RUTH O’CKraaifontein
Thank you forhelping us on N1
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LEWENSKIEKIE
Rig jou eievoornemensop anderMet 2014 wat vinnig ten einde snel is ditweer tyd vir Nuwejaarsvoornemens.
Gewoonlik is enige voornemens vir dienuwe jaar gerig op die individu sepersoonlike doelwitte: Hy of sy wil ophourook, gewig verloor, gesonder eet ofafskaal op alkoholiese drankies en diesmeer.
Maar jou voornemens vir die komendejaar kan soveel meer vervullend wees asjy dit eerder op ander rig.
Ons bly in ’n land waar twee uiteenlo-pende wêrelde deur geografiese grense ineen saamgesnoer is. Aan die een kant isdie bevoorregte groep onder wie ook diegrootste gros van TygerBurger se leserstel. Aan die ander kant is daar soveelmense wat onder die broodlyn in ellendi-ge armoede leef. Weens ’n gebrek aanbasiese akademiese kwalifikasies sal diémense waarskynlik ook nooit uit dié putvan ellende kan opstaan nie.
Daarom sal Nuwejaarsvoornemenssoveel meer betekenis kry as bevoorreg-tes begin uitreik na diegene wat minderhet. Identifiseer iemand wat jy kan help.Dit hoef nie noodwendig net met kos,komberse of klere te wees nie, maarmense kan ook help om diegene se leweop ’n ander vlak te verbeter. Daar isbyvoorbeeld soveel afgetrede, gekwalifi-seerde mense wat tyd behoort te hê om ’nverskil te maak aan minderbevoorregtesse geleerdheid – al is dit net om ’nongeletterde werknemer te leer lees.
Probeer dit gerus en die term “Nuwe-jaarsvoorneme” sal ’n heel ander, enmeer vervullende betekenis kry.
HOOFARTIKEL
SMSV Ek wil net graag noem dat die stuk padin Durbanweg, vanaf die Bellvillerugbyvelde tot by die aansluiting na die N1, sesperstrepe heeltemal dof is. Dis al virmaande so en ’n nagmerrie in die winter,maar selfs enige ander dag. Dit makeer ’ndringende verf. Anoniem
V Sharon Roberts, the owner of Serendipity, you should be ashamed of yourself. Nomore poor excuses; we don’t believe youany more. I hope justice is served on you. Caren, Parow
V B. van der Westhuizen, omdat ek tussensogenaamde mense woon, gee dit jou diereg om enige tyd van die dag of nag in diestraat voor my kamervenster jou motor setoeter te blaas? Dit is mense soos jy watkinders grootmaak met geen respek virGod of gebod. Mara Nortier
V Yes, Jon Ralph I would be so comfortableif we were less like the USA regarding gunlaws and only police had guns. What couldpossibly go wrong with our uncorruptiblegovernment? Rick, Bellville
V Dis nie dat mens wil kla nie, maar dis onsreg om mond uit te spoel. Vir wat moet’n mens ander se nonsens verdra? Ek blyin ’n straat waar taxi’s ry. Die geskree entoeterblasery maak my mal. Die menseweet tog waar om op te klim. Maar nee,daar moet geraas word. Karre met hulharde musiek laat my ruite dreun. Jy watso mond uitspoel, gaan bly in die woestyn. Anoniem
V Liewe LMJVR van Bellville: Die vraag iseerder wanneer laas het jy ’n geregistreerde finansiële adviseur gesien? Ek sien mykliënte ten minste een keer per jaar. Dismy plig en trots om seker te maak mykliënte se polisse bly op datum. Mandy,Durbanville
V Kon die polisiemanne nie die arme hondjie na die DBV toe neem nie, of kyk hulleook weg? Anoniem
) SMS’e kos R1,50 elk. Stuur die woord“Tyger”, gevolg deur jou boodskap na 45527.
TygerBurger’s photographer isa huge animal lover and shemanaged to find the puppy inthe photograph a loving home.Unfortunately this is aneveryday sight in many of thecity’s poorer areas and organi-sations such as the AACL havean uphill battle to finance thesterilisation of these stray dogs.– Ed.
Woensdag, 17 Desember 2014 NEWS TYGERBURGER Milnerton 11
V The Galileo Open Air Cinema runs at Hillcrest Quarry on Tuesdays, at KirstenboschGardens on Wednesdays and at the V&AWaterfront on Thursdays until 23 April 2015.Visit www.thegalileo.co.za for movie listingsand tickets.
V Ice Slide Wonderland is on at Canal Walkuntil Saturday 11 January. Entrance for a 45minute session cost R80 or R60 for miniriders. Visit www.canalwalk.co.za for more.Visit www.tygerburger.co.za to win tickets.
V Madiba’s BluEra, an art exhibition by DrWilla Boezak is on at the Artscape New BoxOffice Foyer until Sunday 11 January. ThePortfolio of works depict a number of prominent jazz/blues artists who symbolicallyexpress Madiba’s mood at significant stages of his life over a period of 67 years. Entrance is free.
V Hope has Wings, ’n kunsuitstalling, is totWoensdag 14 Januarie by die Oude LibertasGalery te sien. Besoek www.oudelibertas.co.za vir meer inligting.
V The Art of the Brick, the world’s most popular Lego exhibition, runs at the V&A Waterfront’s Watershed until Saturday 28 February 2015. Tickets cost R140 for adultsand R95 for children from Computicket. Visit www.theartofthebricksa.co.za for more.
V N1 City will be offering children’s gamesand activities in the centre’s food court between 11:00 and 14:00 until Saturday 20 December. Children can also have their phototaken with Santa between 13:00 and 14:00.Visit www.n1citymall.co.za for more.
V The SeaChange Exhibition of large format photographs along the sea wall on theSea Point promenade will be on display untilApril 2015. Visit www.seachangeproject.com for more.
V The Rotary Club of Kirstenbosch willhost their annual flagship project, Carols atKirstenbosch, from Thursday 18 to Sunday21 December with the Cape Town ConcertBrass and Male Voice Choir, who will perform traditional Christmas tunes and carolsfrom 20:00 to 22:00. Preentertainmentwill start at 17:30 and ticketholders willeach receive a glowstick and a song sheeton arrival. Visit www.webtickets.co.za tobook.
V The Cape Town Old Skool Festival takesplace at the Good Hope Centre from 14:00on Saturday 20 December. Tickets costR200 through Computicket. Visit www.capetownoldskool.com for more.
V The City of Cape Town’s Summer Market will be on at the Company Garden in theCBD from 16:00 to 23:00 from Saturday 20to Tuesday 30 December (excluding Christmas Day). Visit www.capetown.gov.za formore.
V MCQP celebrates its twentyfirst party onSaturday 20 December at Cape Town CityHall and the Grand Parade from 17:00. Thetheme for this year’s party is Royal Navy andthe lineup includes local and internationalDJs and performers like Jamie Saint, DJChadd, VJ Karl and Sam Roy. Visitwww.mcqp.co.za for tickets and more information.
V The Harold Porter Botanical Garden willhost four concerts this festive season. TheDelft Big Band will perform on Saturday 20December while the garden will host Carolsby Candelight on Monday 22 December.Anthonie Bougas will be on stage on Saturday 27 December and the Gugulethu Tenorson Saturday 3 Jan. Call 028 272 9311 for more information or bookings.
V Summer Experience 2014 takes place atThe River Club in Observatory on Saturday20 December with top musical acts, wellstocked bars and a variety of gourmet foodoptions. Ticket prices vary. Visit www.facebook.com/BigDreamerEvent for a lineupand more information.
V The Best Club DJ Competition is on atthe William Herbert Sports Complex onSunday 21 December from 14:00. This willbe the second round of the competitionwith the third round taking place on Sunday28 December. Visit www.facebook.com/bestclubdj for more.
What’s Up | Wat’s Waar
12 TYGERBURGER Milnerton Woensdag, 17 Desember 2014VERMAAK
V Joe Barber VI – Life will be on stage atthe Baxter Theatre until Saturday 10 January. Tickets are available at Computicket.
V Rob van Vuuren will be at the BaxterTheatre’s Golden Arrow Studio until Saturday 17 January with his show,WhatWhat. Tickets are available at Computicket.
V Marc Lottering will be at the BaxterTheatre until Saturday 10 January in Thisis Captain Lottering Speaking. Tickets areavailable at Computicket.
V Kahn Morbee will be at Die Boer on tonight (Wednesday). R130. Visit www.dieboer.com or call 021 979 1911 to book.
V Alvon Collison will be presenting a freeChristmas show at Cape Town City Halltoday (Wednesday) from 18:30.
V Black South Easter will be at Weinhaus& Biergarten in Bree Street today (Wednesday) from 19:00. Entrance is free.
V Nicholis Louw kuier Donderdag by DieBoer. R120. Bespreek by www.dieboer.com of 021 979 1911.
V Vernon Lawson, Lowellan West, Brettvan Renen, Adrian Nel, Gary Castleton,Joe Emilio, Philip Nel and Lord Kolpingwill be performing standup at LegendsCelebrity Sports Cafe in Bellville on Thursday from 20:30. Entranceis free.
V Deslynn and CODA willbe at the will be at theV&A Waterfront Amphitheatre on Thursday from17:30. No cover.
V AcidDBasS will be atThe Crypt in Wale Streeton Thursday. R65. Call 079683 4658 to book.
V Repelsteeltjie is vrydagoggend vir die jongspan byDie Boer te sien. R60. Bespreek by www.dieboer.com of 021 979 1911.
V Local Escape Band willbe at Bampa’s CoffeeShop in Durbanville on Friday from 19:30. Entry isfree. Call 021 975 3250 tobook.
V Pieter Smith is Vrydagaand by Die Boerte sien. R120. Bespreek by www.dieboer.com of 021 979 1911.
V Straw Dogs will be at Weinhaus & Biergarten in Bree Street on Saturday from18:00. Entrance is free.
V David Meulen will be at Cape to Cubain Kalk Bay on Saturday from 16:00. Call021 788 1566 for more.
V Saarkie speel Saterdag by Die Boer.R100. Bespreek by www.dieboer.com of021 979 1911.
V Stone Jets, Fruit Vendor, RichardStirton, MaryAnne Constable and MarieClaire de Villiers will be at the Alexander Bar Theatre in CBD on Saturday from19:00. R100. Call 021 300 1652 to book.
V Koos van der Merwe is Sondagmiddagby Die Boer in Hart Van Kersfees te sien.R120. Bespreek by www.dieboer.com of021 979 1911.
V Jan Blohm kuier Sondag en Maandagaand by Die Boer. R130. Bespreek bywww.dieboer.com of 021 979 1911.
V Tribute to the Shadows will be on stage at Die Boer on Tuesday. R110. Visitwww.dieboer.com or call 021 979 1911 tobook.
V Phil de Lange, Gino Fernandez, JoeEmilio, Crescendo Louw, LowellanWest, Alton Riddles and Keenan Cerfwill perform standup at Mia Casa in KuilsRiver on Tuesday from 20:30. R20 at the
door.
V Andre Huysamen, Casper Ace andClint and Ghapi will be at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre on Friday 26 December from 16:15. No cover.
V Adam is Vrydag 26 en Saterdag 27 Desember by Die Boer te sien. R130. Bespreek by www.dieboer.com of 021 9791911.
V Awsum Noise and Rivertones will perform a free show at the V& A WaterfrontAmphitheatre on Saturday 27 Decemberfrom 17:00.
V Ghapi en Clint is Sondag 28 en Maandag 29 Desember by Die Boer. R120. Bespreek by www.dieboer.com of 021 9791911.
V The Robin Auld Band will perform a freeshow at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre on Monday 29 December from 18:00.
V Dewald Wasserfall, MoniQue en Willem Botha kuier op Maandag 29 Desember in die AllStarteater. R120. Bespreekby 083 227 3658.
V Jesse Clegg and Stanley June will beat Die Boer on Tuesday 30 December.R120. Visit www.dieboer.com or call 021979 1911 to book.
V The Rudimentals will perform a freeshow at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheare on Tuesday 30 December from 18:00.
V The SpontaneousCombustion Blues Bandwill be at Die Boer on Wednesday 31 December.R130. Visit www.dieboer.com or call 021 9791911 to book.
V Freshlyground will beperforming with The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra at Nederburg Wine Farm on Wednesday 31December. Tickets costR300 or R175 for childrenaged 12 to 18 and are available at Computicket. Entrance is free for childrenunder 12.
V Beatenberg will perform a free show at theV&A Waterfront Amphitheare on Saturday 3 January from 18:00.
V The Jeremy Douglas Duo will be atMondiall at the V&A Waterfront on Sunday 4 January from 13:30. Call 021 4183003 or email reservations@mondiall.co.za to book.
V Watershed will be at Die Boer on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 January. R150. Visit www.dieboer.com or call 021 979 1911to book.
V The Simon van Gend Band will be atWeinhaus & Biergarten in Bree Street onWednesday 7 January from 19:00.
V Peter Mitchell will be at Die Boer on8 January in Around the Scotsman. R100.Visit www.dieboer.com or call 021 979 1911to book.
V Wicus van der Merwe kuier Vrydag 9Januarie by Die Boer. R130. Bespreek bywww.dieboer.com of 021 979 1911.
V Rat Rod Cats will be at Weinhaus &Biergarten in Bree Street on Saturday 10January from 18:00. Entrance is free.
V Johan Liebenberg brings his Neil Dia-mond Tribute to Die Boer on Saturday 10January. R120. Visit www.dieboer.com orcall 021 979 1911 to book.
V Natasha Meister will be at Mondiall atthe V&A Waterfront on Sunday 11 Januaryfrom 13:30. Call 021 418 3003 or email re[email protected] to book.
V Chris Werge and Grace de la Hunt willbe at Weinhaus & Biergarten in BreeStreet on Tuesday 13 January from 19:00.Entrance is free.
What’s On | Wat’s Waar
Rob van Vuuren will be onstage at the Baxter inWhatWhat. PHOTO: DANIELLEBISCHOFF
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tombopens at Ster-Kinekor Tygervalley, CapeGa-te, Bayside, N1 City and Parow on Friday.In the comedy adventure, Larry leaves
NewYork City for London on a quest to save
the magic before it is gone forever.The movie stars Rebel Wilson, Ben Stiller
and Robin Williams.V Visit www.sterkinekor.com or call Ticketline on0861 668 437 for more info.
Quest to save museum at SterKinekor
LOUISA STEYL@lounotes
Hot Water frontman Donovan Copleywafts into the WP Media office like afresh of breath air.
His calming presence is violently juxta-posed to his vibrant outfit or “colourgemors” as he calls it, but then, the CapeTown singer says he loves colours, andmorespecifically, loves mixing them.“I like tomixmusical genres and colours,”
says Donovan.He is also passionate about South African
rhythms and loves finding crossover points.Think Ghoema meets Sakkie and you’re onthe right track.The rest of his band reflects this perfectly.
While members change, they always comefrom very different music genres.Readers may be familiar with HotWater’s
single, “Wamkelekile”, which was used intheAmericanFilmBlended, and is currentlyenjoying high rotation on local radio sta-tions, but a quick listen to one of his albumswill show that there’s much more to Dono-van’s music.
Township feel“I think at the heart of it, I’m really a folk
musician, but I happen to come from SouthAfrica.”When askedwhere his ideas aboutmixing
cultural references come from, Donovansimply points to heart.“When I started to play guitar, sometimes
the things I played just sounded sort of town-ship-style and that’s what I felt.” He says hismusic and his band came from an explora-tion on what it felt like “to be me”.His new album is a continuation of that
exploration. Donovan will be releasing Son-goma (sic) at Kirstenbosch on Sunday 28 De-cember.“I think it’s a real stamp of the sound that
I’vedevelopedor exploredwith the last threealbums.”The album name comes from a conversa-
tion Donovan had with a stranger one day.He was looking for a word that would de-scribe who he is, what he does and his life’spurpose. He was giving an African womana lift and she pointed out that the beads onhis wrist are oftenworn by sangomas or nat-ural healers. He felt like he could relate.“Songs sort of come from an invisible
place, so where is it that you go to collect asong?” For Donovan, there’s a transforma-tive aspect to writing music so he said: “Iguess you can call me a songoma.”
He describes his “hybrid”word as fun andcheeky, which perfectly encapsulates hismusic.From a production side, he says he’s also
taken a step forward, working with two pro-ducers, including Aron Turest-Swartz, afounding member of Freshlyground.“Aron really got, and gets what it is I’m
doing.”He recorded at Monte Bello Studio and
says working with producers gave him thespace to focus on the delivering the music.“I think it’s distilled HotWater,” Donovan
says of the new album. He says the concertat Kirstenbosch will also reflect that.
Founding venueFanswill beable tohearold favourites like
“Bush Fire” alongside songs from the newalbum, including an Afrikaans song, “Voor-trekker”.“We’re going to have fun, that’s all I can
guarantee,” he says.Donovan says he loves Kirstenbosch. He
launched his first album,Home, at the venuein 2006 and he’s played three shows theresince.“Kirstenbosch is very close to my heart
and was really part of almost founding whatI do.”Hot Water will be playing at Kirstenbosch
as part of the Summer Sunset concert series.V Tickets cost between R75 and R100 and are availa-ble at www.webtickets.co.za. For more informationabout Hot Water, visit www.hotwater.co.za.V Donovan visited the Orange Couch to give readersa taste of his new album. Visit www.tygerburger.co.zato watch his performance and interview.
Hot Water cooks upa musical mix masala
Donovan Copley of Hot Water is excited toshare his new album, Songoma.
Getting known: Bordeline, Bluesboy, Cannon (pictured), The Bootleggers, The Studerba-kers, Local Escape Band and Tony Shine will be at Hillcrest Quarry on Saturday 3 Januaryfrom 13:00 for the fifth Little Known Blues Festival. Camping chairs and umbrellas arewelcome. Bar and food stall will be available. Tickets cost R100 at the gate and childrenyounger than 13 get in free. Visit the Facebook event page for more.
Woensdag, 17 Desember 2014 NEWS TYGERBURGER Milnerton 13
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and RacingAct, 1996 (Act 4 of 1996), as amended, theWestern CapeGambling and Racing Board (“the Board”) hereby gives notice that anapplication for a site licence, as listed below, has been received. A site
licence will authorise the licence holder to place a maximum of five limitedpayout machines in approved sites outside of casinos for play by the public.
DETAILS OF APPLICANT
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At the following site: 235 Koeberg Road, Brooklyn 7405Erf number: 19721, CapeTownPersons having a financial AdeleVersfeld (member of CC)interest of 5% or more inthe business:
WRITTEN COMMENTSAND OBJECTIONS
Section 33 of theWestern Cape Gambling and RacingAct, 1996 (hereinafter “theAct”) requires theWestern Cape Gambling and Racing Board (hereinafter “theBoard”) to ask the public to submit comments and/or objections to gamblinglicence applications that are filed with the Board.The conduct of gambling
operations is regulated in terms of both theAct and the National GamblingAct,2004.This notice serves to notify members of the public that they may lodgeobjections and/or comments to the above applications on or before the closingdate at the undermentioned address and contacts. Since licensed gambling
constitutes a legitimate business operation,moral objections for or against gamblingwill not be considered by the Board.An objection that merely states that one isopposed to gambling without much substantiation will not be viewed with muchfavour.You are hereby encouraged to read theAct and learn more about the
Board’s powers and the matters pursuant to which objections may be lodged.Theseare outlined in Sections 28, 30, 31 and 35 of theAct.Members of the public canobtain a copy of the objections guidelines, which is an explanatory guide throughthe legal framework governing the lodgement of objections and the Board’s
adjudication procedures.The objections guidelines are accessible from the Board’swebsite at www.wcgrb.co.za and copies can also be made available on request.TheBoard will consider all comments and objections lodged on or before the closing
date during the adjudication of the application.
In the case of written objections to an application, the grounds on which suchobjections are founded,must be furnished.Where comment in respect of an
application is furnished, full particulars and facts to substantiate such comment mustbe provided.The name, address and telephone number of the person submitting theobjection or offering the comment must also be provided.Comments or objectionsmust reach the Board by no later than 16:00 onThursday, 8 January 2015.
In terms of Regulation 24(2) of the National Gambling Regulations, the Board willschedule a public hearing in respect of an application only if it receives written
objections relating to:
(a) the probity or suitability for licensing of any of the persons tobe involved in the operation of the relevant business, or
(b) the suitability of the proposed site for the conduct of gamblingoperations
If a public hearing is scheduled, the date of such hearing will be advertised in thispublication approximately 14 days prior to the date thereof.
Objections or comments must be forwarded to the Chief ExecutiveOfficer,Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board, P.O. Box 8175,
Roggebaai 8012 or handed to the Chief Executive Officer,Western CapeGambling and Racing Board, Seafare House, 68 Orange Street, Gardens,
CapeTown or faxed to the Chief Executive Officer on fax number021 422 2603 or emailed to [email protected]
WESTERN CAPEGAMBLINGAND RACING BOARDAnnelie met storie gebore
ESMÉ ERASMUS@erasmusesme
Die Chuck Norris-grappies wat haar jonger suster setienerseun vir haar vertel het, was die vonk van inspi-rasie vir Annelie Ferreira se jong-ste bekroonde boek Chuck Norriskan deel deur nul.
Maar, sê die skrywer AnnelieFerreira, die hoofkarakter is geen-sins op haar susterskind geskoeinie. “Die karakters van haar boekekom maar net by haar op,” vertelsy.
Ferreira, wat saam met haarman in Bristol, Engeland bly entans by hul huis in Durbanville virdie Kerstyd kuier, het vir dié boek’n goue toekenning in die Sanlam-prys vir jeuglektuur in die katego-rie vir Afrikaanse werke gewen.
Dié eer het ook haar eerste jeug-roman, Tot siens, koning Arthur, tebeurt geval.
Hoewel al haar jeugboeke ooklekker leesstof vir seuns is, isChuck Norris kan deel deur nul dieeerste met ’n seun, die 12-jarige Al-bert, as hoofkarakter. Die boek,wat deur NB-uitgewers uitgegee is,handel oor ’n tienerseun wie se ou-er suster skielik vriendeliker teenoor hom optree. Hysukkel met ’n boelie by die skool, ’n ouma met vreemdegedrag en ’n pa wat te hard werk.
Dan is daar ook nog vrae oor sy ma se dood... Als insy leweverander egter as die buurvrouoor-kant die straat in kraam gaan en Albert endie boelie haar enigste redding is.
Ferreira is so te sê met ’n storie gebore.Sy het van kleinsaf graag opstelle geskryfen het ook vir die Afrikaanse tienertyd-skrif Tina geskryf.
Maar voor sy voltyds begin skryf het, hethaar lewe eers ander taalpaaie geloop. Syhet ’n BA-graad met Afrikaans en Engelsas hoofvakke en daarna ’n diploma in ver-taalkunde voltooi aan die Universiteit Stel-lenbosch.
Sy het daarna as taalpraktisyn en subre-dakteur by Sanlam se taalafdeling en Hu-man & Rousseau-uitgewers gewerk. Daar-na volg deeltydse- en vryskutwerk vir ’nverskeidenheid uitgewers en publikasies,onder meer subwerk vir Die Burger enmoederskapartikels vir Sarie. Sy het eersnie-fiksie geskryf met kultuur, vroue, siel-kunde en filosofie as temas. Daarna het diefiksie-gogga gebyt.
Ferreira se eerste fiksieboeke sluit inDaar’s ’n mens binne, Die dag toe ons God
gevang het en Eva ontmoet Einstein.In 1998 verskyn Ferreira se eerste roman,
Hoekom honde nie kan sing nie.Dit vertel die verhaal van ’n huisvrou, Marna, wat
sukkel om sin te vind in haar doen en late tussen diekinders deur – totdat sy begin uit-reik. Daarop volgEenmaal iets dap-pers.
In 2012 verskyn Ferreira se be-kroonde jeugverhaal, Tot siens, ko-ning Arthur. Dit was egter nie haareerste jeugboek nie.
Sy hetDit van guts aanvanklik as’n volwasse roman geskryf, maardit later herskryf as jeugroman,wat ná Tot siens, koning Arthur ge-publiseer is. In 2013 word drie boe-ke gepubliseer: die kinderboek ’nKameel, ’n sprinkaan en ’n vrot ta-matie, die romanMaarTintin inTi-bet, en dan Dit vat guts. “Skryf is’n leerproses,” sê sy. Sy het haarself leer skryf met selfdoenboeke.“Daar is min skrywers wat uit diestaanspoor ’n meesterstuk lewer.’n Mens moet baie terugvoer kry.”
Haar volgende boek, weer met ’nmeisie as hoofkarakter, verskynvolgende jaar en sy werk reeds aanhaar volgende manuskrip.
Sy en haar man het vyf jaar gele-de na Bristol verhuis toe haar man ’n pos as aktuarisaanvaar het. Haar oudste dogter, Louise (26), bly in Jo-hannesburg, en die jongste, Karen (23), is ’n mediesestudent in haar vierde jaar aan Tukkies.
MAGRIET THERON@magrietron
Rory MacKay, aka Inspector Gadget, hasstate-of-the-art tools on him and in his Gadg-et Mobile - an eight-year-old Chana Star 1.3lvan - but says he uses most of them for oneof his day job as entertainer. In his sparetime, theyhelp as eyes and ears for thepoliceand to serve his community.
“It all started with a motorcycle accidenta couple of years ago. I was on my way home
from Camps Bay, where I was entertainingas a robot, so I was dressed in full combatgear.
“A vehicle with a trailer cut in front of meand I collided with the trailer.
“People who were staying in the bushesnearby were on the scene first. They sawthat my hand was basically off and usedcardboard from the bushes to put around myarm and hand. Then a doctor stopped at thescene in a private vehicle. A lady also ap-peared from nowhere and wrapped her scarfaround my wrist,” Rory recalls.
He remembers waking up in the hospital,with his hand “wired back on” and beingable to move his fingers.
He this incident sparked a desire to helpother. “That is also why I do the gadgetingstuff. I do have clinical depression, but whenI am in my character as Gadget, I am fine.”
Today he has a reconstructed wrist and re-gained 80% use of his arm and hand.
“For my day job I always need things likemy leatherman and my torch. Those two aremy favourite gadgets.”
He also has a whole lot of stuff in his van.“Anything can happen when I am on the
road. There’s a first aid kit, night visionequipment, a chain saw, paintball marker,a dash-mounted videocamera, fire and roadbreakdown gear, a spade, an axe, emergencyentry tools, fire extinguishers, jumper ca-bles, cones, a 4-meter collapsible ladder andbits and bobs I carry with me. I also havea proper fireman’s helmet.
“If I get to a scene, where an officer mightbe standing with his blue lights flashing and
a flat torch, I will stop there, put my hazardson and ask if they need assistance. I will putmy cones out and my torch will be working.They will say: ‘Oh you are quite prepared,you are like the gadget man!’ Yes, well, that’sme.”
Buthe stays away fromconflict situations.“We are there to observe and I believe that
visibility is a deterrent.”To better his surveillance when patrol-
ling, he has a CCTV camera on top of his vanwith a screen that pops down on the inside.He also uses a GoPro camera on a helmet toprovide evidence in situations.
“The neighbourhood watch is not sup-posed to become involved in skirmishes.
Since he was a child, Rory was interestedin the art of magic and inventions.
He performed tricks from the age of fiveand after completing his studies, he workedas an entertainer on a floating casino. Thenhe joined the Brian Boswell roadshow as,amongst other things, a flying trapeze artistand stunt man.
He does not boast about gadgets he in-vents, but shared the Gadget Mobile’s self-starter with TygerBurger. After the van isunlocked with the remote, Rory says:“Start!”, and the engine switches on. Onceordered to “Switch off!”, the engine cuts out.The secret, he says, is a little Asian technolo-gy and a little Inspector Gadget magic.
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Rory MacKay, aka Inspector Gadget, in his sound and lighting shop in Voortrekker Road, Maitland.PHOTO: MAGRIET THERON
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The Danny Abrahams Ex FootballersFund is the birth of a project aiming toassist old players who are in dire need
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relse (Kraaifontein) are themasterminds be-hind the fund and are trying to relieve somepressure off their former teammates.Jack played for Elsies River from 1970 to
1992 and Douglas played professional soccerfor Cape Town Spurs from 1970 to 1988.“We applied to register the fund as a NPC
(non-profit company) some four months agoandwegot thegreenlight lastweek.Thiswillreally help us in our cause to approach com-panies and individuals to sponsor us in anyway they see fit,” said Jack.Former Cape Town Spurs star Danny
Abrahams was the initial spur for the fund.Abrahams, who struggles financially andhas Alzheimers, has benefited greatly fromhis friends.“It’s difficult to see howyour former team-
mate struggles. Dougie and I said we can’tjust sit back and watch him and other play-ers struggle theway they do.We felt the urgeto jump in and help,” Jack says.“It’s a great feeling, helping them in wha-
tever way we can. Every now and then wewill host a dance and raise a bit of moneyfor these chaps. We are hoping to get somesponsors in thenewyear to assist us in bette-ring their lives.“Having said that, we are very positive we
can get some sponsors on board, there is so-me interest from companies and individualswanting to get involved but we had to waitto get registered as aNPC. Now that we havethe papers, it is all systems go. We will also
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monthly meeting and see who they can as-sist in that given month.“Sometimeswewill just go and have a cup
of tea and chat about the good old days. Itis truly heart warming to help these guysand see how thankful they are. This is whywe dowhatwe do. To be there for our friendsand help make life just a little bit better onegood deed at a time,” said Karelse.Phone Ivor Jack on 083 241 5847 of Douglas
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Douglas Karelse and Ivor Jack started theDanny Abrahams Ex Footballers Fund in aid offormer soccer players. PHOTO: STEHAN SCHOEMAN
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Terwyl Edgemead, Tygerberg-klub enMilnertondie afgelopenaweekklinkendeoorwinnings in hul eendaagse wedstrydein die WP se topligas behaal het, het Bell-ville egter andermaal lelik teleurgestel.Die uiters wisselvallige Bellville, wat
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Heelwat plaaslike spanne neem vanjaardeel aan die legendariese Trans Agulhas-wedvaart, ’n uitdaagvaart vir rubberbotewat al beskryf is as die “moeilikste en lang-ste in die wêreld”.Dit mag vanjaar dalk die laaste keer
wees wat die Trans Agulhas aangebiedword. Die wedvaart, wat reeds die afgelope26 jaar langs dieKaapse kus plaasvind, kanstraks op die rotse loop weens ’n gebrekaan borge. Volgens Stian Cloete, voorsittervan die Agulhas Inflatable Boat Club(AIBC), organiseerders van die wedvaart,oorweeg die AIBC dit sterk om ná vanjaarse wedvaart die handdoek in te gooi. “Om’n wedvaart van dié kaliber aan te biedverg enormemannekrag, tyd en geld – geldwat ons nie het nie.”Meer as dertig spanne, insluitend dié
van Jacques Matthee en Japie Swart vanKuilsrivier (geborg deur Four Cousins Fi-ver), neem van 28 Desember tot 1 Januarieaan die Trans Agulhas deel. Dit is ’n wed-vaart wat nie net die bote en die krag vandie enjins toets nie, maar ook die uithou-vermoë en konsentrasie van die jaers. Vol-gens die kampioenryer Wimpie Acker-mann moet ’n mens “fisiek fiks én brein-fiks wees”. “’n Mens kan nie vir eenoomblik jou konsentrasie verloor nie. Eenoomblik kan die water nog seepglad weesen dan, minute later, bevind jy jouself inwoeste waters!”Die Trans Agulhas word oor vyf dae en
meer as 600 km beslis. Dit begin op Pletten-bergbaai en eindig op Nuwejaarsdag 1 Ja-nuarie by die Strand.Die spanne kan vir een van vier klasse
inskryf: die standaardklas; die nuweling-standaardklas; die professionele klas endie gemodifiseerde klas.Ander plaaslike ryers wat vanjaar in ak-
sie sal wees, is die voormalige kampioeneStefan Lindeque en Tony Ingram (Nulan-dis) vanMelkbosstrand, verlede jaar se ge-modifiseerde klas-wenners, Dave Barnetten Tjaart Ooshuizen (Infanta/Yamaha)
vanBloubergstrand, enGerritMyburghenAnthony Fouche van Melkbosstrand(Boost Performance Racing).Dertien spanne neemvanjaar vir die eer-
ste keer aan die Trans Agulhas deel.Dienuwelinge sal goubesef ’nmensmoet
senuwees van staal hê vir dié wedvaart.Verlede jaar was Moeder Natuur aan dieryers se kant en het die Trans Agulhas inamper perfekte weer plaasgevind. In 2012wasdit egter ’n ander storie enhet verskeiebote weens die gure weer nie die eindpuntgehaal nie.Die botemoet elke dagverskeie kontrole-
punte bereik voordat hulle na die eindpuntkan beweeg.Op dag een (28 Desember) begin die wed-
vaart by Hobie-strand op Plettenbergbaai
en eindig dit by Santos-strand in Mossel-baai, 188,5 km verder. Die strand-kontrole-punte is by Nature’s Valley, The Waves,Brenton-on-Sea, Swartvlei, Wildernis,Glentana,Grootbrakrivier enKleinbrakri-vier.Op dag twee (29 Desember) vertrek die
bote van Mosselbaai na Stilbaai. Hullemoet by Vleesbaai en Gouritsriviermondse strande aandoen voordat hulle na dieeindpunt kan jaag. Dag twee se skof is 86km.Op dag drie op 30 Desember word ’n af-
stand van 161 km afgelê. Die spanne trekdie oggend weg uit Stilbaai, vanwaar hulleaandoen by Witsand en Waenhuiskransvoordat hulle by Struisbaai eindig. Die tra-disionele aandresies vind vanjaar by
Struisbaai plaas.Die vierde skof op 31Desember strek van
Struisbaai tot Gansbaai. Hulle sal aandoenby die volgende strande: Die Damme, Pear-ly Beach en Uilenskraalmond voordat hul-le die dag se skof suksesvol kan voltooi.Die finale skof oor 161 kmbegin byGans-
baai en eindig by die Strand. Die spannemoet byOnrus, Kleinmond, Pringlebaai enGordonsbaai aandoen voordat hulleStrand se kant toe mik.Ná elke dag se skof word ’n koning van
die branders-kompetisie aangebiedwat ge-woonlik aksiebelaaid is.Vir meer inligting oor die wedvaart
asook verwagte aankomstye by die strand-kontrolepunte en eindpunte, besoek diewebwerf www.trans-agulhas.com.
Laaste sien van legendariese Trans Agulhas?Heelwat plaaslike spanne neem vanjaardeel aan die legendariese Trans Agulhas-wedvaart, ’n uitdaagvaart vir rubberbotewat al beskryf is as die “moeilikste en lang-
Dit mag vanjaar dalk die laaste keerwees wat die Trans Agulhas aangebiedword. Die wedvaart, wat reeds die afgelope26 jaar langs dieKaapse kus plaasvind, kanstraks op die rotse loop weens ’n gebrekaan borge. Volgens Stian Cloete, voorsittervan die Agulhas Inflatable Boat Club(AIBC), organiseerders van die wedvaart,oorweeg die AIBC dit sterk om ná vanjaarse wedvaart die handdoek in te gooi. “Om’n wedvaart van dié kaliber aan te biedverg enormemannekrag, tyd en geld – geld
Meer as dertig spanne, insluitend diévan Jacques Matthee en Japie Swart vanKuilsrivier (geborg deur Four Cousins Fi-ver), neem van 28 Desember tot 1 Januarieaan die Trans Agulhas deel. Dit is ’n wed-vaart wat nie net die bote en die krag vandie enjins toets nie, maar ook die uithou-vermoë en konsentrasie van die jaers. Vol-
Stefan Lindeque en Tony Ingram (Nulandis) van Melkbosstrand is twee van die Trans Agulhas-veterane wat jaar ná jaar dié moordendewedvaart aanpak. Hulle het verlede jaar tweede in hul klas geëindig. FOTO: HEINRICH SAUER
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Sports facilities across the Cape are fall-ing prey to the acts of brazen vandalsand thieves.
A total of 55 sports complexeswere vandal-ised and burgled between April and Novem-ber. A staggering 217 incidents were report-ed during this period, the city confirms.Sports clubs and facility management
committees are calling on the city to step upsecurity, as they fear the continuous crimi-nal activities may stifle or end operations atthe organisations and facilities.Bennet Bailey, chairperson of the Rygate
Local Football Association (LFA) whichcalls Johnson Road Sports Complex in Ry-lands its home, says vandals stripped the fa-cility in the first week of October – only acouple of weeks after the end of the footballseason. He claims the damage amounts toR200 000, a cost they cannot cover.“The interior of the clubhouse was
stripped bare. All the cabling and wiringwas removed. The wiring of the floodlightswas also removed and the electricity box re-moved and damaged,” Bailey says.Similarly, chairperson of the Metropoli-
tan LFA, Wayne Weitz, says the Metropoli-tan Sports Complex in Bonteheuwel was hit
at the end of October. The facility wasstripped to resemble a shell and the organi-sation had to replace the trophies and med-als for its annual prizegivingdays before the event.“Everything was fine dur-
ing the season, except for theodd burglary, but when theseason ended and there wasless activity at the facility,the criminals pounced.“The MFMC is constantly
reminded that it is not theowner of the facility, but on-ly the custodians. Yet theowner, the city, doesn’t takeresponsibility for its assets.”In local sporting circles,
Weitz adds, there has beentalk of several facilities being vandalisedover the last couple of months. “There wasa time when security guards were placed atthe facility, but they informed us their con-tract had come to an end and that was theend of security,” he explains.“The city spends millions upgrading and
maintaining facilities, so I believe theyshouldprotect it or theworkwill beuseless.”TygerBurger has reported on incidents at
the Wesbank Sports Complex, DurbanvilleSports Complex and Ruyterwacht Sports
Complex,while its sister publicationCityVi-sion reported on incidents at the Gugulethuand Philippi swimming pools.
Furthermore, it’s othersister publication, People’sPost has reported on burgla-ry and vandalism at severalsports facilities across thepeninsula over the last cou-ple of months. These includethe Stephan Reagan, Rock-lands and Strandfonteinsports complexes, andSwartklip Indoor SportsCentre in Mitchell’s Plain,the Hoosain Parker SportsComplex in Parkwood andthe Johnson Road SportsComplex. Burglary and van-
dalism were also reported at clubhouses atKraaifontein Sports Complex.Despite the number of incidents, the city
says it cannot provide continuous securitypresence.Mayco member for community services
and special projects, Belinda Walker, says a“limited budget” of R36m was allocated forsecurity in the department budget.“The department has had to rationalise
the use of security personnel at some of itsfacilities to remain within the allocated
budget in the current financial year,” shesays.“The departmentmanages a large number
of public facilities across the city and hasidentified hotspots where facilities are par-ticularly vulnerable to theft and vandalism– security personnel will be present at thesefacilities. It is closelymonitoring these facil-ities to find the most effective and financial-ly sustainable options for securing them.”But security guards aren’t the only option,
Walker adds, as the city has invested consid-erably in fences and alarms. It is also work-ing to create partnerships with communityorganisations such as neighbourhoodwatches to help deter theft and vandalism.The city has spent R4,8m on repairs and
replacements at facilities which have fallenvictim to theft and vandalism, Walker says.“This is money that could have been put
to better use to either upgrade these facili-ties or provide additional facilities in areaswhere there are limited or no sport and rec-reation facilities,” she says.“Now, more than ever, we need our com-
munities to work with us and take owner-ship of their recreational spaces. We urgeresidents to report any suspicious behav-iour immediately.”V Report incidents anonymously on the toll-freenumber 0800 225 669.
VANDALISM: LACK OF SECURITY GUARDS SEES MUNICIPAL FACILITIES BEING STRIPPED
Sport clubs besiegedIn local sporting
circles, Weitz adds,there has been talkof several facilities