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Blaze devastates MasiphumeleleDALEEN FOUCHÉ

A MASSIVE fire sweptthrough Masiphumelele in

the early hours of yesterdaymorning, destroying over 1 500shacks and 15 brick houses andclaiming the life of an unidenti-fied man.

It left another man seriously in-jured, and two firemen sufferedburn wounds and were transportedto Vincent Palotti Hospital.

The fire displaced about 5 000people.

The blaze started at midnight onSunday in the wetlands informalsettlement, and initially moved intothe reeds of the wetlands, but whenthe wind direction changed the fireburned its way into the formal are-as of Masiphumelele.

The cause of the fire has not yetbeen determined.

Wilfred Solomons-Johannes,head of the City of Cape Town’s Dis-aster Risk Management, says morethan 20 fire engines attended thescene. “It took fire fighters fivehours to get the fire under control.”

Solomons-Johannes says thiswas the biggest fire in Masiphume-lele to date. He says the wetlands in-formal area cannot be reached bycar, and densely-built shacks alsomade fire fighting efforts “diffi-cult”.

Pastor Mzuvukile Nikelo, aMasiphumelele community leader,says fire fighters had to wait for thefire to burn a way open before theycould reach the affected area.

Solomons-Johannes says a groupof men also disrupted fire fightingefforts and threw rocks at fire en-

gines before police brought the situ-ation under control.

Nikelo says the group of men hadbeen drinking during the night at alocal shebeen and accused fire figh-ters of not acting promptly enough.

“It was a group of misbehaving,drunken men.”

Nikelo adds that fire fighters ac-ted very promptly and arrived atthe scene within minutes of the firstcall.

Siabonga Ngingana, a securityguard for Lake Security, was seri-ously injured in the fire, but is cur-rently in a stable condition in Ty-gerberg Hospital.

Leon Halliday, owner of Lake Se-curity, says Ngingana escapedthrough the wetlands, via a recent-ly-cleared fire break at the backwall of Lake Michelle. He says if thefirebreak had not been cleared, Ng-

ingana would not have had an es-cape route and would have died inthe fire. Halliday praised Emergen-cy Medical Treatment (EMT), whoattended the scene and treated Ng-ingana.

Robert de Wet, spokesperson forEMT, says members of EMT treatedNgingana for severe burns to hishands, feet and face. Halliday saysNgingana’s lungs were also burntin the heat of the fire, and he is ona ventilator.

Solomons-Johannes says City in-frastructure in the affected area, in-cluding water pipes and newly-built electricity lines, were “com-pletely destroyed”.

Area councillor, Felici-ty Purchase, says twowarm meals were provid-ed on Monday in theMasiphumelele hall to

people affectedby the fire. Theywillalso be fed today (Tuesday). TheMasiphumelele hall will be madeavailable to be used as a shelter.Purchase says the City will registerall people who were affected by thefire and hand out disaster kits tohelp them build a “simple struc-ture”.

Mayor Dan Plato and Patricia deLille, the MEC for Social Develop-ment in the Western Cape, visitedthe devastated area yesterday,while local councillors andMemberof the Provincial Parliament, MarkWiley, assisted with relief effortsthroughout the day.

. Read more on Page 3.

DEVASTATION: Three girls walk through the burnt rubble that remained after a fire wreaked havoc in Masiphumelele yesterday. An estimated 5 000 people were displaced after the fire destroyed1 500 shacks and 15 houses. The fire claimed the life of one man. Photo: EMT/Chad Chapman

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Lotus River family live in hopeLIAM MOSES

THE family of James Fisher, aLotus River teen who is be-

lieved to have drowned off KalkBay last week, held an emotionalvigil at the Kalk Bay harbouryesterday.

Fisher (14) hasbeen missing sincelast week, when hefell off the harbourwall during a fish-ing expedition anddisappeared intothe ocean.

Desiree Wil-liams, Fisher’sgrandmother, saidthe family werehosting the vigil inhopes that it wouldsomehow lead toher grandson be-ing found.

“We are here to-day because I wantto show him thatwe are here forhim and then may-be he will comeback,” said Wil-liams.

“We’re going tocall his name andthrow flowers onto the water toshow him that we are there for him,to show him that we aren’t going toabandon him.”

Fisher had been fishing with twofriends at the harbour at about 05:00on Wednesday 27 April when he felloff the harbour wall and disap-peared into the ocean.

Fisher and his friends, MoegamatAdams and Chandre Hendricks

were driven to the harbour at 04:00that day by Adams’ father, Riede-waan.

Darren Zimmerman, the Nation-al Sea Rescue Institute’s Simon’sTown station commander, saidFisher fell off the breakwater whilecasting his line into the sea.

“The teenagerthen swam into theharbour to upagainst the har-bour wall, but wasunable to climb upthe steep and highharbour wall.

“While holdingonto the fendertyres he passed hisfriend his fishingrod, which he hadhung onto, andthen he informedhis friends that hewould swim outthrough the har-bour entrance tothe beach.”

Zimmerman add-ed that Fisher’sfriends saw him dis-appear below thewaves while tryingto swim to safety.

“The last sightthat the friends had

of him was in the harbour en-trance,” said Zimmerman.

“It appears that the teenager mayhave grown tired and been sweptout to sea by currents and may havesuccumbed to hypothermia.”

The search for Fisher is currentlybeing conducted by the SAPS.

According to Brigadier BillyJones, SAPS provincial spokesper-son, the focus of the search could

soon move away from diving and onto patrols along the coast.

“The police will continue search-ing for him, but they won’t be div-ing any more,” says Jones.

“They’ll be searching along thebeach. That will continue until theymake a breakthrough. But that willstill take some time.”

Jones could not say exactly atwhat point the SAPS would stopdiving.

Fisher had been living with hisgrandmother for the past nineyears, as his mother and father diednine and eight years ago respective-ly, and it was Williams who boughthim the fishing rod he was using onthe day.

Williams said she felt hopefulthat her grandson would be foundalive, as her daughter had dreamtthat he would be.

“I am very, very hopeful that hewill be found alive,” said Williams.

“My daughter had a dream thathe would be found if we just comehere and call his name.”

Williams added that the grief oflosing her grandson was at its worstwhen she was alone.

“I feel at ease until I’m alone –then its gets to me, because we havephotos of him in the house, largephotos.

“There’s one were he is laughingand the other is where is near thewater. He loved the ocean verymuch and he loved fishing verymuch,” Williams says.

HOPEFUL: Desiree Wil­liams (left) and CrystalMoses, the grandmotherand aunt of James Fisher,wait at the Kalk Bay har­bour. Fisher has beenmissing since Wednesday27 April when he fell offthe Kalk Bay harbour wallinto the ocean.Photo: LiamMoses

MISSING: A younger JamesFisher posing with a snake. Hehas been missing since April27. Photo: Nasief Manie

BY AIR AND SEA: An NSRI boat and helicopter comb the sea around KalkBay in the hope of finding Fisher. Photo: Chad Chapman

Le Diamante development still going slowlyDALEEN FOUCHE

WHILE work on the Le Diamantebuilding in Muizenberg seems to

have slowed down, its developers remainconfident the project can be completedwithin months of the City of Cape Townapproving its plans.

Rika Lourens, director of DemindexProperties and developer of Le Diamante,is confident that once the City approvesthe sketch plans for the development, itwill take a mere three months to completethis “ambitious” project.

Andrew Price, quantity surveyor forthe project, says although they are stillworkingon thebuilding,work is being car-ried out by a team of skeleton staff, particu-larly on older parts of the building and theexterior. This will be the case until thesketch plans are approved.

The once dilapidated slum on Main Roadis to be transformed into an up-markethousing development with 35 apartments,a gym, an outside and inside pool and aspa. “It will be a lifestyle building,” saysLourens. People’s Post met with Price onsite. He says all the major logistic hurdlesof the development have been resolved.

Previously, People’s Post reported onproblems faced by the developers, includ-ing the “troublesome” issue regardingparking (“Le Diamante at a standstill”,People’s Post, 19 October 2010).

However, Price says that this problemhas been solved. “We managed to create 35parking bays for the 35 units in the build-ing.”

He says they had a verbal agreementfrom City officials that this would be ac-ceptable. It was also reported that con-struction on the development started be-fore any plans were submitted to the City.

But Lourens says that when she boughtthe building, she was “caught between thedevil and deep blue sea”.

She says the engineer working on theproject warned her that if she did not stabi-lise the building immediately, it would lit-erally fall apart.

“If we had waited to submit the buildingplans to council, the building would havefallen apart within three weeks,” she says.

The building was declared safe by a sen-ior building inspector from the City inMay 2010.

When People’s Post visited the site, Pricepointed out some of the disrepair andshowed that parts of the building had nofoundation.

It was also evident that many of the oldwalls were crumbling away. Price says theteam is currently reinforcing all the wallsand laying foundations where there arenone. Lourens, who also owns a miningcompany, says about sevendevelopers pre-viously attempted to develop the building,but failed. She attributes her success insolving the major problems of the buildingto the fact that she used her knowledge ofthe mining industry to overcome difficultlogistic problems.

“Wecombined the twodisciplines, build-ing and mining, to overcome the problemsand save the building.”

Lourens believes that there is no prob-lem that cannot be solved. “I do not acceptthat there are problems without solutions.You just need to find the solution.”

Demindex Properties is currently in-volved in a legal dispute regarding the pay-ment of one of the contractors who workedon the Le Diamante development (“Con-tractor claimsnon-payment forworkonLeDiamante”, People’s Post, 16 November

2010).The contractor claimed that he was not

paid for work done on the building and wasconsidering a civil claim against Demind-ex Properties. Lourens maintained that itwas a dispute over the quantity surveyor’sestimate. She insists that the developmentdoes not have a cash flow problem.

She did, however, say that when sheoriginally transferred the R10 million topay the previous owner for the building,the money was misappropriated.

“I had to double-finance the building,”she says. Lourens says the misappropria-tion is being investigated by the police. De-mindex Properties has since placed aclaim with Fidelity Insurance to recoverthe money.

One unit has already been sold, whileabout 12 people are “eagerly” awaiting thebuilding’s approval to buy a unit in the LeDiamante development, Lourens says.

Lourens says she wants to finish thebuilding and turn it into a “vibrant andlively place, with big palm trees, two giantDavid statues guarding the front andmanyflags waving in the wind”.

She says this will be the last develop-ment she will tackle. “This building ischallenging, difficult and very interest-ing.” People’s Post requested informationfrom the City of Cape Town on the currentstatus of the approval of Le Diamante’splans, but no comment was received at thetime of going to print.

INSIDE: The interior of the show flat at LeDiamante. Photo: Daleen Fouché

FITTINGS AND TRIMMINGS: The kitchen ofthe show flat. Photo: Daleen Fouché

SEARCHING: NSRI boats search the area whereJames Fisher was last seen. Photo: Cassie Carstens

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Thousands left with nothingDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THOUSANDS of people hoping torebuild their homes and lives

spent yesterday searching for any-thing usable in the heaps of smoul-dering rubble that remained after afire cut a swathe of devastationthrough Masiphumelele.

Sipotwana Gcinalithope (69) lost eve-rything except for her ID – which sheclutched tightly in her hands – and theclothes on her back.

Gcinalithope already had the poles inplace to rebuild her home on the ashesof her previous home, but said she wasstruggling to find material that had notbeen destroyed entirely.

She shared her shack with three peo-ple and says she has no income asidefrom a social grant.

And Gcinalithope is only one of manypeople who lost all their possessions inthe fire. Five thousand people were dis-placed by the blaze, the biggest ever inthe township.

“I do not know where I am going tosleep tonight,” said another resident,who was wandering around the ash-filled site, but still greeted this reporterwith a smile.

Phindiwe Kleinbooi (35) said she hasto rebuild her house for the second time,after a fire destroyed her shack late lastyear. Kleinbooi was woken up by thesmoke and screams of people early yes-

terday morning. She says she gatheredher three children and ran towards safe-ty. “There was so much smoke.”

She pointed to a shack, not too faraway, surrounded by red tape and agathering crowd. “A man died there.”

People in the crowd could not identifythe man, and only knew that he hadlived alone. Wilfred Solomons-Johan-nes, head of the City of Cape Town’s Dis-aster Risk Management department,says the man was trapped by the fire,which engulfed his shack. The structurefell in on him as he was trying to escape.

Masiphumelele, like many othertownships in Cape Town, is vulnerableto fire, especially in the winter months.

The wetlands informal settlement hasbeen the scene of many fires, but PastorMzuvukile Nikelo says this is the firsttime that it spread into the formal areaof Masiphumelele. He says the fact thatpeople build back-yard shacks betweenbrick houses increases the chance of afire spreading.

People’s Post previously reported thatovercrowding is one of the biggest con-tributors to fires, especially in the wet-lands informal area (“Overcrowdingblamed for Masi fires”, People’s Post, 30November 2010). But Dr Lutz van Dijk,who runs a children’s home inMasiphumelele, says Masiphumeleleneeds a second access road, throughFish Eagle Park, for emergency vehicleslike fire trucks to reach difficult areasof the township. He says he was woken

up yesterday morning by phone callsfrom Masiphumelele residents who saidthe fire engines could not reach theirshacks.

Councillor Felicity Purchase says theissue of a second access road has beenraised and is on the table as part of thedevelopment plan for Masiphumelele.

She, however, believes that a secondaccess road would not have made anydifference during Monday’s fire. Twen-ty fire trucks and other emergency vehi-cles accessed the township through themain entrance “without a problem”.

Purchase, along with other local coun-cillors, made an urgent appeal for help.She says thousands of people have beenleft with nothing on the eve of winter.

She asks that people donate clothingfor all ages, especially baby clothing;blankets, tin food, building material,household equipment, school books andstationery.

“Any help and donations will be wel-comed.”

Financial donations can be trans-ferred to the Fish Hoek Valley Resi-dents’ and Ratepayers’ Association’sbank account: Standard Bank, FishHoek, Branch Code 036009, AccountNumber 374203091. Donations can bedropped of at the council offices in FishHoek, or at the Living Hope gate inCapri.

For information André Olivier fromHistorically Disadvantaged IndividualSupport can be phoned on 082 939 3353.

NEED HELP: Sipotwana Gcinalithope (69) lost everything buther ID book in the fire. Photos: Daleen Fouché

REBUILDING: Thousands of people start to rebuild after yesterday’s fire in Masiphumelele.

Residents meetTHE Kommetjie Residents’ and Ratepay-ers’ Association is holding its AGM in theschool/community hall in Kommetjie on

Wednesday 11 May at 19:00 for 19:30. Allare welcome to attend. For more informa-tion phone (021) 783-2509

Business talkTHE Simon’s Town Business Associationwill hold its annual general meeting to-day, Tuesday 3 May, at 18:00 in the Si-mon’s Town Town Hall.

Simon Liell-Cock, a business consult-ant, will speak on “Lean Thinking forSmall Businesses”.

All are welcome to attend.

Meet the candidatesTHE Fish Hoek Valley Residents’ andRatepayers’ Association (FHVRRA) willhold its annual generalmeetingonThurs-day 12 May at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre

at 19:00. Residents are invited to meet theFar South councillor election candidates.

For more information, phone JanetHolwill on (021) 785-1328 or 082 920 7306.

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Alvon Collison, a well­known theatre and television personality, re­ceives his civic honour from Dan Plato, executive mayor of the Cityof Cape Town. Photo: Carl Fourie

CouncillorDemetriQuallyfrom theSouth Pe­ninsulaSubcoun­cil was oneof six coun­cillors tobe awar­ded the ti­tle of Al­derman.

Photo:Own archive

Brent van Rensburg (right), was recognised for his achieve­ments as the co­founder and artistic director of the Zip ZapCircus. On the left is Mayor Dan Plato. Photo: Carl Fourie

Dave Dewar was honoured for his work as the current emeri­tus professor of medicine at the University of Cape Town(UCT), director of the UCT Bio­ethics Centre, professor inpublic health sciences for the University of Toronto and aninternational member of the standing committee on ethicsfor the Canadian Institute of Health Research.Photo: Carl Fourie

David Kramer (right), a highly acclaimed playwright, musician and thea­tre director, is congratulated by Dan Plato, executive mayor of the Cityof Cape Town. Photo: Carl Fourie

The Western Cape Emergency Medical and Rescue Servic­es (EMS) was honoured for its services to the people ofCape Town for the past 31 years. Dr Cleeve Robertson(right) accepted the award on behalf of the organisationfrom Dan Plato (left), executive mayor of the City of CapeTown. Photo: Carl Fourie

Franklin Sonn the former South African ambassador to theUSA, the current rector of the Cape Peninsula University ofTechnology and a trustee for the Worldwide Fund for Nature,the Desmond Tutu Peace Trust and the Impumelelo Innova­tions Awards Trust, receives his civic honour from MayorDan Plato (left). Photo: Carl Fourie

Professor JC de Villiers receives his award from Dan Plato, executivemayor of the City of Cape Town (left). De Villiers is the former chairmanof neurosurgery at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and currentlydevotes his time to writing about medical history. Photo: Carl Fourie

Koos Bekker (right), the chief executive officer of Naspers,with Dan Plato, executive mayor of the City of Cape Town.Bekker received the accolade for his contribution to thefinancial and business advances of the media in South Afri­ca and Africa. Photo: Carl Fourie

Clive Fox (right) receives civic honours on behalf of the LionsClub International from Dan Plato (left), executive mayor ofthe City of Cape Town. The club, which is one of the world’slargest and most active voluntary humanitarian service or­ganisations, received the award for community work aroundthe city. Photo: Carl Fourie

Ian Weinberg (right) accepted the civic honour on behalf of the NationalSea Rescue Institute (NSRI) from Dan Plato, executive mayor of theCity of Cape Town (left). Photo: Carl Fourie

Allan Perrins (right) accepted an award on behalf of theCape of Good Hope SPCA, one of the oldest and largestanimal welfare organisations in South Africa. Photo: Carl Fourie

Zackie Achmat re­ceives his civic hon­our from Dan Plato(left), executivemayor of the City ofCape Town. Achmatfounded the Treat­ment Action Cam­paign (TAC) and theNational Coalitionfor Gay and LesbianEquality.Photo: Carl Fourie

The City also conferred civic honours onthe late Prima Ballerina Assoluta PhyllisSpira. Spira’s artistic achievements andher contribution to dance developmentwere acknowledged in a moving citation.Philip Boyd, the head of Dance for All inAthlone, an organisation that has beenteaching ballet and various other danceforms of dance to children since 1991,accepted the prestigious award on behalfof his late wife. Seen here are Boyd (left)with Mayor Dan Plato and entertainerAlvon Collison (right). Photo: Alison Foat

‘Exceptional’ work awarded‘Exceptional’ work awardedTHE City of Cape Town be-

stowed civic honours on 37exceptional individuals andThursday 28 April.

The individuals and organisa-tions were honoured for their out-

standing service or contribution tothe City and its residents.

At the ceremony, City of CapeTown Executive Mayor, AldermanDan Plato, explained that theawarding of civic honours was im-portant for a city’s progress and

growth. “We bestow civic honourson certain individuals and organi-sations to acknowledge their variedcontributions to our collective de-velopment and to encourage themto continue their outstanding ef-forts. Our support is important be-

cause these contributions willachieve real, lasting developmentin this place we call home.

“As we build our new democracy,we must do all we can to promotethe values of civic-mindedness,”said Plato.

Civic honours were conferred inthree categories this year, namelySigning of the Civic Honours Book,one of the highest accolades that theCity can confer on its residents,Honorary Title of Alderman andthe Mayor’s Medal.

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The scienceof creation

Free health talk

THE international astronomer, DrDanny Faulkner, will be giving atalk on “Cosmology and Creation”at Fish Hoek Senior High Schoolhall on Thursday 5 May at 19:00.

Faulkner has a PhD in astronomyfrom the University of Indiana, andhas been on the faculty of the Uni-versity of South Carolina – wherehe holds a professorship, teachingastronomy and physics – since 1986.

In addition to Faulkner’s work increation studies, his research inter-est is stellar astronomy, particular-ly eclipsing binary stars.

He has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers in hisfield of expertise, a number of popu-lar articles in creation journals, apopular creationist book – “Uni-verse by Design” – as well as fea-tured in a popular DVD, “TheYoung Sun”. There is no charge forthe talk and various resources willbe on sale. For further details, con-tact Johan on (021) 975-0107 or visitthe website www.creation.com.

A FREE talk on health questions isgiven every Saturday at the KitchKombuis Coffee Station in AlbertynRoad, Muizenberg, at 10:50.

The talk is given by MouminaWagner – a German homeopathyand natural medicine practitionerwho has worked in several clinicsin Germany and Spain since 1997.

A different topic will be discussedeach week.

The next talk will be on “Body –detox: The first step to a better feel-ing”, on 7 May.

Coffee, tea and eats will be availa-ble. For more information, contact(021) 709-0310 or email [email protected].

Alleged conmen skip townDALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE former managers of aFish Hoek coffee shop have

been accused of stealing aboutR30 000 from the owners before“suddenly” skipping town onSunday 17 April.

It is believed thatthe owners of thecoffee shop havelaid a case of theft atthe Fish Hoek Po-lice Station, but po-lice could not con-firm this.

The co-owner,who did not want tobe named, tells Peo-ple’s Post that thetwo men, who spokewith Australian ac-cents and managedthe coffee shop forover a year, alleged-ly stole money fromthe shop and evenclaimed to be theowners on one occa-sion. The ownersays the men werepaid on a commis-sion basis.

The owner became suspiciousabout the two men after they be-gan displaying “strange beha-viour”. She says they alwaysmade excuses for not showingtheir ID or passport documentsand refused to have their photostaken.

But the owner says she gave

them the “benefit of the doubt”.The owner believes that the two

men did not use their real namesin any of their dealings in FishHoek.

She says the men previouslyworked for Triangle Square Mar-ket in Fish Hoek, before it moved

to Longbeach Mall.They approached

her regarding workwhen the marketmoved to the mall.

Now it is allegedthat the two men arealso wanted in Aus-tralia and New Zea-land – under diffe-rent names – forfraud.

Although People’sPost could not con-firm if the formermanagers of theFish Hoek coffeeshop are the sametwo men who arewanted for fraud inthese two coun-tries, JonathanDubb, a formermember of theMelville Communi-ty Policing Forum

and owner of a security companyin Johannesburg, believes theyare.

Dubb wrote about the two menon a community website in 2009,warning people to stay clear of themen after they allegedly connedtwo clubs and several individuals.

Dubb says two clubs in Johan-

nesburg were “conned out of mo-ney” in 2008 and 2009 by two menwho fit the description and be-haved similarly to the formermanagers of the Fish Hoek coffeeshop.

Dubb only learned of the FishHoek incident when People’s Postphoned him.

He says the men, one in his thir-ties and the other in his twenties,spoke with an Australian accentand hosted regular karaokeevents in Melville.

He says they were employees ofone club, but claimed to be theowners and stole from the busi-ness.

They allegedly also took moneyfrom clients who believed theywere investing in the business.They also pretended to buy ano-ther club with fraudulent docu-ments.

He says they have been knownto target victims within the “gaycommunity”.

“I have been chasing these guysfor over two years now,” he says.

Dubb introduced the two men tothe owner of a club in Johannes-burg, which was subsequentlyconned.

Dubb says he lost a contract be-cause of their actions.

One of the clubs laid a charge atthe Brixton police station in Jo-hannesburg.

Dubb, however, saysthe men convinced theowner that they wouldrepay the money thathad been stolen if the

charges were dropped.The owners dropped the case,

but the two men left Johannes-burg and the owners of the clubnever saw them again, he says.

Brixton police station con-firmed that a case of fraud hadbeen lodged against the two menand subsequently withdrawn.

Dubb recently received phonecalls from friends in Cape Town,who told him the two men wereworking in a coffee shop in FishHoek.

He says one of his Cape Townfriends was trying to gain a photo-graph of the two men to confirmthat they were the same people,but failed to do so before they leftFish Hoek.

Dubb says he has also been incontact with a man from New Zea-land, who claims that the two menhave conned several people inAustralia and New Zealand.

According to a Johannesburgcommunity news site, one of themen was convicted in New Zea-land of being in possession of over1 000 pornographic pictures ofyoung boys and fined $8 000 in2001.

According to the site, he ap-peared in the Auckland DistrictCourt on 14 charges of possessingobjectionable material and 13charges of making copies for dis-tribution.

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Sailing ship launchesdreams of the seaTHE 180-foot rigged sailing ship,Bark Europa, arrived in CapeTown harbour from Antarcticaon Thursday 21 April after a gru-elling 55 days at sea sailingaround Cape Horn and across thesouthern ocean.

The ship is readying for the nextleg of her world voyage to Europevia Ascension Island.

A trainee from the Cape Wind-jammers Education Trust (CWET),a section 21 public benefit organisa-tion doing youth development andleadership training through sailtraining, will join the Bark Europaon its next leg to Europe, SouthAmerica, Antarctica and back toCape Town – a year-long journey.

Marx Mohr (18) sailed on the sail-ing vessel Concordia in 2009 withMonde Sitole and eight other SouthAfrican youths, together with 25youths from Canada, Mexico, USAand Germany. For those who wishto experience a chance of a lifetimevoyage at sea, CWET will benefitfrom any bookings made for theBark Europa’s 2011 itinerary.

CWET is also planning a WinterSailing Programme for 27 learnersfrom three Cape Town schools overthe June/July school holidays, incollaboration with the Izivungu-vungu Sailing School in Simon’sTown. Training will be conductedaboard the well-known “STYHoward Davis”, kindly made avail-able by the owners of the vessel.

Dennis Stevenson, chairpersonofCWET says: “She was purpose-builtas a sail-training vessel for the mer-chant marine, the brainchild ofCaptain Phil Nankin, himself a tallship sailor, having been mate of theLawhill.” During the Winter Sail-ing Programme, 27 youths gain in-valuable life skills experience inseamanship, environmental aware-ness of the sea and vocational train-ing in navigation and vessel man-agement.

“It is our aim to train SA youthin seamanship, but more impor-tantly develop leadership and re-sponsibility amongst our youth viathis unique and exciting method,”

says Stevenson.CWET is relying on companies to

sponsor the cost of a learners’ train-ing, which amounts to R5 000 pertrainee per week.

There are 26 countries represent-ingSailTraining International, andSouth Africa is currently the onlymember country without its owntall ship. CWET has identified thestaysail schooner Clan Mackenzieas a possible sailing platform to se-riously embark on its programmes.This 76 foot, 65 ton vessel was de-signed by Brian Lello and built inNoordhoek. In it present configura-tion it is not the ideal sail trainingvessel, but conversion to a brigan-tine is a possibility, making it moresuited to CWET objectives.

Interested parties or would-besailors wanting to book on the BarkEuropa can contact CWET on (021)685-4013 or email [email protected], callDennis Stevenson on 082 499 1537 orWill Gubb on 071 602 5793 or [email protected].

SAIL AWAY: Marx Mohr (18) will beaboard the Bark Europa, on its nextleg to Europe, South America, Ant­arctica and back to Cape Town – ayear­long trip.

SWEET GESTURE: Businesses in FishHoek facilitated an Easter egg drive forneedy children, culminating in a hand­over of the eggs last Saturday (23 April).Members of the public could drop off do­nations of Easter eggs at various partici­pating businesses in Fish Hoek. Seenhere are, from the left, Bev Paradine fromCopy Wizard, who assisted in driving thecampaign; Adrian Lawson, president ofthe Fish Hoek Chamber of Commerce andIndustry; and Pat Moatse, chairperson ofthe Ocean View Community Police Forum,who volunteered to distribute the eggs inMasiphumelele and Ocean View. The busi­ness community thanks residents of FishHoek for thinking of the less fortunate atEaster time and making the effort to do­nate the treats. Photo: Iain Groom

A whale of an equationA CONFERENCE titled “A Whaleof an equation”, which is a diveinto the watery world of whalesand dolphins to promote mathe-matics and science, will be heldat Muizenburg on Tuesday 7June.

Mature female Southern RightWhales arriving now to calve inthe False Bay “nursery” weighthe equivalent of about 10 ele-phants.

Clem Sunter, the game-playingstrategist in his entertainingtalks touches on South Africa’sposition in the world according toThe World Economic Forum’sGlobal Competitiveness Report.In this regard South Africanschool mathematics ranks 137thout of 139 countries. In contrast

however, consider an individualpocket of excellence such as SiyaXusa, the young rocketeer fromUmtata and St John’s Collegewho now has a minor planetnamed after him for the advanceshe has made in rocketry science.

The conference is a joint initia-tive between the African Insti-tute for Mathematical SciencesSchool’s Enrichment Centre(AIMSSEC) of Muizenberg, theCape Town Science Centre and AWhale Of A Heritage Route whoare calling for imaginative andintellectually stimulating 20-minute contributions from any-one on topics such as Pollution,Water Quality, Biomimicry, Biol-ogy, the Impact of Noise, Naviga-tion, Echolocation, Whale Songs,

Energy Conservation, WhaleIdentification and Whale Sight-ings. Over and above these op-tions therewill be a slot for a crea-tive paper titled Whales, Foxes orHedgehogs and, a presentation onthe History Of Whaling In FalseBay.

Specific slots will also be avail-able for contributions by a learn-er, a college student, a teacher, abusiness person, a whale spotterand a tourist guide.Send 200 wordabstracts to Alan Lindner [email protected] by Friday 6May.

The speaker line-up will be con-firmed on Saturday 9 May.

Inquiries may be directed toAlanLindnerof AWhaleof aHer-itage Route on 079 391 2105 or toJai Grover of AIMSSEC on(021) 787-9320.

BLOWN AWAY: The Izivunguvungu YouthBand performed their Freedom Day Con­cert at Schotsche Kloof, Cape Town,blowing away the rain as well as the au­dience. After first braving the showersto visit the stadium in Green Point,which some had not yet seen, the youngmusicians managed to perform theirhour­long repertoire under almost blueskies, before a 15:00 cloudburst. Mostof the members are from the Ocean Viewarea, with a few from Red Hill and someeven originally from Zimbabwe. Thanksto the partial assistance of the Navy, theband is able to travel occasionally, evenas far as Knysna, where they have beena very popular feature at the annual Oys­ter Festival for the past two years, ac­cording to Commodore Mike Oldham,their director. Photo: Supplied

Wednesday 4 MayFish Hoek: The Women’s Agricul-tural Association will be holdingtheir monthly meeting at the FishHoekCivicCentre at 09:30. The top-ic for the month is “Needlework”.Visitors are welcome. Covercharge is R5, which includes teaand cake. Contact Pat James on(021) 782-2379.

Thursday 5 MayMuizenberg: The University ofthe Third Age in False Bay will behosting a presentation by LilianBirch and Di Whiting titled “Twoto Peru” at the Muizenberg Pavil-ion at 09:30 for 10:00. All are wel-come and entrance is free. ContactPeter Rickards on (021) 788-9469.

Friday 6 MayFish Hoek: The support group forfamilies coping with Alzheimersand other dementias meets everymonth on the first Friday at Neri-na Gardens in Recreation Road,Fish Hoek. Come at 10:00 for a cupof coffee and the meeting starts at10:30. Contact Bridget on (021) 786-3279 or 082 340 7611.

Saturday 7 MaySimon’s Town: The HomemadeShoppe morning market will beheld in the old library hall, oppo-site the Simon’s Town Police Sta-tion, from 09:00 to 12:00. There willbe cakes, food and crafts on sale.Contact Susan on 073 213 8887 or(021) 783-2244.

Fish Hoek: The MethodistChurch in First Avenue, will behaving a craft market from 08:30.There will be lots of home craftersand plants on sale. Contact Yvonneon (021) 782-2687 or 082 685 2099.

Marina Da Gama: The EastlakeCraft Market – where

Marina Da Gama crafters will bebringing out the winter range thismonth – will be held at the East-lake Village Centre from 09:00 to15:30. Contact Iona Spalding on 082896 1499.

Fish Hoek: The White HeatherClub will be hosting its monthlydance at the Fish Hoek Civic Cen-tre at 20:00. Music entertainmentwill be provided by Edna. ContactAnni on 083 241 1550.

Sunday 8 MayCape Point: Join the Cape PointVolunteers for a hike along Olie-fantsbos Road, through to SirkelsVlei and back. Meet inside theCapePoint paygate at 09:00 and thewalk should finish by 12:00. Hikersshould wear boots, have a hat,snacks and rain gear. There is nocharge but bring a Wild Card orpay Cape Point admission. ContactDes on (021) 782-1375.

AIRBORNE: DanielGrebe took somephotos at Long­beach in Kom­metjie on Tuesday26 April. He says:“There was awhole bunch ofkite­surfers downthere doing big airsover the waves.The westerly windwas howling,which made greatkite­surfing condi­tions ... and photoopportunities.”Pictured is PatriceHartmann, fromMuizenberg, own­er of Surfstore Afri­ca, getting air off awave and doing a“tail grab”.

Photo: Daniel Grebe

Crime fighters meet in Fish HoekA MEETING of the Fish HoekNorth Neighbourhood Watchwill be held on Tuesday 3 May at

19:30 in the Moth Hall, CentralCircle, Fish Hoek. All interestedpersons are invited to attend.

Dance club gatheringTHE White Heather Dance Clubwill be holding its next meeting onSaturday 7 May at the Fish HoekCivic Centre at 20:00. Bring along a

plate of treats to eat and your owndrinks.

For more information contact(021) 782-1558.

Panoply of dance at civic centreTHE Fish Hoek Friends of Music or-ganisation will present 15 UCT stu-dents in a showcase of a variety ofdances – including classical ballet,Irish, Spanish and contemporary –with matching music on Friday 6

May at the Fish Hoek Civic Centreat 19:30.

The compere will be lecturerLindy Raisenberg, and Daniel Fou-rie will accompany a performanceby Spanish dance teacher, Mavis

Becker. Tickets cost R50 for adultsand R10 for children.

Tickets can be purchased at Val-ley Boutique in Valyland, the Bil-tong Bars in Main Road or Long-beach, or at the door.

For more information contactPat on (021) 782-2252 or Carole on(021) 782-2282.

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UPDATING OF ARTS AND CULTURE DATABASEThe City of Cape Town’s department of Social Development: Arts and Culture is updating itsdatabase and calls on all arts, culture and heritage organisations and practitioners to register.

Registration forms are available from all local libraries or the City’s website below and mayeither be handed in, faxed, or e-mailed to:

Address: Room 27, 1st Floor Paul Sauer Building, 1 Adderley Street, Cape TownWebsite: www.capetown.gov.zaFax: 021 400 1660E-mail: Melissa Hendry at [email protected]

The closing date for submission is Wednesday 15 June 2011.

Further enquiries may be directed to Melissa Hendry ontel 021 400 1581.

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Golfing excellence celebratedGolfing excellence celebratedTHE ClovellyGolf Club hostedits Club Champi-onships over twoweekends on 26and 27 Marchand2and3April.

This annualevent was held atthe club andserved to recog-nise top perform-ers in the tourna-ment which testedthe mettle of theclub’s male golf-ers.

Club president, Raymond Ackerman (left), with Stephen Bar­nard, the new Club Champion. Photo: Supplied

Club captain, John Spyker, with David Van Eyk, winner of theB Division. Photo: Supplied

Club captain, John Spyker, with PaulBarrett, winner of the C Division.

Club captain, JohnSpyker, with MarkBarrett, winner ofthe Pinn Cup forscoring 36 holesnett. Photo: Supplied

Club captain, John Spyker, with Mark Ber­rett, winner of the Monty Dembrovsky Trophyfor scoring 72 holes nett. Photo: Supplied

Club captain, John Spyker, with Brett Eagle, winnerof the Junior Trophy. Photo: Supplied Rohan Fraser, winner of the Veteran’s Trophy.

Page 8 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 3 May 2011

Protect and serveTHE South African Police Service (SAPS) isunder scrutiny after violent attacks, two ofwhich ended in the death of civilians byshooting.

The most recent attack occurred on Satur-day, when police were caught on CCTV kick-ing a Pretoria man in the stomach, hittinghim in the face, and trampling on his head.After this assault, the man was arrested forbeing in possession of an unlicensed firearm,pointing the firearm and resisting arrest.

In Woodstock, a sports bar owner and hispatrons were allegedly manhandled and as-saulted by the Woodstock police at the Easterweekend.

President Jacob Zuma, who has expressed“concern” about excessive violence used bySAPS members, called on police to rethinktheir strategy in containing volatile situa-tions.

This came after the death of Ficksburg resi-dent Andries Tatane, who was assaulted andthen shot in the chest by police during a ser-vice delivery protest in April. Last week,Kempton Park resident Jeanette Odendaalwas shot dead by an officer outside a policestation after she bumped a parked police car.

Much is left to be desired when it comes tothe expressed sentiment of the police’s topbrass on the point of excessive use of force byofficers in the execution of their duties.

National Police Commissioner, Bheki Cele,said that recently reported instances of policebrutality are mere “isolated cases”.

But incidents of excessive violence hardlyseem sporadic, with the steady influx of re-ports at community newspapers alone aboutofficers exerting excessive force.

Police brutality sabotages attempts by theforce to build stronger relationships with thecommunities they serve.

And a breakdown in trust works against ef-forts such as the establishment of communitypolice forums and social crime prevention in-itiatives.

Our men and women in blue must alwaysbe mindful to first to do no harm.

MetrorailbluesI TRIED to take the 09:00 trainservice from False Bay sta-tion to Cape Town.

The cashier refused impo-litely to issue me a pensionerticket not a second before09:00, because the systemwouldn’t allow it. This timethe train was on time (by ex-ception), so I missed the trainand my appointment in town.Why is it not possible to startissuing tickets five minutesbefore 09:00? This really is aridiculous system and anabuse of my right to taketrains from exactly 09:00 on apensioner ticket.ALPHONS NYPELSMuizenbergPEOPLE’S POST sent this letterto Metrorail for comment on Tues­day 12 April, but to date has notreceived a response. – Ed.

Poor management at Long BeachTHIS photo of a group of people fromSanParks was taken on Fridaymorning 8 April on Long BeachNoordhoek.

They were supposedly there topick up litter on the beach. I makethis assumption because each washolding, as they always do on theirroutine outing, a large plastic binbag.

They spent no less than 15 min-utes standing and talking as a groupas shown in the pictures, thenstrolled the length of the beach, asa tight group making no attempt tocollect litter. I might add it would beunlikely for this lot to find much lit-ter since they were clearly more in-tent on sticking together.

They also strolled at the very backof the beach, perhaps not realizingthat the recent strong South Easterwould have moved litter closer to

the shore line.Where is management, what

about supervision and controls?What a waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money.ALAN BAXTERNoordhoek

GERHARD PRETORIUS, TA-BLE MOUNTAIN NATIONALPARK’S PROJECT MANAGERFOR “WORKING FOR THECOAST”, RESPONDS:

The team in the photograph is em-ployed by the Working for the CoastTable Mountain project.

The project has to date operatedwith four contracted teams of about13 people each. Each team compris-es a contractor and a number ofworkers, with 13 being the maxi-mum size for any team. The reasonfor this is that a maximum of 13

workers can be trans-ported using the con-tractors’ transport.

Working for theCoast technically em-ploys all the benefici-aries via these fourcontractors, witheach contractor beingan independent busi-ness – all wages arepaid through the con-tractor’s business andthe costs for trans-porting beneficiariesare paid in the samefashion. In February2011, one of the con-tractors was perma-nently employed inthe Department of

CorrectionalServices,and virtuallyleft over-night to at-tend trainingin Bloemfon-tein.

This effectively left his team of 11unemployed and is one conse-quence of the contracting system,although this doesn’t happen often.The current financial cycle (June2008 to 31 March 2011) was drawingto a close, with no certainty of newfunding from April 2011, if at all.

Setting up a new contractor in-cludes various legal registrations aswell as the acquisition of transport.It was due to the uncertainty withregard to the new funding cycle thata new contractor was not appointed.Instead, we employed the remain-ing team through one of the existingcontractors – logistically, it meansdouble trips for one contractor (2 x13 people), as opposed to doublingthe transport for all three contrac-tors (if we’d spread the remainingworkers across the remainingteams), and was thus the most cost-effective solution. With the benefici-aries of one team living inMasiphumelele, and the other teamliving in Red Hill, this adds furtherlogistical challenges. Ultimately itwas the most effective way that wecould keep the team employed. Theteam in the picture is this remain-ing team.

On the morning in question, justbefore 08:00, the team (fromMasiphumelele) was waiting for thesupervisor who was collecting the

relevantpaperwork required for theday from the contractor, who was atthe Noordhoek Beach parking lot.The contractor then left to get theother team from Red Hill. The teammaintains that they had startedworking once the paperwork hadbeen collected and had indeedspread out in a line across the beachas they proceeded with the specificsite.

They would admittedly, however,have failed to cover the area northof where they were standing.

I acknowledge that the workmethodology is less than desired,and that the administration shouldhave been completed before theteamstartedon the site, but current-ly this team is working without adedicated contractor.

Furthermore, roughly half of thebeneficiaries have had to attendcompulsory accredited trainingthat our funder is currently con-ducting, and notably this team haslacked a supervisor for portions ofthe working month as she had beenon training.

It should also be noted that thisproject has only had a full-timeproject manager since 1 April andthat the field assistant position iscurrently vacant. The field assist-ant post will be filled in May 2011.I personally haven’t been out to sitesince I’ve started.

STANDING ABOUT: A group of workers from TMNPbunch up instead of spreading out to pick up litter.

Photo: Alan Baxter

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The STCA pamphlet states: “Dustbins:Every resident should have the pre-scribed baboon-proof bin. Secure the binby lying it down on its side. No easy pick-ings – No Baboons.”

It does not mention that the bin mustbe locked. Secondly thebin isnot securedby lying it down on its side, but shouldbe firmly tied to an upright structure.

On the first page of the Baboon Aware-ness brochure, under “Keep baboons outof your bins”, which photographically il-lustrates how to add locks to secure thebins, which are not baboon-proof bythemselves, it correctly says: “Securebin upright and lock for best baboon-proofing.”

It is proven if this advice is consistent-ly and effectively followed it provides100% baboon-proofing efficacy. Thesame cannot be said for lying the bindown on its side.

When the baboon has the bin on theground, it can pull items through thesides.

With culling protocol in place for raid-ing baboons, including Fred of theSmitswinkel troop, it is obviously impor-tant that residents are given the correctadvice to prevent raids.LORNA THOMAS

Simon’s Town

LORRAINE HOLLOWAY, THESTCA’S PORTFOLIO MANAGER FORBABOONS AND MEMBER OF THEBABOON LIAISON GROUP, RE-PLIES:

THE STCA is working really hard toraise baboon awareness within the com-munity, particularly good waste man-agement practice. It needs to be pointedout that there are reasons for the differ-ences between the STCA and City pam-phlet.

Not all areas in Simons Town andGlencairn have waste trucks with amechanism which can open the bin withthe locks in place. The “Dealing with Ba-boons” pamphlet has been distributedby way of mail drops and our email net-work in those areas where the truck isnot mechanised.

Laying the bin on its side is just oneof the options to secure a bin and obvi-ously it would be locked. The City has aplan in place to have the trucks adjustedas soon as possible. Residents will thenreceive a communication advising themof this.

We would welcome the writer’s assist-ance in our efforts.

However, the writer’s comment on“culling protocol” and the mention ofFred of the Smitswinkel troop is withoutintegrity, mischievous and misleadingand is not in the best interests of our ba-boons or our community.

Stop whining and do somethingI READ the comment by one of your readerson Tuesday 5 April on Page 10, regardingthe law enforcement against wood sellers,and would like to comment on it.

I would like to address this comment tothe person who does not want to post hisname.

I find it disgusting that someone sees thisas an issue in terms of the so-called messagethat the tourists are getting and the rest ofthe world.

Our country and our people need every bitof help they can in order to survive and tomake ends meet.

This person is obviously only thinkingabout himself/herself and how dirty or badthe road looks on his or her way home, andtherefore it causes him or her a serious dis-comfort which he/she is now voicing be-cause he/she is entitled, due to the fact thathe/she is a tax payer.

Sir/madam, open your eyes. If you had noopportunities for a job, no hope of gettingit, no education that you enjoyed while inyour forming years, a family to feed, a housethat leaks everywhere in winter, a housethat falls apart every time the wind blows,and on top of that you have to put up withhigh crime rate in the place you live, wouldthe opinion of the so-called tourist trade bein any way important to you while all youare trying to do is earn just a couple of randto put food in your family’s mouths?

I ask you, would you rather prefer thatthese people resort to stealing and robbing?At least this would not be seen by the touristtrade, but somehow it would send an evenworse message to the world, would it not?

This selfish view is what we must get ridof, if we want to go ahead in this land. Yes,it is illegal, yes it does not look good, yes itis frustrating, but also, yes you have it all,yes you are not in that position, yes you payyour taxes because, yes you earn a decentsalary and yes you have a decent place tolive in.

Let us not forget those that have been ne-glected for generations.

Let us instead help in any way possible touplift their lives, even if it means sometimesthat you have to put up with such discom-forts as these and have to turn a blind eyein order to let it be.

Why, instead of complaining, don’t you of-fer one of these people a job doing your gar-den, or the washing and ironing?

You will find much more reward out of do-ing this and knowing that you have actedlike a real human being instead.

You will suddenly realise that it is not justabout the taxes you pay and what you aresupposed to get for it.

And I am not ashamed or embarrassed tolet you know who I am.MARCOS JOSE SOLIS-PERALTAWelcome Glen

Assumptions made by the mediaIN RESPONSE to the cartoon you had in yourTuesday 26 April edition, which refers to Ju-lius Malema: Malema did not say Helen Zilledanced like a monkey.

He said an ugly lady in a blue dress dancedlike a monkey to get votes.

He could have been referring to a numberof women within the Democratic Alliance(DA) – admittedly, only two of them could befrom the Western Cape cabinet as there are on-ly two women in the Western Cape (WC) cabi-net to my knowledge – one less than there ison a certain DA election poster!

Of course, logic has it that it is indeed Zillethat Malema is referring to, but in the absenceof definite facts, surely you as the mediashould not make fact out of assumption.

Another example of the media’s seemingability to read Malema’s mind is when hecalled Zille a cockroach.

It was automatically assumed he was usingthe Rwanda version of cockroach, where the

term was used to describe the victims of thatholocaust.

Just another couple of examples of the me-dia’s ability to manufacture facts.GARY WESTMarina Da Gama

THE Sowetan published a photo on Mon-day 28 March of Helen Zille dancing in ablue DA T-shirt and blue skirt at an eventin Port Elizabeth at the weekend. Malemathen said in Polokwane on Saturday 2April: “Have you ever seen an ugly womanin a blue dress dancing like a monkey be-cause she is looking for votes?” All mediareports linked Malema’s statement toZille’s dancing, and Zille and the DA wereapproached for comment. If the media haderred in making the link, Malema wouldmost likely have demanded a correctionand apology – something he has never beenshy or slow to do. - Ed.

Tony Robinson short-sightedHILARY JACOBS, thank you for the suc-cinct letter you wrote to Tony Robinsonin the People’s Post on Tuesday 26 April re-garding fracking in the Karoo.

I could not have said it better. It irri-tates me when someone like Tony Robin-son, who has some clout, writes so flip-pantly about something as serious asfracking and in a tone that would gladdenthe hearts of many corporate oil bigwigs.

The effects of fracking are going to beserious and cumulative the world over.In 10 years’ time people will be singinga different song, but by then it will be toolate.

America seems unable to regulatefracking; why should South Africa beany different?

And why does Mr Robinson think theonly two choices are fracking or nuclearpower?

It is easy for Mr Robinson to belittlepeople who care about clean water andbabies being born without serious de-formities, just so that he can look good.

I thought his article was short-sighted,not very well researched, and disap-pointing for a so-called “free-thinker”.

He makes me laugh when he says theanti-frackers are paying people to smearthe oil companies’ names, when in factthe oil companies, who actually have themoney, are spending a fortune on publicrelations and advertising to promotetheir own cause.

There is plenty of objective informa-tion available about fracking and itslong-term effects.

“Fracking Hell: The Untold Story” isone example.ULRIC CONRADIEKommetjie

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. The readers who are con-cerned about the elderly lady whowas the victim of the bad estateagent, rest assured. Once the inves-tigation is finalised her name willbe published.

. Don’t bother reopening ShellFracker’s garage. We don’t needthem.

. The residents of Ocean Viewmust be fined when they arecaught dumping. Report them andlet them pay a fine of between R500and R10 000.

. Responding to the Editor’sleader last week, “Historic holi-day”, I believe we are still dividedalong racial lines. If not, how doyou explain BEE policy, sportsquotas and affirmative action?True acceptance can possibly onlybe obtained if we eradicate all dis-criminatory practices and inflam-matory speeches. Smiley

Treknetters. What a heart-warming story

about the treknet fishermen onPage 6, and it’s even more heartwarming when we see more thana few tons of yellowtail lying on thebeach. Mark

. To the treknet fishermen onFish Hoek beach, maybe you arewithout income due to the lack offish? You have destroyed the fishpopulation by trekking. Pat H

.Unfortunately the treknet fish-ermen slaughter pregnant femalesby the ton, thus threatening the fu-

ture stock, and bear in mind thatthese fish are docile and easy tocatch. They also drag all and sun-dry in their nets to the beach! Gra-ham

No sign, no fine?. Please could the “No dogs al-

lowed” rule be enforced on FishHoek beach by giving people a R300spot fine? Most of the signs havebeen removed. Maureen, FishHoek

Baboons. I have three kids under three

years old and live in Lakeside. Wehad a large baboon in our yard andfour other times we had serious en-counters. I must say, I’m armedwith pepper spray because I lovemy kids. Do people value baboonsabove their own kids? Gerhard

. Why protect baboons? Besideskeeping them in a few zoos and cir-cuses for amusement, they have nouse! Merlin

General. I really want to know what is

wrong with False Bay Hospital.When you go there, only three pa-tients are permitted to go in, butyou have a big family. And to thatfemale security guard, you arevery rude.

. To the abusive, miserable, ill-mannered foreigner who swore atme, hit my dog for no reason, andwhose dog on a leash bit a runner’spooch right on Long Beach. This isthe man who hit his dog senselesswith onlookers right there on the

beach, including securities, onEaster weekend. I hope that youare locked up, that your kid andwife dumps you, and that your dogends up in a better home. Get outof this country. We don’t need youor your opinions in our lives. If youwant my opinion, I’ll give it to you:get out of South African society.

. To Leon, I think it was suggest-ed that you share your martial artsskills and start a class. Stop moan-ing and issuing idle threats to peo-ple because we all have problems,or have you forgotten the impor-tant parts of practising martialarts?

. Smiley thanks for your com-ment, but please get your eyes test-ed and actually read what I said.Don’t put words into my mouth. Iam a great dad – are you? It’s peoplelike you from whom I distance my-self. I don’t hide my kid. I take herout into shopping malls. She is liv-ing with a dad who doesn’t drinkor smoke. My kids are proud of me.Look around, there may only be ahandful of those like us. And Smi-ley and kie, I never asked anyonefor help ever. I survive with Jesus.He is always with us and we haveno fear. Smiley and kie, wake up.We don’t know when the end iscoming. Leon [Gentlemen, wehave to close off on this corre-spondence. Please phone Peo-ple’s Post’s editor on (021) 713-9440 if you would like to link updirectly with each other, and anumber swap can be facilitated.-Ed.]

. To Dubai Shopper, how mun-dane your “mall” holiday was. It isso uninspiring to those who would

ever choose to go to Canal Walk, letalone Dubai.

. Come walk the kennelled dogsat Tears any Wednesday, Friday orSunday from 10:00. Phone (021) 785-4482 to book a short orientationcourse. See you there.

. Just wondering how many oth-ers are paying Telkom for no serv-ice in return? I have been withoutservice since November. I haveeven paid rental for the year, yet tothis day there has been no service.Is there anyone else getting suchlousy treatment?

. Would film extras who have is-sues about outstanding fees or con-ditions on film set please SMS de-tails to Eddie at 083 718 1810.

.Your Treknet cartoon dated 26April may have offended all vege-tarian readers. Please print anapology.

. The recent Old Mutual TwoOceans marathon was very disap-pointing in the way that the camer-as were focused on the fore-run-ners and not the whole team. TVviewer

Smartening up. To the people who complain

about Pick n Pay’s Smart Card, ithelps me, so well done Pick n Pay.

. In response to Lucille, you theconsumer, get R10 returned on eve-ry R1 000 you spend.

. Dear consumer, both corre-spondents must go and do some ele-mentary mathematics. One pointper R100 equals R1. Elementary,my dear Watson!

No moaners?. [No SMSes were received

about moaners or moaning inFish Hoek this week. -Ed.]

Stop tailgatingWOULD anyone else also appreci-ate speedbumps in the vicinity ofthe intersection of LongboatStreet and Ou Kaapse Weg?

I live in theMilkwoodParkareaand have frequently been tailgat-ed when having to turn left whencoming to Longboat Street fromthe Kommetjie Road robot.

This happens despite my indi-cator being on well in advance! Ingeneral, cars travelling fromKommetjie Road towards OuKaapse Weg like to speed downthis stretch of road, which alsomakes it very difficult if you aretrying to come out of MilkwoodPark turning right towards Si-mon’s Town. Drivers frequentlyignore the solid white line wherethe lane splits into a right turninglane only for Sun Valley, and usethis lane to overtake cars turningleft into Milkwood Park, whichadds to your woes when you aretrying to turn right (towards Si-mon’s Town). Surely somethingcan be done?NICOLETTE LE ROUXMilkwood Park

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Brief Lives moves to ArtscapeActors needed urgently

Barry ready to visithis cousins

Classic whodunnit at Masque

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ALTHOUGH he hasonly been to FishHoek “to fish”, come-dy legend BarryHilton hopes to bringa roar of laughter asbig as Elton John’spinky ring to the FarSouth when he hitsthe Valley on Satur-day 7 May.

Hilton will leave hislocal cousins in stit-ches when he kicks offthe “Legends in theVal-ley” comedy series, or-ganised by Noordhoeklocal and fellow com-median, Mark Samp-son. Money raised willgo to the Shark Spot-ters.

Hilton, who grew upin Observatory, says he looks forward to vi-siting “the other end of the city”.

“It’s been a while since I’ve visited the ar-ea, and I look forward to giving people a goodtime,” he says. “I love working in Cape Townand I’m sure this show is going to be just aslekker.”

He looks forward to “checking out thecharacteristics” when he comes to town la-ter this week, the comic says.

Anything he would like to add?“Two and two, which gives you four,” he

quips.The show will be presented in the Fish

Hoek High School hall at 19:00. Tickets areR100 pre-booked and R120 at the door.

There will be a full bar on the evening anda selection of snacks for sale. Hilton’s showwill be preceded by a support act.

To reserve your tickets, phone 078 174 4244or email [email protected].

. The show is proudly supported by Peo-ple’s Post, the print media partner of the“Legends in the Valley” comedy series.

HOWZIT? Barry Hilton will be rolling out the laughter with his showin Fish Hoek on Saturday 7 May.

AGATHACHRISTIE’Smystery novel,“The Murder ofRoger Ack-royd”, adaptedfor the stage byMichael Mor-ton under thetitle “Alibi”,opens at theMasque Thea-tre, Muizen-berg, on Friday13 May.

Cecil Jakinsdirects the playfor the FishHoek DramaticSociety.

“The Murderof Roger Ack-royd “was thefirst of AgathaChristie’s novels to be staged and the playfollows the book closely.

“Alibi” (with a cast of 12) is full of the usu-al Christie red herrings, plot twists andwell-defined characters. It was first pro-duced on the London stage in 1928, withHercule Poirot played by Charles

Laughton, who went on to star in and directthe 1932 Broadway production.

“Alibi” runs until Saturday 21 May (ex-cluding Sunday to Wednesday). Weeknights are at 20:00 and Saturdays at 14:30and 18:30. Tickets are R60 for evenings andR50 for matinees and Thursday evening.

FAMOUS PLOT: Nigel Stevenson (left) and Noel Pratten in “Alibi”, theAgatha Christie murder mystery opening at the Masque Theatre on Friday13 May. Photo: Supplied

WITH the launch of their third album,“South”, Hot Water continue to unfold adistinctive, authentic and upliftingSouth African sound that will make youproud to be a part of this country.

“Afro-Folk-Rock-Pop-Blues-Jive” ishow band leader Donovan Copley woulddescribe the music. And the purpose?“Upliftment, and finding a point of com-mon identity,” says Copley.

South is a multicultural exploration inmusic, and with song titles like “LekkerSakkie”, “Tribal Man” and “Shushu”,the band is naturally accessible acrossthe board.

Hot Water has performed at almostevery major festival in South Africa, in-cluding Rocking the Daisies, Oppikoppi,Splashy Fen, Up The Creek, KKNK,Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concertsas well as the famed “House on Fire” inSwaziland and the Hague Jazz Festivalin Holland. The band has toured in Eu-rope five times; played alongside SAgreats Hugh Masekela, Johnny Cleggand Freshlyground, and had their songsused in advertising campaigns acrossEurope and in the USA.

For full tour dates and information goto www.hotwater.co.za.

HITTING THE COVER: Hot Water are, from the left: Leon Visser, Chris Bakalanga, AndreSwartz, Donovan Copley and Soubry Makupula. Photo: Deborah Rossouw

THE Cape Town City Ballet,in conjunction with UCT

School of Dance and the CapeJunior Ballet, presents its an-nual open day from 10:00 till15:00 onSaturday 28Mayat thestudios of the UCT School ofDance in Rosebank.

The action-packed daypromises excellent entertain-ment for the whole family, aswell as providing a rare be-hind-the-scenes look into thedaily life of a dancer.

A special feature of thisyear’s eventwill be theappear-ance of the “Black Swan” dur-ing the two special fundraiserperformances.

Visitors canbegin their visitby observing a company classtaught by ballerina, Tracy Li,and then watch a rehearsalconducted by Professor Eliza-beth Triegaardt of City Bal-let’s production of Swan Lake,which will be presented at theNational Arts Festival in Gra-hamstown next month, as wellas during its forthcoming sea-son at the Artscape Opera inAugust.

Young visitors are cateredfor and can participate in sev-eral events, which includeface painting and stage make-up by City Ballet dancers, andexperience a tactile moment with costumesfrom their wardrobe.

The Ballet Shop will hold a special sale ofdance togs. A percentage of sales will be donat-ed to City Ballet’s outreach and developmentprogrammes.

Mervyn Williams will conduct an open “In-troduction to Ballet” class and all are invitedto join in on the fun.

City Ballet’s Male Development programmewill see former principal dancer, JohanJooste, conduct a class foryoungmaledancers,

while the Cape Junior Ballet can be seen in a“Variations Class” conducted by former balle-rina, Nicolette Loxton.

Admission is R20 for adults and R10 for chil-dren under 13, and enables participants to at-tend all the activities, except the two fundrais-ing performances at 12:30 and 13:30.

Tickets for these shows are available on theday for R50.

Refreshments will be on sale.Formore information, phoneMeganduPles-

sis on (021) 650-2400.

Laura Bosenberg will show off her talent at Cape Town City Bal­let’s Open Day in Rosebank.

THE Claremont Dramatic Society’s pro-duction of Patrick Garlands’ “BriefLives” is transferring from the MasqueTheatre to the Artscape Arena for a shortrun from Saturday 7 to Saturday 14 May.

The play is a dramatisation of 17th cen-tury diarist, John Aubrey’s writings. Au-brey is depicted as an eccentric old man

in the last year of his life, sharing histori-cal perspectives and spicy gossip abouthis famous friends.

This adaptation is directed by BrendaGray, with Brian de Kock as John Au-brey.

Book at Computicket or Artscape Dial-A-Seat on (021) 421-7695.

TWO characters are urgently needed for aSouth African comedy or drama written byRalph Kelly.

The play, which is to be staged by theCompanion Players at the Milnerton Play-house on 7, 8 and 9 July, requires actors for

the parts of a Jewish wife and a detective-sergeant.

Rehearsals will be held in Claremont. An-yone wishing to audition or help backstageand front-of-house, please contact PamBurger on 082 488 0442.

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Stormers brace forthe CrusadersTASMIN CUPIDO

A CLASH of the titans can be ex-pected when the DHL Stormerstake on the Crusaders in the Vo-dacom Super Rugby competitionat DHL Newlands on Saturday.

Arguably South Africa and NewZealand’s most consistent, strong-est and best teams in the competi-tion, Allister Coetzee and ToddBlackadder’s charges will do battlein one of the most eagerly-anticipat-ed matches of the tournament.

And, following an emphatic 32-12victory over the Sharks, their clos-est rivals in the South African con-ference, the Stormers will be look-ing to replicate the performancewhen they take to the field thisweekend.

The Stormers shook off their la-bel as a defensive team when themen in navy-blue-and-white ran infour unanswered tries and picked up a valua-ble bonus point. Even the loss of flyhalf andleading point scorer, Peter Grant, could notdeter the Stormers from playing all-roundgood rugby – and young Lionel Cronjéstepped up to the plate and did a fine job re-placing the Stormers pivot.

Inside centre, Jean de Villiers, was impres-sive and scored one of his side’s four tries. Hisperformance also earned him the man of thematch award.

The Stormers dominated at the break-downs, maintained a solid defence andthrilled the 46 000-strong crowd with attack-ing and wide-spread plays.

The excellent play by his side impressedhead coach, Coetzee. However he maintainsthat they canstill improve their current form.

“It was a good win, and I am satisfied withthe outcome – we scored three tries in the first25 minutes of the match,” he said.

“I felt that we stood up physically and againdid well on defence. We have been criticisedfor not scoring many tries, but if we are pre-venting the other side from scoring tries, I am

happy.“However, we still have a lot to work on –

we created several opportunities which wedid not capitalise on. In a play-off match youneed to take such opportunities.”

Following the victory over the men fromDurban, the Cape side extended their lead onthe top of the South African conference log,and have moved to second place on the com-bined log. The Blues from New Zealand areon top with a one-point lead.

The men from Canterbury in New Zealandwill be looking for revenge, after their lastvisit to Newlands ended in a record-breaking42-14 win in favour of the Stormers.

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Read and Carter, without a doubt thenumber one flyhalf in the world, are said tobe making their return on Saturday, whileMcCaw played his first match for the side intheir 42-30 victory over the Western Force inPerth on Saturday.

QUICK STEPPER: DHL Stormers centre, Jean de Villiers,manages to get past the clutches of Meyer Bosman ofthe Sharks during the Stormers’ 32­12 victory at DHLNewlands on Saturday. De Villiers, who scored one of hisside’s four tries, was named man of the match.

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View from the beachPAUL BOTHA

AS PREDICTED, the ocean produced an awe-inspiring display of raw power last week,with four days of Southern Hemisphereswells that saw many of the Far South’s topwave-riders heading 700km along the SouthCoast to Jeffreys Bay.

Day after day of ruler-topped two metrewaves barrelling down the 300m lava-strewnliquid runway, fanned by strong offshorewinds wrote yet another historic chapter in-to the annals of South Africa, and arguablythe world’s, best right-hand point break,prompting experts to predict an excellentwinter of waves for 2011.

The Far South’s younger wave-riderswrote their own history on the Easter week-end, capturing a number of titles and gener-ally posting impressive performances inevents in Durban and Port Elizabeth.

The 19th annual Billabong SA GrommetsGames in Port Elizabeth saw Alex Townsendclaim the title in the youngest (Under 8) divi-sion while fellow WP team members ManoaRobb and York van Jaarsveld finished sec-ond and third in the u/10s, Josh Fairley wasrunner-up in the u/16s and Braga Jorgensonand Paul Samson placed third and fourth inthe u/12s.

Fairley and Robb also won the awards forthe top manoeuvres on days one and tworespectively, while the Western Provinceteam clinched fourth in the Tag event andplaced fourth overall amongst the eightprovinces.

The team was well managed by Tanya vanJaarsveld, assistant manager Priscilla Sny-ders, coach Craig Johnson, assistant coachChad Herman and catering manager Celine

Townsend.Meanwhile, in Durban Michael February

grabbed third place in u/20 division in theQuiksilver Pro Junior event, where fellowKommetjie surfers, Brendon Gibbens andMatt Bromley, pocketed R2 000 each forwinning the “most radical aerial manoeu-vre” and the “best ridden waves” respec-tively in the 20 minute Red Bull Expres-sion Session.

Kommetjie surfer, Ethan Fletcher (11),excelled at the small waves in Durban, fin-ishing fourth in the u/12 King of the Gromsbefore going on to win the u/14 crown aheadof third-placed Jordy Maree (Kalk Bay).

Brandon Benjamin (Retreat) took the Fu-ture Stars title and a wildcard entry into theu/20 event, where he advanced to the last16, while Papi Makonyane (Muizenberg)placed third in the Future Stars.

WP Surfing has announced their team forthe Billabong SA Surfing Championships atSeal Point on Cape St Francis from Thurs-day 12 to Sunday 15 May.

Kommetjie’s Dave Richards makes a wel-come return to inter-provincial surfing asthe top seed in the Men’s division.

Ian and Max Armstrong, from Scarbor-ough, and Kommetjie’s Tarryn Chudleighand Tanika Hoffman are other Far Southreps in the event, which will be contestedin Open and u/20 divisions for men andwomen.

On Monday 16 May, Mikey February andthe Brand brothers, Davey and Benji, willbe jetting off to Peru to represent South Af-rica in the Quiksilver ISA World JuniorChampionships, which runs from Saturday21 to Sunday 29 May at the famed breaksof Cabelleros and Senoritas.