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E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday 23 October 2012 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481
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People’s Post wishes all ourMuslim readers and advertisers an EidMubarak
TAURIQ HASSEN
THE rehabilitation of the worn seawall along the Sea Point Promenadeis set to commence in the next fewweeks.
This project will cost the City ofCape Town R35 million.The wall is believed to be unable to
withstand the strong currents andrising sea levels that continue to hitalong the Atlantic Seaboard.Ward councillor Beverley Schafer
confirms that the section of wall be-tweenThreeAnchorBay andMouillePoint Lighthouse is the most exposedto the incoming swell of the Atlantic,and is also the most difficult to workon. “Consulting engineers were ap-pointed to carry out the initial stud-ies and investigations, planning andthen implementation of the sea wallproject,” Schafer says.The sea wall is set to be re-faced
with high strength precast concretecladding panels, whichwill provide adurable and aesthetically pleasingface to the wall. It will be strength-enedby thickening theback facewithreinforced concrete.Granite recovered from the face of
the wall will be used to construct alow seating and splashwall along theback of the paved walkway.The rehabilitation of the sea wall
along the Sea Point Promenade to theend of Mouille Point is a three-yearproject.Currently, the City has undertaken
a project to beautify the promenadebyallocatingR6millionover thenextthree years by upgrading the playpark areas, planting trees, installingirrigation, improving the street fur-niture and constructing pathwaysover the lawn areas.Promenade users are excited at the
prospect of further developing one ofCape Town’s most frequently used
public open spaces.Sea Point resident Lesly Theunis-
sen enjoys a regular stroll down thewalkway along the sea and believesthat upgrading the area could only to“wonders for the area”.“As long as the natural beauty of
Sea Point is restored, then this up-grade should only be a benefit,” shesays.Denver Craddock is excited at the
prospect of having new street furni-ture and trees along the promenade,as this creates an improved area foreverybody to enjoy.“Sea Point is already so beautiful
and the work that is to commenceshould only make this place evenmore appealing to the eye. I’m excit-ed to see the outcome of this project,”Craddock says .Schafer confirms that once con-
struction kicks off on site, there willbe “considerable inconvenience”.However, the City will provide al-
ternative pathways for pedestriansduring the construction phase.“During the builders’ holiday over
the December period, the walkwaywill be open to full width, but mayhave temporary paving so as to allowpedestrians access along the prome-nade,” she says.Sea Point, Fresnaye and Bantry
Bay Ratepayers Association chair-person, Gary Miller, regards the up-grade to the wall as being a “necessi-ty”. “We have a world-class asset atour disposal, but if we do not look af-ter it, then it will not be a world-classasset for long,” Miller says.Miller understood that construc-
tion would perhaps be forced to ob-struct certain parts of the prome-nade, but appreciates that the City toprovide alternative routes for thepublic to utilise.“There is lots of money being spent
on this project, but it is certainlyneeded,” Miller adds.
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Page 2 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition NEWS Tuesday 23 October 2012
NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THECITY OF CAPE TOWNA meeting of the Council of the City of Cape Town will be held on Wednesday31 October 2012 at 10:00 in the Council Chamber, 6th Floor, Podium Block,Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town.
Please note that limited seating is available in the public gallery of the Council Chamber,and therefore seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Should you wish toattend the meeting you are requested to contact Michelle Alberts on 021 400 3708 between09:00 and 16:00. All requests for attendance must be received by no later than a day beforethe meeting. You will be required to provide your surname, initials and contact telephonenumber. Visitors are kindly requested to be seated by 09:30.
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YOU are very blessed to have livedwith such a beautiful person, as youdescribe in People’s Post of Tuesday 9October.
CapeTownneeds somanymore suchmothers to help the youth of today
avoid gangsterism, drug and alcoholabuse.
Go well, as I believe you will be asimilar role model for your own chil-dren as your mother was to you.GERRY
She is such a worthy role model
MY SINCERE sympathies in thepassing of what sounded like a truetreasure from God.
Myheart (and I’msureall other chil-dren of all ages) goes out to you withthe passing of an unforgettable exam-ple in our lives.
May you be comforted by the factshe no longer suffers and has foundeternal rest.
In singing her praises, as you have
done, it is possible you have causedsomeone to stop and think of whatthey could be as a parent.
When her birthday or anniversaryof this time comes around each year,visit a spot of beauty innature andpic-ture her with you.
It does eventually ease some of thepain.
Blessings.MAGGIE JAMES
A way to help ease the pain
ON BEHALF of the PhilharmoniaChoir of Cape Town, I wish to thankyou and your team for the publicityyou have so kindly given to our forth-coming concerts with the Cape TownYouth Choir (“Two choirs, twoshows”, People’s Post, 9 October).
The eye-catching headline will at-tract a lot of attention, I am sure.
We really appreciate your help.Also, as one who has been through
a loss like this, I send you my deepestsympathy on the recent passing ofyour mother.
It is veryhardat first, butultimatelythe happier memories will predomi-nate over the painful ones of her suf-fering.
Youwill be inmyprayers at this sadtime.REPRESENTATIVE OF PHILHAR-MONIA CHOIR
Happy memories will come
I AM feeling very emotional afterreading your tribute to our dearmoth-er.
Well done.
You captured her true spirit,strength and inspiration to all whoknew her.YOUR PROUD BROTHER, ZAIN
You’ve captured Mom’s spirit
HAVING just readPeople’s Post Imustsay the tribute to your mother was somoving, inspiring and heartfelt thateven though I do not know you, I wasmoved to tears.
I, too, had a wonderful mother whopassed away nearly 20 years ago andalso miss her and her kindness.
A mother is someone who can taketheplaceofothers, butwhoseplaceno-
one else can take. I saw this quotedsomewhere and thought it so apt.
Also a mother can look after manychildren, but many children cannotlook after one mother.
I read a previous tribute you wrotea few months ago and again thoughthow wonderful to have appreciatedyour mother.DELENE EISMANO
None can ever take her place
I AM really sorry to have read of thesad loss of your mother.
May her dear soul rest in peace.Please convey our condolences to all
of your family.Always remember the Almighty
now has an extra angel in heaven.PETER VAN KERVEL AND FAMILY
Sympathy for your great loss
THE pastors and members of LofdalChurch, Downberg Road, HanoverPark wish to convey sympathies toPeople’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs and her family at this time ofsadness and bereavement.
May the Almighty be your strengthand comfort and sustain you in yourtime of pain and heartache.
Our prayers are with you and therest of your family. Bless you all.ANN ABRAHAMS
Prayers and thoughts are with you
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Dear reader,
Often, in times of hardship, most peopletend to find solace and comfortin God, our spirituality andfaith.Some believerswould say oth-
ers ought to always rememberand place their trust in theirCreator, not only when facedwith adversity.I acknowledge that when all
goes well for me, I sometimesforget to give as much thanks asI ought to. Not that I ever takefor granted all my blessings, butI get caught up in the whirlwindof life.My counter is that I’m only
human.In the same way, I realise that there is only
so much another human can do for me. ThisI’ve learnt from experience, especially the
times I’ve foundmyself completely at themer-cy of a higher power, such as when I felt mylife was in danger or when I’ve anxiously
awaited medical results of testsdone for troubling ailments.This I regard as the point of
surrendering, a powerful choicewhich, by virtue of freeing oneof worry and the need to alwaysbe in control of every facet ofone’s life, provides strength andserenity and the ability to sol-dier on.As Muslims worldwide pre-
pare for Eid-ul-Adha (the Festi-val of Sacrifice to mark the endof the Holy Hajj) on Friday, it isin this same spirit of surrender-ing and accepting thingswe can-not influence or change.
Equally important, but different to Eid-ul-Fitr (the Festival of Charity to mark the endof Ramadan) which was celebrated about twomonths ago, this Eid will be a joyous occasionas well for the millions of pilgrims who havecompleted their journey to Mecca, but with adifferent significance.OnFriday,Muslimswill honour thewilling-
ness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his sonIsmail (Ishmael) in obedience to God, beforeGod intervened to provide him with a sheepto sacrifice instead (Qurbani).Eid-ul-Adha is incorporated in the pilgrim-
age to Mecca; it is a time for Muslims to learnthe value of self-denial by making a sacrificeof something living to God – ultimately, totalsurrender to the will of God.Submission is one aspect, followed by choic-
es and actions that are not left to fate. God cre-ated us with brains, capable of cognitivethought and rational behaviour, and gave usan abundance of resources. We can sit backand allow life to carry us – to a point. We canpity ourselves when it seems the world hasturned against us and everything seems to begoingwrong.Orwe canbedecisive and choosea positive course. We can choose to act andemerge fromout challenges stronger. It is howwe rebuild our lives after life knocks us downthat defines our character. I wish all MuslimsEid Mubarak.’Til next time, go well!ConnectED is a weekly column by Peo-
ple’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs whocan be contacted on [email protected].
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AWARNING is being sent out to scholarscelebrating the end of their school yearwith beach parties following the drown-ing of a college student last week.
City officials fear that most students willbe out celebratingwithout understanding thedangers of the sea, with large quantities of al-cohol already being confiscated on Cliftonbeaches.On Wednesday, a 23-year-old Progress Col-
lege student, Micheal Gresak fromWynberg,is believed to have swamout toDuiker’s Rockon Clifton’s Fourth Beach, but never re-turned.Bruce Davidson, the National Sea Rescue
Institute Bakoven Station Commander, ex-plains that Gresak had been out with friendsat the time when he reportedly went for aswim to the rock.“Off-dutyCliftonSurf lifeguards responded
to the scene and initiated a search launchingtheir surf rescue rubber duck,” Davidsonsays.A massive search for Gresak ensued, in-
cluding police divers and other law enforce-ment agencies, around the region.“During the search, the body of the man
was located and recovered,” he says.Ward councillor Beverley Schafer stresses
that the seas are “currently rough” and cur-rents are strong.“I’m encouraging parents to remind their
children about being safe, taking care on theroads and acting responsibly wherever theyare celebrating,” Schafer says.She adds that this time of the year is always
the challenging period for the City of Cape
Town, as learners complete their school year,mostly with annual valedictory day celebra-tions.The City is already aware of a number of
schools that will be celebrating their valedic-tory day over the course of the next few daysand wishes to remind all students that theconsumption of alcohol on beaches is forbid-den.“The cause of the drowning incident last
week is still being determined, but this tragicloss acts as a cruel reminder that accidentscan happen very quickly,” says Schafer.Both Schafer andDavidson expressed their
condolences to Gresak’s family.Ed Schroeder, the regional co-ordinator for
Lifesaving Western Province, confirms thatlifeguards will be present at Camps Bay andClifton beaches from 1December until EasterMonday.“Lifeguards will be present at these Blue
Flag beaches everyday throughout the day,”he says.Schroeder expects abusybeach season , but
wished to warn beach users about the dan-gers of the sea.“Alcohol remains a huge problem, but Law
Enforcement will be clamping down heavily
on those who do not follow the City’s rulesaround using the beaches.”Mayoral Committee member for Commu-
nity Services, Tandeka Gqada, confirms thatthe City has a formal partnership with Life-saving Western Province, which is mainlysourced from existing lifesaving clubs.“The City’s Sport, Recreation and Ameni-
ties Department is still wrapping up the finalnumbers of lifeguards,” Gqada says.She confirms that “no alcohol is allowed on
any City beach”.The NSRI encourages the public to contact
their emergency number on0 (021) 449 3500.
BeachBeach boozebooze banban enforcedenforced
PERILOUS WAPERILOUS WATERS:TERS: Micheal Gresak is believed to have drowned off Duiker’s Rock in Clifton. Photo: Cliftonpics.co.za
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there will be a be-ginner’s hike at Sil-vermine East. Thethree-hour walk isopen to young andold. You may alsotake your dogsalong. Entrance isR15 for adults; chil-dren enter free. AR5 parking fee willalso be charged. Forfurther detailsemail [email protected] hike on
Saturday will be theNewlands ForestTrail Run, which isa run, not a walk.For more informa-tion email [email protected] Sunday 28 Oc-
tober, the TableMountain Traversewill see an easypacehike up ConstantiaCorner, pass CamelRock, OverseersHut and down by ca-ble car route. Thishike is for experi-enced hikers only.For details [email protected].
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WWrathrath ofof lawlawforfor copcop killers?killers?FIVE police officers were shot inthe Cape in recent weeks.
Three were were gunned down inHout Bay and Khayelitsha.Another was shot in Belhar and
is reportedly in a critical condition.And one was shot dead in PhilippionFriday.People’sPost internsTar-
ren-Lee Habelgaarn and Luzuko Zi-ni heard from readers if convictedpolice killers should get harshersentences.
DDANGER PAANGER PAY:Y: Mailys Dagen feelsthe police deserve to get paid morefor a dangerous job. “The sentencefor killing someone should be thesame for all criminals – no matterwho the victim is – because a life isa life.”
AACTIONS:CTIONS: Zawadi Dabephi Bedesays people who kill police officersshould get harsher punishments.“The government should providemore training for police officers sothey can protect themselves betterin dangerous situations.”
IT’SIT’S MURDER:MURDER: Eugene Sickle sayspolice killers should not be treateddifferently to others. “The law shouldbe harsh to anyone who commitsmurder.”
FFAIRNESSAIRNESS ANDAND EQUALITY:EQUALITY: AlistairPetersen believes the lives of policeofficers are the same as any otherperson’s. “I think it must be fair. Apolice officer’s life is not more valuable than those of ordinary South African citizens.”
VVALUEALUE OFOF LIFE:LIFE: Sandi Hendricks believes murder is a sin. “A life is a liferegardless of who you are. So sentences should be harsh on everyone.”
PRAPRAYER:YER: Joseph Manuel says: “Ipray every day for the police becausethey work in dangerous conditions.Those people who kill them shouldreceive harsh sentences.”
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ENROLMENT at ZonnebloemNest SeniorSecondary has been hit hard by earliernews of the school potentially closing.
By this time of the year, 80% of Grade 8classes would be filled but this year it fallsway below that mark, says principal MontyDamsell.“We have not had the time to inform thepublic that the school will remain open,” hesays.Lastweek, the school received a letter fromthe provincial education department stipu-lating that the school would remain open.The news has been met with joy and excite-ment from students and staff.“The news was very sudden and we havenot had the opportunity to sit down and dis-cuss ways on how we would improve, as thematric students are starting with their finalexamsand this is ourmainpriority at themo-ment,” Damsell says.He adds: “We are extremely happy that theschool is staying open and it makes me feelas if we are doing good work.”The Walmer Estate school in CambridgeStreet was issued a provincial education de-partment notice suggesting closure, with 27schools facing a similar fate, (“School closurestill in balance”, People’s Post, 12 June).This sparked anger in the community, re-sulting in a number of protests and marchesby concerned parents.According to the provincial education de-partment, in 2011, 54,8% of pupils in Grade11 did not progress to Grade 12; 46,2% did notpass Grade 9 and 42,9% failed Grade 10.Students were delighted that the schooldoors will remain open and when People’sPost visited, the hallways were filled withlaughter and celebration.Grade 8 pupil Nqaba Pakade (14), is re-lieved to hear that he will not have to enrol
at a different school.“When we found out that we might close,we tried applying at other schools, but theydid not acceptme. Some schoolswere alreadyfull. So I was extremely upset and worriedthat I would never go back to school,” Pakadesays.Ongezwa Mbombo (14) also tried applyingat other schools but was rejected.“It was really hard trying to learn knowingthat the school could have been closed. I have
no idea what I would have done if that hap-pened, but I am over the moon that we willstay open,” she says.Grade 9 pupil, Lusanda Nqankala (15), isjust happy that shewouldnot be partingwayswith her friends and she can continue to en-joy school with them. “That was the firstthing I thought of, that I would be losing myfriends. I am extremely happy the school isstaying open and I will not be losing any ofmy friends,” she gushes.
In the same week, the school received evenbetter news when a few dance and drama stu-dents all walked away with top marks fromtheir exams.Drama teacher CarmenHector believes theschool is now enjoying a “new start” and willcertainly be looking at ways to improve theirsystem. “These results means a lot becausewe were labelled as an underperformingschool. Our main aim is to prove the depart-ment wrong,” she says.She confirms that the school is now in theprocess of making internal changes in orderto get rid of the stigma.“We are working really hard and we willcontinue to do so until this label is removed,”Hector adds.Provincial minister of education, DonaldGrant, considered all representations madeby the school’s governingbody, the communi-ty concerned and the public before decidingthat the school’s doors should remain open.Among the representationsmadewere thatthe conditions at the school could be signifi-cantly improved to overcome the problems ofa high drop-out rate and poor performancelevels in Grades 8 to 12.“Our children deserve nothing less thanwhat it takes to provide themwith quality ed-ucation and with it, the opportunities tomake the most of their lives,” says Grant.As the school is on privately-owned land,the education department is unable to pro-vide funding to upgrade the facility, but willmake an effort to contact the owners, request-ing them to improve infrastructure.Grant confirms the department will beworking closely with the school to enhanceperformance and outcomes.“Any decision I have made has been ulti-mately guided by what is in the best interestof the learners,” says Grant.“I am confident that my final decision ineach case will ultimately improve opportuni-ties for the learners concerned.”
NumbersNumbers downdown atat ZonnebloemZonnebloem NestNest
RELIEF:RELIEF: Students at Zonnebloem Nest Senior Secondary have been handed a lifeline after theannouncement that the school will remain open. Photo: Tauriq Hassen
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WHEN DSTV starts running JamesBond movies back to back you knowsomething is about to happen.
Probably a price increase. Or perhaps itis compensation for all the channel chang-es we have had to cope with in recentweeks.It’s been made worse by the fact that I
bought anewdecoder to simplify recordingand enjoy some high definitionTV.Thenewremotehas 31 buttons
and someof themaremulti-func-tional. In addition, there are twosee-saw switches as well as up-down-sideways arrow buttons.All this in the cause of makingthings simpler and easier to use.Now pictures of all shapes and
sizes appear on the screen.There are squeezed thin peopleandwide, fat ones. Some of themfill the whole screen while others havebeen chopped away on the sides or shrunkdown to point where you are definitely notgetting your money’s worth. The TV set issupposed to do automatic adjustments butso is the decoder. One of them is bullyingthe other but I can’t work out which.There is an aerial extension to the old
fashioned TV in the bedroom and that nowseems to produce shrunken picturessqueezed in from both sides. It just can’tstand up to the overpowering decoder.A dual view systemmight solve the prob-
lem but that is bound to bringwith it a newset of buttons and more problems.It is almost enough to make one hanker
for the old days when there were no re-motes and you had to get up to adjust thevolume. At least the tuningwas simple. Re-
member those little drawers which onepulled out and then twiddled the littlewheels until the picture was perfect? And,with only three programmes to choosefrom, decisions were easy.What annoys me most, however, is the
way the DSTV people shout at you abouttheir coming programmes. And they go onand on, repeating the stuff over and overagain in loud voices! Evenworse is theway
they increase the volume for theadvertisements. Inmy book thatis a form of abuse for whichthere should be fines.It reminds me of that late cos-
mologist, Dr Carl Sagan, who al-so had a thing about loud adver-tisements. In his book “Con-tact”, he featured a very richman who had made a fortunemaking and selling a devicewhich switchedTVsets offwhenloud advertisements came on. It
was called Adnix. He followed it up witha new device called “preachnix” to quietenthe tele-evangelists. That was not a suc-cess. Perhaps a device to take the hot airout of themouths of politiciansmight haveearned more support. Is there some brightyoung inventor out there who can inventa device to filter out the various forms ofviewer abuse on DSTV?This also raises the question of why we
have to put up with so much advertisingwhenwepay somuch for the variousDSTVbouquets. I thought the whole idea of pay-TV was to get away from the advertisingexcesses on the free-to-air channels.That said, the wide screen HD channels
can be wonderful, but after the SA crickettour to Australia is over I will go back toone of the select bouquets.
Decoding DSTV
TARREN-LEE HABELGAARN
MO money, mo awareness about men’shealth – Movember is around the corner.Show your support this comingmonth and
grow a moustache. Women too! There’s noshame in growing some facial hair to supportthe awareness of prostate cancer and othercancers that affect men.The Movember 2012 campaign was recent-
ly launched at HQ restaurant in Cape Townandmany came out in droves to support this
worthy cause.Movember is a global charity event and
every year thousands of men and woman –Mo bros andMo sistas – growmoustaches inNovember.In South Africa, Movember has partnered
with the Cancer Association of South Africa(Cansa) as the men’s health partner.This is the third year that the campaign is
officially running in South Africa.Movember needs your support. Visit the
campaign's website at www.movember.com.
FacialFacial hairhair forfor cancercancer
EXCITED:EXCITED: Tyrone Holmes and Irene Scholz arehappy to be part of the Movember movement.
MISCHIEVMISCHIEVOUS:OUS: Expresso host Liezel van derWesthuizen, IanWard, Stacey Robertson and Tammy B all had fun showing off their moustaches.
FUN:FUN: AnnClaire Hendricks and DuncanPatrick soak up the energetic atmosphere.
SNAPPED:SNAPPED: Munnik Marais and Marthinus Höllenjoy an evening of good company.
PPARTYARTY PEOPLE:PEOPLE: Captain Köi and NikitaKnauss sip on drinkswhile enjoying themusic.
HAHAVINGVING FUN:FUN: Enver Dekoker, Warren Smith, Dino Hones, Gino Miccoli, Leigh Kidd, Rob Kiddand Jacques Boucher were all smiles.
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ANTI-CRIMEvolunteersneedyou tohelpmake Sea Point safer.
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son, explains that establishing the watchcame about after a steady increase in crimewas noticed.“We want to support the current security
structures in place andmake people feel safein our community,” he says.Each member interested in joining the
watch will be required to purchase a radio,which is linked to the local police station andsecurity companies operating in the area.“There will be constant communication. If
it’s resident taking a walk or walking theirdogs and they see something, they can usethese radios to make contact with securitypersonnel and receive a quick response,”Claassens explains.Talks of establishing a central point for a
radio servicehave also surfaced, but are onlymere suggestions for now as the watch con-tinues to build a unit “for the community, bythe community”.Claassens says crimes such as theft out of
motor vehicles continue to be a major thornin the side for residents, but only because ofpeople leaving personal belongings clearlyvisible in their vehicles. “This will also bepart of our goals: to educate the public andteach them how to prevent these incidentsfrom happening in future,” he says.Green Point, Sea Point and Fresnaye are
divided into three sectors, each with theirown chairperson, police sector manager and
community police sub-sector which reportsto the main Community Police Forum atleast once every month.Sector One will be covered by the Green
Point Neighbourhood Watch, whichlaunched twomonths ago. They cover the ar-eas between Boundary and Glengariff roadsas well asMain Road to themountain, whichincludes Mouille Point.Sector Two will cover Glengariff Road to
Avenue St Leon above Main Road to themountain which excludes Kloof Road.SectorThreewill coverGlengariff toVicto-
ria roads just before Clifton, which includesMain, Regent, Beach and Kloof roads.Anyone interested in joining or assisting
Sector One may contact [email protected] or visit www.greenpoint-life.co.za. Those wanting to join Sector Twomay contact [email protected]; residents interested in joiningSector Three may email [email protected].
HelpHelp create acreate acrime-freecrime-free zonezone
CRIME WCRIME WARRIORS:ARRIORS: Marius Claasens, thechairperson of the Atlantic Seaboard Neighbourhood Watch, with member Joy Daniels,deputy chairperson Leslie Rennie, memberElaine Starky, and member Duncan Rennie.
Page 10 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition LEADER Tuesday 23 October 2012
BullseyeONE of the police officers was pregnant whenshe was shot dead nearly two weeks ago.
That brings thedeath toll to five after a totalof five officers were shot in recent weeks.
Hout Bay constable Phindiwe Nikani (26)was pregnant when she was killed during aroutine patrol in Imizamo Yethu. She was re-portedly about to be married.
Her colleague, Constable Mandisi Nduku,was also shot and died in hospital later.
Before this incident, Mphumelelo Xakekile(50), was shot dead while ticketing a taxi nearKhayelitsha.
At the weekend, another police officer,Douglas Moses (50), was shot dead while onduty in Philippi. And a 29-year-old sergeant,shot in Belhar, is reportedly in a critical con-dition in hospital.
One man was arrested for Nikani’s killing.Provincial police commissioner Lieuten-
ant-General Arno Lamoer is quoted as sayingthe police will “never give up”, but “will stayfocused” on their task to protect the nation.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has saidthere “should be no parole for the killers ofpolice”.
For those in mourning, these words cometoo little, too late. As their tears dry, life goeson for those now without a mother or father.
Being a parent, a child, husband or wife istheir first “station” in life.Whilemany policeofficers go to extremes to live their calling asmen and women in blue, none should have togive their lives to serve and protect.
The question begs: have gangsters put abullseye on every police officer? Or is this aconfluence of a series of coincidences inwhich the bad people with firearms outshootthe good people with guns?
And what is national police commissionerRiah Phiyega doing to halt these killings?
Talk is cheap. Human life isn’t. Whetheryou’re a cop, a council worker or a corporateperson, everyone deserves to live to old age,safely.
I AM a Metrorail commuter.Why on earth do we still have first and third
class carriages?In the morning the third class carriages are
packed to capacity while the front carriages arealmost empty.
This is economic segregation and Metrorailis a dinosaur in post-apartheid South Africa.
Intelligent marketing would suggest thatMetrorail creates one class and one fare for all.
Restore the dignity of your commuters!MUHAMMED KHANCommuter
Metrorail Regional Manager MthuthuzeliSwartz responds:As public transport operator,Metrorail has to be demand-responsive by offer-ing differentiated services such as MetroPlus andBusiness Expresses.
Metrorail matches capacity to demand as bestit can and encourages the public to move fromprivate to public transport. Trains have the dom-inant modal share (57%) of public transport inCape Town.
And 10% of Metrorail’s patronage prefers totravel on MetroPlus and contributes significant-ly to the region’s fare revenue.
Commuters seCommuters separated by classparated by class
I HAVE said it before and I will say it again:South Africans are a strange nation and onewhich allows itself to be bullied economically,even with our world-acclaimed constitution.
How can I make such a statement – or, moreso, am I allowed tomake such a statement, legal-ly?
If I correctly understand my constitutionalrights, I have every right to make such a state-ment.
Recently I was at a friend’s council flat whenI heard a cry that brought back my youth.
It was a hawker with a horse and cart, sellingfruit and vegetables with his shouts of “aartap-pel, uiwe, tamaties en pampoene”.
He encouragedhousewives to flock to the cartand buy his wares.
A question immediately came tomind: wherehave all our hawkers gone?
Those business peoplewho, for under the beltprices andon thebook, soldus food for the table?
Has legislation forced them to the grant andbegging queues? Yet we want to create employ-ment.
Howmany times have I and others written tothose in power?
Need I remind those forwhomwe voted to usethe vacant ground to start community vegetablegardens, so as to avoid crippling food prices andcreate employment?
We do not see the hawkers as in the past andthe open ground stands likemajor beacons, justwaiting for someone to start ploughing.KEITH BLAKE
LLeett uuss ssttaarrtt helhelping ourselvesping ourselves
WHAT a pity People’s Post in-terns Luzuko Zini and Tar-ren-Lee Habelgaarn did notmanage to find even one en-lightenedperson to interviewin their poll on recycled wa-ter!
Every drop of water on theplanet has been recycled mil-lions of times and has beenthrough the bodies of manypeople and animals on itsway to our taps.
People’s Post should not beencouraging this ignorantknee-jerk response, but rath-er explaining how fortunatewe are that we have safe wa-ter on tap and do not have tocollect it from a stream andpurify it ourselves.PENELOPE FORRESTEmailThe matter of recycling waterin the Western Province andKwaZulu Natal is relevantand topical to readers, hencethe poll. People’s Post respectsthe right of every reader totheir opinion. - Ed
Water isrecyclable
Tuesday 23 October 2012 NEWS People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 11
Wednesday 24 OctoberCape Town: Gina Flash will host atalk entitled Refugees from Burma inThailand at Stonehaven at 10:00. En-try is R20 and includes refreshments.Call Hermoine Sternberg on0 (021) 434 9555.
Thursday 25 OctoberCape Town: TheWestern Cape Desti-nation Marketing, Investment andTrade Promotion Agency will hold itsannual general meeting at the CTICCat 17:30. Contact Carmen Taylor [email protected] for more informa-tion.
Tuesday 30 OctoberCape Town: A talk by Dr Joe Tyrrellentitled Make love, not war! From ni-troglycerine to nitric oxidewill be heldat the Iziko South AfricanMuseum at18:30 for 19:00. Entry is R30. To bookor for further details call 072 225 6893.
Wednesday 31 OctoberCape Town: Doctor Raoul Scholtzwill talk on The Art of Opthalmologyat Stonehaven at 10:00. Entry is R20and includes refreshments. Call Her-moine Sternberg on 0 (021) 434 9555.
Saturday 3 NovemberSt George’s Mall: The third annualVeg Pride Walk takes place from out-side Woolworths at 11:00. Prizes forfun costumes and placards will be upfor grabs. Carry your own light picniclunch. Booking is essential; SMS0 082 851 2316 or email [email protected]. Alternatively visitwww.bwcsa.co.za/campaigns formore information.Cape Town: The German Interna-
tional School Cape Town will host afête at 11:00 at the Deutsche Interna-tionale Schule Kapstadt at 28 BayView Avenue, Tamboerskloof. Tick-ets costR20 for adults and children en-ter free. Call Charmaine Saurwein on0 (021) 480 3840 for more informa-tion.
Wednesday 14 NovemberBo-Kaap: Members of the Muslimpublic are invited to attend a publicmeeting at the Boorhaanol Centre inPentz Street at 20:00 to vote on amend-ments to the original TanaBaruTrustDeed in terms of clause 18.1 of theoriginal trust deed.
LET IT OUT: There are only two morechances for aspiring, mature singers totake to the stage and let out their innersuperstar. The Forever Young AmateurMusic Competition will have its secondlast audition opportunity tonight, withthe final audition taking place next Tuesday at Ferryman’s Tavern at the V&AWaterfront. The competition is strictly opento people over 40. Up for grabs are threeeighthour recording sessions which include a demodisc, a Fender Stratocasterguitar, Shuremicrophones, TascamMonitor speakers, Ernie Ball guitar strings,Zildjan drum sticks and Paul BothnerMusic Store vouchers. Ferryman’s Tavern will also offer extended contracts toplay at their venue to some contestants.Register on www.foreveryoung.co.za before Friday 26 October. Here contestantPaul Prins lets his vocals do the talking.
MILESTONEMILESTONE MOMENTS:MOMENTS:Nazareth House in Vredehoek will be celebrating its130th birthday on 26 and27 October. Look forwardto two days of fun and entertainment; Ard Matthews, Steve Van, iScreamand Chocolate Stix, SoapGirls and Blues Broers willprovide the entertainment.Colin Moss will be the MCand carnival fun such as inflatable sumo wrestling,Bubble Ball, Xbounce andBattle Gladiator will ensure you have a ball. Tickets are available at thegates or via Computicket.Contact Beverly Florenceor Gayenor Milne on (021)461 1635 or visitwww.nazhouse.org.za.
Page 12 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition GENERAL Tuesday 23 October 2012
Pupil’s PostPupil’s Post
CAMPS Bay High School recently bidfarewell to theirmatriculants at a val-edictory ceremony at the school. Staff
and students wished the matriculantswell before their pending final exami-nation.
The end of an era
SANTASANTA’S’S LITTLELITTLE HELPERS:HELPERS: StCyprian’s School got into thespirit of the festive seasonearlier than expected by supporting the heartwarmingSanta Shoebox Project. Lastweek all the pupils dressed upin red and white and decorated the Santa Shoeboxes theypledged for children in need.St Cyprian’s School is one ofthe greatest supporters of theSanta Shoebox Project inCape Town. This year, theproject will reach out to almost 100 000 children fromhomes, orphanages and otherchildcare institutions acrossthe country. They will receivea Santa Shoebox filled withtoys, an outfit, sweets, stationery and basic toiletries.Seen here is Tracy Laubscher,the Head of St Cyprian’s Preparatory Girls School, andGrade 2 pupils Tia Cartoulis,Lara Lowe, Kamohelo Ndamase, Angelica Schincarioland Lujain Solomon.
HANDING OVERTHE REINS: Outgoing head prefectMatthew Harvey(right) next to incoming head prefect Robin Taylor.
CLASS OF 2012: Matriculantswere all smiles the entire day.
COLOURFUL creations will decorate the skyat Zandvlei as the Cape Town InternationalKite Festival makes its way to Muizenberg.
The highly-anticipated festival will also seean almost lost kiting tradition fly again,thanks to the annual event organised by CapeMental Health.People’s Post is the print media partner of
the festival.The Cape Swaeltjie is a kite design that ap-
pears tohave come toSAseveral centuries agovia slaves and immigrants from South-EastAsia. The few people still making this style ofkite have learnt the technique from their par-ents and grandparents; it’s a heritage whichhas been passed down through the genera-tions.
Goosain Davids and Ebrahim Sambo,award-winning kite makers from Athlone,
will be running the first Cape Swaeltjie kite-making workshop at the festival on Saturday3 and Sunday 4 November.
The workshop will take place on Sundaymorning.
The cost of R50 a person includes materials.There is only space for 30 entrants so it is ad-visable to pre-book.
At the festival there will be a competitionto find the best Swaeltjie kite. This is the thirdHeritage Kite Award and the judges will belooking for the best hand-crafted, locally-made kites.
Judging takes place on Sunday afternoon,and there are cash prizes. Entry to the compe-tition is free.
For more information visit www.capemen-talhealth.co.za, call (021) 447 9040 or email [email protected].
CreatCreative kive kites to take flites to take flightight
THEVoice of the Cape Festival – which drawsabout 70 000 visitors –will be held fromThurs-day 6 to Sunday 9 December at the Cape TownMarket in Epping, with the slogan A Festivalfor You and Me.
This year the station celebrates 17 years asa community broadcaster.
With a daily listenership of over 350 000,VOC is the third biggest community broad-caster in South Africa.
It was established in January 1995 to em-power the local community in the post-apart-heid era.
Although the issues generally tackledon-airrelate to the Muslim community – the radiostation has an Islamic ethos – it does not con-centrate solely on Muslims.
VOC sales co-ordinator Hassiem Bastrasays the anticipated festival is an exciting ini-tiative which was planned to create a moreneat and coordinated festival.
Tickets for daily entries cost R20 for adultsandpensioners and childrenunder 12 payR10.
This year the Sports Live Showwill host theVOC Street Style 5-a-side Soccer Tournament.
Bastra says they hope to get 20 junior and20 senior teams, with each game lasting 20minutes.
There will be prizes for top goal scorer, goalof the day, goal of the tournament, goalkeeperof the tournament, most disciplined team andbest team gear.
Junior entrants must be under 16 and sen-iors over 16 years. Email registrations [email protected].
Situated in Salt River, it broadcasts to theCape Town metro area (100.4FM) every alter-nate day, but has daily frequencies of 95.8FM(Boland), 90.7FM and 90.9FM – which are ac-cessible in Mitchell’s Plain and the TwoOceans areas. The station also reaches an in-ternational listenership through audio-streaming via www.vocfm.co.za.
The station’s website features articles andblogs by VOC reporters, with regular updatesof breaking news.
Seventeen cSeventeen cheers at VOC Festheers at VOC Fest
Tuesday 23 October 2012 YOUTH People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 13
DON’T FRET if you notice your childspending toomuch time on his cellphone– he might very well be studying.
The Educational Improvement and StudyHealth (Eish) Team in partnership with theDigital Media and Marketing Agency (DM-MA) has launched a revision series on MXitcalled “CellSchool”, designed especially tohelp this year’s matriculants ace their ex-ams.
The series consists of short video lessonsfor six key subjects, delivered by top teach-ers who guide the Grade 12s through exactlywhat they need to study in order to succeedin their finals.
With forty 10- to 15-minute lessons forMaths, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences andEnglish, and 20 each for Maths Literacy andAccounting, the revision series covers allthe key concepts in the Grade 12 curriculum.
CellSchool tutors are available on MXitfrom 17:00 until 19:00 daily to help learnerswith their revision questions.
They also guide learners through practiceactivities and questions from past exam pa-pers, ensuring that they are able to engagewith the content in the video lessons, prac-tise until they have mastered it and then ap-ply the knowledge in an examination con-text.
“It is a way of showing learners the effi-ciency of various digital media channelswhen it comes to transforming education,”says Anastacia Martin, the head of the DM-MA’s training and transformation section.
During the exam period itself, “night-be-fore” guidelines for each exam paper will al-so be provided on MXit, including advice onwhat to expect in the following day’s exam,how best to approach each section, and howto ensure maximum marks.
“We’ve been experimenting with mobilemethods as a way of delivering good qualityvideo lessons to learners at a very low cost,”says Eish content producer Lisa Blakeway.“It seemed silly not to make the pilot contentavailable to the people who will benefit fromit most – this year’s Grade 12s.
“We’ve shot the series especially with in-expensive, small-screen cellphones in mind,and have compressed the content dramati-cally so that the associated data costs are aslow as possible for the end user – approxi-mately 20c for a 5-minute/2MB lesson seg-ment.
“Anyone who can get MXit on their phonecan access the content. It’s all there already;it’s now just a matter of making matricsaware so that they may make use of it.”
To access CellSchool on MXit, go to Trade-post, MXit Reach, Education and then CellS-chool. For the full MXit matric revisionschedule visit www.studymate.co.za orwww.facebook.com/StudyMateSA.
Contact Martin at [email protected] Blakeway at [email protected].
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Far South gears up for second surfski raceENTRIES are open for amateur andnovice paddlers for the Best4 Sum-merSurfskiSeries – the season’s sec-ond race in the Hansa 3 BeachesSurfski Race – taking place at FishHoek beach on Sunday 28 October.
Cape Town series coordinator DawidMocke says: “The series is not just forthe fast and fit professionals. It’s a greatway for anyone to get fit while havingfun on our beautiful beaches across thePeninsula with your family.”The series started on Sunday 14Octo-
ber at the V&A Waterfront. A field ofover 170 paddlers braved the windyconditions to paddle at the iconic tour-ist spot, with the race being the firstsurfski event held at that venue. Thetop three places in that racewent to FarSouth residents SimonvanGysen,Ken-ny Rice (both of Fish Hoek) and Alis-
dair Glass (Lakeside).After Sunday’s race, the Best4 Surf-
ski series races are on Sunday 4 No-vember (Blouberg); Sunday 18 Novem-ber (Hout Bay); Sunday 25 November(Strand), Sunday 2 December (LongBeach, Kommetjie); Sunday 13 January(Miller’s Point); Sunday 20 January(Lagoon Beach, Milnerton); Sunday 27January (Seaforth Beach, Simon’sTown), with the final race and seriesprizegiving at Clifton Beach on Sunday3 February.Sunday’s race begins at 9:00 at the
Fish Hoek Lifesaving Club, with pre-registration between 7:30 and 8:30.The race entry fee is R80, but early
birds can enter online at www.canoe-sa.org.za for R70. Formore informationon this race and the series, which has10 races in total, visit www.surf-ski.co.za or call (021) 782 4311.
PADDLE UP: Race organisers Dawid and Nikki Mocketest the course for Sunday’s race. Photo: John Hishin
Tuesday 23 October 2012 SPORT People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 15
Judokan aims forjunior OlympicsLIAM MOSES
AYOUNG judokan cannowconsiderher-self one of the best in Africa, after claim-ing two medals at a recent continentalcompetition.
Danielle Davids, 14, won two silvermedalsat the African Junior and Cadet champion-ships in Botswana.The Bergvliet High School pupil says she
will be aiming for gold at the 2013 instalmentof the tournament in hopes of qualifying forthe 2014 Youth Olympics in China.“If you come first in the African Champi-
onships you can go to the Youth Olympicsand I would like to go to the Youth Olympicsin China,” says Davids.And she is eyeing the senior Olympics in
Brazil, but will still be too young.Davids came second in the team event and
took silver in the individualunder-48kg cate-gory.Despite having won over 50 medals and a
few trophies since she started the sport, Dav-ids says the two silver medals are her great-
est achievement.“I felt proud because it was my first inter-
national tournament. Iwas very happy. Thisis the biggest thing I have ever achieved inmy life.”The Athlone resident first took up judo in
2006, when her primary school started offer-ing the sport.She was attracted to the sport because of
martial arts movies, but soon found that ju-do was very different to what she saw on thesilver screen.“I enjoy it because of the fitness and it
teaches me self- defence. I watched KarateKid – I saw all of those tricks, and that’s howI got interested,” says Davids.“I kept going with judo because it seemed
interesting. It was different to karate.”She trains at the South Peninsula Judo
Club twice a week and attends Jiu-Jitsuclasses and spends much of her free timetraining at home.She believes this hectic training regime,
combined with her natural ability, was thekey to her winning the two silver medals.Her father isherbiggestmotivator, sheadds.
HEAVY MEDALS: Danielle Davids shows off some of the medals she has won since taking upjudo six years ago. She added two more medals to her collection at the African Championships.
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KNICKED: Rondebosch Boys’ High School bowler Jay Stevens puts on the pace as Wynberg Boys’ High School batsman Nicky Zeeman watches the ball go down to wicketkeeper Devlan Quinn during the under19 1A league match between the two team’sinWynberg on Saturday. Wynberg posted a competitive 244/9 andmanaged to dismissRondebosch for 163, winning the match by 81 runs. Photo: Gavin Withers
Touchline topics. All soccer players born in 1997 and 1998 inPortlands who want to participate in a com-munity tournament on Saturday 8 and Sun-day 9 October, are asked to phone RickyBurns on 0 084 531 8884 or Jeremy on0 083 552 3530 before Thursday 15 Novem-ber.
. Groote Schuur High School will host itsinaugural golf day at Parow Golf Club onSunday 4 November.The competition will be based on official
handicap,while a 4-ball betterball stablefordwill be played. Great prizes are up for grabs.The unofficial handicap will be maximum
14. To book, sponsor a hole or further detailscall Jerome Jacobs on 0 073 387 3317 oremail 2 [email protected].
. Engen Santos FC will hold trials for itsacademy from Tuesday 30 October to Thurs-day 8 November at the Santos traininggrounds in Lansdowne.The trials kick-off with the under-11s
(born in 2002 and 2003) on Tuesday 30 Octo-ber at 16:00 for 16:30; under-13s (born in 2000and 2001) on Thursday 1 November at 16:00for 16:30; under-15s (born in 1998 and 1999)onTuesday 6Novemberat 16:00 for 16:30; andunder-17 (born in 1996 and 1997) onThursday8 November at 16:00 for 16:30. All playersmust take along a playing jersey, shorts andsocks. No latecomerswill be accommodated.
TRY TIME: Western Province under19 centre Justin Geduld dives over to score oneof two tries in the Absa under19 semifinal against the Lions at Paul Roos, Makotteron Saturday. The Province youth team were 2414 victors, securing their place in finalagainst the Bulls. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
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Province eyes illusive silverwareTASMIN CUPIDO
WILL this be the year themen in the royalblue and white hooped jersey finally puttheAbsa Currie Cup trophy in the cabinetat Newlands?
Many critics will answer “no” to this ques-tion, but after an erratic season, Allister Co-etzee’s chargers have managed to defy theodds and find themselves in the running tohoist the trophy this weekend.This after defeating defending champions
the Lions 21-16 in the semi-final at Coca-ColaPark in Johannesburg on Saturday evening.They will now travel to Durban’s Kings Parkto do battle with the Sharks on Saturday at17:00.
For the men from the Cape, the situationwill remind themof the 2010Currie Cup final,when they played the Sharks at the same ven-ue.But theywill want to put thememory in the
backof theirminds – theywere thrashed 10-30in that match, with a young Patrick Lambiescoring 25 of his team’s points.As the WP squad prepares to do battle in
the Shark Tank, they will be sure not to writeoff the young flyhalf, who was instrumentalin his team’s 20-3 semi-final victory over theBlue Bulls on Saturday.Coetzee’s men will also look to draw from
the positive and spirited play in Saturday’swin.A team balanced with youth and experi-
ence, as well as heart and determination will
surely take to the field on Saturday.However, they will again miss the leader-
ship andpresence of franchise andSpringbokskipper Jean de Villiers. Sidelined with agrade one hamstring strain, he will not be fitfor Saturday’s encounter. They will also re-main without the services of hooker TiaanLiebenberg (back) and lock-forward AndriesBekker (toe).Theywill look to players suchasGioAplon,
BryanHabana, JuandeJongh,EbenEtzebethand captain Deon Fourie to lead from thefront,while seasonperformers SkarraNtube-ni, Marcel Brache and Demetri Catrakiliswill look to make their mark in the match.Coetzee remains positive his chargers will
be competitive against the Currie Cup sea-son’s in-form side.
“We’re keeping the week as normal as pos-sible and we’re all looking forward to theweekend,” Coetzee reportedly said.“There has to be a favourite and an under-
dog (in every game) and we’re up against theteam that ended top of the log and is playingat home. But we know what we’re capable ofand that’s all that matters to us.”In addition to the senior team challenging
the final, the Province under-19 and under-21teamswill also do battle in the division finals.The under-19 chargers will meet the Blue
Bulls after beating the Lions 24-14 in Stellen-bosch on Saturday, while the under-21s willalso face BlueBulls following a 19-18win overthe Sharks.Both finals will be curtain raisers to the
senior final at the Shark Tank.
FOR THE BADGE: Western Province centre Marcel Brache celebrates after beating the Lions inthe semifinal of the Absa CurrieCup at CocaCola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Photo24
DIFFICULT POSITION: Ajax CapeTown midfielderKhama Billiatstruggles to defend an attack bySupersport United’s Grant Kekama during hisside’s loss in theTelkom Knockout Cup at Athlone Stadium onSaturday afternoon. The UrbanWarriors wereknocked out ofthe tourney following a penaltyshootout (34),after the matchended 11 at regular time.Photo: Rashied Isaacs
SPIRITED APPEAL: CapeTown CC mediumfastbowler Rory Cullinan appeals for a catch againstMichael Pote of PinelandsCC during the two side’sWPCA 1A match at BoonWallace Oval in Plumstead on Saturday. Photo:Peter Heeger/Gallo Images