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TOP HONOURS: Young Men Sporting Club fromMitchell’s Plain walked away with the prestigiousSilver Fez Trophy at the Athlone Stadium on Saturday 16 April. Young Men fought off choirs suchas Boarding Boys, Jonge Studente and formerchampions Young Zinnias and many more. Thecompetition rounded off the last action for theMalay choirs in 2011. Just over 7 000 spectatorscrammed into the stadium to watch the teamwalk away with the 71st Silver Fez Trophy. hereYoung Men Sporting Club celebrates minutes after receiving their winners’ trophies. Photo: YunusMohamed
‘We want alcoholfree BoKaap’VERNA VAN DIEMEN
FACED with the possibilitythat the Hilton Cape Town
City Centre – formerly the CoralInternational Cape Town Hotel– could be turned into an estab-lishment selling alcohol, Bo-Kaap residents have resolved todeclare their area an alcohol-free zone.
Disillusioned residents feel theywere cheated into believing thatthey will have a dry hotel in theirneighbourhood when the Coral In-ternational Cape Town Hotel wasbeing developed.
The Hilton Group, which hasmore than 3 700 hotels across theworld, bought the Coral Hotel inFebruary and applied for a liquor li-cence shortly afterwards.
This news was met with opposi-tion by Bo-Kaap residents whocalled a meeting last night and wereprepared to march to the hotel.
However, it was decided at themeeting, attended by about 60 resi-dents, to oppose the application andfocus on declaring Bo-Kaap an alco-hol-free zone and challenge how thepolice manage liquor licence appli-cations.
When the Coral Hotel was beingdeveloped it was punted as CapeTown’s first dry-hotel, makingheadlines in various newspapers.
Although the lease has changedhands, the owners, Cii Holdings, re-main the same.
The Hilton Hotel Cape Town CityCentre said they couldnot commenton “promises made by the Coral”,while one of the directors of CiiHoldings said “I would not know”to every question posed by People’sPost, referring the reporter to thegroup’s managing director, who isout of the country until May.
At last night’s meeting at Bo-Kaap Civic Centre, Osman Shaboo-dien, chairperson of the Bo-KaapCivic Association said: “We havedecided not to march, but we willoppose the application and work ondeclaring Bo-Kaap an alcohol-freezone, just like Fish Hoek, and wewant to tackle the police on the waythey handle liquor licence applica-tions.”
The R300 million Coral was offi-cially opened in February 2010 byDubai-based Coral Hotels and Re-sorts, with Sheik Faisal bin SultanAl Qassimi of the United ArabEmirates as a shareholder.
The South African partner wasCii Holdings, which provides Shari-ah-compliant investment instru-ments and also deals in finance,technology and broadcasting.
At the time the hotel was promot-ed as catering for Muslim clients bykeeping their kitchens strictly ha-laal and not selling alcohol.
Shaboodien said that Hamza Fa-rooqui, Cii Holdings group manag-ing director, promised residentsthree years ago that the hotel wouldnot sell alcohol in exchange for resi-dents not objecting to departures.
He suspects the dry-hotel conceptwas just “dangling a carrot” to pre-vent possible objections from resi-dents.
“The developers knew that theywould be met with lots of oppositionby residents if they were to sell liq-uor. So they told us there would beno liquor and we agreed not to ob-ject to departures. We all just want-ed the process to move alongsmoothly,” he said.
The hotel is on the corner of Waleand Buitengracht streets, and Bo-Kaap residents say a liquor licenceissued to a hotel adjoining theirneighbourhood would go againstthe culture of the predominantlyMuslim area.
Andreas Bossard, Hilton HotelCape Town City Centre’s generalmanager, said they had no idea thatresidents were unhappy.
“We can strongly say that theHilton supports the Muslim com-munity by remaining a Muslim-friendly hotel,” he said.
Alcohol will not be available atthe two main restaurants but it willbe served discreetly in some foodand beverage areas including thepool bar and restaurant, the confer-
ence and meetings area, executivelounge and the mini bars in roomswill include alcoholic beverages onrequest, said Bossard.
Shaboodien says the granting ofa liquor licence could set a prece-dent for new developments in Bo-Kaap.
Usman Ahmed, a director of CiiHoldings, said he was no longer in-volvedwith theproject and referredPeople’s Post to Farooqui, who hesaid was out of the country.
Ahmed answered: “I would notknow” to People’s Post’s questionsabout promises made to residentsabout the alcohol-free hotel.
Shaboodien said: “It is like open-ing an abattoir in an area wheremostly vegetarians live. We want tocreate a precedent so that we pre-vent liquor licence applicationscropping up with new develop-ments in Bo-Kaap,” he said.
“Bo-Kaap is predominantly Mus-lim and alcohol-free. It is a matterof culture and history.
Belinda Walker, ward councillorsaid: “Bo-Kaap residents have al-ways made it clear that they wouldoppose any liquor licence applica-tions in their area. The question iswhether the dry hotel thing wasdone intentionally so that theycould get around being opposed byresidents.” She encouraged resi-dents to exercise their right to ob-ject to the licence.
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RELOCATION OF ECONOMIC AND HUMANDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT,FILM AND EVENTS PERMIT OFFICESNotice is hereby given that the City of Cape Town’s Economic and Human Developmentoffices will be relocated to the 14th Floor, Main Tower, Standard Bank Building,2 Heerengracht, Corner Hertzog Boulevard, Foreshore as from 3 May 2011.
The following contact numbers will be available until further notice.
Branch/Section Telephone FaxEconomic Development Facilitation 021 483 9030Economic Information and Research 021 483 9030Local Area Economic Development 021 483 9030Business Support & Skills Development 021 483 9030Film Permit Office 021 483 9060 086 576 1933Events Permit Office 021 483 9013 086 576 1580
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ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER
FarewellVenetianstyleTHE matrics at StCyprian’s School inOranjezicht kickedtheir final school yearoff on a glamorousnote, celebrating theschool’s 140th birthdayat their “VenetianNights” matric fare-well, which saw theyoung ladies step out instunning “red carpet”ballgowns.
High-seasonretrospectiveWITH the busy summer season drawing to aclose, the Federated Hospitality Association ofSouthern Africa (FEDHASA) Cape hosted itsmembers for drinks and snacks at the 12 Apos-tles Hotel on Thursday 7 April.
Alan Winde, MEC for Finance, Economic De-velopment and Tourism in the Western Cape,was the guest of honour.
WE DID IT: Headgirl FrancescaHarper (left) andher deputy, PacalDespard.Photo: AbFab Photography
SNAP: From left, Anesu Chinqunji, Saneliswe Njobe andNicolle Nyariri. Photo: AbFab Photography
DAZZLING: From left, Helle Skovgaard, Kyla Elmsand Jayshall Vassen. Photo: AbFab Photography
FRIENDS FOR LIFE: From the left, RebeccaStarke and Maria Kathurima.
NETWORKING: Alan Winde and Dirk Elzinga.Photo: Supplied
GETTING TOGETHER: From left, Anita Conway, Rey Franco and Thila Miller. Photo:Supplied
GREAT EVENT: Nils Hecksher, Dirk Elzinga and Alan Winde.Photo: Supplied
WHAT A SEASON: From left, Rema van Niekerk, Marlie de Waal, AdeleKruger and Wendy Masters. Photo: Supplied
TOASTING THE SEASON: From left, Stefane and Riaan Kruger, Christine and Ralph Kenned. Photo: Supplied
Learn how to make a passTHE Cape Natural History Club will host anillustrated talk by Dave Cowley on Wednes-day April 20 at 20:00 at SACS School in New-lands. Cowley will discuss early road andpass developer, Thomas Bain, in a lecturetitled “A Colossus of Roads”. Bain was re-sponsible for 23 passes, most of which arestill in use today.
He also unearthed, during construction,some of the country’s rich fossil records.
Entry to the talk is R20. Enquiries can bemade to Eleanor by phoning (021) 762-1779,or visiting www.capenaturalhistory-club.co.za.
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Stadium zoning getsanother nodVERNA VAN DIEMEN
THE Mouille Point Ratepayers’ and Resi-dents’ Association (MPRRA) says it is notindifferent to zone relaxations that willimprove the financial viability of CapeTown Stadium.
The MPRRA joins the Sea Point, Fresnayeand Bantry Bay Residents’ and Ratepayers’Association and the Green Point Ratepayers’Association, in voicing their support for anyzone relaxations to make this happen(“Thumbs up for zone relaxation”, People’sPost, Tuesday 12 April).
Marco van Embden, chairperson of the asso-ciation, said that like the other two ratepayersassociations in the area, the MPRRA was opento suggestions to slacken some of the strictzoning restrictions of the stadium.
He said: “I fully support any effort by theCity to make the stadium financially viable.”
The stadium’s financial future was the maintopic at the association’s AGM held at CapeTown Hotel School on Thursday, which wasattended by more than 100 residents.
Lesley de Reuck, City director of the CapeTown Stadium and Green Point Park, was theguest speaker.
Van Embden said his comment in lastweek’s article that “... the City and its endeav-ours to run the stadium at break-even are notpart of our discussions with them at thisstage” was not about zoning relaxations, butwas response to a question by People’s Postabout the City’s decision to put out a tenderfor a business analyst and the fact that reve-nue from all the listed concerts was notenough for the stadium to break even.
“I was misquoted because I was not askedabout zone relaxations,” he said.
The same question was sent to the Sea Point,Fresnaye and Bantry Bay Residents’ and Rate-
payers’ Association and the Green Point Rate-payers’ Association.
Like the other two associations, Van Em-bden said zone relaxations should be ap-proached with caution.
“This cannot be done willy-nilly. The Cityhas to be sensitive to ratepayers who have thestadium in their back yard,” he said.
Van Embden said the various associationshad no say with regards to the Record of Deci-sion (ROD) for the stadium, which was issuedin 2006 by then MEC for Environmental Af-fairs Tasneem Essop.
“The ROD and its restrictions had nothingto do with us (residents),” he said.
At the time the association took the stancethat Green Point was not the best site for sucha stadium, he said.
“From the beginning we (residents) be-lieved that the best position for the stadiumwas another spot like Cullemborg or at theAthlone Stadium.”
Then last year, when Sail Stadefrancewalked out on a 30-year lease to manage theproperty because they did not think it wascommercially viable, residents were onceagain not asked to voice their opinion aboutpossible solutions.
“We knew about Sail StadeFrance’s inten-tions to requestthat some of the zoning restric-tions be relaxed. We know that they wanteda gym and that they had all sorts of other com-mercial ideas.
But before it could reach the public partici-pation stage, they backed out of the contract,”he said. Had the association been called in tocomment they would have “done so with openears if it had made sense”, Van Embden added.
Their biggest concerns as residents whenevents are held, are litter, noise and traffic.
“The big events are well organised. It’s thesmaller ones that cause problems from timeto time,” he said.
ADDING UP: The annual UCT Mathematics Competition for Western Cape high schoolstook place on Thursday 14 April. Seven thousand pupils from 130 schools enjoyed anevening tackling mathematical problems. Budding mathematicians milled around, findingtheir way to 60 different lecture theatres and tutorial rooms in every building acrossthe campus. Gold awards and calculators are presented for top results in each gradeat the June prizegiving. Top achievers will be invited to a follow up event, the UCT Invitational Mathematics Challenge. The results will be used to select the Western Provinceteams for the South African InterProvincial Mathematics Olympiad in September. TheUCT Mathematics Competition is the university’s biggest outreach project for schools.
Photo: Danielle Karallis
Residents urged to secure garage doorsSIX break-ins reported in Sea Pointhomes and flats this weekend involvedthieves gaining access through garagedoors.
Most housebreaking cases reported toSea Point police since the beginning ofApril have involved the breaking of lockson garage doors.
Sea Point police spokesperson, WarrantOfficer Bheki Xulu, says: “A particular fo-cus are those garage doors locked withpadlocks. We are working on the problemand we have some positive leads.”
Xulu says police have put extra meas-ures in place to prevent the recurrence ofsuch break-ins, but would not elaborate.
“If we explain our strategy we will alert
criminals. We don’t want them to beaware of what we are up to,” says Xulu.
In April 2009, police experienced a simi-lar problem in the area, says Xulu.
“We have managed to arrest some ofthose perpetrators who are now behindbars,” he said.
Police ask that all residents be aware ofthe situation and report to the police anysuspicious person, vehicle or activity inthe vicinity.“Our community must not leave valuableitems in their vehicles while they areparked in their garages,” says Xulu.
Sea Point police can be contacted on(021) 430-3700 or Crime Stop on 086 0010111.
Business breakfast
Keeping our water clean
THE next Small, Medium and Micro En-terprises (SMME) meeting at Central Li-brary will be on Thursday 21 April from07:15 till 09:00.
Denise Dookoo will be holding an infor-mation session on the Small EnterpriseDevelopment Agency and its supportstructures for SMMEs. There will be alight buffet-style breakfast and network-
ing opportunity prior to the talk, whichstarts at 07:45.
Entry is R15, payable at the entrance.To book, or for information phone
(021) 467-1542, SMS 083 539 8442 or [email protected].
Central Library is in the Old Drill Hall,at the corner of Darling and ParadeStreet, Cape Town.
PROFESSOR Eugene Cloete, the dean of science at the University of Stellenbosch, willgive a free talk entitled “Innovation, the key to sustainable water supply and sanita-tion” on Wednesday 20 April at 17:00 at the SA
AstronomicalObservatoryAuditoriuminObservatoryRoad.Therearenobookings.For more information and directions go to www.royalsocietysa.org.za.
A healthy alternativeTHE annual Radio 786 Health Fair willhelp open doors to an affordable andhealthy lifestyle on Sunday 8 May at theCollege of Cape Town, Kromboom Road,Crawford, from 08:00 to 17:00.
The Radio 786 Health Fair is this com-munity radio station’s biggest fundrais-er. Organisers say natural approaches
to health recognise the body’s own healingpower and try to maximise and enhance it,so expect nurturing, holistic body and skincare treatments. The kids corner offerscup-cake decorating, a puppet show, musi-cal chairs and a treasure hunt. Entranceis R10, children under 12 enter for free, andconvenient parking is available at no cost.
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SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE: The International President of the Good Hope Toastmasters Club, Pat Johnson (right), came all the way from Canada to speak at the Business Women’s Association breakfast,held on Tuesday 13 April at the Atlantic Imbizo at the V & A Waterfront. Johnson is an internationalspeaker and communications trainer who is skilled in strategic and financial planning, career development and conflict resolution. Currently, she is assistant director for business education at the BritishColumbia Pension Corporation in Victoria, Canada. Toastmasters teaches its members how to improvetheir speaking skills and meeting protocol and procedures.
Technically speakingTHE African Institute for Mathemati-cal Sciences (AIMS) and the CapeTown Science Centre will host a pub-lic lecture titled “Science, Technologyand Humanity” tomorrow, Wednes-day 20 April.
It will take place at 18:30 for 19:00 atthe Muizenberg Pavilion.
The speaker is Professor George El-lis of the University of Cape Town.
School groups and students enterfree of charge and adults pay R20 forentrance.
For more information, visit http://www.aims.ac.za/en/programmes/public-lectures.
Vote could mean bonanza for CapeAN INDEPENDENT impact reportsays a R1,4 billion annual tourism bo-nanza awaits South Africa if TableMountain is named one of the New Sev-en Wonders of Nature.
The detailed report by Grant Thorn-ton, a leading tourism hospitality andleisure research company, found thattourism to Table Mountain, and thusCape Town, would increase by about20% and approximately 70% of thesevisitors are expected to be internation-al tourists.
This would generate an additionalR1,4 billion in revenue for the year –oraboutR116millionamonth–and theexpenditure would support around11 000 employment opportunities inSouth Africa.
Table Mountain has already beenvoted one of the final 28 sites for theNew Seven Wonders of Nature cam-paign, with the final seven to be namedon Friday 11 November.
It is estimated that a billion votes,online and via SMS, will be cast, pro-viding Table Mountain and South Afri-ca with unprecedented marketing ex-posure.
Grant Thornton based their projec-tions on a similar campaign in which100 million votes were cast worldwideto vote for the New Seven Man-MadeWonders in 2007.Measurable results were seen at siteswhich made the top seven short list inthis campaign. Visitors to Petra in Jor-dan increased by 61% and visitors toChrist the Redeemer in Brazil in-creased by 30%.
To vote for Table Mountain visitwww.votefortablemountain.com orSMS “Table” to 34874. SMSes cost R2each and participants can vote as oftenas they like.
For information contact the Cable-way on (021) 424-0015 or visitwww.votefortablemountain.com
Motivation through the lens of a cameraTHE I Was Shot Foundation, a non-profit or-ganisation providing photographic skills toformer street children, has launched in CapeTown after two successful programmes in Jo-hannesburg.
The foundation aims to help motivate par-ticipants to channel their hardships throughphotography and use it as a creative outlet.
According toBernardViljoen, the organisa-tion’s executive director, the children in-volved will learn business and social skillsfrom the programme.
“We are excited to bring this inspiringproject to Cape Town, as the children learnnot onlyvaluable photographic skills that cre-ate an income platform, but also interperson-al and social skills, independence and, most
importantly, gives them hope for an improvedfuture,” said Viljoen.
“We also harness photography as a tool forexpression and an opportunity to nurture hid-den talent among the youth.
“Life’s moments, significant to a streetchild but perhaps forgotten to us, can remindus to appreciate the simple things by lookingat our beautiful city through their eyes.”
Equipped with a disposable camera and abrief to capture Cape Town’s culture, the par-ticipants will photograph key landmarksthroughout the city for the next year.
Delphine de Blic, an award-winning Frenchdirector, will be documenting the process.
The programme ends on Tuesday 8 Septem-ber with an exhibition.
The circus is backTHE Easter Circus programme takesplace at the South African NationalCircus in Hartleyvale, Observatory.
Operating hours are Friday 22 Aprilstarting at 15:00, Saturday 23 Aprilstartingat 19:30,Monday 25April start-
ing at 15:00 and Wednesday 27 Aprilstarting at 15:00.
Tickets cost R30 for adults and R20for children.
For further information or to book,call (021) 692-4287.
Bergvliet man sues state for wife’s murder
Jane van Zyl Photo: Own archive
LIAM MOSES
AFTER more than three years, aBergvliet man has taken the firststeps to fulfilling a promise hemade to his wife on her deathbed.
Smiley van Zyl, whose wife wasmurdered in a robbery in 2008, hasinstituted a damages claim againstthe ministers of Justice and Safetyand Security for failing to protecthis wife.
Smiley says he hopes to win thecaseand set a precedent to keep thepromise he made to his wife beforeher life support machines wereswitched off.
“There are two sides to why Ichose to do this. The one side is Imade a vow to my wife, on her deathbed, that she would not become justanother South African murder sta-tistic,” says Smiley.
“And the second is that I prom-ised her that I would turn her deathinto something meaningful for soci-ety so she did not die in vain.”
Jane van Zyl was shot and killedby Gershwin Hartzenberg, who was25 years old at the time, in the drive-way of her Bergvliet home on 13April 2008.
She had just returned from drop-ping off her husband at the Con-stantiaberg Medi-Clinic, and waswaiting for the electric gates at herhome to open when Hartzenbergstruck.
Hartzenberg had been releasedon bail less than two weeks earlier,on 1 April 2008.
According to the damages claim
documents, Hartzenberg was ar-rested by Kirstenhof police on 30March 2008 and taken to WynbergMagistrate’s Court the followingday to appear on a charge of armedrobbery, but was returned to Kirst-enhof police station because hisdocket had been misplaced.
He was then taken back to courtthe following day (1 April) and re-leased on bail because he had beenin custody for over 48 hours. Withintwo weeks he had killed Jane vanZyl.
Hartzenberg shot Van Zyl once inthe head but she did not die immedi-ately and spent 12 hours on a lifesupport machine before it wasturned off.
The documents also state that thecourt was not informed thatHartzenberg had several other cas-es pending at the time – includingarmed robbery, attempted murder,kidnapping and several charges oftheft.
Smiley believes that the govern-ment failed to protect his wife when
it allowed Hartzenberg back on thestreets.
“The person who murdered mywife had a history of serious crimespending against him. Looking atthe charges and the circumstances,he definitely did not qualify forbail,” says Van Zyl.
“Yet the authorities allowed himback on the streets and they failedin their duties when they did this.”
Hartzenberg was later foundguilty of Jane’s murder and sen-tenced to life in prison,as well as anadditional 10 years for a differentarmed robbery and five years for il-legal possession of a firearm.
Hartzenberg is currently servinghis term in Pollsmoor Prison.
Smiley added that many otherSouth Africans had found them-selves in similar situations before.
“If you look at the statistics, sheis probably one of thousands who
died in the same way, which showsyou that there is something wrongwith the system – and it’s the sys-tem that I’m trying to address.”
Smiley filed the papers at theCape High Court on Wednesday 6April.
Gerhard Kotze, Smiley’s attor-ney, says he is confident of victoryeven though only one precedent ex-ists.
Alix Jean Carmichele is the onlyperson to have successfully suedthe South African Ministers of Safe-ty and Security and Justice.
Carmichele was attacked byFrancois Coetzee in a small villagenamed Noetzie, around 12 kilome-tres from Knysna, on 6 August 1995.
Coetzee had previously been con-victed of indecent assault andhousebreaking, and was out on bailafter being charged with rape whenhe attacked Carmichele.
“I’m very confident that we’ll winbecause I think we’ll be able to es-tablish that the criminal who mur-dered Smiley van Zyl’s wife wouldnot have been out on the streets ifthe law had been applied properly,”says Kotze.
“He was arrested shortly beforeher murder and my instruction isthat if the prosecutors and/or thepolice had done their job, hewouldn’t have been released. And ifhe hadn’t been released then Mrsvan Zyl wouldn’t have been mur-dered.”
However, Kotze is under no illu-sions that the case will be easy.
He feels it is the responsibility ofattorneys to do their part in thefight against crime by taking uptough cases such as this.
“I feel very strongly that we havea duty as attorneys to take on caseslike this,” said Kotze.
“The state has got to be held ac-countable for this. We have a hugecrime problem in this country andhave to fight it on all fronts.”
At the time of her murder, Janewas 52 and had been married to herhusband for over 33 years.
Smiley no longer lives in thesame house and says that althoughhe has moved on with his life, hewill only have complete closureonce he has fulfilled his promise tohis wife. “If my wife had died of nat-ural causes then I would have re-ceived closure at the funeral andmoved on,” says Smiley.
“But she did not die of naturalcauses. She died because the systemfailed us as law-abiding citizens.And if we all walk away and moveon then nothing will ever change.”
Kotze says the case could take upto three years to get to court if theMinisters of Justice and Safety andSecurity refuse to settle out ofcourt, due to the lengthy waitinglist at the Cape High Court.
Smiley van Zyl Photo: Lulama Zenzile
Gershwin Hartzenberg, sentenced inSeptember 2009 to life imprisonment for the April 2008 murder ofJane van Zyl. He was 26 years old atthe time of his sentencing.
Photo: Lulama Zenzile
STATE SUED Smiley van Zyl stays true to his promise to his murdered wife, Jane
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Green Pointclubs raidedand finedVERNA VAN DIEMEN
COMPLAINTS from residentsabout the noise from night-
clubs have not fallen on deafears.
Last week the City’s liquor en-forcement and compliance unitraided four nightclubs in SomersetRoad, Green Point.
Nathan Ladegourdie, assistantchief of the Vice Squad, says: “Theraids were driven by complaintsfrom the community about loudmusic and rowdiness outside theclubs.”
Bo-Kaap Civic Association chair-person Osman Shaboodien said:“Residents complain every week.Sound travels up and so we are af-fected.”
Green Point Ratepayers’ and Res-idents’ Association chairperson,Bob Goebel, said the clubs’ noisedid not affect Green Point residentsbecause the clubs are closer to Bo-Kaap.
Ladegourdie said the latest raidwas not the first or the last one.
“We held a raids a few months agoandwill continuedoing so,”he said.
The City is taking up residents’cases under one of the conditions ofaCitybylawrelating to streets, pub-
lic places and the prevention of nui-sances.
This bylaw states that it does notpermit noise from a private resi-dence or business to be audible ina public place, except for the pur-poses of loudspeaker announce-ments for public meetings or due tothe actions of street entertainers.
“If you hear any music outsidethe club, it is considered a trans-gression. Noise should be confinedto the inside of a club,” said La-degourdie.
Each of the nightclubs were is-sued fines for offences
ranging from fire escape doorsbeing padlocked and fire extin-guishers which were not serviced,to operating without an entertain-ment licence.
“Some clubs do not comply withthe conditions of their business li-cence. For example, you cannot op-erate a club with a restaurant li-cence. You would need an enter-tainment licence,” he said.
The fines were issued under theprovincial noise control bylaw andranged from R1 000 to R1 500 butcould be increased up to R20 000 ina court, said Ladegourdie.
The unit will soon be able to im-pound the sound equipment of re-peat offenders if the proposed
amendment to the City of CapeTown’s Noise Nuisance Bylaw ispassed. The amendment has to passlegal muster and be approved by thecouncil after having been throughcouncil processes and being thesubject of public consultation.
Owners would have to pay R1 000to reclaim equipment.
If bouncers or managementrefuse theunit entryor resist a raid,they can also be arrested.
“If they act in any disordely man-ner we can arrest them,” said La-degourdie.
Any transgressions like under-
aged patrons, are reported to theWestern Cape Liquor Board and thepolice, and this can result in the es-tablishment being closed down.
Vuza Mazula, spokesperson forthe Club, Bar and Restaurant Asso-ciation (CBRA) of the WesternCape, says all of the association’smembers should comply with thelaws set in place.
“If the businesses are contraven-ing laws they know of, they have on-ly themselves to blame,” he said.
However, he says he feels the Cityis not keeping nightclubs and barowners updated about new bylaws.
“I cannot comment on individualcases, but I do feel that the laws arechanging all the time and if it wer-en’t for the media, we would be inthe dark,” he said.
The unit will continue with oper-ations all over Cape Town and atshebeens throughout the Easter pe-riod.
BUYER BEWARE: Riana Nel selling cacti at her stall at the City Bowl Market on Hope, which was launchedon Saturday at 14 Hope Street, Gardens. A variety of fresh food and other produce, including fruit and vegetables, were on sale. The market will be open every Saturday from 09:00 to 14:00. Photo: Lulama Zenzile
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Amobokoboko brand launchedTHE launch of the Amabokoboko SportsBrand was held on Wednesday 13 Aprilat the False Bay Rugby Football Club inBergvliet.
A catwalk show was hosted to show at-tendees the type of clothing that will be onsale. The sports brand launched caps, sun-glasses, T-shirts, shorts and much more.
From the left are Mike Duncan from Claremont, Lynn Hotz from GreenPoint and Darryl Latimer from Durbanville.
Darren Klarke from Noordhoek and Seugnet Smal from Kommetjie.
From left, Nolan Koopman and Lungelo Payi, both from Fish Hoek,and Teddy Nyali from Masiphumelele.
Gavin Field (left) from Hout Bay and TrevorBaath from Fish Hoek.
From left, Kerrie O’Neill from Fish Hoek, Siyasanga Mkiva from Noordhoek and William Frost from Simon’s Town.
Green fingers crossed for gold
BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS: The arid, mountainousdesert of the Northern Cape’s Richtersveld region isone of the two World Heritage Sites featured in thisyear’s Kirstenbosch Chelsea Flower Show exhibit. Photo:Supplied
SOUTH African World HeritageSites inspired this year’s Kirst-enbosch Chelsea Flower Showexhibit, themed “BotanicalLandscapes”.
This year – the 36th year the coun-try is exhibiting – it seemed doubt-ful South Africa would exhibit dueto a lack of funding.
But the Provincial Governmentof the Western Cape (PGWC) andthe SA Gold Coin Exchange came tothe rescue and have ensured thatSouthAfrica’s long runremainsun-broken.
Designers, David Davidson andRaymond Hudson, were inspired bytwo of South Africa’s most iconicand diverse botanical landscapes.
Exceedingly rich in species diver-sity, and sharply contrasting inhabitat – the Cape Floral Kingdomof the Western Cape and the arid,mountainous desert of the North-ern Cape’s Richtersveld regioneach provide a dramatic setting andsome of the richest reservoirs ofplant life on earth.
Both these World Heritage Sitesare also biodiversity hotspots – ofwhich there are only 25 worldwide– featuring an incredibly high di-versity of species.
Table Mountain, which maysoon become one of the New SevenWonders of Nature, and the dramat-ic “moonscapes” of the remote andrugged Richtersveld provide thepanoramic perspectives for theselocations, and contoured staging ofthe exhibit creates platforms fea-turing the southern-most signa-ture plants of the Cape Floral King-dom’s fynbos flora, ranging fromcoastal to mountain vegetation aswell as hotspot species from the ar-id north.
Plant material for the exhibit issourced from various parts of thecountry, and part of the mandate insourcing this material is also to uti-lise them in empowerment projectswhere possible.
Over the past 35 years the Kirst-enbosch SA exhibit has achieved 30gold medals, two silver-gilt medals
and three silver medals, as well asnumerous other special awards foroutstanding contributions, includ-ing the Lawrence Medal in 2006 for
the “Best Exhibit shown to theSociety” in that year and the firstrecipient of the new “President’sMost Creative Award” in 2008.
The prestigious Royal Horticul-tural Society Chelsea Flower Showtakes place from Tuesday 24 to Sat-urday 28 May in London.
BOTANICAL LANDSCAPES: The Cape Floral Kingdom isthe smallest of the world’s six floral kingdoms but is oneof the richest areas for plants in the world. It representsless than 0,5% of the area of Africa, but is home to nearly20% of the continent’s flora. Photo: Supplied
SCALING NEW HEIGHTS:Dr Laurine Platzky (fromthe Premier’s office), RayHudson (designer), Felicity Purchase, Alan Demby(chairperson of the SAGold Coin Exchange),David Davidson (designer) and Joyene Isaacs(Western Cape head ofdepartment of agriculture and rural development at Kirstenbosch,with a model of this year’sChelsea Flower Show entry. Photo: Supplied
No secrets forcivil societyTHE Right2Know campaign, anorganisation committed to thefree flow of information, is call-ing on individuals and commu-nity organisations to help themdraft the SA Secrets List.
The body was launched in Au-gust last year to stop the Protec-tion of Information Bill, alsoknown as the secrecy bill, whichis currently before Parliament.
The Secrecy List will be a com-pilation of verbal and writtensubmissions from the publicabout what information theyfeel should be made available tothem to improve everyday life.
It will be discussed and docu-mentedat apublicmeetingat theMowbray Town Hall on Wednes-day 20 April, from 09:00 to 16:00.Representatives from communi-ty organisations can make a ver-bal testimony at the public meet-ing or a written submission byemail to [email protected] can also make submis-sions. Call Nkwame on (021) 461-7211 or 078 227 6008 or email [email protected].
Biodiversity expowill answer manyquestionsTHE South African National Bi-odiversity Institute (SANBI) Bi-odiversity Expo from Thursday5 May to Sunday 8 May will fea-ture a wide variety of exhibitorsand conservation issues andprojects.
This annual event takes placeat the Old Mutual ConferenceCentre at Kirstenbosch NationalBotanical Garden in Cape Town.
The Expo is a gathering of theconservation community to en-gage with the public on conser-vation issues and opportunitiessuch as jobs, business opportu-nities and corporate social in-vestment projects. Visit www.bi-odiversityexpo.blogspot.com
Grant Morta from Goodwood and LecreciaOctober from Mitchell’s Plain.
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Your ward candidatesVARIOUS people have putthemselves forward as wardcouncillor candidates, andWednesday on 18 May you
have the chance to vote for oneof them. People’s Post invitedall the ward councillor candi-dates in your area to submit
photos and profiles on them-selves. We publish the profilesand photos received. The can-didates for ward councillor
publishedherehaveallmet theIndependent Electoral Com-mission’s requirements tostand for election.
Ward 54 Ward 74
Ward 77
. Cape Party: John Riggs
Shudley Adams (Cape Muslim Congress) is, according to the party, wellknown in ward 54, where he is actively involved in organising poverty alleviation projects such as distributingfood parcels to the needy especiallyduring ramadaan. The Cape MuslimCongress says that Adams is a selftaught photographer who teachespeople the basics of photography forfree. Adams believes that teachingunemployed young people a skill,with which they can earn a living, isbetter than condemning them.
StephenGoodson,leader ofthe Abolition of Income Taxand UsuryParty, isstandingfor councillor ofWard 54.He says the party’s main proposal isthe establishment of “a municipalbank, which will create money out ofnothing using fractional reserves, ascommercial banks currently do. Itwill enable a 15% reduction in property rates and provision of 2% homeloans to ratepayers, who have atleast 10% of the purchase price of ahouse on fixed deposit with thebank.”
Estelle Dyason is theUniversalCivics ofSouth Africarepresentative for Ward54 . Shesays beingunemployedgives heralot of freetime on her hands to make a difference in the community. Her aim is tomake it a brighter, cleaner and saferplace to live in.
David Sasman is acandidatefor the Universal Civics ofSouth Africa. He iswellknownand hashad previous experience as councillor – hepromises to make a difference in thecommunity.
Beverly Schafer will represent theDemocratic Alliance in the election.
Fatiema Bester represents the Africa Muslim Party and is a communityworker.
. Cape Party: Andre Jacobs
. Abolition of Income Tax and UsuryParty: Stephen Goodson
NormanMoyo, isthe candidate forthe Universal Civic of SouthAfrica. Hehas beeninvolvedwith a civic movement to help the community andproject for the youth to get them offthe streets. “If I have your vote I willmake a difference.”
Zaibunissa Johnson is the representative for the Al Jamaah Party and isan experienced community worker. Marga Haywood will represent the
Democratic Alliance in the election.Nazley Bester, representative for theAfrica Muslim Party is a very passionate individual and is always willing to help people who needs assistance. Her door is open to anyone andshe always has an ear to listen. Shealso promises to provide the community with feedback of all issues.
The African Bondof Unity’sMichealJacobs isthe chairperson ofthe Mitchell’s PlainandStrandfontein community police forums. Jacobs hopes to increaseresources to neighbourhood watches and ensure that dark fields haveproper lighting. He further plans tolobby for road calming measures ashe believes far too many people dieon local roads. Jacobs will also continue to fight crime and work towards lobbying for a better justicesystem.
.Cape Party: Robert Moore
. Abolition of Income Tax and UsuryParty: Stephen Goodson
Louise Botha, who represents theUniversal Civics of South Africa saysshe has been involved in politics for10 years and to her service deliveryis most important. Botha says if sheis elected she will look at ways ofgetting rid of crime and drug dealers,the conditions of hospitals as well ascorruption, which will not be tolerated in municipalities or by any councillor.
Dave Bryant will represent the Democratic Alliance in the election.
Faaiez Samuels from the Africa Muslim Party wants to make a difference. He assists with whatever,whenever and where ever and wantsto give back to the community.
Special school for special youth launchedA DEVELOPMENT project foryoung adults with autism andspecial needs was opened inLakeside recently by The Acade-my for Adults with Autism.
However, they need help tokeep their doors open and runoptimally.
The Enrichment CentreProject provides a safe and car-ing environment for youngadults and school leavers withautism, special needs and devel-opment delay who would other-wise have no place to go duringthe day.
The structured daily pro-gramme incorporates craft ac-tivities, encouragement of inde-pendent life skills, constant su-pervision by qualified andexperienced staff, behaviouralmanagement, exercise with su-pervision and advice of thera-pists and a trained facilitator, aswell as supervised leisure time and oppor-tunities to socialise and practise commu-nication. Constructive activities such aspuzzle-building and gardening are also onthe list of activities, as these are used aslearning tools.
Occasional outings to places of naturalbeauty like the beach, forest or parks arealso a highlight for the youth.
However, the centre still requires edu-cational games, puzzles, books, art materi-
als and a 3x3 m carpet.The centre welcomes donations as well
as items which can be sold at fundraisersto purchase materials for the centre.
Anyone willing to assist the non-profitorganisation, or for more information,phone Debbie on (021) 788-7652 or071 933 0535.
Alternatively, email [email protected] or visit www.adultswithau-tism.org.za.
APPLICATION: Lakeside’s Jarred Flugel (23) paints astationery holder.
Red letter day for Black MoscowLOUISA STEYL
IF you are looking for a sound that’sslightly dark, a little fun and some-where between heavy and thoughtprovoking, you might want to takea listen to Cape Town band, BlackMoscow.
The band is made up of Xaviervan der Zandt on vocals, Marc Rönt-sch on guitar, Stephen Alfreds, alsoon guitar, Rob Ruhrmund on drumsand Luke Otto on bass.
The eclectic group met throughother bands they either played in orfollowed and have been playing to-gether since May 2010.
Their name is “less of a specificreference and more of an image”,explains Xavier.
“The idea was to have a name that reflectedthe beautiful and darker side of something,”he adds.
He says this is a concept the band hope toreflect in their music.
“Our goal is to make music that is intelli-gent, without being pretentious,” Marcpoints out.
The band writes their music as a group,bringing their individual tastes and influenc-es to table.
“It is a potpourri of everything,” Marc says.While the band takes their music seriously,
Xavier says: “As technical as the music is, weare still a party band.”
He points out that fans can expect high en-ergy performances from Black Moscow.
On Tuesday 26 April they will be launching
their debut EP, “Verdigris”, at Mercury un-der Headline Artists.
They will be playing with Tonightwedieand The Great Apes.
Doors will open at 21:00 and the audiencecan enjoy a visual art exhibition in the Mer-cury Lounge before the bands take to thestage.
. There will be free merchandise givea-ways and download stations where you candownload free content onto your flash drive.
Some of this content will only be availableat the launch.
Tickets for the launch cost R40.To find out more about the band, visit their
Facebook page or follow them on Twitter,where you can also find information on theirrecording process and get to know the banda little better.
Black Moscow are, from left: Xavier van der Zandt, LukeOtto, Marc Röntsch, Rob Ruhrmund and Stephen Alfreds. Photo: Michaela Verity
Tuesday 19 April 2011 PHOTOS People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 9
Tuck in with theatrical flourishTHE Baxter Theatre Centre’s new res-
taurant, bars and catering facilitiesare now operational.
Renovations began in earnest in Februarythis year to overhaul the main restaurant onthe second level, the bar, the snacks and cof-fee station in the main downstairs foyer andthe bar on the upper level.
Patrons can now look forward to a fresh,funky new look, in a space pulsating with ac-tivity.
The long bar will function as a bar and cof-fee station.
The upstairs bar will be named Play Bar,and will double up as a grab-and-go, all-dayrestaurant with light meals and fresh take-away options.
The main restaurant, which is the last tobe completed, is called Act and is open forpre-show dining. All the areas have wi-fi.
To book for the restaurant, call (021) 685-3888.
EXTREME MAKEOVER: One of the two new restaurants, which officiallyopened at the Baxter on Thursday 14 April. Photo: Supplied
GOOD TIMES: Serene Cilliers, Eddy Cassar and Vanessa Campbell.Photo: Supplied
INDUSTRY FACES: Janice Honeyman and Professor Paul Sulcas. Photo: Supplied
DRUM ROLL: Members of Limited Edition Drum Corp. entertainingguests. The young drummers reached third place in this year’s “SA’sGot Talent” competition. Photo: Supplied
DRIVING FORCE: Baxter CEO Lara Foot with international businessmanRoger Jungblut. Photo: Supplied
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Stay safeAS MANY Capetonians eagerly await the ar-rival of the Easter weekend, the reality is thatsome of us may unknowingly be marching toour demise.
South Africans travel both long and shortdistances over the Easter weekend, whichmeans greater traffic volumes on our roads.
With this comes a higher probability of fataland non-fatal accidents, which traditionallymakes this period so tragic.
And while the City of Cape Town promisesincreased patrols on our roads at the weekend,the good news is that every one of us can dosomething about this problem.
In 2010, the national death toll on South Afri-can roads reached 105 – far fewer than the 197fatalities reported in 2009.
This year the City has taken a proactive ap-proach to curbing rising death tolls by offeringfree roadworthy safety checks to motoristsahead of the Easter weekend.
But inevitably, with most holidays excesskicks in. Alcohol and drug use will, no doubt,again have a huge impact on how well motor-ists obey the rules of the road.
And as schools and institutions of higherlearning also close for the break, the numberof inexperienced drivers and young passen-gers on our roads will also increase.
A road safety initiative in Australia calls onfamilies to check-off a range of safe drivingmethods, such as putting a curfew on nightdriving for young people.
Shouldn’t local motorists draw up the samecontract with themselves, pledging not todrive when intoxicated, and choosing insteadto put their keys down and sober up first?
Similarly if you’re a passenger, wear a seat-belt at all times and, when confronted by a dif-ficult situation, choose not to get into a carwith an intoxicated driver.
An accident can happen in a second as a re-sult of the smallest oversight. Personal respon-sibility is your safest bet to stay alive on ourroads, so be responsible for yourself and thosearound you.
Have a safe Easter weekend.
We welcome the flats
No ‘right’ to seven storeys
YOUR report on the planned block of flats in Lion Streetin Bo-Kaap refers (“Out with the new”, People’s Post,5 April).
You quote Osman Shaboodien of the civic associationsaying they oppose it and that the proposed buildingwill stick out like a sore thumb. Most of us actually liv-ing near the site welcome the plans and think it willmake our neighbourhood safer and cleaner.
We have long suffered because of the site, which isused as a dumping yard and a toilet for vagrants. Welike the look of the artist’s impression of the proposedbuilding and we are excited about the proposed parkand public space next to the building.
It isn’t a typical Bo-Kaap building, no. But neitheris St Monica’s Home right behind it or the row of flatsaround the corner in Bloem Street. Where was Mr Sha-boodien when the monstrosities adjacent to the site,like the residence on the corner of Bryant and BuitenStreets, were built? Where was his association whenseveral century-old cottages in Lion Street were turnedinto obscene three-storey mansions? Where were theywhen we campaigned for action against the house inBryant Street that had collapsed into the street and theburnt-out house in Lion Street that was turned into adrug nest?
While I’m at it, let me ask Mrs Joanna Tomkins,whom your paper also quoted as being opposed to theplans: If you’re so concerned about your neighbour-hood, why don’t you bother to keep your immediate ar-ea clean instead of allowing it to turn into a dump withgangster graffiti and young thugs hanging aroundthreatening old people and young girls?
There is a clique in Bo-Kaap who are against all devel-opment of our suburb unless proposed by one of theirfriends or if they themselves can benefit – and a bit ofintimidation is not beyond them.
Please Mr Developer, come build your building andgive us a park next door.PROUD BO-KAPERBo-Kaap
WE read with interest the article(“Out with the new”, People’s Post, 5April).
In particular the closing comment,attributed to you, saying that “Itwould be the developers right tobuild up to seven storeys ...”
There is some confusion amongmembers of the public and indeedeven among the subcouncil mem-bers, that developers have “rights” ofseven storeys on properties zoned asR3, R4, R7, R8 and R9.
There is no such “right”.There is a maximum height re-
striction of seven storeys on suchsites. Whether you are able to reachseven storeys depends on the size ofyour site, not the size of your build-ing.
To establish the maximum permis-sible height of your building, youhave to apply the building line set-backs from the boundaries on a floor-by-floor basis, using the calculationsas set out in the zoning scheme regu-lations.
If for instance we apply the set-backs to the particular site where theLion Street apartments are plannedas shown on the attached diagram,you get an absolute maximum of fivestoreys possible, not seven.
In this case the fifth story is barely3 m wide and almost unusable, be-sides looking extremely unattrac-tive.
In these circumstances, it would besensible to rather allow the LionStreet departures and remove the top
two floors of the building, therebyallowing the developer the equiva-lent envelope of building area, but ina more economical and attractivepackage.
I hope this clarifies the difference
between perceived “developer’srights” and actual permissible enve-lope of the particular site.
We would be most grateful if youwould share this information withthe subcouncil members, as we arealmost certain that they do not un-derstand the zoning scheme legisla-tion.
About the Vos Street development:If the setbacks as legislated wereproperly applied to the Vos Street de-velopment, the additional floorswould never have been allowed.
It is highly regrettable that the sub-council overruled the neighboursand objectors in that instance. Thecommunity is still trying to under-stand the City of Cape Town motivesin allowing this development to pro-ceed.
The laws of the land are there toprotect communities
and we trust the City to take careof its citizens’ rights.
When these are overruled, it isvery shocking for the affected com-munities.
We value your support in ensuringthat developments of this scale areproperly controlled and that commu-nities have the opportunity to negoti-ate with developers to massage thebulk into a format which is accepta-ble to them.GIDEON SCOTTIndigo Architects
COUNCILLOR BELINDAWALKER RESPONDS:I CANNOT comment on the letter be-cause it is just possible that I couldbe in a situation in future where Ihave to sit in judgement of this issueand if I comment I may be seen as be-ing biased.
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Your SMSesGeneral
. Can you please provide the number forthe rangers training camp? I would like tobe part of the rangers making Table Moun-tain more safe.Jay, Maitland
. I recently lost my eldest son in an acci-dent on 27 February. I’m looking for a sup-port group with parents who have experi-enced the same thing. I’m a domestic workerin Sea Point. I live in Khayelitsha. Thoko
. Regarding the soccer stadium in CapeTown, I suggest we put it in boxes and donateit to Sepp Blatter of FIFA. My monthly con-tribution as a ratepayer will now be spentcorrectly. This is plan B! Niefie van dieKaap
. Tony Robinson, what are you smoking?
. Tony Robinson asks where Shell will getthewater fromfor frackingoperations in theKaroo? From the Karoo ground water ofcourse, Tony, where else? Your illogicalramblings are no different to those of Male-ma. Granville
. Regarding scaremongering frackingstory: why either fracking or nuclear? Bothinvolve corporate greed. It is past time thatwe looked at alternatives.
. The poor still have not benefited fromthe City’s service and what about arrearsand water cuts and conditions in Blik-kiesdorp?
.There are so many males looking forjobs. Why don’t you train as nurses? Whymust young females see to male patients inhospitals or old-age homes? Concerned wife
. High schools should contact learners tocollect matric certificates. And why is thedepartment taking so long to send them?Matric 2010
. Switch off your lights for 10 minutes per
day and save about 61 hours of energy peryear. JEH
The fat of the land grows thin. In 1994 South Africa had 140 000 com-
mercial farmers. Today there are only 37 000still farming. Soon we will have to importfood we used to produce ourselves.
. The trouble with capitalism is that themajority of citizens only get to smell the siz-zle and do not get to eat the steak. Just lookat the massive profits the supermarketsmake.NowonderWhiteyBassonof Shopritewas paid over R200 million last year. It is themoney from the poor that has made himstinking rich.
Consumer matters. Why do landlords charge damage depos-
its but lease properties as is? Surely thiscan’t be legal?
. Is it better to go with a debt counselloror to make arrangements yourself with theshops you owe? Mrs Jacobs
. Well done to Pick n Pay with the SmartCard idea. With every R10 spent you get awhole cent credit on your card! Pick n Payis enticing you to spend madly with thepromise of an incentive. On the Smart Cardapplication form there is absolutely noamount mentioned relating to the cash backreward of 1c per R100. Personally, I thinkthis is false advertising on behalf of Pick nPay to entice people. Is this not illegal ac-cording to the new Consumer Act? You getmore cash back from Clicks purchases.
. The hand baskets at Pick n Pay and Sho-prite are filthy, sometimes even with bloodin them from the meat. Please clean yourbaskets.
Invisible cyclists must see the lightANDREW WHEELDON [director of the Bi-cycle Empowerment Network (Ben)], pleaseexplain why cyclists do not have a headlightwhen on the road in the dark.
You can obviously see cars and pedestri-ans in the dark, but a cyclist is almost invisi-ble.
What happened to the law where a copgave a warning or a fine for being on theroad with no light?VIA SMSAndrew Wheeldon responds: Cyclists arerequired by law to use a light on their bikewhen cycling at night, as bicycles are cate-gorised as vehicles in the Road Traffic Actof South Africa. Law enforcement officialsshould stopand fine a cyclistwithout a lightat night, in the same way they would finea motorist with an unroadworthy vehicle.
The difficulty comes in obtaining confir-
mation of the identity of the cyclist, whichis easier with a motorised vehicle, with thelicence plate, drivers licence, and so on. Po-licing of this is problematic and difficult –the other factor is that of cost; many cyclistssimply cannot afford lights for their bikesand are commuting by bike as they are onvery low budgets. However, I agree thatfrom a perspective of safety this needs to beenforced.
DID YOU KNOW that metropolitan municipalities, also known as unicities, haveexclusive municipal executive and legislative authority in their areas? There aresix of these: Cape Town, Durban, East Rand, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Port Eliz-abeth. They have a choice of two types of executive systems: the mayoral executivesystem, and the collective executive committee – (www.southafrica.info)
People's Post Page 12 Phone: 021 713 9440 | Fax: 021 713 9481 Tuesday 19 April 2011
Barry Hilton does Fish HoekBARRY HILTON will be appearing live and large inFish Hoek on Saturday 7 May in a fundraiser for theShark Spotters.
His show is the first in a planned “Legends in the Valley”comedy series being organised by comedian Mark Samp-son, a Noordhoek local who’s always conceptualising ex-citing new projects.
An avid surfer, Mark brazenly supports the Shark Spot-ters in an attempt to gain some “shark karma” for whenhe goes out to sea.
“We live in the most beautiful part of the most pictur-esque city in one of the most stunning countries in theworld.
“The south peninsula is truly breathtakingly spectacu-lar and it’s about time we brought some comedy legendsto show them that the people here more than match upto the nature – that they are also wild and full of fun,” saysSampson.
Barry Hilton’s Fish Hoek show will be his first show inCape Town in far too long. The show will be presented in
the Fish Hoek High School hall at19:00.
Tickets are R100 pre-booked andR120 at the door. There will be afull bar on the evening and a selec-tion of snacks for sale. Barry’sshow will be preceded by a sup-port act.
To reserve your tickets, phone078 174 4244 or email [email protected].
. The show is proudly support-ed by People’s Post, the print me-dia partner of the “Legends in theValley” comedy series.
‘Messiah’ custom lives onIN KEEPING with a tradition of 43 years, the Phil-harmonia Choir of Cape Town will be performingHandel’s great oratorio, “Messiah”, on Good Friday22 April and Easter Sunday 24 April.
This year the choir will be conducted by BrandonPhillips, winner of the inaugural Len van Zyl Con-ducting Competition in 2010, a rapidly rising newstar in the musical world who is equally at homeon the podium and as principal bassoonist of theCape Philharmonic Orchestra.
The highly talented young singers who will ap-
pear as soloists include Friedel Mitas (soprano),Elizabeth Frandsen (mezzo-soprano), SunnyboyDladla (tenor) and Mandisinde Mbuyazwe (bass).
The choir has been trained by Antoinette Blyth.A chamber orchestra will be led by Lucia Scott, withRichard Haigh at the organ. Both performances willtake place in the Cape Town City Hall, commencingat 19:30. Secure parking will be available. Bookingfor these concerts is through Computicket or thechoir. Call (021) 762–3140, 083 286 3591 or [email protected].
New singers soughtTHE Philharmonia Choir of CapeTown, a prestigious oratorio choir,is seeking new singers in all voiceparts, especially tenor.
The choir’s programme for thesecond half of 2011 comprises per-formances of Sir Edward Elgar’sgreat oratorio, “The Dream ofGerontius”, on Thursday 4 August,and of Johannes Brahms’ “GermanRequiem”, on Thursday 24 Novem-
ber. In both cases the performanceswill form part of the official concertseries of the Cape Philharmonic Or-chestra.
Auditions for prospective newmembers will be held on Saturday30 April and Saturday 7 May.
Applicants should contact Di vander Westhuizen by emailing [email protected] or call (021) 788-5159 to make an appointment.
Entries open for guitar competitionTHE final rounds of the secondAvril Kinsey Classical Guitar Com-petition will take place at Simon’sConference Hall at Groot Constan-tia as part of the inaugural CapeTown International Guitar Festivalfrom Friday 1 to Sunday 3 July.
Gregory Newton and DavidGrimes, both from America joinTessa Ziegler, composer HendrikHofmeyr, Abri Jordaan, lecturer atthe University of Pretoria and RudiBower, teacher, performer and mu-sicologist from Port Elizabeth, tomake up a highly qualified team ofevaluation panelists.
Guitarists can enter in three cate-gories: up to age 12, ages 13 to 19 and20 years and older. The competitionis open to all (a lack of formal train-ing is not a drawback as the organ-isers are looking for talent).
Performers will play a free choicecomposition in the first round; thesemi-finals require two pieces fromdifferent periods and finalists canplay a composition by a South Afri-can composer, which is recom-mended, or opt for a favourite piece.
The prizes include scholarshipsto the Cape Town Academy of Mu-sic, Trinity College Guildhall exam-ination entry fees, Hannabachstrings, CD recordings by Mu-sic@Work and Art Music as well ascash and much more.
Bothners have contributed twoguitars: one will go to a young gui-tarist from a previously disadvan-taged community who is part of arecognised arts project and a Cortguitar to the winner of the 12 andyounger category.
The adult category winner willperform at the prestigious Neder-burg concert series in Paarl on 3 Ju-ly. The festival will feature four in-ternational performers as well asinformal concerts from young mu-sicians.
For more information call AnnColtham on 082 414 4771. Preferen-tial VIP weekend bookings for allthe festival and competition eventsmay be booked by sending an emailto [email protected].
The cost is R350 and includes all14 events of the festival and compe-tition, including the VIP Gala Con-cert.
Auditions take place on 11 Juneat the Hugo Lamprecht Music Cen-tre in Parow. Those unable to makethe live audition may send aYouTube link.
Entries are already open andclose on Sunday 1 May.
More information and entryforms can be completed online ordownloaded from www.capetown-guitarfestival.com or emailed, post-ed or faxed.
Ballet stars to perform in SAA GALAXY of ballet stars willdescend on South Africa for theInternational Ballet Gala at theGrandWest Arena in Cape Townfor one night only, on Wednes-day 29 June.
This will be the first time bal-let will be seen at GrandWest.
Some of the stars featured inthe line-up will be winners fromprevious Cape Town Interna-tional Ballet competitions in2008 and 2010, such as Alys Shee(Canada), Elza Leimane(Latvia), Hyo Jung Jun (SouthKorea), Nathan Chaney (USA),Oscar Carmenates (Cuba), Rai-mond Martinov (Latvia), SungWoo Han (South Korea) and Aar-on Smythe (Australia).
South African-based dancersinclude Michael Revie (Ireland),Kitty Phetla and Angela Malan.
Andile Ndlovu, the joint winnerof the gold medal in the seniorcontemporary section in the 2008CTIBC, returns to the South Af-rican stage from Washington DCwhere he is a member of theWashington Ballet.
The show is presented jointlyby the Cape Town InternationalBallet Competition (funded inpart by the City of Cape Town)and Mzansi Productions (fundedby the National Lottery Distri-bution Trust Fund), both direct-ed by Dirk Badenhorst. Audien-ces can look forward to stunningpas de deux and showpieces fromsuch legendary ballets as “SwanLake”, “Le Corsaire”, “DonQuixote” and “The Nutcrack-er”.The show starts at 20:00.Tickets cost fromR80 toR350 andbooking is via Computicket.
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FEATHERLIGHT:South Korean starballerina, Hyo JungJun, who won thegold medal at theinaugural CapeTown InternationalBallet Competitionin 2008, returns toperform at the International BalletGala at the GrandArena at GrandWest on Wednesday 29 June. Photo:Supplied
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YOUR child is crazy about hisfour-wheel motorbike, but driv-ingaround in theneighbourhoodis not an option, because, apartfrom neighbours’ complaintsabout the noise, this option isdefinitely not the safest one.
The Western Cape Junior OffroadClub offers a solution to this prob-lem, one that will not only keep chil-dren happy, but parents too.
This club caters for children fromas young as four and offers a safeenvironment in different settings.
The club’s Lourens Vervaart saysat the club children develop self-es-teem by learning motor skills andhow to estimate speed and distanc-es.
“Respect for speed and machinesis created through the club and thishelps children a lot by the time theyare old enough to start driving,” hesays.
The club hosts every meeting ata different place. Many of the trailsare on farms across the Peninsula.Club members are from as far asStanford, Gansbaai and Malmes-bury.
The club involves the entire fami-ly on race days and at every race lo-cation there are camping spots orbungalows for families to make aweekend of it.
Members experience differenttypes of routes. For example inCeres, Montague and Villiersdorpthe routes are mountainous, whilethe routes in places such as Swart-bergvlei on the West Coast aresandy.
Lourens says club members don’t
allow their children to drive theirtwo- or four-wheel bikes in thestreet or parks close to home, as thiscan be a nuisance and also danger-ous.
The club has a Motorsport SA li-cence and safety is a high priority.Speed restrictions apply on everyroute and to make sure nothinggoes wrong, paramedics are sta-tioned on the track.
With every outing, children aretaken around the track to showthem what to expect before the offi-cial lap starts.
Different distances are drivenwith different bikes and quads.
For instance 50cc bikes and quadsrides a five kilometre route over 45
minutes; for 100cc quadbikes, aneight kilometre route that takes anhour is driven; while 250cc and350cc bikes ride a 25km route in twohours.
Through the club, children re-ceive recognition for their achieve-ments – apart fromaclub certificatefor every race they finish, they canalso obtain Western Province col-ours. “Children of the club are veryprivileged, because they spend timein nature and camp at places thatcity children don’t often have theopportunity to experience,” saysLourens.
For more information about theclub phone Lourens on 082 444 4058or Jimmy Kotze on 082 445 5915.
Aaron Thomspon (13) of the Western Cape Junior Offroad Club, the 2010 National Junior 85cc champion, in action.Photo: Supplied
Tristan Vervaart (7), the 2010 50cc quad bike champion. Photo: Supplied
Guitarist Julius May in action at a concert last year. Photo: Gary van Dyk
Bands strike upfor freedomGARY VAN DYK
FREEDOM DAY on 27 April willbe celebrated with a creative spir-it when the Generations Cafe inEpping hosts a Band Aid fund-raiser in conjunction with theWestern Cape Musicians Associa-tion.
Calvin Peters, of the venue bet-ter known as The G Spot, says thisevent is to celebrate music thatplayed a part in the freedom ofthis country, and to raise moneyfor musicians who are in despair.
“The particular beneficiary atthis event will be guitarist JuliusMay, a young man who becamesusceptible to substance abuseand other temptations as well asthe pitfalls of the industry like al-cohol.
“After a suicide attempt threemonths ago, Julius decided toturn his life around and go to a re-hab for cleansing and to restarthis life.
“Ironically 27 April, which isFreedom Day, will mark Julius’sdischarge from rehab and the tal-ented young guitarist has pledgedto assist other aspiring musos
who experience the same strugglein the industry.
“He will also perform with hisband on the day,” said Peters.
Peters added that Julius wasone of the most talented guitariststo come up during recent times,sharing the stagewithmanyof thelegends around town over theyears.
Many of the musicians are sup-porting him through this time andwill be offering their time and tal-ents to take to the stage.
These include musicians suchas Jonathan Rubain, Allou April,Blackkurrant, Sammy Webber,The Next Step, Brown Suga, andmany more, but any artists whowould still like to perform can justrock up on the day.
Fires will be provided for a“bring ’n braai” and the doors willopen at 14:00. The live action willkick off at 16:00, with a minimumdonation of R40.
Any bands or artists who wantto contribute are welcome to comealong or call William Rezandt on073 399 0244 for more info. Thevenue is in Gerry Ferry Crescent,off Gunners Circle in Epping.
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TELLING TACKLE: John Kotze of Bishops finds himself in a spin during a determined tackleby Clyde Davids of Paarl Gymnasium, during Bishops’ 116 win in a Western Province under19A schools rugby match at Rondebosch on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
GET AWAY: Danwill Erasmus of SKWalmers eludes Dwain Brown of Maties duringa Western Province Super League A rugby match at Green Point Track on Saturday.The Maties won 3016. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
CHARGEDUP: Richard Webber ofBeau CityFC leavesAsavelaMbekileof MilanoUnited FCin hiswake during Milano’s 30win in aVodacomSecondDivisionmatch atGrassyPark onSaturday.Alcardovan Graanscored abrace andRusaighGamiedien scoredthe othergoal.Photo:RashiedIsaacs
CHARGED UP: Tim Swiel of Bishops attempts to break free from a grounded Johannes Humanof Paarl Gymnasium, during Bishops’ 116 win in a WP under19A schools match at Rondeboschon Saturday. It was Bishops’ first home win over Paarl Gymnasium since 1999.
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OFF BALANCE: Ismaeel Dollie of SKWalmers is knocked out of stride by Jarred Buys of Maties,during a Western Province Super League A rugby match at Green Point Track on Saturday. Matieswon 3016. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images
IN CONTROL: Terror Fantenikeeps AjaxCape TownFC on theoffensiveas SiyabongaNkosi ofGolden Arrows FCgiveschase during Ajax’s31 win inan AbsaPremierLeaguematch atNewlandson Fridayevening.Photo: RashiedIsaacs
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AIR BATTLE: Clayton Daniels, of Ajax Cape Town FC, troubles Golden Arrows FC goalkeeper, Siphamandla Ntombela, during Ajax’s 31 win at Newlands on Friday evening. In otherPremier Soccer League matches, Santos FC went down 52 when they played SuperSportUnited in Pretoria, while Moroka Swallows defeated Vasco Da Gama FC 32 in Johannesburg, after fighting back to overcome a 20 deficit. Photo: Rashied Isaacs
Dallas tour debacleDallas tour debacleBRIAN GAFFNEY
SEVENTEEN anguished youth foot-ballers currently in the UnitedStates may have been disqualified –
through no fault of their own – from theannual Dallas Cup for under-15s.
This harrowing experience for the youthfootballers as well as some of their par-ents – who were part of the tour group – brokeout into the open on Sunday.
On Sunday, seven players arrived in Dallas– while the others were on later flights, dueto visa problems that bedevilled the tour evenbefore it got off the ground.
Parents called this newspaper to say thatthe players of the Archbishop Desmond TutuIkapa United team – headed by tour coordina-tor Basil Palanyandi – were devastated andyearning to return homeas soon as possible
The children had calledtheir parents to say theteam had been disquali-fied on the grounds that ithad not met the registra-tion deadline, as all themembers had not arrivedin time for the openingday, Sunday 17 April.
The tour debacle tookanother controversialturn yesterday (Monday)when People’s Post in-formed Dan Vaughn – theaide for Archbishop Des-mond Tutu – at his officein Milnerton about the un-fortunate experience ofthe tour group in Dallas.
In a subsequent state-ment, Vaughan explained that the Archbish-op’s office was no longer responsible for theDallas tour.
“About two years ago the Archbishop’s of-fice, following inquiries to the office, becameconcerned that the Archbishop’s support ofthe Dallas tours was being misrepresentedand that itwasnot receiving financial reportsregarding the fundraising.
“In March 2009, Basil Palanyandi was ad-vised that the Archbishop would continue tolend his name to the project only if auditedfinancial statements were provided and otherconditions regarding misrepresentationwere adhered to.”
Vaughan said that no further support bythe Archbishop could be assured until Palan-yandi had provided information. “Palanyan-di provided a file of documents but did notcomply with our request for audited financialstatements.
“Archbishop Tutu’s support for the tourswas accordingly withdrawn and he has notendorsed the project since then [2009],” saidVaughan.
Palanyandi has coordinated the tours onhis own since 2006, after it was run by the old
Safa-Western Province from 2000.The tour debacle – which must rank among
the worst embarrassments for South Africansport – unfolded when the delay in the issu-ing of visas saw the group’s scheduled flightsto Dallas on Sunday 10 April being cancelled.
The visas were only issued by the US Con-sulate in Cape Town on Monday 11 and Tues-day 12 April, after which the entire tourgroup of 25 people (including the 17 youthfootballers) were stranded in Cape Townawaiting flights. They were only able to getseats to Dallas this past Friday and Saturday.
But Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, thespokesperson for the United States Diplomat-ic Mission to South Africa, said that the USEmbassy is not to blame for the delay in visasfor the tour group.
“The US Embassy cannot discuss the de-tails of any individual visa case. Every appli-
cant goes through the samevisa application process todetermine their eligibilityfor a US visa. The UnitedStates government is in noway involved in theorganisa-tion of this tournament (Dal-las Cup), so we cannot ad-dress the concerns with theorganisation or manage-ment,” said Trudeau.
Some parents, however,claim that Palanyandiblamed the embassy for thevisa delays, whereas they arepointing fingers at him fornot “fulfilling his duties cor-rectly and timeously”.
When this newspaperasked Palanyandi onWednesday 13 April to givehis side of the story, he de-
clined to comment because he was “too busydealing with visas”. On Friday 15 April, Pal-anyandi said in an email message: “Your callregarding theArchbishopDesmondTutu Ika-pa United team – no comment. You are how-ever invited to attend the report backmeetingonce the team returns. Will give you date,time and venue for that meeting”.
The Safa Cape Town (Safa CT), of whichPalanyandi is an executive member (head offixtures), has distanced itself from the DallasCup controversy.
Norman Arendse, the president of the SafaCT, said the Safa CT was not at all involvedin the tour arrangements. “It is the responsi-bility of the SA Football Association (Safa) toapprove all tours to foreign countries – andnot for a regional affiliate to do so”.
Arendse, however, expressed concern thatthe Safa had not liaised with his associationprior to approving the tour. “We (Safa CT)will summon Palanyandi to a meeting afterhe returns from America, said Arendse, ex-pressing his disappointment that youth play-ers were subjected to such an experience.
The LFA Cape District, of which IkapaUnited is an associate, said: “As Cape District
LFA, we have not received any complaintfrom any parents over the last ten years re-garding the Dallas Cup Tournament.
“Like any club (Ikapa), requested permis-sion from Cape District, Safa and Safa CT topartake in the Dallas Cup tournament. Weconcede that we are aware that the team didnot leave as originally scheduled due to visaproblems.
“We are, however, unaware of the financialimplications as no funds were directed viaCape District for this tour. Cape District isnot inaposition to commenton theoperation-al issues for this tournament or any othertournament hosted by any other club.
“Therefore it is recommended that you con-tact Mr Palanyandi directly with regard tothe Dallas tournament,’’ said Grant Adams,
the general secretary of the LFA Cape Dis-trict.
However, several angry parents – such asformer Springbok rugby player Dale Santon– are furious about the trauma their childrenhave experienced over the past fortnight. Itcost Santon over R20 000 for airfare and otherexpenses to send his son, a member of Wyn-berg-St John’s AFC, on his maiden overseastour.
Winston Faulmann, whose son is a memberof the Western Cape Sports School, spent overR60 000 for him and his wife to join the tourgroup. He is calling for an urgent meeting “toput the records straight once and for all”.
What irks the parents even further is thattheir children were absent from school forfive days, while on stand-by for flights.
Basil Palanyandi, Dallas tour coordinator. Photo: Own archive