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“Tel l ing it as it is”

Don’t go clubbing , teens warnedTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

A DEARTH of clubbing facilities for un-der-age youthsmay be the cause of young-sters ignoring regulations.

Underage clubbing or drinking are notproblems the police are willing to ignore.The police in the Claremont cluster regu-

larly crack down on nightclubs.This should serve as a warning to parents

and underage clubbers alike.Claremont cluster spokesperson Captain

Angie Latchman warns: “Policing of nightclubs in the Claremont area is a priority. Po-lice execute at least two operations a week atnight clubs.”

The police blitzes focus on crimes such asthe use and selling of drugs, as well as bingedrinking.TheClaremont police sayoneof their prior-

ity focus areas is ensuring compliance of liq-uor licence conditions.Colonel Jayce Naidoo, station commander

ofClaremont police station, says: “It is impor-tant that the community becomes aware ofthis concern and that business owners com-ply with the law.”Latchman says clubs which allow under-

age drinking – anyone under 18 years – willface the wrath of the law.Underage drinkers themselves will not es-

cape, either. According to theAct, anyone un-der 18 “may not obtain or consume liquor”

or mislead others about their age to do so.Policing and traffic officers maintain a

high vigilance on the Claremont club strip.Thepolice also cautionsagainst drivingun-

der the influence, especially of clubbers leav-ing the strip. For underage clubbers, thiscomes as a double warning, say the police.Latchman says: “If an underaged person is

caught driving under the influence, he willbe arrested for driving under the influence ofalcohol as well as driving without a validdriver’s licence.”Advising strongly against underaged

youths visiting nightclubs, the police warnsthis is not an issue they take lightly.Latchman adds: “Regular meetings are

held with nightclub owners and security pro-

viders to discuss any issueswhichmight posea threat to safety and security.”According to the police liquor licence hold-

ers could also face charges under Section54(1) of Act 4 of 2008.The Act states: “No person may sell liquor

to a person under the age of 18.”Liquor license holders found guilty of sell-

ing liquor to persons under18 years of age canreceive a fine of R2000.

THE STRIP: A view of the Clare-mont nightclub strip whichhosts club enthusiasts eachweek. Photo: Supplied

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PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION: People gathered outside the offices of provincial education minister Donald Grant last Thursday to voice their unhappiness with the looming closure of 27 schoolsin the province. Many of the schools facing closure in Cape Town are in areas where schools are already overcrowded, causing concern for many of the pupils parents. Photo: Michael Hammond/Photo24

Banish thosewinter bluesEND this winter with a bang at WineStyle’sWinter Wine Party at Simon’s restaurant inthe beautiful Groot Constantia on Friday andSaturday.Unlike any other, this wine event is a party

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wine makers who create favourite wines, lis-ten to great live music, sample delicious foodon sale and buy a bottle or two to enjoy.Guests and exhibitors can engage, unwind,

eat, drink and pick up a few wine tips.On Friday the party is from 16:00 to 22:00

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TO LIFE! Ward off the winter chill this weekend at the WineStyle’s Winter Wine Partyat Simon’s restaurant in Groot Constantia. Visitors can meet the wine makers, sampleor buy wines and enjoy live music. Jeremy Cowen, front left, and Craig Beney, frontright, in discussion at a previous event, with Andy Hadfield, back left, and MarykeCarstens-Burger in the background.

Going for goldGoing for goldDear reader,

Seeing Team South Africa during theopening ceremony of the London OlympicGames filled me with immense pride andanticipation. Cameron van der Burgh win-ning our first gold medal and smashing theworld record of the world 100m breast-stroke was the cherry on the cake.Like most South Africans, and especially

Capetonians, I naturally back a winner.People’s behaviour and responses to

sport reveals a lot about themselves. We re-main glued to ourTV screenswhen our sideis winning, but heaven forbid when the op-posite applies. We leave the stadium early,change the TV channelwhen our side is los-ing or take tea breaks to avoid witnessingour team’s agonising defeat. We yell, orthrow the remote on the floor. Someextrem-ists drown their sorrows with booze (not I)and some let rip with the most colourfulCape Flats vernacular (not I).Van der Burgh’s our golden man right

now and we’re high on his victory, just twodays into the Olympics. His win made upfor thebitter disappointment at ourhockey,volleyball, rowing, soccer and other defeatsso far.But it’s still early days for our Olympic

hopefuls.Not so for Stormers, for

whom the final whistle hasblown. Sadly, their die-hardsupporters gave up on theirteam and stopped cheeringwith the same fervour dis-played at the start of the gamewhen Stormers began trailingin the Super Rugby semi-finalat Newlands on Saturday.This was when the Storm-

ers needed their supportersmost.We can learn a lot from

fighting ’til the bitter end – the ManchesterUnited-Ajax game is a case in point.The Red Devils did not accept defeat, de-

spite being 1-0 behind. They gave their alluntil the dying minute of extra time, whenthey scored the equalising goal.On the topic of backing winners, during

my recent vacation a female friend and Iwent to Club Mykonos for a girls’ getaway.We spent thousands of rands to escape our

stressors, men and childrenand ended up talking aboutour stressors, men and chil-dren.At one point, we made a

pact to cease discussing ourmen, but that was shortlivedand we later returned to as-sessing why we need men.We concluded that men are

useful for killing spiders,changing light bulbs, driv-ing, carrying the groceriesfrom the boot to the house,looking after the kids, ensur-

ing our safety and braaing.As we passed other holidaymakers’ units

and smelt their tantalising braaivleis, be-ing skilfully executed by men, I confessedthat I’d never braaied and wouldn’t knowhow. We undertook to take all our childrenand at least one mother and one husbandwith on our next holiday. In that way, we’dhave childcare, driving and the braai alltaken care of, leaving us to spend quality

girl time together.We did enjoy some male company at the

resort; in the form of “Tom”, the residentblack-and-white tomcat whom we fed topquality tuna and sardines. In return, Tomrewarded us with loyalty and love, movinginto our unit and sleeping over on a canechair. A day later, Tom’s brother, an equal-ly handsome black-and-white kitty, also ar-rived for meals. And we secured the servic-es of a male “chauffeur”, one of the resort’sgolf cart drivers, by tipping him generouslyin advance.By the time we left for home, we had

learnt a lot about ourselves. I can be annoy-ing, losing myself completely in a book andwhipping out my laptop even while on holi-day, to respond to urgent emails and workon a project. My friend found her escape insoapies. We contented ourselves with eat-ing out often and ended up disillusionedwith most of the food.Despite all that, we had a great vacation.’Til next time, go well!ConnectED is aweekly columnbyPeo-

ple’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacswho can be contacted on feroza@people-spost.co.za.

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Sidmouth Road house wascleaning thepropertywhenheis believed to have been ap-proached by two unknownmen on Wednesday. Theywere armed with knives.

“The suspects held up thegardener at knifepoint and de-manded he take them into themain house,” says CaptainAngie Latchman, Claremontcluster spokesperson. “Onceinside, they tied him up andlocked him inside one of thebathrooms.”A tenant, who lives in a

granny flat on the premises,arrived home around 12:50.The tenant became suspiciouswhen she noticed the kitchendoor of the main house waswide open.According to the police, she

went into the house and wasconfronted by the suspects.They held her at knifepointand demanded she give themher bank cards and PIN codes,as well as her car keys andcash.One of the men asked after

the arrival time of the homeowner, then tied the womanup and locked her inside thebathroom with the gardener.The home owner, who ar-

rived shortly after 13:00, no-ticed his tenant’s vehicle – asilver Polo – was smashedagainst the garden wall.The police say investigation

at the scene suggests oneof thesuspects tried to drive off withthe car, but drove into thewallinstead.Once inside the house, the

home owner was himself con-fronted by the suspects whoheld him at knifepoint as well.They instructed him to take

them to the safe, from whichthey removed several items ofjewellery and cash.The suspects gagged the

owner, tied him up and lockedhim inside a separate bath-room before leaving the sceneon foot.Claremont cluster police of-

ficers arrested the suspects.They have appeared in the

Wynberg Magistrates’ Courton Friday.Stolen items found in their

possession were recovered.

Lodge still 3-starTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

THE management of a Pinelands back-packers’ lodge counters negative mediareports of the establishment.

PJ Van der Walt, the owner of the RiverLodge at the Oude Molen Eco-village says:“Everything I say is true. There is no false ad-vertising on my side.”This follows a report inDieBurger inwhich

the parents of a Boland hockey team com-plained of sub-standard facilities, includingblocked toilets.The hockey team stayed at the River Lodge

during the June holidays.Following the report, a health inspector vis-

ited the establishment.No infringements of any health codes were

found at the River Lodge. It has retained itsthree-star rating.VanderWalt says: “I think theparentswere

upset because they had paid R3 200 per childto the tour organisers and thought that waswhat they were paying for a backpackers(lodge).”Explaining he would also be angry at such

a rate, Van der Walt says he charged the or-ganisers a “fixed cost” of R800 a child for fournights, which included accommodation andmeals.He says the River Lodge ordered the food

from an organic supplier.Stacey Watkins, who manages the facility,

tells People’s Post she has “electronic proof”of the charges.She adds: “We have never had people com-

plain about their staywith us.We recently re-ceived a ‘thank you’ card from a Namibiansport team who stayed here early this year.”Watkins says there is no truth to claims of

blocked toilets or children having receiveddrugs at the River Lodge.She says: “The toilets were blocked due to

the fact they shoved heaps of toilet paperdown the toilets, but the facilities were fullyfunctioning by the next morning.”The River Lodge management says all

guests are given safety and house rules uponarrival. The hockey group was advised to re-main on the premises after dark.“We are not responsible for anything that

happens outside the perimeters of our proper-ty,” she says.During a walk-through at the premises, it

became evident the property could do with alick of paint andagardenmakeover. The facil-ities were, however, clean.Watkins says they are in the process of ren-

ovating the premises.When asked about broken windows and

cracked paint visible from the outside of a toplevel floor, Watkins responded that those

“buildings do not belong to us and we are notallowed to make any changes to the outside”.The buildings in question are the property

of the government. The hockey team stayedin the main building and in a wendy houseon the property, and not in the adjacent prop-erties.Van der Walt adds that a property agency

was contracted “three months ago to takeover the management of the (Oude MolenEco-)village and I can already see the greatchanges and upgrades that are being made”.

BUDGET FRIENDLY: Management of the River Lodge backpackers’ establishment in Pinelandshave come out in defence of the establishment. Photo: Tarren-Lee Habelgaarn

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Making inroads into teen mental healthA GROUNDBREAKING mentalhealth programme puts renewedfocus on teenagers.

Called MindMatters, the pro-gramme aims to promote mentalhealth and to prevent and reduce theonset of mental illness among teens.To bring home theirmessage, Cape

Mental Health has launched a road-show to reach 14- to 18-year-olds.Maleeka Mokallik, communica-

tions manager of Cape MentalHealth, says the aim is to reach about2 000 pupils with their roadshow,themed Be Kind To You.To this end, a team of social work-

ers are visiting, among others, Mait-land, Zeekoevlei, Westridge, Crystaland Ocean View high schools as partof mental health and psychiatric dis-ability awareness month.Says Mokallik: “The aim of the

campaign is to create awareness ofand educate young people aboutmental illness with a specific focuson the prevention of substance mis-use and suicide.”The statistics offer a rude awaken-

ing. According to the SA DepressionandAnxietyGroup (Sadag), thereare230 attempted suicides each day, ofwhich 23 are successful; 9,5% of allteen deaths are attributed to sui-cides. And the youngest suicide vic-tim was seven years old.Mokallik says mental illness is a

“serious problem and rapidly on theincrease among young people – notonly in South Africa, but on a globalscale”.Factors which could hinder the

mental and physical well-being of in-dividuals each day include unem-ployment, substandard education,poor living conditions, low morale,substance misuse, risky sexual be-haviour, bullying, violence, inade-quate access to health care and thehigh rate of tik addiction.TheMindMatters programme ena-

bles learners tomakemore appropri-ate life choices despite being exposedto factors that hinder their well-be-ing. Programme coordinator ElroySolomons says: “The pupils havelearned to cope better with stressfulsituations and can nowmanage theirlives more effectively.”He adds there have been a “sharp

decrease in teenage pregnancies,abuse and violence at the schools”.Cape Mental Health this month –

which is Psychiatric DisabilityAwarenessMonth – focuses onYouthand Mental Health.Mokallik says they are calling on

parents, teachers and pupils to worktoward the prevention of mental ill-ness and the promotion of mentalhealth. “It is our collective responsi-bility to ensure young people are ef-fectively equipped to deal with thepressures of daily living.”

During the roadshow, pupils willreceive trendy, user-friendly educa-tional cards – called Z cards becauseof the way the card collapses and un-folds – pertaining to mental healthand illness.All 17mental health societies coun-

trywide will also be addressing thepublic and encouraging families toengage openly about mental health.Mokallik says Cape Mental Health

offers a dual approach to detectingand treating mental health mattersin youth. They provide adequatemental health support structuresand help create awareness of mentalhealth issues.“Mental illness contributes to the

third highest burden of disease in SAand it is known thatmental disordersare a leading cause of disability andloss of economic productivity. Yetwhen people think of disability, theytend to think about physical disabili-ties” says Mokallik. “A direct conse-quence of this is that the promotionof mental health and the preventionof mental illness are often over-looked as priorities and are grosslyunderfunded by the State.”She says it is vital to understand

mental illness is nothing to beashamed of andmany people learn tomanage their illness and continuetheir lives.“There is always hope.”Contact them on (021) 447 9040.

Tuesday 31 July 2012 NEWS People’s Post Claremont-Rondebosch Page 5

Pedal power to hit the CityPedalPedal powerpower toto hithit thethe CityCityTAURIQ HASSEN

CONSTRUCTION on the new Non-Motor-ised Transport (NMT) lanes in Salt Riveris set to start in January next year.

The lanes form part of the citywide net-work of dedicated NMT transport infrastruc-ture and will cost the City of Cape Townaround R10 million.

Brett Herron, Mayoral Committee memberfor Transport, Roads and Stormwater, ex-plains that the new NMT lanes will link SaltRiver and Woodstock to existing NMT facili-ties along the Liesbeek Parkway with theNMT project currently underway for NewMarket and Strand Streets.

Herron says: “The NMT upgrade to theseareas are being undertaken to improve thefunctionality of existing NMT routes and pro-vide safer NMT facilities in the greater CapeTown area.”

The project will focus on the demarcatingof bicycle lanes, the establisment of trafficsignalisation for the blind, pedestrian focusareas and landscaping along Albert Road inWoodstock, Malta Road in Salt River andLiesbeek Parkway up towards the StationRoad intersection. Herron says: “The designfor the lanes and related upgrades, which in-cludes the landscaping, street furniture andsidewalks, is expected to be completed withinthe next few months.”

Residents accompanied Herron and City of-ficials on a walk-about through Salt Riverand Woodstock, where a better perspective ofthe proposed plans for the NMT project wasgiven.

Salt River resident and passionate cyclist,Faried Toeffy, is excited at the prospect of cy-cling to work every morning.

“The plans are something worth to look for-ward to, as there will now be an alternativeoption to travel to work in the morning,” hesays.

Another resident, Jason Carelse, is happyto hear that “cyclists are being taken serious-ly” and the areas that have been highlightedwill receive “much needed attention”.

“It was never safe to ride your bicycle inthese roads, but if these plans are set to looklike what was completed in the Cape Town ar-ea, then surely it must be done and they canalready start,” Carelse laughs.

The Salt River Residents Association chair-person, Warda Rahim, isn’t too keen on theidea, fearing a negative impact on business.

“We discovered that these lanes will takeup parking space in the main road and alsooccupy the loading bays for trucks,” she says.

However, the association is more than will-ing to sit down with City officials and discusssolutions.

Rahim says: “Rather than just saying no tothe project, we would like to propose somesuggestions and alternatives in order to makethe project work.”

IN THE FAST LANE: Malta Road in Observatory/Salt River is one of the roads earmarked to be converted into NMT lanes. Photo: Tauriq Hassen

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New friends for little patientsNewNew friendsfriends forfor littlelittle patientspatientsTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

PROFESSIONAL sportsmen havejoined the ranks of cricket player JPDuminy to become ambassadors of theChildren’s Hospital Trust.

Big Sports Management (BSM) will bepartnering with the Children’s HospitalTrust.This was announced last Tuesday at alaunchheldat theRedCrossWarMemori-al Children’s Hospital.Brendon Bigara, commercial directorof BMS says: “This is a great opportunityto give back. What these children are go-ing through outweighs whatever failuresor challenges we face in the businessworld.”Both organisations have been workingclosely since Duminy, who ismanaged byBSM, became the first ambassador of theTrust.Kayak adventurer Dan Skinstad andgolfers Bryce Easton and Neil Schietekat

are the new ambassadors of the trust.“We have amazing clients who agreedto give their time to join in putting smileson these children’s faces,” Bigara says.But the sportsmen aren’t the only pub-lic personalities supporting the Trust.“An ambassador is an outstandinggroup or individual who will put theirbest foot forward for the greater good,”says Kfm sports anchor Jeremy Harris, afriend of the Red Cross Children’s Hospi-tal and the Trust.“Here is so much potential for sadness,yet you see so much hope, optimism andsmiling faces.”Most of the children at the Red CrossChildren’s Hospital have serious medicalconditions and can spend up to weeks,months and even years in hospital, saysTrust communications manager HelenWhite.“There are many similar characteris-tics between the children and sports he-roes such as determination and dedica-tionwhich creates an immediate relation-

ship between them,” she says.“The Trust gives the children awindowto interact with their heroes. All theywant is to be outside the hospital.”Skinstad relates to the children, havingbeen in and out of Red Cross Children’sHospital himself when he was a child.“It is very special to be back here,” saysSkinstad, who has cerebral palsy.The Children’s Hospital Trust is an in-dependent, non-profit organisation thatraises funds for the Red Cross Children’sHospital and Paediatric Heathcare in theprovince.The aim of the partnership between theTrust and BSM’s high-profile sport per-sonalities is to enable widespread aware-ness of the Trust’s work.“Having these high profile personali-ties at our events always help to ensuremore media coverage,” says White.When asked why he had come on boardas an ambassador, professional golferBryce Easton says: “I’m looking for asmile and a few new friends.”

HOPE: Patient Motselisi Tani and kayak adventurer DanSkinstad. Photos: Tarren-Lee Habelgaarn

CREATING SMILES: Dan Skinstadand Kfm sports anchor JeremyHarris sign a magazine for Niyaaz(7) with his mother Mushfika fromHanover Park.

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Should SA athletes be rewarded equally?SOUTH African Olympic athletes maybe going for gold, but the shine has beentaken off the government incentive todisabled athletes to bring home themedals.

The SA Sports Confederation and Olym-pic Committee (Sascoc) announced the in-centives for athletes competing at the Ol-ympic Games. The lucrative financial in-centive for athletes will see able-bodiedathletes receive more than their disabled

counterparts.Olympic athletes winning gold medals

will receive R400 000, silver medallists willget R200 000 and bronze medallists will bagR80 000.Paralympic athletes winning gold med-

als will receive R100 000, while silver med-allists will get R75 000 and bronze medal-lists will get R40 000.People’s Post interns Luzuko Zini and

Tarren-Lee Habelgaarn asked readerswhat they thought of this discrepancy.

FIGHTING SPIRITS: Noleen Williams feelsthat all athletes train hard and put in extraeffort to compete at the Olympics. She feelsthere shouldn’t be a difference between pay-ment. “It takes willpower and energy fromall to succeed.”Photos: Tarren-Lee Habelgaarn and Luzuko Zini

EQUALITY: Lizl Bode is dismayed by the in-centive discrepancies and feels that all peo-ple need to be treated the same and feelsthat disabled or abled, the athletes are allrepresenting the same country. “People arepeople and all deserve to be treated equally.”

REPRESENTATION: Dean Henkel (24)thinks all national athletes should be re-warded the same and it be based on theirperformance. “All athletes, whether they’reabled or disabled players, perform the sametasks. One year theymight do good and thenext year that might change.”

IT’S JUSTIFIED: Yusra Williams believes it isfair if the athletes compete in separategames. “If they they were competing in thesameolympics it wouldn’t be fair, but the dis-abled compete in their ownOlympics and theParalympics is a bigger group than the Olym-pic group and the Olympics are bigger thanthe Paralympics.”

PARALYMPIANS DESERVE MORE: MichaelForgals says it is a shame that Paralympianswill be getting less. “ I think it is horriblebecause the Paralympians are probably theones who work harder and achieve more andyet they are rewarded less.”

EQUALITY: Clint Williams believes the Paral-ympians are treated as inferior. “It is unfairbecause both the Olympic and Paralympicathletes represent one country. If the incen-tive is less for the Paralympians than it willmake them feel inferior against the able-bod-ied athletes.”

BEST OF THE BEST: Carlos Muya saysthose who bringmoremedals should be theones who receive more. “I think the athletewho brings more than five medals shouldbe the one who gets more than the otherseven if they are abled or disabled.”

PAY THEM MORE: Frank Gordon says thosewho put in the effort must rewarded. “TheParalympians show more effort and they arethe ones who should be rewarded more. TheParalympians will probably achieve morethan the Olympians.”

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The cellphones thumb achallenge to evolutionDO the peoplewho design cell-phones everwatch how theircustomers usethem?

I doubt it. If theydo, they wouldhave noticed thatmost people seemto operate themwith their thumbsand nothing couldbe more ridicu-lous.Cellphones are

small and thumbs are our thick-est digits designed for strengthand not to prance around onmin-iature keyboards.The thumb’s job is to hold

things and when it does it is re-quired to match the strength ofthe four opposing digits.We say of a clumsy person that

he or she is “all thumbs” and forreally delicate tasks like makingmusic we use our sensitive fin-gers.When typewriterswere invent-

ed the fingerswere called on to domost of the work and the clumsythumbs were given the menialtask of operating the space bar.That, I’m convinced, is the way

nature intended things to be.Even telephone dials were op-

eratedwith fingers and push-but-ton dialling continued the tradi-

tion with fingersdoing the walk-ing.And then came

cellphones.The idea for the

original “bricks”was to hold themin one hand andoperate themwith the fingers ofthe other hand.But then, as

cellphones gotsmaller, they be-come one-handjobs and people

started using their thumbs topress in the numbers.Itwas against all the laws of na-

ture.People were using four sensi-

tive fingers to hold the phone andusing the thickest, bluntest digitto operate the smallest keyboardin the world.Sometimes the phone was even

squeezed against a steeringwheel while the thumb tapped inthe number.When the alphabet was added

to the keyboards to make textinga little easier the expectationwasthat people would use a small in-strument like the stylis the Ro-mans used to write on clay tab-lets. They would be ideal to oper-ate the miniature qwertykeyboards one letter at a time.They could fit into the side of

the cellphone pouch or bewedgedbehind the ear like a grocer’s pen-cil. (Remember them?)Wrong again.Thumbswere equal to the chal-

lenge. One can even see childrenoperating their BlackBerrieswith two little thumbs.And have you noticed that

thumbs are being used to operatethe other small keypad in ourlives – the DStv remote?It is just amatter of time before

women with mature hands havetheir thumbnails cut andtrimmed to a point sharp enoughto operate a cellphone.They could even be varnished

and colour coded to match theirinstruments.But what will men do? Their

thumbs are thicker and blunterand less versatile.Perhaps a little thumb glove

shaped like dunce’s cap and witha stiff rubber point?For themore dedicated texters,

the point of a porcupine quillcould be glued to the thumbnail.It could double as a tooth pick.One shudders to thinkof the ev-

olutionary consequences.Will nimble thumbsbecomede-

sirable traits to attract the oppo-site sex?Fortunately, technology will

move on beforewe stray fromourevolutionary path.Thank heaven for touch

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WORD WHIZZES: The Grove Primary pupil Nur-Ayn Hashim, far left,has done her school proud when she came first in the regional roundof the annual inter-schools Pick n Pay Spell Check competition. Thegrade 6 pupil will represent the province in Johannesburg next month.With her are fellow top spellers Somdatta Chowdhury (Grade 6) andLiam Gildenhuys (Grade 5), far right, both of whom also representedtheir school at the competition.With them isWordMaster Soli Philan-der. All three pupils were placed in the top 25 of the competition,which comprised more than 200 participants. Photo: Supplied

ROOTING TOGETH-ER: Volunteers andstaff from the Vol-unteer Centre inBelvedere Road,Claremont, as wellas UCT studentsspent their 67 min-utes of communityservice at the Siya-khathla PeaceGar-den in Khayelitshon Mandela Day.The groupcleaned, planted,fertilised and wa-tered the garden.Local pupils alsojoined in afterschool, weedingthe gardens.

Fake Grand-Pa powder recallA MAJOR pharmaceutical firmis recalling all 38-pack Grand-Pa® headache powders.

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counterfeit headache powders, soldas Grand-Pa® Powders 38-count,bearing batch numbers 309339 and314020, may be circulating in theSouth African market.”

The pharmaceutical firm has in-stituted a “voluntary” recall of allgenuine and counterfeit productswith these batch numbers to “re-move the product from the marketand protect consumers”.

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Go star-gazing at nightTWO events of, er, astronomicalproportions will have you star-gazing this week.

The Astronomy Society’sCape Town branch will host twosuch events as part of NationalScience Week.

The first event is a moonwatch from the parking area atSignal Hill from 19:00 on Thurs-

day. Hot chocolate will be pro-vided.

The second event is on Fridayat the Ostrich Farm on the N7from 19:30. Refreshmentswill beone sale.

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Page 10 People’s Post Claremont-Rondebosch LEADER Tuesday 31 July 2012

Smoke signalsTHE Western Cape is burning.

Election promises have been found want-ing in Mitchell’s Plain, Philippi, Manenberg,Nyanga, Gugulethu, Sir Lowry’s Pass Village,Grabouw and Botrivier.

The hourglass of patience tested, the peopleof this province have stopped asking andwaiting for government to honour thesepromises. It is, after all, 18 years into SouthAfrica’s democracy.

The time is now for the government to stepup and deliver. Voters have taken to thestreets in droves throughout the province toprotest poor or non-existent service deliveryand education.

In the aftermath, the streets are litteredwith bricks and the debris of overturnedtrash cans, damaged street lamp poles, thecharred remains of tyres and the notoriouspeak-hour traffic has been diverted from ma-jor roads. The N2 and Sir Lowry’s Pass havebeen closed to traffic during the protests.

Instead of listening – and acting upon thepleas of the people – the government has re-sponded with brute force.

Their answer? Some protesters were arrest-ed and hurt during skirmishes with the po-lice.

Outraged protesters were quietened withtear gas, rubber bullets and a water cannon.

Setting alight public facilities such asschools must be frowned upon.

Other ratepayers may have little empathyfor such actions, but they may not be the onesadversely affected by the failures of govern-ment to provide basic services.

It makes little sense to damage infrastruc-ture and government property – meant foruse by the people. Especially in view thereofthat, nearly two decades later, attempts by thedemocratically-elected government remainsterile in addressing basic needs.

Harking to the media visuals of the heightof anti-apartheid protests, the city aflame re-sembles the burning hopes of many.

Or, perhaps, their hopes have regressed in-to ashes.

Driving fast kills and damagesTHE killing on our tar surfaces just goes up andup. Govermental bodies change the law fromculpable homicide to murder in cases of tragicaccidents. We hold blitzes and roadblocks onhighways and byways and yet the killings onthe roads still go up causing grief to victim’sfamilies.

Now a new measure is in place to fine and takemotorists’ cellphones because maybe these cell-phone conversations while driving is the causeof death and destruction on the roads. Camerasare placed all over to monitor, but the death andcarnage carry on. The next plan is to make itlaw that two drivers must be in vehicles doinglong distance. I conclude that the one driver willsleep and the other one drives, when the takeo-ver at the driver’s seat takes place we have afresh vibrant driver who can push his/her foot

hard on the pedal. I am so scared to use the word“speed” because every time a member of thepublic states or suggests that “speed kills” thisreal killer on the road is not being addressed bybeing reduced.

At every major accident where people havebeen killed the cause was drivers driving toofast. How do we stop this? By bringing down the“speed limit”.

Those who have the power to do so shouldnote the quote by Arnold Bennett: “Any change,even for the better, is always accompanied bydrawbacks and discomforts.”

Please listen and do what you know is the so-lution so you can conform to the Spanish prov-erb “A wise man changes his mind, a fool neverwill.”KEITH ALFRED ADOLPH BLAKE

Kudos to the People’s Post teamI HAVE known (of) People’s Post for manyyears, but confess I have never been an avidreader until recently. I particularly enjoyedyour column on Mandela Day and DistrictSix last week and I told myself I won’t bemissing any of your future editions.

This week I read your column “Rememberthe spirit” focusing on the (Muslim) holymonth of Ramadan. I found the piece inform-ative and well-written.

Sometimes it is very easy for people andmany readers in general to simply turn tothe next page when they see a topic that is

not in their interest or directly affectingtheir lives and move to the sport or newspage.

I must say I admire your ability to makecurrent but over-covered topics interestingto read. I mean the Mandela Day and Ram-adan are topics we are bombarded (with) bythe daily mainstream (media) all day and toread anything about them in a weekly be-comes taboo. Please keep up about the goodwork and congratulations to the entire team.SIVUYILE MBAMBATOMunicipal Communications

Your SMSes. In response to the SMS from “W”:who in their right mind would wantto put a gangster – possibly a con-victed criminal – in uniform?

Most of us wear uniforms withpride. It’s not just a job, it is an hon-our.

. It almost seems like People’sPost has been bought by a certainfruit and vegetable retailer. Twoeditions with full covers plus in-serts and features? Clearly any-thing can be bought. Martin, Mui-zenberg

As a local newspaper, People’sPost has no cover charge and gener-ates an income solely through adver-tising. Wrap arounds, inserts andpromotional features are regularways in which newspapers facilitatea process which adds value to thereader – Editor

. Why are there asinine “come-dy” shows on SABC3 on Mondaynights? Why do they make us waituntil after 22.00 for an intelligentprogramme likeCSI?Maggie James

. Easy off Bang 2 removes mouldfrom walls.

. Is the pet registration cut-offdate 31 July or 31 August? Bothdates are shown in the article inPeople’s Post of 24 July.

People’s Post apologises for the er-ror. The correct date is Friday 31 Au-gust.

. Is the campaign to registeryour pet a big joke? Rather registerdrug lords and gangsters. The cam-paign will never work what with la-zy officials in a dysfunctional sys-tem.

. To the person who needs helpto remove yellow marks from awhite garment: squeeze lemon juiceonto the mark and wash the gar-ment.

Tuesday 31 July 2012 NEWS People’s Post Claremont-Rondebosch Page 11

Thursday 2 AugustRondebosch: Christian Actionswill host a screening of the hu-man trafficking documentaryNefarious: Merchant of Souls, byExosudProductions, at 19:30. Formore info or the venue addresscontact 0 (021) 689 4480 or 2 in-fo@christianaction.org.za.

Saturday 4 AugustClaremont: Bethany Fellow-ship, in Lansdowne Road, Clare-mont will hold their monthlymini-market from 9:00 to 14:00.Therewill be a tea garden, boere-wors, food, cakes, konfyt, books,bric-a-brack, crafts, clothing,jumping castle, toys and more.Stalls are available at R20. Callthe Bethany office on0 (021) 671 9400 or on0 074 330 7052.

Friday 10 ­ Saturday 11August

Claremont: To celebrate Wom-en’s Month, Bethany FellowshipChurch at 225 Lansdowne Roadwill host The Throne of GraceWomen’s Conference, whichstarts at 18:00 onFriday and from08:30 until 17:00 on Saturday.Guest speakers are PastorDelores Smallberg and Danne-lene Noach. Call Heather on0 (021) 671 9400 or on0 074 330 7052 or email heath-er@bethanyfgc.co.za.

Tuesday 7 AugustRosebank: Friends of Ronde-bosch Common will host a slideshow of the beautiful flowers ofRondebosch Common by Fiona

Watson at the Guide Hall, AlmaRoad from17:30. Entrance is free,but donations are welcome. Thebook Rondebosch Common willbe available at R150. Uniquecards of the flowers at R20 forfour will also be on sale. Formore information call Sue orJoanne on 0 (021) 686 8968 or0 (021) 685 3451.

Tuesday 7 August untilTuesday 11 September

Rondebosch: A six-week courseentitled Living Simply, SimplyLiving, a message by transcen-dentalist Henry Thoreau is heldin Queen Road every Tuesdayfrom 19:30 until 21:00. Thecourse, presented by the Rever-end Roux Malan, focuses on con-sumerism, complexity and eco-logical crisis. The cost is R100.For further details phone Malan0 084 679 5466.

Saturday 11 AugustKenilworth:Awomen’s financeseminar, coinciding with Wom-en’s Month, is held at PharmacyHouse at Greenford Office Es-tate. Call Diane on0 0860 555 459or 2 diane@investment-wise.co.za for more information.

Thursday 23 AugustNewlands: The Institute of Es-tate Agents Western Cape inPinelands celebrates its 75th an-niversary with its general meet-ing and a dinner dance at theKel-vin Grove Club at 19:00. Corpo-rate sponsorships are available.Tickets cost R380. To book con-tact Wardah 0 (021) 531 3180 or2 wardah@cape.ieasa.org.za.

Bid to save money pit stadiumBid to save money pit stadium

TAURIQ HASSEN

THE final outcome of theRecord of De-cision review for Cape Town Stadiumis likely to be concluded in the firstquarter of 2014.

Plans tohave an independent facilitatormanaging all public engagement process-es and dialogues are on the cards.

A stamp of approval has been given bythe City to start making commercial useout of Cape Town Stadium’s surrounds,which will now be initiated.

Discussions are now set to get under-way with provincial government aroundfuture plans for the stadium.

Nightclubs, restaurants, coffee shops

and sports bars are being earmarked tomake theR4,5 billion venue commerciallysustainable.

Last month, the City announced theirintention to save the stadium and rezonethe R4,5 billion grounds, (People’s Post,“Plans for Cape Town Stadium” 12 June),which also had the backing of ratepayers.

ActingMayoral Committeemember forTourism, Events and Marketing, council-lor Brett Herron, confirms that from a re-zoning perspective, “no decision or out-come on new zoning or land use provi-sions can be approved without Council orProvincial Government approvals”.

The City is still on course to appoint anindependent Environmental AssessmentPractitioner (EAP) in October this year.

“The EAP will be required to conductan assessment of the impact of recommen-dations proposed by business analyst ontheRecord ofDecision (ROD),”Herron ex-plains.

The investigation into the ROD andland use provisions is expected to be com-pleted once the necessary tender process-es for the appointment of the requiredEAP have been concluded.

According to reports, the City made aloss ofR247 330when theyhosted theMTNFootball Invitational between Ajax CapeTown and English giants ManchesterUnited.

The City reported that it had spent R2,6million on hosting the game, but onlymade a return of about R2,3 million.

Event organisers, Primedia Sport, werepaid R3,5 million, which takes the City’slosses toll to R3,74 million.

However, Herron believes that the sta-dium’s expenses were covered by moneymade from the match and that the onlyloss recorded was the R3,5 millionpaid.“The match was still a good advertfor Cape Town as a tourist destination asthe match was broadcasted to over 100million viewers,” he says.

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BODIES IN MOTION: Glenda Jones and Afrika Ablaze presents I Am Dance at the Baxter from 1 Augustuntil 4 August. Tickets for the evening cost R90 or block bookings of 10 tickets cost R80 and mantineetickets cost R70 or block bookings of 10 tickests cost R60. Booking through Computicket. For more informa-tion call 0 078 478 9847.

In the spirit ofInIn thethe spiritspirit ofofwomanhoodwomanhoodwomanhoodTHE sixth annual Women’s ArtsFestival will be held at Artscapefrom Wednesday 8 August untilSaturday 11 August. This yearsees issues such as hate rape andgender equality interrogatedthrough creative expressionssuch as theatre productions, ex-hibitions, workshops and talks.

The theme for the festival is “Hu-manity”, with a gender equalitypanel discussion with prominentspeakers and experts being one ofthe highlights.

Look out for choreographerMamela Nyamza’s I Stand Correct-ed andDance for aCure on the stage.Die Vagina Monoloë, penned by

Eve Ensler, will be performed in Af-rikaans for the first time, while jazzconcert The Eve – A Celebration ofthe Curve of Humanity will tickleyour music taste buds.

The festival promises to celebratewomanhood and cater to the needsof theatre goers, music lovers anddance enthusiasts.

For more information visitwww.artscape.co.za.

EXCITING EVES: Melanie Scholtz, Amanda Tiffin and Mtika performs in TheEve – A Celebration of the Curve of Humanity at the ArtscapeWomen’s Festi-val. Photo: Hannes Thiart

Hot salsa dancingAS PART of their Friday salsanights, the Grand Daddy Hotelin Long Street, Cape Town, willbe hosting Minel Melendez andhis band, along with profession-al dancers.

Tickets are R100 each anddoors open at 20:30.

For more information contactUrsula on (021) 424 7247 or078 393 7479 or via email on in-fo@granddaddy.co.za.

Calling aspiring singersGRANDWEST, in partnershipwith Heart 104.9 and SpotlightMusic, hosts an open mic jazzsinging competition from Au-gust until October.

The competition kicks offwith auditions at Jackson Hallevery Wednesday evening from15 August until 3 October 2012 at19:30.

A total of 24 quarter-finalistswill then perform at the samevenue on Wednesday 10 and 17October. The semi-finals will be

held on Wednesday 24 October,The final will see six amateursingers battle it out the for cov-eted prize at Hanover Street onWednesday 31 October.

Entrants do not pay to enter,but must be over 18 and must notbe professional (singing mustnot be their only source of in-come).

Prizes to the value of R50 000is up for grabs. A list of songs forthe auditions is available onwww.1049.fm.

EXTENDED: David Kramer and the late Taliep Petersen’s award winning musical Kat & the Kings’ run atthe Fugard Theatre has been extended until Sunday 2 September. The show runs Tuesdays to Fridays at20:00 and Saturdays at 16:00 and 20:00. There are two additional Sunday performances on Thursday26 August and Sunday 2 September at 15:00. Tickets range from R100 to R150 at the Fugard Theatrebox office 0 (021) 461 4554 and from Computicket. For more information visit www.thefugard.com.

Photo: Amy Trout

WHEN SPACES COLLIDE:Thando Sulelo, left, and Lubaba-lo Nontwana of Worst of BothWorlds. The play will be runningat the Baxter until Saturday.Shows start at 19.00. Worst ofBoth Worlds is a play that tellsa story about a girl who was ab-ducted at a young age andthrust into aworld of slavery andprostitution. The play is per-formed in English with a bit ofisiXhosa. Photo: Supplied

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The City of Cape Town’s Social Development and Early Childhood Development Directorateinvites you to comment on its draft Gender Equality Policy that aims to promote gender equalityby ensuring that policy formulation and implementation strategies are gender-sensitive.

Submit written comments (for attention Fatima Davids):• By e-mail: SocialDevelopment@capetown.gov.za• By telephone: 021 417 4086• By fax: 086 576 0170• By post: 7th Floor, Telkom Towers, Standard Bank Building, 226 Hertzog Boulevard,

Cape Town• Online: www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay• By social media: www.facebook.com/CityofCT

Verbal comments can be made at the sector hearing below. Please ensure that your verbalcomment is provided in writing as well.

Date: Tuesday 21 August 2012Time: 10:00 to 13:00Venue: Crush Room, 5th Floor, Podium Block, Cape Town Civic Centre

Organisations wishing to formally present their input at the session will be allocateda 10-minute slot on the programme. Kindly confirm your time slot via e-mail toFatima.Davids@capetown.gov.za.

The Draft Gender Equality Policy will be available for viewing at all subcouncil offices,libraries and on the City’s website www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay fromWednesday 1 August 2012.

The closing date for public comment is Friday 31 August 2012.

For further information and enquiries, pleasecontact Fatima Davids, Social Development andEarly Childhood Development Directorate on E-mail:Fatima.davids@capetown.gov.za.

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Nominate an environmentalist todayTHE Wildlife and Environment Society ofSouth Africa (Wessa) calls for nominationsfor their 2012 Western Cape RegionalAwards.The awards recognises and honours indi-

viduals or groups who have alsomade signif-icant contributions to environmental conser-

vation or environmental education in theprovince over the past year. Submissionsmust comprise a brief proposal, the candi-date’s name and contact details of the nomi-nator.Email nominations to admin@wessa.co.za

before Friday.

Mies Julie stuns audienceMiesMies JulieJulie stunsstuns audienceaudienceIT WAS the cross-colour kiss inAugust Strindberg’s play MissJuliewhich sparked a nationaloutcry by right-wing Afrikan-ers involving protests, deaththreats and immense pressureto have the production banned.

Almost 27 years later, writeranddirectorYael Farber’s adapta-tion Mies Julie comes to the Bax-ter Theatre and the EdinburghFestival.Over a single night, a young

woman and her father’s servantpeel away the layers which haveseparated them from each otheruntil now.Farber says she set out to artic-

ulate the myriad issues whichface South Africans. This in-cludes addressing that whichseems unresolvable, such as landownership.Farber says her adaptation does

not seek to answer these ques-tions, but asks that we “take afearless look at what sits be-neath”.The audience seemed a little

shell-shocked when the play end-ed, hesitating before breaking in-to applause.Mies Julie ran until Thursday

26 July.

PROUD: Actress Thoko Ntshinga (centre) withher son Gugu Madlala and Sisanda Ntshinga. De-scribing it as reflecting the “wanting of together-ness” among South Africans, Madlala believesthe play should be a setwork in schools becauseof its truth. Photo: Teresa Fischer

MINGLING: HildaCronje,who plays thefemale lead inMies Julie, is flanked byBaxolele Zono and Luvuyo Gayi.

Photo: Teresa Fischer

LOVELY LADIES: Bongeka Hlobo, Musa Wenkosi,Themeka Mzayiya and Sbongile Sotashe.

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Gift grates local OlympiansGiftGift gratesgrates locallocal OlympiansOlympiansLIAM MOSES

CLAIMS of inferior quality gifts to Olym-pic athletes have been brushed aside bythe provincial Department of Cultural Af-fairs and Sport.

The gifts were handed to local Olympic ath-letes at the send-off when 35 athletes, officials,coaches and managers were honoured at Ath-lone Stadium on Tuesday 10 July.

Alison Smith, the sister of an Olympic ath-lete, wrote to People’s Post highlighting thepoor quality of a framed Olympic T-shirt.

From the front the framework seems in-tact, but on the reverse the T-shirt is tackedto the frame with pins.

In the image some of the pins have fallenoff and there is no cardboard or other backingto secure the T-shirt.

The overall look is that the framing is in-complete.

She does not want her brother’s name men-tioned, adding athletes are not allowed tospeak to the media about the Olympics.

“I just thought it was very poor and it feltlike a bit of a kick in the teeth. All the athleteshave been working really hard to get to thisplace and I just don’t think they can proudlyaccept something like that,” says Smith.

“It looks like something a child has done.I would think it would be really nice for theWestern Cape sports people to be recognised,but with something like that I just felt it isvery poor.”

The athletes also received gift bags contain-ing, among others small gifts, a scarf in aSouth African flag print.

In response, MEC for the Department ofCultural Affairs and Sport, Dr Ivan Meyer,says the athletes should “be grateful” for thegifts.

Refusing to specifically speak on the T-shirt, Meyer would also not elaborate on who

was responsible for the framing or how muchit cost.

“In the African tradition one is alwaysgrateful for whatever gift one receives as webelieve it is not the size of the gift, but thethought that counts,” says Meyer.

He says the provincial government“thought it fit to honour Western Cape Olym-pic athletes. This we did within the contextof the understanding that taxpayers’ moneymust be spent responsibly and ... not reckless-ly on expensive gifts or elaborate functions”.

The Olympians should remember they areserving their country, Meyer adds.

“The highest honour for any athlete is theopportunity to represent one’s country at theOlympics.

“The Western Cape government has public-ly acknowledged those athletes who haveachieved this and who unselfishly under-stand this honour is about serving your coun-try and not the other way round.”

BUM WRAP: Alison Smith with the partially-framed T-shirt provincial Olympic athletes re-ceived from the Western Cape Department ofCultural Affairs and Sport. Photo: Liam Moses

JACK OF ALL TRADES: Ry-lands resident MuzammilSheik has been selected torepresent the South Afri-can under-16 hockey teamafter representing West-ern Province as a goal-keeper at the inter-provin-cial tournament in Pieter-maritzburg during the Juneschool holidays. The 15-year-old Pinelands HighSchool pupil was also se-lected to the WP cricketassociation u-15A team asa wicketkeeper/batsmanin the provincial tourna-ment in Stellenbosch inDecember. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS:DHL Stormers and Spring-bok captain Jean de Vil-liers attacks the Sharks’defence line during the Su-per Rugby semifinal be-tween the two sides atNewlands on Saturday.However De Villiers couldnot steer his team to victo-ry as the Sharks won thegame 26-19.Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

DETERMINEDRUN: Ronde-boschBoys’ HighSchool player Kh-anyo Ngcukanagains valuablemeters on a runduring the under-19A match be-tween his schooland Paarl Gimna-sium in Ronde-bosh on Satur-day. The homeside lost 8-38.Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

Fencers get to the pointLIAM MOSES

FENCING has taken a marked stepaway from the “romance of the mus-keteers” and well into the sportingarena.

A small, but loyal group of fencersin the southern suburbs say thesport is slowly growing in populari-ty.

David Wagenfeld, an SA juniorcoach, says fencing can be the per-fect fit for anyone up for a sportingchallenge but who does not enjoyball sports.

“Fencing has that romance of themusketeers and sword fighting andthe cavalry, but actually it’s also asport,” says Wagenfeld.

He is drawn to fencing, he says,through his love of “sports, but I alsolike swords. I didn’t do much sportat school because it’s not really mything. I love ball sports, but I’m justnot good at it – whereas with fencingyou can explore another avenue,” headds.

“You have to be as physical, ascompetitive, as committed – if notmore in some cases – and stillachieve. You don’t have to do main-stream ball sport to achieve.”

He has been fencing for more than29 years, since first taking up thesport in his first year of university.Wagenfeld has been coaching forabout 14 years.

He coaches at several schools, in-cluding Western Province Prepara-tory School, SACS Junior, BishopsPreparatory and his alma mater

Fish Hoek High. He also runs clubsacross the southern suburbs.

Wynberg resident James Atkins,21, has been fencing since he was 11.He has since gone on to representSouth Africa at the African Champi-onships.

Atkins says the sport often ap-peals to people who like a combina-tion of physical fitness and tacticalgames.

He says the “type of people who en-joy fencing have a dramatic person-ality because what draws you in issword fighting”.

Atkins adds fencing requires stra-tegic thinking as well as an elementof fitness.

“Someone who likes to think a lotwould also enjoy it because it is athought-based sport. You obviouslyhave to be fit, but you also have tohave a brain, otherwise people arejust going to unravel you strategical-ly.”

The reality, he believes, deviatesfrom the “airy fairy” impression offencing as “ballet with swords”.

“It does get tough if you starttraining properly. Most of the powercomes from your legs.”

Wagenfeld says fencing was a pop-ular hobby in SA during the ’60s and’70s.

His school, En Garde School ofFencing, is the most recent club toopen. He teaches historical Europe-an martial arts, such as long sword,rapier and dagger duelling.

The club is based at the RygersdalSports Club in Rondebosch.

EN GARDE: James Atkins, left, of Wynberg, and Faaiq Gamieldien, of GrassyPark, duel during a tournament at Fish Hoek High School on Saturday.

Photo: Liam Moses

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AFTERWEEKSofhovering just above therelegation zone, False Bay RFC hasdropped to second last on the WesternProvince club rugby Super League A ta-ble.

The Constantia-based side now faces thegrim prospect of relegation.

Bay suffered their sixth consecutive defeatagainst a classy UCT side at Philip Herbstein,on Saturday. Tygerberg, one of their majorrivals in the relegation fight, pulled off an un-expected victory over table-toppers Durban-ville-Bellville.

Although relegation from the top tier ofclub rugby is not yet set in stone, Bay will nowhave to pull off some against-the-odds victo-ries and hope their rivals stumble in the re-

maining games.In the aftermath of Saturday’s game, before

the result of Tygerberg’s match was knownto him, False Bay head coach Chris Hewetsonsaid none of the bottom four teams on the ta-ble could be assured of safety.

“In the bottom four, nobody’s safe and, withthis league being the toughest league in thecountry, you need every single point,” saidHewetson.

“So nobody is safe at this point in time, itdoesn’t matter who it is – whether it’s Belhar,Tygerberg, Villager or us.”

Hewetson’s team were left empty handedafter Saturday’s match, failing to claim anybonus points from the 36-12 loss to Ikeys.

Although the visitors were missing severalplayers due to their selection to the WP un-der-21 team, they were still able to put togeth-er a side brimming with talent and boasting

experience in several key positions.Damian de Allende, Dillyn Leyds, Rick

Schroeder, Rayn Smid, Francois van Wykand James Kilroe were all missing from theteam sheet.

But the inclusion of WP utility back Liam“Tiger” Bax at outside centre, USA interna-tional JJ Gagiano at eighthman and formerSpringbok, Stormers, and Bulls forwardHilton Lobberts at lock, more than made upfor it.

In the end the quality and experienceproved too much for the hosts and UCT wonthanks to their clinical use of opportunities.Hewetson praised the Ikeys for their perform-ance.

“I think it’s a much better UCT team. If theyhad this team in the Varsity Cup they wouldhave done much better,” said Hewetson.

“They outplayed us and played the expan-

sive game that the students do. When you lim-it your mistakes like we did in the first half,it is close.

“But the moment you make a mistake,you’re going to battle to get the ball backagainst a team like this, and we did.”

Villager was also consigned to another de-feat this weekend, losing 45-7 against the Mat-ies in Stellenbosch.

They have avoided defeat in all but two oftheir 13 games this season – one win, onedraw – and, although they could still mathe-matically avoid relegation, it would takenothing short of a miracle to ensure their sur-vival.

Bay will face Belhar, Villager, Victoriansand Maties in their remaining games, whileVillager will face Maties Victorians, FalseBay, SK Walmers, Tygerberg and UCT.

liam.moses@peoplespost.co.za

BREAKING: A False Bay player heads for the UCT tryline of bursting through a gap during theSuper League A clash between the two clubs in Constantia on Saturday. Photos: Matthew Withers

BRACE YOURSELF: A False Bay player on the runs during a Super League A clash against UCTin Constantia on Saturday.