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Swimming pool fiascoSSwwiimmmmiinngg ppooooll ffiiaassccoo>> Despite a municipal team visiting the pools and declaring them fit to open on 1 September, they are far from ready

NICOLE JOHN>>[email protected]

THEConcerned SwimmingFra-ternity (CSF) and MsunduziMunicipality are at logger

heads with each other regarding thecondition of public swimming poolswhich were opened earlier thismonth.

“TheCSF,formedinOctober2012,is thevoice that ensurespublic swim-ming facilitiesareuptostandard.Foryears, all pools under the jurisdictionof the Msunduzi Municipality havebeen plagued with problems andpoor planning,” said Jay Jugwanth,CSF member.

Last year, Maritzburg Fever re-ported that the pools had opened lateand that most of them were in poorcondition.

BergStreetpoolwas,andstill is, incomplete disarray and will take mil-lions of rands to repair.

Alexandra Baths, Woodlands,Eastwood, Sobantu and Olympic

swimming pools were reported tohave been opened on time this year,however all have since been closedduetorepairsneededaswellasa lackof staff and qualified lifeguards.

On20Augustthisyear,MaritzburgFever queried the state of the swim-ming pools and expected openingdate with the municipality and wasinformedbyspokesperson,BrianZu-ma, that the community servicesportfolio members were visiting allpools on 21 August.

Zuma said only after the inspec-tions took place would he be able tocomment on the state of the pools.

Aweek later, TheWitness, report-ed that all pools (includingBuchananStreet and excluding Berg Street)were set to open at the start of swim-ming season, 1 September, for thefirst time in three years.

Thearticlefurtherreportedthatallpool repairs were completed in Junethis year.

Althoughthearticlestatedthat thepools had been opened on time, this

was not the case. Jugwanth then ap-pealed to the municipal parks andrecreation department to convene ameetingwiththerelevantroleplayersand the CSF.

The meeting, suggested by Com-munity Services Portfolio chairmancouncilorManilal Inderjit, took placelast Thursday.

The concerned members of theswimming fraternity pointedout thatthe pools were far from complete aspublicly stated by the manager ofparks and recreation, Thomas Roux.Incomplete paddling pools, cloggedtoilets,dirtypoolwaterandoverflow-ingpoolswere justsomeof the issues.Roux further stated that there weremore issues with the pools and thatworkwastobeoutsourcedbythemu-nicipality.

Due to the delay of the finalizationof contracts, the cashiers’ offices atthe pools were managed by tempo-rarystaffwhohadpreviouslyworkedduring the cemetery clean up.

Members of the CSF also pointed

out that the pools werewatched overby municipal employed lifeguardswith invalid qualifications.

The CSF was unanimous that inview of these issues, pools should beclosed until 1 October.

During this time, all outstandingrepairsshouldbecompletedwithdai-ly reports submitted to Inderjit.

“Members of the CSF have volun-teered towork along side the leader-ship of Parks and Recreation with aviewtobuildcapacitywiththemunic-ipality. Our correspondence is ig-nored. We are firm in our decisionthatallpoolsbecloseduntilallrepairsarecompleted,blockedtoiletsattend-ed to and broken glass replaced anduntil the bath superintendents com-plete theassessment toupgrade theircompetencies,” said Jugwanth

Headded that should thepools re-main open without the above men-tioned issues being addressed, theCSFwould proceed to obtain a courtinterdictrestrictingthepoolsopeningwith incompetent lifeguards.

CSF and councillor Inderjit per-sonally visited thepools onSunday toensure that they had in fact beenclosed, however Jugwanth reportedthat the pools remained open withvoluntary lifeguards and grass cut-ters as cashiers.

“Our community is swimming attheir own risk. Adrowning iswaitingto happen,” said Jugwanth.

Unwar Rawat, ex–lifeguard andCSF member, has also expressed hisconcern about the state of the pools.

“The question asked every year, iswhat were these officials doing dur-ingthemonthsofMay,JuneandJuly?Why is it that preparation to providethese services only commenced inAugust?”

Maritzburg Fever approachedBrian Zuma for comment to deter-minewhat transpired during the siteinspections and what the plan of ac-tion is to repair the pools.

However he had failed to respondat the time of going to print.

PHOTO: NICOLEJOHNOlympic swimming pool inNorthdale.

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NQOBILE MTOLO>>[email protected]

THE residents of the Jika Joe informal settle-ment have started piecing their lives back to-getheraftera fireguttedabout100shacks lastweek Sunday.

When theMaritzburg Fever visited the in-formal settlement on Monday, many shackshad been put up.

More than40tents,andmobile toilets,pro-vided by the uMgungundlovu Municipalitylined the Tatham sports ground.

Oneresident,NonkanyisoMjwara,saidtheextreme temperatures inside the tent meantthat it was not a healthy living option for hertwomontholdbaby. Shehasaskedherneigh-bours to rebuild a shack for her.

“We lost everything. There are many peo-ple staying in one tent and that is also nothealthy,” she said.

Meanwhile, Lindiwe Mbatha has also hadenoughof livinginthetents.Sheissharingonewith her seven–month old daughter, motherand sibling.

“It’s not enjoyable and I have had enoughof this. It is extremely hot in here. We cannotpack up and leave because we do not havebuildingmaterial.We are stuckwherewe areat the moment,” said Mbatha.

Said Hoswat said that he also lost every-thing and was grateful that donations fromvarious businesses and government depart-ments have enabled him to start over.

Jika Joe community leader ThembinkosiMagagula said that the community is gratefulfordonationswhichincludedtwoplatestoves,blankets, tents, food and clothing.

“If therearemorepeoplewhowould like tohelp us, we would appreciate it,” he said.

PHOTO: NQOBILEMTOLOJika Joe informal settlement’s Nonhlanhla Mbathasays that temperatures insidethe tents areextreme.

No more informaltrading at key spots>> Those traders in the vicinity of national key points will be moved


INFORMALstreet traders in thecity,whohavebeeninbusinessforyears, say that theMsundu-

zi Municipality is messing withtheir only source of income bymaking them move.

At the last Executive Commit-tee (Exco)meeting, themunicipal-itymadeitclearthatinformaltrad-ing in the vicinity of national keypoints such as the Legislature, theCity Hall, the Supreme Court andthePremier’sOfficebuildings,willbe eradicated.

The deputy municipal manag-er foreconomicdevelopment,RayNgcobo,said that themunicipalitywill use a “carrot and stick” ap-

proach in order to structure infor-mal trading.

“The database we have is notauthentic because informal trad-ers come and go. The carrot is ob-viously going to be registeringthem, helping them in terms ofstreet infrastructure like shelters,whilst at the same time eradicat-ing informal trade in certain are-as, especially in areas which areidentified as national key points,”he said.

Ngcoboaddedthatthereshoul-dn’t be any trading on the pave-ments of thoseareas.MayorChrisNdlela said that there have beencomplaints from informal traderswho say they are being victimizedby municipal security staff.

“We came across many com-

plaints from people saying thatthey have been harassed throughour security guards in termsof theenforcement of bylaws for streettraders. Some of them complainthat they have made the applica-tionsforlicencesandsoareillegal-ly trading, not because of theirown sins so they say, but becauseof our slow movement in servicedevelopment,” said Ndlela.

Both Mathemba Shabangufrom Tembalihle informal settle-ments near Glenwood and Zo Ng-cobo, fromEdendale, said that foryears, municipal officials at ASChetty building have told themthat they couldnot accept their in-formal tradeapplicationsbecausethere is no space available.Ngcobo, who started trading in

1998, said that space restraintshave caused them to resort to in-formal trading.

She sells sweets at a cost of 30cents each, cigarettes at R2 eachand maintains a public mobilephone for which she charges 90cents per minute.

“On countless ocassions, mu-nicipal security have confiscatedmy stock and each time, I am re-quired topayR105 togetmystockback. This is how we have beenfeedingour families foryears.Themunicipality should then give usjobs. Life is hard,” said Ngcobo.

A fewmonths ago, the munici-pality passed bylaws which abol-ish unregistered informal streettrading, prostitution, street chil-dren and beggars.

PHOTO: NQOBILE MTOLOThe Msunduzi Municipality does not want to see any informal trading around the Premier’s Office, the City Hall and KZN Legislature.

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FROM street trading to thriving small take–away outlets,all businesses under the Msunduzi Municipality will soonbe regulated through proper licencing.This is expected to regulate business conduct and enhancerevenue in the city.Addressing the Executive Committee (Exco), deputy municipal manager for economic development, Dr Ray Ngcobo, said that business licencing is a legislative mandatethat the municipality must ensure comes to life.“We as the city have a delegated authority in terms of theProvincial Business Act, that anybody who is doing business in our city must be licenced. Currently, the databaseof businesses that we have is not authentic. We have businesses that are trading in our city without licences andthey are trading in areas that are not zoned for business,”said Ngcobo.He said that they are preparing to implement the new actthat is being introduced by the Department of Trade Industry (DTI).“So we want to re–licence everybody. Those who have gotvalid licences will not be paying but those who do not havelicences will be issued with one. In that way, we will beable to pick up some lost revenue and have a comprehensive database so that we know who is doing what. Thiswill also include licencing of informal traders,” said Ngcobo.Ngcobo added that there will be additional licences forbusinesses trading in hazardous material, which includesservice stations. He said that businesses which trade infood will have to get a licence from the municipality’s environmental health section. “But the base licence is the onethat gives you the right to operate in our city,” said Ngcobo.Mayor Chris Ndlela said that the information will be communicated to the public in a form of advertisements.“Those who run businesses illegally, or not in terms of howthey are supposed to run them, will jump sky high. Theintention is not to punish but to regulate,” said Ndlela.The Business Act 71 of 1991 states that any businesses operating in the country must have a trading or business licence, and local municipalities are mandated to regulatethat process.

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It is the law that everyfour years, themunicipal-itymustprepareageneralvaluationroll.Theyarere-quiredtohavearegisterofproperties onwhichaval-uation will be based. Themunicipalityhas tosatisfyitself that the informationonwhich it bases its prop-erty values is accurate.Data collectors, wearingclearly visible and identi-fiable name tags, will bevisiting properties.

Anyone with querieson theauthenticity of datacollectors, and any otherproperty data relatedmatters, should contactthe call centre at 033 3922499. The call centre willdeal with data collectionandvaluationrelatedque-ries.

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PMB Numsa striketurns violent>> Cases of assault are being investigated by police while local garages called in private security


THE National Union of Metal-workers of South Africa (Num-sa) strike, ongoing since last

weekMonday, has turned violentwithpolicecurrently investigating two inci-dents of assault on employees of twoservice stations in the city.

“It is alleged that onWednesday, 11September 2013 at about 8.30am, a27–year–old man was at his place ofemployment at the BP Garage alongChurchStreet in theCBDwhenhewasallegedly confronted by a group of un-known men who assaulted him withsticks, seriously wounding him on hishead,” said police spokesperson Cap-tain Thulani Zwane.

He said that on Saturday, 14 Sep-tember 2013 at about 5.20pm, a 28–year–old man was performing his du-ties at the Total Service Station alongHoosen Haffejee Street when he wasconfronted by a group of men andwomen who allegedly assaulted himby kicking and punching him on his

head and body.“Both victims were taken to hospi-

talformedicaltreatment,”saidZwane,adding that no arrests have beenmade.

On Monday, the Maritzburg Feverdrove around town to inspect the sta-tus quo at various service stations andit was noted that most filling stationshad called in private security compa-nies to safeguard premises.

Another affected filling station isthe Engen branch in Mkondeni. Man-agement said that last week Monday,about 20 Numsa members wearingunion t–shirts and carrying stickscametotheservicestationandalleged-ly intimidated non–striking staff intojoining the strike.

“Someof thestaffmemberswantedtoworkbut theywere told that shouldthey continue working, they would bein trouble with the union members.Some of the striking members evencalled me a bi**h and threatened tobeat us up. That was insulting andscary. Some of the members went toour car wash, chased the employees

out the premises and closed the gate.ByWednesdaytherewerenopetrolat-tendants on site and the family had tomaintain everything on their own.Wedidhowevermanagetogetthingsdonewith the help of temporary employ-ees,” said one of the managers.

At BP in Edendale, cases of intimi-dation were also reported.

RegionalNumsashopsteward,Pet-ros Buthelezi, told theMaritzburg Fe-ver that no cases of intimidation or as-sault fromNumsamembers had beenreported toNumsa.He said thatNum-sa is against the intimidation and vic-timization of non–striking employees.

“We know that a lot of service sta-tions have called for extra security be-cause they say they are afraid. Intimi-datingotheremployees isnotallowed.Numsa doesn’t support that. General-ly, we would like everyone to join thestrike but if there areworkerswhodidnot join, ourmandate is to beg them tojoin without any intimidation or vic-timization. If they do notwant to, thenthat is not a problem. It is their right,”said Buthelezi.

The national Numsa strike beganlastweekMonday asmembers took tothe streets to demand a R30 an hourpay increase and a total ban of labourbrokers.

Buthelezi said that today there willbe a Numsa shop stewards meetingheld inDurban to discuss the outcomeof the strike and proposed feedbackfrom employers. He said that as soonas shop stewards have been informedof the outcome, they will then revertback to Numsa members.

PHOTO:SUPPLIEDNumsamembersat the Engen servicestation inMkondeni.

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First CHOC House for PMB>> The house will allow Greys Hospital to treat more children with cancer


THE first Platinum Life CHOCHouse in Pietermaritzburg wasofficially opened recently at 29

Carnoustie Road, Montrose.The only other CHOC House in the

province is in Durban.Last year, theMaritzburg Fever re-

ported that CHOC Pietermaritzburghadbeengiventheopportunitytoopena CHOCHouse in the city following thedecision by Grey’s Hospital to open afull timehematology service andpedi-atric oncology unit.

DrNeilMcKerrow,headofpaediat-rics in the province, said that up untilFebruary this year, therewasnoholis-tic picture to treating, housing and di-agnosing children with cancer.

He added that there are only 12beds available at Grey Hospital fortreating childrenwith cancer and thatthe CHOC House comes at a critical

time as itwill help the hospital cater tothe demand for beds to treat children.

“The role of the house is essentialbecause it allowsus to increaseourca-pacity,” said McKerrow.

Msunduzi Municipality MayorChris Ndlela was also present at theopening, and said that this house willallow cancer patients and their par-ents to receive the necessary supportand care during this stressful period.

“We commend CHOC for their as-sistance to children and their familiesand we pledge to pool our resourcesandcommit toassisting inanymannerwe can,” said Ndlela.

Dr Beverley Neethling, paediatrichematologist at Grey’s Hospital, said

that the hospital was seeing manymore children than theywere capableof, whichwas putting a strain on theirresources.

“What CHOC has done is alleviatethe strainonour resources.Theyhaveprovided a home away from home forpatients who have to travel very far toreceive treatment,” she said.

The opening of the Pietermaritz-burgCHOCHousewas onlymadepos-sible by the generous donation fromPlatinum Life who bought the houseand donated it to CHOC.

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KZN Museum celebrated Arbour Week last week byplanting 15 trees at various schools in Pietermaritzburg.

Among the schools visited were Gomane Primary,KwaKhetha Primary and Masimdumise High School.

KZN Museum’s information officer, Sandile Cele,said this educational project aimed to teach pupilsabout the value and importance of trees.

“We identified five schools from rural communi

ties where we did a power–point presentation aboutthe importance of trees and thereafter, we plantedtrees with the pupils. We want to encourage plantingindigenous trees and also to make schools aware ofthe KZN Museum. We want them to know moreabout our educational programs and in the process,encourage them to visit us,” said Cele.

Arbour month is celebrated throughout September and during this period, stakeholders are encouraged to raise awareness and teach about variousgreening activities. Arbour Day is celebrated annuallyon 1 September

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDArbour month is celebrated throughout September

KZN Museum celebrates Arbour Week

Midlands Medical Centre (MMC)Private Hospital celebrated Pharmacy Week recently – an awareness week celebrated nationallybetween 1 and 8 September.Mid–Medic Pharmacy, the institutional pharmacy of the hospital, celebrated by hosting anumber of events, includingpresentations for staff and patients on generic medicines. Theweek also featured a fun day atthe paediatric ward. Pictured atthe fun day are (from left) Junaid Essa (MMC Pharmacy Manager), Lufuno Mndaweni and entertainer, Jeremy Bartle.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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THEfirstGreatMidlandsBake–offwillbe taking place at HowickHigh Schoolon 1 October and all proceeds will bedonated to the SunfieldHome inHow-ick.

The MidlandsWomen’s Forum, to-getherwithTheOysterBox inDurban,have joinedforces tobringthisevent tothe Midlands.

The competition is open to all paid–up members of the Women’s Forum.

The Oyster Box’s executive chef,Kevin Joseph, and general manager,Wayne Coetzer, will judge the entriesbasedonappearance,consistencyandaroma.

There are seven categories, includ-ingcakes(Victoriasponge),cakes(oth-er cakes and loaves), tarts and flans,sconesandmuffins,rusks,biscuitsandshortbread, pastries and the mostamazing cupcake.

The cost is R20 per entry, per cate-gory and each entry has to be given aname and a short story of how thebaked item earned that name.

For their efforts, bakers will be inlinetowinaselectionofprizesfromtheOysterBox, including a two–night stay

for first place, lunch at the hotel for sixpeopleforsecondplaceandhighteaforfour people at theOyster Box for third.All prizes include return transfersfrom Howick.

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sold after the competition, the pro-ceeds of which will go to Howick HighSchool.

For more information on the GreatMidlands Bake-off, contact Mary Car-lisle at [email protected] – Supplied

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDGetting their tastebuds ready for judging in the Great Midlands Bake–off are(from left) Wayne Coetzer (hotel general manager), Barbie Hamilton andKevin Joseph (Oyster Box executive chef).

A contest for those batty about baking

THE Gay and Lesbian Network,and Marshall Music Midlands, willbe bringing the first PMB Got Talent show to the city on 4 Octoberand are calling for all potential talent to enter.

The focus of the competition isto identify and showcase local talent who will perform at the annualPink Myanh festival taking place inDecember

The talent competition comprises five categories: dance, singing, rapping, poetry and musicalinstrument. Participants wishingto enter can do so either as a soloor group act.

Auditions for the competitionwill take place on 28 September at10am at the Allan Wilson Shellhole, 5 Alan Paton Avenue (next tothe YMCA).

Entry forms are available at theGay and Lesbian Network officesat 187A Burger Street, MarshallMusic Midlands at Cascades Lifestyle Centre and Msunduzi Pietermaritzburg Tourism Association.

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>> Named as the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for visual arts


THE Tatham Art Gallery is currentlyshowcasing the artwork of the 2013Standard Bank Young Artist Award

winner for visual arts, Mary Sibande.The dramatic and surreal artwork of

Sibande portrays Victorian clothing, uni-forms of domestic workers, overalls of la-bourers and the robesworn by Zion Churchworshippers.

Sibande’s eye for creativity has takenhertoFrance,Switzerland, theUSAandGerma-ny,andherworkhasbeenshowcasedinvari-ous countries including Paris, Venice, Hel-sinki, Rio de Janeiro and Dakar.

Tatham Art Gallery assistant director,

BryonyClark, said that theGallery is excitedtobehostingSibande’spiecesandinvitedthepublic to visit the gallery and see the work.

“We are very excited.Mary is very talent-ed and her work is phenomenal. We wouldlike people to come out in great numbers tosee herwork.We encourage people to comeand soak up this rich heritage at the Gallery.As the custodians of cultural programs, wealways welcome people at the Gallery,” saidClark, adding that there would be no entryfee.

She said that the Tatham Art Gallery is anational art museum and has a collection ofninetienth, twentieth and twenty–first cen-tury artwork from the British, French andSouth African cultures.

“We have exhibitions taking place every

year. For schools that do not offer artclasses, we do offer classes at R60per pupil.We have awaiting list soschoolsneed tophone in to findoutwhen they can come,” said Clark.

Shesaidthat interestedschoolsshould contact Kobie Venter at033 392 2819.

Access to the Tatham Art gal-leryisthroughtheparliamentaryparking along Langalibalele(Longmarket)Street,justbeforeChiefAlbert Luthuli (Commercial) Street.

To see more photos of MarySibande’s work, please visitMaritzburg Fever’s websitewww.pmbfever.co.za.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe surreal artwork of Mary Sibande will be showcased at the Tatham Art Gallery.

Dramatic Mary Sibande exhibition

itzburg’s dance stars Spar10z and GagasiFM DJ Collen Zondo making a special appearance.

For any more information on the auditions, please contact Sithole at 033 3923085 or email lungelo.sithole@msunduzi.gov.za.

as we have had a huge turnout from thepublic. We have been excited to also seeward councillors giving messages of supporttotheyouth.WehavetheKZNDepartment of Arts and Culture, uMgungundlovumunicipality and the Msunduzi Pietermaritzburg Tourism Association (MPTA) onboard,” said Sithole.

Sithole said that the event on 27 September will see the likes of rapper, actorand SABC 1 presenter Zulu Boy, Pietermar

competition and said that in future, theymay have to consider a broader spectrumof dance categories.

“This is our way of reaching out to theyouth and empowering them to do positive things in society. This is how we are celebrating Heritage day, by bringing out thetalent that exists within the city. The mainevent on 27 September will coincide withthe municipality’s 175th anniversary carnival. So far the experience has been great

Auditions have already taken place inthe Vulindlela and Edendale areas and theTruro Hall auditions will be the last leg before all the finalists battle it out on 27 September at the Market Freedom Square.Five winners will be chosen from five categories – kwaito, hip hop or rap, poetry, Indlamu (Zulu dance) and dance.

Project leader for the competition,Lungelo Sithole, said that ballroom andlatin dance have been excluded from the


IF you think that you have what it takes tobe a star, then make sure that you get tothe Msunduzi Rising Stars Talent Searchauditions which will be held on 21 September at the Truro hall in Northdale.

The Msunduzi Municipality is currentlyscouting Pietermaritzburg for the best talent for the competition.

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Back with a bangBIGGER and better than before,

the Pecanwood Oktoberfestboasts an array of activities to

keep the crowd entertained the entire festival, including live musicalentertainment and gaming activities.

This year, the festival will hostthe beer pong championships.where the winning beer pong teamwill win a trip to Germany to theoriginal Oktoberfest in Munich,sponsored by Student Flights andFirst Festival. MRJ events will be releasing the third issue of the Pecanwood Oktoberfest calendar, whichfeatures 12 beautiful girls from

across the country. Pietermaritzburg’s very own Kelly Jo Day is MissMarch. The calendars will be up anddisplayed on the Oktoberfest website and the calendar girls will behosting this year’s festival.

This year, there are over 45 different types of beer to taste, as wellas a full range of Distell’s brands andbeverages.

Attended by over 5000 peoplelast year, Pecanwood Oktoberfest isnow the biggest beer festival in theprovince and organizers have theirsights set on being biggest Oktoberfest outside of Germany.

Gates open at 10am on Satur

day, 5 October and close at middayon Sunday, 6 October. All tickets include free camping in an effort todiscourage drinking and driving.

Pre–booked tickets areavailable at Computicketat R120, online or at anyCheckers or HyperMarket stalls. Ticketsare available at thegate at an increasedprice.

For more information, visit the website at www.oktoberfestkzn.co.za or phone074 821 1144.

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Back with a bangKelly Jo Day of Pietermaritzburg isPecanwood Oktoberfest 2014 MissMarch, and will be one of thehosts at the event next month.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

day, 5 October and close at middayon Sunday, 6 October. All tickets include free camping in an effort todiscourage drinking and driving.

Pre–booked tickets areavailable at Computicketat R120, online or at anyCheckers or HyperMarket stalls. Ticketsare available at thegate at an increased

For more information, visit the website at www.oktoberfestkzn.co.za or phone

TICKET GIVEAWAYMaritzburg Fever will be giving away ten tickets tothis year’s Oktoberfest! To enter, simply visit ourwebsite www.pmbfever.co.za and enter underthe competitions tab. Entries close on Sunday,29 September 2013. Winners will be contactedvia email.

>> This year, there are over 45 different types of beer to taste

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Cleaning up atYCAP....>> The program challenges Grade 10 pupils to be empowered citizens


RUSSELL High School has wonthe district and regional sec-tions of the Youth Citizens Ac-

tionProgram(YCAP)andwillberepre-senting the province at the nationalcompetitionson28September inCapeTown.

YCAP was launched by non–profitorganization Afrika Tikkun in 2010,and challenges Grade 10 pupils toshow what it means to be an empow-ered citizen with positive thinking.

Asmall teamofGrade10pupils,un-der theguidanceof their teacherGlyn-nisPodmore,entered thecompetition.They identified littering as an ongoingproblem, both in the school and thesurrounding area.

“Their theory was that people withbad intentions were often attracted todirty, unkempt areas, therefore mak-ing it unsafe and undesirable,” saidMoriaPotter,schoolmarketingcoordi-nator.

She added that this hypothesiswassupported by the increase in mug-gings, particularly in the early morn-ingsor lateafternoons,near theschoolproperty.RussellHighSchool isactive-ly involved in many environmentalcampaigns, both internally and exter-nally. The school is also involved in re-cycling programs and recently spentthe day at the Botanical Gardens aspart of a clean–up day.

The team objective was to restoredignity and pride to the school by en-couraging other pupils not to litter.They created posters around theschool to increase awareness.

The YCAP competition requiresschools to present a portfolio of evi-dence inrelation to the issue theywereinvestigating, and the possible solu-

tions to the problems. The team pre-sented their investigations to theschool before rolling their plan of ac-tion out.

Oncethiswasdone,theycleaneduptheareaaroundtheschoolonaregularbasis. They attempted to build a rela-tionshipwiththecommunity intheim-mediateblocksurrounding theschool,as well as with the Msunduzi Munici-pality,togetthemtocomeonboardandsupport the anti–litter drive, whichwas successful.

“Dumping of rubbish on the vergesoutside the school and along the roadcontinues to be a problem, but theschoolisdeterminedtoidentifythecul-prits. The girls recently staged a silent

protest at the intersection outside theschool. The aim was to create aware-ness around the problem,” said Potter.

The protest was successful andyielded response from communitymembers who made generous dona-tions towards the project.

“Thepupilshopethatthecommuni-ty and businesses in the area aroundtheschoolwillsupportthisworthwhilestand as it will be a win–win situationfor all,” said Potter.

The team has already won R5 000in the regional round which is to beused for the expansion of the schoolproperty. They are hoping to bringback the grandprize ofR10000 if theywin the national round.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPictured with their awards for winning the district and regional sections of theYouth Citizens Action Program (YCAP) are (from left) Thando Ngubane,Glynnis Podmore (teacher) and Siphiwe Ntuli.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe Grade four boys from Cordwalles Preparatory School, accompanied by their parents, took part in the Parklane Super Spar ReadySteady Cook evening. With skottels of food sizzling, water boiling,cream whipped and strawberries being chopped frantically, eachgroup had 45 minutes to produce a mouth watering main course anddessert, using only the ingredients provided in their mystery basket.Much fun and many a joke was shared by all. Parklane Super Sparprovided an assortment of food, aprons and chef hats. Pictured are(from left) Nicholas Thomas, Zipho Dhlomo and Dean Pitts.

Ready, Steady, Cook

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe Wykeham Collegiate junior school girls enthusiastically participated in a quiz on the history of the school set byold girls Lindsay Wayt and Gill Lotze (front, from left) Diya Naidoo, Sigrid Aadnesgaard, Paige Mackenzie, KateArchibald (back, from left) Samantha Gilson, Emma Griffin and Yona Gwiliza.

TWC pupils get quizzed on school history

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe Grade seven pupils at Laddsworth Primary School in Hilton havebeen presenting the play, Bugsy Malone, to appreciative audiences.Set in New York City in 1929, the musical recaptures the ambience ofthe prohibition in the United States. The original 1976 musical gangster film was made with an all–child cast that featured Jodie Foster,who was then 13. Pictured are the dancers who entertain guests atFat Sam’s speakeasy (back, from left) Bianca Santoro, Kerryn Fourie,Danielle Confait, Unathi Mavundla, Julia Jarvel, and Ntokozo Zondi(front from left) Josie Grubb, Lauren Knobel, and Candace Swart.

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VARIOUS schools in and aroundPietermaritzburgwill be partic-ipating in the Liberty Midlands

Mall re*think campaignwhich focuseson a number of green initiatives.

This year’s theme is ‘Let’s ConserveWater’.

Participating schools have been in-vitedtosubmitartworksmadefromre-cyclablematerials in the formofpaint-ings or sculptures.

ClarendonPrimary,OasisChristianAcademy, WA Lewitt, Northlands Pri-mary, Newholmes Primary, Allandale

Primary,LaddsworthPrimary,HowickPrep School, uKukhanya kwe AfrikaPrimary, Waterfall Pre–primary andKings School are currently hard atwork in order to meet the deadline of14 October.

“It is extremely delightful to see thenumber of school entries in this year’sre*think Let’s ConserveWater project.This year, we have received over 50entries from schoolswithin the Pieter-maritzburg and surrounding areas.We are looking forward to some crea-tive and innovative pieces of artwork,”said Umi Khan, LibertyMidlandsMallCentre Manager.

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The entries fromall 11 schoolswillbe ondisplay at themall from17 to20October. An independent panel ofjudges will judge the entries. Theschools are competing for the grandprize of R10 000. For more informa-tion about the re*think project, con-tact Minoli Chetty at 033 341 9570 oremail [email protected] orcontact Gail Samuels [email protected] or logonto www.libertymall.co.za.

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club is in Alexandra Park near the Oval andthe club provides equipment. Inquiries:Tim at 033 344 3368) or Richard at 033396 6204.ATHLETICSHERMAN’S Delight time trials are heldevery Tuesday by Collegians Harriers atCollegians Club, 381 Boshoff Street, at5.30 pm. All runners and walkers are welcome. Choice of distances, 2,8 km, 4,4 kmor 7,3 km.ORION Athletic Club time trials everyWednesday at 5.30pm from the ProteaSports grounds, Raisethorpe. Choice of either a 2,7km or 5,4km.

NATAL Carbineers AC members gatherevery Wednesday at 5.30pm at the Carbineers’ Drill Hall, Geere Street. All welcome. There are training groups from novice to speedsters in running and walking.Inquiries: John at 082 491 7679 or Eileenat 082 495 1118.SELF DEFENCESELF defence classes, including WingChun Kung Fu, Eskrima Filipino MartialArts and various other combat systems,offered for men, women and teenagersevery Monday and Thursday at 6.30pm atEddels Sports & Social Club, DartnellRoad, Mountain Rise. Inquiries: Gus

Hornsby at 083 638 0801.RUGBYYOUNG Lions Lions Rugby Club trains atthe Woodlands Rugby Stadium on Mondays to Thursdays from 6pm to 8pm. Allwelcome. Inquiries: Joe at 078 799 8386or Edwin at 074 465 5172.FOOTBALLSHAMROCKS FC at the Golden Horse Casino community fields. Juniors training onFriday from 5 to 6pm, seniors U17 and U15training on Tuesdays and Thursdays from5 to 6.30pm. Inquiries: Daniel Haswell at083 792 3668.

INTEL recently released their latest series of Central Processing Units (CPU’s).The fourth generation of i–series CPU’s, codenamed Haswell, boasts a long listof feats over the second and third generation of i–series CPU’s (SandybridgeandIvybridge).OneofthebiggestchangeswiththeHaswellCPUistheincreasedvariety of platform support. Haswell now caters for laptops, tablets, workstations, servers and is out to make the ARM chip run for its money. The Haswellchip, although using the same 22 nanometre Tri–Gate transistors as Ivybridge,runs at an incredible 100mW in idle, with Ivybridge running at 3W. This coupledwith the Windows 8.1 update can give an entry level Haswell laptop up to ninehours battery life. Another boost is the built–in graphics chip on the CPU. Intelhas also added an additional 128MB slab of eDRAM to Haswell which actuallyoperates as a shared L4 cache for both the graphics and processor cores. Thelast addition, a very important addition, is the added support for DDR4 RAM(Double Data Rate 4th Generation Random Access Memory) in Enterprise/Server systems (HaswellEX) and also in the Enthusiast–Class Desktop Platform(HaswellE). DDR4 was first manufactured and announced in January 2011, andreleased in September 2012, however there are still very few systems that canmake use of the lightning fast memory. With DDR3 memory clocking at an average 1066MHz1600 MHz, DDR4 clocks up at an average of 2133MHz3200MHzwith an average memory transfer rate of 38.4GB/s. For the enthusiasts and thegamers out there, this is a game changer. We will now be able to increase ourRAM performance by more than 100%. The new Haswell CPU’s are here. Whether they are worth it, only time will tell, however the stats are looking promising.

This column is sponsored by Computer World, open at the Park LaneCentre, 12 Albert Luthuli Street. Inquiries: 033 342 3235.

TECH TALK

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMerchiston Preparatory School recently held their 100th annual interhouseathletics meeting where severalrecords were broken (front, from left)Zola Sokhela broke three records –the U11 800m (2 min 22,38s), the U11150m (21,00s) and the U11 1200m(3min 51,68s), Owen Higgins brokethe U10 1200m (back, from left)Trent le Roux broke the U12 shot putrecord (10,75m) and Seth Goebelbroke two records – the U10 shot put(8,91m) and the U10 cricket ballthrow (equalled record: 53,63m).

Breaking records

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe St John’s junior and senior primary recently hosted a most successfulathletics day. Competition was rifeand much fun was had by all. Pictured concentrating on her egg andspoon is Angel Okoli.

St John’s hostsathletics day

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMaritzburg Christian School pupilBryan Leroux recently competed inthe College’s Upper Umgeni canoerace and placed first in this event.Leroux has not only placed first inmany events and recently triumphedin the world championships, he hasalso now managed to come first in arace hosted by one of the biggestsporting schools in Pietermaritzburg,Maritzburg College, which is traditionally won by College students.

MCS canoe champ

Champagne cricket>> Oppenheimer Week promises a feast of the finest in schoolboy cricket from the 16 participating schoolsJONATHAN COOK

WITHeightmatchesaday involvinga group of the finest cricketschools in the country, the 2013

edition of the prestigious OppenheimerWeek promises to provide local fans withchampagne cricket from Saturday to nextTuesday.

It forms part of Maritzburg College’s150th birthday celebrations, and addingfurther fizz to the occasion is that this festi-val, of all that is good in schoolboy cricket,sees the first threedays’matchesbeing50–overs–per–sideaffairsthatbringbighitters,brilliant fielders, crafty run stealers andfoxybowlers into the limelight,with the lastday featuring the hugely popular T20 for-mat.

The 16 school first XI’s are MaritzburgCollege, St Charles College, DHS, St John’s(Johannesburg), Glenwood, St Alban’s,Hilton,KES,PBHS,Kearsney,Affies,StDav-id’s, Michaelhouse, St Stithian’s, North-wood,GreyCollege, HudsonParkandWest-ville.

On day one this Saturday, MaritzburgCollege face the powerful St Stithian’s firstXI before the hosts meet St John’s, AffiesandPretoriaBoys’Highonthedaysthereaf-ter.AllCollege’smatchesareonthepremierGoldstone’s ground at the school. The dailystart time for all matches is 9.30am.

StCharlesmeetStAlban’s, thenStStithi-an’s, Hudson Park and St David’s over thefour days. All their matches are on the StCharles Oval. This Saturday, Hilton meetHudson Park on College’s Barn’s cricketfield, which is closest to the school build-ings,beforefacingAffiesatRichmond,KingEdward VII School (KES) at Eston CountryClub, and St Alban’s (Maritzburg Oval) onthe following days. Go to www.sachool-sports.co.za for all the fixtures.

PHOTO: SMUGSHOTS.CO.ZAMaritzburg College paceman Lwandiswa Zuma lets one go against Hilton College on Goldstones this year. Both schools'are taking part in OppenheimerWeek in PMB from September 21 to 24.

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Bronze for U23action cricketteamThe KwaZulu–Natal Midlands U23mixed cricket team recently broughthome bronze in the action cricket inter–provincial tournament in Nelspruit.The team showed unbelievable courageand determination during the tournament, winning the bronze by one runon the last ball of their final againstEastern Gauteng. Ryan Sclanders wasbest overall player and was named asan all star player at prize giving. Pictured are the team (back, from left)Mishaan Maharaj, Ramon Pienaar,Chase Strachan, Suvir Sivenanan, KyleBarkley (vice captain) and (front fromleft) Ryan Sclanders, Jesse Van Wyk,Gareth Gardner (captain), JannettaHunt (manager) and Gareth Rall.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

THE Natal Carbineers will be hosting the 100Capital Classic on 20 and 21 September.

The 161 km circuit foot race will begin inthe tar courtyard outside the Drill Hall of thecarbineers and will walk, or run, along thecity streets and return to the starting blockin the courtyard. The designated route is twomiles long and will be repeated until the participants reach their goal of 100, 50 or 20miles.

The race begins at 7pm on 20 Septemberandthecutofftimeforalleventswillbe7pmon 21 September.

There will be entertainment at the Car

bineers Drill Hall to help keep everyone motivated. Secure parking will be available onParade Ground within the venue.

Route:Start: Tar courtyard outside the Drill HallExit the gate and proceed around Geere

Street, (which will be closed from Chief AlbertLuthulitoMillarStreetfromFridaynoontill Saturday midnight)

Left into Miller Street, (which will be cutin half at Bulwer Street and accessed fromeach end) Right into Bulwer Street, (whichwill be one way from Millar Street to BoshoffStreet)

Right into Boshoff Street, across the riverand up Surrey Road (the lane nearest Merchiston and Woodburn Rugby Stadium willbe designated runners only)

Right at Woodhouse Road. (WoodhouseRoad will be closed to traffic from SurreyRoad traffic lights to New England Road.ResidentswillhavecontrolledaccessatNewEngland Road.)

Then Right at Alan Paton Avenue andacross the river to turn Right at Geere Streetand Right into the gates and around thecourtyard to complete a lap of two miles.

100 Capital Classic to be held this weekend

Entries pour in for

2014 Comrades>> Over 5000 entries have already been received for the ultra–marathon

THE 2014 Comrades Marathonentry process is upon us. The89th edition of the world’s lead-

ing ultra–marathon is all set to show-case South Africa’s, and theworld’s, ultra-runnersonceagaincome1June2014.

Over 5000 entrieshavealreadybeenre-ceived.

Being a ‘down-run’, the tradition-al gunfire goes offoutside the Pieter-maritzburgCityHallat 5.30am and again12 hours later at TheSahara–KingsmeadCricket Stadium in Durban,to signal the end of the 89kmroad–running challenge.

Prospective entrants have until 30November 2013, or as soon as the capof 18000 entries has been reached, toget their entries in. No entries will be

accepted after this.With its 2014 campaign, ‘Hard Is

WhatMakes ItGreat’, ComradesMar-athon Association’s (CMA) race direc-

tor, Johan Van Staden has ad-vised runners to train hard

and prepare themselveswell for next year’srace.

“This past racehas been a wake–up call for manyrunners. The Com-rades Marathon istough anddemandsadequate training,”

he said.Van Staden encour-

agedall SouthAfricanCom-radesrunnerstoenterby30Sep-

tember to be eligible for the early birdentry fee of R320.

“It isourSouthAfricanathleteswhohave catapulted the Comrades Mara-thon onto its premier status on the

road–running scene, hence, the earlybirdentryfeeforour localrunners,”hesaid.

ThenewincreasedentryfeeofR350will kick in on 1October 2013until theentry process is closed.

The entry requirements, which areclearly indicated on the entry form,must be adhered to at all times or run-ners risk losing their place at the start.

Entries may be effected as follows:• Online via the Comrades Mara-

thon website: www.comrades.com;• By posting the completed entry

formwithproofofpayment to theCMAOffice at P.O. Box 100621, Scottsville,3209.

•Byhanding in thecompletedentryform together with payment at theCMA office in Pietermaritzburg.

Please note that runnersmay enterbeforerunningaqualifyingrace (mini-mum qualifying distance of 42.2km).Qualifyingdetailsmustbesubmittedtothe CMA by 6 May 2014. – Supplied.

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