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JUSTICE Project South Africa(JPSA) maintains that theMsunduzi Municipality does

not have constitutional rights towithhold the renewal of driving li-cences on the strength of peoplehaving outstanding traffic fines.

After Maritzburg Fever pub-lished a story on Msunduzi’s newplan to withhold licences until alloutstanding fines have been set-tled (28 January, 2015), JusticeProjectSouthAfricarespondedviaTwitter that the municipality can-notdothis.Msunduzi’sdeputymu-nicipal manager for communityservices Boniwe Zulu previouslytold the Executive Committee (Ex-co) that no driver’s licenceswill beissued to people with outstandingfines. She was quoted as saying,“…when people are coming in torenew their driver’s licences, thesystem is connected to the elec-

tronic national administra-tion traffic information sys-tem (eNatis). If you go and re-newyourdriver’s licenceandyouhavetraffic finesthatareoutstanding, theywill be re-flected.Youwillbeunabletorenewyour driver’s licencewithout paying the finesyou are owing to the mu-nicipality.”

Justice Project South Africa’snational chairman Howard Dem-bovskysaidthatshouldthemunic-ipality goaheadwith suchplans, itwould be against the constitution.He said that there is no provisionin law for themunicipality towith-hold licences. Dembovsky saidthat according to the NationalRoad Traffic Act, 93 of 1996 andthe National Road Traffic Regula-tions, 2000, a licencediscandoth-er vehicle licencing transactionsmaybewithheld in terms of Regu-lation 25(7) or Regulation 59thereof if there are outstanding li-censing fees, and, or penalties on

those licensing fees in existenceagainst the ID number of the per-son concerned. He said these donot have to be for the vehicle theperson is trying to licence. Underthe same act, he added that the li-cencediscandothervehiclelicens-ing transactions may be withheldif a warrant of arrest has been is-suedagainstthepersonconcernedin relation to any crime, but morespecifically, if one has been issuedagainst a summons issued to thatpersonwheretheyfailedtoappearin court.

“TheNational RoadTraffic Actand Regulations makes no provi-sion for withholding driving li-cence transactions, renewals ornewapplications, in the presenceof outstanding traffic fines. Alltraffic fines issued in SouthAfricaareissuedintermsof theCriminalProcedureAct, 51 of 1977, exceptwhere theAdministrativeAdjudi-cation of Road Traffic Offences(Aarto) Act is in force. The AartoAct doesmakeprovision forwith-holdingall licensing transactions,including the renewal of a drivinglicence, if an Enforcement Orderhas been issued in terms of Sec-

tion 20 ofthat Act. It must be notedhowever that the Aarto Act is cur-rently only in force in the jurisdic-tions of the Johannesburg andTshwane Metropolitan Police De-partments and nowhere else inSouth Africa. The “penalties orfees in terms of the provisions ofthisAct”referredtointheNationalRoadTrafficActRegulationsapplysolely to licensing transaction feesand penalties thereon,” Dembov-sky explained.

He said that the mere fact thata person has been charged withcontravening a provision of theNational Road Traffic Act, and, orits regulations is not a presump-tion that they are guilty of that of-fence.

“The Msunduzi Municipality,and others like it, have absolutelynoauthoritywhatsoevertocontra-vene the supreme lawof SouthAf-rica, the Constitution, by holdingthattheywillrefusedrivinglicencerenewals, or any other licensingtransactions, on the basis that theperson concerned has outstand-ing traffic fines,”

Justice ProjectSouth Africa –The South Afri­can constitutiondoes not allowthe MsunduziMunicipality towithhold therenewal of driv­ing licences dueto outstandingtraffic fines.PHOTO: NQOBILEMTOLO

NQOBILE MTOLO>>nqobile@pmbfever.co.zaHAVING outstanding trafficfines will not allow you torenew your driver’s licence,the deputy municipal manag-er for community servicesBoniwe Zulu told theExecutive Committee (Exco).

“The Department ofTransport centre of themunicipality has started to

operate last week and whatthat means is that whenpeople are coming in torenew their driver’s licences,the system is connected to

the electronic nationaladministration

trafficinformation system (eNatis).“This is a national systemwhereall your traffic fines arereflected. If you go and renewyour drivers licence and youhave traffic fines that areoutstanding, they will bereflected. You will be unableto renew your drivers licencewithout paying the fines youareowingtothemunicipality,”

No licence renewals for drivers with finesYou will be unable to re­new your licence withoutpaying the fines you areowing to the municipality,

Questionssurrounding theparking system

Dembovsky also criticised the municipality’spaid parking system.

“Elsewhere in South Africa, if a person failsto pay a parking fee or exceeds the time they areallowed to park for that fee, a notice in terms ofSection 341 of the Criminal Procedure Act is is­sued against them and they are expected to paya fine. Not so in the jurisdiction of the MsunduziMunicipality. They have contracted with a privatecompany and a law firm that pursues parkingfees of R2 or less by issuing demands for paymentof hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of randsin legal fees for parking violations.

“What possible reason, other than corrup­tion, could the Msunduzi Municipality have topursue the repayment of R2 while enriching apreferred lawyer who isn’t even based in Pieter­maritzburg to the tune of what could amount tomillions or more? JPSA is and remains only toohappy to assist any motorist who is abused byauthorities who wish to act unlawfully,” saidDembovsky.

Maritzburg Fever approached the MsunduziMunicipality for a comment but they could notrespond at the time of print.

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New driving teststation to reducelong queues>> It will open its doors after this month

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PIETERMARITZBURGmotoristswanting to renew their driver’sand vehicle licences will soon

get a reprieve from the long queueswith a new testing station opening inthe city centre.

The new station will be in A.S.Chetty building in Church Street andis due to open its doors later thismonth.

TheMsunduziMunicipality said itwilloffersomeoftheservicescurrent-lyofferedat theMkondeni testingsta-tion.Nodrivingtestswill,however,bedone there.

They already had successful dryrunsinJanuarytotestequipmentandare nowwaiting for the special print-ingpapertobesuppliedbythenation-al department, to be delivered.

Driving school operators wel-comed themove, saying it will allevi-ate the pressure at theMkondeni teststation. Mkondeni caters for hun-dreds of people daily.

Municipal manager Mxolisi Nkosi

said the station will complementMkondeni station.

“Thiswill be a placewhere peoplecould come to renew their driver’s li-cence and also to renew their motorvehicle licences, cutting the waitingtime.”

Nkosi said the station was conve-nient for thepublicas itwasonapub-lic transport route.

IFP leaderDolo Zondi in the coun-cil said the ideahadbeenproposed toalleviate the pressure at Mkondeni.

“Thiswillbe for localdrivers…Werealised that there was a lot of pres-sure at the provincial testing ground.

“Pietermaritzburg is much biggernow and we needed to build this sta-tion to accommodate the local driv-

ers.”Dawn Bekker of the Delta driving

school said Mkondeni was underpressure and people had to wait forhours for simple services.

“People going to Mkondeni forsimple things like renewing theirdriver’s licence have to sit in longqueues, sometimes for three to fourhours, before they could get to thecounter. Thiswill definitely helpwithalleviating that pressure.”

ShamRajkumar,ofSham’sdrivingschool, said this was a great move.

“There are terrible bottlenecks inMkondeni. The queues are unreal.There is nothingwrongatMkondeni;people there work hard but the areathey are serving is simply too big.”

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THE Msunduzi Municipality has identi­fied 34 new trading sites in the CentralBusiness District (CBD) in order to easethe congestion along LangalibaleleStreet and Church Street, which are hubsof informal trading in the Pietermaritz­burg CBD.

The identification of new sites comesafter the municipality’s local economicdevelopment business unit carried out asurvey on street trading in the CBD.

According to the recent report pre­sented at the Executive Committee (Ex­co) from the economic developmentbusiness unit, the 15 newly identifiedtrading sites are between Church Streetand Pietermaritz Street, and the 22 sitesare between Slatter and Boshoff Street.

The allocation of trading bays will bebased on the fact that only bona fide in­formal traders will be eligible and notbusinesses that operate from brick andmortar premises, preference will be givento historically disadvantages individuals

and only one site will be allocated pertrader and per household. Preference willbe given to traders who do not operatein other informal markets within the CBDand people who are unemployed. Thetrader must be in possession of a validSouth African identity document orworking permit as per legislation. Anyperson who is financially in good stand­ing will not be considered. The tradermust also be in possession of the re­quired business licence and a certificateof acceptability.

Some of the challenges facing the in­formal traders include the lack of sanita­tion and ablution facilities, insufficientdemarcated areas for informal tradingand the lack of overnight storage facili­ties. The municipality, together with theinformal trade chamber, will meet tosolve these issues. All informal tradersmust have permission to trade. This ran­ges from hairdressers and barbers, tradi­tional medicine, traditional wear andbead work, pay phones, shoes and shoerepairs businesses, taxi drivers, photog­raphers, among others.

Municipality identifies newtrading spots

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THE Cancer Association of South Africa (Can-sa) Midlands branch celebratedWorld CancerDaybydoingtherebit toraiseawarenessaboutcancer.

Cansa’s regional manager Lisa Strydomsaid that regular screening for the most com-mon types of cancers is important for early de-tection, so that if discovered the cancer can betreated earlier.

“The reality is that the incidence of cancerisontherise, largelyduetofactors linkedtoourlifestyles and environments. There are alsomany things we can do as individuals to de-crease our cancer risk,” said Strydom.

She said that therearemanydifferent typesof cancers andmany factors that could lead to

the development of each one.“Tobacco,evenfromsomeoneelse’ssmoke,

is linked to the development of many cancers,so should be avoided at all costs. This is whyCansa supports all the legislation around to-bacco use in public places. Leading abalancedlifestyle also helps to decrease your risk of get-ting cancer, including eating lots of fresh fruitand vegetables, minimising red meat intake,limiting alcohol intake and exercising for atleast30minuteseveryday.Beingsafeinthesunis also critical, as South Africa has the secondhighest rate of skin cancer in the world,” shesaid.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) re-portedthat in2012,therewere8,2millioncan-cer relateddeathsworldwideand that thenewcases are expected to rise by70%over thenexttwo decades.

“The problemwith cancer is that the treat-ment is so unpleasant and when it goes on foralongtime, itoftencausessecondaryproblemssuch as relationship strain and financial prob-lems. It thereforeaffects thewhole family. It al-so affects employers who try to balance theneedsoftheindividualfortimeoff,andpossiblyreduced workload, with the needs of the busi-ness,” said Strydom.

She said that Cansa has a lot of informationoncancerandthatpeoplecancontacttheiroffi-ces for further information.

“We also offer affordable screening servi-ces.Forthosewhohavebeendiagnosed,weal-so offer a range of services.

“We have an information booklet that ex-plainswhat to expect during treatment aswellas counselling and support groups for thosewho are interested.We sell a wide range of af-fordable stoma products for those whose can-

The Cancer Association of SouthAfrica (Cansa) Pietermaritzburgbranch recently celebrated WorldCancer Day. Pictured at the eventwere, (back, from left) June Pa­daychee, Meeradevi Ramnath,(middle, from left) Kamala Pillay,Mala Padaychee, Shamima Sheik,Annie Anthony (front, from left)Aneetha Moodley, Saro Naidoo andKarla Gounden.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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THE N3 and five off-ramps and on-ramps inand around Pietermaritzburg will be affectedwhenamulti-millionrandupgradeof thehigh-way begins in three weeks’ time.

SouthAfricanNationalRoadsAgencyLimit-ed (Sanral) said that the 13-kilometre periodicmaintenance project - at a cost of aboutR400 million - is taking place on sections threeand four of the N3 from Sanctuary Road inter-change in the vicinity of Pietermaritzburg andthe Cedara interchange, north of Hilton.

Theconstructionisexpectedto lastabout18

months.Sanral said the project includes both the

east- and west-bound carriageways and con-struction activities have been planned tomini-mise disruption to the travelling public.

“Motoristsareadvisedtobeobservantof theadvance warning signs and lane closures, andshould exercise caution when travellingthrough the construction work zones,” Sanralsaid in a statement.

“Thespeed limit throughtheseconstructionzones will be reduced to 60 km/h and the re-duced limits will be enforced.”

Sanral added that the construction on the

mainN3carriagewayswillbecarriedoutunderlimited length, short term lane closures.

It said work on the interchange ramps willbe done in half widths, while the work on theinterchange cross roads will necessitate stop/go traffic.

The following schedule will be followed:• Monday to Thursday from 9am to 4pm:

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WITH the KwaZulu-Natalprovince facing a devastat-ing drought crisis, the

Msunduzi Municipality is battling tocurb the multi-million water losschallenge.

Water losshasbeencreditedto theageing water infrastructure and thenon-attendance to burst water pipesand water leaks happening in theMsunduziareabymunicipalofficials.

Achunkoftheblamehas alsobeendirectedattheMsunduzi’scallcentre,as complaints are not properly re-corded or directed to the right chan-nels. An October 2014 report onMsunduzi’s call centre states that inmanycases, service failureswerenotreported and recorded through thecall centre but directly to themainte-nancestaff. ArecentMsunduziExec-utiveCommittee (Exco)report,whichdates back to last year September,shows that the water and sanitation

related service delivery failures andresponses rates were 60,19% and88,94% respectively for the periodbetween 1 and 30 September lastyear, and that the real water lossesand non-revenue water were at24,8% and 47.3% respectively.

Various water bursts and pipeleaks have also bombarded the mu-nicipal building structures. Some ofthe municipal structures which havehad pipe bursts and water leaks in-clude theBombaymunicipal hall, theCopesville municipal hall, Copesvillesports ground, the Georgetown li-brary, Imbalimunicipalhall, theSob-antu stadium change rooms and toi-lets, Northdale stadium changeroomsandtoilets,thefiredepartmentalong Pietermaritz Street, public toi-lets at the Masukwana taxi rank andthe Oribi fire station, to mention buta few. The asbestos cement pipes ac-count for over 60%of 1222 kilometre(km) of the Msunduzi’s entire waterreticulation network. The asbestospipes have a lifespan of 30 years and

many of the pipes in Msunduzi’s net-work have reached their lifespan,hence bursts are frequent in areaswith asbestos pipes.

In the 2014/2015 financial year,there have been 409 recorded burstsmains in 91 days, which roughlytranslates to fiveburstmainsperday.The municipality has estimated a to-tal of 1825 bursts for the remainderof the financial year.

Mayor Chris Ndlela told Exco thatofficialsneedtosortoutthewater losscrisis.

“Complaints are not acted uponandwe lose a lot of water. People arereporting these incidents voluntarily,spending their money but we are notcoming to the party in terms of re-sponses. It is reallypathetic.Wewantto find outwhat the delays have beenall about. Therewas one case report-ed early yesterday afternoon. At sixo’clock this morning it had not beenattended to,” said Ndlela.

Hesaidthatthelackofattentionto-wards water loss will force manage-ment to micromanage its staff.

As from last year, reports had sur-faced that the KwaZulu-Natal prov-ince faces a drought crisis. BusinessDayreported that thedroughtseasonis expected to last for a further coupleof weeks.

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Unsafe transport forschool childrenTHE loss of school children on their way

home from school in an allegedly over-loaded bakkie is tragic (www.pmbfe-

ver.co.za).School transport for children hankering for

an education has alwaysbeen unsafe. The authori-tiesare tooslowinprioritis-ing a dependable and safealternative. Every day, chil-dren are shuttled in unde-sirable bakkies with fibre-glasscanopies.TheImbali crashwaswaiting tohappen. Many pupils are ferried to schools inNorthdale and speeding bakkies are spotteddaily. Parents are forced to use this unaccepta-ble method of transport as nothing safer andmore economical is available.

Compulsoryeducation isaconstitutional re-quirement but how the pupil arrives at schoolis not the government’s concern. Every timean

accidenthappensandchildrenarekilled, thereis a lot of hard sell and promises made, but, afewmonths down the line all is forgotten, untilanother tragedy.

A database of reliable service providers(minibuses) needs tobe createdwhere a strict set of criteria areset.

This must include licenseddrivers, roadworthy vehiclesand thevehiclescertified tocar-ryalegalnumberofpassengers.

These are just a few suggestions from a heart-broken retired teacher.

The authorities must be proactive and en-sure thatasafer transportsystemwillbepriori-tised tocourier tomorrow’s leaders.Iextendmycondolences to the bereaved families and thestaff of Fezokuhle Primary School.

JAY JUGWANTHNorthdale

I AM at my wits’ end.How is it that the persistent illegal parking

of trucksonbothsidesof theroadonanobviousred line outside the Hayfields Kwik Spar is al-lowed to continue unchallenged?

Even more frustrating is the fact that theSpar is frequented by significant numbers oftraffic inspectors and police personnel at allhours of the day and theymust surely be awareof the situation.

The trucksare creatingamajor roadhazardand it will not be long before there is a head-oncollisionbetween lightvehicles travelling inop-posite directions trying to dodge the parkedtrucks via the inside lane of the road.

I would be more sympathetic if the trucks

had a legitimate reason for stopping. Standthere for a few minutes however, and the truereasonfortheillegalactivity isrevealedastruckdrivers walk brazenly back to their vehiclesloaded with fast foods and cool drinks.

Thetrucksarethereevenatthebusiesttimesin the morning and evening.

The damage they are causing the traffic is-land and the pavement is also seemingly goingunnoticed by authorities.

Can something not be done about thisscourge?

Dowehave toput upwith this appallingme-diocrity until someone is hurt or worse, killed?

ROB THOMPSONScottsville

Authorities ignore Hayfields truck hazard

MANY schools may be encountering similarproblems of theft similar to Ngilosi PrimarySchool inUmlazi,wherefurniturewithmetalis being stolen.

Anymetal that can be sold to scrapmetaldealers is cash in the hands of drug addicts.Drug users will do anything for a temporaryfix.

Any equipment in schools with metal,which includes chairs, desks, manhole cov-ers, copperwindow latches and other thingsbecome easy pickings for these criminals.Thosewhohavebeenarrestedareunderageandthengotothepolicestationwhereacrim-inal case is opened.

Theyarenormallyreleasedintothecusto-dy of their parents who have lost control ofthem. Their incessant obsession to pillageanddestroyschoolpropertytofeedtheirhab-its is a major cause of concern for educationstakeholders.

Theycanonlybe incarceratedandputbe-hind prison bars after they turn 18.

Someof thesolutions lie in theeradicationofthedrugscourge,whichisdefinitelyanelu-sivedomain,andsendingaddictsforrehabil-itation.

Steel barriers erected on the roadsides asprotection formotorists in theevent of anac-cident are being ripped out by these unscru-pulous thieves to be sold at a fraction of thecost to the scrap yards.

Stricter legislationhas tobe implementedto regulate the sale of scrap metal.

These thieves have made it their duty toplunder community resources for their ownbenefitwith impunity.Theymayevenberev-ellinginthenotionthattheyhaveperpetratedthesamecriminalactssomanytimeswithoutbeing caught that they continuewithout fear.

If thissituationcontinuestofesterunabat-ed South Africa will soon be relegated to ascrap heap of sawdust and scrap metal.

VIJAY SURUJPALVia email

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EXCELLENT idea to have copies of Maritz­burg Fever handed out to motorists (birdsanctuary robots).

Normally the Fever gets delivered homebut with all the other post and commit­ments when one rushes home, it doesn’t al­ways get read.

I was pleasantly surprised to find therewas a website and lots of current informa­tion, features, pictures and competitions.

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ITisamazingthatMinisterofFinanceNhlanhlaNenehasindicatedthathewantstosell thefam-ily jewels.

What does the minister of finance mean?Yes, EskomneedsR20billion desperately to

plug its cash-flow gap. I believe Eskom doesn’tneed R20 billion but it urgently needs 10 timesmore to meet its demand.

The blame is solely at Eskom’s door. Why isEskomfailing tocollect itsmonies frommunici-palities and government departments?

Eskom’s problems are becoming the prob-lems of the residents of our country. What areEskom’s contingency plans for the future?

Themunicipalitymust find apermanent so-lution to illegal connections. Thismust be doneimmediately.

Eskom has promised us a dark future. TheANCgovernmentmust stop blaming the apart-heid regime for its failures.

It’s amazing that nobody inSouthAfricahastaken the initiative to build a power station forthe past 20 years.

Surely this would lessen the burden andtherefore the load shedding?

J.J. PILLAYPietermaritzburg

Blame is solely at Eskom’s door

The authorities are tooslow in prioritising asafe alternative.

Drag racer in hospitalafter city wide chase

After failing to pull the drivers over,the car chase continued all theway to Northdale, back on the N3towards Liberty Mall, back towardsEastwood and finally ended in theCBD.

A cop thinks hestrong with auniform and a gun,come face to faceby me without urgun and uniformthen he will seewhos though idiots

Todays cops don’tcare who theyshoot weather youon the streets or inyour car they drivelike show offs andthey don’t care s**tthey so slow to abreak in a housewhere in a law bookdrag racing is acrime wat a joke

The cops haveno life! Chasingracers wtf? A racebetween friends isthat a crime wow!

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THEUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal’sWest-villecampuswillbereceivingitsfirsttele-scopeas thecampus takes steps to intro-

duce astronomy to students.Donatedby theSouthAfricanAstronomical

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UKZN, along with the University of FreeState,were the twouniversities chosenamongvarious applicants to receive a telescope each.

The SAAO’s clearly laid out requirements ofensuring that the telescopeswould be used forstudent training,advancingscientific researchand public engagement, were met by the twotertiary institutions.

UKZN’sDrMattHilton represented theuni-versity inSutherlandandsaidtheyplantostartUKZN’s first astronomy module in 2016 aftera housing installation is built for the telescope.

According toHilton, the “0,75” refers to the

diameter of the telescope’s mirror.“The bigger the mirror, the more light can

beletin.UKZNhasneverbeforehadatelescopeor an astronomy module. There is a lot of in-vestment in the field currently so we need totrain students to conduct scientific investiga-tions,” Hilton said.

Once operational, the telescope is expectedto also be open to the public.

“This is amajor undertaking that is the firstfor the province,” Hilton said.

The 0,75 m telescope thatwill be coming toUZKNwaspreviouslyusedforvarious infraredand visible light studies of stars, including thesupernovathatexplodedin1987inournearestneighbouring galaxy, the Large MagellanicCloud.

Head of Telescope Operations at SAAO, DrRamotholo Sefako, said that once the 0,5 m -which is heading to UFS - and 0,75 m tele-scopes are moved to their future homes, thedomesinSutherlandwillbemodifiedtoaccom-modate two new robotic telescopes.

The part of the telescope that the mirror is positioned in. The telescope is destined for UKZNWestville campus and is expected to arrive today.

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ing its first ever awards ceremonyon 20 February at the Orion Hotelin Drakensburg at 6pm.

This comes after eight finalistsdrivers converged at theMkonde-ni testing grounds for gruellingdriver assessments and tests.

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Santaco’s provincial manager,Sifiso Shangase, said that theawardshavebeenstagedtorecog-nisetheexcellentworkdonebythetaxi industry and to instill unityand harmony within the taxi in-dustry.

“Each region had to select itsoutstanding driver to compete inthe best driver category. Out of allthe regions in the KZN province,we ended upwith only eight final-ists.Theselectioncriteriaforthefi-nalistswere very strict. Eachdriv-er had to have a minimum of 10years driving experience and theyhad to have no outstanding trafficfines.

“We also selected them on thestrength that none of them hadgone before their region’s disci-plinary committee for whateverreason,” explained Shangase.

For the best driver assessmenttests, Shangase said that this wasmade possible through partner-shipswith theKZNDepartment ofTransport’s Road Safety unit andthe Road Traffic Inspectorate(RTI).

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The other winners will be cho-senfromavarietyofcategories, in-cluding thewomen’sdesk, conflictmanagement and resolution, re-capitalisaionandinnovation.San-taco will also host the awards tothank its business partners.

“The taxi industry is famous forbeing violent andwith the awardsceremony, we want to turn over anewleafandthankthosewhohavedone well, empower womenemancipation,promote roadsafe-ty, instill a culture of stability andshow our communities that wecare,” said Shangase.

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The Island is remembered as one ofthefewplaysthathelpedtochangetheworld.

Its tour of America was crucial inbringing the Americans to imposesanctions on South Africa ­ a movewhich helped topple apartheid.

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FAMILY loyalty to a school is notunusual, with siblings often at-tending the same institution in

succeeding years.But one family has taken the con-

cepttoanewlevelwiththefifthgener-ation enrolling this year at Epworth.

Sandy Benkenstein, of Kloof, saidEpworth has become entrenched inher family’sblood.Their relationshipwith Epworth began in 1910 whenhergrandmotherenrolled,andcon-

tinued this year when herthree-year-oldgranddaughterstarted GradeRRR at theschool.

Benkenstein’slate grandmother,Fanny Crookes,startedatEpworthas a boarder in1910 and contin-

ued her education until 1916. In hermatric year, she was forced to leaveschool when her mother died, com-pellinghertoreturntoherKloofhometo take care of her younger siblings.

Thereafter,Benkenstein’smother,Patricia Oehley, started school at Ep-worthin1946attheageof10andma-triculatedin1952.Twentyyearslater,Benkenstein herself enrolled at Ep-worth as a boarder and finished herschooling in 1979. She was followedin1991byherdaughterNicolaBlom-eyer, whose own daughter, Abigail,has just completed her first month atEpworth.

Benkenstein’s mother and grand-mother continued their involvementwiththeschoolthroughouttheirlives,resulting in Crookes receiving anhonorary life board membership.

“The school is close to all ourhearts and has become a part of ourfamily. Epworth stoodout as awarm,loving and beautiful school for us,”Benkenstein said.

Nicola agreed, saying it was easyto choose a school for Abigail.

“It’s in our blood so there was nootheroption foruswhen Iwas choos-ingschoolsforAbigail.Igetemotionaljust talking about it.”

She said Abigail would be at Ep-worth all the way through to matric,andshehopes tohaveagranddaugh-ter enrol there in the future. “I evenmarried at the Epworth Chapel. It’salmost like the school has its ownsoul,” she said.

Sandy Benkenstein (left) and her mother Patricia Oehley (right) who are the third and second generation of Epworth School girls in theirfamily. Their family heritage with the school extends across five generations.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Cowan House Co­educational PrepSchool is fortunateto have a wetlandon its property,which is used toteach the childrenabout caring forthe environment.To mark WorldWetlands Day on 2February, the Cow­an House Gradefour boys and girlsspent time seekingout creatureswhich live in thewetland and learn­ing about the re­habilitation of thisarea. Pictured isChloe Papageor­giou at the CowanHouse wetland.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe St Charles Grade seven leadership camp was held at Cumberland Nature Reserve recently.The camp followed on from the boys submitting their CV’s and application letters for variousleadership portfolios outlined as “Opportunities to Serve”. The aim of the trip was to unify theboys as a group and integrate new boys with various team­building activities. Communication,conflict management, encouragement, perseverance and other characteristics were focused onwhile the boys took on a "low ropes obstacle course”, kayaking, hiking, spider’s web, tunnelmaize and other challenges.

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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDCordwalles pupils Chace Abrahams (L) andCraig Nel having fun building a tower andseeing how high it can grow before itcomes tumbling down.

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FORMER Russell High Schoolmatriculant and entrepreneurMargaret Hirsch recently pre-

sented the Margaret Hirsch Scholar-ship for the first time at the school.

This five-year scholarship waspresented to a Grade eight pupil.

Toqualify for thescholarship,can-didates had to write a language andmathematics literacy test and theshortlisted pupils were then inter-viewed by the school principal.

Cara Harrison from ClarendonPrimary was selected as the deserv-ing pupil.

Hirsch matriculated from RussellHigh School in 1967 and she wentbacktotheschooltoinspirethepupilsand give the message that they canachieve anything in life.

“Iwent to speak to the girls and letthem know that frommy humble be-ginnings, I had managed to achieveall my dreams. I hoped that my storywouldgivetheminspirationandhopethat therewas something reallywon-derful waiting for them.

“Several applications were sub-mitted, but I chose CaraHarrison be-causeshehas thesweetestpersonali-ty,isverycleverandshelostherfatherlast year and the family had fallen onhard times. I really felt for her,” saidHirsch.

She said that it is important togroom and support young women toreach their dreams and be educated,as researchshows that thereareninemillion school girls in South Africa be-tween the ages of 11 and 18-years-oldand only about 40% go to school forfour weeks of the month. “The other60% can only go for three weeks eachmonthastheyhavenosanitaryprotec-tion. They have neither the money tobuy thepadsor themeansofdisposingof them, so they are doomed to stay athome and as a result, their marks areconsiderablylowerthantheboysinthesame grades.

“Through Business Women SouthAfrica,ImetSueBarneswhomanufac-tures reusable sanitary pads. I tried toget the government and various otherinstitutions involved in purchasinganddistributing thesepadsbut noonewas interested, so I decided to start bybuying the packs myself. Each packconsistsofonepairofpantiesandthree

reusable pads. The panties and padshave press studs on them so girls canparticipate in sporting events withconfidence,” explained Hirsch.

She said that last year, she took thepantypacks forallRussellHighpupils.

“Each year I will return to issuepackstotheGradeeightpupils.There-usable pads last for five years so theywill last the girls from Grade eightthrough to matric,” she said.

Shesaidthatherpresentationattheschool wasmainly about encouragingthe pupils, teaching them about beingpositiveandthat theycanachieveany-thing in life.

“Ihavebeenhappilymarried foral-most 44 years, have a wonderful sonandamagnificentdaughter, fivebeau-tifullittlegrandsonsandhavetravelledtheworld.InfactIhaveeverythingthat

I want.“I tell themthisnot to impress them

but to impress upon them that there isgreatness in them and that throughpassion, hardwork, focus andpersist-ence, they can also achieve all theirdreams,” she said.

RussellHighSchoolpublicrelationscoordinator Donna Shelver said,“MargaretHirschhasbeenaninvalua-ble and generous supporter of theschool. In recognition of the school’scommitment to the education and de-velopmentoftheRussellHighgirls,shehas pledged to sponsor twomore bur-saries forGradeeight starting in2016.Of the many candidates who applied,Cara emerged as one of the most de-serving inmany respects. Cara is veryexcited, happy and honoured,” saidShelver.

PHOTO:SUPPLIEDMargaret Hirsch presenting the Margaret Hirsch Scholarship to Cara Harrison.

Twenty four schools exhibitedat the Laddsworth HighSchools’ Expo, affording par­ents and pupils some insightinto what these schools haveon offer. This annual expo is ahighlight on the Laddsworthcalendar and has over theyears created valued bonds be­tween Laddsworth staff andthe marketing teams who at­tend. Pictured at the event are(from left) Gavin Lambooy,headmaster of Laddsworth Pri­mary School, Laddsworth oldgirl Megan Tyschen (now headgirl at Grace College) and Ther­esa Jager, admissions andheadmaster secretary.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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The cabin gains chromed accents onthe air­vents and a redesigned centre­con­sole with black trim. Specifications remainunchanged.

Both the Rio hatch and sedan are stillbe available with a choice of two petrol en­gines (1.2 and 1,4 litres), mated to either afive or six­speed manual or four­speed au­to.

The entry level 1.2­litre Kappa engine iscapable of 65kW/120Nm mated to a five­speed manual. The 1.4­litre Gamma is ca­pable of 79kW/135Nm and can be matedto a six­speed manual or optional four­speed auto.

PHOTO: SOURCED2015 Kis Rio.

PricesRio 1.2 Manual ­ R176 995Rio 1.4 Manual ­ R199 995Rio 1.4 Auto ­ R211 995

Rio 1.4 TEC Manual ­ R212 995Rio 1.4 TEC Auto ­ R224 995An optional sunroof is available on

the Rio 1.4 TEC for an additional R7 000.

The new Kia Rio is sold with a five­year or 150 000km warranty and four­year or 60 000km service plan. —Wheels24.

JAGUAR’S XF is the firstmodel to benefit fromthe automaker’s new R-Sport brand in SouthAfrica.

While Jaguar’s performance models havelong been marketed under its “R” banner, thenew R-Sport badge, the automaker says, “ex-tends the automaker’s performance DNA, afirst in the XF range”.

The newR-Sport benefits from several cos-metic upgrades including new spoiler, rede-signed bumpers, 18” alloys and R-style side-sills. Thenewmodel gainsR-Sport treadplatesand R-badging.

The optional black pack adds gloss sur-rounds for the windows and bootlid as well asa black grille with black, chromed surrounds.It’s powered by Jaguar’s 3.0-litre V6 super-charged petrol engine capable of250kW/450Nm.

JaguarLandRoverSouthAfricabrandman-ager Janico Dannhauser said: “We wanted togiveourcustomersanXFmodelthatstrikestheright balance between superb comfort andsport.

“TheXFR-Sportdoes just that.Our3.0-litreV6 supercharged engine delivers thrilling per-formance, yet returns excellent fuel economy.VisuallytheR-Sportsetsitselfapartwithanum-

ber of tasteful cosmetic upgrades.”Inside it has an R-badged steering wheel,

stainless steel pedals, black interior trim andpower seats finished with contrast stitching.AnoptionalSportsInteriorPackaddsheatable,18X18-way front sport seatswithmemory set-ting.

The XF R-Sport 3.0-litre is priced atR777 430.

— Wheels24.

PHOTO: SOURCEDJaguar XF R­Sport.

Jag’s XF R­Sport on the prowl

HAVINGabeer or a glass ofwinebefore amealordrinkingcoughsyrupbeforehitting theroadcould see you fined or tossed in jail as the De-partment of Transport has proposed a zeroblood-alcohol limit.

A proposal to cut to zero the current maxi-mumalcohollevelof0.05g/100 mlofbloodwaspublishedearlierinJanuaryintheGovernmentGazette. The legal alcohol level was droppedfrom 0.08g/100ml in 1996.

Thosewhowish to comment on thenewbilland drink-driving restrictions, have until Feb-ruary 27 to respond as the draft bill has yet togo through the parliamentary process.

TheoriginalNationalRoadTrafficactreads:“No person shall on a public road- (a) drive avehicle;or(b)occupythedriver’sseatofamotorvehicle the engine of which is running, whiletheconcentrationofalcohol inanyspecimenofblood taken from any part of his or her body isnot less than 0.05g/100ml, or in the case of aprofessional driver referred to in section 32,

not less than 0.02g/100ml.”Theamendedbill reads:“Nopersonshallon

a public road (a) drive a vehicle or (b) occupythe driver’s seat of a motor vehicle the engineof which is running, while there is concentra-tion of alcohol in any specimen of blood takenfrom any part of his or her body.”

According to the draft bill, then the sectiongoverning the blood-alcohol amount/limit hasbeen omitted, meaning if you’re found drivingwithanyconcentrationofalcoholinyourblood,you can be charged.

The bill was first proposed in 2011 by thenminister of transport, S’bu Ndebele who hadbeeninmeetingswith theAutomobileAssocia-tionfortwoyearsbeforeitwasproposedtopar-liament.

AA spokesperson Marius Luyt said alcoholplayed amajor role in SA road deaths. He saida zero alcohol level would not be too drastic ascurrent levels are currently very low, reportsBeeld.

ThechairmanofJusticeProjectSA,HowardDembovsky, said: “The advantage is it sends aclear message against drunk driving but thedisadvantageisthatpeoplewillbecriminalisedover any type of alcohol.”

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He said that his wish is to compete at theworld championships in Andorra, Spain. Heattended Voortrekker High School where heparticipated in swimming, cricket and rugby.He cites Pietermaritzburg-born professionaldownhillmountainbiker,GregMinnaar, ashisinspiration in the sporting world.

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