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Amid calls for more securityon Clifton 4th Beach, somehave been left stumped by

what appears to be an unused secu-rity camera on the shore.The camera was installed by

council around 10 years ago, saysClifton on Sea and District Bunga-low Owners Association chairper-son Paddy Walker.“The camera was operated from

the Lifesaving ClubHouse andwasonly used for one or two years. Ihaveno idea ofwhy the systemwastruncated after a short time,” shesays.“Apparently the cameras are so

old they have no value. In fact weare not even sure if they are stillin position. The Clifton residentshad nothing to do with the camerasystem and I don’t know what trig-gered the decision to install them.”However, a camera system is

sorely needed on the beach, insistsward councillor Beverley Schafer,who is campaigning for additionalsecurity at the beach.“There have even been cases of

gang fights occurring on the beachafter hours and the area needsmonitoring. Everybody is attract-ed to the beach area and with thatoften comes opportunistic crimi-nals,” she says.The camera dome has been up

for years and is clearly visible, butthere does not seem to be a camerainside, Schafer says.The cameras are installed, but

they are not linked to LawEnforce-ment or the Cyclops system, saysClifton Lifesaving chairpersonMarc Truss.“Our biggest complaint on the

beach is theft. Some vendors andopportunistic criminals steal valu-

ables left on the beach when bath-ers go into the water,” he says.“It would be nice to have a cam-

era up to monitor movement afterhours. Lifeguards are onlyon duty until 18:00, but oftenyoungsters come and drinkon thebeachatnight andarenot monitored. Any addi-

tional security would be wel-comed.”

Vendor Ashley Goddard workson the beach and saysmore securi-ty would be a great addition.“I’m here until 18:00 every day

and a camera is definitely needed.There are often cases where peo-ple’s things are stolen or petty

crime takes place, but nothing hap-pens. If there were cameras, policewould be able to catch the thieves,”he says.But council has no knowledge of

the security infrastructure on thebeach, says Safety and Security ex-ecutive director Richard Bosman.“The City of Cape Town does not

have any CCTV cameras at Clifton4th Beach, nor has it ever had cam-eras up in this area,” he says.There are also no plans to install

additional security measures onthe beach. “Currently there is alsono infrastructure in place thatwould make it possible to installcameras in that location,” he adds.

SECURITY: CALLS FOR PROPER CCTV SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED ­ WHILE LONE CAMERA STANDS UNUSED

Who’s watching Clifton?Who’s watching Clifton?

CANDID CAMERA: An unusedcamera on Clifton 4th Beach isunder the spotlight amid callsfor more security on the beach.

PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

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Council spends almost R2m on cleaningIn one year, council’s EnvironmentalHealth Department issued nearly 2000compliance notices and cleaned morethan 600 erven at a cost of over R1.9m.The department, acting on complaints

received from the public, issued 1 823compliance notices to property ownerswhose erven were found to be in contra-vention of the environmental health by-law.Nuisances on vacant land include prop-

erties sheltering vagrants and criminalelements, properties that harbour verminand constitute a health hazard and prop-erties that distract from the tidiness of thesurrounding area.The bylaw further empowers environ-

mental health practitioners to arrange for

the sites to be cleaned and the costs to berecouped from the property owners ifthey fail to abide to the compliance notice.In the last financial year, the depart-

ment arranged to have 642 sites cleanedat a cost of just under R2m.Mayoral Committeemember for Health

Lungiswa James says: “While we do setabout recouping the cost of these cleaningoperations from the property owners, theinitial spend comes from the ratepayers’pockets. This money could have been bet-ter utilised elsewhere rather than on theupkeep of properties that have been leftin a state of neglect by their owners.”Common concerns associated with va-

cant land relate to safety and security is-sues as well as the presence of invasive

alien plant species like Port Jackson andRooikrans.Jamesalso says thedepartment realises

that vacant land is often associated withcriminal activity but the best is beingdone to create safer spaces in communi-ties.“However,we cannot do it alone andmy

appeal would be to property owners to bepro-active in maintaining their proper-ties and not to act only once they’ve beenserved with a compliance notice,” Jamessays.Complaints about vacant plots that are

potential health and safety hazards can bedirected to the nearest EnvironmentalHealthOffice or to theCity ofCapeTown’scall centre on 0860 103 089.

CHEVON BOOYSEN@ChevonBooysen

Every 26 seconds someone is raped in thiscountry. But this statistic is inaccurateas many cases go unreported.

In South Africa, as few as one in 13 peoplereport rape –mostly due to theharmfulmythsand stigmas which cling to this crime.

Rape Crisis has launched a new campaign,called Don’t Hide, Speak Out to help survi-vors.

This month a series of portraits are to belaunched showing the faces of rape survivorsand a motivational message alongside theirpictures to encourage others to speak outagainst this evil.

Making their voices heard are Busiswa Nt-sadu (38), Monique van Vuuren (27) and DaveLuis (39); survivors who, through the cam-paign, are speaking out against rape and thepersistent myths.

Ntsadu, a mother of four, was raped threetimes.

“The first incidenthappenedwhen Iwas sixyears old. I was raped by my stepbrother. Ididnotwant to tellmymotherwhat happenedbecause I wanted to keep the peace at home;I was also threatened bymy stepbrother,” Nt-sadu says.

She moved to Cape Town some years later.Shortly after, she was raped again by stran-gers.

After living with her secret for years, Nt-sadu started speaking about her experienceslast year.

“I spoke tomymother about it because I de-cided enough is enough.Mybrother rapedmystepsister a few years ago and he is up for pa-role in a couple of months. Mymother did notbelieve my brother was guilty or capable ofwhat he had done to my stepsister. I had tosit her down and tell her what happened tome,” she says.

“That was the start of my healing process.Since the moment I decided to tell mymotherI knew I had dealt withmy pain and I am ableto tell others.”

Her mother showed scant emo-tion. “My mother is not an emo-tional person and will not easilytalk about anything. After I toldher she didn’t say anything andalso did not want the ‘secret’ tocome out. I decided to move fromher house beforemy brother is re-leased from prison,” she says.

Ntsadu sees the move as a cop-ing mechanism for herself andstepsister, with whom she sharesa house.

“I do not want her to be aroundher perpetrator again. That canbe quite daunting. It will also dome good because I do not want tobe reminded of my trauma andI’m afraid all thosememories willhave a negative effect on me. Myhealing process has come too farfor me to go back.”

She signed up to speak out andlet other survivors know the rapeis not their fault. “I wanted to bea part of this campaign to tell oth-er men and women they aren’talone. They need to speak out sothey can deal with their pain andto bring those perpetrators to jus-tice,” she says.

Van Vuuren wrote a book tohelp facilitate her healing.

“It was a therapeutic process. Iwrote about my rape, but it wasall just the hard facts about howit happened. I didn’t really writeabout how it mademe feel. In thissense then I don’t think I com-pletely dealt with my hurt andpain in the book,” she says.

The self-published book, titledSecrets: The dark suffocatingshadows – A memoir for libera-tion, was Van Vuuren’s way oftelling her story and for others toshare and foster a nature of speaking out.

“Too many people, after they have beenraped or through any personal trauma, feelthey should keep the hurt to themselves.This bodes a huge injustice for the individ-ual,” she says.

Beforewriting the book, she hadno coun-selling and never spoke about what hadhappened. This made her feel that she“wasn’t dealing with the issue properly.Self-healing is part of the process after onedeals with trauma, but you also need to beopen to receiving help”.

This is why she has joined in the cam-paign.

“People need to realise silence is a hugeproblem in society. My silence did not pro-tect me, it protected my perpetrator. Onceyou remain silent, yougive the power to theperpetrator,” she says. “This needs tochange.”

The campaign has now become a vehiclefor Van Vuuren to transcend victimhoodand help others realise they aren’t alone.

Luis stepped up to the campaign to helperadicate the stigma of rape being a ‘wom-en-only’ crime.His is the onlymale portraitin the series.

Raped at 21 by a partner and a friend,

Luis is only now coming to terms with hisexperience.

“Being a part of this campaign is part ofmy healing journey. I have been writing avery public blog aboutmy recovery from ad-diction that was in a very big way fuelled bymy rape,” he says.

Luis says, in sharing his recovery fromdrug addiction, it became very necessary forhim to also unpack the issue of his rape ina blog (http://bloggsymalone.word-press.com/).

“My blog has a small reach compared tothe Rape Crisis campaign; they have a farlarger audience. There is a powerful storyof healing, recovery and forgiveness to betold to inspire more men to come forward sothey may start their own process of recov-ery. I want to disarm the anger I fight inter-nally and am also proud to say ‘yes, I wasraped, but I am not a victim’.”

Luis also for a very long time believed themyth that men do not get raped.

“For a long time I believedwhat happenedto me was an adult situation that wentwrong. Beyond the stigma of ‘rape only hap-pens to women’ there is also a secondarystigmawhich says rape is part of the gay life-style. Both of these are wildly inaccurate,”

he contends.As part of his healing process,

Luis wrote to his ex-partner toconfront him about the rape.

“I unpacked the events of thatevening tohimand toldhim ‘whatyoudid tome thatnightwas rape’.After the confrontation I gavemy-self the most important gift of mylife: forgiveness. It was the onlyway to leave my anger and senseof revenge behind.”

Luis encourages all rape vic-tims to, firstly, support them-selves. “Find a mirror, look your-self in the eye and say ‘I am a rapesurvivor’. There is no shame inbeing strong enough to say youwere hurt and that you are heal-ing. Stand up each day and workat forgiving yourself and slowlyyou will find your way back tolife.”

Sarah McLaughlin, communi-cations coordinator at the RapeCrisis Cape Town Trust, says thecampaign aims to showcase theamazing strength of the survivorswho took part and to encourageothers to speak out in whicheverway they choose.

“Speaking out is incredibly dif-ficult. Some survivors never tellanyone what happened and oth-ers only do so after many years.Wewould like to encourage survi-vors to speak out by reporting (itto the police), coming forward forcounselling or even telling a fami-ly member or loved one.”

McLaughlin says the conceptfor the campaign came aboutwhen Swiss photographer San-dro Baebler heard about the cri-sis in SouthAfrica and decided tooffer his services for free to the

Trust. “Together we developed the conceptfor the images and went about trying to findsurvivors who would be willing to partici-pate. To our surprisewe received 14 respons-es, and a fewmore outside of the Cape Townarea. The decision to use images really cameabout by our chance encounterwith Sandro.Thanks to his artistic skill the end result is14 very powerful portraits,” she says.

The portraits will be displayed until year-end. “Wewill be releasing four pictures (thismonth), another four in August close toWomen’s Day, and the rest over the 16 Daysof Activism of No Violence against WomenandChildren to tie inwithourotherplannedactivities.”

With Luis the sole male representative inthe series, McLaughlin says the Trust hopespeople will stop the silence and help spreadthe myth that only women are raped.

“WehopemenwhoseeDave’s portraitwilleither begin to think in a new way aboutrape and the fact that men are also exposed.Also, we hope his courage resonates withmale survivors and that they feel less aloneand more empowered to speak up and seeksupport,” she says.V Visit www.facebook.com/rapecrisiscapetown formore about the campaign.

RAPE: NOT A ‘WOMEN ONLY’ SCOURGE

Campaign to break the silence

BRAVE: One of the 14 posters in the Don’t Hide, Speak Out campaignthat seeks to encourage survivors of rape to break the silence and takeback their power. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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As tourists flock to spend the summermonths in Camps Bay, locals are expe-riencing an increase in numbers of a

different kind.The Camps Bay Business Forum has re-

ported an increase in street childrenmovinginto the area.Chairperson SimonKneel says the organi-

sation estimates there are between 30 and 40children, aged between eight and 17, cur-rently sleeping on local streets or visitingthe area to beg.“Manyof the children sleepout in theopen

at the rocks on the main beach or the pump-house. We also regularly have groups ofyoung child performers, as young as five orsix, coming into the area to dance in frontof the restaurants to encourage tourists togive them money. They usually have anadult with them in the background in whatis obviously an unlawful and exploitativechild labour practice,” he says.Western Cape Street Children’s Forum

chairperson Charmaine Germishuys agreesthere has been a “definite increase” of chil-dren begging and sleeping in Camps Bay.Two years ago, the business forum started

an initiative in Camps Bay and Clifton inpartnershipwith theHavenNight Shelter toassist street people.This initiative, fundedbyCampsBaybusi-

nesses and residents, provides for a full-timededicated auxiliary social worker from theHaven Night Shelter to be based on CampsBay beachfront.This person is tasked with encouraging

street people to “start a new life” with thesupport of the shelter, Kneel says.The initiative has helped over 100 street

people since its inception. “However wehave noticed a marked increase in the num-bers coming toCampsBay every year for thepast few years, and the children also seemto be staying in the area for longer periodsnow. Previously we would mostly see thechildren coming to Camps Bay just to begoverweekendsbefore returning to their owncommunities, but more recently we are see-ing lots of children here on a regular basis,living rough through the week as well.”There are limits to what the organisation

can do to help street children, Kneel says.“TheChildCareAct requires intervention

in this process by a specialist social workeror child care worker who has to be regis-tered with the provincial Department of So-cial Development. Unfortunately we havebeen unable to obtain support in providingCamps Bay with this specialist social work-er care, especially when it is often needed

after hours,” he says.The influx of street children is usually

seasonal to capitalise on tourists visitingthe area in summer, Kneel says.Many of the children are sent to the area

to “earn money”.The increasing number of children is

problematic for business owners, he in-sists. “Many of the children spend much oftheir time begging on the beach and at therestaurant tables along the beachfront.This is often done in an aggressivemanner.There have also been numerous incidentswhere some of the children have been in-volved in crime. As a business communitywe really feel for the children’s situation,but we also believe it isn’t acceptable thatvisitors to one of Cape Town’s leading holi-day destinations should constantly be har-assed and pressed for hand-outs,” he says.The Homestead, an organisation work-

ing with street people, offers a residentialfacility inWoodstock to assist the children.However, Germishuys says residents needto assist the organisation.“They need to help identify, monitor and

report children living, working and beg-ging on the street, which includes referringthem to the Homestead. Residents need tohelp reduce the support that brings chil-dren onto the street. They also need to iden-tify those groups or individualswho exploitthese children, suchas adultswhouse themto beg, paedophiles and drug dealers.”Residents also often hinder attempts to

assist the children, Kneel says.“The situation also isn’t helped by the re-

sponse of many of the visitors and residentswho understandably feel compassion for thechildren’s situation and respond by givingthem large handouts of cash or food,” he says.Mayoral Committee member for Social De-

velopment andEarly ChildhoodDevelopment

Suzette Little says her directorate has con-tacted the Department of Social Develop-ment to raise their concern about thenumber of street children in Camps Bay.Thedepartmenthas confirmed that theywillinvestigate the matter.

ON THE STREETS: The Camps Bay Business Forum has reported an increase in the number of street children in the area. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

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Monday 17 March

V Gardens: The Western Cape Branch of theSouth African Institute of International Affairswill host a public seminar by Dr Nicholas King,an independent consultant in global futuresand sustainability, titled All Change for Cli-mate: Our Climate is changing...what aboutus? The seminar will take place at the Moun-tain Club at 97 Hatfield Street, from 18:00. En-try is R30 for non-members or R15 on presenta-

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V Sea Point: The Union of Jewish Women willhost a talk by Ossi Raviv, entitled Empoweringyourself through learning, at 7 Albany Roadfrom 10:30. Entry is R20. Phone 021 434 9555.

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V Newlands: The Cape Natural History Clubwill host a talk by Douglas Anderson at 20:00at the Athenaeum on how local meteor im-pacts have had a major influence on geology.Entry is R20. For more information contactSheila on (021) 782 1620.

Activists let it all hang outNaked bodies and two-wheeled fun drew

stares as a procession made its waythrough the streets of the CBD.

The World Naked Bike Ride took place onSaturday 8 March and is a peaceful protestto create environmental awareness throughclean initiatives such as cycling.

The ride is theworld’s largest naked event.This year’s key message promoted the use

of “clean energy” and aimed to raise aware-ness of issues such as cyclists’ vulnerabilityin traffic, global warming, body awarenessand carbon emissions. Cape Town celebratedthe fifth year of this event.

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Beach ‘thief’nabbed – copsPolice believe they have put a stop to a

spike in crime at Sandy Bay, after a23-year-old man was arrested in con-

nection with a recent spate of robberies.The arrest by the Hout Bay police was

made after an extensive investigation intothe robbery of a German couple at the tour-ism hotspot.Station commander Lieutenant Colonel

Bongani Mtakati says police have noticeda spike in robberies at Sandy Bay over thelast month.But the arrest of the suspect, who has

been linked to several cases, should see adrop in the criminal activity in the area,Mtakati says. “Every year we experienceand increase during the summer season,with criminals taking advantage of the in-

flux of tourists in the area,” he says.Hout Bay police spokesperson Warrant

Officer Tanya Lesch says the robbery of thetourist couple took place near Rocket Roadlast Wednesday at about 18:40.“The couple reported that they were held

up at knife point and robbed of their belong-ings. SANParks officials spotted the sus-pect and gave chase but he disappeared intothe bushes,” she says.Detectives followed up on information

which led them to search a house in Imiza-mo Yethu. Here they found the camera andtwo cellphones belonging to the Germancouple and arrested the 23-year-old man.In addition, police also recovered more

cellphones, cash, bank cards and clothingsuspected to have been stolen.

BACK TO SCHOOL:German InternationalSchool Cape Town’sclass of 1964 recentlycelebrated their 50year class reunion.Only 11 students grad-uated in 1964 as theschool’s first matricclass. The small,close-knit group man-aged to stay in con-tact over the yearsand some came fromas far as Germany,Switzerland, the USAand England to at-tend the reunion.

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MAGICAL MUSICAL: A nine-year-old girl from Spring-bok who is currently under-going medical treatment inCape Town was treated toa day at the theatre to seeThe Sound of Music at theArtscape, where it is run-ning until the end of March.Britney Maarman’s specialouting was arranged byReach for a Dream, and arepresentative from themusical’s team met Britneybefore the show to give hera T-shirt, a programme anda bag as a memento. Withher is her mother AmandaMcDonald and Reach For aDream fieldworker NomntuGogotya. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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The app, endorsed by South African Tour-ism, is designed to connect hospitality ven-dors – such as hotels, restaurants and shops– to travellers visiting local shores.

Founder Brandon Wilson says afterspending more than seven years in the tour-ism industry, he saw a need to create a costefficient broadcast tool for the vendor tocommunicate their offers via a mobile app.

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The app is free to download and also al-lows travellers to search by specials, events,promotions and news listed by any of thevendors.

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CULTURE: CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA’S MEGA MILESTONE

Celebrating a century of musicThe Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

is celebrating 100 years of symphonyconcerts this year.

As part of the festivities, top internationaland local artists like Japanese-American vi-olinist and outreach icon Midori and pianistJohn Ntzepe will perform.

A coffee table book will also be launchedin the course of the year.

From the first concert with the then CapeTown Municipal Orchestra, when unre-served seats cost one shilling, to today’s so-phisticated ensemble, the orchestra has al-ways made its mark.

Through overseas tours, the orchestra hasalso made an impression in countries suchas the UK, USA, Taiwan and Spain’s CanaryIslands.

Funded by the City Council fully until 1987and then partly for the next 10 years, the or-

chestra relies on government and corporatesponsorship and funding to augment whatit receives from ticket sales and gate money.

With Jan Smuts as a guests at the first con-cert, the programme began with theMeistersinger overture by Wagner and end-ed with a march, Lorraine, by L Ganne.

During the first year the orchestra paidless than 5 000 pounds for six violinists, oneviola, two celli, one bass, two clarinets, oneoboe, one bassoon, two cornets, one trom-bone and one drum, including 500 pounds forthe conductor – a far cry from today’s annualbudget of more than R20m for 45 full-timemusicians.

HEAR, HEAR: The Cape Town Philharmonic Or-chestra celebrates its 100th birthday this year.

CENTRE STAGE: The cast of Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers recently celebrated their100th performance at the Fugard Theatre. The sold-out Johannesburg show cameback to Cape Town and will be running at the theatre until the end of April. Theproduction first opened at Theatre on the Bay last year and returned to Cape Townlast month. Blood Brothers is directed by the talented David Kramer and hosts animpressive cast including Bianca le Grange as Miss Johnstone and Alistair Izobell asthe narrator. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Home aloneNICOLE MCCAIN

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The last woman standing.That’s how the only remaining resi-

dent of Wynyard Mansions sees her-self as she prepares to fight an evictionfrom provincial government.Angela Wise has been ordered to vacate

her government-owned Sea Point home toallow the property to go out for tender.The block of flats shares the same plot as

the vacant former TafelbergHigh School inMain Road, says Zalisile Mbali, spokesper-son for the provincial minister of HumanSettlements Bonginkosi Madikizela.“Wynyard Mansions is built on erf 1675

which is an unregistered portion of themother erf, namely erf 1424 of which theformer Trafalgar School forms part. Thereis only one illegal occupant left atWynyardMansionwithwhich the department hasnocontractual lease agreement,” he says.Once the property has been vacated, it

will be taken overby theprovincialDepart-ment of Transport and Public Works.However, Wise is refusing to budge.“I pay my monthly rent, so how can I be

staying here illegally?” she asks.Her late partner lived at the apartment

block for 25 years and refused to leave, evenas the other residents were given alterna-tive accommodation in areas such as Sand-drift, Wise says.For almost a decade, drug dealing on the

stairwell of the apartment blockwas a regu-

lar occurrence, she maintains.“Now that Wynyard Mansions is empty

apart from me, we have security!” shefumes.There were major security issues on the

site for many years, Community Police Fo-rum chairperson Heather Tager confirms.Sea Point Action Group spokesperson

David Kramer says the site has been a safe-ty concern for several years.“One of the flats recently caught alight

and drug addicts and unauthorised peoplefrequent the block despite security guardspatrolling the site,” he claims.Kramer says residentswere led to believe

that security on the site was to enforce ac-cess control, allowing only residents onsite. However, he believes “the security areeither being instructed differently or arebeing bribed to let others in”.Wise says only her family and friends en-

ter the premises to visit her, and denies allallegations of bribery.“Is it bribery to tip the security officers

when they help me carry my shopping upthe stairs?” she counters.The pupils of the Tafelberg Schoolmoved

to their new school building in the thirdterm of 2010, which merged the primaryand high schools, says the provincial edu-cation minister’s spokesperson BronaghCasey.“The new school had been designed in ac-

cordance with Education White Paper 6,making it the first fully accessible resourcecentre in the province, both fromaphysicaland curriculum accessibility point ofview,” she says.The property will go on the market next

month or as soon as the transfer is com-plete. A tenant is expected to take over theschool property in February 2015.

PUTTING UP A FIGHT: The last resident of Wynyard Mansions is taking legal action to fight an evictionorder from provincial government. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

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SLAPPED AWAY: Western Province Cricket Club’s Sybrandt Engelbrecht pulls during a 1Atwo-day league match against UWC at the Wally Wilson on Saturday. PHOTO: PETERHEEGER/GALLO IMAGES

READY TO REPRESENT: The Western Province women’s team were also capped. TheNational Provincial Championships take place from Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 March. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

Saints star shinesin green and goldLIAM MOSES

@LiamCPT

One of Cape Town’s oldest cricket clubs cannow list a world champion among its mem-bership, after the junior Proteas’ victory inthe ICC under-19 World Cup.

All-rounder Jason Smith has been a mem-ber of the club since 2012, and played an inte-gral part in SA’s victory in Dubai.

Smith, who grew up a stone-throw awayfrom the club in Elfindale, labels the tourna-ment victory as his “greatest achievement”to date.

“The feeling was unreal. It felt amazing,because we were the first SA side to win anInternational Cricket Council (ICC) tourna-ment,” he says.

“I still can’t describe the way we felt.When they hit the winning runs, we all juststormed onto the field – we were all standingoutside the change room and just stormedon.”

The baby Proteas beat Pakistan by sevenwickets in the final of the tournament onSat-urday 1 March.

The victory earned South Africa its inau-gural ICC title at any level.

Though Smith is the first world championat St Augustine’s, the club can also lay claimto two of SA’s most famous cricketers.Former Proteas spinner and current CapeCobras coach Paul Adams is a product of StAugustine’s,whileBasilD’Oliveirawhorep-resented England during apartheid was alsoa club member.

Chairperson Johnny Jacobs believesSmith can go on to emulate Adams and D’Ol-iveira.

“A lot of development still needs to happenfor him tomature into the cricketer he couldbe,” says Jacobs.

“He has all the talent in the world and Ihave no doubt he will go far in cricket. It’sjust about taking the opportunities at theright time.”

Smith is determined to make a career ofthe sport, and spent three months playing inDevonshire, England before he was selected

for the SA under-19 side in January.The 19-year-old may return to England at

the end of the local cricket season. “The con-ditions were very different to South Africa– some weeks we played on wet pitches andthe decks were a lot slower,” he says.

“You have to adapt when you bat; playingin England has assisted me with that.”

Smith scored seven centuries and sevenhalf-centuries during his time in England.

At present the youngster is completely fo-cused on helping St Augustine’s win theWestern Province Cricket Association 1BLeague.

The club’s first team is currently unbeat-en and at the summit of the table.

“Our sponsor, Jive, has a lot to dowith ourupward movement; they have sponsored usfor three (seasons),” Jacobs says.

“Jason has played a huge role in (theclub’s progress) and he has played most ofthe games.”

ONE FOR THE FUTURE: St Augustine’s CCplayer Jason Smith (left) helped the juniorProteas win the ICC under-19 World Cup title.Photographed with him is club chairpersonJohnny Jacobs. PHOTO: LIAM MOSES

COLOURS: The members of the WP men’s softball team were capped at a ceremony atSahara Park Newlands ahead of the National Provincial Championships at Turfhall.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

Youth footie on show in StrandfonteinCape Town’s top under-13 footballers willshow off their skills at the StrandfonteinAFC under-13 tournament next week.

The annual tournament attracts some ofthe peninsula’s best sides and this year is nodifferent.

Teams from as far as Stellenbosch are settomix it upwith the best local amateur sidesand well-drilled juniors from the Cape’s pro-fessional outfits.

The tournament format will see the toptwo teams from each of the eight groups ad-vance to the winners section to contest thetitle,while the third-placed teams fight it outin the plate section and the fourth-placedsides battle for the shield section trophy.

Group A will see Sunningdale FC, Golden

United and Leeds Lentegeur take on themight of Ajax Cape Town.

With their famed development structuresand abundant resources, Ajax will be fa-vourites to win the group and the entiretournament.

Group B features Rockafellas, BeaconSpurs, Ashley Rovers and Chippa United.

Chippa should be favourites to win thegroup, but the other sides will view the Na-tional First Division (NFD) log leaders as amajor scalp.

Metropolitan Premier Cup hosts BayhillUnited are the biggest names in Group C,with Bayview, Liverpool and Westridge alsochallenging for the top two spots.

Pinelands based Old Mutual Academy are

perennial contenders for any junior title andlook likely to top Group D.

Beacon Pirates, Clarewood and Standardswill likely fight it out for second place in thegroup.

Tournament hosts Strandfontein AFChavebeenpooledwithRondebosch’sRygers-dal, Colville and Stephanians Ottery inGroup E.

Home field advantage should see the hoststhrough to the winners’ section, with Ry-gersdal providing a stiff challenge for the topspot. Milano United will be keen to emulatethe success of their senior team in Group F,but Safa Second Division side Salt RiverBlackpool could stand in their way.

Masakhane and Green Point Salesians

will look to cause upsets against their morewell known opponents in the group.

Group G looks the most open, with Mor-gensterUnited,WoodlandsUnited, Ida’sVal-ley and Young Wizards grouped together

Woodlands and Morgenster are the bestbets for the top two spots, based on previousperformances. Fish Hoek AFC are firm fa-vourites to take the top spot in Group H. TheFar South side’s organised youth structuresshould see them qualify ahead of Fulham,Southhampton and Holy Cross.

The tournament will take place at theStrandfontein Sports Complex from Friday21 to Sunday 23 March. The first match willkick off at 09:30 on Friday, while the finalwill be played at 15:30 on Sunday.

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Western Province are feeling no extrapressure ahead of the Cricket SouthAfrica’s women’s 50-over provincial

final on Saturday.Province will claim their second consecu-

tive title if they defeat KwaZulu-Natal inDurban, but coach Cobus Roodt says thisdoesn’t have an impact on how they will ap-proach the match.

“We will just take it as another game.There is tremendous mental strength in theteam, in each player,” Roodt says.

“Cricket is 80% mental – that’s what I have

been drilling into the team over the last twoseasons. We are normally good in knockoutsituations.”

Last season Roodt’s side beat Gauteng atthe Wanderers to secure the title, afterknocking out Northerns at Newlands theprevious week.

They tread a similar path this season,again knocking out Northerns in a homesemi-final on Saturday 8 March.

Province posted 147, with Leighshe Jacobs(33) and Yolani Fourie (28) making the onlynotable scores.

The bowling attack took up the challengeand skittled Northerns for 74 runs.

Moseline Daniels was the stand-out per-

former, taking 4/9, with Shabnim Ismailsnatching 3/27.

“The pitch was a bit sticky when we battedin the morning and we battled to get going.At least we managed one good partnership,”says Roodt.

“The team showed lots of character whenwe went back out to defend that small total.When we examined the pitch, we expecteda total of around 180, so getting close to itwas good. We backed it up with the fieldingand bowling. The (fight the players put up)bodes well for the future and the nextmatch.”

Roodt will have eight of last year’s titlewinning squad available selection for the fi-

nal, but will lose Daniels, Ismail and Shan-dre Fritz to the national squad.

He expects the team to still have enoughexperience and firepower to pull off a victo-ry.

“Bowling will be difficult with the nation-al players absent, but we have good person-nel taking over from them,” he says.

“KZN are also losing three players – thethree (batsmen) who stood out for themagainst Gauteng in their semi-final. I’m veryconfident we can do well this coming week-end.

“We know it’s the home straight and theteam with the most stamina will pullthrough.”

ANGLED AWAY: Lee Jacobs top scored for Western Province women’s team in the CSA’s inter-provincial50-over semi-final at Sahara Park Newlands on Saturday. Jacobs scored 33 runs.

PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACSSWINGING WILDLY: Western Province women’s team batsman Lara Goodall goes over the top duringthe CSAf inter-provincial semi-final at Sahara Park Newlands on Saturday. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

Ikeys clinch victory over ShimlasFNB UCT all but booked their place in theVarsity Cup play-offs with a clinical victoryover FNB UFS-Shimlas at the Green Mile onMonday.

The victory, the fourth in six games andthe first at home this season, saw the IkeyTigers move to 19 points and second placeon the table.

UCT played into the notorious wind in thefirst half, but it did not stop them from rack-ing up a 18-0 half-time lead.

They surged to an early lead with 10 pointsin the first 10 minutes.

Winger Richard Stewart drew first blood,scoring with a typically classy finish in thefifth minute of play. But the strong wind pre-vented flyhalf Dean Grant from adding theextras.

Industrious flank Jason Klaasen doubledthe scores five minutes later, forcing his wayover from close range, but Grant again failedwith his conversion attempt.

Powerful lock Shaun McDonald crashedover shortly before the 20-minute mark andGrant sent UCT in the strategy break withan 18-0 lead, after goaling his third conver-sion attempt.

The visitors started to string a few phasestogether when the first-half resumed but

were unable to really threaten the UCT try-line and the scoreline went unchanged.

Shimlas started the second-half the strong-er of the two teams, taking a leaf out of UCT’sbook from the first-half.

However, just as they looked close to find-ing a breakthrough, the ball was turned overand they were punished in a vintage Ikeyscounter-attack.

The ball was swung wide to Lihleli Xoliand the left wing played in fullback RossJones-Davies, who slid in for the crucialfourth try and a bonus point.

Grant missed the tricky conversion fromthe left-hand side, but it seemed unlikely toaffect the match. He later added a penalty asthe match moved towards the 70th minute,with Ikeys leading 25-0.

Shimlas managed a late consolation trythrough hooker Jacques du Toit and thematch ended with scores at 25-5.

The five points has put UCT in touchingdistance of their first semi-final since 2011– the only year they have lifted the trophy.

They next face Wits in Johannesburg, fortheir final league match of the season, onMonday at 19:00. Thus far, Wits have lost alltheir matches, so UCT will be expected topick up another five-point victory.

BREAKING TACKLES: UCT’s Huw Jones is tackled by Maphutha Dolo of the University of Free Statein Monday night’s Varsity Cup match at the Green Mile. UCT won 25-5. PHOTO: LUIGI BENNET/SASPA