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Safety concern atCompany’s GardenVERNA VAN DIEMEN

ALTHOUGH police report that therehave been 13 cases of robbery – six

of them with a knife – in and around theCompany’s Garden since January, theCity of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement de-partment says it knows of only one.

During the latest incident, which tookplace inbroaddaylight onFriday, fourGrade9 pupils from St George’s Grammar Schoolin Mowbray were robbed at knifepoint dur-ing a school expedition.

Among them were the son of Judge NathanErasmus, a Western Cape HighCourt judge.

The incident has not been re-ported to the police, but the Cityof Cape Town’s Law Enforce-ment Unit, which is based insidethe gardens, says they knowabout it.

Erasmus’ 14-year-old son wasforced to hand over R100 to aknife-wielding man and his ac-complice.

Captain Ezra October, spokes-person for Cape Town CentralPolice, says police have norecord of the incident.

He adds that the police figures are a combi-nation of crimes from inside the gardens andsurrounding streets, and that the robberiesoccur mostly between 15:00 and 18:00 and af-ter midnight.

Chandre Smith, who works in the city, of-ten takes her lunch breaks in the Company’sGarden.

“I feel relatively safe during lunchtime, be-cause there is a lot of movement.

“But the side streets often become quiet af-

ter lunchtime and then you spot all the fun-ny-looking characters,” she said.

But Rudolph Wiltshire, Cape Town’s chiefof Special Law Enforcement Services, sayshis staff is aware of only one incident in thegardens.

“The Company’s Garden is very safe. Asfar as we know there is only this one incidentwhich has been reported,” said Wiltshire.

The Law Enforcement Department Unithas an office in the Company Gardens, withsenior staff members and three officers to pa-trol the area.

“We concentrate on crime, vagrancy andany anti-social behaviour,” he said.

Wiltshire says the CCTV cam-eras could not pick up any foot-age from the robbery scene atthe time of the incident.

But in response to the pupils’robbery, Wiltshire says the de-partment will set up a caravanwhere the public can reportcrime, and intensify patrols bysearchinganyonewho looks sus-picious.

Dr Barry Smith, chairpersonof the City Bowl Residents’ andRatepayers’ Association saysthe association has had no com-plaints about crime in the Com-

pany’s Garden, but that many “seedy charac-ters” lurk in the area.

“Many years ago I used to go and sit in thegardens on a Saturday afternoon, but I wouldnot do it now. I just feel slightly vulnerablethere because it becomes so quiet,” he says.

Smith says he does see Law Enforcementofficers and security in the gardens “fromtime to time”.

Belinda Walker, ward councillor for the ar-ea, says she has not heard any complaintsabout robberies in the gardens lately.

“I am not aware of any complaints recent-ly,” she says.

Walker says the busier parts of the gardenare very safe.

“The quieter corners may be an issue, butwe are only too willing to help.

“People need to report the crime,” shesays.

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Santos fans on Saturday took part in the first ever fan walk hosted by their club. Thewalk started at the Indoor Centre in Langa and stretched 1,8km to Athlone Stadium.The walk was part of the build­up to Santos’ Absa Premiership match against OrlandoPirates at the stadium. Those who took part in the fan walk were treated to performancesby Born to Perform, a group of local cheerleaders, and the Saints Brass Band from Mitch­ell’s Plain, as well as an appearance by former Springbok wing and Rugby World Cup winner,Chester Williams.

Page 2 People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard­City Edition NEWS Tuesday 10 May 2011

Your ward candidates (continued)People’s Post invited all registered politi-cal parties to submit photos and shortprofiles of their ward councillor candi-dates and the newspaper has been publi-shing these since 19 April.

This week we have only one. Votingday is next week Wednesday – 18 May –and the day has been declared a publicholiday to allow all South Africans thechance to cast their vote.

Ward 54 and 77

Residents ready themselves for election dayIT’S election day next week.Like the rest of the country,Atlantic Seaboard residentswill make their way to thepolls on Wednesday 18 May tohave their say on how thingsare being run in their munici-pality. People’s Post asked peo-ple in the area if they would bevoting, and if so, why.

CONTENT:Nico Leoni­das, from SeaPoint says he“most cer­tainly” will bemaking hismark. “I wantto keep theWesternCape the wayit is, and I be­lieve that myvote willmake the dif­ference.”

INSIGHTFUL: Chris Robinsonfrom Sea Point says he wouldbe fulfilling his moral and civicduty to vote in the upcomingelections. “Voting is one of theinstruments that we havewhich influence what happensin our city and how our moneyis spent. It would be a failurein our duty to society and ourfamilies if we do not vote,” hesaid.

IMPROVEMENT: Fransua Leoni­das works in Green Point. Hesays: “I am definitely voting be­cause I like the way Cape Townis being run and I want thingsto get even better.”

TRANSITION: Michelle Sep­kins, who works in Green Point,says she will be making her wayto the polls because she feels“Cape Town needs a betterchange”.

MUST VOTE: Tony Lachman hadjust finished walking his dogs inGreen Point Park when he was ap­proached by People’s Post. Lach­man is unsure whether he can vote,because he was out of the provinceduring the registration weekendsand missed the special votes dead­line. “I will vote if I can. For so longso many people were denied theirvote and I think it’s imperative thateveryone votes.”

PRO CHANGE: Mlungeselelis Duyo­nase works at the Green Point Parkand Biodiversity Garden. He says: “Iam voting for change.”

The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania’s provincial chairper­son Anwar Adams believes that without morals, values, hardwork and determination the country cannot inculcate a cul­ture of change. He says that it’s time to “go back to basics”and build a strong foundation for people to prosper. Adamsis also the PAC’s mayoral candidate.

Elections as a tool for selecting rep-resentatives inmoderndemocraciescontrasts the practice in the demo-cratic archetype, ancient Athens.(www.wikipedia.org)

How many voted?LESS than half of registered voters voted in the2000 and 2006 municipal elections, compared toover 70% of voters who participated in nation-al and provincial government elections.

The stats below give the participation per-centage among registered voters.

National elections. 2004- Nationally: 76.73% of 20 674 923 voted.- Western Cape: 73.05% of 2 220 283 voted.. 2009- Nationally: 77.3% of 23 181 997 voted.- Western Cape: 77.78% of 2 634 439 voted.

Provincial elections. 2004- Nationally: 75.05% of 20 674 923 voted.- Western Cape: 71.27% of 2 220 283 voted.. 2009Nationally: 75.01% of 23 181 997 voted.Western Cape: 75.45% of 2 634 439 voted.

Municipal elections. 2000- Nationally: 48.05% of 18 511 975 voted.- Western Cape: 58.19% of 1 955 454 voted.. 2006- Nationally: 48.4% of 21 054 954 voted.- Western Cape: 51.79% of 2 301 371 voted.

The Cinderella electionsVERNA VAN DIEMEN

Only about half of registeredvoters have voted in munici-

pal elections in the past, com-pared to 70%-plus of registeredvoters who vote in provincialand national elections.

The Independent Electoral Com-mission (IEC) and Institute for De-mocracy in Africa (Idasa) say thatthe lower participation rate in mu-nicipal elections is not unique toSouth Africa, but is a global phe-nomenon.

Courtney Sampson, ProvincialElectoral Officer for the (IEC), says:“There could be a number of rea-sons why fewer people vote duringthe local government elections. Itcould be voter fatigue because theelections come two years after thehyped-up national and provincialelections; it could be because peoplefeel they are not impacted by who

the councillor is; or maybe theyhave much more interest in the na-tional and provincial elections.”

The reason for separate rounds ofelections is historical, Sampsonsays.

“In 1994 we had our first demo-cratic elections, but at the time thecountry was not ready for local elec-tions. Two years later the local elec-tions were held, and it has workedthat way ever since.”

He believes this arrangementneeds to be revisited. “We need tothink about whether it is necessaryto bring all of the elections togeth-er,” he says.

The pros, says Sampson, is that

all efforts will be concentrated intoone day which might save moneyon the parties’ and the IEC’s cam-paigns, and increase voter partici-pation.

The cons are that people’s con-centration might dwindle becausethere are so many choices, he says.

In the event that all the electionsare held on one day, voters wouldhave to complete four ballots in ametro municipality and five in oth-er municipalities.

Justin Sylvester, a political ana-lyst with the Institute for Democra-cy in Africa (Idasa), says that morepeople vote during national andprovincial elections because of in-

creased enthusiasm and a biggerfan-fair around the event. “General-ly there is more enthusiasm by theparties created by mobilising theirelectoral campaigns.”

He speculates that fewer peoplemay vote in municipal elections be-cause of dissatisfaction with localgovernance issues.

The challenge, says Sylvester, isthat local governance has a greaterimpact on the day-to-day lives ofpeople.

“We would hope for the turnoutto be much better during the localelections because they have a fun-damental impact on people’s dailylives,” he says.

But the trend is not unique toSouth Africa. “Globally this is theway people vote and South Africahas a much higher voter turnoutgenerally.

“So we cannot say that South Af-ricans do not value the significanceof the elections,” he says.

The other trend being monitoredby political analysts is that aboutfive million people who are eligibleto vote simply do not register.

“It is difficult to give an exact fig-ure, as the last census was taken in2001, but this is an estimation of thenumber of people who can vote, butare not registered,” says Sylvester.

The results of the municipal elec-tions next week will indicate thelevel of dissatisfaction or happinesswith municipal services, says Syl-vester. “It will be interesting to seehow many people actually turn upto vote next week. This will be anindication of how people feel aboutservice delivery.”

Lower turnout belies importance of municipal elections

Tuesday 10 May 2011 NEWS People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard­City Edition Page 3

VERNA VAN DIEMEN

THE fight to keep Prima on Wheels – theMouille Point Lighthouse’s mobile pizze-ria – open is over, and the owner has lost.

The last pizza was served on Saturday 30April when Andrej Brandt’s trial period tolease the space ended.

Ironically, in the end it was not Brandt’sbiggest opponent, the City of Cape Town, thatput him out of business, but the lighthousemanagement itself – which has remainedmum throughout the bitter fight between theCity and the small businessman.

The establishment caused a storm becauseit operates on the premises of the lighthouse,which is a national monument, and is situat-ed on the Green Point Common, which iszoned as a public open space.

Trading in front of a national monumentand on land zoned as public open space areillegal.

During his year at the site, Brandt – on vari-ous occasions – refused to sign notices to va-cate the premises or to pay fines issued to himby City officials.

Brandt has maintained that his lease agree-ment is with Transnet, and has stood firmlybyhis argument that theCitywas fighting thewrong person.

He insisted that he was within his rightsbecause he was situated behind the monu-ment, he had a legal lease and all the permitsand health certificates to go with it.

He even hired two lawyers to fight his case.The City then decided to take inter-govern-

mental action against Transnet for not takinginto consideration the underlying zone regu-lations when they granted Brandt the lease.

Kylie Hatton, spokesperson for the Citysaid: “At this stage in the process, the City’splanning department has taken a decisionnot to prosecute the owner of the stand. TheDepartment has raised the matter with the

National Ports Authority – on whose landMr Brandt is currently trading.”

Brandt was delighted when he recentlylearnt that the City had decided to drop itsaction against the parastatal.

The City would not confirm nor deny this.But his joy was short-lived, after Transnet

decided to contact the Mouille Point Rate-payers’ and Residents’ Association(MPRRA), he says.

“I have heard that Marco van Embden, thechairperson of the MPRRA, was against myrestaurant and that iswhy the lighthousede-cided not to renew my lease,” he says.

People’s Post contacted Van Embden forcomment on Brandt’s allegation that theMPRRA had something to do with Transnet’sdecision to terminate his lease.

However, Van Embden was out of town atthe time and responded: “I am out of town,(I) can chat to you next week. (I) suggest (you)contact Transnet folks in charge of light-house.”

Brandt, who prides himself in makinghealthy organic food from his children- andpet-friendly establishment, says that many ofhis loyal clients were upset that he hadclosed.

“Thepeople say, ‘but I amaratepayer, don’tI have a say?’. It seems a small group of peoplefrom the area are making all the decisions onbehalf of the residents,” he said.

When People’s Post visited the restauranta few months ago, his loyal customers threat-ened that they would sign a petition to keephim open (“Pizza man on top – for now”, Peo-ple’s Post, 15 February).

Two other restaurants in the area said theywere not affected by Brandt’s business at all.

Their argument was that the children andpet-friendly restaurant was a great alterna-tive for those who have children and animals.During his year at the lighthouse, the dog-walking community inMouillePoint and sur-rounding areas formed a sort of fellowship.

Suzanne Bosch-Smit, a regular customerof Prima from Sea Point, said the restau-rant’s departure “is a sad day”.

“Whoever did this is petty and it is a pity.We enjoyed it so much there, and it was con-venient for us dog-lovers. Why can’t theyjust live and let live?”

Brandt converted his private van into arestaurant just before the Fifa World Cuplast year. He signed a lease with Transnetfrom before the World Cup until the end ofMay.

The agreement between Transnet andhimself was that they would “poke the mar-ket” by giving his business a trial period.

Brandt does not seem to phased by the out-come and said that the cancellation of thelease was the least of his problems with theupcoming winter, says Brandt.

“I would not have been able to put up atent or any sort of shelter, and this wouldhave kept the customers away, anyway,” hesaid.

Unless he was able to get a room withinthe lighthouse, said Brandt, he would havebeen forced to close shop anyway during therainy winter season.

Brandt says he will continue trading at

festivals across the country, and that he will beapplying to sell food at big concerts from theCape Town Stadium.

He was asked last week to make food for thecontestants and staff of the Amazing Race tele-vision show after one of the producers grabbeda bite of his pizza while filming on the prome-nade.

“The producer loved my food, and asked meto prepare food for their last show in CapeTown, which they ended at Rhodes Memorialwith pizza. The Italians and Spanish peoplefrom the show said I made the best coffee andpizza that they had ever tasted,” he says.

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Cancer survivors speakTHE Voice of Cancer Survivor Forum is be-ing held at Cape Town Civic Centre fromThursday 12 May to Friday 13 May.

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Meet the candidateGREEN Point ratepayers can meet the coun-cillor-elect, Beverly Schafer, listen to a re-port-back by outgoing ward councillor, JPSmith and be informed about the newly-passed bylaw which makes residents’ park-ing permits legal in Green Point, at the GreenPointResidents’ andRatepayers’Associationannual general meeting on Wednesday 25May at 18:30 for 19:00 at the Hellenic Commu-nity Centre, 24 Bay Road, Mouille Point.

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ON THE ROAD: Andrej Brandt’s mobile restaurant is packed up and ready to move on to its nextdestination. Photo: Verna van Diemen

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Treknetters agree to throw back small fishDALEEN FOUCHÉ

TREKNET fishermen haveagreed to throw back all un-

dersized fish species such as ka-beljou in order to prevent a col-lapse of stock.

An increase in the density ofsmall fish on the False Bay coastprompted the provincial Depart-ment of Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries to ask the treknet fisher-men to throw back undersized spe-cies such as kabeljou.

The request was made during adepartmental meeting in April at-tended by five of the six treknet per-mit holders in False Bay.

Patrick Stacey, chief fisheries in-spector for the Department of Agri-culture, Forestry and Fisheries inFalse Bay, says all the permit hold-ers agreed to the request.

Stacey says there was a “bit of un-happiness” among permit holders,because for them it is a matter ofsurvival.

“When you do not have food onthe table, it is difficult to empty outyour entire catch back in theocean,” he says.

He says, however, that he has

seen first hand how permit holdersencourage the treknet crew mem-bers to abide by the rules and throwback undersized fish.

They have also agreed to opentheir nets into the ocean when thegreater proportion of their catch iscomprised of undersized fish.

Stacey says there has recentlybeen an increase in undersized fishcaught by the treknet fishermen, es-pecially at Strandfontein.

Catching kabeljou smaller than50cm is illegal.

New permit conditions, whichwill come into effect in the comingwinter, also specifically state thatpermit holders must return under-sized line fish, protected and by-catch species of fish, to the ocean.

The new permit conditions statethis more clearly than previous per-mit conditions.

But Harry Mentor, chairpersonof the South African SMME (Small,Medium, Macro Enterprises) Fo-rum, who has been providing inputinto government’s soon-to-be imple-mented Small-scale Fishing Policy,says government should rathersolve the problems of the “big busi-nesses” in the fishing industry, be-fore “over regulating” the small-

scale fishermen.He says treknet fishermen will

never be able to have the impact of“even one” commercial trawler.

He says the big trawlers can catchup to 300 bins, each with 35kg offish, in a single day.

“And they never throw back anyfish, not even undersized fish,” hesays.

Mentor says treknet fishermendo not target kabeljou or baby kob,but do catch them “on occasion”.He, however, says they will throwundersized fish back into the oceanwhen possible. “The smaller fish donot always survive.”

Mentor says discriminationagainst treknet fishermen is unfair.“They are not rich people, and onlycatch fish in the summer months,and even then they will not have acatch every day.”

Mentor says scientists are “ly-ing” to the Department of Agricul-ture, Forestry and Fisheries.

He says scientists can neverknow for certain how much fish isin the ocean, and can only “guess”.Because “big business” pays for sci-entific studies, scientists will “dis-tort” information in favour of bigbusinesses.

“The department never gets a sec-ond opinion,” he says.

Dr Ken Hutchings, a UCT re-searcher and senior consultant forAnchor Environmental, says scien-tists base their conclusions on dataand evidence.

He says scientists have beenwrong in the past, but are alwaysimproving their scientific methods.Hutchings says people should becareful to not just rely on “humanmemory” to draw conclusions onfish numbers, but to look at the“bigger picture”.

Hutchings says the increaseddensity of smaller fish is caused bythe South Easterly wind, whichbrings cold water into the bay andpushes fish closer to the coast.

He says these conditions are un-likely to continue during the wintermonths.

When asked about the generalfish stock in False Bay, Hutchingsreplies: “The fish stock is lookingbad.”

He says many species are over-fished, but adds that the it is not justbecause of treknet fishermen.

“Theaccumulative effect of recre-ational and line fishermen also hasan impact,” he says. He says there

are 415 commercial line fishermen,who “catch unlimited fish”.

Hutchings says that managementof fish stock only started in 1984, buthas made a big difference since itwas first implemented.

“In the sixties there were hun-dreds of treknet fishing operationsin False Bay; today there are onlysix.”

He says treknet fishermen onlycatch along a 10km stretch of FalseBay, which has a 116km coastline.

Hutchings says during scientificstudies, undersized fish that arethrown back from the beach intothe ocean are tagged before beingreleased.

He says that the “re-catch rate” ofthese fish is high, which shows thatthe fish that are thrown back intothe ocean do survive. He says afish’s chances of survival are betterif the net catch is not too big.

If the catch is small, a fish doesnot sustain injuries from being con-fined and is released quicker.

. Mentor says the South AfricanSMME Forum is working towardscreating groupings and co-ops ofsmall-scale fishermen. He urgesfishermen to contact him on(021) 376-1047.

Living it up for the Royal Wedding celebrationTHE Cape Town Club hosted a pri-vate screening of the British royalwedding at the Leinster Hall inCape Town on April 27.

The event was attended by 120people, who watched Prince Wil-liam of Wales marry Catherine

Middleton on eight big-screen tele-visions around the hall, via a directlink from the BBC.

They enjoyed a royal-themedbanquet, and were

treated to traditional British mu-sic such as live bagpipes.

TO THEHAPPYCOUPLE:YvetteCherry(left) andAnnie End­ersby raisetheir glass­es to thenewly­weds. Pho­tos: MichaelKirner

A FAMILYAFFAIR: Bill,Margaretand Ian Kill­bride.

SMILES ALL ROUND: David Benest, Tracy Maltman and Liam Peterson.

CELEBRATION: Chantel Ball and Jooles Pienaar. WEDDING GUESTS: Chris and Angela Armstrong.JOLLY GOOD SHOW: Margaret and Chris Mahon.

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NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THECITY OF CAPE TOWNA special meeting of the Council of the City of Cape Town will be held on Wednesday,11 May 2011 at 10:00 in the Council Chamber, 6th Floor, Podium Block, Civic Centre,12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town, where the Annual Budget 2011/12 – 2013/14 will beconsidered in terms of Chapter 4, Section 24(2) of the Municipal Finance Management Act.

This meeting will be followed by an ordinary meeting of Council commencing at 14:00.

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‘N1 squatters not criminals’VERNA VAN DIEMEN

THE Central City Improvement District(CCID) says it is powerless when it comesto removing the squatters who have set upmakeshift homes beside the N1.

The squatters say they have nowhere elseto go.

Tasso Evangelinos, CCID Chief OperatingOfficer, says: “If we remove them, they willbe back within hours, because there are fewshelters for homeless adult men in the city.”

The CID is a private-public partnershipformed in November 2000 by property ownersin the central city to provide complementarysecurity and law enforcement services overand above that of the City of Cape Town.

Evangelinos says theyarenot allowed to re-move vagrants, but can offer support servicesto the police and law enforcement and ar-range for the clean up after the homeless peo-ple have been removed.

“It would be against the law for us as a pri-vate company to just remove people.”

Evangelinos says that more than 60% of themostly male street people who live there aredisplaced foreigners.

ButwhenPeople’sPostvisited the site therewere no women or children; only about 20men standing under the bridge, many withbackpacks. Another group was sitting on theother end of the bridge drinking beer, in frontof their neat cardboard makeshift homes.

The reporter did not attempt to interviewthe men following media reports that theyhad thrown stones at another reporter andphotographer.

It recently emerged that dozens of streetpeople have set up makeshift homes under-neath the bridge on the corner of OswaldPirow Drive and Table Bay Boulevard.

“You have to realise that these people arenot being criminals because they are home-less. Gone are the days – and thank goodnessfor that – where we could just lock up peoplebecause they were homeless,” says Evange-linos.

The City’s Law Enforcement department,

together with the CCID, conducts weekly op-erations to remove illegal vagrants across thecity, says Evangelinos.

“We often help the City’s Displaced For-eigners Unit or law enforcement agencies toremovehomeless people’s structuresbecausethere are no other alternatives, only to havethem will return within the next hour or so.”He adds that there are few alternatives fordisplaced adults in Cape Town.

“The City and the Province’s Social Devel-opment Departments need to invest resourc-es in the area. As long as they have no contin-uation plan they will just return to the placewhere they were,” he says.

Most of the time shelters are fully booked,with no space for people who are removedfrom the streets.

“Our field workers are lucky to find one ortwo open beds if they call the shelters to findout if they have available space,” he said.

But the Department of Social Developmentsays there are a number of shelters for home-less adults that are owned by NGOs.

Steven Otter, spokesperson for the Provin-cial Department of Social Development, saysthe department provides financial support to21 shelters, of which 15 are located within theCape Metropolitan area. These shelters makeprovision for adult men and women, says Ot-ter, providing a wide range of services thatinclude accommodation, meals and access tosocial and health services.

A number of support programmes are alsoprovided to ensure the reintegration of home-less people back into society, says Otter.

The provision of short-term shelter accom-modation, he says, exceeds the demand, par-ticularly during winter.

There is no one single reason for homeless-ness, but the structural causes of homeless-ness may include lack of affordable housing,lack of employment and adequate healthcare, and an increase in the number of singleparent-headed households, says Otter.

Hassan Khan, CEO of the Haven nightshel-ter in Selkirk Street, Cape Town, says thenumbers of homeless people in the City aredwindling, and stands at around 5 000.

Khan disagrees with Evangelinos’ state-ment that there is no shelter for men in theCity because 70% of the shelters’ 970 beds areallocated to men.

“That is not true. It is mostly men who liveat the shelter,” he said.

Belinda Walker, ward councillor for the ar-ea, says a significant chunk of her budget isallocated to help the homeless.

“We have ensured that the toilets at theGrand Parade stay open from early in themorning until late at night so that they canuse the toilets. The bathhouse in Bo-Kaap al-so has ablution facilities, and we will be add-ing a laundry facility with basins and wash-ing lines where they can wash their clothes.”

Braam Hanekom, from human rightsgroup People Against Suffering, Oppressionand Poverty (Passop), says foreign nationalsusually do not build shacks and would mostlikely become homeless when they have nomoney. “The communities may become re-sistant if they build a shack, some of them donotknowwhether theyhave the right tobuilda shack and they often have to hire shacksfrom locals,” he said.

The fact that they are unemployed andhomeless and living in such squalor and des-peration makes them more inclined to get in-volved in crime.

Hanekomsuggests that theCity or theUnit-ed Nations gives refugees a starter pack sothat they can better survive the possibility ofbeing homeless and destitute when they aregiven asylum or refugee status.

“Most countries have refugee camps set upby the United Nations, where foreign nation-als live in a temporary camp where they re-ceive emergency food, shelter and medicalaid, until it is safe to return to their homes.”

A start up monetary package of between R1000 and R2 000 for foreign nationals who seekrefuge in South Africa would be an ideal wayto start a life in a strange country, he says.

Dr Barry Smith, chairperson of the CityBowl Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Associationsays vagrancy is often highlighted in the as-sociation’s meetings, but cannot offer solu-tions . “These homeless people are living inhorrendous conditions. It is sad how we havebecome anaesthetised to it.”

Police issue Sandy Bay warningLIAM MOSES

THE Hout Bay police have issued a warningto the public after a mugging spree at SandyBay last month.

Warrant Officer Tanya Lesch, spokesper-son for Hout Bay police, says the method ofattack was similar in all of the cases.

“There were a few incidents during April,but only two cases were registered. Two of theother complainants did not want to pursue acriminal case,” says Lesch.

“The modus operandi is that two males,dressed in dark clothing, will walk togetherand when they spot their victim, they’ll splitup. “One of the suspects then approaches thevictim and the other comes from behind and

threatens the victim with a knife.”The most recent reported incident oc-

curred on Tuesday 26 April at 16:00 in theparking area of the Sandy Bay beach.

According to Lesch, the complainant wasmugged at knifepoint while on his way to hiscar. “When the complainant returned fromthe beach, he was confronted by two un-known males,” said Lesch.

“One of the suspects was armed with aknife and held it against his throat. Two surf-ers witnessed this and approached the com-plainant. The two suspects ran away.”

A gold-and-silver watch worth over R3 000was stolen from the complainant.

In the first incident, which took place onSaturday 23 April, a man and woman were

walking along Rocket Road, Hout Bay, at17:00 when they were threatened and muggedby a man with a knife.

Lesch says a cellphone, running shoes, sun-glasses, a water bottle, a torch and a pen knifewere stolen.

There were no injuries in either incidentand no arrests have been made.

People’s Post previously reported (“Moun-tain attacks”, Tuesday 8 February) that An-dré van Schalkwyk, spokesperson for the Ta-ble Mountain Safety Action Group (TMSAG),had also warned people to careful in the area.

And according to Jim McKenna, chairper-son of the Hout Bay Community Policing Fo-rum, this is not the first time the public havebeen warned about Sandy Bay.

“Sandy Bay is looked upon as a potentialhot-spot,” said McKenna.

“We have issued warnings about peoplewalking there on their own in the past. It’sa hot-spot in that a lot of the people who gothere are tourists, so they don’t know thatthey could get mugged if they go there.”

Lesch says people should not walk alone indeserted areas or at night, carry valuableitems or leave their belongings unattended.

McKenna echoed Lesch’s sentiments, say-ing that it would be safer if visitors walkedin groups.

“We have, for instance, people going ontheir own with their dogs,” said McKenna.

“We realise that people want to walk there,but to go there on your own is not advisable.They should go in a group of three or four.”

The Hout Bay police have asked that anyand all crime committed in the area be report-ed immediately.

Two pools openduring winterSEA POINT Pavilion Pool and LongStreet Baths are two of four pools thatwill remain open during the annualseasonal closure of municipal pools.

The rest of the 37 City of Cape Townpublic swimming pools have beenclosed until Saturday 1 October.

The Sea Point Pavilion pool will beopen from 09:00 to 17:00 and the LongStreet Baths will be open 07:00 to 19:00.

Gert Bam, director of Sport, Recrea-tion and Amenities says: “Municipalpools are closed every year during win-ter, as the few patrons who go throughthe turnstiles do not justify the opera-tional expense of keeping the poolsopen.” The closures also provide an op-portunity for routine maintenancework to be done in preparation forbusy summer months and for majorupgrading work if and where neces-sary.

END OF THE ROAD: A group of homeless men are living under the bridge at Oswald Pirow Drive.Photo: Verna van Diemen

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Battle ofthe voices

Celebrate StHelena day

A QUASIDA Talent Con-test will be held at the Bel-lville Civic Centre on 18June.

The finest voices intown will be on show, andthe winners will receive afloating trophy and aR5 000 prize.

Twelve groups will bechallenging for the trophyand the honour to becrowned number one. Theshow starts at 20:00. To en-ter or audition, send a faxto 086 580 7034 or emailclassic.ct@gmail.com orzindah786@gmail.com.Tickets cost R75 and R100at the door.

THE Saints Descendants inSouth African organisation iscelebrating St Helena Day onSaturday 21 May from 10:00 until13:00 at the Square Hill Commu-nity Hall in Retreat.

Although the organisation fo-cuses on members’ St Helenaheritage, they acknowledgetheir diverse roots, which alsoinclude Khoisan, African slaves,South-East Indian slaves, Dutch,German, French Huguenot, 1820Settlers and more. Saint Helenadescendants can be found acrossall races, white, black, Indianand especially coloureds. RSVPto Merle Martin on (021) 701-8422or email saint.helena.is-land@gmail.com. Admission isfree.

New local jobs selection policy for CityLIAM MOSES

THE City of Cape Town will un-veil a new employment policy toimprove the way in which it se-lects workers for temporary, un-skilled and low-skilled jobs.

The policy, which could be imple-mented as soon as July this year,will see temporary jobs filled by res-idents of the area in which the workis being done.

According to Charles Cooper,spokesperson for the City, the poli-cy on the recruitment and selectionof workers from the community by

council and its service providers,will ensure that all people stand achance of being selected for workdone in their communities.

“The main purpose of the policyis to ensure that members within acommunity all have a fair opportu-nity to access this temporary workas and when it becomes available,”says Cooper.

“This is done by registering mem-bers of the community on a data-base via the subcouncil offices.When temporary work opportuni-ties arise, the database is used togenerate random lists of candi-dates.”

Cooper adds that thepolicywouldalso stop unfair practices such asnepotism and corruption.

The project was originally pilotedlast year, and has now been submit-ted to the City for approval of thechanges made since the pilot stage.

Cooper says that changes madesought to improve the

logistics of managing the systemwithin the different subcouncil of-fices rather than the principles ap-proved in the original policy.

Neither the original policy northe amended version deal with theemployment of skilled workers.

According to Cooper, the City re-

cruits skilled workers in a separateway.

“It is not aimed at skilled work-ers, who generally do not have diffi-culty in obtaining employment,”says Cooper. “There are other proc-esses for the recruitment of skilledand professional workers. Howev-er, it is up to skilled individuals toregister on the database if they areunemployed and want to registerfor low-skilled work opportuni-ties.”

Before the pilot project was start-ed last year, low and semi-skilledworkers for temporary work wouldonly selected from the community

if the contractor hired to completethe work or the City line depart-ment involved approached theward councillor for the area, thecommunity liaison officer or a com-munity leader to submit a list ofcandidates.

These candidates were then eligi-ble for selection for City projects.

The City says that several prob-lems could arise during the imple-mentation of the policy.

The problems include a lack ofunderstanding about the policy and

Insufficient resources in the 23subcouncil offices to manage proc-esses.

SPEAK OUT: The Universityof Cape Town’s Students’Representative Council ledthe UCT community in aprotest demonstration inresponse to the brutal kill­ing of Ficksburg protesterand UCT alumnus, AndriesTatane, on Thursday 5 May.SABC footage of the killingof Tatane was playedthroughout the day in theMolly Blackburn Hall.There were also newspaperarticles and pictures thatUCT says shows the starksimilarity between policebrutality today and thatwhich took place in apart­heid South Africa. The uni­versity said it wished tosend a strong message toleaders in government andthe police that brutalitywill not be tolerated.

Photo: Albi Fouche

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The City of CapeTown bestowed civichonours on 37 excep­tional individuals andThursday 28 April.The individuals andorganisations werehonoured for theiroutstanding serviceor contribution to theCity and its resi­dents. Civic honourswere conferred inthree categories thisyear, namely Signingof the Civic HonoursBook, one of thehighest accoladesthat the City can con­fer on its residents,Honorary Title of Alderman and the Mayor’s Medal. Ismail Teladia (right) has been involvedwith teaching and sports administration for about three decades, and is currently a life orienta­tion teacher in Mitchell’s Plain. He was appointed team liaison officer for New Zealand forboth the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2009 Confederations Cup. Here he receives his civichonour from Dan Plato (left), executive mayor of the City of Cape Town. Photo: Carl Fourie

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Opportunities lostTONY ROBINSON

DOES the name MichaelThackeray mean any-thing to you?

He was in Cape Town re-cently to attend a confer-ence at the InternationalConvention Centre andhardly anybody noticed.

There were no pictures inthe papers and no radio in-terviews, yet Thackerayshould be as famous as thelate Professor Chris Bar-nard. Certainly his gifts tothe world have touched mil-lions more lives.

Like Barnard, Dr Thack-eray is a UCT graduate, buthis field was chemistry. Hedeveloped the lithium-ionbattery that powers yourcellphone and your laptop,and when you buy an elec-tric car one day, his batterywill drive the motor.

So Thackery has changedthe world, yet we don’tknow very much abouthim. Perhaps the reason isthat it is a rather embar-rassing story.

Generally Professor JohnGoodenough is creditedwith the invention of thelithium-ion battery, but itwas Thackeray and histeamat theCSIR inPretoriawho were responsible forits development.

They still hold most of thepatents, 28 of them inThackeray’s name.

Those scientists were theworld leaders in battery re-search. Then, in 1994, ournew government, all bright-eyed, bushy-tailed andflushed with success at thepolls, closed down the bat-tery research unit.

It was the dumbest deci-sion since the old Soviet Un-ion rejected transistors andput its faith and its elec-tronic future in good oldglass vacuum tube valves.

You might say that hind-sight is always right, butthe early cellphones andlaptops were already on themarket, and the need forsmaller, more efficient bat-teries was not difficult toidentify. It was also clearthat the battery researchwas world-class. This wascertainly recognised byleading research institutesall over the world, and theygrabbed the scientists.

Thackeray is now one ofthe top men at the ArgonneNational Laboratory in the

United States.Pause for a moment and

think where this countrywould have been if fundssquandered on the pebblebed nuclear reactor hadbeen used to create a lithi-um-ion battery industry.

It is worth remindingourselves that itwasThack-eray’s battery that made itpossible to convert the ear-ly “brick” cellphones intothe wonderful, multi-pur-pose gadgets they are today.

More important, howev-er, is that the old CSIR teammade the electric car aprac-tical proposition, and hereanother Pretoria mancomes into the picture –Elon Musk. He is just 39, buthas already been describedas the greatest innovator inthe motor industry sinceHenry Ford. His Tesla elec-tric sports cars, powered byabout 7 000 small lithium-ion batteries, have a rangeof nearly 400km, and the lat-est ones accelerate fromnought to 100km/h in 3,7seconds. He has made andsold 1 500 of them, and bothMercedes and Toyota haveinvested in his Californiaindustry.

And the CSIR? Two yearsago they started a batterytechnology centre to sup-port the development of thelocal Joule electric car, buthowcan they replace the ex-pertise that was lost in1994?

Marlene le Roux(right), the direc­tor of audience de­velopment and ed­ucation at the Art­scape Theatre inPlumstead, whoalso serves on theboard of the Sui­doosterfees, re­ceived civic hon­ours from the Cityof Cape Town onThursday 28 April.Here she receivesher award fromMayor Dan Plato(left) as AchmatEbrahim (Citymanager) lookson. Photo: Carl Fourie

National Archives WeekTHE Western Cape Archives and RecordsService is celebrating National ArchivesWeek from Monday 9 to Friday 13 May.

The programme will run every day from08:00 to 15:00, and the special commemora-tive activities include guided tours of thebuilding, slide shows and exhibitions, in-cluding the Nobel Peace Prize LaureatesTravelling Exhibition.

Free workshops are also offered, includinga two-day workshop on paste papermakingand basic bookbinding on Wednesday 11 andThursday 12 May, and the very popularworkshop on family history, using the manyarchival sources. Bookings must be made

well in advance.The Western Cape Archives and Records

Service is the custodianof SouthAfrica’s ear-liest written records, dating from 1651 to therecent past.

Any member of the public may have accessto the archives. Please contact SiyabongaNtamesi at (021) 466-8122 or email sntame-si@pgwc.gov.za. For information on thepaste papermaking and basic bookbindingworkshop, contact Mary Minicka at (012) 466-8119 or email mminicka@pgwc.gov.za.

For the family research workshop, contactJaco van der Merwe at (021) 466-8117 or emailjfvdmerwe@pgwc.gov.za.

Lunch for abused womenTHE Women’s Hope Education and Train-ing Trust (WHEAT) will be hosting aluncheon at the Cape Town InternationalConvention Centre on Wednesday 11May.

The luncheon forms part of the organi-sation’s “1 000 Women United Against Do-mestic Violence” initiative, which seeksto raise awareness of the abuse of wom-en.

A table for 10 costs R3 500 for individu-als, R50 000 for a corporation and R10 000for a small-to-medium enterprise.

All of the proceeds will go towards as-sisting abused women.

The event starts at 12:00 and ends at14:30.

For further information, please contactBriegje Piper Wijsenbeek on (021) 762-6214or 083 264 5744.

Talks for mental fitnessTHE Union of Jewish Women will hostJune Juritz’s talk on “Yachting in GreenPoint in the 1890s: One Family’s Story” onWednesday 25 May.

On Wednesday 1 June Dr Maurice Kibelwill talk on “A Celebration of Failure”.

Both talks take place at Stonehaven,

and start at 10:00 for 10:30.The cost is R20, which includes refresh-

ments.There will be no lecture on Wednesday

18 May due to the elections, and onWednesday 8 June, which is a religiousholiday.

Textile industry talkshop in AthloneCLOTEX, a representative organisation ofthe SMME sector of the South African cloth-ing and textile industries, will be hosting aninformation session about its services onThursday 12 May.

The event will take place at the Calling the

Cape building, which is located next to theJoseph Stone Auditorium on the corner ofKlipfontein and Springbok roads in Athlone.

The event is set to start at 09:30 for 10:30.For more information, contact Melody Mi-nords on (021) 637-3648.

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Police recovered drugs, stolen goodsand housebreaking implements whenthey searched the car on Friday 29 April.

Captain Ezra October, Cape Town Cen-tral Police spokesperson, says: “WarrantOfficer Pieter Coetzee and Constable GlenMachelm were doing foot patrols in civil-ian clothes when they spotted a maroonMercedes Benz parked in Wembley Street,Gardens, with lights turned off and two oc-cupants.”

The officers conducted a search andfound 11g of tik under the steering wheelwith an estimated street value of R5 000.The driver was also found with an elec-tronic scale.

When searching the boot of the car, po-lice found housebreaking implements, in-cluding skeleton keys which are used toopen safes, and stolen goods, including aflat screen TV, cameras, iPods, jewelleryand crystal ornaments.

The pair were denied bail when they ap-peared on Tuesday 3 May in the CapeTown Magistrate’s Court on charges ofpossession of stolen goods.

The case has been take over by the gov-ernment’s crime intelligence unit, TheHawks.

The driver of the vehicle is being soughtby Kirstenhof and Mowbray police for cas-es that include possession of stolen goodsand ammunition.

. Police have opened an inquest docketinto the death of a Claremont man (36)who allegedly jumped into the sea offrocks near Mouille Point Lighthouse andwas reported to be floating face down inthe water on Saturday 7 May.

October said there was no suicide note.“A member of the public saw him jump

from a rock about 09:55 and alerted the po-lice who arrived at 10:00,” said October.

Police found the man’s identity docu-ment in his pocket and a contact numberfor his family.

“We have alerted his family, who identi-fied the body at the mortuary on Satur-day,” he said.

The man was wearing a suit and a tie,said October.

WANTED: Police have released this iden­tikit of a man wanted in connection withan attack on a Vredehoek woman on Mon­day 18 April at about 15:45. Police say thewoman was at home when she was at­tacked by the man, who allegedly stabbedher repeatedly. The suspect is described asa 40­year­old short man with a big head,skinny build, long skinny arms and bighands. He was carrying a “dagger­type”knife. Anyone with information about the in­cident can contact the investigating offic­er, Warrant Officer Jeremy Steyn, at 082897 4150 or (021) 467­6304.

Page 10 People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard­City Edition LEADER Tuesday 10 May 2011

POLITICIANSare goingall out towoo thevoter to their side, from flipping pan-cakes at an agricultural show in Bloem-fontein, to dancing in their best form to

get the crowds excited. Some politicalparties are mastering juggling acts, whilewe are all anticipating which politicianwill deliver the most endearing baby-

hugging moment for the lens.This massive popularity and talent

contest is all about getting your vote nextweek in the local government elections.

Fools rush inANC Youth League (ANCYL) leader, JuliusMalema, has once again put his foot in it, thistime calling whites “criminals” for “stealing”land from black people.

It is apparent that Malema does not knowthe value of “think before you speak”. He has,after all, been taken to court for singing the“Shoot the Boer” song.

His latest tirade was emitted at an ANC ral-ly in Kimberley on Saturday – in the presenceof President Jacob Zuma.

Malema reportedly said: “We have to takethe land without payment, because the whitestook our land without paying. We all agreethey stole the land. They are criminals, theyshould be treated like that.”

He added that “it took too long for land tobe handed over to black people” – to loud ap-plause, disturbingly so as barely two weeksago the country united in celebrating Free-dom Day.

And, in eight days’ time, South Africanswill be going to the polls to choose their localgovernment.

The right to vote has been fought for byblacks, whites, coloureds and Indians whohave all sacrificed for the democracy Malemaseems intent on destroying.

By his lack of response, it could be con-strued that Zuma is in agreement with Male-ma. The president, of all people, should knowthat the ANCYL’s poisonous words are an at-tack on people’s dignity and rights.

As one leader to another, Zuma should holdMalema accountable in the harshest way –and set an example to those who applaudedMalema, instead of leaving it to Deputy Presi-dent Kgalema Motlanthe, whose weak re-sponse of “one couldn’t generalise and say allwhite people were criminals” is as effectiveas sprinkling a cup of water over a raging fire.

Equally limp is the ANC’s defence of Male-ma, sayinghe couldhavebeenreferring to theNatives’ LandAct of 1913,which saw land“be-ing taken away from black people by force”.

There is too much hatred in the word andwe do not need the Malemas of this countryto destroy the unity which people of all cul-tures have fought for.

A positive experienceTHERE is so much negativityout there, I thought I wouldwrite in and share somethingpositive about our police force,which sometimes doesn’t getthe credit it deserves.

After a weekend away, myyounger brother (a student atStellenbosch) had arrived atCape Town In-ternational Air-port where hewas waiting forhis friend tofetch him. Sincemy brother’sfriend’s car wasin for repair,they agreed thatmy brotherwould leave thecar at his housefor the weekendand he coulddrive my broth-er’s car to theairport to fetchhim. The car had a problemwith the fuel sensors, whichmy brother forgot to mention.

On the way to the airport thecar shudders and cuts out onthe highway with an empty fu-el tank.

All baffled, my brother’sfriend and his girlfriend tryget the car to the side of thehighway, not knowing whatthe problem was.

A police patrol car stoppedbehind them to see what theproblem was. My brother’sfriend explained what hap-pened, and that the car was nothis and he was on the way tothe airport to fetch the owner.

The police then speedilydrove their patrol car to the

airport to fetchmy brother, tookhim to the car,identified theproblem, thendrove him to apetrol stationand then back tohis car.

After all theirtroubles, mybrother offeredto buy them acooldrink each,and they refusedto accept it, stat-ing that it wastheir responsi-

bility to protect the public!Thank you to the Western

Cape police department for as-sisting my younger brotherand keeping him and hisfriends safe!

You have the world of re-spect from us and many othersfor your actions!NICHOLAS MIHALITSIAN-OSGreen Point

You havethe worldof respectfrom us

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Intimidated bylaw enforcementIN LIGHT of all the recent vi-olence caused by some of theSAPS members, I was horri-fied over the Easter weekendto come across (although at adistance and in the safety ofour motor vehicle) a form ofpolice intimidation.

While my husband was enroute to work on Saturday 23April at about 07:30, whiletravelling along ModderdamRoad in the direction of Bel-lville, we were crossing a ro-bot (green in our favour)when a police convoy of threepolice vans, and what lookedto be a confiscated taxi,turned in front of us intoBishop Lavis, and two policeofficers laughed and wereseen to be saying “what,what” to my husband, as if toask ‘what are you going to

do?’ even though they were inthe wrong.

If my husband did notbrake when he did, we wouldhave been in a head-on colli-sion with irresponsible, non-law abiding police officers.

It is disheartening to feelthreatened by the very peoplewho are supposed to protectyou. All this while my daugh-ter of 11 years was also in thecar. Is this the example ourchildren are meant to follow?

If members of the publicfeel this intimidated by lawenforcement while in a mov-ing vehicle, then I surely donot want to be out there in theopen where there is no pro-tection from such brute force.CONCERNED SA RESI-DENTCity Bowl, Cape Town

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for you but we stay poor?We have to deal with petrol in-

creases, yet we have a deal withAngola. We are not stupid, we at-tended school. No Dan, you don’thave to worry about water andrates, you are well compensatedby us, the tax payers, as are alltop officials. We pay your salary.

. Do the poor and homelesshave to have so many kids whenthey can’t even afford a roof overtheir heads, much less food?Then they want to appear in pa-pers seeking public sympathy.Birth control is free.FK. Terrorists murder and

maim innocent men women andchildren indiscriminately. TheUS targeted a known interna-tional terrorist and killed himdiscriminately.Granville. Regarding E-

Waste, please adviseif any company buysE-Waste. We need toraise funds.

. Regarding Tel-kom, I was discon-

nected for not wanting to pay fora service that I am not getting.My line is off but I got three callsfrom people looking for Johnwhose number seems to be con-nected to mine.

Smart shopping. Dear Lucille, Pick n Pay

“generously rewards” you withR10 for every R1 000 (not R100),spent in exchange for detailedinformation of your shoppinghabits. Money for nothing? Ithink not.

. Watson, you need elementa-ry. R1 gets you a point, but thepoint is worth a cent, so 1 000points gets you R10.Ismail. Regarding the Smart Card.

So if I shop with R5 000 Pick nPay will give me an entire R50?Thanks Pick n Pay, with R10 000a cool R100, thanks again!

. If Pick n Pay’s Smart Cardis bothering you so much, don’tstress, just don’t get one. It’s thatsimple. SC

Is Cosatu a political party or union?WHILST listening to the Work-er’s Day rallies, the above ques-tion came to mind: What is therole of Cosatu?

Are they a political party or la-bour union? To my knowledge,Cosatu started off as a labour un-ion and should not be involved inpolitics at all.

They should get out of politicsand do what they are supposed todo, which is looking after the in-terests of the workers.

Cosatu should attack govern-ment on:

1. Poor salaries for nurses, doc-tors, policemen, teachers, etc. It isthese workers who pay theirmonthly subsidies.

2. Imports of cheap clothing

from China. Clothing factoriesthat were once the backbone ofour economy are closed.

3. High electricity tariffs. Co-satu promised to fight the in-creases, but was quiet after-wards.

4. Creating job opportunities.Unemployment is constantly ris-ing.

5. Exorbitant salaries of direc-tors and city managers. Some ofthese salaries are now state se-crets.

6. Corruption at all levels. Mon-ey stolen fraudulently is neverfound and returned

7. Complain about the high sal-aries of councillors or parliamen-tarians. Many are there just for

the money.Cosatu is doing none of the

above, but siding with govern-ment.

Cosatu should complain aboutall provinces where there is poordelivery of services, and not con-centrate on the Western Cape on-ly.

How can the subsidies that theworkers pay to Cosatu help theworkers? Cosatu must have theircoffers full by now, and some ofthat money can be used in educat-ing the workers. I hope that thereaders open their eyes and seeCosatu as a labour union and nota political party.JAMES JOOSTE(Address not supplied)

Do you have a kitchen for us?GAURANGA PEACE MEALS is aregistered NGO that operates inand around the Cape Town CBDwith the objectives of elevatingthe growing need of “genuine nu-trition” to those who are dis-placed at present.

It is a fact that society wouldrather have the homeless re-moved from their areas than pro-pose a workable solution.

There are many organisationsin operation, some for decades,who have still not managed to im-prove the conditions of those inneed or go beyond “the soupkitchen”.

Gauranga Peace Meals is one oftwo vegetarian food relief organi-

sations in the world.We supply ready-cooked,

wholesome vegetarian meals toanybody free of charge.

These meals are also sanctifiedfoods, which means the mealshave the potency to purify thesoul, that is, bring about a changeof heart. You cannot expect thesame from the meals served outat the “soup kitchens”, as mostcontain meat and meat products,which are both contrary to attain-ing “peace”.

Even the vegetarian meals areof such poor quality that they on-ly provide a temporary solution.

We aim to provide other NGOswith our meals to assist them in

identifying children that are newto the streets and are vulnerable.

In the future we hope to assistpoorer schoolchildren withhealthy, balanced meals free ofcharge.

We are desperately in need of apremises to operate our kitchenfrom and have searched the pre-ferred area from Cape Town toObservatory, but with the eyehave located nothing.

Please, we appeal to you to helpus in our search.

Too often the right place is ly-ing vacant, but is not always ef-fectively displayed in the media.RASIKA RAI DASGauranga Peace Meals

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DID YOUKNOW? Po-litical par-ties repre-sented inParliament are entitled toan amount of public mon-ey for their political activ-ities. The parties receivethe money in proportionto the number of seatsthey hold.

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Acoustic sounds in MayNEW Cape Town indie-folkduo, DieselVanilla, will teamup with Durban artist RowanStuart for a series of showsaround the Mother City thismonth.

This collaboration of acousticmusic will take place at some ofthe best intimate live music ven-ues in the city from Monday 16May to Friday 20 May.

Rouchelle Hubsch and DarrenPeens make up DieselVanilla,and Stuart, a Durban singer-songwriter-guitarist, has re-leased two solo albums since2008.

Stuart describes himself as a“poetic pop” artist.

. On Monday at 20:00 they willbe part of four original acts at

the Barleycorn Music Club, Vil-lager Football Club, 11Lansdowne Road in Claremont.Entry is R20. For bookings call(021) 683-6704.

. On Tuesday 17 May they willbe performing at Studio 7 in SeaPoint at 19:30 for 20:00. The entryfee is R70. For bookings, callPatrick on 083 399 3334.

. On Wednesday 18 May theywill be at Alma Café, 20 AlmaRoad, Rosebank at 18:30 for 19:00.Entry will cost R20. For book-ings call (021) 685-7377.

. On Friday 20 May they willperform at The IndependentArmchair Theatre at 135 LowerMain Road, Observatory at 19:30for 20:00.

Tickets cost R40. For detailscall (021) 460-0458.

MELODIC: DieselVanilla duoRouchelle Hubsch and DarrenPeens will be performing acrossCape Town. Photo: Supplied

SONGSTER: Durban artist RowanStuart will team up with DieselVa­nilla for some smooth grooves.Photo: Supplied

UCT choral festivalTHE UCT Choir’s main concert ofthe semester takes place in thebeautiful stone church of StPaul’s in Rondebosch on Wednes-day 11 May at 19:00.

It also marks an exciting mo-ment in the choir’s history, as itis the launch of their first officialCD, which costs R80.

Entrance to the concert is R20for students, while adults pay R40at the door.

On Wednesday 18 May the UCT

Choir will perform in a combinedconcert with Pro Cantu YouthChoir and theMississippiCollegeSingers.

The event takes place at theJameson Hall, Upper Campus, at18:30. Entrance is R20 for stu-dents and R50 for adults, at thedoor. Find the UCT Choir on Fa-cebook or at www.uctch-oir.uct.ac.za. Alternatively emailuctchoir@gmail.com for more in-formation.

MUSICAL MARVEL: The UCT Choir. Photo:Supplied

Mario in Cape TownSAMA-NOMINATED pop singer, Mario Ogle, will bevisiting local centres in Cape Town next week. Ogle isin Cape Town for several performances and to shoottwo music videos. The singer’s debut album, “Can’tstop loving you”, has sold nearly 15 000 copies and isexpected to reach gold status in a few months. His sec-ond album is due for release shortly. One of the videoswhich will be shot in Cape Town, is for a track named“Superman”, which will also be the first song releasedfrom the new album. Ogle will also be performing at:

. The Kenilworth Centre foodcourt on Saturday 21 May from17:00 to 18:00.

. The V&A Waterfront Am-phitheatre on Sunday 22 May at17:00pm.

. Planet Bellville and PlanetBrackenfell on Saturday 21 Mayduring the evening (times have not yet been con-firmed).

Mario OglePhoto: PeterWickham

Banish those winter bluesTHE Silver Tree Restaurant inthe Kirstenbosch National Bo-tanical Garden will be hostingthe annual Winter Concert Se-ries, with the first concert onSunday May 15. The openingband will be Taxi Violence.Their medium of artistic expres-sion is retro rock and roll, andSouthern swamp blues. Theirsound can be described as epic,sleezy, blues-infused rock. It is“melodic and unconventionallycatchy, with positive, yet dark,undertones”. The restaurant

chef has compiled a specialmenu for the Winter Concert Se-ries, and all dishes cost less thanR70 each. This year’s WinterConcert Series is bound to chaseaway your winter blues. Tobook, visit www.kirsten-boschrestaurant.com or call(021) 762-9585. . WIN! People’sPost is giving away one set ofdouble tickets to the show. Toenter the lucky draw, SMS“Taxi” to 34586 by noon onWednesday 11 May. SMSes costR2 each;winnerswill bephoned.

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The closest Volunteer Wildfireunit is currently based at New-lands, so a base in the Far Southwould greatly improve the emer-gency response time.

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Fire awareness a hot topicTHE Cape Peninsula Fire Protec-tion Association and Enviro Wild-fire Services recently conducted aseries of awareness programmes atthe Table Mountain National ParkFire Base in Newlands. The interac-tive programmes covered topicssuch as the role and importance ofveldfires, the dangers associatedwith them, and the various vehiclesand equipment used by firefightersto put out the runaway fires that oc-cur every year in and around theCape Peninsula. “While we onlyprovided a limited number of pro-grammes at the end of this season,we used this as a pilot project to finetune the campaign. Based on thepositive feedback from the schools,parents and learners, we believe wehave developed a well-balanced,two-hour programme that shouldprove to be very popular when weroll out the full-scale campaign in

September,” saysRob Erasmus ofEnviro WildfireServices.

“The impor-tance of increas-ing wildfireawareness, espe-cially amongstour youth, is a vi-tal part of tryingto reduce thenumber of runa-way fires we expe-rience every year.

“The pilot pro-gramme has beena success, and welook forward toimplementing itacross the entire Cape Peninsula ina few months’ time,” says PierreGallagher, the manager of the CapePeninsula Fire Protection Associa-

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LET’S NOT FORGET: The IzikoSouth African National Galleryis paying tribute to veteranSouth African photographersby hosting two photographicexhibitions; “The Indian inDrum Magazine in the 1950s”and “Ranjith Kally: Throughthe lens of Durban’s veteranphotographer”. The fascinat­ing stories of golfer, PapwaSewgolum, or activists like Yu­suf Dadoo and Monty Naicker,as well as the feud betweenthe Salots and the CrimsonLeague gangs and the pureguts and determination ofwoman stunt rider, AmaraneeNaidoo, on her Harley David­son, are brought to life viathese black­and­white imagesfrom the Drum archives. Kallyand GR Naidoo, lesser­knownphotographers in the South Af­rican landscape, were basedat the Drum office in Durban.Both exhibitions open onWednesday 11 May, startingat 18:00, and will run until 11September. For further infor­mation, contact Pam Warneon (021) 481­3956 orpwarne@iziko.org.za.

FIRE WISE: The Grade 6 class from Sweet Valley Pri­mary attended a wildfire awareness programme at theNewlands Fire Base last week. Photo: Rob Erasmus

Taking musicback in timeTHE Cape Consort – a group ofsix singers and two basso con-tinuo players – is a new localensemble committed to per-formances of mostly earlymusic.

Cellist and composer, HansHuyssen, and harpsichordistAndrew Cruickshank, who havebeen collaborating for years,have joined forces with LenteLouw and Antoinette Blyth (so-pranos), Nick de Jager, NicoHoltzhausen and Lance Phillip(tenors) and Charles Ainslie(bass-baritone).

The group will explore andpresent early vocal repertoiresthat rarely feature in local con-cert programmes.

Following their warmly-re-ceived renditions of madrigalsfrom Monteverdi’s Book 6, thenext series of concerts in Maywill feature Monteverdi’s six-part Vesper settings, performedin churches in Kommetjie, Fran-schhoek, Cape Town and Stel-lenbosch.

For June, an all-Purcell pro-gramme is planned, in collabo-ration with the Cape GambaConsort.

On Friday 13 May the ensem-ble will perform at St Norbert’sPriory in Rubbi Road, Kom-metjie at 20:00.

On Saturday 14 May at 11:00,the Cape Consort will be at theNG Kerk on the Main Road inFranschhoek.

On Friday 20 May, thegroup will perform at St An-drew’s Presbyterian Church, atthe corner of Buitengracht andSomerset roads, in Cape Town at20:00.

On Saturday 21 May at 19:30the ensemble will perform at theLutheran Church at 26 HofmeyrStreet, Stellenbosch.

Tickets, which can be pur-chased at the door, are R90.

Pensioners and students payR60.

For more information on theconcerts, contact Andrew on082 494 1398 or Lente on084 277 5070.

BRING BACK THE PAST: The Cape Consort will expose listeners totop quality early music. Photo: Supplied

LEGAL ALIEN: Belgian­born artist Jan Vermeiren’s work is on exhibitionat the Townhouse Hotel and Conference Centre in Corporation Street,Cape Town. His work bridges two rich and vastly different cultures.On the one hand there is his European heritage, on the other, the pro­found influence of Africa, which is now his home. This duality bringsan exciting and unusual dimension to his work. Entry to the exhibitionis free of charge. Vermeiren is seen with one of his works, “Aliens inAfrica”, which was completed in 2009.

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HANDY DAN: Rondebosch Boys’ High scrumhalf Daniel Anderson keeps his schoolon the offensive, during a 17­17 draw with Paul Roos in a WP under­19A rugbymatch at Rondebosch on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

TO THE RESCUE: Engen Santos FC goalkeeper Tsepho Motsoeneng thwarts Happy Jeliof Orlando Pirates, during the clubs’ 1­1 draw in an Absa Premier Soccer League matchat Athlone Stadium on Saturday. The result keeps Pirates in the reckoning for the leaguechampionship title, while securing Santos a top eight position.Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

BILLISTIC: The Canterbury Crusaders’ livewire centre, Sonny Bill Williams, was the hero of hundredsof enthusiastic fans when the Crusaders defeated the Stormer 20­14 in a Super Rugby match atNewlands on Saturday. The Auckland Blues (47 points), Queensland Reds (45 points), Crusaders(44 points) and Stormers (43 points) now occupy the top four positions. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: Michael Gordon (left) of Wynberg St John’s AFC battles Fakier Taliep ofHanover Park AFC, during the clubs’ 3­3 draw in an under­17 division Super League match ofthe LFA Cape Town Tygerberg at Hanover Park on Saturday. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

Tough tussles expected on tourTough tussles expected on tourTASMIN CUPIDO

THE DHL Stormers will be looking toget back to winning ways when they

travel to Australasia for the tour leg oftheir campaign.

This follows a 20-14 loss to Todd Blackadderand his Crusaders outfit at DHL Newlands onSaturday – the second loss of the season forthe men from the Cape.

But head coach, Allister Coetzee, althoughdisappointed by the loss, is not too worriedabout his side’s performance and future.

“Obviously we are disappointed, but it wasa great game of rugby – we can take out somepositives from the match, although we madesome unnecessary mistakes,” he said.

“We had a number of opportunities whichwe didn’t take and we will certainly look atwhat went wrong. This being said, the boysput in a great effort and I will take my hatoff to the players for this.”

Opportunities aplenty were not capitalisedon – the Crusaders lost key players, such asfullback Israel Dagg, early on, while injuriesto Dagg’s replacement Adam Whitelock andwinger Sean Maitland saw flanker Matt Toddplaying on the wing.

Captain Schalk Burger also admitted tomaking an incorrect decision by opting for aline-out instead of kicking to the posts for apenalty in the 67th minute. Three failed roll-ing mauls followed and the Stormers left the

Crusaders 22 without a point.Flashes of brilliance from much-talked

about inside centre, SonnyBillWilliams, alsosaw the Cape outfit committing several play-ers to the tackle situation when Williams wasin possession of the ball, leaving other Cru-saders players with gaps.

In the end it was two tries by prop forward,Wyatt Crocket, to the one by the Stormers’Jacque Fourie which separated the two sides.For the Stormers, a stellar performance bysurprise inclusion, Johann Sadie, impressedin the 80 minutes.

Now the focus of the men in navy-blue-and-white shifts to their tour, which kicks offwith a match against the Chiefs in Hamilton,followed by a clash against current log lead-ers, The Blues, at Eden Park in Auckland.

After that, they travel over the Tasman Seato take on a wounded Brumbies outfit in Can-berra, ending off with a match against theMelbourne Rebels, the newbies in the compe-tition, who have impressed and surprisedthus far.

“We are still number one in the South Afri-can conference and third overall,” Coetzeesaid.

“Historically we have toured well – we arenow focusing on getting back to winningways.”

The Stormers departed for New Zealand onSunday morning, with their match againstthe Chiefs kicking off at 09:35 on Saturdaymorning.

TELLING TACKLE: DHL Stormers captain and flanker, Schalk Burger, is taken down by two Crusad­ers players in the 20­14 loss at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

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FOCUS: Vuyisile Wana of Engen Santos FC tests Robin Johannes in the Orlando Pirates FC defence, duringthe clubs’ 1­1 draw in an Absa Premier Soccer League match at Athlone Stadium on Saturday. Photo:Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

DESPERA­TION:George Mu­luleka ofAjax CapeTown racesSiphiwiTshabalalaof KaizerChiefs, dur­ing Chiefs’4­0 win in aPSL matchat Polok­wane onSaturday.LogleadersAjax are on59 points,while Orlan­do Pirates(57) andChiefs (56)are at theirheels, withone roundof matchesleft on Sat­urday 21May. Photo:Gallo Images

Borman warms to Canadian climesBorman warms to Canadian climesBRIAN GAFFNEY

CAPE TOWN-born footballerDanleigh Borman has in a

surprise player exchange beentransferred to Toronto FC inCanada by the New York RedBulls FC.

Borman, as well as Cameroon na-tional Tony Tchani, were involvedin what was a hush-hush exchangefor Canadian international Dwainede Rosario – who joined the RedBulls – in April.

But Borman’s relocation to frosti-er climes should not be regarded asa backward step in his career, as To-ronto FC campaign in MajorLeague Soccer (MLS), the top pro-fessional league for American andCanadian clubs.

Toronto FC was in fact the firstCanadian club to affiliate to theMLS in 2007.

Borman said he and Tchani were

not aware that the Red Bulls and To-ronto FC were engaged in talks un-til after the exchange deal was con-cluded.

“I regard the move to Toronto FCas a new challenge in my career. Iam now assured of more game timeat Toronto FC, who insisted thatTchani and I should be included inthe exchange deal,” said Borman.

Former renowned professionalfootballer Daniel “Dot” Bor-man – who experienced successfulspells with Cape Town Spurs, CapeTown City, Glendene and Santosduring his heyday – is also upbeatabout his son Danleigh’s new ven-ture.

“I believe that Danleigh’s careerhas taken a positive turn and I amthankful to the Red Bulls for givinghim the opportunity to compete inMajor League Soccer,” said Bor-man senior, from Athlone.

Danleigh spent four years withthe Red Bulls and started 13 out of

18 matches last season.He can play both in midfield and

defence, but is used predominantlyas a left back. Tchani, a Red Bullsdefender for two seasons, played in27 matches, starting in 17 of themlast season.

Former Dutch international Ar-on Winter – the head coach andtechnical director at TorontoFC – said on the Toronto FC web-site: “This deal is part of our rebuildprocess. We have acquired two verystrong players that I believe willhave an immediate and long-termimpact at our club”.

Danleigh, a South Africanschools under-19 cap, showed hispotential while representing Ry-gersdal AFC in the LFA Cape TownTygerberg junior leagues.

He then moved on to Mitchell’sPlain United FC – an academy sidefor Santos FC – in the Vodacom Sec-ond Division – before heading toAmerica.

NEW CHALLENGE: Danleigh Borman, aiming high in the colours of TorontoFC, where he plays. Photo: Reuters