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PLUMSTEAD: YOUTH VOLUNTEER ATTACKED

Rape attempt foiledTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

THE attempted rape of a volunteer mar-shall at a charity event was thwartedlastweek – thanks to a unknownmotor-

ist who stopped to help the girl.Two assailants are believed to have tried

to rape the volunteer who was standing onpoint duty in Plumstead.

She was volunteering at the Sporting 4yourCause charity event onSunday 14Aprilat Plumstead Cricket Club.

The 19-year-old was stationed on the cor-ner of DeWaal and Princessvlei roads at thestart of the race when two men approachedher.

The teen’smother and her sisterwere alsoassisting during the race, but at differentpoints.

The suspects are believed to have pushedthe volunteer to the ground. One sat on herand started undressing her, while the othercovered her mouth with his hand.

“At that point (she) says she shut her eyesand only remembers the sharp smell of alco-hol,” says her mother.

Event organiserTracyLewis says the inci-dent occurred early.

“I dropped all themarshalls at their pointsaround 07:30 and was notified by other mar-shalls about the incident just after the racestarted at 08:00,” says Lewis.

She says a woman who was driving pastsaw the volunteer being attacked andstopped to help her.

“When she stopped the men ran away andshortly after the Plumstead EMT’s we hadhired for the event were doing their roundsand found the two women,” she adds.

Lewis feels it was a case of luck and timingthat protected the young woman.

“We don’t know who the (motorist) is be-cause she didn’t stay after the EMT staffplaced (the volunteer) in the ambulance, butif she didn’t stop when she did the EMT’scould have come across a very differentscene,” says Lewis.

Lewis expressed shocked at the incident.

She says the event was meant to be a funday to help seven charities.

“Whenyouplan an event, you don’t expectsomething like this to happen. For our nextevent we will have to look at ways to im-prove safety,” says Lewis.

The teen’s mother says: “We are angry,but we are also grateful because it couldhave been somuch worse. Nowwe just haveto focus on providing her with the best sup-port and love that we can give.”

Ward councillor Penny East andLieutenant Colonel June Cilliers,Station Commander of Kirsten­hof Police Station, share amoment in the candle lightingceremony. Community leaders,residents and police across theWynberg Cluster held candlelighting vigils on Wednesdayevening to show their supportfor those who have beenvictims of crime. It alsosignified their unity in fightingcrime. Read the article on page3. PHOTO: TARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

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Senior’s battle to get his cashTASMIN CUPIDO

HE clasps the telephone between hisshoulder andcheek,whilewaitingpa-tiently for someone to answer.

Sitting on a small chair in the foyer of hishome, Alf Alfreds closes his eyes and lis-tens to the call centre muzak as he attemptsto get answers from the South African So-cial Services Agency (Sassa).

If still unpaid by tomorrow, it will be thethird week the Retreat resident is waitingfor his pension to be paid into his bank ac-count.

This is not his first attempt to find an-swers to why his pension had not been paidon Wednesday 3 April.

He has been investigating the reason forthe non-payment since he re-registeredwith Sassa, but has been sent from pillarto post.

Alfreds (75) was one of millions of SouthAfricans who re-registered with Sassa toensure they receive their pension or socialgrant. But the new system and process,which was introduced as a mechanismagainst fraud and corruption, has been“frustrating and demoralising” for the eld-erly man.

“I had no problem with having to registeras I was happy they were doing somethingto fight the fraud and corruption,” he says.“The registering process was quick andeasy. I went to the Sassa office last monthand registered. My pension was previouslypaid into my bank account and that workedperfectly. I decided to (use) that (option)again.”

Alfreds sayshewas told themoneywouldbe paid into his account within 48 hours,but he realised the Easter weekend coincid-ed with this and calculated that he wouldreceive his pension on Wednesday 3 April.

He was disappointed when this was notthe case. He has since been to the Sassa of-fice inWynberg andhis bank several times,and has phoned the Sassa call centre in thehope of assistance. “No one can tell me

when my pension will be transferred. Ihave debit orderswhichneed to be paid andI have to live. Luckily my children havebeen helping me, but I want my money,” Al-freds says.

During this interview, Alfreds contactedthe call centre at 11:20. The call was attend-ed to at 12:25.

After giving the operator his referencenumber, he was transferred to a differentdepartment and another long wait ensued.

At 12:40, an operator informed him thatthe money had been transferred onWednesday 10April, but later retracted thisinformation, saying it had been transferredon Friday 12 April. He could not explainwhy the funds did not reflect in Alfreds’ ac-count and said the matter would be investi-gated.

Alfreds asked to speak to the operator’ssupervisor and another wait ensued, afterwhich the pensioner threw in the towel.

Sassa regional spokespersonShivaniWa-hab confirms Alfreds completed the re-reg-

istration process. “Based on the feedbacksupplied, he is experiencing challengeswith contacting the Cash Paymaster Serv-ices call centre to have his social granttransferred to a payment option that ismost convenient to him,” she says.

“When beneficiaries are issued with aSassa master card, the card will be activeimmediately, but the social grant amountwill either be transferred onto the card orthe beneficiary’s bank account, dependingon when the re-registration process wascompleted due to cut-off dates on our sys-tems. We advise bank beneficiaries to veri-fy if the funds were transferred to theirbanking accounts or whether the fundshave been transferred to their Sassa card.”

Beneficiaries can contact 12 differentcellphonenumbers to verify funds transfer-ral to their bank account or Sassa card. Shesays beneficiaries should phone the num-bers before the first day of every month.V View the contact details on www.peoples­post.co.za.

TRYING AGAIN: Pensioner Alf Alfreds, who has re­registered with Sassa, is still waiting tohear when his pension will be paid into his bank account. PHOTO: SXC.HU

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WYNBERG: VIGIL

Candles are litin supportof victimsTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

POLICE across the Wynberg Clustershowed their support for victims ofcrime with a candlelight vigil.

The vigil was held by police stationsacross the Wynberg Cluster on Wednesdayevening.The spokesperson of Kirstenhof Police

Station, Warrant Officer Rodney Franks,says: “This is a very important event on thepolice calendar.”Lieutenant Colonel June Cilliers, Station

Commander of Kirstenhof Police Station,echoes his views.Cilliers adds that this event serves to em-

phasise the importance of the police andcommunity working together.“All over the cluster candle lighting cere-

monies are being held to show victims ofcrime that we feel it with them,” says Cil-liers.She adds: “Without the community we

can’t achieve our common goal.”The vigil at the Kirstenhof Police Station

was held at The Range in Tokai.Pastor Cornelius van Rensburg, the

speaker and also a resident, pointed outthat when people remember victims ofcrime, it is important that they also remem-ber the families of criminals.“We thinkvictimsof crimeare only those

affected by crime, but we forget that thefamilies of criminals are also victims,” saysVan Rensburg.“Parents having to visit their children

serving long sentences in jail are also vic-tims of crime.”He also points out that everyone, at some

time in their lives, would be a victim ofcrime –whether directly or through a lovedone.“Whether your house was broken into,

you were pickpocketed or someone youknow was murdered, we have all been vic-tims of crime. But we need to stop lettingthose guilty of committing crime controlus,” says Van Rensburg.He says people avoid public transport.He adds: “We don’t dare walk to school

or work andwe don’t allow children to playin parks any longer.“If children can’t play in parks what is

the point of having these parks? Childrencan’t even walk to school – no matter howclose we live.“So if you haven’t been a victim of crime,

this proves it still affects you and childrenare being robbed of their childhood,” adds

Van Rensburg.He tells those attending the vigil that it

is important to not be afraid and allow ami-nority of people to hijack their lives. But,to do so, it is important for the communityto work with the police.“There is no ‘us’ and ‘them’. When the

men and women in blue take off their uni-form, they are us. We (both police and resi-dents) are the community,” says Van Rens-burg.He adds: “Our men and women in blue

are bending over backwards to assist thecommunity, but there is not enough re-sources and that’s why it is important forthe community to support them. Let us betheir eyes and ears.”Franks echoed this, saying: “This is a

great community who started this candlelight vigil two years ago and now it is beingdone by all stations in the cluster.”Both the police and Van Rensburg re-

minded those at the vigil that it is impor-tant for the parties to work together to stopthe abnormal behaviour frombeing regard-ed as the norm.

FLICKER: Lieutenant Colonel June Cilliers,Station Commander of Kirstenhof PoliceStation, lights the first candle to showsupport for victims of crime.

PHOTO: TARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

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WYNBERG: PRETEND TO BE WORKERS

Be on alert for con artistsTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

WYNBERG residents are beingwarned of confidence tricksters ac-cessing properties in the guise as

Escom workers.Police are appealing to residents to ask

questions before allowing anyone into theirhomes.The con artists –which includes awoman

– identify themselves as Escom employeeswho are coming to replace light bulbs.In one incident, aWynberg resident, who

wishes to remain unnamed, recounted howa man claiming to work for Escom was al-lowed to walk through the home of a friend.He says: “The man walked through their

house inspecting the lights to see if theyworked. When he was done he said all thelights were fine and left.”Later, the home owner discovered he

purse,whichhadbeen lyingnext toher bed,was missing.While he is not aware of these con artists,

Wynberg Community Police Forum (CPF)chairperson Jimmy Young says he has re-ceived a similar complaint of people pre-tending to work for the council.“I received a complaint from someone

who said they had been conned by someonewho said they work for the City, and arecoming to do an evaluation,” says Young.He also cautioned elderly residents about

people dropping cash in front of them andthen asking them towithdrawmoremoney.“These con artists drop a R20 in front of

youandsay theyhadmoremoney thatmusthave blown away. They especially target

old people, who are soft-hearted, to with-draw money. When you are by the ATM,then take your money,” says Young.Captain Andre Venter, spokesperson for

Wynberg Police Station, says the police areaware of these con artists and are urgingresidents to be careful.He says a resident staying near Ottery

Road had left her front door slightly openwhile answering the phone. She was dis-cussing the details of a package her daugh-ter was going to have picked up at thehouse.“Not long after she put the phone down

a young girl in year 20s came to the doorand said she was there to collect the pack-age. The woman invited the girl in.”He says she asked the home owner for tap

water. While the home owner was gettingthe water, Venter says the girl had enoughtime to look around.“She asked for a R100, which the home

owner assumed was for picking up thepackage, and then left,” says Venter.The home owner later found her purse

was gone.She called her daughter and discovered

no one had been sent to collect the package.“Weareurging residents to askquestions

and not just assume people are who theyclaim to be. We have also noticed increasein laptops being stolen from homes and askresidents to not leave their possessions lay-ing where it can be seen,” says Venter.He says police believe “their is a market

for these electronics and are working withcustoms, postman and courier services togather more information”.

Nabbed for foreign coinsTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

IN ONE WEEK they’ve seen three sus-pects caught and sentenced – provingWynberg police mean what they say to“zero tolerance” for crime.A Constantia resident, who wishes to

remain unnamed, had left his slidingdoor open to let his dogs out. The manlater fell asleep.“I was lying on the couch andwoke up

when I heard a noise. I looked up andsaw a man standing there. He ran awayas soon as he sawme,” says the resident.While he had only seen one suspect,

the man later discovered three men hadbeen involved in the break-in.“I notified ADT, who were here in five

minutes,” he says. “The police arrivedhere six minutes after my call.”The incident occurred at 04:30 on Fri-

day 12 April.Captain Andre Venter, spokesperson

for Wynberg Police Station, says thethree men, allegedly on foot fromMitch-ell’s Plain, jumped the wall and enteredthe property.“The owner saw him,” says Venter,

adding the suspect fled the scene with awallet, handbag and some other person-al items.He says police patrolling the neigh-

bourhood stopped three men who werewalking in the area.One of the men matched the descrip-

tion of the suspect.Venter says the men had on their per-

son coins from Indonesia andSingapore.Among the personal effects the home-

owner had reported missing were coinsfrom Indonesia, which they had broughtback from a recent trip.The resident says: “The coins played

a big role in the arrest of these men. Wehad returned on Friday 29 March froma trip overseas. I didn’t even realisethere was still change.”TheodoreDaniels, Carlo Levendal and

Moegamat Rafiek Simons appeared inthe Wynberg Magistrate’s Court lastMonday.They pleaded guilty to charges of

house break-in and theft.They were each sentenced to 18

months imprisonment.Venter says: “Fingerprintswere taken

to see if they are wanted for any otheroffences.”He adds: “This was a great success for

all involved on this case and should bea warning to criminals that we will nottake crime lightly.”The resident echoes this view.“I don’t think it can get much better

than this,” says the resident.He adds: “Caught within two hours

(and) tried and convicted within sevendays. I think this proves our police andsecurity in the area are doing theirjobs.”

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Bus strikecontinuesTARREN­LEE HABELGAARN

THERE are mixed reviews from Wyn-berg residents as the bus strike leavescommuters frustrated.

The strike, which began on Friday, wascalled after unions and bus companiesfailed to reachanagreement during the bar-gaining stage of wage increase negotia-tions.AshleyWatson, ofWynberg, sayshe is an-

gry about the strike because “once againcommuters are suffering the most”.“When the bus isn’t working I can’t rely

on the trains because they are always late.Now I am forced to make use of the taxiswhich means I need to get up earlier dueto my three taxi changes,” says Watson.Another resident, TimothyArendse, says

he is smiling all the way.“I don’t make use of public transport, so

it does not affect me directly,” saysArendse.He adds: “I am, however, happy about the

fact that Iwill be able to drive throughMainRoad for a few dayswithout swearing at thetraffic (congestion) caused by buses stop-ping everywhere.”Companies have offered a 6.5% wage in-

crease, but unions are demanding an 18%wage increase, with a minimum salary ofR8000 across employee categories, a hous-ing allowance ofR1800 amonth, 90 days sickleave and additional contributions to medi-cal aid and retirement funding.Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) em-

ployees are participating in the strike,which means all Gabs services have beensuspended until an agreement is reached.The nationwide strike sees members of theSA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union(Satawu) and the Transport and OmnibusWorkersUnion (Towu) takingpart in the in-dustrial strike action.Gabs says in a press release: “These ex-

cessive and unrealistic demands are waybeyond the means of the road passengercommuter sector, which has managed an

average income growth of5%a year over the past fouryears and which expectsrevenues to increase byaround 5% for the periodApril 2013 to March 2014.”Satawu spokesperson

Vincent Masoga reportedlysaid: “We have demandedan 18% wage increase andthe employers offered only6.5%. Those two (figures)are too far apart.”Taxi driver Joseph Ju-

lius says he won’t mindhaving towork a little hard-er this week.“It’s always a happy day

for taxi drivers when thebuses go on strike. A littlemore work, but it is allworth it,” jokes Julius.Megan Philander, also a

resident, says although it isa big inconvenience she un-derstands the need for thestrike. “All the prices areincreasing, but not our sal-aries. I myself have beenpart of many wage increasestrikes,” says Philander.

CEASED: Two general workers, not part of the industrial strikeaction, peep through the windows of stationary bus at thePhilippi Golden Arrow bus depot on Friday morning.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERGTuesday, 23 April 20136 NEWS

Call for VendorsCall for VendorsThe City of Cape Town is once again staging

the Cape Town Summer Market at theCompany’s Garden.

Prospective vendors are invited to apply for a stallin the following categories:

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Preference will be given to locally produced goods.Please Call: 083 899 7312 or email:vendorsct@adelelucas.co.za

for an application formEvent dates: 14 to 30 December 2013

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Closing date for completed applications:17th May 2013

Stickers will help you to be a BuddyTHE League of the Friends of theBlind (Lofob) will soon embark onits annual Blind Buddy Day cam-paign, which aims to help parentsof visually impaired children.A Lofob spokesperson says these

parents often believe “all hope islost”. But a monthly support pro-gramme,which forms part of the or-ganisation’s early childhood devel-

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and children who are mainly re-ferred from state hospitals.

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DAGGA LEGALISATION: SMOKERS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD

For the legal love of weedTAMMY PETERSEN

HUNDREDS of people from across thecity are expected to take to the streetsnext week to promote “solidarity”

among dagga users.Organised by the National Organisation

for the Reform of Matekwane Laws in SouthAfrica,NORMLZAand Iqela Lentsango: TheDagga Party of South Africa, the Cape TownGlobal Cannabis March on Saturday 4 Maywill be attended by those who support thelegalisation of the plant as an “economic re-source for public benefit”.JeremyActon, the leader of theDaggaPar-

ty which is registered for the 2014 nationalelections, says participants will be celebrat-ing their diversity, unity andmutual respectfor each other and the herb.The party’s newsletter, The Daggablad,

says dagga was one of the many traditionalsmokes used by Africans before the adventof the Dutch and British empires.It was also a source of fibres and the seeds

were a valuable source of human nutrition.Dagga was first outlawed in South Africa

in 1911.“If one views the police’s dagga prosecu-

tion statistics, it is clear that dagga use isa very common practice and should be re-garded as a legitimate historical culturalpractice among citizens which should be re-spected by narcotics laws and by the Bill ofRights of our Constitution,” the newsletterreads.“Dagga law enforcement costs South Afri-

ca millions of rands to imprison otherwiselaw-abiding and economically active people.The legalisation of daggawould allow the po-lice to have their workload lightened, allow-ing them to deal with real crimes that havereal victims, such as theft, murder, assaultand fraud.”Acton says it is important that legislation

legalises dagga and that this is “carefullycrafted to maximise the benefits and mini-mise any harms and its control by a ‘daggaelite’”.“The benefits go far beyond merely allow-

ing adults freedom of choice to smoke or in-gest weed, which is medically beneficial toall users of the plant,” he says.“Legalisation would allow all poor citi-

zens to become producers of resources andpoverty will thus be greatly alleviated.”

States in the USwheremedical marijuanahas been legalised have also seen reductionsin traffic accidents, road fatalities, drunkdriving arrests, violent and domesticcrimes, hard drug use and the suicide ratein young men, he adds.But not all are in favour of dagga being le-

galised.Mercia Samuelson cannot stomach the

sweet smell of dagga smoke, describing it as“a poison crippling the youth”.She blames dagga for starting the down-

ward spiral of her only son’s obsession withchasing “temporary highs”.Shaundiedof aheroinoverdose fouryears

ago shortly before his 21st birthday.“He started smoking dagga with his

friends when he was 16,” she recalls.“Despite my nagging, he didn’t consider

his habit serious because everyone was do-ing it.”Over time, she noticed gradual changes in

his personality. “Shaun went from being apleasant, clever child to a paranoid personconvinced the world was out to get him. Hedropped out of school the next year andwalked around in a semi-conscious state,staring at theworld through dead, bloodshoteyes.”One night he didn’t come home.“He was gone for two months,” Mercia

says. “Then one day, out of the blue, he wasback. But the boy who returned wasn’t myShaun. He was a half-crazy, drug-addictedmonster.”At 18, her once talkative, intelligent son

had turned into an unstable, aggressivethief. “I watched the life in him die. I prayedfor him, no matter how many times he stolefrom my house, attacked me or ran away.But the day he died,” she says, “all I felt wasrelief.”Mercia believes dagga served as a gateway

drug for her child’s battle with addiction. “Itstarts small, but escalates into an uncontrol-lable itch which needs something strongerto be scratched. Whenever I get a whiff ofthat sickening substance in the air, I wonderwhether the person puffing on that jointknows he is slowly destroying his life.”Dr Ellapen Rapiti, a general practitioner

and drug counsellor, says contrary to popu-lar arguments of dagga being a natural sub-stance and not harmful to the user, researchhas proven the drug indeed has a negative

impact on the body, specifically the brain.“It has been found to slow down reflexes

and response time, it increases the heartrate and puts users at greater risk of lungdisease,” he explains.“Mentally, it affects the IQ and concentra-

tion levels of adolescents, leads to psychosisand makes people with a family history ofmental illness more susceptible to schizo-phrenia.”Rapiti is adamant the negative side-effects

outweigh the good, relaxing euphoria smok-ers get after a joint.He agrees that dagga is a gateway drug,

basing this on research he has done in poor-er areas where 99% of drug addicts admittedto first using dagga.“Despite this, I do feel it shouldbedecrimi-

nalised,” Rapiti says. “It is a phenomenonwhich clearly cannot be policed. These re-sources, of which there already is a short-age, should rather be used to fight seriouscrimes in our communities.”Amore effective use ofmoney spent on po-

licing is education. “Let people know whatthey are doing so they canmake an informedchoice. Promote information to the ill effectsof this substance so that it can lead to itseradication from our society.”In itsmost recent report, theAnti-DrugAl-

liance South Africa (Adasa) in its annualsurvey on drug addiction in the countryfound that dagga was most people’s drug ofchoice.More than 35 000 respondents participated

in an online poll last year. The report findsthat the use of dagga has increased by 11%and the use of nyope, which is a mixture ofdagga and cheap heroin, rose by 8.46%.While the analysis found the use of drugs

is evident across age groups, most userswere found to be between 22 and 35 years old.Puffing on a perfectly rolled joint, Evan

Reed savours the effect of the “natural herb”which has split society’s opinions of drugsfor years. Reed has been smoking about 12joints “like cigarettes” every day for the past16 years.The father of two argues that not everyone

who smokes weed experience behaviouralproblemsor goes on to chase a strongerhigh.“I am 34 and have never even tried any

[other] drugs,” he says.“Smoking has never caused me to become

violent or turn to crime.Don’t blame the sub-

stance, blame the smoker.”He lights his first joint when he wakes up

at 05:30 and his last before going to bed.“What I smoke doesn’t affect how I act. I

am a father of two, have been married for10 years and have been a loyal employee atan electrical company for 15 years. I couldbe anyone, and the only difference betweenme and anyone else is I enjoy relaxing witha joint.”He respects not everyone feels the same

about the substance, but counters that hehas no qualms with people who choose todrink despite him despising alcohol.“Society’s views and prejudices of dagga

smokers need to shifted so that the authori-ties can realise they have unnecessarilycriminalised something that will never bestamped out of civilisation,” he says.“Police should have bigger fish to fry in-

stead of trying to clamp down on peace-lov-ing followers of the dagga culture.”V Protesters will meet at the corner of Keizersgrachtand Chapel streets, Cape Town at 10:00 on Saturday4 May for a “Festive Walk” through the city streets.

ONE LOVE: People came out in their numbersat last year’s Cape Town Global CannabisMarch, and even more feet are expected totake to the streets next week.

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THEREmaybeawhole lot of love, butnomarriage forSouthAfricans who have fallen in love with foreigners.If a South African-foreign couple are planning wedded

bliss, they had better know their partner well.In an attempt to curb fraud, the Department of Home Af-

fairs has reportedly introduced new rules for foreign cou-ples wanting to wed in SA.Lunga Ngqengelele, spokesperson for Home Affairs Min-

ister Naledi Pandor, says in the five years to January 2012there have been 8 883 fraudulent marriages or marriagesof convenience. Home Affairs will be introducing a systemin which couples will be interviewed by immigration offic-ers. Theywill want to knowhow long the foreigner has beenin the country and if they have a valid permit.These requirements have, to date, not prevented a couple

from getting married, Ngqengelele said.The new rules would not apply in cases where both are

foreigners.Foreigners wishing to marry in SA would have to have

valid passports and a permit.In turn, the couple would be issued an abridgedmarriage

certificate, with which they would register their marriagein their country of origin, says Home Affairs.Marriage officers and wedding coordinators have report-

edly been up in arms as, they say, many foreigners werenot prepared to tie the knot here any longer.However, in a country that may be considered a mecca

for refugees, asylum seekers and immigrant foreign nation-als, many may say the action by Home Affairs is long over-due. Many South African women have discovered they are“married” to foreigners they’ve never even met.These women have had to endure the legal roller coaster

that comeswith having to undo the legal wrangle as a resultof these illegal unions. This plan by Home Affairs to throwa spanner in the works of deviants who see South Africaas a land of opportunity and misappropriation should beput into action with haste.

Need land to work with disabledDID you see the child who crawled to themounting ramp from the bus as he only hadstumps, instead of legs, and was so anxiousto mount his pony and start riding hecouldn’t wait for someone to help him there?Did you notice that child’s expression

change from one of fear when he first sat onhis pony to one of pure joy and ecstasy, asthe pony walked his first few steps?Did you experience his elation of being

able to move without having to use legs thatdidn’t exist?Did you see his smile as he looked down

upon others for the first time in his life in-stead of always looking up from a wheel-chair?Did you notice those spasticmuscles relax

with the movement of the pony releasingtension in every part of his body?Did you hear him laugh loudly as his pony

carried him faster when he broke into a trotfor the first time?And did you see the light in that autistic

child’s eyes as he felt the warmth, pure ac-ceptance and love transmitted to him fromhis pony?Did you notice the close bond that was

forming between him and his pony, a bond

so close, one which he had never experi-enced before?Did you hear his mother cry as her child

spoke for the first time in his life whilespeaking to his pony?These are the things we, as volunteers at

SA Riding for Disabled (Sarda), experience,see, hear and notice every day. Up until nowthat is.Our land in Constantia is about to be allo-

cated to other people in terms of Land Resti-tution.Without this land and infrastructure we

cannot continue to house our equine thera-pists. We are merely facilitators in this veryvaluablework, so retaining our land and sta-bles is vital for Sarda.We appeal to you, the people of Cape Town

and to our government, to help us in retain-ing our land thereby enabling us to continueto help many children with handicaps expe-rience the therapy offered at Sarda, the free-dom of movement without physical restric-tions and the unconditional love and accept-ance of the ponies and volunteers alike.To find out more about us or to offer help,

please contact our office (021) 794 4393.Carol de Gendt, Sarda

Collecting dirt iscouncil’s responsibilityIT WILL be a wonderful day when the Cityof Cape Town takes full responsibility forservice delivery in our beautiful city(“Dumping causes a big stink, says cop”,People’s Post, 16 April).Ratepayers suffer annually with massive

rates increases. The service deliveries neverincrease, but, at times, decrease.The bulk of the annual budget is spent on

salaries, which includes perks like trans-port and petrol allowances and the corruptsystem of performance bonuses.We used to have three days of refuse re-

movals and two days for street cleaning aweek. Now refuse is removed once a weekwithno street cleaning.Wewaste ourmoneyon phone calls and beg the council to haveour streets cleaned (by contract staff whoare paid a minimal salary).The drains are not cleaned and are

blocked, resulting in flooding when we haveheavy showers. Extra bags put out next toour bins on the day of removal are not re-moved by order of the City of Cape Town.According to (Mayco member for Utility

Services) Mr (Ernest) Sonnenberg, we musttake all additional dirt to the drop-off facili-ties. He is most privileged to have transportto take his additional dirt to the facilities,but I think he is ignorant to the fact that themajority of people do not possess a vehicle.I suggest the City arrange for an extra re-

moval a week to remove any additional dirt.Where there is a skip, this must be removedas soon as it is full and not on arrangedweeks. This causes the skip to overflow.It is the duty of theward councillor to visit

his/her ward regularly instead of attendingmeetings. They are reprimanded for not at-tendingmeetings, but are they reprimandedwhen there is non-delivery of services intheir ward? Most of them are only visible atelection time.I know the City will state that they do not

have the funds to increase the additional de-livery of services.My suggestion is that theystart by cutting their top heavy staff comple-ment, increase the workers in categories T1to T9 and scrap the corrupt system of per-formance bonuses, which is the cause ofmassive demotivation among the staff. Thisencourages the culture of non-performancethat leads to lack of service delivery.George Wyngaard, Wynberg

A right to workWE ALL want to be happy and content inour lives.As long aswehave employment, food , and

our children and friends are alright, we arehappy. We count our blessings and thankGod for the food on the table.We have all these blessings and peace of

mind, yet we deny others those same bless-ings.We complain when businesses offer em-

ployment or an income to the unemployed.We complain when people (who are) not inour class walk through our neighbour-hoods, but those people have the right to gowhere they want.We complain and demand that trolleys be

removed from those people. We are so busydoing everything in our power to deny oth-ers a space (to be) content, that we do notsee into the future and the result of ournega-tive actions.Years ago the jackals in south-western

America were regarded as a pest. Amassiveweekend hunt was arranged and resulted inthe killing of hundreds of these jackals.A few weeks later a more terrible plague

hit the south-west: the rat and mice popula-tion exploded.This population was once controlled by

the jackals and caused major problems, farworse than the jackal population.When considering the possible future of

our actions, some trolley pushers are goingto look for other source of income throughtheft.We are going to have beggars increasing

at such a rate that we will be too scared toopenour gates anddoors. Loitering, becausetheir legal source of income of collecting introlleys was removed, will become a prob-lem.There will be more unemployment be-

cause of the businesses we closed. This willlead to various forms of crime and we – whohave not allowed others to live and let live– will become crime statistics.Keith Blake, Ottery

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PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERGTuesday, 23 April 2013 LETTERS 9

Your SMSesSadtu work-to-rule

. We have a right to voice our dissatis-faction, otherwise we would be lying tothe children we teach. If something isnot right, people must know. No one hasto be disadvantaged by the system for thegood of our country. Educator

. I think, just like other workers,teachers have a right to strike. If govern-ment pays teachers a salary they de-serve, there will be no need to strike.Teaching is hard work, even if it lookseasy! Sa-eeda HendricksBluebells FC suspension. The guys at CDLFA are a lot of pup-

pets. Mr Cloete is a guy for soccer.Shame, what about the kids?

. What is this about CDLFA, Safa andFifa? Let the Bluebells kids play, IvanWilliams. Mr Cloete, you love these kidsand we know you are a kind person.Take your big club and join SPLFA. You(are) such a good guy to have around soc-cer.

. I think the Bluebells chairperson isa big baby, always complaining whenthings don’t go his way. This isn’t the on-ly thing he has complained about. He

wants to be in charge of everything. Giveothers a chance too!

. I know Bluebells FC and played forthem for a number of years. In my opin-ion the administrators of the club areselfish and trying to push their ownagenda. As a result the players must suf-fer. It’s not about tenders and all thisnonsense, (but) about football and keep-ing the youngsters occupied and fit. TheVoice

. Bluebells FC are only concernedabout money issues, the café and theMardi Gras. They have no concern aboutsoccer and didn’t win a single trophy atCape District LFA awards last year.General. It is shocking and sad that teens

would deliberately harm their unbornbabies just to get the pittance that grantmoney pays. I can’t believe any womancan be so stupid and inconsiderate, evenin today’s age! TVA

. News can be done in half an hour.All this small talk just to give us less TVtime. Another show has been takenaway for news.

Whose idea is this and what are theysmoking?

Over and over the same story! Give usdecent shows! Definitely not worth pay-ing for a TV Licence. VGA

Right to object to noiseTO THE “dog lover” (“Dogs do bark”, Peo-ple’s Post, 9 April), what you fail to under-stand is “peace”.

Your neighbours have the right to live inpeace. This means no-one has the right toinfringe or intrude on their peace.

Should you do mechanical repairs, use agrinder or your dogs bark it will infringeon the right to their peace. Therefore, thisneighbour has the right to object to this“noise”.

Respect your neighbours. Do so by not be-ing a disturbance or nuisance to them.

Two of my neighbours have regular par-ties with excessively loud music until 4:00(and) with no consideration towards us.

One of my neighbours has two big dogswho bark during day and at whomever vis-its my property.

One of my neighbours attacked my prop-erty simply because I asked them to lowertheir excessively loud music.

My property is now on the market.Be considerate towards your neighbours

and there will be peace!Bevin Petersen, Email

PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERGTuesday, 23 April 201310 GENERAL

The cumulative effect of thousands of individual development actions may have an impacton the public domain and change the way the city is structured over time. The City ofCape Town has formulated a draft Urban Design Policy to help guide how development isconceived. The aim of the draft policy is to ensure that we continue to build a city that iseconomically prosperous, environmentally sustainable and a place where people choose tolive, work and invest.

The City of Cape Town invites you to comment on the draft Urban Design Policy. The policywill be available from 1 to 31 May 2013 at www.planning.capetown.gov.za (click on the“have your say” tab) and at all subcouncil offices, libraries and district planning offices.

Written comments (for the attention of Cedric Daniels) can be submitted in thefollowing ways:

• By post: City of Cape Town, PO Box 4511, Cape Town 8000• By fax: 021 421 6209• By e-mail: Future.capetown@capetown.gov.za

The closing date for public comment is Friday 31 May 2013.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER72/2013

HAVE YOUR SAY!URBAN DESIGN POLICY

Duty callsSOUTH AFRICAN soldiers,

deployed in the Central Afri-can Republic (CAR) as part

of an SA National Defence Union(Sandu) peace agreement, sus-tained heavy losses when 13 werekilled. Intern Nadine Moodiepolled People’s Post readers onwhether SA should send itstroops on peace-keeping missionsor if they should assist in fightingcrime at home.V What is your feeling on the army beingdeployed to assist other countries. SMSyour views to 32516.

DOAN BRINK comes from a military family.“It’s absurd that our soldiers have to defendother nations. That’s the United Nations’ job.The UN also has soldiers.” PHOTOS: NADINE MOODIE

MELISSA HAYNS believes the crime situationneeds attention. “Our soldiers should bedeployed to protect citizens at home beforegoing out to help other countries.”

FORBES RIUSWA says crime is too high andthe soldiers’ responsibility should be to thiscountry and not other countries. “Our soldiersshould be combating crime in South Africa.”

PATRICK ABNER believes crime in South Africais at its worst. “South Africa has its owncrime. There’s no need for our soldiers to befighting in other countries.”

JEANNIE PRETORIUS doesn’t understand whythe SANDF deploys the military to other partsof the world. “Our soldiers should be here.They need to assist with the crime.”

CARLO KOOPMAN doesn’t agree that theSANDF should assist other nations with theirinternal wars. “I just don’t like the idea of oursoldiers there. It doesn’t make sense.”

WELLINGTON DONGO knows it is a require­ment for soldiers to be deployed to othercountries. “But they need to serve and solvethe problems in South Africa first.”

Pupils flex their entrepreneurial muscleTHRONGS of visitors are expected to con-verge on the Rachel’s Angels Market Daywhen entrepreneurs from 20 schools willshowcase their talents.

The bi-annual event will be held on Free-dom Day, Saturday 27 April, at StellenzichtSecondary School in Jamestown, Stellen-bosch.

Among the schools participating areGrassdaleHighandSilverstreamSecondaryschools. Grassdale High pupils have beenworking on their concept for the past sixmonths. They will be selling jewellery andtemporary tattoos.

This is the second time Silverstream willbe participating in the event. They will have

a variety of handmade bags on sale.Backed by Media24, Rachel’s Angels is an

empowerment initiative which runs a men-torship programme in association with Stel-lenbosch University. Grade 11 and 12 pupilsare teamed up with senior student mentorsfrom theuniversity andbenefit fromregularinteraction with students, visits to campusand workshops.

With this year’s themeColourMeFree, theRachel’s Angels Market Day highlights theresults of their business plans and demon-strate the power of unity from diversity.

The event has a colourful, festive vibe,with young entrepreneurs demonstratingtheir newly-gained skills by offering, among

others, handmade arts and crafts, jewellery,body art, clothing and notepads, recipebooks and phone pouches.

Artists Jimmy Nevis, Tribal Echo, Black-kurrant, SA’s Got Talent’s Limited Editionand hip-hop group Black Noise will be tak-ing the stage.

Stellenzicht Secondary’s award-winningjazz band Cappuccino, freshly-discoveredtalent from the Stellenbosch Talent360 com-petition JillianWilliams, and cultural dance

group Siyaphambili will also perform.There will also be jumping castles, face

painting, a tug-of-war competition, and a Mrand Miss Rachel’s Angels pageant. Fundsraised will support schools in the WesternCape and a Stellenbosch NGO.

Adults pay R10 and pupils R5 to enter. Ac-companied children under six years enterfree.

Contact Sheyaam Hill on (021) 914 2821 formore details.

BELTING IT OUT: Pupils from Sarepta Senior Secondary School at their stall. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

DRUMMING SUPPORT: Limited Edition Drum Corps, from Manenberg, display their skills. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERGTuesday, 23 April 201312 PHOTOS

An artyAn artynight outnight outGENESIS, the first solo exhibi-tion of artistRyanHewett, openedat the Barnard Gallery in New-lands recently.The opening night had art lov-

ers of Cape Town flocking to theevent, which runs until Thursday16 May. The guest speaker wasHewett’s long-time friend MichalKorycki.

GREAT TIME: Thomas (left) and Chris Rebok.PHOTOS: GARY STEMMET

LAUGHS APLENTY: Adolfo Linares (left) andCristiana Bosini.

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ART LOVERS: Isabel Reina (left) and BereniceMeltz.

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ENJOYING: Robin Riesenberg (left) and LindaBrown.

ALL SMILES: From left are Ryan and Shaleen Hewett, ChristiaanBarnard and Alastair Whitton.

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Together with musician Li-onel Bastos, she will perform aselection of tracks from her newalbum at the Wendy Oldfield Un-plugged Supernova Tour.

But fans will also hear favour-ites from her repertoire, includ-ingAcidRain,Legalise,HolyWa-ter and Pale Blue Dot.Supernova is a collection of

songs inspired by Oldfield’s per-sonal journey – including hermove to Wilderness, the break-up with longstanding partner and father ofher children, and continues with her life toits present day.

Friend and co-musician Robin Auld pro-duced Supernova in South Africa and did themix in the UK.

Oldfield first made a name forherself on radio performing thehit This Boy with rock outfitThe Sweatband in the early ’80s.After much success with songslikeTonight, Shape of Her Body,This Boy and years of touringand performing, she left thegroup to start her solo career.

She is currently working ondance remixes with some of thecountry’s talented DJ produc-ers.

Catch Oldfield at Red GalleryRestaurant, Steenberg Centre,Reddam Avenue, Steenberg onFriday 26 April from 19:30. Cov-er charge is R80.

She will also perform at the Monkey ValleyResort, 1 Mountain Road in Noordhoek onSunday 28 April.V Win! Five People’s Post readers can win a copy ofthe CD Supernova. Enter online at www.peoples­post.co.za.

SHE’S BACK: WendyOldfield. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

JOKES ASIDE: Jokers Comedy Club willkick­off the winter comedy season withthe annual Jokers’ Champs at The Loungein Lower Main Road, Observatory, Friday 26April at 20:30. The coveted first placewinner will win a five­minute open micspot at Jou Ma Se Comedy Club. Thecontestants will be Christopher Houlie, WilSpogter, Kenwyn Davids, Bradford Keen,Westley Cockrel, Stuart Carins, YaseenBarnes, Ntlantla Majola, Wynand Greyven­stein and Shaun Jejane. The evening willbe hosted by 2012 winner Nelson DeGouveia (pictured) and headlined byIrshaad Mohammed. Admission is R30. Forfurther details Melody Shevlane on0 078 246 5664. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Get yourcousin atthe BaxterSOUTH AFRICA’S favourite cousin,Barry Hilton, will take to the Baxter’sstage in Barry Hilton B.E.E. – Best ofEverything Ever on Friday 26 and Satur-day 27 April.

The world-renowned comedian willagain entertain with his hilarious anec-dotes and side-splitting interpretationsof daily events.

The show will include of Hilton’s cur-rent work, as well as some audience fa-vourites which spans across his 30years on stage. Steering clear of politi-cal satire, swearing, explicit contentand blasphemy, his fan base continuesto grow.Barry Hilton B.E.E. – Best of Every-

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PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERGTuesday, 23 April 2013 SPORT 15

LIAM MOSES

NEWLY appointed UCT headcoach Hanyani Shimange haspromised to retain the club’s

traditional style of running rugbyin this year’s Super League A.

Shimange, a former Ikey himself,was appointed as head coach in theApril after his predecessor KevinFoote joined Australian Super Rug-by outfit the Western Force.

“Our first point of call is to playa running game. That’s what weare known for and that, certainly,won’t stop. There may, however, beone or two tweaks here and there,”he says.

“Generally, the essence of theteam will stay the same.”

Shimange has been involvedwith the club for around sixmonths, assisting Foote as UCT’sdefence coach.

The former Stormers and Spring-bok hooker has already lead the

Ikey Tigers to two victories thisseason, against Super League Anewcomers Bellville and Helder-berg, winning 28-21 and 34-8 respec-tively.

But the students face a tougherprospect when they travel to faceDurbanville-Bellville, last year’srunners up, on tomorrow evening(Wednesday).

Shimange has avoided settingany lofty goals for the season as yet,and says he aims to take the season“game by game”, deal with the diffi-culties of coaching students andmanage the challenges presentedby the Super League A.

“Maybe a lot of these guys ha-ven’t played league rugby yet – thatmay be one of the challenges. Theydon’t have the experience of play-ing against the older, tougherguys,” says Shimange.

“There is a difference betweenplaying Super League rugby andplaying in the Varsity Cup – there

isn’t as much glamour,” says Shi-mange.

“The Varsity Cup is televised andthere are a lot of people.

In the Super League you may beplaying against the reserves withonly a couple of people watch-ing.But at the same time, the cul-ture we have created defines itself.No matter who we are playing, youare still representing 20 000 stu-dents and a lot of old boys.”

He adds that his players may findtheir Super League opponents big-ger and older, and the rugby “a lotmore physical” than the expansive,running game popular in VarsityCup.

“To compare the two is difficult.Playing the games away at 21:00 ona Friday night presents its ownchallenges.”

UCT will face Durb-Bell awayfrom home tomorrow (Wednesday)and travel to Tygerberg on Satur-day 27 April.

Shimmi trains Tigers to run the ball

TRAINING TIGERS:Former Stormers andSpringbok hookerHanyani Shimangewas recently appoint­ed as head coach ofthe UCT rugby team.PHOTO: LIAM MOSES

Primrose pile up the points at VillagerLIAM MOSES

PRIMROSE RFC have boosted their SuperLeague B title credentials thrashing neigh-bours Villager on Saturday, to claim theirthird consecutive victory.

The Kenilworth side ran in seven tries atBrookside without conceding a single pointto win the match 53-0 and usurp the top spoton the league table.

Herman Masimla, Primrose head coach,says his team is not looking much furtherthan their next fixture, but admitted promo-tion is the team’s ultimate goal.

“If I say our attempt this year is to win eve-ry game, then obviously we would like towin the league,” he says.

“I believe, with the structures and hardwork that is being put in place, Primrosesurely should be in the Super League A (nextseason). That is our endeavour, that iswhere we want to go and that’s why we aregoing to take it team by team and game bygame.”

Primrose started their season with a 20-3victory at home against Brackenfell RFCand then built on the performance with 32-7win away at Goodwood RFC.

The three victories mean they lead a re-surgent False Bay RFC on points difference

alone, after the Constantia side beat Kuil-sriver RFC 22-16.

Primrose and False Bay are now the onlysides with a 100 % winning record, and thesouthern suburbs neighbours could findthemselves major rivals for the league title.

The visitors were virtually unstoppableagainst Villager and seldom erred in any as-pect of their play. While Villager were guiltyof several unforced errors, they failed tostick their first-time tackles and conceded atleast five penalties at the breakdown.

Masimla says his side went into the en-counter with the simple, structured ap-proach of sucking in the Villager defenderswith their forwards and allowing the backsto take advantage of the momentum and su-perior numbers.

“We have a very good defensive record. It’sour third game and only 10 points have beenconceded, and we have scored about 100points,” says Masimla.

“We are spending a lot of time on defencealso, so things are really working out. To bea quality side you have to be strong in allthe departments and that is why we workand focus on hard on defence, as well as ourattacking capabilities. We have also spentheavy hours on fitness.”

Primrose will host Hands and Heart on

Saturday in one of only two games beingplayed in the league over the weekend.

Villager have a bye to lick their wounds,before travelling to Goodwood on Saturday4 May.

. Meanwhile, in the Super League A,Hamiltons suffered a 29-7 loss away to Mat-ies, SK Walmers lost 7-0 at home to Tyger-berg and UCT beat Helderberg 34-8 in theStrand.

SPEED MERCHANT: Primrose RFC winger Tauriq Davids heads for the tryline as Villager RFCplayer Ryan Massyn attempts to stop him. Davids’ try, one of six Primrose scored in the game,helped his side to a 53­0 victory. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

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SOCCER: BLUEBELLS MAY PLAY SOON

Plan to end stand­offLIAM MOSES

THE Cape District Local Football Associa-tion (CDLFA) has entered into negotiationswith one of its clubs in hopes of ending an18-month legal battle.

Bluebells AFC, an amateur club fromWynberg, won an R81 000 lawsuit againstCDLFA inDecember, butwere subsequentlysuspended indefinitely from all football inFebruary for breaching the organisation’sconstitution by taking them to court.

Despite the victory, the organisation hasnot paid themoney and previously stated itsintention to appeal the decision.

However, the LFA’s senior vice presidentIvan Williams says the organisation willnow assemble for a special general meetingin hopes of settling the matter out of courtand allowing Bluebells to play footballagain. The meeting will be held tomorrow(Wednesday).

“We sent a committee to Bluebells to lookat how we could resolve this matter, so thatthey can play football again. The committeeneeds to report back to a special generalmeeting on Wednesday 24 April. We are go-ing to look at Bluebells’ proposal and see ifit’s acceptable to Cape District.”

Williams adds that the club has “made afew requests” which the CDLFAwill need tofulfil if Bluebells are to withdraw the casefrom court. However, he did not want to ex-

pand on the requests.Rashied Cloete, president of Bluebells, al-

so refused to list the requests, but describedthe meeting with the committee as an “opendiscussion”.

“The club will be happy if the agreementis actually ratified. We are trying to find asolution for both parties and that is embod-ied in the agreement,” says Cloete.

“It was an acceptable agreement. There isgive and take in any agreement. They haveto give and we have to give, and eventuallyyou find amiddle road. That’s theway agree-ments are entered into.”

Bluebells sued the CDLFA in September2011 after failing to win a tender to run thetea room and café at the William Herbertsports grounds in 2010, alleging that the ten-der process was flawed.

After finding inBluebells favour, theWyn-berg Magistrate’s Court also served a war-rant of execution against the CDFLA’s prop-erty inFebruaryand the clubwas suspendedtwo days later.

Bluebells failed in their attempts to havethe suspension overturned and hosted a pro-test at William Herbert sports grounds onSaturday 13 April (“Legal clash at Cape Dis-trict”, People’s Post, 16 April). The club wasthen banned from entering the premises bythe Municipal Field Management Commit-tee.

The LFA’s executive committee met with

the delegation that engaged with Bluebellson Sunday, to discuss the requests ahead ofthe special general meeting.

Williams says the LFA is “committed” toresolving the problem and getting Bluebellsback on the pitch as soon as possible.

NECK HIGH: Ferlin Fers of Paarl Boys’ High is tackled by Bishops’ Mervano da Silva during an under­19 match atBishops on Saturday 20 April. Paarl Boys’ won the game 22­18. PHOTO: PETER HEEGER/GALLO IMAGES

SLIPPING THROUGH: Primrose RFC player Henry Wolhuter iscaught by Villager RFC head coach and former Western Provincelock Rito Hlungwane during a Super League B game in Claremonton Saturday. Primrose were 53­0 victors. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS