Page 4 People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland GENERAL Tuesday 4 October 2011

Vito fires his way into record booksASIMPLE South African

pastime got a braai-hardlocal into the record books andnabbed him the accolade of thelongest braai when he tamedhot coals for 32 hours straighton Heritage Day.

Vito Polera, a representative ofFruit and Veg City, fired his wayinto history when he beat previ-ous record holder Jan Braai’s 28-and-a-half hour stint by almostfour hours at the Food Lover’sMarket in Willowbridge.

The record setting attempt wasa Fruit and Veg City initiative.

Says Polera: “It was not as hardas I thought it would be, becausethe weather was good, and manylocals popped in to spur me on.”

He adds that the victory is morespecial as it was done on HeritageDay.

“There’s nothing like a goodbraai to show how much we havein common as South Africans.”

Brian Coppin, CEO and co-founder of Fruit and Veg City,says the idea was for Fruit andVeg City to show support for theoneday in theyearwhenour com-mon heritage as South Africans iscelebrated around a piece of meaton coals.

“Breaking the record set by JanBraai is about keeping the recordin South Africa – there have beenmany contenders for the titlesince last year, but Fruit and VegCity is the first challenger tobring out an adjudicator fromGuinness World Records to en-sure it’s appropriately verifiedand official.”

In the time it took to set the

record – from Friday23 September at 09:00to Saturday 24 Sep-tember at 17:17 – Vitobraaied 74kg of meat,enough to feed 1 300people through Fruitand Veg City’s corpo-rate social responsi-bility partner, Food-bank.

Through Food-bank, Fruit and VegCity was able to feed1 300 individuals inneed of hot meals onHeritage Day.

The Food Lover’sMarket sold boere-wors rolls and Pepsifor R10 – and the pro-ceeds will go to fiveprimary schools inthe area.

During his record-breaker, Polera onlytook two rest breaks,totalling just 17 min-utes, in 32 hours.

And this GuinnessWorld Record-settingattempt was not with-out strict regulations.Guinness World Record adjudica-tor Tarika Vara flew in from theUK to ensure the strict criteriawere met.

To meet the specified rules, Pol-era needed to have five types ofmeat cookingat all times, andwasnot allowed any assistance, barmoral support from the many on-lookers. Two cameras were re-quired to capture every singleminute of the braai, while timekeepers and auditors from

Deloitte were on hand to auditevery moment of the braai.

Polera’s favourite braai fare is“good old Karoo lamb chops”, andthat there’s nothing better than abraai with friends. “My favouriteplace to braai is in my braai kam-er. South Africa’s idea of havinga braai room is indicative of ourpassion for braai – we’ve deviseda way to ensure that we can braairegardless of the weather, for anyoccasion!”

BRAAI ON: Vito Polera in action. Photo: SuppliedGREEN QUEEN: Western Cape beauty Kim Rivalland (24) from Clare­mont was crowned this year’s Miss Earth South Africa at a glitteringgala dinner honouring South Africa’s “green ambassadors” at Monte­casino in Johannesburg late last month. Yusuf Abramjee, presidentof Lead SA, crowned 24­year­old Rivalland after she worked her wayto the top spot. Seen here, from left: Catherine Constantinides (EarthOrganisation ambassador), Kim Rivalland and Ella Bella (MC at theevent and Earth Organisation ambassador).

DUE to public demand, theSPCA will host another ofits Bag a Bargain Book Saleson Saturday at the SPCA vetshop at 6 Gabriel Road inPlumstead from 08:00 until14:00.

The SPCA will sell bags toshoppers, who can then fillthem up with their favouritetitles from the large selectionon offer. Small bags, whichcan hold around 13 books,will be sold for R50; largerbags, which can hold about 40books, will go for R150 each.A limited number of big bagsis in stock. For more informa-tion contact Natasha on(021) 700-4155/40 or emailawareness@spca-ct.co.za.

Bag yourselfa bargain A roller coaster ride of fun and fellowship

IRMA TITUS

THE YOUTHS of New ApostolicChurch (NAC) branches from aroundthe Cape celebrated Heritage Day withsome serious fun in the sun at the fa-mous South African theme park – Ra-tanga Junction.

More than two hours before thepark’s gates opened, well over 6 000youths and ministers converged out-side its fences. Tickets had been avail-able since August, and were reportedto be completely sold out on the day.

The biggest attraction was the wildroller coaster that everyone knows asthe “Cobra”. Most of the youths had noproblems standing in the long lines –for up to half an hour – to get their fewmoments of adrenalin overload.

The youths were also entertainedwith performances by the park’s resi-dent characters, but the youngstersthemselves owned the stage, as theprogramme mostly showcased talentfrom the various NAC Cape congrega-tions, who came from as far off as Wel-lington and Port Elizabeth.

SPRING SMILES: Seen basking in the sun are, fromleft: Octavia Tango, Jodie Theron and Rudi Phillipsfrom Hanover Park. Photo: Irma Titus

COUNTDOWN: Getting ready to take flight with the Cobraare Joshua Cole and Justin Swartz from Mitchell’s Plain.

IN CHARACTER:Seen with RatangaJunction’s mascot,Murphy the Meerkat,are some of the mem­bers of the NAC’syouth committee,who helped organisethe event. From left,Raiben Scheepers,Gavin van der Hoven,Allister Kriel, OwenPeters and HillyneJonkerman.

DEATH­DEFYING: Virginie Soha andShannon Seleke from Bonteheuwel areseen here shortly after their wild ride onthe Cobra. Photo: Irma Titus

The circusswingsinto townA DAY of “fun andthrills” is promisedwhen the South Afri-can Circus hits Hart-leyvale Stadium in Ob-servatory on Saturday,starting at 19:30.

The live entertain-ment will include tra-peze artists, acrobats,clowns, contortionistsand more. Parking willbe available on Lies-beek Parkway.

Entrance costs R40for adults and R30 forchildren. For furtherinformation, or to bookyour places, call(021) 692- 4287.

EARLY BIRDS:From left: Josh­ua Cole,Milano Lateganand JustinSwarts, all fromMitchell’s Plain,beat most oftheir peers tothe Cobra – theymade a beelinefor it themoment theygot into thepark.

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Weekend crime wrappedTAURIQ HASSEN

OFFICERS from WoodstockPoliceStationwereout in forceover the weekend, arresting 23people and issuing fines to liq-uor outlets and secondhanddealers in the precinct.

The crime prevention opera-tions were launched on Friday at06:00, when the station put out thebiggest police presence ever re-corded in the area, says SergeantHilton Malila, spokesperson forWoodstock Police Station.

The aim of the operation, hesays, was to raise police visibilityin the precinct.

“We had a large number of of-ficers in the precinct, and re-quested that a number of reserv-ists be sent to the precinct to as-sist with the operation.

“We will be having regular op-erations like this,” says Malila.

Officers arrested 23 people forvarious petty crimes, and issuedfines to the value of R7 500 to liq-uor outlets and scrap dealers fornot sticking to the rules laiddownin their licences.

“We shut down one liquor out-let due to their rowdy patrons,

and issued large fines to secondand dealers for not recording theitems bought in,” says Malila.

No serious incidents were re-ported at the station over theweekend.

“We are going to focus on theseoperations throughout the festiveseason in order to keep criminalsout and keep the communitysafe,” Malila adds.

•The Maitland police arresteda “known drug dealer” late lastweek after he tried to evade animpending search.

Officers noticed the man walk-ing along Commercial Road, to-wards Montague Road in Mait-land, after noon on Thursday.

According to Warrant OfficerSiyabulela Vukubi, spokesper-son for the Maitland police, theman spotted the officers anddropped the parcel he was carry-ing – then he attempted to runaway.

“He was apprehended shortlyafterwards and was taken back tothe parcel that he had dropped,”says Vukubi.

The police then had a look in-side the parcel, and discoveredthat it contained three dagga cig-arettes and a bank bag filled with

the drug.A 34-year-old man from Hely

Street in Maitland was arrestedand charged with possession ofdrugs.

The suspect appeared in theCape Town Magistrate’s Court onFriday.

•Two men appeared in courtlast week for their bail applica-tion after they were arrested inconnection with a burglary at ashop in Koeberg Road at around02:30 on Friday 9 September.

They set off the shop’s alarm,and the store manager arrived tosee four men running down theisle inside the store.

“A quick response by policemembers led to the arrest of twoof the suspects”, Vukubi says.

Two of the burglars managed toescape through building’s roof.

Two other men – aged 33 and 31– were arrested in connectionwith the case, however.

Charged with business burgla-ry and theft, the two appeared inCape Town Magistrate’s Court onMonday 12 September.

People’s Post could not estab-lish the outcome of their bail ap-plication at the time of going toprint.

Artscape ups the anteARTSCAPE has boosted the pool ofprize money up for grabs in SouthAfrica’s third largest music con-test, the Artscape National YouthMusic Competition, to more thanR91 000.

Twenty highly talented musi-cians between the ages of 14 and 19years will vie for the prize money

and medals during this year’s pres-tigious event, set to take place from11 to 15 October at the Artscape The-atre Centre in Cape Town.

The young musos were hand-picked from 38 top entrants duringqualifying auditions held acrossthe country. All 20 participants willplay in the first two rounds, and 12

will go through to the third round.The final six contenders will per-form with the Cape PhilharmonicOrchestra at a gala concert on Sat-urday 15 October at the Artscape.All the rounds are open to the pub-lic; entrance is free for the firstthree rounds, and tickets for the fi-nal round cost R100 per person. Pen-sioners, students and scholars payR40. For details contact the Art-scape on (021) 410-9838.

WANTED: The Wood­stock police arelooking for the mandepicted here in con­nection with a rob­bery committed at abusiness situated inQueens Road, SaltRiver, on Friday 9September at around08:00. The man ap­proached a womanat the premises frombehind as she wasopening the doors tothe business. Therobber took out a gunand threatened thewoman, demandingshe hand over all herbelongings. The manthen helped himselfto an undisclosedamount of moneyfrom the petty cashregister, and fled thescene on foot with the woman’s Nokia. Anyone who can shed light on thecrime is asked to contact the investigating officer, Sergeant Eugene Swan­son, at Woodstock Police Station on (021) 486­2863.

THE International Astronauti-cal Congress (IAC) kicked off atthe Cape Town InternationalConvention Centre yesterday(Monday), and will run until Fri-day.

As part of the programme, theIAC is facilitating excitinghands-on experiments for up to300 pupils from 11 differentschools, giving them the oppor-tunity to conduct research asdone by professional scientists.

Visitors between the ages of 13and 18 will also be able to experi-ence space in five different prac-

tical experiments that will in-clude “exploring the mysteriousnature of a vacuum, making theinvisible visible, and going for avirtual walk on Mars”.

And everybody is invited tovisit a presentation by the Ger-man Aerospace Center at the ex-hibition in the IAC in Conven-tion Square, 1 Lower LongStreet, Cape Town for the dura-tion of the event. There will beopportunities for photographyand filming.

For more information emailsabine.goege@dlr.de.

Young minds take off

Page 6 People’s Post Woodstock­Maitland LEADER Tuesday 4 October 2011

Thin blue lineA CAPE TOWN car thief died at the weekend,allegedly at the hands of an SAPS officer inAthlone, addingyet another statistic to the in-creasing rate of police shootings nationally.

While police gave chase, the man drivingthe car failed to stop as instructed, and wasfatally wounded.

The SAPS illustrated a steady increase inthe number of public claims for shootings bypolice in a report released last week.

Based on figures for the year ending March2010, these claims increased nationally fromR426 million to R526 million. Claims for po-lice assault reportedly increased fromR380 million to R506 million. While nationalPolice commissioner Bheki Cele says not allsuch claims are substantiated, the sharp in-crease remains a worrying indicator.

Intimidation and unwarranted violence bypolice in many communities are serious real-ities. Some don’t recognise the SAPS as a po-lice service, but rather a militaristic groupwielding almost absolute state-bestowed pow-er. While allegations of corruption within theranks remain rife, police remain at logger-heads with residents.

Some suggest the trouble is only worsenedby a lack of training and quality recruitment.But is the root of the problem inherited froma society in which the vast majority of thepopulace feared and loathed the police? Thisis very possible.

While stats like those released last week areconcerning, the SAPS are in some regardsmaking an effort. The more buy-in there isfrom the public for initiatives like communi-ty policing, hopefully, the better public andpolice will relate to one another.

And while organisations such as the Inde-pendent Complaints Directorate remain opento listen to grievances, we remain on the righttrack. It is true that SA officers have a longway to go to entrench themselves into somecommunities, but the fight to take this placeis a noble one, and entirely worth its weightin gold.

YourSMSes. Bring back Dr Straussand the old clinic staff.They did their jobs withlove. It was a clinic likeit should be but now it’sjust sad.

By the way. To my next door

neighbour who threwaway my rates paperwhich the postman put inyour letter box by mis-take: You should beashamed of yourself. Re-member, you will needyour neighbours’ helpone day.

. MEC, please help ourmeter taxi drivers exposeunscrupulous owners.We work under duressand have to work two 24-hour shifts. We are oftenfatigued with no time off,and only earn commis-sion, whilst these ownersare cashing in hugeamounts off us, tax free.

. The tip-off hotlineidea is brilliant! Lynne

. Please support localmusician Tyler Drake onFacebook and on Twitter(@tylerdrak). His newsingle “On My Knees”will be available on 10 Oc-tober in various onlinestores.

Holiday help. To the lady asking

about holiday points, callthe Vacations AuthoritySouth Africa. Their offic-es are in High Street, Bel-lville, and they can assistyou.

Giving a howl aboutdogs

. Whoever said dogsbark to protect ownersand property is only part-ly correct. Most othertimes they bark at noth-ing at all, so nobody takesany notice. They’re a bitlike car alarms.

. I cannot believe peo-ple can be so ignorantwhen it comes to owningpets. All dogs are not so-ciable by nature, and thelaw requires dogs to beon leashes in public plac-es. Children should be al-lowed to run and play inthe parks – not dogs.

. Our neighbours havesent the Metro Police toour house due to ourdogs’ barking. It justshows that drug lordsand thieves have a freerun to do what they do,because the Metro Policeare too busy harassingdog owners. FK

Helping the poor. Damocles, Na-

khlistan’s address is 45Murton Road Rylands. Ihope you stay nearby be-cause how are the poorgoing to get there! Manyneedy come to my door aswell and I can’t help themall, but I try. Why are youtargeting Nakhlistan?I’m sure there are moreorganisations besidesthem. I suggest you doyour homework first byfinding out where theother organisations aresituated then where theneedy stay that knock onyour door and send themto their nearest organisa-tion. As the saying goes:If everyone helps hisneighbour then who willneed help? Shehaam Ish-mail

. Damocles, you aretrying to be funny. On aday todaybasis,Muslimsgive out food. Funny thatyou don’t know where togo. You mention that youare unable to help them –save your SMSes for 10days and you will be ableto buy two loaves ofbread and you will beable to give. Muslims arevery giving.

The alcoholic advert agenda

Giving heartfelt thanks amid grief

IT was interesting to hear that there are pro-posals to ban all alcohol advertisements,which in turn will hopefully discourage, itseems, alcohol abuse tendencies fromour cit-izenry of all ages.

Of course, there was a response from busi-nesses whose prime sole income is from thesale of alcohol, and some voiced their dismaythat it will effect their sales and, in turn, cur-rent and future employees status statistics(employment). Whether we, the public, arefor or against alcohol in whatever degree itis consumed,we realise that there are effects,which start in some cases in the foetal stageof our development as human beings.

The sober decision to ban all alcohol adver-tisements is to achieve a result like the speedreduction proposal to curb carnage on ourhighways and byways (speed kills), and theonly way to achieve a result in this case,

when you apply logic, is to drastically in-crease the price of alcohol at the counter.

Why this statement? Because when the to-bacco advertisements and related issues(smoking causes cancer) surrounding themwere banned, that did not stop the majorityof smokers puffing; no, it was the yearlybudget speech which increased sin taxes,and this in turn led to the decrease in ciga-rette packet sales – but the increase in thesale of loose cigarettes due to the INCREAS-ES implemented by the shop owners.

If we keep the above in mind it will resultin alcohol businesses still operating, but theconsumption will be decreased by the con-sumer due to the price increase of the alcohol

Survey any customer or consumer: If anitem becomes expensive, the result is lessbought.KEITH BLAKE

WE as the Gaffney family would like to ex-press our sincere gratitude to everyone whosupported us during the difficult time of ourhusband, father and grandfather Brian Gaff-ney’s passing. Through everyone’s messagesof support, personal visits, and sincere ex-pressions of condolences, we appreciatedafresh the immense role he played in somany people’s lives, and the impact his lifeand work had on people and the community.

Thank you to those who shared their per-sonal experiences of Brian at his memorialservice at St Cyprian’s Church; your storiesabout the times you shared with Brian werespecial, and enriched our memories of him.

The stories will always be with us. Thankyou to everyone who attended the funeralservice. It was hard to say goodbye to him,but having you with us helped carry usthrough the process.

Brian is still with us in our thoughts everyday and we miss him beyond word. But wehave been encouraged by the love and sup-port we have received from everyone whoreached out to embrace us as a family.

May God bless you the way you have bless-ed us.VANESSA, SASHA, CALLAN ANDZARAH GAFFNEYRetreat

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Tools to grow a better futureDALEEN FOUCHÉ

LIVING WAY, a local NGO working totrain people to “earn their way out of pov-erty”, has launched a new agriculture andbusiness training programme inMasiphumelele and Ocean View.

The course will run over two months andcover several topics, including entrepreneur-ial basics, work readiness, farming skills andagricultural business practices.

Richard Lundie, general manager of LivingWay, says the course aims to create entrepre-neurs who are passionate about growing foodfor commercial purpose. He says the NGOaims to break the mindset that farming is“just for my own tummy”, and to help peoplerealise that, with the right knowledge andskills, one can run a successful agriculturalbusiness.

He says this can be illustrated by LivingWay’s first tomato crop, grown inahydropon-ic tunnel on its campus in Kommetjie Road,next to Capri. Lundie says the 30-by-8 metretunnel holds 660 tomato plants, and yieldsaround six tonnes of tomatoes in six months.

He says the crops are sold to local retailersin the Far South, and the income is “ploughedback” into training programmes.

The tunnels currently supply work to threepeople, and will serve as a place of trainingfor students in the agri-academy.

The long-term vision for this training pro-gramme is to rejuvenate rural communitiesand fight urbanisation. “Our vision was nev-er to start micro businesses in Masiphumele-le or Ocean View,” Lundie elaborates.

Lundie says the soil in Masiphumelele istoo sandy for agriculture, but adds that thereare residents in Masiphumelele who own fer-tile property in the Eastern Cape, but they lefttheir homes there to find work in the city.Popular culture portrays city life as glamor-ous, and so attracts many South Africans to

cities, Lundie elaborates.As such, he says the project aims to empow-

er people to use land productively to cultivatefood on a commercial scale. “There are800 million hectares of unused cultivatableland in Africa,” he points out.

Three experts in their fields will be teach-ing the four courses to a group of about 20 stu-dents. Lundie says the course is “heavily sub-

sidised”, but Living Way will charge a nomi-nal fee of R120 to get students to takeownershipof the course andgive themthe im-petus to see it through to the end.People will be able to pay this in instalments,he adds.

“Even if a person can only pay R10 a week,it would show his commitment to the pro-gramme.”

Training runs from 18 October to 9 Decem-ber. Lundie says some students might be cho-sen after the course for a year-long intensivementor programme and further training.“They can then, in turn, go back to rural com-munities and train others.”

For more information on the agri-academyand Living Way, call (021) 785-2597 or visitwww.livingway.co.za.

TUNNEL OF GREEN: These tomatoes are grown at the Living Way campus in Kommetjie Road. Photo: Supplied

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Top of the local popsANDRE BAKKES

ORGANISERS are gearing up for two mo-mentous Die Burger Pops concerts onSunday 16 October, with a host of stellarnames already signed up.

The stars will be coming out for “free” ona day when the audience and performers willbe doing their bit to make this Christmas alittle merrier for needy children.

People’s Post caught up with two of the art-ists – mother and daughter Madeegha Andersand Jawaahier Petersen – to hear theirthoughts on the upcoming Die Burger Pops.

“When I was approached, I was quite takenaback,” says Anders.

She looks almost as young as Petersen, butshe refuses to give her age, and answers in-stead, “Whoever guesses right wins a prize!”

She continues, “With the amount of talentwe have in Cape Town, it was a surprise tobe asked. There are like a zillion artists inCape Town.

“We look forward to it very much, and I wasgiven a song I’ve always wanted to do. It waswritten by a very talented woman – my grootpêl – Mynie Grové. She’s just it!”

All the artists will be on stage for the open-ing and final songs, and in between they willeach grace the stage for a particular song.

Petersen is also “ecstatic” with her choiceof song, but she doesn’t want to divulge whatit will be. She will also be one of the BurgerPops guest presenters for Kyk-Net, which issomething she says she has looked forwardto her whole life.

“There will be a big band on stage with arunning theme of ‘Swing’. The scale of theshow will be a few notches up from whatwe’re used to,” Anders continues.

For someone who has been performing infront of audiences her whole life, it is some-what surprising to hear that Anders still getsbutterflies before she goes on stage.

“I feel sick,” she smiles. “I get so nervousI can’t eat! But all this just adds to the per-formance. I think you actually need the but-terflies to deliver a great show.”

Joining them on stage will be AndréSchwartz, Sarah Theron, Lize Beekman, Ned-ine Blom, Johnny Davids, Zanne Stapelberg,Gugulethu Tenors, Elle Amor, Rocco de Vil-liers, Hilandi du Toit and Chad Saaiman – toname but a few. The proceeds will be fun-nelled into community empowerment; muchof the money raised will help three charityorganisations – the ACVV, Badisa and Mfe-sane – give youths a merry Christmas and alife filled with opportunities.

Die Burger Pops will hit the Artscape witha matinee at 14:00 and an evening show at19:00. Tickets cost R80, R150 and R220 throughfrom Computicket. A special family packagefor the matinee is also available.

READY TO ENTERTAIN: Jawaahier Petersenand Madeegha Anders will be the only familyact at Die Burger Pops. Photo: Andre Bakkes

The penguins are upon usTHE countdown to the 11thannual Simon’s Town Pen-guin Festival is nearly at anend.

The two days of education-al fun, food and family games,all for the benefit of the en-dangered African penguin,kick off at 10:00 on Saturday– African Penguin Aware-ness Day – with the beach re-lease of a group of penguins,rehabilitated by Southern Af-rican Foundation for the Conservation ofCoastal Birds (SANCCOB), back into thewild.

“The public is encouraged to come downto Seaforth Beach, Simon’s Town, to wit-ness this moving event,” the organiserssay.

Children and adults can also meetSANCCOB’s ambassador penguin and“find out more about these charismaticcreatures” during African PenguinAwareness Day, which is celebratedacross the globe. This year SANCCOB hascreated a lesson plan to commemorate thebig day. It’s available to all teachers,groups, zoos and aquariums; email car-ole@sanccob.co.za or call (021) 557-6155 toget one. The festival itself promises arange of entertainment for the whole fami-

ly, including the “Penguinand Snake” show at theBoulders Beach Lodgeparking area at varioustimes throughout theweekend.

The centrepiece of thefestival – the annual galaauction – will be held onSaturday at Blue Horizon,Red Hill Road, “with amouth-watering menubrought to you, once again,

by Boulders Beach Lodge and Restau-rant”. During the event, conservationistcouple Michelle and Riaan Garforth-Ven-ter will take guests through an evening offine dining and fundraising.

As the official fundraisers for the Burgh-er’s Walk Restoration Project, SANCCOBwill put funds raised on the evening to-wards uplifting this unprotected area,close to the Boulders Beach colony of Afri-can penguins. Tickets for the gala costR395 per person; for bookings or more in-formation, contact Margaret Roestorf on(021) 557-6155 or at info@sanccob.co.za.

For further information on the PenguinFestival in general, email info@sanc-cob.co.za or call (021) 557-6155. To down-load the programme, visit www.sanc-cob.co.za.

WIN TICKETS: After a sold­out sea­son in 2009, the Lilliput Children’sTheatre Company will conclude an­other seven­show run of its populartake on “Red Riding Hood” at Mui­zenberg’s Masque Theatre this Sat­urday. The play shows at the Masque– 37 Main Road – daily at 11:00.Tickets, priced at R40, can bebooked through Computicket or atany Shoprite or Checkers outlet. Forblock bookings or queries, call Eltonon 083 364 8284 or (021) 558­2650, or call the Masque Theatre on(021) 788­7911. For more informa­tion on the Lilliput Players them­selves, visit www.lilliputplay­ers.co.za. To stand a chance to winone of 10 double tickets to the show,SMS the word “RED” to 34586 bynoon on Thursday. SMSes costR1,50. Photo: Supplied

Fly away with ‘In the Wings’WITNESS the story of two sisters as theybattle to work past their limitations to cre-ate the future the rest of the world some-times fails to see when “In the Wings”emerges from the wings at On Broadwayin the CBD at 20:30 every day this week un-til Saturday.

Written by Jared Kruger and producedby the Chaeli Campaign, the play followsJo – who wants to study design abroad –and her sister, Kath, who has cerebral pal-sy and is finishing off high school.

The family isn’t exactly flush, and Jo

struggles with the desire to fulfil her po-tential and the sense of responsibility shefeels toward her beloved little sister andher burdened mother.

“This is a story about everyday stuff,about choices and, ultimately, about pos-sibility,” a write-up on the play reads.

On Broadway can be found at 44 LongStreet. Tickets cost R85 through www.on-broadway.co.za; block bookings can bemade with Melanie Scrooby on086 124 2354 or at melanie@chaelicam-paign.co.za.

Seriously symphonic tunesTHE final round of the eighth Laura Sear-le Prize for Concerto Playing, which isopen to all piano students at the South Af-rican College of Music (SACM), will beheld at Baxter Concert Hall in Rondeboschat 20:15 next Tuesday.

As part of their reward, the magical mu-sicians who come out on top of the LauraSearle competition get to perform a con-certo with the UCT Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets, which can be booked throughComputicket, cost R50; UCT staff pay R45,senior citizens and students pay R35, andscholars pay R25.

• A free performer’s class show by Siya

Charles and Friends will be held in theSACM’s Chisholm Recital Room at 14:00on Wednesday next week. The show,which includes works by Bheki Mselekuand some original compositions, will fea-ture Charles himself (on trombone), Re-uben Crowie (drums), Stephen Bell (pi-ano), Darren English (trumpet) and Mo-nique van Willingh (flute).

• On Thursday next week at 13:00, thefirst of three free lunchtime concerts willbe put on by the SACM’s composition stu-dents in the Baxter Concert Hall.

For more information call the SACM on(021) 650-2626.

Butler brings his show homeJONATHAN BUTLER re-turns to South Africa inNovember for two exclu-sive performances only inJohannesburg and CapeTown.

It’s been almost sixyears sinceButler last per-formed in Johannesburg;although he was in CapeTown in 2010 for the CapeTown Jazz Festival, and in2008 for the Jonathan But-ler and Friends Tour,“this show will be up close and personal”, or-ganisers say.

His show at the GrandWest Grand Arenaon 4 November will feature Butler “in a

unique setting, providingintimate behind-the-mu-sic stories about his hitsongs”; he’ll also performa number “all the songsyou’ve grown to love”, theorganisers promise. “Theaudience will be treated toa special evening, duringwhich Jonathan will tellstories about his music,writing experiences andmemories growing up inSouth Africa and eventu-

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HANDS UP: This year’s BaxterDance Festival promises a bumperlineup “jam­packed with CapeTown’s diverse and dynamic dancetalent” from Thursday this week toSaturday next week. The festivalwill showcase over 50 danceworks, ranging in style from con­temporary to neo­classical, flamen­co, fusion, physical theatre, mod­ern, African, jazz, hip hop, belly andIndian dancing. Tickets, which costR75, R50 and R30 depending onthe category, are available throughComputicket on 0861 915 8000,online at www.computicket.co.zaor at any Shoprite or Checkers out­let. For discounted corporate orblock bookings, senior citizens andcharities, contact Sharon on(021) 680­3962 or Carmen on(021) 680­3993 during officehours. For more information con­tact Alethea Patterson­Cordigliaon (021) 680­3963, at alethea.pat­terson­cordiglia@uct.ac.za or on072 0142 780.

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Cape Town welcomesAfrica Cup of NationsTHE City of Cape Town is over-joyed at the news that the AfricaCup of Nations is coming toSouth Africa in 2013, after anagreement between soccergroups in Libya and South Afri-ca was ratified by the Confedera-tion of African Football (CAF).

“The biennial Africa Cup ofNations is the continent’s pre-mier soccer contest, attractinghundreds of thousands of specta-tors from all soccer-loving coun-tries,” says councillor GrantPascoe, Mayoral Committeemember for Tourism, Eventsand Marketing.

“We are excited that the eventis coming to South Africa in2013. This is a fitting tribute toSouth Africa, following its suc-cessful hosting of the 2010 FifaWorld Cup. “The City is ready towork with the SA Football Asso-ciation (Safa) with the hope ofhosting some of the tourna-ment’s major games in CapeTown. We will support the Safain its bid to use the event to fur-ther showcase the country’sabilities and organisational ca-pacity. “Cape Town looks for-ward to being an integral part ofthis continental event.”

COVER DRIVE: Proteas test match Captain Graeme Smith is seen backin action on Saturday after his injury. He has joined Claremont CricketClub, and is playing in the Super League 20/20 Western ProvinceCricket Association’s amateur games. Claremont beat Bellville duringtheir Saturday match at Burt Oval in Constantia. Photo: Peter Heeger

World Cup watch –and yet more rulesLYNN PRINS

THE road to the quarterfinalsfor England nearly ended onSaturday.

Scotland nearly dominated theteam, but Chris Ashton’s 78th-minute try left the Scots with adisappointing 16-12 defeat; theironly hope to remain in the tour-nament rode on a loss by Argenti-na, but this proved in vain.

SA also had a shaky matchwhen they played the Samoans ina fiercely physical clash that sentFrans Steyn, who had been anoutstanding replacement insidecentre, home with an injury. SAstill managed to win their Fri-day match 13-5 through good de-fensive play. On Saturday, an-other major upset was seen whenTonga beat France 19-14, and Aus-tralia beat Russia 68-22. On Sun-day, meanwhile, Argentinacrushed Scotland’s dreams whenthey beat Georgia 25-7, with hostteam New Zealand destroying theCanadians 79-15 and Ireland grab-bing a 36-6 win from the Italians.

This Saturday, the first quar-terfinal match will be played byIreland and Wales at 07:00 in Wel-lington; at 09:30, England takes onFrance in Auckland. South Afri-ca now faces Australia in thequarterfinal on Sunday at 07:00 in

Wellington, and New Zealandwill play Argentina at 09:30 inAuckland. SA wasn’t the onlyteam to suffer a casualty duringthe ferocious games; New Zea-land supporters also lost fly halfDan Carter to an injury – he’ll beout for the rest of the tournament.

Looking back at last week, Peo-ple’s Post explained the rulesaround penalty kicks, free kicksand the 22m dropout. This week,People’sPostwill focuson the rug-by mark and hand-offs.

Rugby markThis rule is used infrequently

– when isolated – to get out oftrouble. It’s normally the fullbackor winger who catches a ball onthe fly, but it could be any playerwho grabs it after it’s been kickedahead by the opposition and hasnot yet touched the ground. If theplayer about to catch the ball isabout to be tackled by oppositionplayers – and is in his team’s own22m or in-goal area – he can call“MARK!” if he makes a cleancatch (it’s still okay if the ball hastouched any part of the goalposts). After being taken down,play will resume on the “marked”spot, with the catcher’s team inpossession.

Hand-offsThe stiff-arm fend, known as a

hand-off, is a tactic employed bythe ball-carrier. Ball-carriers

run towards defenders, who areattempting to tackle them. By po-sitioning the ball securely in onearm, the ball-carrier can fully ex-tend his other arm, palm-out,locking his elbow. The ball-carri-er uses this hand to shove his op-ponents away at the chest orshoulder. The fend is a push, nota strike.

A stiff-arm fend may cause thetackler to fall to the ground, tak-ing him out of the play.

• Next week People’ Post will fo-cus on what happens after themark is called, and on in-goals.

RUGBY GURU: Lynn PrinsPhoto: TammyPetersen

Up-and-coming cricketers excelRYAN MARON’s Cricket School ofExcellence, based in Newlands,held its inauguralunder-10 10s tour-nament at Central Park, CenturyCity, in the midst of last month.

The tournament drew huge sup-port from parents, players andsponsors – and the players weregrateful for the good weather,which gave them ample chance toshow off the best of their abilitieson the field, Maron said.

“Some early season rustiness wasevident, but the boys soon got intothe swing of things, as plenty ofruns were scored and wickets takenby the bowlers.

“It was a great way to start theseason for the youngsters, as notmany 10-year-olds get the opportu-nity to play under lights,” he added.

Jan van Riebeeck was the most

impressive team on the first day,Maron said; its players beat El-kanah House by one run in a gamethat went down to the last ball – asdid the last match of the day, whichsaw Jan van Riebeeck beat SamoraMachel Cricket Club by just onewicket.

In the first game of the secondweek, the Ryan Maron Junior Clubof the Northern Suburbs was beat-en by Parklands College. ReddamHouse then beat Parklands Collegeto set up an interesting final poolgame; with all three teams stillholding on to the possibility of qual-ifying for the final, Reddam Housebeat Ryan Maron Northern Sub-urbs by two runs.

The final was contested betweenReddam House Constantia and El-kanah House, which replaced Jan

vanRiebeeckas its playerswereun-fortunately not available on theday. Reddam House Constantia bat-ted first in the final round, scoring65 runs. Elkanah House respondedwith 44 runs in 10 overs – and theplayers of Reddam House werecrowned Ryan Maron’s under-1010s champions for 2011.

Player of the tournament went toJoseph Berk of Reddam House,while batsman of the tournamentwent Jack Odendaal of ElkanahHouse. Thomas Winter of Jan vanRiebeeck was recognised as the bestfielder of the event.

“A huge thank you to all spon-sors, and the Century City PropertyOwners’ Association for allowingus the use of their facility – a greatvenue for this unique event,” saidMaron.

ACHIEVER: Ryan Maron, director and founder ofRyan Maron’s Cricket School of Excellence, handsthe prize for bowler of the tournament to JamieKatz. Photo: Supplied

WINNERS:Back row,from left:AndreClaasen(ReddamHouse),ChrisBlackshaw(CEO of theCenturyCity Prop­erty Own­ers’ Associ­ation),VaughnBond (man­ager of Red­damHouse),and RyanMaron areseen withthe winningteam of thetourna­ment – Red­dam HousePrimarySchoolfrom Con­stantia.

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People's Post Page 12 Phone: 021 713 9440 | Fax: 021 713 9481 Tuesday 4 October 2011

Softballers hit the pitch swingingLYNN PRINS

A WEEKEND training camp in CapeTown showed just how fearless the

under-19 softball women are.

The squad of 20 are definitely not afraid ofswinging a bat facing decent fast pitching, orthrowing a ball from the outfield to nail a run-ner; as the saying goes, “Dynamite comes insmall packages.”

Getting ready for the upcoming JuniorWomen’s World Championship (JWWC), thegirls took on Falcons super league team in awarm-up match on Saturday, and played dou-ble matches against Westridge Yankees onSunday, showing dynamic character towardboth teams.

However, Lester Smith, coach of the SA un-der-19s, feels that there is still a lot of prepara-tion ahead.

“This weekend was our first match situa-tions, and I am not entirely satisfied with thegirls’ performances – there still needs to bea lot of hard work before we can actually beready to take on the world championship.”

The women train on Wednesdays and Sat-urdays, and hit the gym on Tuesdays at theSports Science Institute.

Leadingup to theJWWC,People’sPostaimsto profile a couple of players every week tointroduce them to the public.

• First up is Western Province player Kath-ryn van Boom (17).

This Grade 11 student at Bergvliet HighSchool plays as catcher for Tanta Sport.

Her hobbies include reading and, ofcourse, playing sport; she enjoys the musicof The Arrows, James Morrison, and AliciaKeys, with her favourite actor being BenStiller.

The burgeoning sportswoman – whose fa-vourite foods are lasagne and steak – hassome serious life goals: She wants to studyat UCT’s Health Science Faculty, and to con-tinue representing her country in softball.

Her motivational quote is, “Never be satis-fied with what you achieve, because it allpales in comparison with what you are capa-ble of doing in the future.”

• KwaZulu-Natal’s Julia Meaker, also aged17, plays for Ashleys and takes up outfieldand catcher positions.

Currently in Grade 11 at Durban Girls’High School, her hobbies include mountainbiking, touch rugby and hockey. She enjoysa variety of old and new music, and her fa-vourite actor is Ryan Reynolds.

Her power foods are pasta and pizza, andher life goal is “to be the best me I can be”.She’s driven by two motivational quotes:“The harder you fall, the higher youbounce,” and, “Adversity can either breakyou or make you break records.” LOCAL: Kathryn van Boom. Photos: Neezaam Karriem KWAZULU CATCHER: Julia Meaker.

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Factreton in flap over mystery churchTAURIQ HASSEN

FACRETON residents are up inarms after they got wind of achurch development apparentlyset for a plot in Acre Road, butthe City of Cape Town says itknows nothing of the proposal.

Indeed, nobody seems to have anyanswers as to who is interested inthe land, but residents remainspooked.

The City-owned plot, zoned forsingle residential use, has beenused as a playground by childrenfor around 40 years. It was takenover by the council after its previ-ous owner failed to maintain it.

Residents grew suspicious whenthey saw a group of people markingout the land with pegs.

Pearle Gillies, who lives oppositethe land, says the “developers” toldcurious locals that a church wouldbe built on the site in the next sixweeks.

“We did not know anything aboutthis; we were shocked to hear theland would be developed, and thatresidents would not have the oppor-tunity to comment.”

She says youths in the area havebeen playing soccer on the land forfour decades, and residents don’twant it to be developed.

“That land is not suitable for abuilding; there are so many otherthings that can be done, but puttinga building there is really not theright option.”

Residents were on the verge ofwriting a detailed letter of com-plaint to mayor Patricia de Lille, re-questing that the development bestopped, and that alternative usesbe investigated.

Fellow resident Ismail Abrahamssays residents “will not accept anyplans for the development of thepiece of land”.

All residents will stand togetherin opposing such a development, hevows.

“This piece of land has beenstanding vacant for years, and all ofa sudden thesepeoplepopup, claim-ing they are going to put a structureon the land.”

Abrahams says Acre Road resi-dents, armed with placards,marched down to the plot in protest,and are now putting together a peti-tion.

“We will not accept this develop-ment proposal; this is not a reli-gious matter, but the land beinghighlighted for development is justnot suitable for a building orchurch,” says Abrahams.

But ward councillor DerrickAmerica, after being approached bythe residents with a request to findout what was going on, says hecould find no evidence of an appli-cation to build on the vacant plot.

“At this stage,” he says, “we arenot aware of any plans to developthis piece of land; we are just awareof the intention to have this land de-veloped, but nothing is confirmed.

“I personally amagainst its devel-opment, because I don’t think plac-ing a church or building on the landis suitable for that area.”

Either way, he says, “as far we aswe know, the development will notbe happening”.

America says he attempted tofind out who was behind the scare,but couldn’t gain any clear-cut an-swers.

“We have an idea of who thismight be – nobody can really puttheir finger on it.

“I will be monitoring the situa-tion in case it comes up again in fu-ture,” he promises.

People’s Post attempted to gatherfurther information on the mysteri-ous “developers”, but could not un-cover anything more.

E-mail: post@peoplespost.co.za Tuesday 4 October 2011 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481

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TOURIST TRACTION: These colourfully­costumed dancers, backed by the rhyth­mic pulsing of a group of drummers, wereseen performing outside the Golden Res­taurant at Cape Town Central Railway Sta­tion on Monday last week – the eve ofWorld Tourism Day. Celebrated on 27 Sep­tember each year, the day is earmarked bythe United Nations to honour tourism andits social, economic and environmentalbenefits. This year’s theme, “Linking Cul­tures”, perfectly captured Cape Town’srich heritage and cultural diversity. TheMother City is on the eve of two importantcultural announcements: This month, resi­dents will find out whether their city hasbeen chosen as the World Design Capitalfor 2014; and on 11 November, it will beknown whether Table Mountain has madeit onto the list as one of the new SevenNatural Wonders of the World. Cape Townis now set for a month­long celebration fo­cused on making its cultural riches availa­ble to all of its citizens. Photo: Lulama Zenzile

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The renewal is for the area bounded byRochesterRoad,Malta orLiesbeeckPark-way, and Main and Dane Roads.

The Observatory SRA renewal applica-tion, together with other particulars ofthe application, is available for scrutinyat the SRA office at 41 Station Road, Ob-servatory, and at the City’s Inter-Service

Liaison office on the eighth floor of theCape Town Civic Centre at 12 HertzogBoulevard, Cape Town.

For more information call Mr Rossouwon (021) 400-5148.

Any objections to the renewal of theterm must be submitted in writing to theCity Manager, Private Bag X 9181, CapeTown, 8000, or hand delivered to the man-ager on the fifth floor of the Cape TownCivic Centre’s Podium Block, no laterthan 30 November.

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PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN an-nounced the winners of its fifthannual Homegrown Awardscompetition at a glamorous galadinner on Thursday.

The event, sponsored by Petro-SA, was celebrated at the SandtonConvention Centre and attended bymore than 450 delegates, includingspecial guests such as councillorParks Tau, Joburg mayor HerbertMkhize, Nedlac executive directorCyril Ramaphosa, Baxolile Zwane(acting vice president of trade, sup-ply and logistics for PetroSA), Les-lie Sedibe (CEO of PSA), and advo-cate Dali Mpofu (chairperson ofPSA). Sedibe applauded the win-ners for their great achievementand hard work.

“These are the companies thatare role models to small and bigcompanies, as these companies are

committed to the values of beingProudly South African. They arebuying local to create jobs, andcommitted to fair labour practice,environmental responsibility anddelivering high-quality goods andservices. It is a real pity that someof South Africa’s leading corpora-tions and listed companies are notmembers of Proudly South African,yet they often claim to be a ProudlySouth African company.”

Sedibe challenges each and everycompany in South Africa to becomeaProudlySouthAfricanmember sothat they “can truly commit them-selves to working together as a na-tion to create jobs and eradicatepoverty in this beautiful country”.

The winners of the HomegrownAwards in their respective catego-ries this year are:

Product of the year• Optiphi Skin Rejuvenation

Technologies;Service of the year• Cora’s Costumes;• Karan Beef (special recogni-

tion award);CSI of the year• Clover Mama Afrika Trust;Environmental (most green)

company of the year• Green Office;Best recognised and ac-

claimed PSA member company(by public voting)

• Stormsriver Adventures;PSA/CGF schools govern-

ance award• Victoria Girls’ High School (its

second Homegrown Award);• Gert Sibande FET College (spe-

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past 10 years• Longspan Gutters;• Karan Beef (special recognition

award).Says PetroSA’s Baxolile Zwane,

“We are proud sponsors of thisevent, and it is an honour for us towitness the greatness of our nation

through the efforts of these compa-nies, both big and small.

Well done, PSA members; keepflying the flag high so that otherscan follow.”

YOU will now be able to access local newsand information on your web-enabled cell-phone with Netlocal and Media24.

Not everyone has access to a computerand internet, statistics indicate that SouthAfrica has one of the highest ratios in theworld of cellphones to people.

So People’s Post has just launched its

new mobile site; the new Mobi functionali-ty, made possible by a separate platformcreated by Prezence SA, is synchronisedwith the newspaper’s website.

This enables cellphone users to gain ac-cess to the People’s Post website – instant-ly, and from just about anywhere. Take alook at our Mobi site on ppost.mobi

Bag yourself a good bargainDUE to public demand, the SPCA will

host another of its Bag a Bargain BookSales on Saturday at the SPCA vet shop at6 Gabriel Road in Plumstead from 08:00 un-til 14:00.

The SPCA will sell bags to shoppers, whocan then fill them up with their favourite

titles from the large selection on offer.Small bags, which can hold around 13

books, will be sold for R50; larger bags,which can hold about 40 books, will go forR150 each. A limited number of big bagswill be in stock.

For more information contact Natashaon (021) 700-4155/40.

Celebrating SA’s best Homegrown companiesFASHIONA­BLE WIN: Theaward forService of theYear was giv­en to CoraCostumes.Cora Simp­son, owner ofCora Cos­tumes, is seenhere withObed Bapela,deputy minis­ter of Commu­nications, andevent MC Tu­mi Makgabo.

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Woodstock’s restaurant rowTAURIQ HASSEN

WOODSTOCK locals are stillannoyed with Don Pedro’s, arestaurant in RoodebloemRoad; they say that, despitepromises to the contrary, thevenue is a dingy, noisy nui-sance –but its owner sayshe’strying his best to keep thepeace.

People’s Post last reportedon the matter in June (“No loudmusic at Don Pedro’s”, 14 June),when the Woodstock Communi-ty Policing Forum (CFP) voicedits objection to the transfer ofthe venue’s liquor licence to itsnew owner, Vernie Cupido.

Cupido, who bought the well-known restaurant and bar inFebruary, outlined his vision toturn the venue into a hub for lo-cal artists in an article pub-lished by a daily newspaper.

Teun Baartman, formerchairperson of the Upper Wood-stock Residents’ Associationand current chair of the Wood-stock CPF, says Cupido “wastalking about creating a cosy,laid-back, arty kind of place,which would not disturb theneighbourhood”, but has actu-ally gone on to turn Don Pedro’sinto “just another dingy drink-ing hole for drunken revellers”.

Resident Richard Abrahamssays the restaurant’s drunkenpatrons make an unbearableracket.

“On numerous occasions thepeople leaving that place makea huge noise in the road, andwhen you shout at them to keepquiet, some of them are reallysmart and respond by scream-

ing at you to keep quiet,” saysAbrahams.

Allison Davies says the ownerhas before been asked by mem-bers of the community to keepthe noise down. She says DonPedro’s plays loud music untilthe early hours of the morning,turning bedtime into a “frus-trating and irritating” ordeal.

“I think most of the peoplearound here respect that peopleare able to enjoy the nightlife,and Roodebloem Road providesenough activity to feed yournightlife habit, but respectingthe community is somethingthat really needs to be taken in-to consideration,” says Davies.

Baartman says the CPF is of-ten approached with these com-plaints.

“The concerns are reachingthe CPF on a regular basis; themanagement and staff at DonPedro’s are unable, or morelikely unwilling, to control pa-trons,” Baartman says.

“It is places like Don Pedro’s,with liquor licence holders likeVernie Cupido who don’t careabout how they affect the neigh-bourhood, that make it clearonce more that there should beno allowance for drinking out-lets in residential areas,” Baart-man opines.

Cupido, on the other hand,feels Don Pedro’s is being tar-geted unfairly. “Since the begin-ning of the business, we havehad certain people on our caseall the time, and we are doingeverything we can,” he says.

Cupido says he is aware of thenoise complaints, but says thevenue is closed when the rowdyrevellers make their way down

the street.Even so, Cupido says he has

hired a security guard to ensurethat the area outside his restau-rant remains safe, and to con-trol the outbursts of unruly pa-trons.

“This is extra money I amspending to ensure that thisplace is being managed correct-ly, and that we do get blamed infuture for noise getting out ofhand,” says Cupido.

He also plans to put signs upon the walls of his restaurant tourge patrons to keep things qui-et outside.

“I have to put things in placeto address these concerns, buthonestly, I don’t know what to

do anymore, and will have to seewhat happens after the signageis in place,” says Cupido.

Asked about Cupido’s claimof being targeted unduly, Baart-man says, “Every liquor licenceholder feels as if they are beingtargeted – but nobody is beingtargeted.

“We would just like all licenceholders to stick to their condi-tions and not forget they aretrading in residential areas,”Baartman concludes.

THE NOISY DON: Don Pedro’s in Roodebloem Road, Woodstock, hashad several complaints lodged against it, mostly involving noise.

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Join the transportthink-tank ranksTHE City of Cape Town will once again cele-brate Transport Month in October thisyear, with a focus on all aspects of publictransport, including infrastructure andservices.

This year, the City’s Transport Depart-ment will use various forms of media tospark public debates, all with the aim ofgaining a better understanding of the gen-eral experience of public transport users inCape Town.

On a weekly basis, questions will beposed via social networks and on the Inter-net.

The challenges of implementing andmanaging dedicated lanes for public trans-port will kick off the discussion this week.

Discussions will follow on public trans-port infrastructure (such as park-and-ridesand public transport interchanges) andservices (including bus, train and minibustaxi operations).

During the last week of October, theTransport Department will share the les-sons learned from members of the public,as well as its ideas and plans for the future.

“This project provides a unique forumfor residents to engage with the City on im-portant public transport issues,” says theCity’s Mayoral Committee Member forTransport, Roads and Stormwater, council-lor Brett Herron.

“We encourage all residents to take partin the dialogue, because the insights gainedwill inform the development of the City’s2012 to 2016 Integrated Transport Plan.” Hesays the plan will guide the roll-out andmaintenance of all transport systems andinfrastructure for which the City is respon-sible.

“I would also like to ask the people ofCape Town to use the month of October toconsider the various environmental, socialand economic implications of the use of aprivate vehicle versus public transport,”Herron concludes.

Artscape ups the anteARTSCAPE has boosted the pool ofprize money up for grabs in South Af-rica’s third largest music contest, theArtscape National Youth Music Com-petition, to more than R91 000.

Twenty highly talented musiciansbetween theages of 14 and 19yearswillvie for the prize money and medalsduring this year’s prestigious event,set to take place from 11 to 15 Octoberat the Artscape Theatre Centre inCape Town.

The young musos were hand-pickedfrom 38 top entrants during qualifying

auditions held across the country. All20 participants will play in the firsttwo rounds, and 12 will go through tothe third round. The final six contend-ers will perform with the Cape Phil-harmonic Orchestra at a gala concerton Saturday 15 October at the Art-scape. All the rounds are open to thepublic; entrance is free for the firstthree rounds, and tickets for the finalround cost R100 per person. Pension-ers, students and scholars payR40. Fordetails contact the Artscape on (021)410-9838.