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Police fire rubber bulletsand teargas during theprotest on the newGreytown Road.

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Protesters flee as the police pursue them during a protest on thenew Greytown road.PHOTO: JONATHAN BURTON

Protesters on the newGreytown road.PHOTO.JONATHAN BURTON

THAMSANQA MAGUBANE

CHAOS twice erupted along the newGreytown Road on Monday asangry community members

engaged in running battles with thepolice in a protest over the electricitysupply.

Irate residents of the Izinkethe areain Ward 30, just above Copesville, onMonday morning blocked the R33 toGreytown and New Hanover with rocksand burning tyres, demanding electrici­ty. The protest continued well intomidday and flared up again after 7pm.

For a distance of about 200 metres,the road was littered with large rocksand other rubble and was unusable.

Cars heading from Greytown intoPietermaritzburg were diverted via theWartburg Road, those heading out ofthe city towards Greytown were divertedthrough Panorama Gardens and otherroutes.

The protesters said they blocked theroad after a contractor abandoned aproject to electrify the area because ofnon­payment.

Poles had been put in and wires insome cases, but there were no

connections.A community leader, Thembinkosi

Zuma, said the trouble started on Fridaynight when they learnt that a contractoremployed by the Msunduzi Municipalityhad decided to stop working because hehad not been paid.

“We called a community meeting onSunday and the community decidedthat we will get up in the morning andblock this road, because maybe then themayor and the city leadership will takeour grievances seriously.

“The community will not move fromhere until their demands are met. We

just want legitimate electricity connec­tions,” he said.

While Msunduzi Mayor Chris Ndlelawas busy talking to community leaders,a dog stepped on an illegal electricityconnection and was electrocuted,letting out a whimper before limpingaway.

“If this were a person, they would bedead. Many people have been killed bythese illegal connections. How manymore must die before we get electrici­ty?” screamed another resident.

The community was involved inrunning battles with the police, who

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One man, who claimed he was notpart of the protest, said he had beenshot in the mouth with a rubber bullet.His mouth was badly hurt.

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“They shot at me and thereafterdemanded that I move the rock fromthe road. I refused to remove the rocksthat I had not put there.”

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STUDENTS are outraged after a22-year-oldwomanwasrapedatknife-point in a bathroom within

the Pietermaritzburg campus of theUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal onFriday.

It is alleged that the student wasleaving the lavatories in the OldMain Building at around 11.25 amwhenanolderman forcedherback in-to the toilets at knife-point and rapedher.

The rapist’s identity is stillunknown.Policesaythatacaseofrapehas been opened and investigationsare ongoing.

Students,whowouldnotbenamed,expressed outrage at the incident.

“Howcanthishappen in themiddleof the day? There are so many theftsand hijackings in and around campus.This is just the limit.

“Instead of striking about fees, weshould be striking for better security,”one student said furiously.

Another said that she is around theOld Main Building until the lateafternoon and is now afraid to remainon campus after hours.

“If this can happen during lecturetimes, what will happen in the lateafternoon? I won’t go back into thatbuilding alone again,” she said.

In an official statement, the

university said it condemns all acts ofviolence perpetrated against womenandthematter isbeing investigatedbythe University Risk ManagementServices and the police.

“The university’s counsellingservices are presently providingassistance.

“The university regrets and abhorssuch violence and will seek to put inplaceevenmorestringent measurestosafeguard the university community,”it said.

This is not the first such incident ona UKZN campus.

In 2007, an American exchangestudent was raped in a toilet cubicle atHoward College.

PHOTO: AMIL UMRAWThe women’s toilets where the incident allegedly took place.

Outrage at daytimerape at University

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MSUNDUZI’s deputy municipalmanager for community services,Boniwe Zulu, is part of the delegation

lead by the deputy minister for theDepartment of Energy, BarbaraThompson, to attend the Waste toEnergy and Remediation GeniusEnergy project in Italy.

ThemissionstartedonMondayand

it has previously been reported that itwill reach its capacity by 2020.

Generating waste to energy for thislandfill site will consequently reverseits expected closure date.

Last year it was revealed at anExecutive Committee (Exco) meetingthattheestimatedcostfortheMsundu-zi Municipality to close the NewEngland Road site in 2022 will be ap-proximately R149 million. Accordingto the landfill permit, theNewEnglandRoad landfill must not exceed 654metres above sea level. By June lastyear, the landfill was at 625 metres

It was previously reported that thedaily disposal at the site is 700 tons.

Research done by Msunduziofficials predicted that by 2020, thelandfill site will have no availablespace.

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DESPITE the adoption of the Msunduzimunicipality’s new fleet managementpolicy in 2012, the municipality isrepeatedly faced with municipalemployees who speed and breakparking regulations while using councilvehicles.

All municipal departments wereinformed of the contents of the policyand consequences of not adhering tothe policy

The recent report on the status ofoutstanding traffic fines for municipalvehicles states that there were 75speeding fines and two parking finesissued out to Msunduzi employeeswhile using council vehicles betweenJuly last year and January this year.

These fines add up to R26 700.The updated report is expected to

be tabled at the Executive Committee(Exco).

In a report tabled at the previousExco meeting, more than six councilvehicles on various occasions hadtraffic offences.

Municipal manager Mxolisi Nkosisaid that a former proxy for the munici­pality, who resigned in July this year,continues to be bombarded with alltraffic fines for municipal vehicles. Ingeneral, the traffic authorities issuetraffic fines of all registered councilowned vehicles in the name of theproxy of the municipality.

Exco member Judith Lawrence saidthat aside from the payment of the

traffic fines, further action should betaken against offending drivers.

“They are not learning their lesson.Should we impose our own fine againstthem for bringing the municipality intodisrepute?” asked Lawrence.

The report on outstanding munici­pal traffic fines states that when themunicipality was under administra­tion, the processes on identifyingoffending municipal drivers did notoccur and this led to an accumulationof the traffic fines at the fleet manage­ment office.

According to the Road Traffic Act,themunicipalitywillnotberesponsiblefor making payments due to traffic andparking infringements. Municipalemployees are also expected to ensurethat the vehicles they use are in aroad­worthy condition because if thatdoes not happen, the employees inpossession of the un­roadworthyvehicle will be responsible for the pay­ment of the traffic fines imposed.

With some municipal drivers notpaying their traffic fines, some of thefines issued will develop into warrantsof arrest against certain drivers.

“As part of dealing with that, we arerecommending that all departmentalheads use trip authority sheets toidentify all the particulars of the driverswhowereresponsibleforthecarswhenthese tickets were incurred.

“Fleet management must keep aregister where all incoming trafficcontraventions can be recorded andthen disseminate these traffic fines torelevant departmental headsconcerned to obtain full particulars ofthe offending drivers. The responsibili­ty to apply for corrective measuresagainst the defaulting officials whohabitually commit traffic offenceswhilst driving council vehicles lies withthe business heads for their respectivedepartments,” said municipalmanager Mxolisi Nkosi.

“We will have to check against thecollective agreements whether there isspace to charge internally employeesif they have infringed regulations.”

Municipalemployeesbreak roadrules

will end on 20 September.Officials from the Depart-

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THECancerAssociationofSouthAfrica (Cansa) has categorical-lyrefutedtherecentstatements

by Tim Noakes regarding the toxicityof Canola Oil, and his appeal to thepublic to avoid it.

Cansa has, for many years,encouraged its patients to use CanolaOil and promoted it as a healthylifestyle choice.

Cansa head of research, CarlAlbrecht, said in the statement thatthere has not been a single crediblereport worldwide that has foundCanola oil to be toxic and unfit toconsume.

“Cansa respects the Food SafetyDivision of the National Departmentof Health who has never issued anywarning concerning Canola oil, norhas any other similar body in theworld.”

Albrecht added that the depart-menthadapprovedtheCansa“SmartChoice’ Seal on all Canola products in2011.

Noake’s book, The Real MealRevolution, states that Canola oil wasconsidered to be toxic and should beavoided. Cansa, in response, hasissued a statement that Canola is thesmart choice and have awarded theCansa ‘Smart Choice’ seal to allCanola oil and Canola margarine

brands(producedfromSouthAfricangrown GMO-free Canola) for morethan ten years.

LisaStrydom,regionalmanagerofCansa, said that Canola oil has anumber of well-researched anddocumented advantages over otheroils.

Strydom explained that some ofthebenefitsofCanolaoil includesthatit has a lower level of saturated fatthan any other cooking oil and is freeof both cholesterol and trans fat. Italsohasanexcellent ratioofomega-6to omega-3 (2:1) which has beenshown to be optimal for good healthand has a higher smoking point thanmost other oils, so can be safelyheated tohigher temperatureswhichresults in less oil retention in food,especially when deep frying.

“In terms of the Noakes claim thatthe oil is toxic, Canola oil has beenrigorously tested over severaldecades by a number of authoritativescientific bodies internationally,including the United States, Canada,New Zealand, Australia and SouthAfrica, and found to be suitable forhuman consumption,” said Strydom.

An analysis of peer-reviewedliterature has informed Cansa thatthere is a good balance betweenomega-6 and omega-3 fatty acidsfound within Canola oil which couldhelp to reduce the risk of cancer.

“While both omega-3 and

omega-6 are essential for normalfunctioning, our bodies cannotproduce them, so they must be ob-tained through the diet. However,research has also shown that toomuch omega-6 can increase the riskof some cancers, while omega-3 canlower the risk, hence the need tobalance these appropriately,” saidStrydom.

In order to find out what the transfats situation was in South Africa,Cansa commissioned a number ofstudies. Trans fats were measured in

40 different marga-

South Africanuniversitytoanalysevarious Canola oil samples for transfats and found that the amount oftrans fats was below one percent incrude, purified and commercialCanola oil.

The report added that in SouthAfrica, the amount of trans fats in theCanola oil analysed for Cansa, inSouth Africa, is well within the legallimit and cannot, according to logicandscientificanalysis,becalledtoxic.

“There’s no credible evidencefrom any source whatsoever thatSouth African Canola oil is toxic. If

there was, we’d expect the Depart-ment of Health, Food Safety Divisionas well as the supermarkets, toimmediately remove Canola oil fromthe shelves,” said Albrecht.

Cansa will continue to recogniseand support local Canola oil andCanola margarine with the Cansa‘Smart Choice’ Seal as it has done formany years.

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IFpeoplecantravelallthewayfromDurbantoPietermaritzburgjusttoget a taste of crocodile meat, there

must be something special about it.Dan Ndlela is the man behind Dan

Crocodile Meat Butchery inPietermaritzburg.

He opened his first outlet inNorthdale in 2012 and due to a heavydemand for crocodile meat, has sinceopened his second outlet in BoomStreet. The butchery is open sevendays a week.

Dan Crocodile Meat Butchery is anauthorised crocodile meat butcheryendorsed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.They sell both raw and cookedcrocodile meat.

The butchery also boasts a braaiarea which is famous among locals.

Ndlelasaidthatheknewhewanted

to sell crocodile meat after tasting itfor the first time.

“Crocodile meat is nutritious andits fat has healing properties. InNorthdale, we were met with a lot ofchallenges because there was a lot oftraffic and there was not enoughparking for our customers. Theresponsehasbeenoverwhelmingandwe have a lot of tourists visiting theBoom Street butchery.

“For most people who visit thebutchery, they have never tastedcrocodile meat before. However oncethey take their first bite, there is nogoing back,” said Ndlela.

Ndlela said that his next mission isto expand his business to the CBD.

“Fridays are the busiest days andthere is justno time forrest.Theplaceis hardly without customers. Peoplelike to come and have a great timewith their friends over a braai,” saidNdlela.

PHOTO:NQOBILE MTOLODan Crocodile Meat Butchery in Boom Street is attracting a lot of crocodilemeat lovers.

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THE HIV Incidents ProvincialSurveillance System Project (HIPSS)launched the pilot project of a threeyear survey on HIV prevention andtreatment in the UMgungundlovudistrict municipality.

Epicentre is a dynamic companywith a proven track record indelivering health programmesacross the country, with the aim ofpreventing health problems byimplementing educationalprogrammes, developing policiesand conducting research.

CEO of Epicentre, Cherie Cawood,said that HIPSS would givesome indication of whether or notthese interventions were likely to re-duce the number of new HIV infec-tions.

HIPSS is funded by the AmericanCentres for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) which aims inassisting non-governmental andcommunity-based organizationsworking with HIV.

“The HIPSS study provides animportant opportunity to study theeffects of planned interventions onHIV incidents in a province that isaffected by the HIV epidemic,” saidNancy Knight, CDC South Africa’scountry director.

The HIPSS project involves work-ersfromEpicentrevisitingpreviouslyidentified communities and conduct-ing tests on participants. Theinformation is recorded on a tabletand immediately imported to aresource centre and stored foranalysis.

“There is no concern about theprivacyofresultsshouldthetabletgetlost, as all information is exportedimmediately off the tablet into theresource centre. Participants are notregistered by name but ratheridentified by their fingerprint soprivacy is at a high level,” saidCawood.

The survey currently includes 10000 people with a follow up selecting7 000 of the original participants 12months later to determine if theireducation on HIV/Aids has beensuccessful as well as what hasinfluenced new cases of HIV.

TheprojectbeganintheVulindlelaand Greater Edendale areas in Julythis year.

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YOUTH For Christ (YFC), stayingtrue to its mission to bring hope tochildren and youth in and fromdisadvantaged communities, hassuccessfully reunited a disabledman living on the streets for manyyears with his family.

Speaking to Maritzburg Fever,Simphiwe Sithole, YFC outreachcoordinator, said thatduring theirrounds visiting various streetchildren in Pietermaritzburg, twoYFC interns discovered a manliving on the street near MysoreRoad.

Sithole said that it was clearthat the man, who is said to be inhis 30’s and whose identity willremainanonymous,wasmentallydisturbed and in a criticalcondition,butwantedtobereunit-ed with his family.

After intervention from theYFCteam,Sitholemanagedtofindout that the man’s family lived inMafakatini in Elandskop, but thathisbrotherworkedasataxidriver

in the city.Sithole said that the team

visited the taxi rank in town andspoke to various taxi drivers andconductors.

“They were so helpful. Some ofthem even stopped working andhelped us,” said Sithole.

After enlisting the help of therankmanager tohelphim,Sitholeand his team were successful andlocated the brother.

“He is now back home with hisfamily and is happy to be off thestreets.”

According to Sithole, thebrother and grandmother boththought that their loved one haddiedbecausehehadbeenlivingonthestreets formanyyears.Hewasalso able bodied when he left hishome and was involved in anaccidentwhile livingonthestreetswhich rendered him disabled.

He added that even though theman has been reunited with hisfamily, the work for YFC has onlyjust begun.

“We want to continue counsel-ling him and his family, firstly tohelp them adjust to his disabilityandsecondly tohelphimapply forhisIDsothathecanstartcollectinga grant,” said Sithole.

Sithole placed on record hissincere thanks toAzgarMapenye,Nse Lami and rank managerXolani Ndlela for assisting YFCwith their reunification process.

“Often we have a negativementality towards taxi driversand conductors, but these menwent above and beyond to help.”

Homeless manreunited withfamily

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“The differencewith this research isthat it occurs in realtime so people don’thave to wait monthsfor the informationto be analysed, theyget results immedi-ately,” said Cawood.

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IN 1998, my newly singlemotherandfourofherchildrenmoved into our new home in

Port Dunford, which came as ahuge shock for “township kids”who grew up in places likeeSikhawini and uMlazi.

The place was quite rural backthen and we didn’t have televisionuntil late 1998; even then, it was ablack-and-whiteonewithascreenthe size of a large cellphone.

The place wasn’t so bad, Imean, we had wide open spacesand a driveway as long as somesuburban streets. We used to haveclear views of the green planesaround us as far as the eye can seesave for some gum-tree forestshere and there. Mother tried herbest to look after us and we werehappy.

There is one thing I can singleout that aided in my missing thetownship life over the three yearswe lived there - flushing toilets.

One seldom considers the impor-tance of having a flushing toilet inthe house. Yes, sure it is quiteimperative for hygiene purposes,but there is also the dignity part.

Don’t get me wrong, not that Iwasunhappywith thepit loo in thebackyard, I had forgotten anybetterthenandat eight Iwasfairlysatisfied with the situation.

We had a pit latrine a couple ofdozen metres from the “bedroomhouse” (there was also a loungeand a separate kitchen house).Anyway, the toilet had four ricketywallsandadoorthatwastoosmallfor the frame so it never reallyclosed.

For those who have never usedone, a pit latrine consists of a holewhere your excrement drops to bedevoured by all manner ofmicrobes and creepy crawlies, theway nature intended. One of thebugs that would occasionally findits way in there was a rather loudbumblebee, the sound of whichwould dissuade me from blockingthe stinger’s only way out with myexposed toosh.

One could not complain much,considering that some people stilluse the bucket system - a systemthat is understandably awkwardfor both the producer of the wasteand the municipal employeetasked with handling the stuff.Let’s let that sink in a bit.

KZN Cogta’s Nomusa Dube-Ncube launched an attack onmunicipalities still implementingthe bucket system in KZN after thepresidentsetadeadlineofSeptem-ber 2014 during his State of theNation Address in June. One suchmunicipality was uMhlathuze,which initially denied having anyrecords of the system in its juris-diction, but was later left with eggon its face when a visit from Cogtarepresentatives found a differentstory. The system was in full swingin at least 83 households in Mand-lazini just outside Richards Bay.

In an effort to meet the presi-dential deadline, these house-holds will be provided with pitlatrines, an “upgrade” costing–wait for it - just over R10 000each. Why not build proper toilets

instead? Well, there is an ongoingproject to have a sewerage systeminstalled for the area over a periodof time.

Until then, close to R100 000willbeusedto fixanissuethatnev-er should have been in the firstplace. I find it sad that it took thepresident setting this deadline be-fore something was done. I couldmention a plethora of incidentswherepeoplehaveactuallydiedasa result of falling into a toilet, Chiefis the six-year-old boy who died ina school pit toilet in January inMpumalanga. Then there was themanwhowas founddeadaftergo-ingmissingforaweekinFebruary.He was found in an eSikhawini pitlatrine.Yes,it lookslikeIhavewrit-ten a column about poop and pittoilets, but I am trying to highlightthe plight of some people from aperspective I actually understand.From personal experience I cantell you that pit toilets are, well,crap, because they are a direct at-tack on human dignity. They needto be done away with a massivesense of urgency.

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Be part of Flower BakingPower, a fun competitionto inspire bakers todonate delicious cakes forThe Sunflower Fund’sChari­Tea­Garden at TheGarden Show from 19 to21 September 2014. Theevent aims to raisemoney for The SunflowerFund whose sole purposeis to pay for the tissuetyping of potential bonemarrow stem cell donorsfor inclusion on the SouthAfrican Bone Marrow Reg­istry. Enter at Foodpak.Contact Kenwyn Geyser at083 632 3224. Picturedare Kenwyn Geyser (L) ofThe Sunflower Fund andRyan Zammit of Foodpak.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Flower Baking Power

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDGolden Horse recently celebrated its 13th birthday. Pictured are (from left) Meshalin Naidoo,Nazley Mullah (assistant marketing manager) and Merlyn Taylor.

Golden Horse celebrates 13th birthday

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA dinner was hosted by Yusuf Kajee (sponsor) and Koushik Maharaj (sponsor) with thePietermaritzburg Chamber of Business at Chamber House launching the newly appointedConsul General of India to business and government in the City of Choice. The event wasespecially hosted in honour of the newly appointed consul general, with this being his secondvisit to a city outside Durban. Pictured at the event are (from left) Akbar Moosa, Mayor ChrisNdlela and Consul General of India Mr. Rajagopalan Raghunathan. For more pictures from thefunction, visit www.pmbfever.co.za.

A visit by the Consul General of India

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe Rotary Club of Pietermaritzburg recently inducted two new Rotarians, Peter Hyde andJeanette Malan, who have great plans to assist the club with their community­based projects.Pictured are (from left) Rotarain Richie Paine, Hyde, Rotary Club of PMB president Liz Dewes,Malan and Rotarian Richie Paine.

New Rotarians welcomed into club

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDSouth Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD) urgeseveryone to participate in Seatbelt September. Takea photo of yourself or your family in the front orback of the car buckled up and tweet it using#seatbeltsSept. SADD would like to remind all SouthAfricans that it is the law to buckle up both in thefront and back and it is important that all childrenare secured. Pictured is Wian Ungerer from RidgePrimary School who was donated a car seat fromSADD as part of Seatbelt September.

Seatbelt September

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe recent Netcare St AnnesHospital staff wellness event wasthemed mind, body and soul.Staff had the opportunity to bepampered by various health andbeauty experts and were treatedto a back, shoulder and neckmassage. Pictured is UrashaBudhai (back) from Ublastiq whooffered hair and beauty advice toAnthea Arnold at the event.

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THE city of Pietermaritzburgwill be hosting its firstChildren’s Summit on 9

October at the city hall.Msunduzi Innovation and

Development Institute (Midi) isbehind the summit and aims toestablish a child friendly-city.

Addressing the ExecutiveCommittee (Exco) members, Midi’sproject manager Irene Dugmoresaid that the programme for theChildren’s Summit will be based onthe United Nations Children’s Fund(Unicef) nine building blocks fordeveloping a child friendly city.These nine building blocks are:­ Children’s participation­ Making children’s rights known

­ A child­friendly legal framework­ A city­wide children’s rights strategy­ A children’s rights unit or coordinat­ing mechanism­ Child impact assessment andevaluation­ A children’s budget­ A regular state of the city’s children’sreport­ Independent advocacy for children

“Those themes cover the criteriathat Unicef has listed for the city ofPietermaritzburg, or any other city,to be recognised as a child friendlycity. We have to show Unicef that wehave complied and we have systemsin place for those nine frameworks,”said Dugmore.

The concept for the Pietermaritz-burg Children’s Summit was startedin 2007 by a group of experts, saidMidi’s director Professor Rob

Fincham, and included representa-tives from Midi, the MsunduziMunicipality, and PietermaritzburgChamber of Business (PCB), CindiNetwork, Child Welfare, Universityof KwaZulu-Natal, Youth for Christ,Child Advocacy Centre, the SAPSand Thandanani.

Fincham said that a projectproposal was drafted in 2008 and in2012, Midi was granted funding fora three-year period.

The acting mayor, ThobaniZuma, asked about the lion emblemon the presentation cover andDugmore responded by saying thatthe children designed the invite andcame up with the concept of usingthe lion picture.

“They said that a lion roars andthat they can roar if their voices areheard,” said Dugmore.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPietermaritzburg will be hosting its first Children’s Summit on 9 October.

Fighting for a child­friendly city

THE Top 20 finalists for the Young Ladywith Heart campaign have beenselected.And the nominees are:Lexia Michelle Naidoo ­ RaisethorpeSecondaryThando Ngubane ­ Russell High SchoolThembelihle Zondi ­ Linpark HighSchoolSiphiwe Ntuli Russell ­ High SchoolElizabeth Lee ­ St John’s D.S.G.Kylie van Koevering ­ St John’s D.S.G.Peaceful Khumalo ­ Russell High School

Isobel Dyson ­ St John’s D.S.G.Fatima Faruk ­ Raisethorpe SecondarySqi Majola ­ Russell High SchoolMichaela Mudde ­ St John’s D.S.G.Arisna Maharaj ­ Raisethorpe SecondaryAshley Voges ­ Russell High SchoolNokwanda Sosibo ­ Linpark High SchoolMegan Burns ­ Epworth High SchoolRiosha Govender ­ Russell High SchoolHlanzeka Mchunu ­ Linpark High SchoolNozipho Sibiya ­ Linpark High SchoolOlivia Clelland ­ Grace CollegeMegan Tychsen ­ Grace College

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THE year seems to have passed in a whirl,and it is already September and time forthe annual Food and Wine Fair to be heldon 26 September.

Quarry Spar and the Protea Hilton Hotelwill again be hosting the evening.

After a recent water disaster at HiltonPre­Primary, when pipes in the roof burstduring the July holidays leaving one half ofthe school with severe damage, thesupport of the community for the Food andWine Fair is even more important.

The event is a fun filled evening of muchlaughter, fun and friendship, not to

mention loads of delicious food and wineto ensure that everyone can findsomething they like.

On the evening, there are manydifferent types of food, juices/dairyproducts, and alcohol to be sampled. Manyof the products that are to be tasted canbe found on sale in the Hilton Quarry Spar,so this also creates an awareness for manywho are marketing their products on theevening.

This year, the Old Main brewery(Crossways) will also be showing theirsupport.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe annual Food and Wine Fair will be held on 26 September.

Hilton Pre­Primary Food and wine fair

MUSIC lovers will not want to miss two performancesfeaturing South Africa’s leading concert pianist,Christopher Duigan, and popular baritone FedericoFreschi, at the Witness Hilton Arts Festival this weekend.

They are being presented free of charge thanks to thesponsorship from Marriott, The Income Specialists.

The first, ‘In Concert’, is a solo classical piano recital byDuigan on Saturday, 20 September at 10am, whilst in thesecond, ‘The Songs we Love’, Duigan will perform withFreschi on Sunday, 21 September at 4pm.

Both concerts are 70 minutes long and take place in theChapel. Booking is essential.

‘In Concert’ features a programme of classical works byLiszt,Chopin,RachmaninoffandBeethoven’smonumentalSonata Op 57 ‘Appasionata’. Duigan and Freschi are onceagain set to thrill their audience with their engaging yetelegantly sophisticated blend of classical and popularmusic, as they have done across the country for more thana decade.

“We are delighted to bring two such talented artists tothe Hilton Festival stage this year. Festival goers this yearare in for a double treat when Duigan performs withFederico Freschi who is a sought-after opera soloist whohas also performed at orchestral concerts with some of thecountry’s leading orchestras,” said Simon Pearse, chiefexecutive of Marriott.

Bookings for the two Marriott­sponsored concertscan be made at www.hiltonfestival.co.za.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDChristopher Duigan.

Free concert for Festival goers

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDStudio 1 present's "Dance your heart out", a fun filled family dance show showcasing dances performed by all ages, including ballet, modern, hip hopand contemporary. The show will be held on 20 September at 2.30pm and 6.30pm at the St Anne's Theatre, Hilton. Tickets are selling fast so booknow to avoid disappointment. Bookings can be made via an email to studio1@webmail.co.za and tickets cost R60. Come and see some of PMBs mostentertaining dancers who are ready to dance their hearts out. Pictured practising hard are (from left) Michela Horn, Lauren Sturgess, Emma West, AndileCele and Teale Bekink.

Dancing their hearts out

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ANTHONYStonierwillbetakingto the stage to perform in his22nd Witness Hilton Arts

Festival.The annual festival will be taking

place at Hilton College from 19 to 21September and Stonier will be part ofthree productions this year. The firstis a theatrical piece, “The Replace-ments” on Saturday at 12.15pm andSunday at 12.15pm. Then twomusical numbers, “The Sound oftheir Music” on Saturday at 4pm andSunday at 2pm and “Sparky’s MagicPiano” on Sunday at 10am.

A Pietermaritzburg old boy,Stonier’s irrepressible personalityand provocative talent, not tomention his gift for pulling off a finepair of tights, have made him the goto guy (or dame…) for Durban’sannual, naughty-but-nice adultpantomime.

He says that one of his fondestmemories in fact, is of performing inthe“firstAdultPantomimeinDurbanin 1996. It ran for over seven monthsin thePlayhouseCellar!”But farmorethanjustbeingabletohitthehighnotein heels, Stonier has been a consum-mate cabaret, comedy and musicalperformer for 28 years.

He reminisces that his love forsinging and live performance startedyoung and was sparked initiallythrough his piano playing andcomposing. Stonier spent themajority of his formative yearsschoolingandattendingUniversity inPMB before moving to Durban toembark on his theatrical career withthe Loft Theatre Company.

His first professional onstageappearance was made in esteemedcompany when he played alongsideDavid Dennis and Ellis Pearson in“Frank ‘n’ Stein” in 1988.

It was this very same show thatStonierperformed inat the inauguralHilton Arts Festival. He proudlyrecalls that they were one of only fourshowsthatmadeuptheentirefestivalat its inception. He has watched thefestival grow from strength tostrength over the years and is excitedto be back

Atrueentertaineratheart,Stonierbelieves that laughter is the bestmedicine and when asked what heenjoys most about performing hereplies, “Making people laugh... forthe right reasons”.

Stonier likes to live life by a simplecredo of “please and thank you” andbelieves thatoneshould“always takethe stairs, never use a lift!”

Sensible words well worthheeding, especially from the manlauded with the best pair of legs onstage.

PHOTO:SUP­PLIEDAnthonyStonier

Laughter ­ thebest medicine

Tickets are onsale at QuarrySpar and atHilton Pre­Pri­mary, as well ason the evening,at the door ofthe ProteaHotel Hiltonfrom 6.30pm.

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In South Africa, the Picanto took tophonours in the People's Wheels Awards forthree years in a row (2011, 2012 and 2013), haswon numerous 'Best Buy' awards from majorpublications, and was elected a finalist in the2012 WesBank/SAGMJ Car of the Yearcompetition. While the two­model Picantoline­up remains unchanged, enhancementsto the exterior endows it with a sportier facethanks to a revised 'tiger nose' grille and arestyled front bumper.

The Picanto's sculpted side profile anduncluttered rear styling remains unchanged.The1.0LXshipswith14­inchsteelwheelswithfull wheel covers, while the 1.2 EX featuressporty 14­inch alloys.

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THE PEUGEOT 308 and 308 SW have seencommercial success with 146 000 unitsordered by the end of August.

Following this excellent performance, the308 range welcomes two dynamic newversions and on both Hatchback and SW bodystyles.

Behind the wheel of these new versions,whether the GT 205 or GT 180 fitted with the1.6-litre THP 205 Stop&Start six-speedmanual and the 2.0-litre BlueHDi 180 EAT6engines respectively, drivers will appreciatetheremarkableperformanceofthesevehicles.

The 308 GT’s front end now houses the lionin the grille with three horizontal blades oneither side of the emblem and LED lightingused throughout.

From behind, the 308 GT is striking for itspostureastheGTsignature is integratedinthegrill, the tailgate and the front wheel panels.

The range of colours for the 308 GT includethe new Magnetic Blue.

To deliver maximum enjoyment, the GTmakes the most of a chassis with specificsettings and high performance engines.Engineers used all of the brand’s expertise toachieve a remarkable power to weight ratio ofjust 5.85kg/hp for the petrol 308 GT.

Acceleration from 0 to 100km/h, takes thepetrol 308 GT just 7,5 seconds.

The four-cylinder 1.6-litre THP 205Stop&Startengineisspecifiedwithasix-speedmanualgearboxtomakethemostofits285Nmof torque, available between 1 750 and4 500rpm.

This diesel engine is coupled to an EAT6automatic gearbox. It uses Quickshifttechnology for fastgearchanges,aswellas theabilitytodown-shiftautomaticallytothespeedrequired rather than in sequential order.

Furthermore, its efficiency is almost thesame as for a manual gearbox due to reducedinternal friction and the use of torqueconverters applied whenever needed to avoidtransmission slip.

Performance of this level demands aneffective braking system and this is providedby a Bosch 9CE central unit distributing thebraking effort between the four discs. At thefront, the 330mm diameter and 30mm thickdiscs are gripped by floating calipers with60mm pistons. At the rear, the discs are268mm diameter on 308 GT and 290mm on308 GT SW.

Both engines types have switchable ESP asstandard.

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MARITZBURG College are thewinners for the annualVarsity College Schools Quiz

2014.The morning was filled with

excitement, anticipation and healthycompetition. King Edward HighSchool placed second with RussellHigh School in third place.

Thethreeteamsweretiedwiththesame scores and the tie-breakerquestions decided the winner.

“The School Quiz aims to drawstudents tobe in touchwith theworldwithin which they interact. HowevertheSchoolQuizwouldnotbepossibleif were not for the continued andvalued support of the participatingschools and sponsors.

“Our appreciation and thanks goout to each of you and we at VarsityCollege look forward to continuingthe School Quiz journey with you,”said Kevin Johnson, national

stakeholder manager.Twenty one local high schools and

35 teams took part in the event thatwas hosted at St Charles College.Competing schools sent theirrepresentative team of four pupils totry their skills and test theirknowledge in the categories ofgeneral knowledge, sport, politicsand business, popular culture, arts/history/literature and environmen-tal/geography

PHOTO: DANI JENSEN PHOTOGRAPHYThe winners of the 2014 Varsity College Schools Quiz was the Maritzburg College team which was made up of(from left) Sihle Ndlovu, Riyaal Cerpath, Jordan Rawhns and Nkanyiso Mthembu.

Schools Quiz winners

Deborah Don recentlyaddressed parents atLaddsworth Primary Schoolon current issues facingparents globally, such as theimpact of technology onfamily life. The informationshared was based on apopular series of bookswritten by IzabellaLittle­Gates. Parents leftempowered with newparenting tools and anincreased awareness ofwhat can be expectedduring the differentlife­stages of parenting(from left) Gavin Lambooy(headmaster at Ladds­worth), Deborah Don, DevonWhite and Janet Anderson.

Parenting and technology

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDFor the International Day of Charity, the Interact Club of St Nicholascollected pet food and held a cake sale to raise money for the SPCA(from left) Nomonde Simelane, Chilombo Mungombo, Hayley Marcovichand Robyn Pailman.

Cake sale for charity

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe regional finals for the Eskom Science Expo were held recently. GHSpupil Christie Hearder (Grade 10) won a gold medal in the categoryhealth sciences for her project “A solar powered sunscreen applicator”.Hearder designed and built a model of a cubicle to be placed at thebeach, in which a person can walk into and be sprayed with sunscreen.The model included a solar panel, battery storage, pump, pipes, sprayersand the cubicle.

Gold for GHS science pupil

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe pupils at Kidz Palace Educare in Scottsville recently celebrated Spring by dressing up (from left) Jenna Izaaks(manageress), Liama Mhlongo, Aphelele Ndadane, Khwezi Dlamini, Isabella Sorgenfrei, Miane Dekker, Lihle Dlaminiand Nothile Ngcobo.

Celebrating Spring day at Kidz Palace

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDCowan House is an eco­school and the teachers make use of thewetland on the school property for environmental education. Recently,the Grade R boys and girls spent time searching for wetland insects.Pictured is Grey Heinrich enjoying a muddy morning in the wetland.

Muddy learning at Cowan House

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Clarendon Primary School recently held their junior primary sports day.Kayla Beeton (Grade one) is pictured getting dressed up during her

‘going shopping’ novelty race.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

A fun sports day

HOWICK High School re-centlyhelda successfulannual inter-house athlet-

ics day.Four records were broken at

pre-sports day events and 12 onSaturday.

The day had an element of funbalanced with good competition.

This was evident with the sen-ior boys high jump, whichresulted in Mpendulo Dladlabreaking the record by 5cm andwinning the Craig Wishart Memo-rial Trophy.Further awards presented were:200m trophy ­ Lisa Munro

1500m trophy ­ Mpendulo DladlaJavelin trophy ­ Duen van RensburgJunior victor ludorum ­ Wendy Nzi­mandeJunior victrix ludorum ­ Chris HoffmanSenior victor ludorum ­ MpenduloDladlaSenior victrix ludorum ­ Kate Venter.

The tug-o-war competition be-tween the house captains anddads was fairly won by the housecaptains.

The trophy for the most pointsearned in the pre-sports dayevents went to Allemans House(yellow) and the winning housewas Oatlands (green).

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDAt the Howick High School athletics day are (from left) Lindo Sibisiand Kelsey Ebersohn, Oatlands house captains, with headmaster RobLangley.

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THINK Big events marketing andmanagement, in partnershipwith the Department of Sports

and Recreation, are invitingcompanies to take part in theircorporate soccer challenge takingplace on 27 September.

The soccer challenge, startingat 8am at the AB Jackson Sportsground behind Harry Gwala, is aimedat using soccer as a social cohesionwithin the company and amongst

workers.“Wewantemployeestointeractand

socialise outside their workingenvironment, which is a goodteam building exercise for eachcompany. While we promote playand a healthy lifestyle, we want tocreate a platform for companies to in-teract with other companies who maybe potential clients and serviceproviders.

“Since we also want the day to be afamily fun day, we are inviting familiesand there will be a kids corner which

will be full of games for children,” saidtournament director Zazi Nxele.

Sixteen companies will take part inthe 13 games of the tournament.

The overall winner will walk awaywithasoccerkit,trophy,medalsandanamountofR3000.Therewillalsobeanaward for the goal keeper, player,leading goal scorer and coach of thetournament.

To register for the challenge,companies can contact Nxele@think-bigpromotions@gmail.com or 0721500 858.

PHOTO:SUPPLIEDRepresentatives from different organizations of the corporate soccer challenge taking place on 27 September (from left)Thando Sibiya (marketing manager of Umgungundlovu FM), Thandiwe Zamisa (marketing manager of Khayelihle Funer­al Home), Mdu "Mr Nice" Ntshangase (sports­Co­ordinator from Umgungundlovu FM), Bheki Mkhize (representativefrom Safa uMgungundlovu) and Zazi Nxele (tournament director).

JONATHAN COOK

MEMORIES of a child growing up inPietermaritzburg could not come withouta stint in the boxing ring.

Glued to the radio, and then thetelevision, listening to, watching andreading about Pierre Fourie fighting Bob

Foster in Albuquerque, New Mexico in theUSA; Elijah ‘Tap Tap’ Makhatini, Maxwell‘Sugarboy’ Malinga and other SouthAfrican legends like world champ GerrieCoetzee versus Kallie Knoetze, andwatching on TV the massive rumbles inDurban that featured my hero, Jimmy “theDancing Donut” Abbott, we had to act outthose scenes in the flesh.

Jimmy was a waffle on legs, a treaclepudding, someone so fat and out ofcondition, yet the wielder of a knockoutpunch to envy.

The Liversage’s parking garage was themore imposing boxing ring, where Fridaynight was “fight night” or maybe it shouldhave been fright night.

After a few solid blows from TrevorPacker and Richard Liversage, with the realboxing gloves that Mr Liversage hadprovided for us, I decided to quit the sportwhile I was ahead.

My Dad had bought me moremanageable kiddies’ gloves and I was nomatch for the gladiatorial opposition.

The physically impaired David

Bansemer, with his revolutionaryBullworker apparatus, was David BaxterRoad’s champion bodybuilder ­ I pesteredmy Mom to buy me one but when Ieventually got it, the allure of ball sportsstill beckoned a bit more strongly than thehard, uncompromising iron man stuff.

The much coveted Bullworker wasconfined to the cupboard where it drewplenty of dust.

Famous names and venues fired theimagination, conjured up dreams offollowing in celebrated footsteps. They

also galvanised sports­mad young boysinto feverish sporting activity as soon asschool was out, and well into thoseblessedly long sunny holidays whenthe neighbourhood kids in Scottvillecould play from sun­up to the ratherdepressing sundown when Moms inparticular, as well as more understandingDads, made the necessary phonecalls to fellow parents and tracked downtheir exhausted offspring.

Next week features part 5.

Dancing donutsand fight night

WITH Spring here, and the tempera-tures warming up, it’s time to dust offyourskisandgetreadyforanexcitingski season.

The KZN Water Ski Federation ishosting league water ski tourna-ments throughout the summermonths. The competition is afun-filled day for the entire familywith prizes to be won for everyone.

Any skier may enter, no matterwhat level of skiing you are at, nomatter gender or age.

Points are awarded for every buoymaneuvered and even for crossingthe wake.

The first event will be held on 21September at the Bird Valley Estate,Pietermaritzburgstartingat8amandthecostisR200perskier.Formorein-formation, contact Travis Fisher at082 945 4969 or email travis@skire-flex.co.za or visit www.waterski-sa.co.za/skikzn.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMaritzburg College pupil Dylan Lowe in action.

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