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DESPITE setbacks to the protestagainst the Chapman’s Peak toll

plaza and building, protester Bron-wen Lankers-Byrne says she is feel-ing more resolute than ever.

This after concrete for the founda-tions was poured on Wednesday night.During the day, Lankers-Byrne and Fio-na Hinds handcuffed themselves to thesite, thwarting construction work.

Last Monday, Hinds was arrested foralleged malicious damage to property.She appeared in the Wynberg Magis-trate’s Court, and the case was post-poned.

Lankers-Byrne eventually uncuffedherself, after she was served with a

high court order at 21:00. Police visitedher three times before she was handedthe court order, ordering her to cease“illegally occupying” the constructionsite.

The Hout Bay resident, who went ona 15-day hunger strike, is still continu-ing a vigil opposite the site where pro-testers are canvassing support for theircampaign. Over 8 000 people havesigned the petition.

Meanwhile, Transport MEC RobinCarlisle has responded to recent pressreports that the United Nations Educa-tional, Scientific and Cultural Organisa-tion was “stepping in” on the matter oftolling on Chapman’s Peak Drive.

Carlisle says: “Table Mountain is partof the Cape Floral Region World Herit-age Site. Unesco has identified the

greatest threats to it as invasive alienspecies and wildfires. Entilini activelykeeps Chapman’s Peak Drive free ofinvasion as part of its management ofthe road, while we as the Province haveentered into a 12-year contract withSANParks to clear the mountainsabove the pass,” said Carlisle.

He adds: “We therefore look forwardto sharing this with Unesco and gettinginput on taking proactive steps to man-age the alien species issue on Chap-man’s Peak Drive. We haven’t heardfrom Unesco yet, but I am sure we willin due course,” said Carlisle.

At the site, construction workers stilljoke loudly with Lankers-Byrne, callingher “Makoti”, a Zulu word for a youngmarried woman or bride.

She received this nickname after she

started wearing an African print dressin Hout Bay. One of the workers knewher by this name and it caught on.

Share your views by joining the Pro-tect Chapman’s Peak Movement’sgroup on Facebook.

Chapman’s Peak protest con-tinues

A memorialservice was re-cently held forthe murderedBronx nightclubowner, BrunoBronn, at GreenPoint Park.Bronn wasfound dead inhis home onTuesday 7 Feb-ruary, and foursuspects werearrested. Herehis brother Rein-ier is comfortedby one of themany friendsand relativeswho attended.Photo: Lulama Zen-zile

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TAKING ITS TOLL: Fiona Hinds wasarrested last Monday and chargedwith alleged malicious damage toproperty. She appeared in the Wyn-berg Magistrate’s Court.

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Page 2 People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard-City Edition ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday 28 February 2012

In 2007 the City of Cape Town commenced a public process for the naming and renaming of streets, buildings and public places. Proposals were received from the public and were then assessed by a Panel of Experts.After consideration, the Panel of Experts recommended 31 naming proposals be approved and implemented by Council. Council suspended the process for the purposes of further public consultation on the recommendations.In the past few months the City has implemented four name changes. This is your chance to comment on the naming proposals listed in the table below, before a final recommendation is made to Council.

PRESENT NAME PROPOSED NAME REASON/MOTIVATION

Milner Road (Tamboerskloof) Uys Krige Road Uys Krige was a Cape born poet, playwright and author of short stories and travelogues.

Milner Road (Sea Point) Ingrid Jonker StreetIngrid Jonker was a local poet, who championed the cause of the poor and the lot of black South Africans. She took her ownlife by drowning at Three Anchor Bay in July 1965.

Residents living along these streets will be canvassed for their opinions by means of a door-to-door survey process, which will take place before the end of March 2012.

PLEASE NOTE: Comments must include motivations for or against the above naming proposals. Comment forms can be obtained from your nearest subcouncil office or atwww.capetown.gov.za/naming

Forms must be completed and submitted no later than 31 March 2012 via:E-mail: naming@capetown.gov.zaFax: 021 400 1465Post: Public Participation Unit, PO Box 298, Cape Town 8000

For further information or assistance in your language of choice, please contact Ruche Daniels (English) on 021 400 1766, Anele Viti (Xhosa) on 021 400 1652 orFrederick Venter (Afrikaans) on 021 400 1768.

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THE kykNET Fiestas is the jewel inthe crown of the TV-channel’s

commitment to the development ofthe Afrikaans arts, culture and enter-tainment landscape.

The winners of the second annualkykNET Fiestas were announced onThursday during an extravaganza ofnote at Artscape.

The sought-after golden statue wasawarded in 16 categories to the best ofthe best artists and productions whichdebuted at festivals countrywide lastyear. The gangs-in-prison drama Rooil-andwon four accolades after being nom-inated in six categories.Rooiland’sBren-don Daniels received the prize for bestactor, Jaco Bouwer for best director,Bouwer and Tertius Kapp for best newAfrikaans production and Kapp again forbest upcoming artist.

Prizes were also awarded to the openair production Lot, after it was nominated

in six categories. Lot received the awardfor best production, Neels van Jaarsveldfor best supporting actor and NicolaHanekom for best theatre design. Theannual Afrikaans arts festival, Innibos,held annually in Nelspruit, was voted2011’s best festival.

South African icons Louis van Niekerk,Mimi Coertse and Elsa Joubert werehonoured with lifetime achievementawards for their exceptional contribu-tions to theatre, music and literature re-spectively.

Karen Meiring, channel head forkykNET, says the judges attended artsfestivals countrywide and experiencedeach production first hand and on itshome ground before nominations weremade. In between the announcement ofcategory winners, the audience was en-tertained by a diverse and star-studdedline-up of performers. Amongst others,the evening featured a poetry reading byAntjie Krog, a performance by Steve

Hofmeyr, an Afrikaans duet by ClareJohnston and Vusi Mahlasela and thepopular pairing-up of Jack Parow andDavid Kramer.

The Fiestas are already being referredto as the Oscars of Afrikaans theatre. Inits short lifespan the kykNET Fiestashave gone from strength to strength tobecome a benchmark for creative excel-lence in Afrikaans arts and culture.

If this year is anything to go by, theyeagerly anticipate new and innovativecreations from artists next year and willcontinue to recognise and celebrate theirtalent. A special broadcast of the Fiestasawards show will be broadcast on Thurs-day 1 March at 19:30 on kykNET channel111 on DStv.

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IT’S that time of the year where the CapeTown Carnival adorns the streets of the

CBD with colourful floats, vivacious dancersand an energetic atmosphere – but not every-one is as excited about the annual event.

This year, the carnival will take place on theFan Walk, starting from Chiapini Street and end-ing in York Street, on Saturday 24 March.

Even though the new location of the CapeTown Carnival will better accommodate the largevolume of expected crowds, there are some con-cerns around the move.

Ward councillor Dave Bryant says that his ma-jor worries are around traffic and residents notbeing able to access their streets or leave theirhomes. “There are existing parking agreementsin place in the form of parking discs, which allowspeople to park on the roads. Without these discsit would be difficult for them to find parking,” hesays.

There was plenty of discussion pending themove from Long Street to the Fan Walk, and in-cluded many different organisations’ input.

Cape Town Carnival’s Operational Manager,Anthea Metcalfe, says that the City of Cape Townfelt that the carnival had outgrown Long Streetand that it was time to move on to greater hori-zons.

“Last year the carnival was packed – about 60000 to 70 000 people were present. From a riskassessment point of view the location wasn’t fea-sible. We expect the amount of spectators to in-crease rapidly and Long Street wouldn’t be ableto accommodate this. If something were to hap-pen, law enforcement officers wouldn’t be ableto get through,” she says.

The Cape Town Carnival consists of 1 700 par-ticipants all dressed in costume, dancing to mu-

sic and parading along the Fan Walk. They willperform along Somerset Road,accessing theFan Walk from the bridge over BuitengrachtRoad and ending at the underpass opposite YorkStreet.

Ward councillor Beverley Schäfer says that theFan Walk would be “perfect” for the carnival.

“This location would attract a greater amountof people and would be easier to access. It’s agreat family event and I think it’s going to beamazing. The roads have a dual carriage system– one for floats and the other for pedestrians –providing ample space for everyone,” she says.

The chairperson of the De Waterkant Civic As-sociation, Norbert Furnon-Roberts, says that af-ter last year’s event, SAPS declared it to be un-manageable due to the venue.

However, he is keen to see how the carnivalwill turn out and hopes that it proceeds with mini-mal effect on surrounding areas.

“The organisers have done a lot of ground workand came to the conclusion that this venue ismore appropriate. Concerns such as what thetraffic situation will look like and what kind of roadclosures there will be are high on our list. Resi-dents should be informed about it as soon as pos-sible,” he says.

TWO events bringing thousands of people into theGreen Point area in March are the Cape Argus Pick’n Pay Cycle Tour on Sunday 11 March and CapeTown Carnival on Saturday 24 March.

The council will honour the Green Point Ratepay-ers’ and Residents’ Association parking permits,and in order for residents to park outside theirhomes, they must display these discs.

The association’s permit system will be in opera-tion on both these days.

Residents need to ensure that the discs are dis-played on Saturday 24 March, as sections of theMain Road and Somerset Road will be closed.

Residents who live in roads that will be totallycut off by the Cape Town Carnival, such as Wesselsand Vesperdene roads, will be given special one-day passes issued at the Cape Town Carnival of-fice.

Traffic controllers will be on duty to ensure theiraccess.

Green Point residents wanting to obtain resi-dents’ parking permits can contact the associationat parking@gprra.co.za.

Display your parking per-mits

Concern sur-rounds local car-nival move

FANCY living in Govan Mbeki Drive or givingdirections from Imam Haron Road? Have yoursay on proposed name changes at one of thepublic meetings scheduled for coming weeksat venues across Cape Town.

These public meetings will be interactiveand affected suburbs will be informed of thereasons for the proposed name changes.

A Naming Committee was convened lastyear under the chairmanship of the MayoralCommittee Member for Transport, Roads andStormwater, Brett Herron, to manage namingand renaming of streets, buildings and publicplaces within the city.

This committee will look at new namechange proposals, as well as a series of sug-gested name changes remaining from previ-ous years.

“In 2007, the City received a set of 31 pro-posed new names, of which four have beenimplemented. We invite the public to commenton the remaining 27 name changes before aproposal is made to council,” said Herron.

The proposed name changes will be sub-jected to a thorough public participation proc-ess.

Public meetings will be held to offer commu-nities every opportunity to comment.

Seven of the streets proposed for renamingcut across multiple sub-councils and wards,impacting a city-wide target group. Thesestreets will require a more rigorous public par-ticipation process.

The seven streets are:. Hendrik Verwoerd Drive. Jip de Jager Street. Vanguard Drive. Lansdowne Road. Jan Smuts Drive. NY1 in Gugulethu. Willie van Schoor Drive“The process to change street names will be

as inclusive as possible. We will distribute lo-calised pamphlets in every street where aname change is proposed, and provide asmuch information on the process as possible.If anyone is directly affected by a street namechange we want to give them the chance tocomment,” he said. All comments must besubmitted by 31 March and should include amotivation.

Invitation to comment on new proposed streetnames

CHAOS: The ANC memorial lecture held at the Good Hope Centre on Thursday in memoryof former ANC president Sefako Makgatho was marred by the arrest of two people for publicdisorder. It was initially alleged that the disruption, which occurred during President JacobZuma’s centenary speech, was by a duo from the ANC Youth League, but the group’s spokes-person, Floyd Shavambu, lays the blame squarely at the party’s doorstep. “The ANCYL isconcerned by the manner in which ANC members in the Western Cape disrupted the lecture,”he says. Photo: Edrea Cloete

Page 4 People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard-City Edition NEWS Tuesday 28 February 2012

In 2007 the City of Cape Town commenced a public process for the naming and renaming of streets, buildings and public places. Proposals were received from the public and were then assessed by a Panel of Experts.After consideration, the Panel of Experts recommended 31 naming proposals be approved and implemented by Council. Council suspended the process for the purposes of further public consultation on the recommendations.In the past few months the City has implemented four name changes. This is your chance to comment on the naming proposals listed in the table below, before a final recommendation is made to Council.

PRESENT NAME PROPOSED NAME REASON/MOTIVATION

Coen Steytler Avenue (Cape Town CBD) Walter Sisulu Avenue Walter Sisulu was one of the most important leaders of the ANC, a Rivonia Trialist and Robben Island prisoner.

DF Malan Street (Cape Town CBD) David Poole StreetDavid Poole played a major role in establishing arts and culture in Cape Town; he was active in ballet and promoted theparticipation of marginalised people in the arts.

Milner Street (Metro Industrial Township) Jan Rabie Street Jan Rabie was a local novelist, translator and poet who strongly opposed apartheid policies.

Port Road (Cape Town CBD - Waterfront) Fort Amsterdam Road The Fort Amsterdam Battery was built in 1784 and protected the Cape Town settlement and shipping routes for 130 years.

Residents living along these streets will be canvassed for their opinions by means of a door-to-door survey process, which will take place before the end of March 2012.

PUBLIC MEETINGResidents are invited to a public meeting on the naming proposals for major roads and arterials as detailed above.

VENUE: Council Chambers, 44Wale Street, Cape Town CBDDATE: 27 March 2012TIME: 11:00 – 14:00

PLEASE NOTE: Comments must include motivations for or against the above naming proposals. Comment forms can be obtained from your nearest subcouncil office or atwww.capetown.gov.za/naming

Forms must be completed and submitted no later than 31 March 2012 via:E-mail: naming@capetown.gov.zaFax: 021 400 1465Post: Public Participation Unit, PO Box 298, Cape Town 8000

For further information or assistance in your language of choice, please contact Ruche Daniels (English) on 021 400 1766, Anele Viti (Xhosa) on 021 400 1652 or Frederick Venter (Afrikaans)on 021 400 1768.

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REPRESENTATIVES of organisa-tions from the design community,private sector, academic institu-tions, public sector and civil socie-ty are all invited to the World De-sign Capital 2014 Stakeholder Fo-rum, coinciding with this year’sDesign Indaba.

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By hosting this event, Cape Townwill be edging out short-listed citiesDublin and Bilbao. Cape Town is thefirst city from the developing world to

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The college’s goal is to place studentsfor between five and 10 consecutivedays in each year of study for workplace-based experience and 18 months for in-service training. During these place-ments, employers are asked to orientatestudents to their companies and allow

them to work alongside employees do-ing jobs related to the students’ field ofstudy.

By hosting students, employers get achance to influence the training that thecollege provides and slant it more to-wards the needs of the industry.

Employers can also get points on theircompany’s BEE scorecard. Should acompany be willing to host two or moreof its students, the college would gladlyassist by facilitating the placement proc-ess.

Workplace-based experience place-ment for the Vocational National Certifi-cate occurs during the April, June/Julyand September/October vacations. In-service work placement for National Di-ploma students are scheduled for No-vember/December.

These experiential training sessionsare aligned with the Department of High-er Education and Training’s require-ments. No financial contribution is ex-pected from the host employer for work-place-based experience.

However, a nominal stipend to stu-dents completing their 18 months in-service training would assist them in sat-isfying financial commitments incurredduring the in-service training period. Thecollege hopes that more companies willjoin them in this important exercise.Companies are invited to contact the col-lege to explore how placing its studentscan help grow their business and bottomline.

For more information on work place-ment at the college, phone Winston Da-mons on (021) 404 6700. You can alsocontact the college’s information line on086 010 3682 or email info@cct.edu.za.

Alternatively, visit www.cct.edu.za.

THE South African Law School,which has empowered thousands ofstudents with legal skills that haveenabled them to forge careers with-in the legal and commercial sectors,celebrates its 16th year of successthis year.

The school is fully accredited bythe Safety and Security SETA to of-fer the Paralegal National Certifi-cate and, in addition, is also accred-ited by the Institute of CharteredSecretaries to offer training for theCIS qualifications.

The South African Law School of-fers its training on both a part-timeand full-time basis from its moderncampus situated in the Cape TownCBD.

The school’s courses are facilitat-ed by experienced and qualifiedprofessionals.

This year, the school will be offer-ing several courses, all aimed atgraduating confident and compe-tent students with the skills neces-sary to secure employment in the le-gal and commercial sectors. Theschool’s past graduates will befound employed countrywide in lawfirms, banks, manufacturing busi-nesses, government departmentsand at the Legal Aid Board.

A growing trend is for the LawSchool’s graduates to register at a

university for a LLB degree in orderto qualify as a lawyer.

This year, the school will continueto offer its highly regarded paralegalcourse, which is the most compre-hensive and in-depth paralegal pro-gramme offered by any private pa-ralegal school.

In addition to the required mod-ules that make up the national quali-fication, the school offers seven ad-ditional law modules to supplementthe training learners receive.

Meanwhile, the property marketshould continue to recover.

The South African Law School’sConveyancing and Financescourse – a highly successful inten-sive programme – will graduateconveyancing paralegals at just theright time.

The Conveyancing programmeincludes 12 training sessions in theschool’s dedicated computer train-ing room on the GhostConvey soft-ware – the software most widelyused in the conveyancing process.

The Law School is one of the fewschools in the country accredited toprovide training for the CIS qualifi-cations and will be offering trainingfor level 1 of the CIS qualification inon both a part-time and full-time ba-sis.

Part-time training will be conduct-

ed on Saturday mornings. The CISqualification leads to a lifetime ca-reer in corporate governance.

Corporate Governance profes-sionals are highly sought-after andthe qualification is recognised inter-nationally.

The school’s Administration ofDeceased Estates course is a 14-week intensive programme whichcovers the process of administeringdeceased estates from beginning toend. The course opens doors to alifelong career, or self employment,as an administrator of deceased es-tates.

The course is offered part-time onSaturday mornings.

Full details of the South AfricanLaw Schools courses, trainingschedules and tuition paymentplans are available at www.law-school.co.za.

Alternatively, email info@law-school.co.za or phone (021) 4184355.

EVERYTHING today is computer-ised, and even car mechanicsneed knowledge of informationtechnology (IT).

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Boston offers over 50 careerqualifications and was voted “BestComputer Training College” inThe Star 2008, 2009 and 2010“Your Choice” awards. For moreinformation, contact Boston CityCampus and Business College on(021) 418-6265 or email bbccape-town@bostonbc.co.za or visitwww.boston.co.za

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Tuesday 28 February 2012 NEWS People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard-City Edition Page 7

MAKE SURE your driving instructor has thenecessary documentation authorising him toteach you the rules of the road – and that heis charging you an acceptable fee.

Traffic officers will be conducting inspectionson driving schools and instructors to target dis-honest businesses which conduct K53 driver tui-tion without the necessary accreditation.

All driving schools and instructors must havean instructor’s certificate that verifies that the in-structor is competent in the instruction of K53driver training.

Applicants who are trained by uncertified driv-ing school instructors often fail their driving li-cence tests because of the inadequate level oftraining received, the municipal traffic depart-ment warns.

These businesses often charge exorbitant feesand by teaching the learner drivers incorrectly,contribute to endangering the lives of innocentroad users.

Traffic Services enforcement teams will be in-tensifying its focus on driving instructors, with aspecial emphasis placed on enforcement aroundthe Driving License Testing Centres across CapeTown.

The department encourages all learner driversto use the services of reputable driving schoolsfor driver training.

Driving schools and instructors must be in pos-session of a valid instructor’s certificate, a validdriving licence for the particular class of vehicleand a roadworthy vehicle.

For more information visit the City’s Licensingand Motor Vehicle Registration website onwww.capetown.gov.za/vehiclelicensing, or con-tact the City’s call centre on 086 010 3089. Thesite features a list of registration offices, a “Fre-quently Asked Questions” section and an onlinevehicle licence payment facility.

Driving schools face scru-tiny

PEDAL ON: Premier Helen Zille and other government officials faced off with a MyCitibus and a car on Wednesday in a race to determine which mode of transport was quickest.The challenge started in Table View and ended in the Cape Town CBD. The cyclists arrivedin the city nine minutes after the bus, which cruised into the city centre in 40 minutes.

Photo: Edrea Du Toit

Page 8 People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard-City Edition GENERAL Tuesday 28 February 2012

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Energy saving lightbulbs have anenvironmental benefit because they cutyour lighting cost by using less electricityand last up to eight times longer,resulting in a reduction in greenhousegases. The small amount of mercury that

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Spent CFLs can be exchangedfor new ones in two ways:

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The exchange period will run from February 2012 to March 2012.

SMOKE DETECTION cameras which were inoperation three years ago will be reintroducedin a bid to reduce the devastation a fire cancause.

The camera system forms an integral part ofFire and Rescue Services’ commitment to re-sponding to fires as quickly as possible, explainsJP Smith, the Mayoral Committee Member forSafety and Security, who continues that the de-partment constantly explores ways in whichtechnology can make the response more effi-cient.

The camera system is designed to detect andplot the location of fire and smoke within a radiusof 5km from the camera’s location. The informa-tion is then transmitted to the Fire and RescueServices’ Command and Control Centre inGoodwood, where the location is plotted on amap and the necessary vehicles dispatched tothe incident.

There are currently six cameras across thecity, including the V&A Waterfront, Muizenberg’sCinebar Flats and at the Cape Town Internation-al Airport.

Plans are afoot to expand the system to anadditional five areas, including the King’s Block-house – to cover the Mowbray to Woodstock are-as – and Hout Bay for the Suikerbossie area.

The fire and smoke detection camera systemis used worldwide, with the American ForestryDepartment making extensive use of it in denseforest areas.

Fire plan tobe reintro-duced

ILLUSIONIST Wayne Houchin and his wife,Fran, are set to perform Africa’s first ever dualupside down straitjacket escape whilst hanging30m above ground, without safety nets and sus-pended from cranes at the V&A Waterfront onFriday 2 March at 13:00.

The gravity-defying act will be at the Pierheadarea near Hildebrand and Den Anker.

The American endurance artists have per-formed their variation of legendary escape artistHoudini’s most famous and dangerous illusionall over the world.

“Most people would consider escaping from aregulation straitjacket while hanging 30m abovethe ground impossible. To be a magician is toaccomplish the impossible and we look forwardto achieving this feat in South Africa,” saysWayne.

The daring escape forms part of the South Afri-can Magic Championships and is a teaser forWayne’s highly anticipated performance at theCollege of Magic’s Stars of Comedy and MagicGala Show at the Artscape Theatre on Sunday4 March.

The College of Magic is a non-profit magicalarts organisation and the only one of its kind inthe world. The show is a one-night-only fundrais-ing for the College of Magic’s Community Out-reach Programmes – a place where the youthof Cape Town can escape from the harsh reali-ties of poverty and crime and enter a world ofpromise and hope.

Audiences will also be entertained by the likesof top comedians Riaad Moosa, star of SA’s hitnew movie Material, Alan Committie, Stuart Tay-lor; ventriloquist Conrad Koch and a host of spe-cialty acts.

Tickets for the Stars of Comedy and Magic Ga-la Show are R160. Book now at Computicket on0861 915 8000 or www.computicket.com

It’s all an illusion

THE Minister of Finance, PravinGordhan, delivered his third fullbudget speech in parliament onWednesday where he sharedgovernment’s financial plan to in-itiate, among others, R6.2 billionfor job creation; tax breaks tosupport non-retirement savings;and relief in the form of tax incen-tives to help small and micro-businesses.

However, it’s the changes in sintax and fuel levies which have settongues wagging. People’s Posttook to the streets to hear yourthoughts.

BudgetBudgetbluesblues

EXTERNAL FORCES: John Law-rence says: “I don’t think the govern-ment has much control on tax hikesbecause there are a lot of externalforces at play, so we just have to com-ply.”

SPEND IT WELL: “I’m a big smokerand I think the price increase in alco-hol and cigarettes is fantastic, be-cause it is wrong to be smoking anddrinking. I would feel happier if I knewthe tax we pay on these items wasput to good use,” says Mrs Kyne, whowas spotted with her dog, Eta.

DRIVING NO MORE: Mr Ryklief fromHeathfield feels that prices are get-ting out of hand. “Petrol is too expen-sive. I have a car that I can’t affordto drive,” he says.

DOMINO EFFECT: “I feel that asa youngster I can’t do much social-ising because everything is just soexpensive. I’m not a driver, yet thepetrol increases affects me too be-cause once it goes up, everythingelse goes up,” says Charnay Mar-tin.

Tuesday 28 February 2012 NEWS People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard-City Edition Page 9

DO YOU turn a blind eye to sneaky-lookingpeople eyeing the local electricity infrastruc-ture? Start taking a special interest as damageto electrical infrastructure will have a negativeeffect on you and your neighbourhood.

Unnecessary damage caused to the electricitynetwork, street kiosks, distribution boxes and oth-er electrical equipment as a result of cable theftand wilful damage causes a disruption of electrici-ty while also creating potentially dangerous situa-tions, especially for children.

The cost to repair this damage, and the result-ant loss of income, means that there is less fund-ing available for new electrical infrastructure, theCity of Cape Town’s electricity department warns.

In addition, electricity tariffs are forced to in-crease due to unnecessary expenditure. Theft ofcables from live networks, besides being life-threatening to the perpetrator, can cause electri-cal surges on the network which could damagethe appliances of other electricity consumers.

The City, generally, does not entertain claims

in such cases, as it is not responsible for thesesystem surges. Tampering with meters is an of-fence in terms of the Electricity Supply By-law andthose caught having tampered or bypassed theCity’s meters will have to pay for all the costs in-curred to reinstate the meter to an operationalstate. The perpetrators will be required to pay tohave their meter moved to a new location, andthe City will also recover lost income. The depart-ment has teams which carry out ongoing inspec-tions of meters.

Report all instances of vandalism where tam-pering with meters is suspected by sending anSMS to 31220 and provide details of the incident.Blow the whistle on cable or equipment theft byphoning 0800 222 771.

All information received will be treated in thestrictest confidence.

You have thepower

BIGSPLASH:Camps BayHigh Schoolrecently heldits annual in-ter-houseswimminggala and inkeeping withtradition, allthe matriclearnersjumped intothe pool tomark the finalwater-sportevent of theirschool ca-reer. Photo: KiriRoussopoulos

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Tuesday 28 February 2012 GENERAL People’s Post Atlantic Seaboard-City Edition Page 11

TONY ROBINSON

IN the days when R1 million was real money,the Cape Town municipality regarded itselfas extremely fortunate not to be saddled witha municipal transport system that chewed upmoney.

Both Johannesburg and Durban had goodmunicipal bus services but they ran at huge an-nual losses.

Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, on the otherhand, had a private company, City Tramways(now Golden Arrow), which provided good serv-ices at no cost to the ratepayers. And, on topof that, Cape Town had a suburban railway serv-ice that worked.

Things have changed.The train service is a mess and getting worse

all the time.Golden Arrow still functions well but it no long-

er provides the city-wide service of old.Now, most people from the affluent areas use

private cars for commuting.The whole public transport system is unco-or-

dinated and inefficient, and to make mattersworse, we now have a lawless taxi industry that

has so far defied all attempts at regulation de-spite increasing passenger fatalities.

Transnet’s problem, in a word, is passengers.They evade fares, crowd the coaches, complainwhen trains are late and take out their frustrationby wrecking the carriages.

Coal, iron ore and general freight, on the otherhand, make docile cargoes. That’s the businessto be in. One can understand why Transnet can’twait to get rid of the whole sorry mess.

The train service will require a massive capitalinjection (which the city hopes will come fromgovernment) to bring it up to a reasonable opera-tional standard.

The second problem is that the staff will wantmunicipal salaries and benefits and that willhugely increase running costs. Council manage-ment will be the most expensive possible wayto run the service.

Then there is the City’s inexperience in mat-ters of public transport.

The municipality may be proud of what it isdoing with MyCiTi but we don’t yet know the realcosts.

If MyCiTi had been a private venture it wouldhave gone bankrupt long ago. One can’t havedozens of expensive buses standing idle for

nearly a year before bringing them into serviceand still expect to be viable! And the airport busservice with its two or three passengers per tripwould bleed most young companies to death.

But the city has shot itself in the foot. The ea-gerness to expand its municipal empire has al-ready undermined its negotiation position.

The city should be protesting that it will needmassive subsidies and that it has no experience,that the learning curve will be expensive and thatwhile it might be prepared to save Transnet’s ba-con, it will need this, that, the other and muchmore.

That approach might secure an acceptabledeal.

Instead, we have unbridled enthusiasm fromour civic politicians who are biting off a lot morethan they know how to chew.

It’s a bit like the dog that chases cars all daylong but what would it do if it actually caughtone?

Send in the clowns, I say.

Municipal trains and howthe City shot itself in thefoot

TONY Robinson is the public relations officer forthe Cape Chamber of Commerce, and has along history as a writer on municipal affairs.

Therefore, one would imagine that he wouldhave a far better grasp of the issues and com-plexities around public transport in Cape Townand South Africa.

He contradicts his client, Michael Bagraim,President of the Cape Regional Chamber ofCommerce, who recently agreed with the visionof Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin thatthe various elements of public transport, includ-ing rail, buses and taxis should be integrated.

Like any modern, successful city in the world,we have an obligation to develop an integratedpublic transport system that gives everyone theopportunity to travel in comfort and safety.

His suggestion that Council ought to be “as-tute” and avoid taking responsibility to its rate-payers and visitors for a functioning public trans-port service is worrying; and reflects an attitudethat does not belong in an inclusive, caring, effi-cient and opportunity city.

Instead, that kind of response to the mobilityneeds of the vast majority of our residents per-petuates division and exclusion and prioritisesthe privileged few who can afford a car overthose who rely on public transport to meet theirdaily needs.

To see people, who want to travel to work toearn a living as a “problem” articulates a narrowview based on a vision for this city that this ad-ministration does not share.

It would however be astute of Council to inte-grate all forms of transport to afford all its peoplethe ability to improve their lives, by being ableto travel to work, to look for work, or merely toenjoy the city in which they live.

This administration is committed to building asustainable, multi-modal, integrated publictransport service which will be made up of pas-senger rail, bus rapid transit, scheduled busservices, mini bus taxis and non-motorisedtransport.

We are taking important but well consideredsteps to get there, always mindful that we needto balance the sustainability of the city-regionwith the requirements of a meaningful publictransport service which serves the entire city.

In the context of establishing the city as thesingle public transport authority (in accordancewith the aims of the National Land Transport Act)we have made substantial progress on a numberof fundamental functions including the devolu-tion of the bus subsidies and the assignment ofthe minibus taxi licensing to the city.

The missing piece has been the passengerrail function. It would be impossible for the cityto implement a fully integrated public transportservice without being in a position to plan forpassenger rail services and then ensure the im-plementation of that plan.

The vision depends on a fully integrated func-tional public transport service which responds tothe unique requirements of each local govern-ment’s economic, spatial and social plan.

And all three spheres of government sharethat bigger vision.

The City of Cape Town has one of the mostextensive urban networks in the country andabout 600 000 people a day are dependent onMetrorail for their daily commute. If it is allowedto deteriorate further, and collapse completely,the consequences for every individual resident,and all of us collectively as Capetonians, will bedire.

This does not mean that we are rushing in,unconstrained, to take over Metrorail and startoperating a passenger rail service. We havebeen engaging with the national and provincialdepartments over the past few months duringwhich time we have proposed that we be author-ised, and assisted, to conduct a due diligenceinvestigation of the regional Metrorail opera-tions, fare revenue and rail subsidy.

This study would help us make an informeddecision about the state of the Metrorail opera-tions and the feasibility of the city assuming au-thority over the management of the service inthe future.

We are not ignoring the recapitalisation of therolling stock, the replacement of the signalingsystem, the failure of the service’s access con-trol, nor the safety and security issues. All ofthese issues, and many others, will be part ofany agreement the city concludes.

It is absurd to believe that we plan to burdenthe city’s finances before resolving these issues.

We are happy to announce that more than 27000 commuters are satisfied enough with the ex-panding MyCiTi service to have acquired my-connect travel cards.

The MyCiTi airport service carries a lot morethan Mr Robinson’s “two or three” passengersper trip.

More than 12 000 people used the service inDecember 2011 alone.

We acknowledge that the airport service hasthe capacity to carry many more passengers.

This is borne out by the fact that every monthwe are seeing a steady but consistent increasein its patronage.

Efficient public transport is critical to improvingresident’s lives, including relief from the trafficcongestion, reduction in our carbon footprint anda reduction of air pollution.

Mr Robinson should free his range of visionfrom its narrow confines to see a bigger pictureand work with the council as it strives to serveall the people of and visitors to our beautiful city.

– Brett Herron, Mayoral Committee mem-ber for transport, roads and stormwater.

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AJAX were made to rue their missedchances in the Cape derby on Saturdaynight when local rivals Santos fought

back from a one goal deficit to draw the matchat the Cape Town stadium.

Those who did not see the game could be for-given for marking it down as another dreary stale-mate. But in reality the match was a lively affairfrom the kick-off, and the result was not worthyof the entertaining game that took place.

Ajax took control of the encounter from the veryfirst minute – monopolising possession andcamping in Santos’ territory – and they took a de-served lead in the nineteenth minute after GeorgeMaluleka was fouled in the box. Brent Carelse,who led the line for Ajax on Saturday night,stepped up and converted the spot kick easily,but the veteran attacker’s composure seemed todesert him in the rest of the match and he wasguilty of missing several clear-cut opportunities.

Several other Ajax players also fluffed goalscoring opportunities and the match could havebeen killed off on several occasions in the firststanza if the Urban Warriors brought their shoot-ing boots along. Ajax Coach Maarten Stekelen-berg saw the poor shooting as the only flaw inan otherwise polished display by his players.

“I’m quite happy with the performance of theteam, because Ajax did very good. We createda lot. The only thing I think we can blame our-selves for is that we didn’t finish the clear opportu-nities that we created,” said Maarten Stekelen-berg.

“I think we could have finished the game in thefirst half and played the game home in the secondhalf.”

In the first half Santos seemed powerless tostop the constant flow of Ajax attacks, and theywere guilty playing too directly and concedingpossession far too easily.”

However, Duncan Crowie’s team returned fromthe half-time break a completely different side and

they leveled the score less than 14 minutes later,after winning a free kick in a relatively innocuousarea of Ajax’s half.

The ball was floated into the penalty area andLanky striker Eleazar Rodgers rose highest tohead past a helpless Sander Westerveld, intothe left corner of the goal.

Neither team created any further chances infirst half and the score line remained deadlockeduntil the final whistle.

Apart from Ajax’s poor finishing, the other ma-jor talking point in the match was the decidedlyschizophrenic performance of Santos. SantosCoach Duncan Crowie blamed the poor first halfperformance on nervousness from his players.“When we came out in the second half and westarted playing the ball around I think we gainedterritorial advantage and we always put the Ajaxgoal under threat and that is probably why wescored,” said Crowie.

“The disappointment of the first half I think I canput that down to the players being too tense. Inthe second half they relaxed a little bit more andI think that is where we want to start our nextgame.”

Crowie added that a change of tactics in thesecond half also helped his side to gain a footholdin the game. Ajax will face Amazulu in Kwa-ZuluNatal in their next game on Saturday 11 Marchin the Nedbank Cup, while Santos will face theUniversity of Pretoria on Wednesday 7 March atAthlone Stadium in the same competition.

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GOAL GET-TER: San-tos strikerEleazrRodgers re-joices afterscoring inthe Capederbyagainst AjaxCape Townat CapeTown Stadi-um on Sat-urday.Photo: PeterHeeger

VISIT the Bo-Kaap Food and Craft Market thismonth for an interesting exhibition of traditionsthat are practised in the Cape Muslim community.Local culture and traditions will be highlightedthrough themes on the first Saturday of everymonth this year.

The market will as usual have many stalls offer-ing delicious foods, spices, koeksisters, a varietyof handmade crafts, clothing and gifts. The mar-ket is co-ordinated by non profit organisation Bo-Kaap Cultural and Heritage Gateway, which alsoarranges for home stays, hands-on food demosand lunches in homes, walking tours, catering forfunctions and sewing needs.

It will take place at Bo-Kaap Civic Centre inWale Street on Saturday 3 March from 10:00 to14:00. For more information, contact Nazlia on072 643 0054.

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