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E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday 8 November 2011 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481
ATLANTIC SEABOARD CIT Y EDITION
“Tel l ing it as it is”
INTERNATIONAL FAST PITCH SOFTBALL
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The impact of design accoladeHANRIE BOSCH
LESS than two weeks after be-ing crowned the World DesignCapital 2014 (WDC), the excite-ment has settled and tweets andsocial media messages havecalmed down to an odd men-tion. So now that everythinghas returned to normal, thequestion on everybody’s lips is:“What does it all mean?”
What indeed is still a matter ofspeculation as the first World De-sign Capital, Torino in Italy, wasannounced in 2008. And, withCape Town being only the fourthcity to win the title, the exact im-plications of the accoladewill onlymanifest in a few years time.
Councillor Grant Pascoe, theMayoral Committee member forTourism, Events and Marketing,says that although it is hard toquantify exactly what this titlewill mean, it will greatly benefitthe tourism industry, while alsobeing a great marketing and posi-tioning tool for the city.
“Turin experienced more visi-
tor numbers in 2008 than in anyother year over the half-century,including 2006, when it hosted theWinter Olympics,” he says.
“While Seoul, last year’s titleholder, is still tallying up its finalvisitor figures for the year, itsWDC status saw the city rankedby the New York Times as third ina list of ‘The 31 Places to go in2010’, and was described by thenewspaper as ‘a city where designenthusiasts are flocking to’ for theyear.”
Speaking at a press conference,the delegation that went to Taipeifor the announcement on 26 No-vember shared what they havelearnt, as well as what this titlecould mean for Cape Town, andthe entire South Africa in the longrun – if managed and implement-ed correctly.
Simply put, this title means toi-lets.
Andrew Borain, Chief Execu-tive of the Cape Town Partner-ship, puts into context the designindustry that can sometimes beviewed as an elitist field, by say-ing that one in eight people in the
Cape Town Metro do not have ac-cess to this.According to an EyeWitness News report, about half amillion people don’t have basicsanitation.
“Design can be at the centre ofsocial transformation”, explainsBorain. “Design should be seen asproblem solving that we can useto solve grass roots issues like san-itation. We can look at employingmembers of poor communities tomaintain and service sanitationfacilities in areas where these fa-cilities are lacking, and this waywe kill two birds with one stone...Our focus is on design for people,not on people for design.”
Besides toilets and using designprojects to address grass roots so-cial issues facing Cape Town, itcan also be used to unite a city thatwas built to divide on apartheidlaws, says Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana, the Managing Directorof the Cape Town Partnership.
“Now the hard work reallystarts,” says Makalima-Ngewana.
“Winning the title was the easypart, now we have to start tochoose projects that will leave a
living legacy years after the titlehas gone.”
Specific projects and events stillneed to be decided on for 2014when the eyes of the world will fo-cus on the design capabilities ofCape Town and how it has beenused to change lives.
Borain stated the WDC of 2012 –Helsinki, Finland – has alreadyplanned more than 300 events andprojects for next year.
The Mother City now has justtwo short years to show that it isthe mother of all design cities, as2014 is set to be a year filled withdesign events and projects.
The WDC is all about public par-ticipation, and anybody can sub-mit a proposal via the websitewww.capetown2014.co.za and ontheir Facebook fan page, CapeTown for World Design Capital, topost suggestions and ideas ofprojects that highlight how designis transforming lives in CapeTown and South Africa.
Plans are also in the pipeline todevelop a consultative process fordirect engagement via a series ofWDC 2014 road shows.
STARRY NIGHT: Fireworks lit the sky on Guy Fawkes Day on Saturday and this colourful spectacle could be seen from Camps Bay.Photo: Juan Wernecke
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It’s just not cricket anymoreTONY ROBINSON
HANSIE CRONJE must beturning in his grave.
The very people who soughtto cleanse cricket of corrup-tion and did so by putting himon trial before the King Com-mission and a television audi-ence of millions are now hellbent on dealing quietly withan even bigger scandal.
Watching the tearful Han-sie answer questions was oneof the saddest things to hap-pen in South African sport.Up to that point he had beena fine leader on the field. Hewas renowned for his sports-manship and he enjoyed therespect of his colleagues andopponents.
Then, in a few days, hewent from national hero to ze-ro, as the tabloids say. Evenworse was the fact that manyrejoiced in his downfall.
I always had the feeling thatthere were others, from other
national teams, who shouldhave been in the dock withhim. He was the one who washonest enough to admit suc-cumbing to temptation. Fromthe others there was a wall ofsilence and denial that wasnever penetrated.
So Hansie drew the lighten-ing and took the pain. Thelikes of Mohammad Azharud-din, the former Indian cap-tain and the one who had in-troduced Hansie to the book-makers, was allowed to goquietly into cricketing oblivi-on.
Now we have another scan-dal in South African cricketand this time it is not about afew thousand dollars but mil-lions of rands from the IPL 20-twenty tournament that wasplayed in South Africa a fewyears ago. Some of that Indianmoney was paid to CricketSouth Africa and much of itwent into secret bonuses or isjust missing.
The auditors have
ploughed through the finan-cial records and made damn-ing findings. But this timethere is no King Commissionwith fierce cross-examina-tion under the glare of TVlights.
Instead we will have a dis-crete inquiry led by a judgewho will not be allowed tosubpoena witnesses and therewill be no TV cameras.
When Hansie Cronje wascaught out there was maxi-mum exposure. Now the verypeoplewho insistedoncleans-ing the house and doing it inpublic are to be spared a simi-lar ordeal.
It is difficult to avoid theconclusion that the limitedexercise is more about reas-suring sponsors than rootingout evil.
The double standards aresickening. Erring players arehumiliated and grilled on na-tional television or in court-rooms while erring adminis-trators are protected and
have to deal only with limitedinquiries behind closeddoors.
The cost to cricket is enor-mous. Firstly there are themissing millions which couldhave been used to develop thegame and the young playersfrom disadvantaged commu-nities.
And now the loss of fundsfrom sponsors will compoundthe damage. Poor young as-piring cricketers have beenrobbed.
And, secondly, the gamewhich has become a synonymfor fair play has been degrad-ed.
All this is happening at atime when Pakistani playersare being sent to jail for ma-nipulating play in a testmatch at Lords at the behestof bookmakers, their agentsor gamblers. Perhaps it istime they were joined bysome equally dishonest andevasive administrators of thegame.
Sci-fi – without spaceshipsTWO first-year UCT students wrotea short film during the mid-yearbreak, which they hope to enter inthe Sundance Film Festival.
Greg Bakker, of Claremont, andfriend Josh Tippoo wrote Harlinn, a24-minute sci-fi romance, that takesplace almost entirely in one loca-tion, a Claremont home.
“While I use the word sci-fi, Harlinn is not a typical sci-fi film. Thereare no special effects or spaceships.It is sci-fi simply in that the thepremise deals with an imaginaryconcept in a future setting: CapeTown 2014,” says Bakker.
The film’s title refers to the maincharacter, Harlinn. Bakker will bedirecting the film.
“At first, Josh and I were dauntedby the idea of producing the filmourselves. After all, we are only 19and Josh studies medicine, while IambusydoingaBA.More thanany-thing we didn’t want to the film tobe a student film. We knew we’dhave to meet some talented and ded-icated people. They also would haveto be prepared to work for nothing.”
Bakker began the process of find-ing people to help them and withinthe first week of the second semes-
ter approached Katey Lee Carson,who directed the award-winningfilm in the UCT Film Society’s an-nual short film competition, Shot-ties.
After reading the script she shetook on the role of producer in addi-tion to playing the role of the femalelead. Bakker says she has done asterling job of organising the crewof nine and cast of five, most of themfrom UCT. After months of meet-ings and discussions, shooting willstart on Tuesday 15 November.
He says their only remaining ob-stacle is funding. THey need R40 000
and so far they have raised R15 000with the help of the UCT Film Socie-ty.
“We will appreciate any kind ofhelp, whether it be financial, dona-tions in the form of food for crewand cast, coffee, sponsorships, tar-paulins, film equipment, a soundstudio or anything that might assistus in making a unique and brilliantfilm.
Anyone interested in helpingthem, or for more information onthe project, can contact Bakker on072 086 3645 or email [email protected] BUFFS: Katey Lee Carson andGreg Bakker who are about to startshooting a scifi film in Claremont.
Get dressed to impressTHE THEME for the annual 18th Mother CityQueer Projects (MCQP) dress-up party, theMother City’s most outrageous event of theyear, is “Maid in China”.
The Fancy-dress party kicks off the festiveseason and this year, the event has been billeda Chinese extravaganza by organisers.
The “Maid in China” theme is a combina-tion of all things Eastern, while also referringto the house maid theme and plastic mass-pro-duced items. Ian McMahon, Director of MCQPsays they want to “celebrate the rich culturaldiversity of the East, with a tapestry of Chi-nese symbols, red and black colours, all ofwhichadds enormously to the costumeanddé-cor opportunities. “Expect teams of marvel-lousmoffiemaids, dustpandykes, haokanhet-eros, sexy sequined straights, kung fu pandas,Bruce Lee Barbies, or plastic fantastics.Teams can be 20 people or more – we expectmany Gayshas and boys in kihomos,” says
McMahon.This year’s event will take place on Satur-
day 17 December, and will be hosted at a venueto be announced in a few weeks time.
“We could not hold back the theme an-nouncement while venue and permits are be-ing organized. Our loyal MCQP partygoersneed time to select their team-mates, shop forcostumes and plan their evening,” says Mc-Mahon.
He assures tourists coming to Cape Townfor the party that the venue will be within aneasy taxi ride from most hotels and guesthouses in thegreaterCBD. Theentertainmentline-up will include live bands, disco music,house, psy-trance, the red-carpet stage,VIPar-eas, wine bars, food stalls, tattoos and muchmore MCQP-ish entertainment. This year MC-QP promises to be a coming of age for this, oneof most South Africa’s iconic events. For moreinfo visit www.mcqp.co.za
DUST WARRIOR: This is just some of thecrazy outfits to expect at the 18th MCQP dressup party. Photos : Supplied
ASIANPERSUASION: letyour hairdownandstart thefestiveseasonwith anEasterntwist.
DRESS UP:Getreadytodressup on17 December.
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LIKING IT VROT: Christo Maritz, JesseKramer and Duncan McFarlane.
COMEDY LEGEND: Marc Lottering andBronwyn Reddy.
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Valley of a thousand barksHANRIE BOSCH
A LOT has been said recently aboutmuggings on Table Mountain. Road
closures, or access management, hasbeen implemented to curb peak seasoncrime.
However, according toTableMountainNa-tional Park (TMNP) manager Paddy Gordon,the situation is not as out of control as peoplebelieve.
“We have about 30 to 40 incidents per yearon the mountain. That is not high, especiallycompared to other places in the city, likeLongstreet and the station deck,” said Gor-
don on Wednesday.”He was speaking at the welcoming
ceremony of TMNP newest anti-crime weapon, Eaton.
“We have seen unsavoury charac-ters hanging around Lions Head andSignal Hill when we patrol in cars,and they do not move. But as soon aswe bring the dogs they run veryquickly. There is just somethingabout teeth that makes legs move,”added Gordon. Eaton brings thestrength of the dog unit up to eight.Alex also officially joined the unit onWednesday. The number of dogs inthe unit have doubled in just underthree months since People’s Post re-ported on dog number four, Purdy(“Mountain gets more bite, People’Post,” 15 August), which was donatedon 13 August by the Pedal Power As-sociation. Although Hilton Blumeris,Senior Section Ranger (North),TMNP, says it is hard to quantify the dogunit’s success, he recalled an incident thathappened about three years ago. “We usedthe dogs to flush out a gang of suspected mug-gers in Skeleton Gorge, and arrested sixarmed robbers. If the rangers on patrol didnot have dogs, we would certainly have hadto carry them off in body bags,” Blumerissays. Back then the dog unit and rangerswhere rented, says Gordon, with five dogscosting about R90 000 a month. Since thenTMNP has started training their own rang-ers, and since July this year they have also
started to gather their own dog squadthrough donations. One dog costs aboutR16 000 to train for two years. Over the longterm this is closer to R2 million.
Gordon and his team are adamant theyneed two more patrol dogs before the end ofthe year, and there are even tax benefits in-volved when donating a dog.
For more information on how to sponsora dog, or help with other needs of the dogunit, contact TMNP Honorary Ranger, SueSmith on 083 461 9686 or email: [email protected]
NEW ARRIVAL: The latest arrival to the teamis Eaton, with handler Wiseman Tsgela.
CRIME FIGHTERS: Jaco Migels and his dog Rocky thesecond to join the unit, which now boasts eight dogs.
Photos: Edrea Du Toit
WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN: President and founder of the New7 Wonders campaign, BernardWeber (right) and director of the campaign, JeanPaul de la Fuente paid a visit to TableMountain last Wednesday, ahead of the announcement of the New Seven7 Wonders injust three days, on Friday 11 November. Photo: Endrea du Toit
MOVE AND GROOVE: The Zonnebloem Senior School matric dance class were hard atwork last Tuesday, preparing for the national dance theory exam. In this photo, from left,Zintle Mbolo, Buhle Qinga, Thandile Nouijila, Yolandu Mbexe, Duduzile Khumalo, ZeldaMalahleka and Nosicelo Futu practise their Spanish Dancing. Photo: Danielle Karallis
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Help Jack to spread his wingsHANRIE BOSCH
A 12-year-old boy came to South Afri-ca in 2009 in the hopes of receiving
better education, because his parentswere told that South Africa is the land ofmilk and honey.
But soon after arriving here the family hewas supposed to stay with, refused to talk tohis parents and the now 14-year-old Jack* isin the care of social services and is yearningto go home, back to Kinshasa in the Demo-cratic Republic of the Congo.
But thanks to volunteer social workerMarion Wagner at the The Homestead Dis-trict Six Intake Shelter, Jack’s dream of go-ing home might finally be realised as his pa-perwork is finished, but there is still onebump in the road: his airline ticket.
Jack was taken to the shelter at the begin-ning of the year and Wagner met the “cuteand bright boy that just wants to learn andknow and understand everything”, in Juneand realised she needed to help him.
“I do not want to see him get caught up inthe system. He has so much potential, andif he stays here I don’t know what will hap-pen. He gets horrendously homesick attimes, but he is very optimistic about going
home”, Wagner says.Jack’s father is a priest in the DRC, and
before that he was a doctor, and Jack desper-ately wants to follow in his father’s footstepsof becoming a doctor.
“With my family in Congo I can preparefor the future, for tomorrow.
“To do this by myself in a country whereI am alone and without family support isvery hard. I want to keep on trying and fight-ing for a life because I know that educationis the key to success and God gave me a verygood brain to learn. I believe it is my callingto become a doctor and to help sick people”,says the boy.
So far Wagner has helped to raise R4 500for his airfare and other costs, but says thatthey need about R10 000.
In an effort to raise the money needed Wag-ner decided to take on the 50km route of theDiscovery Cape Times Big Walk on Sunday13 November. “Please note I am not a speedwalker so I will be feeling this,” she nervous-ly adds. Only 10% of the estimated 4 000 par-ticipants have entered the 50 km distanceand Muizenberg High School has alreadythrown their support behind the initiativewith one of their teachers and pupils doingthe 25km walk to help get additional sponsor-ship for Jack.
Anybody who would like to join Wagnerin the walk, can contact her on 081 425 0685,or donate money via the GivenGain websiteon: http://www.givengain.com/cause/2949/projects/10548?context=2
* not his real name
HOME SWEET HOME: Jack yearns to returnhome to the Democratic Republic of Congo,but he needs R5 500 to make his dreamcome true. Image: Jack
A WALKATHON to raise funds forabandoned and vulernable babieswill be held on Saturday 3 Decem-ber, starting from the lighthouse inMouillePoint at 09:00. “BigWalk forLittle Feet” will raise funds for Wa-toto.
Their first project in Cape Townis to open a home for vulnerableand abandoned babies. The walka-thon consists of a 10km and 5kmroute. Registration, which closeson 20 November, is R30 per adult,R10 per child of 6-18 years and freefor children under 5.Register forthe walkathon by contacting Glen-da at Watoto on (021) 439-4721 [email protected] more information onWatoto visit www.watoto.com
WEDDING WONDER: Exquisite gowns such as these, were on show at the Luxury WeddingWorkshop, which was hosted in association with Estée Lauder, on 4 and 5 November at theVal de Vie Wine and Polo Estate outside Paarl. The event introduces a new concept in highendwedding planning to South Africa. Photo: Supplied
Seeking missing parentCAPE TOWN Child Welfare is ur-gently seeking a man called Tonnie,surname unknown.
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real-time peer-to-peer park-ing system in Stockholm andan open data citizen partici-pation platform in San Fran-cisco. Participating cities in-clude: Barcelona, Birming-ham, Caceres, Cape Town,Coventry, Derry, Eindhov-en, Fukuoka, Glasgow,Guadelajara, Hamburg, La-gos, Lavasa, Kristiansand,Mexico City, Nairobi, Rio deJaneiro, San Francisco andTerrassa.The 21 award cate-gorieswill be reviewedby in-
ternational experts againstcriteria such as climate andcommunity impact, innova-tion, market relevance andease of implementation. Ap-plications for the LivingLabs Global Award can besubmitted until 17 February2012. A shortlist of the topfive showcases will be pre-sented by each partner cityon 5 March 2012. The finalaward winners will be an-nounced in May 2012 in Riode Janeiro at the Rio Summiton Service Innovation in Cit-ies.
Seeking a better mouse trap
FOR THE GOOD OF THEMOUNTAIN: What’s flat,1086 metres high, and possibly the biggest compasson earth? Table Mountain,of course! Yesterday, Western Cape Ministers of Tourism and Cultural Affairs andSport, Ivan Meyer and AlanWinde paraglided from Signal Hill to raise awarenessfor Table Mountain in theNew 7 Wonders of Naturecompetition. With exactlythree days left to vote, TableMountain is not currently inone of the final spots. Capetonians can take up thechallenge of securing a top7 spot by SMSing “Table” to34874 (SMS costs R2), orby voting online atwww.votefortablemountain.com. Photo: Supplied
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WIGGLE WAGGLE, South Afri-ca’s biggest dog walk, starts at
09:00 on Sunday 20 November fromthe School for Maths, Science andTechnology on Firgrove Way inTokai. The 4,5km circular route fin-ishes at the same place.
Last year, just over 1 700 dogs and2 300 walkers took to the streets. Organ-isers, Cape of Good Hope (CoGH) SPCAand dog and cat health nutrition manu-facturer Royal Canin, are expectingmore entries in the 4,5km fun walk thisyear. The walkathon is not only for thedogs, but also an opportunity for own-ers, friends and family to help raisefunds for the CoGH SPCA.
The MySchool, MyVillage, MyPlanetfund-raising programme, which lastyeardonatedR17 510 to theCoGHSPCA,has again pledged an extra R10 to theSPCA for every dog entered.Dogs andwalkers will meander through thestreets around the school, with waterpoints for dogs and owners along theroute. Marshalls and traffic officialswill ensure the safety of walkers. Medi-cal and veterinary crews will be provid-ed by CoGH SPCA and Royal Canin to ensureeveryone crosses the finish line in goodshape. Every participant will receive a goodybag at registration and there will be spot priz-es at the finish. Participants will be able todiscuss their dog’s nutritional needs withRoyal Canin staff and veterinarian. There
will be food stalls and family entertainment,such as a dog agility display, pony rides, face-painting, a jumping castle and more.Entriescost R30 per person and R20 per dog. Childrenin prams are free. For more information andto enter online visit www.spca-ct.co.za orcontact the CoGH SPCA on (021) 700 4141/80.
Going to the dogs
WIGGLE WAGGLE: Stephanie, Martina and Danielfrom Cape Town with Ika.
CHARITY AUCTION:Friends of Vista Nova school for children with cerebralpalsy, raised R170000 at its annualcharity auction. Ahighlight was theauction of a pair ofSpringbok rugbyplayer, Bryan Habanna’s, boots, shownby Samantha Cockburn. Since VistaNova opened in the1960s, it has expanded from a handful of pupils to over430 on two campuses. Its primaryschool in Rondebosch has an enrolment of 320, whileits high school inPinelands accommodates 120 children. Friends of Vista Nova are havingan online auction onBid or Buy until Monday 14 November.Call (021)689 4700 or visitwww.friendsofvistanova.co.za.
Wednesday 9 NovemberSea Point: Professor Neil Ravenscroft willbe giving a talk, entitled “Vaccines in OurFight Against Infectious Diseases” atStonehaven at 7 Albany Road at 10:00 for10:30. The R20 entrance fee includes re-freshments. Phone (021) 434-9555 for moreinformation.
Tuesday 15 NovemberGreen Point: Trinity, at 15 Bennett Street,holds its Sunset Fireflies Cape Songwrit-ers Open Mic Jam Sessions every Tuesdayfrom 20:00. Songwriters and musiciansfrom across the Mother City are invited totake to the stage.The entry fee of R30 in-cludes a free beer or glass of house wine.If you’re interested in
performing, contact Peter on082 2567 656.
Wednesday 16 NovemberSea Point: Professor Richard Mendelsohnwill be giving a talk, entitled “LettersHome from the Front: A unique survivingcorrespondence between a young JewishBoer fighter and his anxious parents inBloemfontein” at Stonehaven at 7 AlbanyRoad, at 10:00 for 10:30. The R20 entrancefee includes refreshments. Phone(021) 434 9555 for more information.
Tuesday 22 NovemberCamps Bay: The Na’ Arot group are hold-ing a gala evening for Ennio Marchetto,the “Living Cartoon” at the Theatre on theBay at 19:30. Entrance is R250. For more in-formation phone Vanessa on 082 882 3615
Wednesday 23 NovemberSea Point: Dr D Gottlief will be giving atalk, entitled “Arthritis and Art” at Stone-haven at 7 Albany Road at 10:00 for 10:30.The R20 entrance fee includes refresh-ments. Phone (021) 434-9555 for more infor-mation.
Thursday 24 NovemberTamboerskloof: The TamboerskloofNeighbourhoodWatch (TBKWatch)will be
holding its Annual General Meeting at19:00 at the German School, Upper AlbertRoad. For more information phone 071 8075933 (office hours only).
Camps Bay: The Lucchesi Association/Friends of Tuscany will be hosting a fund-raising evening in the company of theworld renowned quick-change artist En-nio at the Theatre on the Bay. Funds willgo to the Lawrence House Refugee Centre.The show starts at 19:15 for 20:00 with acomplimentary drink. Tickets cost rangesfrom R150 to R250. To reserve tickets phoneSandra on 082 826 0856.
Saturday 26 NovemberCamps Bay: Camps Bay High School iscalling all 1981, 1991 and 2001 matriculantsfor their 10-, 20- and 30-year reunions.
It will be held at 19:00 in the seminarroomsat the school. ContactVivienneAsh-croft at [email protected] or082 466 8261.
Wednesday 30 NovemberSea Point: Alyson Kessel will give a talk,entitled “Birkenhead Blooms” at Stone-haven at 7 Albany Road at 10:00 for 10:30.The R20 entrance fee includes refresh-ments.
Phone (021) 434 9555 for more informa-tion.
Wednesday 7 DecemberSea Point: The final talk of the year for theUnionof JewishWomen’sAdultEducationDivision Programme will be presented byTzillie Riesenberger, entitled “Telling OurLife Stories”. The talk will take place atStonehaven, 7 Albany Road, Sea Point at10:00 for 10:30.
The R20 entrance fee includes refresh-ments. For more information, phone (021)434-9555 during mornings only.
Let Cass cook for you at ChristmasTICKET holders for the November and De-cember Kuier Magazine cooking demon-strations stand a chance of having theirChristmas dinner cooked for them by CassAbrahams personally.
Abrahams is once again ready to sharesome of her cooking secrets, sponsored byRobertsons. Tickets for the demonstrationare R80 each and take place at the Cape Pe-
ninsula University of Technology hotelschool restaurant in Granger Bay.
Tickets are for sale at Computicket andonly 110 tickets are available per demon-stration.
The dates are: 5 and 12 November, 3 and17 December.
For more information, call the Kuier of-fice at (021) 446-5030.
THOUSANDS of South Africans will jointhe Global Diabetes Run/Walk on Satur-day 19 November, to raise awareness forthe diabetes pandemic, which has beenrecognised by the UN as one of the world’smost severe health risks.
In South Africa, approximately one infive people over the age of 35 have type 2diabetes.
More than 50% of them are unawaretheyhave it.Globally, every eight seconds,a person dies of diabetes-related.
Every eight seconds two more people de-velop the disease.
Currently there is no cure for diabetes,but early diagnosis and correct treatmentcan control diabetes.
A healthy lifestyle and education is keyin prevention and diabetes management.
Thewalkwill start at 9:00 fromtheSouthForecourt of the Cape Town Stadium inGreen Point. Capetonians will join theMayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille andProfessor Tim Noakes in the fight againstdiabetes. The three routes on offer are the3km Moms and Tots, the 5km run/walkand the 10km run/walk.
The 10km route can also be completedas a team of two, with each running 5km.
Professor Noakes will run the 10km andgive a brief inspirational and informative
talk.With Cape Town’s newest landmark, the
Cape Town Stadium, as backdrop, partici-pants will enjoy a scenic circular route,along the Promenade and Green PointPark.
The Healthy Lifestyle Expo at the startand finish line in the South Forecourt, issupported by the Department of Health(PGWC), the City of Cape Town and the Li-ons International.
There will be free Blood Glucose, BloodPressure, HB (for iron) and HIV testing,and you can have your Body Mass Indexmeasured.
In addtion, free foot and eye screeningwill be offered.
There will be live entertainment, chil-dren’s educational and entertainment are-as, lots of spot prizes as well as healthyfood and product stalls.
Entry is R30 for adults, R20 for childrenand R80 for two adults and 2two childrenunder 12-years-old.
For more details on The Global DiabetesRun/Walk and how to register visit:www.diabetessa.co.za or contact diabetesSA on 083 301 3218, email them [email protected] or, to enter on-line, go to www.entrytime.com orwww.worlddiabetesfoundation.org.
Raising diabetes awareness
Finweek digs deeper into bank chargesSouth Africa’s revenue hungry banks havecontinued to pile on bank charges as they tryto make up for lost interest revenue.
This is one of the key findings from the 2011Finweek Bank Charges Report which will bereleased on Friday 4 November. Now enter-ing its seventh year, this annual research in-to the charges banks levy on their customershas played an important role into the discus-sion around charges which are regarded asamongst the highest in the world.
“Bank charges are obviously an emotive is-sue in South Africa and a combination of theglobal financial crisis and the decreasing de-mand for lending has meant that banks aregoing to be looking for alternative ways – in-cluding fees and penalties – to boost their rev-enue line,” saysFinweekeditorMarcAshton.
One of the challenges around preparing theresearch has been the challenge of comparingproducts on a like for like basis from thebanks. Traditionally this has been an incred-ibly difficult task and for the duration of theresearch Finweek has employed the servicesof Horwath Forensics to conduct and verifythe results of the study which uses only thechannels to which you have access: branches,
brochures and call centres.Key findings of the 2011 study include:• Standard Bank remains is the most expen-
sive in terms of both package and Pay as YouUse (PAYU) options.
• FNB is cheapest, but has the highest pen-alty fees.
• It costs twice as much now to bank withAbsa and Standard than it did seven yearsago.
• Banks continue to push ever greater num-bers of clients to the default of buying pack-age options
• On average banks are driving up the an-nual costs of package options in double digits.
• Penalty fees are becoming an increasinglyimportant revenue source, especially oncheaper package options.
• Call centre and branch staff remain broad-ly incapable of accurately interpreting offi-cial literature.
The 2011 Finweek Bank Charges Reportwas available in Finweek magazine on Fri-day 4 November.
The original report developed by HorwathForensics is also available for download fromwww.fintalk.co.za.
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Murder in the CityON Thursday afternoon po-lice arrested a 62-year-oldbusinessman from FishHoek in his office after ashooting in his city centreoffice claimed the life of anunidentified man.
Police were alerted by se-curity at Picbell Parkademall in Strand Street afterthey heard two gunshotscoming from the office. Po-lice arrived on the scene atabout 12:20, and found a mansitting behind a desk withthe firearm, and the body ofanother man on the floor,says Captain October,spokesperson for CapeTown Central police station.
“The man gave himselfover twopolice, andwas tak-en into custody,” says Octo-ber.
Further investigation bypolice found that the de-ceased, believed to bearound40,wasalso carryinga concealed weapon underhis trousers.
The matter is still underinvestigation, and no mo-tive has yet been found forthe killing.
Cloned credit cardsLast Tuesday, a 39-year-
old man was arrested on acharge of fraud at the V & AWaterfront when he at-tempted to buy exclusivecellphones at a store with acloned credit card.
During the arrest, a fur-ther nine cloned creditcards and a falsified pass-port was found in the man’spossession.
The case was assigned tothe Western Cape Hawk’sCommercial Crime Unit forinvestigation, which re-vealed that the lawful ownerof the passport lives in an-other province.
Investigators have also re-vealed that further invest-gation showed that the manhad purchased cellphones ata store at Cape Town Inter-national Airport after hisarrival in Cape Town twoweeks ago.
It has been confirmed thatthe phones were bought andpaid for with a cloned creditcard.
The actual loss sufferedamounts to approximatelyR18 000 and it is believedthat the arrest prevented apotential loss of approxi-mately R100 000.
An expensive Rolex watchwas also seized from theman.
It was also establishedthat a warrant of arrest forthe man had been issued bya magistrate in anotherprovince during February.
Brigadier Neil Oliver, theProvincial Commander ofthe Directorate for PriorityCrimes Investigation(HAWKS) advises the pub-lic, in particular businesses,to be vigilant when accept-ing debit and/or creditcards as a means of pay-ment.
This vigilance needs to besharpened especially the pe-riod before, during and afterthe upcoming festive sea-son.
‘People are strange when they’restrangers’HANRIE BOSCH
AN old song from The Doors sayssomething about, “people arestrange when they are strangers”,and this is exactly the crux of thematter facing conflicts, violence andresentment towards refugees inSouth Africa, escaping torment inother parts of our vast continent, on-ly to be subjected to the same treat-ment here.
Miranda Madikane, director of theScalabrini Centre, a place where inte-gration between refugees and local com-munities are fostered, says South Africais a melting pot of cultures and ideas,and instead of fighting each other, wecan learn a great deal about our owncontinent and foster growth in all sec-tors if everybody took some time tospeak to “the stranger” next door.
In January of this year there where anestimated 470 800 refugees in South Afri-ca, and by December the number is pro-jected to reach almost half a million.This is according to Mandi Mudarikwafrom the Legal Resource Centre (LRC).Mudarikwa and Madikane were speak-ing at a recent panel discussion on thematter of refugee rights and their peace-ful inclusion into society. “Africa is rid-dled with conflict. Just look at Zimba-bwe and Somalia. These people have no-where else to go, and we should look atcreating a society where they are notsubjected to more of the violence andthreats that they are escaping from intheir own countries. Refugees will notstop coming to our country and we needto make this work”, said Muda-rikwa.Mudarikwa added that Zimba-
bwean refugees outnumber those fromother countries by three to one, and saysthe tension created in 2008 with the xen-ophobic attacks have long since not set-tled, and the LRC is looking to newmeans of helping displaced people andcreating a harmonious society.Madikane, says that there is one mainreason for attacks and violence againstrefugees: economic competition.
“Local leaders often mobilise resi-dents to attack and evict foreign nation-als as a means of strengthening personalpolitical and economical power withinthe local community. In many instancesviolence is initiated by local businessowners to eliminate competition”, saysMadikane, adding that this needs not bethe case, as there are ways of makingthis a mutually beneficial partnership,if local communities and individuals getto know the different cultures that arestarting to call South Africa
home.Madikane adds that it is a basicright, even for refugees, to work andhave access to education, just like anyother citizen of South Africa, and saysthat the only way to create a peaceful so-ciety, is through integration, but it is of-ten difficult.
“Refugees choose to keep to them-selves and not integrate, due to high in-cidents of violence. It is a natural choicebut not ideal. arts, sport, drama anddanceprovide ideal tools to support inte-gration”, says Madikane.
And with the help of the ScalabriniCentrenumerousprojects havebeen im-plemented to foster integration. Like theart project that ran from 2006 to 2009,which saw 12 artists, 6 from South Afri-ca, and six refugeeswork together to cre-ate a three year long exhibition of artand drama to showcase differences andfind a common ground and challenge ex-isting xenophobic attitudes.
REFUGEE REALITY: At the end of the year the number of refugees in South Africais estimated to hit half a million, and most face even more hardships, like beingtargeted and victimised and living on the streets once they reach South Africa. Photo:Neil Baynes
Page 8 People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition LEADER Tuesday 8 November 2011
Enough nowGANG VIOLENCE is once again rearing itsugly head across Cape Town.
We report on this in some of our editionsthis week. Our front page of Athlone People’sPost has a story about two young men whowere shot while standing on street corners.
This is just one area where gangs are turn-ing the streets of peaceful neighbourhoods in-to warzones – with no regard for the innocent,no respect for life.
The tragic reality is that in areas such asHeideveld and Manenberg, near Athlone, andLavender Hill on the southern suburbs side,the soundof gunshots ringingout over supperhas become terrifyingly familiar.
Feigned or not, it is with a sense of disre-gard that some families living in these night-mare conditions matter-of-factly report onfinding fleeing gangsters in their backyards.
Others deny that the situation is as dire asit really is; a coping mechanism?
Be that as it may, if you found yourself onthe Cape Flats on Guy Fawkes, you could notbe faulted for wondering whether the bangyou had heard, was that of fireworks or a gun-shot.
This, unfortunately, is the nature of life ingang-plagued communities, where manyyoung people are either intimidated or influ-enced by gang activity.
It is a miracle that several others rise abovetheir circumstances to achieve success in ed-ucation, careers and their personal lives.
Intervention from the ground up and in-cluding heightened police visibility, pays off– for a while.
The police cannot guard communitiesaround the clock; there is simply not enoughmanpower or resources for this.
Aware of this, residents have truly become“the eyes and ears of the police”, exposinggang hide-outs and drug dealers.
This is where the fight against the scourgeof gangsterism will gain momentum; wheneach law abiding citizen takes a stanceagainst allowing evil to thrive.
And the Sheaffer winners are...AFTER weeks of reading andseperating the good from the ex-cellent, the 10 winners of theSheaffer 9137 Silver ShimmerFT roller-ball pen with nickel-plated trimming have finallybeen selected.
Readers were invited to writeto us, ensuring that their letterwere no longer than 300 words,and after sifting through the im-pressive entries received, thetop scribes were chosen.
They are Yumnaa Ocks, Mari-
am Isaacs, WG Williams, AFord, June Baatjes, AdamCollingwood, Zavaroni Hagan,Tina Thomas, Bobby Chettyand Joy Lange.
Congratulations from all atPeople’s Post!
Where are all the tow trucks?ABOUT two weeks ago I camehome and found a bakkie parkedin front of the driveway gate to myblock.
It was about 22:00 and there wasno signof thedriver. Living inSeaPoint, I have Metro Police onspeed dial and I gave them a call.
After 10 minutes two veryfriendly cops arrived. The car waslast registered two years ago, hada broken front windscreen andwas now parked on a solid yellowline, blocking access to a car parkfor 20 cars. This meant no carcould enter or leave the block.
The cops informed me that towtrucks no longer operated 24hours a day in Cape Town andthat they work on a shift basis be-
tween about 18:00 and 06:00.What this meant was that this
bakkie would be parked in frontof my block until at least 06:00,when new contracted tow truckscame on duty.
We could not get hold of thedriver as there were no phonenumbers on the database.I can’tbelieve a service that makes mon-ey and can pay for itself has beendiscontinued.
So you can now basically parkanywhere in Cape Town and yourcar won’t be towed between 06:00and 18:00?
What would happen if I parkedon a red line where a accidentmight be caused?
What if someone in my block
had a medical emergency or justhad to get to work?
Yes I could have put a brickthrough the window, but thenwould have been charged withvandalism or breaking and enter-ing and who knows what else?
What if my car was stolen whileparked in the road overnight ?
Come on, Cape Town, we haveone of the most amazing cities inthe world that works and now weare cutting services that pay forthemselves and offer employ-ment!Please tell me whose drive-way I need to block for a few hoursto get tow trucks back in CaperTown 24 hours a day!ADAM COLLINGWOODSea Point
Your SMSesMinstrels vs City of Cape Town
. With regard to the Cape Min-strel celebrations on Tweede Nu-we Jaar, I am an 82-year-old malewho was in the coons since theage of 17.
This is the culture of the CapeColoured and Muslim communi-ty. People from all over the worldcome to see this carnival.
Please do not take it away asall our grandchildren are follow-ing the tradition. Come on, Cityof Cape Town, think with yourheart! Charles
. Minstrels, don’t worry.You’ll be paid eventually becausethis city “works for you” and notfor the ratepayers! Niefie van dieKaap
Man’s best friend. Animal Lover, you are very
mixed up. A dog is an animal and,unlike a person, it can be eaten.
. To Animal Lover: You aremissing the point. Have youheard dogs barking during theday time? They start at midnightwhen the people must sleep.
You can’t compare dogs withkids but both can be trained with
good results.From Animal and People
LoverOf cellphones and masts. People cry about poor re-
ception on the cell phone, yetif they erect a mast, they cry!
. All the hoo-ha is over cellphone masts having ill effectson people – what about thephone itself?
Just a thought. To the moron who states
the SPCA must reduce theirprices, here’s a thought: don’thave animals if u cannot af-ford them and don’t allowthem to carry on breeding.
It is contributing to all theunwanted pets. Wake up!
. Patrick had it wrong: theRand was initially worth 10shillings, not a pound.
It was coloured, the samebrown as the ten bob note andthe R2 was a blue shade, thesame as the pound. Many of usstill have all these notes.
. I would like to applaudparents and their children forthe support and the passionthey show for the future oftheir children. Go girls! Youmake your children proud.
Tuesday 8 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT People’s Post Atlantic SeaboardCity Edition Page 9
ROCK OUT: Van Coke Kartel will kick off their new tour at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardenson Sunday 27 November, sharing the stage with Jack Parow, Die Heuwels Fantasties and JR.Their fourth album, Wie’s Bang, is due for release this month. The band’s three previous albums– Van Coke Kartel; Waaksaam en Wakker; and Skop, Skiet en Donner – won multiple awards.The last two albums won Sama Awards for Best Afrikaans Rock Album, and the first albumreceived a Sama nomination in this category. Tickets cost R100, while Botanical Societymembers pay R90. Tickets for children of 6 to 12 years are R75 and free for under six. Bookthrough www.webtickets.co.za or contact the Kirstenbosch information desk on (021) 7998783 or visit www.sanbi.org.za. Gates open at 16:00, and the concert is from 17:30 to 19:00.
Get rocking and wina guitar and a gigMUSICIANS have a chance to win anopening slot in the Cape Town Folkand Acoustic Music Festival on 10December, plus an accoustic guitarand free elixir strings for a year.
The competition, presented by Mar-shall Music and the festival organisers,is open to all ages.
Entry is as simple as uploading a one-minute video to www.facebook.com/marshallcape. Then email the video Fa-cebook link, or the video file if smallerthan 10MB, along with full name, cityandcontact details [email protected].
The video should, naturally, be ofyour most outstanding perform-ance.Closing date for entries is 25 No-vember and the winners will be an-nounced on 29 November.
The Cape Town Folk and Acoustic MusicFestival takes place on Saturday 10 Decem-ber at the Cape Town International Conven-tion Centre, from 19:00.
The programme of 18 top South Africanartists will include Ard Matthews, SteveNewman, Farryl Purkiss, Rory Eliot, BrianFinch, Guy Buttery, Christine Weir and Jul-ie Blundell, Janie Bay, Gavin Minter, LouiseDay, Tombstone Pete, Andrew James andSteady Tiger, John Ellis, Diesel Vanilla, Ma-chineri, Gary Thomas, Natasha Meister,Jack Mantis.
Tickets cost R180 at www.webtickets.co.zaor R200 at the door. R5 per ticket will be do-nated to the SPCA. The Cape Town Folk andAcoustic Music Festival would also like tocontribute to the holiday season with toybins in the foyer.
The toys will be delivered to children athospices before Christmas.
Music concert at BaxterTHE final round in the an-nual voice competition forthe Schock Foundationprize takes place onWednesday 9 November at20:15 at the Baxter ConcertHall. The date has beenchanged to avoid a clash
with the opera. The twocategories in this competi-tion are Best Male Voiceand Best Female Voice.The competition is open tofull-time students of theSouth African College ofMusic who are in their sec-
ond or third year. Ticketscost R50. UCT staff payR45, senior citizens andstudents pay R35 andlearners pay R25. Book atComputicket. Phone Gil-lian Lindner on (021) 650-2640.
Compensation after an accidentDSC Attorneys advises clients regarding, amongstothers, car and train accidents.
Car accidentsA percentage of all diesel and petrol sold
goes to the Road Accident Fund to compensate the victims of road accidents forthe bodily injuries which they sustained.
Compensation can only be claimed forbodily injuries. It is important for the victimto consult an attorney who is an expert in the fieldof personal injury law before submitting a claim.
If you are involved in an accident:. Gather as much information as possible abouthow the accident happened.. Get the names and contact details of any possible witnesses, as well as those of the driver whoyou believe caused the accident and the registration number of the car he/she was driving.. Go for a thorough medical examination.
Claims must be submitted within a fixed timeframe, so it is vital to seek advice as soon as possibleafter the accident.
Train accidentsIf you have been injured as a railway com
muter or if a breadwinner has been fatallyinjured, and the injury has been caused dueto a negligent act or omission, you mayhave a claim for damages.
Such a claim can include any or all of the following:. Hospital/medical expenses incurred;. Future hospital/medical expenses;. Loss of income/support. General compensation for pain and sufferingand loss of amenities of life.
For legal advice or more information contact DSCAttorneys at 0 0861 465 879 or visitwww.dsclaw.co.za.
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WINNERS: Saxon Rovers was crowned knockout soccer champsrecently when they played against Hanover Park in an under 17Premier League match at Chukker Road Sports Complex inLansdowne. The Maitlandbased team has won the knockout forthe first time in 10 years. The final score was 10. The winninggoal was scored by Aaron Williams.
Team makes a comeback after upsetLYNN PRINS
AFTER suffering an early de-feat in the first of their two
warm-up matches on Saturday,the national women’s softballteam came back with a punchwhen they faced opponents Gl-enthorn A’s and Westridge Yan-kees at City Park in Athlone.
The team lost 6-4 against the Ath-lone side but beat the reigningleague champs, the Yankees, by 8 to4.
“I think we did quite well offen-sively and defensively,” nationalcoach Lester Smith commented.“The Yankees were not much onbase and we managed to get themout quickly.”
He adds: “We did our experi-ments and we know what we shoulddo to be more competitive”.
The Junior Women’s WorldChampionship takes place fromWednesday 7 December till Satur-day 17 December at Turfhall, thehome of Western Province softball.Tickets are on sale at Computicketfor R20 per day.
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Justine Stewart plays outfield and ison the shortlist.
Kelly Rhoda plays second base andis on the shortlist. Carly Mulder plays catcher.
Alex Fortune plays short stop.
Wilmadi Bester plays outfield.
Hanri de Beer plays first base.Jacqueline van Wyk plays pitcher .Tanya Serfontein plays outfield.Shadine Van der Merwe plays shortstop. Photos: Rashied IsaacsAngelique Botes is a pitcher.
Julia Meaker plays outfield. Monique Duvenage is a pitcher. Lauren Mulder is a pitcher. Natalie Abrahams is a pitcher. . Nicole Alexander plays second base.
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Prepare for pedal powerWITH less than four weeks togo, entries are streaming in forDie Burger’s Cycle Tour 2011.
The 92 kilometre route – the lastseeding opportunity for the 2012Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour– is already over 75 per cent full.
“Entries are filling up and cy-clists shouldn’t wait until the lastminute to enter,” says David Bel-
lairs, theCEOof theCapeTownCy-cle Tour Trust.
“The shorter 44km route is abeautiful ride and ideal for novicecyclists to use as a training ride.”
The organisers recentlylaunched a novice programmeaimed at cyclists who are new tothe sport and keen to cycle in arace, but don’t know where tostart. This novice programme will
provide cyclists with encourage-ment and help – from skills train-ing to facilitated outrides – ensur-ing they are ready to participateand enjoy the tour.
Participants need only a bicycleand a helmet. They may have norace results prior to September2011. For more information, [email protected].
Die Burger Cycle Tour takes
place on Sunday 4 December and isthe Western Cape’s second biggestroad cycling event.
Entries are limited to 4 500 forthe 92km route and 1 500 for the44km route. Visit www.dieburger-cycletour.co.za and follow the easyinstructions to enter online.
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Paddlers get their awe inLYNN PRINS
THE national canoeing teamraked in an impressive 21
medals at the World CanoeMarathon Championships(WCMC) in Singapore recently,placing fourth in the competi-tion.
The team,aged between 16 to 45,competed against 45 countriesand also managed to set one newmarathon record.
Hank McGregor from the KingFish Hoek Club in KwaZulu Na-tal), was recognised as the Inter-national Canoeing Federation’sAthlete of the Month.
SA took gold on the first daythrough Rob Maclean in the mas-ters’ division’s kayak one (K1)event.
Maclean said: “That’s damngood because the blokes I beatwere Kiwis.” Maclean and hiskayak two (K2) partner, Enslinvan Riet, followed up with anoth-er gold.
Van Riet hadcompeted againstMaclean in the K1the previous dayand had to be con-tent with silver.
According to
Jourdan, the weather conditionswere tough for marathon racing,but he ascribed their success totheir fitness and being more usedto hot weather than their Europe-an competitors.
The squad’s juniors were first-time competitors.
“Dominic Notton and CraigFlannagan did exceedingly well,and fell short of a bronze medal bytwo seconds.
“Jodie Cleworth and KirstieFlannagan came sixth in their K2race. It’s a fantastic achievementto end in the top 10,” said Jourdan.
The tournament consisted ofdifferent distances for various agecategories.
It ranged from 21km to 35km,depending on the age group.
The SA team was said to havebeen the best, both on and off thewater, in terms of spirit.
This was the 19th event inwhich South Africa competed,and team members are highly mo-tivated, already preparing to doeven better in Rome next year.
WINNERS: A proud Enslin van Riet and RobMaclean on the podium after receiving theirgold medals for the K2 event. Photo: Supplied
SA comes out tops
