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Police deny reports ofhousebreaking syndicateTERESA FISCHER

CLAREMONT police denythat there has been an undue

increase in burglaries and rob-beries in the area that the com-munity needs to be concernedabout.

This follows a recent EyewitnessNews report in which it wasclaimed that police were investiga-ting whether a syndicate was be-hind an alleged spate of burglariesand robberies.

The report quoted an unnamedClaremont resident as claiming

there had been “at least 10 house-breakings and robberies in the areaover the past two months”.

This allegation was not con-firmed by any official police sour-ces, but the report also claimed itwas understood detectives were in-vestigating whether the same gangcould be behind another spate ofrobberies in the Diep River area, inwhich a group “used Taser guns ontheir victims before ransackingtheir homes”.

Claremont cluster spokesperson,Captain Angie Latchman, sayswhenever there is an increase inspecific crimes, such as theft out

motor vehicles for example, policewould send out early warnings toinform the community.

Regarding the figures quoted inthe Eyewitness News report, shecould neither confirm nor denythese at the time of going to print.

But, she adds police were not go-ing to rule out the possibility of asyndicate operating in the area.

The chairperson of the Clare-mont Community Police Forum(CPF), Robert Maydon,says he is not aware of anycrime syndicate targetingClaremont.

Maydon says the CPF

looks at the crime statistics on aweekly basis and says he is awareof trends in the precinct.

On the basis of these, he says heis not aware of any major increasein housebreaking numbers at all.

He adds that unfortunatelyhousebreakings do continue, butthe Claremont Police continue to bevery active with crime preventionoperations such as road blocks andstop-and-search operations.

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Call for former defence force membersTHE Regiment Westelike Provinsie(RWP) is looking for members whoserved in the former South AfricanNational Defence Force (SANDF),the former TBVC Defence Forcesand the SANDF since integration,and members who were on thestrength of RWP, to join the RWPpart-time.

They should qualify with good fit-ness and health, have a force num-ber from the force in which they ser-ved, have no criminal record and notbe enlisted with the South AfricanPolice Service or Department of Cor-rectional Services.

Selected members will be requiredto complete a fullmedical examinati-on, to conform to the minimum ageto rank restriction, and will serve in

a part-time capacity in the RWPwhen their services are required.

Interested members may contactthe offices of the RWP in Goodwoodby calling Mrs MacLachlan on (021)597-2808 or Private Visagie on (021)597-2930. Alternatively they can visitthe unit at Hanger 627 of Fort iKapa,Townsend Street, Goodwood, from 9to 13 May.

Members of the RWP with whomthe unit has had no contact for thepast three years will be taken off theunit’s strength if they fail to makecontact with the unit by 13 May.

These members will have to re-ap-ply for enlistment.

The RWP is an infantry reserveunit of the SANDF and is based atFort iKapa.

The infantry reserve at Fort iKapa, Goodwood, is looking forformer members of the defence forces.

EASTER JOY: A fun Easter egg hunt was held at Pick n Payhead office in Kenilworth for 75 children of the Zanokhanyoand Ncedolethu places of safety in Mfuleni and Khayelitsha.For many of the children it was the first time they had evertravelled to the suburbs of Cape Town. Along with Pick n Pay,staff at Continental Brands, International Sweet Importers andSasko made sure that the children had a lovely time. Therewere traditional three­legged and egg­and­spoon races, as wellas jumping castles and face painting. The children were fedlunch and each child had a huge goodie bag of sweets andtoys to take back with them. Photo: Supplied

CHANGING LIVES: Both Hlengiwe Msizi’s parents, Luvuyo and Vuyelwa Msizi,work for Pick n Pay. Msizi (5) contracted meningitis soon after birth anddeveloped hydroencephalitis. Due to the effect of the fluid pressure on herbrain, she is unable to walk and her parents were unable to afford a special­ised wheelchair. Pick n Pay, in partnership with the QuadPara Associationof South Africa (QASA), funded the purchase of the wheelchair and CE Mobili­ty measured Hlengiwe to ensure it fitted her. Suzanne Ackerman, transforma­tion director at Pick n Pay, says: “There’s no doubt that the wheelchair hasmade a really positive impact on this little girl’s life, and will hopefully enableher to flourish in a way that was denied her before.” Pictured from left toright are Basil Porthen (CE Mobility), Ari Searlis (QASA), Martha Spruit (CEMobility), Neil Beukes (Pick n Pay), Joyce Alexander­Davis (Pick n Pay), Ro­chelle Petersen (Pick n Pay), Luvuyo Msizi, Hlengiwe Msizi, Vuyelwa Msizi,Suzanne Ackerman (Pick n Pay), Ricardo du Preez (Pick n Pay), Ellen Con­radie (Pick n Pay) and Anthony Ghillino (QASA). Photo: Supplied

Holocaust victims remembered

LEST WE FORGET: Santa Pelham, a 91­year­oldholocaust survivor, lights a torch in a memorialceremony commemorating the death and bra­very of European Jews in Nazi death camps inPoland. Photo: Liam Moses

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OVER 2 000 people gathered at the Jewishcemetery in Pinelands on Sunday 1 Mayto commemorate the holocaust and cele-brate the bravery of its victims.

Yom Hashoah V’hagevurah, which trans-lates into “Holocaust and Heroism Day”, hasbeen held on the first day of May every yearsince 1945.

The event was hosted by the Cape Councilof the South African Jewish Board of Depu-ties.

According to Li Boiskin, the chairperson ofthe organisation, the day is important toSouth Africans of all religions.

“I think for any people, one cannot under-stand the present, or certainly the future,without understanding the past and history,”said Boiskin.

“The importance of this day is relevant forall people at all times because it deals withthe issues of fighting racism, prejudice anddiscrimination. And that applies to all peo-ple.”

The proceedings started with a reading ofthe names and ages of some of the childrenwho were murdered during the holocaust.

This was followed by the singing and rea-ding of poems and songs about the braveryand suffering of European Jews during theholocaust.

Guests at the event also heard speeches byMyra Osrin, the founding director of the CapeTown Holocaust Centre, and Miriam Lichter-man, a Polish holocaust survivor.

Lichterman fought back tears as she spokeemotionally about her experiences in War-saw during the holocaust.

Most guests at the event sat solemnly as Li-chterman spoke and others broke into tearsas she described life during the period.

Both Boiskin and Osrin made specific men-tion of the holocaust in Lithuania during

their speeches.Boiskin said the reason for this was that

most South African Jews have their roots inLithuania and other countries nearby.

“Most South African Jews come from theBaltic states, and a particularly large percen-tage from Lithuania.

“A lot of people here would have lost par-ents, grandparents and family during the hol-

ocaust.”Boiskin added that around 95% of the Jew-

ish population of Lithuania was murderedduring the holocaust.

During the event, a special memorial cere-mony was conducted, where six holocaustsurvivors lit six torches placed at the pointsof a monument, which is in the shape of a six-pointed star.

According to Boiskin, the ceremony is in-tended to commemorate the death of holo-caust victims at concentration camps in Po-land.

“The monument refers to the six deathcamps established in Poland by the Naziswith the point of annihilating every Jewishman, women and child,” said Boiskin.

“So the lightingof the torches is amemorialceremony. And it’s done by survivors. Thatis why it’s so important.”

Guests at the event also heard speeches byBen Levitas, the chairperson of the Cape

Council of the South African Zionist Federa-tion, readings in Yiddish and Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish) by Joy Wilkin and Isaac Habib re-spectively, speeches in English and Hebrewby Herzlia High School students Dalit Anseyand David Levin respectively, and a harp per-formance by Rachel Serraf.

The event was also attended by a delegationfrom the Khoisan royal family and survivorsof the Rwandan genocide.

Boiskin said that the two groups were invi-ted because their people had suffered a simi-lar experience to the holocaust.

“Even though we are commemorating theholocaust, the message we are trying to sendis a broad one,” said Boiskin.

“So it applies to all people who have suf-fered and all people who have experiencedgenocide or discrimination.”

Representatives from the South AfricanArmy and Navy were also present at theevent.

SOLIDARITY: Members of the Khoisan royal family joined a large gathering at the PinelandsJewish cemetery on Sunday 1 May to mark Holocaust and Heroism Day. The Khoisan delegationwas invited because their people had also been subjected to genocide. Photo: Liam Moses

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More smells waftthrough garden suburbTERESA FISCHER

A MALFUNCTION at the Langa pumpstation recently caused sewage back upand overflowing toilets in Pinelands,the pollution of the Elsies Kraal Riverwith effluent and an “embarrassing”bad smell in the suburb.

This is according to Pinelands wardcouncillor, Alderman Brian Watkyns, whowrote an item about “smells and noise inPinelands – again” in his latest newsletter,dated Wednesday 27 April.

He says residents in the Pine Edge toLinks Drive area were affected.

Watkyns writes: “On top of this, onenight there was an extremely loud mechan-ical noise which kept residents awake mostof the night and continued into the nextday.”

He says the problems began with the “un-usual occurrence” of the impeller shaftshearing off at the pump station.

A stand-by pump would usually kick in.However, this spare pump was being ser-

viced at the time.Mobile pumps were brought in to trans-

fer the sewage from the Pinelands sewe-rage line to the nearby Kensington sewer-age line.

When Pinelands’ two Law Enforcementofficers were dispatched to find out whatwas causing the noise, they discovered thatit was the temporary pumps brought in toclear the Langa Pump Station.

“When we complained about the noise,the pumps were moved as soon as it wasfeasible, to a location where the noise wasfar less intrusive,” says Watkyns.

Then, during a tour to inspect paths ofthe Elsies Kraal river reserve, Watkynshappened to notice sewage flowing into thecanal, in the area behind Montagu Way.

The canal flows into the Black River.Watkyns says the matter seems to have

been resolved now.However, he will still try to find out

whether the computerised alert system,which is supposed to notify someone at thepump station of malfunctions, was wor-king correctly.

Burglar injured jumpingthrough closed windowTERESA FISCHER

TWO burglars were arrested in Pinelands af-ter they were surrounded while still insidea house in Woodside Drive.

One of the burglars attempted to escape byjumping through a window, cutting his armbadly in the process.

The incident occurred on Tuesday 26 Aprilwhile the homeowners were not at home.

According to the daughter of the owners,the break-in occurred at 22:15, when two mengained access by breaking through a windowin the kitchen door.

An alarm was triggered and Pine WatchSecurity responded swiftly, surrounding thehouse.

The suspects tried to hide, turning off thelights inside the house, but they had alreadybeen spotted.

Pine Watch, meanwhile, called the policefor back-up.

One of the suspects, aged 15, realised the

police were inside the house. He tried to es-cape by throwing himself through the win-dow, which was locked.

But he was then captured by the waitingPine Watch officers.

The daughter says Pine Watch did a verygood job and adds that one the suspects waswell-known to the Pine Watch officers.

No suspects escaped.Detective Branch Commander, Captain

Ernst Marais of Pinelands Police, confirmedthe two suspects were arrested.

The 15 year old suspect, from Langa, ap-peared in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Courton Thursday 28 April.

He was released into his mother’s care.According to Marais, the second suspect is

in custody at Goodwood Prison, awaiting hissecond appearance – the date of which is un-known at this stage as the docket is still atcourt.

He adds the suspect was known because heworked as a car guard at McDonalds.

Claremont sector 4 cellphone‘off the hook’TERESA FISCHER

THE Claremont Sector Four cellphone isstill out of order, despite promises made thatit would be fixed months ago.

This is according to Ross Drayton, chair-person of the Claremont Sector Four Com-munity Police Forum (CPF).

This was detailed in Sector Four meetingminutes. Sector Four includes KenilworthCentre, Access Park, Claremont Village andparts of Kenilworth off Rosmead Avenue.

This cellphone should allow the communi-ty to easily contact police officers patrollingthe area.

The matter was again raised at a monthlycommunity meeting on Tuesday 12 April atthe Claremont Police Station.

“Assurances were given that it would besorted out,” says Drayton, who adds that theproblem has been raised by some residentswho were unable to get through on thenumber (082 850 9703).

Colonel Vincent Ncata, standing in forColonel Jayce Naidoo, Claremont stationcommander, provided this alternativenumber: 072 567 5591.

Ncata adds that the provincial police haveapproved a SIM card swap, and says he willfollow up on the matter.

At the time of going to press, Colonel Ncatahad not responded to questions regardingthe reason for the delay.

Confirmation of the exact length of timethe phone was out of order was also not re-ceived from the Claremont Police.

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Alvon Collison, a well­known theatre and television personality, re­ceives his civic honour from Dan Plato, executive mayor of the Cityof Cape Town. Photo: Carl Fourie

CouncillorDemetriQuallyfrom theSouth Pe­ninsulaSubcoun­cil was oneof six coun­cillors tobe awar­ded the ti­tle of Al­derman.

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Brent van Rensburg (right), was recognised for his achieve­ments as the co­founder and artistic director of the Zip ZapCircus. On the left is Mayor Dan Plato. Photo: Carl Fourie

Dave Dewar was honoured for his work as the current emeri­tus professor of medicine at the University of Cape Town(UCT), director of the UCT Bio­ethics Centre, professor inpublic health sciences for the University of Toronto and aninternational member of the standing committee on ethicsfor the Canadian Institute of Health Research.Photo: Carl Fourie

David Kramer (right), a highly acclaimed playwright, musician and thea­tre director, is congratulated by Dan Plato, executive mayor of the Cityof Cape Town. Photo: Carl Fourie

The Western Cape Emergency Medical and Rescue Servic­es (EMS) was honoured for its services to the people ofCape Town for the past 31 years. Dr Cleeve Robertson(right) accepted the award on behalf of the organisationfrom Dan Plato (left), executive mayor of the City of CapeTown. Photo: Carl Fourie

Franklin Sonn the former South African ambassador to theUSA, the current rector of the Cape Peninsula University ofTechnology and a trustee for the Worldwide Fund for Nature,the Desmond Tutu Peace Trust and the Impumelelo Innova­tions Awards Trust, receives his civic honour from MayorDan Plato (left). Photo: Carl Fourie

Professor JC de Villiers receives his award from Dan Plato, executivemayor of the City of Cape Town (left). De Villiers is the former chairmanof neurosurgery at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and currentlydevotes his time to writing about medical history. Photo: Carl Fourie

Koos Bekker (right), the chief executive officer of Naspers,with Dan Plato, executive mayor of the City of Cape Town.Bekker received the accolade for his contribution to thefinancial and business advances of the media in South Afri­ca and Africa. Photo: Carl Fourie

Clive Fox (right) receives civic honours on behalf of the LionsClub International from Dan Plato (left), executive mayor ofthe City of Cape Town. The club, which is one of the world’slargest and most active voluntary humanitarian service or­ganisations, received the award for community work aroundthe city. Photo: Carl Fourie

Ian Weinberg (right) accepted the civic honour on behalf of the NationalSea Rescue Institute (NSRI) from Dan Plato, executive mayor of theCity of Cape Town (left). Photo: Carl Fourie

Allan Perrins (right) accepted an award on behalf of theCape of Good Hope SPCA, one of the oldest and largestanimal welfare organisations in South Africa. Photo: Carl Fourie

Zackie Achmat re­ceives his civic hon­our from Dan Plato(left), executivemayor of the City ofCape Town. Achmatfounded the Treat­ment Action Cam­paign (TAC) and theNational Coalitionfor Gay and LesbianEquality.Photo: Carl Fourie

The City also conferred civic honours onthe late Prima Ballerina Assoluta PhyllisSpira. Spira’s artistic achievements andher contribution to dance developmentwere acknowledged in a moving citation.Philip Boyd, the head of Dance for All inAthlone, an organisation that has beenteaching ballet and various other danceforms of dance to children since 1991,accepted the prestigious award on behalfof his late wife. Seen here are Boyd (left)with Mayor Dan Plato and entertainerAlvon Collison (right). Photo: Alison Foat

‘Exceptional’ work awarded‘Exceptional’ work awardedTHE City of Cape Town be-

stowed civic honours on 37exceptional individuals andThursday 28 April.

The individuals and organisa-tions were honoured for their out-

standing service or contribution tothe City and its residents.

At the ceremony, City of CapeTown Executive Mayor, AldermanDan Plato, explained that theawarding of civic honours was im-portant for a city’s progress and

growth. “We bestow civic honourson certain individuals and organi-sations to acknowledge their variedcontributions to our collective de-velopment and to encourage themto continue their outstanding ef-forts. Our support is important be-

cause these contributions willachieve real, lasting developmentin this place we call home.

“As we build our new democracy,we must do all we can to promotethe values of civic-mindedness,”said Plato.

Civic honours were conferred inthree categories this year, namelySigning of the Civic Honours Book,one of the highest accolades that theCity can confer on its residents,Honorary Title of Alderman andthe Mayor’s Medal.

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PLANS are under way to createthe largest gathering of brass andwind instruments playing at thesame time in September this year.

According to Trevor Beukes, or-ganiser of the attempt, there are noprevious Guinness World record at-tempts in this category, with recordshaving been broken for most guitarsor drummers.

“This is the perfect opportunity tocreate an event that would involvemany different musicians from allover,” says Beukes.

He explained that the idea initiallystarted when it was decided to hosta community event and then discov-ered that there has never been arecord attempt for the largest bandin the world.

Although a venue has not yet beenconfirmed, the plan is to host theevent where just over 5 000 wind in-strument players are required to seta new world record.

Wind instruments include trum-pets, saxophones and trombones.

Beukes explained that there arecurrently 1 200 members participat-

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“We are serious about creatingthis new world record, and every-body will be rewarded in the end,merelywith the satisfactionofknow-ing you were part of a Guiness WorldRecord,” Beukes explained.

Aziz Richards (14) from Wood-stock, has been playing the trumpetfor the past two years, and becameinterested in the instrument whilewatching the New Year’s minstrelcelebration in Darling Street.

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Richards was excited at the pros-pect of being part of the world’s larg-est band, saying: “I can just imaginehow that must sound. It will be thebiggest band I have ever seen or beena part of,” says Richards.

Former member of the Spes BonaMinstrel Troupe, Barry Swart wasalso part of the police band in 1982,

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“It’s a wonderful opportunity, es-pecially if they are able to pull it off,”says Swart.

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THE Bo-Kaap Food and CraftMarket will take place on Sat-urday7Maystarting from10:00until 14:00. Visit the Bo-Kaapmarket to enjoy traditionalCape Malay foods – koek-sisters, milk tart, samoosas,curries, rotis, konfyt, biscuitsand much more. Browse

around for gifts, jewellery,clothing, hand made soaps,dried fruit and nuts, honey andmore. Sit down to enjoy break-fast or a cup of tea and coffee,view old pictures or watch themonthly food demonstrationstarting at 12:00. Call (021) 424-3736 or 072 643 0054.

BISHOPS’ produc-tion of Athol Fu-gard’s “Master Ha-rold and the Boys”,starring Ernie Koe-la, Ty Wills and Sih-le Qashani, will beperformed at the Ed-inburgh Fringe, partof the EdinburghFestival, from Satur-day 6 August toWednesday 10 Au-gust. “The cost ofthis is huge, but theexperience and val-ue for the boys willbe fantastic,” saysstaffer Wayne Tuck-er. To help raisemuch-needed fundsthey have decided tore-stage this produc-tion on Wednesday 4May, Thursday 5May and Friday 6May at 19:00 at theMemorial Theatre,Bishops. Tuckeradds: “Please sup-port this cultural ad-venture. If you areunable to purchase aticket but would liketo help financially inanother way wewould be grateful,and you may contactRosemary at rwil-ke@bishops.org.za.”

Tickets are R100each and will be onsale at the Bishops’school shop. Phone(021) 659-1970 fromMonday 18 April.

Get hip hopping

THE Cape Town Ei-steddfod Hip HopDance Competitionwill be taking placeon Saturday 28 andSunday 29 May.

All “hip hoppers”are encouraged tojoin in on the actionwith substantialcash prizes up forgrabs in this newevent. For detailscall Sharon on082 563 1693 or emailsimplyG@worldon-line.co.za

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Bikers silence rumbling tumsMELISSA LE ROUX

THOUSANDS of children across thecity are lucky to have just one meala day, and many more go to bed on

an empty stomach.

The Egoli informal settlement in Ottery isone of the areas where poverty and hungerprevails.

Relief came to the area at the beginningof this year, when On Eagle’s Wings Chris-tian Motorcycle Social Club rallied to allevi-ate hunger for the children of Egoli.

The club was formed at the beginning ofthe year by Southfield residents, MurvinMaree and his wife Glenda.

After visiting Egoli last year, a seed wasplanted in the couple’s minds.

The pair have been biking enthusiasts forover 20 years.

Along with five friends – from FairwaysandGoodwood–theyventured into the infor-mal settlement to hand out food to the chil-dren.

They started by giving from their ownpockets, having fundraisers and appealingfor sponsorship from supermarkets.

“The community has so far respondedvery well to our appeal. Businesses in Plum-stead, such as Pick n Pay and Cash Convert-ers, have donated money and vouchers touse as prizes for our fundraisers. Dros in Ca-nal Walk will be donating bread and rollsevery Sunday to give to the children,” saysGlenda.

Every Saturday, the seven members gath-er at one of their houses and prepare foodparcels. The group then makes its way to theinformal settlement, where they spend timewith the children – showing them that thereare people who care about them – and endingoff by providing them with a hearty meal.

“When they reach out their hands for thefood, it’s so heartbreaking because youknow it’s probably their first, if not their on-ly, meal for the day,” says Glenda.

The group arrives at the settlement ataround 14:00. Murvin takes along his guitarto entertain the children, who all join in andsing along.

He and the rest of his charitable grouptake the food to the children in a kombi, withall of them wearing T-shirts displaying thename of their group.

“When we first started in January, therewere about 10 or so children, and each weekthey seem to get more and more. These chil-dren come running because they know theyare going to get something to eat,” says Pen-ny Sackim, a member of the club.

The club is in need of sponsorship as thereare many mouths to feed each week.

“It breaks your heart when you see thosehands reaching out and you don’t haveenough to feed them all,” says Glenda.

The motorcycle group would like to go be-yond just feeding the children. Their goal isto take the children to a field, perhaps Zand-vlei, and spend individual time with them– getting to know their names and providinga range of activities for them.

“We want to show the children that we, asa group, do care about them. We would liketo start teaching these children the basics,such as how to wash their hands before theyeat and to pray before they eat. We would al-so eventually like to do story-telling,” saysGlenda.

The group will be hosting a bingo fund-raiser on Friday 27 May at Rondebosch EastPrimarySchool inFourthAvenueat 19:30 for20:00. Booklets cost R20.

For more information or if you would liketo make a donation, contact Glenda Mareeon (021) 706-6848 or 082 945 4954.

REVVED UP: The children from Egoli informal settlement line up for food parcels from OnEagle’s Wings Christian Motorcycle Social Club.

BIKER ANGELS: On Eagle’s Wings Christian Motorcycle Social Club go out every Saturdayto Egoli informal settlement in Ottery to hand out food. Photos: Supplied

Choir debutantes rock Cape TownTAURIQ HASSEN

THE Cape Malay Choir Board (CMCB) haswrapped up a successful 2011 Malay choirseason.

In their debut season, the CMCB caught theattention of thousands of local supporters,even recruiting eight new choirs to competein next year’s competition.

Ebrahim Hull, president of the CMCB, saysthe first year “proved to be a major success”,and their sights are already set on arrangingan even “bigger and better” competition.

“Weareproudofwhatweachieved this sea-son, and we will raise the bar slightly nextyear to create the best Malay choir competi-tion for everybody to enjoy,” says Hull.

The 2011 competition was split into five seg-ments, Section One, Section Two, the Chal-lenge Cup, the Champions Cup and the Herit-age Cup.

On 25 February, the Section One winnerswere the Silver Sounds Singkoor and KenfacCommunity Singkoor.

Capetonians Singkoor and Jordan Sport-ing Club won Section Two on 26 February.

In the Challenge Cup on 11 March, Play-boys Sporting Club and Hamediehs SportingClub walked away with top honours.

The six top choirs in the top three segmentswere then all drawn into the Champions Cup,which took place on 27 March at the Athlone

Civic Centre.According to Hull, the Champions Cup

“was an extremely tight affair”.Capetonians and Playboys ended in first

position, tied with the same number ofpoints, with Silver Sounds and Hamediehs,also in joint second position.

On 2 April, the teams competed for the ulti-mate prize – the Heritage Cup – at the Vy-gieskraal Stadium.

Capetonians Singkoor walked away withthe top prize, wrapping up the year’s finalcompetitive choir event.

“We believe the competition was a greatsuccess. The event was organised well, thepeople showed great support and we can onlygo from strength to strength,” says Hull.

Looking ahead, Hull says the event willtake place at the Good Hope Centre next year.

“We don’t want to reveal the dates for thenext competition, but we can confirm that wehave secured the venue,” says Hull.

An additional feature to their debut seasonwas seeing two lucky winners walk awaywith a flat screen television and a ticket togo on Hajj (holy trip to Mecca) later this year.

“We achieved a lot in our first season, butwe hope to achieve a lot more next year,building on our experiences in our debut sea-son. We say thank you to everybody involvedin making this year’s competition such a ma-jor success,” Hull says.

Lions bingo nightTHE Newlands Lions Club will be hosting abingo evening in Constantia on Saturday 7May. The event will take place at the CapeAcademy of Maths and Sciences on the cor-

ner of Firgrove and Spaanschemat Roads inConstantia at 15:00. Tea or coffee and cakeswill be available and there are prizes to bewon. All proceeds from the event will go tocharities involved with the club.

Call Warren Hermanus on 084 584 4926.

Anyone can writeLANSDOWNE poet and writer, Toni Stuart,will run a free poetry workshop for Grade 9to Grade 12 learners at Athlone Library onSaturday 7 May, from 10:00 to 13:00.

The workshop is open to any learner who

is keen to discover how to express themselvesthrough words.

Anyone who feels they have something toshare or say and would like to learn how todo so is invited to attend the free workshop.

For details and to book, call Toni on071 573 3597 or email tonistuart@gmail.com.

Party time at VCCTHE Victoria Cricket Club will be hosting a

fundraiser party at the Victoria Clubhouse inChukker Road, Kenwyn, on Saturday 14 May.Entrance is R10 and drinks will be on sale.

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Will the real VG Behrensplease stand up?TERESA FISCHER

VG BEHRENS is well-known to People’s Post’sreaders for her prolific con-tributions, mostly com-plaints, to the newspaper’sSMS and letter column.

Her gripes include the “rub-bish” on television and FIFAPresident Sepp Blatter – and ifthere is a power cut in Pine-lands, she will be the first toraise the alarm.

She has become an almostlegendary figure, provokingSMSes and letters asking herto “lighten up”.

One resident wrote: “Shemoved here, presumably fromhell, in 1987 and has com-plained ever since.”

Some readers assumed shewas a “grumpy old man” anduntil recently, so did People’sPost. When an opportunity tomeet the real VG Behrens pre-sented itself, we were curious.

In the flesh, Valerie Behrens(73) is a mischievous charac-ter, with a wide, toothy smileand twinkling eyes.

She laughs easily and ex-plains: “Complaining is myway of talking to people. I talkabout what upsets me and I calla spade a spade.”

But then she adds that theworst part is that when you arewriting, you have to be polite.“If you could include all theswear words, it would give itcharacter.”

She says: “Everything’s agame in my life – I can’t be seri-

ous about much. I am quick towrite to the paper, or blurt outsomething. I flare like amatch.”

Often her complaints areprompted by the desire tochange unsatisfactory situa-tions. “I love life,” she says,adding she is one of the happi-est people she knows. “If onlyyou knew, everything goes myway. My life is smooth … won-derful. I’m the most spoilt per-son you will ever comeacross.”

In response to negative feed-back, she replies: “I’m a biggirl now. I must take it or I’llcrumble. I must be able to takeit as well as give it.”

Sitting in her comfortable

lounge, we chat about her lifeand she offers me matzos – sheis Jewish. “Like eating card-board,” she mutters.

Her first marriage lastedseven years until she got di-vorced and vowed never to getmarried again.

“Once was enough. I am notthe marrying type. Who thehell introduced marriage?The worst thing anyone cando is get married,” she re-marks.

But she did re-marry – aman 25 years her senior. “Hedied at 82. He was past his sell-by date,” she quips.

But she looks fondly at hisphoto.

“I can be a terror, I knowthat,” she admits. Asked if thecouple fought much, she saysit was like “World War Four”.

Life didn’t stop for her whenher husband died, and she ful-filled a lifelong dream to go toIreland. “If I want to do some-thing, I go straight for it,” isher philosophy.

Before she was married, sheworked as a secretary for aproperty firm. “I had to phonetenants and tell them theirrent was increasing – I lovedthat.” But she also loved cheer-ing people up in old age homesby line dancing for them.

Learning new things is aconstant passion, as are herquiet Wednesdays, when visi-tors are banned.

On Tuesdays Behrens has asession with her personaltrainer. “I hate her,” shesmiles.

MAVERICK: Regular corre­spondent, Valerie Behrens ofPinelands, pictured in Irelandcollecting holy water.

Photo: Supplied

BLING: Jacky Orton willshowcase glitz and glam­our at an informal floralart workshop at 09:30 onSaturday 7 May in St Tho­mas’ Church Hall, Ronde­bosch. Tickets cost R50,which includes flowersand tea. Contact OdettePaxton on (021) 531­6221 or 082 471 2680.Pictured are Brenda Wood(left) and Jacky Orton. Pho­to: Supplied

EASTER DELIGHT:The Interact Societywas started in 2009at Abbotts College inClaremont to providestudents and teach­ers an opportunity toget involved in com­munity awarenessprogrammes, developleadership skills andfoster a sense of re­sponsibility. This year,students from the so­ciety collected 2 048Easter eggs and do­nated them to variousorganisations in thearea, such as the Village Work Centre for adults with cerebral palsy, which is in Claremont,the Centre for Abused Women and Children and Huis Luckhoff Retirement Home in Rose­bank, and a local soup kitchen, to spread a little Easter joy. Photo: Supplied

Islam in the modern worldTIMBUKTU BOOKS is inviting thepublic to a discussion between SheikhSeraj Hendricks and Professor SeyyedHossein Nasr on Nasr’s book, “Islam inthe Modern World: Challenged by theWest, Threatened by Fundamentalism,Keeping Faith with Tradition”.

The talk will take place on Wednes-

day 4 May at Timbuktu Books, shopG03 ground floor, Stadium on Main,Main Road, Claremont, starting at18:30.

Attendance is free and anybody in-terested should RSVP to info@timbuk-tubooks.co.za or contact (021) 671-9819.

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UPDATING OF ARTS AND CULTURE DATABASEThe City of Cape Town’s department of Social Development: Arts and Culture is updating itsdatabase and calls on all arts, culture and heritage organisations and practitioners to register.

Registration forms are available from all local libraries or the City’s website below and mayeither be handed in, faxed, or e-mailed to:

Address: Room 27, 1st Floor Paul Sauer Building, 1 Adderley Street, Cape TownWebsite: www.capetown.gov.zaFax: 021 400 1660E-mail: Melissa Hendry at Artsand.Culture@capetown.gov.za

The closing date for submission is Wednesday 15 June 2011.

Further enquiries may be directed to Melissa Hendry ontel 021 400 1581.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER

Cancer survivor gathering

Preparing for life

THE 180-foot rigged sailing ship, BarkEuropa, arrived in Cape Town harbourfrom Antarctica on Thursday 21 Aprilafter a gruelling 55 days at sea sailingaround Cape Horn and across the south-ern ocean.

The ship is readying for the next leg ofher world voyage to Europe via AscensionIsland.

A trainee from the Cape WindjammersEducation Trust (CWET), a section 21 pub-lic benefit organisation doing youth devel-opment and leadership training throughsail training, will join the Bark Europa onits next leg to Europe, South America, Ant-arctica and back to Cape Town – a year-longjourney.

Marx Mohr (18) sailed on the sailing ves-sel Concordia in 2009 with Monde Sitole andeight other South African youths, togetherwith 25 youths from Canada, Mexico, USAand Germany. For those who wish to experi-ence a chance of a lifetime voyage at sea,CWET will benefit from any bookings madefor the Bark Europa’s 2011 itinerary.

CWET is also planning a Winter SailingProgramme for 27 learners from three CapeTown schools over the June/July school hol-idays, in collaboration with the Izivungu-vungu Sailing School in Simon’s Town.

Training will be conducted aboard thewell-known “STY Howard Davis”, kindlymade available by the owners of the vessel.

Dennis Stevenson, chairperson of CWETsays: “She was purpose-built as a sail-train-

Sailing ship launchesdreams of the sea

Mother’s Day treatments atKenilworth Centre

Comic books take centre stage

A weekend of thought

ing vessel for the merchant marine, thebrainchild of Captain Phil Nankin, himselfa tall ship sailor, having been mate of theLawhill.” During the Winter Sailing Pro-gramme, 27 youths gain invaluable life skillsexperience in seamanship, environmentalawareness of the sea and vocational trainingin navigation and vessel management.

“It is our aim to train SA youth in seaman-ship, but more importantly develop leader-ship and responsibility amongst our youthvia this unique and exciting method,” saysStevenson.

CWET is relying on companies to sponsorthe cost of a learners’ training, whichamounts to R5 000 per trainee per week.

There are 26 countries representing SailTraining International, and South Africa iscurrently the only member country withoutits own tall ship. CWET has identified thestaysail schooner Clan Mackenzie as a possi-ble sailing platform to seriously embark onits programmes. This 76 foot, 65 ton vesselwas designed by Brian Lello and built inNoordhoek. In it present configuration it isnot the ideal sail training vessel, but conver-sion to a brigantine is a possibility, makingit more suited to CWET objectives.

Interested parties or would-be sailorswanting to book on the Bark Europa can con-tact CWET on (021) 685-4013 or email skip-per@capewindjammers.org, call Dennis Ste-venson on 082 499 1537 or Will Gubb on071 602 5793 or email will@full-impact.co.za.

LAND AHOY: Monde Sitole at the helm of the180 foot rigged sailing ship, Bark Europa,which is getting ready for the next leg of itsworld voyage to Europe via Ascension Island.

Photos: Supplied

SAIL AWAY: Marx Mohr (18) will be aboardthe Bark Europa, on its next leg to Europe,South America, Antarctica and back to CapeTown – a year­long trip.

UNSELFISH SERVICE: From left, Edmund Michaels (pastpresident), Esme Kennel and Val Turner (current presi­dent). Photos: Supplied

WINNER: Val Turner (left),president of the Lions Club inNewlands, with Yolanda Parry,who also received the LouisVolks Award for HumanitarianWork.

THE Gordon Institute for Performing andCreative Arts (GIPCA) present “The NamesWe Give”, a weekend-long event of perform-ances which will run from Friday 13 May toSunday 15 May at UCT’s Hiddingh Campus.

Speakers have been drawn from a rangeof different institutions and contexts, and in-clude Thembinkosi Goniwe and Zen Mariefrom Wits University, Ruth Simbao andNomusa Makhubu from Rhodes University,Leora Farber from the University of Johan-nesburg, Crain Soudien, Carolyn Hamiltonand Imraan Coovadia from UCT and Kath-ryn Smith from Stellenbosch University.

Performances include readings of evoca-tive and provocative texts such as “PaperFlowers” and “Dutchman”, under the direc-tion of Sara Machett, Amy Jephta and Fleurdu Cap Award Winners, Mwenya Kabweand Lara Bye.

On Saturday evening a party will featurethe music of Ntone Edjabe and Sannie Foxas well as performance installations by Liza

Grobler, Sanjin Muftic and Ikapa DanceTheatre’s Theo Ndidwa.

Premiering their work, “Fractography”,will be Donald Gordon Creative Arts Awardwinners, Jamila Rodriquez, Steven van Wykand Kristina Johnstone.

Music will be provided by Mike Rossi anda jazz quartet on the opening night, and aCharles Mingus concert to close on Sundayevening. Film screenings curated by LesediMogoatlhe will bring fresh perspectives incompelling image and sound.

The full programme is available onwww.gipca.uct.ac.za. The registration feefor attending all three days is R60, or R30 fora single day. Student registration fees areR40 for the entire event, or R20 per day.Bookings can be made by emailing ad-min@thefamousidea.co.za and payment canbe made at the door.

For more information contact the GIPCAoffice on (021) 480-7156 or email fin-gip-ca@uct.ac.za.

FREE Comic Book Day, an internationalevent to promote the medium of comics asa form of art, literature and entertainment,will be hosted by Readers Den Comic Shopat Stadium on Main, Claremont, on Satur-day 7 May from 09:00 till 15:00.

Well over 1 000 comics will be given awayand attendees can look forward to originalcomic book art displays and digital art beingcreated on the spot by the local talent, in-cluding work by the Trantraal brothers(“Coloureds”, “Richenbaums”) and an ex-clusive look at the Gaining Velocity graphicnovel anthology, an exciting South African/Australian co-production featuring thework of 25 local and Australian artists.

Artist and animator, Jesca Marisa, will al-so showcase original art from the upcoming“Awakenings II” graphic novel.

A vintage comics mini exhibit featuring

a selection of rare and vintage comics fromthe 1940s to the 1970s will be on display.

Attendees can also watch a Gundam mod-el kit being built from scratch. There will al-so be a display of completed models.

Lucky draw competitions will also takeplace, with over R10 000’s worth of prizes tobe won.

Join the funbydressingupasyour favour-ite comic book character and win great priz-es.

There will also be collectable card andboard game demonstrations, and you canhave your photo taken with Spider-Man,Wonder Woman and Supergirl.

For more information visit www.freecom-icbookday.com or visit www.read-ersden.co.za.

For sample copies of the comics, contactNizar Abrahams on (021) 671-9551.

IN celebration of Mother’s Day, KenilworthCentre is offering moms a selection of freetreatments on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 Maybetween 10:00 and 16:00.

The luxurious treatments include free nailpaints offered by Dream Nails; Enigma is of-fering free lip and eyebrow waxes; Foschiniand Edgars promise a complete make-upmake-over; Placecol will provide the latestfacial technology, and Regis and ClassicCuts will ensure a brand new hairstyle justin time for Mother’s Day.

For the convenience of Kenilworth Centreshoppers, various stores will be offering

great Mother’s Day gifts in the mall areas,on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 May.

From over 100 stores to choose from, youare sure to find the perfect gift for the specialmom in your life, including fashion, jewel-lery, chocolates, specialised gifts, books,treatments, cards, movie tickets, mealvouchers and more.

Centre manager, Terry Pollock, wishes allmoms a fabulous Mother’s Day on Sunday8 May.

For further information, please contactSuzette on (021) 671-5054 or visit www.kenil-worthcentre.co.za.

THE Voice of Cancer Survivor Forum is be-ing held at the Cape Town Civic Centre fromThursday 12 May to Friday 13 May.

Attendance is free and open to all, but reg-

istration is essential.For more information email info@voiceof-

cancer.co.za. Alternatively call 0861 ASKNOW.

THE Biblical Worldview Summit will beheld at the Rocklands Campsite near Si-mon’s Town from 24 June until 1 July.

International speakers at the summit in-cludeDrPeterHammond, founder anddirec-

tor of Frontline Fellowship, and a mission-ary to Mozambique, Angola and Sudan.

The summit practically prepares familiesto deal with the issues, temptations and pres-sures of life. Contact Frontline Fellowshipon (021) 689-4480, email admin@front-line.org.za or visit the website onwww.frontline.org.za.

Lions reward womenLIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL recentlyheld its Woman of the Year Awardsevening at the Cape Academy of Mathemat-ics, Science and Technology in Constantia.

The winner was Yolanda Parry of Kirst-enhof. Parry is a volunteer at the RetreatMaternity Clinic, where she works as a

doula. Esme Kennel, a member of the LionsClub in Newlands – who works extensivelyin the field of diabetes and at The FisherCentre in Grassy Park for mentally chal-lenged people – received the Benny ReichTrophy for the Most Outstanding Individu-al Service in Lions Clubs International.

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The science of creation

A tale of two landings Writers reflect on favoured passages

A thousand women do lunch

Table set forpeaceful future

Touching stories of lifeand love beyond HIV

CHOC­A­BLOCK:Thanks to gener­ous donationsfrom shoppersand businesspeople, theChildhood Can­cer Foundationof South African(CHOC) hasmanaged toraise R188 411in the threeyears it has beenactive. Theproject’s fund­raisers are ap­pealing to shop­pers to continuesupporting theinitiative by buying branded items for CHOC and other worthy non­governmental organisations.If you are interested in being a volunteer or in donating any items to the CHOC House or CHOCLodge, contact Nina on 086 110 6441. Pictured from left are CHOC team members NicoleThompson, Mel Roets (coordinator of the Lighthouse Project), Vanessa Vermaak (divisional man­ager for CHOC Western Cape), Bev Strong, Wilf de Haan, Sue Rose and Yolanda McEvoy. Inthe front is Tracey de Jager.

THE Table of Peace and Unity is aluncheon which has the sole aim of

bringing South Africans from all walks oflife – regardless of race, religion or politi-cal beliefs – around one table to breakbread and show that, if everyone comestogether, peace can be achieved.

The Table of Peace and Unity began 11years ago and remains the only annual eventheld on the slopes of Table Mountain.

In the form of a gourmet luncheon attendedby hundreds of ordinary and not-so-ordinarySouth Africans, the Table of Peace of Peaceand Unity has already raised around R9 mil-lion for abused, vulnerable and orphanedchildren.

In keeping with the event’s spirit of loveand nurturing, this year’s luncheon takesplace on Mother’s Day, Sunday 8 May, at12:00.

But event director, Christine Cashmore,says this is not where it ends.

“It could also take shape in your own home,with your neighbours, friends or family.

It’s a mindful breaking of bread where we,as South Africans, consider the vast impactthat a truly united society could have on ourneighbourhoods, cities, country and theworld. And by raising funds in the process,we are actively making a difference in thelives of vulnerable souls.”

This year, top regional chefs – includingPe-ter Templehoff (the Cellars-Hohenort, part ofthe Collection by Liz McGrath), Roberto deCarvalho (One & Only Hotel), Morne Botha(Blues Restaurant) and Jerome Peters (CapeTown Hotel School) – will join forces to createthree courses of celebration, using ingredi-ents supplied by Checkers, paired with La-zanou organic wine, while entertainers Dan-ny K, the Parlotones and Vicky Sampson lendtheir voices to the cause.

Tickets for this event are available throughComputicket. For corporate packages con-tact Susan Hill on (021) 702-2280. For moreinformation on the main beneficiaries, CityAngel’s, or other Table of Peace and Unityevents around the country, visit www.good-foodandwineshow.co.za.

SPECIAL TIME: The luncheon attracts people from all walks of life.

MEET the authors of “Whisper not”, ashort story collection featuring the per-sonal stories of Africans living with andaffected by HIV/Aids, at the launch of thebook on Wednes-day 4 May at 17:30,at Lobby Books,IDASA, 6 SpinStreet, CapeTown.

“Whisper not”contains heart-warming first-hand accounts,poems and photo-graphs of and by15 “courageous”Africans fromSouth Africa, Le-sotho, Zimbabwe,Malawi and theDRC. They openlyshare their jour-neys of overcom-ing HIV/Aids andchallengesaround love, rela-tionships, poverty and violence.

“Stigma and denial are our greatestchallenges,” says Elaine Maane, the chair-person and a trustee of Openly Positive,the public benefit organisation and pub-

lisher of “Whisper not”, whose purpose isto create a supportive, less stigmatised en-vironment for people living with and sig-nificantly affected by HIV/Aids.

“Whisper not” is thethird in a series of booksaimed at communicatingpersonal accounts of peo-ple, who, through disclo-sure, are able to live ful-filling, purpose-drivenlives.

It includes a diversemessage of survival andhope from Dutch immi-grant and grandfather,Jan de Groot (84), whocontracted HIV at the ageof 68; mother-of-four andnursing sister, Ann Ray(51), whose marriage sur-vived after her husband’sinfidelity; communityHIV facilitator, MalehloaNtlaloeKalati (46),whoal-so endured TB and cervi-cal cancer; and Zanele

Mphikwa (36), who became an HIV treat-ment advocate after losing her partner,Daisy.

For more information about Openly Pos-itive, visit www.openlypositive.com.

POSITIVE LIVING: The cover of “Whis­per not”, a book containing the storiesof 15 people living with and affectedby HIV/Aids. Photo: Supplied

AFTER a two-year absence, the “1 000Women Luncheon” is back with a starline-up and a renewed determination toraise voices and funds to tackle abuse andviolence against women.

The WHEAT Trust 1 000 Women AgainstDomestic Violence initiative’s signatureevent will be held at lunchtime on Wednes-day 11 May in the Cape Town Internation-al Convention Centre.The WHEAT Trust is South Africa’s lead-ing fund for grassroots women, which in2010 fundedover 100 grassrootswomen-ledinitiatives nationally.

The lunch is being hosted by WendyAckerman, and features Pieter Dirk Uys

and Tannie Evita, Gerry Rantseli-Elsdonas director of ceremonies and the musicof all-women band CODA.

The main objective is to raise awarenessand funds which will support women or-ganising in their communities to make adifference and take a stand against vio-lence against women.

A corporate table for 10 costs R10 000.Details of the event, bookings and pay-

ment can be found on the WHEAT Trustwebsite, www.wheattrust.co.za.

Alternatively contact Sue on 082 4144148 or Bregje on (021) 762-6214 or email de-velopment@wheattrust.co.za for more in-formation.

THREE prominent authors, HenriettaRose-Innes, Rustum Kozain and GabebaBaderoon, will discuss a favourite literarypage as part of the Great Texts/Big Ques-tions lecture series by UCT’s Gordon Insti-tute for Performing and Creative Arts(GIPCA) on Thursday 5 May at 17:30.

Henrietta Rose-Innes will explore whythe first page of JG Ballard’s short story,“The Voices of Time”, fascinates her.

Rose-Innes is an award-winning writerand has published a collection of short sto-ries, “Homing”, and two previous novels,“Shark’s Egg” and “The Rock Alphabet”.Her novel “Nineveh” will be published inAugust.

Rustum Kozain will discuss a page fromMongane Wally Serote’s “City Johannes-burg”.

Kozain studied at UCT and taught there

from 1998 to 2004. His first volume of poet-ry, “This Carting Life”, was published in2005 and his second will hopefully appearnext year.

Poet and scholar, Gabeba Baderoon,looks at passages from “A Life Apart” byNeel Mukherjee.

Baderoon is the author of the collections“The Dream in the Next Body”, “The Mu-seum of Ordinary Life” and “A HundredSilences”.

She is a Research Fellow in the Islam,African Publics and Religious Valuesproject at UCT for 2010/2011.

This event will take place at HiddinghHall, Hiddingh Campus, UCT, OrangeStreet, and is free. Refreshments will beserved from 17:00. No booking is neces-sary. Call (021) 480-7156 or email fin-gip-ca@uct.ac.za.

THE international astronomer, Dr DannyFaulkner, will be giving a talk on “Cosmologyand Creation” at Fish Hoek Senior HighSchool hall on Thursday 5 May at 19:00.

Faulkner has a PhD in astronomy from theUniversity of Indiana, and has been on thefaculty of the University of South Carolina –where he holds a professorship, teaching as-tronomy and physics – since 1986.

In addition to Faulkner’s work in creationstudies, his research interest is stellar astron-

omy, particularly eclipsing binary stars.He has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed

scientific papers in his field of expertise, anumber of popular articles in creation jour-nals, a popular creationist book – “Universeby Design” – as well as featured in a popularDVD, “The Young Sun”.

There is no charge for the talk and variousresources will be on sale. For further details,contact Johan on (021) 975-0107 or visit thewebsite www.creation.com.

VIV JAMES will be giving a talk entitled“In the footsteps of Shackleton” at the nextmeeting of the Historical Society of CapeTown on Monday 9 May at 20:00 at the SAAstronomical Observatory Auditorium,Observatory Road, Observatory.

James’ father, Reginald, joined Sir Er-nest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedi-tion, and on the way south their ship wastrapped in ice for nine months and subse-quently sank.

They later reached Elephant Island

where they camped for nearly five monthsunder terrible conditions.

Two years ago, James sailed from theFalkland Islands as a guest of the RoyalNavy and was able to land on Elephant Is-land where his father was marooned.

He will talk about his father’s trip, aswell as his own landing on Elephant Is-land.

Entrance is free.For details on the event contact Neil on

(021) 762-2825.

Tutors neededTHE Life Matters Foundation is lookingfor volunteer homework tutors for grades

3 to 7. Join the team on a Monday and/orThursday from 15:00 until 16:00 if you havea few hours spare and would like to giveback to the children of the community.

For more information call (021) 712-0383.

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Through the camera’s eyeBERGVLIET resident, John Rayner, isseldom without his camera, having en-joyed photography for well over 40years, and over the years has accumu-lated quite a collection of interestingsnaps of life on the Cape peninsula.

Here we publish some of these “in themoment” photos which, on the whole, givepause for thought – and a snicker on theside!

A sign at Riebeeck Square. Photos: John RaynerKeep on walking, Bart!

When clothes need a breather ...

A seagull ambles up to make use of a self­service facility.

Breaking out in Barts.

A youngster waits out time at the V&A Waterfront.

They’ve adopted their spot!

Biodiversity expo kicks offTHE Biodiversity Expo kicks off on Thursday5 May and runs until Sunday 8 May.

This free event at the Old Mutual ConferenceCentre at Kirstenbosch is in its fourth year,and attracts participants and exhibitors whowant to engage with visitors on conservationissues.

Schools canenjoyahost of fascinating exhib-its over the first two days, while the whole fam-ily can participate in the weekend activities,although everyone is welcome for all fourdays. Visitors can learn more about South Af-rican wildlife, its unique eco-systems and awide range of related projects.

On Sunday 8 May a “conservation adven-

ture” leads teams through the garden to findunique treasures that are the keys to biodiver-sity for the future.

Great prizes are to be won for the winningteams. Apply before Friday 15 April by visit-ing: www.biodiversityexpo.blogspot.com.

Following the adventure activities, JungleTheatre will present their production, Hoerik-waggo, at 15:00 and the awarding of the prizeswill take place at 16:00 to end the day (and theexpo) at 16:30.

Visit www.biodiversityexpo.blogspot.comfor regular updates. Entry to the expo is free.

For inquiries, email biodiversityexpo@san-bi.org.za.

Acknowledging participationTHE Sunflower Fund has thanked all sponsorsand participants who took part in its annualCharity Golf Day, held at Clovelly CountryClub on Monday 14 April.

The main sponsors for the event were Tay-lorMade and Mike Hurworth and Associates.

Paddy Smuts was the auctioneer, and raisedfunds that will be used to pay for new donorsto join the South African Bone Marrow Regis-

try.By increasing the donors on the registry, the

Sunflower Fund is able to give more people di-agnosed with leukaemia or other life-threaten-ing blood disorders a chance of finding a life-saving donor match.

For more information on how to become adonor, call toll-free 0800 12 10 82 or visit thewebsite www.sunflowerfund.org.za.

Career guidance eveningFALSE BAY COLLEGE is hosting a parent in-formation evening at Norman HenshilwoodHigh School in Constantia on Wednesday 11May from 18:30 to 19:30.

Up for discussion are career choices, subjectchoices and theNationalCertificate (Vocation-

al). Subject advisors will give parents some ba-sic tools to assist learners to make informedcareer choices.

Light refreshments will be served. For fur-ther information, contact Adrian Bezuiden-hout on (021) 701-1919.

Islamic conferenceTHE Muslim Students’ Association (MSA)of the Cape will be hosting its fourth Re-viving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) Conferencefrom Friday 6 until Sunday 8 May.

The theme is “Striking the Balance”,and the diverse programme is designed forMuslims from all walks of life. Talks willbe delivered by a number of local and in-ternational scholars and speakers, such as

Mufti Ismail Menk (Zimbabwe), ShaykhNavaid Aziz (Canada), Shaykh Bilal Is-mail (South Africa) and Dr Fadel Soliman(Egypt). The conference is to be held at Is-lamia College Hall in Lansdowne Road,and R400 registration fee pays for all ses-sions, meals, snacks and a conferencepack. For information, and to register, vis-it www.msacape.org, send an email to in-fo@msacape.org or contact Muhammadon 083 556 9838 or Roshaan 074 186 2808.

Tips for fire safetyTHE City of Cape Town has, with the startof the winter season, urged residents to becautious and follow preventative meas-ures in maintaining fire safety. The follo-wing safety measures are recommended:

. Every home should have more thanone exit to allow escape if a fire breaks out.

. Informal homes should be built at le-ast three metres apart to stop fires fromspreading.

. Keep matches, lighters, paraffin andpoisons out of reach of young children.

. Use child-proof caps on flammableproducts such as paraffin.

. Extinguish all candles and lamps befo-

re going to bed or leaving the house.. Avoid smoking in bed.. Keep stoves on a flat surface away

from drafts and flammable objects.. Never leave fires and cooking stoves

unattended.. Always keep a bucket of sand and a

bucket of water handy, in case a fire bre-aks out.

.- Switch off all electrical applianceswhen not in use.

. Do not overload plug points.

. Improvised electrical connections areillegal and are a fire hazard

. Do not sleep with heaters switched on.Report any fires to the public emergency

call centre on 107 from a landline or (021)480-7700 from a cellphone.

Tuesday 3 May 2011 GENERAL People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch Page 11

The return of Krismis

Tuesday 3 MayClaremont: Achievers Toastmastersmeeting at CJSA, corner Foyle andGrove Road, (opposite Grove PrimarySchool; entrance in Foyle Street) at17:30. Find out how to improve commu-nication and leadership skills. Contact083 270 5549or email info@achiever-stoastmasters.co.za.

Friday 6 MayPinelands: Dutch Reformed Church ba-zaar from 16:30 until 20:00 at StStephen’s church hall, 7 CentralSquare. Many stalls to choose from, in-cluding potjiekos or chicken pie dinnersat R50 each. Phone Anita on (021) 531-2401 (Mornings only) to book tickets.Bring the whole family.

Monday 9 MayNewlands: Explore the theme “FindingYour Own Religion” with the UnitarianChurch, which will share the develop-ment of its own religious thinking andexperiences, and encourage others in

their unique paths. Meet at 19:30 at theSufi Temple. Contact 084 679 5466 oremail rouxmalan@gmail.com.

Tuesday 10 MayPinelands: Explore the theme “The Pow-er of Intention and Attraction” with theUnitarian Church, which gathers at19:30 at the Pinelands Library. Contact084 679 5466 or email rouxma-lan@gmail.com.

Wednesday 11 MayObservatory: Friends of the LiesbeekAGM and talk about new ways to dealwith urban drainage takes place at 17:30for 18:00 in the Environment Centre atValkenberg. Professor Neil Armitagewill speak on

“Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: afresh approach to reduce flooding and im-prove the quality of the stormwater enter-ing our rivers”. Refreshments will beserved. For apologies, inquiries and lifts formembers, contact Liz or Dave on (021) 671-4553 or email Francine on secre-tary@fol.org.za.

Saturday 14 MayRondebosch: Craft in the park from09:00 until 14:00. Enjoy handmadecrafts, breakfast and coffee in the park.Support Animal Rescue and other chari-ties. Contact Ann on (021) 531-4236 onTuesday until Friday between 09:00 and17:30 or on 083 272 5482 on market day.

Makeover forFugardTHE Fugard Theatre is replacing all itsexisting seating with new theatre-styleindividual seats.

The work will be completed in timefor the opening night of Athol Fugard’snew play, “The Bird Watchers”.

The play is scheduled for Sunday 10May, which Fugard is directing.

Rehearsals are in full swing at thetheatre.

General manager, Daniel Galloway,says: “It is a significant outlay, but onewhich we hope will bring a level ofcomfort to our audience and enhancetheir enjoyment of productions at TheFugard.

“I’d like to think they will match thisgesture by coming more regularly.”

The Fugard Theatre is also installinga high definition projection and cine-ma surround sound system this weekto match their new seats.

This new initiative launches The Fu-gard Theatre Bioscope.

Galloway says that, in the run-up toAthol Fugard being presented a Life-time Achievement Tony Award on 12June, The Fugard Theatre Bioscopehas scheduled a week of screenings offilms based on his works, from “Boes-man & Lena” and “The Guest” to “Tsot-si”.

“We will be hosting film festivals andpresenting themed film showcases ofour own throughout the year.

“On Monday 13 June we hope to beable to screen, free to all Friends of TheFugard, television coverage of theTony Awards ceremony where we cangather to celebrate Athol in style,” saidGalloway.

Bookings can be made on the websiteat www.computicket.com.

Alternatovely you can phone the Fu-gard Theatre Box Office on (021) 461-4554.

The theatre is situated on the cornerof Caledon and Lower BuitenkantStreet District 6

A NEW production of “Krismis vanMap Jacobs” will be presented in theArtscape Theatre from 3 to 14 May,starting at 10:00 in the mornings forschools.

The play is an adaptation by DavidKramer of Adam Small’s novel.

This work, which is the Afrikaans set-work for Grade 12 learners, is set againstthe backdrop of forced removals to theCape Flats in the early 1970s.

After seven years in prison, fearedgang leader, Map Jacobs, is eligible forparole and the question on everybody’slips is whether Map has changed or not.

The play examines the pain and griefof that period and also looks at the “goodtimes” people had before the “big days”.

This new production is directed bywell-known theatre man, Alfred Riet-mann, who has also designed the set.

Rietmann has designed for productionsin the Artscape New Writing Programmeand received Fleur du Cap nominationsfor the productions of “A Circus SideShow” and “The Tent”.

“Krismis van Map Jacobs” featurespopular actor, Christo Davids, in the leadrole, with Cedywn Joel, Royston Stoffels,Charlton George, Ferdinand Williams,Shameelah Ismael, David Johnson, Vane-shree Lingham, Jackie van der Heeverand Loukmaan Adams.

Costume design is by Illka Louw andlighting design by Nicholas Tilney.

Bookings can be made at Computicketor Artscape Dial-a-Seat on (021) 421-7695.

GOING THROUGH CHANGES: Christo Davids in the lead role of Map Jacobs.

Climate, statistics and evolutionTHE Western Cape Branch of the SA Ar-chaeological Society is holding its nextmeeting on Tuesday 10 May starting at18:00.

Francis Thackeray will speak on “Hu-man Evolution, Past Climates and Statis-

tics”.The talk takes place at the SA Astronomi-

cal Observatory auditorium. The cost isR10 for non-members.

For further information, contact ConnieFeast on (021) 689-5921.

Page 12 People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch LEADER Tuesday 3 May 2011

Assumptions made by the mediaIN RESPONSE to the cartoon you had inyour Tuesday 26 April edition, which refersto Julius Malema: Malema did not say HelenZille danced like a monkey.

He said an ugly lady in a blue dress dancedlike a monkey to get votes. He could havebeen referring to a number of women withinthe Democratic Alliance (DA) – admittedly,only two of them could be from the WesternCape cabinet as there are only two womenin the Western Cape (WC) cabinet to myknowledge – one less than there is on a cer-tain DA election poster!

Of course, logic has it that it is indeed Zillethat Malema is referring to, but in the ab-sence of definite facts, surely you as the me-dia should not make fact out of assumption.

Another example of the media’s seemingability to read Malema’s mind is when hecalled Zille a cockroach. It was automaticallyassumed he was using the Rwanda version

of cockroach, where the term was used to de-scribe the victims of that holocaust.

Just another couple of examples of the me-dia’s ability to manufacture facts.GARY WESTMarina Da GamaTHE Sowetan published a photo on Mon-day 28 March of Helen Zille dancing in ablue DA T-shirt and blue skirt at an eventin Port Elizabeth at the weekend. Male-ma then said in Polokwane on Saturday2 April: “Have you ever seen an uglywoman in a blue dress dancing like amonkey because she is looking forvotes?”. All media reports linked Male-ma’s statement to Zille’s dancing, ap-proaching Zille and the DA for comment.If the media had erred in making the link,Malema would most likely have demand-ed a correction and apology – somethinghe has never been shy or slow to do. -Ed.

YourSMSesOude Molen High

. Sorry to Mariam Hen-dricks that you were treatedwith such disdain by OudeMolen High. Please phonethe Bully Hotline on0800 0555 55. D. Grant

. As Oude Molen Highdoes not have a Code of Con-duct procedure, the WesternCape Education Departmentofficials will be shortlyknocking on their door.

. It looks like the manualon manners at Oude MoulenHigh is gathering dust! Car-olus Smith

. The way Mrs Hendrickswas treated by Oude MolenHigh regarding the bullies isdespicable and shows a lackof respect.

. Sounds like the princi-pal of Oude Molen High hasno manners, so how can youexpect his pupils to knowthat assault is a criminal of-fence? Manners maketh theman.

Watch out. A Pinelands burglar is

targeting homes that are notprotected by watchdogs.

He arrives over fences androofs at about 05:00 and thenjoins the early morningworkers with his bag of lootto avoid suspicion. Be

warned!Thank you. Thank you to our neigh-

bourhood “Cinderella”,Lynn Bennett, for sweepingand keeping the pathway be-hind Noddy’s Castle in ChessRoad clean!

Article: ‘City’s loosepaving may result in law-suit’

. If the complainant knewbeforehand that a certainsection of paving was unsafe,I do not think she would haveany success in suing councilfor her injuries.

General. Well said, Mr Andre Ma-

lan, I would love to join youand your group of men on Ta-ble Mountain to get rid ofthese muggers. Rod Hay-cock

.Your Treknet cartoondated 26 April may have of-fended all vegetarian read-ers. Please print an apology.

Smartening up. To the people who com-

plain about Pick n Pay’sSmart Card, it helps me, sowell done Pick n Pay.

. In response to Lucille,you the consumer, get R10 re-turned on every R1 000 youspend.

. Dear consumer, bothcorrespondents must go anddo some elementary mathe-matics. One point per R100equals R1. Elementary, mydear Watson!

Reward on offerREGARDING your article, “Bergvliet mansues state for wife’s murder”, (People’s Post,Tuesday 19 April): Alix Carmichele is not theonly person to have successfully sued theSouth African ministers of Safety and Secu-rity and Justice.

Some years ago the Minister of Justicepaid me R50 000 after court officials disre-garded a court order in my favour and laterthe Minister of Safety and Security paid meR10 000 after an attorney had me attested for“defaming” him in a complaint to the Cape

Law Society. I was released without chargeafter being assaulted by the police and theattorney was struck off the roll.

In the meantime I have come across overtwo dozen falsified documents used by anoth-er attorney to obtain judgments by fraud inthe Cape High Court. Over R1 million ismissing and I am therefore offering a rewardof R100 000 for assistance in recovering themissing money.RICHARD BENSONPinelands

Thanksfor winIMAGINE my surprisewhen I received a phonecall from a gentlemanfrom the Ryan MaronCricket Clinic to let meknow that my SMS en-try to the competition inPeople’s Post had won.

I have never won anycompetitions, so it cameas such a wonderful sur-prise. It also meant myson, Cameron, was overthe moon and thorough-ly entertained and edu-cated on cricket overthe holidays. Thank youPeople’s Post and RyanMaron! I highly recom-mend the clinic – it wasvery professional andhighly enjoyable.MELANIE ARNOLDKenilworth

MailboxsurpriseWONDERFUL that Peo-ple’s Post has found itsway to KenilworthPark! It’s a great com-munity paper and I wasdelighted to see my copyin my post box. Thanksso much!JENNY MOSDELLClareinch

Protect and serveTHE South African Police Service (SAPS) isunder scrutiny after violent attacks, two ofwhich ended in the death of civilians byshooting.

The most recent attack occurred on Satur-day, when police were caught on CCTV kick-ing a Pretoria man in the stomach, hittinghim in the face, and trampling on his head.After this assault, the man was arrested forbeing in possession of an unlicensed firearm,pointing the firearm and resisting arrest.

In Woodstock, a sports bar owner and hispatrons were allegedly manhandled and as-saulted by the Woodstock police at the Easterweekend.

President Jacob Zuma, who has expressed“concern” about excessive violence used bySAPS members, called on police to rethinktheir strategy in containing volatile situa-tions.

This came after the death of Ficksburg resi-dent Andries Tatane, who was assaulted andthen shot in the chest by police during a ser-vice delivery protest in April. Last week,Kempton Park resident Jeanette Odendaalwas shot dead by an officer outside a policestation after she bumped a parked police car.

Much is left to be desired when it comes tothe expressed sentiment of the police’s topbrass on the point of excessive use of force byofficers in the execution of their duties.

National Police Commissioner, Bheki Cele,said that recently reported instances of policebrutality are mere “isolated cases”.

But incidents of excessive violence hardlyseem sporadic, with the steady influx of re-ports at community newspapers alone aboutofficers exerting excessive force.

Police brutality sabotages attempts by theforce to build stronger relationships with thecommunities they serve.

And a breakdown in trust works against ef-forts such as the establishment of communitypolice forums and social crime prevention in-itiatives.

Our men and women in blue must alwaysbe mindful to first to do no harm.

People's Post Page 13 Phone: 021 713 9440 | Fax: 021 713 9481 Tuesday 3 May 2011

Brief Lives moves to ArtscapeActors needed urgently

Barry ready to visithis cousins

Classic whodunnit at Masque

Every home should have Hot Water

Open day for aspiring dancers

ALTHOUGH he hasonly been to FishHoek “to fish”, come-dy legend BarryHilton hopes to bringa roar of laughter asbig as Elton John’spinky ring to the FarSouth when he hitsthe Valley on Satur-day 7 May.

Hilton will leave hislocal cousins in stit-ches when he kicks offthe “Legends in theVal-ley” comedy series, or-ganised by Noordhoeklocal and fellow com-median, Mark Samp-son. Money raised willgo to the Shark Spot-ters.

Hilton, who grew upin Observatory, says he looks forward to vi-siting “the other end of the city”.

“It’s been a while since I’ve visited the ar-ea, and I look forward to giving people a goodtime,” he says. “I love working in Cape Townand I’m sure this show is going to be just aslekker.”

He looks forward to “checking out thecharacteristics” when he comes to town la-ter this week, the comic says.

Anything he would like to add?“Two and two, which gives you four,” he

quips.The show will be presented in the Fish

Hoek High School hall at 19:00. Tickets areR100 pre-booked and R120 at the door.

There will be a full bar on the evening anda selection of snacks for sale. Hilton’s showwill be preceded by a support act.

To reserve your tickets, phone 078 174 4244or email sharkspotters@gmail.com.

. The show is proudly supported by Peo-ple’s Post, the print media partner of the“Legends in the Valley” comedy series.

HOWZIT? Barry Hilton will be rolling out the laughter with his showin Fish Hoek on Saturday 7 May.

AGATHACHRISTIE’Smystery novel,“The Murder ofRoger Ack-royd”, adaptedfor the stage byMichael Mor-ton under thetitle “Alibi”,opens at theMasque Thea-tre, Muizen-berg, on Friday13 May.

Cecil Jakinsdirects the playfor the FishHoek DramaticSociety.

“The Murderof Roger Ack-royd “was thefirst of AgathaChristie’s novels to be staged and the playfollows the book closely.

“Alibi” (with a cast of 12) is full of the usu-al Christie red herrings, plot twists andwell-defined characters. It was first pro-duced on the London stage in 1928, withHercule Poirot played by Charles

Laughton, who went on to star in and directthe 1932 Broadway production.

“Alibi” runs until Saturday 21 May (ex-cluding Sunday to Wednesday). Weeknights are at 20:00 and Saturdays at 14:30and 18:30. Tickets are R60 for evenings andR50 for matinees and Thursday evening.

FAMOUS PLOT: Nigel Stevenson (left) and Noel Pratten in “Alibi”, theAgatha Christie murder mystery opening at the Masque Theatre on Friday13 May. Photo: Supplied

WITH the launch of their third album,“South”, Hot Water continue to unfold adistinctive, authentic and upliftingSouth African sound that will make youproud to be a part of this country.

“Afro-Folk-Rock-Pop-Blues-Jive” ishow band leader Donovan Copley woulddescribe the music. And the purpose?“Upliftment, and finding a point of com-mon identity,” says Copley.

South is a multicultural exploration inmusic, and with song titles like “LekkerSakkie”, “Tribal Man” and “Shushu”,the band is naturally accessible acrossthe board.

Hot Water has performed at almostevery major festival in South Africa, in-cluding Rocking the Daisies, Oppikoppi,Splashy Fen, Up The Creek, KKNK,Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concertsas well as the famed “House on Fire” inSwaziland and the Hague Jazz Festivalin Holland. The band has toured in Eu-rope five times; played alongside SAgreats Hugh Masekela, Johnny Cleggand Freshlyground, and had their songsused in advertising campaigns acrossEurope and in the USA.

For full tour dates and information goto www.hotwater.co.za.

HITTING THE COVER: Hot Water are, from the left: Leon Visser, Chris Bakalanga, AndreSwartz, Donovan Copley and Soubry Makupula. Photo: Deborah Rossouw

THE Cape Town City Ballet,in conjunction with UCT

School of Dance and the CapeJunior Ballet, presents its an-nual open day from 10:00 till15:00 onSaturday 28Mayat thestudios of the UCT School ofDance in Rosebank.

The action-packed daypromises excellent entertain-ment for the whole family, aswell as providing a rare be-hind-the-scenes look into thedaily life of a dancer.

A special feature of thisyear’s eventwill be theappear-ance of the “Black Swan” dur-ing the two special fundraiserperformances.

Visitors canbegin their visitby observing a company classtaught by ballerina, Tracy Li,and then watch a rehearsalconducted by Professor Eliza-beth Triegaardt of City Bal-let’s production of Swan Lake,which will be presented at theNational Arts Festival in Gra-hamstown next month, as wellas during its forthcoming sea-son at the Artscape Opera inAugust.

Young visitors are cateredfor and can participate in sev-eral events, which includeface painting and stage make-up by City Ballet dancers, andexperience a tactile moment with costumesfrom their wardrobe.

The Ballet Shop will hold a special sale ofdance togs. A percentage of sales will be donat-ed to City Ballet’s outreach and developmentprogrammes.

Mervyn Williams will conduct an open “In-troduction to Ballet” class and all are invitedto join in on the fun.

City Ballet’s Male Development programmewill see former principal dancer, JohanJooste, conduct a class foryoungmaledancers,

while the Cape Junior Ballet can be seen in a“Variations Class” conducted by former balle-rina, Nicolette Loxton.

Admission is R20 for adults and R10 for chil-dren under 13, and enables participants to at-tend all the activities, except the two fundrais-ing performances at 12:30 and 13:30.

Tickets for these shows are available on theday for R50.

Refreshments will be on sale.Formore information, phoneMeganduPles-

sis on (021) 650-2400.

Laura Bosenberg will show off her talent at Cape Town City Bal­let’s Open Day in Rosebank.

THE Claremont Dramatic Society’s pro-duction of Patrick Garlands’ “BriefLives” is transferring from the MasqueTheatre to the Artscape Arena for a shortrun from Saturday 7 to Saturday 14 May.

The play is a dramatisation of 17th cen-tury diarist, John Aubrey’s writings. Au-brey is depicted as an eccentric old man

in the last year of his life, sharing histori-cal perspectives and spicy gossip abouthis famous friends.

This adaptation is directed by BrendaGray, with Brian de Kock as John Au-brey.

Book at Computicket or Artscape Dial-A-Seat on (021) 421-7695.

TWO characters are urgently needed for aSouth African comedy or drama written byRalph Kelly.

The play, which is to be staged by theCompanion Players at the Milnerton Play-house on 7, 8 and 9 July, requires actors for

the parts of a Jewish wife and a detective-sergeant.

Rehearsals will be held in Claremont. An-yone wishing to audition or help backstageand front-of-house, please contact PamBurger on 082 488 0442.

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Task team to probe Dallas toursFIERY WELCOME:Carla Goodman,the spokespersonfor parents of theunder­15 tour teamthat was disquali­fied from the DallasCup, confronts tourcoordinator BasilPalanyandi at CapeTown InternationalAirport on Thurs­day.

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ALL Dallas Cup tours foryouth footballers toAmerica over the past

decade – including the contro-versy-dogged tours coordinatedby Basil Palanyandi since2009 – will be investigated by anindependent task team co-chaired by two advocates.

This was confirmed by the SafaCape Town president, NormanArendse, yesterday (Monday) in thewake of the 2011 tour which wenthorribly wrong for the 25-persontravelling party – which included17 under-15 footballers.

The task team, which will be co-chaired by advocates Charles Si-mon and André Coetzee, have beenbriefed to investigatethe matter with urgen-cy once they have re-ceived the relevant sub-missions from parentsand other stakeholdersin the tour.

Arendse said the SafaCT has also recom-mended that “pendingthe outcome of the taskteam’s findings, Palan-yandi must be suspended from allSafa CT activities, including his ex-ecutive committee position [headof fixtures]”.

He said that Palanyandi will beafforded the opportunity to explainhis “side of the story” regarding theDallas tours when he meets with

the task team.Palanyandi has coordinated the

tours on his own since 2006, afterthey were run by the old Safa Wes-tern Province since 2000, with himon board at the time.

Since 2006, he continued topresent the tours to locals and to theDallas Cup organisers as the “Arch-bishop Desmond Tutu Ikapa Uni-ted” tour, implying continued en-dorsement from Archbishop Des-mond Tutu’s office.

Local youth footballers’ dreamsof competing in the 2011 interna-tional showpiece were shatteredwhen they were told they had beendisqualified for not meeting the reg-istration deadline, and for failing tohave all members present for theopening day on Sunday 17 April.

The tournament organisers in-stead arranged friend-lymatches for the tour-ing team in Dallas.

The tour that nevergot off the ground wasbedevilled by a delayin the issue of visas bythe American Consu-late in Cape Town. Ac-cording to irate par-ents that had calledPeople’s Post, Palan-

yandi had blamed the consulate forthe delay.

The parents, however, pointedfingers at Palanyandi for “not ful-filling his duties correctly and time-ously”.

The tour debacle took anothercontroversial turn on Monday 19

April when Dan Vaughan – theaide for Archbishop Desmond Tu-tu – informed this newspaper thatthe Archbishop’s office was no long-er responsible for the Dallas tour.

“About two years ago, the Arch-bishop’s office, following inquiriesto the office, became concerned thattheArchbishop’s support of theDal-las tour was being misrepresentedand that it was not receiving finan-cial reports regarding the fundrais-ing”.

Vaughan said that no further sup-port by the Archbishop could be as-sured until Palanyandi had provid-ed audited financial statements.

“Archbishop Tutu’s support forthe tours was accordingly with-

drawn and he has not endorsed theproject since then [2009],” saidVaughan.

There was a heated confrontationbetween some parents at CapeTown International Airport whenPalanyandi and the tour group re-turned from Dallas on Thursday.

Carla Goodman from Camps Bay,whose son was included in the un-der-15 touring squad, called on Pal-anyandi to call a meeting to addressthe parents’ concerns surroundingthe ill-fated tour.

Palanyandi said he would pro-vide parents with his 2011 tour re-port at the offices of the LFA CapeDistrict at the William HerbertSports Complex on Wynberg this

past Friday at 18:00.However, when this newspaper

contacted Palanyandi yesterday(Monday), he said he was unfortu-nately able to get the necessary in-formation from the LFA Cape Dis-trict office, which he said waslocked.

He, however, met the parents ofthe junior players at a clubhouse onthe complex – where it was decidedto reconvene the report-back meet-ing for Friday 6 May in Wynberg.

Palanyandi said he was unawarethat a task team had been appointedto investigate all Dallas Cup tours.He was not prepared to commenton any tour issues until after themeeting on Friday.

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AACLASH of the titans can be expect-ed when the DHL Stormers take onthe Crusaders in the Vodacom Su-

per Rugby competition at DHL Newlandson Saturday.

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the competition, Allister Coetzee and ToddBlackadder’s charges will do battle in one ofthe most eagerly-anticipated matches of thetournament.

And, following an emphatic 32-12 victoryover the Sharks, their closest rivals in theSouth African conference, the Stormers willbe looking to replicate the performance whenthey take to the field this weekend.

The Stormers shook off their label as a de-

fensive team when the men in navy-blue-and-white ran in four unanswered tries andpicked up a valuable bonus point. Even theloss of flyhalf and leading point scorer, PeterGrant, could not deter the Stormers fromplaying all-round good rugby – and young Li-onel Cronjé stepped up to the plate and dida fine job replacing the Stormers pivot.

Inside centre, Jean de Villiers, was impres-sive and scored one of his side’s four tries.His performance also earned him the man ofthe match award.

The Stormers dominated at the break-downs, maintained a solid defence andthrilled the 46 000-strong crowd with attack-ing and wide-spread plays.

The excellent play by his side impressedhead coach, Coetzee. However he maintainsthat they can still improve their currentform. “It was a good win, and I am satisfiedwith the outcome – we scored three tries inthe first 25 minutes of the match,” he said.

“I felt thatwe stoodupphysically andagaindid well on defence. We have been criticisedfor not scoring many tries, but if we are pre-venting the other side from scoring tries, Iam happy.

“However, we still have a lot to work on –we created several opportunities which wedid not capitalise on. In a play-off match youneed to take such opportunities.”

Following the victory over the men fromDurban, the Cape side extended their lead onthe top of the South African conference log,and have moved to second place on the com-bined log. The Blues from New Zealand areon top with a one-point lead.

The men from Canterbury in New Zealandwill be looking for revenge, after their lastvisit to Newlands ended in a record-breaking42-14 win in favour of the Stormers. The cur-rent crop of Crusaders players has impressedthroughout the season, despite injuries to vi-tal players such as captain, Kieran Read,Daniel Carter and stalwart, Richie McCaw.

Read and Carter, without a doubt thenumber one flyhalf in the world, are said tobe making their return on Saturday, whileMcCaw played his first match for the side intheir 42-30 victory over the Western Force inPerth on Saturday.

Several battles can be expected, with themost exciting being the battle between the

centre pairings of De Villiers and Jacque Fou-rie, and Sonny Bill Williams and RobbieFruean. It will be Williams’ first match inSouth Africa, and he will undoubtedly live upto the hype.

His ability to draw defenders on attack, aswell as off-load within the tackle has been thetalking point of the rugby world this year.

Williams, a former rugby league player,has lived up to the expectations of the rugby-mad New Zealand population – can step(thanks to his heavyweight boxing back-ground), spot gaps and isno slouchondefenceeither – and the partnership between him andFruean has been groundbreaking this sea-son.

An attacking game plan can be expectedfrom the men in red-and-black – they havescored 36 tries this season while the Stormershave only managed to score 16. The men innavy-blue-and-white must ensure that theirdefensive plans – their pride – are in tip-topform when they take the field.

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QUICK STEPPER: DHL Stormers centre, Jean de Villiers, manages to get past the clutches ofMeyer Bosman of the Sharks during the Stormers’ 32­12 victory at DHL Newlands on Saturday.De Villiers, who scored one of his side’s four tries, was named man of the match. Photo:peterheeger.com