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Not all rangers will be armedTERESA FISCHER

CONTRARY to earlier media re-ports, not all of the 50 additionalrangers who will be deployed inthe Table Mountain NationalPark will be armed.

Instead, there will be a specifical-ly-trained unit of armed rangers,with one armed ranger per patrolgroup.

These officials will carry 9 mmhandguns. It is envisaged that thefirst recruits will be in action with-in the next three months.

On Wednesday 6 April, the chiefexecutive officer of South AfricanNational Parks (SANParks), DrDavid Mabunda, announced thatrangers are to be armed.

The park currently employs 43rangers and 12 visitor safety offic-ers, who cover the mountain rangefrom Cape Point to Table Mountain.

According to Mabunda, effortswill be made to increase thenumber of additional rangers by 50over the next three years. Therewill also be more dogs used on the

mountain.SANParks spokesperson, Wana-

ka Rusthoi, adds that at this stagenumbers of armed rangers cannotbe given for safety reasons. The spe-cifics of where these rangers will bedeployed and in what circumstanc-es they could use their weapons hasnot been finalised.

Rusthoi says this is partly tomaintain the element of surprise,but added that hot spots would cer-tainly be targeted. A spate of mug-ging incidents, often at knifepoint,flared up in May last year.

However, the latest announce-ment seems to have taken civilianstakeholders by surprise.

In February Community SafetyMEC, Albert Fritz, initiated the for-mation of a steering committee totackle crime on the mountain. Thisaimed to coordinate park officials,police and groups such as the TableMountain Safety Action Group andto facilitate consultation. The an-nouncement that rangers wouldsoon be armed followed, but it is un-derstood that no mention of theplan was made at the last Safety Fo-

rum meeting.Asked to comment on this,

Rusthoi says only: “The steeringcommittee is working well togetheron all matters regarding visitorsafety on the mountain, includingsearch and rescue efforts. We lookforward to working together tomake the mountain safer for all vis-itors.”

Asked if the decision was a resultof the efforts of the steering commit-tee,MelanyKühn, spokesperson forFritz, said that the SANParks an-nouncement was driven nationallyand that it was the culmination ofa process that started “way before”the steering committee was formed.

Kühn adds safety on Table Moun-tain is about involving the commu-nity as a whole to bolster existinglaw enforcement initiatives. Ac-cording to Kühn, a prime exampleis that UCT, which borders themountain on the Rhodes Memorialside, is currently looking at addi-tional state-of-the-art cameras to in-clude the mountain in its surveil-lance.

Mabunda said the impact of

crime over the years in parts of theTMNP had resulted in the decision.

He adds that SANParks and itspartners had to “act decisively”.

But it is understood that promis-es of an armed response team weremade two years ago but never mate-rialised.

Andre van Schalkwyk, of the Ta-ble Mountain Safety Action GroupWatch, a group of hikers, mountainbikers and walkers, welcomes thedevelopment and says he is veryhappy with these new steps.

“We believe the constant pres-sure all concerned mountain usersand the media have applied over thepast four years has contributed tothese developments, especially thedata and the statistics we madeavailable recently.”

Van Schalkwyk adds that theTMNP has a clear obligation to en-sure people are secure within theirparks and that not delivering onthis mandate would not be in theirinterests.

Noordhoek resident, Louis Lie-benberg of CyberTracker, has pre-viously submitted a proposal to the

TMNP to train rangers to becometrackers.

He tracks and maps the paths andhiding places that criminals use onthe CyberTracker software he de-veloped, along with an Americanprogrammer.

Liebenberg says: “The announce-ment is to be welcomed as the parkcurrently has far too few rangers tomake it safe.

“The aggressive nature of the in-cidents makes it necessary for rang-ers to be armed.”

He adds: “However, simply em-ploying more rangers to do visiblepatrols will not be sufficient. Crimi-nals often simply hide when theysee patrols, and then attack visitorswhen the patrols have moved on.”

Rangers need to be trained intracking skills and stealth in orderto catch criminals.”

The SA Surf Life Saving NipperChampionships were held in per­fect weather conditions at Strandbeach on Saturday. The Fish HoekSurf Lifesaving Club walked offwith the championship title, whileDurban Surf and Kings Beach (PE)placed second and third respec­tively. Photo: Denzil Maregele

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Learn how tomake a passTHE Cape Natural History Club will host an illus-trated talk by Dave Cowley on Wednesday April 20at 20:00 at SACS School in Newlands.

Cowley will discuss early road and pass developer,Thomas Bain, in a lecture titled “A Colossus ofRoads”. Bain was responsible for 23 passes, most ofwhich are still in use today.

He also unearthed, during construction, some ofthe country’s rich fossil records.

Entry to the talk is R20. Enquiries can be madeto Eleanor by phoning (021) 762-1779, or visitingwww.capenaturalhistoryclub.co.za.

Election time created temporary employmentMELISSA LE ROUX

WITH the municipal electionsaround the corner, the Inde-pendent Electoral Commission(IEC) has created 15 630 tempo-rary voluntary employmentopportunities for communitymembers.

This is in addition to otherIEC positions, such as assist-ant project coordinators andarea managers.

The 15 630 temporary staffwill man voting stations.

The IEC is a publicly-funded,permanent body that was es-tablished in terms of the Elec-

toral Commission Act of 1996.Its purpose is to promote and

safeguard democracy in SouthAfrica.

Provincial Electoral Officer,Reverend Courtney Sampson,says the IEC’s task is to put allstructures and systems inplace for a “free and fair elec-tion without showing preju-dice or favour to any of the par-ticipating political parties”.

The IEC’s job structure con-sists of permanent jobs as wellas “expansion job structures” –temporary employment forpeople in the community dur-ing the election period.

As each electoralproject coordinatorhas an assistant,there are 40 posts forthe assistant projectcoordinator position.There are also 387posts for the areamanager position.These positions areadvertised in variouspublications as appli-

cants would need to have a ter-tiary qualification.

The posts are terminated onemonth after the election isover.

Sampson said: “There are1 570 voting stations, and dur-ing the registration process,three staff members are at eachvoting station and 10 arepresent on election day.”

However, there are current-ly no more positions availableat the IEC, as they have all beenfilled.

According to Sampson, theIEC does not offer jobs.

“The 15 630 positions thatare available at the time of elec-tions are voluntary positions,and they get compensated forthe time spent working in aidof the elections,” he said.

The IEC advertised the avail-able positions and anyone in-terested could apply at the localoffices in Athlone, Mitchell’sPlain, Strand, Constantia andBellville.

Training is provided by the

IEC and began on Friday 1April. It covered the operationsinvolved during elections.

Staff are taught to handledifficult situations, what theirduties are and the legal aspectsof the legislation.

According to Sampson, polit-ical party officials or cam-paigners may not apply for ajob at the IEC during electiontime.

“Having someone who cam-paigns for a particular politicalparty volunteering at a votingstation on election day will putthe IEC in a bad light, as theycould try to persuade people tovote for that party.

“There is a declaration thatthevolunteers at thevoting sta-tion have to sign, saying thatthey are being truthful,” hesays.

Any of the volunteers foundguilty of campaigning for a po-litical party at any time duringthe election period, will be re-moved from their post and re-placed immediately.

Heathfield man dies in Congo plane crashLIAM MOSES

A HEATHFIELD family has been left dev-astated by the sudden and unexpected

death of their “pillar of strength” days beforehe was set to arrive home after six monthsabroad.

Randall Quickfall (47) was killed on Monday4 April when the plane transporting him to theN’Jili airport in Kinshasa, thecapital city of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo (DRC),crashed, killing 32 of the 33 peo-ple on board.

Quickfall had been workingin the DRC as a deputy projectmanager for a company calledPacific Architects and Engi-neers (PAE), andwasanexperi-enced and highly-respectedfirefighter.

Cheryl Snyders, Quickfall’solder sister, says the suddennature of her brother’s deathmakes it harder for the familyto deal with.

“Any family that loses amember is traumatised, but inour case, because it was so trag-ic, we are definitely devastat-ed,” said Snyders.

“My mother and fatheraren’t dealing with it well, hischildren aren’t dealing with itwell and I don’t think any of us are.”

Snyders was still visibly shocked by her broth-er’s death when People’s Post visited the family’shome on Wednesday 7 April, and came close totears during the interview.

Mercia and William Quickfall, Randall’s par-ents, looked on solemnly as Snyders describedher brother’s passion for his career.

“What I can say is that Randall died for what

he loved,” said Snyders.“His work was his passion; he lived for his

work. So he died being happy, I suppose.”Quickfall was returning to his home base in

Kinshasa from an assignment in Goma, and wasset to return home to South Africa on Friday 15April.

He had planned to spend over a month in CapeTown on leave before returning to the DRC.

Snyders added that her brother’s dedication tohis work was so strong that hewas prepared to die.

“I visualisethe torrentialrains and that plane goingdown, and him actually seeingthat death is coming,” saidSnyders.

“But I don’t think he evencomplained because he wasexecuting his duty. And that iswho Randall Malcolm Quick-fall was.”

The family have been livingin Heathfield for close to 50years. Quickfall is survivedby his two children, Carri (17)and Bryan (21) Quickfall.

Snyders said she would re-member her brother as a fun-loving, people’s person.

“He lived life, he enjoyedlife, he loved people, he wasbubbly,” said Snyders.

“He enjoyed entertaining.There was never a limit to the

budget when Randall entertained, to be honest.He enjoyed karaoke. He enjoyed dancing andparties, but even though he enjoyed that he nev-er ever forgot that we grew up in a Godly home.”

Quickfall’s body is expected to arrive in thecountry this week, and his family is in the proc-ess of making funeral arrangements.

Snyders added that the family’s faith in Godwas helping them through “this difficult time”.

DEVASTATED: The family of Randall Quickfall, who died in a plane crash in theDemocratic Republic of Congo on Monday 4 April. Cheryl Snyders, Quickfall’s sis­ter, holds up a picture of her brother. Next to her are his sister Beverley Lateganand Mercia Quickfall, his mother. William Quickfall, Randall’s father, is seated infront of them. Photo: Liam Moses

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Probe into unorthodox arrestby Claremont police ongoingTHERE is still no word from police onwhy officers loaded suspects into theboot of a car after arresting them fiveweeks ago.

The incident occurred in ClaremontBoulevard on Tuesday 1 March andwas captured in a series of photo-graphs taken by a bystander.

The unorthodox arrests were strong-ly condemned by the provincial policeat the time.

(“Police dump suspects into boot ofcar”, People’s Post, 8 March).

People’s Post has been told that aninvestigation into the incident iscontinuing.

Claremont Cluster police spokes-person, Captain Angie Latchman,says it is unclear at this stage whenit will be finalised because the mat-ter is being investigated at provin-cial level.

Provincial police spokesperson,Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut,says the matter is still pending asthe outcome has not been finalised.

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FED UP: Several Claremont land claimants fighting for 1,2 ha of prime land on Bowwood Road held a protest march from St Saviour’s Church to the site of the old bowling greenon Saturday 9 April. They were removed from their homes as a result of the Group Areas Act. Neville Hendricks, chairperson of the claimants’ trust, says the council is currentlyconducting a third valuation on the land. Previous valuations found the land to be worth R27 million and then R45 million, an amount the Land Claims Commission said it was unableto pay. Hendricks says the claimants have been fighting for restitution since 2000. “Claimants are dying on our hands. There is always a spoke in the wheel. They want to keep theleafy suburbs lily white,” he says. Hendricks says if “something doesn’t happen” in the next three weeks, the claimants will hold another march, this time to the City of Cape Townor the provincial parliament. Photo: Lester Fielies

VERNA VAN DIEMEN

AT LEAST two residents’ as-sociations around the Cape

Town Stadium say they will sup-port a review of some of the re-strictions preventing commer-cial activity in the area whenthere are no events at the venue.

The stadium is built on groundsdeclared a public open space, whichrestricts any commercialisation.The conditions are stipulated in theRecord of Decision (ROD) issued in2006 by then MEC for Environmen-tal Affairs, Tasneem Essop.

It is projected that ratepayers willhave to cough up R44,6 million ofthe R56 million operating costsneeded to run the stadium this year.

But members of the Sea Point,Fresnaye and Bantry Bay Resi-dents’ and Ratepayers’ Association(SFBRRA) and the Green Point Res-idents’ and Ratepayers’ Associa-tion (GPRRA) say they would sup-port any efforts by the City to un-lock the stadium’s economicpossibilities, including lifting someof the restrictions.

Brett Herron, the Mayoral Com-mittee member for CommunityServices, says he welcomes the pos-itive feedback from the two associa-tions.

“The site has always been contro-versial, but we were hoping for thesupport of the community,”he says.

David Lazarus, of SFBRRA says:“Making the stadium financially vi-able must come first. The ratepay-ers are paying for it at the moment.We are not saying do a blanket liftof restrictions but look at each re-striction on its merit.”

Jocelin Kagan from GPRRA says:“The short-sightedness of thosewho were responsible for draftingthis document (ROD) costs the Cityand ratepayers an extraordinaryamount of money every month tokeep the stadium going.

“The City has the power to refor-mulate the ROD and as such, couldspeed its income-generating capa-bilities if they would move to focuson this document and process.”

The Mouille Point Ratepayers’Association (MPRPA), however,did not want to voice its support ordisapproval for the zoning restric-tions, opting instead to raise its con-cerns about the impact stadiumevents have on residents.

Marco van Embden, the MPRPAchairperson, says: “The workingsof the City and its endeavours torun the stadium at a break-even arenot part of our discussions withthem at this stage.

“Our concerns are limited to the

impact the various events wouldhave on our owners and residentswho live in Mouille Point, betweenThree Anchor Bay and The WaterClub.

“The shortage of parking in andaroundMouillePoint is an issue, es-pecially now that the magnificentUrban Park is fully operational.

We are in contact with the City inthis regard as the lack of parkingand excessive traffic in the area atpeak visitor times does cause incon-venience to residents.”

The City put out a tender lastweek for a service provider to lookat all potential business models formanaging the stadium. This proc-ess could look beyond the ROD aswell.

The business analyst would bestbe able to advise the City on whichzoning restrictions could be lifted,adds Herron.

“The idea is not to build a mall ora casino, but we would like to seea tea room, a restaurant and to sellsouvenirs from the visitors’ centre,which already attracts people.”

Lesley de Reuck, director of theCape Town Stadium and GreenPoint Park, says the concerts heldso far and those lined up for the sta-dium are not sufficient to cover thecosts of running the stadium.

“It is well-known throughout

world that events and concertsalone do not nearly cover opera-tional costs of stadia.

“The most important thing is ananchor tenant and other potentialtenants, for example coffee shopsand a sports shop so that all the rev-enue-generating opportunities canbe optimised to create income,”says De Reuck.

Residents’ associations are eagerto have the taxpayers’ burden lift-ed.

Lazarus says they encourage anyefforts by the City to make the “loss-making venture run by the councilwith ratepayers’ money” sustaina-ble, “provided that the conditions ofuse continue to meet the terms laiddown by the Stadium ComplianceManagement System so that neigh-bouring residents are not adverselyaffected”.

“If anchor tenants or even brand-ing the stadium provide a means ofachieving that goal, then we wouldencourage such moves ...”

Kagan says it was “extraordinaryto think that they did not initiatethis process immediately the 2010World Cup finished. Almost a yeardown the line they are still wrig-gling around trying to find ways tomake the stadium pay when it can,but they have not moved to removethe greatest stumbling block.”

De Reuck says: “We need to con-sider the best option. It might meanthat we will have one or many an-chor tenants.”

Despite having more than sevenconcerts and big events scheduledfor this year, the revenue will notbe enough to break even, says DeReuck.

The city made R2,5m from host-ing the U2 concert, with R868 000profit after expenses.

Yesterday’s Neil Diamond con-cert brought in around R100 000.

“It is impossible to run the stadi-um on just the revenue from con-certs and events.”

De Reuck says the City has al-ready made a saving of R2 millionby renegotiating two tenders – forcleaning and safety and security.

Thirteen new tenders to deliverservices at the stadium have justbeen advertised. It is envisaged thatfurther savings could possibly berealised from the process, says DeReuck.

The City has been managing thestadium since January after SailStadefrance backed out just weeksbefore their lease agreement was tohave come into effect in November.

At the time Sail Stadefrance saidthe strict zoning conditions made italmost impossible to generate in-come.

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The plants have been grown bymembers, and reflect the widerange of indigenous and exoticplants in the Western Cape.

The sale will be held at 6 ThomasRoad, corner Summerley, in Kenil-worth, from 10:00 to 13:00.

For further information call Mel-anie on (021) 797-1319.

Learn about leopardsTHE Wildlife and Environment So-ciety of South Africa (WESSA)members’ evening and talk will beheld on Thursday 14 April at 18:00for 18:30 to 20:00.

Dr Quinton Martins, of the CapeLeopard Trust, will talk about hiseight years’ work with leopards inthe Cederberg Mountains, studyingin intimate detail the ecology of oneof the most elusive cats, as well asthe threats they and other preda-tors of the Cape face.

All are welcome at the WESSABarn at 31 The Sanctuary, Kirsten-hof.

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RSVP to Sandy by Wednesday 13April at admin@wessa.co.za or(021) 701-1397.

History of suburbsalong the LiesbeekTHE renowned historian, Dr HelenRobinson, is to discuss her newbook about the history of the devel-opment of the suburbs along theLiesbeek River from 1652 until 1913,at the AGM of Friends of PlumsteadLibrary on Wednesday 13 April.The meeting begins at 17:00 for 17:30at the library, which is in Yudel-man’s Lane, off Main Road, Plum-stead. For further information tele-phone Melanie at (021) 550-2618.

English skills on show at speech contestTERESA FISCHER

IN 2008, the English pass rateat Ikamvalethu Secondary

School in Langa was just 36%.

Within a year this percentagewas up to the mid 80s, largely dueto a partnership with The Knowl-edge Workshop, a language skillstraining centre in Rosebank thatoffers TEFL (Teaching English asa Foreign Language) courses.

KnowledgeWorkshop founders,Marian James and Paul Salmon,say part of the TEFL course in-cludes practical experience atstruggling local schools.

This “win-win” situation givestheir students invaluable practi-cal teaching experience, while si-multaneously helping the hostschool by bringing mother-tongueEnglish teachers into the class-room with new ideas for stimulat-ing learning.

At Ikamvalethu, the use of the

pupil’s mother tongue, Xhosa, isbanned during English lessons.James explains that this goes along way towards improving re-sults. In the three years of thepartnership, the English pass ratehas consistently been in the 80%range.

She says one of the best aspectsof the programme is that it demys-tifies a lot about township life fortheir students, who are relativelyaffluent and from the suburbs. Inmany ways they find it better thanthey expected, particularly interms of safety, but the infrastruc-ture is “so much worse”.

“They realise how much betteroff they are,” says James.

“The moment when they drivedown Washington Drive into Lan-ga is like stepping out of a co-coon,” says James.

“Teaching is also about learn-ing; you can’t teach if you are notwilling to learn yourself,” notesSalmon.He says that often their

response is to question why theyhaven’t done it before. They real-ise anyone can go into the town-ship and make a difference.

The students devise unique les-son plans during their time at theschool. This means they leave atangible legacy, as these plans arepermanent resources that can beused repeatedly.

Others are inspired to help indifferent ways, such as the stu-dent who donated his unused golfequipment to a pupil who lovedgolf, but only had a broken putter.

Some have painted the school,and last year a student who wasworking for FIFA managed to or-ganise a trip to the Cape Town Sta-dium for the Ikamvalethu soccerteam.“Things like this happen allthe time,” says James.

She says the children are wellbehaved at Ikamvalethu; theywant to learn and “just need thetools”.

The Knowledge Workshop also

runs free holiday programmes atthe township school, which lastyear attracted 104 pupils.

James is a passionate teacherand her energy is often rewarded,for instance when one of the pu-pils, who used to struggle to stringa sentence together, wrote her apoem and reduced her to tears.

The Knowledge Workshop helda speech contest on Saturday 26March. Ncebakazi Buka, with hertopic “If I were president, Iwould…”, just pipped SiwakhileMsuthu into first place. Msuthu’stopic was “What makes a goodleader”.

Both speakers almost movedthe audience to tears, and the out-come was ultimately decided by asecond round of impromptuspeeches. Msuthu picked “Con-vince us to vote for you as the nextpresident of South Africa” andBuka wove a beautiful metaphoron the topic “Explain three uses ofa pencil, other than for writing”.

TEARS OF JOY:Ncebakazi Bu­ka (left), ofIkamvalethuSecondarySchool, wonthe KnowledgeWorkshop’sspeech compe­tition, whichconsisted ofboth a preparedand impromptuspeech. Alsopictured areChristina Goni­we (middle)and runner­upSikwakhileMsuthu (right).

TOP SPEAKER: The winner of the speech competitionheld on Saturday 26 March, Ncebakazi Buka, (secondfrom right) with her prize – a bicycle – at home with herfamily in Khayelitsha. Marian James is on the far right.

HANDY WORK: Claremont Police were conducting routine crime pre­vention patrols on Thursday 7 April at 07:30 at the corner ofLansdowne and Garfield roads when they spotted a suspicious­look­ing man carrying a black bag. The officers confronted him and dis­covered brand new tools in the bag. On further questioning, the sus­pect then took the officers to a canal in Rondebosch, adjacent tothe M5, where more tools were recovered. Police arrested the 29­year­old Hanover Park resident on a charge of possession of stolenproperty. He appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Friday8 April and investigations are continuing.

LOCAL FLAVOUR: Re­nowned cartoonist Zapiro’sillustrations grace the BigFive Development Pro­gramme, an interactive six­week literacy developmentprogramme devised byHelaine Robinson and re­formatted by Mary Walsh.Robinson, of the Centre forSport and Development onGrove Avenue in Claremont,says children start to learnto read and write within sixweeks on the programme, which caters for all ages, as well as children whohave special needs or learning problems. The unique, user­friendly Big FiveDevelopment Programme consists of nutrition, occupational therapy, memorydevelopment, art therapy and scholastic development covering literacy andnumeracy. Walsh reformatted The Big Five Development Programme into amodern, Western programme children, students and teachers from around theworld can access. A British funder is subsidising 30 children and 30 students,teachers and NGOs who would like to do the programme. Contact Robinsonon 073 280 3585 or email centresportdevelopment@yahoo.com.Photo: Supplied

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Gandhi’s grandson tovisit Athlone centreMAHATMA GANDHI’S grand-son will present a public lectureat the Samaj Centre, TempleRoad, Rylands on Saturday 16April at 18:30 for 19:00.

Arun Gandhi will speak about“Gandhi’s legacy: from PhoenixSettlement to the Gandhi World-wide Education Institute”.

The event has been organisedby the 1860 Legacy Foundation,in conjunction with the IndianHigh Commission and the Cape

Town Hindu Seva Samaj.A variety of Mahatma Gandhi-

related collectables will be ondisplay.

If you have any items of inter-est (statues, plaques, stamps,medals, books, magazines orphotographs) which could beadded to the exhibition, or forany inquiries, contact Ela Valjion 072 341 7543.

Alternatively email elav-alji@telkomsa.net.

Cool cats on showTHE Big Cat Club Cat Show willbe held at Cape Town High Schoolon Saturday 16 April from 10:00 to15:00pm.

Over 100 felines, includingmany pedigreed cats and kittens,as well as domestic cats, havebeen entered and will compete forvarious awards.The Emma Ani-mal Rescue Society (Tears) willhave beautiful rescued cats on ex-

hibition available for adoption.There is an adoption fee of R450,

which includes vaccination, de-worming, flea and tick control,sterilisation and micro-chipping.All cats have been tested for Aidsand leukaemia.

Entrance is R10 for adults andR5 for children. For further infor-mation call Marilyn Hoole on083 651 6343.

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Railway garden under attackTERESA FISCHER

LOOKING after her “chil-dren” entails clambering

over the railway line in her pro-tective vest, and never lettingthem go thirsty.

Harfield Village resident GailBrown’s babies include a milkwoodtree, a wild olive, vygies and plentyof juicy succulents, which she hasplanted on the Harfield Village sideof the railway line, away from thetracks.

The area has been transformedfrom barren, stony ground into alandscaped wonder for everyone toenjoy.

But to her despair Metrorail al-legedly killed about 20 of her plantswhen they sprayed herbicides onthe track. Brown says this is despiteher repeated appeals to the compa-ny to not spray her plants.

She says Metrorail has also de-stroyed some of the many rosebushes planted along the outside ofthe fence in a City of Cape Town-

sponsored programmelast year.

Brown has plantedthe indigenous gardenat her own expenseand waters the plantsweekly. A neighbourallows Brown to useher water as her ownhouse is too far way.

“God gives metrees,” she says, add-ing that she digs upsaplings in her owngarden, but that neigh-bours also drop plantsoutside her housewhen they realisewhat she is doing.

Without her inter-vention the line isstrewn with litter,which she says is oth-erwise just left lyingaround.

“Any other company on this plan-et would be thanking me and mak-ing every effort to assist me in thistask. Many of your passengers do infact thank me, when they pass meworking on their way to the stationentrance,” she writes in an email toMetrorail.

She adds that it has been proventhat if an area is visually appealing,people behave better within that en-vironment.

She points out that with vandal-ismbeingabigproblem for the com-pany, she would think it would behappy to support any drives whichaim to achieve an area of beauty.

Brown has been trying to getMetrorail to meet with her to dis-cuss the installation of a waterpoint, but says she has not had anyresponse. However, following thislatest issue, a representative hasagreed to meet her today.

Several trees that Brown planted

a few years ago have grown quicklyand their green branches attractbirds and butterflies.

Twenty-five trees have alreadybeen planted, and she has a visionof creating an avenue of trees fromBell Road right down to the park.

She is hoping for volunteers tohelp her with this task.

She says it is wonderful to seethat quite a few residents along theline have now taken up the chal-lenge and are “getting out there anddoing their thing”.

But she is still hoping a few morepeople living along the line mightvolunteer to water the section infront of their homes.

Donations of worm juice, com-post or organic fertilisers are alsoalways welcome. Phone Gail on(021) 671 0311.

Metrorailwasunable to commentby the time of going to print, but un-dertook to provide a response in thecourse of the week.

GREEN FINGERS: Gail Brown planted these indig­enous trees along the railway line in Harfield Vil­lage, but recently several of her plants were alleg­edly destroyed by Metrorail as it sprayed fungicideon the tracks. Photo: Teresa Fischer

GROWING BEAUTY: A view of someof the succulents Harfield Villageresident, Gail Brown, has plantedalong the railway line.

Help feed Egoli kidsA GROUP of Christian bikerscalled On Eagle’s Wings ChristianMotorcycle Social Club, Childrenand Youth Ministry, needs dona-tions for its feeding scheme.

The club spends each Saturdaysinging and playing with about500 children at the Egoli informalsettlement in the Ottery Farm-lands. They provide the childrenwith a hot plate of food, which isoften their only meal for the day.

The group will also be starting

a soup kitchen in May. They willbe having their second fundraiser– a bingo evening – to raise fundsfor the project, on Friday 27 Mayat Rondebosch East PrimarySchool at 20:00. Any donations forthe fundraiser, such as gifts thatcan be used as prizes, are wel-come. Bread, jam, peanut butter,margarine, soup and greenswould be greatly appreciated.Contact Glenda on 082 945 4954 orMurvin on 083 351 8865.

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The final draft District Spatial Development Plans and Environmental ManagementFrameworks relevant to your area will be available for public viewing from Friday 1 April 2011at your local library, subcouncil office or Planning & Building Development ManagementDistrict office, or visit www.capetown.gov.za/en/sdf

Comments can be forwarded to:Spatial Planning & Urban Design DepartmentCity of Cape Town, P O Box 4511, Cape Town, 8000

Fax: 021 425 6495

E-mail: futurecapetown@capetown.gov.za

You are invited to participate in stakeholder open days in each of the districts in the month ofApril 2011 where the revised draft proposals of the district plans will be presented and discussed.

The following open day is planned for the Cape Flats District:Date: Tuesday 19 April 2011Venue: Grassy Park Civic Centre, Cnr Victoria Road and 5th Avenue, Grassy ParkTime: 16:30 – 19:00

For more information please visit the website above, orcontact Paul Prinsloo on 021 400 9412 or e-mailfuturecapetown@capetown.gov.za.

The closing date for public commentsis Thursday 30 June 2011.

ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER THIS CITYWORKS FOR YOU

HAVE YOUR SAY!FINAL DRAFT DISTRICT SPATIAL

DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND ENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS

Mystery reality show shot in TokaiLIAM MOSES

BEING trapped in an abandoned mental hos-pital for two days and subjected to strenuousmental and physical tests may seem like anightmare to most people, but 12 Cape Townresidents volunteered for it.

A reality show called “Whodunnit?” sawcontestants overcoming mental and physicalchallenges to win R1 000, bragging rights andpossibly fame, should the show be taken up bya television station.

“Whodunnit?” is a cross between the realitytelevision series “Survivor” and a murdermystery role play in which one competitor isthe “killer” while the other 11 try to stay aliveand follow clues to solve the case.

Director Jacques Brown says the contest-ants were removed from their comfort zonesand tested in every way during filming.

“I think it was very challenging for the con-testants,” says Brown.

“It was emotionally, physically and physio-logically challenging because they didn’t havecomfortable beds to sleep in, there weren’t anydoors or windows in the asylum and they haddifficult tests to complete.”

The show was filmed in the abandoned men-tal asylum in Tokai Forest, and contestantsfaced challenges such as paintball wars, anarchery competition and freeing themselvesafter being tied up.

The challenge winners received either aclue to help them find the killer or “safehouse” status, which granted them immunityfrom the killer and the right to choose the next

victim.According to Brown, the show’s unusual

format and unique cinematography make itunlike any reality show seen in South Africa.

“I think it’s exciting and different to otherreality shows,” said Brown.

“I don’t want to give too much away, but I’llsay that the way we shot it is different to whatpeople will see in other reality series. The oth-er shows are just focused on the contestants.It will be more interesting visually.”

Brown says the show was made even moreriveting by the fact that viewers could try andwork out who the killer was while watchingthe contestants compete.

“I think people should watch it because theycan try to figure it out themselves and theycan watch the contestants as they try to do thesame thing.”

The entire programme was filmed on abudget of R5 000. Brown and his co-producerChris Spinas have not yet approached anybroadcasters to air the show but are confidentabout finding a channel once they have editedall 11 episodes.

This is the second version of “Whodunnit?”to be filmed.

The original was filmed and aired in the USin 2010 by Cody McCollum, a friend of Spinas.

McCollum then allowed Spinas and Brownto film the series as long as they called theshow by the same name and used the sametheme song.

Visit www.whodunitsa.yolasite.com formore information on the show or the contest-ants.

THE LINE­UP: The contestants on “Whodunit”, a reality show that combines traditional Survivor­style competition and strategy with murder­mystery role play. The contestants were (back row):Kyle Bedingfield, Billings Siwila, Charlie Manner, an actor known only as Bingo, Bertrand Logan,Richard Slater and Inger Jansen. Front row: Bianca Kaltwasser, Astralita Dreyer, Sebastian OwenMurray, Tarryn Sessions and Matthew Bernstein. Photo: Roche Pienaar

Fundamental learning at a young ageTHINK TWICE – a non-profit organisationbased in Wynberg – believes that it is impor-tant to lay strong foundations with youngpeople from the earliest of ages. ThinkTwice’s early childhood development pro-grammes target young people from the ageof five, and focus on instilling a sense of theirown self worth and ability to make good deci-sions, while empowering them to deal withissues such as HIV/AIDS and child sexualabuse. Think Twice will be hosting a two-daytraining workshop, where the fundamentals

of the programmes – techniques and tools forfacilitating the Grade R Jerry Giraffe pro-gramme and the Grade 2 Mr Wiggly Wormprogramme – will be taught on Monday 18April and Tuesday 19 April; and another onWednesday 20 April and Thursday 21 April.

Parents, guardians, Sunday school teach-ers and those interested in this age group arewelcome to join. May dates are available onrequest. Contact Ntsiki or Miemie on (021)762-2979 or (021) 761-3338, or visit the websitewww.thinktwice.org.za.

Safe alternative todumping infantsVERNA VAN DIEMEN

DESPERATE mothers are beingurged to drop their unwanted ba-

bies in baby boxes in an effort to haltbaby dumping and infanticides inCape Town.

Many of the 500 babies who weredumped last year survived their ordeal.

Now Baby Safe, an NGO based inNoordhoek to counter infanticide and ba-by dumping through providing alterna-tives to desperate mothers, has launcheda campaign to highlight the problem, andtopromote theuseof ababy safe, inwhichwomen can anonymously drop off theirbabies to be found and cared for.

The Department of Social Developmenthas expressed concern that the campaignmay encourage mothers to dump theirchildren. Social Development spokesper-son, Stephen Otter, said: “It’s an awk-ward situation. We don’t want someone’sbaby to end up in the drain or in a garbagebag, but still it is not the ideal situation.”

Otter said the matter should be tackledwhile the mother is pregnant.

“We encourage young women to seekhelp at the beginning of their pregnancy.Our department is equipped with peoplewho can help pregnant women make theright decisions,” he said.

The drop-off point is usually hiddenfrom view, shielded by trees and awayfrom security cameras. The baby is puton a tray that slides through a hole in thewall and is gently lowered into a heatedcot. An alarm bell alerts social workersand the baby is collected within threeminutes. They have three drop-off points,which includes the King of Kings churchopposite Longbeach Mall in Noordhoek,Jeffrey’s Bay and Somerset West. Threebaby safes are also on order for Potchef-stroom, Pietermaritzburg and Lesotho.

To date two babies have been placed in

the safes, prompting the organisation toexpand their marketing strategy to raiseawareness of the safes in local townshipsthrough posters, fliers, community meet-ings and radio interviews.

Elmien Durieux from Baby Safe says,“Our team of social workers is immedi-ately notified by voice call when a babyis left in the safe and a safety backup sys-tem confirms that the infant has beenfetched.” The organisation counselledmore than 238 women and children dur-ing 2010. Durieux says the organisationis embarking on a vigorous awarenesscampaign so that more lives can be saved.

Otter says he understands why womendump their babies, as they are oftenjudged by social workers, nurses and sup-port staff. “There are many reasons, suchas massive social issues. I know that incommunities like Masiphumelele there isa stigma attached when a woman fallspregnant from a man from a different Af-rican country. Poverty and rape are someof the other reasons,” he said.

Other organisations and churches arealso invited to apply for the six extra babysafes, which Baby Safe has just bought.

For further details call Babysafe on072 116 5403.

SECURE: A baby placed in one of the babysafes, which can serve as an alternativefor mothers who want to dump their new­borns.

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Things can be muchworse than frackingTONY ROBINSON

MOST of the people who are rag-ing against the idea of exploringfor shale gas in the Karoo knowvery little about the technologyand what Sasol has called its“game changing” potential.

In fact, most of the knowledge incirculation has come from thosestrongly opposed to “fracking”.Public relations companies haveeven been retained to blacken thepicture and whip up emotions to apoint approaching hysteria.

They have plenty of material towork with. In the early days offracking there were disasters, mostof them the result of wild cat opera-tions. But the technology has im-proved and in responsible hands itmight even be acceptable in somecircumstances. So it is easy to un-derstand the fears in circulation. Igrew up in the Karoo and I knowthat water gives land its value. Takeaway the water or contaminate itand one is left with worthlessdesert. In a drought, a good bore-hole is the only thing that stands be-tween a farmer and financial ruin.It is an emotional relationship. Youcan mess with his wife but don’ttouch his borehole. The water of ag-ricultural importance lies at depths

of no more than a few hundred me-tres. Fracking, however, takesplace something like 10 kilometresbelow the surface! That is five timedeeper than our deepest gold mine.The temperature down there will beabout 300°C and any water wouldbecome instant steam. If the hole islined with steel there should be nocontamination of agricultural wa-ter. But one can understand thefear. The biggest problems will belogistical ones. The equipment ismassive and new roads will be re-quired. What does one do with 10kilometres of earth from borehole

cores? The impact on the Karoo willbe considerable. And where will thewater needed for fracking comefrom?

On the other hand, holes 10 kilo-metres deep will give us access to aninexhaustible supply of geothermalheat. And that can be turned intoelectricity. The US Department ofEnergy says geothermal electricityis cheaper than coal or nuclear pow-er and theprice doesnot goupeveryyear along with the cost of fuel andlabour. Even if there is no gas wecould win. So here’s the question:would you rather have Shell frack-ing in the Karoo or Eskom trying torun half a dozen atomic power sta-tions? Nuclear power requires con-sistent good management for atleast 50 years. There is no place forCEOs who trim the maintenancebudgets to improve the bottom lineand their bonuses. And there is noplace for cadre deployment.

Imagine a future Minister of Min-erals, Energy and Nationalisation –someone like Julius Malema – hav-ing a hand in the appointment of nu-clear mangers. His matric wood-work studies would be of little help.

We may be able to survive an im-plosion in the Land Bank or a foul-up in the Karoo, but mismanage-ment of a Koeberg could be goodbyeCape Town.

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Manenberg teenneeds funding for tripLIAM MOSES

THE furthest 17-year-oldManenberg resident, CleonBotha, has been from herhome is Durban.

But now, thanks to her hardwork and keen interest in theenvironment, she has the op-portunity to travel all the wayto Aachen, Germany, in June.

Botha, along with nine oth-er students from the PhoenixSecondary School in Manen-berg, was selected to travel toGermany as part of a studentexchange with the Kreisgym-nasium School in Heinsberg,Aachen.

And she is determined tomake the trip, even thoughher parents cannot afford topay for her flight.

“We are trying to raisefunds by starting a small busi-ness and selling things,” saidBotha.

“We’ve also gone to busi-nesses to ask for donations.They all said they would sendletters to their head officesbut we haven’t heard fromthem yet.”

The student exchangeforms part of the Local Agen-da 21 partnership between thegovernments of Cape Townand Aachen, which strives toimprove environmental, so-cial and economics conditions

in both cities.Several students from the

Kreisgymnasium Schoolspent time at the Phoenix Sec-ondary in 2010 helping to up-lift Manenberg and educatingpupils about the environ-ment.

Botha’s father is currentlyunemployed and her motherworks as a trimmer at a shoefactory in Epping.

In order to help raise fundsfor the trip, Botha has alsostarted working at a shop inGatesville on weekends.

However, so far all of her ef-forts have brought in onlyR1 000 of the R7 500 needed topay for her plane ticket.

Botha said she hopes toraise the funds so she canspend her time in Germanylearning and changing thenegative perception that Ger-mans have about South Afri-ca.

“I’ve never travelled before.It’s the chance of a lifetime,”said Botha.

“I can represent my school,Manenberg and Cape Town.

“People in Aachen don’t re-ally know about South Africa.I want to help them learnmore about our country.”

Cleon and her parents, Sha-ida and Martino Botha, can becontacted at (021) 637-2503 forbank account details.

DID YOU KNOW that Western Cape Premier, HelenZille, is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist,and famously exposed the truth behind the death ofBlack Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, while workingfor the Rand Daily Mail in the late 1970s?

Shealsoworkedwith theBlackSashandotherpro-de-mocracy groups during the 1980s. – (www.wikipe-dia.org)

‘Massive’arrears protest action plannedTAMMY PETERSEN

THOUSANDS of people areexpected to take part in a

massive protest which will seeresidents from 12 suburbsmarch to the Cape Town CivicCentre under one banner onTuesday 26 April to demand thescrapping of all municipal ar-rears for people living in thecity’s impoverished areas.

The decision to protest wasmade by Communities for SocialChange (CSC), a coordinatingstructure of civic organisationsrepresenting Hanover Park, Ath-lone, Manenberg, Mitchell’s Plain,Hout Bay, Heideveld, LavenderHill, Lotus River, Ottery, GrassyPark, Elsies River and Leonsdale.

The decision comes after meet-ings held with City of Cape Townofficials failed to resolve issuesconcerning the poor, says MarioWanza, the organiser of the CSC.

Representatives from the CSCmet Mayor Dan Plato and City offi-cials yesterday to discuss their de-mands.

These include the halting ofevictions due to illegal occupa-tions, debt and anti-social behav-iour, a call for the scrapping of mu-nicipal arrears and the handingover of council-ownedunits to peo-ple who have been paying rent foryears. “What upset us is that therewas no investigation into the va-lidity of our requests and no com-mittee set up to review our de-mands. “The City just flat-out re-

fused what we were asking for,and we will respond by doingwhat’s best for the people and pro-testing. Ons gaan Kaap toe.”

The action comes two monthsafter 3 000 residents from Manen-berg took to the streets armedwithposters asking the City to lowertheir rent and write off their rent-al backlog.

Wanza says people have beenpaying rent for over 30 years andthey should be given ownership ofthe council properties.

Also under the banner of theCSC, more than 500 Hanover Parkresidents took to the streets lastmonth and delivered a memoran-dum to the local rent office de-manding that their arrears bescrapped.

One of the area coordinators forCSC, Errol Davids, says people arebecoming involved in the “move-ment” because they are desperateand “over their heads in debt”.

Davids, who is the deputy chair-person of the Hanover Park CivicAssociation, says the organisa-tion is in “total support” of theplanned protest, adding that theywill start distributing pamphletswithin the week.

Two weeks ago, Mitchell’s Plainresidents expressed their con-cerns about the scrapping of waterarrears when they burnt a card-board coffin containing hundredsof warning letters issued by theCity. The coffin was loaded onto ahearse and taken from Mitchell’sPlain Town Centre to the BeaconValley Rent Office where it was

burnt in front of cheering protes-tors.

The CSC’s Mitchell’s Plain coor-dinator, Sulyman Stellenboom,says another march will takeplace in Mitchell’s Plain on 21April when they will return to thesubcouncil office and request feed-back on their demand for the re-moval of water management de-vices behind the incorrect read-ings being taken from watermeters, leading to high bills. “ThisCity has no respect for the poor

and is not taking this matter seri-ously. We are representing thepeople and although we try to en-gage with the officials towardsfinding a solution, they are notcoming to the party.”

Plato, who was handed a copy ofthe pamphlet which the CSC hasbeen distributing to invite peopleto take part, declined to commenton the planned protest, saying on-ly that “it’s their right to march”.

However, he says the actionseems to be “politically motivat-

ed” and that the CSC is making“one demand after the other”.

“They are making accusationsand allegations without listeningto our explanations. They claimthere is a lack of service deliveryto the poor, but they cannot giveus the proof to back this claim.They need to be more organisedand give me a list of complaints sothat I can follow up on it.”

Headds that a follow-upmeetingis being planned, although a dateis yet to be set.

FIERY: Mitchell’s Plain residents burn a coffin containing their municipal bills during a protest on 24 March.Photo: Melissa Papier

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Playing among the starsSOUTH AFRICAN jazz stars will gatherat the Artscape Theatre Centre on Fri-day 15 April in support of the Alexan-der Sinton High School jazz band’spending trip to the Tutti World YouthMusic Festival in China.

This arts focus school will be sending itsmusic pupils to an international gatheringfor the first time. The youngsters will per-form only South African music.

Their journey to Beijing in July is his-torical, says music director Ronel Nagfaal.“We are proud and eager to represent Ath-lone and South Africa at this global assem-bly, where youth musicians will presentmusical traditions from their countries.

“This contact and exchange is a uniquecultural experience, a tremendous oppor-tunity for the musical and personalgrowth of our youth, and their groomingas leaders in music and in their communi-

ties.”The other Cape Town schools sending

bands to the eight-day festival are Heath-field, Bergvliet and Wynberg Girls’ High.

Appearing at the Artscape Theatre Cen-tre will be vocal star Gloria Bosman, pian-ist George Werner, bassist Norman Sauls,drummer Frank Paco, guitarist JimmyDludlu, troubadour Errol Dyers and prom-ising jazz vocalist Lee-Ann Fortuin.

Now in their 11th year, The Little Gi-ants, directed by Werner, and the Alexan-der Sinton Jazz Band will be the youth jazzgroups in attendance.

Both groups will participate in thisyear’s Grahamstown National Youth JazzFestival.

The concert starts at 20:00 in Artscape’sOpera House. Tickets are available atComputicket and cost R100 for adults andR50 for pensioners and children under 18.

For more information call 083 390 4529.

The Alexander Sinton High School Jazz band. Photo: Supplied

Musical set for Baxter stageTHE Cape Town Festival (CTF) will be pre-senting the acclaimed musical “Silence ofthe Music” at the Baxter Theatre fromWednesday 13 to Saturday 30 April.

Openingnight is Saturday 16April at 20:00.Shows will take place on Mondays to Satur-days from 20:00 till 22:00, except Friday 22April (Good Friday).Produced by Desert Rose Music, “Silence of

the Music” combines leading world musiccomposer and director, Lynne Holmes-Ganiefand renowned theatre director, Basil Appol-lis.

It tells the story of an intercultural couplewhose love for each other was spurned in 2010by their families, friends and broader society.

The original musical score, composed byHolmes-Ganief, reflects the rich diversity ofSouth Africa’s melting pot of cultural influ-ences, combining classical, Middle Eastern,Asian and African musical elements into con-temporary, melodic, world music arrange-ments.

In January this year the CTF adopted “Si-lence of the Music” as one of its major cultur-al arts projects for 2011.

Tickets are R120 each and can be boughtthrough Computicket, online at www.com-puticket.co.za or its call centre on083 915 8000. Tickets can also be bought fromany Shoprite or Checkers branch. For corpo-rate bookings, charities and special blockbookings at discounted prices contact SharonAlexander on (021) 680-3962 or email shar-on.alexander@uct.ac.za or Shelagh Blom-kamp on 083 205 0935 or email silence@deser-trosemusic.co.za.

. “Silence of the Music” forms part of theCTF’s year-long programme of events, whichalso includes a 1CMC discussion; communityyouth workshop programmes; a senior citi-zens’ day; a leadership forum; a multimediaexhibition and community festivals.

For more information, visit www.cape-townfestival.co.za or email info@capetown-festival.co.za.

College students take centre stage

Join the concert

THE Students Quarterly Concert takes placeat the Baxter Concert Hall on Tuesday 19April, starting at 20:15.

The concert is arranged by Franklin Lareyand Dizu Plaatjies, and features a selection ofthe performance students at the South Afri-

can College of Music.Tickets are available at Computicket or at

the door.Prices are R50 for UCT staff, R45 for senior

citizens, R35 for tertiary students and R25 forpupils.

THE Musicanti Chamber Orchestra, di-rected by Erika Naumann, will perform aconcert at the St Martini Church at the topof Long Street on Sunday 17 April startingat 18:00.

The programme includes Stabat Mater,

by Pergolesi, with soloists Jessica Wells,soprano, and Caren Van Heerden, alto,and Horn Concerto no. 4 by Mozart, soloistPeter Amon, horn.

Tickets are sold at the door at R50 foradults. Students pay R20 and scholars canattend for free.

For further information, phone (021)790-5310.

Classic jam with top artistsTWO of South Africa’s foremost classical gui-tarists, James Grace and Jonathan Crossley,are giving music lovers the duel of the decade:an innovative feast of modern and classicworks by Bach, Tarrega, Albeniz, Myers, Ab-dullah Ibrahim and more.

The concert will take place at the BaxterConcert Hall on Saturday, 16 April at 20:00.

James Grace is one of one South Africa’sleading concert artists, appearing with sym-phony orchestras and in recital.

He studied at the Royal College of Music,taught guitar in Qatar, and then returned toSouth Africa, where he was appointed headof Classical Guitar Studies at the Universityof Cape Town.

Grace recently released his fifth solo al-bum, “World Café”, and is in the final stagesof setting up the Stringwise Young Artist’sTrust, which will assist young artists fromacross the country to produce their own al-bums, as well as offer bursaries for overseas

study.Jonathan Crossley, who began his career

on the classical guitar, has shifted his focusmore towards jazz performance, and ap-peared on stage with international and localstars.

As a composer, he has found his outletthrough The Jonathan Crossley ElectricBand, with which he has appeared more than45 times across Europe over the past threeyears, most notably at festivals in Spain, Slo-vakia, Turkey and ongoing tours in the CzechRepublic.

Crossley will be giving master classes forthe public on Friday 15 April at 14:00 at UCT.For more information, email info@jonathan-crossley.co.za or info@jamesgrace.co.za.

The Concert Series recital starts at 20:00and tickets can be booked in advance fromComputicket at R125. Student and senior citi-zen discounts can be purchased at the dooron the night of the concert.

Jazz to break the silenceTHE Central Library will change its tunefrom 19 until 21 April when free live jazzperformances by fresh young talent willreplace the usual silence.

On Tuesday 19 April, from 13:00 to 14:00,join The Tribe of Benjamin Jazz Quartet,which features Benjamin Jephta, MarlonWitbooi, Keenan Ahrends, Zeke le Grangeand special guest vocalist, Sandile Gotsa-na.

On Wednesday 20 April, from 16:30 till17:30, visitors will be treated to the smoothsounds of Afternoon Standards, with RyanAndrew Peters on vocals and Keenan Ad-amson on guitar.

On 21 April from 15:15 till 17:00, the li-

brary will host the John Pama PrimarySchool Brass Band, which is part of theAmy Biehl Foundation’s after-school initi-ative.

Alsoon thebill isMomentum,which fea-tures Ted Faulkner, and Allen van derMerwe.Aspart of the library’s communityinvolvement plan, they will be running adrive to collect oldmusical instruments onbehalf of the Amy Biehl Foundation as theorganisation can currently accommodateonly 15 learners per teaching session.

Central Library is situated in the DrillHall at the corner of Darling and Paradestreets in Cape Town.

Contact the library on (021) 467-1560.

Drama, jealousy at the theatre“LOVBORG’S WOMEN” is the finalproduction in the summer season atThe Intimate Theatre, and will runfrom Saturday 14 to Saturday 21May.

Presented by The Mechanicals,the cast includes Adrian Collins,Mikkie-Dene le Roux, AndrewLaubscher and Kate Liquorish.

Directed by Christopher Weare,“Lovborg’s Women” is a comedyspoofing the naturalistic and realis-tic dramas of Jorgen Lovborg (afterAnton Chekhov and Ibsen).

Hens, geese, earmuffs and gerani-ums are all part of this tapestry oflust, drama and jealousy as an em-bittered Lovborg considers threeinfluential women.

A number of established physicalforms are explored; for example thework of Steven Berkoff, DV8 Physi-cal Theatre and the late MarleneBlom.

For bookings phone (021) 480-7128or email luke.ellenbogen@uct.ac.za

Advanced booking is advised asseats are limited.

HAT TRICK: Andrew Laubscher is oneof the cast members of “Lovborg’sWomen” in May. Photo: Supplied

Come out to quality concertTHE Songmakers’ Guild will have theirnext concert on Sunday 17 April at theNassau Centre, Groote Schuur HighSchool in Palmyra Road, Newlands.Borrowed Plumes with Magdalene Min-naar (soprano), Christopher Vale (bari-tone), Albie van Schalkwyk (piano) andsongs by Maurice Ravel, Richard

Strauss, Gustav Holst, Mátyás Seiberand others can all be expected. The con-cert starts at 16:00 sharp.

Tickets are being sold at R40 at thedoor.

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Special school forspecial youth launchedA DEVELOPMENT project for youngadults with autism and special needs wasopened inLakesiderecentlybyTheAcad-emy for Adults with Autism.

However, they need help to keep theirdoors open and run optimally.

The Enrichment Centre Project providesa safe and caring environment for youngadults and school leavers with autism, spe-cial needs and development delay whowould otherwise have no place to go duringthe day.

The structured daily programme incorpo-rates craft activities, encouragement of in-dependent life skills, constant supervisionby qualified and experienced staff, behav-ioural management, exercise with supervi-sion and advice of therapists and a trainedfacilitator, as well as supervised leisure timeand opportunities to socialise and practisecommunication.

Constructive activities such as puzzle-building and gardening are also on the listof activities, as these are used as learningtools.

Occasional outings to places of naturalbeauty like thebeach, forest orparksare alsoa highlight for the youth.

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APPLICATION: Lakeside’s Jarred Flugel (23)paints a stationery holder.

Wednesday 13 AprilKenilworth: The Claremont CommunityPolice Forum joins the Harfield Pine Neigh-bourhood Watch, in conjunction with all theother neighbourhood watches and groupsacross the peninsula, to support the candle-light vigil against criminals. Meet on the cor-ner of Main and Pine Roads between 19:15and 19:45.

The CPF appeals to anyone wanting to jointo bring a candle or torch and preferablywear a white T-shirt. Contact Tom Craffordon 084 8459 504.

Thursday 14 AprilClaremont: Cavendish Square, in conjunc-tion with Well Read Books and in aid of WolaNani, holds a charity book sale from Thurs-day 14 April to Sunday 17 April. Thismonth’s theme is “Africana” books, support-ed by a variety of other genres, such as non-fiction, sci-fi, thriller, romance and modernclassics. On Saturday 16 April at 12:30, radiopersonality, Charmaine Noy, will read tochildren. For further enquiries, or to donatebooks, CDs and DVDs, please contact Mark

on 083 342 2261 or (021) 424-0497or email mark@wellread-books.com.

Saturday 16 AprilKenilworth: The Friends ofKenilworth Racecourse Con-servation Area Easter EggHunt. All families are warmlyinvited to participate in the

fun with children under the age of 12 beingthe hunters. Meet at Wetton Road Race-course entrance at 10:00. Members and allchildren are free; adult non-members payR10. Contact

(021) 700-1843 or Margaret (021) 762-3170.

Monday 18 AprilRosebank: The next meeting of the GrooteSchuur branch of the South African Associa-tionofRetiredPersons is onMonday18Aprilat the Methodist Church Hall at 10:00. Jointhem for tea or coffee, fellowship and to lis-ten to Dr Dick Stoh, who will talk about“Birds of the Helderberg”.

Saturday 14 MayRondebosch: Craft in the park from 09:00until 14:00.

Enjoy handmade crafts, breakfast and cof-fee in the park. Support Animal Rescue andother charities. Drop off anything you don’twant or need at the information desk andAnn will drop it off at Marsh Memorial. Con-tact Ann on (021) 531-4236 on Tuesday untilFriday between 09:00 and 17:30 or on 083 2725482 on market day.

Page 12 People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch LEADER Tuesday 12 April 2011

MINISTER of Cooperative Governanceand Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shicekahas come under fire for leading a lavishlifestyle at taxpayers’ expense, following

a Sunday Times report into the R2,5 mil-lion in state money he has allegedly spenton luxury hotels, limousines and over-seas trips since 2008. In a country whose

public representatives are often caughtout enjoying too much of the good life, hisparticular blend of lavishness has a bitof a Hollywood ring to it.

Cry, beloved countryWHILE most South Africans live in abject po-verty, public officials such as Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional AffairsSicelo Shiceka seem to have been living likea millionaire – if the findings of a SundayTimes report are true.

No expense was allegedly spared by Shicekawho – according to documents in the newspa-per’s possession – has spent more than R2.5million on first-class flights and accommoda-tion since 2008. The article states that Shicekaspent R640 000 in one year for him and staffto stay at the One & Only, of which R280 000was spent on Shiceka alone – by his own ad-mission.

Furthermore, it is reported that Shiceka em-barked on a first-class flight for him and hispersonal assistant, rounded off with a stay ina five-star hotel to visit his girlfriend in prisonin Switzerland, at a cost of R335 000. The visitto the prison, in a chauffeur-driven limo, costR32 000.

If true, Shiceka’s lifestyle smacks of “bla-tant abuse of taxpayers’ money”. His allegedwasteful expenditure has attracted wide-spread condemnation.

Shiceka is not the only South African publicofficial whose lavish lifestyle is under scruti-ny.

In a country that can ill afford to blow mil-lions of rands, ANC youth league leader JuliusMalema cost taxpayers more than R886 000 forpolice bodyguards from October 2009 to Octo-ber 2010. Malema did not hold any public officeto justify having two bodyguards. He was justan ordinary citizen, like the millions of otherordinary South Africans who fork out mil-lions to keep themselves safe.

But the buck doesn’t stop there. Flying inthe face of a country lacking housing, healthand basic services, is Defence Minister Lindi-we Sisulu’s decision to lease two new aircraftfor transporting VIPs, at a staggeringR800 million.

When South Africans voted a democraticgovernment into power 17 years ago, they vo-ted for democracy, and a better life for all. Abetter life is being had, but only by a privi-leged minority.

May we never forgetIRONICALLY for Heinz Behrens – as forthousands of other German Jews – theevents of November 10 1938, which led to hisbeing taken off to Buchenwald premature-ly, contributed to his survival. He was oneof the fortunate ones who, in managing toget out of that Camp of Death, had no optionbut to leave Germany, thereby escaping acertain death in the relentless Holocaustthat followed.

In November 1938 Heinz Behrens, 25years old, was living in Breslau, Silesia,with his family. He was a traveller in tex-tiles and had as a partner, a good friend, aRoman Catholic, who for reasons of eco-nomics only, had joined Hitler’s SA.

When, on November 9 the Kristallnachtviolence erupted upon the Jews, Heinz’spartner insisted on taking his family to thesafety of his home. Heinz recalls his fatherbreaking down when he saw the Jewishshoe shop across the road being looted bythe Nazis. Heinz decided to go back to hisparents’ flat to see if all was well. On theway out to his DKW car parked in the frontof the building he was confronted by two SSpolicemen and taken unawares, admitted tobeing Heinz Behrens, the son of Adolf,whose name was on the list. He did notknow where his father was. The SS police-men returned with Heinz to the house to

search it and when they found that indeed noone was at home they said: “OK, so we willtake the son for the father”. And that was howHeinz came to be one of the thousands of Jewswho were rounded up throughout that dayand taken to the local police station. “It wasterrible,” Heinz recalls.That night, amid un-remitting shouting and cursing they werechased, in fours, through the streets. Many ofthe elderly who were beaten died in the street.Finally they were beaten into the compart-ments of a train, with orders not to look outof the windows. On the morning of November11 they were again forced out of the trucks.They had arrived at Buchenwald. They hadbeen told that they had to be taken into custo-dy for their protection “to save them from thewrath of the Germans, following the attempton Vom Rath” (He was in the Ambassador’soffice and was shot by a Jew.) Heinz recallsvery clearly those days in Buchenwald whereabout 11 000 Jews and 11 000 Christians wereincarcerated under the menacing surveil-lance of those well-remembered watch tow-ers.He recalls the crowded bunks in the bar-racks, the dry bread and bean soup, the lackof water which forced them to use snow andthe long days that Jews were forced to spendsitting on stools watching people being exe-cuted on the gallows. Prisoners had to writea postcard home, carefully censored, report-

ing that they were well. One more post-card of acknowledgement was permitted.Heinz found four uncles at Buchenwald,all of the First World War. They wereamong the first released, a few weeks lat-er.Heinz,too, was subsequently released.His mother had gone to the Gestapo to betold that if he couldget papers for anothercountry and would leave immediately, hewould be released. After frantic tele-grams his mother secured an “affidavit”from her sister in Chicago. Heinz wascalled over the loudspeaker.

Before being released he had to sign aformstating thathehadbeenwell treatedand he was warned that if he ever told an-yone of what had taken place at Buchen-wald his family would immediately be in-terned. Furthermore, if he revealed any-thing outside of the country, Germanagents would kill him. Heinz was takenhome by truck from Buchenwald on De-cember 24, 1938. Heinz Behrens did notgo to Chicago. When he reached theAmerican Consul in Berlin he was givena number, about 53 000. Fortunately, inthe interim they had received permits forNorthern Rhodesia. Heinz, his brotherand a cousin sailed from Hamburg andthey eventually reached Livingstone onJune 5, 1939. For two years Heinz man-aged to keep some kind of contact withtheir parents, until 1941 – then nothing.Even at Yad Vashem, where their namesare listed, their fate is unrecorded. Apostcard sent to his parents reads: “DearParents, I received theparcel in good con-dition, with thanks. I am fine and hope-fully, so are you. I am not allowed to getany more parcels. To you my dear onesthe warmest regards, from your Heinz.VG BEHRENSPinelands (Letter shortened - Editor)

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Culling leaves writer sickREADING the letter (“Robben Is-land cull is murder”, People’sPost, 22 March 2010) this morn-ing left me with a few questionsand some shame too. First of all,what are they culling on RobbenIsland and are they using fire-arms or poison?

As I was finishing the letter, Icame across the writer droppingsome shots at Canada withoutany references to back up whathe or she ranting about. Aftersome Google searching, I foundthe article about the hundred orso huskies that were found in amass grave in Whistler, BritishColumbia, (close to Vancouver,my home town). The Canadiannewspaper reporting it saidnothing about dogs fleeing withparts of their bodies blown offand left to die, but there was amass grave and the police are in-vestigating. The persons thathad to do this ungodly deed arein counselling with WorksafeBC. For me this is another stainon Canada and its excellent rep-utation in this small world.

First was baby seal clubbing,which is still legal and does pro-duce an economy for our indige-nous population, but it is verybrutal and very unnecessary inthis day and age. As if MotherNature doesn’t have enough onher plate (See Google for Japa-nese whaling, Russia’s tigerpoaching, American slaughterhouses, India pollution and soon). I am a proud Canadian andproud to be living in South Afri-ca too, but as a human being I amsick to my stomach. When willwe learn? Will we ever learn? Iwould like to know the reason

why the City of Cape Town hasto cull. If they do, they should tryand do it as humanely as possi-bly, not like in my country.Thank you from a proud, butsad, Canadian.SIMON WINFIELDCanadaSteve Smith of M.E.R.C.Y. An-imal rescue responds: Itdoesn’t take a rocket scientist topicture what happens next whena bullet deviates fractionallyfrom its point of exit upon leav-ing the barrel of a gun ... one canjust picture the bloodbath that isthe hunting “industry” with allthose weapons in the hands of in-competents (stand by for “out-rage”). I suggest the readerGoogle a bit deeper with regardsto the husky incident. The ironyis sickening – the animals get ex-cruciating pain, shock and lin-gering death, and their murder-ers get “trauma counselling!” Iimagine there would have beenless “trauma” had these foolsbeen able to execute the mythi-cal “clean kill” 100% of the time.The questions: “What are theyculling on Robben Island, andare they using firearms or poi-son?” can only lead one to con-clude that the reader has beenliving in Cape Town for less thana week. The answer is “anythingand everything for which therewas a humane alternative”. Butthat would require “humanity”– something our politicians arebankrupt in. Perhaps if morepeople spent less time being“proud” and more time “rant-ing” we’d begin to see a changein the course of human evolu-tion.

Women driverstook the leadI REFER to the article in People’sPost (“SA’s original woman driverlooks back on 100 years”, 29 March):Warmest congratulations on attain-ing the 100 years.

I must dispute her claim to beingSouth Africa’s first woman driver –she did say “probably” but youheaded the article “original”.

My late mother, Coral Stadtland-er-de Villiers, obtained her drivinglicence on 2 July 1930.

My mother was a competent driv-er who, although erring on the sideof speed, obtained only one trafficticket – and that was for parking.Neither she nor my father had everbeen in an accident.

My mother learned to drive be-cause she was the youngest child ofaged parents living in Kommetjie.Between playing tennis, swimmingand socialising (girls did not workin those days) she used to drive herparents wherever they needed togo.

No-one in our family everclaimed that my mother was thefirst woman driver in South Africa,which leads me to believe that theremay well have been many others, inoutlying places such as Kommetjie,who also drove out of necessity.MRS Y GILLESPIERondebosch

Who drove first?REGARDING South Africa’s firstwoman driver, I doubt that Mrs Ste-vens is South Africa’s originalwoman driver.

My uncle bought his first car inthe 1920s from a local departmentstore, Garlicks I think.

It was suspended from the ceilingof the store.

At the purchase it was lowered to

the floor. He and his wife got intothe car and she drove it to Muizen-berg. Whether she had a drivers li-cence I do not know. Unfortunatelywe are not told at what age Mrs Ste-vens started driving. If it was at theage of 20 the year would be 1931,long after my aunt.P DURINGClaremont

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SPORTING SPRINT: Ikapa Sporting FC’s Ukunia Nuka (right) races Ryan Herman of Steen­berg United FC, during Ikapa’s 2­1 win in a Vodacom Second Division soccer match atGrassy Park on Saturday. Photo: Wayne Lategan

GET AWAY: Wynberg Boys’ High (WBHS) wing Rushdie Salie (right) beats a St Stithian’s oppo­nent, during Wynberg’s 14­6 win in an under­19A match at the annual WBHS rugby festivalat Wynberg on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

Be wary of wounded LionsBe wary of wounded LionsTASMIN CUPIDO

THE reaction of the DHL Stormersteam, who suffered their first defeat

of the season at the weekend, will dictatethe team’s run for the rest of the SuperRugby competition.

And head coach Allister Coetzee hopeshis troops will take the loss in their stride,get up and learn from the mistakes madeagainst the Australian outfit at Newlandson Saturday. “This is a long and tough com-petition, and it is crucial that the guys pitchwith their A-game at each match,” Coetzeesaid.

“We need to take this loss on the chin andstand up to produce better performances.”

Unforced errors and ill-discipline marredthe Stormers’ game plan in the 19-6 defeatto the men from Brisbane saw.

The Reds, who dominated the lacklustreCape side in all aspects of the game, weresimply the better side on the day – Coetzeeis the first to admit this.

“We were not at our best; tactically theReds were much better and their physicalintensity was much higher – all credit to theReds,” he said.

A territorial game, keeping the Stormersin their own half for most of the match, saw

the likes of Quade Cooper and Will Geniausing tactical kicks to put pressure on themen in navy blue. Stints in the sin bin for

Stormers eighthman, Duane Vermeulen,and hooker, Tiaan Liebenberg, also did nothelp them.

“Wecouldn’t gainorkeepanymomentumand playing with 14 men for 20 minutes ofthe match did not aid us, either,” Coetzeesays.

Despite the loss, they remain in the topposition on the South African conferencelog and third on the combined log.

Now the Stormers will divert their atten-tion to the MTN Lions, who they take on atCoca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Satur-day afternoon.

The last time the two sides met the Storm-ers came out 19-16 victors in their firstmatch of the competition.

John Mitchell’s side has had a spate of un-fortunate, tightly-contested losses through-out the competition and will be looking toraise themselves from the bottom of thecombined log.

With nothing to lose, playing for pride infront of their home crowd, the men in redwill put up a brave fight in the hope of turn-ing the tables on the high-flying Stormers.

Never afraid to run a risk, the men fromEgoli will test the ever on-song Stormers de-fence, while a battle in the engine room canalso be expected.

Coetzee expects inside centre Jean de Vil-liers, who was a last-minute withdrawalfrom the Reds’ clash, to make his returnagainst the Lions this Saturday.

TELLING TALE: Unforced errors marred the game of the DHL Stormers in their 19­6 defeatto the Queensland Reds at Newlands on Saturday. Here eighthman Duane Vermeulen losesthe ball in a tackle by Reds front rower, James Slipper. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

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City to hostglobal festBRIAN GAFFNEY

THE Safa Cape Town is forging aheadwith plans to stage an eight-nation inter-national showpiece for under-20s – be-lieving it will generate a huge financialspin-off for amateur soccer in 2012.

So much so that the Safa CT applica-tion to run the event – in partnershipwith the City of Cape Town – has alreadybeen approved by the SA Football Asso-ciation. Safa CT president, NormanArendse, disclosed that the eight-nationchampionship will comprise the respec-tive winners of the six Fifa Confedera-tions Cup championships, the SA under-20s and an additional African team.

“It is vital that we recognise under-20soccer as a milestone for the develop-ment of our players. It is our responsibil-ity as an amateur association to show-case this talent,” said Arendse.

The blueprint for the 2012 champion-ship comes on the back of the successfulinaugural Cape Town InternationalChallenge for under-20s that was hostedby the Safa CT and the city in 2010.

Ghana, Brazil, South Africa and Ni-geria vied for honours on the eve of the2010 World Cup in South Africa. Ghanadefeated Brazil 3-2 in the challenge final,watched by a 50 000-strong crowd atCape Town Stadium – with the overallgate-takings from all matches allowingthe city to contribute R600 000 to the cof-fers of the Safa CT.

Arendse also disclosed that the SafaCT has secured increased financial sup-port from other stakeholders to stage itssenior and junior competitions thisyear.

. Coca-Cola has agreed to increase itssponsorship for the Coke knockout Cupchampionships from R500 000 to R600000.

. Freeworld Coatings has upped itssponsorship for the club championshipsfor under-11s and under-13s from R50 000to R75 000.

. Peace activist Mary Burton will pa-tron the new Unity Cup for under-16high school teams from various commu-nities to the tune of R150 000 this year;and

. Build It will sponsor junior tourna-ments in areas close to its branchesacross the Peninsula.

Brent’s making it happenBrent’s making it happenBRIAN GAFFNEY

AT age 30, Brent Carelse re-sists thoughts about

hanginguphisboots in the for-seeable future – but rather fo-cuses on what more he can as-pire to achieve with Ajax CapeTown FC on the road ahead.

What is uppermost in Carelse’smind of course at the moment, isto help Ajax win the Premier Soc-cer League (PSL) champions titlefor the first time in its 11-yearhistory.

“I believe we can finish top ifwe stay focused and avoid com-placency,” says Carelse, who hasbecome no stranger on the cham-pions’ rostrum.

Carelse – eyeing a fourth win-ners’ medal – represented cham-pions Mamelodi Sundowns(2006/2007), whereafter heshared in two of SuperSportUnited’s three consecutiveleague triumphs (2008/2009 and2009/2010). Now Ajax could en-hance their championshipchances if they notch full pointsagainst Golden Arrows at New-lands Stadium on Friday (start20:00).

Carelse, buoyed by Ajax CEOGeorge Comitis’ disclosure thathe will sign the midfield maestronext season – after he came onloan from SuperSport in Janu-ary – is expected to continue hisrich vein of form for the UrbanWarriors.

“I was not only looking for anewchallengewhen I returned toAjax from SuperSport, where Ifelt my game was stagnating be-cause of my irregular appearanc-es in matches. I also felt a needto settle in Cape Town with myfamily,” said Carelse.

The presence of a versatile left-sided midfielder – who has thusfar netted four goals for Ajax –has also brought out the best inthe free-scoring Thulani Sereroand Khama Billiat.

So often Carelse’s penchant for

engaging his pacey fellow play-ers in quick one-two plays has al-lowed Ajax to prosper duringtheir recent run of successes.

The other motivation forCarelse is to be mentored byDutch coach Foppe de Haan. “Heis professional in his approachand a very honest coach. He con-stantly tells us that we are betterplayers than what we think weare.”

“De Haan’s one-on-one chatswith each player really makes usbelieve in our abilities,” en-thused Carelse.

The Johannesburg-bornCarelse is also thankful to his fa-ther Dougie Carelse – a formerpro with Cape Town Spurs andVereeniging Old Boys in the oldFederation ProfessionalLeague – for inspiring him topursue a soccer career.

“My dad insisted that I enrol atthe School of Excellence in Jo-hannesburg during my teens.

“It was a tough experience buthe encouraged me to persevere toensure my future in the game.

“He has always allowed me thefreedom to do things my way onthe field. But he will occasionallytell me what aspect of my gameI need to improve on,” saidCarelse junior, who first turnedprofessional with Hellenic FC(then coached by Gavin Hunt) atage 17.

Butback to the showdownwithGolden Arrows. Remember thatit was Arrows that drew 2-2 withAjax in 2007/2008 to deny Ajaxthe title on goal difference whenthe clubs tied on points.

First choice custodian, HansVonk, is also ruled out by suspen-sion and will be replaced by An-dre Petim on Friday night.

Good news for Ajax though, isthat Clayton Daniels returnsfrom suspension and that Saame-hg Doutie is fit to play.

. Tickets are on sale at Com-puticket and Shoprite/Checkersbranches. No tickets will be onsale at the stadium.

CHARGED UP: Brent Carelse, influential mifielder for Ajax CapeTown FC. Photo: Gallo Images

SUNSET SUCCESS: The Adidas Kings from the Adidas Running Club won the recent inauguralSunset team time trial over 12 km in a record time of 35 min 38 sec at Green Point Park.The event was hosted by ATC Running – a member of the ATC Multisport Club. Seen sharingin the awards ceremony were, from left, ATC chairperson Steve Attwell with Sityilo Diko, HeinCamphor, Tom Lusaseni and Velani Lusaseni of Adidas Kings. Photo Supplied