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E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday 30 October 2012 Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481
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TAURIQ HASSEN
A SUSPECT standing trial for allegedlyraping four minors has been warned bythe Salt River community not to returnhome.
Angry parents have made threats of mobjustice against the 49-year-old suspect if heshould set foot in their streets.It is understood that theman forcedhimself
on the children over an extended period oftimebefore the children confided in their par-ents, leading to his recent arrest.An angry mother, who cannot be named,
confirms that her two daughters were the al-legedly victims of the abuse and were rushedto hospital for post-traumatic stress when
they heard that the suspect is applying forbail.“We do not want him here and we will do
everything and fight every law just to keephim out of this community. People havethreatened to kill him if he even thinks of re-turning to Salt River,” the mother says.She continues that 600 signatures have al-
ready been gathered within the community,as well as in Woodstock, which has alreadybeen handed to the prosecutors in objectionto the bail application.“These children literally get sick when
they hear of him coming out; this is not thefirst time he is applying for bail.Wewant thisto end now. He must just stay where he isand rot in prison,” she says.Ameer Khan, a Salt River resident, ex-
pressed disgust at the allegations against thesuspect.“Nothinghasbeenprovenyet and therehas
been no judgement on the case, but if he isfound guilty, he shouldn’t be allowed to liveanywhere close to children,” he says.Khan has three children of his own and im-
mediately got cold shivers imagininghis fam-ily in that situation.“This incident is no secret; everybody is
talking about it. This man should not be al-lowed to comeback to the area, because I real-ly don’t foresee a good future for him in thiscommunity,” he says.Charmaine Smith, the manager of Victim
Empowerment and Youth Programmes atMolo Songololo, is not surprised by the actionbeing threatened by the community.
“The statistics show that more and morechildren are being sexually assaulted and, inturn, more communities are taking a stand,”she says.But Smith encourages residents to “allow
justice to take its course”.The organisation is prepared to assist the
community by listening to the facts, studyingthe case and then providing the necessary in-formation. “We are there to help communi-ties;wehave interventions before things tendto blow up,” she says.For more information, contact Molo Son-
gololo on 0 (021) 448-5421.People’s Post forwarded a detailed query to
Woodstock police for comment, but theywereunable to respond at our time of going toprint.
Mob threatens ‘sex pest’
COMEBACOMEBACKCK KAKAT:T: The returnseason of the popular Kat andthe Kings will be on at the Fugard Theatre in District Sixfrom Saturday 24 Novemberandwill run throughout the holiday period. The criticallyacclaimed piece, created by David Kramer and the late TaliepPetersen, is set in District Sixin the late 1950s and exploresthe journey of teenager KatDiamond and the a cappellagroup he forms, The CavallaKings. Veteran actor DannyButler, who recently celebrated his 1 000th performance inthe production since he tookthe role as Old Kat Diamond in1995, reprises his role as theOld Kat. Tickets range fromR90 to R160 and are availableat Computicket or0861 915 8000, as well asthe Fugard box office on(021) 461 4554. Friends ofthe Fugard discounts are available through the box office anda family of four special is available over the weekends. Thefull schedule is available atwww.thefugard.com.
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Dear reader,
A visit to shopping malls will confirmthat we’re a mere eight weeks away fromChristmas.Visual evidence such as gift wrap, gift
ideas and stores festoonedwith festive dec-orations entrench this.Some of our smart friends have already
bought presents for their loved ones,months in advance, in some cases.They’re the people who work well with
their cash – emphasis on cash.The alternative is credit which may not
be the best route, but a necessary evil attimes.Despite our upbringing and the multi-
tude of lectures our parents gave us aboutthe dangers of buying on credit, most of ushave had to go this route at some point.We can of course justify our actions
when it comes to what is termed “gooddebt”, namely our homes and cars, whichfew can pay for in cash. In fact, raising thedeposit on a house or car is a tall enoughorder for most. A house is an investmentand we need a car for work – it’s as simpleas that, we reason.But, as we contemplate our income and
expenses between now and the festive sea-
son, it might be a good time to spare athought for those less fortunate.Various initiatives are already under-
way to ensure that almost everyone has ajoyous holiday, with the guarantee of ameal onChristmasDay and the joy for chil-dren, especially, of unwrapping a modestgift.Please support the efforts
of the hundreds, if not thou-sands, of people and organi-sations working tirelesslythroughout our beautiful,world-class city tomake thisa truly joyous Christmas – aday from which nobodyshould be excluded.It doesn’t matter which
faith we belong to andwhether or not we celebrateChristmas.Each of us has the capaci-
ty to care.Link up with a good cause and give as
you can; whether it’s volunteering yourtime at the SPCA, offering to help out at achildren’s home, buying a toy for a needychild, handing out a few loaves of bread inan informal settlement ormaking a contri-bution towards a Christmasmeal for those
who cannot afford it. Helping to cook themeal also goes a long way and it is over thefestive season that there is a dire need forvolunteers.It’s sad to see the amount of waste from
an average household – specifically foodthat is thrown away, and the mountain of
cans stocked in people’s pan-tries.
I’ve seen a huge box, in-stalled at an office for a verygood cause, remain empty forweeks.Not a single donation of
canned food has found itsway into this box, despite apublic appeal for support ofthis worthy cause.Yes, we should enjoy our
hard-earned money, and thepleasure of doing that maywell be enhanced by a chari-table deed.
’Til next time, go well!ConnectED is a weekly column by
People’s Post editor Feroza Miller-Isaacs who can be contacted at [email protected]’s Post in online. Visit
www.peoplespost.co.za.
Spread the festive season cheer
TAURIQ HASSEN
MAITLAND residents are beingwarned to not fall for the ploy of anewspaper distributor, also known asa runner, who claims he has permis-sion from People’s Post to collect mon-ey for the cost of a funeral.Some people were shocked to hear
that the editor of People’s Post had au-thorised this collection of funds, alleg-edly to cover the funeral expenses ofone of the runners’ drivers.Last week, Maitland resident Liz
Morta was approached by a runner,who told her that a driver for the com-panyhadbeen stabbed todeath in Ken-sington. At the time, Morta was gar-dening with her husband and beingcautious, quickly packed up her gar-dening equipment after the distributorsaid he would return.“I could not believe the editor would
give such permission and this manlooked really dodgy. I could not affordto take any chances and I just went in-side before he returned, but he nevercame back,” Morta says.She confirms that when looking at
his collection list, theman had alreadyreceived money from a number of peo-ple in the area and could be targetingother residents.“I was not interested to hearwhat he
was saying as his face was reallysmashed up. He looked like the gang-ster type, but my husband was watch-ing him,” she says.AnotherMaitland victim,who chose
to remain anonymous, tells People’sPost that she donated R50 towards thecause and claimed she found the storyto be very “believable”. “I am just thattype of person, but I really was not
aware that this guy is scamming thecommunity,” she says.The victim was approached last
weekwhen the distribution employee,carrying an affidavit from the Good-wood Police Station and a copy of thePeople’s Post, shared a similar story.“He seemed very believable and told
us that the person that died was reallyclose to him,” she says. “I can’t believepeople are so sick to play with youremotions like that. I hope he uses thatmoney to buy himself a heart.”People’s Post editor Feroza Miller-
Isaacs says she did not give permis-sion for any runner to collect funds fora funeral or any other cause.“Wewill be investigating thismatter
and caution our readers to bewary andcontact us – as Morta has wisely done– should you be approached by anyonetrying to solicit money under our pa-per’s name,” she says.Winston Dampies, the branch man-
ager for On The Dot which is responsi-ble for distribution, explains that simi-lar incidents have been occurring inthe northern suburbs.The culprit has since then been
caught.“This person knows that our run-
ners are not in the area and thereforeoperates on this day,” Dampies says.He informs readers that they should
reports this incident to the local policeimmediately.“If possible, the residents must try
and get a good description of this per-son and forward it through to us,”Dampies adds.Anybody wanting to report similar
incidents can contact People’s Post on0 (021) 713 9440 or On The Dot on0 (021) 528 7920.
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the Cape Dairy Experience – from Friday 2to Saturday 3 November – at Sandringham(next to the N1, halfway between Cape Townand Paarl).On the eve of the World Dairy Summit to
be held in Cape Town for the first time, theCape Dairy Experience is officially the larg-est SA event dedicated to dairy by the indus-try, for the industry. Some 300 goats will takepart in the SAMilkGoatNational Champion-ships, and an additional 200 cows (Ayrshire,Holstein and Jerseys) will compete in cham-pionships, culminating in the announce-ment of this year’s Dairy Queen (SA’s bestbred cow).
Visitors can taste a variety of dairy-relatedproducts and enjoy the thrill of a real agricul-tural show.Share the ins andouts of creating and cook-
ing with a variety of dairy products: churnbutter the old-fashioned way, make yoghurtand cottage cheese, and learn how to makeand use mozzarella.A boutique chocolaterie in Franschhoek
will seduce youwith an interactive demoandtasting session.At the Youth Show children can lead a goat
or cow around the show ring. Ice cream en-thusiasts are challenged to eat as much asthey can during the ice cream eating compe-
tition at 12:30 on Saturday.There will also be bale handling and straw
milling demonstrations on Friday and theannouncement of the Master Dairyman ofthe Year.Adults pay R50 to enter, while children 18
years and younger enter free. Opening timesare Friday 10:00 to 17:00 and Saturday from09:00 to 21:00. For the full programme and di-rections visit www.capedairy.co.za, or con-tact Mariana Rabie at (021) 975 4440 or [email protected]! WIN! WIN! People’s Post readers can
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ficially launchedby theCity ofCapeTown after investigating opportu-nities and requirements for the re-introduction of “effectively policedpublic transport lanes” on MainRoad between the CBD and Mow-bray.Mayoral Committee member for
Transport, Roads and Stormwater,
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these lanes for the exclusive use ofpublic transport commuters is veryclear. It is imperative that the flowof public transport vehicles should
be given priority by means of well-enforced public transport lanes,”Herron says.The investigations revealed that
approximately 70% of the people ofCape Town use public transportand that, during peak hours, morethan 30 000 commutersuse theMainRoad public transport route everyday.This is compared to approximate-
ly 4 000 commuters who use privatetransport. Many are single occu-pancy vehicles, Herron adds.Effective enforcement of the
lanes will rely heavily of CCTVcameras that will be monitoredthrough the Transport Manage-ment Centre, variable messagingsigns, a dedicated team of Law En-forcement officers and a tow-awayvehicle.
In the early 1990s, the City imple-mented public transport lanes be-tween the CBD and Mowbray.These lanes became ineffective as aresult of abuse by motorists and alack of enforcement, Herron says.“We are implementing a solution
that supports the mobility of thou-sands of commuters who happen touse two of the other importanttransport modes – scheduled busservices and taxis,” Herron says.BMT lanes are operational week-
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TAURIQ HASSEN
ACLOUD of confusion continuestohoveraboveacontaineractingas a soup kitchen in Kensington.
The container was originally set-up by the provincial Department ofSocial Development at the informalsettlement inside the MaitlandCemetery last year and thenmovedto Sixth Avenue. The soup kitchenwas then forced to relocate and wasgiven the go ahead by Shawco tomove onto their property in 12thAvenue on a “temporary basis”.Sharon Cooksen, the Shawco cen-
tre manger, explains that the con-tainer was always meant to be relo-cated to a more permanent venueand the arrangement was only“temporary”. “We are not kickingthis soup kitchen off from ourpremises, but this arrangementwas nevermeant to be for very longand they have informed us that thecontainer will be moved,” saysCooksen.
Over the years, the container hashad to move to three different loca-tions, after being vandalised and al-legedlyusedbydrugdealers (“Prob-lems not contained”, People’s Post,1 February 2011).Chantal Williams, who runs the
soupkitchen, confirms that the con-tainer has to be off the property by29 November.“We really don’t know what the
future holds and we do understandthat this container serves the disad-vantaged community and is verymuch needed,” says Williams.She has now approached the City
of Cape Town for help and is set tomeet with the Sports and Recrea-tion Department in order to obtaina piece of City-owned land.“We have to try and do every-
thing, but the important thing isthat we need this container in thecommunity,” she adds.Williams explains that a piece of
land behind the Kensington CivicCentre has been identified, butwork is required on the land if the
container is to be moved.“We have gone to check out the
land. It doesneed somework, but allof that needs to be discussed withthe City,” Williams says.The meeting with the City is
scheduled for today.When People’s Post arrived at the
soup kitchen last week, which is be-lieved to be serving around 560 peo-ple, the lunch time rush was justover. However, before a few lastminute hungry stomachs could diginto their soup, they shared theirviews.Willem Adriaanse is one of the
many who benefit from the soupkitchen. The Factreton resident isunemployed and has four children.“For people like us, this soup
kitchen is important because wecannot afford to buy food everydayor even go to the shop for a bread,”he says.He was shocked to hear that the
soup kitchen might once again berelocated, ashealsoused to regular-ly visit the soup kitchen in Sixth
Avenue. “There is nothing wrongwith it here, because it’s much clos-er to home and there is enoughspace. I don’t understand why peo-ple have to be so fussy; this wholeplace is supposed to be a communi-ty centre,” Adriaanse adds.Jessica Isaacs has two children
and lives alone in a one-bedroombackyard dwelling in Factreton.
Like Adriaanse, Isaacs also de-pends heavily on soup kitchens andcould not come to terms why Shaw-co would not allow them to stay.“This whole building is for com-
munity use. They will move thiscontainer out and bring in some-thing really useless and stupid.They don’t care about people like usin the community,” she says.
Soup kitchen on the move – again
ON THE MOVE: The soup kitchen atthe Shawco centre in Kensington hasto find new premises. Photo: Tauriq Hassen
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REMEMBER, remember thefifth of November.
GuyFawkes is celebrated annual-ly on this day.
Throngs of people head to areasdesignated for setting off fireworks,while others get in on the fun bypelting others with eggs and smear-
ing toothpaste.The day is named after the
Englishman who planned thefailed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 inEngland.People’s Post interns Luzuko Zini
and Tarren-Lee Habelgaarn askedreaders if they felt celebrating theevent was still relevant.
NO POINT: Christine Dict says shehas outgrown the celebration. “It isjust useless because there is notmuch to it. I used to celebrate itwhen I was young and would buy firecrackers.”
THINK OF OTHERS: Craig Erasmusbelieves people have to be considerate. “It is okay, but people don’t takethe animals into consideration. Idon’t even know the history behindthe day.”
NOTHANKS: Tembisa Sabela says: “Idon’t celebrate it because I don'tsee the meaning of the day. I thinkit is just a bunch of people lookingfor an excuse to act out of character.”
OLD SCHOOL: While growing up Alroy Conradie celebrated Guy Fawkeswith much enthusiasm, but hedoesn’t any more. “I think it died abit because people don’t celebrate itlike they did years ago.”
GREAT SPORTS: Nazeem Cupidofeels Guy Fawkes is “too much fun”to ignore. He says he enjoys the fireworks and throwing paint at people.“Every year we have fun with fireworks at the beach.”
TRADITIONS: Sharne Tyutu says although she feels bad for the animals,Guy Fawkes is a tradition she enjoys.“I hope I will be allowed to go to thebeach this year. We sit and eat whilewatching the fireworks.”
IRRELEVANT: Kevin Ashton says GuyFawkes is a waste of time as thereis no relevance to celebrating it inSouth Africa. “People don’t realisethe affect it has on animals. It’s a hazard and has nothing to do with us.”
DANGER: While it is very dangerousLorezene de Wee says Guy Fawkesis still a lot of fun. “My friends andI have gotten hurt many times playing with fireworks, but we still lookforward to the day every year.”
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FACTRETON backyarddwellers living on private-ly-owned land are fed upwith the City of Cape Townas they are still waiting forbasic services.
The backyarders are re-questing amenities such aswater, electricity and toilets.However, the City is re-
stricted through the Munici-pal FinanceManagement Actfrom assisting anyone livingon private property.SalmaanFaircroft (47) lives
with his family in a one-bed-roomWendy house and is putoff by the sight of his neigh-bours receiving basic servic-es. “I have been living herefor 16 years and still we don’t have access tothese services. I knowof peoplewho recentlymoved into their houses, who have all theseservices and this makes me angry,” he says.Irma Diedericks (39), lives in a Wendy
house with her four children and husband,and is constantly battling the elements.“I can’t understand what makes us so dif-
ferent, becausewe are human beings aswell,waiting for houses and also have everydaychallenges.“I believe we have the right to these basic
services and I will continue to fight for whatI believe everybody is entitled to,” says afrustrated Diedericks.Community leader Jimmy Xalipi has re-
ceived a number of complaints from back-yard dwellers and says: “I could see a prob-lem with these services being granted tosome of the backyard dwellers.”Xalipi suggests that theCity relook theAct
in order to accommodate backyarders livingon privately-owned land.“It should be every persons constitutional
right to have access to these basic servicesand for this reason only, should the City re-consider their actions,” he adds.He explains that dwellers living on pri-
vately-owned land are also on the City’shousingwaiting list and feels theCity shouldalso be granting them these services.“We have tried to get answers from the
City. Several meetings were held with theCity and these backyard dwellers have notreceived the answers they are looking for,”says Xalipi.He confirms that on Wednesday 7 Novem-
ber, a public meeting will be hosted with theCity and all affected dwellers at the commu-nity centre in Factreton.Ward councillorDerrickAmerica believes
there is nothing the City can do for backyarddwellers living on privately-owned land, asthe Act restricts the City.“There is obviously merit to their con-
cerns, but they have to understand that theAct prevents the City from ensuring theyhave these services,” says America.
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WHAT ABOUT US? This Factreton family has been living without basic services for years. Photo: Tauriq Hassen
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Amateur groups in all genres of arts and culture as well as institutions that provide aservice to the community-based art sector, such as educational, theatre, carnival, historicalsocieties, community museums, youth in arts, diversity training as well as other forms oftraining and development, supporting such bodies including funders, universities, non-profitorganisations, etc. are invited.
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We are planning for approximately 150 attendees and therefore only one mandateddelegate will be allowed so that we can include as many organisations as possible.
Please confirm your attendance by Monday 12 November 2012 to Aasimah Parkerat tel 021 417 4096, fax 086 576 2587 ore-mail [email protected].
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER192/2012
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The Wastewater and Industrial Effluent By-law will be available for viewing at allsubcouncil offices, libraries and on the City’s website www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay from 1 November 2012.
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MINSTRELS are set tomarch through thehistoric Bo-Kaap,much to the dissatisfac-tion of a local Islamic organisation.
The Mosques of the Bo-Kaap, an organisa-tion representing all 11 mosques in the area,feels the minstrels have not kept their end ofthe bargain.Minstrel troupes signed a code of conduct
as part of the agreement tomarch through thehistoric Bo-Kaap area.This came after lengthy discussions be-
tween representatives of the City of CapeTown, provincial government and minstrelassociations in 2011.“We had complaints of people urinating
against walls and even leaving behind faecesbecause resident had complained about theminstrels,” says the spokesperson ofMosques of Bo-Kaap.The spokesperson agreed to speak to Peo-
ple’s Post on condition of anonymity sayingthat residents who have previously spokenout against the minstrels returning to Bo-Kaap had been victimised.He explains that during the carnival at the
start of the year, minstrels had violated theiragreement andhe is shocked to hear a similarshow will be showcased.“We were not approached by anybody and
I cannot understand why they are being al-lowed back into Bo-Kaap if they had violatedso many of their agreements,” he says.
He confirms the organisation is now pre-pared to put their grievances to paper, hopingtheir concerns would not “fall upon deafears”. He adds: “We are not against the min-strels, but we are against the times in whichthey choose to march because they have torespects the mosque, prayer times and Mus-lims intending to pray.”Minstrel leaders are happy to announce
that the carnival is set to feed the public withsome traditional entertainment come 2013.The carnival officially kicks off onWednes-
day 2 January, when minstrel troupes fromall over Cape Town performs in the city cen-tre as part of the annual road march.Minstrels will receive R1 million from the
City’s Arts and Culture department to fundthe events.Richard Stemmet, the chairperson of the
Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association,confirms that the “traditional routes willonce again be explored”.“We have won this battle in court and we
will be using the same route on the day, walk-ing right through Bo-Kaap to entertain thecrowds,” Stemmet says.In October 2011, minstrel leaders engaged
in a court battle with the City of Cape Townand the provincial government in the CapeHigh Court. Retired Constitutional Courtjudge Kate O’Reagan had been appointed tolead negotiations between the parties as anindependent mediator (“Minstrels work itoutwithCity”,People’s Post, 11October 2011).The route starts from the top of Keiz-
ergracht, through Darling, into Strand, upWale and finishing off in Rose streets , beforeheading off to Athlone or Vygieskraal stadi-ums in order to perform their items.“We are expecting much of the same as last
year – a very exciting and traditional carni-val. The public can be rest assured that theywill enjoy it,” says Stemmet.An agreement was reached in November
last year, which included the return of thenormal routes through Bo-Kaap and hostingthe event on 2 January, as well as the CityprovidingR3,5million for TweedeNuwe Jaarand competitions.The agreement also stated that minstrels
would have to adhere to prayer times andwould have to stick to a cut-off time in orderto respect the Bo-Kaap community (“The re-
turn of the minstrels”, People’s Post, 15 No-vember 2011).Grant Pascoe, the Mayoral Committee
member for Tourism, Events and Marketing,confirms that “no violations” occurred dur-ing the formal road marches, but severalcomplaints were received from residentsabout “back marches”.“Back marches” occur when resident min-
strel troupes return to the Bo-Kaap after com-petitions. “TheCity is not opposed to theprin-ciple of allowing back marches to take placeafter competitions. However, applicationsneed to be made timeously and are subjectedto approval,” Pascoe says.He adds that the City’s Law Enforcement
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Cheap justice?IN ONE case the wheels of justice have cometo a halt. President Jacob Zuma has with-drawn his lawsuit against cartoonist Jonath-an “Zapiro” Shapiro.The Zapiro cartoon, published by a Sunday
newspaper in September 2008, depicts thepresident with a shower on his head and hispants undone. “Lady Justice” is pinned downby former ANC Youth League president Ju-lius Malema, Cosatu general secretary Zwel-inzima Vavi, SA Communist Party generalsecretary Blade Nzimande and ANC secre-tary generalGwedeMantashe, all saying: “Gofor it, boss”.Zuma had, at the time, been acquitted of
rape. He also had a long-running battleagainst corruption charges with Thint, aFrencharmscompany.The corruption charg-es have been dropped as the National Prose-cuting Authority reportedly said there wasrecorded evidence of interference in the case.The R5m lawsuit – first reduced to R4m
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said Zuma wanted to avoid setting a legalprecedent which could limit “the public exer-cise of free speech”.Zapiro has called it a “great victory for free-
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. After arriving at work at 9:22 on Friday 12October, I wrote: Train 0122 stalled at Steurhofstation, thenmoved inch by inch towards Plum-stead station. By about 08:00 – an hour later –the train finally started smoking in the first car-riage.People came flooding into the second car-
riage, since the doors would not open.The emergency red button at the train doors
did not work. People climbed off the train be-tween carriages.(There was) no Metrorail person in sight.None of the emergency buttons worked. None
of the doors would open.One of the carriage doors was prised open by
a guys to allow others to jump off onto thetracks.We are all individuals with families and
would appreciate it if Metrorail would commu-nicate any delays via your intercom systems or“tweet”.The train driver didn’t seem to know what to
do. She didn’t know why the doors would notopen. She didn’t seem to understand what washappening. She could not advise us.ROZZIEmailMetrorail Regional Manager MthuthuzeliSwartz responds: “I am most concerned aboutthe complaints. In our weekly analysis of cus-tomer concerns, thematter of inadequate clean-ing or dirty trains have not been noted. We ap-preciate receiving full details of the complaintto enable us to investigate the complaint imme-diately.I have alerted the department responsible for
cleaning trains to increase oversight duringcleaning cycles to prevent a recurrence. Trainsare cleaned manually twice daily and sentthrough the washing bays every week.I have tasked the Technical Department to
perform a condition assessment on the train-setand carriage in question and requested the Cus-tomer Operations Department to review theircontingency plan during operational servicedisruptions to ensure customers are notified ofon-board issues/alternative transport arrange-ments. Log concerns at 0800 65 64 63 or [email protected] letters shortened. – Ed
MetroraMetrorail, clean up your actil, clean up your actOUR men and women in blue needevery available resource at the dis-posal of government.They also need police manage-
ment to assist them in (fighting)this scourge of crime.Criminals need to be reminded
that, when it comes to resources,the police will put all it has – to di-vide barbarism and civilisation – inthe front line.Where are our dog units?The dog seems to have dwindled
to almost extinct status.No wonder our (police officers)
are struggling, because the canineunit is not being maximised.When I was a policeman the ca-
nine unit’s presence and sound(barking) had a preventive pres-ence on the crowd or individualcriminal element.It also had an encouraging affect
on my colleagues and I.In our violent strikes, unruly
crowd control or gangsterism re-cently, I did not see any dog unitpresence or assistance.If there is some or other law or
regulation that restricts the use ofdogs, then the lawmust be changedand adapted to assist the hard-pressed police.The lawmust be seen to be assist-
ing our police to the detriment ofcriminals.Bring man’s best friend with his
trained professional back on ourstreets and neighbourhoods, so thattop management can announcethey are applying every availablesource to keep the blue line strongand ever present.KEITH BLAKE
BrBringing backbackdog undog unitit
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THE Cape of Good Hope SPCAis calling on Capetonians toconsider the terrifying effectsfireworks can have on animalsahead of Guy Fawkes and Di-wali.
TheSPCAadvises residents liv-ing in areas where fireworks willbe discharged to:
. Ensure all animals haveidentification such as a micro-chip or a dog tag;
. Stay at home with your pets;
. Keep your pets inside and ina room that is safe and secure;
. Try and mask any noise bydrawing the curtains and playing
calming music;. Put familiar and comforting
things around the pet;. Give your pets a nutritious
and balanced meal at night as itis likely to make them moresleepy;
. Give themsomething to chewon – a chewy bone or catnip toysfor cats;
. If you suspect your pet willreact badly to fireworks, seekpro-fessional advice fromyour veteri-narianwhomay prescribe a seda-tive to help them cope with thenoise.
Keep your pets safeLAUGHTER –LAUGHTER – METMET EISH!EISH! Hold on toyour hats because PieterDirk Uys isback with a new show. An Audiencewith Pieter-Dirk Eish! will run at theBaxter Theatre until Saturday 17 November andwill have a different themeevery night. Uyswill present a celebration of free speech, an orgy of laughingat sacred cows, all in the loving embrace of being in a relatively healthyyoungdemocracy. The show runsMondays to Saturdays at 20:00. Ticketscost R100 for the preview tonight(Tuesday) and the matinee onWednesday 14November at 15:00. Allother performances are R140. Booking can be made via Computicket.People’s Post is giving away five setsof double tickets to the showon Thursday 1 November. To enter, SMS theword “eish” to 34586 by Wednesdayat 12:00. SMSes cost R1,50.Winnerswill be contacted telephonically.
SOCCER star Matthew Booth and his familyare encouraging everyone to join themat theCape Town International Kite Festival atZandvlei this weekend.Kites in a range of colours and designswill
take to the sky on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4November, and promises days of fun.People’s Post is the print media sponsor.Kiters from six countries will be attending
this year, representing Germany, India, Ma-laysia, Singapore, South Africa and Turkey.Aspiring kite-makers will have a range of
workshops to choose from. This includes thefirst Swaeltjie kite-makingworkshop aswellas children’s diamond kites and traditionalIndian fighter kites. All the workshops costR50 including materials and can be bookedat the Info Tent at the festival.The Heritage Kite Competition on Sunday
will award cash prizes and the People’s Postfloating trophy to the best Swaeltjie kites onshow. In addition, children from 30 schools,including pupils with special educationalneeds, will be participating in the Edu-KiteSchools’ Competition on Saturday.With non-stop kite-flying, craft and food
stalls, as well as rides for tots and a full pro-gramme of entertainment on the Coke GigRig, the festival offers fantastic outdoor fam-ily fun.The event is held in aid of a very good
cause – all profits go to Cape Mental Healthto help provide much-needed services toadults and children in poorly-resourcedcommunities in the Western Cape.Open from 10:00 to 18:00 daily, the event of-
fers lots of parking and easy access by trainvia False Bay or Muizenberg stations.Entry is R20 for adults and R10 for chil-
dren.Visit the newwebsite at www.capemental-
health.co.za and you could win a weekendfor six friends at the Whale Watchers pent-house suite in Muizenberg.Formore information call (021) 447 9040 or
082 658 4537.Alternatively email [email protected] or
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has been made possible thanks to the sup-port of People’s Post, Heart 104.9fm, Let’sPlay SuperSport, Coca-Cola, the City of CapeTown, Cape Town Tourism and WhaleWatchers.
CountdoCountdown town tokkite festite festivalival
TOTO THETHE SKY:SKY: Matthew Booth and Azraa Edwards, a pupil at EricaSpecial Care andEducation Centre in Mitchell’s Plain. Photo: Eric Miller
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WP flex badminton muscle at nationalsWESTERN Province playersdominated at the SA BadmintonOpen and Interprovincial Cham-pionshipsheldat theTempeMili-tary Base in Bloemfontein at theweekend.
The championship was hosted bythe SouthAfricanNational DefenceForce (SANDF) Badminton Associ-ation and 300 shuttlers fromall nineprovinces and Botswana competedin the tournament.
Larry Keys, the president of Bad-minton South Africa, says the com-petitionwill help raise the standardof the national team.
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“This tournament will hold themin good stead in competing on theinternational circuit. The ProteaBadminton team competed in theLondon Olympics and we are in-deed proud of their performance.”
Stacey Doubell (WP) won thewomen’s singles section when shebeatMichelle Butler-Emmet (NorthGauteng) 21-15, 21-15.
Doubell featured again when shepartnered with JadeMorgan to winthe women’s doubles by beatingJenny Fry (North Gauteng) andSandra le Grange (Free State) 21-15,21-19.Doubell featuredprominentlyin all the matches. Her quick move-ment and accurately-timed returnsenabled her to gain points over heropponents.
Olympians and doubles pair spe-cialists Dorian James and Michelle
Edwards (WP) beat Chris Dednamand Sandra le Grange (Free State)21-15, 21-19 to win the mix doubles.James and Edward reached thequarter finals of the London Olym-pics this year.
Wiaan Viljoen of Free State wonthe SA Openmen’s singles when hedefeated Andries Malan of Boland21-9, 21-8.
Malanwas nomatch for Viljoen’sbackhand smashes that is reveredfor its high generation of power. Inthe end, the smooth footwork anddeceptive shots provided the ex-tremely diverse weaponry for Vil-joen to oust his opponent.
Viljoen and James partnered forthe SA Openmen’s double competi-tion, but were defeated in the finalby Free State pair Chris and RoelofDednam 21-18 and 21-19.
REACHING OUT: Western Province shuttler Stacey Doubell stretches for theshuttlecock during the final of the Women’s Open. Photo: Supplied
Walking the talkto raise fundsLIAM MOSES
INSTEAD of throwing a party, aMitchell’s Plain communityworker will celebrate his 50thbirthday by tackling a 50kmwalk to raise funds for charity.
Keith Meyer, from Strandfon-tein, is founder ofMakingan Im-pact Through Sport (MITS), anNGO which provides extra-mu-ral sport and physical educationcoaching at several schools inMitchell’s Plain.
On Sunday 11 November, theday after he turns 50,Meyerwillwalk the Discovery Cape TimesBig Walk in hopes of raisingenough money to send at leastone of the organisation’s 10 un-paid volunteers on a coachingcourse.
“The funds are so that we canpay towards the training ofcoaches for either a qualifica-tion in sports management orcoaching science,” says Meyer.
“They help the communityand now they can get somethingback from the community.Hopefully it will create job op-portunities or open doors forthem as coaches.”
MITS runs the mandated cur-ricular physical education pro-grammes at 10 schools in Len-tegeur, Portlands, Tafelsig andRocklands and also providescoaching for soccer, volleyball,softball and other sports.
The organisation works withup to 1 000 pupils at each schoolevery week, and also runs theMitchell’s Plain girls footballleague and other regular sportsevents for children from all theschools in Mitchell’s Plain.
All the programmes are runby local volunteers, as well asvolunteers from Europeancountries such as the Nether-lands andGermany.Meyer sayshe hopes the courses will help tomake the local volunteers moreemployable.
“Some of them are fortunatein that they receive stipendsfrom the schools. The schoolsare able to generate the incomeand are able to assist some of thevolunteers,” says Meyer.
“They work for a full year,and not getting paid takes a lotof commitment from the volun-teers..”
However, with just over aweek to go until the walk, MITShas not yet raised enough mon-ey to send one of the volunteerson the course. Only R1 500 of therequired R8 000 course costs forone person has been raised sofar.
Meyer hopes to raise thefunds by having people donatetowards each kilometre hewalks.
Children at the schools wherehis organisation works havestarted donating small changetowards the cause.
Meyer will be joined by aDutch volunteer who previous-ly assisted at MITS. She has or-ganised a 10km walk in herhome town to coincide withMeyer’s walk. The funds raisedwill go towards MITS.
The organisation is also col-lecting second-hand takkies andsoccer boots for pupils.
Anyone interested in assist-ing MITS can contact Meyer on079 597 0012.
PITCH PERFECT: KeithMeyer throws a ball during a softball coachingsession. Meyer is set to walk 50km the day after his 50th birthdayto raise funds for charity. Photo: Supplied
LEADING THE PACK: Plumstead resident Bryce Carter (9) sprints towards the finish line in the semifinalof the under11 race at a Western Cape BMX race in Strandfontein on Saturday. Photo: Liam Moses
SISTER ACT:Sisters Nicky(left) and AlexFortune(right), of Glenthorne A’s,work togetherto run out Lindsay Verkuil ofFalcons Normies during aSuper Leaguematch at theTurfhall SportsComplex onSunday. Glenthorne wonthe game 93Photo: RashiedIsaacs
Lace up those takkiesLIAM MOSES
A DEARTH of recreational facili-ties has prompted a Wynberg cou-ple to strap on their walking shoes.Now they’re inviting others to jointhem.
Norman and Marlene Samuelshave been involved in soccer at theCape District LFA for 52 and 48years respectively.
Other than the soccer fields atWilliam Herbert Sports Complex,the couple says Wynberg doesn’thave any recreation facilities and ithas become unsafe to walk alongthe roads of the area.
Norman Samuels says the clubwill allow residents to exercise andsocialise safely in their suburb.
The Samuels couple have “al-ways walked on Rosmead Avenue”,until a man was killed opposite therace course in 2009. “Since that timewe have been scared to walk,” saysNormal Samuels.
But no longer. After initiallylooking to join a walking club, thecouple decided to start a club inWynberg.
“Here are many people in Wyn-berg, (including) senior folk, butno-one wants to do anything.”
Called the Battswood WalkingClub, it is affiliated to the soccerclub the couple has been a part offor many years.
They aim to host walks at Wil-liam Herbert, where they also hopeto have a walking track marked off
for walkers around the fields.While it is envisaged the clubwill
take part in walking events, Mar-lene Samuels says it will be more ofa social than competitive club.
“Wynberg has two old age homesand quite a few crèches and thereis nothing for them to do,” saysSamuels.“It’s not going to be a competitivesport. It’s going to be social walkingmore than anything else.”
Samuels adds that the club hopesto have a strong community aspectas many elderly residents of Wyn-berg are starved of recreational ac-tivities for most of the year.
The club is set to launch at theWilliam Herbert on Sunday 18 No-vember.
For more information call Mar-lene or Norman Samuels on(021) 761 7409.
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Former Bafanastars take chargeat Old MutualLIAM MOSES
OLDMUTUAL Football Club will now beable to call on the experience of threeformer Bafana Bafana players in theirfight for survival in the second division(formerly the Vodacom League) this sea-son.
The club was recently bought from the in-surance firm by former Bafana strikerGeorge Dearnaley. He has brought on boardGerald Stober and Mark Anderson, who alsorepresented South Africa, as head coach andgoalkeeping coach respectively.
Dearnaley says he decided to bring Stoberand Anderson to the team because theyshared a similar football philosophy and be-cause of their experience.
He says Anderson does a goalkeeper’s ses-sion once a week, while Stober, who has beencoaching Rygersdal, was “keen to” join OldMutual FC.
“Even though I am the owner, (Stober) isthe head coach. I let him make his deci-sions,” says Dearnaley.
The club has also roped in former Spring-bok and Western Province loose forwardBobby Skinstad to sit on its advisory boardand the Old Mutual football academy, whichalso belongs to the insurance firm, is cur-rently headed by Roger Links, who also rep-resented Bafana.
Dearnaley started out his professional ca-reer with AmaZulu in Durban and alsoplayed for Hellenic and Seven Stars.
He earned three caps for South Africa andwent on to coach the Ajax Cape Town juniorteam after retiring.
The Claremont resident bought Old Mutu-al FC as a way to give back to South Africanfootball.
He says the team’s main goal will be to de-velop players, and not to earn promotion tothe National First Division.
“We are not going to try to win the league.We want to develop some players. We wantto be a development side, so that in a coupleof years’ time we can point at about six orseven players in the Premier Soccer League(PSL) and say they came through our team,”says Dearnaley.
“There are quite a few rich owners pump-ing money into the game, which is fantastic.Players are earning decent salaries at thislevel, which is great, but I don’t have themoney to compete with those types of own-ers. Realistically I can’t try to win the leaguewhen some clubs have a salary bill ofR100 000 a month, whereas we will probablyhave a bill of R100 000 a year on transportcosts.”
Dearnaley’s side has already played threegames this season, losing 2-1 to Ajax in thefirst game and 1-0 to Steenberg United beforebeating Stellenbosch University 2-1 on Fri-day night.
As part of the deal to purchase the club,the team will keep the same name and col-ours and remain at their training ground inPinelands, next to Old Mutual’s head office,for at least the next two years.
FRESH AIRSHOT: MickyleAugust, ofGrassy Park sideDevonshire Rovers, misses hiskick as AnzioGeorgia, of Pinelands team, OldMutual Academy, attempts toblock the expected clearance during aMrPrice ParkhurstAcademy under15 tournamentmatch atWestridge HighSchool on Sunday. Old Mutualwon the game50.Photo: Rashied Isaacs