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School loses points for missing informationTERESA FISCHER

DAYS ahead of the officialopening of Claremont High

School, the City of Cape Townhas confirmed that it has discov-ered “a number of inconsisten-cies” in the Provincial Depart-ment of Transport and PublicWorks’ application for rezoning.

After re-examining the case, offi-cials found certain information waseither “incorrect” or “missing”,says Cheryl Walters, the City ofCape Town’s Director of Planningand Building Development Man-agement.

As a result the application will bere-advertised and the public partic-ipation process must be re-conduct-ed.

However, the school has beenopen since mid-January and is alsonot compliant with the zoningscheme regulations. The State isnot exempt from zoning scheme re-quirements.

In a previous article, the townplannerappointed towrite anobjec-tion on behalf of residents, TommyBrümmer, said he was “alarmed”by the “lack the information” pro-vided by the Department of Trans-ports and Public Works, noting that

essential information, includingtraffic and parking implications,were absent. Traffic congestion andparking issues are residents’ majorgripes about the Molteno Roadschool (“School’s out, People’s Post,18 January 2010 and “School issuesstill not resolved”, People’s Post, 1February 2010).

Furthermore, Walters reportsthat the building work that has tak-en place is not in accordance withthe plans lodged with the city coun-cil. However, she explains that theNational Building Regulations spe-cifically say that the State is exemptfrom these regulations.

Walters says therefore the ques-tion of whether building work is un-authorised is a complex one.

Walters says the State submitscourtesy plans, which are assessedby the Department of Planning andBuilding Development Manage-ment, and a letter is then sent to theowner advising any requirementsnecessary to ensure the plans com-ply with the National Building Reg-ulations.

The Department of Transport andPublic Works managed the applica-tion on behalf of the Western CapeDepartment of Education. (WCED).

“There is no approval given andonly advice is provided for the nec-

essary amendments. If the State de-partment chooses not to implementthe amendments, the city cannottake action,” says Walters. In thiscase, the necessary land use rightshave not been obtained, so the cour-tesy plans have not yet been as-sessed.

This anomaly is something wardcouncillor Ian Iversen says is a“piece of apartheid legislation thatneeds to be done away with”.Iversen says in Kenilworth, a min-ister or a deputy minister is con-verting a garage into a bedroom/of-fice but is not required to submitbuilding plans.

Iversen says: “It just sends thewrong message. It doesn’t seem fairor right that you have to look theother way. In South Africa we haveto level the playing fields.”

But the building work should bedoneonly in termsof theauthoriseduse and compliance with the zoningscheme which still has to be ob-tained.

Walters confirms the necessaryland use rights have not been ob-tained

Brümmer says the public partici-pation process will take place onlywhen the application is found to becomplete. Surrounding propertyowners will then be given the op-

portunity of setting out their con-cerns.

Ultimately, the Protea subcoun-cil decides whether or not to ap-prove the application, explainsBrümmer.

Brümmer says: “All responsiblecitizens as well as the provincialand central government shouldabide by the zoning regulations inorder to maintain a coordinatedand functional city.”

A Molteno Road resident whoasked not to be named says: “Well,we are now into March and abso-lutely nothing has come of any ofthe promises made by MEC for Edu-cation Donald Grant.”

She lists access issues in Harfieldand Molteno roads and adds thepromised meeting has not beenheld.

She adds: “We are also concernedabout good governance on the partof the Education Department. Wereproper procedures followed in theappointment of the architects?They are not in the telephone direc-tory. Was the building work put outto tender – was it advertised cor-rectly? Were all the teaching postscorrectly advertised?”

Bronagh Casey, spokesperson forEducation MEC Donald Grant, saysprovincial government is working

closely with the City to resolve anyother planning or related issues.

Casey says Grant has held “anumber of meetings with the localcouncillor and individual resi-dents” to find solutions to any legit-imate concerns. He will this weekcommunicate the date and time ofthe information evening to be heldat the school later this month.

“Finally, Minister Grant warmlywelcomes any and all reasonableand constructive suggestions onhow to minimise any disruptionthat the operation of the school maypose. He, however, will not enter-tain ill-informed questions or spec-ulation about the actual govern-ance of the school or by the WCED,all which has been done within theconfines of the necessary law,which is a tribute to this govern-ment’s desire to provide a qualityeducation to a diversity of learn-ers.”

Grant and Western Cape PremierHelen Zille will be guest speakers atthe opening on Saturday 12 March.

TAKING FLIGHT: The CapeAcademy of Performing Arts(CAPA) is presenting What aWonderful World at the Art­scape Theatre from Friday 4March until Sunday 13March. The production is di­rected by Debbie Turner, incollaboration with JacquiPells and Nathalie Vijver. Theperformance showcases175 talented young dancersfrom the ages of five to 25in a production that exploresglobal cultures and eventsthrough ballet, modern, hiphop, tap, drama and song.Tickets are available fromComputicket and range fromR75 to R150. For more infor­mation call 083 915 8000.

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U-turn ministry finds a new home in Kenilworth

TERESA FISCHER

CLAREMONT police have beenstrongly condemned by the provin-cial police for the way in which theydealt with two suspects arrested onClaremont Boulevard.

Claremont police acted on infor-mation received on Tuesday 1March about two men who could bepossible suspects in theft out of mo-tor vehicle cases seen in the vicini-ty of Claremont Boulevard.

After searching the men, theyfound implements that could beused to break into cars.

According to Claremont Clusterspokesperson, Captain AngieLatchman, the suspects were ar-rested in an area which has beenidentified as an area of concern inClaremont.

The officers arrested the two sus-pects on the pavement of ClaremontBoulevard and loaded them into the

boot of their police car.An architect who was taking pho-

tographs of a nearby building cap-tured the action in a series of photo-graphs, which he then sent to DieBurger. He asked not to be named.

Lieutenant Colonel André Traut,provincial police spokesperson,says: “The manner in which thesepersons were arrested is not a nor-mal practice and is strongly con-demned. The station commander ofClaremont Police, Colonel JayceNaidoo, has requested an immedi-ate internal investigation into thismatter.”

The person who photographedthis incident has been asked tomake contact with the station com-mander of Claremont police so thata formal statement can be obtained.

Naidoo can be contacted on thefollowing numbers: (021) 657-2241 or082 778 6633.

Traut adds: “Members of the po-

lice are continuously sensitised tocomply with our code of conduct aswell as conduct themselves withinthe ambit of the law. The policewish to take this opportunity to re-iterate that it will not condone anymisconduct on the part of its mem-bers, and that we view this incidentin an extremely serious light.”

Melany Kühn, spokesperson forCommunity Safety MEC, AlbertFritz, says Fritz immediately or-dered a full-scale, independent in-vestigation into the circumstancesof the incident. She describes thepolice action detailed in the photo-graphs as “completely unaccepta-ble”. Fritz also visited the policestation on Friday. The investiga-tion must now take its course andthen Fritz will decide the way for-ward.

Both suspects appeared in theWynberg Magistrate’s Court onWednesday 2 March.

THE staff at U-turn homeless min-istry has been dreaming abouthaving a building of their own fora very long time.

In 2010, 13 years after U-turn wasstarted, their prayers were an-swered.

U-turn submitted a funding ap-plication to the National LotteryDistribution Trust Fund (NLDTF)in 2008.

Theapplicationwasapproved in2010 and the non-profit organisa-tion received R4 million to pur-

chase a building.Through this financial donation

and the gracious assistance fromvarious professionals who helpedU-turn with the purchase, U-turnbecame the grateful owners of 1552nd Avenue in Kenilworth.

Alterations were completed onthe building and Thursday 3Marchmarked the official openingof the new facility.

U-turn’smission is to restore theself esteem of adult homeless peo-ple by addressing their spiritual,

physical and emotional needs.It aims to rehabilitate and re-in-

tegrate them into society.The building will house U-turn’s

offices as well and serve as a venuefor the occupational therapy class-es and second phase work teams.

These teams play a vital role inthe rehabilitation of street people.In 2010, 60% of U-turn’s graduatesstayed in employment six monthsafter they graduated.

U-turn says it is delighted toplaya part in people’s rehabilitation

journeys in life.The NLDTF relies on funds from

the proceeds of the National Lot-tery. The Lotteries Act identifiesthe manner in which the NLDTFfunds may be allocated.

The minister of Trade and In-dustry, on the recommendation ofthe industry experts in the rele-vant distribution agency, makesthe policy that guides the alloca-tion of funds to all South Africans,especially those more vulnerable.

The NLDTF currently has about

of R2 billion a year to distribute toregistered non-profit organisa-tions in the fields of charity, arts,culture, national heritage andsport and recreation that meet thequalifying criteria.

The NLDTF places emphasis onareas of greatest need and greatestpotential, so that all South Afri-cans can gain from and contributeto South Africa’s development.

For more information about U-turn call (021) 674-6119 orwww.homeless.org.za

NABBED: Claremont Police arrest two men suspected of involvement intheft from motor vehicles, in the vicinity of Claremont Boulevard.

Photo: Supplied

UNORTHODOX: The officers load the suspects into the boot. Photo: Supplied

Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz (far right) went on a surprise visit tothe Claremont police station after police arrested two men and put themin a boot of a police car. From left to right are Advocate Nyaniso Ngele, LuckyNjozelz, Colonel Jayce Naidoo, station commander, and Ronald Talmakkies,branch commander. Photo: Lulama Zenzile

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Armed robbery atStadium on MainFOUR unknown men entered a shop in-side Stadium on Main shopping centre inClaremont and held staff and customersup at gunpoint last week.

Under the pretext of being shoppers, oneof the suspects approached the manager andasked for help buying a school uniform at17:25 on Monday 28 February.

The other suspects then produced gunsand held up the staff and customers.

The suspect demanded that the doors beclosed and ordered everyone to remain qui-et or else they would be harmed.

Everyone was then forced into a room atthe back of the store. The suspects ran-sacked the cash registers and the store safe,removing an undisclosed amount of cash.Cellphones on display were also removed.

The suspects then fled in an unknown di-rection. No shots were fired, and no injurieswere sustained.

Police appeal to anyone who can shedlight on the identity or whereabouts of thesuspects to please contact the investigatingofficer, Detective Sergeant Quinton Mat-thee at Claremont police on (021) 657-2265/2266, or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.

• A 22-year-old man has been found guiltyon charges of housebreaking and attemptedsexual offence following an incident in Albi-

on Road in Rondebosch on 23 April 2008.Anele Menyo was handed a 22-year sen-

tence on Wednesday 23 February in theWynberg Magistrate’s Court. The sentencewas broken down into 17 years for house-breaking and five years for the attemptedsexual offence.

The case in question unfolded in the earlyhours of Wednesday morning, 23 April 2008.The victim, who was 18 at the time, wasasleep at her residence in Albion Road inRondebosch when she was accosted by anunknown man armed with a knife.

She was held up and robbed of severalitems of jewellery and clothing. Menyo alsoattempted to rape her before fleeing fromthe scene.

Subsequent police investigation led topositive fingerprints being lifted at thescene of crime, which led to the arrest ofAnele Menyo at his residence in Gugulethu.

The Station Commander of RondeboschPolice, Lieutenant Colonel Karl Wienand,would like to congratulate the investigatingofficer, Detective Constable Henry Mashe-go, who was responsible for the apprehen-sion and conviction.

He says this conviction is indicative of thestation’s commitment to creating a safe andsecure environment for the community itserves.

CIDC to hold AGMTHE Claremont Improvement District Compa-ny (CIDC) will be hosting its Annual GeneralMeeting (AGM) on Wednesday 16 March at17:00 at the Splash Café in the Vineyard Hotel,Colinton Road, Newlands.

Resolutions presented at the AGM can onlybe voted on by CIDC members. This member-

ship is available free to all owners of commer-cial and residential property within the CI-DC’s footprint, but they must be registered be-fore 16 March.

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WANTED: Police are urgently seeking the assist­ance of the community in establishing the identityand whereabouts of a suspect wanted in connec­tion with a business robbery at Video Laundry onthe Main Road in Claremont. The incident occurredon Wednesday 6 January 2011 at 07:45, when, itis alleged, an employee was busy with a cash floatwhen three unknown men armed with guns enteredthe store. She was held up at gunpoint and orderedto open the safe. The suspects removed an undis­closed amount of cash and fled the store in an un­known direction. Police have managed to obtainan identikit of one of the suspects, who has beendescribed as a black man in his early twenties, ap­proximately 1.74 meters tall, chubby in build withscars on his face. Anyone with information regard­ing the identity or whereabouts of the suspect isurged to contact the investigating officer, Detec­tive Constable Michael Soqho at Claremont Policeon (021) 657­2240 or Crime Stop on 0860010111. Photo: Supplied

MISSING: Adriaan Louw (64), has beenmissing since Wednesday 23 February. Heleft his home in Pinelands, driving a silverMercedes 280SE, registration number CA183409, to visit a friend in Malmesbury butnever arrived. He is a well built man and par­tially disabled. The last signal of his cell­phone was picked up in the Southern Sub­urbs. Anybody who has seen and/or haveany possible information regarding hiswhereabouts is asked to contact DetectiveWarrant Officer Rodney Fortune of Pine­lands Police Station on (021) 506­2149 or083 758 5964. A reward is offered. Photo:Sup­plied

Page 4 People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch PHOTOS Tuesday 8 March 2011

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Clear win at Red SchoolTHE Pinelands North Primary School (TheRed School) recently held its annual inter-house swimming gala. Events included allfour strokes, plus an open individual medleyandrelays.ThewinninghousewasClearandthe Spirit Cup went to Gardiner.

Trophy winner in the girls section was Na-dia Arend, who took home both the VictrixLudorum and Individual Medley trophies.

In the boys section Junaid McCree was al-so awarded both the Victor Ludorum and In-dividual Medley trophies.

Nadia Arend onher way to win­ning the GirlsOpen 50­metrebreastroke atthe RedSchool’s inter­house gala.Pho­to: Supplied

Self­conscious reflectionsAN exhibition of some of SouthAfrica’s most important andprestigious female artists waslaunched at the Barnard Gal-lery in Newlands on Thursday24 February.

After a string of successful so-lo exhibitions, Christiaan Bar-nard of the Barnard Gallery de-cided to invite three of SouthAfrica’s internationally ac-claimed female artists to

present “Self Conscious Reflec-tions”.

Pamela Stretton, Eris Silkeand Lyndi Sales all collaborat-ed for the first time to showcasea selection of their works fromthe past and present, which willbe on show until Wednesday 13April.

The Barnard Gallery is at 55Main Street, Newlands and canbe contacted on (021) 671-1666.

In attendance were Rochelle Bomberg, Colin Bomberg,De­borah Smyth and Richard Smyth. FROM LEFT ARE: Ali Joy, Lyndi Sales and Denise Sales.

Philip Todres and Wendy and Devis Losifzon . Photos: Supplied

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The South African National Biodiver-sity Institute (SANBI) confirmed that the35-year run of exhibiting at this prestig-ious event will not be broken, and the dis-play will be heading off to London to theRoyal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Chel-sea Flower Show in May.

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announcement, and the groundswell ofpublic interest,” says Dr Tanya Abra-hamse, CEO of SANBI. Agriculture MEC,Gerrit van Rensberg, speaking on behalfof Provincial Government, said thatwhen he heard that SANBI had not man-aged to raise the funds to showcase SouthAfrica’s unique biodiversity at the Chel-sea Flower Show for the first time in over35 years, he engaged his colleagues toraise the funds between their depart-ments “to make it happen”. The RHSChelsea Flower Show runs from Monday23 May to Thursday 26 May in Londonand this will be the 36th year that SouthAfrica has been represented.

Sweet sixteenPROFESSIONAL artists are having a 16thanniversary art exhibition at Kirstenboschin the Sanlam Hall. A variety of styles and

subjects, all reflecting the South African peo-ple, landscapes, fauna and flaura, will be ondisplay.

The exhibition is currently on, untilWednesday 23 March, and the Sanlam Hallis open from 10:00 to 17:30.

FLUID VICTORY:The HerschelGirls’ Schoolfirst waterpoloteam celebratetheir first placein the St Peter’sCollege Water­polo Tournamentheld recently inJohannesburg.During this mostprestigious girls’tournament inthe country, 24schools battledit out in the wa­ter. Herschelplayed againstCollegiate fromPort Elizabeth inthe final and won11­5. Two Herschel girls, Lara Dendy Young and Chloe Bradley, were selected for the Tourna­ment Side. Bradley was also named the best defender in the Tournament. Photo: Supplied

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Twenty­fiveyears of givingREYANA STEYN

IN CELEBRATION of 25 years of service,the Islamic Social and Welfare Associa-tion (ISWA) will be hosting a gala eventatCapeTownCollege inKromboomRoadon Saturday 12 March.

The anniversary also marks the start of afive-year project for ISWA, which is situatedin Belgravia Estate, to acquire their ownpremises and develop a learning centre fortheir school. ISWA offers counselling servic-es, social intervention strategies, further ed-ucation and training, poverty alleviation(through educational subsidies) and youthand children’s development programmes.

These services are offered to people of allreligions.

ISWA’s doors were first opened in 1986 byNurounihar Minton and Fowzia Ryklief,who are still involved with the organisation.

“The two women saw the need for traumacounselling and the non-profit organisationwas born during the apartheid era. Familieswere dying from abuse and drugs and ISWAdecided they must do something as the com-munities were disintegrating,” says RushdySiers, the CEO of ISWA.

“As they continued to counsel peoplethroughout the years they saw the need todo more to help the communities and starteda few projects.”

In 1987, ISWA rallied to support the inter-national call for the rights of children, be-coming one of many organisations whichrallied to support the Rainbow Children’sDay campaign.

In 1994, ISWA alone carried on the tradi-tion of the Rainbow Children’s Day.

The campaign came to an end in 2004,when theweekendwasdisruptedbya severestorm which hit Cape Town.

A week later an appeal was made to theGreat Moscow Circus and a special showwas staged for more than 1 000 children andtheir caregivers. In 2004, the Minton Schoolof Development was launched to help chil-dren. At the school they offer two-yearcourses in project management for counsel-ling, paralegal counselling financial man-agement and a social auxiliary course. Par-ticipants must have completed matric.Classes are currently held at Athlone HighSchool. With ISWA’s formation of the Sing-Osman Education Fund, the burden of pu-pils who want to attend the school has beenmade lighter, as they receive a bursary andpay only R13 000 instead of the usual R23 000.

ISWA has also introduced a Learn Self-Es-teem Forum.

“We have recognised that many things in-fluence people; the circumstances they livein, drugabuse and familydisintegrationandwe need to look at ways to help in the home,school, working and social environment,”says Siers.

He says the aim is to reach thousands ofpeople for the next 25 years and make a dif-ference in their lives.

“We are in talks with schools to includethis programme in their curriculum.”

Mirza Parker, the gala-event organiser,says he is planning a “great” event with aline-up that includes local talents; GaniefParker and guests, the George Werner Band,LittleGiants, EmilyBruce and flamencoduoWathiq Hussein and Rajissi.

Book a ticket, at R300 per person, by call-ing Mirza Parker on 071 384 1237.

Life reflected in a train rideTERESA FISCHER

TRAIN doors shut on a commuter’sshopping bags … trapping them mo-

mentarily until a fellow passenger opensthe doors.

Just a moment sandwiched in the bustleof a train journey, but recorded on film, itbecomes part of a “metaphor for the jour-ney of life we travel daily”.

“Because life is a journey” is freelancejournalist Munyaradzi Makoni’s observa-tion on the voice over ofhis short documentaryfilm, “Train tunes”.

A man with a weath-er-beaten face sits on atrain platform and has along drink from acooldrink bottle.

“A theatre” is the suc-cinct voice over.

Of commuters whoread on the trains, Ma-koni remarks quietly:“The noise boosts theirunderstanding.”

Makoni recently com-pleted a two-week docu-mentary filmmakingcourse at the Universityof Cape Town.

The course broughttogether five youthsfrom Khayelitsha andthree women from theSaartjie Baartman Centre in Athlone, acentre for abused women. The course wastaught by South African-born Paul Yule, aveteran filmmaker who has producedmore than 31 documentary films on sixcontinents, some of them award-winning.

Each person or team had to produce a

four to five minute film, recording, editingand packaging it.

Makoni says the name of his film refersto the tune that always accompanies atrain journey.

“The tune takes many forms. It could bemusic from blind singers. It can be musicblaring from cellphones that are tweakedto produce the loudest sound.

“It can also be a tune of people turninga train journey into a business enterprise.”

Makoni says he chose the subject of thetrains to awaken peopleto what happens dailywith a lighter look.

And he adds that heloves the trains, in spitethe overcrowding andthe occasional delays.

He adds when you im-agine how many have touse trains, you appreci-ate that they have to usethem, whether they loveit or not.

Makoni says the chal-lenge was getting thebest shot on a movingtrain and confining hisobservations to a film offour minutes and 21 sec-onds.

He adds he would loveto do more of these fasci-nating stories in futureif he had the means.

“Stories focusing on social lives arethings that contribute to our humanness.

“A life that if we look closely is also polit-ical and economic,” he muses.

The film can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_L0sBYpW0A.

BIG SPLASH: Theannual ‘A’ leaguegala on Wednesday16 February was at­tended by thou­sands of peoplefrom the top swim­ming high schoolsin the WesternCape. The atmos­phere and the scen­ery lends itself to aspectacular eventthat makes gettinga ticket challeng­ing. Rustenburg High School was the host school, and Vivienne Williams was the overallconvener who coordinated a superbly run gala. This year saw Rondebosch Boys’ High Schoolretaining the Steven’s Shield as the top boys’ school for the third year running. They puton a clinical performance by winning nine out of the 18 races and taking six second placepositions. Remarkably, RBHS has now won the gala for the ninth time in the past 10 years.Rhenish Girls’ High School in Stellenbosch took the trophy for the sixth year running, official­ly making them the Best Girls Swimming School in the Western Cape. The Rhenish Swim­ming Team won all of their relay races, in the end coming first in 15 of their 19 racesfor the day. In second and third place (boys) were Paul Roos Gymnasium and WynbergBoys’ High School respectively. In second and third place (girls) was Herschel Girls’ Schooland Springfield Convent School respectively. Photo: Supplied

From left: MirzaParker, the or­ganiser ofISWA’s galaevent, RushdySiers, CEO ofISWA and Is­mail Osman,PRO for ISWA.Photo: Reyana Steyn

RECORDING LIFE: Freelance jour­nalist Munyaradzi Makoni has com­pleted a documentary film makingcourse at UCT.

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Mama Claremonttakes shelterMAMA Claremont, who has spent atleast 25 years living on the streets of CapeTown, has moved into a shelter. (“A life-time on the streets for Mama Clare-mont”, People’s Post, 15 February 2011.)

The City of Cape Town’s Displaced PeoplesUnit (DPU) was able to assist Susan AnneBenette, who was previously not willing toaccept their help.

She has lived out of an industrial plasticbag on the pavement of Main Road in Clare-mont for the past 25 years, but some esti-mates are that she has been homeless for 34years.

The DPU has tried to assist Mama Clare-mont in the past, during numerous opera-tions, but she was never willing to accepttheir help.

But recently she accepted their offer tohelp her off the streets and she is now stay-ing in the Kensington Haven Night Shelter.

On Wednesday 2 March, the DPU carriedout an integrated operation with the police,a Claremont City Improvement District so-cial field-worker and the Kensington HavenNight Shelter in order to relocate Benette.

At 06:00 that morning, the DPU ap-proached Benette on Main Road, where shewas found sitting upright on a crate, fastasleep.

When she awoke, she was unable to moveand had to be helped into the DPU’s car. TheDPU took Benette to the Hanover Park DayHospital, where she was examined andfound to be in a fit mental and physical state.

The DPU then began a widespread searchfor accommodation for Benette, and ap-proached shelters all over Cape Town.

Benette was temporarily taken to the Dis-

trict Six Haven Night Shelter, where she wasable to have a warm shower, a hot meal andput on clean clothes. The Kensington HavenNight Shelter then indicated that they couldaccommodate her and the DPU transportedher there at 18:00 that evening.

The DPU called the shelter the followingday to checkonBenette’s condition.Her caseworker indicated that she had accepted as-sistance and was adjusting well.

He advised that she was integrating withother residents at the shelter and was veryhappy in her new surroundings.

“Since 2006, the City has worked diligentlyto develop programmes and provide assist-ance to people living on the street, includingdeployment of outreach workers onto thestreets, sheltered employment to assist peo-ple in getting back on their feet, support tosecure a place in a shelter and, thereafter,second phase accommodation,” said theCity’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safe-ty and Security, Alderman JP Smith.

Smith explained that the City’s AdultStreet People Implementation Plan placed aparticular focus on social development strat-egies, and re-integration of people living onthe streets with their families and communi-ties. There is a reduced emphasis on tryingto solve the problem with policing.

“It is 80% social development and 20% po-licing,” says Alderman Smith.

The DPU says it is having increased suc-cesses like this one for others living on CapeTown’s streets, with their primary goal be-ing the rehabilitation and re-integration ofstreet people.

Similar operations will continue through-out the city in tandem with the City’s AdultStreet People Implementation Plan.

Cancer group meetsTHE Prostate Cancer Support ActionGroup (PSA group) will meet at 17:45 for18:00 on Tuesday 15 March in the auditori-um of the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic,Burnham Road, Plumstead. Newly diag-

nosed patients and their partners or carersfrom all over the Cape Metro are welcometo attend, meet prostate cancer survivors,and share details of their experience. DrSteve Eppel will discuss treatment usingultrasound. Phone 073 560 3067 for more in-formation.

A NEW LIFE?: Mama Claremont at the door of the Kensington Haven Night Shelter. Photo: Supplied

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GREAT MUSIC: Back by popular demand is “A handful of keys”, withJonathan Roxmouth and Roelof Colyn. The show continues its loveaffair with the Mother City at the Theatre on the Bay from Thursday17 to Monday 21 March. Directed by Ian von Memerty, this is a per­formance of constant surprise, intelligence and wit, with music thatranges from the great classic masters such as Bach and Beethoven,through to the kings of soul, Ray Charles and Fats Waller, and popartists such as Elton John, Freddy Mercury and Liberace. The showstarts at 20:00 from Monday to Friday, and at 17:00 and 20:00 onSaturday. Book at Computicket or the theatre box office by calling(021) 438­3300. Photo: Supplied

Broken Glass at the FugardARTHUR MILLER’S interna-tionally acclaimed and haunt-ingly moving Broken Glass willbe on show at The Fugard Thea-tre during March and April.

The play will star Sir AntonySher, a double Olivier Award-win-ning South African-born British ac-tor, writer, theatre director andpainter.

Eric Abraham is the producer,while the play will be directed byJanice Honeyman.

The play is about a major, coordi-nated attack on Jews throughoutGermany on the night of 9 Novem-ber 1938, and into the next day, re-corded in the history books asKristallnacht, or The Night of Bro-ken Glass.

It is regarded by many historiansas one of the events that preempted

the Holocaust.Jewish homes, shops and villages

throughout Germany and parts ofAustria were ransacked, leavingthe streets covered in pieces ofsmashed windows.

Miller’s play, first published in1994, explores themes of guilt, per-sonal tragedy and love in the livesof a Jewish couple living in NewYork in 1938, deeply affected by thehorrific anti-Semitic events of thatominous night.

At the end of last year, Sherstarred in a sell-out season of thedrama at The Tricycle Theatre inLondon. Sher plays Phillip, who ispreoccupied with his job at a WallStreet bank, to the detriment of hisrelationship with his wife Sylvia.She unexpectedly becomes para-lysed after reading newspaper re-ports of Kristallnacht.

The help of Dr Harry Hyman iscalled in, and a relationship be-tween him and Sylvia develops thatcould have impending distressingeffects on the family.

Sher will be joined in the FugardTheatre run by a South Africancast, with Susan Danford in the roleof Sylvia Gellburg.

The rest of the cast includesStephen Jennings, Claire Berlein,Anthea Thompson and Patrick Lys-ter. Broken Glass will be on showfrom Tuesday 22 March to Saturday16 April.

Tickets for Broken Glass rangefrom R120 to R180 and can bebooked through Computicket onwww.computicket.com or throughtheFugardTheatreboxoffice on 021461-4554. Visit the website for fur-ther information www.thefu-gard.com.

WindWorx benefitTHE WindWorxSymphonic WindEnsemble will bepresenting a bene-fit concert at theHugo LambrechtsAuditorium onFriday 11 Marchat 20:00.

WindWorx willbe performing un-der the baton of re-nowned Belgianconductor Rik Gh-esquière. The pro-gramme will in-clude the SouthAfrican premieresof works by theFlemish compos-ers Jan van derRoost and Jan Seg-ers, and will alsofeature Men-delssohn’s “Con-cert Piece No. 2”for two solo clarinets with DanréStrydomandAnnelize deVilliers assoloists. The programme will alsofeature the finale from Shostakovi-ch’s “Symphony No. 5”, arrangedfor winds and conducted by resi-

dent conductor, Sean Kierman.Windworx will be joined by the Sil-versands and Rosendal ensembles.Tickets are R40/R20 and are availa-ble at thedoor orpre-bookon082 9236655 or info@windworx.co.za

UNDER THE BATON: WindWorx will perform with re­nowned Belgian conductor Rik Ghesquière.Photo: Supplied

CONCER­TO: LieslStoltz andfriendswill hold aconcert atthe Bax­ter Con­cert Hallin Ronde­bosch onTuesday15 Marchat 20:15.Stoltzplays alto and bass flute. Her friendsare Pieter van Zyl (piano), Farida Bach­arova (violin), Paula Fourie (viola), Sta­nislav Anguelov (accordion) and Rox­anne Steffan (bass). The programmewill include new music written specifi­cally for Stoltz’s new CD, which will belaunched at the concert. They will per­form Hanmer’s “Sarabande” for fluteand piano, Klatzow’s “Sur une routetoute blanche” for flute and piano, DuToit’s “Filigrame for Florence” for bassand alto, flute and prepared piano,Tiersen’s “Valse d’Amelie” from thefilm “Amelie for flute, violin, bass, ac­cordion and piano and Massenet’s“Meditation from Thaïs” for flute andpiano. Tickets are available at Com­puticket or at the door at R50. UCTstaff and senior citizens pay R45, stu­dents R35 and learners R25. For book­ings call Computicket on 083 9158000 or visit www.computicket.com.For further information call Universityof Cape Town College of Music on(021) 650­2640.

Dance and song at ArtscapeTHE Cape Academy of Perform-ing Arts (Capa) presents “Whata Wonderful World”, under thedirection of Debbie Turner, incollaboration with Jacqui Pellsand Nathalie Vijver, at the Art-scape Theatre until Monday 13March. The production show-cases 175 talented dancers fromthe ages of five to 25, in a pro-duction that explores globalcultures and events throughballet, modern, hip hop, tap,drama and song. Choreogra-phers include Turner, MichelleReid, Illana Margolis, CelesteBotha and Pells and audiences

can look forward to innovativenumbers such as Paris FashionWeek, with the dancers cos-tumed by House of Fashion inLong Street. Skits themed Nice-ly Nautical, the Chelsea FlowerShow, Wimbledon, Diwali andthe Oscars will be performed.

Nomfundo Xaluva, Capa’svoice coach, will also perform asolo item. “What a WonderfulWorld” will have evening andmatinee performances. Ticketsrange from R75 to R150 and areavailable from Computicket.Call (021) 421-7695 to book yourplace.

From Russia with loveTHE brilliant young Russianpianist, Natalia Lavrova, willbring her talent and virtuosityto the Cape Town Concert Se-ries on Saturday.

Lavrova will play Prokofiev’s“Sonata No 6 in A”, Shostakovi-ch’s “12 Preludes”, “RhapsodieEspagnole” and “Apres uneLecture du Dante” by Liszt andthe “Sonata in F sharp minor”by Clemente at the Baxter Con-cert Hall. Lavrova is noted forthe sincerity of her interpreta-tion and her beguiling charm,which has captured concerthall audiences in venues suchas the Avery Fisher Hall at the

Lincoln Centre as well as acrossher native Russia, other partsof America and Europe. Manytop prizes have come her way,and her repertoire includesover 30 piano concertos and ex-tensive solo recital pro-grammes. She is founder andpresident of a very successfulprivate school, the MusicSchool of New York City. Theconcert starts at 20:00 and tick-ets can be booked in advancefrom Computicket at R125. Stu-dent and senior citizen-dis-counted tickets can be pur-chased at the door on the nightof the concert.

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DEALSFriday 25 March

Claremont: The Greyladies fish andchips evening with entertainment by“The Companions” at St Saviour’s ParishHall, Brooke Street at 19:00 for 19:30. Jointhem for a fun evening with raffles andspot prizes. Tickets are R60, and this in-cludes coffee and tea. Contact Barbara on(021) 671-0820 on Mondays, Tuesdays andThursdays between 09:00 and noon.

Saturday 2 AprilRosebank: Huis Luckhoff bazaar from09:00. There will be a tea garden, vegeta-ble market, food, cake, crafts, clothes,books, white elephant items, jumpingcastle for the kids, live music and lotsmore. Phone (021) 689-3612.

Tuesday 8 MarchPinelands: Alpha Course at the Method-ist Church Hall, 1 Ridgeway at 18:30. Sup-per and a DVD viewing of Nicky Gum-bel’s talk entitled “Christianity, Boring,Untrue and Irrelevant?”. Find out moreabout what the Alpha Course is about.

The course itself starts on Tuesday 15March (also at 18:30). It will run everyTuesday evening for 11 weeks. There isno cost involved. To RSVP or for more in-formation, contact Sue on (021) 685-2507or email: sue@wavesnwine.co.za

Saturday 12 MarchRondebosch: Clean up of RondeboschPark, at the top of Sandown Road, at 16:00.Refreshments and black bags will be pro-vided. Please bring whatever you feel isnecessary to give the Grand Old Lady ofRondebosch some of your attention, aswell as meet some fellow residents andget some fresh air. Contact Andrew on(021) 689-6423.

Saturday 9 AprilPinelands:Pinelands Athletics Club willonce again host a craft market/car bootsale with their 5x6 km company relay and6x6 km relay. The market will be from10:00 to 16:00 at the Lower Oval. To booka stall at R60 please email Hayley Smithon stormsky@mweb.co.za or call 082 7740228 before Monday 28 March.

Meeting of friendsTHE Friends of Kenilworth Racecourse Con-servation Area will hold their annual gener-al meeting on Tuesday 8 March at 18:00 inthe Protea Room, Kenilworth Racecourse,

Main Entrance, Rosmead Avenue.The guest speaker, Patrick Fraser, will

speak on “Adventures with Wild Flowers –an energetic form of retirement”.

For further information, send inquiries toMaya or Skye on (021) 700-1843 or Margareton (021) 762-3170.

BALANCING ACT:Jaime Newdigate, ascout at 1st Clare­mont group, on arope suspensionbridge built by thescouts for their openday on Saturday 26February. 1st Clare­mont Scouts is opento boys and girls age10­and­a­half to 18.Contact Ian at 0782551122 orian@scout­ing.org.za for de­tails. Photo: Ian Webb

TIED UP: Scouts Benjamin Munro and Michael Knight learn ropeworkfrom Benjamin Herr, a leader at 1st Claremont Scout Group, at theiropen day, held at their hall in Bowwood Road. Photo: Ian Webb

BRAVE SCOUT: Li­am Clark, a scoutat 1st Claremontgroup, tests a ropesuspension bridgebuilt by the scoutsfor their open day.Scouts, in prepara­tion for Kon Tiki,where they willhave to build andsleep on a raft,demonstratedtheir pioneeringskills by building asix metre highmonkey bridge andthen showed theytrusted their skillsby walking across that bridge. They also erected a foefieslide, which was very popular with visitors. Scouts cookedchicken and vegetables in dutch ovens and ended the OpenDay with a campfire, skits and songs. Photo: Ian Webb

DID YOU KNOW that of all the wateron the earth, humans can use onlyabout three tenths of a percent of thiswater?

Such usable water is found inground water aquifers, rivers, andfreshwater lakes

– www.allaboutwater.org.

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Blinded by pseudo-scienceIT’S the emperor’s clothes all over again (“Cats killingmillions of wildlife a year”, says Rob Simmons of theUCT Dept of Ornithology).

The danger of conjecture disguised as science is thatthe naïve or intellectually challenged may well fall forfantasy projected as fact.

Evenworse is thatuninformedpeople – read “author-ities” – will feel compelled to acknowledge this fantasyby virtue of the “intimidation factor”, that is the “indis-putable” words of “academia”, and take “appropriateactions”.

It is from such “humble” beginnings that self-serv-ing, authoritarian edicts are passed.

The so called “facts” offered in the cats vs wildlife“issue” have no bearing on reality, offering only thefallibility of speculation.

The information based on a “short” study and a“handful of questionnaires” was “statistically signifi-cant”, pronounced Dr Simmons. Hardly.

Upon scrutiny it becomes clear that outrageous, un-substantiated claims fly in the face of one another.

Now this “gospel” is being preached as “fact” at UCT.And judging by the mantra being parroted by the con-verted, the old adage “you can fool some of the peopleall of the time” holds true. Witness this bizarre state-ment by a member of Birdlife SA: “Facts are facts, anduntil you can prove otherwise, the fact is that local catskill more than 17 million wild creatures a year.”

This pretty much sums up the mentality we’re deal-ing with. Here’s a reality check – you have no facts.

On the contrary, it is up to you to prove that cats arekilling more than 17 million wild creatures a year anduntil you can prove otherwise (I shan’t be holding mybreath) these meaningless claims will be held as thefallacious utterings that they are.

I’d like to propose a new study for the UCT Dept ofOrnithology: the effects of predation by birds of prey

(snakes, et al) on animal life in the Table Mountain Na-tional Park every year.

I have no doubt that the total of this figure willnumber in the millions.

Science observes through a set of rigid and inflexiblerules, failing to account for the variables of which na-ture is inextricably composed (thebig picture) and thusis suffocated by its own one-dimensional approach.

The use of scare tactics, in light of such limited un-derstanding and awareness therefore, is spurious tosay the least.

My own observations in working with cats in theirenvironment have been enlightening.

To even come close to understanding their place inthe scheme of things would require a macro-study ofthe inter-connected dynamics of nature and how theyplay out against each other over a continuous periodof time. And even then you still would not be able tofactor in all the variables, such as the life-cycles ofthose termed “prey” and “predator” and the unac-counted external environmental factors upon each.

To represent a one-sided “study” composed of suchinadequate data as fact is misrepresenting reality inthe extreme, and frankly, disingenuous.

In Cape Town, it seems, trying to recalibrate natureaccording to your own interpretation of it is the orderof the day.

Numerous counter-realities aside, I can further com-fort the authors of this “study” that they can rest as-sured that the number of cats I encounter slaughteredon a regular basis – shot, poisoned, stoned, kicked, beat-en, drowned, hunted by dogs and their owners (the listis endless and quite ‘inventive’) – no doubt contributesto any desire to see these maligned animals reducedin number.STEVE SMITH, M.E.R.C.Y. ANIMAL RESCUEGreen Point

Thanks to threeknights in a solidwaste truckON Tuesday 1 March I enjoyedthe most delightful experience,which I would like to share withyou.

On my way home to Clare-mont from Constantia at around21:00, the rear wheel of my carhit an object in the road, causinga blow out.

It was pitch dark in the middleof nowhere, and being elderlyand knowing that I was not capa-ble of changing the wheel my-self, I engaged my hazard lightsand crept my way through to thenearest garage, which happenedto be Carrhill Motors in Wyn-berg.

Upon driving onto the fore-court, I noticedamunicipal solidwaste vehicle parked on thepremises, and, before I had evenbrought my car to a halt, threegentlemen from the waste vehi-cle surrounded my car and of-fered their assistance.

Within a matter of minutes af-ter opening the boot of my car,the broken wheel was removedand the spare wheel was readyto replace it under the guidanceof the older member of the trio,

whom I presumed to be theirleader. The wheel was duly re-placed, the broken wheel re-turned to the boot of my car, andall my tools were replaced with-in no more than 15 minutes.

During this time very pleasantbanter was exchanged betweenthe three good samaritans andmy daughter and myself.

They were indeed thoroughgentlemen and an absolute cred-it to their employers and theirfamilies.

The cherry on the top was thatwe had to persuade them to ac-cept the modest reward we wereable to give them, insisting thatit had been their pleasure to helpme.

Unfortunately I did not get thenames of these three gentlemen,but in thepresent times inwhichwe live it is so refreshing toknow that somewhere out thereare at least three knights – noton white horses, but hey, what’swrong with a solid waste vehi-cle? Thanks again guys, you arethe best.IRENE PIRIEClaremont

THE phrase “rule of thumb” is said to derive from the 18thcentury belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wifewith a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb.– (www.phrases.org)

Bumpy rideWESTERN CAPE MEC for Transport and Pub-lic Works, Robin Carlisle, boarded a train fromKhayelitsha to Cape Town last week to experi-ence for himself the troubles that frustrate reg-ular commuters.

Fortunately for Metrorail, which is thoughtto have been unaware of the MEC’s trip, every-thing ran smoothly, aside from the fairly emp-ty peak-hour train arriving at its destinationseven minutes late. In reports, Carlisle dubbedthe journey“excellent”whencompared to con-ditions on the same line a year ago.

But while Carlisle’s efforts should be com-mended, his single novelty rail trip cannotcompare to the everyday horrors that mostlypoor commuters are forced to endure.

For them there are no alternatives, and therecent 41c per litre increase in fuel costs maysee their numbers swell in future.

The flood of complaints from frustrated railcommuters seems never-ending. Last year,whenMetrorail increased ticket prices andcit-ed Eskom’s increase in electricity tariffs, im-ported materials used on the railway, labour,and the absence of automated ticket sales asreasons for the price hike, they also promisedto raise service standards with the introduc-tion of better facilities at stations just in timefor the World Cup.

But all too often commuters still find them-selves stuck in overcrowded trains duringpeak-hour, targeted by criminals, and at timesare even forced to disembark and walk to near-by stations alongside railway tracks becausetrains suddenly grind to a halt without any ex-planation. To the average commuter it wouldappear that Metrorail shows no respect to itscustomer. Carslisle has promised to meet withMetrorail to gain answers on faulty doors, se-curity problems and generally poor condi-tions, demanding of Metrorail consistent serv-ice delivery.

National Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndbe-le has promised 8 000 new coaches for the railtransport network, 1 000 of which should besent to the Western Cape by 2015. One can onlyhope there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Until then, commuters face a long roadahead.

Tuesday 8 March 2011 LETTERS People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch Page 11

. There are two shacks erected opposite theCaltex garage on the Avonduur Road side,on the open field next to police quarters –watch this grow! This is in Pinelands.Noah, Pinelands

. Is there anyone out there who has notbeen paid by the IEC yet ? It is not fair! Iam still waiting to be paid. Anonymous

. Trevor Manuel is right: Manyi is a rac-ist. Why should our coloured people leavethe Western Cape when we were born here?We have rights too. Fed­up

. What’s Jimmy Manyi’s problem? Hemust be colour(ed) blind! Lewis,Lansdowne

. About the outcry over the Kuli Robertscolumn which appeared in the SundayWorld on 27 February.

I respond by stating: let’s break out of ourmoulds by distinguishing ourselves accord-ing to boxed labels.

Firstly, I am a human being and am partof a human race as history has taught us.Secondly, I am a South African citizen andcall myself a Homo Sapien. Glorya Alfreds

. With reference to the SMS about theDA. You are voting for the wrong party!They don’t care. As long as they get yourvote and the vote of others like you. DA sup-porter

. What has the ANC done but live in thepast? Improve our health and educationsystem, etc before anyone points a finger atthe DA. F.K.

. I am shocked at how the traffic depart-ment wastes money. We have one car andreceived two notifications for licence re-newals.

There is no control over money that wecould use for fixing roads.

Your SMSes

Going grey waiting for men in blueI WOULD like to thank Robert Maydon forhis constructive answer to my query re-garding the CPF Claremont, and wouldlike to comment on the section regardingcrimes that were never reported and theirconsequent effect on crime statistics.(“CPF or vicar’s tea party”, People’s Post,22 February 2010)

Without going into reams of detail, Ihave encountered two problems withClaremont Police.

The first concerned two calls to 10111,where the lady on the other end of the tele-phone was unable to spell Claremont andhad never heard of Harfield Village.

Ten minutes later another call wasmade with the same result. This con-cerned an assault in my driveway. It wasover a year ago and I am still waiting forthe police. The matter was handed overto the Internal Complanits Directorate,which turned out to be a waste of time.

The second was last Sunday when I sur-prised an intruder in my house. The secu-rity company and the police were herewithin minutes.

The police left to see if they could findthis intruder and promised to come backto take a statement. They never returned.

Am I correct in assuming that as therewas no paper trail in either of these in-stances they do not feature in any crimestatistics?

May I go back to the mid ’50s in Bloem-fontein, and you had reason to visit themain police station. You were made to un-derstand that the statement would bemade in Afrikaans.

There were officials there and not onlyin the police, who either could not orwould not communicate in the “RooiTaal”.

Are we not expecting too much from theBoys in Blue?

This English must be rather a burdento many of them, hence the continued fail-ure to return to take a statement.V.J.BARRYClaremont

Captain Angie Latchman, Clare-mont Cluster spokesperson, responds:

The South African Police Service willnot utilise the media as a platform to ad-dress service delivery issues.

It is the opinion of this office that if thecomplainant felt so strongly about hismatter, then he should have reported his

complaint to the police for the purpose ofan internal investigation, rather thanseeking assistance from the media.

On numerous occasions the StationCommander of Claremont Police, ColonelJayce Naidoo, has made his contact num-bers available via the media, inviting thecommunity to contact him personally, orto visit him at his office to discuss matterspertaining to service delivery.

Had Mr Barry contacted the StationCommander of Claremont immediately,instead of going to the media, his dissatis-faction with service delivery would havereceived the necessary attention by now.

Once again the community is advisedthat if they experience any problems re-garding service delivery in the ClaremontCluster, please contact the relevant Sta-tion Commanders on the following con-tact numbers:

Claremont Police – Colonel JayceNaidoo on (021) 657-2241 or 082 778 6633.

Mowbray Police – Lieutenant ColonelMay Louise Dyers on (021) 680-9580 or 072567 5547.

Rondebosch Police – Lieutenant Colo-nel Karl Wienand on (021) 685 -7345 or 082469 1879.

Manyi must get more than a slap on the wristWELL done to Minister in the Presidency,Trevor Manuel, who I commend for chastis-ing President Jacob Zuma’s chief spokes-man, Jimmy Manyi, for his racist remarksregarding the demographic density of “col-oureds” in the Western Cape.

Manuel’s vehement reprimand of Manyiillustrates that members of the ANC led gov-ernment are not all yes-men.

What sparked off Manyi in the first in-stance? Has the seemingly pro-DA “col-oured” vote in the Western Cape fuelled theutterances by Manyi?

Surely this was not a case of cheap poli-ticking before the forthcoming local govern-ment elections?

It would have given the ANC much morecredibility had President Zuma himself de-livered the tongue-lashing in respect ofManyi’s alleged racist remarks.

What was Manyi thinking before makingthe controversial utterances about migrat-ing “coloured” people to other areas inSouth Africa “where they are needed”?

A logical conclusion is blatant racism, orperhaps even “ethnic cleansing”, indicative

of the dark days of apartheid and Nazi Ger-many! Manyi has been reported to have al-legedly made racist remarks about Indiansin the past.

Let’s see what punishment will be metedout to the embattled Manyi. Not a feeble slapon the wrist I pray, but it is ironic that ina turn of events that the perpetrator, Manyi,has retaliated against the lambasting by lay-ing a complaint against fellow compatriot,Manuel! The plot thickens.MARK KLEINSCHMIDTKenwyn

Page 12 People’s Post Claremont­Rondebosch GENERAL Tuesday 8 March 2011

Meet thebrainy bunchTERESA FISCHER

THIS Ronde-bosch family

can boast thatboth parents andchildren wereplaced in the top20 of the prov-ince’s matric re-sults list.

Parents, Elean-or and Suresh Raj-paul, and sonVinesh (22), alsoranked high on thecountry’s topachievers list.

Eleanor gradu-ated from Alexan-der Sinton HighSchool in Athlonein 1977 and wasplaced third inSouth Africa.

Suresh graduat-ed from Raisethorpe High School (inKwaZulu-Natal) in 1977. He was placedfourth in South Africa.

Vinesh graduated from SACS in 2006,and placed second in the Western Capeand second in South Africa.

Daughter Sheryl (19) graduated fromWesterford in 2010 and was placed 13thin the Western Cape.

Vinesh is now completing a Master’sdegree in astrophysics at UCT and hopesto obtain a doctoral degree from Oxfordor Cambridge.

His long-term ambition is to carry outexo-planetary research (researchingplanets outside our solar system).

Sheryl is also at UCT, studying medi-cine, and might eventually like to special-ise in neurophysiology or psychiatry.

Both their parents studied medicine.Suresh is a specialist physician andEleanor works as a senior medical officerat a large life-assurance group.

When asked if they ever felt pressuredto achieve just like their parents, Vineshsays: “I guess that with three of us withtop 20 matriculations against our names,Sheryl must’ve felt some pressure lastyear not to be the odd one out!”

But he says their parents never pres-sured them. Although they encouragedthem to take their education seriously,they also wanted them to enjoy them-selves. He adds the only pressure he everfelt was an obligation not to waste all thewonderful opportunities that came hisway.

Vinesh says the situation was very dif-ferent for his parents and describes theirachievements as “remarkable”.

“Their education was their only weap-on against oppression, and so they werenecessarily under pressure to achievehigh marks.

“My dad grew up in rural Natal, one ofeight children in an extremely poor fami-ly. His father was a truck-driver, his

mother a housewife, and neither of hisparents had a high school education,”says Vinesh.

Both his mother’s parents were teach-ers and she too came from a very poorfamily on the Cape Flats.

Both Eleanor and Suresh were in-volved in the underground anti-apart-heid movement in the Eastern Cape andoccasionally ended up on the wrong sideof the infamous Security Branch, oftenwhile trying to protect hospitalised polit-ical prisoners.

Today, both Vinesh and Sheryl volun-teer regularly at the Red Cross Children’sHospital, where Vinesh coordinates theweekend volunteer programme.

Eleanor describes her daughter as anextremely compassionate person. For ex-ample, as a little girl playing with dolls,she insisted that her doll house havewheelchair access for the dolls with disa-bilities.

Sheryl serves on the committee of theAnimal Rights Advocates, an animalrights society founded by her best friend,Gaby Teale-James.

Eleanor says Vinesh’s decision tostudy astrophysics came as no surprise.As a four year old he’d “spend ages out-side, transfixed and staring quietly at thenight sky”. “In pre-primary his teachertold us that he would not cope at primaryschool and tried to fail him.”

Recently Vinesh single-handedly insti-tuted an annually-awarded merit schol-arship at a Cape Flats school.

Asked what she thinks the secret is,apart from brains, Eleanor replies: “Ithink that the secret – if such a thing ex-ists – is to develop, at a young age, a loveof knowledge and a strong work ethic.Start young and never stop.”

Just a few of the family’s interests in-clude literature, travel, wine, cooking,golf, animal rights, music and philoso-phy.

GREAT GENES: (left to right) The Rajpaul family of Rondebosch:Vinesh Rajpaul, Eleanor Rajpaul (née Steyn), Suresh Rajpaul andSheryl Rajpaul, all made it into the top 20 in their provinces’ mat­ric results. They say they enjoy regular, vigorous and loud de­bates, usually over the dinner table – a source of alarm for thosewho don’t know them well. Photo: Supplied

What goes around ...THE Pick n Pay Argus Cycle Tour takingplace on Sunday 13 March is much morethan a cycling event. There are the ardentpodium racers, the social cyclists and a sig-nificant number of entrants who cycle forcharities.

Within this diverse group of cyclists youwill find the most fascinating people withthe biggest hearts.

This year there’s a team of 75 riders cy-cling for The Chaeli Campaign in Plum-stead. Some are raising funds for specific in-dividuals with disabilities and others forany number of current Chaeli Campaignprogrammes.

Last year CEO Zelda Mycroft enteredwith a hand cycle due to a knee operationnot allowing sufficient rotation to ride aconventional bicycle.

This experience inspired Mycroft to ap-proach Pedal Power for a donation to pur-chase two more hand cycles so that the expe-rience could be shared by those who cannotride conventional bicycles.

This year, Mukhtar Lee and Tracy Cohen,who both have significant physical disabili-ties and cannot ride conventional bicycles,will be joining Mycroft and riding for TheChaeli Campaign.

Lee is a second year marketing student atthe Cape Peninsula University of Technolo-gy (CPUT) in Bellville and an avid sports-man, playing tennis, basketball, table ten-nis and pool.

He started ballroom and Latin Americandancing at the age of nine. Lee has spasticdiaplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that af-fects the muscles in the lower limbs, and us-

es crutches to help him walk.Last year Cohen raised sponsorship as a

ghost rider for The Chaeli Campaign and as-sists with fundraising, social media updatesand administrative duties at The ChaeliCampaign.

She is cerebral palsied, walks with diffi-culty and yet has the passion and drive tomake a difference in the lives of others.

This year she set herself the challenge ofraising R10 000 for 10km and has already hither R10 000 goal. What now lies ahead is thephysical challenge of completing 10km ofthe Cycle Tour route along the Blue Route.A mighty challenge for her and one she isdetermined to meet.

The three intrepid hand cyclists will beraising funds in support of the newly found-ed Chaeli Sports and Recreation Club,which offers weekly practices in karate,ballroom and Latin dancing and boccia, aball game for athletes in wheelchairs.

Exercise is important to build strengthfor mobility and The Chaeli CampaignSports and Recreation Club will be holdinga 4km fun Walk for Wheels on Friday 25March starting at 17:00 at the BergvlietSports Association in Bergvliet.

This event is being held to raise aware-ness of the positive role that people with dis-abilities have to play in society. Individualsor teams of four or more people may enter.

For more information on Walk ForWheels, Chaeli Sports and Recreation Clubactivities or to sponsor a Chaeli rider, con-tact Melanie or Lana at 0861 CHAELI (0861242 354) or email info@chaelicam-paign.co.za.

RARING TO GO:Mukhtar Lee willbe riding a handcycle in thisyear’s Pick n PayCape Argus cy­cle tour. He ispart of a 75­strong groupparticipating inthe tour for thebenefit of TheChaeli Cam­paign.

Discover how galaxies are formedTHE South African Astronomical Ob-servatory in Cape Town will have a pub-lic lecture, “Unravelling the Mystery ofGalaxy Formation and Evolution”, onSaturday 12 March at 20:00.

The talk will be presented by Dr Bonitade Swardt, a post-doctoral research fel-low at the SA Astronomical Observatory.

De Swardt’s research interests are incharacterising the faintest galaxies inthe universe.

At first glance, astronomers character-ise galaxies into different stages of evolu-tion based on visual appearance or mor-phology.

However, this visual characterisation

is not always clear cut, and can stronglydepend on the wavelength at which thegalaxy is observed or its immediate envi-ronment.

With the development of larger, moresensitive telescopes, more clues can beobtained on how galaxies may haveformed and evolved.

After the talk there will be stargazing,weather permitting, as well as tours ofthe library and the McClean museum.

Public lectures are free and there is noneed to book.

Formoredetails, call theSAAstronom-ical Observatory on (021) 460-9319 or visitwww.saao.ac.za.

Book handover to Shine CentrePRESTWICHSTREET PRIMA-RY SCHOOL inGreen Point wasthe host and one offive beneficiariesat the book hando-ver to The ShineCentre, an NGO inObservatory thatprovides literacyand language sup-port to learnersfrom Grade R toGrade 3 onWednesday 23 Feb-ruary.

The books wereraised last yearduring MySchooland Kalahari.net’sSpirit of Givingcampaign, wherethe public waschallenged to do-nate books.

They also re-ceived a cheque tothe value of R20 000from MySchool, which they will use to buyXhosa books to support and cultivate one of thecountry’s richest heritages.

The other schools which benefited from the

drive were Zonnebloem Primary in Zonneblo-em Estate, St Agnes Primary School in Wood-stock, Observatory Junior School in Observa-tory and Claremont Primary in Claremont.

FANTASY LAND: Marcia Orlin, a volunteer from Shine Centre, with learnerIndiphile Maliwa.

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JOYRIDE: The annual Community ChestCarnival, which was held at Maynard­ville Park in Wynberg from Wednesday2 March until Saturday 5 March, cele­brated its 60th anniversary this year. Itbegan as a theatrical garden party in1951 and over the past six decades hasevolved into a pageant of internationalfood, local entertainment and familyfun, which attracts more than 100 000people over four days. But there’s a seri­ous side to carnival. It raises funds forsome 400 social welfare organisationsthat the Community Chest supportsacross the Western Cape. “Carnival hasalways been an important showcase forthe Community Chest, where we’re ableto engage the public about the work wedo. It’s also one of our significant fundraising events where people can combine having a good time with helpinga good cause,” says Community Chest CEO, Amelia Jones. It is made possible by the efforts of some 7 000 volunteerswho donate their time and skills to ensure that each year’s event is better than the previous one.Photo: Danielle Karallis

Big Walk indeed!OVER 20 000 people partici-pated in Cape Town’s annual10 km Big Walk on Sunday.

The 1UP Cash and Carry BigWalk, presented by Spice Mec-ca, was in aid of the Red CrossChildren’s Hospital and Islam-ic Library. A cheque ofR125 000 was handed to the RedCross Children’s Hospital onSunday.

Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato

pulled the starting gun triggerjust before 08:00. Dr Ivan Mey-er, MEC for Cultural Affairsand Sport, was spotted amongthe Big Walk participantswalking along the beachfrontto the Green Point track. Seenhere are just some of the thou-sands of people who enjoyedthe glorious weather andhealthy outdoors on Sunday.

. People’s Post is the printmedia sponsor of the Big Walk.

KEEPWALKING:Mareldia(60) and Is­gaak Jo­haar (59)from Bo­Kaap areproud tohavecrossed thefinish line.Photo: RashiedIsaacs

Once is never enoughTHE “Tweede Nuwe Jaar” carnival is a significant as-pect of the social history of Cape Town and continuestoday to form part of the city’s cultural landscape.

“Ghoema and Glitter: New Year Carnival in CapeTown” shows how carnival participation has beenpassed on from generation to generation, while at thesame tracing the changes to the carnival over time.

The exhibition details the histories and performancesof the Nagtroepe (Malay Choirs), Christmas Bands andKlopse, who together make up the “Tweede Nuwe Jaar”celebrations. The exhibitiondrawson IzikoSocialHisto-

ry’s new oral history and Carnival collections, which areincluded in the exhibition in the audio-visual stations,texts and images, as well as displays of artefacts.

“Ghoema and Glitter: New Year Carnival in CapeTown” has been extended and runs at the Iziko GoodHope Gallery, Castle of Good Hope until 31 July.

The exhibition can be seen daily from 09:30 until 16:00.Adults pay R25 and R15 on Sundays; pensioners with SApensioner cards pay R15 and students with SA studentcards pay R10.

Children between the ages of 5 and 16 pay R10 and R5on Sundays. Booked school groups pay R5 per learner.

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A PLACE OF LEARNING: The Sunbird Environmental Education Centre, the only educational centre left in the entireTable Mountain National Park (TMNP), was launched on Tuesday 10 February. The centre, located in the scenic Silver­mine River Valley, may be hired by schools, youth groups, clubs, churches, environmental groups and any other groupsfor camps, workshops, seminars and meetings. The Ikapa honorary rangers approached Plascon Paints to sponsorthe revamp of the centre. Plascon is also the major sponsor of the Ikapa honorary rangers’ graffiti removal projectfor TMNP. Photo: Supplied

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TACKLED: DHL Stormers centre Jean de Villiers attempts to break free from a pack ofCheetahs, including Robert Ebersohn, as Juan de Jongh lends support, during the Storm­ers’ 21­15 win in a Super Rugby clash at Newlands on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

OOPS:KennyJacksonof Clare­mont acci­dently dis­lodges thebailswhilebowlingagainstOld Mutu­al in aWesternProvince1ALeaguecricketmatch atConstan­tia on Sat­urday. OldMutualscored184 andClare­mont were dismissed for 161 in their first innings knocks. The two­day matchresumes on Saturday. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

WELL STRUCK: Bishops batsman Daniel Russell cuts during his undefeated knock of 51against Westerford in a WP under­19 schools match that Bishops won by 123 runs atRondebosch on Saturday. The wicketkeeper is Salih Pastor. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo

TROUBLESOME: Ajax Cape TownFC’s Tafadzwa Rusike (left) testsGordon Gilbert in the MpumalangaBlack Aces defence, during Ajax’s2­1 win in an Absa Premier SoccerLeague match at Athlone Stadiumon Sunday. Photo: Rashied Isaacs

DUST UP:Paul Bell ofVOB at­tempts totag FaizalMoosa ofAthlone Ath­letics duringthe clubs’6­6 draw in aWP MajorLeaguebaseballmatch atKenwyn onSaturday. Ti­tle­chasersAthleticswent on tobeat near­est rivalsBellville Ty­gers 8­7 onSunday toopen up afive­pointlead at thetop of thelog. Photo:Rashied Isaacs

FULL SWING:Shaheen Khanof Old Mutualhits out againstClaremont in aWestern Prov­ince 1A Leaguecricket matchat Constantiaon Saturday. OldMutual scored184 and Clare­mont respondedwith 161 in theirfirst innings.The wicket­keeper is Keen­an Bowers. Photo:Peter Heeger/Gallo Im­ages

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StormersStormers must break barriersmust break barriersTASMIN CUPIDO

GETTING his team psychologicallyready for their Super Rugby clashagainst the Highlanders from New Zea-land will be high on the priority list ofDHL Stormers head coach, Allister Co-etzee, this week.

And with the style of play the Cape sidedisplayed in the scrappy, tryless 21-15 victo-ry over the Toyota Cheetahs last Saturday,he will also be looking at enforcing somekind of game plan.

From the get-go the Stormers neverlooked anything like the final-contestingside of last season, struggling to hold on toa slippery ball in the heat of a Cape Townsummer afternoon.

And the Cheetahs certainly did theirhomework, disrupting the Stormers ever-sure rolling maul and keeping game break-ers such the centre pairing of Juan deJongh and Jean de Villiers out of the match.On a positive note, flyhalf and man of thematch Peter Grant was on song, succeeding

in slotting eight penalties and scoring all 21points for the Stormers. “There are no ex-cuses for the way we played – it was an uglygame and while we can still fix things onthe field, its great that we are winning,” Co-etzee said. “We have a tough week ahead ofus – there are a number of things we needto focus on and psychologically we need toget things right as well.”

TheStormershaveonlymanaged to scoreone try in two matches, so raking in thepoints by visiting behind the chalk line willbe a psychological factor in need of con-quering.

The possible comeback of speedster GioAplon from a knee injury which side-linedhim for the first three weeks of the competi-tion, as well as centre Jaque Fourie, mayassist the Stormers in achieving this goal.And while many will remember the Storm-ers’ 33-0 victory against the Highlandersfrom the south island of New Zealand atNewlands last season, this Highlandersteam has surprised all with their style ofplay and their ability to pace themselves for80 minutes this season. The in-form New

Zealand team currently occupies the topspot on the country conference log and willbe even more boosted after achieving theunthinkable by thumping the VodacomBulls 35-28 at Loftus Versveld on Saturday.

They also kicked off their campaign withvictories over countrymen the Hurricanesand the Chiefs, and are in joint first placeon the combined log.

The likes of flanker Adam Thomson andwinger Kade Poki have been inspiring, dy-namic and in top form for the team, alwaysthreatening and worrying their opponents.

But the real battle on Saturday will prob-ably be between feisty scrumhalfs RickyJanuarie and Jimmy Cowan, who have metat international level a number of times.The distribution, attacking, defensive andkicking games of both players will be apointer to how the rest of the match will go.All in all, the Stormers need to ensure thatthe forwards generate good front-foot ballto their backs, do the basics correctly andthat they dominate up front – something themen in navy blue have lacked in the pasttwo matches.

TAKE THAT: DHL Stormers hooker, Deon Fourie, triesto hand­off a tackle from Toyota Cheetahs prop,Coenie Oosthuizen, in his side’s 21­15 victory atDHL Newlands on Saturday. Photo:PeterHeeger/Gallo Images

Elections turn out farce and furiousBRIAN GAFFNEY

THE LFA Cape District’s long-serving presi-dent, Winston Engledoe, survived his closestelection battle at the recent annual meeting,reflecting that all is not well in the once pow-erful association.

Engledoe defeated Nathan Less by 22 votesto 19 tohold on to the reins for a fourth consec-utive two-year term of office, in a contest thatcould have gone either way.

This vote had a ripple effect on the rest ofthe elections, with several candidates with-drawing their nominations at the 82nd annu-al meeting held at the William Herbert hallin Wynberg on Sunday 27 February.

Engledoe, in response to a list of questionsPeople’s Post sent him on Thursday 3 March,preferred not to comment on any of the ques-tions.

“I feel it is best to consult my executivecommittee or general council on whether Ishould respond,” Engledoe said yesterday.

The questions posed were:. Several nominees withdrew from stand-

ing for executive positions – including YusufNacerodien, who withdrew his nomination

for president when he left the meeting early.What are your feelings on this?

. Do you think the reaction would havebeen the same from other nominees if eitherLess or Nacerodien had won the vote?

. Some clubs were allowed to vote withoutthe required credentials and/or being out ofcompliance. Will this set a precedent for fu-ture meetings?

. What strengths will the new-look execu-tive bring to the table?

. What are the priorities for the new execu-tive to tackle?

. How will the LFA Cape District addressthe ongoing concern among soccerclubs – raised at the annual meeting – thatgate incomegenerated entirelyby soccer goesto the Facilities Management Committee(FMC), while the other FMC affiliates likeballroom dancing, walking clubs and dogclubs raiseno incomebutbenefit fromtheuseof the sports complex?

The one-on-one contest between Engledoeand Less arose when Nacerodien – the othercandidate for the president’s position – with-drew his nomination at the time he left themeeting, prior to the elections.

Nacerodien’s move, which caught club del-egates by surprise, came soon after he hadasked whether all clubs were eligible to voteat the meeting.

Nacerodien confirmed yesterday that hewas opposed to clubs that were not in finan-cial compliance – according to the constitu-tion – being allowed to participate in the elec-tions.

“I felt Iwasat adeadendwhen thedelegatesallowed the constitution rules to be broken,”said Nacerodien, a member of the GarlandaleAFC.

Nacerodien also made no secret of the factthat he had no intention of standing down infavour of Less – as had been anticipated – inthe battle for the hot seat.

This bit of intrigue unfolded when Nacero-dien insisted – according to the constitu-tion – that clubs as well as nominees were in-eligible to participate in the elections if theywere not in financial compliance.

Nacerodien’s call for the constitution totake its course would have ruled both Ash-ford Athletic AFC members Engledoe andLess out of the race – making him the only eli-gible nominee for the presidency.

However, the majority of delegates differedwith Nacerodien’s views by accepting thereasons offered by Southampton, Ashford,Spenston and Peninsula for not being squareon the books.

Twists in the contest for two vice-presidentpositions startedwhenRashiedCloete ofBlueBells AFC declined the vice-president (disci-plinary and registrations) position, after poll-ing the most votes in a four-person contest.

Cloete received 16 votes, Elton Lotriet 14and Neil Pietersen 11, while Basil Palanyandireceived no backing. Cloete, after declininga vice-president’s position, said he felt hecould “serve the game better” by taking upthe position of head of competitions. In thelight of this development, Lotriet of Stephani-an AFC was elevated to Cloete’s position.

Pietersen of Battswood AFC was electedunopposed as vice-president (youth affairs),after incumbent Less indicated he wouldwithdraw from the voting as Garlandale AFC(who had nominated him) had left the meet-ing.

The LFA Cape District executive commit-tee is: Winston Engledoe (president), EltonLotriet and Neil Pietersen (vice-presidents),Grant Adams (CEO), Yusuf Parker (head offinance), Brian van Kesteren (deputy head offinance), Rashied Cloete (head of competi-tions), and Richard Mahwayo (trustee).