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>> Two drivers targeted by rock throwers at Higginson Highway bridge TWO motorists and their passengers narrowly missed injury when a rock was hurled at their vehicles while travelling on the N2 near the Higginson Highway bridge last weekend. Hillcrest resident Elizabeth Archibald, 54, and her husband, George, 56, were travelling from Amanzimtoti towards Hillcrest when the rock hit their car. Thesamerockalsostruckthevehicle of 24-year-old, Rothman Thusi, who was also travelling on the N2 from Isipingo towards Avoca with his friend Thando Ngidi. Archibald, who was driving a Chevrolet bakkie, said she stopped to inspect the damages and found that her bonnet had a dent and the windscreen was scratched. Her husband George, who was the

passenger in the bakkie, said as they approached the bridge he spotted about five men standing on the bridge. “I saw the five youngsters on the bridge and I had this ill feeling about it. We were already close to the bridge when I heard the loud bang,” George said. Elizabeth said she heard a very loudsoundwhentherockhitthevehicle and was shocked at the behaviour of the youth. “It’s sad because these kids should be playing cricket or rugby instead of throwing stones,” she added. The couple now have to pay about R2 000 excess towards the insurance to fix their car. Elizabeth said she will have to be more cautious now and a police case

has since been opened. “I just thank God that I don’t pass any bridges on my way to work,” she added. However, Thusi was in a daze after the incident happened and first thought he had been involved in an accident. “I think I stayed in the parked car for about two minutes because I was so shocked.” Thusi said his friend Ngidi saw three young children running away from the bridge. He now has to cough up about R3 000 to fix his uninsured vehicle. Both Thusi and the Archibalds realise that the rock throwing incident could have had tragic consequences. Hillcrest SAPS communications officer Lieutenant France Mkhize confirmed the incident and stated the matter is under investigation.

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Community stands-off to crime >> United force aims to deter criminal activity

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One of two dozen neighbourhood watches ‘standing off’ for an Upper Highway show of force, the West Riding Community Policing group cut a formidable profile at the entrance to their suburb. One of their ‘lollipop’ security cameras looms in the background.

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N the first united show of force for the region, neighbourhood watch groups from seven Upper Highway suburbs staged a mass “high visibility stand-off”, featuring scores of private and armed response vehicles gathered at every entrance to each suburb. In Hillcrest, it included an attention-grabbing convoy of 61 vehicles, decked out with magnetic patrol decals — many boldly flashing white and green lights, whose legality for private citizens remains a grey area. For two suburbs — Gillitts and West Riding — the event was partly to celebrate their claim that not a single crime had occurred in their area for over three months, following their new residents’ patrols. For Hillcrest Park, it was the opposite: to protesta“mysteriousspike”incrimesinceJanuary, following nine months in 2013 in which the rate was cut by over 70 per cent — widely attributed to their efforts. Butforallseven—includingKloof,Waterfall and Gillitts Park — it was to “show common commitment against crime”, and also to send a simple message to passing neighbours: “We, the small minority, are keeping you safe while you sleep at night, so you need to get involved.” All Upper Highway suburbs have recorded a sharp overall drop in crime after launching or expanding community patrols last year. ShaunLyle,chairpersonoftheHillcrestPark Neighbourhood Watch (HPNW), said the event highlighted a new policy of “conditional love”:

that those making no effort toward safety could not expect “active patrols” outside their homes. “Apathy is a pathetic virus, at pandemic levels in the Upper Highway, especially Hillcrest,” he said. “To be sustainable, [we need] more involved residents and less freeloaders. Turning thetideofcrimeissomethingthefewhavedone during the last year, at the price of great effort.” During her neighbourhood’s stand-off, a security company delivered a large box of new bulletproof vests for the civilian patrollers, purchased by the Watch — which they proudly unpacked and tried on in full view of motorists. However Nikki Mohlmann Kloof CPF project was ectatic about the standoff and said it shows the unity of the security companies in fighting crime. “We need to work together in eradicating crime from our neighbourhood. Even if the SAPS are not available, the CPF’s and security companies need to up their game,” she said. Residents are urged to join their local CPF. Formoreinformationcontact NikkiMohlmann on 082 308 0072.

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Tools of the trade – 6 – the humble glass slide A glass microscope slide is a very useful tool. Not only is it the base upon which cells, fluids and tissues can be placed for microscope evaluation, it has other uses as well! For example, I use the condensation on a slide held before a pet’s nostrils to check if both airways are patent (open). A microscope slide can be used to “pop” a pimple onto another slide, with contamination by (or of) hands, and

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Slides of material can be fixed with specialresinsthatpreservethematerial for 50 years, and I keep all important, interesting or potential medicolegal cases’ slides in an archive in this fashion; most vets probably don’t need to do this, but it’s an old habit of a former his tologist(persontrainedinmakingslides and looking at tissues under a micro scope).

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OPE HOUSE, a haven for little ones, co-founded by Sonia Swinton and Lynne Pieterse in 2007, is a non-profit Christian home, caring for abandoned babies from newborns to toddlers. The organisation started as part of the Pinetown Presbyterian Church’s New Hope Ministry, with the intention of giving mothers who cannot care for their babies other options rather than to abort or abandon them. According to Swinton babies, who have been given up for adoption, are placed in their care, waiting to be reunited with their forever families. “As part of our outreach programme, Hope House assists mothers, whom, due to their circumstances, are unable to care for their babies at the time, by giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet. “In the event that the mother’s circumstances become stable again, the child is returned to her care,” she said. To date Hope House has seen more than 31 children being adopted into a loving home. Pieterse added that it is humbling to care for the children who are ever so willing to show them love. "It’s not about what you give the children, but what you get back from them. It’s so rewarding to see them develop,” she said. “When we see them smile or laugh it just makes it all worthwhile.” She said although she becomes attached to the little ones, it is a bitter sweetfeelingwhenthechildisadopted and moves away. “My heart cries out for them, but I do know that they will be going to a family that will love and cherish them the way we do.” The remarkable women said that

Sonia Swinton and Lynne Pieterse with some of the babies they care for. although they run this home selflessly, theyareinneedofassistancetocontinue caring for the children. “Due to the ever rising prices and limited income, we are appealing for any goodies that could help assist with running the home,” said Pieterse. "Some of our immediate needs include nappies, formula, medicine and financial contributions are always welcome.”

The duo also appealed to the community to volunteer their services at Hope House. “If people have time on their hands and love to give, then Hope House welcomes you. We are always in need of assistance to take care of the little ones,” they added. For more information, contact Hope House on 072 374 9563 or e-mail sonlyn7@gmail.com.

Police name wrong man in crash THOBANI NGQULUNGA THE police have apologised after incorrectly naming Shaun Fraizer as one of the victims of the weekend’s light aircraft crash at Camperdown. A revised list of the victims’ names Craig Smit, Kim Patrick Gibbings and Hennie Coetzee (in structor and managing director of FlyJetstream Aviation & Blue Chip Flight School) as those who were killed. Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Jay Naicker said last week, “In the initial statement supplied to police on the day of the accident, a witness who knew the victims confirmed to police that the third victim was Shaun Fraizer.” He said they had since been in contact with Fraiz er, who has confirmed that he is in fact alive and well. “We have since confirmed that the third deceased [instructor] was in fact Hennie Coetzee. “This office apologises for the confusion that arose from the witness statement,” said Naicker. Fraizer said that he had been inundated with calls from con cerned friends and family who had read in the media that he had died.

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A KLOOF resident gleefully “contaminated” his most prized possessions with tiny dots — making David Bond the first customer in a home security trend that is set to sweep the whole of South Africa. Following the technology’s success in preventing car theft in the past year, a massive roll-out of locally made microdots for other movable assets — from flat-screen TVs to firearms and even cows — has begun in KZN, which is the first province to take the tiny trace tags indoors. They are already mandatory security features on new cars. In a partnership between SAPS and the community network SA Can, the roll-out is expected to see up to 80 000 customers and donor beneficiaries, including over 100 poor schools, “paint” their goods with the near-invisible dots in KZN this year. Although they have no tracking ability, the near-invisible dots — which show up under ultraviolet light sets issued to police — provide an identity trace and a quick means of proving theft, via a database of ownershipdetailsanda“HotDot”registry of stolen items. After the launch last month, more than 200 residents of Kloof signed up fortheR149kits,whichcontain1 000 microdots each, through their community policing forum — and at least 14 other CPFs, like Gillitts, plan similar roll-outs next month. At the front of the queue was David Bond — a semi-retired salesperson, and leader of a neighbourhood watch forum in Waterfall — who said it had taken him 90 minutes to apply hundreds of microdotsto30itemsinhis house. “It does take a little time to register everything, and you do need to be cautious that you don’t apply the glue to the seams on appliances — like the battery opening on your

camera,”saidBond.“Butthedotsare so unobtrusive and inexpensive, I think people around the country are going to embrace this.” Corne Broodryk, chairperson of the Kloof CPF, said the glued-on identity system would make many more arrests stick, and act as a major deterrent once thieves understood that tagged loot was “hot”. Tim Ralfe, head of the stock theft committee for the KZN Red Meat Producers Organisation, confirmed that members had been briefed on microdots as a weapon against the theft of cattle, “and there is considerable interest on what is a very good idea”. However, Ralfe admitted that farmers would have “a creative challenge” in finding places on animals to apply the dots, since horns could be removed, and hooves grew out within months. “They might look at the base of the tail — who knows, but a boer maak ‘n plan,” he said. Brian Jones, founder of SA Can, said the community network had been given a mandate to manage the roll-out, and will serve both as an unpaid agent to sell the Recoveri Microdot kits, and a support centre after thefts. “Microdots have been so successful so fast that they were gazetted in September last year,” he said.

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>> Microdots provide an identity trace for prized possessions and quick means of proving theft David Bond demonstrates microdots. “We are piloting a project to contaminate electronic goods of entire communities. This is a revolutionary approach. We are going for the jugular of the stolen goods market. “If we can have even half the success which we’ve seen in the decrease of theft of vehicles, it would amount to a turn-around for house theft.” He said 125 government schools that were at “high risk” of computer theft had been identified as recipients of free kits. Bond has also been supplied with 24 kits to sell to his neighbours as part of the neighbourhood roll-out strategy, “and there is a lot of interest”. “I’m convinced they’ll eventually prove to be an KAYLEE effective deter3piece rent to crime on our property,” NOW R16 999 he said. WAS R18 999 “Most important, they will get criminals off the street — I have seen over and over again how

suspects have to be let go because police just cannot prove the items on them are stolen.” His next step will be to fix a sign to his front gate warning passers-by that his assets are contaminated with the new ownership DNA. Last year, microdots cost one Estcourt motorist dearly, when he allegedly fled the scene of an accident on the KZN South Coast in which jogger Carol Ann Tucker (47) was killed. The man had microdots on his BMW M5 to protect him against theft.

But police used dots attached to small parts of the man’s car left at the scene to track him down for the hitand-run crime. Businessperson Rakesh Omar -persadh (43) has been charged with culpable homicide in the case. Police spokesperson Colonel Jay Naicker said, “Police recover a lot of property where we are unable to trace the owners. We cannot link the suspect to a specific incident of crime and we are convinced that the microdot technology will assist us greatly.”

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ILLCREST residents are urged by the Keep Hillcrest Beautiful Association (KHBA) to volunteer their time and take onus of their neighbourhood by keep ing it clean and tidy. This comes after the city of Durban launched the Clean My City campaign at the ICC earlier this month. According to Marge Mitchell of KHBA, one of the most unattractive sites of a city or town is litter. "If we all imagine a city, we usually see an attractiveenvironmentwithwellmain tained buildings and beautiful parks and the area is most definitely litterfree," she said. "The one way we could do this is to not dump illegally, clean up our neighbour hood and pick up all litter." Mitchell said that realising a clean city vision requires community involvement and law abiding citizens who have a deep love for their city and its wellbeing. Sheencouragespeopletokeeptheirliv ing spaces clean. This includes cleaning pavements and roads. She also encourag es clean neighbourhoods by inviting the communitytothedropoffcentreinDelam ore Road where the community can also drop off their recyclable goods. "The material collected amounts to around 30 tons a month and is helping DSW fulfill its obligations with regard to waste going to the landfill site," she added. However Mitchell reiterated that the site only collects glass bottles, paper, card board, cans, and polystyrene. She urged residents not to bring windscreens, plate glass, crockery, tyres, hosepipes, paint cans, garden refuse as those belong at the Shongweni Landfill Site. "One can also keep their city clean by removing alien invasive plants from their gardens. These plants are illegal and if one is caught with them, they can be fined or imprisoned." For those that want tips on keeping their city clean, or to find out more about invasive plant species, contact Marge Mitchell on 083 419 3807 or Jean Jooste 082 895 0540.

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Putting pen to paper >> Local author launches inspiring book KALISHA NAICKER UPPER Highway author Cindy Norcott launched her debut book, "How to be unstoppable and achieve more in business and life", for entrepreneurs in KwaZulu-Natal recently. Norcottistheownerandmanager of Pro Appointments and she is hands-on, leading a team of dynamic, motivated consultants and support staff. She has a Social Science degree and is a qualified business coach and a well known business personality. Norcott has a heart for the poor and she is also the founder and chairperson of the Robin Hood Foundation, an NPO that runs many charitable projects. The inspirational go-getter has won many awards for business excellenceaswellashercontributionto the community. She was awarded the Small Business Marketer of the Year award by The Marketing Federation of South Africa in 2003 and in the same year, she was nominated as one of the 29 Awesome Women of the Year by Cosmopolitan magazine. She was also named the Regional Winner of the BWA Entrepreneur of the Year competition in 2003.

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LET’S FIGHT for our trees

I am responding to the letter from E. Bregin of Assagay who most succinctly alerted your readers to the plight of our Highway trees. I would like to add my voice of concern to that already expressed and suggest that if we, the community of the Upper Highway, do not rise up and become more vocal about the raping and pillaging of our beautiful trees which line our streets, lanes and pavements, we will look back in the years to come and ask ourselves why we did not do more to protect our flora. As a concerned resident I often get the feeling that the implied reason for people wishing to willy- nilly cut down these beautiful old specimens is without sound basis – telling us that their removal improves the security situation and such like drivel defies the imagination! And, to add fuel to the fire I was leaving tennis at Hillcrest Sports Club last week to see two men from a tree felling company in deep conversation and pointing to the line of camphor trees on the driveway. Upon discussion with them I

was informed that the club was contemplating cutting them down – they trotted out the usual refrain about ‘alien species’ from China with birds eating the seeds and populating more ‘aliens’ in Kloof Gorge! We have even heard through the grapevine that the beautiful old trees lining Wishart Road are under threat to allow for widening of the road to accommodate possible further development within the Camelot Estate. While there is little we, as the public can do when private landowners decide to resort to the chainsaw brigade, we can exert pressure on the local authorities to be more circumspect about what they remove to ostensibly not hinder or impede ‘progress’. So, my encouragement and exhortation to other like-minded people is for them to respond with a ‘righteous anger’ and make our voice heard with a cacophony to shake people from the stampede to chop down everything in sight simply to meet some vague justification rooted in selfish appeasement. Tony Fisher

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A ‘damning’ report indeed PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela is defi nitely woman of the moment. Many have praised her for her poise as she broke down the Nkandla report last week. Opposition parties are capitalising on the release of the report with elections just around the corner. South Africans had mostly praises for Madensela via social network sites. Some wrote: “We need more like you madam”, but a favourite was: “We actually need more objective and cautious voters in order to increase the number of dedicated and efficient civil servants like Thuli.” The African National Congress (ANC) is obviously going to be contesting the infor mation and following up, but the brave Madonsela is ready and has been handling compliments and criticism in her stride. ANC’s leadership has mixed emotions most of whom are being quoted anony mously in most national newspapers. While the Fever will not be breaking downtheNkandlareportfurther,wewould like to know the voters’ thoughts. Do you think this report will cause an awakening among apathetic residents? It is believed the Democratic Alliance (DA) is using this opportunity to capitalise and basically is structuring their campaign around the release of this report with their slogan ‘Vote for change’. While there are a few good leaders in theANC,thedramawouldnotbecomplete without a good comeback and there is no doubt, the ruling party will probably do so in style.

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EVERY day, we come into contact with a wide variety of inanimate objects. Many of these make life worth living, such as the kettleswhichmakeuscoffee,thecarradios which bring us music en route to work, air conditioners and bubblewrap. Then there are other objects which have oft caused me to throw them across the room, cursing and crying and wishing they had never been invented. Here are a few: Cling-wrap The idea behind this monstrosity is all well and good you make a sandwich and you have something to wrap it in to keep itfresh.Until,thatis,youencountertheim possibility of extricating clingwrap from its box and cutting a piece to the size you require without it ending up on the floor scrunched up, stuck to itself and laughing at you. Malfunctioning gadgets Modern technology is great. Until it won’t do what you want it to do. Until that “sorry, we are closing this page because it is too large to open” message pops up on your blackberry, or your wifi won’t connect, or your handsfree kit starts dropping calls at will.

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WHAT’S ON 30 March Hillcrest Conservancy invites everyone to a morning of “Trees and other indigenous flora” introduced on Sunday 30 March at Springside Nature Reserve at 9.30am. Tea and coffee will be served.

1 April Roseway Waldorf School, in Alverstone near Hillcrest, is having an open morning on Tuesday 1 April at 9am. The talk will fo cus on preschool and Grades 1 and 7 and then prospective parents and pupils can see classes in action. Tea will be served and questions answered. For more information contact Billie on 031 768 1309. 9 April Tops @ Waterfall will be hosting a Food & WinePairingeveningonthe9AprilatRoots Café. Time 6.30pm for 7pm, Booking es sential. R100 per person, Limited to 35 people. Call

Nicola on 031 762 1840 to book. Daily THE recently renovated Two Acres Garden Market in Country Lane, opposite the Hill crest Private Hospital, is open Mondays to Saturdays. Enjoy a relaxed meal before shopping for fresh produce, delicious treats, or gift ideas or enjoy the perfect pamper treatments. For more information www.facebook.com/twoacresmarket Weekly THE Hillcrest Floral Art Club will meet on the second Wednesday of every month at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church from 9am. Visitors welcome.

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South African downhiller Greg Minnaar in the first leg of the 2014 UCI MTB World Cup pre sented by Shimano at the Cascades MTB Park.

FEVER REPORTER DOWNHILL mountain biking World Champion and local cycling sensation Greg Minnaar announced his return to competitive racing last weekend. He made the announcement after a lengthy lay off due to injury, but the Upper Highway resident is quick to downplay his chance ahead of the 2014 UCI MTB World Cup in Pietermaritzburg. Having finished second in his downhill major in 2011, the Santa Cruz Syndicate ace then soared to a memorable victory in the 2012 World Cup event in Pietermaritzburg before achieving a career highlight of winning the men’sdownhillWorldChampionshiptitleinhis own backyard last year, the third of his lengthy career. With the euphoria of his championship triumphstillfresh,disasterthenstruckintraining at the final leg of the UCI MTB World Cup in AustriaasMinnaarwentcrashingoutofthecompetition, severely injuring his knee in the process. “Just two weeks after world champs I came offmybikeinLeogangandtoremyanteriorcruciate ligament (ACL) in my left knee and I had

a lateral tear in my [medial] meniscus,” said Minnaar. “I had an operation in mid-October where they used grafts from my hamstring to repair myACLandsincethenI’vebeeninrehabwhere I’ve been working pretty hard with my physiotherapists and biokineticists. “It’s been a long recovery and I’m not quite 100 per cent just yet, but I’m feeling good.” The first leg of the SA MTB Cup Series, held at Cascades MTB Park over the weekend, was a good opportunity for Minnaar to take to the trails of his hometown once more having returned to his downhill bike for the first time two weeks ago while in the US. While upbeat about his return to racing, Minnaar was quick to point out that the World Cup season opener is not all that far away and that he still has some work to do before then. “I’m really looking forward to the Pietermaritzburg World Cup but, unfortunately, I don’t expect to be too competitive, even though I’ll be out there giving it my all!” he added. The UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, takes place at the Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 11 to13 April. More information can be found at www.mtbworldcupsa.co.za

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