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Police to face a grilling Complaints about bad service at Hillcrest station are taken to Parliament

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DOSSIER on alleged mismanagement and ineptitude at the Hillcrest police station is going all the way to Parliament — and the station’s commander is to be called there to explain the situation. As one police officer told Fever’s sister publication The Witness of a

“morale crisis”, some local neighbourhood watch groups said they were so angry with late responses and botched investigations that they were refusing to deal with the station at all. Although the town has been hit by a crime spike over the winter, new crime statistics show that most residential crimes in Hillcrest dropped by about 20% in the past financial year.

Station spokesman Lieutenant Frans Mkhize said this showed that the 177 station members were doing a good job. He denied allegations of poor service, and said administrative staff were often placed on foot patrols to assist with crime prevention. But critics, like ward councillor Rick Crouch, alleged the lower figures reflected both “fudged numbers” and “an unwritten policy to

avoid opening cases”, as well as the fact that many victims of crime had “given up the effort” of opening cases in Hillcrest. By contrast, the tiny prefab police station in neighbouringKloof—withfewerthan20staff, andnotoilet—hasdrivenadramatic drop in serious crimes, and its charge office is now attracting Hillcrest-based complainants, who say they get “a decent service” there. Continued on page 3

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Kloof community policing forum chairperson Corné Broodryk says Kloof police station will get new facilities — and see a slumlike outbuilding demolished. Some Hill crest residents are using the tiny Kloof charge office following wide spread complaints of poor service at the large Hillcrest station.

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My911 puts emergency service technology at the public’s fingertips ROWAN PHILP THOUSANDS of KwaZulu-Natal residents became pioneers of a hi-tech, 911-style emergency response system last week. Using the latest technology driving America’s 911 emergency system, thenew systemclaimstoallowpeople in any emergency to touch an icon on their smartphone and get swift emergency service response — without needing to say a thing. In a dramatic leap from 10111 emergency technology, the private My911 system automatically locates the caller to within six metres via GPS; has their personal information immediately appear on control room

computers and the app icon they press can describe their crisis. The community safety network SA CAN switched over all of its 9 000 members to the new system, which feeds its new Emergency Response and Prevention Centre in Gillitts. One of the applications goes directly to animal rescue experts when apetisintroubleortothenearestparamedic. SA CAN co-founder Brian Jones said just one of the “revolutionary” features was a group instant messaging system that would alert members if a suspect person or a suspicious car had been spotted in an area and then only inform those members near the

perceived threat. He said the system combined technology from the US system with local software and was designed to “take pressure off government emergency services”. He said the KwaZulu-Natal-focusedroll-outrepresentedanhistoric first for South African emergency response. “This has come after months and months of work with various upgrades to our network. My911 SA CAN is the first fully integrated primary emergency response centre for South Africa [and bordering countries]. “Today marks [a] milestone — I would never in my wildest dreams

have imagined when we launched in 2003 we would become a national community centre, let alone move on to an international [system],” he said. Full members pay a small monthly fee, although SA CAN takes all emergency calls and routinely mobilises police or ambulance services to non members in crisis. Jones said the smartphone app allowed location tracing with “incredible precision”, but that members without ordinary phones would get most of the advanced new service. It includes “lifestyle” services, from wellness features to lost phone blocks and roadside assistance. He said the South African Police Service supported the parallel call

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PERATION Bobbi Bear founder, Jackie Branfield, is preparing to hand over the torch after 20 years of fighting for children’s rights. She admitted that at 63 she does not have the same energy that she

had when she first started the organisation. The Zimbabwean-born activist founded Operation Bobbi Bear under a tree in Illovo in 1994. The children’s rights organisation is based in Amanzimtoti and caters for all children across KwaZulu-Natal.

Branfield said: “My dream for Bobbi Bear is for it to become a qualified training entity. I want it to secure enough funding so that we can become a national and international organisation.” She said although the organisation had enjoyed a successful 20 years, there was more to be done.

“The more you do the more you realise there is still a lot of work to be done because society is always changing,” she said. The mother-of-six said she was concerned about the youth. “I believe that today’s generation of young people are going to hell in a hand basket. Children are giving

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centre service — and police were already using SA CAN for specialised emergency co-ordination including illegal dog hunting calls. “The police do a great job at preventing crimes and catching crooks, but 10111 just does not have the technologytohandleallkindsofemergencies. “Theycannottellwhereyouare,or who you are, or often even what your address is,” he says. “This new system does all that instantaneously — so if you are too stressed in an emergency situation to get the words out, the system has you covered.” However, Jones admitted he expected initial “teething challenges”.

birth to children hoping that they will be loved,” said Branfield. She said she could not speak about theorganisation’ssuccesswithoutrecalling her painful childhood in Zimbabwe. “My father’s best friend raped me when I was 11. I was raped again at the age of 12 and 14, but I did not tell anyone,” she said. Coming from a poor family meant that she had to become independent at a young age. She dropped out of school at the age of 14 because she suffered from dyslexia and dyscalculia — severe learning disabilities. Her mother worked two shifts at a bar just to provide a meal for her and her two brothers. She said, “While my mother was at work, it was the black women in the flats who raised us and fed us because we were starving. And despite their love and protection, I was still raped several times. “In those days it was one thing to be black and poor, but to be white and poor in a white colonial country, was something else.” Branfield met the love of her life, Allan, at the age of 18 and the pair married when she was 19 years old. They moved to South Africa in the early 90s and she started the organisation.

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WO men were arrested by the Shongweni K9 unit last weekafterbeingcaughtredhanded poaching bushbuck in Hillcrest. Police spokesperson Thulani Zwane said members of the unit weredrivingalongKassierRoadin the Hillcrest area around 2.30pm when they spotted a bushbuck grazing on the side of the road. “There was a man taking pic-

Linda (31) appeared in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court,” said Zwane. “They are sending out spotters who take pictures of the animals and send them to a team of poachers who come out to shoot the animals,” he added. Steven King, communications officer of the Hillcrest Community Policing Forum, said the incident was the first after a long time considering the number of bushbuck in the area. “We are hoping that

One Hillcrest police officer, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal, said: “The community doesn’t want to open cases here any more because they’re often treated like a piece of cr**. “Some members are doing sterling work, but they are carrying the workloadofotherswhodonothing.” The officer said Hillcrest’s commander, Colonel TP Mbele, was “a competentcommanderwhoarrived here full of energy”, but alleged that other senior officers had created “internal divisions and a leadership problem”. Crouch has compiled a dossier of

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complaintstatementsbyeightcrime victims and three neighbourhood watch groups. He received two more statementslastweek—onefromatourist alleging an attempt to solicit a R1 500 bribe, and another alleging unhygienic conditions“and the worst customer service I have [ever] encountered”. Among the formal complainants is Matthew Bennett, who claimed the station had bungled three crimes he suffered this year — including an assault during a violent raid on his Mugg & Bean restaurant in February. Diane Kohler Barnard, a DA

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from now the community comes forward and will keep an eye out for people like this especially with the amount of bushbuck in the area,” he said. “You know you hear about rhino poaching all the time, but now these small animals are being targeted.” Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife were also on scene. Spokesperson Musa Mthambo said Ezemvelo deplores any form of poaching.

member of the parliamentary committee on police, said that, for the first time, the commanders of “troublesome” police stations would be called to account, including Colonel Mbele. “We have been told to pull people from [these] stations to Parliament, and Hillcrest will be one of them,” she said. “Thisisunprecedented,aspreviously we would only request the presence of provincial commissioners.” Councillor Rick Crouch has compiled 11 complaints.

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annual garden party. The large properties, narrow roads, ravines and streams make VERTON is a relatively un- Evertonatranquil,calmsuburbwith known suburb of about 230 a special ethos and sense of place. The natural areas are home to properties, situated between Kloof, Gillitts and Hillcrest. The area many animals - notably bushbuck, was favoured as a weekend retreat, blue duiker, common duiker, porcuaway from the heat and bustle of pine, bushpig, water mongoose, Durban and the early dwellings in rock and tree hyrax, bush baby, genet and caracal. Everton were There is a vahunting lodg- The conservancy tries to fosriety of bird es. ter a sense of community species – and Everton was managed with functions such as the residents are privileged to independently, under a Everton garden party and the have trumpetHealth Comoccasionally ‘champers’ and er hornbills and woollymittee up until 1994. In the smoked salmon on the rocks necked storks visiting their early 1990s, on the Molweni River. gardens tothe Health Committee, recognising that Ever- gether with crowned eagles which ton was a unique area, created the nest in the gorge. The many indigenous plants in Everton Conservancy, the first urthe gorge include some very rare enban conservancy in the country. It is funded by donations from demic tree species. Everton Conmembers of the community and its servancy nurtures natural grassKalisha.Naicker@media24.com

lands which display wonderful flowers after the first rains. There are some superb walks along the trails in the Everton gorge and the suburb has three magnificent waterfalls. Membersoftheconservancyconduct regular guided walks through the Everton gorge in which bird sightings,treesandinterestingsigns of wildlife activity are highlighted. The Everton Conservancy strives to preserve the natural environment. Invasive alien vegetation is a major problem and the conservancy has trained a team of workers to identify and eradicate this vegetation. The team works on conservancy land for a few days a week and on the otherdaystheyare availabletowork on private properties. The conservancy committee also works hard at monitoring development in Everton, ensuring that its unique community is not disturbed and that any developments do not transgress the Seppings Environmental Management Plan (EMP) that was drawn up in 1995. Potential issues may be water pollution or illegal buildings. The conservancy tries to foster a sense of community with functions such as the Everton garden party, talks on interesting subjects and occasionally hosts the “champers” and smoked salmon on the rocks on the Molweni River. For more information visit the Everton Conservancy website is www.evertonconservancy.co.za or email info@evertonconserv ancy.co.za . The chairman, Tony Kee can be contacted on 031 767 2925.

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Charity begins at home FEVER REPORTER THEfoundationphasepupilsofCurro Hillcrest Christian Academy (HCA) collected beanies, socks and jerseys to donate to the Vusumusi School in Embo. Teachers Mrs Hayward, Mrs Mkhize and a few Grade 3 pupils had the privilege of delivering these items to them last Thursday. “It was a heart-warming experi-

ence and the pupils of Vusumusi were very grateful for their gifts. “Curropupilsspentsometimevisiting the classrooms, interacting with the pupils and assisting them with a few maths equations,” said Hayward. “What an awesome experience for all. Curro extends a special thank you to the parents of Curro HCA for their support in collecting these items of clothing.”

Teachers and Curro HCA pupils prepare for the distribution. Seen from left: Mrs Mbanjwa, Luke Kelly, Guy Lawrenz, Pearl Gordon, Gabi Hayman, Katie Hawyes, Lilitha Madikizela, Seth Scorer, Joanna Reardon, Jared Ambrose and Julia Mostert.

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with the sale of Cindy Norcott’s book titled ‘How to be Unstoppable’. Committee member and parent, Debbie Cameron, stressed the importance of in cluding a charity. “Our school’s motto is ‘Service before self, God before all’ and, in turn, every fundraising initiative that the school embarks on has a link with a non profit organisation,’’ she said. The book is available from Debbie Cameron Physiotherapy in Centenary Cen

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FEVER REPORTER HELP the Robin Hood Foundation “sponsor a smile” to a child this year by donating to their fundraising project. Kim Griffith-Jones, co-ordinator of the Robin Hood Foundation said that this project started in 2001 and has changed the lives of hundreds ofchildrenintheUpperHighwayarea. “What started three years ago as a visit to the school is now a highly anticipated and exciting annual project. It is a beautiful celebration of the lives and differences of nearly 300 disabled children at the Ethembeni School for the Disabled,” she said. “With their varying forms of disabilities, these children show us their remarkable hearts as they delight in our annual visit. We 'take the funfair to the children' with the help of our amazing volunteers and sponsors. You have never seen big-

ger smiles.” Jones said that the foundation is looking to corporates and individuals to ‘sponsor a smile’ which is great timing as ‘World Smile Day’ falls in the month of October. “Your financial contributions will be used to pay for the hiring and settingupofvariousridesandinflatables, for the face-painting, balloon sculpturing, eats and cool drinks. We are also looking for the donation of party pack goodies and big décor items like balloons, bunting or anything that will transform the school into a funfair,’’ she added. To get involved in the Ethembeni Fun Day or to join them on the day, please contact Kim on robinhoodfund@telkomsa.net or phone her on 076 612 9060. To ‘sponsor a smile’ for R50 each please make a deposit into the following bank account: The Robin Hood Foundation, Nedbank, account number: 164 816 0948, branch Code: 164 826, Ref: sponsor a smile.

UTHOR and illustrator Carolyn Davies has launched her debut picture book for children titled, “Blue Like You”. Sharing a bit about her life story with the Fever, Davies said that writing and illustrating stories has been her pastime and passion from the age of four. She has a degree in Fine Art and has worked as a graphic designer in the UK and South Africa in publishing, children's merchandising and advertising. Her two young children fuel her creativity with their boundless energy, unhindered imagination and tales of mutant pirate robots. “Blue Like You is the first edition published in South Africa in 2014 by Imaginarium Books. Written and illustrated by myself, this delightful picture book for babies and toddlers explores several important themes including: colour, shapes, sharing, play, diversity, fun and friendship,” she said. The book is centred on a story about Playclay Monkey, who is a lonely, teardrop blue monkey and Playclay Bunny who is fiery and angry red. However, Monkey has a plan and soon they’re lost in a game of mushing, squishing and cutting playclay shapes. They discover that together their world can be fun and colourful, and they get an even better surprise when they mix the blue and red clay together. Blue Like You is the first in the MushyMix series – a set of exciting and fun stories about playclay (play dough), colours, sharing and friend-

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AM a self-proclaimed advocate of science, but as I have learnt over theyears,mineisastupidventure. Science is a body of knowledge that is applied by people we call scientists to understand the physical world using experimentation and reasoning to come to conclusions. It is also very important that advocates of science, such as myself, drive in their own lanes and realise that science cannot solve, know, or understand everything. This is a very humbling fact, one that needs to be accepted as is, on account of the existence of opinions and the growing tendency to let logic and reason take a backseat in a world ruled by counter-knowledge. Now, I have been told, and have subsequently read many a literature on the internet, telling me that there are some things that science cannot know and can never explain. That statement can seem very flatworldly, but such an analysis would be unfair to the advocate of the supernatural. How can we differentiate between established facts and counter-knowledge? Well, the western world has come up with a few useful tools for the physical world: experimentation and Ockham’s razor sums up most of these tools. When researchers are faced with a natural phenomenon that is not yet understood, they use experimenta-

tion to determine the mechanism driving the phenomenon. Where experimentation fails or not is possible (such as a historical event), it is useful to ‘cut the crap’. This is where Ockham’s razor comes in; it looks at the many explanations presented and cutting the bull@#t, settles for the simplest one. In other words, where there is a perfectly natural explanation for a phenomenon, the supernatural is frowned upon –that is until testable and reliable evidence supports it. It is important that the most established theories of nature encounter the most rigorous and revealing episodes of scientists trying to prove it wrong. The most accepted are only so be-

these claims. No occurrence of faith healing working has been recorded or peerreviewed. A more physically viable explanation would be that he who claims to be healed by a faith healer through nothing more than prayer, is telling an untruth. Whilst this may break the credibility of the witness, it keeps intact the laws of physics by cutting the crap, in other words, we use Ockham’s razor. Whilst this fact means faith healing does not work in the physical world, it says nothing of the supernatural, which as I said earlier, anything goes. This place where anything goes is called by Collin Campbell the cultic

I have been told also, that miracles cannot be explained by science because they operate outside the laws of physics. cause they withstand the plethora of attempts to disprove them. Such is for the physical world, though, whilst the supernatural has a different set of rules outside the realms of science. And out there, pretty much anything goes. This reminds me of the old slogan of The Church of Scientology: “if it’s a fact for you, it’s a fact.” Let us consider a man of God who claims that the Holy Spirit resides within him. This is a fact that cannot be tested, and therefore resides outside science. If, however, the ambitious man of God claims that he can use the Holy Spirit to heal the injured, cure AIDS and cancer through prayer, he then brings aspects of the supernatural world to our physical reality, and at this point allows scientific testing of

milieu;whichisthecesspoolofallthat is unbelievable and where those that forego reason, logic and choose to ignore all manner of established evidence, reside. I have been told also, that miracles cannot be explained by science because they operate outside the laws of physics. This is a face-palm-worthy statement at face value, but then I remember how science cannot explain “everything.” When it comes to so-called miracles and the hocus pocus that plagues the cultic milieu, the phenomena of this supernatural world are only as strong as those who believe in it, the advocates. And this is where science (which encapsulates logic and reason), differs: it works whether you believe in it or not. So, what do you believe in?

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Life on my last R4.33

STEPH MCLENNAN fevercolumns@gmail.com PEOPLE often ask others what they would do with their last day on earth. The answer is typically something thoroughly un-thought-out, like spending the time in Paris. If the pre-warned were to stop and consider their answer more carefully, they would realise the unpleasantness of spending 19 of their last 24 hours in airports, and squashed next to that obligatory obesemanwithhalitosiswhoseems to be on every aircraft I have ever boarded. Last weekend, I was faced with a different question, albeit one just as difficult. Being at the tail end of my first month of being paid on the last day of the month, rather than the 25th, my purse strings are shorter than ever, and frayed to the point of decay. So, armed with my R4.33, I debated how to spend my weekend and what to do with these last few hard-earned cents. I put in a call to my bank manager to seek his advice, but he merely laughed and reminded me of the prudence of frugal living. I told him it was a little late for that, and we parted ways on our usual frosty terms. My next move was to use some of my last remaining data to take to Whatsapp and Facebook and find out what my posse were planning for the weekend. It pays to have friends wealthier

and better connected than oneself, and this bout of messaging scored me a free ticket to Friday night’s local rendition of “Whose Line is it Anyway”, which has been aptly renamed “What Kind”, for its Durban audience. As a thank you to my friends over at the Catalina, I must pause here to tell you that the place is awesome. Beforeyoubeginyournexttirade about how boring Durban is and how the city is a cultural vacuum, check out the Catalina’s offering online at catalinatheatre.com. The “What Kind” show, held once a month, is produced by local independent producer, Sandy Bigara, who, in my opinion, is as awesome at directing as she is at sporting pink hair. TheshowisheldintheCatalina’s trademark late-night slot, starting at 10pm, on the last Friday of every month. This slot, by the way, is open on other nights to any production accepted by the Catalina team, so I implore all directors and playwrights to help make Durban a more happening place. My plans to spend the rest of the weekend on the beach, using my R4.33 to tip car guards, were well and truly scuppered by the rain, which, while much-needed, would have been scheduled to begin on Monday morning if I was any kind of deity. On Saturday night, I attended a friend’s James-Bond-themed birthday party, and there devised a brilliant plan to avoid further weekends of month-end destitution. I am going to develop, in the words of the awful Lady Gaga, a “poker face” so formidable that a night at a card table can add zeroes to my bank balance. Luckily for me, the best things in life, such as friendships, sleep, and the neighbour’s wifi, remain free. As long as I have those, and a box of month-end Salticrax, I will survive to see another payday.

Is this the country’s oldest tombstone? ROWAN PHILP A GRAVESTONE which could be South Africa’s oldest has been found in Waterfall, triggering a dramatic shipwreck theory. And the 335-year-old marker states that the apparently English child died on 24 September — a day which would become Heritage Day three centuries later. Recording the death of Elizabeth Fowke in old English — “borne 1678” — the stone was found in a residential complex in Waterfall. The date is 150 years before Durban itself was founded, and only 26 years after Jan van Riebeeck arrived in the Cape. Anne Lok said residents at the ForestGlencomplexhadbeenwalkingon the stone for 20 years, using the smoothsideasapavingstonetoreach post boxes. Experts agreed that if a European baby did die in KwaZulu-Natal in 1679 she must have been a shipwreck survivor. UKZNprofessorDonalMcCracken said the headstone should be investigated and preserved by heritage authorities. He said it was “conceivable” that the Fowke family were shipwrecked off the Transkei coast, and were walking to the next available port, Lorenco Marques (Maputo), when Elizabeth died. McCracken said old gravestones were sometimes “thrown away” when English graveyards were cleared and that the Fowkes stone could “equally have been from discarded ship’s ballast … in the 1850s”. Lok said she noticed the clear in-

Anne Lok shows the in scribed stone which she and her husband Henkj discovered and which could represent South Africa’ oldest tomb stone. The headstone at Forest Glen complex in Waterfall served as a paving stone next to post boxes until it was turned over and discov ered in September. PHOTO: IAN CARBUTT

scription when it was removed for landscaping work. Today, it is sitting in Lok’s garage, having been scrubbed clean of its dirt and weathering stains. But the grandmother-of-six laid flowers on the headstone on 24 September to commemorate the 335th anniversary of the little girl's passing. The oldest surviving tombstone in Simonstown — home to the country’s oldest cemetery — details the death of Adriaan de Neijs in 1756. Experts said indigenous South African communities laid stone cairn grave markers, but that none had been dated to the 17th century. Cathy Salter, curator of the Simostown Museum, said: “It’s fascinating; a real mystery. It may have been a death at sea and the baby was buried ashore. Having consulted experts at the University of Cape Town, Salter said: “UCT also felt the tombstone may have been deposited in that area from another site, for use other than as a grave marker.” South African resident Alan Fowke (55), a possible descendent of

Elizabeth’s family, was astonished. “But my birthday is also 24 September. Is this a joke?” The horse sales agent said his family only came to South Africa in 1966, adding he would try to visit the stone topayhisrespectswhenhenextcame to Durban. Ros Devereaux, with the Amafa heritage agency, said the English name “Fowke” was recorded in India in the 1700s, and that it was possible that Fowke family members had passed present-day Durban on journeys between England and India. It was also possible that there had been no death and that the inscription could reflect “practice” on a flagstone by a 17th century stonemason’s apprentice in England. Anne-Maree Smith, director at the Family History Centre in Hillcrest, said she was concerned that “there is none of the weathering or deteriorationonewouldexpecttoseeinagenuine headstone of the period”. But, “Given the long sea voyage it is entirely possible that the child died at sea and the memorial was carved here”.

Love the babies FEVER REPORTER MATHEW Maure, procurement manager for Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital and Augusta Dorning, general manager for Netcare’s St Augustines Hospital, hand ed over 800 new, warm and much need ed baby blankets to Kim Griffith Jones, coordinator of the Robin Hood Founda tion recently. “We are blown away by the donation which will be used for our ‘Love the Ba bies’ project which was initiated nine years ago and has seen the foundation helpahundrednewmomseverymonth,’’ said Kim Griffith Jones. ‘‘Our ‘Love the Babies’ bags are like a baby shower in a bag which we deliver to needy moms in certain government hospitals many of whom take their newborn home from the hospital wrapped in newspaper.” Jones said that the RHF fill the bags with towelling and disposable nappies, secondhand and new baby clothes, hats, bibs, booties, towels and, of course, blankets for the mothers. Shesaid,“ThedonationfromNetcare will enable us, over the next four months, to give each mom two new blankets for their little one. You won’t believe the joy

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that this will bring to these moms. To be able to swaddle their babies in brand new, clean blankets is a luxury they can not afford’’ added Jones. AccordingtoDorning,asaresponsible hospital and healthcare group, Netcare is strongly committed to South Africa and the development of all its people. “We place considerable emphasis on giving back to the nation that has made our success possible and invest consider ableresourcesinawiderangeofcarefully selected community and nationbuild ing initiatives,” she said. ‘’The Robin Hood Foundation does amazing work in poor areas throughout KwaZuluNatal through their ‘Love the Babies’ campaign as well as their ‘Gogo Bags’, ‘Tea & Time’, ‘Bless A Granny’ and ‘Child Headed Household’ projects. We are thrilled to be associated with this nonprofit organisation and look for ward to assisting with the distribution of the baby blankets and sharing in the new mothers’ happiness,’’ she said. For more information on the Robin Hood Foundation or to get involved in one of their projects, contact Kim Grif fith Jones via email robinhood fund@telkomsa.net or call her on 076 612 9060. Mathew Maure, Augusta Dorning and Kim Griffith Jones with the blankets. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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suffering. So it is advisable firstly to make sureyoudonotleaveyourpooches on their own. Take them for a good walk before the evening starts and settle down in a nice, cosy room with the curtains closed and the TV or sound system up loudly. Get a big bag of something really yummy like roast chicken or biltong and whenever the firework goes throw your pooch a piece of the yummy treats. Bear in mind, you must start this exercise when your puppy is young and not when it is already petrified of the fireworks. Make sure that if puppy starts acting nervous you do not say anything to them or stroke them as all they will remember is that they got rewarded for being nervous. The minute they are confident give them a treat or a calm stroke. If your pooches really cannot cope try to organise something from your vet before the night and give it to them before the fireworks start. - Bernice Jaffe - animal behaviourist.

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Fleas…what every pet owner should know VETS and animal welfare organisations say that keeping pets indoors while crackers are being burst during Diwali and staying with them will help the animals feel secure. Ensure your pets are wearing a collar and attach an identification tag with your address and phone number so lost pets can be returned. Diwali affect pets, families and homeless ones alike. Animals have a level of hearing that is much more sensitive than that of humans, which means every firecracker sounds earthshattering to them. Often, they panic and try to escape. Several dogs go missing and some owners never succeed in tracking down their muchloved pets. As for homeless dogs, when firecrackers are lit on the streets, they are traumatised by the smoke and noise and go into hiding, venturing out only after the celebrations are over. In the process, they lose a chance to search for food

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DEBI BLAKE FYNN and Pedro are two very lucky felines who having been rescued by Durban’s Fe ral Cat Rescue Trust have found their fur ever home. Their tales are different ones. Fynn was a stray who was trapped and neutered in Sunningdale “But he wasn’t feral, he had definitely been someone’s pet before,” Tracey Hartley of the Trust told Fever. Pedro was trapped and rescued from near a shopping centre part of a litter withhismotherandsiblings.Themomwas sterilisedandPedrofoundhishappyhome. The two rescue kitties have both been adopted by Debbie and Erin Mitchell of Durban North. “Pedro arrived first. So when Fynn madehisappearancetherewasmuchhiss ing and carrying on. But they now get on

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Ilan Lipschitz with the team at Durban North’s Chateau Gateaux: store manager Jeannie Ray, Lihle Mahlaba, Njabulo Ndlovo, Bongiwe Thusi, Lipschitz and Zoe Mkhise.

DEBI BLAKE “I EAT, sleep and dream about cakes!” Ilan Lipschitz, Durban’s cake boss, says. He is the mastermind behind Chateau Gateaux, which was re cently voted in the top 10 bakeries in Durban by voters in an online survey conducted by I Love Dur ban. Thebakeryisnotjustapatisse rie (in Hillcrest, Kensington Drive Durban North, Pavilion, and Morn ingside)butisacakemanufactur er on an industrial scale, delivering cakes far and wide even beyond South Africa’s borders. Hugedemandsmeansthatthe factory will be moving to its third site “a worldclass facility” in Riverhorse Valley in February next year. When Lipschitz was baking in thekitchenwithhismom,asaboy, the furthest thought from his mind was that he would be head ing an everexpanding business. “My mom was my inspiration. She used to make a lot of novelty cakes and is still a very good baker. She makes a better cheesecake than me!” After finishing school he knew he wanted to be in the baking

trade and qualified as a pastry chef in the Nineties. Itwaswhileworkinginabakery ontheBereamakingcakesthatre quests and orders from coffee shops and restaurants in Durban started streaming in. The idea was to start a pastry kitchen using blast freezing tech niques a European concept where the product is blastfrozen at 30 degrees Celsius by highca pacity fans. The velocity of the cold air throughtheproductafterbaking, assembly and decoration results in rapid freezing which contributes to a very long shelf life. Once a startup loan had been granted, an industrial kitchen (300m2)wassetupdownanalley off Sydney Road. Increasing consumer demands saw the premises move to a River horse Valley site of 2 000m2. This has now also been outgrown ne cessitatingthemovetomuchlarg er premises nearby next year. “In terms of technology and safety the new factory will be more streamlined with improved checks and balances in place on the production line,” Lipschitz said. Orders come from beyond

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Pedro (pictured at back, left, with Erin Mitchell) and Fynn (right, with Tracey Hartley of Feral Cat Rescue Trust) have settled in well in their new home with Debbie Mitchell (front).

South Africa’s borders too from countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Seychelles and Namibia. Cold storage currently out sourced to Johannesburg by the truckload from where it is distrib uted will be installed on the new site. “We will run freezing, ware housing and distribution from the new premises. The factory will al so have its own water supplied from an onsite reservoir with buffer tanks as reserves. In this way production will not be affect ed should there be a water out age.” The pastry chef in the test kitchen and the productdevelop ment committee constantly brainstorms and experiments with new temptations for its cus tomers before baking on a larger scale. “We get feedback from staff and customers in our patisseries about new products. It is the best way to find out what works. “We focus on quality rather than quantity and never use fake ingredients. “If the menu says chocolate or strawberries it is the real thing not flavourings. There is nothing synthetic in our cakes. We also don’t use premix or powdered in gredients in our cheesecake,” Lip schitz explained. The company customises cakes for large brands and has seen its delicious products served on local airlines. “We want to become a recog nisable brand, a preferred cake supplier,” Lipschitz says. Apart from the factory reloca tion there are plans in the pipeline to expand the patisserie concept to Johannesburg and Cape Town. “Locals have embraced the Parisinspired patisseries which have been adapted for our mar ket.” Lipschitz admits that Paris, specifically, and France, generally, arehisfavouriteinternationaldes tinations when it comes to food. When not thinking up new temptations to add to the menu, Durban’scakebosssayshestillen joys cooking, baking and enter taining… “when I have the time!”

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so well, eating each other’s food and play ing together,” a besotted Mitchell said. Stories like these are the happy ones. “This part of the Trust’s work rehoming the many kittens and cats is becoming overwhelming. We need to focus on the feeding, trapping and sterilising of cats.” By Hartley’s calculations, more than 600 cats have already been trapped and sterilised this year. “I know I have done more than 380.” Hartley became the feral cats’ saviour in 1999 when while working at one of the first office parks on Umhlanga Ridge she noticed a feral cat family on the premises. She got traps from the SPCA and the rest is history. Working with Doug “The Cat Man” Fairall, countless ferals have since been trapped, sterilised, fed on location and/or rehomed. Which is why the fundraiser to be held

at the Barnyard at Gateway on Thursday 30 October is so important. “All proceeds will go towards the care and sterilisation of Durban’s feral kitties,” Hartley told Fever. 80s Rewind promises to be an evening packed with retro Eighties rock, pop, fash ion and fun. Tickets are R150 and are already on sale. Email nikimoore007@gmail.com to book a table. *The Trust operates entirely on dona tions and is run by a small group of volun teerswhoarepassionateaboutgivingferal cats a better quality of life on the streets. Their primary concern is sterilisation, but they also rescue the sick and injured. If any reader can help please contact either Tracey Hartley at 082 786 7269 or email tracey@feralcatrescue.co.za or call Doug Fairall at 074 187 2140.

This is a keeper >> Wellknown novelist launched her book in Durban North last week

FEVER: Do you look for inspiration or does it find you? POLAND: I write about what moves me - and the things that do have been consistently linked through 35 years as a writer. One book usually leads to another - a word, a story, an episode which takes me to the next project. FEVER: Who is your favourite author? POLAND: Too many to choose from. There are books that grip one at a particular time in life and the right moment to read a certain book. There have been milestone books but they are specific to my experience and interests at the time of reading them. FEVER: Any advice for wouldbe writers? POLAND: Don't wait for inspiration. Writing is a craft that must be honed and practised every day - like playing thepianoortrainingformarathons. It is not easy. It is said to be one of the hardest professions in the world. The rewards are few, the disappointments great and the satisfactions (when it works), stupendous.

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Poland pictured at the launch of “The Keeper” with her daughter Suzannah, and grandchildren, EvaWren and Jack Garland. DEBI BLAKE AWARD-WINNING South African author, Marguerite Poland, has found success no matter whether it has been as a writer of children’s books, non-fiction or novels. At the launch of her latest novel, “The Keeper” - hosted by Books & Books in Durban North - she had her fans transfixed with her insight into the background of her book. Poland had her audience in fits of laughter when she told them that she knew, from a very young age, that she wanted to write a novel. “I had also read that to be a successful one, writers had to be cold and hungry.” She wrote her first novel (agednine)“intheloo...asthat was the only place where it was cold and uncomfortable!” Poland isrenownedforher research into her books and

“The Keeper” was no exception. She said that her inspiration came from a classmate whose father was a lighthouse keeper at Bird Island. Although sheneveractually visited the island her knowledge of the Eastern Cape’s vegetationandbirdsstoodher in good stead while writing. The latest novel - which, it wasannounced,hasalsobeen translated into Afrikaans was “the shortest of all my novels and the most difficult to write,” Poland said. Fever asked the author for insight into writing and more: FEVER: Do you ever suffer writer’s block? If yes, how do you overcome it? POLAND: I once did long ago -butno,notnow.Iamaprofessional writer - it's my job and I just have to get on with it like one has to with any other job.

FEVER: Joanne Harris of “Chocolat” fame sometimes indulges her Twitter followers with “storytime...tweet by tweet”. Do you have blogs, or can your fans follow you on Facebook and/or Twitter? POLAND: I don't have a clue how to use Twitter or a blog or Facebook and I am never planning to learn. FEVER: Is there another book in the pipeline? POLAND: There is always another book in the pipeline but I never talk about them in case thecharacterstakefright and run away! FEVER: Are you in control of the characters in the book or do they take over? POLAND: The writer should always be in control. It's the process of burgeoning thought that makes some people get the idea that the characters take over. But it is the writer who is thinking, finding new nuances, discovering new possibilities: if they closed the pc, the character would close down too. Of course there are other energies out there but, ultimately, the writer holds the reins - or should.

Art auction a safe success thanks to a local security company FEVER REPORTER AN Upper Highway school has thanked a private security company for keeping par ents safe during a fund raising event. KainonSchoolrecentlyheldtheirannu al art auction fundraiser under the watch ful eyes of Philani Ngidi, an ADT Security guard who patrolled the grounds from

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6pmto11pmensuringallparentswereable to enjoy the evening knowing that their ve hicles were safe. “I would like to thank ADT for their gen erous support and for supplying the guard. We had over one hundred parents attend our fundraising art auction, and having Philani patrol throughout the evening was very comforting,” said Justina Wasserman,

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Pool of talent at Clifton >> Water polo event sees teams from all around SA vying for national crown RAISA SOODYAL

IN support of October being Breast Awareness Month in South Africa, the Oyster Box Hotel will be serving a special “Pink High Tea” daily. At a cost of R195 per person, R10 per person of every Pink Tea sold will be donated to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) to support research and the ongoing awareness campaign that helps to fight the illness. The CANSA Pink Tea promotion in partnership with Carrol Boyes - will also be offered at Red Carnation Hotel Collection sister properties around the country (Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat and The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa). A lucky draw of a Carrol Boyes Breast Cancer Pendant will take place across the three properties at the end of October. In the pink theme, the delectable high tea spread at The Oyster Box will include strawberry cheesecakes, raspberry macaroons, rose marshmallows, pink-iced cupcakes, as well as the usual savoury selection, all served with the finest selection of fragrant teas and coffees. The Pink High Tea will be served every afternoon between 2.30pm and 5pm, in The Palm Court, throughout October. To book, contact restaurant reservations at 031 514 5000 or restaurants@oysterbox.co.za

VER 200 adolescent boys waited anxiously to enter the Clifton School pool for a nationalwaterpolotournamentyesterday. The annual tournament, held over four days, sees 16 South African high schools’ best water polo teams face each other in an effort to win the national crown. Captain of the Clifton School team Nick Downes said they had trained for months in preparation for the tournament. “We are a team of best friends, so we work hard together, are passionate, and there is an understanding,” he said. “This is the best aquatic centre in the southern hemisphere, and for us it is our second home,” he added.

Mike Howieson, the tournament director, said the tournament had been a great success so far, with help from main sponsors Nashua. “Everything seems to be running well. The boys train for about four hours every day, five days a week. “It takes a lot of determination and passion,” said Howieson about the Clifton team, who are five-time winners of the tournament. “The only thing we cannot control are their nerves,” he chuckled. Tournament co-ordinator Simon Downes, who is Nick’s father, said the event benefited Durban. “Local bed and breakfast establishments are booked out.” Yesterday, anxious parents filled the stands cheering on their boys. Included among them were mothers Colleen Tewater, from Durban, and Adele Jones, from Hillcrest.

Did you know … 203: The number of boys in the tournament. 406: Approximately the number of meals provided for the boys every day by Eat Greek. 1 624: Approximately the number of meals that will be provided throughout the tournament. 4: The number of days of the tournament. 200: Approximately the numTewater, whose son goes to Durban High School, said allowing children to take part in sports offered a better balance in their lives. “Iamsuremostparentshaveseen

ber of spectators in the crowd at a time, excluding Clifton pupils. Best school: Clifton, with five wins in the last 10 years. Biggest competition: Reddam/ Bishops. Major sponsors: Nashua. 16: The number of teams from around the country. 13: The number of players in each team, excluding their managers. 7: The number of players who can play at a time.

a change and a sense of responsibilty in their children. “They are driven, dedicated and competitive,” she said.

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Hockey team battle it out KAINON School held a girls’ hockey tournament recently. Five schools namely Roseway Waldorf, Ashley Primary, Lyndhurst, Benjamin Pine and Kainon School battled it out each week on Kainon’s hockey fields. “It was a fantastic tournament where the girls were able to developtheirskillsinafriendlyandconstructive environment. “Well done to all the pupils and participating schools,” said Margaret Ecke – Kainon sports co-ordinator. Kainon pupils Michelle Nyanda back Jess Mansfield, James Gil lespie, Travis GrossMitchell and Lwandile Ntsele. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Grade 11 pupils Nkosinathi Ngcobo seen in action in the soccer match against Greytown High School at Wembley College. (WFC is in green, Greytown is in yellow).

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ATERFALL achieved podium position at a soccer tournament played at Wembley College last week. Out of the four games Waterfall won two.

Parents, teachers and pupils had a fun filled day. The other high schools in the soccer tournament were, Wembley College, Greytown High School, Hermannsburg and Weston Agricultural College.

Waterfall’s drama stars Cast with the director, having fun, from left to right: back row: Mich aela Christophers, Heather Macgregor, Re becca Harvey, director Aimee Bouwer, Wendy Mbili, Brenden Cooper. Front row: Catherine Todd, Charne Abrams , Amy Amstutz and Dylan Cooper. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

FEVER REPORTER THE Waterfall College Drama Club held a fun drama evening called ‘Unfortunate Events: A Trilogy’ directed by the talented Aimee Bouwer last week. The production sought to involve all pupils and use them to the best of their abilities. In order to accommodate the size

of the cast, this year’s production was a collection of three stand-alone plays: ‘Bank Robbery’, ‘Last Man on Earth’ and ‘Emily’s House’. Aimee Bouwer said, “It has been an incredible journey to watch the young performers grow more comfortable and take on their roles with passion and conviction. Not to mention the extreme joy and humour that came from our practices.”

KLOOF Pre-Primary teachers and pupils visited Embo Educare Crèche on Friday 12 September to spread some spring cheer by planting a Bridelia tree at the creche. The idea of the exercise was to create a shaded play area for the children of the crèche. School principal Coleen Philips said, “We shared a movement ring with the crèche children and everyone heard the story about Harry the Caterpillar who lived in the Bridelia Tree.” SheaddedthatKloofPre-Primary supports this crèche every week by making a collection of vegetables in the school so they can prepare a nutritious meal for the children at the

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Principal Colleen Philips with children of Embo Educare Creche. crèche. “Two of the families from the crèche live with older siblings, and old grannies with little or no in-

come.” Philips appealed to other schools in the area to also assist the Embo Educare Crèche in whatever way they can.

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From left: Danielle Coetzee, Adam Hadfield, Shamila Ramsook bhai, Jessi ca Barra clough and Tristan Theunissen.

FOUR Kloof High pupils achieved 100% for the matric art exhibition. The grade 12 Retrospective Art Exhibi tionisaculminationofworkproducedover a period of three years. Pupils are required as per subject requirements to produce a minimum of three sourcebooks and three artworks. Pupils Jessica Barraclough, Tris tan Theunissen, Danielle Coetzee and Ad amHadfielddemonstratedanexceptional and consistent work ethic.

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HE Kloof Rotary Anns’ will be hosting their 21st open gardens fundraising project from 4 October from 9.30am to 4.30pm in the Kloof, Hillcrest and Botha’s Hill areas. All profits will be donated to Highway charities. Garden lovers are invited to wander through the seven varied gardens. Delicious refreshments will be available at the impressive Rob Roy Retirement Village. Wendy Scorgie of Kloof Rotary Anns said, “Attendees should visit our Builders Express craft marquee where a variety of talented crafters will sell their goods. This gives you a chance to buy gifts and early Christmas presents.” “This marquee can be found in the grounds of The Plant & Flowers Garden Centre, KZN’s largest award winning garden centre.” The centre will also showcase five mini show gardens, created by various landscapers and local businesses. On producing a ticket, and for the weekend only, attendees will be entitled to a 10 percent discount on all purchases from the centre. Tickets cost R50, children under

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Garden number five by John and Lidia Kymdell. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

12 are free. A ticket includes refreshments and entrance to all seven gardens. Tickets are available at the entrance to each garden and prior to the event from Kloof Village Mall Super Spar, Waterfall Super Spar and The Plant and Flowers Garden Centre at a discount-

ed price of R40. To arrive at the first garden take Exit 24 from either direction on the M13 marked Abrey Road and follow the signs to Open Gardens. For further information contact Wendy Scorgie on 083 661 7337 or visit www.rotarykloof.org.za.

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AS a family we have always been aware that cal in sight. Oncewegotsettledonthefarmwestarted a lot of the food purchased and consumed has often been grown more for profit rather with 50 chickens just to feed our friends and than for sustenance. We have often seen and family. As a “naturally grown’ experiment, heardthatthefoodwebuygetstothemarket we treated them twice daily with a natural contaminated with hormones, antibiotics, mix of raw honey and apple cider vinegar insteroids, pesticides and other chemicals to the water to supplement wellbeing and thatwillmaximisesprofits.Thesechemicals promote a healthy immune system. We fed end up in our children and affect the way in them a no “pharmaceuticals added” broiler feed. which they grow and deIt worked, and velop naturally. This be- “Our goal is good food at a we had actually comes evident very quickmanaged to grow ly when we look at the in- sustainable price rather than food that wasn’t crease in cancer rates in profits at any cost.” contaminated at recent years. We are what all with chemicals we eat. or pharmaceutiIt was with this in cals and they mind, that the dream of owning a smallholding where we could con- turned out to be healthy and vibrant chicktrol our food supply and get our children out ens. The birds were an instant hit and eventuof the city and into a country setting started. In 2007 after many years of daydream- ally we had friends of friends buying them ing, and what most thought was just wishful saying they can’t remember when last they thinking, we took the biggest gamble ever ate chicken that tasted like chicken. We are very proud of our chickens and and bought a very run down property and turned it into what has now become known aregrowingthebusinessslowlyandsteadily because we focus on the health of the birds as EMC farm and EMC Stables & Livery. The idea of growing our own meat was to rather than the mass production of them. ensure that our young daughters, aged sev- Our goal is good food at a sustainable price en and nine at the time, could go through rather than profits at any cost. Our productheirdevelopmentalyearshormone,steroid tion has grown from the first 50 birds grown andantibioticfree.Todateouroldestdaugh- in two months, to a point where we now get ter has only been treated once with antibiot- 500 day old chicks every two weeks and are ics as a youngster and the youngest has nev- growing 2000 birds at any given time. Our aim and focus is on healthy, chemical er been treated with antibiotics at all. Currently we are growing our own free free meat that we won’t be scared to feed to range pork, lamb and chickens on the farm our children and then grandchildren, one for our own consumption, with not a chemi- day.

‘CARE for the Elderly Week’ takes place until 5 October and the Issy Geshen Lamont Home for the Aged is celebrating it with six planned activities for the 70 elderly residents. The Issy Geshen Home in Lamontville, which celebrates its 54th anniversary this year, provides care and promotes the physical, emotional and social well-being of the residents whose average age is 72 years. The week started with a walk around the grounds with three different courses for the frail, medium and fit walkers. Ice cream was served afterwards and certificates were handed out to the winners. On Tuesday, 30 September the residents will be visiting the Imbali Encane Creche in the area.

The elderly will be sharing treats, organised by the Robin Hood Foundation, with the 130 pre-schoolers. A movie and popcorn morning will take place on the Wednesday followed by a braai and story-telling the following day. On Friday the residents will be taking a train trip to Scottburgh and will enjoy a picnic lunch. The week of celebrating their lives will culminate in the residents’ families being invited to the Home from 11.30am to 2pm on Saturday, 4 October. The Issy Geshen Home is looking for the sponsorship of cool drinks, food items or cash donations to cover the cost of the week of activities whichwillbethehighlightoftheresidents’ year. To get involved, email Tenley Cummings on tenley@tenandcompany.com.

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ket every Monday and Saturday from 8am to 12noon. All 11 charity shops, tea garden andnurseryareopen.Formoreinformation contact Barbara Laubscher on 031 764 1212/3. Monthly Kloof and Highway SPCA Village Green 29 Village Road, Kloof hosts a Garden Mar ket on the last Sunday of every month from 9am to 1pm. All 11 charity shops, tea garden andnurseryareopen.Formoreinformation contact Barbara Laubscher on 031 764 1212/3.

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Organisers and Old Girls Pam Setzkorn and Derry Jurgensen.

Sabrina Strauss, Bronwyn Laing and Jessica Scott.

THE St Mary’s Old Girls’ Committee hosted a tea to welcome the Class of 2014 to the Old Girls’ Guild recently. St Mary’s DSG Old Girls who were the guest speakers included: trustee of the BlueSkySocietyandconservationistBron wyn Laing, director of Wildlands Conserva tion Trust Louise Walker (nee Duys) and elder at Glenridge Church, Heather Phipps (nee Ratcliffe). Thepanelweresuperb,inspiringtheat tendees with their personal and profes sional journeys and providing the girls with entertaining anecdotes and some thoughtprovoking ideas about their fu tures. The common thread connecting all the panelists was that all the girls are all re markable women who have achieved across a variety of fields, and who are all, in some way, involved in the upliftment of their communities and preservation of the environment. Tea and treats completed the fun hour spent mingling in the beautifully decorat ed Learning Resources Centre Foyer.

Kylie Kuhl and her gran Sue Rad ford two generations of St Mary’s Old Girls.

Bronwyn Laing, Louise Walker and Heather Phipps.

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Courtney Geyle, Catherine Metcalf, Tarryn Powell and Louise Walker.

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Second generation St Mary’s Old Girls Kylie Kuhl, Louise Opitz, Jenna Scruse and Julia Conradie.

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Taking the new Ford Mustang from sketch to production >> The design of the 2015 Mustang is allnew yet unmistakably Mustang

OR a car designer, the chance to rei magine an icon like Ford Mustang is always exciting. Doing this for the fa mous Ford performance car’s 50th anni versary, is the opportunity of a lifetime. As Ford’s performance leader, the basic pa rameters of Mustang were obvious: rear wheel drive com bined with the sound and perform ance of a V8 engine to create the visceral experience that Mus tang drivers expect. Part of the appeal of Mustang over the years has been the way it combines style, performance and every day usability thanks to its fourseat cabin and sizable trunk. These attributes had to be part of the new design. With these basic parameters, Ford designers established a footprint to work with roughly the same as the fifth generation model. From a design standpoint, the chal lenge was how to design a car that was contemporary, but unmistakably

A sketch of new Ford Mustang. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Mustang. The goal was to create aMustangwitha bold, aggressive face, with chiselled detail ing on the body and a more athletic stance on its tires. Severalhundredsketchesweresubmit ted in early 2010 incorporating many of the primary Mustang DNA cues to varying

Toyota’s stunning new SUV TOYOTA has released images of a stunning concept car that provides the first hint of a type of vehicle the company would like to bring to the small SUV market. The radical Toyota C-HR concept, which will have its world premiere next week at the Paris Motor Show, presents a bold new dynamic design language. The striking blue C-HR concept in-

troduces an expressive new “diamond architecture” styling theme to the segment and features a hybrid powertrain. Below its compact, sensual cabin profile, the lower bodywork has been sculpted to represent the faceted surfaces of a highly-durable, precision-cut gemstone. The front view debuts new styling themes that hint at a future design direction for Toyota vehicles - a further

degrees. The long bonnet, short deck, bold grille, sharkfront nose, fastback profile andreartribartaillampswerereinterpret ed in dozens of different ways. Similarly, sketches of the interior fea tured the distinctive symmetrical instru ment panel with a double brow design and

large analogue gauges. Throughout 2011, hundreds of initial sketcheswerenarroweddowntoahandful ofproposalsthatwouldbetransformedin to an initial batch of clay models for evalu ation in three dimensions. After further development, three themes went into the final selection phase in early 2012. By the summer of 2012 as with all previous gen erations the main Dear born, Michigan, studio took the lead on develop ing the Mustang into a pro duction car. Designers, clay sculp tors and digital modellers spent countless hours refin ing the lines and surfaces that create the three dimensional body side and the powerful hunches as well as the longsculpted hood with a forward leaning nose that give the 2015 Mustang its unique look and personality. Details such as the shape and size of the grille and headlamps were refined and the rear track was widened by 70 millime tres, giving the new car an even more ag

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gressive stance. The elimination of the front and rear bumper shelves and the use of unified side glass with the Bpillar hidden behind the rear quarter windows contribute to the new Mustang’s more contemporary shape. On the interior, the team paid close at tention to the relationships of the various elements, and designed them in a way to achieve optimum fit and finish. The final theme was inspired by the wing of an airplane, with the double brow carved out of the wing.All the gauges, reg isters, toggle switches and other design el ements are placed into the wing. Every thing is where it needs to be for usability, just like the cockpit of an airplane. The tog gle switches are a highlight of the modern centre stack. The designers have also taken advan tage of modern lighting technology at both ends of the car. Indirect LEDs illumi nate the blade style tribar tail lamps with a uniform glow. LEDs are also used for the three gills mounted inboard of the highin tensity discharge headlamps, recalling the gills moulded into the headlamp buckets of the original 1965 Mustang. Along the way, the shape of the new Mustang underwent twice as much aero dynamic testing as any previous genera tion. The final production design of the all new sixthgeneration Ford Mustang was revealed to the world on 5 December 2013 and it will go on sale in the US later this year. This is also the first generation of the Mustang that will be sold across the world, including South Africa, Australia, and the UK.TheallnewMustang,withV8andEco Boost® engines will go on sale in South Af rica late 2015. Supplied

development of the company’s “under priority” and “keen look” design identity. From the side, the highly-faceted lowerbody,aggressivelyangularrear shoulders and muscular wheel arches are contrasted with an exceptionally sleek cabin profile. Highly-distinctive, aero-inspired, floating rear light clusters further enhance the broad shoulders of the concept car’s lower bodywork. The new Toyota SUV. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Great reward for Sarda

>> Organisation welcomes muchneeded donation Celebrating the hand over of R40 000 from the Vodacom Durban July to the KZN Chapter of the SA Riding for the Dis abled Association (SARDA) are (from left) Alberts Breed, Vodacom Managing Executive KZN, Linda Wilson, Alulutho Tsho ba riding Spirit, Eric Major and Ken Twed dell Event Marketing Manager, Gold Circle. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Sthedustsettlesonthe2014KZNwinter racing season, a joint donation of R40 000 from the organisers and sponsor of the Vodacom Durban July reaffirmed their support for the pioneering work done by the SA Riding for the Disabled Association (Sarda) at their premises in Shongweni. Sarda provides daily classes for children with a wide range of physical and mental disabilities, often producing staggering results from the carefully managed rides on their ponies. Research projects are currently documenting the physical and psychological benefits of these riding therapy sessions. Vodacom'sregionalmanagingexecutiveAlberts Breed, who has been a long-standing admirer and supporter of the project, was stunned by the major strides that have been made at the Sarda property, particularly with theadditionoftheirnewall-weatherarenathat allowsthemtooffertheirdailyclassesirrespective of the weather. "It is such a great way to round off the racing season by continuing our support for Sarda," said Breed. "While it might seem like a small donation, it goes a long way to help with the stabling and running costs of the organisation. "There is such a great fit between the Vodacom Durban July, which is Africa's greatest horseracing event, and the Sarda operation, which all happens behind the scenes and away from the limelight," he added.

Boys and girls from a number of special schools in the area attend weekly riding classes at Sarda, and in many cases they attribute major improvements in their posture, mobility, muscletime,speechability andmentalwellbeing to the 20 minute session horse rides under the careful control of the Sarda instructors and volunteers. Bouncing back from a robbery earlier in the year,theSardaKZNchapterisbackinfullswing holding classes daily at the Shongweni venue, but as their co-ordinator Fiona Muhl stresses, they are always looking for more help. "The donation from the Vodacom Durban Julygoesstraightintoourdailyoperatingcosts, and every bit helps in that regard," said Muhl. "We are just about back up to speed with equipment and tack after the break in, with just a few stirrups leathers still needed - it is absolutely essential that our children can sit level and stable in the saddle. "We also have an ongoing need for volunteers who are willing to help lead ponies and assist with the classes," she added. "Anyone with a passion to help can join us, even if they have just a few hours available a week." She added that transport remains a bottleneck, and their desire to offer riding therapy classes to more special need pupils was hampered by the basic need to transport children from outlying communities to the Sarda premises. The Sarda KZN chapter can be contacted via http://www.sardadurban.org.za/

PE to Plett success for Kargo LOCAL Kargo Pro MTB team’s pair of Rourke Croeser and Travis Walker were ecstatic with their victory in the recent Isuzu Trucks PE to Plett mountain bike stage race in the Eastern Cape after the duo clinched victories in all four of the stages which saw them soar imperiously to the top of the overall standings. The result was particularly meaningful for Croeser afteradisappointingUCIMTB&TrialsWorldChampi onshipsinNorwayrecentlyandthevictoryisthepair’s second podium finish in their two stage race outings thisyearafterclaiminganimpressivethirdplacefinish in the Nedbank sani2c earlier in the year. “PE to Plett was a really good one for us!” said Croeser. “I’ve struggled for the past ten to fifteen days with all the travelling I’ve done in the build up to and then since Worlds. Plus that was a big disappoint ment for me so to get the win was really great!” “Trav (Walker) was really strong and we really

rode well together as a team for the full four days.” Walker,comingoffhisconfidenceboostingvictory in the high profile Mandela Day Marathon MTB Dash, was in good form leading into the race and the result was particularly pleasing for Croeser and the rest of the Kargo setup. While Croeser and Walker surged to victory in the Eastern Cape, fellow teammates Brendon Davids and Stuart Marais took on the testing 105km Sunday Trib une Jeep Hill2Hill ultramarathon from Hilton to Hill crest in KwaZuluNatal. Hill2HillshowdownsawjuniortalentAlanHather ly claim a commanding victory as he successfully de fended the title he clinched in 2013. “I was super stoked to have beaten my time from last year on a longer course and to get the overall win by around seven minutes!” said a satisfied Hatherly afterwards.

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