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IETERMARITZBURG prostitutes are here to stay. The Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), an NGO that fights for the rights and well– being of sex workers, has made it clear that it will not entertain the Msunduzi Municipality’snewbylawsofremoving sex workers from the streets. “No! As SWEAT we do not support the removal of sex workers off the streets because we believe that sex work is work,” said SWEAT’s advocacy officer, Ntokozo Yingwana. Yingwana said that even though prostitution has not been legalized in South Africa, SWEAT is working hard to make it so. “SWEAT is advocating for the decriminalisation of sex work. We have sex workers who lobby parliamentarians, unions and community leaders. We are still waiting for the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) to release its report on the Discussion Paper on Adult Prostitution, Project 107, which we made a submission to in 2009. Initially the report was said to be released in 2011, then 2012, and now there is no finalisation date. The SALRC keeps telling us that they are waiting for the appointment of commissioners. Until they release this report and make its recommendation, parliament cannot debate decriminalisation of sex work,” said Yingwana. Yingwana said that sex workers experience a lot of abuse and discrimination from both the public and government service providers, such as clinics and police stations.

“A lot of the abuse comes from the police though. The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) report on police abuse thatwasreleasedlastyearshowedthat of the 308 sex workers interviewed for thisstudy,70%experiencedsomeform ofabuseatthehandsofthepolice,”said Yingwana. Msunduzi Municipality spokesperson Brian Zuma said that Prince Alfred and Burger Streets are problem areas, filled with prostitutes as well as street children who rob people and who have sex in full view of the public. “This is a social problem that needs tobedealtwithsensitively.Prostitution is illegal, and indecent acts on our streets cannot be condoned. But again, we need to see the bigger picture. Poverty has serious manifestations,” said Zuma. He said that the presence of street children cripples business operations in the CBD. The Maritzburg Fever spoke to three street children who have formed a small compound at the corner of Hesom and Langalibalele (Longmarket) Streets. Pouring glue from its glass container into an empty milk carton, one said that the municipality abuses them. “They use water cannons so that we move from here. They dump us in desertedareasoutoftownsothatwecan’t come back. Our fathers and mothers fought for our freedom and this is what weget?Ipromiseyou,someonewillget hurt.” Police spokesperson Captain Thulani Zwane said that prostitution is a social phenomenon that cannot be addressed by the police alone. “The South African Police and the

office of the mayor are currently addressing the problem of prostitution in the city and surrounding areas. Numerous interventions are carried out and several of the prostitutes are chargedonaweeklybasis.Itisunfortunate that fines are low and are affordable so it does not deter the offenders,” he said, adding that the SAP are monitoringthesituationaswellasproviding regular patrols and searches in the area. “It is also crucial that community leadersandreligiousorganizationsassist in addressing the demand, in order for the supply to decrease,” said Zwane. He said that removing children from the street fulfils a constitutional mandate. Although police say that no reports of child prostitution have been foundinPietermaritzburg,Zwanesaid that parents must take responsibility for their children. “SWEAT does not support the sexual exploitation of children. We actually don’tevenrefertochildrenwhosellsex as sex workers; instead we refer to themaschildrenwhoarebeingsexually exploited. When we do come across a child during outreach or get a tip–off, we immediately contact the police and NGOs to help us remove that child from that brothel or street,” said Yingwana. Zumaaddedthatataskteamofvarious stakeholders, including the KZN Department of Social Development, MsunduziMunicipality,SAPS,KZNDepartment of Health, and Youth for Christ and some other interested parties, has been formed to find a solution. “This is not a problem that can be solved by the municipality alone,” said Zuma.

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Cuppa for Cansa VARIOUS coffee shops around the city will be taking part in the annual Cuppa for Cansa campaign during this month. The event aims to raise awareness about cancer and about the services offered by Cansa, while raising funds to support the work of the organisation. ‘Our ultimate aim is to reduce the incidence of cancer by educating peo

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ple about simple lifestyle changes that can be adopted to lower their cancer risk. We also promote cancer screening including pap smears for women and PSA tests for men, which are available to members of the public at our Cancer Care Clinic in Pietermaritzburg,’ said Li sa Strydom, regional manager for Can sa in Pietermaritzburg. Where to go for your cuppa: Bean Scene (Scottsville Mall) Lakeside Cafe (Armitage Road) Flavour Cafe (Dunrobin Garden Centre) The Cafe at Rosehurst (Boom St) Just Lavender (Gough Road) Keg and Hedgehog (Town Bush Road) Essence Cafe (Victoria Road) Jaxx (Hilton Avenue) RJ’s (Invesco Centre)

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The second annual Botanical Gardens clean up campaign took place recently, with the help of pupils and members of the public, in order to get the gardens ready for the new season next month.

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HE second annual Botanical Garden clean up, sponsored by Parklane Superspar, took place recently and enlisted the help of pupils fromvariousschoolsinthecityandany willing member of the public. Before the cleanup got underway, pupils were given various recycling talks. emphasizing the importance of recycling their rubbish in order to protect the environment. Ward councillor, Glen MacArthur, was present, showing his support for what he termed, a great initiative.

“It’sgoodtoseepeopletakingtheinitiative to clean the environment insteadoffoulingit.Ithinkthatitisnecessary that people physically pick up litter so that it reminds them that someone else has to pick up their mess. There is a certain attitude of laziness when it comes to people having to throw their dirt into the bin so people need to work together to stop others from littering,” he said. Chris Willis, Chief Director of conservation, gardens and tourism for the South African National Biodiversity Institute, shared his sentiments and added that it was important to create awarenessaboutpollutioninallforms.

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“It’s important to keep the environment healthy in order to maintain the community asset [Botanical Garden] so that it can be enjoyed by the Pietermaritzburg community members,” said Willis. Oneoftheparticipatingschoolswas Russell High School which took part in the clean up as an extension of their cleanup campaign at the school. According to Deneys Linde, the teacher involved with the school interact group, each class does a week of cleanup at the school in order to keep the premises free of litter. “This is just part of our lives,” said Linde.

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Julius Malemas’ party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has set its sights on Msunduzi Municipality.

ESPITE the uncertainty of its future, Tembaletu Trust is runningfullsteamaheadwith a variety of new and exciting projects on the go. Last year, Maritzburg Fever reported that the non–governmental organization would possibly have to shut its doors at their premises in Burger Street, after receiving a notice of the termination of their 25 year lease with the Department of Public Works.

On a recent visit, director Richard Rangiah told Maritzburg Fever that they had received a nine month extension to the termination date, which is now 30 June 2014. “We are happy to get the extension, however this does not solve the problem. We are still appealing at every possible level to keep this premises as a public facility centre,” said Rangiah. He added that the trust has written to the director general at the Department of Higher Education and Training, Gwebinkunda Qonde, presenting their case and request to re-

main at their current premises and are awaiting feedback. However this has not stopped the organization from moving forward with various activities for the public. They have started a ceramics course which invites unemployed youth to learn how to make ceramics. The two major projects they will be involved in this year are in collaboration with the National Lottery. The first focuses on developing the writing skills of school children, both in primary and high school. The program will take pupils through the whole publishing process, from an

idea, to writing a story, editing it and finally publishing it. At the end of the program, the trust will publish a collection of the best stories which will be available to the public to purchase. The second project is the development of a music training centre for unemployed youth to pursue their musical talents through theory and practice. “The struggle for our location is ongoing but that hasn’t stopped us from continuing to provide our service to the public. We remain positive,” said Rangiah.

NQOBILE MTOLO >>nqobile@pmbfever.co.za JULIUS Malema’s party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has listed the Msunduzi Municipality as one of its targets. Speaking to the Maritzburg Fever, EFF convener Reggie Ngcobo said thatthepartyhasreceivedalotofinvitations from people who want to be volunteer members. Ngcobo said that although the party is still waiting for a complete formal registration with the Independent ElectoralCommission(IEC),whichhe said should be done by end of this week, he said that there are unanswered questions that need to be ironed out at the municipality. He said that some issues that need transparency include finer details of the maladministration which brought the municipality to its knees in2010whileZaneleHlatshwayowas still the mayor. Ngcobo confessed that the EFF made a mistake by not focusing its attention on KwaZulu–Natal as soon as the party was formed by Malema. “At that time, we did not realize that EFF is a big brand in KwaZulu– Natal. The support in the province is overwhelming and we admit that we havenotputinextraeffort[inmobilizing the party],” added Ngcobo. With many people coming on board, the party aims at achieving 30% to 35% of votes in the KZN area come the 2014 elections, said Ngcobo. “TheMsunduziMunicipalityisone of our target areas. There are a lot of hanging issues that need to be sorted out. Once we become a formal political party, those issues will be boldly raised. Although we are still waiting for the completion of the formal registration with the IEC, nothing stops us from addressing issues concerned with the livelihood of the people,” added Ngcobo. The EFF was formed by Malema, the expelled and former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president, in July this year.

The gift that keeps on giving NICOLE JOHN >>nicole@pmbfever.co.za GIFT of the Givers warehouse manager, Salim Sayed, has been recognised by the Mountain Rise Police Stationforhiseffortswithjobcreationandskillsdevelopment. Sayed began a small furniture business project at the warehouse at 31 Willowton Road, which he thought would put the vacant space on the premises to good use. The project started off as a hobby, and then grew into something a little bigger when Sayed realised he could use this as an opportunity to offer employment to a few people in the city. “I started this project in an effort to help people with jobs and help the poverty stricken, even if it is just in a very small way. These men came to me without any skills in furniture making and I taught them what I know and now they can make anything,” he said. There are currently five people who work at the businesswhichhasbeenrunningsincethebeginning of this year. Sayed said that things started off slowly but as people got to see their work, it picked up. Sayed and his team make anything from headboards, beds, chairs, lounge suites and wedding chairs for Indian ceremonies. They even do reupholstering and recovery of lounge suites. Communications officer for the Mountain Rise Police Station, warrant officer Joshua Maistry, applauded the effort of Sayed. “On behalf of the station commander of Mountain Rise, we would like to applaud Mr Sayed on his initiative for job creation and enhancing skills developmentinthecity.Weappreciatedthejobyouhavedone and encourage others to follow suit.” For more information, contact Sayed at 083 651 2006 or 079 502 5944.

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At the Gift of the Givers workshop are (back, from left) Samad Sayed, Sanele Dlamini, warrant officer Joshua Maistry, Justin Wise, Bobby Padayachee and (front) Salim Sayed.

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Readers are invited to share their views, news and issues with the Pietermaritzburg community. Only letters with an address will be considered for publication. This week’s winning letter is from VIJAY SURUJPAL who has won a R100 shopping voucher from Jonathan’s Spar. Winners of the best letter must take their ID book, as well as this letters’ page, to Krish Naidoo, at Jonathan’s Spar at City Square, Langalibalele Street, in order to claim their prize.

volved, these racers are willing to leave the comfort and safety of their homes tobreakthelaw,allsotheycandowhat they enjoy. This should be a clear indication that the municipality is not providing for the needs of these people who would be willing to pay for the use of proper facilities. As opposed to trying to lock these people up, the municipality should pro vide a venue for these events and for a reasonable fee, allow the drag racing enthusiasts to do what they love. I feel

this would serve the community a lot better than trying to apprehend these racers, as this is potentially a new source of revenue which can then be used where needed such as fixing the multitude of pothole on our roads. If our police placed more impor tance on dealing with serious crimes, such as rape and murder, as opposed to chasing down drag racers, our city would be a far more pleasant place to live in. ANONYMOUS Pietermaritzburg

Stand together to save the rhino GREED has driven the rhino to the brink of extinction. Soon children will not be abletomarvelatthesightofabeautiful rhino. At the rate at which the rhino is being poached, experts are predicting that it will be extinct by 2015. When this happens, it will be a sad day for the human race. The number of rhinos poached this year alone stands at a staggering 553. The demand for rhino horn has been in creasing steadily, with 83 rhinos killed in 2008, 122 in 2009, 333 in 2010, 448

in 2011 and 668 in 2012. Thereisalackofpoliticalwilltodeal with this carnage. Too often, the battle is lost in court with documents missing. Poachers get out on bail and continue to kill. Recently, a poacher awaiting his next court appearance was found with two rhino horns on the Swaziland bor der, the cartilage intact and blood still dripping. We are not only losing our rhino, we are also losing our human dignity. Neighbouring countries like Botswana

have implemented shoot to kill policies and tougher penalties on poachers in an effort to protect the rhino. South Africa needs to implement similar strategies if we want to win this battle against rhino poaching. Let’s do our bit to save this magnifi cent creature who may suffer the same fate as the dodo and be poached to ex tinction. VIJAY SURUJPAL Via email

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Dragsters should be allowed to race legally I WOULD like to say that I strongly agree with the letter sent in by Wayne Pillay, published on 7 August 2013. As someone who has witnessed these informal gatherings of local drag racers, it is clear to me that if people can afford to spend their hard–earned money on fuel (keeping in mind the es calatingpetrolcosts)forthepurposeof racing their motor vehicles, this is obvi ously an activity which they greatly en joy. Not forgetting that it is an illegal ac tivity and despite the risks and costs in

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The Hilton Food and Wine Fair will be held on September 13 and as always, promises to be an evening of much merriment. Quarry Spar and the Protea Hilton Hotel will again host the evening as part of their unending support of the community. This is the main fundraiser for Hilton PrePrimary School and is a fun–filled evening of much laughter, fun and friendship, not to mention loads of delicious food and wine. Tickets are R100 per person and are on sale at the boerewors roll stand at Quarry Spar and are available in Quarry Spar and at Hilton Pre–Primary. Tickets can also be purchased on the evening at the door which opens from 6.30pm.

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Pictured at the Msunduzi Hospice Car Fair photoshoot representing some of the car dealers in Pietermaritzburg were (from left) James Perryer, Musa Mthembu, Lihle Deyi, Niel Rajah, Brian Bassett (Msunduzi Hospice), Kevin Coyne, Yagan Padayachee, Etienne Burns and Robynn Thrash.

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meals served in celebration of Braai Day. Live entertainment, stalls selling audio and auto related products and accessories and a children’s corner will be on offer. One of the main attractions is Johann von Bargen, The Traffic Guy of East Coast Radio, who will present an anti– hijacking talk. There will also

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St Anne’s girls were dressed to the nine’s for their fifth Form formal held recently in the Col lege dining hall (from left) Xolisa Magwentshu, Tayla Bird, Sarah Thatcher, Annabel Rattray, Ju lia Church and Siph esihle Sokhela.

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ETIRED First National Bank chief economist, Cees Bruggemans, recently addressed the Grade 11 and 12 pupils, and some of their parents, at St Charles College. Bruggemans addressed their uncertainty about entering into the business world and how the economic climate would affect their lives, and the success thereof. “All we are ever sure of is the total, utter unpredictability of life. All we have to do is remain focused,” he said. He gave the boys a general outlook on his interpretation of what the business world will be like when they enter into their first jobs. Painting a picture of positivity, Bruggemanssaidthatthecountry,and the world at large, were in the process of repair. “You are the lucky generation that will walk into a working world that is fully functional again.”

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Hannah Jacobs (Grade RR) found a great way to cool down in the recent heat wave with a freshly squeezed pineapple juice bought at the Grade 5 St John’s Indaba Day.

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Two 11–year old Cowan House students, Kezia Taylor and Lauren Wood, raised R5138 for the KwaCheetah Project at a fete they held recently. When Wildlands CEO Dr Andrew Venter heard about this, he was so moved by the young girls’ passion for conservation, he chatted to his team at Wildlands and the Wildlands Conservation Trust decided to match the girl’s donation, rand for rand, and donated a further R5138 to the KwaCheetah Project. Des mond Gouws of the KwaCheetah Project praised the girls and Wildlands for the much needed funds. If anyone would also like to contribute to the con servation efforts of the KwaCheetah Project, please contact Desmond at woodlands@nambiti.com. Pictured at the cheque handover are (front) Lau ren Wood (L), Kezia Taylor (back) Desmond Gouws (L) from the KwaChee tah Project and Dr Andrew Venter from Wildlands.

Grace College pupils delivered an excellent performance at the ‘Grace’s Gifts’ talent show held recently. From entertaining and wellspo ken MC’s, to talented musicians, singers, dancers and actors, the evening held some thing for everyone. Ending their school career on a high note were matric pupils Sarah Tychsen (L) and Skhulu Zondi (R), who shared the winners’ trophy. Tychsen did a beautiful rendition of Adele’s ‘Chasing Pave ments’ and Zondi entertained with his own composition called ‘Loud!’.

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JONATHAN COOK COACHING sport at school and university level is no easy task in what is a fiercely competitive environment. All institutions see success as a powerful marketing tool as they compete for the best students. Sporty fathers place as much emphasis on an institution’s prowess on the playing fields as they do on quality in the educational and cultural spheres, and to this end top coaches are employed. Maritzburg College and UKZN Pietermaritzburg product Darryn Gallagher, is a prime example of the new era.HeadofhockeyatNorthwoodHigh in Durban, “Gally” offered insight to Maritzburg Fever on his coaching model. And he walks the talk. Among many, many achievements, the ex– South Africa midfielder played nearly

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Hi Performance Radials: 195/50 15 VR 195/55 15 VR 195/60 15 VR 195/65 15 VR 205/60 15 VR 205/65 15 VR 205/55 16 VR

R560 R627 R620 R638 R627 R627 R698

205/45 16 WR 205/40 17 WR 225/45 17 WR 235/45 17 WR 225/40 18 WR

COMMERCIAL 155/80 12C 195/80 14C 195/70 15C 195/80 15C 215/80 15C 245/75 15C 255/70 15C 245/70 16C

TYRE ’N TUBE 171 GREYLING STREET PHONE: 033 394 6988 Hi-Q Bird Sanctuary 9 Armitage Road Bird Sanctuary Tel: 033 342 5036

SHOCKS 50% LESS 50%

R783 R676 R912 R961 R948

R436 R699 R738 R848 R999 R1 277 R1 201 R1 282