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ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AND A CRIMINAL RECORD
Crime record haunts ANC Cllr OTHO VAYO
mination to the Drakenstein Municipality. Last Tuesday, Samuel Rens, ANC chief whip in the DrakenA case of assault against a councillor and leading ANC politi- stein Municipality, and recently elected Deputy-Secretary of cal figure in the Drakenstein region has been postponed yet the party in the Boland Region, appeared in the Tulbagh Magagain. istrates Court for the fourth time. Moreover, he stands accused of not disclosing a criminal A woman has alleged that Rens beat her up in October 2014 record to the party leadership before accepting his after an argument with her husband. According to witnesses, the incident took place on the weekend that the Springboks were playing against the All Blacks at a sports pub in Gouda. The alleged victim, Zelna Jagers (42), a mother of six, says she was attacked by Rens after arguing with him about the way he addressed her husband regarding an RDP house. Reports say there was a heated exchange, and manhandling as well as assault from Rens. The councillor was part of the task team deployed by the ANC to investigate charges of corruption against Ward 14 Councillor Sonwabo Lumko, who was subsequently suspended. The suspension took place just after the house of the councillor was razed to the ground by disgruntled residents, who alleged that he had stolen the bricks used to build his house from a project meant to build houses for the poor. Appearing before Magistrate Peter Klaazen, Ren’s defence team pleaded for another postponement, “the fifth and last” since last year, to prepare adequately. Advocate Marten Green appeared for Rens. Magistrate Klaazen reluctantly set the next date of appearance for 2 December, a year and some months after the charges were first laid against the councillor. As if that was not enough, it has emerged that Rens did not reveal a previous criminal record when he was nominated, accepting the post of Regional Deputy Secretary after the recent elections. According to the Die Son newspaper, a member of the party in Mbekweni snitched on Rens, and asked that Faiez Jacobs, secretary of the ANC in the Western Cape take disciplinary steps against the former. According to the informant, Rens was sentenced to 18 years in 1995 for stock theft. Further, it is said that in 2010 he paid an admission of guilt fine of R2 000 for assault and in 2013, he again paid a R 1000 fine for assault and intimidation. A source close to the investigation describes Rens as an “arrogant man, because of his close ties to Provincial n Chairperson Marius Fransman”. Zelna Jagers (42) walks out of the Tulbagh MagisCalled for comment, Rens acknowledged only the stock o trates Court after yet another postponement. theft case. PHOTOS: OTHO VAYO
“It is over and done with, and everybody knows about it.” He did not find it necessary to inform the ANC, he said. “Its an old case stemming from 1995, and the ANC has dealt with me. I do not know what to add.” Jacobs has confirmed that the complaint against Rens is before the Provincial Executive Committee. “It is receiving our immediate attention,” he said.
Samuel Rens, ANC chief whip in the council, and Deputy Regional Secretary, walks out of the court after another short appearance.
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2 25 September 2015
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Be optimistic, look on the bright side, stop moaning! I like it when people talk loudly, although there are times when I do not prefer such strident talk. I was at a train station waiting and, after a while, we were so exhausted from this perennial waiting thing, a common hassle with transport, at some stage I actually dozed off. When the train finally arrived and people rushed headlong for the carriage entrances, I realised it was full, standing room only. There were these two elderly men talking X impeccably dressed in casual wear, which somehow proved that they were from around town. This is opposed to those with a more rustic look, denoting their rural background, from emakhaya. They were very loud in their conversation, somehow wanting to draw everyone else into their talk. It was like “you young fellas know nothing,
listen to us talk wisdom.” But I, for one, was reluctantly drawn into this jabber and the subject of their discussion. Moaning about this and that. Moaning about how whites are ripping us off. The disparity in wages. And the yawning economic gap between us and them. I figured, who doesn’t know that! And yet here were these two oldies going on and on as if what they were saying - to each other and us, their fellow travellers - was new. Ja, not the most enervating, if annoying. I felt like dozing off again, not easy standing on your feet. So whoever was within earshot was forced to endure this twaddle. Then, the subject changed to business talk. Still things were not all okay with these two. There was this. There was that. What a gloomy picture they painted. Dear reader, I am sure you wouldn’t want
Don’t look away, stand up I’m really amazed by what is happening in our communities. We have turned to be so passive and careless nowadays. During the time I was growing up, our community was so involved and anything wrong that happened was addressed by everybody. We never had cases where an incident or situation will have no ownership. An example of that is in the conduct of our children; nowadays you see young people in street corners, without feeling self-conscious at all, hugging and smooching each other in the presence of elders, and to them there’s nothing wrong with that. In my time, any man or woman old enough to be my father and mother, was my parent. And guess what, these things we see and say nothing about become the norm, and our communities forever degenerate into the morass we find ourselves in today. Young people have more power than the elderly because the old have become passive in dealing with issues. We bypass things as though we do not see them and act as though we are not present, letting things happen right under our noses. We then complain about anything and everything because we do not want to be active. Riding in a taxi the other day, there was a
heated debate about the response of people to stuff taking place in our community. As we were talking, we drove past people involved in an altercation, and we assumed that someone was being robbed. A man seated next to me immediately jumped off his chair, opened the window and started shouting with the intention to scare the robbers away. Then the discussion took another turn, and the man became the hero among us, and was showered with compliments. Then another commuter made a remark that left my heart troubled and I could see that he was uttering those words with a heavy heart too. He looked at me and said “Sisi, people do not help nowadays” and I could sense that he was talking from experience. He said people tend to watch as one is being attacked and thereafter approach to ask if you have been deprived of anything. I can understand that people are living in fear, but if we were active witnesses in the first place, we would not be living in fear now. Let us be active witnesses my people and not let thugs and hooligans rule our communities. )Pumla Skunana-Kamulu works for Radio Cape Pulpit as a presenter. Contact: pumla.tgse@gmail.com.
me to bore you to death with all the details, lest you also doze off. Anyway, I eventually reached my intended station and then entered a taxi, and guess who I find to share the same seat? One of them! That close, he seemed a likeable fellow, with a sweet smile. I liked him. Trying for small talk, I asked what business he was in. He said he was a pensioner. He went from sweet to bitter. In life, you do find people who try for this and that, to no avail. Was he ever in business before, I asked. He told me he had started as a swimming pool builder and repairer. But saved some money to buy a lorry and some material to build houses. He was a hard worker. He used to lend the lorry out, but over the
years became the worse for wear and was broken down, and nowadays he remained at home doing nothing. His brothers were good for nothing sots. If only they could find the wisdom to repair the lorry and make some money, he would be a happy soul. What about the building material, I asked. It was there too, he said. But he was an old man now. The energy was gone. The youth of today are useless. He wanted to employ them, but they showed no interest. The more he talked the more I realised that he was creating obstacles for himself. Dear reader, do you also see only obstacles in the way, or, do you see hope? I hope you see hope, for if you do not then its goodbye to the future, and hello despair. Stay positive.
Iinkonzo mazivule amasango ngeLizwi Mandinibulise nonke bafundi beli phephandaba, ngegama le Nkosi yethu u Yesu Kristu. Namhlanje ndicela siphendule lo mbuzo uthi, “yintoni indima yebandla lika Thixo ekuhlaleni”. Okokuqala, uMatewu uthi: “ Hambani ngoko niyokuzenza abafundi zonke iintlanga”. Siyabona ngokwalevesi ukuba kwibandla lika Thixo, into yokuqala ebalulekileyo emaliyenze yile yokwazisa ekuhlaleni ngo Yesu. Kubalulekile ukuba abantu bazi ukuba inye indlela yokuya ezulwini, nguYesu, kukuba ibandla liphakame, lishumayele lixelele abantu ngo Yesu. Into esentliziyweni ka Thixo kukuthi abantu basinde ekugwetyweni. Inye ke indlela abayakusindiswa ngayo emgwebeni, kukuthi ibandla liphakame lishumayele ukuze abantu babuyele kuThixo ngoYesu. Ngoko ke indima ebalulekileyo yebandla ekuhlaleni: kukwazisa abahlali ngoYesu, ukuze ngomhla wokugqibela abantu basinde emgwebeni. Ukuba inkonzo yakho ayiyenzi lento, ayishumayeli ukuba abantu bakholwe kuYesu basindiswe, ayikho sendleleni, ayiyenzi intando kaThixo, nabantu ayibakhokheleli endleleni elungileyo Ingaba indima yebandla iphelele ekuxeleleni abantu ngoYesu kuphela na? Hayi, ayiphelelanga. UYakobi uthi, “Kunceda ntoni na bazalwane bam, ukuba umntu uthi unokholo, ab eke imisebenzi engenayo”? Ihambisa ithi: “ukuba ke umzalwane nokuba ngu dade, bathi baswele ukudla imihla ngemihla, athi omnye wenu kubo, hambani ninoxolo, yothani nihluthe, nib eke ningabaniki izinto ezo zifanele umzimba, kunceda ntoni na”. Futhi “ukholo ngaphandle kwemisebenzi lufile”. Ngoko ke Rhamente engcwele ka Thixo, akonelanga ukuba simise iintente, singene esixekweni sishumayela, singene imizi nemizi sixelela abantu ngoYesu, kumele ukuba ivangeli siyiphile.
Kumele ukuba abantu babone uYesu apha kuthi. Rhamente engcwele ka Thixo, ithi ibhayibhile masibe kukukhanya. Umbuzo ngulo: “ingaba thina njenge bandla lika Thixo esithi sisindisiwe sikuko na ukukhanya; ingaba abantu bayambona na uYesu apha kuthi” Inkulu indima ekumele idlalwa libandla lika Thixo ekuhlaleni endingazibalayo: Indlala ikhona, kukhona abantu Rhamente engcwele abalala bengatyanga, kukhona abantwana abadlakazelayo, ingaba thina njengebandla sisonga izandla siqhubeke sicula sisith, “ siyakudumisa Thixo, siyakuvuma ukuba unguYehova”? Iziyobisi nazo zikhona ekuhlaleni, abazali balala ngeenyembezi bekhathazwa ngabantwana abagqitywa yi tik. Yintoni esingayenza njengebandla ukuze sibekukukhanya ekuhlaleni. Singabefundisi masivuleni iinkonzo, iinkonzo mazingavalwa emini zivulwe ebusuku, xa kuzakuthandazwa, masivume iinkonzo zisebenze nje nge khusi apho abantu bakaThixo banokufumana khona ukuphila ngokwasemphefumlweni nagezinye iindlela. Masivume ukuba iinkonzo zisebenze njenge ndawo zokuphuhlisa izakhono, apho khona kunokuqeqeshwa khona abantu bakaThixo ukuze indlala igwetywe. Umzekelo, bangaqeqeshwa kwizinto ezifana nokuthunga, business skills, computers, welding njl njl. Wena unesakhono sokwenza iwelding, fundisa nabanye ukuze nabo baphume endlaleni. Ukuba unolwazi oluphangaleleyo ngezibalo okanye mathematics, thetha noMfundisi wakho khona ukuze ufundise abantwana emva kwemini. Sebenzisa imfundo yakho nesakhono sakho ukunceda abanye. Kanti singawavula amasongo enkozo zethu njengendawo yokunceda abo bazifumana besezingxakini. Indima yebandla ekuhlaleni kukuba lixelele abantu ngoYesu, khona ukuze ilizwe lenkosi libekukukhanya.
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4 25 September 2015
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Police security guard gets good send-off OTHO VAYO The Paarl Police College was the venue of the memorial service of the late Nothemba Siku,41, who died in an accident that claimed 10 lives. Siku worked as a security guard at the institution. According to reports, the accident took place towards the end of last month, when a Quantum taxi overturned on the R61 between Cradock and Graaff-Reinet on its way to a funeral in the Eastern Cape. Eastern Cape Arrive Alive spokesperson Tshepo Machaea said seven people had been killed on impact and three died later in the Cradock Hospital. That weekend alone, accidents claimed about 46 on the roads of the Eastern Cape province, he said. Colonel Nicky Paulse, the head of the college, in his speech during the service, spoke in glowing terms about Siku. He said: “Siku was a remarkable person with a great smile whenever one went or drove past the gates when she was on duty. “Every time when I was with her, she always wore her great smile, and was regarded as a member of
our family [the police]. So it is with great honour that I speak of her today.” Paulse also took the opportunity to “thank her family for giving her to us for the last three years she was here.” Family members were called forward to light a candle in Siku’s memory, a very emotional moment for many who attended, especially her son, Azabethani Mjikana (14). Her younger brother, Unathi Mjikana, read her obituary on behalf of the family. “My sister was born in Lady Frere, Bolodo village where she grew up and did her primary education,” he read. “She moved from the village to Queenstown when she was going to do her matric before coming her in the Western Cape for higher education. She leaves behind her parents, two brothers and sisters, my brother in law and her two children. “Her death comes to us unexpected as she was on her way to our uncle’s funeral. As family we know that God will see us through this difficult time. I also want to thank everyone for showing love to my sister.”
Nothemba Siku’s son, Azabenathi Mjikana and his uncle, Unathi Mjikana, light the candles during her memorial service, which was held at the Paarl Police College. PHOTO: OTHO VAYO :
Parents are reminded to urgently enrol kids before end of term To date, schools in the Western Cape have processed 128 545 applications for placement for the 2016 school year. So far, 118 429 learners have been placed. Parents were encouraged to apply to schools by 30 June. Parents who now still need spaces at schools need to urgently approach their nearest schools or the closest district office to find out which schools still have spaces available. We cannot guarantee places in schools of choice, but will do our utmost to place children appropriately. It is crucial that parents who have failed to enrol their child for the 2016 school year to do so urgently, and before the end of the 3rd term, to ensure they secure a place for their child. Planning for the school year ahead requires great deal of work and involves various structures within the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), including head office, the districts, principals, educators and school management teams. Last year, we introduced the new online School Admission Management Information system (SAMI). The system was developed to simplify the management of learner enrolment. The system makes it much easier for schools to capture applications for places and to share this information with other schools and officials. The SAMI system is currently being used to direct learners to schools that have spaces available. Our officials have been using the system to generate lists of learners accepted at more than one school. Those parents whose child has been accepted at multiple schools are currently being notified that they need to choose which school to send their
child to. There are currently 3 470 learners who have been accepted at more than one school. In all, 2 257 of these learners are Grade 8 learners who have not confirmed if they are taking up their places. We expect that learners will continue to migrate to the Western Cape from other provinces in search of a better education and access to opportunities. Included in our planning for 2016, is the allocation of additional mobiles to schools as well as additional LTSM being ordered for predicted growth. Three new schools are being opened and approximately 190 additional mobile classrooms are being sourced to meet demands. A total of nine replacement schools have also been completed and learners and teachers will be enjoying access to these brand new facilities by the end of this year. Each year we plan as best as we can for the influx of additional learners from other provinces. The inward migration into the Western Cape has huge financial and planning implications, impacting on the provisioning of education resources and the overall management of the system. We have to prioritise according to the greatest need across the whole province, and available budget. Our current budget is under considerable pressure. We appeal to all parents to honour enrolment deadlines for their children. Failure to enrol children on time places a massive burden on our officials at the start of the school year, and disrupts teaching and learning time.
The Mbekweni Neighbourhood Watch, including the Mbekweni Community Police Forum, Department of Community Safety, the police and the Desmond Tutu High School have initiated a programme called the Safer Schools Program. It is a fact that gansgterism in schools is one of the biggest challenges faced by teachers and students alike. This situation has sparkled and immediate response by concerned groups and members of the community to put their heads together as a means to find solutions to this growing scourge of violence and crime.This program was started by the Neighbourhood Watch patrol at Desmond Mpilo Tutu School as pilot project, to make our schools safe.
A chance to tell your story I can still remember….. When I was very small I asked my granny every Sunday to tell me how she played along the river as a child. I grew up in a town where there was no river nearby along which to play. Granny told me how she and her friends went to the river once a week, taking their washing boards and soap, to wash their dolls’ clothes. It was quite a trip, considering it was a picnic as well. They made tea on
a small fire, which they enjoyed with home-made bread. How I long for my granny and her stories. Paarl and Wellington Tourism want your story. The Boland has many stories, some have been recorded, others are orally related from generation to generation. And there are stories that are folklore. Therefore we need your special story to write
down, so it can be kept for future generations. Residents of Saron, Wellington, Mbekweni, Paarl, Gouda and Hermon, up to Simondium, are asked to send their stories to info@dlta.co.za, or to hand them in at the information offices in Wellington or Paarl before 1 October. Your winning story may just be published in Paarl Post or be read on Radio KC.
Masakh’isizwe offers bursaries in various fields of study People wanting to obtain a qualification in the transport, engineering and built environment fields have until 30 September to apply for a Masakh’iSizwe Bursary from the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works. Applicants must have applied for degree or higher diploma study in transport economics, architecture, building, construction management, geomatics, civil engineering, mechan-
ical engineering, electrical engineering, property studies, quantity surveying, or town and regional planning. The bursary covers support programmes, tuition fees, prescribed books, materials and accommodation and meals (or transport). It is renewable each year, subject to performance and other conditions. Beneficiaries must work for the public service for every year they re-
ceive a bursary. They must attend workshops, learnerships, spend holidays on site, and do in-service learning and/or volunteering. Preference is for poor female learners from rural areas. Applications to: Masakh’iSizwe Bursary Programme, Department of Transport and Public Works, Private Bag X9185, Cape Town 8000. For forms: www.westerncape.gov.za/servi…/ masakhisizwe-bursary-programme.
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An IDP meeting in Ward 16 interrupted while the residents were still demanding electricity from the municipality. :
Drakenstein council on the road to hear what community has to say
e’Bosch hands out honorary awards On Tuesday 1 September the e’Bosch heritage programme handed honorary awards
to residents of Stellenbosch for their selfless efforts towards their communities.
Stellenbosch Mayor Conrad Sidego, Dr. Sias Mostert, chairperson of e’Bosch, Samkela Mhlakaza and Prof. Wim de Villiers, the rector of Stellenbosch University. Mhlakaza from Kayamandi doesn’t support learners with their school work, but motivates them to do well. He is also involved in a drama group which encourages and teaches the youth to take responsibility for their own life.
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The Drakenstein municipality has launched a canvassing exercise to establish the surrounding communities’ priorities, a statement released on Tuesday morning by municipal manager Johann Mettler says. A road show on the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), a five-year plan that local government is required to compile to determine the development needs of the municipality, will be conducted from 14 September, starting from wards 5, 8 and 10. “This is done to make sure that residents of Drakenstein municipality get the opportunity to constructively contribute to participatory democracy and local government,” explained Mettler. “The meetings provide the community with the opportunity to express their needs and give input on how the Municipality must direct plans and resources including its budget for the next financial year. During the April IDP roadshow the municipality presented the revised draft IDP for 2015/16 and the draft 2015/20 Medium Term
Revenue and Expenditure Framework (MTREF) for public comment. The council considered the comments collated in this period for inclusion in the final IDP and MTREF. These activities formed part of the Annual Review of the IDP and constituted the third Revision of the 2012/17 IDP. This month, in line with the approved IDP process plan approved by Council the municipality, the council will embark on its fourth and last Annual Revision of the IDP. The purpose of the IDP Roadshow is to collect information on the priorities as articulated by communities, which should influence the 2016/17 IDP and Budget. Mettler added the critical importance of public participation, as residents of Drakenstein. He said: “It is the opportunity for you to make a valuable contribution and inform us on what you need us to focus on in your area. From time to time, we receive complaints about issues that are not enjoying priority attention...[These meetings are] your opportunity to take part and express your needs.”
the team is excited to visit the mamas in their own homes and centres,” said Vlok. “Throughout the year we meet at training sessions, which are usually not in their home towns, so when we do the roadshow, we try to spend as much time with them to ensure that we receive all the information we need to update the auditors and provide further assistance as well as enjoy a nice cup of tea and usually some baked goods freshly made from their ovens.” The roadshow is made possible by the leading global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions, MiX Telematics, who is Clover Mama Afrika’s roadshow transport partner for the fourth consecutive year. “For the fourth year in a row we have supported this important cause,” Vlok pointed out, “as we believe by truly understanding the needs of each mama, we can facilitate their access to skills and relevant equipment. “Thus, we’re not only enabling them to support themselves and to grow their own business, but to share their skills and empower the larger communities around them. “Through this, we are not only creating employment but contributing to South Africa’s larger growth objectives,” says Mariette Myburgh, divisional director for customer service at MiX Telematics (Africa). The Clover Mama Afrika managing team visited mamas in the Eastern Cape from September 12, continue in the Western Cape in October, with the last leg over two days in the Free State and Gauteng in December.
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The Clover Mama Afrika Trust managing team is safely putting pedal to the metal as they travel across the country to visit the 40 Clover Mamas for the #40Mamas4Change 2015 National Roadshow, which is made possible by their generous sponsor MiX Telematics. The trust sets out to restore African tradition’s best aspects into modern life, with the assistance of mamas who have established strong relationships and reputations in their communities. For the next four months they will visit the mamas to establish their progress in their respective projects and identify what they need to continue their good work in their areas. Encouraged by seeing the mamas again in their own environment, the Clover Mama Afrika team sets out in the early hours of the morning, visiting no more than two mamas a day to ensure each one gets individual attention. This year the roadshow started in Polokwane and, during the last week of August, moved to KwaZulu-Natal, covering a substantial 2 552 km of the 7 204 km they will have covered by the end of the roadshow on 8 December. Apart from attending to the needs of the mamas and their community centres, the roadshow allows the team to evaluate where each mama is in terms of her progress. Corporate services manager of Clover and Clover Mama Afrika Trust Professor Elain Vlok and her team will analyse the financial status of each mama, assisting them with financial education while needs are assessed. “When this time of year comes around,
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Fun is . . . building your own car OTHO VAYO WHAT do boys do after school in our Kasis? The quick response to that question will be they play soccer. But in OR Tambo in Mbekweni that is not the case. A group of young boys have a different way of enjoying themselves after school. They have come up with something they call Inqwelo, meaning a car in isiXhosa, which they claim they made themselves from wood and wheels that they collected. The nice thing about their inqwelo, is that they have also created more space by adding a trailer. Junior Xayimpi (9), who is in Grade 3, said: “This was our idea, mine and Likhona’s. We wanted something that we can play with after school close to our homes. We first collected the wood and thought of getting wheels also. We put together our nqwelo without the help of anyone.” When Kasi Vision came across the boys they were enjoying themselves pushing each other, taking turns up and down the street. It was amazing to see boys having so much fun close to home where it is safe. Likhona Barnati (11), who is in Grade 5 at Mbekweni Primary School, has a dream of one day becoming a car designer. “I love cars and playing with them,” he said. “I and my friend came up with the idea. The car we use as trailer I picked up, now more of us can play. A maximum of three people per trip can get on to the nqwelo. “One day when I grow up I would love to drive a car I made myself.”
On Wednesday 9 September at about 16:30, Mbekweni SAPS members, busy with crime prevention patrols, received information of a resident selling drugs. Upon arrival members confiscated 200 gr of tik in sachets with an estimated street value of R3 000, 40 mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R2 000 and a scale which was used to weigh tik. The 40-year-old male suspect was arrested and charged with illegal possession of drugs and recently appeared in the Paarl Magistrate’s Court. PHOTO: SAPS
Cart and trailer that the boys put together on their own.
Junior Xayimpi (9) and his best friend Likhona Barnanti (11) are being pushed down the street in OR by other boys.
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Funeka Finiza has had to learn the hard way not ever to meddle outside of the key performance area, when it comes to job description. In 2009, Finiza was employed as a security guard by a private company to keep watch over a municipal dam site. Finiza,38, instead meddled with the machine that pumps water into the dams and had her fingers mangled. She lost both her right hand index and middle fingers. Today, she regrets doing a municipal worker a favour; that in his absence, if the pump machine stalled, she should leave Funeka Finiza, in her former employer’s uniform her guard duties and restart the PHOTO: OTHO VAYO motor. After the incident, the single mother of ing for disability grant more than once, two young children lost her job. which has been declined,” she concluded. Finiza does not remember how her finHer former employers, AC Rottweiler, gers got entangled with the machine, but said they had tried to help her claim comsays there was a general agreement that pensation, to no avail. Allan Carolissen whoever was on site, was expected to see confirmed the incident saying that they to it that the machine was running regu- had reported it to the Workman’s Compenlarly. sation Fund with all the relevant docu“We were expected to do the job as we ments. “This was all we could do.” were the ones who were always on site . . . Drakenstein municipal manager, Jothat whenever the machine stops, we hann Mettler, confirmed that the municishould press the button to keep it run- pality is aware of the incident. ning.” Finiza added that her manager was “It is the responsibility of AC Rottweilalso in on this. She said she has not re- er, the company who employed the injured ceived any compensation for her troubles. woman, to complete and submit an injury She is now appealing to anyone out there form and file it with the Workmen’s Comto help her get compensated. pensation Fund. They must be registered “I am surviving on the kid’s grant with the fund to do business with the Muthroughout the month. I even tried apply- nicipality, said Mettler.
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Georgina Peterson, who plays juskei at the indigenous games, is practising her swings getting ready for national competition
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Junior Mphefu (17) getting himself ready for the indigenous games by keeping fit with the help of his couch. :
Locals off to Limpopo for indigeneous games OTHO VAYO MBEKWENI Stars Sport club team in Paarl will be representing the Western Cape province at this year’s indigenous games in Limpopo Province. The team is hard at work preparing for the national indigenous games’ competition, which are expected to start next week in Limpopo, where all nine provinces will be represented in different codes. When Kasi Vision visited the sports grounds in the area, the team was hard at work getting ready for the games. One participant who won second place last year in Pretoria, Georgina Peterson, who plays Jukskei, was practising throwing a stick towards one that was stuck in the ground. “I won silver in the last games, when we were in Pretoria, and my aim this time around is take the gold medal,”. Peterson
also coaches at a local school. “I’m currently working hard as we only have less than a week to leave for the games.” The sport is traditionally associated with the Afrikaners and in 2001 it was chosen by the government as one of the sports to be included in the games. Since then, the game has started to gain popularity with young people of all cultures. There is usually a team of four players, one of whom is the captain, but it can also be played in pairs or singles. Jukskei in South Africa is played at schools, club and provincial level, with an annual tournament in Kroonstad in the Free State. Same codes the team will take part in are Dibeke, Diketo, Khokho and Drie Stokkies with a total of nine members that will be taking off to the games in a week’s time. One player expected to bring home a gold medal is Junior Mphefu (17), also a long jumper with a record of 7,01 m at his age.
Families told to vacate houses OTHO VAYO More than 10 families have no place to stay in Paarl after they were allegedly asked to move out of the houses they were staying in for more than 30 years. The families claim that they were promised an amount of up R100 000 each by the owner of the houses they stayed in if they moved out. Kasi Vision visited farming areas in Northern Paarl where the families being moved out are based. Most of the people staying in the houses have worked at Boland Kelder Winery, some still working there. Zengo Bobotyane (63) said: “We had meetings with management of Boland Kelder about two weeks ago. At the meeting we were told that we have to make way so that the houses can be demolished. “We were first offered an amount of R50 000, which we did not accept, then R70 000 was offered. Currently, we are promised an amount of R100 000 to make way, and people still working at the company will be given R20 000 more. “We moved out of here on Tuesday night to my sister in law house in Mbekweni. I am hop-
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ing the money will be given to us soon because we can’t stay there for too long. “The worst thing is we are expected to move as fast as possible with nowhere to go,” added the father of five. The people’s furniture and other things were taken to the company storage at the head office, were they will be kept until the families find a place to stay. Ninkosi Solani (40) said: “We are rushing out because we were told that if we are not out by Wednesday, every day we stay here will cost us R300 which will be deducted from the money promised to us. “My family and I will move out with no money at all, going to relatives. We just hope the company can keep its promise. What is worse, as soon as people move before they get to their relatives, their homes are demolished behind them.” Paul Malarn, manager of the company, said he could not discuss the contract the company has with the families with the media. He promised to respond to Kasi Vision’s emailed questions as he was not at the office when the Kasi Team visited his work place.
Nick Greiner (left) from Champ and James Reid from Accolade Wines with learners from the school.
Accolade supports school During Cape Wine 2015, Accolade Wines marked a significant event at Kayamandi Preprimary School, near Stellenbosch – the formal opening of new classrooms the company has funded, as the latest venture in over a decade of support for the township’s schools. The ceremony, on Wednesday 16 September, celebrated the addition of four new classrooms, two store rooms and a number of toilets, made possible by the R2 million (AU$200 000/ GBP£100 000) investment from the company as part of their 2014-2015 Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project. Kayamandi, a community of approximately 50 000 people, is subject to extreme poverty and challenging socio-economic conditions. As many from the community work or are involved in the wine industry, it was fitting for Accolade Wines to choose to assist with upgrading the community’s pre-primary school. James Reid, Accolade Wines’ General Manager for Bulk Sourcing and South African Operations, said the early learning stage of a child’s development is known to be an integral period for education and setting the foundation of learning for life. “The new pre-primary school facilities that Accolade helped fund enable township chil-
dren of between five and six years of age to start their education before entering the official school system at seven. “Accolade Wines, together with the tireless efforts of those in the community, can now ensure that these young students have a safe and pleasant place to study,” Reid said. The upgrades to the pre-primary school have not only provided young community members with the basics before entering primary school, but have provided Kayamandi residents with additional employment opportunities, helping build the facilities. Accolade Wines has been involved with various school projects in Kayamandi since 2003, actively supporting the community and investing over R6 million in the local pre-primary school to date. Contributions have included the construction and furnishing of new school buildings and financial assistance, enabling additional teachers and cleaners to be hired. “As part of our continued involvement with Kayamandi Pre-primary, our latest investment represents the next step in assisting our local community – and is by no means the end of our planned involvement in the winelands,” Reid concluded.
Creating works of art Mcedisi Kewu (29) showing his works of art.
Zengo Bobotyane (63) and Ninkosi Solani (40) stands outside one of the places they used to call home in Nothern Paarl. PHOTOS: OTHO VAYO Belongings of the families are being moved from the houses they use to stay in. :
OTHO VAYO WORKING with real leather is enabling Mcedisi Kewu,29, to put food on the table. In 2013, the family man from Silver Town, came up with the idea to supplement the income he earned from his fruit and vegetable business. “I started working with leather to support my business as I saw the need. The saying, get up and do it yourself, motivated me to do something else. When I look back I am happy with what I have achieved to date with my creative work.
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ON TO THE NATIONALS ON TO THE NATIONALS
Desmond Tutu SS clinch Motsepe Cup Desmond Tutu SS clinch Motsepe Cup
Victors Desmond Tutu display their winnings after beating Excelsior.
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esmond Mpilo Tutu Secondary School is the Western Cape under-19 Kay Motsepe Schools Cup provincial soccer champions after beating Excelsior 1-0 in the final at the Nyanga Stadium on the weekend. This means the team will be going to the national finals of the competition for the second successive year and they get a chance to redeem themselves after they made an early exit at the nationals last year. Last year the school was the Western Cape provincial runner-up, which qualified them for the nationals but, said team manager Xolisa Nzima, their lack of experience cost them at that level and they finally finished in 16th position. “We were taken by surprise at the nationals last year,” he said. “The boys did not anticipate how competitive the game was at that level and how fast-paced other schools played soccer. We saw how much we needed to improve if we wanted to win this tournament, and this year we decided to take what we learnt from last year and come back and redeem ourselves, which is what we have done.” This year’s team is a combination of old and new players, and Nzima said the older hands have been guiding the young ones. “They know the ins and outs of this tournament, and are sharing this with the new players. The team has been working very well together and communicating well, on and off the field. They are also more dedicated and focused. We have a crop of boys that are very talented and they know what they want out of this tournament and they are working towards achieving the
goal.” One thing’s for sure, believes Nzima, the team will definitely be better prepared. He said: “We are training at the local gym to build fitness levels, and I have brought in a young assistant coach, Sizwe Jack, who plays for a local team and has been a great help in bringing the team together. “Since he took over, we have been qualifying and reaching levels we have never reached before. The team is able to relate to him because he’s the same age as them, and the players trust him. He has built a close bond with the team, they respect one another and they get along very well.” The Western Cape provincials went well, Nzima feels. “Of all the games, I thought that the final game against Excelsior High School was by far the toughest,” he said. “We managed to beat them, but I think that Excelsior was a much tougher opponent than the rest of the teams.” As provincial champions, the school has won R100 000, to be used to fund projects that will benefit the school and surrounding community. Nzima said the school still has to meet to discuss how they will be using it, as there is a lot that needs to be done at the school. He hopes some of the money can be used for sports equipment. Western Cape Provincial finals results: Thembalethu 0 vs Beaufort West 2 Ilingelethu 0 vs Qhayiyia 0 Desmond Tutu 1 vs Beaufort West 1 Excelsior 5 vs Qhayiya 0 Desmond Tutu 4 vs Ilingelethu 0 Excelsior 1 vs Beaufort West 0 Beaufort West 2 vs Ilingelethu 0 Final: Excelsior 0 vs Desmond Tutu 1
A Desmond Tutu High School player dazzles the crowds with his ball skills.
A Desmond Tutu High School player (in yellow) makes a run against their rivals.