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The services of the Office of the Public Protector also address concerns that community members raised on issues of good governance.

Community members were guided by an official from the Department of Home Affairs .

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Community members also came for health screening to the Mobile Thusong programme .

Government help at your doorstep RAYMOND WILLEMSE Government has implemented 120 Thusong Outreach projects in the Western Cape, assisting 140 000 citizens to access government services and information. An estimated 1 million citizens access services through Thusong Service Centres in the province.

In the Western Cape the Thusong Mobile project is been led by the Department of Local Government to bring government services directly to communities.

The Mobile Thusong programme visited the Kayamandi community on 14 and 15 October and reached 1 477 community members in need of government services on these two days.

Various government departments were based at the Marquee tent on the Kayamandi Sport Field, where residents came to access services. The Department of Health offered TB and blood pressure testing, as well as HIV and AIDS testing.

The Department of Home Affairs assisted with IDs and birth or death certificates, as well as application for passports.

The Office of the Public Protector

provided information on the role of the Public Protector and how members of the public can submit complaints to the office of the Public Protector. The Department of Agriculture provided much needed information with regard to how unemployed young people can access bursaries from them to further their studies in the agricultural field.

The young people in the Kayamandi community were also serviced by the Department of Social Development on career opportunities programmes, as well as social support for community members, i.e. counselling and healthy and focussed lifestyles.

The programme was also supported

by Nedbank and FNB, just in case community members wanted to open bank accounts.

The Department of Public Works also provided application forms for youth who intend to further their studies in the field of engineering.

Community members of Kayamandi gathered early on the morning of 14 October to access services of government at the Mobile Thusong programme.

Ingrid Jacobs from Kayamandi happily agreed that the services offered at the Mobile Thusong provided her with the opportunity to apply for her ID document. “The service was so near to where I stay”.

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2 30 October 2015

The people of Lwandle can only say tutwini More than a month ago, our area was in the news for all the wrong reasons. An Intercape bus was petrol bombed in Onverwacht Road in Lwandle. Two passengers lost their lives, whilst 34 others suffered burn wounds.

Initial reports suggested that there was a violent protest in Lwandle and that the protesters had thrown the petrol bomb. When it was established that there was never any protest on the day, there were further allegations that it was the taxi guys, because they were trying to eliminate the competition, as the bus was picking up passengers along the road in the middle of the township.

This too was proven to be an untruth.

Then other, unsubstantiated reports seemed to suggest that there is a strike by the company’s bus drivers and they might

be the ones who hurled those petrol bombs. Even the driver, who survived the attack, alluded to the fact that he had escaped an earlier attempt on his life when he was shot at by some striking co-workers.

He also said there were threats made against him because he had refused to participate in the strike as he has a family to feed and look after.

Noloyiso Rhwexana, the provincial police spokesperson, promised the general public that the police will hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to book. The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) distanced itself from the violence.

I cannot really speculate on who the perpetrators of this horrendous act are.

But I can assure all and sundry that it was definitely not the people of Lwandle.

Inkolo mayinga tenxi Kweziveki zimbini zidlulileyo ikhe yaziveki ezinzima kweli lomdibaniso. Sibonile kuqhuma, kutshiswa amatayari, kwezinye iindawo kubethwa nezakhiwo ngezitena.

Kwelinye icala amapolisa ebeqhumisa izintywizisi, edubula ngerubber bullets.

Eyona nto imandla sisikhalo sabafundi sokuba makupheliswe unyuso lwe intlawulo-mali kumaziko emfundo ephakamileyo.

Bebesithi imfundo mayibe simahla kweli lizwe. Esisikhalo, size kakhulu emveni kokuba amaziko enyuse imali yentlawulo ngendlela eyothusayo.

Ingaba bubulungisa na ukubona abantwana beyeka ukufunda kulamaziko ngenxa yokuba abazali bengenamali.

NgeCawe le sisuka kuyo, kubebuhlungu ukuva ubungqina bomntwana owayeka phakathi esikolweni ngenxa yokungabinayo imali yokuqhubeka. Ndiqinisekile nawe unabantu abaninzi obaziyo, engebekude ebomini ukuba abazange baphume esikolweni ngenxa yokungabinamali.

Ndingqinelana ngokupheleleyo nabafundi bentshukumo ethi #feesmustfall.

Kwaye oku kungenzeka.

Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, kwachithwa imali eninzi ngurhulumente kulungiselelwa indebe yehlabathi. Kwaye kokhiwa amabala amakhulu ebhola, kwalungiswa nendlela.

Zintle zinto. Zenzeka kuba iinkokheli zethu zathatha isigqibo esiqotho.

Ukuba zingenza njalo nakwi mfundo yabantwana bethu, amasango angavuleka.

Maninzi amasebe urhulumente anokujonga kuwo, acuthe kwindleko zalomasebe athi chatha apha kumaziko emfundo ephakamileyo.

Thina njengebandla sithini kuzo zonke

ezizinto?

Nathi njengabazalwane, iyasichaphazela lemeko. Sithi njengabazali ekumele sicinge, phambi kokuba unyaka uphele, sizakuyithatha phi na imali engange R46,000.00 yokuhlawulela ezi zifundo.

No NFSAS lowo ukhupha imali encinci.

Abazali baphela bengena ko Eeduloan, athi umntana ephangela kufuneka aqale abuyise lo mali mboleko.

Ayibubo tu ubulungisa obu. Ezinye iimali zehla ngemilenze kodwa umntu omnyama ofunda kulamaziko uyasokola.

Senza ntoni thina njengamabandla. Ndivumeleni ndithi, thina into esiyaziyo kukuvalelana kwizindlu zethu zokukhonza, sivuthe sithethe ngezilwimi. Imiba edibene nokulwela ubulungisa asiyisi liso.

Abantu baka Thixo baphiliswa kabuhlungu phandle apha. Ngoku abafundi bebe toyi-toya, zeziphi inkonzo ebeziphambili zixhasa lo mzabalazo.

Ngabaphi abefundisi ebebephambili.

Besiphi singabefundisi bezinkonzo?

Ndingakhankanya uMfundisi abemnye, uXola Skhosana we Way of Life eKhayelitsha. Nakulo umzabalazo wabafundi ubekhona ephambili. Kodwa uninzi lwethu siyathula bube ubulungisa bungenzeki. Lixesha lokuba sime, simele ubulungisa.

Inkonzo yamaKatolika ibekhe yenza isikhumbuzo salowo wafela ubulungisa, uBenedict Daswa. Lonto iphakamise umbuzo wokuba siphi thina basindisiweyo kumba wokulwela ubulungisa. Bazalwane nokuba sisindisiwe, siphila kulomhlaba, asiphili zulwini, izinto zalomhlaba ziyasichaphazela. Ngoko ndingatsho ndithi masiphumeni- liyasichaphazela elidabi labafundi-sibancedise kwikhwelo labo abalihlabayo lemfundo emahala. #feesmustfall.

People of Lwandle are neither violent nor full of hatred. They are a loving and peaceful people.

When this whole thing erupted they were the first ones to come out with buckets of water to douse the fire as they always do when there are shack fires.

Some even went inside the bus, thus endangering their own lives in order to save those of the innocent, especially of children who were crying uncontrollably inside the bus.

Even the Women’s Auxilliary groups and other church organisations organised a prayer session for those families of the affected commuters.

As if they knew the victims!

It cannot be correct then to make an absurd assumption that because the incident happened in Lwandle, the people of Lwandle are involved in anyway.

Let us all work together to help the police

to catch those culprits who killed innocent souls. Those two people who died there are a brother, father, husband, granddad, cousin, son or boyfriend to someone else.

Why then did they have to be killed in such a senseless manner? Did it have to happen in Lwandle?

That is why we also want to send heartfelt condolences to those families who, because of this incident, are now referred to as abazili, and as the people of Lwandle, we can only say tutwini, we can only imagine what you are going through at this moment in your homes and families.

We want you to know that the whole of South Africa and Lwandle is crying and grieving with you. Your bereavement is not greater than ours.

It is very commendable that InterCape has set up a crisis centre for victims and has provided financial support and burial costs to the bereaved families.

A lot still needs to be done in our society “Strange encounter!”, my son remarked the other day. An unfamiliar person was passing by our house, and apparently was taken by surprise with what he had just witnessed.

See, it was a Wednesday afternoon, and I had earlier decided to revive what a friend of mine had called “a dead project”. That of removing the weed in the yard that no one seemed to care about. This was thanks to a stalled project of renovating the house, what with bricks lying around the yard, and me, being a working mum, not having the time of day to keep things clean. But on this day, I had decided it was time for a “clean-up campaign”.

The passing stranger started talking politics, even telling us how Madiba would have loved what we were doing.

The reason for his “revolutionary zeal” suddenly dawned on me. Aha, it was the potpourri of souls taking part in the clean-up campaign, you see.

It was me and my son, his white friend who happened to be visiting us that day, and a coloured friend who lives with us in the house.

So to anyone in the community who has never seen such a spectacle, this was the strange encounter. A lot of people stared at us as they

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What is South Africa doing to make sure this box dilemma does not affect our societies?

went past, but it was the stranger who had guts enough to walk in and shower us with compliments, telling us that we were what the New SA should really look like.

To my son and his friend it was indeed strange that a person would make that remark.

We saw a man who is crying for change in our society, a man who wants to see the unity of South Africans and a man who wished he could make friends with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

I pondered, is this possible? Can this man’s wish ever come true?

Author Afrika Mhlophe was on the radio the other day. His views on diversity was that it was not a blessing but a great challenge for South Africans. He said we are boxed in different man-made boxes, and how difficult it is for a people to get out of those boxes. He made this remark: “When we had a Xhosa president the cabinet was filled with Xhosas, and now we have a Zulu president, the cabinet is filled with Zulus.

True. We see those boxes even in the work place. If the leader is a white person, most of the people in the office will be white and the black person will be given only petty jobs, their qualifications notwithstanding. True. Even the church is male dominated because the Apostle is male. But then I always consider myself one of the lucky few, who are able to bring people of different cultures under one roof without experiencing the dilemma of having to deal with boxed people. How about the people who really want to reach out but are limited by education, poverty, or even ignorance. What is South Africa doing to make sure this box dilemma does not affect our societies?

How can we break this chain because it affects us all in different ways? Mzantsi, there is still a lot to be done!

Earning an honest living not for the faint-hearted Seeing that in the last edition we spoke about money and how it spins the world around in its crazy axis, I do not think there is a legislated rule prohibiting me from expressing my views on hustling.

Hustling business is an ancient art in eKasi. An old man once shared an anecdote about an even older man who was a hustler back in his area.

He said the man was called Bethu. He sold amaqand’omthi or apples, and in the off season, he would move around the Kasi, pushing his cart, from which he sold metal table cloths or sheets, which were a must-get in house decor those days.

He charged different prices to different folks.

Whenever you heard the young and old scream ‘Ewe Bethu’ at the top of their voices, everybody knew the hustler was around.

The talk then was that he never worked for the white man, which made local folks proud.

Come to think of it, this was long before former President Thabo Mbeki’s call for ‘Vukuzenzele’, which is why it irks

me no end when I open a newspaper and read about young people committing crime and terrorising their neighbourhoods.

Often the excuse is that the prospects for employment are poor.

I feel that the more we celebrate the hustlers Lunga in our midst, the more those going through Adam tough times will find the encouragement to stand on their feet and do something to be proud of.

People tend to celebrate thuggery these days, what with bank robbers and cash in transit killers being regarded as heroes koKasi.

I have had sleepless nights trying to think what goes through the minds of such people.

The planning, the effort and the execution that goes with these crimes.

In our Kasis, there are many success stories that have their roots in hard hustle. Think of the Rhani brothers, successful

businessmen in their own right. That they started their business from the boot of a car years ago must be the pinnacle of legit hustle.

Go to any shopping mall koKasi, see the hustle and the bustle. So hip and happening the place is, that driving in or out of there is a complete nightmare, all for legit survival.

It is not for the faint-hearted. It’s a market setting where you will find vetkoek stalls, carvellas (chicken feet), electrical appliances and so on. You name it, it’s there.

There are many such places in our surroundings where the indefatigable spirit of supposedly poor, uneducated, good-for-nothing folk is there for all to see.

And to those who hustle at the expense of the blood, sweat and tears of others: I can see right through you.

That’s an invitation to your funeral, and oh no! I am not attending.

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Ousted Councillor: “I’m a refugee in my country of birth” When Paarl residents threw the first petrol bomb at ANC councillor Sonwabo Lumko’s home, he felt as though it could not really be happening.

“It was like watching a movie and standing in a dream. It happened so fast at the time, I was not scared,” the 40-year-old told News24, describing the attack north-east of Cape Town on Friday night.

Just two hours earlier, residents had warned the Ward 14 councillor and his family to vacate his double-storey shack in Fairyland informal settlement.

The first petrol bomb failed to hit its mark, but the one shortly after hit the top floor and the structure burst into flames.

Threats Some of his constituents had apparently been threatening him for a few weeks, warning him to leave the area.

Accusations flew thick and fast that he had used building materials from a local housing project for his own home.

Firmly denying this, Lumko said: “Whatever happened at my house, nothing was illegal about it and I have got receipts to prove that I bought everything.”

He said he had been prepared all along for provincial party leaders to investigate the matter.

Lumko also believed the events were a concerted effort to remove him ahead of local government elections next year.

Fifteen people, including his wife and six children, were inside when a group arrived at his gate. At first they stood silently before stones started raining down and petrol bombs were hurled.

The fire started taking hold and occupants had to choose between a fiery fate and running headlong into an angry crowd outside.

Lumko felt the shack was going to collapse any moment and decided to run outside towards the mob to distract them.

In hiding Meanwhile, his children used the opportunity to run out, while other relatives managed to escape through a back window.

Provincial police said a house, two cars and a number of other shacks were burnt when approximately 200 residents marched illegally in the area over housing.

A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with arson and public violence.

Lumko said he and at least 50 residents had since fled the area and were in hiding.

“I lost everything,” he said. “I am homeless and have become a refugee in my own country.”

“I thought in South Africa that nobody is above the law, but it seems that some people are succeeding today [Wednesday].”

Housing project Drakenstein Municipality has condemned the violence, adding that there were proper platforms to air grievances.

Municipality spokesperson Mart-Marié Haasbroek said the council had not received any formal memorandum over housing from the community.

Fire engines were stoned and an official’s windscreen was smashed, she added.

The provincial human settlements department said on Tuesday that it had experienced problems with the Siyahlala housing project, across from Fairyland, since allegations about Lumko emerged.

“The bigger issue is the backyard dwellers that are refusing to relocate to make available the sites for the top structure construction,” said department spokesperson Nathan Adriaanse.

He said law enforcement officials had advised project staff to stay away from the site until order could be restored.

Of the project’s 243 units, 75 had already been handed over and six were due for handover on Tuesday. NEWS24

Former ANC Ward Councillor Sonwabo Lumko.

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Langabuya Primary School teachers staged a protest outside the gates yesterday morning. The teachers said they were opposed to the provincial education authorities imposing what they called, ‘systematic testing period’, especially as it puts undue pressure on the learners at this time of the year.

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Ntombendiya Sinyenyeko and her brother Dikana Sinyenyeko are looking for their missing brother.

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quired whether Wandisile was home. And when I answered in the negative, the brother-in-law related the story of him jumping off the truck.”

“According to him, my brother had jumped off the truck and ran off in the direction of the Paarl police station, from the graveyard side. His co-workers, though dumbfounded, could not chase after him.”

The family said they have reported the matter to the police, but so far, have had no leads.

The family has even been to the Paarl Hospital and the night shelter looking for their last-born sibling, with no luck at all.

They have also been to the mortuary, drawing nil.

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Business Against Crime Rugby Tournament On 22 August 2015 the rugby final of the Business Against Crime Tournament took place at Boland Park in Worcester. In order to enhance an interest in sport, the Department: Community Development and Planning Services of the Cape Winelands District (CWDM) partnered with various businesses and Breede Valley Municipality to take a stand against crime that is seriously influencing today’s youth.

CWDM’s Golden Oldies take part in the District Golden Games

On 4 August 2015 the Department: Community Development and Planning Services (CWDM) and various partners hosted the District Golden Games at Boland Park Stadium in Worcester. The aim was to involve 1 200 senior citizens from fifty seven (57) service centres across the CWDM district to compete in sports such as athletics, pegging washing pegs, jukskei and other indigenous sports. The CWDM will continue to support these games in order to enhance the lives of our valued senior citizens.

On 19 September 2015 the Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM), in partnership with the Western Cape Government’s (WCG) Department of Transport and Public Works, hosted the annual Waentjie Race at Montagu Primary School The event aimed to celebrate Transport Month and raises awareness on road safety amongst the youth of the Cape Winelands municipal district. Learners from ten (10) schools in and around Montagu were invited to take part in this exciting race. Learners had to build a go-cart with material provided by CWDM.

CWDM Regional Domino Tournament Final!

CWDM Provides Carpentry and Painting Skills Training!

The Department of Community Development and Planning Services (CWDM) identified carpentry and painting skills as a critical area of skills development in the Breede Valley area. On 16 July 2015, fifteen (15) young adults from Breede Valley received their certificates after the successful completion of their training in these two (2) subject areas. In addition to carpentry and painting the students were trained in occupational health and safety. These skills will enhance their employability and create opportunities for self-employment.

Sho’tleft into Cape Winelands During Tourism Month

On Saturday, 10 October 2015 the Cape Winelands District Municipality Dominoes Tournament took place in the Madeba Hall at Graham Beck Wines near Robertson. This annual event in the Cape Winelands district focuses on the role that indigenous games play in our communities. These games represent an important part of our heritage, values and history. The tournament marked the end of elimination rounds that were played in the five (5) municipal areas of the district, predominantly in the rural areas. Twelve (12) participants, both male and female, from each municipal area competed in the final round where the overall winning team in each category was cheered on by domino supporters from all over the district.

This final was the highlight of the tournament with nail-biting games. Witzenberg took second place with Breede Valley coming in at third place and the Langeberg team with home ground advantage walked away victorious.

Warm Blankets after Devastating Fire

On 20 July 2015 Cllr Xoliswa Mdemka of the Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) reached out to the community of Kayamandi after a devastating fire raged through the area. Fifteen structures in Zone J were destroyed and fifteen families lost their homes and possessions. CWDM assisted the families by providing blankets to the affected families.

On 10 September 2015 the Department: Community Development and Planning Services (CWDM) welcomed Tourism Month in the Cape Winelands with a launch held at Kleinplasie in Worcester. South Africa celebrates Tourism Month in September of each year, with World Tourism Day celebrated on 27 September.

Keynote speaker, Mr Claude Schroeder, Executive Director: Department of Community Development and Planning Services, inspired potential travellers to experience the best of South Africa and the best of the Cape Winelands.

With Tourism Month officially launched, the CWDM encourages its community members to take a sho’tleft and explore the gems that the Cape Winelands has to offer.

Entrepreneurs Unite at the SMME Opportunity Roadshow

On 9 September 2015 a SMME Roadshow was held in Cape Town which was supported by the National Department of Small Business Development. SMME’s (Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises) play a crucial role in creating jobs and developing the economy. The Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) attended the roadshow with ten (10) SMME’s in the district. Two (2) SMME’s from each of the five (5) B-municipalities were chosen by the Department: Community Development and Planning Services (CWDM) to attend this event. Marketing material were provided for the roadshow to ensure that they gained the most from the opportunity to network with key players helping businesses to grow.

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Elderly residents joined the march to raise the issue of dignity and privacy, especially in relation to their houses which they said were cramped.

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The police and mortuary staff remove the body of a man found on the tracks at Dal Josafat station.

According to the police, the body, found in a black bag, had been dumped there from an unknown location. It had been hit several time by trains moving between Mbekweni and Dal stations. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Paarl police.

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RESIDENTS of Zone 14 Langabuya in Mbekweni marched to the municipal offices on Wednesday demanding that their houses be extended with two more rooms.

The area, built in 2006, has had many problems, including leaks, cracks and now the residents say space is cramped.

They say their single-room units have no bedrooms and thus no privacy.

Some family members are forced to sleep on the floor as a result.

On Wednesday, a group of about close to 150 residents braved the hot summer day as they walked all the way to Paarl, a trip which took them over two hours.

The peaceful marchers carried placards with messages such as “give us two rooms”, “when we ask, we need to be given attention”.

Kuthala Majangaza said: “Our homes

started giving us problems from the first winter after we moved in. We started reporting the problems back in 2007 Z leaks and cracks Z with no response from the municipality. Our homes are not safe as we were told that they do not have brick force.”

An elderly woman said hers and others’ houses are a reminder of the apartheid past, when migrant labourers were forced to live in single rooms, with no privacy.

“As adults, unclothing in front of our children strips us of all dignity,” she said.

Municipal Manager John Mettler met the protesters alone and accepted the memorandum from the community.

“I will talk to the relevant department to see how we can solve this problem as this project was a provincial development,” he said. “I will also visit the area to see for myself what the conditions are in project 3444.”

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Residents not impressed with municipality letters RESIDENTS in the area under the Drakenstein Municipality have reacted with anger to the council’s stated intention to force them to demolish “unauthorised” structures in their yards. The council has delivered a letter of intention to every household in the area.

The Drommedaris Project’s inhabitants said they will resist any attempts by the council to “invade our privacy”.

In one of the letters, which is in the possession of Kasi Vision, the municipality warns residents against unauthorised building works in their yards, including that of shacks, fences and extensions and informal businesses.

The municipality has stated that it is “embarking on a door-to-door inspection process in the area to verify any unauthorised building work and land-use activities.

The residents called a meeting at an open field in the evening to gauge each other’s opinion on the correspondence, which also states that inspection was aimed to help them to comply with municipal building regulations.

“You might have constructed an unauthorised structure or are running a business from your property without the consent from the local authority,” the letter states.

The Drommedaris Project consists of 1 588 units that were built by the national housing department to the value of R100 million.

One resident, Tatawakhe Polile, said: “I have a porch at the back of my house and I’m planning to put another in front as well.

Our problem here is that when it’ s raining, water tends to seep from under the door as

the end of the roof slab is closer to the wall.

(As a result), my furniture gets damaged here. Extending the roof was the solution to the problem.”

The meeting, which was well attended, saw many residents – who are mostly seasonal workers – streaming in from work, as the farming season has started.

According to the organisers, the idea of the meeting was for the committee to get a mandate from the community to take to the municipality.

Another resident, Michel Felani, said: “Our houses are small and we have big families, which is one of the reasons we are forced to build shacks in our back yards.

Some of us do not work and must still pay rent to the municipality for the services; the money we get from tenants in our yards helps us pay the rent.”

Committee member Mzikayise Siko said their houses were leaking and the council has not helped them, yet all they want to do is to demolish their shacks. We want to have a meeting with them next Tuesday as the community asked us to do so.”

Mart-Marié Haasbroek, a spokesperson for the Drakenstein Municipality, confirmed the letters, and added that there was nothing sinister about them.

She said there were municipal processes to be followed when people wanted to build a shack or to extend their homes.

She said once the survey was complete, residents found to have operated outside of the municipal requirements will be advised on what to do with the structures.

Haasbroek warned that “unsafe building work or improper land uses pose serious risks to residents and the public.”

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Protests continued at the CPUT’s Wellington campus this week.

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Exams remain postponed following student protests MARYKE SWART Ongoing student protests for the #feesmustfall campaign reached boiling point at Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Wellington campus on Monday, when police had to use stun grenades to disperse roaring crowds.

Despite President Zuma’s announcement of a 0% increase in class fees for the 2016 academic year, which was thought to bring an end to nearly two weeks of fierce protests by university students nationwide,

some universities continued with protests this week.

Many students are back on the streets calling for free education and demanding that outstanding class fees be written off, as students whose fees are not paid in full will not be allowed to register for 2016.

According to a Wellington police spokesperson, around 70 students gathered at the gates of CPUT on Monday and attempted to break a locked gate down where vehicles were parked.

“Information was received that the

students wanted to set the vehicles alight,” the spokesperson said. “Subsequently, members of the SAPS Public Order Police (Pop) were deployed to restore order.

“The students were warned to disperse, but didn’t adhere. Public Order Police members had to use stun grenades to disperse the crowd, after which they did.”

The same morning students were instructed to leave their hostel rooms, and they were locked out.

Non-protesting students were allegedly threatened by protesting stu-

dents that they would be forcibly removed from their rooms if they did not leave of their own accord or try to sneak back.

Most hostel students who live nearby have gone home, while others are staying with friends until things calm down and there is more certainty about when classes would resume.

Meanwhile it is still uncertain when exams will commence.

Late Monday evening the university’s vice chancellor, Dr Prins Nevhutalu, released a statement informing students and personnel that classes

and work would commence the following day.

This attempt and a senate meeting scheduled to address the new exam timetable and other academic-related issues were, however, sabotaged by a group of protesters on the Bellville campus.

As result, students and staff were yet again sent home.

The campus has been closed since then.

CPUT spokesperson Lauren Kansley said exams were postponed until further notice.

PYDA as proudly South ‘Enemy nowadays not as African as pinotage

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The recent international Pinotage Day shone a spotlight on this uniquely South African grape variety. It also prompted questions about how closely the Pinotage Youth Development Academy (PYDA) is linked to this variety and specifically, the wine industry.

PYDA launches talent to be the difference. Its ground-breaking programme is developing 18-25-year-old historically disadvantaged youth for employment in the wine industry and related sectors such as hospitality and tourism.

Originally, the Academy’s name was chosen for what the pinotage grape represents and how it resonated with the Academy’s vision – its distinctively South African roots, its strong and lasting heritage, and its uniqueness. Since the current curriculum focuses on the entire value-chain of wine, ‘Pinotage’ also offered an obvious and direct link to the wine industry.

Since launching its first class in 2013, the Academy has grown to represent much more. It is developing talented youth, who largely face a lack of opportunities, into a new generation of young professionals. By delivering self-sufficient, self-aware, work-

Pinotage Youth Development Academy (PYDA) 2014 graduate Andisiwe Ketsiwe (middle) mentored and inspired two new PYDA students, Shaune Nkosi (left) and Al-Jarreau Jantjies (right), at Beyerskloof on International Pinotage Day, where she works in the tasting room. These two PYDA students were invited to assist in the Beyerskloof tasting room as part of a Pinotage Day collaborative effort. They gained valuable experience and enjoyed a busy day with the Beyerskloof team. ready employees, it is bringing change to the wine industry and related sectors. By exposing students to an entire value-chain, it is opening up a whole new world of prospective employment and further learning streams to students who previously had limited to no exposure to this industry.

Pinotage Youth Development Academy (PYDA) students and staff formed part of the Neethlingshof International Pinotage Day Fun Run by assisting at wine and water stations throughout the 8 km route. The students added value and gained great experience.

Students will shut down universities until there is agreement on a 0% fee increase next year, representatives of student organisations said in Cape Town last night.

“We are putting our bodies on the line, we are putting our futures on the line,” Alex Hotz of the RhodesMustFall movement at the University of Cape Town said.

She and representatives of the Black Students Movement and Open Stellenbosch were speaking on a panel at the Ashley Kriel Memorial Lecture at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.

Hotz said the immediate call was for all plans for fee increases to be dropped. But in the longer term the demand was for free education. “We aren’t fighting to get our names on a door or a building … we are fighting for our future,” he said.

“It’s not because we have free time, or because we don’t want to write exams. If we want to have a future in this world we have to be on the ground.”

Hotz said racism and financial exclusion at universities reflected what was happening in broader society.

“The whole system needs to be dismantled and rebuilt,” he said.

Describing events on 22 October when police used stun grenades against students who had marched on Parliament to ask Higher Education minister Blade Nzimande to address them, she said: “In 2015 it feels as if we are living in a police state”.

Faced with black police officers, students had said “We are fighting for your children too,” Hotz said.

“We asked them: Why are you defending a badge?”

Sikhulekile Duma from Open Stellenbosch said in the past it had

been clear who “the enemy” was. “The enemy had a different colour. Now your enemy is the same colour as you, but wears the badge of the former oppressor,” he said Vuyolwethu Toli of BSMovement, Sikhukhile Duma of OS “This de- and Alex Holz of RhodesMustFall addressed the audience mocracy is a at the Ashley Kriel memorial lecture. On the right is speaker facade,” said Mandy Sanger.

Duma.

PHOTO: MATHIEU DASNOIS The stuDuma said “men fighting for dents were very critical of governblack male privilege” had left Open ment policy since 1994.

“In 1994 we failed to decolonise,” Stellenbosch after the patriarchy said Vuyolwethu Toli, of the Black discussions and the organisation Students’ Movement at Rhodes Uni- was better without them.

The students said they were unitversity. “We didn’t get access to land ed across all political party affiliaand other necessary things.

“We are in this now because of the tions. “Students before parties,” economic policies of the govern- said Duma.

He said students wanted to broadment.”

“The state is not there for us,” said en their protest but would not claim to speak for the whole population.

Hotz.

She said the university fee issue “We must remember students are affected mostly black, especially only 0,5% of the population. Someworking class, students, but white times we speak as if we were 100%”, students had been told they could he said.

At Stellenbosch, he said, there support the protests by bringing food and water, which they had were only six students from Kayadone, and by forming “a human mandi in a student population of 30 shield” against the police, “because 000.

The students said the demand we know the state”.

To applause from the audience, that all universities put an end to she said it was clear across the coun- outsourced labour was an importry that “the women are leading this tant part of their campaign. They alrevolution”. There had been diffi- so called for a “decent living wage” cult discussions about “patriarchy” for all workers.

“We have been focused on camin their organisations, the students puses but we are now looking widsaid.

“We call out comrades, especially er,” Duma said.

“We are going to take what is men, who are hogging the megaours,” said Hotz. phone”, said Hotz.

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ANC Ward 14 by-election candidate Sangolomzi Ganandana, with fist raised, toyi-toying outside the Paarl Magistrate’s Court during the bail application of three men who appeared on charges of arson. The by-election is as a result of the ousting of councillor Lonwabo Lumko.

PHOTO: OTHO VAYO

ANC CANDIDATE CHARGED OTHO VAYO FIVE more people were arrested on Tuesday morning in connection with the burning of the house of former ANC Councillor Sonwabo Lumko two months ago.

They appeared in court yesterday.

This brings to 19 the number of people who face charges of arson for the attack on the councillor.

Ironically, the man who has been chosen by the ANC to stand in the by-election to replace the disgraced councillor, is himself one of the men facing charges of arson.

Sangolomzi Ganandana will stand for the ANC in the by-elections set for November 11.

Nosipho Gcwabe, one of the three women out of the 19 people arrested, appeared a day before the rest of her co-accused appeared as she has a small baby to take care of.

Advocate Vuyani Peter, who rep-

resented the three accused, Sangolomzi Ganandana, Moses Klaass and Khanyisa Lumko, argued for his clients to be given bail.

Magistrate Marietjie de Villiers granted R500 bail for each of the three accused.

“You will remain in custody until the bail amount is paid. As soon as the bail money is paid you will be released, you will appear in regional court on December 4, when the trial will take place.

“Failing to appear in that court on the date, a warrant for your arrest will be issued and you will lose your bail, and will be kept in custody until the case is finished,” explained De Villiers.

Zuko Gwada, chairperson of the ANC in the zone, said the appearance of Gandana in court will not affect the by-election.

“Ganandana is our candidate and he is not sentenced yet. We will carry on campaigning in the area until the 11th day of next month.”

Quincy Bhongo, from the Paarl Real Replacement Centre, a youth NGO that deals with youngsters battling substance abuse, recently handed over toys to two home-based centres in Mbekweni PHOTO: OTHO VAYO