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Wynberg Boys’ Junior School welcomed Grade 7 boys back to school on Monday 1 June. The boys were given an induction to the schools Covid-19 procedures and protocols on their return. Pictured are boys practising social distancing which is a new experience for the learners.

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chools across the country have officially opened, despite many Western Cape Schools already having been open for a week.

On Monday 1 June, learners in the province returned to school, despite Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s announcement that schools would open a week later.

Following two weeks of uncertainty, there was no doubt yesterday, Monday 8 June, as thousands of Grade 7 and 12 learners made their way back to school after more than two months at home.

At the time of going to print, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) was still compiling information on the opening of schools yesterday.

Spokesperson Bronagh Hammond tells People’s Post that there was an improvement from the previous week.

“We do not have figures current-

ly as we are collating information.

However, we can confirm that learner numbers have increased.

Initial reports indicate that learner numbers have almost doubled,” she says.

Debbie Schäfer, the provincial education minister, defended the decision to open schools last week.

She said schools in the province opened as the date was officially gazetted.

“We have been engaged in discussions at a national level over the weekend and were awaiting the minister’s announcement that was scheduled for 18:00 this evening.

Given that this has now been postponed until tomorrow, we can no longer allow our schools to hover in a state of uncertainty. Following the national minister’s earlier announcements, we have pulled out all the stops as a province to ensure that we are ready for the arrival of learners tomorrow. Principals and staff have worked tirelessly to get all the health and safety requirements in place,” said Schäfer at the time.

But the decision to reopen schools was met with much dissat-

isfaction from several entities, including Equal Education and teacher unions.

Section27, the Equal Education Law Centre and Equal Education were “profoundly concerned” with last-minute announcements and the seemingly unprepared nature of readiness.

“A month had passed since this announcement. If plans were implemented as they were intended to be, all schools should have been properly sanitised, and PPE and the promised infrastructure ought to have been delivered in time for the re-opening date determined by Motshekga,” reads a statement by the three organisations.

“The failure of the DBE and most provincial education departments to comply with their undertakings and meet their own deadlines in terms of preparing schools for reopening, unfortunately, mirrors their ongoing failures to provide textbooks, essential school infrastructure like toilets, and scholar transport. It is also undoubtedly frustrating for learners, school staff and caregivers who are already extremely anxious.”

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On Wednesday 3 June, premier Alan Winde accompanied Schäfer on a visit to Rosebank Junior School to assess the school’s readiness. He praised the school for work done to ensure a smooth return of learners.

“The school ensured that there is hand sanitiser available everywhere, desks and gathering points have been marked to ensure social distancing, and there are also screening measures in place for each person entering and leaving the school premises,” says Winde.

However, parents are still in two minds about the return to school.

Alice Williams says her daughter has returned to school.

“We were confused about the schools opening, but our principal and staff have been very accommodating and my daughter returned to school on Tuesday 2 June. I kept her at home on Monday because of the mixed messages,” she says.

Williams says she spent the weeks leading up to the reopening of schools speaking daily with her daughters who are in grades 7 and 5 about keeping safe amid Covid-19.

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REGULATION

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new bookings will be made. All applicants will be notified by the department and appointments will be set up in advance. This is dependent on direction from the Western Cape government and the national department of transport. Extensions will be granted through these departments.”

Applicants who had booked tests for the period during the lockdown will be contacted about what is to be expected next.

“We will be working through the booked tests and the applicants will be notified of test dates and times. We will attempt to accommodate applicants as far as reasonably possible to arrange suitable dates and times for them, subject to confirmation,” says Smith.

He adds that the grace period of 90 days for driver’ license renewals still applies so as to not overwhelm the centres.

“The grace period applies from date of publication as contained in the Government Gazette. The grace period is for 90 days and the public will be assisted to renew their vehicle licences and driving licences once the departments are operational. Further determinations will be made by

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riving license testing centres will open to the public today (Tuesday 9 June) and you can expect a different workflow.

The facilities set for reopening are Gallows Hill, Milnerton, Fish Hoek, Brackenfell, Parow, Bellville, Hillstar, Joe Gqabi, Gordon’s Bay and Kuilsriver.

Mayco member for safety and security, JP Smith, says while the centres are open to the public, these centres will focus on assisting essential workers first and they are urging residents to take along their permits.

Another priority will be to clear the driver’s licence testing backlog.

The centres were closed during the national lockdown and were green-lighted to resume services under level three of the lockdown.

“All examiners will have personal protective equipment (PPE), i.e. face mask, gloves, sanitisers and a face shield. We require the driving school or vehicle used is to be sanitised prior to the test, i.e. vehicle controls and seats, to be confirmed by the examiner. All applicants and examiners will be temperature screened,” says Smith to People’s Post.

“We will commence when open with the existing bookings and the backlogs first. No

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the minister of transport through the national department of transport, road traffic management corporation and the Western Cape government,” says Smith.

The centres will also allow collection of driver’s licence cards and renewals of professional driving permits (PrDPs).

Clients will also be able to settle traffic fines at the centres, although the City encourages that online payment options be used, if possible. Traffic fines can be settled via www.paycity.co.za or www.paymyfines.co.za, via EFT or most ATMs or at Spar till points.

Services that will be on hold until further notice include all new applications for learner licences including duplicate licences and driver tests.

Foreign conversions of licences will also be on hold.

Residents are also advised that access to facilities will be strictly monitored. Only those with official business will be allowed to access the facilities. A limit on the number of persons, temperature checks and sanitising protocols must be observed. Appropriate PPE is also mandatory.

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Even after the sale of alcohol was permitted on Monday 1 June, as part of national lockdown level three, False Bay Hospital still continued to receive patients in critical condition after consuming the harmful chemical methanol.

Natalie Watlington, the Western Cape department of health principal communications officer for the southwestern sub-structures, has confirmed that several cases have arrived at the local hospital since the start of lockdown at midnight on Thursday 26 March.

“Twenty-five cases of methanol poisoning were admitted to False Bay Hospital thus far, of which seven patients have passed away.

Nine of the patients have been transferred either to Victoria Hospital or Groote Schuur Hospital, and one patient has been discharged,” she says.

On the night of Monday 1 June, the number of patients admitted was 10, but

by Wednesday 3 June 20 patients had been received at the hospital for methanol poisoning.

According to Watlington, these cases are not from the

consumption of home-made beers nor sanitisers (People’s Post, “Sanitiser is for cleaning, not drinking”, 5 May), both of which had become popular alternatives for people in need of an alcohol fix during level four and five of lockdown.

“The cause of the poisoning was the consumption of alcohol tainted with methanol. All patients affected were from Masiphumelele.

It is alleged that the patients admitted attended the same party on Sunday 31 May. We would like to encourage the community to be vigilant,” says Watlington.

According to a Health24 article (“Make sure there’s no methanol in your mampoer”, 23 May 2014) which was backed by a more recent result on WebMD, symptoms of methanol poisoning include appeared drunkenness, headaches, gastric pain, vomiting and liver failure which leads to death.

With the initial drunkenness usually being confused with the effects of the alcohol, symptoms of methanol can take between 12 and 14 hours to manifest.

Watlington adds: “Western Cape government health would like to urge members of the community to avoid the consumption of methanol as a substitute for alcohol.”

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DOMESTIC ABUSE

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“We spoke about washing hands and practised wearing masks. The schools need to return. It is important that the children finish their school year because 2020 has been disrupted enough and we cannot put everything on hold forever. I know that this disease is real and a threat, but I hope my children are prepared enough,” says Williams.

Another parent, Whitney Jacobs, says she will not be sending her children to school.

“I am looking into other options for my children. They do not know anything about social distancing and I do not think the teachers will be equipped to police this among all the other things they need to do. Especially at my children’s school where there are more than 40 children in a class,” she says.

“We should be allowed to decide for our kids and the government should assist us with options rather than tell us what our kids must do.”

In a social media poll, parents were opposed to having children redo their current academic year, especially those in Grade 7 and 12.

Other suggestions included using class marks from the first term and doing virtual examinations or research projects aside from the return to schools.

The South African Paediatric Association (SAPA), supported the decision to reopen schools.

SAPA president Prof Mignon McCulloch says there is uncertainty about the future tra-

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police minister Bheki Cele said during a media briefing in Durban on Wednesday ictim empowerment organisations are 22 April. Nyamunetsa says they are not exscratching their heads, wondering why actly sure why South Africa bucked the South Africa – in contrast to other countries trend. The ban on the sale of alcohol probably – showed an apparent decrease in domestic played a huge role, however, conversations violence and gender-based violence during with their long-term clients pointed to addithe national lockdown. tional reasons. “We didn’t ask them why A World Health Organisation’s Q&A docu- things seemed to be getting better at home, ment (“Violence against women during Cov- but they voluntarily shared with us that their id-19”, 15 April) states “whilst data are family units were healing during the first scarce, reports from across the world, includ- weeks of lockdown. They were united in the ing China, the United Kingdom (UK), the fight against a common enemy: Covid-19.”

United States of America (USA) and other Nyamunetsa says many of the men also felt countries, suggest a significant increase in that they had a role again – to protect their domestic violence cases related to the Covid- families from the virus.

19 pandemic”.

“They were the ones who went out to find Bronwyn Moore, director of Community food for their families. Some men no longer Cohesion, says information on this alarming felt emasculated by not having a job or not global trend was already being shared even being able to contribute to the family,” she before South Africa went into lockdown at explains. midnight on Thursday 26 March.

But Community Cohesion is concerned “We were concerned of what this could that domestic abuse will spike in the coming mean for our long-term clients and vulnera- months. The growing general disregard for ble households in the communities we serve. Covid-19 restrictions, the rise in desperation We prepared for the worst but, thankfully, we as more people are losing their jobs and the didn’t see it happening,” Moore says. resumption of the sale of alcohol are the makCommunity Cohesion is a registered non- ings of a perfect storm. profit company (NPC) which operates in For example, Moore says, there were no reHout Bay, Ocean View, Masiphumelele, Fish ported incidents of gun violence in any of Hoek, Simonstown, Woodstock and at the fo- their service delivery areas throughout lockrensic unit at Victoria Hospital. It provides down, but within the first three days of alcorights-based, psycho-social support and edu- hol restrictions being eased, there were three cation to victims of violence and crime, and shooting fatalities. survivors of trauma.

Rian Perry, head of Community CoheAll of its services remained fully opera- sion’s men’s prevention programmes, says tional during lockdown level five and four an increase in the number of children going and continues to do so at level three. hungry is also a threat. Many children rely Angeline Nyamunetsa, head of social work on feeding schemes at schools, but most of at Community Cohesion, says instead of an these are still closed. increase, the number of domestic abuse cases “We still have a very patriarchal society. reported to them and the police dropped dur- In several families, men hold the purse ing the first eight weeks of the lockdown. strings. Sassa money goes towards buying Data released by the South African police booze instead of food,” Perry says. support this. “The national picture reflects a One positive outcome of the Covid-19 pandecrease by 69.4% from 9 990 cases between demic has been greater community cohe(Sunday) 29 March and (Wednesday) 22 April sion. Moore says neighbours need to continlast year to 3 061 since the lockdown until ue looking out for one another.

20 April 2020, meaning a difference of 6 929,” “If you are being abused or suspect someone is being abused or neglected, contact us and activate our services. All our calls are confidential,” she concludes.

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jectory of Covid-19 in South Africa, with more infections and a long duration being predicted.

“Children biologically contain SARS-CoV2 better than adults, are less likely to get sick if infected, have milder disease, are unlikely to die from Covid-19, and are probably less infectious than adults,” says McCulloch. “Although children are at higher risk of being infected once at school, this additional risk to themselves and others is outweighed by the benefits of them returning to school.”

McCulloch acknowledged the controversy regarding the reopening of schools and the conflicting views expressed by the government, teacher trade unions, political parties, civil society organisations, school governing bodies and parents, among others.

“This has led to much parental, caregiver and child anxiety about whether children should return to school,” he says. “We acknowledge that parental anxiety is not unfounded, with some children at higher risk for severe disease. Parental and caregiver autonomy must be respected. High-risk children and those children whose caregivers elect not to send them to school are as entitled to education and efforts should continue to facilitate this.”

He says teachers are not at high risk of contracting Covid-19 from children and are more likely to contract the virus from other adults, including at home and from other colleagues.

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LOCKDOWN FALLOUT

Hard times for restaurants NETTALIE VILJOEN NETTALIE.VILJOEN@MEDIA24.COM

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f you know anyone in the restaurant industry right now, give them a hug. They really need it. Oh yes, you can’t – social distancing and all that.

Restaurant owners are at their wits’ end at how to make ends meet. Even before the start of lockdown at midnight on Thursday 26 March, the industry began to take a knock as talk of Covid-19 made people hesitant to visit restaurants. And the hits just kept on coming. For the first five weeks of lockdown, revenues dropped to zero as government restrictions forbid restaurants from trading.

The relaxation of restrictions under level four (food deliveries) and three (personal collection of food, drive-thrus) was meant to bring some relief, but instead, it added to restaurant owners’ financial burden.

With no money coming in, they had to dish out cash for PPE, Covid-19 staff training and deep cleaning of their premises. Not to mention the cost of having to put the infrastructure in place to turn sit-down restaurants into, first, delivery services and, then (a month later), takeaways.

On top of that, bills from landlords, suppliers and municipalities continue to mount.

There are even payment demands for music and SABC TV licences even though restaurant premises are still closed to the public.

Other hurdles include the sidestepping of insurance companies on business interruption cover, liquor licence renewal challenges and the unlawful arrest of staff.

Wendy Alberts, chief executive officer of the Restaurant Association of South Africa (Rasa), paints this dark picture. She says restaurants have made every effort to imple-

ment the government’s Covid-19 restrictions but the “apparent” relief offered by the government has been slow in coming.

Blessing Manale, chief director of communications for the department of tourism, says, in general, relief mechanisms are not about putting business in a position they were before Covid-19.

“People have this expectation that the amount of relief they receive should be equal to what they have lost. But it is about survival,” Manale says.

Among these mechanisms are the Tourism Fund and the Covid-19 Loan Scheme.

The R200 million Tourism Fund provides once-off capped grant (R50 000 per entity) assistance to SMMEs in the tourism value chain. The application window for the fund closed on 31 May. According to Manale, to date, more than 6 000 completed applications for grant assistance have been received from across the country. A large bulk of the applications were from businesses that provide accommodation services (2 495), followed by hospitality (1 825), travel-related services (1 780) and other (662).

Manale says they are aware of the online application challenges.

“Some applicants had difficulties uploading documents, some were requested many times to submit documents they had already submitted and some were unable to access the system,” he says.

Applicants who have a reference number are encouraged to promptly submit any outstanding documents via email.

“The department decided to accept email submissions and a dedicated team is working around the clock to assist applicants in finalising their applications, which are considered incomplete on the system,” he adds.

The Covid-19 loan guarantee scheme is an

initiative to provide loans, guaranteed by the government, to businesses with an annual turnover of less than R300 mil- The staff at The Eatery Wood Fired Grill in Claremont say they are lion to meet some of happy to be back at work. Pictured are Vuyiseka Mtshiselwa, Moses their operational ex- Phumulo, Peter Ndlovu, Gibson Nherera, Matthew Orange and André penses.

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PHOTO: NETTALIE VILJOEN Participating banks, however, are not obliged to extend attending a church service (up to 50 people Covid-19 loans. They will use their risk eval- currently allowed under level three). uation and credit application processes to So far lobbying attempts to allow sit-down approve or decline loan applications. service sooner have been unsuccessful.

With restaurants only scheduled to open “We have an exceptional relationship for sit-down meals at level one, banks have with the department of tourism, but the deciclassified restaurants as a high-risk com- sion doesn’t rest with them. The power now modity. lies with the National Coronavirus ComJulie Huckle, co-owner of Pirates Steak- mand Council,” she says. house and Pub in Plumstead, says so far Alberts claims the council has failed to their application for a loan from their bank, properly assess the restaurant industry and which they have banked with for 30 years, to mitigate the risk, and in so doing it has has been refused, twice. Last week they sub- crippled the industry. mitted their application for the third time.

Manale says over the past few weeks a lot They are hoping for the best. of consultative work and focus has been “We have a sparkling-clean record with placed on de-risking the sector and putting our bank. Yet we were told we are high risk,” health and operational protocols in place.

Huckle says.

“Changes do happen on a regular basis.

Alberts says many restaurant owners are The tourism sector phases of reopening are being forced to secure loans from private reviewed and revised regularly,” he says. funding companies, which means paying Marius Pieters, the owner of The Eatery premium interest.

Wood Fired Grill in Claremont, says they When the risk-adjusted strategy was ini- are giving it their best shot to remain in tially introduced in April, the tourism sector business. The restaurant usually attracts was placed at alert level one with some oper- young families for early dinners. ations permissible at alert level two.

“Our whole business plan has had to Rasa and other industry lobbying groups change. If it will be enough, we don’t know. have pleaded with the government to allow Even after level one, we will be operating in sit-down service during level three. a depressed economy. People won’t have Alberts claims with strict social distanc- money to go out as they used to,” he adds. ing and sanitation measures in place, there V Email outstanding Tourism Fund application docuis no reason sit-downs at restaurants will ments to covidrelief@tourism.gov.za with your referpose any more of a risk to patrons than ence number in the subject line.

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HEALTH

Covid-19 death toll rises in SA SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121

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our risk of fatality as a result of Covid-19 increases significantly should you have one or more associated health conditions.

Premier Alan Winde says that up to 65% of Covid-19 related deaths occurred in people with two or more comorbidities, with as little as 6% having passed with none at all.

Comorbidities are underlying health conditions such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV/Aids and diabetes.

Some of the other more common health conditions plaguing South Africans include hypertension, cardiac diseases and obesity.

In a 2015 study by Hoosain Lalken and Robert Mash it was found that the most common health condition in South Africa is hypertension, followed by type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, asthma, epilepsy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Lalken and Mash further identified that many of the patients had multiple conditions.

This could be a combination of hyperten-

sion and diabetes or asthma and diabetes, for example.

In the fight against Covid-19 and the rising death toll, Winde says: “We revealed that significant numbers of people who had died had one or more comorbidities. Our health experts have studied further data provided by our hospitals, especially private healthcare facilities where people have died, as part of our continued rigorous data-led approach,” he says.

At the end of April, when the data was first acknowledged by national health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, he said high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity were common among South Africans and were directly connected to many of the national deaths linked to Covid-19.

“The other challenges, the other comorbidities such as lung diseases, asthma, chronic obstructive disease, some of which are also seen among the smokers are also very important comorbidities that have been associated,” Mkhize said at a press briefing last month.

Anyone over the age of 63 was also consid-

ered high risk, says Mkhize.

Winde says: “I do want to make an important point here: while the above facts indicate that vulnerable groups are most at risk, this does not mean that those who are younger, or those in good health, should not worry.

Not only could you help spread the virus, and infect someone who is vulnerable, you could also get seriously ill, or even die, as has been the case in rare circumstances. Every single person, regardless of age and health, should be part of our team effort to flatten the curve. It is worth reiterating that we cannot avoid this virus – many of us will become infected.”

As the Western Cape is now also officially the epicentre of the disease with the Cape Town metropole leading in numbers, the City of Cape Town has also put burial and cremation measures in place to ensure that Covid-19 victims are still manageable. This has been done by preparing individual graves to ensure a dignified service to the immediate family.

Dr Zahid Badroodien, Mayco member for community services and health says under

normal circumstances, there are around 1 200 burials and 360 cremations accommodated in City cemeteries and crematoria per month.

“Additional capacity for burial and cremation is also provided by private cemeteries and crematoria. Current projections estimate that in the worst case peak scenario, fatalities could rise to about 5 280 per month as a combined total of normal and Covid-19 related deaths,” says Badroodien in a statement.

“The City can confirm that it has adequate space to accommodate the increase in burial demand. There are a few existing cemeteries with adequate space, however Atlantis, Welmoed, Klip, Maitland and Wallacedene cemeteries have been assessed and found to have the largest reserves in burial blocks available for a high volume of burials to take place simultaneously.”

As of Sunday 7 June, there are 30 249 Covid-19 cases in the Western Cape. Of these 11 389 are active with 18 103 recoveries and 774 deaths. These were the latest results available at the time of going to print.

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FEED THE NATION: The DHL Stormers have partnered with Pick n Pay to help raise funds for the supermarket’s Feed the Nation campaign. On Thursday 4 June, some team members visited the Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH) in Woodstock where 1.354kg of food was donated. The donation will feed 90 families.

PHOTO: KAYLYNNE BANTOM The Kolisi and Habana foundations also partnered with the Feed the Nation campaign and handed over 1 000 food parcels to Mitchell’s Plain and Khayelitsha families on Sunday 7 June. The parcels will feed families for the month.

Families chosen are those whose children make use of the school feeding schemes.

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New blood test screens for TB Researchers from the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Seattle, and a large consortium of collaborators have developed a new simple blood-based test that can identify healthy individuals who are at risk of developing TB disease, identify those with subclinical or clinical disease, and can inform how well a patient would respond to TB treatment.

This six-gene RNA biomarker, known as RISK6, was validated in seven independent cohorts across two continents using quantitative real-time (qRT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The researchers also demonstrate that the test, which can be applied to capillary blood collected by fingerprick, could be developed into a rapid, fingerprick blood-based test device for use at the point of care. This advance, published in the journal Scientific Reports on 25 May, paves the way for point-of-care field evaluation and implementation studies of this test in community and primary care settings.

More than 1.7 billion persons are estimated to be infected with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis globally, of which 10 million developed TB disease and over

1.4 million died in 2018 (World Health Organisation Global TB Report 2019). Current diagnostic tools rely on the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum, which is only possible in people with advanced disease and who can produce sputum samples.

In South Africa, it is estimated that the average person with TB can infect up to 10 people before being diagnosed and receiving treatment. Such a prognostic test would allow more efficient use of TB preventive therapies. RISK6 has the potential to fill a critical gap in tools required to achieve nonsputum screening of communities to identify those at greatest need for treatment, and to monitor treatment response.

A particular strength of this paper is the extensive validation of the RISK6 test in seven external human study cohorts assembled by clinical collaborators from The Gambia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Peru, and Brazil. This consortium includes researchers from Stellenbosch University, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town, the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in Africa, and more V Read the full study at http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65043-8.

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“We are aware that Rainbow Republic, a many of the kids do not community upliftgo to school so we ment project for the thought that offering benefit of children, is the maths and literacy now embarking on a basics would be hugely new programme to beneficial. Our proteach more about anigramme is formulated mals and help with by qualified maths and maths and literacy literacy teachers,” Raduring the lockdown. sivhenge says.

The Hout Bay initiaThey would also like tive previously hosted to help disabled chila meet between disad- Anna Ulrich and Tamsin Bunn from The dren, and with their vantaged children and Whole Horse hand out food parcels to an highly qualified occupachildren from the com- unidentified worker on the farm. tional therapists and munity with the DHL team on site, they will Stormers, to facilitate learning. Now, maths also be offering riding for the disabled. Accordand reading skills have been made a priority. ing to the collaborators on the project, the ben“We are teaming up with The Whole Horse, efits seen with this riding therapy are truly a project spearheaded by Tamsin Bunn, a Cape amazing, and many of the children look forTown local and respected South African horse ward to their weekly sessions. trainer. The Whole Horse and Rainbow RepubBefore the lockdown, children were given a lic are passionate about uplifting the commu- meal on Sundays when attending an initiative nity through education,” says Rasta Rasiv- by Rainbow Republic on the beach or at the henge, co-founder of Rainbow Republic and nearby school. well-known World Rugby referee.

“The past five weeks we could not feed the At The Whole Horse, he and Bunn recognise kids and I managed to organise fresh fruit and the huge benefits animals have on kids, and vegetables every fourth day to be collected by they believe the combination of horses (and the assistants of the project to distribute in the other animals) and quality education make for community. We also went to the local OK Minia truly enriching experience. mark and got food parcels where we have man“The project aims to educate kids from Hout aged to supply the Imizamo Yethu kids weekly, Bay whilst in a beautiful, peaceful, fun and with donations. The cook up team assisted in safe farm environment. The programme will handing out the food parcels as they operate be focusing on three core areas, namely ani- at the disaster management centre in Hout mal education, basic maths and literacy, and Bay,” Rasivhenge adds.

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Rugby clubs tackle online content T

he Western Province Club Rugby (WP Club Rugby) season would have well and truly been under way had it not been for the lockdown, but that has not prevented clubs from interacting in the digisphere.

According to WP Club Rugby manager Danny Jones, they await their next directive from the national government as well as parent body SA Rugby.

“The virus has not only had an impact on rugby but all sport globally.

“Due to the nature of the virus, social distancing is required and with this protocol in place we’ve seen many sport codes shift their attention to the online space. To mitigate the physical activity requirement which is so needed by sports lovers some sports have begun competing online using some very clever technologies,” says Jones.

He explains that many clubs have increased their online presence, but have shifted from only sharing fitness tips.

“Even though the online fitness practices continue many clubs are now concentrating on building their online content.

“It’s fascinating to see how many clubs have gone into their archives and pulled out stories and pictures from the past.

“Clubs are sharing this online and it’s making for some rich and interesting interaction.

“It’s also been good to see that many of our clubs have enlisted the support of their regular volunteers that are a bit more IT savvy and have leant on them to support the digital migration, which again shows that club rugby certainly has a place for everyone,” he adds.

Jones lauded clubs’ efforts to help the communities they serve,

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which People’ Post recently reported on (“Club rugby’s players and their families hard hit in lockdown”, People’s Post, 2 June).

“The concept of volunteering is nothing new to the world of WP Club Rugby.

“Volunteerism is, in fact, the fibre of our club structures whether it be administrative or operational and it’s in this space that it’s heartwarming to see how many clubs, including players, have been doing their best to support their neighbours with food and other essential support.”

Meanwhile, technical information relating to the game and the refereeing thereof has also been shared by SA Rugby’s online streams.

“In a recent video, SA Rugby referee Rasta Rasivhenge presents a fascinating video on the tackle law, with some interesting information about the ‘Jackler’.”

Jones reminds clubs to continue with their respective referee recruitment drives and that each club is required to appoint two members from their club to join the referee’s society.

“From a Stormers perspective, our players remain active and training hard to return to play at an even higher level.

“The team has had to make some adjustments in the training department but continue to train with a view to the next game, even though we still wait to see when that might be,” says Jones.

“On a final note, we remind our members to fully comply with the lockdown regulations as we eagerly await the announcements from the government on regulations for sporting activities.”

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Sporting donation to health workers Over 2 700 pairs of footwear and fleece tops were donated to healthcare workers at a handover ceremony at the Bellville Health Park on Monday 25 May. Western Cape premier Alan Winde, provincial health minister Nomafrench Mbombo, provincial minister of cultural affairs and sport, Anroux Marais, the Health Foundation SA and Adidas shared their experiences of the health pan-

demic at the handover ceremony.

“Globally, Adidas has donated over $3 million (over R50 million at the time of print) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and recently launched the #HometeamHero Challenge – for every hour of accumulated exercise between 29 May and 7 June, Adidas will donate $1 (R16.81 at the time of print) to the WHO, with the goal being to reach 1 million hours,” said Roddy van

At the handover were (from left): Harry Grainger, Lauren Haakman, Anroux Marais, Alan Winde, Roddy van Breda, Nomafrench Mbombo and Kate Woods.

Breda, general manager of Adidas South Africa.

Marais said: “At occasions of this nature, Madiba’s words ring true: Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers.”

Meanwhile, Winde thanked workers on the front line. “This pandemic has seen a huge outpouring of support and assistance from the private sector and we thank Adidas for their generous donation, helping to keep our healthcare workers more comfortable this winter, and during long hours on their feet.”

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Federations press home dire need Following the recent announcement regarding the regulations governing alert level three, the financial survival of many sports in South Africa remain uncertain.

According to the latest guidelines released by government last week, professional non-contact sport will be permitted, but leaves many federations in a desperate financial battle.

All sports codes offer work opportunities at all levels from organised recreational to professional and many sports clubs, coaches, trainers, workers and semi-professional athletes face financial ruin should sport on all levels remain prohibited.

According to South African Gymnastics Federation (SAGF), the sport provides full or part-time employment to approximately 3 500 people countrywide, with golf providing approximately 40 000 jobs at facilities alone, and swimming an estimated 22 000 jobs.

Close to 6 500 people are employed directly and indirectly in tennis.

Various sports federations re-

cently came together to discuss the future and phased return to sport.

These sports federations have put strong risk mitigation strategies and policies in place based upon international best practice and in line with the government’s regulations.

These non-contact sports codes include gymnastics, swimming, golf, rowing, surfing, canoeing, cycling, cricket and tennis.

For the sake of the survival of the sports economy during the Covid19 lockdown, these federations appealed to government to consider the economic and health impact of restricting organised sport in South Africa.

Richard Glover, the CEO of Tennis South Africa (TSA), is eager to get players and staff back in action.

According to Glover, TSA has already started the Covid-19 coaching license application process for coaches.

They are also conducting a province-by-province review of all tennis venues.

“We are beginning to educate coaches on the strict health and

safety, hygiene and social distancing measures that we will have to put in place with immediate effect,” he concluded.

Grant Hepburn, CEO of GolfRSA, says: “Golf is a healthy exercise for families and people of all ages. It is also an excellent stress reliever and takes place outdoors in wide open spaces. The safe return of our golfers will mean that we can save thousands of jobs and dozens of facilities that contribute massively to the economy and to charity.”

In terms of swimming and surfing, both federations have indicated that they are ready to return.

Cricket South Africa’s Maxwell Jordaan, who is their transformation and member relations executive, has produced a plan and the way forward. “Cricket SA is looking at the BioSafe Zone a.k.a. BioBubble. This means that players will live and play in the same environment, while all the preventive measures will be ensured. Players, officials and support staff will be tested prior to entering this zone,” Jordaan said.