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Ruveshni in recovery Justine Lewis with her six-year-old daughter Ruveshni. The brave little girl from George is recovering well after undergoing a cutting-edge medical procedure at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town. The unique cardiac intervention is a first for the African continent, and only the third completed globally. Read more on page 3.
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he little blonde girl in blue, wearing a leg brace with a teddy clutched under her arm, is as much a part of our childhood as Wilsons toffees. But, after 66 years of service, the cerebral palsy Suzy doll will finally lay down her red collection box. Her retirement coincides with Cerebral Palsy Week (26 to 30 August) and the launch of the Western Cape Cerebral Palsy Association’s (WCCPA) new online fundraising platform. According to the director of WCCPA, Gadija Koopman, Suzy dolls have been used in fundraising for cerebral palsy organisations in various countries since the 1940s. “We do not know whether the Suzy doll was modelled on a real child but what is evi-
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dent is that she was representative of children with cerebral palsy at the time – almost in a pitiful way. “This, thankfully, is no longer the case as children and adults are active participants in the management of their disability and empowered to take control of their lives,” says Koopman. She says the decision to “retire” Suzy is because many of the major retail stores, which hosted Suzy over the years, stopped doing so. “Some because they needed space for marketing gondolas, others because they started their own foundation for donations or because the doll was not aligned with their revamped ‘look and feel’,” she says. The WCCPA, assisted by volunteers from the Lions Club of Kirstenbosch, has been clearing the collection boxes for decades.
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Koopman explains that most of the more than 200 dolls placed in the Western Cape have already been destroyed or vandalised in the past few years. “The high level of petty crime, often related to the high levels of poverty, saw our volunteers and staff attacked for the bag of coins once they left the retail store,” Koopman says. “Dolls were also damaged and vandalised for the coins in the box, which increased costs to repair the dolls.” She says some of the smaller retailers in the Western Cape will continue to host Suzy for now but this will eventually come to an end. The WCCPA’s online fundraising platform (www.wccpa.org.za) will be active from the start of the Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week. “Suzy dolls have been a way for the gener-
al public to support the work of the WCCPA for many decades. The development of an online fundraising platform provides the public with an opportunity to continue supporting its work in our digital age,” says Koopman. The association also boasts a new logo designed to represent those diagnosed with cerebral palsy in an inclusive, empowered, mobile and active light. “People living with disabilities have a voice and are valued for their contribution to society and our new logo aims to remove the stigma often endured by people living with a disability,” says Koopman. WCCPA has been providing services for the diagnosis treatment, care, training and employment of people with cerebral palsy for the past 65 years. V To page 2.
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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 20 August 2019
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Ward councillor system unravelled NETTALIE VILJOEN @nettalieviljoen
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xtra chairs had to be carried in for those attending a seminar on ward councillor accountability and transparency held on Wednesday 14 August at the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education in Mowbray. Hosted by the Development Action Group (DAG) and the Civic Action for Public Participation (Capp), the seminar served as a learning session for civic organisations across Cape Town. The event took the form of a panel discussion with three speakers, experts on the topic of accountability and transparency in local government. DAG’s Querida Saal coordinated Tauriq Jenkins, Nontando Zintle Ngamlana, Johann Frederic the proceedings while Capp’s Tau- (standing). riq Jenkins kicked off the discussion with opening remarks. ing political parties. But it sometimes fell He captured the mood of the audience when apart because of its “winner takes all” syshe spoke of their shared sense of disillusion- tem, whereby candidates win even if their ment. voting numbers are just a percent more than “We all have to contend with the three- their oppositions’. headed hydra,” he said, referring to ward Other detracting factors identified were councillors. “The one planted by a political the sheer size of our municipalities (in some party, the second paid by the City and the wards as many as 33 000 inhabitants), politithird who has to serve a community man- cal parties’ domination of the ward system date,” Jenkins said. and the comparatively speaking high salaProf Jaap de Visser, a B2-rated scholar with ries of ward councillors. South Africa’s National Research FoundaNelson Mandela Bay municipal manager tion and co-author of Local Government Law Johann Mettler, who is on suspension for alof South Africa, explained how we ended up leged misconduct, said understanding the in this situation of disillusionment. planning and budget cycles of municipalities He said a ward council is made up of 50% were vital when it came to pushing your proportional representation and 50% ward policies. For example, waiting for the August election X both are linked to the outcome of council meeting to make requests were too elections. Proportional representation was late. By that time budgets had already been elected on a party ticket. On the positive side, finalised. “The subcouncil meetings held in it was fair and equality in gender representa- March is where you want to be.” tion was usually good. On the negative side, Civic associations also had to do their there is no direct link between the councillors homework. “Study the Integrated Developand the voters. ment Plan (IDP), a five-year plan which local The ward councillor system on paper also government is required to compile to deterseemed to work well. It gives independent mine the development needs of the municicandidates the chance to run for election, pality, in your ward.” which is supposed to reduce the control of rulHe said, before attending meetings, you
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had to know what happened the previous year, what the backlogs were and the reasons for them. “You have to be on top of the game. If not, you are out of the game.” Fastening the buttons of her bright yellow coat, the third speaker and executive director of Afesis-corplan, an East London based NGO, Nontando Zintle Ngamlana, introduced herself by saying she is not one for Cape Town’s cold winters. “But I made the trip from East London because seminars like these are important to me. It is time we start taking our power back and it is by getting people together, talking, that we are going to do it,” Ngamlana said. She agreed with Mettler, saying that proper preparation for meetings was crucial. “The municipality’s annual calendar is important. Some of the meetings are open and some of them are closed. Make a note of which ones you can only observe and at which ones you can participate. And when you do engage, do so strategically” She said you wanted to go in armed with the right information, ready to ask the right questions. “Do your research. If reports are technical, get a specialist to look at it for you,” she advised.
FROM PAGE 1 The association provides the following services: . The cerebral palsy clinic, located at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, caters for children from birth to 12 years. . De Heide special care centre is a specialised education and care centre where superb efforts are made to overcome the intellectual and physical barriers to learning caused by cerebral palsy for 30 children. . The occupational day programme, situated on the premises of The Village work centre, provides adults with disabilities an opportunity to participate in occupational
and socialising activities and to learn new skills. . Rosedon House is a residential facility and home to 57 adults with cerebral palsy who are unable to live independently or be cared for by their ageing parents. . The Village work centre is a protected work centre for 85 adults with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. . Social work services providing support and assistance to families of children and adult with cerebral palsy. V For more information, call 021 685 4150 or visit www.wccpa.org.za.
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cutting-edge medical procedure was done on a six-year-old patient from George at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on Wednesday 31 July. This unique cardiac intervention was the first for the African continent, and only the third completed globally. Ruveshni Lewis was born with one heart ventricle, which resulted in her heart not being able to pump oxygen-poor blood (“blue blood”) back to her lungs. In two previous operations, cardiac surgeons were able to divert blue blood
through a conduit directly to the lungs, without it having to pass through the missing ventricle. After the second operation, a complication required that she had to undergo an emergency operation. During that operation a “window” that was made between the conduit and her heart was too large, allowing too much blue blood back into her heart. This resulted in her having very low oxygen saturations (being very blue). Paediatric cardiologist Prof Rik De Decker explained the hospital’s catheteri-
sation laboratory (cath lab) team implanted a device, an atrial flow restrictor (AFR), between one of the heart chambers and the conduit to reduce the window’s size from 10mm to 4mm, the more normal size. “This is a new device, recently developed in Sweden, and it’s not even on the market yet. It’s currently undergoing registration in Europe and we got it on a compassionate-use basis (free). “It has a hole inside, like a blow-off hole to allow some blood to go through. After undergoing six previous procedures, the implanta-
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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 20 August 2019
WOMEN’S MONTH
Gender-based violence discussed NETTALIE VILJOEN @nettalieviljoen
there because they had ‘a tiff with their husband’. Language like this underive inspiring women, all mines women,” she said. leaders in the fight Another issue identified against gender-based viowas how outdated South lence (GBV), made their voiAfrica’s Domestic Violence ces heard during a panel Act of 1998 was. Mchuchuconversation held on TuesMacMillan of Mosaic said day 13 August at The Vineit was about time politiyard Hotel in Newlands. cians amended it. The media event occurred “Protection orders are on the first of three trainingstill being issued on paper. days that collectively What should women do if formed the “Voices Against they lose it, or if it is at Violence” programme, an Ellen Pakkies, Bernadine Bachar, Tarisai Mchuchu-MacMillan and Itumeleng home, often the very place international training mod- Moloko were some of the panellists. PHOTO: MICKY WISWEDEL where her abusive partner el to strategise with and supis waiting? If she arrives at port local leaders. A question raised was why weren’t more a police station without it, she is told to fetch The training programme was convened women coming forward to report crimes it before they can act,” she said. by the Avon Foundation for Women with against them. Most on the panel agreed that The predominant message that surfaced support from Avon Justine and in partner- a big part of this was because women felt was that it would take a collective effort to ship with Vital Voices Global Partnership, victimised by the criminal justice system. stop the abuse. a global non-profit organisation (NPO). Moloko of POWA, however, felt it went “We can’t do it without our male partners. According to Christine Jaworsky, direct- deeper than that. “It all starts with socialisa- Just being a good man is not enough. They or of the Avon Foundation for Women based tion. From an early age, men are taught that have to call out other men when they see in New York, this was the fourth pro- they have power over women. And if you be- them perpetrating violence against women gramme of its kind in South Africa initiated lieve that, you will use it. We need a change and children,” said Mchuchu-MacMillan. by the group. of mindset in this country. Bringing the message home was Pakkies, “It’s crucial that we open up the conversa“We need to choose the people who are who shared her life story. tion about gender-based violence and open placed in influential positions more careful“For many people, I will always just be the up partnerships and connection between ly. They must be people who see the strug- woman who killed her son (Adam). People the players that can make a tangible differ- gles that woman face as something that don’t take the time to get to know each othence,” said Jaworsky. needs to be addressed urgently,” she added. er, to get to know their children. On the panel were Tina Thiart, a trustee Bachar of Saartjie Baartman was of the “We must start being interested in those of 1 000 Women Trust; Itumeleng Moloko, same mind. She felt that society needed to around us and try to see the good in them. counselling service manager of People Op- scrutinise the way women and children Women especially should uplift each other posing Women Abuse (POWA); Tarisai were being treated by the justice system. rather than gossip behind each other’s Mchuchu-MacMillan of the Mosaic Train- For example, the choice of language used backs,” Pakkies said. ing Services and Healing Centre for Wom- needed to be given careful thought. V Vital Voices Global Partnership works with women en; Bernadine Bachar, director of the Saart“We had a case in court where the advo- leaders in the areas of economic empowerment, jie Baartman Centre; and author Ellen Pak- cate referred to women living at Saartjie women’s political participation, and human rights. kies, a survivor advocate against abuse. Baartman as ‘inmates’ or that they were The organisation is headquartered in Washington, DC.
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Driving children’s rights for 25 years NETTALIE VILJOEN @nettalieviljoen August marks the Centre for Early Childhood Development’s (CECD) 25th year of putting young children first. On Thursday 1 August, CECD staff members, funders and friends came together to celebrate this huge achievement at the Tuscany Garden’s (Cathkin Caterers) in Rylands, Athlone. About 140 guests were treated to welcome drinks on arrival, followed by a threecourse dinner. A lively performance by a steel band made up of a group of high school learners from the Cape Flats kicked off the evening’s festivities. The steel band is one of 16 taught by The Steelband Project Western Cape. The project’s core focus is to provide quality music education to young people, with a particular focus on youth in under-resourced communities and “youth-at-risk”. Adding a touch of glitz and glamour to proceedings was Jimmy Nevis who wowed guests with five songs X “7764”, ”Heartboxing”, “All About It”, “Ballin” and “Happy Birthday”. Najwah Mukadam of CECD says guests were in awe and people danced, sang and took cellphone video recordings of him. Each guest also received a cupcake from the birthday cake and a copy of the CECD’s latest publication Untold Stories: Memories of Growing Up in a Different Era. CECD staff member Chanel Fredericks, who is the outreach programme manager for the Cape Town Museum of Childhood, was the master of ceremonies. Founder and director, Professor Eric Atmore, spoke about the organisation’s key milestones. “Our organisation has grown tremendously over the years, in both our staff numbers and range of ECD programmes and services. “We are eternally grateful for the support of our funders and stakeholders and we would like to thank everyone for playing a part in our journey over the past 25 years. We anticipate another 25 years and more of putting young children first.”
CECD founders, Roz Witbooi and Eric Atmore with the birthday cupcakes. Remarking on the state of ECD in the country at present, Atmore said: “The national integrated ECD policy, approved by the cabinet in December 2015, is excellent. It is comprehensive and integrated. However, the political will to drive it is missing as is the funding for implementation.” The organisation urges the government to politically drive child rights and ECD programmes and quality. Until this is done, CECD believes that young children will not thrive and South Africa’s poor record of caring for children will continue. Guests at the event thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were full of praise. “What an amazing celebration last night – a well-organised event with so many lovely touches. We are looking forward to reading our gift book,” said David Gore, the director of the College of Magic. Tughfa Hamdulay, director: ECD and partial care, congratulated the organisation on the great work that it has done, and continues to do, for the past 25 years. “Many of it being highly innovative and groundbreaking. A well-organised event that was streamlined, with a short and sharp programme… and Jimmy Nevis … what more can I say.” CECD offers a range of national ECD pro-
grammes and services, including an integrated ECD programme that focuses on the growth and development of ECD centres through mentoring, coaching and providing support to governing bodies, principals and staff members to improve their services to young children. Some of its milestones include: . In 1995, it received its very first donation of R10 000; . In 1996, it developed the first (and only) ECD leadership and management programme on the African continent; . In 1997, it was awarded the first ECD tender to pilot Grade R programme training, for the Northern Cape, and subsequently in Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Western Cape. . In 1998, it was awarded the Presidential Award for Education Excellence; . In 2000, CECD was the Nationwide ECD Audit Study tender, where 23 482 ECD centres were located; . In 2003, it started its first ECD centre infrastructure upgrade programme. . In 2010, a world-class ECD centre in Philadelphia, for 80 children was built. Since then, the organisation has erected numerous ECD centres and conducted minor upgrades of many existing facilities.
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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 20 August 2019
HEALTH
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he City of Cape Town’s health department recently signed a service level agreement (SLA) with the Western Cape government concerning personal primary healthcare services for the 2019/20 financial year. This is an annual agreement which confirms the amount of R593.7 million the department receives as a subsidy from the provincial government. “The City has entered into this agreement with the Western Cape government for a number of years and it is signed on an annual basis,” said the Mayco member for community services and health, councillor Zahid Badroodien. “This SLA in respect of primary health care services between the two spheres of government seeks to reaffirm the existing relationship and sets
out the funding available for personal primary health care services provided by the City,” says Badroodien. Another aim of the SLA is to address shortcomings in the provision of municipal personal primary health care services and at improved health outcomes in the Cape Metro Health District in line with national, provincial and local government legislation. “City Health is committed to ensuring a healthier city with adequate and equitable distribution of resources to render quality, comprehensive, costeffective primary health care services,” adds Badroodien. The R593.7 million will be distributed across City Health services as follows: . comprehensive health services (R192.7 million);
. tuberculosis (R30.7 million); . vaccines (R106.9 million); . nutrition supplement programme (R6.2 million); . comprehensive HIV/Aids (R257 million). The City contributes an additional amount of R734 million to these services, which includes R25 million for additional staff to boost these services across the department. Badroodien says the City is grateful for the partnership with the provincial government. “It allows us to strengthen primary healthcare to ensure quality basic care to everyone who accesses the health system. We are able to provide a more efficient health service by offering a comprehensive package of care at our facilities.”
A recently signed service level agreement between the City and the Western Cape government aims to address shortcomings in the provision of municipal personal primary health care services.
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Learners can let their imaginations run wild on paper in this year’s Word Warrior Competition. The literary character, Detective WW Inkomba (which means ‘clue’ in Zulu and Xhosa) was introduced in last year’s competition. Entrants were encouraged to write a short story around this colourful individual. This year, learners are asked to create a scenario in which the detective writes a letter to the main suspect or witness in a mystery of their own making; a well-written letter posting pertinent questions to the individual. An initiative of the READ Educational Trust, the annual competition aims to en-
The Two Oceans Aquarium in a bone infection in both feet. Its V&A Waterfront welcomed gender has not yet been identiyoung rockhopper penguin fied but the bird is reportedly called EL on Monday 29 July. settling in well at its new home. This penguin was transShanet Rutgers, penguin ferred from East London in the keeper at the Aquarium, says Eastern Cape to Southern AfriSanccob and the aquarium can Foundation for the Conserhave a long history of working vation of Coastal Birds (Sanctogether. “Their help is always cob) where it was receiving inindispensable when it comes to tensive care since Friday 28 The EL Penguin caring for new bird arrivals at June. the aquarium. Sanccob’s excelAccording to a statement, the care was lent team of veterinary staff and volunteers needed to rehabilitate the bird as it was took it upon themselves to fatten up this malwashed up on the Eastern Cape coast and, nourished little bird and give it a full panel upon arrival in the city, was diagnosed with of health screenings,” says Rutgers.
courage self-thought and creativity in learners. Teachers and parents are urged to encourage learners (aged nine to 16) to enter. The winning entrant will receive a cash prize of R1 000, and their school will be awarded books to the value of R5 000. Learners aged between nine and 16 can enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of R1 000, and their school will be awarded books to the value of R5 000. Email entries to info@read.co.za or post it to PO Box 30994, Braamfontein, 2017, on or before 31 October. V For more information on the competition, contact 087 237 7781 or visit www.read.org.za.
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he City of Cape Town hosted more than 36 public benefit and non-profit organisations (PBOs and NPOs) at the Cape Town Civic Centre, on Saturday 27 July, to outline how changes to national legislation impact their access to financial assistance and what can be done to ensure that they continue to receive support. Amendments to the municipal property rates act necessitated a substantial change to the City’s rates policy to bring it in line with the amendments. In terms of the amendments to the municipal property rates act, the City was required to institute new property categories and align its rebates, reductions and exemptions to the amended national legislation. The amendments had to be implemented simultaneously with a new general valuation roll, which came into effect on 1 July. The legislative amendments have resulted in two major changes in the way municipalities are required to treat PBOs and NPOs. The first major change is in respect of property categories. In compliance with the national legislation, the City has established 12 new property categories compared to the five that it had in previous years. One of the new categories is called “Properties owned by public benefit organisations and used for specified public benefit activities”. Properties in this category will be rated at no more than 25% of the residential ratein-the-Rand. The amended legislation limits this category to registered PBOs that operate in the welfare, humanitarian, health care and education fields, as indicated in part 1 of the Ninth Schedule of the Income Tax Act. Unfortunately, NPOs and PBOs that are not involved in those narrowly specified
public benefit activities and that do not own their own properties will not qualify for rates relief in terms of the national legislation. The second major change is in respect of rates rebates. The amendments to the national legislation have had a profound effect on how the City can give rates relief to property owners, and severely limited its discretion to determine who would be granted property rebates. Previously, generous relief was granted, particularly to PBOs and NPOs. Unfortunately, how rates rebates for these organisations was traditionally assessed and granted is no longer permissible, and the City may no longer grant rates rebates to organisations on an individual basis. The City has, therefore, identified the grant-in-aid process as a mechanism to continue providing financial relief to the affected organisations. A dedicated amount has been budgeted for additional grants-in aid. PBOs and NPOs are encouraged to apply for a grant-in-aid, irrespective of whether they fall within the new PBO rating category or not. “I would like to emphasise that, despite these nationally mandated amendments, the City will continue to assist where it can,” said the acting Mayco member for finance, Felicity Purchase. She added the contribution of PBOs and NPOs to the well-being of the city and its people is invaluable and they can rely on their (City’s) continued support. “We have identified grants-in-aid as an alternative option to continue providing support and I would like to encourage these organisations to apply.” The grant-in-aid process is very different from the rates rebate application process. V For more information visit https://bit.ly/2ABuWCr.
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ising star, theatre-maker and director Nwabisa Plaatjie brings to life two beautiful plays by American playwright, Alice Childress, as part of the Baxter’s Women’s Month celebrations. The compelling double bill comprising Florence and Wine in the Wilderness, make their South African debut at the Baxter. These plays have been carefully chosen to pay tribute to the evolving black woman who should not be defined by a single, limited image or narrative. The cast of six is made up of Zoleka Helesi (Karoo Moose, Mies Julie), Daneel van der Walt (Rocky Horror Show, Taming of the Shrew), Apollo Ntshoko (Samson, John Kani’s Missing …), Marty Kintu (When Swallows Cry, The Looming Tower), Indalo Bennet (Faint Paint of Light, Rock to the Core) and Sizwesandile Mnisi (The Fall; Aunty Merle, The Musical). Childress was an American novelist, playwright and actress, widely acknowledged as the only African American woman to have written, produced and published plays for four decades and the first to win an Obie Award. She was a beacon of hope, known for opening doors for many black playwrights, actors and producers such as Ntozake Shange and Lorraine Hansberry. Childress described her work as trying to portray the “have-nots” in a “have” society, saying: “My writing attempts to interpret the ‘ordinary’ because they are not ordinary. Each human is uniquely different. Like
Zoleka Helesi and Daneel van der Walt in Florence. snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvellously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.” She grew up in Harlem, New York City, where she acted with the American Negro Theatre in the 1940s. It was there that she wrote, directed and starred in her first short play, Florence. Written in 1950, Florence, takes place in a train station waiting room in a very small town in America’s south.
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The play describes how Miss Whitney (Zoleka), a black mother in her late 50s, engages in conversation with a white woman, Mrs Carter (played by Daneel van der Walt). Through their exchange, Miss Whitney realises that her daughter (Florence) X a struggling young actress X may not be able to pursue her dream in a racist and fickle world. Wine in the Wilderness explores the experience of being a black woman and how black characters struggle to get past classicism, poverty and gender politics.
In her short professional career to date, director Nwabisa has become recognised as a trailblazer in the arts. After graduating from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2016, she joined Magnet Theatre’s year-long Theatre-Making Internship Programme where she created Aha! and 23 Years, a Month and 7 Days, both productions which have toured locally and internationally. In 2017, she was awarded the Theatre Arts Admin Collective’s 2017 Emerging Theatre Director’s Bursary for Reimaging The Native Who Caused All The Trouble and that same year she became the first recipient of the Baxter Theatre Centre’s Playlab X a new playwright residency. In 2019, she was honoured with the Baxter Theatre Centre’s CEO Artist of the Year Award. She is currently a recipient of the Mellon Foundation scholarship, pursuing her master’s degree at UCT, and the curator and coordinator of the Baxter’s Masambe Theatre, driving its relaunch as a space for performance, collaboration and networking. Set and lighting design for the production is by Patrick Curtis and costumes by Marisa Steenkamp. Florence and Wine in the Wilderness run as a double bill at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio, from 28 August until 13 September at 19:30. V Book at Webtickets, online at www.webtickets.co.za or at any Pick n Pay store. For discounted corporate, schools or block-bookings, charities or fundraisers, contact Carmen Kearns on 021 680 3993 or email carmen.kearns@uct.ac.za.
Win a set of double movie tickets Another addition to the Fast & Furious franchise is now showing at Ster-Kinekor. Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw was officially released at Ster-Kinekor Cavendish on Friday 2 August.
In this instalment, lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity. The movie will be showing at cinemas until Thursday 22 August. Another great movie to open at Ster-Kinekor Cavendish Cine Prestige is Angel has fallen. Secret service
agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the president and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat. The film will officially open on Friday 23 August with a special pre-screening at Cavendish Cine Prestige on Wednesday 21 August. This screening will include welcome drinks.
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he booms at the Kenilworth Train Station are back in operation. Engineers tested and handed over the trackside equipment, booms and LED flashlights, which replaced the previous outdated technology, for safe operations of road users and trains. The handover took place on Friday 2 August and the new system was active by Sunday 4 August. “In the interest of public safety we recommend that all road users take note of how the booms function and not to tamper with the booms when they get impatient,” said Met-
rorail spokesperson Riana Scott. “Trains as mass transport mode legally have right of way at level crossings and road users should heed road traffic signs and safety protocol on approach to level crossings.” The system operates as follows: . approaching trains automatically alert the crossing attendant who then activates the flashlights; . the lights flash for eight to 10 seconds and act as a warning to road users to stop as trains are approaching the intersection; . the entry booms close immediately after the lights stop flashing and the exit booms five seconds later – this is to indicate to vehi-
cles already in mid-crossing that the booms behind the vehicle have already dropped and the booms in front of the vehicle will close within five seconds. . after both sets of booms have dropped the lights will flash to indicate that the road is closed for vehicular and pedestrian use. The previous operating hours have been reinstated with the level crossing closed during peak hours: 06:20 to 8:20 and 17:00 to 18:15. The booms stopped working towards the end of last year (‘Disaster waiting to happen’, People’s Post, 14 May). In a previous interview with Scott, she said it had taken a lot of time to fix the booms because, as a state-owned entity, Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and Metrorail must procure contractors compliant with treasury regulations. V To report perpetrators attempting to vandalise equipment, call the Metro technical centre on 021 449 4026.
Prasa signal project leader, Jerome Lubbe, community project leader, Henk Egberink and Prasa special project manager, George Kiewiets give the new trackside equipment at Kenilworth Train Station a thumbs up.
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The leading digital city on the continent It gives me great joy to see Cape Town being named as Africa’s leading digital city. We offer a place for innovation with the necessary infrastructure and tools to grow as a tech hub. This is a reflection of our government’s commitment to creating an environment conducive for job creation, leading to many continuing to see Cape Town as an opportunity city. The hard work of the City and its partners are highlighted in the 2018 state of Cape Town central city report which is compiled by the Cape Town Central City improvement district (CCID). Among the successes, Cape Town’s economic centre contributes nearly three-quarters of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the Western Cape. Numerous international businesses have set up shop in Cape Town, with nearly R5 billion in foreign direct investment. More than half of emerging tech companies in the country are based in the Western Cape, with most being in Cape Town. CCID chairperson, Rob Kane said: “Cape Town has emerged as Africa’s leading tech hub with the city employing more people in the sector than anywhere else on the African continent. “To this end, the city, and the CBD, has geared itself to accommodate an emerging digitally savvy population that requires a business environment that offers good broadband connectivity, co-working
spaces, accessibility and quality of lifestyle. “The City Centre has all of these, and as a recognised digital city, the CBD is well placed to support this vibrant new way of working. “We are thankful for the hard work done by the officials in our enterprise and investment department as well as investment agency, Wesgro and entities like Cape Town Tourism. “As part of our efforts towards supporting innovation, the City has invested more than R1 billion into the development of a telecommunications network to provide a data connection to various City buildings and locations.” Kane said the broadband project is a multi-year capital project to build a metro area telecommunications network serving the needs of the City and the residents and businesses of Cape Town, and the construction of various telecommunications infrastructure and systems. It is expected to be completed next year and has so far connected 300 City-owned buildings with broadband access. The City’s Connect pilot project, launched in January last year aims to enable the connection of highspeed fibre to 1 000 commercial buildings in the CBD. With this mission of creating the right conditions for employment, it must be noted that for the 2018/19 financial year, R2.7 billion worth of investment was facilitated by the City’s strategic business partners
and special purpose vehicle (SPV) companies that are supported by the City to grow investment, job creation and skills development. These initiatives created 4 764 jobs and provided skills training to 2 109 individuals during the City’s past financial year (ending in June 2019). Mayco member for economic opportunities and asset management, James Vos says the City’s enterprise and investment department has prioritised support to the tech sector to support enterprise development, mentorships programmes, skills development and training programmes for the ICT industry. These interventions also help to boost the attractiveness of Cape Town as a tech destination, stemming the loss of professional skills and attracting inward investment, facilitating job creation and prosperity through tech. With the attractiveness of Cape Town as a business and urban living centre drawing in more people to live and work here, our biggest challenge remains providing housing to an expanding number of residents. Keeping these successes in mind, we realise that more needs to be done to improve the lives of our residents and help them access opportunity.
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More can be done to keep city safe through policing partnerships We are nearly five weeks into the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), and residents on the Cape Flats are rightfully beginning to question the impact of the deployment in their communities. Murder rates remain high and patrols reportedly last no longer than three hours at a time. It is imperative that we are provided with further information on the deployment plans and tactics of the SANDF, but this information is kept from us. The army was deployed to assist police, metro police and other law enforcement agencies in stabilising and pushing back the high levels of gang-related crime in our communities. National police minister, Bheki Cele, has boasted that this intervention has resulted in high levels of police visibility in the most gang-afflicted communities, the confiscation of illegal firearms and the arrests of over 1 000 individuals with outstanding warrants of arrest. Having said that, it is concerning that these arrests have not resulted in charges and convictions. I have been informed that the majority of those arrested were released within 72 hours due to detective services’ failure to
positively link the arrests to crimes and/or to complete the requisite investigations. I, therefore, urgently call on Cele to make use of my department’s court watching briefs unit to track arrests made during the deployment, and to ensure they lead to the successful prosecution of guilty parties. Additionally, the transport management centre (TMC) in Goodwood is a valuable resource that has been availed for 24-hour use by police who have not used it optimally in this regard. As I have highlighted before, our criminal justice system is held hostage by the poor state of detective services and the police. Ultimately, detectives are responsible for gathering evidence for criminal cases. The quality of their work determines whether a case is solved or dropped. Unfortunately, not only are there resource shortages and a lack of training among our detectives, but our detectives are also completely overburdened. More than ever, we need the police detective services to step up and ensure that criminals are prosecuted. The Western Cape government has reiterated countless times that
the deployment of the SANDF will not in itself defeat crime in the province and that the deployment should be accompanied by an array of developmental programmes. We must all work together to overthrow the empires of organised crime that plague our province. The ability of gangs to rule through fear, intimidation and murder can only be stopped if all spheres of government, law enforcement, the criminal justice system and communities work together. When we present a united front, we will push back the boundaries of gangsterism and succeed in taking back our communities. I further call on the good citizens of this province to continue making use of the Illegal Firearms Hotline which can be contacted on 078 330 9333. There is a reward of R10 000 to individuals who provide accurate information on the illegal distribution of firearms. Under my leadership, the department of community safety remains committed to using every tool at its disposal and working with all communities and each stakeholder to make the province safer. ALBERT FRITZ, Provincial minister for community safety
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SK WALMERS WREAK HAVOC IN ROSMEAD: Dawood Vallie of Primrose RFC (left) tries to stop a determined Ebraheem Davids (SK Walmers) from advancing to the try line during a Super League A game played at Rosmead on Saturday 17 August. The Bo-Kaap team was in top form, beating the lowly placed Primrose 59-10 to reign supreme in the community derby. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
he Cape Town leg of the National Futsal League (NFL) takes place on Friday 23 August and Saturday 24 August at the Sunningdale and Proteaville facilities in Table View, respectively. Six teams from around the country; Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape will do battle in the fourth leg of the South African Indoor Football Association (Saifa) sanctioned event. The junior futsal teams from the Cape Town Premier Futsal League (CTPFL) will play in a series of matches on Saturday in the lead up to the main event later in the evening. Girls and boys teams from Athlone, Bellville, Bishop Lavis, Brooklyn, Cape Town, Goodwood, Mitchell’s Plain and Woodstock will represent the CPFL, which was re-launched earlier this year. President of Saifa, Poobalan Govindasamy says: “Futsal in South Africa has grown in leaps and bounds and continues to grow with the efforts of our various regional associations and other stakeholders,” he says. He adds that more teams can be added to the NFL in future seasons, as not all nine provinces are currently being represented in the six-team league. “The three KZN teams have lead the way in futsal and it’s optimistic to see the efforts in the Cape to develop the game. Thank you to the hard work and dedication of the members of the Futsal Association of Cape Town (FACT),” he says. Meanwhile, Fact chairperson Richard Fortune says the Cape Town branch of Saifa hosts the CTPFL, which is in its seventh week of competition. He adds that two new associations have been established in the region: Atlantis Futsal Association and Bishop Lavis Futsal Association, with Manenberg and Lavender Hill Futsal Associations in the process of registering. “Our aim in Cape Town is to grow the
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