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Nurturing futures Wynberg Boys’ High School (WBHS) celebrated the official opening of phase 1 of its new Engineering and Design Faculty (EDF) on Friday 7 February. Pictured are Bernard Osrin, left, a representative of The Harry Crossley Foundation and the Stanley and Zea Lewis Foundation; Western Cape minister of education Debbie Shäfer, benefactor James Blakemore. Uzayr Chilwan, a Grade 12 learner, shakes the hand of Saul Berman of Berman Bros Group – the contractors. Read full story on page 6. PHOTO: NETTALIE VILJOEN
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hile arrivals and departures are to be expected at a railway station, you would think this refers to trains and not its infrastructure. But it seems there is no limit to what, and how often, equipment will be swiped from them. Riana Scott, the spokesperson for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) in the region, says anything with a secondhand value that can be sold for cash is at risk of being stolen. “The export of secondhand metal is a multi-billion Rand industry with insatiable markets in China and India. As long as there is demand, copper-dependent service industries will be targeted,” she says. This type of vandalism impacts train punctuality, reliability and availability. “Because safety is of primary concern, we are often forced to delay, slow, short-turn or cancel trains, leading to customer dissatisfaction,” she says.
Recognising the impact this has on passengers, the government has elevated metal theft to damage to essential infrastructure. “Charges under this means stricter bail conditions and heavier jail sentences for those found guilty,” Scott explains. Wynberg resident Jeanette Stoffels informed People’s Post of the deteriorating state of Wittebome railway station. On the evening of Tuesday 21 January, she noticed the Bega Square subway lights were no longer working. Wynberg police has confirmed there had been quite a few incidents at Wittebome railway station. “The station is in total darkness and, besides the subway lights, it appears the only other light which is still in working order on platform two is also affected.” Stoffels said electrical wires were hanging from the ceiling where light fixtures used to be and from empty electrical boxes. The next day, Stoffels inquired at the ticket kiosk if the faulty lights had been report-
ed. The woman manning the booth told her no such incident had been reported. Stoffels followed up her query with an email to “relevant people” on Thursday 23 January and a call to Transport Customer Care on Monday 27 January, but with no response. On Thursday 30 January, Stoffels contacted People’s Post, saying the subway lights were back on. “Although not all of the other lights are working and the electrical box has just been covered with blue plastic,” she said. Scott said they had taken note of the reader’s concerns. She said the turn-around time on repairs depends on each entity, but it was generally prioritised based on risk and urgency. “We urge residents to report all incidents and suspicious behaviour so that these may be recorded and included in the analyses,” Scott said. Stoffels said she was still concerned about security. “I was told the station has 24-hour security but its almost unbelievable that
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Support for businesses The Western Cape Government is offering support for businesses who suffer as a result of load shedding. “We recognise that load shedding has a major impact on the bottom line of businesses. That is why we are doing everything we can to build energy resilience in the Western Cape and beat load shedding,” says provincial minister for economic development and tourism, David Maynier. “One of the ways to achieve energy security is through the installation of solar photo-voltaic (PV) in your business or home. Solar PV can save you money and protect you from electricity price increases.” If your business is considering the installation of rooftop PV, or if you require any advice on how you can make your business more resource efficient, the provincial department of economic development and tourism and GreenCape are available to assist. “Over the past three years, the department and GreenCape have helped 23 municipalities to allow legal installations of PV. Approved feed-in tariffs are in place for 18 of these municipalities. This means that in most of the Western Cape businesses can install rooftop PV and be compensated for feeding excess electricity back into the grid.” Any businesses that would like free assistance with energy-related matters, email GreenCape on energy@green-cape.co.za. For any other energy related assistance, email 110Green@westerncape.gov.za.
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ntries for the 9th annual Eco-Logic Awards are now open for individuals, organisations and communities who are making a difference through environmentally sustainable initiatives. Hosted by The Enviropaedia, the awards will put the spotlight on positive action taken against the impact of our environmental crisis, and highlight the efforts of SA’s ecochampions. “Our news can be filled with a lot of negativity about the state of our planet, but there are some exceptional efforts being made to combat urgent issues, and these awards aim to recognise these efforts and encourage others to get onboard,” says David Parry-
Davies, director of The Enviropaedia and the awards. The awards have 12 categories. Up to five of the nominees in each category will be selected as finalists and invited to attend the ‘Glamorously Green’ Eco-Logic Gala Awards evening on Friday 5 June, at Cape Point Vineyards. Entries will be assessed by a panel of judges from senior positions in the private and public sectors. Projects can be entered into multiple categories, and will be assessed on the Enviropaedia’s seven virtues of EcoLogic which: . Benefit and regenerate the earth . Reflects long-term and sustainable
thinking . Embraces broadly inclusive and systemic thinking . Demonstrates an Ubuntu care and consideration for others . Is of excellent quality and ethical standard of production . Demonstrates innovation and/or an inspirational vision . Reflects Eco-Logical wisdom by being both intellectually and emotionally intelligent There is no entry fee and submissions will close on Tuesday 31 March. V For more information and online entry forms, visit www.ecologicawards.com.
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CARNIVAL RETURNS: The Cape Town Carnival will celebrate a new decade with its 11th annual parade on the Fan Walk on Saturday 21 March. People’s Post is an official media partner. Expect to see and hear sounds of South Africa through the incredible journey told with mobile floats and 2 000 performers.
Important legacy keeps going the distance
Some of the ecstatic runners make their way through Darling Street during last year’s event.
While entries for this year’s Slave Route Challenge have been closed, interested participants can still submit their applications online. Organisers have extended the online registration to Friday 14 February, with the main run taking place on Sunday 23 February. This year’s run marks 10 years since the race’s inception. The event caters for the avid runner or walker and novice with a half marathon, 10km run, 10km walk and 5km fun run/walk on offer. The added appeal of this event is that it takes ownership of the country’s past, changes the narrative of South Africa’s heritage and transforms it into a legacy for future generations. The route starts in front of the City Hall, in Darling Street, right in front of the balcony where the late President Nelson Mandela made his first speech after his release from Victor Verster Prison. Runners and walkers get an opportunity to see some of Cape Town’s breathtakingly beautiful views including District Six, the Company Gardens, Bo-Kaap, the Castle of Good Hope, the Hurling Swing Pump, SA Jewish Museum, Slave Bell, Dorp Street Mosque, Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum, Gallows Hill, the majestic Atlantic Seaboard, Fort Wynyard, Prestwich Memorial, Iziko Slave Lodge, the Slave Tree Plaque and Palestine Museum. The run will finish on the Grand Parade where the Whipping Post used to be. Each year the race has a commemorative medal and a race beneficiary. Last year the race beneficiary, Mary Harding, received R65 000. This year the race beneficiary is Lofob – League Of the Friends Of the Blind. Lofob is based in Grassy Park and was established in 1933 as a registered non-profit, public benefit organisation serving the needs of blind and visually impaired children, youth and adults, and their families, throughout the Western Cape and further afield. Dr Armand Bam, CEO of Lofob, says: “Our rich heritage as an organisation serving those most impoverished and the significance of this race as a reminder of our country’s history, makes this a significant celebration.” V Log onto www.slaveroute.co.za for the route maps.
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Feedback on early prison releases S
ince President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a special remission of inmates’ sentences made on 16 December last year, one offender was released by mistake and six parolees again committed crimes. Area commissioner of Pollsmoor, Ntobeko Mketshane, engaged with stakeholders and communities at the Andile Msizi Hall, Khayelitsha, on Thursday 30 January to provide an update on the process and to share challenges experienced. Special remission of sentence for specific categories of offenders, those out on probation and those on parole started on Friday 27 December, last year. Some offenders had their sentences drastically reduced. The number of sentenced offenders released up to Tuesday 28 January stands at 814 from Pollsmoor Correctional Centres and 1 118 from community corrections offices in Cape Town and Mitchell’s Plain. Of these, one female offender was released by mistake. She, along with six parolees who committed offences after their release, are back at Pollsmoor, Mketshane said. He said there were three conditions under which inmates could be released from correctional centres – on completion of his or her sentence; when an inmate qualifies for parole but remains under the supervision of community corrections; or a remission of sentence as instructed by the president. “This is when the president uses the powers vested in him by the Constitution and the Correctional Services Act to grant remissions which cuts sentences short. It also fast
Area commissioner of Pollsmoor, Ntobeko Mketshane, addresses the community at the Andile Msizi Hall, Khayelitsha, on Thursday 30 January. tracks the dates on which an inmate could be placed on parole, subject to meeting a set of criteria,” explained Mketshane. Inmates jailed for sexual offences and violent crimes (which include child abuse) are excluded from the president’s instruction. Mketshane said the department of correctional services was deeply concerned about the gender violence crimes committed by parolees and ex-offenders.
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your kite, starting at 12, all the way round For the second year in a in a clockwise direcrow, the world’s best tion. The movement kiteboard specialists of the kite generates converged at Kite a lot of power, causBeach, Blouberg, to ing your body to draw their lines in the zoom up at tremensand. Thursday 6 Februdous speeds. ary brought the perfect “It is like getting wind conditions and shot out of a canhuge waves needed to non,” he explains. execute their heart-stopThe idea is to go as ping tricks. Ross-Dillon Player, a kiteboard high as possible (ofThirty-four heats and specialist, competed in last week’s ten higher than 20 seven hours later, Red Bull King of The Air. metres) while doing American kiteboarder as many rotations, Jesse Richman, 27, was crowned Red Bull backflips, front flips and jumps as possiKing of the Air champion. Flying Cape ble (and taking your feet off the board). Town’s flag, or should it be “kite”, high Although there are standard trick combiwas Ross-Dillon (Ross) Player, from nations, kiteboarders are constantly Claremont. pushing the limits. Ross, who did his first Ross, 20, is the reigning champion of megaloop at age 15 (and got it right on his the prestigious Red Bull Megaloop Chal- first try), says you have to tread carefully. lenge held annually in the Netherlands. “When you’re a kid, you just do it. But He first got involved in the sport at age now I take a few of days to think a new 12 and started competing as a profession- trick through. You have to think out of al when he was 16. The fact that he now the box, but you don’t want to end up in shares a contestants’ name list with his hospital.” But his life isn’t all about sun, childhood (super) heroes, he says, is sea and sand. It also requires wind – prefmind-blowing. erably the lean-into-it-without-falling“It was quite daunting at first. Sudden- over kind. And that means a lot of travelly you find yourself in the same room as ling. South Africa’s “windy” season your idols,” he says. stretches from November to April. The The King Of The Air and the Megaloop rest of the time, pro kiteboarders travel Challenge are the two biggest annual big the world, chasing storms. air events in the world for specialist kiteRoss, who has followed this travel cirboarders. Not only do they draw huge cuit for the past two years, will soon take crowds but their online live views run in- three months off. He will spend that time to millions. in George, completing his aviation trainRoss says the crowds motivate you to ing. But, first, he is jetting off to wow the perform at your best but, he says it can crowds at the Kitefest Argentina 2020. take some getting used to. Usually, you The display festival, which starts on Fritrain in relative silence, then, when you day 21 February, runs over five days. He compete, there are thousands of people will be the only South African particishouting and cheering. And they don’t al- pant. He says winning the Megaloop ways like you. Challenge last year was a career gameLuckily, he says, his father, Brad Play- changer. Shortly afterwards he signed er (a former professional cricket player his biggest sponsor yet, Naish Kiteboardand a sports psychologist) prepared him ing. He is also sponsored by Mystic Kitefor this. boarding and Surfears. Ross, who attend“My dad shared his experiences with ed Rondebosch Boys’ High School, says me, so I knew what to expect,” says Ross. when he first got into the sport, it wasn’t What makes these contests so popular all that popular among his peers. But that are, of course, the gravity-defying tricks. is changing. A megaloop runs on a clock. You move V Follow Ross-Dillon Player on social media
He referred to the alleged murder and rape of Michaela Williams, a 12-year-old girl from Grassy Park in January this year by a parolee released in 2017, and the murder and rape of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, by a former offender in August last year. “We have revoked the parole of the parolee. Luyanda Botha who was convicted for the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana is serv-
ing life imprisonment in our facility,” he said. Mketshane asked for communities’ support in the rehabilitation of prisoners. “Offenders released experience some form of rejection, stigmatisation and lack of family support system by the community. We expect the community to welcome offenders back in your homes, churches and communities. We kindly request a soft landing for these offenders in your streets,” he said.
A CELEBRATION OF CORRUGATED IRON: Corrugated iron? Oblivious, timeless, or simply a means for shelter? Bleached by the sun, flayed by wind and rain, scorched by fire, repainted by man each sheet bears a unique history. To many, rusted corrugated iron is a cast away, industrial material. In South Africa and other international cities, it’s a reminder of inequality – a political failure. To Mark Hilltout, it is all of that. But it is also endlessly complex and gloriously random; something that time alone can create and no artist can hope to better. Hilltout creates a visual art medium by using this cast away material and manipulating it in an endlessly unique and complex manner. “I’ve always been drawn to the discarded. I like imperfection, it’s part of me. Rust and damaged pieces of corrugated iron are just full of it. That’s why corrugated iron is such an exciting medium for designers and architects. Mark seeks out and buys discarded sheets from Khayelitsha and neighbouring towns. Out of 100 perhaps only 10 are suitable. The finished pieces are the result of thousands of happy and unhappy accidents. I look for interesting changes in colour, pattern, texture and grain. But the more I study corrugated iron, the more I realise that the metal itself should dictate the composition of each artwork - that the artist must not get in the way of the medium,” says Hilltout. A total of 40 artworks will be on display at his free exhibition hosted at his home from Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 February. Art pieces will also be on sale. Find him at 6 Ravencraig Street, Woodstock. PHOTOS: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS
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Understanding spatial development NETTALIE VILJOEN The Municipal Spatial Development Framework (MSDF – adopted in April 2018) pursues a new spatial form for Cape Town with higher densities and public-led investment in an “Urban Inner Core”. The focus is on inward growth and transit-oriented development (TOD), with greater protection of the city’s natural and agricultural assets, the City’s Mayco member for spatial planning and environment, Marian Nieuwoudt, explains. On the TOD side, Observatory, Rondebosch and Wynberg – served by emerging and existing public transport networks – play an important role in the spatial vision. Nieuwoudt says ideally new developments should be strategically located around public transport where residents will have easy access to either rail, MyCiTi trunk routes, or minibus-taxis, and bus routes. “It must be inclusive of all income groups in relation to economic and work opportunities. Spatial integration, and shorter travel distances and times for all residents will ultimately reduce the cost of access for transport users (in terms of travelling time and money spent on transport).”
Update on City housing projects NETTALIE VILJOEN In answer to criticism from the public on the City of Cape Town’s decision to renew the Rondebosch Golf Club lease, the City says it remains dedicated to providing housing opportunities in all of the central business districts. “And not only the Cape Town CBD, Salt River and Woodstock,” says Mayco member for human settlements, Malusi Booi. “But also in smaller inner-cities such as Bellville, Parow, Khayelitsha, Claremont, Mitchell’s Plain, Wynberg and Plumstead.” Booi says the City recognises the dire need for housing opportunities situated on welllocated land, close to employment opportunities and economic nodes. “There are no quick fixes, but we are committed to building integrated communities with different types of residential developments based on a mix of income groups and circumstances,” he adds. Social housing is one of the avenues the City is exploring to provide more affordable housing opportunities. Some such projects still under way include: . Salt River Market: The development of this site, located in central Cape Town, could deliver 850 housing units, which include Gap-market and social housing. . Pine Road and Dillon Lane: On 27 August 2019, the City’s mayoral committee recommended to council for approval the sale of vacant land in Pine Road and Dillon Lane. . The Fruit and Veg, and New Market Street: The City will be facilitating the rezoning applications for the Fruit and Veg site in Roeland Street and a site in New Market Street. . Woodstock Hospital: A feasibility analysis for the redevelopment of the Woodstock Hospital which includes the adjacent public open space was commissioned. “The City continues to assess City-owned land to determine whether some of these properties could be developed for affordable housing opportunities,” says Booi.
The revised MSDF manages urban growth and development through four primary areas: . An Urban Inner Core where public investment is prioritised, and where private sector investment is incentivised. Broadly speaking, the Urban Inner Core includes Cape Town’s existing industrial and commercial areas such as the areas adjacent to the N1, N2, N7, and M5 highways; along the R27 to the north and Main Road to the south; along major arterials linking the metrosouth east with Bellville and Kuils River; and the Cape Town International Airport. . Incremental growth and consolidation areas where the City will keep on servicing existing developments and where new development will be subject to infrastructure capacity. . Discouraged growth areas where the City will not make any investments, which include protected areas where it has natural and agricultural assets; areas that do not contribute to spatial transformation, inward growth, or transit-oriented development. . Critical natural asset areas that contribute significantly to Cape Town’s future resilience and/or are protected by legislation. These include protected natural envi-
ronments and conservation areas. “Simply put, the MSDF identifies areas suitable for urban development and catalytic interventions to achieve spatial transformation; areas where the impact of development must be managed; and areas not suited for urban development. “It guides decision-making on the nature, form, scale and location of urban development, land use, the maintenance and development of infrastructure, and the protection of environmental resources,” Nieuwoudt says. The City is in the process of updating the Spatial Development Frameworks for the eight planning districts (Table Bay, Blaauwberg, Southern District, Northern District, Cape Flats, Helderberg, Tygerberg and Mitchell’s Plain) in order to align these with the MSDF policy objectives. Niewoudt says it will be the role of the district plans to guide future spatial development at a district and local area level over a 10-year time horizon. “Accordingly, the SDFs will be required to spatially target such infill development opportunities inclusive of guidelines on the most appropriate form, land use mix and scale to effect the City’s approach to achieving TOD,” she concludes.
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he City of Cape Town’s announcement of plans to renew the Rondebosch Golf Course lease for another 10 years has put a spotlight on the City’s use of councilowned land in the province. Ndifuna Ukwazi, a non-profit organisation (NPO) and law centre, is one of the loudest voices who have spoken out against the renewal of the lease. The NPO combines research, organising and litigation in campaigns to advance urban land justice in Cape Town. In an opinion editorial published on 28 January (“Cape Town’s course of injustice: Subsidising the rich to exclude the poor”) in the Daily Maverick, Michael Clark, a researcher at Ndifuna Ukwazi, wrote: “Twenty-six years after apartheid, Cape Town remains the most spatially divided city in South Africa.” Clark believes Rondebosch Golf Course, located close to hospitals, schools, a police station and transport nodes, is perfect for the development of social or affordable housing. “What makes this lease particularly distasteful ... is that the golf course virtually borders two other golf courses (one of which also sits on public land). Wealthy residents who happen to enjoy golf have their pick of which huge tract of public land they would like to utilise,” wrote Clark. He views the decision to renew the lease as a failure on the City’s part and says while the City blames the continued spatial injustice on a lack of available well-located land, it is missing the most obvious solution. “(The City) owns vast tracts of land in well-located areas. Land that is unused or under-utilised, that could provide ample space for social housing and reverse the City’s apartheid legacy.” Reportedly, the previous lease’s rent agreement for the Rondebosch Golf Club, covering 45.99 hectares (45 rugby fields), was R1 000 a year. The rental amount for the proposed new lease has not been made public
yet. According to Clark, Cape Town has 24 golf courses and driving ranges (10 on public land) and 35 bowling greens (26 on public land). Mayco member for community services and health, Zahid Badroodien, says the City’s recreation and parks department is assessing each golf course situated on Cityowned land according to its individual merits, challenges and future potential. Badroodien says some of the options under consideration are to potentially reduce the size of a golf course and incorporate income generating compatible uses, which may include in-fill housing opportunities. “The department is further committed to ensuring quality sporting facilities which form key components of all communities for multipurpose use. Our sporting facilities remain a key component to further infrastructure development,” he says. People’s Post asked the City on what grounds it decided to renew the lease with Rondebosch Golf Club. Mayco member for economic opportunities and asset management, James Vos, says an application, submitted by Rondebosch Golf Club to renew its lease, was circulated to all internal departments and no objections were received. On 29 January, council approved the commencement of a public participation process to extend the lease. “In essence, any proposed developments of Rondebosch Golf Club will always have two primary constraints, namely the impact of the Black River 1:50-year flood line, which limits the proportion of the site available for development; and access limitations, both in terms of vehicular access as well as public transport, which reduces the trip generation capacity of the site,” Vos explains. The golf course was designed to prevent neighbouring properties from flooding. He says based on these limitations to the urban development of the site, its use as a golf course is considered consistent with the spatial planning and environment directorate.
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Author shares hope to all Desiree-Anne Martin, author of We Don’t Talk About It, Ever, will share her harrowing experiences during a talk at Tokai Public Library on Thursday 13 February. Born in Cape Town during apartheid (1970s), Desiree-Anne was taught that “we don’t talk about it, ever”. She became adept at keeping secrets, including her childhood abuse, multiple addictions and toxic relationships. Desiree-Anne Martin.
Desiree-Anne is now 15 years sober, an addictions and general counsellor helping others, a wife, a mother and part-time warrior woman. Her memoir speaks of her journey. “We need to destigmatise issues such as addiction, abuse and mental health concerns. We need to remove the shame and fear that surrounds these topics so that it is easier to access help. “My mantra is: There is hope, always.” The talk will start at 17:30 for 18:00. V For more information on the talk, call 021 710 1480.
LOCAL ARTISTS SHINE: The 2020 Investec Cape Town Art Fair will run at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 February featuring Kenilworth resident Nina Holmes, Rondebosch residents Kirsten Beets and Bonolo Kavula and Woodstock resident Alexandra Karakshian (pictured). Tickets cost R160 online or R190 at the door. Weekend passes cost R300 per adult, R125 per senior and R120 for students. Investec clients can purchase tickets at discounted rates. For more information or tickets, visit www.investeccapetownartfair.co.za.
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at the faculty. Subjects offered will be fully accredited nahase 1 of the new Engineering and Design tional senior certificate subjects. Learners Faculty (EDF) at Wynberg Boys’ High will also have to complete an extra-curricuSchool (WBHS) was officially opened on Fri- lar entrepreneurship course designed by day 7 February. Wynberg old boy Andrew Hibling through Among the guests at the event were provin- his company Edge Learning Media. cial minister of education Debbie Schäfer The school’s vision is to nurture learners and business mogul Raymond Ackerman. who are both high functioning academics Benefactors of the project and contractors and have a skill set in technical subjects. were also in attendance to raise a cup of cof“Our learners will be able to study today fee to the future success of WBHS’s new facili- what they will need to be successful in the futies. ture,” said De Waal. Work on phase 1 began in July last year aftBen Thompson, head of academics, said er almost two years of planning and prepara- the establishment of EDF was another repretion. The facilities are built on a section of the sentation of what the school does: being at the school grounds which used to serve as a forefront of education in South Africa. dumping spot for recycling and the refurHe says the country is in desperate need of bishment of desks and chairs. engineers, artisans, and information and Jan de Waal, principal at the school, said communications technology (ICT) specialwhat had been an eyesore is now a place that ists and that equipping learners with these will shape learners’ futures. “But it took an skills is critical for the sustainability of awful amount of work,” said de Waal. South Africa as a whole. Engineering, graphics and design, engi“The faculty is key in providing feedstock neering construction, electronics, creative into tertiary, industry or wealth generation arts, visual art and technology will be taught through entrepreneurship,” Thompson said. Uzayr Chilwan, a Grade 12 learner, will be among the school’s first matriculants to write the electronics final exam. He said becoming part of the pioneer electronic class of 2017 was one of the best decisions he ever made. “How many boys will leave high school with the knowledge (and skill) to make a traffic light or a dimmable lamp,” he asked. Chilwan said, besides helping him to get 100% for the electrical questions in his physics paper, the electronics subject also Zayd Louw, Josh Johnston, Mike van Schalkwyk, Adam helped him develop out-of-theBudge and Uzayr Chilwan. PHOTO: NETTALIE VILJOEN box thinking.
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Rafael Nadal (left) and Roger Federer embrace after their singles match in the Match In Africa at Cape Town Stadium on Friday 7 February. PHOTO: JACO MARAIS
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or the 51 945 people who made their way to Cape Town Stadium on Friday 7 February for the Match In Africa, it was a day which will not be easily forgotten. The figure, a new world record attendance for a single tennis match, also helped contribute to the $3.5 million (approximately R54.6 million) donated to the Roger Federer Foundation, which will be used to support education in rural South Africa. The amount of money also surpassed the figures achieved in the previous five editions of this event (known previously as the Match For Africa). The tennis match between 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and his great rival, 19-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal, almost took a back seat, which saw the duo on a whirlwind tour of the City, starting with Federer’s arrival in Cape Town on Wednesday 5 February, and included an impromptu warm-up session between the two on the Grand Parade. Preceding the match on Friday, both Federer and Nadal also took part in a play session with children from Hangberg Pre-primary School in Hout Bay. The aim was to teach the children through various physical activities, combining language, motor skills and perception. Following his practice session with Nadal, Federer reminisced on his previous visits to South Africa, which is his mother’s country of birth. “I don’t remember playing here in Cape Town 20 years ago, because I was on vacation and you rest your body. When I was little, I was playing in Jo’burg and other places where I was travelling. I remember I got a racquet from my parents here when I was little. After all this time it has gotten to this and to play in a stadium like this it is beautiful and my mom is very happy right now.” Federer would go on to team up with Bill Gates in a celebrity doubles match against Nadal and his partner, Trevor Noah, which was won 6-3 by Federer and Gates, who dubbed themselves “Gateserer”. The result was of little consequence as the four kept the crowd entertained with witty quips as they had themselves mic’d up for the crowd and audience at home to listen in on. “At the end of the day I think doing things
together, this is actually in a way what we are doing tonight, we are all getting together for a good cause and to see what comes out of it. If I am alone out here, I cannot fill a stadium, but with the three other guys I can,” Federer said before the match. Tickets to the event were sold out within 10 minutes and Federer said he’s open to collaborating for future charitable efforts. “It is important to share information and to see where the synergies are and how we can do things together. At the end of the day, we are all seeking the impact, not for personal glory or legacy. We are here to leave a profound impact on kids’ lives and if that happens that we can do things together and we know each other and we get along, it is a win-win-win.” Federer would go on to beat his great rival Nadal in three competitive sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, but the result was of little consequence as the cause outweighed any performance. “Just one of these days that you don’t forget. Super happy to be playing here in Cape Town for the first time in my life. I can’t thank the people here in Cape Town who came to the stadium and created an unforgettable atmosphere and made this day even more special. Super happy to see Roger’s emotions out there. I know how important it is for him playing here and having this amazing success,” said Nadal. After the match, Federer was still coming to terms with the emotional occasion, which exceeded his expectations. “I was very emotional when I walked out for the doubles and when I had to take the mic right away there, that was hard. I did not know what to say because I really felt overwhelmed with emotions there. After that, I was able to play a bit of tennis and when I came back for the singles, I was more in a place of pure happiness, enjoying every single moment and looking around and thinking how lucky we are to experience this. I hope it gives the city, country and continent and mini-boost. And that already will be plenty for me. It is never on the same scale of what Siya (Kolisi) and their team did with the Rugby World Cup, but it is nice to have nice stories in a world that can be very tough and cruel sometimes. That I was part of maybe people having a wonderful evening, having a great braai at home and watching this game, that would make me happy.”
Prior to their historic match, Roger Federer, along with Rafael Nadal conducted a “learning through play” session with children from Hangberg Pre-primary School. PHOTO: RASHIED
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