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A rare opportunity for model citizens to socialise with inmates at Pollsmoor Prison. PHOTO: TARRYN SOLOMONS
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Kids learn about life in jail RACINE EDWARDES @RaeEdwardes
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n another attempt to keep the youth out of jail, Pollsmoor Prison opened its doors to allow groups of children from a number of organisations to see what prison life is all about – from inside. Among the group invited to visit the prisoners as they went about their daily routine was a group of children from Ocean View High School. Spokesperson for Pollsmoor Prison Lewies Davids explained the purpose of this tour to the group of about 40 people who chose to visit.
“We do not want the youth to become a statistic. This visit is to show you what life is really like inside these walls.” The visitors were escorted into the Medium C cells, the section of the prison that houses criminals who have committed all types of offences, have less than two years left of their sentences and are soon to be released back into society. Led through Medium C by David Carelse; coordinator for sports, recreation, arts and crafts at the prison, the message he emphasised was that of freedom. “Even the dogs in my neighbourhood walk around free, at any time of the night. Here, you are not free. You stay in your cell – and
freedom is the most important thing you have.” He invited the inmates who cook meals daily into a cell with the group of 40 to tell their stories. While most of the cells were locked with their inmates inside, some were spending time basking in the sun, and as Davids had said, were visibly excited by the sights of new faces. “When we go inside they’re going to be happy to see free people because they haven’t seen free people for a long time,” Davids had forewarned. Anathi Siswana and Dimitri Muller were two of the Ocean View High School learners
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who formed part of the tour, both of whom had never been inside a jail cell before. Muller shared his first experience: “What scared me was the thought about what happens there when they lock the doors. The officers aren’t inside to see what’s happening inside the doors when it’s sleep time.” Davids told the youngsters about the problem of overcrowding in the prison. Cells built to accommodate 36 sometimes have 90 people sleeping in the cell. Deterred from a life of crime, Muller said: “We youngsters, should stay away from doing the wrong things.” Siswana added: “You must listen to your elders or else you are going to end up here.”
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Win movie tickets Another animation sequel opened at Ster Kinekor Cinemas on Friday 28 June with the Secret Life of Pets 2. Continuing the story of Max and his pet friends, following their secret lives after their owners leave them for work or school each day. Ster Kinekor cinemas at Tygervalley, Cavendish Square, Blue Route and Somerset Mall will also host activations and giveaways for the school holiday weekends on Friday 5 to Sunday 7 July.
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Children are in for an interactive treat at the Two Oceans Aquarium this holidays.
Discover an exciting underwater world Longer hours, activities for the whole family and exciting new animals make the Two Oceans Aquarium Cape Town’s preferred family destination this school holidays. Join the underwater amazement at the aquarium which is currently running until Monday 8 July with fun and adventure for the whole family. The daily line-up is as follows: . 10:30 – Puppet show at the I&J Children’s Play Centre; . 11:30 – Penguin exhibit feed; . 13:30 – Puppet show at the I&J Children’s Play Centre; . 14:00 – Diver-led feeds in the I&J Ocean Exhibit or Kelp Forest Exhibit (with talking diver); . 15:00 – Predator exhibit ragged-tooth shark feeding (Sundays only); . 15:30 – Puppet show at the I&J Children’s Play Centre. The aquarium will also be extending its hours during this period, from 09:00 to 18:00. During the school holidays, the Two
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ntries to the 51st Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA) Blisters For Bread annual charity walk are now open, with the walk set to take place on Sunday 25 August. The fundraising event in association with Lucky Star is one of South Africa’s most established community events. It will start at the Green Point Cricket Club and will include two routes along the Sea Point Promenade, a 10km walk that starts at 07:30 and a 5km walk that starts at 08:00. Everyone who enters will receive a medal. Three of South Africa’s top pop sensations, Paxton Fielies, Jarrad Ricketts (courtesy of Heart FM) and Johnny Apple will be performing live at the finish line. A host of food and refreshment stores will be available for everyone’s enjoyment. There will also be lots of prizes up for grabs. This year, t-shirts will also be on sale for children.
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The colour of the t-shirts are navy blue and can only be purchased online while entering the event at the cost of R100 per t-shirt for adults and children. There will be a special children’s entertainment area hosted by Sasko Sam. Entries cost R60 per person. Each entry fee will enable PSFA to provide 24 school children affected by poverty with a nutritious cooked breakfast and lunch for an entire day. Entries are limited to 13 000 people. Group entries close on Sunday 28 July, manual entries close on Sunday 4 August and online entries are set to close on Sunday 18 August. If you are unable to walk Blisters for Bread this year, you can also make a monetary donation. This can be done by logging onto the website www.psfa.org.za. 100% of all donations will go towards school feeding and are tax-deductible. V For entries, visit www.psfa.org.za.
Oceans Aquarium will, as always, be jampacked with activities to keep landlubbers of all ages entertained, inspired, and warm. Discover a world of underwater oddities: brand new batfish, crabs that craft their own armour, filter feeders that come alive at snack time and the strange colour-changing frogfish which uses its own fishing rod to catch its prey. A face-painter will be taking up residence in the aquarium to decorate children’s faces with all things fishy, fantastic and fun. Find the painter in the aquarium on the weekends at no extra cost – everyone visiting the aquarium during this time is welcome to have their face painted.
Cost Entry for adults is R185 per person, for children aged four to 13 is R90 per person, children 14 to 17 is R140 per person, pensioners and students are R140 per person (with valid pensioner or student card) and children under the age of four enter free.
Fish Hoek Music Bursary now open for applications Candidates who want a music bursary can now apply for the Fish Hoek Music Bursary Trust Fund. Applications must be received by Wednesday 31 July in order to be considered. Candidates must be between the ages of 17 and 25, and have a matric certificate or equivalent, or be in Grade 12. Preference will be given to students who are currently studying music. Applicants must comply with the en-
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Garden revamp to attract community RACINE EDWARDES @RaeEdwardes
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ith the idea of bringing the community together in mind, a couple who do not want to be named have put in the hard work to revitalise a once forgotten park in Sun Valley. Ketch Park was one of the local parks identified by a community group as a site that needed a bit of love and a makeover. “It started off in January last year. A group was formed – Sun Valley Park Friends – and they were going to revamp all the parks in the area. The idea is that the group would come, pull some weeds out and just clean up the area as often as they can,” says one of the Sun Valley residents who is committed to restoring Ketch Park. While the duo were not part of the group at the time, they saw it fit to begin work on Ketch Park which was overgrown and infested with alien plants and devil thorns, making it impossible for people to visit, run or play on the grass, carefree. In June last year, they wanted to increase their efforts and called on the community to sponsor a gardener to assist them. One community member reached into their pocket to hire Ian Chapotera for one day, and soon other residents followed suit and donated enough money to sponsor Chapotera for 30 days, which allowed for the use of his services until October. While the garden is still a work in progress, Sue Bell, another resident of the neighbourhood sang their praises for the work done so far. “They’ve really done such a lovely job of attracting geese and Guinea
fowls to the garden. When we get visitors they always look out at the park and say how wonderful it is.” Explaining her motivation for keeping up the work, the resident says: “We do it because we want to give something back to the community, to the children, to the birdlife.” Since the start of their revamp they have planted water-wise plants; added rock gardens, which were donated and have created rainwater gardens. These gardens draw water from the overflown rain tanks from nearby residents through pipes that have been installed underground and create a wetland for the specific plants that are in that area of the park. In addition, a mechanism has been put in place to ensure that excess water in the wetland is directed to other plants nearby that need it. She continues: “When we’re done with park then we can start having community events there. We want to get people back in our parks.”
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Handbag project to uplift women RACINE EDWARDES @RaeEdwardes
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or Women’s Day this year, on the advice of the Jes Foord Foundation, Simon’s Town Museum and SAPS Museum Muizenberg are collecting handbags filled with essentials to donate to Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust. “We’ve been doing this for years now,” says Margaret Constant of Simon’s Town Museum. “We feel it’s important to create these bags because so many women are being raped every day, or even go to safe houses where they don’t have the toiletries needed by women.” She explains that the handbags are filled with personal comfort items and given to rape survivors during the initial reporting process at police stations. Adding to that, one of the founding members of the initiative, Suzette Farmer from SAPS Museum Muizenberg, expresses that there is always a need for this type of donation. “There’s always a need for that comfort bag. What we want is the person who donated the comfort bag to write a card or letter to the women who will receive it, to give the women hope and motivation to get through what they went through. We want them to tell her she is still worthy despite the fact that her dignity was taken,” Farmer says. She assisted the start-up of this initiative
in response to the needs of rape survivors, girls living on the street and the homeless to allow them to at least clean themselves after their ordeal. She says that after DNA testing has been completed on a victim of rape, they hardly ever have the necessities to allow the women to clean themselves and this leaves them still feeling dirty and violated. “They need underwear, pads – some things to clean themselves,” she said.
Tazneem Wentzel, education officer at Simon’s Town Museum, said in a statement: “We feel very strongly about the issue of rape and would appreciate any donations of unused or good, second-hand handbags that we can donate towards the project, from our Simon’s Town Museum. Please ask others that you know to assist.” The bags are filled with underwear (from child to adult sizes, male and female), soap
or body wash, a washcloth, toothbrush and toothpaste, a small non-perishable snack and sanitary towels (not tampons). What would also be appreciated is the donation of deodorant, shampoo, pen and paper, a small toy for children, hairbrush and ties, and most importantly, a motivational note. V For information visit https://rapecrisis.org.za or email zeenat@rapecrisis.org.za or visit http://www.jff.org.za or send items to Simon’s Town Museum,
Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust seeks to assist rape victims.
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Women from different communities in the Cape Flats say a lot needs to be done to bring change in their communities. PHOTO: NOMZAMO
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Women ready to bring change NOMZAMO YUKU @NomzamoYuku More than 400 women from different communities across the City of Cape Town met under one roof to share their experiences obtained from a six-month-long Women for Change programme The evaluation session took place at the Athlone Civic Centre on Tuesday 25 June and it highlighted some of the challenges faced during the programme. The programme was established by the City of Cape Town in 2016 to empower women to take ownership of their communities. It provides them with proper skills and resources that prepare them either for employability within social development organisations or to start their own projects. Participants were employed under the Expanded Public Works Programmes (EPWP). They started in January and the evaluation marked the end of their contracts. The residents from Athlone, Hanover Park, Manenberg, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Belhar, Mastrosfootein, Delft and Blikkiesdorp took turns on stage to share their experiences. Amelia Eksteen, from Blikkiesdorp, said their community is one of many affected by the lack of service delivery and poverty. She said their objective is to find means of establishing jobs opportunities, feeding and creating a safe environment for children. According to her, they do not have basic services as yet as the area is fairly new. The community is made up of people from differ-
ent areas around Cape Town. They moved to the area by the City in 2007. Eksteen said the programme has been helpful as many people have been sitting at home doing nothing and struggled to feed their families. Another beneficiary, Dineo Masiu from Delft, said in her community the focus is on skills development and social services, working with local organisations such as schools. She said they embarked on various campaigns including anti-bullying, health and wellness. Masiu said her community is one of many in the Cape Flats that is affected by violence and lack of resources for youth development and women empowerment. “Through initiatives like these, we are able to work closely with local council to identify and set priorities as per the needs of the community. “I was fortunate to carry on with this programme for over six months as I gained a lot of knowledge. Now I will be able to plough back, and we hope there will be job opportunities where we could utilise these skills,” Masiu said. Mayco member for community services and health, Zahid Badroodien congratulated the women for completing the programme, saying the City promises to continue working with them to make sure the skills do not go to waste. Badroodien said depending on availability in their respective areas, the City tries to place women within local projects and encourage them to start up their projects and be agents of change, creating opportunities for other women.
Pick n Pay’s Fresh Living magazine is now available in braille, making it the first supermarket in South Africa to offer this to its customers. The May issue of Fresh Living was recently piloted in braille. There are 250 visually-impaired customers who will officially be trialled for two months in selected stores across the country. The June Fresh Living braille edition launched in selected stores last week and can be picked up at the Customer Care Desk. Free to Smart Shopper customers, Fresh Living has grown from 60 000 copies at launch to over 500 000 copies per month. It provides readers with lifestyle inspiration, the latest food and drink news and accessible, everyday family recipes with each edition. It is this popularity that led a loyal customer, Jennine Britz, to contact the retailer and offer her braille translation services in order to share her favourite magazine with the visually-impaired community of South Africa. Classified as blind, Britz has worked closely with the retail store and the magazine’s publisher John Brown since September last year to develop the sample copy and make the braille edition of Fresh Living a reality. The edition was piloted in April with the Centres for the Blind in KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein and Johannesburg. Copies were
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shared with visually-impaired readers who shared their feedback and ideas on how to refine the braille version. “Fresh Living magazine is a wonderfully inclusive publication, and this takes us one excellent step further,” says John Bradshaw, marketing: retail executive at the retail giant. Britz says the foundation of her braille printing company came from her experience as a blind person living in a sightedpersons world. “This is a daily struggle, especially when it comes to using any form of public facility. “Pick n Pay is one of a handful of companies who understand my vision of improving public facilities for the blind by having more consideration for their blind consumers,” Britz says. She adds that through the braille version, the store has brought overwhelming excitement and appreciation to her and hundreds of braille readers across the country. Editor of Fresh Living, Justine Drake, says: “At Fresh Living, we make much of celebrating and embracing our differences, and our decision to print a braille version of the country’s largest food and lifestyle magazine seemed to present a really tangible way to demonstrate this. I hope it brings much joy and inspiration to our blind and partially sighted communities” Bradshaw says: “We listen carefully to our customers and we’re really grateful that Jennine got in touch so that we could expand Fresh Living’s reach to our visually-impaired customers. It’s been a rewarding learning process to launch the braille edition and we are excited to share it in store with our customers during the next phase of the trial.” The braille edition will be trialled at selected stores and Centres for the blind nationally for June and July and may be expanded based on customer feedback.
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he public is advised to avoid contact with water from the Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve area until the water levels stabilise within national recreational water use guidelines. The City of Cape Town has regarded the water as unsafe for both humans and animals and the public will be informed once the affected area is safe for recreational use again. This comes after a temporary closure of the recreational area due to precautionary measure following water quality tests on Wednesday 26 June. According to a statement from the City, water quality tests were undertaken at the waterbody following sewage spills in the Marina da Gama section of the reserve. The test results showed high levels of faecal coliforms (Escherichia coli) within the water body, which indicates an elevated risk to human health. The City will continue to monitor the water quality.
ECDs sign facility agreement The City of Cape Town’s social development and early childhood development department has officially signed facility management agreements with its 27 Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre operators across the city. The agreement will remain in place until 2029. In a statement, Mayco member for community services and health Zahid Badroodien says with this agreement, the City was able to regulate the usage of these properties and give peace of mind to the successful operators. He says the City saw it important to help bring stability and advancement in the early childhood development sector, “because the research is clear – how a child starts the learning process will have a far-reaching impact on the rest of their life.” He says in this way the City recognises that there is a shortage of suitably located and optimally functioning ECDs in Cape Town and it is for this reason that the City continues to invest in building facilities run by independent operators. “Our ECD project in Heideveld is but the latest example of this. The department also works closely with the provincial government to ensure that ECDs comply with health, fire safety and building regulations that allow them to become registered,” he says. He says training is also offered to ECD staff both in terms of teaching methodology and child safety, and the City assists with equipping ECDs with educational materials, toys and safety equipment. V The list of the ECDs is available at http://bit.do/ ECD-FMA.
Family history society meets in July Cape Town Family History Society will be meeting on Saturday 20 July at 14:30 in St John’s Church Hall, St John’s Road, Wynberg. The speaker will be June McKinnon and she will be talking about her latest book Criminals, Corruption and Crazy Critters, the Underbelly of South African History. Entry for non-members is R20. Refreshments will be provided. For more information contact David Slingsby on 072 782 3597 or 021 715 5104, email davidslingsby@telkomsa.net or Ann Smythe annsmythe@gmail.com or visit www.family-history.co.za.
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Assistance with bottle store objections In response to the bottle store application at Triangle Court (corner of Dunster and First Ave) in Fish Hoek; it seems likely that the application for a Shoprite Bottle Store licence will be advertised in a local newspaper. It has already been advertised on a window at the shop and in the Gazette. From the date it is advertised in the local newspaper the period for objections from the public is 28 days. It is therefore important that all who wish to object should submit their objections as soon as possible. In order to facilitate the objection procedure it may be submitted by email to the Liquor Authority at Robin.petersen@wcla.gov.za, the Shoprite representative at info.dhman@gmail.com and the Fish Hoek liquor officer at fishhoekdfo@saps.gov.za. The application number, 2019/589, the premises where the bottle store will be
situated, the full names, ID and residential address of the objector must be included in the application. Any objection may be very brief or very long but should include as much detail and evidence as possible. If you consider that the opening of the Pick n Pay bottle store has adversely affected the shopping centre where it is, or Fish Hoek, in any way then full details supported by photographs of any specific incident would constitute good evidence. Details of the negative impact of bottle stores in any area would also be good evidence. I can provide guidance and a template for formulating an objection. Anyone who wants help in putting together the objection can contact me by email on dryfishhoek@gmail.com. DONALD MOORE Fish Hoek
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I stood at the corner of Main and Recreation roads and looked down at Fish Hoek High Street one morning. The council has done well with the pavements, litter bins, road surface. The shop fronts facing Main Road are fine. The problem is when one’s eye travels up to the first and second floors of the offices and apartment buildings. The colours of the buildings are all creamwhite and every colour of beige and brown available. The same applies to the buildings on the road facing the sea. These buildings are all so dull and uninteresting. Imagine if the colourfully painted houses at Bo Kaap where these colours? One of the reasons that Bo Kaap is so popular is because it is bright and colourful. The owners of those houses take pride in their neighbourhood and it has brought money to that area by the many tourists who visit. Do any tourists or visitors take photographs of Fish Hoek Main Road? I do not think so. So, imagine how Fish Hoek High Main Road could look if all the building owners painted their buildings above the shop fronts the colours of summer ice cream – pale blues, yellows, pinks, lavenders, lime greens or light greens, pale apricots and rose. Imagine if a few of the building owners were brave enough to do stripes in different shades of the same colour. Fish Hoek would be transformed. It would be another place for tourists to stop and spend their money. It would look like a real beach resort. It would look inviting. Imagine if owners of buildings could choose any colour to paint their buildings except beige, brown, white, cream, caramel or chocolate because all these colours would complement each other. I am sure one of the big paint companies would love to get involved in a project of this scale, and could provide special prices for the paint. Imagine the advertising for them “Fish Hoek painted by Plascon, or Dulux” or one of the many other paint producers. Kalk Bay is lovely to visit, Muizenberg and St James are so pleasant, but when arriving or leaving Fish Hoek, she looks like Cinderella before her makeover. Everyone knows that the easiest way to refresh and brighten any place is with paint. A fresh coat of paint on all those buildings would do wonders, not only for the community but also for visitors and tourists. MARYANNE DOWNS Noordhoek
Help ease traffic congestion Traffic congestion and the impact it has on the local economy was one of the key discussion points at a meeting with the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). All Capetonians arrange their lives around traffic, be it commuters who rely on public transport, motorists in private vehicles, or the businesses who need the road network to move their goods and services. We are building new roads and we are prioritising public transport, but the projects won’t happen overnight. In the meantime, technology is changing our lives and the question is, why can the private sector not step up with innovative solutions to beat the traffic? For instance, you are far better placed to develop smartphone applications for lift-clubs and car-pooling than us. Private businesses could assist by allowing employees to work flexible working hours, to work remotely, or to implement condensed work weeks. You could also think of ways of incentivising employees to form lift-clubs and to do car-pooling. We have thousands of cars on our main roads with only one occupant – the driver. If we can get four, or even only two people, to travel together we can half the number of private vehicles on the roads during the peakhour periods. The City will be spending an additional R165.7m in the 2019/20 financial year on new roads and links to relieve congestion in the worst affected areas. These include:
. the dualling of Broadway Boulevard (R30 million) . work on the Belhar Main Road (R35 million) . the completion of the Kommetjie Road and Ou Kaapse Weg project (R24.9 million) . Langverwacht Road (R23 million); . Sandown Road (R46 million). A further R22m has been allocated to upgrade the north and southbound lanes of the R44. The City will also invest approximately R114.8m on building new public transport interchanges (PTIs) and to refurbish existing interchanges for commuters and the minibus-taxi operators. Construction of a new minibus-taxi facility is already underway in Dunoon, while the contractor for a new PTI in Somerset West will soon be implemented, within the next five months. Plans are also underway for major refurbishments of the facilities in Retreat and Wynberg. Cape Town’s road network comprises over 10 600km and every inch of it is managed by the Transport Directorate. Our road network is our biggest asset and thus, the City has set aside over R173 million for the maintenance and reconstruction of the city’s roads for the 2019/20 financial year. We are committed and the money has been allocated, but we need Cape Town’s business people to also contribute with smart ideas that will address the challenges within the transport realm. FELICITY PURCHASE Mayco member for transport
Join the fight against drug trade The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) calls on society to assist in our fight against substance abuse, as we observed the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Wednesday 27 June. The Department of Social Development has allocated R109.8m for the 2019/20 financial year, to continue our work in tackling this scourge. Furthermore, since 2014, we have provided early intervention services to well-over 30 000 individuals, and aftercare and reintegration services to nearly 9000 individuals. The legacy of Apartheid has been manifested in various ways since 1994. One direct consequence is the increased prevalence of substance misuse and abuse. A major social problem, it has a debilitating impact on South African society. Moreover, substance abuse has a direct relationship with the increase in many social problems, ranging from poverty to crime, gender-based violence and child abuse. Given this context, establishing and improving existing substance abuse interventions in the Western Cape remains an urgent priority. Above all, collaborative strategies between government, stakeholders across society and the affected communities, is what is required to win the fight against substance abuse. DSD continues to be at the forefront of the fight against substance abuse, focusing on rendering; . awareness and primary prevention services;
. early intervention; . treatment centres; . reintegration and after-care support; . integrated programmes with the departments of education and health as well as local drug action committees of local authorities; . co-ordination with partners, e.g. NGO sector; . standardising professional and management best practices; . facilitating diversion programmes with the social crime prevention unit as a means of intervention with the youth at risk. Our Department has grown its network of funded services from a mere 7 in 2009, to now funding 53 organisations working at over 75 sites across the province. The 75 sites include the 6 funded inpatient treatment centres. We have specifically targeted treating young people, in order to address the rising tide of youth alcohol and drug usage. Furthermore, we are capacitating our services with training in the Life Skills Cognitive Behaviour programme as an initiative with Rotatory international and trainers from Holland. We urge all residents suffering from substance abuse to make use of our services. Anybody needing more information or assistance can contact us on the www.heretohelp.co.za website, or the DSD hotline on 0800 220 250. We can beat drug and alcohol abuse, better together. SHARNA FERNANDEZ MEC for social developement
Schools must manage learners well With regard to the letter published in People’s Post about scholars staying at school until the last day of the term (“Kids must finish school terms, 18 June). I fully agree with that. Our children will come home after their last day of writing exams saying their teachers told them to stay at home. Because the teacher said this, they will
refuse to go to school. I think this issue should seriously be addressed by principals with their teachers. I thank you for the letter so now I can prove to our kids that school is open until the last day. MALIKA THOMPSON Mitchell’s Plain
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PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAY Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Part of the facility tour on the open day at False Bay TVET College.
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earners unsure of their career path are invited to the False Bay TVET College Open Day to view their top-class training facilities, visit the expo stands, try out a skill and interact with students and lecturers. Open Day, taking place on Saturday 17 August from 09:30 to 11:30, provides visitors with all they need to know about the wide range of programme offerings and support services available to them at the college, including career guidance, job preparedness and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) bursary application processes. False Bay TVET College has five campuses, each with a specific academic focus. They offer the following: . Westlake Campus: engineering, safety in society, yacht and boat building and the centre for entrepreneurship or rapid incubator; . Muizenberg Campus: hospitality, tourism and 2D animation; . Fish Hoek Campus: business studies and information technology; . Khayelitsha Campus: hospitality, information technology, business, engineering, and education studies; . Mitchell’s Plain Campus: business, finance, public management and education studies. Parents are also invited to their own seminar on the day. The seminar aims to empower parents to give better career advice. “If there is one moment that marks when a parent has begun to send a child into the world of adult decision making, it is surely when they first sit down together to consider career options,” says Roshin Schmidt, the college’s marketing officer. “What careers best suit the child? Which ones are realistic study options? And how
do you choose the institution and course of study? False Bay TVET College would like to help you make an informed decision about your child’s future career choice so that they can get the best start in life.” The college encourages young prospects to join them at any one of their five campuses for a free seminar to discuss False Bay TVET College as an educational institution of choice. “Whether you are looking for a post-matric or a vocational Grade 10 to 12 study option, False Bay TVET College will assist parents by offering vital information at the Parent Seminar. Our academic staff and student support officers will be on hand for a personal consultation. The engagement will benefit parents and guardians of learners in Grades 9 to 12,” says Schmidt . Topics include: . background to TVET, the local education landscape, and the critical role TVETs play in building the economy; . what the differences are between schools, colleges and universities; . how subject choices affect future study and career options; . college programmes: the entry requirements and how the curriculum is structured; . tour of the campus facilities; . student support and development services: adjusting to college life; . the application process; . financial aid; “Parents, please empower yourself so that you can help your child reach their full potential. Your encouragement and support could be the stepping stone to your child to making a viable career choice,” Schmidt concludes. V Call the college on 021 787 0800.
Open Day demonstrations are interesting for prospective learners.
10 ENTERTAINMENT
PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAY Tuesday, 2 July 2019
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Lindy Johnson will be performing at the Funny Festival.
Operation Smile to benefit from Funny Festival in July The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival opened at the Baxter Theatre for its 15th year and will run until Sunday 28 July. Its unique characteristic is that it presents international specialty acts alongside local stand-up comics. Regarded as one of the top comedy projects in the country and certainly the longest running, the Funny Festival presents South African comics in various forms. This year the bill includes Emo Adams, Sifiso Nene, Carvin H Goldstone, Lindy Johnson, The Big Boys and the master of ceremonies (MC), Alan Committie. The local contingent is joined by Australian magician and mentalist, Matt Tarrant and comedic pianist, Kev Orkian from London. Tarrant boasts a string of awards from all of Australia’s top festivals in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. He is regarded as the foremost magician Down Under presenting his skills in a novel manner. He steals the limelight on every show line-up and leaves his audiences mesmerised and confounded at his ability. He is destined for international recognition. On the other hand, Orkian is no stranger to Cape Town, having performed on the Funny Festival on numerous occasions. He brings new elements to his Cape Town show after a hugely successful year, which saw him play to a sold-out world tour, visiting the United States of America (USA), Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and countries across Europe. He is a hit wherever he performs and is regarded as Armenia’s global entertainment ambassador, playing to its diaspora across the globe. Sean Burton, marketing head of Jive, said: “All of us at Jive HQ are excited as usual for this year’s Funny Festival. Not everyone looks forward to Cape Town’s winter, but if you have been to any of the last 14 festivals, you will know why this is such an exciting time of year for all of us and our customers.” The festival serves as a platform for
young proponents of the comedy industry to showcase their skills on a prestigious stage. Past winners include Oliver Booth, Irshaad Mohamed, Stuart Cairns, Yaaseen Barnes and Lindy Johnson, as well as Reagen Allen. This year, the competition spreads its wings into the city’s townships, with a competition aimed at aspirant township comedians. Aptly titled, the Kasi World Comedy Showdown, the competition includes prize money and an exclusive performance on the Funny Festival stage at the Baxter Theatre. Mayor Dan Plato said: “I think it is wonderful that the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival is giving our communities a chance to see both local stand-up comics as well as international acts. It is important to provide young comics with a platform to showcase their talents on the well-known and prestigious Baxter Theatre stage. It is festivals like this, that keep reinforcing why Cape Town was awarded the title of World’s Leading Festival and Events Destination at the 2018 World Travel Awards”. Operation Smile South Africa (OSSA) is the Funny Festival’s beneficiary for the year. “It was a no brainer that a charity whose major aim is to make people smile, becomes our charity of choice this year,” says festival director, Eddy Cassar, adding that he is challenging all patrons to embrace the charity and donate generously. “We are all smiles to be a beneficiary for the 15th Jive Cape Town Funny Festival this year,” says Lauren Bright of Operation Smile. OSSA is a non-profit medical charity dedicated to provided safe, effective and timeous surgery to those born with cleft lip or cleft palate. V Prices for tickets to the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival at the Baxter Theatre remain unchanged at R190 each and offer generous discounts for group discounts of more than 10. Bookings can be made through Webtickets at www.webtickets.co.za
ore than three decades after its debut in the West End (making it the second longest running play of all time), the haunting tale of The Woman in Black returns to Cape Town in a spine-chilling re-imagining by director David Wilke. Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation. Now entering its 32nd year in West End, the gripping production is a brilliantly successful study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror. A lawyer (Masque Theatre regular, Nigel Stevenson), obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a woman in black, engages a sceptical young actor (University of Cape Town film alumni, Landon McClure) to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It all begins innocently, but then, as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. This blood curling production is certainly not for the faint hearted. The Daily Express says that “it tightens its grip on the spectator like a medieval instrument of torture,” while the Daily Mail calls it “a truly nerveshredding experience.” The show is presented for a very limited run, so do not miss the opportunity to see this unique treat of theatre. V The production runs at The Masque Theatre until
Nigel Stevenson and Landon McClure star in The Woman in Black at The Masque Theatre. Saturday 6 July. Tickets are available at Computicket or at The Masque Theatre box office on 021 788 1898. Tickets are R100 for adults, and R90 for grouping bookings over 10, pensioners and students.
Francios van Coke said that his forthcoming album was inspired by the suburbs.
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Album inspired by suburbia THABANG KUAHO @thab_journo Afrikaans music sensation, Francios van Coke has been busy cooking up some new music for his upcoming album that is expected to be released later this year. Dagdrome in Suburbia (Daydreaming in Suburbia) will consist of 10 tracks that he and some of his friends recorded. It follows their observations of life in the suburbs. In the album, Van Coke sings about being in his 30s, being South African; a “problem”; father and a lover. Four of the tracks in the album were recorded at the Red Bull Music Studios in the City Centre last week.The album is produced by Fred den Hartog, Theo Crous and Rudolf Willemse with Crous, Dane Taylor
and Jurgen von Wechmar mixing most of the tracks. “I wrote a bunch of songs with a number of people too; my band (Die Gevaar), Ricky Rick, Karen Zoid and Danie du Toit, among others,” he said. After the initial Francois van Coke & Vriende Concert in Pretoria September last year, he decided to bring the concert to Cape Town in October. “The reception of Francois van Coke & Vriende was unbelievable, it had to be brought home. Doing the show in Cape Town was really ‘sick’ because it is tough putting on a big rock and roll event in Cape Town. It was a massive success and hopefully we will do it again in the future,” Van Coke said. He will release the new album in October and the launch will take place in Pretoria and plans to tour the whole country for the launch.
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PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAY Tuesday, 2 July 2019
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antes Athletic Club in Bridgetown played host to the Western Province Athletics Winter Cross Country event on Sunday 30 June.
The event was held at Nantes Park and attracted 1300 athletes in the junior to senior divisions. V Rashied Isaacs took the photos.
Migeul Gantang (5) in the colours of Ravensmead AC finishing the 1km event for juniors.
Jaydene Josephs (7) of Stragglers AC in Strandfontein in the 1km event.
Nancy Wills of Pinelands AC in the 8km.
Eddie Smith of Fish Hoek AC in the 8km.
Amien Adams of Central AC in the 8km.
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ust 14 days after midwinter, the second half of the 2019 motorsport season at Killarney International Raceway gets underway with the Independence Day Power Series sponsored by Wingfield Motors on Saturday 6 July. It’s themed, of course, for the national day of the United States of America, the Fourth of July, with lots of red, white and blue – and the sound of big American V8 engines in many of the categories. Once again the programme is full, with races for the Mikes Place Clubman Saloons, Burly Pro GTi Challenge, Millstock Classic and Shatterfix Fine Cars, V8 Masters and Makita Supercars, Pirelli Sports and GT Cars and Formula Libre Single-seaters. Fans of two-wheeled action will be treated to three classes of motorcycle races: the Powersport formula races, the Clubmans ‘run wot ya brung’ series and the 280km/h RST Superbikes, lapping in a fraction over 70 seconds and cornering at lean angles that seemingly redefine the laws of physics. The Mikes Place Clubman Saloons have again attracted the largest field with 43 entries, ranging from Danie van Niekerk’s hissing, snarling Wingfield Motors E36 to a couple of 1.8 litre Golf Mk1s at the other end of the pack – but everybody has someone to race with and the dicing will be intense throughout the field. The Burly Pro GTi Challenge is, of course, all about front-wheel drive VW power; the cars are very evenly matched and the racing is robust, to put it politely – GTi Challengers say theirs is a contact sport! Look for Nian du Toit (Allied Fibreglass Jetta 3 2L) and Christopher Swart (Village Paint and Hardware Jetta 2 2L) to set the pace. The big question in the Millstock Classic and Shatterfix Fine Car races is who will keep Franco Donadio and the all-conquering Harkers Escort honest – and in the absence of an entry from Charles Arton (Datsun 240Z), who narrowly beat Donadio last time out it will be up to Louis Powell and the Hoosier Escort to take the fight to Donadio. With 27 entries this will be another crowded race; expect action throughout the field, especially among the leading Fine Cars, where Arnold Lambert (VW Jetta) and Robert Toscano (Techoparts MX5) will be at it again, picking up where they left off at the
last meeting – less than a second apart. For many fans, the rumble of the big-inch Ford engines in the V8 masters will be the highlight of this Independence Day meeting. This is likely to come down to a shootout between Fabio Tafani, Richard Schreuder and Sean Moore – but don’t ask us to predict the order. Craig Jarvis’ Maui Motorhomes Ginetta G57 is in a class of its own in Pirelli Sports and GT racing, but well worth seeing for the incredible speeds it achieves – it holds the ultimate lap record at Killarney International Raceway with a time of 1m 06.745sec – while the best of the rest are likely to be Steve Humble in the Harp Mallock 14B and Maarten Prins’ Porsche GT3 Cup. The same situation applies in the openwheeler Formula Libre races, with Dee-Jay Booysen starting as clear favourite in his Dico RM08. There is likely, however, to be a major dogfight for second between Sean le Riche and Julian van der Watt, each in a Ford Zetec-powered Mygale. Hayden Jonas and the WP Motors YZF R1 have won every RST Suzuki South Superbike race at Killarney so far this season, while arch-rival Ronald Slamet (P/M Motorsport R1) has been always in the frame but never a winner. Will this be the day when he breaks Jonas’ winning streak, or will Trevor Westman on the Mad Macs ZX-10R finally deliver on the potential that’s always there for another monumental win? You’ll just have to be there to see for yourself. Kewyn Snyman set a new lap record for 600cc motorcycles of 1min 12.596sec last time out on the Hillbilly R6 – expect to see him mixing it a with the second tier of litre-class bikes. Also in the frame, ready to pounce should Snyman make the slightest error, will be Jared Schultz on the ASAP World R6. These two are as fast or faster than the litre-class SuperMasters riders; there we are likely to see Malcolm Rapson and his familyfunded Kawasaki ZX-10R fending off the attention of Rob Cragg (Mad Macs ZX-10R) and Quintin Ebden. Lubabalo Ntisana scored an epic maiden win on the LB Autos ZX-10R in the Clubman Class at the previous round; get ready for a three-way fight – on identical machines – with Wayne Arendse (Kawasaki ZX-10R) and Sean Mackrill (GFP Lighting ZX-10R).
TOP MARKS: Zain Adams from Plumstead came third in the juniors under 23 division on Saturday 29 June at the Physical Culture Association (PCA) South Africa Battle of the Titans VII bodybuilding and fitness show held at the Durbanville High School auditorium. Morne van der Berg from Gauteng won the Titans men’s bodybuilding pro division. Jenine van der Merwe from Secunda won the Titan overall bikini pro division. Siyanda Sibango (Kraaifontein) was victorious in the Titan physique pro division. PHOTO: STEHAN SCHOEMAN