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Residents’ pain Hout Bay residents laid flowers at the East Fort site where a Ukrainian tourist, Ivan Inavov (44) was stabbed to death on Saturday 27 July. The father of three was hiking from Chapman’s Peak in the Table Mountain National Park when he was attacked by three men who stole his backpack with all his belongings. In an effort to claim back their public spaces and pay their respects to Inavov, Hout Bay residents gathered at the site and laid flowers on Sunday 28 July. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack and made his first court appearance at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court yesterday (Monday 29 July).
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hile many communities embark on protests to police stations to plead with the police to do something about crime, Kensington and Factreton residents decided that prayer is the only way to rid the community of the violence. The prayer meetings which took place on Sundays from 14 to 28 July, saw residents meeting at the corners of Vliegtuig and Sunderland streets, moving to crime hotspots and praying at those hotspots. “The purpose is to call on God as a community to have peace prevail. We are not aiming at tackling
any person or institution. We walk or drive to the hotspots and pray at that location, move along while singing church hymns,” youth organisation, Frontiers Youth Serving Youth chairperson, Cheslyn Steenberg said. He said that the sessions are not about church but dealing with works of “evil forces”. The sessions are led by two pastors and elders from various churches in the community, ward 56 councillor Helen Jacobs and members of the community policing forum (CPF). Steenberg said the number of members of the community attending the meetings has doubled in the first two weeks. V Continued on page 3.
Kensington and Factreton residents took to the streets to pray against gangsterism in the community.
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A free introductory talk about deaf culture and sign language will be held on Saturday 3 August, from 10:00 to 11:30, at Oak Hall, 16 Summerley Road, Kenilworth. For more information contact June Bothma, (deaf), via SMS or WhatsApp only on 083 448 1837 or email signlanguagebyjune@gmail.com.
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fter her 16-year-old son was hospitalised around 10 years ago, Benita Niemann set out to investigate the benefits of a mineral few acknowledge as important. Magnesium, she would come to realise, is one of the most important minerals in your body. “As a single mother of three, I basically lost everything because of medical bills. My son ended up in ICU. He was a flatline. At that time, my total hospital bill came to R200 000. It bankrupted me,” says Niemann, founder of Magnesium Café. “My son had liver damage and the doctors said they could not give him any medication because it was too strong for his liver. They pulled him through with a Panado drip and prayer.” Following her son’s ordeal and recovery, Niemann started researching magnesium and founded Magnesium Café. She had sold other products before finding Doctor Frank Muller who assisted her in developing Mag1, a magnesium mineral supplement, designed for maximum absorption into the body. Magnesium plays a role in more than 350 enzymatic processes in the body, which include the metabolism of food, synthesis of fatty acids and proteins, and the transmission of nerve impulses. The human body contains around 25g of magnesium, of which most is stored in the skeletal system. The rest is present in muscle, soft tissues, and bodily fluids. The company was founded in October 2017 and is based in Tyger Valley. “Medical bills destroyed me and I realised there must be something more and that is when I started with magnesium. I worked for a medical aid company and I would see
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Benita Niemann and all use the product to assist them in improving their performance and healing. “I wanted to start a non-profit organisation (NPO), but recently joined up with an existing NPO, the Hendrick Ramaala Sports Foundation. They heard about me sponsoring the athletes and asked if I would like to partner with them. They are quite well known with supporting marathon athletes,” she says. “We are hoping companies will get involved through our NPO partnership and that people will get involved because these athletes need a lot of support.” Each bottle of 30 tablets cost only R99. At this stage, the product is available at some pharmacies and health shops. There are also agents selling products and is available for sale via their online store. For more information on the product, to buy the product or how you can get involved, visit their website www.magnesiumcafe.co.za, Facebook page: Magnesium Café, call 0871353920 or email info@magnesiumcafe.co.za.
Skills test for coders Programme Olympiad 2019 is looking for learners who can code. The olympiad is a problem-solving contest and challenges learners to practise and improve their skills. “The Programming Olympiad builds coding skills. Even writing a programme to solve just one of the tasks is an achievement. The experience of taking part widens horizons for the future,” says Programme Olympiad manager, Michael Cameron. Learners from any school can enter if they can code. The first round started at
schools from yesterday (Monday 29 July) to Friday 2 August. Learners use a computer to solve three problems in an hour. The top 50% per age group nationwide receive certificates. The second round will be on Wednesday 21 August and will be more challenging. Participants will have two hours to write programmes to solve four problems. Learners can practise past problems online if they are keen. V Schools can register at http://olympiad.org.za/ programming-olympiad/register/
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gaging poor and landless communities across the metro, the focal point being backyarders’ crisis government turns a blind eye on,” spokesperson Fadiel Adams said. A total of 17 communities across the city are said to take part in this shutdown. Among other things, the movement plans to address the lack of housing opportunities for coloured people, frustrations with the perpetuation of “apartheid-style planning”, total lack of housing opportunities close to work, and the continued manifold of the housing waiting list.
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ommunity movement Gatvol Capetonian warns motorists and commuters of a planned shutdown of all major entrance roads into the City Bowl on Thursday 8 August between 05:00 and 11:00. Through this shutdown, the movement plans to get the City of Cape Town’s attention on the struggles of backyard dwellers across the city. “Over the last few weeks, we have been en-
“The objective of the shutdown is to expose government’s failure to meet deadlines and its purposeful failure to spend the housing budget,” Adams said further. He further urged public to understand that the shutdown is the only action the movement has at its disposal. “Our fight is for the land which belonged to us pre-1652, our patience has died. Brown [coloured] people demand their right to return home.” Gatvol Kenfac member Qanitah Otto said this shutdown is necessary because it shows how serious the movement is about their is-
sues being met. “This is not just about housing issues, it is about the safety and security of people as well as creating job opportunities. I believe that this will get the attention of the relevant authorities,” she said. Otto further said that details of which roads would be affected by the shutdown had not yet been discussed and that a follow-up meeting will determine this. The City of Cape Town’s executive director for safety and security, Richard Bosman said the City did not receive any notice on the shutdown and is not aware of it.
Regular blood donors urgently needed The Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) only has enough blood for two days and is appealing to new and regular donors to donate blood to bring the level back to five days. Michelle Vermeulen, corporate public relations officer at WCBS, says: “The contributing factors to the blood shortage are that regular donors suffer from colds and flu and
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The initiative came about when Frontiers Youth Serving Youth members noticed that, although residents have tried to bring about change, there is still a serious need for spiritual intervention. He said it was important for people to attend these meetings because what is currently happening in the community was evidence of what happens in many homes. “Many boys are fatherless, so they join
gangs where they feel accepted, (and) somehow a father figure is introduced to them.” These prayer meetings aim to inform gang members that although they will not be outcasts in the community, it does not appreciate their actions. Jacobs said she was proud of the community to be taking such action. “The community needs to stand together, (and) prayer is the only thing that has the power to unite people,” she said.
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comedy was not something he planned. “When I was in school, we had to do an oral presentation about what we wanted to do after school. Because I did not know what I wanted to do, I decided to say that I wanted to be a comedian and all my classmates including my teacher agreed that I should do that,” he explained. His comedy is inspired by his life experiences but comes with limitations. “Although I speak about absolutely anything, I have come to learn that one does not make jokes about disabled people because that is insensitive. I also do not tell jokes about politics because that is something I am not interested in,” he explained. Asked which comedian inspires him, Ndala said that he looked up to Chris Tucker because of his versatility. The second edition of his Stop It But I Like It show will be held on Saturday 28 September at the Salt River Community House. “Attendees can expect to be blown away. Laughter is guaranteed.” V For more information call 084 541 4531.
hen the name tsetse fly is mentioned, one often thinks of the large biting insects whose infection, if left untreated, can be fatal, but the 21-year-old Kabasele Ndala from Kensington is nothing like the former. His comedic genius can, however, be fatal; that’s when you laugh so hard that your breath somehow escapes your body. Popularly known by his stage name Tsetsefly Moskito, the young Congolese-born performer is set to take the comedy world by storm. Inheriting his talent from his father Edo Mubenga Kabasele, who was part of shows like Parlement du Rire in Ivory Coast, the Toseke Show in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and touring around Frenchspeaking countries, this young man is determined to walk in his father’s footsteps. “Watching my father all those many years while growing up is what inspired me to follow in his footsteps and moulded my style of comedy,” he said. In his young career, Ndala has had the opportunity to perform at schools, bars, comedy clubs, theatres and shows in and around Cape Town. His first show, The Stop It But I Like It, hosted earlier this year saw some 150 guests at a bar in Salt River witness his talent. “That show was phenomenal, I did not expect so many people to come and see me in action. I was excited,” he said. Although his father was a comedian, Ndala said that his deci- Funny man Kabasele Ndala, popularly known as Tsetsefly Moskito, is sion to venture into determined to follow in his father's footsteps.
LAND SURVEYED: With the City of Cape Town's pending decision to move residents of the 6th Avenue Informal Settlement in Kensington to a vacant land in Maitland, land surveyors were recently sent to survey a piece of land situated on Kensington Road to determine if it is suitable for building houses. Community leader, Jimmy Xalipi, said the residents are happy that things are finally looking up for them. He said that these residents can look forward to starting new lives in dignified homes. PHOTO: THABANG KUAHO
NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN A meeting of the Council of the City of Cape Town will be held on Wednesday 31 July 2019 at 10:00 in the Podium Block, Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town. Please note that limited seating is available for members of the public and, therefore, seats will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If you wish to attend the meeting, you are requested to contact Nadine Damon on 021 400 3708 between 09:00 and 16:00. All requests for attendance must be received by no later than a day before the meeting. You will be required to provide your surname, initials and contact telephone number. Visitors are kindly requested to be seated by 09:30.
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Know more about award-winning gardens The Cape Horticultural Society will host a talk by Morné Faulhamer about the Sali award-winning gardens. This will be held on Monday 5 August at 20:00, at The Athenaeum Trust on Camp-
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ernment was responsible for all the heartaches felt by many colLenterguer woman oured people.” was motivated to pen Furthermore, she down her memories of livsaid she did not want ing in District Six as a child the people of District when television personaliSix to be forgotten. ty Soli Philander apparentAbrahams recalls ly said, in an interview on how, upon finishing the 3Talk with Noeleen years book, she got in touch ago, that the Cape Flats has with a publisher who beautiful stories to tell but had offered her a pubcoloured people were too lishing deal but the relazy to write. muneration was not dePhilander’s words sirable. “The deal that prompted Farieda Abrawas offered to me was hams to tell the stories of not what I had in mind what was happening because I would be takaround her as a young girl ing home about 10 times when people were enraged less than what the book by the apartheid governsold for, which is why I ment’s decision to have decided to self-publish.” District Six declared a Today, Abrahams white’s only area. works as an auxiliary “At that time, I did not social worker at the Sulunderstand what this tan Bahu Drug Rehab meant, all I thought was: Clinic in Parow where ‘Okay, all the houses are she takes drug addicts going to be painted white, on a journey to recovwhat is the big deal?’,” Farieda Abrahams wants the young generation to learn of ery. Abrahams said. the pain felt by people of District Six when they were She mentioned that After months of living in forcefully removed from their homes. PHOTO: THABANG KUAHO she is working on her Hanover Park, Abrahams second book, which will realised that they would not be mov- justices of the past in a book that is be centred around drug addiction ing back to their lovely District Six now known as My Lover My Home. and how it affects victims, families home. “With this book, I wanted the and communities. Years later, upon watching the ep- young generation to know how our My Lover My Home sells for R150 isode with Philander as a guest and people were robbed of their homes and is available directly from Abraencouragement from a colleague, and a community was left divided. hams. she finally got the courage to put pen “I wanted the young generation to V For more information call Farieda Abrato paper and tell the tales of the in- get an idea of how the apartheid gov- hams on 061 461 8427.
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he City of Cape Town’s libraries have partnered with the Open Book Festival organisers to give storytellers, writers and poets an opportunity to see their work in print through the #WritingMyCity project. The best contributions will be printed in an anthology, which will be launched at this year’s festival in September. The competition has closed and the final selection for the anthology is being made. “A total of 187 entries were received from
librarians and patrons. These included stories and poems in Afrikaans, English, Xhosa and Kaaps. All the work that will be selected will focus on an aspect of our beautiful city,” Badroodien said. Budding storytellers and writers were asked to submit their stories about Cape Town and creative writing workshops were facilitated at libraries to find the voices, said Mayco member for community services and health, Zahid Badroodien.
He continued: “It has given participants a platform to celebrate and deepen our understanding of who and what makes Cape Town such a wonder. It is also providing an opportunity for writers, young and old, to see their work in print and share their diverse stories. “Open Book appointed a judging panel to make the final selection of 40 contributions and I am excited to see and read more about our diverse city,” said Badroodien.
Speaking on the writers’ narratives, he said: “The city is home to a multitude of different voices and the anthology will give us a glimpse into some of the stories which make up the colourful fabric of Cape Town.” The printed anthology will be available through the library network and also available for sale at the Open Book Festival taking place from Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 September.
Right people key to success of business PROMOTION To be in business for almost 22 years is an achievement in itself but would not be possible without the right employees. This is how Nathaniel Roberts, owner of Timbacore in Stikland, sums up his success through the years since his company was established in 1998. To make a success of a business is a miracle and you’ll have to deal with trials and new challenges on the way. “International statistics show that a very small percentage of companies make it past the 10-year mark. The odds are in my favour as I am celebrating 21 years in business,” he said. If he and any employee make a mistake, he refers to the mistake as ‘paying school The staff of Timbacore in Stikland. fees’ and stepping stones. “It is difficult to get the right staff. A lot mers would not necessarily pay a deposit of people start or get chances but not all live because they didn’t know me. Therefore, up to your expectations. I have employees trust is important, in the brand and in the with 21 years or less experience at Timba- person that the customer is dealing with. core and they eat, sleep and live Timbaco- They usually compare a new brand with esre. Staff that I’ve depended on over the ye- tablished ones and tend to forget that each ars are Theo Gomes from Retreat, Them- brand has its own rules. binkosi Qhashana from Khayelitsha, “Through the years I have made sure Roland Fortuin from Delft and Fikile Dam- that my brand, Timbacore, is advertised on ba from Khayelitsha. Two of my salesmen the radio, in magazines, brochures, on the who started right at the bottom as general front page of the Yellow Pages and on front workers, Jerome Meintjies from Delft and pages of various newspapers – all to make Shawn Williams from Blue Downs are all the public aware of the brand,” he said. advertisements for Timbacore,” he said. He also has incentives – performance boHe and Gomes worked together at ano- nuses and commission – for his employees ther company in 1994 and when Roberts as an encouragement to work harder. started his own in 1998, Gomes joined him. Roberts started in Maitland in 1998 with “Theo is an example to all. He is always four staff members doing installations. He at work and the only time I can recall that opened the first retail shop in 2001 at prehe took off, was when his parents passed mises in Durban Road, Tyger Valley and on. The customers love him, he loves his then moved it to High Street in 2003. job and he is a very humble person. He can“When I started all properties were barnot stand dishonesty and you know exactly ren land and I had to put up structures for where you stand with him,” Roberts stated. offices and storage myself. I only moved to Timbacore does site installations and Stikland in 2005 and from 500m² in Durban when an unforeseen problem arises, the Road we are now on 9 000m² in Stikland. I company takes responsibility. also opened my first factory in 2005 which “A brand is very important. I can recall is now situated opposite our main gate.” when I started my first business, custo- – Avril Fillies
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he Cape Town Softball Association, formerly known as the Western Province Softball Federation, held its 27th annual general meeting on Sunday 28 July at the Turfhall Softball Stadium. The newly-elected executive committee is the youngest committee ever to be elected to administer the sport in Cape Town since unification in 1992, with all the elected officials still playing, which augurs well for the sport in Cape Town. Newly-elected chairperson Hayley Carolus, who plays for Battswood Softball Club, thanked the clubs for having the confidence in the new group. “We will work together for a better association and in the interest of the game of softball. Our starting foundation blocks should be softball first. I am here to serve softball and our clubs,” said Carolus. She will feel comfortable having Devonshire Rovers’ Bradley Johnson by her side as her deputy chairperson. Tantasport’s Nawaal Nacerodien will see to the secretarial duties with Samantha Jones from Falcons taking
care of the association’s coffers as the treasurer. Excell Dodgers’ Dwain Kerchhoff will look after the youth with Nicole Alexander from Westridge Yankees taking the reins of development director and Pirates’ Denver Anthony looking after the technical portfolio. Filling up the compliment of the committee is Westridge Yankees stalwart Candice Bull will head up the transformation portfolio. Social media has been flooded with congratulatory messages with the hope that the sport will flourish once more. “May you serve with pride and integrity as you lead softball into a new chapter of hope,” said Dianne Morgan. Cape Town has been the stronghold of softball in the country for many years at all levels of the sport. It is hoped that this new young group can reignite that flame. Former coach and umpire, Preston Ringquest, said: “May the youth prosper and take softball in Cape Town back to where it deserves to be.” The local softball season is expected to kick off in October. V If you are interested call 081 748 1798.
Newly-elected Cape Town Softball Association chairperson, Hayley Carolus.
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