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LOCAL SHOW: Local band The Lost Sock performing at last year’s Concert in the Park.

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LAID BACK SHOW: Scenes from last year’s Concert in the Park show this community event’s true colours.

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City throws book at concert DALEEN FOUCHÉ

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HE popular “Concert in the Park”, an annual Kalk Bay community charity event which has been running for 10 years, had to be cancelled this year due to the lengthy applications required by the City of Cape Town to host an event.

In terms of its new Events Bylaw, passed in 2009, the city requires organisers of all events to provide the same amount of information when applying to host an event, whether it is on a large scale such as the U2 concert, or small community events such as the Concert in the Park.

And even though organisers were given the green light for last year’s event – as they were apparently given leeway by city officials – the city would not accept the same abridged version of the application for this year’s event.

Councillor Demitri Qually says it is a “great pity” that this year’s concert has been cancelled as a result

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He confirms that the bylaw requires a formal process, irrespective of the size of the event.

Qually says that the city will review the bylaw and use the Concert in the Park as an example that not all events should have to go through the same process.

He says there is a massive difference between a small, localised event like the Concert in the Park and big events like the U2 concert.

“Unfortunately the review of the bylaw will take some time.”

The organisers of the Concert in the Park say it is “impossible” for a small community event to submit the same amount of information as is expected of big events like the U2 concert.

The small-scale event, which attracts locals from the valley, was set to take place on 13 March. Organisers started preparation in January. The money generated from the event is used for the maintenance of the Lever Street park.

Judy Herbert, event organiser, says even that although most re-

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quirements for the application are usually met at the event, the organising committee cannot provide all these details in the 27-page format which the city requires. “It is not realistic for a small community event to meet all the requirements.”

She explains that the document requires substantial input and evidence from a wide range of bodies such as the police, waste management, security, and all neighbours within a certain radius of the event.

“This meant that it became impossible to comply with, despite considerable effort to obtain permission or agreement to waiver more onerous requirements,” says Herbert.

Herbert says the organisers have always been careful with security, and usually have the local company Mountain Men at the event, but explains that the bylaw requires that “a qualified security company that has been trained in events management must submit an integrated security operation plan in collaboration with the South African Police Service”.

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Herbert says the concert is organised by the community for the community and is attended by people of all ages.

Last year, the event attracted about 350 people and raised R27 000.

She says the money is used towards the maintenance of the park and enables the employment of someone from the Haven Night Shelter to work there.

But Herbert says last year’s funds are almost depleted. “We ask residents to contribute to the maintenance of the park.”

She says bands that would have performed at this year’s concert include Lost Sock, Time Flies and other up-and-coming artists. The event would also have included a magician, face painting and food stalls.

Herbert says it is important that the community keep its eyes open for bylaws that can have unforeseen effects on small communities.

Terence Isaacs, head of the city’s Film and Events Department, says even though distinctions are made for different events, “essentially” the same rules and requirements

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Isaacs says that during 2008 and 2009, the city’s events office acknowledged that there would have to be a “lead in” period to allow event organisers to become acquainted with the Events Bylaw and its new requirements.

He says both the city and the police now require compliance with the Events Bylaw.

Isaacs says the city will assist in facilitating the event organiser’s engagement with the various service departments and the obtaining of the necessary approvals. However, the responsibility for meeting the requirements rests with the event organiser.

But Herbert says they had very little help from the city.

Isaacs, however, believes that the Events Bylaw does not prevent events from happening.

“It assists in ensuring events, whether small, big or mega, are staged safely and securely and with minimum risk to public safety.”

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Tuesday 1 March 2011

No room for the homeless DALEEN FOUCHÉ

A “DESPERATE SHORTAGE” of shelters for the homeless is causing an influx of vagrants into Simon’s Town and renewed interest in establishing a homeless shelter in Muizenberg.

Cindy Dollery, manager of the Happy Valley Home, a shelter for homeless people, says all shelters from Simon’s Town to Paarl are already full beyond their capacity.

There are only two shelters in the Far South: the Happy Valley Home in Simon’s Town and the Haven Night Shelter in Kalk Bay. Haven night shelter can accommodate less than 20 people and the Happy Valley home accommodate 65 people Some shelters are even dismantling their dining rooms to make space for more beds, “and it is not even winter yet”, Dollery says.

The Happy Valley Home offers a daily meal of soup and bread at midday to vagrants and the homeless who cannot be accommodated in the shelter.

Dollery says the number of people using this service has doubled from 30 to 60 since January.

“There has been a tremendous increase in homeless people into Simon’s Town since January.”

People sleep on the beaches and in the bush when they can’t find a place at shelters.

“This causes health problems and problems with owners of the land they’re encroaching on.”

Dollery says some of the homeless people are just “battling” to find work.

She says there is a “fair amount” of middle class people who have been retrenched and cannot afford their rent and are now living on the street because all shelters are full.

“We are full to capacity all of the time.”

There is very little employment for people in Simon’s Town and Fish Hoek.

“There is a desperate need for more shelters and a safe house for abused women and children in the area.”

Dollery says Happy Valley Home is “blessed”, because churches in the area help a lot. “They look after us.”

But Dollery is worried about the looming winter. The Happy Valley Home is housed in an old Navy barracks, situated under the waterfall in Simon’s Town. Dollery explains that water levels rise in the winter and flood some of the rooms, leaving even less space for people to stay.

“We cannot put people in flooded rooms.”

Ian Allen, director of the Simon’s Town Amenities Development Company (STADCO), which is responsible for managing Jubilee Square and distributing its income in other areas in the Simon’s

Town CBD, says all their staff are “disadvantaged” and are recruited from the Happy Valley Home.

He says people can only stay a certain amount of time at the Happy Valley Home, and one STADCO employee now has to move out.

Allen says the staff member arrived at the office on Wednesday with his suitcase already packed, to announce that he was leaving.

“He said he does not know where he will go.”

Allen says a clear distinction needs to be made between people who are “truly homeless” and “down on their luck”, and vagrants who “drink and cause problems”.

He confirms the “huge influx” of vagrants into Simon’s Town, adding that this causes a host of problems, especially for Simon’s Town’s tourism.

Allen believes vagrants “scare” the tourists away and urinate and defecate in public places.

Trish Inggs, owner of the Simon’s Town Pharmacy, is working on behalf of the business sector to employ a security company to help remove vagrants from the CBD area.

She says some vagrants are posing a threat to businesses and are scaring off tourists.

At a meeting between businesses and the Simon’s Town Civic Association (STCA) earlier this year, a call was made for visible policing as the only solution to the problem.

However, Captain Cesley Olivier, station commander of the Simon’s Town Police Station, says the police do not have the capacity to do this, and are already spending a big part of their budget on food and soap for vagrants that have been arrested.

Inggs, however, believes that merely removing the vagrants off the streets is not a long-term solution.

“We need a place for the vagrants to be able to go to if we are to take them off the streets,” she says. “I do not know what the longterm solution is.”

Meanwhile, the Muizenberg community is taking similar steps to help with the “difficult problem” of vagrants.

Mike Roman, chairperson of the Muizenberg Improvement District (MID), says the MID is applying to the City of Cape Town’s “rent-acop” programme to help enforce the bylaws pertaining to vagrants.

Peter Wright, also on the MID executive committee, says he was involved, a while back, with a group that tried to establish a night shelter in Muizenberg.

He says they had discussions with the Haven Night Shelter and the City to convert the city buildings on Main Road (the old stables), past the Old Boyes Drive turn-off, into a Haven Night Shelter.

Wright, however, says residents in the area objected strongly to this idea.

But after Wright was

elected to the MID, he re-opened the discussion of the shelter.

“If we expect vagrants and homeless people to get off the street, the least we can do is provide them with a place to go.”

Hassan Khan, CEO of Haven Night Shelters, says there is a need in Cape Town for more shelters, but adds that the decision to put up a new shelter must be “rational”.

He says an 80-bed shelter costs about R1 million a year to operate.

Khan explains that Haven Night Shelter does not just operate shelters, but is an integrated network to help uplift people.

“A shelter is not just a storage place for the poor.”

Khan says they have been trying for years to establish a shelter in Muizenberg in the municipal buildings in Main Road, but have had a lot of resistance from residents.

“Communities want people off the streets, but do not want a shelter in their vicinity.”

Khan says shelters do not necessarily attract more vagrants, or increase crime, because people using a shelter have already made a “step in the right direction” to get their lives back on track.

He says he lives 20 metres away from a shelter himself and does not see that they have a negative impact on the community.

South Peninsula subcouncil chairperson, Demetri Qually, confirms that there was a previous attempt to introduce a Haven Night Shelter at the municipal buildings in Main Road, but says the drive behind the initiative lost pace.

He says there were also objections to a shelter at this location.

But Qually maintains that a shelter at the municipal buildings is still a possibility, but emphasises that a full public participation process to deal appropriately with objections would have to be completed before it could be implemented.

Qually says homelessness is a “major issue” which has “no simple answer”.

“Although shelters are part of the solution, it cannot work in isolation.”

Qually explains that many homeless people refuse to live in shelters and do not want to adhere to shelter rules.

However, he praised the work of the shelters and believes that additional facilities are needed in the metropole.

The City of Cape Town’s Department for Social Development confirmed that there are 17 registered adult shelters with a bed capacity of 1 800, and 10 children-registered shelters with a bed capacity of 250, within Cape Town which are funded by the Province.

The city, however provides programmes which form part of a “holistic approach” to the problem.

These include job rehabilitation for the unemployed, job placement, reintegration and re-unification and life skills programmes.

The 2010 Kite Festival organising team is seen here. From the left are Graye Morkel (event assistant), Noelene Botha (assistant publicist, On Course Communications), Gadija Koopman (deputy director, Cape Mental Health), Shameemah Wallace (festival manager), Cathy Williams (owner, On Course Communications) and Keith Mould (festival kiting advisor). Photo: Supplied

Fish Hoek agency in running for top award THE 2010 Cape Town International Kite Festival at Zandvlei, Muizenberg, is up for a prestigious PRISM Award.

The annual kite event, which is hosted by Cape Mental Health and supported by People’s Post, had its most successful year ever in 2010, raising over R350 000 for Cape Mental Health’s work in resource-poor communities, thanks to the support of more than 23 000 visitors and kiters from seven countries.

The publicity campaign for the event generated over R3,2 million in media coverage, securing a place in PRISM, the annual awards for public relations.

Over 160 of the best public relations campaigns of 2010 are vying for the PRISMs. The overall Gold Award winner gain automatic entry into the World Awards. Fish Hoek-based publicity agency, On Course Communications, is delighted to be in the running.

“We are up against some of South Africa’s biggest PR firms, so just be-

Generous Germans help pupils THE Soetwater Environmental Education Centre delivered a container filled with school bags to the children of Ukhanyo Primary in Masiphumelele on Tuesday 22 February.

This was made possible by Christina and Sven Dose, from Bremen in Germany, who go around to schools in Germany collecting school bags of students leaving Christina and Sven Dose. school, and filling them with stationery and a surprise soft tween Ukhanyo Primary in toy for each learner Masiphumelele and Marine PrimaThey then send it to underprivi- ry in Ocean View. leged children in South Africa. It The Soetwater Environmental takes them about six months to col- Education Centre acted as liaison lect 2 000 bags. between the couple and the two This consignment was shared be- schools.

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“As a mother of two healthy children, I felt blessed to play a part in the Kite Festival and helping make a difference to children who face many challenges,” says Noelene Botha, assistant publicist at On Course Communications. “Last year’s Kite Festival was my first major publicity campaign and I am hooked!”

Ingrid Daniels, director of Cape Mental Health, says: “On Course Communications’ commitment to the ongoing success of the event goes far beyond the call of duty.

Their creativity and insight have contributed enormously to the fact that there is always something fresh at the festival.”

The PRISM winners will be announced on 24 March.

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SUNSHINE ON A CLOUDY DAY: Vic Duggan also photographed these quite dramatic cloud formations looking towards Muizenberg from Marina da Gama on Friday morning at 11:30.

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WO Noordhoek residents have been convicted of manufacturing and dealing in drugs and sentenced to 59 years’ imprisonment, of which they are to serve 20.

storage facility in Salt River was searched, where various drums containing chemicals used for the manufacturing of Cat and another 2kg of ephedrine were found and also seized,” says Filander.

The total value of the chemicals, epheThe pair were arrested, investigated and drine and equipment seized amounted to charged by the Directorate of Priority Crime R720 000. Following their second arrest, they Investigation’s (DPCI) Organised Crime In- appeared in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s vestigation Unit.

Court where they were again released on Their case was heard in the Priority bail of R75 000 each. On Thursday 24 FebruCrimes Court, in Khayelitsha. ary Venter and Van Rensburg stood in the Warrant Officer Nodock of the Priority vember Filander, provinCrimes Court in Khaycial police spokesperson, elitsha to hear their says Jacobus Johannes sentence, after the magVenter (46), and Jacques istrate convicted them Johannes van Rensburg of the manufacturing of (41), were first arrested and dealing in Cat. on Wednesday 28 June On the Sea Point mat2006 at an apartment in ter, they were each senRegent Road, Sea Point. tenced to 15 years imAt that time, there was prisonment for manuclear evidence in the BEHIND BARS: Jacobus Johannes facturing of kitchen that they were Venter (46), and Jacques Johannes methcathinone, 15 producing methcathi- van Rensburg (41) Photo: Captain Piet Smit years imprisonment for none, commonly known dealing in methcathias Cat. Six kilograms of Cat and the raw ma- none (and seven years’ imprisonment under terials used in the manufacturing process the Medicines and Related Substances Conwere seized. The street value was approxi- trol Act). On the Noordhoek case they were mately R4.5 million. The pair appeared in each sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, where for manufacturing methcathinone and two they were released on bail of R75 000 each. years’ imprisonment or a fine of R150 000 for Filander says they were arrested for a sec- dealing in the substance. ond time on Sunday 21 September 2008 in Filander says the magistrate stated that Noordhoek. The Cat was found in the the sentences are to run concurrently and lounge, kitchen and an upstairs room of sentenced them to an effective period of 20 their Noordhoek home. In a refrigerator on years imprisonment. In passing sentence, the veranda, plastic bottles of acid contain- the Magistrate said that the fact that they ing methamphetamine, commonly known were on bail of R75 000 for committing the as meth, and bottles of natrium hydroxide same offence and continued manufacturing were found. A wendy house on the premises drugs contributed to the sentence. Filander was used as a home-made drug laboratory reports that the magistrate also mentioned and various items of equipment and chemi- that drug manufacturers and dealers were cals, as well as 2kg of ephedrine, were re- the reason why drugs are a problem in the trieved. “Later the same day a garage at a Western Cape.

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THE FOGGIEST: On Friday, a thick bank of fog hung over the Far South that morning, which was blown away by the approaching south­easter at about 11:00.

Woman (85) attacked in Sun Valley DALEEN FOUCHÉ

AN elderly woman (85) was attacked in her driveway in Sun Valley on Friday morning, 25 February.

Warrant Officer Chris Cloete, spokesperson for the Fish Hoek police, says the woman was attacked from behind and pushed to the ground after arriving at her home.

The perpetrator then took her handbag and walked away.

Cloete says the woman then stood up and saw the man walking away in a nonchalant manner towards Ou Kaapse Weg. But when the perpetrator saw her get up, he picked up two rocks, and demanded the keys to her house, while threatening her with the rocks.

Cloete says the woman handed the keys over to the man and watched as he walked away.

A neighbour arrived at the scene and helped the woman.

Cloete says she was rushed to a doctor where she was treated for various injuries, including abrasions. “She was severely traumatised.”

Cloete says this is the second attack on an elderly person in Sun Valley since December.

“This is very concerning,” he says.

Police and neighbourhood watches will increase patrols in the area.

Correction and apology

The perpetrator is aged 25 to 30 and was wearing beige cargo pants, with a brown top and a brown beanie. . A security guard attacked his superior at 17:20 on Friday 25 February at the Sun Valley mall.

According to Cloete, the security guard sprayed his superior with pepper spray and stabbed him in the back of his head with a screwdriver after his superior told him he must report his movements at all times.

The man was taken to False Bay Hospital, were he was treated for minor injuries and released the same day. He opened a case of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at the Fish Hoek police station. . A blue Nissan Sentra was stolen in First Avenue, Fish Hoek, near the Family Pick n Pay, on Friday 25 February.

The car was stolen between 15:00 and 15:10.

Cloete warns people to be aware of their surroundings when parking their cars. . Cloete says there was an attempted burglary on Friday 25 February in Simon’s Town Road near Sunny Cove.

He says a woman saw a perpetrator fiddling with her gate.

She pressed the panic button and screamed at the man. The man ran away, got into a white Toyota minibus and sped off towards Simon’s Town.

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Trains back on track DALEEN FOUCHÉ

THE railway line between Simon’s Town and Fish Hoek is officially open, with the first Metrorail train having made the journey to Simon’s Town on Monday 21 February.

FULL STEAM AHEAD: Passengers wave as the train passes Kalk Bay beach. Photo: Chad Chapman

Full steam ahead to Simon’s Town and pubs are almost non-existent,” he says.

“Passengers loved Simon’s Town as there is much more for them to do in that neck of the woods.

“It is a fantastic destination and the atmosphere was incredible.”

But the Friends need you to help them survive.

Smith explains that a return trip costs about R20 000.

“R10 000 covers the coal and the remainder goes towards paying a Transnet driver to drive the train and an access fee which allows us to use the tracks. So we don’t only need coal to operate – we need passengers.”

Tickets cost R220 for adults and R110 for children between three and 12 years.

The train usually departs at 10:30 and returns at 16:00.

To book your seat for a trip reminiscent of the old days, phone (021) 556-1012 during office hours or email info@atlanticrail.co.za.

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A LUCKY group of passengers were aboard for a steam train’s first trip to Simon’s Town on Sunday when Atlantic Rail, an organisation set up to save steam trains in the Western Cape, finally made it to the end of the Southern Suburbs train line after the last station on the route was reopened on Monday 21 February.

Positive feedback and plenty of compliments were dished out to Friends of Atlantic Rail, a group of enthusiasts who have a distinct passion for the mode of rail transport from the old days.

Atlantic Rail’s Greg Smith says there was “plenty of excitement” yesterday as the first full trip was made.

“After starting operations in December last year, we were forced to only go as far as Fish Hoek, owing to the line closure.

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Riana Scott, spokesperson for Metrorail, says the first train arrived in Simon’s Town at 06:20, having departed Cape Town at 05:10.

Scott says the train timetable will mirror the bus schedule that was operational during the construction process.

UP AND RUNNING: Rehabilitation of the railway line between “Twenty-three week- Fish Hoek and Simon’s Town has been completed and trains are day trains operate daily once again stopping in Simon’s Town.

Photo: Vic Duggan between Simon’s Town and Cape Town,” says Scott. transport.

While the rehabilitation of the railway “With increasing fuel costs, fewer people line is complete, contractors are still finalis- are able to travel by car,” he says. ing clean-up operations.

Söderlund also hopes that more people The rehabilitation of the railway line be- will visit Simon’s Town with the trains opertween Simon’s Town and Fish Hoek started ational again. mid-September 2010 and was completed by He is also happy that the buses replacing mid-February 2011. the train service are no longer operational Rehabilitation of the railway line was due to construction work being carried out needed after strong waves eroded the foun- on the roads. dations of the railway track, rail embank“This is already making a big difference ment and retaining wall near the north bat- on the Simon’s Town roads.” tery and at Long Beach in December 2009.

Söderlund says it is a pity that most of As a result, about 250 metres of the wall Makriel Beach has been lost, due to the rehalost its retaining strength. bilitation.

Arne Söderlund, chairperson of the SiHe says rock that used to stabilise the remon’s Town Civic Association (STCA), says taining wall is now covering the beach, makhe is overjoyed that the railway line is now ing it non-existent during high tide (“News operational. from Simon’s Town”, People’s Post, 15 FebruHe says people have now realised how im- ary 2011). portant the railway service is, adding that Söderlund confirms that stairs are being the trains are a good alternative form of built by Metrorail for access during low tide.

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MILLIONS of rands go into the purchase, maintenance and refuelling of police vehicles every year – money that comes from the taxes of hardworking people.

This is why a reader, driving down Main Road, Kenilworth, saw red when he noted a police bakkie being used for what he calls a “removal service”.

The man, who asked not to be named, says he noticed the Toyota Hilux bakkie, which had “SCM Somerset West” and the police logo emblazoned on the side, driving down the road on Sunday 20 February at about 16:45.

GOTCHA: A reader claims this marked police vehicle was be­ The bakkie, which did not ing used for furniture removal.

Photo: Supplied have a canopy, was also transporting two teenagers, an elderly man ployees are well aware that state vehicles and two young men on the back. are not to be used for personal gain,” he says.

The vehicle was carrying a fridge, stove Provincial Community Police Forum and other household appliances, causing the spokesperson, Hanief Loonat, says it’s “abreader to tail it and see whether it was being solutely impossible” that the furniture beused for “official police business”. ing transported was part of official police du“I first observed it coming out of Aliwal ty.

Road, where it turned towards Claremont.

“The offender should be brought to book I followed it and took down the registration because this is abuse of police resources. number,” he says.

What happened is totally unacceptable and “The vehicle made a right turn into Rou- stringent measures should be taken against wkoop Road in Rondebosch, which is a few the culprit,” he says. hundred metres from the police station.

The log books at the station should also be “It continued down the road and entered checked to ensure that the kilometres were the parking of a block of flats, situated at the recorded and authorisation was given, corners of Rouwkoop, Ednam and Kings- Loonat continues. bury Park roads.”

“It should be a cut-and-dry case. Only a deHe then watched as the plain-clothed driv- tective commander, visible policing comer off-loaded the furniture and carried it in- mander and sector commander can hand side a side door which leads to the rows of over vehicles. flats.

“The travelling distance will reflect on the “I couldn’t see exactly where they were kilometre reader and then the fingered offitaking the furniture. The people who were cial has to face the music.” in the bakkie went inside before the man He adds that police management has to started off-loading and although I watched “seriously clamp down” on the abuse of their the bakkie for about 30 minutes, they never vehicles as using state resources for private came out.” use is “common practice”.

He claims that the vehicle was seemingly Colonel Mary-Anne Williams, the station also being used as a “family taxi service”. commissioner of Somerset West police, says “This is not right as all government em- she will investigate the matter.

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Freemantle, who grew up in Eerste Rivier and went to school in Somerset West, can soon be seen on stage with 175 other talented CAPA dancers of all ages, performing hip hop and various other dance styles in the up-coming “What A Wonderful World”, to be seen at Artscape from 4 to 13 March. Tickets cost R75 via Computicket or (021) 4217695.

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Mosque to mask mast MELISSA PAPIER

FIRST there were “palm-tree” cellphone masts in the middle of nowhere.

Now cellular network, Vodacom, is installing cellphone masts inside the minarets of mosques.

Already cellphone masts have been installed in mosques in Pelican Heights and Delft. If everything goes according to plan, the Al-Masjiduth Thaalith Mosque in Beacon Valley will be next in line.

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is being conducted to establish the viability of building a cellphone mast inside the mosque’s minaret. The proposal has been given the green light by the mosque’s trust, says Meiraai Jacobs, chairperson of the Al-Masjiduth Thaalith Mosque.

“Earlier last year Vodacom made the proposal to the Al-Masjiduth Thaalith Mosque Trust and they gave consent for the mast to be built in the minaret,” said Jacobs.

“The board decided it was feasible as there was a monetary contribution which is to be given to the mosque, should everything go according to plan and all procedures followed.”

Jacobs added that the minaret was chosen because, at 22 metres, it is the highest point in Beacon Valley.

“If approved the mast will be built in the minaret, adding an extra six metres to the height and it will be enclosed, posing no disturbance to anyone,” he said.

In earlier years minarets were used to make announcements and call worshippers to prayer. In the past the imam physically stood in these structures, calling people to prayers. Today many mosques use a sound system, where the speakers are placed in the minaret. Minarets are also seen as a marker to indicate to worship-

pers where the mosque is.

Jacobs said masts have been installed in mosques in Pelican Heights and in Delft, without any problems.

Ward councillor for the area, Dennis Williams, said the idea of having the masts inside the minarets is “brilliant”.

“Now there will be no more funny-looking masts all over the place. It’s a good thing as the mosque will be getting a stipend from the service provider for housing the mast. The antennae SELECTED: The mosque in Beacon Valley. will also be stored in the mosque’s Photo: Melissa Papier yard, which will be out of sight.”

Mark Day, environmental practitioner masts and associated storage containers. for Enviroworks, the company conducting “Despite a site’s suitability to provide the environmental impact assessment on maximum network coverage, landowner behalf of Vodacom, says that in order for permission may not always be granted, ofcellphone masts need to be of a sufficient ten leaving a small pool of sites available height to be effective in providing a net- to accommodate these structures. work signal to surrounding cellphone us“In the event that such sites house existers. “This height, however, often conflicts ing amenities in which masts can be diswith the surrounding existing built envi- guised, measures shall be devised to make ronment, appearing harsh and decisively optimal use thereof,” Day said. The procnoticeable. ess for this application is currently in its “It is during the initial assessment proc- initial assessment phase and submissions ess that measures are identified to counter for objections can be submitted. negative impacts of proposed activities, Nabewaya Mallick, public relations ofthus lessening the visual alteration ficer for the Muslim Judicial Council caused as a result of such structures,” said (MJC), says the installation of cellphone Day. “Such disguises are typically put masts in minarets of mosques does not forth by engineers in response to location- contravene the Islamic religion. al factors such as a mast’s ability to blend “Islam is very logical and if the mast in with surrounding biophysical charac- does not harm anyone or interfere with teristics like tall trees. the sound system of the mosque, there is “In the presence of facilities such as tall no objections from our side. buildings or in this instance a mosque “Vodacom should follow all procedures minaret, height provisions are made and get permission from the imam first. available to accommodate the antennae, If there is no interference when the call for successfully concealing it from public prayers are made, we don’t foresee a probview.” He added that during initial inves- lem,” Mallick said. tigations, service providers seek out locaFor more information call (021) 853-0682 tions with the ability to accommodate or email mark@enviroworks.co.za.

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State your case on liquor law THE City of Cape Town invites the public to comment on new draft regulations for the Western Cape Liquor Act before Monday 7 March.

The regulations will increase the opportunity for public participation in the consideration, granting and possible cancellation of liquor licences throughout the Western Cape.

“According to the draft regulations, the application procedures for liquor licences have been made stricter, and the public will be given more time – 28 days – to provide input on each application,” says Councillor Taki Amira, chairperson of the city’s Liquor Policy task team.

Applications will need to be published in local newspapers, and be displayed in a prominent place at the proposed establishment.

“This empowers affected communities with the necessary information to actively participate in the granting of licences.

In the past, an appli-

cant was merely required to lodge an application at a magistrate’s court before this was gazetted,” Amira says.

The proposed regulations will also add substance to the 2010amended Western Cape Liquor Act, such as setting time spans and determining volumes that may be purchased.

The city’s task team will also be submitting comments on the regulations. “At the same time, we call on residents, civic organisations, ratepayers associations, neighbourhood watches and community policing forums to provide their input directly to the Western Cape liquor authorities,” Amira comments.

The regulations are the final step before the new Western Cape Liquor Act comes into effect later this year, and before the City’s bylaw on trading days and hours, currently undergoing a legal review, comes into force. All information can be found at www.capegateway.gov.za.

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TUCKING IN! The Galley Restaurant on Fish Hoek beach hosted a delegation of 220 members of the JCB Group of India last Sunday. The group enjoyed an authentic Indian lunch at the Galley after their annual conference, and were en route to Cape Point. JCB is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of earthmoving, agricultural and materials handling equipment. Last year they held their conference in Shanghai and this year in Cape Town. The Galley has acquired a sizeable and growing share of the Indian tour and corporate markets after word of its authen­ tic Indian cuisine began spreading. The Galley’s kitchen staff were trained by an Indian chef at the time of the IPL Cricket Tournament in Cape Town in 2009. Photo: Evelyn Lyle

MUSIC CHANGES LIVES: Customers of Thundercloud Music in Sun Valley who brought in musical instruments which were not cost­efficient to repair, helped change lives after the in­ struments were restored by store owner, Terry Smith (right).

Smith recently donated five reconditioned guitars and a set of drums to The Transformation Trust, which works with ex­ prisoners in a bid to give them a chance at a better life. The instruments were received by Adrian Bruce, who has a small­ holding in Tulbagh where he teaches former criminals.

THE Southside Help, Advice and Resource Exchange (SHARE) is an informal association of NGOs and community-minded people in the southern peninsula who meet monthly to share their experience and information with each other.

The next meeting will be a coffee and networking session from 13:00 on Thursday 10 March at Yenza, Sunnyacres.

Phone Cindy at the eMzantsi offices on (021) 785-1515.

LETTERS

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Tuesday 1 March 2011

Cyclists must be disciplined YES, while the cyclists are enjoying their rides, the roads become a nightmare for the rest of us road users (People’s Post, 15 February). If the cycles had numberplates, as I have often requested the authorities to consider, then we could identify and report those who are breaking the law, so I hope that those photographed in your papers feel ashamed of themselves.

The Pedal Power Association says that they

discipline their members, so please tell us what their brand of “discipline” consists of and how many members have been disciplined in the past year. And why are road users not advised about when and where the cycle races are to be held – or are they not making enough money to buy an advert in your paper?

PAM HERR Sun Valley

Baboon-proof your home ON 23 January 2011, a resident locked an adult male baboon in a black garbage bin.

According to a report in People’s Post (“Baboon binned for education”, People’s Post, 8 February 2011), his plan was allegedly to keep it there for two days to “teach the baboon a lesson”.

Before having to endure the full term of this highly misguided “lesson”, the results of which the SPCA are investigating in terms of the Animal Cruelty Act, an outraged visitor came to the rescue, releasing the suffering animal from the rocking bin standing upright in the hot summer sun.

As a resident living in an area where baboons pass through, you may feel frustrated by repeatedly having your bin or house raided, and may even fleetingly have entertained some similarly misguided and illegal “lesson plans” of your own.

So how do you instantly and legally “educate” an adult male baboon to not raid your property, even one with a long history of raiding bins or entering houses?

You baboon-proof. You put effective measures in place that prevent raids. You use these measures on a consistent basis.

You understand the simple core fact that baboons of any size will eat available food, so it is up to you to not make it available.

The first measure is to install a security gate/Trellidor that is consistently used over an open door (often the main and easy entrance for an adult male baboon), and burglar barring over open windows (both must be of correct dimensions of less than 8cm to stop smaller baboons).

The other “educational tool” is to secure the bin with an effective locking device, including on the currently issued double lock bins which are not baboon-proof by themselves.

Also, tie the bin firmly to an upright tree.

This stops the baboon pushing the bin down to the ground, which facilitates either the bin opening or the baboon being able to drag items out.

A number of residents claim to have lived many years without raids because they ba-

boon-proof. Not one or two years, but well over a decade.

This shows it is possible to co-exist with the animals by taking the correct measures consistently. Effective, consistent baboon-proofing = no baboon raids.

A case that has been well-publicised relates to a shop in the middle of a baboon home range that does not baboon-proof and has one non-paying regular “customer” who allegedly comes and helps himself to the openly displayed fruit and foodstuff on offer a few steps from the open door.

A couple of days ago, the seemingly health conscious baboon walked in the shop and helped himself to apples – as he, or others, have done before.

(It should be noted that “holding the line” in this area is not a viable management strategy and has led to baboons being in the area far more than they should. Using humane methods of assertive whistles, shouts as previously used by Baboon Matters, helps move the baboons out the area quickly and should be fully implemented once more as these methods have increasingly failed to be used.)

That same day a resident, while munching on a salad, glanced up and saw a male baboon looking in through the open door. Had there not been a security gate between them, the resident, like the shop-owner, may well have found himself “sharing” his own health food with the baboon.

Effective baboon proofing could even help change your attitude towards the baboons if rather than them raiding your house and bin, the closest contact you may have is them quickly passing through your property on occasion, given that there is nothing to attract them.

From the positive results that are achieved, people soon realise that it is possible to prevent even those baboons most commonly accused of raiding, from doing so.

It is said “the proof of the pudding is in the eating” or that results speak for themselves.

LORNA THOMAS Welcome Glen

Address the right problem THERE is nothing more upsetting than watching a disaster in the making.

People’s Post of 15 February carried two related comments about bin picking. The Fish Hoek Valley Residents and Ratepayers Association’s (FHVRRA) newsletter warned and approved of Law Enforcement’s action on handing out notices to residents not following the “only put out garbage on collection days” rule.

Residents are also advised that putting out bins overnight is a contravention of the bylaw. Now here is surrealism; if I put my bin out at 00:01 on collection day, where is the contravention?

Commenting on Mariana Swart’s letter (“Research needed on bin picking”, People’s Post, 15 February 2011), which is a prime example of common sense and logic, the chairperson of Fish Hoek Community Policing Forum (CPF), more or less passes the buck.

Bin/trash picking is an international pastime, because most countries allow anything to be dumped on the pavement for collection.

In 1988 the United States Supreme Court ruled trash picking legal.

In Hungary, the gypsies, at the bottom of the food chain, cause havoc on trash days. In the Western world, people are not concerned with the morsels obtained by trash pickers.

They are more concerned about identity theft, and police warn residents to shred personal documents before putting it in the trash.

In Fish Hoek, we have dropping areas for old furniture, garden rubbish, builders rubble etc. We have a take-away service for recyclable products, paper and glass.

The only part of trash left, is already so denuded of anything worthwhile, that it is difficult to understand what the attraction is.

Bureaucracy results from the procedures an organisation creates to justify and sustain inefficiencies to ensure that service delivery is broken down, with the ultimate goal of frustrating customers, thereby creating a non-responsive entity and destroying any good that could come.

Please FHVRRA and Fish Hoek CPF, you are regulating and over-controlling the wrong people. If you are aware of known criminals masquerading as bin pickers, get them arrested and put pressure on the judiciary system which fails us.

How can you think that residents will enjoy manoeuvring their bins at 06:00 over steps, obstacles and through locked security gates on pitch black winter days, to catch the 06:15 trash lorry?

PIET ERASMUS Fish Hoek

A reader alleges bias in People’s Post’s reporting, deriving from the caption that accompanied this photo in our 15 February 2011 edition.

Photo: Chad Chapman

Please apologise to cyclists I AM shocked, appalled, lollygagged and downright furious about the article People’s Post published entitled “Cyclists pose danger during race”, 15 February.

The article is reckless and potentially damaging to the delicate relationship between cyclists and motorists, at this time of year when many cyclists take to the roads to train for the world famous Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour.

I would hope and pray for their sake that those who are in a position to influence public opinion would be pressing an agenda of road safety, awareness and tolerance, all of which, I’d like to remind you, are the very reasons the cycle tour was originally instituted.

Further to your article, I fail to see any cyclist disobeying the law of the road in the published images, while two of the images very clearly show motor vehicles crossing solid white barrier lines – and one image shows a vehicle fully on the wrong side of the road.

And yet the caption to the image recklessly defends this motorist’s apparent need to act illegally. This is shamelessly biased reporting of the highest degree and a cardinal sin among the media.

As a keen recreational cyclist, commuter cyclist and member of Pedal Power, I am embarrassed that the organisation has to be apologetic in this regard when your paper is countering their tireless efforts to appease

the antagonistic attitude motorists generally hold towards us.

I would like to remind your editorial staff and the article’s author that cyclists are legitimate road users and have as much a right to be on the road as anyone in a motor vehicle.

I hereby formally demand that you print a full retraction and unconditional apology to both Pedal Power and the vast majority of cyclists who do follow the rules of the road and are courteous to our fellow road users.

God forbid, the next cyclist knocked down by a motorist will be blood on your hands.

DANIEL NUGENT Lakeside WE will never apologise for presenting different viewpoints when reporting on issues of interest. Readers are free to debate the various viewpoints published and, as in this instance, such debate is also published. One point in the reader’s letter requires a response in specific, though, and that is the allegation of bias in the report. The only detail provided by the reader in substantiation of this relates to the caption accompanying a photo of cyclists riding abreast, “forcing cars to drive in the lane of oncoming traffic, around a blind corner”. The photo is reprinted above and readers are free to judge for themselves just how much space is available to the driver between the cyclists and the white line. –Ed.

Who has the right?

THE continued debate about cyclists obeying the rules of the cycle race and the road is absolute nonsense.

Attached is one photo from Sunday 27 February on Ou Kaapse Weg at just past 09:00.

They refused to move over when hooted at and were actually abusive.

I pay over R650 a year to ride my vehicle on the road, what do they pay?

Who has the right?

Those that pay.

KONRAD Sunnydale

Cyclists on Ou Kaapse Weg on Sunday.

Photo: Supplied by reader

Why not close the roads?

LET me start off by saying, I have nothing against cyclists and fully respect them. I wish I had the courage to pursue the sport of road cycling, but after a close friend’s passing after being hit while cycling, I won’t venture onto a public road to cycle.

Therefore, when driving I always “think bike” and am very alert when cyclists are around.

Driving over Ou Kaapse Weg during the race on 27 February was crazy! I must say 80% of the racers rode carefully and within the yellow line – which was perfect, and I thank them. But the other 20% should be ashamed. Having to constantly swerve to save their lives while risking ours doesn’t seem fair to me.

Presuming they know the dangers of road cycling with approximately 270 killed on our roads each year, they would: 1) Not ride three abreast, after being constantly asked to ride in single file;

2) Check their “blind spots” before overtaking another cyclist.

3) Not speed down the bottom of Ou Kaapse Weg at 60-70km/h in the middle of the road; and 4) When hooted at to be reprimanded for riding three abreast, not shout curses when passed. Swear at the wrong type of person and it could turn ugly.

These are just some of the incidents that occurred in my trip over the mountain. I’d hate to know how close some got to being injured or to causing an accident. It must have been a miracle no-one was hit.

Surely if there are over a certain number of cyclists who are participating in a race the roads should be closed? A few hours of being inconvenienced are worth sacrificing for a life. Come on guys, think about us thinking about bike for your sake.

K. FROST Sun Valley

LETTERS

Tuesday 1 March 2011

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Your SMSes

Keep dogs off beaches

Cyclists . I would like to respond to the letter from Doug Calverey published on 22 February. 90% of cyclists behave themselves and follow the road rules; don’t ride side by side, and so on. But unfortunately the other 10% just don’t give a damn.Yet you defend all cyclists, regardless. And then you get upset when the rest of the population don’t like you. The fact is that some cyclists do behave very badly. Fact is, some motorists behave badly too, as you described. Being a traffic engineer, you should know better than the average person just how people behave no matter how you try to control them. Fact is: cyclists have a bad rap in the Far South because a couple of them don’t care, don’t follow the road rules, but get defended regardless, by people like yourself. Maybe you should act on reports of bad cyclists, look into the facts, and take action. Do it publicly. Maybe then we could all start to co-exist. Glencairn Out with the old . With what “new, fresh, exciting promotional ideas” has the Longbeach Mall manager replaced the Friday market? Cris Bingham, Fish Hoek.

Keep it clean . I am told a private person is contracted to clean the grass area around the vlei. Whoever it is, please put the black bags in a bin as there is always litter coming out of the bags and papers blowing about in the Promenade Road area.

Parking privileges . To “Mom”, please find a real problem. Until three years ago there was no such thing as parking bays for moms and babies. I understand what you are saying, but if this is the only problem in your life then please consider yourself blessed. . Newsflash: having a newborn is not a disability.

Every time I see a disabled bay converted into a “mom with brats” bay it makes me angry. You chose to have children, but nobody chooses to get old or disabled!

When Brownies were Brownies . Over the years little

PEOPLE of all ages stand in it, play in it, and the worst is to see a child pick it up – thinking that it is seaweed.

Dogs wee on the beach and people think it is just water they walked in, while children running on the beach have been overpowered by other peoples’ dogs.

Then there are some dog owners who are so considerate they let their dogs poo and then cover it with sand.

And then you have the avid touch rugby or soccer player who comes to the beach for fun, who then dives or slips in it – so, thanks for nothing.

Sunrise Beach is out of control. Why, you ask? First of all Law Enforcement patrolling the area decided to make their own rules. So goodbye to the bylaws or any of the laws for that matter.

This does not only happen at Zandvlei or Kommetjie beaches.

And guess what? The Sea Point beaches are free of dogs, because they get fined on the spot.

The same rule must apply to the Far South beaches.

But who really cares or listens? Defi-

girls have become Brownies and then Guides, and what a wonderful group to belong to. Well most were, until I went to an investiture of a little Brownie a few weeks ago. Fish Hoek has the worst Brownie pack I’ve ever seen. My daughters were Brownies, but at that time, Marion Rouse was in charge and I think she should pay Fish Hoek Brownies a visit.

The time the two Brown Owls were trying to gain control, a Sixer (I think) was walking around with a bean bag on her head laughing. A little new Brownie, very cute with golden hair, was trying to say the Brownie pact but couldn’t be heard above the racket, due to the totally bad manners of the pack, and I for one was shocked. No Brownie law was followed there. Ex guide, Simon’s Town Fish Hoek’s new uniforms . Okay! So we still have no explanation on how over 2 000odd full school uniforms are going to fit into the tiny shop in Valyland? This I can’t wait to see. Mom, FHPS . I saw the new Fish Hoek uniform for the first time at open day last week (I also was unable to attend the viewings last year) and really like the modern style. I’m sure a change in dress will also bring a sense of pride to the Fish Hoek schools. Well done to the principals and parents involved; I look forward to the fresh look. Lisa du Plessis Binned baboon . Regarding the baboon in the bin. The man shows character weakness. Start shining the light and love to all creation. Let your shadows be wiped away and imagine violet light go through you like a storm every day. Ask for forgiveness and better understanding. Maria . Regarding the binned baboon: remember, all you do to others will come to you too, and even worse. This is the law of cause and effect. Anne In response . I agree with Uncle Bones: pull finger on Kalk Bay Main Road. Most of the time no work seems to happen there. Catherine . What’s wrong with those people like Castro? We in Ocean View need those houses for all those staying in backyards. Castro has a house and I live in a wendy house with

three kids and my girlfriend. I have been on the waiting list for so long.

Please let them build it. I’m sick of moving around with my children, who keep asking me which address they should give at school. Their ages are eight, 13, and 16, so please let them build those houses. Leon O’Malley and Alison Delcarme . I totally agree with Andrew that the new speed limit will not make Ou Kaapse Weg any safer. It is the lack of safe overtaking lanes that causes the accidents – and this needs urgent attention. Come, on City of Cape Town, spend some money and build extra lanes to help drivers overtake slow vehicles or to turn into Silvermine Road safely. This is urgently needed and long overdue. Jane General . In Yvonne Bulgen’s letter of 1 February (“Take crime seriously”), no mention is made of the violent rape and attacks that occur in a dangerous bushy area between Lakeside and Steenberg stations. . It was quite a poor turnout for the Milkwood Park meeting on 23 February.

Does your security not concern you? . Has anyone else tried taking their pet to the Tears “vet” only to be turned away? Amazing how they always want help from the public but never want to help the public. Lisa . Aan die gemeenskap van Ocean View, ons, die gesin van wyle Aunt Poppie, wil almal bedank wat gehelp het met die heengaan van ons geliefkoosde moeder. Veral pastore Freddie en Albert, die kerk, my susters, my broer, pa D en almal wat hul simpatie kom wys het.

Dankie aan almal. Elton . I wonder how many people read all the rubbish that comes into your letter box?

Mine goes straight into the bin. Jack Wilson Own up . Who backed into my old immaculate Honda at the Civic Centre on Wednesday at 10:15 and did not even have the decency to leave a note? Shame on you. It upsets me every time I see it.

nitely not the owners, even though they have been living in the area for a very long time and are regular visitors to Sunrise Beach. They still ignore the signs at all entrances. What will happen if we just ignore all the stop signs on the road?

They still allow their animals to walk freely through these entrances where there are bathers, swimmers and little children playing.

I am an animal lover – but for my own animals. Why I should I be forced to tolerate other people’s dogs and their inconsiderate and piggish ways?

We call on Cape Town Mayor, Dan Plato, and the Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, to do regular beach visits.

Every entrance stinks of urine and dog poo. We ourselves have seen dog poo floating in the sea. Definitely no more blue flag status!

We are pro dog-free beaches! Ban all dogs from beaches.

Keep your dogs at home, like we do – our dogs are happy dogs.

CLARKE FAMILY Muizenberg

Let’s formalise bin picking REFERS to the article “Bin picker project puts lid on crime”, 25 January, as well as letters and comments in response to it.

I want to take issue with the trend to label people “illegal”. If poor people try to make a living from what others throw away, that does not make them criminals. If criminals use this activity as a screen to hide theirs, that too doesn’t make them criminal by association.

In any discussion about activities like these, we have to consider that our society in South Africa is the most unequal in the world, as measured by the Gini coefficient.

Many people who live here struggle desperately just to survive, while some live in the lap of luxury, producing mountains of refuse, way more than our environment or the authorities can handle. So how about viewing the bin pickers as part of a solution – providing an income for some and reducing our waste – rather than as “illegals”? Of

Dice or drugs I’M a resident of Ocean View and you all know that in Ocean View nothing is available for anyone.

We don’t even have entertainment for the kids. This is why drugs are so big in Ocean View.

To the community of Ocean View, please stop complaining if people want to entertain your kids. Yes, I’m talking about the car dicing and I’m talking about the incident that happened on Saturday 19 Febru-

course, security concerns of residents have to be addressed. I believe there is a way of doing so.

The presence of “illegal car guards” has been changed into an organised system of providing jobs for unemployed citizens of our city as well as greater security for cars. Surely a similar system can be developed that would vet, organise and identify bin pickers for a residential area. Neighbourhood watches can be involved with ensuring that the process and people involved don’t pose a risk. Municipal bylaws can be adjusted to legalise the activity. Bin pickers can be held responsible for how they go about their work. And, yes, Mariana Swart – research into the phenomenon and how it is addressed elsewhere – can and has to inform the way forward.

Readers who are interested in developing this concept can get in touch with me at bmc.harris@gmail.com.

BARBARA CENTURIER-HARRIS Milkwood Park

ary. These guys do it to entertain your kids – I love it. Nothing is wrong with this. This goes out to whoever is phoning the cops – and then the cops are so quick to come and stop it. Now why don’t the cops stop the drug dealers? Because they know who the drug dealers are? They are afraid of the drug dealers.

They get paid to tip them off. So people of Ocean View, please stop being against making the kids happy. Destroy the drugs in Ocean View, please.

ANONYMOUS Ocean View

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Community Chest’s Carnival celebrates 60 years of fun ONE of Cape Town’s iconic events, the annual Community Chest Carnival, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

It began as a theatrical garden party in 1951 and over the past six decades has evolved into a pageant of international food, local entertainment and family fun, which attracts more than 100 000 people over four days.

But there’s a serious side to Carnival. It raises funds for some 400 social welfare organisations that the Community Chest supports across the Western Cape.

“Carnival has always been an important showcase for the Community Chest, where we’re able to engage the public about the work

we do. It’s also one of our significant fundraising events, where people can combine having a good time with helping a good cause,” says Community Chest CEO, Amelia Jones.

Carnival runs from Wednesday 2 March until Saturday 5 March at Maynardville Park, Wynberg.

It is made possible by the efforts of some 7 000 volunteers who donate their time and skills to ensure that each year’s event is better than the previous one.

As well as the varied international food stalls, there will be plenty of entertainment, includ-

ing live music.

This year there is a particular focus on children and families.

For more information phone (021) 7624690 or visit www.comchest.org.za. . WIN! People’s Post is giving away five sets of family tickets to the Community Chest Carnival at Maynardville.

Each family ticket allows for two adults and two children to enter free of charge.

To enter, SMS “Carnival 60 years” to 34586 by noon on Wednesday 2 March.

SMSes cost R2 each; winners will be phoned.

New offering ‘moving’ and ‘funny’ KALK BAY BOOKS and Umuzi invite you to the launch of a new book by Jenny Hobbs on Friday 11 March at Kalk Bay Books at 18:30 for 19:00.

“Kitchen Boy” is described as “an engaging novel that is both moving and very, very funny”.

It centres on a former war hero and Springbok rugby player, JJ Kitching, with most of the book set in a cathedral in Durban at Kitching’s funeral.

Hobbs’ previous novels, “Thoughts in a Makeshift Mortuary”, “The Sweet-Smelling Jasmine” and “The Telling of Angus Quain” have marked her as a valuable voice in the South African literary world.

In “Kitchen Boy”, she uses her “keen eye for character and dark wit” to masterfully create a multilayered character who has harboured a secret for many years, and whose relationships with his

Strictly no wallflowers THE Rotary Club Cape of Good Hope is hosting a “Strictly Come Dancing” evening at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre on Friday 8 April at 19:00. This will be an

evening of fun for everyone – no partners are needed and everyone will be able to get onto the floor. There will be an exhibition of dancing by professional danc-

family, war comrades and supporters are more complex than they appear on the surface.

To attend the launch, RSVP by 10 March to Jenny Hobbs at books@kalkbaybooks.co.za or call (021) 788-2266. . The Gay Pride book fair takes place tomorrow at 18:00 for 18:30 at Kalk Bay Books, 124 Main Road.

For more details about future events, visit www.kalkbaybooks.co.za.

AFTER nearly 18 years in the motor business in Fish Hoek, Van’Ro van den Berg (88) has decided to call it quits – but not before passing along the legacy that he created.

After building the fitment centre Supa Quick into the business it is today, Van den Berg sold up and retired from the business yesterday.

Back in 1994, when 72-year-old Van den Berg first bought the company, it went under the name Freefit.

In 1997, he became a member of the Fastfit franchise and expanded his venture.

In 2001, he was approached by Supa Quick to become part of their franchise. He grabbed the opportunity with both hands and has been running the business under their banner with his wife, Maxine, since then.

“It has been a very difficult 10 years, but I’ve always had good staff that stuck by me throughout the years. It has been a wonderful and hard time. Business was not too good and the motor industry has taken a hard knock, but we managed to make it,” he says.

The business has now been bought by Theo van der Merwe – an ex-regional bank manager from KwaZulu-Natal. He and his son Chris, will be running the business from today.

“It has always been my passion to own a motor business. It’s not so much about the cars as it is about the people,” he says.

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Get your potjiekos THE Cape Province Mountain Club (CPMC) will be selling potjiekos on Sunday 6 March at Zandvlei from 13:00. A 250g serv-

ing costs games for For more Bennie on

R20. There will be the family to enjoy. information contact 082 202 5821.

St Patrick’s Day dance THERE will be a St Patrick’s Day celebration dance, featuring music by “Locals Unplugged”, on Thursday 17 March at Seaforth Restaurant at 19:30.

The cost is R135 per person for a delicious two-course Irish meal.

There will be a cash bar available.

Raffles will be held and prizes are up for grabs. Proceeds of the evening will go towards NPO Anchors Away Village. To book call Fran on (021) 786-1321 or 083 357 5822.

Art expo in Simon’s Town THE Simon’s Town Art Group (STAG) invites the public to its annual art exhibition at the Simon’s Town Library in Main Road from Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 March. David Biggs will

open the exhibition and live music and refreshments will be available. The grand opening will be held on Saturday 19 March at noon. Call Janet Spurr on (021) 782-0339.

Support spotters with a laugh FOLLOWING the sold out success of last year’s event, the Shark Spotter Comedy Fundraiser returns this Friday at 19:00 at Fish Hoek High School.

Mark Sampson and Nik Rabinowitz are back, along with up-

coming artists Leo Letapie and “Van Die Blokke”.

Tickets cost R100 per person.

Booking is essential on 078 174 4244 or sharkspotters@gmail.com.

Women standing together ers, including line dancing, sequence dancing, Latin American dancing and many other dances.

The cost of the evening is R35 a person and you are asked to bring your own refreshments.

Contact Jean Smythe on (021) 782-1469 or 084 646 0095.

End of an era as Van’Ro retires MELISSA LE ROUX

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Van der Merwe plans to take the business to new heights; a complete range of services will be provided under one roof, sparing customers from having to trek from one car repair shop to another.

“I want to provide a service that people will never experience at any other motor centre,” he says.

Van den Berg said: “I wish him well in taking the business to further success. It will undergo a small facelift, so there will be a change in image, but still good.”

He added that he was not too thrilled about retiring as his plan was to “stick it out” until he reached the age of 90.

However, his health put a spanner in theworks. “Due to my health being not as it used to, I cannot keep on running this business. My wife and I will be breeding dogs now. She started six months ago already,” he says.

Before settling in the motor industry, Van den Berg tried out many different things.

After World War II, he went to university, trained as a teacher, and then taught for a few months.

He worked at a company that made headgear for the navy and the army, and also worked in the beret knitting business.

“It was extremely hard for me to give my business up. My wife and I are people’s persons and we loved what we did. I’ll be around from time to time, popping in to say hello to old clients and friends,” he says.

SOROPTIMIST International Cape of Good Hope Club invites women to its International Women’s Day celebrations on Tuesday 8 March from 11:00 until 14:00. The theme of is “Stronger women build stronger bridges of peace”. The organisation, which supports all women in

war torn countries, will meet at the Fan Walk bridge and the pedestrian bridge at the Holiday Inn on Eastern Boulevard, Woodstock in solidarity and recognition of all women in affected countries. All women are welcome. Call Debbie Clarke on (021) 788-2164.

HANDO­ VER: Supa Quick is now owned

by Theo van der Merwe (left) after Van’Ro van den Berg retired. Pho­ to: Melissa Le Roux

FROM FISH HOEK, WITH LOVE: The business fraternity of Fish Hoek paid Van’Ro van den Berg a surprise visit on Friday to wish him well in his retirement. They handed him a card they had all signed and stayed to enjoy some of the cake they had brought along with them. Here Van’Ro receives the card from Adrian Lawson (front left), chair­ person of the Fish Hoek Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Photo: Supplied

GENERAL

Tuesday 1 March 2011

People’s Post False Bay Page 11 ving a quick talk and signing copies from 18:00 to 19:00. Refreshments will be provided.

To RSVP call (021) 786-2272 or email pescados@pescados.co.za.

People’s Post launches new column by veteran journalist

Give value for money EXACTLY why the City Council decided to table its draft budget on the day the national budget was presented in Parliament is difficult to understand.

Cynics would say it was a case of dumping bad news on the public while their attention was on Pravin Gordhan and the upheaval in North Africa and the Middle East.

Bad news? Well, every single increase announced is above the present inflation rate – and that makes it bad news for most of us.

On the other hand, it could have been worse, as the increases are certainly lower than they were last year. But one would expect this to be the case a few months before the municipal elections.

My own view is that the City bosses think they have done a good job and they certainly don’t see it as bad news. They just want to get it out of the way before the electioneering begins in earnest.

So let’s look at the facts. Rates are to go up by 5.9%. Electricity will go up by nearly 20%; water and sanitation charges will go up by 8% (and 10% for each of the two years following the election) and refuse collection fees will go up by 5.5%.

And the cost of running the City (the operating costs) will rise by more than 12%.

All this while the current inflation rate is under 4%!

Last year we had a 14% increase

in operating expenditure; an average increase of 24.6% in electricity tariffs; an 18% increase for refuse collection; a 10% increase for water and sanitation and a theoretical 9.3% increase on the average rates bill.

So the budget may be less painful than last year’s one, but that is little cause for comfort to people who do not get the kind of pay increases the City Council has handed out in the last few years.

Mr Gordhan told us in the national budget that the cost of public service salaries has doubled in the last five years. Whether or not municipal salaries were included is

uncertain, but municipal workers and councillors have done pretty well. Perhaps well enough to lose touch with the economic realities that beset the rest of us.

While the private sector has had to endure wage freezes, retrenchments, reduced working hours for reduced wages and other desperate measures to survive the recession, the public service has prospered.

The bitter irony is that the private sector pays the taxes to keep the public services going in the style to which they have become accustomed.

How much longer can we afford to finance these growing bureaucracies that are not exactly noted for their productivity? Perhaps we are better off in Cape Town, but that is no reason to sit back and be satisfied. There is every reason to demand greater efficiency and better value for our money. . Tony Robinson is a veteran journalist and commentator on civic affairs in Cape Town. His columns, “City Diary” in the Cape Times and later “Civic Diary” in the city’s first free newspapers, won the Sanlam national award for the best column in a community newspaper in 1993 – and some unusual praise from the judges, with one of them remarking, “I would hate to be a councillor in your town!”.

He has a wide range of interests, which will be reflected in future columns.

Wednesday 2 March Fish Hoek: There will be a WAA meeting at Fish Hoek Civic Centre at 09:30 and the topic is “Art and Craft”.

All ladies welcome. Visitors pay R5, tea and eats included.

Contact Pat James on (021) 7822379.

Fish Hoek: The Two Oceans Toastmasters meet on the first Wednesday of every month in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre at 19:00.

Learn to speak with confidence and acquire leadership qualities.

Contact Marge Kruyt on (021) 782-2666, 084 805 8185 or email kruytbears@telkomsa.net.

Thursday 3 March Muizenberg: University of the 3rd Age in False Bay will be hosting a presentation by Jacqueline Clayton titled “The Glories of Florence” at the Muizenberg Pavilion at 09:30 for 10:00.

All welcome and entrance is free.

Contact Peter Rickards on (021) 788-9469.

Kalk Bay: The Brass Bell Restaurant will be hosting the Alan Marriott Hypnotist show at 20:30.

Tickets cost R100 or R180 per person for the show and a dinner platter. Dinner starts at 19:30.

Booking is essential. Call (021) 788-5455.

Simon’s Town: Barbara Mutch, author of Karoo Plainsong, will be at Café Pescado, gi-

Saturday 5 March Simon’s Town: The Homemade Shoppe morning market will be held in the old library hall from 09:00 to 12:00.

Cakes, food and crafts will be on sale.

Contact Susan on 073 213 8887 or (021) 783-2244.

Red Hill: McCree will be rocking at Cape Farmhouse. Gates open at 13:30 and show starts at 15:30/16:00. Entrance costs R50 and R40 for students. Regret no picnics; food and cash bar will available.

For bookings call (021) 780-1246 or visit wwwcapefarmhouse.co.za.

Noordhoek: Bring the kids to have fun learning about food while being creative to make the craziest cookie at The Bandstand at Noordhoek Farm Village from 10:30 to 12:30. Contact (021) 7892812 or visit www.noordhoekvillage.co.za. No charge.

Friday 11 March Fish Hoek: The 19th Managed Aging Seminar will be held from 10:00 to 11:15 in St Margaret’s Church Hall. The Cancer Screening team will discuss the topic “Safe Screening Pays: The Big Five Cancers.”

The cost is R5 and tea will be served at 09:45.

Contact Coral on (021) 782-2024 or email kilbaigie@afrihost.co.za.

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PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN’S 2011/12 REVIEWED INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) AND DRAFT BUDGET Notice is hereby given in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000, the Municipal Finance Management Act No. 56 of 2003 and the Municipal Property Rates Act No.6 of 2004, that the City’s reviewed Draft Integrated Development Plan document and Draft Budget for 2011/12 will be available for comment at all municipal administrative buildings, subcouncil offices (listed below) and all municipal libraries from 25 February 2011 up to and including 28 March 2011.

The documents can also be accessed through our website at the following link: http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/Budget/Pages/default.aspx Written correspondence should be addressed to: The City Manager, 2011/2012 IDP/Budget 5th Floor, Podium Civic Centre, Cape Town, 8001; or Private Bag X9181, Cape Town, 8000; or Fax: 021 400 1332 E-mail: idp@capetown.gov.za

Tuesday 1 March 2011

The proposed gross monthly household incomes and rebates for the 2011/2012 financial year are as follows: GROSS MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME 2010/2011 2011/2012 0 3000 0 3000 3001 4200 3001 4200 4201 4600 4201 4600 4601 5200 4601 5200 5201 5800 5201 5800 5801 6400 5801 6400 6401 7000 6401 7000 7001 7500 7001 7600 7501 8000 7601 8200 8001 8500 8201 9000 9001 10000

% REBATE 100% 95% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%

1.7 The special rebates for certain categories of properties upon application as described in Annexure 3 of the Budget Document.

1.8 Highlights of proposed amendments The maximum gross monthly household income limit for Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons to increase from R8 500 to R10 000.

Flats, old age homes and hostels to be rated as residential properties.

Residents meeting Council’s indigent registration requirements and whose gross monthly household income is between R3 000 and R4 000 to qualify for a 50% rebate on rates.

Public Benefit Organisations meeting the requirements of the Regulations published in terms of the Municipal Property Rates Act to be rated at 25% of the Residential Rate.

SMS: idp followed by comment to 31766 Any person wishing to comment must do so in writing to the above address or submit comments to their local subcouncil office by no later than 16:30 on Monday 28 March 2011. Any person wishing to make a verbal presentation may book a time slot at their local subcouncil office(s) at least two days prior to the subcouncil meeting. Any person, who is unable to write, may come to the offices mentioned below during office hours and a member of staff will assist him/her to transcribe his/her comments.

The following table contains a list of venues where the IDP and Budget document will be available for perusal and also who to contact if you wish to make a verbal presentation: SUBCOUNCIL SUBCOUNCIL ADDRESS MANAGER Municipal Offices, Royal Ascot, Bridal Peter Deacon Subcouncil 1 Way, Milnerton Tel: 021 550 1001/60 Municipal Offices, Brighton Way, Fred Monk Subcouncil 2 Kraaifontein Tel: 021 980 6053/54 Municipal Offices, Voortrekker Road, Johannes Brand Subcouncil 3 Goodwood Tel: 021 590 1676/75 Municipal Offices, cnr Voortrekker and Ardela van Niekerk Subcouncil 4 Tallent Roads, Parow Tel: 021 938 8050 Cnr Jakkalsvlei Avenue and Kiaat Martin Julie Subcouncil 5 Road, Bonteheuwel Tel: 021 695 8161 Municipal Offices, Voortekker Road, Pat Jansen Subcouncil 6 Bellville Tel: 021 918 2024/35 Municipal Offices, Oxford Street, Elmaleen Du Plessis Subcouncil 7 Durbanville Tel: 021 970 3002 Municipal Offices, cnr Fagan Street Izak du Toit Subcouncil 8 and Main Road, Strand Tel: 021 850 4149 A Block Stocks & Stocks Complex, Fezekile Cotani Subcouncil 9 Ntlakohlaza Street, Town 2, Village 1, Tel: 021 360 1111 Khayelitsha Thando Siwisa Subcouncil 10 Site B, Shopping Centre, Khayelitsha Tel: 021 360 1351/50 Fezeka Building, cnr NY1 and Kayise Nombakuse Subcouncil 11 Lansdowne Road, Gugulethu Tel: 021 630 1615 Parks & Bathing Building, Merrydale David Cedras Subcouncil 12 Avenue, Lentegeur Tel: 021 371 4550/51 Fezeka Building, cnr NY1 and Lunga Bobo Subcouncil 13 Lansdowne Road, Gugulethu Tel: 021 630 1619 Fezeka Building, cnr NY1 and Christopher Jako Subcouncil 14 Lansdowne Road, Gugulethu Tel: 021 630 1643/1734 Pinelands Training Centre, St Stephens Mariette Griessel Subcouncil 15 Road, Central Square, Pinelands Tel: 021 531 3437 Marius Coetsee Subcouncil 16 11th Floor, 44 Wale Street, Cape Town Tel: 021 487 2055 Athlone Civic Centre, cnr Protea and Edgar Carolissen Subcouncil 17 Klipfontein Roads, Athlone Tel: 021 637 9757 Cnr Buck Road and 6th Avenue, Okkie Manuel Subcouncil 18 Lotus River Tel: 021 700 4025 Municipal Offices, Central Circle, Off Desiree Mentor Subcouncil 19 Recreation Road, Fish Hoek Tel: 021 784 2011/10 Alphen Centre, Constantia Main Road, Brian Ford Subcouncil 20 Constantia Tel: 021 794 2493 Municipal Offices, cnr Van Riebeeck Pieter Grobler Subcouncil 21 and Carinus Street, Kuils River Tel: 021 900 1502/03 Municipal Offices, cnr Van Riebeeck Richard Moi Subcouncil 22 and Carinus Street, Kuils River Tel: 021 900 1578 Thando Siwisa Subcouncil 23 Cnr Delft and Fort Worth Roads, Delft Tel: 021 956 8000 Click on http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/Library/Pages/ All Libraries ListofLibraries.aspx for a list of all libraries Cape Town Concourse, Civic Centre, Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town South Peninsula Municipal Offices, cnr Main and Victoria Roads, Plumstead

CITY OF CAPE TOWN: 2011/2012 PROPERTY RATES (Property Rates are zero-rated for VAT) PROPERTY RATE (reflected as Rand-in-the-rand): 1.1 Residential Properties – R0,005613 1.2 Industrial / Commercial Properties – including all Undeveloped Land – R0,011226 1.3 Agricultural properties (including farms and small holdings) fall into three categories; (a) those used for residential purposes – R0,005613 (b) those used for bona fide farming purposes – R0,001123 (c) those used for other purposes such as industrial or commercial – R0,011226 1.4 Public Service Infrastructure – R0,002005 1.5 Amended Municipal Property Rates Regulations on the Rate Ratios between Residential and Non-Residential Properties Any property that meets the public benefit organisation criteria included in the regulation, yet does not qualify for the 100% rebate in terms of Council’s Draft Rates Policy, shall be rated at 25% of the residential rate and the cent-in-the-rand for 2011/12 is proposed to be R0.001403.

1.6 The special rebates for Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons for the 2011/12 financial year are reflected in the table below:

month per person = R7.03 per kl 2.4 Domestic Cluster – Bulk metered flats, cluster developments including sectional and single title units - 90% of Water Consumption (* see note) up to a maximum of 35kl per household. An allowance of 4.2kl per unit per month will be made available at zero cost upon acceptance of a sworn affidavit stating the number of units supplied from that metered connection: R10.45 per kl 2.5 Industrial and Commercial (Standard), Schools, Sport Bodies, Government: National / Provincial, Hospitals and other - 95% of water consumption (* see note): R7.63 per kl 2.6 Industrial and Commercial (CoCT Oxidation Dams) - 95% of water consumption (* see note): R7.18 per kl 2.7 Departmental - 95% of water consumption (*see note) excluding facilities not connected to the sewer system: R7.03 per kl * Important Note: The Director of Water and Sanitation Services may adjust the percentages as appropriate to the consumer. This is not applicable to the domestic full category.

2.8 Miscellaneous (Standard) - All consumers who do not fall within the above categories – 95% of water consumption: R7.63 per kl 2.9 Miscellaneous (CoCT Oxidation Dams) - All consumers who do not fall within the above categories – 95% of water consumption: R7.18 per kl 2.10 Households residing in Residential units on mixed use property may apply for a free allocation of 4.2kl per unit per month. An affidavit will be required and the application will be inspected and considered on the proportion of predominant use.

3. ELECTRICITY The tariffs below are based on an average 19.94% increase.

All Tariffs reflected below are exclusive of VAT DOMESTIC TARIFFS 2010/11 2011/12 %INCR

CITY OF CAPE TOWN: 2011/2012 TARIFFS AND CHARGES VAT at 14% is to be added to the following services: Water, Electricity, Sanitation, Solid Waste Management and City Improvement Districts/ Special Rating Areas.

1. WATER Three sets of Water tariffs are proposed (10% Reduction tariff, 20% Reduction tariff and 30% Reduction tariff). Each tariff is linked to the level of water reduction imposed. Due to the 10% Reduction tariff being incorporated into the Water By-law as the norm it will be the applicable tariff, but may be revisited at a later stage should further restrictions become necessary.

All Tariffs reflected below are exclusive of VAT Per kl Per kl Per kl Per kl Per kl Per kl

R0.00 R4.32 R9.22 R13.66 R16.87 R22.25

1.2 Commercial - Water supplied to premises predominantly of a commercial nature: R9.93 per kl 1.3 Industrial - Water which is used in manufacturing, generating electricity, land-based transport, construction or any related purpose: R9.93 per kl 1.4 Schools/Sport bodies - Any educational activity / sporting body: R8.78 per kl 1.5 Domestic Cluster - Bulk metered flats, cluster developments including single title and sectional title units. An allowance of 6kl per unit per month at zero cost upon submission of affidavits stating the number of units / refer tariff policy: R9.33 per kl 1.6 Government - National and Provincial Departments: R9.43 per kl 1.7 Municipal / Departmental use: R8.78 per kl 1.8 Homeless people shelters – Accredited shelters registered with the City of Cape Town: 0 – 0.75kl per month per person = R0.00; +0.75kl per month per person = R8.78 per kl 1.9 Miscellaneous - All consumers who do not fall within the above categories: R9.43 per kl 1.10 Miscellaneous External - All consumers supplied outside the City of Cape Town: R11.27 per kl 1.11 Bulk Tariff - Exclusive of the Water Research Commission Levy. Only for Bulk Supply to other Municipalities and for cost recovery from Water Services Reticulation of the City of Cape Town: R3.08 per kl 1.12 In line with the adoption of the Urban Agriculture Policy a free allocation of 10kl per month is in place, exclusively for subsistence farming by defined Vulnerable Groups.

1.13 Households residing in Residential units on mixed use property may apply for a free allocation of 6kl per unit per month. An affidavit will be required and the application will be inspected and considered on the proportion of predominant use.

1.14 New tariff incorporated into the Miscellaneous Tariffs for meter supplied by the City of Cape Town – Installed by the Developer (New connections category).

2. SANITATION Three sets of Sanitation tariffs are proposed (10% Reduction tariff, 20% Reduction tariff and 30% Reduction tariff). Each tariff is linked to the level of water reductions imposed. Due to the 10% Reduction tariff being incorporated into the Water By-law as the norm it will be the applicable tariff but may be revisited at a later stage should further restrictions become necessary.

2.1 Domestic Full (Standard) - Single residential properties: 70% of water consumption to a maximum of 35kl of sewerage per month (70% of 50kl of water equals 35kl of sewerage).

All Tariffs reflected below are exclusive of VAT 0 < 4.2 >4.2 < 7.35 >7.35 < 14 >14 < 24.5 >24.5 < 35

Per kl Per kl Per kl Per kl Per kl

R0.00 R5.05 R10.76 R11.77 R12.36

2.2 Domestic Full (CoCT Oxidation Dams) – Single residential properties: 70% of water consumption to a maximum of 35kl of sewerage per month (70% of 50kl of water equals 35kl of sewerage).

All Tariffs reflected below are exclusive of VAT 0 < 4.2 >4.2 < 7.35 >7.35 < 14 >14 < 24.5 >24.5 < 35

Per kl Per kl Per kl Per kl Per kl

Domestic Net Metered Domestic

1.1 Domestic Full - Water which is used predominantly for domestic purposes and supplied to single residential properties.

0<6 >6 < 10.5 >10.5 < 20 >20 < 35 >35 < 50 >50

LifeLine (for qualifying customers receiving 450kWh per month on average or less)

R0.00 R4.44 R9.45 R10.33 R11.75

2.3 Homeless people shelters – Accredited shelters registered with the City of Cape Town: 0 - 0.525kl per month per person = R0,00; +0.525kl per

Block 1

0-150kWh

c/kWh

N/A

61.60

n/a

Block 2

150-350kWh c/kWh

N/A

81.04

n/a

Block 3

350-600kWh c/kWh

N/A 107.43

n/a

Block 4

600+ kWh

c/kWh

N/A 118.06

n/a

Block 1 Block 2 Service

0-600kWh 600+ kWh

c/kWh c/kWh R/day

N/A 107.43 N/A 118.06 N/A 17.21

n/a n/a n/a

Energy

Small Power 1 Small Power 2

Service Energy

c/kWh N/A COMMERCIAL TARIFFS R/day 14.35 c/kWh 77.66

93.15

n/a

17.21 93.15

19.93 19.95

Energy

c/kWh

120.56 144.60

19.94

R/day 44.61 53.51 c/kWh 40.72 48.84 R/day 23.90 28.67 c/kWh 40.72 48.84 R/kVA 121.16 145.32 R/day 23.90 28.67 c/kWh 37.85 45.40 R/kVA 112.69 135.16 R/day 5000.00 N/A c/kWh 37.85 N/A R/kVA 69.95 N/A R/day 3900.00 4680.00 High-Peak c/kWh 191.88 230.14 High-Standard c/kWh 50.74 60.86 Time of Use High-Off Peak c/kWh 27.62 33.13 Energy Low-Peak c/kWh 54.48 65.34 Low-Standard c/kWh 33.80 40.54 Low-Off Peak c/kWh 23.97 28.75 Demand R/kVA 60.87 73.00 OTHER TARIFFS

19.95 19.94 19.96 19.94 19.94 19.96 19.95 19.94 N/A N/A N/A 20.00 19.94 19.94 19.95 19.93 19.94 19.94 19.93

Wheeling Tariff

Firm Energy Surcharge Non-Firm

Minimum Off Peak Energy Service Large Energy Power LV Demand Service Large Power MV Energy Demand Service Very Large Energy Power Demand Service

c/kWh

10.57

12.68

19.96

6.49 7.78 Steam To be Special agreement Generation terminated LIGHTING TARIFFS Street Lighting R/100W/burning hour 0.0852 0.1022 & Traffic Signals Private R/100W/burning hour 0.0930 0.1115 Lights

19.88

c/kWh

19.95 19.89

Highlights of proposed amendments LIFELINE TARIFF A new inclining block tariff has been introduced as recommended by the National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA). Block 4 allows for lifeline customers exceeding the monthly permitted consumption of 450kWh due to bulk purchasing or seasonal variations to be charged at the new Domestic Tariff.

FREE 50kWh Lifeline tariff customers receiving less than 450kWh per month will continue receiving the free basic supply of 50kWh. DOMESTIC SERVICE CHARGE The Domestic service charge no longer applies as it is now included in the energy charge.

VERY LARGE POWER USERS (VLPU) These tariffs have been discontinued to align with the recommendation of NERSA to move to Time of Use Metering throughout South Africa.

NEW 2 STEP DOMESTIC TARIFF The Domestic Low and Domestic High tariffs will be discontinued and be replaced by a new 2 step domestic tariff to align with the principles of the inclining block tariff.

TABLE MOUNTAIN LIGHTS The current tariff is unrealistic and the new tariff will include the recovery of costs directly attributed to the lights.

NOTE:

Monthly Service Charges calculated as Daily Service Charge multiplied by number of days in billing period.

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Tuesday 1 March 2011 4. SOLID WASTE All Tariffs reflected below are exclusive of VAT SOLID WASTE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS FORMAL 240L Container Rand per month Lockable 240L Rand per month Container INDIGENT REBATE Property value Block 1 (100% rebate) up to Property value Block 2 (75% rebate) from R100,001 to Property value Block 3 (50% rebate) from R150,001 to Property value Block 4 (25% rebate) from R350,001 to 240L CONTAINER Rand per Block 1 (100% rebate) Rebate month Rand per Block 2 (75% rebate) Rebate month Rand per Block 3 (50% rebate) Rebate month Rand per Block 4 (25% rebate) Rebate month As determined by the Credit 100% Indigent Relief Control & Debt Collection Policy ENHANCED SERVICE LEVEL Rand per 240L - Additional container per Container month

SPECIAL RATING AREA

2010/11 2011/12 Increase (excl. VAT) (excl. VAT) % R75.44

R79.59

5.5%

R75.44

R79.59

5.5%

R100,000

R100,000

-

R150,000

R150,000

-

R250,000

R350,000

-

R300,000

R400,000

-

-R75.44

-R79.59

5.5%

-R56.58

-R59.69

5.5%

-R37.72

-R39.79

5.5%

-R18.86

-R19.90

5.5%

-R75.44

R75.44

-R79.59

5.5%

R79.59

per 240L - 3x per week for Rand container per R226.30 R238.75 cluster month INFORMAL Rudimentary Service: Rand per month Free Free Basic Bagged: Rand per month Free Free NON-RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS "Non-Residential" excludes vacant and residential properties.

240L CONTAINER Rand per 1 removal per week container per R90.15 R95.11 month Rand per 3 removal per week container per R263.75 R278.26 month Rand per 5 removal per week container per R428.32 R451.87 month Lockable 240L Rand per month R90.15 R95.11 Container REFUSE AVAILABILITY Council owned property is not subject to the availability charge All vacant Erven Rand per month R44.67 R47.13 DISPOSAL SERVICES General Waste Rand per ton R231.90 R244.66 Rand per ton or Special Waste R261.90 R291.90 part thereof Clean Builders Rubble Rand per ton R50.00 R50.00

5.5%

Airport CID Athlone CID Blackheath CID Cape Town Central CID Claremont CID

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APPROVED ADDITIONAL PROPOSED PROPOSED BUDGET RATE BUDGET ADDITIONAL 2010/11 2010/11 2011/12 RATE 2011/12 1,636,082 0.001663 1,825,361 0.001755 500,000 0.002204 540,000 0.002325 1,058,400 0.001151 1,232,991 0.001151 33,244,377

0.001543 36,597,225

0.001758

Sea Point CID

-Residential -Commercial Total Stikland CID

1,153,415 1,862,049 3,015,464 1,372,165

-Residential -Commercial Total

2,142,085 66,250 2,208,335 2,911,431

-Residential -Commercial

Vredekloof CID

-Residential -Commercial Total

342,968 4,556,573 4,899,541

0.000401 0.001152

366,976 4,875,466 5,242,442

0.000423 0.001234

Woodstock CID Wynberg CID

-Commercial

2,596,035 4,586,573

0.000657 0.001274

2,594,258 5,045,230

0.000657 0.001363

Total

-Residential -Commercial Total

110,635 385,520 496,155

0.000417 0.001146

118,199 427,572 545,771

0.000440 0.001261

-Residential -Commercial Total

628,826 2,896,681 3,525,507 3,503,505 1,340,206

0.000379 0.001852

643,413 3,128,736 3,772,149 3,703,157 1,516,832

0.000400 0.001982

-Residential -Commercial Total

515,710 455,387 971,097

0.000696 0.001819

553,154 488,452 1,041,606

0.000696 0.001867

-Residential -Commercial Total

1,670,262 1,113,508 2,783,770

0.001119 0.001379

1,802,088 1,201,392 3,003,480

0.001181 0.001476

-Residential -Commercial Total

594,607 2,378,430 2,973,037 2,367,110 2,440,682

0.000547 0.001493

671,659 2,536,638 3,208,297 2,543,505 2,595,954

0.000578 0.001611

Claremont Boulevard

Epping CID Fish Hoek CID

Green Point CID

Groote Schuur CID Maitland CID Muizenberg CID

Observatory CID

Oranjekloof CID

Paarden Eiland CID Parow Industria CID

0.001641 0.001695

0.001276 0.001887

0.001732 0.001695

0.001460 0.001887

Zeekoevlei Peninsula SRA Total

1,316,852 1,877,301 3,194,153 1,448,666

0.001141 0.002049

0.002070 0.002145

0.001527

2,347,615 77,730 2,425,345 3,028,523

350,000 2,247,505

0.000996 0.002715

399,842 2,441,395

0.000696 0.002812

382,000

0.002483

382,000

0.002285

2,597,505

0.001082 0.001863 0.003136 0.001919 0.001950

81,408,977

2,841,237

0.003320

0.001527

87,946,182

CITY OF CAPE TOWN: 2011/2012 – CAPE TOWN STADIUM VISITORS CENTRE RATE CARD Availability subject to major Event Calendar Subject to General Terms of Usage VAT at 14% in terms of the Value Added Tax Act. 89 of 1991 to be added CATEGORIES AREA

2011 / 2012 2011/2012 TARIFF TARIFF EXCL. VAT EXCL. VAT STADIUM URBAN PARK

Adults Children under 12 Pensioners

R40.00 R15.00 R15.00

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School Tour Groups

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Educational / Information Booklets

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Highlights of proposed amendments COLLECTIONS PILOT RECYCLING PROJECT The City will provide free 140L wheeled waste containers to participating customers for the storage and collection of recyclable waste.

The pilot project will be rolled out in the catchment area of the Kraaifontein Waste Management facility.

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG (RFID) The RFID tag will enable the City to track the location of a bin, to generate statistics and to amend the Billing system. The City will provide the first RFID containers free of charge whereafter the property owner will be liable for the replacement costs of these containers should it be damaged, lost or stolen.

OLD AGE HOMES Old Age Homes were previously billed for containers equating to a third of the number of living units and had to use the City as a service provider. Old age homes to be reclassified as non-residential and may choose the number of containers required or to use private sector service providers.

DISPOSAL - LOOSE BODY VEHICLES Loose body vehicles to be charged at an averaged carrying capacity of the container and not the carrying capacity of the vehicle as is the current practice.

The above change may result in a saving for the customer.

5. MISCELLANEOUS TARIFFS AND CHARGES 5.1 A complete copy of all Miscellaneous Tariffs and Charges are available for inspection at the abovementioned Municipal Offices.

5.2 All Miscellaneous tariffs include VAT. Fines, Penalties, Refundable Deposits and Housing are exempt from VAT. VAT is calculated at 14% in terms of the Value Added Tax Act No. 89 of 1991.

CITY OF CAPE TOWN: 2011/2012 SPECIAL RATING AREAS ADDITIONAL RATE The purpose of this notice is to draw the attention of all interested parties to the following: Additional Rates applicable to SRAs reflected below are exclusive of VAT and reflected as a Rand-in-the-rand

CITY OF CAPE TOWN: 2011/2012 - MyCiti INTEGRATED RAPID TRANSIT (Integrated Rapid Transit is exempt from VAT) CONTINUATION OF INTERIM IRT SERVICE SERVICES RENDERED VAT 2010/11 2011/12 UNTIL 2011/12 FROM AND RELATED TRANSPORT UNIT REMARKS YES/ RAND 31 DEC 2011 1 JAN 2012 PRODUCTS NO EXCL. VAT RAND EXCL.VAT RAND EXCL.VAT PREMIUM AIRPORT SERVICE – FARE LEVEL 1 (USING MANUAL TICKETS) UNTIL IRT FULL FARE SYSTEM STARTS From Cape Town Airport to MyCiTi Civic Centre per person per trip (one Station or return. Period of validity: 3 months Premium Airport service No R50.00 R53.00 R53.00 way) from date of purchase (in case of a manual ticket).

Premium Airport concession 1: per child per trip (one On the same route. Period of validity: 3 months Children 4-11 years old (ie 4 No R25.00 R26.50 R26.50 way) from date of purchase. and older, but under 12 yrs) On the same route: unlimited travel within Premium Airport concession 2: per monthly ticket calendar month of validity. Not transferable.

No R400.00 R424.00 R424.00 Monthly ticket Period of validity: one calendar month.

On the same route PLUS one trip on the Inner City Interim service (Item No 4): per single Premium Airport concession 3: per ordinary ticket when ordinary ticket (Ticket type 1B.1), provided 20 No R40.00 R42.40 R42.40 Bulk purchase - ordinary tickets bought in bulk tickets or more are purchased at the same time. Period of validity: 3 months from date of purchase.

On the same route PLUS one trip on the Inner City Interim service (Item No 4): per single child Premium Airport concession 4: per child ticket when ticket (Ticket type 1B.1), provided 20 tickets or No R20.00 R21.20 R21.20 Bulk purchase - child tickets bought in bulk more are purchased at the same time. Period of validity: 3 months from date of purchase.

INNER CITY INTERIM FARE SYSTEM – FARE LEVEL 1 (USING MANUAL TICKETS): PRIOR TO IRT INTERIM FARE SYSTEM Inner City Interim Service: per person per trip (one From Gardens Centre via Civic Centre Station to No R5.00 R5.00 R5.30 ordinary ticket way) Waterfront. Period of validity: one month IRT FULL FARE SYSTEM – FARE LEVEL 1 Trunk (Basic) Route: Distance based. Fare per This fare is distance based (total fare rounded up Peak Period: 6:30 - 8:30 and No R5.00 R5.00 R5.30 one way trip per person to nearest 5c), comprising of a Boarding Fare of 16:00 - 17:30 plus and a Rate per Kilometre of R0.30 R0.40 R0.42 up to a maximum of R16.00 R17.00 R18.05 Trunk (Basic) Route: Off-Peak Distance based. Fare per This fare is distance based (total fare rounded up No R4.00 R4.00 R4.24 Period one way trip per person to nearest 5c), comprising of a Boarding Fare of plus and a Rate per Kilometre of R0.30 R0.30 R0.32 up to a maximum of R15.00 R12.50 R13.25 Premium Trunk (Airport) Route: Distance based. Fare per This fare is distance based (total fare rounded up No R44.00 R44.52 R44.52 all periods one way trip per person to nearest 5c), comprising of a Boarding Fare of plus and a Rate per Kilometre of R0.30 R0.42 R0.42 Flat fare. Fare for one way Feeder Route: Peak Periods This is charged at a flat fare.

No R5.00 R5.00 R5.30 trip per person Flat fare. Fare for one way Feeder Route: Off-peak periods This is charged at a flat fare.

No R4.00 R4.00 R4.25 trip per person Feeder extensions routes: Peak Distance based. Fare per This fare is distance based (total fare rounded up No NA R5.00 R5.30 Periods one way trip per person to nearest 5c), comprising of a Boarding Fare of plus, regarding kms after first 10kms, a Rate per NA R0.40 R0.42 Kilometre of up to a maximum of NA R17.00 R18.05 Feeder extensions routes: Off- Distance based. Fare per This fare is distance based (total fare rounded up No NA R4.00 R4.24 Peak Periods one way trip per person to nearest 5c), comprising of a Boarding Fare of

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Note: Category 2 & 3 must have the necessary identification and authorisation.

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Category 4 - All babies and toddlers under the height of 1.0m, provided that they appear to be under 4 years of age.

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Tuesday 1 March 2011

Golden education SOME Western Cape educators have been rewarded for education excellence over the weekend – deservedly so.

Among them are Norman Henshilwood principal David Millar, who won the National Teacher’s Award in the category Leadership in Excellence in a secondary school, and Surrey Estate Primary School principal, Imtiaz Adams, who was chosen Western Cape provincial winner in the category Leadership in Excellence in a primary school.

Their achievements are phenomenal, given the countless challenges modern-day teaching presents.

Topmost is technology, providing entertainment and information-on-tap, and arresting pupils’ attention.

While pupils are forbidden from using their cellphones in classrooms, most can hardly wait for break or school to end so they can “connect”.

They are also spoilt for choice by the worldwide web, which spells good news for distance learning, but does not bode well for traditional classroom education. Also in contrast to traditional education is Outcomes Based Education.

Worst, though, is the scourge of gangsterism and drugs in some city schools, which detracts from learning, making educators’ jobs fearful and stressful.

It is fitting that education is a human right, as enshrined in our constitution and so key that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has allocated more than R189 billion to the sector for 2011-12. While government chalks up billions of rands and resources to education, and educators honour their roles, the commitment that matters most is that of pupils.

Measuring commitment is difficult, but the facts speak. Yesterday was World Maths Day, but our nation had little to celebrate as 70% of matrics who wrote mathematics last year failed the subject, which is a requirement for most jobs.

That said, it is inspiring to read stories like that of Johanna Barnes who, at 74, was the oldest candidate last year to write Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) exams.

Since 2006, gutsy Barnes has been intent on getting her General Education and Training Certificate – and she’s only one mathematics literacy exam away from realising her dream.

Her journey has been fraught with challenges, and continues to be. For her, education may be a human right, but not strictly an entitlement.

FIRST there were “palm-tree” cellphone masts in the middle of nowhere. Now cellular network, Vodacom, is installing cellphone masts inside the minarets of mosques.

Already cellphone masts have been installed in mosques in Pelican Heights and

Delft. If everything goes according to plan, the Al-Masjiduth Thaalith Mosque in Beacon Valley will be next in line.

The minaret was chosen because, at 22 metres, it is the highest point in Beacon Valley.

In earlier years minarets were used to

make announcements and call worshippers to prayer. In the past the imam physically stood in these structures, calling people to prayers.

Today many mosques use a sound system, where the speakers are placed in the minaret.

Life reflected in a train ride TERESA FISCHER

TRAIN doors shut on a commuter’s shopping bags … trapping them momentarily until a fellow passenger opens the doors.

Just a moment sandwiched in the bustle of a train journey, but recorded on film, it becomes part of a “metaphor for the journey of life we travel daily”.

“Because life is a journey” is freelance journalist Munyaradzi Makoni’s observation on the voice over of his short documentary film, “Train tunes”.

A man with a weather-beaten face sits on a train platform and has a long drink from a cooldrink bottle.

“A theatre” is the succinct voice over.

Of commuters who read on the trains, Makoni remarks quietly: “The noise boosts their understanding.”

Makoni recently completed a two-week documentary filmmaking course at the University of Cape Town.

The course brought together five youths from Khayelitsha and three women from the Saartjie Baartman Centre in Athlone, a centre for abused women.

The course was taught by South African-born Paul Yule, a veteran filmmaker who has produced more than 31 documentary films on six continents, some of them award-winning.

Each person or team had to produce a four to five minute film, recording, editing and packaging it.

Makoni says the name of his film refers to the tune that always accompanies a train journey.

“The tune takes many forms.

It could be music from blind singers. It can be music blaring from cellphones that are tweaked to produce the loudest sound.

“It can also be a tune of people turning a train journey into a

business enterprise.”

Makoni says he chose the subject of the trains to awaken people to what happens daily with a lighter look.

And he adds that he loves the trains, in spite the overcrowding and the occasional delays.

He adds when you imagine how many have to use trains, you appreciate that they have to use them, whether they love it or not.

Makoni says the challenge was getting the best shot on a moving train and confining his observations to a film of four minutes and 21 seconds.

He adds he would love to do more of these fascinating stories in future if he had the means.

“Stories focusing on social lives are things that contribute to our humanness.

“A life that if we look closely is also political and economic,” he muses.

The film can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=6_L0sBYpW0A.

RECORDING LIFE: Freelance jour­ nalist Munyaradzi Makoni has completed a documentary film making course at UCT.

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Tuesday 1 March 2011

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Taming the Teenager because we don’t want to offend.

I bait my history class mercilessly, say outrageous things and spin conspiracy theories galore. I’m trying to get them to argue with me, to differ, to hold and express an opinion, a firm belief.

Of course there are teens who are completely unafraid of offending and seem to do so with gay abandon. For most, it’s more a case of undeveloped social skills, rather than a perverse enjoyment in being offensive.

I received a long letter from one of my teens protesting the school’s hair rules. Needless to say, I differed strongly with his opinions. My letter of response told him to stand for pupil leadership, despite the length of his hair. I respect his courage and commitment to put pen to paper; I want to work with him.

The timid teen can mature into an outstanding peace maker, diplomat, social worker or

GAVIN FISH

HOW sad that, try as we might, we simply cannot make everyone like us. We have to make peace with that at some or other stage of our lives – why not in our teen years?

I had an “Aha!” moment last week as I recalled the verse in Romans: “Remain at peace with all, in so far as it depends on you.” What a relief that it is only so far as it depends on me.

Too many teens do or say nothing of any real consequence out of fear of not being liked. That’s not diplomacy – it’s just wishy-washy. So we swear or don’t, depending on the company we are in. We allow our boy/girlfriend to become far more physical than we are comfortable with, so as not to rock the relationship boat.

Worst of all, we fail to say what in our heart of hearts we know to be true, and needs to be said,

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counsellor by simply learning to be assertive. They retain their natural caution and empathy, but bolster it with firm resolve and a growing sense of self.

The barbed-tongued teen can mature into a powerful spokesperson, politician, lawyer or social activist if they learn to be assertive rather than aggressive. They retain their natural courage and outspokenness, but mature into getting the time, place and tone of delivery right.

South Africa has a crying need for both types of teens. The true meeting point between timidity and offensiveness is being assertive. Who knows at what age we reach this point.

I believe it worth pursuing! . Gavin Fish is principal of Fish Hoek High School and writes Taming the Teenager columns to help parents and teenagers navigate through the interesting and often challenging teenage years.

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MEDIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Nabeweya Malick, of the Muslim Judicial Council, speaks at the Press Council of South Africa public hearings held at the Naspers building in Cape Town last Thursday. Seated next to her is Dr Johan Retief, Deputy Press Ombudsman. The countrywide review by the Press Council is intended to help improve the quality of journalism. People and organisations that wanted to give oral evi­ dence on ways in which the SA Press Code, the Press Ombudsman’s Complaints Procedures and the Constitution of the Press Council could be strengthened, were invited to make submissions at the hear­ ings.

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The non-profit organisation (NPO) is the City of Cape Town’s formal response to the, as yet, unexplained escalation in inshore shark activity which has increased exponentially in the Far South over the past 15 years.

Having been in the surfline on Noordhoek beach when a UKbased surfing friend suffered gashes to his lower leg during an encounter with an “over-inquisitive” shark, Sampson is a supporter of the Shark Spotters, who do a commendable job in trying to inform surfers and bathers using popular beaches about the presence of inshore sharks.

Sampson and fellow-funnyman Nik Rabinowitz will be appearing at the Fish Hoek High School in 13th Avenue on Friday 4 March at 19:00.

They will be joined by local talents Leo Latapie and Van Die Blokke in this one-night festival of fun, which was a sell-out last year. Tickets cost R100; book on 078 174 4244. All proceeds going to the NPO. The longboard surfing community had plenty of fun on the weekend with the opening of a new venue, Lagerchinos in Muizenberg on Saturday evening.

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The second of three trials to select the 2011 New Balance WP Longboard surfing team that will defend the inter-provincial title in Durban in May was held in small half to one metre waves at Long Beach, Kommetjie on Sunday. The last trial will be run at the end of March. See www.wplba.co.za for results and entry details.

The strong south-easter winds on the weekend led Western Province Surfing to postpone the third and final trial to select the 2011 WP Grommets teams that will compete in the 19th annual Grommets Games in Port Elizabeth on the Easter weekend. The final trial will now be held on Saturday 12 March.

This weekend sees the first of a series of trials for under-20 and open surfers to represent WP at the 2011 Billabong SA Surfing Championships to be held in the Eastern Cape in the middle of May. See www.wpsurfing.co.za for membership and entry details.

In conclusion, current world number two ranked surfer, Jordy Smith, started his campaign for the 2011 ASP world title with a spectacular performance in round one of the season-opening Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast in Australia on Saturday.

Smith, SA’s sole representative on the elite ASP World Tour this year, had such a great time hanging out in Cape Town this summer that he has bought a mansion in Llandudno, where he intends spending the bulk of his time between World Tour commitments.

So watch out for an unidentified flying object in the waves of the Far South from now on!

Hit the road at Lighthouse THE Atlantic Athletic Club will host its ninth Lighthouse 10km night race tomorrow, starting at 18:15.

Participants can enter on the day from 16:45 onwards on the lawns next to the Mouille Point Lighthouse tomorrow evening. The race starts at the lighthouse and will follow a 10km loop along the Sea Point promenade.

The route is fast and flat and perfect for athletes wanting to post a personal best or for those wanting a jog along the beach front.

Entry costs R30 for licensed runners, R45 for unlicensed runners, while the fees of juniors are R15 for licensed and unlicensed runners.

Medals will be awarded to the first 2 000 runners, while lucky draw prizes include a flat screen television.

Call Atlantic Athletic Club on (021) 6710525 for further details.

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Tuesday 1 March 2011

Scragged Stormers scrumhalf Ricky Januarie at­ tempts to get away from the Li­ ons’ loose for­ ward, Joshua Strauss, during the Stormers’ 19­16 win in a Super Rugby clash at New­ lands on Satur­ day. Photo: Peter Heeger. Gallo Images

CHAMPS: The Fish Hoek Bowling Club recently host­ ed its annual Blind Bowlers Day, with the two blind bowl­ ing associations in Cape Town taking on the club’s sighted bowlers. Blind bowl­ ers were guided by a direc­ tor, who is also sometimes a member of the team. The day ended on a delicious note, with a braai lunch sponsored by Fish Hoek Spar, which also provided cash prizes. Photographed at the prizegiving was the winning team, from left, Danny Parker, Grahame Ward (director), Martin van der Berg and Steve Colman.

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