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From hospital to homes SAMANTHA LEE @Samantha_Lee121

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ore than 3000 homes will be built in what is said to be a ground-breaking, revolutionary new housing model, developed by the Western Cape Government along with other stakeholders.

Last week Wednesday, Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille officially launched the Conradie Better Living Model Game Changer development on a 22-ha plot of land which once housed the Conradie Hospital.

“This marks a significant milestone in the provincial government’s efforts to redress the legacy of apartheid spatial planning, and to deliver well-located, affordable integrated

housing opportunities for citizens living in the province,” said Zille at the launch.

“As we break ground (today), with our partners the City of Cape Town and Concor Construction, we celebrate the realisation of the enormous effort and hard work of a dedicated project team over the past three years.

It has not been an easy road to get to this point, but the results will be worth it - the pioneering development of an affordable, mixed-use, residentially-led development close to the Cape Town CBD.” Western Cape minister for Human Settlements, Bonginkosi Madikizela said he was happy to celebrate the occasion and the culmination of years of hard work.

“We have come a long way to get to where

we are today,” he said.

“This ground breaking project we are starting here (today) was a long journey and it gives me great pleasure - as the minister of human settlements in the province - to be here at the Conradie site because we have been trying for years to break ground on this project.”

The project will cost an estimated R3bn , with 3602 residential units built.

“We have a housing backlog of more than 600 000 families, who are waiting for houses and we have a responsibility as a provincial government to make sure we use every space that is suitable for human settlements to deal with this backlog,” said Madikizela.

A complete community will be created on

the site.

“Of these [3602 residential sites], 1764 will be subsidised, affordable units. The remaining open market units will help to cross-subsidise the affordable units. The development will also include commercial space, parks and recreational spaces, as well as two new schools,” said Zille.

“The project will also catalyse upgrades to road infrastructure and public transport in the surrounding area and create over 4300 jobs during the operational phase and just over 9300 jobs during construction.”

The site was officially handed over to Concor Construction on Wednesday. Work on the units will start soon.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

FROM PAGE 1 “We believe the Conradie ‘Better Living Model’ serves as the unique blueprint for how partnerships between different spheres of government and the private sector can deliver well-located housing opportunities for citizens in the future,” said Zille.

“This is a model that we believe the national government should apply in District Six, the prime land on the slopes of Table Mountain over-looking the CBD, which still lies vacant after all these years.

In fact, if that property and its budget were transferred to us, we would get the job done for all those still waiting to return to District Six.” Zille said that should this model prove successful, it would be a revolutionary model that could yield around 100 000 units on national government-owned land in Culemborg, Ysterplaat, Wingfield, Youngsfield and Denel.

“The future holds much potential, and today we celebrate the important milestone that the flagship Conradie project has reached. The Western Cape Government looks forward to working closely with Concor Construction to deliver this development over the next few years,” said Zille.

“This is an enormous milestone because if this project succeeds it will herald a completely new way of doing things. We have a huge backlog and more and more people want to come and live in this province. Many of them are indigent and have nothing. They rely on the state for free basic services.”

She said there was no way they could provide everyone with a free house, however,this initiative would allow people who previously may not have been able to afford a home loan, and can contribute to the rates of a property, the opportunity to own a home in prime, well situated locations in the city.

Mayor Dan Plato said the City was happy to be part of the project.

“This project must be a success. The

City and the provincial government will work closely together to ensure this. This is one of the biggest flagship social housing development initiatives in the history of the City and province. We are pleased with the development and the partnership - that two spheres of government can work so closely together to make progress with regard to housing and social development initiatives. There are more to come and I look forward to working to make this a success,” said Plato.

Madikizela said the partnership between the City and provincial government would see many more projects, including the resuscitation of Salt River, among others. “We will use this project as a catalyst to those future projects. This government, in partnership with stakeholders, takes the plight of our people very seriously.”

Mayco member for human settlements, Malusi Booi, who previously worked in the premier’s office, said he was glad to see the development moving forward, recalling it was a game-changer on the cards at that time.

He acknowledged: “We are excited, but there is a lot of work to be done.”

Construction partner, Concor have been working on the project for the last eight months, says CEO Eric Wisse.

“It is a privilege for us to be a part of this project and we are excited. Our purpose is to deliver and enhance the communities that we operate in through the infrastructure that we build. There is no doubt that the Conradie Development project, satisfies that requirement,” said Wisse.

“We look forward to the project going forward. The game-changer project will forever contribute to the model of affordable housing in an integrated, sustainable and affordable way. It will provide families the opportunity to live, learn, work and play in a fully integrated development.”

He added that they hoped this project would become their flagship project and what they became known for.

A total of 22Ha of land will be rehabilitated and used to create the Conradie Better-Living development. Premier Helen Zille said she hoped this building – one of the last remaining buildings on the land – would be integrated into the overall development as a recreational space.

PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE

Steve on a chair in the principal’s office at Bosmandam High School.

Cat finally back home CARINA ROUX A family of Salt River is overjoyed to have their cat back home after he somehow made his way to a school in the northern suburbs.

Jade Geland says Steve, who will be six months old on Thursday (24 January), disappeared from her home on Friday 11 January.

“I have no idea how he disappeared, but I spoke to some of the vagrants in the area – they said sometimes cats get stolen and are sold in another area.”

Last week Monday, at the start of the first full school week an unusual new “learner” showed up in a classroom at Bosmansdam High School in Bothasig.

The young ginger and white cat was moved to the comfort of a chair in the principal’s office. “He was very tired,” says principal, Danie Human.

As the new learner did not come with a home address and a parent was nowhere to be found, Human decided to post on the Lost and Found Pets Bothasig/ Edgemead Facebook page.

Annette Hodgkinson, whose been keeping an eye on a few Lost and Found pages since her cat, Thomas, went missing more than a year ago, was quick to respond. “I called the school to go and have a look.” Sadly it was’nt Thomas, but Annette still volunteered to take the lethargic cat to her vet to have it checked out and to see whether it might have a microchip. No such luck. After a night at the vet (compliments of Annette) it was back to the school on Tuesday.

The school psychologist, Melissa Ridgway also returned to the school on Tuesday.

Melissa agreed to foster the cat and took him home. He was now named Jack.

Annette was back on Facebook late Tues-

day night. A post (by a colleague of Jade) made on the Cape Town Lost and Found Page about Steve’s disappearance led to Zaida Khan making a connection with Human’s post. “There was a whole sequence of events’’ which led to the owner, says Annette.

Melissa says after she heard about the Facebook notice she spoke to Jade on Wednesday. Melissa asked her husband,Tony, to bring Steve to the school so Jade could come to the school to fetch him.

Jade says after she posted on Facebook and asked a colleague involved with DARG (an animal rescue group) to assist, she received a WhatsApp from Zaida on Tuesday 15 January, with the photo from Human’s post, asking “Is this Steve?” Jade says she recognised a marking on his paw.

“Then we tried finding the person who posted it.” She then came in contact with the school.

“When I spoke over the phone to the foster (Melissa), she asked: “You sure it’s Steve?”

I said look under his chin, he has a ginger patch. She said, ‘yes, he does!’’

When they returned home on Wednesday, Steve was still a bit traumatised from the whole ordeal, but by Thursday night he was back to his own self, says Jade. Annette was very adamant that Steve should be microchipped and neutered, and Jade says this has been done now.

“Everyone has been so helpful, we are very happy to have him back,” she says.

Jade says she was told Steve was unusually tired. “The vet suspected he might have been drugged. I’ve also heard of cats being stolen to use as bait in dog fights.”

How Steve got to Bothasig only he will know, but luckily he found refuge at the ‘‘school that cares’’, as Human like to say.

Jade Geland being reunited with Steve and Melissa Ridgway, who fostered Steve.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

GREEN POINT

New medical interns welcomed P

rovincial health minister, Doctor Nomafrench Mbombo, welcomed the new intake of medical interns at New Somerset Hospital on Friday 11 January.

The junior doctors will be doing their two-year internship at public health facilities across the province.

New Somerset Hospital welcomed 25 new medical interns of a total of 333 interns who were allocated to the province for this year.

In addition to the new intakes, the hospital has 12 second-year interns, amounting to 36 medical interns in total.

Altogether, the Western Cape has about 500 medical interns across the service platform, inclusive of those who are in their second year of internship.

The purpose of internship is to provide wellrounded, patient-centred, team-based, practical work experience to these junior doctors. They develop the practical skills to go with the theoretical base they already have, under the supervision and mentorship of more senior and experienced teams.

“I would like to welcome these junior doctors into the health system in the Western Cape. The interns are from across the country and have been placed in our system to help them gain the necessary experience to be able to add value to the public health system.

“I want to encourage them to work hard, be 100% dedicated, and make use of every single teachable moment they will get while on this platform,” said Mbombo.

Doctor Beth Engelbrecht, head of health adds: “We encourage our new interns to grab this opportunity to learn as much as possible – also from the experienced nurses they work with; especially as they work with qualified midwives; intensive care, trauma nurses and paediatric nurses, and at clinics with clinical nurse practitioners. We hope that these new interns make the best of their learning opportunities and that they can get the very best out of the two years before becoming safe and caring, well-trained doctors.”

Western Cape minister of health, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, with new junior doctors at New Somerset Hospital.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

CITY FACILITIES

Cooling off in City pools SAMANTHA LEE @Samantha_Lee121

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housands of residents made use of the 19 municipal swimming pools to cool down over the festive season.

“The City of Cape Town’s public swimming pools attracted thousands of visitors over the school holidays who were eager to cool off and relax. We only opened 19 of the 35 facilities in our commitment to continue water-saving practices and they will remain open until the end of January. A few of our pools have their own water resources and this has bolstered our efforts to save our precious water supply,” said Mayco member for community services and health, Zahid Badroodien, in a statement.

The swimming pools remained open for longer on the more popular and hotter days of the festive season.

Badroodien commended the lifeguards for their dedication and commitment which ensured there were no fatal drownings at City pools.

There were, however, some incidents at the pools and lifeguards had their hands full with more than 300 help-outs and assisting in non-fatal drownings.

While pool lifeguards are there to ensure the safety of bathers, their tasks are made difficult when patrons do not play their part.

Several incidents at pools necessitated the intervention of Law Enforcement.

“There are still a few weeks left before pools close and I want to encourage residents to make use of the facilities responsibly. If you’re unsure of the rules, speak to our lifeguards and also inform them if you’re not confident in the water,” said Badroodien in the statement.

Bathers will still have the opportunity to enjoy the many facilities open until April.

“All indoor swimming pools, which include Long Street, Strand, Blue Downs, Retreat and the Sea Point Pavilion, will remain open throughout the year The other 14 pools will remain open until 21 April. However, from 1 February these pools will be open for use on weekends only,” Badroodien told People’s Post.

“During the April school holidays only, the following pools will be open every day.

These facilities are Atlantis, Kensington, Khayelitsha, Bellville South, Bonteheuwel, Vulindlela, Manenberg, Hanover Park, Goodwood, Eastridge, Muizenberg, Langa, Emthonjeni and Mnandi,” he said.

More than 1.5 million people use the City’s public swimming pools annually and, with water conservation still a priority, the City made provisions to use alternate water sources to keep the allocated pools filled.All operational swimming pools have been fitted with two 10 000F plastic tanks that are used to backwash and filter water that is circulated back into the swimming pool for re-use. By doing this, the City is saving a substantial amount of water that would have been lost.

Badroodien said a decision about which pools will be opened for the 2019/20 summer season will be made closer to the season.

Tips for staying safe at the pool: .Children under seven years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times .No alcohol or banned substances are allowed .No glass containers or weapons of any kind are allowed .No rough play, running, dunking or diving off shoulders is allowed .Don’t swim near or under the diving boards Should you get into trouble, try to stay calm and get to the edge of the pool to hold on. Don’t grab anyone else as you may pull them down with you. Raise your hand and wave to get attention.If someone else is in trouble, don’t get in if the water is too deep for you to stand. Immediately alert a lifeguard to the situation.

PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

GREEN POINT

New medical interns welcomed P

rovincial health minister, Doctor Nomafrench Mbombo, welcomed the new intake of medical interns at New Somerset Hospital on Friday 11 January.

The junior doctors will be doing their twoyear internship at public health facilities across the province.

New Somerset Hospital welcomed 25 new medical interns of a total of 333 interns who were allocated to the province for this year.

In addition to the new intakes, the hospital has 12 second-year interns, amounting to 36

medical interns in total.

Altogether, the Western Cape has about 500 medical interns across the service platform, inclusive of those who are in their second year of internship.

The purpose of internship is to provide well-rounded, patient-centred, team-based, practical work experience to these junior doctors. They develop the practical skills to go with the theoretical base they already have, under the supervision and mentorship of more senior and experienced teams.

“I would like to welcome these junior doctors into the health system in the Western Cape. The interns are from across the country and have been placed in our system to help them gain the necessary experience to be able to add value to the public health system.

“I want to encourage them to work hard, be 100% dedicated, and make use of every single teachable moment they will get while on this platform,” said Mbombo.

Doctor Beth Engelbrecht, head of health

adds: “We encourage our new interns to grab this opportunity to learn as much as possible – also from the experienced nurses they work with; especially as they work with qualified midwives; intensive care, trauma nurses and paediatric nurses, and at clinics with clinical nurse practitioners. We hope that these new interns make the best of their learning opportunities and that they can get the very best out of the two years before becoming safe and caring, well-trained doctors.”

Western Cape minister of health, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, with new junior doctors at New Somerset Hospital.

Heeding the call to action SAMANTHA LEE @Samantha_Lee121 As part of improving council services, mayor Dan Plato took his listening tour to the City’s call centre last Wednesday.

Plato visited the City of Cape Town’s call centre and spoke to residents about some of their concerns.

The call centre receives an average of 2.5 million contacts per year, and the majority of the calls received are answered in under two minutes.

“Staff members of the City of Cape Town are [the ones] manning the call centre and it is important for me to see how they operate and how they deal with the public. I also wanted to answer some calls after the [residents] had explained their issue to the call centre agent. I wanted to know if they were happy with the service they received.

There was a lot of happiness. Although there are one or two limitations, they were overall fairly happy with the service,” Plato told People’s Post.

“For me the big issue was the turnaround time from when a call was received and how soon council responds to the problem or complaint. This is what we need to look at, but I am happy. I did, however, say in some instances the response time is the issue. It is not always prompt but we will watch that.”

Plato says the call centre deals with complex issues.“I was very happy to see how friendly and professional our staff are.

Some of the problems they deal with are difficult, but they always act in a professional manner and this shows with customer satisfaction ratings. The customer feedback survey indicates that customers are generally satisfied with service that they receive from the call centre and our team is committed to maintaining the highest level of customer service,” he said in a statement.

“I have asked the call centre management for a report on the nature of the calls so that we can look at how best to streamline our responses to service requests and

Mayor Dan Plato attending to calls. ensure we deal with some of these challenges before they become a problem for our residents.”

Plato conducted the exercise to ensure the agents dealt with complaints to the best of their ability.He added that they have also begun dealing with his most pressing concern – the turnaround time of delivery.

“We have spoken with the directors responsible so that we can look at improving the response time. With the residents I spoke to, it is important for me that they are comfortable with the service. I will definitely, from time to time, visit the call centre because they are the interface between the community and the City. Residents complain to them (agents) about issues and you really must have a touch of how best to deal with the community. The agents

need to know how best to deal with a complaint. If they (residents) become difficult, they (call centre) must remain calm and professional – that is important. What is significant to me is the community-centred touch,” said Plato.

Around 200 permanent staff are stationed at the City’s call centre, with additional temporary staff brought in as the need arises.

Services are offered in English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans – the three main languages spoken in the Western Cape.

Residents and visitors to Cape Town can report a problem or make an enquiry related to account queries, valuations, creditors’ accounts payable, water and waste services, motor vehicle registration, traffic fines as well as general enquiries and ser-

vice requests.

The City’s contact details are as follows: . Emergencies: call 107 from a landline or 021 480 7700 from a cellphone. . Service requests and general enquiries: call 0860 103 089 or email accounts@capetown.gov.za . Water and sewer faults: call 0860 103 089, WhatsApp 063 407 3699, email water@capetown.gov.za or SMS 31373 . Electricity service faults: call 0860 103 089, email power@capetown.gov.za or SMS 31220 . Public transport and MyCiTi: call 0800 65 64 63 FreeCall lines for direct access to the call centre are available at 187 City venues, including libraries, clinics, housing and cash offices.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

EDUCATION

‘Everyone should help protect schools’ S

chool burglary and vandalism is a not a fight we can tackle alone, says provincial minister of education Debbie Schäfer.

Despite increased security measures at schools across the province during the December holiday period, Schäfer says perpetrators continue to target schools.

A total of 27 burglary incidents and vandalism were reported by various schools across the province over the December holiday period.

During the same period last year, 33 incidents were reported.“None of the incidents are classified as major, but some incidents are costing the department over R50 000,” she says. She adds that an incident is classified as minor if the estimated cost of repairs is below R100 000 and the school’s ability to function is not impacted in any way.

“At a Cape Winelands school, perpetrators stole 9metres of fencing,” she says. “How are we supposed to protect our learners from outside elements when school fences are being carried away bit by bit? I am especially calling on communities to report any suspi-

cious behaviour around our schools – it is impossible that the perpetrators can remove 9m of fencing without being seen.”

She went on to say that at a Metro Central school, perpetrators targeted a feeding scheme kitchen They stole over 100kg of food including rice, maize meal, beans and soya.

“They also stole copper taps and storage containers. It is simply deplorable to steal food out of the mouths of our learners. It is also completely irresponsible to damage water infrastructure, given the drought we have been through over the last few years,” she says.

In another incident in the Metro Central school, perpetrators gained access via the roof, damaging the roof and the ceiling.

“The perpetrators ripped out wiring, damaging the school intercom system, and stole ICT equipment from the admin block,” says Schäfer.

She added that reported “minor” incidents included theft of copper pipes, electrical cabling, computer equipment and school stationery.

Set new record through reading With World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) being celebrated on Friday 1 February, Nal’ibali is calling on South Africans to join in the festivities.

Nal’ibali, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which focuses on reading for enjoyment, is hoping to reach a staggering 1.5 million children on the day.

This is about 500 000 more than last year’s target.

WRAD seeks to draw attention to the importance of reading aloud to children in their mother tongue.

Every year, thousands of South Africans join in the celebration, for their children, their language and their future.

This year Nal’ibali is asking those who are already readers to not only read the story commissioned for WRAD 2019 with their children on the day, but to reach out to their networks and encourage others to do the same and be part of South Africa’s literacy solution. ­The NGO says there is huge potential to turn the country’s “literacy crisis” around so that reading becomes a powerful tool to tackle inequality and poverty.

“While education may be the most powerful weapon, reading aloud and storytelling are integral building blocks in learning,” reads a statement from the NGO.

New story in all languages This is why Jade Jacobsohn, Nali’bali’s managing director, says: “Every year we commission a brand-new story and translate it into all 11 official SA languages.

Then we encourage adults and caregivers across the country to join us in reading it aloud to children on WRAD”.

This year’s story Where Are You? was written by Ann Walton, a well known South African author and illustrator of children’s books.

The story can be downloaded from the Nal’ibali website.

“We’d like to encourage South Africans to register that they will be reading aloud and to share pictures of their reading sessions online,” says Jacobsohn.

Why read aloud?

She adds that most of the teaching that happens in a child’s early years is oral, and being able to recognise and understand a wide pool of words better equips them to learn and succeed in the classroom.

“The reading of a story out loud not only shows children the value of books but starts discussions, builds bonds between the reader and the audience and moti-

vates children to learn to read and enjoy books beyond their current reading ability,” says Jacobsohn.

“Last year, with the help of our network partners and the public, we managed to read to over a million children.

In 2019, our aim is to beat that record and reach 1.5 million!”

In order to monitor the success of WRAD, Nal’ibali asks that all participants log their reading activities on its website: https://nalibali.org/WRAD2019.

Apart from promoting the Where Are You? story on digital and social media platforms, Nal’ibali’s network of partners – the schools project Story Powered Schools, literacy mentors and FUNda Leader volunteers – will be reading the story aloud at reading clubs and community centres across the country.

With the support of the Department of Basic of Education, thousands of school children and teachers will be joining the celebration too.

A special event will be held on the morning of 1 February, at Sandton Library, Johannesburg, with 200 children from Soweto and Alexandra.

The event will be attended by this year’s campaign ambassador, children’s author and social activist Lebohang Masango, and is supported by the Department of Education and its Read to Lead campaign.

Masango will give a special multilingual reading of Where Are You? and engage the attending children and adults about the importance of reading aloud.

She says: ‘Reading to your children is important because the benefits will follow them for their entire life.

“Not only is it great for bonding but you are also expanding their vocabulary, their knowledge, their imaginations, their ability to focus and confidently articulate their ideas out loud.

Reading is truly the gift that keeps on giving!’

A copy of her own book, Mpumi’s Magic Beads, will be given to each child to further encourage them to keep reading.

Community walk A Nal’ibali mascot and volunteers are scheduled to take to the streets in various communities to promote WRAD while handing out story cards.

If you would like to join the Nal’ibali’s World Read Aloud Day, visit www.nalibali.org or www.nalibali.mobi to download the official story in any of the languages.

“In some incidents, perpetrators targeted schools simply to destroy property and left without stealing anything. This blatant destruction is unacceptable,” says Schäfer.

Damage to classrooms, school halls and computer labs included theft of and damage to light fittings, windows and sporting equipment.

“The estimated cost of damages thus far has come in at around R400 000 with only three quarters of the estimates having been calculated. It is devastating that people are prepared to do this to schools when we know the desperate needs in education and the inadequacy of our budget to cope with them.

We should be using these funds to build new schools, improve existing schools, appoint additional teachers and generally improve opportunities for children. School vandalism not only comes at a cost to the Education Department but to the learners and the community too.

Schäfer says while they can and do try to safeguard schools with additional security measures, they cannot win the fight against

school burglary and vandalism without community support as schools, given their extensive physical infrastructure, are very difficult areas to secure.

“A school is a community asset. Tackling the scourge of burglary and vandalism at Western Cape schools is not a fight that we can tackle alone. Everyone should help protect schools as it is fundamental to the future of our children. Our Safe Schools Directorate is very active in mobilising communities to look after schools, in conjunction with the police and community-based organisations.

The cooperation of the community and the police is essential in order to combat vandalism and to create a safe school environment that promotes teaching and learning.

“I am urging community members to please be extra vigilant throughout the year and to immediately report any suspicious behaviour or activities that occur within the vicinity of their schools. I would also like to thank the many communities who have taken this seriously and helped us to protect our schools,” she said.

Company name change Please be advised that effective from Tuesday 1 January, the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service (WPBTS) has changed its name to Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS).They are requesting all the blood donors to kindly update their records to reflect their new company name in all future business correspondence. They would also like to advise donors that all invoices would now be issued using the new company name. All other details and structures of the company, as

well as current contracts and other agreements, remain unchanged. The new company name is already reflecting externally.

However, it is anticipated that it would take three to six months to consistently apply the new name on all vehicles, buildings, signage and other things.

For any questions or concerns donors are advised to contact their regular contact person regarding the organisation’s name change.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

EDUCATION

Marine sciences start at pilot schools T

he Two Oceans Aquarium, in partnership with Gansbaai Academy, Simon’s Town High and South Peninsula High, launched Marine Sciences as a new pilot subject.

The three schools have been selected as “Marine Sciences node schools” and will offer the new subject to Grade 10 learners.

The learners will be the pilot group and successful candidates will be awarded a Two Oceans Aquarium Grade 12 Marine Sciences certificate when matriculating.

The pilot will guide teachers to introduce the subject as an official matric subject for Grade 10 learners in 2020.

For Russell Stevens, head of education at the Two Oceans Aquarium, this is a significant milestone in the work towards the development of the subject, which will be implemented in schools across the country from 2020.

“This project is gaining momentum and the process has put the Two Oceans Aquarium on the map for the most senior officials in the country.

“Our team has worked very hard at developing partnerships with the Department of Basic Education and in the provincial education departments (WCED; Eastern Cape; KZN and the Gauteng Education Department).

“All are now familiar with our programmes and the significance of our offering in the South African education land-

scape. Support from senior officials in the departments of education has shown recognition for the contribution made by the Two Oceans Aquarium staff in the partnering with South Africa’s formal education sector,” he says.

The Two Oceans Aquarium has a very active and respected education department that sees approximately 70 000 learners visit the aquarium each year to be introduced to the wonders of the marine ecosystems.

In addition, 30 000 children are exposed to the aquarium’s two outreach programmes.

Additionally, since 2005, the Two Oceans Aquarium’s Environmental Education Centre has offered enrichment courses for learners from Grade 6 through to Grade 12.

These courses, usually presented over weekends or during school holidays and through various sponsorships, are offered free of charge for the learners.

It is from these highly acclaimed and everpopular courses that the aquarium’s education team was approached by the Department of Education to develop the Marine Sciences curriculum for schools.

The Marine Sciences curriculum has been conceived to cover the following five sub-disciplines: . Marine Geography and Geology: this section deals with the structure and origins of coastlines, the seafloor and sediments, and how these change over time. . Marine Chemistry: the chemical compo-

New way to report stolen wheelie bins Police would like to inform all members of the community that the reporting process for a stolen or lost wheelie (municipal) bin has changed.

Previously, a member of the public would have had to open a case docket at the local police station for the theft of their wheelie bin, utilising the case number as a reference.

The City of Cape Town has now agreed

that a sworn affidavit and not a case docket will suffice in requesting the replacement of your wheelie bin.

Please ensure that he following is included in your affidavit: .Municipal account number (usually found on your utility or rates bill) .The facts/circumstances of the disappearance of the bin (date, time, place where bin was last seen).

Kids take up reading More than 1000 children took part in the brarians was that 22% of the children beCity’s five-week Summer Reading Road came members of the library so they could Trip, a reading campaign filled with lots of join the Summer Reading Road Trip, and 28 adventure. % of these children became regular visitors The holiday programme is aimed at chil- during the December holidays.” dren under 12 years and is run across the He also said that parents welcomed the iniCity’s libraries. It features a lot of reading, tiative because it kept their children busy word games and puzzles. During the cam- with constructive activities during the holipaign each child received a “passport” day period. He hopes that they young ones which they had to complete by taking part will see the benefits of reading for fun. in various age-appropriate activities.

“Reading is the gateway to learning and The passports were designed to allow chil- it can be fun and exciting,” he added. dren to continue the programme at home.

The City’s Library and Information Ser“The children were also challenged to write vice has indicated that it will consider runa recommendation of their favourite books ning other similar reading programmes and and share it with their library friends,” the Badroodien suggested ways children can get City of Cape Town’s Mayco member for com- into reading. munity services and health, Councillor Za“I want to encourage our young readers to hid Badroodien, said. join book clubs and reading programmes at A total of 453 of the 1143 registered chil- their nearest libraries. Reading opens up a dren completed their passport during the whole new world. You can visit exotic places campaign. And those who still need to com- and learn about different cultures; you can plete the passports have until the end of Jan- improve skills and hone talents; and at the uary to return their completed passports. same time you gain knowledge about subBadroodien added that some libraries jects that may have seemed foreign before,” took to the streets to promote the pro- Badroodien concluded. gramme, visiting local swimming pools and malls.

He said the programme was welcomed with enthusiasm and children from the communities were eager to jump into the activities.

“The campaign achieved its goal of encouraging reading and cementing the idea that it can be fun to read and learn during the holidays. The most noticeable im- Young readers Julbert Masimago and Carl Davies participate in a pact observed by li- library activity session at Woodstock Library.

sition and properties of seawater, and the effects of pollutants on ocean life. . Marine Physics: waves, tides and currents, as well as the ways in which the ocean acts as a driver of weather and climate. . Marine Biology: marine life and includes ecology, fundamental biology, classification, evolutionary processes, and the adaptation of marine organisms to their environments. . Humans and the Ocean: this section highlights how humans use the ocean for food, travel and recreation, and how renewable and non-renewable resources are harvested. This section also considers the importance of research in understanding the ocean and the effects that human activities and practices have on the ocean and larger global patterns (e.g. climate change, ocean acidification). The issue of sustainability is foregrounded in the teaching of the entire subject.

The Marine Sciences pilot subject kicked off at the node schools at the start of the current academic year as part of the Grade 10 curriculum.

It would be offered as an “after-school” eighth subject, over two afternoons per week – as determined by the school.

The subject will also be available to interested Grade 10 learners from neighbouring schools and nearby areas.

A minimal cost for students will apply and will be payable to the node school’s govern-

ing body.

Node schools are currently inviting prospective Grade 10 learners who wish to take Marine Sciences from 2019, to apply.

Each application will be considered in conjunction with the Two Oceans Aquarium.

Applicants need to submit the following to the Marine Sciences coordinating teacher at each of the node schools: . Letter of motivation from the learner as to why he/she is interested in studying Marine Sciences . A supporting letter from their Geography/Natural sciences teacher or their grade head, recommending the learner and approving the application . A certified copy of their Grade 9 June report . A letter from their parent/guardian supporting the application, undertaking to arrange transport and to agree with payment of the after-school Marine Sciences fees.

The following criteria will apply: . A maximum of 40 suitable candidates per node will be selected . Candidates must be taking Grade 10 Maths and Physical Sciences . Have reliable transport to ensure attendance of the programme. . If Marine Sciences will be the learner’s eighth subject, it must not interfere with any of their other subjects

New look for deck SAMANTHA LEE @Samantha_Lee121

the Grand Parade opposite the Cape Town City Hall in Darling Street.

“The station deck taxi rank dates back to 1996 when the roofscape of the Cape Town station was used as a minibus taxi rank for the first time. It’s one of the city’s busiest transport facilities and thousands of commuters from suburbs from all over Cape Town disembark or fetch minibus taxis from this rank. Given the traffic and the number of commuters this rank accommodates every day, it has reached a point where we must undertake urgent repair and refurbishment work. The City’s Transport Directorate will now invest approximately R2million to improve the facilities at the station deck,” says Purchase in a statement.

Maintenance teams will paint the buildings and road markings, repair the lighting, repair potholes and cracks in the road surface and sidewalks, and restore the destination boards to assist commuters in finding the correct departure lanes to their destinations.The minibus taxi associations were informed of the temporary arrangement in December 2018, and leaflets have been distributed to commuters and other users at the station deck.Temporary lanes for the various routes have been demarcated at the Grand Parade to indicate where commuters must embark and disembark. These include lanes for routes to Langa, Gugulethu, Samora Machel, Nyanga, Lower Philippi, Hanover Park, Kensington, Mitchell’s Plain, Delft, Khayelitsha, Mfuleni, Milnerton, Dunoon, Manenberg, Bonteheuwel, Heideveld, Bridgetown, Mowbray and Wynberg, as well as bays for those taxis serving Atlantis, Silversands, Sea Point, Hout Bay, and Bellville.

“The station deck facility is used by hundreds of thousands of commuters each year, and the current project is part of the general maintenance programme for public transport facilities,” says Purchase.

V Commuters can call the Transport Information Centre on 0800 65 64 63 for more information

U

pgrades to the station deck minibus taxi facility in the Cape Town central business district (CBD) are currently underway and are set to be completed by March.

“The construction work is anticipated to take four to six weeks to complete. In certain instances, the contractor is working after hours to ensure that the work is completed as expediently as possible. Pedestrians and commuters traversing the construction site will be accommodated along the existing walkways and thoroughfares. Vehicular access to the station deck will be restricted with booms being erected off Oswald Pirow Street. Temporary signage will be erected guiding the public to the long-distance facility, which may be relocated during the refurbishment work,” says Mayco member for transport, Felicity Purchase.

Work on the refurbishment project started on Wednesday last week. This follows repair work done in 2015. “The maintenance intervals are approximately three years apart,” says Purchase.

“The station deck has been used as a minibus taxi rank since the mid 1990s. The work that is being undertaken is a maintenance project and not an upgrade project. The station deck was closed for a time in 2015 because the City’s maintenance teams did general maintenance which included road resurfacing to take care of the potholes in the road surface and pedestrian sidewalks. The team also repainted the road markings, repaired the lighting and conducted maintenance on all of the signage and destination boards to assist commuters in finding the correct departure lanes to their destinations.”

While the taxi rank will be closed and diverted, the long-distance taxis will still make use of the station deck. Taxis serving local destinations are now operating from

Story of Mosaic in book Womandla! Women Power! The “Herstory” of Mosaic by Rolene Miller will be launched at the Jacob Gitlin Library on Wednesday 30 January at 17:30 for 18:00.

Miller established the Mosaic NGO 25 years ago in response to high levels of violence against women, in particular domestic violence.

This is the story of a ground-breaking or-

ganisation and its founder, committed to empowering survivors and creating a society free of abuse. Miller has received numerous awards and nominations for her incredible work in the fields of gender-based violence and domestic abuse. Entry is free but attendees are urged to RSVP to 021 462 5088 or admin@gitlinlibrary.co.za.

The book will be on sale for R230.00

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

THEATRE

Follow boys through their journey T

he 2018 Standard Bank Ovation Awardwinning play, Sainthood, which interrogates all-boys’ school culture, comes to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio from Wednesday 6 to Saturday 23 February at 19:30, with Saturday matinees at 15:00.

Moulded out of pure curiosity on the part of the writer and director who began writing the play after listening to the stories of some of her male friends – former “Saints” boys (all boys school).

As a former “Saints” girl herself, she had a perfectly good idea of what she was dealing with, and while some of the experiences were delightful, others were completely terrifying. This dichotomy gave rise to the birth of this essential and vibrant work.

Tiisetso Mashifane, playwright, says: “Adolescence is such an important developmental stage in one’s life and we spend most of it at school and more often than not, we brush it off as something fleeting, when it can be so defining to one’s early adult character. I have watched countless representations of popular high school culture and most of them are usually quite whimsical and animated in nature. I wanted to revert the trope as a ‘survival of the fittest’ representation of South African private school culture that shows that it is not as glamorous as it is so often portrayed.”

She has assembled a hugely talented, allmale cast comprising recent UCT graduates Adam Lennox, Tevin Musara, Cullum

McCormack, Mphumzi Nontshinga and Simphiwe Shabalala.

Sainthood follows five fictional matric boys in a fictional private school through a non-fictional narrative created from stories from books, newspaper articles and anonymous interviews with “Saints” boys that cover a range of topics from sexuality to racism.

The play is a minimalist and intense theatre experience that uses elements of physical theatre and chorus work through an escalating episodic structure that is led through a turbulent seesaw between masculinity and femininity that the characters either embrace or beat to death.

St Gabriel’s, one of South Africa’s most elite private schools, prides itself on a stellar reputation in moulding men of stature, who will hopefully have a positive impact on South African society. The school goes above and beyond to make sure that its learners have the best teachers, coaches, equipment and school pride. Anything that threatens this sanctity is rectified with immediate effect and anyone who affronts the system is dealt with swiftly in accordance with the traditions and rules of the school.

With the more recent outcries caused by incidents at unisex schools such as the Pretoria Girls’ High hair policy saga of 2016, the St John’s College racist educator incident of 2017 and the Parktown Boys’ sexual assault tragedy of 2018, Sainthood is not saying any-

Band to rock the Cape Few heavy metal bands have stood the test of time quite like the old-school rockers Judas Priest, during their music career that has lasted for 40 years, and on Wednesday 20 March, these music legends will be rocking the Grand Arena, GrandWest.

Formed in the early 1970s in Birmingham, England, Judas Priest was one of the first metal bands to wear leather and studs – a look that has been embraced by metalheads around the world.

Judas Priest won a Grammy Award in 2010 for Best Metal Performance.

They were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and in March this

year released their latest album, Firepower, which has done better on the charts than any of their previous albums. The band has been selling out stadiums on their world tour, Firepower.

“Tickets for this show would make wonderful gifts for any friends and family who love heavy rock and heavy metal,” says Elouise Matthys, the PR and promotions manager at GrandWest. “These guys are such rock legends, we are very excited to have them at GrandWest.”

Tickets are available from Computicket, starting at R575 each. Doors open at 20:00 and the show starts at 21:00.

Judas Priest will perform in Cape Town in March.

thing new, it’s just saying something that has been kept quiet for far too long.

Mashifane not only writes and directs, she is also a choreographer and performer. With a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Political Science, Philosophy and Drama from Rhodes University and a Bachelor of the Arts (Honours) in Directing for Stage, Writing for Film and Avant-Garde Film from the University of Cape Town, she attempts to make provocative work that deals with themes of violence, sexuality, race and history within a contemporary South African setting.

Sainthood previews at the Baxter Golden

Arrow Studio on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 February, opens on Friday 8 February and runs until Saturday 23 February. There are matinee performances on Thursday 14 and Thursday 21 February at 11:00 and on Saturdays 9, 16 and 23 February at 15:00. There is an age restriction of 16 years.

Ticket prices range from R50 (scholars/ students/seniors and matinee block-bookings of 10 or more) to R70 (block-bookings of 10 or more for evening performances) to R100. Booking is now open at Webtickets on 086 111 0005, online at www.webtickets.co.za or at selected Pick n Pay stores.

The actors on stage.

See Rita being educated Educating Rita is an iconic Willy Russell play, set in Liverpool, England in 1980, which follows the relationship between hairdresser Rita and Frank, a middle-aged university lecturer, over the course of a year.

Dissatisfied with life, Rita seeks inner growth by signing up for a course in English Literature with Frank, a middleaged, alcoholic academic. The two have an immediate and profound effect on each other: Frank is impressed by Rita’s earnestness and is forced to reexamine his attitudes and position in life, while Rita finds that Frank’s tutelage opens doors to a Bohemian lifestyle and a new self-confidence.

However, Frank’s bitterness and cynicism return as he notices Rita beginning to adopt the pretensions of the university culture he despises, while she realises that her new social niche is rife with the same dishonesty and superficiality she had previously sought to escape.

Frank is played by Nick Plummer, who was last seen on the Artscape stage as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady, a role that won him the Cata Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

The talented Jaime Uranovsky, who was nominated last year for both Best Ac-

tress in a Play and Best Actress in a Musical, plays the feisty Rita.

This timeless British comedy is directed by Lynn Moss for the Claremont Dramatic Society and runs at the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg from Friday 8 to Saturday 23 February, weekday evenings at 20:00 and Saturdays at 14:30 and 18:30.

VBookings at Computicket or bookings@masquetheatre.co.za, or call 021 788 1898.

Play back to thrill audiences Five very different bridesmaids find themselves hiding together in an upstairs bedroom, hoping to escape the wedding reception of a bride that, they soon realise, none of them actually like.

This is the underlying plot of Alan Ball’s Five Women Wearing the Same Dress now on at Alexander Upstairs.

There’s Meredith, the rebellious little sister of the bride; Frances, the very religious cousin; Mindy, the groom’s blunt and clumsy sister; Georgeanne, an old friend with problems of her own; and Trisha, a jaded beauty with doubts about men.

In this crowded room above the wedding

venue, these five identically dressed women talk, argue, cry and laugh together. After a successful run at the Galloway Theatre, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is back to thrill audiences. This hilarious show will have you laughing and crying!

The play was written and set in the early 1990s and is a wonderfully witty and sensitive look at the issues and struggles of young women.

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress will continue until Saturday 26 January at 20:00 nightly. Tickets range from R90 to R130. Visit www.alexanderbar.co.za or call 021 300 1652.

Five Women Wearing The Same Dress is now on at Alexander Bar.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

PROPERTY

Tough, but good year ahead D

ue to the uncertainty pertaining to land reform policies, 2018 was not a great year for the property market.

However, there are those that think the worst is over and that once we have put the elections behind us we will start to see things improving, for both the property market and the economy at large.

With the country having just emerged from a technical recession, after the gross domestic product contracted for the second quarter in a row, indicators suggest another tough year ahead of us, says Paul Stevens, CEO of Just Property.

“The country’s rapidly increasing cost of living, predominantly a result of the increasing cost of fuel, has put severe pressure on consumer spending. Inflation is expected to be higher in 2019 and the possibility of interest rates increasing looms large.

Both homeowners and tenants are going to be increasingly stretched to meet their monthly home loan or rental commitments.”

Despite this, there have been forecasts predicting a higher growth in 2019 than we’ve had last year.

“We are in a buyer’s market and this will continue through most of 2019,” Stevens

predicts. “Those who qualify for finance or who are able to buy for cash will be in a good position to take advantage of the current conditions. Most of the property sales activity in the past year has been in the R300 000 to R1 500 000 range. During the course of the coming year, I expect this to continue. Government is focused on developing our economy, at least in part through the development of entrepreneurs. If successful, we should see an increasing number of people able to enter the lower end of the property market.”

Lightstone’s Residential Property indices (October 2018) indicate that the average house price increase for the 2018 period, across South Africa, has been 3.77%, with the Western Cape performing best at a 9.9% increase and the Northern Cape showing the least growth with only 1.1%.

Stevens estimates that “this low growth rate will continue and in particular, I think we will see more normalisation, with the Western Cape possibly showing a lower growth rate in the coming year, despite the relief from the drought.

“From a rental perspective, I see our current conditions with high vacancies and low escalations across most of the country,

fuelled by lower-than-normal demand, continue into 2019. Historically, we have seen rental demands increase during tough economic times. But this is not happening now. Our data partners, TPN, report that average tenancy periods have increased to 18 months and the average age of tenants is now 32 (up from 24 in 2008).

“Their data shows that fewer people are entering the rental market and the majority of those that are, rent for less than R7000 per month. The short-to-medium-term opportunities for property investors and landlords therefore lies in properties that allow for multi-generational living and in properties that can be rented for R3500 to R7000 per month.”

Exacerbating things on the rental front is the increasing delinquency rates of tenants who are applying for tenancies. Along with this comes decreasing rental recovery rates.

Stevens advises that for the upcoming year “landlords should screen and manage their tenants more carefully than ever.

Good property management agents (for example, those with access to tenant payment behaviours and cost-effective rent guarantees) have an opportunity to add value to

landlords. Managing risk and correctly pricing properties will be of the utmost importance.”

Economics aside, 2019 will bring continued change to the way buyers and sellers, and tenants and landlords, are able to transact, says Stevens. Technology is being harnessed and the real estate industry is changing for the better. Long-held, traditional ways of doing business that frustrate clients are being challenged. This is bad news for those who are unwilling to embrace change and good news for the endconsumers, says Stevens.

“Property transactions are going to be managed more efficiently and with greater transparency than ever,” he insists.

“They will be easier and less expensive.

I don’t believe that systems and technology will replace real estate professionals; the circumstances around property transactions are too diverse, convoluted and unpredictable. I do however believe that we have an opportunity to augment the skills of our real estate professionals through the use of technologies, thereby delivering a far better level of service to our clients.

This prospect is what I most look forward to in 2019.”

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The completion of four murals in Athlone signals the halfway mark in the pilot mural project first initiated in Leonsdale by the City of Cape Town’s Arts and Culture branch.

Professional artists from around the city and aspiring artists from Athlone took part in the project which will expand to other areas. The project consists of the painting of four ground-to-roof wall murals at the Cityowned flats in Kannabast and Strandroos closes in Kewtown.

“With these murals the City hopes to demonstrate the ways in which art can contribute towards transformation in vulnerable communities; establish a positive and stronger neighbourhood identity, and make art more accessible to everyone and thereby improve our public facilities and spaces,” says City of Cape Town mayor Dan Plato.

He adds that street art can bring growth and value to a community, as seen around the world.

“I would like to see some international street artists visit Cape Town in the near future so that we can draw the attention of tourists, and then share with them the many beautiful public murals that our local artists have done in our city,” adds Plato.

Artists who lent their creative flair to the project are Eugene Bezuidenhout from Wynberg, visual artists Roscoe Masters and Grant Jurius from Diep River and Elsies

River respectively, and part-time art teach- including consultation and collaboration, er at the Zonnebloem Children’s Arts Cen- as well as promoting skills transfer and detre, Gary Frier from Kuils River. velopment for community-based artists and Local emerging artists who took part in emerging artists in communities,” adds the project are Lance Coetzee, Royden Croy, Badroodien.

Landen Davids, Matthew de Lange, Julian The large-scale mural project at public Wagner and Kyle Murphy. housing facilities will be rolled out in all Mayco member for community services four areas of the city during the next finanand health, Zahid Badroodien, says public cial year. art has become “an important focus and brings cultural, social and economic value to neighbourhoods.

“It reflects our society and can enrich communities. As a creative City, we are committed to enabling all forms of public art as well as nurturing and promoting local artists.”

The greater Athlone area is rich in culture and history and the four themes aim to reflect this.

These four themes pay tribute to the antiapartheid struggle and depict the faces of icons; the various sporting traditions of the area; a celebration of the local cuisine; and the arts and culture history of the area, especially in terms of music and theatre.

“Mural projects can play an important role in the city because they assist in transforming spaces and communities and make a contribution to social and economic development. We will prioritise storytelling through murals by commissioning local One of the walls adorned with a mural on artists; involving community participation Kannabast Close.

Have your say on new credit bill The provincial Parliament’s Standing Committee on Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture invites the public to submit written comments on the National Credit Amendment Bill [B 30–2018] (NCOP).

The National Credit Amendment Bill seeks: . to amend the National Credit Act, 2005, so as to provide for debt intervention; . to include the evaluation and referral of debt intervention applications as a function of the National Credit Regulator and to provide for the creation of capacity within the National Credit Regulator and logistical arrangements to execute this function; . to include the consideration of a referral as a function of the tribunal; . to provide for the recording of information related to debt intervention; . to require a debt counsellor to investigate whether an agreement is reckless; . to provide for a court to enquire into and either refer a matter for debt intervention or make an order related to debt inter-

vention; . to provide for a magistrate’s court and the tribunal to determine the maximum interest, fees or other charges when rearranging debt and for guidance to be prescribed in this regard; . to provide for an application for debt intervention and the evaluation thereof; . to provide for the tribunal to rearrange a consumer’s obligations and make an order in respect of an unlawful credit agreement; . to provide for orders related to debt intervention and rehabilitation in respect of such an order; . to provide for mandatory credit life insurance to be prescribed; . to provide for offences related to debt intervention, prohibited credit practices, and selling or collecting of prescribed debt, and related to failure to register as required by the Act; . to provide for measures when an offence is committed by a person other than a natural person; .to require the Minister to make regula-

tions related to a financial literacy programme; . to require the Minister to make regulations related to a financial literacy programme; . to provide in a transitional provision for the application of this Amendment Act to credit agreements entered into before its commencement; and .to provide for matters connected therewith. . to provide for penalties in relation to the newly created offences Written submissions must be directed to the Standing Committee’s coordinator, Zaheedah Adams, by calling 021 487 1641 or emailing zadams@wcpp.gov.za.Written submissions must be received by Tuesday 29 January.

Copies of the National Credit Amendment Bill [B 30–2018] (NCOP) are available on request and an electronic version of the Amendment Bill is available on the Western Cape Provincial Parliament’website at www.wcpp.gov.za.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCH Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Battle of the giants SEAN CAMPBELL

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dominant pitching performance by the Athlone A’s national pitcher Dean Jacobs set up an 8-1 victory against Maitland Giants in the Cape Town Baseball Federation Major League match at Vangate Sports Complex on Saturday 19 January.

Jacobs meant business as he wanted to avenge their 9-8 loss to Giants in the first round of fixtures where he was similarly in control until Giants fought back. He threw all nine innings, only conceding three hits and three walks while striking out four Giants hitters.

A’s opened the scoring in the third inning, scoring two runs with two outs from two walks and a hit from Jason Carelse. Giants responded with their only run in the fifth in-

ning, also on two outs with A’s committing two errors.

The turning point in the game came in the sixth inning where A’s scored six from three hits, five walks and two errors from Giants to take an 8-1 lead which turned out to be the winning score.

Giants utilised two pitchers. Americanborn Connor Walsh threw his mandatory five innings, conceding two runs and five hits, walking five and striking out six A’s hitters. He was relieved by Kyle Ripepi who pitched three innings, conceding five runs, walking five and striking out three A’s hitters.

Top hitters for A’s were Faizel Moosa (3/4) and Jason Carelse (2/4). Giants recorded three scattered hits.

In the other Major League fixture Bothas-

ig Knights came from a 3-7 and an 8-11 deficit to beat Bellville Tygers 16-13 in the Northern Suburbs Derby at PP Smit Sports Grounds.

The game was highlighted with seven home runs, which included two grand slams and three double plays.

Top hitters for Tygers were Jonathan Phillips (3/4) (two home runs with one a grand slam), Russell Olivier and Tyrone Milne (2/4). Kyle Botha (4/6, with a grand slam) and Benji Smith (3/6, with a home run) were Knights’ best hitters.

Jared Elario started the pitching for Knights, throwing 5.1 innings before being relieved by Darren Smith for 3.2 innings.

Tygers utilised three pitchers – Kevin Townend pitching 4.1 innings, and Lloyd Stevens and Russell Olivier both pitching 2.1 innings each.

Tygers’ defence turned three double plays.

In the Major League B, hosts Helderberg Pirates shouted out visitors Battswood 5-0 at Radloff Park in Somerset West.

Austrian Szon Tomkiewicz threw five scoreless innings and struck out four Battswood hitters. He was relieved by Darryn Chalmers and Kieran Clacket who both threw two innings each to combine for the shutout.

Veteran Liall Mauritz started on the mound for Battswood. Only Szon Tomkiewicz (2/4) for Pirates and Nelson Mapika (2/4) stood out in the game. Battswood made five errors with Pirates making four.

In other Major League B results, Thistle lost 17-7 to Westridge Yankees and Grassy Park Crusaders beat Milnerton Mavericks 14-4.

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Spirited Banyana run Dutch close D

espite a spirited second-half fight-back, the South African women’s football team went down 2-1 to the Netherlands in the inaugural Winnie Mandela International Challenge played at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday 19 January.

The Dutch struck with two early first-half goals, with Thembi Kgatlana managing to score what eventually turned out to be a consolation goal for Banyana Banyana, netting in the 33rd minute of the contest.

Kgatlana picked up where she’d left off in Banyana’s epic run to the Women’s African Cup of Nations final last year, when she finished as the tournament’s top goal scorer with five goals.

This was the first match of the year for both sides, and they used it to kick-start preparations for the upcoming Fifa Women’s World Cup in France in June.

Despite the defeat, it was a much-improved performance from South Africa, and certainly a good start to World Cup preparations, having previously lost 1-0 and 2-1 to the same opponents in 2016.

Banyana Banyana next face Sweden, also at the Cape Town Stadium, in the Albertina Sisulu Centenary Challenge tonight at 19:00.

Both sets of travelling teams were welcomed by the City of Cape Town’s mayor Dan Plato last week.

“The City would like to extend a warm welcome to all three teams as they battle on the field in preparation for the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup that will take place in France during June and July this year. We are extremely proud to be the host city for the preparation matches, especially since this is the first time that Banyana Banyana have qualified to compete in a Fifa Women’s

World Cup,” said Plato.

He added that sport has a unifying role in society and that it contributed more than R8.8bn to the Western Cape GDP between 2012 and 2015.

“The economic contribution is testament to the significant role of sport and sporting tourism in local economic development,” said Mayco member for economic opportunities and asset management, James Vos. Banyana Banyana took on Sweden in a closed session on Thursday last week at the Athlone Stadium.

“We are indeed honoured to be hosting Banyana Banyana for their World Cup preparation matches. Capetonians are urged to come out in large numbers in support of the beautiful game and our beautiful team, and armed with the ‘gees’ of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. We wish the team well with their preparations, and all the best for the matches in the World Cup later this year,” said Vos. At the welcoming event held last Tuesday, Vos reiterated that the City believes that Cape Town is a city of sports lovers, with topclass sports facilities, a functioning tourism sector and locals who exhibit the best “gees” at sporting events.

“Therefore, it makes sense for us, together with the Western Cape Government, to cultivate the lucrative sport tourism industry.

Besides the players and their support staff, spectators travelling to watch sporting events also contribute millions to the economy. An added benefit is the spend at the city’s tourism attractions and the associated services while visitors are in Cape Town, such as accommodation, transport and the hospitality sector as a whole. It is not always just about the event itself,” said Vos.

Thembi Kgatlana of Banyana Banyana rounds the keeper of the Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal, to score the only goal for her team during the Winnie Mandela International Challenge played at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday 19 January. The Dutch won 2-1. Kgatlana is a former UWC player who plies her trade for Houston Dash in the USA. She was recently voted as the African Women’s Player of the Year for 2018.

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UWC’s rugby team is preparing to take part in their first ever Varsity Cup match against UCT’s Ikeys.

Back your UWC Boytjies!

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is calling on the community to support the FNB Varsity Cup side as they make their historic debut in the 2019 FNB Varsity Cup. Coach Chester Williams, rector and vicechancellor Prof. Tyrone Pretorius and director of sport Mandla Gagayi have made an impassioned plea to the UWC community, including alumni, former rugby players and donors, to support UWC as they make history this year.

In 2018, UWC were promoted to the Varsity Cup after beating the University of Fort Hare 39-18 in the final match of the Varsity Shield.

The promotion was a dream come true and the culmination of seven years of hard work to reach the Varsity Cup. Since the arrival of 1995 Rugby World Cup winner Chester Williams in 2016, the UWC side has been in top form. Now, Williams is calling on everyone connected to UWC to rally behind the team.

“The players have worked very hard, not just with rugby training but in their studies too, and they are now going to put their bodies on the line for this university. I want to urge the students to come out and support.

I want them to come to every home game and show their support for the team,” says Williams.

Pretorius, who has been a staunch supporter of the rugby side, says advancing to the Varsity Cup is proof that UWC is committed to excellence, performing at the high-

est levels and nurturing talent.

“I am very proud of the team and coaching staff and glad that their hard work has been rewarded with their move to the top tier in university rugby,” says Pretorius.

“As a university community we should be exceptionally proud that we are the first historically disadvantaged institution to be competing at this elite level. We need to rally behind our boys, cheer them on and celebrate their successes. We need to encourage and pick them up on days that they are not successful,” Pretorius adds.

Gagayi says UWC rugby owes its success to all those who have gone before. “The promotion to the Varsity Cup symbolised a great game changer and it is proof of UWC’s role of giving hope to those who never had opportunities before.”

Gagayi says that during all the pressure and excitement, the team must never forget the things that led to where they are.

“We must never lose our identity just because we want to conform or adapt to challenges of the present. We must manage our expectations and never put our student athletes and coaches under pressure. Our teams have been great because we have always allowed our student athletes and coaches to express themselves freely on and off the field,” adds Gagayi.

The UWC rugby team is preparing to take part in the 12th season of the Varsity Cup, kicking off against the University of Cape Town’s Ikey Tigers on Monday 4 February.

Almost 10 000 fans flocked to Cape Town Stadium on to watch Banyana on Saturday 19 January. Here are, from left: Robyn-Lee Koopman, Frank Steyn (coach) and Zoe Barkley of Alpine Primary in Mitchell’s Plain supporting the Dutch during the Winnie Mandela international challenge against Banyana Banyana. The Dutch narrowly beat the South Africans 2-1.PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

TEE-BALL ACTION AT TURFHALL: Kauthar Jacobs of Blackheath in action during a tee-ball game for u.10s played at the Turfhall Sports Complex on Saturday 19 January.

The catcher is Kayrah Mathews of Westridge Yankees.

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