TygerBurger - 22 April 2020

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Woensdag, 22 April 2020 | Tel: 021 910 6500 | e-pos: nuus@tygerburger.co.za

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e midde van slegte nuus rondom Covid-19 het die vreugdevure die afgelope week hoog gebrand in die Lotz-huis in Durbanville.

Die kankerlyertjie Liam Lotz, wat op 2 April agt jaar oud geraak het, se ouers het verlede Donderdag 16 April finaal gehoor dat ’n geskikte stamselskenker gevind is.

Die geskikte skenker is ’n jong vrou in Duitsland.

Die Sunflower Fund het einde Februarie en weer vroeg Maart vanjaar veldtogte by die Voorbereidingskool Durbanville gehou waar Liam ’n graad 2-leerder is. ’n Rekordgetal van 1 500 mense het as skenkers geregistreer en danksy dié veldtog is die nasionale skenkerbasis uitgebrei.

Hierdie is die tweede keer dat Liam, sy ouers, Deon en Benita, se enigste kind, teen leukemie veg.

Akute limfoblastiese leukemie is in Januarie 2016 by Liam gediagnoseer toe hy maar net drie jaar oud was.

Ná drie jaar en vier maande van behandeling het Liam die kanker oorwin en was hy in remissie.

Skaars sewe maande later op 21 Januarie vanjaar het sy ouers die slegte nuus gekry dat die kanker teruggekeer het. Daar word gehoop op ’n stamseloorplanting om sy lewe te red en die soektog na ’n geskikte skenker het toe begin.

Liam ontvang tans chemoterapie en sal Donderdag 23 April weer met die volgende agt dae lange terapiesessie begin. Daar word beplan dat hy die stamseloorplanting einde Mei sal ontvang.

“Selfs al het ons ’n 100% match, bly dit ’n gewaagde prosedure,” het Benita, aan TygerBurger gesê.

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Liam Lotz staan hier, kort voor inperking begin het, by ’n Lotus Supercharge waarin hy ’n plesierrit Rawsonville toe gehad het. Hy het dit sy “Bat Mobile” genoem. Liam is mal oor duur motors – “goed soos Lamborghini en Ducati, nie my ou Toyota nie”, sê sy ma, Benita.

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Kleinsakeondernemings moet oop, sê Stad DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke Die Stad Kaapstad het verlede week ’n dringende versoek aan die nasionale regering gerig vir sekere klein en medium grootte ondernemings om voort te gaan met sake tydens die verlengde periode van inperking.

Dit sluit onder meer in ondernemings wat 10 of minder personeellede het, restaurante wat wegneemetes bied, haarkappers, vakmanne en die vervaardigingssektor.

James Vos, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir ekonomiese geleenthede, meen innoverende maniere moet nou aangewend word om die lewensbestaan van honderde duisende mense te verseker.

Vos het dié versoek in ’n brief aan Ebrahim Patel, minister van handel en nywerheid, gerig. Hy het ook voorstelle gemaak oor meer buigsame maatreëls vir sekere ondernemings om in die tydperk sake te bedryf.

“Hoogs outomatiese vervaardi-

gingsondernemings moet toegelaat word om na volle kapasiteit terug te keer – met ekstra fokus op hul potensiaal om gesondheidsorgitems aan te pas en te vervaardig. Verslapping van beperkings behoort toegestaan te word indien skofte ingestel word,” sê Vos. Die verkoop van elektroniese toerusting soos drukkers en skandeerders op e-handel moet voortgaan om eksterne kommunikasie, bedryfsfunksionering en e-leerinisiatiewe te bevorder.

“Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê dat die waarskynlikheid dat ’n besmette persoon kommersiële goedere kan besmet, is laag. Die risiko om die virus van ’n verpakte versending op te doen, is ook baie laag.”

Die Stad het ook aanbeveel dat beperkings verslap moet word vir restaurante wat ’n wegneemdiens bied.

“Permitte om handel te dryf, moet uitgereik word in gevalle waar pogings aangewend word om te sorg dat voedselvoorberei-

ding en -verpakking higiënies is,” sê Vos. “Klein en medium ondernemings, ongeag die sektor, met 10 of minder personeellede moet ook kan voortgaan met sake. Sulke ondernemings het die buigsaamheid om hoë vlakke van sosiale afstand en gesondheidsbeheer te implementeer.”

Die versoek is gerig daarop om die ekonomie in Kaapstad aan die gang te hou.

“Vanuit ’n gesondheidsoogpunt, stel ons die ingestelde maatreëls hoog of prys, maar daar moet ingedagte gehou word dat dit ekonomies onvolhoubaar is en uiteindelik tot meer rampspoedige ekonomiese gevolge kan lei”.

Die honderde duisende mense wat in dié sektore werk, is afhanklik van hul salarisse om hul families te onderhou, sê Vos. “Daar word voorsien dat die Covid-19-krisis vir die volgende ses maande, indien nie ’n jaar nie, ’n werklikheid sal wees wat ons as Suid-Afrikaners moet hanteer.

“Dit sal van ons vereis om

voortdurend verskeie vorme van inperkingsprotokol te implementeer, hetsy landwyd of op spesifieke plekke waar die infeksie uitbreek.”

Sakekamers in die noordelike voorstede het dié stappe geloof.

Sunel Beeselaar, voorsitter van die Tygerberg-sakekamer, sê die eienaars en personeel van klein en medium ondernemings is tans heeltemal uitgelewer. “Klein en medium sakeondernemings kan doodeenvoudig nie meer bekostig om nie verder sake te doen nie.

“Daar is tans geen alternatiewe planne wat hulle in werking kan stel om kop bo water te hou nie.

“Die toeloop van mense op dié persele is klein en baie beheerbaar, en dus sal sosiale afstand gehandhaaf kan word,” sê Beeselaar.

Ook die Durbanville-sakekamer raak toenemend bekommerd oor die uitwerking wat die instel van inperkings gaan hê op ondernemings en die gemeenskap.

“Die inperkings wat ingestel is deur die regering om die versprei-

ding van die pandemie te beperk, laat talle sakeondernemings met enorme uitdagings soos nog nooit tevore ervaar is nie,” sê Andries Venter, voorsitter.

“Die ekonomie van Durbanville word grootliks gestimuleer deur die talle klein en medium ondernemings in Durbanville, wat werksgeleenthede verskaf aan duisende mense. Meeste van hierdie ondernemings kan tydens inperking geen inkomste genereer nie. Baie van die ondernemings word nie geklassifiseer as noodsaaklike dienste nie. Juis om hierdie rede is die sakekamer van mening dat daar sekere vergunnings gemaak moet word aan klein en medium sakeondernemings om sake te kan doen tydens inperking, om sodoende hul voortbestaan te kan verseker.

“Daar kan vereis word dat daar aan spesifieke minimum Covid-19 veiligheidsmaatreëls voldoen moet word, byvoorbeeld fisiese afstand in die werkplek, veiligheidsdrag en handontsmetting,” sê Venter.

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VAN BLADSY 1 “Dit het baie newe-effekte en ons groot kwessie is om nou te midde van die koronavirus die stamselle hier in SuidAfrika te kry. Daar is maar baie onsekerhede en kwessies, maar ons vat dit soos dit kom,” het sy gesê. ’n Lootjiestrekking is intussen begin om geld hiervoor in te samel, aangesien sy mediese fonds slegs R200 000 gaan betaal van die onkoste van die prosedure wat sowat R1 miljoen kan beloop.

“Soos die Rand verder verswak, so raak dit ook duurder,” het Benita gesê.

Slegs 1 000 kaartjies teen R250 elk word verkoop. Die prys is ’n luukse wegbreek na die Kalahari Onyx privaat natuurreservaat ter waarde van R180 000.

Dit sluit akkommodasie vir vyf nagte vir agt persone in, drie maaltye per dag, alle drankies en uitstappies, asook ’n jagekspedisie, 28 bokke en die verwerking en vervoer van die vleis. Die wenner word op 1 Junie getrek.

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Facemasks needed Are you willing and able to make facemasks for those who need it most? The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) is looking for volunteers to make facemasks, which they will then distribute to the vulnerable in Bellville and surrounds.

Sewers must have their own sewing equipment and basic sewing knowledge.

Completed masks will be picked up from the sewer’s house. The organisation is also in need of donations of material, old linen, staplers, elastic bands and rope to make the masks. The GTP stresses that these masks will not be certified, but will help flatten the curve of the Covid-19 virus. If you want to volunteer or donate, email liezl.fouche@gtp.org.za.

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Covid-19 case creates stir CARINA ROUX

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anagement of Zevenwacht SuperSpar denied withholding information after news of a staff member who tested positive for Covid-19 created a stir last week.

An article in Die Son newspaper on Wednesday 15 April, claimed workers of the store feared for their health after a colleague tested positive a week earlier.

A statement posted on the store’s Facebook page later the same day read: “We can confirm that on 10 April one staff member tested positive for Covid-19 at our store, but the rigorous preventative health and safety protocols implemented, including daily staff temperature checks, social distancing, the use of masks, deep cleaning, sanitiser and Perspex sheet protection at tills, have ensured that the risk of infection has prevented transmission to anyone else. In addition, we have just completed a full decontamination and sanitisation of the store.” It states close contacts were identified and placed in isolation, and recommendations from the health department are followed.

As the store never closed and their statement was posted after the newspaper article, many responded in anger to the Facebook post which was widely shared. Some accused the store’s management of trying to cover things up and putting profit above the safety of their customers as they continued operating. Recent customers expressed concern that they might have been exposed to the virus.

In response to TygerBurger’s inquiry store manager Jarryd Gennarakis said, the positive test results was received on Tuesday 14 April, after the woman – a cashier – was tested on Friday 10 April.

“We most certainly did not wait five days to inform the public. Upon confirmation of the positive case, we had a staff meeting and immediately informed our team. We later

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released a statement to the public on our Facebook page.”

As to why the store was not closed upon receiving confirmation, Gennarakis said they took guidance from the departments of health and labour, both of whom audited the store. “The department of health were the ones who informed us of the positive case.

We fully decontaminated the store once we received confirmation. This was done after hours with an accredited service provider the same day the results came through.”

Gennarakis said the last day the affected staff member was at work was on Monday 6 April. He said she started showing symptoms on Tuesday 7 April and stayed home.

“When she informed us of her absence, we advised her to seek medical advice and go to the doctor. The doctor sent her for testing and we received the confirmed result from the department of health.”

“As a precautionary measure, we immediately identified her close contacts in the store. The three contacts we identified were immediately self-isolated and are still isolating at home. Thankfully, none of them are showing any symptoms. Our staff member who tested positive is making a good recovery.”

About the concern of customers that they might have been exposed Gennarakis said given the nature of the retail industry, staff are constantly in proximity with customers. “We have implemented a multitude of stringent measures to mitigate the risks associated with this proximity when it comes to the transfer of Covid-19. All staff must wear masks. We have screen guards at the tills and all cashiers need to sanitise between customers. This minimises direct contact between any customer and staff member. Given these measures at our checkouts, it is unlikely but not impossible.”

Gennarakis urges all customers to take as many safety precautions as possible. ‘‘Wear

Dunoon tackles Covid-19

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Checkers in Bayside Mall, Table View is open for business again after staff screening, testing and decontamination processes have been completed.

It was reported that an employee at the store contracted Covid-19 last week.

Bayside Mall centre manager, Aadilah Ryklief, said in a statement a mobile testing clinic was dispatched to the store and all the Checkers employees have been tested. The Checkers group hired a professional decontamination company to sanitise and deep clean the store.

“The health and safety of everyone visiting and working at the centre remain our primary focus as we fight the Covid-19 pandemic together. We have remained diligent in our cleaning processes and through our service providers, we have placed additional focus on key public areas such as hard surfaces, equipment and bathrooms throughout the centre,” Ryklief said.

However, it remains unclear how and when the employee contracted the virus.

The store has since encouraged its customers to continue to practice hand-,

sneeze- and cough hygiene.

Provincial health department spokesperson, Mark van der Heever, told TygerBurger the department was made aware of this and immediately activated their response team. “Prior to reopening of a store, environmental health officers inspect the facility and ensure proper procedures were followed for decontamination of the store and that the store has instituted measures to reduce the spread of infection,” he explained.

The department’s contact tracing team then proactively engage with store managers. They agree on the following as the best course of action: . self-isolation for the staff members who have tested positive; . self-isolation, screening and testing of staff members who have been in close contact of the positive case; . self-isolation, screening and testing of household contacts as appropriate; . decontamination of all areas that the staff member worked in.

“The department has established good links with the store chains and is working with them to ensure the continued health and safety of all residents in the province,” Van der Heever said.

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RICHARD ROBERTS TygerBurger en Media24 het nie ondersoek en vasgestel of enige van die dienste of produkte geadverteer die verlangde resultate of uiteinde sal hê nie. Lesers moet asseblief kennis neem dat sommige van die beloofde resultate in hierdie advertensies buitengewoon is en dalk selfs onmoontlik is om te behaal. Sommige van die prosedures en beloftes geadverteer mag dalk gevaarlik wees indien nie uitgevoer deur 'n gekwalifiseerde mediese praktisyn nie. Lesers word gewa a rs ku d a t h u l l e d i e a d ve r tee rd e r s e geloofwaardigheid en besonderhede deeglik moet ondersoek.

TygerBurger en Media24 aanvaar geen aanspreeklikheid vir enige van die geadverteerde dienste of produkte nie.

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masks, sanitise your hands, keep your distance from one another, stand in the designated lines and stay home if you can”.

He said their situation merely highlights that Covid-19 is spreading among us.

“We fully understand how critical it is to keep our employees safe. If this pandemic takes a grip of our essential service providers, one can only wonder about the repercussions.”

A lengthy updated statement was posted on the store’s Facebook page on Thursday 16 April “to set the record straight”.

Mark van der Heever, spokesperson of the provincial department of health, confirmed: “The positive case is currently in isolation and close contacts have been asked to quarantine at home. We are working with the store through our contact tracing team and will continue to do so. The store decontaminated the area overnight (when the case was confirmed) and as per protocol. If the area has been decontaminated and the affected people in quarantine the store can reopen.”

On Friday (17 April) Zevenwacht SuperSpar posted they were informed an employee of a supplier who frequents the store three times per week also tested positive for Covid-19. The test result was confirmed on Friday and the person’s last day at the store was Monday 13 April. Decontamination took place and 10 staff members who came into direct contact were sent for testing and are in isolation awaiting the results.

In reaction some still ask why the store remains open, but others like Alejandro Rubenstein said: “Thanks for being honest about this, despite the repercussions it could possibly cause. I think there’s a lesson to be learned since the last experience and as uncomfortable as this might make people feel it was the right thing to do. Anyone anywhere could possibly be infected and pass it on … It’s up to us as individuals to take our safety seriously and that of those around us too.”

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@richardjohn_rj Die kleinhandelgroep Shoprite het aangekondig dat sy tak in Bothasig moes sluit nadat een van sy werkers daar positief vir die koronavirus getoets het.

In ’n verklaring sê die kleinhandelreus nadat die personeellid positief getoets het, is ’n professionele maatskappy ingeroep om die winkel te ontsmet.

Die winkelgroep het ook die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes, sowel as die departement van gesondheid in kennis gestel.

TygerBurger wag nog op kommentaar van die departement.

Shoprite het by navraag gesê die winkel is sedert Maandag 6 April gesluit. Die winkel sal heropen ná raadpleging met die provinsiale departement van gesondheid, lui die verklaring.

“Die werknemer was laas in die winkel op Donderdag 2 April en herstel tans tuis.

Alle werknemers in die winkel is getoets en diegene wat kontak gehad het met die persoon wat positief getoets het, is nou in selfkwarantyn vir 14 dae,” sê die maatskappy.

Die kleinhandelgroep se personeellede monitor hulself vir enige simptome.

@k10daniels In an effort to curb the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, 1 500 temporary shelter units are in the pipeline for the Dunoon elderly and disabled due to the density of the area.

This is according to Dunoon councillor Lubabalo Makeleni who claims this move will help limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Makeleni says four people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Dunoon last week and have been taken into quarantine. To ensure the safety and wellbeing of others in the area, mass Covid-19 screening started in Dunoon on Thursday 16 April, focussing on areas where the four residents live.

“We are still waiting for approval from the City of Cape Town for the temporary units, however, the provincial and national government gave the go ahead. This will be made available to the elderly and disabled at Racing Park opposite the taxi rank,” he says.

A total of 800 residents will be screened in Dunoon, 200 from each of the four areas where people were tested positive for the virus.

Makeleni says residents are however not taking the lockdown seriously, including the screening process.

“The residents think this is a joke and are still continuing as though the lockdown doesn’t exist. Even though we try to educate residents about the virus and enforce the lockdown regulation laws, they simply don’t care. Every day you will see residents roaming in the streets without masks. However, I am glad that the bottle stores are closed as this would have increased the number of residents on the streets.”

Makeleni is appealing to residents to adhere to the lockdown regulations.

Woensdag, 22 April 2020

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Rus sag, tannie Koelsoem TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07

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y was meer as ’n vriendin; sy was my suster.”

Dit was die woorde van Flori Schrikker toe sy van tannie Koelsoem Kamalie praat, wat op Saterdag 11 April oorlede is.

Schrikker en Kamalie is albei van Bonteheuwel. Hulle was bekend as Bonteheuwel se beste kokke.

Die 72-jarige word oorleef deur haar man, vier kinders en hul kleinkinders.

“Haar dood maak my nog steeds uiters hartseer,” sê Schrikker. “Sy was meer as ’n vriendin of kollega vir my; sy was my suster. As ons moes reis, het ons in dieselfde

Koelsoem Kamalie en Flori Schrikker.

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kamer geslaap omdat ons albei nie gehou het daarvan om alleen te slaap nie.”

Kamalie en Schrikker was bekend vir hul resepte op RSG se Tjailatyd. Hul verhouding het begin toe Kamalie gevra is om op die radio ’n resep vir kerrievis te deel.

“Sy het my toe genader om te vra of ek dit sal doen omdat ek ’n Christen is. Die mooiste ding van ons twee se verhouding was dat ons kon bewys dat ’n Moslem en Christen saam kon kosmaak. Ons het mekaar se geloof respekteer en as ons iets moes doen, het ons altyd voor die tyd gebid. Ons het regtig ’n unieke verhouding gehad,” verduidelik Schrikker.

Die twee tannies het met die hulp van Lapa-uitgewers en Amore Bekker, hul eerste resepteboek, Kook saam Kaaps, geskryf.

Hul sukses het nie daar geëindig nie. Dié twee het ook ’n TV-reeks, Flori en Koelsoem se kosse, op VIA gehad.

“In net sewe jaar het ons twee baie behaal.

Ons het in 2013 ontmoet toe ek by die diabeetklub in Bonteheuwel aangesluit het. Sy was ook daar en was vriende met my ma,” sê Schrikker.

Aanvanklik het hulle nie gedink hul resepte sal hul so ver bring nie. “Ek waardeer dit dat ons ’n goeie reis saam gehad het, alhoewel dit kort was.”

Angus McKenzie, raadslid vir wyk 50, sê Kamalie se dood is hartbrekend vir die gemeenskap. “Tannie Koelsoem was ’n wonderlike vrou, ma en ouma. Sy was ook ’n baie goeie kok en het altyd probeer om vir die gemeenskap kos uit te deel. Sy was ’n vrou met ’n hart van goud. Tannie Koelsoem sal erg gemis word. My innige meegevoel aan haar familie en vriende,” sê McKenzie.

Beste verjaardag nóg: Nasionale inperking het klein Leroux Brink nie verhinder om sy negende verjaardag te vier nie. Motoriste in Buitekanstraat in Brackenfell is op 14 April met dié boodskap begroet: “Leroux verjaar, toet asb!” Leroux en sy ma, René, is met vele toeters en glimlagte begroet.

Leroux sê ook dit was sy beste verjaardag nóg. “Die positiewe terugvoering van mense was oorweldigend. Mense het gewaai en selfs gestop en uit hul voertuie vir hom gesing. ’n Polisiebeampte in ’n ongemerkte voertuig het selfs gestop en sy sirene vir Leroux aangesit. Dit was baie spesiaal vir ons almal,” sê sy ma.

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COVID-19: THANK YOU TO ALL

OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS Durbanville Town Centre would like to thank our essential service providers who continue to serve the community despite the COVID-19 enforced National Lockdown.

We would especially like to thank SOG Security and their 19 employees who have continued to work at the shopping centre throughout the lockdown, keeping our community of shoppers safe and secure as they do all year around.

We also want to thank Essential Cleaners and their cleaning staff who keep the centre hygienic and provide our shoppers with hand sanitiser at each entrance in an effort to help flatten the curve.

Go to www.durbanvilletowncentre.co.za or visit us on Facebook

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Panorama artist SA’s ‘ambassador’ in Dubai RICHARD ROBERTS

at the One and Only Royal Mirage Hotel in Dubai where we got the chance to rub shoulders with colleagues and industry giants. tephanie “Kenyaa” Mzee, a conceptual “The awards night and fashion show was visual artist, writer and filmmaker, the final night where we each won an award from De Duin, Panfor being chosen to reporama recently returned resent our individual from the Middle East countries as ambassawhere she represented dor,” she says.

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Woensdag, 22 April 2020

‘Nutmeg challenge’ can be fatal A new and dangerous trend is doing the rounds on social media, one which involves young people challenging each other to mix ground nutmeg with water and drinking it in order to get high.

The game is called the “nutmeg challenge”.

Laticia Pienaar, spokesperson for the Tygerberg Hospital, says the trend was brought to the attention of the hospital’s poisons information centre.

Carine Marks, director of the centre, warns about the dangers. “Ingesting or inhaling large amounts of nutmeg, more than two tablespoons, can result in hallucinations and delusions and feelings of extreme heaviness in the arms and legs.

“There may be severe anxiety and a sense of dread. It could result in psychotic episodes that include delusions and hallucinations. Repeated use of nutmeg to get high can also lead to chronic psychosis, characterised by impaired thinking and emotions.

“Patients with profound depression or agitation, or persistent hallucinations or vomiting should be admitted because symptoms can last for longer than 24 hours, says Marks.

Experts believe nutmeg makes it a goto substance for children looking to experiment with drugs, because it is easily accessible. Just a few spoonfuls can be fatal, the hospital warns.

Still ‘running’ the mile: Spar Western Cape kept its promise to the two causes that were

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WYSIGINGSVERORDENING OP STRATE, OPENBARE PLEKKE EN DIE VOORKOMING VAN STOORNISSE

to benefit from this year’s Spar Women’s Challenge. This despite the event being cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis. An amount of R100 000 was donated to each of the following causes: Operation Smile South Africa and the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children.

Pictured are Robert Brink, Spar regional marketing executive and Alison Zweers, managing director of Spar Western Cape and Namibia.

Shiloh Food feeds thousands

Die Stad Kaapstad is besig met die bywerking van die Verordening op Strate, Openbare Plekke en die Voorkoming van Stoornisse. Die verordening het betrekking op die bestuur van strate en openbare plekke, geraasoorlas en ander toevallige aangeleenthede op alle eiendomme in Kaapstad.

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Die verordening is in 2007 uitgevaardig en sedertdien was daar aansienlike verwikkelinge, insluitend maar nie beperk nie, tot die uitbreiding van vredesbeamptes se wetstoepassingsbevoegdhede in 2018, die implementering van streng standaardbedryfsprosedures wat volg op uitdagings waarmee die Stad en sy inwoners gekonfronteer is, sowel as die strategiese stroking van verordeninge in ooreenstemming met riglyne wat die effektiwiteit van die implementering verseker.

Binne die konteks van bogenoemde handel die wysiging oor die toevoeging en vaartbelyning van aspekte rakende prosedure wat die nodige aksie onderstut vir • •

Die effektiewe oplossing van klagtes en situasies wat afbreuk doen aan die regte van die gewone persoon op redelike vrede, die genot van openbare oop ruimtes en fasiliteite, en Die toesien daarvan dat die risiko vir die Stad, individue en grondeienaars verminder word deurdat die nodige en deurlopende prosesse/aksies deur wetgewing ondersteun word.

Hierdie wysiging sal handel oor prosedurele kapasiteit en bevoegdhede in teenstelling met substantiewe bepalings.

Ingevolge artikel 17 van die Wet op Plaaslike Regering: Munisipale Stelsels, Wet 32 van 2000, word die publiek en belangstellende partye of groepe die geleentheid gebied om kommentaar, aanbevelings of insette oor die bywerking van die konsepverordening by die munisipaliteit teen 17 Mei 2020 in te dien.

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Shiloh Food project in Brackenfell is cooking up a storm to provide food security for those communities hardest hit by the effects of the national lockdown.

For 10 years, the community project has cooked about 60 000 meals per month for the less fortunate in the Western Cape.

During lockdown, their meal production has thus far increased with 1 571 meals per day.

Estelle Veldman of Shiloh Food says they are currently providing cooked meals in Wallacedene, Scottsdene, Bloekombos, Brackenfell, Bellville, Kuilsrivier, Parow, Klipheuwel and Delft.

“Shiloh Food exists for times such as this,” says Veldman.

Shiloh Food’s mass production kitchens in Brackenfell are equipped with bulk food processing equipment, walk-in fridges and a team of dedicated staff members to cook the 600 kg potatoes and 600 kg meat and plentiful vegetables, rice and samp each week. Shiloh partners with Western Cape farmers, butchers and other institutions to make this possible.

Furthermore, Shiloh prepares 800 sandwiches per day for the MES homeless feeding sites in Bellville and Parow; and procured, packed and delivered 1 332 monthly grocery hampers to families in need on behalf of the social development department.

“With the help of Checkers, Mans Transport, local churches and volunteers we managed to distribute 54 tonnes of groceries to 18 sites,” Veldmann says.

“Shiloh Food has the infrastructure and hygiene protocols in place to prepare nutritious stews during this time and various feeding sites and organisations depend on these meals and the need increases daily,” says Veldman.

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Die Boer maak ’n plan om 15 jaar te vier CARINA ROUX

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ie Boer-teaterrestaurant in Durbanville het die afgelope Maandag (20 April) sy 15de bestaansjaar gevier.

Grendeltyd het wel verhoed dat dit met Dan Platansky op die verhoog gevier kon word, maar “Die Boer” maak mos ’n plan.

Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck, mede-eienaar sê, “Ons het besluit om steeds makietie te vier deur op ons Facebook en sosiale media platforms die hele dag verrassings te plaas.”

Margit, wat saam met haar man, Jurgen Human, dié teaterrestaurant bedryf, vertel dit het als begin by ’n blind date op 1 September 2004, waar hulle mekaar die eerste keer ontmoet het. Haar vriendin en vennoot, Marinda Engelbrecht by Krazy Katz-Produksies, wat elke jaar Vlooi vervaardig, het gereël dat Jurgen een van die vertonings kom kyk waarna middagete gevolg het.

Middagete het aandete geword en teen laat aand was die gesels nog nie op nie. ‘‘Daardie

selfde aand in Baboezkas Pub vertel Jurg my van sy lewensdroom om ’n teaterrestaurant te open”. In die sewe maande voor Die Boer sy deure kon open, is nagte om gesels om te besluit oor die dekor, spyskaarte, kunstenaars en die naam van die venue. Die teatermaker en funksiekoördineerder Gerrit Snyman het met sy fyn oog baie bygedra tot die look, sê Margit.

Die Boer het niks met politiek te doen nie.

Margit sê hulle het nagte oor die naam baklei. Albei is trots Suid-Afrikaans en aangesien dit in die noordelike voorstede is, sou ’n pretensieuse Franse naam nie deug nie.

Jurg, wat mal is oor blues, wou dit die Blues Boer noem, maar Margit wou nie blues aan alles koppel nie.

“Ons boer met kuns, kos, vermaak – voedsel vir die lyf en siel.”

Margit sê die oggend van 20 April 2005 het die venue, wat voorheen ’n pizza-restaurant was, nog gelyk soos ’n bouperseel, maar daardie aand kon Valiant Swart Die Boer open voor ’n volgepakte gehoor.

In die afgelope 15 jaar het van die land se topkunstenaars soos Sandra Prinsloo, Trix Pienaar, Karen Zoid, Francois van Coke, Arno Carstens, Marc Lottering, Pieter Dirk Uys, Amanda Strydom, Marion Holm, Emo Adams, Stef Bos, Tarryn Lamb, Koos Kombuis, A-King en vele ander hier opge-

tree.

“Baie van die kunstenaars het vir ons soos familie geraak en vir baie van hulle het Die Boer ’n teatertuiste geword,” sê Margit.

Jurgen, ’n elektriese ingenieur met jare se ondervinding in die plaaslike en internasionale uitsaaibedryf, en Margit, ’n bekende in die teaterwêreld met verskeie dramagrade agter haar naam, het saam baie vaardighede gehad, maar geen kennis van die restaurantbedryf nie. Hulle was egter nie bang vir werk Die Boer voor dit ingerig is. Die foto dateer uit Februarie 2005. of die onbekende nie, en het met mag en mening die gasvryheids- Londwabo Ndzonga en Boniswa Falangile, bedryf aangedurf. is al vanaf die eerste dag deel van Die Boer.”

Jurgen sê hulle het ’n plek probeer skep Al moes Die Boer sy 15de verjaarsdag agwaar hulle self graag sou wou kuier. “Ons ter slot en grendel vier, sê Margit dit was met hou van lekker eet, goeie wyn en geselskap, die hoop en wete dat daar weer ’n tyd na Coen musiek en teater in ’n intieme ruimte.” vid-19 sal wees waar hul kliënte en kunsteMargit sê mense voel gemaklik in Die Boer naars by Die Boer sal kan verwelkom en die met Persiese matte onder hul voete en ’n ne- magic van teater mense sal kan wegvoer. gosiewinkel bo hul koppe. Baie van die oudHoogtepunte was daar baie. Margit noem hede kom uit mense se huise. Jurg het seker onder meer kunstenaars se goodwill oor die gemaak dat die akoestiek baie goed is. jare. ‘‘Groot name wat baie meer in ’n saal Margit sê Die Boer sou egter nie vir 15 jaar kan verdien, tree steeds by ons op, want dis sy deure kon oophou sonder die vindingryk- ’n spesiale ervaring. Nou met Covid-19, waar heid van die personeel, ongelooflike onder- dit met kunstenaars self broekskeur gaan, steuning van kunstenaars en veral hul het van hulle, soos Luna, saam met Clemenkliënte wat telkemale terugkom vir nog ’n gold en Schalk Bezuidenhoudt finansiële byaand van gesellige vermaak en kuier nie. draes gelewer aan Die Boer. Ons is ongeloof“’n Groot deel van Die Boer se sukses is lik dankbaar hiervoor. ons kos onder leiding van die sjef Jean Louis “Ook vir elke kunstenaar wat sy datums Geldenhuys, wat al vir 14 jaar die kombuis aangeskuif het en elke kliënt wat nie sy geld met militêre presisie beplan en beheer. onmiddellik terugvra nie, maar laat oor“Twee van die kombuispersoneellede, staan na ’n latere vertoning,” sê sy.

Die Boer is stampvol tydens een van die vertonings.

‘Robot’ verleen hulp by Tygerberg-hospitaal Spesialiste by die intensiewesorgeenheid van die Tygerberg-hospitaal het ’n nuwe “kollega” wat help tydens die Covid-19-pandemie, en boonop bestand is teen infeksie.

Dié kollega is egter nie van vlees en bloed nie, maar eerder ’n “Double Robotic”, oftewel ’n robot.

Die robot, genaamd “Quintin”, help spesialiste om virtuele saalrondtes te doen by Covid-19-pasiënte – selfs van die huis indien hulle nie fisies daar kan wees nie.

Prof. Coenie Koegelenberg, ’n professor in pulmonologie aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch se fakulteit geneeskunde en gesondheidswetenskappe, het voor die nasionale inperking in Suid-Afrika aangekondig is, begin eksperimenteer met opsies om virtuele saalrondtes in die intensiewesorgeenheid van die Tygerberg-hospitaal te doen. Hy het tot die slotsom gekom dat spesialiste in die eenheid wél hul eenhede vanaf ’n afstand kan bedryf deur die gebruik van robotte, wat nie besmet kan word nie.

Van die plaas na die tafel

From the farm to the table

Die Tygerberg-hospitaal het ’n beperkte hoeveelheid spesialiste in sy algemene intensiewesorgeenheid op die oomblik.

“Ons sal die werkslading, as gevolg van die Covid-19 pasiënte wat in die eenheid beland, tussen die spesialiste verdeel. Die kanse is redelik hoog dat ten minste een van ons kan siek word, dus is dit nodig om realistiese planne te maak vir moontlike gebeure.

“Indien enige van die spesialiste die virus sou opdoen en fisies nie daartoe in staat sou wees om te gaan werk nie, sal dit vir ons moontlik wees om op ’n afstand te funksioneer deur die robot te gebruik – óf deur middel van ’n selfoon óf ’n skootrekenaar.

“Die gebruik van hierdie toestel sal ons daartoe in staat stel om ’n diens te lewer, aangesien ons skaars vaardighede het,” sê Koegelenberg.

Die robot behoort aan die Sunskill-laboratorium, ’n moderne kliniese opleidingsfasiliteit by die fakulteit.

“Dit het werklik ons oë oopgemaak en kan moontlik baie dinge verander in hierdie en toekomstige soortgelyke pandemies.

Dit was ’n merkwaardige sukses,” sê Koegelenberg ná die eerste toetslopie uitgevoer is.

Die robot, wat lyk soos ’n tabletrekenaar en twee wiele het, gebruik ’n giroskoop en versnellingsmetersensors in die basis. Dit kan beheer word deur middel van ’n skootrekenaar, tablet of ’n slimfoon.

Dit maak kommunikasie tussen dokter en pasiënt moontlik deur ’n mikrofoon en ’n “zoom”-funksie, en kan lewenstekens deurgee van hoogs aansteeklike pasiënte.

Robotte is ook in Italië gebruik, waar die pandemie baie lewens geëis het, insluitende dié van dokters.

Die robot genaamd Quintin word by die Tygerberg-hospitaal ingespan om dokters te help tydens die Covid-19-pandemie.

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Honger laat misdaad toeneem DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke

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eens ’n verlengde inperkingsperiode en die ekonomiese impak daarvan, tesame met die opskorting van buurtwagpatrollies, blyk daar ’n skerp toename in eiendomsmisdaad te wees.

Só meen Werner Victor, voorsitter van die Brackenfell-gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum (GPF).

“In hierdie stadium blyk dit asof misdaad soos diefstal uit motorvoertuie en inbrake by ondernemings oor die laaste twee weke toegeneem het,” sê Victor. “Mense is honger en die nood is baie groot, dus was dié toename nie onvoorspelbaar nie. Dit is verstaanbaar dat desperate mense misdaad sal pleeg om kos op die tafel te sit.”

Ook plaaslike sekerheidsfirmas

het hul hande vol met die toename in misdaad.

Volgens Carla Lourens, eienaar van C-Max Sekuriteit, het inbrake by huise en sakeondernemings sedert die middel van die tweede week van inperking begin styg.

Phillip van Zijl, eienaar van Bolt Risk Management, beaam dit.

“Waar ons ’n aanvanklike afname in voorvalle van eiendomsmisdaad ondervind het na die aanvang van die inperking sien ons nou ’n toename. Ons het verskeie voorvalle gehad waar voertuie in komplekse geteiken word en dit ten spyte van elektriese omheinings. Ons het ook voorvalle gehad waar ondernemings in nywerheids- en woongebiede die teiken van inbrekers was,” sê Van Zijl.

Drank en sigarette word definitief geteiken, meen hy. “Ons verwag ’n verdere toename soos die fi-

nansiële impak van die inperking insink en baie mense einde April waarskynlik nie ’n salaris gaan ontvang nie. Ons voorsien dat desperaatheid ook mense wat nie normaalweg misdadigers is nie, kan dryf om ter wille van oorlewing by misdaad betrokke te raak.”

Die GPF is ook bekommerd oor hoe dié onbestendige toestand misdaad in die komende weke gaan beïnvloed. “Dit is ’n tydbom wat enige oomblik kan afgaan. Ons sien meer en meer honger, desperate mense in die woonbuurte en ongeag van die talle gemeenskapsvoedingsprojekte is dit nie moontlik om na almal om te sien nie. Met baie ondernemings wat werknemers nie na April kan betaal nie, gaan armoede toeneem,” sê Victor.

“Selfs ná die nasionale inperking sal dit maande duur vir families om finansieel te herstel en dit

Beslag gelê op sigarette, drank langs pad BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind Beslag is gelê op sigarette van duisende rande verlede Donderdag in Ravensmead toe metropolisiebeamptes ’n voertuig met twee Somaliese insittendes van die pad getrek het.

Volgens ’n bron ná aan die ondersoek, is die voertuig in Robertstraat ingevolge inperkingsregulasies afgetrek.

“By nadere ondersoek is 70 bokse met 500 pakkies in elk in die motor gevind. Die insittendes het beweer hulle was onderweg om die sigarette vir veilige bewaring te vervoer, maar het geen permitte gehad nie.

Die bestuurder en sy passasier is in hegtenis geneem,” sê die bron.

Volgens die bron word daar vermoed dat verskeie ander mense betrokke is. Sigarette is, saam met alkohol, van die goedere wat nie ty-

dens die inperking verkoop mag word nie. . In ’n afsonderlike voorval het metropolisiebeamptes op Maandag 13 April ook ’n voertuig op die hoek van Giel Bassonrylaan and Tygerbergvalleiweg afgetrek en beslag gelê op verseëlde bokse vol sigarette en alkohol ter waarde van R28 000. Die bestuurder van die voertuig is in hegtenis geneem. . Intussen gaan ’n student aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad, wat in hegtenis geneem is ná hy op Facebook ’n plan uitgelê het oor hoe om by ’n drankwinkel in Delft in te breek, weer Donderdag in die hof verskyn.

Sihle Mnethe het onder meer op 6 April in ’n inskrywing op sy Facebookblad gemeld die Shopritedrankwinkel in die Delft-winkelsentrum word nie baie goed opgepas nie. In sy inskrywing het hy ’n plan uitgelê vir hoe maklik dit sou

wees om by die drankwinkel in te breek en dan weg te kom sonder om gevang te word.

Hierdie inskrywing is so ernstig opgeneem dat hy verlede Vrydag in die Bellville-landdroshof verskyn het op ’n klag van aanhitsing tot openbare geweld of steel.

Netwerk24 het berig ’n forensiese ondersoeker wat deur Shoprite aangestel is, glo Mnethe se plan is weldeurdag en geloofwaardig.

“Die deeglikheid van die plan dui daarop dat Sihle Mnethe met redelikheid die moontlikheid kon voorsien dat iemand die inskrywing sou lees en op sy plan sou reageer. Hy het dit desondanks geplaas,” sê die ondersoeker.

Kapt. John Bartlett, woordvoerder van die Delft-polisie, wou nie kommentaar lewer nie.

Dié inskrywing volg na verskeie drankwinkels reg oor die skiereiland geplunder is.

Suspects arrested for dealing drugs Various suspects were arrested on drug-related charges last week. . Three people were arrested after liquid cocaine with an estimated value of R3 000 000 was seized in Bloubergrandt on Friday 17 April.

Capt FC Van Wyk, provincial police spokesperson, says Table View police followed up on information regarding a vehicle parked inside a complex in the area which was possibly involved with drugs.

He says they found a woman inside the vehicle and realised she was very scared. “They requested her to get out of the vehicle and started their search of the vehicle and her handbag which she was clinging to profusely.”

An undisclosed amount of cash was found in the handbag. Police then searched her residence in the same complex. There were two more people inside.

Numerous containers with liquid cocaine as well as tik and cash were confiscated, says Van Wyk. All three suspects were arrested for dealing in drugs. . In Dunoon a man was arrested and R100 000 worth of drugs were confiscated at a suspected drug house on Thursday 16 April.

Van Wyk says Milnerton police officers found large amounts of tik and mandrax concealed in containers inside the house. An undisclosed amount of cash was also seized. The suspect was arrested on charges of possession and dealing in drugs. . Metro police arrested two suspects in Edgemead on drug-related charges on Friday 10 April.

According to a statement by the City, the first suspect was nabbed at a vehicle stop-and-search operation in Edgemead as he was trying

to swallow the contents of two small bankies – containing three ecstasy tablets and a small piece of crack – in full view of the police.

The suspect then led police to a house in the area where he had bought the drugs. “While seeking permission from the homeowner to search the premises, the police heard the toilet being flushed. Unfortunately for the alleged dealer, the drugs stayed afloat and the police retrieved it from the toilet bowl,” a spokesperson says.

Spartan, a K9 unit dog, assisted the police in recovering more drugs including magic mushrooms, dagga, mandrax, Zanex, steroids and syringes. The drugs are worth R15 000. Police also confiscated R3 500 cash and three cellphones.

Both were taken into custody by the Bothasig police.

‘Don’t open for strangers’ cops warn after attack NIELEN DE KLERK @nielendk Police officers in Bellville have urged residents not to open doors for strangers after an elderly woman was attacked in Loevenstein last week.

According to sources close to the investigation, a homeless man knocked on her door and asked for a glass of water or something to eat.

The woman has allegedly in the past been known to give food or water to the destitute and this specific man was one she had seen before.

After opening the door and let-

ting him inside, he attacked her and stole her wallet, before fleeing the scene. She was hospitalised thereafter.

Brig Phindiwe Ntungele, Bellville police station commander, sent out an alert through the community policing forum (CPF) warning residents to not open the door if they don’t expect visitors as the number of housebreakings and house robberies have increased.

Cheryl Quantrill, newly elected chair of the Bellville CPF, advised residents to remain as cautious as they would in normal circumstances. “Lockdown hasn’t made it

(crime) any different.”

She says with neighbourhood watches unable to patrol, it’s difficult to keep an eye on suspect individuals. There are many homeless who have elected not to go to the City’s facility at Strandfontein and who are still roaming the streets.

Quantrill said it remains important to call the police if these homeless people are committing a crime other than walking in the streets during the lockdown, adding that for the moment there is nowhere to take those who remain. “It is no use reporting them, as there’s nowhere to take them.”

alles beïnvloed misdaadpatrone.

“Ons is bekommerd dat die plundering wat in ander dele van die stad plaasvind, kan uitbrei na ons omgewing.”

Victor sê daar heers ook groot frustrasie omdat buurtwagte nie kan patrolleer nie. “Inwoners voel magteloos en uitgelewer.”

Onder normale omstandighede patrolleer sowat 100 aktiewe buurtwaglede in 13 buurtwagte die woonbuurte in Brackenfell. Dit is grotendeels die rede vir die algemene verlaagde misdaadstatistiek in Brackenfell.

Tydens die inperking is dit net die polisie wat patrolleer, met die bystand van sekerheidsfirmas.

“Die buurtwagte is slaggereed om dadelik weer te begin patrolleer wanneer die inperking tot ’n einde kom of as die regulasies verander,” se Victor.

JP Smith, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir veiligheid, het op Donderdag 16 April tydens ’n mediakonferensie gemeld die Stad se wetstoepassingseenhede het sedert 26 Maart 890 arrestasies gemaak vir oortreding van die inperking regulasies en ander misdade.

“In die laaste paar dae is 45 arrestasies gemaak vir inbrake by drankwinkels en 10 vir plundering by kleinhandelwinkels,” sê Smith.

Plundering en protesaksies het in Tafelsig, Manenberg, Nyanga Junction, Rocklands en Sherwood Park plaasgevind.

Albert Fritz, provinsiale minister van gemeenskapsveiligheid, benadruk dat die nasionale rampregulasies uitdruklik meld dat buurtwagte geensins patrollies mag doen nie. Buurtwaglede kan wel bystand lewer as ramprisikobestuur-vrywilligers.

“Die gebruik van geakkrediteerde buurtwaglede as ramprisikobestuur-vrywilligers is Woensdag 15 April deur die provinsiale kabinet ondersteun,” het Fritz gesê.

Spaza shop hit in Valhalla Park Two men were arrested for attacking a spaza shop in Valhalla Park on Tuesday 14 April.

Bishop Lavis police spokesperson WO Joseph Swartbooi says the duo were part of a group of men who hit the shop. He says visible policing officers received information about the spaza shop being attacked by a group of men armed

with axes, pangas and spades. “Police made their way to the identified address in Drakenstein Street.

Upon arrival officers saw the armed men who then fled in different directions. They were able to arrest two men aged 29 and 35,” says Swartbooi. He added that the complainant escaped unharmed.

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‘Cable thieves’ arrested Two men, aged 26 and 30, were arrested for cable theft in Kraaifontein on Thursday 16 April.

Wayne Dyason, law enforcement spokesperson, says law enforcement officers received information of suspected stolen copper cables being stored at a Wallacedene residence. “Upon entry to the property, the officers discovered copper cables hidden in nylon bags behind a cupboard. They also found some cables in adjacent rooms.”

It is believed the two suspects have been running an illegal scrap business during the national lockdown. They were not in possession of a certificate to trade in second-hand goods. The suspected stolen copper cables worth about R37 000 weighed 221.61kg.

Kraaifontein police spokesperson Capt Hein Hendricks says investigating detectives are following all leads to locate the owners of the suspected sto-

len cables.

He urges residents who might have information to call Kraaifontein police on 021 989 5500. . In a separate incident four men were arrested for allegedly trying to steal railway lines near Netreg on Wednesday 15 April.

Dyason says officers were driving on the N2 highway near Netreg when they noticed a man scaling a pole on the railway line. “The suspect started vigorously knocking on the pole with a hammer in an attempt to steal the infrastructure. The officers observed another four suspects on lookout. As soon as backup arrived the officers apprehended the four men,” he said.

They were taken to Bishop Lavis police station and were charged for damaging essential infrastructure and for colluding or assisting another person in carrying out the above offence and attempted theft.

Reward issued for murder suspect ESMÉ ERASMUS @erasmusesme A reward of R10 000 was issued for information that can lead to an arrest in the case in which the daughter of an alleged gang leader died in a shooting in Durbanville Hills.

A total of 21 shots were fired in short succession at Horatio (Voudie) Solomons and his 13-year-old daughter, Zaskia, on Sunday 15 March.

They stopped in their Ford Ranger bakkie in the driveway of their house in Durbanville Hills at about 20:45 when two gunmen allegedly opened fire on them. Zaskia, who was shot in the chest, passed away in hospital the next morning. She was a Grade 8 learner at Fairmont High School.

Solomons (30), allegedly the leader of the Terrible Josters in Delft, Wesbank, Elsies River and Kleinmond, was shot in the head and chest. He was admitted to hospital

and discharged about a week later.

Strict security was put into place at the house and a memorial service was held at the house shortly before lockdown for Covid-19 started on 27 March.

About R29 000 in cash was found in the bakkie, which is also allegedly stolen and had a cloned registration number plate.

According to Capt Marchell Rhode, Durbanville police spokesperson, nobody has been arrested.

Solomons was released on R10 000 bail in December in a case in which he and 11 other alleged gang members face 77 charges, including 11 murders, dealing in drugs, money laundering, illegal possession of firearms and contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act. As part of his bail conditions Solomons must reside at his house in Durbanville Hills and regularly report to the Durbanville police station until the conclusion of the trial.

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Koeberg Nuclear Power Station COVID-19 response Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, like any essential services, is minimally impacted by the COVID-19 lockdown. Although the plant is in operation, it is doing so with a reduced staff compliment on site as a result of some of the measures taken to minimise staff exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Below is a summary of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station’s emergency preparedness measures in place during the current COVID-19 lockdown.

Koeberg Unit 1 is operating safely and at full capacity, and will continue to operate as normal, providing the needed stability to the Western Cape electricity grid, reducing the load losses on the transmission lines, and providing low cost, carbon-free electricity into the national electricity grid.

Koeberg Unit 2 has been placed in what is called cold reserve, ready to feed into the national electricity grid, if required. This is possible because of the drop in demand for electricity due to the COVID-19 lockdown that has resulted in the temporary closure of many factories and businesses. This has allowed the station to perform some maintenance that would otherwise have been done in the upcoming scheduled refuelling outage. Note that the outage, which was due to commence in April 2020, has been postponed due to the international COVID-19 travel ban that would affect the human and equipment resources required for the outage to take place.

The Koeberg Nuclear Emergency Plan National legislation (NNR Act of 1999) requires Koeberg Nuclear Power Station to have an established emergency plan to protect the public in the unlikely event of a nuclear accident. The Act also requires that the effectiveness of the Integrated Koeberg Nuclear Emergency Plan be tested by the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) every two years.

In order to ensure that the Koeberg Emergency Response Organisation is prepared for any emergency at any time, the power station’s Emergency Management Group regularly tests the readiness of the various key role players, including local and national Disaster Management organisations. This is in addition to the aforementioned National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) Exercises. During these exercises Koeberg Nuclear Power Station – and any other organisation involved in a particular exercise - is required to demonstrate its emergency response capabilities.

The objectives of the Integrated Koeberg Nuclear Emergency Plan are: • To establish an organised emergency response capability for timely, co-ordinated action of intervening organisations in the unlikely event of a nuclear accident; and Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd Reg No 2002/015527/30

• To describe the capabilities, responsibilities, and authorities of intervening organisations.

Koeberg emergency preparedness The Eskom emergency response organisation remains on standby during the COVID-19 national lockdown, and is available around the clock to handle any emergency at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. All aspects of the Integrated Koeberg Nuclear Emergency Plan (IKNEP) such as prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigations are regularly reviewed and tested – even now during the lockdown. We are working closely with our key stakeholders and role players in the IKNEP Plan - one of these key stakeholders being the City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management Department; we have determined (and have been given the assurance by the City) that the Emergency Plan, in terms of preparedness and response, is robust, adequate and still valid to deal with any nuclear event at the station even under the current COVID 19 lockdown regulations.

In a nuclear emergency, the necessary actions to protect the members of the public, such as sheltering and evacuation, are considered essential and the affected members of the public will be allowed to take these actions under the COVID-19 regulations. Sheltering requires that people stay indoors to minimise the exposure to airborne radioactive material in a severe nuclear emergency. The national lockdown, instituted by government to curb the spread of COVID-19, supports sheltering because people are already required to stay at home/indoors for all but essential activities.

In the extremely unlikely event that evacuation is required, the primary means of evacuation will be personal vehicles, and public transport will be provided with the necessary safety measures implemented.

It is with confidence that we can thus confirm that the Koeberg Emergency Plan, is thorough and robust enough to deal with any nuclear event at the station - even under the current COVID-19 lockdown regulations.

Hiking and cycling in the Koeberg Nature Reserve, and access to the Koeberg Visitors Centre: Please note that hiking and cycling in the Koeberg Nature Reserve remains suspended, and the Koeberg Visitors Centre will only reopen once the lockdown is lifted; you may obtain official information about Koeberg Nuclear Power Station at www.eskom.co.za.

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Woede oor boom ‘onwettig’ verwyder is ESMÉ ERASMUS @erasmusesme

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nwoners van een van Durbanville se boomrykste woonbuurte, Valmarypark, is woedend nadat ’n reuse- ou boom van sowat 60 jaar glo sonder toestemming op ’n sypaadjie voor ’n huis met ’n stootskraper deur die Stad Kaapstad se departement van water en sanitasie omgestoot is.

Die peperwattelboom (Acacia elata of Pepper tree wattle) op die sypaadjie voor die huis op die hoek van Malanstraat en Van der Westhuizenlaan is donkeraand op Vrydag 3 April deur die Stad Kaapstad se departement van water en sanitasie omgestoot weens ’n gebarste waterpyp. ’n Ontstoke buurvrou, Zanne Stapelberg de Lange, beweer die huiseienaar het al einde 2018 gesê hy wil die bome op die sypaadjie in Van der Westhuizenlaan laat verwyder sodat hy ’n ingang na sy huis kan laat bou en ook kan aanbou.

Hoewel dié immergroen boomsoort uitheems is, moet die toestemming van die departement van parke en rekreasie verkry word om enige bome op sypaadjies te snoei of te laat verwyder.

“Die boom se takke het wyd gestrek – tot oor die pad tot teen ons muur en het ’n pragtige ‘canopy’ gevorm,” het sy gesê. “Ek het (net ’n dag voor die boom verwyder is) ’n edelvalk in daai einste boom afgeneem – die eerste keer wat ons een hier in ons buurt sien!”

Volgens Stapelberg de Lange het die werkers van die departement water en sanitasie omstreeks 18:00 daar aangekom. “Toe die son sak en dit donker raak, toe val die boom,” het sy gesê.

Volgens haar het sy die parkedepartement gekontak en ’n voorman het die toneel besoek. Hy het haar en die werkers van die departement van water en sanitasie ingelig hulle het die verkeerde prosedure gevolg en dat hulle eers die parkedepartement vir toe-

stemming moes gekontak het, het sy gesê.

“Dit voel of ’n moord gepleeg is. Die besluit om die boom te vernietig was bedenklik.

Daar is reeds so baie verwoesting in die wêreld. En in hierdie korona-tyd het ons almal weer bewus geraak van die natuur en hoe dit begin herstel. En midde dit als word ’n boom wat dekades oud is, met ’n stootskraper omgestoot.

“Hierdie bome is ’n tuiste vir soveel voëls.

Dit is juis Valmarypark se kenmerk dat dit so boomryk is,” het sy gesê.

Sy meen die gebarste waterpyp was dalk net ’n verskoning om van die boom ontslae te raak.

Later is weer aan haar gesê die boom het begin omval nadat hulle rondom die boom se bas vir die pyp moes grawe, en dit moes daarom om veiligheidsredes verwyder word, het sy gesê.

Xanthea Limberg, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir water en afval, het gesê daar is foto’s wat bewys hoe water van die gebarste pyp opgedam het in die gat wat gegrawe is.

“Werkers wat op die klagte reageer het, het bevestig die water het van onder uitgeborrel en dit het opgehou nadat die water toegedraai is, wat die gebarste pyp bevestig,” het sy gesê.

Limberg het gesê die boom is verwyder sodat die pyp herstel kon word. “Die werkers het rondom die boom uitgegrawe, maar dit was nie moontlik om die pyp só te herstel nie. Dit het ook die boom onstabiel gemaak,” het sy gesê.

Volgens Limberg word die parkedepartement se bystand in sulke gevalle onder normale omstandighede verkry, maar weens die inperking is dit nie gedoen nie, omdat die verwydering van bome nie ’n noodsaaklike diens is nie.

“Eers toe dit duidelik word dit gaan nie moontlik wees om die pyp te herstel sonder om die boom te verwyder, is die parkedepartement daaroor ingelig,” het sy gesê.

Limberg het gesê die werk is in die nag ge-

Die boom is laataand met ’n stootskraper omgestoot. doen, omdat die departement van water en sanitasie nie vroeër ’n stootskraper-operateur beskikbaar gehad het nie.

“Dit was ook nodig dat die elektrisiteitsdepartement eers vasstel waar die ondergrondse elektriese kabels is,” het sy gesê.

Marian Nieuwoudt, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir ruimtelike beplanning en omgewing, het gesê geen nuwe bouplanne vir ontwikkeling op die erf is ontvang nie.

TygerBurger het die huiseienaar om kommentaar genader en hy het die Stad se weergawe bevestig.

Volgens die huiseienaar, wat anoniem wou bly, het die hoofwatertoevoerpyp op die sypaadjie reeds voor of op 1 April gebars.

Werkers het eers dae later gekom en hy moes slote grawe om die water van sy huis weg te keer.

Hy het gesê dit het geblyk die wortelstelsel van die boom het reg rondom die pyp gegroei en dit vermoedelik stukkend gedruk.

“Hulle het geen ander keuse gehad as om die boom uit te haal om by die pyp uit te kom om dit reg te maak nie.

Volgens hom het hy nie aan bure gesê hy wil ’n nuwe ingang bou waar die boom gestaan het nie, maar dat hy die bestaande ingang wil opknap tot sy hoofingang, en ’n gemotoriseerde hek wil laat installeer.

“Die boom wat uitgehaal is het geensins die hek beïnvloed nie,” het hy gesê.

Volgens die huiseienaar het die voorman aan hom gesê dis nie nodig vir toestemming van die parkedepartement om die boom te verwyder nie, omdat dit ’n noodsituasie was en watertoevoer (tydens die nasionale inperking) as ’n noodsaaklike diens beskou word.

Hierdie foto van die boom is twee jaar gelede geneem.

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CARINA ROUX

’n Familie van Eversdal het besluit om vir hul kunstige niggie tydens die inperkingsperiode ’n ongewone verjaarsdaggeskenk te gee. Niggies en nefies het almal saamgespan en skilderye nagemaak en die eindproduk aan Zanelle Britz van Rondebosch gestuur. Hier is Anneke Gräbe en haar dogter, Clara. Hulle beeld ’n Madonna met kind-skildery uit, soortgelyk aan dié wat tydens die Italiaanse Renaissance geskilder is.

Johannes Wagner en sy hond, Poquito, beeld die skilder Antony Gibbs se “A portrait with his hunting dog and gun” uit.

Wagner se “baard” is ’n Russiese mus wat sy skoonpa jare gelede gekoop het.

Ricus Gräbe lyk op ’n haar na soos Vincent van Gogh in sy selfportret.

van donasies – en dikwels bydraes uit hul eie sakke – twee Jozeen Dreyer en haar span van keer per week kos verskaf.

Now Faith Food Project gee se“Aan almal – van ver of naby,” dert die skole gesluit het drie sê sy. Met die groter behoefte keer per week kos aan mense by tans tydens die inperking het hul perseel in Planeetstraat in hulle besluit om kos op Dinsdae, Sarepta.

Donderdae en Sondae uit te deel.

Dreyer, wat ’n paar jaar gelede Dit het gekom ná die hoof van met kanker gediagnoseer is, was die Laerskool Kuilsrivier, Hildevroeër al betrokke by voedings- gard McCallum, haar gevra het projekte, maar sy is gemotiveer of sy kan help kook toe die skoolom nóg meer betrokke te raak na- voedingskemas weer hervat kon dat sy in 2015 kankervry ver- word. Dreyer het ingestem en dié klaar is. etes word nou op Dinsdae vanaf Omdat sy ’n tweede kans gekry Planeetstraat uitgedeel. het, werk sy ook as ’n vrywilliger Die oud-rugbyspeler Breyton vir Kansa om kankerlyers te on- Paulse, wat Sondag 19 April ook dersteun. Die afgelope paar jaar teenwoordig was, het onlangs behet sy en haar span met die hulp trokke geraak en het help reël vir ’n skenking van mieliemeel.

Dreyer sê hulle kry nou so 200 tot 300 pakke mieliemeel per week en dit word om die beurt aan mense van Kalkfontein en Sarepta uitgedeel.

Ondernemings soos Elto OK Foods, Pick n Pay Kuilsrivier, The Free Range Chicken compaDie span van Now Faith Food Project is (voor van ny, Melrose Plalinks) Ursula Brown en Jozeen Dreyer. Agter is Keith ce en die EppingMaart, Darrell en Darren Dreyer, en Jessica Lottering. mark het al ge-

Hande moet eers skoongemaak word voor ons kan eet. Hildegarde McCallum, hoof van die Laerskool Kuilsrivier, spuit Sondag handreiniger op die kinders se hande.

FOTO’S: CARINA ROUX

help met skenkings.

Dreyer se ma, Anne Williams, is ook betrokke by ’n voedingskema in Belhar en party Donderdae gaan help hulle ook daar om sowat 100 mense kos te gee. “Die nood is orals baie groot.”

Dreyer sê enige donasies is welkom. ‘‘Ons soek nie uit wat ons wil hê nie; enigiets is welkom.”

V Bel Jozeen Dreyer by 074 497 9689 of Ursula Brown by 073 125 8589 om te help.

FCD supports students ESMÉ ERASMUS @erasmusesme

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ven though Fisantekraal Centre for Development (FCD) has stopped training for the unemployed due to the Covid-19 lockdown, they are still supporting their students in various ways.

“Food retail, certain essential service call centres and frail care are all considered essential services, therefore we can still supply candidates for these industries,” says Chantelle Engelbrecht, FCD head of marketing, events and partnerships.

“There is no recruitment cost involved,” she says.

FCD, which celebrated its 10th birthday in the first quarter, has trained 117 students since the start of the year – this despite them being in the process of moving to new premises when lockdown was announced.

“We are also always scouting job shadow and placement partners. If you would like to get yourself or your company involved and become a job shadow partner, we

would love to hear from you.

“A job shadow lasts three days for our retail and office and call centre programmes. There is no cost involved. It is simply giving an opportunity to someone to experience the workplace and apply skills gained. Our job shadows for hospitality for one week can be at a hotel, kitchen, laundromat, coffee shop, restaurant and/or guest houses, whereas for frail care, our students require a six-week job shadow at a frail care institution,” she says.

FCD has been raising awareness surrounding the coronavirus pandemic through its WhatsApp groups and social media, continuously informing and encouraging its students through communication, Engelbrecht says.

“We also rolled out a virtual counselling service to our students and we will be sharing online training video’s from next week, on a trial basis. During this time there are various ways in which the community can support FCD and therefore support those who are unemployed,” she says.

“Now more than ever it is important for everyone to support the most vulnerable in society. You can get involved financially, virtually (through volunteering) or support us via social media by liking and sharing us on Facebook,” she encourages.

Regarding FCD’s 10th birthday celebration, Engelbrecht says they have planned a series of celebrations and thanksgiving occasions in April and May. “We will consider alternative ways to mark the significance of this milestone. We are so grateful for God’s provision and for the many partners that have journeyed with FCD over this past decade – we look forward to changing more lives over the next 10 years to come,” she says.

Shortly before the lockdown they were hard at work packing up their current centre at the taxi rank – preparing to move to their exciting new premises at the Daniel Centre across the road.

V Contact info for recruitment: info@fisantekraal.org.za, 078 439 0026.

Contact info to join job shadow companies: partners@fisantekraal.org.za.

Soup kitchens in ward 19 double BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind National lockdown announced by the president was necessary to combat the spread of the coronavirus to save lives and was supported by most South Africans. But ward 19 in Cape Town, one of the most deprived areas where 90% of the people are poor and struggle daily to survive, was hit hard by the announcement.

Wesbank community leaders realised that with the lockdown things were going to become even worse, especially with winter around the corner.

Ebrahim Sawant, ward councillor, says the call made by commu-

nity organisations, churches and non-governmental organisations to assist, had and overwhelmingly positive response from the community and business.

“Most of the community structures decided to work together and to complement and work with existing community activists who feed the poor. Soup kitchens in ward 19 have more than doubled over the past week in areas like Wesbank, Kalkfontein, Vrygrond and Riverside Gardens.

“In Wesbank 10 had been established, two in each of the five blocks, eight in Kalkfontein and two in Riverside Gardens. This will now also be extended to Camelot and Highbury Park,” says Saw-

ant.

According to Sawant they will be distributing food parcels fairly in the different areas. “We are careful to raise expectations that cannot be realised. The issue of sustainability is also very important. We are therefore calling on everyone who is more fortunate to contribute generously to save people from starvation. Any tinned food or dry items such as mealie meal, rice and flour will be appreciated,” says Sawant.

Sawant stressed that while help is important, they want to minimise the movement of people and therefore request that people who are in need call or WhatsApp him on 084 334 4786.

Children lining up at a food kitchen in Wesbank.

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hen legendary soccer player Duncan Crowie coached Cole Alexander from Mitchell’s Plain at Ajax Cape Town in Parow, he never thought that he would become his son-in-law later in life.

Last year, the Bidvest Wits player tied the knot with Jaime Crowie and at the end of March, they celebrated their first wedding anniversary in Midrand, Gauteng.

“As a kid, I admired him as a soccer player and at Ajax, I took his advice very seriously. He changed me from a number 10 to a number 6, more of a defensive midfielder box to box and I am still playing that same position today for Wits.

I’ve played soccer since the age of five at our local club Leeds Lentegeur soccer club, where I grew up,” says Alexander, who moved from Leeds to Seven Stars.

At the age of 10, he was released

by Seven Stars and moved to Hellenic, where he played until the age of 16.

In 2008 he joined Ajax u.17.

After three years at Ikamva, he turned professional and was later sent on loan to neighbours, Vasco da Gama.

During the 2012/13 season, he rejoined the Urban Warriors for another short spell.

“I was again sent on loan to Chippa United,” said Alexander.

His merry-go-round continued as Chippa wanted to loan him back to Vasco, but he moved back to Ajax.

“It was a crazy year for me and I am not sure if there is another player that played for three teams in one season,” he chuckles.

He later joined Polokwane City, then SuperSport United before settling at Wits in 2018.

“I appreciate every single club I played for. Leeds, my local club was so amazing with so many good and happy memories, playing soccer with my friends that also live on my road. All our families and neighbours would always get together and have some fun on the soccer fields, those were really special times.”

Alexander hails his time at Hellenic as one of the most memorable. He got to stay at the club’s academy and shared resources with professional footballers. “The environment was really lovely,” he says.

He praised former coaches Budgie Byrne and the late Cecil Byrne as well as Terry Cunningham.

“The rivalry between Ajax and Hellenic was one of the best at the time. It was amazing to participate

Cole Alexander during his time at Ajax Cape Town. PHOTO:

SAREL BURGER Die besonder gewilde jaarlikse Tony Stoops-skolerugbytoernooi vir o.19-spanne het ook in die slag gebly weens die huidige koronavirus-pandemie en is gekanselleer.

Verskeie Tygerbergse skole, asook ’n groot aantal spanne uit alle uithoeke van die land, neem al die afgelope 12 jaar gereeld aan die saamtrek deel.

Nadat daar sprake was dat dié saamtrek vir o.19-spanne vanaf die ingekorte Maart-skoolvakansie na die komende Julieskoolvakansie verskuif sou word, het Stoops die afgelope naweek aangedui dat dit beslis nie vanjaar aangebied sal word nie.

Die vernaamste rede hiervoor is die onsekerheid rondom die datums van die oorblywende skoolkwartale en die gepaardgaande vakansies.

Aangesien van die rugbyspelende matrikulante boonop waarskynlik ekstra klasse gedurende die waarskynlik verkorte vakansies sal hê en met studieprojekte doenig sal wees, is ’n toernooi van hierdie aard net eenvoudig nie haalbaar nie, het Stoops verklaar.

Wat hierdie toernooi so gewild maak, is dat skole gratis daaraan kan deelneem terwyl alle ander saamtrekke in SuidAfrika groot inskrywingsfooie verg. Altesame 36 spanne sou

aan die jongste toernooi deelgeneem het. ’n Verdere stimulus vir die saamtrek se gewildheid is dat ’n spangroep van ongeveer 40 spelers ná afloop daarvan saamgestel word vir ’n oorsese toer. In die voorafgaande vyf jaar is suksesvolle toere in Ierland, Portugal, Skotland, Engeland, Wallis en Frankryk onderneem. Vir die komende September-skoolvakansie was die voorlopige beplanning ’n besoek aan Argentinië.

Afgesien van die vroeëre bekendmaking dat die hele rits nasionale toernooie nie vanjaar in die Junie/Julie-skoolvakansie gaan plaasvind nie, het dit die afgelope naweek ook aan die lig gekom dat die jaarlikse toernooi van die Hoërskool Swartland – met deelname van onder meer die Tygerbergstreek se voorste o.19-spanne, asook die Hoërskool Brackenfell se junior rugbyfees, vanjaar van die baan is.

Soos wat die geval met senior rugby is, neem die skolerugbyampsdraers tans net ’n afwagtende houding in.

Niemand is bereid om te voorspel wanneer daar weer wedstryde gespeel sal kan word nie. ’n Bestuurslid van die WP Hoërskole-unie het egter wel te kenne gegee dat die wedstrydprogram “hopelik in die derde kwartaal” hervat sal word.

Intussen is die raamwerk en datums vir ’n derde “kwartaal” steeds in die duister gehul.

End-of-year showcase festival at Killarney

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in such matches.”

Alexander says his true prowess as a footballer began to shine at Ajax.

“This is where I developed and improved as a player,” he says, adding that the standards were very high and pushed him to become a better soccer player.

He considers Polokwane FC his other home.

“I used to be known as white chocolate by the fans there. They made me feel so welcome. I’m forever indebted to this team they were the only team in the PSL that wanted me at that stage of my career and they gave me a chance no other team wanted to give me.

“I made my national team debut from there too and was nominated for PSL awards. This is where I grew most as a person.

“I’ve played under so many coaches and I’ve learned so much from each of them that it would be unfair if I just choose one coach that made a difference in my soccer career. One thing I’ve learnt from playing under each of them is ‘you only fail if you lose the lesson’.”

While Alexander says he has never played for a foreign club, he is grateful to have played in tournaments in the Netherlands, Germany, Egypt, America and En-

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gland, but still harbours hopes of playing for Manchester United.

“I’d love to play for Manchester United because I’ve been supporting them all my life, but I wouldn’t mind playing for Liverpool either,” he chuckles.

Locally, he admires Benni McCarthy, as he was always his hero. He has a podcast for aspiring footballers and the youth about the importance of your decisions towards your dreams and goals. He believes every choice you make you need to ask yourself will this take me closer or further from your goal.

“Duncan, being my coach it was scary when I was interested in Jaime. I would always say I am visiting her brother Wade, but he quickly caught on why I was there and now she is my wife,” Cole says.

When he is not playing soccer he loves tennis, table tennis, playing poker, reading and playing Fifa.

“If I have to describe myself in five words, I would say, God-fearing and loving the Gospel. I find my identity in it. I appreciate life and am grateful for everything in it.

Players that made a lasting impression on him as a player and person are Clayton Daniels, also a former Ajax player and Thato Mokeke.

The extent of the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic presents a situation of great uncertainty, both to our health and our country’s economic well-being, says Western Province Motor Club (WPMC) president Dr Greg Mills.

“The crisis is likely to profoundly affect the way of life to which we have become accustomed and will demand prescient and firm leadership and tough choices to ensure both the club’s stability and future prosperity.

“While WPMC has unavoidably had to put its planned events on hold, at least until June, we are using the time constructively to prepare the strategy for the long-term renewal of the lease agreement,” states Mills.

He adds that this strategy will be circulated in due course and that the club’s management is working at devising and implementing ongoing cost-cutting measures to accommodate the considerable upset in the motor-racing calendar and anticipated revenue streams.

“I congratulate them for their hard work during this stressful time and ask for your support of their endeavours.

“It is important, too, that we keep focused on a more positive future. In this regard, we are planning a motorsports festival around

4 or 5 December, including an international endurance race and historic events.

“A number of international stars have, Covid-conditional, accepted our invitation to compete, including Jan Lammers, Emanuele Pirro, and Ginetta’s Lawrence Tomlinson – all of whom are overall or class winners at Le Mans – as well as the Killarney legend Brian Redman and current Ginetta Le Mans and WEC star Michael Simpson,” says Mills. Western Cape premier Alan Winde has been invited to be the guest of honour and the starter of the main event, should it be safe to do so when the time comes.

“This is a great platform for the WPMC to showcase Killarney and the capabilities of its management and membership.

“More details will follow on the festival as soon as these become available,” he says, adding his best wishes for this period, which is an important time for many religions.

“The club wishes you and your families well during this most difficult and abstruse time.

“We encourage all members to stay indoors and safe during the lockdown, where we can all play our part in slowing the transmission of this deadly virus, to resume our normal lives as soon as possible.”