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Huldeblyk aan Gé Korsten Die Gé Sing Hoor My Lied-vertoning het op Saterdag 28 September by die Grand Arena in GrandWest plaasgevind. Die sangers Andrè Schwartz, Louis Loock, Arina de Witt, Jannie Moolman, Scott Engelbrecht en Tasché Burger van M-Net se The Voice SA het saam met ’n volledige orkes ’n vars interprestasie van Gé Korsten se werk uitgevoer. Bonteheuwel se PJ Twins, John Talmarkes van Bonteheuwel en Peter Talmarkes, wat nou in Durbanville woon, het ook opgetree. Sien nog foto’s op bladsy 11.

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nwoners van die Bardale Village-sekerheidskompleks in Silversands is geskok ná ’n man na bewering sy vrou en hul twee minderjarige kinders en daarna homself doodgeskiet het.

Die 36-jarige man, Ntombela Simthembile, het glo sy 35-jarige vrou en die kinders,

twaalf en agt, geskiet ná die egpaar glo hewig rusie gemaak het. Die vrou en kinders se name is nie in hierdie stadium bekend nie.

Volgens ’n inwoner van Bardale Village, wat in dieselfde straat as die oorledenes woon, het sy en haar man Donderdag 26 September omstreeks 01:00 wakker geword toe hulle die gille van ’n vrou gehoor het.

“Ons en ander bure het ons na buite gehaas om te sien wat die bohaai is. Dit wil

voorkom asof die vrou probeer het om van haar man te vlug en deur die veiligheidshek gekeer is.

“Die sekerheidswag van die kompleks het nader gekom om te kyk of hy kan help, maar is deur die man met ’n vuurwapen gedreig en het die aftog geblaas,” sê die buurvrou, wat nie haar naam genoem wil hê nie.

Volgens haar blyk die gebeure uit huweliksprobleme te spruit.

“Van die mense sê die man het ’n brief nagelaat waarin hy sekere aantygings teen die vrou maak.

“Die vrou en kinders se klere was ook op die bed uitgepak asof sy besig was om reg te maak om te vlug,” sê die buurvrou.

Die bestuur van Bardale Village se huiseienaarsvereniging het in ’n verklaring aan inwoners die voorval betreur.

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Skryf nou in vir ons veldwedloop Kom stap saam met TygerBurger op Saterdag 19 Oktober by ons eerste veldwedloop op die Zevenwacht-wynlandgoed in Kuilsrivier.

Die 5 km-wedloop begin om 08:00.

Die roete sluit in ’n stewige opdraende en die pad kronkel verby die wingerde met ’n praguitsig oor die hele skiereiland.

Die koste vir volwassenes van 18 jaar en ouer is R100 per persoon, wat ’n bottel wyn van Zevenwacht insluit.

Kinders van ses tot 17 jaar betaal R50. Kleuters van vyf jaar en jonger kan gratis deelneem. Diegene wat dapper genoeg is, kan die roete twee keer voltooi teen geen ekstra koste nie.

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Woensdag, 2 Oktober 2019

Stop COCT questions unregulated surcharge DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke

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ivic action group Stop COCT, is currently investigating possible remedies to reverse the unregulated electricity surcharge implemented by the City of Cape Town.

Last week, Stop COCT approached the Public Protector for assistance regarding the unregulated portion of the City of Cape Town electricity tariffs.

“The Public Protector is of the view that this is a legislative issue and that it also falls outside their mandate. However, the Public Protector gave Stop COCT guidance on remedies and how to proceed.

“We spent nearly three hours with the Public Protector and undertook to lodge a formal complaint regarding this and other matters in the prescribed format communicated to us. These complaints will be lodged to the Public Protector within the next few days,” says Sandra Dickson, co-founder of Stop COCT. During a failed mediation meeting between Stop COCT and the City by the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) on 10 September, the City revealed that a 23 cent surcharge was added to the electricity tariff in terms of municipal legislation. This surcharge is unregulated and falls outside the mandate of Nersa.

According to the City, the surcharge is used to contribute to rates and to fund other services such as the installation and repairs of street lights and not to recover the costs of providing electricity.

However, Stop COCT remains concerned about the legislative processes followed to institute the surcharge, and the negative effect of the new property valuation (GV2018) on the new electricity tariffs.

“The GV2018 property valuation pushed many people over the R400 000 and R1 million thresholds.

“The result for the people now exceeding property valuations of over R400 000 is that they received an 80% plus tariff increase in rand and cent costs.

“These homeowners lost their free units and their tariff was increased from R1,10 to R1,99 without any warning from the City.

The reasons for this are the automatic move from the LifeLine category to the domestic category of the City’s inclined block tariff (IBT) because of the much higher GV2018 property valuation,” Dickson explained, adding that they thus dispute the City’s announced 8.88% increase in electricity tariffs for the current year.

In addition, Stop COCT found a circular from Treasury following the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act of 2007, noting the following: “The Act also has indirect implications for other local government stakeholders, such as organised local government ... For example, Nersa will need to review their current regulatory processes to exclude the surcharge component which currently forms part of the electricity reticulation tariff, ... to only regulate the ‘base tariff’, as soon as regulations are issued to prescribe norms and surcharges on electricity reticulation services.”

However, these “norms and standards” referred to could not be found to date, says Dickson.

“On questions put to Treasury, Stop COCT did not get a satisfactory answer to date as to where these ‘prescribed norms and surcharges’ are.

“Stop COCT is still pursuing this issue to get final clarity through all possible means,” says Dickson.

In response to this the City’s Mayco member for energy Phindile Maxiti says the City too is waiting for these “norms and standards” to be published.

Dickson furthermore challenges the fact that proper procedures were followed to make the public aware of the unregulated portion of the tariff during the 2018/2019 budgetary process.

“In the draft budget of 2018/2019 put out for public comment there was no mention of the unregulated portion, however it appeared in the final budget for that year.

“In the 2019/2020 final budget the unregulated portion was mentioned. But the omis-

sion of the unregulated portion in the 2018/2019 draft budget, raises questions as to whether proper public participation rules were applied,” says Dickson.

To this, Maxiti responded saying the surcharge was contained in the budget, however it was embedded in the budget as a total amount and not separated out at that time as cents per kWh. “It is published and was provided when requested... The City is looking at how it can enhance its engagement process with members of the public and how to make this complex information more accessible. There is always room for improvement and the City always welcomes constructive criticism,” he says.

Maxiti said there is a fundamental difference in the interpretation of the surcharge matter.

“The City has acted in good faith and in accordance with all applicable laws... The City has maintained that 10% goes for shared services,” he says.

He maintains the City had considered factors of affordability and the new GV2018.

“The City anticipated that for the first few months of the new financial year, customers would be especially affected by the increased tariffs as their winter usage would be higher than summer months and they would have to pay for their higher winter usage under increased tariffs.”

He says the GV2018 was a material factor in the budget process. “One would have noticed that there were various forms of relief built into the budget, for instance rates and services increases were kept as low as possible and rates and services assistance was increased to pensioners and indigent people.”

He says it is simply not sustainable anymore to subsidise customers who can pay their fair share.

“We can only truly afford to subsidise people who are destitute and that do not have the means to afford even basic levels of basic services. The City stands by the 8,88% tariff increase for 2019/2020 – which places Cape Town in the lower end of the increases if a country-wide comparison is made.”

Kaartjies byna uitverkoop vir Charity-konsert

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Die Charity-konsert vir die Alta du Toitnasorgsentrum op Dinsdag 8 en Woensdag 9 Oktober is amper uitverkoop.

Die konsert begin om 18:30 in die Bellville-burgersentrum in Voortrekkerweg.

Kaar-tjies kos R85 per persoon.

Die kliënte van die nasorgsentrum is hard besig om te oefen en as lesers nog nie bespreek het nie, moet hulle spring anders gaan hulle dit misloop.

Die immergewilde Pedro Kruger en 10 uitstekende kunstenaars gaan optree.

Kruger is ook die seremoniemeester en hy gaan die gaste vermaak, terwyl inwoners van die nasorgsentrum die harte gaan roer.

By albei geleenthede tree Corlea saam met die ambassadeur van die sentrum, Andriette, op. Op 8 Oktober tree Emo

Adams, Dowwe Dolla, Desmond Wells en die nuwe sangsensasie Tasché Burger op.

Op 9 Oktober is dit buiten Corlea en Andriette, ook Hiram Koopman, Loki Rothman, Pieter Koen, Nicolas Louw en Wayne MacKay op die verhoog. Laasgenoemde gaan sorg vir bietjie komedie.

Die konsert is ’n kombinasie van die talente van intellektueel gestremde persone wat bygestaan word deur bekende kunstenaars, en is ’n unieke konsep.

Die kliënte van Alta du Toit is bekend vir hul liefde vir musiek en dans, maar omdat hulle hulp benodig met afrigting, is bekendes genader om te help en ook sommer op die aand op te tree. Die opgewondenheid loop hoog en met die kunstenaars wat by die sentrum begin opdaag om saam met die kliënte te oefen, kan nie-

mand meer wag vir die konserte om te begin nie.

Al die kunstenaars en die seremoniemeester tree gratis op en ander borge soos Merlize Hair and Makeup, Intello Acousitcs, Sunbell Lodge en Byers Security is almal aan boord om die konserte ’n sukses te maak.

“Ons is ontsettend dankbaar en opgewonde vir elke borg wat ons ondersteun.

Ons wil graag hê die gemeenskap moet ons ondersteun en met deernis na ons kliënte se talente kom kyk en ’n heerlike aand vol dankbaarheid en pret beleef,” het Marina van der Meulen van die nasorgsentrum gesê. Kontak haar by 021 913 2106 of marina@altadutoit.org.za vir meer inligting en om kaartjies te koop.

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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.

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“Ons het verskeie e-posse en oproepe ontvang oor die voorval.

Dit is met groot hartseer dat ons u moet inlig dat ’n gesin van vier doodgeskiet is. Weens die sensitiewe aard van die voorval en uit respek vir die families gaan die vereniging geen verdere inligting bekend maak nie. Die polisie is tans besig om hierdie saak te ondersoek. Ons wil ons medelye met die familie in hierdie tyd beloon,” lui die verklaring.

Kapt. André Traut, polisie-

woordvoerder, het die voorval bevestig. “Die omstandighede rondom die dood van ’n gesin van vier word ondersoek. Die liggame van ’n 36-jarige man, sy 35-jarige vrou en hul seun (8) en dogter (12) is in die huis gevind.

Elke liggaam het een skoot uit ’n vuurwapen gehad. Die man was vermoedelik verantwoordelik.

Drie sake van moord word ondersoek, terwyl een doodsondersoek van stapel gestuur is,” sê Traut.

Trek Table Mountain with Meridian Hiking Club The Meridian Hiking Club will be hiking Lion’s Head as well as to King’s Blockhouse, Table Mountain on Sunday 6 October.

Both hikes cost R20.

Hikers are encouraged to bring along water, snacks, hats and a light jacket.

The following week, on Sunday 12 October, the

club will undertake a 24kilometre trek of Table Mountain starting at Llandudno Ravine.

The hikers meet at Constantia Nek. The hike costs R40.

V For more information call 082 532 3124 (Lion’s Head), 084 640 0079 (King’s Blockhouse) or 072 901 3930 (Table Mountain).

Woensdag, 2 Oktober 2019

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Apex learners meet Nasa astronaut

Phenomenal blogger now inspires others

Twenty learners from the Apex High School were invited to attend a seminar at Somerset College, where they listened to a talk by an inspiring astronaut, Dr Don Thomas. Thomas is a veteran of 692 space orbits of Earth.

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empowerment movement has now become an inclusive movement including gay and transgender people. There is single mom from Kuils River is try- beauty in imperfection. Your imperfecing to change the world one blog tions tell a story and it’s part of your scars, which tell its own story,” says post at a time.

Candice Lynn Christians is a model, Christians.

She hosted the Beauty Beyond Imperbody positive activist, fection Fashion Show advocate for women’s that focused on people rights, motivational with perceived imperspeaker and founder of fections and disabiliYou Are Phenomenal, a ties on Saturday 25 non-profit organisaMay at the Kenilworth tion that promotes feRacecourse.

“The male empowerment. show consisted of men Blogging was Chrisand women of every tians’s way to conquer race who were tall, her past. In it she spoke short, skinny, plus about her experiences size, transgender, gay, and shared her disabled and who sufthoughts. When she fered from illnesses saw how many women and diseases beyond read her blog (Destiny their control. I wanted Unlocked) and reacted to show that persons to her posts, she realwith disabilities are ised she had a golden Candice Lynn Christians hopes to real people and should opportunity to encour- open a rehabilitation centre for not be treated differage and empower wom- women and children. Christians had ently,” says Chrisen to become better ver- a place to go to, but says many women do not. PHOTO: ROELSE EVENTS tians sions of themselves.

You are PhenomeIn March last year You Are Phenomenal took off and Chris- nal has started an online show called “Ditians cannot believe how successful it has aries of Phenomenal Women” that enbecome. “It is something different. We are courages not only women but men to proud of the milestones we have reached share their stories in the hope of upliftwithin our first year,” says Christians. ing, motivating and inspiring others.

According to Christians, You are Phe- Christians and her team consisting of nomenal is not about the journey she has Khoreesha Singh and Zina Berecz are been on but rather for every single wom- working hard to help empower others to an out there. “What started as a women’s become better versions of themselves.

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A ‘knight in shining armour’ NOMZAMO YUKU @nomzamoyuku

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ven in what he describes as his last days, Maitland resident Peter Knight is determined to do good for his communi-

ty.

The 87-year-old is one of the top three finalists in the in 80 plus category of this year’s Community Champions Elders Awards.

The awards are presented by TygerBurger, People’s Post and City Vision in partnership with Spec-Savers.

Knight wakes up at 05:00 daily to pick up the dirt along the road. He takes a wheeliebin along, or a rubbish bag.

He drops it off at his local church until it can be collected by the municipality.

Knight, who now has health issues, says he has been doing this for 78 years.

It all started at St John’s Catholic Church in Coronation Road at the age of nine. He voluntarily started cleaning the church premises and in front of the gate.

Knight says that was not enough as the road remained dirty. That’s when he started to occasionally clean the rest of the road too.

He has continued this voluntary service until today.

This, he says, allows him to go to bed a happy man every night, and the community appreciates him.

“I cannot stand seeing a piece of paper laying around. I used to do it for my father who

would say, ‘pick up the papers even on your way to church’.

“I am angry at the school children that eat their chips and throw the packets anywhere.

They have no respect for the environment or the elders,” says Knight.

He says he gets a mixed type of response from the community, with some appreciating and trying to help him where they can.

However, some residents are simply not bothered by his daily efforts.

Sharing the story of his life, Knight says he has always been a responsible person, putting other people’s needs first.

He attributes his conduct to lessons from his late parents.

Knight says in his last days his father reminded him of the importance of taking care of his loved ones.

“My father asked me to take care of my mother and my siblings, and to always remember his teachings,” Knight says.

He had to honour his father’s will and help his mother raise the other children. He was never married nor did he have children, but says he is a family person.

“I have always had a good relationship with my siblings. Yes, there would be misunderstandings and we would end up not talking to some, but I always loved them and their children,” he says.

Knight was nominated by fellow resident Esmeralda Alexander, who has been observing his role in the community over the last

Moonlight walk with four-legged friends Friday 4 October is World Animal Day and dog lovers are invited to the Killarney International Raceway to help set a new world record for the number of dogs taking part in a moonlight dog walk.

The target is to get 1 000 paws on the circuit, which means a minimum of 250 dogs and their humans.

The aim of the walk, presented by the Cape Animal Welfare Forum, Hills and the City of Cape Town is to raise funds to sustain the efforts of non-government organisations in relieving the suf-

fering of animals living within indigent communities across the metropole.

The venue is family-friendly and will have music, food, stalls and a children’s corner from 17:00. Registration opens at 17:30 for either a 2km or 3km walk, both starting at 19:15.

Entry is R60 for dogs, R30 for humans and free for under 16s, and includes a free Hill’s woofy bag for each waggy tail.

V Contact Karen de Klerk at 021 396 5511 or aro@animalrescue.org.za or visit www.animalrescue.org.za for more information.

Trail Run Saterdag 19 Oktober Zevenwacht-wynlandgoed, Kuilsrivier Afstand: 5 km Wegspringtyd: 08:00 Diegene wat dapper genoeg is, kan die roete twee keer voltooi teen geen ekstra koste nie.

Koste vir volwassenes (18 jaar en ouer): R100, sluit ’n bottel Zevenwacht-wyn in Koste vir kinders (6 tot 17 jaar): R50 Kleuters (5 jaar en jonger): Gratis.

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few years.

Alexander sees Knight as an inspiration to many in the community.

She says despite his age, Knight still smiles and greets people while he is busy cleaning along the road.

“He never moans, come rain or shine. I am

grateful Mr Knight will get some recognition for his good deeds,” she says.

V The winners of the awards will be announced at a morning tea on 12 October in Cape Town. Winners and runners-up will walk away with Shoprite vouchers and other prizes sponsored by TygerBurger, People’s Post, City Vision and Spec-Savers.

Badisa gee hoop in tye van geweld In die afgelope maand waarin die hele land met die voortslepende en sinnelose geweld teen vrouens en kinders gekonfronteer is, het Badisa ’n sprankie hoop by sy onlangse algemene jaarvergadering in Durbanville gebring.

Badisa, ’n maatskaplike diensorganisasie, het sowat 144 programme wat in die 2018/19-boekjaar daagliks maatskaplike dienste aan 665 850 mense in die Wes-, Suid- en Noord-Kaap lewer.

Badisa het lig gewerp op die verskil wat hierdie organisasie elke dag maak.

Ds. Charl van Rensburg, voorsitter van die Badisa-bestuursraad, het ’n prentjie van die werklikheid met deernis en empatie geskep. Hy het gesê Badisa bied dienste aan ouer mense, mense met gestremdhede, mense wat sukkel met substansafhanklikheid, vroeë kindontwikkeling, asook kinders en families.

“Die landswye statistiek rondom kinders is egter wat opnuut skok” het hy gesê en die volgende statistiek gedeel: . vier kinders word elke week vermoor; . 37 000 kinders is uit hul ouerhuise verwyder omdat dit te gevaarlik was om daar te bly; . kinders tussen die ouderdomme van 8 maande en 18 maande word verkrag; . 82% van alle kinders word tydens hul leeftyd aan een of ander vorm van geweld blootgestel; . een uit drie kinders word seksueel misbruik; . een uit vier kinders word emosioneel mishandel; . talle kinders lei aan posttraumatiese stresversteuring.

Een van hierdie kinders is Ivor Swartz, ’n voormalige lid van die 26- tronkbende. Ivor het by die vergadering deur middel van ’n videogreep sy storie vertel, asook dié van honderde kinders wat voel dat hul lewe geen waarde het nie.

Hy is een van talle Suid-Afrika-

Hier by die vergadering is (agter van links) Tia Alberts (direkteur: menslike hulpbronne), Annemarie Bezuidenhout (direkteur: bemarking en fondswerwing) en Helet Malherbe (direkteur: finansies en administrasie). Voor is Christine Quickfall (hoof- uitvoerende beampte) en Ronel van Zyl (direkteur: maatskaplike diensprogramme). ners wie se pa se dood hom op driejarige ouderdom weerloos gelaat het en aan middelmisbruik, asook rolmodelle wat met geweld hul stempel afdruk, blootgestel het.

Hy het egter ook getuig hoe ’n maatskaplike werker sy lewe verander het tydens sy tyd in die tronk.

Prof. Erwin Schwella, dekaan van die Skool vir Innovasie by Hugenote Kollege en gasspreker by die vergadering, het Badisa geëer as “’n professionele, barmhartige en sosiaal-innoverende onderneming”.

Tydens sy toespraak het hy die konteks en uitdagings wat SuidAfrika in die gesig staar geskets en klem daarop gelê dat Suid-Afrika die wêreld se mees ongelyke samelewing is.

“Vernuwende optrede en ’n paradigmaskuif is nodig om ekonomiese, sosiale en psigiese proble-

me aan te spreek, maar sosiale innovasie kry juis sy oorsprong in probleme,” het hy gesê.

“Sterk leierskap en emosionele intelligensie is nodig om mense met nuwe vaardighede te bemagtig en om deernis in die lewering van dienste ten toon te stel om hierdie probleme te bowe te kom,”het hy gesê.

“Alle aksies moet op die opvoeding van mense gemik wees sodat probleme in geleenthede omskep kan word,” het hy gesê.

Christine Quickfall, hoof- uitvoerende beampte van Badisa, het gesê die uiteinde is duidelik. “Te midde van hierdie uitdagings het Badisa as leerorganisasie die kundigheid, vaardighede en ondervinding, asook goeie korporatiewe bestuur, sterk vennootskappe en ’n magtige verband met die twee prinsipaalkerke om ’n sosiale impak te maak,” het sy gesê.

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assenger rides on the Western Cape’s railway lines have declined by more than 300 000 rides per week because of the unreliability of the train system.

Riana Scott, spokesperson for Metrorail Western Cape says: “Historically, 732 000 passenger journeys per weekday were recorded. Current passenger journeys are 416 310 due to the reduced capacity.”

Mandilakhe Dlula, a student at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), is one of the long suffering commuters. “I don’t have a car and the trains are the only affordable mode of transportation available for my area,” says Dlula.

Dlula who has been using the train his whole life says he is often late for his lectures. “I usually miss half the lecture because of the delays. Sometimes I even miss lectures altogether. Some lecturers do not understand our predicament,” says Dlula.

According to Jumaui Clarke, a lecturer at the University of Cape Town (UCT), the students who do take the train are slow to point it out because it is so obvious that there had been a problem. Clarke himself is a commuter that travels from Plumstead to Rosebank station every morning.

He says that there had been a close call earlier in the year where he had almost missed his 08:00 lecture. “I was on a train that just stopped between Wittebome and Wynberg stations.

“Clarke says that the delays were especially bad that day. Many people in the train had to resort to jumping out between the carriages, which is dangerous

and illegal. In this instance, the train had been stationary for quite some time and I too had to jump off the train between the carriages,” says Clarke.

Once Clarke was off the train, he called an Uber to get to the university. “Luckily, I arrived at campus 10 minutes before the lecture started.

Over the last two weeks of September, train commuters have been arriving at their destinations later than expected.

On Thursday 12 September just after 06:00 a train from Strand had derailed just before Bellville Station. This derailment impacted thousands travelling to and from various areas across the Northern and Central Lines thus forcing commuters to make use of alternative modes of transport. Over the past few years, Metrorail in the Western Cape has suffered severely after the arson attacks and vandalism in various areas.

“The Western Cape currently has a fleet of 57 train-sets, at least 88 are required to return to previous service levels,” says Scott.

These delays caused by regional power failures, cable theft, passenger related incidents and vandalism in various areas across the city, have impacted and changed routes for most commuters on the northern line. The reasons for these delays are often relayed quite late on social media, especially when it comes to power failures.

“The running times of trains have increased due to asset obsolescence and the condition of rail networks requiring extraordinary measures like speed restrictions and manual authorisations,” says Scott.

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Learners say ‘no’ to gender violence Learners of Apex High School in Eerste River took a stand against gender-based violence.

According to principal Renate van der Westhuizen, the learners realised “we are all part of the problem and we are all a key answer to the solution”.

“It is not just men or boys, it is our society. We remembered those lost, burnt candles in their honour and started the conversation.

“At Apex High School we pledged to no longer objectify others and handle all life with respect,” she says.

Learners wrote the word “no” on their hands,

Learners pledged to never objectify others and to treat everyone with respect.

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Nuwe wyn vir kankerbewusmaking ESMÉ ERASMUS @erasmusesme

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en uit elke 15 vroue wat vandag met borskanker gediagnoseer word, is deesdae jonger as 40 jaar, terwyl dit 40 jaar gelede skaars was en daar ’n lae insidensie van borskanker by vroue in dié ouderdomsgroep was.

Só het dr. Rika Pienaar, ’n onkoloog van Cancer Care in Panorama, gesê met die bekendstelling van ’n spesiale uitgawe van D’Aria-wyn, die 2019 Sauvignon Blanc Music by D’Aria, ten bate van die Ditto-projek van die nie-winsgewende borskankerondersteuningsgroep Reach for Recovery met die oog op Borskankermaand, wat gedurende Oktober gevier word.

Sy en dr. Justus Apffelstaedt, stigter van die Apffelstaedt & Associates mediese sentrum in Panorama en Windhoek, wat spesialiseer in siektes van die borste, skildklier en byskildklier, was die gassprekers by die geleentheid.

Volgens Pienaar is die leefstyl van die moderne vrou een van die hoofoorsake van die styging in die voorkoms van borskanker.

“Daar is vandag ook meer geleenthede vir vroue met die industrialisasie – meer vroue werk en ervaar stres. Daar is ook vandag meer oorgewig kinders. Oorgewig meisies begin vroeër menstrueer – al vanaf 49 kg af.

Dit lei daartoe dat hulle baie langer aan hormone blootgestel word.

“Vroeëre generasies het vroeër getrou, dosyne kinders gehad en geborsvoed, terwyl die huidige vrou vroeër begin menstrueer en orale kontrasepsie gebruik. Hulle stel hul huwelik uit, kry hul eerste baba later en kry dan net een of twee kinders, wat hulle nie vir die volle tydperk borsvoed nie, omdat hulle moet teruggaan werk toe.

“Vroue in hul menopouse gebruik ook hormoonvervangingsterapie. Dis nie ’n enkele faktor wat tot ’n verhoogde voorkoms van borskanker lei nie, maar dis die kumulatiewe effek van ’n kombinasie van faktore,” het sy gesê.

“Dis ’n leefstylsiekte en veral by ouer vroue speel oorgewig, onaktiwiteit en alkoholgebruik ’n belangriker rol as by jonger vroue. Genetiese faktore speel ook ’n groot rol,” het sy gesê.

“Daar is egter baie wat vroue kan doen om gesonder te leef. Deur alkohol te drink, verhoog jou risiko vir borskanker. Dit gaan egter nie net oor die drink van alkohol nie, maar die gesamentlike effek van onaktiwiteit, oorgewig en ander bydraende faktore,” het sy gesê.

Apffelstaedt, ’n chirurg en voormalige hoof van die Tygerberg-borskliniek, het gesê hoewel alkohol jou kans op borskanker met slegs 1 uit 100, dus slegs marginaal, verhoog, is wyn spesifiek voordelig vir die hart en kan een glas wyn per dag jou lewe met drie tot vier jaar verleng teenoor mense wat dit nie drink nie.

Hy het in 1984 vir die eerste keer met borskanker by jonger vroue te doen gekry toe hy ’n jong vrou met terminale borskanker ontmoet het. Toe het agt uit 10 vroue met borskanker gesterf. “Ek het gedink dat iets gedoen moet word. In daardie stadium was ra-

dikale chirurgie dikwels die eerste behandeling wat toegepas is.

“Ons het egter deur die jare besef dat ons meer vroue kan genees deur chirurgie, mediese onkologie en bestralingsbehandeling in ’n multidissiplinêre span te integreer en só die ingrypendheid van die behandeling afskaal en die uitkomste verbeter.

“Deur effektiewe mammografiese sifting word kanker vroeër opgetel, wat meebring dat behandeling heelwat meer suksesvol is.

“Daarmee doen ons nie meer radikale behandeling nie. Meer vroue behou vandag hul borste en waar dan ’n mastektomie nodig is, word die bors in dieselfde operasie weer opgebou,” het hy gesê.

Volgens hom word ongeveer twee miljoen vroue elke jaar wêreldwyd met borskanker gediagnoseer en toon dit ’n toename van 4% per jaar.

“In vergelyking met toe ek as student begin het, oorleef omtrent 90% van die vroue wat in my praktyk gediagnoseer word, omdat dit vroeër ontdek word, beter behandel word en meer doelgerigte behandeling deur onkoloë moontlik is,” het hy gesê.

“Vandag kan ons selfs borskanker voorkom. Genetiese toetse is beskikbaar waar 24 gene getoets word vir afwykings wat ’n hoë risiko van borskanker inhou. Dan doen ons voorkomende chirurgie, wat heel effektief is,” het hy gesê.

In die 1990’s toe hy by die Tygerberg-hospitaal begin werk het, het hy besef minderbevoorregte vroue het geen toegang tot rekonstruktiewe chirurgie nie.

“In ontwikkelende lande soos in Suid-Afrika, waar geen grootskaalse kankernavorsing moontlik is nie, sal ’n mens liewer geld gee vir die ondersteuning van die armes wat deur hierdie siekte getref word.

Apffelstaedt het ’n jaar en ’n half gelede

by Tygerberg bedank en is sedertdien in samewerking met Reach for Recovery betrokke om bewustheid te skep en geld in te samel vir die Ditto-projek.

Die projek is in 2011 begin om ná mastektomie silikoonprosteses te verskaf aan vroue wat dit nie kan bekostig nie, om hulle weer ’n normale vroulike vorm te gee.

Apffelstaedt het D’Aria bedank vir die wyninisiatief. “Ek dink dis baie waardevol om die Durbanville-wynbedryf hierby te betrek,” het hy gesê.

Die wynprojek was die idee van Alba Botha, eienaar van Cape Wine Match en ’n oorwinnaar van borskanker.

“Ek het die fondse gehad vir die beste dokters, maar wat van vroue wat dit nie kan bekostig nie? Só het die gedagte ontstaan om ’n produk op die mark te sit om die leemte aan te spreek,” het Botha gesê.

Rudi von Waltsleben, wynmaker van D’Aria, het gesê toe hy genader is, het hy besluit om dit nie net ’n projek met ’n paar bottels wyn te maak nie, maar regtig geld in te samel met die wyn waarmee D’Aria die meeste geld maak, naamlik sy sauvignon blanc. Die etiket van die 2019 Sauvignon Blanc Music by D’Aria het ’n ligpienk lint daarop, wat donkerder pienk verkleur as die wyn verkoel word. Die projek kan selfs tot in Desember duur en hy mag dalk besluit om dit jaarliks aan te bied, het hy gesê.

Hier met ’n bottel 2019 Sauvignon Blanc Music by D’Aria is (van links) dr. Rika Pienaar (onkoloog van Cancer Care in Panorama), dr. Justus Apffelstaedt (Apffelstaedt & Associates), Alba Botha (eienaar van Cape Wine Match) en Rudi von Waltsleben (wynmaker van D’Aria).

FOTO’S: ESMÉ ERASMUS

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Amelda Johnson, Leana Savage en Gitte van Gent, almal van D’Aria, was ook by die bekendstelling.

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About 260 furbabies could be homeless ESMÉ ERASMUS

pointed at the general meeting held on 26 August. The members are Alison Garlick, Samantha Reid and Dee Terblanche. bout 220 dogs and 40 cats need to find In the post, it was stated that the new mannew homes as it seems that Uitsig Aniagement committee’s hands have been totalmal Rescue Centre near Melkbossly tied. “All we can do is try to get as many trand has finally lost its fight for survival. animals as quickly as possible to be adopted.

According to a statement posted We trust that all the interested on the Facebook page of Uitsig Aniparties will join and come and mal Rescue Centre on Sunday 22 meet our animals and spread the September, the land on which the word. centre is situated, will be auctioned “We have a full-time manageoff on Wednesday 9 October. ment team on the ground, and In a desperate attempt to raise the committee is active. funds and awareness, Uitsig Ani“Note that the committee is a mal Rescue Centre held a Pamper a voluntary committee and that Pooch Day on Tuesday 24 Septemthe management team is paid by ber. a private donor. All previous Furkids Clip ’n Dip, run by Caron bank accounts have been withBurger, was there to groom some of held and we are operating from the very shaggy dogs. Many people our own capital. came to meet dogs, make donations “We would like to add that we of food and funds. A mini-auction need help, not negativity as we was also held to raise funds. fight for the lives of 250 animals.

Uitsig Animal Rescue Centre, one If sold on auction we could have of the largest animal welfare cenas little as three months to tres in the country, used to be in rehome and share the balance beJoostenberg Vlakte, but moved to tween other welfares. But the its current site of about 12 ha on the likelihood of finding space for evThandanani Farm in Kleine Zoute eryone is sadly limited.

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“We have been left holding a The land was purchased in Februticking time bomb. Why? Beary 2015 by Vendivax to ensure that cause we love animals and the animals would always have a stepped up. We are all exhausted safe haven. as we have day jobs, but we fight However, since December last on. year the centre has been under “If you decide to withdraw High Court facilitation due to previyour donation be mindful of the ous mismanagement, TygerBurger fact that it pays the wages of the reported earlier this year (“Animal people that care for the animals, rescue centre needs help”, 27 food and that’s it.

March). Due to this, the centre has “All the other needs are curbeen left in dire straits to survive rently being donated.” financially and has recently been Contact Alison Garlick or Sam liquidated.

Alison Garlick, a new board member, with her son, Jack, and kennel Reid on hello.uitsig@gmail.com If the land is sold on 9 October, hand Onias Nzanga with Lieto and Jake, who got groomed. for more information.

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they will have two to three months to get all the animals off the property.

In the statement on Facebook, it was said the farm was brought under liquidation even though there were desperate attempts to stop the liquidation.

A new Uitsig management team was ap-

Lucy is looking for a home.

Suzy is one of the many dogs looking for a forever home.

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People unite at BonteLanga concert TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07

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he Cape Cultural Collective and residents of Bonteheuwel and Langa celebrated Heritage Day with the BonteLanga concert, held on Tuesday 24 September.

Festivities took place at the Bonteheuwel Civic Centre.

The aim of the concert was to call for peace, unity and human rights through poetry, music and dance.

One of the organisers, Elizabeth Schutter from Bishop Lavis told TygerBurger the two communities are building bonds of solidarity in order to better face joint challenges and ensure greater social justice.

“Several organisations that are concerned about the violence on the Cape Flats and support efforts at social cohesion and justice joined this initiative as partners.

“The organisations include the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, One City, Many Cultures Initiative, the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative, House of Hope organisation, Cape Flats Interfaith Declaration and the Claremont Main Road Mosque,” said Schutter.

Gary Adriaanse (Vrygrond), Bradley Gaeb van Sitters (Sea Winds) and Arthur Koeberg (Westlake).

Bonteheuwel residents Shamiela Groenewald, Carmen Steyn and Severa Samuels.

Gameedah Burns, Verity du Plessis and Priscilla Samuels from Bonteheuwel Walking Ladies.

PHOTOS: TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS

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The preferred option includes a road over rail bridge and the re-alignment of Buttskop Road to link Van Riebeeck Road and Albert Philander Street.

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Residents were treated to boerewors rolls and an afternoon of jazz sounds.

Tarryn-Leigh Solomons of TygerBurger attended the event.

Bonteheuwel Jazz Yard Academy’s drummer Cameron Davids.

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In terms of section 17 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, the public and interested and affected parties may submit comments, recommendations or input to the municipality from 7 October to 7 November 2019.

Members of the public and interested and affected parties are invited to view the proposed development plan and submit their comments at the forthcoming open day: Date: Time: Venue:

Wednesday 9 October 2019 15:00 – 20:00 Blackheath Community Hall, Evergreen Drive

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Bonteheuwel residents enjoyed picnicking.

Sarah Jefthas, Berenice Fortuin, Claudine Pretorius, Denver Fortuin and Riedewaan Salie from Bonteheuwel.

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Alleentyd is van kardinale belang Dit is die maand Oktober, Die mooiste, mooiste maand!

Dan is die dag so helder, so groen is elke aand ...

En skielik is dit Oktober. Volgens C. Louis Leipoldt die mooiste, mooiste maand. En bitter min van ons kan met hierdie epogmakende gedig stry.

Hoewel 1 September amptelik as die einde van die mistroostige winter en die begin van die lente beskou word, is dit tog Oktober wat werklike lente is.

September is eintlik net nog ’n maand van winterbabalaas. Veral met aardverwarming het die seisoenale skeidslyne tussen winter en lente byna heeltemal verdwyn. Teen Oktober is ons dus in die hartjie van die lente.

Ek hoor gerugte dat daar hier en daar blomme in Namakwaland is, maar dat dit weens die heersende droogte nie lank gaan hou nie.

Oktober is ook die maand wat so amper op die drumpel van die einde van die jaar is. Dit is die maand wanneer baie mense begin wonder of hulle genoeg gespaar het om Desember te kan vakansie hou.

Ná Oktober is dit nog net November om te spaar as jy Desember gerieflik en sonder sorge wil gaan uitspan.

Dit is ook die beste maand om bestekopname te doen oor alles wat jy die afgelope jaar bereik het of nie. My kollega sê die ander dag hy het by niks van sy nuwejaarsvoornemens uitgekom nie. Die lewe het met hom gebeur en hy het so besig geraak dat hy niks gedoen gekry het nie.

Verlede jaar was vir my ’n so-so jaar.

Niks noemenswaardig het gebeur nie en daarom het ek besluit ek gaan myself in 2019 laat geld. Dinge doen wat ek nog nie gedoen het nie; goed klaarmaak wat ek jare reeds uitstel en net probeer om beheer te neem oor my lewe. Dalk meer aktief te wees.

Die lewe besluit toe anders en ’n mediese toestand wat ek vir baie lank probeer wegwens het duik toe weer op.

Nie net het dit ’n demper geplaas op die meeste van my planne nie, dit het sommige planne heeltemal laat ontspoor.

So erg het dit uiteindelik geword dat ek operasies aan beide my heupe moes ondergaan. Dit het beteken dat ek vir twee maande nie kon werk nie. ’n Tydperk van swartgalligheid het gevolg waarin ek telkens gewonder het hoekom sulke goed dan nou gebeur op ’n tydstip wat ek probeer om ’n beter weergawe van myself te wees.

Uiteindelik het ek besef dat dit dalk nie so ’n slegte idee was dat ek op my bas moes beland nie. Ek het die geleentheid gekry om oor goed te besin waarvoor ’n mens nie kans kry in die geharwar van jou normale bestaan nie – ’n soort van bestekopname oor waar ek vandaan kom, waar ek my bevind en waarheen ek op pad is.

Dit is verbasend oor hoe baie ’n mens van jouself leer wanneer jy tyd met jouself spandeer. Sonder die geraas wat die buitelewe bied – net jy in die eie wêreld van jou kop.

Dit is nou Oktober en ek kan met eerlikheid sê waar ek onlangs nog gevoel het ek wil hierdie jaar uitvee en net weer volgende jaar oor begin, sien ek dit nou anders. Hierdie jaar het my lesse geleer wat ek dalk andersins nie sou leer nie.

Dit het my geleer dat jy planne kan maak, maar dat die lewe gebeur en jy daardie planne sal moet aanpas. Dat as iets nie uitwerk soos wat jy voorsien het nie, jy dit nie as ’n terugslag moet sien nie, maar as ’n les.

En dat dit goed is om tyd met jouself te spandeer. – Brenden Ruiter

“Oktober is ook die maand wat so amper op die drumpel van die einde van die jaar is”

Table Mountain’s “table top” peaks over a cloud in this photo sent in by a reader. “At a time where South Africans are still shaken by the levels of gender-based violence, rape and crime in the country, this breathtaking image symbolises hope and salvation where deep despair exists,” explains Puleng Phooko.

FOTO: PULENG PHOOKO

BRIEWE briewe@tygerburger.co.za|Faks: 021 910 6501|Posbus 747, Bellville 7535|Briewe wat nie langer is as 250 woorde nie, sal voorkeur geniet. Verskaf asb. u naam, adres en telefoonnommer by (nie vir publikasie). Spertyd is Vrydag om 12:00

Sny tóg net B’fell se gras Ek wil net graag my mening uitspreek oor die sny van gras in ons parke en op sypaadjies.

Dit was opmerklik dat die sypaadjies en parke gereeld gesny is voor Meimaand se verkiesing – wat my betref net om stemme te werf.

Sedertdien is nog geen sypaadjie of park in Protea Village gesny nie. Waarvoor word ons belastinggeld aangewend?

Brackenfell behoort nie aan Stad Kaapstad soos hulle dink nie, maar aan die inwoners, wat vir dienste betaal.

Miskien moet daar weer ’n verkiesing gehou word, dan sal ons weer verskeie mense sien wat sypaadjies skoonmaak.

ERNIE E-pos

Probleme met busterminus Dit is noodsaaklik dat ’n oplossing gekry word vir die haglike situasie by Bellville se langsafstandbusterminusse op die hoek van Oakdale- en Mispelstraat.

Dis ’n irritasie vir inwoners en kantoorwerkers en veroorsaak geraas- en lugbesoedeling en verkeersprobleme. Eiendomspryse word afgedruk.

Dit is ook moeilik vir gebruikers om daar te kom en dit is nie maklik toeganklik vir busse wat ry van en na die N1 nie.

My voorstel is dat ’n sentrale busterminus byvoorbeeld suidwes van die Engen Tygervallei langs Carl Cronjeweg ingerig word. Die paaie is breed en dit verleen maklike toegang tot hoofroetes soos die N1. Dit is ook op plaaslike bus- en taxiroetes

vir maklike vervoer van passasiers na en uit die area.

Hierdie gebied kan uitgebrei word na die suide deur die grond gelyk te maak en geriewe soos toilette en winkeltjies op te rig.

JAKOBUS Bellville

Swaar voertuie hou verkeer op Ek dink die padverkeerstekens voor Plattekloofweg in Parow-Noord moet aandui dat swaar voertuie nie die N1 mag gebruik nie, maar wel afdraai na Frans Conradierylaan om sodoende die opeenhoping op die bult by Karel Bremer te verminder.

Hulle ry óf langs mekaar óf die goed gaan staan gereeld teen die bult, wat veroorsaak dat die verkeer ophoop.

Oorsee ondervind jy nie hierdie probleme nie.

Swaar voertuigbestuurders weet hulle moet regs of links hou.

Ek het dit vanmiddag (Donderdag 26 September) weer ondervind. ’n Swaar voertuig het gaan staan en die verkeersbeampte het probeer om die verkeer te herlei, maar die res moes teen ’n slakkepas teen die bult uit.

MICHIEL LAUBSCHER Stellenberg Gardens

They can’t take away the pain ...

I’m responding to the letter on 18 September relating to the death penalty (“Doodstraf nie die oplosing nie”, TygerBurger).

The letter states that if rapists and murderers get the death penalty then they cannot fix what they have done. If that is the case why not pose the question to every woman that has been raped and every person who has

had a loved one murdered?

Ask them what their rapist or murderer can do to fix what they have done. I bet you the answer would be to take back what they have done.

When you have raped or murdered a woman or child you have taken away something they can never get back.

Putting them in jail for life only means the victim now has to work and pay taxes to keep them in jail, if ever they are released the victim will be fearful.

I am in agreement with the death penalty being reinstated MICHAEL Durbanville

Murder was tragic and unnecessary With reference to Clive Kihn’s letter “Justice system is failing us” in TygerBurger of 25 September: As a very good friend of the deceased I could not more agree with Clive, this case is a good example of how our justice system fails us as South Africans.

The killer was released on R3 000 bail, living his life for two years and three months while the family and friends of the deceased were trying to process this tragedy.

After an emotional trial of six months (due to postponements, etcetera), I quote the following from the judgement: “The after-effects of a crime must also be taken into account, particularly so when the offender’s actions have a ripple effect on the victims in the immediate community.

The victim, in this case, was a woman and a ‘soft target’ for the offender. Not only do crimes against woman amount to a serious invasion of the dignity of the victim, but these crimes do not contribute towards our claims that we are ‘civilized’ and live in a ‘civilized’ society. However, at the same time the

object of sentencing is not to satisfy public opinion, but to serve the public interest. The murder of the deceased was tragic and totally unnecessary. The offender is declared unfit to possess a firearm.”

Yet, the judge deviate from the prescribed minimum sentence of 15 years?

I battle to understand why.

ANON Brackenfell

Don’t allow stones on pavements I wholeheartedly agree with the writer of the letter “Skerp klippe op sypaadjies is ’n gevaar” (TygerBurger, 18 September).

I am an elderly lady who enjoys going for a walk around the neighbourhood in Welgelegen, but it seems as if you have to take your life in your hands when going for a walk these days.

On the corner of Mika Street and LaProvence Road there are very large grey stones. It looks like volcanic rocks.

When you get to the corner of Mika Street you have to walk in the road in LaProvence as you cannot walk on the pavement.

LaProvence is a very busy road, and there are many times when I have had to stop and stand back against the edge of the road to avoid being knocked over.

There are also small brown stones on most of the pavements but one can at least walk on those if necessary.

Why does the municipality allow the residents to put stones on the pavements? It is municipal property.

LaProvence Road is a very busy road with drivers who do not keep to the speed limit, it is time speed bumps were installed to slow the traffic down.

RETIRED LADY Welgelegen

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Vaslav’s spirit ignited in play

T Die PJ Twins, Arina de Witt, Andrè Schwartz, Louis Loock, Scott Engelbrecht, Tasché Burger (wenner van The Voice SA) en Jannie Moolman.

’n Aand vir Gé Korsten Die vertoning van Gé Sing Hoor My Lied het op Saterdag 28 September by die Grand Arena in GrandWest plaasgevind. Die sangers André Schwartz, Louis Loock, Arina de Witt, Jannie Moolman, Scott Engelbrecht, die PJ Twins en Tasché van M-Net se The Voice SA het saam met ’n volledige orkes ’n vars interpretasie van sy werk uitgevoer. Dit is vanjaar 20 jaar sedert Gé oorlede is.

Tarryn-Leigh Solomons van TygerBurger het foto’s geneem.

Andrè Schwartz.

he theatrical tour de force Vaslav, star- the star of the Ballet Russe company danced ring Godfrey Johnson, comes to The Fu- for the last time at the age of 28, in 1919. Diaggard Studio Theatre in November. nosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, he spent This triple Fleur du Cap Theatre Award the next 30 years of his life in and out of mennominated production, tal institutions. has received universal “This is a tragic and praise from audiences beautiful human story and critics alike since of an artist trying to its premiere at the Nafind wholeness as he fational Arts Festival in ces the onset of schizo2015. phrenia,” says Bye. Directed by Lara Bye “Based on Vaslav Ni(Oskar en die pienk tanjinsky’s own diaries, nie; Rainbow Scars) and the world he lived and starring Godfrey in around the time of Johnson, (Die Van the First World War Aardes van Grootoor, with its explosion of The Shadow of Brel), creativity, change and Vaslav ignites the spirindustrial and technoit of Nijinsky in this logical advances, Vachoreography of diaslav blends together an logue, music and moveintoxicating combinament. Johnson draws tion of original and peon the works of Strariod music, with dance vinksy, Rachmaninov, and video.”

Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Performances will be Satie and his own comfrom Tuesday 5 Novempositions, to explore ber until Sunday 17 Nothe life of Nijinsky as vember at 20:00 with revolutionary dancer matinee performances and mental patient, on Saturdays and Sunagainst a backdrop of days at 15:00. the social and cultural Godfrey Johnson as Vaslav. “People thought V Tickets from R150 to R160 upheavals of a world I was mad, I just thought I was fully alive” can be booked through The struggling with its own – Vaslav Nijinksy.

PHOTO: ROBERT KIRSNER Fugard Theatre box office borders. on 021 461 4554 or at For many years, Nijinsky was the most ad- www.thefugard.com. Access to the theatre is via two mired ballet dancer in the world. Labelled flights of stairs; if assistance is required enquire at ‘‘The God of the Dance’’ by adoring critics, the box office.

What’s on | Wat’s waar V Saxophonist Don Vino will be sharing the stage with well-known South African artists such as Loukmaan Adams, Amy Jones and Craig Lucas at the V&A Waterfront’s Silo District on Friday 4 October at 19:00. This is the first of the free performances of the Silo concerts series happening every first Friday of the month until February 2020.

Rudi Oelofse (Glencairn), Judy Aleash (Gleincairn) saam met Skye en Rosa Hertz van Blouberg.

V Die “CY till I die”-musiekfees word op Saterdag 5 Oktober vanaf 11:00 by die Hillcrest Quarry deur Laerskool Bellpark aangebied ter viering van hul 50ste bestaansjaar. Kunstenaars sluit in: Francois van Coke, Sunset Sweatshop, Mark Haze, Leah, Jesse Grey and Desmond Wells. Kaartjies kos R180 en is beskikbaar by Computicket.

V Dancers love dogs is happening on Saturday 5 October at the Artscape Opera House at 19:30. Dancers collaborate to raise funds for mass sterilisation of animals in Cape Town.

One seat equals one sterilisation. Tickets cost R300. Book at Computicket.

V Rock band Axenmore will perform at Hillcrest Quarry, Durbanville (indoors) on Sunday 6 October from 14:00. Entry is R80 at the door. Call 021 976 4959 for bookings.

V AIDT 4 Dance is at the Baxter Theatre on

Hier by die konsert is (van links) Danielle Hendricks (Kuilsrivier), John Talmarkes (Bonteheuwel), Sharon Bezuidenhout (Brackenfell), Peter Talmarkes (Durbanville) en Lasea Vorster (Durbanville).

Sunday 6 October at 18:00. The Association of International Dance Teachers presents a kaleidoscope of dance, celebrating 53 years of excellence, in the upliftment and enhancement of dance and vocational training. Tickets (R150 to R200) are available from www.webtickets.co.za. Phone the Baxter Box Office on 021 680 3989 to book wheelchair seats.

V Jazz Jam Sessions with the Alvin Dyers trio will be happening every Tuesday from 8 October at the Cape Town Comedy Club at the V&A Waterfront. The trio consists of Dyers (guitar), Roy Davids (drums) and Valentino Europa (bass). Musicians can bring their own instruments along for these open jam sessions.

Tickets are R60 per person and available from Computicket (Shoprite/Checkers stores), or at the door (subject to availability). No under 18s. Dinner from 18:00, show starts at 20:30.

Contact 021 418 8880 or info@capetowncomedy.com for enquiries.

V Smash Hit Radio is currently on at the Barnyard Theatre at the Tyger Valley Shopping Centre until Sunday 20 October. The show features a 10-piece cast of musicians and singers and covers 60 years of hit songs. From Louis Armstrong to Ed Sheeran, from Elton John to Lynyrd Skynyrd, UB40 to Bob Segar.

Tickets are R165 and available from www.barnyardtheatre.co.za or 021 914 8898.

Kom geniet ‘n unieke aand en beleef die optrede van intellektueel gestremde persone saam met hierdie kunstenaars. Dit is ‘n aand van deernis en harte wat geroer word.

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Stefani Chamberlain (Bellville), Teresia de Jongh (Durbanville), Estelle de Jongh (Durbanville), Theresa van Schalkwyk (Bellville) en Hester Denton (Ottery) het die konsert bygewoon.

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B’fell a magnet for young families B

rackenfell has become one of Cape Town’s top performing residential areas, highly sought after among a younger generation of home buyers.

New shopping malls, coffee shops, restaurants, gyms, schools and convenient medical facilities abound, all set within a leafy suburb with an abundance of open spaces, providing a magnet for young families and creating an ongoing demand for residential accommodation.

“This is evidenced by the fact that notwithstanding the slowdown in house price inflation being seen in many parts of the city’s residential property market, over the past decade prices of houses and sectional title properties in Brackenfell have almost doubled,” says Keimpe Weistra, Pam Golding Properties’ area principal for the suburb.

He attributes the solid performance of this relatively new suburb – Brackenfell was only established in 1913 – to its comparative affordability as well as the emergence of business and industrial nodes in the area.

“Brackengate business park and the completion of the new Haasendal Village Square has stimulated commercial activity in the area, and created more jobs. The knock-on effect has been the expansion of Brackenfell’s housing market, as more young families and first-time buyers move into the area,” explains Weistra.

Brackenfell also offers a range of school options, making it appealing to young families. With primary and high schools offering English and Afrikaans tuition, Brackenfell has broad appeal. With Stellenbosch in close proximity, this suburb is equally attractive to buyers thinking about tertiary education.

With easy access to the R300 and the N2,

This four-bedroom home in Protea Heights was sold through Pam Golding Properties for R2.6 million. as well as the N1 if commuting to Cape Town central, Brackenfell is well located. However, as the trend to work remotely from home or from shared working spaces gathers momentum, more buyers look to enjoy the benefits of living in the northern suburbs without having to commute in traffic congestion to the city centre. This has led to a “home-office” trend, with professionals between the ages of 35 and 49 buying larger homes – particularly in the Sonkring and Brackenfell South areas – with additional bedrooms which can be converted into a work space.

Younger buyers are especially drawn to the newer “sub-suburbs”, many of which have modern residential developments.

These include Sonkring and Burgundy, which offer recently-completed duplex and townhouse options, as well as the burgeoning Schoongezicht Estate. “The styles and finishes in these homes are more in line with what a millennial buyer would prefer. New developments come onto the market at prices ranging from R1.5 million to R1.9 million for townhouses, and from R2 million to R3 million in gated estates. A three-bedroom

home with two bathrooms sells from R1.7 million in Protea Heights, offering excellent value for a young buyer looking to gain a foothold in the property market.”

While Brackenfell’s median residential property price is R1.45 million, homes in the larger sub-suburbs of Protea Heights, Sonkring and Burgundy, sell for more than R2.5 million. The median price in Protea Heights in the past 12 months was R2.05 million, while the median prices in Sonkring and Burgundy were R2.3 and R2.2 million respectively.

Hope on the horizon for landlords After 18 months of minimal growth, landlords may not be feeling particularly optimistic about their rental investments.

However, the latest PayProp Rental Index shows trends may finally have ceased its downward trajectory. Jacqui Savage, national rentals manager of the Rawson Property Group, says this is good news for landlords, but not necessarily a sign of a market turnaround yet.

“Rental growth over the last six months has been virtually flat,” she says adding that

the first quarter’s 3.85% increasing to 3.86% in the second quarter of this year may not seem particularly positive for landlords, “but when taken in context with moving average trend lines dating back to 2017, it shows the first reliable sign of an end to the national rentals growth decrease”.

While a flat trend line is unlikely to get anyone’s pulse racing, Savage says the majority of rental assets are still delivering solid returns over the long term.

“It’s easy to overlook the fact that we had

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With consumer purchasing power under heavy pressure as a result of high unemployment, prolonged below-inflation income growth and increasing living expenses, tenant affordability has, indeed, become an issue.

Reports indicate weakening tenant credit

metrics, despite relatively stable credit scores, and an increase in the frequency of tenants in arrears.

This, Savage says, has made it essential for agents and landlords to implement stringent vetting procedures for all tenants and, ideally, repeat these processes on lease renewals.

“It’s this balance that landlords need to keep in mind when times are tough,” says Savage. “In order for rental growth to recover, tenant affordability needs to recover too.

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Durbies dra superliga-rugbykroon SAREL BURGER

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ie uitsonderlike verbetering van Durbanville-Bellville se Superliga-rugbyspan oor die afgelope paar seisoene het Dinsdag 24 September ’n hoogtepunt bereik toe die Durbies as die WP se 2019-klubkampioen gekroon is.

En dit was ook nie net ’n geval van om die Maties in die eindstryd op City Park met 2213 te klop nie. In die voorafgaande nege dae het Durbell ook die ander twee Wes-Kaapse universiteitspanne, die Ikeys én UWK, oor-

tuigend verslaan om sonder teëspraak as waardige kampioen die seisoen af te sluit.

“Dit was harde werk, maar skitterende samespel te midde van ’n besonder gesonde klubgees wat die spelers hierdie sukses laat behaal het,” sê Wally Wallender, die Durbell-voorsitter. Sy woorde word beaam deur Ernst Koen, die president van die klub, wat vandeesweek aangedui het dat hierdie merkwaardige prestasie die voltrekking van ’n deeglik uitgewerkte tweejaarplan was.

“Alle klubbetrokkenes het ingekoop in hierdie beplanning. En toe het die spelers

met puik verdediging en uitmuntende spel deur veral die voorhoede gesorg dat die Maties nie net hul eerste opstopper hierdie seisoen in die WP se klubrugby gekry het nie, maar terselfdertyd ook as die vorige klubkampioen onttroon is.”

Intussen het die getal Tygerbergse spanne in die topafdeling van die Superliga van ses spanne na sewe gegroei. Die afrigter Wessel Kriel se Kuilsrivierspan het Hamlets in die eindstryd van die B-afdeling met 17-13 geklop en is aanstaande seisoen terug in die A-afdeling, waar hy laas in 2016 was.

Noordelikes-Tygerberg, wat gevaar geloop het om sy plek in die A-afdeling te verloor, het Saterdag 28 September in ’n promosie/relegasie-wedstryd met 29-18 met Bellville afgereken om sy topliga-status te behou.

Ook in die B-afdeling van die Superliga sal daar aanstaande jaar groter Tygerbergse teenwoordigheid wees. Die afrigter Peter Links se Hands & Heart-span van Kraaifontein – wat Young Peoples van Daljosafat Saterdag in ’n uitspeelwedstryd met 35-20 geklop het, asook Scottsdene skuif albei uit die C-afdeling op na die B-afdeling.

Sydney in fine form: Sensei Sydney Veremu (Welgemoed) dominated the Kyokushin-kan full contact Len Barnes Memorial Tournament by winning the men’s heavyweight title. He needed a mere 9, 27 and 45 seconds respectively en route to being crowned champion.

Competitors from around the country including Zimbabwe made up the 350 karateka competing for top honours on the day. The tournament also served as selection for the upcoming Kyokushin World Tournament to be held in Kazakhstan in December. The Welgemoed dojo produced Ruan Grobbelaar, Riko Odendaal, Jesse Masimila, Pieter Von Maltitz, Joshua Eitner, Deone Veremu, Milla-Gray Cupido,Jordan Masimila, Sisipho Zingitwa and Sydney Veremu as national kata champions. Aldo van der Walt, Joshua Eitner, Ronin Gain, Pieter von Maltitz and Matthew Cleary is national kumite champions.

PHOTO: CHRIS BESTER

Going the distance for sight: Eckhardt Visser (left) from Bellville and Dehan Hancke from Langebaan, cycled in the Lions Karoo to Coast Mountain Bike Challenge on Sunday 22 September. The well-known 100 km mountain bike race saw 3 300 riders race from Uniondale to Knysna over the Prince Alfred Pass. Eckhardt was placed fifth out of the 309 riders in his age category (50 to 54 years), in a time of 4 hours 26 minutes. All proceeds from the race go to support sight-related projects run by the Lions Clubs. PHOTO: MARYANN SHAW

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Sport Page 16 | Woensdag, 2 Oktober 2019 Onder redaksie van Stehan Schoeman Tel: 021 910 6500 | e-pos: sport@tygerburger.co.za www.tygerburger.co.za

Die spelers van Van der Stel-Evergreens wat Saterdag op City Park as kampioene gekroon is, is (agter van links) Arjoon Swarts, Werner Petersen, Lorenzo Claassen, Avril Fillies (afrigter), Keenan McDonald, Shahied Willemse, Yolande Ngxongana, Denzil Esau (bestuurder) en Desmond Houston (hulpafrigter). Middel: Xavier Hine (baljoggie), Shane de Vries, Warren Felix, Graham Davids, Craig Solomons (kaptein), Glenville Damons en William Chordnum. Voor: Reagan Esau, Nigel Apollis, Stevan Skinner, Albert Hensen en Luyando Rubla.

GESKIEDENIS GEMAAK: SPAN SPOG MET VROU AS AFRIGTER

VDE se derde span as kampioen gekroon D

ie eerste keer in die driejarige bestaan van die rugbyklub Van der Stel-Evergreens (VDE) van Stellenbosch, is die klub se derde span as kampioen gekroon nadat hy Saterdag 28 September met 47-40 met Windmeul op City Park in Athlone afgereken het in die finaal van die WP-klubkompetisie.

Boonop het die klub ook geskiedenis gemaak, want die span word afgerig deur ’n vrou, Avril Fillies, wat welbekend in rugbykringe is.

“Dit is nie die eerste keer dat my klubspan ’n beker wen nie, want van 2004 tot 2007 was ek ook onoorwonne met my derde span van 9 SAI op Faure.

“Die eer kom die spelers toe, want jy as afrigter kan hulle alles probeer leer, maar in wedstryde moet hulle kyk of jou wedstrydplan werk of nie, en dan by die wedstrydsituasie aanpas,” het sy gesê.

Die meeste spelers kom uit Stellenbosch, Kraaifontein, Vlottenburg en Eersterivier en het vanjaar hul ligaverpligtinge in die noordelike liga van die WP-klubkompetisie nagekom.

“Die meeste van my spelers is juniors,

werkloos of kontrakwerkers en ek moes my speelpatrone aanpas om by die omstandighede van die spelers in te val. Ek het nog nie een week met ’n volle span geoefen op Dinsdae en Donderdae nie, weens werksverpligtinge of omstandighede buite my beheer.

Maar Saterdae het die spelers opgedaag en wedstryde gewen,” het sy gesê.

Windmeul het Saterdag met sy eerste span opgedaag, maar VDE se ervare spelers het die wedstryd in hul guns beklink.

“Niemand het ons ’n kans gegee om die knoop deur te hak nie. Aanvanklik het ons gesukkel om aan die gang te kom, want die spelers het uit posisie gespeel en was ons rustyd met 28-14 agter. In die tweede helfte het hulle in rat gekom en nadat ek drie posisionele skuiwe in die agterlyn gemaak het, het ons 23 punte teenoor Windmeul se 12 punte aangeteken.

“Die spelers wat uitgesonder moet word, is Lorenzo Claassen (heelagter), Arjoon Swarts (senter) en William Chordnum (senter). Die ander spelers het wel hul kant gebring, maar veral Swarts en Claassen het spel in die middelveld gedikteer. Chordnum het met sy kraglopies Windmeul se senters

uitmekaar gehardloop en die ander het sy breekslae met drieë afgerond. Nigel Apollis (losskakel) het die telbord met sy skoppe aan die rol gehou,” het Fillies gesê.

Voorlangs het Werner Petersen (agtsteman) en Yolande Ngxongana (flank) die fut uit Windmeul se agterlyn geduik.

“As ek nou terugkyk op die afgelope seisoen, het van my derdespanspelers regtig gegroei, want van hulle het in die tweede helfte van die seisoen vir die eerste span uitgedraf.

Hier moet veral Shane de Vries, Graham Davids, Lonwabo Lumbe en Duren Manuel uitgesonder word. Hulle het almal ’n verskil in die eerste span gemaak. Ek wil net voortbou in 2020 op dit wat ons vanjaar vermag het,” het sy gesê.

Volgens haar sou sy nie sukses behaal het sonder die hulp van haar hulpafrigter, Desmond Houston, ’n voormalige WP-speler en die afrigter van die tweede span nie.

“Jy moet onthou ek het nog nooit op enige vlak rugby gespeel nie – net vir Die Burger en Kaap-Rapport daaroor geskryf. Hy (Houston) het wel gespeel en ek het hom leer ken as 19-jarige toe hy vir die destydse WP-Gouebeker en Coronations-Liga uitgedraf het. Dit

was maklik om met mekaar strategieë of wedstrydplanne te bespreek of uit te werk en dit was vanjaar die geheim van ons sukses met albei spanne. Vir die kans en vertroue wat die voorsitter van VDE, Charles Williams, in my gestel het deur my as afrigter aan te stel, is ek baie dankbaar. Hy is ’n Junior Springbok, voormalige Springbokkeurder en ook afrigter van die voormalige WP-Liga saam met Dougie Dyers. Danksy hul almal se insette kon ons dinge op die veld laat gebeur tot voordeel van die klub en die spelers,” het Fillies gesê.

Fillies is ’n ervare joernalis met meer as 35 jaar ondervinding, die eerste vrou in die land wat provinsiale rugbyspanne (WPVroue en WP-Weermag B) afgerig het en wat wyle Thinus Linee en Chester Williams se rugbyloopbane sedert 1982 aan die publiek bekend gestel het.

Sy is tans ’n joernalis by TygerBurger en ’n vurige ondersteuner van die SA Sewesspan, of soos sy hulle noem, Haar Boudjies. . VDE hou sy bekeruitdeling op Vrydag 4 Oktober by die klub en kaartjies kos R100 per persoon. Rig navrae aan Avril by 072 222 4678.