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Eina! ’n Verkeersbeampte bestudeer die skade ná ’n bus verlede Donderdag teen ’n huis in Silversands vasgery het. Volgens omstanders het die bus, wat vermoedelik skoolkinders vervoer het, agteruit geloop. Niemand is blykbaar in die voorval beseer nie.

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SILVERSANDS: KFM SE ONDERWYSER VAN DIE JAAR

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it duisende ander inskrywings vir die radiostasie Kfm se Onderwyser van die Jaar-kompetisie is ’n jong onderwyser aan die Hoërskool Silversands verlede week as die algehele wenner aangewys.

Die kompetisie het tydens die harde inperking ontstaan om onderwysers wat onder moeilike omstandighede moes werk, te vereer. Luisteraars kon vir hul gunsteling-onderwyser stem nadat ’n onderhoud met die onderwyser oor die radio gevoer is.

Jeremy Dietsiso het 18 000 stemme ontvang, wat dubbeld soveel is as wat die persoon in die tweede plek gekry het.

“Ek is regtig dankbaar en bly dat ek die toekenning gewen het, maar is nog meer dankbaar dat die skool ook R10 000 ontvang.

“Daarmee kan ons die talente en opleidingservaring van die leerders verbeter.

Oor my wengeldjies kan ek nie ophou glimlag nie, want dit gaan ek gebruik om die Kerspartytjie wat ek vir die kinders van Happy Valley beplan, te finansier,” sê hy.

Hy sê hy dra die toekenning op aan alle onderwysers wat tans depressief is.

“Ook aan alle enkelouers wat kinders in hierdie vreemde wêreld grootmaak, en alle slagoffers van afknouery, molestering en verkragting. Elke kind wat soos ’n buitestander voel, mense uit die LGBQTI-gemeenskap, elke onderwyser wat sy of haar

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passie gevind het, al die skoonmakers, sekretaresses en assistente, dié is vir julle Bowenal dra ek hierdie toekenning op aan my heldin, my ma, wat my die waarde van opvoeding geleer het, asook almal wat iets in my lewe beteken en vir my gestem het. As daar iemand is wat ek vandag kan motiveer, dan het ek in my doel geslaag,” sê Dietsiso.

Darren Simpson, aanbieder van die oggendprogram op Kfm, sê die veldtog is ’n saluut aan die deursettingsvermoë van alle onderwysers in die land. “Wat ’n wonderlike erkenning vir ’n beroep en wat ’n waardige wenner,” sê Simpson.

Jeremy Dietsiso is as die radiostasie Kfm se onderwyser van die jaar aangewys.

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Health workers cheered up: A total of 250 supporting kits were donated to Tygerberg Hospital recently. The donation was carried out by the World Mission Society Church of God and the Young Adults Workers volunteer group who runs a Heart to Heart Campaign. The donation was made on Thursday 3 December.

The kits contain snacks and hand-written letters with uplifting messages on it. This is to help the medical workers cope.

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Nurse Andrea Titus, head of Courage to Care, and pastor Mark Koopman lights a candle in remembrance of those who succumbed to Aids and those affected by HIV.

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An awareness event to mark World Aids Day was held at Courage to Care Wellness Centre just off Nooiensfontein Road on Tuesday 1 December.

The centre has a team of nurses and care workers who also assist patients who are HIV positive within the community. Andrea Titus, registered nurse in charge, says staff members started off displaying placards along Nooiensfontein Road about HIV/Aids, but also incorporated Covid-19 and violence against women and children as relevant themes.

Titus says it’s very important for them as

health care workers to salute people who are HIV positive and are adhering to taking their medication.

“There are many who still hide and who haven’t disclosed their status. I want to salute those who came forward and spent time with us. We encourage them to continue to take their medication.” Titus oversees an “ARV club” ran from their offices every Wednesday. She explains these are clubs for patients decanted from hospital that are established within communities to ensure easy access to antiretroviral (ARV) medication. “They can come to a club closer to home, so there is no reason not to take their medication.”

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Care workers of Courage to Care raising awareness along Nooiensfontein Road about HIV/Aids and GBV.

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Four alleged extortionists arrested

Werkers grawe slote waarin veselkabels gelê gaan word.

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Gemeenskap vies vir Vumatel BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind

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ie opgewondenheid van meer as ’n dosyn inwoners van Silversands oor nuwe vesel-internet wat in die buurt aangelê word, het in woede verander.

Die veselmaatskappy Vumatel is reeds meer as ’n maand besig om ondergrondse veselkabels in die woonbuurt te lê.

Dit blyk nou dat in die proses waarin sypaadjies en soms plaveisel opgekap en omgedolwe is, het die kontrakteurs kragdrade beskadig. Dit het daartoe gelei dat sommige mense drie dae lank nie elektrisiteit in hul huise gehad het nie.

Pakamisa Keswa, voorsitter van

die plaaslike belastingbetalersvereniging, sê sommige mense het hul hele kosvoorraad verloor.

“Sommige mense het reeds hul Kersinkopies gedoen en alles het verrot. Siek mense kon nie eet nie en kon dus nie hul medikasie neem nie, omdat daar geen elektrisiteit was nie,” sê Keswa.

In stempos wat die ronde op ’n Silversands-WhatsApp-groep doen vaar ’n pa teen Vumatel uit omdat sy kind in die hospitaal beland het omdat sy nie betyds haar medikasie kon gebruik nie. Hy doen ook ’n beroep op die gemeenskap om hom in ’n klasgeding teen Vumatel te ondersteun. TygerBurger het Vumatel om kommentaar genader, maar geen terugvoer ontvang nie.

Extortion is a serious crime and the Mfuleni police is urging the community to lay complaints against people extorting them.

This warning follows the arrest of four alleged gang members after an extortion case was registered on Monday, 30 November by a complainant from Wesbank after the suspects threatened him and his family. “They demanded a substantial amount of money from the complainant, who then made the payment. Police investigators and members attached to the station gang unit made a

breakthrough in the case and arrested four of the alleged gang members. The male suspects aged 21, 31, 34 and 44 from Wesbank area will appear in the Blue Downs Magistrates Court on extortion charges,” says Filander.

According to Filander information campaigns helped the community to realise their responsibility. “Through proper pamphlet distribution and informative efforts by the police and their community policing partners in the Mfuleni policing precinct, people have come to learn the seriousness and negative im-

pact extortion has on communities. It has become clearer by the day through a number of media reports how businesses and residents are experiencing extortion from gangsters,” says Filander.

The station commander of the Mfuleni police, Brig Fana Dlamini, applauded the officers for their commitment in bringing the suspects to book and urges the public to come forward in reporting similar extortion cases.

They can report these crimes anonymously by phoning the Extortion Hotline on 021 466 0011 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.

Arrests made by Mfuleni police The Mfuleni police last week made a series of arrests for various crimes in the policing precinct.

According to WO November Filander, police spokesperson, on Sunday (29 November) around 10:00 officers received information from an anonymous caller about drugs being sold at a house in Sir Bedivere Street, Camelot.

“The officers obtained a search warrant for the address, and during their search they found cocaine and other drugs and arrested a 23-year-old male.

“While the officers were still busy searching the house, the suspect received a suspicious phone call from someone who was on his way to him. The officers immediately executed a plan of action to hide themselves and their vehicles. The

moment the four male suspects arrived to buy drugs they were cornered and the black Chrysler they were driving was searched. In the vehicle a prohibited firearm was found and it was also established that the vehicle was hijacked earlier this year in the Mfuleni area,” says Filander.

The 23-year-old male suspect was arrested for possession of drugs, while the other four suspects aged between 26 and 37 years, were arrested for possession of a hijacked vehicle and a prohibited firearm. All the suspects appeared in the Blue Downs magistrate’s court.

In an unrelated incident on the same day at around 23:25 in Ou Plaas Street, Wesbank, officers on patrol noticed a person throwing an object into a yard.

“When the officers got hold of the suspect, they went back to the spot where he threw the object and recovered a prohibited firearm and ammunition. The 27-year-old male suspect was arrested and appeared in the Blue Downs magistrate’s court.

“The officers also confiscated a large quantity of liquor and arrested two people in separate incidents during alcohol crackdown operations in Fairdale and Mfuleni for dealing in liquor without a valid license. They both appeared in the Blue Downs magistrate’s court,” says Filander.

The station commander of the Mfuleni police, Brig Fana Dlamini, applauded the officers for their vigilance and hard work in serving and protecting the community.

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First men-only health centre opens A

brand new health centre exclusively aimed at serving men, has recently opened its doors in Cape Town.

The Metro Men’s Health Centre was officially opened on Monday 30 November at the Karl Bremer Hospital.

The facility, the first of its kind in Cape Town, aims to empower boys and men to lead healthy lives and will be a one-stop shop for wellness and chronic conditions screenings, HIV prevention interventions, treating sexually transmitted diseases, and offering medical male circumcision, the Western Cape health department says.

Dr Saadiq Kariem, chief of operations at the department, has encouraged men to put their health first, emphasising the importance of men’s health and its impact on society. “I really want to appeal to all men to prioritise their health. I encourage all men to make use of this facility. It is open to all men, as well as young men. You are all welcome to make use of this facility,” says Kariem.

Boys who are aged 15 to 18 years can also access the facility, but they will need a

guardian to accompany them.

Juanita Arendse, northern Tygerberg health services director, has welcomed families and men from around the city to make use of the men’s health centre based in Bellville.

“This project was birthed in the northern Tygerberg sub-structure, but we recognise the broader need and will be serving men from anywhere in the metro, that is why we have named it the Metro Men’s Health Centre,” Arendse says.

Some of the services offered at no cost include health education and promotion; wellness screening; chronic disease screening; voluntary medical male circumcision and aftercare treatment; HIV counselling and testing; condom education and distribution, as well as STI treatment and education.

V The health centre is open Monday to Friday from 07:00 until 16:00. Call or send a please call me to 079 530 2593 or use WhatsApp or SMS by sending the word “HI” between 08:00 and 15:30 from Monday to Friday. A healthcare worker will return your call to book your appointment.

The department of health’s northern Tygerberg team stands in front of the new Metro Men’s Health Centre. From left is Jonathan Lucas (Karl Bremer Hospital chief executive), dr Douglas Newman-Valentine (head of ministry), dr Saadiq Kariem (Western Cape health chief of operations), Juanita Arendse (director of the northern Tygerberg Substructure), Elizabeth van NiekerkFortuin (manager of the Metro Men’s Health Centre), Alfonso Patientia (primary healthcare manager) and Msokoli Qotole (deputy director: HIV/Aids).

Vrou neem leisels by D’ville-kinderhuis ESMÉ ERASMUS

The members of the winning four ball were (from left) Alan Rudnick, Shawn Rudnick, Ross Callaghan and Nelius Swart, receiving their trophy from Daniel Louw (manager of Fair Cape Dairies’ Group Inbound) and Louis Loubser (marketing director of Fair Cape Dairies).

Fair Cape raises funds for social welfare projects Much-needed funds for its social welfare projects were raised with the annual golf day of Fair Cape Cares Foundation.

The golf day held on Friday 20 November at the Durbanville Golf Club is a highlight on the social calendar for all involved.

Ongoing beneficiaries of the foundation include Durbanville Children’s Home, the Atlantic Hope Sanctuary for Abandoned Babies, and the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children. This year, to help counter the economic devastation brought on by the Covid-19 lockdown, the foundation has also partnered with Cape Talk twice to donate a total of R600 000 worth of dairy products to feeding schemes in the Cape

Town area.

Joel Serman, a trustee of Fair Cape Cares Foundation, says “doing the right thing” is a fundamental driving force of Fair Cape Dairies with social welfare being one of its brand pillars.

“The foundation was established to raise and disburse funds to ensure the future sustainability of its beneficiary organisations.

“It is extremely rewarding to play a role to add social value to these communities and the various fundraising events that we host every year are what make our welfare projects possible.

“We sincerely thank all participants for their contributions toward these causes,” Serman says.

Die huidige waarnemende bestuurder van die Durbanville-kinderhuis, Johanna Strauss, is vanaf 1 Desember aangestel as die nuwe bestuurder van die kinderhuis.

Strauss, voorheen bestuurder van bemarking en fondswerwing, het die afgelope sewe maande as tussentydse bestuurder diens gedoen nadat die vorige bestuurder se dienste skielik beëindig is.

Jan Slabbert, wie se dienste op 23 Junie ná ’n tugverhoor beëindig is, is in Januarie vanjaar in die pos aangestel nadat die vorige hoof, Rudolf Bezuidenhout, op 10 Mei verlede jaar aan ’n hartaanval gesterf het.

“Bezuidenhout is ’n passievolle Johanna Strauss mens met meer as 10 jaar ervaring in kindersorgdienste.

Daarbenewens het sy 20 jaar bestuurservaring,” lui ’n mediaverklaring deur Louise Coetzee, huidige bestuurder van bemarking en fondswerwing by die kinderhuis.

“Sy het die afgelope 10 jaar in haar hoedanigheid as bestuurder van bemarking en fondswerwing by die kinderhuis suksesvolle korporatiewe vennootskappe beding, asook effektiewe bemarkingsveldtogte aangepak,” sê Coetzee.

“Sy het in haar tyd as tussentydse bestuurder by die kinderhuis ’n sterk verhouding met die personeel en die kinders opgebou,” sê sy.

Op die vraag wat haar dryf, het Strauss gesê sy kan in haar nuwe hoedanigheid haar passie uitleef om met kinders te werk.

“My een-tot-een gesprekke met hulle, hul bereidwilligheid om hul probleme met my te bespreek en hul suksesse te deel, was ’n groot seën.

“Ek weet dat ek waarde kan toevoeg tot die organisasie en die kinders se lewe,” sê Strauss.

Sy is tans met verlof, maar TygerBurger beoog om in die nuwe jaar ’n volledige onderhoud met Strauss te voer.

V Kontak Johanna Strauss by jstrauss@durbanvillekinderhuis.org.za met navrae oor hoe om betrokke te raak.

New furniture DC for Brackenfell DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke Trusted furniture store Tafelberg Furnishers has just turned the sod at a new construction site in Brackenfell Industrial where its brandnew distribution centre and warehouse is being constructed.

The R190 million project in partnership with VDMV Property Group will provide 225 employment opportunities and service customers in the Cape Peninsula and Boland districts.

The bulk of the earthworks is currently underway with completion of construction and civil works anticipated for October

2021. “We are very excited about this project, and trust that we shall be able to serve our customers even better when it comes to deliveries, distribution and turn-around time in all areas of the Cape Peninsula and Boland,” says Tafelberg Furnisher’s CEO, Riaan Lamprecht.

Phillips and Associates Architects in Paarl were contracted to design this centre. “They designed a practical, aesthetically pleasing structure with a dome shaped roof.

The architecture comprises an equilibrium of concrete, steel and traditional construc­tion methods.

The facades are a combination of brickwork and IBR sheeting,” says Lamprecht. According to the

plans, the warehouse and offices will amount to 11 500m² with a state-of-the-art fire protection system and LED lighting in the building.

“This all makes a far more efficient and effective warehousing and distribution sys­tem. We really endeavour to have this centre be of world-class standard, once it opens its doors in February 2022, and trust that our customers, as well as our warehousing staff members will experience it as such.”

With a 57-year track record in the Western Cape Tafelberg Furnishers is a leading furniture and appliance retailer, and now also has a branch in Roodepoort, Gauteng and in Umhlanga, KZN.

At the sod-turning ceremony from left are Gary Luyt and Tyrone Kleinjan from VDMV Property Group; and Roux van Zyl, Stefan Heil, Erich Heil, Riaan Lamprecht and Francois Willemse, all from Tafelberg Furnishers.

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Residents irate over illegal racing problem BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind

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he same thing over and over again, but it doesn’t solve the problem.

This was the opinion of Kenny Marcus, a resident from Malibu Village, after the City of Cape Town’s transport’s directorate answered to complaints. Marcus represents the residents of Malibu in their extended fight to have traffic calming measures put in place as youngsters are using the streets for illegal racing.

TygerBurger is in possession of an e-mail that was sent in 2019 in

which the City promises that an investigation into calming measures will take 90 days to complete.

More than a year later TygerBurger, after questioning this, got almost exactly the same answer from Natasha Davids, communication officer at the transport information centre: “Thank you for forwarding your request to the Transport Information Centre regarding speed humps. Your reference number is 7200289488. Due to the volume of requests received, our turnaround times for investigation and response typically range between 90 and 110 days,” read the response before referring this journalist to

the “revised Traffic Calming Policy” on the City’s website.

Marcus says the frustrating thing is that they cannot get through to someone with knowledge of the investigation being done.

“What does the investigation entail? We would think they would talk to the affected parties, but nothing. I think this is just a stalling tactic from people who do not realise their responsibility to keep the community safe,” says Marcus.

In one incident in Malibu Village a child was killed in a hit-and-run.

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Spesialis sê virus is nie moeg nie CARINA ROUX

Dr Emille Reid (voor) ondersteun nog steeds die inisiatief “Frontline Fridays”, waarin The Daily Coffee Shop koffie en ’n koekie aan gesondheidswerkers verskaf as blyk van waardering.

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lmal is moeg vir Covid-19, maar die infeksiesiekte-spesialis dr. Emille Reid sê die virus raak nie moeg nie.

Reid woon al sowat 20 jaar in Kuilsrivier en sy praktyk is tans by die Netcare Kuilsrivier-hospitaal. As deel van infeksiesiektes en kritieke sorg wat ook onder sy veld van spesialisasie val, sien hy gereeld die siekste van die siekes, ‘‘maar die Covid-19-pandemie was vir my fisies en waarskynlik ook psigies die ergste gebeurtenis in my hele loopbaan”.

Dit was ’n nagmerrie toe die hoësorgeenheid heeltyd vol was, sê hy. “Ek dink ons almal het uitgesien na ’n bietjie vakansie, ’n blaaskans. Die gevalle wat nou weer toeneem, is eintlik skrikwekkend.”

Na die kruin begin afplat het en ook langtermynpasiënte uiteindelik ontslaan is, het dinge vir ’n tydjie meer ontspanne verloop.

Reid sê in dié tyd het hulle heelwat siektetoestande gesien wat “nagelaat” is, omdat mense doktersafsprake uitgestel het.

“Dit is ’n teleurstelling om die laaste twee (drie) weke ’n noemenswaardige toename in Covid-19-gevalle en hospitalisasies te sien.”

Reid sê sy boodskap was nog altyd, ongeag of ons sielkundig of fisiek moeg is, die virus raak nie moeg nie. “Hy wag vir ons om ons swakhede te wys, wat nou maar is om nie die reëls van afstand hou, hande was, masker dra en ontsmet te volg nie.”

Weens mense se ontspanne gedrag verras die stygende infeksies hom nie, maar hy sê dis sleg dat dit nou gebeur wanneer mense vir familie wil gaan kuier. Hy reken daar lê nog moeilike maande voor en sê hy beny nie die politici wat nog moeilike besluite sal moet neem nie.

Met die Oos-Kaap se hospitale wat weer vol word, sê Reid die personeellede word ook siek. Genoeg beddens is net een aspek. Mense wat onder volgehoue druk werk, is meer

vatbaar om siek te word. Plaaslik en elders is Reid bewus van mense wat verpleging verlaat het omdat hulle nie meer kans gesien het nie. “Ons het ’n groep mense wat uitgebrand is. Dit is waar die probleem gaan inkom in die tweede golf – (ek) kan nie dink hoe ons deur nog ’n ronde gaan (kom) met soortgelyke of hoër intensiteit as die eerste golf nie,” sê hy.

Met sowat 20% van Suid-Afrikaners wat MIV-positief is, was daar aanvanklik kommer dat die pasiënte meer vatbaar sou wees vir die Sars-CoV 2-virus, maar Reid sê soos met varkgriep (H1N1-virus) in 2009, is die teendeel ervaar. Hy sê wat bygedra het tot sterftes met varkgriep was eerder hoë ouderdom of komorbiditeite (onderliggende siektetoestande), soos ook die geval blyk te wees

by Covid-19.

Hy sê “soveel as driekwart” van die baie siek Covid-19-pasiënte wat by hulle opgeneem is, was mans.

“Ek het gek geskeer en gesê dis ’n vroulike virus met die naam Covidina, maar nee, ons is onseker hoekom dit die geval is.”

Daar is gedink vroue is dalk net versigtiger, maar Reid sê tog is baie van die vroue naby aan die mans wat in ’n stryd om lewe

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gewikkel was, ook positief getoets, maar het hulle nie so siek geword nie.

“Die aantal MIV-pasiënte wat so siek geword het dat hulle gehospitaliseer moes word, was bitter min.” Reid sê “meer as 90% van pasiënte in hoësorg was diabete”.

Die afgelope paar maande het hulle amper daagliks meer geleer oor die Sars-CoV-2 virus en hoe om pasiënte beter te behandel.

Waar daar in die begin ’n kwessie was oor ventilators, het die gebruik van hoëvloei nasale suurstof, wat nie-indringend toegedien word, nou algemeen geword. Reid sê van die vroeë regulasies wat polities bepaal is, het wel die druk op hospitale verlig, maar ook veroorsaak dat mense laat vir behandeling opgedaag het. “Die boodskap: ‘bly by die huis en kom net hospitaal toe as jy nie meer kan asemhaal nie’ was baie nadelig.” Sommige pasiënte was reeds sterwend.

“Sou daardie individu ’n week vroeër gekom het, was die uitkoms beter. Ek dink ons het seker meer as vier maande laas hier (in die hospitaal) iemand aan die dood afgestaan omrede die mense vroeër presenteer.”

Ook vroeër toediening van medikasie soos “steroïede wat ’n groot invloed op die siekte het”, is beter, sê Reid.

Sogenaamde “verlengde (long) Covid” is iets wat hulle ook sien waar mense wat ’n simptomatiese infeksie gehad het ná maande nog oorblyfsels van siekte toon, soos algehele tamheid, hoofpyn of gebrekkige longkapasiteit. Reid sê sy eie longkapasiteit het drie maande geneem om te herstel nadat hy in Junie ernstig siek was met Covid-19.

Hy is bewus van gevalle waar mense nooit besef het hulle het Covid-19 gehad nie en maande later gepresenteer het met moegheid, kortasem en ontsteking van die hartspier.

“Dit was bitter sleg,” sê Reid oor sy eie siekte-ervaring. Hy het die aanvanklike diarree, lyfseer en hoofpyn toegeskryf aan te min slaap totdat hy koors ontwikkel en kortasem geraak het. “Was dit enige ander infeksie, sou ek uit my kennis geweet het wat om te verwag, maar dit is die onsekerhede oor die uitkoms en verloop wat ’n mens psigies eintlik knou.”

Dit was vir hom belangrik om daaroor te praat en die angs te verwerk om sielkundig weer sterker te voel voor hy kon terugkeer na sy werk. Hy is dankbaar dat sy gesin gesond gebly het, maar sê sy twee tienerkinders wou weet hoekom hy wou terugkeer na ’n plek wat amper sy dood veroorsaak het.

Die gesprek met sy kinders het gegaan oor wat die verskil tussen werk en ’n roeping is.

“Maar voor dit moes ek myself oortuig dat dit die rede is hoekom ek wou terugkom.”

Oor die entstowwe wat tans opslae maak, is sy optimisme gedemp. Een van die redes waarom mRNA (‘‘messenger RNA”)-entstowwe nog nooit voorheen goedgekeur is nie, is omdat dit hoogs onstabiel is. Dit moet by baie lae temperature gestoor word wat “massiewe logistieke probleme inhou vir almal, veral in derdewêreldlande”. Daarby sal mense twee dosisse (jaarliks) moet ontvang.

“As ons dalk volgende jaar toegang sou hê tot ’n beperkte hoeveelheid entstowwe, gaan dit volgens prioriteit verskaf word.”

COVID-19: RIGLYNE VIR STADSBEGRAAFPLASE OP GEREEDHEIDSVLAK 1 Met die hernude skerp styging in die voorkoms van Covid-19 in die metropool kan die sterftesyfer gedurende die komende weke en maande styg, wat ’n impak op die Stad se begrawingskapasiteit kan hê.

INWONERS WORD DAARAAN HERINNER OM: • • • •

Begrawings op weeksdae asook alternatiewe begrawingsmetodes te oorweeg Begrafnis- en grafbywoning tot 100 persone te beperk Begrafnisdienste tot 2 ure en begrawingsdienste tot 30 minute te beperk Covid-19-protokolle (sosialeafstandhouding, dra van maskers en handreiniging) streng na te kom • Tuis te bly as hulle siek voel of aan ’n Covid-19-positiewe individu blootgestel is

LET ASSEBLIEF DAAROP DAT: Besprekingskantore begrawingstye en alternatiewe dae/datums kan toeken om bottelnekke en samedromming te verhoed.

IN DIE GEVAL VAN ’N COVID-19-STERFGEVAL TUIS: • Bel die SAPD (10111), mediese nooddienste (10177) en jou familie se begrafnisondernemer en lig hulle in dat die oorledene Covid-19 gehad het • Moenie aan die liggaam raak nie • Hanteer die oorledene se besittings met handskoene, en maak dit met skoonmaakmiddel skoon voor dit met bleikmiddel ontsmet word • Was enige klere/materiaal wat aan die oorledene behoort het, met warm water en waspoeier • Week dit vir ongeveer 30 minute in bleikmiddel, spoel dit in skoon water af en laat dit in vol sonlig droog word • Kontak weer jou begrafnisondernemer met instruksies oor begrawing of verassing • Dien die nodige inligting by jou begrafnisondernemer in vir die doodsertifikaataansoek (DHA-1663) by die departement binnelandse sake

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Youth Music Festival free online A

rtscape and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), with the support of the City of Cape Town, have ensured the 49th Western Cape Youth Music Festival will be celebrated this year.

This annual event is a highlight of the classical music calendar and gives young, exceptionally talented instrumentalists and singers the opportunity of performing with an orchestra on a professional stage.

As it was not possible to have live auditions, musicians were invited to submit online videos of the work they would play at the concert. The criteria were that they are bona fide music students, performed at a very high standard, and were resident or studying music in the Western Cape.

Nine extraordinarily talented musicians were selected to perform with the CPO, conducted by

Brandon Phillips.

The concert is approximately 80 minutes long and has been recorded for Artscape’s YouTube channel and Fine Music Radio (FMR). In preparation for the recording, the soloists received individual, comprehensive sessions with Brandon Phillips and the orchestra.

Included in the programme are the following works: Mozart Piano Concerto, Weber Bassoon, Albinoni Oboe, Poulenc Piano, Bruch double concerto, Rachmaninoff Piano, Saint-Saens Cello and Brahms Piano.

The soloists are Cameron Williams (23) from Stellenbosch on clarinet who will perform a duet with Stephane Lawrenson (23) from Rondebosch on viola, Nicola McLachlan (21) from Rondebosch on cello, Eléna Monvoisin (10) from Loevenstein is the youngest, plays the oboe and Liam Slabbert (18) from Durbanville, bassoon.

There are four pianists. Daniel Brodie (20) from Stellenbosch, Jacqueline Choi (18) from Durbanville, Rosemarie Lemmer (22) from Stellenbosch and Ying-Shan Tseng (18) from Worcester who is blind will perform a piano concerto with the orchestra.

The adjudicating panel viewed the audition video recordings, projected on a large screen, giving each applicant the same opportunity to present their work.

Louis Heyneman, head of the CPO, says the Youth Music Festival has been one of the most important launching pads for many young musicians and an integral part of its mandate to be an orchestra for all, serving all facets of the community.

FMR will broadcast the concert on Sunday 13 December between 15:00 and 17:00 and Artscape YouTube streaming is online from 13 December. Access is free.

Eléna Monvoisin (10) from Loevenstein on oboe is the youngest performer at the youth music festival.

Liam Slabbert (18) from Durbanville on bassoon.

Jacqueline Choi (18) from Durbanville at the rehearsal with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.

Unique SA comedy on at Baxter

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Television actress Chantal Stanfield and director Megan Furniss once again team up to bring sequel uniquely South African comedy, From Koe’siestes To Kneidlach – With Kids! to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio from Tuesday 22 December to 9 January at 20:15.

Written and performed by Stanfield (Getroud met rugby, Binnelanders) with music compiled by RJ Benjamin and produced by Kizara Kreative, this kosher comedy follows the bizarre, funny and true story of what happens when a girl from the Cape Flats falls in love with a Jewish boy from Joburg’s East Rand.

She finds herself in the middle of a culture, heritage and traditions, vastly different from her own, while she shares and celebrates her very colourful background too.

From Koe’siestes To Kneidlach – With Kids! picks up a few years after the mixedrace-mixed-everything happy couple get married and ride off into the shabbat sunset.

Now there’s a “beige” baby on the way

with a myriad of cultural, religious and familial issues to navigate – from the minefield of beautiful names and their unfortunate companion nicknames from the Flats; a proud “bossiekop” dealing with her child’s “gladde hare” (straight hair); celebrating Christmas and Hannukah while explaining barakat to the Jewish in-laws – to how to avoid getting mistaken for the nanny.

Along the way audiences will meet interesting characters like the omnipresent voice of her mother, her gay best friend and nosy neighbours and several others.

The original production From Koe’siestes To Kneidlach had a four-week season at The Baxter in 2017.

All performances will be limited to fifty percent capacity, with Covid-19 protocols in place. Arrive at least an hour before the start to avoid delays. No performances on 24, 25 December and 1 January.

V Ticket prices range from R80 to R150 with discounted block bookings and student and pensioner prices at R110. Book at Webtickets on 086 111 0005, www.webtickets.co.za or at Pick n Pay stores.

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Ster-Kinekor is bringing back the drivein option to offer families an outdoor movie experience from the comfort of their vehicles. The first Ster-Kinekor drive-in experience, in partnership with the V&A Waterfront, kicked off on Friday, 27 November.

The drive-in cinema consists of a stateof-the-art LED outdoor movie screen, which allows the best picture resolution for the day and night screenings; simply use your car radio to tune into the FM radio frequency and voila, you’re set to go!

The ticket price will be a flat rate of R250 per car for new releases and R220 per car for older films limited to private passenger vehicles only and one passenger per seat. An addition of just R100 will include your snacks of popcorn and sodas delivered in sealed bags for health and safety purposes.

Your snacks can be pre-purchased online with your ticket and will be ready for collection at the venue.

Additional screenings are scheduled on Saturdays at 15:00 and 19:00, Sundays at 14:00 and 18:00 as well as Thursdays and Fridays at 19:00 throughout the festive season.

There are movies for everyone – kids and family films include Scoob, The Incredibles, Toy Story and the new release 100% Wolf. For others who like some action, there is Avengers: Infinity War. Details on the movies are posted on www.sterkinekor.com.

For more information visit www.sterkinekor.com or sterkinekor.mobi. For news and updates, go to Facebook: SterKinekor Theatres or follow Ster-Kinekor on Twitter: @Ster-Kinekor and on Instagram: sterkinekor. For all queries, call Customer Care on 0861-Movies (668 437).

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ith almost all of 2020 being blighted by the Covid-19 pandemic, group activities have found it more challenging to stay active, let alone resume activity.

However, a group of mothers in and around the northern suburbs are determined not to only keep the sport of drum majorettes alive, but to continue its growth throughout the area.

Following its formation in 2018, the Durbanville Majorettes Club (DMC) had the vision to take this sport into the local communities, with athletes being sourced from Aristea Primary School, Fanie Theron Primary, Delft Primary, Gene Louw, Curro Durbanville and Curro Pinehurst.

“We aimed to run a low fee, no fee club. We were given access to practise grounds at Curro Durbanville and as they had previously done the sport, they allowed us to use all their equipment and uniforms.

We approached all the schools in the northern suburbs,” says chair Yvonne Viljoen.

Viljoen recalls their first competitive year last year where they placed first in the provincial championships which garnered an invitation to the national championships in Oudtshoorn, placing nineth out of the 18 teams who participated, a remarkable feat, considering the club relies heavily on its corporate sponsors and parents.

The upward trend laid the foundation for a promising 2020, however, the global Covid-19 pandemic quickly halted further progress.

However, this did not prevent the club from unveiling its new home at Aristea Primary School in Kraaifontein.

“I started drummies in my early days in primary school already. It is a sisterhood. We are a family.

There was so much I gained from

Durbanville Majorette Club in full regalia during competition.

The club was established in 2018.

the sport. It entrenched such valuable life skills that I still use today.

The importance of teamwork, you are only as good as your team member, navigate around your team members, be cognisant of their needs and emotions as you are all one team.

“I gained independence. It taught me discipline, time management, to stay focused, to dream big,” adds Viljoen.

With drummies traditionally being an all-girls sport, Viljoen believes it is a form of empowerment for young ladies.

“I had always dreamt that one day my daughters would benefit from the sport and this is one of the reasons I started the club. Every one of the DMC girls is like a daughter to me,” she adds, saying that there has always been a misconception drummies is a rich girls’ sport.

“My vision was to take this sport back to its grassroots. Make it available to all and any young girl in the vicinity who had a desire to be a part of the DMC sisterhood. With a no-fee/low fee strategy, and transport to and from practices

and our weekend feeding scheme we were able to make this accessible to all girls,” she explains.

With drummies allowing anywhere between four and 50 people being able to participate and compete at the same time, DMC have now also broadened their scope by joining a new federation, the Federation of Dance Drill Cheerleading and Majorettes South Africa (FDDCMSA), which also allows transgender and young men to participate.

“We practise up to three to four days a week. The girls have to be

110% committed. They have to juggle their academic and drummies and mainstream sporting, we hope to enrich and empower our young girls with these skills to take forth with them into their lives. And most importantly we hope to create a sense of community for each majorette and their family,” says Viljoen.

She laments that while demographically, the majority of the athletes participating in majorettes are girls from previously disadvantaged areas, this is not being reflected in the sport’s representation.

Skolekrieket begin vroeg

Nine-hour race yields success: The South African nine-hour race was held at Killarney on Saturday 5 December. The start, with 51 cars entered, was always going to be a frantic affair, but amazingly there were no coming togethers into the first corner and all made it safely into the early part of the race.

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’n Aantal skolekrieketspanne in die Tygerbergstreek sal genoodsaak wees om reeds in die komende vakansie hul vere reg te skud vir die eerste wedstryde in 2021, aangesien wedstryde reeds vir die ongewone tyd – die eerste skoolweek in die nuwe jaar – bepaal is.

Dit is as gevolg van die feit dat die 2021skooljaar later as normaalweg begin en daarmee hierdie somerkwartaal ietwat “inkort”.

Somersport-aktiwiteite sluit teoreties reeds op 13 Maart af omdat die daaropvolgende Saterdag ’n vakansiedag is.

Dit is terselfdertyd die gebruiklike begindatum vir die wintersportsoorte se voorseisoense wedstryde.

Omdat die eerste skoolkwartaal korter as gewoonlik is ten opsigte van die somersporte, en om alle ter saaklike kompetisies “ingepas” te kry, sal van die spanne hul eerste wedstryde onmiddellik ná die heropening van die skole op 27 Januarie moet afhandel.

Dit geld veral die skole wat ingeskryf het vir die nasionale 20/20-uitklopkompetisie vir o.19-spanne. Aangesien die eindronde

vir die naweek van 13 Maart beplan word, móét die wedstryde in die uitdunrondes in die eerste skoolweek plaasvind ten einde genoegsame tyd beskikbaar te stel voor die hele land se uiteindelike streekwenners bepaal kan word.

Deelnemende skole sal waarskynlik Saterdag 30 Januarie benut vir wedstryde in die eerste ronde, want die program vir die voldag- o.19-ligawedstryde sal eers op 6 Februarie in die WP plaasvind.

Wat die WP Noordelike Stadsgebiedestreekunie (WPNS) se kompetisies betref, sal een o.19-wedstryd in die Peter Buttner Sport-kompetisie – Reddam House Durbanville t HS Parow – wel reeds op 30 Januarie gespeel word.

Omdat daar net ’n beperkte aantal Saterdae beskikbaar is vir WPNS-wedstryde, sal enkele ander kragmetings ook op 30 Januarie ingeruim moet word: Brackenfell teen Curro Durbanville in die Francor Bakkeryliga vir o.19B-spanne, en só ook Fairbairn teen HS Tygerberg, asook The Settlers teen Fairmont in die All-Sports Travel-liga vir o.15-spanne.