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Community and religious organisations held a peaceful picket outside Nerina Place in Bishop Lavis on Wednesday 27 January. This comes after the Cape Peninsula Organisation for the Aged announced that they will be closing the retirement home and moving the 88 residents to alternative CPOA welfare homes. PHOTO: TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS

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ommunity and religious organisations gathered at Nerina Place in Bishop Lavis on Wednesday 27 January to protest against the removal of elderly frail care residents to different homes. This comes after the Cape Peninsula Organisation for the Aged (CPOA) announced that they will be closing three welfare homes which include Nerina Place in Bishop Lavis, Lilyhaven in Bonteheuwel and Oakhaven Place in Heideveld. The decision to shut down the homes is as a result of a loss of R33 million incurred by CPOA.

“CPOA is a non-government organisation. It receives subsidies from the Department of Social Development (DSD) which contribute to the care of the elderly but in no way cover the full costs of care and accommodation, and result in an annual loss of R33.5 million across the five welfare homes. The decision to close three of the homes was communicated to the DSD,” CPOA said in a statement. The organisation further explained that Nerina Place will be the first home to be closed. “All 88 residents from Nerina Place will be accommodated in alternative CPOA welfare homes where there are beds available. In order to ensure a smooth transition, a maximum number of five residents will be

transferred at a time, allowing for companionship as they move into their new home. The residents have been advised of the transfer and have been fully prepared to move into new premises. “We expect this process will take around two months, ensuring time for the residents to settle in.” Amanda Davids of the Bishop Lavis Action Community (Blac) said their organisation has formed a relationship with the residents and do not wish to see them being “dumped” at a home which is not within close reach of their families. “The three communities of Bishop Lavis, Bonteheuwel and Heideveld religious forums and organisa-

tions are opposing the relocation of the Nerina Place, Lilyhaven and Oakhaven old age home residents. Uprooting these elderly residents is inhumane and violates their basic human rights to safety and security as well as affordable housing. After years of contributing constructively to society, this is how our elderly are now repaid.” Wesley Moodley of the Bishop Lavis Religious Forum said there is a huge need for frail care in the area. CPOA said they are prepared to donate the buildings to NGOs. “Some proposals have already been submitted.” Interested parties can send their proposals to info@cpoa.org.za.

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How to identify anxiety in children “Parents know their children. Every child has a baseline behaviour. If they do something that deviates from their normal baseline set of behaviours, then it may very well be that your child is being impacted by the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic,” explains Karbanee. Karbanee says it is also essential for parents to become aware of their own emotional states, as their own anxiety could spill over to the child. “For school-going children, it is best to deal with it cognitively through reasoning or explaining to them and talking to them about what is happening; both around them and their own emotional state of being. “For children who are in the process of developing their cognitive skills and cannot yet reason, it is best for the parents to be extra sensitive to their children’s needs.”

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“I’ve seen this in my own child, who suddenly started getting nightmares of getting sick after eating food given to her by a stranger. This anxiety was a direct result of learning at school that she should not share food or cutlery because it may make her sick,” explains Karbanee. He adds that children are having to unlearn many social norms, from “sharing is caring” to not sharing at all, given how the coronavirus is spread. This can create confusion. Young children that have not been going to crèche may become less confident in social settings and even refuse to interact with their peers. “Anxiety may turn usually sociable and playful children into clingy, tearful kids who instead of being happy to go to crèche, only want to sit on their mothers’ laps.”

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Reusegatsby voed 16 mense BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind

et jy al ooit gedroom van ’n reusegatsby waaraan jy kan eet en eet, en dit nie kan op kry nie? Wel, daardie droom kan nou bewaarheid word as jy na MCD Pizza-en-wegneemetes in Eersterivier gaan en hul Undertakergatsby bestel. ’n Gatsby is ’n eg Kaapse dis, oftewel daait, wat bestaan uit ’n broodrol gevul met aartappelskyfies, blaarslaai en bykans enigiets onder die son. Ja, ’n mens kry polonie-gatsbies en steak-gatsbies en snoek-gatsbies en, en, en. Op ’n goeie dag, en as jy genoeg geld het, kan jy ’n Fullhouse-gatsby koop. Dit is gevul met slaptjips, slaai, steak, kaas en ook eier. Om bykomende geur aan jou gatsby te gee, kan jy kies tussen verskillende souse. ’n Gatsby word gemaak om deur vriende gedeel te word en hierdie delery lei gewoonlik tot ’n stryery. Met die Undertaker hoef daar nie meer onder mekaar gestry te word nie. Volgens Johan Joseph, eienaar van MCD, is die gatsby groot genoeg sodat almal genoeg kan kry. “Die Undertaker is meer as drie meter lank en bevat 2 400 g slaptjips. Dit word bedien met ons spesiale sous, wat dit nog meer geur gee,” sê Joseph. Dit is sy liefde om vir mense kos te gee wat hom gedryf het om met die massiewe gatsbies te begin. “Ek was in die lugmag en het vyf jaar gelede afgetree. Omdat ek nog jonk van gees is, het ek gewonder waarin kon ek my pensioen belê. Ek en my vrou het eenkeer in ’n restaurant gesit en eet en toe die rekening kom, was dit astronomies. Die idee het by opgekom dat ek graag baie mense wou voed vir so min geld as moontlik. Die geleentheid om die eetplek oop te maak het hom voorgedoen en het ek gespring,” sê Joseph. Hy het ’n groot liefde vir rofstoei en het besluit om sy eerste groot gatsby na The Great Khali te noem. “Hierdie een het groot aftrek gekry en ek kan op ’n naweek so 50 van hulle verkoop. Ons het redelik onlangs

Johan Joseph in die kombuis van sy eetplek met een van sy groot gatsbies.FOTO’S: BRENDEN RUITER

Is daar genoeg plek? Klante probeer om hul gatsby in die motor te laai. eers met die Undertaker (nog ’n rofstoeiheld van Joseph) begin en ek is seker hy sal ’n treffer wees sodra mense daarvan bewus word. Sestien mense kan aan hom smul.” Waar kry hulle ’n broodrol wat meer as drie meter lank is? “Dit was nogal ’n soek-

tog. Uiteindelik het ek ’n bakker gekry wat bereid was om vir my ’n vorm te maak om die broodrol in te bak. Ek is seker die Undertaker is die grootste gatsby in die Kaap, want ons personeel moet die klante help om dit in hul motors te laai,” spog Joseph.

Alcohol bust in Nooitgedacht TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07 A 52-year-old woman has been nabbed for the illegal sale of alcohol. She was arrested on Sunday 31 January after police received information about liquor that is being sold at a house in Freden Court in Nooitgedacht, Bishop Lavis. Provincial police spokesperson Sgt Noloyiso Rwexana said officers confiscated 200 bottles of ciders and wine worth R9 000. “The suspect was charged with contravention of the Disaster Management Act.” She appeared in the Bishop Lavis mag-

Kos,klere ingesamel vir boere in NK Die WP Veteraan Trekker- en Enjinklub is tans besig om kos, klere en toiletbenodigdhede in te samel vir die boeregemeenskap in Loeriesfontein. “Die droogte het baie boere op hul knieë gedwing. Daar is bitter min kontantvloei en baie van die gesinne sukkel om basiese benodigdhede aan te koop. “Met die projek – ons tweede vir die jaar – wil ons die goedere insamel om die boervrouens, kinders en ook plaaswerkers by te staan,” sê Hannes Rheeder, klubvoorsitter. Die klub het verlede maand R10 000 kontant aan boere geskenk om diesel aan te koop. Goeie tweedehandse klere, nie-bederfbare voedsel en toiletbenodigdhede kan geskenk word. Bel Hannes Rheeder by 083 324 9525.

istrate’s court on Monday 1 February. Two weeks ago police arrested nine suspects for the possession of alcohol with an estimated value of R640 000 (“Alcohol bust at Airport Industria”, 27/1). On Monday 28 December President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country would be moving to stricter level 3 regulations which include the ban on the sale and public consumption of alcohol. Provincial police spokesperson Capt FC van Wyk said after monitoring vital information for some time about illegal liquor trading from a farm in Paarl and at a premises in Airport Industria, crime intelligence operatives assisted by anti-

gang unit officers busted a truckload of liquor on Tuesday 19 January. Van Wyk said nine suspects aged between 26 and 55 were arrested and police officers seized wine, a substantial amount of cash and a delivery truck. The suspects have been charged for contravening the Disaster Management Act. All arrested suspects appeared in the Bishop Lavis magistrate’s court on Wednesday 20 January. When asked about the names of the suspects, Bishop Lavis police spokesperson WO Joseph Swartbooi said the investigation is ongoing and “revealing the identity of suspects might jeopardise the case of the state”.

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Aktrise van Delft droom groot BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind

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Enkelma van Delft het nie toegelaat dat struikelblokke in haar pad staan om haar drome uit te leef nie. Abygail Human, ’n aktrise wat in die hoogaangeskrewe Netflix-reeks, Blood and Water, speel, se lewe het amper op ’n jong ouderdom ontspoor. “Ek was 18 jaar oud toe ek op iemand verlief geraak het en het kort daarna swanger geraak. Ek het niks van ma-wees geweet nie en om dinge te vererger, het my kind se pa die hasepad gekies toe ek drie maande swanger was. Hy het nooit weer sy verskyning gemaak nie. My skoolloopbaan het ook in die slag gebly. Dit was moeilik, maar ek moes leer hoe om ’n enkelma te wees,” sê Human. Hierdie terugslae het egter nie vir Human van stryk gebring nie. “Al die terugslae het my net sterker gemaak en ek het uitgespring en gaan werk soek. Ek het in die eerste reeks van Blood and Water gespeel en gaan in die tweede reeks meer verskyn. Wanneer ek so na sepies op die televisie kyk, dan droom ek nog om een in te speel en ek glo deur hard te werk sal ek bereik waarvan ek droom,” sê Human. Haar droom van voor die kamera wees het in 2017 begin toe sy aan ’n skoonheidskompetisie deelgeneem het. “Dit het my aangewakker om groter te droom en ek is dankbaar vir die geleenthede. Ek is nog nie waar ek wil wees nie, maar ek is seker met harde werk sal ek dit maak. “My boodskap aan jong meisies, veral dié wat met struikelblokke sukkel, is dat jou drome nie ongeldig is nie. ’n Wenner is ’n dromer wat nooit opgee nie,” sê sy.

Jakes Gerwel is safer: A volunteer group from Bonteheuwel have teamed up to ensure more visibility as a result of smash-and-grab incidents along Jakes Gerwel Drive. On Saturday 30 January local councillor Angus McKenzie equipped volunteers with two-way radios, bright yellow safety bibs and bicycles to effectively manage such incidents. He said while many cases go unreported, the visibility and immediate response of the volunteer team has ensured a sharp decline in attempts and a general feeling of motorists feeling much safer.

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The City of Cape Town is inviting neighbourhood watches to participate in a survey to get a clearer understanding of the role mobile applications or other technology play in helping neighbourhood watches (NHWs) to keep communities safe. The app survey which was released last week was sent to those neighbourhood watches using WhatsApp and Telegram platforms in their daily operations. A statement reads that the objective of the current survey is to find out which platforms are already in use, how effective they are and to inform the City of the applications

they use to communicate with the community and other crime prevention role players. The City’s Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith said it’s important to the City to hear directly from watch groups on what online and mobile applications they currently use. “The app will allow NHWs to improve on their response time, share valuable information and add value as an important link between the City’s enforcement agencies and the community.” Participation in the survey has now been extended to Friday 12 February.

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GrandWest celebrates 20 years TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07

t’s been just over 20 years since Sun International opened the doors of GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World. The official open day on 19 December 2000 saw 23 000 flock to the entertainment destination. The first jackpot was R15 000, and was won shortly after opening, followed soon thereafter by the luckiest punter of the morning who won a R10 000 jackpot and then another R12 000 during his first hour on the casino floor. In an effort to celebrate two decades of existence, a small birthday lunch was held on Friday 11 December. Prior to the Covid-19 lockdown, Grand-

West attracted 550 000 visitors a month and on show nights staff routinely dealt with up to 15 000 people passing through to visit the casino, to watch shows, or to visit restaurants and bars in the complex. A statement explained the construction process of GrandWest, “The initial construction required 3.6 million bricks to be laid which equates to 1 000 houses. Over 50km of cabling was installed and a daily average of 300 cubic metres of concrete was sunk, the same as 50 ready-mix trucks lined up behind each other, pouring 15 tons of concrete each day. “GrandWest also spent a further R38 million on road enhancement to complete the Vanguard Overpass Bridge and entrance to the complex. Substantial improvements, including safe pedestrian facilities, were made

GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World celebrated 20 years of existence on 19 December 2020. The doors officially opened on 19 December 2001. In an effort to celebrate the milestone, GrandWest hosted a small lunch on 11 December in line with Covid-19 regulations.

to the intersections of Vanguard Drive with Viking Way, Voortrekker Road and Denneboom Road, and Viking Way and Showground Road. Over the course of the 20 years the property was further developed to add a 7 000-seater arena, an undercover parking garage and an exhibition space.” Under the current lockdown regulations, the R1.5b development is now restricted to only 50% of capacity. General manager Mervyn Naidoo said GrandWest remains – to this day – an icon of the entertainment landscape. “We have adapted to the ‘new normal’. We have strictly implemented all of the Covid-19 protocols and we have seen our trading levels improving month on month.” When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the hard lockdown on 27 March last year GrandWest shut its doors for three

months. “We have been operating since reopening at the end of June last year. Guests have been incredibly supportive, and have responded well to our stringent health and safety protocols,” Naidoo told TygerBurger. In the case of staff members testing positive, Naidoo said the employee would be required to quarantine while tracking and tracing immediately gets underway. “Other staff members who came into contact with them might also be required to quarantine, or be monitored and tested depending on the level of interaction. A specialised cleaning team decontaminates areas.” Naidoo said business in general is muted given the 50% floor capacity. “The ban on serving alcohol and significantly reduced operating hours as a result of the curfew have also affected operations.”

Under the current lockdown regulations, the R1.5b development is now restricted to only 50% of capacity.

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Sportnuusleser inspireer jonges BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind As jy hard werk, is daar niks wat in jou pad staan om sukses te behaal nie. Só glo Percivale Young, sportnuusleser op eNuus en een van Eersterivier se voorste uitvoerprodukte. TygerBurger het met Young gesels oor sy drome, lewenslesse en sukses. 1. Jy is ’n sportnuusleser op televisie, dus ’n openbare figuur. Het jy as kind gedroom om eendag bekend te wees? Ek kan nie sê ek het gedroom om eendag bekend te wees nie, maar ek het wel gehoop om eendag ’n goeie werk te kry om vir myself te sorg. Ek moet ook bieg dat ek in ’n stadium ’n akteur in ’n aksiefliek wou word – en seker só bekend te word. Daardie droom het toe nie so lekker uitgewerk nie. Tog doen ek so twee of drie keer per week bietjie “toneelspel” as ek op die kassie verskyn. 2. Jy was eers ’n joernalis. Verduidelik hoe jy in die nuuswêreld beland het. Snaaks genoeg was die joernalistiek nooit een van my loopbaankeuses op skool nie. Totdat daar die een dag in standerd nege (deesdae graad 11) ’n driedaagse joernalistiekkursus by my hoërskool in Mitchells Plain aangebied is. My ouers het my in 1994 na die Senior Sekondêre Skool Princeton toe gestuur met die hoop dat ek ’n elektriese ingenieur sou word. Die nuuswêreld het my gebyt en ek het gevolglik ná my matriekjaar joernalistiek aan die Skiereilandse Technikon (deesdae Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie) gaan studeer. Oor die drie jaar het my nuuskierigheid vir stories en stories vertel nog verder gegroei. Nadat ek my nasionale diploma verwerf het, het ek vir ’n kort tydperk as ’n junior joernalis by Rapport in Kaapstad gewerk. Ek het kort daarna ’n geleentheid by die Kaapse Son gekry en as sportjoernalis begin werk. In 2009 het ek die geleentheid gekry om by die Engelse televisiekanaal eNews te gaan werk. Destyds kon ek nie ordentlik Engels praat nie, maar ek het die geleentheid met albei hande aangegryp. Ek was vir sewe jaar ’n sportjoernalis vir eNews en het ook vir vyf jaar as

Percivale Young, boorling van Eersterivier, is elke aand omstreeks 19:00 op die kassie. joernalis vir eNuus gewerk. In 2018 het ek as sportnuusleser by eNuus begin. 3. Put jy genot uit jou werk? Dit is ’n baie uitdagende beroep, want jy moet daagliks die dag se grootste sportnuus in minder as vyf minute saamvat en dit boonop op die mees kreatiewe manier aan die kyker weergee. Ek geniet dit baie. 4. Ons doen gereeld stories oor Eersterivier en jammerlik is dit gereeld negatief. Voel jy dat jy ’n voorbeeld is dat jou omgewing nie bepaal waar ’n mens in die lewe eindig nie? Wel, ek hoop regtig so. Ek is maar een van tientalle talentvolle produkte wat uit Eersterivier kom en steeds in die gemeenskap doenig is. Nes Eersterivier het elke gemeenskap maar sy uitdagings – werkloosheid, bendes, dwelms en oor die algemeen net hope maatskaplike probleme. Maar ek glo as daar ’n wil is om jouself te bemagtig en jy mense om jou het wat jou ook aanspoor, dan kan jy iets

positief van jouself maak. Maar om uit jou sogenaamde omstandighede te kom verg ook baie opofferings. So byvoorbeeld moes ek baiekeer my vriende in die steek laat as daar partytjies bygewoon is. Daar is ’n tyd vir lekker tye en dan is daar ook ’n tyd vir skouer aan die wiel sit. 5. Wie inspireer jou? Soos ek vroeër gesê het as jy mense om jou het wat jou ondersteun, dan kan jy jouself ook uit jou omstandighede kry. In my geval het ek ouers gehad wat baie, baie opofferings gemaak het om my deur die skool en basiese tersiêre opleiding te kry. Hulle het my vir ’n groot deel van my lewe aangespoor om hard te werk sodat ek eendag op my eie voete kan staan. En daarvoor sal ek hulle ewig dankbaar wees. My ouers het byvoorbeeld nie die voorregte gehad wat ek en my kinders vandag het nie; tog het hulle jare lank in ’n fabriek en vir die spoorweë gewerk om seker te maak ek en my twee susters kon ons skoolloopbaan voltooi. Ek kan nie onthou dat my ouers ooit gekla het oor hul omstandighede nie, maar hulle was altyd baie streng oor skool en daarvoor sal ek hulle ewig dankbaar wees. Selfs meer belangrik is die manier hoe my ouers hul lewens gelei het. Hulle was ’n voorbeeld vir ons as kinders. Ek hoop my lewenstyl gaan eendag ’n toonbeeld vir my eie kinders wees. 6. Watter boodskap het jy vir jong kinders van Eersterivier wat dalk sukkel om te glo dat hulle hul drome kan bereik? Ek verstaan heeltemal dat almal se omstandighede verskil. Baie jongmense in Eersterivier het dit dalk nie so maklik soos Percivale Young dit gehad het nie. Tog glo ek as daar ’n wil is om jou droom te bereik, dan kan jy dit doen. Vir sommige van ons beteken dit egter dat ons bietjie harder moet werk en meer opofferings moet maak. Baie mense het vir my gelag en mense lag nou nog vir my, maar ek kon nie toelaat dat dit in die pad van enige van my drome kom nie. Die mense wat nou nog vir my lag, lag deesdae met ’n glinster in hul oë, want as hulle my deesdae op die televisie sien, dan besef hulle daai man is van ons gemeenskap.

Cyclists reminded to stick to rules of the road Most cyclists have been yelled at or ill-treated by a driver at some point. “Cyclists don’t obey the rules of the road,” is one of the most common arguments drivers use to justify their behaviour. Sometimes justifiably so. “It doesn’t matter where or what you ride, please give respect to be respected,” said chair of the Pedal Power Association (PPA), Steve Hayward. Recently two cyclists collided with one another on the very popular Chapman’s Peak Drive owing to one of the cyclists losing control at high speed and causing the crash. The one cyclist rode away from the scene of the crash without even enquiring if the other rider was fine. The PPA receives regular complaints about cyclists’ behaviour on the road towards fellow riders and motorists. “We appeal to all cyclists to comply with all traffic laws and Covid-19 lockdown regulations. Let’s be courteous towards all road users and be part of the solution, not the pro-

blem,” Hayward said. Some useful tips for cyclists when sharing the road with other riders and drivers: Observe the latest level three lockdown regulations (as at time of print) for cycling: . Cyclists are able to continue training but not in groups; . Cycling is currently restricted to between the hours of 05:00 and 21:00 daily unless you are an essential worker and have a permit; . Masks are not required when exercising vigorously, but cyclists must keep a distance of 1.5m away from any other person. A mask needs to be worn at all other times; . Ride in single file and only pass other cyclists when it is safe to do so. Cycling two or more abreast in the road is illegal and is one of the practices that give motorists reason to be frustrated with cyclists; . When overtaking another cyclist do so on the right with an audible verbal warning. Other cyclists do not expect you to pass on

their left-hand side; . Cycle predictably and use hand signals so other road users know what your intentions are. Make life easy for drivers to predict what you’re going to do, and you will find it easier to stay safe; . Observe traffic signals, stop and yield signs and pedestrian crossings. If you want to be respected as a road user, you need to cycle responsibly; . When you reach a red traffic signal or stop sign, you should wait behind a cyclist who is already there. For some cyclists it seems to have become the norm to pass and stop in front of the rider ahead, even if it involves doing so in the middle of a pedestrian crossing or in the actual intersection well ahead of the traffic light. This is an incredibly offensive practice; . Don’t cycle against traffic. Riding in the opposite direction on the opposite side of the road is extremely dangerous; . It is illegal to cycle with headphones. The law only permits hearing aids to be in

Geen sport res van somer SAREL BURGER Die huidige viruspandemie het nóg ’n uitklophou geplant. Met versigtig gekose woorde het die WP Krieketunie (WPKU) so pas in ’n skrywe alle wedstryde en toernooie op amateur- en skoolvlak gedurende die res van die huidige somerseisoen “verbied”. Die verwagting is dat die ampsdraers van die ander vernaamste somersportsoorte spoedig soortgelyke aankondigings sal maak. Die skrale kans wat daar was dat amateur- en skolekrieketkompetisies vandeesmaand sou plaasvind, is die nekslag toegedien weens die tweede virusvlaag die afgelope weke. En terwyl gemeen is dat die somersportseisoen tot in Mei “gerek” sou kon word, is daar nou selfs sprake van ’n derde vlaag van die pandemie binnekort. Uit ’n praktiese oogpunt is die “ongelukkige” besluit van die WPKU heeltemal te verstane. Afgesien daarvan dat alle munisipale sportgeriewe en velde tans buite perke is, sal dit ook binne die volgende paar maande nie vir sportlui toeganklik wees nie, aangesien dieselfde terreine dalk deur die beoefenaars van die wintersportsoorte benut sal wil word. In so ’n geval sou dit onder meer meebring dat die krieketbaanblaaie nie na behore voorberei en behandel kon word met die oog op enige wedstryde nie. Ander faktore wat deur die WPKU aangevoer word ten opsigte van die kansellasie van enige voorgenome krieketwedstryde in die komende weke, is “ontwrigtings” as gevolg van die Paasnaweek en die maand van Ramadaan. Indien die pandemie onder beheer gekry kan word, sal dit beteken dat die amateur-somersportbeoefenaars nou eers teen September of selfs Oktober mekaar eers weer die stryd sal kan aansê.

your ear. Don’t hinder your ability to hear warnings and approaching dangers; . During events (which were still on hold at the time of print) riding in a group means you need to think about what other cyclists expect you to do. The perfect group will be a seamless body of movement and this is, in part, due to the awareness of the riders. The natural extension of this is holding your line. If you must take the hit and ride through that small pothole, do that. Just don’t flick the bike around and weave all over the place – nobody can predict that, and you’ll eventually cause a crash; . Don’t overlap wheels. This is like sitting in someone’s blind spot when driving. You know you’re there, but they might not. And if they move out slightly and touch wheels with you, one or both of you are coming down. The best places to be are behind, beside or in front of someone else, never overlapping wheels. Unless the group consists of experienced riders who know that you are riding half a wheel behind. “Let’s all cycle responsibly, respect and greet others, and make it enjoyable and safer for all cyclists and easier for the cycling community to grow,” Hayward concluded.