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uldeblyke het ingestroom nadat ’n bekende fotograaf in Suid-Afrika Vrydag sy weke lange stryd teen Covid-19 verloor het.

Die 53-jarige Jacques Stander van Durbanville, wat onder meer jare vir Huisgenoot en die afgelope sowat vyf jaar vir Gallo Images as fotograaf gewerk het, was baie bekend – nie net vir sy glansfoto’s nie, maar ook vir sy betrokkenheid by die gemeenskap. Hy was ’n getroue buurtwaglid by die Kendal Road-buurtwag en is in November verlede jaar ook verkies as die Durbanville-gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum (GPF) se mediaskakelbeampte.

Hy het volgens Netwerk24 nog Vrydagmiddag in die Mediclinic Durbanville telefonies met sy suster, Lisa Maloney van Brackenfell, en ander familielede gepraat, maar is sowat ’n uur later oorlede.

Stander het op Oujaarsdag begin siek voel en is vroeg in Januarie positief getoets vir die virus, en was sedert 10 Januarie onder verdowing. Sy suurstofvlakke en polsslag was goed, maar hy het verlede week twee infeksies opgedoen, waarvan net een met antibiotika behandel kon word, het sy suster volgens Netwerk24 gesê. Sy toestand het Vrydagoggend skielik verswak.

Die Durbanville-GPF het op sy Facebookblad gesê “sy entoesiasme en positiewe houding as ’n aktiewe burger, sy strewe om ’n positiewe bydrae tot positiewe beriggewing te maak, tesame met sy grafiese vaardighede en ervaring as professionele fotograaf sal vir seker gemis word”.

Michael Engelbrecht, voorsitter van die Durbanville-GPF, het op die organisasie se

Jacques Stander, glansfotograaf, het Vrydagmiddag sy weke lange stryd teen Covid-19 verloor.

Facebook-blad gesê “sy entoesiasme en positiewe houding as ’n aktiewe burger, sy strewe om ’n positiewe bydrae tot positiewe beriggewing te maak, tesame met sy grafiese vaardighede en ervaring as professionele fotograaf sal verseker gemis word”.

“Jacques se passie om ’n verskil te maak en sy entoesiasme waarmee hy sy nominasie as GPF-bestuurslid aanvaar het, was noemenswaardig. Hy het kreatiewe idees na die tafel gebring en het uitgesien om ons gemeenskap in hierdie hoedanigheid te dien,” lui die inskrywing.

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A staff member at Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt takes a picture of the Cape Town Highlanders Pipe Band Association as they perform below as tribute to the frontline medical workers.

The church across throws a shadow – resembling Batman – over the building. Read more on page 5.

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Kos en klere ingesamel vir boere in Noord-Kaap 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 boervroue, kinders en ook plaaswerkers by te staan,” sê die klubvoorsitter, Hannes Rheeder.

Die klub het verlede maand R10 000 kontant aan boere geskenk om diesel aan te koop.

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Lockdown: The kids are not okay, parents say DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke

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ith the opening of schools extended to 14 February, the pandemic is taking a heavy toll on children.

As parents may have mixed emotions about the impact of schools opening so late in the term, children show their anxiety by throwing tantrums and displaying anti-social behaviour and depression.

A mother in Brackenfell tells of the impact lockdown regulations had on her nineyear-old daughter.

“My daughter has always had a strong personality, so much so that I sometimes worried that she was overconfident. But with lockdown her personality started to change,” says the parent whose name is not published to protect the identity of the child.

“When she had to go back to school last year, she did not want to and the things she said had me very worried. She started getting panic attacks and was referred to a psychologist who diagnosed her with social anxiety. She didn’t want to be around people at all and said things like ‘What does any­thing matter and why are we alive anyway?’

“Every day is different; some days better than others,” she says.

The identity of all the parents TygerBurger spoke to will be protected.

One such parent is very worried about her son.

“He is generally a quiet child, but its getting worse. He misses his friends and routine. He is tired of playing computer games and bored with himself,” she says.

Yet another parent spoke out about her two children.

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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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“During hard lockdown my 11-year-old did not want to do anything and was paranoid about everything. Yesterday he told me, ‘Schools must open now, I cant handle this anymore’! His younger sister is very emotional as she misses her friends,” the mom says.

Several other parents TygerBurger spoke to say their children have shown behavioural changes mostly due to the fact that they are bored and miss interaction with their friends, and are prone to temper tantrums.

“My teenager ended up in the clinic last year and is currently on anti-depression medication. She was on a waiting list to get into the clinic as there were so many cases,” one mom says.

Dr Iqbal Karbanee, paediatrician at Cape Gate Mediclinic and CEO of Paed-IQ Babyline, says this behaviour may be a normal reaction under the current uncertainty.

Karbanee says it is essential to prioritise the wellbeing of your child or children during this uncertain time.

“We are seeing an increase in the number of children displaying unusual behaviour as a direct consequence of the circumstances brought on by the pandemic,” he says.

These changes can be very subtle, and may be mistaken for bad behaviour, rather than seen in context, which if not addressed correctly, could have a long-term negative impact.

Children under the age of three may be experiencing mood swings, nightmares, fidgeting or the sudden onset of bedwetting.

“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.”

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,” he advises.

VERVOLG VAN BLADSY 1 Kol. Tamara Hlomza, bevelvoerder van die Durbanville-polisie, het op die GPF se Facebookblad gesê haar hart is seer oor die verlies. “Durbanville het een van sy goeie en toegewyde inwoners verloor.

Ons het uitgesien daarna om met hom saam te werk; hy het so gelukkig gelyk om in die uitvoerende komitee te dien met ons laaste vergadering. Ons gebede is met sy gesin in hierdie moeilike tyd,” het sy gesê.

Die Kendal Road-buurtwag het ’n soortgelyke boodskap op sy Facebook-blad geplaas.

“As ’n gemeenskap gaan ons Jacques se energie en entoesiasme mis en ons gedagtes en gebede gaan uit na sy vrou, Elsje, en kinders in hierdie moeilike tyd.”

Elsje, sy vrou van 24 jaar, het aan TygerBurger gesê Jacques het hom baie beywer vir sake in hul gemeenskap en betrokke probeer bly soos tyd toegelaat het.

“Probleemoplossing was vir hom ’n natuurlike talent en regverdigheid, integri-

teit en die ondersteuning van dinge wat ’n gemeenskap opbou, laat funksioneer en beter maak, het hom na aan die hart gelê,” het sy gesê.

“Hy was en is die liefde van my lewe – ’n kreatiewe, talentvolle, liefdevolle, eindeloos spesiale mens.”

Hulle het twee kinders, Zique (16) en Ellebelle (10). Volgens Elsje sal ’n gedenkdiens waarskynlik eers volgende week plaasvind weens ’n tekort aan kiste.

Yvonne Beyers, redakteur van Huisgenoot, het volgens Netwerk24 gesê Jacques was ’n legendariese Huisgenoot-fotograaf.

“Sy uitstekende foto’s het oor baie jare heen op ons voorblaaie en by ons nuusen leefstylartikels verskyn. Hy het te veel bekendes en nuusmakers afgeneem om ooit te kan tel, en soveel van sy foto’s is absoluut ikonies. Ons dra sy gesin en familie in ons groot Huisgenoot-hart, en Jacques sal altyd in ons herinneringe voortleef.”

CapeGate community cares CapeGate Shopping Centre recently installed a designated donation station on the lower level at entrance eight, opposite centre management and Old Mutual.

The four-part box station allows the community to support two to four different charities on a quarterly basis.

CapeGate’s current call for donations is school clothes and shoes for Trevor Manuel Primary School as well as toiletries and nonperishable foods for child welfare. The first beneficiaries of this initiative, namely Fisantekraal Animal Welfare, MES Cape Town and Miracle Kidz Safe House, were happy to receive a generous supply of food, clothing and toys from the CapeGate community during the last quarter of 2020.

“During a challenging time for many people, the question was not whether to give but rather what can people give that they have in their hand, and the CapeGate community

really pulled together to show that they care about others,” says marketing manager Amanda McCarthy.

In addition to the donation station, CapeGate has just partnered with Fisantekraal Primary School to provide much needed stationery supplies in preparation for the reopening of schools. The drop-off point for all stationery donations is at the CapeGate information desk on the upper level, opposite Edgars. The following items can be dropped off up until 31 January: white board markers, HB pencils, rulers, erasers, glue sticks, twist wax crayons, counter books, Grade 1, 2 and 3 stationery kits.

CapeGate will also sponsor one learner’s stationery and school uniform for the 2021 school year. If you know of a learner you think deserves this Kick Starter Kit, nominate them by 31 January 2021.

Visit www.capegatecentre.co.za.

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ietsryers en motoriste word gewaarsku om op die uitkyk te wees vir aanvallers in die omgewing van Morning­star in Durbanville.

In die jongste voorval is ’n fietsryer verlede Saterdag deur twee mans langs Langebergweg aangeval. Hy is geslaan met ’n sak met ’n swaar voorwerp daarin, vermoedelik ’n baksteen.

Volgens kapt. Marchell Rhode, woordvoerder van die Durbanville-polisie, het die voorval op Saterdag 23 Januarie omstreeks 05:45 plaasgevind.

“Die man het ligte beserings aan sy ken en skouer opgedoen. Hy het daarin geslaag om weg te kom,” sê Rhode.

Volgens hom dra die polisie nie kennis van ’n tweede voorval waarna op ’n Facebook-blad en in ’n berig in Die Burger verwys word nie.

In die tweede voorval is ’n fietsryer ook

glo met ’n sak met ’n baksteen daarin van sy fiets geslaan en met “iets in sy gesig gesteek”.

Op ’n Facebook-blad het die slagoffer gesê drie mans langs Langebergweg – net voor die nuwe Morningstar-ontwikkeling – het sy aandag afgetrek en hom met ’n sak teen die kop geslaan “wat gevoel het of daar ’n baksteen in is”. Hy het van sy fiets af geval en is toe ook met iets in sy gesig gesteek.

Volgens sy inskrywing wou die Durbanville-polisie nie ’n saak open as hy nie ’n mediese verslag kon toon nie. Hy het later wel ’n klag aanhangig gemaak nadat die uitvoerende komitee van die Durbanville-gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum hom gekontak het en hy ’n mediese verslag bekom het.

Rhode kon nie die tweede voorval bevestig nie. Volgens hom is dit vermoedelik een en dieselfde voorval.

“Die slagoffer is nie in die gesig gesteek nie, maar is op sy ken beseer waar die sak hom getref het,” sê hy.

Volgens ’n inskrywing op dieselfde Facebook-blad was daar die vorige oggend ook ’n aanval op ’n stapper in die groengordel, waarna die aanvaller in die rigting van Morningstar weggehardloop het.

Aanvalle op motoriste het egter ook in dieselfde omgewing in Januarie plaasgevind, waarsku Rhode.

Op 17 Januarie omstreeks 11:30 het vyf mans ’n motor by ’n verkeerslig op die hoek van Langeberg- en Fairtreesweg omsingel en ’n agterruit uitgeslaan.

Hulle het ’n handsak uit die motor gegryp en gevlug. In die handsak was ’n sonbril en R6 000 kontant, sê Rhode.

In nóg ’n voorval, op 8 Januarie omstreeks 14:15, het ’n slagoffer by ’n rooi verkeerslig op die hoek van Langeberg- en Wellingtonweg stilgehou. ’n Onbekende man het onder meer ’n digitale maatband deur ’n oop motorruit gegryp en in die rigting van Morningstar gehardloop. Die waarde daarvan is R3 000.

Murder suspects appear in court

Polisiedag gevier: Die Bellville-gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum en plaaslike buurtwagte het verlede week nasionale polisiedag gevier deur ’n koek aan polisielede te oorhandig. “Vir ons GPF en buurtwagte is ons lede in blou amper soos familie,” vertel Gerda Gerber van die GPF. “Ná ’n moeilike Covid-jaar en wat nou voortduur, verdien hulle die bederf deur en deur.” Op die foto is Mike Marchinkowski van Boston se buurtwag, AO Whitey van Zyl, Gerda Gerber en sers. Anele Siwisa.

The four suspects connected to the murder of Welgelegen resident Vincent Charles Bartes will reappear in court later this month.

The suspects, Jamie Lee Moses (21) and three minors aged 15 to 17 years, appeared at the Bellville magistrate’s court on Thursday 28 January.

The quartet is charged with the murder of Bartes, says Eric Ntabazalila, spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority.

“The state believes that on 24 January the accused burnt the deceased with boiling water and stabbed him to death.

“They then took his vehicle, a MercedesBenz,” Ntabazalila says.

Bartes died of asphyxiation.

The case has been postponed to 10 February for a formal bail application.

Ntabazalila, however says that the state is opposing bail due to the seriousness of the matter.

Moses has been remanded to the Polls­moor Prison while the other accused have been remanded at a place of safety, Ntabazalila says.

Bartes was attacked at his house in General Hendrik Schoeman Street, Welgelegen, in Parow between 21:00 and 22:00. – Richard Roberts

Rust-en-Vrede in dire need of your support More so than ever before Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery in Durbanville needs the support of art lovers to keep its doors open.

Hamlin Jansen van Vuuren, curator, says they have over 2 000 art lovers on their mailing list, who frequently receive their emails, catalogues and news.

“However, of these only 150 people pay their membership fee each year,” she says.

After 37 years, the annual membership

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All members get a 5% discount on art purchases. The membership fee is tax deductible for corporate companies. Families can also take out a corporate membership.

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Idols auditions going virtual TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07 With the current pandemic the country is faced with, M-Net’s Idols SA series will have a completely different composition for season 17 auditions.

To keep up with the spirit of social distancing, auditions will be held virtually.

Participants are required to create a video of themselves singing for 30 se­conds.

According to a statement, it’s important for the participants to prepare their 30second-long clip and all the relevant information before they log onto the Mzansi Magic website to submit their entry.

“This exciting new format gives people who could not get to the designated venues

an opportunity they have been dreaming of but could not access due to limited resources.”

Gavin Wratten, the executive producer and director for SIC Entertainment which produces Idols SA, told TygerBurger all participants will be informed about the status of their audition. “Every contestant who uploads an audition will get numerous notifications informing them if it was successful or not,” he said.

The online auditions platform opened on Friday 29 January. The submission portal will close at either 22:00 on Sunday 14 February or after the first 15 000 entries.

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Prof Johan Dempers, head of the division of forensic pathology at the University of Stellenbosch, passed away recently due to Covid-19 complications.

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Covid-19 claims beloved professor T

he Western Cape government health’s forensic pathology services (FPS) last week announced with great sadness the passing of Prof Johan Dempers.

Dempers passed away on Tuesday 26 January after being diagnosed with Covid-19 nearly a month ago on Monday 21 December 2020.

“He was a colleague and a friend, and he played an integral part in the FPS team. He was passionate about forensic pathology as a pathologist and embodied the ideal example as a mentor and teacher.

“We convey our deepest condolences to his wife, son, daughter and extended family, as well as his FPS colleagues, his friends and colleagues within the division of forensic medicine, University of Stellenbosch as well as the Tygerberg forensic pathology

laboratory and beyond,” the department said in a statement.

“Dempers’ passing has left a huge void, both from an academic as well as a service delivery perspective. Colleagues are and will be struggling to come to terms with his untimely passing. He was part of the forensic pathology service executive team and no meeting will be the same again,” says Vonita Thompson, FPS director.

Dempers was born on 13 June 1969.

“We will remember him as a fierce forensic pathologist, discipline specific, honest and loyal to our profession, with the utmost integrity, an enthusiastic teacher and a consummate professional,” says Prof Lorna Martin, head of the clinical department of forensic medicine and toxicology at the University of Cape Town.

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HALFJAARLIKSE AANSUIWERINGS AAN DIE MTREF, DIE KORPORATIEWE TELKAART EN DIÉ VAN DIE MUNISIPALE ENTITEITE Die Stad Kaapstad nooi gemeenskappe om kommentaar te lewer oor die halfjaarlikse aansuiwerings aan die 2020/21- mediumtermyn- inkomste-en-uitgaweraamwerk, die 2020/21-korporatiewe telkaart, asook dié van die munisipale entiteite (Kaapstadinternasionale konferensiesentrum en Kaapstad-stadion) wat deel van die GOP (IDP) 20172022 uitmaak. Dit hou verband met die halfjaarlikse aansuiwerings volgens Raadsresolusie op 28 Januarie 2021.

Ingevolge artikel 17 van die Wet op Plaaslike Regering: Munisipale Stelsels, Wet 32 van 2000, word die publiek en belangstellende partye of groepe die geleentheid gebied om van 8 tot 28 Februarie 2021 kommentaar, aanbevelings of insette by die munisipaliteit in te dien.

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 development team follows an inclusive process and will take into

consideration all feedback received from NHWs. 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 as this will inform and drive the development of a City mobile app.

“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.

“NHWs assist the City in our fight against crime and we will continue with the support and the development of programmes to further strengthen our priority to keep communities safe.”

Participation in the survey has now been extended to Friday 12 February.

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Pipers cheer up staff at hospitals NIELEN DE KLERK @nielendk

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edical staff at hospitals across Cape Town are experiencing a change of scenery when their shifts change – in the form of bagpipes.

Members of the Cape Town Highlanders Pipe Band Association have started playing at different hospitals to pay tribute to those frontline workers battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mike Taljaard, the band officer of the association, who lives in Panorama, says their first hospital concert took place last week at Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt hospital in Bell-

Members of the Cape Town Highlanders Pipe Band Association play outside Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt to pay tribute to medical staff fighting the Covid-19 virus.

ville.

A total of 14 of the 32 members of the band took to the streets in front of the hospital, playing old bagpipe band favourites like Scotland the Brave and Amazing Grace.

Staff of the hospital and passers-by gathered in front of the building and took videos, while others stood in windows or the raised staff parking area, looking down.

Taljaard says a highlight was when an audiologist came to speak to them, amazed to hear a band of pipers and drummers playing together.

“And it’s nice when people clap hands.”

Louis Leipoldt was their first hospital of choice, because of one the members’ wives working there. Once they got the all-clear to play there, they started contacting other hospitals in the area.

They played from 18:30 to 19:15, as this is when the shifts change and new personnel take over.

The group printed a special drum cover which says “Supporting Frontline Workers,” especially for their hospitals project.

According to Taljaard they started the project in part because they cannot perform anymore, as well as a way of giving back to those doing so much for the ordinary citizen.

They have a band member who is a doctor, family members who are doctors or who work at hospitals and some of their members have had the virus themselves.

Yesterday they played at Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Pinelands.

They’ve lined up playing gigs at 10 hospitals in total, but are willing to play at more.

The band is one of three in Cape Town.

They regularly tour overseas (when it’s allowed) and are based at the Castle of Good Hope.

Currently the band gets together via Zoom to practise.

VFor more information contact Mike Taljaard on 082 663 6473.

A total of 13 members took to the streets.

PHOTOS: NIELEN DE KLERK

Nurses watch the show.

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Voormalige Mev. Kaapstad praat oor Covid-nagmerrie DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke Die motiveringspreker en voormalige Mev. Kaapstad in 2014, Diane Nel van Brackenfell, het tot ’n nuwe insig gekom toe haar ouer suster onlangs amper die stryd teen Covid-19 verloor het.

“Dis in dié tyd dat jy besef dat aardse goed en aardse glorie nie belangriker as jou geliefdes is nie. Só ’n siekte ruk die mat onder jou uit,” sê Diane.

“Op 11 Desember het ons nagmerrie as familie begin. My suster is positief getoets vir Covid-19. Eers was die simptome net haar oë wat bietjie brand en haar arms wat lam voel.

“Die volgende oggend het sy erger geraak – elke dag meer en meer. Só erg dat sy skaars kon asemhaal,” sê Diane.

Bernadette de Barros (48) is op 18 Desember in die Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt in Bellville opgeneem. Sy was drie weke in die waaksaal aan ’n ventilator gekoppel en in ’n geïnduseerde koma.

Diane vertel van die asemophou-angs wat haar familie in dié tyd ervaar het.

“Elke oomblik van elke dag wag jy vir daardie oproep van die hospitaal. Elke oggend en elke aand het ons die hospitaal gebel om te hoor hoe sy vorder. Ná twee weke op die ventilator het ons met die dokter gepraat en haar direkte woorde was: ‘Sy het ’n 40%-kans op oorlewing.’

“Ons as familie het daardie aand gebid en die realiteit in ag geneem, maar ons geloof het ons net laat aanhou hoop. Die dokter het ons ingelig haar bloedplaatjietelling het geval en sy moet dringend ’n bloedoortapping onder-

gaan.

“Hulle het haar stadig maar seker van die ventilator gespeen, maar by tye het sy terugslae gehad. Dit was ’n lang pad van hartseer.”

Tog het dit die familie nader aan mekaar gebring.

“Ons het geleer om meer tyd te maak vir mekaar; jy is nie verseker van die dag van môre nie.”

Bernadette is op 13 Januarie uit die waakeenheid na ’n gewone saal oorgeplaas.

“Een Saterdagaand het ek die hospitaal gebel en die suster aan diens het vir my gesê ek moet bietjie met haar praat. Ek kon hoor sy kry suurstof, maar kon wel bietjie uitmaak wat sy sê. Dit was die beste woorde wat ek kón hoor toe sy vir my in haar dun stemmetjie sê: ‘Ek is lief vir jou’.

Die volgende dag het die hospitaal die familie ingelig dat Bernadette baie goeie vordering maak. “Hulle glo dit was juis omdat sy met my kon praat. Soms is dit al wat jy nodig het,” sê Diane.

Sy het deur Kersfees en Nuwejaar geslaap en op 20 Januarie is sy verplaas na ’n rehabilitasiesentrum, waar sy tans aansterk.

“Sy sal daar moet bly vir tussen drie en vier weke, maar vorder baie goed. Sy het egter mediese toerusting by die huis nodig, aangesien albei haar longe erg beskadig is deur die virus. Die totale kostes beloop om en by R50 000, wat nie deur die mediese fondse gedek word nie,” sê Diane.

V Diane het ’n fonds gestig op haar platform DN Hope of Inspiration in samewerking met Backabuddy om geld in te samel om die mediese onkostes te dek. Besoek haar Facebookblad by www.facebook.com/FaceOfGGHBeautyEssentiallyYou/

Diane Nel (links), ’n voormalige Mev. Kaapstad, is saam met haar suster.

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. PHOTOS: ALFONSO STOFFELS

GrandWest celebrates 20 years of good times TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07 It’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, GrandWest 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 readymix 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 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 R1.5 billion 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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Empower yourself with Toastmasters T

he Winelands Toastermasters Club celebrated its 600th club meeting in January – building on the legacy of those who started the club about 30 years ago.

During the meeting several past presidents paid tribute – including Charmaine Sparrow, Michelle Williams, Anlie Botha and Annemie Muller.

All highlighted the confidence and skills that Toastmasters build and the safe and supportive environment that the club offers.

“Winelands Toastmasters is the fertile ground of enthusiasm, involvement and support that its members need,” Charmaine Sparrow, club president from 2011 to 2012, said.

“It’s a learning laboratory – not only to develop speaking skills, but also invaluable leadership skills. It is of utmost importance to recognise, in this time of uncertainty, that there is a need within yourself and in society for growth and leadership,” she said.

The club, which is located in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, is known for being one of the premier clubs in South Africa.

In the 30 years of its existence, the club was awarded Distinguished Club five times.

It was awarded the President’s Distinguished Club 11 times.

Club presidents have been awarded Division President of the Year at least twice.

In 2013/’14 and 2015/’16 the club was voted

the Top Club in District 74 – which is an award for the best club in Southern Africa.

The club is ranking in the top five clubs in District 74 since then.

The club meets are for the area Tyger Valley, Durbanville and Bellville.

Toastmasters aims to empower members to practise public speaking, to become more effective communicators and to build strong leadership skills.

Toastmasters prides itself as being a supportive and positive learning opportunity, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

Due to gathering restrictions, they are currently meeting via Zoom.

Comien Grobler, vice president for public relations of the club, said a lot of people think that meeting virtually to conquer your fears of public speaking does not do justice.

“However, it is phenomenal to see how our members have improved their online appearance and ability to speak to a camera audience since we started meeting online.

“With a lot of business meetings moving virtual nowadays, this is a very important skill to have,” Grobler said.

Meetings take place every second Thursday of the month from 19:00, and every third Saturday of the month from 08:30.

V Contact The Winelands Toastmasters Club on 084 469 9815 or vpprwinelands@gmail.com for more information.

Grade 1’s at Curro on line The Grade 1 learners of Curro Independent School in Durbanville recently started their school career – although not face-to-face, but remotely.

Eliana Kyriaco is happy to see her teacher during an online reading lesson.

Caitlin Leite is hard at work, mastering a new handwriting pattern, which she learned during an online lesson.

Matthew van Wyk is working on a writing lesson.

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Community supports Mediclinic staff W

hen the community of Durbanville heard about the pressure on health workers on the front line amid the second wave of Covid-19, they stepped in.

Several donations of food and sweet treats were delivered to the hospital to show appreciation for the staff’s dedication.

“It is truly heart-warming to see how the Durbanville community has come together and provided not only support but encouragement, donations, understanding and patience as we endeavour to serve the community during challenging times,” says Christine Tay-

lor, hospital general manager of Mediclinic Durbanville.

“The prayers, numerous messages and treats provided by the community have kept our team going during very challenging times.

“Mediclinic Durbanville would like to express our deepest appreciation to the members of the community for their continued support during the pandemic,” Taylor says.

“We recognise that our staff, doctors, allied healthcare workers and supporting contractors are on the front line of the pandemic. The community coming forward to assist and support us, offers valuable

encouragement and inspiration for all those delivering care in our hospital,” she says.

“Mediclinic Durbanville continues to encourage people to adhere to national guidelines on social distancing, the use of masks in public and safe hygiene practices. Minimising transmission remains a key factor in managing the effects of the pandemic and everyone needs to play their part in preventing further spread.

“We would like to encourage the public to continue to seek care from their healthcare providers as required and not to put their health at risk by delaying care,” she says.

Anthea du Plessis (left) and Annamarie Dunthorne of Mugg & Bean Durbanville with a trolley full of treats for the staff.

Professional nurses (from left) Andrea Botha, Lynne Paulse and Mia Roodtman with a tray of muffins.

From left are Cathleen Cloete (enrolled nursing auxiliary), Michelle Fredericks (unit administration assistant) and Sue-Lynne de Wee (enrolled nurse) with a tray of cupcakes.

Dr Rust Theron, physician, receives a donation of icecream from Ilse Bester, representative manager of Frozen Food Distributors.

Palliative care takes back seat during pandemic THABANG KUAHO @thab_journo With Thursday 4 February being World Cancer Day, TygerBurger looks into how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected patients who make use of facilities for treatment, patient management in the public sector and the provincial health department’s plan of action in minimising the risk of exposure at facilities.

The pandemic has affected the lives of many chronic disease patients, causing panic about what would become of them if the need for urgent medical care comes.

Gloria Mbunyana from Kraaifontein says last year was the most worrysome period she had to deal with her three-year battle with breast cancer.

“From the day the lockdown was announced in March, I had

questions if I would ever be able to continue receiving chemotherapy at Tygerberg hospital,” she says.

She soon realised there was no reason to worry because the management at the hospital had safeguarded the place.

“There was absolutely no reason for us, patients, to worry because the hospital had everything taken care of.”

Mbunyana says care for cancer patients has been the department’s priority from the beginning.

Although the pandemic has not had much of an effect on the paediatric oncology department at Tygerberg Hospital, fear of the virus might have led to many children being undiagnosed.

The pandemic also led to a slight decrease in paediatric cancer patients, probably due to pa-

rents being reluctant to access state hospitals due to Covid-19,” the hospital’s Rozaun Botes says.

“The hospital did, however, see a reduction in referrals of adult patients in the third quarter of last year due to the limited numbers of oncology surgical lists and reduced movement of the population resulting in the hard lockdown. The referrals increased again in the last quarter,” she says.

These do lead to delays in cancer patients whose primary treatment is surgical. Access to theatres and advanced imaging were limited and had to be negotiated on individual patient basis to ensure crucial investigations and operations were done for emergency purposes.

“Long-term paediatric survivors could not access these necessary investigations and therefore

Head for the rolling hills The Bottelary Hills Renosterveld Conservancy (BHRC) offers a 92km trail network for mountain bikers through rolling hillsides, conservation areas, vineyards and farmland.

Annual permits or day permits allow for access to multiple route options that cater for various skill and fitness levels.

The BHRC is a registered non-profit organisation that forms part of the Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve.

While the core focus is to care for, expand and sustain the remaining Renosterveld in the area, there is also an emphasis on community development. Unlike fynbos, which grows in poor soils, Renosterveld grows in very rich fertile soils.

As a result, most of it has been replaced with vines and other commercial crops. Less than 4% of the original Renosterveld in the Western Cape remains.

Concerned landowners together with Cape Nature Conservation initiated a conservation programme to protect the remaining vegetation, rehabilitate sensitive areas and reintroduce species lost to the area.

Member farms commit to implementing environmentally sustainable farming practices with conservation and protec­tion of the renosterveld a major priority.

The MTB permit fees go towards trail maintenance, alien clearing and community development.

Only permit holders are allowed access to the trails from sunrise to sunset and bike boards must be displayed on handlebars.

Annual permits valid until 31 December are available online with the option to collect from Cyclosport in Kuils River, Attitude Cycles in Brackenfell or Chris Willemse Cycles at Willowbridge.

It costs R700 for a main member, R600 for a spouse, R500 for students and pensioners and R400 for ju­niors (u.18). Day permits cost R70 and are sold at the route access points, including Zevenwacht and Hazendal wine farms, and at Engen Soneike.

V Visit www.bottelaryconservancy.co.za for details and a map.

The Bottelary Hills Renosterveld Conservancy offers 92km of MTB trails.

were negatively affected. At the same time only one parent could accompany a child that had to be admitted for chemotherapy and parental discussion had to be online, sometimes difficult in the context of limited resources for families,” Botes explains.

For immediate admissions, individual patient case negotiations took place with management to ensure access.

“All other patients have continuing access to the oncology department as there has been no limits on seeing new patients.”

During the third quarter in 2020, Botes explains that new referrals did reduce for all patients as they struggled to navigate through the primary health clinics and hospital outpatients during the hard lockdown of the second quarter. While some staff from the oncology unit have assis-

ted in the Covid-19 wards, those who remained managed the load without detriment to patients.

With the paediatric oncology unit housed in a separate wing far from the Covid-19 wards, having good resources for personal protective equipment and strict access control, Botes says the unit has been fortunate in ensuring the safety of patients and staff all together.

“Regardless of any pandemic children should be able to access the necessary health care management that will ensure cure and lead to healthy children. It is of vital importance that oncology patients do not delay attending their local clinics, hospitals or oncology unit if they have symptoms or problems. Any misinformation that the hospital or oncology unit is not a safe place because of the virus is strongly discouraged.”

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SLICE OF LIFE

Jy kán help, al sukkel jy ook “Ek weet ons almal sukkel, maar ek lê in my bed vanaand en huil snot en trane want my besighede survive nie ...”

Só lui ’n onlangse sosialemedia-inskrywing van ’n goeie entrepreneursvriend.

Ons hoor elke dag hoe een of ander bedryf aan die kortste end van die grendelstaat trek – gister was dit die toerismebedryf, vandag is dit die wynbedryf, môre boerderye ... invoer omdat vervaardiging wêreldwyd agter is, en so gaan die lys aan.

Wie nou eintlik die ergste deurloop, is ’n raaisel, maar as jy my vra, dan is dit entrepreneurs en kleinsake-eienaars – die ouens wie se ondernemings se sukses vanaand die kos op die tafel sit – wat in die nood leer bid.

Dag ná dag hoor ek hoe eienaars van kleinsakeondernemings – dié wat nog nie gevou het nie, of soos Die Boer tydelik hul deure moes sluit nie – slapelose nagte het oor hoe hulle einde vandeesmaand net salarisse gaan betaal, om nie eens te praat van die res van hul onkostes nie.

Die werk wat inkom en produkte wat verkoop, is eenvoudig net te min en die appeltjie vir die dors is lankal op.

Daardie reserwes is in die vroeë inperkingsvlakke – 4 en 5, en vir sommige selfs die eerste vlak 3 – aangewend om salarisse en ander noodsaaklike onkostes te dek terwyl daar geen inkomste was nie omdat hulle belet is om handel te dryf.

Sommige sakelui het selfs hul eie salaris prysgegee net om hul werkers te betaal, selfs al is daar nie gewerk nie.

“Want hoe moet ek rustig slaap as ek weet die enkelma van vier op wie ek altyd kan staatmaak, se kinders moet vanaand honger gaan slaap omdat ek haar nie kon betaal nie?” klink een so ’n sakeman se woorde nog helder in my agterkop. Hy kon onder vlak vier al ’n permit bekom om weer sy onderneming oop te maak, maar dit het nie juis veel vir sy winsgrens beteken nie omdat hulle slegs werk vir ’n handjievol ander wat ook ’n permit gehad het, kon doen.

Dan is daar entrepreneurs wie se produkte en dienste se sukses gebou is met bloed, sweet en passie. Die einste een met wie se woorde ek ingelei het, het jare gelede nee dankie gesê vir ’n loopbaan in die korporatiewe wêreld om sy passie te volg. Die huidige realiteit is egter, sy produkte vlieg nie meer van die rakke soos vantevore nie. Nie omdat die gehalte daarvan gedaal het of daar skielik iets beter op die mark is nie, maar waarskynlik omdat mense se kooppatrone verander het.

Sien, die grendelstaat raak ook Jan Alleman se sak. Party mense moes met ’n salarisverlaging tevrede wees, of is nou werkloos. In só ’n geval trek jy maar die gordel styf en koop slegs wat nodig is om te oorleef. Die lekkernye, unieke en luukse produkte, selfs oulike kledingstukke en ander tierlantyntjies – die wat met bloed, sweet en passie geskep is – beland nie meer in die winkelmandjie nie.

Dit is waar, almal sukkel. Ondernemings sukkel, want hulle word óf deur regulasies ingeperk óf mense het eenvoudig net nie meer die geld om hul produkte en dienste te bekostig nie. Jan Alleman sukkel omdat hul sukkelende werkgewers drastiese stappe met salarisse moes neem. Dit is ’n kringloop wat nie maklik of gou (as jy na die ekonome luister) gebreek gaan word nie.

Volgende keer wanneer jy voor die winkelrak staan, ondersteun plaaslik en koop eerder die produk wat jy weet deur ’n klein onderneming vervaardig is.

Een persoon alleen mag dalk nie ’n verskil maak nie, maar as ek en jy dit albei doen, help dit baie.– Cecilia Hume

“Sy produkte vlieg nie meer van die rakke soos vantevore nie ... waarskynlik omdat mense se kooppatrone verander het.”

Beaches reopen: People across Cape Town took part in a peaceful protest action on Saturday 30 January against the government's decision to ban people from using beaches. Pictured are protestors at Bloubergstrand. Some of the people who took part in the protest went for a walk on the beach. Some even decided to go surfing. Police officials had their hands full and at least two people were arrested and taken to the police station where they were released with a warning. President Cyril Ramaphosa has since announced on Monday evening that a decline in the number of new cases meant the country could begin to ease some of the restrictions under level 3 lockdown. Public places such as beaches, dams, rivers, parks and public swimming pools has been reopened under strict health protocols.

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BRIEWE briewe@tygerburger.co.za|Briewe wat nie langer is as 250 woorde nie, sal voorkeur geniet. Verskaf asb.

Streetlights a laugh a minute

u naam, adres en telefoonnommer by (nie vir publikasie). Spertyd is Vrydag om 12:00

‘Dromkrappers’ probeer ook maar net oorleef Ek verwys na die brief van 27 Januarie (“Herwinning ’n probleem, TygerBurger).

Liewe Dicky Liebenberg, dankie vir jou eerlikheid en bydrae tot die gemeenskap oor herwinning. Ek is self ’n voorstander daarvan om nie herwinbare artikels weg te gooi nie.

Hoewel, ek stem nie saam met jou dat jy na mense as “dromkrappers” verwys nie.

Daai dromkrappers is ook mense net soos ek en jy.

Het dit al ooit in jou gedagtes opgekom hoe vernederend dit vir daai mense moet wees om daagliks in die dromme te gaan staan en krap? Dan hoop hulle maar net dat hulle ietsie daaruit

kan kry om te gaan ingee vir ’n skamele paar rand.

Hulle is nie so geseënd soos van ons nie.

Natuurlik is daar mense wat in die dromme krap en die vullis net so los, en as hulle gesien word, berispe hulle natuurlik! Ek het al gesien die meerderheid vat en maak toe sonder om te mors.

Ek wil net graag weet, dink jy jy is beter as enige ander siel op hierdie aarde om na sekere mense te verwys as “dromkrappers”?

Hulle is mense net soos jy wat ’n lewe probeer maak en al uitweg wat hulle tans sien is om in asblikke vir herwinbare produkte te krap. Soos ek al gesien het, het hulle

maar al hul trots in hul sak gedruk en die uitdaging aangepak.

Gaan eerder op jou knieë en dank die Here dat jy nie vanmôre voor sonsopkoms moet rush om die eerste een te wees met die hoop dat jy darem iets uit daai drom uit gaan kry om vandag te oorleef nie.

Mnr. Dicky, dit gaan nie soseer oor jou klagte oor die dromkrappery nie. Die feit dat jy na ander mense verwys as “dromkrappers” het my die bogenoemde boodskap laat skryf omdat ek glo elke mens op die aarde het ’n doel, maak nie saak wat nie.

TJ E-pos

Dankbaar vir biblioteek, personeel se puik diens Daar is altyd soveel negatiewe stories, maar vandag het ek ’n baie positiewe storie om te vertel.

Ek is ’n lid van die Bellville-biblioteek. Ek het weke gelede ’n boek bestel waarvoor ek moes wag aangesien ander mense voor my die boek bestel het.

Verlede week het die biblioteek my laat weet ek kan nou die boek by hulle

afhaal. Ek woon in ’n aftreeoord naby die biblioteek, maar moet ’n vriendin vra om my daarheen te neem.

Toe ons daar kom, is die biblioteek gesluit – seker weer as gevolg van Covid. ’n Paar dae later kry ek ’n oproep van ’n dame met die naam Jolene Collins. Sy het my gebel omdat ek al so lank vir die spesifieke boek wag.

Toe ek my omstandighede aan

haar verduidelik, het sy onmiddellik verduidelik dat sy die boek vir my sal bring waar ek woon. Sy was so vriendelik om die boek ’n paar uur later vir my af te lewer. Uitstekende diens, baie dankie Jolene!

Ek vind al die personeellede en selfs die karwag, lewer vriendelike diens.

JEANETTE VAN ROOY Bellville

Thanks to everyone who helped to save puppy “Firefighters rescue pup from sewer line” (TygerBurger 20 January) refers. I would like to commend and thank the people involved in giving this

pup a second chance at life in Ruyterwacht. Thank you to the family who heard the puppy’s distant cry from their toilet. They could’ve ignored

the crying for help but they acted on their faith to save the pup. Thank you to the fire crews from Epping and Goodwood. Thank you to

For virtually the whole week (25-30 January) the street lights in Cambridge Street, Goodwood were burning during the day. It could have been in surrounding streets as well, I don’t know but it wouldn’t surprise me. Previously the municipality’s excuse was that they are checking for dead street lights! Now on Sunday evening there are no street lights burning. How do they explain this? It is a laugh a minute! Over and over.

ANTHONY SCHEEPERS Goodwood

Art fresco on promenade The photo of the art fresco at the Sea Point promenade (“Unity”, TygerBurger 27 January) refers. Shame, what a waste of labour and materials, since only seagulls and skydivers could get a view of it. I walked on the promenade last week and all I could see was an ugly looking lawn, brown silvery colour. No art work could be distinguished from a person’s view point.

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Johan Joseph in die kombuis van sy eetplek met een van sy groot gatsbies.

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Reusegatsby voed 16 mense BRENDEN RUITER @ruitervaniewind

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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 Undertaker-gatsby 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 steakgatsbies 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 gewoon-

Is daar genoeg plek? Klante probeer om hul gatsby in die motor te laai.

lik 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 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 soektog.

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.

Residents are encouraged to continue accessing essential health services at the City of Cape Town’s clinics.

According to a statement from the City’s health department several overflow facilities opened in July last year to increase capacity at clinics and to ensure continuous services amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We currently have 34 overflow facilities at our clinics and it is heartening to see residents continue to access our normal services and adhering to their health schedules, such as immunisation and antenatal and family planning services.

While the current Covid-19 situation has impacted every aspect of our lives, and requires us to adhere to additional health protocols, there is still screening for HIV and TB, as well as medical checks for chronic conditions that need to be done and medication that needs to be collected,’ said the City’s Mayco member for community services and health, Zahid Badroodien.

By November last year there was a dramatic increase in the number of patients diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes, as well as the number of women who had cervical smear tests done (as opposed to June).

The number of children under one year

who were fully immunised remained stable at an average of 3 100 children per month. The number of first antenatal visits remained stable at an average of 2 100 per month.

Badroodien said the overflow facilities became necessary to enable adherence to Covid-19 protocols and to continue general service delivery.

“Some of these services are critical such as child immunisations and visits by clients with chronic conditions. Other services also continue and residents are encouraged to visit the clinics when they need to.”

The City’s health department has an appointment system. Patients are given a date and a time for their appointment based on their preference, appointment availability and urgency of care.

The system includes all non-acute services.

Residents should arrive 15 minutes before their appointment. Expect to be screened for Covid-19 symptoms. Only the person in need of the service should attend. Wear a mask and ensure it covers your nose and mouth at all times. Adhere to social distancing. Stay at home if you are not well on the day of the appointment and inform the clinic that you are unable to attend.

Help needed for Cape chicks KAILIN DANIELS @k10daniels Sanccob’s Cape Town centre is currently rehabilitating well over a thousand Cape cormorant chicks after a mass abandonment by their parent birds on Robben Island.

This after a three-day rescue operation last month to capture and transport more than 1 700 abandoned chicks by boat and then road to the Sanccob facility in Table View.

Sanccob says their Penguin and Seabird Ranger – employed in partnership with Robben Island Museum – monitored the breeding birds on the Island and after hours of observing the chicks exposed to predation and extreme heat, a decision was made to intervene and collect the chicks to ensure their survival.

“The chicks were in very poor condition on arrival, suffering from dehydration, malnourishment and severe heat exhaustion, and on 12 January began the chronicle of a wildlife response that is the second largest seabird rescue in the Western Cape since the MV Treasure oil spill of 2000,” Sanccob says.

Sadly, approximately 9% of the rescued chicks died during transport or within the first 24 hours of admission.

How can you help?

Sanccob is currently battling with the fish, veterinary supplies and rehabilitation consumables needed to give every chick a chance to survive and one day bolster the wild population of Cape cormorants with

chicks of their own. . Donate towards fish and medical supplies. . If you prefer to donate in-kind, visit their Takealot Wish List. . Volunteer at the centre if you are locally based and have time to spare. Call 076 682 5130 for more information. . Share our social media posts – more followers aware of the progress and needs means more people to connect with to support our cause.

“We are grateful for the support received thus far in light of the worldwide impact of Covid-19.

“Skilled professionals and veterinary staff of collaborating rehabilitation facilities have volunteered their expertise and time and we appreciate the support.

“Volunteers have come forward to prepare fish plates, attend to cleaning stations and assist with laundry.

“We have also been privileged to have individuals, corporates, foundations, and zoos and aquaria donate while overcoming their own adversities, and for every donation we are thankful.

“Our first temporary aviary has been erected to accommodate bigger chicks and provide them room to spread their wings.

“Going forward, we will need additional structures to house the growing birds and will keep you informed as the chicks progress,” Sanccob says.

For more information, visit www.sanccob.co.za.

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Legislation: The proposed project triggers the following activity which is listed in terms of the 2014 EIA Regulations, as amended, published under the National Environmental Management Act, Act No. 107 of 1998 (NEMA), and therefore requires an application for Environmental Authorisation and a Basic Assessment EIA Process: Listing Notice 1 (GN No. 327 of April 2017), Activity 51.

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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.

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.

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 problem,” 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

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