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Jessie (3) and Joshua (5) de Villiers from Monte Vista wait in anticipation for their cupcakes at the Monte Vista Community Fair held on Saturday. More photos on page 4. PHOTO: CARINA ROUX
it was ’n geval van op die regte plek op die regte tyd wees, sê ao. Jacques Mostert, woordvoerder van die Bothasig-polisie, oor ’n onlangse arrestasie. Mostert sê volgens konst. Marc Jaftha en ao. Luan Steers was hulle besig met misdaadvoorkomingspatrolliediens toe hulle ’n stilstaande voertuig naby die sirkel net voor die N7 op Plattekloofweg gewaar het. Hulle het gaan ondersoek instel en afgekom op ’n motoris wat gestrand was met ’n pap wiel. Die twee polisiemanne het ingespring en gehelp om die wiel te vervang. Terwyl hulle besig was, het hulle agtergekom dat twee mans met sakke agter die bome net langs Plattekloofweg besig was om hulle dop te hou. Die twee mans het in die rigting van die N7 begin loop, maar heeltyd agter die bosse geskuil. Jaftha en Stears het die optrede verdag gevind en besluit om ondersoek in te stel. Toe hulle naby die mans kom, het die een sy sak neergegooi en in die rigting van Bothasig begin hardloop, terwyl die ander een na ’n konstruksieterrein langs die N7 laat spaander het. Die twee polisiemanne het toe vir Craig Clacher van die Richwood-buurtwag gekontak en versoek dat hulle die gebied aangrensend aan die N7 aan Rich-
wood se kant dophou. Japhta en Stears is te voet verder om te kyk of hulle die tweede verdagte, wat nog steeds ’n sak by hom gehad het, kon opspoor. Jaftha het toe gesien hoe die verdagte in die rigting van die N7 hardloop en hom agterna gesit. Hulle het hom aan die noordelike kant van die N7 vasgetrek. Teen dié tyd was Clacher ook op die toneel om die polisielede te ondersteun. Albei die sakke het krag- en ander gereedskap met ’n geskatte waarde van sowat R5 000 bevat. Mostert sê die papierwerk was nog nie eers afgehandel nie, toe ’n Bothasig-inwoner ’n klag van diefstal uit sy voertuig kom aanmeld. Die inwoner het gesê sy gereedskap is uit sy voertuig, wat in sy oprit geparkeer was, gesteel. Die man was aangenaam verras om te hoor sy gereedskap is reeds teruggevind en ’n verdagte is aangekeer. Die verdagte, ’n 22-jarige man van Dunoon, is aangekla vir die besit van gesteelde goedere en sal binnekort in die hof verskyn. Lt.kol. Patrick Jacobs, bevelvoerder van Bothasig-polisie, het die polisiemanne en Clacher bedank vir hul goeie werk. Jacobs sê hy is dankbaar vir die ondersteuning van die buurtwag. Hy waarsku dat inwoners nie waardevolle besittings in voertuie moet los nie, aangesien dit ’n geleentheid vir misdaad skep.
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Bothasig Gardens phase 3: Communicare responds CARINA ROUX
ental housing company Communicare responded to the article published in last week’s TygerBurger (“Proposed Bothasig Gardens development causes concern”), in which concerns were raised about the planned phase 3 development at Bothasig Gardens. In the article, Jeremy Keyser from the Bothasig Residents’ Association and ward councillor Helen Carstens were quoted. Michelle Matthee, stakeholder relations and advocacy officer of Communicare, expressed her surprise at the perception Carstens had about the mandate of Communicare and them moving away from it. Matthee says Communicare provides rental housing to a wide range of tenants including a large portfolio of social rentals (properties rented at discounted rates). “Tenancy is open to all people of various ages, including the elderly,” Matthee says, “Our rental housing has never been old age homes so all elderly tenants must be capable of living independently. Our mandate is to provide housing opportunities and we have never had a mandate to provide frail care or assisted living facilities.” She says the Bothasig Gardens complex was established in 2012 in collaboration with the City of Cape Town and the Social Housing Regulatory Authority and it provides inclusive social housing to people of all ages. “It is a rental programme for households who have a regular income sufficient to cover the rentals,” she says. The income brackets for the new social housing that Communicare will develop are mandated by the Social Housing Regulatory Authority, says Matthee, and range from R3500 up to a maximum of R15 000 monthly household income. “The tenants we have at Bothasig Gardens already fit into this income group. We also make provision for a small percentage of those we accommodate
The entrance to Bothasig Gardens.
to earn between R1500 and R3500 and these are our pensioners,” she says. Matthee says Communicare is proud to be the City of Cape Town’s social housing partner. The next phase of Bothasig Gardens is planned for a piece of land that has been earmarked by the City specifically for social housing, says Matthee. They will work with the City to ensure that all requirements are met for the project and this includes addressing any issues raised in the public participation process and also the issues raised by the various departments within the City Council, says Matthee. She says construction is planned to commence in mid- 2019 with completion early in 2021. The current Bothasig Gardens complex has 285 units, with the new development planning to add 314 new units in two-, three- and four-storey blocks. The urban layout is strategically designed to create a visual buffer between four-storey units and the privacy of the adjacent neighbours. The two-storey units are used to intercept any
visual invasion of privacy caused by the height of the four-storey block. On allegations that there are existing problems within Bothasig Gardens, Matthee says Communicare works actively to continuously improve the management of their complexes. “At Bothasig Gardens, our tenant focus group helps to ensure that we are kept abreast of any problems in the complex.” She says Communicare is at the very beginning of the process and has already begun engaging with the various stakeholders for the project. “Engagements have already been held with the current tenants, the Bothasig Residents’ Association and Councillor Helen Carstens at the beginning of February to allow for any questions prior to the closing of the objection period,” says Matthee. She says engagement will continue during the project. V For further information, contact Communicare’s toll-free call centre on 0800 266 737 from Mondays to Fridays, 08:00 to 16:30, or email callcentre@communicare.org.za.
Parow dalk nou nuwe W-Kaapse dwelmroete AVRIL FILLIES
Voorheen is Kraaifontein as die deurgangsroete vir dwelmhandelaars gebruik, maar dit lyk nou asof dit via Parow is. Dít is hoe kapt. Kevin Williams, woordvoerder van Parow-polisie, gesê het nadat 35 kg tik ter waarde van R30 miljoen op Vrydag 2 Maart in die Parow-nywerheidsgebied gekonfiskeer is. “Dit was die eerste keer dat die polisie so ’n slag slaan. Johannes Makwena (50) van Qwaqwa in die Vrystaat is gearresteer en hy het op Maandag 5 Maart in die landdroshof in Bellville op ’n klag van handel in dwelms verskyn,” het Williams gesê.
’n Vrou wat dwelms aan haar liggaam versteek het, was die enigste ander voorval wat die Parow-polisie in die verlede hanteer het. “Mense raak by dwelmsmokkelary betrokke weens sosio-ekonomiese toestande, werkloosheid of bendebetrokkenheid. Tik is die gewildste dwelm wat gebruik word, want dis maklik om in die hande te kry en boonop goedkoop,” het Williams gesê. Volgens hom wissel die ouderdomme van die dwelmverkopers of -slawe van oud tot jonk, maar dis veral die jongmense wat dwelmverkope as ’n inkomste sien. “Die Wes-Kaapse polisie wil help om ontslae te raak van die dwelms wat so maklik beskikbaar is. “Ons het saam met die polisie van
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Grens, doeanebeamptes en die sigbare polisie van Parow die operasie uitgevoer. ’n Vragmotor is gestop en 19 sakke tik is in twee yskaste daarin gevind,” het brig. Novela Potelwa, Wes-Kaapse polisie-woordvoerder, gesê. Volgens haar kom die vragmotor van Johannesburg en sy inhoud was bedoel vir ’n pakhuis in die nywerheidsgebied in Parow. Die tik is gestuur vir forensiese analise en die ondersoek duur voort. Nog arrestasies word verwag. Lt.genl. Khombinkosi Jula, Wes-Kaapse provinsiale kommissaris, het die oplettende lede geloof. “Die beslaglegging en arrestasie gee ons pogings ’n hupstoot om dwelmhandelaars en dwelmgebruikers vas te vat.”
Catch 2 bands at club Girls Just Want to Have Fun, a show performed by the bands No Stilettos and Speed, is on at the Edgemead Bowling Club on Sunday 18 March from 15:00. The cost is R50. V For bookings, call Joan on 061 490 1694.
Op Saterdag 10 Maart gaan die Bellville-voetslaanklub by Hangklip in die Overberg stap. Indien die weer dit toelaat sal Marietjie Volgraaff die stappers teen Hangklip-rots uitneem. Die ou lighuis sal besoek word en hulle hoop om blomme, soos Maartlelies en kandelare, op pad te sien. Kontak Marietjie Volgraaff by 082 994 6841. Die koste beloop R90.
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Off-duty policeman shoots his attacker NTHABISENG MADUMO @msmadumo
n off-duty police officer, who was attacked by three men while walking in Goodwood last Wednesday evening (28 February), shot and killed one of the suspects. According to the Goodwood Police Station commander, Colonel Sibusiso Mntambo, the incident happened at around 21:00 in Dingle Road. “One suspect jumped out of a grey Toyota bakkie and stabbed the officer twice in the back. The officer then took his duty pistol and shot the suspect twice.” He says the 20-year-old suspect was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. “The other two suspects, aged 18 and 19,
were later arrested when they returned to the scene,” Mntambo says. ER24 spokesperson, Russel Meiring, says paramedics were called to the scene at 21:20. “Upon arrival, paramedics found a man lying in the middle of the road. Assessments showed that the man had sustained a gunshot wound to his head.” He says treatment and advanced life support interventions were immediately initiated in an effort to stabilise the man’s condition. Once treated, the man was transported to Tygerberg Hospital for further care, but he later died there. According to Captain Waynne Theunis, the police are unable to provide more information at this stage as the matter is being investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
Big on drifting: Petrolheads raced down to the Cape Town Motor Show (CTMC) at GrandWest this weekend. Burning tyres, drifting and 4x4 challenges were the order of the day. The weekend-long motor show kicked off on Friday and ran until Sunday. Brendon and Stacey Schoeman from Goodwood were spotted enjoying some drifting.
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Community enjoys Monte Vista Fair
Hier is (van links) Ansie Daneel (Panorama), Susan Meyer (Loevenstein), Marianne Botha (voorsitter, Panorama), Renier Cronje, (lewensafrigter, Hummingbird Healing Centre), Beatrix Swart (Parow-Noord) en Marina le Roux (Welgelegen).
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ie Millennium-Dames, ’n groep vroue van die noordelike voorstede wat reeds vir die afgelope 38 jaar maandeliks vergader, is onlangs tydens ’n middagete in Table View deur ’n lewensafrigter toegespreek. Renier Cronje van die Hummingbird Healing Centre in Century City se boodskap was dat mens ’n geïnspireerde lewe kan lei ondanks die uitdagings van die lewe. Cronje het ’n metafoor van ’n geankerde boot op die oseaan gebruik. “In die alledaagse lewe streef mense gewoonlik na ideale en aangename omstandighede. Om teen die gety of omstandighede wat in hierdie oomblik uitspeel, te probeer baklei of daarvan weg te hardloop, kan baie uitputtend en dreinerend wees. “Ironies skep ons dan juis meer storm-
The local community came out on Saturday to support the first ever Monte Vista Community Fair, hosted by the Monte Vista Ratepayers’ Association (MVRA) and Craftique Fair. Riana de Wet, secretary of the MVRA, says the fair was a huge success and they are extremely happy about the outcome, as it was a very busy weekend with plenty on offer. She says all the food vendors eventually sold out and the crafters also had a good day. The little ones had plenty to keep them entertained in a dedicated children’s zone, and the arrival of Barney was awaited with much expectation. The aroma from the potjiekos competition filled the warm summer air, while there was also a gymnastics demonstration and a dog show on offer. Carina Roux took some photos.
From left, Benjamin Vermaak, Gabriel Venter and Issabella Bodington with Barney. Damien Swartz and Jackie Abrahams (area reps from Fidility ADT) busy with a Mexican chicken potjie. The “ADT Amigos” took second place in the potjiekos competition.
agtige situasies aangesien ons weerstand bied teen die realiteit van die oomblik,” sê Cronje. Volgens hom kom vryheid wanneer jy besef jy kan nie die getypatrone van die lewensoseaan beheer nie en dat dit nie persoonlik is nie. “Wie ons is in die diepte van ons wese, is rotsvas en nie afhanklik van enigiemand of enige situasie se aanvaarding nie. “Al ons gedagtes en emosies is slegs golwe wat uitspeel en nie reflekteer wie ons werklik is nie.” Verder sê hy die ses kardinale fokusareas van gesondheid waaroor jy beheer het, is om bewus te wees van hoe jy asem haal, wat jy drink, wat jy eet, hoe jy dink, hoe jy beweeg (strek en oefening) en om genoeg rus te kry.
Ava Jeary (5) from Monte Vista peeks out from underneath her sunglasses.PHOTOS: CARINA ROUX
Clair and Robyn Minnie had their faces painted.
Ulrike Watson (left) and Ann Rigby from Monte Vista.
Tyla Grant (4) from Monte Vista knew exactly which necklace she wanted. With her is her mom, Kady Grant.
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Young and old come out to play at toy fair The Cape Model and Toy Club hosted their annual Autumn Collectors Toy Fair at the Edgemead Community Hall on Saturday. There was plenty to see for the young and the young at heart – from diecast toys to trains, slot cars, plastic kits, model boats and much more. This was a chance for collectors to find that elusive model. Carina Roux took some photos.
Tony Santos from Edgemead with his model ship, the F.T Bates, which took him 14 years to build. Callen Roy from Bothasig resists the temptation to touch by holding his hands under the table.
Evert Loo (from Brackenfell) points out some of the finer details on his model train set to Arno Janse van Rensburg and his sons Xander and Darius (from Paarl).
Riley and Keeley Smith from Monte Vista having a closer look at some slot cars.
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Tony Roberts from Piketberg says he is selling off his collection of toy cars. His oldest models are from the mid-1930s.
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eware the yellow wasps (of doooom!). There has been a dramatic increase in sightings of these wasps over the past year, the City says, with the number of invasions recorded in Durbanville more than double what it was this time last year. In January this year, 316 wasp nests were removed in the Durbanville area compared to 144 nests removed during January 2017. Kanonberg, which has reportedly seen a spike in activity, is recorded as Durbanville by the department that deals with these issues. The wasps are a City-wide problem. “The Environmental Management Department’s team that is concerned with the removal of nests removed 985 European paper wasp nests in various suburbs across the City in January 2018. The team also removed one German wasp nest in Noordhoek in January 2018,” says Brett Herron, Mayco member for transport and urban development. This is peak season for these wasps. According to Herron, the wasps need to be removed as they outcompete indigenous species for resources. “They are also a nuisance and have been reported to sting people and pets, especially when stepped on or when their nests are unknowingly disturbed.” There are two types of invasive paper wasps currently plaguing the City – European paper wasps and German paper wasps. European paper wasps were first discovered in Kuils River/Brackenfell in 2008. “(They) have since spread across most of Cape Town, and can now be found as far south as Hout Bay,” Herron says. They’re relatively common in the northern suburbs. Their nests, which are papery and honeycomb-like, are always above ground. The less common German wasp is more aggressive. “It has been known to swarm and chase targets,” Herron says. These wasps were discovered in 1975 in Kirstenbosch, the City says on its reporting website. Their nests are usually built underground with a hole for an entrance. Sometimes they do build their nests above ground in a ball-shaped papery nest. “If you spot these wasps do not attempt to control them yourself,” the website warns. “They are capable of stinging right through a normal bee suit and will swarm and attack if the nest is disturbed.” The City has dedicated control teams to remove the nests. The nests are sprayed with insecticide (same used by households) before the nests are bagged and removed. Many have complained about the delay of these teams in coming out to remove nests. Herron says that in these cases, “residents are welcome to contact private companies for assistance as the City’s response time may be longer than usual, given the high volume of reports.” V Residents can report wasp nests on the City’s website at www.edrr.co.za.
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Meetsnoere val in plek vir Jabes ESMÉ ERASMUS @erasmusesme
ir Huis Jabes, ’n toevlugsoord vir mishandelde vroue en kinders, het die meetsnoere mooi in plek geval met onverwagte skenkings “reg uit die hemel” – ’n nuwe hoofstuk. In November verlede jaar is hulle verwittig hul huurooreenkoms kom tot ’n einde by die huis in die noordelike voorstede, waar Huis Jabes die afgelope sowat sewe jaar meer as 300 vroue en hul kinders gehelp het om weer hul voete te vind, sê Adri Klindt, stigter van Huis Jabes. Hulle moes óf die huis teen einde Januarie vanjaar koop of teen markverwante pryse huur. Die eienaar het die huis voorheen goedgunstiglik tot Huis Jabes se beskikking gestel. Volgens Klindt was hulle in ’n doodloopstraat. Hoewel hulle eerste opsie gehad het, het hulle nie genoeg geld gehad om die huis te koop nie. “Hoewel ons die pad met dié weldoener met absolute dankbaarheid ge-stap het en ons daarsonder nie Huis Jabes sou kon bedryf het nie, kon ons net nie die geld bybring om die huis te koop nie,” sê sy. Tydens ’n toer na Israel in September het ’n plaaslike pastoor, Gary Kieswetter, geprofeteer dat ’n weldoener binnekort ’n huis aan Huis Jabes sal skenk “Ons het omtrent daaroor gewonder. En sowaar, vroeg in Januarie het ’n vrou ons skielik gekontak en aangebied dat ons Huis Jabes vir vyf jaar gratis in haar huis kan bedryf. “Die aanbod sluit ook die opsie in om die huis van R2,6 miljoen te koop,” vertel Klindt opgewonde. Dít sou net so ’n onbereikbare droom gebly het, as dit nie was dat ’n skenker, wat anoniem wil bly, sowat ’n week gelede uit die bloute laat weet het hy wil R1,5 miljoen aan Huis Jabes skenk nie.
Adri Klindt, stigter van Huis Jabes, is hier saam met Francois Laurence, ’n trusteelid van Huis Jabes, in die tuin van die spoggerige nuwe huis waarin Huis Jabes sy goeie werk kan voortsit. “Dis asof alles volgens ’n goed uitgewerkte plan verloop het – soos in ’n afloswedloop is die ‘stok’ van die een hand na die ander oorgegee,” sê Klindt. Huis Jabes het sowat drie weke gelede ingetrek in die nuwe huis, wat intussen deur ’n ander weldoener opgeknap is, en die eerste nuwe intrekkers het reeds die afgelope Maandag hul intrek geneem. Die nuwe huis is baie meer geskik vir die behoeftes van Huis Jabes, sê Klindt. Die vorige huis het ses slaapkamers gehad en kon sowat 12 vroue en kinders akkommodeer. Die nuwe huis bestaan uit vier ruim slaapkamers, asook drie woonstelle en die moontlikheid om nog ’n vertrek in ’n vierde woon-
stel te omskep. Dit het ook ’n eie boorgat. “Dit is dus moontlik dat vroue wat al meer op hul eie oor die weg kan kom, in die woonstelle bly vir groter onafhanklikheid. Die woonstelle verbreed beslis die spektrum van ons dienste en ons kan nou ’n oorbruggingsfase instel,” sê sy. Huis Jabes fokus op mishandelde vroue uit die middel- tot hoër inkomstegroep. “’n Mishandelde vrou het eenkeer vir my gesê – ek is net soos jy; ek koop ook op ’n Vrydag by Woolworths iets lekker vir die naweek se braai, al verskil is dat ek meer klere aan het om al my seer merke te verbloem,” vertel Adri. Baie van dié vroue is egter finansieel van hul mans afhanklik en stap soms met net ’n
tas klere, of selfs net die klere aan hul lyf, by hul huis uit. “Hulle stop voor Huis Jabes in duur motors, maar het nie geld om petrol in hul motor te gooi nie,” sê sy. “Ons doel met Huis Jabes is om vroue, wat deur jare heen afgekraak is, weer selfwaarde te leer,” sê sy. Huis Jabes kort egter steeds sowat R1,1 miljoen om die nuwe huis aan te koop. ’n Geldinsamelingsprojek is sowat drie maande gelede tydens die Durbanville-Sakekamer en Huis Jabes se gala-aand bekend gestel. Volgens Francois Laurence, ’n trusteelid van Huis Jabes, behels dit dat weldoeners – hetsy individue of maatskappye – aangemoedig word om elkeen R1 000 per jaar te skenk. “Met net 1 100 skenkers, kan ons maklik ons R1 miljoen-doelwit bereik – dit werk uit op sowat R80 per maand,” sê hy. Daar moet ook voortdurend geld ingesamel word vir die bedryfskostes van die huis. “Huis Jabes se bedryfskostes om ses vroue en hul kinders te versorg, beloop sowat R70 000 per maand. Dit sluit onderhoudskostes, medies en versorging van die inwoners in,” sê hy. Mense wat wil bydra, kan Adri Klindt of Francois Laurence kontak by donations@sostrust.co.za.
Huis Jabes laat haar lewe weer koers kry ESMÉ ERASMUS @erasmusesme “Was dit nie vir Huis Jabes nie, was ek nie waar ek vandag is nie,” sê die netjies versorgde vrou in haar kantoor by ’n groot finansiële firma in die noordelike voorstede. Sy, haar dogter (9) en haar verloofde bly in hul eie huis; sy het ’n vaste werk en inkomste en sy sien selfs kans om haar ouers te versorg. Agt jaar gelede het dinge egter nie so rooskleurig vir Lisa van Vuuren* (40) gelyk nie. Sy was die slagoffer van baie moeilike kinderjare met albei haar ouers wat alkohol misbruik het. “Ek het verkeerde vriende gemaak en op ’n vroeë ouderdom begin drink,” vertel sy. Toe sy haar man ontmoet – tóé nog ’n mediese student – het sy hom verafgod. “Hy het goeie waardes gehad. Ek was skaam vir my ouers en my agtergrond.” Gou het sy by hom ingetrek. Dit het aanvanklik redelik goed gegaan. Totdat
hy later as mediese dokter aan “Ek kan vaagweg onthou ’n maatpynmedikasie verslaaf geraak het. skaplike werker het my gevra of ek “Hy het hom daartoe gewend om na my man wil teruggaan en of ek sy sosiale fobie te onderdruk, verna die Stikland-hospitaal wil gaan.” tel sy. “Die emosionele abuse was Sy het die Stikland-hospitaal gemaar daar van die begin af; hy het kies. Dit was ’n keerpunt. Haar bagereeld afbrekende opmerkings badogter is toe deur haar suster gemaak – gesê hy moes my nooit versorg, maar toe sy haar laat weet gevat het nie, dat hy my op straat sy kan nie langer na haar omsien gekry en grootgemaak het. Ek het nie, het Lisa haar self uit die Stikdaarmee gecope deur sy identiteit land-hospitaal ontslaan. aan te neem. Ek het saam met hom “Dis net deur die genade van die begin medikasie gebruik. Ek het ’n Vrou wat danksy Huis Jabes weer haar lewe op koers kon kry, sit Here dat ek so gou van die dwelms hom só vertrou en in hom geglo. hier in een van die pragtige slaapkamers van die nuwe huis wat verlos was. Ek het nie geweet waar“Ek het swanger geraak. Geluk- Huis Jabes sowat drie weke gelede betrek het. FOTO: ESMÉ ERASMUS natoe om te gaan nie. Dis toe dat kig het dit nie die baba geaffekteer ek met die Here begin praat het.” nie,” vertel sy. “Later was ons aan tik ver- met ’n swartpot se deksel aangerand. Sy het van Huis Jabes gehoor. “Ek het soslaaf. Ek het alles probeer om op te hou.” “Ek het nie meer omgegee wat van ons ba- veel liefde en ondersteuning ontvang. Dit Dis toe dat die fisieke aanrandings begin ba word nie; ek wou net doodgaan.” Sy het was goed om te hoor daar is ander mense wat het. “Hy het my drie keer geslaan, op die probeer selfmoord pleeg deur bykans ’n hele deur dieselfde goed gaan. Alles was so skoon vloer neergegooi – eenkeer dat my ribbes ge- bottel anti-depressante te sluk en in die Karl en netjies. Die mense was so nice.” kraak het.” Hy het haar ’n ander keer amper Bremer-hospitaal wakker geword. * Skuilnaam
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Pamper party held for a good cause MANDLA MAHASHE
opkins Street in Parow was on Saturday abuzz with attendees of a pamper party, ready for their chance to get some special attention. This party was organised by Beauty Behind Bars, an NPO whose main focus is giving women living in adverse situations hope and a positive outlook on life. The organisation hosts morale-boosting activities for women who are in prisons, old age homes, rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, shelters, and HIV and TB centres. According to its founder, Cleo Jacobs, Saturday’s event was a fundraiser for the organisation’s activities. On the day attendees were asked to pay R100 and in return they received neck and shoulder massages and foot baths, while make-up artists also gave them a touch of glam. “This event is the first of many, as we are planning to organise these fundraising parties once every two months. Funding and support from other organisations remain the biggest challenge in the first two years of our existence and as such we have decided to invite people to donate and get something in return,” says Jacobs. She adds that all of the people who did the pampering on the day were volunteers, with
Geniet smake en geure by Durbanville-Plaasfees Die plaashekke van die Diemersdal-wynlandgoed word op Saterdag 10 Maart van 09:00 tot 17:00 weer oopgegooi vir die publiek vir die jaarlikse DurbanvillePlaasfees. Dié feestelike geleentheid dien as geldinsamelingsgeleentheid ten bate van gemeenskapsontwikkeling in die groter Durbanville-omgewing. Bring die kinders en geniet die smake, geure én pret van ’n plaaswerf. Onder die aktiwiteite wat aangebied word, is ’n reptielvertoning deur Giraffe House vanaf 14:00, ’n skaapskeerdemonstrasie vanaf 09:30, trekkers en plaasdiere. Die duo-sangroep Christo en Cobus se vertonings begin om 12:00 en 16:00, terwyl Twee sal sorg vir die musikale atmosfeer met optredes wat om 10:00 en 15:00 begin. Die kleingoed sal vanaf 11:00 aan Buster & Bella se lippe hang. Kaartjies is teen R60 en R20 per kind by Computicket beskikbaar. V Besoek www.durbanvilleplaasfees.co.za of kontak Ilse by 082 376 3236 vir meer inligting.
Bothasig evening fun walk The Bothasig Neighbourhood Watch will host an evening 5km family fun run/ walk on Friday 16 March at 19:00. The run/walk will take place at Swellengrebel Park next to the Bothasig Clinic in De Grendel Avenue. The cost is R10 and registration will be at 18:30. V For information call Mandy on 082 603 8155.
masseurs, make-up artists and even health product retailers pitching in to make the event a success. “Volunteers are integral to our organisation and we have more than 50 people who come and help us repeatedly,” she says. Beauty Behind Bars was founded by Jacobs in 2016 after she had a dream to visit women who are facing adverse challenges and who are neglected and rejected by society. She says the impact of her programme on women makes it worthwhile despite her struggles to fund the organisation. “When you see the change of perspective in a person who had already given up, it is wonderful to see. To give them confidence and make sure they have something to look forward to – that is our goal as an organisation,” says Jacobs. Lihle Benxa from Khayelitsha said she was happy to have been at the receiving end of the pampering. “It was a fun-filled event and I was amazed to see such a good turnout. I had received a foot, neck and shoulder massage as well as make up,” said Benxa. She said she was glad all this was for a good cause and is even considering volunteering for the organisation. For more information on how to become a volunteer or sponsor, contact Jacobs on 083 769 3314.
Beauty Behind Bars team members with some of the people who came out in support of this worthy initiative. PHOTO: BULUMKO GANA
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Water metering: glitches or lies? Fred Anthony of Stellenberg complained of a “glitch” in the City’s water metering system (“The City must get their act together”, 28/02). In a nearby suburb, Mr A’s long-time monthly consumption of municipal water stays below one kiloliter. Mr B, his neighbour, regularly clocks up more than six kiloliters. Their meters are positioned alongside each other. When the meter reader has read the one, he takes one step to read the other. Mr B’s account for December and January was as usual, but that of Mr A was
“estimated” at 13.6 kiloliters. So why estimated? And why at more than 13 times what it should have been? . Should the suspicions about officials prove to be true, what could be the reason behind it? It would of course have brought in an extra cash flow to balance the City’s books at the end of its financial year. A more serious result would be false statements on water usage. Recently some politician somewhere shouted that the rich whites in the suburbs are stealing water from the poor blacks. Another possibility is that a crisis is being artificially created for politicians to blow up and solve before the election. OLD-TIMER Durbanville
Road network is inadequate Re. “CPF raises concerns” (28/02). The article quotes our local councillor claiming that the major cause of the Edgemead/Bothasig/Monte Vista traffic congestion problem is actually just (desperately frustrated) drivers making a U-turn at the local Engen garage. Seriously?! The road network is quite simply and terminally inadequate. Furthermore, there is a total absence of traffic officials needed to facilitate traffic flow. The root cause of traffic congestion, specifically at the Bosmansdam/Edgemead Drive/Vryburger Avenue interchange, is the inadequate local road network. Having one entrance into Montague Gardens from the N1/Bosmansdam Road is ludicrous, in view of the fact that a second one could be established a short distance down the N7. NICO GIBSON Edgemead
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et Superrugby wat nou in volle gang is, is alle oë op die skeidsregters gerig en rugbyondersteuners is gou om hulle die skuld te gee as hul span verloor. “Ondersteuners wat jou uitjou of beterweterig is, is deel van die werk en profiel van ’n skeidsregter. Ek doen ná elke wedstryd ’n self review en as ek voel die kritiek is geregverdig, neem ek dit ter harte. Dan kyk ek hoekom ek die fout of foute gemaak het, en probeer om dit dan te vermy. As die kritiek nie geregverdig is nie, verloor ek nie slaap daaroor nie,” het Marius van der Westhuizen, SA skeidsregter van Monte Vista, gesê. Hy het sy skoolopleiding by die Laerskool Monte Vista en die Hoërskool President in Goodwood voltooi. “Ek het eers nadat ek klaar gestudeer en begin werk het, besluit om skeidsregter te word. Ek was betrokke in rugby as tegniese ontleder en het iets gesoek om fiks en by die spel betrokke te bly. Daarom het ek die fluitjie opgeneem.” Hy het net op skool vir die eerste span gespeel en dit het hom die gevoel van die spel geleer, waaroor hy baie dankbaar is. Volgens hom is daar vir ’n skeidsregter plek in sewes- en vyftienmanrugby. “By sewesrugby leer mens baie vinnig, soos hoe om met jetlag te oorleef in Nieu-Seeland en Australië, hoe om voor groot skares te blaas, hoe om die druk en ’n wedstryd met ’n hoë tempo te hanteer. Jy leer ook om vinnige besluite te neem. Waar dit egter tekort skiet, is in die bestuurgedeelte van die spel. “Die gemiddelde strafskoptelling in ’n sewesrugbywedstryd is 10 in 14 minute. As jy ’n vyftienmanwedstryd so gaan blaas, sal jy omtrent 55 strafskoppe hê in vergelyking met 18 wat ons tans in Superrugby sien. Vyftienmanrugby leer jou hoe om met spelers te werk. Vyf jaar gelede sou ek sewes gekies het, maar ek verkies nou vyftiens.” Volgens Marius is dit vir skeidsregters belangrik om te verduidelik waarom hy ’n beslissing op die veld maak. “Kommunikasie moet een van jou sterkpunte wees. Jy moet basies aan die spelers jou beslissing verkoop. As hulle verstaan, gaan hulle nie noodwendig saamstem nie, maar dis nog steeds beter as wat hulle glad nie weet hoekom jy sekere goed doen nie,” het hy gesê.
As skeidsregter maak jy op baie mense staat terwyl jy die leer klim en Craig Joubert, die bestuurder van skeidsregters in wêreldrugby, het hom die meeste gehelp. “Ek dink die rugbyreël oor die afbreekpunt moet nog aan geskaaf of verbeter word sodat Jan Publiek dit beter kan verstaan. Dit is ’n moeilike een omdat dit so ’n dinamiese faset is. “Ek dink die belangrikste punt wat mense moet verstaan, is dat reëlveranderings nie net deur die skeidsregtersafdeling van wêreldrugby gemaak word nie. Die top10-afrigters in die wêreld het ook ’n sê en ons blaas soos wat die meerderheid van hulle besluit ons moet blaas – iets wat die afgelope twee jaar baie positief was,” het Marius gesê. Volgens hom is hy vir 192 dae per jaar op reis om te gaan blaas en het hy al in 24 lande die fluitjie hanteer. “Dit neem gewoonlik so drie jaar om my paspoort vol te maak. Japan is my gunstelingland om ’n wedstryd te hanteer. Die inwoners is ongelooflik passievol oor die spel en almal behandel mekaar met respek. “Dis ook die skoonste land waar ek nog was en jy reis meestal met die bullet-trein, iets waaroor ek baie dankbaar is, want ek ry eerder trein as om op nog ’n vliegtuig te klim,” het hy gesê. Die mees afgeleë plekke waar hy al geblaas het, was in Fidji en Samoa. Hy het ook in die sewes-wêreldbeker in Rusland in 2013 die fluitjie in Moskou hanteer. “Twee hoogtepunte in my loopbaan wat uitstaan, is die eindstryd tydens die HSBCsewestoernooi in 2013 in Hong Kong en my eerste groot toets tussen Engeland en Argentinië op Twickenham. My eerste Superrugbywedstryd tussen die Leeus en die Crusaders op Ellispark en my eerste seweswedstryd in die mekka van rugby, Nieu-Seeland, staan ook uit. Op Ellispark het ek die wedstryd vol selfvertroue benader, want ek het gevoel ek was goed voorberei. Die week voor die toernooi in Nieu-Seeland het ek weens senuwees niks geslaap nie. Boonop het jetlag my gekou en ek het nie geweet wat om te verwag nie,” het hy gesê. Tot op hede het hy al nege toetse hanteer en dit sluit in wedstryde van lande soos Namibië, Rusland, Ierland, Kanada, Wallis, Japan en Argentinië. Hy weet nog nie waarheen hy volgende gaan nie, maar wanneer wêreldrugby hom stuur, sal hy reg wees om te gaan.
Show some purple pride Cape Town’s finest are dusting off their running shoes, getting ready to give the City’s residents their annual splash of purple pride on Friday 16 March 2018, with the Hollard Daredevil Run. The 5km run sees men of all ages, races, shapes and sizes take to the streets during peak hour traffic, wearing nothing but purple Speedos and a whole lot of purple pride to raise awareness of male cancers. The theme for the 2018 Hollard Daredevil Run is #DaredevilDedication, as Hollard calls on all Daredevils to dedicate their run to someone they know or love who has been affected by cancer. Runners can share their dedications on signboards, or even write them on themselves, seeing as there will be so much skin on show! “I think we can all agree that cancer is a massive ‘ball ache’, and that more needs to be done to raise awareness and encourage more men to get tested before it’s too late,” says Warwick Bloom, group communications manager at Hollard. The fun run will start and finish at the
Greenpoint Salesian Football Club in Stephen Way, Green Point, with the route leading runners and walkers along some of the City’s most picturesque scenes. Historically, the run has taken place on a Friday afternoon, when the Speedo-clad runners are most visible to the public, to attract maximum awareness to this worthy initiative. Proceeds from the run will be donated to the Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) and the Prostate Cancer Association of South Africa to help fund cancer awareness programmes and testing across the country. In 2016, funds from the Hollard Daredevil Run were used to introduce the MANVan, a mobile cancer screening station providing free health checks. In that year alone, the MANVan initiative reached and screened an impressive total of 7924 men throughout the country. Men of all ages are invited to participate in the run and can register now at www.daredevilrun.com.
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