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Students desperate as bursary scheme money not paid Malmesbury students claim some are resorting to sex work to make ends meet.

PETER LUHANGA ILISO LABANTU A number of students attending West Coast College in Malmesbury say they have no money for food, hygiene products, or accommodation, with some resorting to sex work because they have not received their bursary scheme allowances.

Students at the TVET college spoke to Iliso Labantu on condition of anonymity as they feared disciplinary action from the college.

Some female students say the inability to afford hygiene products means they have to skip classes when they menstruate.

The lack of funds leads to some also missing classes because they don’t have food or need to try find money to pay for private accommodation and avoid eviction by landlords.

Some female students

told Iliso Labantu they have resorted to sex work as they are in such desperate need of money.

They claim their education is being disrupted due to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) not paying their allowances.

As a result, students embarked on a protest on Thursday 27 February and demanded clarity on their NSFAS allowances from the college administration.

According to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), details for awarding the subsidised allowances are recommended for consideration by TVET College Financial Aid Committee’s (FINAID).

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Students desperate as bursary scheme money not paid > FROM PAGE 1 Guidelines for 2020 students who qualify for subsidised allowances from the NSFAS bursary schemes are applicable to students adhering to the required administration process. All Allowances are subject to students having submitted their required documentation to various campus bursary offices by 31 January 2020. Subsidised allowances are also only applicable to students whose parents have a joint gross income of R350 000 or less per year. Parents must consent to verification of income.

All students who had not fully completed and signed their allowance application forms by 31 January, would not receive any payments. All allowances are subject to students maintaining a minimum 80% attendance at the college.

The following subsidised allowances, which are paid from February to November, apply: Incidental/Personal Care Allowance of R290 per month; Transport Allowance of R735 per month to NSFAS qualifying bursary students who do not qualify for TVET college accommodation scheme; meal allowance of R735 per month. Students in

private accommodation do not qualify for a meal allowance as this amount is already included in the monthly allowance paid

by NSFAS. The college accommodation scheme is applicable to students living outside a 40km radius from the college and is subject to application and proof of home address.

The feeding scheme providing one cooked meal per day is open to all students attending classes, including NSFAS bursary students on transport allowance.

Meanwhile, the West Coast College students say only “certain” students receive the incidental/ personal care allowance of R290, and some students claim they have not received the NSFAS allowance since October last year.

They also claimed that accommodation was only provided to students studying finance and hospitality.

In the absence of NSFS allowances, the students depend on their parents’ support to pay rental accommodation at the nearby Lingelethu township where a room costs R1 200 to R1 800 a month.

“Sometimes we have to sell our bodies to pay our rent,” said one student.

West Coast College

Student Representative Council (SRC) president Douglas Njumbuxa said the incidental/personal care allowance of R290 was for all students at TVET colleges.

Njumbuxa said the allowance is paid monthly from February to November hence students did not get paid in January.

“Students were called to track down their allowance application process.

Those that have been paid (thus far) are fully funded

by NSFAS. Those that have not been paid, their applications are still going through verification,” he said.

He said the SRC and went into negotiations with the college’s admin-

istration on Friday 28 February and on Monday 2 March, and the resolution was that everyone “gets paid as approved by NSFAS”.

He said it was the first time he had heard of female students engaging in sex work to pay for their private accommodation.

West Coast College spokesperson Ivan Swart said students have been requested to check their NSFAS status and verify their banking and other details at the campus.

Swart said those who have not been paid have either not been approved

by NSFAS, not submitted their banking details at the campus, or verified their details.

Department of Health has details on the rest of the tour group and those who have returned to South Africa are being tested.

On 8 March the minister also announce they had have received results showing the first patient’s wife also tested positive for COVID-19, becoming

the third patient. She had also traveled with her husband to Italy as part of the group of ten.

Mkhize said all people who had gone to Italy were being tested.

Other African countries with confirmed cases include Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt and Algeria.

He said the college receives the payments from NSFAS and then pays the students, as West Coast College is one of a number of colleges that have not adopted the NSFAS wallet system.

On accommodation complaints, he said the college has limited space available in residence.

“The college did make provision for hospitality and financial management students as these are specialised skills that have been identified within the community that we need to train for.

But there are indeed other students who are studying other programmes who are returning students who are staying in the

Corona virus in South Africa On 5 March, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed that the first suspected case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has tested positive.

The patient is a 38-year-old male who traveled to Italy with his wife. They were part of a group of 10 people and they arrived back in South Africa on March 1, 2020.

The patient consulted a private medical practitioner on March 3 after

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suffering from a fever, headache, malaise, a sore throat and a cough.

Swabs were taken and delivered to the lab.

The patient has been self-isolating since March 3. The couple also has two children.

A second case of COVID was confirmed on 7 March, the patient being a 39-year-old woman from Gauteng who was part of the same travel group to Italy.

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said the

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residence,” said Swart.

Regarding students resorting to sex work, he said the college is aware of the students grievances and has addressed the grievances in a meeting with the SRC. He said of the 6 146 registered students at West Coast College, 3 851 are funded by NSFAS. Of these, 2 082 students have been paid and 1 769 students still outstanding details which have not been signed off and provided to the college administration.

Of the 1 735 students registered at the Malmesbury campus, 1 112 have NSFAS funding and all but 242 have documentation awaiting verification.

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Dunoon sewer blockages explained STAFF WRITER ILISO LABANTU The ongoing problem of sewer blockages in Dunoon are being tackled by a group of 30 women who have been visiting residents and having face-to-face conversations about the causes of the blockages which cause sewage to overflow into the street.

The women, who are employed as part of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), are armed with information showing how the sewer reticulation and storm water system work, and the importance of ensuring nothing other than human waste is disposed of in the sewer system.

Blockages caused by various objects being dumped in the sewer system has resulted in 1 577 incidents reported between 1 January 2019 and 1 March 2020, or an average of 26 blockages per week in Dunoon.

The workers ask residents about their disposal habits, which allows the City better understanding what leads to illegal dumping of rubble and other waste into the sewer system.

Water and Waste mayco member Xanthea Limberg visited the team in Dunoon on 26 February to thank them for their work over the past month and to listen to their thoughts and findings.

Limberg said much of what emerged are challenges already known to the City, such as high numbers of backyard dwellers who are not given access to bathrooms in the main house on the property, and debris from busy informal trading activity being swept into storm water inlets.

“But there were also points raised that indicate ongoing dialogues and solutions are needed,”

she said. This included issues such as barriers to accessible and dignified sanitary services, and property owners who do not communicate with their tenants.

It also emerged that residents were not aware that the sewer and storm water systems were separate, and that storm water channels did not connect

Izicelo zesikolo zonyaka Ka-2021 zingaphezulu kokulindelweyo

to wastewater treatment facilities, but drained to rivers and the sea.

“The City is committed to continuing its work with the Dunoon community and others. We hope to build a relationship where all involved play their part for the benefit of functioning infrastructure,” said Limberg.

Limberg said although

teams are deployed whenever a blockage is reported, high numbers of structures built over manholes mean that staff are often not able to access the most appropriate manhole in order to clear it.

For this reason, it is even more important that residents of Dunoon take care of the sewer system,”

she said.

The door-to-door education and awareness drive is one component of a broader, multi-faceted strategy to reduce pollution in the Diep River catchment which flows into the Milnerton Lagoon. The door-to-door campaign will continue to June.

INTATHO-NXAXHEBA KUVAVANYO (KUPHANDO) OLUNGEZOHAMBO OLUJOLISWE KUMAKHAYA ISixeko saseKapa siqhuba uphando olungezohambo olujoliswe kumakhaya ukuze sifunde ngakumbi ngeendlela zohambo ezisetyenziswa ngabahlali bethu.

INTATHELI YABASEBENZI ILISO LABANTU Inani lezicelo ezifunyenwe liSebe leMfundo leNtshona Koloni (iSebe iWCED) lobhaliso lwesikolo ngo-2021 sele lidlule inani elalilindelwe ukubanjiswa kwikhompyutha kwi-intanethi ngokuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo.

Ukubhaliswa kwabafundi kwizikolo zaseNtshona Koloni ngo-2021 kuvulwe nge-17 kaFebruwari kwaye kuvalwe nge17 Matshi 2020.

Isithethi se-WCED uBronagh Hammond ezingama-33 518 zangeniswa izicelo ngosuku lokuqala lwavulwa kwaye ngokuvalwa kweshishini nge-25 kaFebruwari, izicelo ezili-154 449 zazingeniswe ngempumelelo ngabazali kule nkqubo.

I-WCED ifumene ubunzima kubuchwephesha ekuqaleni kwale nkqubo nge-17 kaFebruwari, de kube nge-19 kaFebruwari, okukhokelela ekubeni abanye abazali bangakwazi ukugcwalisa kwaye bangenise izicelo ngeli xesha.

I-WCED ithumele unxibelelwano lwaseburhulumenteni kwizikolo ezicela iinqununu namabhunga olawulo ukuba akuthathele ingqalelo oku ukuqinisekisa ukuba zonke izicelo ziyenziwa kwaye ziphathwa ngendlela eyiyo.

UHammond uthe iSebe iWCED likwafumene izikhalazo ezininzi ezivela kuluntu malunga nokuziphatha gwenxa nokungekho

semthethweni. Ezi zikhalazo zazisiwe kwiinqununu zezikolo noosihlalo bamabhunga olawulo ukuze zisonjululwe apho kufanelekileyo.

Oku kubandakanya izikolo ezingavumiyo ukwenza izicelo zokukhuphela ikopi enzima nangona emva kokukhunjuzwa ukuba nangona iSebe leMfundo leNtshona Koloni likhuthaza abazali ukuba bafake izicelo kwi-Intanethi, kusekho abazali abangakwaziyo ukufikelela kwiIntanethi okanye abakwazi ukulawula inkqubo ye-intanethi.

Uthe izikolo kufuneka zibonelele abazali abanjalo kwaye zamkele izicelo ezingamaphepha, okanye zibanike inkxaso ngokwenza amaziko abo ekhompyutha abancedise ngokufaka izicelo.

Uphando olu luyakuthi luqokelele ulwazi apho luyakuthi luncedisane neSixeko ekuphengululeni nokuhlaziya izicwangciso ezisemthethweni ezingezothutho loluntu kunye nemodeli engesicwangciso-buchule esingemfuno yezohambo apho ke konke oku kuyakuthi kuncede ekuthatyathweni kwezigqibo ezizo ezingocwangciso.

Abe- Umtha Consultancy baye bachongwa ngokwekhontrakthi siSixeko ukuba baqhube uphando olungezohambo olujoliswe kumakhaya, uphando ngokwesicwangciso (ngokwedayari) yohambo nophando lokukhetha olo hlobo lohambo lusenyongweni apho lujoliswe kwiKapa nakwimimandla eliyingqongileyo.

Amakhaya ekujoliswe kuwo uphando sele echongiwe apho kusetyenziswe imodeli ethile yokuchonga apho iyakuthi ibonakalise inkcazelo-manani esesikweni.

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Siyakuvuyiswa yintsebenziswano yakho kunye nabasebenzi bethu kolu phando lungenambaliso ngokubaluleka.

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CityofCTAlerts

About the Koeberg Public Safety Information Forum

Section 26(4) of the NNR Act states that “The holder of a nuclear installation license must establish a public safety information forum as prescribed in order to inform the persons living in the municipal area in respect of which an emergency plan has been established on nuclear safety and radiation safety matters.”

What is the Public Safety Information Forum (PSIF)?

The PSIF is a meeting which takes place four times a year. It is used as a platform for residents within the municipal boundary of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, to enquire about and receive nuclear safety related information from the facility.

Which topics are discussed?

The forum will address any topic that the members feel could impact their health, environment, and safety from a nuclear emergency preparedness point of view.

Who should attend?

All persons living within the municipal area around Koeberg, all affected and interested organisations or parties, and any other persons concerned about their health and safety from a nuclear and radiation safety point of view are welcome to attend the forum. Persons wishing to attend are requested to register as a member.

How do I register?

Kindly email your details, i.e. full name, contact number, organisation (if applicable) or indicate whether you are a resident, to JoshuaD@eskom.co.za or contact tel. +27 21 550 4238.

When are the PSIF meetings held?

Dates for the meetings are published in the annual Koeberg Emergency Plan Calendar, which residents around the station would have received in January 2020. The PSIF meeting dates for this year are: • Thursday, 26 March 2020; • Thursday, 25 June 2020; • Thursday, 17 September 2020; and • Thursday, 26 November 2020.

Who to talk to For more information, contact Lewis Phidza, Koeberg Stakeholder Management Manager, at tel. +27 21 550 5758 or send an email to PhidzaNL@eskom.co.za. Alternatively contact Debbie Joshua at tel. +27 21 550 4238 or send an email to JoshuaD@eskom.co.za Should you not have received a Koeberg Emergency Plan Calendar and are a resident in the 16km radius of the station (Urgent Protective Action Zone), please contact the Koeberg Stakeholder Management Department at tel. +27 21 550 4238.

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Ukuchithwa kwamachiza amdaka e-Dunoon kuchaziwe INTATHELI YABASEBENZI ILISO LABANTU Ingxaki eqhubekayo yokuvalwa kweelindle e-Dunoon ithathwa liqela labasetyhini abangama-30 ababetyelele abahlali kwaye bethethathethana ubuso ngobuso malunga nonobangela weebhlogu ezibangela ukuba amanzi amdaka agqume esitratweni.

Abafazi, abaqeshiweyo njengenxalenye yeNkqubo eYandisiweyo yeMisebenzi yoLuntu (i-EPWP), baxhobile ngolwazi olubonisa indlela esebenza ngayo inkqubo yokuhambisa amanzi amdaka kunye nenkqubo yamanzi esitshi, kunye nokubaluleka kokuqinisekisa ukuba akukho nto yimbi ngaphandle kwenkunkuma yabantu elahliweyo kwinkqubo yokuhambisa amanzi amdaka .

Iibhloka ezibangelwe zizinto ezahlukeneyo ezilahliweyo kwinkqubo yogutyulo zibangele ukuba 1, 577 izehlo ezix-

eliweyo phakathi kwe-1 kaJanuwari ka-2019 ukuya kowe-1 Matshi 2020, okanye umndilili weebhloko ezingama-26 ngeveki eDunoon.

Abasebenzi babuza abahlali malunga neendlela zabo zokulahla inkunkuma, okuvumela iSixeko ukuba siqonde ngcono okukhokelela ekulahleleni okungekho mthethweni kwenkunkuma nakwenye inkunkuma kwinkqubo yokuhambisa amanzi amdaka.

Ilungu lezaManzi kunye neNkunkuma ivanco u-Xanthea Limberg batyelele iqela e-Dunoon nge-26 kaFebruwari ukubonga ngomsebenzi wabo kwinyanga ephelileyo nokumamela iingcinga zabo kunye noko bakufumanisileyo.

U-Limberg uthe uninzi lwezinto ezivelayo yimiceli-mngeni esele yaziwa kwiSixeko, njengamanani aphezulu abahl-

ali basemva kwezindlu abanganikwanga ukufikelela kwigumbi lokuhlambela kwindlu ephambili kwipropathi, kunye nenkunkuma evela ekuthengiseni okungekho sesikweni okukhutshelwa kumanzi enzonzobila.

“Kodwa kukwakhona amanqaku abonisiweyo abonisa iingxoxo eziqhubekayo kunye nezisombululo ziyafuneka,” utshilo. Oku kubandakanya imiba enjengezithintelo ekufikeleleni nakwinkonzo zecocekileyo ezifumanekayo, kunye nabanini beepropathi abanganxibelelani nabaqeshi babo.

Kwavela nokuba abahlali bebengazi ukuba amanzi amdaka kunye neesistim zamanzi ezaqhwithi zahlukile, kwaye neendlela zamanzi eziqhwithi azixhumi kwiindawo zoncedo lwamanzi amdaka, kodwa zihanjiswa kwimilambo

nakulwandle.

“IsiXeko sizibophelele ekuqhubekeni nomsebenzi waso kunye noluntu lwaseDunoon nabanye.

Sinethemba lokwakha ubudlelwane apho bonke ababandakanyekayo badlala indima yabo ukuze kuxhamle isiseko sentsebenzo, ”utshilo uLimberg.

U-Limberg uthe nangona amaqela ebekwa

rhoqo xa kubikwa i-blockage, amanani aphezulu ezakhiwo ezakhiweyo ngaphezu kwemitya zithetha ukuba abasebenzi bahlala bengakwazi ukufikelela kwi-manhole efanelekileyo ukuze bayicime.

Ngesi sizathu, kubaluleke ngakumbi ukuba abahlali baseDunoon banakekele inkqubo yo-

gutyulo, ”utshilo.

Isifundo sokungena umnyango nomnyango kunye nokwazisa yinto enye yesicwangciso esibanzi, esineendlela ezininzi zokucutha ungcoliseko kwindawo yokuhamba yoMlambo iDiep engena kuMilnerton Lagoon. Iphulo lokungena kwindlu ngendlu liya kuqhubeka ukuya kuJuni

IWifi yenze ukukhanya kwezibane UMzantsi Afrika uphawula zesitalato eWitsand iNyanga yamaLungelo oluNtu. Izibane zesitrato ezinikwe iWiFi ziya kubonelelwa eWitsand, eAtlantis, emva kwesivumelwano esisayinwe yiThink WiFi kunye neGreenCape.

Isivumelwano sibonelela ngombono ekwabelwana ngawo ukubonelela ngoqhakamshelwano lwamandla acocekileyo eluntwini ngelixa kuvulwa amathuba amashishini.

Think iWiFi idityaniswe ne GreenCape oyila le nkqubo ngeYunithi yokuHanjiswa kweeNkonzo (i-ASDU).

“Le ntsebenziswano yabathathi-nxaxheba abaninzi ivumela inkcubeko yokuthatha inxaxheba ekuphuhliseni, inike abanini beli celomngeni kulawulo lwendlela isetyenziselwa ubuchwephesha, kwaye yinto esebenzayo kusetyenziso lwezi nkqubo,” utshilo umphathi weNkqubo yeGreenCape Energy uJack Radmore.

“I-ASDU iqhubela phambili ukubonelela ngexabiso elitsha elinamandla, elinokufikelelwa kwaye likhuselekile ukuze kuhlangatyezwane neemfuno ezisisiseko, kuqhutywa uphuhliso lwentlalontle kunye nokudala imisebenzi,”

utshilo ilungu leMayco ngamathuba oqoqosho nolawulo lweempahla uJames Vos xa kusayinwa isivumelwano.

UVos uthe i-ASDU yakha isiseko sophuhliso olukhawulezileyo lwentlalo noqoqosho kwaye iguqula ukungabikho kweziseko zophuhliso njengethuba lokuxhotyiswa.

“Ukufikelela kumandla kuyimfuneko yokuphuhliswa komntu kwaye nge-ASDU ngoku eqhuba ukubonelelwa kwamandla kule ndawo nganye kunakho ukwanda kwimfundo yasekhaya, ukudala umsebenzi onentsingiselo, ukunciphisa unxibelelwano olungakhuselekanga nolungekho mthethweni nokwakha uluntu olukhuselekileyo nolumanyeneyo. Utshilo uVos. umphathi we Think WiFi uJanine Rebelo uthe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ba-

beke ngaphezulu kwezibane ezingama-50 ezijikeleze i-WiFi Hotspots, kwaye bazoqhubeka nokukhuphela lonsebenzi kunye nokufaka izibane ezingakumbi kwiindawo ezintsha ezinjengeWitsand.

Uye wathi ezi zibane zelanga, okanye iilollipops njengoko zibizwa njalo, ukubonelela ngokukhanyisa kwendawo ngelixa kuphuculwa ukhuseleko kwindawo ejikelezileyo.

“Sifumanise ukuba ukudibanisa iilollipops zethu zesibane kunye neWiFi kuphucula imeko kwindawo kwaye kudale imfuno yezi nkonzo, ngakumbi nemiceli mngeni ekhoyo eMzantsi Afrika,” utshilo uRebelo.

Uthe bakubonile ukuba amashishini amancinci aqala ukuguquka ajikeleze ezi zikhululo zokukhanya, ezibenza ukuba bavuleke emva kweeyure.”

Ngomhla wamashumi amabini ananye ku-Matshi uMzantsi Afrika ubhiyozela uSuku lwamaLungelo oluNtu e-Colesberg Sport Stadium eMantla Kapa.

Umxholo walo nyaka uthi: “Ngunyaka wobumbano, uhlaziyo lwezoqoqosho nentlalo kunye nokwakhiwa kwesizwe.”

Umhla wamalungelo abantu ukhumbula iSharpeville Massacre eyenzeka nge-21 Matshi 1960, xa amapolisa ocalucalulo adubula abulala abantu abangama-69 kuqhankqalazo olunoxolo.

Ngomhla wamashumi amabini ananye wokubulawa kwabantu eSharpeville, nge-21 Matshi 1985, amalungu amaPolisa oMzantsi Afrika avulela umlilo kwinyambalala yabantu abeze kumngcwabo wealfabhethi yocalucalulo eLanga, eMpuma Koloni.

Esi sehlo saye saziwa njenge-Langa ngokubulawa kwabantu.

Kwingxelo yesizwe urhulumente wathi: “Iikhumbuzo zezi zigigaba zibuhlungu zakudala sisikhumbuzo sokuba uninzi luhlawule eyona nto ibalulekileyo ukuze siphile kuluntu olulawulwa ngamalungelo oluntu kunye nesidima sabo bonke.

Ukusukela ngonyaka we-1994, urhulumente wazikhumbula ezi zahluko zibuhlungu zexesha lethu elidlulileyo ukumanyanisa abantu baseMzantsi Afrika kunye nokuqinisekisa inkcubeko yethu yamalungelo oluntu. Esi sisiqinisekiso sokuba izenzo zobumnyama zexesha lethu elidlulileyo azisayi kuphinda zenzeke kuluntu lwentando yesininzi. “ Isiteyitimenti sithi ukusukela ngenkululeko, urhulumente usebenze ngokungakhathali ekhuthaza inkcubeko yamalungelo oluntu kwaye enze inkqubela phambili ekuqhubeleni phambili amalungelo abantu nasekubuyiseleni isidima somntu ngokuhambelana noMthetho wamaLungelo (Isahluko 2 soMgaqo-

siseko).

“Sihlaba ikhwelo kubo bonke abantu baseMzantsi Afrika ukuba basebenzise iNyanga yamaLungelo oluNtu ukukhuthaza ubumbano lwentlalontle, ukwakha isizwe kunye nesazisi esabelweyo kuzwelonke,” utshilo urhulumente.

Kungumsebenzi wethu njengesizwe ukuba sizame ukuphuhlisa ubandakanyeko kwezoqoqosho nentlalo, ngelixa siqinisekisa ukuba silwa izibetho ezinjengobuhlanga, ucalucalulo ngokobuhlanga, ubungqingili kunye nayo yonke into enxulumene nokunganyamezelani ngokwesini kunye nobundlobongela obujolise kwisini kunye nokulwa amalungelo abantu. inkcubeko, yongezwa.

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Wifi enabled solar street lights for Witsand STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU WiFi enabled street lights are to be provided in Witsand, Atlantis, following an agreement signed by Think WiFi and GreenCape.

The agreement provides a shared vision to provide clean energyand connectivity to communities while opening opportunities for business.

Think WiFi partnered with GreenCape who designed the programme through its Alternative Service Delivery Unit (ASDU).

“This multi-stakeholder cooperation allows for the culture of participation to develop, giving owners of the social challenge control over how technical systems are used, and which functionality underlies the usage of these systems,” said GreenCape Energy Programme Manager Jack Radmore.

“ASDU is driving the rapid provision of reliable, affordable and safe energy innovations to address basic needs, drive

social development and create jobs,” said mayco member for economic opportunities and asset management James Vos at the signing of the agreement.

Vos said the ASDU builds the foundation for accelerated socioeconomic development and turns the current lack of infrastructure into an opportunity for empowerment.

“Access to energy is a prerequisite of human development and with ASDU now driving energy provision in each of these areas there is the potential to increase

in-home education, create meaningful employment, reduce unsafe and illegal connections and build a safe and united community,” said Vos. Think WiFi CEO Janine Rebelo said to date they have deployed more than 50 of the solar lights around WiFi Hotspots, and will continue to roll out this project as well as install more lights in new areas such as Witsand.

She said these solar lights, or lollipops as they are called, to provide area lighting while enhancing safety and security in the surrounding area.

“We have found that

combining our lighting lollipops with WiFi greatly improves conditions in an area and has created a demand for these services, especially with the current load shedding challenges in South

Africa,” Rebelo said.

She said they have also seen micro-business start to evolve around these Think light stations, which enable them to stay open after hours.

South Africa marks Human Rights Month STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU On 21 March South Africa celebrates Human Rights Day at the Colesberg Sport Stadium in the Northern Cape.

This year’s theme is: “The year of unity, socioeconomic renewal and nation building.”

The Human Rights Day remembers the Sharpeville Massacre that took place on 21 March 1960, when the apartheid police shot and killed 69 people in a peaceful protest march.

On the 25th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre, on 21 March 1985, members of the

South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people attending the funeral of an apartheid activist in Langa, Eastern Cape. This incident became known as the Langa massacre.

In a national statement the government said: “The anniversaries of these painful events

from our past are a reminder that many paid the ultimate price for us to live in a society governed by human rights and dignity for all.

“Since 1994, government commemorates these painful chapters of our past to unify South Africans and affirm our human rights culture. It

is an affirmation that the dark deeds of our past will never be repeated again in a democratic society.”

The statement said since the dawn of freedom, government has worked tirelessly in promoting a culture of human rights and have made notable progress in

advancing human rights and restoring human dignity in line with the Bill of Rights (Chapter 2 of the Constitution).

“We call on all South Africans to use Human Rights Month to foster greater social cohesion, nation building and a shared national identity,” the government said.

Wanted: NGO safety representative STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU The public is being asked to nominate suitable persons to fill the non-governmental organisation (NGO) seat within

the Provincial Safety and Advisory Committee (PSAC), says provincial minister for community safety, Albert Fritz.

The committee advises the provincial minister on matters related to

safety and policy.

The appointment to PSAC is made in accordance of section 25 of the Western Cape Community Safety Act, 2013, which allows the community safety minister to appoint

the five members.

PSAC representatives come from the business community, judiciary, academia, and civil society, and includes the head of the Provincial Department of Community

Safety as an ex officio member.

The successful candidate will be required to hold office until 19 February 2021.

Queries may be directed to Amanda Dissel,

bodies to take this into account to ensure that all applications are processed and treated fairly.

Hammond said the WCED has also received several complaints from the public relating to irregular and unlawful admissions practices. These complaints had been brought to the attention of school principals and

governing body chairpersons for resolution where applicable.

This includes schools refusing to process hard copy applications even after being reminded that although the WCED actively encourages parents to apply online, there are still parents who may be unable to access the internet and

by calling 021 483 6548.

Nominations must be submitted before 13 March 2020 by post to Head of Department, Community Safety, or via email to amanda.dissel@ westerncape.gov.za

2021 school applications exceed expectations STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU The number of applications received by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) for 2021 school registration has already exceeded the number expected to be captured on the online system compared to the same period last year.

Learner enrolment in Western Cape schools for 2021 opened on 17

February and closes on 17 March 2020.

WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond 33 518 applications were submitted on the first day applications opened and by close of business on 25 February, 154 449 applications had been successfully logged by parents on the system.

The WCED experi-

enced technical difficulties at the start of the process on 17 February, until the afternoon of 19 February, resulting in some parents being unable to complete and submit their applications during this period.

The WCED sent official communication to schools requesting principals and governing

or unable to manage the online process.

She said schools need to cater for such parents and accept hard copy applications, or support them by making their own computer centres available and assisting parents with their application.

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Report finds shocking violence against sex workers

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Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp.

STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU A hundred and one female sex workers, some of whom were transwomen, died in 2018/19, half of them murdered, says a report released last week Thursday.

The report, Female and Transomxn Sex Worker Deaths in South Africa, was authored by the Sex Workers Education & Advocacy Task force (SWEAT), supported

by Sisonke.

“Our analysis found that almost 45% of known causes of deaths in our study were attributed to murder. The methods included poisoning, multiple gunshot wounds, stabbing, strangulation, and being pushed out of a moving car,” said the report.

“Sex work is work.

We cannot have work that does not have labour rights,” said Sixolile Ngcobo of The Commission for Gender Equality and a keynote speaker of the event.

Ngcobo said sex work should not be criminalised because this makes women vulnerable and encourages human trafficking. Sex work in South Africa is illegal for both the buyer and seller.

She said that she has never heard sex workers say that they don’t want to be regulated or taxed. She said that a framework on how it will be regulated needs to be produced, similar to what has been done with farmworkers, teachers and lawyers.

The report was launched as part of the #SayHerName campaign.

Launched in 2016, the campaign was created to protect the rights of sex

workers, to celebrate and empower them.

Ngcobo said there are 138,000 women, 7,000 men, and 6,000 transgender sex workers in South Africa according to a 2013 study.

Between 2014 and 2017, 118 female sex workers died according to the previous #SayHerName report, 55% as a result of murder.

In March 2019, sex worker, activist and the former acting chairperson of SWEAT Ayanda Denge was murdered inside the Helen Bowden Nurses’ Home occupation.

In a high profile case artist Zwelethu Mthethwa received 18 years in prison for kicking 23-year-old Nokuphila Kumalo, a sex worker, to death.

The report said perpetrators of the violence included clients, intimate (non-commercial) partners and the general public. Law enforcement officers posed a particular threat to sex workers as they are able to enforce unlawful arrests, use excessive force during arrests, and extort sex workers with the threat of arrest. There is also a chance of rape and abuse while in custody. It is unlikely that sex workers will report cases of such abuse and violence against them.

A 2013 study found that about half of women sex workers in both Johannesburg and Cape Town had experienced physical assault at least once within a 12 month period.

“Of the abuse reported to the Women’s Legal Centre by sex workers, over 60% of cases were from police as perpetrators,” said the report.

Ngcobo said that the police sometimes count

how many condoms a person has with them and based on that would decide if you should be arrested. She has done “gender sensitive training“ with high ranking officials and what she found is that “once they see a sex worker, they see someone very vulnerable, someone who is free for any violation because there is no protection”.

The report seeks to mainstream sex workers deaths and sex worker violence “into the general gender-based violence and femicide dialogue”, said Nosipho Vidima of SWEAT. The report also contains a number of names and profiles of sex workers that have died.

“It’s very important to have a name. And have a story. And a background when you’re talking about femicide which is lacking in the movement in general,” said Vidima.

In 2017, however, the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) released a report recommending full or partial criminalisation of sex work. “Prostitution in South Africa can also be viewed as an aspect of male violence against women and children.

South Africa is grappling with high levels of violence against women, with sexual assault and intimate partner violence contributing to increased risks for HIV infection.

Changing the legislative framework could create an extremely dangerous cultural shift juxtaposed against the high numbers of sexual crimes already committed against women. Women would be considered even more expendable than at present,” argued the report.—GroundUp

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Wingfield Motors to present new look Power Series

Photos: Heinrich Sauer STAFF REPORTER The Power Series presented by Wingfield Motors at Killarney International Raceway got a whole new look for 2020, starting with Round 1 on Saturday 7 March.

To spice up the entertainment there has been quite a radical change to the programme, with shorter periods between the category races. That means racing will start much earlier, at 8:15am, with eight-lap races in the cool of the morning for the Formula Libre Single Seaters, RST Trac Mac Powersport Motorcycles and RST Trac Mac Clubmans bikes.

A lot of things have changed here: In the absence of Dee-Jay Booysen, the open-wheeler races are wide open – but keep an eye out for Damian White in a Formula GTi Ray and Albertus Engelbrecht in Booysen’s former RM08, now running under the Spreads banner.

The Powersport ranks have been swelled by the addition of Motard maniac Franco Flach on a Kawasaki ER650 and Gauteng migrant Dominic Penny, who made a

sensational Killarney debut just a few weeks ago at Passion for Speed on the Rays Signs SV650, battling for the lead with Trevor Westman’s Monza Group Ninja 650 before crashing out of Race 2.

Westman and Penny will want to take up where they left off. Expect fireworks.

There’s another huge rivalry in the Powersport 300 class, between teenagers Slade van Niekerk (Prestige Products R3) and the similar Yamaha of Fueled Racing’s David Lindemann. A rider to watch for the future is immensely talented 14-yearold Abigail Bosson, in only her second outing on the HSC Racing RC390.

Lubabalo Ntisana, who set the Clubmans races on fire in 2019, has been promoted to the Superbike category, leaving veteran Wayne Arendse (JJ Smith Trust ZX-10R) to battle it out with Robbie Pedrica (Yamaha R1) and Willem Binedell on the Chefathome Kawasaki ZX-10R. There are also a number of new entries in this ‘run wot ya brung’ category.

Anything could happen

and probably will.

Then the big guns come out, starting with the Sports & GT cars.

These include the fastest circuit racing vehicle in South Africa, the Maui Motorhomes Ginetta G57 of Craig Jarvis. Keeping him honest will be Mike Verrier’s Aidcall 247 Shelby CanAm, Steve Humble in the Harp Mallock Mk14B and Sandro Biccari’s remarkably quick two-litre Mazdapowered Juno.

The newly-renamed Cheaper Cars GTi Challenge will be led by Nian du Toit (Allied Fibreglass Jetta 3 2L), Marco Busi in the Automan Polo 6R and the Wingfield Polo Vivo of Jano van der Westhuizen – and if you ask any one of the three who’s going to win, he’ll say “Me!”.

Super-quick Ford Escort pilot Franco Donadio would love to make the same prediction for the combined Millstock Classic Cars and BeJo Trust Fine Cars races but, with a field of more than 20 cars led by Eric van der Merwe’s Lynx Porsche 944T and the thundering V8 Chevy De Ville of Erik Mouton, he’ll have to work very hard for it.

Fabio Tafani is still the man to beat in the V8 Masters one-make series, although Marcel Angel, Richard Schreuder and Sean Moore are likely to have something to say about that. All we can say is that all the cars are identical, which brings it down to nerve, skill and set-up, making the racing very close and completely unpredictable.

The same applies to the two-litre Opel-powered Makita Supercars, another one-make series in cars designed locally by the late Owen Ashley, which run together with the V8 Masters. Look out for Ryan McCarthy, Glen Phillips and Andrew Moffit – but don’t make any predictions.

The biggest field of the day belongs as usual to the Mikes Place Clubmans, with 36 entries in six classes. At the sharp end you can expect to see Danie van Niekerk in the Wingfield E36 battling it out with Clint Rennard (G&A Promotions/Speed Precision Golf 2L) and Michael le Sueur’s giant-killing New Engineering Golf Mk1. Nevertheless, watch out for veteran Jesse Huggett (Weskaap Bakwerke

Jetta 2L) and Mansoor Parker’s BMW E30.

Motorsport attracts a very large fan base and the Western Province Motor Club has a long-held tradition of encouraging competitors and spectators alike to use the power in those numbers to give back to the community.

Thus the opening round of the 2020 Power Series presented by Wingfield Motors has been themed as Power Series: Cancer Awareness.

We’re asking all motorsport enthusiasts to show their support for cancer survivors by having your hair shaved or sprayed - or even donating your hair, if it’s long enough, to make wigs for chemotherapy patients.

Entry is R80 for adults, R20 for scholars under 16 and free for children under 12. Gates open at 7:00am and racing begins at 8:15am.