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Issue: Month End-February, 2020

Soiled Milnerton lagoon cannot wait three years, says OUTA

City allocates budget to fix Dunoon’s potholes

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Prison officials explain Ramaphosa’s decision to reduce sentences Officials ask Dunoon residents to accept ex-convicts back into society, as nearly 900 released from Pollsmoor PETER LUHANGA ILISO LABANTU

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n December, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the sentences of thousands of prisoners were being shortened.

Since the announcement, Pollsmoor Prison has released 887 offenders, according to Ntobeko Mketshane, area commissioner of the prison.

On Thursday 13 February, a large contingent of Pollsmoor officials, accompanied by senior police and officials from the Department of Home Affairs, hosted a meeting at the Dunoon municipal hall to explain Ramaphosa’s decision.

They were also accompanied by convicts who had served a portion of their sentences and are currently on parole. One of them, Lwazi Ntshata, spoke to the crowd. He had been sentenced to ten years and served just over half this. > CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

POLLSMOOR PRISON AREA COMMISSIONER NTOBEKO MKETSHANE addressed a packed Dunoon municipal hall, urging residents to open their hearts and allow offenders back into the community. Photo: Peter Luhanga

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Ewe, umsebenzi ka rhulumente uquka ukunikezela ngenkonzo eluntwini, akhusele uluntu nezinye ke izinto.

Nangona kunjalo luxanduva lwethu okukhathalela inkonzo zethu nokusingqongileyo Umzi ngamnye wayenikwe umgqomo nguMasipala kwaye injongo yayikukuba abantu bawusebenzise ukulahla izinto ezimdaka hayi ukuba balahle endleleni bangcolise okusingqongileyo.

Ngaphezulu kukhona abantu abajika izindlu zabo bazenza amashishini, andithi ayilunganga lonto kodwa ke luxanduva lwabo ukuba baqinisekise uba abaqashi banemigqomo eyaneleyo yokulahla izinto ezimdaka. Kungenjalo umntu angakwazi ukuthenga imigqomo kwivenkile ezinje ngoMakro, Game

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Kuyo yonke ke lonto kukho abantu abahlala eMatyotyombeni abangalifumaniyo ithamsanqa lobanemigqomo kodwa banazo i ngxowa abazifumanayo kuMasipala zokulahla inkunkuma.

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Musani ukulahla inkunkuma endleleni, lonto inegalelo kwimpilo zabantu ngakumbi abantwana abancinci kuba bayakhawuleza ukufumana izifo.

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A PART-TIME TAXI DRIVER, Yamkela Ncume was fed up with accumulating filth and stagnant grey water in Dunoon’s Gousbloom Street, so he took it upon himself to clean the filthy kasi street with vigour and pride. Archive Photo-GroundUp

LINDELWA MGULI We tend to blame government for everything we’re dissatisfied with, and yes, government is there to serve the needs of the people and take care of sanitation, roads, water, protect citizens from criminals, and so on. However, it is our own responsibility to take care of our own environment to the best of our ability.

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hold is provided a rubbish bin by the municipality, and the purpose of those bins is for people to put their rubbish in them and not litter. But there are property owners who rent out space in their backyards to families, or have turned their houses into flats. These property owners have a responsibility to provide bins for the families living on their properties, so that they are able to dispose of their

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refuse. Either they need to organise more bins from the City of Cape Town, or buy them from places like Makro or Game.

Not forgetting that we have informal settlements where households are not provided with municipal bins, but there are rubbish bags provided in each section and there are huge green containers where one can throw rubbish. Yet people have a tendency to dump their

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rubbish anywhere. It is ridiculous and not a good image at all. The taxi rank has become a dump site, as well as main roads and street corners. It is our responsibility to keep our community clean.

Littering is not only unsightly, it impacts our health and that of our children who are more vulnerable to disease.

Let us all keep our environment clean.

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Prison officials explain Ramaphosa’s decision to reduce sentences > FROM PAGE 1 Ntshata told the packed out hall that he was 17-years-old when he committed his crime.

He was fearful of the outside world upon his release, thinking that his mother and father, who live in Langa with his two siblings, would reject him.

But they told him that no matter what, he was still their child.

“It made me feel so happy. I was [so] scared of being rejected,” he said.

Mketshane told the community the special remission did not apply to any sentenced offender, probationer, parolee or day parolee serving time for sexual offences, murder and attempted murder, armed robbery, sedition, high treason, sabotage and terrorism, violations under the domestic violence act and child abuse. It also did not apply to those certified as

mentality ill or declared as dangerous by the court, nor to any person sentenced to life imprisonment, any escaped offender, or any who had jumped bail.

“We are aware that communities have concerns about this process because there are perceptions that people are … arrested, sentenced and come out quickly.

We want to make communities understand that convicted people will serve their sentence and eventually they will be released back into the community,” said Mketshane.

“That neighbour of yours, that uncle, child, church member after serving their sentence, they will come out,” he said. “There is no way we can lock them up and throw the key away into the ocean.”

“We need communities, faith based organisa-

tions, non-profit organisations to join hands with us in correcting the offending behaviour.”

“We appeal to the community to welcome offenders back in your homes, churches and communities. We kindly request a soft landing for these offenders in your streets,” said Mketshane.

Pollsmoor official Billy Ncobo said the first batch of convicts receiving remission were South Africans released on 17 December 2019, followed by foreigners on 14 January 2020.

Lewis Davids, a spokesperson at Pollsmoor, said overcrowding at the prison was a concern. It is at 153% capacity. This had a negative affect on rehabilitation programmes at the prison. He said the prison infrastructure “is broken”.

A cell supposed to accommodate 28 convicts has 65 inmates.

Attorney and head of the Penal Reform Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights Clare Ballard said remission of sentences of offenders is not a bad thing in itself, but the idea that it can alleviate overcrowding is misguided.

She said prisons varied greatly; some are very overcrowded, others under capacity.

“If you apply a blanket approach like remission [of sentences of offenders] it cannot alleviate the prison’s specific problems on the ground … The causes of overcrowding are complex and multiple.

Unless our government makes a very meaningful attempt to deal with complex causes of overcrowding, prisons conditions will remain unchanged,” said Ballard.

—GroundUp

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Technical glitches being sorted as rush for 2021 school admission opens STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU The provincial education department’s website was experiencing technical problems when the application process for 2021 school enrolments opened at midnight on 17 February.

However, the problems are being addressed and they have already had large numbers of parents registering and submitting applications on the site.

Western Cape Education Department spokesperson Kerry Mauchline said schools may ask parents for further information depending on their admissions policy provided this was in line with the South African Schools Act and the national and provincial policies on admission.

“I advise parents to contact schools they would like to apply to beforehand to check their admissions policy and to ensure they supply all the documents required by these schools,” said

Mauchline.

She encouraged parents to apply online using the department’s application website https:// admissions.westerncape. gov.za.

She said schools would assist parents in applying online if they did not have the means to do so. If this was not possible, then the school would provide a paper-based application to complete.

Registering on the admissions website or submitting an application did not mean the learner had been enrolled at the school. Parents would be informed of the outcome of their applications by email or SMS between 15 and 22 May 2020.

“If a learner is offered a place, parents must confirm acceptance of a space by 5 June 2020. If they only receive an offer after 5 June 2020, they must confirm acceptance within three days,” she said.

Soiled Milnerton lagoon cannot wait three years, says OUTA Joe Slovo informal settlement needs proper sanitation and the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works needs to be fixed LIEZL HUMAN Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has demanded that the City of Cape Town take immediate action against the sewage pollution in Milnerton lagoon. OUTA announced on 11 February that it had sent a letter to the City to ask for a meeting.

The objective of the meeting is to present residents’ solutions to the pollution in the Diep River estuary and the Milnerton lagoon, according to Andrea Korff, Legal Project Manager at OUTA. “The City is adamant about fixing Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works , but according to them it will take three to

five years, which is unacceptable to us because, in the meantime, the problem will persist and just get bigger. We want to hear from them what their solutions will be for interim relief and then also for the long-term,” said Korff.

Korff said that two independent water quality tests performed by OUTA on 23 January and 3 February verified that “a major contributor” to the sewage pollution in Milnerton lagoon and the Diep River estuary is the Potsdam treatment works.

“OUTA’s results pointed out that the root cause of the pollution is due to the lack of adequate sanitation infrastructure in Joe Slovo (and other sur-

rounding informal settlements) and the collapse of the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works,” wrote the organisation in an 11 February press statement.

These pollution concerns in Milnerton lagoon have been brought to the attention of the City for nearly ten years, according to Gary van den Berg, the chairman of the Milnerton Central Residents Association (MCRA). “[MCRA] have had access to the City’s water quality tests,” said Van den Berg. He explained that the City put a “gagging order” on Caroline Marx, the head of the MCRA’s environmental portfolio. This means that Marx and MCRA members were formally barred

ORGANISATION UNDOING TAX ABUSE (OUTA) has demanded that the City of Cape Town take immediate action against the sewage pollution in Milnerton lagoon. Photo: Steve Kretzmann

from sharing results with the public.

“They don’t have the right to gag people like ourselves who are representatives of the citizens,” said Van den Berg.

Van den Berg also said the health hazard of the lagoon is a serious problem. The City council has, for instance, taken measures to ensure that children know that they cannot swim in the water at all.

GroundUp has previously reported on the extremely high levels of E. coli and sewage pollution

in Milnerton lagoon. The Milnerton Canoe Club has not offered beginner lessons to children for years due to the risk of them falling into the water.

Korff said that the resolution of the pollution issue should be a “first priority” of the City. “We really wish to engage with the City in order to fix the problem.”

Xanthea Limberg, Mayco Member for Water and Waste, said that regular water tests have revealed that the pollution in the Milnerton lagoon “comes from various sources”. Limberg

said that the pollution was due to factors such as increasing informal settlements, load-shedding, and technical problems at the Potsdam treatment works.

“The Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works is currently being upgraded at a cost of R1.75 billion.

Although the full upgrade will take until 2025, there are various interventions on site being prioritised in the short term to improve final effluent quality as quickly as possible,” said Limberg—GroundUp

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City allocates budget to fix Dunoon’s potholes

MOTORISTS have to constantly zigzag along Dunoon’s Usasadza Road to avoid potholes. Photo: Peter Luhanga

STAFF WRITER ILISO LABANTU After long neglect, Dunoon’s dilapidated road infrastructure is due to be fixed, with the City of Cape Town allocating

R16m for the repair and maintenance of roads in Subcouncil 1.

An amount of R2m from the R16m pot of

funds has been set aside to fix Dunoon’s deteriorating roads where motorists have to constantly zigzag around large potholes and

overflowing sewer manholes with missing covers.

To warn motorists, old tyres and building debris is placed on top of road hazards.

Ward 104 councillor Lubabalo Makeleni (ANC) said had had frequently visited the city’s directorate of transport offices at Paddocks, Royal Ascot to push for rehabilitation of the roads but hasn’t had any luck in the past as he was always told there were simply no funds available.

Makeleni says at the beginning of the month when he went back to the directorate an official beamed with excitement, showing him proof that the City has finally allocated money to fix the roads.

“We are facing a huge

a problem,” said Makeleni. “Even the roads in the rural Eastern Cape are much better compared to Dunoon roads in Cape Town. The roads are not usable and it is frustrating.”

Mayco member for transport, Felicity Purchase, confirmed that R16m has been set aside for road rehabilitation in Subcouncil 1, with R2m put aside for Ward 104 which comprises Dunoon.

Purchase said the allocation was based on the amount allocated for resurfacing and general maintenance projects in the area. In addition, the City’s roads’ department was reviewing the Pavement Management System (PMS), which would assist with planning the maintenance

and repair work in order to improve the condition of the pavements over the entire road network.

Asked when the road repairs would start, she said the City did not have any active tenders for the repair and maintenance of the roads, but was looking into having that in place by next month if all went as planned.

“As the above allocation shows, the residents of Dunoon can be assured that their concerns are taken seriously by the City of Cape Town.

I meet with the officials each week to review the progress of projects and the implementation of the Pavement Management System is on the list so it is receiving special attention,” said Purchase.

Payouts to injured workers held up by faulty government software Yet, says Hughes, the fund has R60 billion available to pay workers.

In a 24 February press release the Department of Employment and Labour said that the “glitches were being attended to”.

The Department said some users were struggling to access the system. “The migration and cleaning of Compensation for more than 150,000 injured workers has been held up since August last year by a computer software problem at the Compensation Fund.

The Compensation Fund, which is a fund in the Department of Employment and Labour, pays compensation to employees for injury or illness sustained at work, or to relatives of someone who died at work.

There have been almost no payments to injured workers since August last year, according to the newly-established Injured Workers Action Group (IWAG).

IWAG is a coalition of independent organisations designed to represent injured workers who cannot gain access to the new claims management system. The organisation’s media launch took place on 24 February.

Members of IWAG include the South African Private Ambulance and Emergency Services Association, the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, the South African Society of Physiotherapy, the South African Medical and Dental Practitioners Association, and Injury on Duty (IOD) account administrators such as CompSol, ColdLink, and Medsol Debtors Management.

The old Compensation Fund claims management system, called Umehluko, was de-activated in August and replaced with a new online system, called Compeasy, which was activated on 1 October 2019.

According to IWAG spokesperson Tim Hughes the system has been dysfunctional since its inception, though it cost R300 million.

data from the old to new system, and the general network downtime experienced by external users are also challenges experienced by the department.”

“Since its launch in October, the platform has processed 120,000 medical claims and registered over 8,000 claims,” the Department said.

But Hughes said, “Processed does not translate into payment.”

According to a survey conducted by IWAG, he said, since the introduction of the new system only 1% of processed claims had been paid, compared to the old system which at its best had paid out 80% of processed claims.

“That is not a glitch. That

is a failure. The new system was switched on 1 October and it’s never worked,” said Hughes. He said that there had been a general lack of communication and accountability in government on the issue.

The purpose of the IWAG coalition was to get workers’ claims registered and paid, he said.--GroundUp

NOT HOME COMPOSTING YET?

Come and collect your

home composting container now!

The City of Cape Town is offering you a FREE home composting container.

Instead of throwing away your household organic waste (fruit and vegetable waste, leaves, etc.), why not generate your own compost for your garden.

Subcouncil 1 residents living within the surrounding areas of Atlantis, Saxonsea, Sherwood, Pella, Saxonwood, Robinvale and Protea Park are encouraged to apply at the venue below.

NOTE: • A maximum of 200 free home composting containers will be issued per day.

• Application forms will only be available at the venue during the specified dates and times.

• Containers will be provided on a first-come-first-served basis.

• ONLY single residential households may apply (sectional title flat units are excluded).

Follow the steps below to apply: • Complete the application forms at the venue below, and • Bring along your ID and municipal account.

Collect your composting container at: Saxonsea Hall (Hermes Avenue, Atlantis)

3-4 March 2020, 15:00 – 18:00

Once you have successfully completed the process at the above venue, you will be issued with: • A home composting container; and • All the necessary information NB. If you live in a baboon-prevalent area, kindly ensure that your home composting container is safely stored in a secured space.

Direct enquiries to Wastewise.User@capetown.gov.za or the City’s call centre on 0860 103 089.

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Amagosa entolongo achaza isigqibo sikaRamaphosa sokunciphisa izivakalisi Amagosa acela abahlali baseDunoon ukuba bamkele abagwetyiweyo babuyiselwe eluntwini, njengoko bakhutshwe phantse ngama-900 ePollsmoor STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU NgeDwarha, uMongameli u-Cyril Ramaphosa wabhengeza ukuba izigwebo zamawaka amabanjwa ziyahlanjwa.

Okoko kwabhengezwa, intolongo yasePollmoor ikhulule aboni abangama-887, ngokukaNtobeko Mketshane, umkhomishinara wale ndawo.

NgoLwesine we-13 kaFebruwari, ukubanjwa okukhulu kwamagosa ePollmoor, ehamba namapolisa amakhulu kunye namagosa eSebe leMicimbi yezeKhaya, babamba intlanganiso kwiholo kamasipala waseDunoon ukucacisa isigqibo sikaRamaphosa.

Babekhatshwa ngabagwetyi ababesebenze inxenye yezigwebo zabo kwaye okwangoku bakhululwa. Omnye wabo, uLwazi Ntshata, uthethe nesihlwele. Waye wagwetywa iminyaka elishumi kwaye wakhonza ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sale.

UNtshata uxelele iholo ephume ngaphandle ukuba wayeneminyaka eli-17 ubudala xa esenza ityala lakhe. Wayesoyikela umhlaba ongaphandle ekukhululweni kwakhe, ecinga ukuba umama notata wakhe, abahlala eLanga nabantakwabo bobabini, baya kumlahla.

Kodwa bamxelela ukuba

akukhathaleki, wayengumntwana wabo.

“Kundonwabisile.

Bendisoyika ukwaliwa, utshilo.

UMketshane uxelele uluntu ukuba uxolelo olukhethekileyo aluzange lusebenze kuye nakuphi na umntu oye wagwetywa umntu owaphule umthetho, ukubulala, ukuzama ukubulala, ukuphanga izixhobo, ukuvukela umbuso, ukuvukela umbuso, ubugebenga kunye nokugrogrisa. kunye nokuphathwa gadalala kwabantwana.

Ayisebenzi nakwabo baqinisekisiweyo njengengqondo abagula okanye ababhengezwe njengeyingozi yinkundla, okanye kuye nawuphina umntu ogwetywe ubomi obude, nawuphina umntu ophule umthetho, okanye nabani na obaleke ngebheyile.

“Siyazi ukuba uluntu luneenkxalabo malunga nale nkqubo kuba kukho umbono wokuba abantu… bayabanjwa, bagwetywe kwaye baphume ngokukhawuleza.

Sifuna ukwenza abahlali baqonde ukuba abantu abagwetyiweyo bazakusenza isigwebo sabo kwaye ekugqibeleni bayakhululwa baphinde bangene eluntwini, utshilo uMket-

shane.

“Lo mmelwane wakho, lo malume, umntwana, ulilungu lecawe emva kokufumana isigwebo, bazakuphuma,” utshilo.

Ayikho indlela esinokuthi sibavalele ngayo kwaye siphose isitshixo solwandlekazi. ” “Sifuna abahlali, imibutho yezenkolo, imibutho engajonganga nzuzo ukuba bahlanganyele nathi ekulungiseni indlela yokona.”

“Sicela abantu ukuba bamkele aboni bashiye amakhaya akho, iicawe noluntu. Sicela ukuba

nomhlaba wabo ucaphukise abathambisi bezitrato zakho, utshilo uMketshane.

Igosa lasePollsmoor uBilly Ncobo uthe ibhendi yokuqala yababanjwa abafumana uxolelo ibingabantu abakumzantsi Afrika abakhululwe ngomhla we-17 kuDisemba ngo-2019, balandelwa ngabaphambukeli nge-14 kaJanuwari ka-2020.

U-Lewis Davids, isithethi e-Pollsmoor, uthe ukugcwala kule ntolongo kuyinkxalabo.Kubukhulu be-153%. Oku kube nefuthe elibi kwiinkqubo

Ingxaki ngokubhekise kwezobugcisa zihlelwa ngokhawulelwano lomamkelo kwabafundi bonyaka ka-2021 UMBHALI WABASEBENZI ILISO LABANTU UIwebhusayithi lesebe lezemfundo le phondo libenengxaki zetekhnoloji xa inkqubo yokufaka izicelo zobhaliso lweziko lika -2021 yavulwa ezinzulwini zobusuku nge-17 kaFebruwari.

Nangona kunjalo, iingxaki ziyaqwalaselwa

kwaye sele benamanani amakhulu abazali ababhalisayo kunye nokungenisa izicelo kule ndawo.

Isithethi seSebe leMfundo eNtshona Koloni uKerry Mauchline uthe izikolo zinokuthi zibuze abazali ngolwazi oluthe kratya ngokuxhomekeke

kumgaqo-nkqubo wokwamkelwa kwabafundi ngokuxhomekeka kumgaqo-nkqubo wezikolo zaseMzansi Afrika kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo kazwelonke nelephondo lokwamkelwa.

“Ndicebisa abazali ukuba banxebelelane

nezikolo abanqwenela ukufaka izicelo kwangaphambi kwexesha ukukhangela umgaqonkqubo wokwamkelwa kwabo kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba bayawahambisa onke amaxwebhu afunekayo kwezi zikolo, utshilo uMauchline.

zokuhlengahlengiswa kwentolongo. Uthe izakhiwo zentolongo “zaphukile”. Isisele esenzelwe ukuhlalisa abagwetywa abangama-28 sinamabanjwa angama-65.

Igqwetha kunye nentloko yePenal Reform Programme kumaGwetha amaLungelo oluNtu uClare Ballard uthe ukuxolelwa kwezigwebo ngaboni ayisiyonto imbi ngokwayo, kodwa umbono wokuba oko kungakuphelisa ukubhukuqa kusenziwa ngendlela ephosakeleyo.

Uthe iintolongo

Ukhuthaze abazali ukuba bafake izicelo kwiIntanethi besebenzisa iwebhusayithi yesebe lewebhu.

Uthe izikolo ziya kubanceda abazali bafake izicelo kwi-Intanethi ukuba abanazo iindlela zokwenza oko. Ukuba oku bekungenzekanga, isikolo siya kubonelela ngesicelo esenziwe ngamaphepha ukugcwalisa.

Ukubhalisa kwiwebhusayithi yokwamkelwa okanye ukungenisa isicelo ayithethi ukuba umfundi ubhalisile esikolweni. Abazali baya kwaziswa ngesiphumo sezicelo zabo nge-imeyile okanye nge-sms phakathi kwe-15 ne-22 kaMeyi 2020.

“Ukuba umfundi

zahluka kakhulu; ezinye zigcwele kakhulu, ezinye ziphantsi komthamo.

“Ukuba usebenzisa indlela yengubo efana nokuxolelwa [kwesigwebo saboni] ayinakuphelisa iingxaki ezithile zentolongo emhlabeni ...

Oonobangela bokubhukuqa bayinkimbinkimbi kwaye baninzi. Ngaphandle kokuba urhulumente wethu esenza umzamo obonakalayo wokujongana nezizathu ezinzima zokugcwala, iimeko zentolongo ziya kuhlala zingaguqukanga, ”utshilo uBallard. — eGoundUp

ubenikwe indawo, abazali mabaqinisekise ukuba bayasamkela isithuba nge-5 kaJuni 2020. Ukuba bafumana nje isipho emva komhla we-5 kaJuni 2020, kufuneka baqinisekise ukuba bayamkeleka kwiintsuku ezintathu, utshilo.

Amaxwebhu afunekayo esicelo: ikopi eqinisekisiweyo yesazisi / isiqinisekiso sokuzalwa; Ikhadi lokugonywa / Indlela eya kwitshathi yezeMpilo (iZikolo eziziiprayimari kuphela); ingxelo yokugqibela yesikolo yomfundi (ukuba umfundi sele esesikolweni) kunye nemvume yokufunda ekhutshwe liSebe lezaseKhaya (ukuba umfundi ngowelinye ilizwe).

Iliso labantu | MonthPHOTO End-February, ESSAY 2020

Iziyobisi kunye nenbumbulu ezifumaneka kwiibhasi ezimbini zaseWitsands STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU Abarhanelwa abaninzi babanjiwe ngamapolisa eAtlantis nge-5 kaFebruwari emva kokuba befunyenwe neziyobisi(Ntsangu) kunye neendiza ezazisetyenziselwa ukukhupha i-concoctions yetik kunye ne-mandrax.

Abarhanelwa abathandathu bafunyaniswa benemali eninzi, nangona le mali ibingachazwanga ngamapolisa.

Oyena mncinci kwabarhanelwa ababanjiweyo wayeneminyaka eli-18 ubudala kwaye owona mdala wayeneminyaka engama-37.

Isithethi samapolisa ase-Atlantis uKapteni uCyril Dick uthe emva kokufumana incam yokuthengiswa kweziyobisi kwikhaya eWitsand, icandelo lokuthintela ulwaphulo-mthetho lase-Atlantis lavela laya kugxibha umzi wabatyholwa.

“Ukuphendula ngokukhawuleza kwamalungu (kuthintelo lolwaphulomthetho) emva kokufumana le nkcazelo, kwabakhokelela kwikhaya eWitsand, apho bafumana isixa semali, enye intsangu, mandrax kunye netik sit,” utshilo uDick.

Uthe i-Atlantis SAPS yamkela intsebenziswano noluntu eyakhokelela ekuphulweni kweziyobisi.

Kwesinye isiganeko ngala mhla mnye, uDick uthe, umphathi wejenali yase-Atlantis SAPS, uLieutenant Colonel Devin Matroos, ngokubambisana neWitsand Neighborhood Watch, babamba indoda eneminyaka engama-32 ubudala kwikhaya lakhe eWitsand.

Uthe amalungu eWitsand Neighborhood Watch akhutshiwe malunga nekhaya apho kusenzeka khona izinto ezingekho semthethweni.

“Inkxalabo yabo yokuphelisa ulwaphulomthetho kule ndawo ngokuncedisa iSAPS ekulweni ulwaphulo-mthetho ihlawulwe. Xa efumene olu lwazi, amapolisa aya kule dilesi aza afumana izidumbu ngaphakathi kwekhaya lomrhanelwa. “ Uthe amalungu ebekekileyo elumelwaneni aqinisekisa ukubanjwa kwabemi, kwaye ubungqina badluliselwa kuMatroos.

Umkhosi weqela laseMilnerton u-Major General Jordaan wafumana indumiso kuluntu lwase Witsand ngokuzinikela kwabo ekuncedeni ukulwa ulwaphulo mthetho.

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ISIMEMO SEZIPHAKAMISO: INDAWO YOSHISHINO EMALMESBURY (UKUQESHISWA KWEKHONTEYINA) UMasipala waseSwartland kutsha nje ufumene iikhonteyina ezikwisiza 7516 kwiSitrato iJakaranda, eMalmesbury neziza kuthi zenziwe ukuba zifumaneke ukulungiselela le mibandela ilandelayo: • Indawo ethengisa ukutya • Isaluni yeenwele • Ithakhshophu • Indawo yeempahla (yokuthunga/yokulungisa iimpahla) Simema amashishini amancinci ukuba angenise iziphakamiso zoshishino ezingokurenta ezi ndawo, ngokuxhomekeke kule khrayitheriya ilandelayo:

IKHRAYITHERIYA: • Ngamashishini asahlumayo aMancinci naPhakathi (SMME’s) kuphela aselungelweni lokufaka izicelo.

• Ezi ndawo zoshishino aziyi kuba selungelweni lokuthengisa utywala.

• Abafaki-zicelo kufuneka bangabi namatyala abangekawahlawuli kwii-akhawunti zabo zikamasipala kwaye babe nezatifiketi ezibonakalisa ukungatyali Rhafu.

• Ngabemi bakwiiWadi 8, 9, 10 no-11 eMalmesbury kuphela abaya kuthi bavumeleke ukuba bafake izicelo.

• Umrhwebi/umnini-shishini lowo kufuneka abe ngummi woMzantsi Afrika, kwaye angenise incwadi yesazisi yoMzantsi Afrika esemthethweni.

• Iiyunithi zoshishino ziza kufumaneka ngohlobo lweyunithi enye kumnini-shishini ngamnye okanye kumzi ngamnye.

• Zicelo zabafaki-zicelo abasele besebenze ngempumelelo njenge-SMME ebhalisiweyo kwezi nyanga zilishumi elinambini (12) zidlulileyo nabasebenzayo kungoku nje eziya kuthi zithathelwe ingqalelo kuqala.

• Kuya kuba ngabafaki-zicelo abathengisa iimveliso okanye abavelisa iimpahla okanye iinkonzo ngokunokwabo abaya kunikwa ingqalelo kuqala.

INKQUBO YOKUFAKWA KWEZICELO: • Inkqubo yokufakwa kwezicelo iya kuthi ibe ngokuhambelana nemimiselo engumkhomba-ndlela ekwiSakheko seSizwe esingoPhuhliso loQoqoqosho lweLizwe, ngenjongo yaso yokuxhobisa iindawo zoluntu ezazifudula zingathathi ntweni.

• Iifomu zokufaka izicelo zabafaki-zicelo ziza kuthi zifumaneke kwii-Ofisi zikaMasipala kwiZiko i-Ilinge Lethu Thusong.

• Le fomu imiselweyo kufuneka igcwaliswe ize ingeniswe kunye namaxwebhu axhasayo, ibe nophawu olucacayo oluthi ‘Malmesbury Entrepreneurial Hub’ ize ithunyelwe kwabeeNkonzo zoPhuhliso zeSebe (Department Development Services) okanye ingeniswe nge-imeyile: swartlandmun@swartland.org.za.

• Ngabafaki-zicelo abaneefomu zezicelo nezicwangciso zoshishino ezihambelana nekhrayitheriya kuphela abaya kuthi bachongwe ze benziwe udliwano-ndlebe.

• Abafaki-zicelo abaphumeleleyo bayakwaziswa ngeziphumo zezicelo zabo.

• Ezi ndawo zoshishino ziya kuqeshiselwa amashishini amancinci ngokwesivumelwano sengqeshiso esityikityiweyo isithuba seenyanga ezingama-24, kukwakhona nethuba lokuhlaziywa ngokuxhomekeke kuhlolo lokuqhuba kakuhle kweshishini elo.

• UMasipala waseSwartland uyakumisela ixabiso lokurenta larhoqo ngenyanga kunye nemiqathango yokurenta.

UKUFAKWA KWEZICELO KUYAVALWA NGOMHLA WE-13 KWEYOKWINDLA/MATSHI 2020 NGENTSIMBI YE-17:00 Xa unemibuzo qhagamshelana noGustav Solomons okanye uHillary Balie kule nombolo 022 487 9400.

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

ATLANTIS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (ASEZ): SKILLS DEVELOPMENT — EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (ECD)

ATLANTIS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (ASEZ): SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

REFERENCE: RFQ 20 2020 The Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) development is a collaboration between the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Western Cape Government (WCG)’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT), Wesgro, and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) to facilitate the development of the SEZ in Atlantis.

The SEZ programme is an important development intervention tool to unlock industrial development, manufacturing, employment, technology and skills transfer, spatial restructuring, and amongst other opportunity expressed in different strategies, policies and plans of government.

The SEZ was launched in December 2018, when the licence was handed over to the Western Cape Minster of Economic Development and Tourism. The operationalisation of the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is presently incubated under WESGRO until the Atlantis SEZ entity is formally established.

Proposals are hereby invited for ATLANTIS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (ASEZ): SKILLS DEVELOPMENT — EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (ECD).

RFQ documents can be obtained from the ASEZ Project: Supply Chain Manager, Mr Rayyan Arnold, at rayyan@wesgro.co.za or tel. 021 487 8600 or downloaded from the National Treasury e-tender portal at: - https://etenders.treasury.gov.za/content/advertised-tenders and search under “Western Cape – Western Cape Investments and Trade Promotion Agency”.

RFQ REFERENCE: RFQ 21 2020 The Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) development is a collaboration between the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Western Cape Government (WCG)’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT), Wesgro, and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) to facilitate the development of the SEZ in Atlantis.

The SEZ programme is an important development intervention tool to unlock industrial development, manufacturing, employment, technology and skills transfer, spatial restructuring, and amongst other opportunity expressed in different strategies, policies and plans of government.

The SEZ was launched in December 2018, when the licence was handed over to the Western Cape Minster of Economic Development and Tourism. The operationalisation of the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is presently incubated under WESGRO until the Atlantis SEZ entity is formally established.

Proposals are hereby invited for ATLANTIS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (ASEZ): SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. Preference will be given to Atlantis-based service providers.

RFQ documents can be obtained from the ASEZ Project: Supply Chain Manager, Mr Rayyan Arnold, at rayyan@wesgro.co.za or tel. 021 487 8600 or downloaded from the National Treasury e-tender portal at: - https://etenders.treasury.gov.za/content/advertised-tenders and search under “Western Cape – Western Cape Investments and Trade Promotion Agency”.

Emailed proposals must reach us on or before 12:00 on Monday, 16 March 2020 and can be emailed to the ASEZ Project: Supply Chain Manager, Mr Rayyan Arnold, at rayyan@wesgro.co.za or tel. 021 487 8600.

Emailed proposals must reach us on or before 12:00 on Tuesday, 17 March 2020 and can be emailed to the ASEZ Project: Supply Chain Manager, Mr Rayyan Arnold, at rayyan@wesgro.co.za or tel.

021 487 8600.

For queries or additional information, contact the ASEZ Project: Supply Chain Manager, Mr Rayyan Arnold, at rayyan@wesgro.co.za

For queries or additional information, contact the ASEZ Project: Supply Chain Manager, Mr Rayyan Arnold, at rayyan@wesgro.co.za

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Dunoon Local Football Association reaps the benefits of development DAVID ROSSOUW The development of the Dunoon Local Football Association (DLFA) and SAFA CT has rapidly improved over the last couple of years, with the small soccer community’s goal being to invest in its youth and create opportunities for them.

In collaboration with ward councillor Lubabalo Makeleni, the DLFA has introduced an annual development programme. This is where Sthembiso (Stera) Stwayi stood out at a young age and was recommended to be trained as a referee with other candidates.

“All credit goes to my LFA “, said Stwayi.

Although it was difficult in the beginning, said Stwayi, he persevered with the referee courses and is now reaping the rewards.

In 2017 Stwayi was the fourth assistant referee in the SAFA Cape Town Coca Cola final for men Over 18.

In 2018 he received his level six certificate as a referee, after which he was allowed to appear in the DLFA matches in senior and junior matches to prepare him for the following course, level five, which he also passed with flying colours

in October 2019.

After a successful level five course, Stwayi was allowed to referee in the DHL Tournament for seniors and the Cape Town City FC Dream100 Tournament. With this experience, he has been allowed to handle SAB matches and ABC matches. Stwayi says he is very pleased with the opportunity the DLFA offered to him and other members.

“Nceba Ganiso, one of the best referees in the DLFA, played a big role during my training period and I really appreciate his support which means a lot to me in my refereeing career,” said Stwayi.

His advice to young people interested in refereeing is to put aside a lot of practice time and study the rules of the game. He said there are many opportunities for upcoming referees and especially for women.

When Iliso laBantu Sport asked him why he chose to be a referee, he said it was simply because he loves football.

“There are many challenges in games because teams try to intimidate you as they know you are new, but you must stay focused and calm in the game,” Stwayi said.

Round two of the Cape Hell Drivers championship held at Killarney International Raceway on Saturday 22 February 2020

THE MIDGET CLASS is a fast and dangerous spectacle. Emile gilliomee raises a wheel into turn two.

Photo: Colin Brown

EUGENE GRIESSEN tries to sneak inside francois muller in the 2.1 class. Photo: Colin Brown

ONCE THE RAIN HAD STOPPED, the 1660 class got off to a flying start, providing max entertainment with dirk binneman getting a helping hand from andre du toit. Photo: Colin Brown

MORNE RAUCH is all concentration while andre brand gives him “ the look” in the stock rod class. Photo: Colin Brown