Isolabantu News July 2018

July 2018 MID JULY 2017

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Dunoon township near Milnerton is an open sewer!

Sinazo Zonke was spotted with sores dotting her feet and parents say that their children have developed rashes that itch and other sores as well because and a chance to of the unhealthy living conditions. Photo. Peter & stLuhanga.

Dunoon township near Milnerton is an open sewer!

For some residents to get into their homes along Mnandi Avenue, it’s a daily hassle as they have to wade through a stream of raw sewage bubbling up from manholes flowing past their homes.

Madlomo Ndamane, a foster mother to six young children, lives in a one-room shack situated along the sewage-strewn avenue.

Armed with a long-handled rake, Ndamane spends most of her day sweeping away the raw faeces, in order to divert it from flowing directly into her shack.

Behind her shack are also rows of communal toilets which are blocked.

Young children could be seen playing with their toys in the stream of raw sewage passing through their homes. One child was spotted with sores dotting her feet and residents say that their children have developed rashes that itch and other sores as well because of the unhealthy living conditions.

Mandlomo said she fears that their children risked contracting diseases in such an unhealthy environment.

Here, residents say service

delivery has entirely collapsed.

The raw sewage, residents say, has been bubbling out of the manholes for the past two months and numerous attempts to get the city to unblock the sewers have so far been in vain.

Also, refuse stored in shipping containers placed on the side of the road, was not regularly removed, creating a conducive environment for cockroaches and rats to breed.

Phila Mbono (36), owns a creche along the street. She said her business was suffering because parents cannot stand to step into the raw sewage flowing past the creche and do not want to expose their children to an unhealthy environment such as this.

Mbono said that when the sewers are blocked, sewage pops up in her toilet, in the shower and even in her sink in the kitchen.

Also, she said that the rats from the refuse shipping containers were huge and at night they invaded their homes, ransacking groceries and crawling into beds where they nibbled on children’s feet.

“We have rats as big as humans and they come in the night and eat our groceries and then nibble on our children’s

feet. The rats come from the informal settlements and the refuse shipping containers,” said Mbono.

She claimed that the rat poison supposedly to be provided free of charge by the City of Cape Town was being sold in spaza shops.

Community leader, Messie Mpukane, said the stench emanating from the uncollected refuse stored in the shipping containers, combined with the smell from the raw sewage, was disgusting, awful and unbearable.

Rere Maleiane, a beauty and hair salon owner, said that he has suffered profit loss for two months now since the raw sewage started flowing past his business.

Maleiane said that customers avoided his beauty and hair saloon because they couldn’t stand the stench.

He said that some residents have even stopped bathing because when they go outside they need to walk in raw sewage, and as such, they don’t see the point of trying to clean themselves.

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ecognising the lack of career information, a Cape Town woman partnered with

Dunoon’s Inkwenkwezi Secondary

School and hosted a week long career week, titled: ‘The Future Depends on What You Do Today.’

The inaugural career week ran from Monday, 25 June and ended on Friday, 29 June 2018.

The career week was also hosted to wrap up the celebration of the month-long

commemoration

of

Youth Month.

Youth Month honours thousands of students who took to the streets in 1976 to protest against the apartheid government’s intention to make the Afrikaans language a medium of instruction for all black students in the country. The apartheid police then shot dead many students and several others were left severely injured in the June 16, Umbhaleli Wethu

Urhulemente

wobandlululo

wadubula wabulala inkitha yaNgokubona ukunqongophala kolwazi

ngezakhono

emazi-

bantu logama abaninzi bashiyeke bezingxwelerha.

landelwe lulutsha, inkosikazi

UNomfundo Molemohi, uthi

ethile idibanise intloko ne Ink-

ukubone kulixanduva lwakhe

wenkwezi

ukuba makeze e-Inkwenkwezi

Secondary

School

ukukhawulelana nalengxaki.

Emva

kokufakan

intloko

namagunya esikolo, uNomfundo Molemohi baye babamba ucweyo lweveki phantsi komxholo othi :‘The Future Depends on What You Do Today.’

Olucweyo luqalise ngomhla we 25 ku June lwaze lwaphela ngoLwesihlanu umhla we

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ku June 2018.

Ukanti lenkqubo ibibanjelwe ukuhambiselana

kanye

ne-

mibhoyozo yenyanga yolutsha ebanjwa

minyaka

le

ukuh-

1976, student uprisings.

Nomfundo Molemohi, said that she took it upon her self to partner with the Inkwenkwezi Secondary School to host the career week.

Molemohi said: “This event was an initiative by a concerned citizen who took it upon herself to part-

Secondary School ukuza kwen-

ner with the school, having identi-

za oku.

fied a need for career information.

“Njengommi wezwe lakuthi

Despite improvements over past

oxhalabileyo ndibone kukuhle

years in Grade 12 results, only a

ukuba mandize kwaba ulwazi

few of the learners go on to further

endinalo, kuba ndibonile ukuba

their studies and thus, most of the

luyadingeka. Nangona iziphu-

past learners, are unable to break

mo zika Grade 12 zincomeka

free from of the cycle of poverty.”

bambalwa abafundi abaye bagqithele kumabakala aphezulu ngenxa yokuswela ulwazi nezimali,” utshilo.

Uthi ukuba abafundi banikwe

ithuba

lokujonga

am-

She said that learners at the school were exposed to the world of

actuarial

science,

statistics,

digital media, motivational speaking, opportunities in the property industry

and

entrepreneurship,

as well as, from traditional main-

lonipha igalelo lolutsha kumza-

athuba kwi Actuarial Science,

stream professions such as law

balazo ka 1976 owawunxam-

Statistics, Digital Media, Moti-

and engineering.

nye nokuhlohlwa kwesibhulu

vational Speaking, namathuba

ezikolweni.

kulakhiwo lwezindlu.

“We inspired 155 Grade 12 learners,” she said.

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Residents live in sewage FROM PAGE 1 “We don’t even feel like bathing because when we do, we walk through raw sewage and speeding taxis splash us with sewage. When we return home we come with the stench. The smell is all over the houses, in our beds and in our blankets.

It’s everywhere! We don’t even enjoy our food,” said Maleiane.

Mayco member for safety security, and social services, JP Smith, said that the most common way to become ill from the sewage was by hand-to-mouth contact during eating, drinking, and smoking.

“You can also get ill by wiping your face with contaminated hands or gloves. You may also ingest splashes on the skin and get infected by that matter. Illness can also result from skin contact, cuts, scratches, or penetrating wounds. Certain organisms can enter the body through the mucosa of the eyes, nose, and mouth. To mitigate these

risks, City Health conducts ongoing health and hygiene education to make residents aware of personal and environmental health risks. This includes hand washing, safe food preparation and the safe disposal of household waste and grey water,” said Smith.

Regarding the City of Cape Town’s rat poison being sold in spaza shops, Smith said that the City does not manufacture poison for its own use, as that would be illegal, but it purchases poison from registered dealers.

He said that after being approached for comment for this story, the City’s environmental health practitioners checked on spaza shops in Dunoon and illegally packaged poisons were found at one shop.

“Environmental health has engaged with the shop owner who has subsequently removed it from the shelves. Confiscation will be done by the Department CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

Armed with a long-handled rake, Ndamane spends most of her day sweeping away the raw faeces, in order to divert it from flowing directly into her shack: Photo. Peter Luhanga.

Young children playing with their toys in the stream of raw sewage passing through their homes in Dunoon. Photo. Peter Luhanga.

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FROM PAGE 3 of Agriculture in conjunction with City Health. An investigation will be launched into the source of the poison but there is no indication at this stage that the illegally packaged poison was obtained from the City,” he said.

Mayco member for informal settlements, water, waste services and energy, Xanthea Limberg, said that her department has worked diligently to unblock the sewers in Dunoon and remove the foreign objects illegally dumped into the system, causing these blockages.

Limberg said that the teams were currently facing various challenges while performing the necessary maintenance and upgrade work in Dunoon.

Some of the challenges, she said, included high blockage rates due to foreign objects being illegally dumped into the sewers, and regular vandalism and theft of manhole covers encourages dumping into the sewers which can lead to general litter entering the system; and the recent illegal occupation of the sports field site has closed access for sanitation vehicles trying to access and service the sand traps and mainline running under the field, which is

exacerbating problems in the area. The City has requested local structures to liaise with this group to arrange for vehicle access to be restored.

But there is some hope!

She said in attempts to resolve the recurrence of sewer blockages in the area, the City had upgraded sewer pipes, and that manhole covers are replaced on an ongoing basis to curb the illegal dumping of foreign objects, abuse, theft, and vandalism.

She said: “The sewer diversion project for Dunoon to reroute a portion of the sewer is already on the budget for 2018/19 and 2019/20. The total investment of this project will amount to R5 million. This sewer diversion project will assist with the surcharging of flows and reduce blockages in general.”

Regarding the rat problem, she said that the City health was aware of the rat concerns in Dunoon as it was an issue in most informal settlements.

She said that City health has installed an additional 570 block baiting points throughout the Dunoon area in the past financial year.

Limberg said that since 1 July 2018, City health has installed a further 77 additional points in the area.

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Meet the Dunoon man who started a business from scratch

He washes the residents’ municipal refuse bins at a fee

With no experience in running a business, no capital and networks, extreme poverty, and a lack of job opportunities, a Dunoon man was compelled to just go ahead and start a business from scratch, anyway; cleaning residents’ municipal refuse bins at a fee.

Residents living in RDP houses are provided with municipal bins but those living in squalor in the informal settlements, are not.

His business has been operating since 2016 and has created work opportunities for other vulnerable residents in the township.

The father of four children, Bulela Moloi (32), started the business armed with only a broom.

He then set out and approached RDP houses to ask them if he could clean their refuse bins after they had been emptied by the municipal refuse collection officials.

To his surprise, the residents agreed! one by one. And so he

started cleaning the municipal bins for them, charging each client R60 a month, this was a flat fee covering the whole month and cleaning the bins each time that the municipally came to collect the refuse.

He said the municipality comes to empty the refuse bins three times a week, on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Every Monday, on average, he said that he cleans 50 municipal refuse bins, and on Thursday, he cleans 80 bins and then 30 bins on a Friday.

His client database has kept on growing ever since.

“My client database is still growing. There are so many people here. I never experience problems with payments.

Dunoon is a bustling area and is situated near the industrial area. People don’t have time to wash their refuse bins as they go hunting for job opportunities while some have to go to work,” said Moloi.

“I am a social entrepreneur,” he said. “I always look at the

aspect of how I can help people – which is the social side – but I also look at how I can help myself economically because jobs are scarce in this area, even though we’re surrounded by a lot of companies.”

He has since acquired pressure washing equipment which he now uses to clean the bins.

He stores water in one refuse bin and then inserts a hosepipe, connected to the pressure machine, which is powered by electricity tapped at a nearby informal settlement. He then cleans the bins lined up in the street and thereafter takes the bins back to his clients.

He said that he was planning to buy a generator and a bakkie as his client database kept on growing.

“I am really looking for a generator and a trailer so I can reach a lot of clients. It would be quicker to get to clients like that,” he said.

Aphiwe Khedami, runs a restaurant business situated along Usasadza Street.

She is one of Moloi’s clients.

“He is doing a great job. No one saw the [business] opportunity. He has no competitors.

His work is very good. Cleaning refuse bins makes places neat and prevents rodent and cockroach infestations in the area,” said Khedami.

Moloi walks to his clients to collects the refuse bins, which he then washes outside the Inkwenkwezi Secondary School, and afterwards, takes back to his clients again.

He said that his pressure cleaning machine does not use a lot of water and he is aware of the level 6b water restrictions, which limit water usage to less than 50-litres per day, per person.

He said that he recycles the water after washing the refuse bins.

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Four killed in mob justice attacks

Four men accused of theft were killed, and one of them burnt beyond recognition in an apparent mob justice incidents which occurred on separate days, between Thursday, 12 July and Sunday, 15 July 2018, in the Dunoon township near Milnerton.

The Dunoon neighbourhood watch told Isolabantu News that four men were killed during a mob justice attack after they were accused of stealing.

Some of the slain suspects were accused of targeting and robbing women’s handbags when on their way to work but the victims screamed, at which point the community came out in numbers, caught the suspects, and then unleashed lethal vigilante justice on them.

“It’s sad. So far in this month, I am aware that four people (accused of theft) have been killed.

We don’t support people taking the law into their own hands.

We don’t support mob justice but we feel that people are sick and tired of the crime, which has been increasing every day and there has been no change,” said Noluthando Ludziya, coordinator of the Neighbourhood Watch.

Ludziya said that the Milnerton police claim – that they have dedicated a lot of policing resources to Dunoon – was not reaping the fruits of this promise but that the township was actually seeing crime on the rise.

She said that the rise in crime was as a result of the Milnerton police’s unwillingness to work together with the Neighbourhood Watch.

“The crime has been increasing day by day. People’s homes are burgled. Drug use has been increasing and this is what is

contributing to the increases in crime. People are getting robbed on their way to and from work. People have lost hope in the police. All the people killed were caught in the act of stealing,” she said.

For example, she said that the alleged thieves that were killed by residents in Dunoon’s section 28 and in the Bekhela informal settlement were all caught redhanded robbing women.

Another Neighbourhood Watch member, Sibongile Nomgcana, who lives in Dunoon’s section 28, said that last Saturday, 21 July 2018, he attended a funeral of a suspected thief who was killed in a vigilante attack. The suspected thief lived with his parents not far from his house.

“We went to Atlantis to bury him (the suspected thief) because his parents are my neighbours. I went to support them.

We don’t want people getting killed but we don’t support what they (the thieves) are doing. People get up early in the morning to go to work so that they can support their families and then they get robbed,” said Nomgcana.

He was critical of the Milnerton police’s weak enforcement of the law: “They do nothing and hence people are fed up and say that when they catch a skollie they will take the law into their own hands because they are just tired of it. Residents say that they know the skollies and so when a crime has been committed, and residents show the police the skollie, they don’t make arrests and these guys keep on robbing people,” he said.

He said about four suspected thieves have been killed in vigilante attacks between July 12

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and July 15, 2018.

“These laaities (children) when arrested, are taken to Pollsmoor Prison and then in no time are released back to the community where they keep robbing people,” he said.

He said at times, when they called the police, the police would not respond to incidents because they did not have enough police vans and that they had deployed only two vans in the area: one for taking complaints and the other for patrolling.

“So when you call them, they will tell you that a van will come but that van is busy with another complaint, while you have something urgent. That’s the other problem we have with the Milnerton police,” he said.

The Milnerton police spokesperson, Captain Nopaya Mady-

ibi, confirmed that one person was found burned beyond recognition at Yomelela street in Dunoon, on Thursday, 12 July 2018.

Madyibi did not say whether this was a vigilante attack or not.

“The reason is unknown and is being investigated as to whether or not it was mob justice and no arrests have been made,” said Madyibi.

When further asked as to the Neighbourhood Watch statement that four people have been killed in vigilante attacks, as opposed to only one, Madyibi said that in a separate incident, the Milnerton Police found a deceased man pushed down in the drain, head first, and that there was no information as to what had transpired.

The case, she said, was still

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under investigation.

“If there is anybody with mob justice information he or she can come forward so that the statement can be obtained by the investigating officer, for investigation purposes,” she said.

Another separate incident, she said, involved a minor that was also slain; this occurred in June and was not related to mob justice.

In all these cases no arrests have been made yet, she said.

“Milnerton SAPS urge the people not to take the law into their own hands and that they must report any criminal activities happening in their communities. Anyone with information can contact the Sector Manager, Captain Stemele, on 079 894 1465,” she said.

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Koeberg staff plough back for Madiba PETER LATEGAN, PETER LUHANGA & DAVID ROSSOUW

I

n celebrating what would have been global icon, and former president Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday, Eskom’s Koeberg Nuclear Power Station staff members, dug deep into their wallets to fund various community activities undertaken to promote the social welfare of impoverished communities located close to the nuclear power station. To honour the late statesman’s 67 years devotion to social justice and unselfish leadership, senior managers and other staff members volunteered much more than 67 minutes of their time, contributing to a need in three communities, i.e. Wolwerivier, Pella and Dunoon.

ADOPTING COMMUNITIES They started off with Wolwerivier on Madiba’s birthday on July 18. The plant’s stakeholder management manager, Lewis Phidza, said they painted the walls of a crèche, and donated mattresses for infants. “We also wanted to contribute toward their nutritional programme, so we treated a vacant piece of land earmarked for gardening and planted different types of vegetables.” He said Eskom has a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, with one of its core components was adopting a community situated in the 16 kilometres radius of the plant. He said in Dunoon and Pella, the power plant adopted the local primary schools and a crèche in Wolwerivier. He said Eskom sought to address specif-

ic needs at the adopted learning institution. “We engage with key stakeholders in the community and they point out the specific and pressing needs. We then spend 12 months focusing and addressing their needs in a strategic manner,” he said.

To celebrate what would have been Madibas 100-years, he said the power plant saw it befitting to select three days to undertake community activities that resonated with the staff members in these communities. This was besides the power plant ’s usual responsibilities when it adopts a community. “We felt, because it is 100 years of celebrations, we had to choose three days and make them all Mandela Day. We agreed on activities to prioritise on these days, with Eskom employees and managers contributing from their own pockets and volunteer their own resources. In addition, we then spend enough time contributing toward a particular need at these institutions,” he said.

PELLA LEARNERS EXCITED On Wednesday 25 July 2018 the selfless team visited Pella Moravian Primary school, greeted by several hundred excited and smiling faces. Phidza said Eskom staff painted the school walls and levelled out the ground in the school`s assembly area. They also donated books, school shoes, vegetable seeds and composite. They also

assisted with gardening activities, admiring the hard work that lead to some impressive crops. Like at Wolwerovier, the power plant spoilt the learners in Pella with some sweet treats and fruit. At the special ceremony, learners and teachers were addressed by Lewis Phidza and Marc Maree, “Honesty is one of the most important things in life and it is very important to maintain it,” Maree said in his motivational speech to the learners. Eskom also donated school shoes and socks to the school, while Phidza committed to donating school uniforms to some learners in 2019, in addition to a financial contribution. Phidza asked the pupils to pay attention and listen better to teachers and parents in order do better in subjects and achieve better grades. He asked them to pledge to look after their community and country to which they all shouted: “Yes we can!”

The Eskom staff were positively surprised by the excellent musical talent of some learners, as they sat through a performance of the school`s brass band, as well performances by the learners on various other musical instruments. One of the learner`s, Shanté, thanked Eskom for their contribution to the school, and cited a quote from Nelson Mandela.

“Education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world,” she said. The school`s principal, Margaret Dyson, thanked Eskom and all

his partners Cape for their selfless contributions to the school and the community at large.

SOPHAKAMA GETS FACELIFT Team Eskom engaged in similar activities and contributions to Dunoon’s Sophakama Primary School on Thursday 26 July 2018. Phidza said his team undertook some plumbing work at Sophakama Primary and painted several of the school walls.

Donations included school shoes, socks, books and treats for the children. Here the Eskom team replaced rusty gutters and fixed roof leaks and undertook electrical repair and maintenance. In addition, the team bought the school additional ingredients for soup to last for several weeks. Like at Pella Primary School, the pupils at Sophakama were asked to pledge to pay attention and listen better to teachers and parents and to look after their environment, to which they responded in one voice, shouting “Yes we can!”

He said after the Mandela Day celebration, the power plant will attend to various infrastructural challenges at the school that needs to be repaired. “We will continue addressing the needs up until the end of our financial year. After a year we will review the impact of our community adoption programme. Only then we will be able to determine the next community in line to

adopt. The ultimate goal is that through our community adoption programme as many people and communities benefit from our programme,” he said.

The programme focuses on education, health, infrastructure and community wellbeing.

In conclusion, Phidza heaped praise and thanked all Eskom employees involved in the programme, donating their own money, time and resources.

STAKEHOLDERS ARE VALUABLE He thanked the power utility for allocating funds through the Social Investment Programme (SIP) to ensure the success of the Adopt-a-community program. He also thanked the power plant suppliers and partners including New Age; Southey; Alstom, Koebec; Rotec and many others involved in different social programs of Eskom.

He said the power plant strongly valued key stakeholders located in communities close to the nuclear power plant. These stakeholders include school principals, community newspapers such the Isolabantu News and Impact News, and other individuals in different capacities that plant partnered with. Other stakeholders to thank was the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant Safety and Information Forum (PSIF)members “Together we believe we can make a world a better place,” he concluded.

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Dunoon hosts annual beauty pageant

STAFF WRITER

This was a first of its kind beauty

pageant,

successfully

On Saturday, 14 July 2018,

hosted in the township, thanks

some Dunoon youths hosted

to the Killarney International

a beauty contest, dubbed “Mr.

Raceway who sponsored tro-

and Ms. Supreme Being 2018.

phies to the winning contest-

ants.

Two Dunoon youths, Zubenathi Daca and Anita Mrwebi, were responsible for planning and hosting the memorable beauty event.

“We decided to start this great initiative because we have seen the lack of entertainment in our township, especially in the fashion and modeling industries. The idea is to keep the youth from indulging in immoral behavior,” said Daca.

The motivation to host the event was drawn from other townships in the Mother City.

Other townships, he said, hosted more than three different beauty pageants in one area in order to provide ample opportunity to many youths seeking to participate in beauty contests.

“We had 26 participants, some from outside of Dunoon.

Most participants came as far as Delft, Khayelitsha, and Stellenbosch. It’s every pageant’s custom to enable the youth to partake in the pageant of their choice and at any location. This is to uplift each other and for them to go out and give their tremendous experience and views, in a beauty pageant, hosted in another township,” said Daca.

He said he hoped that in the upcoming beauty contents, they would recruit more youths from Dunoon in order to repre-

sent the township, because in past contests, Dunoon was not well represented, which was embarrassing.

The beauty pageant, he said, was an annual event and it appealed to more companies of goodwill to sponsor community driven events and projects.

“The main aim of hosting the event was also to raise funds to help the less fortunate children attending the local Dunoon Primary schools, but things didn’t go as planned as we had to dig deep into our pockets to pay for the venue and sound equipment hire,” he said.

“I am so humbled for the opportunity given to me by the Mr & Ms. Supreme Being pageant.

It’s the first time such an event has been hosted in our community but it already feels like it’s been around for years,” said Nathi August, a Dunoon contestant.

In the category of thick models, Athenkosi Seplani, from Delft, walked away with the title, while in the Mr. Supreme Being category, Xolile Zamla, from Dunoon, was crowned the second prince; Lwando Magovu, from Delft, walked away with the title.

In the Ms. Supreme Being category, MonaLisa Komisa, from Dunoon, was crowned as the first ever queen.

Daca thanked a list of organisations and individuals who

had contributed to the event’s success.

The organisations and individuals include the Dunoon based Zusakhe Educare, which

opened its doors to the Dunoon contestants to use one of its prefab classrooms for rehearsals; Thuso Malinga from OneShotMedia

who

volunteered

to shoot pictures of the contest for free of charge; the S’jabane Net Suu crew who helped with the planning of the event; The Isolabantu

News

publisher

and managing editor Peter Luhanga; Pieter Cronje from the Killarney International Raceway; and also local brands: PUON, Lokal Wear & Iyenzeka Lewei, who showcased their designs and merchandise at the event.

“If we hosted such events quite often to train the youth and equip them, all of the titles would’ve been won by people from our community. With no regrets whatsoever, the Supreme Being contest is here for that, in future competitions,” said Daca.

“It was not easy, we stressed and sweated in organising the event. But through it all, we managed to stick together, and pull it off. We look forward to the near future and the Mr & Ms. Supreme Being 2019,” said Daca

Kubanjwe ukhuphiswano loonobuhle eD’town

Umbhaleli Wethu Ibingamayeye ngethuba kubanjwe ukhuphiswano loonobuhle eolubizwa ngokuba

ngu “Mr & Ms. Supreme Being 2018 eDunoon kutshanje.

Ibikokuqala kubanjwa umcimbi okumila kunje kwaye, oku kwenzeke ngenkxaso ephu-

ma kwi Killarney International Raceway ngokuthi inikeze ngamabhaso kwabaphumeleleyo.

Isibini sase Dunoon u Zubenathi Daca no Anita Mrwebi ngabo abathe baququzelela olukhuphiswano luyimbali kulelokishi.

“Sigqibe ekubeni senze lomsitho ngenxa yokuba zinqongophele iindlela zokwanwabisa ulutsha elokishini, ingakumbi kwicandelo lefashoni nokucondoba eqongeni,” uDaca uphefumla atsho.

Bathi inkuthazo yokwenza oku bayifumene kwezinye iilokishi zeKapa nalapho ukhuphiswano olu kumila kunje kuyinto yomhla nezolo enika ulutsha ithuba lokuthatha inxaxheba.

Ezinye iilokishi zibanawo nakathathu okanye kane lamakhuphiswano.

“Bekukho malunga nabathathi nxaxheba abangama 26, bambi besuka ngaphandle kwe Dunoon kwindawo ezifana ne Delft, Khayelitsha ne Stellenbosch. Iqhelekile into yokuba ukhuphiswano luvuleleke kumntu wonke

ofuna ukuthatha inxaxheba.

Oku sikwenzela ukunyusa iitalente namava abo kulomcimbi woonobuhle,”uDaca udomboza atsho.

Uhambisa athi uthemba ukuba abo bathathe inxaxheba bazakukhuthaza abanye ukuba bangenele kwixa elizayo nanjengoko bebembalwa abase Dunoon.

Uthi olukhuphiswano luzakubanjwa minyaka le kodwa bafuna inkxaso kumashishini nakwabo bangowothiyo umlilo.

“Eyona njongo yokubamba olukhuphiswano kukuba sinyusa ingxowamali ukuze since abantwana abaphuma kumakhaya asokolayo abafunda eDunoon Primary Schools kodwa sihambe kakubi saphela sisebenzisa iimali zethu,”utshilo.

“Ndivuya kakhulu kukuba ngomnye wabathathe inxaxheba ku Mr & Ms. Supreme Being Pageant kuba lonto indinike isibindi sokuzithemba. Bendiqala kodwa ngoku ndiziva ndinamava ongafunga uthi ndineminyaka ndisenza oku,” utshilo uNathi August

wase Dunoon.

Kwicandelo lonobuhle abatyebileyo kuphume phambili u-Athenkosi Seplani wase Delft, logama kuchongwe uXolile Zamala wase Dunoon njengesekela Mr. Supreme Being logama u Lwando Magovu wase Delft ephume phambili.

UMonaLisa Komisa wase Dunoon nguye othathe intshinga ka Ms. Supreme Being emva kokushiya uthotho ngemva.

UDaca wenze umbulelo ongazenzisiyo kubantu abathe baxhasa lomcimbi.

Imibutho ethe yanceda iquka iZusakhe Educare Centre ethe yanika abathathi nxaxheba indawo yokuzilungiselela, uThuso Malinga wase OneShotMedia obenqakraza ngekhamera, iS’jabane Net Suu ebesicwangcisa lomcimbi.

Umpapashi we Isolabantu News uPeter Luhanga; uPieter Cronje wase Killarney International Raceway; abakwa PUON, Lokal Wear & Iyenzeka Lewei, baye banconywa ngegalelo labo.

Nangona isina imvula, oko akuthethi ukuba kufuneka siyeke ukonga amanzi.

Nceda uhlale kwiilitha ezingama-50 ngosuku kwaye ukuba igalela ngamandla imvula, beka amabhakethe phandle, ukhongozele amanzi.

UKUZE UFUMANE ENYE INGCACISO, NDWENDWELA KWA CAPETOWN.GOV.ZA/THINKWATER

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Dibana nendoda yase Dunoon eyaqala ishishini phantsi Uhlamba imigqomo yabantu ngexabiso

Umbhaleli Wethu Ingenamava, isakhono namali sokuqala ishishini, indoda yase Dunoon yanzeleka ukuba ihlambe imigqomo yokuhlala ukuze ibeke ukutya etafileni.

UMbulelo Booi ominyaka engama 32 wabona ithuba lokuba xa anokuthi acoce imigqomo yenkukuma yaselokishini wayenokuthi afumane ubumadlana. Uqalise ngowe 2016 okwenza oku waze wa-

vula izithutyana zomsebenzi .

UMbu nongutata kubantwana abane , uqale esebenzisa umtshayelo omnye kuphela kodwa ngoku unezixhobo eziliqela ezibandakanya ipressure washing machine.

Ukucocwa kumgqomo ngamnye kumenzela ingeniso eyi R60 ngenyanga kwaye uyicoca kathatha ngeveki imigqomo ngeMivulo, Lwesibini nango Lwesihlanu.Veki nganye uhlamba malunga nam 160

emigqomo kwaye elinani liyanda mihla le.

“Liyakhula inani kuba baninzi abahlali kulendawo kwaye bayawuthanda umsebenzi wam , andifumani ngxaki xa kufuneka bendihlawule,” uqhayisa atsho uMoloi.

“Ndingusomashishini okhasayo kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndenza umsebenzi obalulekileyo, kwelixesha lethu kuhle ukuzenzela umsebenzi kuba unqabile wona. Nam ndinika abanye ithuba ngokuthi ndibaqeshe,” utsho ke uBooi.

Uceba ukuthenga igenerator nebakkie ngenxa yokuba liyakhula uxanduva lwakhe.

“Ndijonge phambili ekubeni ndithenge ezizinto ukuze ndiqhbele phambili nomsebenzi wam, ndize ndikwazi ukuya nokuba umntu uhlala kude,” uBooi uvakalisa atsho.

U Aphiwe Khedami, oqhuba ishishini lendlu yokudlela eUsasadza Street ungomnye wabantu abasebenzisa uBooi, kwaye ugcwele luncumo.

“Wenza umsebenzi omhle kakhulu. Akukho mntu wakhe wayicinga lento ayenzayo kwaye yedwa umakhonya apha. Ukugcinwa kwemigqomo icocekile kunciphisa ukwanda kwamaphela neempuku,” utsho uKhedani.

Rooibos tea can correct bodily imbalances in winter

Unsettled weather, coupled with lack of sunshine, colds and flu, and reduced physical activity are all synonymous with the winter season, but the combination of these factors can also disturb the body’s equilibrium.

Incorporating certain foods and herbs such as Rooibos tea into our diet can help to correct these bodily imbalances naturally.

Signs that our bodies are not in balance could include indigestion, joint pain, dehydration, dry skin, reduced metabolism, high blood pressure, depression, lingering colds and flu etc.

Prof Christo Muller, Chief Scientist at the SA Medical Research Council says chilly, wintery weather usually results in

less blood supply to the extremities, since blood is moved to the interior of the body to protect vital organs against falling temperatures, but explains that this also has a downside. Especially in the elderly and compromised individuals, slower blood circulation tends to impair the immune system and diminish its ability to stave off the common cold and flu viruses for example.

“Drinking hot Rooibos tea throughout the day will not only help to warm up the body, but its soothing effect can help to reduce general anxiety and tense muscles to relax. It’s beneficial effects on the body’s an-

tioxidant defences will also give the immune system an added boost,” he says. Rooibos contain polyphenols that have anti-inflammatory and antiviral

qualities that help with fighting colds and flu, and other diseases.

Muller says wintertime typically also correlates with increases in blood pressure.

“Colder weather may increase blood pressure as the blood vessels tense up. Rooibos tea not only relieves respiratory conditions, but may also reduce high blood pressure.

Winter darkness and lack of outdoor activity can also negatively affect one’s mood and in some cases cause seasonal affective disorder – a category of depression that emerges particularly during the winter season.

“One of the best ways to naturally improve our mood is by eating a wholesome diet containing fruit, vegetables and fish that help protect against oxidative stress - a risk factor for developing disorders such as depression,” notes Prof Muller. “Adding Rooibos to your daily diet supplements your intake of beneficial polyphenols without adding extra calories.

Experts recommend drinking up to six cups a day for optimal health benefits.”

Rooibos’ anti-spasmodic properties also helps to soothe the digestive tract and may also help to prevent and alleviate joint pain and arthritis, which tend to worsen during the cold winter months.

Isilumkiso malunga neenqwelo ezibiweyo Abantu abanemoto ezibiweyo baye balahlekiswa ngelithi iinqwelo zabo zifumanekile. Umnini moto uye afowunelwe ngoorhunta besithi makafake intlawulo kwa Shoprite nesiqinisekiso sayo ngokunjalo ukuze afumane inqwelo yakhe. Emva koko umnini moto ufumana ingxelo ethi uzakufuman imoto yakhe. Amapolisa alumni kiss ngelithi uluntu malubaze amehlo kuba wona awahlawulisi mntu ngeemoto ezibiweyo.

Akuvumelekanga nabani na ukuba makafumane intlawulo ngenqwelo ebiweyo okanye amaphepha ayo. “Abantu mabazi ukuba lo ngumkhuba kwaye kuza kubanjwa nabani obandakanyekayo” —utshilo u Captain Nopaya Madyibi othethela amapolisa.

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#UniteBehind accuses Epping company of buying copper stolen from railways SA Metal says its staff are trained to identify stolen material and to alert management immediately

About 50 people picketed outside the SA Metal Group in Epping on Thursday, demanding an end to the buying and selling of stolen copper. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Mary-Anne Gontsana About 50 people picketed outside the SA Metal Group in Epping on Thursday 26 July, demanding an end to the buying and selling of stolen copper.

The picket, organised by #UniteBehind, is part of its #FixOurTrains campaign. The theft of industrial copper cables used by state owned enterprises, such as the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is one of the biggest challenges facing the rail system.

Picket organiser Zukiswa

Vuka said, “The hardest hit people are those living in our poor communities.”

“People steal copper in our communities, then bring it here to SA Metal to sell. They do not even produce any identification when coming here. … In Cape Town, there is no copper mine but the amount of copper we have is huge. Where are our people getting this copper?” asked Vuka. #UniteBehind member June Esau addressed the crowd saying SA Metal was encouraging thieves to steal metal. “When

there are no signals on the trains, blame SA Metal. When you are in the train and it suddenly gets stuck, remember SA Metal. SA Metal should stop buying stolen copper, if we were to go inside these premises we would find stolen copper,” said Esau.

Placards read: “SA Metal must report any people trying to sell copper” and “Down with cable theft”.

SA Metal director Graham Barnett came out to accept and sign a memorandum from the picketers.

Some of the demands on the detailed memorandum included that SA Metal not accept stolen copper; must submit all copper in its yard for inspection; must report the selling of stolen copper; and should be prosecuted if found with stolen metal in its yards.

Barnett told GroundUp in an email, “SA Metal does not purchase any stolen copper. It purchases scrap copper. Scrap copper arises from many different sources.”

In a pamphlet handed over to the picketers by Barnett, it

stated that SA Metal buys copper wires and cables sold by Eskom, Telkom, Transnet, PRASA, municipalities, and others on tenders and auction.

“All our purchasing staff are trained to identify such [stolen] material and to alert management immediately if any such material is delivered. We regularly receive warnings of specific metal which has been stolen and if such metal is delivered to any of our yards, the owners are immediately notified,” it stated.

—GroundUp

I was naked when officials burst into my shack City of Cape Town demolishes shacks in Nkandla Vincent Lali

Ntombi Arosi was volunteering as a cook at Masibambane High School when her sister phoned to tell her that her shack was being demolished by officials.

Her building materials were confiscated. “I’m heart-broken. I don’t know where I will stay now,” she said. Photo: Vincent Lali

Ten shacks, which residents say were occupied, and one unoccupied shack were demolished by law enforcement officials in Nkandla informal settlement in Kraaifontein on Friday 20 July 2018, according to Zukile Dyantyi of the Social Justice Coalition.

Siphokazi Ndengane said when officials burst into her shack she was stark naked and busy bathing. “I was shocked and embarrassed,” she said.

“Now residents mock me about the incident.”

Ndengane said officials

quickly retreated and left her alone.

Dyantyi said, “The residents screamed and asked the officials to allow them to move their belongings out first, but they paid no attention to their pleas.” Officials agreed however not to seize some shack owners’ building materials, he said.

Myekiso Lobothi said officials arrived as he was busy tidying up his shack. His shack was one of those demolished. He rebuilt it later on Friday. He said this was the ninth time he had done so since March.

He used to rent a backyard shack for R400 in section 16

before he moved to Nkandla in Bloekombos. He works on a part time basis for local builders. “I struggle to even buy myself food.”

Councillor Xanthea Limberg, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Informal Settlements, said, “The City will continue to act to prevent the illegal occupation of land and will continue to direct available resources into new housing opportunities for those on the waiting list and the provision of services for existing settlements.”

—GroundUp

SPORT

July 2018

PSL confident of going ahead with new season after beating Ajax 3-0 in court

Premier Soccer League (PSL) legal representative Dennis Sibuyi (in black jacket) addresses the media outside the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo: Veli Nhlapo. Source: The Times Live ISOLABANTU NEWS The Premier Soccer League is now confident of going ahead with preparations for the start of the 2018/2019 season after scoring a 3-0 legal win in their battle against Ajax Cape Town at the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday 26 July 2018, according to a report.

PSL’s legal representative Denis Sibuyi refused to call it a 3-0 victory but admitted that the outcome of the court proceedings brought huge relief to the PSL, the Times Live reported.

“If we were in the soccer field I would say 3-0‚ but for now I will ignore that.

The Times Live wrote: “Ajax

withdrew their interdict application‚ which simply means the league will commence as scheduled‚” said a beaming Sibuyi.

According to the Times Live: The matter stems from the dispute over the eligibility of former Ajax striker Tendai Ndoro‚ who played for the Cape Town club towards the end of last season.

Ndoro signed for Ajax having already played for Orlando Pirates and Saudi Arabian club Al Faisaly in the same calendar season‚ which is against the rules of Fifa.

The rules state that a player can register for three but only feature for two in official matches if he had played in the

leagues with seasons that run concurrently.

Sibuyi also clarified that as things stand ‚ Ajax have been relegated to the National First Division as per arbitrator Advocate William Mokhari’s ruling which was handed down before Judge Denis Fisher’s on July 2.

“In simple terms‚ Mokhari’s award stands‚” said Sibuyi.

Mokhari’s award also means AmaZulu‚ who were in the top 8 after Judge Fisher’s ruling‚ now find themselves outside while SuperSport United are back in and will face Orlando Pirates on August 11.

Sibuyi further noted that the Ajax’s interdict application was part of the three that they lost (some with costs) in court on

Thursday.

“The first one was an application for leave to appeal which was brought by the league (and opposed by Ajax)‚ while the second one was what we call section 18 which was brought

by Ajax‚“ Sibuyi said.

“The reason why Ajax brought that section 18 application was a two-pronged approach in a sense that even if the PSL is given leave to appeal‚ it means the decision of Judge Denise Fisher remains suspended.

“But Ajax withdrew this application (section 18)‚ which simply means the decision of Judge Fisher still stands (but that doesn’t mean the league can’t commence before the leave to appeal proceedings).

“The third application was

by Ajax to interdict the commencement of the league which is due to commence on the 4-5 August. They also withdrew that application.”

In the first matter which was before Judge Fisher‚ the PSL was granted leave to appeal‚ while in the other two Ajax decided to withdraw their applications‚ leaving the league with leeway to go ahead with their preparations for the start of the season.

The league had already issued its full Absa Premiership fixtures on Monday and minutes after the proceedings in court were concluded‚ the MTN 8 fixtures and venues were also made public.

The PSL will be launching the MTN 8 at the Johannesburg Park Station on Monday.

“All the three applications have been disposed of but what is left is for the appeal that has been given to PSL to be heard‚” he said.

Sibuyi explained that the reason for the league to go ahead with their appeal is because the issue of Judge Fisher’s judgment ‚ which essentially reinstated Ajax to the PSL‚ still stands until it is set aside.

“Remember that once Judge Fisher’s judgment has been dealt with‚ it will pave the way for determination of Ndoro’s case on whether he was eligible or not‚“ he said.

“So we had to go ahead with leave to appeal.”