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Man praised for saving woman’s life in gas explosion

Thandazo Platyi narrowly escaped being killed in a gas explosion and fire at Silverleaf Primary School, Dunoon. Photo. Peter Luhanga

By Peter Luhanga

Cape Town man is being praised for his heroic action after risking his life to save a woman trapped in a fire after a gas explosion ripped apart Dunoon’s Silverleaf Primary School’s kitchen. It is believed that a gas leak was the cause of the explosion, and subsequent fire, that left Thandazo Platyi severely injured in the early

morning hours of Tuesday, June 20. Platyi (39) who is a mother of three children aged six, 12 and 24 was working as a volunteer at the Primary school kitchen, cooking for 1200 pupils from grade R to 7. After the incident she spent two weeks at the New Somerset Hospital where she was treated for severe burns. The hero, Xolani Mguli (58), who is the school caretaker and Bongiwe Bikana (36), also a volunteer at

the school’s kitchen, escaped with minor injuries. The explosion caused extensive damage to the kitchen contents and blasted the prefab walls. Mguli, said Platyi borrowed matches from him to light the gas stove and when he was on his way out, the explosion went off, at which point he dived out of the kitchen. ~ continued on page 3

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Accusations of racism aired at property bills hearing

Isolabantu News Man shot dead in front of daughter and wife

Allegations of racism by financial institutions when it comes to granting township people mortgages to buy houses were aired at a hearing in Cape Town into two property bil s. By Peter Luhanga

he two bills discussed were the Property Practitioners’ Bill, which will repeal the Estate Agency Affairs Act of 1976 when it is enacted, and the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Amendment Bill, which sets out the disclosure requirements for home loans and mortgages. Khayelitsha estate agent Zola Mekula, who owns Zola M Properties, said with regards to the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Amendment Bill, he believed that financial institutions were racist and refused to approve mortgages to black people in the townships, even when the clients met all the required criteria to qualify for a mortgage. Financial institutions apparently labelled black people as “high risk”. “Banks are not transformed, they are discriminating against the township. They label townships as high-risk areas so they do not approve bonds. Banks are declining clients who can afford to buy property, who have qualified and [have clean]

credit [records], but because they bills to take back the control of are buying in the township, banks the country’s economy. [Neither] refuse them a bond … You want bill makes sense ... If the property to transform us, yet, financial industry is controlled and still in institutions are not transformed,” he the hands of white people, then it said. shows that we are still not free,” About 120 estate agency said Mekula. representatives He said that the and industry draft Property practitioners Practitioners’ Khayelitsha estate agent attended Bill would not the Cape help historically “They [government] are Town publicdisadvantaged using the bills to take back participation property the control of the country’s hearing. practitioners as economy. [Neither] bill Industry it made things practitioners cast makes sense ... If the property complicated. doubt on the Gregory Brooks, industry is controlled and bills, saying that, still in the hands of white of Brooks while it sought people, then it shows that we and Michaels Estate Agents, to regulate are still not free,” supported the sector and Mekula’s transform submission, saying the bill was not the level of participation of the benefiting historically disadvantaged previously disadvantaged arising groups. from the legacy of apartheid, the For example, Brooks said, if the bills did not fully and clearly bill was to achieve transformation, demonstrate how it is going to do it needed to lower qualification so. criteria for new entrants from the Mekula said the bills lacked detail. historically disadvantaged groups. “They [government] are using the

Zola Mekula

Indoda ethile iyanconywa ngokusindisa gqiyazana lithile

ndoda ethile iyavuyelwa emveni kokuba incede igqiyazana elithile ngokulisindisa emlilweni ovele kwi khitshi lopheka eSilverstream Primary School. Kuyavakala ukuba isitovu sokupheka sika gesi esivuzayo nguye unobangela wodubulo oshiye uThandazo Platyi enzakele nge June 20. uPlatyi, oneminyaka engamashumi amathathu anethoba, onabantwana abathathu abaneminyaka emithandathu, ishumi elinesibini kunye namashumi amabini anesine, ebesebenza njenge volontiya ephekekela abantwana abangama 1200 phaya esikolweni. Uhleli iveki ezintathu kwisibhedlele sase New Somerset West ephonononga amanxeba. Le ndoda incedileyo uXolani Mguli, oneminyaka engamashumi amashumi anesibhozo, kwaye ngu caretaker wesisikolo, no Bongiwe Bikana, naye ovolontiya ekhitshini

Mguli

lokupheka, naye wonzakele kodwa hayi kakhulu. “Ndimve ekhala. Ndincede, ndincede, abantwana bam. Ndikhawuleze ndajika. Ndingacinganga ngolwam ukhuseleko ndamtsala ngegxalaba ndamkhuphela ngaphandle. Iqhiya

yakhe ibisitsha ndakhawuleza ndayothula. Ebekhala esithi umlilo ungaphakathi kuyo ezimpahleni kodwa besingawuboni thina,” uthethe watsho uMguli. UMguli uthi kufike umama othile ephethe ipheyile lamanzi waligalela apha kulo mama utshayo. “Ibuhlungu into yobona umntu ekweliya uxinezelelo. Ndiqonde ukuba xa kukho ithuba lokuba ndimsindise mandenze njalo. Abantu bathi ndibeke ubomi bam esichengeni kuba wonke umntu ubalkile emvni kodubulo kodwa nangona uPlatyi ebekhala,” uthethe watsho. Isolabantu lundwendwel owakwa Platyi kumzi wakhe kwisekishini 23. Ebebotshwe ngamalaphu kubonakala ukuba utyiwa ziintlungu. Uthethe wathi oladubulo luchaphazele amehlo kunye nendlebe zakhe. Ngoku uxhomekeke kubantwana bakhe kunye nomyeni wakho ukuzinceda ngento yonke.

Also, some definitions in the bill were too wide. He admitted that the property sector was not transformed; as such, the discussions around the bill were relevant. “We need to look at this bill and include aspects of transformation right through the bill,” said Brooks. Mandisa Sinuke (60), who owns a property estate agency in Philippi township, said the bills’ terms of transformation were broad – it needed to be explained in detail. “Property ownership is a thorny issue because of its linked to the Group Areas Act. The mortgage bill is even worse because financial institutions are discriminating against black people,” said Sinuke. Anne Porter of Knight Frank Property, said that black people needed to acquire the necessary skills needed in the sector to enable them to enter the sector and fully participate. “We need to lift the level of skills in order for the industry to be transformed. Nobody wants to entrust their property to anybody to sell who doesn’t have the critical skills,” said Porter.

Uyabulela kuMdluli ngomnceda. Inqununu uMlungisi Fani uthethe wathi akayithathandi into yokuba isebe lemfundo le Ntshona Koloni lithi yena makazise ingcaphphe ngokwakhe zizihlola isizathu sikuba kuqhushumbe kuba kaloku isebe lemfundo lilo umqeshi. “Ziyafuneka ezangcephephe ngoba ziz kunceda uPlatyi ekubeni afumane okuthile ngoba wonzakele emsebenzini. Ukuba kukhona umgaqo othile ekufuneka siwulandele kufuneka sikwazile oko,” uthethe watsho. Isithethi sesebe lemfundo le Ntshona Koloni uPaddy Attwell uthi isebe liyakwazi okwenzekileyo kwaye luyaphanda. “Inkcaza esiyifumeneyo ithi lo mama wonzakeleyo ebevolontiya. Sithe inqununu mayizame ingcaphephe izokuphanda. Izicima mlilo zidla ngowenza umsebenzi okumila kunje,” uthethe wtsho uAttwell. Kwnzeke omnye umlilo kwiveki enye. UAttwell uthi isebe liyawazi nomlilo wesibini kwaye liyaphanda. “Isikolo kufuneka sicele ikxaso kwisebe lemfundo sizolungiselelwa umonakalo,” uthethe watsho uAttwell.

hair and beauty salon owner in Dunoon township near Milnerton was shot dead in front of his seven year-old daughter and wife in Mnandi Avenue on Wednesday, July 19. The Nigerian national, Blessings Mwadike was shot dead inside a shipping container from which he ran his hair and beauty salon business. His widow, Namatter Chumbira, from Zimbabwe, said it was at about 7pm on Wednesday when she stepped out of the shipping container to empty water from a bucket, at which point she saw a man wearing a beanie passing by, and when she entered the shop, the man leapt in and went to confront her husband, demanding money. Before her husband could say anything the man shot him. Her husband, she said, was shot in the nose, the chest, and also in the stomach. She said that the suspect’s friend had closed and manned the shipping container door all the time the shooting was taking place. Chumbira said that together with her daughter they watched their bread winner die. The suspect, after confirming that her husband was dead, searched his trousers pockets and pulled out the car keys and tossed them onto his body. She said the suspect that fired the shots that killed her husband later asked where they kept money, and before she could answer, he went and peeped into the cash counter but took nothing and the friend manning the door said to the alleged killer, “Let’s leave”. She said the suspects didn’t steal anything and at the time there was money in the shop and they had smartphones but they didn’t take anything. “I can’t believe that he is dead. Sometimes I think he will wake up and return to us. My daughter is experiencing nightmares. She wakes up in the night and says, ‘Dad was shot in the neck by skollies,’” said Chumbira. Milnerton Police acting spokesperson, Catherine Gore, confirmed the incident. “A male aged 40 was killed. There is no motive (for the killing) at this stage. The suspects are two males. No arrests have been made,” said Gore.

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New electricity tariffs ranking sparks anger D ISOLABANTU Reporter

ebra Moses would buy R200 worth of electricity and get 180 units which she would then use for an entire month! Now, Moses, who is a domestic worker, purchases the same amount of electricity and only gets 103 units, which doesn’t even last her one week!

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“I

heard her (Platyi) screaming, ‘Help me. Help me. My children!’ I immediately returned and without thinking of my safety looked through the burst prefab walls and grabbed her shoulders and then pulled her out. Fire was burning her doek and I frantically removed it. She was still screaming that she was burning inside of her clothes but the ﬁre could not be seen from the outside,” said Mguli. He said that the women who rushed to the scene removed Platyi clothes and doused her with water in order to extinguish the ﬂames that were licking her body.

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The 53 year-old Capetonian is amongst scores of frustrated residents whose property is valued at over R400 000 and have therefore been moved from the ‘Lifeline’ customer category to the ‘Domestic Tariff’ category, meaning that their electricity subsidy has fallen off, and was effective from July 1, 2017. “Because of the (City of Cape

Town’s) valuation of the house they (the City) told me that they have switched me to domestic consumption. They are charging my electricity usage on the value of my house and not the amount that I am using. My house has two bedrooms and has huge cracks that I still have to fix; from my domestic job earnings! I got an independent valuation of the house and it’s not even worth over R400,000,” said Moses. She said she has been employed as a domestic worker almost her entire life and is planning to quit her job; meaning that she would no longer be able to afford purchasing electricity in the domestic tariff category. Some residents from around Cape Town affected by the move are now venting their fury at the City of Cape Town via a Facebook page: #Electricitytarrifsmustfall. “Electricity tariffs are affecting us very badly. If you own a house of R400 000 or more you are automatically switched over onto the highest tariff. So, upgrading your house automatically gets you onto the highest tariff, which means it will actually restrict us from being able to do so. You are now being regarded as rich because of owning a property valued at R400 000 ... but having a bond is debt. We have people using electricity illegally but the people paying are being held accountable and have to pay more.

This is against our basic rights as they are making it impossible for us to even afford to buy electricity. People are suffering and cannot buy food because of this tariff,” Natasha Gertse wrote on the ‘Electricity Tarrifs Must Fall’ Facebook page, which by Monday, July 24, had already garnered 1395 likes. Speaking to Isolabantu, an Atlantis resident who did not want to be named as she works for the City, said even though she owned property valued at more than R400 000, it did not mean she could afford certain things. “Maybe we must sell our property and get a cheaper one. We are going to suffer. We have to cut certain things and there is a sacrifice to it. We have to cut our comfort. It affects a lot of other things,” she said. Meanwhile the City has decided to delay the implementation of the home-user electricity tariff for households on properties valued at R1 million or more which was proposed in the 2017/18 financial year. Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Johan van der Merwe, said this was after considering public input. “Thus, it was not implemented this year so that a more comprehensive publicity campaign and public participation process could be undertaken. Currently customers are still supplied either via the

Man praised for saving woman’s life in gas explosion “It’s sad to see someone in such a tragic situation. I ﬁgured that if there is a chance that I can still save her then I must go for that moment. People are saying that I risked my life because everyone that was near the explosion ﬂed, despite Platyi’s screams for help,” he said. Isolabantu News visited Platyi at her home in Section 23. Her face was wrapped in a bandage and she appeared to be in severe pain. She said that the gas explosion and blaze has severely affected her hearing and sight. She now needs the aid of her husband and children to go to

relieve herself and to bath. She said she will always be grateful to Mguli for saving her life. “He risked his own life to save mine,” said Platyi. The school principal, Mlungisi Fani said that the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) had asked him to find fire experts to come and investigate the cause of the fire. Mlungisi said it was unfair for the WCED to ask him to do so, considering that the department is the employer, and had a lot more resources compared to him. “We need a report from the

fire experts which will also assist Platyi to be able to claim occupational compensation because the tragic incident happened at work. She needs to be compensated as such. If there is a disclaimer it must also be made known,” said Mlungisi. Provincial Education Department spokesperson, Paddy Attwell, said his department is aware of the horrific incident and is investigating. “(WCED) district support provided counseling and will continue to do so. Our information is that the woman was a volunteer. We can confirm

“There have been improvements: Houses were built and there were more job opportunities for our youth. A lot of changes took place in the community.” – Elaine Bruiners, Scottsdene

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highly subsidised Lifeline Tariff or the Domestic Tariff,” said Van der Merwe. He said at the beginning of the 2017/18 financial year, all properties valued between R400 000 and R1 million were shifted off the highly subsidised Lifeline Tariff onto the Domestic Tariff and higher value properties were shifted across in previous years. He said residents should note that there is still a level of subsidy between Domestic Tariff customers who used more than 600 units per month on average and those who used less. “This means that although customers moved off the Lifeline Tariff no longer benefit from the same high subsidy, they are still able to buy electricity more cheaply than it costs to supply it, so long as their consumption remains under 600 units per month,” he said. He also said those who qualify for a pensioners or disabled persons rebate do not have to meet the criteria regarding property value to get access to the Lifeline Tariff. “All pensioners and disabled persons with a total household income of less than R15 000 a month qualify for the pensioners rebate. This includes legitimate tenants who otherwise would have received a partial rates rebate, provided that no member of the household may own property elsewhere,” he said. ISOLABANTU Reporter that our district office asked the principal to contact a fire expert. The fire brigade normally provides this service,” said Attwell. A week after the gas explosion, another fire occurred in the night, destroying all of the contents in one of the school’s prefab classrooms for grade 3 pupils. “The department is aware of the second fire incident. The school can apply for emergency repairs in line with procedure. The district office similarly asked the principal to contact the fire brigade to investigate the cause of the fire,” said Attwell.

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Amaxabiso amatsha ombane abanga iingcwangu

Debra Moses ubedla ngokuthenga umbane we R200 aze awusebenzise inyanga yonke ! Kodwa ngoku uMoses, osebenza emakhitshini uthi mncinci kakhulu umbane awufumanayo kwaye awugqibi neveki ezimbini. Lomama ongomnye wabantu abaninzi baseKapa ,abafumene izindlu zabo zibekwe kuluhlu lwezindlu ezixabisa ngaphezu kwam R400,000.00 ntoleyo echaphazela isibonelele sombane wakhe.

“Ngenxa yokuba isiXeko sase Kapa sinyuse (property evaluation) ixabiso lendlu yam lonto ithetha ukuba ndihlawula ngaphezulu kunakuqala. Bandityabula ngokomkhamo wendlu yam hayi ngokwendlela endiwusebenzisa ngayo umbane.Benze impazamo kuba lendlu yam ayixabisi lemali bayichazayo,” uMoses utshilo. Uthi njengomqeshwa wasemakhitshini akasakwazi ukuthenga umbane ohlala ixesha elide ngoku, kwaye unenjongo

zokuthatha umhlalaphantsi nto leyo izakumsokolisa ngakumbi. Intaphane yabahlali baseKapa abachatshazelwe yilemeko bavakalise iingcwangu zabo ngokunxamnye nesiXeko saseKapa ngokupapasha kumnatha we Facebook isikhalazo esithi #Electricitytarrifmustfall. “Intengo yombane ityabula gqitha...ukuba indlu yakho ixabisa iR400 000 nangaphezulu uhlawula ngaphezulu kunakuqala. Siyabulawa ngoku,

siyonzakala,”ubhale wenjenjalo uNatasha Gertse kulomnatha we #Electricitytarrifmustfall ku Facebook. NgoMvulo ubesele efumene abalandeli abangama 1395. Ethetha nathi umhlali wase Atlantis ongafunanga kuchazwa uthe olunyuso lwe property evaluation lungumqobo kwaye yena akakwazi ukuhlawula umbane ongaka. “Mhlawumbi kufuneka ndithengise lendlu. Siyasokola kakhulu , asisakwazi ukwenza izinto eziqhele ukuzenza. Imbi lemeko” utshilo.

Ukanti isixeko sigqibe ekubeni sinqumamise ukonyuswa kwamaxabiso ombane kwizindlu ezixabisa ngaphezu kwesigidi serandi. Omele ikomiti kasodolophu kwezezimali uJohan van der Merwe, uthe oku kwenzelwe ukuba kunikwe uluntu ithuba lokuphefumla ngesisiphakamiso.. “Sifuna ithuba lokuthetha noluntu oluchaphazelekayo ngoku, sizakupapasha sidibane nabo sixoxe ngalomba,” uVan der Merwe utshilo. Uthi ekuqaleni konyaka mali ka 2017/18 , zonke izindlu ezixabisa phakathi kwe R400 000 nesigidi zizakuhlawula okuthe chatha embaneni. Uthi abahlali abazindlu zingaphantsi kulomkhamo bazakuqhubeka befumana isibonelele sombane ngokwendlela abawuthenga ngayo. “Oku kuthetha okuthi nangona abanye beza kuhlawula ngaphezulu basenakho ukuxhamla ukuba basebenzisa umbane ongaphantsi kwe 600 units ngenyanga,” utshilo. Ukwathe abomkela indodla nabo bakhubazekileyo abasayi kuchatshazelwa koku.

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Residents unhappy with illegal dumping Residents in Dunoon and Atlantis have had enough of il egal dumping in their area

esidents are confronted with discarded school text books, broken beer bottles, women’s undergarments, cigarette packs, plastic bags, couches, building rubble, and used condoms strewn along the streets. “This garbage did not make it here on its own,” said Ester Adams who lives in Mexican Street, Atlantis. Adams said residents living along the street have since nicknamed the street, “lover’s lane” because they witness sex acts in cars parked along the street, in broad day light. “We find used condoms strewn all over,” said Adams. She also said that they have reported the illegal dumping to authorities but have received no response. “It’s a real shame. We have a refuse depot here where people can go dump. There is no excuse for dumping on our road,” said Adams. Pensioner, Jane Cronje (70), who lives in the same street, said that she is equally disturbed with the illegal dumping. Cronje said that the City of Cape Town’s signage – warning the public not to engage in illegal dumping in

Ester Adams and Jane Cronje shows Isolabantu News dumped school papers in Mexian Street, Saxonsea Atlantis.

the vicinity – was pulled down by the perpetrators. “They dump in the night. In the morning when we walk in the road we see garbage piling up. It’s not fair. We don’t have a problem with living here but the filth piling up at our doorstep is not according to our lifestyle,” said Cronje. Mayco member for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services, and Energy, Xanthea Limberg, said Atlantis and Dunoon form part of the 700 illegal dumping hotspots across the city. Both of these areas are currently serviced by a contracted service provider and are constantly monitored by City officials. She said the contractor has 30

workers responsible for cleaning the

Ester Adams

Resident of Mexican street, Atlantis “Residents living along the street have since nicknamed the street, “lover’s lane” because they witness sex acts in cars parked along the street, in broad day light. “We ﬁnd used condoms strewn all over”

Abonwabanga abahlali kukulahlwa kwenkukuma abantu benza unothanda. Asikho isizathu sokuba benze ngalendlela,” u-Adam utsho. Ugogo uJane Cronje ohlala kwakwistrato esinye uthi iyamkhathaza into yokulahlwa kwenkunkuma ngabantu.

bahlali base Dunoon nase Atlantis badikwe yeyekosa yinkunkuma ethi ilahlwe ezitratweni. Bathi babona iincwadi , iibhotile ezaphukileyo, igxwamsi ezindala, iikhondom ezisetyenzisweyo kunye nalwo lonke uhlobo lwenkukuma lulahlwe ezitratweni zabo. “Lenkunkuma ilahlwa ngabantu apho, abakhathali ngempilo yethu,” u-Ester Adams ohlala e Mexican Street e-Atlantis usixelele oko evutha ngumsindo. Adams uthi abahlali babona imikhuba mihla le kuba abantu balalana ezimotweni ezipakiweyo emini. “Sifumana iikhondom oko kwesisitrato,” u-Adams utsho. Uthi kudala besenza ingxeko zokulahlwa kwenkunkuma kodwa akukho manyathelo athathwayo ngabasemthethweni. “Lusizi olu. Sinayo indawo yokulahla inkunkuma kodwa

UCronje uthi isiXeko seKapa sifake iibhodi ezinqanda ukulahlwa kwenkukuma kodwa zisuka zidonculwe kwazona. “Balahla inkunkuma ngobusuku, sithi sivuka thina kufuneka sitsibe phezu kwayo. Siphila kanzima ngenxa yabantu abangcolisayo ” uCronje ukhalaza atsho. Omele iqoqo le Mayco kwi Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services and Energy uceba u Xanthea Limberg uthi ulahlo nkunkuma e-Atlantis nase Dunoon lungaphaya kokuqonda esithi bafumana malunga neendawo ezingama 700 ekulahlwa kuzo esixekweni jikelele. Uthi zombini ezindawo zicocwa ziinkampani zabucala kwaye zifumana ubunzima nangona ziphantsi kwengqwalasela emantla nje. ULimberg uthi namapolisa okuhlala aphsoe iliso kwaye azakutshutshisa nabani obhaqwe elahla inkunkuma. “Nangona sizama ukuba kufuneka abahlali basincedise

ekulweni nalomkhuba,” utshilo uLimberg.

Uthi iindawo ekuvame ulahlwa udoti kuzo zicocwa kabini ngonyaka kodwa imeko yase Atlantis nase Dunoon ibangela kuquqwe kubuyelelwa kuba ibeka iimpilo esichengeni. Uthi isixeko sinegunya lokuvalela iimoto ezibhaqwe zisetyenziswa ekulahleni iinkukuma ngokomthetho osungulwe ngo Agasti ka 2016 obizwa ngokuba yi Integrated Waste Management By-Law. “Lomthetho uvumela isixeko ukuba siyixuthe nayiphina imoto esetyenziswa ukulahla inkukuma kwindawo engavunyelwanga kuyo. Abo babanjiweyo kufuneka bahlawula isivumo tyala phambi kokuba bazifumane iimoto zabo,” utshilo. Uthi malunga neendawo apho kulahlwa khona udoti ezingama 700 sele zicociwe ukusuka ngo Julayi kwaze kwabanjwa abantu abangama 102 ngokwaphula umthetho. Ucele abahlali ukuba bafake ingxelo kwa 0860 103 089 xa bebona abantu belahla inkunkuma. Uthi mabancede baqwalasele inombolo mbhalo zemoto baze bafowunele inombolo engu 021 400 6157 okanye bathumele email kwa solidwaste.bylaw@capetown. gov.za

Couches and other garbage illegally dumped in Dunoon opposite the resource centre.

townships in question, in addition to this, there are also two dedicated law enforcement officers in Atlantis and four in Dunoon monitoring illegal dumping. “Despite the City’s efforts to monitor these areas, we still require assistance from residents,” said Limberg. She said, “All illegal dumping hotspots are scheduled to be cleaned twice a year, but more frequently in some areas such as Atlantis and Dunoon, which require specialised mechanical interventions. She said the City’s Law Enforcement Department impounds vehicles used for illegal dumping since the amended Integrated Waste

Management By-law came into effect at the end of August 2016. “The amended By-law allows the City to impound the vehicle of a person caught dumping illegally. The offenders can only reclaim their vehicles back once they have paid an admission-of-guilt fine, as well as, the impoundment release fee,” she said. She said to date, more than 700 illegal dumping hotspots have been cleaned by the City since July 2016, with more than 102 fines issued city-wide specifically for illegal dumping and littering. “The City has personnel to tackle the massive issue of illegal dumping, but we can do with more public and private sector involvement, as dumping is a result of public and private illegal waste management activities,” she said. She urged residents to report illegal dumping by calling: 086 010 3089. If residents have the culprit’s vehicle registration number and can identify them, to please call: 021 400 6157 or email solidwaste.bylaw@ capetown.gov.za

VAKALISA ULUVO LWAKHO!

IsiKhokelo esiluyilo soPhuhliso lweMihlaba engaMabala kaMasipala (MSDF) kunye neSicwangciso esiluyilo eSigqibeleleyo sezoThutho ngokuHlanganisiweyo (CITP) ISixeko saseKapa siphengulula isiKhokelo saso soPhuhliso lweMihlaba engaMabala (MSDF) neSicwangciso eSigqibeleleyo sezoThutho ngokuHlanganisiweyo (CITP) sesithuba esisusela ngowama-2017 ukuya ngowama-2022. I-MSDF inika isikhokelo kwisicwangciso semihlaba engamabala notyalo-mali sethuba elifutshane nethuba elide kwisixeko. I-CITP inika uGunyaziwe wezoThutho noPhuhliso lweDolophu weSixeko (TDA) , igunya kuthungelwano lwezothutho, kwizakheko eziphathelene noko kunye nakuzo naziphi izinto ezinxulumene nazo. Icacisa ukuzibophelela kweTDA kunye noxanduva lwayo. Ngokwecandelo 17 loMthetho wobuRhulumente boMmandla ojongene neeNkqubo zikaMasipala, uMthetho 32 ka-2000, uluntu kwakunye namaqela anomdla anikwa ithuba lokungenisa izimvo, igalelo okanye izindululo malunga nezicwangciso eziluyilo zeMSDF neCITP kwamasipala ukususela ngowama-24 kweyeKhala 2017 ukuya ngowama26 kweyoMsintsi 2017. Izimvo, igalelo okanye izindululo zingangeniswa ngezi ndlela zilandelayo: Ngefeksi: 086 201 1752 • Nge-imeyile: CITP: Gwyneth.daries@capetown.gov.za • Nge-imeyile: MSDF: Future.CapeTown@capetown.gov.za • Nge-intanethi: www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay • Izimvo ezibhaliweyo: Public Participation Department, 3rd Floor, Foyer H, Podium, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town 8001 • Ngokwakho: Kuzo zonke ii-ofisi zamabhungana nakwizakhiwo zamathala eencwadi IYunithi yesiXeko ejongene neNtatho-nxaxheba yoLuntu iza kuncedisa abantu abangakwaziyo ukufunda nokubhala, abantu abakhubazekileyo nabantu abavela kumaqela ahlelelekileyo abangakwaziyo ukungenisa izimvo ezibhaliweyo, ukuba izimvo okanye igalelo labo zibhalwe zize zingeniswe kwiSixeko. Qhagamshelana naba bantu balandelayo: Ngentatho-nxaxheba yoluntu jikelele: Andre Louw: 021 400 9809 okanye AndreA.Louw@capetown.gov.za Ngamaqela ahlelelekileyo: Zandile Mahlasela: 021 400 5501 okanye Zandile.Mahlasela@capetown.gov.za Isicwangciso esiluyilo kunye nesikhokelo ziyafumaneka ukuba zijongwe kwawww.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay, kwii-ofisi zamabhungana nakwimizi yamathala eencwadi yeSixeko. Ngengcaciso, qhagamshelana neZiko leNgcaciso ngezoThutho leSixeko saseKapa (24/7) ku-0800 65 64 63. ACHMAT EBRAHIM UMPHATHI WESIXEKO 92/2017

...the people’s eye

Koeberg Power Station employees celebrate Madiba month with chronically ill patients

n honour of the former president and global icon, Tata Mandela, Eskom’s Koeberg Nuclear power station employees – using their own resources – dished out soup and sandwiches to more than 400 patients at the Dunoon Community Health Centre (CHC) last week, on Wednesday, July 19. The nuclear power station officials also gave the facility a new look by painting the walls inside and also cleaning the surrounding area. Eskom stakeholder management manager, Lewis Phidza, said instead of volunteering a once off 67 minutes on July 18 as per norm, the officials have decided to take action throughout the month and beyond this in honour of Madiba. “We have 30 Eskom employees contributing (at the Dunoon CHC) but behind them they have 1700 colleagues that contributed their own money to celebrate the life of our former president and do our part to transform the areas near the plant. This will continue. We have Eskom employees pledging R1million from their pocket so that they can use the money to finance Nelson Mandela month and beyond,” said Phidza. He said together with his colleagues they started honouring the former statesman in Atlantis on Tuesday, July 18, by visiting an old age home where they painted the walls and cleaned the surrounding area and later visited a crèche outside of Bloubergstrand where they repaired the crèche’s derelict structures as well as painted and repaired broken cabinets in the kitchen. In addition, he said Eskom has identified two schools, one in Pella outside of Atlantis, and one in Dunoon where towards the end of the month they will donate school shoes to less fortunate pupils.

“The idea is to get the kids who are less fortunate to go home with two pairs of shoes and socks. We are adopting schools in vulnerable areas for a longer period. We will also donate reusable sanitary pads and other utensils to pupils to keep them in school. It’s a long project and we have decided that we will be using Mandela day in between,” he said. Also, he said that Eskom will be re-launching the Study Buddies programme targeting secondary schools in Dunoon, Joeslovo Park in Milnerton, Atlantis, and Blouberg. “We are going to make sure that pupils from grade 10 to 12 are assisted in Maths and Science and we’ll give them calculators and also, when they are preparing for exams, we can get our engineers, scientists, and doctors to up skill them. This will open

up a lot of chances for them to go to university and then, after graduation, they can come and work for us,” he said. Yewo Msalurwa, who came to seek medical attention at the Dunoon CHC, heaped praise on Eskom for dishing out food to patients. “I wish every day was a Mandela day,” said Msalurwa. The CHC’s deputy sister in-charge, Bernadette November, also heaped praise on the Eskom officials for taking money out of their own pockets in honour of Madiba and then feeding the patients at the facility. “We were actually surprised when Eskom approached us to tell us that they are going to do something at our facility in honour of Madiba. It came out of the blue,” said November.

Abasebenzi base Koeberg Power Station bagcobela uMadiba nezigulana

ezimasa itheko lokukhumbula uTata Mandela abasebenzi bakwa Eskom eKoeberg Nuclear Power Station babethe epokothweni benza itheko besonwabisa izigulana ezingama 400 e Dunoon Community Healthy Centre ngoLwesibini umhla we 19 ku Julayi. Ababasebenzi babhake amaqebengwana nezimuncumuncu baze emva koko bapeyinta iindonga zalapho. Imanejala yonxulumano kwa Eskom uLewis Phidza, uthi bagqibe ekubeni benza utshintsho ezimpilweni zababaguli ngokuthi babhiyoze usuku likaMadiba. “Siqokelele iimali saza sadibanisa ukuze sincedisane nezizigulana ngolusuku lubaluleke kangaka. Apha e Dunoon singabasebenzi abangama 30 kodwa zwenibanzi senze ingqokolela enkulu kubasebenzi abangama 1700 nalaphi siqokelele ngaphezu

kwesigidi seerandi sididiyela kolusuku ukwenzela namanye amaphulo ophuhliso,””uPhidza utshilo.

bazakuqala uhlelo loontanga apho bezakuncedisana nabafundi eDunoon, Joeslovo Park eMilnerton, Atlantis nase Blouberg.

Uthi yena noogxa bakhe baqala ngokutyelela ikhaya labadala eAtlantis ngoLwesibini umhla we 18 ku Julayi nalapho bafika bapeyinta bacoca, ze emva koko batyelela isikolwana sabantwana eBloubergstrand apho bafike balungisa okwaphukileyo bekwacoca.

“Sizakuthatha abafundi bebanga lesithandathu ukuya kwelisibhozo ukze bancedisane kwizibalo nakwinzululwazi, emva koko sakubanika icalculators ukuze balole ulwazi lwabo kwezizifundo ukuze bangene edyunivesithi,” utshilo.

Ngaphezu koko baphinde bandulukela ePella nase Dunoon baphisa ngezihlangu kubantwana abangathathi ntweni. ils.

UYewo Msalurwa obeze kufunala uncedo ekliniki yase Dunoon CHC, umncome akayeka uEskom ngegalelo lakhe lokondla izigulane.

“Siye sathathela kuthi iintsana ezisokolayo ukuze sibe nokuzinceda ebudeni bonyaka, hayi ngolusuku qha. Sibanike izihlangu, ikawusi kunye nezixhobo zamantombazana okuzigcina omile xa esenyangeni. Sizakuqhuba sisenza oluhlobo,” uhambise watsho.

“Ndinqwnela ukuba ibeyiMandela Day oko”,” utsho ngoncumo uMsalurwa.

Okunye uthe abakwa Eskom

Isekela mphathi apho uBernadette November naye uncome u Eskom ngoxanduva lwabo. “Basothuse kakhulu kwaye sivuya gqitha ngokwenza kwabo,” uNovember utshilo.

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Members of the non-profit, MyDunoon, dedicated their 67 minutes of community work by painting Dunoon’s boundary wall along Potsdam Road. Photos: Thuso Malinga

Late July | 2017

...the people’s eye

Kubangwa ubuhlanga kwintengiso zindlu Izityholo zobuhlanga kwimizi yezimali xa ijongene nophuhliso ezilokishini ziye zathiwa thaca kwinkomfa ebijongene nolwakhiwo zindlu eKapa kutshanje.

zityholo zobuhlanga kwimizi yezimali xa ijongene nophuhliso ezilokishini ziye zathiwa thaca kwinkomfa ebijongene nolwakhiwo zindlu eKapa kutshanje. Kulenkomfa bekuxoxwa umba ophathelene ne Property Practitioners’ Bill ezakuthi ithetha indawo ye Estate Agency Affairs Act ka 1976. Umhlali wase Khayelitsha nongumthengisi wezindlu uZola Mekula, ongumphathi we Zola M Properties, uthi ngokuphathelene

ne Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Amendment Bill, ucinga ukuba lomthetho usekelwe kwiingcambu zobuhlanga kwaye ubusetyenziswa ekuvaleleni abantsundu ngaphandle. Uthi imizi mbolekiso ngemali igqala abantsundu njengabo kuyingxaki ukubaboleka imali. “Iibhanka azikatshintshi tu kwaphela, zinocalucalulo. Ukuba uhlala kwindawo zabamnyama ulufumana nzima uncedo . Ibhanka ziyala ukunceda abantu

bethu nangona benawo amandla okuhlawula, benganamatyala ngenxa yokuba bethenga izindlu ezindlu ezilokishini. Sifuna kutshintshwe indlela iibhanka ezicinga ngayo,” utshilo. Malunga nama 120 amagosa akuthengiso zindlu bebehlangene kulenkomfa bekhupha imbilini zabo. Abo basebenza kulorhwebo bavakalisa amakhwiniba abo ngalomthetho mtsha kuba besithi awunamandla angako okuguqula umkhamo wentatho nxaxheba yabo babecinezelwe kumthetho wobandlululo. UMekula uthi lomthetho awunantswane. “Urhulumente usebenzisa lomthetho ekuthatheni amandla okunyusa imali. Kwaye asiwuva

kakuhle thina... ukuba intengiso zindlu isezandleni zabamhlophe ithi lonto asikakhululeki thina,” uMekula utshilo. Uhambise ngelithi lomthetho sihlomelo uyi Property Practitioners’ Bill awuzikunceda abo basokolayo koko uzakwenza kubenzima ukurhweba kubo. UGregory Brooks, we Brooks and Michaels Estate Agents, umxhasile oka Mekula kuluvo lwakhe esithi lomthetho sihlomelo awuxhasi bantu bemveli koko ubacinezela ngokungakumbi. Ngokomzekelo uBrooks uthi , ukuba lomthetho ufuna ukwenza utshintsho kumele ehlise umkhamo wokungenela kwabo babefudula becinizelwa. Kwaye uthe indlela ekuchazwe ngayo ezinye izinto

azivakali. Uvumile ukuba intengiso zindlu ayikatshintshi ncam kwaye kufuneka ingxoxo engakumbi. “Kufuneka uhlafunwe lomthetho ukuze ubandakanje utshintsho,” uBrooks utshilo. UMandisa Sinuke othengisa izindlu ePhilippi naye lomthetho awuvakali ncam usafuna ukuphuculwa ngoku ngakumbi ukuze wenze ingqiqo kubo. “Umba wezindlu unzima kakhulu kuba unento yokwenza nomthetho wobandlululo iGroup Areas Act. Umthetho olawulo intengiso zindlu wona uvumela ubandlulo ngokwebala nezimali,” uSinuke utshilo.

Isolabantu News Idutyulwe yabulwa phambi kosapho lwayo indoda eDunoon.

ndoda engumninimzi wevenkile yeenwele kwilokishi yaseDunoon ngase Milnerton idutyulwe yawunabela uqaqaqa phambi kwemveku yeyo eneminyaka esixhenxe nenkosikazi yayo. UBlessings Mwadikwe nongummmi noyinzalelwane yelizwe laseNigeria udutyulelwe ngaphakathi kwi saloon yakhe ese mnandi avenue ngolwesithathu umhla we-19 July. Inkosikazi kamﬁ, uNamatter Chumbira ongowaseZimbabwe yena ngokuzalwa uthi, ngesithuba

sentseimbi yesixhenxe ngokuhlwa kwangalemini yesiganeko, uthe xa ephumela ngaphandle kwikontayina abasebenzela kuyo ngeliya kuchitha amanzi uye waqaphela indoda ethwele ibotyo idlula kude kufuphi ne saloon leyo, uthe xa ebuyela ngaphakathi suka ngesiquphe kwambonzeleka ngaphakathi indoda ivathe iqaqaqa inyanzelisa umyeni wakhe ukuba ayinike imali. Uhambisa athi uChumbira uthe engekabhekisi nelimdaka umyeni wakhe suka lonqevu wakhupha umpu wayikhulula

irhuluwa. Uthi ixhoba loselwe ngeembumbulu empumlweni, esifubeni nasesiswini. Ngalo lonke elixesha lonqevu esenza elisikizi, untangandini wesisigilamkhuba uliva ngedolo ucango lwekontayina esenzela kungaqhweshi nembongolo, utshilo uChumbira. Umhlolokazi uthi bekunye nentombi yakhe eselula bebengathi basephupheni ngethuba bebukele ithembalabo liphuma umphefumlo. Emva kokuqinisekisa ukuba itshoba lilele umbethe kwixhoba oonqevu baye bampokotha

bekhupha nezitshixo zemoto. Isigilamkhuba ebesithulule iimvula yeembumbulu kuMwadikwe siye sabuza apho ikhoyo imali, emva kokuyikhangela indawo ekugcinwa kuyo imali akhange sithathe kwanemdaka isenti, utshilo uChumbira. Uthe ngethuba kusenzeka esisiganeko ibikhona imali yaye bebenazo neemfonomfono zesinqe zalamaxesha kodwa okukhwankqisayo khange kuthathwe kwanto. “Andikakholelwa nangoku

ukuba umyeni wam ubhubhile, ngamanye amaxesha ndiye ndicinge uzawubuya, intombi yam kunzima ulala ebusuku, imane isithi ‘utata udutyulwe entanyeni ngoonqevu”, utshilo uChumbira. Ibambela sithethi samapolisa ase Milnerton, uCatherine Gore usingqinile esisiganeko esithi, indoda enemnyaka engamashumi amane ubudala ibulewe, yaye asikaziwa isizathu soludubulo. Uthi kurhanelwa amadoda amabini, yaye akukabanjwa mntu okwangoku.

Warning to all water users in Cape Town Drought crisis: rain does not mean we can go back to normal

he City of Cape Town warns all of its water users that failure to reduce consumption spells disaster for everyone! Water usage has shot up to 643 million litres per day. This is 143 million litres above our target of 500 million litres of collective water use per day. The latest consumption levels are extremely worrying as many people believe that they can go back to normal behaviour due to recent rains. These recent rains are not nearly enough as we are still in a drought crisis. The drought conditions are the New Normal for Cape Town as a water-scarce region. To adapt to the New Normal, we have to change our behaviour drastically to save water while we still have water to be saved.

“Too many people are not listening to the City’s warnings and appeals to reduce their consumption. The rainfall has made a very small impact on our dam levels. The fact that we are still 143 million litres over our 500 million litre target per day means that those who are not reducing consumption are playing with everyone’s future in Cape Town,” said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services and Energy, Councillor Xanthea Limberg. Limberg said the lower than average rainfall, coupled with unacceptably high consumption, will hurt everyone as there are still far too many stubborn people who are not doing enough to save water to enable the City build up reserves for the terribly harsh 2017/18 summer.

“Dam storage levels are at 27,4%, but useable water is only at about 17,4% which is very low for this time of the year. This time last year dam storage levels were at 47,6%, with useable water at this time of year standing at 37,6%,” she said. “We are in a dire situation and Level 4b water restrictions require all water users to use less than 87 litres of water per person per day in

total, irrespective of whether they are at home, work or elsewhere,” she said. For information on how to adhere to the less than 87-litre usage requirement, residents should please visit the water restrictions page on the City’s website: www.capetown. gov.za/thinkwater and utilise the city’s new water calculator: http:// bit.ly/ThinkWaterCalculatorCT

Residents can contact the City via email to water@capetown.gov.za for queries or to report contraventions of the water restrictions (evidence should be provided to assist the City’s enforcement efforts), or they can send an SMS to 31373. She added that water supplied by the City remains safe to drink and is tested in accordance with the most rigorous safety standards.

SPORT JULY 2017 LATE FINAL

Cape Town Boxing pair to fight in East London

Two of Cape Town’s best exports wil be competing in east London on two different tournaments this upcoming weekend. The duo is Guguletu’s Toto Helebe who wil be defending his national bantamweight crown and Mzuvukile Magwaca who wil be challenging for the IBF international Bantamweight title.

ld bones Magwaca will be exchanging leather with a little known Nicaraguan champion Yesner Talavera in East London’s International Convention Centre on Friday 28 July 2017. The last time the Nicaraguan fighter fought was more than 12 months ago and he comes with a record of 15 Wins, 4 loses and a solitary draw. Meanwhile Magwaca comes with a record of 18 Wins, No loss, and only

2 draws. He is now looking for 19th Win and challenging his stablemate Zolani Tete as the number 1 pound for pound fighter in the country. Magwaca’s fight will be televised live on SABC 2 around 09h00 pm. On Sunday 30 July in Orient Theatre Toto Helebe will be defending his title against Cebo Ngema for the second time. The last time both Boxers fought in Cape Town early 2014 and Helebe

emerged victorious. This will be for the third time both Boxers face each other and in all other two encounters Toto Helebe was victorious. Toto Helebe has fought 24 fights winning 17 and losing only 7. He has been a national Bantamweight champion for atleast 5 years since he took the prestigious crown from Phumzile Matyhila in the same orient theatre back in June 2012. Helebe will be looking to pass Sandile Sobandla’s 3 title defences if he manages to defend for the 4th time only half of Deriick Whiteboy’s 8 title defences. The Bantamweight division is filled with 3 other international contenders in Zolani Tete, Ronald Malindi and Soboniso Gonya whom have opted to compete internationally rather than to challenge Helebe. This leaves Boxing pundits speculating about how most fighters are avoiding exchanging leather with Helebe. He was forced last year to fight as a super Bantam against natural super bantamweight campaigners resulting in 2 loses respectively. His fourth title defence will be under Rumble Africa Promotions of Terris Ntuthu and doors will open at 13h00 on Sunday afternoon.

Fielies joins Cape Town City

ape Town City have announced the signing of centre-back Taariq Fielies from Milano United. The 25-year-old had a successful trial period with the club and impressed club owner John Comitis. Fielies is no stranger to Comitis,

having come through the Ajax Cape Town development system, where the City owner was formerly a director. He only ever made a single appearance for Ajax though, as a substitute against Maritzburg United in the 2012/13 season. He spent the

next four seasons at Milano, making almost 100 starts in that time. Fielies will compete for a place in the side with with Tshepo Gumede, Robyn Johannes and new Mozambican signing Jeitoso. —PSL

Bantamweight champ Toto Helebe with his title. Pic by Yazeed Kamaldien