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Out of order toilets and horrible attracts flies, rats and other pests such as cockroaches. All of these, but stench Some of the public toilets at the especially flies, are known to spread Freedom Square Taxi rank, opposite infection. If there are faeces on the the Natalia building, are broken and street, this is totally unacceptable and needs to be addressed by the local cannot be used by the public. “We use the toilets, but most of the authorities.” No toilets for street vendors time there is no water so we are not The issue of the unavailability of able to wash our hands after we have done so,” said Nompilo Mkhize from ablution facilities for illegal informal traders has been raised at the Northdale. The Freedom Square taxi rank Executive Committee (Exco) meeting. public toilets are free to use and most With the city structuring its informal of the time, toilet paper is provided to tradeeconomy,itwasoncehighlighted that with illegal traders not having the public by Msunduzi employees. Itisstillnotclearwhetherornotthe access to ablution facilities and water R2 charge might affect the municipal services, it is unhygienic for them to sell public toilets at the Imbali taxi rank refreshments to the public. Proximity of buildings along Pietermaritz Street in the near Municipal manager Mxolisi Nkosi future. These public toilets are a health hazard, with a horrible stench that fills told Exco that the Publicity House the air and leaking sewage pipes. On toilets are located next to the KZN rainy days, the sewage seeps through Premier’s office, the Magistrate’s Court the pipes and gathers at the bottom and Parliament, which attract local end of the taxi rank tar surface. A and international visitors, and added couple of meters away from these that there therefore is a need to i toilets are street vendors who sell fruit mpose the R2 charge for maintenance purposes. and vegetables. By yesterday morning, both female Doctor Stephen Knight from the Department of Public Health Medicine and male public toilets at Publicity at the University of KwaZuluNatal House were locked due to renovations previouslystatedthatfaeces,andeven and the Freedom Square Taxi rank the smell of faeces, on pavements is female toilets were out of order and unhealthy especially with fruit and could not be used. vegetable vendors around the area. “Unless food is prepared and dispensed in a hygienic way, it can lead to food poison Hearing Tests ing and gastroen Phonak Hearing Aids teritis, which is a Hearing Protection problem in young children, especially those who are not PIETERMARITZBURG breastfed or who are (033) 345-1060 poorly nourished for other reasons. Ballito (032) 946-3987 “Solid waste Umhlanga (031) 566-4727 which is not Hillcrest (031) 765-7501 disposed of properly Shelly Beach (039) 315-0872 www.earinstitute.co.za
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singinghopefulVincentBonescametohis attention, he saw the need to urge Pieter maritzburg residents to vote for Bones. Ndlela thanked Bones for putting the city on the map. He said that his story was an inspiration and that he would serve as a role model for the youth. “We felt obliged to honour you as you serve as motivation for other aspirant artists and young people in general,” Ndlela told Bones. Bones was accompanied by his wife
Gillian and extended family to the City Hall.Ndlelasaidthatthereissomuchthat Pietermaritzburg needs to celebrate, and that the city no longer lives in its past shadow of being a ‘sleepy hollow’. “Wemusttelltheworldofourachieve ment,” said Ndlela, urging Bones to remain humble and determined Before his departure, Bones sang his new single, ‘Let Me Love You’, which re ceived cheers, screams and claps from those who were present during his visit.
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COME next year March, PMB will host the Investment Conference and Business Fair which is aimed at showcasing development opportunities in the city to investors and developers. To prepare for this major event, Msunduzi mayor Chris Ndlela called on officials to prepare the policy on business incentives well in time. A report by acting manager for Investment Attraction, Dr Julie Dyer, to Exco states that the last 2003 local investment conference or business fair was held in 2003. The report furtherstatesthatthefirstinvestment conference or business fair was held 15 years ago, and was soon followed by one in 2003. “The city has now entered a period of stability and administrative improvement, and is benefiting from renewed confidence from the provincial government, with several key projects receiving financial support from both the province and other government departments or entities, which have the potential to re-vitalise the economy. The time is appropriate totakestepstoactivelymarketthecity to industrial and other developers, and to showcase both the improvements that have occurred and the opportunities that are arising,” states the report. There will be a major focus on the development of the Vulindlela, Imbali and Edendale areas as these have been excluded from the investment conferences and for general investment.
against them was allegedly a single statement implicating them in the crimes, which they denied committing. However, community members who protested at court on Monday, wearing T-shirts with photographs of Naidoo, were furious. “Our baby got no justice. This was a cold-blooded murder,” her aunt Premilla Naidoo said. Tears flowed down the cheeks of another relative who said Naidoo deserved better. “She wasn’t just murdered. She was brutally tortured,” she said. ANC councillor Rachel Soobiah, who joined the protests at court, said she will attend the accused’s bail hearing on January 9. “We are going to petition against bail,” she said. DA MP Mergen Chetty said Pietermaritzburg communities had put aside their political differences when members of the ANC and DA united behind Naidoo’s family. He said the community demandedjustice,notonlyforNaidoo,butfor all women and children who have been abused, raped and murdered. Chetty said courts need to send a strong message to perpetrators of these heinous crimes that there is “no place for cowards that abuse, rape and murder our women and children”. This was by imposing the harshest sentences available. He said this would send a warning to culprits, and offer a message of hope to victims and their families.
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HERE is no justice. This was the outraged cry by family and supporters of murder victim Letisha Naidoo outside the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Naidoo was stabbed to death on November 20 and her body was flung into a sewer in Northdale. It was also alleged that she was raped. Her family, however, dispelled earlier suggestions that she was pregnant at the time of her murder and said a postmortem has conclusively shown she was not
expecting a baby. Tears flowed and anger erupted when the community heard the prosecution had withdrawn charges against three juveniles accused of Naidoo’s rape and murder. Theywerechargedalongwithher 23-year-old boyfriend, against whom the case is proceeding. His name can’t be published until he has pleaded to the charge of rape. But local attorney Nasen Naicker this week also withdrew as the man’s legal representative, saying he’d given him “too many” conflicting instructions. Naidoo said at the man’s previous
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>>nqobile@pmbfever.co.za FOR the very first time in his life, Idols SA Season 10 winner Vincent Bones set his foot inside the City Hall and sat on mayor Chris Ndlela’s hot seat at the council chamber. From a street child to a singing
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Supporting acts for the event include Hinds Brothers, Gloucester Blues Project, Pan Latino, Undivided Roots and Kaiti Faul. Last year Mole, from Fish Hoek in Cape Town, beat international artists such as Jay Z, The Rolling Stones, Michael Buble and Robin Thicke to be the first South African artist to top the iTunes album chart with his debut album. His album, The Home We Built, attracted international interest and was also chosen as Record of the Day and the A&R Worldwide’s ‘Artist Of The Week’ in the UK and US respectively.
Theeventwillrunfrom11amto6pm.The event is called ‘Recon’ Festival because it falls on Reconciliation Day. People who will be attending the event are encouraged to bring picnics with food, drinks, blankets, deck-chairs and beach umbrella’s. There will be refreshments on sale. Tickets are only available before hand at www.webtickets.co.za or can be paid for at any Pick ‘n Pay Supermarket via www.webtickets.co.za Tickets are cheaper if purchased beforehand,andwillcostR150forages12andover on the day. Children below the age of eight get in free. For more information, visit www.bigbeat.co.za
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The Maritzburg Fever, Parklane Centre, Minuteman Press and Just Boutique have sponsored the ‘Colour you way to Christmas’ calendar to create awareness about the work that CHOC Childhood Cancer Founda tion does for families with children with cancer. The picture, drawn by local art teacher Jackie Cook, depicts both the nativity and the journey of a family to CHOC House in Pietermaritzburg. The nonprofit organization’s chief function is to provide support, and a place to stay for families who have children with cancer. The families come from out of town to receive treatment for their child at Grey’s Hospital. The calendar is also part of the ‘Countdown to Christmas with CHOC’, a 12 day community lucky draw. CHOC invites members of the public to embrace the campaign by purchasing the R10 tickets and participate in the lucky draw which will take place each day at Parklane Centre in December. Prizes include awesome Christmas stockings with vouchers, a twonight getaway and a diamond ring. Pictured is Isabella Edmonds with her ‘Colour your way to Christmas’ with CHOC calendar.
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Singer and songwriter Matthew Mole will be performing at the Recon Festival which will be held at The Knoll in Hilton on 16 December.
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IBERTY Midlands Mall is celebrating the festive season by bringing cheer to many, from the charitable organisations in our community, to our loyal customers and guests who frequent our mall. Those keen to get the last of their Christmas shopping done, Liberty Midlands Mall has extended its shopping hours from 8am to 7pm between 12 and 23 December. This year’s Christmas gifting fair, located in the Centre Court, will leave shoppers spoiled for choice. You’ll find a unique shopping experience at the LifeLine charity gift shop, located next to Edgars, with their
range of gifts, or visit our information kiosk if you’re considering a gift card a gift suitable for any occasion. Done with your shopping? Why not get your wrapping done? Liberty Midlands Mall have posted two wrapping stations outside their Pick n Pay and Edgars courts. Volunteers from LifeLine and the Pietermaritzburg Community Chest are donating their time for a charitable cause, so when you make use of their services, don’t forget to pay it forward. But few are so entranced by the silly season as the children. Why don’t you take them ice skating atshop302atthemr.Funtubblescourt,
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Children from Peter Pan Special School visited the Pietermaritzburg Mental Health Society. Pictured with the goodies they had brought for the ML Sultan Frail Care Centre residents are (front, from left) Sphilile Benede, Thandolwethu Makhathini, Khonzani Dlamini, Sthabile Maphanga, Queenie Mkhize, Zama Mthethwa (back, from left) Phumelele Khumalo (Sibahle Sonke coordinator) and Sanelisiwe Luthuli. She said the programme participants have been working all year round to raise funds and gather donations for this occasion, which was a huge success. “The pupils of Peter Pan Special School performed a song and dance
for the residents of the centre. After that, there was a party with a cake, food, drinks and Christmas gifts for every resident. “Many hearts were touched and there were smiles all around,” said Khumalo.
Laddsworth pupils remember Madiba Grade six pupils from Laddsworth Primary School visited the Nelson Mandela Capture Site as part of their social science theme on democ racy. Pupils walked through the museum and answered questions in their booklets which would aid their under standing of the time period and of the life story of Nelson Mandela. A walk down the ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ path way to appreciate the sculpture of Madiba’s head by Marco Cianfanelli ended their outing (from left) Luke PellewJarman, Callum Ross, Luke Pie terse and Donovan Born man.
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As another year draws to a close, the Grade one to three boys at Cordwalles Preparatory School stopped to celebrate their achievements at their annual prize giving held in the Besant Theatre. The guest of honour, Leanne Ellis, was thanked for her huge contribution to Cordwalles by (back, from left) Gill Hall (HOD junior primary), Simon Weaver (headmaster), Graham Evans (chairman of the board of governors) together with (front, from left) Chad Newman, Michael Sara and Matthew Ellis
Epworth Preparatory School Grade six pupil, Avumile Mcunu, received the South African Society of Music Teachers (SASMT) Pietermaritz burg’s award for achieving the highest mark for his Grade four ABRSM (the ex am board of the Royal Schools of Music) practical piano exam in 2014. This is the second consecu tive year that Mcunu has received this award.
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In celebration of 100 years on Harwin Road, the St John’s Junior School planted a time capsule in the senior primary quad (part of the oldest part of the school). Lynne Joubert, who retires this year after 24 years of service to St John's, did the honours. She is pictured with Petra Wiesinger (L) (junior school headmistress)
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This whole roast duck stuffed with festive spices makes a gorgeous change to Christmas turkey Ingredients •a few sprigs of fresh rosemary •½ nutmeg, grated •sea salt •freshly ground black pepper •2 oranges or blood oranges, zested and halved •2 x 2kg whole ducks, necks and giblets reserved and roughly chopped •8 cloves garlic, unpeeled •3 red onions, peeled and quartered •a few stalks celery, trimmed and chopped into chunks •3 carrots, scrubbed and chopped into
chunks •½ stick cinnamon •1 thumbsized piece fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped •a few bay leaves •2kg potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks •1 litre water or organic chicken stock •2 tablespoons plain flour •200ml red port Method Pick the leaves off one of the rosemary sprigs and place on a board with the nutmeg, orange zest, thyme and one tablespoon of sea salt. Chop everything together and rub the mixture all over the ducks, inside and out. Cover and leave in the fridge for a few hours or overnight to let the flavours penetrate. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4 and place the shelves on the middle and bottom levels. Stuff the ducks with the remaining rosemary sprigs and orange halves, and the garlic cloves, then place thembreastsideup,straightontothebars of the middle shelf. Scatter the onion, celery and carrot in the bottom of a large, deepsided roasting tray with the cinnamon,ginger,bayleaves,andchopped duck neck and giblets. Place on the bottom shelf beneath the ducks so it will catch all the fat that drips out of them. Meanwhile, place the potatoes in a pan. Cover with cold, salted water, bring to a simmer and parboil for five to 10 minutes, then tip into a colander and chuff them up a little.
After the duck has roasted for an hour, take the bottom tray out of the oven, replacing it immediately with an empty tray. Spoon the fat from the veggie tray into a bowl. Put all the veg, duck bits and juices into a large saucepan, then add a little boiling water to the tray to get all the sticky brown bits off the bottom this is what you’re going to make your gravy with. Tip the water and brown bits into the pan with the veg, top up with one litre of water or chicken stock and place on a medium heat, skimming off any of the fat that rises to the top. Put your parboiled potatoes into the empty tray in the oven. Add a few more tablespoons of duck fat from the bowl, season, and place back underneath the ducks to cook for an hour. Meanwhile, heat a saucepan and add two tablespoons of duck fat. When it’s hot and melted, add the flour and stir with a wood en spoon until you have a paste. Stir in the contents of the saucepan and the port. Bring the gravy to the boil and simmer gen tly for half an hour, stirring occasionally. By now the ducks will have had two hours in the oven and will be done. Lift them on to a plate, cover loosely with tin foil and leave to rest for about 15 minutes. Pour the gravy through a sieve into a clean saucepan,pressingdownonallthevegand other bits to extract as many flavours and juices as you can. Keep the gravy warm in the saucepan, again skimming off any fat on the surface. Don’t carve the ducks the best thing to do is to pull the meat away from the bones
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2: Christmas vegetables Herby roast potatoes, honeyed parsnips and orange carrots
These simple roasted vegetables are a nobrainer for Christmas dinner Ingredients •1.5kg potatoes, peeled and halved •½ bulb garlic, separated into cloves and crushed with the back of a knife •1smallbunchoffreshrosemary,separated into sprigs •salt •freshly ground black pepper •Six tablespoons goodquality olive oil •50g butter •2 kg parsnips
•2 tablespoons runny honey •1 small bunch fresh thyme, leaves picked •1kg Chantenay carrots, if you can’t find any, use normal carrots cut at an angle into two inch pieces •zest of one orange Method Preheat your oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7. Parboil your potatoes for 10 minutes. Drain in a colander and toss around to scruff up the outside of the spuds. Toss with the garlic cloves, half of the rosemary, salt and pepper to taste, four tablespoons of the olive oil, and 30g of the butter in a large bowl. Arrange in one layer in a roasting tin and roast for 45 minutes until golden. For the parsnips, cut them in half length ways,parboilfor10minutesanddrain.Toss with the honey, thyme, salt and pepper to taste, 10g of the butter and two tablespoonsoftheoil.Laytheparsnipsflat in a roasting tin in one layer, and roast for about 40 minutes until golden. Put your carrots in a pan, cover with cold waterandaddapinchofsalt.Boilforabout 15 minutes or until cooked. Meanwhile, finely chop the remaining rosemary and the orange zest together to mix. Drain the cooked carrots and toss with the remaining butter. Season to taste and sprinklewiththeorangezestandrosemary before serving.
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NC national Chairperson Baleka Mbete has cited moral decay among political leaders as undermining what Nelson Mandela stood for. Delivering a memorial lecture at the Edendale Lay Ecunemical Centre on Friday, to mark a year since he passed on, Mbete said: “The moral decay in our ranks is a threat to what ‘Tata’ fought for. “The core-values of the organisation seem to be decaying and little by little, we are losing respect. “The state is instrumental, therefore a chaotic legislature cannot achieve this historic task.” Mbete further encouraged cadres to live up to the principles of Mandela, saying that he was an epitome of forgiveness. “Mandela was able to show us the best way to do things in the new South Africa. He taught us to steer away from hatred and to rise above anger and emotions, even if someone has wronged you. “He taught us that if you are a leader, you do not have the luxury of
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being emotional, as you have to think and make decisions. “Tata taught us that when you are a leader, you have to be informed in order to be able to explain to others. “As we remember his life, we also pay tribute to all the cadres who sacrificed their lives for all of us.” Mbete further said that while the triple challenge is to fight poverty, unemployment and inequality, moral decay is a threat to the movement and there is a dire need for political education schools. Umgungundlovu district Mayor Yusuf Bhamjee said that Mandela represents the embodiment of what the organisation is about. Before the memorial lecture, Mbete together with the provincial leadership visited the northern areas where they had a clean up campaign, before laying flowers at the Nelson Mandela Capture site in Howick. PHOTO:JONATHAN BURTON
ANC national chairperson Baleka Mbete last Friday lay flowers at the Nelson Mandela capture site in Howick, to mark a year since the former president passed on.
City residents hail Mandela WITH the world having commemorated a year since the passing of former President Nelson Mandela last Friday, NOKULUNGA NGOBESE AND NOMPENDULO NGUBANE spoke to city residents to find out how they will remember him. Various commemorations took place last Friday, with the first one starting at the Nelson Mandeal capture site in Howick, from where East Coast Radio had a live broadcast. Pupils from Howick Preparatory school released 67 white doves in his honour. PHOTOS: NOMPENDULO NGUBANE
Siphokazi Hlela: "Mandela was a role model as he taught us a lot. Everyone looks up to him because of the things he did."
Sinqobile Mbambo: "Tata Madiba is an inspiration, having grown up in a small village into a global icon. He has inspired me personally as an aspiring musician who has dreams of taking my ca reer international."
Loraine Bryant: "For me, this day is about his family and the pain they feel. Everyone is so focused on the hap penings and they forget what the family might be experiencing and that is why I have bought flowers. Mandela had wonderful ideals and was a shining example."
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Regional chairperson of the ANC Moses Mabhida Region Supa Zuma: "In commemorating Nelson Mandela's life, we started by doing door to door visits. Helping people was something which was close to Mandela's heart. He always asked himself what more he could do for people. If we commemorate his life, we need to ask ourselves whether we are still living according to his values. As lead ership, we need to be accounta ble and take responsibility."
Struggle stalwart Truman Magubane:
Tabitha Hulets: "He worked hard all his life and didn't want to fight every one. He was a peaceful person."
Zamo Ndlovu: "We remember all the good things that he did for our country. We are afforded the same opportunities as other races because of him. It is also important to teach our young ones about him so that his legacy is not forgotten. We need leaders who can emulate his selflessness."
Local leaders remember Nelson Mandela
"This day is a reminder of a loss to the nation. Nelson Mandela was a humanitarian with good listening skills. As we remember him, we wish that all his good qualities will be passed on to our leaders so that we may be able to live according to his values."
Luthando Mjwara: "Tata Mandela was a good man and I will always remember him for his inspirational quote which says "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." I will forever cherish it in my heart."
Umgungundlovu District Mayor Yusuf Bhamjee: "Mandela represents the embodiment of what the organisa tion is about. He made it possible for us to be where we are today. What we need to do is to take his vision to move forward."
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OT long ago, there were a host of junior tennis tournaments at Kershaw Park that used to draw keen youngsters from the capital and throughout KZN. While schools’ tennis is still busy, nowadays there appears to be less junior events organised outside the educational institutions, but one tournament still holding the flag high is the McDonalds Pietermaritzburg junior tennis tournament, now in its fifth year. Kershaw was back to its glory days and it was great to see the young boys’ and girls’ tennis rackets in full swing. Under the caring eye of coaches and parents, the quality of play might have varied, but there was no mistakingtheenthusiasmwithwhich each participant took to the court. The annual McDonalds tournament is the brainchild of Chris Folker, a professional coach who spends manyhourswithlocalschoolchildren in his nine-to-five job, showing them the basics and then ultimately the finer points of the game, as they develop.
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A group of players at the fifth annual McDonalds Pietermaritzburg junior tennis tournament prizegiving at Kershaw Park. Withover120entrantsfillingall14 courts and packing in 350 matches, it was a challenging event to organise butFolkerandhisbandofcoachesdid a sterling job. Mention must be made of Durban coach Ugan Pillay who sent his
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St Charles College Prep are proud to have eight boys representing KwaZuluNatal inland cricket this December. (From left) Patrick Atkins, Ahmed Ballim and Timothy Login will be playing for the inland U12A team in Limpopo at a regional festival, Zane Saayman, Reghardt Smit, Jason Login, Cameron Spangenberg and Zukile Mbuli will all be in the inland U13A team who travel to Pot chefstroom to play in the Cricket South Africa National Week.
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Heather Secondary pupils are champs A group of pupils from Heather Secondary recently took part in the Midlands Mudrun, an outdoor challenge. They were the winners of the day and won a R3000 Makro voucher towards their school. The pupils are (back, left to right) Callorin Reddy, Kyle Jaynan, Shivaan Pillay, (middle row, left to right) Sadie Balram, Bhavna Larkin, Jerushen Si vanandan, (front) Timeer Jetu (left) and Hamza Asmall. PHOTO: SUPPLIED