Stellenbosch University students Clara de la Guerre,from Durbanville,a final-year BMus performance specialist under Dr Babette Roosenschoon,and Solange Rojas,a third-year performance specialist (diploma course) studying with Dr Peter Martens, are hosting a fundraising concert,A Night of Cello Classics,at the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch on Wednesday 23 July at 19:00.The duo will be attending the prestigious Celloworld Festival in Vienna,Austria – an internationally acclaimed event dedicated to the art of cello performance and teaching – from 11 to 16 August Tickets range from R120 to R200 and are available via Webtickets or at the door
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unsafe due to the unequal deployment of police resources to Durbanville police station We are fighting for the deployment of additional resources and the upgrade of the Durbanville police station to improve public safety and ensure that it receives the equitable police service it needs," he says
Rapidly growing population
"Despite a rapidly growing population of over 90 000 residents spread across 184 km² and with crime on the rise, the Durbanville police remains severely under resourced to ensure effective crime prevention, timely response to reported crimes and visible policing
"This is due to the ongoing failure of the national government through its centralised control of the police service," he says in the petition According to Terblanche recent information obtained from the Durbanville police station reveals that the approved staff allocation was reduced by 11 officers in 2022 and a further nine officers in 2024
. Die Tygerbergse Tuin- en Blommeklub kom byeen by die NGK Parow Welgelegen (La Provencestraat 47, Welgelegen) om 09:30 vir 10:00 vir ‘n sop-en-kuierdag. Die spreker is Leon Kluge oor “A visionary of landscape design and nature’s storyteller” ‘n Blommekunskompetisie in horisontale ontwerp met “layering”-tegniek woord aangebied. Kontak Beatrix Lambert-Bestbier by 082 873 9864 met navrae
FRIDAY 18 JULY
. Bloom and Brunch – A Morning of Laughter, Giving & Celebration – is presented in support of Iris House Children’s Hospice The fundraising brunch takes place at Calvin Grove Club from 09:30 to 12:30 The MC for the event is Alan Committie and dress code: "Embrace the beauty of Summer" – wear your best flowers & blooms attire Enjoy a morning filled with laughter, delicious food, a tombola, a live auction, and fabulous giveaways, all in the spirit of giving back. For more information email Sue van der Linde at sue@ iris-house org
TUESDAY 22 JULY
. The Egyptian Society of South Africa will be having their next meeting at St George's Grammar school, Richmond Road, Mowbray, from 19:30 The guest speaker Dr Lester Cowley will present a lecture titled: "Time, the Stars and the Sky-Watchers". There is no charge for members, while it costs R30 for visitors. Booking is not necessary There is secure parking in the school grounds. For more information call 021 852 7273 or 084 774 3972.
. Discover the art of pottery with Peter Jacobs at the Bellville Art Centre in a relaxed and creative environment, suitable for beginners to advanced participants. Classes run from 22 July to 30 September, every morning from 10:00 to 12:00 The cost is R165 per lesson for members and R185 for non-members, while pensioners pay R150 All fees are payable monthly in advance Clay is available at R110 for 5kg. For enquiries or to enrol, contact 066 237 7021.
. Join Maxie Vos-Krauss at the Bellville Art Centre for inspiring art classes designed for adults of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced Explore your creativity using a medium of your choice, including pencil, charcoal, ink, pastels, oil, watercolour, acrylic, mixed media, and more Classes will take place from 22 July to 30 September every morning from 10:00 to 12:00 The cost per lesson is R155 for members, R175 for non-members, and R145 for pensioners, payable monthly in advance For more information or to register, contact 072 228 5758
SATERDAG 26 JULIE
. Die Uitsig-kleuterskool in Mountain View-rylaan in Ridgeworth vier sy 30ste bestaansjaar met 'n vertoning van ABBA and Friends met Mike & The Harmonix Dit begin om 19:00 Bring eie eetgoed en drank. Kaartjies kos R250 en is beskikbaar by die Uitsig-kleuterskool. Skakel die skool by 021 919 6237 of Ilze by 083 426 0957
MONDAY 28 JULY
. Join renowned ceramicist Peter Jacobs at the Bellville Art Centre for pottery classes suitable for beginners to advanced learners. Classes will run from 28 July to 29 September, every evening from 19:00 to 21:00 The cost per lesson is R165 for members and R185 for non-members, while pensioners pay a reduced rate of R150 Fees are payable monthly in advance Clay is available at R110 for 5kg. For more information or to book your spot contact 066 237 7021.
SATURDAY 2 AUGUST
. The Cape Town Gem and Mineral Club will be having its Open Day from 10:00 to 14:00 at 14Goede Hoop Street, Bothasig All welcome, from mineral specimen collectors, to friends, families and especially children. Free entrance Learn more about the hobby of crystal, gem and mineral specimen collecting and related craftwork, or buy items from our member traders. Visit www ctminsoc.org.za or email capetowngemmineralclub@gmail.com
SONDAG 3 AUGUSTUS
. ID-Help Fisantekraal bied 'n galakonsert aan. Die konsert begin om 15:00 in die Hoërskool Durbanville se ouditorium. Kaartjies kos R200 per persoon en sluit ligte verversings tydens pouse in. Bespreek by Webtickets Kontak Jan Burger by 082 881 1503 vir meer inligting.
FRIDAY 8 AUGUST
. The Durbanville Wine Valley's much-anticipated Taste of Terroir annual red wine showcase will be presented from 17:00 to 20:00 at Loch Lynne Wine Estate outside Durbanville Each ticket includes the opportunity to taste red wines from nine Durbanville producers, live music by Emile Swiegers and three seasonal canapés by Kos Kouture caterers. Book tickets at R300 per person via Quicket
Bloekombomevergiftig
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Die 19 historiese bloekombome op 'n stuk grond langs rugbyvelde van die Laerskool Durbanville, wat in Mei begin vrek het, is inderdaad kwaadwillig vergiftig, het die Stad Kaapstad bevestig ("Bloekombome vergiftig", TygerBurger, 4 Junie)
Volgens die Stad se department van parke en ontspanning is neerslag van onkruiddoder by die bome gevind "Die departement het sy interne ondersoek afgesluit en die saak vir verdere ondersoek aan die polisie oorhandig," het die departement op navrae deur TygerBurger gesê
Die vergiftiging van die bome het die gemeenskap van Durbanville geskok Gate is in elke boomstam geboor en gif is in
Gate is in boomstamme geboor en onkruiddoder daarin toegedien om die bome doelbewus te vergiftig
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Die vermeende rower wat verlede week in verband met die rooftog op ‘n hoogswanger vrou, haar man en hul tweejarige kleuter in die Bellville-landdroshof verskyn het, is in die daghospitaal behandel nadat hy glo in ‘n skermutseling tydens sy aankeer beseer is
Volgens kapt FC van Wyk, provinsiale polisiewoordvoerder, het die 39-jarige man van Durbanville verlede Dinsdag (8 Julie) op ‘n aanklag van gewapende roof verskyn Die saak is na gister vir ‘n aansoek om borgtog uitgestel
Die gesin is op Sondag 6 Julie omstreeks 16:30 by die hek van hul woonkompleks in Durbanville deur ‘n gewapende man beroof
Die man het ‘n pistool, wat later geblyk het ‘n gaspistool te wees, op hul kleuter gerig en gedreig om die kind te skiet as die ma nie haar selfoon oorhandig nie Sy het haar selfoon eenkant gegooi om hom van hulle af weg te kry en toe die vermeende rower omdraai om dit op te tel, het haar man hom platgeduik Die vrou, wat ses maande swanger is, het hard om hulp gegil en twee mans van die kompleks het hulle te hulp gesnel en die rower aangekeer
Die rower het ook ‘n knipmes en skroewedraaier by hom gehad ‘n Tikpyp is ook by hom gevind Haar man moes
NEERSLAG MET GLIFOSAAT, ‘N BESTANDDEEL WAT IN BREËSPEKTRUM ONKRUIDDODERS VOORKOM, IS IN DIE BOME GEVIND
dié gate gegooi Meer as een gat is in van die groter, ouer bome geboor Dit stem ooreen met die metode wat gebruik is toe nege bloekombome in Renbaanweg langs landbougrond in 2019 met 'n onkruiddoder vergiftig is
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In 'n onafhanklike verslag wat deur Hearshaw and Kinnes Analytical Laboratory saamgestel is en aan TygerBurger verskaf is, blyk dit dat neerslag met die aktiewe bestanddeel glifosaat in die bome gevind is - 'n bestanddeel wat in breëspektrum onkruiddoders soos Roundup voorkom
Anelisiwe Manyana, 'n mediawoordvoerder vir die WesKaapse polisie, het bevestig 'n saak van opsetlike saakbeskadiging word deur die Durbanville-polisie ondersoek Die ondersoek volg nadat 'n inwoner die Stad in Mei ingelig het dat die bome vrek en vermoedelik vergiftig is Mense met inligting word versoek om Crime Stop by 08600 10111 te bel
Die bome groei op grond wat die Stad sedert 2022 vir 'n tienjaartydperk aan die skool verhuur Die grond bestaan uit twee erwe, Erf 1980-RE, wat vir n openbare pad gesoneer is, en Erf 1971, wat vir 'n openbare oop ruimte gesoneer is en waarop 'n stormwater-retensiedam geleë is, soos TygerBurger vroeër berig het Die stuk grond word hoofsaaklik vir parkering tydens sportbyeenkomste en vir ouers wat hul kinders by die skool kom op- en aflaai,
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Die stuk grond van 5 000m² is deel van die totale gehuurde stuk grond van 16 770m², waarop die skool se twee rugbyvelde (Erf 1876) geleë is Dit is hoofsaaklik die bome op Erf 1980-RE (onbeboude deel van Aristeaweg) wat vergiftig is Die ry geelhoutbome langs Durbanville-rylaan, asook die enkele bloekombome op Erf 1971, is nie vergiftig nie
Die vergiftigde bome was moontlik deel van die oorspronklike historiese bloekomboomlaning langs Durbanvillerylaan - langs die ou wa-roete vanaf Durbanville na Bellville
Doep Muller, die voorsitter van die skool se beheerliggaam, het in Junie aan TygerBurger sy kommer oor die vergiftiging van die bome uitgespreek Volgens Muller was die skool in gesprek met die Stad om die stuk grond te koop, maar dit is afgekeur omdat die grond geoormerk word vir toekomstige paduitbreidings, asook weens die teenwoordigheid van 'n retensiedam daarop Volgens Muller is die skool se eie, onafhanklike ondersoek ook afgehandel, met dieselfde uitslag
Die Stad het op navrae oor die toekoms van die bome gesê die bome sal gemonitor word om te kyk of van hulle wel oorleef en weer uitloop
"As bome of takke bros en gevaarlik raak, sal dit verwyder word," volgens 'n woordvoerder van die Stad
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Altesame 19 bloekombome het gevrek nadat dit vergiftig is
Twee verdagtes is in Bellville in hegtenis geneem nadat twee fietse in hul besit gevind is Die een fietseienaar het reeds sy fiets uitgeken,maar die ander fietseienaar moet bewyse na die Bellville-polisiekantoor bring om bewys van eienaarskap te lewer ’n Saak van besit van vermoedelik gesteelde goedere is aanhangig gemaak
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Service fails, rates prevail
I refer to the article in the TygerBurger dated 2 July regarding the justification for the rates increase in the Western Cape ("City approves 'unfair' budget")
I live in a small-town Philadelphia very remote, more or less 30 km outside Durbanville
This is where one can see that it does not matter what party rule It is just the same in every party and the rest of South Africa
If you stay outside the Central Business district and lager towns, you are forgotten and not budgeted for
Unless of cause if you are “labelled” as “less fortunate” no matter where you stay Then you can have two properties, one in Easten Cape or elsewhere where you always go at the end of the year, because you do not have to pay for that one either
No rates for the shack you stay in for free nor the house you built in your hometown either Everything is for free Others will pay for what I want
One cannot say that is not the case because the masses that leave in their thousands to their hometown at the end of the year is not to a resort for a vacation
Someone or somebody need to sponsor them, and it is again the soft target us as homeowners
People forgot that we did not get our houses for free We have to work hard for our hard-earned money to stay where we are and to be safe
We become a nation of sponsors for those who “do not have” not only in our personal tax, but now with our rates as well
Our rates increase in such a way that we pay the same as any other house in Durbanville No distinction that we are in a rural area
Just like in Johannesburg we get constant power problems and nowadays water problems as well
We pay hard earned money for a service with the water levy still charges in our municipality bull, but service delivery is out the door
Just because you are a small town with not a lot of people What are you going to do?
Then I do not even want to let you know about the road from Durbanville side
Huge potholes that get patched up only when the sun is shining, but until then you have to doge the holes that just get bigger and bigger
The excuse no budget for calming measures and upgrade of the road
I wonder how the added cost of the cleaning services will work in our town if they cannot even do the basic stuff
People should be aware and understand that whatever party rules they will do what they want, because they have the majority, they can E COETZEE, Philadelphia
With raging wars in Ukraine and Gaza compounded with the fact that President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 30% tax on South African exports, our pockets face another pinch with the current rising price of goods and petrol
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Calls grow to fix crumbling Goodwood roads
The letter "Goodwood roads crumble in rain" which appeared in the TygerBurger dated 2 July, refers I would like to agree with D Beelders of Vasco, that the roads in Goodwood are in a shocking state and the rain doesn't help I had occasion to go down Kimberley Street from Milton Road and it was full of potholes from Milton to Carey Slater Milton also had a pothole or two in after Alice Street going towards the M7
The City of Cape Town is quick to present an increased budget and Hoosain Abrahams is on some or other committee that wants to develop Goodwood into a City Improvement District, but I think they should first do something about the state of the roads Townsend Street between Milton and C J Langen-
hoven is a wonderful example of a section that has been standing un-tarred for close on a year already, causing cars, taxis and trucks to try and travel on the wrong side of the road to avoid the huge "donga" that has formed there Of course, because the intersection of Voortrekker Road and Jakes Gerwel Drive is a bit of a conundrum, many motorists, especially taxis, think they can avoid it by going along Townsend Street instead, so I don't expect the road will be pothole free for long
Please repair the roads in Goodwood even the manhole covers, etcetera are lower than the roads, which cause the cars to try and avoid them
UNHAPPY MOTORIST, Goodwood
Durbanville-wynvallei lê uitgestrek vanaf die heuwel op die Bloemendal-wynlandgoed met Tafelberg in die agtergrond FOTO: JOHAN WINTERBACH
Newpresidentforrotaryclub
The induction of the new president for the Durbanville Rotary Club on Sunday 6 July marks an exciting transition for the organisation. Eugene Balie took over the leadership from Gordon Millar, who has been involved with Rotary International for over 30 years, having moved over from the Waterfront Rotary Club to the Durbanville Rotary Club in 2023
"In the past two years the Durbanville Rotary Club was re-energised and engaged in various initiatives aimed at uplifting the community Our projects focus on education, health and welfare, providing support to local farm schools and contributing to community development," said Millar Balie, owner of WP Locksmith based at Village Square, and his wife, Coleen, met Millar in his shop one day and were immediately drawn to the passion and commitment from Millar when he spoke to him about Durbanville Rotary Club and then joined the club in January last year The motto of Rotary International for the new year is "Unite for good", which emphasises collaboration and collective
The newly inducted president,Eugene Balie (middle) is here with Pam Rawbone (distric governor) and Gordon Millar (past president)
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