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WYNBERG EAST

On track for upliftment

Monty Oliver, the councillor for ward 63, at the sodturning ceremony at Batts Road Park last month.

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here wasn’t any music playing in the background at the Batts Road Park sodturning ceremony held in Wynberg East recently, but if there was, it would have been Eye of the Tiger – the theme song to Rocky III. Just like the hero of that popular movie franchise, Wynberg East is poised to make a comeback.

The community upliftment project was initiated by the Wynberg East Civic Association (Weca). It is aimed at turning the park into an inviting, family-friendly environment and is but the first of many, says Judy Ferdenando, chair of the association. Although she doesn’t want to disclose too much detail just yet, Ferdenando does share that for the first

time in years things are starting to happen.

“I can’t contain my excitement. In the past, Wynberg East didn’t have its own civic association. There was no community cohesion, no collaboration, no focused effort to bring stakeholders, public funders and the City of Cape Town together for the benefit of our community. Weca (registered as a civic association last year) can now access the funding provided by the City for projects like these,” she explains.

Ward 63 councillor Monty Oliver agrees that the community had been neglected in the past but, he says, this is about to change.

Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony held on Tuesday 27 October, Oliver says the ceremony marked the beginning of something good for the area.

“And we are going to start the plan here,” he adds.

Planning on the project started about a

year ago, Oliver says, adding that there were so many requests to create a lovely space in Wynberg East. He explains that many options were considered, including William Herbert park, a section next to Rosmead Avenue, and an area in front of Wynberg Centre. However, he says it was decided that Batts Road Park would be the best choice seeing that it was already half developed with established trees, some equipment and an enclosed fence.

“It also lends itself to a walking trail like the one at Lympleigh Road Park in Plumstead,” Oliver adds.

The initial improvements to the park, which will cost R350 000, will include the construction of a walking trail as well as the installation of new gym equipment.

Achmat Salie, an architectural technologist and a member of Weca, was instrumental in the design of the trail.

Oliver says money has already been put

aside for the new financial year for further development of the park next year. He says that could include anything from new benches and tables to a toddler’s corner; it will depend on community feedback. He encourages the community to take ownership of the park.

“No idea is a bad idea, please send it on to us. This must become a family park; an opportunity for people to get to know each other in a safe space. The Wynberg East Neighbourhood Watch (WENW) has already done a lot to help with this. Join your neighbourhood watch,” Oliver urges.

Salwa Beukes, chair of WENW, says they regularly patrol the park day and night. If they spot unsavoury characters, they immediately alert the police. Beukes says she also spends time at the park with her grandchildren “to keep eyes” on the place. She pleas with residents to join the watch.

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2 NEWS FROM PAGE 1 “We are desperate. We need the community to get involved, we need patrollers. All those currently involved are aged, we need younger people. Our motto is ‘by the community, for the community’. We will only be able to restore it to its former glory days if we work together.

Wynberg East belongs to all of us, not just a hand full of people,” Beukes adds.

Ferdenando also believes that community involvement will be key in ensuring that the park becomes and remains a space for everyone to enjoy. She says projects like this have a knockon effect on the area’s popularity.

“We need to conscientise people, to establish a code of conduct at the park. For example, there should be no dumping of food in the park or, if you take your dog for a walk, bring along a poo bag. We should all think of ideas on how we can keep it clean. If we create a good environment, people will want to use the park. This will lead to the value of houses in the area increasing. The value of properties is totally dependent on the area you create,” she says.

Other immediate plans, sponsored by private funders through Weca, will include the addition of traffic markings to the trail. Ferdenando says the long-term plan is to involve the traffic department to hold educational sessions at the park, teaching children and learners from the surrounding crèches and schools about the rules of the road. A local mural artist, Mohamed Hassan, has also agreed to offer his services for free, to beautify the vibracrete walls. “Besides the murals, we are also thinking of creating a few chalk walls where kids can go to draw their own creations,” she says.

The members of Weca and WENW, who have volunteered to paint to base coats themselves, say they hope that the community help. “We want to make this a happy space for children and we also want to encourage senior citizens walking groups to use this space. We want to make the park alive with people. We want to change the paradigm in our area, reverse it ­– starting with the park,” Ferdenando concludes.

V For more information on Weca, call 082 620 2120. For more information on WENW, call 083 343 7408.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERG Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Chance to chase culinary dream Aspiring chefs or those wanting a change of career could win the chance to see their dreams come true by entering the Capsicum Culinary Studio’s Chef Talent Scout Competition.

Up for grabs are six bursaries amounting to R740 000, including the main prize of a three-year bursary towards the study of the school’s advanced culinary arts programme valued at R200 000.

The other five prizes will be one-year bursaries for a professional chef programme or professional patisserie programme, awarded to regional finalists to study at one of Capsicum Culinary Studio’s six campuses across the country – Boksburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria and Johannesburg.

To enter the competition, contestants must create a dish – sweet or savoury – using a red capsicum pepper or any other red ingredient; take a good, clear photo of the finished dish and upload it onto their Instagram page, tagging @Capsicumcooking and using the hashtag #CapsicumTalent.

Entrants must be 17 years of age or older.

The competition closes at midnight on Monday 30 November with the names of the 10 finalists from each region announced on Wednesday 9 December.

These finalists will be invited to participate in a cook-off in January at the campus closest to them.

The winner from each campus will compete in a cook-off to be held at Capsicum’s Rosebank campus in February.

A previous bursary winner from Cape Town in another competition, Simone Kershaw (22), is studying the one-year professional chef programme and says her time at Capsicum has been a “bit of rocky road given the Covid-19 lockdown”.

“At Capsicum you’re encouraged to achieve but at the same time you’re also very well supported. It feels like someone always has your back, which is crucial when studying during a time like this.”

Kershaw’s post-graduate plans are to go into the media side of the food industry.

“Not only am I passionate about food, I also adore writing, so, hopefully, an internship at a publication as a food writer/recipe developer or assistant food stylist will follow,” she adds.

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Prison needs public help finding family Pollsmoor Correctional Centre is looking for the family of an inmate who died while in custody.

South African-born Andile Mosana (registration number 2204 99 149) died of natural causes on Thursday 6 August.

The deceased previously stayed at 29 Pakadilly Court in Sea Point.

Pollsmoor officials have followed all the possible avenues to find and locate the man’s family.

The detective from Sea Point police station who arrested the deceased also tried to trace the family without success.

V Any person with information regarding the deceased should call the Pollsmoor prison on 021 700 7811.

HEALTH

Medical aid fraud costs all NETTALIE VILJOEN

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ith 76 medical schemes listed on the Council for Medical Schemes’s (CMS) website, there can be no doubt that the health industry equates to big business. But, as with any billion-rand industry, there is also a huge opportunity for fraud, wastage and abuse (FWA).

CMS, the statutory body established by the Medical Schemes Act to provide regulatory supervision of private health financing through medical schemes, estimates that 15% of claims in the healthcare industry contain some element of fraud wastage and abuse.

While the tendency of medical scheme members, scoffing at high premiums, to place this in the “Why should I care?” category, does exist, Bonitas medical aid and Discovery Health say they really should.

People’s Post recently reached out to both these medical schemes – the two largest in South Africa – to ask how prevalent FWA is and how widespread repercussions are.

Bonitas answered, saying considering that medical schemes are not for profit and are owned by their members, fraudulent activities impact funds to pay for claims and can contribute towards increased premiums. In short, it has a direct impact on every member of the scheme.

Discovery Health agrees: “Undoubtedly, fraudulent activity and billing abuse is a threat to the cost and sustainability of healthcare funding. Estimates show that fraud, waste and billing abuse cost medical aid schemes several billion rands every year in funds that could be used to pay for the critical healthcare needs of our medical aid members.”

Checks and balances Although Discovery emphasises that the vast majority of healthcare providers are honest, hard-working, highly ethical professionals, forensic investigations have revealed that there is a small minority of healthcare providers who attempt to defraud medical schemes. Discovery estimates that R1.7 billion of its members’ money is lost to fraudulent claims per year.

According to Bonitas, waste and abuse is far higher than fraud and is more easily quantifiable in terms of values as it is usually a clear contravention of tariff codes or a rule that exists.

Most of the common practices include billing for services not rendered (over-billing), using incorrect codes for services (at a higher tariff), waiving of deductibles and/or copayments, billing for a non-covered service as a covered one, unnecessary or false prescribing of drugs and corruption due to kickbacks and bribery.

Bonitas has two levels of checks – namely managed care protocols and treatment guidelines – in place which it checks against in terms of how much the procedure should cost and its FWA initiatives which identify irregularities.

The codes assigned to services play a huge role in sniffing out fraudulent activities.

Bonitas explains that every medical treatment and diagnosis has a specific code called an ICD 10 code associated with it.

“This is a coding system developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which translates the written description of medical

Tips to prevent fraud Bonitas advises the following steps to prevent medical scheme fraud. . Keep your personal medical scheme details (such as your membership number) private. . Check your medical scheme statements to make sure that all claims are correct and that you actually received the services you are being charged for. . Keep your membership card safe.

and health information into standard ICD 10 codes.

“These are important as it allows the scheme to identify the code of the healthcare service you require and to make sure payment is made. The correct ICD 10 code must be included on every claim to ensure you are paid for the correct benefit and the healthcare practitioners are paid for their service.”

Funds recovered Bonitas uses dedicated functional areas which analyses a set of data by applying various algorithms over a period to identify “outliers” or abnormal data compared.

These outliers are then scored in terms of the probability of the data being fraudulent.

For example, the system analyses all GP claims, compares them and if one set of claims stands out in the data set it is scored according to a level of difference in the claiming pattern. The results are referred to a forensic analyst, using a case management system, to review these high scoring outliers.

Using these stringent forensic and positive claim change behaviour, Bonitas says it is estimated that the fund saved over R400 million for the period January 2016 to September 2019. This money is invested back into the fund.

Discovery says it too has invested substantially in eliminating FWA in healthcare. Efforts include the deployment of a specialised team of over 100 analysts and professional investigators as well as proprietary forensic software that uses sophisticated algorithms to analyse claims data and identify unusual claim patterns.

Over the past four years, between 2016 and 2019, Discovery has recovered or saved approximately R2.1 billion as a result of fraud and forensics activities.

With regard to how monies recovered as a result of fraud or abuse are allocated, Discovery says 100% of all recoveries are returned directly to the medical scheme, to the benefit of all members of the scheme.

Where the fraud recovery can be accurately linked to a specific claim by a specific member, the recovery is allocated back to that member to ensure a restoration of benefits and limits, if relevant. If the recovered payment came from the member’s medical savings account, then the recovery is always credited back to that account.

“There are however situations where it is not possible to link the recovered funds directly back to an individual member’s claim.

In these situations, the recoveries are allocated to the scheme’s risk pool, for the benefit of all of the members of the scheme,” Discovery explains.

Reporting fraud Should members suspect there has been an overcharge, Bonitas advises that members contact the hospital or doctor directly to query an account and ask for an explanation, breakdown and the ICD codes and the costs. If they suspect fraud, then they should report this to their medical scheme so that this can be investigated.

“Our most invaluable tool against FWA are our members,” says Lee Callakoppen, principal officer of Bonitas. “To assist them to be proactive in joining us in the fight, we have a toll-free fraud hotline (0800 112 811) to report any incidents of suspected fraud, waste and abuse and encourage them to use it.”

Discovery also encourages members to engage with their healthcare providers and to contact the medical scheme.

Should a member suspect medical aid fraud, and want to protect their identities, an anonymous tip offline is available on 0800 00 45 11 (toll-free phone number) or email discovery@tip-offs.com, administered by Deloitte to ensure true independence and full anonymity.

As soon as Discovery has been informed of any billing or claims irregularities, an investigation will ensue.

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Women put it all out there for the Jerusalema Challenge on Sunday 1 November.

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ikini-clad women of all shapes and sizes turned heads for all the right reasons during a Jerusalema Dance Challenge at Muizenberg Beach.

At the turn of the new month, on Sunday 1 November, the dozen Phatt Society and Differently Beautiful ambassadors set out with the aim of drawing attention to body positivity as part of the organisations ongoing #BodyLiberation movement (Phatt and fabulous, People’s Post, 13 October).

Melissa Smith, founder of Differently Beautiful and Phatt Society, and the team of plus-sized women were eager to participate in this challenge.

“It is not expected from plus-sized women to do the challenge but we had one vision.

We are here to express ourselves as differently thick women, with equal flexibility and movement,” she says.

Smith says the challenge has never been done by a group of plus-sized women in this fashion and supporters cheered the women on at the beach.

Elmarie Redelinghuys (28), one of the participants, says she auditioned to be part of the event after seeking help while suffering from depression. “I was not sure of what I was getting myself into, but the requirements for the challenge was to be able to dance in a bathing suit and be confident and comfortable.”

For Redelinghuys, from Eersteriver, participating in the challenge made her feel unstoppable and accepted among her kind of society again.

Women travelled from as far as Worcester and Grabouw to be part of the event.

This initiative forms part of an ongoing campaign to get women to feel comfortable

in their own skin. dance, lounge, take gorgeous selfies, and “As part of my EmpowHER Campaign, I swim without feeling the need to cover up. felt the need to create an environment This party won’t just be about having a good where females will be proud to represent the time – it will be about creating a space for ideal world where all people of all shapes, women to feel good about their bodies,” says weights and sizes are able to be themselves Smith. and not hide away just because someone “We want women to first find their confielse is uncomfortable with how they look,” dence here, I wish to continue to show womshe says. en that sexy has no size, clearly, we need “More so a space for plus-sized women to this community and body-positive events embrace their bodies and wear swimsuits like these to show the world that all bodies with confidence, regardless of what society are good bodies.” deems acceptable. The aim of this event is V For tickets or more information, contact Melissa for anyone who has had to deal with body Smith on 081 796 9892 or dbphatt@gmail.com. Tickor fat-shaming and name calling as well as ets to the cookout are also available via Quicket. people who actually bully others because of how they look.”

The dance challenge was a precurser to the annual Pool Honeys and Thick Thighs cookout to be hosted by Differently Beautiful and Phatt Society on Saturday 5 December. The event was inspired by Smith’s own negative experiences at pool parties and beaches.

“The Phatt Cookout Pool Party event, will have a sea of plus-sized bloggers, motivaters, and everyday curvy females Phatt ambassadors who travelled from far and wide to participate in who will get to the dance challenge.

New bylaw to protect reserves and visitors A new bylaw to ensure the safety of visitors at local nature reserves and to protect and preserve the reserve was approved by the City of Cape Town’s Council on Thursday 29 October.

The City’s 23 nature reserves, which comprise a total area of 17 035 hectares, have been proclaimed in terms of the National Environmental Management Protected Areas Act (Nempaa) and the City is the designated management authority.

To support and expand this footprint, the City also manages 16 parks in terms of a biodiversity agreement. These sites comprise another 381 hectares.

The protected areas provide important ecosystems and are home to unique biodiversity.

They contribute to Cape Town’s future sustainability and resilience to climate change.

The City’s Mayco member for spatial planning and environment Marian Nieuwoudt says the new Nature Reserves By-law will enable the City to fulfil its Nempaa obligations and ensure that pro-

tected areas are utilised by learners, tourists, volunteers and Capetonians in a sustainable manner.

“Currently, the City of Cape Town’s 23 nature reserves are managed in terms of the National Nature Reserve Regulations. Once promulgated, the Nature Reserves Bylaw will allow the City to improve efficiency, and to enforce these regulations more vigorously through the municipal court system and the issuing of compliance notices,” says Nieuwoudt.

She adds: “Thousands of people visit our nature reserves every month. They want a safe space, and an environment that contributes to the pleasure and enjoyment of being in nature. We have a responsibility towards these visitors but we also have a duty to ensure that we preserve our nature reserves for future generations, and that the activities taking place in these areas are sustainable and not harmful to the environment.”

In accordance with the Nature Reserves Bylaw: . Management of the City’s nature re-

serves will be regulated. . Access is prescribed to nature reserves, entrance and access points, uses, and the conditions under which an area may be closed to the public. . Certain activities are prohibited, including the feeding and hunting of animals, removal of precious and endangered plants in reserves, dumping and littering and playing loud music. . Certain activities such as filming, tours, events, research, the flying of drones, rock climbing and so forth require pre-authorisation. . Voluntary safety officers may be appointed by the existing protected area advisory committees to issue verbal or written instructions to visitors. . Peace officers may issue fines for visitors contravening the bylaw or instruct them to leave the reserve. . Nature reserves are open from sunrise to sunset, and the by-law requires visitors to always carry their entry permit for inspection, unless access to the reserve is free.

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PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERG Tuesday, 10 November 2020

SUBSIDIES

Housing efforts shift momentum A

s the housing demand continues to surge, the provincial department of human settlements has made available three housing subsidy options – particularly for low-income applicants who want to buy residential properties for the first time.

They include the non-credit, credit-linked and finance linked individual subsidy (Flisp).

Each category is unique, caters for a specific group and one of the biggest benefits is that the subsidy isn’t a loan and you don’t have to pay it back.

Non-credit linked subsidy In the case of the non-credit linked subsi-

dy, this is available to persons earning R0-R3 500 per month to buy an existing house or plot that must be linked to the construction of a house. In this instance, the person qualifies for a subsidy of R168 852 and the difference in the selling price if any is financed from another source.

Applicants must be on the Western Cape housing demand database (HDD) for a period of 10 years in the metro and five years for non-metro areas.

Priority will be given to those who are 40 years or older, persons with disabilities, those on the HDD for 15 years and longer, along with backyard dwellers. Property owners who have also acquired an erf with-

out state assistance may also apply.

Credit-linked subsidy The credit-linked subsidy must be accompanied by a loan from a recognised financial institution. As an example, this means if a person is planning to buy a house for R200 000, they will qualify for a subsidy of R168 852 and the balance must be financed via a bank.

Flisp subsidy The Flisp subsidy is another form of the credit-linked subsidy, but the income category is R3 501-R22 000. This programme similarly to the credit-linked option does not have the HDD requirement.

Donate unwanted goods With summer and the year-end period fast approaching, many households will start their annual spring clean soon.

Now that we are in level one of the national lockdown, it might also be a great time to declutter, says Ted Frazer, national marketing manager for the Seeff property group.

“What a great way to dispose of your unwanted goods through the Seeff Home2Home Campaign,” he says.

“This recently launched social responsibility campaign provides the opportunity for homeowners to donate their unwanted, but working and usable goods for distribution to the needy,” says Frazer.

The campaign has taken off and has been well received by local areas with many homeowners keen to donate.

“Our agents have been quite busy arranging for the collection and distribution of

items. Seeff has partnered with organisations who will distribute the goods to charities,” he says.

Whether you are moving to a new property or just need to do a clean out, most homes have unwanted goods and Seeff now offers you the opportunity to donate from your home to other needy homes. Suitable items include used clothes, home appliances, décor and other household goods. Items must be in a usable and working condition.

Frazer says interested locals can contact their nearest Seeff branch to find out how they can contribute to this initiative. Use your own boxes or bags or Seeff’s agents can provide you with Home2Home moving boxes.

Simply drop off the goods at your nearest Seeff office or call the branch or an agent to arrange for collection.

. An applicant must obtain a mortgage loan in order to qualify to purchase an existing house or a plot linked to a building contract.

Further to this, the programme makes provision for those earning between R3 501 and R7 000 to be assisted with a free serviced site as their once-off assistance. This means they cannot apply for any subsidy after being assisted in this manner.

Flisp is proving to be quite popular, as during the 2019/’20 financial year, the department received 2 340 applications, with 1 843 being approved.

V For queries, call 021 483 6488/3112/0611/8984 /0623 or email humanmin@westerncape.gov.za.

‘Asking price remains vital’

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With the property market currently very active – driven predominantly by the historically low interest rate – Tiaan Pretorius, a property consultant with Seeff, says in this market, sellers may be tempted to increase their asking prices, but this can be a big mistake.

“The main draw card of your property is the price, so make sure it is priced correctly and offers value compared to the other hundreds of properties available to your potential buyers,” he says.

Naturally, any seller wants the highest possible price, adds Gerhard van der Linde, managing director for Seeff Pretoria East.

Sellers may therefore come to their own conclusions about the value of their property based on what they paid, adding thereto any improvements and their perceived growth in value.

They may also consider what they owe the bank and how much they need for their next property. Some may even look at the insurance value and most will look at what their neighbours sold for and add to that as they usually believe their property offers more value.

However, sellers often see asking prices and are then surprised to hear what properties actually sold for. Van der Linde says while a seller will want to maximise their price, the true market value cannot be based on these considerations. Comparisons must be made with actual sales prices achieved in the area and with other properties on the market of similar value, condition and amenities that your property will be competing with.

Sellers should guard against appointing an agent based on a high price promise, especially in this market. Even in a buoyant market, overpriced properties stay on the market for prolonged periods and may create the impression that there is something wrong with them. Eventually the asking price needs to be lowered to below market value before it attracts attention.

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ZABALAZA THEATRE FESTIVAL WINNER

Poetic work tackles GBV T

he Baxter’s Zabalaza Theatre Festival 2020 winner, First Accused, written and directed by Mava Silumko, will be performed at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio, with six performances only, in November.

The play was selected out of 36 productions at the 10th annual Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival which was held in March, just days before lockdown and the national state of disaster were announced.

First Accused looks at how the South African justice system fails the women who suffer emotional, physical or sexual abuse at the hands of their spouses.

The cast of four is made up of writer and director Mava Silumko with Buhle Sam, Sinazo Guga and Lihle Qobongoshe.

Silumko, from Strand, has been a participant at the festival for the past seven years.

In 2017 he was awarded the Most Outstanding Artist of the festival.

“Winning the Best of Zabalaza for 2020 is one of my greatest achievements to date and, given that I have been participating in the festival since 2013, my dream and goal was always to receive this award,” says Silumko.

“Over the years I attended many workshops at The Baxter where I learnt so much about creating content and I am grateful that it has paid off. I hope this production will help to create awareness around this scourge which has and continues to ravage South Africa.

Enough is enough – we have been battling with this issue for too long now.”

This year the festival celebrated a decade of the finest development theatre as it continues to develop theatre practitioners from in and around the Western Cape, by providing them with performance platforms so that they can realise their creative concepts.

The winning production goes through a mentorship process to raise the standard of

Front Sinazo Guga, Lihle Qobongoshe, Buhle Sam, Back Mava Silimko in First Accused.

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the work before it is mounted for a two-week season at the Baxter.

The continued support and commitment from the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, the City of Cape Town, Distell, HCI Foundation and Pick n Pay has enabled the sustained growth of the festival every year.

“I am delighted to congratulate Mava and his cast on this important production, given the alarming rate of gender-based violence (GBV) against women in our country. Furthermore, it is a sensitive and poetic work that tackles an out-of-control reality experienced by so many women daily,” says Zabalaza artistic director, Mdu Kweyama.

Performances will take place from Thurs-

day 12 November to Saturday 21 November, at 18:30 and two Saturday matinees at 14:00.

All performances will be limited to 50% capacity, with Covid-19 protocols in place as regulated at level one during lockdown.

These will include the availability of hand sanitisers, tracking and tracing recorded, wearing of masks and physical distancing.

Patrons and audience members are advised to arrive at least an hour before the start of the performance to avoid delays.

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UCT ParaSports Club raises T awareness on blind football he ParaSports Club at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is on a mission to have blind football included as one of the university’s official sporting codes.

As one of the first steps towards achieving this goal, the club hosted a benchmarking webinar on the growth of the sport in other parts of the continent and for tips and advice on what UCT needs to do to get the ball rolling.

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Koloko said the club hopes to host a blind football clinic during the course of 2021, depending on the prevalence of Covid-19 infections.

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Blind football takes centre stage

The UCT ParaSports club is developing blind football.

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he ParaSports Club at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is on a mission to have blind football included as one of the university’s official sporting codes.

As one of the first steps towards achieving this goal, the club hosted a benchmarking webinar on the growth of the sport in other parts of the continent and for tips and advice on what UCT needs to do to get the ball rolling.

Muya Koloko, one of the founding members of the UCT ParaSports Club and the organiser of the webinar, said the club has been facilitating ongoing conversations with stakeholders on ways to include blind football as an official UCT sporting code.

He said the club had earlier collaborated with the League of Friends of the Blind (Lofob) to host a series of workshops to introduce both students and staff to the sport. He described the webinar as phase one of an ambitious endeavour to grow the sport on campus, in the province and eventually in the country.

“UCT is in a prime position to build not only blind football, but para-sport in general. A university’s place is to innovate, educate and improve. Sport is an easy way to build community connections and to make a lasting difference in the lives of people,” Koloko said.

The next steps for the UCT ParaSports

Club are to further familiarise themselves with the sport, evaluate the opportunities and stumbling blocks and assess how best to integrate blind football as an official sport on campus.

Short-term plans are focused on collaborating with UCT Football and Lofob to establish two blind football teams to play in a mini competition.

The medium- to long-term goals, Koloko said, are to use the competition as a vehicle to drive awareness of the sport, and ultimately to host a Western Cape blind football league.

“So far, we’re only at step one, which is us trying to create awareness of the sport.

Once that awareness grows and the situation allows, we plan on pushing integrated friendly matches to get as many players with or without visual impairments to try the game and gain interest.”

Koloko said the club hopes to host a blind football clinic during the course of 2021, depending on the prevalence of Covid-19 infections.

The University of Venda and Nelson Mandela University have been earmarked to be part of the event.

He said that formalising the partnership with Lofob and other stakeholders will be a priority in order to facilitate blind football friendly matches featuring blended

teams of players.

“We have started the work and hope to have a stable foundation by 2023. At UCT we have

the human, financial and physical resources to make this happen and to provide opportunities for sport for all in our community.”