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Daniel Thetard is one of three learners from Camps Bay High who recently received their Lifeguard Award to become lifeguards for DHL Clifton Surf Lifesaving club.

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hree Grade 11 learners from Camps Bay High School are ready to dive into the seas and save lives. As soon as beaches reopen, that is.

Daniel Thetard, Rafe Tayler and Sam Warren recently received their Lifeguard Award (LA) after completing training to become lifeguards for DHL Clifton Surf Lifesaving club.

The diploma qualifies recipients to work as professional lifeguards.

However, with most beaches still closed to curb the spread of Covid-19, the trio will have to wait a little longer before they can put their newly acquired skills to the test.

Mandy Thompson, secretary at the club, says in order to qualify for the training, participants must be older than 16 years.

The intense training comprises a series of modules covering sea conditions, emergency first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques, communication signals, rescue craft use, spinal board use and one man drag and rescue techniques, among others. The training takes between eight and 10 weeks to complete.

“The exam comprises a written test on all you have learnt, examination of your CPR technique, a run-swim-run in less than 10 minutes, signals and all the rescue techniques,” says Thompson.

She adds that Daniel and King Langdon (who received his Lifeguard Award last year) completed the level three First Aid course, bringing them one step closer to becoming first responders.

Carol van der Spuy, communications manager at Camps Bay High, says they are proud of the learners’ achievement.

“It takes a lot of commitment and determination to complete the course and our learners saw it through,” Van der Spuy says.

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She adds the school always encourages learners to plough back into their area through any form of community service.

Van der Spuy says they are proud to have learners qualify each year to complete the course.

Daniel says he started swimming at the age of seven and had no plans of exiting the programme until he received the Lifeguard Award.

The 16-year-old says helping others has always been his passion. He adds that he is proud that he will now get an opportunity to put his skills to the test.

“Lending a helping hand to others is something I enjoy doing. I am looking forward to spending more time working at the beach.”

According to Daniel, keeping a calm mind is one of the most important factors to apply when trying to save someone in distress.

Thompson says the course is open to anyone starting from children aged eight and older.

“Nippers is a junior programme that introduces children aged eight to 14 to surf lifesaving.

“It is a fun, outdoor activity that grows a child’s confidence and teaches valuable life skills and knowledge about the aquatic/marine environment.”

According to Thompson, the Nippers pathway teaches lessons and skills, allowing children to continue in lifesaving and carry over into other sporting codes and life in general as they grow older.

Thompson says, because of the level three lockdown regulations, the club is currently closed, adding that it was severely affected by the national lockdown last year.

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Second wave of virus pandemic ‘nearing its peak in Cape’ NETTALIE VILJOEN The Western Cape may be nearing the peak of the second wave of Covid-19 infections, although it is still too early to be certain, the provincial government said last week.

In a statement released following a press conference held on Tuesday 5 January, premier Alan Winde said it was promising to note a significant decrease in the Western sub-district within the Cape metro, which had shown a 35% drop in cases.

“This district was one of the first to experience the second wave, and it might be an early sign that the area has reached its peak.

“This would then point to a similar trend emerging in other sub-districts soon,” the statement read.

However, he continued that while all subdistricts in the Cape metro had not shown increases, extreme caution had to be taken in drawing early conclusions at this stage, “given the change in testing criteria in the metro specifically”.

“We will be closely watching the city of Cape Town over the next week to determine if the trend continues,” Winde said.

The provincial government confirmed that the Garden Route district had passed its peak and was on a sustained downward trajectory.

Winde said this district, which was the first

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to experience the major surge in cases, associated with the new variant in this second wave, was experiencing a decline in both cases and hospitalisations.

“The critical care capacity in the Garden Route district, however, remains under pressure, and there was a week-on-week increase in deaths in this district,” he said.

According to Winde, except for the West Coast district which remained on an upward trajectory (although slower), all rural districts were showing signs of stabilisation.

“We are waiting to see whether the slower relay of data over public holidays is the reason for this and whether the pattern holds in the week ahead,” he added.

Dr Richard Friedland, chief executive officer of Netcare, said its hospitals in the Western Cape had also started to reflect a plateau in the number of patient admissions.

Netcare also stated that it had recorded a decrease in hospitalisations in the Eastern Cape for the fourth week running.

However, the private hospital group was readying itself for a Covid-19 surge in Gau­teng.

“In Gauteng, we are, as expected, already experiencing an alarming rise in admissions of Covid-19 patients across all our facilities and this is expected to rapidly wor­sen over the next two weeks,” Friedland cautioned.

Mediclinic confirmed that in December it noted a strong, sustained and sudden increase in the number of Covid-19 patients

presenting for care with numbers rising dramatically across the Western Cape, Gau­teng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Namibia.

“Demand seems to have stabilised in the Garden Route,” Dr Gerrit de Villiers, chief clinical officer: Mediclinic Southern Africa, said.

While these early signs of possible stabilisation in the Western Cape are heartening, Winde said the healthcare system remained under extreme pressure “as this new, more transmissible variant has resulted in significantly more hospitalisations than was experienced in the first wave”.

Dr Friedland confirmed this, saying that in the Western Cape the number of patients admitted to Netcare hospitals far exceeded that which was experienced in the first wave of the pandemic.

De Villiers said this was also the case at Western Cape Mediclinic hospitals.

“We have exceeded 800 admitted patients at the end of December in our Western Cape hospitals from less than 100 in November,” he said.

A week ago, the Western Cape had 3 290 Covid-19 patients in its acute hospitals, 2 052 in public hospitals and 1 238 in private hospitals.

Normally, Mediclinic has an ICU/High Care bed capacity of roughly 1 000 beds with 850 available ventilators in the Western Cape.

“Currently, with our second surge of Covid, we are seeing occupancies of general beds between 60% and 90% with significant vol-

umes of patients in emergency centres.

“ICU beds and ventilators have experienced the biggest strain with some hospitals’ ICU beds and ventilators fully occupied,” De Villiers said.

Dr Friedland said it was expected for the demand to continue in the Western Cape for the next two weeks at least.

He said Netcare has urgently recalled all frontline staff from leave.

Dr De Villiers noted that Mediclinic too has asked staff to come back earlier from leave where appropriate.

“As part of Mediclinic’s measures to increase capacity and resources, we have had to take the difficult decision to appeal to our nursing staff individually to reconsider ta­king extended periods of leave during this time in the interest of serving a community in need,” Dr De Villiers added.

To meet the increased need in the public sector, Winde said more beds had been made available for Covid-19 patients.

Across the Western Cape, the public sector capacity has 7 537 acute beds, excluding specialised beds at psychiatric hospitals, TB hospitals, Red Cross Hospital and the Mowbray Maternity Clinic. This also includes general and critical care beds for Covid-19 patients.

“This additional capacity is helping relieve some pressure, but our platform remains under pressure, especially in the critical care wards.

“We are also experiencing significantly more deaths in the second wave than we did in the first wave,” Winde said.

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here is no doubt that 2020 will go down as one of the most challenging, unpredictable and unprecedented years of modern history. With the global pandemic ravaging the world, it will be something we can speak of with next and next generations, as the survivors of the Spanish Flu had relayed their tales.

While 2020 has now ended, there may also be some positives to take from lessons learnt. Why? Because we survived it; but it is just as important to remember the more than 30 000 people who did not.

In conversation and through posts on social media leading up to the festive season, it was evident that the world had relaxed, that there had been a few moments of hope, especially that 2021 would wash away the horrific and disturbing reality of 2020, but even those hopes were dashed.

For many, they went into the new year mourning, others spent the first few moments of a new year and a brand new decade in a hospital bed, fighting for their lives.

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What I took away from surviving the year was a deeper connection with God, the power of prayer and how important it is to have a good support structure.

The importance of looking after your mental health and appreciation of loved ones while they are around and just how privileged we are to even just be able to breathe. The year 2020 also taught me that I needed to slow down, look after myself, live a healthier lifestyle and not to procrastinate. This was especially difficult for me, as I would often make long lists of projects and never get around to them.

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All that aside, the biggest lesson we all can take from 2020, is the knowledge of how to prevent this new year becoming a repeat of the death, sorrow and battles fought in 2020.

I know we are all tired of the same old story: “mask up, sanitise and social distancing” and that as social beings it is important to be around others, but if we all try a little bit harder now, we can move on and recover from this disaster a little quicker.

I can’t recall a time when I read so many “Rest in peace” statuses on social media, or knew so many close to me who have battled just to breathe.

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PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITION Tuesday, 12 January 2021

PANDEMIC

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CRIME WRAP V City Bowl: Wednesday 6 January presented a mixed bag for local police as a number of complaints were received.

At 05:40, WO Theo Goosen arrested a 29-yearold man for house breaking and theft at Shortmarket Street. The complainant received a call from City Bowl Armed Response informing her about the break-in, and police proceeded to the complaint and arrested the suspect. In an unrelated incident at 09:30 in Astana Street, Bo- Kaap, Sgt Louis Teixeira arrested a 30-year-old man for theft out of a motor vehicle.

Later, at 11:00 detective Const Christopher van

Wyk arrested a 19-year-old suspect for common robbery.

Then in the evening, at 19:15, Sgt Ndumiso Mpithi arrested a 32-year-old man for common robbery at the long distance bus terminus in Marine Drive.

The suspect was followed by the complainant who pointed him out to the police.

V City Bowl: On Thursday 7 January at 23:09 at the corner of Riebeeck and Adderley streets, City Centre, Sgt Ndumiso Mpithi arrested a 39-yearold male suspect for possession of a dangerous weapon and possession of drugs. At 05:45, at the corner of Darling and Sir Lowry roads, Const Masibulele Mpande arrested a 31-year-old male suspect for common robbery.

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or me, it felt like being sent back to fight in a war that I really didn’t have the emotional capacity or physical strength to fight in,” says Dr Deborah Maughan, a specialist physician in the department of medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital.

Maughan, like many other frontline workers, is physically and emotionally drained and is still recovering from the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

She says the second wave could not have come at a worse time.

The doctor describes the second wave as far worse than the first. She says with more patients being infected the hospital staff is taking strain. She adds that more and more staff are becoming infected; some for the second time.

“The emotional toll of this pandemic for staff is massive. Patients are alone and families are not able to visit for obvious reasons.

Having to phone families and break bad news over the phone is hard. It is a lot to absorb, but we are trying our best.”

Alaric Jacobs, principal communications officer at the hospital, says they admit between 60 and 70 patients per day.

“As of (Wednesday) 6 January, we have nonventilated 225 Covid-19 positive patients and 40 patients awaiting a test result with 27 ventilated patients in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and 32 patients on high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO).”

Jacobs says they are working hard to prevent over- crowding, but says every other day they must convert hospital wards to Covid-19 wards. “We currently have 14 wards and five six-bedded ICU’s being utilised to accommodate Covid-19 patients (a total of 389 beds) which stretches staffing very thin. Teams in the emergency unit are moving patients out to the wards as soon as possible.”

He says they also transfer patients to intermediate care facilities at Brackengate and Mitchell’s Plain to help make space for sicker patients.

Maughan says they are seeing an increase in younger patients being admitted.

“Many of our patients are young and previously healthy and the virus can result in a devastating clinical illness in some patients in both the short term and the long term.”

She says it is everyone’s responsibility to avoid becoming infected as it is within our power to do so and avoid spreading it to others.

“It is incredibly frustrating to encounter people who refuse to believe that Covid-19 is real when we see the very real impact of this virus every day. Those using social media to spread such a message are disrespecting all the hard work that health workers are doing and all those who have lost their lives because of this virus.”

The doctor paints a bleak picture of those who end up in hospital and describes the virus as devastating for not only medical staff, but also families. “There is a look on the face of the patients when they come into the hospital, when they are struggling to breathe and on oxygen, when they realise what is happening to them. They experience fear that they might die, and they feel alone. So many people have lost parents and other family members because of this virus.”

Maughan says anyone younger than 45 years who has no comorbidities but have symptoms or came into contact with someone who is positive, should isolate at home for 10 days. She adds that if you are 45 years and older, or any age with comorbidities and symptoms, to go for a test. She reiterates the importance of isolating while awaiting your results.

She encourages everyone to support healthcare workers.

“Please be mindful of supporting the health care workers in your family and friendship circles. Send them an encouraging message and check in with them to see how to support them. The toll this is taking on the emotional and mental state of health care workers cannot be underestimated.”

LIGHT OF HOPE: For the past 30 years people have been making their way to the V&A Waterfront for the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display.

But this year the colourful lighting event was swapped for a beam of hope instead. The beam of hope consisted of 36 vertical searchlights.

It formed part of the shopping centre’s tribute of light symbolising the lives that were lost and the jobs that were affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Since Thursday 31 December the beam of hope shone for one hour from 21:00 daily until Wednesday 6 January.

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Green Point Park only open for cycling and running In response to queries of what is allowed at Green Point Park, park management have put several measures in place to protect park users.

As part of the national lockdown regulations the management is trying to ensure the park remains and complies with the law.

In response to the Disaster Management act, management has undertaken the following measures: . To comply with gathering regulations, all areas of the Green Point Park (GPP) have been closed off, including lawn areas. This leaves only the pathways for visitors to use as walkways, to run or cycle. . All access points except South Gate have been closed, establishing a controlled access point to the park.

Here the following measures have been put in place: . Covid-19 control measures have been put in place, including temperature checks,

symptom check lists and keeping record of visitors entering the park. . Counting visitors entering and exiting the park, to the maximum capacity of 100 visitors in the park at any one time. This is done using manual clicker counters and existing count sheets.

Visitors are advised of the Covid-19 protocols, which include: . To wear a face mask at all times; . Maintain social distancing; . Sanitise; . Advise visitors that there is no thoroughfare through the GPP; . A sanitiser pot has been provided at the gate.

All site security have been briefed to monitor visitors and ensure: . Face masks are used at all times. . Social distancing is adhered to. . No gatherings are permitted. . To keep visitors out of the feature areas and off the grass.

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SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION

Matric results: plan to compensate NETTALIE VILJOEN

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hether you were one of the brain boxes wanting to count your distinctions or one of the mere mortals hoping and praying for a pass, that agonising wait for the final matric results to be released is a memory shared by many. For the matrics of 2020, the suspense is even more excruciating.

Matric results are traditionally released within the first week of January, however, last year the Department of Basic Education announced that the matric class of 2020 would only get their results on Tuesday 23 February. But, besides the added anxiety, how will matrics wanting to start their first year of tertiary education be affected by the delay?

According to feedback received from the University of Cape Town (UCT), the impact on their studies will not be too severe.

In response to People’s Post queries, UCT explained that applications from prospective first-year students were considered on the basis of their Grade 11 final results and/ or September/trial examination results.

These were used by UCT to make early, conditional offers of admission. Firm offers will be made once the matric results are released in February.

“Like all universities, the 2021 academic year at UCT has been delayed by a month and is scheduled to commence on (Monday) 15 March,” the feedback issued by UCT’s communication and marketing department read.

It went on to say that the delay resulting from the impact of Covid-19 had been taken into consideration during the compilation of the 2021 academic calendar.

“The calendar, therefore, will be adjusted accordingly to ensure that the curriculum is completed considering that the academic year is scheduled to commence about a

With later examination dates and the overall impact of Covid-19 on the education sector, matriculants of 2020 will need to wait a little longer for their results. PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS month later than usual.”

Seeing that the wait for matrics to hear if they have been officially accepted at their chosen tertiary institution is also much longer than usual, People’s Post wondered if more than the usual number of matrics might decide to take a gap year or pursue short-course options instead.

Could this lead to matrics – once they do receive firm offers from tertiary institutions – preferring to rather postpone their acceptance to next year, and if so, would that be possible?

“It is usual for matriculants to opt for various post-matric options, including taking

a gap year. This will be possible for any matriculant this year.

“They will, however, need to apply for 2022 admission, or reapply if they had applied for 2021 when applications open later in the year,” UCT said.

As 2020 matrics await their fate, UCT is preparing to welcome back returning students and to help first-year students feel at home on campus.

“All undergraduate UCT students who are South African residents, and all international students who can return to the country, are expected to be in Cape Town for the start of the academic year on 15

March,” the university said.

Students in the faculty of health sciences will need to be on campus earlier.

During the first semester of 2021, UCT will offer all undergraduate courses in a physically distanced learning (PDL) mode.

According to UCT, this means: . All undergraduate lectures will be offered online, with the exception of courses in the performing and creative arts, architecture and languages. . Faculties will be able to exercise their discretion in offering contact lectures for final-year courses, depending on the capacity of available venues. . The faculty of health sciences will manage its various programmes through a combination of online lectures and PDL in laboratories and on the clinical platform, according to Covid-19 health protocols. . Laboratory and studio work will be organised to offer sessions both in the mornings and the afternoon, to accommodate everyone while allowing for physical distancing. . Face-to-face tutorials will be provided according to faculties’ capabilities and the availability of approved venues. Students will be asked to come to campus on a rotation basis to attend tutorials. . Fieldwork and internships will be accommodated to comply with both the needs of the different programmes and Covid-19 health protocols.

UCT said sessions that involved physical contact – whether in a laboratory, studio, tutorial or final-year lecture – would be held under strict health protocols.

Students and staff members not wearing masks would not be allowed into venues.

“On registration, students will need to sign a commitment of adherence to Covid19 health and safety protocols before being allowed on campus,” UCT said.

Extension date ‘not for expired vehicle registration discs’ Last year, the national government announced an extension for license renewals until Tuesday 31 August this year.

This will grant a much-appreciated reprieve for citizens reluctant to enter busy licensing centres for fear of contracting and spreading Covid-19.

But the City of Cape Town warns vehicle owners that this extension only applies to driver’s and learner’s license renewals, and not to motor vehicle licensing and renewals.

Since June last year, City officials have processed more than one million vehicle licenses. To put that into perspective, in any other year it has taken officials a full 12month period to process 1.3 million vehicle licensing applications.

“City staff have done an exceptional job in consistently processing more than double the normal amount of monthly transac-

tions since June this year,” said the City’s Mayco member for finance and executive, deputy mayor Ian Neilson.

However, there is still a backlog in processing the 1.3 million registered vehicles in Cape Town due to the national lockdown.

Owners are advised to alternatively use the City’s e-Services for applications.

“With the recent data indicating a Covid19 resurgence, we encourage customers to please make use of our online service offerings, where possible. It is important to avoid crowded areas and facilities and only visit an office for urgent business,” Neilson said, adding that a turnaround time of three weeks should be factored into customers’ schedules.

Adding to the delay, Neilson said, the City also has not been provided with adequate numbers of NaTIS terminals by the Road Traffic Management Corporation,

however: “We have been informed that additional terminals have become available and we hope we will receive these in the not too distant future.”

Motorists are reminded of the following National Transport regulations: . Discs that expired on 31 October 2020 should have been renewed by 23 November 2020. . Discs that expired on 30 November 2020 should have been renewed by 22 December 2020. . Discs that expire on 31 December 2020 should be renewed by 22 January 2021. . Motor trade vehicle numbers/trade plates: should have been renewed by 30 November 2020. . Driver’s and learner’s licenses: renew by 31 August 2021 (for licenses that were up for renewal between Thursday 26 March and Thursday 31 December 2020).

V To register for e-Services, visit: https://eservices.capetown.gov.za/irj/portal. For motor vehicle registration and licensing assistance: Vehicle.Licence@capetown.gov.za.

The extension of license renewals applies only to expired learner’s and driver’s licenses and not to vehicle licensing. PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS

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Diabetes Patients, with the assistance of their healthcare provider, should keep their blood sugar within the correct range to prevent them from getting into comas and to ensure that they do not end up with the complications like kidney failure, failing vision, erectile dysfunctions or amputations of the limbs.

Dr Rapiti attributes the growing number of diabetes in South Africa and the rest of the world to spiralling obesity.

Rule of Halves 1. Half the people in the world with diabetes are undiagnosed 2. Of the half diagnosed, only half are treated 3. Of the half treated, only half are treated properly.

Early introduction of insulin is key The main reason for complications from diabetes, like failing vision, heart attacks, erectile dysfunction and chronic kidney disease is because of poor control of diabetes. One of the main reasons for this poor control is because insulin is introduced way too late. Patients

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are reluctant to go onto insulin out of fear and ignorance. Patients should therefore be properly educated on the benefits of insulin in order to ease the introduction of insulin. Dr Rapiti maintains that many patients end up severe complications because they are introduced to insulin too late.

Obesity & Its Statistics 1) Obesity is a serious health issue in South Africa and the rest of the world. The WHO (World Health Organisation) estimates that there are 1 billion overweight people in the world.

2) The diabetes population will double due to obesity in the next 20 years in Sub-Saharan Africa.

3) One in five children is obese in South Africa.

4) More adolescents are being treated for type 2 diabetes, which was mainly an adult disorder.

5) More than 50% of adolescents over the age of 15 are obese.

6) In 2013, a 9 year old boy died of sleep apnoea because of his obesity.

7) Once a person moves from childhood into adolescence carrying excess weight, there is a

70-percent chance of him/her becoming an overweight or obese adult 8) South Africa has the highest number of obese people in Sub-Saharan Africa.

9) Research has shown that the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, cancer; diabetes, osteoarthritis and chronic kidney disease increase when a person's weight-to-height ratio, also called a body mass index, exceeds 23.

10) The waist circumference is a better indicator of one's health than the BMI. The ideal waist circumference is 94cms for males and 88cms for females or, the circumference should be half the person's height.

11) America, where 61% of its population is overweight or obese, realised that their healthcare system is heading for bankruptcy in 30 years by the growing diabetes epidemic and has decided to tackle obesity seriously as obesity is now being regarded as the leading cause of diabetes.

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group of 20 young people from across the Cape Flats are making waves in the hospitality industry thanks to a Salt River-based hospitality school.

Cooktastic, is a non-profit organisation (NPO) that aims to empower talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with culinary training and job placement support.

Mbuyi Jongqo, co-founder of Cooktastic says the training is three-fold, with four weeks work-readiness training, eight weeks of basic culinary training and four weeks inservice training.

According to Jongqo their aim is to upskill 24 students at a time. Mbuyi says she spent five years as the programme and job place-

ment manager at the Salesian Institute Youth Projects in Cape Town where she mentored hundreds of youth.

Mbuyi says while the course costs more than R20 000 students are only required to pay R1 200. She adds that with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Australia, and other sponsors, they are able to cover the balance of students’ fees. Mbuyi says this year, fees will increase to R2 400.

Mbuyi adds that 20 out of the 22 students that enrolled last year are currently doing their in-service training at various establishments. “For many of these young people, this has been a dream come true. They are now working in areas such as Sea Point, Camps Bay and Constantia.”

Mbuyi says when lockdown began in March last year they were approached by the Rotary Club of Sea Point to start a bread

Young people from across the Cape Flats are making waves in the hospitality industry.

project.

“There was a great need in communities and the students were eager to play their part to help alleviate the hunger,” explains Mbuyi.

She explains that the culinary chefs-intraining were called in to start baking ciabattas under the head chef while continuing their training.

According to Mbuyi, since May last year the trainees baked 500 ciabatta breads per day which were distributed to people in need across Cape Town. She says they have baked over 30 000 loaves.

Farhat Danyal, president of the Rotary Club says the aim of the partnership with Cooktastic was to assist the students as well as those who were starving due to the nationwide lockdown.

Zubair Samuels (20) from Bridgetown is one of the students. He says he never thought he would enjoy cooking or baking as much as he does now.

“At the beginning I just enrolled to see what it is all about. But soon I learnt so much and started loving it. I learnt so much. Everyone in the family now expects me to bake or cook something.”

Samuels says he is currently doing his inservice training at Protea Hotel in Green Point. Danyal says in December last year they also paid tribute to frontline workers.

“We delivered stollen bread (bread containing fruits and nuts) to medical staff at Somerset Hospital. This was to thank all their frontline workers for their excellence, dedication and sacrifice during this pandemic, especially in these trying times.”

Since May last year the trainee chefs baked 500 ciabatta breads daily which were distributed to people in need across Cape Town.

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Beaches empty over festive break SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121

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t is no secret that the Western Cape has some of the best beaches, with tourists flocking to the Cape over the festive season to take advantage of the good weather and several beautiful beaches for surfing, bathing and sun tanning.

But this season was very different.

With the second wave hitting the country rapidly, the call from president Cyril Ramaphosa to close the beaches in all hotspots saw the beaches in the province empty, with many adhering to the regulations.

This was a unique sight. During the festive season thousands flock to the beaches from as early as 05:00 and stay well into the evening, travelling long distances to enjoy a beach day. This meant no parking and not a patch of sand to lay a towel or blanket on the busiest days.

People’s Post spoke to locals on their thoughts especially in light of several days boasting 30 °C weather.

Madre Ockhurst says annually her family visits either Blouberg, Fish Hoek or Strand beach for a family day over the festive season.

“Even if it is windy, the family knows that we spend the day at the beach. We live near the beach and it is so hot. The water is a tease. So near but so far,” she says.

On Sunday 3 January, despite the 31 °C weather in Strand, the beach was completely empty except for an angler or two. The boardwalk, however was dotted with locals just looking at the beach.

Paul Fredericks from Eerste River says he visited the beach just to look at the water and enjoy the peacefulness of a beach walk.

“I want to put my toes in the sand. It is so tempting, but I know that the regulations are there for a reason,” he says.

His wife, Audrey, says they are part of the tradition of beach days and would leave home at 05:00 to be at one of the local beaches on their annual beach day, 26 December.

“We could be here at 06:00 and there

would already be a lot of people. We don’t use the beach often, but now that we can’t we miss it even more. Beach day is a tradition and we had to miss it this year,” she says.

Another local, Jessica Williams and her boyfriend Brandon Isaacs were walking along the boardwalk.

“You never realise how much you miss something until you can’t have it. The beach is a great place to de-stress and the smell is invigorating. The sound is calming and the feeling of the sand leaves you refreshed. We can’t have the sand, but we can still enjoy the rest of the feeling walking on the boardwalk,” she says.

Community policing forum (CPF) chair for Strandfontein, Sandy Schuter Flowers says for the most part, the beaches have been quiet.

She says annually the CPF forms part of beach safety drives and campaigns because of the large number of people who flock to the beaches. As accredited safety volunteers, the CPF and neighbourhood watch continue to patrol the beach and coastal areas despite restrictions.

She confirms that on their patrols there are many who park at the beach and watch the waves while having something to eat.

“During the entire festive season in previous years, Strandfontein is frequently visited by thousands, especially on Boxing Day and New Years Eve or the second of Jan, we have a influx of people coming from all over,” she says.

“Beach patrols every day is important because when it’s quiet, it’s secluded and it can become an unsafe place. This is especially when you have opportunistic criminals that would turn a simple park-off just to watch the waves, into a hijacking or robbery at gunpoint, leaving victims traumatized. Even though this year was different, we still applied the same patrols as we would have if there were no restrictions.”

Fear of fines and even the possibility of arrest has many sticking to restrictions.

Police minister Bheki Cele has been seen

The beaches were peaceful and empty despite the 30 °C weather on Sunday 3 January.

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at beaches all over the Western Cape in what has been dubbed “a single-minded obsession” with enforcing the restrictions, by provincial minister for community safety Albert Fritz. The heavy-handed approach has seen arrests of bathers, surfers and fines issued.

“The Western Cape government believes that the rule of law in South Africa must always be upheld, and the regulations must be enforced even if we disagree with them,” says Fritz, calling on Cele to fight crime as passionately as he is about “arresting sur-

fers”.

“Of course, all regulations need to be enforced until otherwise struck down by a court of law, but it would do the national minster well to broaden his focus from beaches and also zone-in on the violent crime that many of our communities currently experience,” says Fritz.

The beaches are closed under lockdown level three restrictions which were implemented between Tuesday 29 December and Friday 15 January. The amended restrictions are set to be reviewed before this date.

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Club rugby holds out for glimmer of hope in the current year Western Province Club Rugby hopes 2021 will provide the opportunity to kickstart the amateur game.

Manager of WP Amateur Rugby Danny Jones also extended his well wishes for the new year, while reflecting on the year that was. “(The year) 2020 has certainly been a challenging year for WP Club Rugby, but even though it has been a difficult year particularly with no fixtures, the year has been full of highlights as we saw our clubs step up to the plate,” he said, adding that by March last year just over 1 600 matches were scheduled for the season.

“We started the year in anticipation of a fantastic season ahead with many clubs playing pre-season friendlies early in 2020. At the time we envisaged an exciting year ahead for club rugby as we could see the standard of rugby across all the leagues and divisions had kept improving. (The previous year), 2019 had been an exciting year for WP Club Rugby as we saw several clubs go toe-to-toe with very small margins and it was clear our clubs were ready to build on this,” said Jones.

He had hoped, that on the back of steady improvement in the standard of rugby, not just

on the field, further developments could take shape with the introduction of additional technology in amateur structures, but it was not to be.

“Sadly the season ahead never materialised as Covid-19 dealt a devastating blow to club rugby. The impact was severe not only from a fixture point of view but also to all the periphery benefits the game of rugby brings to our rugby community,” Jones explained.

“Covid-19 not only impacted our fixtures but also the micro economy of club rugby.

Clubs lost gate-takings, kiosk sales, player and coaching fees and membership subs among the many other benefits physical events bring to a club rugby structure. For many communities who depend on their local rugby club, the loss of regular club rugby activities has been severe,” he adds.

However, Jones lauded clubs for keeping “the spirit of club rugby” alive.

“It was evident early in lockdown that our club structures were no strangers to challenges and were naturally geared to use their organised club rugby structures to support their players and the communities they serve.

“Witnessing our club structures galvanise

their management and players into support units which stretched far beyond the eighty minutes between the white lines was heartwarming. Using the leadership skills of club rugby we saw our clubs move into action without hesitation to support their players and their local communities in need,” explained Jones.

Many clubs started outreach projects which included feeding schemes and fundraising. Clubs reached out to local sponsors, past players and in many cases their personal funds to support their members and families during very difficult times.

“We knew the loss of physical social interaction had a tremendous impact on our members as we witnessed the joy from our members to see each other face to face when we had our first group engagement which saw just over 80 clubs arrive at Newlands to collect more than one thousand food parcels courtesy of our partnership with NGO United Way,” he says.

These parcels would each feed a family of six for a month. While on-field action was limited to inter-provincial contests, WP Rugby maintained its coaching support systems, us-

ing the digital space by implementing online coaching and education workshops including coaching; referee; and media, marketing and sponsorship workshops, which will see the establishment of a high performance coaching programme which is exclusively for women later this year.

“As we now reflect on 2020, we note the terrible impact Covid-19 has had on our members, but we also note the strength of WP Club Rugby and the wonderful gift our clubs bring to society through the world of rugby as they deliver strength, hope and opportunity to their members and the communities they serve. There is no doubt that our clubs are ready to tackle 2021 whatever the challenges might be.”

Jones reminds members that the virus is spreading, and to therefore take every precaution during the second wave.

He adds: “We extend our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those that have lost someone of late. We trust you will draw strength from your family, friends and colleagues during this difficult time and know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.”

Netball activity stops immediately S

ince the start of 2021, South Africa has seen a resurgence in Covid-19 cases, more people seem to be contracting the virus and a lot more seem to be losing their lives in this pandemic.

Cases have been increasing daily and now these mere “numbers” are in fact the people we all know and are connected to.

Netball South Africa president Cecilia Molokwane and her executive committee have taken a unanimous decision to suspend all planned netball activities until further notice with immediate effect from Friday 8 January.

In all, the u.21 training camp which was scheduled for Monday 11 January to Friday 15 January, the SPAR Challenge in Cape Town between Wednesday 20 January and Wednesday 27 January 2021 as well as the men’s national championships have all been put on ice.

“As the country continues to see Covid-19 numbers rising, it is very scary seeing what

is going on around us. We see numbers rising and these numbers are names of people that we know. As an executive, it was very important for us to take a decision to postpone all our planned activities until further notice. We will continue to take the lead from government and consult all relevant stakeholders as we take all the much needed steps to ensure that we protect lives,” said Molokwane.

She adds that she, along with Netball South Africa’s events team, will continue to be in consultation with the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture as well as the Department of Health and will monitor the situation with the view of taking the best decision for the sport.

“I think it is also important that we take this time and continue to use this moment to educate our people about the importance of adhering to health regulations and protocols around Covid-19,” concluded Molokwane.

Netball South Africa has taken the decision to halt all activity amid the rise in Covid-19 cases across the country in recent weeks.