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Officers sworn in

About 5000 police recruits were officially sworn into the police service in five parades across the country on Friday 13 December.

Of these, 1045 officers were sworn in at the combined parade of the Philippi and Bishop Lavis police colleges. The officers will now be deployed to stations across the country. Pictured is Capt Bart Nel who lead the combined parade for the last time. He has been stationed at the Philippi Academy for 39 years and will soon retire. See more on page 2.

PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS

GARDENS

Plants and ideas traded NOMZAMO YUKU @NomzamoYuku

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plant swap organised by Candide Gardening had plant fanatics buzzing at Happy by Nature, a plant nursery located in Gardens, on Thursday 5 December.

Participants had to bring different plants which they then exchanged.

One of the participants were Michelle Lenk from Diep River, who traded her pothos for a pilea. She describes the event as “super amazing” and something needed in the city. She says it is a great way of bringing people together and encouraging gardening.

Shani Krige, the market lead for Candide,

says the swap is positive and inclusive and encourages a sharing culture.

“People came with plastic crates full of plants. I could not believe my eyes,” says Krige.

According to a statement, this is an attempt by Candide to encourage people to get out there and grow more gardens.

“Plant swaps are a growing trend internationally, with regular events happening in all corners of the globe.

“These relaxed get-togethers are meeting points for plant aficionados, newcomers and everyone in between – a chance to share ideas, and trade plants and cuttings,” reads the statement.

Grant Davids and Michelle Lenk at the plant swap event held in Gardens.

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PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITION Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Farewell 2019 A

s the year draws to a close and people prepare for their end-ofyear excursions, People’s Post will also be taking a short break. This is our final edition of the year. Our office will also be closing on Thursday 19 December and re-open on Monday 6 January.

Our next edition will hit your post box on Tuesday 14 January.

People’s Post would like to thank all our readers and advertisers for their support during 2019. It has been a year of many ups and downs, but you did not waver in your support. We are looking forward to an

People’s Post Editor Thulani Magazi is feeling the festive spirit. PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS

exciting 2020 where we will seek to continue providing you with quality content and other excellent services to satisfy your individual needs.

We look forward to interacting with you again in the new year and extend our invitation to everyone to open their doors and welcome us into their respective homes. We would also like to wish all our Christian readers and advertisers a blessed Christmas, and a happy New Year South Africa.

From the editor and the team: Thank you all. Siyabonga kuni nonke. Dankie aan almal.

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SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121 A total of 5 000 police recruits have successfully completed their police training and will be deployed to stations across the country ahead of the festive season.

The recruits graduated at a police parade at five colleges across the country; with 1 045 officers graduating in Cape Town, on Friday 13 December.

The parade was held at the Philippi Police

Academy and was the combined parade of both the Philippi and Bishop Lavis recruits.

Deputy police minister Cassel Mathale says during their recruitment process more than 500 000 applications were received.

Of this, only 5 000 were successful.

He says in the light of the rise in the number of cases of gender-based violence, much focus was also placed on preparing the recruits to deal with these cases and “ensure proper victim support is provided”.

The new officers will be placed at the vari-

ous stations across the country for a 12month probation period.

At least five constables who were identified as the top achievers at both the Philippi and Bishop Lavis campuses received bursaries to further their studies.

At the parade, Capt Bart Nel lead the parade for the last time.

Nel has been at the Philippi Academy for the past 39 years and will now be bowing out of the service.

V Samantha Lee-Jacobs took these photos.

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ennis player, Khololwam Montsi is one of five players to represent South Africa in the ATP Cup in Australia next month.

The 17-year-old, who is based in Sea Point, will be rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s top players at the tournament between Friday 3 and Sunday 12 January.

The team will be playing in Group A along with Serbia, France and Chile.

Explaining how he got this far, Khololwam says passion, dedication, discipline, lots of hard work and knowing that you are not going to win every day is key.

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“It takes a lot of hard work preparing for the tournament and I am fortunate to have coaches and trainers that are so passionate about what they do. They prepare a tournament and good training schedule for the year, so we know exactly what to do,” adds Khololwam.

He says this is a dream come true and he is looking forward to playing along with top players such as Kevin Anderson, Lloyd Harris, Raven Klaasen and Ruan Roelofse.

“This means I will be sharing the same arena and everything with top world players, thus giving me more exposure on the world stage. This is a big achievement for me as it has opened the doors for me to the main draw of all Junior Grand Slams in the year 2020,” Khololwam says.

He is a beneficiary of Anthony Harris Tennis Academy and is grateful for the support – it pays most of his tuition and travelling costs since 2017.

His mother, Phumla Montsi says it is great for a parent to see children doing well. “We feel truly blessed by all that the boys have achieved.

“We have always said that the move from Pretoria to Anthony Harris Tennis Academy in Cape Town was the best move for Kholo,” Phumla says.

Dionne Newton Harris, spokesperson for the academy, says it is fantastic to see Khololwam’s achievement in the three years that he joined them.

School says goodbye to principal Camps Bay Primary School said goodbye to its principal, Stuart Collier, who retired after 11 years at the helm.

Acting principal and long-time colleague Liesel Visagie says the farewell on Thursday 5 December was a sad day for the school.

Visagie says Collier’s knowledge, vision and wisdom made Camps Bay Primary School the excellent centre of learning it is.

“Thank you for filling the corridors and classrooms with loads of laughter and life.

Thank you for your inspirational presence everywhere – at assemblies, on the sports

field, and even on the stage and dance floor.

Thank you for always going the extra mile and ensuring that everyone felt worthy,” says Visagie.

Collier thanked the staff, pupils, parents and former colleagues from both the primary and the high school for the special assembly, and the school’s governing body, past and present, for their voluntary service.

He reminded the pupils to always run their own race: “Be the best that you can be and always show goodness and kindness and be caring to others.”

Principal Stuart Collier accepting special cards made by Camps Bay Primary School pupils.

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PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITION Tuesday, 17 December 2019

CLEAN-UP

Beaches are not ashtrays, says NGO A

n anti-litter campaign kicked off at four beaches on Saturday 7 December ahead of the festive season. The #Unsmoke campaign is a partnership between tobacco company Philip Morris SA (PMSA), the City of Cape Town and non-profit organisation, Clean C. Beach clean-ups took place in Camps Bay, Clifton, Blouberg and Milnerton.

The campaign encourages smokers to dispose of their butts correctly in buckets which have been installed.

According to a statement, cigarette butts is a major problem on beaches and pollutes the ocean. Smokers often discard cigarette butts in the sand. This litter is often carried into the ocean with the tide, where birds and marine animals mistake it for food, with dire consequences.

“With this initiative, we’re calling on adult smokers to become aware of the environmental impact and change their behaviour. We’re going a step further to provide beach ashtrays to make it easier to dispose of cigarette butts responsibly. Have some fun in the sun this festive season, but remember that our beaches are not ashtrays,” says Marcelo Nico, managing director of PMSA. Nico says the campaign encourages adults to quit tobacco and nicotine entirely, and for those who don’t quit, to switch to better, smoke-free alternatives.

Xanthea Limberg, Mayco member for water and waste services at the City of Cape Town, says: “The City is happy to support this programme, especially during a period that sees high numbers of visitors to our beautiful beaches. Our cleansing teams are on the ground daily, but it can be challenging to keep up with the amount of litter generated throughout the day, particularly in the case of cigarette butts which are relatively small.”

Greg Player, director of Clean C, added that his organisation coordinates beach clean-ups along the coast every first Saturday of the month. “We encourage the public to get involved in preserving the heritage of our beautiful coastlines,” he says.

The team behind the beach clean up on Saturday 7 December.

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Van de Rheede has been with the CCID since day one and grew within the organisa-

tion. He says job satisfaction and contributing towards making Cape Town a better place is what drives him.

Van de Rheede’s focus is crime prevention. “You feel the achievement when you have helped somebody or have prevented certain crimes from happening,” he says.

Van der Merwe works with the underprivileged and homeless people in the CBD. He says the journey has been exciting and every day is a new challenge. Van der Merwe says although they have various programmes to curb homelessness, the problem is growing and challenging. He says it is good to be recognised. Tasso Evangelinos, the CCID’s chief executive officer, thanked the men for their work.

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BEACHES

Identikidz returns to Cape beaches T

he City of Cape Town will implement its Identikidz project at 15 beaches over the festive season.

The project aims to help reunite lost children with their families.

As part of the project all children who arrive at these beaches will be registered and issued with a tag containing their parents’ contact details. The initiative will be active at these beaches on 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29 and 31 December and again on 1, 2, 4, 5, 11 and 12 January.

The City’s social development and early childhood development directorate is spearheading the project, which is part of the festive season safety plan.

This year, the project has been implemented at Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, Strandfontein, Gordon’s Bay, Strand, Monwabisi, Harmony Park, Mnandi, Big Bay, Sea Point and surrounding area, Silwerstroom, Camps Bay, Lagoon Beach, Melkbosstrand and Milner-

ton beaches from this past weekend.

“The Identikidz programme has grown exponentially as more people become aware of it, and the results are truly astounding.

“It provides peace of mind to parents on busy beach days, when children can so easily become lost in the crowd, but it also makes the task to reunite them far simpler,” says Mayco member for community services and health, Zahid Badroodien.

During the 2018/19 festive season, just more than 100 000 children were tagged – a 132% increase on the previous year. A total of 535 children were reunited with their families. “We are doing everything possible to keep children safe, but this doesn’t absolve parents and caregivers of their responsibility,” says Badroodien.“We urge them to register their children with our Identikidz teams as soon as they arrive at the beach, and to ensure that they keep their cellphone close by.”

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Singer, songwriter and Idols SA judge Unathi will kick off the concert with her easy listening melodies.

Pop and R&B singer, songwriter Shekhinah will next entertain the crowd with her numerous number one platinum and gold

singles from her debut album Rosegold. She will drop her new album in 2020.

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PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITION Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Silver lining for fighter JP Naudé F

our fighters from Cape Town represented South Africa at the International Karate Organisation (IKO) KyokushinKai Karate Elite World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan, recently.

The South African Team, sanctioned by Karate South Africa (KSA), went through a strict selection process before being chosen with Protea colours.

In total, 18 fighters were selected with Protea colours.

The four Cape Town fighters were former All-Africa champion Xolani Gumede (men’s open division), Sarah Newton and Lilly Edmonds (both junior girls elite) and Shihan Jason Dawes and JP Naudé (both in the seniors’ division).

The colours each fighter received are official Protea colours awarded by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), which is a first for IKO KyokushinKai South Africa.

The team competed under the IKO full contact rules which see full-contact fighting. Winners are only awarded a victory on decision or

knockdown basis.

“I competed in the seniors’ division and managed (to earn) a silver medal under the guidance of eighth Dan Shihan Kenny Uytenboghaardt (head of IKO - Kyokushin Africa),” says Naudé.

The open division sees approximately 200 of the world’s best fullcontact KyokushinKai Karate members compete over three days to ultimately have one champion.

“Considering that the open division has no protective gear, the fighting is extremely physical and only the toughest, fittest and most skilled fighters will make it to the top 32 on the final day,” says Naudé.

He adds that fighters are required to train extremely hard for this competition. Candidates train up to six days per week in traditional karate, gym work and competitive training classes. This year, training included several fighting classes and mountain training at Rhodes Memorial on Sundays.

“This mountain training is very hard and leaves all exhausted by the end of the workout,” says Naudé.

CAPE UMOYA SEE OFF MBOMBELA IN ATHLONE: Roscoe Pietersen of Cape Umoya United FC celebrates scoring a goal with teammates during the GladAfrica Championship match between Cape Umoya United and Mbombela United at Athlone Stadium on Friday 13 December. The home team went on to secure a 2-1 win.

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Rain wreaks havoc on local pitches GOOSAIN ABRAHAMS Rain put paid to newly-promoted Strandfontein’s chances of gaining much-needed points in their Western Province Cricket Association Premier League match against Durbanville on Saturday 14 December.

After batting first and being dismissed for 131, Saliegh Jaffar (31) top scored for Strandfontein and immediately hit back to have their opponents reeling at 124/9, still eight runs short of victory with a solitary wicket remaining.

Intermittent rain caused the game to be called off with Durbanville eventually awarded the points by virtue of a superior run rate.

Most of the other games suffered the same fate, with Rylands continuing their purple patch, getting the better of Gugulethu.

Primrose managed to finish their game before the rain interfered with a surprisingly easy six-wicket win over Edgemead.

Results: Premier League: Strandfontein v Durbanville

Strandfontein 131 (Saliegh Jafffar 31, Jared Southgate 24; Ed Schutte 2/13, Jody Lawrence 2/16) Durbanville 124/9 (Hayes van der Berg 24; Tyler Alexander 3/24, Waseem Salie 3/26) Durbanville won on run rate WPCC v Claremont WPCC 146 (Shaun Dyason 48, Junaid Allie 37; Marvin Williams 4/33) Claremont 37/1 (14 overs) No result Langa v Bellville Langa 114 (Ben Henderson 35; Dan Childs 3/11, Dewald Botha 3/22) Bellville 118/4 (Dewald Botha 43, Uwe Birkenstock 36*) Bellville won by 6 wickets Brackenfell v Rondebosch Brackenfell 267/6 (Chris Dent 114, Jackie Strauss 55, Morne Willemse 53; Myolisi Fumba 3/45, Luke Stevens 3/55) Rondebosch 153 (Bradley Barnes 59; Brandon Viret 5/43, Ettienne Jewell 3/54) Brackenfell won by 114 runs Victoria v Cape Town Victoria 179/6 (Jordan Woolf 80*; Bradley Petersen 3/22)

CTCC 81/5 (Matt Goles 34*, James Crowson 24; Dane Piedt 4/18) CTCC won on run rate First Division A: Edgemead v Primrose Edgemead 73 (David Schierhout 3/17) Primrose 74/4 Zaeem Najaar 30*) Primrose won by 6 wickets Ottomans v Kraaifontein Ottomans 217/9 (Mujahid Isaacs 47, Muzzamil Sheik 41, Rasheed Lewis 34; Dane Patterson 2/24, Juandre Jumat 2/24) Kraaifontein 126/5 (Craig Thyssen 52*; Nadir Samaai 2/25) Ottomans won on run rate Milnerton v Kuils River Milnerton 261/5 (Matthew Snyman 105*, Justin du Toit 59, Dillon Smit 52; Heath du Plooy 2/32) Kuils River 136/4 (Cheslyn Batt 70; Luke Petersen 2/32) Milnerton won on run rate Gugulethu v Rylands Gugulethu 102 (Siya Dodono 31; Umar Anthony 6/22, Ridwaan Williams 3/7) Rylands 93/2 (Rushdi Jappie 29*) Rylands won on run rate

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Blitzboks fall short in Cape Town EARL HAUPT @EarlHaupt

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hile the boisterous partisan crowd filled the air with expectation at the Cape Town stadium, the Blitzboks fell agonisingly short of claiming their home leg of World Rugby’s Sevens World Series on Sunday 15 December.

Coach Neil Powell’s men were beaten 7-5 by archrivals New Zealand in a nervy final in front of the 55 804-strong crowd who packed the stadium. In total, 119 539 people streamed through the gates during the threeday spectacle – a record for the event.

After a scoreless first half, Justin Geduld handed the home team the lead after the restart but could not slot the subsequent conversion. As a result, Ngarohi McGarveyBlack broke South African hearts three minutes later when he dotted over under the posts, which made Akuila Rokolisoa’s pending conversion a mere formality.

Despite the loss, Powell was satisfied with his team’s display over the past two weekends, which saw them bag the title in Dubai a week earlier. “We had two good weeks,

playing in two finals and winning one,” said Powell.

“That is a much better start than last season and, bar the two line-outs we fluffed in the final, we had a good tournament. I certainly cannot fault the effort of the players.”

Earlier in the day, in their semi-final, the Blitzboks had to fight back to secure a 21-14 win over France. Despite Marvin O’Connor’s try, converted by Paulin Riva, an inspired phase of play, which started within their half, saw Ruhan Nel dive over for a seven-point score. JC Pretorius’s clever dummy flummoxed the French defence and allowed him to coast over the try line unopposed, allowing the Blitzboks to lead the contest for the first time. Geduld duly slotted the conversion to move the score to 14-7.

Captain Siviwe Soyizwapi capped off a spirited display, rounding off another attacking move from their defensive quarter to take the match beyond France’s reach and to book their spot in the showpiece of the tournament despite a late consolation try by Jonathan Laugel. In their quarter-final clash against Kenya, Blitzboks turned in a clinical second-half display to see out their

fellow Africans in a 17-5 win.

It wasn’t all plain sailing, though. Local hearts were sent aflutter when, against the run of play, Kenya took an early 5-0 lead through an unconverted try by Alvin Otieno.

However, Nel would restore parity, much to the delight of the home crowd, but Justin Geduld failed to convert, leaving the scores deadlocked at 5-5 at half-time.

During the tournament, Geduld became the fourth South African player in the World Series to score 1000 career points after Cecil Afrika, Branco du Preez and Seabelo Senatla. Shortly after the restart, Nel would secure his brace after rounding off a well-orchestrated line-out, converted by Geduld.

Selwyn Davids put the game beyond Kenya’s grasp when he chased down a kick by skipper Soyizwapi. Nel, however, could not play in the final after picking up an injury in the semi-final win. He was sorely missed.

Sieraaj (left) and Zurina Brewer from Athlone.

Maka Unufe of USA (left) powerlifts JC Pretorius of the Blitzboks in a tackle during their pool encounter at Cape Town stadium on Saturday 14 December.

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“It was a pity that I could not play in the final, but that is the way rugby goes sometimes,” said Nel. “At least I played in two full tournaments and we did very well. I am now returning to fifteens, but I am very pleased with my short comeback to sevens. At least I know my conditioning will be right up there when I join the Stormers soon.”

Meanwhile, the Springbok women’s Sevens team, Imbokodo, who made their debut at the Cape Town Sevens, finished 10th.

Coach Paul Delport applauded his squad’s efforts, saying the tenth-place finish was what they were aiming for.

“We realised that our intensity was not good enough and, therefore, our defence suffered and we made some poor decisions on attack,” said Delport.

“But that was always par for the course as we last played at any level close to this last year at the Rugby World Cup Sevens.”

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Sandra Brown from Saldanha (left), Jennifer Solomons from Bellville and Lee-Anne Crouse from Mitchell’s Plain.

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