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2 Edward Mudiwa and Emmanuel Vureya are part of the screening team that have been trained at Rustenburg Girls’ High School.

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EDUCATION

Schools gear to open NETTALIE VILJOEN NETTALIE.VILJOEN@MEDIA24.COM

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he preparations for the return of Grade 7 and 12 learners to schools on Monday 1 June are progressing well, according to a statement released last week by the Western Cape education department (WCED).

On Tuesday 19 May, the minister of basic education Angie Motshekga announced that the National Coronavirus Command Council and cabinet have approved the reopening of schools.

The Western Cape minister of education Debbie Schäfer says the date for reopening applies to schools across the board once gazetted, as the country is currently operating under the State of National Disaster Act. “However, the national minister did state during her briefing (on 19 May) that the department of basic education (DBE) would engage with independent schools that have fewer learners and grades.

We have also been engaging with a number of independent schools regarding the development of their safety protocols for reopening,” Schäfer said.

In preparation, the WCED placed

orders for school safety and hygiene packs. This includes two masks for every learner and staff member in all public schools, hand sanitiser and liquid soap, cleaning materials and non-contact digital thermometers.

Principals were charged to oversee the thorough cleaning of schools. The cleaning materials being delivered to schools include bleach to be used for disinfecting surfaces.

“According to the National Institute For Communicable Diseases (NICD), the virus does not live longer than 72 hours on a surface and is not airborne. Simply put, if there have been no people in the buildings, the virus cannot be there,” Schäfer said.

Deliveries of the hygiene packs and masks began two weeks ago and continued last week.

“If an individual school does not have the safety measures in place with the requisite materials, it will not reopen for learners on 1 June,” Schäfer added.

When People’s Post spoke to Michael Gates, principal of Rustenburg Girls’ High School, last week, he said they had not received their hygiene packs yet and have no date of scheduled delivery.

“But we have managed to procure enough sanitiser, gloves and

masks for our staff to commence work. We are confident that the WCED will deliver these in time for the return of learners. Classes for Grade 12 will resume on 1 June,” he said.

Claremont High School also confirmed that it would be opening on 1 June.

Natalie Niekerk, a spokesperson for the school, said that Claremont High School last week received some of the supplies of the hygiene pack but were still waiting on other items. “We are not sure when it will arrive. It has been arriving on a daily basis. For example, we got some bleach and hand sanitiser on one day, gloves on one day and thermometers on another day,” Niekerk says.

Directly after Motshekga’s briefing last week, citizens and media houses were allowed to submit their questions via phone, email and a WhatsApp line. Quite a few of these asked for Motshekga to give a guarantee that the lives of children and their primary caregivers (often grandparents) would not be put at risk.

Earlier, Motshekga said legislation did allow for homeschooling.

Parents could continue children’s schooling at home if they wished, however they had to register with the department.

Schäfer said an interim list of conditions that present a risk for staff and learners as “comorbidities”, such as hypertension, diabetes and tuberculosis (TB), has been sent to schools. Principals and school management teams will be compiling confidential lists of learners and staff with these conditions.

“Parents whose children have comorbidities will be offered the opportunity to oversee their children’s learning at home with the support of the department over the next few months, or until restrictions are lifted. A letter will be sent to schools with a form for parents to sign indicating their intention to keep their child at home and to oversee their learning,” Schäfer said.

Gates said Rustenburg Girls’ High School had been providing learning opportunities and support to their learners during the lockdown so far, and that it would continue to do so once the matrics returned to school. “Although we are convinced that being at school with a teacher physically present is the best way to learn. We are exploring ways of extending the classroom to include those who need to stay at home so that their learning can continue,” he said.

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Mixed emotions over essential PPE SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121

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hile the wearing of cloth masks has become mandatory, many are still not heeding the call.

Shopping malls, supermarkets and other places of business have also put no entry policies in place for those not adhering to the lockdown regulations, however this has been very little deterrence.

While at a local shopping mall and on social media, People’s Post polled locals on the wearing of masks.

Security guard Thomas Paulsen says he is solely in charge of enforcing the rules.

“I spray the shoppers’ hands before they come into the mall and I must make sure they are wearing their masks,” he says. “If they are not wearing their masks they cannot enter. There are some who still say we will do what we want and it is difficult to get them to leave when I am alone but I am doing my job.”

Rebecca Daniels says she is not a

fan of wearing a mask.

“They are uncomfortable, they tickle my nose and I just don’t like how restrictive they are, but I understand why we need to wear them, so I wear it when I leave the house,” she says.

Getting children to wear masks is one of the bigger challenges for mom of three, Janice Williams.

“My children are young and I sometimes need to take them out with me because I cannot drop them anywhere and when my husband is working they don’t have anyone to look after them. I have masks for them but they hate wearing it and fuss and mess with the masks so it defeats the purpose,” says Williams.

Tasneem van Rooyen says her biggest pet peeve is that the masks mess up her make-up.

Shakilah Doutie says she does not like breathing in “carbon dioxide” and for Sandy Flowers, her opinion is that it poses a bigger safety risk.

“I can’t drive and wear a mask – which I wear when I have a passen-

ger – because my specs mists up and I can’t see,” she says.

Washiela Harris agrees. “It affects my driving as my glasses mist up and when you speak on the phone it muffles the sound. Sometimes breathing is a problem as well,” she says.

Tarryn Petersen says she cannot breathe with a mask on. “I have tried different materials and other kinds of masks but it is terrible. The elastics hurt my ears and it moves when I breathe so it irritates my face. When I go back to work, I will need to wear one all day. I am not looking forward to that at all,” says Petersen.

One thing all these individuals have in common is that despite how uncomfortable or inconvenient the wearing of masks are, they are complying and understand the importance of wearing them.

V Still don’t have your own mask? Visit the People’s Post Facebook Page to learn how to make effective cloth masks from items you have at home.

The proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), especially cloth masks, is encouraged.

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G A R A G E D O O R S

In line with international and national advice, the Western Cape government health department has stated the isolation of infected people and quarantine of their contacts as an important step in the process to suppress the spread of Covid-19.

As the country prepares to move to alert Level three of the national lockdown and an expected surge in Covid-19 infections communities, especially in overcrowded areas, are urged to take extra caution.

When are people required to isolate? . People who have tested positive for Covid-19 will be required to isolate themselves for 14 days. . People who may have no symptoms but are in close contact with a confirmed (received test results) case should isolate themselves for 14 days. . People who have symptoms and are not sure if they have Covid-19 (may be awaiting testing or test results) should isolate as a

precaution. If the test is negative, the person can move about in their household.

Anyone who may have been in close contact with a known positive case and who is awaiting their test results will be required to isolate (quarantine) as a precaution until the test results become available.

If tests of the person under investigation (PUI) tests negative, the contacts can move about in their household. If the PUI tests come back positive, they need to isolate for 14 days.

Should anyone in the household in isolation develop symptoms during the 14-day isolation period, they should be tested and the isolation period should be followed starting from the day of symptoms developing.

Isolation in this instance means staying indoors and completely avoiding contact with other people.

Self-isolation measures include: . Stay at home in a different room (and bathroom if possible); . do not leave the house; . do not have visitors; . use different cutlery and crockery than the rest of the household; . separate laundry and special rubbish disposal.

It is also advised that your household gets assistance from outside (having food delivered is a good idea), because the whole household may also be in quarantine for symptoms. This means they also cannot leave the house.

What happens if you KEEP SAFE: The provincial health department, advises residents cannot safely isolate at of the five golden rules for good hygiene. These are hand-wash- home? ing, covering coughs and sneezes, keeping a minimum distance If someone cannot safely of 1.5m, not touching your face, and staying home (and apart) isolate at home due to cirwhen you are sick. Practicing good hygiene is essential in the cumstances, the health fight against Covid-19.

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isolation facility where they will receive temporary care away from home.

The Western Cape government and municipalities are providing comfortable facilities where positive Covid-19 patients can be separated from families until it is safe for them to return.

Transport to and from facilities, food, laundry services and waste disposal will be provided. Separation from families is a difficult experience, but it is necessary to stop the spread to loved ones and community.

Isolation instructions must be followed.

How will an ill person be managed when in isolation by the department of health officials?

An important feature of isolation and quarantine is that health teams will follow up and check-in with you to monitor your well-being. Ensure you are contactable and answer their questions truthfully.

It is important to alert these teams to any severe symptoms.

If needed, people will be referred for further medical assistance.

The department says it understands that this is a very stressful time for those who have to isolate and are doing whatever they can to help make this as easy as possible.

Residents are reminded to be kind and compassionate during this time.

Like anyone who falls ill, people who are infected with Covid-19 deserve love and care.

It must also be remembered that most people fully recover from Covid-19, and they should be welcomed back into communities when they return.

Natalie Watlington, a spokesperson for the Western Cape government department of health, says the department wants to thank every person for their hard work during this time.

“Working together in this way, we will all be successful in our efforts to the stop the spread of Covid-19,” Watlington says.

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KAYLYNNE BANTOM Groote Schuur hospital says it needs at least 50 000 masks and has called on people to generously donate.

During lockdown level four, it is mandatory to wear a face mask when leaving your home or when in public spaces.

Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospital have been identified as Covid-19 testing sites in the Western Cape.

Alaric Jacobs, Groote Schuur communication officer, says hundreds of visitors and patients visit the hospital daily and some cannot afford a mask.

“There are many reasons why people aren’t able to access masks. We desperately need thousands of masks to help keep our patients and staff safe,” explains Jacobs.

Amy MacIver, Newborns Groote Schuur Trust manager, Masks are says: “We need masks for outpatients and inpatients who need to move in between wards and departments, for example, to go for X-rays or blood tests.”

She says they require cloth masks that can be washed and reused.

On Thursday 21 May, the Solly and Zohra

required to keep patients and staff safe.

Noor Foundation delivered 10 000 cloth masks to the hospital. “We appreciate the donation by the foundation. The masks were made by House of Monatic and are of high-quality,” says Jacobs.

Masks can be dropped off at the hospital.

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COVID-19

Triage centres for testing SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS SAMANTHA.LEE@PEOPLESPOST.CO.ZA @SAMANTHA_LEE121

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total of 17 triage and screening centres have been opened across the province in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The most recent of these centres were opened at the Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain district hospitals last month.

Premier Alan Winde says these facilities will observe social distancing, become an extension of the hospital and it will deal exclusively with respiratory symptoms and Covid-19 testing.

Those diagnosed as positive will be processed accordingly. The testing and triage centres already established are at Tygerberg, Victoria, Khayelitsha, Mitchell’s Plain Paarl, Karl Bremmer, Wesfleur, New

Somerset, Eersteriver, Heideveld and Kraaifontein health centres and hospitals.

The provincial government is also in the process of preparing Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and False Bay, Worcester, Groote Schuur and Mowbray Maternity health centres and hospitals for triage facilities.

Provincial head of health Dr Keith Cloete says: “We are scaling up more places where we will be able to do bigger amounts of testing but we also don’t want to do it in a way that exposes people (to the virus).”

The triage centres are tents set up at the health facilities where patients presenting symptoms will be required to pass through before heading into the hospitals.

Monique Johnstone, health department spokesperson, added: “Testing will only be conducted if the doctor detects signs and symptoms of the coronavirus after the client

The triage tent is set up at the entrance to the Mitchell’s Plain district hospital

has been screened. This is not a community screening and testing site. People who have signs and symptoms to access services at the designated screening and testing sites in their area or contact the provincial hotline.”

Winde says the triage centres will have the capacity for testing in cubicles with clinical staff on hand to assist patients.

While these facilities are available, community testing and screening continues.

Cloete says that 106 facilities are currently equipped to conduct Covid-19 testing.

By Sunday 24 May, 121072 tests have been conducted with 13969 cases confirmed in the province. Of these, 6719 cases are active with 6950 recoveries and 300 deaths. Of he active cases, 569 patients are in hospital.

These were the last confirmed statistics at the time of going to print.

V Call the provincial testing hotline on 021 928 4102.

The centre has designated cubicles inside that provide privacy for patients.

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CBD crime continues to drop in lockdown Crime levels in the Cape Town city centre continue to plummet amid level four of the country-wide lockdown.

According to the Central City Improvement District’s (CCID) safety and security department, there has been a 73% drop across all crime categories compared with the number of incidents recorded this time last year.

Mo Hendricks, CCID safety and security manager, says 94 crime incidents were reported from Thursday 26 March to Friday 15 May, compared with 340 incidents during the same period last year. He says the number of contact crimes has also decreased.

“In 2019, there were 23 robberies, 83 cases of theft out of motor vehicles and 38 cases of people fighting in public. From the start of lockdown until 15 May, there were five robberies, five cases of theft out of motor vehicles and 11 cases of people fighting in public.”

Hendricks says the CCID is operating at full capacity as an essential service during the lockdown. For the lockdown period, it is focussing on protecting people, property and possessions.

“Working closely with our partners – the police, and the City’s law enforcement agency – we have maintained a strong security presence and effectively enforced the lockdown regulations as stipulated in the National Disaster Act,” says Hendricks.

Lockdown regulations enforced include the fining of traders and small businesses for the illegal sale of cigarettes, and individuals breaking curfew regulations.

Hendricks says: “Fines of over R20 000 have been issued for the illegal sale of cigarettes and people being out on the streets without a permit from 20:00 to 05:00.”

He says the main crimes being committed are fighting in public, possession of illegal substances and possible stolen goods, and prostitution.

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COMMUNITY UPLIFTMENT

Online course hits nail on the head NETTALIE VILJOEN

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or more than one hundred young men and women, the opportunity to learn a new skill during lockdown is literally in the palm of their hands.

Using their smartphones, they can participate in a cupboard-building basics short course offered by MyWoodSkills, a non-profit, community-based skills development initiative.

Johan Schronen, MyWoodSkills course co-ordinator, says they have combined old and new technology to present the short course content in a series of ebooklets which emulates the photobook format popular in the 1970s.

Sent via WhatsApp, these low-resolution booklets consume only a fraction of the data normally needed for instructional video clips.

“I wanted to save students data but as a bonus, the fun photobooks (complete with comic book-style speech bubbles) added value to their learning experiences,” says the Rondebosch resident.

The ebooklets break up the “journey of cupboard-building” into bite-sized chunks.

It also allows students to page through and absorb the content at their own pace.

The “blended distance learning” course consists mostly of the photobook modules, tests and tasks sent to students online.

“The online modules are combined with a few face-to-face practical sessions towards the end after lockdown when the live demonstrations, a practical assessment and their graduation award ceremony will complete this learning circle,” he says.

The initiative aims to help school leavers and unemployed men and women be more prepared for employment opportunities in the composite wood furniture, kitchen and shopfitting industry, but the course is open to everyone, including children on the condition of adult supervision.

About five of the students enrolled in the course are women. Wendy Dlwengu from Delft says she found an advert for the course while searching on Gumtree for internships.

“I saw a post from a woman in Johannesburg who was making cabinets for offices and thought, that is kind of different for a woman. It sparked my interest in woodworking.”

Dlwengu says once she finishes the course, she hopes to find work in the industry. “If I can’t find a job, I now have the experience of having built projects. I can start a small business. MyWoodSkills has told me that their door will always be open if I need advice on starting a business,” she says.

Faseega Williams from Bonteheuwel says she came across the course when she was searching online for cabinets to buy.

“I have always been fascinated with woodwork as I had it as a subject in high school.

Then I thought, I have the skill I just need some proper guidance. Why should I buy cabinets if I can build them.”

The single mother of four says her initial plan was to upskill herself, but once she has completed the course she now hopes to share what she has learnt with the youth in her community. She is involved in an addiction awareness programme at a school in her area and hopes to extend this to include teaching the learners a new skill.

Groote Schuur paediatric services moves to Red Cross The paediatric services offered at Groote Schuur Hospital will be moved to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in a phased approach.

The move of the paediatric service to Red Cross, which began on Friday 22 May, has been in discussion for quite a while and is now being expedited to assist freeing up resources at Groote Schuur to assist with the Covid-19 pandemic.

The phased approach will culminate in the whole paediatric service being transferred.

This includes six endocrine beds, four neurosurgery rehabilitation beds and 10 general paediatric beds.

This will include the relevant staffing and equipment for these services.

An interim arrangement for the accommodation of adolescent patients at Red Cross will also be in effect until the end of the Covid19 pandemic.

“We are excited to assist our sister hospital,” says Red Cross chief executive officer, Dr Matodzi Mukosi.

“We are all part of the same family in health care and we assist where we can. This will ensure that vulnerable paediatric patients continue to receive world-class care and treatment.”

V Caregivers of Groote Schuur paediatric diabetes patients who are affected by this move and have questions can call the Red Cross Diabetes Clinic on 021 658 5035 on weekdays between 08:00 and 15:00.

For emergencies, call 021 658 5111.

“This course was a godsend. I am taking shops have also been kind with donations of it one step at a time to get to my goal: to em- wood and tools,” Schronen adds. power the youth in our community with Enrolment is usually free to unemployed knowledge so that they can make the right people. Those who have an income are asked decisions for a better future,” Williams adds. to pay a small fee or to make a donation to Schronen says the initiative began with help sustain the initiative. impromptu, face-to-face training offered to “The feeling of achievement we see in our job seekers gathered in groups under trees students goes further than just having built and on street corners, waiting to be offered a cupboard. It uplifts them emotionally and casual work by passing motorists. Classes spiritually, making them realise that with were given right there where they stood. just a bit of encouragement they can achieve “Many of them had a smartphone and ac- something they thought was not possible. cess to the internet or at least social media. That’s our reward, not money,” Schronen That is when we realised we could share our concludes. wood skills with so many more people by V MyWoodSkills still has capacity for a limited number turning the phones in their hands into little of readers to enrol. To apply send your name, Whatlecture rooms,” Schronen says. sApp number and area where you live to Course participation does not require a 082 299 0689 or mywoodskills@gmail.com. huge investment in inexpensive equipment. Melamine panels are accurately cut, edged and drilled for hinges by suppliers. All that is needed is a basic screwdriver, retailing at R50, which the initiative usually provides to students.

“A cupboard including a drawer, door and shelves can be assembled to perfection with a single screwdriver. But a drill (R350) would be great,” he says.

MyWoodSkills collects off-cuts from the wastebins of wood suppliers to demonstrate cupboard assembly, drilling and marking.

“Wood and hardware Faseega Williams builds her first cupboard.

Online safety to feature in school’s LO curriculum The lockdown period has brought South Africa face to face with the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

While internet access is by no means universal or available to all, during this time many more children have been engaging in the online space than ever before, says provincial minister for education, Debbie Schäfer.

“As our lives, and our learning, are increasingly connecting with the digital space, many parents are rightfully concerned about the safety of their children when accessing the internet. They are at risk from predators, bullying, fraud and negative social influences – and are often more advanced in their online skills than their parents are,” says Schäfer.

She says the provincial department has partnered with Google to develop an online safety curriculum for the life orientation subject at schools. “This curriculum seeks to teach learners the fundamentals of digital safety so that they can explore the online world safely. This curriculum was piloted in 2019 so that areas for development could be identified,” says Schäfer.

The lessons are structured in a manner that builds on the work of a previous grade, with four lessons in each grade: . Grade 8: Be safe online – creating secure accounts, understanding the difference between personal and non-personal information, guidelines for online communi-

cation and cyberbullying; . Grade 9: Be a respectful digital citizen – social media and its responsible use, the dangers of selfies and sexting, and identifying websites with fake information; . Grade 10: Be smart online – network and internet basics, preventing online fraud or scams, and the impact of social media on our lives and communities (both positive and negative); . Grade 11: Be a responsible digital citizen – rights and responsibilities under law, protecting your personal information, not engaging in harassment on social media, and the effect of social media on politics; . Grade 12: Be future ready – e-commerce applications and services, safety in e-commerce transactions, and using online job searches and courses for growth.

“The pilot identified a number of successes and challenges, and was used to revise the curriculum before rolling out the lessons as part of the life orientation curriculum,” says Schäfer. The lessons had already been implemented before the lockdown in five of the eight education districts. “The lockdown has made the delivery of the online safety curriculum even more important as children are spending much of their time on the internet and social media – both for learning and for entertainment. We are currently working on a set of specific lessons that we can make available to learners and parents while everyone is still at home,” Schäfer says.

She says learners can also visit the department’s cyber wellness page, which has workbooks, documents and advice on topics such as safe cellphone use, and tools to prevent cyber bullying.

“We encourage all parents to engage with their children’s online activities as they explore the world of digital communication and learning,” says Schäfer.

V Visit https://wcedonThe provincial education department’s website has online line.westerncape.gov.za, for onresources for learners.

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COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

Level three heralds a ‘significant shift’ SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121

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onday 1 June will see a “significant shift” to alert level three of the national lockdown.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his address on Sunday 24 May the decision to move the country to level three was made in consultation with many organisations and entities.

“We have implemented severe and unprecedented measures – including a nationwide lockdown – to contain the spread of the virus.

I am sorry that these measures imposed great hardship on you – restricting your right to move freely, to work and eke out a livelihood,” he said.

According to Ramaphosa, the movement to level three marked a significant shift in the country’s approach to the pandemic. The president listed several hotspots, saying the Western Cape and the Cape Town metropole were of greatest concern. “We are particular-

ly concerned about the situation in the city of Cape Town and the Western Cape generally, which now has more than half the total infections in the country. We are attending to this as a matter of urgency,” he said.

Ramaphosa, however, warned that the continuation of level three was not guaranteed.

“Should it be necessary, any part of the country could be returned to alert levels four or five if the spread of infection is not contained despite our interventions and there is a risk of our health facilities being overwhelmed,” he said.

Some of the noteworthy differences in level three are the ability to exercise at any time of the day, the lifting of the curfew and the sale of alcohol under “strict conditions”. The sale of tobacco products remains prohibited “as a result of the health challenges it presents”.

The announcement was met with mixed reactions. Citizens took to social media to share their thoughts.

Rowena Williams said: “I’m baffled to why

Mayor supports soup kitchens Soup kitchens in Athlone, Mitchell’s Plain, Delft, Strand and Retreat received dry ingredients from mayor Dan Plato. The initiative started on Thursday 2 April and to date 80 soup kitchens across Cape Town have been supported. “We have chosen the sustainable approach of capacitating soup kitchens within communities as an alternative to only handing out food parcels, because it allows residents to have at least one meal for the day.

With our assistance, the soup kitchens are able to continue their important work. We began this programme with the intention to capacitate feeding schemes in communities

who already feed hundreds of people, and to supplement this by donating dry ingredients such as soya mince, lentils, rice, samp and soup mix. We have also issued some with three-plate gas burner stoves and 100F and 80F pots where needed,” Plato says.

Reach Out Athlone, a non-profit organisation (NPO) assisting vulnerable groups, feeds between 500 to 700 people weekly.

“This donation will help a lot. Many people in need will be able to get food now. These are items which I didn’t have, so I am grateful for the donation,” says founder Aziza Hendricks.

Fatima Swanepoel has been feeding resi-

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the president lifts the alcohol ban which is more of a danger to the society. Hospitals will now be inundated with incidents because of alcohol. Lift the cigarette ban instead. The issue of children going back to school is not a good idea. They cannot use our children as Guinea pigs. Our lives matter, our children’s lives matter.”

Yolanda Ockhurst was sceptical about the fact that the sale of alcohol would resume.

“I am a smoker and that increases when I drink alcohol, like for most people. When the ban is lifted many more will look for illegal smokes. Despite the accidents and other things that come with alcohol abuse, you create an even bigger market for illegal cigarettes by opening one and not the other. That is if the other ministers do not come and retract the lifting of the ban like was done with the cigarettes at level four,” she said.

Brandon Lavelot said he was pleased that more businesses would be allowed to open. “(I am) excited as people can return to work

and earn an income. Quite a few of my friends were retrenched or their company closed down. Awesome that we can exercise anytime also. Hope people will adhere to the lockdown rules and flatten the curve,” he said.

For Anthea De Lange, Berenice Jantjies Biko and Bevil Lakay, the underlying emotion was fear. “The fact that there is no vaccine, that our medical staff are the patients of Covid-19 and (on top of that) we are still moving to level three is so scary. More people will die,” she said.

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These are some of the organisations ensuring that residents do not go to sleep hungry.

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All of the students who attend Christel The Help a family in crisis during lock- House come from severely impoverished down campaign started in April; and the in- households. However, the 300 families have itial plan was to provide weekly stipends to been selected due to their dire socio-ecothe 166 households for eight weeks so they nomic circumstances and the severe imcan purchase basic food supplies and other pact that the lockdown is having on their necessities for their families. Various indi- livelihoods. vidual donors and businesses locally and Janine Welby-Solomon, senior social around the world came out in support of worker and admissions coordinator at Christel House’s campaign. To date, the Christel House South Africa, added: “Many school has raised over R500 000 in dona- parents work in the informal sector, and tions for the campaign. with the lockdown in place, they have not One of the biggest supporters has been been able to work and subsequently lost Uthando SA, a non-profit organisation and their only means of income. We also have responsible tourism initiative based in larger families who only rely on a single soCape Town. The local charity has donated cial grant or pension to care for their whole around R1.6 million to more than 30 com- family. We know that our families depend munity projects across the Cape Town met- on these stipends to survive the lockdown ro since Sunday 15 March. and are so grateful to all of the donors for “So many people in South Africa are feel- their support.” ing hopeless, facing starvation and are deeply fearful of the future.

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s medical understanding of Covid-19 develops globally, studies are increasingly indicating that the condition can present in widely diverse ways.

Dr Adri Kok, a specialist physician and president of both the International Society for Internal Medicine and the Faculty of Consulting Physicians of South Africa, says in addition to asymptomatic (showing no symptoms) carriers of the virus, it has been observed that some patients do not exhibit the respiratory symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, and a sore throat) that are most typical of Covid-19, and yet they develop sudden and potentially life-threatening complications arising as a result of the viral infection.

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“There are reports of even young people suffering a stroke, which occurs when a part of the brain is deprived of oxygen due to a blood clot, as a first indication that they have Covid-19.

“Although this virus primarily affects the upper airway and then the lungs due to droplet spread, Covid-19 may set in motion a series of reactions in the body, which may attack the small blood vessels that are crucial to the functioning of other organs including the heart, kidneys, and brain,” she says.

Dr Kok explains that sometimes the body has an overzealous reaction to an infection, known as a “cytokine storm”, which can lead to serious complications in some cases where people have contracted Covid-19.

Cytokines are proteins that our bodies release to communicate with various cells to co-ordinate bodily responses, as is the case when our immune system stimulates inflammation to fight infection, or clotting to help repair damaged tissues.

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vanced stage of the illness, a cytokine storm causes a physiological change in the pneumocytes of the lungs and this then has a prothrombotic or clot-causing effect, potentially leading to abnormal clotting in small blood vessels. This blood clotting is known as thrombosis,” she says.

Apart from stroke, Covid-19 positive patients can also present with cardiovascular damage such as acute ischaemic heart disease or pulmonary embolism, a medical emergency caused by a blood clot blocking an artery in the lung, or other organ dysfunction related to thrombosis, including acute kidney failure.

“In addition, it has been observed that Covid-19 can significantly deplete blood oxygen levels even though the patient may not initially feel symptoms of respiratory distress, which is known as ‘silent hypoxia’.

By the time people seek medical assistance, their condition may already be serious, with a low oxygen concentration recorded.”

Dr Kok says that in addition to Covid-19 testing, which has become standard for all patients being admitted to Netcare hospitals, a D-dimer test, which indicates clotting, must be performed and the blood oxygen level of emergency patients must be monitored.

“Supplemental oxygen and blood thinning medication, as appropriate, can help to restore blood oxygen and counteract the abnormal clotting effect,” she says.

According to Dr Kok, people who already have any kind of heart or blood vessel disease may be at greater risk for not only contracting Covid-19, but also more severe illness.

“People with chronic illnesses or co-morbidities, especially those over the age of 55, should remain in close contact with their doctor.”

Dr Kok advises that people should report any new symptoms that may arise to their doctor, either their general practitioner or relevant treating specialist, promptly.

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Backlash at education plans NETTALIE VILJOEN Angry red-face emojis dominated viewers’ realtime feedback last week when basic education minister Angie Motshekga shared plans on the Covid-19 preparations for the re-opening of schools during live streaming on YouTube.

Since then the decision to reopen all schools for Grades 7 and 12 on Monday 1 June has been met with further pushback. By Monday 25 May, an online change.org petition launched by One SA Movement founder Mmusi Maimane had received more than 156 000 signatures.

The petition, called “Let’s not gamble with our children’s lives”, proposes schools remain closed for a further threemonth period.

The National Association of Parents in School Governance, acting on behalf of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas), this weekend added its voice to the outcry. On Saturday 23 May, News24 reported (“Parents, Cosas join forces to stop govt’s ‘irrational’ reopening of schools”) that Mahlomola Kekana, the association’s president, had said Motshekga’s plan to reopen schools was not only vague but would put learners and teachers in danger of succumbing to Covid-19.

The Western Cape minister of education Debbie Schäfer acknowledged citizens’ anxiety in a statement last week.

“We are facing an unprecedented challenge which could not have been anticipated, with no blueprint. There is much anxiety among all sectors of our population, which is understandable given the nature of the Coronavirus.”

But, she said, schools could not stay closed indefinitely. “There are huge disadvantages to closing schools. Parents cannot work, children miss out on important parts of the curriculum which can affect the rest of their schooling and their future earning capacity, and the poor are affected the most,” Schäfer said.

Another concern is the impact that extended school closures could have on learners who are at risk of leaving the system early. South Africa already has a significantly high drop-out rate, with the highest risk being between grades 10 to 12. DA MP Nomsa Marchesi said of the 1 067 075 Grade 10s who were enrolled in 2016, only 512 735 wrote matric exams in 2018. Schäfer says retaining learners in

the system is a strategic priority for the education department.

“Where parents or community members are concerned about a child at risk of dropping out, they should engage with their school and the department as to the reasons that the learner might drop out, and see what support can be provided to address this,” she said.

Grades are set to return in phases. No specific dates have yet been given on when the other grades will follow.

Schäfer said there will be ample space for classes to be spread out to maintain the required 1.5m between learners for the first Grade 7s and 12s returning.

“The difficulty arises when more grades return to school, and space becomes a problem. One of the key tasks of our returning senior management teams is to develop plans to teach in a new way, whilst the appropriate physical distance is maintained,” she said.

Michael Gates, principal of Rustenburg Girls’ High School, said social distancing would be enforced in the classroom by splitting classes between two or more venues and using live streaming to address both venues, or by using larger venues such as halls, as determined by the needs of the subject in question. He added that they were looking into ways to include home-schooled children too.

At Claremont High School, bigger venues have been allocated to be used as teaching venues to spread out learners in the class.

Natalie Niekerk, a spokesperson for Claremont High School, said their school is quite small in terms of numbers and space, so it helped that it would only be the Grade 12s on the premises. “There will be areas identified for the learners to use during breaks and the desks will be placed 1.5m apart for the classes. We will also set up a revised timetable to ensure that there will be fewer learners in the venue,” she said.

Schäfer emphasised that when the other grades do return to schools, the physical distancing requirement at schools would remain in place. Should this number be exceeded, she says: “We are determining which option will be implemented – be it grades attending class on alternate days, uses of school halls as classrooms, or any of the many helpful proposals we have received,” she said.

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hen the Covid-19 lockdown was first announced, many people anticipated a return to normalcy around mid-April. But with the lockdown extension, as well as the subsequent gradual easing of lockdown restrictions, companies have had to adapt to a new norm.

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One such company taking a new approach to theatre is the Masque Board at The Masque Theatre in Muizenberg. On 24 March, the board told People’s Post they anticipated a return to theatre with its first in-house production, Sister Act (“Unwrapping the gift of time”) in June.

While the timeline has changed, the board is not slowing down. In the spirit of keeping theatre alive, its Zoom-facilitated Bertie’s Ghostlights initiative has been hosting several events each week for about five weeks – and the online audiences are loving it.

“Bertie’s Ghostlights was created to celebrate two key elements that this strange time offers us. The first is to emulate live, in-themoment theatre experiences (probably the biggest gift that being involved in theatre gives you). For example, we are deliberately at this point not recording the sessions,” says Masque board member and sometimes Masque actress Erica Schofield.

“The second element is to take advantage of what being online offers, which is crosscontinental interaction – or interaction crossanywhere. This has allowed us to ‘bring in’ guests from the United Kingdom (UK) and from the United States of America (USA) to be joined by participants from Canada, and even from Cape Town city. We’re able to bring in very exciting guests. This week we had our own Greg Karvellas, artistic director at the Fugard, and our initial guest, UK theatre star Lucian Msamati.”

The initiative includes the “In conversations with” series which afford members the opportunity to engage with thespians around the world.

Schofield adds by hosting conversations,

limited to 12 people, they are aiming for real, intimate and fascinating conversations, hopefully continuing the trend of creating magical moments for their members.

Theatre quizzes, inside access to the Sister Act rehearsals, WhatsApp story snakes and much more are encompassed in the Bertie’s Ghostlights initiative.

Since the start of lockdown at midnight on Thursday 26 March, the board has also started a crowdfunding campaign and launched free memberships to the theatre club to spark interest.

“The Theatre Club had just been relaunched as the coronavirus global crisis was raised. So we had officially three members.

This has jumped to 60, and we’re seeing new sign-in’s each week.”

Schofield adds that they have received more than R54 000 in donations.

“We have seen quite a beautiful and touching aspect to the contributions – supporters dedicating their contribution in memorial to friends, or in honour of their grandchildren’s aspirations.”

With the Masque Theatre’s community-focus, the board is encouraging more people to engage with it and join its efforts to keep the theatre’s doors open.

“The Masque touches many, many people when its vibrant doors are open: we need them to reopen to play our part in that rebuild! Small, local businesses will be the lifeblood keeping our economy’s wheels turning in the recession we are likely to face,” Schofield concludes.

V To support the Masque Theatre, visit backabuddy.co.za/masque or follow @masquetheatre on Facebook for updates.

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Wildlife gets helping hand, continues to thrive Some of the country’s critically endangered animal species are flourishing during the absence of human contact.

The City of Cape Town noted in a statement that wildlife is thriving off Simon’s Town during the lockdown.

A Southern elephant seal was photographed on Monday 18 May at the Simon’s Town harbour and is suspected to be beginning his moulting cycle. The two famous orcas known as Port and Starboard have also returned to Simon’s Town’s waters.

The City’s coastal management team have also recorded several sightings of Cape clawless otter during the lockdown period, as well as large caracal which have been frequenting the area.

A partnership between several organisations has also had a helping hand in the protection of several animals.

Orijen pet food manufacturing company, the South African Wildlife College, CapeNature Conservation and the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Drylands Conservation Programme are working together to save critically endangered species through the help of their trained detection dogs.

“Orijen South Africa is proud to be partnering with the Southern African Wildlife College in support of its four-tiered approach to counter-poaching, which includes well-

trained field rangers, a K9 capacity, aerial support as well as community engagement.

The dogs can track poachers down at much faster speeds than any human can whilst using their incredible sense of smell to stay on track,” says Matt Robertson, a veterinarian at Orijen South Africa.

The company is sponsoring the college, providing them with dog food to keep their dogs in tip-top, crime-fighting state. To date, these free tracking dogs have saved approximately 45 rhinos and have led to arrests of over 140 poachers since the project’s inception in February last year.

In addition, the company also supports the CapeNature Conservation Detection Dog project, which helps conserve the critically endangered geometric tortoise, the Psammobates geometricus, which became endangered due to competition for habitat with development and agriculture.

Vicki Hudson, conservation intelligence manager at the CapeNature Conservation Detection project, says: “Brin and Jamie (detection dogs) have found thousands of tortoises over seven years across the Western Cape. Both dogs are trained to find no less than five species of tortoises, each of which has their unique scent and have also been trained to locate the critically endangered toadlet (Rose’s mountain toadlet). These

four-legged conservation heroes have participated in numerous search and rescue operations, salvaging tortoises from death by fire, lack of food and water from the drought and even bulldozers when a piece of land they live on is being developed,” says Hudson.

The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Drylands Conservation Programme also seeks to save endangered wildlife by using their canines in finding African Giant Bullfrogs underground and the critically endangered Riverine Rabbit.

A Southern elephant seal has made its way to Simon’s Town shores.

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Six ways to keep lockdown rocking A quick scroll through Facebook and it seems just about every family has had to find creative ways to celebrate milestone birthdays during lockdown.

Be it a friend’s 21st or your teenage daughter’s sweet 16, most are promising to “make it right” after lockdown ends. But why wait?

Here are six tips on how to celebrate your birthday in style, or celebrate someone else’s big day, without leaving your couch. . Digital keepsakes: For those who are living alone, or are far away from their loved ones during this time, making memories together will need to get more creative. Luckily, there’s an app created for that.

ForKeeps allows you to create your own memories through themed albums. You can invite friends and family to add to your album with birthday balloons, wishes and their favourite pictures of you together.

The app is available for download on Google Play or iOS Appstore or accessed via their website. . Virtual experiences: Who would’ve thought that, during lockdown, you could enjoy a jazz club’s cocktail hour, do a mind and body class with an Olympian, or do sound bath meditation with a Singapore DJ? Airbnb recently announced the launch of Online Experiences, in a bid to allow people to explore the world from home, while also giving their experience hosts a way of continuing to earn an income.

From living rooms in New York, to kitchens in Italy, there is something for everyone to enjoy. These Online Experiences make for fun birthday gifts. . Friends’ night out: Lockdown doesn’t mean you can’t buy tickets to online events, like music concerts, stand-up comedy, and interesting colabs. Traditional ticketing platforms, like Quicket, have pivoted to enable this sort of online entertainment.

If you’re planning a lockdown birthday party for a friend, scroll through their website to find an online event, get your tickets, and voila! You can also pay it forward at the same time. There is now an option for artists to put a QR code on their live streams. If you scan it, it takes you to a page where you can super easily donate to the streamer. Similarly, for people live streaming on Quicket, there’s a payment widget now alongside their streams where people can make payment without even leaving the live stream. . Celebrate in real-time: If you’re just longing to hear your friends and loved ones singing Happy Birthday, Google’s premium video conferencing platform, Google Meet, is now free for everyone and is the perfect place to gather friends and family together.

Birthday party guests just need a Google email address in order to sign up and enjoy video conferencing features like screen sharing, real-time captions, and more. . Get into the vibe: Being on lockdown doesn’t mean that you can’t turn up and have a good time on your special day.

With YouTube Music, you can access endless ready-to-go playlists like Today’s Biggest Hits, Amapiano Trip and the Pop Hotlist. If you prefer the beat of your own drum, you can compile your own unique playlist and share it with your friends to enjoy on your special occasion.

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If you’re closer to the CBD, FYN is now delivering its Experience Menu, which includes dishes like grilled springbok loin, blue Pacific prawns and chocolate truffles.

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iego Brown, who plays for KwaZulu-Natal soccer team Real Kings FC, says he’s happy to be home with his wife and kids during the lockdown, especially after spending his birthday with them recently on Saturday 16 May. The now 33-year-old forward was residing in Pietermaritzburg when he, his team and the rest of the country heard the news of the impending lockdown.

“I was training daily in KZN until it was announced officially by the president,” he says.

With gatherings and sports being cancelled soon after the lockdown announcement was made, he opted to return to his home in Ocean View.

“I’m a professional football player and that’s what I live for and love do-

ing. But, unfortunately, everything has been put on hold, which is sad, but at the same time also positive in other areas of my life – like spending time at home, being around my kids.”

He adds that his wife, Melissa Brown, and their children Dani-Ray, Manoah and Atarah-Grace made his birthday extra special this year. “My wife and kids made sure I had a good day. Even with lockdown, I had a good time with the family at home.”

The last time he represented a team in the Western Cape was from August 2016 to July 2017, after which he moved from Stellenbosch FC to Royal Eagles based in Chatsworth, KZN. In July last year, he joined Real Kings FC, who are currently in ninth place in the GladAfrica Championship standings.

Since the lockdown began he’s grateful to have been able to keep up his training routine and a “good thing

for me, I see my kids every day”.

“I’m home, and that’s a blessing for me because I’m always away from home, so I’m happy for lockdown,” he says.

Keeping fit is a priority for Brown.

“I try to stay fit and active. There is not a day I’m not active – I have to do something. And I think it’s important for everyone to do something; even a walk would do you wonders. It’s refreshing in the morning to see so many people on the road because the lockdown brings its own stress. But thanks to level four, we’re allowed to take walks and go run for those few hours in the morning.”

While being home has been a blessing for him, he still wishes he could be filling his days as he did before Thursday 26 March.

“I do miss being on the field with my teammates, playing the beautiful game!”

Diego Brown misses his days out on the soccer field, but feels blessed that he’s able to be with his family during lockdown.

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City and Suburban Rugby Union celebrates 122 years AVRIL FILLIES

Under the leadership of TC Hardenberg and others, the rules and regulations were drawn up and the format for the competition decided upon. The rest is history and the first tournament was held in 1981.

Previous winners were: 1981 - SK Walmers (WPRFU) 1982 - Gardens (Boland RFU) 1983 - Gardens(Boland RFU) 1984 - Bellville (Tygerberg RFU) 1985 - Bellville (Tygerberg RFU) 1986 - Wallabies (EP RFU) 1987 - Collegians (WPRFU) 1988 - Wallabies (EP RFU) 1989 - Wallabies (EP RFU) 1990 - Wallabies (EP RFU) 1991 - Universal (City & Suburban RFU) 1992 - Universal (City & Suburban RFU) The City Fair was another fundraising event, which started in 1969.

Baseball, softball, rugby and soccer clubs were offered stalls as well as schools and welfare organisations.

The highlight was normally the crowning of the Miss City Fair on a Friday night at the official opening.

“These openings were normally done by top-class members of the community such

Not many rugby unions can boast celebrating 122 years of existence, but the City and Suburban Rugby Union (Cities) in Athlone is one of the few who can.

“We were contemplating a picture book history of Cities and its clubs and headquarters at City Park, the home ground all these years. Although we had initial talks with various role players, nothing unfortunately materialised,” says Patrick Kuhn, executive member of the South African Rugby Union (women’s rugby) and executive member and former player of Cities.

The City and Suburban Rugby Union was established in 1898 under the leadership of T.J. O’Reilly with seven clubs.

The clubs were Africans RFC, California RFC, Oaks RFC, Wanderers RFC and Riverstones RFC (all no longer in existence), Temperance RFC and Thistles RFC. Perseverance RFC joined later and Temperance, Thistles and Perseverance still play in the WPRFU leagues.

Because they had no home ground, they played their matches on grounds from Green Point Common to Rondebosch thus the name City and Suburban to indicate the clubs had their roots in the City and Suburbs.

Through the years, the highlight on Cities calendar was the Top 8 Competition over the Easter weekend and the local Universals, who affiliated to Cities won the trophy in 1992, which was the last time it was played for.

“The Top 8 was organised so that the community of Athlone could benefit by seeing some top class rugby from other clubs in other provincial unions of the former South African Rugby Union. The community of Athlone embraced it to the extent that the major sponsor Aden Motors from Athlone came on board,” Kuhn says.

“The executive of Cities had to ensure that City Park stays financially feasible and had to pull out all stops to keep the boat afloat, and the Top 8 helped fill the money coffers. As City Park was the only sports ground in the non-racial fold that belonged to a non-racial union in that era, all expenses had to be carried by them,” Patrick Kuhn, executive member of the South African The Top 8 was seen as a possible Rugby Union (women’s rugby) and executive fundraiser over the Easter weekend. member and former player of Cities.

as A.R. Abass (president of SARU), Prof Jakes Gerwel (rector of UWC) Harry Hendricks (president of SA Athletics) Dullah Omar (minister of justice), Dr Terence Fredericks (rector of Pen Tech), E. F. Pratt (rector of Hewat Training College) and Prof Ronald Fergus (Prof of psychology at Forest University USA) a former student at Trafalgar High in Cape Town.

“The success of the fair was the entertainment it gave the spectators. Big names like Brenda Fassie, Jonathan Butler, Richard John Smith and the Rockets were some of those who performed at the City Fair. Radio Good Hope did some of their very first broad-

casts from the City Fair with Demetri Jegels.

For years the voice at City Park was that of Tony Naidoo – a superb compere,” says Kuhn.

Two of the executive members on the City Park board are well in their eighties and they are Cecil Lategan and Graham Petersen, both of whom play an important role in the daily running of City Park.

Kuhn added that Cities are the only black organisation that own their own rugby field with some assistance from the WPRFU, and the rugby field is maintained by themselves and that is why they are so proud of Cities and its history.