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shared love for the ocean and conservation has mobilised several organisations to collaborate on regular underwater clean-up operations for the protection of marine life. On Valentine’s Day, Trail Freedivers and #SeaTheBiggerPicture Ocean Initiative teamed up to show the ocean some love by cleaning Simon’s Town waters. Sharon Lee Martin, a freediver for about eight years and the founder of the Trail Freedivers initiative, says: “There’s a general rise in awareness, globally, and I’ve seen it grow in the past few years.” She explains how she got involved. “I started Trail Freedivers about six years ago, selfishly, because I needed some dive buddies. “At first there were 100 or so members. Then even more people joined. At the end of 2017, I wanted to do something cool for the group. I thought of a treasure hunt, placing items in different areas but I didn’t want to put plastic items in the ocean,” she explains. That is when she had the idea of hosting a trash hunt and so the organisation joined the community of people who have been cleaning the coastlines for years. Spending so much time in the water, the divers continually grow their knowledge of marine life to better help save the environment and ecosystems. “We mainly dive in no-take marine protected areas. But I have seen hand fishing, spearfishing and more,” she explains. Marine protected areas, she
Divers take the responsibility to keep coastal waters clean seriously. PHOTO: RACINE EDWARDES
says, tend to be cleaner than beaches frequented by sunbathers. Hout Bay Harbour and Royal Cape Yacht Club – with its murky waters and the heaps of rubbish accumulated on the ocean floor – are some of the toughest dives she’s ever done. She says many curious things have been found during these tougher dives. “My friend found a welding helmet, a 24-case of still sealed beers and there are always lots of clothes.” She adds that fishing gut wire, which is found frequently, poses a danger to divers and sea life. Identifying the need for a trash-collecting device that wouldn’t weigh down divers during clean-ups, Sharon reached out to a friend she had made in the diving community. “It’s been amazing to meet like-minded people through the clean-ups,” she says. “Friends at Orca Industries (a Claremont-based company offering diving and hiking equipment) made us these floaty bins. It seems to be a very original design. “We chose a brightly coloured, mesh material so that sand and small animals can fall through, back into the water. It makes it safer for divers.” The colour of the bins notches up the safety factor. The eyecatching markers alert boats that there are divers in the water. This is especially helpful during clean-ups in the harbour. Clean-up events are held regularly and members of the public are encouraged to join in. V Follow the Trail Freedivers on Facebook to keep up with events and conservation efforts.
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Police condemn ‘vigilante’ attacks RACINE EDWARDES @RaeEdwardes
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ensions are still high in Vrygrond, Seawinds, Hillview and Overcome Heights informal settlements after a week of suspected vigilante attacks left at least three people dead. The deceased were allegedly set alight on the Little Italy sports ground in Overcome Heights on Sunday 16 February. They victims are believed to have been suspects in a spate of break-ins. The trio was allegedly cornered by residents who then assaulted them with various objects before setting them alight. According to a resident of Hillview, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons, said: “The people wanted to set an example. They said the ones who they burnt were breaking into their homes in the settlement and stealing. The residents are tired of it.” Videos of the incident quickly started to make the rounds on social media. In the footage, residents are seen trying to douse the fire with sand. Capt Stephen Knapp, the spokesperson for Muizenberg police, said the case is under investigation and the victims will only be identified once DNA tests have been completed. At a meeting held at the murder scene on Tuesday 18 February, residents from the surrounding communities gathered to discuss the incident. A common opinion among the crowd of more than 50 was that police and law enforcement officers did not attempt to help the victims. In response, Capt Knapp said: “I wasn’t there, but if police were on the scene they would have helped. They would have assessed the situation and have done the best they could.” On the same day, after the community meeting came to an end, at about 16:30, a security guard was shot in the face near the murder scene. Capt Knapp said this attack was concerning. “We are looking into the motive for that attack, too. What is disturbing is that nothing was taken from him – not his cellphone or wallet,” he said. Residents alleged that this attack was also committed by vigilantes who wanted to send a message. At a community meeting, attended by Mayor Dan Plato, in Overcome Heights on Wednesday 19 February, residents expressed their frustration at the alleged lack of police assistance. Gerry Gordon, councillor for ward 67, and Shanen Rossouw, councillor for ward 110, were also at the meeting. Gregg Fick, paramount chief at First Indigenous Nation of Southern Africa, told Plato: “Our people demand that there be arrests of those vigilante leaders.” He went on to claim: “Capt Knapp met with them so he knows them! The government of the Western Cape, your first responsibility is the defence and safe keeping of our community. Mayor, the community
is not safe. We want arrests. Our people demand arrests.” Capt Knapp denied the claim made by Fick and said: “The motives and the crime are under investigation. And community leaders need to refrain from making this a racial issue or trying to score political points.” Xolani Hontlo, a respected leader of Overcome Heights also spoke out at the meeting on Wednesday. He said there were several issues the mayor needed to address. “We are sick and tired of people threatening us in our shacks. Our children are traumatised by what’s going on here. Can the po-
lice please come to this area in the morning when we are going to work? We are appealing to the police to please do their patrols. We pay taxes for them.” Plato condemned people taking the law into their own hands. “Those people breaking our society down – we must stop those people right in their tracks,” said Plato. “Many times people don’t feel safe to talk to the police. If you keep quiet about crime, about violence in your community; you are an accomplice.” Capt Knapp assured residents that the police are doing all they can to find the perpetrators.
Ward 67 and 110 councillors Gerry Gordon and Shanen Rossouw attended a community meeting on Wednesday 19 February where mayor Dan Plato addressed residents about the public execution of three people three days earlier. PHOTOS: RACINE EDWARDES
Gregg Fick, paramount chief at First Indigenous Nation of Southern Africa, communicates residents’ concerns to mayor Dan Plato.
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Wednesday 26 February V Fish Hoek: Fish Hoek Art Society will hold its annual general meeting at 14:00 in the hall of Nerina Retirement Home, Recreation Road. Please make the effort to attend as important issues pertaining to the future of the society have to be decided on. For more information, contact Ann Zwets on 021 782 6297.
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V Simon’s Town: The Friends of Simon’s Town Museum present “Captain Thomas Talbot Harington: His Extraordinary Life and Spectacular Demise”, a lecture by Simon’s Town Historian David Erickson, utilising the results of recent UK research. The talk kicks off at 18:00 at Simon’s Town Museum, Court Road. Entry is R20 per person, with snacks and a glass of wine or fruit juice included. Contact David Erickson on 021 786 3384 or erickson@telkomsa.net for more information.
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icardo Titus, a resident of Hillview, is calling for an end to violence after several people were killed this past month. A survivor of a violent attack, he says the murder of another three people on Sunday 16 February brought back terrible memories of his ordeal. “This is affecting me – starting with the two guys they found burnt in the field about a month ago,” said Titus. The incident Titus is referring to happened on Saturday 25 January. In a statement, Capt Stephen Knapp, spokesperson for the Muizenberg police station, confirmed that on this date, at approximately 05:30, two people were murdered and set
Thursday 27 February V Fish Hoek: Fish Hoek Valley Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association’s annual general meeting will be held at the Fish Hoek civic centre main hall from 19:30. The speaker is Carolyn Axmann. The main topic will be “The Net – Working Together with Street People”. Subtopics will include addressing homelessness. Email FishHoekRRA@gmail.com for more information.
alight at Little Italy sports field in Overcome Heights. “The identities of the two deceased have been established and both deceased, aged 31 and 34 years, were residents of Hillview.” Titus said he almost shared their fate. About a year ago, he was also a victim of a mob-justice. “I jumped over the fence (near Overcome Heights) but I was on my way to fetch my child’s clinic card because I was scared to go through the shacks. They caught me and they accused me of breaking into the cars – but I was just walking through,” he explained. “They started just beating me – every one that came. I tried to explain to them that they know me; that I always walk past here. They beat me so badly that I passed out. My head was open.”
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He alleged that the people involved in the incident also used weapons. “I got a fright when I saw a guy coming towards me with a chain and a padlock and I wondered if he was really going to beat me with that and he started beating me. They tried to burn me; there are burn marks on my chest.” Since then his hair has grown back and his wounds have healed but the emotional scars remain. “These incidents are affecting me because they just brought all these memories back. So I want to say that sometimes people are innocent.” Titus joined a group of residents from Hillview and surrounds on a march to Muizenberg police station where they opened a case against the alleged “vigilantes” on Tuesday 18 February.
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Living Hope centre receives an electrifying donation On Tuesday 4 February, representatives from Old Mutual Corporate handed over a 1 000kW power generator to the non-government organisation, Living Hope Community Centre in Capri Village. A study published in the Journal of Urban Health found that actual preparedness for power blackouts was likely to be the lowest among low-income households, leaving children and the sick particularly vulnerable. The generator will provide much-needed relief to the NGO’s Masiphumelele branch, which currently faces operational challenges serving poor communities during rolling blackouts as the result of the national energy crisis.
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n Thursday 13 February, the Fish Hoek Valley (and surrounding areas) Association held its annual general meeting (AGM) in the Fish Hoek library where residents were thanked for their generous donations made to deter crime. Bev Frieslich, the association’s chair, spoke of the importance of raising funds, referring to members’ donations which made the putting up of security fence around the Fish Hoek Museum possible. “(The security fence) has been installed to deter the homeless people who have damaged the property and left the back garden in a dirty state when they slept there overnight,” she says. Trish Wood, who gave an interesting talk on the history of Valentine’s Day, was the guest speaker at the AGM. The existing board members were all reelected: Bev Frieslich (chair), John Shaw
(vice chair), Mark Robinson (treasurer), Margaret Gundry (secretary), Trish Wood (programme coordinator), Douglas Anderson (IT matters) and Sally Britten – curator of the Fish Hoek Museum. In her report, Frieslich gave a synopsis of the activities over the past year and thanked everyone for their hard work and dedication. “We encourage anyone to assist with a further donation to the museum. “Many interesting talks and outings were arranged in the year and we are indebted to the community for embracing our inclusion into their homes,” she said. Koos Burger, the manager of the Glencairn Youth Camp, will talk at the next AGM meeting to be held at 17:00 on Thursday 12 March. This will be followed by a site visit to the camp and a walk in the Labyrinth on Thursday 19 March.
Bev Frieslich, first-prize raffle winner John Shaw, Trish Wood and secondprize raffle winner Peter Harding at the Fish Hoek Valley (and surrounding areas) Association’s AGM.
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ast year, “lean” – a mixture of codeine-containing cough syrups mixed with a fizzy drink – caused an upset in the Cape Flats as children drank themselves into sedation (“Substance abuse among children a concern”, People’s Post, 27 August 2019). This year, something new has taken ahold of the community’s youth – an anxiolytic sold for R3 on streets (also taken with fizzy drinks) – turning kids as young as seven into zombies (“From one drug scourge to the next”, People’s
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he 2020 State of the Province Address (Sopa), delivered by Western Cape premier Alan Winde on Thursday in Rocklands, was his second in his five-year term since his election last year. The address highlighted the successes of the past seven months and outlined the plans put in place by the current government for change, development, growth and improvement in the province. Key matters raised in Winde’s speech were employment, electricity outages and economic growth. Winde started his speech by outlining some of the recent successes in service delivery, including the safety plan and deployment of 500 additional law enforcement officials, and the province being named the top job creator in the country. “In the national government stats released last week, it was announced that the Western Cape created 24 000 new jobs for the quarter, more than half of the net jobs created in our country. We are South Africa’s jobs province,” said Winde. “When I delivered my first Sopa in July last year, we vowed to ‘get to work’. Over the past seven months, we have certainly done just that. Since being elected, I have visited dozens of communities, I have met with thousands of citizens, and we have received tens of thousands of emails, texts and calls, telling us what you want and need,” said Winde. “We have heard you. You don’t want smart cities and bullet trains. You want working cities and normal trains that get you to where you need to be, safely and on time. You want a government that focuses on getting the basics right, and actually delivers.” Winde shared a four-point plan to make the province less reliant on Eskom, therefore relieving residents of load shedding. The decision comes after an announcement by president Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday 13 February where he announced provinces could generate their own energy. Winde said the province was a goldmine for renewable energy. However, he expressed concerns that the province may not be able to benefit as the president had not outlined the stipulations of producing its own energy. After the spate of school break-ins and vandalism, the province would also look to install 30 high-security fences at schools each year for the next 30 years to keep learners and teachers safe, said Winde. Further, Winde said the province would continue to fight for the management rights of the rail system in the province, stating
“we can do it better”. While this request has been denied on several occasions, Winde said they would conduct a feasibility study on moving control of rail away from the national government. The local government would also introduce a game-changing minibus pilot project which would use technology to monitor and improve the behaviour of taxi drivers. “There will be increased investment in public transport infrastructure, including ranks, stops and shelters, to improve the daily experience of taxi commuters,” said Winde. Funding in excess of R250 million has been made available from the private sector, the national government and the City of Cape Town to ensure 1 000 unemployed youth are trained and placed in jobs in the next financial year. The plans for the next five years in office were guided by the several visits conducted by Winde and his cabinet and includes safety and corruption concerns. “Bolstering the forensic unit which looks into municipal matters to strengthen accountability at this level of government and to root out any risk for potential corruption,” he said. “You told us your families are not safe because drugs, gangs and gender-based violence are tearing them apart. Within less than four months of taking office, we have delivered. In September, we launched a comprehensive, province-wide safety plan aimed at halving the murder rate,” he said. More needed to be done in working together with other government departments and spheres, said Winde. “I also have to be frank with you. South Africa is in bad shape. Last week, we heard from the president that youth unemployment is at an all-time high,” said Winde. “Fewer jobs also mean less tax money, which means budget cuts to health and education departments across the country.” He welcomed the decision to bolster youth employment and development programmes and offered some of the province’s successful projects as blueprints. He stated that with more funding from the national government, this would be more successful and would assist in stemming the unemployment issue in the country. Winde concluded his address with a promise to not rest until this change was felt by everyone in the Western Cape: “We will not slow down until you as the residents of this province see and feel the progress of our delivery first hand – our success is your success, and your success is ours. “Our job together is to build a better South Africa. We dare not fail, as our future depends on it.”
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Ocean View High School class of 1990 reunite Join the annual 5km kidney awareness walk The Ocean View High School class of 1990 is planning their 30-year reunion. All former learners who were in matric at Ocean View High in that year are invited
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t was another bumper doubleheader weekend for the Cape Town Softball Association. The race for the title of Super League champions was turned up a notch when Lavender Hill surprisingly dropped points against Glenthorn A’s in their women’s Super League clash at the Turfhall Softball stadium in Belthorn Estate on Saturday 22 February. The A’s batters were in top form by taking 10 hits off the Lavender Hill pitching pair of Melissa Savage and Grivonne Rhoda. Leading the offence were Chante Pepino (2-2) and Candice Ross (2-3). Chaunees Goliath kept the Lavender Hill batters at bay giving up just four scattered singles. Lavender Hill’s closest rivals Westridge Yankees had another superb weekend beating Heideveld Yankees (17-0) on Saturday and Glenthorn A’s (11-4) on Sunday 23 February. After Glenthorn’s superb performance on Saturday, they came unstuck against Yankees on Sunday.
The game was marred by four defensive errors by Yankees in the first innings. Nazeem Dulvie, Yankees’ coach, gave his charges a tongue lashing and they finally pulled their game together. Barring the errors, Nathalie Abrahams and Megan Cable gave up only one hit each in the game. A’s rotated their pitchers to stem the tide of the Yankees batters to no avail. Chaunees Goliath, Lisa Erasmus and Moesfiekah Abdurahman gave up 12 hits to the Yankees batters. In the late game on Sunday, the young Falcons pitcher, Amy Minnies, could not contain the Lavender Hill batters giving up nine hits, including a triple to Melissa Savage. Antonio de Bruyn and Kelsey Fortuin topped the batting with a 2-3 average each. Rhoda and Savage again shared the pitching duties for Lavender Hill and jointly gave up a mere 4 hits and striking out 8 batters. In the Major League, Yankees secured the title over the weekend. On Saturday they despatched with Belhar Dolphins (17-1) and beat Kuils River Cougars (23-1) on
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Falcons catcher Samantha Jones (left) stops Lavender Hill’s Melissa Savage in her tracks before she could reach home plate during a Super League match played at Turfhall sport complex on Sunday 23 February. Lavender Hill went on to win the contest 5-2. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS
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Cape Town to host multivenue surfing event C
ape Town will host the first-ever multiple venue surfing contest on the World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) calendar for 2020, the Thirsti Cape Town Pro. World-class surfing returns to the Mother City since 2018 with the welcome boost of Thirsti Water coming on board as the new title sponsor for the refreshed event. This city surf series is a series of surfing events by Accelerate Sport in collaboration with Surfing South Africa (SSA) and the WSL which aims to provide QS events on home turf, investing in the growth and development of local surfers. With the series hosting events from the east to the west coast, surfers can earn valuable WSL QS ranking points, all while earning prize money without having to travel overseas. The series also attracts a large contingency of international surfers looking to score some points while enjoying South Africa as a rich surfing destination. The Thirsti Cape Town Pro will be the only mobile event on the WSL calendar, which will see the event change venue across Cape Town over a five-day waiting period. This unique event will result in the best surfing conditions being selected across each different venue on three selected days, in providing the best stage for surfers to compete in. “Surfing and tourism go hand-in-hand and the Thirsti Cape Town Pro is an incredible way to showcase the city’s surfing potential. This mobile event will make sure the surfers get to enjoy off-
shore conditions somewhere along the west coast,” said Colin Fitch, WSL Africa regional manager. “Through the city surf series we have produced another WSL Championship Tour (CT) surfer in Matthew McGillivray. There are youngsters here that have surfed against McGillivray in the series and now they are inspired to try and make it onto the world stage,” said Fitch. Local surfer Luke Slijpen from Hout Bay is excited to surf in the Thirsti Cape Town Pro. “There are really good waves around here so I know the potential we have. It will be really cool to surf a few spots.” Kalk Bay’s Jordy Maree, who is currently ranked 71st on the WSL QS rankings, is looking forward to the points on offer at each event. “There are quite a few waves and events I would like to win at, but each one is special in their own way. My goal is to get into the Jeffreys Bay Open now that I am in the top 100.” “We are pleased to welcome Thirsti Water to our growing family of key sponsors and partners. They already have a strong brand presence in the market with a highprofile of brand associations, and we are looking forward to sharing successes with them,” said Gary Grant, managing director of Accelerate Sport. “Our partnership will provide additional exposure and awareness for the sport and deliver broader audience reach.” The fifth instalment of the city surf series will see five events being held from Richards Bay on the east coast to Cape Town on the west coast.
Jordy Maree from Kalk Bay. PHOTO: IAN THURTELL/WSL
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