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Safety on show The 2020 State of the Province Address (Sopa) held in Mitchell’s Plain on Thursday 20 February was history in the making as the first venue to host a parliamentary sitting and Sopa outside the parliamentary chambers and precinct. The address saw residents and invited guests join in on the occasion. The event was held at the Rocklands civic centre and was preceded by a platoon parade by members of the provincial safety structures.

Pictured, the Metro police equestrian unit formed part of the parade procession. Read story on page 10. PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS

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ormer learners from Fairmount High School in Grassy Park are giving back to the community with a charity community breakfast. The money raised is in aid of the school.

The breakfast will be held on Saturday 7 March in the school hall from 09:30 to 11:30 and the tickets cost R60.

“We, a group of former learners from the 80s who are on the same WhatsApp group, wanted to give back to the community where it all started for us as learners,” says Hilton Meyer, a former learner and a member of the event organising committee.

The theme of the breakfast is “80s – That’s

what friends are for”.

“We are all from Parkwood and surrounding areas and we all attended Fairmount High. We are almost 70% covered in terms of donations.

“To be transparent in everything we do, we are holding this fundraiser under the auspices of the non-government organisation Buckets of Joy in Parkwood,” Meyer says.

The NGO is run by Shg Riedewaan Blake and all sales, donations and collections are controlled through the Buckets of Joy. The funds raised will go towards paying outstanding fees of learners and supporting a feeding programme at the school.

“We are paying it forward so the current learners can lead the legacy. We approached

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A portion of the tickets will be gifted to the elders in the community to attend the breakfast for free. “We as ‘committed friends’ will carry that cost,” he says.

The “committed friends” meet regularly but the breakfast will still be an awesome chance to catch up with other former learners after 30-plus years.

“We all have two things in common; Fairmount High and our motto to pay it forward so that the current learners can carry on the legacy. Some of the learners of the 80s have become teachers, principals and successful entrepreneurs, both locally and abroad. Some as far afield as New Zealand and Denmark.

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They too contributed towards the breakfast,” Meyer says.

For the price of R60, guests will enjoy eggs, viennas, a variety of bread loaves, juice, a choice between coffee and tea, baked beans and a few surprises.

“We received donations from Sasko, Bona, U-Save Butchery, Fairdeal, Oikos Foundation in Johannesburg, Halfway Toyota Ottery and Chikro. Without their contributions this breakfast would not have happened,” he says.

R&B singers will perform and comedienne Lucinda Evans will also be in attendance. The master of ceremonies will be Phalisa Bafazi.

V For more information, call Roland on 083 858 4754, Blakey on 081 435 7233, Mareldia on 063 243 5785 and Sadia on 064 596 3224 or Hilton on 072 067 2765.

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PEOPLE'S POST | GRASSY PARK Tuesday, 25 February 2020

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s young as he is, Tyron Zoutman has already won a string of local and international awards for dance, choreography, scriptwriting and direction.

And the 27-year-old dancer, singer and choreographer, who grew up in impoverished circumstances in the tiny Swartland town of Piketberg, will once again play a leading role in this year’s Cape Town Carnival, taking place on Saturday 21 March on the Fan Walk.

Performing alongside several other highly talented dancers in the Honouring our African Cultural Roots pod of this year’s festival, Zoutman will help to bring to life the carnival’s theme, Incredible Journey: Sounds of South Africa. The routine will combine traditional and contemporary African dance, and draw inspiration in movement, dress and adornment from isiZulu, isiXhosa, seSotho and Ndebele cultures.

Zoutman, who is skilled in local hip-hop, kwaito, gumboot, African jazz and African fusion dance – among several other genres – attributes his success to his mother, his church and “some incredible teachers and mentors”.

“They shaped who and what I am today,” he says. “I came from a family that was very spiritual and artistic, and my childhood was sort of like a ‘God journey’ with teachers like Miss Hefca and the late Roderick Beukes seeing talent in me, then pushing me in the right direction,” he says.

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The breadwinner for his family, Zoutman young artists. Cape Town Carnival has alused dance from the tender age of five to lowed me to do just that and more.” prove his worth, but also to help him forget Zoutman, who has established two comthe relentless challenges that came with panies, Zoutman Dance Company and Lekgrowing up in a poor community. ker Jy? Produksies, believes that “being “Whenever stress got to me, I would dance bold, brave and passionate” has enabled my heart out,” he recalls. “It was like thera- him to achieve so much in such a short py. Pretty much at every opportunity, I was space of time. “I would love to build my busidancing.” nesses, to be able to employ more people and Zoutman studied Performing Arts at provide for their families, and to be inNorthlink College – where he is now a dra- volved with youth, with homeless people ma lecturer and began his journey in the and with schools,” he says. arts after being plucked from a school choir.

You can see Zoutman and over 2 000 other As an adult, Zoutman has appeared in costumed performers, giant-sized floats and leading – and award-winning – roles in sev- incredible live performance groups take eral local shows. part in this year’s Cape Town Carnival.

“But it was Cape Town Carnival V and all its incredible people, especially those at the community dance workshops, that made me fall in love with the spirit of ubuntu/togetherness and allowed me not only to perform what I did best, but also to mentor others and share in their development,” he says.

Introduced to the annual spectacular by a friend, Zoutman signed on as a lead performer, soon involving his peers and students from Northlink College in the event, and mentoring at the regular carnival dance workshops.

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Empowering and upskilling the Parkwood community A lunch for seniors and an after-school and holiday programme are some of the projects run by the non-profit organisation (NPO) Parkwood Community Upliftment Organisation (PCU) to empower residents.

“We created gardens at dumping hot spots, to make the community eco-friendly and we have a feeding scheme where we feed the most vulnerable in the community and serving a meal to the children who attend our programmes,” says Max Swartz, cofounder of the organisation.

The organisation also started a reading club to enhance literacy and ignite a passion for books.

Other programmes that are offered in-

clude after school and holiday programmes where children can have fun in a safe environment.

“Our main focus is to keep our children occupied and create unity among the youth and the younger children. We also want to create a much better alternative than the social ills, that plagues our communities,” Swartz says.

Their youth programme helps develop the youth into understanding and skilled people. With this programme, they create positive role models, leaders and encourage further education to become successful.

“PCU partners with businesses to provide opportunities for the residents, to expand

the labour market prospects. Our animal outreach and education programme empowers and educates the community, to take better care of their animals and also to create awareness about animal cruelty and health,” he says.

PCU, also known as MJ Puppy Shelter, was the dream of Swartz as a teenager from Parkwood. He is an animal lover and volunteered at the Cape of Good Hope SPCA in Grassy Park.

He later joined as a volunteer at Voice of Parkwood, which is the umbrella under which he does all his projects.

“I am running these outreach programmes in Parkwood and surrounding ar-

eas, to create employment for people to sustain their families in different ways, as well as to be upskilled. We are a group of volunteers who have partnered to create change,” he says.

The volunteers have one common goal, and they have gained different skills.

“Together we want to make a difference and we believe the heart of a volunteer is not measured in size but by the depth of their commitment to make a difference in the lives of others. I want to encourage each and every teenager out there to move forward, stay positive and never give up,” he says.

The CPU recently hosted a senior citizen’s lunch that was well attended.

Scores of children from Lotus River waiting to be fed.

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“When I was working I used my day off to cook for the kids. I am at home for nearly three years and am still trying to provide for the needy kids,” Williams says.

She met evangelist Alfonso Hearne and his wife, Akeelah, and the three of them decided to feed people in need.

“I started with the food outreach from my home three years ago. I bought a big gas stove and the pots for the food were sponsored. Most of the time I bought the ingredi-

ents out of my own pocket but I received a sponsorship from Woolworths Reddam and the branch in Steenberg,” she says.

Together with the Hearnes, she not only feeds the needy, but also spreads the gospel in the Phumlani informal settlement.

“The need in Phumlani near Lotus River is big and we try to make a difference. We are so glad that the residents and the kids joined hands on this spiritual journey with us,” she says.

“Without our sponsorships we wouldn’t be able to feed everyone, and anyone who wants to be involved in the feeding or sponsor can contact us.”

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Police confirm dagga and Stilpane found in Grassy Park Police have confirmed that Stilpane was found at a house in Perth Road after numerous complaints about the abuse of pharmaceutical products and dagga at Grassy Park High School.

“We searched the school twice last year but only found empty containers of Lean, cough mixtures and tablets. The police received information a while ago that the caretaker is involved in distributing these prod-

ucts and also receiving stolen goods,” says Wynita Kleinsmith, spokesperson for Grassy Park police. “We could not prove this as information was not precise. On Saturday 15 February we received information that drugs and pharmaceutical products are on the property. We proceeded to the premises and while searching the informer contacted us and gave us specifics of where the drugs and medicine was,” she says.

Police found a sealed box with Stilpane, one unit of dagga and plastic bags in a drain which was covered with a metal sheet and a steel drum. “On the premises was also five dustbins belonging to the City of Cape Town.

We have a major problem with theft of these bins and since April 2019 we already had around 400 cases reported for the theft of dustbins,” Kleinsmith says.

Criminals use the bins to transport stolen

goods, police says.

“The owner alleged that a stroller brought two bins there but do not know the whereabouts of the person. He could not explain the other bins,” she says.

The suspect was arrested for the possession of pharmaceutical products with the intend to sell, the possession of stolen property and also the possession of dagga.

Police will oppose bail, Kleinsmith says.

GRASSY PARK

Janitor nabbed for dagga and codeine The Grassy Park police in a joint operation with the local community policing forum (CPF) and neighbourhood watches, found codeine-containing Stilpane and dagga hidden in the backyard of a 62-year-old man’s house in Grassy Park on Saturday 15 February.

The man is apparently a janitor at a local high school. “Alarm bells started ringing as the scourge of the drug Lean formed by mixing the Stilpane with a fizzy drink is causing havoc among teenagers in the community. It has been reported that learners openly consume the concoction on school premises,” says Melvin Jonkers, chair of the CPF. The Grassy Park CPF has been campaigning for some time now to have this medication re-classified so that its sale and use require a doctor’s prescription. “Recently, the police caught two brothers with a number of cases containing 240 bottles of codeine-containing cough medicine. It is clear that the

problem is rife within the area. Both stashes come from the same manufacturer as identified by the batch numbers on the boxes. We will be approaching the pharmaceutical company to assist the police in identifying the peddlers,” he says. To make things worse, the son of the janitor and a friend were arrested on Monday 17 February, on the same premises with a stash of high grade dagga.

Bronagh Hammond, provincial spokesperson for the department of education, says the management of the school is not aware that the caretaker was distributing substances to learners. Meanwhile the CPF called on pharmacies to be strict with the sale of cough syrups. “Our community needs to be more proactive in eradicating drugs. During the joint operation, the neighbourhood watch members noticed a small plantation of dagga and police uprooted it. We depend on our community to report illegal activities,” he says.

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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Expo gives youth platform to excel C

hrysalis Academy graduates, excited to attend the first work assessment and career awareness initiative, showed up two-and-ahalf hours before the event was scheduled to start on Monday 17 February.

Albert Fritz, the provincial minister for community safety, said attendees arrived as early as 07:00, despite the programme only beginning at 09:30.

“It is incredibly heart-warming to see young people so eager to make a difference in their own lives and pursue opportunities available to them,” said Fritz.

About 140 graduates attended the initiative hosted at the Imperial Technical Training Academy in Bellville.

The aim of the initiative, held in collaboration with the department of economic development and tourism (DEDAT), is to bring young people who are looking for jobs closer to companies who have positions.

Fritz said the Chrysalis Academy was a flagship programme of the department of community safety.

“For that reason, we are working closely with DEDAT to ensure that Chrysalis alumni are fully equipped to enter the world of work.

I wish to commend DEDAT on the exceptional opportunities they provide to young people through their work readiness programme,” he said.

The graduates who took part in the initiative were asked to complete assessments that assisted them in determining their interest in a particular field, while the companies involved also assessed the quality of the graduates to determine their employability.

In this way the initiative will ensure the best fit between graduate and employer to ensure long-term career success.

The assessments will also shape future initiatives to close the gap between skills devel-

opment programmes and industry expectations and needs.

David Maynier, the provincial minister of finance and economic opportunities, welcomed the initiative.

“There are still too many people, especially young people, who don’t have jobs or who have given up looking for job in the Western

Cape. Every one of those young people matter to us and so we will be working hard to ensure that every young person living in the Western Cape has a job, because jobs give hope and give dignity to people.”

Companies involved in the initiative included Imperial Logistics, Golden Arrow and WNS Global, providing the Chrysalis Acade-

my graduates with exposure to both the automotive and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries.

Young people, who are accepted for placement, will extend their employability through apprenticeships, skills development training or experiential learning that will lead to employment.

About 140 graduates attended the first work assessment and career awareness initiative hosted at the Imperial Technical Training Academy in Bellville.

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SCHOOLS

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he online application process for the 2021 academic year has officially opened.

Parents are encouraged to apply online using the provincial department of education’s application website: https://admissions.westerncape.gov.za Parents who are unable to register online can also apply manually.

Schools have been informed that paperbased applications must also be made available.

“Unfortunately, since opening on Monday 17 February, there have been several

technical challenges beyond the department’s control. However, the problems are being addressed and a large number of parents have already registered and submitted applications on the site. Over 8 400 people registered on the site on Monday and 3 688 completed the application process,” read a statement from the department.

Parents have until Tuesday 17 March to complete applications.

After the closing date, schools will select applications based on the overall batch received.

CPUT has limited space for late applicants The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) says all hope is not lost for those who wish to further their studies. The institution has opened a limited window for late applications in a variety of full and part time courses.

Applicants are urged to consult the list of available courses and apply as soon as possible. The university’s Lauren Kansley says: “Places are available in all six of CPUT’s faculties including applied sciences, business and management sciences, education, engineering and the built environment, health and wellness sciences and informatics and design. Examples of some

courses with space include photography, public relations management, accounting, marketing, real estate, construction, chemical engineering and many more.”

She added: “Working professionals who may have completed their diplomas and have been considering whether to apply for further study in advanced diplomas in their respective fields are also encouraged to apply.” Applicants can only apply online and must meet the minimum entry requirements for their chosen course.

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ver the years the Cancer Association of South Africa’s (CANSA) annual Relay For Life has become an anticipated charity event for many communities, and this year’s overnight relay on Friday 21 February into Saturday 22 February was no different.

The Athlone leg of the event took place at Turfhall Stadium and featured an array of activities that paid homage to survivors, current patients, their families and those who lost their lives as a result of cancer.

“Cancer is definitely not a death sentence.

It doesn’t mean that you are going to die. If it’s detected at an early stage, which happened in my case, then there’s much that can be done,” said Bridgette Watlington Carelse, a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed in 1995 and has been participating in the relay since its inception.

Carelse hopes the youth will be more aware of the different types of lifestyles and how unhealthy habits can negatively impact their health.

“Our young people will come to realise how precious life is and that life choices are important because it does contribute to the condition of your health,” she said.

Sakeenah Oberay, a relay supporter for more than five years, recalled how tough it was to see a loved one battle with an illness.

“My granddaughter has been diagnosed with leukaemia and it has been a very difficult period – it still is.”

Oberay added that early detection is key.

“If she had not been diagnosed with leukaemia, we wouldn’t have known about the G1 ward at Red Cross (Hospital) and all the brilliant work being done.”

Karen Jansen, secretary of the CANSA Relay For Life Athlone, said they managed to raise R213 411 at this year’s event.

The proceeds are to finance various initiatives like Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) and education and awareness.

“There are so many cancer patients out there not on medical aid and our hospitals are overloaded with long waiting queues for appointments,” she said.

“We believe more communities should be

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educated and supported so that early detection is possible and can save more lives. Our involvement gets the message out via educating teams so that one day we can live in a world without cancer,” she concluded.

An emotional Aqeel Hope sheds a tear as part of the cancer survivor team leaders as they escort the procession around the Turfhall sport complex to officially open the CANSA Relay for Life Athlone’s 24-hour event on Friday 21 February. Seen in the photo with him are, left to right, Hellen Willemberg, Aqeel, Myra America, Abduragiem Rajie and Rashaad Cole.

Sukeina Salie from Grassy Park (left) and Jochera Nolan from Crawford of team All Star, raising awareness around colon cancer at the 24-hour event.

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ZEEKOEIVLEI | PHUMLANI | FLAMINGO HEIGHTS

Sharing benefits of organic veggies AVRIL FILLIES

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rganic farming is not the alternative, it’s the way farming and gardening was always done before,” says Michael Julie, an organic vegetable grower from Zeekoevlei.

Two years ago, Julie shared his knowledge and time with residents of Phumlani informal settlement near Lotus River to help establish five organic veggie gardens in the area.

“Together with two friends, we raised the money and volunteered our time to prep the ground and plant the seedlings,” said Julie.

He first tried his hand at organic gardening about four years ago when he planted veggies in his yard but his interest in the benefits of organic vegetables began much earlier than that.

“I had a huge wake up call in 2011 and decided to change my lifestyle to reduce stress.

When I researched a healthy diet I discovered that most of our commercial farms use herbicides and pesticides which adversely affect our gut bacteria and, ultimately, our health. Organic vegetables are pricey so I decided to look into growing my own,” he says.

After doing his research – which included reading, watching YouTube videos, visiting and volunteering at Seed in Mitchell’s Plain and connecting with Nazeer Sonday from Vegkop farm in the Phillipi Horticultural Area (PHA) – he felt ready to grow his own.

“I started with 1m² at a time, clearing grass and trees and adding compost, mulch and seedlings. Last year, I started with perennial plants and fruit trees because it doesn’t require as much work and I grow vegetables till the end of its season. I find it liberating not to be conditioned by a financial system that requires me to have between four and six crops per year,” Julie says.

A veggie garden requires constant work but you can make it easier with good preparation and planning. A vegetable garden is a garden whether it’s one vegetable plant or 1 000 vegetable plants.

“I grow vegetables for myself and my family as well as extended family and I sell some to neighbours.”

Until recently Julie also supplied some veggies to a soup kitchen which operated in Phumlani Lotus River.

“I started the soup kitchen with two friends about four years ago after many discussions about Michael Julies

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what we could do to challenge the system using our limited time and resources. We started making about 70l of soup every second Sunday. This progressed to every Sunday and eventually we could employ someone from the area to make 90l of soup Monday to Friday,” he says.

Unfortunately, due to a lack of funds, the soup kitchen had to be closed in January.

But Julie continues to support two daycare centres. “I supply a daycare in the area (Phumlani) with porridge as well as good second-hand clothes and equipment. The agreement with the woman that runs the daycare is that she can sell the clothing items for a small fee of which half the money must be used for food for the children and the other half she can keep for herself,” Julie says.

He also supplies porridge to Little Paradise Daycare in the Flamingo Heights informal settlement in Flamingo Crescent, Lansdowne.

“I recently made contact with Aziza Ebrahim from Jumpstart Educare in Lansdowne in order to collaborate with her because she is instrumental in reviving the Educare in Flamingo Heights,” he says.

Julie’s love for all things green has its roots in his youth. He grew up in Heathfield.

“For the first seven years of my life every second house had a louquat, quince, fig and lemon tree and grape vine. I couldn’t understand why in places like Strandfontein there was none, although it is located on a section on the Cape Flats aquifer with the best quality of water,” he said.

Having studied electrical engineering at Peninsula Technikon (now known as the Cape Peninsula University of Technology) in Bellville, Julie didn’t think he had green fingers. But it only took a little bit of self study to change that.

“Our health as well as the health of plants, animals, insects and organisms depend on organic farming. I truly believe that the greatest mistake that we as a society could’ve made was to link finance to survival because it forces people to do anything and sacrifice everything necessary in order to survive.”

Julie tries to blog and vlog when he can but he is not contemplating bringing out an organic recipe book.

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ic gardens can follow his account www.minds.com called “My Urban Homestead” and his Facebook page called Veggie Gardeners Western Cape.

“I hope that with the latter people can help each other with free info relating to our climate here in Cape Town.”

Julie says that all you need to start your own garden is time and resources.

“People with little time can donate resources and those with little resources and more time can give of their time,” he says.

“Anyone interested in organic gardening could find someone with an organic garden and volunteer one to two hours per week to help remove weeds like I did and slowly progress to setting up beds to planting seed-

lings and soon you will be starting your own garden and giving advice to others.”

He suggest people with small verandas or courtyards to consider container gardening or to convince a neighbour to start a veggie garden in their yard so that both of you can benefit from organic vegetable gardening.

“The Cape Town veggie gardening community could get together once a month to swop seeds as well as ideas,” Julie says.

His advice for anyone wanting to start veggie gardening is to start small.

“Tackle 1m² at a time and before you know it, you will be looking at any open space in your community and the city and thinking, we could grow organic vegetables there,” he says.

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PEOPLE'S POST | GRASSY PARK Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Alan Winde.

The Working on Fire air crew formed part of the platoon parade ahead of the state of the province address at Rocklands civic centre on Thursday 20 February. The parade was made up of men and women working in the province’s safety structures.

Speaker of the house, Masizole Mnqasela.

Member of provincial parliament Ricardo Mackenzie with Brig Magauta Letsalo.

Bahia Janodien, Shumeez Scott and ward 75 councillor, Joan Woodman.

GOVERNMENT

Sopa speaks to ‘wants and needs’ SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121

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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 creat-

’Plain hosts parliament SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121 Rocklands civic centre was transformed into the Western Cape provincial parliament (WCPP) chambers to host the opening of the provincial parliament and the State of the Province Address (Sopa).

The event took place on Thursday 20 February with the official Sopa debate and response taking place on Friday 21 February at the same venue (read more on page 10).

This was a historic occasion as the region was the first to host a sitting of the provincial parliament outside its Wale Street home (“ Plain to host parliament”, People’s Post, 28 January).

Speaker of the house, Masizole Mnqasela, announced the decision to bring the official sitting of parliament to the community in January after a motion to host the opening outside the legislature was tabled in December last year.

“The initiative forms part of a wider commitment by the sixth parliament to put the people of the province at the centre of what it does. The intention is that, over the remainder of the term, the provincial parliament will be hosting such events in all the regions of the province,”

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says Mnqasela.

In the period leading up to the opening and address, various standing committees of the WCPP conducted special oversight visits in the Mitchell’s Plain area.

“It is an honour to be delivering my State of the province address in front of this community, and it is a special honour to be delivering it in this venue. The Rocklands civic centre is no stranger to historic events.

“It was here that the United Democratic Front (UDF) rose up against the evils of apartheid. It was here that people of all walks united behind the idea of a democratic South Africa in which everyone would be free. There is no better place than this place, a provincial heritage site, for us to host this historic Sopa – the first Sopa outside of the provincial parliament, right here in one of our communities,” said premier Alan Winde, at the event.

The Sopa was preceded by a procession of men and women who work every day to keep residents of the province safe.

The procession included Metro police, law enforcement, fire and rescue services, emergency services, Chrysalis Academy graduates, Working on Fire and local neighbourhood watch members.

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ed 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 dai-

ly 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.”

Members of the Local Fire service salute during their platoon parade.

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DEVELOPMENT

Improving lives through education M

ore than 150 City of Cape Town employees from areas such as Mitchell’s Plain, Athlone, Khayelitsha, Mfuleni, Joe Slovo and Gugulethu have taken the opportunity to further their education through the City’s Adult Education Training (AET) programme. The programme is offered to all City staff members who are without the first qualification on the national qualifications framework.

The programme has been running successfully and empowering staff for over 20 years. “The AET programme is inspiring on so many levels and demonstrates how eager our people are to equip themselves with knowledge and to move forward in life. People want to improve their situations and this programme provides them with the structure and support to do so,” says Mayco member for corporate services, Sharon Cottle.

Over the past week, the 2020 intake of learners completed the orientation and are now equipped to start with their learning.

Four of the learners are going on to AET level four this year in order to attain their Grade 12 qualification and eight learners will be working towards their General Education and Training Certificate (GETC).

AET provides aspiring learners with a foundation for lifelong learning.

The group this year ranges between the ages of 30 and 65, with the majority falling within the 40 to 50 age bracket.

The City elected Nomfundo Noranya and Shadley Visagie – two particularly inspiring learners to deliver words of encouragement to the new group at the AET orientation event.

Noranya, lives in Khayelitsha and works within the City’s Nomfundo Noranya

health department in Brackenfell. At 50, she is more motivated than ever to pursue her GETC qualification. She started on level two of the AET programme in 2017.

“My life has changed a lot since I started this programme. I’m able to manage myself very well through life-orientation learning and my facilitator has taught me a lot about emotional intelligence.

“I’m working as a cleaner but I can proudly say that the City is interested in my development and I am currently being trained as an office assistant. I have been exposed to many places I never thought I would see and can’t wait to complete my GETC qualification, and do my matric,” says Noranya.

Shadley Visagie, a 48-year-old from Athlone, works as an operational supervisor driver within the City’s solid waste department.

Shadley started on level three of the AET programme in 2018 and completed level four in 2019. He strongly believes that one should never let anyone tell you that you are not capable or too old to achieve something.

“Keep the faith and remember you have made the right choice to empower yourself.

Just stay dedicated; committed and keep a positive mindset. If learners keep working hard, there is no doubt that they will go from strength to strength and progress to the next level,” says Visagie.

Levels one to three of the programme focus on language literacy; communication skills and numeracy.

Thereafter, learners progress to AET level four where they complete the first qualification which is the GETC. Thereafter a sixmonth programme is offered to bridge the gap of Grades 10 and 11 in preparation for the Grade 12 qualification.

Shadley Visagie

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Local Kenilworth ballerina in grand gala company Nina Simpson from Kenilworth, now a member of Joburg Ballet, will join the full company when they perform in the Grand Gala at the Artscape opera house on Tuesday 24 March.

Trained in Cape Town at Cape Academy of Performing Arts (CAPA) by Jacqui Pells, Nina attended Springfield Convent Senior School and after matriculating she went on to spend two years in Milan at Centro Formazione Aida, directed by Marisa Caprara and training under Renata Calderini and Biago Tambone.

While at the school she performed with ‘La Junior Ballet di Marisa Caprara’ in productions in collaboration with

Balleto di Milano. In 2018, Nina received her diploma and graduated from Centro Formazione Aida Milano.

She has also attended summer schools at the Dutch National Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp.

Back in South Africa, she joined Joburg Ballet in 2019.

Presented by the South African National Dance Trust, the Grand Gala will showcase world-class ballet. Aside from Joburg Ballet’s varied repertoire, audiences will be able to see Royal Ballet principals Marianela Nuñez and Vladimir Muntagirov in the Swan Lake Act ll pas de deux and the Rose Adage from Sleeping Beauty and also as Kitri and Basilio in Act lll of Don Quixote.

The Grand Gala starts at 19:30. Tickets are on sale from R150 via Computicket and the Artscape Theatre on 021 421 7695.

Nina Simpson from Kenilworth has earned her spot in the Joburg Ballet company.

Zabalaza festival celebrates a decade of new theatre works This year’s Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festi- ga and Kraaifontein. val celebrates a decade of the finest in develAn award ceremony will conclude the fesopment and outreach talent from all over the tival on Saturday 14 March.

Western Cape.

The Best of Zabalaza Theatre Festival winThe festival programme will include 42 ner will also be announced on the night. works by more than 700 theatre-makers.

The winning show will enjoy a two-week “The Zabalaza festival has enabled and run at the Baxter in April. empowered young theatre-makers who othThe festival enjoys the support of the proerwise might not have the opportunity to vincial department of cultural affairs and have their works recognised at this level,” sport, the City of Cape Town, Distell Foundasays Baxter chief executive officer (CEO) tion, the HCI Foundation and Pick n Pay. and artistic director Lara Foot.

This year’s festival received a financial inThe gala opening on Saturday 7 March jection from the recent Rolex Arts Weekend will take on a different format as speakers at the Baxter, as all the proceeds from ticket look back at the festival’s achievements sales were donated to the festival. over the past 10 years while looking into the Each production as part of the main festifuture of theatre in South Africa. val is ticketed at R30 per show while shows Dr Shose Kessi, the dean of humanities at over the family carnival weekend are priced the University of Cape Town (UCT), is one differently. of the guest speakers on the night, as is the Members of the public have the chance to provincial minister for cultural affairs and make a contribution to the festival through sport, Anroux Marais, and CapeTalk pre- the Zabalaza challenge, initiated by Foot in senter and long-time Zabalaza supporter, Af- 2018. rica Melane.

The drive encourages individuals, busiThe family carnival weekend jump-starts nesses and organisations to join her in purthe festival on Saturday 7 and chasing bulk tickets, at only R30 a ticket, for Sunday 8 March. Kids’ enter- the theatre-lovers who might not be able to tainment includes jumping cas- afford them. tles and face painting while the V The full festival programme can be viewed on the rest of the family can enjoy the Baxter’s website at www.baxter.co.za. To contribute to food, clothing and accessory stalls. this initiative, visit http://bit.ly/Zabalaza2020. BookThe four winning productions from the ings are through Webtickets on www.webtickdepartment of cultural affairs and sport ets.co.za/baxtertheatre or at Pick n Pay outlets. For (DCAS) will also be staged when partici- discounted school or group block bookings, fundraisers pants from the Overberg, Cape Winelands, or charities, contact Carmen Kearns on 021 680 3993 West Coast and the Garden Route districts or email her at carmen.kearns@uct.ac.za or Tshegowill have the chance to present their work. fatsho Mabutla on 021 680 3994 or email her at TsheIn the evening, Real Art Wednesdays gofatso.mabutla@uct.ac.za.

(RAW), for the first time, will present Deep Soul in the 90s.

The production showcases the best emerging talent Cape Town has to offer.

The main festival will take place from Monday 9 to Friday 13 March with daily shows at 10:00, 11:30, 16:30 and 19:00 during the week.

The productions on stage during this week were chosen from the four mini-festivals that took place at the end of 2019 in The New Dawn Store, by Patric Bhakqana. PHOTO: STAR SENAMILE Khayelitsha, Delft, Nyan- ZWANE

COMPETITION

Zoid to thrill fans in her milestone I

n celebration of her milestone, Karen Zoid is about to set the stage alight during a special concert with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra at the Van Der Stel sports grounds in Stellenbosch as part of Woordfees.

The show will take place on Sunday 8 March at 18:00.

The girl with the Voortrekker kappie, who performed “Afrikaners is plesierig”, has come a long way

SEE LEGENDS LIVE: Legendary British-Irish band, The Waterboys will perform live at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens on Friday 3 April. Their songs have been used in key shows such as Ray Donovan and The Affair, as well as being performed by artists as varied as U2, War on Drugs and Ellie Goulding.

Tickets cost R595 excluding booking fees and are available via Webtickets. Gates open at 17:00 and the show will run from 19:00 to 22:00.

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and has stolen South African hearts with her rock hits and soft ballads.

There is magic about her and her live performances. With the recent success of her talk show, Republiek van Zoid Afrika, she has become a household name.

With more than 13 albums, Zoid is one of South Africa’s most celebrated artists and one of the top streaming musicians in the country.

Expect 20 of her biggest hits ar-

ranged for the 50 piece orchestra exclusively for this concert.

“I can’t wait to perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra. It is an absolute honour for me. We have been working on the arrangements and I literally got goosebumps at the very first rehearsal,” says Zoid.

They will be performing some of her new songs like “As musiek begin speel”, “Vir jou”, “You can show it”, some iconic songs like “Afrika-

ners is Plesierig”, “Toe vind ek jou”, “Engel”, “Small Room” and everything in between.

V General admission, grass area tickets are still available via Computicket at a cost of R180 per person.

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Free theatre shows continue at Courtyard The Courtyard Playhouse will host free evening shows on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays.

The Courtyard Playhouse is a small independent family theatre with no government funding or sponsors, and recognises that it needs to support audiences as well as artists. Their philosophy is that theatre should be accessible to all, and as such all Courtyard Playhouse theatres have offered free shows since inception.

Following the free nights, there is also an opportunity to make a donation of your choice to help keep the lights on.

For this month there is a lineup of improvisation evening shows and you are urged to reserve your seat. Shows run at 18:00 on Sunday and 20:00 on Monday and Tuesday.

V Visit https://courtyardplayhousect.co.za/buy/ to see the line-up of other shows.

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INITIATIVE

Divers treasure environment RACINE EDWARDES @RaeEdwardes

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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 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 24case 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 Claremontbased 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

Divers take the responsibility to keep coastal waters clean seriously.

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through, back into the water. It makes it safer for divers.”

The colour of the bins notches up the safety factor. The eye-catching 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.

Divers use the specially designed, floatable bins to collect trash and to alert boats to their presence in the water.

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PEOPLE'S POST | GRASSY PARK Tuesday, 25 February 2020

High promotion stakes GOOSAIN ABRAHAMS

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he stakes for promotion in the Western Province Cricket Association’s First Division A has heightened following the last round of fixtures played on Saturday 22 February.

Rain had a significant impact on the results with the teams batting second benefitting from the reduced overs. Log leaders Green Point were shocked by lowly placed Kuils River who won by 6 wickets thanks to an undefeated 51

by Aldo Jantjies. It’s now become a three-horse race with Primrose and Rylands breathing down their necks following their wins over Kraaifontein ( by 19 runs) and Milnerton (by 4 wickets ) respectively.

The biggest losers of the day were United who posted the highest score of the day 273/6 against Ottomans but a wet pitch thwarted their attempts at victory.

For United Saulieg Raynard (98) was the top scorer and was, unfortunately, run out short of a deserving century.

In the Premier League, Bellville bounced back to the victory trail by the narrowest of margins via a 2-run win over Claremont. UWC enhanced their position on the log with a comfortable 8-wicket win over Brackenfell.

Results: Premier League: Bellville beat Claremont by 2 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method.

Bellville 229 (Gerhard Janse van Vuuren 78, Marcus Fourie 47, Aaron Smith 23; Gavin Dickenson 5/48, Darren Stevens 2/23).

Claremont 136/9 (Darren Stevens 40, Matthew de Villiers 38; Justin Dill 4/17, Evert Carstens 2/31, Dirkco Welthmar 2/40).

Rondebosch beat Langa by 9 wickets

Champ of champs at Vygieskraal

Langa 87 (Waqar Ali Ahmad 45; Allistair Gray 5/8, Wesley Bedja 3/12) Rondebosch 88/1 (Bradley Barnes 45*, Tayo Wahlberg 40).

Durbanville beat UCT by 2 wickets on the Duckworth/Lewis method UCT 207/7 (Jack Newby 64, Matthew Dicks 88; Andre Malan 3/40) Durbanville 94/8 (Jean Marais 33; Craig Meier 3/18, Matthew Rudston 2/33).

Cape Town beat Strandfontein by 9 wickets Strandfontein 86 (Justin Gilliland 33; Bradley Petersen 4/13, Darren Rolfe 3/14) Cape Town 87/1 (James Crowson 55*) WPCC v Victoria – match abandoned due to rain WPCC (Gavin Kaplan 49, Lehan Botha 29; Nandre Burger 3/27, Allistair Snowden 3/33) Victoria 7/0.

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Former rugby players and administrators pre-unification are invited to the inauguration of the Western Province Rugby Past Players Association on Saturday 29 February at 11:00 for 11:30 at the Railway Mall at Newlands rugby stadium.

Some of their objectives are: . To unite all past provincial players and officials that represented the union’s founding rugby bodies prior to 1992. . To promote and foster the history, culture and legacy of rugby in the Western Province. . To recognise and acknowledge all past provincial players, administrators, officials, executive members and unions.

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FN RANGERS RULE AT ROYAL ROAD: Morne Bennet of FN Rangers

Nathan Daniels of Spine View Primary School (right) is oblivious of the lane change in front of Walter Teka Primary School’s Vuyolwethu Hlensa in the boys u.10 100m.

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Super League title race hots up NOORE NACERODIEN

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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 de-

fensive 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

Sunday.

Results: Saturday 22 February: Women: Super League: Westridge Yankees 17, Heideveld Yankees 0; Glenthorn A’s 14, Lavender Hill 4; Kenfac Phillies 9, Tantasport 4 Major League: Lavender Hill 0, Kuils River Cougars 7; Westridge Yankees 17, Belhar Dolphins 1; Falcons 12, Table View Tornados 8 First League: Glenthorn A’s 14, Battswood 3; Khayelitsha Eagles 7, St Martins 2; Lavender Hill 12, Panthers 1 Second League: Falcons 28, Table View Tornados 3; Battswood 0, Kenfac Phillies 7; Tantasport 13, Silvertree Titans 18 Third League: St Augustines 6, Strandfontein Mets 6; Normies 12, Table View Torna-

dos 2; Westridge Yankees 3, Stealers 14; Thistles 7, Khayelitsha Superstars 0 Sunday 23 February: Women:

Super League: Glenthorn A’s 4, Westridge Yankees 11; Heideveld Yankees 0, Tantasport 13; Lavender Hill 5, Falcons 2

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.

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