People's Post Mitchell's Plain - 14 January 2020

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SHAKING THINGS UP: One of Africa’s biggest annual cultural events, the Cape Town Street Parade again did not disappoint this year. Altogether 42 troupes, compromising approximately 10 000 performers, participated in this year’s event on Saturday 4 January. The groups marched from Hanover Street in District Six, along Darling Street past City Hall and the Grand Parade before taking on a route that came to an end in the Bo-Kaap. See story on page 2.

he Mitchell’s Plain Town Centre Improvement District (MPTCID) has been approved and is now operational.

The MPTCID has been several years in the making, driven by local business owners who wanted to see the area improve.

Ward 79 councillor and subcouncil 12 chair, Solomon Philander, says he assisted in initiating the conversation with the Council but left the driving of the project to the business owners.

Philander says he would like to commend the owners for taking a stand to improve safety and conditions in the business hub.

Two projects already funded and successfully implemented are the fencing of the extended Plaza area and the employment of security guards to patrol the Town Centre.

“I want to congratulate and commend our businesses because, at the end of the day, this is their livelihoods,” says Philander.

Philander says Town Centre is historic and creates thousands of opportunities for traders and shoppers alike.

“People who have traded for 30 years in Town Centre probably have their houses paid off, their children are through school and they are there because they can still make money,” he says.

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Philander says, above and beyond the MPTCID, a lot of work is being done from other officials and departments such as better waste management, fencing, safety, enforcement officers and cleansing.

“We want to create an environment that preserves the traders who have become antiques,” he says.

He describes these traders as those who have spent their lives building their stalls, become known to all shoppers and become a family while trading at the Town Centre.

The centre also houses the public transport interchanges which see more than 70 000 people pass through the mall daily.

“Chain stores are leaving but many stores are coming back to the Town Centre,” he says.

Philander is optimistic about the future of the shopping centre and encourages all to take ownership.

“We can have this place become great again. We need to become stewards of what we have. If we want it to return to its former glory, where you can walk freely and do your business, then it will require a collective effort from all of us,” says Philander.

“We need everyone in the private and public sector to join hands and keep the government accountable, just like we need to keep residents and businesses accountable,” he says.

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PEOPLE'S POST | MITCHELL'S PLAIN Tuesday, 14 January 2020

CAPE TOWN

Minstrels dish out a spectacular T

he Cape Town Street Parade (Tweede Nuwe­jaar), held on Saturday 4 January, again had thousands of spectators shaking their booties as they watched 42 Kaapse Klopse troupes march by.

Hosted by The Kaapse Klopse Karnivaal As-

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sociation (KKKA) and supported by the City of Cape Town, the event featured approximately 10 000 individual performers.

The groups marched from Hanover Street in District Six, along Darling Street past City Hall and the Grand Parade before taking on a route that came to an end in the Bo-Kaap.

The City supported the event with funding, deployment of City services and assisting with logistical arrangements to ensure a safe event.

Mayor Dan Plato said it was a fantastic

atmosphere.

“The various minstrel groups put on a magnificent performance and ensured that the thousands of people lining the streets were thoroughly entertained.

“We want to express our gratitude to all those who made the day possible and the troupes for a wonderful event which contributes a lot to the City’s cultural heritage, development and the local economy,” Plato said.

Mayco member for safety and security, JP Smith, said the annual street parade is one

of Cape Town’s flagship events.

“The City has a vision for the event’s longterm growth and we believe the three-year agreements we signed with some of the organisations are part of ensuring that. This will ensure the event is secure, safe and has certain guarantees which will assist the event organisers in attracting more corporate sponsorship,” he said.

The street parade is just one of several minstrel, Christmas bands and Malay choir events that the City is supporting over the coming months.

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The cultural event dates back to the 19th century.

The event featured approximately 10 000 individual performers.

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The street parade came to an end in the Bo-Kaap.

City’s electricity vending system goes offline The City of Cape Town’s electricity prepayment vending system will be offline overnight on Monday 20 January until the early hours of Tuesday 21 January for necessary maintenance work.

“City of Cape Town prepaid electricity

customers will not be able to purchase electricity during this time.

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Correctional services warns of extortion scam Correctional services has issued a statement, warning members of the public of a fraudulent scheme which extorts money from family members of newly incarcerated offenders at Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison.

The area commissioner of Pollsmoor management, Clifford Mketshane, says there have been reports of family members receiving anonymous, threatening phone calls in relation to offenders at the prison.

“According to the B Order under Chapter 1 Admission of Prisoners, Standard Minimum Rule 44 (3), prisoners (un-sentenced and sentenced) must be given the opportunity to inform their next-of-kin of their admission to prison and furnish the address details themselves (should they so wish).

“If the prisoner does not wish his/her next-of-kin to be informed of his/her imprisonment, this must be indicated on

the back of the warrant and the prisoner must sign next to this entry.”

Mketshane says certain offenders manipulate this right by offering an unauthorised cellphone to newly incarcerated offenders.

“By doing so they now have the contact details of the family at hand and this gives them the opportunity to extort money from family members of the newly incarcerated offender.”

He says that a call received from a cellphone number by someone purporting to be a correctional services official should not be regarded as an official call.

“The correctional centre admissions office will phone you from a landline to inform you where the offender is incarcerated and if he or she has bail or a fine that needs to be paid,” says Mketshane.

V For more information on visits or the whereabouts of an offender, sentenced or unsentenced, call Pollsmoor switchboard on 021 700 1170.

Internship opportunities Applications for the 2020 Premier’s Advancement of Youth (PAY) internship programme are now open.

The PAY project will provide matriculants first work experience and training beginning Wednesday 1 April until Wednesday 31 March next year.

“The PAY project allows young people the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in the public sector, and build their CVs and skills sets, making them more marketable and employable in the future,” says Western Cape premier, Alan Winde.

The successful candidates will be placed in opportunities across all 13 Western Cape Government departments.

“I encourage all young people who meet the qualifying criteria, to make use of this opportunity.

“We have seen a number of our PAY interns over the years launch successful careers, using this opportunity as a stepping stone,” says Winde.

Qualifying criteria:

. You have written and passed the National Senior Certificate (NSC) in the Western Cape. . You are not going to study further in 2020. . You are a South African citizen, residing in the Western Cape. . You are financially constrained. . You are aged 24 years and younger.

The application process: Applications have already opened, and close on Friday 17 January.

Only online applications will be accepted.

Applicants will need an email address in order to apply.

Those wishing to apply must go to www.westerncape.gov.za/pay and follow the prompts to register and apply.

A full recruitment guide, with all the details, is available on their website: www.westerncape.gov.za.

V For assistance with applications, call 0860 142 142 or the PAY office at 021 483 0743/7 between 08:00 and 16:00 on weekdays.

Amendments set to come into effect The amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law have been gazetted in the Provincial Gazette and will be effective as from Monday 3 February.

The City of Cape Town’s Council approved amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) on Thursday 31 October 2019. The MPBL regulates development and land use in Cape Town.

The amendments are part of the City’s

HELP IDENTIFY THIS MAN: Mitchell’s Plain District Hospital is seeking the assistance of the public in finding the family of this man. He was transferred to the hospital from Gugulethu day hospital on Wednesday 18 December. He is around 49 years old, 1,8m tall, weighs 65kg and has black hair. He arrived at the hospital wearing jeans, a green-and-black T-shirt, black shoes and a navy jacket. If you can assist, call 021 377 4300.

annual review process, and give effect to the policies and strategies that have been adopted by council over the past few years.

In the meantime, the City will undertake the necessary training of employees in anticipation of the amendments coming into effect, and host information sessions with professionals in the development industry as required.

The 33 students who completed the courses last year’.

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pplications for a training initiative aimed at empowering unemployed youth are open for 2020 applications.

The Communiversity of South Africa will once again run its successful college and job preparation course in Strandfontein.

The four-month long programme will run at the YMCA Camp Site in Camp Road and registration is currently open until Wednesday 15 January.

A total of 33 students completed the programme last year and celebrated at a graduation on Friday 6 December.

The curriculum includes first aid training, IEB accreditation English and Maths, entrepreneurship, culinary and hospitality courses.

The opportunity is presented to all unem-

ployed youth, aged 18 to 35 to tap into the holistic programme which prepares young people for college and work life.

Everyone who joins the programme is awarded a R12 000 full bursary. and 85 to 90% of graduates go on to college since TVET colleges offer priority entrance to Communiversity students with full scholarships.

Registration takes place at the YMCA in Camp Road.

Interested applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 35 and have Grade 9 or higher.

Take along a copy of your ID, last school report and proof of address.

V For more information and to register call 021 824 0055, email admin@communiversitysa.org or visit www.communiversity.org.

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Tik, heroin confiscated A 41-year-old man faces charges of illegal drug possession after police arrested him in Westridge on Sunday 5 January.

Police were on patrol conducting stop and

POLICING

searches at 14:10 in Harvester Street when they stopped and searched the suspect.

Officers found in his possession 160 straws of heroin and 10 bankies of tik.

Imitation firearm seized A 22-year-old man was arrested on Friday 20 December at 23:40 in Lysander Street, Rocklands.

Officers were conducting stop and search operations when they searched the man.

Officers found an imitation firearm and three rounds of live ammunition in his possession.

The suspect faces a charge of possession of an imitation firearm and ammunition.

‘Gangster’ found with fake gun A Beacon Valley man was arrested in Rolbal Street on Friday 20 December at 02:00 during a stop and search.

Police found a silver-and-brown imitation

firearm in his possession and arrested the 51year-old suspected gangster. The suspect faces a charge of possession of an imitation firearm.

Man arrested in large drug bust Mitchell’s Plain police made a large drug bust in Eastridge on Thursday 19 December at 16:15.

Officers attached to the Mitchell’s Plain Crime Prevention Unit were busy with crime prevention patrols in Bietou Street when

they stopped and searched a suspicious-looking man.

Officers found 300 heroin straws and a small packet of heroin weighing 18.1g in his possession.

Police arrested the 22-year-old man.

Guns, magazines and bullets recovered Mitchell’s Plain police arrested a 40-year-old man on Wednesday 8 January at about 19:30 when officers were busy with crime prevention patrols in Klipspringer Street, Beacon Valley.

The officers reacted to a tip-off about a firearm being kept at a house on Wemmershoek Street, Tafelsig.

When police officers searched the property, they found a 9mm Star firearm with a magazine loaded with eight live rounds, another

Star 9mm firearm with magazine loaded with five live rounds and another Star 9mm magazine loaded with seven rounds.

Police also found a 2.2 magazine loaded with six live rounds, two boxes of 2.2 live rounds totalling 75 rounds, two boxes of 7.65 live rounds totalling 90 live rounds, a packet containing five 7.65 live rounds, two empty magazines and a brown holster.

The suspect was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.

Top cop outlines her new vision R

ecently appointed state.

Western Cape ProDuring her tenure, vincial Commissionthe capacitation of poer, Lt Gen Yolisa Malice stations as the takata, took up her first line of defence in post on Monday 6 Jandealing with serious uary. violent crimes will be She kicked the day intensified. In esoff with a meeting sence, human and with the police’s physical resources Western Cape provinwill be distributed to cial management and where the needs are. community policing Policing will also be forum (CPF) represupported by an effecsentatives at the pretive detection service mier’s office. that will investigate Shortly afterwards, and solve reported the deputy minister of cases. police, Cassel MatIn a bid to ensure all hale, and the national Western Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lt citizens of the Westcommissioner of po- Gen Yolisa Matakata addresses the media ern Cape are and feel lice, Gen Khehla Sito- at the premier’s office on Monday 6 safe, an effective intelle, presented Mataka- December. ligence capacity will ta to the premier of underpin all policing the Western Cape, Alan Winde, and MEC efforts. for community safety, Albert Fritz.

“I have been keeping an eye on the issue Addressing the media after these two en- of crime in this province, including crimes gagements, Matakata outlined a new vision against women and children plaguing cerfor policing in the province. tain communities. An aggressive response, High up on her list of priorities is the that involves all stakeholders, is required. building of cohesion within the police’s Also, the main generators of serious violent Western Cape management team thereby crimes, namely drugs, alcohol and illegal ensuring police officers are accountable firearms, are what we will be focussing on,” and responsive to community needs. That, says Matakata. in her view, will guarantee quality service In her view, boots on the ground are key delivery. in addressing crime, but dealing with socioShe acknowledged that policing the prov- economic factors that impede policing initiince is no mean feat, but, with all role play- atives remains crucial. ers on board, she and her management team Matakata appealed for support and comwere set on stamping the authority of the mitment from all stakeholders.

Mandrax found in Lost City A 22-year-old man was arrested in Lost City on charges of drug possession.

Police were conducting a stop and search operation in 4th Avenue on Friday 20 De-

cember at 21:00 when they searched the man.

Officers found 120 Mandrax tablets in his possession.

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The WCG is guided by the principles of Employment Equity. Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply and an indication in this regard would be appreciated.

South African National Defence Force conducted an operation and foot patrols in the Town Centre on Tuesday 7 January from 12:30 to 14:00. The officials searched problematic hotspots in the area and followed up on information that lead to 20 people being searched.

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unique and quirky art installation aimed at creating awareness around an unknown plastic pollutant and its risk has hit beaches and popular attractions around the country.

The Kiickbutt initiative was initiated more than a year ago but gained momentum over the last month.

The initiative is aimed at simulating the magnitude of damage created by irresponsible disposal of the butts and what animals encounter as they come across the butts in nature.

The 19 life-sized butts are created from decommissioned telephone poles, spray painted to resemble cigarette butts. The installation is funded by WRAPP waste who were motivated to get involved through their passion for responsible waste removal.

Clive Amsel, WRAPP CEO, installion artist and environmentalist, says many people do not realise the cigarette butts are actually made of plastic and are one of National Geographic’s top listed plastic pollutants in the world.

While they may look like white cotton, the basis of most cigarette filters is a plastic named cellulose acetate, which can take up to 10 years to fully decompose.

The environmental risk is increased in the fact that filters are designed to absorb the contaminants in cigarettes and prevent them from going into the lungs.

These contaminants include cadmium, arsenic and lead which are then released into waterways or ingested by animals.

“We chose areas that are environmentally sensitive areas but also areas where people tend to smoke and leave their butts,” says Amsel.

“As you walk along the beach or take a hike anywhere in the country, you will find cigarette butts scattered all over the place, defacing the natural beauty of your surroundings.”

Amsel recently also collected a 2F bot-

tle full of butts while hiking up the Platteklip Gorge trail.

The identified areas included Lion’s Head, Llandudno, Table View, Scarborough, Fish Hoek, Platteklip Gorge, Kommetjie and Umhlanga beaches, Tokai, Zeekoevlei and the Cederberg mountain range.

Amsel says the installation will be around until June and move to other locations, weather dependent.

“It seems like a small thing but it has a butterfly effect, a lot of small things add up to a big problem,” says Amsel.

Another area of focus is the CBD, as Amsel says many drivers discard of their butts on side walks and out car windows.

“This enters the stormwater systems, goes out to sea and affects our marine life and shellfish. We end up eating that,” he says.

The butts have already caused a stir and Amsel hopes it will change people’s minds about irresponsible disposal of their cigarette butts, and decrease the toxic waste caused by discarded cigarette butts.

It is estimated that about 18 million cigarettes are smoked around the world daily.

“It is a personal choice whether or not to smoke, but at least throw the discarded cigarette butts into the nearest waste bin,” he says. “We are not educating people against smoking, but rather to discard butts in a dust bin or controlled environment.”

Aside from the toxicity, the butts also pose a major fire risk.

One of the biggest reported veld fires which started on Table Mountain in 2007 was caused by a tourist who discarded of a smouldering cigarette butt out of his car window.

Amsel says they have enough funding to run until June and hope to secure additional funding to assist them in continuing at more locations beyond this date.

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A performance that fascinates T

he Hucksters, an acid-tongued exploration of a casual sexual encounter gone awry, will run at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio for a short season from Wednesday 22 January to Saturday 1 February.

The play opened to rave reviews and soldout performances last year. Award-winning playwright Louis Viljoen, known for his bitingly sharp works such The Kingmakers, The Pervert Laura and The Demon Bride, directs the award-winning duo Emily Child (The Pervert Laura, The Road to Mecca, Contractions) and Nicholas Pauling (A Steady Rain, Blue/ Orange and The Father) and Nicholas Pauling. A man and a woman meet after not seeing each other for years and what starts off as a

romantic, booze-fuelled evening, slowly begins to unravel into a psychological mystery as an incident from their shared history rears its head. The mistakes of the past become the horrors of the present as these two broken people dig into their previous lives and the lies that lead them to each other.

The Hucksters has been described as Viljoen’s best work yet with Theatre Scene Cape Town calling it a “blistering masterpiece”.

Writer and literary critic, Karina M Szczurek, described it as “thought-provoking … fantastic performances. It takes a lot of skill to capture the messiness of human encounters with the pressures of violence, complexity and trauma in play”.

Viljoen has won Fleur du Cap Theatre awards for Champ in 2013 and The Kingmakers in 2015, both for Best New South African Script and he was the recipient of the Rosalie van der Gucht Best New Director award for his plays, The Kingmakers and The Pervert Laura.

Set and lighting design is by Niall Griffin (Tuesdays With Morrie, The Last Five Years, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hedwig and The Angry Inch).

The play contains explicit language and scenes of a sexual nature so there is an age restriction of 18 years.

Emily Child and Nicholas Pauling in The Hucksters. PHOTO: V Tickets are R130 and booking is BARBARA LOOTS through Webtickets or Pick n Pay stores.

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A BLUES EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED: International blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, Doc Maclean returns to South Africa to embark on his solo acoustic N’ganga Blues tour at Villa Pascal on Friday 31 January. Tickets cost R400 per person and include a two-course dinner. Doors open at 18:30 for dinner and the show starts at 20:00. Booking is advised. To book, call 082 569 4147, 021 975 2566 or go to www.villapascal.co.za.

ning Santoor player, Rahul Sharma is joining forces with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Phillips for a magical confluence of the rich traditions of Indian and Western classical music on Friday 21 February in the Artscape Opera House. This world-first concert, Symphony of Santoor, will journey through Indian classical ragas, folk, and light classical music compositions, rearranged for orchestra by Sharma, with the 100-stringed santoor as the starring soloist. Aside from the 46-piece orchestra, Rahul will also be accompanied by a team of musicians from India. Tickets cost between R200 and R600 at Computicket.

Lighthouse Family to shine at GrandWest The Lighthouse Family will perform in South Africa for the first time at the Grand Arena, GrandWest, on Tuesday 24 March.

The band has sold 10 million records over the past 25 years. The duo, Tunde Baiyewu and Paul Tucker, formed Lighthouse Family at Newcastle University in the early 1990s. After releasing three albums, they went their separate ways in the early 2000s. Now, almost 20 years later, they have joined forces again to release their fourth album.

Their first album, Ocean Drive, released in 1995, went six times platinum and stayed on the album charts for three years, selling 2.75 million copies.

They released their second album Postcards from Heaven in 1997, with three top-ten singles – Raincloud, High and Lost in Space – and two top-30 hits.

The album also went six times platinum, charting across Europe, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand; selling four

million albums globally.

Their third album Whatever Gets You Through The Day, released in 2001, produced the top-10 single I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be. Three years ago, the two began working on their fourth album, Blue Sky In Your Head. They have produced this with the same team they used when they were at their radio-dominating peak, including Colin Barlow, the talent scout who discovered them, and Keith Armstrong, their first manager.

“This is such a good 90s band with so many memorable hits,” says Elouise Matthys, spokesperson for GrandWest.

“The frontman, Baiyewu, has an incredible, almost effortless, soulful voice that you can’t help enjoying. I am looking forward to their latest album.”

Tickets are available from Computicket and Big Concerts, starting from R515.

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Tunde Baiyewu and Paul Tucker of the Lighthouse Family are heading to Cape Town to perform their chart-topping songs, in March.

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MATRIC RESULTS

Promising results for ‘Plain schools O

n Tuesday 7 January, the Western Cape Education Department minister, Debbie Schäfer, attended the release of the 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) results in Johannesburg.

“It was a happy occasion and I am pleased that we have improved our pass rate (in the Western Cape) to 82.3%,” she remarked.

“I am also delighted with our highest yet bachelor pass rate of 43.6%, a close second to Gauteng,” she added.

She congratulated the schools in the Metro North Education District for achieving the highest district percentage pass rate in the province – 86.3%.

“This district was followed closely by the Overberg District with 86% and the Eden and Central Karoo District with 84.1%. The West Coast District achieved 83.8%. Metro Central achieved 83.4%, Metro South 81%, Cape Winelands 80.7%, and Metro East 78.3%.”

The 17 High schools in Mitchell’s Plain faired as follows: . Spine Road High School: 99% . Mondale High School: 98.1% . Darul Arqam Islamic High School: 95.1% . Strandfontein High School 94.1% . Oval North High School: 90.8% . Portland High School: 87.8% . Cedar High School: 84.9% . Rocklands High School: 83.5% . Tafelsig High School: 81.3% . Westridge High School: 80.7% . Lentegeur High School: 75.4% . Glendale High School: 73.8% . Aloe High School: 68.1% . Princeton High School: 65.3%

. AZ Berman High School: 63.9% . Woodlands High School: 59.5% . Beacon Hill High School: 58.6% “As we reflect on the achievements of the Class of 2019, I want to thank all the learners, teachers, district and head office officials and their support teams for their hard work and commitment in making these positive results a reality,” Schäfer said.

She added the results indicated that significant progress had been made in improving the education system and learner outcomes in the province, particularly in poorer schools, since 2009.

“Over the past 10 years, schools in Quintiles 1-3 (no-fee schools) have improved their pass rate by 16.7 percentage points from 56.7% in 2009 to 73.6% in 2019.

“Quintile 4 and 5 schools (fee-paying schools) have increased only slightly during this same period with 2.4 percentage points from 83.3% to 85.7%.

“There is still a 12.1 percentage point difference between our no-fee and fee-paying schools, however, it is a great improvement from the 26.4% in 2009 when this current government took over,” she said.

“For those candidates who did not achieve their desired results, there are options. I would encourage all learners who did not pass their exams not to give up and to continue doing whatever they can to complete Grade 12.”

Counselling is available for anyone disappointed with their results. They can either approach their school or phone the Safe Schools Hotline on 0800 45 46 47.

Those who qualify for supplementary examinations must apply by 31 January 2020.

Hard copy applications must be submitted to the Examination Client Centre, Grand Central Building, Lower Parliament Street, Cape Town. Learners can apply for re-marks (R112

per subject) and re-checks (R27 per subject) until 22 January 2020.

They can apply using the online service: www.eservices.gov.za.

V More information can be found at wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/nsc-exams.

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Injury cost him a Dubai debut AVRIL FILLIES

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t was disheartening for SA Sevens player Darren Adonis, originally from Mitchell’s Plain, when he could not make his debut in the SA Academy team in Dubai last month due to an injury he picked up during training.

“The reality sunk in immediately at the training that I could not participate in an event that I was looking forward to. I am sure that each player in a similar position would feel the same way after looking forward to play for their country and picks up an injury before you set foot on the big stage.

I was not only disheartened but also frustrated, and discovering that I had a grade two shoulder tear added to the gloom. Beside my better judgement, I actively participated in the third day of the event, leading to two weeks of unbearable pain,” he says.

He left Mitchell’s Plain as a child and moved to Melkhoutfontein, a small town about ten minutes from Stilbaai. Here he completed his primary school at the Bertie Barnard Primary School. He did his high school at Oakdale High School in Riversdale.

“After completing my schooling in 2016 I was recruited into the junior team of the Bloemfontein Cheetahs. I was fortunate to be part of the triumphant senior team during the 2019 Currie Cup. I also joined the SA Sevens Team, also known as the Blitzboks, in October last year,” Darren says.

He was born into a supportive family and each one played a role in his rugby career.

“They not only played a vital role in my journey as a sportsman, but also in my upbringing. If I had to pick an individual that had the most influence, it would be my mother. She has always been an unwavering pillar that I could depend on no matter the circumstances,” he says.

Darren’s main objectives in 7s rugby are to play on the HSBC World Series circuit, participating in more tournaments, the Olympics in Japan and hopefully partake in the 7s Rugby World Cup in Darren Adonis.

2022 in Cape Town.

“I don’t really have any hobbies. In all honesty, I have dedicated a great portion of my life to rugby, and by doing so I gave up on the opportunity to find hobbies. When I am awarded ‘down time’ it is spent with friends, family and my partner,” he says.

Being small in stature he was constantly told that he would never make it in the rugby world and that is why he admires Cheslin Kolbe.

“We are more or less the same build and height. Cheslin was told that due to his physique he wouldn’t amount to much, but he went on to prove all the naysayers wrong.

Just look at his performance during the Rugby World Cup in Japan last year.

“My experience with the Cheetahs is one that consists of countless lessons, both good and bad memories, lifetime friendships, and most importantly: if you want to obtain good results, you have to work for it. I also played in four Pro14 matches for the Cheetahs,” he says.

When he was selected for the academy team he was filled with excitement and anticipation.

“Although I could not participate in every game in Dubai it was a memorable experience, especially when we won the gold medal in the international invitational men’s competition.

“My message to young players is to never give up. The road to success will never be an easy one. There will always be naysayers and there will always be criticism. It is up to you to decide whether you’re going to allow these bumps in the road to derail you or if you’re going to set your mind to it and never give up,” Darren says.

He is currently training at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sports in preparation for the next two legs of the HSBC Series in FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 January; and on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February in the Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia. These two legs will be held at the end of the month and the team will be announced by the coach, Neil Powell, before they leave our shores.

Chante Pepino and Zulfa Stellenboom of Glenthorn A’s missed out on a catch in the outfield against Westridge Yankees during a super league game played at the Turfhall sport complex on Saturday 11 January.

Glenthorn won the encounter 5-2. PHOTO: RASHIED ISAACS

Yankees pip Pirates NOORE NACERODIEN Load shedding has also taken its toll on softball fixtures of the Cape Town Softball Association, especially the male competition which is played during the week. The second half of the season kicked off with a double header at the Turfhall Softball Stadium in Athlone this past weekend.

Westridge Yankees came out tops in the Men’s Major Knockout encounter against Pirates on Sunday. With the score level pegged at 2-2, Yankees came out in full steam in the first tie-breaker innings recording 4 runs. Jason Carelse, with a 0-3 offensive count at that stage of the game, came to light and cleared the fence with 2 runners on base.

Pirates could only reply with a solo run, giving Yankees a 6-3 victory. Not to be outdone by their male counterparts, the Yankees Women Super League team beat arch rivals Falcons in a marathon game lasting nearly four hours. Yankees, after 5 tie-breaker innings eventually ran out 4-3 winners. Lavender Hill easily defeated Tantasport 7-0 in the other Knockout game.

Glenthorn A’s are slowly finding their feet when they inflicting a surprise 6-2 defeat on Westridge Yankees in an exciting Super League game on Saturday. Lavender Hill Softball Club meanwhile is continuing in their quest for their maiden Super League honours when they defeated a lack-lustre Falcons 7-0.

Selected results from the Women Super League: Tantasport 11, Heideveld Yankees 1; Falcons 0, Lavender Hill 7; Westridge Yankees 2, Glenthorn A’s 6

Women Major League Westridge Yankees 8, Lavender Hill 3; Falcons 6, Belhar Dolphins 5; Tableview Tornados 8, Kuils River Cougars 10 Women First League: Crusaders 17, Battswood 9; Glenthorn A’s 19, St Martins 2; Lavender Hill 0, Khayelitsha Eagles 14; Blackheath 20, Panthers 7 Women Second League: Falcons 12, Kenfac Phillies 10; Battswood 3, Titans 12 Women Third League Khayelitsha Superstars 8, St Augustines 12; Blackheath 15, Thistles 6; Tableview Tornados 8, Westridge Yankees 12; Normies 12, Strandfontein Mets 9; Heideveld Yankees 7, Stealers 0 Sunday, 12 January 2020 Knockout Competition: Women Super League Falcons 3, Westridge Yankees 4; Heideveld Yankees 0, Glenthorn A’s 7; Lavender Hill 7, Tantasport 0 Women Major League Lavender Hill 0, Westridge Yankees 19; Kuils River Cougars 15, Falcons 19 Women First League: St Martins 20, Lavender Hill 5; Blackheath 8, Crusaders 15; Panthers 0, Glenthorn A’s 11; Khayelitsha Eagles 6, Battswood 2 Women Second League Devonshire Rovers 14, Tantasport 2; Falcons 7, Kenfac Phillies 0; Titans 7, Battswood 0