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Four murders have been committed in the past two weeks in Lavender Hill and Retreat.PHOTO: RACINE EDWARDES

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he quarterly crime statistics from April to June 2020 show a 16.7% decrease in murders in the Steenberg policing precinct as compared to the same period last year. While this is promising, a spate of murders which began in July indicates this decrease may not be long lived.

Ten people were murdered in the Steenberg precinct between April and June, as opposed to 12 last year. It seems murder cases, however, picked up rapidly as of end July.

In a statement released by the provincial minister of community safety, Albert Fritz,

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last week, it was noted that the murder rate overall has decreased in the province.

“In the Western Cape, the number of cases of murder in the first quarter of 2020/’21 are the lowest in five years, as compared to previous quarters. During this period, there were 767 murders committed which is 27.4% lower compared to the same period last year (1 056). Attempted murders have also declined by 7.8% (858 cases) which again is the lowest in five years. Nationally, attempted murders have declined by 23.8%,” the statement read.

The decrease, Fritz noted, could be attributed to the enforcement of lockdown regulations at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

He said: “During the lockdown, my department monitored the number of homicides.

This demonstrated that at the beginning of the lockdown, the murder rate had been halved. However, as we moved into alert levels four and three, the murder figures increased but then again slightly decreased as the ban on alcohol and the curfew was reinstituted.”

In the Steenberg policing precinct – beginning end of July and into August – the following murder incidents were reported.

On Sunday 26 July, a 34-year-old man was shot and killed, followed closely by a double murder on Saturday 1 August where “the bodies of two males, aged 18 and 20 years old, were found with gunshot wounds to their heads”, reports Sgt Wesley Twigg, spokesperson for the Steenberg police station.

Sunday 2 August saw another murder

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where a 22-year-old man was shot and killed.

Notably, one of the incidents took place in Retreat, with the other three in Lavender Hill. All of the incidents, according to Twigg, are believed to be gang-related.

In the past two weeks, from Friday 14 August until today (Tuesday 25 August), there have been four murders and three attempted murder cases reported. That forms 7.3% of the total number of murders reported last year from April 2019 and the end of March 2020, which stood at 55 in total.

Twigg notes that these crests and troughs in the statistics can’t be anticipated, and tend to occur sporadically throughout the year as a result of gang activity.

V To report crime, contact Steenberg police on 021 702 9000 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.

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To help South Africans get through the powerless days and dark nights, here is a list of eight items that could help. . Battery-powered LED lighting “Battery-powered LED lighting is essential during power outages,” says Brights hardware chief executive officer (CEO) Orlando Luis. “There is a wide range of rechargeable LED light strips, lanterns and torches available that make keeping the lights on during load shedding easy. You can even get a rechargeable LED desk lamp so that the kids can continue doing their homework during evening power cuts.”

Another great item to have in the home are intelligent LED light bulbs. These bulbs come in either a screw or bayonet configuration and can be used as a standard light bulb in any light fixture – and they stay on during load shedding as they hold charge for up to four hours. . Solar lighting In addition to rechargeable and batteryoperated solutions, there is a wide range of solar-powered lighting on the market today.

These range from spotlights or security lights to solar lanterns, garden lighting and even pool lights. . Gas stove and cooker Boiling water and getting meals prepared during power outages is impossible without a gas stove or cooker. Thankfully there are many different options available to consumers today – whether it is a large six-plate gas hob and oven or just a simple, portable ta-

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ble-top one or two-plate typically used to gas cooker – or any of the protect hardother options in between. ware such as . Portable power bank computers, data We all want to stay concentres, telenected, especially in the communication dark. No electricity couequipment or pled with no means of other electrical communication is not a equipment great combination. where an unex“Portable power banks pected power are a fantastic solution to disruption could ensure that you don’t run cause injuries, out of cellphone battery fatalities, serilife,” advises Luis. ous business dis“These compact gadruption or data gets can also charge other Beside candles, there are several options to loss. devices such as tablets, help ease the load shedding burden. PHOTO: . A generator portable modems and SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS If budget alspeakers.” lows, investing . A surge protector in a generator is a great way to make power It is a good idea to purchase a surge pro- outages less intrusive. Entry level two tector for your home or office. A surge pro- stroke generators, such as a 950W unit, are tector is an electrical device that is used to unreliable if the petrol or oil mixture is not protect equipment against power surges consistent, so Luis recommends starting and voltage spikes that can be caused by with no lower than a four stroke 1200W genpower cuts. erator. The higher the wattage of the generSome household insurance policies stipu- ator the more power it outputs and so the late that they will not cover damage caused more electricity it generates. through power surges if the proper surge . Inverters – because silence is golden protection is not in place. It is therefore This then introduces the question – what worth checking in with your insurer. about people who live in complexes and . Uninterrupted power supply (UPS sine housing estates that are not allowed to run wave inverter) a generator because of the noise pollution?

A UPS is an electrical apparatus that proLuis says that the best option here is to vides emergency power. A UPS differs from purchase a pure sine wave inverter with a generator in that it will provide near-in- batteries. All these units are silent except stantaneous protection from power inter- for the cooling fan which blows on the side. ruptions by supplying energy stored in bat- They also switch on automatically during teries. It is a type of continual power system load shedding.

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geographical location. You will serve them unconditionally,” was the quote relayed to Sooliman in 1992. umanitarian relief organisation Gift of On Thursday 6 August, the organisation the Givers has built a legacy of giving celebrated its 28th year of existence. which now spans 28 years.

While the organisation could not have After receiving a message from his spiri- predicted the Covid-19 pandemic, it is centual leader, Sufi Sheikh Muhammed Saffer tered around crisis relief and played an inteEffendi al Jerrahi in Isgral role in bringing relief tanbul, Turkey, at the age during the Cape Town of just 30, Gift of the Givdrought as well. ers founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says: “It’s not Sooliman, immediately an idea I was born with. I heeded the call and conhad no intention of starttinues to do so to this day. ing any organisation...

“My son, you will form The instruction was siman organisation. The ple, help all people, all raname will be Waqful ces, all cultures. What Waqifin, and that name is they believe in or their retranslated into ‘Gift of the ligion does not matter.

Givers’. You will serve all Help everyone uncondipeople of all races, of all tionally.” religions, of all colours, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, Gift of the Sooliman left behind his of all classes, of all politi- Givers founder. PHOTO: SAMANTHA budding career as a medical affiliations and of any LEE-JACOBS cal doctor to pursue this

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Gift of the Givers has since become world renowned having worked to build container hospitals and for their work in Syria during the ongoing war.

“When everyone was pulling out, we said, we are not leaving. We stayed for another two hours and helped the hospital,” he says.

While there, nothing had happened to his crew, but the location was attacked after they had left, he says.

Their Covid-19 relief has included food parcels, sustaining boreholes to assist the Eastern Cape deal with their current drought, assisting in distribution of care and hygiene packs and partnering with health departments on hospital revamps and acquiring of personal protective equipment.

They have also acquired high-flow nasal oxygen machines which have proven integral in the fight against Covid-19. These are primarily situated at the R10 million Mitchell’s Plain Freesia Ward Covid-19 facility sponsored by the organisation.

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PEOPLE'S POST Tuesday, 25 August 2020

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Field hospitals close as cases ease SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS

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s the Covid-19 numbers ease in the province, Western Cape health officials are in the process of restructuring its response to the pandemic.

With the Covid-19 infection statistics showing a steady decrease since June, officials are cautiously optimistic that the peak has come and gone in the province.

According to the most recent statistics, released by the province on Sunday 23 August, the Western Cape has 5 203 active cases, with a total of 102 585 confirmed cases and 93 656 recoveries. A total of 3 726 deaths were recorded in the province.

A total of 1 032 are currently hospitalised, with 207 patients in ICU or high care.

Khayelitsha, Mitchell’s Plain and the Klipfontein substructure were highlighted as the three main hot spots, due to dense population and risk of community transmissions, from very early on in the pandemic which prompted the need for additional facilities to help cope with the suspected influx of cases in these areas.

The Khayelitsha Field Hospital was opened at the Thusong Centre on Monday 1 June and officially decommissioned on Wednesday 12 August.

The Brakengate Field hospital and newly launched Freesia Ward at the Lentegeur Hospital will assist with the overflow of patients, should the need arise.

Once known as the Carnation Ward, the R10 million Freesia Ward revamp project was funded by Gift of the Givers and launched on Thursday 6 August.

Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says: “Increasing capacity within a given hospital is infinitely more practical than setting up new remote facilities at non-hospital venues, given the acute staff and essential equipment shortage. Fortunately, Mitchell’s Plain Hospital had an entire wing that we

could convert into a dedicated Covid-19 oxygen facility within a short space of time.”

Premier Alan Winde says: “We have closed the Khayelitsha Thusong Centre (field hospital) as the number of new cases in Khayelitsha have decreased over time.

The 60-bed Khayelitsha Thusong Centre was sponsored by Doctors Without Borders in partnership with the provincial government and the City of Cape Town. The facility played an invaluable part in admitting 241 Covid-19 patients who required medical care.”

Winde adds that Doctors Without Borders was a great partner in the response, and has provided a wonderful service to the people of Khayelitsha.

“Over the past few weeks, we have seen a flattening (of the curve) in some of our key indicators of infections in the Western Cape, while increases are seen elsewhere in the country. Doctors Without Borders will now extend its support to other provinces where the need is bigger,” says Winde.

“The (hospital) is now being broken down and will be moved to the Eastern Cape and we support this move. It is a bitter-sweet feeling because it was such an amazing facility but the good news is that it can be broken down now because the numbers are dropping,” says Winde.

The Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng were all identified as provinces of concern by president Cyril Ramaphosa as infections spiked drastically in these areas recently.

Winde also recently announced that the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) field hospital, dubbed Hospital of Hope, will soon also close its doors. The Brakengate Facility will now become the new Hospital of Hope.

Sooliman says that while there has been a slowing of the number of infections, a second wave is a likely possibility and that

prompted them to get involved in preparations for it.

Winde says steps must be taken to prevent another spike, especially in light of the move to alert level two. “We need to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 by changing our behaviour. As we have seen in other places around the world, Covid-19 is not going away anytime soon. Until such stage as there is a vaccine, there is a potential for new waves of Covid-19 infections,” says Winde.

“Our health department is planning for this new normal, to ensure that we will be able to provide healthcare to every person who needs it when they need it. The Brackengate Hospital of Hope is central to this.”

Several field hospitals and overflow facilities established by the City of Cape Town to assist with Covid-19 testing remain open across the province.

Zahid Badroodien, Mayco member for community services and health, says Covid-19 has taught all health services a thing or two.

“There have been so many learnings over

the past few months. In June, we were experiencing ongoing clinic closures due to Covid-19 exposure; however, we are very encouraged by the fact that there hasn’t been a single closure due to Covid-19 in at least a month,” he says following stricter measures were implemented.

He says the more than 80% recovery rate is also encouraging.

“The statistics are encouraging but it is premature to view this pandemic in the rear-view mirror. So we encourage residents to ensure that they comply with the golden hygiene rules like hand-washing, wearing a mask in public and adhering to social distancing norms at all times, but also to take care of their general health and well-being. We have done a lot of work to make our clinics safe spaces, and I invite our clients to return so that we can get our primary health care services back on track,’ adds councillor Badroodien.

Winde encourages residents to maintain social distancing, stay home if displaying symptoms, always wear a mask and sanitise hands and surfaces regularly.

Officials stand in the now empty Thusong Centre which housed the Khayelitsha Field Hospital, sponsored by Doctors Without Borders in partnership with Western Cape Health.

Partnerships ensure province is prepared for Covid-19 SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @Samantha_Lee121

long and rigorous process of putting in place contracts with all the private hospital groups, with all the private specialist If you are like thousands of others who rely groups and individual specialists who work on public health facilities, rest assured that in those hospitals,” says Cloete. should these hospitals be overrun by Covid“With all of that in place, it puts us in a 19 cases, you will still be treated. position to say if a public sector patient is This is as a result of a partnership be- in our city and we need that person to be tween the provincial department of health cared for because our capacity is extended, and private medical instituthen they activate that contract tions to assist in the treating for someone to be seen in a priof Covid-19 patients who make vate hospital bed at the negotiuse of public facilities. ated rates.”

Thankfully, this partnerThe agreement also extends ship has not needed to be utilto laboratory services. ised as yet, says the head of Cloete says the system was provincial health, Dr Keith tested with five patients at variCloete. ous hospitals.

“In the Western Cape, we Dr Keith Cloete, PHOTO: “Fortunately we have been in have gone through quite a SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS a position where we have not

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“The big thing we have learnt is: that stands us in good stead to bring the private and public sector together. A spin off of this (partnership) is that the doctors in the public and private sector agreed to the same guidelines.”

This means the care received at any facility is governed by the same procedures and ethics. Cloete says this partnership has also paved the way forward for universal care standards moving forward.

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HELPING HANDS: On Monday, 17 August, SuperSpar Rosmead was a hive of activity when local residents were treated to a visit from four Springbok captains and four players who, together, have represented their country in more than 100 test matches. While there, they helped to pack and distribute bags of essential food items to local charities. Siya Kolisi, John Smit, Jean de Villiers and Corné Krige, as well as Bryan Habana and Percy Montgomery, showed they are experts at team work and getting the job done – both on and off the field. The bags were distributed to three charities: Stepping Stones Sport, Unchain the Plain and Safe House Stellenbosch. Smit commented: “It’s been incredible over the past few weeks during lockdown to get together as a rugby family and help those who are struggling, many of them not knowing where the next meal is coming from.”

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slow, it’s more difficult to interpret missed words and it takes too long to hear the whole sentence.”

She adds that another option is to write a message on a piece of paper or to use a cellphone to type.

Ahmed said her colleagues have been very helpful and supportive.

“When we started using masks, they asked me whether I’d be able to hear them if they spoke louder and more clearly while wearing masks, or if it would be okay if they took their mask off while social distancing so that I could lip read.”

Rogini Pillay, assistant director of occupational therapy at the hospital, who works directly with Ahmed, describes her as a hard worker who is “well suited for her job”.

“Whenever we see posts on social media regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) solutions for hearing impaired persons, we would share with Tahseen.

“She found an ‘extender’ that allows her to wear elasticated masks that do not have to go behind her ears.”

Ahmed says although things have been difficult, she sees it as a challenge and says people must be patient with those who are hearing impaired.

“Be empathetic with us as we are still adapting to this challenge during the pandemic. One of the most beautiful things we can do is to help one another.”

nprecedented times.” We can all agree that describes the last couple of months. While everyone is adapting to the new normal of not leaving their home without wearing a mask, this has created new challenges for Tahseen Ahmed, a chief occupational therapist, who was born deaf.

Ahmed had a cochlear implant placed in her right ear 25 years ago which made a massive difference in her life, and over the years she has learnt to communicate with people by lip reading and looking at facial expressions; something she is unable to do now as everyone is compelled to wear a mask.

“I don’t use sign language, but I do lip read, and that’s why the wearing of masks during Covid-19 has been a challenge for me.

When the pandemic came, facial coverings and masks had to be implemented for everyone’s safety, but it introduced new challenges for the deaf and hearing-impaired community. We had to adapt and find ways to work around it,” says Ahmed.

Ahmed, who has been working at Groote Schuur Hospital’s occupational therapy department for the past seven years, says currently when she communicates with an unfamiliar person, she explains to them that she is hard of hearing.

“I ask if they can speak a bit slower than normal, louder (not shouting) and clearer whilst still trying to keep their mask on. If it doesn’t work, I’ll ask them if they can physically distance and remove the mask so that I can lip read. If not, I look at yes or no answers and hand gestures.”

Ahmed, who is also a certified lymphoedema therapist, says those who communicate via sign language also find it challenging as some of the hand gestures requires them to touch their face.

Ahmed, who has a passion for helping others, shares some helpful tips of how to communicate with those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

“The person who is deaf or hard of hearing may not even realize that they are being spoken to or being warned of a risk to their health or safety.

Take your time speaking: speak slower than nor- Tahseen Ahmed, a chief occupational therapist, says wearing a mal, but again, if it’s too mask prevents her from lip reading.

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City keeps a watchful eye The City of Cape Smith.

Town’s strategic sur“CCTV is more than veillance unit has dejust a tool in the fight tected around 6 200 against crime. It can alincidents between so be used to detect poJanuary and June tential traffic problems this year. early enough to avoid The City says there unnecessary congestion was a slight drop in or ensure that traffic is incidents in the secdiverted quickly if need ond quarter, which be; or fires, accidents coincided with the and other matters that start of the Covid-19 might require an emerlockdown. gency response. There Of these, suspected CCTV cameras are proving vital in the have been instances criminal acts ac- fight against crime. where the CCTV operacounted for 35.6% of tor raises the alarm on all incidents detected, with 115 arrests ran- behalf of someone who cannot seek help for ging from possession of drugs and theft of themselves, because they’re too badly hurt motor vehicles, to breaking and entering or unconscious or shaken up to make the and robbery. call.”

An analysis of the incidents showed that Smith adds that the footage recorded can most were detected between the hours of be shared with police for investigations.

09:00 and 12:00 and 18:00 to 21:00. “(It) offers an objective view into situaWednesday and Friday emerged as the tions where there otherwise might not have busiest days of the week in terms of incident been any evidence or information about how detection. an incident unfolded. Stringent measures “This type of analysis plays a very useful are in place to ensure the chain of custody role in helping to detect incident patterns, is preserved in the handing over of footage, which in turn can help guide resource allo- so that it can pass muster in court,” he says. cation and deployment. It is also a reminder The Metro police strategic surveillance to the public that criminals do not operate unit oversees nearly 800 CCTV cameras under the cover of darkness only, but that across the metropole, excluding cameras many are brazen enough to go about their monitoring the freeways and transport business in broad daylight. It is therefore routes and interchanges. crucial to remain vigilant at all times,” says Plans are in place to further expand the Mayco member for safety and security, JP system in the current financial year.

Tree mapping helps planting The City of Cape Town’s recreation and parks department has completed a tree mapping project – a first in South Africa. The pilot project started in June last year and will provide extensive data on all the City’s trees.

“While the City has a tree management policy which ensures that trees are cared for through proper arboriculture techniques and management practices, mapping our trees will further assist us in decision making on where to focus tree planting efforts, especially if overlaid with heat island maps.

Trees play an important interface role between the environment and the urban landscape,” says Mayco member for community services and health, Zahid Badroodien.

“The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations defines an urban forest as ‘a contiguous area with over 10% tree canopy cover’ and in our progress towards an Urban Forest in the City of Cape Town our tree canopy cover currently stands at 7%. To limit the extent of the data, trees captured as part of the study only included trees of 2.75 metres and higher”.

An important component of managing the urban forest is a tree inventory. The data record for a tree typically includes information about tree species, location, characteristics, images, maintenance history, risk assessment and further maintenance and management needs.

In June 2019, the recreation and parks department initiated a project to gather data about the extent of the City’s tree canopy.

Tree canopy mapping integrates cutting edge automated feature extraction with detailed manual quality assurance in GIS (Geographic Information System). Tree canopy extraction is reliant on remotely-sensed data in the form of infra-red images and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. The City acquired a 2018 colour infra-red image and this enabled the tree canopies to be distinguished by their colour properties. LiDAR (or 3D height information) data was then used to enhance the accuracy of the information by excluding low-lying vegetation and shrubs from the output.

This project provides a learning opportunity and skill transfer between departments and the information extracted will also benefit other municipal services such as spatial planning and environmental management.

Analysis from the tree canopy data set could also determine the average height of trees and categorise the percentage of trees within a certain height bracket.

“This is an exciting project and we are confident that the data gathered during the project will assist the City’s recreation and parks department to effectively manage the City’s trees and to plant future trees in areas where it is most needed,” says Badroodien.

City’s parking policy set to ‘encourage economic activity’ Residents and interested parties have until Friday 18 September to comment or submit proposals on the City of Cape Town revised parking policy.

The policy addresses the provision, management, regulation, enforcement and pricing of parking across the city: from on-street parking and off-street parking to park-andride facilities, loading bays, bus bays, parking permits, reserved parking, and parking for bicycles, motorbikes, and provision for e-hailing services.

This includes all aspects related to parking, and regardless of whether the parking is being provided by the private or public sector.

Mayco member for transport Felicity Purchase says there is a need to improve enforcement of parking transgressions; to cater for new transport modes such as e-hailing and electric vehicles; and to promote parking that is friendly to the environment in terms of design and management.

“We also want to, in future, implement

cashless payments for parking,” Purchase says. The revised policy is aimed at supporting economic activity and the sustainability of businesses by ensuring customers and delivery vehicles can find on-street parking.

In line with this, the draft policy is pursuing the following: . Easier access to on-street parking within central business districts for those who want to park for a short period; . easier access to designated on-street parking for people with special needs, such as those in wheelchairs; . investigate a possible discount for those who park for less than 10 or 15 minutes; . easier access to designated on-street parking bays for delivery vehicles; . to encourage economic activity in central business areas by providing easy access to on-street parking bays for customers and delivery vehicles; . to encourage short-stay parking within the core of the CBD (Central Business District) and longer stay parking on the periph-

ery of the CBD during business hours; . payment through a cashless system by using smart cards or cellphones to improve convenience and accounting; . for minor parking transgressions to be administered by the contractor who will be contracted to manage on-street parking bays on behalf of the City; and . to develop a rationale for the expansion or removal of managed on-street parking as and when needed.

Purchase says the draft policy requires the City to investigate the use of technology to record violations and issue penalties.

“This is very important as we find that private vehicle owners often park in bays designated for loading vehicles and people with special needs, or that they do not adhere to time limits, or refuse to pay for parking,” she adds.

The policy also proposes new guidelines for parking tariffs. . It makes provision for different parking zones to be demarcated, and for parking tar-

iffs to differ accordingly; . Different tariffs should apply for different times of day (morning, afternoon, evening), and over weekends and on public holidays; . Given that motorbikes require less parking space, the tariff for using a formal motorcycle bay should be lower.

“We currently do not have convenient drop-and-go bays in business areas or at private developments for lift clubs, e-hailing cars, or e-hailing delivery motorbikes,” says Purchase.

“Also, there must be parking incentives for more sustainable modes of transport such as bicycles, and motorbikes. New generation mobility such as electric vehicles must also be accommodated in future,” The revised policy is available on the City’s website.

V Comments, input and recommendations can be submitted by email to transport.info@capetown.gov.za or online, by visiting www.capetown.gov.zahaveyoursay.

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The annual tattoo-a-thon, Tats4Tails, is set to take place from Sunday 30 August to Sunday 6 September. For the second year in a row, The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is partnering with Identipet, a company which microchips animals and maintains a database of them, and Primal Culture Tattoo Studio in Plumstead.

Clinton Naidoo, the owner of the studio, says, this year, they will have to do things a

homely; you could bring in your whole family to watch you get tattooed. But now we’ve had to get screens made, get masks and sanitisers, and we’ve had to take time to get used to it.”

The special on offer for the Tats4Tails week is a 7cm by 7cm tattoo for R700. That amount of money, according to the SPCA, will be enough to save two animals. Naidoo says last year’s event saw 58 tattoos being completed for the SPCA’s vaccination and sterilisation cause.

According to Belinda Abrahams, spokesperson for the SPCA, funds raised this year will go to animal rescues.

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Abrahams told People’s Post that this year’s goal is to book 70 tattoo appointments to raise R50 000. That will keep the SPCA’s inspectors on the road and enable them to carry out about 143 rescues. The SPCA relies on donations and public support.

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“Last year, we ran it over a weekend; from Friday to Sunday. And on Thursday we did the celebrities to kick off the tattoo-a-thon.

With Covid-19, this year we have put all our personal protective equipment out and are running it from Sunday to Sunday. People have to pre-book as our doors will be closed, in adherence to health regulations. So entrance will be by appointment only.”

Considering the size of the space, the studio will only allow two customers in at a time.

They will be tattooed by the two tattoo artists on duty – very different from how things used to be done.

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PEOPLE'S POST Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Organisations to apply for City’s Covid-19 food relief funding As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds if not thousands of vulnerable communities continue to be adversely affected.

The City of Cape Town’s urban management directorate has secured R25 million for food relief during the 2020/2021 financial year.

With this in mind, the City is calling on registered non-profit organisations (NPOs) and public benefit organisations (PBOs) within the City of Cape Town to apply to render food relief services to these beneficiaries.

“Registered NPOs and PBOs must have experience in the preparation and distribution of cooked meals as well as the distribution of raw food products and the direct supervision of communitybased organisations for the preparation and the distribution of cooked meals,” says Mayco member for urban management, Grant Twigg.

Interested persons must apply before 16:00 on Monday 3 September. “(The organisations applying) should have at least three months’ experience operating soup or food kitchens and should be able to provide nutritional well-balanced meals to vulnerable communities and beneficiaries. A track record of their successful operations and details of the communities or beneficiary groups that they previously served is also a requirement.

“The organisations that are selected will be required to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the City and must comply with the stipulated monitoring and reporting requirements,” says Twigg.

V Visit www.capetown.gov.za/HumanitarianRelief for application forms and project plan. Applications or enquiries must be sent to admin.HRP@capetown.gov.za.

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Visitors will once again be able to see their favourite sea animals daily between 09:30 and 18:00 on weekdays, and from 09:00 to 18:00 on weekends and public holidays.

Members of the aquarium will have four exclusive days to rediscover the magic of the facility and to say hello to all their favourite animals from Friday 28 August to Monday 31 August ahead of its reopening to the general public.

Michael Farquhar, chief executive officer for the aquarium, says: “We are delighted to have finally received the go ahead from government to reopen our doors after five months of closure. The aquarium will once again be filled with the buzz of enthusiastic visitors, discovering the magic and beauty of the underwater world.

“Now we can get back to our purpose of saving the oceans and inspiring all who visit.”

Farquhar says a range of health and safety measures in line with the latest government regulations and a Covid-19 workplace-ready plan have been implemented.

The aquarium’s conference facilities have also reopened with a maximum capacity of 50 delegates per venue.

“The aquarium will adhere to these measures as well as any others gazetted by government so that it can operate in a safe and responsible manner and, in so doing, protect its visitors and staff to the best of its ability,” explains Farquhar.

He adds that memberships that were active on the day of the aquarium’s temporary closure (18 March 2020) will be extended by the number of days that the aquarium has been closed.

This means that members will still enjoy twelve full months of their membership.

He says memberships and prepaid tickets that were purchased during the lockdown period must be activated and redeemed within 90 days of the aquarium’s reopening.

For further information about the aquarium’s reopening as well as daily happenings and general aquarium news, follow its social media channels on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Cyclists help the vulnerable hanks to the Cape Town Cycle Tour’s (CTCT) Pay It Forward campaign, clothing, blankets and food, worth over R900 000, are being distributed to the most vulnerable communities along the event’s route over the next few weeks.

The campaign – an initiative launched by the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust (CTCTT) in May – invited riders to make a R1 000 donation and, in return, organisers would offer a limited number of complimentary entries into the 2021 Cape Town Cycle Tour.

Riders could also make a donation via the GivenGain platform from as little as R25 and prizes from Thule and Garmin were also up for grabs.

With over R500 000 raised from entries, with additional donations from a number of past participants, the CTCTT has already begun the process of distributing the essentials

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With the help of community organisations like Living Hope, Feed Our Valley and Courage Africa – together with support from longterm partners Pick n Pay’s Feed the Nation campaign – the neediest are identified and assisted. The Cape Town Cycle Tour has raised over R100 million for social upliftment and cycling development over the past 15 years.

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ith much of South Africa already settled into level two lockdown regulations, many local sport fraternities are still gearing up to return to action.

While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to reshape the way we live our lives, the City of Cape Town says there are no plans to repurpose its sports facilities.

Mayco member for community services and health Zahid Badroodien confirms that while no activity has been able to take place at facilities run under the auspices of the City, there are no plans to convert and transform its venues.

“The department does not have a specific usage policy but acts in accordance with the national Covid-19 regulations and directions of what is allowed and what not. Sporting organisations/federations/bodies apply to the minister and submit plans for the resumption of their specific codes,” Badroodien says.

A few weeks ago, the City released a statement on its plans in preparing sports facilities (“City sports fields ready despite vandalism and theft”, People’s Post, 28 July) for the potential resumption of sporting activity

Athlone Stadium. and once a sporting body has been granted the certificate of compliance to return to activity by the national government, they are welcome to return to City-run facilities.

“A letter/memo has been sent to federations guiding what is required for sports activities to return at City facilities. There are no special requirements with regards to the resumption of the use of facilities that have not been in use for several months. It remains the responsibility of the club that uses the facility to adhere to the disaster regulations and implement safe practices,” Badroodien explains.

People’s Post also reported on the potential resumption of amateur soccer to the region (“Amateur soccer in the balance”, 11 August), where Safa Cape Town president Ben-

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nett Bailey touched on the prevalence of illegal matches taking place, which the City has also been made aware of, but added that their organisation still requires additional support from the City looking forward and after the Covid-19 pandemic has ended.

“We have a position that lives matter more than a game. However, we need to get back to normal and for that to happen, the old normal will not be the new normal. Example, we need a serious relook at facilities. If you look at some facilities, they were built during apartheid to serve a certain sector of the community. In this new democracy, all facilities had to be upgraded so that we can have equality. Sadly, some of them still resembled that of the apartheid era. No additional work was done to it. For the new normal to be nor-

mal, The City needs to look at their facilities.

Some time ago, there was an attempt to draft a facilities usage policy and its time that work continues again,” says Bailey.

He adds that Safa Cape Town still does not have a home following their eviction from Athlone Stadium last year.

“Athlone Stadium, a facility built with the 2010 funds, has become a home for everything, but football. The City via their executive director issued a directive that Safa Cape Town, the controlling body for football, does not fit their business model. We are still homeless and squat at a local football association and they want their facility back. Lastly, we need the City to rethink the grant to organisations. In the past, they made grants available, but lately, nothing.”

In response to the ongoing Athlone Stadium matter, the City’s Mayco member for economic opportunities and asset management James Vos says no new plans have been announced.

“In respect of Athlone Stadium, please be advised that the facility is currently utilised by the City in its Covid-19 response. As a consequence to the current use, the facility will be unavailable for any activities not related to the City’s Covid-19 response until further notice. Further communication regarding the Athlone Stadium will be issued in due course.”