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Body bound in canal
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Tel: 021 713 9440 Fax: 021 713 9481
IMPERVIOUS TO COLD: About 50 swimmers braved the ice cold water at Camps Bay on Sun day 26 June for the Cadiz Youth Day Swim, to raise funds for less fortunate youth. The swim was planned for Youth Day, but had to be postponed due to bad weather. Par ticipants raised R10 000 for The Homestead, a local Cape Town NGO that cares for street chil dren. Photo: Yunus Mo
Nerves of steel
REYANA STEYN
ATHLONE police are investigating a murder after the body of a woman with her hands bound was found in a canal. The woman’s body was found yesterday in the Waste Water Treatment Canal in Kewtown. “Employees of the Waste Water Treatment Plant contacted police after they saw something that looked like a body,” says Warrant Officer Ian Bennett, Athlone police spokesperson. “Three police divers were called to retrieve the body. The rope was all around the woman’s body, and her hands were bound to her side. The body of the woman, believed to be in her late 20s, seemed to have been in the canal for a few days. “Pathologists on the scene could not establish the cause of death, as the decomposition had already set in. The body was then sent to the Salt River mortuary, where a full autopsy will be held to determine the cause and time of death,” says Bennett. Police are urging anyone who has a missing relative or friend to come forward. The woman was dressed in black takkies, black tracksuit pants, blue jacket and a purple top. Anyone with information on the murder suspects or the death of the woman can call the police station on (021) 6979238 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
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Campaign against school fees REYANA STEYN
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HE Muslims Against Illegitimate Leaders (Mail) organisation is gearing up to join forces with various organisations and community members on Mandela Day, Monday 18 July, to launch a “defiance campaign” against the paying of school fees. The movement, established in 2000, aims to stand up for underprivileged people who cannot afford their children’s school fees, and are demanding that the quintile system be scrapped in schools. Education authorities classify schools in five categories called quintiles, with the poorest schools in quintile one and the least poor in quintile five. Provincial education departments allocate funding to schools according to the quintiles, with schools in quintile one receiving up to six times more funding than schools in quintile five. The movement claims that the schools are not rated fairly, and that many underprivileged schools are based in areas the education department thinks are affluent. The schools then do not get the resources they needs to make the
school function better, influencing the standard of education they offer. “We urge the government to scrap the system totally at all the previously disadvantaged schools,” says Abduragman Khan, Mail’s spokesperson. “The community opposes paying school fees from next year. The parents face many challenges regarding the payment of school fees. They work many hours a day, but the cost of living is too high and they battle to live day to day. “The one thing all parents want is for their children to have the best education, but they cannot afford the school fees, and as a result children are often turned away. “Families’ resources are used for food and clothing, and so free education must be provided by the state. Poor people live without fundamental freedom of action and choice that the affluent take for granted. “They often lack food, shelter and education, and that keeps them from leading the kind of life that everyone values. “They are often exposed to illtreatment by institutions of the state, and are powerless to influence key decisions affecting their lives.”
Khan says the movement decided to launch the campaign after they were approached by concerned parents. “The community has been silent far too long. The time has arrived to end the silence. The ANC government’s pledge to deliver education should be introduced in terms of the Freedom Charter slogan of “the doors of learning and culture shall be opened to all”, he says. He says the movement chose to make its point on 18 July, which is Mandela Day, “because Nelson Mandela said when he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize that ‘the reward cannot be measured in money, nor can it be reckoned in the collective price of the rare metals and precious stones that rest in the bowels of the African soil we tread in the footsteps of our ancestors. It will and must be measured by the happiness and welfare of the children, at once the most vulnerable citizens in any society.’” He added: “Let’s honour what Mandela said and make him proud of our nation.” Paddy Atwell, director of communications for the Western Cape Education Department, says parents of
children at schools in quintiles one to three do not have to pay school fees. “Parents can apply for exemption or partial exemption from paying school fees, based on their annual income, if the schools are in quintiles four and five. “National legislation already makes provision for parents who cannot afford to pay school fees. We suggest that parents explore these options, if they can’t afford the fees.” “Parents qualify for exemption if the school fees are more than 10% of the parents’ combined annual salary. They can apply for partial exemption on a sliding scale if the fees represent between 2% and 10% of their annual salary, depending on the number of children they have at a fee-paying, public school.” He added that no child can ever be turned away from a school. “With regards to the quintile systems which the movement wants scrapped, the national Department of Basic Education is reviewing the quintile system.” The movement is urging organisations and community members who want to join the campaign to contact Khan on 072 985 5444.
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