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Rainy day at raceway The early morning start to Killarney International Raceway’s first main circuit race day in five months was met with cold and rainy weather on Saturday 29 August. The day featured a partial Power Series event for Clubmans, the GTi Challenge, Sports and GT cars, Formula Libre and Powersport Motorcycles. PHOTO: COLIN BROWN
FEMALE HEALTH WORKERS: ‘WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OUR WOMEN’
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he Du Noon Community Day Centre ended Women’s Month in style by honouring women health workers who plays a significant role in the struggle against Covid-19. Natalie Watlington, a provincial health department spokesperson, said the facility was eagerly supported by partners within the community, who generously donated to make the women feel honoured. “Covid relief food buckets were donated by Sabic. “These buckets can be converted into a water reservoir as there are taps on each of the buckets. Staff were asked to donate these buckets to any needy persons in the community. Pamper packs were donated by Salt and
Little Lambs, both local NGO’s, and passed on to the ladies. Things on Wheels donated the bags in which the pamper packs were packed,” Watlington said. Warren Caeser, facility manager at the Du Noon Community Day Centre, led the initiative and felt it was important to express the significant role that women play, not only as health workers but as mothers, sisters and daughters in society. “As we celebrated Women’s Month, may society know the valuable role women play in life and may society always value our women. We will overcome Covid-19 because we have women fighting this virus. We publicly state that we are supporting the plight of our women in our homes, communities, workplaces and surroundings. Our women is someone’s child, born from a mother who loves them, who values them, who only
wants the best for them all the time,” Caeser said. Caeser pointed out the following factors that indicate how women are still fighting for safety and equality: . in the work place for equal opportunities. . against gender-based violence. . against cancer – highlighting breast cancer and cervical cancer. . in sport. . on social media. . oighting for each one’s culture to be respected. . the Covid-19 pandemic, at the front lines at work and at home. “We as men must treat our women as the valuable persons their parents know them to be. We must take care of our women, we must support and stand by them. We as men
must take up our roles in society, to lead as men, and support our women who participate in personal and social growth. May we see our women grow all the time, may we have our women protected all the time, and may our women always feel valued in this facility and society,” Caeser said. He added that 51% of the country’s population are women and more than 90% of staff at the Du Noon Community Day Centre are female. “We have many female managers and leaders. Our female demographics at this facility is well above the expected norm. Thank you to our women, our diamonds, our precious stones that will not be moved for making this facility the best facility in the Western Cape. We should continue to strive to employ more women in our management and top management structures,” he said.