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#LightSAred The iconic Milnerton lighthouse lit up in red on Wednesday 5 August to show support for the #LightSAred movement.

Other buildings across the country participated and took a stand against the country’s lockdown regulations to raise awareness about the economic impact on the live events industry. Read the full story on page 2.

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Spots lit red for plight of industry KAILIN DANIELS @k10daniels

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undreds of buildings around the country were lit up in red on Wednesday 5 August, putting the spotlight on the current plight of those the live events industry.

This, as the #LightSAred movement took a stand against the country’s lockdown regulations to raise awareness about the economic impact.

The spots, which include the iconic Milnerton lighthouse and the Blaauwberg Beach Hotel, were lit up from 18:00 to 20:00, in support of the movement.

According to the movement, the South African events industry is dying. Their aim is for government and financial institutions to extend financial relief to those who earn a living in the technical production and live events industry until they are permitted to resume work.

The #LightSAred movement said in a statement that the campaign will see the South African technical production and live events industry stand together to make their voices heard.

“The industry, comprising of freelancers, venues, theatres, companies and businesses have been unable to work since the blanket ban on all events, due to the coronavirus, implemented in South Africa on 15 March. Similar initiatives have successfully taken place across the world where buildings, monuments, landmarks, structures and empty theatres have been illuminated in ‘emergency red’ to highlight the enormous challenges facing live events, music and performing arts sectors,” the statement reads.

South Africans in the industry were called to join the campaign by lighting a

building, an empty stage, a garden or any object in red.

They were requested to take a photo and share it on their social media platforms while including the campaign hashtag, #LightSAred.

Residents in Milnerton and Table View took part in the initiative, sharing photos on social media.

In a post on Facebook, a resident said they had no income for almost eight months and have been sitting on the side lines in lockdown for five months.

“Most of us are freelancers, so there’s no UIF and no Ters (government help). Businesses that have been going for as long as 30 years and employing upwards of 100 people are liquidating. Smaller companies employ on average between 10 and 30 people.

All closing down,” the post reads.

The #LightSAred movement said that the South African government needs to engage with elected leaders within Southern African Communications Industries Association (Sacia) and the SA Events Council, and provide a platform for their voices to be heard. “#LightSAred demands that the government recognize and support the non-profit organisations that are trying to sustain destitute members of the technical production and live events industry. The events industry is aboard a sinking ship, and we are headed for the rocks. Help us light the warning beacon and #LightSAred to remind government and private industry just how much is at stake,” they said.

The Blaauwberg Beach Hotel took part in the #LightSAred movement, to show their support for the South African technical production and live events industry.

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Gyms hanging by a thread CARINA ROUX Employees, members and supporters of the fitness industry joined a peaceful protest at gyms across the country on Wednesday 5 August against the continued lockdown closures. The fitness industry has been prohibited from operating for five months already.

The call for the protest was made by FitSA, an association of health and fitness clubs. According to FitSA the industry employs around 29 000 people whose livelihoods are severely affected by the lockdown.

Perfect Health at the Ipic Soneike Shopping Centre in Kuils River organised outdoor spinning and aerobics classes as part of their protest.

Jan la Grange, owner of several gyms and a co-owner of Perfect Health, says in some instances landlords were willing to make concessions, but many gyms had no choice but to close. “If we can’t open within about a month we are going to be in big trouble.”

La Grange says it is especially the personal trainers who are severely affected as they could not earn an income. He hopes government will come to its senses soon to declare gyms, that keep people healthy, an essential service. Gyms are also a ‘‘clinical industry” he says, that are quite adept to sanitising routines.

La Grange says it is unfortunate that gov-

Staff members of Perfect Health, Brian van den Heever and Clarence Mouton. ernment put all gyms in the same boat as there are huge differences between small and large facilities.

“At Perfect Health we never have more than 50 people at a time in a space of 1500 square meters.”

He says, clients have been very supportive and want them to open.

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Service delivery impacted by public unrest S

ervice delivery to communities across the City of Cape Town has been badly impacted due to recent public unrest, the City says.

Since Tuesday 11 July, the City’s enforcement services has recorded has recorded 91 incidents of protests, a major increase from the 38 recorded between April and June.

“In the recent unrest, the safety and security directorate in the City recorded 38 injuries to its staff, 14 to service vehicles and six to private vehicles.

“Much of the unrest has been linked to violent attempts to invade pockets of land in a number of areas around the city.

“The safety and security directorate is counting the cost, but it is imperative that

the public too be cognizant of how these incidents impact on them,” says Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith.

Not only does the City have to direct resources away from priority areas, but Smith says vehicles that are damaged results in time off for some of its employees; which translates into fewer officers to fulfil the mandate on public safety.

“The volatility in so many areas is also impacting on other services to the public, particularly in the communities where the violence is taking place.”

Staff in the disaster risk management centre have assisted with humanitarian relief efforts following the protests as well as conducted their Covid-19 outreach and aware-

ness activities.

Furthermore, Smith says they coordinated mitigation measures as part of the winter readiness programme.

He urges the criminal justice system to treat the charges brought against those who have been arrested seriously.

“We also reiterate our call to the public to share any information that could lead to the identification, arrest and conviction of those responsible for the violence.”

He says .

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‘More female leaders needed in SA’ DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke

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eading the onslaught against bad financial management in the Western Cape government is Sharonne Adams; a strong-minded woman who is not afraid of change, nor making her voice heard.

With Sharonne at the head of the Western Cape office of the Auditor General of South Africa (Agsa) since 2014, state organs in the province have turned its operations around to become the leading province in the country with clean audits.

Visionary and inspirational are words that come to mind when meeting chartered accountant Sharonne Adams (46) from Kuils River.

“Its been a long journey, but the hard work and perseverance is all worth it,” she says during an interview at the Agsa Western Cape office in Century City.

To excel in a male dominated industry is especially satisfying, if done while balancing it with the act of being mother and wife.

“It takes strategic navigation to succeed at all these roles of womanhood, but with a strong support system it is possible.”

Like so many other women in leadership positions, Sharonne agrees that she at times felt she had to work much harder in an industry dominated by men.

Her interest in accounting started at 15, when she started doing the books at her mother’s hairdressing business.

This love for accounting and mathematics continued in high school and it was her Grade 11-teacher who encouraged her to study accounting.

“I love the challenge of solving problems and searching for answers. Accounting is all about logic and analysing the steps to find the answer.

“I always enjoyed doing sums, rather than studying,” she says.

She applies this philosophy of problem solving to all aspects of her career and personal life.

“I find that no problem remains unsolved with sustained thinking. The answer is within you, but you need to take time in a busy world to think, and then apply your thinking,” she says.

She graduated with a B Com Accounting degree at the University of the Western Cape, followed by a CTA in 1999, which she did part time.

She then completed a three-year articles of clerkship at auditing firm Ernst & Young in Cape Town; whereafter she joined the firm in its entrepreneurial services.

In 2002 she started her career as an auditor and later a forensic auditor at Agsa, followed by a quick run as internal auditor at the City of Cape Town, and then back to Agsa where in 2007, she became a senior manager.

In 2011 she was appointed deputy executive for the Agsa business unit in the Western Cape and in 2014 in her current position as business executive.

“What I love about my job is that it gives me a diverse knowledge and understanding of business and industry.”

One of her biggest challenges at the Agsa, is being an influencing factor for better audit outcomes in the province.

“As a leader one has to serve other people and in doing so I try to constantly find ways to grow successful financial reporting for stakeholders in a respectful way.

“When faced with challenging audit outcomes, my message to stakeholders is always the same: “Let’s take this big elephant and break it up into smaller chunks. See! it is doable.”

To be a CA, she says, will open up the world to you.

“There is a worldwide demand for CAs and you can enter almost any industry from medical to media, to financial and manufac-

Sharonne Adams heads up the Auditor General’s Western Cape office. turing.

“You can become a leader of industry; a director that sits on executive boards and lead companies in strategic business and financial decisions.”

She adds that the South African qualification is internationally recognised and that a career as a CA will almost certainly provide financial sustainability.

What drives her most, at this point of her life, is grooming future leaders.

“Everything rises and falls on leadership,” she says.

“My greatest satisfaction is to nurture and grow young people to become leaders, and to be part of that process.”

Sharonne firmly believes that leadership skills is a multiplication factor in any career.

“You don’t need a title to be a leader. Everyone can be a leader in their own right, and that is what is needed in a world that has become volatile, uncertain and complex,” she says.

Referring to the current international pandemic she says the voice of a leader is louder than the voice of panic.

One of her favourite quotes is that of Napoleon Hill when he said: “Every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

“The world suddenly changed, and everyone’s lives was disrupted. In January this year, we read about the first cases in China, and I recall wondering how it would impact South Africa.

“My worst imaginings were that we might struggle to import electronics; never did I realise the scale of what was coming.

“It put limitations on us and challenges our mental health every day, but at the same time there are benefits.

“It has changed the way the world spends money and has given us an opportunity to think out of the box”.

She says, now is the time for women in South Africa to take up leadership.

She encourages young women to grab hold of any opportunity given and to dream big.

“South Africa needs female leaders now more than ever and as women we must make our voices heard.

“Dream big, visualise it, put your intention behind it and never give up”.

Gene Louw staan saam Die grendeltyd en gepaardgaande uitdagings het weer eens bewys wat in die Laerskool Gene Louwgemeenskap steek en die beste in mense na vore gebring.

Só sê Hanli van Wyk, kommunikasiebeampte van die skool.

“Ouers, opvoeders en leerders het die afgelope paar weke saamgespan om te gee waar daar tans nood is. Dit is ongelukkig ’n realiteit dat die aantal gesinne wat op die ondersteuning van hul gemeenskap staatmaak, in hierdie tye toege-

Christiaan Bester het sommer die tog skool toe met sy fiets aangepak om sy skenking in die houer te plaas.

neem het,” sê sy.

“Breakthrough,” ’n groepie Gene Louw-ouers wat in geloof en daad saamstaan om gesinne in nood met kospakkies by te staan, het vir hul Mandeladag-projek met die hulp van die skool ’n aanlyn-insameling gehou en meer as R4 000 ingesamel.

“Met die onverwagse sluiting van skole moes die Gene Louwspan op hul voete dink om hul volgende projek, ’n reeds beplande ‘Silly Scarf Day’, steeds te laat gebeur.

By die krat vol warm serpe en musse is Julie le Roux (links, adjunkhoof) en Jolandi Olivier, dryfveer en organiseerder van die projek.

“Met Jolandi Olivier aan die stuur van sake is die planne vinnig en doeltreffend aangepas en ‘SillyScarf Day’ het eenvoudig ’n ‘drive-thru’-formaat op die oggend van 29 Julie aangeneem.

“Ouers en leerders het opgedaag om serpe, musse en handskoene in ’n enorme vrugtekrat voor die skool te gooi. Hierdie warm artikels wat ingesamel is, sal aan welsynorganisasies oorhandig word om aan behoeftiges te versprei,” sê Van Wyk.

Die Van Rensburg-tweeling, Karla (links) en Danel (gr. 3), en hul boeta, MJ (gr. 6), het ook skenkings gemaak.

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ie polisie in Ravensmead sê hulle gaan nie toelaat dat sommige mense baat vind by die verkoop van alkohol terwyl wetsgehoorsame sakemanne sukkel nie.

Dié waarskuwing volg nadat die polisie verlede week op drank met ’n straatwaarde van meer as R1 miljoen beslag gelê het.

Daar is tans ’n verbod op die verkoop van drank en sigarette weens die staat van inperking wat in die land heers.

Volgens kapt. Odwa Makupula, polisiewoordvoerder, het polisiebeamptes die strate gepatrolleer toe hulle sien hoe mense drank in ’n motor in Colorado-straat in Ravensmead laai. “Hulle het die motor gena-

der en navraag gedoen. Toe hulle die motor en die huis deursoek, het hulle 2 068 bottels whisky, brandewyn, ’n verskeidenheid wyne en sigarette gevind. Die beamptes het ook op ’n pryslys beslag gelê en dit is hoe daar bepaal is dat die goedere se waarde R1 073 600 is. Dit is duidelik dat die drank vir die informele mark bedoel was,” sê Makupula.

Makupula sê ’n 42-jarige man is op die toneel in hegtenis geneem. “Die man is aangekla omdat hy sonder ’n lisensie handel gedryf het, sowel as vir die oortreding van rampbestuur-regulasies,” sê Makupula.

Die beskuldigde het in die Bellville-landdroshof verskyn, waar die saak voorwaardelik teruggetrek is. “Die saak is teruggetrek sodat die polisie verder ondersoek kan instel oor die omstandighede waaronder die misdryf gepleeg is,” sê Makupula.

Intussen het Suid-Afrika se gesondheidsminister, Zweli Mkhize, verlede week gesê die regering is nog nie gereed om die verbod op die verkoop van drank en sigarette op te hef nie.

“Wanneer ons sien dat die getalle verbeter en daar nie meer druk op hospitale is nie, gaan ons die verbod ophef,” sê Mkhize.

Verskeie hofsake is tans aan die gang wat die regering uitdaag om drank- en sigaretverkope weer toe te laat.

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Since 2018, the City’s public housing department replaced or upgraded 854 staircases. In a statement it reads that the City has more than 45 000 rental units in its housing stock portfolio primarily to assist its indigent residents.

“As a temporary measure, the City installs scaffolding staircases, while the work is planned and carried out. The City’s scaffolding is erected by authorised contractors, who are accountable to occupational health and safety agents. The independent agent inspects and ensures that the temporary scaffolding is installed according to the correct methods and safety standards applicable to that of temporary scaffold access/staircases. The scaffolding is then inspected by a structural engineer to further ensure the safety of the staircases and our residents. The City encourages its tenants to notify it of any concerns around safety or where staircases or scaffolding has been damaged or vandalised.”

Staircase replacements and upgrades have been done in Hout Bay, Atlantis (Protea Park, Robinvale and Saxson Sea) and Scottsdene, Macassar and Lwandle, Hanover Park, Elsies River (Avonwood, Leonsdale, Adriaanse, Clarkes Estate, Trinity Place, Springbok Place and Avon Estate), Ravensmead, Heideveld, Manenberg, Parkwood, Lavender Hill and Retreat.

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These volunteers joined the Milnerton Lagoon beach clean-up on Saturday 8 August to celebrate Women's Day.

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Women’s Day beach clean up a success F

our women teamed up with volunteers on Saturday 8 August and held a beach clean up at the Milnerton Lagoon to celebrate Women’s Day. The event which was planned and hosted

by Save a Fishie, had an incredible turnout with 158 people participating in the clean up.

Every person who attended adhered to Covid-19 regulations by completing the reg-

ister, wearing a mask, sanitising and maintaining social distance during the clean up.

“There was such a lovely energy and vibe during the clean up. Everyone was excited to be there. Everyone was energetic and happy! And even the weather played along,” said Zoë Prinsloo from Save A Fishie.

The dynamic foursome and their volunteers managed to remove a staggering 115 bags of litter from the lagoon.

The Milnerton Lagoon beach clean up, which was planned and run by four women to celebrate Women’s Day. Pictured from left Zoë Prinsloo from Save a Fishie, Margo Adonis from Visions of Change and a Miss Earth Ambassador, Bianca Peace and Laura Outhet from Cape Town Cares.

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ygerberg-kinderkoor se dirigent, Karina Erasmus, sê sy mis die koor verskriklik baie.

Om dinge aan die gang te hou, het Erasmus aan TygerBurger gesê, bied hulle koorklasse op Zoom aan. Hulle beplan ook om ’n konsert in November te stroom.

“Ek self mis die koor vreeslik; ek mis dit om die kinders se klank te hoor en hulle te sien.

“Ons bly oefen op Zoom omdat ons nie kan ophou sing nie. Ons is ’n span van vier musiekpersoneel wat elkeen met ’n stemgroep oefen. Dis nie dieselfde as om werklik te oefen nie, want ’n mens kan net een stem op ’n slag hoor.

“Dit help my baie om die kinders beurte te gee om te sing, want so leer ek elkeen se stem goed ken. Ons is soos ’n koorfamilie, mis mekaar en kan net nie ophou sing nie,” sê Erasmus.

In dié koorkringe is sy reeds ’n ou bekende – sy het in 1999 al uitgehelp toe haar eie leerders van die Laerskool Goodwood Park vir die koor begin sing het. Sy is in 1991 as hoof van die Laerskool Goodwood Park

se musiekafdeling aangestel.

Erasmus was ’n inwoner van Goodwood tot haar kinders in 2002 na ’n hoërskool moes gaan. Tans woon hulle in Brackenfell.

Sy sê die Zoom-kooroefeninge motiveer die kinders. “In ’n tyd dat daar geen sport of enige ander bedrywighede is nie, gee die Zoom-klasse positiewe afleiding en betrokkenheid vir die kinders.

“Ons het vier virtuele koorwerke instudeer sedert die einde van Maart. Twee was ons eie projekte, ‘We shall be reborn’ en ‘The hands of Man’, een saam met PJ Powers, ‘The World in Union’, en ’n ander een, ‘Sing as One’, saam met ’n Filippynse koor met kinders van oral oor die wêreld.”

Die koor kan op die Tygerberg-kinderkoor se Youtube-kanaal gehoor word. “Die kinders neem almal hul eie stem op met hul selfone en maak ’n video van hulself, alles tuis. Die klank en video word dan in ’n ateljee gemeng en op die internet vrygestel.

Ons beplan om in November ’n konsert te stroom.”

Die Tygerberg-kinderkoor hou aanlyn klasse om aan die gang te wees.

Children’s home needs help with Superhero Day Every year the Durbanville Children’s Home presents a Superhero Sunday to encourage the children and teach them about values.

This year Superhero Sunday will be held on Sunday 30 August.

“Superheroes promote well-intentioned messages about standing up for peers and protecting others. The children can also le-

arn more about courage, self-sacrifice, selfcontrol, and willpower,” says Melanie Stipp of the home’s marketing department.

“We are planning a fun-filled day where the children’s role models can act as superheroes by conveying a message of hope through singing and dancing,” she says.

Well-known artists like Neville D and Rou-

chelle Liedemann will be part of the superhero line-up this year. “Considering the challenging times we are facing, we would really want to inspire the children in our care and teach them the values and characteristics of being a true superhero for Jesus,” she says. This inspirational day is not possible without the support of caring individu-

als and corporates. The home is in need of the following items: décor, a marquees tent, jumping castles, personalized silicone wristbands (with a superhero message printed on them) and superhero goodie bags.

V Contact Melanie Stipp on 021 975 6822 or by email at marketing@durbanvillekinderhuis.org.za with enquiries.

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Women without boundaries: The Bellville Community Policing Forum (BCPF) celebrated Women’s Day with an educational display in the CBD where they hosted free talks on safety for women and domestic violence. Thereafter the various neighbourhood watches that form the BCPF took part in a mass patrol in the streets of Bellville. Pictured are the female patrollers who took part in the patrol.

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Alleged murderers caught

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he serious and violent crimes unit of the Mfuleni police recently arrested four members of the Mobster gang that were wanted for murder.

Lt Col Lionel Thebus, head of the unit, and his team received information about the suspects hiding out in Belhar.

According to police spokesperson WO November Filander, the officers went to an address in Matroosberg Street in Extention 13, Belhar, where they arrested the gang members. “A 34-year-old, two 19-year-olds and a 17-year-old was arrested. The officers also

found an illegal firearm at the premises,” says Filander.

In another incident the police arrested three suspects for a murder that recently took place in Tokwana Street, Mfuleni.

“The suspects were found sitting in a Mercedes Benz in Nkohla Street when officers approached them. When they searched the vehicle they found that the suspects were sought for a quadruple murder. A handgun with its serial number filed off was also confiscated. All three remain in custody,” says Filander.

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Charity locked down How you can help As the Covid-19 crisis continues and many people are struggling to make ends meet, non-profit organisations (NPOs) and non-government organisations (NGOs) are trying to provide support to those that need it most.

These organisations have lost most of their income from fundraising events and need your help to continue giving care. TygerBurger is making it easier for you to contribute responsibly by featuring accredited and/or legitimate organisations that will distribute your donation to the right people.

To be featured here registered NPOs and NGOs or those with clear proof of their donations/activities can email a description of their service, NPO number (if applicable) and contact details to nielen.deklerk@tygerburger.co.za. Please include specific needs and a drop-off point, if possible.

Alta du Toit aftercare in Bellville makes provision for the care and development of 220 intellectually disabled adults. They’re currently in need of white soap and roll-on deodorant for male and female residents. Donations can be dropped off at the security gate of their premises at 80 Lincoln Street, Boston. Email Marina van der Meulen on marina@altadutoit.org.za or call 021 913 2106.

V Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has established a Covid-19 relief fund aimed at supporting its most vulnerable students. To donate SMS “Covid Fund” to “35525”. Each SMS costs R3 and free SMSs do not apply.

To donate online, visit www.cput.ac.za/advancement/giving.

V Inceba Projects in Bellville helps vulnerable individuals and groups on a multidisciplinary level. They also run the only Baby Saver in Bellville and surrounds. They need donations of nonperishables, toiletries and cleaning products. Call 083 992 2363.

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Shelter challenges public THABANG KUAHO @thab_journo

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he Haven Nigh Shelter in Kraaifontein has started an online campaign in a bid to help homeless people, who have been hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

One such organisation is the Haven Night Shelter Welfare Organisation which has shelters in various locations, including Kraaifontein and Bellville.

The #Covid19Challenge challenges the public to help by either donating money, items (like food, toiletries and personal protective equipment, among others); spending time with homeless people and referring them to one of the shelters; or taking action by encouraging six people to do three activities for the Haven.

“What we wanted from this challenge is for people to assist the homeless to get to shelters or help us care for them while working on getting the beneficiaries to reinte-

grate with their families and community,” manager of the shelter in Kraaifontein, Lizelle Coetzee, says.

The pandemic has resulted in the shelter incurring extra costs to provide PPE to its beneficiaries.

“The money raised will help the Haven pay for the extra costs at a time when clients are struggling to pay the R15 daily shelter fee,” Coetzee continues.

Despite these being difficult times for a lot of people, Coetzee is thankful for the continuous support from the public.

“People in the community are generous and help whenever they can, even though everyone is feeling the pressure of the pandemic. People can donate in any way they can, no contribution is too small or too big. We even appreciate the prayers because they go a long way. Prayers have gotten us to stay open for over 40 years.”

The Haven in Kraaifontein currently has enough beds to accommodate 98 people.

Clients who benefit from this either come on their own or are referred by partnering organisations like the City, police and healthcare facilities, among others.

Apart from offering a roof over homeless people’ heads, the shelter has programmes that clients can benefit from.

“We offer programmes like rehabilitation, reintegration and life skills to empower the homeless.”

Though an NGO, the provincial social development department subsidises and contributes to the salaries of social workers and the City offers discounts on the Food Forward municipal service. The Haven Night Shelter often runs fundraising campaigns that would make it easier to continue offering its services to homeless people.

Monetary donations can be made through SnapScan via PayFast where links to donate are available on their website.

VFor more information visit www.haven.org.za/challenge.

Donations assist animal welfare Between 1 and 18 July customers at Absolute Pets stores could drop off any items such as food, blankets, flea or deworming treatments, for donation to different animal welfare organisations.

Considering these challenging times the team at Absolute Pets anticipated that their Mandela Day campaign this year may not go as well as previous years. Marketing manager, Genevieve Baptie, says they were determined to push on and stay hopeful, as the need for support from ani-

mal welfare organisations was even greater than before.

“The sad reality is that many families have had to give up their pets due to the impact of Covid-19. This, along with other changes that have had a negative impact on the industry, has put additional pressure on animal welfare organisations who were already overwhelmed with homeless animals and desperate for support.”

Baptie says they are thrilled with the results of the campaign. “It was exceptional-

ly positive, and told a wonderful story about what’s possible when we all come together as a community to help and support those in need.”

She says it is inspiring to hear how many people made an effort to contribute in some way.

Baptie says they managed to assist 42 animal welfare organisations across the country with around 5 500 donations, with an additional estimated 2 650kg of pet food, going to 27 of them.

V The Eat Out Relief Fund supports the restaurant industry, many who are opening their kitchens to serve their communities. To donate (or request funds) visit http://help.eatout.co.za.

V HewLin Compassion in Kraaifontein focusses on alleviating the hardships of individuals, families and communities through education and skills development. They need toiletries (especially soap to enforce hand hygiene during this time of lockdown), stationery and food donations. Contact them on 081 207 9485 or info@hewlincompassion.org.za.

V Magdalena Home in Bellville focus mainly on child and family services.

They need baby clothes (0-18 months), baby toiletries (like baby bum cream), birth mother toiletries (like toothpaste, soap and shampoo) and nappies (size 1 to 3). Call 021 948 3637 or send an email info@magdalena.org.za.

V The Ithemba Foundation strives to raise awareness of depression as a biological illness and raise funds for research about this disease. They require funds to help sponsor research in the field. A section 18A tax-deductible receipt, is available on request. Email ithembafoundation@mweb.co.za.

V The Inothando Foundation in Philippi provides food for needy children, elderly and the unemployed. They require any donation of clothing. Call Ncumisa Moroeng on 072 977 2871.

V GivenGain, a global non-profit fundraising platform founded by two South Africans, are calling on gamers, musicians and anyone with a livestream to start doing it for good and support charities by adding fundraising to your livestream. GivenGain is also giving all charities access to all its premium fundraising advantages completely free of charge.

Visit www.givengain.com for more information.

Bianca Behm from Absolute Pets in Kenridge with the goods that were collected for the Animal Anti-cruelty League (AACL) in Cape Town.

Nicole Varrie and Caitlyn Browne from Absolute Pets Aurora who chose pet rescue organisation Lucky Lucy as beneficiary. Browne is also a volunteer at Lucky Lucy.

Entries open for ‘green makers’ Residents who would like to take part in the Green Maker Mania event that is part of the City of Cape Town’s virtual Cape Town Future Energy Festival, can still enter.

The festival comprises a series of virtual events to showcase innovative and cost-effective household solutions for energy use and a more sustainable way of living.

Green Maker Mania aims to celebrate and showcase the local maker culture.

Makers have the opportunity to share their projects and benefit from an initiative of the City of Cape Town to support makers.

The festival organisers will select the

top projects which best complement the Future Energy theme of the festival and invite them to showcase their projects on the festival’s various platforms.

To enter you must submit a short video of no longer than two minutes to explain your maker project or product via email to energy@zafanzone.co.za.

Include the following: your name, address and age; occupation/trade; contact number; the name of your item and the purpose thereof.

The closing date has been extended to 31 August and the top projects will be announced on 8 September. Visit www.capetownfutureenergyfestival.co.za for more information.

Cable car opens for hikers Since the reopening of national parks and closure of Lion’s Head, there has been an influx of hikers to Table Mountain National Park.

In response, the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) has opened a service, to provide a safe descent for hikers from the top station.

Managing director of TMACC, Wahida Parker, says the service for hikers will operate on Saturdays and Sundays between 08:00 and 15:00 only. Tickets will be available for purchase online or in the Wi-Fi lounge at the top station.

“In accordance with Covid-19 health and safety protocols, we are only allowing a maximum of 26 people plus the cabin master per ride in the cable car.

No person will be permitted to enter the cable car without a mask”.

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Kunssentrum pas ook elektronies aan RICHARD ROBERTS @richardjohn_rj

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ie voortdurende Covid-19-pandemie het nie net normale onderrig by skole geaffekteer nie, maar ook instansies soos die Tygerberg Kunssentrum in Parow.

Greg Lawson, woordvoerder, sê die sentrum ervaar tans ’n moeilike tyd, maar sê tog dat onderwysers hier baie hard werk om die leerders te help om steeds die beste onderrig moontlik te ontvang.

Die sentrum se hooffokus in hierdie stadium is om sy leerders, veral sy Gr. 2-leerders, by te staan om die jaar se kurrikulum suksesvol te voltooi en ook seker te maak dat hulle die vak geniet en as individu daardeur kan groei, sê Lawson.

Die sentrum bied ontwerp en visuele kunste as vakke aan. As deel van die vakgebiede bied dit onder meer juweliersontwerp, keramiek, tekstiel, grafies en drukkuns, illustrasie, skilder, teken en fotografie as spesialisvelde aan. Sedert die inperking moes die sentrum sy vakke en manier van aanbied egter aanpas.

“Wat ons vakke baie moeilik maak vir afstandsonderrig is dat meer as 50% daarvan prakties en interaktief van aard is. Ons werk met verf, kleursel, pigment, tekstiele, ink, klei, metaal, spesiale gereedskap en ook rekenaars,” verduidelik Lawson.

Hy sê leerders het nie tuis toegang tot baie van die materiale wat hulle in hul ateljees gebruik nie. “Baie leerders in moeilike omstandighede het nie geriewe soos die internet, of data waar hulle woon nie, en sommige het nie eens papier by die huis gehad om mee te kan werk nie.”

Drukkers se ink het opgedroog, rekenaars het gebreek, selfone is gesteel, noem hy nog ’n paar van die enkele haakplekke.

“Ons moes drastiese aanpassings maak en maniere uitdink om leerders in elke denkbare scenario aan die gang te hou, deur op verskeie maniere klas te gee oor die internet en WhatsApp. “Ons tutor steeds naweke en saans en sommige leerders en kollegas sukkel by tye om nie moed te verloor nie.”

Lawson sê die sentrum moes meer as een

keer die jaar sy beplanning oordoen.

Leerders moes ook selfstudie toepas. Hul werk is deur die onderwyser nagesien en terugvoering is dan gegee, soos nodig.

“In ’n praktiese klas is die hele punt om elke leerder op te voed sodat hulle hul eie identiteit in hul kunswerke of ontwerpe kan uitdruk. Dit word baie moeilik as ’n onderwyser nie die leerder se fisiese werk of tegniek kan sien nie. Ons demonstreer gereeld tegnieke in die klas en moet nou klein tutorvideo’s maak en stem-notas stuur om te verduidelik.”

Hy sê met die terugkeer van sommige van die studente moes die sentrum weer gewoond raak aan die sterilisering van hande en oppervlakke. Afstandsonderrig is ook gehandhaaf.

“Wat die praktiese klasse betref, is dit ’n massiewe uitdaging om afstand tussen leerders te hou en kreatiewe prosesse te bestuur met ’n masker op. Ons maak dit moontlik vir leerders om elk hul eie materiale te hê sodat hulle sover moontlik nie hoef te deel nie. Wanneer hulle egter moet deel, moet elke kwas en botteltjie en pannetjie tussen-in gereinig word. Ons het ons klasse verdeel om die groepe kleiner te maak en gee dieselfde les op verskillende dae en tye.”

Die sentrum speel ook ’n rol in die opvoeding van jonger kinders en laerskoolonderwysers by skole in die omgewing vir wie hulle soggens klas aanbied. Daar is ook leerders wat as vrywilligers hul kunsklub bywoon, sowel as ’n groot groep van meer as 200 tuisonderrig-leerders wat by die sentrum kunsklas neem.

“In hierdie tyd kan ons nie hierdie leerders bedien nie. Dit plaas groot finansiële druk op die sentrum aangesien baie van ons uitgawes en instandhouding deur hierdie programme gefinansier word.”

Hy sê die sentrum sien egter uit na die toekoms. “Die toekoms gaan interessant wees met baie herbesinning en nuut droom oor baie van ons skoolvakke, insluitend die visuele kunste en ontwerp. Die hoop is dat die waarde van die kunste opnuut na vore sal kom en dat ons ’n groter waardering sal hê vir instansies soos ons wat dit nog aanbied,” sê Lawson.

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his may be a disease that is caused by a virus, but it is spread by human conduct and behaviour.”

Hands up! Who got goosebumps when president Cyril Ramaphosa said these words during his address to the nation on Sunday 12 July?

Despite the fact that Covid-19 infections are rising exponentially, it does seem that after months of strictly following the lockdown regulations, more people are beginning to ignore them.

TygerBurger asked Dr Divine Fuh, a social anthropologist and director of the Humanities in Africa Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT), why this could be.

According to Fuh, the long wait for things to return to normal has left people tired and confused.

“When things are bad, we usually turn to human relationships and encounters – the kinds of closeness that we have with others which we use to distance ourselves from the now – for healing,” Fuh says.

As the hope of returning to life as we knew it begins to fade and as people slowly come to terms with their new reality – one that includes the (perhaps indefinite) presence of the virus – some are embracing the reality of insecurity and infection.

This acceptance, Fuh says, takes different forms. “Sometimes it is the false self-deceit of acting ‘safe’ and taking all precautions.

While some have surrendered to the fact that we are all likely to be infected with this virus, others convince themselves that they are or have taken the necessary precautions to keep them safe.”

Fuh says there is a tendency to turn to moral registers during these times to code the actions of other people, judge them, shame them, and talk about them as if they are very different from us.

“We seem to expect that people should respond to crises through an established logic.

Unfortunately for this moral lot, what makes us humans is our capacity to struggle with artificial rules, regulations, structure and order – hence policing – which we need to stabilise society. But rules exist because people break them. So we should not be surprised (when that happens).”

He says the sacrifice that we have been asked to make to curb the spread of the virus – social distancing – is a tough one.

“We have to acknowledge that people will not respond to this call in the same way. We understand and respond to risk differently.

We have different capacities to deal with anxiety, uncertainty and dystopia.”

While a crisis like this can bring communities together it also has the potential to push them apart.

A media statement by the City of Cape Town on Monday 22 June “noted with concern the continued lack of adherence to Covid-19 health and safety protocols in some parts of the metropole.”

Fuh says it is important that we do not use this crisis to perpetuate some of the narrow and racist assumptions that “the strong” continue to cultivate towards disadvantaged communities.

“This stubborn obsession about nonwhites, the disadvantaged. Just take a walk in Newlands Forest, Constantia, Rondebosch or Sea Point and count how many privileged people there are who are not wearing masks.”

Instead of pointing fingers, Fuh says we should continue to support those who are struggling to understand and adhere to Covid-19 restrictions and also collectively support and assist those whose circumstances don’t allow them to comply with the rules “because they just can’t”.

“The very fact that we are all expected to equally practise the same preventive and lockdown measures, despite inequities is already revealing. It is winter, raining, and while some of us in our comfortable homes can social distance or self-quarantine, that option is not available to everyone. Covid-19 knows no borders . . . it is a disease of the rich as it is a disease of the poor.”

The tendency to stigmatise those who test positive for a disease is another very human trait communities need to guard against.

During lockdown, Community Cohesion – a registered non-profit company (NPC) which provides rights-based psycho-social support and education to victims of violence and crime – is offering a counselling service to people who test positive for Covid-19.

In a conversation with TygerBurger, the NPC shared that many of its Covid-19 positive clients were fearful of being ostracised by their communities should their status become known. This kind of fear was last seen when the HIV/Aids epidemic began in the 80s.

Yet, Covid-19 is not nearly as deadly now as Aids was back then. So why do communities tend to react this way?

“Vulnerability and fear are what makes us, and we are creatures of difference, shame and discrimination. We are living in a country where the institutionalisation of violation on the basis of their skin colour was commonplace.

“During HIV, the privileged stigmatised the poor, Whites perceived it as the disease of black people. Vulnerability and the fear of contagion, especially during pandemics, shape how we respond to infections, infected people and affected spaces,” he explains.

And that response varies from person to person. So rather than getting caught up in the why, Fuh says it is best to realise that we live in a world which we need to constantly improve.

“What we should not give up on is doing everything to stay safe and to keep others safe. Humanity is a work in progress. We are not algorithms. Neither are we coded to respond in an automatic way to risk and shock with a particular logic.”

Win to grow your business now The Shoprite group is giving 20 established small business owners prizes valued at R1.4 million through its Hustle competition. Each winner will receive R50 000 in cash, and a short course from Get Smarter valued at R20 000.

The competition aims to celebrate and support small businesses with potential, to help them grow even further. The contest may even result in access to Shoprite’s consumer market, as is the case with Toys with Roots. The three-year-old company entered the 2018 competition to gain exposure for its range of African dolls and end-

ed up being one of the inaugural winners.

In a statement, the retailer says it recognises the critical role SMMEs (small, medium and micro enterprises) play in growing South Africa’s economy and creating much- needed jobs. Entrants must be at least 18 years old; a citizen or permanent resident of South Africa and their business must have been in operation for at least six months.

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Women’s Day talk cancelled due to heavy downpour THABANG KUAHO @thab_journo Three women from Kraaifontein are committed to continue feeding the hungry everyday, whether they can afford to or not.

Lecille Poole, Sarina Winlock and Carol Swanepoel, all from different non-profit organisations in the community, came together to start what is now called the Kraaifontein Soup Kitchen.

The kitchen feeds between 1 500 and 1 700 people with nutritious cooked meals daily.

Funds to cook the food comes from the women’s own pockets, with some relief from private organisations and businesses.

“We decided to come together and help the greater Kraaifontein as we saw the need for healthy food growing because of the covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown,” Poole says.

The meals are prepared daily and distributed in different commu-

Lecille Poole, Sarina Winlock and Carol Swanepoel cooked nutritious meals for the community for Women's Day on Sunday 9 August.

PHOTO: THABANG KUAHO

nities on different days.

“Even though this is self-funded, we have been lucky to receive help from the Carmen Stevens Foundation, a non-profit organisation that is known for supporting projects that feed children from underprivileged communities to improve the environment for education.

On Sunday 9 August, the Kraaifontein Soup Kitchen decided to hold a special event in honour of Women’s Day but the rain made it impossible to take place.

A special guest speaker was invited to empower women in the community.

“Unfortunately, because of the heavy rains, we could not have the motivational talk so we decided to just continue with the feeding as normal,” Poole explained.

Apart from the feeding, the kitchen also helps to provide clothing and school stationery to needy children in the community.

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he man I should have trusted most, stole everything from me. My childhood, my innocence, my confidence and my faith in men.”

These are the words of Georgia, who had been sexually assaulted by her step father for around five years. “My father died when I was two and my mother remarried when I was three. He is the only father I ever really knew.

It started with games, but now that I am older, I know these were not games children should play,” she says.

What started at the age of five, spanned several years, she explains. “It was just touching at first. I touched him, he touched me. When I was six was the first time he actually raped me. I remember screaming and telling him it was not right, he was my daddy, but he said my mother knew and she said it was okay. He told me it wasn’t sore, that it was a special game. That I was special,” she says.

A quiet child, she became even more withdrawn and for the duration never told anyone what had happened to her.

“When I was almost 11, he died in a car accident. I remembered feeling sad, angry and confused. He made me believe he was my special friend. For years, I didn’t tell anyone what happened. But as I grew older, I started to learn about sex and boundaries and realised the special games I played, was me actually being violated. That weighed heavy on me and I fell into antisocial behaviour,” she says.

She fell into sex work, drug and alcohol addiction and her dissociation with sex and love became even greater.

“I would drink every day and my drug of choice was heroin. I was out of control. I was 23 when I was rushed to hospital to have my stomach pumped. I almost died because of a drug overdose and I was referred to a drug rehab programme,” she says.

It was here that she opened up for the first time about what really led to her addiction.

“I still struggle with my drug and alcohol habit. I have been in and out of programmes but I am trying to do better. I hope one day I will be strong enough to speak openly and publicly to parents about abuse and rape so that we can stop other little girls and boys from being attacked,” she says.

Unfortunately, this is but one story of thousands of children who are raped and sexually assaulted annually in South Africa.

According to the most recent available crime statistics (2018/’19), sexual offences ranked as one of the top crimes committed in South Africa. The sexual offences category includes rape, compelled rape, sexual assault, incest, bestiality, statutory rape and the sexual grooming of children. Around 41 583 rapes were reported, 7 437 sexual assaults were re-

ported and 1 254 contact sexual offences were reported. Several other cases, such as with Georgia, go unreported.

Safeline director Rochelle Philander says as a sexual abuse counselling centre for children, they see children as young as two and three coming for counselling after being molested and assaulted.

“With the referrals we have received over this lockdown period specifically, it has mainly been incest. It is children being sexually (assaulted) by their family members. I know in our low socio-economic communities where huge poverty is experienced, there are overcrowded homes and this plays a major role in children’s experiences with sexual abuse,” she says.

But the scourge of gender-based violence is not only limited to sexual assault.

For Karen, her abuse began with subtle gestures.

“It started with swearing at me if I did not put enough salt in the food or if the floor was not swept. I believed I was being a bad wife so I would rush to make sure everything was perfect and to his liking. He would be the best and sweetest man to me when the kitchen was cleaned, the geyser was warm, his clothing was washed, ironed and folded and his supper was waiting for him. So I continued to make sure it was done to keep the peace,” she says.

Karen had been married for a few months at this stage and when she spoke up about it or asked anyone for advice, she was told she was being “stupid”.

“I believed I was being irrational, that all I needed to do was do as I am told and everything would be fine. Over time he would insult the way I looked or dressed and I lost my confidence. I was yearning for approval from him so I would dye my hair, go on diets and dress up, but even then I would be asked ‘who are you dressed-up for? Is another man coming to keep you company when I am away?’ I just couldn’t win,” she says.

She endured the verbal and mental abuse for four years. “He had friends over at the house and I had not finished cleaning the house when they all arrived. He acted very nicely about it in front of his guests, but I knew I was in trouble,” she says.

“He was so drunk that he started screaming for his b***h to bring him another beer. His guests laughed it off. When they left, he fell into the house and I tried to help him up. Instead he slapped me, punched me and grabbed my neck. I thought I would die that night.”

This was the first night he had physically abused her and it would not be the last.

“Every time he would get drunk, I would be his punching bag. I stayed because I did not have enough money to care for myself and our daughter. I stayed because I did not want my child to be the product of a broken home, but inside I was broken,” she says.

Gender-based violence has been declared a second pandemic as the country is gripped by countless deaths and attacks. PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS

They would have been married for 10 years this year.

“To everyone we were the perfect, happy couple. When I finally spoke out after our separation last year, I was told I am lying, that he is the perfect man, that I am looking for attention or a better settlement from our separation. On the other hand, the same people I had asked for advice in the beginning asked me why I did not speak out sooner,” she says.

“This is the biggest reason the cycle of abuse continues. When we speak out we are stigmatised and shamed, when we don’t speak out we are also shamed and judged. My appeal is that family, friends and neighbours take a stand and forget the ‘it’s not our business’ attitude.

Some women are not strong enough to leave and when someone asks for advice, don’t make them feel their concerns are invalid.

Maybe if my friends had validated my concerns when I spoke out in the beginning we would be in a different place now.”

To women being abused, Karen says: “Don’t let finances and children or people’s opinions stop you from seeking help. Too many are dying because they don’t speak out.

Verbal and mental abuse is just as damaging as physical and sexual abuse. Learn to see the warnings and get out before it is too late.”

The recent spate of killings of women and children in the country also spurred president Cyril Ramaphosa to speak out.

Celebrating womanhood in 2020 SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS @samantha_lee121 Being a woman in 2020 is all about empowerment, independence and equality, but for many a war is brewing in the background.

In recent years, the rise in the number of domestic and gender-based violence cases has been a cause for concern.

According to the 2019/’20 crime statistics, there have been increases in crime categories, including sexual offences, which include rape and sexual assault.

Police precincts within the Western Cape account for 17 of the 30 top stations where sexual assault is reported. The increase in reported cases of sexual assault at Mitchell’s Plain, Delft, Lentegeur, Milnerton and Worcester vary between 30% and 70%.

Gender-based violence and domestic violence in South Africa remains a huge threat to women.

Provincial minister of community safety Albert Fritz says in the country domestic violence had played a role in 21 344 cases of common assault, 14 907 cases of assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, 923 cases of attempted murder and 1 482 cases of murder for the past year.

Since its implementation in 1995, Wom-

en’s Day (9 August) commemorates the 1956 march against the dompas. Around 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country’s pass laws at the time.

These laws required South Africans defined as black under The Population Registration Act to carry an internal passport that served to maintain population segregation, control urbanisation and manage migrant labour during the Apartheid era.

In an online poll, TygerBurger asked readers to share their sentiments on being a woman in 2020.

For many, inequality, gender-based violence and safety played a major role in their attitudes toward being a woman and these feelings can be validated by the statistics stated above. For Saafia Rhodes, breaking gender roles should be the first step in the battle to end gender-based violence and to solidify women’s independence.

“Men are still raised to believe they are better than women and that is why we have so many cases of gender violence. They are portraying their ill-placed masculinity,” she says. Growing up, we always saw defined gender roles. My mother stayed at home and cooked and cleaned and did motherly duties.

In 2020, I would like to believe that has

changed, but for many, it has not. I know so many who still aspire to fill those roles,” she says.

“When we were at school, a girl in my class was actively looking for a man older than her so that she could get married by that year, after our matric exams. She wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, ‘barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen’ as the saying goes.

“My mother never wanted that for us. She wanted us to study and be independent of men.”

Samantha Poole says women are still being treated differently in the workplace.

“Often equal pay is not the case and I know of personal examples. As a business owner, I find corporates often also only take you seriously in certain business avenues. If I owned a flower or decor business or catering, they would expect it because I am a woman but if it was IT, construction or something like that, it raises eyebrows. That must still change but I embrace my womanhood. Amandla! powerful women,” she says.

Lillian Davids says being a woman should be celebrated and choices should be respected.

“If I wanted to wear a short dress or have tattoos or shave my head, I should be allowed to. Beauty standards say women must

He declared gender-based violence a second “pandemic that is raging in our country”.

“As a man, as a husband and as a father, I am appalled at what is no less than a war being waged against the women and children of our country. At a time when the pandemic has left us all feeling vulnerable and uncertain, violence is being unleashed on women and children with a brutality that defies comprehension. These rapists and killers walk among us. They are in our communities. They are our fathers, our brothers, our sons and our friends; violent men with utterly no regard for the sanctity of human life,” he said in his address on Wednesday 17 June. This is not the first time the president has addressed the scourge. Following the spike in rape and murder cases of young women last year, Ramaphosa said it was time for the country to “confront our problems directly”.

This followed the murders and rapes of Jesse Hess, Uyinene Mrwetyana, Leighandre Jegels, Janika Mallo, Ayakha Jiyane and several others.

“Such brutality has become all too common in our communities. Violence against women has become more than a national crisis. It is a crime against our common humanity,” he said at the time.

“I am appalled at the war being waged on our sisters, our mothers, our wives, our partners and our daughters. Women have every right to expect that they be free from harassment and violence on the streets, in schools and on campuses, on buses, taxis and trains, at places of work and worship, and in their homes.”

He calls on men to play their part in protecting women and children from this scourge.

Following his remarks, Western Cape premier Allan Winde said he stands with the president in his call for an end to gender based violence.

“As a society we all have a role to play in ending violence against women and children.

The recent spate of violent attacks on women all have one thing in common: they have been perpetrated by men. So as men, we bear an even greater responsibility in ending gender based violence. We must never remain silent in the face of discrimination and violence. We must raise our boys to treat women as equals, in still in them the values of respect and give them the tools to resolve conflicts and to process their emotional responses without resorting to anger and violence,” says Winde.

He says a major contributor to violence is the abuse of alcohol.

“These acts of violence should make us all feel anger, sadness and shame. But they must also make us question what each of us can do to make our country safer for women and force us to take action now.”

V The full identities of the victims have been withheld to protect them.

dress a certain way, look a certain way.

“For women in 2020, I like that we are unique. You see different hair cuts and fashion and women doing great things and innovating in male-dominated spaces. I am excited for the future of the next generation of women,” says Davids.

But for Wendy Arendse, it is all about getting our children there.

“Women affected change, youth affected change. We need to do this again. We need to stand together against these child rapes, kidnappings and killings. There will be no women to grow our next generations at the rate this is going.

“In 2020, I am scared to be a woman, when I should be proud. When I should be excited to raise daughters to be future leaders.

There is not enough being done to protect us from the men who are supposed to be our protectors in the first place,” says Arendse.

Ashley Phillips agrees. “I have a son and I teach him about women and empowering and protecting them, but I have no control of the sickness he is exposed to when he leaves my house.

“Being a woman and seeing all the attacks in recent years have made me resent the one thing that we should all love about being a woman, my body. Being a woman attracts the sick men.

“It doesn’t matter how you look or what you wear, the mere fact that you have the parts they don’t is what draws them to you.

I wish that could change,” she says.

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any a local football enthusiasts’ thirst for action has finally been quenched with the resumption of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) this weekend, but what does it mean for amateur players hoping to take the field again to play the sport they love so dearly?

Safa Cape Town president Bennett Bailey is equally encouraged by the developments taking place at a national level and says the Covid-19 pandemic has made them stand up and re-evaluate their position.

“We are very happy that some sort of activity in football is taking place and what better way, than professional football.

“The pandemic is reshaping the way we do things and while professional contact sport is given the opportunity, amateur football will only start at level 1,” he says.

But, but when a reduction in the alert levels will take place is all speculative at this stage.

However, while on-field action is still restricted, Bailey says, off-field development in the sport is still taking place within the region.

“Football is the sport of the people and our people are restless.

“For a start, we had development courses for coaches and all our structures met regularly,” he explains, while eagerly awaiting an announcement which could

potentially see formalised football return to the community fold.

He reiterates that the health and safety of the public are at the forefront of any decision-making process.

“We need to be careful as the pandemic might come back with a second wave.

“However, if the announcement comes in October, it will be too late for the normal local season to kick off, in which case we will focus on summer tournaments, including the Coke Cup. “This will impact on the Safa third division (promotional leagues).

“Remember, we were halfway when the league was stopped. What to do with the rest (of the season) will be decided by the executive committee,” explains Bailey.

The proposal currently being tabled will see the current season being scrapped, dependent on what the competitions committee decides.

“If the national competitions committee decides that they need a winner, then the executive committee will reconvene and

provide guidance.

“Now that the PSL started, the domino effect might be at the order of the day.”

Bailey says he has been in contact with local football associations (LFAs), mostly for coaching webinars as well as to provide updates concerning the restrictions and regulations imposed due to the national lockdown.

Last week, it was reported that in preparation for the potential restart of contact sports, such as football, the City are in the process of getting their sports facilities in working order again (“City sports fields ready despite vandalism and theft”, TygerBurger, 28 July).

Safa Cape Town will also bolster their approach, should they be given the go-ahead.

“We need to learn about safety practices.

From testing to play and how to prepare facilities.

“That’s why we had a meeting with the City”.

They’re also waiting on the announcement for a return to play date.

“Safety protocols are paramount and will as far as possible be implemented.

There is a huge cost factor involved.

Amateur sport cannot afford the cost and might never restart if there’s no assistance from authorities”

“The safety protocols are paramount and will as far as possible be implemented.

There is a huge cost factor involved and this is where the authorities need to be engaged to assist.

“Amateur sport cannot afford the cost and might never restart if there’s no assistance from authorities.”

Safa Cape Town has been informed of clandestine games taking place around the city, which is in direct contravention of the regulations imposed in the lockdown, but Bailey confirms that none of these games or tournaments has been sanctioned by any LFA attached to their organisation.

“Even pre-Covid we had those games and this is nothing new.

“Our, Safa Cape Town position is very clear, that all football activities must be stopped and no LFA is involved in it.

“All City facilities are closed, so there are no formal games taking place. I followed up with complaints and can assure you that none are official.

“We also discussed this with the City management team and agreed to keep a handle on it. If any Safa member transgresses, we’ll refer them to the disciplinary committee to explain their stance and involvement in illegal games.

“Remember, we postponed all games until further notice.”

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ie rugbyklub Noordelikes in Avonwood, Elsiesrivier, is geruk deur die afsterwe van ’n administrateur en speler wat diep spore in Noordelikes en SuidAfrikaanse rugby getrap het.

Paul Dobson, die bekende historikus en pa van John Dobson, afrigter van die Stormers, en Gerald “Skalla” Scholtz, skrumskakel, is die afgelope twee weke van afskeid geneem.

“Paul was eerstens ’n historikus en daarna ’n rugbygeesdriftige. Hy en Basil Bey van Bishops was instrumenteel in die eerste gemengde Cravenweekspan wat in 1981 aan die Cravenweek deelgeneem het toe vyf spelers van Bishops deel was van die WP-Liga se Cravenweekspan.

“Hy en Basil was albei onderwysers by Bishops en onder hul afrigting het Bishops groot hoogtes in sport bereik.

“Hy was ook ’n persoonlike vriend en sy rugbykennis en statistieke oor rugby in SA was ongekend en almal kon hom 24/7 bel as

hulle enigiets oor rugby wou weet,” se Dougie Dyers, ere-president van Noordelikes en voormalige vise-president van die WP-Rugbyunie.

Volgens Dyers het Dobson ook ’n groot bydrae gemaak deur die geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse Rugbyfederasie te boek te stel.

“Ons het elke jaar gedurende die Junie-vakansie die Federasieweke by SAKK in Faure en by die vlootbasis in Saldanha gehou. Elke span moes ’n afrigter, bestuurder en skeidsregter saambring en dit was dan waar Dobson sy skeidsregterskennis met hulle gedeel het. Die skeidsregters is ingelig oor die nuwe wette en wat die implikasie vir elkeen op die rugbyveld beteken.

“Dis ook danksy hom dat die eerste bruin skeidsregters soos Dirk Jantjies en Piet Adams hul spore verdien het.

“Deur die jare het hy die WP-Liga ondersteun en is ook hoog aangeskryf deur Dok Danie Craven. Hy het getrou boek gehou van alle statistieke, spelers en administrateurs

wat ’n rugbystewel aangetrek het. Hoewel John by Ikeys geswot het, het hy vir Noordelikes uitgedraf en ons was ook die eerste klub in die WP wat met ’n gemengde span aan die ligakompetisies deelgeneem het.

“Charles Williams, voormalige Junior Springbok en voorsitter van die rugbyklub Van der Stel-Evergreens, het sy rugbyloopbaan in 1984 by Noordelikes afgesluit en hy en Bey was die afrigters van die gemengde Cravenweekspan van 1981. As ek Paul moet opsom sou ek sê hy was ’n wandelende rugbykenner en hy het altyd vir almal tyd gehad, of jy nou met hom oor rugby of alledaagse goed wou praat en by die rugbypubliek van Noordelikes en die Federasie was hy baie gewild,” se Dyers.

Scholtz het sy rugbyloopbaan by Noordelikes as ’n junior begin toe wyle Basie Stoffels hom by sy huis in Avonwood gaan haal en rugbyveld toe gebring het.

“Stoffels en wyle Philip Abrahams was die juniors se afrigters by Noordelikes en baie van die spelers wat in die WP en SA naam

gemaak het, het onder hul hande uitgekom.

Gerald het deur al die ouderdomsgroepe by WP gekom en het WP-Gouebeker, WP-Liga en ook die SA Uitnodigingspan wat na Wallis en Engeland getoer het, gehaal. Toevallig was Charles en wyle Ian Kirkpatrick ook die afrigters van laasgenoemde span. Sy laaste wedstryd het hy op Floridapark in die Legends-toernooi gespeel en die telling het nie saak gemaak nie, vir al die bekendes het dit meer gegaan om ou rugbybande te hernu en net om gesellig saam te verkeer,” het Dyers gese.

Losskakels saam met wie Scholtz gespeel het, was spelers soos Jerome Muller, Patrick Petersen en Chelton April.

“Elke keer as daar ’n speler of administrateur of rugbyvriend van my sterf, sterf ’n stukkie van my hart, maar dis nie vir my om die Meester se weë te bevraagteken nie, ons almal moet daardie afspraak een of ander tyd nakom. Ek wens die Dobsons en Scholtze sterkte toe in hul tyd van beproewing,” het Dyers gese.

Karting action returns to Killarney, but with no spectators It seems an eternity since the second round of the Western Province Rotax Max Challenge karting championship sneaked in to deliver great racing just before the lockdown struck back in March, but Saturday 15 August will finally see the province’s karters being the first in the Cape to race again, when the third round goes down at the Killarney Kart Track.

The meeting will however be run with all Motorsport South Africa (MSA) lockdown protocols enforced, social distancing enforced throughout, face masks worn at all times and no spectators allowed, among other measures, not that any of that will make an iota of difference out on track.

Expect Sebastian Boyd and Jason Coetzee to keep on fighting the premier gearbox class DD2, while the o.30s DD2 Masters madalas promise more spectacular racing, if the last race is anything to go by. Jason Greyling, Roy Gruer, Connor Hughes, Andrew Thomas and Jacques de Bruyn should all be back and fighting with Jared and Michael Jordan, Robert

Action from the Cape Rotax mini max division, which will resume at Killarney international raceway on Saturday 15 August. PHOTO: HEINRICH SAUER

Peche and Andre Steenkamp all in the mix too.

Senior Max is another Cape Rotax melting pot, where Tate Bishop, Jason Coetzee, Charl Visser and Kai van Zijl look set to fight it out, while Troy Dolinschek and Kyle Visser will have upstart yo-

ung guns Reza Levy, Paul Malcolm, Andre and Kyle le Riche and Matthew Wadeley, to deal with in the testosterone wrought u.15 Junior Max races.

Primary school action will see Jason MacBeath taking Reza Levy, Ethan Stier, Joshua Smit,

Free webinars for school coaches The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in no school sport happening in the near future and coaches are looking for alternative ways in which to keep active, expand their knowledge and find innovative ways to keep their young athletes fit.

Coaches find themselves in an unprecedented situation, but can draw on resources provided in the digisphere (digital sphere) with a series of free webinars currently being hosted.

“The idea is to get experts from South Africa, and around the world, to talk on a number of aspects of sports coaching including

training schedules, coaching techniques, the science and art of coaching, philosophies, mind power, health and wellness, fitness, injury prevention and plenty more. While some of the webinars will be sporting code specific, many will be generic and can be applied to any sport,” said Intune Communications operations manager, Shawn Belluigi, who have put together the series of webinars.

The webinars, which commenced in July, are free and take place every second Saturday. The third in the series was aired on Saturday 8 August. It will feature ex-international open rowing gold medallist

and martial arts black belt, John McGrath, Proteas cricketer, Mfuneko Ngam and SA Gymnastics national development manager, Marti Heri.

McGrath is originally from Ireland but is now based in the Western Cape. He is a mind, body and high-performance coach. Through adversity he has learnt to master the art of mind power and he currently performs in extreme strength events around the world.

He will talk about never giving up, the power of the mind and advanced training techniques.

Ngam will answer questions about coaching strategies during

Ethan Deacon, Jude Stuart, Paul Malcolm and Guido Bidoli in u.13 Mini Max, while Joshua Smit has waited six months to once again try to topple Reese Koorzen in u.11 Micro Max. Jordon Wadeley, Keagan Beaumont, Eric Norman, Sabelo Ntuli and Dale Hobbs are

lockdown, coaching techniques, talent identification and touch on his cricket career including challenges he faced, where it all started and what he is currently doing.

Heri will fill the coaches in on how the gymnastics coaches are keeping their gymnasts going during these inactive times. Her presentation will incorporate all aspects of fitness that coaches from all sports will find relevant to coaching their kids through this challenging times. “Most coaches are bemoaning the difficulties they have had in keeping kids of all ages - primary and high school - active and keeping their interest in the sport high. At school level self-discipline hasn’t developed to a stage where young players want to keep fit via Zoom calls, and they are

all likely to prove competitive there, too.

A huge field of baby Bambinos will be out to stop the so far dominant Kai van Rensburg, with Mattao Mason, Aiden Beaumont, Siyabonga Ntuli, Matthew Roach, John Norman, Sebastiano Human, Liam Wharton, Zack McAuley, Michael Danks, Riley Stier, Rebecca Wadeley and Maddox Mason all obviously itching to get out and racing again after that huge six month pause.

The weekend is also crucial to several drivers’ national championship preparations, with the opening round of the South African Rotax Max Challenge following at iDube in KZN a week anon, and a good result this weekend will go a long way to arriving there on the front foot. For now, however, it’s all eyes on Killarney and the best possible results as the WP series approaches its somewhat delayed mid-season.

This is where we’d normally tell you where to go to watch and all about the great food and the rest at Killarney, but sadly no spectators are allowed.

dropping out at a rapid rate. These webinars will hopefully give coaches a different perspective and help make coaching more entertaining,” adds Belluigi.

The next webinar (22 August) will focus on soccer. “We have Neil Tovey, ex-Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs captain, talking about his career and what is happening with soccer development internationally,” Belluigi said.

“He has just finished a five-year contract as the South African Football Association’s technical director, during which he travelled the world, attending Fifa conferences and talking about soccer development.”

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