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delegation of cleaners and gardeners
employed by outsourced companies at
University of theWestern Cape (UWC)
held a silent protest demanding for imme-
diate insourcing and a minimum wage.
The protest follows ameetingwith the rec-
tor of the university onMonday 22 February
where the protesters repeated their de-
mands for immediate insourcing andamini-
mum wage of R10 000 per month.
UWC spokesman Luthando Tyhalibongo
says the executive management reiterated
their position that UWCs precarious finan-
cial situation does not put them in a position
to afford insourcing at a minimum wage of
R10 000 per month.
Tyhalibongo says their wage subsidy and
the study benefit that the university is cur-
rently giving to the outsourced workers rep-
resent the best they can do at the moment,
without compromising the future sustaina-
bility of the university.
However, UWC committed to look into the
position of temporary cleaning and garden
workers who have not received the R2000
subsidy and the study benefit.
Tyhalibongo says the workers left the
meeting peaceful, but congregated in front
of the administration building, singing gen-
erally in a peacefulmanner, albeit that litter
from rubbish bins were splashed around.
The protesting group then proceeded to
the rest of the campus and we have con-
firmed reports of classes being affected.
They later attempted to occupy the library
and set alight a wastepaper bin in the base-
ment of the library, he says.
Staff and students evacuated the libraryas
smoke from the basement entered the main
library through the extractors. Security per-
sonnel were deployed to protect the adjacent
Robben Island-Mayibuyearchiveand thepo-
lice then moved onto campus to monitor the
situation.
Asmuch as we empathise with the plight
of the outsourced workers, we also have an
obligation toprotect the rights of all staff and
students and to ensure the integrity of the
academic programme.
UWC has appealed to the service compa-
nies to engage their staff to ensure that they
refrain from disrupting the academic activi-
ties and to assist the university inmanaging
the situation.
We call on students andworkers to desist
from violent activities and to respect the
right of others to study and their right not
to protest, he adds.
PROTESTS: VIOLENCE, VANDALISM ERUPT AS CLEANERS AND GARDENERS REITERATE DEMANDS
UWC trashed again
Protesting outsourced
workers at UWC held
a protest demanding
their wages be
increased. The protest
led them to throw
out trash cans and
set alight a wastepa
per bin in the
basement of the
library.
Bright sparks: Pictured here
are the Western Capes top 3
learners of the Engen Maths and
Science School (EMSS). From left
are Sibulele Mgoduka from Delft,
who took third place; Taskeen
Ebrahim from Rylands Estate, top
achiever nationally and in the
province; and Thaakirah Arendse
from Zeekoevlei, who was awarded
second place. Engen Petroleum, a
leading South African producer
and marketer of fuels, lubricants
and oilbased products, honoured
these and other top performing
EMSS learners at their graduation.
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Tuesday 16 February at the Cape
Peninsula University of Technology,
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M
ore than 100 learners from Good-
woodCollege inRuyterwacht armed
with paint brushes, dirt bags and
gloves took toElsiesRiver canal inRiverton
Estate to get rid of the grime in an effort to
deter crime.
The learners in partnership with Opera-
tion Restore Pride and the City of Cape
Town engaged in a transformation of the ca-
nal fromChelsea to PaulKruger avenues on
Friday 19 February.
Operation Restore Pride was established
by the Riverton Estate Residents Associa-
tion (Rera) in an effort to uplift, unite and
secure the community.
Thanks to various community projects
andpartneringwith other community orga-
nisation, schools and the City they have
transformed their community.
Several City departments supported the
initiative which included safety and securi-
ty, City Parks and environmental resource
management which supplied the paint,
paint brushes, dirt bags and gloves.
SteveRoss, chairpersonofRera, says they
are proud to partner with a school that has
vision and passion to take ownership of its
surroundings. We applaud the principal of
the school, as well as her staff who came out
with their learners to make a visible differ-
ence in the neighbourhood, he says.
After encouraging speeches by ward
councillor Clive Justus and the principal
the learners were enthusiastic and full of
energy as they covered more than 500m on
either side of the canal in less than an hour.
The learners wasted no time in cleaning
up the banks of the canal and painting its
concrete edges. It was important for us to
get the learners involved so they too could
realise the impact they canhaveon the com-
munity and environmentwhen taking own-
ership of their surroundings, Ross says.
Ross says they took on the work as crimi-
nal activity along the canal and bridge is of
great concern to residents as many people
cross the bridge to get to the station and
many robberies have been reported there.
Painting the bridge white will make pe-
destrians crossing the bridge more visible
and creates a sense of safety.
Clean surroundings deter criminal activ-
ity. We often have cleaning projects where
the community is involved. The canal is a
hotspot for dumping and robberies and
therefore we wanted to beautify the space.
Where there is community involvement
there is less crime, Ross believes.
Children join big canal cleanup
Learners from
Goodwood
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weekatAirportMallBelhar inBelharDrive
when they returned from a pick-up inside
the mall on Monday 15 February at 17:45.
Captain Joe Wilson, spokesperson of the
Delft Police Station, says it is alleged that
between five and sevenmenaccosted two se-
curity guards when they returned from the
pick-up and boxed in the security vehicle.
Wilson explains that the suspects held the
returning security guards at gunpoint,
stabbed holes in the vehicles tyres, poured
petrol all over the transit vehicle and threat-
ened to set it alight.
The driver was forced to open the van
and the suspects fled with an undisclosed
amount of boxes containing cash.
The suspects got into awhite Polo and fled
the scene.Any further details of thePolo are
unknown at this stage.
Police reported that no shots were fired.
The suspects did however flee the scene
with the guards official firearms twoNor-
inco pistols and ammunition.
A charge of armed robbery is being inves-
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Robbers threaten to burn van during heist
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One of the school children in her uniform, selling cookies around 7:15 on Tuesday morning.
PHOTO: ASTRID FEBRUARIE
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ts nothing less than child labour under
the pretence of doingwork for the greater
good.
This is the sentiment held by concerned
Boston community members who took to
social media about a group of children
whom they believe to be the victims of bla-
tant exploitation by their church and an
NGO the children work for.
The children apparently sell cookies be-
fore andafter school onbehalf of theAmbas-
sadors for Christ World Outreach Minis-
tries (AFC) situated in Elsies River, and go
to school there and in Bishop Lavis.
These children were interviewed by a
Bostoner, Vicki Fick, who is also a local
youth counsellor.
There is a 15-year-old girl and 17-year-old
boy, and the 14-year-old boy says that he is
at John Ramsay High. They say that the
ministry feeds thembreakfast, school lunch
and dinner, Fick said.
They told her they didnt receive any pay-
ment for their work, which involves selling
the cookies from Bellville to Parow, Fick
said.
They also told her they very rarely finish
homework before 22:00.
They eat after 19:00 and do homework
until 22:00, sometimes 23:00, before getting
up at 05:30 to start the same procedure,
Fick said.
Their parents live in Cape Town, but
they were selected by the ministry to live
there, on the premises, in communes. I feel
that these kids are being exploited and they
seem to think that this is the best life they
can get.
I would like to know why these minors
are sittingwith these adult responsibilities,
instead of focusing on their schooling, she
said.
You dont take kids in from such a
young, influential age and tell them to do
Gods work by selling cookies, instead of
teaching them the value of being a child and
above all, focusing on their schooling, be-
cause they have the rest of their lives to
work. Do you think God would approve?
These kids cant partake in sport, be-
cause they have cookies to sell.
The cookies are produced by the bakery
of the Safe Cities organisation, which aims
to empowerpoor communities, according to
their website.
Theirwebsite states they are an organisa-
tion that serves children, youth and fami-
lies in previously disadvantaged communi-
ties such as Atlantis, Bishop Lavis, Elsies
River, Manenberg and Khayelitsha.
Safe Cities and the AFC punt the children
selling the cookies as ... a team of dedicat-
ed young people that go out on a daily basis
selling the cookies produced in our very
own bakery.
On weekend and school holidays we
have students coming to volunteer and sell.
By doing this, it teaches business skills,
the website states.
Safe Cities also has a housing project and
block-making factory andmechanical skills
training of unemployed people, and they
providemeals and a safe haven to some des-
titute women and children, their website
states.
The pictures on the website show a lot of
positive images of the people working in
their bakery, as well as children participat-
ing in some of their activities, and their
housing project, among others.
TygerBurger interviewed some of the
children on the street on Tuesday, before
school.
They seemed entirely unsure of why they
were actually selling the cookies.
Asked bluntly whether they liked doing
this job, a 14-year-old responded that she
didnt know.
After at least eight emails, asmany phone
calls to the numbers supplied on their web-
site and at least six messages to three key
people from the AFC church, the children
finally gave TygerBurger a number for one
Joy Josephs, a senior from the church, on
Tuesday.
Josephs was sitting in her BMW when
TygerBurger arrived, and when questioned
about the hours the children work, eventu-
ally responded that this was a race
issue.
V To page 4.
Cookie sale concern
Mannou vas oormoord
Die vermeende moordenaar wat glo die tie-
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moord. Die polisie gaan borgtog teenstaan.
Nikita Holly
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When asked about this afterwards, Joseph
denied having told our journalist that if
there had been white children doing the
work, this would not have been an issue,
stating outrightly our journalist was lying.
I wasnt aware it was an interview; be-
sides, there were three other peole standing
around me who can vouch I never said any-
thing like that; that this is not the case.
She gave TygerBurger the number for
project leader George Josephs, who said he
had left a voice message for TygerBurger to
get into contact. However, no such message
could be found.
Are these children being exploited? No.
They do well in school, they work and ask
for donations and do collections to further
our cause on a daily basis, he said.
This is why we wanted you to come and
check out our programme; to see that they
work hard, that they pass every year. Why
didnt they seem positive when you inter-
viewed them? Well, maybe they were nerv-
ous, he said.
These children are happy. The fact is not
that they are working, but that they are do-
ing a community service and that they are
doing it under our programme.
Be careful
Would you rather have them smoking
dagga, or doing this, that or the other? We
want you to come and see our success sto-
ries, to see howmany people we have helped
people who have gone through this pro-
gramme, said Josephs.
Whatever you are going to put out there,
remember if its the truth, we are okay with
it, but if its a lie, we are going to have to
do something about it, so be careful before
you publish something, Josephs said.
TygerBurger next contacted at least two
youth agencies to further question the legiti-
macy of these childrens work.
Chairperson of Kraaifontein youth orga-
nisation,HewLinCompassion,Hewitt de Ja-
ger, said he had seen the children himself,
selling the cookies near Parow.
There are youngsters at the robots before
the N1 bridge after Karl Bremer, as well as
at the corner orMikePienaarBoulevardand
Frans Conradie Road, he said.
Although a very thin line between the
two, there is this distinct difference between
push-and-pull factors and child exploita-
tion.
Child exploitation is the manipulation of
under-aged children to advanceyourown in-
terests. The Basic Conditions of Employ-
mentAct (BCEA)makes it a criminal offence
to employ a child under 15 years of age or
under the minimum school-leaving age, if
older, De Jager said.
Therefore, if the children in this case are
proven to be under-age, it would be a clear
violation of the law and regarded as child ex-
ploitation. The facts state that these under-
aged children go out andwork, and in return
they are provided with shelter, food, and so
forth, he said. If these facts are proven to
be true, we would conclude this to be a case
of child abuse, and therefore a direct viola-
tion of the BCEA.
Call for investigation
Janice Sparg, chairperson of the Western
Cape Street Childrens Forum, agreed.
I would say an investigation should be
done by the department of social develop-
ment questioning the parents, the school
teachers, the church and the children.
Even if everybody is okay with the situa-
tion, it is still child labour and I do think the
children are being exploited, she said.
One would have to look at the home cir-
cumstances of the parents: are they terribly
poor and the children in a better situation
than they would be? Do the parents know
that the childrenare expected towork in this
way? If not, how do they feel about it? If so,
are they okay with it? This is telling about
whether the children would be safe in ei-
ther situation, with parents or church, she
said.
VWhat are your thoughts is there a greater good
here? Let us know at [email protected].
Door to door visits: Ravensmead police, in partnership with police officers from the
Blue Downs police cluster, had a doortodoor visit and pamphlet distribution in Uitsig last
week. During these visits residents were urged to come forward with any information
regarding illegal firearms and drugs. They were also informed that rewards will be given to
those who provide the police with information that may lead to arrests and successful
prosecution. Pictured here are police officers walking from house to house with pamphlets
in Uitsig.
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ASTRID FEBRUARIE
@febastrid
L
ack of water, proper sanitation and no
electricity boxes are only but a few of
the issues raised by backyard dwellers
in Kalksteenfontein during a house-to-
house visit this week.
City of Cape Townmayor Patricia De Lil-
le on Monday visited backyard dwellers to
hear what their concerns are with regard
to service delivery.
The visit forms part of the Citys back-
yarders project which aims to improve the
lives of residents through providing them
with basic services such as plumbing, elec-
trical services and sanitation, De Lille
says.
Waiting list
The Kalksteenfontein 331 Backyarder
services started in February last year and
will end on Thursday 31 May.
The City has completed 197 of water, elec-
tricity and sanitation installationswith 134
which still need to be rolled out.
One of the backyard dwellers, Hillary Je-
gels, who has been on the housing waiting
list for more than 24 years, says she hopes
one day to move from the backyard into a
formal structure.
I live here with my husband and two
sons and the space is not enough for all of
us. However, we do with it what we must
and appreciate having a roof over our
heads, she says, adding that the issues
they have are not only with regard to ser-
vice delivery, but more so with living in
someones backyard which, at times, can
create a tense environment.
It really is frustrating to not have a
house to call my own. I do not want to live
like this forever because of the personal is-
sues we have with those living in the main
house. We often feel like we are a burden
to them, she says.
Jegels further claims that themainhouse
belongs to her husbands late father, but
due to issues with his late stepmother the
house was never left in his name.
Wehave tried everything to get theprop-
erty into my husbands name, but to no
avail.Wehave raised our concernswith the
mayor and hopefully there will be light at
the end of the tunnel, she says.
Jegels says what makes it difficult to get
the house in her husbands name, is that
they are not completely clued up on what
the requirements are.
She feels extremely discouraged by the
lack of assistance she has been getting from
the local rent office and feels her concerns
are not being handled the way they should.
Concerns noted
De Lille committed to looking into Jegels
case and to provide her with feedback.
If the family has all the documentation
at hand and if her husband had been living
on the property with his late father for the
longest period between he and his siblings,
he is entitled to the property, she says.
Meanwhile De Lille visited three other
homes during the walkabout and encour-
aged one couple to register their details on
the housing database.
Another backyarder complained about
not having an electricity box fitted while
another said the sanitation facility was not
correctly fitted as the door is too close to
the toilet pot. All their concernswere noted
and each was told that their service deliv-
ery issues will be attended to as part of the
backyarders programme.
We are committed to improve the lives
of our residents and work with them to
make progress possible, De Lille says.
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T
he installation of new play equipment
at a cost of about R32 000 at a local park
in Connaught Estate has attracted
more children to the open space where they
would usually all huddle around the only
play apparatus, a single merry-go-round.
Residents who live in Firdale Road where
the park is situated called on their local
ward councillor to install the equipment as
they felt there was not really much for chil-
dren to do in the park apart from taking
turns on the merry-go-round which led to
many of them playing in the street.
After engagingwith the community, ward
councillor Beverley van Reenen used a per-
centage of the ward allocation to install the
equipment in an effort to keep children off
the streets and in the park.
This piece of equipment has changed the
way children in the community see their
space and they can now engage and play like
children should in the safety of their com-
munity and on equipment suitable for all of
them, she says.
VanReenen explains that thewooden play
equipment was installed last year just in
time for the December holiday period when
many families are at home and children
wanting to play outside.
The park is always a great way to keep
children out of trouble and to engage with
their peers. The park is a meeting point for
many and now children can do what they do
best play in the park, butmore importantly
share the space and equipment, she says.
Resident Catherine Langenhoven, who
lives directly opposite the park in Firdale
Road, says she is grateful for the equipment
due to the risk of children playing in the
road.
We have been asking for something to be
done to get the children active and playing
in the park and now we can see they enjoy
it very much and it was needed. Now par-
ents, guardians or grandparents have no ex-
cuse not to bring their children to the park.
Langenhoven often watches over the chil-
dren as her granddaughter is fond of playing
outside and will continue to do so as more
and more children come out to play.
We have an understanding of my child
is your child, so when the children are play-
ing in the park someone is always watching
them. We have often seen young people sit-
ting in the park doing things they are not
supposed to, so this will also deter criminal
activity as the space will be used by resi-
dents more often, she says.
She further says that residents have also
proposed for a fence to be erected along the
park and will commit to taking responsibili-
ty of opening and locking the park.
The fence will not only help us keep the
space clean and deter criminal activity, but
also reduce the risk of children being
knocked down by motorists as people often
speed down the road. It is not only for my
grandchild, but for the safety of all children
and all pedestrians in the community who
make use of the park, says Langenhoven.
Van Reenen says the rest of the ward allo-
cation towards upgrading parkswill be used
to install grass at another local park.
By beautifying the parks and installing
play equipment we hope that residents will
take responsibility of these facilities, as it is
to their benefit. It is great to see somanypeo-
ple appreciating the parks and taking own-
ership of the open spaces, she adds.
New equipment at play park
Fiveyearold
Cleone Davids
from Con
naught Estate
takes a
moment to
relax on the
new play
equipment in
Firdale Park.
PHOTO: ASTRID
FEBRUARIE
Riebeeck Street Primary School will host its
first major fundraising event, a fun walk/
run in March, and urges the public to sup-
port them.
The school is situated inBelhar Extension
13, and as a no-fees institution is dependent
on fundraising events and donations from
the private sector to attend to learner re-
quirements in extramural activities and
other needs.
They are urging the public to assist them
with a donation of any kind, be it monetary
or products, and to join them on Friday
4 March at 09:15 for the fundraising fun
walk/run event.
They are planning to hand out goody bags,
T-shirts or caps to the first 200 learner en-
tries and have lucky draws on the day of the
event for parents as well as learner partici-
pants.
Each learner will receive a collection card
which amounts to R120 and also a school
drawstring backpack when he/she returns
the completed card. Parents who would like
to participate need to pay an entry fee of R30.
They will be part of a lucky draw at the
end of the event.
The FunWalk (5km) will take place in the
vicinity of the school and will end on the
school grounds.
The foundation phase learners will walk
a shorter route.
Learners will have placards with slogans
to promote fitness and a healthy life style
during the event.
After the event the school will sell boere-
wors rolls and entertain learnerswith jump-
ing castles and slip slides.
V For more information or to support the school
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sports complex
Harold Langenhoven, chairper
son of the Bellville South
Soccer Club, points to where
the roof was stripped open
by the burglars to gain entry
to the facility.
PHOTOS: ASTRID FEBRUARIE
ASTRID FEBRUARIE
@febastrid
T
o repair the damage caused due to van-
dalism at Bellville South Soccer and
Cricket Complex, the City of Cape
Town may have to fork out an estimated
R250 000.
The clubhouse was broken into in Octo-
ber 2014 andmost recently on Sunday 7 Feb-
ruary where three suspects from the Bell-
ville South area were caught inside the
clubhouse and arrested.
City Mayco member for community ser-
vices and special projects, councillor Belin-
da Walker, says the clubhouse is currently
without water and electricity as electrical
wires and cables were stolen during the
break-ins.
All shower roses and taps were also sto-
len and some toilet bowls and urinals have
been broken. Two geysers were also re-
moved from within the roof and ceiling
boards were broken, Walker says.
She says all floodlight cables have been
dugupand stolen and electrical kioskshave
been stripped of their components.
The City is waiting for a quotation for the
rewiring of the entire facility and site meet-
ings have been arranged for the ceiling and
plumbing repairs.
Harold Langenhoven, chairperson of the
soccer club, says the vandalismhas affected
the membership badly over the last four
years due to the damage and not being able
to practice at night or to host meetings. In
the last four years 11 players have left the
club.
We are sadly losing our team members
who have great potential and they are in-
stead joining other clubs to continue their
love for the sport. We cannot force them to
stay. Parents fork out money for them to be
part of the club, and if the facility is not up
to standard, we lose our players because
people feel like they are not getting their
moneys worth, he says.
Langenhoven says with the floodlights
not operational they lose out in hosting
eveningmatches or practices. They also are
not able to use the whole field due to the
deep trenches dugwhere the cableswere re-
moved and stolen.
We are using a small section of the field
to practice and this is really not how we
want to go forward. The quality of the grass
has deteriorated due to the deep trenches
and therefore limiting our usage of the
field, he says.
They are also not able to use the building
to host meetings because there is no elec-
tricity and the ablution facilities have been
vandalised.
It really is heartbreaking for me to see
the clubhouse in the condition it is in now.
We are saddened by the act of vandalism
and hope that serious action will be taken
to ensure the facilities are safe. This club-
house is not only our responsibility, but
that of the whole community, and we urge
them to report any suspicious people or any
suspicious activity at the club to the police
or the club management, Langenhoven
says.
The ablution
facilities were
badly dam
aged during
the breakin.
All copper
taps and pipes
were removed.
PHOTO: ASTRID
FEBRUARIE
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LOUISA STEYL
@lounotes
Y
ou see, the District Six music, it
soothes your soul.
Dave van Niekerk knows all
about the music of the district. In his hey-
day, he appeared on stages around the area
as the drummer for the Paramount Dixies
RhythmBand. Now, in his eighties, Oupa,
as he is affectionately known, is keeping the
spirit of District Six alive by taking its
sounds around the world.
You cant resist the music, Oupa says.
The rhythm; the beat its so fantastic, it
keeps you hopping.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of
the forced removals from District Six, but
Oupa is one of a few people who have been
able to move back to the area. Against the
soundtrack of his favourite SammyWitbooi
cassette, Oupa settles into his seat in his
house in Pontac Street to share some of his
memories.
Oupas late father was an all-round musi-
cian. Music and all things creative seem to
run in their family. Naturally Oupa and his
brother Matt picked up instruments and
played together for the Paramount Dixies.
When he wasnt playing with his own band
he was on stage helping other acts.
Musicwas all aroundDistrict Six, he re-
calls. If you didnt hear it in the streets, you
heard it in the houses or the halls.
Besides performances at local weddings
and dance halls, the Paramount Dixies often
played at old age homes and even enter-
tained the patients at Valkenberg Hospital.
It boosts their morale, he says of these
special shows. When you go play at Valken-
berg, you take it for granted that these peo-
ple are loony toony but let me tell you,
each tune we played, the steps were there.
Oupa fondly recalls having to perform
Hasie three times in one show because it
was a favourite among the patients.
The group often arranged outings, taking
their fans with them when they went on
tour. Theyd travel in trucks, which were
more reliable than buses, but meant theyd
have to travel without bathroom breaks as
truck drivers werent allowed to drive
through the night.
Going with the band and travelling pla-
ces was fantastic, you know; we met a lot of
people.
Back home he recalls the gangs The
Globes and The Jesters.
They used to fight under themselves;
they didnt worry about me and you.
The Paramount Dixies would give them
demos at the swimming baths before they
came to watch their shows. The shows were
often at one of the many theatres in the dis-
trict.
Oupa was fond of the Star Bioscope which
he says showed all the film stars from
abroad.
If you wanted to know if you can sing or
dance: if you pass out at the Star Bioscope,
youre tops. Sitting downstairs, under the
balcony at the theatre wasnt an option.
You had to sit deep in, otherwise themob
upstairs they sommer wee on you.
During the day he could sometimes be
found near Buchanan Square, which used to
be a sweets factory. Wed stand in Francis
Street and theyd throw the sweets down.
Some workers even smuggled chocolates
and liquorice sweets out in their clothes.
That was fun.
While the band was separated with the
forced removals, they would still get togeth-
er occasionally to play in their backyards.
The music goes on.
Oupa even travelled to New Zealand to
share themusic of District Six. He points out
that the New Zealanders have always been
supportive of musicians from the district
since being exposed to it through District
Six: The Musical.
Theres something aboutDistrict Sixmu-
sic and its vibe: you cant sit on your noodle;
you must shake your booty.
Oupa urges parents to share their culture
and music with their children so that the
music can live on in future generations.
The unity, the passion, the love for each
other this is how Oupa remembers the
spirit of District Six.
V Capetonians can experience this spirit with David
Kramers new musical: District Six Kanala. The
show is on at the Fugard Theatre until Sunday 22
May and tickets are available at Computicket.
Oupa keeps District 6music alive
Dave van
Niekerk with a
photo of the
Paramount
Dixies Rhythm
Band.
Parents keep the devil in their homes
Provincial community safety minister Dan Plato addressing Bishop Lavis
residents on crime and gangsterism in the community.
PHOTO: ASTRID FEBRUARIE
ASTRID FEBRUARIE
@febastrid
People must stop being in denial
about what their children's deal-
ings in drugs and gangsterism.
This is the message provincial
community safety minister Dan
Plato shared with residents in
Bishop Lavis during a meeting
about crime and gangsterism last
week.
I call on everyone to stand to-
gether and to speak out about
what is happening in their homes
and in the community; to report
crime and gang activity if they
want a safer community, Plato
says.
He says the fingers people
keep pointing at government
must be pointed back at those ac-
cusing the government of not do-
ing enough to eradicate the com-
munity of crime.
Parents must start investing
more time in their children. Pay
close attention to what they are
doing, who they are socialising
with and where they are. They
must engage with their children
and encourage them to take re-
sponsibility of their actions and
future, he says.
Plato explains that a mother
knowsherhouse and if their child
is involved in criminal activity
she knows about it. She can look
at them and know they are doing
wrong, but many pretend that
their child is not involved in any
illegal activities.
We live in a society where par-
ents speak among each other
about the activities their children
are involved in, but theydonot re-
port these activities to the police,
instead they turn a blind eye and
go on with their lives, says
Plato.
He went on to say that they
keep the devil in their homes
even when they see the pain of
other parents who have lost their
child through a shooting or other
form of crime, they keep quiet
knowing that their child may
have had a hand in the crime.
There are families who accept
that their child or children are in-
volved in gang activity because
they benefit from the drug sales.
Their children give them money
and they ask no questions and
this is another reason why they
do not report the illegal activi-
ties, Plato says.
He has had parents complain to
himabout their childrenbetween
the ages of 12 and 15 who are hit-
men who are lured into gangs
with promises of earning money
and being able to do whatever
they want.
In one incident during a drug
raid in Uitsig, Plato explains they
came across a group of children
between the ages of 10 and 15 sit-
ting and smoking hubbly bubbly
while they were supposed to be at
school.
When I questioned them about
not being at school they said it
was their right to choose whether
ornot thewanted toattend school,
and the mother who was at home
with them, agreed with her
child, he says.
Plato says he struggles to un-
derstand how a parent allows his
or her child to control them, and
how a parent can allow a child to
choose to go to school or not.
The end result will be that the
childwill becomeagangster, alco-
holic or drug dealer or addict due
to the parents negligence, he
says.
A resident who requested to
speak under condition of ano-
nymity, says her grandchild who
is 10 years old, refuses to go to
school and threatened to kill all of
them.
He has no respect for us and
tells us that it is what he wants to
do. I do not know what to do or
how to help him get his mind
straight to understand that al-
though he has rights, he is a child
and needs to be guided, she says.
Others at the meeting shared
the same concerns and spoke
about the spate of crime in the
community robberies and at-
tempted murders, house break-
ins and domestic violence.
It is heartbreaking to see our
own people in the community rob
eachother and thinknothing of it.
Those who commit the crimes
come from the community and
surrounds, but no action is taken
against them, because people are
afraid to speak up about it, an-
other resident says.
Plato adds that if each family
can focus on their own homes and
children, it will better their chan-
ces of decreasing and deterring
crime in the community.
Parents must take charge now
and push their children to do bet-
ter, encourage them and be active
andpositive rolemodels to them,
he says.
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minister Dan Plato as he addresses them during a meeting on crime and
gangsterism. PHOTO: ASTRID FEBRUARIE
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begin by die Coetzenberg-sokkerstadi-
on en klim teen die Stellenbosse berge
se hange uit. Deelnemers kry by die
einde n spekboom, geborg deur die
Miljoen Bome-projek en Stellenbosch-
munisipaliteit, n glasie wyn, n hand-
gemaakte draadmedalje, n energiesta-
fie en n sportdrankie. Daar is ook n
prysuitdeling en gelukkige trekking.
V Vir meer inligting en om in te skryf, besoek
www.veldtrap.co.za.
Wip saam
met woorde
MICHELLE LINNERT
@linnertmb
T
here seems to be no satisfactory an-
swers when it comes to money simply
disappearing from the accounts of Sas-
sa beneficiaries.
Every week TygerBurger and our sister
publications receive numerous complaints
from the public about money that mysteri-
ously finds its way out of their accounts.
While the amounts that disappear might
not sound likemuch, they are certainly a big
chunk out of the budgets of the elderly and
other vulnerable people who receive these
grants.
In one of themost recent cases, R280 disap-
peared from the account of an elderly man
from Bellville. He and his wife are in their
70s. Hiswife phonedTygerBurger in a panic,
as this amount was part of their meagre
monthly grocery budget.
The woman complained that, not only
were they treated poorly by the staff at the
Sassa branch in Bellville, but they were also
questioned about the probability that the
money might have gone to airtime purchas-
es. The couple do not own cellphones.
My husband sat there from 08:00 that
morning until 15:00, but they could not give
him any answers. They treated him like a
pig as if he were uneducated and poverty-
stricken, she said.
The woman behind the counter asked
him if he had bought airtime. He said no, he
didnt own a cellphone. Then she wanted to
know if he had bought electricity, and he
said no. We do not buy electricity using our
Sassa cards.
Every month we draw our full pension
and put the money into a little bag. Then we
work from that bag as we needmoney. I can-
not believe people would steal from us like
this.
Bellville police confirmed fraud cases
were being opened against Sassa.
Yes, there is money disappearing from
Sassa accounts. Yesterday (last Thursday) we
opened three cases of fraud made by elderly
people, said Bellville police spokesperson
Major Fienie Nimb.
The allegation is that money had been tak-
en from their Sassa account that they had not
given permission for, such as for airtime,
she said.
Any person who has received confirma-
tion from Sassa that money had been taken
from their account, without their permission,
can open a case at their nearest police station
for investigation.
No control
Sassa Western Cape spokesperson Shivani
Wahab said they were aware of money being
taken via electronic fund transfers (EFTs),
but that they had no control over what hap-
pens to grants once deposited.
Contractor Cash Paymaster Services (CPS)
handles these deposits.
Once themoney is deposited into the card,
Sassa has no control over how the money is
utilised.
She said that the card system meant EFT
debits could take place, but that these could
technically only take place after the money
has left Sassas hands, and payment has al-
ready occurred.
The only deduction which can take place
before the social grant is paid, is a deduction
for funeral policy premiums, on request of the
beneficiary, in terms of Regulation 26A of the
Social Assistance Act, 2004, she said.
Sassa is aware of the numerousEFTdebits
which are taking place, and has instituted a
number of actions, together with the Depart-
ment of Social Development (DSD), she said.
This includes a task team to investigate
how to protect beneficiaries from being ex-
ploited.
Many of the EFT debits are in fact not ille-
gal if itwere so, itwouldbe relatively easy
to stop the activity. However, the actions
are certainly immoral andnot supported in
any way by either the DSD or Sassa, Wa-
hab said.
She added there was a dispute resolution
mechanism in place to deal with the proc-
esses Sassa staff can follow to help grantees
when unauthorised EFT debits occur.
All social grant beneficiaries are sus-
ceptible to ... marketing of financial prod-
ucts, not only the elderly.Wehave received
numerous complaints fromcaregiverswho
receive the child support grant who have
also experienced this challenge, she said.
Sassa is doing everything it can to en-
sure that any social grant beneficiary who
complains about EFT debits off their social
grant is promptly assisted.
She said beneficiaries should not make
any financial commitments by responding
to cellphone marketing that encourages
them to key in numbers, or to agree tele-
phonically for the purchase of products.
Beneficiaries should also avoid taking
loans or policies, especially where they do
not understand the terms of the repay-
ments, she said.
Call Sassa helpline
She added beneficiaries should not use
their Sassa card as security to loans, re-
spond to cellphone SMSes offering prod-
ucts such as airtime, electricity and other
financial products, or authorise any deduc-
tions except for the single legislative and
Sassa approved funeral policy that
shouldnt exceed 10% of the entire grant
value.
To see the money being eroded through
financial service providers whose purpose
is financial gain, is extremely concerning.
V Beneficiaries can call the Sassa helpline on
0800 60 10 11, and should not go directly to CPS
or Grindrod Bank.
Finance sharks the culprits
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P
roperty owners will now
be able to view the latest
valuation for 2015 of their
property.
The City of Cape Town has
completed the General Valua-
tion Roll (GVR) for 2015 and it
was published on the Citys
website last Friday.
According to a media release
by the City, property owners
will soon receive an official no-
tice in the post or via e-mail, ad-
vising them of the 2015 valua-
tion of their properties.
The City produces a GVR
once every three years. The per-
centage increase or decrease on
the value of a particular proper-
ty or properties does, however,
not necessarily equate to the
percentage increase or decrease
in future rates payments, Ian
Neilson, the Citys executive
deputy mayor, said.
The Citys GVR is based en-
tirely on the market value on 1
August 2015. The City valuer
makes use of a computer model-
ling programme called Comput-
erAssistedMassAppraisal (CA-
MA), which uses sales data, aer-
ial imagery and other property
information such as the proper-
tys location, size, number of
rooms, outbuildings, general
quality and view to determine
the market value of a property.
The results are then reviewed
by professional property valu-
ers and adjusted if necessary.
There is no involvement bypoli-
ticians in the determination of
property values, nor may they
be involved in dealing with any
objection to a valuation, wrote
Neilson.
Market value or not?
As the Citys GVR is based en-
tirely on the market value on
1 August 2015, for the purposes
of any objection to a valuation,
the percentage change from the
last valuation is not relevant,
nor is the impact on the rates
bill.
The only consideration is
whether it is the market value
or not, Neilson continued.
The rates adjustment will be
tabled at the end ofMarch at the
start of the public participation
process on the Citys budget.
Property rates based on the
GVR for 2015 will be billed from
1 July.
As soon as the rate-in-the-
rand has been tabled, property
owners will be able to use the
rates calculator on the website
to determine the rates payable
on their property as from1 July.
Property valuations are car-
ried out regularly to ensure that
property owners pay a fair
share of the total rates income
required to operate the City,
wrote Neilson.
Property rates contribute to
various municipal services
which are for the benefit of all
residents. This includes disas-
ter management services,
roads, traffic and street lights,
and themaintenance of commu-
nity facilities and public spaces.
Economic pressures
Property valuations are not
done to chase a surplus or to
make money out of ratepayers.
The budget needed for munici-
pal services is carefully calcu-
lated and property rates con-
tribute to the budget, he wrote.
We are mindful that we have
to provide top quality services
and manage the City in a finan-
cially sustainable and responsi-
ble manner. We are especially
conscious of the fact that our
ratepayers are not immune to
the macro economic pressures
and uncertainties of our coun-
try, he said.
If a property owner disputes
the valuation of their property,
a well motivated objection in
which the property owner must
prove that themarket valuation
is incorrect, may be submitted
by no later than 29 April to the
City Valuer. Objections may al-
so be lodged via the Citys e-ser-
vices or residents portal.
Property owners can view the
latest GVR for 2015 by visiting
www.capetown.gov.za/proper-
tyvaluations. They are also en-
couraged to visit the Citys pub-
lic inspection venues to view
their property valuation and to
engage with staff on the infor-
mation that the City has at its
disposal, which includes the
sales data for a particular area.
The public inspection venues
in the northern suburbs are the
conference room at the Bellville
municipal building (next to
Northlink College, opposite
Sanlam), the Brackenfell coun-
cil chambers and theminor hall
at the Parow Civic Centre.
The venues are open from
08:15 to 15:45 on week days.
V Phone the call centre on
0860 103 089 or send an email to va
Property
valuations
completed
Voters participating in the up-
comingmunicipal electionswill
be able to register to vote on the
weekend of 5 and 6 March at
their local voting station be-
tween 08:00 and 17:00.
The election is set to take
place between May and August,
on a date to be announced by the
president.
VTo find your local voting sta-
tion, visit: maps.elections.org
.za/vsfinder/
V To learn more about the
elections, go to www.elections
.org.za/content/Elections/
2016-Municipal-Elections/
Home/
VTo ensure that you are regis-
tered to vote, or to view your
registration status and voting
station, view information at:
www.elections.org.za/con-
tent/For-voters/My-voter-
registration-details/
V If a voter has moved to a dif-
ferent area, go here to find out
how to register to vote:
www.elections.org.za/con-
tent/For-Voters/Moved-sin-
ce-you-registered-/
V If a voter is unable to travel
or wishes to register for a spe-
cial vote, as in the case of being
out of town, go to: www.elec-
tions.org.za/content/For-
Voters/Special-votes/ to ap-
ply for a special vote.
General voting information here
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Koes, sister, want ons stry oor jou k
MICHELLE LINNERT
@linnertmb
R
aai, raai: wat is nie regtig n koek nie,
pronk met n straat in Kaapstad wat
daarna vernoem is, bestaan uit varian-
te waarvan een se wortels diep in Maleisi
begrawe l, en het n stropie mt of sonder
anys wat daardeur loop?
n Koeksister, natuurlik! Of, as jy dan nou
van die Kaap is en die speseryagtige een ver-
kies, n koesister sonder die tweede k
(di heerlike eetding het immers Penzstraat
in die Bo-Kaap tot Koeksister-heuwel her-
doop gekry ...)
Meeste mense wat enigiets van nuuskan-
toreweet, weet dat die vreemdste s-goed uit
daardie inligtingsgrotte ontsnap of oor-en-
weer gegooi word. S was dit ook toe n
klomp in die TygerBurger-kantoor op die
drukspertyd oor koeksisters begin redeneer
het.
Die een van Bloemfontein wat lief is vir
kosmaak en darem sy kardamom van sy
kremetart uitken, begin die debat deur
ewe dapper en vol selfvertroue te verklaar
(tussen die klomp Kapenaars) dat daar gn
verskil is nie.
En hy haal boonop sy feite uit die Hand-
woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal aan! En
selfs met opperste opposisie, weier hy om
hom van stryk te laat bring.
Dt ontlok toe die gegons en n gejeuk wat
gekrap mt word: Wat is die verskil nou
eintlik tussen die twee?
TygerBurgerwend hom toe eers tot die so-
siale media.
Lionel Adendorf vat dadelik raak: Koek-
sisters word gevleg, en koesisters het anys
in enword dan in stroop gedoop en latermet
klapper bestrooi.
Jannie Hennop (toevallig ook n Vrysta-
ter), s: Geen verskil nie albei is water-
tandlekker.
Meer plaaslik stem Theresa Olivier
100%metAdendorf saam: Dishoe ekhom
ook ken. My mond water nou vir die koesis-
ter met anys, in stroop gedoop en geklap-
per.
Ingrid Jones se antwoord is doodeenvou-
dig: koeksisters word gevleg. Punt. Maar
Joanna Alexander meen ook dis dieselfde
ding ... net die uitspraak verskil.
Petro-ann Nicholas bring n hele nuwe di-
mensie tot die redenasie: Michelle Linnert,
dan is daar natuurlik ook die oliebol, wat in
Engels doughnut genoem word. Dis sonder
die anys en sy tekstuur effens sagter. Dit het
baie variasies room, custard, met klapper,
sonder klapper. Strooisuikerword ook soms
in plaas van klapper gebruik.
Toevallig bak Nicholas oor naweke van
die sonder-k-soort.
Moerieda Carolus en Quinton Adams
meendie een is gevleg enword deur die tan-
nies vir die tuisnywerhede gebak en die an-
der se oorsprong is in ons eie kombuise,
wat eg Bo-Kaaps is, met te veel liefde en
stroop in.
Vir Kupido Baron gee die uitspraak die
deurslag: Die uitspraak het te doen met
hoeveel tande jy nog oor het. .. en volgens
LizeMulder: Ooee,Michelle Linnert, by die
Groenpunt-dagkliniek waarnatoe ek my ma
een keer n maand vat, is daar koesisters
soos net n engel dit kanmaak! Jy sal my nie
met n koeksister vermaak nie, maar met
daai taai, soet anys en klapperbolle ... Ai
man, dan vergeet ek gerieflikheidshalwe
van diabetes en vetrolle en alles anders!
Volgens Wilma Paulse, n gerekende Mos-
lem-kok, het die koesister met sy donker-
bruin velletjie ook speserye soos neut, ka-
neel en gemmer in.
En die gevlegtes is twisteesmet nt anys,
liggies gestroop en in klapper getol.
Sy s bollas weer, is rond met korente
in en gesprinkel met versiersuiker. Koek-
sisters is ook gedraai, maar amper hol bin-
ne, wat dan in koue stroop gedoopword,met
geen klapper.
Volgens Charlene Fourie is die verskil se-
manties: Koesister is maar net streektaal,
soos vadoek, vir afdroogdoek.
Die Kalahari-joernalis Anena Burger ant-
woord van daar doer bo uit die hittegolwe:
Sy ken die een sonder die k as n curly.
My ma het hulle aan kafees gesmous.
Hulle is vir haar deur nMoslem-bakkery in
Eersterivier gebak. Sover ek weet is hulle
oorsprong uit die Bo-Kaap, s sy.
Hulle is sag aan die binnekant en in
stroop en klapper gedoop met n bietjie ka-
neel. Op sy lekkerste as dit nog warm is. n
Koeksister is die harde, stroopsoet weerga-
we. Ek eet enige dag eerder n curly.
Volgens Anena is die beste plek in die hele
wreld omwatertand-koeksisters te kry, ook
in die Kaap.
Koesister of curly het net so een of twee
draaie, waar n koeksister gevleg is. n Koek-
sister neem ook natuurlik die aard van die
vlegter aan. Party mense vleg dit soos jy n
vlegsel sal maak, met drie repe, ander weer
net met twee.
Maar as jy nou jouself wil bederf, vra vir
Francor-bakkery in Parow of jy kan gaan
kyk hoe die vroue daar koeksister vleg. Ek
s jou, joumond sal oophang.Hulle vleg daai
koeksisters sommer so met een hand en so
vinnig ...
En op di trant het die koeksister-kantoor-
kaskenade toe nog n hele ruk lank aange-
hou.
Maar wat is n argument dan nou ook son-
der die nodige feite ter stawing?
TygerBurger het die hulp van Fatima Sy-
dow, n baie bekende kenner van Maleise
kookkuns en kookboekskrywer, wat ook ge-
reeld van haar resepte met koerantlesers
deel, gekontak om lig op di klapperige saak
te werp.
Ons het grootgeword met die koeksisters
op nSondag.Mymahet dit destyds verkoop.
Vir die navorsing vir my kookboek is ek na
ons oueres om te hoor hoekom dit juis op n
Sondag verkoop is.
Dit blyk toedat omdat almal groot gekook
het vir Sondagmiddagete, die koesisters ge-
bruik is om solank die gaatjie in maag te
vul! vertel sy.
Diemense sou uit die kerk kom in die Bo-
Kaap en dan hul koesisters koop. Dit het n
groot tradisie geraak.
Sy s die enigste verskil tussen die twee,
behalwe vir die vorm, is dat die Kaaps-Ma-
leise mense oneindig lief is vir speserye!
Ja n, ons voeg speserye by amper alles.
Dis n amper genetiese geurbasis wat ons
kan onthou. Dis iets waarnamense smag. O,
en die eintlike woord s inderdaad koeksis-
ter, met die tweede k, maar omdat mense
streeksdialek praat, spreek hulle dit op n
lui manier uit.
Dismaar die enigste verskil. Daar is baie
kookpuriste en -snobs, maar daar is geen re-
de hoekom daar hoegenaamd n onderskeid
getref hoef te word nie.
Ons moet aan tafel sit en bloot geniet en
vier wat voor ons is. Elke kossoort het sy eie
verhaal.
VMetwatter variant van di heerlike eetding het ons
lesers grootgeraak? Laat weet ons gerus by brie
[email protected] koeksister se suster, die koesister. FOTO: THERESA OLIVIER
Fatima Sydow
DESIRE RORKE
@dezzierorke
Some 52 000 counterfeit DVDs and CDs
were destroyed in Brackenfell on Friday
by the Films and Publication Board (FPB).
The confiscated goods, connected to 46
criminal cases, were accumulated in the
Western Cape over a period of about four
months.
Piles and piles of counterfeit goods were
manually fed into aheavy-duty shredder in
Brackengate Industrial Park.
In an interview with TygerBurger, the
FPB regional coordinator for Cape Town,
Clive Borman, explained the detrimental
affect the counterfeit market has on the
film and entertainment industry.
The industry loses millions of rand an-
nually.
The goods being destroyed here today
account for a R5 million loss; we do this
quarterly, he said.
Take for instance the latest Leon Schu-
ster film, Schuks! Pay Back The Money!
Before the movie was released in 2015,
there were literally hundreds of pirated
copies available on street corners in Cape
Town for between R10 and R20 a copy.
Due to the extent of the big scale piracy,
local producers, actors, artists and em-
ployees involved in the production of this
film suffered losses, he says.
Why would consumers pay R200 for
the movie at say Musica or up to R55 to
view the movie only once at the cinema?
And therein lies the problem, says
Borman.
As longas there is a demand, theunend-
ing supply will continue, costing the in-
dustry billions. The same applies to the
countless video shops that have closed
down in Cape Town in recent years. Con-
sumers wont pay to hire it if they can own
it for half the price.
Sadly, the economic ramifications on the
country in terms of job losses are devastat-
ing.
In recent years, says Borman, the majori-
ty of perpetrators selling pirated material
were foreigners coming into South Africa
looking to make a quick buck.
Although the FPB has its own compliance
unit, they dont have arresting rights, says
Borman, and therefor they have to work in
joint operations with the police and Cape
Town law enforcement units.
Counterfeiters will download the movie
from the internet and go into mass produc-
tion at so-called counterfeit production
houses around the city.
Its during clampdown operations at
these houses where the counterfeit items
are confiscated.
In terms of the Counterfeit Goods Act
perpetrators are fined up to R5000 per item
or a prison term for three years, or both.
In the case of second or third convic-
tions, the fine in respect of each item can
be up to R10 000 or five years imprison-
ment.
Pirate DVDs of R5m destroyed
Reginald September shredding counterfeit
goods. PHOTO: CARINA ROUX
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14 TYGERBURGER Ravensmead & Belhar Woensdag, 24 Februarie 2016NUUS
Tick bite fever running high
days after being bitten.
Unfortunately, people
sometimes dont notice the
symptomsor dont even real-
ise their dog has had a tick.
We cannot overempha-
sise the importance of seek-
ing medical care quickly if
you suspect yourpethasbili-
ary fever, she warns.
FAW runs a basic dipping
and bathing programme in
Fisantekraal for township
dogs from the area. This
helps combat the problem
and makes the dogs feel
much more comfortable.
Andmost of the dogs real-
ly enjoy the attention, Da-
vies added.
She says the correctway to
remove a tick is to use a pair
of tweezers, grasp it behind
the head and carefully pull it
off without twisting, making
sure the head does not stay
behind.
Do not cover it with pe-
troleum jelly, used motor oil
or paraffin to smother it,
squeeze it or try to burn it off
with a match and do not
wash your dog in jeyes fluid.
This just causes the tick to
regurgitate the contents of
its stomach transmitting whatev-
er disease it may be carrying
straight into you or the animal.
Once youve removed it, clean
the bite area and your hands and
kill the tick by placing it in alcohol
or tick dip, or wrapping it in tape
and flushing it down the toilet. Do
not crush it with your fingers if
the tick is carrying rickettsia (very
Terra Bombela, a matric learner who lives in
the Fisantekraal informal settlement, is one
of the unpaid volunteers who assists with
dipping every weekend and in school
holidays. He is indispensable as he
basically runs the bathing container for us,
Jennifer Davies of FAW says.
A
n exponential growth in the
number of ticks, tick-infest-
ed animals and dogs suffer-
ing from biliary fever (commonly
known as tick bite fever) has
been reported recently.
Jennifer Davies, spokesperson
for Fisantekraal Animal Welfare
(FAW), says ticks are particularly
bad this year, probably due to heat.
Dogs are coming in with their
ears literally full of swollen ticks
and clumps of ticks on their bodies;
it is extremelyunpleasant for these
poor animals.
Some animals, especially pup-
pies, become anaemic if they have
severe infestations. Even just one
tick can cause biliary fever, which
is a potentially fatal illness. It is
caused by a tick-borne parasite,
which causes red blood cell de-
struction and damages organs like
the liver and kidneys.
Biliary cannot infect people so
you wont catch it from a sick dog,
but people can get a bacterial ill-
ness from ticks, she says.
Another illness called ehrlichia
can infect both animals andpeople,
but this seems to be less common.
Keep your pet free of ticks, and
check yourself and your pets after
walking in long grass, bushy areas
or farmlands. Also ensure the area
around your home and pets bed-
ding is tick free.
Signs of biliary in dogs include
lethargy, lack of appetite, pale or
yellowish gums and inner eyelids,
reddish urine and yellow faeces.
Symptoms usually appear 10 to 28
small bacteria) and you have any
open skin, you could get sick, Da-
vies warns.
V If youd like to volunteer with FAW to
bathanddipdogsonTuesdayorSaturday
mornings from 09:00 to 12:00, or would
like to assist them in any other way, send
an email to [email protected], phone 074
688 1153 or visit FAW on Facebook or on
www.faw.za.org.A group of children patiently waiting for their dogs bath.
Felicity helps Frydays celebrate
A well-known televi-
sion actress recently
paid a visit to the
Middestad Mall in
Bellville to help them
celebrate Valentines
Day. Melanie du Bois,
better known for her
role as Felicity in the
Afrikaans soapie 7de
Laan, visited with
staffers of the local
Frydays restaurant
and the centres
management team
as part of an excit-
ing meet and greet
promotional event.
The management team of the Middestal Mall posed for a photo
with the 7de Laan soap star. From left are Moegamat Solarie
(building manager), Tamaran Nortje (marketing manager), Melanie
Du Bois, Desiree Benson (assistant manager) and Lamesa Modak
(centre manager).
Here Melanie can be seen posing with the staff of the Frydays
restaurant during her visit to the centre.
An avid nature conservationist and Miss Earth South
Africa ambassador Andrea von Gunten, originally
from Durbanville, is planning to cycle 109km in the up-
coming Cape Town Cycle Tour to collect one tree per
kilometre covered.
Andrea, who attended primary and high school in
Durbanville, but now lives in Kenilworth, challenges
cyclists and supporters to donate or sponsor a tree for
this important cause.
This will be my third Argus that Im riding and I
thought instead of just riding it, why not ride it for a
cause, she says.
All the trees will be planted at schools in underprivi-
leged communities, community centres, old age homes
or any place in the Western Cape that needs greening
and upliftment.
This project is about bringing communities andpeo-
ple together and I want to be an example that you can
take any ordinary event and turn it into something ex-
traordinary. Small initiatives like this can turn into
something great and thats what I hope to achieve with
this, she says.
Shewill be cyclingwithher father, Peter vonGunten,
and her sister, Melanie. My dad has always been my
inspiration as this is his 15th Cape Town Cycle Tour.
He is the reason my sister and I are cycling today.
Only indigenous trees such as Wild Olive, Grevias,
Virgilia Oroboides and fruit trees will be suitable. Sug-
gestions of schools or organisations that are in need of
greening are also welcome.
V For more details, call Andrea on 084 017 5507 or send an email
Earth ambassador rides for trees
Andrea von Gunten, a Miss Earth South Africa ambassador who grew up in Durbanville, in a with children of the
Sunray Primary School in Delft, where she helped them to plant some trees.
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Woensdag, 24 Februarie 2016 NEWS TYGERBURGER Ravensmead & Belhar 15
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