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Woensdag, 15 Junie 2016 | Tel: 021 910 6500 | epos: [email protected]
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SEWAGE SPILL: BIG BAY BEACH POLLUTED
Brown flag status
Trucks could be seen pumping sewer
age out of a manhole where the spill
occurred. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
MONIQUE DUVAL
@monique_duval
A
sewage spill at Big Bay beach over the
weekend sent tongues wagging and
tempers flaring as residents lambast-
ed the City of Cape Town.
News about the spill spread quickly on so-
cial media on Friday as surfers posted pic-
tures of raw sewage running straight into
the sea in front of the lifesaving club.
Here human faeces, tampons and other
items flushed down toilets could be seen.
Tempers flared as residents indicated this
was the second spill in six months.
In January, the City reported a blockage
had caused a pipe burst which resulted in
raw sewage flowing into the sea. A
t the time, the municipality indicated the
waterwas contaminated and swimmingwas
prohibited.
WhenTygerBurgervisited the area onSat-
urday, Jetvac trucks could be seen pumping
sewage from manholes.
The truckswere also spotted inPerlemoen
Street.
Danger tape and signs indicating the wa-
ter was contaminated had also been erected
while City workers could be seen nearby.
Resident Martin Essl commented on the
pictures of human faeces on the paving
around the lifesaving club on social media,
saying Big Bay beach should now receive
brown flag status.
Table View Ratepayers Association
(TVRA) chairperson Mandy Da Matta, who
was on the scene, said these spills were hap-
pening far too often and needed to be investi-
gated.
Residents have legitimate questions. We
want to know who is responsible for firstly
the spills and secondly who takes responsi-
bility for the impact on the beach and the en-
vironment? These spills are a major health
risk and a danger to the public.
Questioned by TygerBurger, Mayco mem-
ber for utility services Ernest Sonnenberg
says a polyvinyl chloride bend on the rising
sewerage main from the Big Bay sewage
pump station to the Melkbos Wastewater
TreatmentWorks burst onThursday 9 June.
He explains the Big Bay pump station had
to be switched off, with the pump station ser-
viced with vacuum tankers until the rising
main could be repaired.
Spills occurred for short periods during
the peaks on Friday and Saturday morning
and additional tankers were brought on to
site to assist. Normal operationwas restored
by 17:30 on Saturday. The pump station is
the responsibility of the City and blockages
on the site are the responsibility of the prop-
erty owner or managing agent.
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Correction
In last weeks edition of the TygerBurger,
we incorrectly stated that Nicolette Rheed-
er and Grant Twigg were the DA candi-
dates for ward 107. This followed incorrect
information given by the DA. The correct
candidate for ward 107 is Rheeder.
A Dunoon teenager was arrested this week
for breaking into vehicles in Table View.
According to a police report, the teenager
(18) was caught during the early hours on
Monday 13 June.
Police spokesperson Captain Adriana
Chandler says ConstableMphumzi Dyantyi
and colleagues received a complaint of tres-
passing at an address in Martin Crescent,
Sunridge, and searched the area.
They discovered an unknown male hid-
ing behind a tree . The officers found an
item used for breaking into vehicles in his
possession aswell. Presumable stolen items
were also found in his possession.
The suspect showed the officers where
the vehicle was parked that he had broken
into. The owner of the vehicle was in-
formed.
He will appear in the Cape Town Magis-
trates Court today (Wednesday) on charges
of possession of car breaking implements,
possession of stolen property and theft out
of motor vehicle.
An appeal is once againmade to the com-
munity not to leave valuable items inside
their vehicles.
Dunoon teen in court for car crimes
MONIQUE DUVAL
@monique_duval
P
remature public announcements on
the City of Cape Towns plan to estab-
lish a centre forhomeless people at the
Global School of Theology has seen the in-
stitute call off negotiations for a lease agree-
ment with the municipality.
The debacle unfolded this week, when
TygerBurger investigated rumours that the
institute was upset by public statements
made byCity officials on their plans to lease
the property.
Plans for the establishment of the City of
Cape Town Restoration Centre were first
made public by councillor Joy McCarthy at
a subcouncil meeting in April. At the time,
TygerBurger questioned the Citys social
development department about their plans,
but was told the City was not able to go pub-
lic as the leasehadnot been finalised.Tyger-
Burger questioned how public statements
could be made but was told to go to print
with the information already made public.
An editorial decisionwasmade to hold off
until negotiations were finalised.
However, last week a newspaper article
surfaced indicating the project had been
given the green light quoting mayor Patri-
cia De Lille and Mayco member for social
development and early childhood develop-
ment, Suzette Little.
TygerBurger resubmitted the original list
of questions and in awritten responseLittle
indicated the centrewas aimed at providing
services designed to address the medium to
long term needs and development of street
people who want assistance.
In the response issued on Friday 10 June,
Little said they were finalising the lease
with the institute and if all went according
to plan, the centre would open in August
this year. Little said this property provides
a central location where homeless people
can go for help and further explained the
cost implications of this project will only be
known once the lease was finalised.
News about the new centre sparked ex-
citement among residents with the Table
View Ratepayers Association (TVRA) and
the Milnerton Community Policing Forum
(CPF) pledging their support. The excite-
ment, however, was short lived on Monday
whenTygerBurger established the institute
hadwithdrawn fromnegotiations citing the
premature public statements as the reason.
Charles White, director for the institute,
said following the publication of an article
stating the centre was going ahead, they
were facedwithmanyhomeless people com-
ing to the college for help.
The reality is that the lease has not been
finalised and I have been instructed to call
off negotiations with the City because of all
the confusion since the newspaper article.
Nobody called us for confirmation and we
are very disappointed in the results. The
problem is we have students from all across
the world who are in the masters pro-
gramme and staff that stay on the site who
saw this article and went into a panic. This
could not have come at a worse time.
White said with a lease of this nature the
institute had very strict procedures which
have to be followed and the announcement
by the City has left a bad taste in every-
ones mouth.
This has caused a huge nightmare for us
and we have not resumed talks with the
City. At this stage we have called off all ne-
gotiations around the lease, he said on
Monday.
When presented with this information
and asked what the City planned to do now,
Little said they would be going into a meet-
ing with the institute on Tuesday 14 June.
Until then she could not comment further.
TVRA chairperson Mandy DaMatta says
she is disappointed at the outcome.
After singing the Citys praises a week
earlier, Da Matta expressed her utter dis-
may. She explained when she heard Little
had confirmed it in writing a week ago, she
was excited as the centre was needed and
welcomed by many. This week, however,
she questioned how the municipality could
be so careless.
Milnerton CPF chairperson Lianne Lip-
pert also expressed her dismay, saying this
centre was exactly what the community
needed.
V What are your thoughts? Send your letter to
Centre of controversy
Homeless people around Milnerton and Table View will have to hold on as the City of Cape
Towns plans for a homeless centre came to a grinding halt this week. Here a man sleeps in a
shop door along Koeberg Road. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
FROM PAGE 1
Sonnenberg says the manhole at the Surf
Club is the lowest point and the sewage
started overflowing at this point when the
sump reached a very high level.
This area was also barricaded off,
cleaned and sanitised on Friday and Satur-
day after the spills.
Asked about the spill in January, Sonnen-
berg says this occurred on private infra-
structurewhile themost recent spill was at-
tended to by the City.
The City of Cape Town operates a mas-
sive network of sewerage pipes and this, to-
gether with the sometimes random nature
of faults, makes it impossible to prevent ev-
ery overflow.
He further says blockages occur when
residents flush inappropriate items into the
system, including cooking fat and rags.
The only way to reduce these incidences
is for residents to ensure that they do not
allow these substances to enter the system.
The previous burst occurred on private in-
frastructure. In these cases the property
owner/managing agent is responsible.
TygerBurger questionedwhypeoplewere
allowed onto the beach area if thewaterwas
contaminated and according to Mayco
member for community services and spe-
cial projects, BelindaWalker, theCity erect-
ed temporary signage indicating that the
water was unfit to swim in, and the sport,
recreation and amenities department erect-
ed red barrier tape around the paving sand
area where the spill had occurred.
Members of the public were urged not to
go into the water and the local surf shops
and ratepayers association were requested
to advise theirmembers not to enter thewa-
ter.
DaMatta says this is not true as theTVRA
received no communication from the City.
During a visit to the beach, TygerBurger
accessed the contaminatedarea fromanoth-
er walkway metres away from the blocked
off area.
Thiswalkwaywasnotblockedoff and sev-
eral people accessed the beach from here
some not even aware of what was happen-
ing down the beach.
Asked why pieces of faeces that washed
up hand not been removed,Walker says: A
clean-up operation took place on Saturday
when thewater levels in themanholes were
stabilised, allowing for waste to be flushed
away without further overflowing.
In addition the area was sanitised.
Walker also says temporary signage will
remain in place until sample results con-
firm the water is safe to use.
V What are your thoughts? Send a letter to
[email protected] were erected near the boardwalks indicating the sea water was polluted. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
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Awoman and a child (3) were in-
juredonFridaywhen their vehi-
cle overturned on West Coast
Road in Melkbosstrand.
According to a report from
ER24 paramedics, they arrived
on the scene and found a light
motor vehicle on its roof on the
side of the road.
ER24 spokesperson Russel
Meiring says a 36-year-old wom-
an and her three-year-old girl
were injured.
Paramedics arrived on the
scene and found three occu-
pants had already gotten out of
the vehicle prior to the arrival
of paramedics. On assessment,
it was discovered that a woman
andher childhad sustainedonly
minor injuries. The womans
husband fortunately escaped in-
jury.
Paramedics treated the two
patients and transported them
to SomersetHospital for further
treatment. The cause of the inci-
dent is not yet known, but local
authorities were on scene for
further investigations.
Woman, child injured
in roll-over accident
A woman and her daughter were injured when their vehicle overturned
on West Coast Road. PHOTO: ER24
MONIQUE DUVAL
@monique_duval
T
wo West Beach men are
being investigated by
the Cape Town Central
Commercial Crimes Unit for
their role in a dating scam.
This follows the arrest of
the two foreign nationals,
both aged 31, at their flat in
West Beach.
According to a report from
Table View police, Warrant
Officer Gerhard Davis re-
ceived information about
fraudulent activities at a
complex in West Beach and
applied for a search warrant.
The search warrant was exe-
cuted at the address in West
Beach on Thursday 9 June.
Police spokesperson Cap-
tain Adriana Chandler says
inside the residence the offi-
cers discovered various lap-
tops containing information
of passports and bank ac-
count details, presumably
those of victims of scams.
One of the suspects grab-
bed a cellphone, took out the
sim card and flushed it down
the toilet. He was immediate-
ly arrested.
After further investiga-
tion it was discovered that
the suspectswere involved in
dating scams.
Chandler says all the lap-
tops and cellphones were
confiscated as per the search
warrant andhanded inas evi-
dence for further investiga-
tion. Large sums of cash,
bank statements and bank re-
ceipts were found and hand-
ed in at the police station.
At this stage it is not
known whether the men
scammed Table View resi-
dents and what the total val-
ue of the scams are.
Last monthMelkbosstrand
police issued an alert to those
going online in searchof find-
ing a partner after they ar-
rested two men aged 27 and
28. Police first arrested the
men in March when they
were found with drugs in
their possession. During this
search police also seized lap-
tops and during investiga-
tions it was found that the
men were part of an interna-
tional scamaimed at conning
vulnerable lonely people out
of their hard-earned cash.
Police spokesperson Con-
stable Debbie Alard ex-
plained at the time that the
men had defrauded women
out of thousands by creating
fake profiles and conning
women into fake relation-
ships.
VWhy do you think people fall for
these scams? Send your letter to
Dating scam
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Western Cape Action Forum
LEAVE THE WESTERN CAPE ALONE !!
Comeon now,we all knowhistory. Perhaps someof the younger generation
have been brainwashed with what is nowadays dished up as history, but
then you older folks should set the record straight. You may shoot the
messenger, but you can't change history. And history tells you that the
Western Cape belongs to the Khoi, the San, the Coloureds, theWhites and
the people of the Bo-Kaap. Now we have non-indigenous people flooding
the WC and setting fire to everything - tyres, cars, buses, trains and
buildings. A word of advice to them - the REAL Capies are getting gatvol
(fed-up) with this. You don't contribute to the economy but yet you demand
and demand. You are being pampered to by a local government who
overlooks the indigenous people who are the taxpayers and keeping the
local economygoing.
So this brings me back to politics again.
I read through the manifests of the DA, ACDP and the Freedom Front Plus
(FF+). The DA just want to make the situation above far worse with bigger
social support, more stringent application of BBBEEandAA, fast tracking of
land restitution, etc. You as the voter have to read the manifests of all the
political parties and see which is most aligned with what you personally
believe and support.
Remember that this coming election is a local government one. Dont fall for
the normal propaganda of a vote for a smaller party is a wasted vote. This
is simply not true. ALL votes for any party counts in the proportional voting
system.
We are in the final stages of organizing the FACE YOUR VOTER
evening. We will post the details in next weeks article as well as on
Facebook.
Remember your cross determines your future.
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MONIQUE DUVAL
@monique_duval
A
desperate plea to slow down speed-
sters in Phoenix and Joe Slovo has
been heard and residents can look for-
ward to safer streets before the end of June.
The plea came after a tragic accident
which involved two taxis. Three pedestrians
diedandaccording toER24paramedics, they
found one person impaled in a taxi wind-
screen and two people lying on the sidewalk
in Freedom Way.
At the time, Phoenix residents said while
they had completed forms requesting traffic
calming measures, they sit and watch how
more people die as traffic and taxi violations
go ahead seemingly unabated.
The Phoenix Ratepayers Association
(PRA) chairperson UrsulaMarshall said the
problem with speeding has increased in re-
cent years prompting many complaints and
concerns from residents.
In recent weeks, councillor JoyMcCarthy
has revealed that the City of Cape Town has
approved several traffic calming measures
which are set to be completed by the end of
July.
I pushedhard for the traffic calming after
the horrific accident and all kudos to Johan
Massyn, our roads engineer,whoassisted by
adding his support to the request.
She says the current island in Freedom
Way at the junction with Democracy Way
will be removed and will be replaced by a
raised intersection which will slow down
traffic in both directions.
In addition there will be two speed-
bumps in Freedom Way, McCarthy ex-
plains.
The traffic calmingmeasures will cost the
City more than R200 000 and once complete,
will make the area safer for all.
I know it will make the space safer, as no
vehicle should be able to speedwith this con-
figuration. It could even dissuade the con-
tainer trucks that are now using Freedom
Way instead of Racecourse Road.
Phoenix traffic troubles tackled
The City of Cape Town has approved traffic
calming measures for Freedom Way.
PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
First game ever: The Table View and Panorama primary schools were fortunate to have
been invited to play a friendly rugby match at the Cape Town Stadium after the Spring
bok training session last week Tuesday. This was a unique opportunity as it was the first
primary school match ever played at the stadium. They also had the privilege of attending
the Springboks training session and were amazed by their heroes skills and abilities.
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Commuters get
connected
Luthfia Frizlar and mayor Patricia de Lille test out the WiFi on a MyCiTi bus.
T
he City of Cape Townhas launched the
pilot phase of WiFi provision on the
MyCiTi buses this week.
According to a statement, this is part of
a pilot phase and WiFi has been installed
on 10MyCiTi buses, which will first be test-
ed on the various feeder routes across the
city.
Once the service has been tested on the
feeder routes, the full roll-out will be ex-
panded to all 380 buses such as the trunk
routes in Atlantis, Table View, Mitchells
Plain and Khayelitsha.
Passengers on these buses will be able to
connect their WiFi enabled devices includ-
ing cellphones, laptops and tablets.
Late last year the City awarded a tender
to VAST Networks to provide and manage
the provision of WiFi on MyCiTi buses.
Basic use of the service will be free. Each
passengerwill have use of a limited amount
of data for a limitedamount of timeeachday
at no charge.
Each passenger will receive 50 MB per
day to get connected and start working or
do research while travelling to and from
work or school.
Passengers will be able to register to the
VAST WiFi in a few easy steps, click on
complimentary access and start brows-
ing using the free 50 MB.
Once this allocation expires, userswill be
redirected to the homepage where they can
either buy WiFi vouchers or proceed back
to using their own data.
An exciting part of this service is a free
VAST portal where commuters can browse
a range of content such as news, sport, lifes-
tyle and educational sites free of any data
charges.
As part of the pilot phase, commuterswill
also be able to log into the WiFi at the Cape
Town Metrorail station.
It was indeed an exciting day for me as
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on the roads can be reduced.
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sary.
Once we are satisfied with the perform-
ance and the pilot phase of six months is
completed, WiFi will progressively become
available on all MyCiTi bus routes (380 bus-
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correlation between the availability of in-
ternet access and the social and economic
upliftment of communities, says De Lille.
Shes a keeper: Ndindi Kabbah is a very
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View Primarys netball team, and was
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T
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100nuclear recruits celebrated their in-
duction into Eskom Nuclear Operator Pipe-
line project.
The event saw many Eskom executives
and government officials flock to the plant
for the grand celebration which was also at-
tended by national minister of public enter-
prises Lynne Brown.
The project forms part of Eskoms plans
to beef up local nuclear resources to support
the countrys needs. At the beginning of
May, 100 young recruits started the flagship
nuclear operator training programme at
Koeberg Power Station.
Speaking at the official launch, plantman-
ager Riedewaan Bakardien explained they
launched this programmewith the objective
of ensuring that Koeberg has sufficient Flag
operators for the future.
He said nuclear and reactor operators at
Koeberg are internationally recognised as
the flag-bearers of nuclear power.
When one goes to a nuclear power sta-
tion, the first thing you lookat is the nuclear
operators. Are they competent, are they
qualified, are their behaviours good? We
have a lot riding on the success of the people
who we have brought in. This programme
presents a robust pipeline and a model to
replicate for nuclear power in South Africa.
Their development is critical to Koebergs
long term success, he said.
Bakardien explained the programme also
highlighted transformation within Eskom
and said he was pleased to note that 40% of
the young recruits are women.
Importantly, they come from all across
South Africa. Koeberg is not just about the
Western Cape. This nuclear initiative is for
the whole country. The road ahead for these
students will not be as nice as today. A lot
of hard work lies ahead. The training is in-
tensive. It takes five years just to get through
the programme.
In the next two years, students will under-
go 62weeks of classroomand practical train-
ing. He said the Koeberg nuclear training
programme was the only programme
which was besides the American pro-
gramme internationally accredited by the
International Nuclear Plant Operators Or-
ganisation.
Brown said the project provided a plat-
form fordevelopinga robustnuclear opera-
tor pipeline for South Africa.
The programme, spanning five years,
aims to build a path to ensure that there
are sufficient local nuclear resources to
service the countrys present and future
nuclear needs.
After the five-year period, trainees will
qualify as nuclear plant operators or will
enter related career equivalents.
What is inspiring is that approximately
95% of students are 35 years and younger,
and about 40% are black females from vari-
ous parts of the country, said Brown
Chairman of the Eskom board, Dr Bald-
win Ngubane, says the countrys new nucle-
ar build requires additional resources for
operations, and the nuclear operator train-
ing programme is geared towards ensuring
that the South African youth who have aspi-
rations to access a career path in nuclear,
has a chance at realising their dreams.
According to a statement, the 100 young
qualified artisans will be exposed to world-
class nuclear training in the Western Cape
for a period of five years before qualifying
asNuclear PlantOperators or related career
equivalent.
As the only nuclear power station in Afri-
ca, the licensed reactor operators who oper-
ate the Koeberg reactors are scarce.
Riedewaan Bakardien, plant manager of
Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, outlines the
various aspects of the projects.
National minister of public enterprises, Lynne Brown, releases birds at the launch of the project.
PHOTOS: STEHAN SCHOEMAN
Students pose for a quick photograph after the launch.
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M
elkbosstrand police are on high
alert following a spate of burglaries
where the perpetrators use crow-
bars to gain access.
In the most recent incident on Thursday
9 June, police say three men in a white VW
Polo were spotted knocking on doors in
Samuel Close in Duynefontein.
Police spokesperson Constable Debbie
Alard says according to reports when resi-
dents passed the vehicle themen pretended
to be busy with paper work.
They broke into a house in Samuel Close
using a crowbar and took various valuables
includinga laptop and television. It appears
just after 14:00 the men scouted the area by
knocking on doors to see if residents were
home before attempting to break in, she
says.
This incident follows three other inci-
dents in the Melkbosstrand police precinct
and took place shortly after police released
a warning statement.
In the statement, Alard says the first inci-
dent took place in Reiger Street on Tuesday
24Mayat about 12:10whenofficers received
a call about a break-in. On arrival they
found the front door and safety gate were
forced open by means of a crowbar.
The safe was also forced open. The own-
er was contacted and it was confirmed that
a flat screen TV, laptop and American cur-
rency was stolen. Further information re-
vealed that three unknown males were
spotted carrying a TV and placing it in a sil-
ver SUV with CEM number plates at the
back. At this stage no arrests have been
made.
Four days later the caretaker of a house
in Amble Way found the security door was
forced open with a crowbar and two flat
screen televisions were taken.
This was followed by an incident in Jans-
sens Crescent on Thursday 2 June when a
homeowner returned home to find that her
door and safety gate were forced opened by
a crowbar and a television and briefcase
were stolen.
Melkbosstrand station commander, Cap-
tain Ronita van der Toorn, haswarned resi-
dents to be on the lookout for suspicious
people or vehicles in their neighbourhoods
and report it.
It is important to be acquainted with
your neighbours and to know what is hap-
pening in your street and community. Join
in the fight against crime by joining your
local neighbourhood watch and street
watch to assist in curbing crime.
Alard says the use of crowbars by crimi-
nals to gain access to homes is widespread
across Cape Town and says reports refer-
ring to a crowbar gang are actually explain-
ing the modus operandi.
There is not just one crowbar gang. Us-
ing a crowbar is a modus operandi used by
many criminals to gain entry to a home or
business.
She has also made a request for informa-
tion that can lead to the recovery of the
stolen goods and the arrest of the perpetra-
tors.
V Anybody with any video footage of the incidents
or information is asked to call police 021 553 8200
or the sector vehicle on 079 894 1640.
Police warn over
crowbar access
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Melkbosstrandpolicehave recoveredavehi-
cle hijacked in Bellville during May.
According to a police report, a 47-year-old
man was arrested while travelling along the
M19 in the direction of the N7 highway on
Tuesday 7 June at 17:20.
Police spokesperson Constable Debbie Al-
ard says the vehicle was hijacked by three
armed men on Friday 20 May and the men
demanded the owner out of the vehicle.
Last week Melkbosstrand police received
an alert that the vehiclewas travelling along
theM19 and a police vehicle was dispatched.
The stolen vehicle was tested by the Stik-
land Police Vehicle Safeguarding Service
Unit and it was a positive link to Bellville
hijacking case. The Melkbosstrand station
commander, Captain Ronita van der Toorn,
thanked the community for the information
that led to the recovery of the vehicle and
arrest of the perpetrator. She also commend-
ed the officers involved, says Alard.
The suspect appeared in the AtlantisMag-
istrates Court .
Police recover stolen vehicle
New school nears completion
C
onstruction on the new R47 million
SinenjongoHigh School in Joe Slovo is
nearing completion.
Last week, provincial education minister
Debbie Schfer and provincial transport
minister Donald Grant visited the construc-
tion site where work began in February.
The Sinenjongo project is due to be com-
pleted by December in time for the start
of the 2017 school year.
It has been a collaborative effort between
the Western Cape Education Department,
the Department of Transport and Public
Works and the Rabie Property Group.
Grant and Schfer were joined on site by
the principal, Kuselwa Nopote, as well the
managing director for Rabie Property
Group, LeonCohen, and the groups commu-
nications manager, Maggie Rowley, for a
site inspection.
The new school will consist of 33 class-
rooms, eight specialist classrooms, four sci-
ence laboratories, ablution and storage facil-
ities, an administration block, a computer
room, school hall and media centre as well
as a dedicated sports field.
The new school will accommodate more
than 1200 learners who mainly reside in the
surrounding areas of Milnerton.
While construction has been underway,
the learners of SinenjongoHigh School have
been temporarily accommodated at a tempo-
rary school site in Joe Slovo.
Under Nopotes leadership and with the
assistance of the Rabie Foundation, the
schools NSC results have more than dou-
bled from 43,9% in 2009 to 90,6%.
I am very excited about the new school,
and so are all our teachers and learners. We
cant wait to get into the new school build-
ing. We are also looking forward to having
a school hall and sports field, says Nopote.
Thedevelopment of this school is regarded
as a wonderful example of how the private
sector can invest in education
Rabie Property Group has become a val-
ued part of the Sinenjongo High School com-
munity, having adopted the school as itsma-
jor corporate social investment beneficiary
in 2007. Thegroup has continued to provide
support for the school, sponsoring addition-
al teaching posts in maths and science, as
well as a number of programmes aimed at
increasing proficiencies in English, mathe-
matics and science.
The Rabie Property Group also played a
significant role in identifying the new
school site.
Education provides the key to escape
poverty and the future of our country de-
pends on a commitment from both the pri-
vate and public sectors to improve the stan-
dard of education for the benefit of all. We
are fully committed to Sinenjongo and the
successful turnaround that has been
achieved there has only been possible due
to the reciprocal commitment of the Educa-
tion Department, the principal, the teachers
and the learners, says Cohen.
The department of transport and public
works project team has done exceptionally
well to deliver a state-of-the-art facilitywith-
in budget and the required time, ready for
the start of the new school year.
This is just one of the projects that the two
departments are collaborating on, with the
WCED having budgeted R1,29 billion in
2016/17 on building and refurbishing school
infrastructure across the province.
The R47 million Sinenjongo High School
project has also seen the creation of Expand-
ed Public Works Programme (EPWP) work
opportunities through the project, including
the vital skills training component. A total
of R6m is expected to go towards targeted
contractor businesses, R5m to suppliers and
manufacturers, and R5m to targeted local la-
bour, with 111 local labourers employed.
Pictured during the site visit are, from left, provincial education minister Debbie Schfer, principal
Kuselwa Nopote, provincial transport minister Donald Grant and managing director for Rabie
Property Group Leon Cohen.
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ANDR BAKKES
@andrebakkes
W
hat if TygerBurgerwerent a news-
paper, but a broadcasting agency?
What if you werent bound to lis-
ten to hyper local news impacting on the
suburb you live in, but rather the northern
suburbs as a whole?
Would this then contradict what Tyger-
Burger stands for?
Followers of the newspaper on Facebook
would have noticed a new feature a
weekly wrap-up video posted every Tues-
day.
In this short video some of the articles
that appear in the newspaper are highlight-
ed, giving you the biggest weekly news
from the northern suburbs in bite-sized
chunks.
Some broadcasters bring you global
news, some focus on a particular city, but
no-one targets a relatively small area such
as the northern suburbs.
This means, of course, that the newspa-
per continues to set the bar of hyper local
content across all mediums.
One of WP Medias journalists, Brenden
Ruiter, asked himself how one can spread
the news in a digital world, and make it as
easy as possible for Facebook users to stay
up to date.
The answer was simple, he says.
Why not a weekly news bulletin? We
started amonth or two ago and the popular-
ity of the videos is for all to see. Its still a
work in progress, of course, with finer de-
tails still being ironed out.
A couple of minutes a week to stay up to
date with news headlines? The viewers
convenience is clearly the catch phrase.
Another imminent adoption will be roll-
ing text at the bottom, which will mean one
canwatch the video with no sound if neces-
sary.
In essence, it is a news broadcast with a
very brief description of the chosen arti-
cles.
If one snippet piques your interest, you
can read more about it on the newspapers
free website under the Netwerk24 domain.
All you need to do is type tygerburger.co.za
into the URL bar of your browser.
The same concept has also been em-
braced by the southern suburbs Peoples
Post, so in just six minutes you can get a
community newspapers perspective of
happenings in the whole of Cape Town.
Peoples Post journalist and bulletin pre-
senter Samantha Lee says the additional
challenge has been an exciting venture
thus far.
It is no secret that news and the media
are moving into a digital space.
This venture helps us satisfy the news
needs of those on the move and assists our
journalists in telling the inspiring stories
of others thatmay not havemade it into the
readers relevant editions.
The response thus far is an indication
that this truly is a step in the right direction
for WP Media.
V Find TygerBurger on Facebook and look out for
Die Week in... on a Tuesday afternoon at 17:00.
TB now
also a
news
bulletin
Brenden Ruiter presents Die Week in...
weekly on TygerBurgers Facebook page.
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10 TYGERBURGER Table View Woensdag, 15 Junie 2016HOOFARTIKELBLAD
Stomende lekkerte: Stomende pannekoeke was net die ding om die koue oggendlug Saterdagoggend by die
KraaifonteinVoortrekkers se pretloop te verdryf. FOTO: CARINA ROUX
LEWENSKIEKIE
Ranting over
rising rental
rates
At the start of July my 22-month-old baby
boy will be living in his third home
poor kid.
It has gotten so bad that his first
coherent sentence might very well be
Pack it in a box.
Quite astonishingly, I have moved 23
times in 17 years. Suffice to say, I know
what Im talking about when it comes to
rental prices.
It has also struck me how little home
owners know about the price of renting a
decent place in Cape Town.
All they are concerned about is wheth-
er they will be paying a little more or a
little less next month due to the interest
rate.
As rental tenants we face an industry
standard annual price hike of 10%!
Every year we are 10% poorer! Add
half a cup of Eskom and a spoonful of
inflation and you have a baked monstros-
ity that chips teeth.
In just seven
years from now
one can expect to
pay double one
pays now!
A shoestring
budget can only be
cut so much. Soon
there will be no
shoestring left!
Agents and
owners who rent
out their properties
have no problem
getting tenants
because of the
great migration
from the rest of the country to Cape
Town.
Someone ought to tell Gautengers
perhaps they are better off in the north.
I compared renting prices from Gaut-
eng and Cape Town this week. I fully
expected to see a similarity in what you
can get for R10 000 a month.
With that money I can rent a nice
townhouse with an impressive garden in
one of the best security complexes in
Pretoria. In Cape Town I have seen
smaller townhouses with smaller gardens
in Kraaifontein go for R10 000.
I love Cape Town, but something
drastically needs to happen to curb
renting prices, which are quite obviously
completely out of control.
The only way to keep head above water
seems to buy property.
The other day I went into a book store
and saw one in the self-help section about
empowering a middle income household
to buy a house in South Africa.
I paged through it in disbelief and
returned it to where it belongs the
fiction section. Rent-a-lot
THINKINGOUT LOUD
SMS
VParkeerplekkevir gestemdes is nie slegs
virmensemet rystoelenie,maarvirander
gestremdemenseook!Mypa isgestremd
en loop met krukke en kan nie baie ver
loop nie. My man is ook gestremd, maar
omdat hy nog jonk is en op die oog af nor-
maal lyk, maakmense sommer hul eie af-
leidings dat hy niks makeer nie en dit het
al onnodige wrywing veroorsaak. Moet
nie ander mense oordeel as jy nie weet
wat hulle makeer nie. Anita, Bellville
VMaycomember MrMamkeli states that
nightclubs in Cape Town are required to
have their doors closed, be soundproofed
and have aircon. Why is this not the case
with night spots in Marine Circle, Table
View? Ken, Blouberg
V If theCity ofCapeTowndictates sound-
proofed night clubs, please come and lis-
tentothenightclubnoisesurroundingre-
sidents on theMarine circle strip in Table
VIew have to endure. Anonymous
) SMSe kos R1,50 elk. Stuur die woord
Tyger, gevolg deur jou boodskap na 45527.
BRIEWE
[email protected]|Faks: 021 910 6501|Posbus 747, Bellville 7535|Briewe wat nie langer is as 250 woorde
nie, sal voorkeur geniet. Verskaf asb. u naam, adres en telefoonnommer by (nie vir publikasie). Spertyd is Vrydag om 12:00
There are many complexes
scattered around the Blouberg/
West Beach area and driving
past these places on rubbish
collection day, without excep-
tion, the various gardeners
stand with hosepipes cleaning
the bins and washing all the
debris straight down the
gutters and into the stormwa-
ter drains!
A couple of things spring to
mind. Firstly, what happened
to water conservation? Second-
ly, where do you think all this
debris is going to end up?
Well, simply put, it ends up
in our waterways or clogging
the system up with forever
plastic and various nondegrad-
able rubbish bits.
The gardeners do not have a
clue and are instructed to do a
job, no matter what the
consequences, so the problem
would be with the body
corporates and trustees.
Come on, guys, lets treat
this drought thing seriously
and show a bit of resect for the
environment. It really is in
our hands to make a differ-
ence.
And stop watering the
gardens that are supposed to
be water wise green lawns
are not an essential part of
complex life; drinking water is!
GARTH JOHNSON
West Beach
What about
restrictions?
I wonder if Ilse Haas is not a
bit too harsh in her description
of the terrible Capetonians
(Cape Town and its clicky
circles, TB, 8 June). The truth
is that in most cities people
are busy and have their own
circles; it is not just a Cape
Town thing.
But I wonder how far her
own ideas actually make it
worse? There are ways to
make friends. My daughter and
family relocated to Australia a
Its not just a
Cape Town thing
More often than not when our
government hospitals appear in
the papers, they take the rap.
This time Im writing to say a
special thank you to the
excellent team at the Special
Care Unit, Obstetric and
Gynaecology, of Tygerberg
Hospital.
I am a foreigner who has
lived in and loved Cape Town
for the past five years. Al-
though living healthily with a
health complication known as
sickle cell anemia, I knew
having children would be no
mean feat for me.
When I fell pregnant with my
first daughter in 2013, my
doctor referred me to the
Special Care Unit at Tygerberg.
I met Professor Hull and his
team back then and it was a
wonderful experience being
managed by them. Although I
was in the hospital for the most
part of the pregnancy, I had no
regrets. Hence I returned barely
two years later in 2015. Again,
this team was up to the task in
Special thanks to
TygerbergHospital
Hoe domastrant moet die
eienaar van die pragtige blink
nuwe Audi wees om reg voor
die Planet Fitness-gimnasium
in Parklands op die rolstoelpar-
keerplekke stil te hou?
Regtig, jy is daar om te oefen,
maar wil nie die 10 meter vanaf
die ander parkeerplekke stap
nie? Ek was ongelukkig net te
ver van jou af om jou self te
vra toe jy daar uitstap sonder
n probleem n n paar uur se
harde oefening aan daai
werkende bene van jou.
Jammer jy gebruik dit wat
tussen jou ore sit, nie so goed
nie. Ek het pragtige fotos as jy
graag wil sien.
CHARMAINE ENGELBRECHT
Morningstarkleinhoewes
Gaangim toe,maar
kan nie 10mstap
Leave reporting to
those trained to do
so. Sharing info that
hasnt been verified
is dangerous.
Monique Duval,
Table View
Sometimes you find
themost beautiful
story in a scrap yard
and themost
dreadful one in a
palace. Andr
Bakkes, Parow
Never underesti
mate the power of
planting a seed.
Louisa Steyl,
Entertainment
Kleinsakeonderne
mings loop deur
onder skelmswat
voorgee hulle is
klante.
Avril Fillies, Bellville
Die dooie op die
treinspoor is ver
moedelik elders
vermoor.
Brenden Ruiter,
Goodwood
Inwoners van
Kuilsrivier is gevra
omnie kleingeld aan
haweloses of bede
laars te skenk nie,
maar eerder skui
lings en organisasies
te ondersteun.
Richard Roberts,
Kuilsrivier
Diewreld het
beslis baiemeer
Pieter le Rouxs
nodig.
Desire Rorke,
Brackenfell
few years ago, landed in a small
town with no other South
Africans, and by being active
and helpful at school, joining a
local church, inviting people
over for a braai and just being
friendly and outgoing, they
have more friends than they
can handle now.
I myself arrived here in the
Cape 23 years ago and had to
hear from the Pretoria crowd
how distant the Capetonians
were.
Within a few months I had a
few good friends and I still wait
to meet these horrible Capetoni-
ans (they are there, but they
should not be your norm).
It takes a bit of effort and
moving out of ones comfort
zone, but it can be done. Ilse,
you are welcome to phone me
(021 975 1917) and come for a
nice cup of tea, and meet the
real friendly folks we are
here.
BERNE NIGHTENGALE
Durbanville
V Die bostaande menings is
di vandie betrokke joernalis,
en reflekteer nie noodwendig
die opinie(s) van die Tyger-
Burger-handelsnaam nie.
Someone
ought to tell
Gautengers
perhaps they
are better off
in the
north.
Kan jy dit
oorvertel?
terms of professionalism, care
and the help they rendered to
ensure I had another healthy
baby and that my health didnt
deteriorate.
Sickle cell anemia is not a
health complication that
doctors see frequently in South
Africa. For some of the doctors
on the team it was their first
encounter of a patient with
sickle cell anemia and being
pregnant was a very high risk.
Hull and his team went over
and above the call of duty. In
conjunction with the haematol-
ogy unit, my pregnancies were
well managed in spite of the
multiple hospitalisations due to
sickle cell anemia. complica-
tions in the pregnancy.
I must not forget the nurses
at ward C2A East they were
also for the most part of my
pregnancies professional,
caring and dutiful!
A few years ago (and even up
till now in some countries)
females living with sickle cell
anemia are advised not to
attempt getting pregnant. Well,
with God on our side, the
special care team and I defied
the odds not once but twice to
deliver two healthy babies to a
healthy Mama!
O.F ADENIYI
Email
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Woensdag, 15 Junie 2016 NEWS TYGERBURGER Table View 11
VCrimemeetingTheMaitlandCommunity
Policing Forum which covers the area from
Justin Street to the N1 will host an imbizo
at Reyger Court, Brooklyn on Wednesday
15 Juneat 19:00.Here residentswill begiven
the chance to ask questions and raise con-
cerns about crime. Call Justin on
081 732 7223 for more information.
V SAARP South African Association of Re-
tired PersonsMilnerton branchwill meet on
Wednesday 15 June at theMilnerton Library
at 09:00 for tea and biscuits followed by
entertainment. Non-members are wel-
come. Call Alice Rheeder on 021 553 1105
for more information.
V Summer Greens Residents Association
will host a special annual general meeting
on Tuesday 21 June. This follows the resig-
nation of chairperson Nino Arendse and
vice-chairperson Tina Maneveld. Sandra
Edgecome has also moved out of the area
and isunable tocontinue to fill herpost. She
did the reporting of street lights, sewerage
and water leaks. The meeting to fill these
vacant posts will be held at the Summer
Greens Community Hall from 19:00 to
20:00.
VTalkShirley Zinn, author of SwimmingUp-
stream, will be talking about her amazing
life story at the Milnerton Library auditori-
um on Friday 24 June at 13:00. Everyone is
invited to attend this free event.
VWest Coast Writers Circle will meet at
the Milnerton Library on Saturday 25 June
at 09:15. Meetings are in English and all are
welcome. Take along a pen, paper and R10
for tea. SMS 072 250 9500 or visit
www.westcoastwriterssa.weebly.com for
more information.
V Watch meeting The Summer Greens
Neighbourhood Watch will host a public
meeting to inform residents about the
crime concerns on Tuesday 28 June from
19:00 to 21:00. The meeting is open to all
and will be held at the Summer Greens
Community Hall.
VMarket A craft market and bumper book
sale will be held at Milnerton Library in Pie-
naar Road on Saturday 2 July from 09:30
to 12:00. Refreshments will also be on sale.
Call Pam on 021 444 0817 or Judy on
072 431 4788 for more information.
Diary | Dagboek
Home for disabled
needs readers help
In celebration of the 40 year anniver-
sary, the Eric Miles Cheshire Home
in Sanddrift will be hosting their
Bring and Buy Coffee Morning.
The home cares for adult disabled
people whose disabilities are a result
of various reasons including injury,
impairment from birth, illness and
degenerative diseases. Currently the
home cares for more than 40 adults.
Organisers need your help for the
event which will be hosted at the
home on Thursday 30 June.
They are appealing for donations of
secondhand clothing, plants, hand-
made items, wool or any items they
can sell. These donations can be
dropped off at the home at 18 Cosair
Road, Sanddrift.
The Coffee Morning is also open to
visitors and starts at 09:00.
V For more information call Anthony or Alet
on 021 552 2120.
Free health tests done
Table View Lions Club in partnership
with Pick n Pay pharmacy will host free
blood pressure and sugar level testing at
the Table View Shopping Centre on
Saturday from 09:00 and 14:00.
Take along a donation of non-perisha-
ble produce, blankets and pet food for
the club to distribute to various chil-
drens homes, old age homes and animal
shelters during this chilly winter
season.
V Visit www.tableviewlions.za.org for more
information.
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12 TYGERBURGER Table View Woensdag, 15 Junie 2016VERMAAK
More thanadecade after the release ofFind-
ing Nemo, fans will finally get a chance to
learnmore about the films friendly, but for-
getful, Dory.
Finding Dorywill be released at Ster-Kin-
ekor cinemas and in IMAX at CapeGate on
Thursday (Youth Day).
This time round, Dory goes in search of
her family after she recalls childhoodmem-
ories of the jewel ofMonterey, California.
Together with Nemo and Marlin, the trio
set off for the Monterey Marine Life Insti-
tute, where she meets some colourful sea
creatures and learns the real meaning of
family.
The animation features the voices of El-
len DeGeneres, Idris Elba and Michael
Sheen.
V Visit www.sterkinekor.com or call Ticketline on
0861 668 437 for more information.
WatchNemo findingDory at SterKinekor
Theatre
legend Alvon
Collison was
recently
honoured
with a
Naledi
Lifetime
Achievement
Award.
Local theatre
Local theatre
legend honoured
legend honoured
LOUISA STEYL
@lousteyl
H
is face beams with pride as the four
singers surrounding him practice a
number for their upcoming Fathers
Day concert.
The local theatre legend Alvon Collison is
seated inhisMilnertonhomewherehiswalls
are lined with the faces of the all the enter-
tainers hes helped along his ownmusic jour-
ney a career spanning five decades.
Affectionately known by many Capetoni-
ans as Mr Showbiz, Alvon was recently
honoured with a Naledi Lifetime Achieve-
mentAward for his contribution to the South
African entertainment industry.
To win that award was wonderful; it was
absolutely stunning for me, because I
thought I was a forgotten man.
Alvon spent a large portion of his career
in Johannesburg where he won a Gallo
Award and Three Leaf Award (now called
Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards) for his break-
out role as the Pharoh in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat- a role he
played inmore than 3000 performances of the
production.
The now 75-year-old returned to Cape
Town at the age of 42. Then I built a whole
new career here. Alvon admits to working
veryhard, hiringhalls and settinguphis own
shows. I had to believe in myself that this
was all going to come together and slowly but
surely this became a way of life for me.
His Cape Town chapter turned out to be as
illustrious as Johannesburg with Alvon re-
ceiving Civic Honours from the City of Cape
Town. His regular shows, like his upcoming
Fathers Day celebration and his annual free
Spirit of Christmas concert, which hes host-
ed at Cape Town City Hall for the last 15
years, have become staples of the Cape Town
entertainment calendar. Perhaps his biggest
contribution to the industry, though, is all
the talented performers hes nurtured along
the way.
Walking through his home, Faried Swartz,
one of these performers, points to photos on
Alvons walls, listing names and achieve-
ments of all the stars Alvon hasworkedwith.
In his Spirit of Christmas concert alone,
hes worked with about 50 children each
year. Ive watched little people who played
Jesus who are now playing Joseph.
Then there are singers like Lana English
who stared in Phantom of the Opera. Lanas
my girl, he says, adding the names of per-
formers nowworking in theUnitedKingdom
and Spain.
Theyre all my kids who Ive tried to help.
Theyre all an extension of me and the link
has never been broken.
Renee Osborne, who will be singing in his
Fathers Day show, adds a lot of people come
to Alvons door.
And he just opens more doors for them,
says Osborne.
Working with young people is something
that runs in the family. Alvons grandmoth-
er, a school teacher, was the well-respected
Christine Revell, after whom the Christine
Revell ChildrensHome inAthlone is named.
She was the one who inspired me to do
what Im doing, Alvon exclaims. She took
me to a concert at City Hall and I fell in love
with the stage, he recalls fondly. I thought:
I want to be here one day, and now I am.
After half a century on stage, Alvon says
hes been truly blessed to be able to keep do-
ing what he loves.
I love my life, he says proudly.
V Alvon will be presenting his Fathers Day concert
with ReneeOsborne, Shannon Lewis, Janine Pick, Far
ied Swartz and guest Sophia Foster at the Wood
bridge Primary School Hall in Milnerton on Sunday
(19 June) from 15:00 to 18:00, where guests can ex
pect an afternoonof humorous anecdotes andmusic.
Tickets for the show cost R100 and include tea, cof
fee, koeksisters and snacks. Call 021 5510969 tobook.
Hiphop history: Hemelbe
sem will be joined by Dutch
hiphop artists Skaffalau aka
Helberg and Marikit, Afrikaans
singer Gian Groen, SA Got
Talent winner James Bhemgee,
MC Yoma, Afrivisie winner
Herman Kleynhans, veteran hip
hop artist Linkris, ATKVs
Tannie Francis Brown, Boland
Godfather of hiphop Die
Hooflig and more when he
presents Allbasters at Artscape
Theatre on Wednesday 15
(19:30) and Thursday 16 June
(15:00). The show explores the
intersection of hiphop music
and culture while comparing
the shared history and
language of South Africa and
the Netherlands. Tickets are
available at Computicket.
PHOTO: JACO MARAIS
LOUISA STEYL
@lousteyl
Hes a community activist, an educator,
a father, a husband and a hip-hop artist.
Emile YX? or Emile Jansen as his
family knows him is no stranger to
Cape Town and South African hip-hop
fans. In fact, the Black Noise founding
member has been instrumental in grow-
ing the local hip-hop scene, but hismany
achievements will be introduced to an
international audience later this year
when Break like You, a documentary
about his work, will be screened at the
inaugural New York Hip-hop Film Festi-
val.
The documentary producers inter-
viewed various people and heard about
my story from someone and they just ap-
proached me about telling my story,
Emile explains of the short film
shot by Mehreen Afzal and Melissa
House as part of the BarefootWork-
shops last year.
Its a very honest story about be-
ing a community activist, father,
husband, artist and educator
through arts and culture and how
healing can happen through giving
of oneself.
The film comes off the back of a
busy period for Emile who recent-
ly won the SABC 3 breakfast show
EspressosMandelaMondayAward
along with a LeadSA Hero Award
in April.
Hes also just sent five dancers to
compete at Battle VNR in France
and wrapped up Positive Poster
Week, a campaign run through his
Heal the Hood project.
Emile started Heal the Hood as a
community organisation in 1998
with the aim to changeminds to change
action.
The organisations focus this year is
oneight schools and twocommunity cen-
tres on theCapeFlatswhere they inspire
young people to become artistically ac-
tive through songs, music videos and
book.
We are also focussing our energies on
changing the negative dialogue that
dominates the Cape Flats youth to a posi-
tive one of outcomes and action.
Emiles own artistic journey started
with break-dancing or a B-boy, before he
went on to try his hand at graffiti, beat-
boxing and rapping all elements of hip-
hop culture. Dancing is what first at-
tracted him to the culture and he says it
challenged his fear of people seeing him
in the middle of a circle.
Without knowing it, it was about me
finding me and showing myself to the
world.
As a man of few words, he says he
knew he had to do something about it.
This is a philosophy that hes carried
throughout his career and why he now
calls himself a reactionary activist.
We did not have a space, so we took
action and danced on the streets, he
says, adding: We took action to teach
each other ourselves, and thats activ-
ism.
When Emile and his crew found them-
selves with no events to perform at, they
created their own, before creating com-
petitionand then touring first national-
ly and then internationally. With no
how-to guide, they printed their own
CDs, DVDs and books and created their
own production to be able to make a liv-
ing from their art. It was the beginning
of what would become a vibrant South
African hip-hop culture.
We are proud to say that we played
a role in making that dream a reality for
many people today.Mymain reasonwas
always aboutmy creative desire tomake
new things, to manifest the word and
show youth that with determination and
perseverance anything is possible.
Emiles contributions to his communi-
ty have been highlighted most recently
through his Mandela Monday Hero
award and LeadSA award, but last year
he was also chosen as the face of the Mo-
shito Music Conference where he was
awarded for his contribution to hip-hop.
The year before he won an honorary
award at the South African Hip-hop
Awards.
His work is about more than awards
though. As a citizen, it is my duty to
take action on civic issues, the activist
explains.
For Emile, this means leading by ex-
ample and not just talking about
change, but taking action to make it re-
al.
The action taker will soon be heading
to America to see his son and wife who
are with her family in Ohio, before head-
ing to the New York hip-hop Film Festi-
val. Hell be back in Cape Town in mid-
August to host the Cape Flats Film Festi-
val before going into studio to work on
his ninth solo album. Also on his agenda
for the rest of the year are his first DVD
compilation made up of music videos
and a book about Black Noise and hip-
hop in Cape Town. Hes also considering
a doctorate in Education and Hip-hop
Pedagogy at an international university.
Emile will participate in a Q&A ses-
sion after the screening of