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Woman gang raped
13 A pril 2010
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souTh AfricA ’s o ldesT i ndependenT newspAper
Samwu strike rages on
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Death of a kudu
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Grocott’s Mail Tuesday, 20 April 2010
NEWS
School girl gang-raped only days before
Rhodes anti-sex crime week
PRUDENCE MINI AND ABONGILE MGAQELWA
J
ust before the start of Rhodes Anti Sex
Crimes Week yesterday, a 19-year-old woman was gang raped by six men in Fitchat
Street near Scotts Farm at around midnight on
Friday.
Police said the knife wielding men had initially confronted the woman and had tried to mug
her. But the victim recognised the man who had
raped her first and was able to tell the police. She
was admitted to hospital due to the injuries she
suffered during the attack.
One of the perpetrators was arrested over
the weekend. He briefly appeared at the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court yesterday.
One in Nine Campaign organiser and activist
Larissa Klazinga told Grocott's Mail that she re-
ceived a call on Sunday night from a family member of the rape survivor, whom Klazinga believes
is a Grade 12 learner at Mary Waters High School.
Klazinga was notified that a bail application hearing for the accused was scheduled for yesterday
afternoon so she organised a demonstration outside the Hight Court involving Rhodes staff and
students and Mary Waters learners to protest
that the accused be denied bail.
Yesterday marked the first day of Rhodes
Anti Sex Crimes Week which will include the
Sexual Violence = Silence protest. An estimated
1 000 people, including 220 men will participate, a
marked increase since the first protest of only 80
people in 1988. The protest was led by the One In
Nine Campaign which was established in 2006 to
show solidarity with the woman who had laid a
rape charge against Jacob Zuma.
Close to 600 silent participants, wearing
t-shirts with the slogan “Sexual Violence = Silence” will be gagged all day and will not eat or
drink anything.
Government statistics report that 55 000
women are raped in South Africa annually. Yet,
only 4% of reported rape cases are successfully
prosecuted. Klazinga says: “a Medical Research
Council study in 2005 indicated that only 1 in 9
women raped in South African reported their
rape to the SAPS, which means that nearly half a
million women are raped annually in our country.
These statistics are unacceptable and highlight
the serious need for reform of the institutional
framework for responding to women who speak
out and has been the motivating factor behind
these protests.”
There will also be an ongoing Gender Ac-
tion Project (GAP) exhibition in the Eden Grove
Building, as well as a keynote address presented
by Nomboniso Gasa, the former chair of South
Africa's Commission for Gender Equality. Gasa
has been a lifelong political activist and gender
research analyst.
She has tirelessly worked on human rights
for women and feminism in Africa since the age
of 14 when she was first detained after a student
protest in the Western Cape during the years
of apartheid. She is famously remembered for
her 21-day hunger strike that sought to draw
international attention to Zimbabwe's deteriorating humanitarian crisis and the detention of
political prisoners. On Thursday there will be a
discussion with Dr Rebecca Hodes, the founder
of the Students HIV/Aids Resistance Campaign
(Sharc) about healthcare and HIV.
News in brief
Murder in Joza
The police discovered a deceased
African man in Joza with stab
wounds last week Friday at 8pm.
It is unknown as to what led to
the death. Investigations continue
and no arrests have been made.
– PRUDENCE MINI
Theft of electrical cables
According to Colonel Syed Cassim
of the SAPS, five cases of electrical
cables theft have been reported.
The thefts occurred between last
week Tuesday and Thursday. Cassim stated that the thefts took
place in Hlalani, Joza and Extension 6. The SAPS would like to inform all community members to
please forward any information
regarding these cases as well as
information about any individuals
carrying electrical cables/wires
that may look suspicious as theft of
cables affects everyone in terms of
electricity cuts. – PM
Robbery at railway station
A victim was robbed of a cellphone
by two unknown males in the vicinity of the railway station. Colonel
Cassim of the SAPS said that one
of the suspects was armed with a
knife. “The public must be vigilant
when walking in that area as well
as in secluded areas,” Cassim advised. No arrests have been made.
– PM
MARCHING...
Municipality
workers start the
week off just as
they ended the
last: striking in the
streets of
Grahamstown for
an increase in their
wages. The Samwu
strike has again
left the streets and
pavements strewn
with rubbish.
Photo: Nikki Brand
Property owners object to valuation process
ABONGILE MGAQELWA
CLOSE to 200 property owners who objected to the value of their properties
contained in the First Supplementary Valuation Roll have to wait for 30 days
to hear the outcome of their objection.
Makana Municipality made the roll available to the public last month
for a period of 30 working days. The period for objections closed on Friday
last week.
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Aids Helpline:............ 0800 012322
AA Rescue: ................ 0800 111997
Medical Rescue: ........ 0800 033007
Grahamstown Child
and Family Welfare: .. 046 636 1355
Electricity: ................ 046 603 6036
a/h 046 603 6000
Eskom:...................... 086 003 7566
Fire Brigade: ............ 046 622 4444
Police: ...................... 046 603 9152
Hi-Tec........................ 046 636 1660
Raphael Centre: ........ 046 622 8831
SPCA: ........................ 046 622 3233
Traffic Services: .........046 603 6067
Cloudy with 30%
chance of rain. Wind
moderate north
westerly.
Temperature:
Min 6◦C, Max 24°C
Temperature:
Min 15°C, Max
19◦C
Temperature:
Min 11◦C, Max 23◦C
Tides:
Low tide 1.52am
and 2.31pm
High tide 8.24am
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Tides:
Tides:
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Hospice: .................... 046 622 9661
Settlers Hospital: ...... 046 622 2215
Day Hospital: ............. 046 622 3033
Fort England Hospital: 046 622 7003
Legal Aid Board: ....... 046 622 9350
Locksmith: ................ 082 556 9975
or 046 622 4592
Licencing:.................. 046 622 6087
Partly cloudy. Wind
moderate south
westerly.
Sunny. Wind
moderate northerly.
Low tide 3.50am and
4.26pm
High tide 10.10am
and 11.07pm
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Low tide 5.43am and
6.01pm
High tide 11.46am
The roll contained over over 9 000 properties, including sectional title
properties. The Supplementary Valuation Roll contained properties which
were ommited from the main valuation roll and those whose values were
changed by the municipal valuer.
According the the municipality's Chief Financial Officer, Jackson
Ngcelwane, the municipality will make a window period for property owners who could not submit their objections on time due to the South African
Municipal Workers strike. He said the objections will be considered by the
municipal valuator and that the next stage will be the appeals board.
The Valuation Appeal Board is appointed by the MEC for Local Government and its task is to consider all appeals by property owners who are not
satisfied with the outcome of their objections and to review the decisions of
the municipal valuer.
According to the Municipal Property Rates Act (MPRA) of 2004 the valuation board may order a person whose appeal is “in bad faith or frivolous to
compensate the municipality concerned in full or in part for costs incurred by
the municipality in connection with the appeal”.
Meanwhile the department of Co-operative Governance is holding public
hearings around the country regarding the amendment of the MPRA. The
amendment is a result of complaints from property owners regarding the
new system of property valuation.
Municipalities used physical valuations where data collectors were contracted to gather information about each ratable property, Geographic Information System and drive-bys.
The department is considering making the following amendments to the act:
• The poor excluded from paying property rates;
• Roads, railways, airport aprons and runways, breakwater and dams be
excluded
• Places of public worship and related residences to be exempt
• Determination of property categories that allows for regulation of rating by
the minister
• More details to enable MECs to monitor, support and, where necessary,
intervene in a municipality; and
• Clarity whether above surface improvements related to mining activities
should be valued as well as who should be liable for paying rates;
• Dealing with the quality of valuations.
The department will propose the amendment to Parliament after all public hearings have been concluded.
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News
AIRBORNE... A Samwu trasher flings plastic garbage bags into the street in front of City
Hall. Once again Church Square was treated as a garbage dump by Samwu members.
Photo: Stephen Penney
uNHINdEREd... Three
striking Samwu members
leave the offloading area
of a local business with
boxes collected from
the premises. Not only
were they completely
unabashed about being
photographed in the act,
but they proceeded to
hurl a string of obscenties such as "Fok off!"
and "voertsek!" at the
photographer. They then
used the refuse to continue trashing the streets
in full view of municipal traffic officials and
members of the SAPS
who were present at
the scene. A report was
made to Captain Gerrit
Swarts of the SAPS but
he refused to intervene
or to attempt to establish the identities of the
individuals because he
thought it might inflame
the situation.
Photo: Citizen Journalist
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A Samwu
striker
deliberately
throws bottles
(circled) into
the air to ensure that they
are smashed
to pieces
to cause
maximum
destruction.
Photo: Stephen
Penney
Samwu strike continues
despite new offer
Kwanele Butana
T
he strike by hundreds
of South African Municipal Workers Union
(Samwu) members is set to
continue despite a new offer
which was tabled in front of
the union on Friday.
Samwu chairman in
Makana, Wandisile Bikitsha
said on Friday that they are
still waiting for a directive
from the national leadership
which is engaged in negotiations with the South African
Local Government Association (Salga).
“As Makana we reject
Salga’s new offer, as far as we
can see they are playing,” he
explained, “the strike continues and on Monday we’ll pick
up from we left off today.”
He said that Salga has
signed a memorandum of understanding which promises
the union that low and middle-income employees will be
paid market-related salaries
backdated to January 2010
and will be remunerated on
a scale which was effective in
September 2009.
The workers are demanding that their salaries
be dated as far back as three
years ago and they want the
payment to be made according to the current scale.
He added that Salga has
agreed to remove lawyers
from disciplinary and grievance hearings. “They [Salga] offered to replace them
with government officials
from either the provincial
or national governments,
something which we welcome with reservations,” he
also said.
Makana
Municipal
Manager Ntombi Baart
announced this week that
they agreed with the union leadership that a Strike
Management
Committee
meeting will be convened
every day at 3pm.
The aim of the meetings
is to discuss how to manage
the strike and deal with any
issues arising from it.
Bikitsha said the workers disagree with the strike
management
committee
proposed by Makana Municipality arguing that they
do not want to meet with the
municipality daily as this
would weaken their position.
“At such meetings they
[municipal
management]
will tell us not to engage in
certain activities but such
activities are crucial to our
struggle,” he said.
He said the union only
agreed to meet with the management whenever a need
arises but that they rejected
the idea of a strike management committee.
“We [the union] already
have such a committee and
we don’t want a duplication,”
he added.
He also said the support
for the strike was growing
daily.
Some residents complained that there were
no services rendered in
the offices in City Hall
and the Local Economic
Development department
where they sought to obtain proof of residences.
“There are employees who
are at work but the offices
are locked and the security
guards tell you can’t enter
because there’s a strike
going on, yet the strikers
are not even around,” said
Sakhiwo Duruwe.
Some Samwu members
accused the police of provoking them, saying that
they prevented the strikers from entering the Raglan Road Clinic despite the
clinic being a municipal
building.
“Our permit allows us
to demonstrate in front of
municipal buildings but
a police officer told us we
can’t go inside the clinic,”
one striker said.
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Liberty and Progress
Established 1870
Was lord
Acton right?
U
S president George Washington,
renowned for his unflinching honesty, was apparently not as squeaky
clean as American historians would have
us believe.
The New York Society Library has discovered that the first president of the United
States borrowed two books in 1789 and did not
return them. The library says it will not pursue the $300 000 fine he now owes, but they
would like the books back.
When Washington took the books out he did
not even bother to sign them out properly, as
any good citizen would, he rather had his aide
scrawl the word “President” next to the title.
If someone universally accepted as the
benchmark for honesty cannot be trusted,
who then can we trust?
If the man who reputedly never told a lie
can allow the greatness of his office to influence his decision making, should we be surprised if other lesser mortals succumb to the
temptations of power?
No, we shouldn’t, and it would be unreasonable to expect even the ANC leadership to
resist the enticements of power – or so says the
party’s Secretary General Gwede Mantashe.
In an extraordinary statement delivered at Johannesburg City Hall on Friday,
Mantashe admitted what the opposition
parties have been saying all along – that
the ANC is corrupt. He said, “What we inherited actually corrupted us and therefore
we are actually managing a corrupt system
and a wrong value system.” He blames the
existing capitalist system that prizes individual acquisition and material wealth for
corrupting the ANC.
This admission could be good news, because often the most difficult part of correcting such a profound flaw is finding the
courage to identify it openly. Mantashe has
bravely admitted that the ANC leadership
is corrupt so now he can progress to finding
ways of eliminating that which has seriously
undermined the standing of this once great
organisation.
Perhaps Mantashe can restore the impeccable reputation that the ANC enjoyed
when Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
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Watch out for
marauding dogs
Some weeks ago a friend travelling up George
Street early one morning encountered two
husky dogs mauling an adult jack russell terrier. The small dog was in shock but otherwise
unharmed and she was able to extricate him
from the huskies. A couple of weeks back
my neighbour's very gentle and dear old cat
was mauled to death in their driveway in the
small hours of the morning. I found his lifeless
body when I went out a while later. And on
Hillsview Drive early on Easter Sunday morning I found the small lifeless body of a little
male miniature pinscher in the road, recently
killed. At first I thought he had been hit by
a car, no blood, but when I picked him up to
take him to his house (his people were away),
I found he was wet and slimey and it dawned
on me it was saliva. Not half an hour later I
saw two large silvery grey/white huskies in
very high spirits not far from the scene, and
a short while later they were headed back to
their home on George Street. I don't think I
am jumping to conclusions that these dogs are
guilty of these killings, and only wonder how
many others there are that I don't know about.
I want to warn residents in the broader
Fort England and Sunnyside areas to watch
over their small male dogs and their cats –
they are particularly active during the night
and small hours of the morning. In two ticks
these two powerful dogs can shake the life
out of your beloved pet, so please do what
you can to protect your own animals and if
you see these dogs are up to no good, try to
take a photograph so we can have evidence of
their actions. Their garden has a high fence,
but they climb it like a ladder and so far their
owners don't seem to be able to contain them
adequately. They have been seen as far afield
as the N2.
Lorna Grant
A sensitive heritage
area
A remark by the municipal spokesperson,
Thandy Matebese, as reported in Grocott's
Mail makes it abundantly clear that public
toilets are far more important than buildings and are therefore more important than
national heritage buildings. The fundamental
opinion of the ANC members of council is that
heritage sites are of little importance.
The municipality has had a least ten years
to deliberate upon a suitable site for public
toilets. The present decision for public toilets
at the junction of Bathurst and High Streets
could not be much worse. A more sensitive
site would be difficult to find.
The Anglo-Boer War memorial is within
metres of a national heritage site, the Commemoration Methodist Church. At the other
end of the proposed building is the Observatory Museum, itself another heritage site. And
next to the museum is the restored Frontier
Country Hotel. Indeed much of the immediate
area is of considerable historic value, not least
the Cathedral.
The site is not only sensitive for planning
reasons, but for traffic reasons also. How a
traffic officer could conclude that the proposed
bus shelter and toilets would not impinge on
traffic and pedestrian flow is beyond comprehension, unless it is only to be a temporary
structure as suggested by the architect.
Perhaps most importantly the underground toilets are an embryonic rape trap!
Grocott's ran a recent questionaire on the
toilets. Twenty of the 24 asked replied that
they would not use them mainly because of
the danger risks. These women perceived the
dangers but the municipality did not. Obviously public toilets are more important than the
safety of both the travelling public and female
residents of Grahamstown.
The one area where jobs can be created
is overseas tourism which will bring much
needed revenue. If the city's historical appeal
is lost by thoughtless planning ventures, tourism will dry up and goodby to the dollar flow!
I appreciate that the ANC in Grahamstown
has little understanding why overseas visitors should be attracted to the town's history
and unique buildings but if the ANC does not
accept this as fact, Grahamstown is in for a
gloomy future.
W Shackleton
A prison museum?
The letter by Mercia Waring, (What’s the
agenda?), and Brian Peltason, (Defending
the Old Gaol, Grocott’s Mail 16 April 2010),
refers. While Makana Tourism has no wish to
involve itself in the ongoing debate between
the Old Gaol and the South African Heritage
Resources Authority, (SAHRA), the issue
clearly has an impact on the state of tourism
in Makana. As Mr Peltason has shown, there
is a great need for budget accommodation
in Grahamstown. The backpacker market is
an important facet of the tourism trade, and
attracts many tourists, both young and young
at heart. If these tourists enjoy their stay,
they are excellent word of mouth ambassadors for the town.
What does concern Makana Tourism is
the effect the Old Gaol has on the Tourism
industry in Makana. Brian Peltason has
shown the numbers of international visitors
his establishment attracts to the area; he
does not mention the impact of his visitors
on the wider economy of Makana, which is
significant.
We are concerned that should the backpackers be forced to move to new premises,
this attraction will become a sterile structure
which it need not be.
We concur with Ms Waring’s concerns
about the proposal to covert the structure
into a training centre which will do nothing to
enhance the tourism industry in this area.
A previous correspondent mentioned the
prison museum in Inverary, Scotland, the
major attraction in that town. Apart from
Robben Island, there is no prison museum in
South Africa.
But the Robben Island Museum is only
dedicated to a specific era in our history. No
other town has a structure that can show
prison life through the ages the way it is
shown in Inverary.
We are thus very concerned that a structure that could have a major beneficial effect
will be lost. Another first for Grahamstown
(maybe): a prison museum?
Willem Makkink
Director of Makana Tourism
leave a lot to be desired. You really have no
consideration for other road users.
Do you even have a valid drivers
licence? The way you drive, surely doesn't
show you have one.
It is people like you who shouldn't be allowed to drive on our roads.
When is law enforcement going to do
something about these guys before it's too
late or more deaths occur?
If they carry on driving the way they
want there will be another incident that may
result in death.
Concerned Citizen
SMS
082 049 2146
So much for Cathy's praise
of a clean and tidy town. It
looks like the local tip out
there today. Talk about a 24
hour turn around!
KJK
>>>>>>>>>>
Such a pity that we have to
share our city with human pigs
and I have to contribute to
their wages! Much rather pay
SPCA.
From Very Sad
>>>>>>>>>>
Makana mayor must convene a
special council meeting to
discuss illegal and violent
conduct of municipal workers.
He should declare a 'city of
emergency' to protect ordinary
citizen's rights. Where is
the leadership? Show some
backbone, Mr Lwana.
>>>>>>>>>>
Can we please have the
addresses of the striking mob
of municipal workers so we can
spread rubbish all over their
streets and homes in peaceful
protest against their lack
of service delivery, common
decency, hygiene standards and
work ethic?
Concerned resident
Bad drivers will cost
lives
Will this ever stop, the carelessness and
recklessness, the inconsideration for other
road users, these army guys are doing what
they want and when they want. They have
already cost the community a great loss,
one death and they don't care. Will it ever be
safe to use Cradock Road and the army base
road through the golf course?
I was driving down Cradock Road at
about 7.45am on 16 April when I saw a
vehicle approaching me from the front. All
of a sudden from nowhere, as if he was a
drag racer, came a vehicle doing well over
120km/h in a 100km zone and overtook the
car approaching me.
This caused me to brake harshly and
swerve, almost leaving the road to avoid a
collision head on.
I know who you are – a fire fighter at the
military base. Mr Morena your driving skills
>>>>>>>>>>
Regarding littering- ask Lt.
Col. Botha, who in government
is authorised to unilaterally
change any law?
Mike.
>>>>>>>>>>
When u go past the bridge in
Raglan Rd next to the traffic
office. It is unhealthy, plz
clean it up nd put a sign for
people not to throw rubbish
there, what about the truck
collecting rubbish every week?
It is better for them to put
rubbish under their beds than
under the bridge.
Bonny Mtikrakra
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SPCA
responds to
donkey abuse
incident
I refer to the letter “SPCA
Ignores Donkey Abuse”
(Grocott’s Mail 13 April).
The call concerning the
donkeys was most certainly
not ignored. The SPCA’s
welfare assistant left the
soccer match he was playing
immediately upon receiving
the call.
The donkeys were indeed
extremely badly chafed
from incorrect harnessing
and needed to be brought
up to the SPCA. Maloli took
the owner of the donkeys
with him in his vehicle and
ordered the others to follow
them to the SPCA.
En route the two
youngsters ducked with the
donkeys through the veld. As
soon as he realised what had
happened he enlisted the aid
of the kennel manager and
searched for them together
with the owner of the donkeys.
In the meanwhile he had
convinced the donkey owner
of the need to have the
donkeys treated, rested and
their tack sorted out – which
obviously the SPCA would do
for him. The result was that
the donkeys were brought to
the SPCA where they are at
present.
The donkeys were able to
walk. Had there been a problem in this regard transport
would have been organised
through private persons who
do this for us regularly. While
we maintain the pound for
the municipality they are
bound to pick up these large
animals for us.
However, to try and get
the municipality to do this
after hours is, more often
than not, futile.
As far as contact details
were concerned Ms Deutchmann’s cellphone details
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ADVERT FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
FOR THE NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
SMME’s and entrepreneurs are invited to a meeting on 22 April
2010 at 14:00 in Council Chambers, 86 High Street, City Hall,
Makana Municipality at 16:00 to be briefed on the requirements to submit proposals for business opportunities during the
National Arts Festival. This is the first time that the National
Arts Festival, Rhodes University (Rhodes Investec Business
School and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development) and
the Makana Municipality are embarking on such a project for
emerging business.
For enquiries: Mr. Thembinkosi Sindane at 046 603 6124 or at
[email protected]
Ms. N.L. BAART
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
Notice No: 40/2010
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were recorded in the Incident Report log book which
is completed immediately
after any case.
As we have discussed
with her, the SPCA is most
certainly not “handsomely
paid” by the municipality
and as to the remark that
the “SPCA is a disgrace and
should be closed down” we
have extended the challenge
that she come and spend one
day at the SPCA before making such a statement.
I am very sorry that Ms
Deutschmann does not feel
that this case was handled to
her satisfaction and apologise that contact with the
SPCA has been so difficult as
the telephone cables to the
property were stolen.
Brenda Lisk,
SPCA Chairperson
(SPCA 0466223233
Emergency number
0790373466)
RAINING OR NOT...Samwu members did not let the rain dampen their spirits last Friday as
they took to the streets of Grahamstown singing and dancing and throwing rubbish around.
Photo: Stephen Penney.
We are all
transient
So there I was, sitting
on my stoep, sipping a cup
of tea, watching the goats
amble past the veggie
garden, looking longingly
through the rustic fence that
will, I hope, keep them from
finishing what Welcome, the
young bull, demolished the
day before. Ag, what can we
do? Supplement our veggie
production with the inevitable visit to the local supermarket. It’s not the end of
the world.
All this talk about saving
the planet, low mileage food,
sustainable energy, and
preserving our fauna and
flora has been bandied about
for years, and no one should
take it lightly. It’s true. We
are having an effect on the
planet.
A major one, we might
say, but one thing we must
remember: as much as we
need to be aware of our
surroundings, the dwindling
supply of fossil fuels, and
the importance of protecting our natural heritage, we
must also remember that the
world has been around for
billions of years.
We, the human race, are
like the fleas on a dogs back:
small and irritating.
We make Her itch. And
scratch. And shake Her
back. When she does, we
get earthquakes, floods and
tsunamis. She self medicates
with human diseases.
One day, we’ll cease to
exist, but Planet Earth will
still be here. Slowly, our
roads, houses, shopping
malls, schools and municipal
offices will crumble, degrade
and decompose.
Our oceans will cleanse
themselves of the filth and
the plastic and the oil-spills
we have poured in over the
centuries.
The planet is going to be
fine, it is us who are doomed!
Johnny Awe
TRASHING TRASH... A disgruntled member of the public spraypainted the Technical and
Infrastructural Services Directory offices with the words “SAMWU IS TRASH”. Seen here
are members of Samwu during the strike last week. Photo Stephen Penney
The philosophy of striking
Marisa
Lourenço
T
he current Samwu strike
has seen bins overturned
and litter strewn across
the streets.
I have heard several times
how pointless it is for the
strikers to do this, because
when they (inevitably) return
to work, they will be the ones
cleaning up the mess. Why
would they create more work
for themselves?
Calling
their
action
pointless fails to recognise
it as a bold politically-loaded statement.
It reveals a failure to understand the relationship between
the power-holders in society
and those they deem to be in
an inferior position to them.
While the middle class may
regard itself as superior to the
working class, it depends on
the latter for its members’ position in society – and its very
survival.
In The Phenomenology
of Spirit, German philosopher
Georg Hegel pointed out that
the dominance of the master
over the slave is a façade. While
the master feels free, he is actually dependent on slaves.
The slave-holding class relies on slavery for the materials
that provide its wealth and indulgences. According to Hegel,
this class is unable to facilitate
historical change without wiping itself out.
It is evident, then, that the
link between master and slave
is not so wide that the master
is able to view himself as better
than the slave.
I use this dialectic not because I believe that municipal
workers are treated as horrifically as slaves were, but to
demonstrate the power relations between two seemingly
separate positions in society
and the power-holders’ dependency on workers.
While some philosophers
may argue that to appropriate Hegel’s dialectic into class
struggle is to trivialise real slavery, it is useful to draw parallels to understand the power
relations at play in our society.
The case of the Samwu strikers’ action is relevant because
it makes clear the vulnerability of the power-holders when
they can no longer depend on
others for something taken for
granted – the city being clean.
I do, however, disagree
with Hegel’s assertion that the
slave was responsible for his
lack of political and economic
freedom through the slave’s
choice of survival rather than
risking his life for liberty. It is
true that the powerless in society can only become and remain free if they believe that
they are free.
However, a Marxist understanding of such admission
to a repressive system shows
that oppressive political and
economic systems can create
and perpetuate thoughts of
inferiority.
Anger at the strikers’ action
may well be the recognition of a
challenge to positions of power
in society.
Suddenly the power-holders do not know what to do,
or how to act, because they
always act in relation to an
‘other’. When that ‘other’ acts
differently, power-holders feel
uncomfortable.
I do not support the violence that has occurred during
the strike, nor do I wish to see
litter spread across the streets.
I hope only that members of society understand the action of
the strikers.
Regarding it as ‘pointless’
reveals a lack of understanding
of the power relations in society that have been in place for
centuries.
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Dumas – doyenne of the art world
HaRleen SeHmi
K
nown for her profound representations
of feminism and other social issues
such as race, sexuality, violence and
beauty, Marlene Dumas has broken barriers
of every kind using her thought-provoking and
insightful art.
“I didn’t know I would be able to live off my
art,” Dumas admitted. until 2006, Dumas held
the record for the highest bid made for an artwork created by a woman.
She was paid $3.34 million for her painting
The Teacher; her status elevated appreciably
and she became the world’s most sought after
living female artist.
Dumas was honoured by Rhodes university recently at graduation by awarding her
with an honorary Doctorate for her significant
contribution to the art industry.
The honorary Doctorate will be an addition to several other awards and merits she
has received throughout her colourful career.
As she is based in Amsterdam, she felt the
Remembering a life
Laea Medley
While driving back to Grahamstown on Saturday for the second term, i murdered a kudu.
My father and i had left from
Pretoria at 5am that morning,
so by the time we left Cradock
for the last two hour stretch into
town, we were not prepared for
an encounter with this majestic
animal.
We drove along the deserted
R350, waiting for the first
glimpse of Grahamstown lights,
thinking of nothing else but
sleep. Two male kudu then ran
out of the thick bush and into
the road.
The image was surreal. We
weren’t expecting to see them
just a few metres away from
my little grey hyundai. i braked
hard. The first kudu barely escaped the speeding mass of
metal, but it was too late for
the second.
his leg snapped against
the right-hand headlight, his
head banged against the bon-
net, and his entire mass flipped
over the car, knocking into the
metal and then hitting the tar
road behind us.
My father’s first reaction was
to pull over and assess the damage to the car. My first reaction
was to assess the condition of
the animal we had just catapulted into the air at great speed.
But in the middle of a deserted highway at dusk, getting
out of the car to do either was
not optimal. We continued into
town.
A spokesperson for the
Cacadu district traffic department estimated that between
need to use her art to help develop art in her
native South Africa by establishing the Iziko
National Gallery. “Since I’m not in South Africa
most of the time, I thought I should I give back
in some way,” she explained. The gallery supports and promotes young South African artists and is based in cape Town where Dumas
was born in 1953.
After she obtained her BA in Visual Arts
from the university of cape Town (ucT), she
attended the prestigious de Atelier institute in
Amsterdam in 1976. She whispers jokingly, “I
was so disappointed and unhappy in my first
year. ucT was much better!”
Dumas remained disillusioned and struggled to adjust to Dutch culture, until she realised that she had to make her stay in Europe
worth its while.
Marvelling at the unpredictable nature of
life, she laughs, “I was never supposed to live
there!”
This change of heart was the combined result of a hard-wearing positive attitude and an
awareness that she still had a lot to gain from
four and five kudu are killed every month by vehicles, especially
during the hunting and mating
seasons. Grahamstown panel
beaters Albany Auto Services
have received up to four vehicles at a time which have been
damaged by colliding into these
large buck. They assured me
however that if the kudu jumped
over the car, there would not be
much damage.
ian Stewart, general manager of Bucklands Private
Game Reserve, says that they
have about one kudu death per
month.
he also advises motorists
to attend to their own safety
first, and then inform the farmer
whose land they are on in the
event of collision.
The statistics are out there
for the purpose of traffic statistics and motoring safety.
We have forgotten about the
living creatures who stands very
little chance of surviving the
brutal impact of a man-made
machine moving at 120 kilometres per hour.
if it doesn’t die immediately,
it will most likely experience the
kind of death we all fear ourselves: slow, painful, and lonely.
its legs will most likely be
Think, breathe and be immersed in the arts
Staff RepoRteR
Much excitement and anticipation abounds with just a few
days to go until the 2010 Eastern cape Schools’ Festival
that forms part of the National
Schools Festival Series.
Organised by the Grahamstown Foundation’s Arts
Education Projects, over 400
delegates will be treated to
two days of unforgettable entertainment and arts-based
workshops and lectures at
the 1820 Settlers Monument,
home of the Grahamstown
Foundation on 21 and 22 April.
This year the festival has
much to offer in the line of comedy, dance, music and drama.
highlights of the four productions on offer include: Hats,
presented by Boschwacked
Productions, produced and directed by Pieter Boch Botha,
featuring Richard Antrobus
and Tristan Jacobs; So Loop
‘n Volstruis, presented by the
much admired First Physical Theatre company; Hush,
presented by ubom! Eastern
cape Drama company; as
well as The Butcher Brothers,
presented by the Dark Laugh
Theatre company, directed by
Daniel Buckland and featuring Jaques de Silva and Mongi
Mthombeni.
ubom! Eastern cape
Drama company will join the
schools festival this year, conducting various stimulating
workshops as well as their
production, Hush, which is a
satirical, honest, funny and
hard-hitting production that
takes a raw look at South African reality. Athambile Masola
will be presenting the keynote
address at the official opening. Masola is in her first year
of Masters in Education at
Rhodes university and has
been involved in educational
initiatives in Grahamstown
since her first year in 2006
with the Student Volunteer
Programme and as a member
of the Student Representative council in 2008/9. her
interests span across education and children’s literacy,
philosophy and writing in local newspapers to encourage
conversation about critical
issues.
With a choice of two mindstretching lectures, delegates
will be able to uncover their
potential. choices will include:
“ubuntu” and the Next Generation, presented by Masola.
This lecture will delve into
ubuntu and the role it plays in
a modern world and to what
extent young people are living out this African value, as
well as “Some Notes on how
to Read a Dance”, presented
by Nicola Elliot. This lecture
offers some suggestions on
how the keen observer can
go about interpreting a dance
performance with the use of
filmed recordings of various
local and international dance
productions.
But exciting performances and stimulating lectures
are not the end of delegates’
exposure to the arts at this
festival. Delegates are also
able to have a hands-on interactive learning experience
through various workshops
that the artists themselves
will be hosting. They will have
the chance to develop and
explore their creative potential practically, with the aim
of learning how to use the
arts to communicate and empower themselves. With generous sponsorship from The
National Lottery Distribution
Fund, this year’s Eastern
cape Schools Festival looks
set to be an enriching experience for all; a chance for everyone to think, breathe and be
creativity.
contact Benita Rama on
046 603 1122 or email: benita.
[email protected] for
more information.
TWISTED TALES... Dark
Laugh Theatre Company
returns with a tale of twisted
contradictions. Starring
Jaques de Silva (Ubom!’s
The Swimming Lesson) and
Mongi Mthombeni (Fuse) and
directed by Daniel
Buckland, The Butcher
Brothers will be one of four
professional productions
learners will be able to enjoy
at the 2010 Eastern Cape
Schools Festival at the1820
Settlers Monument on 21
and 22 April. Photo: Supplied
Amsterdam. She remembers writing long, detailed letters to her mother complaining bitterly about the weather, something she never
took notice of before.
Dumas’s moods and feelings invariably
change the outcome of her art and she acknowledges the therapeutic nature of art. She
pensively elaborates, “Sometimes painting my
fears helps me turn them from something negative to something more positive.”
her reputation for constantly evolving the
themes in her work has generated some misinterpretations by critics, which yields some
unfavourable results.
She therefore prefers to write for her art
herself as she gets to be the voice of her own
painting.
Dumas continues to show us that art is
rich with different possibilities. her extensive
use of film stills and newspaper images had
contributed significantly to the aesthetic value
of her work and she continues to create new
dimensions in the global art world and break
more world records.
paralysed, meaning it will lie on
the tar road where you left it, air
moving rapidly in and out of its
lungs, its heart pumping blood
through its damaged body for
a few last moments, blinking a
few more times until its eyes are
exposed inevitably to the dusty
wind.
it has been four days, and i
can still see the animal’s frightened eyes staring at its mechanical predator.
My car needed repairs, and
the game reserve will salvage
the meat, but nothing can be
done to bring back the stolen
life of that kudu.
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Facebookers long for Old South Africa
Annetjie
van Wynegaard
I
was minding my own business
in cyberspace when Facebook
suggested I become a fan of
Die ou Suid-Afrika.
Facebook figured I’d be interested in joining the group, which
is a fanpage for the previous regime and currently boasts 47 244
members.
Its profile picture is the old
flag, that oranje, blanje, blou creation, and its message boards deliberate a mysterious “plan op die
tafel”, the purpose of which is difficult to ascertain.
Many of my high school friends
are members of the group, so by
association I’m a likely candidate
to recruit – given my white, Afrikaans, Dutch Reformed Church
background.
But what Facebook neglected to consider is that I’m also a
21-year-old open minded individual
who believes in progress
and equal opportunities
for all people, irrespective
of their race, gender or social status.
I do not adhere to
the biological school of
thought, which holds that one’s intelligence is somehow determined
by the colour of one’s skin or the
texture of one’s hair.
Dr Irma du Plessis, a sociologist at Witwatersrand University,
told Beeld recently that the Facebook group is sprung from nostalgia and melancholy.
She says it is common in a
country in a process of change for
the youth to long for an idealised
past. A recent survey on Beeld.
com indicates 56% of the respondents (6 178 out of 11 000 respondents), would consider living in an
Afrikaner homeland or a volkstaat.
As a media practitioner I fight for
freedom of speech for everyone.
Freedom of speech encourages
open and fair debate, which is why
I can say that this fanpage is misguided.
ORANJE, BLANJE BLOU... Members of the social networking site, Facebook have expressed their longing for the old South Africa.
Photo: Supplied
The old South Africa was not
that great. It was damn awful.
And before you accuse me of being a liberalist donning rose tinted
spectacles consider this: would
the previous regime have allowed
anyone to create a group expressing their opposition to the reigning
officials?
No, in the old South Africa you
were thrown from buildings and
murdered in prison if you openly
opposed the policy of segregation.
Separate development is not the
answer to South Africa’s problems.
Building a volkstaat, the whole
notion of a volk, underscores the
misguided concept of cultural su-
periority. You think that if you move
away from black people your problems will somehow miraculously
disappear? Do you really think you
are so much better, that God has
chosen you as his only worthy volk
and that it is on His instructions
that you must separate yourselves
from those who, by your logic, are
not ‘chosen’?
I do not have to recount the
atrocities of the past; the facts of
oppression speak for themselves.
South Africa as we know it now is
not perfect, but to yearn for a system that allowed people to commit
human rights crimes, that encouraged discrimination, is criminal.
We need to identify problematic thinking in all spheres of society, and although I defend anyone’s rights to an opinion, I can
condemn both Julius Malema and
Steve Hofmeyer’s idiotic utterances without being either racist
or liberalist.
Extremist views may cause a
stir, but they don’t contribute to
constructive progress for the benefit of all members of society.
Up in the tower
ANNETJIE VAN WYNEGAARD
MOSES Lamani, like the
Bathurst Street camera obscura, is one of a kind. Moses
has been an employee at the
Grahamstown Albany Museum
for 23 years. For most of this
time he has been operating
the Victorian camera obscura
– the only one of its kind in the
southern hemisphere – at the
Observatory Museum.
Moses is an historian,
teacher and profound philosopher with a keen ear for
language – he speaks Xhosa,
English and Afrikaans. He is
soft-spoken and his warm and
pensive eyes hold my attention. When he speaks he frowns
slightly, every word is deliberate and patient, even when I
don’t understand at first.
Moses was born and
raised in Tantyi in 1956. He
went to Nathaniel Nyaluza
High School until Grade 10 and
finished Grade 11 and 12 in the
Ciskei. His love of history and
culture flourished when he
started working for museums
in Grahamstown in 1984.
“The thing I like about
working here is the history,
because it is a place of education. My first year here was
very interesting to me. I love
the museums and the history.” His ardent interest in
culture, “culture of everybody,
irrespective of colour” is embedded in this passion.
“We are all human beings,
be patient with everybody. We
are one, we are the same.”
Moses speaks animatedly
about how much he enjoys interacting with different kinds
of people. “I can learn the language they speak, they also
ask from us how to greet, how
to say ‘how are you?’”
His eyes light up as he recalls how he speaks Afrikaans
to Dutch visitors. He has
also learnt to say “Zwakala
Nganeno” (come along) from
his Zulu visitors.
IF IT FEETS... The artistic Thembinkosi Mnyikiso, also known as Ras I Free, from Port
Elizabeth has come to Grahamstown to sell his leatherware and share his skills with Grahamstonians. Photo: Andile Nayika
ON TOP OF THE WORLD... Moses Lamani shares his view of
the world with visitors to the Observatory Museum. Lamani
operates the camera obscura, that allows one to see a 360°
view of the surroundings. Photo: Simone Landers
It’s time to see the city, and
we walk up the spiral staircase
to the camera obscura. Moses
closes the door so all the light
is shut out of the tiny room.
He invites us to stand
next to him facing the round
concave table and pulls the
strong ropes which rotate the
reflective mirror and double
convex lenses on the roof. He
points towards the various
images on the table with his
stick, and I search for familiar
places like my residence and
Grocott’s Mail.
His knowledge of the town
and both its past and current
history is astounding. As we
walk around the table I’m baffled by the ease with which he
shows us buildings and monuments of Settler, Dutch and
amaXhosa history.
His favourite place is
Bathurst Street with the old
Odeon cinema (now a shop)
because he loves to see the
activity of cars driving and
people walking about.
Moses’ philosophy is entrenched in respect for human dignity. “I’m a human
being, living in the world
now. I can’t run away from
your culture, you can’t run
away from my culture. Hoe
kan ons maak?”
RAS I Free arrived from Motherwell early this year to set up a stall near Drostdy Arch, where he
displays his work daily.
While displaying some his work at Wezandla Art Gallery in Port Elizabeth, he was chosen to
complete a course in leatherwork along with a few other students from Port Elizabeth and Cape
Town. The training was conducted by the Bircham International University in England and was
presented by the South African Leather Academy.
Combining beads, buttons, and other material, Manyekiso designs bags, purses, pouches and
bangles. The most prominent are the eye-catching leather shoes that provide comfort and protection but also the authentic style of a local designer. Customers will not find these in any shopping
outlet. Mnyikiso wishes to work with any people interested in leatherwork, handcraft in general or
even beginners. Local organisations and institutions are also alerted of this rare talent and business opportunity.
You can find Mnyikiso at the arch or you can call him on 073 422 1205.
D ENNIS
W ICKS
S PORTS
119 High Street
Grahamstown 6139
Tel: (046) 622 3275 • Fax: (046) 636 7828
Don’t miss this CLEARANCE
SALE
EVERYTHING MUST GO!!
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Grahamstown’s principals stand by their matrics
What are the high schools in Grahamstown doing to avert a disaster similar to last year's dismal matric results?
In 2009 several township schools garnered worse matric results than in previous years. The reasons given for this varied
considerably, but rather than dwelling on the past, we are more interested in finding what is being done to improve this
year's results. Grocott's Mail citizen journalist, Andile Nayika, visited most of the local high schools in Grahamstown to
find out about the prospects for the class of 2010.
St Andrew’s College
St Andrew’s College was delighted with its improved matric
results in 2009 compared with
its performance in 2008.
the college’s main challenge is to get through a very
full syllabus, but through careful planning in every subject, it
ensures that the boys are fully
prepared.
the support programmes
that have been running for
several years are still continuing. Among other initiatives, St
Andrew’s runs Maths and Science support classes throughout the year.
Closer to the final examinations it runs Maths Camps
on weekends and an Extra Academic time (Eat) programme
which runs on Friday evenings
for three hours for boys who
would benefit from emotional
and academic support in order to build their confidence
and skills in all subjects.
Generally it is not in the
nature of boys to multi-task
so the staff ensures that they
work consistently by regular
testing and demanding full engagement in every lesson.
“I believe that St Andrew’s
College boys have an inate desire to achieve academically
as they know that access to
higher education is very competitive and they need to get
the best results possible in
order to get into their desired
university courses,” says Deputy Headmaster Aidan Smith.
Deputy headmaster Aidan Smith
Nearly half of all the results
were above 70% in 2009, while
around one in three boys (35%)
got 80% or more for Maths.
“Fundamentally, it depends on
the quality of the teacher in the
classroom.
A successful school depends on committed, caring
and qualified staff members,”
says Smith.
Many of the College’s
staff members serve on National Subject Forums of the
Independent Educators board,
which means that they are at
the cutting edge of good teach-
ing practice. “It is not enough
to simply focus on the intellect.
Although it takes effort to balance the extra-mural and community engagement activities
of the boys with the academic
side of school, we see these as
complementary and supportive
of each other, rather than in
competition” says Smith.
A word of advice from the
Deputy Headmaster: “Express
your appreciation and gratitude
to your teachers every day,
work consistently and enjoy
every minute of this wonderful
phase of your life.”
Nombulelo Secondary School
NoMbulElo
Secondary
School has a less matriculants
this year compared to previous
years. the school now comprises 128 matric students divided
into three classes, as opposed
to the between 180 and 200
students of 2009.
this means that students
will get more individual attention than other years, says principal Mthuthuzeli Koliti. last
year there was a decline in the
pass rates of students, especially matriculants.
that is why this year Nombulelo has planned to tackle
and complete the syllabus as
early as possible so that students get enough time for revision before the prelims and
final examinations, he said.
“Preferably, we would like
to have been finished with at
least 95% of the syllabus by
June, as the third and fourth
quarters are for examinations,”
he said.
Even though the Department of Education has granted previous matriculants the
chance to improve their results
Mthuthuzeli Koliti
in 2010, the school has not ex- show immense interest in learnperienced such registrations ing compared to other years,”
as yet. the present matric stu- Koliti said.
the school has a special
dents have been under strict
and effective subject-choice programme of morning and
guidance since they entered afternoon classes, which has
proven to be very effective, he
Grade 10.
“the students are keen and added.
Benjamin Mahlasela Secondary School
bENJAMIN Mahlasela Secondary School has the lowest
number of matrics out of all
the Grahamstown’s schools.
Last year, the Extension
7-based school only accommodated seven matriculants,
while this year they have eight.
the overall number of
learners has dropped from 155
in 2009 to 75 at present, giving staff the ability to offer attention to each individual. the
school plans to maintain its
2009 success of obtaining an
100% pass rate.
the school staff evaluates
the situation of each student,
taking domestic influences
into account. the school works
closely with parents to monitor
the development and discipline
of the students as both the
school and home environment
play important roles in the upbringing of a teenager.
Students, teachers and
parents all show great commitment to learning and teaching
in the school. Daily checks on
current work are conducted
and incompetent and frequently absent learners are treated
on a personal level until the
root of the problem is solved.
oNE of the local schools that
experienced a decline in matric results in 2009 matric
was Ntsika Senior Secondary
School. last year’s matric results dropped by 9.2% from
2008’s 45.3% to a 36.1%
matric pass rate.
Principal Nompumelelo
Jack says “We had experienced a great decline in our
2009 matric results and the
reason for that is due to the
quality of students we had last
year”.
However, she says that
the majority of the 2010 matriculants are already showing
great interest in learning. A
huge emphasis is put on extra classes, which run an hour
before normal classes com-
mence as well as afternoon
classes for certain subjects.
the plan for the red and
black school uniform in 2010
is to improve its matric performance, so it does not replicate last year’s upset.
the school knows the importance of education and
continues to act as a pillar of
the nation through education,
as the motto: “Imfundo yintsika yesizwe.”
A word of advice from Jack
is: “Focus on your school work,
sacrifice time to give attention
to your work and work hard for
your success because nothing
comes easily.”
Hoërskool PJ Olivier
Sandile Dude
Extra classes are conducted,
with the assistance of volunteer
students from Rhodes university. Due to the imbalance of this
year’s school terms, the school
has requested extra classes during holidays.
principal, Sandile Dude: “Matriculants, concentrate on your
school work and sacrifice all outside influences because 2010
will determine what you have
been working for all these years.”
Graeme College
WHIlE many schools underperformed last year, Graeme
College was only 1% away from
obtaining a 100% matric pass
rate.
the
all-boys
college
reached 99% in their overall
2009 matric results, down
from 2008’s 100% pass rate.
“the boys not only enjoy
the studying but the entire
culture that makes the college
what it is today,” says Graeme
headmaster Peter Reed. He
added that the staff at Graeme are committed to ensuring
and encouraging a culture of
success at the school.
Strict and careful timeplanning of the 2010 matric
year will prove to be essential this year, as the Fifa Soccer World Cup will shuffle the
school terms around. learners
will need to cover all the work
on time before their preliminary examinations.
Extra-mural activities have
a close relationship with the
college’s academics. “Graeme
College is very excited and passionate about education and
our academics and extramural
activities add a great deal to
our wide success,” said Reed.
According to Reed, nothing has changed in their
educational strategy and
the 2010 matrics are fol-
Ntsika Senior Secondary School
IN the last ten years, under
the leadership of Piet Snyders,
Hoërskool PJ olivier’s matric
(and overall performance) has
never failed to reach expectations. the school has managed
to maintain a 100% pass rate
for almost ten years despite
last year’s dismal Eastern Cape
results.
the hard work, seriousness,
professionalism of both teachers and students conducted by
strict rules, proves that there
is no special ingredient for this
successful dish. Great emphasis is put on all levels of learning, from the first grade until
matric, as the school believes in
the development of its students
from an early stage. therefore
regular assessments and follow
ups are thoroughly performed
on both teaching and learning.
As an Afrikaans medium
school students are taught and
encouraged to be multi-lingual,
which gives them an advantage
in the studying and working environments. this also means
that students get an easy understanding information, as
Peter Reed
lowing in the footsteps of old
Graemians.
He said that the fact that
Graeme is an all-boys school
gives its learners a kind of freedom that is different to co-ed
schools.
“I wish all 2010 matriculants well as they prepare for
the final stage of their schooling life. Feed off your enthusiasm and show passion in your
work and you shall find success,” he says.
VICtoRIA Girls’ High School did
not fail to uphold its long standing 100% matric pass rate as the
girls performed exceptionally well
last year and maintained excellent results.
Holding a successful record
of a 100% pass rate in almost a
decade and being a top academic school, VHGS continues to approach its teaching and learning
with cultural methods that have
been part of the school for years.
“We offer 22 hours per week
of free extra academic support,
while we dedicate hundreds of
hours per week to cultural and
sporting activities,” says principal
Madeleine Schoeman.
As much as the school is
highly acknowledged for its academic achievements, Schoeman
says one should “bear in mind
that success should not only be
measured in terms of a high pass
rate. our staff members do not
count hours. they give of their
very best for every child.”
Schoeman adds: “the girls
are taught the roles of leadership and self conduct, so there
is a great atmosphere of learning
and teaching.” VGHS has innovative teaching methods that allow
freedom and enjoyment to the
Madeleine Schoeman
now generation.
Among other contributing
factors to this excellence is the
Parents Forum which promotes
a positive relationship between
parents, teachers and its learners at all times.
“We do not only focus on
Grade 12s but on the rest of
the school at all levels, as one
level influences the next.” In
that way 2010 seems to be yet
another year for great results
from the victorious girls.
the principal’s advice?
“to be a reminder that there
is hope, be a messenger of joy
and be encouraging.
be a learner and a teacher.
Everything you do or say or become is the result of a choice
you made.”
Kingswood College
Piet Snyders
most of them are first language
Afrikaans speakers.
PJ olivier has produced a
number of successful students
that are now driving the working
force. A word of advice from the
principal to all matriculants is:
“Don’t be satisfied with what you
achieve today; better it tomorrow
until you reach perfection.”
TEM Mrwetyana Secondary School
AFtER tEM Mrwetyana Secondary School’s drop in 2009
results, it came as a shock
to realise that they may have
taken things too lightly. Results
dropped from a remarkable
77% in 2008 to a 46% matric
pass rate.
the District Department
of Education has put no pressure on the school as it knows
its capabilities judging from the
success of 2008.
the school is presently going through a curriculum improvement plan that aims to
monitor the expected behavior
of both students and teachers
from the school.
this is so that both parties
play their roles equally within
the school. the teachers – just
like the students – are expected to perform at their best in
each and every aspect of their
teaching.
the small aspects of both
learning and teaching become
a big influence at the end of the
day and these will be focused
Victoria Girls’ High School
Lindelo Ramokolo
tion’s theme: “2010, a year with
on crucially this year.
the school is presently im- a difference.”
plementing methods to constantly monitor and evaluate the tEM Mrwetyana principal: “Stay
student’s progress throughout focused in your matric year bethe year. 2010 is the year that cause it is the most important
tEM Mrwetyana will enhance grade of your schooling life.
its teaching and learning. the Students should make sure that
school wishes to actively bring they pass matric because this
about change, according to the stage will determine the direcdistrict Department of Educa- tion in their lives.”
bEING an independent school,
Kingswood College is highly
privileged in many aspects of
learning compared to most Grahamstown schools.
With strong staff support,
Kingswood students have never
failed at excelling in their school
work.
In 2009 the college
achieved its 100% pass rate
target, with a number of top individual achievements.
Since it was founded 116
years ago, this Methodist Foundation College has enjoyed
huge success in attracting students from throughout Africa
and abroad, and provides scholarship support to needy pupils.
this ongoing success is through
the college’s well-qualified staff,
good leadership and striving for
excellence on all levels.
Vice Principal, Des Pyle
says: “The rich extra-mural activities and outside support we
offer are a great influence to the
students’ success, as they help
the students to maintain their
focus and health.
“the College, however is
not separating itself from the
rest of the community as it is involved in a number of outreach
programmes with different local
organisations.”
A word of advice from Dr
Pyle: “It is important not to
doubt your ability, it is possible to unlock that talent within
you.”
Help at hand for high
school learners
tHE Rhodes university Students Representative
Council (SRC) has started a tutoring programme
at various high schools in Grahamstown. the
programme focuses on Maths, Maths literacy,
Physical Science, Accounting, Economics and
English.
Pioneered by a former SRC vice-president,
Xolani Nyali, in response to the appalling matric results in December 2006, the programme is
modelled on the tutoring programme used at the
university.
Run in collaboration with the umsobomvu
Youth Fund and National Youth Commission, the
programme is available to learners from Mary
Waters, Kutliso Daniels, Ntsika, Nombulelo, tEM
Mrwetyana and Nathaniel Nyaluza high schools.
there are currently two tutoring centres – at
tEM Mrwetyana and Mary Waters High – with a
third potentially on the way. the classes will take
place in these tutoring centres, and will consist
of 15 to 18 learners per class.
tutors will be undergoing training from the
Rhodes Faculty of Education, although Nyali
stresses that “tutors are not educators, they
merely serve to strengthen classroom learning
by offering that extra academic counselling.
they are trained in content and in class
preparation strategies so as to really complement the work of the educator.” tutors will work
closely with educators, school principals, the
Department of basic Education and the Rhodes
university Community Engagement programme
in order to give learners the amount of academic
support they need.
Any student who is interested in volunteering
as a tutor can contact Nyali on [email protected], or Vuyani Zondani at v.zondani@
ru.ac.za.
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Dora the Explorer,
11.30am Talk SA, 12pm
Motswako, 12.30pm
Dr. Phil, 1.30pm Days,
2.15pm Judge Mathis, 4pm Hectic Nine - 9,
6.30pm 7de Laan, 7.30pm
Sterkskemer, 8.30pm
News, 9pm Muvhango,
10pm Jam Sandwich.
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SABC 3
8am African Language
News, 9am Rhythm City,
12.30pm Judge Judy,
1pm News Day, 1.30pm
WWE Superstars, 2.30pm
Microscopie Milton, 3.30pm
Frenzy, 4.40pm Backstage,
5.10pm Young And Restless, 6.30pm Rhythm City,
7.30pm Scandal!, 8pm
WWE Afterburn, 9pm Champions League.
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8am AM Shopping,
10.30am Generations,
1.30pm Africa News Update,
3pm All My Children,
3.50pm 3 Talk With Noeleen, 5.35pm The Oprah
Winfrey Show, 6.30pm
Isidingo, 7pm News, 7.30pm
The Big Bang Theory, 8pm
Solving It, 8.31pm Special
Assignment, 11.15pm
English Soccer.
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7.30am YOTV Land,
12pm Judge Joe Brown,
1pm Shift, 2pm Matric
Uploaded, 3.30 Casper,
4.30pm Invisible Man,
5.30pm News, 6pm Bold
And The Beautiful, 6.30pm
Countdown 2010, 7pm Ba
Kae, 7.30pm News, 8pm
Generations, 8.30pm Society, 9pm Human Rights,
10pm Hopeville.
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her!
It’s enticing. It’s funny. It’s title describes this film about
love, marriage and relationships well: It’s complicated.
It’s Complicated was written and directed by Nancy Meyers who also directed The Holiday, What Women Want and
Something’s Gotta Give.
It was nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association award for Best Comedy Film and won the National Board
of Review Awards in the category of Best Cast which was received by Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep and Steve Martin.
Bridge results
6 time Academy Award winner including Best Picture and Best
Director Kathryn Bigelow. Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of
cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite army bomb squad unit
must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy
and every object could be a deadly bomb.
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AGENTS
Jane as the notorious “other woman”
to Jake’s new, younger wife, Agness,
played by Lake Bell. She knows the
affair is wrong, and although Jane
and her friends laugh over the irony
of it, Jane and Jake enjoy their time
together.
But when actor Steve Martin enters the scene as Adam, the architect hired to remodel Jane’s kitchen,
another vertex is added to the love
triangle.
Trying to get over his own divorce,
Adam becomes attracted to Jane and
they go on a date. Jake now has two
obstacles to overcome if he wants to
reunite with Jane: his ovulating wife
and an older single man looking for a
soul-mate.
But the real question is whether
Jane wishes to continue her love for
Jake. The double-headed polygon
rears its vertices in many awkward
and nerve-jerking situations that
maintain the audience’s suspense as
to who will triumph in the love-lock
and questions whether past love can
be rekindled. Especially when Jane
is talking to Adam over webcam and
Jake decides to make his move on
DANIELLA POTTER
THE BLIND SIDE
11.25am Tyra Banks,
6 2 News
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Opinion
Time’s a ticking
Saskia Kuiper
TECHNOMANIA... Grocott’s Mail Online web editor, Michael Salzwedel, has no problem dealing with all the new types of cellphones. He also has no problem with his status.
Photo: Steven Lang
Cellphones and status
Andrew Foggery
T
here are circles among cellphone users. One largish group consists of people
who use Nokia phones. These people
who look upon everyone else as “idiots who use
junky Korean phones”. Of course, the junky
Korean phonesidiots look upon the Nokia lot as
snobs. But as with all circles, there are smaller
circles within the bigger ones.
In the Nokia circle, there is a growing force
of sensible people who use the Nokia 1200 and
related models. The Nokia 1200 series can only
be described as basic and uncool. These phones
are completely useless in many respects: they
have no camera, no 3.5gig, or even GPRS access. However, they make up for their lack of
modern features in many ways. Their main attraction is the life of the battery, which can last
for over two weeks when new. They are also
durable, and exceptionally user-friendly. They
often get returned to the owner when they are
stolen (even people who have nothing wouldn’t
be seen dead with a phone like that), and they
never freeze, crash, or simply don’t work.
The people in this ‘cheap’ phone circle are
usually arrogant. When they see someone with
the latest offering – which is more often than
not close to indistinguishable from a miniature laptop – staring at his blank screen and
shouting: “But I charged it up this morning!”
they would like to tap him on the shoulder
and whisper snidely, “I hardly ever charge my
Nokia 1208. In fact, I throw my charger away
after every use, and buy a new one when I need
it. And, guess what? My phone has a torch.”
“But it has no 5 meg camera,” the fancy
phone guy will explain patiently. “You cannot
check your email on the go, and it’s just not
cool. I could never give my phone up for that
piece of junk!’’
“Yes,” we reply, “But it works. And it
doesn’t give me high blood pressure. And I, unlike you, don’t risk being arrested for indecent
behaviour in a public place.”
At this point, Mr I-can’t-live-without-myexpensive-phone generally walks away, muttering about people who just don’t understand.
Occasionally, he’ll go into the nearest clothing
store, buy the same phone we’ve just been
showing him, change his SIM card and breathe
a sigh of relief. This doesn’t happen often, but,
when it does, it inspires the my-phone-mightlook-crap-but-it-isn’t people to carry on with
their quest of enlightenment.
Another thing we point out much more
than is socially polite is that, several years
ago, all the snobs with their expensive phones
were paying small fortunes for phones which
had worse specs than the ones we now pay
R149 for.
The point of the matter is that expensive
phones don’t work. They have been created too
quickly. Companies have rushed their latest
products through the research division in order to bring out their new gadget before their
competition manages to. The big companies are
hanging on the edge. One small slip and they’ll
be forgotten forever – the smallest lack of advance and they become another IBM. Gone.
However, there is another group of people,
the Apple people with the slogan “Apples just
work.” And here I am not talking about those
red and green crunchy things, but the technological marvels made by the large American
company. Somehow I doubt that Apples just
work – no technology just works, but as I have
no first hand experience with Apple products,
if someone were to give me the new Apple
iPhone 3GS for free... Well, let’s just say that
I’d drop all my ‘cheap phones are good’ morals
immediately.
I have this disease. I can’t say the ‘n’ word – the
one opposite to yes. I over-commit myself completely. I am one of those people who seems very
organised and on top of everything, who makes
you wonder what you’re doing wrong. Trust me,
it’s not as easy as it looks.
While my Cv looks amazing, I look, and feel,
awful. every offer and opportunity that comes my
way is for a good cause. They make me feel like I
will make a meaningful contribution to the community. But… and there is always a but.
I do as much as I can. I volunteer, I chair one
society and am the secretary for another. I am on
the SRC Society’s council. I work and, somewhere
in between, I’m trying to get a degree. as lovely
as all these things sound and as helpful they are
to the community, my involvement in them is often detrimental to the people I’m trying to help.
I often end up running around like a headless
chicken. My energy spilling out of the open cavity
where my head should be. Time management is
a skill I think I have mastered despite what others
say. I substitute sleep and food for work. It’s not
that bad. I grab a packet of chips along the way…
they have carbs, protein, kilojoules…
When I do eventually stop I see people all
around me sitting. Just sitting. Not working - sitting. Sitting and looking. Looking at nothing.
Doing nothing. I want to scream: do something!
I wish I could become a time reaper. Creep up
behind someone and bang! Suck up all their time
and bottle it away for me to keep. Then I could sit
and do nothing. Or spend time, not actually waste
it, just sitting with my boyfriend. Wallowing in the
seconds and minutes, instead of jotting him into
my diary as a meeting. Perhaps I could read a
book. Perhaps I could walk, eat and even sleep.
Next time you look at people like me in the
world remember this and be happy that you are
wiser then we are. I enjoy my life – don’t get
me wrong.
The thing is, I wake up each morning from the
recurring nightmare of a mountain of books tumbling down and squashing me before I get it all
done. I try to leave this horror in the night where it
belongs but it inevitably manages to escape into
the day and haunt me.
While we shouldn’t be idle with our time, it
should be used more wisely. Spend it on things
that leave memories. Things which you are happy
to let follow you around the next day. Spend time
sitting and looking at nothing, because you can.
and because it’s actually quite pleasant.
I’ve just said yes again...I’m off!
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Employment Equity Workshop
Andile nAyikA
AN Employment Equity Workshop got under
way at the 1820 Settlers Monument restaurant
on Friday morning. Based on Rhodes University’s reaction to the implementation of the
Department of Labour’s Employment Equity
Plan, the workshop was a consultative gathering, where different stake holders took part in
discussions providing constructive changes.
Several stakeholders such as Nehawu and
NTESU, Rhodes University Vice Chancellor
Saleem Badat and other senior staff took part
in an exchange of ideas.
According to the workshop facilitator and
Human Resource Consultant in Rhodes University Chris Mbekela, the workshop aimed at
exploring ways of implementing the Employment Equity Plan and also work on the requirements of the Labour Department relating
to affirmative action. “The workshop is based
on the workplace transformation and the implementation of the Employment Equity Plan
in the University,” said Mbekela.
Andile Nayika is an independent citizen
journalist of Grocott’s Mail
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WE LOVE CRICKET... James Price and Ryan Dugmore were
re-awarded cricket colours at St Andrew’s College recently.
Photo: Supplied
DEDICATED... Salina Jack was awarded a certificate for ten
years of service at Pick n Pay. She is seen here with store
manager Werner Pienaar. Photo: Supplied
EASTER SURPRISE... The Little Souls Nursery School held an Easter egg hunt shortly before Easter. Here the pupils show off
their findings. Photo: Stephen Penney
TOP TENNIS... St Andrew’s College tennis colours were
awarded to James Price, Dane van der Westhuysen and
Stephen Glyn. Photo: Supplied
GREAT GOLFERS... The All Cape International SAPS Golf Championships took place recently
in George. From left are Andrew Bovey, Johannes Van Onselen, Leon Claasen and Morné
Sweeney who represented the EP Police A side and came second overall with 165 points,
only to be closely beaten by WP A with 167 points. They are seen here with Braam van Huysteen (centre), managing director of Tekkie Town who are the main sponsors of the event.
Photo: Supplied
CIVVIES FOR CANCER... Graeme College recently held a Civvies Day to raise funds for Cansa. Jurgen Stroebel, the Head
Prefect, presented the cheque to Leah Waters.
Photo: Supplied
SCI KIDS... The Kingswood College SciFest Quiz team beat 16 other schools to take first
prize at the SciFest High Schools Quiz recently. The team consisted of, from left, Ian Buchanan, Justin Moorcroft and Ross Ford. Photo: Supplied
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Arts
The fascinating rituals of Africa
Director Andrew Buckland’s first production since his return from Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, opens in the Rhodes
Theatre this week. Marisa Lourenço talked to him between rehearsals of Morountodun (pronounced Ma-roont-ta-doen).
Why did you choose to stage this production?
I was very keen to use a production that used a big cast. People
have been asking for a musical for a long time, so I wanted to get
something with music. I was particularly interested in sourcing
African scripts because, if I look at the curriculum and the kind
of world view that we teach, there’s very little that positions ourselves as a university in Africa.
This play by Femi Osofisan was written in 1983, and it contains an interesting mixture of African traditional theatre forms
and Western forms. He comments on them quite satirically.
He’ll use the idea of the play-within-the-play in a comic way, or
in a self-referential way.
The subject matter is women, and based on the myth of
Moremi, that figure of a woman who used her power to save
the nation. In 1969, during the Nigerian civil war, she still held a
strong place in the Yoruba mythology.
There was a great deal of controversy [when Osofisan used
Moremi]. Soyinka accused him of reducing the past, or using
what was sacred to the Yoruba, to serve his immediate political
ends.
There’s a strong political and underlying energy that drives
the play. Connecting the ancient African worlds and the contemporary world was a really nice challenge.
The press release says the play deals with African issues
in African ways, and you’ve said how important it is that
Rhodes places itself in Africa. How exactly does the play
do this?
It looks at way the rebel community, who in fact were farmers,
were characterised by the post-colonial police. They were in
the middle of a civil war, which had been running on and on.
Everything had been undermined by the colonialist government so things were ripe for corruption.
It tells the story of someone who finds herself in a bourgeois
world. Through the action of the play, the way the system is relying on her ignorance to maintain control of the poor is revealed.
That feels like common Africa experience.
Morountodun deals with it in African ways is because here’s
the audience that you’re playing to, rather than trying to reflect
the origins of the songs.’
We’ve been quite free with that. We’ve worked with Xhosa
versions of songs. Culturally it invites different things from the
students, and I think that’s really exciting for them. It certainly
is for me.
We didn’t get a composer in, so it is something they’ve
brought to the work themselves.
What are the physical demands on the cast?
There’s a bigger sense of ensemble. You can talk about listening to each other on the stage, but when there are 20 people
on the stage, the focus is actually on two characters, I’m [as a
performer] not just sitting waiting for my cue or for the scene to
end. Everything I’m doing is focusing energy onto that [scene].
That requires a heightened concentration, and of being able to
really listen to each other.
IT’S ME... Director Andrew Buckland speaks about the importance of producing a play that deals with ‘African issues in
African ways’. Morountodun, written by Nigerian playwright
Femi Osofisan, opens at the Rhodes Theatre tomorrow night.
Photo: Candice Cupido
an African playwright who has an understanding of Western
theatre methods and of African ones and, by combining the two,
and commenting on them, contrasts them as well.
Is there anything in particular the audience should
look out for?
It’s not often that we do a production of this size in the department. The cast is about 30. The department here is known for
physical theatre work, but this is strongly based in drama.
Osofisan encourages using music in the text. He’ll give the text
in Nigerian, and a translation, but he’ll say, ‘Look, it’s more important that you use music that has an immediate reference for
The beautiful something
DaviD Williams
MIX the folk sounds of Jeff Buckley, Cinematic Orchestra and The Most Serene
Republic and you get Arlyn Culwick. Simply known as Arlyn by his fans, he gave
a superb performance at Slip Stream
Sportsbar at Grahamstown last Saturday.
The event, hosted by Rhodes Live Music
Society, included other acts in the open
mic session: Mike Deall, Lunatic Lover
Poet, as well as James McNaughton from
Port Elizabeth.
A self-described folk-minimalist,
Arlyn embarked on an Eastern Cape
tour straight after a successful set at
this year’s Splashy Fen over the Easter
weekend. Rhodes Live Music Society
describes his music as a style that contains mystical lyrical themes, complex
guitar work, falsetto vocals, and a mythical agenda about the recollection of innocence combined to create an unique
style. Arlyn was excited to perform for
Grahamstown. “I can’t wait. Grahamstown is a lekker place to play, there’s
such chilled people” he said.
Arlyn gets the audience to participate
in the performance in which the people
play ‘pass the glock’. This is where audience members take turns to play on
a glockenspiel. However, Arlyn further
mentions in the style that he plays folk
music, but not as a fixed genre. “It’s
a social-cultural fact or structure and
every culture has it. Arlyn, a Philosophy
student from Wits, describes his music
as “ambient”. What inspires him most
is what he describes as “The Beautiful
Something”, which fans could read about
in the pamphlet he distributed during
the performance. “It’s weird, it’s not a
philosophy, but my vision is that my music must evoke the spirit of a philosophy.
This is the atmospheres of people and
places,” said Arlyn. “My music aims to
rediscover small strange things that cannot be conceptualised through a modern
fragment.”
Playing the guitar started for Arlyn
back in 2001. He started writing three
years later. “I had my first song in my
head, with every single timbre. So it was
inevitable,” he says. Arlyn plans to release an album sometime near the middle of May. “It’s not a collection of songs;
it’s a cohesive piece with recurring elements,” he describes. There is also a second album on the cards and a European
tour planned for August.
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on 7 May 2010 at 11:00
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What are you most pleased with as a director?
That I’m starting to watch actors take ownership. I keep saying,
‘Once you’ve opened – I’m not around’. Once we get to opening
night, it’s not my play anymore. It’s yours, and you need to take
responsibility for it. The audience applauds you, not me. I’ll be
in the pub, probably!
•Morountodun is at 7.30pm tomorrow and Saturday at the
Rhodes Theatre. Tickets cost R20 and R15 for scholars, students and pensioners and can be pre-booked at Theatre Cafe.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS
CLASSIFIEDS
In the MAGISTRATE’S COURT for the DISTRICT of ALBANY
HELD at
GRAHAMSTOWN
Case No 2439/2009
In the matter between:
M.E.H. SÜLTER & SONPlaintiff
and
JOHN TIMM Defendant
What were the challenges in the directing this production?
A lot of the time, and certainly for the less experienced students,
you’re teaching basic stagecraft. So to watch young performers
now starting to take possession of the role themselves – they’re
starting to listen and feel each other – you can feel performances growing like this. Watching what develops between actors has been really rewarding.
St Andrew’s Preparatory School in Grahamstown, an exciting
educational environment and school with immense tradition, invites
applications for the position of:
MATRON
St Andrew’s Preparatory School requires the service of a resident house
matron from the beginning of September 2010. The successful applicant
should be a warm, caring, active individual who genuinely enjoys working with
children. Previous experience will be an advantage.
St Andrew’s Preparatory School is a family orientated, independent school,
where all staff contribute towards creating a happy, positive,
learning environment.
Applications with a covering letter, CV and details of two referees should be
sent to: The Headmaster, St Andrew’s Preparatory School,
P O Box 187, GRAHAMSTOWN, 6140. Tel: 046 – 603 2400,
Fax: 046 – 622 7044, Email: [email protected].
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of the Waainek Wind Energy Project to be developed in
Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape Province of South
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The proposed project will entail the construction and
operation of 11 wind turbines with a maximum installed
capacity of 33 MW.
All interested and affected parties are hereby notified of
the availability of the draft EIR and EMP for public review
and comment. The review period is from 23 April 2010 to
23 May 2010.
Copies of the draft EIR and EMP will be available for
review at the following locations:
• Grahamstown Public Library
• Rhodes University Library
• Makana Local Municipality (Municipal Offices,
High Street)
• The CES website (www.cesnet.co.za) – click on the
public document.
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Lecture Theatre, Rhodes University, Grahamstown on
6 May 2010 from 18h00 till 20h30.
For further information and
submission of comments and
directions to the meeting venue please
do not hesitate to contact:
Ms Leigh-Anne de Wet, P.O. Box 934,
Grahamstown 6140. Tel: 046-622 2364;
Fax: 046-6226564
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May his soul rest in peace.
A Memorial Service will be held
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Wednesday 21 April 2010. The
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facilities until further
notice.
Please visit our
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or contact us on:
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flowers to Hospice. Errol, Lyn,
Norman, Jody, Lara, Louise,
Craig and Charl.
AA PROTEA GROUP. Antic Hall,
7.30pm Monday nights. 22 Albany
Road, next to New Apostolic Church.
Cell: John 083 550 4221. Wilfred
073 292 6057 and Antony 082
682 1234. If anyone, anywhere
reaches out for help we want the
hand of the AA to be there.
CLICKS Pharmacy requires assistant immediately. Matric with
Biology/Mathematics preferred.
Submit CV in writing to Clicks.
Phone 046 636 1264.
Room 15 EPBS
Building Cnr of 87 High & Hill Street
Thank You
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Smith, Eric
1925-06-04 to 2010-04-15.
In loving memory of my dearest husband.
They needed a new star up
yonder and could not find a
brighter light to shine. God
decided he was ment for a
star and so he sent for that
beloved husband of mine.
Your loving Wife Agnes
Phone Shirley Robinson @ Alpha
Debt Counselling on
082 083 5709 or 046 622 8064.
Leading panelbeating shop
need people to be trained
as multiskilled
workers (flatters, strip &
assemblers, polishers,
body repairers)
For appointment phone
083 270 4870
NO CHANCERS THANK YOU.
TEMPORARY VACANCY
GRADE 7 EDUCATOR
• English
(Home and additional
language)
• Arts and Culture/
Kuns en kultuur
• Life Orientation/
Lewensorientering
26 APRIL TO
27 OCTOBER 2010
Application (EDP 01 form)
to
The Principal
St Mary’s R.C Primary
55 Albany Road
Grahamstown
Tel/Fax 046 622 5187
Closing date: 23 April 2010
les
1. PERSONAL
b
iqu
es & Collecta
2A Cawood Street
(Up the road from Village Green)
Tel: 046 622 5171
Gardening
GRASS CUTTING. Once off
clean ups. Refuse removal. Tree
felling/pruining, hedge trimming
and weed spraying. General
maintenance. 082 696 6831 or
071 897 6569.
Home Maintenance
[email protected]
Telefax: 046 622 4121
2 Cobden Street (next to Metro
Cash & carry
FENCING
All types of fencing
requirements including
Palisade fencing.
AUTOMATIVE
ENGINEERING
1. Cylinder head tune-up
2. Skimming include
manifolds
3. Pressure testing
GENERAL
ENGINEERING
1. Repair to farm implements
2. Steel structures
3. Sliding gates - burglar bars
BUILDING WORKS
1. Boundary walls with fixture
2. Painting
3. Plumbing
4. Paving
TEMPORARY VACANCIES
Hospice would be grateful for any donations of
clothing and linen. We
can collect!
Contact:
046 -622 9661 or
Deliver to
15 Milner Street
LOOKING for a good 2nd hand
Electric Thickneser. Please
contact 046 622 3473 or 072
399 1678.
Pets
FAIRBAIRN
KENNELS
& CATTERY
Tel: 046 622 3527
Cell: 082 552 3829
For Well Cared-for,
Happy Pets
GOLDEN retriever puppies.
Available 30th April. Phone 072
386 0537 or 046 622 6472
Security
East Cape
Access Systems
“For all your access control
and vehicle security needs”
Electic gates, burglar bars,
pallisade fencing, VESAapproved car alarms/
immobilisers/gearlocks
Call 046 622 5668 or visit
us in Anglo-African Street
for a free quotation
INTERMEDIATE/SENIOR
PHASE
POST 1
All Foundation Phase
Learning Areas Junior rugby
& soccer (Junior)
POST 2
English Grade 5
EMS Grades 4 & 5
S.S Grade 5
Ballroom dance
POST 3
IsiXhosa Grade 7
EMS Grade 7
Maths Grade 7
Live Cricket
Closing date: 28/04/10
Application to
The Principal
CM VELLEM
Health Promoting School
PO Box 937/Daniel Street
Grahamstown
Phone 046 637 1574
Employment Wanted
Dynamic, organised lady
currently project managing in Joburg, seeks similar
employment in Grahamstown.
Experience in personnel
management, data collation,
staffing and wages and
accounts. Would consider
top-level PA or similar job. CV
available on request.
Phone 082 575 9781 or
046 622 5757
5. ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation
Offered
ALL facilities available in
serviced rooms. Phone 046
622 4464. HELEN WALLACE
ESTATE AGENT.
Holiday Accommodation
Offered
CAPE TOWN Sea Point In the
heart of this ideal, prestigious
suburb, near all amenities, twin
bed-room with own bathroom.R
180 ppn. R 280.00 p.couple p.n.
Ph 072 236 2996
To Let
PAM GOLDING
PROPERTIES TO LET:
• 3 Bdr Hse: R8 800/month
Incl. 2 bathrooms, garden flat
incl. 3 bathrooms, secure
village, under floor heating,
stove, double garage
Incl. 3 bathrooms, pool and
garden flat
Incl. Hi Tec, water and garden
service
Incl. 2 en-suite bathrooms,
garden cottage, Hi-Tec
• 3 Bdr flat: R5 500/month
Incl. 1½ bathrooms and stove
• 2 x 2 Bdr flat: R5 000/
month Incl. Off-str parking,
stove & fridge
• 2 Bdr flat: R4 800/month
Incl. Off-str parking, stove &
fridge
• 1 Rm: R2 500/month
Incl. Hi Tec, garden service,
shared W & E
• 1 Rm : R 1870/month
Incl. Hi Tec, shared W & E
• 1 Rm: R1450/month
Incl. Hi Tec, garden service,
shared W & E
Contact: Adrian Frost
046 622 2778 or 083 556 7481
ELDERLY financially independent single person or couple for
large house to share. ALSO,
3 beds, mes act house available now. Both comfortable
and in sound, safe residential
areas. HELEN WALLACE ESTATE
AGENT 046 622 4464.
Garden Flat
One bedroom, lounge with
kitchenette, bathroom with
shower
• Furniture negotiable
• Full security
• Off street parking
• Housekeeping services
available at extra cost
Available May 2010
• Rent R1,750 incl.
• Electricity & water
Contact Jürg Richner
046 622 7720/
084 835 4728;
Sharon Richner
046 603 8444 (o/h)/
072 244 3863
8. MOTORING
Motoring Sales
1998 Silver Volvo S70 for sale,
very good condition R49 500.
Contact 082 343 7556.
15
Sport
Sport in brief
Ten years of development
The 2010 SAB U21 Championships will coincide with the 10
year commemoration of the SAB Regional League. The national event featuring nine provincial squads and an invitational team from USSA (University Sports of South Africa) will
witness a festival celebrating this milestone in the development of soccer. The championships will be held at SJ Smith
Stadium, Lamontville in Kwa-Zulu Natal from 18 to 24 April.
This year’s tournament will see the outstanding Player of
Tournament walk away with a whopping R10 000 in cash.
With the tournament’s primary focus being on developing
youngsters, the newly introduced format of focusing on U21
participants will continue to ensure that a conveyor belt of talent is produced. Participating teams include Eastern Cape,
Mpumalanga, Free State, Northern Cape, Gauteng, North
West, Kwa-Zulu Natal, USSA, Limpopo and Western Cape.
Cape Town rugby tour
After a disappointing 5-0 loss to Bishops the St Andrew’s U15
side regrouped at the Rugby Performance Centre in Riebeek
West with an intensive three days of training before moving
on to the Independent Schools Festival hosted by Penryn
College in Nelspruit. The first fixture against St Andrew’s
Bloem started badly, but managed to turn around the small
deficit after half time to win the game 15-12.
The next day saw St Andrew’s play against St Stithians
and win 8-0, showing great determination in defence. On the
last day the team were paired in what was billed the main
game of the festival against Kearsney. While St Andrew’s
went down 12-22 the side fought back after being 17-0 down
at halftime.
UPHILL... The Graeme College 5km fun run took place from the school last week. The overall winner was Carriot Galela
(Run/Walk For Life Athletics Club) in 19:52, while his clubmate, Jene Banfield was the overall women’s winner in 25:21.
Glenmore – where boxing
champions are born
Kwanele Butana
A
mateur boxers from Glenmore
showed more than just sparks of
brightness when they convincingly
outperformed a boxing club from Port
Elizabeth recently.
The tournament took place at Glenmore Community Hall and saw the local
Phakamisa Boxing Club face Walmer
Boxing Club. During the tournament
Phakamisa dominated proceedings and
won 14 of the 16 available trophies, including the overall winners’ trophy.
Mzwanele Mkatali, the club’s manager, said he was happy about how his
boxers fared in the 36-bout tournament.
He said that after noticing the high unemployment rate in Glenmore he and the
club’s president Ben Mafani decided to
re-establish the then defunct boxing club
early this year.
“Lack of employment resulted in us
resuscitating the club, so that we can
steer development in the right path in
order to turn boxing into a job-creation
initiative,” said Mafani. The boxers are
between the ages of 10 and 32 years.
“The majority of our boxers are unemployed, while the rest are still at school,”
Mkatali said. Despite the lack of training
facilities the club is faced with, Mkatali is
clear about their aims. “We want to produce professional boxers.”
He said the club has only one aging
punchbag to train with and that the facilities which were used during the tournament belong to the Walmer Boxing Club.
He appealed to government departments
and businesses to sponsor their club.
“We would appreciate it if we were
to get sponsorship for the acquisition
of proper training facilities,” he said.
Mafani added that the local community
supports the club but that the club has not
informed the municipality about its plight.
Walmer Boxing Club manager, Vuyani Coko said the tournament was a success because the Glenmore community
supported it. “A lot of money was made
during the tournament and we decided
that all proceeds should go to Phakamisa
and be spent towards acquiring training
facilities,” he added.
He thanked Nelson Mandela Bay
Metro mayor Zanoxolo Wayile for donating the trophies and medals which were
handed over to winners. “We decided to
take the tournament to Glenmore because we were told that there’s no boxing
taking place there. We therefore wanted
to revive the sport in that area and ignite
some passion for it in that community.”
Pirates take the league
andile nayiKa
THE Makana Local Football
Association (LFA) Premier
League came to an end recently, and organisers have
announced that City Pirates are the winners of the
2009/2010 season. The announcement was delayed due
to unconfirmed results.
As the winners of the
2009/2010 Makana Football
League, City Pirates
will
take part in play-offs where
they will fight for a spot in
the South African Football
Association Cacadu Regional
League. The two last teams,
Chelsea and Mighty Chiefs
will be relegated to the lower
ranked Development League
and the top two teams in the
lower level league will take
their places next season.
TEAMS
1. CITY PIRATES
2. JOZA CALLIES
3. CAMEROON
4. NEWTOWN CITY
5. ITALY
6. CITY PILLARS
7. LOVE AND PEACE
8. YOUNG STARS
9. SANTOS
10. GOLDEN STARS
11. EXTENSION 9
ATTACKERS
12. FIGHTERS
13. ROYALS
14. CHELSEA
15. MIGHTY CHIEFS
PLAYED
28
28
POINTS
68
58
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
54
53
47
47
40
37
36
35
29
28
28
28
28
24
22
14
11
Grand Prix just keeps on getting better
Sponsors of the Spar Women’s 10km Challenge have increased its prize money in the form of the Spar Grand Prix.
The total prize money is R170 000, including R6 000 for
each of the age categories. The value of the first prize has
gone from R50 000 to R60 000, with the runner-up receiving
R30 000 and the third placed athlete R15 000.
For the first time, winners of the four age categories –
junior, veteran, master and grandmaster – will receive a cash
prize of R3 000 for first place, R2 000 for second and R1 000 for
third. The Grand Prix was introduced to encourage women
runners to compete in the races, which are held at five major centres around the country. Runners finishing in the top
twenty places each receive points, with the winner earning
20 points and the 20th-placed runner one point.
As a further incentive, age category runners can also
earn points by finishing in the top five places in the category.
Do something cool for your school
Spar have come up with a way you can spend time with your
friends and do something for your school at the same time.
The Spar Women’s 10km Challenge, which is taking place at
King’s Beach on Saturday 1 May, is offering the prize of a
notebook from Core Technology for the high school with the
most entries. However, primary school goers do not despair;
you can also enter the challenge and stand the chance to
win R1000 for your school. Entry forms are available from
all Spar, Superspar and Kwikspar stores, or online at www.
spar.co.za. For bulk school challenge entries, please contact
the organiser; Loynes Jenkerson on [email protected]
SAFA endorse the Protea on replica jerseys
The South African Football Association (SAFA) recently
announced that, following consultation with stakeholders,
Protea badges would be made available to the public.
This announcement comes after much speculation
around the lack of a Protea badge on the Bafana replica jersey. The iron on embroided badge was put forward as the
best solution to resolve the Protea issue, SAFA believes the
restoration of the Protea emblem on the replica jersey will
go a long way in consolidating support for the national team.
The badges will be available from the following stores:
Cross Trainer (Nationwide), Sportsman’s Warehouse (Nationwide), Sneakers (Sandton City), Sneakers Inc (Bloemfontein), Riga Bros Sport and Leisure (Ladysmith), Victory
(Welkom), Connections (KZN), Just For Kickz (Jo’burg).
SASFA pledges to accelarate youth development
The South African Schools Football Association, the biggest associate member of the South African Football Association (SAFA)
hosted a successful 16th AGM on Saturday in Isando where all
the provinces discussed the status of the organisation. Part of the
key decisions taken includes the following areas:
• To fast track and accelerate the developmental agenda of
schools football.
• To help shape the style of play in the country at a tender age
with the assistance of the Legends, SAFA Technical Department and other stakeholders thus endorsing the SAFA Grass
Roots Development Programme aimed at players between the
ages of 6 – 12.
• To facilitate re-training and re-schooling of officials in all aspects of the game (coaching, administration and refereeing).
16
***
20 A pril 2010
Winter Rose loses cup match
Andile nAyikA
A
PASS IT... Winter Rose (green) lost to Trying Stars in an Eastern Province Rugby Union Sectional Cup match on Saturday.
Photo: Andile Nayika
n Eastern Province Rugby Union Sectional Cup match
between local giants Winter Rose and visiting Trying
Stars of Alexandria got under way at Miki Yili on Saturday afternoon. The match was preceded by a clash of the two
teams’ reserves, where Winter Rose lead throughout the first
half with a mere three points from a penalty kick. In the second half the visiting side silenced the green and gold team by
scoring two converted tries. Trying Stars went on to win the reserves match by 14–3.
In the first team clash, the visitors came to Grahamstown
to collect maximum points so they could retain their number
one position in their group. In the opening minutes both teams
kept pushing forward looking for an opening. Winter Rose took
the lead when Mzukisi Ntontyi collected three points through a
penalty kick. Winter Rose went on another attack, this time only
to mishandle the ball near the try line. A minute later, Garth
Oosthuizen’s try and Vyron Cook’s conversion snatched the
lead from Winter Rose, bringing it to 3–7. Nontyi brought the
score closer with a penalty kick making it 6–7 to Trying Stars. A
minute before half time, high school student Dylan Bond – who
was making his first appearance for the Trying Stars – scored
and took the half time score to 6–14 to Stars.
In the second half Winter Rose were not kept at ease by the
sonic Stars backline. Bond scored his second try and stretched
the lead to 6–21. Bond came back to seal the game with his third
try of the match bringing the final score to 6-28. Trying Stars flyhalf Cook managed to convert all four conversions.
Commenting on the match and their opponent, Stars Coach
Allan Cannon said “I am impressed by the boys’ performance,
we knew we would get a hard time playing against a strong side
like Winter Rose, whom I see as the next team to progress to the
Adam’s Cup.” He said their Alexandrian visitors played great
rugby although they were a young side. “We use the Sectional
Cup to groom our youngsters, so they can get experience.”
Andile Nayika is an independent citizen journalist for
Grocott’s Mail
Top five spots for local runners
StAff RepoRteR
THE Bayfm Bukani Print Adidas Lake Farm charity run took
place from Lake Farm Centre in Port Elizabeth last week.
Three distances were on offer in this annual event, the main
Graeme in easy win
Stephen penney
The Graeme College 1st rugby side proved too strong for
their Nathaniel Nyaluza Secondary School opponents when
the two sides met on Graeme’s Somerset Field on Saturday.
Graeme won the game 80-0, with captain Wikus Coetzee
amd Jonno Nunn scoring a hat-trick of tries each. Graeme
coach, Brendan Grant was said: “The Graeme side played
with good structure coupled with flair, to run in twelve good
tries. Although outgunned Nyaluza never gave up and kept
tackling to the end.”
The try scorers for Graeme were captain Wikus Coetzee
(3), Jonno Nunn (3), Chad Banfield, Jade Bowles, Francois
Nel, Alex Banfield, Aubrey Mpongoma and Juandre Nel.
Alex Banfield converted ten of the tries.
In other matches played between the two schools, Graeme 2nds won 52-3, Graeme U15A’s won 63-0 and the Graeme
U14A side won 51-0.
Various Graeme sides will face Grey High tomorrow and
Thursday:
Wednesday:
Somerset Field – Thirds at 1.30pm, 2nds at 2.45pm and 1sts
at 4pm.
Marais Fields – Graeme U15B vs Grey U15C and Graeme
U14B vs Grey U14C at 1.30pm, U15A’s and U14A’s at 2.40pm.
Thursday:
Somerset Field – Graeme 4ths vs Grey 6ths at 4pm.
Marais Fields - Graeme 5ths vs Grey 8ths and Graeme 6ths
vs Grey 9ths at 4pm.
event was the 25km race, while there was also a 10km and
5km. The 5km event was held mainly for the residents of Lake
Farm.
In the 25km race, Terri-Lynn Penney of Run/Walk For
Life Athletics Club was the second woman overall in a time of
1:53:03. Penney was just under two minutes behind women’s
winner Mirjam Weerd, a professional triathlete from Holland
who will be take part in this week’s Ironman South Africa
event.
Penney was also the first Grahamstown runner home. She
was followed by club mate, Frith van der Merwe, who finished
fourth woman and veteran winner in 1:56:12.
Eric Mapara (Rhodes University Athletics Club) was second
in the 60-64 age category in 2:08:48.
There were 364 finishers in the 25km and 325 finishers in the
10km.
Grahamstown results (25km):
37. Terri-Lynn Penney (Run/Walk For Life Athletics Club)
1:53:03
44. Frith van der Merwe (Run/Walk For Life) 1:56:12
95. Eric Mapara ( Rhodes University Athletics Club) 2:08:48
167. Julie Walker (Run/Walk For Life) 2:20:30
191. Brian Bannatyne (Albany Road Runners) 2:23:12
217. Liezl Nel (Albany) 2:26:13
228. Sally Price-Smith (no club) 2:29:35
229. Curtis Sahd (Rhodes) 2:29:36
245. Colin Meyer (Run/Walk For Life) 2:32:34
323. Spencer Jones (Albany) 2:44:08
Grahamstown results (10km):
11. Carriot Galela (Run/Walk For Life) 38:24
21. Nicholas Ntone (Rhodes) 44:18
36. Stephen Penney (Run/Walk For Life) 48:34
38. Alex Adie (Rhodes) 48:55
108. Karen Meyer (Run/Walk For Life) 58:30
126. Leanne Voerman (Rhodes) 1:00:41
163. Tom Penlington (Albany) 1:03:31
287. Beverley Cummings-Penlington (no club) 1:17:35.
Liezl Nel of Albany Road
Runners enters the final
stretch during the Bayfm
Bukani Print Adidas Lake
Farm 25km on Saturday. Her
time was 2:26:13.
Frith van der Merwe of RWFL
Athletics Club enters the final kilometre, to finish fourth
in 1:56:12. Photo: Stephen
Penney

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