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21 S eptember 2010
INSIDE
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Houses to replace sports Ukufunda – a culture in
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‘Hostage’ drama at
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the Makana Brick Grocott’s Mail cycle race on Sunday. His six-year old brother, Adam who also took part in the children’s race, is already an old hand at the sport. Photos: Steven Lang
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Grocott’s Mail Tuesday, 21 September 2010
NEWS
News in brief
Murder in the street
Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing a
woman and wounding a man in
Joza during the early hours of
Sunday morning.
Grahamstown Police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender
said the witness, the deceased's
boyfriend, was walking along
Wakashe Street with the woman
when the incident occurred. “He
was walking in Wakashe Street
with his girlfriend who was following him by a few paces. They both
passed Vellem Street when a man
walked past him. A few seconds
later he heard shots being fired
and when he turned around, he
saw that his girlfriend was lying
on the ground and the man was
running away.”
Govender said the witness immediately went “to check on her
condition and during this time he
heard several more shots being
fired a few metres away. Shortly
thereafter, a man also in his 20s
came towards him with a gunshot
wound on his upper body”.
Govender said the police arrived at the scene and surrounded the area. “A few minutes later
a suspect was arrested close to
his home in the vicinity of the incident. A case of murder as well
as attempted murder is being investigated.”
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Numsa strike called to a halt
SALINDA SAKI
T
he wage strike by members of National
Union
of
Metalworkers
of
South Africa (Numsa) which started
at the beginning of the month came to an
end as workers returned to work yesterday
morning.
According to Bingo Ralo, Numsa co-ordinator
in Grahamstown, they have accepted a 10% wage
increase which will be implemented immediately.
He said the agreement, which was signed on Friday, includes a 9% wage increase for 2011 and a
further 9% increase in 2012 for petrol attendants.
Ralo added that other sectors of the industry
accepted a 9% increase for this year, 8% in 2011
and a further 8% in 2012 from the Retail Motor
Industry. He also said that Numsa-aligned petrol
attendants went to work on Friday to hear about
shifts ahead of their official return to work on
KHANYISO TSHWAKU
THE recent public service strike
almost brought the Grahamstown
Magistrate’s Court to a standstill
after workers joined the 21 day
long strike.
Stenographers and court interpreters participated in the strike,
which meant that 560 court cases
from both the district and regional
courts were postponed during the
strike said Koch Froneman, the
checking officer of the Criminal Section at the magistrate’s court.
Froneman said some cases were
also postponed for further investigation, but he could not give an exact
number.
John Porter, head attorney at
Nolte Smit Attorneys said striking court interpreters should have
been put behind bars. “I thought
the Department of Justice and the
NPA [National Prosecuting Authority] were supposed to be essential
services.
“How can court interpreters just
go on strike and hold the entire administration of justice to ransom?”
He also said that people are “languishing in custody” waiting for
bail applications and trial finalisations, but justice is being delayed
and the accused still have a right to
speedy trials.
“If I was a magistrate I would
have sent my court orderly to fetch
my interpreter from the picket line.
If they refused to interpret, I would
have sent them to the cells until the
rising of the court for contempt. That
is probably why I am not a magistrate,” he added. Porter said due
to cases not being finalised during
the strike, the court rolls have been
pushed out to twice the length of
the strike as new cases are added
ON STRIKE... Workers from the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court on strike last month. File photo.
to the roll.
“Crime doesn’t stop happening
just because people go on strike. In
some courts now we are only able to
secure trial dates well into 2011,” he
said
Lengthy delays and excessive
postponements have lead to complainants becoming frustrated with
the system and losing interest as
their cases drag on and on without
being finalised. “Magistrates, prosecutors and witnesses pass away or
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the system. There are also numerous unfilled posts in the ranks of
magistrates and prosecutors that
are causing trials not to proceed.
As time passes witnesses’ recollection of events becomes faded, leading to more accused people being
acquitted.”
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The effects of the strike were
also felt in places like Alicedale,
Keiskammahoek, Paterson, Peddie and Balfour where there aren’t
any practising attorneys and people
have to travel long distances only for
the trials not to proceed for administrative reasons.
Repeat offender found
guilty of housebreaking
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Monday. He added that the workers were given
until yesterday to be back at work.
Numsa's demands were a 4.33% annual bonus;
15% afternoon shift allowance; 20% night shift allowance; reduction of working hours from 45 to
40 per week without loss of pay and that all the
increases be backdated to 1 September 2010.
A 24-YEAR-OLD Joza man was
found guilty of housebreaking and
theft in the Grahamstown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Xolisa Webb was sentenced to
24 months imprisonment of which
half was suspended for five years on
condition that during this period he
is not convicted of the same offences.
He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
Webb was arrested in March
this year by two police officers after
he broke into a flat in Livingstone
Street. The police were summoned
to the scene by the owner of the flat
after he noticed that the flat had been
broken into. The officers found the
him lying on his stomach outside the
premises. He took a pair of sneakers
and a DVD player to the value of R4
200. However, throughout the trial
he maintained his innocence saying
that he was struck with a torch by an
unknown man while he was walking
along Livingstone Street. He added
that he subsequently collapsed until
the police found him.
Magistrate Nishani Beharie disputed his testimony saying it was
improbable.
It was not the first time Webb
is convicted of housebreaking and
theft. In 2004 he was convicted of a
similar case and received a suspended sentence. In 2008 he was again
found guilty of housebreaking and
theft, and was placed under correctional supervision.
While handing down the sentence Beharie said: “You were convicted of similar charges in the past,
you got a suspended sentence. You
were also convicted for the second
time and placed under correctional
supervision, clearly this did not deter
you from committing similar crimes.
“You have shown no remorse for
your actions throughout the trial,
even when you are found guilty you
still show no remorse. A suspended
sentence is not appropriate for you,
only direct imprisonment is suitable
for you.”
Thembeni Plaatjie is an
independent citizen journalist for
Grocott's Mail
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News
Nombulelo learners strike back at ‘disruption’
Tuesday at their school.”
Sadtu said its members
gathered at the school to listen to a report on matters relating to the trial exams and
recovery plans as proposed by
the Education Department.
“Fellow comrades, you might
accuse Nombulelo's school
principal about this debacle,
that will be wrong, the hyped
up department official misled the principal and left him
in the cold,” read the statement. “This is very dangerous
for our revolutions as forces
of doom can destroy human
relations as they did at Nombulelo Secondary School.”
However, school principal
Mthuthuzeli Koliti said the
problem was nothing more
than a venue clash as the
school's hall had been doublebooked for a Sadtu meeting
as well as the trial exams. He
Kwanele Butana
A
local principal says
a
misunderstanding
between his Grade 12
learners and members of
South African Democratic
Teachers Union (Sadtu) led to
the learners locking in everyone at the school.
Last
week
Sadtu
leadership released a press
statement as an apology to
its members for exposing
them to a “hostage” situation
at Nombulelo Secondary
School on Tuesday. According
to part of the statement,
“The executive committee
of Sadtu in Grahamstown
wishes to sincerely apologise
to her entire membership
for the mishaps and uncalled
for hostage taking of our
members by an unruly mob
of Nombulelo learners on
added that Sadtu's meeting
had continued up until 1.30pm
by which time the Grade 12
learners entered the hall as
they were due to write an
English paper at 2pm. When
the learners saw Sadtu members in the hall they concluded that they were there to disrupt their exam.
“Without
talking
to
anyone, the learners decided
to strike back and started
singing in front of the hall,”
explained Koliti. “Had the
learners talked to us about
the matter before they acted
on it, none of that would have
happened.” He added that the
learners got hold of a padlock
which they used to lock the
school’s entrance gate. Koliti
said that the learners had
heard reports on Monday that
Sadtu had disrupted exams at
TEM Mrwetyana and Kutliso
Daniels high schools and that
this fuelled their perception
that the union was there to
disrupt their exam as well.
After failed attempts to get the
keys from the learners, the
school management panicked
and called the police.
“We continued negotiating
with the learners in front of
the police until 3pm,” he said.
As a result of the incident,
the school had to postpone
writing the English paper.
“But we have managed to fit
it into our timetable and we’ll
probably write it on Thursday,”
said Koliti. Meanwhile, Sadtu
expressed its support for the
preliminary exams. “We wish
the Grade 12 learners luck
with their exams,” according
to a statement. According to
a resolution reached by the
Grahamstown district office
and teacher trade unions
Grahamstown’s water supply – then and now
Kowie Catchment Campaign.
They were introduced to an
audience of students and local
residents by Prof Johannes
Haarhoff from the University
of Johannesburg, who said
water is a national concern.
Dr Maki focussed on the
period from early settlement
up until 1920. He described
the evolution of the city’s
water supply from furrows
in High Street to the installation of iron pipes and the construction of reservoirs. These
developments were not without their problems however.
Like many other towns and
cities, both here and around
the world, there was an initial resistance by councils to
invest in such water supply
schemes.
Dr Maki structured his
discussion of the history,
and the problems that arose,
around three main issues:
the lack of long-term planning; the poor relationship
between the council and the
water professionals they
employ; and financial constraints.
on the first point, he
emphasised that the main-
liz Gowans
GrAHAMSToWN’S
water
has been described as unfit for human consumption.
Sound familiar?
In fact, this is not a recent
pronouncement about our
current water situation. It is a
description dating back to the
early days of Grahamstown’s
existence, according to the
speakers at a public lecture
on the history of the city’s local water supply on Thursday
night at rhodes University.
organised by rhodes
student organisation Galela
Amanzi, together with rhodes
University
Environmental
Committee and the Kowie
Catchment Campaign, the
lecture was the first in a series of seminars to be held
over the course of the next
nine weeks.
The
lecture,
entitled
“Water in Grahamstown –
Then and Now – a history
of Grahamstown’s water
supply from the beginning”
was presented by Dr Harri
Maki from the University
of Tampere in Finland and
Lorraine Mullins of the
2010 DCS OOSTHUIZEN MEMORIAL
LECTURE
tenance of water supply infrastructure was the most
important factor to consider
but that this was typically regarded as low priority by local councils as this period of
history was characterised by
short term solutions to issues
as they arose.
This was exacerbated by
the strained relationship between the councils and the
succession of engineers and
medical health officers they
employed. This inharmonious
relationship and lack of continuity in expertise had a compounding negative impact.
Furthermore,
developments were inevitably hampered by a lack of finance and
a stuttering local economy,
which influenced planning decisions. often cheaper short
term solutions were favoured
over more expensive longterm options.
Mullins concurred with
Dr Maki on these points in his
overview of Grahamstown’s
water up to the present day.
His presentation covered
the further development of
the water infrastructure,
including the building of dams
and the gradual expansion
of the catchment area as the
local population increased.
In his closing remarks, Prof
Michael Whisson pointed out
that we have reached our
limits of expansion and the
best way to increase supply is
through harvesting rainwater
and recycling waste water.
At the same time, it will be
necessary also to reduce
demand and this can be
achieved in a number of
ways, such as the installation
of waterless toilets. He
described such measures
as “inescapable matters of
urgency”.
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But this is not a problem
for Nombulelo School as most
teachers there have covered
the syllabus.
“For most papers we are
writing the standard paper, as
part of their preparation for
the final exams it's important
for the learners to write
the standard paper,” Koliti
concluded.
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•Yes - demand for housing has reached a peak and will start to slow down now. 41%
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•I hope so - the town’s infrastructure can’t cope with all these new residential developments. 21% (6 votes)
•It’s hard to say - there are a number of national economic factors to take into
account. 21% (6 votes)
•No - there will always be an unusually high demand for residential property in G’town
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Are Grahamstown’s motorists
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safe on the roads
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preliminary
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It’s madness
A
bizarre incident at Nombulelo High
School last Tuesday highlights the
twisted consequences of the Sadtu
teachers’ strike. On page three of this
edition we have the full story behind what
appeared to be a hostage-taking drama at
one of Grahamstown’s better schools.
In recent weeks, other schools in Grahamstown have had to hire security guards
to protect their pupils from rampaging
teachers. We have reached a state of madness, where pupils and schools have to
take radical measures to protect themselves against teachers.
There is something horribly wrong in
this country where teachers are not helping to educate our children, they are doing
exactly the opposite; they are actively
working to ensure that our already appalling education system is made even worse.
This absurd wish to kill education in
South Africa has the support of Zwelinzima
Vavi who has publicly called for the abolition of the only thing in the education system that works properly – independent, or
private schools. Instead of demanding that
all schools in the country be elevated to
private school level, he advocates bringing
the private schools down to the pitiful mess
where his Sadtu teachers threaten pupils.
It is obvious that Vavi wants to quash
the private schools because the teachers in
those schools do not pay dues to Cosatu.
Bantu education was one of the worst
crimes committed in the name of apartheid, yet this week the acting superintendent-general of education in the Eastern
Cape, Ronnie Swartz, told the Dispatch
that education in the province disadvantages pupils far more than apartheid ever did.
Education ministers, MECs and Sadtu
members are destroying the most valuable
asset in this country – the future of our
learners.
Hope the bubble
bursts
In last Tuesday’s Grocott’s Mail (7 September
2010) Margot Beard strongly objected to the
rezoning of the corner of African and Speke
Streets for the building of flats. I support her
objection and note with consternation that
four more applications for consent to erect
flats on residential erven appeared in that
same issue of Grocott’s Mail. The properties are: 1 Huntley Street, erf 6719 in Huntley
Street, 21 African Street and 2 Henry Street.
It seems that historical Grahamstown is in
danger of becoming flatland. Let’s hope that
the building bubble bursts before the already
leaking water and sewage pipes do.
Mariss Stevens
Pharmacy Week at
Fort England Hospital
We would like to thank all the generous individuals and local businesses that gave donations
to Fort England Hospital pharmacy for Pharmacy Week held from 6 to 9 September. We
would have liked to thank you all individually,
however due to the overwhelming support the
list would have been too long to publish in this
format. The donations were used to provide information packs and refreshments for children
and adults attending the specialist outpatient
clinics. The hospital staff were afforded the
opportunity to have baseline screening tests
done and were given information and advice.
Presentations were given to staff members on
anti-retroviral treatment, wound care, wellness and exercise. A braai (despite the weather) was held for 100 of the long term patients
and bags with toiletries were supplied to the
female patients. Thank you Grahamstown! The
success of this week would not have been possible without your generous support!
Sandi, Lesa–Jane, Ntosh, Natalie,
Amanda, Maurenda, Katherine and Darryl,
FEH Pharmacy staff
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I like fêtes, but I do wish the people in charge
would make sure that all articles are priced.
Have a large sign with the prices of the
vegetables, what the curry costs, book prices,
everything.
Monocle
Traffic light stress
I waited to cross from Albany Jewellers to
Truworths. The pedestrian light was red.
Many pedestrians are colour blind. Traffic
rules do not apply to them. I thought that
the mama with a walking stick would wait
with me. I was mistaken. Mama followed the
stream. She was exactly halfway across when
a Kwam’e Makana taxi and a motor car came
past the Cathedral, completely within their
rights. How kind they were to stop, and let the
‘disabled’ mama continue her jaunt.
I wished they would blast their hooters at
her, but they did not. When the little man was
green, I duly crossed, and found mama at the
robot that side, in conversation with a friend.
No wonder she had been in such a hurry.
Big Eyes
Building ubuntu
In this day and age the launch of the very
important component of our university is
that of community engagement. For me I
think a thank you may perform wonders by
any means. I write this on behalf of anyone
associated with the institution. I am involved
in Radio Grahamstown. I thank the students
of the Law Department of Rhodes for painting
the walls in the coloured township. I also think
through painting a huge South African flag
and the words “Let us build the future together” and “help for help in 2010” we were able to
build a lot of friendship in that area. May the
Lord Jesus Christ give them extraordinary
wonders and help them in their endeavours to
build our nation which needs morality. Thanks
to all. They showed ubuntu and unity. Thanks
once again.
Makhaya Mzongwana
News researcher
ANC is fundamental
for social
transformation
We must at all times walk with the people,
because the ANC is like a fish in water. The
fish cannot survive without the water, and
the ANC will also die a natural death without
its people. We derive our existence from the
people. Countries who forget this fundamental
revolutionary principle have lost their revolutions. Where is Hungary, Poland, USSR and
Czechoslovlakia? Where is Tanzania? What
happened to Ujama and what is taking place
in Zimbabwe? Revolutions come and go, if not
defended.
We as a movement are also facing this
challenge and the question is, how long will
our NDR last? Particularly when we see the
anti-revolutionary tendencies and negative
signs. We must be able therefore to analyse
and understand global politics. The tools of
analyses that we have to use are Marxist-Leninist and that will assist the movement and
ourselves to position our revolution.
Manise Msumzi Bambiso
Deputy Chairperson ANC Youth League
Ward 7 Siphiwo Mazwai branch
SMS
082 049 2146
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about
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video man to sit at the
containers, then you can
get proof of who doesn't
put garden garbage in the
containers.
>>>>>>>>>>
Chief of Police Cele's new
house in Lynnwood Pretoria
costs R4-million plus. Thousands of South Africans are
starving. A recipe for revolution.
>>>>>>>>>>
How can Settler City Toyota
be allowed to destroy and
obstruct the pavement in
front of their dealership
for showing cars?! Where are
our officials? Please rectify so I am not forced to
walk in the road. What if
all businesses took this
liberty?
>>>>>>>>>>
I am astonished that nobody
in our town can trace the
dogs who are running wildly on the campus and mauling cats. Next will be a
child or a student. But we
so called good citizens look
the other way.
Concerned Grahamstonian.
>>>>>>>>>>
Muni,
please
help
cash
strapped civil servants by
selling them plots to build
their own houses. Not all of
them need a housing subsidy. They don't even qualify
for RDPs. They also fought
for this democracy, why must
they suffer at the hands of
cruel banks and estate agencies? It happens in other
munis.
>>>>>>>>>>
The pedestrian crossings in
Somerset Street need repainting.
>>>>>>>>>>
I wish Repinz would finish painting the Graham Hotel side on Bertram Street.
It looks so tacky. Did you
think we only look at the
front of the building?
>>>>>>>>>>
STYlISH... Patty
Zipp shows off her
beautiful hand-built
Claud Butler bicycle from Oxford in
England.
Photo: Steven Lang
I can't help to notice that
Mike only shakes hands with
the white finalists in the
Win a Corsa competition. The
black finalists appear alone
with no Mike in the picture.
Makes me wonder.
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NEWS
Sports fields to make way for a
new property development
PRUDENCE MINI
A
n application to rezone sports fields belonging to
St Andrew’s College has recently been approved for development by the Makana council. Since 2008, residents
have been making objections and, more recently, took the matter to the office of the Premier of the Eastern Cape, Noxolo
Kiviet. The fields, erven 237 and 238, an upper and lower section, are situated away from the school at the end of Oatlands
Road near Henry Street. The corner of Henry and Speke Street,
adjacent to Oatlands Preparatory School, is an area that has
also been earmarked for the development of a high density
block of flats.
A resident in the area, Ferdy de Moor said St Andrew’s College, as the custodians of the land, have not taken the feelings
of the residents into account. He is concerned about how a restrictive clause, which prohibits the land from being used for
residential purposes, was lifted. Another resident, Fiona Williamson said she could not understand how the application to
rezone the land was approved in the face of such a high number
of objections. “There are just too many houses and there is too
much traffic down Oatlands Road,” she said. She mentioned
that a car accident recently occurred in the area.
De Moor said the area has a lot of problems with the sewage
and reticulation system, the land is on the edge of a wetland and
is prone to flooding.
“In the 1970s the land was said to be unsuitable for development and now all of a sudden it is,” he said.
Peter Sülter of MEH Sülter & Son Professional Land Surveyors and St Andrew’s College representative said erf 237
will be sub-divided into 12 single residential units and erf 238 is
zoned for group housing, allowing up to 56 units on the property
according to the land use planning ordinance. Sülter said the
application to rezone the land was approved after a two year
process. He is aware of the objections to the application, but
says these were overwritten by the municipality.
“Those objections still have a right to appeal to Bhisho if
they feel they don’t want this plan to go ahead,” he said. However, Sülter believes that the proposed property development
would fit into the overall look of the area.
Sülter said they applied to the Department of Housing for
the restrictive clause to be lifted which allows St Andrew’s to
sell the property to developers. This was approved after an 18
month period. He added, “for the removal of the restriction application, all surrounding owners were notified by registered
post”. Responding to concerns of the land being prone to flooding he said they would obviously have to conduct in-depth engineering studies. If there was any chance of that happening,
he said engineers would be called in to ensure that the water is
channelled past the development or drained through the storm
water drain that goes down past Albany Sports field.
“I can’t see anybody doing a plan on a piece of ground that
is subject to flooding,” he said.
He said a traffic assessment study was conducted by Engineering Advice Services from Port Elizabeth which concluded
that the roads were more than adequate for the layout and will
not create traffic congestion. Engineers were also consulted on
water availability such as checking the nearest connections and
the size of the pipes. “I would imagine that whoever purchases
the ground would put up a mini-sub station to increase the electricity for the area,” he said. Makana Municipality spokesperson
Thandy Matebese has confirmed the removal of the restrictive
clause, where the application was approved by the Minister of
Minister of Local Government Housing and Traditional Affairs.
He agrees with Sülter that the land is suitable for development.
Matebese said that most objections were based on the restrictive clause which was ultimately removed.
Sülter said that development creates a huge economic spinoff in terms of employment as it affects everybody such as town
planners to gardeners. “One only needs to look at the poverty
in Grahamstown as the unemployment is so high. We do need
things like this,” he said.
BUILDING SITE... This is the upper section of the two sports fields that have been approved by the muncipality for
property development. The lower section is to the left of this field. The Gowie fields belong to St Andrew’s College
and are situated far from the school and have become impractical for the school to use on a regular basis. Residents
are concerned about the negative impacts the development will have on the area and believe that the fields could be
better utilised by other schools. Photo: Stephen Penney
How it all developed
THE proposal to rezone the sports fields first came up in 2008 and
was met with many objections from residents living in the area.
They argued that the land should not be rezoned in line with a restrictive clause which stipulates that the land may only be used
for recreational (not residential) purposes. According to a resident,
Ferdy de Moor, a letter of complaint which mentioned this clause
was sent to the Premier at the time, Nosimo Balindlela.
This was forwarded to Balindlela legal advisor, Perry Benningfield but no response was received from either of them. The proposed property development has now been approved by the municipal council and residents are uncertain how this restrictive clause
was lifted.
According to Peter Sülter of MEH Sulter & Son Professional
Land Surveyors, who is handling matters on behalf of the St Andrew’s College Property Trust, the original application was for a
higher density structure and received many objections.
He said the uppper section of the field was going to be group
housing of 20 units and the lower would be used to build town housing of 50 units per hectare. This plan was submitted but more objections were made against it, so Sülter consulted with the school
again to reduce the density of the proposed structures. This brings
the top field more in line with the surrounding properties and the
lower field will used for group housing, reducing the density by more
than half.
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Education Focus
UKUFUNDA
v. to read; to learn
Conflict and hope
Despite the teachers’ strike and the chaos currently engulfing matric prelims in the eastern
Cape, the country managed to pull off its first-ever National Book Week last week. This included a celebration of International Literacy Day on 8 September.
Sadly, South Africa’s persistently high levels of adult illiteracy has left many disadvantaged communities with nothing to celebrate. With a literacy rate of 86.4%, South Africa is
ranked 126th out of 201 countries – behind Bolivia (124) and Equitorial Guinea (122), and just
above Kenya (128).
Meanwhile, Book Week event organiser Elitha van der Sandt reminded us that only 14% of
South Africans read books regularly, with just 5% of them buying books.
“Because of our history, many South Africans didn’t get to engage with books beyond a
certain level and we want to change that. We want to get a culture of reading going,” Van der
Sandt said.
The National Book Week is a joint venture by the South African Book Development Council – the representative body of the South African book sector – and the national Department
of Arts and Culture to promote the value of reading. The event will be held in a different province each year to ensure that as many schools and libraries as possible benefit by receiving
donations of books.
In this week’s featured article below, Oupa Lehulere cites the democratic
government of the post-1994 period for making a number of policy choices that
account for our crisis in the culture of reading.
100 representative South African
books for children and young people
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) South Africa drew up this list. In
doing so, they were mindful of the following:
• The books are recognisably African in character. Local literature allows for the exploration of
distinctly South African situations, issues and characters using local idiom and language.
• The authors and illustrators are South Africans or non South Africans living and working in
South Africa.
• The books are in print.
• The books are mentioned in the list in the language in which they were originally written.
Many titles have been translated into other South African languages.
• The books are intended for children and young people: titles that are geared to an adult market are not included, even if popular among younger readers.
Of course, there are many more South African titles of distinction in the area of books for children and young people. It was IBBY’s hope that these 100 would be seen as representing the
excellent work being done by writers and illustrators and translators and publishers in all South
African languages.
Ukufunda will publish the list in 10 instalments of 10 books each. We hope you enjoy browsing
through and consulting the 100 Books List. Your comments are invited, and can be emailed to
[email protected].
The first ten books on the list are arranged alphabetically by author:
1
2
Lesley Beake
The Strollers
3
5
7
National Book Week was
celebrated last week. The
Department of Basic Education has called on parents and
members of communities to
promote the importance of
books and help instil a long
lasting love for reading.
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Maryanne Bester,
illustrated by
Shayle Bester
Three Friends and
a Taxi
Francois Bloemhof
Die dae toe ek Elvis
was
Helen Brain
Fly Cemetery and
other juicy stories
Tania Brink
Liefde laat jou Rice
Krispies anders proe
4
6
8
10
Lesley Beake
Song of Be
Maryanne Bester, illustrated
by Shayle Bester
Cool Nguni
Carole Bloch, Boyce Boulix
Mgcina, Rafeekah Patel,
Juliana Seleti, Ethel Sithole,
Robert Hichens
Remembering Mommy
Elana Bregin
The Red-haired Khumalo
Darrel Bristow-Bovey
SuperZero
A culture in crisis – reading in post-apartheid South Africa
I
t is now commonly accepted that there is a deep crisis regarding the ‘culture of reading” in South Africa. Only a very
small section of the public reads and buys books, there is a
virtual collapse of library services, and publishing in black languages continues to struggle 16 years after the end of apartheid.
The indices of this crisis are equally well-known:
•Only a very small section of the public reads and buys books –
both for leisure (fiction) and self-education or self-advancement
(non-fiction)
•Public libraries have been in long-term decline, and school
libraries are just about non-existent
•Although a large part of young South Africans go through the
schooling system, their reading and numeracy skills are very
low – lagging behind that of their counterparts in the sub-region.
Sources of the crisis
Apartheid is an important factor in accounting for this, but it
has been 16 years after the end of the apartheid regime and
smaller countries in the South African Development Community (SADC) region, with fewer resources, register better reading
and numeracy skills than young people in South Africa. Cuba,
with equally limited resources, was able to raise the standard
of reading and wipe out illiteracy in a few years. So why does
a crisis in the culture of reading persist so stubbornly 16 years
after the end of apartheid?
Two other factors account for the persistence of this crisis.
The Gear
Firstly, the post-apartheid government made a number of policy
choices that have proved fatal for the development of a culture
of reading. It chose a market-driven path captured most dramatically by the adoption of the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (Gear) policy in 1996. Gear is not just an economic
policy: it is a holistic political, social and economic policy. Over
the last 14-odd years, the consequences have been profound:
•South Africa today is the most unequal society in the world.
•Almost half the population lives below the poverty line, and
about 40% of men and women of working age are unemployed.
The majority of unemployed are youth, who are the natural tar-
get audience for a broad-based culture of reading
•Starved of resources, the social infrastructure of reading in
many townships has been under severe stress and in most cases has virtually collapsed
This ‘social infrastructure of reading’ refers to the quality of
people’s general standard of living. This includes, among other
items, libraries, schools, colleges, universities, book stores and
spaces created for leisure. This includes well-resourced (with
books and literacy promoting programmes) kindergartens during childhood, youth leisure and recreation centres, access to
good lighting in the home (electricity) and adequate spacious
housing.
It is not difficult to demonstrate the correlation between levels of inequality and a low culture of reading in a country. Countries with high levels of inequality have a low culture of reading,
and vice versa: countries with a more equal society will show a
higher culture of reading.
The structure of publishing
The second factor is the structure of the publishing industry. In
many debates on the culture of reading the publishing industry
presents itself as the victim of this crisis. Of course, the publishing industry stands in a contradictory relationship to a culture
of reading in any country.
On the one hand, it has an interest in the expansion of the
reading market, and the more people who read the more it is a
potential beneficiary. On the other hand, as an industry driven
by the profit motive, it can only accept the expansion of reading
if this protects and expands the bottom line.
In South Africa the publishing industry is highly concentrated,
with less than 20 publishers accounting for the major part of the
country’s book trade.
In the last few years, global companies and distributors
have made significant inroads into the industry. This industry
has remained profitable because of market concentration, since
it focuses on a small and predominantly white middle class for
its market. This has also reinforced a (high) price structure
that generally excludes the majority of the population from
being able to afford books. Indeed, over the last five years
the tendency has been that price increases outstrip growth in
volumes sold, indicating the general price indifference of the
primary market for publishers in South Africa.
The structure of the industry acts as a barrier to the
development of a broad culture of reading in South Africa.
Firstly, the tendencies towards concentration are accompanied by a tendency towards risk aversion, and so book titles
that do not promise high returns are excluded. The impact on
local stories and new writers is negative.
Secondly, small and independent publishing is the lifeblood of a strong culture of reading, especially in developing countries. The tendencies towards concentration inherent in capitalist industry destroy small publishers without
maintaining the appetite for risk that small publishers have.
Thirdly, the tendency is for profit-maximising publishers to
treat readers as ‘customers’, and not as citizens with a right
to reading.
These corporations only see the culture of reading as a
philanthropic act, and therefore do not engage in the broadbased and sustained activism needed to transform reading
cultures in South Africa. Fourthly, although private large
publishers cannot play the role of transforming reading cultures, they oppose affording a central role for the state in
the transformation of reading cultures. Fifthly, the tendency
to risk aversion in the publishing industry has meant that
the book distribution network is largely concentrated in the
white middle class areas, with no willingness or strategy to
create a distribution network in working class areas.
Finding a way forward
It is not enough for us to continue to blame the legacy of
apartheid. We need to explore and deepen our critique of how
social, economic and political policy options affect the development of a culture of reading.
We need to develop a critique of the publishing industry itself in order to explore the kind of changes we need to
transform and broaden reading cultures.
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DEDICATED... Shoprite awarded six staff members who have proven loyal to their work for many years at the Shoprite Long
Service Awards held at the store recently. The winners, including the number of years they have worked at Shoprite, are
from left: Molly Christian (30), Benedene du Plessis (30), Monica Kusnel (15), Nelson Tom (25), Mavis Goliath (20) and Joan
Marcus (25). Photo: Supplied
SERVICE ABOUT SELF... Recently the Rotary Club of Grahamstown Sunset was honoured by
a visit from the District Governor, Frank Baffoe and his wife Emelia. They had travelled from
Lesotho to visit clubs in the Eastern Cape. Frank exchanges banners with club president,
Rob Benyon, while Emelia and Assistant. Governor Roger Carthew (Kenton-on Sea) look on.
Photo: Supplied
MUTUAL FRIENDS... Pascal
Pau, the Mutual and Federal Eastern Cape Regional
Sales Manager (holding
the microphone) and Avid
Entwisle, Executive General
Manager for IT (wearing
striped blue shirt) with some
of the brokers who attended
the Mutual and Federal golf
day that was held in Port
Alfred recently at the Royal
Port Alfred Golf Club. The
golf day was part of the
annual Mutual and Federal
Universities Boat Race that
took place recently. Photo:
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WORLD VIEW... The DSG
Junior Grade 5 girls submitted accounts of their World
Cup experiences for a competition was held by Learn
the News, a newspaper
aimed at school children.
Louisa Pagel, a Grade 5
pupil, described how her
family took 10 farm labourers to watch the Switzerland
vs Chile match in PE. Photo:
Supplied
LOVE AND JOY... Nic Venter and Carol Johnson were
recently married in East London. Photo: Christie Rusch, Mpro
GENEROUS... Pieter Burger (left) and Chris Smith of GHT
Trailer Hire recently sponsored a braai for the people of the
ACVV Old Age home in Hill Street. Bev Smith from PE came
up to play some golden oldies for the seniors while they
enjoyed their meal. Photo: Supplied
OPEN MIC... Victoria Girls’ High School learners are avid
participants in the weekly Thursday session of the Y4Y
programme on Radio Grahamstown. VG girls participated in
interviews with some of Radio Grahamstown’s presenters on
topics ranging from love to fashion to the strike. Here Grade
11 learner Mamosebo Taka has her say. Photo: Supplied
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SONGBIRDS... Grahamstown based
vocal duo Shirilaulu will performing
their National Arts Festival concert 100
Tongues on Wednesday at 7.30pm.
Shirilaulu was formed in 2009 and gave
their debut recital in May this year.
The members of the duo are Yemurai
Matibe (soprano) and Lotta Matambo
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Cartwright on piano. They held successful
performances at the National Arts Festival
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and reviews, including a live interview
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September, as well as touring Zimbabwe
in December. Don’t miss Shirilaulu
on Wednesday, 22 September in the
Beethoven Room. Tickets cost R30 and
R15 for concessions. Photo: Supplied
GET THE GROOVE... The Grahamstown Music Society
offers an exciting concert featuring Groovin’ High,
a new jazz quintet from Port Elizabeth. The group
consists of John Edwards on piano, Tim Robinson (bass
guitar), Devon van Rooyen on drums, Kyle du Preez
(trombone) and Lincoln Adams on trumpet. All the
members have extensive experience and they will offer a concert from their extensive repertoire of blues,
swing, Latin American and South African jazz. Works
from Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon, Bill Evans, Miles
Davis, John Edwards, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker,
Horace Silver, Oliver Nelson and Chick Corea will be
performed. On Saturday 25 September at St Andrew’s
College Drill Hall at 7.30pm, non-members R80,
pensioners/students R60 and scholars in uniform are
admitted for free. Photo: Supplied
THE A-TEAM (PG)
A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with
the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a
crime for which they were framed. Starring Liam Neeson,
Jessica Biel
Fri. @ 3pm,8pm
Sat. @ 12:30,3pm,8pm
Sun. @ 12:30,3pm
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Wed./Thurs. @ 3pm,8pm
INCEPTION (13V)
#84
The solution will be published on
Thursday, 23 September
HOW TO PLAY: Fill in
the grid so that every
row, every column and
every 3x3 box contains
the digits 1 through 9. No
number can be repeated
in any row, column or
box.
Solution for Friday, 17 September
tvGUIDE
Results of ‘Duplicate at #6’ played at the
Grahamstown Tennis Club on Friday 17 September:
1st: Hart & Shepherd 64%
2nd: Gain & Rivett
54%
3rd: Crawford & Haswell 53%
4th: Pair 1
5th: Pair 2
6th: Pair 6
45%
43%
41%
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Birth
SMUTS - Happy birthday mother,
we appreciate everything that
you have done for us. The
sacrifices that you’ve made for
us. May the Lord give you more
strength and many more years
to come. Love you always from
Darryl, Mervyn and Mellisa.
Funeral
YENDALL Nigel James. Passed
away peacefully on Saturday 18
September 2010. Beloved son
of Eric Kay, devoted husband of
Bev, precious father to Justin,
Kaitlin, Megan and Brendan and
faithful servant of the Lord. Till
we meet again. The memorial
service will be held at the Trinity
Presbyterian Church, Hill Street,
Grahamstown on Thursday 23
September 2010 at 2.30pm.
Donations in lieu of flowers to
Hospice, PO Box 664, Grahamstown. Funeral arrangements
by Inggs Funeral Home 046
636 1528
In memoriam
IN MEMORIAM
GRUBER, Dr Georg M.
(9.1.1936 - 17.9.1990).
In loving memory of Georg
who passed away 20 years
ago today. Dearest Papa
missed by Georg (UK), Gabi
(France) & Gisella (UK) and
their familes - 5 grandchildren. His spirit lives on in
them all.
Judy Krohn (Somerset West),
Richard Polacsek, Margit
(Meg) Polacsek (Australia)
Gerhard Thiere
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In treasured memory of
a dear husband, father,
father in law and Grandfather who left this life on
21.09.2009. Sadly missed
and thought of each day.
Always in our hearts Your
loving wife Olive ,daughter
Heidi, son in law Doug &
grand daughters Danielle &
Sarah. If tears could build
a staircase to heaven and
memories a lane I would
climb that staircase to be
with you again.
A year has passed since
God called you home.
You Will always be sadly
missed by your wife,
children and
grandchildren.
CLIVE Vincent Edwards. One
year ago today, God knoweth
best when he took our brother
and uncle up to rest. Gone
but never forgotten. Lovingly
remembered by the Edwards
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1. PERSONAL
A
fter being called to a halt because of the national strike,
the Grahamstown High Schools Football Rhodes Tournament is set to resume.
The tournament will be played in a group format, where six
teams will be divided into two groups and the top two from each
group will go through to the semi-finals. The the winners will
then square off in the final on Heritage Day at King Field on
Rhodes campus. The round robin matches and the semi finals
will be played at the Rhodes Prospect Field.
It is the first time that the tournament will be contested and
features the teams that contest the High Schools league: Mary
Waters, Nombulelo High , Kulitso Daniels, Velile High School in
Bathurst, TEM Mrwetyana and Samuel Ntsika. The captains
and coaches received their kits from the assistant manager of
Sports Admin at Rhodes, Mandla Gagayi on Monday. The teams
were very happy with their new kits, but Gagayi implored them
to keep them safe and use them at school only, not for club football. The kits were given out according to the schools’ colours
and they were different so that there is no colour clash at game
time. Gagayi also asked the coaches to produce player identification cards or identity books at the fixtures to prevent over
age players. He said that birth certificates will not be accepted.
TEM Mrwetyana, who are the defending league champions, are regarded as the favourites and one of their players
Sinethemba Moyikwa is equally bullish about their chances.
“We expect to win the tournament as we are the defending
champions, but we are in a tough group with no easy games,”
said Moyikwa. However he is happy about participating in the
tournament as it allows players who do not get a shoe in at the
local leagues a chance to show what they’re made of.
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Makana Brick Grocott’s cycle race
Women dominate at cycle race
Stephen penney
G
rahamstown’s own cycle race, the
Makana Brick Grocott’s Cycle Tour, was
held on Sunday. While the race date was
changed from May to September due to bad
weather, among other reasons, it seems the bad
weather followed the race.
The event consisted of an 80.4km main race,
a 34km and a 10km kids ride.
Sunday’s cycle race was held in windy conditions, although some good times were recorded. There was also a slight decrease in turnout,
but overall the race went smoothly. One of the
organisers, Graham Hains of the Grahamstown
Round Table, said that besides the wind the race
went well as a whole. Hains said they are happy
with the date change, although this year’s race
clashed with a big mountain bike event.
This was the fifth cycle tour, with Conrad
Viljoen from Port Elizabeth winning the main
race for the fourth time. Viljoen, who cycles for
Mecer-NMMU, said his team of five rode hard
from the start. After the turnaround at Carlisle
Bridge, Viljoen said the team was down to three
who then worked together right up to end, with
Viljoen taking the win for the team. His winning
time was 2 hours 7 minutes and 1 second. Viljoen was followed by teammates Regardt Koen
and Ronald Scheffer.
This was the third win in as many weeks
for Viljoen, who won a the Makro Defy Cycle
Tour in Port Elizabeth the previous week, and
a mountain bike event in St Francis Bay the
week before that. Viljoen said the Makana Brick
Grocott’s race is one he always tries to fit into
his race programme. He added that the race
date should stay as September as it is the start
of the road race season.
The women’s race was missing four time
winner, Anriette Schoeman which meant the
race was open for a local rider. Local Candice
Mullins lead from the start to win the women’s
event in 2:47:11. The second placed woman
was Leilani Bradley. The winner of the 80.4km
open seeded (unlicensed cyclists who left five
minutes after the licensed group) was Stephen
Gourley who finished in 2:35:32, followed by
Stephen Penney. The two also clocked the top
two times for local riders in both groups. The
first open woman home was Julie Walker in
2:53:48, with Julie Truter second. Gourley was
also the open winner at last week’s Makro Defy
Cycle Tour.
In the 34km event, Graeme College pupil,
Jason Meaton almost caused the upset of the
day, as he finished second overall. What makes
his second place so unique is that he competed
on a mountain bike, chasing down local roadie
Devin Cripwell who managed to sneak in with a
two second win.
Makana Brick Grocott’s 80.4km finishers
1.Conrad Viljoen 2:07:01
2.Regardt Koen 2:07:05
3.Ronald Scheffer 2:07:18
4.Jarred Salzwedel 2:21:56
5.Jevandre Pauls 2:21:57
6.Andrew Briggs 2:21:59
7.Pascal Pau 2:22:52
8.Martin Truscott 2:25:40
9.Andrew Immelman 2:25:48
10.Andre Murray 2:25:49
11.David McEwan 2:27:01
12.Kevin Cremer 2:31:49
13.Stephen Gourley 2:35:32 (open)
14.Stephen Penney 2:35:35 (open)
15.Louis Janse van Rensburg 2:40:30
16.Pedro Tabensky 2:40:32
17.Jannie Viljoen 2:40:40
18.Trevor Hill 2:43:37
19.Malcolm Vorster 2:44:32 (open)
20.Martin Muller 2:44:33 (open)
21.Collyn Elliot 2:45:51
22.Stephen van Niekerk 2:46:10 (open)
23.Peter Britz 2:46:11 (open)
24.Paul Els 2:46:12 (open)
25.Candice Mullins 2:47:11
26.Andrew Lowndes 2:49:08 (open)
27.Theunis Reynolds 2:50:38
28.Jeremy Abrahams 2:51:18
29.Denzil Hewitt 2:52:38 (open)
30.Julie Walker 2:53:48 (open)
31.Julie Truter 2:57:56 (open)
32.Darryn Bradley 2:58:31
33.Deon Boshoff 3:05:23 (open)
34.Kevin Barnard 3:06:45 (open)
35.Hal Snyman 3:06:46 (open)
36.John Jones 3:0703 (open)
37.Doug Cuppleditch 3:07:26 (open)
38.Trevor Amos 3:09:43 (open)
39.Matthew Louw 3:09:43 (open)
40.Terri-Lynn Penney 3:10:44 (open)
41.Ernie Bilbrough 3:16:09
42.Leilanie Bradley 3:18:49
43.Jonathan Mortensen 3:43:58 (open)
44.Mark Hunter-Smith 3:45:51 (open)
45.Clayton Hayward 3:45:52 (open)
46.Yvette Grobler 3:45:53 (open)
47.Richard Reid 3:45:54 (open)
48.Len van der Merwe 3:47:26 (open)
49.Quinton Muller 3:50:00 (open)
CALM BEFORE THE CYCLE... The starts of the 80.4km Makana Brick Grocott’s Cycle Tour which took place in windy conditions on Sunday. Photo: Steven Lang
Julie Walker and Stephen Gourley were the winners of the
Makana Brick Grocott’s 80.4km open category.
Photo: Stephen Penney
Local sports enthusiast Quinton Muller was the lucky winner
of a brand new racing bike which was one of many spot
prizes won during the race. The bicycle was sponsored by
Makana Brick and Good Hope Cycles. Photo: Stephen Penney
50.Gordon McCune 3:57:55
Makana Brick Grocott’s 34km finishers:
1.Devin Cripwell 1:05:11
2.Jason Meaton 1:05:13
3.Glen Midgley 1:09:02
4.Richard Simpson 1:11:05
5.Matthew Archer 1:11:56
6.Graeme van Zyl 1:20:27
7.Mark van Zyl 1:20:27
8.Jaco Pitout 1:21:37
9.Marthinus Fourie 1:22:08
10.Clayton Mullins 1:23:50
11.Craig Mullins 1:23:51
12.George Wells 1:23:56
13.Ryan Janse van Rensburg 1:26:00
14.Steffny 1:26:01
15.Brian Colloty 1:28:06
16.Lawrence Ferreira 1:32:16
17.Mike Were 1:37:26
18.Eric Mapara 1:37:38
19.Grant Wilson 1:37:42
20.Justin Janse van Rensburg 1:37:58
21.Adrian Hobson 1:38:57
22.Keith Scott 1:38:58
23.Sally Price-Smith 1:39:35
24.Jacqueline Hewitt 1:39:37
25.Ruth Wolostra 1:39:40
26.Oliver Cartwright 1:41:55
27.Michael Salzwedel 1:44:41
28.Dane du Plessis 1:46:16
29.Sean Gooden 1:51:39
30.Renee McCune 1:54:16
31.Pierre Jacobs 2:02:16
32.Jonothan Spengler 2:02:17
33.Lily Janse van Rensburg 2:02:55
34.Marius Wolmarans 2:11:40
35.Sam Bradley 2:25:31
EASY WIN... Conrad Viljoen of team Mecer-NMMU wins the
annual Makana Brick Grocott’s Cycle Tour 80.4km event.
Photo: Daneel Knoetze
PROUD WINNERS... Conrad Viljoen, left and Candice Mullins were the overall winners of the Makana Brick Grocott’s
80.4km cycle tour. Photo: Stephen Penney
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Sport
TOP TEAM... Seen during the open 1 500m event at the Graeme College sports day are, from left, Robert Blane, Luke
Scharneck, Kashka Crampton and Silakhe Singata. Photo: Stephen Penney
AIRBORNE... Abongile Klaas in full flight during the U8 long
jump event at the Graeme College sports day. Photo: Stephen
Penney
Two records at Graeme athletics day
Staff RepoRteR
G
raeme College held its Athletics day at the school last
week, with Wiles house keen to retain the Athletics
shield. however, hutton house showed great improvement in many of the day’s events, so competition was at an all
time high.
Inclement weather – high temperatures in the morning and
windy conditions in the afternoon – did not deter the boys from
putting in some good performances. In a closely contested affair, with the lead changing hands on a few occasions, so Wiles
ultimately managed to retain the shield. They finished on 629
points, second was hutton with 584 points, third was Neilson
with 540 points with Vernal fourth on 529 points.
The day only produced two new records, Cameron Rafferty
broke the U7 long jump record with a new distance of 3,40m
(The previous record was set in 2008 by Alex McGee with a distance of 3,21m). Alex Banfield set a new U16 discus record with
a distance of 35,25m (2008 – Chad Banfield – 34,08m).
The medal winners for the Graeme 2010 sports day are as
follows:
Most outstanding U7 athlete: Cameron Rafferty
Most outstanding U8 athlete: Zintle Papu
Most outstanding U9 athlete: Aaron Richardson
Most outstanding U10 athlete: sokhana Mjekula
Most outstanding U11 athlete: Matthew Robertson
Most outstanding U12 athlete: Kamva Ntapu
Most outstanding U13 athlete: Mita sixaba
Most outstanding U14 athlete: ethan september
smith Trophy (for the most outstanding U15 athlete): Zuko
Cawe
Narshai Trophy (Best U15 sprinter): Gordon-Wayne Plaatjes
howell Trophy (Most outstanding U16 athlete): Alex Banfield
sieberhagen Trophy (winners of the ladder relay): Wiles
Powell Trophy (best field performance of the day): Abongile
hashe
Coetzer Trophy (best track performance of the day): damyn
Walton
Bailie Trophy (best overall performance of the day): damyn
Walton
Victor Ludorum: Quinton Muller and Kashka Crampton.
Grahamstown players
shine at T20 tournament
CheSley DanielS
AERODYNAMIC HAIR... Rhodes University men’s B crew seen in action at the recent Universities Boat Race. They won the B
event against University of Johannesburg. Photo: Supplied
A win for the men’s B rowing
Stephen penney
Rhodes University Rowing Club took
part in the recent Mutual & Federal
sA Universities Boat Race. The event
was held along the Kowie River in Port
Alfred. The Rhodes crews trained for the
two and a half months in preparation for
the boat race.
This was the 30th boat race, with
Mutual and Federal as the sponsors of
the event for the past 10 years.
The men crews row a 6km course
while the women row a 4km course finishing at the Port Alfred River and ski
Boat Club, where Rhodes students lined
the bank to support their crews to the finish line.
The best placed Rhodes crew was
the men’s B crew which beat University
of Johannesburg by 29 seconds to be the
overall winners of the men’s B event.
The Rhodes men’s B crew is coached by
simon Moore, an old Rhodes rower.
Both the women’s and men’s A crews
were placed fourth in the A events, while
the women’s B crew was also placed
fourth in the B event.
Kristen Yammin, the Rhodes Rowing
marketing officer, said the boat race was
“a great event, in spite of the rain and
wind”.
Mandla Gagayi, assistant manager at
Rhodes sport Administration said “the
boat race went well and there were no
incidents reported”.
The heritage Mall T20 Charity Cricket Tournament began in Port
Alfred recently, where Grahamstown’s Willows and Swallows teams
showed some good form in the opening two days of the tournament. This bodes well for the upcoming Grahamstown Cricket
Board season which begins on Saturday 25 September.
Good performances from the local cricketers during the two
days came from Damain Marney (Swallows) who made 50 runs,
Valentine hendriks (Willows) made 58, Valentine Fillis (Swallows)
26 and took four wickets for five runs. During Sunday’s matches
Lucius Jordaan (Willows) made 26 runs and Le Clue Trompetter
(Swallows) took two wickets.
Results from the T20:
Leach Pharmacy vs Dulux Paint - Dulux won by 35 runs. Dulux
118/6 (20 overs), Damian Marney 50. Tjaard Coetzee 2/15.
Leach Pharmacy 83 all out. Valentino Fillis 26. Nathan Hilpert
3/35.
Multi Security vs Pick n Pay. Pick n Pay won by 16 runs. Pick n Pay
102 all out. Lavierien 25, De Clerq 3/10. Multi 86 all out. Bongi Draai
35, Daniel Nel 2/9, Le Clue Trompetter two wickets.
Sky Alarms vs Furn Mark. Sky won by eight wickets. Furn Mark 124
all out. Cornall 26, herselman 2/28. Sky Alarms 125/2. Valentine
hendriks 58, Lucius Jordaan 26, Cornall 1/25.
Vintage Liquors vs Wimpy. Wimpy won by 11 runs. Wimpy 89 all out.
Eldorick Gouws 12, Bowker 3/14, Chesley Daniels 1/12. Vintage 78
all out. Bowker 37, Pittaway 3/7.
Wimpy vs Pick n Pay. Wimpy won by 61 runs. Wimpy 122/8. Bowdler
32, Laverien 3/12, Clue Trompetter one wicket. Pick & Pay 61 all out.
McCann 15.
Leach Pharmacy vs Sky Alarms. Leach won by six wickets. Sky 42 all
out. Lourens 14, Valentino Fillis 4/5, Daniels one wicket. Leach 43/4,
Fredericks 19, Lourens 2/6.
Multi vs Vintage. Vintage won by 42 runs. Vintage 134/2, Dewald Nel
40 not out, Elliot 2/8. Multi 92 all out. Duybele 2/18.
Dulux vs Furn Mark. Dulux won by 23 runs. Dulux 81 all out, Bradfield
18, Eaton 3/1. Furn Mark 58 all out. Deon Nel 15, Hilpert 3/28.
Wimpy and Dulux prelimary qualified for the semi finals having
won two out of their three round robin games. The play offs and
finals will take place on Friday, 24 September.
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21 S eptember 2010
Running and walking in aid of Famsa
Stephen penney
O
ver 300 runners and walkers took part in the inaugural
Victoria Girls’ High School (VGHS) Old Girls Union 5km
fun run/walk last week.
“It was a huge success for a first attempt with various members of the Grahamstown community joining in, from serious
club runners to lawyers, finance directors and mothers with babies in prams”, said Karen Kouari, chairperson of the VGHS Old
Girls Union. Four-legged friends were also well represented.
The run was also supported by local schools, with St Andrew’s Prep ferrying in a busload of pupils to take part, as well
as a number of DSG scholars and pupils from VGHS and Victoria Primary School.
The Old Girls’ Union Committee, which comprises of four
old girls: Leanne van der Merwe, Nadine Baillie, Natasha
Rischbeter and Karen Kouari, have decided that this will be an
annual fun run/walk to encourage the community and schools
in Grahamstown to get together and just have fun while contributing to a good cause.
The overall race winner was Simphiwe Tana of Nedbank Running Club, followed by Patrick Mnto (Run/Walk For Life Athletics
Club) and Sisa Camagu (Nedbank) in third place. The women’s
winner was Jennifer Coppinger of Rhodes, followed by Jene Banfield and Terri-Lynn Penney, both from Run/Walk For Life.
This year’s charity was Famsa and Kouari thanked Famsa
Project Manager, Hilda Botha and all the women from the Famsa Training Project who helped with marshalling and manning
the boerewors and cooldrinks stall.
“We are hoping for many more fun run/walks to be supported by the good old Grahamstown community. See you next
year!” said Kouari.
FUN ON THE RUN... Over 300 participants took part in the Victoria Girls’ High School fun run last week. Photo: Supplied
School soccer tourney gets exciting
Graeme pupil wins 43km
Staff RepoRteR
Stephen penney
THE Grahamstown High
Schools’ Rhodes Football
Tournament is nearing its
climax after the first electrifying two rounds on Prospect
Fields at Rhodes.
On Friday Mary Waters,
still recovering from their
earlier loss to Nombulelo,
managed to regroup and
displayed a professional performance when they humbled
TEM Mrwetynana 2–1. Mrwetyana went into this match as
the favourites having beaten
Mary Waters in the Grahamstown High Schools league.
However, their bubble
burst within 15 minutes when
a Mary Waters’ striker was
fouled inside the box and the
referee, Bongani Spopo, did
not think twice in giving Mawas a deserved penalty.
Mrwetyana managed to
shrug off their opponents’
lead and grabbed a goal within
five minutes. Mawas showed
character and took the game
to Mrwetyana and slotted in
BLUE VS
GREEN... The
Grahamstown
High Schools
Football
tournament,
which started
last week,
concludes this
week with the
semi-finals and
finals. Here,
Khutliso Daniels
(in blue) met
Velile (in green)
in a round robin
match. Photo:
Stephen Penney
the winning goal in the dying
minutes of the game. The final
score was 2–1 to Mawas.
The league champions
Khutliso Daniels, hosted the
visitors from Bathurst, Velile
High and it was clear from the
first whistle that the visitors
were no match for Khutliso
as they camped in Velile’s half
for much of the game.
Velile’s
defence
was
breached in the 25th minute of
the game when their keeper
fumbled a harmless ball and
a striker from Khutliso had
no problem tapping into an
empty net. \
From there on it was
one way traffic and Khutliso
scored two more goals early
in the second half. However,
to everybody’s surprise, Velile
launched a fight back. They
grabbed two quick goals and
left the match open for most
part of the second half. Khutliso hung on for a 3–2 win.
yesterday,
Nombulelo
were scheduled to play
their last round robin match
against Mrwetyana while Ntsika hosted Velile. If the current form is anything to go by,
Nombulelo could win Group A
and Khutliso Group B.
This would mean Nombulelo could face Velile and
Khutliso against Mary Waters
in tomorrow’s semi-finals at
Prospect Field starting at
3pm.
Looking forward to Heritage Day fun run
Staff RepoRteR
Kingswood Junior school hosts its annual
wimpy Heritage day Challenge on sunday
26 september. The event consists of a 10km
run/walk, as well as a 4.5km fun run/walk, as
well as a 2km route for pre-primary students
and their teachers and parents. The first 522
finishers will each receive a gold, silver or
bronze medal. “This is a family outing,”said
organiser ian Knott-Craig. The races start at
8am from Kingswood City Lords rugby field,
with entries being taken from 7am. The cut
off time is two hours which will be followed by
the prizegiving. Entry forms are available at
wimpy or Kingswood Junior. The entrance fee
is R10. wimpy is the main sponsor with Pg
glass, Kenrich, PennyPinchers and Re/Max
all supporting the day and sponsoring the water tables and the finish line.
Last year saw about 450 participants
“and we are hoping for a similar response
from everyone,” said Knott-Craig. The men’s
record, set in 2007, of 32 minutes 26 seconds is held by simphiwe Tana, and the women’s record is held by Alexia Louizou, 41:05
set in 2008.
CyCLISTS and runners took part in the 2010 Bathurst Pineapple Endurance events recently. New on the race programme
was an 18km trail run as well as a 63km mountain bike event.
There was also a 5km, 18km and 43km mountain bike events.
Local mountain biker, Jason Meaton was no match in the 43km
as he went on to win the race in 1:56:30.
Grahamstown 63km cycle results - 15. Pete Britz 3:17:30, 16.
Pedro Tabensky 3:17:31, 17. Johan Conradie 3:22:13, 30. Andrew
Penney 3:51:01.
Pineapple Endurance 43km cycle - 1. Jason Meaton 1:56:30,
13. Trevor Amos 2:54:57, 28. Leonie yendall 4:11:16.
Results for 18km cycle - 6. Sean Gooden 1:10:40, 7. Adam Campbell 1:11:54, 8. Jonothan Campbell 1:12:42, 9. Neil Currie 1:13:20,
11. Michael Salzwedel 1:16:54, 17. Jacques Castelyn 1:27:08, 21.
Thomas Price-Smith 1:36:28, 22. Heidi Salzwedel 1:40:40.
18km run - 6. Nicolette Brouwer 1:55:45, 7. Colin Meyer 1:56:43,
8. Brian Bannetyne 2:00:33, 10. Sally Price-Smith 2:07:47, 12. Colin Price-Smith 2:38:29.
Qabaka shares first place
Staff RepoRteR
NMMU’s inaugural chess open tournament was held on the
NMMU campus in Summerstrand recently, with six members of the Rhodes University Chess Club taking part.
In the 34 player A section, Khanya Qabaka had a great
tournament finishing in joint first place with five points out
of six along with Tinus Goosen and Freddy Odendaal, both
of Port Elizabeth. Goosen won the title on tie break ahead
of Qabaka. Andrew Martin finished tenth on 3.5 points. He
had an nailbiting tournament winning his first two games,
drawing the next three and losing his last game. Virgil Prins
scored three points and finished 15th and Ntsiko Sello says
she surprised herself by finishing 25th with 2.5 points.
In the B section which consisted of 52 players, Clapton
Mutamba had a good performance finishing in 11th place
with four points out of six. Brett Atkinson finished 35th with
two points.
“In a year which has seen less chess activity for the club
because of a shortened academic year, these results are very
pleasing,” said Andrew Martin of the Rhodes chess club.

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