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BUSINESS owners on CadmoorRoad in Hillcrest are enduringthe short-term pain of the
aqueduct construction since itsinception about a year ago, but someare wondering if they’ll be there tosee the long-term gain.
Donnae McReynolds, owner ofcoffee shop Lucky Bean, which isalso a playground and children’sparty venue, says she has been inexistence for almost four years,however, since the start of construc-tionalongCadmoorandGeversroadsa year ago, her profits are down byalmost 45%.
“It seems as if we are fighting alosing battle with those in charge ofconstruction on these roads.
“Apart from businesses bearingthe brunt of the problem, there arealso numerous issues which neverget addressed,” she said.
McReynolds said residents andbusiness owners are never informedin advance which road is closed andmoreoften thannot,theyhaveto turntheir vehicles around at dead endsevery morning.
“Thereareregularwaterandelec-tricitycuts,someareevencutoffatthesame time, which makes running abusiness and a household difficult.
“We are often not informed of thecutsand ithappens at random hoursof the day,” she said.
“My employees also have a hardtime travelling to and from work asthere is no public transport on this‘dirt’ route.
“They often have to walk pasthuge trucks and graders, which weare all unhappy about.”
Irate business owner said emailsand requests for updates on theproject fall on deaf ears, and no oneappears to be concerned about theissues the community is experienc-ing.
Lucky-Bean employee PrettyGcwabaza said she often gets towork late.
“This is causing major problemsfor me, and if I did not have such anunderstanding boss I would havebeen fired by now.”
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe construction along Cadmoor andGevers roads.
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>> Residents demand answers from project planning departmentCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
SPRING’S sudden and welcome arrival hasbrought with it nostalgic memories of pictureperfect gardens and lazy summer Sundays,picnic blankets and family cricket matches.
But no dream garden is complete withouta beautifully manicured lush lawn – so that isjust theplace tostart. Afteradrywinter,Farm-yardOrganics,KZN’sleadingcompostingcom-pany, recommends giving your lawn the five-star treatment this spring.
“One of the best things you can do to main-tain ahealthy lawn is the annual process of topdressing with Farmyard Organics’ LawnDressing. This helps to build up the quality ofthesoil, feedyourlawnand,byfillingsmallhol-lows andbumps - evens out the surface, givingyourlawnaprofessionalelegance,”saysFarm-yard Organics owner, John Kidger.
FarmyardOrganics’LawnDressingismadeupofablendofcompostandKraalmanurethatis high in nitrogen for vigorous growth. It alsoassists with water retention and improves the
lawn’s drainage over time. “Formost effectiveresults, we recommend that an even layer ofabout 10mm is spread over the entire surfaceof recently mown lawn and then wateredstraight after application,” said Kidger.
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Farmyard Organics’ Lawn Dressing andtheirotherproductsareavailableat leadingre-tail partners in Hillcrest, Pinetown and Kloof,including Builders Express, EMART, DietersNursery, That Nursery (Westville) and MarririTrading.
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Calling all young, dynamic South Africans>> The US Ambassador was present at the handover, in Durban, of grants worth almost R4 millionDEBI BLAKE
“BEING present at functionslike these is a part of offi-cial diplomatic business
that is close to my heart.”USAmbassador, PatrickGaspard,
spoke to Fever at the hand-over ofthe US Ambassador’s HIV and AIDSCommunity Grants Awards on Fri-day.
The event was held in Sydenham,Durban at the end of a two-dayworkshop attended by the 30 grantrecipients who hailed from the fourcorners of KwaZulu-Natal and theEastern Cape.
A total amount of $372 000(nearlyR4million)ingrants-fromthePresident'sEmergencyPlan forAIDSRelief (PEPFAR) - was awarded tothe beaming organisations on the re-ceiving end of the funding.
The ambassador arrived in SouthAfrica a year ago to take up the diplo-
matic post - his first in the corps.“I am still hoping to travel around
South Africa and see a lot more - notonly of the countryside but what ishappening on the ground, and howthe grants are making a difference.
Gaspard was born in what isnow the Democratic Republic ofCongo in 1967 but moved to the
States with his family at the age ofthree. Another programme close toGaspard’s heart is The WashingtonFellowship for Young African Lead-ers.
Candice Potgieter, CEO of the KZNScience Centre and Mbali Ntuli (for-mer youth leader of the DA) are twowell-known personalities from KZN
whorecentlyreturnedfromtheUSaf-ter being chosen for the Fellowship.
“TheProgramme is looking forac-complished, innovative, dynamicyoung citizens (between 25 and 35years old) who are excelling in busi-ness and entrepreneurship, politics,public service or civic engagement,”Gaspard said.
“Potential applicants shouldbeal-ready making a contribution to theircommunity. Last year 4 000 appli-cants from around the country ap-plied - only 40 were selected. Candi-datesare identifiedwhowill return totheir country to inspire the next gen-eration.”
A total of 500 candidates from theentireAfrican continent attended thesix-week programme at various uni-versitiesintheUS.Theythenengagedin one of three areas - business andentrepreneurship,civicleadershiporpublic management.
Upon completion of the pro-
grammeintheUS,“it ishopedthatthereturningFellowswill continue inAf-rica with opportunities for network-ing, continued professional develop-ment and access to seed funding forentrepreneurs. Fellows will have ac-cess to enrichment seminars, localand regional networking events anda vibrant online community,” Gas-pard explained.
Candice Potgieter, CEO of the KZNScience Centre: “The Young AfricanLeadersInitiativeprogrammehasre-ally beenanexciting and inspiration-al time by uplifting me in both a pro-fessional and personal manner.”
The online applications for the2015 selection should be available inearly December this year and will bedue in late January 2015.
For further details on the Pro-gramme visit http://youngafrican-leaders.state.gov and sign up foremailupdatesandnotificationsaboutthe application process.
Pictured from left:Thandeka Nkosi (ad-ministrative clerk/bookkeeper at Uku-zakha NokuzenzelaWomen's Associationin Paulpietersburg)with US AmbassadorPatrick Gaspard andJoslyn Walters (fromthe US Ambassador’sHIV & AIDS Communi-ty Grants Programme).
PHOTO: DEBI BLAKE
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May the ‘forces’ be with you>> Hillcrest Park now boasts one of the highest strategically placed CCTV area networks
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HILLCREST Park Neigh-bourhood Watch (HPNW)is proudly associated with
EnforceanditstaskteamprovidesIntel and support to their armedresponse officers," these are thewordsofShaunLyle,HillcrestParkNeighbourhood Watch chairman,determined to fight crimehead-onin the area.
Lyle said that a strong allianceand positive working relationshiphas culminated in a series ofunique security initiatives, one ofthemorenotablebeingthe roll-outof the industry-leadinghi-techEn-force Watchmen security cameranetwork.
“Hillcrest Park now boasts oneof the highest strategically placedCCTV area networks anywhere inDurban.“While not foolproofWatchmen
has bolstered the area’s multiplesecurity layers.“Inanotheruniquedevelopment,a key access point to the area has
in addition, licence- plate recogni-tion abilities.
“Based on a clearly identifiedneed for 'eyes in the sky' along theTransnet rail reserve,Enforceral-lied and Hillcrest Park was veryfirst Upper Highway communityto utilise their resources to strate-gically deploy cams trainedon therail track and adjacent hotspots.”
Inaddition to the cameras, Lylesaid that HPNWhas another eightspecifically dedicated to the railreserve, allowing virtual patrols24/7, and the quick deployment ofrapid response teams to specificlocationswhen lusciousactivity ora threat is identified.
“Now, working with HPNW,support-dependant Enforce isplanning on expanding that net-work into HPNW sector 2, namelyAlbany Park being themill, Nkutuand the Inanda Road area,” saidLyle.
For more information on thecameras or to find out how to getthem in other neighbourhoodscontact Lyle on 0825537399 oremail [email protected]
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDHPNW members involved in crime fighting.
AMANDA KHOZA
THe province’s finance boss as-sured concerned organisationsthat she would curb the roll-out ofmini casinos.
LastweekTheWitness (Fever’ssister paper) reported PastorMervin Reddy’s emotional plea tostop the KZN Gaming and BettingBoard fromapproving 13 licencesthat would see the rolling out ofmini casinos in malls.
Reddy’s emotional appeal wasthemostpersonalof theobjectionspresented at the hearing at West-ville Country Club.
Tuesdaywas the firstof13pub-lic hearings onallowing electronicbingo terminals in shoppingmallsin KZN.
Fouroperatorshaveappliedforlicences at 13malls, including thePavilion and Amanzimtoti’sGalleria.
KwaZulu-Natal Finance MECBelindaScotthasreassuredsever-al organisations around the prov-ince that she intends amendingregulations that aim to allowminicasinos in malls.
This she said in a letter sent toattorney Stephen Franke, whofiled an objection against theminicasinos in malls around theprovince onbehalf of 21 organisa-tions.
The Witness has a copy of theletter, dated 9 September, whichreads: “I intend to amendboth theKwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Bet-ting Regulations, 2012 and the
KwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Bet-tingBoardTaxAct2010inthenearfuture,” and is signed by Scott.
Scott said amendments will in-clude measures to curb the prolif-
ing reaction of applause from thehundreds of people at the Phoenixhearing yesterday showedappreciation of the MEC’s state-ments.”
MEC ‘will curb mini casinos’
Employee Bianca Jukes who works at a businessin Cadmoor Road said: “This construction is causinga lot of damage to my vehicle as I am forced to driveon dirt roads every day. Sometimes I am ‘pushed’ offthe road to allow a big truck to pass,” she said.
“Was this project planned before it was imple-mented?”
Resident Warren Brauns, who is also angeredwith the way the project is handled, said he was al-most in a head-on collision because the “flag man”directed traffic at the construction site incorrectly.
“These men and women directing traffic are nottrained to do this job. All they need is a simple stop-and-go procedure instead of confusing everyone.”
McReynolds and other residents say they under-stand the importance of the construction projectand know it has to be implemented however, theywould like proper communication from the manage-ment team as to what is going on.
“If we are told in advance which roads are closedand when power and water will be cut we can makealternate arrangements. Right now we are taking itone day at a time and suffering in silence. We needanswers and assistance,” said McReynolds. Ward 10councillor Rick Crouch said that although it is not hisward, he is trying to assist Cadmoor Road residentsas best he can and asked for copies of the emailsfrom residents pertaining to their woes.
JenniferGeorge,WKCivilEngineeringContractorsPR,whoareinchargeoftheproject,didnotcommentat the time of going to press.
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Durban business-man Vivian Reddywelcomed the state-ment, saying thatScott “recognisedthatgambling inKZNwas over-saturated”.
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Fighting crime in Botha’s Hill>> Residents aim to take back their streets
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WITHamixtureofcourageand determination, theresidents of Patna Road,
Secure link and SA CommunityCrimeWatchhavecombined forc-
es to form the Botha’s Hill Patrol-lers inaneffort to fight crimeheadon in the area.
According to Steven King ofSACCW and Secure Link, the pa-trollerswere formed out of a needto combat the spiralling crimerates in the area.
“There has been a steady in-crease in house break-ins, androbberies in Benares and PatnaRoads. Instead of sitting back andcomplaining about it, residentsdecided to take action,” he said.
Secure Link, SA CommunityCrimeWatch and concerned resi-dentsmet in the interests ofwork-ing together to secure the neigh-bourhood inwhateverwayneces-sary.
“Discussions soon led to a 24hour patrol with the assistance ofSecure Link. We have also set upcommunity Whatsapp groups inBotha’sHillwhich is used tonotifyresidents of any suspicious activi-ty or incidents of crime,” saidKing.
“With the street patrols wewant to create visible policing inthe area.
“The main objective of thepatrols is to assist the police in pa-trolling the area and to creategreater visibility making sure the
streets are clean and calm.”King said the patrollers aim to
assistwheretheycanandsaid thatthey are in no way replacing thepolice, they are merely supple-menting them.
He said that if there is a an inci-dent, resident’s first call shouldbeto the authorities, however, thestreet patrols will be in the areasearching for the criminals.
The Botha’s Hill Patrollers cur-rentlycompriseof20membersonthepatrol groupunder leadershipof Eugene Chetty and MariusIhlenfeldt, but they are appealingfor more residents to join.
“We would like to request allBotha’sHill residents to join inourefforts to fight crime.“Themore residentswe have in
our team, the more area we cancover at once,” they said.
All interested residents whowould like to form part of the pa-trols can contact Steven King on082 820 4017.
Members of the Botha’s Hill Patrollers VivianChetty, Eugene Chetty, Mukesh Harrilal, Roshan
Harrilal, Brendon Naicker and Veekash Gokooldedicated to fighting crime.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
KALISHA NAICKER
HILLCREST Park NeighbourhoodWatch (HPNW) are proud to call their3.8km section of Transnet Railway lineand DMOSS reserve the cleanest in thearea.
According to Shaun Lyle, HPNWchairman, the railway line was not al-ways this way.
“Prior to us taking over the railwayapproximately two years ago it was adirty neglected area and haven for va-grants, beggars, whoonga addicts and
criminals,” he said.Lyle said that HPNW approached
the community and tackled the prob-lem head on. Once the HPNW
A task team had secured the area,the 40 strong anti-trash team spent aninitial three hours clearing trash - a haulof 140 bags was removed.
Since then the bag count has con-tinued to climb and is currently at 1100bags.
“With a noted increase in trash, sus-pected to be made worse by numerousconstruction crews in the area, HPNWorganised a special blitz in August, overand above their weekly mini cleanups.
Vice chair Rory Jarrett and his teamof Bongi Hlengwa, Musa Mngadi andJerome Jama committed to a full daytrackside.
Theyclearedsome55bagsfromtherail reservebetweenInandaandStone-wall Bridges,” he said.
“It’s is arguable that Hillcrest Parkin the heart of Hillcrest boasts a uniqueand rare attraction; the SpringsideConservancy plus 3.8km of rail reservedemarcated a DMOSS conservation ar-ea through which another unique at-traction passes regularly, the UmgeniSteam Rail.”
Shaun Lyle, added that residentmembers of HPNW are extremely pas-sionate about this heritage and, undertheir now famous ‘broken window ap-proach’, work tirelessly to not only se-cure the area, but also assist in conser-vation initiatives under guidance ofGeorge Victor, chairman of the Conser-vancy.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDBongi Hlengwa, Musa Mngadiand Jerome Jama committed tokeeping the railway clean and ti-dy.
Maintaining aclean andcrime free area
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SEPTEMBERisDeafAwarenessMonthandthe launch of the KZN Blind and DeafSociety’s 2015 Talk Sign Campaign.
Ambassadors of the Talk Sign Cam-paign – Richard Trezise (6th Dan judo andkarate instructor), Mark Barnard (Deafbokrugby captain), Bernadette Abrahams andZamani Maphumulo (KZN Blind and Deaf
Society) – are hard of hearing and encour-age people to learn SA sign language.
Trezise, who was born deaf, teachesjudo and karate at private schools in thegreater Durban area. From the 3 to 5 Octo-ber, 22 of his pupils, between the ages ofsix and 14, will compete in the SA SchoolJudo champs in Johannesburg. Seven arefrom Clifton Prep, five from Umhlanga Col-lege and three from Crawford La Lucia.
Barnard was born totally deaf in hisright ear and with very little hearing in hisleft (Deafbok became a recognised SouthAfrican rugby team in March). A memoran-dum of understanding between Saru andthe South African Deaf Rugby Union is cur-rently being finalised.
Deafboks will play their first Testagainst Wales in 2015 with team selectiontaking place in Pretoria between 18 and28 September.
Maphumulo is totally deaf and is thesports co-ordinator at the society. He alsohelps provide SA sign language training.
Abrahams is hard-of-hearing and hasbeen the social auxiliary worker at thesociety since 2005. She provides socialwork counselling and support.
The society will be holding a free signlanguage course at their offices, 23 IsmailC Meer Street (former Lorne Street),Durbanon26September.Tobook, contactSasha Pillay on 031 309 4991 or [email protected]
Registration begins at 9am and theclass runs from 9.30am to 1pm.
The only prerequisite is that each at-tendant must buy a talk sign sticker for
R10. The three courses in September arefully subscribed so contact Sasha early toavoid disappointment. Booking is essen-tial.
For more information on the Talk SignCampaign, visit www.talksign.co.za or goto its Facebook page www.facebook.com/talksign.
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Africa explorer’s dream come trueAMANADA KHOZA
GROWING up Bruce Lesliedreamt of travelling aroundAfrica so when renowned ad-
venturer Kingsley Holgate offeredhim a job, he packed his bags andnever looked back.
Thirteenyears laterandLesliehasbeen stabbed three times, sharedmeals and drinks with child soldiersfrom all over Africa and contractedmalaria several times, but says hewouldn’t have it any other way.
The 33-year-old Shongweni manis a photographer onHolgate’s team.Hemet the explorer in 2002 during awedding at Stonehaven Castle inShongweni, the family owned wed-ding venue.
“Itwasacaseofbeingat thewrongplace at the wrong time.”
During the wedding Leslie’s sisterapproachedHolgateandtoldhimthat
Leslie would be perfect for his team.“Hecalledmeforan interviewand
it was the best interview of my life,because when I was young I dreamtof travelling Africa,” he said.
Leslie can still remember his firstexpedition.
“Holgate gave me the keys to theLandRoverandIwentonmyfirsttrip,the Great Explorers [expedition].”The team have navigated all overAfrica, even to the most remotevillages,handingoutmosquitonetstomothers and children.
“The Outside Edge Expedition isone of my favourites.”
Leslie said he couldn’t imaginehimself doing anything else.
“It’s an adventurer’s dream towork with Kingley Holgate. I love thepriceless afternoon sunsets and sit-ting around the fire sharing mealsand drinks with child soldiers.
“I have been stabbed three times,
been held at gunpoint and hadmalariaseveraltimes,butIwouldstillgo back out there because when yousee the mothers and little childrensuffering with malaria, you realisethey are fighting something that wecan combat,” said Leslie.
Leslie has been back in SouthAfrica for eight days and is alreadypreparing for his next trip.
“I am leaving at the end of themonth.We are going on the ZambeziRiveronanother legontheMaRobert— our boat that we use to get acrossrivers,” he said.
Lesliesaidhewas looking forwardto going back to rural schools aroundAfrica.
“We educate children aboutrhinos through the Kingsley HolgateProject Rhino. They enter the RhinoArt competition and the winnerwrites a message on Ma Shozi, theLand Rover.”
A woman walks at sunset innorthern Kenya.
PHOTO: BRUCE LESLIE
>> ‘It’s an adventurer’s dream to work with Kingley Holgate’ Bruce Leslie lives the adventurer’sdream as official photographerwith Kingsley Holgate.PHOTO: IAN CARBUTT
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Singing sensations at Thomas MoreFEVER REPORTER
THERetroBeats, a vocal ensem-ble fromThomasMore Collegereceived first place in an
acapella singing competition at St.Conrad’s College in Klerksdorp re-cently.
The competition was named “Inthe Spirit of Pitch Perfect”.
Participating groups had todevelop a choreographed song med-ley of between eight and 14 minutesin which all sound used in the itemwas voice or body generated.
The songs chosen by each partici-pating group had to fall into one offive different categories.
The RetroBeats chose the ‘Holly-wood and Broadway’ category andtheir set list included the songs:Holding Out for aHero,WeBuilt ThisCity, Seasons of Love and Hit Me with Your Best Shot. The RetroBeats, which has been an official vocal
group in Thomas More College sinceJanuary 2013, currently consists of11 members from grades nine to11and is managed by two staff mem-bers. They put many long hoursduring term time as well as schoolholidays into preparing for this com-petition.
The vocal arrangements in theirsong medley were developed by thegroup members themselves.
The acapella competition wasjudged by three very experiencedadjudicators: Yvonne van Deventer,Juan Enslen and Brian Kenneth.
They assessed the vocal perfor-mance, choreography and uniformof each group.
In every category of assessmentRetroBeats scored above 85 per centand received very complimentarycomments from each of the judges.
Aspects that were highlighted bythe judges were their energy, thequality of eachmember’s voice, theirvocal harmonies and key change,the tightness of their powerful chore-ography and simple but effectiveoutfits.
The group is ecstatic about theirachievement.
Through the months of prepara-tion they have seen themselves growfrom strength to strength in theirtechnical vocal ability, their musicalcreativity as well as their ability toperform on stage.
“As a school, we at Thomas MoreCollege are incredibly proud of theirachievement and look forward towitnessing their continued growthand development in the future,” saidKim Hooper, marketer of ThomasMore College.
The award winning Thomas More vocal ensemble.PHOTO: SUPPLIED
>> The group received above 85% in every category
GRADE R children at HillcrestPrimary school celebrated springlast week by holding a civvies day.
All the children dressed inbright colours and brought oneflower, which they picked from thegarden to school. The flowers weremade into posies and delivered byGrade R children to the HillcrestState Hospital, police station andthe Aids centre. The posies werewell received and helped to bright-en everyone’s day.
Spreading somespring cheer
HILLCREST Primary is very proud of the ninebadminton players who were selected to play inthe KwaZulu-Natal badminton teams in the re-cent South African Badminton Championships.
— Supplied.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDHillcrest Primary pupils Enrico Vorbeck (U13C),Bethany Lowry-Niemandt (U13B), Taryn Boddy(U13B), Kyle Frost (U13C), Dylan Smith (U15B),Calden Ford (U15B), Kyle Aldworth (U13B).
Striving for podiumposition
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThese Hillcrest Primary boys are captains oftheir respective KZN badminton teams (fromleft) Matthew Louw (U13A), Jody Thompson(U13B) and Kyle Frost (U13C).
A GROUP of Grade 9 students from KloofHigh School recently participated in theEskom Expo for Young Scientists. DashalNaidoo was selected to go to the NationalFinals which will be held in Gauteng from 7to 10 October.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDBack left to right: Taygin Gibbons (highlycommended), Emily Kyllönen (silver), LisaMoon (highly commended), Bradley Wickens
(silver). Front L-R: Jarryd Amarchand(bronze), Themba Dube (bronze), DashalNaidoo (silver), Caera Wallace (silver).
Kloof pupilsexcel in EskomExpo for youngscientist
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HEALERS KZN is a voluntary association whichrepresents people involved in the alternative, holis-tic, complimentary healing practices, and counselingrelated services, either professionally or part time.
It is a new initiative which began in mid-2013when founder Tracy White decided that healers inKZN needed to do something about networking andcalled a meeting among local healers, and an infor-mal group was born.
This year the group was formalised and forminganNPOhasbeenstarted.ThepurposeoftheAssocia-tion of Healers KZN is to support, network and assistlocal alternative or complimentary healers, counsel-lors and therapists with marketing opportunitiessuch as the open days.
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IN 1998, my newly single motherand four of her children movedinto our new home in Port Dun-
ford, whichcameasahugeshock for“township kids” who grew up inplaces like eSikhawini and uMlazi.
The place was quite rural backthen and we didn’t have televisionuntil late 1998; even then, it was ablack-and-white one with a screenthe size of a large cellphone.
The place wasn’t so bad, I mean,wehadwideopenspacesandadrive-way as long as some suburbanstreets. We used to have clear viewsof the green planes around us as faras theeyecansee save forsomegum-tree forests here and there. Mothertried her best to look after us andwe were happy.
There is one thing I cansingleoutthat aided in my missing the town-ship life over the three yearswe livedthere - flushing toilets. One seldomconsiders the importance of having a
flushing toilet in the house. Yes, sureit is quite imperative for hygiene pur-poses, but there is also the dignitypart.
Don’t getmewrong,not that Iwasunhappy with the pit loo in the back-yard, I had forgotten any better thenandat eight Iwas fairlysatisfiedwiththe situation. We had a pit latrine acoupleofdozenmetresfromthe“bed-roomhouse” (therewasalsoa loungeand a separate kitchen house). Any-way, the toilet had four rickety wallsand a door that was too small for theframe so it never really closed.
For those who have never usedone, a pit latrine consists of a holewhereyourexcrementdropstobede-vouredbyallmannerofmicrobesandcreepy crawlies, the way nature in-tended.Oneofthebugsthatwouldoc-casionally find its way in there was arather loud bumblebee, the sound ofwhich would dissuade me fromblocking the stinger’s only way out
with my exposed toosh.Onecouldnotcomplainmuch,consid-
eringthatsomepeoplestillusethebucketsystem-a systemthat isunderstandablyawkward for both the producer of thewaste and the municipal employeetasked with handling the stuff. Let’slet that sink in a bit.
KZN Cogta’s Nomusa Dube-Ncubelaunched an attack on municipalitiesstill implementing the bucket system inKZN after the president set a deadline ofSeptember 2014 during his State of theNationAddressinJune. Onesuchmunic-ipality was uMhlathuze, which initiallydenied having any records of the systemin its jurisdiction, but was later left withegg on its face when a visit from Cogtarepresentatives found a different story.The system was in full swing in at least83 households in Mandlazini just out-side Richards Bay.
In an effort to meet the presidentialdeadline, these households will be pro-vided with pit latrines, an “upgrade”
costing –wait for it - just overR10 000 each. Why not buildproper toilets instead?Well, thereis an ongoing project to have asewerage system installed for thearea over a period of time.
Until then, close to R100 000will be used to fix an issue thatnevershouldhavebeen in the firstplace. I find it sad that it took thepresident setting thisdeadlinebe-fore something was done. I couldmention a plethora of incidentswherepeoplehaveactuallydiedasaresultof falling intoa toilet,Chiefis the six-year-old boywhodied in
a school pit toilet in January inMpumalanga.
Then therewas themanwhowasfound dead after going missing for aweek inFebruary.Hewas found inaneSikhawini pit latrine.
Yes, it looks like I have written acolumn about poop andpit toilets,but I am trying tohighlight theplightof some people from a perspective Iactually understand. From personalexperienceIcantellyouthatpittoiletsare,well, crap, because they are a di-rect attack on human dignity. Theyneed tobedoneawaywith amassivesense of urgency.
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THANKS to the ANC and the educationdepartments, South Africa has once againbeen ranked last on the quality of itsmathematics and science education in theWorld Economic Forum Global Competitive-ness Report 2014-2015.
South Africa was ranked 144th out of144 countries when looking at the quality ofmathematics and science education.
The country was ranked at 140 out of144 countries when it came to the qualityof the education system.
The results showed that South African
business leaders rated the local mathe-matics and science education quality asthe worst in the world.
Only Egypt, Angola, Yemen and Libyaranked slightly lower.
With little or no effort you have man-aged to provide yourselves with untoldwealth at the expense of the countryand have now successfully managed to de-prive the youth of a decent educationand future.
The country is a shambles.Municipalities are going bankrupt, hos-
pitals are in a disastrous state, Telkom andEskom are broke and are in turmoil.
SAA is constantly being bailed out andSABC and e-Tags are nightmares thathave gone wrong,to name a few of yourachievements.
You, the voters are part of this problemtoo for allowing them to continueunabated for the past 20 years.
Keep up the good work - it won’t belong before we are a fully fledged bananarepublic. I hope you are proud ofyourselves.
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Preserving our heritage>> Residents urged to visit The Mushroom Farm
THE Mushroom Farm, locatedon the old working ChefMushroom farm is a farmstyle
country village of its own. The littlecentre has ‘Mushrooomed’ into theperfect little centre of carefully
selected shops as well as service ori-entated units. There are not manyplaces in the Highway area where
you can have a cup of coffee whilstgetting your gas filled at SAFE GASorpickinguphay foryourhorses, butat theMushroomFarmyou candoallof this whilst having a chicken peck-ing at your feet and a bunny hoppingpast.
There is so much value to TheMushroom Farm; the shop ownerspride themselves in not only makingsure that there is a permanentfriendly environment, they makesure that their product brings in the
fresh from the farm from The RoseVilla, an array of plants and freshmushrooms from The MushroomShop and Nursery, a variety of pots,planters andothergardendecorfromGardenDécor, Your dogs, horses andpets will only receive the very bestfrom Fetch Boy , Stable Cat and Eq-uerry Hay Barn.
Whilst doing all this Country Chic,Mrs Pinkerton will be there to deco-rate yourhomeandSENQUwill deckout your wardrobe!
Baby Best offers the most uniquerange of excellent quality new andsecond hand kids and baby items,perfect for every child. After a veryunique shopping experience, sitdown and enjoy a light lunch at GoCafé whilst the kids enjoy some playtime on the jungle gym admiring theever growing animal farm.
Valentino the Cameroonian Goatrules the farmyard from atop his pileof rocks which have been aptlynamed Goat Mountain and is alsonow the father to two babies.
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A trip to The MushroomFarm can only be a positiveshopping experience as thewhole family is guaranteedto be looked after.
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KLOOF Conservancy is an ur-ban conservancy coveringKloof and Forest Hills sub-
urbs. The conservancy has a strongmembership and an enthusiasticvolunteer group and uses a hands-on approach to run many projectssimultaneously.
Members can volunteer theirtime as andwhen they are availableand receive updates on the conser-
vancyworkaswellasnotificationsofevents of environmental interest inthe Upper Highway area.
Projects include the Highwayproject where funds raised throughadvertising on the M13 are used tokeep theverges clean and freeof in-vasive alien plants and litter; theMolweni River Health Schools Proj-ect which trains pupils from sevenhigh schools in the Molweni Rivercatchment to use themini-Sass sys-tem tomonitor the health of thewa-ter in the Upper Highway’s rivers;
the annual indigenous open gar-dens show aimed at educating thepublic on the benefits of indigenousplants; the rehabilitation of eighthectares of degraded KZN sand-stone sour-veld grassland at theMsinsiCommunityConservationar-ea in Kloof and the continuedsupport of the Glenholme NatureReserve.
In 2012theconservancyinitiatedcourt proceedings compelling theMinisterofEnvironmentalAffairs topublish regulations to give effect tothe National Environmental Man-agement: Biodiversity Act, some-thingtheministerwasrequiredtodoby 31 August, 2006.
The case was heard on 25 April,2013. Judgment is still awaited. Inthe meantime the minister issuedthe required regulations whichcome into effect on 1 October. TheKrantzkloof Nature Reserve has aspecialplaceintheKloofConservan-cy because of its status as an invalu-ablereservoirofall thespeciesof thearea. The conservancy has contrib-utedconsistentlyovermanyyears tosupport the reserve and in AugustR55 600 was raised in the ThreeFalls Trail.
Theconservancy is expanding itsgreen footprint by assisting previ-ously disadvantaged communitiesto improve their environment.It also undertakes guided walks forpupils from neighbouring highschools to introduce them to thewonders of nature. Help to makeadifferenceby joining KloofConser-vancy: www.kloofconservan-cy.org.za.
PINETOWN Boys' High School submitteda number of entries to the annual schools'Design competition held recently.
The competition is open to schoolsoffering Design and Visual Arts as matricsubjects. Two teams from Pinetown Boys'High made it into the second round from165 entries.
The competition is sponsored byWoolworths and linked to the DesignIndaba, which is an international eventhosted in Cape Town every year. It show-cases the best designs from all over theworld from architecture, engineering,graphic and IT design as well as craft de-sign.
The best design specialists from allover the world present their work to hugeaudiences. Schools from three regions-KZN, Gauteng and the Western Cape,enter the competition.
The competition is held over three
rounds; the first round starts with a com-plex brief and the schools submit a busi-ness case study and a pitch for theirconcept.
16 entries were then chosen to presenttheir products and workbooks in the sec-ond round. Both Pinetown Boys' HighSchool teams made it through to the sec-ond round. The three regional winnersmade it to the finals in Cape Town, andwere adjudicated by a panel of judgesfrom across the country. Pinetown'sGrade 12 team's finished product waschosen as the winning entry.
The team, Marcel Manikum, KerwinGovenderandNivernGovender, havespentmany afternoons and weekends design-ing, constructing and refining their product(which highlighted some environmentalissues facing the world) under the guid-ance and encouragement of their designteacher, Mrs Roberts.
The winnersare MarcelManikum,KerwinGovender andNivernGovender.PHOTO:SUPPLIED
Boys’ highschool wins theWoolworthsDesign Competition
Conservancy’s many projects
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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPupils on an educational hike at the conservancy.
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ThERobinHoodFoundationarenever-ending their selfless ser-vice to the community, with
their latestprojectbeingtheTeaTimeat Essenwood Residential Home lastweek.
Volunteers from the organisationmade their way to thehome to spendtime, spread the love and have a cupof tea with some of the residents.
According to Kim Griffith Jones,co-ordinatorof theRobinHoodFoun-dation, this is exactly what the foun-dation aims to inspire.
“Thefoundationwantstobeaplat-form for anyone to be able to givehope to the hopeless.
“Throughus,peoplecangivewhattheycan,whentheycan,whetheritbetime, goods or finances.
“It is so rewarding to be able to as-sist these girls carry out somethingtheywanted todo for their communi-ty,’’ she said.
To get involved in one of RobinHoodFoundation’s‘Tea&Time’, con-tact Kim on 076 612 9060 or [email protected]. Seenat the event were...
Lin EvansandMarjorieWatkins.
Cuppa teafor all>> Foundation spreads love
Anna Mostert and Phumelele Mesmi.
Buntie Dale and Bettie Wilson. Phyllis Veldhuisen and Angel Mbaliso.
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20 SeptemberThe South African Writers’ Circle will beholding their monthly meeting on Satur-day, 20 September at the Westville Li-brary (Room G3) at 11am. Non-membersare very welcome. Please bring a plateof eats. Members R10, Non-MembersR20. Please contact Brigitta Simpson on071 681 8378 or write to [email protected] SeptemberThe Hillcrest Conservancy will be hostinga Nature Club on Saturday 20t or 27September at 91 Springside Road, Hill-crest commencing at 9am. All welcome.For more details and bookings callLynne on 083 565 7879 or [email protected].
20 SeptemberThere will be a Healers KZN Open dayat Kloof Civic Hall on 20 September,from 9am till 1pm. There will be a freegift for the first 250 people through thedoor. All welcome.WeeklyLIVE music at Meercats, 12 Forest HillsRoad, Waterfall every Friday night, from7.30pm and Lance Goldman plays everySunday from 12.30pm – Sunday roastsand a la carte menu available. ContactJill Schoeman on 031 776 3872 or 079878 8051.WeeklyTHE Hillcrest Floral Art Club will meeton the second Wednesday of everymonth at the Holy Trinity Anglican
Church from 9am. Visitors welcome.WeeklyKloof and Highway SPCA Village Green29 Village Road, Kloof hosts a GardenMarket every Monday and Saturdayfrom 8am to 12noon.All 11 charity shops, tea garden and
nursery are open. For more informationcontact Barbara Laubscher on 031 7641212/3.MonthlyKloof and Highway SPCA Village Green29 Village Road, Kloof hosts a GardenMarket on the last Sunday of everymonth from 9am to 1pm. All 11 charityshops, tea garden and nursery are open.For more information contact BarbaraLaubscher on 031 764 1212/3.
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From 1771 till 1902, Warwick was known as the farm ‘De Goede Sukses’.After the Anglo Boer war ended in 1902, Colonel William Alexander Gordon,commanding officer of the Warwickshire regiment bought the historic farm.He renamed it ‘Warwick’ as a tribute to his regiment.
Stan Ratcliffe purchased Warwick on 1 April 1964 after an extensive searchfor the best ‘terroir’ in the Cape. Together with his wife Norma, they soonrealised the potential of the extraordinary property and began planting Cab-ernet Sauvignon.
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11PLANNING to have fun for a goodcauseandgettingready for theHyper5km Fun Run/ Walk for Charity onSunday, 14 September starting at9.30am are Kristina Bessick, NoahFroude, CaraBega, Gabriella Froudeand Zoe Duguid from Dance Direc-tion International. The entry fee isR50 and includes a Sunflower Ban-dana.
The run/walk starts at theAmphitheatre in front of Suncoastand goes along the boardwalk to theDurban Spa Vacation Resort andback. Pre-registration is recom-mended.
Registration takes place at Pick nPay Hyper in Durban North on
Saturday, 6 and 13 September be-tween10am to 5pm and atSuncoastCasino, Hotels and Entertainment,outside Mugg & Bean on the Board-walk on Saturday, 13 Septemberfrom1pmto3pmandat theSuncoastSunZone on the morning of the race,Sunday, 14 September, from 7.30am
to 9am. Prize-giving will take placedirectly after the race and five sub-stantial lucky draw prizes will beawarded. People of all ages and fit-ness levels are encouraged toparticipateasallmoneyraisedwillbeused to help children and youngadults diagnosed with leukaemia.
ComejoininthefunandhelpTheSun-flower Fund reach their target of3000 participants. A trolley filledwith groceries to the value of R1000will be raffled on the day for only R10a ticket, so please bring cash on theday. Dancers from Dance DirectionInternational will be performing
some high energy dance routines onstage at the Amphitheatre in front ofSuncoast before the prize-giving at11am.Added attractions at the eventinclude performances by the PrepGumboot Dancers, Northlands GirlsHigh Djembe Fusion Group, face-painting, the 'Rope of Hope' and ablood donor drive.
The Sunflower Fundwould like tothankPicknPayHyper,SuncoastandRound Table Southern Africa formaking the event possible and fortheir ongoing support. For more in-formation contact The SunflowerFundDurbanOffice on0312661148or email Allison Naidoo at [email protected]
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THE Firm had a spectacular ladies nightlaunch to celebrate the opening of the“Firm team” in Hillcrest last week.
Keri Curtin, owner of The Firm, Hill-crest, said every member of Firm teamhas a passion and calling for what theydo, making them leaders in the beautyand wellness industry. “At The Firm, ser-vice is our priority and we strive to meetevery client’s needs. It has always been along-term dream and goal of mine to cre-ate a ‘one-stop-shop’ where us busy
women can indulge ourselves withouttravelling far and wide.”
“I have owned The Firm Hillcrest foreight years now and have helped manyclients reach their goal weight and trans-form their lives and bodies, one day at atime. It gives me such joy and fulfillmentto watch my clients’ lives turn aroundwhen their weight-loss dream becomesreality.
“My ‘one-stop-shop’ was my vision,my dream, and it is now my reality.”
Firm team (from left) Stacey van der Berg (The Laser Clinic Hillcrest), KeriCurtin (owner, The Firm, slimming and health clinic Hillcrest – slimming andweight), Nicky Arde (owner, Lash Illusions – eyelash extensions), ValyaSchreiner (owner, V’s Nails – bio-sculpture and acrylic nails), Caylee Hodson(owner, Caylee Hodson Body & Skin – manicures, pedicures, massage, fa-cials, waxing, body treatments), Danni Coetzee (owner, Cabello Hair Salon –hair colour and cutting specialist), and Debbie Abels (owner, The Laser Clin-ic Hillcrest – laser and aesthetic skin-care specialists).
Local women are ‘Firm’in their beauty regime
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In South Africa, the Picanto tooktop honours in the People's WheelsAwards for three years in a row(2011, 2012 and 2013), has won nu-merous 'Best Buy' awards from ma-jor publications, and was elected afinalist in the 2012WesBank/SAGMJCar of the Year competition.
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WITH more South Africans taking uproad or trail biking, the safe and correcttransportation of a bicycle is an impor-tant topic, believes Les Mc Master, chair-man of the Motor Industry WorkshopAssociation (MIWA).
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THE PEUGEOT 308 and 308 SW haveseen commercial success with 146 000units ordered by the end of August.
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Local boys shinein England>> Kloof High School cricket team excel in overseas tour
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THE 2014 cricket season got off to anexciting start for 14Kloof High cricket-ers and their coaches when they flew to
South-East England in the Essex region for atour.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime experiencefor the squad who were hosted by DavenantFoundation School, Kloof’s partner school inEngland.
The itinerary included five matches in12 days as well as sight-seeing and, in thespirit of ‘giving back”, assisting with the run-ning of a primary school’s sports day as wellas hosting a coaching clinic at a local school.
The boys found the bowling and fieldingparticularly challenging and weren’t able tosecure a win in the first fixture. However, bythe end of thematch it was clear that the teamhad begun to adjust to the English playingconditions.
The second fixture was unique in that theteam played a touring Australian team, visit-ing from King’s School, Sydney.
In spite of the sticky wicket from recentrain, theboys looked likeadifferent teamfrom
the first fixture. Having scored 149 all out,Kloof bowled out King’s School for 110 runsto secure a memorable victory.
The third fixture would be the last as thefinal two were washed out.
This match was against the county schoolchampions, IlfordGrammarSchool. TheKloofboys managed to restrict the opposition to134-3 in their 30 overs.
Captain Kameeran Naicker led from thefront to lead the team to win by four wicketswith five balls to spare. All the younger, moreinexperienced players had featured in thismatch and their fine performance bodes wellfor the future of cricket at Kloof.
KloofHighSchoolbelieves thatexperiencessuch as this are of immeasurable benefit. Theschool has seen three overseas cricket toursdepart in thepast sevenyears and this is testa-ment to the forward-thinking and ingenuity ofthe school’s management and the immensesupport that it shows towards co-curricular atthe school.
All the boys came home with more experi-ence, great memories and a sense of teamspirit that will carry forward into the upcom-ing season.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDDylan Agnew bowls to the Essex batsman while Wade Moses is behind the wicket. SheldonNarainsamy and Cayle Mariller are the other two fielders.
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Waterfall College weremasters of the arts atthe SA Karate Champsrecently. Pictured areMorne Pieters who won
silver for Kumite andNathi Ngcobo who wongold for Kumite andbronze for Kata.
Waterfall’s karate champs