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Union opens doors in S’TownTERESA FISCHER

NAVYofficerswill nowhave access to un-ion services.

This comes after the South African Nation-al Defence Union (Sandu) opened a satelliteoffice in Simon’s Town – a stone’s throw fromthe South African Navy dockyard.The union also fights for the rights of sol-

diers.Union official Tim Flack expects this will

cause a stir as, he says, historically govern-ment has not wanted the military unionised.He says it is believed a unionwill underminediscipline or reveal defence secrets. But, hesays, Labour Law issues are rife in the armyand navy. “They (soldiers and navy person-nel) have children, dogs and white picket

fences, but they are expected to be super-hu-man,” says Flack, who used to be in theNavy.Sandu won a significant battle on Friday 7

December when the North Gauteng HighCourt granted a court order in favour of San-du and 600 members preventing the Chief ofthe SANational Defence Force (SANDF)Gen-eral Solly Shoke from dismissing them.Flack sums up the history of the case: “The

North Gauteng High Court ruled Defenceminister Lindiwe Sisulu could not fire themore than 1 200 soldiers who, in 2009,marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria.Sisulu had argued the soldiers disgraced themilitary, compromised national security andinsisted they arenotworthy of being soldiers.Sandu took the minister to court.”He says the soldiers have since been on spe-

cial leave at a cost of R320m with “absolutely

no charges or investigation against them”.Flack states on Wednesday 14 and Thurs-

day 15 November, General Shoke tried to fire664 of the soldiers via an advertisement in theSowetan and Daily Sun newspapers. The ad-vert accused the soldiers of disobeying a com-mand and having participated in an allegedillegal protest march thus posing a threat tonational security.He says the court also ordered the Chief of

theDefence Force to pay the costs of the courtaction.Sandu is asking the Public Protector to in-

vestigate the SANDF for “fruitless andwaste-ful expenditure” on the failed bid to dismissthe soldiers.According to Flack loomingmass retrench-

mentswithin theDepartment of Defence overthe next three years make the union’s work

even more relevant.He says it was reported to Sandu on Thurs-

day 4 December that the National Treasuryhas instructed the Department of Defence toenforce drastic expenditure cuts over thenext three years, which according to currentDefence planning is to be effected by cuttingthe jobs of thousands of soldiers. This will re-portedly affect 1% of staff in 2013, 2% in 2014and 3% in 2015 – a total ofmore than 3 000 staffmembers.A protracted court battle (Constitutional

Court Case, 26 May 1999) fought by Sanducleared the way for the establishment of la-bour rights for members in uniform.The new office is situated on Main Road in

Simon’s Town. The office number is0 (021) 786 3191 or contact Flack on0 072 778 5066.

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TIME FLIES, so People’s Post pushedpause and rewind to look back at someof the year’s important stories affectingthe Far South.

Violent crime made the headlines in Jan-uaryand stunned theFarSouth.Anemploy-ee of the Beach Lodge Backpackers in Mui-zenberg was strangled and her throat slit.Miraculously, Avelyn Born survived.Articles in February and May examined

the impact of crime on the lives of two othervictims – police officer Rory Petzer andMa-rina da Gama father Michael Shepherd,both assaulted in separate brutal incidents.In March, we solved the mystery of the

large vessel floundering on the False Bayhorizon. Contaminated fuel onboard the ful-ly-laden bulk carrier Panos Earth, en-routefromVenezuela toChina, resulted in enginefailure and the ship and crewwere strandedfor several months.But it was not all doom and gloom.In April, Fish Hoek came out the closet

with the announcement next year’s GayPride event might be held in the seasidetown. An April’s Fool’s joke, the story wasswallowed hook, line and sinker by some,and prompted a record number of lettersand SMSes.Fish Hoek again made the headlines in

August with the news that Pick n Pay wasconsidering applying for a liquor licence inthe historically “dry” town.Another hot topic was the disputed park-

ing lot at the Noordhoek Farm Village,which ultimately had to be restored to itsformer state by the Old Cape Village Trust.Baboon issues were a regular feature in

theFalseBay edition,with the spotlight fall-ing on a spate of killings by authorities,whoare taking a tough stance on problem raid-ers.From baboons to sharks, some linked the

death of Springbok bodyboarder David Li-lenfeld in April to the tagging of GreatWhite Sharks in the Bay during filming ofthe documentary Shark Men.However, the City of Cape Town found if

it had been one of the tagged sharks itwouldhave emitted a signal when its dorsal finbroke the surface. The role of chummingwas also debated.Also in the water, tempers flared at Surf-

er’s Corner in April when treknet fisher-men, in pursuit of large schools of yellow-tail, upset some surfers who were con-cerned it would be routine practice.

Balancing the rights of all was again high-lighted in September when treknet fisher-men pointed out an experimental shark ex-clusion net at Fish Hoek Beach could nega-tively affect their ability to catch fish.The rights of the homeless were probed

in June after the City evicted thosewho hadmoved into the Zandvlei Community Cen-tre, which the City plans to use as a trafficdepartment.The death of thousands of fish at Zandvlei

Estuary in May was blamed on an algalbloom and led to the formation of an Estu-ary Forum to tackle the management of the

vlei. InOctober, the death of cyclist SivuyileSame in St James highlighted the City’s de-termination to pass new legislation makingit illegal for motorists to pass cyclists with-out maintaining a 1.5m distance.In November, we examined the alleged

common theft of sand from Sunrise Beachand, most recently, we looked at the dis-banding of the popular Beach Buddies inMuizenberg.Far South residents participated enthusi-

astically in the reporting of all these storiesand many more, displaying an admirablecommunity spirit.

HAVING A LAUGH: In April a report that theCapeTownGayPride eventmay be held in FishHoek got some hot under the collar. It was,however, an April Fool’s Day joke, much to thedisappointment of others. Photo: Graphic

GOING HOME: In May most of the crew of the stricken bulk carrier Panos Earth flewback to South America after having been marooned at sea since Tuesday 20 March.

Photo: Jaco Marais/Photo24

PAYING TRIBUTE: Nearly 1 000 mourners gathered at Camps Bay beach on Saturday 21April for a memorial service in honour of 20-year-old Springbok bodyboarder, David Lilienfeld,who was killed by a shark at the Caves in Kogelbaai. Photo: Sharief Jaffer/Photo24

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Surfskiers rescued byNSRI in False BayTWO surfskiers were rescued by the Na-tional Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in twoseparate incidents on Thursday.

Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simon’s Townstation commander, says at 15:09 they initiallyreceived reports that a child was being sweptout to sea aboard a paddle craft at Miller’sPoint.He says they later discovered a woman in a

group of 10 adults, who had launched surfskisfromMiller’s Point to paddle to Fish Hoek, gotinto difficulty.Zimmerman says the 34-year-old woman

from Durban, who asked not to be named, gotinto trouble after the rudder on her surfskibroke, causing her to keep falling out. She thenabandoned her surfski and was hanging ontoa fellow paddler’s surfski. They were beingswept offshore.The NSRI Simon’s Town volunteer sea res-

cue duty crew responded and the woman wasbrought safely ashore in the sea rescue craftEddie Beaumont II. She was not injured.Later that day, at 18:07, a surfskier had to be

rescued after his surfski broke and sank.Zimmerman says they received a request for

help from a man reporting to be on a sinkingsurfski, which had broken in half between theRoman Rock Lighthouse and Boulders Beach.“It appears themanhad been paddling onhis

surfskiwhen it encountered problems and sub-sequently began to break up, forcing the maninto the water and holding onto his surfski toaid in his floatation,” says Zimmerman.Cellphone communications were main-

tained with the man – David Black (26) fromNewlands – andZimmermansays “itwas clear,from the tone of his voice that he was in diretrouble”.They launched their rescue craft, but there

was no sign of Black, even though the rescuers

were able to maintain telephonic contact. Amassive search and rescue operation began.“The casualty then confirmed that his surf-

ski had sunk in the 45 to 50 knots winds anda three metre swell (with the swell breaking inplaces) and he was adrift and now having nofloating surfski to hangonto, hewas at themer-cy of his Personal FloatationDevice – a versionof a lifejacket,” says Zimmerman.Because of the severe conditions and the fad-

ing light a police helicopter carrying rescuedivers was asked to assist. But prior to theirarrival people higher on the mountain spottedBlack and directed the sea rescue boats towhere he was – half a nautical mile offshore.The victim was rescued and treated for se-

vere hypothermia. He was taken to hospital asa precautionarymeasure, where he remains ina serious but stable condition. He is expectedto make a full recovery.The NSRI urges anyone launching any kind

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MAPPING HIS ROUTE: Tobela Gqabu is theLawhill MaritimeCentre’s firstMasterMar-iner. Photo: Supplied

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For the recordIN THE article “Revival of the Buddiesproject” (People’s Post, 11 December) theMuizenberg Improvement District’s (MID)Facebook page was incorrectly provided asMuizen Berg. This belongs to Dave Jones ofthe Empire Cafe. The MID facebook page isMuizenberg.

MountainMen in onthe actIN THE article “Police Triumph”(People’s Post, 11 December) it wasstated Muizenberg police made fourarrests at a Lakeside house break-inon Wednesday 5 December. This wastaken from information sent to thenewspaper by the police.AllanDillon, chief executive officer

of Mountain Men Security, says theincident occurred on Thursday 6 De-cember. He points out the police ar-rived on the scene at the same timeas armed response officer Ryan Jo-hardien, who arrested two of the foursuspects while they were inside thehouse.Dillon says great teamworkbythe Constantia Valley Neighbour-hoodWatch, the police and theMoun-tain Men led to the arrests.

Dogged police work pays offA POLICE officer who went the extramile was rewarded when he managed toarrest a suspect the same day a relatedcase of theft was opened at Simon’sTown Police Station.

Simon’s Town police spokesperson Con-stable Nontobeko Sithole says it is allegedthe complainant left his housemate and thehousekeeper in the house when he went towork, only returning the next day.The next morning he discovered his lap-

top, valued at R15 000, was missing.The housemate said the only person who

hadbeen in thehouseunsupervisedwas thegardener. Five minutes after using the toi-let the man allegedly told the housemate hewas not feeling well and left.Warrant Officer Luke Dixon thenwent to

the suspect’s address in Masiphumelele,where the 27-year-old man’s residence wassearched, but the laptop was not recovered.Dixon then returned to the complainant

to take the docket.While he was there someone phoned the

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Sithole says Dixon returned toMasiphumelele to arrest the suspect, butfound the house locked.Dixon was then told the suspect had been

seen with a laptop the previous day, whichhe had allegedly sold for R1 500.Dixon returned to the station to complete

the docket.While there he received a phonecall telling him the suspect had been seenat a shebeen.When Dixon arrived he saw the suspect

in the road and arrested him. Sithole saysthe suspect took the police to a nearby ad-dress where the laptop was recovered.

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EAGLE EYES: From left are Gené Clarkson, Alan Lindner and Nici Guiney on the deckof Neptune’s Rest in Fish Hoek – a prime spot for whale watching. The annual whalespotters’ breakfast was held recently. It was revealed that 343 sightings were record-ed this year. Lindner says: “It is general opinion among the spotters that this hasbeen the flattest season in a long while.” Compared with 2007, which was a bumperseason with 622 sightings recorded. In addition to a lucky draw, prizes were awardedto some of the guests, including those who spotted the season’s first and last whales.

Photos: Teresa Fischer

DEDICATED: Anneand Stuart Mc-Naughton are“hardcore” whalespotters. The cou-ple, who are “ad-dicted” to spot-ting whales, wereamong the guestsat the annualwhale spotters’breakfast. Theyare part of the corespotter group. Forinformation on thelatest sightingsSMS or phone theBarons WhaleWatch hotline on0 079 391 2105.

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Muizenberg: The Zandvlei Trustwill host a fundraiser talk, titledTracks of Giants, presented by Dr IanMcCallum. Following elephant clus-ter/migration routes, McCallum andIan Michler undertook a 5 000kmjourney across southern Africa fromthe Skeleton Coast in Namibia toCape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal.

Walking, cycling and kayakingthrough six countries, the expeditiontook just over four months. The objec-tives were to promote the importanceof corridor conservation and trans-frontier parks, to gain information re-garding human and wild animal co-existence, and to interview selected“giants” of human conservation intheir home countries. The talk beginsat 19:00 at the Masque Theatre. Tick-ets cost R100 and are available fromDavid Muller or the executive com-mittee. Visit www.zandvlei-trust.org.za. or call 0 072 986 5311 formore information.

Carols onthe CommonNOT sure what you and your familyare going to do this Christmas Eve?Desperate to get away from the hustleand bustle?

You could have a picnic and join inthe Carols at the Noordhoek Commonopposite the Farm Village on Monday24 December from 17:00. Singing willstart at 18:00 and will be finished by18:45.

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Plenty of parking will be availablethrough the lower gate of the Com-mon. For further information phoneTracey Soko on 0 (021) 785 4200.

Page 8 People’s Post False Bay LEADER Tuesday 18 December 2012

WrappedSAINT Paul says we should “eat, drink andbe merry”.That is a perfect description of the festive

season. Some people are caught up in the fe-ver-pitch throes of spending, buying andwrapping those gifts.It is the time of year of expectation and re-

turning gifts best left on a shelf. The day afterChristmas, Boxing Day, is one of the busiestdays in the retail sector, what with all thosereturns or unwanted gifts being converted tocash. It is also a time, to borrow a phrase,when many buy items they don’t need, to im-press people they don’t like with money theyhave yet to earn. Instead of hovering at a shelfto dither over price versus value, there arecountless gifts no store could ever stock.These, too, can be gifted.For those at a loss over what to give to

whom, there are options.Cast your glance at others around you. Per-

haps they really do not needmore clothes, butothers would be happy to take your oldclothes gathering dust in the corner of yourcupboard. What about your “fat” clothes or“thin” clothes you may never again wear?Give it to a shelter or the Salvation Army.Demand is at a premium for blood. This is

a product man cannot make. When you do-nate blood, your own stock is replenished ingood time.Spend your cash wisely. Remember a loved

one who has passed on in the year by makingapledge to aworthycause. Pickone inhonourof your late relative or friend.There are other gifts you could never buy,

like showing somepatience towards cashiers.They are particularly under pressure thistime of year and could dowith some courtesy.Prepare a meal for the homeless, spend

some time with people in hospitals or specialcare centres, give a smile to someone else ora visit to an elderly neighbour.Whatever you give, the choice remains

yours.

Bring back the bicycle licenceINSUPPORTof SuzaanBeneke (“All cyclistsshould register”,People’s Post, 20November)I have a suggestion. All bicycles should payan annual licence fee as was the case manyyears back. The revenue could go towardsproper cycle tracks as seen in the Nether-lands.They are the only road users who contrib-

ute nothing towards their use of the roads,but still have the arrogance to dictate a 1,5mpassing distance. This is simply not possibleon many of our narrow roads such as KalkBay Main Road.ROBIN BECKClovellyPedal Power Association chairpersonsays: If I recall correctly, licence fees for dogsand cycles were discontinued years ago by lo-cal authorities as a result of the cost of themanufacturing of the discs and the costs of ad-ministration outweighing the income.Licence fees for motor vehicles are there to

offset costs of repairs and maintenance, but ifone considers the weight and size of a bicycle

compared to amotor vehicle it is insignificant.Cycling does not add to pollution or burn fos-sil fuel.The problem of cycle paths is not the income

but no land being available to make themalong old existing roads. Cyclists and motor-ists all need to abide by the law and the 1.5mpassing will soon be passed into legislation.On Thursday 29 November, the Western

Cape Provincial Road Traffic Act was passedby the Provincial Legislature. It empowers theprovincial minister of transport to regulatecertain matters to increase road safety in theprovince. Minister Robin Carlisle says: “ByJanuary 2013, Iwill publish conditions for useof blue lights in the province, restricting suchuse to emergencies. I will also issue a regula-tion requiring all vehicles overtaking cyclists,to ensure that there is a safe distance of at least1,5m between them before passing. This willbe accompanied by law enforcement actionsagainst cyclists who do not ride in single file,or who fail to stop at red robots or stopstreets.”

Thanks from TearsFROM everyone at Tears, we extend ourgrateful thanks to all ourwonderful support-ers, volunteers and special friends for theirongoing loyal support and generosity.Income generated by our charity shops

helps to sustain our operation and furtherour work in the disadvantaged communitieswe serve. We are so appreciative of the tre-mendous support given to our shops andthank you for caring.We wish everyone a blessed festive season

and good health and prosperity in 2013.MARILYN HOOLE

First create jobsTHE City of Cape Town is request-ing that we, Joe Public, come for-ward with ideas on how to makeCape Town Stadium economicallyviable.This statement surprises me be-

cause when we give proposals onhow to create employment thereseems to be no interest, but now weare good enough to try and help theCity saddle the white elephant.My response is to sell the stadium

to a consortium from across theseas.Now back to us and our unem-

ployment rates. As a country withtraditions and cultures, we cannev-er change – nomatter howWestern-ised we want to be.On the Cape Flats we have had

hawkers standing on the pavementselling their goods. We have hadhorse-and-cart teams doing thesame. Both created employmentand business.I was recently at a fleamarket and

admired how people were using atrailer, which they transportedwith a vehicle, to sell their goods.I saw (it as) a potential for our

youth who cannot find work to op-erate trailer-orientated businesses.Imagine: with simple guidelines

and authorisation and away fromother vested businesses we havepeople selling from trailers parkedin authorised demarcated spaces.The possibilities are endless andthe main aim is to reincarnate themodernised metal horse-and-cartdoing business and creating em-ployment.I have no proposal for our stadi-

um, but I amproposing a small solu-tion to a big problem.KEITH BLAKEOttery

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Make good choices for earth’s sakeTHE end of the year is a timeto reflect on the past year andto consider the year ahead.This is a time of resolutions, ofmanifesting our good inten-tions.

From an environmental per-spective the coming year is notlooking good for our world. Asguardians and users of PlanetEarth it is up to each of us tomake resolutions to ensure wetake responsibility for the benefits we gain –clean water, air, food and the endless wonderof life itself are all under threat.We have taken these gifts of life for grantedfor far too long. We thought the size of theworld would be able to absorb the abuse weheaped upon it. This may have been so untilthe mid-20th century, when an abundance offood, improved sanitation and modern medi-cations caused a growing global population toput increasing pressure on what are clearlylimited resources.For instance, less than 3% of all water onearth is fresh water. More than two thirds islocked up in ice caps and glaciers. Anotherthird is groundwater, beneath the surface –half of which is too salty to be of any use. Justover 1% of all fresh water is surface water,contained in ice, snow, rivers, lakes andswamps.Only around one third of 1% of all fresh wa-ter (0.3%) is available for human use. We arealready using over a quarter of that amount,yet one in three people on earth do not have

sufficient access to water.Our wasteful ways threatenour supply. Cape Town gets wa-ter from tens of kilometres away,stealing from natural systems inthe countryside in order to feedthe city. Even our huge dams,which contain almost a billiontonnes of water, will not containenough water for the city in thenext decade. Then we will haveto recycle water we have alreadyused, as Windhoek in Namibia

has done for over 50 years.Accordingly we need to take great care ofour water. One litre of dirty motor car oildumped into our drainage system can pollutetens of thousands of litres of otherwise re-use-able water. Rather take your used oil to a fullservice garage – they have to accept it by law.If you see someone dumping oil or chemi-cals orwaste down a drain, report them; thosetoxins will affect us all, directly or indirectly,by polluting our beaches or the fish we eat.People who do these things either don’t knowor have forgotten how serious their impactsare.We have to think carefully – think abouthowwemanage all ourwaste, not just oil. Justas we once thought we had endless water sup-plies, we also thought there was enough roomto simply absorb and hide our rubbish.In our grandparents’ timemost rubbishwasbiodegradable – paper, scraps or gardenwaste– which could return to nature. Glass bottleshad deposits or were re-used, so were seldomthrown away. There was little plastic waste.

Today the reverse is true. Most of our rub-bish is plastic. Very few bottles have deposits,so are dumped on landfills. We also consumeand throw away ever increasing amounts ofpaper, glass, tin cans, electronic and consum-er waste.The reason we call this waste and not rub-bish is becausewe arewasting useful resourc-es. Almost all plastics can be recycled and re-used, saving huge amounts of energy and oiltheir raw material. For instance, water andcold-drink bottlesmade of “pet” (polyethyleneterephthalate) plastic can be transformed in-to roofing, insulation, clothes, new bottles,erosion preventing textiles and numerousother uses.The cost of waste disposal has been kept ar-tificially low, but this is changing fast. AllCape Town’s main dumps are full. The re-placement dump to the north of the city re-mains disputed because of legal objectionsfrom local residents.Even if it is permitted all our waste willhave to be transported halfway to Malmes-bury at huge expense. This will drive up theamount we all pay. By reducing our quantityof waste, through recycling and re-using ma-terials, we can minimise the cost.The turning of the year is an excellent timeto reflect on howwe use and abuse the naturalresources we rely upon for life itself. We canlearn from the simpler times, when we madedo with less stuff. Remember this is the onlyworld we have. We borrow it from our chil-dren and it is our task to pass it on in bettercondition than we found it. This is the formi-dable responsibility we all bear.

STAR PUPILS: Michael Magermanand Lee-Anne Overmeyer with theirawards presented at the Simon’sTown School’s prizegiving on Thurs-day 6 December. Magerman won the‘Best athlete in 100m’. He also com-peted in the final round of the West-ern Province trials where he justmissed a place for the WP team. Hisfastest recorded time over 100m thisyear was 10,9sec. Overmeyer re-ceived thePoetry Club first prize. Theschool says she has shown “loads ofpassion and talent”. Photo: Supplied

Tuesday 18 December 2012 SPORT People’s Post False Bay Page 11

The sporting year that wasLIAM MOSES

IN 2012 People’s Post brought readerssport stories of achievement in the face ofadversity, as well as hard-hitting, topicaland fresh sport news.

In this article we look back on a few of themost notable stories of this year.In the first edition of the year People’s Post

wrote about Andrew Chin, RamBarkai, ToksViviers, Kieron Palframan and Ryan Stram-rood, all swimmers from the southern sub-urbs whowon third place in the Performanceof the Year category at the annual WorldOpen Water Swimming Association awards.They achieved this after completing a trio

of extreme cold-water swimming events inonly 10 days in March 2011.We also featured a story on Sven Greef, a

31-year-old father of two and amateur cyclist,who cycled 1 400km from Johannesburg toCape Town for charity in just 12 days.In February we interviewed Braam Mal-

herbe, a local extreme athlete and adventur-er, whohad just returned from the SouthPoleChallenge. Malherbe, from the CBD, spent 25days in the Antarctic and walked over 742kmacross the frozen continent.We also brought you the news that Noore

Nacerodien, the formervice-president of Soft-ball South Africa (SSA), had been reinstatedafter having a suspension overturned.Nacerodien, chairperson of the local organ-

ising committee for the 2011 InternationalSoftball Federation Women’s Junior WorldChampionship, was suspended for failing toattend a SSAmeeting to present a detailed re-port on the tournament.In April mother-of-two Andrea Boettger

(43) ran the entire Two Oceans Marathonwhile pushing her wheelchair-bound sonAlex (10). The twoboth suffer fromcongenital

muscular dystrophy and finished the 56kmmarathon in under seven hours.The Fish Hoek Lifesaving Club also made

headlines that month, winning the South Af-rican Surf Lifesaving Championships inDur-ban for the second year running. They werealso placed third at the South African NipperChampionships in Port Elizabeth.The Cape Town football fraternity was

rocked by controversy in April when theeventual winners of Metropolitan PremierCup were accused of cheating.PhilippiUnitedFootball Clubwere accused

of fielding an over-aged and incorrectly regis-tered player in the tournament. SAFA CTsubsequently launched an investigation.Former Santos coachBoebie Solomonswas

appointed as director of coaching at theMitchell’s Plain Local Football Association(LFA).People’s Post shed light on tensions be-

tween schools and rugby clubs in the south-ern suburbs in May when schools claimedtheir players were being lured away to playfor clubs.Manenberg rugby coach Saaid Blake also

took up a major coaching position in themonth. The MIT Rangers head coach was se-lected as an assistant coach for the 2012 WPCraven Week team.We also brought you the story of Edward

Murdoch, a Fish Hoek resident who compet-ed in the Jive Slave Route Challenge at theage of 79.In June we informed you about the post-

ponement of theCokeCupdue to the slowpro-duction of player registration cards by SAFACT.In July, we reported on claims that Cape

Town athletes representing South Africa attheLondonOlympicsweregivenpoorqualitygifts by theWestern Cape Department of Cul-

tural Affairs and Sport at a send off before thegames.People’s Post hit an albatross in August

when we reported on Greenhaven golfer Ish-mail Adams, who was still making par at theage of 80.We also brought you news of table tennis

coach Greg Naik, who hired a lawyer and en-listed the help of the Western Province SportCouncil and Department of Cultural Affairsand Sport in his fight against a two-year sus-pension from WP Table Tennis.In September, People’s Post also inter-

viewed Chris du Pont seconds after he defeat-ed Craig Fourie and became the Cape FightLeague heavy-weight champion.WP Schools Water Polo also inked a

R400 000 sponsorship deal with internationalfinancial services firm Maitland.Dawn Matthei (50), from Strandfontein,

made it to the sports pages in September aftermaking it to the top of Mount Elbrus, thehighest mountain in Europe.The Engen Knockout Challenge took place

in October, with Ajax triumphing 3-1 overhost club Engen Santos in the final.The South African blind cricket team’s

preparation for the inaugural T20 BlindCricket World Cup in India also made head-lines.We focused on the upcoming inter-provin-

cial youth weeks in November, when wespoke to Nabeal Dien, head of amateur crick-et at WP Cricket, about the concerns regard-ing the make-up of the organisation’s juniorteams.In December People’s Post reported on an

agreement signed by the Konkan Cricket As-sociation (KCA) andWPCricket,which couldsee the KCA become affiliated to the union.Armand Bam, coach of the South African

blind cricket team, was also appointed to theWorld Blind Cricket Council (WBCC).

CHAMPIONS: Ajax Cape Town were crowned champions of the Engen Knockout Challenge inOctober after defeating Santos 3-1. People’s Post was the print media sponsors of the tourna-ment. Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

People's Post Page 12 Phone: 021 713 9440 | ppost.mobi Tuesday 18 December 2012

For to us a child is born, to us a son isgiven, and the government will be onhis shoulders. And he will be calledWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.Isaiah 9:6

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cashier and they will top your card up with the amount. Mr. Heffer confirms that soon sms functionality will be available.

If you have used an ATM then you can rent DVD's from our kiosk. It is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

BP Fish Hoek recently won the service excellence award from the Fish Hoek CID.

Rumours surroundMilano coach

LIAM MOSES

MILANO UNITED have rubbished ru-mours that their newly-appointedtechnical director could soon take upthehead coach role at local rivals San-tos.

BrandonTruter joined theGrassyParkside in late October, after leaving SecondDivision sideCapeTownAll Stars earlierthat month.Reports of another move for Truter

first surfaced on Monday 3 December,when Soccer Laduma published the storyonline. Truter admits he negotiated withSantos and spent a week with the team,but that no agreement was made.“Milano started negotiating and of-

feredme a contract as technical director.When I signed the contract I notified San-tos that I am taking the job at Milano,”says Truter.“There was a bit of bad blood and court

action was threatened because they saidI had a verbal agreement (with them), butnothing was agreed.”According to Truter, Santos chairman

Goolam Allie has claimed he could bejoining the People’s Team, since he has

signed for Milano, on two occasions.He adds the rumours have been dis-

tracting, as he received several phonecalls on the matter on Friday 14 Decem-ber, saying he is “completely happy” atMilano.Allie, however, says Truter was never

offered a position with the senior teamand was just considered for a role withthe youth teams. “(There is) absolutelyno truth (to that). There was never a dis-cussion with Brandon Truter to becomea senior coach at my club, ever,” Alliesays.“He was employed by the club in the

youth department. He came for two days– he made an agreement, (which) wewere going to put down in writing, (but)the nextminute hewent toMilano. Therewasnever ever a discussionof him (beingin charge of) the senior team.“We never approached him – the ap-

proachwasmade byhimandhewaswithus before, so we were prepared to takehim.”When questioned about current head

coach Mart Nooij’s future, Allie saidchanges would be communicatedthrough the website or press releasesshould it transpire.

New route for Red Hill MarathonTHE Fish Hoek Athletic Club will holdthe annualCapestormRedHillMarathonand Classic on Saturday 19 January.The race will start at the Silverglades

sports field in Melfon Road, Fish Hoek at06:00.It will finish at the same venue, after

following a new route through CorsairRoad robots and continuing to the inter-section with Kommetjie Road.It will continue through Kommetjie,

Misty Cliffs, Scarborough and over RedHill. Once the runners reach Simon’sTown Road they will head back towardsFish Hoek.

From Kommetjie Road they will turnright down 10th Avenue and continue tothe Recreation Road circle, where theywill turn left and follow Recreation Roaduntil the footpath leading to Poplar Road.They will proceed along Poplar Road,turning onto the gravel road at the mu-nicipal yard, and then left into the sportsfields. The race cut-off time is 11:00.Entry is R90 for licensed athletes and

R130 for unlicensed athletes and can bemade at www.enteronline.co.za or onrace day at 05:00.Formore information call Kim Jenkin-

son-Wright on 082 799 6785.LINING UP: Mpho Seloma, of Santos, gets in front of Dynamos player Pierre Kok to win a headerat Athlone Stadium on Saturday night. Dynamos won the National First Division match 1-0.

Photo: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images