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The comic opera The Mikado – notseen in Cape Town for more than 20years – will be performed in theArtscape Theatre from this Saturdayto Sunday 26 July. The production ishosted by the Cape Town Gilbertand Sullivan Society and theperformers will be accompanied bythe Cape Town PhilharmonicOrchestra. Pictured here are the“three little maids”, Peep­Bo (playedby Carmen Kinsey), Yum­Yum (KarenWilson Harris) and Pitti­Sing (KarléBriedenhann). Tickets for the showare available at Computicket.

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GANG VIOLENCE

Intervention neededNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

A District Six victim support centre hascalled for a commission of inquiry intoefforts to end gangviolence in the prov-

ince.Gang prevention and intervention is a

shared responsibility which, according to aresearch report releasedby theTraumaCen-tre, is not visible enough in the province.Consequently, the socioeconomic rights of

survivors of gang violence are compromisedby ongoing gang warfare and sluggish ef-forts to rid communities of such organisedcrime, Trauma Centre executive director

Valdi van Reenen-Le Roux says.The report focuses primarily on residents

of Manenberg and recommends an investi-gation into gang prevention and interven-tion efforts.Van Reenen-Le Roux believes the “latest

peace inManenberg is disturbing because ithints at the de facto authority that gang lead-ers enjoy”. She suggests that it is time to re-fer to gang violence as a form of torture andill treatment.The report suggests that researchmust be

done on gang violence as an act of torture,because of the government’s failure to eradi-cate gang violence. Further research shouldalso be done on trauma-focused psychoso-

cial interventions for peoplewho experiencecontinuous trauma.Ewald Botha, spokesperson for provincial

minister of community safety Dan Plato,says the call for a commissionof inquiry intogang violence falls under the premier.“Our approach to deal with the impact of

the ongoing scourge of drugs and gangsneeds to also look at preventing our kidsfrom becoming involved in these negativesocial behaviour. We will not be successfulin breaking down the culture of gangs anddrugs if we try to do this as individuals, orin isolation from one another,” he says.The provincial government’s “whole-of-

society” approach to increase safety recog-

nises that meaningful partnerships are es-sential if we are to be successful, Botha says.“We continue to partner with our commu-

nities and organisations operating in ourcommunities. We have, since the beginningof this year, launched on a large-scale,youth-focused outreach engagement in ourcommunities to inform our youth, our par-ents and thoseworkingwith the youth aboutour services available to them. These in-clude our partnership with the religious fra-ternity, the opportunities available at ourChrysalis and Wolwekloof academies, aswell as the existing opportunities for bursa-ries towards studying,” he says.V Continued on page 2.

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The provincial government also recently an-nounced various holiday programmes on of-fer by the departments of community safety,cultural affairs and sport, education and so-cial development to provide opportunitiesthat young people can participate in duringthe school holiday when they are more atrisk, Botha says.Fellow researcher Tatenda Mawoyo ar-

gues that the research findings and recom-mendations “confirmwhat policies and stra-tegic frameworks of both national and pro-vincial government agencies have preachedbut not practised adequately”.The report finds ongoing violence is the

biggest threat to victim rehabilitation. It al-so finds a strong link between ongoing vio-lence and continuous trauma,which has im-plications for the development of mentalhealth programmes. “Inadequate physical,human and financial resources increase therisk of secondary victimisation because itimpacts on the appropriateness, accessibili-ty and sustainability of trauma-focused psy-chosocial interventions in communities af-fected by ongoing gang violence,”The key recommendations propose an ap-

proach tomaking victim rehabilitation a re-ality, Van Reenen-Le Roux says.There is also a need to develop trauma-fo-

cused mental health literacy for teachers,parents, child carers and community-basedworkers to improve the skills of those whoprovide psychosocial support to survivors ofgang violence.

FISHING

Permits up for grabsNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

As public participation opens on the up-coming fishing rights allocation proc-

ess, transformation of the industry is tak-ing centre stage.The department of agriculture, forestry

and fisheries is holding consultation ses-sions on 10 sector policies, which are setto expire this year, as well as a policy onfish processing.The drafts were published last month

and are up for public comment.For the inshore sectors – which include

lobster, net and abalone fishing – rightswill be split between small-scale fishersand large-scale companies.This portion has yet to be decided,

project manager Sue Middleton says, butis expected to be announced in October orNovember.Always a controversial topic, says Mid-

dleton, is the balance between awardingrights to historical holders and encourag-ing transformation.“It’s about balancing new entrants and

current rights holders. The fishing sectoris aging and needs to let the youth and newpeople in,” she says.

Adequate inclusionOneof the criteria used to promote trans-

formation is allocation according to race.This will see the majority of rights allocat-ed to black-owned businesses, with lessthan a tenth going to businesses with col-oured owners.HoutBay residentDavina Jonathan says

transformation is happening through BEEin all sectors, but coloured communitiesare not being adequately included.“Why are only 9%of the rights being giv-

en to coloured fisherman? They should beincluded under the Constitution,” shesays.The process is also excluding small busi-

nesses, Jonathan believes, as they can’tcompete with commercial fisheries.“Small businesses are often in the form

of a co-op working with only two boats.They can’t pull in the same tonnage as acommercial enterprise. They also don’thave the same vessel accessibility andhave only smaller five-metre boats. The

current system is excluding the small manand they aren’t given the opportunity togrow and move up,” she says.At a publicmeeting in Sea Point lastweek,

Armin Weimar of the Wild Benguela Har-vest company, who had been in the industryfor 43 years, commented that four categoriesshould be created for applicants, whichwould encourage this transformation.

Different scoresHe believes categories should be created

for those who previously owned rights in asector, applicants with rights in other sec-tors, company applicants and then new en-trants.“New entrants would be, for instance, five

crewmen from a lobster boat that have fish-ed as a crew for their whole life and havenow formed a company,” he says.These categories should be scored differ-

ently to promote small-scale fishers receiv-ing rights alongsidemajor companies, he be-lieves.

Fees up 26%Up for comment are also draft application

forms and application fees, which have in-creased by 26%. This is because there hasbeen no increase in the last ten years, Mid-dleton explains. However, small-scale fish-ers will not be required to pay these fees.The application process is expected to cost

the department R45m, with R10m recoveredthrough the application fees.The results of the application process will

be announced in February next year.V Public consultation meetings will take place at themultipurpose hall in Ocean View and the Hout Baycivic centre on Monday 20 July between 10:00 andnoon. On Tuesday 21 July a meeting will take placein Fish Hoek between 10:00 and noon.

The fishing rights allocation process is now open for public consultation. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

Bus passengers to surf while commutingThe council wants to help commuters keepup to date on WhatsApp, social media andemailwithout the danger of driving and tak-ing your eyes off the road.The council plans to give passengers on

all MyCiti buses free access to the internetwhile they ride along in the near future.TheCity of CapeTownhas issued a tender

for a service provider to install and operatea Wi-Fi service on all MyCiti buses, it hasannounced in a statement.

“Our vision is that passengerswill be ableto connect their own devices to the internetusing the Wi-Fi provided on MyCiti buses.Wewant the service to be available on everyoperating MyCiti bus at all times whilst inservice. Basic use of the service will be free.This means that each passenger will haveuse of a limited amount of data for a limitedamount of time each day at no charge. Theminimumno charge data allowance per dayper passenger will no be less than 50MB,”

the statement says.The tenderprocesswill be completed later

in the year and will run on a pilot basis forsix months, after which Wi-Fi will progres-sively become available on all MyCitiroutes and buses over the following sixmonths.The council believes that providing this

internet access to residents will contributeto the social and economic upliftment of thecity’s communities.

A City of Cape Town advert was incor-rectly published in Xhosa in last week’sedition of People’s Post. The correct ad-vert, in English, appears in this editionon page 9. We apologise for the error.

Correction

PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITIONTuesday, 14 July 2015 NEWS 3BANTRY BAY

Brittany’s cookingtakes the cakeNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

A young Bantry Bay resident has beencooking up a storm.Brittany Bendall recently took the top

award at theBanksYouthDay cook-off com-petition.Entrants were required to submit a photo

or video of their dish to the competition’sFacebook page. The three postingswith themost likes were then invited to cook in theBanks Kitchen Boutique demo kitchen andjudged by celebrity chef Jenny Morris.TheCampsBayHighpupil, although only

15, says her family and friends provided in-valuable support, which sent her throughto the cook-off.Here she proved herself deserving of the

top spot when she created a Waterfall beefsalad, which has spicy beef strips served inrefreshing salad parcels, at the finals.Bendall entered the competition after her

Consumer Science teacher introduced it toher, never thinking she would be selectedfor the cook-off.And when she was, she had prepared a

dessert and was caught off guard when toldto select ingredients for a new dish.Bendall has been cooking since child-

hood, with her chef mother teaching her allthe tricks of the trade.“From little she used to tell us to come

watch what she was doing. We didn’t needbabysitters because we could do everythingfor ourselves,” she says.She now helps her mother during her

cooking classes, held at the high school.Theyoung chef realisedher passionwhen

she took up Consumer Studies last year.“I love cooking and being in the kitchen.

That’s my favourite place,” she says.Bendall hopes to follow in her mother’s

footsteps and pursue a career in the culina-ry world.And Bendall’s advice for other young

chefs?“Keep calm in the kitchen and believe in

yourself. Cook from the heart,” she says.

Bantry Bay resident Brittany Bendall tookfirst prize in a local cooking competition.

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As directed by the Department of Public Service & Administration, applicants must note that further checks will beconducted once they are short-listed and that their appointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, whichinclude security clearance, qualification verification, criminal records, credit records and previous employment.

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Depot fenced off to homelessNICOLE MCCAIN

@nickymccain

Further fencing may be erected around the electricity depot inTramway Road.

This after some street people have made themselves at home onthe pavement in front of the council facility.

The Community Police Forum (CPF) has requested the fencing,after a group of half a dozen homeless people settled there. Thegroup has also installed a kennel on site to house their dog, ex-plains chairperson Heather Tager. “As CPF chairperson a requestwas made via the ward councillor to fence off the area of the depotwhich he has informed me is being considered for this financialyear,” she says.

Ward councillor Jacques Weber confirms a request for fencinghad been received. “The electricity department receives many re-quests for fencing at various properties. A request has been madewhich will be reviewed against available budget for this area. Itis important to note that this area is already fenced off. However,the homeless are sleeping in front of the gates. There are variousother properties around the city that require fencing to stop moreserious matters and crime and therefore this is also taken into ac-count,” he says.

Ernest Sonnenberg, mayoral committee member for utility ser-vices, says the matter is under investigation.

One of the street people living on the site, Timothy Bailey, saysthey prefer to live there as they are “not bothered by law enforce-ment”.

The kennel was donated by a resident so that his dog, Lucky,“could sleep warmly”. They are not aware of any complaints, Bai-ley says. “We know this isn’t our place. If they fence it we willhave to find another spot.”

The social development department’s reintegration unit willreach out to the group and offer to provide help in the form of shel-ter, reintegration and other opportunities, says Suzette Little,mayoral committee member for social development and earlychildhood development.

But the group has shown little inclination towards acceptinghelp, Weber says.

“Unfortunately, they have chosen not to be assisted by the SeaPoint CPF fieldworker and chosen to live on the streets. Thingsare not made better when residents give directly to the homelessand not to an organisation such as a shelter or the CPF,” he says.

Should the community wish to donate it should be to a registeredNGO, Tager says.

“Giving directly on the streets only exacerbates the situationand encourages them to remain on the streets. The communitymust bear in mind that donating furniture, kennels, mattresses,etc. on the street is in violation of the solid waste integrated by-law,” she says.

A call has been made to fence in the electricity depot’s surroundings in Tramway Road, after street people set up campoutside on the property. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN

Fewer pipe burstsacross the cityThe City of Cape Town has heard of fewer pipe bursts in thefirst five months of the year.

This, the City says, is thanks to its pipe replacement pro-gramme, intensified maintenance efforts and pressure man-agement initiatives.

In total 2330 pipe bursts were repaired by the City from Julylast year to the end of May – 614 fewer than the same periodin the previous year. The City also says that 24 bursts per100km of piping were reported over the 2014/2015 financialyear, compared to 31 per 100km of piping in 2013/2014.

The City says the good news can been put down to its focuson both pressure management and pipe replacement and re-habilitation. Extensive implementation of water pressuremanagement systems in various areas, including Langa,Bishop Lavis, Retreat, Crossroads and Pinelands, also helped.

“It is estimated that 42 000kF of water is saved every daythrough our pressure management programme. This is theequivalent of 17 Olympic-sized swimming pools,” says ErnestSonnenberg, mayoral committee member for utility services.

Programmes throughout the city focus on replacing infra-structure in problem areas, as well as in areas where the pip-ing is reaching the end of its design life.

“The City’s replacement programme has seen the replace-ment of a total of nearly 37km of our network so far this year.The pipeline replacement programme improves service de-livery to residents and businesses as new pipes minimise thenumber of pipe bursts and water disruptions. Cape Town isa water-scarce city and our work to repair, replace and up-grade water pipes has helped us secure water in Cape Townfor the foreseeable future,” concludes Sonnenberg.

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City listens to Clifton complaintsOver the past few weeks, the City of Cape

Town has met extensively with interest-ed residents about its proposals for the revi-talisation of City-owned properties in theClifton area.These meetings have been with a view to

holding a larger public meeting about theCity’s vision for this area, which will takeplace in due course, says deputy mayor IanNeilson.“The City has presented, to specific inter-

ested and affected parties, its proposed de-sign vision for the City-owned land betweentheCliftonbungalowsandCampsBaywhichcurrently includes the Glen Country Club,Maiden’s Cove, a sports oval and the exist-ing City-owned parking facility. This prop-erty is regarded by the City as being under-

utilised and it provides somewhat limitedaccess to the oceanfront for residents andvisitors,” he says.The City wishes to see the transformation

of this area tomake thebeach, oceanand rec-reational facilities more accessible to allCapetonians, while protecting the naturalvegetation, to boost tourism and to unlockinvestment opportunity to potentially drivejob creation, Neilson says.

Design vision“The in-depth engagement with these par-

ties has been done to help the City to adjustthe design vision for this area and to ensurethat sufficient checks and balances are in-cluded in the eventual tender processes,” hesays.

Sections of the land will be developed, forinstance into residential opportunities, anunderground parking garage and retail fa-cilities. The sports facilities will be relocat-ed.“The City has received positive feedback

in general, but the prevailing input has beenthat strong development parameters mustbe put in place for any potential redevelop-ment of this site. The City agrees,” he says.“The City has also been urged to ensure thatconservation and heritage matters are at-tended to as priority considerations.”In addressing some of these concerns the

City undertook a botanical assessment ofthis site which was conducted by an inde-pendent botanical specialist, Nielson says.“Consequently, theCitywill take onboard

the recommendations of the report, whichinclude redesigning aspects of the develop-ment vision to explicitly protect patches ofregionally significant vegetation, such asthe Cape Flats dune strandveld vegetationwhich is found on two distinct patches onsite,” he says.

Moving forwardWhen the public engagement processes

have been completed, all comments will beconsidered.A transport impact studywill al-so be undertaken soon, Neilson explains.“All of these inputs will be used to deter-

mine the final urban design framework andthe eventual tender processes for this pro-posed development, which we believe couldmake a vital contribution.”

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SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTARY VALUATION (SV07) TO THE 2012GENERAL VALUATION ROLL FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR2015/16Notice is hereby given in terms of section 49(1)(a)(i) of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, Act 6 of 2004, hereinafter referredto as the ‘Act’, that the Seventh Supplementary Valuation Roll (SV07) to the 2012 General Valuation Roll for the financial year 2015/16 is open forpublic inspection at the venues as stated below from 21 July 2015 until 31 August 2015. The forms for the lodging of objections are obtainable atthese venues. In addition the valuation roll is available on the Council’s website from 21 July 2015 (the address is provided below).

Properties were selected to appear on the Seventh Supplementary Valuation Roll (SV07) to the 2012 General Valuation Roll in terms of section78(1) of Act if the property a) was incorrectly omitted from the Valuation Roll; b) has been included in the municipality after the last generalvaluation; c) has been subdivided or consolidated after the last general valuation; d) has undergone a substantial increase or decrease in marketvalue since the last general valuation; e) was substantially incorrectly valued in the last general valuation; f) must be revalued for any otherexceptional reason; g) of which the category has changed.

In terms of section 49(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, any property owner or person who so desires may lodge an objection with the municipal manager inrespect of any matter reflected in, or omitted from the valuation roll, in the abovementioned period. Objections may only be lodged in respect ofproperties valued on the SV07 Roll. The owners of these properties will be notified of their SV07 valuations in writing at the postal address currentlyheld on the City’s database.

Attention is specifically drawn to the fact that in terms of section 50(2) of the Act an objection must be in relation to a specific individual propertyand not against the supplementary valuation roll as a whole. The forms for lodging an objection can be obtained from one of the venues listedbelow and can be downloaded from the website. A separate objection form must be completed for every property.

DATE: 21 July 2015 until 30 August 2015

NO. NAMES OF VENUE ADDRESS OF VENUE OPERATING HOURS OFVENUE

1. 14th FLOOR, CAPE TOWN CIVIC CENTRE HERTZOG BOULEVARD, CAPE TOWN 08:30–15:45

2. BELLVILLE CIVIC CENTRE VOORTREKKER ROAD, BELLVILLE (CNR OF VOORTREKKER ROAD AND QUARRY STREET, NEXT TO THE SANLAM HEAD OFFICE) 08:30–15:45

3. MILNERTON CIVIC CENTRE PIENAAR ROAD,MILNERTON (NEXT TO THE MILNERTON LIBRARY) 08:30–15:45

4. PLUMSTEAD ADMINISTRATION CNR OF VICTORIA ANDMAIN ROADS, PLUMSTEAD (NEXT TO CHECKERS) 08:30–15:45

5. BRACKENFELL CIVIC CENTRE CNR OF OLD PAARL ROAD AND PARADYS STREET (OPPOSITE THE HYPERMARKET) 08:30–15:45

6. STRANDMUNICIPAL BUILDING CNR OF MAIN ROAD AND FAGAN STREET, STRAND (NEXT TO STRAND HALL) 08:30–15:45

Completed objection forms can be submitted by:

• E-mail – valuationsobjection@capetown.gov.za• Fax – 0862 012 304 or 0865 886 042• Post – preferably by registered mail to: The City of Cape Town, for attention:

The Objection Coordinator, PO Box 4522, Cape Town 8000• Hand – at one of our public inspection venues

For more information, call 0860 103 089 (sharecall).Web address: www.capetown.gov.za.

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UCT is most influentialTIYESE JERANJI

@jeranji

TheUniversity of Cape Town has taken thetop spot as the best university in Africa

when it comes to research.The university came first as its research

has the strongest worldwide influence of allAfrican universities.This ranking is determined by how often

African universities’ research papers are re-ferred to and cited by other academics acrossthe globe.

RankingsThe rankings were revealed by global

higher education experts Times Higher Edu-cation last week. UCT had an overall scoreof 99.90 between 2009 to 2013 to place it at thetop spot.South African universities dominate the

top five spots and several othersmake it intothe top 15 of the rankings. Second in the lotis the University of the Witwatersrand with99.76 in the same period. Third place went toMakerere University in Uganda with 99.72.The University of Stellenbosch took fourthplace with a score of 99.72.To be included, an institution must have

published aminimumof 500 research papersin the five-year period assessed with at least50 papers per year.

SummitThe full table, which contains the top 30

universities in the region, will be revealedat the inaugural TimesHigher EducationAf-rica Universities Summit, which will takeplace at the end of the month in Johannes-burg.

Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Edu-cation World University Rankings, says:“This is an experimental and preliminaryranking based solely on research, and onlyon one aspect of research – how many timesresearch papers are cited by other academ-ics.Whenwe develop a full Africa university

ranking, we expect to addmanymore indica-tors, examining things like a university’seconomic contribution, its civic engagementand of course its teaching. So the Africa Uni-versities Summit presents the perfect oppor-tunity to help shape this future ranking,” hesays.

University of Cape Town is the best on African soil when it comes to research excellency.

The iconic CityHall in the city centreis the venue for this year’s CapeTown Nu World Festival.The concert is a celebration that

aims to bring people together in theshared enjoyment of inspiring livemusic.The festival, previously known as

theWorldMusic Festival, features 25acts on three stages for two days andincludes the greats, the talented, thewild and the wise.Some of the featured musicians

and industry innovators will presentshort talks on Saturday 18 July.Ernest Sonnenberg, acting mayor-

al committee member for tourism,events and economic development,says: “The Cape Town NuWorld Fes-tival is a much anticipated musicalevent on the events calendar. Thismusical journey features somethingfor everyone – from jazz to electronicsounds.“It is a reflection of the diversity of

the city and music’s ability to unitepeople.We’re proud to be a supporterof the festival which further cementsCape Town’s position as the eventscapital of Africa.”This year’s line-up includes Sim-

phiweDana,KandaBongoMan (fromthe DRC), Mokoomba (Zimbabwe),Dunkelbunt (Austria), Majozi, PaulWaxon, Elemotho (Namibia), Fantas-ma, Özlem Bulut (Turkey/Austria),Native Young, Tcheka (Cape Verde)and Derek Gripper, Thris and Black-foot Phoenix, Zuko Collective, Bate-leur, Vukazithathe, Card on Spokes,Toby2shoes, Spoek vs Spoko, AeroManyelo and Wasgoedlyn.The latest addition, accomplished

producer, writer, rapper and actorKwaMashu-born Rikhado Makhado,popularly known as Riky Rick, willjoin the more than 27 artists to rockthe stages.V The festival will take place on Friday andSaturday. One-day passes and full weekendpasses are available at www.ctnwf.com orwww.webtickets.co.za.

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Knit a bit forthe childrenIf you are wondering what you can do foryour 67 minutes of community work forMandela Day on Saturday then join theKnit-athon at the Three Cities MandelaRhodes Place Hotel and Spa in St George’sMall.The hotel has joined forces with Fair

Cape Dairies to support the Little FightersCancer Trust.In the spirit of ubuntu they are inviting

everyone to come to the atrium at the hoteland either knit or crochet a square, donatesome fabric or drop off blankets to assistthose in need. The squares will then besewn into blankets or quilts and deliveredto the trust.The Little Fighters Cancer Trust was set

up to relieve some of the heartache and dif-ficulties faced by families affected by child-hood cancer. Practical, individualised andfast assistance is given bymeans of provid-ing what is needed in the home and in thehospital.To join the community knit-athon you

need to bring needles and spend 67minutesknitting or crocheting a 15 x 15cm squareor bring fabric cut to the same size. Dona-tions of blankets can also be dropped off atthe atrium if you areunable to join theknit-ters.In addition, donations of activity books

and crayonswould bewelcomed and can bedropped off at the same time. These will betaken to the children in hospital.The knit-athon will take place from 11:00

to 16:00.

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the country, the City of Cape Townis leaving no stone unturned in trying tocreate job opportunities.

In the current financial year themunic-ipality hopes to help thousands of unem-ployed residents with short- to medium-term jobs through its expanded publicworks programme (EPWP).

According to a statement the City aimsto create 42 500 temporary jobs throughtheEPWPprogrammewhichwill see 2500more people being employed – up from 40000 in the previous financial year.

The EPWP is a national government in-itiative launched in 2004, with the aim ofgiving unemployed South Africans ahand up through temporary jobs to earnsome form of income, but also to acquireskills that couldmake themmore employ-able.

140 000 jobsSince 2011, the City has created more

than 140 000 temporary jobs.By the end of June next year, the total

should be close to 180 000.The dedicated budget in the last four fi-

nancial years, including the new finan-cial year, stands at R466m, excludingthosebudgetswhereEPWP jobs are creat-ed through service providers.

Suzette Little, mayoral committeemember for social development and earlychildhood development, says the various

City departments are required to submitplans as to how they will contribute to theEPWP employment scheme every year.

“Our biggest contributor is utility ser-vices, in particular the solid waste man-agement department where a number ofthe job seekers are accommodated.Trans-port for Cape Town, human settlementsand community services are the otherthree top employers within the City forthe programme. In fact, these four direct-orates were responsible for nearly 75% ofall work opportunities created in the lastfinancial year.”

RegistrationThe type of work opportunities include

administrative help, community care,river and alien vegetation clearing,stonemasonry work, general work sup-porting existing service delivery projectssuch as cleaning and minor maintenanceas well as youth development work.

Currently, there are 402 701 people reg-istered on the City’s job seekers database.

All unemployed residents who are in-terested and willing to work on the pro-gramme are required to register at theirnearest subcouncil office to be consideredfor opportunities.

Job seekers are also reminded to up-date their contact information if itchanges and to visit the subcouncil offi-ces at least once a year to ensure thattheir registration remains valid.

Library hosts poetsCape Town Central library will host a poetrycircle next week on Saturday 25 July.

Malika Ndlovu is an internationally pub-lished South African poet, playwright andperformer whose poetry and plays have ap-peared on stages across South Africa andthroughout the globe. She will make a guest

appearance.This will be followed by an open mike ses-

sion where members of the audience canshare their own poem.

There will be light refreshments.The event will take place in the arena area

in the library from 14:15 to 15:45. Entry isfree.

Contact Marcia on 083 539 8442 or fo-calmr@gmail.com.

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Not even the rain could stop a group ofyoung adults from giving back to those lessfortunate. The group of friends from variouscommunities in the southern suburbs madestops in Muizenberg, Retreat, Grassy Parkand Southfield where they handed out foodand blankets.

Cafda residentDaleHendricks,witha cou-ple of friends, aim to create awarenessamong other youngsters of the situation inwhich some of their “fellow brothers and sis-ters live”.People’s Postpreviously reported that “the

drive not only alleviates short-term hungerand cold, but also enhances the quality of lifein the circumstances” (“Youth fight hunger,cold”, 30 June).

The participants of the food and blanket drive with organiser Dale Hendricks (standing in blackcap in the middle).

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Make Greenmarket local againI refer to Nicole McCain’s article onGreenmarket Square in People’s Post(“Have your say on Greenmarkettrading”, 30 June). I wish to chime in,though not on the point that you all arecurrently raising.

In the day (1980s), GreenmarketSquare had numerous stalls that soldproducts made in Cape Town – artwork,beadwork, woodwork, sculpture, cloth-ing, children’s clothing, children’shandmade toys, silk-screened linens,sandals and on and on – by aspiring andvery accomplished local artists andartisans.

Now, the tourists might like it all, butwe sure don’t.

One stall after the next selling the

same stuff as the one next to it, and allthe way down St George’s Mall. Endlessstalls of the same stuff. No variation atall.

And none of it South African, all fromcountries up north. Mind you, let mecorrect myself, there is one vendor therewho sells beautiful local clothing.

We Capetonians can’t shop there at allanymore. There is nothing to buy.

Why the square has to be devoted toall this imported, repetitious merchan-dise is beyond me. You can buy itanywhere – at any street market or stallin Cape Town.

Please bring local crafters back.JILL KAGANSON

Green Point

Forget runners,help the needyRegarding “Kids walk through stink”(People’s Post, 23 June): The governmentshould employ a homeless person toguard the promenade toilets so that theycan be open 24 hours.

They must put a shower and a wasbakthere and allow them to wash.

Instead of doing up the jungle gym, art,grass and whatever else for the richjoggers!

KEV,Cape Town

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The late Nelson Mandela spent 67 years of his lifemaking the world a better place. We as South Afri-cans have the opportunity to honour him on hisbirthday every year by spending 67 minutes servingour fellow man.

The idea of Mandela Day was inspired by NelsonMandela at his 90th birthday celebrations in Lon-don’s Hyde Park in 2008 when he said: “It is timefor new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your handsnow.”

The United Nations officially declared 18 July asNelson Mandela International Day in November2009, recognising Mandela’s “values and his dedica-tion to the service of humanity” and acknowledginghis contribution “to the struggle for democracy in-ternationally and the promotion of a culture ofpeace throughout the world”.

For the past few years, people from all walks oflife all over the country have given their 67 minutesto “lift the burdens” and on Saturday it is again timeto give just more than an hour of your time to hon-our Madiba’s life.

This can range from the smallest gesture like vi-siting someone you don’t know in an old age or chil-dren’s home, to something much bigger like build-ing houses with Habitat for Humanity. The ideasare endless.

If you don’t know what to do, ask a friend, col-league or neighbour if you can help with whateverthey are doing with their 67 minutes.

By giving a bit of your time on Saturday youmight not see the impact immediately, but your ef-forts will help someone to have a better day or evena better week.

Your 67 minutes might just inspire someone elseto also “lift the burdens”.

Vote against Maiden’sCove developmentI have a concern which not only affectslocals, but visitors to the Cape, as wellas tourists.

My concern is the sale and develop-ment of council property along theAtlantic Seaboard which includes Cliftonand surrounds, in particular Maiden’sCove.

Maiden’s Cove is the only non-payingbraai area along the coastline.

It is safe, has two tidal pools, kiddies’pool and jungle gym, and is patrolledregularly by law enforcement andlifeguards. It is extremely popular.During summer it is packed and one hasto arrive early to obtain parking and abraai spot.

Historically Maiden’s Cove was one ofthe very few recreation areas along theAtlantic Seaboard which people of colourcould frequent and enjoy.

People from all over the city andsurrounds including Bo-Kaap, Athlone,Grassy Park, Elsies River, Belville,Kuilsriver, Kraaifontein, Bonteheuwel,

Manenberg, to name a few suburbs,regularly visit Maiden’s Cove.

For decades it has been a very populardestination as an excursion for theelderly, end of year functions for compa-nies and sporting codes, birthdayparties, school outings, team buildingexercises, weddings, photo shoots and soon…or just a place to unwind.

Maiden’s Cove is now under threat ofbeing sold off by the council for privatedevelopment.

This sale not only adversely affectsresidents within the immediate sur-rounds, but Cape Town as a whole.

People must be made aware and maylodge their disapproval of this develop-ment.

Should the Maiden’s Cove developmentbe allowed to go ahead, I can foresee adramatic drop in support for the localgovernment amongst those who have fordecades enjoyed visiting Maiden’s Cove.

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Support theshelter, notthe individualIt’s winter and you wonder how tohelp that homeless person in thestreet. Unfortunately, the casualdonation, however well intentioned,rarely helps the person get off thestreets.

It may actually help him/herremain there.

There are a number of greatorganisations in our city which doa sterling job in working with thehomeless to provide sustainable,long-term solutions. One is theHaven in Greenpoint where PastorJerry and his team do excellentwork.

They are in need of help torefurbish facilities at their premis-es in Napier Street, which is hometo dozens who would otherwisehave nowhere to go. Any donation,however large of small, will helpthem improve conditions for peoplestaying there. So to help responsi-bly this winter please considergiving them your support.

DEREK SALTER,Sea Point

PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITIONTuesday, 14 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT 9

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THE 2015/16SERVICE DELIVERY AND BUDGETIMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SDBIP)

Notice is hereby given in terms of section 53(3)(a) of the Local Government: MunicipalFinance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003, that the Service Delivery and BudgetImplementation Plan for the 2015/16 financial year will be available at all subcouncil offices(as listed below), libraries and the City of Cape Town’s website http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/IDP/Pages/Implementing.aspx from Thursday 9 July 2015 up to and including Friday14 August 2015. It will be available at all subcouncil offices and libraries on weekdaysbetween 08:30 and 16:30.

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Cape Town Reception desk, Concourse, Civic Centre, Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town

All libraries Click on http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/Library/Pages/ListofLibraries.aspx for list ofall libraries.

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12 Lentegeur administrative building, corner of Melkbos and Merrydale roads,Lentegeur

13 Fezeka building, corner of NY1 and Lansdowne Road, Gugulethu

14 Fezeka building, corner of NY1 and Lansdowne Road, Gugulethu

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Direct enquiries about the performance agreements to Charl Prinsloo on 021 400 9150 orcharl.prinsloo@capetown.gov.za.

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PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OFPERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS OFCITY OF CAPE TOWN SECTION 57EMPLOYEES

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Locals a hit atshort film awardsYoung up-and-coming director and cine-

matographer Benitha Vlok, from Tam-boerskloof, has been announced as the over-all winner of the inaugural Cinema Nou-veau The Short Film Project.Benitha won the title for her short film

Fortabt (Danish for “loss of love”).Her film was one of ten shortlisted from

themore than120 entries thatwere receivedin the first year of this competition.Although Benitha is currently in the

United States, the film’s director of photog-raphy, Michael Matthews, accepted theaward on her behalf.The audience choice award, as voted by

the public who watched the ten shortlistedshort films at Cinema Nouveau theatres,went to Dewald Brand,MDof creative agen-cy Grand Kids Collective in Gardens, andhis collaborators Max Mogale and Jade deWaal, for their short film In foreign transit.The winners were announced at a func-

tion attended by film industry locals in theV&A Waterfront last week.For directing the best short film, Benitha

has won the prestige to see her film openthe short filmsegment at theupcomingDur-

ban International Film Festival.Her prize also includes a trip to the festi-

val to introduce Fortabt and to attend fivedays of the festival, with flights, accommo-dation and spending money included.In addition, Benitha receives a Sony

Handycam camera (NEX-VG30EH) valuedat R20 000, courtesy of Sony Corporation, toassist her in continuing to direct winningfilms.

More prizesFor being selected as the audience choice

award, Dewald will also have his short filmscreened on the opening day of the shortfilm segment at the festival.In addition, he can enjoy movies at any

Ster-Kinekor and Cinema Nouveau cinemafor free for a year.Special mention was also made of the

short film True – Jose, directed by MandlaShonhiwa of film production companyGroundglass, which is based in Tamboers-kloof. He also gets to watch films for free fora year.V Visit www.cinemanouveau.co.za for more informa-tion.

From left: Michael Matthews, director of photography of the winning short film, Fortabt,Dewald Brand, director of In foreign transit, winner of the audience choice award, LolaGallant, brand manager of Cinema Nouveau and director Mandla Shonhiwa, who received aspecial mention for his short film True – Jose.

DON’T FORGET: Double BritAward winner and platinumselling singer­songwriter BenHoward will be performing atGrandWest’s Grand Arena onWednesday 22 and Thursday 23July. He’ll be supported by ByeBeneco. Tickets for the showcost R465 and are availablefrom www.seedtickets.co.za.

TRAGIC SINGERS: Hout Bay’s KerenLindley will be paying tribute to theinfamous “27 club” at the GallowayTheatre from Wednesday 22 to Saturday25 July in Twenty­seven. Directed byCheri­Lee Blackie, this one­women showcelebrates the music of artists like AmyWinehouse, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrixand Jim Morrison, who pioneered andinfluenced many generations of music,while sharing the stories of their lives,successes, excess and tragic ends.Tickets cost R110 or R80 for students.Visit www.waterfronttheatreschool.co.zaor call 082 772 8867 to book. PHOTO:MARLON DU PLOOY PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM

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PEOPLE'S POST | ATLANTIC SEABOARD | CITY EDITIONTuesday, 14 July 2015 SPORT 11

World best join local chess fightREMO ANDREWS

The battle lines were drawn atthe Cape Sun Hotel last weekas some of the world’s strong-

est chess players gathered to con-test this year’s South African OpenChess Festival.

The event was supported by theWestern Cape department of cul-tural affairs and sport.

Advocate Lyndon Bouah, chiefdirector of sport and recreation,says: “In developing a winning na-tion it is important to improve in-ternational sports successes bysupporting events at all levels.

“Achieving an active and win-ning nation is underpinned by anenabling environment.

“The staging of this event at theCape Sun is part of our campaignto bring big sport events to theWestern Cape.”

South Africa’s first ever grand-master, Kenny Solomon, markedhis return to competition on SouthAfrican soil, which was also hisfirst tournament on home soil afterofficially receiving the title ofgrandmaster earlier this year.

Solomon, originally from Mitch-ell’s Plain and a previous winnerof the tournament, placed fourth inthis year with a score of 8.5.

“It was a tough tournament witha lot of strong players. I am happythat we were able to have fourgrandmasters participating thisyear,” he says.

“It is important that foreigngrandmasters participate in SouthAfrican chess events – this is how

chess can grow in our country.”The tournament also incorporat-

ed the SA schools individual chesschampionship. The championshipsaw some of the best junior playersin the country come up againsteach other.

Former national junior teamcoach Calvin Klaasen believes thatyoung players have an opportunityto make a career of the game if thesupport shown at the SA open con-tinues to grow.

“It’s important for young playersto identify with heroes, to havesomething to strive for.

“There are limited opportunitiesfor young players in South Africato progress to a professional levelat the moment, but that can changeif we are supported correctly.

“Kenny’s grandmaster title isjust step one in South Africa be-coming a powerful chess country,”he says.

Connect with the worldSolomon, who now lives in Italy,

believes that events of this natureneed to happen more often if we areto produce more international-grade players.

“Chess events like these helppeople build connections as wewere there competing for over aweek, so apart from the playingthere is also the post-game analysisand it’s in these sessions wherechess players can take the opportu-nity to learn even more,” he says.

English chess legend grandmas-ter Nigel Short emerged victoriousat the end of the 11-round event. He

gained the title based on a tie-breaksystem, after ending on nine pointsalongside grandmaster AleksaStrikovic from Serbia and India’sgrandmaster Abhijit Kunte.

Short has been playing with thebest since he became a grandmas-

ter at age 19. He was regularlyplaced in the top ten in the worldbetween the late 1980s and late1990s.

He became the first English play-er to play for the World ChessChampionship title when he

played against Garry Kasparov in1993.

Solomon will next travel to Gaut-eng along with Short to play in aqualifier for one of the biggestchess tournaments in the worldtaking place in Las Vegas.

The South African Open Chess Festival took place in Cape Town last week. Here are (from left) grandmasterAleksa Strikovic, grandmaster Nigel Short, Adv Lyndon Bouah, grandmaster Abhijit Kunte, South African grandmas­ter Kenny Solomon and Mark Lewis. PHOTO: JACKY FRITZ

Lions roar to titleEARL HAUPT

@EarlHaupt

The Athlone Hungry Lions havebeen crowned this year’s u.15Vuka Rugby Legends Cupchampions after beating the El-siesrivier Cobras 10-3 in a fiercefinal at UCT on Saturday.

According to Vuka Rugby’s Is-mail Teladia, the morning’s fi-nal was an exciting affair.

“This match was very tightwith both sets of players givingit everything they had. The add-ed incentive was that the play-ers knew that the match was al-so part of the Western ProvinceIqhawe team trials,” he says.

“The tactics of the Cobraswere surprising in that theychose to run the ball at every op-portunity even within their own25m area on a number of occa-sions.”

The wet and slippery condi-tions under foot did not help theCobras as the team from Athlo-ne stuck to its guns to come out

eventual winners of the contest.Thoubaan Gabriels and Thaaki-er Kamaar contributed two un-converted tries, with Gabrielsgoing home with the man of thematch award.

Ismail says that the WP Iq-hawe (u.15) team will be an-nounced shortly and that therewere a number of candidates vy-ing in the final.

u.19 finalIn the day’s other match, the

Atlantis Highlanders contestedthe u.19 final for the second con-secutive year.

They fended off the challengesof Elsies River Cobras to claimthe u.19 title they missed out onlast year.

They appeared better pre-pared as they lost last year’s fi-nal. They beat the Cobras 25-10.

Former Springbok wing andSA Rugby Legends AssociationCEO Stefan Terblanche handedover the trophies to the winningteams.

The victorious Athlone Hungry Lions team after beating the ElsiesRiver Cobras to claim the u.15 Vuka Rugby Legends Cup, which washanded over to them by former Springbok wing Stefan Terblanche.

EARL HAUPT@EarlHaupt

A deaf soccer team in Langa has re-ceived a major boost upon receiv-ing new kit from mayor Patricia deLille.

The Deaf Wolves, which is affili-ated to the Athlone division of theAthlone Heideveld local footballassociation, focuses primarily onuplifting disabled people in thecommunity through soccer.

They wrote to De Lille in Marchrequesting donations.

De Lille handed over 14 new soc-cer kits to the team at the CapeTown Civic Centre on Tuesday lastweek.

She expressed her joy at support-ing an initiative in one of CapeTown’s oldest communities.

“I was approached by the DeafWolves club chairperson, MlulekiBojana,” says De Lille in a state-ment.

“This team was founded by deafmembers and for deaf members in2013 in order to uplift disabled resi-dents in the community.”

Bojana approached De Lille after“encountering some issues that

(were) holding (them) back as ateam”.

“All too often, the disabled con-tinue to be marginalised both eco-nomically and even socially,” DeLille continues.

“They remain exposed to re-strictive environments and barri-ers that continue to exclude themfrom mainstream society.

“People with disabilities stillface serious challenges when itcomes to participating meaning-fully in community activities.”

De Lille reiterates that support-ing the initiative forms part of theCity’s policy for vulnerable per-sons, which is the municipality’smoral obligation to support pro-jects which assist and encouragethe integration of those who aredisabled.

“As affiliates of the Athlone divi-sion of the Athlone Heideveld localfootball association, they frequent-ly play against hearing people aswell.

“It is encouraging to know thatsport is being used to bridge di-vides and to bring people togetheraround a common interest, despitetheir differences.”

Deaf Wolves look sharp

Mayor Patricia de Lille handed new soccer kits to the Deaf Wolves soccerclub, which is affiliated to Athlone soccer clubs, last week.

Body­buildingcompetition onThis year’s Mr and Miss Farnesecompetition takes place at CedarHigh School on Saturday.

The competition is open to menand women, with registrationstarting at 09:00. Pre-judging forthe event takes place at 10:00, withthe main show starting at 18:00. En-trants must be at least 16 years old.Entry fee for juniors is R40, seniorsR50. The overall men’s winner isset to win R1000 in cash.

Adult spectators will be chargedR40 at the door, while children un-der the age of 12 will be chargedR20.V For more information contact NicholasPugin on 061 0816 334.

Women and men are invited toenter this year’s Mr and MissFarnese body­building competitionat Cedar High School on Saturdaywhere Tatum Burrows (above) willbe strutting her stuff.

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He has a winning balancing actBEN BURGER

16-year-old Dannon Siljeur fromRetreat is a Grade 10 pupil atReddam House Constantia and

is the People’s Post/SupersportLet’s Play Sport star for June.Dannon is currently competing

overseas in Malta as a member ofthe u.16 South African schools wa-ter polo team. He has already rep-resentedWesternProvince schoolswater polo at u.13, u.14 andu.15 lev-els.He is also an accomplished hock-

ey player, having earned WP col-ours.Asked why he prefers hockey

and water polo to more popularsports like rugby, cricket and soc-cer, he says he did play soccerwhen he was at primary school.But when he moved from St Ge-orge’s Grammar School to Can-nons Creek Independent School,soccer was not offered, so he tookup hockey.“I played hockey in Grade 2 at St

George’s so the sport wasn’t new tome and I moved straight to theu.13A team. I felt this sport wasright for me as it was kind of likesoccer, but with a stick.“Water polo was new at Cannons

Creek and I started this in Grade6. By Grade 7 I was playing in the

Western Province u.13A team. Ithink water polo was easier for mebecause of my history in swim-ming. And I just continued playingthese sports until now.”Dannonsays that despitehishec-

tic training schedule, he makestime for academics as that is veryimportant to him. “I try to com-plete schoolwork as soon as I get it,sometimes sacrificing my breaksto do work. Being a good sports-man is literally in my blood as al-most everyone inmy family playedtheir sport at provincial level. Somany people make the excuse thatthey can’t complete work becauseof their sport, but it all reallycomes down to timemanagement,”he says.

Driving hardHe trains every day. “I have

hockey by day andwater polo from17:30 to 19:00. The only real rest dayI have is on Saturday and I spendhalf of the day at the gym and theother half with friends.”When asked where he sees him-

self in five years’ time, he has aninteresting point of view.“I know most people that are

good in sport would say stuff likeplaying for their country and earn-ing tons of cash, but I value educa-tion and believe you should always

have something to return to in casethe sporting career doesn’t workout.“I plan to use my sport more as

a key to a full-time job, a key to ac-cess great universities and succeedin life. So I see myself studying

hard, while paying for my studiesby using my sporting abilities atuniversity level.”. You can enter any exceptionalsport star between the ages of 13and 18 by nominating them byemail to ben.burger@me-

dia24.com.Write in the subject line“Sport star”. You need to mentionthe achievements of the nomineein detail and the email should beshorter than 300 words.The decision of the judges is fi-

nal.

Dannon Siljeur (with the ball) from Retreat is the People’s Post/SuperSport Let’s Play Sport Star for June. Heplays water polo and hockey.

Training tips ahead of Sanlam Cape Town marathonWith little over twomonthsuntil the SanlamCape TownMarathon, distance running leg-end Elana Meyer has shared a few trainingtips ahead of the big day.“Preparing for a marathon, the focus

should be on strength, endurance and paceruns,” says Meyer.“You need to be strong if you want to run

a goodmarathon. By incorporating strengthconditioning it will help you stay injury freeand handle the distance a lot better. Also in-corporate hill repeats. It will make youtough.”Meyer offers some key tips to potential

Cape Town Marathon participants, sayingthat you should have training buddies whenyou sign up for the marathon – the journeywill be much more enjoyable.If you can, do most of your runs off road.Follow a 12 to 16 week programme. There

are training programmes on the race web-site (www.sanlamcapetownmarathon.com).Or sign up with one of the Cape TownMara-thon coaches for online coaching.Training for the gruelling 42km challenge

is important, but other areas of preparationare just as crucial, according to Andrea duPlessis.Du Plessis is a nutritional specialist at Vi-

tal Health Foods, the race’s official develop-ment partner. She says dietary intake can af-fect an athlete’s training and racing ability.“The biggest impact nutrition can make

on your training programme is to help yourmuscles recover rapidly. This ensures get-ting the best value out of regular trainingsessions,” says Du Plessis.Nutrients that are required for recovery

nutrition include:. water. carbohydrates. protein. electrolytes. vitamins. minerals. antioxidantsDu Plessis urges runners to look out for

two specific ingredients when selectingtheir training recovery nutrition formula:

.Whey protein is a source of the essentialand branched chain amino acids requiredfor muscle recovery.

. Glutamine is an important nutrient forindividuals that participate in high intensi-ty endurance training and events. It is vitalfor recoveryafter trainingand important forthe immune system, as it is used by the im-mune cells located in the digestive system.Staying hydrated is important too – be-

fore, during and after exercise. Du Plessisprovides key points to avoid dehydration,which accelerates the onset of fatigue:

. Make sure to drink at least six to eightglasses of water per day to stay well hydrat-ed.

. When exercising under warm condi-tions, make sure to increase your fluid in-

take with at least 500ml to 1000ml on thatday.

. Sports drinks taken before, during andafter exercise may help keep you hydratedfor training sessions that last longer than 30minutes.

. During training, fluid intake of about500ml per hour should be sufficient, depend-ing on perspiration rate, which differs be-tween individuals, and the temperature onthe day.While taking enough fluids is a wise ap-

proach, Du Plessis warns against excessivefluid intake: “Thismay result in over-hydra-tion and hyponatremia, which may impairsports performance and can be as dangerousas dehydration.”Another important aspect to consider

when preparing for a long distance race isshoes and apparel. Dawid Visser, promo-tions and training specialist at Asics SouthAfrica, says there are four key areas to con-siderwhen selecting training and racing kit:

. It’s important to get the correct type ofshoes suitable for your running style. Youcan go to your local specialist sports shop toget a gait assessment.

.Different types of shoeswith specific fea-tures help support your running style andminimise injuries.

. The correct size of footwear is crucial.Thewrong size can cause severe discomfort,blue toenails and even blistering.

. Running clothing needs to suit your en-vironment and training conditions. Usevests or tech tees and shorts forwarmweath-er, and long-sleeve tops or jackets and tightsfor winter training.

. Good quality comfortable socks canmake your running experience much moreenjoyable.Visser warns against starting a race with

a new pair of shoes. “You need to make theshoes mold to your feet to ensure proper fit-tingwhenyou get to race day. This also elim-inates the chances of excessive blistering,”he says.The organisers of the Cape Town Mara-

thon are expecting a record field this yearfor Africa’s only IAAF silver label race.

With the Cape Town Marathon set to take place over the weekend of 19 to 20 September,runners are encouraged to step up their training and pay attention to their diet ahead of thebig day.