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Fighting humantraffickingwith words>> ‘If one person is saved, my job would be done’TANIA SANDBERG>>ucnews2@feveronline.co.za

AMANZIMTOTI’S Julie Cava-nagh was recently made amember of the Los Angeles-

based Abolish Slavery Coalition’sboard. Her duty includes managingits social media and assisting withfundraising.

AbolishSlavery.org — a humanrights agency that brings people andorganisations together to protect vic-tims of human trafficking — is plan-ning its first red-carpet awards even-ing and fundraiser at the ComedyStore in Los Angeles in March.

In missions conducted by AbolishSlavery and its partners, children asyoung as six have been found prosti-tuted in brothels. The 2014 GlobalSlavery Index estimates indicatethereare35.8millionpeople living insome form of modern slavery,globally.

According to the index, modernslavery contributes to the productionof at least 122 goods from 58 coun-tries worldwide. The International

Labour Organisation (ILO) estimatesthe illicit profits of forced labour tobe$150 billion a year. South Africaranks 126 of the 167 countries byprevalence of population in modernslavery,withanestimated106 000ofthe population trapped in modernslavery.

Cavanagh was first introduced tothetopicofhumantrafficking in2009when she followed Ricky Martin onTwitterandthroughhimshefollowedAaron Cohen, author of SlaveHunter.

“After reading his biography, IknewIhadtoget involved,but Ididn’tknowhow, so I turned to socialmediato get all the information I could ac-quire on the topic,” she says.

“I knew if only one person wassaved from this evil, my jobwould bedone.”

During the next few years,Cavanagh assisted various organisa-tionswith campaigns to raise aware-ness and in 2012 she participated intheUnicef “Believe in Zero” competi-tion.Herentry,whichplaced focusonchild trafficking, won.

In 2013 she went to New York tosee Martin perform on Broadway,and was pleasantly surprised whenhegreetedherbynameandsaidhowhappyhewas shewas there. This fol-

lowed an invitation by Cohen to a“mixer” (party)hewashostingwhereshe was introduced to his AbolishSlavery.org friends.

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Police nab caralarm ‘jammers’>> Suspects arrested inAmanzimtotiTANIA SANDBERG>>ucnews2@feveronline.co.za

AT 12pm on Friday Amanzimtoti SAPSand theMetroPoliceK9unit recoveredstolen property and arrested two sus-

pects in a Volvo allegedly involved in severalcriminal activities.

“I spotted the Volvo at the Seadoone Roadoff-ramp, coming in from the south [N2], hav-ing received amessage from Charlie Control.I pulled them off at the Adams Road turn-offandcalled inassistance fromHighwaypatrol.Members from Umlazi K9 responded. Therewere twosuspects in thecar.Onsearching thecar I found several stolen items including twolaptops, an umbrella, two cellphones, a jam-mingdevice,anApple iPodandanemptysun-glass case,”Metropolice officer ShawnJoostesays.

JoostethencontactedPortShepstoneSAPSand told them he had located the vehicle. Hewas assistedbyWarrantOfficer S. Sookdhaw,Constable SD Cele and Sergeant A. Nair.

The vehicle had been used in criminal ac-tivities fromPortShepstonetoBallito-Umhlaliover thepast sixmonths.Mostof the incidentsit has been involved in involved using a car-jamming device to break into cars. Basicallythedevice is used to cancel the central lockingsignal fromyour car remote.Even thoughyouhear the sound when you press your remote,there is a possibility that your vehicle is notlocked.

A member of SAPS task team Port Shep-stone drove down. One laptop was identified

asbeingreportedstoleninPortShepstonethatmorning, while the second laptop was stolenfromacarparkedat aMarburgpetrol station.

The vehicle was a rental and was handedback to the rental agent. A case of theft out ofmotorvehicleandpossessionofstolenproper-ty was opened and the suspects appeared incourtonMonday.At the timeofgoing topress,no information was received in this regard.

PHOTO: TANIA SANDBERGMetro officer Shawn Jooste (right) andWarrant Officer S. Sookdhaw with the stolenproperty they recovered from a vehicleallegedly involved in several car­jammingactivities.

Officer arrestedfor defeatingthe course ofjustice

ON18January theRapidRail PoliceUnitwereworking on information received regardingthe supply ofwhoongaat the taxi rank inWin-klespruit. The informationwas that therewasa police vehicle involved in transporting thesuppliers and the drugs.

“On the above date the Rapid Rail PoliceUnit was observing a suspect selling the al-legeddrugsatthetaxirank.Whilethiswastak-ing place, amarked police van fromUmbum-bulu SAPS stopped at the rank and the sellergot inside the vehicle. They remained seatedinside the vehicle for a while. The membersholding the observationapproached the vehi-cleand identified themselvesaspoliceofficersto thedriver.Theyasked thepassengerorsus-pecttogetoutandconductedasearchonhim,”Captain Charlene van der Spuy reports.

“Thesuspectwas found inpossessionofanunlicensed fire arm, three hollow point 9mmlive rounds and 37 straws of a substance be-lieved to be heroin. While the members werebusy with the suspect the police officer droveoff. Hewas traced, arrested and chargedwithdefeating theendsof justice.Thepoliceofficeris a member at Umbumbulu SAPS,” Van derSpuy says.

Thesuspectwaschargedwithbeinginpos-sessionofanunlicensedfirearmandammuni-tion as well as being in possession of heroin.ThecasesarebeinginvestigatedbyAmanzim-totidetectives.Thesuspectsappearedincourtand the cases were postponed for further in-vestigation. — Supplied.

ONE of four vehicles hijacked in Aman-zimtoti from 1 January was recovered bySAPS this week.

Captain Charlene Van der Spuy saysthe vehicle had a tracking system, but forreasons unknown, the tracking companycould not pick it up.

“There was a smartphone inside thevehicle when it was carjacked. SergeantTD Thwala and Constable SF Mbongwe,contacted theMontclair SAPS to assist intracking the phone. The phone wasswitched off, but the last co-ordinatespicked up were about one kilometre be-fore the R603 on the M37,” says Van derSpuy.

The SAPS subsequently searched thesports field and the cemetery in AdamsMission. The stolen vehicle was found inthe graveyard and taken to AmamzimtotiSAPS for processing.

The perseverance, knowledge of theareaand theassistanceof themembersatMontclair SAPS led to this recovery saysVan der Spuy. — Supplied.

Accommodationscam uncoveredFEVER REPORTER

TWOcasesoffraudwereopenedandarebeinginvestigated by Amanzimtoti detectives afterholidaymakers were reportedly scammed in-to paying deposits for non-existing holidayaccommodation.

Local estate agents,whowere approachedby several holidaymakers, said the scammerspostedpictures of furnished flats available formonthlyrentontheInternet,advertisingthemas holiday accommodation.

“In the one incident the complainant paida deposit for accommodation.When the com-plainant tried to make arrangements to viewthe property, the person he dealt with did notanswer the cellphone number provided. Thecomplainant thendiscovered that the proper-tydidnotexist,”saysCaptainCharleneVanderSpuy.

“In the second incident the complainantpaid a deposit to rent accommodation. Afterinquiring at the bank where the deposit waspaid into, the complainant discovered thattherewere twootherpeoplewhohadpaidde-posits for thesameproperty.Theallegedrent-ing agent’s cellphone remained on voicemail.When thecomplainant tried tocollect thekeystotheproperty,hecouldnot findtheproperty,”Van der Spuy says.

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Sewage streams into riversFEVER REPORTER

AFRIFORUM has urged the eThekwini Municipalityto address a sewage problem reported three daysago. According to Willie Beetge, sewage is spilling outat the Kingsway High School turning­circle.

“All the rivers are contaminated, the bird park, thecanal next to Toyota, the river next to the golfcourse,” says Beetge.

He says feedback from the municipality is poor.“The call centre has an average of a two­week

turnover. On the Winkelspruit issue, it took 11 refer­ence numbers and five weeks, with two children withE. coli in hospital, and still management insists thatthe call centre is the only way to deal with com­plaints. We need somebody who can actually startmanaging internal problems without window dress­

ing ratepayers’ with irrelevant reports withoutaction,” Beetge stated in recent communicationswith eThekwini.

At the time of going to press eThekwini had calleda meeting to discuss the issue.

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Load shedding stage two alertTHE eThekwini Municipality has beenadvised by Eskom that the country iscurrently at stage two of load shed­ding. due to high demand.

eThekwini’s load­shedding sched­ules are drawn up in accordance withthe national guideline document (NRS048­9) with specific consideration totechnical constraints, practicality andsensitivity to local economic impact.The schedule comprises three stages ofemergencies.

Stage one is residential and com­mercial load, while stage two includesstage one and industrial load. Stagethree includes the entire area of Dur­

ban, with the exclusion of strategic na­tional resources.

All affected blocks are scheduledfor a two­hour outage with an addi­tional half hour contingency to caterfor switching on. Customers are onlyscheduled to go off once a day understages one and two and twice dailyshould a stage three emergency be de­clared.

The load­shedding schedule is aguideline to determine which block acustomer is in and should be accurateunder normal operating conditions.However, each customer can be fedfrom multiple substations, some of

which could be in differ­ent blocks. Under faultor high­load condi­tions, customers can befed from alternativeneighbouring substa­tions, some of whichmay be in other blocks.

“We may incur tech­nical difficulties in re­storing the load andshould a customer re­main off for a substan­tial amount of time aft­er the block has beenscheduled to be re­stored, that incidentmust be treated as afault and reported ac­cordingly. We continueto urge residents andbusinesses to imple­ment electricity­savingmeasures at all timesto help reduce con­straints on the powersystem,” Eskom states.

Report outages notwithin schedule to theElectricity Call centreon 080 13 13 1111.

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River mouth breached>> Mouth was sanded over due to exceptional high tides

DURING the past two weeks,theKZNSouthCoastexperi-encedexceptionalhightides

and currents.This resulted in several river

mouths being sanded over.While the Umgeni river mouth

had to be breached on three con-secutive days, the AmanzimtotiRiver was no exception and withfurther rain experienced inland,the river flooded Civic Road andparts of the old Amanzimtoti cen-tral business distruct.

Continued monitoring byofficials resulted in a request toEzemvelo Wildlife, allowing theeThekwini Municipality authori-sation to breach the mouth andwith the following prerequisites:

• Breaching of the mouth to bedone one to two hours before lowtide in order tomaximise a flush ofsediments.

• Breaching location tobenorthof the weir.

• Access to the preferredbreaching point to be done withminimal impactandinlinewiththemunicipalities “duty of care” interms of the Nema.

• Notifying users of the activity,cordoning the site for public safety.

• An Ezemvelo KZNWildlife of-ficial will oversee the activity.

In line with the 11.40am lowtide, the exercise was thus under-taken from 9am on Friday withtotal discharge recorded at12.47pm.

Ward 97 Councillor AndréBeetge confirmed that he wasinundatedwithcallsfromresidentswho raised concern regarding theblack colouration of the sea aswell as fish found dead alongthe beach later in the day.

Popular belief attributed the

colouration and smell to a sewagedischarge.

“[There is]nocauseforconcern.

“Boththeblackcolourandsmellrelates not to sewage, but tonutrient-rich sediments that accu-mulate at the bottomof the lagoon.

“Thedeadfishisindicativeoftheexposure of fresh water species tosalt water.

“Breaching the river remains asensitive decision as it affects theriver’s ecosystem.”

— Supplied.

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The Toti rivermouth had to be

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FROM 13 January to 26 January, SAPSaffected 61 successful arrests.

The arrests included a case of at-tempted murder, two arrests for griev-ous bodily harm, assault, rape, sevenresidential housebreakings, three rob-beries, a carjacking, six theft general,two trespassing, 19 shoplifting, fraud,two arrests for dealing in liquor, threepossession of suspected stolen proper-ty, possession of cannabis, possessionof whoonga, possession of heroin, pos-session of an unlicensed fire arm andammunition, defeating the ends of jus-tice, two disturbance of peace and fourtraffic-related offences.

SAPS recovered copper pipes, a gasbraaiandstand,helmet,apairofboots,five cellphones, gold jewellery (goldring, a gold bracelet, and Fossil wristwatch), a steel table, two gas cylinders,safety covers, three laptops, a pistol, agun magazine and three 9mm liverounds. — Supplied.

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Local ‘hero’nominationsopenTHE Amanzimtoti Fever will beprofiling local heroes, startingfrom the 6 February edition.

If you wish to nominate yourhero, simply e­mail Tania Sand­berg on ucnews2@feveronline.co.za or phone her on031 903 9483.

Moeg betaalAS ‘n belastingbetaler is ek siek en satdaarvoor om op te dok vir ander mense seminagting van ons omgewing. Daar is ‘nnuwe wet in plek wat sê vuurwerke magnet vir ‘n sekere tydperk geskiet word,maar vanjaar het die vuurwerke vir urelank aangehou en daar was skynbaar nie­

mand om die wet toe te pas nie.As ‘n toerisme­dorpie is ons so afhank­

lik van inkomste van ons besoekers, maarons tree nie op soos mense wat omgee virtoeriste nie. Op die publieke vakansiedagvir Nuwejaar het ‘n groep vakansiegangersmet ons gesels, hul het gesukkel met diepaaie en gesê hul is gereëlde besoekers,maar sal nooit weer hierheen kom nie. Vol­gens hulle was die lawaai van vuurwerkeen mense en die gebreekte bottles en

gemors, hartverskeurend.My kleinkinders werk by ‘n besigheid

op die strand en moes permitte kry om tegaan werk, na ons al die moeite aange­gaan het om permitte te kry, het hul toenooit die gebied by die hoofstrand afge­sper soos beplan nie.

Ek is ook moeg om erfbelasting te be­taal, ons betaal selfs vir “waste water” enons behandel water vir die korsbare bronwat dit is, maar mense wat nie erfbelas­

ting betaal nie, misbruik water. Ek werkhard om my sypaadjie mooi te hou, plantbome en gras, net om te sien hoe kindersin die verbygaan die bome uittrek.

Dit is ook belastingbetalers wat moetopdok om parke in stand te hou en skoon­makers van strande, strate en parke moetbetaal.

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Follow-up toBaggies BeachcomplaintsFOLLOWING several complaints from resi­dents, tourists, municipal officials andemergency services regarding BaggiesBeach, the following:

• The paved area next to the kiosk willbe clearly marked “no entry” thus allowingclear access for emergency vehicles.

• Motorcycle parking bays will be de­marcated along the wall of the kiosk andtowards the left of the paved area and thusoutside of the area required for emergencyaccess—nocarswillbeallowedinthisarea.

• Only vehicles displaying a “disabled”sign will be accommodated in the parkingdemarcated as such to the right of thepaved area and thus also outside the im­mediate area required for emergency ac­cess. Noting that there is only space for onesuch parking, and given that it can becomeextremely busy, it is requested that if possi­ble, the disabled parking be used rather asdrop­off and collect bay, as opposed to itbeing used as a parking for the day.

• The information board against the ki­osk wall, installed by Sapphire Coast­TotiTourism using public funding in December2013 and since confirmed defaced by localyouth, will be repaired as soon as fundingis available, as it contains valuable infor­mation and emergency numbers.

• Beach cleaners will, to the best oftheir ability, remove chewing gum deposit­ed all along the paved area by our localyouth.

One stands astounded at being pre­sented with evidence that it is our localyouth who are responsible for parking theirscooters and/or motorcycles in the disa­bled parking, for spitting chewing gum andfinding it amusing when people step intoit, who tear at the signboards and whotaunt and swear at law enforcement offi­cials when confronted. Why do they findit necessary to do this to the very beachthey themselves frequent virtually everyday?

Following the implementation of theabove law enforcement and Metro Policeare tasked to issue citations, but shouldthis continue, and if deemed necessary, ve­hicles will be impounded.

Let’s rather take pride in our town andwhat it offers to both the local communityand our visitors.

Cllr André Beetge

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Making a differenceIT is inspiring to see how locals are gettinginvolved internationally and making a dif­ference. Julie Cavanagh’s story highlightshuman trafficking and serves as testimonythat anyone can make a difference.

Local MMA coach Morné Swanepoel hasbeen approached to promote the sport inthe Seychelles, so he’s making a difference.

The first of February is traditionally acelebration of the sanctity of human life, incontrastabortionfiguresareontheincrease,since the legalisation thereof.

Let’s make 2015 a year when we each doone thing to make a difference.

Organisation togrow in visibilityTANIA SANDBERG>>ucnews2@feveronline.co.za

THE focus of the Amanzimtoti­based non­profit or­ganisation, Africa Cares for Life, in 2015 is to grow invisibility and in the services it offers to pregnancy carecentres across Africa and South Africa. In order to ef­fect this change Daniele Gradwell has taken over asmanaging director.

Last year Africa Cares experienced many changeswhich has necessitated a growth strategy. DanielejoinedtheteamatAfricaCaresforLifeinOctober2014.She has a number of years of experience in the preg­nancy ministry and the board of Africa Cares believethat she will be an asset to the organisation.

The organisation establishes and equips pregnan­cy care ministries that reach out to women who arefacing crisis pregnancies in South Africa and Africa.

“We aim to up our services to the centres underour care, to increase training and develop new pro­grammes this year,” Gradwell explains.

Among other things Gradwell will develop materi­al in different languages.

“Currently most of our training material comesfrom the United States and we need to develop some­thing that is more relevant to our market. Because theconcept of pregnancy care centres is well establishedin U.S. we have relied on them to provide a lot of infra­structure to us, most of the resources were however,English or Spanish,” she says.

The organisation also offers leadership trainingand counselling courses to the public.

“The community can also be involved by volun­teering their services, donating office supplies orprinting and binding services and providing speakingopportunities for us,” Gradwell says.

For further information call 031 903 2340.

PHOTO: TANIASANDBERGAfrica Caresfor LifemanagingdirectorDanieleGradwelland opera­tionsdirectorShannoEnoch.

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FOTO: VERSKAFHelpende Hand het aan Kuswag Skool skool­tassies oorhandig om kinders in Graad 1 by testaan.

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More than 1million babiesaborted in SA>> Abortion was legalised in SA 17 years ago

TANIA SANDBERG>>ucnews2@feveronline.co.za

SUNDAY, 1 February marks thecelebration of the Sanctity ofHuman Life.

“Thephrase ‘sanctityof life’ refersto the idea that human life is sacredand holy...” defines Wikipedia.

The idea that human life is to bevalued appears to be a foreign con-cept in South Africa.

Ithasbeen17yearssinceabortionwas legalised in South Africa andsince then 1 200 000 babies havebeen aborted in the country.

Lifeaffirmingandwomen-centredorganisation Africa Cares for Life re-ports the figures growsexponentiallyevery year.

“These are just the reportedcases,” says Shanno Enoch of AfricaCares for Life.

“According to statistics published

on news24.com the number of legalabortions in South Africa were77 771 in 2011, a 31% increase from2010. This translated to a rate of38/1000 women having illegal abor-tions in our country,” Enoch says.

KwaZulu-Natal was recorded asthe fourth highest province at 8 839in 2010. Statistics released by theNational Assembly in 2013 recordeda total of 82 920 legal abortions. Stillplaced with the fourth highest rates,KZN came in slightly lower at 8 675.Last year’s figures were unavailableat the time of going to press.

Managing director of Africa Caresfor Life anddirector of thePregnancyResource Centre in Amanzimtoti,Daniele Gradwell says last year thecentre saw fewer pregnant womenaskingforhelp,whichcanpossiblybeattributed to an increase in abortion.

She says the age group for crisispregnancieshasalsochangedsignifi-cantly and most crisis pregnanciesnow occur in women between theages of 13 and 18 years, while previ-ously clients weremostly in the 19 to25-year-old category.

PHOTO: WWW.PRIESTSFORLIFE.ORGA baby’s development at 11weeks.

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‘Talk Sign 2015’under wayKALISHA NAICKERKalisha.Naicker@media24.com

THE Talk Sign Campaign, launched by theKZN Blind and Deaf Society in 2014, is wellunder way and encourages South Africansto learn sign language.

The campaign also raises money,through the sale of Talk Sign stickers andfundraising initiatives. The campaign is al­so aimed at putting pressure on the gov­

ernment to make it the 12th official lan­guage and for sign language to be taughtas a subject at schools and tertiary institu­tions.

Shamila Surjoo, director of the KZNBlind and Deaf Society, was delightedabout the announcement last August bythe MEC of Education Peggy Nkonyeni,that sign language would be introduced in­to main­stream schools over the next fiveyears.

The KZN Department of Education willalso train teachers in sign language shesaid. She also announced that she will beengaging Higher Education Minister BladeNzimande, to propose that sign language

be introduced in tertiary institutions as asubject.

With the introduction of sign languageas a school subject, the KZN Blind and DeafSociety is confident that the Talk SignCampaign and Talk Sign Day 2015 will re­ceive support from schools and corporates.

Talk Sign Day is on Friday, 13 March. Tobook a presentation at a school or businessor to order stickers for R10 each, contactEllisha on ellisha@talksign.co.za

Director of the KZN Blind and Deafsociety Samilla Surjoo encouragesthe learning of sign language.

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>> Jiu­jitsu workshops also heldTANIA SANDBERG>>ucnews2@feveronline.co.za

MIXEDmartialarts (MMA)coachMornéSwanepoelvisited the Seychelles last week on invitation.

Swanepoel was approached by theSeychelles Mixed Martial Arts Association(SMMAA) association to promote and en-hance the sport in the Seychelles.

Swanepoel met with SeychellesOlympicandCommonwealthGamesAssociation president AntonioGopal and the minister of sportand SMMAA chairman AdrianNanty. He also connectedwith the national sportscouncil and representa-tives of the SeychellesCitizens’ EngagementPlatform.

As reported in theSeychelles Nationnewspaper, Nantysaid they anticipatethat activities such asthis will help encouragepeople to take up MMAwhetherforfitness, for learn-ing self-defence or for thosewho want to become top-levelathletes in the sport.

The SMMAA was established inJuly 2013 with the aim of promotinganddevelopingMMAintheSeychelles.Currently it hosts training sessions five

MMA coach MornéSwanepoel.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Buccaneers Fishing Club‘catch’ news

BUCCANEERS Fishing Club fishedits second round this weekend.

Deon Jordtwon the Inedible cat-egory with a Grey Shark of 6.5kgs.Well done Deon.

Ournext competitionwill beon7and 8 February, followed by 21 and22 February.

Our away-trip to theNorth Coastwill be Friday 27 Feb returning on

1 March. The venue is Blythedale.Our Transkei trip will be toMaz-

eppa Bay, leaving Thursday 6 Au-gust returning Monday 10 August.

Have a great week ahead.For more information contact

Gwen Higgs (competition secretaryand treasurer) on 031 903 1229 or076 833 0648or email gwenhiggs3@gmail.com — Supplied.

PHOTO: SOURCEDDeon Jordt won the Inedible category with a Grey Shark (not pictured)of 6.5kgs

days aweekat theOlympic sports gym,RocheCaïman, and has organised fundraising andpublic awareness activities, competitions andtournaments.

“There are three MMA groups and threeBrazilian jiu-jitsu groups on the island. Myfocuswillbeoncreatingtheinfrastructureandsetting up exercise programmes, assistingthem to affiliate to registered MMA organisa-tions and building the sport. They are alsolooking toattainknowledgeregardingpartici-pationinbigtournamentsandpresentedtheirfirst tournament last year.”

HeconductedMMAandaBrazilianjiu-jitsuworkshopswhile there.Swanepoel isnotedasbeing one of the world’s leading self-defenceand mixed martial arts experts and was alsoapproachedby theSeychelles police andsafe-ty-security unit to assist in training their for-ces. Swanepoel says he will present moreworkshops in the Seychelles later this year.

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AmanzimtotiCricket Clubresults

FIRST teamwon their match againstHillary Malvern by four wickets.

Second team lost their matchagainst East Coast 2 by 119 runs.

Third team won their matchagainst Phoenix 3 by 50 runs.

At the time of going to press thefourthand fifth teamresultswereun-available — Supplied.

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