www.bolandgazette.co.zabolandgazette.mobiYear 18 • Tuesday 13 May 2014 | Tel. 021 853 0211

Helderberg

In Thursday’s DistrictMail

) Attempted armed robbery atCinnamon Square, Strand

) New Control room forSW Neighbourhood Watch;

) Club rugby match reportsand photos

Broadlands Village Street Patrol and Broadlands Vil-lage Community Watch combat crime. PG 2

Support group for Macassar stroke victims officiallylaunched PG 3

Helderberg suffer a 24-23 defeat against SK Walmerson Saturday. PG 8

Lwandle residents queue at Khanyolwethu Secondary School last Wednesday to cast their votes in the 2014 national and provincial elections.PHOTOS: DELIAH BRINKHUIS

Patiently waiting to votePatiently waiting to vote

Nosipho Mqulwana from Nomzamo dressed up forthe occasion and proudly wore president JacobZuma’s face on a flag that she fashionably drapedaround her. P

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The Broadlands Village Street Patrol and Broadlands Village Community Watch recently joined forces to combatcrime in their residential area. Johannes Pick, chairperson of the watch and residents association, says crimehas decreased since they started patrolling the area. In the last two months these two organisations confiscateda number of knives, dagga pipes, tik and other weapons (see photograph). Pick says because of their visibility,the area has become more peaceful and potential buyers are showing an interest in available housesin the area again. Pick is positive about the good relationship the organisations have with the LwandlePolice and proudly mentioned that at a recent community police forum meeting the station commanderLt Col Siviwe Somtsewu commended the good work of their organisations. Above are some of the memberswith confiscated items. They are (back from left) Nicky Petersen, Johannes Pick (chairperson), Randall Scholtzand Conan Morris; front: Faeez Rhoda, Shannon Swail and Harcourt Jooste (security supervisor BVSP).

Gustrouw health committee to be electedGustrouwClinic is hosting an election of healthcommittee members on Saturday 17 May from09:00 to 12:00 at the clinic.

Allpatientsarewelcometoattend.Forfurtherdetails contact GHC acting secretary, DullahAziz, on 073 313 8507.

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Support group for Macassar stroke victimsTheHelderbergStrokeSupportGroupof-ficially launched its Macassar supportgrouponFriday9Mayduringaceremonyat the sport grounds clubhouse.

The Helderberg Stroke Support Group isaregisteredNGOintheHelderbergthatgivessupport to those who have suffered from astroke. The group already has over 30 mem-

bers, but ac-cordingtoJudyCawood, treas-urer of theHSSG, thereare still manyother who havesuffered astroke andneedsupport inMacassar.

Communityleaders and thelocal council-lors includingcouncillorJohn Heuveland propor-tional council-lor, Rhoda Ba-zier, were in at-tendance.

Volunteers who help to run the Macassar support group, also known as theMacassar Stroke Survivors are, at the back from left, Martin Haas (chairpersonof theMacassar Stroke Support Group) andBridgétteMöhr (occupational thera-pist for the Helderberg Stroke Support Group). In front are the volunteers,Bettie Phillips, Patricia Jansen and Johanna van Wyk. PHOTOS: DALEEN FOUCHÉ

Isabel Afrika (front), a memberof theMacassar Stroke SupportGroup, is with Loma Coleman,administrator of the HelderbergStroke Support Group.

SophieSedgewick(left) withMaraai Wil-liams enjoy-ing thesnacks at thelaunch.

Moses Dan-iels, JacobPhillips andHendrick Da-mon at thelaunch of theMacassarStroke Sup-port Group.

Firgroveresidentsmeeting

The Concerned Citi-zens of Firgrove or-ganisationisinvitingall former residentswho previously livedthere, but weremoved to otherneighbourhoods bythe Group Areas Actto a meeting on 18May. The meetingwill be held at 15:00 atZandvliet HighSchool in Macassar.Phone AlettaPlaatjies on021 857 2762 or DavidPlaatjies on082 511 8946.

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Wat gaan aan by Sassa?Soos ek vroegoggend verby

Hammondstraat loop let ekdie langrymenseopwat reedsstaan en wag vir die Sassa-kantore om oop te maak.Watin elk geval eers 08:00 sal ge-skied.Ekwonderashierdie rymet mense elke Maandag solank is (en dit is) word enigemense op die dag van hulle be-soek gehelp? Waarom moetmense vanaf 03:00 of vroeër alindieSassa-rystaannadathulkantore eers 08:00 oop maaken amptelik 09:00 begin werk?

Aan Sassa, is dit ook ’n werk-skeppingsmetode waar dieproses so lank is dat wanneer’nmensSassabesoekjougevaleers ’n jaar later uitsorteerword? En vir wie? Of wat gaanhier aan? Kan Sassa assebliefhier antwoord? Strandloper) Vanoggend is ek vroeg opdie spoorwegstasie betyds omons eie Suid-Afrikaanse Ge-stapo waar te neem. Dit is nouhierdie klomp wat op die Ex-press-trein gaan werk. Vuuren flink soos Gestapo-soldate.

Hulle maak seker dat geen ge-kleurdes per ongeluk in dietrein klim nie. Mooi Metro-rail, julle het daarin geslaagom Apartheid lewend te hou.Dit is net in ’n ander vorm.Soosbyons skole - dieprysomskool by te woon is so belaglikhoog dat mense dit nie kan be-kostig nie. Dan kry ons dros-ters en die probleem veroor-saak deur professionele men-se wat geld gebruik asApartheid-middel, raak gro-ter.

Loudspeakers on mosque roof cause concernLoudspeakers on mosque roof cause concernYou have the right to be concerned about thenoise that will be heard from the mosque. I’mreading everyone’s response “not respectingother’s religion”, “the loudhailers tobe turneddown”, etc.

I reside inMacassar andwe first complainedof the noise from the mosque in 2010/11. It isnow2014andI’mstill complainingwithoutsuc-cess.

People who initially supported me becametired and afraid of intimidation. I was verballyattacked and threatened on Facebook after theimam told his members about “this womanthathasaproblemwith theirreligion”, insteadofbeinghonestwith themandtelling themthatwe wanted a meeting with him about the loudvolume. He ignored us, he ignored warningsfrom Law Enforcement and paid the R500 fine,but continued with the loud cry to prayer inthe early morning hours.

The complaint was also front page news intheHelderbergGazette a few years ago but thatdidn’t stop him.

The Environmental Health department sentout an official to Macassar to investigate andit was found that noise levels were too high.The imam was asked to lower the volume. Fora few months it was quiet and peaceful in Ma-cassar, but that was short-lived.

There’s a season where you are brutallyawakened at 04:00 andwith that goes the soundof dogshowling.Earplugsdon’twork, pressingyour fingers inyourearsdoesn’twork, theonlything thatworks isputtingyourradioor televi-

sion on full volume to block out the noise andthen toss and turn inyourbeduntil youralarmgoes off.

“Not respecting other religions” goes forboth sides. I should have a choice not to listento your prayer calling but instead it’s enforcedon me.

It was said at the municipal office when ap-plying foraplot tobuildachurchbuilding, thatthe building has to be sound proof because itwill be situated ina residential areawhichwasabided to.

I do not understand that the mosque is alsoin a residential area but that they are allowedfive big speakers on the roof top, it does notmake sense!

When asked about this issue Nabeweya Mal-ick (public relationsofficerof theMuslimJudi-cialCouncil) saidshewasnotawareof thecom-plaint. She also said that it was not necessaryfor the prayer calling, their members couldmake use of their alarms.

A few months ago I asked her on WhatsAppfor her email address where I could inform herin detail about the same process that I wasabout to start again, because the imam startedup with the noise again. She never responded.

I also made an appointment with councillorJohn Heuvel then for advice or to forward mycomplaint to a department where the situationcould be dealt with before I eventually wentto the law enforcement and later the newspa-per.Nothing cameof it. I never gotmyappoint-ment so I had to turn to the law. There can bea mosque on every street corner, but thoseloudspeakers are the issue.Is there any officialthat can speak to the Macassar imam please?

DEBBIE MYBURGH, Macassar

Children at Helderberg Hospital were delighted whenlocal paramedics from ER 24 andGordon’s Bay Ambu-lance Services recently treated them to Easter eggs,colouring books and crayons. There were enough East-er eggs and treats to share the with Cotlands andthe Little Angels Home. From left are Jessica Alt,TanyaDelport, Darryn Whittington, Angelique Wynand,ArthurWells and AnthonyNaidoo; in front is RyanWills.

Elections really fair?Elections really fair?Inmy country of origin (Belgium) one canvotein different ways: either on top of a party’s list,i.e. one agrees with the under-appearing listof candidates; either alongside of a proposedcandidate... one can also vote at the base of thelist to show that onevotes for the party but thatone disagrees with their list of candidates.

Anyway, the list of candidates is clearlyshown, and one can interact with the list byvoting preferentially behind a candidate,thereby eliminating one that didn’t perform orwith who’s candidature one disagrees... and inSA? Is it in the interest of the parties here?

A secondpoint is the free or compulsorywayof voting; it is compulsory for every citizen inBelgium; this allows for a real appreciation ofthe votes. In most other countries the votingprocess is free... with the result that if one hase.g. 50% of the people voting and a candidateis elected by 50% of those votes, he/she is infact elected by 25% of the population (i.e. 1/4),which is unacceptable but accepted! It hap-pened in the USA...

The last point, is the secrecy of the votingprocess. Not one party in SA is insisting on thefact that nobody can interfere or is informedabout your vote,meaning that, for uninformedpeople, intimidation is a daily fact. I agree thatit isnot provenbecause it is a “hear-say” thing,but it is adaily reality and it falsifies thevotingprocess.

This can only be eradicated if all parties pro-claim openly and repeatedly that the voting issecret and that intimidation cannot be done.But this is not in the interest of the politicalparties, hence.

Makes one think about our freedom and de-mocracy and free and fair elections.

JWJM (HANS) POOT, Gordon’s Bay

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R1,6 million purse forCape Town MarathonGreat news for marathon runners in theHelderberg is that the route for this year’sCape Town Marathon has been confirmedand entries are open for this year’s race.

In addition to providing an opportunity forparticipants from all around the world to runthroughCapeTown, this iconic citymarathonbrings with it prize money in excess of R1,6million, the largest sum ever on offer for aSouth African standard marathon.“Young or old, professional or amateur; the

Mother City welcomes you and invites you tobepart of this year’shistoricCapeTownMara-thon,” says Elana Meyer, ambassador for theCape Town Marathon and South African Ol-ympic medallist and repeat record-holder inlong distance running.“Weare already receivinghuge internation-

al interest,” continues Meyer. Not only havethe organisers been approached by severalother leading international city marathons,but in addition, participation by the likes ofDominic Kangor Kimwetich (Kenya; qualify-ing time of 2:09:36, 2014 Brighton Marathon)and Serkalem Taye Guililat (Nigeria; qualify-ing time of 2:31:50, 2013MarrakechMarathon)have been confirmed.Themarathon takes place onSunday 21 Sep-

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and above the prestige and personal achieve-ment involved, the lure of great financial re-ward awaits,” adds Meyer.With prize money totalling more than

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Helderberg forwardsWickus vanHeerden (withball), De Wet Neethling (left) and Zane Rai-monde (right) go on the attack in the matchagainst SK Walmers which was played at theCharles Morkel stadium, Strand on Saturday.SKWalmers scored the winning try in the dyingminutes of this hard fought encounter to winthe match 24-23. A few critical mistakes dur-ing crucial times of the match cost the hometeamdearly. Read theDistrictMail on Thursdayfor the match report of this match as well asother local club rugby matches. .

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