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gomhla we-10 kweyeDwarha, xa bekuphawulwa uSuku lweMpilo yeNgqondo lweHlabathi, i-Makana Sub- District Health ibisingethe umsitho wokufundiswa koluntu kwiHolo laseTantyi eJoza eMakhanda (eRhini). Injongo yalo msitho ibikukonyusela ukuqonda malunga neendawo ekufumaneka kuzo uncedo ngempilo yengqondo kunye nokufundisa ulutsha nabazali malunga neengozi zokusebenzisa gwenxa iziyobisisi notywala.Umsitho ubuzinyaswe kakhulu ngabafundi abasuka kwizikolo ezintlanu, abazali kunye nabahlali.
Kuye kwavulwa ngomthandazo nengoma ngethuba abafundi nabahlali bengena eholweni. Uceba Ramie Xhonxa wenze umvulo onomdlandla ukwamkela bonke ebebekho phambi kokunikela ku- Sister Ntomebenani Tshongweni, uMlawuli wamaNesi kwisiBhedlele i-Settlers Day. UTshongweni ugxininise ukubaluleka kokukhathelela ubume bempilo yengqondo yakho ungumntu nokunceda abanye abadinga uncedo.
“Akukho ngxaki
ingenasisombululo”, utshilo, wongeza ngelithi ukungayihoyi impilo yakho yengqondo kungakhokelela ekubeni uzonzakalise. UTshongweni uphawule ngemfuneko
yokusombulula ingxaki yeziyobisi notywala kuluntu lwala ndawo, ebalula ngokukodwa ukuba phantse isitalato ngasinye sinesirhoxo.
Umntu owothule intetho yosuku ngu-Olwethu Mncono, ongugqirha wengqondo osaqeqeshwayo e-Fort England. UMncono uthe hlasi umdla wabantu ngomdlandla nobutsha bakhe waze wabelana nabo ngolwazi lwakhe malunga nengulo yasengqondweni,
ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kweziyobisi notywala, amagama amabi
oyanyaniswa nezigulo ezithile neendlela zokunceda abo badinga uncedo. “Inxalenye yoSuku lweMpilo yeNgqondo lweHlabathi kukuba thina siwufundeleyo lomba sifundise abahlali ukuba bayiqonde into yokuba ekugqibeleni noba umntu unokuphazamiseka
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Hi-Tec Security, has announced it is now offering an artificial intelligence based CCTV surveillance system that’s more discerning about what objects and human behaviours are most likely to be a threat.
“Avlytics offers true verification for alarm conditions,” said Hi-Tec Secu- rity spokesperson Billy Butters. “The system is able to distinguish between human presence, animals, vehicles or background.
Butters said the Avlytics monitor- ing system effectively offers clients
“eyes on site” at business premises, homes, shopping centres, housing complexes and in other situations.
The system enables clients to per- sonalise their monitoring packages, Butters said.
“The Standard Service includes virtual control room monitoring with all CCTV brands, while the Predictive Service includes human behaviour such as loitering.
The Smart Service option offers deeper insight into behaviours, and includes facial recognition and track- ing.Butters said the system would be of great benefit to farmers as well as warehouse and factory management.
“In the event of a strange vehicle driving on a farm road or approach- ing a warehouse or factory at night, for example, the CCTV cameras will activate and send the client a push video notification of what triggered the movement. The client is then more prepared when undertaking an investigation.”
Butters said the Avlytics system was “ready to go”, and several clients had already shown keen interest.
Based at 21 New Street in Gra- hamstown, Hi-Tec Security, under the ownership of Andrew Butters and with Andrew Wille as general manager, are providers of 24-hour armed response security services, guarding services, alarm monitoring, 24-hour CCTV monitoring, cash-in- transit services, VIP protection and access control.
ngokwasengqondweni, kusafuneka aphathwe oko mntu.” Utshilo uMncono.
UMncono uyenze ngesiXhosa intetho yakhe, ukuze akwazi ukubafikelela ngcono abafundi abasuka kwizikolo ezisezilokishini nabo bakwazi ukuthabatha inxaxheba babuze nemibuzo. “Uye wandenza ndanemincili kakhulu lo mbono”, utshilo uMncono. “Ngoba kwiindawo esihlala kuzo impilo yengqondo asiyonto ikhathelelweyo.
Asiyonto exabisekileyo. Kwaye oku akwenziwa kukuba abantu abakhathali, koko benziwa kukungayiqondi.”
UMncono uye wabuza abafundi nabahlali imibuzo emalunga namagama amabi oyanyaniswa nezigulo ezithile kunye nezinto eziye zithethwe xa umntu eyokubona ugqirha wengqondo kunye nangokuphazamiseka ngokwengqondo. “Asihleki!”
Ugxininisile ekhuthaza abantu ngelithi kuyinto elungileyo ukucela uncedo nokuba ukuphazamiseka ngokwasengqondweni kungumba onzima nomele ukuthatyathelwa ingqalelo.
Kuye kwakho nomdlalo weqonga
omfutshane obonisa imiphumela nobungozi beziyobisi notywala nendlela ezivela ngayo eluntwini nokuba zinakho ukuthabatha ubomi bomntu. UMncono uye wathi ethubeni wabuza abafundi ukuba ziintoni abajongene nazo ebomini babo imihla ngemihla eziye zibenze bazive bephantsi koxinzelelo.
Abafundi baye babalula ukufakwa phantsi koxinzelelo ziintanga zabo kunye nokungaphatheki kakhule njengezinye zezinto ezibenza babhenele kwiziyobisi nasetywaleni.
“Ungafeli ngaphakathi” utshilo, ethetha ngokubaluleka kweendawo ezisimahla apho abantu bangaya khona ukufumana uncedo nangemfuneko yokuba abazali babazi ubume beempilo zengqondo zabantwana babo. “Inkulu into ezuzwayo ekuthetheni khon’ ukuze ube nempilo.”
UMncono uye wanikezela ngoluhlu oluzeleyo lweendawo abangafumana kuzo uncedo lwengqondo abahlali.
Umsitho uye wavalwa ngombulelo owenziwe ngu-Mohamed Docrat onguMlawuli weeKhemesti kwiSebe lezeMpilo e-Makana Sub-District.
Olwethu Mncono, oyi-intern psychologist at Fort England, ukhuthaza abahlali ngokuzikhathelela izinto zasimahla. Umfanekiso: Kathryn Cleary
The Standard Service includes virtual control room monitoring
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oku akwenziwa kukuba abantu abakhathali, koko
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12 OCTOBER 2018NEWS 3
Eskom cut-off threat
By SUE MACLENNAN
T
he DA has called on Ma- kana’s Mayor Nomhle Gaga to act with speed to pay Eskom and implement a Council resolution to ring- fence all electricity revenue.The party issued a statement in response to power utility Eskom’s notice published in a regional newspaper on 11 October 2018. In the notice, Eskom says it intends to im- pose power cuts on Makana Municipality at the start of the Festive Season, continu- ing indefinitely because of Makana’s outstanding debt of R67 539 876.39.
Inviting affected parties to submit representations, Eskom says it will impose regulated interruptions as opposed to outright discon- nection. In the first week this will be 6am-9am and 5pm to 8.30pm Monday to Friday, and 8.30am to midday and 3pm to 7pm on weekends.
From the second week, the notice warns, power will be shut down from 6am to 8pm daily. This, Eskom says, is in terms of the provisions of the
Electricity Regulation Act of 2006 as well as the supply agreement with Makana.
The DA said the matter had been discussed in Council’s Budget Steering Committee meeting Thursday 11 October.
“What is of big concern is that the Executive Mayor was kept in the dark about Eskom’s de- cision until the DA brought this to her attention in the meeting,” Makana councillor Mlindi Nhanha said. “The era of secrecy and non-transpar- ency in the city hall seems to be rearing its ugly head once again.”
Asked to comment on the threat, the Grahamstown Residents Association said it had been obvious for months that this would happen again.
In October 2017 Eskom made the same threat for the same reason. The power cuts were stayed when Makana and Eskom agreed on a payment plan.
“The GRA motivated last year via the Finance Portfolio to ensure that money collect- ed for electricity bills would be ring-fenced to pay Eskom,”
secretary Tim Bull told Gro- cott’s Mail.
The Full Council voted on 24 November for this provi- sion.
“The GRA learnt in May 2018 that Makana had bro- ken ìts own resolution and defaulted on the current debt payment plan,” Bull said.
“And the defaults have been repeated, once again relying on Equitable Share grant to make up the deficit.
“The big question is: since Full Council passed a resolu- tion in November 2017, who has authorised the breaking of this resolution? Someone must have decided not to abide by the resolution and has given authority for the Finance Department not to pay Eskom. Until Makana ex- ercises financial discipline it is bound to keep hitting these problems,” Bull said.
GRA chairperson Philip Machanick said the organisa- tion noted threats by some to initiate a rates boycott and a petition to call for full admin- istration.
“What we are waiting for is
a plan from government that puts the municipality on a sustainable path, otherwise it is very hard to argue against these options,” Machanick said.
Nhanha said during Ted Pil- lay’s tenure as acting MM the Eskom debt had been reduced to about R36 million.
“The citizens of Makana pay for their consumption of electricity and can’t be disad- vantaged because the munici- pality prioritises salaries of a bloated workforce,” Nhanha said in the statement. “The DA calls on the Executive Mayor Nomhle Gaga to act with speed to pay what is due to Eskom without delay and stick to the agreed payment plan.
“Further we implore Coun- cillor Gaga to ensure that a council resolution taken a while back to ring fence all revenue generated in electric- ity be implemented without delay.”
Makana Municipality had not responded to a request to comment by time of publica- tion.
Further we implore Councillor Gaga to ensure that a council resolution taken a while back to ring fence all revenue generated in electricity be implemented
without delay.
Ticks can be a big problem in our pets and other animals such as Horses, Donkey’s and Cattle especially during the hot months and after rainfall.
They can causes serious diseases such as Billary. These nasty critters can also cause skin infections and discom- fort.
Tick and flea control prod- ucts can be brought from your vet and should be used as per instructions and on the advice of a veterinarian.
You can also utilize the dip bath here at the SPCA for a small donation and also at Grahamstown Vets and dip can be purchased from the Clinic at the SPCA. During Tick and Flea season if using the dip facility it is advisable to do it monthly.
For more information and or advice on animal care, please do not hesitate to con- tact the Grahamstown SPCA or one of the friendly vets in town.
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For more information, ad- vice or guidance, to report cruelty and or details on how you can donate to help us with the work we are doing in your community, please con- tact the Grahamstown SPCA on 046 622 3233 or email us at [email protected].
For any animal related emergencies and or queries please contact the Grahams- town SPCA on 046 622 3233 or the Emergency Cell on 064 82 08496
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Know yourself... and drink clean water!
How can we keep the youth in our community healthy? Lindani Donyeli asked the question.
VIWE SOKATSHA STUDENT
It begins with what you eat. Then keep active - for example, jogging
regularly.
AZIME HINA EDUCATOR Ngokuzilolonga emizinbeni nokuhlala
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Nokutya ukutya okusempilweni.
AUDREY SWARTBOOI SHOP ASSISTANT Those who can afford healthy food must give to those who can’t afford
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LUNGI MAKHUBALO TEACHER
It begins with you. Know yourself and you’ll know what you want. Drinking without eating is bad and
you must drink water every day.
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They get bored. They need to get a recreational
centre for shared activities.
MAKHOSI DINGANE LECTURER Water should be clean.
Drinking dirty water compromises the community’s health.
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Mark Thomas WEEK
Watch out for ticks CBD roads
rehab starts next week
By MAKANA COMMUNICATIONS
Makana Local Municipality is embarking on the first phase of its Roads Rehabilitation Programme with the R10 mil- lion funding sourced from the Municipal Infrastructure Ser- vices Agent (MISA). For this project, MISA has appointed Mamlambo Construction Company for the rehabilita- tion and maintenance of the three main roads within the CBD: Somerset, Huntley and High streets. The contractor is already on site and the project will commence on Monday 15 October 2018. It’s anticipated it will be completed by 6 De- cember 2018.
The project will be carried out similar to the way the Beaufort Street upgrade was managed. At a later stage, a second phase will focus on the taxi route from Albert Road to Ncame Street.
Residents and commuters are requested to be patient as the project will inconvenience their daily routine. Affected businesses and residents will be notified in advance when the project will be in their ar- eas.
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Youth, health in focus
STAFF REPORTER
How do young people in Makana experience public health? is the question we’re asking in the next edition of #TheDebate2019 in BB Zondani Hall on Wednesday 24 October at 6pm.
Talking about their experience of working with young people in our town will be representatives from local NGO Raphael Cen- tre and national NGO the Rural Health Action Project, with input from UPSTART Youth and local health practitioners. And there to answer tough questions will be Health Superintendent General for the Eastern Cape Dr Thobile Mbengashe, who yesterday con- firmed his participation in the 24 October edition of The Debate.
Some of the issues that will be highlighted are:
• Youth lifestyles and social sup- port structures
• Access to mental health care services for young people
#TheDebate2019 is a series of six public events, once a month, that aim to both educate voters as well as air the big national issues in the local space.
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By SUE MACLEANNAN
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triking SASSA staff af- filiated to the National Health and Allied Work- ers Union will return to work on Monday. This comes after agreement was reached be- tween the union and Minister of Social Development Su- san Shabangu on 10 October, hours after staff at SASSA of- fice across the country com- menced what they said would be a total shutdown.Nehawu announced the strike on Monday, saying it was as a result of SASSA man- agement’s refusal to resolve the challenges brought about by the migration of the So- cial Grant Payment System from Cash Paymaster Services [CPS] to the South African Post Office [SAPO].
In the statement posted on their website, NEHAWU said the full blown strike would begin on 10 October 2018.
“On Wednesday the total shut- down will begin which shall halt all SASSA operations un- til our demands are fully met,”
the union said.
Their demands are for the biometric enrolment of ben- eficiaries to be suspended and consultation to be prioritised on it; job evaluation in grants administration to be undertak- en and for the option for cer- tain employees to perform bio- metric enrolment, subject to the job evaluation results.
Nehawu said staff were trained to perform biometric enrolment for beneficiaries in- stead of biometric identity ac- cess and management.
Responding earlier this week to the strike threat, act- ing SASSA CEO Abraham Mahlangu said affected staff members had been provided
with training to enable them to perform biometric enrol- ment.
The Post Office said the strike by SASSA employees at branches across the coun- try would not affect the pay- ment of October social grants and that recipients should go to the payment sites in their areas on the scheduled dates.
“Post Office outlets nation- ally are also making pay- ments and operating nor- mally,” the Post Office said in a media statement on
10 October 2018.
The Post Office said it had already completed paying 86% of the 6.7 million social grants recipients that were on its October payment file.
Unprotected
At the Agency’s Makhanda (Grahamstown) offices 13 em- ployees embarked on strike action.
SASSA eastern Cape spokes- person Luzuko Qina said the strike was illegal.
“The agency views the
strike as illegal therefore un- protected as in terms of sec- tion 64(d) of the Labour Rela- tions Act, it does not meet the (7) day period as stipulated in the provision,” Qina said. “The agency in the region issued a circular informing all staff in the region about the status of the strike action as explained above.”
Grahamstown SASSA’s lo- cal office has a total of 19 permanent staff and 2 con- tract workers, Qina said, and it services approximately 60
clients daily.
Nehawu shop steward at the Makhanda (Grahams- town) branch of SASSA Elton Dawuti said their was a peace- ful strike, clients inside were being assisted and the strikers were not preventing the pub- lic from entering the building.
“Staff who belong to other unions are working,” Dawuti said. He said those striking wanted their voices heard.
“SASSA staff must be capac- itated to take over payments in a holistic way,” Dawuti said.
Rates boycott drive rolls on
By SUE MACLENNAN
A petition calling on the East- ern Cape Provincial Executive to dissolve the Makana Mu- nicipal Council and appoint an administrator, and to divert rates, had by midday Thurs- day 11 October received 5633 signatures and was growing at a rate of 100 a day.
Social media and design wizzes Robyn Cooper and Ro- byn Oosthuysen last Monday posted a video made in collab- oration with fellow resident Daphne Timm, showing pot- holed roads, illegal dumping and stray animals. Speakers on the video highlight admin- istrative, environmental and infrastructural failures in the municipality.
On the video, Timm says,
“There have been endless talk- shops over the past five years:
we now need action – we are no longer standing for this.”
The video ends with the call to action to sign the petition calling for Section 139(1)(c) administration, and to divert or withhold rates payments.
Oosthuysen yesterday told Grocott’s Mail they’d had 1344 shares, 773 comments, 926 reactions on the original Facebook post and more than 4200 reactions on the shared posts.
“The shares are brilliant, she said, “because sharing means reach.”
Signatures on the petition were from all over – “people who have connections with the city, whether they have kids at school here, own prop- erty, or went to Rhodes Uni- versity”.
“No matter where you’re living now, all roads lead back to Grahamstown,” Cooper said.
Most people had reacted positively to the campaign, Cooper said. “This is not about politics, its about the commu- nity standing together.”
What did it require to man- age a social media campaign of this size?
“Forty hours in a day that we don’t have!”
Key to getting the video to go viral was getting around the Facebook algorithms.
They chose to post it on the Grahamstown page which has rules about interactions.
“It seems to have lit a fire,”
Oosthuysen said.
There have been endless talkshops
over the past five years: we now need action – we
are no longer standing for this
Striking Nehawu affiliated employees outside the SASSA offices in Makhanda (Grahamstown) on Wednesday 10 October. The Post Offices said grant payments would proceed, unaffected by the action. Nehawu says employees will return to work on Monday.
Photo: Sue Maclennan
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and nationally this week was recognised as Mental Health Awareness Week. World Mental Health Day was started by the World Health Organization (WHO), and this year’s theme was youth mental health.
Here in Makhanda (Grahamstown) and throughout South Africa it is no secret that youth face a wide variety of mental health issues such as stress, anxiety and depression. In honour of Mental Health Awareness Week, Grocott’s Mail has prioritised coverage on mental health to provide resources and make our readers more aware of the importance of mental wellness.
On Wednesday, Olwethu Mncono, an intern psychologist at Fort England addressed a group of learners and community members about the importance of mental health and the dangers of substance abuse. She urged learners to seek help, and to not laugh at others who were going through a difficult time. Similarly she spoke to the parents in the crowd and encouraged them to be more actively involved in their child’s wellbeing, and to set boundaries and rules.
Mncono talked about the pressures youth face at school and at home, which can lead to substance use or unwanted sexual behaviour. Learners agreed, adding that peer pressure, and abuse at home often lead to substance abuse.
The link between mental health and the home is very powerful. As Mncono’s discussion with learners and parents revealed, youth in our communities are struggling to feel valued both at school at home and as a result turn to sub- stances. Mental health starts at home, and if a child does not have a place to go where they feel safe and valued they will seek other means to fill that space.
Last week Grocott’s Mail reported on a Communications and Networking Workshop hosted by the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) about plastic pollution in South Africa. A speaker from SST presented her findings on pollution in urban versus rural communities, finding that rural communities were sig- nificantly cleaner. The speaker highlighted that people often work in urban areas but come home to the rural areas. Be- cause the urban areas are not one’s home it is often thought that it is okay not to take care of the environment, but once home in the rural areas there is no littering and pollution.
In Makhanda residents often experience serious service delivery issues that can affect community health and well- being. Rubbish piling up on the streets and murky tap water do not make it easy to call some place home, but what World Mental Health Day can do is encourage community members to work together to build a better home for our youth.
A healthy home is a healthy mind, and by respecting the environment and the spaces we occupy we are in turn respecting ourselves.
Health starts at home
LETTERS to the Editor and COLUMNS
BREAS T
CANCER AW
ARENESS
MONTH
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Health Department says breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in South Africa, crossing race and class. This month, Survivor Judith Reynolds shares with Grocott’s Mail readers the life-changing experience of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. This is the second in her four-part story.
The ‘war’ on cancer
Great prizes and a great public help Hospice cause
Hospices render invaluable services within the communities they operate and these indispensable organisations are to a large extent reliant on the public sector for donations, funding and subscriptions.
And so it is with Grahamstown Hospice and Sunshine Coast Hospice which organise and arrange various fund-raising activities and drives on an ongoing basis. In addition, golf days, social events and competitions are held occasionally in order to generate funds.
A raffle organised recently by Grahamstown Hospice and Sunshine Coast Hospice was enthusiastically supported by friends of the associations and members of the public, resulting in some most welcome funds being raised.
We offer our sincere thanks to all those who purchased tickets. Residents along the coast and inland from Makhanda and surrounds responded eagerly to requests from ticket sellers to purchase tickets.
Your support is much appreciated.
Of course, our appreciation and sincere thanks are also extended to the businesses and individuals who donated prizes, and there were indeed some very attractive prizes on offer.
The awesome first prize of a two-night stay for two people at Kwandwe Private Game Reserve was won by Steve Gornall.
In all, 10 super prizes were awarded, and they are:
1st Steve Gornall – Two-night stay at Kwandwe Private Game Reserve
2nd Nicki Rosslee – Donation of a lamb spit by Donovan Bridger of Delicious Spitbraais
3rd Andrew Beer – Samsung Tab E 9.6-inch tablet donated by MTN Grahamstown
4th Judge Jeremy Pickering – Trolley of goods from Pepper Grove Pick n Pay (which he donated to Hospice)
5th Matt Stapleton – R1000 voucher for a carpet clean donated by Deep Clean
6th June McDougall – 8/10kg bag of dog food every month for the year donated by Rayner General Agencies
7th Neil McCune – Container of 25 litres of water from Oasis Water Grahamstown to be refilled each month for a period of one year
8th Keith and Nicole Craig – R250 voucher from Noom and a hamper from Carara Agri products
9th Delia Duxbury/Carara – Meat hamper donated by C-Safaris
10th Dale Cunningham – Hamper from The Pepper Tree donated by Tracy Mills.
We extend a sincere thank-you to everyone who made this fund-raising endeavour such a heart-warming success.
Grahamstown Hospice and Sunshine Coast Hospice
The language around cancer is full of metaphors to do with war.
‘Battles’ are won or lost. People are ‘warriors’. Breast cancer sur- vivors are pink warriors.
The radiologist who did the biopsy of my breast even called the thing he used to take a sample from my breast a ‘gun’ and he said he was go- ing to ‘shoot’ it into my breast.
I told him that really wasn’t appropriate and he needed to find a different name for it so for the rest of the appointment he called it a ‘device’. I was nervous enough in that room without him introducing war images into the situation.
I can understand how see- ing yourself as a warrior fight- ing a battle could motivate some people. But it really doesn’t work for me. I’m very uncomfortable with the war metaphors.
For one thing, if I eventu- ally die of cancer I don’t want people thinking I died because
I didn’t ‘fight’ hard enough.
People aren’t expected to fight against Aids-related illnesses or TB or strokes. I don’t want the pressure of needing to be a warrior just because the dis- ease I’m dealing with is cancer.
If the war metaphor applies at all then I feel like I’m the battleground rather a soldier.
If the war metaphor applies at all then I feel like I’m the battleground rather a soldier.
Maybe the oncologist was
‘fighting’ the cancer with the weapons of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. While he was doing this, I wasn’t fighting anything. I was just trying to get through each day.
I’m also uncomfortable with the war metaphors because cancer didn’t come into my body from elsewhere. It’s not a virus or a bacteria (though some cancers, like cervical cancer, do have links to virus- es) that needs to be killed or chased away. The cancer cells
Judith Reynolds. Photo: Megan Kelly
that were in my body were made by my body. They were my own cells. Rebel cells.
Badly behaved cells. But my cells, nevertheless.
So instead of going to war I’d rather think of dealing with cancer as negotiations or peace talks. Instead of ‘fight- ing’ with cancer I’d rather figure out what the rebellion was about.
I’d rather see if I can change things so that there is no need for my cells to rebel again.
Calm things down. Introduce some humour or kindness into the situation.
I’m not at all critical of peo- ple who have been diagnosed with cancer who do find it useful to see themselves as warriors in a fight against cancer. Everyone has to find their own way of dealing with the situation. But I’m only comfortable being a warrior when I’m in a yoga class.
• Read the first part at bit.ly/GrocCan Nathaniel Nyaluza Secondary School staff and pupils recently celebrated Heritage Day by dressing up. Photo: Lindani Donyeli
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Long ride for a reason
By SUE MACLENNAN
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akhanda (Grahams- town) farmer Leonie Yendall doesn’t need any persuasion to get on her bicycle and explore South Af- rica’s back roads and byways.Sharing her pedal-powered journeys on social media, she’s taken friends and family to places many of them have never been, and might never reach.
But her latest journey was extra special. She clocked up her kilometres for a cause, raising R4 752.28 in dona- tions to date for the Raphael Centre and spreading the message of eye care aware- ness along her more than 1400km trip on the back roads from Upington in the Northern Cape to Makhanda.
And that was after hiking the tough and challenging 85km Fish River Canyon.
Yendall daily defies glau- coma, a condition in which increased pressure inside your eyeball damages the optic nerve, causing a gradual loss of sight.
To a gathering of friends and supporters gathered at a local coffee shop to welcome her home on Friday 5 October, Yendall related how she’d dis- covered the late-onset condi- tion.
“I was sitting next to (hus- band) Rodney watching TV and I said, ‘You know when I close my right eye I can’t see the TV.’” Yendall’s style is to tackle the most difficult situ- ations with humour.
She wishes she’d known how important it is to regu- larly have your eyes screened.
WHO has estimated that 4.5 million people are blind due to glaucoma – the second leading cause of blindness and the leading cause of irrevers- ible blindness worldwide. The medical profession doesn’t yet have a way to prevent glau-
coma, but loss of vision can be prevented or minimised if the disease is recognised in the early stages. In its most common form, primary open angle glaucoma, the loss of vision is silent, slow, and pro- gressive. A person’s peripheral vision is affected first. As the condition progresses, central vision is lost.
The Eye Clinic at the Youth Hub in Joza offers a free eye screening service, with Rapha- el Centre staff trained to oper- ate equipment installed there by Dr Davies Optometrists.
Retinal scans (photographs of the back of the eye) can reveal high blood pressure and dia- betes, as well as HIV infection in certain stages.
These photographs are sent to Dr Trevor Davies and his optometric team, Jan-Louis Fourie and Anche Oosthui- zen for further examination.
“They let us know who we should refer to the St John Eye Clinic for further assess- ment,” explains Anne Loeffler, manager at the Raphael Cen- tre. Staff also conduct TB and STI screening as well as HIV counselling and testing.
Established in 1999 to pro- vide support services to peo- ple living with HIV, the Cen- tre’s mandate has broadened to incorporate health and wellness services for both HIV positive and negative people.
“No one told us when we were younger that you should get screened for glaucoma regularly,” Yendall said.
There were some days on her journey, Yendall said, when it was too cold for her to ride – not because her body couldn’t withstand it but be- cause extreme temperatures (hot or cold) affect eye pres- sure.
“My worst day was strug- gling outside Loxton in a strong wind in a temperature of 6C. I always have the fear
that my eyes won’t make it to the end of the day,” she said.
Her best day?
Pushing her bike over the Winterberg in a full-scale storm.
“There was rain, hail and plenty of lightning,” Yendall said. “That’s when you realise you only live once: what’s hap- pening around you is spectac- ular – and if you get hit, that’s also going to be spectacular!”
The journey also fulfilled a long-standing promise. Yen- dall grew up in the Kalahari and when her life there was suddenly uprooted and moved to Port Elizabeth, she told her grandfather she would wallk back home from PE.
“I did it – although in the opposite direction, and on my bike,” she said. And loving husband Rodney, who is 100%
supportive of Leonie’s regular adventures in different direc- tions, said, “Oh well, at least this time she’s coming home.”
The fundraising target for Raphael Centre and the valu- able community work they do is R20 000. If you’d like to contribute, go to https://www.
backabuddy.co.za/raphael- centre
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what-can-i-do-to-prevent- glaucoma.php
Christmas Cheer date for your calendar!
STAFF REPORTER
Once again we are dedicating the Grocott’s Mail Christmas Cheer Fund to Child Wel- fare who will put the money to good use at Ikhaya Losizo Cluster Foster Home in Joza.
The centre, which is home to 18 vulnerable and or- phaned children, and provides daytime care for another 60- odd, needs a fence to prevent residents dumping rubbish in an adjacent thoroughfare. Any
funds remaining will be used to by uniforms for the children in the new school year.
As usual, a highlight of the
fundraising drive – and of the festive season buildup in Makhanda (Grahamstown) – will be the Pro Carmine Choir’s annual Christmas Cheer Concert. Ink this date on to your calendar: Friday 30 November.
All proceeds from this won- derful community event will be added to the Grocott’s Mail Christmas Cheer Fund for Child Welfare. Details of the venue will follow.
8 WESSA HERITAGE DAY PHOTO COMPETITION Grocott’s Mail
12 OCTOBER 2018WESSA HERITAGE DAY PHOTO COMPETITION 9
Our amazing natural heritage
We share with you the top ten images in the WESSA Heritage Day Photographic Competition. The theme was ‘Celebrate Natural Heritage’.
Top ten Professional Entries
First Place in Professional: Oldenburgia above Featherstone Kloof. Photo: Roddy Fox
Second Place in Professional: Black Rhino Cow and Calf.
Photo: Mary-Ann Stewart Third Place in Professional: ‘Breaking dawn over the valley of a thousand hills.’ Photo: Robyn Oosthuysen
Driftwood, Port Alfred.
Photo: Tom Jeffery
Cattle Drive.
Photo: Renette Kleinhans Black Rhino Cow and Calf.
Photo: Mary-Ann Stewart
A thousand years of custodial wisdom.
Photo: Robyn Oosthuysen
Nguni Illusion.
Photo: Leanne van der Merwe
Kelly’s Beach, Port Alfred.
Photo: Tom Jeffrey
A Helping Hand.
Photo: Iain Stewart
Breaking dawn over the valley of a thousand hills.
Photo: Robyn Oosthuysen
Laughing Giraffe.
Photo: ClickAway
‘Oldenburgia above Featherstone Kloof.’
Photo: Roddy Fox
Top ten Amateur
Entries
Top ten Scholar Entries
Aloe after rain.
Photo: Zothando Duda
Flower after rain.
Photo: Olwethu Mhlope
Queen of the Savannah.
Photo: Kate Jackson-Moss
Frog Prince.
Photo: Carissa Henning
Red Blossom.
Photo: Zukhanye Sphere
Last Hope.
Photo: Callum Sholto-Douglas Beauty. Photo: Nontyi Okuhle
Orange Pride.
Photo: Liyema Blom
Hanging Out.
Photo: Robbie Kirkpatrick
Spring blossom. Photo:
Sinengomso Nombewu First Place in Amateur: Young beauty. Photo: Chad Keates
Second Place in Amateur: A painted lady out and about on
1 September. Photo: Graham Barr Third Place in Amateur: Grasshopper. Photo: Sipho Madiba
A painted lady out and about on 1 September.
Photo: Graham Barr
Brown Eyes.
Photo: Ellouise Muir
Grasshopper.
Photo: Sipho Madiba Hanging Five.
Photo: Sandy Nicholls
Kowie Adventure.
Photo: Graeme Holmes
Peek-A-Boo
Photo: Jennae Tessendorf Pintail Whydah.
Photo: Danuta Hodgson Red Dragonfly.
Photo: Jobst Bodenstein
Stay True To Yourself.
Photo: Kervin Prayag
Young Beauty.
Photo: Chad Keates
First Place in Scholar: Frog Prince. Photo: Carissa Henning
Second Place in Scholar: Queen of the Savannah.
Photo: Kate Jackson-Moss Third Place in Scholar: Orange Pride. Photo: Liyema Blom
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10 OUTSIDE Grocott’s Mail
12 OCTOBER 2018SPRING INTO SUMMER
So it’s spring. No wait, at Tuesday’s 36 degrees it’s summer. But then on Friday it’s going to be 13 degrees and raining.
One thing you can be certain of with the weather in Makhanda
(Grahamstown) is that there’s nothing about the weather you can be certain of. You need a good defence against the elements, whether tar-meltingly hot or bitterly cold.
In Grocott’s Mail on Friday 19 October, we’re sharing with our readers the science and practicalities of how to insulate your home from heat and cold...
perhaps with a little help from your handyperson friends. Insulating your home saves money on electricity, and if you do it in an eco-friendly way, may also help save the planet.
We’ll also be sharing gardening tips on what flowers and vegetables to plant at this time of the year that will withstand the extreme temperatures of our climate.
Don’t miss this chance to improve your home and help save the world!
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Celebrating the art of seeing
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tirring poetry from Makhanda (Graham- stown) poets Dumisa Mpupha and Harry Owen pro- vided an inspiring start and ending to the festive prizegiv- ing in the WESSA Heritage Day Photographic Competi- tion on Wednesday 10 Octo- ber.Close to 70 photographers, from beginner to professional, entered the inaugural com- petition with the theme ‘Cel- ebrate Natural Heritage’.With more than 30 in the amateur category alone, the judges had some tough choic- es to make and this week the winners were announced.
Photos on pages 8-9.
SCHOOLS
• Carissa Henning (Frog Prince)
• Kate Jackson-Moss (Queen of the Savannah)
• Liyema Blom (Orange Pride)
AMATEUR
• Chad Keates (Young Beauty)
• Graham Barr (A painted Lady)
• Sipho Madiba (Grasshopper)
PROFESSIONAL
• Roddy Fox (Oldenburgia above Featherstone Kloof)
• Mary-Ann Stewart (Black rhino cow and calf)
• Robyn Oosthyusen (Breaking Dawn)
The project was a collabo- rative one between WESSA, Grocott’s Mail, Grahamstown Photo a Day, Robs Oosthuysen Images and The Grahamstown Project, with game reserves Kwandwe, Amakhala and Ka- riega sponsoring prizes, NELM hosting the photo exhibition and prizegiving and Pick n Pay providing refreshments for the schools’ Photo Walk and Bio- Bash.
Ahead of the prizegiving, Bernard Mackenzie gave an in- spiring and informative work- shop to school children who had attended the Photo Walk at Botanical Gardens last month, along with others who came along to learn about apertures and ISOs.
Several of the photographers have agreed for prints of their photos to be sold in an auc- tion to help fund future public projects organised by WESSA.
Watch the Grocott’s Mail Face- book page, where we’ll share details of the online auction.
Congratulations to the winners of the WESSA Heritage Day Photographic Competition. Celebrating in front of the National English Literary Museum (NELM) are some of the winners and their supporters, along with (back row) imbongi Dumisa Mpupha, Kwandwe’s Graham Mann, Kariega’s Nomawethu Ngangqu and Jo Haesslich and Amakhala’s Jenny Gush. Photo: Kathryn Cleary
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FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER
FAMILY FUN FAIR
2pm to late Graeme College Somerset Field. There will be go-cart rides, zorb ball rides, a zipline, as well as pillow fights, pony rides, even a haunted house ! To mention a few. Or just relax in our tea garden where you can enjoy the festivities and select something to eat from our many food stalls. In the evening there will be Cinema Under the Stars showing 3 movies for the children while the adults enjoy the evening in the Gin Bar or socialize while sampling the locally brewed handcrafted beer from Featherstone Brewery. Park your car at Junor Field and you can catch a lift with the tractor.
SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER
1820 SETTLERS ASSOCIATION TALK/LUNCH:
12pm Long Room The Highlander. Talk by Crystal Warren. Topic: NELM: The first green museum in South Africa. Time: 12:00 (drinks); 12:30 (talk): 13:00 (lunch). Cost:R66. Bookings with Pauline Henson 046 622 4814 [email protected] or Fleur Way- Jones: [email protected]
POETRY BOOK LAUNCH
6pm The Rose Theatre, Starways Art Centre, Hogsback. Ecca Poets Brian Walter, Cathal Lagan, Lara Kirsten, Alvené Appollis-du Plessis, Silke Heiss and Ed Burle are joined by new Ecca members Jacques Coetzee and Olwethu Mxoli in their 2018 publication, Throw in your Song, which is alternatingly melancholic, questing, dancing and pensive in the varied solo voices. Brian Walter, Olwethu Mxoli and Silke Heiss will read poems from the book. Entry R50 covers wine and snacks. Books R100. Bookings by sms/whatsapp Silke 074 132 3101or Gwyneth 082 928 5770
MONDAY 15 OCTOBER
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY LECTURE 5.30pm Hill Street Library Hall. A talk by Carel Buchner entitled, “Camping at the Kwai”. All are welcome and entry is by donation in aid of the Friends of the Grahamstown Public Libraries. Contact Sue Rionda 046 603 7339.
THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER
LUNCH HOUR BENEFIT CONCERT 1.10pm Beethoven Room, RU Music Dept.
Emma Farquharson (light/lyric colaratura soprano) and Katryn Nieuwoudt (dramatic/lyric coloratura soprano) will entertain you in this delightful lunch hour concert. Entry by donation. Contact Denetha Peters 046 603 8490
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER
BOOK LAUNCH
6pm at the Ploughman Pub at the Bathurst Showgrounds. LA Lore II by Quentin Hogge and Bugs Wilmot, illustrated by Basil Mills. LA Lore was published 25 years ago and was the product of Bugs’s febrile brain and Gerard Marx’s glorious cartoons. 25 years is a long time to wait for a sequel, but as Judge Eric Leach notes in his introduction to “LA Lore ii”,
‘Things move S-L-O-W-L-Y in the Lower Albany, but the wait has been worth it’.
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER
MOVIES AT THE MONUMENT
5pm at the Olive Schreiner Theatre, Monument.5pm:
Spiderman: Homecoming. 7.30pm Moonlight.
Contact [email protected] or call Kate or Akhona on 046 603 1103
ROUND TABLE GREAT GATSBY 101 DANCE 7pm at the Drill Hall. Cost: R280pp includes 2 course dinner. Cash bar available. Dress: 1920s-style. Contact Lara 083 419 3821 for tickets.
MONDAY 20 OCTOBER
PIANO RECITAL
7.30pm at the Beethoven Room, Dept of Music and Musicology. Megan Geoffrey-Prins (from Riversdale, Western Cape) has won much acclaim in South Africa and beyond, especially in Europe and the United States. He is at present completing a doctoral programme at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Ticket prices: R90, R70 (pensioners), R50 (students in tertiary institutions); no charge for Music Society members or schoolgoers.
WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER
FEATHERSTONE BREWERY FULL MOON RUN 5.30pm at Grey Dam. Moonlight trail run from Grey Dam to Featherstone Brewery. Bar opens at 5.30pm for non-runners. Transport back to town on offer for runners. www.featherstonebrewery.co.za
THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER
RAPPORTRYERS-PJ OLIVIER FUN RUN FOR SPCA 5.30pm at PJ Olivier. All funds generated will be used to support the Grahamstown SPCA with the wonderful work they do. R15 per scholar and R20 per adult. Medals for the first 100 participants as well as a cash prize of R500 (1st Male and Female Athlete);
R200 for 2nd Male and Female athlete and R150 for the third positions.
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GRAHAMSTOWN BRIDGE 6.30pm at Grahamstown Bowling Club. Duplicate Bridge. Contact Sheila Hicks 083 442 3322 . SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING 7.30pm at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Learn Scottish Country Dancing in a friendly social setting. Beginners welcome.
Contact Val Hodgson 046 622 2308
Tuesdays
SENIORS BRIDGE AND TEA 2pm at Christ Church Speke Street. Come and boost your weekly bridge. Join our 10 to 20 cheerful, friendly players. Cost R10 per person per week. Contact Maureen 046 622 5215.
Thursdays
GRAHAMSTOWN BRIDGE CLUB 1.30pm at Grahamstown Bowling Club. Duplicate Bridge. Contact Sheila Hicks 083 442 3322 .
63 High Street 046 622 3241
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Bridge Results
Thursday 4th October 2018
7 Table 24 Board Howell Movement PAIR NAMES
1. Margaret Banks & Ilvan Benyon 65.28%
2. Ernie van Hille & Maureen van Hille 58.33%
3. Val Buchner & Jenny Haswell 57.99%
4. Mary Schudel & Peter Midlane 57.64%
5. Nabil Tabyate & Merle Murray 55.90%
6. Jenny Emslie & Mary Godlonton 53.82%
7. Maureen Clayton & Selina White 51.74%
8. Sue Prior & Sheila Hicks 51.04%
9. Pair 11 48.96%
10. Pair 5 45.49%
11. Pair 13 44.44%
12. Pair 4 39.93%
13. Pair 6 36.11%
14. Pair 7 33.33%
Monday 8th October 2018
4½ Table 24 Board Howell Movement PAIR NAMES
1. Ernie van Hille & Maureen van Hille 69.05%
2= Frank Kroon & Jenny Kroon 52.38%
2= Selina White & Margaret Banks 52.38%
4. Mary Schudel & Peter Midlane 52.08%
5. Sally Moss & Jenny Emslie 51.59%
6. Mary Godlonton & Dave Gain 50.00%
7. Pair 1 47.62%
8. Pair 2 44.44%
9. Pair 3 30.16%
See more events on our online calendar at http://www.grocotts.co.za/grocotts-mail-diary/
Winner for 5 October is Sheila Hicks.
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Crossword Solution for last week JDE 154 Compiled by George Euvrard.
ACROSS
1 Yes, we’ll end a mafioso capturing this town (10) 6 Pathetically a lame man starts to give a hand (4) 9 Fired, I take gun and I put on suit (10)
10 Fasten onto small male (4)
12 Somehow the toss manages hearing aids (12) 15 Crazily the same as mother and daughter (4,3) 16 Single creditor offers little (7)
17 Dire Straits are musicians (7)
19 Yuppie is down to finish? Quite the opposite (7) 20 Hannes is often lost in this city (12)
23 Trick to fitting ring into sheet (4)
24 Fare to banter about in task at Parliament (6,4) 25 Her likes even include deer (4)
26 Ouma has a herb and a fruit (10)
DOWN1 Drink up beers (4)
2 Corrodes chair from top to bottom (4) 3 Organised gigs I left in, time permitting (12) 4 “No thank you, Tswane leadership!” journo wrote (7) 5 Italian capital elevates you and me to follow love and be passionate (7)
7 Those from Oz and New Zealand are against poor half- cast Dane (10)
8 Landdros and wise men sound very direct (10)
11Account points to dossier criminally being augmented (12)
13 Ja, a slappie excites a country bumpkin (10) 14 Head off request to eat in Reserve, pointing to drawing pad (10)
18 The Stones asked for it so the woman left Ruby Tuesday initially to come up with hidden drug (7) 19 I nab rum suspect from Central Italy (7) 21 Cultivate up to ... (4)
22 ... portico, growing oats (4)
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
JDE 155
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By STEVEN LANG
A team of postgraduate stu- dents from Rhodes University won first prize in the Winter Warmer category of the Inter- varsity Brewing competition held in Bloemfontein recently.
Their prize was a big cheque for R10 000.
The judges decided that the slightly bitter Rhodes Indian Pale Ale (IPA) as the best of- fering in the category. There were four categories altogeth- er: lager, winter warmer, fruit beer and Belgian as well as the best label and the overall winner.
Fourteen universities from across the country gathered and showed exactly what they were capable of at the 11th In- tervarsity beer brewery com- petition held at the Emoya Estate near Bloemfontein.
Invited guests as well as members of the public were invited to vote by placing a
marble in a container next to the brew of their choice.
Rhodes biotechnology stu- dent and brewer extraordi- naire, Ryan Du Toit, said there is a fair amount of subjectiv- ity in beer tasting. For exam- ple, one of the judges said the Rhodes beer could not be brewed to the appropri- ate style because it was not bitter enough, but a second judge disagreed and insist- ed that it had the required amount of IBUs.
My own, conceivably un- educated taste buds suggested that it was just perfect.
The International Bittering Units scale, or simply IBUs, is used to approximately quan- tify the bitterness of beer. This scale is not measured on the perceived bitterness
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