2 October 2020 Your FREE Caxton Local Newspaper - www.bereamail.co.za Scan& WIN a pamper weekend at The View Boutique Hotel Find the competition details on page 12 Artist strives to build a better life Thabiso Goba depending on the project. [email protected] Depending on the size and design Being an artist in the midst of a pandemic specifi cations, Gwamanda said AsA anan artist, working during a Despite that, Gwamanda said he is projects can take days to complete YOUNG Durban artist, Qiniso papandemicnde and economic crisis is not running out of projects to sell and will because of the amount of attention Gwamanda (right), makes miniature eaeeasy,syy, GGwamanda said. have to set aside time to make some to detail required in miniature craft. art for people who want to recreate a "P"PeoplePeoe are reluctant to pay, they more for the Musgrave Market. "No one was interested in world at a smaller scale. lilikeke thethehe artwork, but once you start Pietermaritzburg. No one wanted to "Most of the time people want me tatalkinglkking numbers they run away z He will be showcasing his work at buy or help me. All the doors were to recreate something that's personal bebecausecau there are much more the market in the coming weeks and shutting, so I eventually decided to to them. It could be a pastor wanting imimportantmpoort things they could use their can be reached at 064 074 8795. come to Durban in February," to have a church replica or a new momoneynen y for, like food," said Gwamanda. he said. homeowner wanting to visualizehow Durban was a their home would look like," said change of scenery Gwamanda. for Gwamanda "I usually tell people to send me as he started a photo or I draw a house plan. So I making a see myself like a painter; a painter couple of sales looks at a photo and paints it, but I at markets until look at a photo and I build it." Scan this photo to view a video clip his progress Gwamanda sees his work as not where you can get a bird’s eye view was hindered just recreating spaces, but making of the town Qiniso created. by the Covid-19 aspirational, futuristic worlds. pandemic, which His works are not an identical brought the refl ection of the real world, whole world to a but rather a hopeful one where standstill. everything is perpetually beautiful and serene. Gwamanda is originally from Pietermaritzburg but moved to Durban earlier this year, seeking more appreciation and remuneration for his kind of work. He taught himself how to make miniature craft work while doing high school projects and took it up seriously after completing his matric. For his projects he uses durable cardboard, which he collects at shops, paint, glue and other items YOUR SPACE YOUR RULES FIND IT ON www.privateproperty.co.za 2 Friday, 2 October 2020 Warning - not for sensitive viewers. Resident Residents want action to clean park and substation Dino Constantinou fi lms the area around the substation, urging Councillor Mmabatho Tembe to take action. Scan the PixzAR photo to watch. ONGOING problems around the park in Dunkirk Road, Glenwood have angered residents and ratepayers who say nothing is being done to address these issues. Resident Katherine Kruger, and business owner, Dino Constantinou, said they have had enough of the vagrancy and related problems at the park and nearby substation. Kruger said vagrants have been A peacock spotted by a sleeping, dumping rubbish and Glenwood resident. abusing drugs in the park for the past 10 years. "The men sleep here, they use the park as a toilet, they inject themselves in broad daylight and Dead peacock found they dump rubbish in the park. I saw a child walk into the park to in Glenwood play the other day, but he turned around and left when he saw a THE mysterious case of wandering peacocks vagrant injecting himself," she around the Glenwood area is causing said. concern for residents. Berea Mail witnessed a man On social media, residents have posted carrying rubbish bags into the about spotting peacocks on their backyard park, dig through these, and leave Katherine Kruger by a pile of rubbish dumped in the park by a vagrant. and on the streets. the litter lying on the ground Last week, Beverly Ann Ford found a before moving off to another part dead peacock on her driveway as she was of the park. on the pavement in front of the vagrants sleep on the roof, they "I have requested Alan Paton getting ready to go to work. Constantinou said: "Five years substation. have pulled down razor wire in substation be fenced as there is "I think it got knocked by a car, tried ago I used to enjoy the sound "I run a food factory and right one section to still be able to do human excrement surrounding climbing the roof and fell. That's how it of children playing in the park, here is human faeces, and fl ies. so. They get inside the substation that substation, and I have asked died," said Ford. but this no longer happens, it is We can't even drive past, the as well and last week a man lit a for the park to be cleaned. I have "What a shame that such a beautiful bird scary," he said. stench is shocking. It should fi re in a tree by the substation, in also requested more frequent would end up like this." Constantinou recently fi lmed be fenced off , it is a disgrace, howling wind. It is disgusting and drive-arounds with DSW and Ford said a man, said to be keeping a the area around the substation especially since I pay my rates. we are 'gatvol'. We can't carry on Parks for aff ected areas, including number of peacocks, came and collected the below the park, addressing the The fence around the park has living like this," said Kruger. this and these should be starting carcass from her house. ward councillor, who has helped been destroyed, and it is not even Regarding the issue, Councillor as we are now in level one, and Berea Mail has tried contacting the have the area cleaned in the a year old.," he said. Mmabatho Tembe said she the departments are able to deploy peacock keeper, who's identity is known to past. He mentioned the fi lth and "I can't even open my fl at is aware of the problems the more staff on the ground," she us, to no avail. human excrement left by vagrants windows, the smell is terrible. The residents are experiencing. said. Shots fi red during Fake mayor in chains domestic argument A MAN appeared in Durban Magistrates Court on 28 September after he was arrested at the POLICE offi cers from the Ethekwini District weekend by police offi cers from the Provincial along with Mayville detectives arrested a Organised Crime Unit and Metro Police in 49-year-old man for attempted murder, illegal Berea. possession of fi rearms as well as ammunition. According to Col Thembeka Mbele, This comes after an incident on 21 provincial SAPS spokesperson, it is alleged September where an argument ensued between that the 28-year-old man pretended to be the the suspect and his wife at their home on Peter municipal mayor and off ered a woman a tender. Mokaba (Ridge) Road. “The man told the woman she would be paid The man allegedly drew a fi rearm and shot more than one million Rand on condition that at his wife. she pay R200 000 in cash upfront. She was also “The bullet missed and the wife fl ed from the promised to be the fi rst lady after the deal has house. A case of attempted murder was opened been secured,” said Mbele. at the Mayville police station for investigation,” Mbele said the woman became suspicious said KZN SAPS spokesperson, Col Thembeka and reported the incident to police after she was Mbele. Mbele said on Friday morning, 25 instructed to put the cash into a plastic bag and September, police proceeded to the house, wait for further instructions at a taxi rank. searching for the suspect. “Police intercepted the suspect after he “A search was conducted and the suspect received the cash, and the cash that he had was found in possession of a shotgun, a accepted was recovered in his possession. He revolver and a pistol, with a number of rounds was taken to the Durban Central police station of ammunition. He was immediately arrested,” for processing,” said Mbele. she said. The man was charged with extortion. Friday, 2 October 2020 3 Thabiso Goba from Musgrave Centre. Zwane said she met Qumbela #JusticeForSphe [email protected] Behind him, a black SUV was about a year ago when he started trying to cross a robot going living on the streets. They spent Shabnam Mohamed, a Berea resident, towards Musgrave when another a lot of time together and begged started a #JusticeForSphe tag on SPHAMANDLA Qumbela was a car came speeding from the south on the same corner before Facebook in honour of Qumbela’s 22-year-old street kid begging in and hit the SUV on the side. starting a romantic relationship. memory. Berea. The SUV veered off course and “He was a kind person who “Poor people's lives matter. Poverty On 24 September, noticing a hit Qumbela from behind, sending just liked laughing. All we forced him to beg, but anyone could paucity of cars due to it being a him head fi rst into a nearby car.