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About the Cover: The Clock Tower is one of the 22 landmarks featured in the V&A Historical Tour led by retired author and journalist Willem Steenkamp. Many of the sites are still in use - although perhaps not their original function such as the Portswood Prison now being used as the Portswood Hotel and the UCT Business School. The tour starts from the Chavonnes Battery Museum - an area excavated by BOE and restored as a musem. See Above: Max Schutte and Willem Steenkamp more in our Out and About on page 16. Above: House Crow THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN BIRDS IN PINELANDS No matter how many times you have visited a place, or looked at a familiar object or how The House Crow is an introduced species long you have worked at your profession there will always be something you had never from India and has become a big problem noticed or known about it. I was reminded of this when we did the Historical Tour of in Pinelands and the Cape Flats. It is the V&A Waterfront for the Out & About article in this edition. It is a place I have walked smaller than the Pied Crow, and appears through often. As it is also a wonderful place for photography, the amateur photography all black, but in good light you can see the group I belong to has visited it on many occasions over the years. paler areas on the back of the head and underneath. It is such a problem because You would think that having combed every corner of the area many times with a keen it is very skilled at finding the nests of other photographer's eye, that there would be nothing that had escaped your notice. But no… birds and small flocks of them raid these every time you visit it you find something new, and after the Historical Tour I realised that nests, eating the eggs and chicks. Many of there was much that I had probably seen but had never looked at with much attention or the chicks of other species in our garden interest because the reward was not immediately obvious. It took someone with a more in Pinelands were killed by marauding detailed knowledge to point it out and tell me the unique story of that particular place groups of House Crows. In areas along the before it came alive, leaving me wondering, "why had I never noticed that before?" East African coastline, where they have Thinking about this, it is probably not a failure in observation, but rather a natural 'filter' also invaded, they have decimated the that only registers what is immediately relevant to what we happen to be doing and local bird communities. Luckily the City thinking at the time. You are not likely to notice an unassuming doorway when your of Cape Town has a successful program thoughts are about finding a gift for your friend's birthday. Visiting the same place with to remove them and the numbers have different actions and thoughts is what triggers different observations, so that may be why reduced, but please report any sightings everyone has a unique knowledge or impression of the same place. to 021 444 2357. So perhaps, "there is always something new to learn" happens because we just approach Text and photo by Dr the same thing in a different frame of mind at different times of our lives and that is what Callan Cohen, research opens our minds to a new insight or discovery. associate at the UCT I hope you enjoy the edition. FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology,bird book author and director Max Schutte of Birding Africa tours: www.birdingafrica.com.
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Zumba-M4-056.indd 1 22/02/2016 8:37 AM Pinelands & Thornton COMMUNITY NEWS 021 531 0773 Central Square | Pinelands PINELANDS AND THORNTON www.jawitz.co.za SCHOOL ATHLETES DO US PROUD PROPERTIES On Thursday 11 February, Pinelands Primary hosted the annual Quadrangular Athletics where Pinelands North, Pinehurst, Thinking of selling or WE DO IT Thornton and Pinelands Primary competed for athletics honours. renting your property? ALL THE TIME! It was an exciting event with a number of fantastic performances by athletes from all four schools. The event was finally won by SALES AGENTS Thornton Primary and a few new records were set on the day: Richard Smith u10 boys 800m: Pablo Bester - Pinelands North. 083 557 7515 u10 girls 800m: Panashe Midzi - Thornton Primary & Biancha Witbooi - Pinehurst Primary. Linette Smith u12 boys 100m: Liam Buck - Pinehurst Primary. 082 466 1825 u12 boys 150m: Liam Buck - Pinehurst Primary. * asking price u9 girls relay - Pinehurst Primary (Ella Molema, Amber Molema, Rebecca Loggenberg & Kaitlyn Buck). FOR SALE FOR SALE u10 boys relay - Pinehurst Primary (Luke Cuyler, Adam Cupido, Jonathan Walker & Kibet Mibey). FROM CENTRAL ZONE ATHLETICS TO WP CHAMPIONSHIPS The top 35 athletes from all four schools at this event were chosen to attend the Central Zone Athletics Champs on Saturday, 13 February at Vygieskraal Stadium. Once again our Pinelands athletes were in top form and five were chosen to represent the Pinelands *R3.100m Pinelands *R4.200m Central Zone at the Western Province Championships. FOR SALE SOLD BY US u13 800m - Lily Brown (Pinehurst Primary) u13 100m - Hannah Riley (Pinehurst Primary) u13 Long Jump - Joshua Parenzee (Pinehurst Primary) u13 800m - Anesuishe Mbidzo (Pinelands Primary) u12 100m, 150m, Long Jump - Liam Buck (Pinehurst Primary) These 5 athletes all competed at the WP Primary Schools Athletics Champs on Saturday 20 February and performed very well against Thornton *R1.820m Thornton *R1.695m strong opposition. LET BY US LET BY US
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JAWITZ PROPERTIES Above and Left: The five athletes who represented the Central Zone h metalk at the WP Championships: Joshua BE INFORMED: LIABILITY OF NEW OWNERS FOR THE Parenzee, Liam Buck; Lily Brown HISTORICAL MUNICIPAL DEBTS OF PREVIOUS OWNERS and Hannah Riley from Pinehurst In a recent High Court judgement a new precedent was set. Primary; and from the Blue School (Pinelands Primary) long distance A new owner can be held liable for historical debts! When runner Anesuishe Mbidzo. a property is transferred, the relevant municipality issues a Liam Buck won a silver medal in the clearance certificate stating that all debts are paid up. This u12 boys 100m and a bronze medal certificate only covers debts going back 24 months. Debts in the 150m. Liam will be travelling older than this cut-off date, remain a charge against the to Oudtshoorn with the WP team to compete at the Western Cape property in terms of the Municipal Property Rates Act, and Championships. We wish him all the is a concern for a new purchaser as one cannot assume that best for the event. historic debts have automatically been settled. March 2016 | the muse | 5 ATTORNEYS | CONVEYANCERS Macleod’s AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATORS Attorneys 021 788 1439
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VERY HAPPY 65 YEARS LATER! UNDER OFFER UNDER OFFER The Muse loves a good story and were delighted when Joan Squibb of the UK wrote to tell us that Doreen and Lowther Boyes were celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary! This happy couple emigrated to South Africa with two teenage daughters in 1970. Lowther worked in the construction industry - one of his favourite projects is the Baxter Theatre in Rondebosch. In 1980 Doreen Anfield Village * R725,000 Thornton *R1,495,000 and Lowther moved to Pinelands - because of its convenience and proximity to "most places". They have three daughters, four grandchildren and one great grandchild (and more on the way). They love Pinewood Village and all the kind people they know SOLD BY US SOLD BY US there, and advise that it is important to plan early for retirement. Their secret for a long marriage? Keep a sense of humour - and just "get on with it!" Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Mavis and Neville Balfour - married for 60 years - and resident in Pinelands for 47 years! Neville recalls their first date - Ivan Hoe starring Robert Taylor at the Scala Cinema. They married at the Methodist Church in Roodebloem Road in Woodstock on 25 Mowbray *R2,275,000 Observatory *R1,950,000 February 1956, and moved to Pinelands in 1964 to stay in a scheme house in Rhone, where they lived until they moved to Lawrence Village in 2011. Mavis was good at athletics, played softball for Western Province, and also enjoyed tennis. Neville was a hockey player, then excelled in tennis and now prefers to play bowls. Neville can also proudly say that in his 42 year career working in the bank he never took a day of sick leave! Mavis and Neville have two children, one grandchild and two great grandchildren. Secrets of the marriage success? "Just being there for each other Mike Turner Quentin Jute Tina Ngalwa Kate Philbin through all the ups and downs." Property Consultant Sales Assistant Intern Agent Rental Intern c 073 220 1553 c 082 864 8708 c 071 479 7133 c 061 404 1751 March 2016 | the muse | 7
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If well-functioning schools (regardless of circumstance) are increasingly seen as beacons of leadership in a troubled world, then what about their teachers, the people who form the backbone of education? GOOD EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS ABOUND fibre and example. The teacher, with WHERE TEACHERS ARE HIGHLY REGARDED her privileged position of power in the It is no secret that some societies hold the classroom has an enormous responsibility teaching profession in higher regard than to role-model good behaviour. Despite the others. Interestingly, in societies where distractions and persuasive power of the this is the case, education is of a higher information age, I believe that the teacher standard. What came first, the chicken or remains in a position of great influence… KidsAtHome-S4-055.indd 1 17/08/2015 11:33 AM the egg? Perhaps the question is spurious; even in the Grade 12 classroom! Influence in the end the profession deserves to be and leadership are closely allied, and it is held in high regard. up to us as teachers to use our positions TO TEACH IS TO LEAD with sensitivity and consideration. Teachers in the South African context are TEACHERS AS ROLE MODELS sometimes maligned. The press will focus So the teacher as leader both serves PERSONALISE on absenteeism and poor performance, others, and models good behaviour. IT SERVICES but may ignore the superb work being If our intention in schools is to help to done by so many dedicated schools and shape young people into adults of good individuals despite very trying conditions. character who understand the value of ased in inelands I believe that one of the core functions of life-long learning and who are committed teaching is to lead. What does this mean? to ideals beyond themselves – then as LEADERSHIP IS SERVICE teachers we must model this behaviour. The essence of leadership is service, and And if our intention is to develop young at its very heart, teaching is about serving people who believe in the power of justice young people. One cannot teach without and compassion, who have a healthy self- being of service. The complexity of respect and who can manage themselves relationship management with hundreds in the face of adversity and pressure – then of students every day demands that as teachers we must model this behaviour. teachers must constantly look to the best Many teachers do all of these and more, interests of the young people in their care, and they therefore are the unsung leaders thus serving them. It is in this service, in this in our society. willingness to put others before self, that SOCIETY NEEDS TO CHERISH TEACHERS Customised Cs Laptops i i leadership is shown. Teachers need to be encouraged to Repairs & pgrades ackups Servers continue to hold firmly to this path, to be ersonalised Ad Hoc Support etworks THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE SENSITIVE Service Level Agreements The other aspect of teacher-leadership nurtured and supported emotionally and is role-modeling. Young people today in material ways, and to be reminded of the are exposed to countless would-be role precious roles which they play. And this is digige r co models, many of them of dubious moral the task of all of society.