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CAPE TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 NEWS 3 MIDDLEMAN JAILED Avian flu: 2.5 million chicks, ducks culled Car theft, Lisa Isaacs SINCE the outbreak of Avian flu was first confirmed in the province in August, 2.5 million chickens and ducks have been murder: culled, while the number of confirmed case has risen to 50. Economic Opportunities MEC Alan Winde said he was advised this week that the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Daff) is guilty plea still considering the industry’s RUFFLED: World of Birds application for vaccination. in Hout Bay is fighting the The department is also disease and beginning to see Francesca Villette a buyer but he only wanted a finalising discussions on positive results. car part and we did not suc- possible financial support. Picture: EPA-EFE THE middleman in a car theft ceed in selling (the) vehicle Officials will also be briefing and the murder of a police and drove back to Atlantis. I the cabinet next week on the gest bird park in Africa with officer has been sentenced to admit that en route to Atlantis impact of the drought and more than 3 000 species, man- three years’ imprisonment accused 5 confirmed my sus- avian flu on agriculture. ager and co-owner Hendrik after pleading guilty yester- picions by telling me it was a “This is a difficult time for Louw said the park was fight- day. stolen vehicle… they did not our poultry industry. Some ing the disease and beginning Mzwondeleli Dasheka, 32, tell me the circumstances as farmers are faced with the to see positive results. admitted he was asked to find to how they took possession of possibility of having to close “We’ve learnt more about a buyer for a car for which the vehicle.” down their businesses. the influenza and how to deal Milnerton Warrant Officer Dasheka was arrested on UNDER CONTROL: The South African National Defence Force assisted with firefighting in the Camps Bay area, on the slopes “Workers are worried about with it. We haven’t had any Dion Dumas was strangled in December 27. of Table Mountain. Two South African Air Force Oryx helicopters were dispatched to combat the run-away fires in the Bakoven their livelihoods and being birds dying in eight or nine Atlantis last year. Duma’s brothers, Willem area above the 12 Apostles Hotel. The helicopters managed to deliver 42 Bambi Buckets with each carrying 2 500 litres of able to provide for their fam- days,” Louw said. Dasheka was one of six and André, were consulted by water. Picture: DEVIN TRULL ilies,” said Winde. Almost 200 birds had been people involved in the incident. the State about the plea and “We know the impact on culled at the facility. The others, Naydene Hill, Mar- said they were satisfied with it. food security is also likely to “We have lost a blue crane gerette van Wyk, Thobinceba National Prosecuting be significant. This is why we already and we’ve taken sam- Mdutshane, Mateo Nero, and Authority spokesperson Eric are committed to working with ples of our other blue cranes. a 15-year-old who cannot be Ntabazalila said they wel- Daff and the industry to save “Of the birds tested, one named, will appear in court comed the sentence. “This is MEC gives matric hopefuls a stern warning our poultry industry.” blue crane and one black swan on Tuesday. a beginning of a trial where The disease was spreading have tested positive. They are Dasheka’s plea before the a police officer was killed Staff Writer candidates and 13 912 part-time ric pupils took part in a volun- or carrying any electronic rapidly despite increased con- still alive.” Western Cape High Court yes- last December. We hope this candidates have registered tary pledge-signing ceremony devices can be declared null trol measures, he said. Louw said they are being terday read: “The (other five) sentence sends out a message CHEATING can result in for the NSC in the Western to show their commitment to and void. When the candidate’s “Many farmers have been held in quarantined areas accused arrived at my house that even those who were not being banned from writing the Cape. complying with all rules and results are declared null and proactive with testing their where the public is not allowed, in Witsands, Atlantis, with a involved in the commission National Senior Certificate Some will start with their regulations relevant to the void, the result for the specific broods for early detection of except for three staff members white BMW… on December 24 of a crime but received stolen (NSC) for up to three years first paper on Monday, tack- NSC exams. subject is marked as irregular AI and culling them quickly in who care for them. last year. I admit that all the property will serve jail. and criminal prosecution ling practical examinations in The pledge states that the but the candidate will receive response to positive tests. “We have seen a drop in accused were in the vehicle “This is a first-time offender could be imposed should it be Computer Application Tech- candidate will uphold the prin- results for the other subjects as “Some of the farmers have people coming to the facility and accused 5 was driving. and we hope he will learn a les- found that a pupil is involved nology (CAT). ciples of honesty and integrity well as a letter informing also put down lime around even though humans cannot I admit that all the accused son from this sentence. in leaking any examination The vast majority of mat- in the examination by not par- the candidate about the their properties to try and pre- get the virus,” Louw said. asked me to assist to get a “The matter will continue question paper. rics will start on October 24 ticipating in any wrongdoing. irregularity that occurred vent the virus from spreading.” “I’ve been in the park for buyer.” in court next Tuesday when Western Cape Education with English home language, The provincial education and the sanction imposed,” Winde dismissed messages 23 years and this is the first He knew the car might be the three men, including the MEC Debbie Schäfer yesterday and first and second additional department has employed 1 370 Schäfer said. on social media that a local time we’ve had to deal with stolen because he knew the juvenile, and the two sex work- warned matriculants against language. invigilators at the 462 exam The pupil will not receive retailer had pulled eggs from something like this. driver “very well” and he did ers will appear in court,” Nta- cheating in the upcoming final Schäfer visited Intshukumo centres. a NCS until she/he re-writes stock due to an outbreak of “State vets have assisted us not have a car, read his plea. bazalila said. examinations. Secondary School in Gugule- “The results of a candi- the subject and applies for a the flu. wonderfully through this,” he “I admit that we approached [email protected] This year 51 987 full-time thu yesterday, where 158 mat- date found with crib notes combination of results. At World of Birds, the lar- said. Outrage over the robbery Incident comes Mastermind with the master plan after knife and of cyclist at gunpoint Siyavuya Mzantsi Durbanville.King David Victory for the Olympiad equated to panga-wielding Park (Gauteng) Grade 12 pupil learning algorithms and imple- Staff Writer bicycle. “I couldn’t do any- FAIRBAIRN College Grade 10 Jordan Arenstein along with menting them quickly. thing. There were three of attack on group pupil Taariq Mowzer has been Woodridge College (Eastern “Luckily the week before the THE Pedal Power Associ- them and two had guns, the crowned the winner of the 34th Cape) Grade 12 pupil Donal Olympiad was the school holi- ation (PPA) has reacted with other one just grabbed the South African Computer Pro- Davies and Parklands College days; in which I did a five-hour outrage after a Manenberg bike,” he said. gramming Olympiad. matric pupil Emile Tredoux paper every day. The competi- cyclist was held at gunpoint The incident comes less have also seen acts of crim- The 16 year old competed shared the third place. tion was challenging but fun and robbed of his bicycle than a week after Jafmed inals driving past cyclists on against 12 other finalists and A total of 227 schools from overall. while riding on Jan Smuts Pharmacy owner Abdullah quiet, pre-dawn roads and for- spent two days writing six all nine provinces participated “I hope to participate and do Drive near Hanover Park Jaffar and fellow cyclists cing riders off their bicycles. problem-solving computer in the first round. well again next year.” yesterday. were robbed of their bikes by “Unfortunately PPA is not programs. Yesterday Mowzer said: “I Computer scientist and Isaac Fisher, a member of a group armed with pangas in a position to police the roads His solution to the the was quite overjoyed when I author of 16 books on computer PROBLEM SOLVED: Fairbairn College Grade 10 pupil Taariq the Team MC2 Cycling Club, and knives on Jan Smuts Drive to ensure safety of cyclists. Mastermind problem gave him found out that I came first in languages Dr Judith Bishop Mowzer and Standard Bank head of investment banking was cycling to work when near Langa on Sunday. “This is a greater societal the edge to win the prestigious the competition. was a guest speaker at the technology Nicole Borges at the South African Computer three men held him at gun- PPA chairperson Rens Rez- issue that should be getting Standard Bank Trophy and a “I was told afterwards that awards ceremony.