25 January 2019 Your FREE Caxton Local Newspaper - www.bereamail.co.za OVERSEAS visitors treated elderly residents and disabled children at Natal Settlers Homes last week. Representatives from Food for Thought UK, Al Imdaad Foundation UK and Al Imdaad Foundation SA visited the home on Thursday and served the elderly at Coronation House a cooked breakfast and handed out goodie bags to the disabled children at the home. The organisations have also pledged eight JoJo water tanks for the property in Umbilo. Shamim Patel from Food for Thought said the organisation was started in the UK to provide hot meals to those in need. The organisation is independently run and is funded by the public and receives support from the Al Imdaad Foundation UK. "Charity begins at home. We have worked in the UK for fi ve years. For our fi fth anniversary we decided to expand out of the UK and were informed by the Al Imdaad Foundation of the great need in South Africa in relation to water, hygiene and social support in homes such as Natal Settlers," she said. Shamim is an occupational therapist by occupation and said the visit to the children at the home was an eye opener. She said she would love to get involved to help with their therapy and to support the children. "The visit has been an eye opening experience. I feel we can learn a lot from each other. I hope to get a few programmes together for the home to try implement change, and with the support of the Al Imdaad Foundation SA and UK we will try make a difference, no matter how small," she said. Abdussamad Mulla from Al Imdaad Foundation UK said the organisation started in South Africa 15 years ago and had a branch in the UK for the past eight years. The organisation is involved in disaster relief and does work in 75 countries. He said along with the support to Natal Settlers Homes and the donation of water tanks, a few feeding programmes were held in Escourt and a borehole was built in a rural community struggling to obtain clean water. "In working together there is no limit to what we can do in striving to serve the community," said Abed Karim from the Al Imdaad Foundation An overjoyed Nkosingiphile Ndimande receives a goodie bag from Shamim Patel from Food for Thought. In the background is SA offi ce. Mvelo Ndawonde. PHOTO: Lauren Walford 2 Friday, 25 January 2019 CLASSES at St John’s Sewing Centre, St John INTERESTED persons are urged to Department and the contractor. THE community is invited to support the Robin The Divine Church, 205 Clark Road, Glenwood, attend a meeting to discuss the The hospital is still planning to use Hood Foundation’s next Mahala Tea fundraiser on 29 will resume on the fi rst Thursday of February, and proposed establishment of a part of the park for parking while January. will run until the last Thursday in November. temporary parking lot for staff of upgrades are being made to the The networking morning will be hosted at BMW This sewing centre has been in existence since Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital hosptial. Supertech Pinetown, at 8am for 8.30am. The 1976 when sewing, cooking and literacy classes at Meyrick Bennett Park, on “I urge affected residents to morning includes tea, coffee and muffi ns, talks by were also offered. Tuesday, 29 January at 5pm at attend so they can put forward inspiring guest speakers, a gift and raffl e prizes. Cost is R100 for the year. Sewing machines and the park. their concerns to these people Entrance is free, however a donation of clothing basic patterns are provided, but students need to Councillor Mmabatho who will discuss the plans,” she for the next Mahala Market is encouraged. take their own material, scissors, pins and cotton. Tembe requested the meeting said. Contact Councillor Tembe on Booking is essential. Contact Jan Alcock on 031 205 0730. with a hospital representative, the Parks 078 640 6362. Contact [email protected]. Don’t miss voter registration weekend THE Independent Electoral Where you can fi nd your Commission(IEC) has urged registration station: residents across the country to register to vote on the second and Stations for Ward 31 (Berea/ fi nal voter registration weekend for Musgrave, Overport, the 2019 National and Provincial Sydenham): Sparks Estate Secondary Elections, Saturday, 26 and Sunday School 27, January. Spearman Road Primary In a statement, the IEC announced School that residents have been given one Springfi eld Model Primary last chance to make sure that their School names are added on the voters' roll. Clayton Primary School "The country’s 22 932 voting Hartley Road Primary School stations will open from 8am to 5pm Ridge Park College (tent) to allow fi rst-time voters to register Norwegian Hall and existing voters to update and to Berea Primary School check their registration details. We are hoping that at least one million Ward 27 (Musgrave/ voters will be added to the voters’ Morningside): roll ahead of the elections," said the Randall Hall (Milner Road) IEC. Greyville Tennis Club (Sandile Currently there are 26.1 million Thusi Road) registered voters on the national Girl Scouts Hall in Lumsden common voters’ roll. Crescent The Electoral Commission is also Morningside Sports Club (Hollander Crescent) hopeful that voters who are already Livingstone Primary School registered will use the opportunity Kingspark Athletics Club in to visit their voting station to check Isaiah Ntshangase Road their registration and specifi cally Clarence Road Primary to confi rm and update their address details. Alternatively, registered Ward 33 (Bulwer/Glenwood/ Durban's successful Summer Love campaign saw more than one million tourists visit the city over the December voters can check their current status Umbilo): holiday period, most of whom hailed from Gauteng. by visiting the Commission's website Brettonwood School (Oliver at www.elections.org.za. Lea Drive) Residents can also SMS their ID Carrington Senior Primary number to 32810 to receive an SMS School (Stellawood Road) containing their registration status Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and the address of their voting station (20 Merino Street, Congella) (charged at R1). Port Natal School Unregistered voters can insert their Glenwood Preparatory School address in the Voting Station Finder Campbell Hall (James application on the website (http:// Henderson Crescent, maps.elections.org.za/vsfi nder/) to Glenwood) fi nd their correct voting station or Stella Sports Club Hunt Road Secondary School call the Contact Centre. MORE than one million tourists visited Most of the domestic visitors, some R400 billion more than the R2.1 billion Durban over the festive season, 138 47 per cent hailed from Gauteng, 18 spent in 2017. 486 more than in 2017. The success of per cent for the Western Cape and 9 per "The direct spend of day visitors was the city's Summer Love campaign was cent from the Eastern Cape. Swaziland R2.7 billion in 2018, an increase of revealed at a meeting of the Executive provided the highest number of foreign R500 million compared to the previous Committee on Tuesday by Sbu Zondi, visitors followwed by other SADC year," he said. senior manager at Durban Tourism. countries. The events hosted in the City Zondi said the infl ux of visitors Zondi said the city enjoyed an 81 per over the festive season contibuted to resulted in the creation of more than cent room occupance which was six luring visitors to the city. Some of 9100 jobs, 1100 jobs more than those per cent more than 2017 and there was these included the Telkom Semi-Final created in 2017. The 16 per cent also an increase in overnight visitors Knockout, the Fill Up Moses Mabhida increase in visitors brought with it a to the city, with 797 722 recorded over Stadium and the ANC January 8 massive R2.7billion in direct spend the festive season, 90 000 more than the Statement which had over 100 000 resulting in a R4.5 billion Gross previous year. Overnight visitors spent spectators and approximately 30 000 Domestic Product contribution. some R2.5 billion in direct spend which visitors. 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According to the which have been completed but are father of the child, Keith Sonic, the boy had currently standing vacant. been suffering from a serious headache for Ward councillor Mmabatho two days. Tembe and CPF chair, Heather "When we got there we had to wait Rorick, have both been approached half an hour before we were attended to. by concerned residents enquiring They asked if we had been helped, even when the Bulwer Park coffee shop though they weren't busy. The hospital staff would open and when the new were all just sitting and talking.