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By Lisolomzi Nkitha
The Cape Film Commission recently launched the prestigious Imbongi awards to honor and celebrate the great achievements of those in the film industry so seldom honored. Imbongi is a Xhosa word meaning “praise singer”, and it is the aim of these awards to sing praises of the great industry individuals like the locations scouts, line producers, gaffers and grips who continuously play a significant role in the production of an award winning product, be it in still, commercials or long form. Laurence Mitchell Cape Film Commissioner adds that it is high time that these individuals involved in the shadows of this task get effectively recognized as it is them that really contribute to the marketing, promotion and production of the industry. He further adds that the Cape Film Commission is very proud with the response from all stakeholders.
Sybil Sands (left) receiving the Life Time Achievement award from Chairperson of the CFC Baord
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The Imbongi Awards were launched in a glittering function with the dazzling Natalie Becker and funny man Marc Lottering as MC’s. Councilor Simon Grindrod from the City of Cape Town delivered his keynote speech, which touched on the partnership that the city has with film producers and how this partnership should be enhanced to effectively accelerate economic development in the region.
Marlow De Mardt Chairperson of the Cape Film Commission and co-owner of DO Productions awarded the first Chairperson’s Life Time Achievement award to Sybil Sands who has contributed more than 30 years in developing high standards to the local film industry. A clearly overwhelmed Sybil said it was a great honor to finally receive an award from home.
Animation SA also launched the first annual animation awards also to honor outstanding animator in the sector. In a true demonstration of responsible filming local film makers also contributed generously to two charity organizations Hollywood Hearts and Art with Heart by bidding for artwork in an auction. This extravaganza ended with an after party at Opium.
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!ke e: /xarra //ke
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By Prof. Henry (Jatti) Bredekamp
December 2007
South Africa of the 21st century is a nation in the making, after an era of almost four centuries of colonialism and apartheid. The new nation is, since 1994, engaged in a discourse about re-imagining its non-racial and ethnic identities within the context of a unitary state in post-colonial Africa and a globalizing world.
It is also within this context that the Hout Bay based Sentinel Experience initiative is conceptualizing the establishment of a Khoi-San Heritage Centre that will be linked to not only Khoi-San cultures but also be associated with notions of diversity, development and the advancement of information technology in the advancement of human progress.
As implied in its name, the Centre’s understanding of cultural heritage will be central in this initiative; an understanding closely connected to the vision imagined and articulated in the nation’s new Coat of Arms which was launched by national government on Freedom Day in 2000. It is a Coat of Arms representing a South African dialogue of heritage symbols of Africa, the West and humanity.
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The nation’s heritage rooted in the artistic creativity of the first indigenous people is depicted in the centre of the national symbol as well as in the motto. The only human figures depicted are two images derived from the Linton Stone, a world-famous example of South African rock art on display at one of the Iziko Museums in Cape Town. The motto, !ke e: /xarra //ke, is derived from a saying in the almost extinct language of the /Xam Khoisan people, meaning “people who are different joining together”, i.e. unity in diversity. It is a call from our earliest African ancestors to strive towards building a uniquely prosperous nation conscious of its diverse heritage.
The prominence San rock art and their almost extinct language enjoyed at the turn of the century as markers of the new South Africa’s heritage, inscribed on one of its national symbols, stimulated popular interest in this universal heritage. It had the stamp of approval of distinguished scholars of rock art, who also contributed significantly to the process of inscribing the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, with its superb range of rock art sites, as one of South Africa’s eight World Heritage Sites in 2004.
Growing amazement at the spiritually inspired artistic achievements of the San of pre-colonial South Africa have broadened the vision of fellow South Africans in their appreciation of the country’s diverse cultural heritage and the African-ness of the Khoi and San. Little was known about these indigenous groups in popular memory until the last quarter of the 20th century. Interest was also revived in the Khoisan communities of the present, such as the ‡Khomani of the Kalahari, the Nama of the Richtersveld and the Griqua of the Southern Cape and the Knersvlakte of the West Coast. Proponents of an Afro-centric approach to the cultural heritage of South Africa are increasingly re-imagining and redefining the nation’s heritage more inclusively than in strict Bantu-speaking “black” terms, which tended to exclude and devaluate the culture and heritage of fellow South Africans even beyond apartheid.
It is this heritage depicted in the centre of the new Coat of Arms of democratic South Africa Sentinel Experience wish to celebrate with its Khoi-San Heritage Centre Initiative in Hout Bay.
As administrators of the scenic Chapman's Peak Drive route Entilini not only controls the in and out traffic of commuters and visiting tourists but also accommodate improvements and cosmetic make-ups to the Chapman's Peak environ.
So happened on Friday 2nd Novemver 2007:
L.t.r: Patrick Parring, Director of Entilini with Andre Jacobs, self announced Consule of The Republic Of Hout Bay |
Unveiling The Whale Board At
Chapmen's Peak Vantage Point
Message from Entilini Concession
By Patrick Parring
Director of Entilini
Chapman’s Peak Drive is the most beautiful scenic route in the world! We as Entilini are very supportive in driving and contributing to tourism and development in the area, evident with our participation in the Cape Point Route.
Since Entilini started reconstruction of Chapman’s Peak Drive in 2002 we have been aware of our friends, the Southern Right Whales, keeping an eye on proceedings. While we have been cordially greeting our neighbours these few years we had no idea that their appearance every winter was such a rare and special occasion.
Over time we have noticed that more and more people have discovered that Chapman’s Peak Drive is one of the pre-eminent whale viewing sites in South Africa. The vantage points offered by its high elevation, the steep slopes that bring the road close to the water’s edge, and the indentations in the shoreline that provide shelter to our friends makes it a very suitable meeting spot – without the need to invade their space with boats.
We wish to thank other friends of the Southern Rights for letting us know that they had greeting cards available so that we could introduce them to all the users of the road. In particular Annette Ashley, Chris Dyzel and Belinda & Noel Ashton.
Today on National Marine Day these three information boards sponsored by Entilini are the greeting cards of the whales. We hope that they will help visitors to this site to appreciate our natural heritage even more and to educate and inform people of the needs for partnerships between animals and man.
We hope too, that we will be able to facilitate viewing when our friends are in the bay by informing the public through our staff, and facilities when they are completed.
Take care of our friends, and great watchings!
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Hout Bay Tourism Forum Meeting
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By Tofeeq Hargey
City of Cape Town
Tourism Department
L.t.r: Patrick Roman and Tofeeq Hargey |
Sorry, as yet there is no article from both meetings held by the City Of Cape Town's Tourism Department available. The first meeting was held on Wednesday the 31st of October at the Hout Bay Business Opportunities Forum and a follow-up meeting on Wednesday the 14th of November at the Hout Bay Library Hall. However, these article(s) are being prepared and will be published at this space as soon we have received the text.
We published the slide show which was not presented due to time restrictions at the HBBOF offices during the introduction on 31 October.
The Minutes provided by the CCT Tourism Department for both events are available and can also be accessed below.
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Greater Hout Bay Consultation
31 October 2006
Sports Center Hangberg
Hout Bay
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By Councillor Marga Haywood
City of Cape Town
Sub Council 16
Ward 74 |
The information in this article was obtained from correspondence between the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, the City of Cape Town and the organizations and individuals of the Greater Hout Bay, participating in the process.
Background
In February 2007, in the wake of the local government by-election that followed the passing away of DA ward councillor Pieter Venter, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation was requested to facilitate a consensus seeking process in order to find a solution (with buy-in from all key role-players in Hout Bay) to deal with the immediate crisis of overcrowding, lack of facilities, and lack of service delivery pertaining to Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg, and impacting on the entire community throughout the area. Four fundamental issues needed to be addressed:
- The upgrading IY and Hangberg houses, ensuring that the necessary requirements and facilities for sustainable housing be made available.
- How to go about this? Realistically some residents will have to be moved out of IY to upgrade the area. This would need to be done on a negotiation basis, ensuring that there is no sense of this being a “forced removal”. (Some present argued that all removals had to be on a volunteer basis. Others asked what the situation would be if people simply refused to move?)
- Where residents who needed to vacate their present homes would be moved to?
- Which beneficiary / housing list would be used?
Overall Aim
To draft a COMPREHENSIVE, TRANSPARENT and FAIR plan that will ensure access to formal housing, properly serviced, for all people living in the Greater Hout Bay area.
Areas of discussion
- Living conditions in IY and Hangberg
This plan must address overcrowded and unacceptable housing conditions in Hangberg as well as Imizamo Yethu. Present conditions militate against Constitutional values and undermine the human dignity of those who live there. Residents from across Hout Bay have a common mind on this.
- Type of development envisioned
Integrated and sustainable communities with a balance between residential and recreational facilities need to be built. This will require cooperation from all levels of government, as well as the goodwill and skills of the wider Hout Bay community.
- The status and role of the 16 Hectares
This land is perfectly suited as a flagship project. Given a commitment from governmental authorities to develop an integrated development plan, the interdict against development on this land should be lifted. Authorities will be urged to move as fast as possible to ensure tangible results whilst preventing new informal settlements on the land during the development phase.
- The list of beneficiaries
The community looks to the City to provide the best available list. This should be based on a first-come-first-serve basis. The City should also enable public engagement with the list for a window period. Community leaders will be required to mediate grievances.
- The moving of residents
Movement of some residents is inevitable. This will be done on a consultative basis and no person will be moved unless access to housing is provided for in another setting. This process needs to be conducted with due regard to individual circumstances.
- A Hout Bay wide development plan, including a possible moratorium on new developments.
The City needs to provide clear infrastructural, social and environmental parameters to govern new developments in Hout Bay. All prospective development needs to conform to these parameters. No new development (excluding those already underway) should be allowed until such parameters are in place.
- Public or private land?
A first step is for the City to provide a comprehensive land audit of the South Peninsula district. It is recognised that not all public land is suitable for housing. Private land may be too expensive. However, it appears that many opportunities exist within reasonable distance from Hout Bay if all three tiers of government avail unutilised land parcels for housing.
- Gaining community consensus, notably in communities most directly affected
A representative panel from the working committee will present the compromise document to public meetings in the various communities and obtain feedback. Working committee members will also be expected to promote the plan once agreed to in their respective constituencies.
- Holding authorities accountable
The committee deplores a history of governmental neglect in the area. The committee also notes the tensions between different tiers of government on how to address the crisis and appeals to all involved to speak with a more unified voice. To restore confidence, authorities working on the solution will be required to report back to the working committee on a regular basis. A team with capacity and skills should be appointed to execute prepared plans.
- Time Lines
Time is running out. Solutions are needed speedily. The project will therefore run against a clearly defined time line. At the next meeting the City needs to report on available land and the beneficiaries list. The province should be represented at this meeting. (IJR Consensus seeking document dated 23 March 2007)
Response from the City .......  Read the full article
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Jimmy Steele,
Founder of the Hout Bay Museum
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Hout Bay Museum |
By Jonathan Dreyer, Hout Bay Museum's Curator
Jimmy Steele, a retired official of the Museum’s section, Department of Nature Conservation, had nurtured for many years the dream of founding a museum in Hout Bay. In 1975, a Cultural Arts Festival was held in the Bay. Apart from exhibitions by local craftsmen, musical and drama presentations, exhibitions on the history of Hout Bay were held, the Strandlopers, early Hout Bay, and the shipwrecks along our coast. This festival proved that Hout Bay had a fascinating history and it was important that a permanent home be found where all this information and artifacts belonging to our past could be preserved for the future.
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Jimmy Steele was Chairman of the festival Committee and at the Report Back Meeting at the end of the festival, it was proposed that he goes ahead with negotiations to found a museum. With the backing of the Ratepayers Association he approached the Divisional Council of the Cape for financial assistance and leased part of Kronendal School for the nominal fee of R1.00 per annum. The following chronology of dates and events portray the development of the museum.
- 11 July 1977. A grant of R8500.00 per annum was finally agreed upon.
- In 1978, A report on how to renovate and develop the building suitable as a museum was drawn up by Mr. E Hayden, Chief Technician for Museums.
- The Hout Bay/Llandudno Round Table undertook to alter and repair the building, which incidentally, had originally been built as a house for the Headmaster of Kronendal School.
- August 1978. Pam Wormser was appointed as first the Curator of the museum, and a special committee was appointed consisting of Jimmy Steele as Chairman; Dr. R Borchers and Mrs. E Bisschop as members of the committee.
- 1 September 1978. The first meeting was held. The initial task was to aim for Provincial recognition, then a Board of Trustees of six members would be appointed two to represent CPA, two the Divisional Council and two the subscribers to the museum.
- 25 October 1978. A lecture by Townley Johnson on the Strandlopers launched the appeal to start this Society.
- The Museum’s application for membership to the South African Museum’s Association was approved.
- At the end of 1978 the museum had a furnished office, showcases and a host of artifacts and memoraribilia from the farms, wrecks of the immediate area and fishing paraphernalia.
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- The early days of the museum were spent in furnishing the museum. Mr & Mrs Fuller Gee, qualified landscape architects, designed the layout of the garden, but work on the garden only commenced in 1979 after the formal opening of the museum on 5 April and now in 2007 it is sorely in need of maintenance, cleaning, pruning and an enthusiastic gardener’s touch! (Anyone out there who wishes to help? Pls. contact the museum)
- In November 1979 Provincial recognition was granted and the Museum was declared a Local History Museum.
- And now 29years later the Hout Bay Museum continues to play an important role in education in hosting schools from all over the Peninsula. It holds exhibitions and protects a wealth of information, records and photographs of local interest
- A bronze Statue was unveiled in the museum garden. The statue of a young boy holding a dove is the work of renowned sculptor Jean Doyle. A tribute to James (Jimmy) Steele, founder of the Hout Bay Museum, and his wife Eileen. Jean Doyle is Jimmy and Eileen’s niece and the model for the statue was their three-year-old grandchild, James.
Thank you James (Jimmy) and Eileen Steele.
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No. 023-01
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To All Tourism Related Business in
Hout Bay and Llandudno and attendancees of the
meeting from 31-10-2007:
Tourism Workshop
INVITATION
You are cordially invited to our follow-up meeting that will be held at the Hout Bay Library. The introductory meeting was held on the 31st October 2007. The overwhelming response was to have a further meeting to develop an action plan for the Tourism communities of Hout Bay, for 2008. This event is an initiative of the City of Cape Town, Tourism Department. The purpose of the workshop is to lay the foundation for the establishment of an organised Community & Business Tourism Forum within Hout Bay.
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14 November 2007 |
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You are therefore urged to make an effort to attend this Indaba. Your attendance at this meeting is important to ensure fair representation of communities and the future success of these tourism forums.
For any further information please contact the City of Cape Town Tourism Department
Tel.: 021 483-9436 and ask for
Tofeeq Hargey or
Patrick Roman
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The Sembach Art Gallery
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The African Psychotherapy Resource Centre and Educational Trust |
The following article has been published over the last three months .... and today still calls for your HELP !!!
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RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL
This is a call for HELP, so to say “re-inventing the wheel”. Edwin Rihlamvu, a wheelchair disabled, was hijacked on the highway and left there for 2 hours while surrounded by heavy early morning traffic. He is now short of a car with special alterations to be done to accomodate the wheelchair disabled.
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