the little blue beetle design company

Pizzaman character for Pizzaman Takeaways.

2011-03-14T12:28:00.000+02:00

Engen Pump Pages

2010-12-07T06:29:00.000+02:00

2010-10-06T06:26:00.000+02:00

The last page of a book I've been working on.

2010-08-31T01:30:00.000+02:00

veggie friends

2010-06-21T10:04:00.000+02:00

World Cup service

2010-05-26T17:13:00.000+02:00

Engen Pump Pages

cottage cow

2010-04-30T16:45:00.000+02:00

A bit of character development for food packaging

2010-02-25T17:29:00.000+02:00

Engen Pump Pages

juta book mascot

2010-01-14T07:01:00.000+02:00

2010-01-03T23:01:00.000+02:00

Terminal strip from Sawubona magazine

Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T08:24:00.000+02:00

office etiquette

2009-12-07T06:29:00.000+02:00

office etiquette cartoons for Juta and company

2009-12-03T22:52:00.004+02:00

Cartoons for This Life magazine

2009-11-18T06:22:00.001+02:00

Cartoons for Engen Pump Pages

2009-11-06T05:55:00.002+02:00

Logo of a local Pizza take away

2009-11-02T11:38:00.002+02:00

Cartoons for Engen Pump Pages

Juta on the move

2009-10-30T06:20:00.002+02:00

Cartoon for Juta and company's office move

grassroots

2009-10-06T16:33:00.000+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 06 Oct 2009

undermining

2009-10-05T06:01:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post 28th September 2009

10 items or less

2009-09-15T05:51:00.001+02:00

Row brews over city's plan to clamp down on vendors

Editorial cartoon People's Post 15 sept 2009

google bathroom

2009-09-08T11:56:00.000+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 8/9/9

crossfire

2009-09-08T11:54:00.000+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's post

net bylaw

2009-08-25T07:45:00.000+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 25th August 2009

Global warming

2009-08-18T09:17:00.002+02:00

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post 18/08/09

Dagga hothouse in bathroom
tauriq hassen

POLICE got more than they bargained for when they raided a Southfield flat after a tip off about suspected drug dealing.
After keeping the house under observation, the police pounced – and found a mini hothouse set up in the bathroom and high-quality dagga worth R450 000 drying in a cupboard.
The bathroom had been fitted with electric fans, and the walls were covered in foil to make the plants grow faster, says Inspector Keith Chandler, spokesperson for Diep River Police Station.
“The equipment inside the bathroom was expensive, and we could see this guy knows exactly what he is doing,” says Chandler.
During the 10 August raid, police seized 30 large pots containing metre-tall mature dagga plants, which had been growing in the bathroom. They also fund a stash of high-quality dagga, with “heads” over 40cm long, drying in a cupboard.
They also confiscated heaters, grow lights and air conditioning equipment worth a further R100 000.
“He was probably drying the dagga out in order for it to be sold or transported somewhere,” Chandler added.
A 29-year-old man was arrested on the scene, is currently being detained at Diep River Police Station.

drugs can make you do stupid things

2009-08-11T09:11:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 11/08/09

Thief disguised as police official robs learners at schools
Melissa papier

Thief disguised as police official makes off with cell phones and jewellery
It has come to the attention of this office that a male person aged 30s dressed in police uniform visited some of the schools in Mitchells Plain under the false pretence of speaking to the children about drugs.
Once he has gained access to the classroom, he then changes the subject to cell phones and then requests all the children to hand in their cell phones and jewellery, under the pretence that he is going to hand the items in at the school safe. He then disappears with the property. A charge has been registered.
Mitchell Plain Police wishes to inform all schools about the modus of this fraudster. We advise that when schools are approached by unknown persons claiming to be police officials, they need to obtain the persons identity documents and contact the police stations human resources office for verification at (021) 370–1600.

room to let

2009-08-04T06:17:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 04 August 2009

City parking mayhem

Henry booysen

CAPE TOWN is officially the most expensive city in which to park in South Africa, but even the CBD’s highest rates are chicken feed compared to what people are prepared to pay for a parking spot on the Atlantic Seaboard’s Platinum Mile.
While motorists were upset when parking in the CBD shot up to R8,20 an hour recently, parking bays in Clifton go for the price of a house in some middle-class suburbs.
Last month two undercover parking bays – one in Eventide and the other in Whitecliffs on the Clifton beachfront – were sold for a whopping R580 000 and R750 000 respectively.
“Land in Clifton is all privately-owned, and parking spaces are highly-sought after, so people pay huge sums of money when a space opens up,” says Pam Golding’s Basil Oritos, who made the sales.
Those prices are far from the record price of R2 million paid for an 18m² garage – R111 000 per square metre – in the same area in January 2008. cont....

too much sport

2009-06-16T01:47:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 16th June 2009

6 minute limit

2009-06-09T05:13:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 9th June 2009

Cape Town - Dogs that bark more than six minutes an hour could find themselves in the dog box with law enforcement officials, in terms of a draft by-law.
The measure, which will soon be released for public comment, is an attempt to deal with canines that arouse the ire of neighbours by barking continuously.
In a media release on Thursday, the city said the by-law was "very specific" on what constituted nuisance behaviour.
"Owners may not keep any dog which barks for 'more than six minutes in any hour or more than three minutes in any half hour', causing disturbance to inhabitants of a neighbourhood," it said......cont.

SAPA

perfume con

2009-06-04T05:26:00.002+02:00

Fake perfumes can fool you People's Post 02/06/09

tauriq hassen

ROAMING salesman have been conning people into buying bottles of expensive perfume for rock-bottom prices, but, as one shopper recently found, the bottles contain nothing but household detergents.
Vanessa Thomas bought two bottles of what appeared to be perfume in the Kenilworth Centre parking lot on Saturday 23 May.
“The packaging looked real and it even had that scent on the outside of the box that made you believe it was real,” says Thomas.
She opened her purchase when she arrived home and knew immediately she had been conned out of R250.
“I was so convinced that this was the real product and the way the guy sold it to me was so believable.”
These “perfume” salesmen wander around the parking area of the shopping centre, taking care to avoid being seen by security. “We don’t allow these guys to sell these items on our premises, but they manage to get it right every time,” says a spokesperson for Kenilworth Centre.

complaint hotline

2009-05-27T05:22:00.000+02:00

global food crunch

2009-05-20T06:18:00.000+02:00

google politics

2009-05-12T05:25:00.004+02:00

editorial cartoon People's Post 12th May 2009

(Donald) Grant, a former Bitou (Plettenberg Bay) local councillor, said it had been "with shock" that he got the call from Zille on Thursday offering him the post.
"I did a crash course on the internet last night to check up on what the DA's education policy is," he admitted. (news25,com 08/05/2)

stolen gate

2009-05-06T05:51:00.003+02:00

People's Post 5th May 2009

While gates are supposed to protect your property, thieves are now stealing the security measure to sell it as scrap metal.During two separate incidents within two days, a gate in Lansdowne and another in Turfhall vanished overnight.........Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, a man visiting a family member in Church Street, Lansdowne, on Wednesday laid a theft charge after his hubcaps were stolen. No arrests have been made.
extract for the article “ Strange thefts in Lansdowne precinct” by tammy petersen People’s Post 5th May 2009

working together

2009-04-28T00:22:00.000+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 29th april 2009

smoking taxi

2009-04-14T06:18:00.004+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 14 april 2009

The smoky road trip

"I AM sick and tired of their nonsense; they smoke as they please and couldn't care less whether there are passengers or not in the taxi."
These are the words of an angry Nelisiwe Grootbom about taxi drivers who smoke while transporting passengers.
Grootbom catches a taxi from Waterfall to Retreat on a daily basis. She says her frustration on this matter has gone beyond boiling point. She adds that some drivers will go as far as to light a cigarette while transporting school children.
"I am a parent and it bothers me greatly that they smoke in front of my seven-year-old; they are also placing his health at risk."
Demetre Horn from Strandfontein says he also uses a taxi, and according to him, the Retreat Taxi Association's drivers are notorious for smoking while transporting commuters.
Dr Ivan Bromfield, executive director of Health in the City of Cape Town, says it is a contravention of the Tobacco Products Control Act for a taxi driver to be smoking while transporting passengers; taxi drivers who commit this offence are dealt with by Law Enforcement officers.
Dr Bromfield adds that commuters who observe such an act can lay a charge against the taxi operator at any police station.
When laying a charge, commuters need to relate all the details of the incident, including the date, time of the offence, vehicle registration number and description.
Alternatively, commuters can hand a sworn affidavit, specifying all details of the incident, to the police or Traffic Services.
The maximum fine for contravening the Tobacco Products Control Act currently stands at R200, but Dr Bromfield anticipates harsher amendments to the legislation.
In Johannesburg, taxi associations offer far sharper penalties to their members.
Mdumiso Twala, spokesperson for the Johannesburg and Tembisa Taxi Association, says drivers who are found guilty of smoking while transporting passengers by the association�s disciplinary committee are dismissed immediately and blacklisted from driving in the association.
Twala adds that the association has its own inspectors, who drive around the city and check taxis at random. The inspectors also ask passengers about their grievances during the inspection.
With well over 200 taxis under the Retreat Taxi Association (RETA) management, one would perhaps expect to see many such inspections. But Grootbom, who uses a taxi daily, says she has yet to travel in a taxi that has been inspected en route.
Basi Nagel, Chairperson of RETA, says it is difficult for the association to catch culprits as commuters don't come forward to address their grievances.
"We have an office and a rank manager at every interchange and junction," says Nagel. "We are willing to listen and bring to book the drivers that shame the entire organisation.
"We are well aware that there are drivers who smoke on duty, but without full details of the driver and the vehicle he was driving, it is just beyond our control." (extract from article by Gopolang Peme People's Post)

The Great Trek net

2009-04-03T06:19:00.000+02:00

burning issues

2009-04-03T06:12:00.000+02:00

Parish Profile

drugs

2009-04-03T06:06:00.000+02:00

Cambridge University Press

computer rage

2009-04-03T05:59:00.000+02:00

Cambridge University Press

odd energy

2009-04-03T05:56:00.001+02:00

Cambridge University Press

tough customer

2009-04-03T05:46:00.000+02:00

" Always turn off electrical equipment before doing repairs or checks" Engen Pump Pages

ye olde gum tree

2009-03-31T06:00:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 31st March 2009

Wheels come off for stolen goods trader
christelle wiese

A LANSDOWNE thief recently found an innovative way of acquiring stock for a lucrative new trade – without any capital.
When searching local advertising website www.gumtree.co.za, a Claremont resident was quite surprised to find his own custom bicycle for sale. The bicycle had been stolen from his Alphina Road flat in January.
According to Captain Angie Latchman, Claremont police spokesperson, the bicycle had been reported as stolen when the man opened a case of housebreaking and theft on 26 January.
When the man saw the advertisement for his bicycle on the website, he immediately contacted Inspector Daniel Geneke, the sector manager for sector one policing in the Lynfrae area.
Latchman says: “Acting on this information, Inspector Geneke and his team proceeded to a residence in Armstrong Road in Lansdowne, under the pretext of being potential buyers.”
The stolen bicycle, as well as several other bicycles, were found on the premises, and the man who posted the advertisement was arrested.

7 Wonders of Table Mountain

2009-03-24T05:35:00.003+02:00

Table Mountain has been short listed in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition, which will see the top natural sites of 223 countries being whittled down to 21 finalists and ultimately to seven winners in an exercise in global democracy expected to draw over a billion participants.

The race is now on - with internet voting reopened until 7 July 2009 - to determine the top 77 nominees, from which 21 finalists will be select.

The finalists will be announced on 21 July, after which a final round of voting - running through 2010 and into 2011 - will decide the New 7 Wonders of Nature, to be announced in 2011.

Vote for Table Mountain at www.new7wonders.com

aerosol squad

2009-03-17T06:07:00.002+02:00

Editorial cartoon: People's Post 17/3/9

MEDIA RELEASE

FROM: The Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
DATE: March 12, 2009

THE Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomes the City Council’s decision to form a unit similar to the “Copper Heads” to stamp out graffiti.
“We are delighted that there is at last to be a concerted effort to stamp out this form of recreational vandalism that defaces the City, dangerously obscures traffic and safety signage, projects an image of lawlessness and costs property owners millions of rands a year in cleaning and repainting bills,” said Mr Jeremy Wiley, President of the Chamber.
He said that until now the battle against the graffiti vandals had been localised and the crime had not been taken seriously enough by the SAPS or Metropolice.
“What the city plans to do is co-ordinate the fight, photograph the graffiti and set up a data bank so that the work of individuals can be identified. This should make for more effective prosecution. Hopefully the new unit will be able to pinpoint the worst offenders and we hope this leads to some hefty community service sentences and deters further vandalisation or sabotage of public and private property. ”
Mr Wiley also called upon local businesses, particularly the retailers of paint in spray cans to assist in the identification of customers or purchasing trends that indicated unusual purchases of the paint products used by vandals.
He said there was a clear correlation between the proliferation of graffiti and school or university holidays. “This trend indicates the lack of parental supervision and high levels of boredom experienced by our youth outside classrooms.”
Defacing buildings with graffiti was not a petty crime as it sometimes cost property owners large sums to clean and repaint and, as there were thousands of incidents throughout the municipal area, the annual bill would run into millions of rands.
Mr Wiley appealed to the city to never ever refer to the graffiti vandals as artists. “Artists are creative people who enrich our lives. These vandals are utterly destructive and do nothing but despoil the urban environment.”

2009-03-10T05:42:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for People's Post 10/03/09

Final preparations

2009-03-03T10:16:00.000+02:00

out the window

2009-02-25T06:25:00.000+02:00

illegal posters

2009-02-18T05:37:00.002+02:00

Cape Town comes unstuck
Extract from article by Toyah Lord

NIGHTCLUBS in Cape Town are in for a rude awakening: the City of Cape Town will soon serve notices on club owners who paste posters on private properties in the city centre without consent.
The Central City Improvement District (CCID) – which says the problem has been going on for years – says it is being inundated with complaints from property owners in Cape Town, who say they “have had enough” of clubs and bars sticking illegal posters on buildings.
The result, says Tasso Evangelinos, CCID chief executive officer, is that cleaning teams have to go out and scrape the posters off the buildings, thus causing damage to their exteriors. This in labour alone costs the CCID between R2 500 and R3 000 a month to deploy people on the streets every second or third day to remove posters throughout the city centre, adds Evangelinos.

Derek Bock of Eurocape says many of the property development company’s buildings have long suffered the sticky problem. “We find it totally unacceptable and a disgrace that clubs and bars paste illegal posters on private property,” he says. “Will these clubs and bars now pay for the costs incurred by Eurocape to repeatedly remove these illegal posters?”

To let

2009-02-10T00:10:00.003+02:00

"The City of Cape Town’s major programme to install and upgrade services in informal settlements is being destroyed by crime and vandalism. For every R3 that we spend on basic services in our 222 informal settlements, R2 is spent on repairs to vandalised and stolen infrastructure. Without this problem, we could deliver services at three times the speed we currently do.

Thieves and vandals have struck a large number of upgrade projects and have robbed local residents of water and sanitation. "

Extract from a statement by Helen Zille, Executive Mayor of Cape Town

"Vandalism and theft of service infrastructure in informal settlements"

electricity

2009-02-09T06:37:00.002+02:00

" Always turn off electrical equipment before doing repairs or checks" Engen Pump Pages

argus triathlon tour

2009-02-04T06:36:00.001+02:00

Cartoon for The People's Post 3rd Feb 2009

negative impact

2009-01-27T06:33:00.002+02:00

editorial cartoon People's Post 27/01/08

CITY OF CAPE TOWN

MEDIA RELEASE

23 JANUARY 2009

Clarity on proposals in City’s Draft By-law on Liquor Trading Days and Hours

Reports that the City of Cape Town is proposing (in its Draft Liquor Trading Hours By-law) to give permission to liquor stores to open on Sundays are incorrect.

The only new addition to existing liquor sales allowed on Sundays that is proposed in the draft by-law is for supermarkets to sell wine on Sundays. This proposal is in line with the Western Cape Liquor Act, 2008 (Act No.4 of 2008), recently passed by the Western Cape Provincial Government.

However, if public comment calls for the City to continue to restrict the sale of wine from supermarkets on Sundays, the City does have the jurisdiction (in terms of the Constitution) to curb this in areas within the metro region.

Submission of comments:
We invite the public to provide us with their formal comments on or before 27 February 2009 to fax number: 021 400 1465, e-mailed to: liquor.bylaw@capetown.gov.za, or sub-council offices. For enquiries please call 021 400 1450.

Copies of the draft by-law are available at all sub-council offices and libraries, as well as on the
City of Cape Town’s website: www.capetown.gov.za

sunday races

2009-01-20T08:21:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for People's Post 2o/01/09

Happy New year

2009-01-13T07:53:00.001+02:00

Habitat for Humanity build

2008-12-29T08:26:00.001+02:00

Cartoon for the St Johns Parish Profile

2008-12-29T08:23:00.000+02:00

Cartoon for Absa bank

right on the nose

2008-12-16T08:00:00.000+02:00

holiday pinch

2008-12-09T08:23:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post

9th Dec 2008

the right drugs

2008-12-02T07:31:00.002+02:00

Testing device to nail drugged drivers on the spot Editorial cartoon for the People's Post
adri-ann peters

SOUTH AFRICA’s first mobile drug-testing device, which was launched last week, has been tasked with identifying drugged-up drivers abusing the roads.
The DrugAlyzer DrugWipe device, which is used internationally, was revealed to South Africans on Tuesday as a prelude to its use by the Western Cape Department of Community Safety.
Cheryl Roberts, spokesperson for Community Safety MEC Patrick McKenzie, could not confirm when exactly the department’s two drug testers, worth R25 000 each, would be put to work on regional roads.
But, at the launch event in Voortrekker Road, Salt River, McKenzie confirmed that authorities would make use of the devices at roadblocks during the department’s Safer Summer Season programme, which kicks off this month.
The drug testing device – a product of Trimega Diagnostics, a South African-based company that specialises in the procurement and development of diagnostic testing devices – will be used to determine whether or not a driver has used drugs. The instrument does this by testing a sample of the person’s saliva or sweat for the presence of various narcotic substances.
The test can be performed in less than six minutes. Should the candidate’s driving be hampered and his or her test prove positive, their blood can in future be sent for sampling, and the result presented as evidence in court.
Drugs detectable by the device include dagga, tik, cocaine, and numerous opiates.
Trimega Diagnostics, together with the department, carried out 22 research roadblocks across the country between April and November this year. Tests showed that 28% of those who took alcohol breath tests failed, and 14% of those who took drug tests also showed high blood-alcohol levels.
Of the candidates who tested positive for alcohol, 19% also tested positive for drugs, read the research report presented by the company.
Superintendent Pierre van der Riel, station commissioner of the Woodstock Police Station, highlighted drug testing as one of the challenges of policing. He said procedures currently in place rely mainly on the testimony of police officers, who must personally testify that a driver under the influence of alcohol or drugs had not been in full control of their vehicle while on the road.
Van der Riel said doing so is “not always easy”. The driver suspected of the crime would typically be taken to the nearest doctor to be tested. Van der Riel welcomed any tool that could assist officers in putting drugged drivers behind bars.
With the country heading towards the festive season, McKenzie said that hundreds of roadblocks are planned for the next few months. “We are aware of a significant number of accidents caused by drivers under the influence of alcohol, and although no official figures exist, drugged motorists are also guilty,” he said at the launch.
While the Department of Justice and the Director of Public Prosecutions work towards adopting appropriate legislation to formally incorporate the use of the drug-testing device, its use will in the meantime help the department determine the extent of drugged driving in the province, and raise awareness of the wrongs of driving under the influence of drugs.
According to a comprehensive privately-funded report prepared by Trimega Diagnostics to accompany the launch, the current National Road Traffic Act of 1996 does not permit, among other things, equipment to be used to screen for drug-use on South African roads . Another section of the act also informs that a person may not refuse a blood or breath test to determine their alcohol intake. “Unfortunately this does not apply to any other type of test, e.g. a saliva or urine test,” the report continues.
Meanwhile, the department warns that motorists found to be “visibly affected by drugs” to the detriment of their driving will in the meanwhile be prosecuted on the basis of impaired driving, Roberts said. Should the test result prove that a candidate has administered an illegal substance, but driving has not necessarily been negatively affected, the person will be engaged on the dangers of drug use so that awareness can be raised around the issue.

16 days of activism

2008-11-25T05:39:00.003+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 25th November 2008

engen

2008-11-20T05:44:00.000+02:00

Cartoon for a safety brochure.

money pit

2008-11-18T06:03:00.001+02:00

Chapman's Peak remains closed after more than three months while
South Peninsula residents remain the victims of an inadequate road system, in part because the Chapman's Peak concessionaire apparently have no incentive to open the road as government guarantees to cover operational, managerial and contingent costs.

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 18th November 2008

do that little bit extra

2008-11-12T06:13:00.001+02:00

Cartoon for Absa Bank

ridding us of drugs

2008-11-11T08:58:00.004+02:00

editorial cartoon for The People's Post 11th November 2008

High expectations set for anti-gang project

GANGS will be a thing of the past if a recent programme launched by the Department of Community Safety achieves its goals – but community organisations say success is unlikely.
The aim of the project is to reduce opportunities for gang expansion, offer “alternative options” to affected communities, and prevent and reduce the factors that drive young people into gangs.
According to Community Safety MEC Patrick McKenzie, what makes the programme unique is that various departments will “work holistically” to do effectively what “many never could achieve”.
“Instead of each separate sector working on its own, we think that by joining forces, this project will reach its full potential. It will be a partnership between the police, national intelligence, the national prosecuting authority, Metro Police and the South African Revenue Services, which will work towards combating the scourge of gangsterism, as well as bring high fliers to book.”

Extract from article by Tammy Petersen of The People's Post

2008-11-07T05:51:00.001+02:00

The first Mama Taxi Collection has collided with the shelves this week!
Look out for it at a good bookstore near you or on Kalahari.net

voter registration

2008-11-05T05:39:00.002+02:00

Make sure you are registered to vote

THE ANC supports the call of the Independent Electoral Commission for all citizens to register as voters during the Registration Weekend, 8 and 9 November. Democracy is built on the right of all citizens to vote. We fought for this over many painful years and won it in 1994.
Those eligible to vote in 2009 for the first time, persons who did not register in the past and people newly moved into the area, should register now.Extract from a letter from ANC Cissie Gool Branch Ward 59

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post

pogo grant

2008-10-30T05:43:00.000+02:00

Cartoon for Absa Bank

All roads lead to 2010

2008-10-28T07:09:00.001+02:00

PROJECTS worth billions of rands are currently steaming ahead to ensure that residents and visitors can travel to their destinations safely and effectively during the time of the Soccer World Cup in 2010.
Projects include improvements to Cape Town International Airport, stations and highways in the Cape metropole and outlying areas, new bus services, and better facilities and routes for pedestrians and cyclists.
In Cape Town itself, work is under way to ensure that thousands of soccer supporters and revellers can move safely on foot and bicycle from the Cape Town Station and the viewing site on the Parade to the Waterfront and new Green Point Stadium.
Various streets will be closed to traffic, while limited pedestrian traffic will be permitted on others. One of the streets in which only limited vehicle traffic will be permitted is Waterkant Street.
This street is not only being jazzed up with trees, but will also be transformed into a cyclist and pedestrian route that will be linked to Somerset Way with a bridge and controlled crossing over Buitengracht Road.
A three-metre-wide cyclist lane, as well as a three-metre-wide pedestrian path, will be developed along Somerset Way to Three Anchor Bay so that spectators and residents can reach the stadium safely. Also under development are a second cyclist and pedestrian route from the station over North Wharf Square, Coen Steytler Avenue; a cyclist and pedestrian bridge over the inbound lanes of Buitengracht, and a controlled ground-level crossing over the outbound lanes of Buitengracht to the Waterfront and ultimately the stadium.

THEUNS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN People's Post 28th October 2008

the great bunny escape

2008-10-21T06:33:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post 21st October 2008

no limit

2008-10-14T09:58:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post 14th October 2008

Draft Animal Bylaw: more bark than bite?

THERE seems to be a great deal of confusion around this bylaw [the draft Animal Bylaw]. Who drafted it? Why? And what does the process of public participation involve?
Bylaws in the city arise out of policy discussions in multi-party portfolio committees. The mayor has nothing to do with their formulation until the bylaw reaches the mayoral committee and full council after the public participation process.
The City of Cape Town is an amalgamation of seven former separate local authorities, each of which had its own animal bylaw. There were also still three animal bylaws from the former municipal councils dating back to 1964. It is impossible to administer ten different bylaws across the city. As a result, there must be one consolidated bylaw. This bylaw is the first draft to achieve this outcome.
The proposed limit on the number of pets per property is also nothing new. Each of the previous bylaws limited the number of dogs and cats per property (in common with similar legislation across the world). Nine of the existing bylaws set the limit of dogs and cats per property at two of each. Only the old Cape Town administration dog bylaw allowed for three of each.
The portfolio committee, with the full support of all parties, proposed the “two-dogs-two-cats” limitation for the consolidated single draft bylaw for Cape Town.
There is no truth in the rumours that people will be required to “put down” their pets. Furthermore, if anyone wants to own more than two dogs and two cats, they will be able to apply for a permit to do so. If they meet the criteria, designed in part for the welfare of the animals concerned, they will be able to own more dogs and cats.
Public participation is an important part of the process of passing all bylaws, including the draft Animal Bylaw. The public participation phase began in June already. Four months of public input have been allowed, in addition to a workshop through the City Wide Forum, and the emailing of the bylaw to over 70 animal welfare organisations and animal activists. They had contacted the city before then, indicating their interest in the matter. This is in addition to numerous press releases and newspaper ads.
The bylaw was also referred to over 1 000 community organisations through all the ward forums, as well as to the subcouncils for comment.
For members of the public who would like to submit comment, a copy of the draft bylaw is available on the city’s website at the following address: http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/ByLaws/Pages/Draft_by-laws.aspx. Within the next few days it will be available in hard copy at city libraries and subcouncil offices.
The public can submit their comments or proposed amendments to the draft bylaw by writing to Mr Richard Bosman at Private Bag X4, Parow, 7499 – or via email to richard.bosman@capetown.gov.za – by Thursday 30 October.
Everyone has rights in a city, and legislation involves a careful balancing of competing rights. This is what we are trying to get right in this case.

Robert Macdonald
Spokesperson for the mayor of Cape Town

bad news

2008-10-08T06:01:00.000+02:00

"Dog ingests 13 rubber dummies" Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 7th October 2008

rubiks fix

2008-10-02T05:23:00.002+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 30th September 2008

POLICE commissioners across the Cape Peninsula are again being moved between stations, with Claremont, Camps Bay, Diep River and Pinelands police stations to soon come under new leadership. The provincial police office communica?ted the moves to affected station commissioners last week. As in years gone past, no official communication was directed by the provincial office to the media and People's Post discovered the far-reaching changes through its own accord. The provincial police office also did not provide specific reasons for the changes, but rather provided what has become a somewhat stock answer to the newspaper's enquiries on this matter over the years: "The process seeks to address service delivery, strengthen police stations and at the same time recognise the expertise and experience of individual members". Peole's Post 30th Sept 2008

wanted

2008-09-30T05:38:00.006+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 23rd September 2008

THE City of Cape Town has released its list of top ten private vehicle motorists who owe it oodles of money in unpaid traffic fines. The current most wanted traffic offender on Cape Town's roads has more than R33 600 of outstanding warrants of arrest against his or her name. The motorist drives a Toyota with registration CA 695 302 20. "The motorist, whose address is unknown, amassed the traffic fines over a period of two years, mainly for speeding, illegal parking and other traffic offences," says Principal Inspector Merle Lourens, spokesperson for Cape Town Traffic Services. There are 348 outstanding warrants against the top ten offenders, totalling R155 000.

The one that got away, or rather didn't get away, but wasn't published due to it's graphic nature

Umshini braai

2008-09-16T08:01:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 16th September 2008

OBE

2008-09-13T08:17:00.002+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 9th September 2008

FOR years now, teachers have been calling for the scrapping of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE). Last week, a group of teachers met at South Peninsula High School to voice their dissatisfaction with the system. A sentiment echoed by many was that OBE was a flawed education system that has failed internationally and is creating a generation of children who may know how to socialise, colour in, and cut and paste, but can't read or write properly. This, say learners and teachers alike, will result in OBE graduates feeding the high unemployment numbers and the low income work force. What it won't do, is create fully rounded intellectuals who can think for themselves. The teachers will now mobilise colleagues and learners and their parents to take the call for the scrapping of OBE to Education Minister Naledi Pandor.

spring switch

2008-09-02T00:31:00.000+02:00

Editorial cartoon, People's Post 2nd September 2008

spring olympics

2008-08-26T00:11:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post 27th August 2008

MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER is Spring Day and in celebration of the new season’s arrival, a Spring Splash will be held on Fish Hoek beach.
If you’re the type of person who can’t wait for summer, you should be on Fish Hoek beach this Sunday, 31 August, at 15:30 to show just how much life you’ve got in you.
Held for the first time last year, the Spring Splash separates the men from the boys, as it were.
The water temperature this time of year is certainly not for the faint of heart.
All are invited to take the plunge!

eyesore

2008-08-19T08:38:00.001+02:00

IF YOU fail to remove graffiti sprayed on your property or plan to erect a barb wire fence on your boundary wall, then you could find yourself on the wrong side of the law, according to a draft bylaw and policy recently compiled by the City of Cape Town.
A draft policy regulating boundary walls and fences and a draft by law aimed at stamping out unauthorised graffiti are two measures, which could potentially affect every homeowner. In their current form, they raise ethical questions as to whether council has the right to dictate standards, which in some instances are subjective in nature and arguably informed by practical considerations.
Boundary walls are considered to form part of municipal planning and in terms of Section 156 of the Constitution, the Council has the legal authority to make and enforce by laws regarding their administration.
With regards to the draft policy regulating boundary walls and fences, there is to be no razor or barbed wire in residential areas.

Stephen Kihn People's Post 19/08/08

something fishy

2008-08-12T05:10:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for The Peoples Post 12/08/08

hold up

2008-08-09T10:31:00.000+02:00

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A couple of cartoons for a safety brochure.

100% zat-zuma

2008-08-05T05:46:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 5th August 2008

home loan marathon

2008-08-04T05:23:00.002+02:00

Cartoon for Absa Bank

drug free pee

2008-07-29T05:23:00.003+02:00

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post

Teens to be tested

Lee-anne jacobs

RANDOM drug testing is soon to become routine at all high schools in South Africa.
Cameron Dugmore, MEC for Education in the Western Cape, said: “Random drug testing is not in effect yet, but many high schools have been conducting drug tests with permission from learners’ parents.”
He said the new testing system would be compulsory.
Dugmore said the method of testing and date of commencement would be discussed at meetings with national education minister Naledi Pandor next month.
“Learners found to be drug users will be supported by receiving counselling,” he added.
Marcia Woolward, Grassy Park High School principal, says she has no objection to random drug testing “because drug abuse is a serious problem among the youth.
“This may be the aggressive approach to curbing drug abuse we’ve been looking for because right now only parents have the right to enforce rehabilitation.”
Jeanene Matthyse, Grassy Park High School counsellor, identifies drug abuse as a major problem in the community.
“I fully agree with the idea of random drug testing, but my hope is that things don’t end there. The learners should be given counselling and rehabilitation as a means of effectively combating the issue of drug addiction.”
According to Matthyse, blood-based drug tests are more effective and accurate than urine-based tests because “drug abusers have learnt different ways to lessen the chance of drugs being traced in their urine.”

The Lollipop Lady

2008-07-24T05:32:00.000+02:00

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A couple of education cartoons for Maskew Miller Longman.

the cape fear seal

2008-07-22T05:22:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon People's Post

Shooting seals
aly verbaan

SEALS spitting sinkers faster than tracer-bullets; seals hopping onto boats to snatch a snoek from the hands of a lowly fisherman; seals sinking their teeth into a sunbathing blonde. Barely believable but apparently true stories, according to the various fishermen who related them to People’s Post this week. These were in defence of allegations put to them that they or their crew were guilty of widespread killing and maiming of seals that dare to compete for the bounty of shoals of snoek that run off the Cape peninsula every year.

People's Post 22nd July 2008

william tell

2008-07-18T05:19:00.001+02:00

Cartoon for Absa Bank

no complaints

2008-07-15T05:29:00.001+02:00

City to bite down on amount of pets per household
tammy petersen

ANIMAL protection organisations have questioned the feasibility of the proposed pet bylaw open to public comment which aims to control the amount of pets allowed on a property.
The bylaw, which will make it compulsory for dogs and cats to be sterilised, be fitted with tags and walkers to carry litter bags with them at all times, is open to public participation until October.
JP Smith, chairperson of the City of Cape Town’s safety and security portfolio committee, says two pets is the proposed limit of animals per household.
“However, other aspects such as the size of the erf as well as a lack of complaints from neighbours can have a specific family’s amount increased if they write a formal application to the city.”
He says the proposed bylaw, which is a combination of 10 existing bylaws aimed at animal control, will see law enforcement officers “reactively” carrying out inspections when pets cause problems in an area.

Peoples Post 15th July 2008

crime down?

2008-07-08T08:47:00.000+02:00

Editorial cartoon for The People's Post

reclassification

2008-07-01T05:28:00.000+02:00

"landmark ruling that Chinese South Africans are to be included in the definition of "black people" in legislation designed to benefit previously disadvantaged groups."

plane fool

2008-06-24T04:52:00.001+02:00

Fuel suddenly a hot number
Esther Lewis
LOCK up your trucks, tractors and fuel pumps, as you may become the victim of the latest crime trend.
The cost of fuel has almost doubled since a year ago.
In Cape Town, petrol costs R9,72 per litre, and diesel will set you back even more.
These prices brought along desperate times, but obviously new opportunities for criminals as well.
On Wednesday and Thursday, 18 and 19 June, thieves made off with over 1 000 litres of diesel.
Wednesday night, 300 litres were stolen from three trucks and a bulldozer on a Philippi farm.
On another farm, seven 20 litre containers of oil were swiped.
The following evening, another business in the Philippi farming area was targeted.
The company was robbed of about 800 litres of diesel. The diesel pump was also damaged in an apparent attempt to get more fuel.
It was also reported two weeks ago that drivers had filled up their tanks at service stations, then sped off without paying for their petrol.
A reader told People’s Post that he was approached by two men in the street, offering him petrol for R5 per litre.

rainbow nation

2008-06-17T05:53:00.001+02:00

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 17th June 2008

home loan boffins

2008-06-13T05:29:00.002+02:00

Corporate work for Absa

motor mayhem

2008-06-11T16:09:00.001+02:00

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black and white illustrations for a motoring manual.

ho hummer

2008-06-10T05:23:00.002+02:00

WITH predictions that the price of petrol could rocket to R16 a litre should the price of a barrel of oil reach the $200 mark, motorists are looking at their vehicles in a new light. Cartoonist Gavin Thomson sees a somewhat unusual means of surviving the time ahead ...

Editorial cartoon for the People's Post 10 June 2008

stealing steel

2008-06-03T05:27:00.002+02:00

Editorial cartoon Peoples Post 3rd June 2008

Everything, especially the kitchen sink
Esther Lewis

AS if copper thieves have not caused enough headaches, the fiends have now acquired a feel for steel.
Due to scarcity, the price of steel went up in April to R2,50 per kilogram – not much compared to the price of copper, which fetches an average of R35 per kilogram (with some scrap traders willing to fork out up to R60).
Even so, there has been an increase in theft of privately-owned steel objects, says Pieter van Dalen, the chairperson of the Copper Theft Unit – also known as the Copperheads. “These people will steal anything, even if it’s not valuable” he says.
To attest to this, a Grassy Park resident spoke of how even pot plants left outside had disappeared from their property.
There have been reported cases of security gates, fences even street poles and light posts being whisked off. Poles, which are cemented into the ground, are sawed off at the base, then carried off.