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Special care for elderly
Homes enforcing strict rules to keep residents safe in lockdown, but ask public to donate treats
MATTHEW FIELD
Not all people are equally
affected by the Covid-
19 virus that is
rampaging the world.
One of the most at-risk
groups are the elderly and
invalid, which makes the
responsibilities of frail care
centre and nursing home staff
all the more graver.
However, staff have taken on
this new role with courage and
determination despite the many
ch a l l e n g e s .
“It [the virus] has affected
staff in that non-critical staff
have had to take leave at a time
not of their choosing.
“For those who have had to
carry on working providing
critical services, there have been
transport issues with uncertainty
surrounding taxis and increased
taxi fares,” Berea Gardens
Retirement Foundation
executive director Mike Schulze
said.
“Residents are experiencing
cabin-fever and are missing
visits from their families,” he
said.
“In our independent-living
complexes, shopping for
essentials has also been a
challenge for some residents.”
Gonubie Frail Care owner
Heather Todd said m ove m e n t
was heavily restricted for staff
and residents alike.
“Sadly, the highlight of many
residents’ lives is visits from their
family and they are feeling the
STAY SAFE: Berea Garden Retirement Foundation’s Stirling Lodge is taking serious precautions to ensure the safety of staff and residents during the lockdown
Picture: MATTHEW FIELD
lack of contact acutely. Our
many dementia patients who
have no concept of time, battle
with not getting their daily hugs
from staff, so we have tried to
spoil them with treats, play
cheerful music and take them
outside to see the birds and our
lovely garden,” Todd said.
Both facilities are doing what
they can to protect and assist the
people in their care during the
l o ck d ow n .
In addition to the necessary
health and sanitation
precautions, Schulze said they
were enforcing a strict
lockdown, with visitation
severely limited and staff
working from home whenever
possible.
Todd said the same measures
were being taken at their facility,
with an increased cleaning
regimen and self-isolation of
staff and residents.
Schultze and Todd have
asked members of the public to
help in these trying times.
“Any donations of biscuits or
other treats would be greatly
appreciated. Plus puzzles or
simple games,” Todd said.
Schultze said: “We have
members of the public
volunteering to assist residents
who do not have families with
shopping for essentials or to take
them to medical appointments.
“Members of the Resident’s
Associations in our complexes
have also been very active in
assisting management keeping
things running smoothly during
the lockdown.”
Locals supporting #iCanHelp
campaign for medical staff
SIVENATHI GOSA
Newly established East Londonbased
campaign #iCanHelp is
working hard to help community
members during the ongoing
Covid-19 pandemic.
Campaign organiser Lisa Van
Wyk said #iCanHelp was first
established on March 19 after
she came across a Facebook post
by Dr Craig Parker looking for
donations for a project he was
working on with a team of fellow
doctors and engineers, titled
U m oya .
The project aimed to create a
prototype for a new kind of
breathing apparatus for local
hospitals.
“I came across this [Parker’s
post] and loved the ingenuity of
our local community and the
proactive nature of our doctors.
“I then contacted him to ask
him more about the project and
suggested that I put a post on
social media platforms, to see if
we can get a positive response,”
Van Wyk said.
“A few days later, Dr Parker
got hold of me and asked if I
would assist him and his team of
doctors in setting up a platform
to assist with mobilising the
greater East London community
to assist the medical frontliners to
secure sufficient equipment for
the potential Covid-19 influx.
“That is how the #iCanHelp
campaign started.” Van Wyk said
the main inspiration of the
campaign was to help medical
workers on the frontlines of the
struggle against Covid-19, while
also providing a platform for
members of the community to
get involved.
“We are all in this together
and we will need everyone to get
involved and help in some way,”
Van Wyk said.
Speaking to The GO!, she
said the Buffalo City
community’s response had been
amazing.
“The privilege of this
responsibility has shown me that
locals are kind, generous, willing
to step up, add value and support
each other. From the first call for
regulators, 3D printers and
pneumatic experts for the
Umoya Project, to the army of
women sewing masks for our
medical staff as we support the
#masks4all campaign, to the
donation of non-perishable items
for the nurses, security and
cleaning staff tea rooms, to the
donation of products and
services from local businesses to
help with PPE, East London folk
have truly stepped up.
“We are humbled by the
volume and willingness to get
involved and help.
“Thank you East London and
Buffalo City residents, you truly
are amazing.”
ON THE FRONTLINES: Dr Craig Parker wearing
protective gear that was donated by East London locals to
assist in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic Picture: SUPPLIED

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‘The Babysitter’
offers hilarious
and gory romp
CROSSWORD number 1178
Thankfully it doesn’t fall into the slasher flick trap
MATTHEW FIELD
Given the current state of things, we’re
in real need of a movie that just lets
us kick back and indulge in a bit of
ridiculous escapism.
Thankfully, Netflix’s The Babysitter has
you covered.
Judah Lewis plays Cole Johnson, a 12-
year-old boy who’s left alone one night with
his attractive babysitter, Bee, played by
Samara Weaving, who he has a huge crush
on.
However, after being sent to bed, he
sneaks out and catches her and a group of
her friends gruesomely murder an innocent
person in Cole’s living room.
At first, it feels like the set-up for a generic
slasher flick but thankfully, The Babysitter
does not fall into that trap.
Things go off the rails fairly quickly and
what follows is a hilarious and violent romp,
with Cole having to fight for his life like an R-
rated Kevin McCallister.
There are traps, there are twists and yes,
there is plenty of blood but the film always
makes sure to keep it all firmly in the realm
of comedy, so despite technically being
more violent than the previously reviewed
Apostle, it doesn’t feel like it in the end.
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How to make your own masks
MATTHEW FIELD
The ongoing Covid-19
pandemic has shone a bright
light on the importance of
personal hygiene.
Face-masks, especially, have
become sought after, with shortages
being reported all over the world.
Even before the two-week
extension of the national lockdown,
people were turning to DIY
solutions, with many resorting to
using homemade masks or scarves.
Of course, even once the
lockdown has ended, we as a
society will still be facing months of
social distancing and other
restrictions in order to prevent the
virus from making a potentially
lethal comeback.
In that situation, our need for
masks is going to continue for as
long as the virus remains a serious
threat.
Therefore, those who can make
their own should do so, if only to
free up much needed supplies for
medical personnel on the frontline.
Below is a guide to making face
masks that I’ve been using.
With this method, a basic mask
can be made in about 15 to 20
minutes, and less if you have
experience with sewing.
To start, you’ll need to get your
hands on some spare fabric, elastic
(preferably flat) and sewing
equipment.
The first thing to do is to cut out a
rectangle of fabric.
How much will depend on how
big a mask you need.
I made a rather large mask so I
cut out a 21 x 35cm block, with two
19cm strips of elastic.
A medium mask will require a
20 x 33cm of fabric and 17cm of
elastic, while a small mask takes a
18 x 29cm block of fabric and 14cm
of elastic.
Flip the fabric with the pattern
facing down, fold down the top and
bottom edges about ¼ inch inwards
and sew them down.
Next, flip the fabric pattern side
up again and fold it so that the
bottom edge is just a little bit below
the top edge. It should now look like
it’s inside out.
This fold is going to form a
pocket which can then hold a
disposable filter. Pin it in place for
now but don’t sew it shut just yet.
Take your two bands of elastic
and fit them inside so that they’re
facing inwards.
Make sure each end is at the top
and bottom respectively and then
sew down each side and the bottom
edge.
If you’d rather ditch the filter,
FINAL PRODUCT: Congratulations, you have made your own face mask
then you can also sew the top edge
closed so that there’s no pocket.
Okay, nearly done. If you’ve
done it correctly, then the mask
should currently be inside-out. You
can now flip it to the correct side.
Yo u ’ll now need to make three
overlapping folds, one in the centre
and two on either side of that one.
Pin them and then sew down
each side of the mask to secure the
folds in place. And there you have
it, your own safety mask.
While a homemade mask
obviously won’t be as effective as a
medical-grade one, it can still go a
long way to protecting one and
minimising the spread of infection.
There are also plenty of
instruction videos online if you need
more help.
Don’t forget to wash and iron
your mask regularly to ensure it is
properly disinfected.
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Physical distancing not
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AMANDA NANO
Snaking queues, masks,
gloves and some nonadherence
to social
distancing were some of the
scenes in King William’s Town
last week as many grant
recipients shopped despite the
national lockdown.
President Cyril Ramaphosa
announced the lockdown on
March 23, with some of the
emergency regulations
being relaxed to accommodate
SA Social Security grant
recipients between March 30
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“The grant week did create a
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permits have been provided for
usage during the lockdown
period, and a grace period will
also be afforded afterwards.”
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painful how people are treating
us, meanwhile there are
students who are starving”.
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Lovedale TVET College
Zwelitsha campus, and who
wished to remain anonymous,
said the students “main issue is
about NSFAS allowances here
and at other Lovedale
campuses, they [Lovedale] are
failing us”.
A letter from the exiting SRC,
seen by the GO!, and addressed
to the department of higher
education & training (DHET),
provincial premier Oscar
Mabuyane and NSFAS, lists six
points pertinent to all three
campuses, namely:
● The college’s lack of capacity
to distribute NSFAS monthly
allowances for the students in
good time.
● Poor conditions of residences
and a shortage of student
accommodation.
● College development and
irrelevant programmes/courses
offered by the college.
● Students’ placement for 18
months to acquire diplomas.
● The college’s resistance
to online learning and extreme
lack of understanding and
knowledge of 4IR.
● Lack of lecturers and
resources required for tuition.
Speaking on NSFAS funding,
L ove d a l e ’s acting principal
Juanita Verster said the process
was tedious, and all
documentation had to be
correct. “To date, the college
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appeared on the first three
remittance lists received from
NSFAS, with approximately 450
excluded.
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t ra n s p o r t .
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residences are appalling,
inhumane and not in any way
conducive for the
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postgraduate certificate in economics journalism at Rhodes
University and even earned her a nomination for the 2002
Sanlam Business Journalist of the Year award.
Manas’s next step was to make the move into television,
starting out as the national news anchor, alongside Vuyo
Mbuli, for the 2004 general elections and presidential
i n a u g u ra t i o n .
She then joined Mbuli as co-anchor on SABC 2’s Morning
L i ve show in August 2005, where she continues to entertain
and inform viewers.
Her continued achievements in her field has earned Manas
a number of awards, such as being voted one of Cosmopolitan
S A’s Most Awesome Women in 2005 and winning the People
Magazine Cyrstal Award for Best Female TV Presenter three
years in a row.
She has won the 2005 Sunday Times/ELLE TV Style Award
for Most Stylish Female Actuality, News Host or Continuity
P r e s e n t e r.
When she’s not working, Manas is offering support to a
number of charities, such as the Topsy Foundation and Child
Welfare. She is also an official 46664 amabassador.
For more information, visit the Local Heroes Facebook
page.
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SPECIAL ROLE: College Street Primary School in East London caters for pupils with a range of
learning difficulties, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Picture: FILE
Autism month
also hit by virus
E L’s College Street assists special needs pupils
AMANDA NANO
Even Autism Awareness Month, which takes
place over the month of April, has been left
affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
East London’s College Street Primary
School was set to host their own Autism
Awareness Day on April 4 but was forced to
postpone it due to the shutdown of schools.
College Street Primary educational
psychologist Julie Cromhout said the school had a
history of supporting children with learning
challenges and offered services for the hard of
hearing.
“College Street became a placement option for
children who have a range of schooling
difficulties, including autism spectrum disorder
[ASD] and other neuro-diverse learning problems.
“We also still have children enrolled who are
hard of hearing or have cochlear implants,”
Cromhout said.
According to the Ernie Els Centre for Autism,
ASD is a developmental disability that can cause
differences in communication, interaction,
behaviour and learning capabilities.
College Street Primary transitioned in 2017 to
become a special school.
“A special school specialises in catering for
particular learning challenges and is not suitable
for mainstream education.
“Those children who require redirection to a
more suitable school are being processed by the
District Based Support Team (DBST),” Cromhout
said.
Though the school’s primary domain is ASD,
this year they have embarked on their “secondary”
school skills-based curriculum.
“We have chosen to focus on equipping young
persons living with ASD with general knowledge
and know-how with regard to everyday life tasks:
cooking, maintenance and arts and crafts,”
Cromhout said.
The school’s current challenge is funding for
their secondary classes.
“We have struggled to equip our kitchen for
the cooking class, although some private
individuals, as well as a company, have supported
the collection of basics such as knives, forks,
plates and so on,” Cromhout said.
All the school teachers receive training about
ASD, while the school has readily available
support staff, an occupational therapist, a social
worker and an educationl psychologist.
To assist the school with goods, services or
funding, contact the principal, Craig Graham, on
043-722-2247.
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Lockdown puts CHOC
in financial trouble
SIVENTHI GOSA
As the Covid-19 pandemic
continues to threaten the
country, the Childhood Cancer
Foundation South Africa
(CHOC) is making sure that the
health and safety of all involved
with the organisation, especially
the children and teens with
cancer who are under
treatment, is a top priority.
As a result of the lockdown,
all CHOC fundraising events
and CHOC Cow sporting
activities have been cancelled
which has resulted in
a significant loss of income.
“The restrictions placed on
all of us, as outlined by the
president in his speech earlier
this month, have complicated
our operations and is placing
limits on what we can do.
“At the same time, our
priority is that the children and
teens we serve must continue to
get the vital services, support
and care they need from
u s ,” CHOC regional
manager Debbie Kleinenberg
said.
“Without a steady flow of
income, we will struggle to
continue to provide our
beneficiaries with the care and
support they need, which will
have a significant impact on
their overall well-being.
“We appeal to all of our
loyal supporters to open your
hearts and help us continue to
walk the journey with the
children and their families.
“We are only able to do this
if we have sufficient resources to
implement our programmes.”
Kleinenberg assured that the
organisation is taking significant
measures to ensure the safety of
the beneficiaries, such as
suspending all volunteer
activities in the hospitals and at
the CHOC houses, allowing
only the CHOC social workers
who work closely with the
treatment team into the wards
and limiting and avoiding
physical contact and insisting
on greater hygiene at the CHOC
houses.
The extended lockdown will
affect the organisation
financially, as they won’t be
able to buy the basic essentials
that are needed to keep
themselves running.
“Monthly, we need
groceries, toiletries, municipal
costs and other vital
i t e m s ,” Kleinenberg said
Anyone looking
to donate can contact Choc at
043-748-5315 or email at
e l @ ch o c . o r g . z a .

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Great hope in young Proteas
Boucher reflects on their showing, looks ahead
KHANYISO TSHWAKU
The testing cricketing
summer meant SA had to
throw some young players
in the deep end across all
formats.
Some sank‚ but the likes of
Janneman Malan‚ Ky l e
Verreynne and Lutho Sipamla
did what was expected of them‚
especially in the white ball
sections of the respective tours.
While cricket and
international sport have been
suspended indefinitely because
of Covid-19‚ SA coach Mark
Boucher had time to reflect on
how the youngsters turned
around SA’s season.
“I was pleased with the
youngsters and what we wanted
to do was to give chances to
youngsters when we rested
senior players,” he said.
“In a way‚ it was throwing
players into the deep end and
seeing how they were going to
respond. They did well and we
were in a pleasant situation at
the end of the season.
“A lot of guys were in form
and it allowed us to select from
a bigger pool of players. That
poses a couple of headaches.
❝When you perform at
franchise level‚ you
should get a chance.
“When you give chances to
yo u n g s t e r s ‚ you don’t give six or
seven of them a run‚ you blend
them with senior players.”
H ow e ve r ‚ Boucher doesn’t
feel that senior franchise players
should be jettisoned.
Rassie van der Dussen was
one of those who came through
for the national team in what
was a difficult summer.
Boucher said: “We ’re not too
worried about age at the
moment‚ but no senior franchise
player is being overlooked.
“When you perform at
franchise level‚ you should get a
ch a n c e .”
The limited overs
improvements didn’t mask the
disappointing Test return, where
SA were well beaten by
England.
The series was Boucher’s first
as coach and he received plenty
of lessons.
The upturn of performances
in the limited overs series
against England and Australia
was the silver lining in the dark
Test cloud.
“It was quite disappointing
to be honest, we didn’t perform
like we wanted to.
“As a new coaching staff‚ we
asked some questions and we
got some answers, some were
good and some were bad.
“The nice thing for us was
the light at the end of the tunnel
in terms of the short format
c r i ck e t .
“We ’ve got a lot of work to
do with our Test cricket and
there’s a lot of rebuilding with
regards to our team.
“The exciting part was the
white-ball cricket where the
guys grew a bit.
“We gave opportunities to
youngsters and they started to
gel.
“The performance against
Australia was the light at the end
of the tunnel, but it was by no
means the finished product.”
WORKING TOGETHER: SA coach Mark Boucher reflects on the impact the Covid-19 pandemic
is having on younger players Picture: LEE WARREN
SA players call for a united cost-saving fight
STAND TOGETHER: 2019 SA and World Rugby men’s player of the year Pieter-Steph du Toit has expressed his
support for more collective representation as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic forces clubs to cut costs Picture: ESA
ALEXANDER
LIAM DEL CARME
S A’s professional rugby players and
their employers are singing from the
same hymn sheet during the Covid-19
crisis.
With job losses and pay cuts the
order of the day elsewhere‚ SA p l aye r s
have voted for collective
representation in Covid-19 cost-saving
talks.
They will adopt an “injury to one‚
is an injury to all” approach in their
negotiations as the game continues in
limbo indefinitely.
This follows the announcement by
SA Rugby‚ M y P l aye r s ‚ the South
African Rugby Employers
Organisation and Sport Employees
Unite that a jointly-developed plan
has in principle been formulated.
The player representatives were
presented with an overview of the
Covid-19 impact on the rugby
industry – both locally and abroad –
including the implications it has and
might have for SA’s professional
p l aye r s .
The plan includes various
measures to help mitigate the affects,
which were discussed in detail.
“We have two options‚” said
Stormers representative Chris van Zyl.
“We can either let individual
players negotiate about salary cuts
with their respective employers.
“By doing so‚ we risk exploitation
at the individual and group level; it
will be time-consuming‚ and‚
ultimately‚ this could force unions and
franchises into a financial position
they may not recover from.
“Our second option is to have a
collective voice at the table fighting
our case while keeping the longerterm
sustainability of the industry in
mind.
“Given that‚ operating as a
collective is the best option. These are
tough decisions‚ but it’s what these
tough times call for‚” Van Zyl said.
SA and World Rugby 2019 men’s
player of the year Pieter-Steph du Toit
also had his say.
“It’s tough knowing we’ll probably
have to make sacrifices‚ but if
everyone in the industry contributes at
the same levels‚ we’ll all get through
this. We have to.”
Former Springbok captain Warren
Whiteley said the players had for
some time worked as a collective.
“We have moved mountains in
recent years. Covid-19 presents us
with a challenge greater than any
we’ve seen before,” he said.
“There are more than 700
professional rugby players in South
Africa and the survival of the industry
should be our goal in dealing with the
pandemic.
“However difficult these decisions
are‚ I’m still confident that we’ve
chosen the best route to do so.”