Thursday: 05 June  2003

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Business - Sakenuus

• KWV shines at awards
• More IWC success for Charles Back Wines
• Unity for tourism
• Onderwysers beloon
• New name planned for District Council
• No cover for drivers with old licences
• Tavernes wil lisensie hê

AT the Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards, the trophy for Best Kept Secret went to KWV's 1978 Hanepoot Jerepigo.

Riebeek Cellars outshone the other participants by winning two of the five coveted gold medals for their Shiraz 2001 and Riebeek Shiraz Reserve 2000,

FOR the third successive year the wines of Charles Back have claimed the highest number of medals by a South African winery at the International Wine Challenge in London.

With more than 9 000 wines from 36 countries entered in the biggest wine competition in the world, the 2001 Fairview Beacon Shiraz and the 2002 Fairview Pegleg Carignan this year each claimed gold.

A high level of consistency and quality over the past three years, coupled with innovative new wines and wine styles, which are part and parcel of the Fairview, Spice Route and Goats do Roam trademarks, also garnered 11 silver medals at the IWC. Of these seven were Shiraz or Shiraz-based wines.

These results were made known at the London International Wine & Spirit Fair, where a total of 18 gold medals were won by South African wineries. Last year only seven medals came to the Cape.

It was also the highest number of gold medals won by South Africa.

The IWC, which has been in existence since 1985, will announce the overall competition winners at a gala dinner later in the year.

In 2001 the 2000 Fairview Primo Pinotage and the 1999 Spice Route Pinotage claimed gold and last year the 2001 Fairview Solitude Shiraz and 2000 Spice Route Flagship Pinotage claimed those honours.

The Wines of Charles Back this year also won the best red wine on show at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles for the 2000 Spice Route Syrah, which got 98 out of 100 points, and also claimed the Grandes Medailles d'Or (Great Gold Medal).

At the same competition the 2001 Fairview Solitude Shiraz (a single vineyard wine) and the 2000 Fairview Cyril Back Shiraz both won gold.

Back's wines started off the year on a high note when the February edition of the US Wine Spectator magazine gave the 2001 Fairview Solitude Shiraz 92 points, the 2001 Beacon Shiraz 91 points and the 2000 Cyril Back Shiraz 90 points.

The 2001 Fairview Goat-Roti, a blend which included among others Shiraz, Mourvédre and Viognier, received 88 points.

Charles Back said consistency, quality and innovation were essential, while always looking for improvement in both the vineyard and the cellar.

The Fairview Pegleg was named after Cobus Basson from Die Slot northwest of Paarl.

This third generation wine farmer lost his leg at the age of 17, when a tractor fell on him while helping his father.

Carignan is not widely grown in South Africa and the vines on the Basson farm were some of the first to be planted in the country.

SUFFICIENT consensus has been achieved between Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town to form and fund a single Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for the city and the province.

A briefing session for tourism stakeholders and roleplayers on the process will be held at a detailed information session on Tuesday June 24 at Grand West Casino to discuss the pooling of resources to the benefit of the Western Cape.

The joint marketing process for tourism, joining the forces of provincial and local government, aims to market Cape Town and Western Cape as a seamless destination brand.

According to Western Cape tourism minister Johan Gelderblom the decision is based on the principles contained in the draft strategic tourism marketing framework prepared last year by a joint task team of industry role players.

Subsequently the Provincial Cabinet and the Executive Committee of the City of Cape Town endorsed the tourism marketing strategy.

Provincial Cabinet has granted permission to replace existing legislation which will be in place before the end of this year.

In the interim the Provincial and City Leadership have decided to establish a Section 21 joint marketing company as a transitional mechanism towards a new DMO.

A transitional entity will drive the process while the finalisation of legislation takes place. 

The new marketing arrangement will provide tourism authorities with marketing economies of scale to aggressively promote the City and Province as a seamless destination brand.

It will eliminate the current fragmentation of tourism resources and organisations and address problems such as seasonality.

DIE plaaslike Onderwysbestuur- en Ontwikkelingsentrum (OBOS) in die Paarl het die sluitingsdatum vir nominasies van onderwysers en onderwys-leiers wat werk van uitmuntende gehalte lewer, van 31 Mei uitgestel tot 12 Junie.

'n Prys van R2500 vir die skool is op die spel en wenners kan deelneem aan die provinsiale en nasionale ronde.

Die Nasionale Onderwystoekennings (NTA) gee erkenning aan uitnemende onderwys en hardwerkende en toegewyde onderwysers.

Positief

Dit geniet die ondersteuning van al die onderwysunies, wat trouens deel van die paneel van beoordelaars uitmaak.

Die doel van die toekennings is om op die positiewe aspekte van onderwys te fokus en goeie praktyke in skole te bevorder.

Nominasies kan gemaak word vir uitnemendheid in primêre skool onderwys; hoërskoolonderwys; primêre skool leierskap; sekondêre skool leierskap; vroeëkindontwikkeling (pre-primêre skole);  spesiale onderwys en lewenslange eervolle vermelding (vir 20 jaar en meer diens).

Die kriteria kan insluit bemoediging van leerders om betrokke te raak by die kultuur van leer; bydrae tot die etos en moraal van die skool deur kollegas te inspireer; besondere bydrae tot die kurrikulêre praktyke van die skool; besondere bydrae tot die buite-kurrikulêre aktiwiteite van die skool; effektiewe kommunikasie met die breë skoolgemeenskap; bevordering van diversiteit in die skool; en suksesvolle bestuur van dwelm-, bende- en misdaadprobleme.

Elke skoolhoof moet 'n spesiale nominasievergadering belê, wat verteenwoordigers van die beheerliggaam insluit, om gepaste individue en/of groepe (soos 'n vakspan) te benoem en die vorms te voltooi. Slegs geregistreerde onderwysers met minstens twee jaar ondervinding mag benoem word.

Benoemings moet by die verskillende kringbestuurders ingehandig word teen 12 Junie. Vir navrae kontak die Onderwysbestuur- en Ontwikkelingsentrum by 860-1200.

* Local teachers can win awards for excellence.

THE Boland District Council has announced its intention to change its name to Cape Winelands District Municipality.

According to Boland mayor Clarence Johnson, market research has shown that the name Cape Winelands is more suitable for marketing and geographically better known, especially among foreigners.

"The Cape brand is famous, and the Cape Winelands are an icon of the marketing of the Western Cape, while the name Boland is unknown outside the country.

"Cape Winelands is descriptive of the area and suitable for marketing our wine route along Route 62, uniting Stellenbosch, Paarl and the Brede River valley," said Johnson.

A public participation process is being followed. Any comment must be sent to the municipal manager, PO Box 100, Stellenbosch 7599, by 20 June.

SHORT-TERM insurer Santam will not cover the short term car insurance of drivers without card-type licences from 1 June. Unconverted drivers are therefore unlicensed and their insurance claims will not be honoured. 

"Insurance policies, subject to varying conditions, absolve the insurer from liability where the driver is not licensed in accordance with the law," explains Frikkie Cornelius, Santam's Head of Underwriting.

In line with the South African Insurance Association (SAIA), Santam has decided not to honour claims where the insured cannot prove that the driver of the insured vehicle had a valid licence issued in accordance with the law applicable at the time of the incident giving rise to a claim. This decision is effective from 1 June but shall not affect claims pending as at the above date.

"Santam will not automatically repudiate claims," says Cornelius. "The unconverted driver will be allowed the opportunity to provide additional proof from the Department of Transport that the specific unconverted licence was valid at the time of the incident giving rise to a claim."

DIE Drakenstein Munisipaliteit het twee aansoeke ontvang vir die hersonering van eiendom ten einde die bestaande taverne op 'n gedeelte van die eiendom, te wettig.

Die eerste perseel ter sprake is Maystraat 11, die eiendom van Marinus en Susan Martin. Die tweede eiendom is te Bachstraat 31, Paarl, die eiendom van Chythia Makaba.

Die Munisipaliteit adverteer nou vir enige besware van die publiek téén die hersonering.

Skriftelike besware, met motivering oor hoekom dit nie in Maystraat toegestaan moet word nie, moet nie later nie as Vrydag 20 Junie gestuur word aan Die Munisipale Bestuurder, Posbus 12, Paarl 7620.

Besware teen dié Bachstraat-aansoek moet voor Vrydag 27 Junie by die Munisipaliteit wees.

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