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Dondashe murder 

accused speaks 

Samwu says no to jobs 

Cacadu athletes off to 

Festive Wishes for all 

for pals policy 

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Mthatha for Marathon 

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Victory for Makana United 

MAKANA UNITED... Who could have imagined From left to right, Kwanele Butana, scourge of Makana councillors and citizen journalism 

editor at Grocott's Mail; ANC Councillor Julia Wells; Louise Vale, uniting all concerned; DA Councillor, Michael Whisson and Terence Bafo, 

he most feared traffic cop in town. The occasion was a farewell lunch for Vale, who will be leaving Grahamstown at the end of this year, 

nd was determined that before leaving she would unite old foes – or destroy their reputations forever. Photo: Steven Lang 

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2 NEWS 

News in brief 

Teen stabbed to death 

Grahamstown police are investigating 

a case of murder after 

a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to 

death on Friday night. 

Police spokesperson, Colonel 

Funisile Phillip said the incident 

started in I Street when two boys 

quarreled. He said: “When the 

victim left the scene, the suspect 

followed him and allegedly 

stabbed him in Victoria Street.” 

Colonel Phillip said the boy was 

found bleeding by one of his 

friends, who alerted others. When 

they rushed back to the scene, 

the boy was dead. No arrests 

have been made. 

Housebreaking 

Police have opened a case of 

housebreaking after a man allegedly 

broke into a house in Watson 

Street during the early hours of 

Saturday morning. Police spokesperson, 

Colonel Funisile Phillip 

said the occupant had woken up 

to find the lights on. When he 

went to investigate, he was confronted 

by a gun-wielding man, 

who demanded money before 

making off with a camera, a cellphone 

and a laptop. No arrests 

have been made. 

Festive safety alert 

Police spokesperson, Colonel Funisile 

Phillip warned that people 

should not walk alone in badly lit 

areas at night. “One often sees 

women walking alone at night 

talking on their cellphones. Because 

of this, they are often exposed 

to rapes and muggings. 

People should be more careful 

especially during this time of the 

year,” Phillip said. 

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rainfall fi gure for November of 76.5mm. 

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Grocott’s Mail Tuesday, 14 December 2010 

End of the road for goat project 

PRUDENCE MINI 

The long-awaited arrival of 175 goats in July last year was 

greeted with joy, and there were hopes that the Makana Goat 

Project, an initiative of the Makana Goat Farmers Co-operative 

which got a R4 million start-up boost from the Eastern Cape government 

in 2007, would finally take off. 

But instead, a request for a report from the project’s beneficiaries 

has brought up allegations of mismanagement, personal vendettas, 

ruin, and a debt of R850 000. 

Thina Sinako, a support programme run in partnership with the 

Eastern Cape’s Department of Local Development, says the project's 

term ended on 30 November. Now the department wants a report 

from the beneficiaries – plus they need to pay back R850 000. 

The local government is also demanding answers. Councillor 

Les Reynolds at the municipality's recent Economic Development, 

Tourism and Heritage portfolio committee meeting asked how long 

Makana, which had helped facilitate the project, would have to keep 

on nursing it. 

Thina Sinako visited the project in October. The report from their 

agricultural expert was that the goats were in poor physical condition. 

One had died from suspected heartwater disease. Their wellbeing 

was further at risk because of erratic deliveries of water by the 

municipality. 

“If the current status quo were to remain, the goats could all be 

dead by the end of the year,” the report read, suggesting that it was 

cause for serious concern, given that they were bought with public 

funds. It was resolved that the goats be removed temporarily until 

18 January next year and that a commercial farmer would be paid to 

help restore the goats to health. 

Department of Local Economic Development director, Riana 

Meiring, said at a Project Management Committee meeting on Monday, 

22 November attended by Thina Sinako, they had explicitly explained 

what would happen upon project closure. Meiring said it was 

explained that the beneficiaries were responsible for compiling the 

closing-out report, which included a verification of expenditure since 

the inception of the project. 

This report must be submitted to Thina Sinako at the end of February 

in preparation for a final report by an appointed auditor. “They 

made it clear that an amount of R850 000 needed to be recovered from 

the project,” Meiring said. 

However, she said the time spent by the Municipality, Cacadu 

District Municipality and department of Agriculture could be converted 

to money, which could decrease the amount that needed to be 

recovered. 

Meiring said that there was a PMC meeting scheduled for Thursday, 

9 December where it would be discussed what would become of 

the goats once they were released from “hospital”. 

Chairperson of the Makana Goat Farmers’ Co-operative, Mike 

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ZOLANI Myeki, the man accused of murdering local ANC Youth League 

leader, Oscar Dondashe, was cross-examined by both his Defence attorney 

Mthuthuzeli Xozwa and prosecutor, advocate Heinz Obermeyer, in the Grahamstown 

High Court yesterday. 

Myeki who had allegedly been in possession of a semi automatic 9mm parabellum 

firearm from 3 to 12 July 2009, including on the morning Dondashe 

was murdered, said, “I usually go out to drink on weekends, but on the night 

of this murder I was sleeping in my room.” 

Myeki said that no one could support his claim that he had been sleeping 

when the murder took place, because he had been sleeping alone and no one 

had seen him. 

The case was postponed to tomorrow for further evidence. 

ANC Youth League regional chairperson, Mabhuti Matyumza, said, “We 

are happy that this case is proceeding and we hope that it will conclude its 

business soon, because it has been going on for quite a long time.” 

ANC Youth League Provincial Deputy, Scara Njadayi, said they were still 

patiently observing the case until it came to a conclusion. 

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We have goats – no kidding 

t’s like a dream come true for us, people had been asking 

us about the goats’ whereabouts for a long while and now 

we are happy that they have arrived,” says an ecstatic 

Mike Mamkeli. 

Mamkeli heads the Makana Goat Farmers Co-operative and 

said that the farmers could not contain their excitement when 

a herd of 175 goats was delivered to Lower Gletwyn Farm two 

weeks ago. The goats arrived in trucks from Cape Town-based 

Stillerus Bokmelkery on 20 July and the farmers were given a 

week-long training session on how to feed and look after them by 

the supplier, Roelf Smith. 

The dairy goats look healthy and have 51 kids with them. Heading 

the herd are five rams; namely two Saanens, two Toggenbergs 

and a British Empire. Mamkeli said that in the meantime there 

are only three labourers who are looking after the goats but that 

he was expecting some members of the co-operative who had also 

recently been trained in Cape Town to put their skills into practice. 

“We have not yet started milking the goats,” he added. While the 

goat project is associated with eight farms, he said the project will 

be piloted on one farm and will, over time, be extended to other 

farms. The farms which are all situated in the Makana municipal 

area are Koodoovale, Pershoek, Gletwyn, Broughton, Salemville, 

Inneskilling, Greenfield and Alicedale. He also said that while Gletwyn 

Farm, which is in the Manley Flats area, is good for grazing 

they intend to build a milking parlour on Inneskilling Farm (behind 

Extension 7, on the way to Fort Beaufort) where the actual dairy 

operations would be run. 

He added that they will start building sheds and other permanent 

structures on Gletwyn Farm later this month, a process 

which will eventually be extended to Inneskilling Farm and other 

farms. However, the lack of infrastructure is not the only challenge 

facing the emerging farmers as nature has also dealt them 

a couple of setbacks. 

Besides the lack of water on Gletwyn, the farmers have to 

battle with a lack of feed for their goats. Mamkeli said none of 

their suppliers in the Cacadu district cannot provide them with 

lucerne, something which he attributes to the ongoing drought. 

“The supplier in Alexandria said we have to wait until the end 

of the month while others say, maybe until the beginning of September,” 

he said. Luckily they get a constant supply of water from 

Makana Municipality, which is also one of the partners of the goat 

project. They also plan to apply to Eskom for power supply. 

The Makana goat project was awarded a R4-million grant WORTH THE WAIT... Head of the Makana Goat Farmers Co-operative Mike Mamkeli holds two kids of 

by Thina Sinako in 2007, an Eastern Cape provincial Local Economic 

Development support programme. However, the funds Goat Project. Photo: Steven Lang 

the 175 strong goat herd which was delivered to Gletwyn Farm two weeks ago to start the Makana 

were frozen when an “ineligible expenditure” of R500 000 was 

detected by Thina Sinako last year, something which led to the 

whole project’s management team being dissolved. Mike Mamakeli 

is the new project mamanger of the project which is 

meant to breed the goats and produce dairy products such as 

cheese and milk. 

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Mamkeli, told Grocott's Mail that the beneficiaries had opted for the goats to go back 

to Inneskilling Farm, where they planned to continue with the project and were looking 

for funds in this quest. 

‘I was asleep when 

Dondashe was 

murdered’ – accused 

Newsroom to take a 

break 

Grocott’s Mail is going to take a break over the festive season. 

The last edition of Grocott’s Mail for 2010 will come out 

on Tuesday, 21 December and the first edition of 2011 will be 

published on Friday, 7 January 2011. Remember to look out 

for the Special Newsmaker of the Year edition next Tuesday. 

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ocott’s Mail Tuesday, 14 December 2010 

News 

3 

Unions protest over ‘jobs-for-pals policy’ 

Prudence Mini 

Councillors, stay out of 

it! was the message as 

angry union members 

picketed outside the City Hall 

on Friday. 

The South African Municipal 

Workers and Independent 

Municipal and Allied unions 

were protesting against 

the inclusion of councillors 

in the process of appointing 

staff – an issue brought 

sharply into focus during recent 

interviews for the crucial 

post of human resources 

manager. 

Urging councillors to refrain 

from “corrupt practices”, 

and claiming their presence 

on staff selection panels 

opened the door to nepotism, 

the unions addressed a petition 

to Makana Mayor, Vumile 

Lwana, demanding that 

the municipality amend the 

current policy and prevent 

councillors from interviewing 

and selecting ordinary staff 

members, saying they “contaminated” 

the process by 

their involvement. 

The origins of Friday’s 

protest go back to 17 September, 

when the Mayoral Committee 

approved an amendment 

to municipal policy that 

brought councillors, formerly 

excluded from the staff appointment 

process, back on to 

the selection panel. As part of 

the briefing for a later debate 

on this amendment, at a Special 

Council meeting on Friday 

5 November, the committee 

heard a legal opinion from 

A country we usually associate 

with safe cars and sensible 

people has blasted on to the 

front pages of newspapers in almost 

every country in the world, 

following a series of sensationally 

serendipitous stories. 

On Saturday, the first suicide 

bombing in the history of 

Sweden claimed the life of the 

Iraqi-born Swedish bomber and 

sent two seriously wounded people 

to hospital. A car exploded in 

the middle of a busy shopping 

street causing people to run 

away screaming. the incident 

has shocked society in a country 

that has not experienced a terrorist 

act in decades. 

Swedish authorities are 

throwing massive resources at 

prosecuting a man accused of 

“surprise sex” and steadfastly 

denying that their bizarre case 

has anything whatsoever to do 

with the fact that this same 

man is burying the united 

States in mountains of embarrassment. 

the prosecutor 

LISTEN TO US... Samwu and Imatu picketed outside the City 

Hall on Friday morning and later on after midday. Just after 

2pm, Corporate Services Director Thabiso Klaas, Social Services 

Director Mandisi Planga and Mayoral Committee member 

Thuleka Ngeleza arrived to receive a petition. Makana 

Mayor Vumile Lwana was not present to address the union 

members and Ngeleza told them that she did not have the 

capacity to address them on this issue. The union members 

agreed to come back yesterday to receive communication. 

Photo: Stephen Penney 

Gray Moodliar Attorneys. 

“Section 55(1)(e) of the 

System Act plainly and unequivocally 

entrusts this responsibility 

to the Municipal 

Manager,” the opinion read. 

It went on to quote the Act’s 

Section 55: “As head of administration 

the Municipal 

Manager of a Municipality 

is, subject to the policy directions 

of the municipal council, 

responsible and accountable 

for – (e) the appointment 

of staff other than those 

referred to in section 56(a) 

subject to the Employment 

Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 

of 1998).” 

insists on going ahead with 

extradition proceedings, even 

though the case has already 

been thrown out twice and both 

women, who have laid charges, 

accept that they had consensual 

sex with the accused, Julian 

Assange – who just happens 

to be editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, 

the controversial website 

that leaked secret uS embassy 

cables, allegedly threatening 

national security and uS economic 

interests. 

While the extradition process 

moves on, the English legal 

At the 5 November meeting, 

the Mayoral Committee 

confirmed the amendment 

– but the unions say it’s 

against the law. Samwu Secretary 

Lindelwa Faltein told 

Grocott’s Mail that the 

changes in the recruitment 

policy went against the Municipal 

Systems Act and 

Samwu chairperson, Wandile 

Bikitsha claimed that, in the 

latest job interviews, the 

council was taking the law 

into their own hands. 

On Wednesday, 1 December, 

after the shortlisting of 

candidates for the post of Human 

Resources Manager, the 

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Steven Lang 

system has decided not to let 

Assange out on bail – but the 

same system did grant bail for 

another man held for extradition 

to South Africa, to possibly 

face murder charges following 

the death of his wife. 

coincidentally, Anni Dewani, 

the woman murdered in a 

botched hijacking in cape town 

last month, was a Swedish citizen. 

the case made headlines 

in the united Kingdom and 

other European countries, because 

the wealthy Dewani couple 

had been on honeymoon 

in South Africa, and certain 

sources have alleged that the 

victim’s husband, Shrien Dewani, 

might have played a role 

in arranging her death. 

What did the Swedes do to 

deserve this enormous amount 

of unwanted attention 

MUNICIPAL NOTICE 

UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES PROGRAMME 

This notice serves to inform all UNEMPLOYED GRADU- 

ATES to submit their CV’s and certified qualifications and 

ID’s for an internship programme, which will be conducted 

by Cacadu District Municipality. 

The above information can be submitted to the Human Resources 

Department (Makana Municipality). 

For enquiries contact Mr. Zola Kolisi 046 603 6123/6029 

Closing Date: 22 December 2010. 

MS N. BAART 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER Notice No: 112/2010 

'WE WANT TO BE MANAGERS TOO'... read one of the placards carried by union members as 

they toyi-toyed outside the city hall on Friday – the day on which interview began for a new 

human resources manager. They were objecting to a policy amendment which, they say, 

opens the door to nepotism. Photo: Stephen Penney 

unions had put in an objection 

about the process. 

“The Municipal Manager 

responded on [Wednesday], 

08 December saying there 

was nothing she could do and 

they had continued with the 

interviews,” Bikitsha said, 

insisting that the shortlisting 

and the present interviews 

should be recorded as void 

until their demands were 

met. 

CLOSING DATE: 15 December 2010 ENTRY/NOMINATION FORM 

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“As we speak now, they 

are conducting the interviews, 

so we see that as not 

taking us, the unions seriously,” 

Faltein said. 

Imatu Shop steward 

Landiwe Mantla said, 

“We will definitely submit 

a letter about this to 

Local Government and 

Traditional Affairs MEC 

Mlibo Qoboshiyana.” She 

said there was legal opinion 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION & TOURISM 

Makana-Capitec Bank 

Makana Civic 

Awards Civic Awards - 2010 

Mobile:.......................................................... 

What did your nominee/you achieve in the past twelve (12) months Please furnish your explanation 

fully on an additional page. 

Signed:............................................................................................................................................... 

No nominations/entrants of Makana Municipal Councillors, employees and their families will be considered. 

Kindly submit your nomination to: 

Municipal Manager c/o Special Programmes Officer, Makana Municipality, P O Box 176, 

Grahamstown 6140 or drop this in the drop-in box in Capitec bank, City Hall, and Makana 

Libraries no later than 15 December 2010. 

Excellence Through Commitment 

stating that under Section 

55 of the Municipal Systems 

Act, the Municipal Manager 

was squarely responsible and 

accountable for the appointment 

of below Section 57 employees. 

Councillors played 

only an oversight role. 

Because of the protests, 

interviews on Friday for the 

post of Human Resources 

Manager were held at a 

private venue.

4 EDITORIAL 


Grocotts Mail 

Liberty and Progress 

Established 1870 

City on ice No 

way... it’s hot 

What a relief, parking is no longer a problem at Pepper 

Grove Mall, even on a Saturday morning. You 

can drive right in and Pick n Park almost wherever 

you want. Restaurants along High and New Streets 

have tables available whenever you need one and the pub 

of rodent and avian fame has once again become accessible 

to town residents. 

The sudden emptying of one half of the town can 

be quite disquieting, even if you’ve seen it before. Grahamstown 

feels like it should be called Ghost-town as 

thousands of students take to the N2 in their shiny Polos, 

slightly battered Mazdas, or in the case of the less privileged, 

inter-city buses. Pupils attending boarding schools 

have either gone home to Gauteng, or are already on 

holiday in Cape Town, Ballito or Plett. 

It is certainly a relief not having to cope with congestion 

at the petrol stations and the supermarket tills – but 

the empty houses where the students lived and made a 

noise not so long ago look eerie and abandoned. 

However, this is only half the story – the Grahamstown 

West half. The other half, in the East, also experiences 

a brusque change of mood, but in the opposite direction. 

Friends and relatives who have been working in the large 

metros so far away come back to their roots for the festive 

season. In many cases, they return to their home town 

with end-of-the-year bonuses, presents and other goodies 

from the big cities. 

At this time of the year, Grahamstown gets busier as 

you move east. Pepper Grove becomes more conducive to 

serene shopping, Church Square is still ticking over nicely 

– but as you move down Beaufort Street towards Market 

Square, business is booming. People are doing their lastminute 

shopping, getting ready for family meals, parties 

and Christmas celebrations. 

LETTERS 

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High court move a gross injustice 

Brin Brody 

Past months have seen vigorous debate 

in respect of the government’s intention 

to move the seat of the high court in the 

Eastern Cape from Grahamstown to Bhisho 

(Superior Courts Bill 2010). It is important 

that broader South African society is made 

aware of a situation which, if enacted, will 

not only have devastating repercussions 

within the Grahamstown segment of Eastern 

Cape society, but which could also create 

a dangerous precedent for other areas 

of the country. Albeit a widely supported 

and demographically representative action 

committee has issued a substantial memorandum 

to the government which highlights 

numerous meaningful reasons why such 

a step would be devastating to Grahamstown’s 

inhabitants, I highlight the following 

issues: 

•In 1994 former President Nelson Mandela 

appointed the Hoexter commission to 

investigate legal jurisdictions in the country. 

The following quote from the fi ndings of this 

commission is pertinent to the concerns of 

many Grahamstown residents: “Grahamstown 

is an economically depressed city in 

which unemployment is rife. We fi nd that 

the ripple effect of moving the seat of the 

court away from Grahamstown would prove 

crippling to the city. We fi nd further that to 

close down the High Court in Grahamstown 

completely would, in socio-economic terms, 

be nothing short of catastrophic for a large 

segment of the city’s community. It should 

be pointed out, moreover, that in either 

situation the brunt would be borne by the 

socially and economically most disadvantaged 

section of the community”. 

•The present President of the Supreme 

Write 

Fraser's Camp treat for 

senior citizens 

The ACVV Senior Citizens recently undertook an outing to 

the farm, New Hope, at Fraser's Camp. We were welcomed 

by our hosts, Sid and Sandy Young, who went out of their way 

to look after us. A splendid tea was enjoyed by all, follwed by 

walks around the farm, where a variety of game was seen. 

The seniors were treated to a magnificent braai, with a variety 

of meats and salads, followed by dessert. The ACVV Senior 

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home and going out of their way to ensure that everyone was 

looked after. We would also like to thank the following businesses 

for being so supportive in our outing: GBS Bank, Pick n 

Pay, Grahamstown Pharmacy, Graham Hotel, Tip Top Butchery, 

Fruit & Veg City and Pioneer Bottle Store. Many thanks to 

Hoërskool PJ Olivier for being so supportive and assisting us 

with transport. 

Riekie Schoonbee 

Thanks for Oakhaven gifts 

Grahamstown and District War Memorial Association would 

like to thank Pam Golding for Joy of Living Gifts for the residents 

of Oakhaven. 

Susan Schutte 

Court of Appeal, President Lex Mpati, addressed 

a memorandum to the erstwhile 

minister in 1994 indicating that a move of 

the seat would have severe consequences 

for the administration of justice in the Eastern 

Cape and this was supported by a well 

motivated argument. 

•In 2003 Chief Justice Chaskalson met 

with the judges of the Eastern Cape and 

they unanimously decided that the seat 

should remain in Grahamstown. This was 

endorsed by the erstwhile minister of justice, 

Penual Maduna, who in turn advised 

the Judicial Services Commission that he 

would not only endorse the decision, but 

would implement it forthwith (2003). The 

judges had compromised and agreed that 

the seat should remain in Grahamstown, 

but that Bhisho should have a larger territorial 

jurisdiction to ensure that all the high 

courts in the Eastern Cape were viable. 

•Not only is it perplexing that the government 

will use large amounts of muchneeded 

public funds to build totally new infrastructure 

in Bhisho (R250 million) while 

Grahamstown has excellent and recently 

upgraded high court infrastructure, but it is 

by no means a secret that Grahamstown’s 

loss will not be Bhisho’s gain. The fact is 

that, at present, many people working in 

Bhisho actually live in East London. What 

would the economic benefi t be to Bhisho if 

the move went ahead 

•What became of the premise that if something 

is not broken, don't fi x it Ironically, 

while the layout of Grahamstown is conducive 

to smooth and effi cient functioning, it 

stands to reason that Bhisho, an ill-planned 

creation of the apartheid era, is, in respect 

of geographical layout, absurd. Grahamstown 

has very effectively acted as the seat 

of the high court for almost 150 years. 

•While my fi rst point adequately explains 

how the poorest of Grahamstown’s inhabitants 

will be affected, it should also be mentioned 

that the legal fraternity in Grahamstown 

contributes in many ways on a daily 

basis to the town's many nationally important 

learning institutions. The ripple effect 

of decimation will thus even extend deeply 

into the community’s prestigious education 

domain. 

•There is a healthy separation of powers at 

present in respect of the seats of political 

(Bhisho) and judicial (Grahamstown) power 

in the province. There is ongoing public debate 

pertinent to political interference in 

the judiciary on national level. 

There are more questions than answers 

in this debate and it is clear that the longterm 

consequences of this move have not 

been well considered. 

In fact, it is reiterated that this decision 

is totally contrary to informed advice by a 

commission of enquiry and the erstwhile 

chief justice. Sadly, while most lawyers 

leaving Grahamstown will continue with 

their professions in other communities, it is 

the many who will be left unemployed who 

will languish far into the future, if the move 

occurs. I repeat the concluding remarks of 

the Chairman of the Action Committee, Dr 

Sizwe Mabizela, in a submission to parliament: 

“The committee submits that for the 

State knowingly to infl ict such devastation 

on a viable but vulnerable town would 

amount to a gross injustice”. 

Brin Brody writes in his capacity as 

Chairman of Circle 9 (Attorneys), as a 

concerned resident of Grahamstown and 

as a practising attorney in this community. 

to: The Editor, 

PO Box 103 Grahamstown 6140 

Fax to: 046 622 7282 

Email: editor@grocotts.co.za 

My cure for street kid 

menace 

Going out at night time in Grahamstown usually entails being 

accosted by street kids, begging in a very aggressive manner. 

These children move in packs and harass people to give them 

some change. 

Where are the authorities Shouldn’t the social workers 

and police approach their parents and try to convince them 

to leave the streets, or take the children to shelters This 

problem has been neglected for a long time. The departments 

of health and social development should protect children from 

exploitation and from adults using children for financial gain 

by begging at street corners. They should ensure that the 

children get to a place of safety, where they can go to school 

and get properly fed. 

This is all the result of not having a family planning 

programme in place to enlighten parents about not having unwanted 

and unplanned children. If you cannot even look after 

yourself, how dare you conceive a child who has to run around 

the streets begging for food. 

Wake up and get birth-control services from your local 

clinic to stop all these unwanted children making my and other 

people's life hell. 

Gerry 

SMS 


Be careful this season - there is a person in Grahamstown 

claiming to deliver software and hardware 

for computers. Don't lose your money like I 

did. Happy Christmas. 

>>>>>>>>>> 

It would b nice if municipality/traffic dept wud 

look out 4 signs that may coz harm 2 ppl, especially 

the 1 in front of Lewis Stores in Beaufort 

Street 

Pseudonyms may be used, but all letters must be supported by a name, signature and street address. Preference will be given 

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ocott’s Mail Tuesday, 14 December 2010 

Editorial/NEws 

5 

ORDAINED... The Cathedral was filled to capacity and rang 

with joy on the morning of Saturday 11 December when 

the Bishop of Grahamstown, Ebenezer Ntlali, ordained no 

fewer than 14 priests. The five women and nine men came 

from all parts of the Diocese of Grahamstown, including 

the East London and King William’s Town areas. Three will 

be serving in Grahamstown: Lindile Somandi (back left) at 

St Augustine’s Church, Vic Graham (back, second left) as a 

lecturer at the College of the Transfiguration, and Mzinzisi 

Dyantyi (back, fourth from left) at the Cathedral itself. 

Godukile Mbolekwa (on the extreme right) is attached to 

St Paul’s Church in Port Alfred. The singing was led by the 

choirs of the Cathedral and St Philip’s Gompo (East London), 

and the Cathedral marimba players. James Rusch, 

the Rector of St Mary and St Andrew’s Church Kidd’s 

Beach, was the preacher. Photo: Maggy Clarke 

MUNICIPAL NOTICE 

CLOSING OF MAKANA LIBRARIES 

This notice serves to inform the general public that all Makana 

Libraries will close on the 15 December 2010 at 17h00pm. Hill 

Street public library will open on Monday 03 January 2011 

at 9.30am. The Branch libraries (Fingo, Duna, Community, 

Alicedale and Riebeeck East) will open on Monday 10 January 

2011 at 10.00am. 

Any inconvenience caused by this arrangement is regretted. 

MS N. BAART 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

Vandals strike toposcope again 

The SAPS Communication 

Tower and the Toposcope 

get vandalised every now 

and again. I usually take 

photos of the damage and it 

gets repainted. Recently we 

repainted the ceiling and the 

green part, only to have someone 

come up again and make 

a fire in the centre – but this 

time leaving their cellphone 

number. I leave you to phone 

them! Wessa paid for the 

paint and the painter when we 

did the big repaint. 

Angela Barberton 

Last week’s poll question: 

Are you an avid Facebooker 

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•Yes, I’m on all day - I think I’m addicted! 27% (10 votes) 

•No, I’ll check it maybe once a week or so 11% (4 votes) 

•No, I’m not even registered! 8% (3 votes) 

This week’s poll question: 

The bend at the top of Howieson’s Poort Pass is: 

•Incredibly dangerous and should be improved ASAP 

•Moderately dangerous – motorists should just be more 

cautious 

•Not to blame for anything – motorists need to drive 

more carefully 

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ENTERTAINMENT 

Peppergrove Mall, Grahamstown 

Tel: (046) 622 3440, Fax: (046) 622 8368 

DECEMBER 10 TO 16 

RED (PG13) 

When his idyllic life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former 

black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch 

effort to survive. Starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren 

Fri./Sat. @ 12:30,8pm, Sun. @ 12:30,5:30 

Mon./Tues. @ 12:30,8pm, Wed./Thurs. @ 12:30,5:30 

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY 

HALLOWS (PG13) 

Fri. @ 8pm Sat. @ 12:30,3pm,8pm Sun. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30 

Mon./Tues. @ 12:30,3pm,8pm Wed./Thurs. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30 

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG13) 

Holly and Eric were set up on a blind date by their friends, Peter and 

Allison who are married. A few years later after Peter and Allison 

were killed in an accident, they learn that Peter and Allison have 

named them as the guardians to their daughter, Sophie. So they move 

into their house and try their best to honor their friends' wishes. 

But raising a child puts a crimp on their style and they don't exactly 

get along. Starring Katherine Heigl 

Fri. @ 12:30,3pm,%:30,8pm Sat. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30,8pm 

Sun. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30 Mon./Tues. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30,8pm 

Wed./Thurs. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30,8pm 

SPUD (TBA) 

Fri. @ 12:30,3pm,%:30,8pm Sat. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30,8pm Sun. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30 

Mon./Tues. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30,8pm Wed./Thurs. @ 12:30,3pm,5:30,8pm 

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE 

Swedish film. As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael 

investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, 

causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name. 

Fri. @ 5:30, Sat./Sun. @ 5:30 

Mon./Tues. @ 5:30 

Wed./Thurs. @ 8pm 

videotronic 

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For all your electronic requirements 

DSTV SPECIAL - R599 

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IT’S A... Aquatic Biologist Stephanie Plön’s Coastal 

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waterproof guide to the area’s most common species, 

with pictures and comprehensive descriptions, and a 

quick reference chart comparing whales and dolphins. 

Whales visit Algoa Bay between June and December, 

but the Brydes whale and dolphins can be seen all year 

round. Get the guide for R50 from the South African 

Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, in Grahamstown, or 

Bayworld, in Port Elizabeth. E-mail stephanie@bayworld.co.za 

or call 041 584 0650. 

Bridge results 

Results of ‘Duplicate at #6’ played at the 

Grahamstown Tennis Club on Friday 10 December: 

1st: Shepherd & Van Hille 63% 5th: Pair 8 48% 

2nd: Faulkner & Newsome 60% 6th: Pair 7 46% 

3rd: Paton & Tandy 55% 7th: Pair 1 40% 

4th: Holiday & Southwood 51% 8th: Pair 5 37% 

Times and shows were correct at the time of going to press 

TUESDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2010 

SABC 1 SABC 2 SABC 3 e - TV 

M-Net 

7am YO TV, 9am Generations, 

11am The Justice 

Gang, 12pm Judge Joe 

Brown, 2pm Gospel Gold, 

3pm Selimathunzi, 4pm 

YO.TV, 4.30pm Winx Club, 

6pm Bold and the Beautiful, 

6.30pm Jam Alley, 7.30pm 

News, 8pm Generations, 

8.34pm City Ses’la, 9.05pm 

Live, 10.02pm Fair Game. 

6am Morning Live, 8am 

Infomercials, 9am Thabang 

Thabong, 9.32am Johnny Test, 

10am Takalani Sesame, 12pm 

Afro Cafe, 12.50pm Days 

of our Lives, 5.30pm News, 

6.30pm 7de Laan, 7.30pm 

Noot vir Noot Specials, 8.30pm 

News, 10.06pm Blow by Blow, 

11.30pm Jam Sandwich. 

New tented camp in Addo 

Elephant National Park 

for a real bush experience 

STAFF REPORTER 

Visitors to Addo Elephant National Park can now experience 

the wildlife there in a new way – by spending the 

night among the animals. 

The Spekboom Tented Camp, which has been under construction 

for the past few months, is inside the Spekboom Hide 

in the Park’s Main Game Area. 

Five fixed tents on decks, with two beds each, will give visitors 

the experience of listening to the sounds of the bush, surrounded 

by wildlife, away from the busy main camp. Visitors 

can also check the hide’s waterhole for nocturnal wildlife. 

Each tent, surrounded by pristine thicket bush, has two 

beds, two camp chairs, a braai unit, a table and a solar-powered 

light. There are communal showers and toilets, as well as a 

wash-basin a short walk from the tents. 

Visitors staying in the tents can either bring all their own 

equipment, or can hire a box of cutlery, crockery, cooking utensils 

and bedding. There is no electricity at the tents and visitors 

are advised to bring their own torches. 

Day visitors will still be able to access the Spekboom Hide 

on their game drive, as usual. The Tented Camp has a separate 

entrance gate and is fenced off from the day visitors’ hide area. 

The Spekboom Tented Camp units are available at R500 per 

night per tent (valid until 31 October 2011). Equipment and bedding 

is available for a R200 refundable deposit. 

Bookings can be made through SANParks central reservations 

on reservations@sanparks.org, or call 041 582 2575, or 

online at www.sanparks.org 

7.30am AM Shopping, 

9.30am 7de Laan, 10am 

Generations, 10.30am 

Isidingo: The Need, 1.30pm 

Africa News Update, 3pm All 

My Children, 3.50pm 3 Talk 

With Noeleen, 4.45pm Days, 

6.30pm Isidingo, 7pm News, 

7.30pm Big Bang Theory, 

9pm Trauma, 10.15pm Nip/ 

Tuck, 11.15pm Knight Rider 

8am News, 9am Rhythm 

City, 12.30pm Backstage, 

1pm News Day, 1.30pm 

WWE Afterburn, 2.30pm 

Bump, 3pm Riplet’s Believe 

It or Not, 4pm Zoboomafoo, 

5.30pm Medical Detectives, 

6.30pm Rhythm City, 

7.30pm Scandal!, 8pm WWE 

Superstars, 9pm 

UEFA Champions League. 

5.30am Gogoriki, 6am 

Barney and Friends, 8am 

Glee, 10am Binnelanders, 

11am Everybody’s Fine, 2pm 

matilda, 2.30pm Barbar 3D, 

5pm Boston Med, 6pm Binnelanders, 

7pm Better with 

You, 7.30pm Chuck, 8.30pm 

CSI: Miami, 9.30pm Lie to Me, 

10.30pm Mad Men, 

11.30pm Weeds. 

WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2010 

6am Kids News and Current 

Affairs, 7am YO.TV, 

9am Generations, 10am 

Ses’khona, 12pm Judge Joe 

Brown, 1pm Shift, 2pm Spirit 

Sundae, 3pm Jika Majika, 

3.30pm Ben 10: Alien Force, 

5.30pm News, 6.30pm 

Selimathunzi, 7.30pm News, 

8pm Generations, 9pm 

Relate. 

5.57am Op Pad, 6am 

Morning Live, 8am 

Aloha, Scooby Doo, 10am 

Takalani Sesame, 12pm 

Who Wants to Marry my 

Dad, 12.50pm Days 6pm In 

Your Defence, 6.30pm 7de 

Laan, 7pm Nuus, 7.30pm 

Pasella, 8.30pm News, 9pm 

Muvhango, 10pm Medium, 

11pm Quantum Leap. 


10am Generations, 11am 

Tyra Banks Show, 1.30pm 

News, 2pm Knock Knock, 

3.50pm 3 Talk with Noeleen, 

4.40pm Days, 5.35pm The 

Oprah Winfrey Show, 6.30pm 

Isidingo: The Need, 7pm 

News, 7.30pm 30 Rock, 

8pm Top Chef, 9pm Trauma, 

9am Rhythm City, 10am 3rd 

Degree, 12.30pm Backstage, 

1.30pm WWE Superstars, 

3pm The Doodlebops, 

5.30pm Fix my Biz, 6pm 

eNews, 6.30pm Rhythm City, 

7pm e News, 7.30pm Scandal!, 

8pm Planet’s Funniest 

Animals, 9.30pm Late Night 

News with Loyiso, 10pm 

eNews, 10.30pm The Aviator 

7am Ugly Betty, 10am Binnelanders, 

9am The Adventures 

of Merlin, 11am Barbie of Swan 

Lake, 2pm Thembi & Themba, 

2.30pm Sea Princesses, 3pm 

Poppixie, 4pm Human Target, 

5pm Chuck, 6pm Binnelanders, 

7pm Modern Family, 

7.30pm The Big Bang Theory, 

8.30pm Katherine Jenkins, 

9.30pm All Access Special. 

#86 

The solution will be published on 

Friday, 17 December 

HOW TO PLAY: Fill in 

the grid so that every 

row, every column and 

every 3x3 box contains 

the digits 1 through 9. No 

number can be repeated 

in any row, column or 

box. 

Solution for Friday, 10 December 

THURSDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2010 

FRIDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2010 

7am Yo TV, 8.30am Isidingo: 

The Need, 10.02am Amen, 

12.30pm Infomercials, 1pm 

Making Moves, 3pm Jam 

Alley, 6pm Bold and the 

Beautiful, 6.30pm Ses’khona, 

7.30pm News, 8pm Generations, 

9.02pm A Place called 

Home, 10.07pm Soccer 

411, 10.30pm Eight Legged 

Freaks. 

7am YO TV SportsBuzz, 8am 

Bold, 8.30am Isidingo: The 

Need, 10am Mzansi Insider, 

12pm Judge Joe Brown, 2pm 

Ambush, 3.30pm Batman, 

6pm The Bold and the 

Beautiful, 7.30pm News, 

8pm Generations, 9pm Live, 

10.02pm Goodfellas. 


We’re Back! A Dinosaur Story, 

10am Takalani Sesame, 

11am Akani, 11.30am 

Women in Sport, 12.50pm 

Days of Our Lives, 6pm Leihlo 

la Sechaba, 6.30pm 7de 

Laan, 8.30pm News, 9pm 

Muvhango, 9.30pm Ga Re 

Dumele, 10pm Legends, 

Icons & Superstars. 


The Land before Time VII: 

The Stone..., 10am Takalani 

Sesame, 12pm Afro Cafe, 

5.30pm News, 6.30pm 7de 

Laan, 7pm Nuus, 7.30pm 

Noot Vir Noot, 21:30pm Powerball, 

10pm Blow by Blow, 

11.30pm Jam Sandwich. 


9.30am 7de Laan, 10am 

Generations, 11am Tyra 

Banks, 1.30pm Africa News 

Update, 2pm Famous, 

2.30pm The Emperor’s New 

School, 3.50pm 3 Talk with 

Noeleen, 5.35pm Oprah 

Winfrey Show, 6.30pm 

Isidingo, 7pm News, 7.30pm 

Top Billing. 

5am Curious George, 

5.30am Expresso, 10am 

Generations, 10.30am Isidingo, 

11am Tyra Banks Show, 

2.30pm Wizards of Waverly 

Place, 6.30pm Isidingo: The 

Need, 7pm News, 7.30pm 

Batman Begins, 9.30pm 

Constantine. 

6am Sunrise, 10am When 

Good Ghouls Go Bad, 

11.40am The Addams 

Family, 1.30pm WWE RAW, 

2.30pm Summerton Mill, 

2.35pm FairyTale: A True 

Story, 4.30pm The Young 

And The Restless, 6pm 

eNews, 6.30pm Rhythm City, 

7pm eNews, 8pm My Boys, 

8.30pm Failure to Launch. 

6am Sunrise, 10am 

Born Frees, 11am WWE, 

12.30pm Backstage, 

1pm News Day, 1.30pm 

WWE, 5.30pm Medical 

Detectives,6.30pm Rhythm 

City, 7.30pm Club 808: 

Make some Noise, 8pm 

Style by Jury, 10.55pm Slow 

Burn. 

5.30am Martha Speaks, 

6am Barney & Friends, 10am 

Binnelanders, 11am Barbie 

as the Princess & the Pauper, 

2.10pm Barbra Streisand Live 

in Concert, 4pm Better with 

You, 5pm Big Bang Theory, 

5.30pm Cougar Town, 8.30pm 

Brothers & Sisters, 9.30pm CSI: 

New York, 10.30pm CSI: Miami, 

11.30pm NCIS: Los Angeles. 

7am Ugly Betty, 1pm 

Informercials, 2.30pm The 

Latest Buzz, 3pm Clang 

Invasion, 3.30pm DreamKix, 

4.30pm Carte Blanche 

Medical Special, 5pm Melrose 

Place, 6pm Binnelanders, 

7pm 30 Rock, 7.30pm 

Wipeout, 8.30pm Human 

Target, 9.30pm The Informant.

Grocott’s Mail 

Tuesday 14 December 2010 

Festive Wishes 

What’s inside 

Let it be a happy time for 

all Makana’s residents 

The time to be merry is once again upon 

us. The end of the year season gives all 

of us an opportunity to look back at the 

year about to conclude, to determine 

whether it has been good or bad. The 

outcome of such a review is always used 

as an encouragement for better things to 

come in the following year, or to hope for 

things to improve. 

It is the essence of humankind to 

strive for improved quality of life – and 

the municipality plays a signifi cant role 

in making such aspirations a reality. In 

terms of our fi nancial year, this time of 

the year marks the halfway point. It becomes 

signifi cant to us, as it shows the 

achievements and challenges and gives 

us an opportunity to re-strategise. 

On 26 November 2010 government at 

all spheres launched the 16 Days of Activism 

Campaign to highlight abuse in society, 

particularly of children and women. 

It is my wish that all residents of Makana 

get to enjoy the festive season and not 

be victims or perpetrators of abuse. 

2010 has been a diffi cult year in 

terms of the academic calendar and we 

hope that when results at all levels come 

out, we’ll have reason to celebrate. Let’s 

all make sure that we do not over indulge 

during the festivities that communities 

usually celebrates during this time of the 

year, including weddings and homecoming 

of the initiates. Let us all heed the 

slogans of the Arrive Alive Campaign: 

Don’t drink and drive, and speed kills. 

Save water, it is precious! 

Executive Mayor – Makana Municipality 

Cllr. V.G. Lwana 

Christmas 

messages 

PAGES 2 AND 3 

Christmas 

Cheer Fund 

PAGE 5 

Keeping 

your pet safe 

PAGE 8 

Doctors on 

duty this 

Festive 

Season PAGE 12 

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7pm: Service of Nine Lessons and Carols 

Friday 24 December - Christmas Eve 

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11.30pm: Midnight Mass 

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Saturday 25 December - Christmas Day 

7.30am: Holy Eucharist (SAPB) 

9.30am: Holy Eucharist (AAPB) 

Sunday 26 December 

8.30am: Holy Eucharist (note only one service) 

Wishing you a 

Joyful Holiday Season. 

Market Square Volkswagen 

Grahamstown 

Cnr Bertram Street, Grahamstown, 6140 

Tel: 046 622 2302 

Vernon : 083 420 4275 Wayne : 083 255 8783 

Bayanda : 082 360 8258 Mfundo : 076 340 2840 

Part of the Kelston Motor Group 

F&J Motors 

Tel: 622 7991 

Cell: 082 6200149 

77 a Beaufort Street 

F & J Motors will be closed 

from 17 December 2010 to 

10 January 2010. Jacob and 

Morné wishes all their 

customers a Merry Christmas 

and a Happy New Year. 

BIRITE 

27 Bathurst Street, Grahamstown 

Telephone: 046-622 2983 

Thank you to all our customers for the 

continued support & wishing you a 

happy festive season 

Closed from 16 Dec to 16 Jan

2 Festive Wishes 

Celebrate being part of 

the world’s biggest 

social movement 

Ons weet nie of Jesus presies 

op 25 Desember gebore is nie. 

Toe Hy gebore is, was daar in elk 

geval nie ‘n kalender soos ons 

dit vandag het nie. Die geboorte 

was egter so ‘n fenomenale gebeurtenis 

in die geskiedenis van 

die wêreld, dat dit die telling van 

jare, maande en dae bepaal 

het. Jesus is met ander woorde 

tweeduisend-en-tien jaar gelede 

gebore. Die ongeloofl ike wonder 

is dat ongeveer 2 biljoen mense oor die hele wêreld (omtrent 

30% van die wêreldbevolking) sy geboortedag vier op hierdie 

dae. Dis nie niks nie. Dis groot. Dis genade. En bemoediging. 

En troos. 

It is indeed huge to be part of such a widespread and pervasive 

movement. We are a fellowship and we like to call each other 

brothers and sisters. We do so because we also call God our Father 

through Jesus Christ, the Son and incarnation of God. Two 

billion people believe they are the body of Christ and that their 

role is to serve, like He came to serve. May we be only a blessing 

to the world we live in, and to the other two-thirds of our fellow 

human beings. May we bring light and understanding in our 

world. May Christmas 2010 indeed be a celebration of “Glory 

to God in the highest and on Earth peace to men, on whom his 

favour rests”. (Luke 2) 

Thank you to all our fellow Grahamstonians for your support, 

during 2010, of the many projects and functions through which 

we strive to serve our local community and to worship God. May 

God bless you all. May you have a peaceful, safe and gracious 

Christmas season and a most blessed 2011. 

Strauss de Jager 

NG Kerk, Albanie 

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For all your electronic requirements 

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Castle Dumpies 6 pack R 29.95 

Other SPECIALS in store 

To all our loyal 

customers. 

Thank you for your 

support. 

Merry Christmas & 

happy New Year. 

Peace and blessings 

On behalf of the Full Gospel Church Grahamstown we want to wish 

you all a blessed and peaceful Christmas. 

To celebrate Christmas is to thank God for Jesus, through whom 

everybody can receive the gift of eternal life with Him, our Lord and 

Saviour. 

John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his 

only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have 

eternal life.” 

We thank our congregation fi rst of all for their love and support 

throughout the past year and want to say that we love you all, you 

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Management and staff 

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Grahamstown would like to thank 

all our loyal customers for the 

support throughout the year and 

wish them all a Blessed 

Christmas & a 

Prosperous New Year. 

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are a great family and we are honoured to be part of the Full Gospel 

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We want to thank God for His love, and for blessing the Full 

Gospel Church for the past 100 years. As we celebrate our church’s 

100th year of existence, we also realise what a great work God has 

done through this Body. 

Bathurst Street 

Grahamstown 

Pastor Neels, Marlene and Shon-Leigh Prinsloo 

Full Gospel Church, 

Grahamstown 

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MERRY CHRISTMAS & A 

PROSPEROUS 2011 

Thank you for your loyal support. 

For property enquiries over the festive 

season contact Gill on 082 651 9976.


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As many of you may know, I was born in the UK (Manchester) 

and came to South Africa when I was 12. I have never really 

returned, so my memories of those days are somewhat distant. 

However, the availability of the latest technology has revived 

some of those memories. 

My mum and I spent a Sunday afternoon looking on Google 

Maps at the houses we had lived in – even the one I was born 

in - and some looked a little the worse for wear. One in particular, 

Hazel Hall Lane, was where I spent most of my childhood. 

I remember walking down the country lane and playing in the 

fi elds that are still the same as they were 36 years ago. I remember 

Christmas in that house. I remember walking through 

gently falling snow, building snowmen – lots of smiling faces 

and trips to gran and gramps in an old Ford Anglia that was so 

rusted that if you pulled back the threadbare carpet you could 

see the road. 

But that is not how Christmas has been for a long time. I 

have other memories of hot Christmas days in the pool, playing 

with my kids. Now my own children have grown up and it’s 

harder for us all to get together at Christmas. Yet what could 

compare to having Christmas in a country restaurant (my favourite) 

close to Grahamstown, where a tame zebra walks into 

the dining room. Very different, but still a great memory. 

Christmas is a time for family – but also for memories – 

perhaps a time for discovering God more in our lives. Sometimes 

the business in our lives makes God seem so far away, 

but when we stop the hustle and bustle we can experience 

(quoting Macy Gray) “beauty in the world”. 

I understand that the fi rst Christmas was not necessarily 

how it’s often portrayed on Christmas cards - all sanitised. I 

know that the Christmas message is much deeper. But sometimes 

we fail to see the simple message – that “God so loved 

the world that He sent his one and only son, so that whosoever 

believes on him shall not perish but have everlasting life“ (John 

3:16). 

God loves us. May we remember that in the good and the 

bad times – whether we have few possessions or lots; when we 

feel that we are in over our heads, or when everything is going 

just fi ne. 

And when we look back, may we also remember that God 

brought us through all of that, and that even some of what we 

are going through now, diffi cult though it may be will become 

happy memories. 

With Christmas peace. 

Rev. Geoff Probert 

Trinity Presbyterian Church 

Hill Street 

Joy to the World , the Lord is come! 

Let earth receive her King; 

Let every heart prepare Him room, 

And Heaven and nature sing, 

And Heaven and nature sing, 

And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing. 

Joy to the World, the Saviour reigns! 

Let men their songs employ; 

While fi elds and fl oods, rocks, hills and plains 

Repeat the sounding joy, 

Repeat the sounding joy, 

Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. 

No more let sins and sorrows grow, 

Nor thorns infest the ground; 

He comes to make His blessings fl ow 

Far as the curse is found, 

Far as the curse is found, 

Far as, far as, the curse is found. 

He rules the world with truth and grace, 

And makes the nations prove 

The glories of His righteousness, 

And wonders of His love, 

And wonders of His love, 

And wonders, wonders, of His love. 

WISHING EVERYONE A PEACEFUL & MEANINGFUL 

FESTIVE SEASON AND A WONDERFUL 2011 

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Wishing all our customers a Merry 

Christmas and a Prosperous 2011 

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We would like to thank all our 

volunteers, friends and donors 

for the overwhelming support this 

year. To the entire 

Grahamstown community – 

we wish you a merry 

Christmas and best 

wishes for a happy new 

year. 

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Thank you to all our 

clients for their 

loyal & continued 

support. 

Have a Blessed 

Christmas 

& Prosperous 

New Year! 

Wishing all our patrons a Merry Christmas and 

a Prosperous New Year. Thank you for your 

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commence business on 12/01/2011 

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Wishing all our clients a Merry Christmas 

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Festive wishes from the editor’s desk 

Dear Reader, 

The staff of Grocott’s Mail would like to thank you for your loyalty over the past twelve 

months. We know that sometimes we make you angry, and at times our coverage is not 

quite what you had expected, but we hope that in spite of the occasional slip-ups, we bring 

value to you – our reader. Our aim is to provide news and information in an interesting 

and readable format to all the members of the Makana community. 

We do so out of a sense of commitment to the community we serve because we are an 

integral part of it. We live and work here, we send our children to schools in the town and 

we do our shopping at local establishments, so we are able to tell you about incidents and 

issues that are directly relevant to you. 

Almost every day, people who live in Makana will either come into the newspaper, phone or e-mail us with 

story ideas. Grocott’s Mail makes a concerted effort to publish your opinions and your photographs. Residents 

know who we are and, in all too many cases, they know where we live. 

You are not only our readers, advertisers or clients; but you are also our friends, families and colleagues. The 

point is that we have a real and vested interest in the well-being of this community, so when we wish our readers 

a joyful festive season, we do so with the deepest sincerity. 

When the economic downturn squeezed budgets, we too had to tighten our belts; when our country celebrated 

a successful hosting of the Soccer World Cup, we were at the Public Viewing Areas watching and cheering; 

when members of our community passed on, we mourned with their families and when people from our town 

reached great heights in the academic and sporting fields, we enthusiastically applauded their achievements. 

We wish you all a fabulous, enjoyable festive season and hope that you like this special Festive Wishes supplement 

as much as we do. 

Steven Lang 

79 Church Square , Grahamstown • 046 622 9512 

Beer Properties thanks all Grahamstonians 

for supporting our tenants with their 

purchases during 2010. 

We hope you enjoyed your shopping 

experience and we wish you all a blessed 

Christmas and a happy New Year. 

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Choir boosts Christmas Cheer Fund 

Thanks to the Pro Carmine Christmas Concert, the Grocott’s 

Mail Christmas Cheer was given a huge boost last week. 

The choir handed over R2 012 from the concert and that, 

together with a few more donations trickling in, has brought 

the fund to R11 198.18. Jeff Grocott urged local residents 

to support the Christmas Cheer fund, which he said went to 

“a wonderful cause and is going to help the needy”. Grocott 

thanked the businesses and the public who had already contributed 

to the fund. 

This year’s Christmas Cheer may well be on its way to 

a record-breaking fund total. In 2008 the largest amount 

of R16 148 was collected and given to Child and Family 

Welfare. 

5 

Residents are urged to dig deep into their pockets (or e- 

wallets) and give generously to this year’s fund. This year’s 

benefi ciary is the Raphael Centre, an organisation dedicated 

to helping people living with HIV/Aids. 

The centre is currently gearing up for its Christmas party 

for the children tomorrow and the centre hopes to give each 

of the 300 children expected to attend a present. They were 

still looking for almost 200 gifts by the end of last week. Father 

Christmas will be at the Christmas party and a mini train 

and other forms of entertainment will be laid on. The Department 

of Education and Makana Municipality have provided 

the food for the party. 

R15 000 

R14 000 

R13 000 

R12 000 

R11 000 

R10 000 

R9 000 

R8 000 

R7 000 

R6 000 

R5 000 

R4 000 

R3 000 

R2 000 

R1 000 

HOPE AND JOY... 

Children play 

in the sandpit 

at the Raphael 

Centre. Staff at 

the centre hope 

to be able to 

give Christmas 

presents to 

each of the 

300 children 

expected at their 

Christmas party 

tomorrow. 

Photo: Stephen 

Penney 


Christmas Cheer Fund 

Donations can be handed in at the 

Grocott’s Mail reception desk, where 

you will be issued with a receipt or, if 

you prefer to make an online 

contribution, please fi nd the GBS 

Mutual Bank account on the 

www.fnb.co.za website. The account 

number is: 52322003436 and the 

code is 250655. It is very important to 

remember that the reference is: 

Christmas Cheer Fund. 

Balance brought forward: 

R7 622.12 

Pro Carmine Christmas Concert R2 012.00 

A 

eterson 

P 

R 250.00 

Bruno 

R 50.00 

Anonymous 

R 800.00 

GBS Bank Account 

R 464.06 

The total stands at (as of 10 December) R11 198.18 

To all our clients, 

friends and associates: 

A blessed Christmas and a wonderful 

New Year 

For BEST 

rates and 

PERSONAL 

service 

Authorised Financial 

Services Provider 

TALK TO US 

AT THE GBS 

HEAD OFFICE: 18-20 Hill Street, Grahamstown Tel: 046 622 7109 Fax 046 

622 8855 e-mail: gbs@gbsbank.co.za



7 

Festive Wishes for Everyone 

Carols by Candlelight, Victoria Primary’s end-of-the-year concert and the Grahamstown 

Parents’ Network Christmas outing are just a few of some the fabulous festive functions held 

in Makana in recent weeks. Photos: Stephen Penney, Michael Salzwedel and Steven Lang 

V 

Thank you very much to 

all our loyal customers 

and staff for support 

during 2010. 

Joy for the Festive 

Season and best wishes 

for the New Year. 


046 622 3258 

Grocott’s / NELM Bookshop 

40 High Street • Grocott’s Mail Building 

Come in and browse for your special Christmas gifts. 

Novels, poetry, children’s books, history biography and 

much much more. All at reasonable prices. 

The staff at Grocott’s / NELM 

Bookshop would like to wish 

All their loyal customers a 

Merry Christmas & a 

Prosperous New Year. 

21 New Street • Tel: 046 636 1660 

HI-TEC SECURITY 

would like to wish 

all their clients a 

Merry Christmas and 

best wishes for a 

wonderful, safe and 

secure 2011.


Keeping your pet safe – the SPCA can help 

SPCA GRAHAMSTOWN offers some advice to the public for the 

care of your animals over the holiday season. 

If you are going away for the holidays, the SPCA hopes you 

have made a plan in advance for the care of your animals. If you 

leave it to the last minute, you may be unlucky and your pets may 

suffer as a result. 

All pets need to be looked after while you are away for a few 

days or weeks – not only your dogs and cats. Don’t forget your 

guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, fi sh, rats and birds. 

If you are boarding your pets at a kennel, all pets must be 

vaccinated, and veterinary cards presented. Boarding your animals 

while you are away should give you peace of mind that your 

pets are well looked-after and have company and plenty of activity 

going on around them 

The SPCA Kennels offer boarding with beds, blankets and an 

infra-red lamp for cold nights. All 

animals in our care are provided with fresh water and nourishing 

food daily. Kennels are cleaned and scrubbed daily. We have 

volunteers who exercise and socialise with our dogs and cats, by 

taking them for walks, or spending time playing and interacting 

with them. 

If you are having a house-sitter caring for the animals, check 

that your property is secured, with no gates left open, and no 

holes in fences. 

It’s a good idea to leave written instructions for the housesitter, 

or the person looking after the pets, so they know exactly 

how to look after your animals. You can include details such as 

feeding routines, exercise programmes, play preferences, and 

washing schedules. 

In case your pet does go walkabout, make sure that whoever 

is looking after your animal knows our contact number: 

046 622 3233 / 079 037 3466, as well as the vet’s number – 

046 622 6743. Putting up notices at Pick n Pay and Hoof & 

Hound, may help you trace a lost pet. 

First and foremost your pet should have a collar and indentifi 

cation tag. This ensures that should it somehow get out of 

your property, it at least stands a chance of being reunited with 

you. Even if you cannot afford an expensive tag or have not got 

the time to go to the pet shop, please, please clearly write your 

number on the collar or get one of the inexpensive plastic key 

tags. A few rand could help to save untold misery and heartbreak. 

If your animals are frightened by thunder and fi reworks, don’t 

let them suffer alone. Please make arrangements for them to be 

kept inside the house in the company of a human being. 

These noises terrify some animals, and if they are left alone 

outside, they may become disoriented and confused, escaping 

from your property and running many miles across many obstacles 

in their terror. 

Make it a happy 

Christmas for 

dogs and cats 

Thank you for this opportunity to highlight the desperate plight of 

Grahamstown’s cats and dogs, especially at this time of year. Many 

are left behind without adequate care, as their owners head off for 

their happy holidays. Departing students leave behind the cats and 

dogs – many of them pregnant – which they have acquired during 

their time here, without thought for their future. You know what 

your animals have needed while you were here: That need does not 

stop because you are away on holiday, or have left town. Please 

make proper arrangements well in advance for someone to feed 

and care for your cats and dogs while you are away, or board them 

at kennels. If you are leaving town for good, please don’t leave your 

animals behind unattended. If you are really unable to fi nd them a 

good home, or take them with you, please surrender them to the 

SPCA who might, with a bit of luck, fi nd them a new home. 

Whether you are here over the holidays or away, remember that the 

days can get very hot and dogs, especially, need proper shelter from 

the sun and additional water. Just remember that the basic daily 

needs of cats and dogs are not so very different from your own. 

I appeal to you to spread good cheer by considering the welfare of 

all cats and dogs at this time of year. Perhaps in lieu of Christmas 

gifts for a loved one who already has it all, you could sponsor the 

cost of a sterilisation for a less-privileged canine or feline citizen 

Wishing you and your families a peaceful season 

Lorna Grant 

for The Grahamstown Feral Cat Project 

A clean dog is a healthy dog 

CARE: 

Please take extra care of your pets during the upcoming festive 

season. This can be done by providing a safe, calm and clean environment 

for them. You should ensure that your property is well 

secured and that there are no holes in your fence, through which 

your dog could escape. Please do not leave your dogs/ cats/ hamsters 

etc at home unattended. There are really nice boarding kennels 

in our area, which will provide you and your pet with peace of 

mind over the Christmas period. 

EXERCISE & FUN: 

Pets enjoy play time, praise and walks, so take them out to the 

beach, or on a hiking trail. They will love you for it. Spending time 

with your pets out in the garden has amazing relaxation powers. 

Throw a ball or a toy for them and see how they enjoy it. 

HEALTH: 

It is extremely important to get your pet vaccinated and dewormed 

before going away on holiday, or before dropping them off at a 

boarding kennel. Don’t be tempted to save money by skipping your 

pet’s vaccinations or deworming. Prevention is far cheaper than 

cure. 

SAFETY: 

Christmas celebrations can lead to many injuries, either at home 

or when outdoors. Pets can swallow Christmas decorations, eat 

turkey bones/ chicken bones, chew through electrical cables, get 

into rubbish bins etc. Injuries from such incidents are commonly 

seen by vets at this time of year. So keep any temptations away 

from curious pets. 

still have their dew claws – the claws on the side of the foot. These 

need to be checked regularly, so they don’t grow too long and start 

growing into the pads of the feet. 

It is also very important to note that should you be spending 

time in an area where ticks are prevalent, you should check your 

dogs when you return from your outings and that you take along 

with you a dip, tick-prevention collar or some form of topical treatment. 

Prevention is always better than cure. Dogs also get bitten 

by mosquitoes, so keep them indoors if you are staying in an area 

where there are a lot of these pests. 

If dogs have long ears, for example, spaniels and bassets, it 

is very important to ensure, if they have been on the beach and 

have been swimming, that all moisture is removed from the ear, 

as this can cause ear infections. Ear infections are also common 

in German Shepherds 

A clean dog is a healthy dog. 

LASTLY 

Don’t ever buy a pet at Christmas: Taking on a pet is a big commitment 

and never buy a pet as a gift for someone else. 

I wish you all a very merry Christmas and an awesome 2011. 

Thanks for your support during 2010. May your furry family 

member bring you joy and happiness over the festive 

season. 

Lee Sparg 

Professional Dog Groomer 

Pampered Pets Dog Grooming 

073 391 8040 

GROOMING: 

Having your dog groomed before you go away is always advisable. 

It is a good idea to trim long fur in the summer so that when they 

go to the beach it is easier to keep them clean. 

It is also important to note that when you and your dog return 

home from the beach, you rinse – preferably bath – your dog to 

remove all sea water and sand. This can cause skin problems if 

it’s left on a dog’s skin for an extended period. I suggest bathing 

them every second day with a hypoallergenic shampoo designed 

for dogs. Do not use human shampoo on dogs. 

It is important to have your dogs’ nails clipped to ensure that 

no injury is sustained from running around on the beach or on 

hikes. Another important thing to remember is that some dogs 

American 

cocker 

Spaniels 

Chance 

(left) and 

Tickles wish 

everyone a 

very merry 

Christmas. 

FAIRBAIRN KENNELS 

& CATTERY 

Tel: 046 622 3527 Cell: 082 552 3829 

For Well Cared-for, Happy Pets 

Wishing all a Merry 

Christmas and a Happy 

New Year!!! 

SPCA 

Tel: 046 622 3233, 072 191 2173 

Emergency: 079 037 3466 

Wishing all 

Grahamstonians 

a Merry 

Christmas 

and a 

Happy 

New Year 

PAMPERED 

PETS DOG 

GROOMING 

“Grooming at it’s best” 

LEE SPARG 073 391 8040 

I wish all my valuable 

customers a very 

Merry Christmas and a 

wonderful 2011 

Thank you for entrusting your pet 

in my care throughout the year. 

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Recipes 

9 

Brandy Egg Nog 

The following eggnog recipe 

will teach you how to make 

it the traditional Christmas 

Egg Nog way – the way my 

mom made hers – with a 

bit of alcohol. This specifi c 

alcoholic version specifi cally 

uses brandy, which is the 

way I am used to it. 

When making eggnog with 

this recipe, it is most important that you brew with 

love. I’m sure that was what made it taste so good. 

Ingredients 

• 6 eggs, separated 

• 1/2 c super fi ne sugar 

• 1/4 tsp salt 

• 2 ts vanilla 

• 2 c brandy 

• 1 c milk 

• 2 c whipping cream 

• Nutmeg 

How to make Homemade Brandy Egg Nog 

Beat egg yolks, 1/4 cup sugar, nutmeg, salt and 

vanilla together with rotary beater or electric mixer 

until very thick and light yellow. 

Slowly beat in brandy and milk. Cover and chill 

overnight. 

Shortly before serving, beat egg whites to soft 

peaks. 

Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar with 

same beater, beat cream to soft peaks. 

Fold meringue into beaten cream. 

Then slowly pour on chilled brandy mixture 

folding in gently. 

16 servings 

Source: http://www.egg-nog.info/ 

Alcoholic_Drink__Brandy_Egg_Nog_Recipe.html 

Christmas pudding 

Ingredients 

• 350 g sultanas 

• 350 g raisins, or currants 

• 150 g dried fi gs, chopped 

• 125 g mixed candied peel, chopped 

• 100 g dried apricots, chopped 

• 75 g dark glacé cherries, halved 

• 150 ml brandy, plus some for fl aming 

• 2 apples, or quince 

• 2 oranges, juice and zest 

• 6 eggs 

• 250 g shredded suet 

• 350 g soft muscovado sugar 

• 250 g fresh breadcrumbs 

• 175 g self-raising fl our 

• 1 tsp mixed spice 

Method 

1. You will need two 1.5 litre plastic pudding basins and lids, buttered, two R1 coins, scrupulously 

scrubbed, two circles of greaseproof paper, buttered, large enough to cover the top of 

each pudding, with a single pleat folded down the centre of each. 

2. Soak the sultanas, raisins or currants, fi gs, candied peel, apricots and cherries in the brandy 

overnight. The liquid won’t cover the fruit, but no matter; just give it a good stir now and again. 

3. Mix the grated apples, orange juice and zest, beaten eggs, suet, sugar, crumbs and fl our in 

a very large mixing bowl, then stir in the soaked fruit and the spice. Divide the mixture between 

the buttered pudding basins, tucking the coins in as you go. Cover with the greaseproof paper, 

folded with a pleat in the centre. 

4. Pop the lids on and steam for three and a half hours. Allow the puddings to cool, then remove 

the greaseproof paper, cover tightly with clingwrap and the plastic lid and store in a cool, 

dry place till Christmas. 

5. To reheat: steam the puddings for a further three and a half hours. Turn out and fl ame with 

brandy. 

Source: http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/533844 

Wishes all 

Grahamstonians a 

Merry Christmas 

and a Happy and 

Safe New Year. 

Merry Christmas 

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Thanks to all our customers for your 

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Have a Merry Christmas. 

Drive safely. 

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ne of the world’s 

toughest alternative 

energy vehicle races 

began in South Africa last 

week. Starting in Pretoria 

on 23 September, the South 

African Solar Challenge 2010 

is an epic 10-day race between 

solar-powered cars 

travelling more than 4 000km 

across the contours of the 

country. The event finishes in 

Pretoria on 2 October. 

The primary aim of the SA 

Solar Challenge is to promote 

science and technology in 

southern Africa and demonstrate 

the potential of renewable 

energy sources for motoring 

and other industries. 

The solar vehicles 

stopped over in Grahamstown 

on Tuesday afternoon, with 

the first vehicle arriving after 

2pm. The other four solar vehicles 

then trickled in until the 

cut-off time of 6pm. The 

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THE LOOK OF THE FUTURE... The Japanese Tokai Challenger leaves the Monument parking area on Wednesday morning this 

week during the ten-day South African Solar Challenge. The Tokai Challenger was built by students and lecturers from the University 

of Tokai. As soon as they arrived in Grahamstown (well ahead of the other five competitors – all in different categories) 

the students took off the solar panel, directing it towards the sun to recharge the battery. According to race director, Winstone 

Jordaan, the Tokai Challenger reaches 170km/hour under test conditions. The Challenger needs to drive the full race course, 

while the other solar cars can be pulled by a trailer, as long as they cover certain distances every day. On the left is the Startrack, 

built by a group of enthusiasts from Pretoria. Photo: Stephen Penney 

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STEPHEN PENNEY 

Makana Council speaker Rachel 

Madinda accepted a framed collage 

from the school and The Dean of the 

Cathedral, Andrew Hunter spoke of 

the significance of the event and said 

how all involved were part of history. 

they paraded from St Andrew’s Prep Friday’s celebration, held on 

to Church Square. 

the actual day that Prep started 125 

Preppies, old preppies, teachers years ago, was to involve and bring 

and parents marched through town the celebrations to the Grahamstown 

excitedly waving flags with the St community. Other 125th celebrations 

Andrew's crest printed on them accompanied 

by floats, vintage cars and primary school coaches and teachers 

include a Sport for All conference for 

a donkey cart. The floats included a in March, while a reunion celebration 

colourful cake, a 125th birthday panel, 

a Land Rover with canvas banners The schools also handed over a 

is scheduled for September. 

and a float made by the pre-primary number of books (collected by the 

kids which was drawn on a donkey pupils) to the Community Library in 

cart. 

Currie Street, while hundreds of tennis 

balls were handed to the Depart- 

The parade congregated at 

Fairlawn Field and made its way ment of Sport, Recreation, Arts and 

to Church Square along Somerset Culture. 

Street and High Street with many After the parade, two birthday 

passersby applauding as the parade cakes were cut by the Folds family 

to show the generations of pupils 

went past. DSG and St Andrew's pupils 

lined the street outside St Andrew’s, 

shouting “Happy birthday!” Prep. Bill, his son William and grand- 

who have come through St Andrew's 

before joining the parade. 

son Daniel cut a cake at the City Hall, 

CELEBRATING ONE TWO FIVE... Colour and cheer were the order of the day on Friday as learners and staff The parade ended in Church while Bill's wife Heidi and their two 

from St Andrew’s Prep celebrated the school’s 125th birthday with a parade through the centre of Grahamstown, 

congregating at Church Square. In the mix were a huge mock cake float on a tractor and trailer, an ox master, Graham Gooden thanked the neously cut a cake at Fairlawn Field. 

Square where St Andrew’s Prep head- 

daughters Amy and Laura simulta- 

wagon, fire engine, donkey cart float and vintage cars, all to the sounds of the Prep marimbas and College various schools in Grahamstown The cakes were donated to Somerset 

pipe band. Photo: Michael Salzwedel 

for their involvement and support. Place and Eluxolweni Shelter. 

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Makana Mayor Vumile Lwana took some time off his busy 

schedule to chat with Grocott's Mail municipal reporter, Prudence 

Mini about the recent South African Local Government 

Association (Salga) National Members Assembly which unwrapped 

updates on key policy and restructuring initiatives such 

as the Local Government Turn-Around Strategy. 

ogether, serving our people with integrity 

and dedication to speed up their pension funds and medical aid schemes. 

signing from their positions and thus forfeiting 

service delivery” was the theme Lwana added an example where a person's experience 

of working in the local administration 

of the recent South African Local Government 

Association (Salga) National Members would not be taken into account when taking 

Assembly. 

up a position in public service. The different 

The annual Salga assembly is the highest conditions of service, such as the remuneration 

systems, makes local government vulner- 

local government decision-making structure 

and was held in Kimberley early last month able to issues such as corruption, Lwana said. 

where municipalities met to discuss issues in “We are all voted to serve, whether you are a 

local government. It looked at updates on key servant on national or local level,” he added. 

policy and restructuring initiatives such as the Reportedly, the Single Public Service (SPS) 

Local Government Turn-Around Strategy, the Bill (initially proposed by former President 

provincialisation of primary healthcare and national 

accreditation for housing. The meeting number of years aims in “harmonising the con- 

Thabo Mbeki) which has been debated over a 

also focused on various issues of a strategic nature 

such as matters of service delivery chal- 

[public servants] work, in whatever departditions 

under which government employees 

lenges within the local government sector; the ment, or whatever sphere of government”. The 

progress of capacity building and skills development; 

consideration and formulating policy; to continue strengthening, developing and re- 

SPS should create a more cohesive workforce, 

and legislative proposals aimed at restructuring 

local government. 

tions in all spheres of government as well as 

fining the system of intergovernmental rela- 

Both Executive Makana Mayor Vumile delivering integrated services where the need 

Lwana and Municipal Manager, Ntombi Baart exists. “We are moving towards a SPS in the 

attended the assembly. 

next round of elections. Those processes will 

According to Lwana, a debate within Salga kick in, in terms of implementation. This is 

at the moment is that municipal workers are quite important, if you want synergy and intergovernmental 

interactions,” says Lwana. He 

not treated in the same way as public servants 

according to the Public Service Act of added that the SPS will hopefully also reconcile 

the different financial years (which end at 

1994. South Africa currently has a dual public 

service, where there are different conditions of different times of the year) of the two governmental 

spheres. 

service, codes of conduct, levels of remuneration, 

labour bargaining processes and so forth According to Lwana, the single set of elections 

for national, provincial and local govern- 

that apply in the public service and in local administration. 

One of the disadvantages of this ment was decided in efforts to cut down on expenses 

and to make the election process more 

split in public administration that was highlighted 

by Lwana is that it is not possible for officials 

to move easily from local administration separate elections,” he said. 

consistent. “It is likely that 2011 will be the last 

to public service and vice-versa without re- 

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how strategies will be translated to Makana Municipality were discussed. Photo: Steven Lang 

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oing this Festive Season 

Michael Salzwedel 

New Media Editor 

Trying to avoid a computer screen as 

much as possible. 

Loretta Janse Van Rensburg 

Front Shop Assistant Manager 

I’m going to spend some time with my 

family and enjoy the day. 

Mpumzi Ncipha 

Office Assistant 

I’m going to stay with my family. 

Family all the way. 

Percy Brooks 

Finance Clerk 

I might be going down to the beach, 

spending the day with my girlfriend and 

family. 

Khanyiso Tshwaku 

Intern Reporter 

I’m going to a 60s party! I’ll also cook for 

my family. 

Louise Vale 

Outgoing General Manager 

I’ll be in Cape Town with my family. There 

will be twenty of us all in one place! 

The names of Santa Claus’s reindeers are....... 

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen 

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We would like to take this opportunity to say a very 

big thank you to all for your continued support throughout the year. 

We would like to wish you a Wonderful Christmas and 

a Happy and a Successful Year in 2011. 

Safe Driving to you all 

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Seventh Day Adventists explain their festive stance 

Salinda Saki-neko 

Apart from the fact that no self-respecting shepherd would 

have been out in the fields with their sheep in the middle 

of winter in Palestine, which brought into question the 

purported month of Jesus’s birth, 25 December was originally a 

pagan festival, Christianised only 354 years later. 

These arguments, added to rampant commercialisation, 

are the reasons members of the Seventh Day Adventists say 

they do not celebrate Christmas. 

This Christian denomination uses evidence from the Bible 

and history to dismiss the importance assigned to the day by 

other groups. Principal of Bavumeleni Seventh Day Adventist 

School, Sondezwa Hobongwana, explains: “We do not know the 

date when Christ was born, the Bible does not mention it, and 

therefore we don’t celebrate it.” She said Palestine, the country 

of Christ’s birth, was ice cold in December. “No sheperds 

would have been out in the fields with their flocks in that kind of 

weather,” she said. 

“The Bible tells us that shepherds were staying out in the 

fields overnight when Jesus was born (Luke 2:8) – but in that 

BLAST FROM THE PAST... 60s pop group Four Jacks and a 

Jill will revive their act in a special charity fundraiser in Port 

Alfred on 27 and 28 December. From left to right are Paul 

Nissen, 2nd lead guitar, Clive Harding, lead singer and bass, 

Tony Stark, drums, Glenys Lynne, the ‘Jill’ and John Ferrier, 

lead guitar. Photo: Supplied 

Four Jacks and a 

Jill Live at the Port 

Alfred School Hall 

Staff RepoRteR 

PORT Alfred School Hall will be the scene of a blast from the 

past, as South Africa’s longest-running pop group, Four Jacks 

and a Jill, go back on stage after 28 years to treat audiences 

to old favourites, as well as some new songs, in a Lions Club 

fundraiser on 27 and 28 December. The show starts at 7.30pm. 

Buy tickets (R100) from Leach Pharmacy, or call Lloyd at 082 

467 4310. Bring a picnic basket and there will be bar facilities. 

The band will also play in Port Elizabeth (20 to 23 December) 

at The Boardwalk Vodacom Amphitheatre, bookings through 

Computicket, and East London (29 to 30 December) at the Guild 

Theatre, bookings at the Guild Theatre. 

Founded in 1964 when solo singer Glenys Lynne teamed up 

with long-haired rockers The Zombies, the group morphed in 

1965 to the clean-cut Four Jacks and a Jill. Their first single, 

Jimmy Come Lately, in 1966, was an instant hit on local radio 

stations. They were the first South African band to receive a 

Gold Disc for record sales of a million. With their second single, 

Master Jack, the band became the first South African group to 

have two hits simultaneously on Springbok’s Top 20 hit parade. 

Newsroom to take a 

break 

Grocott’s Mail is going to take a break over the 

festive season. The last edition of Grocott’s Mail for 

2010 will come out on Tuesday, 21 December and 

the first edition of 2011 will be published on 

Friday, 7 January 2011. Remember to look out for the 

Special Newsmaker of the Year edition next Tuesday. 

News 

part of the world it would have been far too cold at night to do so 

in December. The sheperds would have sought shelter from the 

heavy winter rains for themselves and their flocks,” Hobongwana 

argued. 

Thembelani Koliti, a member of the church, explained that 

the holiday’s pagan origins, and the lack of reference to that 

date in the Bible invalidated Christmas in their eyes. 

“For pagan Rome, 25 December was a day when they held 

festivities in honour of the rebirth of their gods. In the Western 

world, the birthday of Jesus Christ has been celebrated on 25 

December only since AD 354, partly to replace the pagan worship 

that was commonplace in those days. “It was in the Western 

church that the birth of Christ was first associated with this 

Great excitment ahead of the launch of the new 

Grahamstown Redwood Spur! 

The grand opening of Grahamstown’s brand new Redwood 

Spur, as well as the extensively renovated Graham Hotel and a 

smart little Graham Mall, has been changed to Wednesday, 15 

December, 2010. The old 170-seater, double-storey Spur (near 

the St George and St Michael Cathedral) closed on Sunday, 5 

December, but had to reopen due to contactors falling behind. It 

now moves up High Street to become a much larger, 230-seater 

Redwood Spur. 

It will fill a 450m2 open-plan space in the Graham Hotel complex. 

Eugene Repinz, representing three local owners, says: “We 

are extremely excited in anticipation of welcoming you all to our 

new venue! Come in and visit us! We have built a brand-new store 

to the latest Spur specification. We tailor-designed it for our Grahamstown 

customers. After much local and national research, 

we came up with a lekka mix of elements. 

“We’ve put in a lot of fun infrastructure for children and families. 

There will be soft play toys, a 3.2m2 square modular play 

system which is a large, brightly coloured complex of pipes and 

slides, and we have two indoor mountain-climbing walls which 

are child-safe. They are only 2m high with a large landing pad 

and easy hand holds. 

“There will be a 42-inch flat-screen TV showing cartoon network 

all the time, and 10 Sony play stations with dual controls. 

We will have our much-loved activity packs with crayons and 

Spur’s famous drawing sheets.” 

The eureka moment came when they decided to put the play 

area right in the middle of the business. “We’ve constructed the 

entire 36m2 play area bang in the centre of the restaurant and 

encased the whole edifice in thick safety glass so that the kids 

are always visible to their parents or guardians -- and we have 

CCTV cameras covering hard-to-see areas to ensure that that the 

kids are never out of sight.” 

There’s also a glassed-in space for smokers with separate 

ventilation – “We pump in fresh air and extract the smoke -- and 

we air condition it. 

“When our customers arrive at the Graham Hotel 

they will see our big, illuminated LED (energy efficient) 

Redwood Spur sign, plus another box sign for the Graham 

Mall. 

“Entrance to the new Redwood Spur will be 

through the mall in roughly the same space where 

the old door to the Calabash used to be, but this time 

it will be through a wide glass door which opens onto 

polished cream porcelain tiles. There is a ramp for 

wheelchairs. 

“Straight ahead will be a pleasing fusion of history 

and modernity with Victorian lights done in brushed 

stainless steel. The charming old hanging signage will 

extend from the walls, but instead of filigree, we went 

for brushed steel. You will see four boutique shops; 

Europcar car rentals, Blunden Coach Tours, and very 

exciting Eastern Cape tenant, Swift Travel. 

“They are a black family-owned business and 

they’re rocking the Eastern Cape. One of the sons, 

Gugu Tom, will personally run the Grahamstown outlet.” 

In another smart choice of tenant, local hair stylist, 

Rika van Loggerenberg will open her, funky hair 

salon, The Cutting Lounge. 

“We are delighted to have tenants like this; our vision 

has been for a hospitality hub in and around the 

Graham Hotel. We want businesses to benefit directly 

from each other. It’s in our business plan.” 

Redwood Spur customers’ first sight will be of 

a shiny, L-shaped front counter created out of burnished 

black Rustenburg granite. On the right will be 

a serious buffet counter with polished stainless steel 

chaffing (under-heated) dishes for hot, farm breakfasts. 

Further along the line of sight will be a built-in 

“polar well” for displays of Spur’s favourite salads, 

which will be offered at selected times and on special 

occasions. 

“The new décor is all about being and feeling lighter; 

warm oak and pine bulkheads and balustrades offset 

by stainless steel,” says Eugene. An entire wall has 

been covered in three massive, faux cow hides embellished with 

Spur decals and bedecked with LED strip lighting. 

Three Indian totem poles stand out with their crazy-wild Spur 

designs and a 2.5m Indian canoe “glides” across another section 

of wall! 

The entire décor package has been installed which was 

brought up from Cape Town last week and looks far better than 

anticipated. 

Moving and rebuilding Grahamstown’s Redwood Spur has created 

six permanent new jobs, including the promotion of Zimisa 

“Zimi” Sandi from waitress to manager. Other new jobs will be for 

cooks and waiters. 

Eugene says: “We are going on a huge marketing drive to promote 

our weekly specials which offer something different every 

day. We want to stimulate our Redwood Spur Kids Club with our 

Sizzling Studies Programme, where we bring kids in and do an 

hour-and-a-half educational project on how to run a restaurant. 

They flip burgers, make ice-cream and milkshakes, get shown 

around the shop and meet staff. Internet users can tap into Redwood 

Spur’s free internet wireless access, which is provided for 

customers. Three LCD HD High Definition television sets will be 

placed around the restaurant with sport running all the time, and 

there will a state-of-the-art sound system. “Our toilets will be accessible 

to all customers and we have three tables designed tables 

for the disabled. 

“We have a lot of school groups coming in so we designed the 

restaurant around this local factor. We have two 32-seater tables 

running next to each other in one bay. 

Eugene says the research has taken four years. 

“I visited about 40 Spurs, including every Spur in Johannesburg, 

Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, George, Knysna, 

East London and Durban. “The kids loved it …” – Backyard Media 

083 991 1340 

Contact Eugene Repinz (082 784 7685) for details. 

7 

Pagan holiday,” Koliti said. 

Koliti argued that every event and ritual to be honoured 

had been mentioned in the Bible. For example, the ritual of holy 

communion was justified by its mention in Luke 22:19 (Jesus 

said, “Do this in remembrance of me”) and the practice of honouring 

every seventh day as sacred (“Remember the Sabbath 

day to keep it holy.”) 

Of the commercialisation of Christmas, Hobongwana said 

people who bought Christmas goods at this time made businesses 

rich, while they remained poor. 

Salinda Saki-Neko is an independent citizen journalist for 

Grocott’s Mail

8 Grocott’s Mail Tuesday, 14 December 2010 

WOOLIES BABIES 

Baby, you’re beautiful! 

Four judges were faced with the terribly difficult task last week of trying to choose semi-finalists in the Woolworths/Grocott’s 

Mail baby competition. They were all, every single one, so incredibly cute it was almost impossible 

to choose – but in the end the judges selected these 10 beautiful babies as semi-finalists. 

The three winners will be announced in next Tuesday’s edition of Grocott’s Mail. See all the entrants’ photos on 

Grocott’s Online at www.grocotts.co.za/2010babycomp. 

Photos: Paul Greenway/3P Photography 

Meera Benn 

James Craig Vroom Tyla Leigh Keeton Aslyn Classen 

Lithabile Toto Mihlali Mlambo Azosule Kanana Mercedes Mentoor 

MAKANA MUNICIPALITY 

PROPOSED SALE OF LAND 

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 137(1) of the Municipal Ordinance 20 of 1974 that: 

1. Council has resolved to subdivide, rezone, two portions of Erf 4807and consolidate with Erf 5989 

and sell these two portions to Eskom Distributors by Private Treaty for the upgrading of Albany 

substation. 

2. Council has resolved to close rezone and consolidated a portion of Road Reserve abutting 

Matthew Street and Adjoining Erf 4683 and to sell it by Private Treaty to Mr P. Mathonsi. 

3. Council has resolved to close, subdivide, rezone and sell Portions B, C which represents part 

of Road Reserve as well as small portion Erf 4698 (portion D) and close, subdivide, rezone and 

Public Open Space Erf 4698 to Residential Purposes and sell to Mr P. Ranchhod by Private Treaty 

to be consolidated with Erven 1417 and 1365. 

4. Council has resolved to subdivide, close, rezone and consolidate a Public Street (a Remainder of 

Erf 2190) with Erf 9303. 

Further particulars of the proposed sale of land and road closure is available at the office Directorate: 

TECHNICAL & INFRASTRUCTURAL SERVICES, GRAHAMSTOWN. 

Any person wishing to submit objections if any, must do so in writing to the MUNICIPAL 

MANAGER, CITY HALL, P.O. BOX 176, GRAHAMSTOWN, 6140 before or on 14 January 2011. 

MS. N. L. BAART 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER NOTICE NUMBER: 115/2010 

Jack Henry Gush 

Jesse Burke


Applause 

Celebrating the goodness of Grahamstonians 

9 

GREAT GIFT... Daphne Timm (right), Pam Golding Franchisee 

hands over this month's gift voucher to lucky winner 

Wanda Olivier. Photo: Supplied 

BEST SWIMMERS... Victoria Primary School ended their extramural activities this term with a great big splash. The Interhouse 

Gala race winners are, back row from left: Emma Goodes, Gemma Fourie (Senior Victirix Ludorum), Storm Brown and Abigail 

Vos. Front row from left: Caitlin Bell, Toni Rafferty (Junior Victirix Luodorum), Aimee Vos and Sky Phillips. Photo: Supplied 

NEW VIEW... Life was 

turned upside down at 

Victoria Primary recently 

as the Grade 7s bade 

farewell to their Primary 

School by dressing up 

and playing mischievous 

tricks on their teachers, 

including kidnapping 

Mrs Kaiser, the Acting 

Principal, and holding 

her for ransom. The 

three beloved Grade 7 

teachers Mrs Mabusela, 

Mrs Abrahams and Mr 

Greyling, were not going 

to miss out on the fun 

and delighted the staff 

and children by exhibiting 

their own whacky 

style. Photo: Supplied 

GREAT TEAM... Staff members Donnay Oosthuizen, Asha 

Daya and Abongile Mgaqelwa smile for the camera at a 

farewell function for the outgoing manager of Grocott's 

Mail, Louise Vale. Photo: Steven Lang 

USEFUL WIN... Gloria Tawule won a R1 000 Birch's gift 

voucher in their 150th Anniversary competition. 

Photo: Supplied 

JOY... A huge smile from Ndemogbe Juana when Father 

Christmas visited the Kingswood PrePrimary School recently, 

with presents for all the children. Photo: Supplied 

FRIENDS... Outgoing general manager of Grocott's Mail, 

Louise Vale, shows that she still thinks traffic officer Terence 

Bafo is a great guy – even though he has given her 

more than one ticket over the years. Bafo was one of the 

many guests at Vale's farewell function at the Stephen 

Biko building at Rhodes on Saturday afternoon. 

Photo: Steven Lang. 

Send your Applause pictures to the editor, s.lang@grocotts.co.za or hand deliver them to Grocott’s Mail, 40 High Street.

10 

NEWS 


Port Alfred 

residents 

get 500 houses 

MERRY XMAS... Sixty orphans and vulnerable children at the Jabez Health Aids Centre were showered with presents at 

their Christmas party recently. They were shown a film about the life of Jesus, and listened as various benefactors gave 

them some words of encouragement. Caregiver Nofumene Ncula said, “My dream is to see these children becoming 

happier in their lives. Today my heart feels stronger, because this event has been a success.” Another caregiver, Noncedo 

Mangesana, said of the children, “We wish people could recognise their importance in our lives.” Photo: Thembani Onceya 

Christmas came early for the residents of Port Alfred, 

when Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale handed 

over 500 houses to the community last Tuesday. 

With the houses came a promise from Sexwale that the pace 

of the delivery of services and houses would be accelerated. 

“This project is an indication of how this new government is 

going to do things; we are not going to allow a slow pace in the 

provision of service delivery... our people cannot and must not 

wait any longer for decent shelter,” he said. 

Sexwale told residents that he shared in their hardship and 

was aware of the difficulties they faced without proper housing 

or services. 

“I cannot sleep in my house properly if my people are homeless, 

or when they are suffering in their shacks, unprotected 

from the weather when it is rainy or windy,” he said. 

Five hundred houses have been built in the area since April 

and the project’s target is 5 000 houses – both rental and bonded. 

Schools, clinics and business venues also form part of the 

development. 

However, the rollout of the remaining 4 500 homes is on hold 

until additional infrastructure is provided by the municipality. 

Of particular concern, according to housing officials, was 

the anticipated additional demand on the water supply. Major 

waterworks, such as a desalination plant to treat sea water, 

a plant to clean river water, or the construction of a new dam 

would be required to service the new development. – BuaNews 

How to say Merry Christmas in Africa 

In Akan (Ghana) Afi shapa 

In Zimbabwe Merry Kisimusi 

In Afrikaans (South Africa) Geseënde Kersfees 

In Zulu (South Africa) Sinifi sela Ukhisimusi Omuhle 

In siSwati (Swaziland) Sinifi sela Khisimusi Lomuhle 

In seSotho (Lesotho) Matswalo a Morena a Mabotse 

In Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya) Kuwa na Krismasi njema 

In Amharic (Ethiopia) Melkam Yelidet Beaal 

In Egyptian Arabic (Egypt) Colo sana wintom tiebeen 

In Yoruba (Nigeria) E ku odun, e hu iye’ dun! 

TENDER ADVERTISEMENT 2010/2011 

Makana Municipality hereby invites submission of tenders for the following: - 

TENDER 

NO. 

46/2010 (Readvertised) 

TENDER NAME BRIEF DESCRIPTION BRIEFING SESSION 

DATE 

Supply of 2x Hestia-Mini 

on curved pole street 

lighting for High Street in 

Grahamstown (16 poles). 

• To be suitable for wind 

speeds of 120 km/h at sea 

level 

•Wind surface area for each 

luminare=0.2m2 

• Hot dipped galvanized and 

painted with a high corrosive 

resistant paint. 

CLOSING DATE 

N/A 23 December 2010 

before 12H00 

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS MUST ACCOMPANY TENDERS SUBMITTED BY PROSPECTIVE SERVICE 

PROVIDERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE CONSIDERED, (FAILING WHICH THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED):- 

(a) Original Valid Tax Clearance certificate, (b) Certified copy/ies of Identity Document/s of Directors, (c) Certified copy/ies of 

CK1 or CK2 documents, (d) Billing clearance certificate from your local municipality (with contactable references), (e) Completion 

of MBD4 form (Declaration of Interest), (f) MBD8 form (Declaration of Bidders Past SCM practices) and (g) MBD9 form 

(Certificate of Independent Bid Determination). (h) Service providers within Makana Municipality Area of Jurisdiction should 

provide proper proof of residence such as Municipal account or telephone account. 

ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING: 

Late submitted, faxed, falsified and e-mailed tender documents will not be considered or will be disqualified. No bids will be 

considered from persons in the service of the state. Construction related projects must be implemented in terms of Expanded 

Public Works Programme (EPWP) guidelines. Completed tender documents must be dropped in the tender box located 

at the Administration Section of the Corporate Services Directorate, City Hall, Grahamstown or be posted to reach the Municipal 

Manager, P.O. Box 176, Grahamstown, 6140 by not later than the closing time as indicated above. All tenders submitted will be adjudicated 

in terms of the Council’s Supply Chain Management Policy. For any enquiries contact Ms. N. Ntontela at 046 603 6062. 

The Council does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tenders. 

MS. N.L. BAART 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER Notice No: 13/2010 

CREATIVE KIDS... Come and browse a special art and 

craft market on Friday, and stay for a Christmas concert 

with a difference, as Hamburg Old Hall comes alive to the 

sounds of recorders, marimba and uhadi bow. Children 

of the Keiskamma Music Academy will play Renaissance 

dances, traditional music and compositions by 

Saint-Saëns, Abdullah Ibrahim and Pachelbel, as well as 

Christmas carols. Join the artists of the Keiskamma Art 

Project for tea and coffee at 4pm, before the concert, for 

the opening of the new ceramics studio. The concert, on 

17 December, starts at 5 for 5.30pm and donations at the 

door will help fund the Keiskamma Music Academy. Art 

and craft articles from the Keiskamma Art Project will be 

for sale, as well as the music academy’s new book. For 

more information call Helen at 082 664 1190 or email 

helen@keiskamma.org

classifieds 1. Personal 2. Announcements 3. Sales & Services 4. Employment 5. Accommodation 6. Property 8. Motoring 9. Legals 

11 

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 

1. PERSONAL 

Birthday 

TO RALPH MOSS. Happy 80th 

Birthday Ralph. Love Venetia 

Funerals 

RADFIELD Alvin George. 

he funeral service to be held 

t 11am on Wednesday 15 

ecember 2010 at Roberby Park 

n the Martindale Area. Funeral 

rrangements by Inggs Funeral 

ome 046 636 1528 

WILMOT Louise. Beloved wife 

of Aubrey, mother of Glenn, 

Mitchell, Antony, Aubrey and 

Charlene. Grandmother of 

Chantelle & Samantha passed 

away peacefully on Friday 10 

December 2010. The funeral 

service will be held at the Full 

Gospel Church, Caldicot Street, 

Grahamstown on Friday 17 

December 2010 at 10.30am. 

Funeral arrangements by Inggs 

Funeral Home 046 636 1528 

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Notices 

A PROTEA GROUP. Antic Hall, 

.30pm Monday nights. 22 Albany 

oad, next to New Apostolic Church. 

ell: John 083 550 4221. Wilfred 

73 292 6057 and Antony 082 

82 1234. If anyone, anywhere 

eaches out for help we want the 

and of the AA to be there. 

3. SALES & SERVICES 

Driving Schools 

(24 hrs) 

Gardening 

Driving 

School 

Mike 

082 430 9855 

WIN A CORSA 

BAKKIE! 

GRASS CUTTING. Once-off 

cuts, Refuse removal, Tree felling/Pruning, 

Hedge trimmimg, 

Painting and water tank installations. 

082 696 6831/071 

897 6569. 

Home Maintenance 


Pets 

FAIRBAIRN 

KENNELS 

& CATTERY 

Tel: 046 622 3527 

Cell: 082 552 3829 

For Well Cared-for, 

Happy Pets 

SPCA 

Tel: 046 622 3233, 072 191 2173 

Emergency: 079 037 3466 

ANIMALS FOUND 

• Jack Russell female found 

Bathurst St has 2 large scars (old). 

DOGS AND CATS UP FOR ADOPTION 

• Black medium sized X breed, 

spayed, will make a good companion. 

• Med size spayed black dog, gentle 

nature. 

• Very sweet JR X, will make a loving 

pet, he is our “Oscar” dog and for the 

right owner, he comes with several 

gifts, food, collar, toys and lead. 

• Jack Russell with long legs found 

and never claimed. 

• X Basset/Beagle found Fitzroy 

Street and never claimed – delightful, 

will make a good house pet. 

• Small delightful black dog young 

and handsome. 

• 4 puppies were found in a sack, 

all have been adopted except the 

beige fluffy, about 8 weeks old, very 

appealing. 

• Tan female Afrikana, very friendly 

and good natured. 

• Several adult cats including a 

neutered males, all shapes and sizes 

and colours and are definitely home 

loving cats, house trained. We have 7 

beautiful mischievious kittens - tabby, 

ginger and white, black, calico. 

Thank you to the following for the 

donations of dog and cat food: 

KwikSpar, Mrs Simkins for the huge 

bag of dog food, St Andrew’s for the 

towels and sheets, Hill Street Manor, 

for the bread and newspapers, Pick n 

Pay - cat food.Thank you, thank you 

for supporting us. 

YORKSHIRE Puppies for sale. 

1 male, 1 female. R2 800. Contact 

079 037 6962 

Security 

East Cape 

Access Systems 

“For all your access control 

and vehicle security needs” 

Electic gates, burglar bars, 

pallisade fencing, VESAapproved 

car alarms/ 

immobilisers/gearlocks 

Call 046 622 5668 or visit 

us in Anglo-African Street 

for a free quotation 

Services Offered 

NEED ANYTHING MOVED. Bakkie 

+ 1 Ton Trailer. Owner driver 

for hands on Service. Call George 

076 111 5981 

Swimming Pools 

SIYAZAMA 

Swimming Pool Services 

for all your pool problems. 

We will solve them for you. 

Please contact: 

L S. May 078 371 5543 

A. Siyazi 071 0178 811 

Highly recommended 

by satisfi ed clients 

4. EMPLOYMENT 

Employment Offered 

GARDEN service seeks people 

with experience in garden 

service machines. Must be 

dedicated and reliable of sober 

habits. Contact 071 897 6569. 

A leading company in the 

Office Automation Industry 

invites suitable applicants, 

who meet the criteria for 

the following vacancies: 

Technical Manager / 

Technical Engineer 

• Min 2 Yrs experience in 

office automation 

• Excellent supervisory skills 

• Goal orientated 

• Good verbal & written 

communication skills 

• Excellent knowledge of 

IT industry 

Sales Executives 

• Min 2 Yrs relevant sales 

experience (within Office 

Automation/IT industry 

will be advantageous) 

• Excellent communication 

& negotiation skills 

• Computer literate 

• Highly competitive & 

target-driven 

• Positive, persistent & 

Innovative 

Own dependable transport 

Packages will be negotiated 

with successful applicants. 

Please submit your CV to 

Delmarie Tinhof 

Fax: 041-363 3638 or 

Email: delmarie@km-ec.co.za 

5. ACCOMMODATION 

To Let 

2-BEDROOMED fl at with good 

security, fair-sized kitchen, 

lounge, grand-fl oor balcony 

leading onto garden, laundry 

facilities and off-street shaded 

parking. Close to campus and 

Pepper Grove Mall. R4 400 per 

month. Contact Louise on 072 

259 9593. 

BACHELOR fl at - central Grahamstown, 

renovated. No students. 

Available 1 January 2011. 

Phone 082 477 9236. 

FARMHOUSE for rent 20km 

from town. Needs strong vehicle. 

Available immediately. R2 

900 per month. Contact 083 

479 1414. 

LARGE 4 Bedroomed house in 

Somerset Heights. Lovely view. 

Occupation 1 January 2011. 

Reasonable rental. Phone 046 

622 4464 or 073 519 3811. 

6.PROPERTY 

House for sale 

ALEXANDRIA. Lovely modern 

home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 

2 large living rooms. 

Overlooking valley. A bargain at 

only R395 000. Phone 076 211 

1552. 

8. MOTORING 

Motoring Sales 

1983 MERCEDES 230E auto. 

Recon motor. Mags with good 

tyres, and upholstery. Price: R19 

000. Buyer ID required. Nigel 

074 364 8802 

STEPHEN PENNEY 

Roy Francis was named the Sportsman 

of the Year at Swallows rugby club’s annual 

awards evening recently. Francis 

has captained the side since 2000. According to 

Swallows secretary, Phillip Oerson, Francis is 

a good leader and a good rugby player, who set 

an example to the side. 

Guest speaker, Simphiwe Baninzi (president 

of South Eastern Districts Rugby Union) 

spoke about sports development. 

“An amateur in sport competes for the love 

of sport alone, while the professional competes 

for money. However, the problem with these 

definitions is that it is hard to do the first without 

the second,” said Baninzi. 

Baninzi spoke of how, in the past, sportsmen 

and -women often paid their own way, 

while referees would endure abuse even 

though they were volunteers. 

Baninzi spoke of the fact that sport was 

now run like a business, in which there were 

CEOs and technical staff, and that players, 

even at lower levels, expected to receive some 

form of incentive. 

Part of this model was the “headhunting” 

practice of approaching good 

players while they were still at school 

CAR FOR SALE: Toyota Avanza 

2007, 1.5 Tx (extra safety features, 

7 seater, alarm, central 

locking, air con, cd player), low 

mileage, under warranty. R 105 

000 Cash Sale. 

Contact Heather: 046 622 

8894. 

To advertise 

here contact 

Sivuyile on 

046 622 7222 

BIRDS OF A FEATHER... Swallows rugby club secretary Phillip Oerson (second from left) 

congratulates club trophy winners, from left, Luvane Daniels (Highest Scorer), Roy Francis 

(Sportsman of the Year) and Revan Fillis (Most Dedicated Player). Photo: Supplied 

Francis flies high at Swallows 

rugby awards 

Sport in brief 

Summer Series Triathlon 2010 

The Eastern Province Triathlon Association, 

together with Zports, will host the Summer 

Series Triathlon. The series is made up of 

three events. The first is at Hobie Beach in 

Port Elizabeth on Thursday (16 December), 

followed by Marina Martinique in Jeffrey’s 

Bay on Wednesday (22 December) and the 

final event at Port St Francis on 26 December. 

For the triathletes there is the sprint-distance 

triathlon (750m swim, 20km cycle and a 

5km run). There is also a team triathlon, and 

for the younger participants an aquathlon, 

which is a 1km run, 100m swim and 1km run, 

for children 6 years and older. 

Checkout the Series website www.trisummerseries.co.za 

and get your entries in as 

soon as possible. The Summer Series Triathlon 

is supported by Triangle Sports, Atlas 

Security and Tavcor VW Commercial Cars. 

Sport Splits South Africa will be providing 

the electronic timing for all the participants 

in the Series. 

and offering them bursaries to study in a 

particular province. The guest speaker also 

touched on the Bok Smart programme, which 

considers players’ safety first, particularly 

focusing on scrummaging. Through the programme, 

Baninzi said, a referee could call off 

a game if a field were unplayable. 

All the awards: 

Sportsman of the Year (AN White/Penny- 

Pinchers trophy) – Roy Francis 

Most Dedicated Player (Connocks Butchery 

trophy) – Revan Fillis 

Highest scorer number 1 - 30 points (David 

“Boela” Cobus trophy) – Hilton Fillis 

Highest scorer number 2 - 25 points (Oatlands 

Bakery trophy) Luvane Daniels 

Most Disciplined Player (Telstars Band trophy) 

– Pieter Beets 

Golden Boot - 88 points (Joseph “Boy” Sias 

trophy) – Brian Goliath 

Most Improved Player (Yeomans Inn trophy) 

– Bulelani Plaatjie 

Ex Sedru (Saru 1972 to 1989) provincial 

diplomas were awarded to: Malcolm Kievitts, 

Clyde Prince, Bern Mentoor, Ralph Douglas, 

David Wessels, Paul Kuscus, Ralton Isaacs, 

Niel Isaacs, Joseph Speckman, Phillip Oerson, 

Anthony Yako, Devron Austin, Dawny Boy 

McKaiser. 

Ironman 70.3 

With the 2011 Spec-Savers Ironman 70.3 South 

Africa already sold out, and with world class 

athletes on display, athletes and spectators alike 

can get ready for a thrilling race. South African 

fans will now get the chance to see the best of the 

best in action in their own back yard – and this 

will undoubtedly spur the competition on. 

The Spec–Savers Ironman 70.3 South Africa 

takes place in East London on 23 January 

2011 and comprises a 1.9km sea swim, 90km 

cycle and a 21.1km run. 

Local athletes taking part are: 

Sean Swanepoel (18-24 age category) 

Michael Cannon (25-29) 

Misty Weyer (25-29) 

Dylan Weyer (25-29) 

Terri-Lynn Penney (30-34) 

Julie Walker (40-44) 

Johan Conradie (45-49) 

Deon Boshoff (50-54) 

Mike Loewe (50-54) 

John van Onselen (50-54).

12 14 December 2010 

*** 

Kids score as coaches get coached 


Dozens of coaches from around the Cacadu district descended 

on the Rhodes University campus for a youth 

soccer coaching course, run in partnership with the Department 

of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, and the Stars 

in their Eyes Foundation. 

Formed in 2005 with the Western Cape government, the 

foundation became involved in soccer when it was announced 

that South Africa would host the 2010 World Cup. Eltojn Hart, 

its managing director, said the foundation’s programme for children 

included support for youth coaches, as well as life skills 

training. 

Some coaches were selected through the South African 

Football Association Cacadu, and some through the department. 

Those selected work mainly with youth soccer teams. 

The coaching course started on Monday 6 December and 

ended last weekend. Morning theory sessions were followed by 

hitting the field for practicals. In the afternoons, the coaches 

were back in class to recap, before going back on to the field – 

this time working with children. 

Among the coaching staff was former Banyana Banyana 

captain, Desiree Ellis. 

Anda Ngcebetsha, district co-ordinator for the Department 

of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture’s Mass Participation Programme 

said the emphasis had been on how the coaches should 

deal with children. 

The coaching course ended on Saturday with a mini soccer 

tournament, in which more than 150 school children played. 

During this event, the coaches were expected to identify 

problems and work with their teams to solve them. Ngcebetsha 

said the aim was now to have each region participate in tournaments 

within the various age groups, and to end the season with 

a district tournament. 

The coaches were awarded certificates at the end of the 

course. 

TOP TEAM... The Manley Flats team, which won the 20/20 Grahamstown Cricket Board 

tournament is made up of, back row, from left, Owen Poultney, Andre Nel, Gavin Dixon, Andrew 

Labuschagne, Barry Gleaves and Leslie van der Merwe, front, HJ Nel, Anton Ferreira, 

Andrew Marshall, Jono Davies and Dave Duncan. Photo: Supplied 

Manleys top the 20/20 


MANlEy Flats cricket club were crowned the 

20/20 champions recently when they beat Port 

Alfred in the finals. 

The Grahamstown Cricket Board tournament 

has been held during the past few 

weeks, with up to three games being played 

on a day. 

Teams taking part were Port Alfred, Station 

Hill and Rainbows, Salem, Cuylerville, 

Manley Flats 1sts and 2nds, Willows, Southwell 

1sts and 2nds and Swallows, Sidbury, and 

Makana Sona. 

The 20/20 semi-finals and finals were held 

WORKOUT... Coaches from across the Cacadu district go through various drills during a soccer coaching course run by the 

Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, together with the Stars in their Eyes Foundation. Photo: Stephen Penney 

in Port Alfred on a green wicket, with what leslie 

van der Merwe of Manley Flats described 

as a “slow outfield generally not conducive to 

high-scoring matches”. 

After a pulsating encounter between 

Manley Flats and Cuylerville, which ended 

with Manley Flats winning on the last ball of 

a super over, Manley Flats comfortably beat 

Port Alfred in the final by 7 wickets and with 2 

overs to spare. 

Andre Nel performed well with the bat, 

scoring 43 and 34 not out in both his semis 

and finals innings, while Gavin Dixon proved 

a handful with the ball, taking 7 wickets in 8 

overs for 54 runs. 

Campus club kings, queens 


VAAl University and Northwest University 

Mafikeng were crowned the women’s and 

men’s champions at the University Sport 

South Africa Football National Club Championships. 

Rhodes University hosted the 

tournament, which started last Monday and 

ended with the finals being played on Friday. 

Cape Peninsula University of Technology 

and Vaal University played in the women’s 

finals at King Field at 2pm, while Northlink 

College faced North-West Mafikeng at King 

Field at 4pm. 

The tournament culminated in a prize 

giving function on Friday evening. 

Numerous requests to get information on 

the awards (to which Grocott’s Mail was not 

invited) and the various recipients, as well as 

the USSA teams, failed. 

Cacadu represented at 

Heroes Marathon 


A TEAM of athletes from the 

Cacadu district will be taking 

part in Thursday’s Heroes 

marathon (42km) and 10km 

road races in Mthatha. 

The Department of Sport, 

Recreation, Arts and Culture 

(DSRAC) will be sending the 

team to Mthatha, where they 

will be accommodated and 

registered for the event by the 

department. 

Athletics clubs within 

the Cacadu district (Somerset 

East Athletics Club, 

Humansdorp Athletics Club, 

Jeffrey’s Bay Athletics Club, 

Kowie Striders from Port Alfred 

and Rhodes University 

Athletics Club, Albany Road 

Runners and Run/Walk For 

life Athletics Club from Grahamstown) 

nominated athletes 

for team selection by a 

committee of club representatives 

and DSRAC. 

Grahamstown athletes 

making the cut are Basie 

Boneparte and Revan Fillis 

from Albany Road Runners, 

who will both run the 10km. 

Running the 42km from Grahamstown 

are Rooi Rikhotso, 

Malibongwe Mbelu, Mlamli 

Klaas and Welcome Jela 

(Run/Walk For life Athletics 

Club). Rhodes athletics club 

did not nominate anyone as 

their athletes are away for the 

holidays. The marathon starts 

at Qunu, next to the house 

of former president Nelson 

Mandela. 

Send all sports news, results and fixtures 

to sport@grocotts.co.za

Grocott's Mail 14 December 2010.pdf

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