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The Cantacuzene Period (1952–1965) transferred to the workshop, and in 1961 to Pulp Preparation, where he was promoted to Chargehand, then Assistant Engineer and finally Divisional Engineer of digesters� He retired in 1997 and died the same year� Bepi was thoroughly competent, hardworking and dedicated� For his innovation of bypassing No 4 silo he was awarded the Sappi EAA Gold Award in 1992� Alison Mthuli worked in the company garage and then transferred to the mechanical workshops, where he is remembered as being very quiet with a permanent smile on his face� Armando Zerman and Carletto Scarpa were two highly talented young cabinetmakers who arrived at Saiccor in 1954 and developed their skills under master craftsman Luigi Soldat� Armando was promoted to Chargehand and finally to Engineering Assistant� He retired in 1994 and died in early 2001� Although he often behaved like a prima donna, his work was superlative – good examples being Sappi’s executive suite at Kings Park The author, with Zerman’s model of the Saiccor factory (prior to 2000, when it was refurbished), done with Carletto Scarpa; his model of the Saiccor factory, achieved almost single-handed (with some coaxing); and the desk in the magnesium control room� Luigi Soldat sadly died young in 1970, but both his sons, Giorgio and Giordano (Sack), became Saiccor employees, the latter for the past 35 years� The town of Umkomaas changed dramatically on 23 April 1954� The proposed £7,5 million rayon factory in Umkomaas had sparked heated debate since 8 January 1952, when the Marquis Fracassi di Torre Rossano, Minister Plenipotentiary for Italy, announced while on holiday in Durban that 700 Italians would be coming out to build it� (The Italian government was hoping for this number�) An article from the Natal Mercury on 11 January 1952 gives some indication of the level of controversy surrounding the proposed influx of Italians: Umkomaas Speaks Mind on Factory The building of a £7,500,000 rayon factory at Umkomaas might change its character from a little piece of ‘English Suburbia’ to that of a cosmopolitan South African industrial town� When the slightly bewildered ENGLISH SUBURBIA OR LITTLE ITALY? Umkomaas people got over the initial shock of the 600 Italians coming to the township, their opinions fell into two clearly defined channels� People with business interests were in favour of the idea of Umkomaas ‘waking up at last,’ but the majority of the residents, compri- 15 sing mostly English people who have retired, hope that Umkomaas will ‘sleep on’� One elderly retired resident who has been in Umkomaas for the past 20 years declared: ‘I am definitely not in favour of being turned into an industrial town and I am strongly opposed to foreigners�’
The First Fifty Years The debate raged through letters to the press, centred mainly on the issue of the Italians, some for and some against� To quote a few examples: The new types will frighten away the thousands of regular visitors� Imagine the beach and bathing pool at weekends, with hundreds of Italian wives and children within walking distance� (J Hall, Daily News, January 1952) There need be no fear that Umkomaas or any other equally underdeveloped spot in South Africa would not benefit tremendously by the creative and hardworking genius of the Italians� (Natal Mercury, 25 February 1952) Eventually an Italian ‘Monti’ joined the fray: Italians are guilty of having two big faults; of being poor and, above all, of being intelligent� For the first, we are despised and for the second we are envied� Now, if they like, they can continue, but I just want them to know that we are superior to these offences� (Natal Mercury, 31 January 1952) ‘Dopo-Domani at Umkomaas’, a cartoon which appeared in The Natal Mercury, 16 January 1952, summed up the feelings of local residents at the time 16
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