8 September 2016

MUNICIPALITY AND RESIDENTS DISCUSS WASTE PROBLEMS IN KENTON – PAGE 3 

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LOUISE KNOWLES 

ISABILITY was the last thing on 

anyone's mind as wheelchairs raced 

pell-mell around the netball courts at 

Dthe Titi Jonas multipurpose centre on 

Casual Day last Friday. 

A total of 15 patients came from Alexandria, 

Marselle and Kenton-on-Sea and seven patients 

from Bathurst. Friends and family were also there 

to support them. 

“Four wheelchair races and no accidents ... 

except for one plaster,” said ambulance driver 

Karin Romans who was on standby. 

The rain did not impede the speed, and TotT 

watched Mongezi Shweleni winning the third heat 

with Thembalethu Malethu pushing his wheelchair. 

In contrast to the wheelchairs whizzing around 

the makeshift track, spectators drifted slowly but 

surely onto the indoor basketball court to watch 

the prize-giving. 

Student volunteers from Stenden South Africa 

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people watched a film on autism. 

Then, occupational therapist Amy Diedericks 

gave a demonstration of a patient with Parkinson’s 

who filled in a form with a trembling hand. 

Audiologist Jodie Africa also gave a 

demonstration on hearing disabilities while 

Mzukisi Phahlwa translated. 

The event was sponsored by Pick n Pay and 

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attend the event. New Ndlambe mayor Phindile 

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Organiser and occupational therapist Teri-Lee 

Baartman sent out a big thank-you to her team, 

including Diedericks and audiologist Africa, for 

helping her organise the event. 

Aside from promoting the event with posters and 

a radio announcement, they contacted patients 

directly who came from the Port Alfred Hospital's 

outpatient department and seven mobile clinics. 

Baartman also thanked the municipality for 

preparing the grounds for the influx of people and 

transporting the 22 patients to the event in 

N e m at o . 

“Also thank you to the hospital for providing the 

wheelchairs,” she said. 

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Crime stats show increase 

ROB KNOWLES 

POLICE Minister Nathi 

Nhleko released the 

crime statistics for 

2015/16 last Friday, and 

the general consensus 

among analysts is that 

crime is escalating at a 

pace all around the 

countr y. 

For example, murder 

is up by 4.9% in 

comparison to the 

2014/2015 statistics, 

translating to an 

average of 52 murders 

occurring in South 

Africa every day. With a 

daily average of 363 

incidents of aggravated 

robbery, and 57 houses 

being broken into, 

together with 57 

car-jackings, South 

Africa seems to be in 

the grip of an 

escalating crime spree. 

Crime stats are taken 

from June to May the 

next year. 

On the local front, of 

the five stations 

reporting crime – those 

being Alexandria, 

B at h u r st , 

Kenton-on-Sea, Port 

Alfred and Seafield – 

Alexandria has the 

highest crime rates in 

almost every category. 

The murder rate 

across Ndlambe, as 

published, stands at 15, 

with nine having 

occurred in Alexandria 

and six in 

Kenton-on-Sea. This is 

up from last year, when 

only six murders were 

reported in total. 

Attempted murder 

cases totalled 24, with 

17 cases reported in 

Alexandria, two each in 

Bathurst and Port Alfred 

and three in 

Kenton-on-Sea. 

However, the crime 

statistics make no 

reference to Nemato, 

and their accuracy is 

therefore called into 

q u e st i o n . 

As for assault with 

intent to commit 

grievous bodily harm, 

this figure has 

increased from 263 

reported cases in 2015 

to 276 this year. Again, 

Alexandria had the 

most cases, 86, closely 

followed by 

Kenton-on-Sea with 82. 

There were 55 cases 

reported in Bathurst 

and 49 in Port Alfred, 

with just four reported 

in Seafield. Still, these 

figures are significantly 

down on the figures for 

10 years ago when, in 

2006, there were 745 

reported cases. 

Sexual offences such 

as rape are down to 93 

from last year’s high of 

136. The highest 

incidents of sexual 

crimes occurred in 

Alexandria with a total 

of 41, with 27 in 

Kenton-on-Sea, 16 in 

Bathurst and nine in 

Port Alfred. 

Common assault 

cases are up slightly on 

last year with 224 cases 

reported as opposed to 

201 last year. Once 

more, Alexandria leads 

the way with 81 cases, 

followed by Port Alfred 

with 69. 

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Malicious damage to 

property cases were 

down from 168 last year 

to 131. Burglary at 

non-residential 

properties was slightly 

up at 136 cases as 

opposed to 126 last 

year. Burglary at 

residential properties 

was slightly lower than 

last year’s figure of 742, 

with 735 cases. 

Cases of theft of 

motor vehicles, and out 

of motor vehicles, had 

both decreased slightly 

and were both well 

below the average of 

the past 10 years. 

Having reached a 

peak of 172 cases in 

2014, drug-related 

crimes have also 

decreased slightly. Last 

year there were 146 

cases and this year, 128. 

Driving under the 

influence of alcohol has 

also decreased from 

almost 150 cases in 

2009 and 2010, to just 

98 cases this year. 

Commercial crime 

has increased from 81 

cases last year to 92 

cases. Shoplifting has 

shown a steady 

decrease over the last 

10 years, from 86 

incidents in 2005 to 49 

this year. 

Finally, robbery at 

residential premises 

was down from 25 last 

year to just 18 this year. 

Kenton-on-Sea suffered 

most with seven cases. 

For non-residential 

property there were 26 

reported cases, one less 

than last year. 

CRUMPLED 

CARS: Two 

people died in 

a head-on 

collision 

between this 

VW Jetta and a 

Mercedes-Benz 

on the R67 on 

Sunday 

after noon 

Picture: 

JD VAN 

ST R A AT E N 

Two die in third 

fatal R67 collision 

JON HOUZET 

TWO people died in a 

head-on collision on the Port 

Alfred to Bathurst road near 

the Mansfield turnoff on 

Sunday afternoon. 

One of the deceased has 

been identified as local 

businessman Callie 

Rademeyer. Police have not 

revealed the name of the 

other victim as they said they 

were awaiting formal 

i d e n t i f i c at i o n . 

Two other people sustained 

injuries. 

Police are investigating a 

case of culpable homicide. 

According to a 

MultiSecurity report, a silver 

Mercedes-Benz coming from 

the direction of Bathurst 

overtook another car and had 

a head-on collision with a 

white VW Jetta. 

The driver of the Mercedes 

and one of the occupants of 

the Jetta were killed. A 

passenger in the Mercedes 

sustained a broken leg and 

was taken to hospital. 

Gardmed, Metro 

Ambulance, the Ndlambe fire 

department, Nemato SAPS, 

Bathurst CID, Kowie Towing 

and Crash Towing all 

responded to the scene. 

Posting photographs of the 

accident on Facebook, JD van 

Straaten described it as “out 

of a horror movie”. 

“My heart goes out to the 

family and friends affected by 

today's events,” he said. 

It was the third fatal 

accident on the road in a 

matter of months, with a man 

dying in a two-car collision 

near the Rocky Ridge farm 

stall in May, and another 

death near the Mansfield 

turnoff in July. 

Numerous other accidents 

have been reported on the 

road, some involving stray 

cat tle.

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War on waste escalates 


K E N TO N ’S waste 

disposal woes are not 

over yet, despite a 

public meeting 

convened by Ndlambe 

Municipality to 

address residents’ 

needs last Wednesday. 

The meeting was 

attended by members 

of the media, Kentonon-Sea 

Ratepayers 

Association (Kosra), 

other residents and 

st a ke h o l d e r s . 

Ndlambe director of 

community protection 

services, Nombulelo 

Booysen, introduced 

retired engineer Johan 

de Wet to explain 

developments since 

Kosra took the 

municipality to court 

over mismanagement 

of the unlicenced 

Marselle/Bushman’s 

River landfill site. 

Kosra won a high 

court judgment 

against the 

municipality in June, 

compelling it to take 

all reasonable steps to 

prevent the burning of 

rubbish and extinguish 

such at the dumpsite, 

to ensure waste was 

confined within the 

dump, and to collect 

windblown refuse in a 

1.5km radius. 

It had to report to 

the court on progress 

every 90 days. 

The court also urged 

the municipality to 

find an alternative 

site, with a view to 

closing the Marselle 

site. 

A decommissioning 

licence for the 

dumpsite was already 

granted to the 

municipality in March 

last year. 

Ndlambe decided to 

stop using the dump 

i m m e d i at e l y. 

De Wet said the 

municipality had 

obtained a licence of 

closure, in terms of 

which it must formally 

close the dump by 

March 2018. 

Complying with 

legalities will take 18 

months and will cost 

R6- to R8-million. 

Meanwhile, the 

municipality is looking 

for a new landfill site, 

which will cost 

between R10- and 

R12-million, depending 

on the size of the 

proper t y. 

This raised the 

question whether it 

would not be more 

economically viable to 

continue to take 

Kenton’s household 

refuse to Port Alfred 

rather than buy new 

land. 

But Booysen’s 

deputy, Fanie Fouche, 

said the Port Alfred 

dumpsite also had a 

limited lifespan. 

The Marselle/ 

Bushmans’ municipal 

dump had already 

reached its capacity. 

The cost of 

transpor ting 

household rubbish 

from Kenton to Port 

Alfred would be borne 

partly from a 

municipal 

infrastructure grant 

(MIG), partly from 

rates and taxes, and 

partly from a business 

plan the municipality 

had drawn up to 

obtain funding, 

Booysen said. 

In response to a 

query, Booysen said 

central funding for 

large projects such as 

the RO plant and 

Amatola Water project 

would be used. 

Roads, water, 

sanitation and waste 

management were all 

part of the MIG, of 

which 5% was for 

waste management, 

she said. 

Another issue raised 

was the absence of 

the glass skip from 

the Kenton CBD 

parking lot, which was 

removed after 

residents complained 

that people were 

putting everything, 

including dead dogs, 

into the skip. 

Integrated Waste 

and Recycling 

Services (I wa r s ) 

JOINT EFFORT: Iwars project manager Mark 

Price, left, chats with Kenton resident Chester 

Wilmot at the meeting Picture: LOUISE KNOWLES 

project manager Mark 

Price, said it was 

possible to separate 

the glass from other 

recyclables, as long as 

it was not broken 

glass, and Iwars was 

designing a new skip 

with a special glass 

chute. 

Booysen said refuse 

dumps should not be 

located within the 

CBD, although the 

skips were only a 

transit area for 

recyclables. 

Neither Iwars nor 

the municipality could 

decide where to put 

the skips and referred 

the decision to 

ratepayers to decide at 

an open meeting. 

Residents can 

submit proposals to 

i n f o @ i wa r s . c o . z a 

Last year, before the 

dump was closed, 

Iwars received 24.8 

tons of glass, five tons 

of cardboard paper, 

2.6 tons of PET plastic 

and other plastics, and 

888kg of cans per 

month. Waste pickers 

brought in R8443 of 

wa st e . 

Last December, 

Iwars received 70 tons 

of waste, but the 

tonnage has now gone 

down to zero and 

Iwars is in danger of 

closing down unless 

households increase 

their production of 

recyclables, Price said. 

“If Kenton residents 

put out their 

recyclables, we will 

send out the truck,” 

said Price. “We need 

full trucks otherwise it 

is not viable.” 

Booysen said 

Kenton residents 

should put out their 

rubbish and 

recyclables on the 

same day (Tuesdays), 

as the Iwars truck will 

follow the municipal 

refuse truck. 

The two-bag system 

is working in Boknes 

and Bushman’s, and 

Kenton resident Justin 

Wilmot called on all 

Kenton residents to 

prioritise recycling. 

An Ekuphumleni 

resident said the 

community could not 

afford to buy black 

bags, let alone 

expensive see-through 

bags. 

Booysen said the 

municipality would 

issue see-through 

bags to test the 

viabilit y. 

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What do you want from your council? 

LOUISE KNOWLES AND ROB 

KNOWLES 

TALK of the Town asked a random 

sampling of men and women in the 

market place what they were hoping 

for from the new Ndlambe council. 

A Bathurst mother of adult 

children, Florence Gcayiya, said that 

she hoped for clean water, and that 

the roads in Bathurst, especially the 

R67 from Port Alfred, would be 

upgraded. 

She also hoped that the low 

standard of RDP houses would 

improve and that they would do 

renovations on existing houses. 

Another woman, Kholeka Ntozini, 

said she also wanted a house, with 

affordable electricity, and good 

quality water, as well as good 

sanitation services from the council. 

A natty young adult, Kevin Gutsu, 

responded when his friend 

Simphiwe Seti asked us to clarify 

our question. “What kind of 

councillors are you talking about? 

The DA, the EFF or the ANC?” Seti 

a s ke d . 

Gutsu said: “There is only one 

council. All the councillors form one 

government. What do you want them 

to do for you?” 

His inquiring friend, Seti, explained 

that they came from a village and so 

he did not know if they had the same 

council as people in Port Alfred. But 

if it was all the same, then he said 

he would like better service delivery, 

refuse collection, and more business 

for young people, as well as free 

education from the beginning all the 

way to high school and on to 

universit y. 

An elderly man who resides in 

Nemato, Zola Qokose, said he would 

like the municipality to fix the roads 

and fill the potholes in Nemato. He 

also said he would like them to solve 

more crime and to prevent crime 

from happening to give people more 

securit y. 

Grandad Wellington Qutywa 

expressed a wish not many had 

thought of. 

“There are too many red lines on 

the R72,” he said. “There are no 

places for trucks to stop in Port 

Alfred if they want to come to the 

Pick n Pay and buy something. They 

can't stop anywhere.” 

He also expressed the wish that all 

the councillors, both ANC and DA, 

would work together for the good of 

the town. He added that he would 

like the town to be well-maintained 

to attract more tourists. 

His friend, Zinyusile Makeleni, 

said he wanted better roads, 

including the R72 between Port 

Elizabeth and Port Alfred, better 

quality water, and for council to use 

the money they had to get the 

necessary equipment to purify the 

water, and to be accountable in the 

way that they spent their money. 

“They have got the money,” he 

said. 

A young man, Alfred Mbatsha, 

said he wanted councillors to come 

together to fix the roads and provide 

good quality water. 

“All the councillors must work 

together to make things better for 

the town,” he said. 

Stern warning as three rapists 

handed down hefty sentences 

Good work by Port Alfred detectives sees culprits put behind bars 

DETECTIVES from the 

Port Alfred Family 

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Offences Unit secured 

hefty sentences for 

rape offenders in the 

Port Alfred Regional 

Court recently. 

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Bathurst, was found 

guilty of assault with 

intent to do grievous 

bodily harm, 

kidnapping, two 

counts of rape, 

housebreaking with 

intent to commit an 

offence unknown to 

the state and 

possession of a 

dangerous weapon. 

He was sentenced 

to a year each for 

assault and 

kidnapping, two years 

for housebreaking and 

six months for 



For one charge of 

rape he was 

sentenced to 15 years 

in prison and for the 

other, 10 years. 

The sentences for 

assault and 

kidnapping will run 

concurrently with the 

15-year sentence for 

rape, and the 

housebreaking and 


dangerous weapon 

sentences will run 

concurrently with the 

10-year sentence for 

rape. 

Police spokeswoman 

Captain Mali 

Govender said one of 

the incidents took 

place in Bathurst on 

June 29 2014, when 

at about midnight, 

Nocucu entered the 

 

 

home of his 22-yearold 

victim, who was 

asleep while her 

boyfriend went to buy 

drinks. 

Nocucu stabbed her 

on her arm with the 

knife that he was 

carrying and raped 

her. The victim 

managed to grab the 

knife and threw it 

away, after which the 

suspect fled. 

She then called out 

for assistance. During 

an intensive search, 

police arrested 

Nocucu about 12 

hours later. 

While the 

investigation was 

going on, it was 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

established that 

Nocucu was linked to 

another Bathurst rape 

case that occurred on 

September 15 2013. 

The case was 

provisionally 

withdrawn and the 

DNA results were 

o u t st a n d i n g . 

In this case, the 

victim, who was 25 at 

the time, was on her 

way home in the early 

hours of the morning, 

when Nocucu 

allegedly 

grabbed her 

and accosted 

h e r. 

He took the 

beer bottle that 

she was 

carrying, and 

beat her over 

the head 

several times in 

an attempt to restrain 

h e r. 

He then took her to 

a house where he 

repeatedly raped her 

throughout the night. 

She was rescued by 

members of the 

community the 

following morning. 

A second rapist, 

Luvuyo Baren Ntluka, 

26, of Nemato, was 

found guilty of a 

charge of rape, 

housebreaking with 

intent to commit an 

offence unknown to 

the state, assault and 



He was sentenced 

to 10 years 

imprisonment for 

rape, four years for 

the housebreaking, 

one year for assault 

and six months for 



Half of the sentence 

for housebreaking is 

to run concurrently 

with the rape 

sentence, and the 

sentence for assault 

and possession of a 

dangerous weapon is 

to run concurrently 

with the rape 

sentence. 

The incident took 

place on August 4 

... it was established 

that Nocucu was 

linked to another 

Bathurst rape case 

2014. 

The victim was 

asleep in her room, 

when Ntluka broke 

open the door and 

entered. 

He then tried to 

rape the victim and 

when she resisted, he 

stabbed her twice on 

the arm and raped 

h e r. 

Ntluka fled when 

the victim’s boyfriend 

arrived. The police 

were alerted and the 

suspect was arrested. 

A third man, 

Vulindlu Jamani 

Siyabulela, 20, was 

found guilty of the 

rape of a 35-year-old 

woman and 

sentenced to 10 years’ 

imprisonment, of 

which three years is 

suspended for five 

years. Govender said 

the incident took 

place on April 4 this 

year, after midnight. 

The victim was on 

her way home with 

Siyabulela, who was 

known to her. 

As they approached 

her home, Siyabulela 

dragged her into a 

bush inside her yard 

and raped her. Her 

cries for help caught 

the attention of her 

young son, who 

aler ted 

neighbours. 

The victim 

was rescued 

while 

Siyabulela was 

still in the act of 

raping her. He 

fled the scene 

prior to the 

police arriving. 

He was 

arrested that day at 

about 3pm. 

The sentences were 

welcomed by c l u st e r 

commander, Brigadier 

Morgan Govender, 

who said: “I would 

like to commend the 

investigating officers 

for their perseverance 

and dedication to 

dut y. 

“Crimes against 

women and children 

remain a priority and 

I’m hopeful that these 

sentences will send 

out a message to the 

community that we 

will continue to bring 

perpetrators of these 

heinous acts to book. 

“We have a close 

and great working 

relationship with the 

NPA and the justice 

depar tment.”



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Ndlambe exco members 

struggle to find their feet 

ROB KNOWLES 

WHEN the new 

Ndlambe executive 

committee (exco) met 

on Tuesday, with new 

mayor Phindile Faxi in 

the chair, the 

members sometimes 

struggled to find their 

feet with their new 

duties. 

The other exco 

members are 

councillors Ray 

Schenk, Thembani 

Mazana and Nosicelo 

Xhasa. Following the 

local government 

elections in August, 

only Schenk has 

survived as an exco 

member, and the new 

members seemed 

excited but a little 

unsure as to what 

their roles would be in 

the newly constituted 

exco. 

Faxi began by 

admitting that he had 

a problem in 

proposing and 

seconding the 

minutes of the last 

exco meeting as only 

Schenk was present. 

“Will you both 

propose and second 

the adoption of the 

minutes?” Faxi mused. 

This matter was 

resolved when 

infrastructure director 

Noluthando Vithi, who 

was standing in for 

municipal manager 

Rolly Dumezweni, 

seconded the minutes. 

Faxi gave an outline 

of what he expected of 

the exco, and how 

services to the people 

would be improved. 

Firstly, Faxi wants to 

identify the owners of 

the land parcels lying 

along the R72, east 

and west, to build 

houses for the 

middle-income groups 

such as nurses, police 

officers and teachers 

who are currently 

renting RDP properties 

in the area. 

Faxi also mentioned 

the problems of 

encroachment, and 

how this has caused 

considerable 

bitterness in 

neighbours who used 

to be friends. 

The challenge of 

underground water is 

also an issue raised 

by Faxi. 

“This happens 

throughout Ndlambe,” 

said Faxi. “In some 

areas there are doubts 

whether this is not 

caused by old 

underground pipes.” 

As far as revenue 

collection is 

concerned, Faxi wants 

to begin “healthy 

competition” among 

councillors to 

encourage better 

revenue collection and 

to reduce the 

outstanding money 

owed by residents. 

“I further request a 

comprehensive report 

on all revenue 

collection activities or 

service performed by 

various groups of 

people,” said Faxi. 

Faxi also spoke of 

the centralisation of 

supply chain 

management, the 

establishment of the 

intergovernmental 

relations structure, the 

establishment of dates 

for organisational 

strategy planning 

sessions, and a review 

of the delegation 

r e g i st e r. 

Faxi also wanted to 

establish training 

committees to ensure 

that all employees 

working in the 

municipality, have 

adequate training. 

 

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Another issue Faxi 

raised, was that of 

mainst reaming 

HIV/Aids awareness 

throughout the 

organisation, saying 

the pandemic was not 

an individual’s 

problem, but one that 

affected the entire 

o r g a n i s at i o n . 

He said he would be 

investigating the 

relationship with other 

sectors in combating 

the spread of the 

disease. 

 

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COUNCIL 

NOTES 

... the municipality’s voice 

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OPINION 

Who can 

stop road 

car nage? 

WE have written before about the “road 

of death” that the R67 between Port 

Alfred and Bathurst seems to be earning 

a reputation as. 

Not because of any flaws in the 

condition of the road, or because of 

dangerous bends (it is a fairly straight 

road the entire way to Bathurst), but 

rather because of human error. 

There have been a number of 

accidents involving stray animals, 

especially cattle on the road, which of 

course is the fault of the owners of 

these often unbranded wandering 

beasts and the municipal authorities, 

who do nothing about it. 

But the most serious accidents on the 

R67, the ones that have resulted in 

death, are due to the recklessness of 

drivers. Since June there have been 

three such fatal crashes – all were 

head-on collisions. 

Alcohol is suspected to have played a 

role in some of these accidents, which is 

an issue all by itself, but in the 

experiences related on social media of 

commuters who use that road, speeding 

and general recklessness seems to be a 

problem. 

There are a few blind rises along the 

R67, and this is where aggressive 

drivers take risks, passing other vehicles 

which are moving too slowly for their 

liking. I too have experienced such 

tailgaters on that road. 

In their shock and commiserations 

expressed under a Facebook post of the 

latest accident on the TotT group, 

several people said they feared for their 

safety every time they used the R67. 

The same was said of the R72, which 

is a much busier national route, and has 

seen its share of accidents. But lately all 

the fatal accidents in our area seem to 

be taking place on the R67. 

The grisly aftermath of Sunday’s 

head-on crash was described as a scene 

from a horror movie, with cars twisted 

out of shape, debris scattered and other 

commuters helping to carry the dead 

and dying from the wreckage. 

Seeing something like that up close 

and personal should jar each of us into 

being sober-minded and responsible 

road-users. But how quickly we forget, 

and try to take a chance to pass a 

slow-moving vehicle ahead of us, when 

visibility of the oncoming lane might not 

be that good. The trucks on the R72 are 

a particularly vexatious example. 

And even if we are careful, defensive 

drivers, we encounter other road users 

who are not, and so our lives are placed 

at their mercy. 

Something needs to be done, but who 

has the answer? 

– Jon Houzet 

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GRAVEYARD RUBBLE: A resident visiting the cemetery next to the old Settlers Church on the east bank noticed a gravedigger contractor had 

bulldozed through a bush separating two portions of the graveyard, and in the process of laying a new grave and replacing an old headstone, simply 

left the rubble of the previous tombstones on site along with garden refuse. TotT asked the municipality a week ago who would have given 

permission for the gravedigger contractor to plough through the bush, and who would clear up the tombstone rubble. No response has been received 

Picture: HELMUT HARTLEB 

HAVE YOUR S AY 

Letters to PO Box 2871, Port Alfred - or e-mail to houzetj@timesmedia.co.za 

This is an open forum for readers to express their opinions. However, the publishers reserve the right to shorten letters. Those printed are not necessarily the views of Talk of the Town. Although noms de plume may be used, 

letters must be signed and have an authentic contactable address & telephone number. Talk of the Town reserves the right to not publish letters. Please limit letters to 250 words or less. 

PARSC clears air on regatta 

THERE has been much talk and 

speculation with regards to the 

hosting of the university’s rowing 

regatta by the Port Alfred River and 

Ski-boat Club (PARSC). 

The PARSC committee hereby 

wishes to acquaint the community 

of Port Alfred with the basic facts. 

The regatta has relocated. 

Happily the event is to remain on 

the Kowie River. 

The PARSC will not be hosting 

the rowers, their coaches and 

officials. The facts may be stated 

briefly: 

ý Historically hundreds of 

rowers, coaches and officials have 

used the club’s facilities without 

paying fair and market-related hire 

charges. Members give up 

privileges attached to their 

membership in order to 

accommodate the students for a 

week. 

Emergency numbers 

Port Alfred hospital – (046) 604-4000 

Police station – (046) 604-2001/2 

Multi-Security – (046) 624-2508 

Chubb Security – (046) 624-4810 

Sky Alarms – (046) 624-2806 

NSRI – 082-990-5971 

Electricity (a/h) - (046) 624-1111 

EMS (Emergency Medical Services) – 10177 

Gardmed –082-759-2134 

Holistic EMS – 063-460-0042 

Fire Department – (046) 624-1111 

ý An attempt to put the 

relationship on a proper footing 

was initiated by the club in March. 

The idea was to accommodate the 

rowers, meet their requirements 

and extract fair compensation. 

ý Through numerous e-mails 

and meetings with unauthorised 

“r e p r e s e n t at i v e s ”, nothing was 

achieved, other than repeated 

requests to escalate the issue to 

those in charge of university 

rowing. It was made clear, that the 

club was not prepared to host the 

regatta, unless an agreement was 

achieved. 

ý Ultimately on July 22 a “final” 

meeting was convened. The 

universities were represented by a 

professor and an attorney. 

ý The rowers offered a payment 

of R25 000. The PARSC had 

calculated fair payment for the use 

of its facilities for the week (based 

on market-related venue hire) was 

R45 000, after taking into account 

the current financial constraints of 

universities, social responsibility 

and a funding model of R100 

entrance fee per participant. 

ý Now this is important! The 

PARSC accepted the tender 

totalling R25 000 made by the 

professor and the attorney and 

agreed to every stipulated usage 

required by the universities. A 

binding agreement was achieved 

and everyone left the meeting 

having put in place a 

comprehensive agreement which 

was subsequently reduced to 

writing, signed by the club and 

sent to the attorney and professor 

for signature. 

ý When the agreement was not 

signed and returned, 

correspondence followed. The club 

wanted to know where the signed 

DA abides by conduct code 

WITH reference to Charles Pellew’s letter “Time 

for DA to deliver on vision” in the Talk of the 

Town dated September 1, I wish to highlight the 

following: Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the 

Republic of South Africa defines the objects of 

local government. (Section 152). 

The DA’s vision is based on freedom, fairness 

and opportunity, and within this framework, 

conduct our business in council. 

As the official opposition in Ndlambe, with six 

seats as opposed to 13 for the ANC, it is 

unlikely that we could outvote the ANC in 

council and therefore rely on our ability to 

debate issues with clarity, based on our vision 

to achieve outcomes that will benefit all 

residents of Ndlambe. 

Schedule 1 of the Local Government: 

Municipal Systems Act, defines the code of 

conduct for councillors and all DA councillors 

fulfil their duties in terms of these codes. 

It is the duty and obligation of all councillors 

to challenge any recommendation that is not 

consistent with legislation 

It is also the responsibility of council to hold 

municipal officials to account according to the 

preamble of the Local Government: Municipal 

Systems Act No. 32 of 2000 and Chapter 3 of 

the Municipal Structures Act, read with chapter 

7 (Section 152) of the Constitution of the 

Republic of South Africa. We have done so 

vigorously whenever the need has arisen. 

The development of the IDP is an open 

process wherein all residents have an 

opportunity to participate – and contribute – 

through open meetings and ward committees. 

This is also true of the budgeting and approval 

process and it is here that, particularly the 

Ndlambe Ratepayers Forum and PA Residents 

and Ratepayers Association, have been of great 

assistance in the past year. 

DA councillors appreciate all interaction with 

the community. Healthy debate and input from 

concerned residents assisted in putting 

together a budget for 2016/17 that was realistic 

and sustainable. My contact details are: 

083-558-3195 and e-mail ra y @ s e a f i e l d . c o . z a 

RAYMOND SCHENK, WARD 10 COUNCILLOR 

agreement might be. 

ý What followed, two weeks 

later, was a list of 12 further 

requirements and usages to which 

the club could not agree. Most 

additional requirements were 

irreconcilable with the binding 

agreement. 

ý On August 9 the trustees of 

SA University Rowing made 

themselves known for the first 

time. They stated in a letter that 

they would not be using the 

facilities of the club. 

Those are the facts. There the 

matter ends. 

The PARSC committee is 

satisfied we negotiated in good 

faith and had the interests of the 

club and the Port Alfred community 

at heart. 

PORT ALFRED RIVER AND SKI-BOAT CLUB 

COMMIT TEE 

Wink fundraising tea a 

success, thanks to all 

A VERY sincere thank 

you to all who 

supported the 

fundraising tea for 

Wink (We’re 

Individual, Normal 

Kids) on August 26. 

Your generosity is 

greatly appreciated. 

The total raised was 

R2 75 8 . 

Congratulations to 

Louisa Samuels who 

won the hamper 

raffle. 

The other winners 

were Grace Pearce, 

Laura Perry and 

Marygold Harman – 

c o n g r at u l at i o n s ! 

Many thanks to all 

who helped make it a 

great success. 

JANET THATCHER, ST 

PA U L ’S CHURCH LADIES 

GUILD 

Slight on integrity 

of journalists unfair 

THE letter under the heading ‘’spread the 

coverage” by Colin Barnard last week refers. 

Why this unwarranted slur on the journalistic 

integrity of the TotT reporters? Surely the freedom 

to photograph and write in the interest of the 

whole local community is paramount? Many of us 

appreciate seeing and reading features of the 

charming young ladies in Ndlambe. 

His alternative of a report and picture of an 

oversize pumpkin on the front page is unlikely to 

increase the circulation of our local paper. 

Viva the freedom of the press. 

COLIN MURRAY



HAVE YOUR S AY 

RECALLING THE PAST: Sheila Riddin has asked if other TotT readers can 

help fill in the names of the people in this old photograph of the Shaw 

Park branch of the South African Women’s Auxiliary, taken in 1946 

Do you know any of these 

SA Women’s Auxiliary faces? 

I CAME across this amazing old 

photograph of the Shaw Park 

branch of the South African 

Wo m e n ’s Auxiliary taken in March 

1946 outside the Shaw Park Hall. 

This group of talented ladies 

supported the war effort by hand 

knitting items such as socks, 

balaclavas and scarves, which they 

sent off to the South African 

soldiers – often with a little 

message stuck into the toe of a 

sock or with a letter of 

encouragement to the recipient. 

I feel sure that many of your 

readers will be very interested in 

this photograph. 

Ena Clayton and Jean Haselhurst 

(daughter-in-law and 

granddaughter of Florence Clayton) 

have delved back into their 

memories to put names to the 

faces in the photograph, but some 

elude them – perhaps your readers 

would be able to fill the gaps? 

The back row, from left, are: Mrs 

Evershed, Mrs Elliott, Mrs 

Evershed’s sister?, 

_____________, 

_____________, Ruth Lansdell, 

Winnie Hopper, Nel Bradfield, 

___________, Mrs Potgieter, 

____________, Florence Clayton, 

Ruby Bradfield 

The middle row: Genieve Arnold, 

Jean Preddy, Kay Bradfield, Stella 

Lansdell, Olive Jones, Joy Mandy. 

And the front row: Doris Clayton 

and Shirley Hounsell. 

SHEILA RIDDIN 

Question: Tell us about 

your job. 

Answer: My wife, Jean, 

and I have a B&B and I 

design and build things. I 

am creating an industrial 

lift presently which is very 

exciting but I am too busy 

to work as I much prefer 

building people and see 

the Christ invested 

potential in them. 

Q: What made you get 

into that line of work? 

A: All my life I have 

designed innumerable 

machines and devices in 

my farming and quarry 

d ay s . 

Q: Describe the most 

memorable experience 

that you have had in 

your line of work. 

A: My whole life has 

been a wonderful journey 

of discovery and it’s still 

happening. 

Q: What do you do to 

unwind when you are 

not working? 

A: Being at home with 

Jean and listening to 

good music but, 

ultimately, savouring the 

presence of God. 

Q: What is your motto 

in life? 

A: The day one is not 

building – people or 

things for people – one 

begins to die! 

Q: What makes you 

happy? 

A: There is no greater 

joy than to see and 

FA C E 2FA C E 

experience love being 

shared, especially when it 

comes from the Father’s 

hear t. 

Q: What makes you 

angr y? 

A: Selfishness. 

Q: What do you think 

... with Chester Wilmot 

about the youth of 

South Africa? Do you 

have any advice for 

t h e m? 

A: Find a father to cover 

you. All natural trees grow 

up in the protection of the 

forest canopy until their 

heads can break through. 

Only exotic trees can grow 

out in the open and they 

are just water thieves and 

only fit for the fire. 

Q: What do you like 

most about Kenton? 

A: The hand of God that 

covers us and His 

promises that are 

happening. 

Q: If you could change 

one thing about 

Ke n to n . .. 

A: I’d unlock the 

enormous wealth of 

knowledge and 

experience in our retired 

folk to share into the 

deficit of our community. 

Q: Name three people 

you would like to invite 

for dinner (dead or 

a l i v e) ? 

A: My father, my 

grandfather who died 

many years before I was 

born and my great 

grandfather. They left me 

a legacy of family and 

spiritual values for which 

they should be honoured. 

Q: Who would you like 

to take on ‘The Amazing 

Race’? 

A: I would take my 

children every time: the 

only question would be, 

which one? And we would 

win! 

Q: Three wishes for 

South Africa? 

A: Need only one: That 

we would learn the value 

of honouring one another.



Port Alfred 

BUSINESSFORUM 

MAKE EVERY 

CAR COUNT 

DRIVING SPIRIT: Ford, through Eastern Cape 

Motors, brought several vehicles to Port 

Alfred High School on a recent Saturday as 

part of the Drive 4 UR School promotion. 

Every car test-driven earned the school 

R100, up to a maximum amount of R10000. 

Starting at 9am, and with about 130 test 

drives, the school earned its maximum 

donation by 11.20am. The team were 

amazed at the support shown for the 

school, and said this was definitely the 

best Drive 4 UR School event they had held 

so far. The team, from left, were Willie 

Scheepers, Bianca Avis, Rob Avis, Firgil 

Barthers, Vanessa Avis, Clive McMurtrie, 

Stephen Theodosiou, Daniel Louzada and 

Betsie Vorster 

Catch up with what’s happening on the PA business front 

Bigger, better Build It Garden Centre 

HAVING commenced business in 

September 2013, the past three years 

have seen the selection of garden 

plants, pots and other garden goods 

steadily increase at the Build It 

Garden Centre. 

With new extensions currently in 

progress, the Build It Garden Centre 

will be the biggest garden centre 

between Port Elizabeth and East 

London. It is run as part of Mega 

Build it, which opened in 2007, but is 

managed as a separate business. 

The centre’s focus is on providing 

best prices and quality service to all 

its customers. 

With unlimited land available, and 

having its own dam from which to 

source water used in the garden 

centre, the ability to further expand 

the operation is limitless. 

Build It Garden Centre offers a wide 

selection of plants, pots, garden 

furniture and other garden goodies, 

and continually strives to expand its 

range, by bringing in new 

cost-effective merchandise. 

WINNING TEAM: Build It staff members, 

from left, Luncendo Makhize, Khuselwa 

Tsho, owner Louis Hattingh and Lucky 

Cengani in the expanded garden centre at 

Build It in Kenton-on-Sea 

Picture: MITCH HAUPT 

MONEY 

M AT T E R S 

... with Nico Human 

Who you 

invest 

with can 

be critical 

WHEN it comes to investing one’s hardearned 

money, especially a retirement/ 

pension fund, it has really become a 

rather tricky situation. 

People are bombarded daily by endless 

TV, radio, newspaper and glossy 

magazine advertisements presenting their 

services and offering fantastic growth 

oppor tunities. 

The only comment I have is: “B e wa r e ” 

and first take the time to think very clearly 

before making any rash decisions. 

Here are a few handy hints for investors 

to ponder before committing their hardearned 

capital into any investment: 

1. Is the company offering their services 

a well-known, established and reputable 

business or are they fairly unknown and 

offer returns that may sound too good to 

be true? 

2. Is there an established professional 

local office where you could visit in the 

event that you may experience any 

problem or need some information or 

advice in future? 

3. Is the local representative an 

established, well-known and respected 

individual in the community? 

Always remember that it is most 

certainly your prerogative to obtain 

references of others who may have 

experiences with the person in question. 

4. Does the local representative own 

property in town or does he/she operate 

from some rented apartment, in other 

words, will he/she still be there in a few 

months from now, or can they just pack 

up their laptop and leave. 

If the person offering their services is 

new to town, where does he/she come 

from and why the sudden move to our 

beloved Sunshine Coast? 

A further question: Why would one give 

up a successful financial advisory career 

somewhere else to enter the “unknown 

wat e r s ” of Port Alfred? 

5. It is important to make sure that your 

investments are only entrusted to a wellestablished, 

qualified and trustworthy 

investment advisor of good standing in 

the local community. 

6. When planning one’s retirement, it 

becomes even more important to make 

perfectly sure that one’s retirement funds 

are invested with the utmost care. 

We have been serving the Port Alfred 

and surrounding Sunshine Coast 

community with the utmost care and 

compassion for many years and will be 

proud to supply references of clients who 

have entrusted millions of rands to our 

careful management. 

Our wheelchair-friendly offices are 

conveniently situated at 20 Southwell 

Road (corner of Becker Street). 

To ensure that all your financial needs 

are expertly and diligently taken care of, 

please feel free to phone our offices on 

087-805-7712 for a confidential 

appointment.



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IMMACULATE, LOW MAINTENANCE R1 900 000 

DANCING 

THE 

NIGHT 

AW AY 

NIGHT OUT: Shona and 

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thoroughly enjoyed the 

recent Round Table 101 

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practical design ensure this home is very comfortable, with 

open plan living area, large indoor / outdoor undercover 

entertainment area. 

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RE/MAX Kowie Tel: 046 624 1110 

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HOME WITH SEA VIEWS - WEST BANK R1 495 000 

Well positioned, very comfortable and immaculate home 

with beautiful outlook over the ocean and golf course, with 

plenty of accommodation. The living areas are all on the 

top floor and comprise a lounge, a study, a separate openplan 

dining room/kitchen. A very worthwhile home to view. 

Kathy Botha 082 551 1197 



MODERN SPACIOUS HOME R1 550 000 

GLAMOROUS EVENING: 

Jess Marais, left, and 

Xavaux Kuter looked 

fabulous at the recent 

Round Table 101 Dance 

This lovely face-brick home is situated in an elevated position 

in Forest Downs with beautiful sea views. Modern & open 

plan with a covered thatch roof patio ideal for entertaining 

& outdoor living. The back garden has a wendy house and 

pool. Guest suit on the lower level. 

Sonja Norden 083 270 6411 



Modern spacious family home offering value for money with 

3 spacious bedrooms. The lounge dining area is spacious 

and has sliding doors to an under cover patio and garden. 

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N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES 

THE Universities’ Boat Race is on at the Kowie 

River at the moment, with the finals being 

contested on Saturday. A total of 40 teams will 

take to the water and attempt to navigate the sand 

banks, the sharp corners and the current, as they 

compete for the main title. This year the races will 

be hosted by Halyards Hotel, together with the 

Small Boat Harbour Company and, despite the 

obvious logistical issues of moving the event from 

the established Ski-boat Club on the other bank of 

the river, it is hoped it will be just as successful. 

We wish all the rowers the best of luck and remind 

them of the special prayer service to be held at St 

Pa u l ’s Anglican Church at 10am tomorrow. 

UNIVERSITIES around the country are again in 

chaos as the #FeeMustFall campaign regains 

momentum. It is difficult to understand how 

anyone thinks that burning down university 

buildings is going to assist with free education. 

Fortunately, Stenden South Africa is a private 

institution, so we will not see the same mayhem in 

Ndlambe as is evident at Rhodes University. 

WHILE it might not be local news, the fight 

between the National Treasury and the Hawks is 

causing absolute chaos in the markets as 

investors worry about how safe their money is 

going to be in such a highly volatile environment. 

This will affect employment opportunities all over 

South Africa and, in the vulnerable rural areas like 

Ndlambe, will prevent potential investors from 

developing new businesses in the area. This 

nonsense must stop, or else the entire country will 

find itself with a growing population with no jobs 

to offer them. 

B E ST wishes and birthday greetings to everyone 

who is having a special day in the week ahead, 

especially Mason Dell, Taylor Naude, Julia 

Painting, Jean Atkinson, Rosemary Nelson, 

Herman Breetzke, Pen Schultz, Nicolas Cock, 

Timothy Rudman, Elzette Reed, Derryn Willis, Eben 

Groenewald, RJ Swart, Marion Barnard, Patrick 

Kenny, Kelly Bradfield, Lionel Wilson, Matthew 

Neethling, Keith Cunning, Stephanie de Bruin, 

Heather Tyson, Trish Versfeld, Jordon Faca, twins 

Natalie and Caroline Ross, Pam Hopper, Clare du 

Plessis, Colin Wiggett, Ryan Owsley, Lydia Gimbel, 

Dee Squires, Veronica Mansfield, Alfred Weyer, 

Corrie Groenewald, Joan Greaves, Helen Emslie, 

Anne McCreath, Nigel Difford, Val Thorncroft, Tony 

Versfeld, Lionel Hunt, Jonty Payne, Phindiwe 

DIARISE THIS 

Albany Vintage and Classic Motor Club Museum 

opens on the last Saturday of each month from 

9am-12 noon at Hawkins Industrial Park, Alfred 

Road, Port Alfred. 

Bathurst Farmers Market – Every Sunday rain or 

shine at Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Nursery, 

Kowie Road from 9am-12.30pm. 

Birdwatching Tours and Three Sisters Saunter. 

Book with Anne (046)675-1976 or 083-719-4950. 

w w w. a n n e s b i r d i n g . c o . z a 

Bonsai Club meets once a month on a Saturday. 

For more information, contact David Brewis on 

076-457-3218. Or e-mail d a v i d b re w i s 7 7 @ g m a i l . c o m 

Duck Pond Morning Market every Wednesday, 

Friday and Saturday from 9am-2pm, between 

Buksies Coffee Shop and Penny Farthing restaurant. 

Jams, pickles, secondhand books, cakes, quiches, 

secondhand clothing, crochet knitting, plants. All 

stallholders welcome. Contact Wendy 081-347-9562. 

FAST (Forum for Astronomy, Science and 

Technology) meets on the first Thursday of each 

month at the cellar of the Wharf Street Brew Pub at 

2.30pm. Visitors welcome. For more information, 

contact Shirley Marais at s h i r l e y @ t h e a n n o u n c e r. c o . z a 

or on 082-928-8671. 

First Port Alfred Scout/Cub meetings. Every Friday 

at the Girl Guide Hall, from 3pm-5pm. Visitors 

welcome. For more information, contact Dot Fethers 

on (046)624-3192. 

Kenton Pub Quiz – 6.30pm – first Sunday of each 

month at Kenton Bowls Club. Cash bar available. 

Cash and other prizes. Teams of four to six. All 

welcome. Enquiries: Walter Grisdale 

(046)648-2440. 

Kowie History Museum, at The Old Railway 

Station, Pascoe Crescent. Open 9.30am-12.30pm 

Tuesday-Saturday. Closed Sunday/Monday and 

public holidays. 

Lower Albany Historical Society meets third 

Thursday of the month – some meetings in Don 

Powis Hall, Settlers Park, others, outside trips. For 

more information, contact Suzette on 083-581-5777. 

Lower Albany Woodworkers’ Guild, meets first 

Tuesday of each month. For more information, 

contact Brian Edwards on (046)624-2945 or John 

Moss on 082-829-5484. 

Memory Book Scrapbook Club meets twice a 

month on a Thursday afternoon. All welcome. 

Contact Cheryl (046)624-2733 or 083-556-7562. 

National Sea Rescue Institute practices every 

Wednesday at 5pm. To join the NSRI visit the base 

in person to undergo an evaluation. 

TOUCHING MOMENT: Settlers Park frail care resident, Margaret Gilbert, receives a flower from Port 

Alfred Pre-Primary School pupil Niamé Lamsberg on Spring Day 

Picture: LOUISE KNOWLES 

Kuhkana, Jamie Kleinhans, Jenna Rowe, Thabisa 

Vukuza, Pietie le Roux and Dawn Nelson. 

ALL good wishes and congratulations to Noni 

Wilkinson on her 95th milestone birthday on 

September 13. May you enjoy many more while 

enjoying great health, wealth and happiness! 

CONGRATULATIONS to Con Kingsley Worrall from 

St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, for winning a 

study bursary to the value of R15 000 at the CTCA 

Young Creatives Awards 2016. 

BUSINESS anniversary greetings and 

congratulations for many more years to come to 

Highway Motors and Buddy’s, Vanessa’s Nail Bar, 

the Sikhulise Skills Development Programme and 

Coral Cottages, The Holistic Oak, NF Wood Worx 

and Bathurst Woodmill. 

FIGURES announced by Statistics SA on Tuesday 

indicate that the South African economy has just 

E-mail Rob Knowles at knowlesr@timesmedia.co.za or fax (046) 624-2293 

or drop in at 29 Miles Street from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday 

OUR ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER 

E-mail houzetj@timesmedia.co.za or fax (046) 624-2293 or drop in at 29 Miles Street from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday 

Night Scrapbooking classes every fortnight at 

BCreative Scrapbooking Supplies at Shop 12, 

Rosehill Mall. Wednesdays from 6.30pm-10pm. Call 

Nicolene on (046)624-3096 to book your spot for 

the next class or for more information. Saturday 

morning and weekday scrapbooking classes also 

available. Bookings are required. 

Port Alfred Garden Club meets on the first Tuesday 

of every month – 9.30am at Red Leaf Nursery. 

Port Alfred Bridge Club – Now at the Lodge on 

Albany Road (the Old Vic Hotel). Meets every 

Monday and Thursday: 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. 

Port Alfred Floral Art Group meets on the third 

Saturday of the month at Settlers Park hall at 

2.30pm. For more information, contact Hennie de 

Bruin on 082-464-4606. All welcome. 

Probus Club of the Kowie meets on the second 

Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Port Alfred 

River and Ski-boat Club. 

Richmond House Museum and Music Room. 

Private non-profit museum established in 2007. The 

building (1948) is a replica of the Castle, and the 

displays trace 175 years of owners and alterations. 

No admission fee, but donations welcomed. Tours 

by appointment only: 082-456-7437. Classics at the 

C a st l e classical/jazz concerts check press or 

w w w. fa c e b o o k . c o m / r i c h m o n d h o u s e m u s e u m m u s i c 

Rocky Ridge Farm Market opens every Saturday 

and Sunday from 9am with a variety of home made 

delights, “egg-cellent” free-range eggs, honey, 

biltong, droëwors, as well as its very popular 

morning breakfast. Contact Desia Holmes on 

083-589-0765 for more information. 

Rosehill Mall Art znd Crafters Market, the first 

Saturday of every month, from 9am- 4pm. A true art 

and craft market. Only handmade items available by 

our local crafters. Large selection of goods. 

Scottish Country Dancing at Don Powis Hall, 

Settlers Park, every Wednesday from 5.30pm-7pm. 

For more information please phone (046)6 0 4 - 0 478 . 

Sunshine Coast Women’s Forum meets every 

fourth Tuesday in the Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park 

at 2.30pm. Come and join us. Visitors welcome. For 

more information contact Muriel MacGregor on 

(046)624-1963. 

The Riverside Ramble: a new self-guided tour 

(map R10 from Sunshine Coast Tourism or Kowie 

History Museum) of historic Wharf Street and Van 

der Riet Streets. 

The Village Green Market – first Sunday of every 

month. Join us in the garden at The Village Green in 

Bathurst for a festival of antiques, books, 

collectables, junk, bric-a-brac, crafts, art and other 

avoided a technical recession. Having suffered 

through a net shrinkage of the economy 

(euphemistically termed “negative growth”) of 

1.2% in the previous quarter, and with an economy 

battling with drought, strikes and the constant 

threat of electrical shortages, growth of the 

economy has certainly slowed down. This news 

was better than the expected 2.8% growth rate as 

projected and was boosted slightly by the hiccup 

when Britain exited the EU, and global currencies 

fell. However, South Africa is not out of the woods, 

and international ratings agencies will still be 

making decisions regarding the possible 

downgrading of the country’s economy at the end 

of the year. With last year’s figures in brackets to 

compare against, the rand was trading at R14.01 to 

the dollar (R13.64), R18.79 to the pound (R20.95) 

and R15.77 to the euro (R15.27), gold trading at 

$1 347.72 per fine ounce ($1121.15), platinum at 

interesting stuff. From 9am-2pm. For more 

information or to book a stall, contact Lynette on 

076 - 3 4 9 - 2 2 4 6 . 

U3A – Port Alfred Branch meets on the fourth 

Thursday of every month at 10am at the Don Powis 

Hall, Settlers Park village. All welcome. 

Woodlands Market, every Saturday from 8am-12 

noon at Woodlands Cottages and Backpackers, just 

outside Kenton on the R343 Grahamstown Road. 

Yummy breakfast and treats, fresh produce, arts 

and crafts. There is no charge for traders of local 

arts and crafts and produce – an attempt to 

encourage and support local tourism and 

businesses. For more information, contact 

082-808-5976 or info@woodlands.co.za 

To d a y 

Port Alfred Art Club – (IN) Demonstration by Jane 

Foote. Looking at Positive aspects of negative 

space. Bring your own materials. 

Memory Book Scrapbook Club – 2pm-5pm – 

Presbyterian Church Port Alfred. All welcome. 


Special Boat Race Service – 10am at St Paul’s 

Anglican Church. 

Tomorrow until Saturday 

Annual Universities Boat Race on the Kowie River. 

To m o r r o w 

Special Boat Race Service – 10am at St Paul’s 

Anglican Church. 

Saturday until Sunday 

Ke n to n ’s Men’s Classic at Kenton Bowls Club. 

Sunday 

Oldenburgia Club Charity Hike at St Cyprian's 

Church and Highlands Farm. Meet at Grahamstown 

Peppergrove Pick n Pay car park at 8am, to hike at 

8.30am. Difficulty: A beautiful hike on a local farm, 

taking in some expansive views, fynbos, a church, 

and an historical railway station and bridge. The 

walk, including stops, should take about three 

hours, requires a basic level of fitness and is 

suitable for all ages as it is a leisurely 6.5km. Bring 

good hiking shoes/boots, hat and sunscreen, water 

and refreshments for morning tea. Cost: R30 per 

person (minimum donation), plus R10 for fuel, 

payable on the day. Proceeds go to the Mary Waters 

High School Interact Club to support their project to 

remove alien vegetation. For more information, 

contact hike leader Helen Averbuch on 

082-841-0790 or helen.dogflower@gmail.com 

Tuesday September 13 

Probus Club meeting – 10.30am for 11am – Por t 

Alfred River and Ski-boat Club. Includes spouses. 

$1 099.70 per ounce ($1004.15) and Brent crude oil 

at $47.78 per barrel ($49.63). 

SPECIAL thoughts and prayers are with all those 

folk who are not well, who are having or have 

already had tests, operations and treatments. 

"Sterkte" to Roy Potter, Andrew de Vries, June 

Hart, Linda Hulley, Val Kilian, Ben Kember, Blake 

Squires, Llewellyn Wicks, Philly Dell, Myrna Keet, 

Barbara Tee, Bevan Edwards and Brenda Shelton. 

WEDDING anniversary congratulations and 

continued joy for many more years of happiness 

together, especially to Fred and Heather Tyson, 

Dave and Jacqui Parsons, Ian and Erna 

McPherson, Andrew and Judy Elliott, Rafe and 

Debbie McKinnon. 

CONGRATULATIONS to our local dentist, Dr Natalie 

Okonski and her husband Carl Wantenaar on 

being blessed with a precious baby boy, Alexander 

Sigmund Wantenaar, born August 31 

WE were saddened to hear the news that Callie 

Rademeyer died in a tragic car accident on Sunday 

close to the Mansfield turnoff on the R67. 

Commiserations to his family, Susan, Janine, 

Simone, Eben, Quintis, Mia, Logan and Carter. 

SO sorry to hear that well-known singer and 

guitarist of the Silver Creek Mountain Band, JP 

Fúss, passed away last Monday morning. You will 

be missed. 

WE were sorry to hear of the death of Nan Hanly, 

mother to eight children, who passed away 

peacefully last Sunday morning. A church service 

to be held at St James Catholic Church, Port Alfred 

at 10am on Monday September11. 

BAD news for all the South African kwaito fans is 

that Mduduzi Tshabalala, better known as 

Mandoza, is suffering from a brain tumour, but the 

great news is that nothing stops the 38-year-old, 

and he is planning to be performing at the concert 

at Orlando Stadium on Saturday. 

A MEMORIAL service will be held for the late Mary 

Hechter at the Presyterian Church, Port Alfred, 

today at 10am. 

THOUGHT for the week: “Peace is not a 

relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind 

brought about by a serenity of soul”. 

BEST regards as always, 

The Team. 

The Probus business part of the meeting will be as 

brief as possible before handing over to hosts, the 

Distell Group, who will conduct a wine tasting 

event. Afterwards there will be a finger luncheon 

and more drinks and fellowship. 

Wednesday September 14 

Rhodes Department of Music and Musicology 

lunch-hour concert at Rhodes, Beethoven Room, 

1.15pm. – piano recital by dynamic young DSG 

matric pupil Tegan van der Merwe. A participant in 

a number of national music competitions (Samro, 

Atterbury, NGMC), Tegan was a finalist and 

prizewinner in the 9th National Grahamstown Music 

Competition last year. Entry: Free. 

Thursday September 15 

Port Alfred Art Club – (OUT) Settlers Church – 

let’s do some black and white sketches of this 

historical building. Bring materials, refreshments 

and chairs. 

Friends with Compassion – Caring for those who 

are mourning a loved one. Presbyterian Church Port 

Alfred, at 3.30pm. All welcome – join us for a cup of 

tea and a chat. Contact Cheryl (046)624-2733 or 

0 8 3 - 5 5 6 - 75 6 2 . 

Saturday September 17 

Flame and Rob Spring Show – 7pm – Get to 

Guido’s for lots of comedy and song. Wear 

something flowery for spring and get a free shooter. 

No cover charge. 

Port Alfred Floral Art Group monthly meeting at 

2.30pm at Settlers Park Hall (please note starting 

time). Homework: A design from the demonstration 

on the work of Gregor Lersch, Five Days, Five 

Themes. Bring your toolbox with for an imposed 

workshop, “The Focus is on Me”. Inquiries: Hennie 

de Bruin 082-464-4606. All welcome. 

Thursday September 22 

Port Alfred Art Club – (OUT) Fish River Sun – 

breakfast . Bring your art materials. Bring an extra 

easel to display a work for sale. 

U3A meeting – 10am at Don Powis Hall, Settlers 

Park. Geoff Antrobus on “Wind Farms – Experiences 

of a Landowner”. 

Memory Book Scrapbook Club – 2pm-5pm – 

Presbyterian Church Port Alfred. All welcome. 


Friday September 23 and Saturday September 

24 

Joy activist and laughter coach Sue Jameson at 

Red Leaf Nursery. “The transforming power and joy 

and laughter”. R80pp. Friday from 2pm to 3.30pm 

and Saturday from 10am-11.30am. More information 

and bookings on (046)624-8530. 

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Fast forward to Antarctica 


FORMER Ndlambe councillor, the 

globe-trotting Louise Swanepoel, 

recounted her recent voyage to 

Antarctica to a meeting of the Forum 

for Astronomy, Science and 

Technology (Fast) at the Wharf Street 

Brew Pub’s underground cellar on 

Thursday last week. 

Swanepoel joined the South African 

expedition aboard the Seabourn and 

the Quest which took place in January. 

On boarding the two ships, the 

expedition made the dangerous 

crossing from Argentina, through the 

“roaring forties”, “the frightening 

fif ties” and “screaming sixties” in two 

days. Thirty-four South Africans and 16 

scientists were on board, Swanepoel 

said. Over the loudspeaker their 

Scandinavian captain explained, as he 

circumnavigated a tabular iceberg, it 

had broken off the Ross ice shelf and 

drifted unusually far to the north. 

“It was beautiful, full of icicles, 

arches into it and pools,” S wa n e p o e l 

said. Dressed like a yeti and wearing 

sealed gumboots, Swanepoel had to 

wash her feet in a foot-bath before 

going on land. 

“The ships are very respectful of the 

r e g u l at i o n s , ” she said. 

No soil is allowed to be taken to 

Antarctica, where food is cultivated 

hydroponically at the bases. Even 

sewerage is radiated, placed in 

containers and compressed to be 

taken home. 

“Antarctica is pristine and 

unear thly,” Swanepoel said. “But the 

winds are a torment.” 

Scientists have the technology to 

see through the ice to the topography 

below and found volcanic rocks only 

ever found in Kenya – evidence of the 

existence of a former supercontinent, 

known as Gondwanaland. 

Antarctica is a desert and the 

snowfall freezes and never melts, so 

that it is believed to be 720 000 years 

old in places, Swanepoel said. 

Snow accumulates and covers any 

structures, so the American base at 

the South Pole, for example, is built on 

hydraulic stilts, she said. 

The hole in the ozone layer is visible 

from the Antarctic during spring. “It is 

the canary in the coal mine,” 

Swanepoel said. 

Large parts of Antarctica were 

claimed by Britain especially the 

islands, and are still administered to 

this day by the government of the 

Falklands, Swanepoel said. 

The 20-odd members of Fast were 

left with the words from the Rhyme of 

the Ancient Mariner. 

And now there came both mist and 

s n o w, 

And it grew wondrous cold: 

And ice, mast-high, came floating 

b y, 

As green as emerald. 

S wa n e p o e l ’s next talk at Fast, which 

meets on the first Thursday of every 

month, will contain further fascinating 

facts about the flora and fauna of 

Antarctica. 

ALL ON BOARD: South African Robin 

A West, expedition leader of the 

Seabourn voyage to Antarctica in 

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THURSDAY: 15TH SEPTEMBER 2016 

VENUE: The House Kitchen, Kenton 

TIME: 5 for 5.30 pm 

THEME: “Good Things Happen in 

Kenton/Bushmans” 

Guest Speakers: 

Pollos Purdon – The House Planners’ New Developments 

Francois Theron – The Building Industry 

and Neville Loader – Accommodation 

Wine/Fruit Juice and snacks 

All welcome 

To facilitate catering please RSVP on 

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COOK IT UP: Second-year hospitality students from Stenden South Africa were out in force at the Heritage Mall on September 2, selling boerewors rolls 

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Coetser and Tawana Muratu who will again be selling food as part of a 

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TEA FOR FEW: St David’s Church held its annual spring fair at the Kenton Town Hall last Saturday. Enjoying some tea and 

cake were, from left, Rob and Di Wilmot and David and Lynne Mullins 

Pictures: JON HOUZET 


Get into outdoor mode 

Wide range of brands at Quest Leisure & Gear 

QUEST Leisure & Gear continues to 

stock a wide range of branded 

clothing for both men and women, 

with the hands-on owners Tony 

Pieterse and Chante Long ensuring 

that customers find all they need. 

Among the many other products 

available, are gadgets, handbags, 

wallets, purses, multi-tools, LED 

torches and headlamps, knives from 

Kershaw and CRKT, ladies and 

men’s clothing, as well as quality 

brands such as Jeep, Caterpillar, 

Khakibos, DriMac Khaki, Polo, 

Rogue, Leatherman, LED Lenser, 

Bushnell and more. 

Over the course of three years, 

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it was opened by Pieterse and his 

fiancée Long on September 1 2013 

at the Heritage Mall. 

With the business relocation and 

expansion has come new products 

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shoes, Oregon Scientific Weather 

Stations. Also new in stock are the 

Tread Leatherman Bracelet and Leap 

L e at h e r m a n ’s for kids. 

Spring is here and ladies can 

brighten up their outfit with a new 

handbag. Not to forget that 

specialised orders are just one of 

the services they offer. 

“Our main objective is good 

customer service and happy 

customers. We are strong believers 

in supporting local business,” said 

Long, who gives thanks to the 

community and customers for their 

loyal support and looks forward to 

the continued success of the 

business in the future. 

“We have had an amazing 

end-of-season sale and would like 

to thank all our c u st o m e r s , ” said 

Pieterse, reminding customers that 

new stock is on the way. 

“We are enjoying the new 

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Quest Leisure & Gear now also 

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IMPORTANT JOB: Trish Reid, left, and Mary Cunningham looked after the 

cash for the white elephant table at the St David’s Church spring fair 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIGGER AND BETTER: Quest Leisure & Gear is 

celebrating its third year in business, having 

relocated to Rosehill Mall earlier this year to 

shop 21 with expanded premises. Co-owner 

Tony Pieterse is pictured at the front of the 

store 

Picture: BRYAN SMITH



Grants Valley, a 

church no more 

Ruins and neglected graves all that remain 

Common 

oral tumours 

in dogs 

VET’S 

VOICE 

... at your service 

ONE of the saddest relics 

to note in the region has 

to be the old churches 

and graveyards. 

Somehow, these resting 

places are often 

incorporated into growing 

towns or cities, and only 

the memories linger. 

All that is left of one 

little church in the region, 

Grants Valley, are 

neglected graves, and the 

ruins of the building. 

The farm, Grant’s Valley 

was approved in 1825 to 

John Grant, a colour 

sergeant of the 72nd 

Regiment, who had been 

discharged on pension in 

1823. 

Grant, a bachelor, 

remained on the farm 

until his death on October 

30 1854, at 84 years-old. 

He is buried on another 

part of the farm (and has 

a gravestone) but one is 

unable to visit the site as 

it is accessed by a locked 

g at e . 

The church was built in 

1869 and services were 

SERENDIPITY 

... with Bev Young 

GONE NOW: The ruins of the Grants Valley Church, pictured when more remained 

of the 1869 building 

conducted by visiting 

ministers from Southwell. 

Because of transport 

difficulties, regular 

services ceased before 

the end of the 19th 

century and the very last 

service was held at Easter 

in 1920. 

The church, from then 

on, fell into disrepair and 

in the late 1960s all but 

the front walls were 

demolished. 

The Burial Register of St 

James shows that 37 

people are recorded as 

being buried at Grant’s 

Valley. Three have stones 

in this churchyard and 

three have stones in other 

places on the farm. 

In the main graveyard, 

there are 14 graves and 

the remaining 14 burials 

must then be in unmarked 

plots within the grounds 

of the church or 

g r av e ya r d . 

It is also possible that 

certain burials could have 

been on farms close by. 

According to Doris Stirk, 

who wrote The Southwell 

Set tlers, in the second 

cemetery on the farm 

situated in very thick bush 

there are 14 marker stones 

and one marble stone to 

the memory of George 

Gravett (October 14 1823 

– October 20 1922), his 

wife Hannah (died March 

25 1880, aged 39 years) 

and their son Edwin 

George (died August 30 

1924 aged 53 years and 

buried at Port Alfred). 

Of the 14 marked graves 

there are 11 members of 

the McDougall family, two 

Futters (brother and 

sister) and one Estment. 

AN EPULIS is a benign (meaning it does not 

spread to other parts of the body) tumour of the 

gums. 

It is the fourth most common tumour that can 

occur in a dog’s mouth – the cause of which is 

still unknown. 

It is very rare in cats. 

The tumour is more common in 

“brachycephalic” breeds, which have a very short 

nose and muzzle, such as boxers and bulldogs. 

Mostly middle-aged dogs are affected, with the 

average age at the time of diagnosis at about 

seven years. 

Some of the clinical signs that a dog may show 

besides an obvious mass in the mouth include: 

drooling, halitosis (bad breath), trouble eating, a 

bloody discharge from the mouth and loss of 

weight. 

Depending on how aggressive the tumour is, 

there may also be displacement of teeth or 

deformity of the facial features. 

These signs are not specific to epulis, but 

could be a result of many other conditions. 

Therefore, it is always best to have a 

veterinarian examine your pet in order to confirm 

a diagnosis. 

The treatment of choice for epulis is surgical 

excision, although recurrence is very common as 

it is difficult to remove all the tumour tissue 

most of the time. 

Always consult your veterinarian if you suspect 

your pet may have any form of illness. 

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MAN TALK: From left, Andre Behr, Adrian Ford 

and Shane du Plessis at the re-opening of 

Burksies restaurant last Friday night 

GOOD FOOD AND CONVERSATION: From left, Lynn Coetzee, Brigitte Hyde 

and Ginger Daubermann, enjoy chatting at the re-opening of Burksies 

restaurant last Friday night 

SHOWING SUPPORT: Gareth Nissen and Maureen Adlem at the re-opening 

of Burksies restaurant last Friday night 

Pictures: JON HOUZET 

CHILLING AT BURKSIES: Ronnie, left, and Len Steinhardt, right, with 

Jacquie Kieck at the re-opening of Burksies restaurant under new 

ownership last Friday night 

PASSING THE REINS: 

New owner of 

Burksies, Nelita Behr, 

left, with former 

owner Chris Burke 

Picture: BRYAN SMITH 

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Wo m a n ’s 

finesse for 

Burksie’s 

PA duck pond coffee 

shop boasts new owner 

WOMEN in business 

are often celebrated 

during Women’s 

Month in August but it 

is never too late to 

c e l e b r at e . 

Burksies, the ever 

popular coffee shop at 

the Port Alfred duck 

pond, has a new 

owner, Nelita Behr, 

who officially took 

ownership on 

September 1. 

The business, which 

has been a part of the 

community for the 

past seven years, has 

been sold by Chris 

Burke to Behr who will 

Wishing you all the best 

for the future. 

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be continuing with not 

only the business’ 

name, but also in 

providing quality and 

delicious food, as well 

as some superb 

changes and additions 

along the way. 

Already the business 

has undergone a 

refurbishment, having 

been painted. 

“The business has 

received a women’s 

touch on the 

decorations and new 

menu design. Behr 

has managed to take a 

man’s artwork and 

turn it into a women’s 

finesse,” Burke said. 

New on the menu 

will be such 

scrumptious items as 

tortilla wrap, 

quesadillas, as well as 

finishing touches on 

each dish with the 

introduction of 

hollandaise sauce and 

an emphasis on 

smoked salmon 

dishes. The essence of 

the business will 

remain as well as that 

of the coffee, from 

filter to cappuccino. 

With a wealth of 

knowledge and 

experience in the 

BEARING EATS AND 

TREATS: The staff 

members at Burksie’s 

everyone has come to 

know and appreciate, 

from left, Pummy 

Mjacu, Vuyo 

Magquntulu and 

Agnes Ngqobo, are 

staying on with new 

owner, Nelita Behr 

industry, Behr looks 

forward to the future 

and thanks the 

community for their 

continued support. 

“I saw an 

opportunity to return 

to my roots. I am very 

excited; we have a 

good team here,” Behr 

said. 

Last Friday, the 

business hosted an 

opening evening with 

friends and customers 

where Behr thanked 

everyone for their 

suppor t. 

“It has just been a 

blessing from God. 

Since the first day I 

heard about this 

business opportunity, 

it has been smooth 

sailing – from the 

people who have 

helped everywhere,” 

said an overwhelmed 

Behr who also gave 

thanks to the staff of 

Burksies Coffee Shop. 

“We are going to work 

hard and give good 

fo o d . ” 

Burksies also offers 

pensioner specials as 

well as catering 

services. Make sure to 

visit and see the new 

menu and specials.




Foodies’ delight 

at MyPond Hotel 

Lily chef serves a taste of what to expect 

ROB KNOWLES 

IT WAS an evening to 

remember last 

We d n e s d ay, when the 

media descended on 

MyPond Hotel to taste 

the culinary delights 

of chef Sharmila 

Simon, who is busy 

finalising the menu for 

Lily Restaurant. 

“I love making 

beautiful food,” said 

Simon. “I cook as I feel 

and, being partcoloured 

and part- 

Indian, I like spice.” 

Together with 

second- and third-year 

Stenden students who 

assisted in the 

preparation and 

serving, Simon 

produced a delectable 

assortment of dishes, 

both in terms of 

flavour and 

p r e s e n t at i o n . 

“I have been told to 

‘downsize’ some of my 

dishes, as they might 

not go down well here 

in Port Alfred,” she 

said. 

Simon was talking 

about the spice and 

herb variations she 

uses to infuse her 

food. However, she 

had nothing to worry 

about as every dish 

she served was a 

delight to the palate. 

The canapés were 

substantial in 

themselves. 

The first dish, one of 

three starters, was a 

rich and creamy 

butternut soup, with 

just a hint of orange 

and lemon to, as 

Simon put it, “kick it 

out”. 

Another big bowl of 

that and this reporter’s 

appetite would have 

been fully satisfied. 

The second starter 

was a Cajun prawn 

salad, which was hot 

and spicy, and queensized 

prawns. 

BELLY UP: Slow-braised pork belly was just one of the amazing main 

courses served last week at the chef’s canapés evening to finalise the 

new menu for Lily Restaurant at MyPond Hotel Pictures: ROB KNOWLES 

The third starter was 

baked Camembert 

cheese, served with a 

herb salad and 

cranberry foam. 

I am not particularly 

partial to the modern 

trend of “fo a m i n g ” jus, 

but this was a 

masterpiece and one 

of the evening’s best 

dishes. 

The mains began 

with a delicious and 

interesting pan-fried 

potato gnocchi served 

in a roast butternut 

and caramelised onion 

sauce, topped with 

Parmesan cheese. 

Next was a slowbraised 

pork belly with 

crispy bacon, and 

served with baby 

onions, potato lentils 

and a thyme jus. 

The pork was soft 

and melted in your 

mouth, while the 

thyme set the dish off 

per fectly. 

However, for me, the 

bacon could have 

been a little crispier. 

At this point I was 

beginning to feel quite 

full, but there were 

still some culinary 

delights left to 

sample, so I bravely 

continued. 

The next main dish 

was grilled lamb 

chops and, as a novel 

addition, a toasted 

onion and tomato 

sandwich, served with 

mint sauce and salsa. 

The lamb was, for 

my tastes, a little 

over-cooked (I like 

lamb rare, and this 

was well-done), but 

the strong mint sauce 

gave a sharp 

counterpoint to the 

meaty lamb flavour, 

providing an 

interesting contrast. 

Next was the 

Gremolata line fish, 

served on a bed of 

roasted vegetables 

and, once more, 

thyme, this time in the 

form of one of the five 

“mother sauces” of 

French cuisine, a 

veloute. 

The fish was 

excellent, giving a 

strong but perfectly 

balanced taste of the 

sea. 

Finally, and just in 

time, the final course 

arrived; a marinated 

chicken breast layered 

with melted feta 

cheese, spinach and 

sweet potato gratin. 

By this time, many 

of the media 

r e p r e s e n t at i v e s were 

struggling as the 

portions were all more 

than adequate, and 

dessert was still to 

come. 

Fortunately, we were 

only asked to select 

one of the three 

dessert dishes 

available, which 

included MyPond 

sticky toffee pudding, 

served with a dollop of 

fresh cream, Bar One 

cake served with 

vanilla ice-cream and 

the dessert of the day, 

my selection, which 

was a cheesecake with 

crushed nuts and a 

granadilla jus. 

Absolutely delicious 

and definitely a 

dessert to be 

recommended. 

If this is the 

standard of food 

Simon intends to 

serve then the 

restaurant is a must 

for anyone who enjoys 

a fine-dining 

experience. 

The Stenden 

wait rons’ excellent 

service made the meal 

even more enjoyable. 

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FULFILLING: 

This 

butter nut 

soup was 

almost a 

meal in 

itself, when 

the media 

descended 

on Lily 

R e st a u r a n t 

to taste the 

chef’s 

culinar y 

delights 

SAY CHEESE: Baked Camembert with a micro herb salad and homemade 

cranberry foam was one of the delicious starters from the chef’s 

canapés evening at MyPond Hotel last week



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action sequel 

JON HOUZET 

Mechanic: 

Resurrection, with 

Jason Statham, 

Jessica Alba, 

Michelle Yeoh, 

Tommy Lee Jones. 

Directed by Dennis 

Gansel. 4/5 

YOU could view it as 

a positive or negative, 

but action man Jason 

Statham seems to play 

the same character in 

every movie he is in. 

From the Transpor ter 

movies to Crank, 

S t at h a m ’s stock-in- 

-trade is being an 

unstoppable killing 

machine. Sometimes 

reluctantly so; it’s just 

that the bad guys 

won’t leave him alone 

and are virtually lining 

up to be killed. 

He invariably has a 

background in special 

forces training, is an 

expert in hand-to-hand 

combat, and equally 

skilled at handling an 

array of weapons – or 

the closest object that 

can serve as a 

weapon. 

Sometimes he’s a 

down-on-his-luck 

survivor (Redemption) 

and other times a 

suave man, with a 

taste for the finer 

things in life – all 

acquired from his 

HARD TO BEAT: Jason Statham as assassin Arthur Bishop in ‘Mechanic: 

Resurrection’, now showing at Rosehill Cinema 

amoral skill set, 

as in the 

Transpor ter’s 

Frank Martin and 

his character 

here, Arthur 

Bishop. 

But Statham is 

good at what he 

does, and clearly has 

an audience who 

wants what he 

delivers. 

The final scene of 

The Mechanic in 2011 

left an opening for a 

sequel, and so we find 

the former assassin for 

hire, Bishop, enjoying 

his new identity in Rio, 

living on a yacht and 

getting his regular 

table at his favourite 

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MOVIES 

What’s hot or not at the box office 

But his life of 

comfortable obscurity 

is rudely shattered by 

an unwelcome guest 

at his table with a 

demand from a 

“client” that he 

resume his role as an 

assassin. 

Of course, Bishop is 

not one to cave in to 

demands, so a melee 

ensues with a bunch 

of henchmen and 

Bishop making a 

getaway James 

Bond-st yle. 

He resurfaces at one 

of his isolated 

safehouses off the 

coast of Thailand, 

where an old friend 

Mei (Michelle Yeoh) 

keeps an eye on his 

property. But trouble 

keeps following 

Bishop, and he is 

pressured to help a 

woman in distress 

(Jessica Alba). 

It’s all a 

set-up by his 

arch-nemesis, 

Riah Crain (Sam 

Hazeldine) to 

force him to 

undertake three 

a s s a s s i n at i o n s 

and make them look 

like accidents. Each is 

nearly an impossible 

target, but Bishop is 

the best at what he 

does. It also helps 

soothe the conscience 

that each target is a 

scumbag, from an 

African warlord in a 

Malaysian prison, to 

an Australian tycoon 

human-t rafficker 

surrounded by the 

best security. 

The wildcard is arms 

dealer, Max Adams, (a 

fairly brief role by 

Tommy Lee Jones), 

who may prove useful 

to Bishop to finally be 

rid of Crain. 

The action is 

spectacular, the 

scenery beautiful and 

the storyline solid. 

Good entertainment all 

round. 

 

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Farming fun at Happy Hours concert 

THE annual Happy Hours Pre-primary concert 

is one of the most popular shows in town, 

always drawing a full house of parents, 

grandparents and other family members of 

the little ones who put on a delightful 

performance under the skilful direction of 

principal Tracy Lloyd. This year’s concert was 

called The GiggleBellies Farm, and was a 

journey in song of all the characters 

inhabiting the farm, from the farmer and his 

wife, to their mouse-catching cat, chickens, 

ducks, sheep and bulls, farm mechanics, 

cowboys and scarecrows. JON HOUZET took 

the pictures. 

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Grahamstown 

THISWEEK 

QUIZ STARS 

THE Graeme College astronomy quiz team members – 

and the rest of the school for that matter – were on 

‘cloud nine’ last week, when they won the regional 

finals of the Grade 7 Astroquiz competition held at the 

University of Fort Hare. 

The team comprised Bayanda Mthetho, Moyiso 

Nyoka, Cee-Jay Porthen and Cameron Rafferty. 

Congratulations lads! 

MARTIN JUDGES IN RIO 

An archer for many years, and in recent years an 

archery judge of note, Dave Martin of Grahamstown 

flew out of South Africa earlier this week headed for 

Brazil, where he will act as an archery judge at the 

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Martin is manager of the engineering and transport 

maintenance department at Rhodes University. 

He has previously acted as judge at several 

national and international archery competitions, 

including the World Para-Archery Championships in 

Bangkok, Thailand in 2013. 

RHODIAN AMONG THE FINALISTS 

Final judging has been completed for the 27th Sasol 

New Signatures art competition, with 100 artworks 

shortlisted from around South Africa, and seven 

selected as finalists for 2016. 

Among the seven finalists are two from Port 

Elizabeth and one each from Grahamstown, Pretoria, 

Johannesburg, Cape Town and Stellenbosch. 

The Grahamstown finalist is Mosa Anita Kaiser, 

currently studying for her BA degree at Rhodes 

Universit y. 

The winner of the New Signatures competition was 

due to be announced in Pretoria last night, and 

received R100000, the runner-up R25000 and the five 

other finalists R10000 each. 

RAIN DOESN’T FAZE THE CANINES 

CONTACT US 

Newsdesk: sidp@imaginet.co.za; Cell: 071-969-6330 

It may have rained cats and dogs, and drizzled, for 

much of the weekend up at PJ Olivier High School, 

but dog owners at the national dog show on the 

school’s sports fields said they have seen it all before. 

In fact, I was told it snowed at a dog show in 

northern KwaZulu-Natal a couple of months ago, 

while it rained heavily throughout a show in the 

Western Cape earlier this year. 

The main rugby field on the hill took a hammering 

from all the vehicles, and will take a few days to 

recover, no doubt. 

Participants included a variety of breeds of all 

shapes and sizes, and their owners tagged along as 

well, driving from Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg 

and many Eastern Cape centres. 

Despite the less-than-ideal conditions, judging went 

ahead in the various categories and disciplines 

including showing, obedience and negotiating 

obstacle courses. 

HEADING UP COMMITTEES 

Victoria Girls’ High School has announced its portfolio 

heads for next year. They are Uviwe Songca from 

Mthatha, Sara Goodes (Grahamstown), Sesethu 

Mqomboti (Mthatha), Meeca Green (Grahamstown) 

and Janet Okoh (Grahamstown). 

The school does not have a prefect system as such, 

but rather a system whereby five pupils are elected by 

the school and staff to oversee the various 

committees on which the matric pupils serve. 

Each portfolio head is then linked to a committee 

and serves on that committee. 

THEY’RE ON THE GARDEN ROUTE 

For the past 27 years, PJ Olivier Primary School Grade 

7 pupils have undertaken educational tours at this 

time of the year. Amazingly, the staff member in 

charge on each occasion has been Mr Manie Cronje. 

The 2016 tour group, comprising 28 Grade 7 pupils, 

left Grahamstown on Sunday and is due to return to 

the school on the hill tomorrow. 

Cronje said the first tour in 1989 visited Graaff- 

Reinet and the surrounding district, and he has led 

the tour group every year since. 

He was accompanied this year by Hennie and Rene 

Pienaar (the school’s estate manager and hostel 

matron respectively) and the under-13 rugby coach, 

Riaan Havenga. 

They headed down the Garden Route and up to 

Oudtshoorn, visiting numerous places of interest and 

enjoying plenty of activities along the way. 

Their itinerary included visiting the oyster farm at 

Knysna, canoeing at Wilderness, zip-lining in forests 

near Sedgefield, sampling strawberries at 

Redberry farm outside George, exploring the 

Cango Caves outside Oudtshoorn, visiting 

Diaz Maritime Museum and Cape St Blaize 

lighthouse at Mossel Bay, and taking a 

trip aboard the Romonza around Seal 

Island, off Mossel Bay. 

The tour group’s apparel and tog bags 

were sponsored by local businesses, and 

representatives visited the school prior to 

the group’s departure to hand over the kit. 

For the 16th consecutive year, PG Glass 

sponsored the touring bags, and Tim Dold and 

Kevin van der Merwe handed them over to the excited 

group. 

Settler City Toyota’s Nathi Mbabela and Wayne 

Weber handed over sweaters, while Joos Vos from 

Xtreme Embroidery handed over a set of T-shirts to 

the tour group. Cronje expressed his thanks to the 

sponsors for their continued support. 

GOLDS AND SILVERS 

The topic for this year’s English Olympiad was “A 

Journey into Darkness”, with the 6535 candidates 

countrywide required to read a series of setwork 

pieces before answering a variety of questions in 

the three-hour exam. 

Victoria Girls’ High School was elated to 

learn last week that two of its pupils – Mila 

Lang and Uviwe Songca – achieved gold 

status for scoring above 80%, while four 

achieved silver for scoring between 70% 

and 79%. They are Mivuyo Dalasile, Ilse 

de Vos, Meeca Green and Jacqui James. 

Mila Lang finished 76th overall out of 

the thousands of candidates. 

TEGAN IN THE ROOM 

DSG matric pupil and pianist Tegan van der Merwe 

will play works from Scarlatti, Rachmaninoff and 

Rautavaara at a concert at Rhodes University next 

week. 

The university’s Department of Music will present 

its annual series of Wednesday lunch-hour concerts 

showcasing senior performance students, and the 

series begins in the Beethoven Room on Wednesday 

September 14, with free entry. 

A participant in a number of national music 

competitions, Van der Merwe was a finalist and 

prize-winner at last year’s national Grahamstown 

Music Competition. 

SINGING INTO THE SEMIS 

Best wishes to the Rhodes University Chamber Choir, 

conducted by Dr Andrew-John Bethke, as it enters the 

semi-final stages of the national “Varsity Sing” 

competition organised by Varsity Sports and kykNET. 

Also in the semis are the choirs of the University of 

the Western Cape, Stellenbosch University and 

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. 

ACTION IN THE COUNTRY 

Following its 10am service on Sunday September 11, 

St Cyprian’s Anglican Church in the Highlands 

district, to the west of Grahamstown, will hold a 

country fair offering fresh produce, a white elephant 

stall, tea garden, pony rides and a jumping castle. 

Earlier that morning there will be a hike to the top 

of Highlands mountain for those interested, while an 

auction will take place at 1pm. 

For country fair inquiries contact Rob Wilmot on 

082-579-6886, and for hike inquiries Helen Averbuch 

on 082-841-0790. 

SPRINTING AND JUMPING 

Graeme College is no doubt hoping for good weather 

for its annual athletics day on Somerset field on 

Thursday September 15. 

SPORT AND WALK 

Oatlands Prep School holds its sports day for Grade 3 

to 7 pupils on Graeme College’s Somerset field from 

8am on Wednesday September 14. Meanwhile, the 

school raised the healthy sum of R8400 at its recent 

Big Walk through the Makana Botanical Gardens. 

IN THE LAKE DISTRICT 

A fortnight ago I spent a few days in the hills above 

Victoria Bay near George. Looking across the bay and 

the mountains in the direction of Wilderness and 

Sedgefield, I was reminded of the days when 

Grahamstown schoolboys joined others from across 

the country and spent part of their holidays there at 

Veld and Vlei. 

I haven’t heard or read about Vlei and Vlei for many 

years, and wonder whether the outward-bound type 

courses still exist there. If I remember correctly, a 

former colleague of mine in the Grahamstown 

municipality attended Veld and Vlei about three 

decades ago. 

Is there anyone out there who can supply me with 

more info on Veld and Vlei? Send me an e-mail on 

sidp@imaginet.co.za 

RED BRIGADE IN TOWN 

Staff members of the SA National Blood Service in 

Port Elizabeth spend much time on the road, 

travelling from town to town collecting units of the 

life-saving fluid from donors. And they’re back on the 

N2 to Grahamstown on Tuesday, September 13, when 

they’ll be in the NG Kerk hall (corner of Hill and 

Beaufort streets) from 1pm to 6pm. 

TUNNEL VISION: One of the participants in the 

obstacle course at the Grahamstown Dog Show 

at PJ Olivier at the weekend is seen emerging in 

determined fashion from the tunnel. Other 

obstacles included hurdles, pole obstacles and 

more 

... with Sid Penney 

SUNDOWNER IN THE VALLEY 

Friday afternoons are proving popular at the Belmont 

Golf Club to the south of town, what with the ninehole 

sundowner competitions attracting good 

numbers each week. 

Last Friday’s winner was Allan James (24 points), 

with Sean Killian runner-up on 21 and Charles 

Rose-Innes third on 20. 

ON THE RUN 

The youth committee of the President’s Award will 

hold a fun run on Wednesday, September 21, an event 

being supported by Pam Golding Properties. 

The event starts at the Albany Sports Club at 5pm 

(registration from 4.30pm), entry fee is R10, and 

prizes will be awarded. 

MORE AND MORE BOOKS 

The impressive addition to the Westhill suburb, the 

National English Literary Museum (NELM) in Worcester 

Street, has been a hive of activity in recent weeks. 

Staff members are reported to be settling into the 

new building quite nicely, and are busy unpacking the 

large collection of books transferred across town from 

its former premises in Beaufort Street. 

SHOOTING A SHOOTER 

The photographs hanging on the walls inside the Old 

Mutual sports building on the Rhodes University 

campus are mostly of former students who have 

long-since graduated and moved on. 

However, there is one among them who is still 

studying, albeit at another university. Marli Vlok 

completed her BSc degree, Honours and Masters at 

Rhodes, and is currently nearing completion of her 

PhD at the University of British Columbia in Canada in 

marine virology and microbiology. 

While a student at Rhodes, Marli Vlok made quite a 

name for herself on rifle shooting ranges throughout 

South Africa and England, winning numerous 

competitions, titles and trophies. 

But, most importantly as far as Rhodes is 

concerned, she was named the university’s 

“Sportswoman of the Year” on more than one 

occasion. She attended PJ Olivier, and her parents 

Gerrit and Lizette still live in Grahamstown. 

JUNIORS AT THE DAM 

Entry forms for the BUCO junior bass fishing classic 

at Settlers Dam on Sunday October 2 are obtainable 

from BUCO in Bathurst Street and Tip Top Butchery in 

lower High Street. Entry is R50. Prizes are on offer. 

OVER THE MOUNTAIN 

Graeme College’s senior round-the-mountain relay 

race has been won in a time of 1:14:33 by the first 

hockey team. The team comprised Jeremy Beyleveld, 

Seth Faltain, Nazeem Berenisco, Hlumelo Shelle, Seth 

Milne and Eric Barnard. 

THAT WAS CLOSE 

I’m still shaking my head in astonishment after an 

incident in Pepper Grove Mall last week. 

Walking past Mr Price Home, I noticed a car 

attempting to make its way to the New Street exit. 

However, it came to an abrupt halt, simply because, 

if it proceeded an inch further, it would have bumped 

into and scraped against a smart-looking grey sedan. 

I went over and told the woman driver, who was 

alone in the car, she could not continue in that 

direction. A security guard who also spoke to her told 

me she was a learner driver. Alone in the car? 

PRANG IT, FIX IT 

A four-page advertising feature in The Herald last 

week caught my eye. It was placed by Denys 

Edwardes Collision Repair Centre that has been 

involved in the motor body repair industry in Port 

Elizabeth for 80 years. Well, that was a first for me, I 

think, calling such a business a collision repair 

centre. I’ve always known them to be panel beaters. 

Back in the ‘60s there were Herbie de la Mare’s 

panel beaters in Anglo-African Street and Albany Auto 

Services in lower Beaufort Street, but the Anglo- 

African Street operation closed several years later. 

In later years, Grahamstown Motor Body Works 

made an appearance in Chapel Street, and it’s still 

there to this day. Are there any other panel beaters in 

town from the past or the present? 

DEADLINE 

A reminder that the deadline for contributions to 

Grahamstown This Week is 8am on Mondays, 

e-mailed to sidp@imaginet.co.za 

DAMP DOGS: It rained and drizzled for much of the weekend at the staging of this year’s 

Grahamstown Dog Show on the PJ Olivier sports fields. Here an owner, dressed appropriately in 

raincoat and hoodie, has just completed a routine, and her dog waits for a treat Pictures: SID PENNEY 

IN AND OUT: The obstacle course at the 

Grahamstown Dog Show at PJ Olivier at the 

weekend proved popular with dogs, their 

owners and spectators. Here one of the entrants 

weaves its way through the pole obstacles in a 

light drizzle on Sunday morning 

GOING UP: Victoria Girls’ High School Grade 11 

pupils recently spent three days at Hobbitonon-Hogsback 

outdoor camp. Here, one of the 

teams helps lift and pull a member up a wooden 

wall and onto a platform, in one of the many 

obstacles and tasks encountered during their 

stay 

Picture: SUPPLIED



PA ’s talented Downey 

sisters also going for gold 

JUST as Britain has the Downie sisters who competed at 

the Rio Olympics, Sunshine Coast Gymnastics (SCG) has 

its very own talented “Downey sisters” of Port Alfred. 

“These two sisters are not only talented but extremely 

hardworking,” said SCG coach Carol-Ann Stiekema. 

Both sisters qualified to represent the Eastern Cape 

this year. Bekie, the youngest, for level two artistic 

gymnastics and Amelia, the eldest, for level four. 

Levels one to three recently competed at South Zone 

in Uitenhage. 

“Bekie and her teammate, Zuki Marr, received silver 

quality performances for their beautiful performances. 

“Zuki is also a very diligent gymnast, and we foresee 

great things for both these junior gymnasts in the 

future,” Stiekema said. 

Amelia, who was promoted from level two to four this 

year, will be competing in Cape Town in her first ever 

South African Games during the October school holidays. 

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“We usually let Amelia train alongside Kayla as often 

as possible. This is a technique the Americans use to 

inspire and motivate talented junior gymnasts. 

“Kayla also has insight into the skills Amelia needs to 

learn, which helps her achieve tricks faster,” she said. 

All of the competitive Sunshine Coast gymnasts 

represent Anderson’s in Port Elizabeth when competing. 

They train during the week in Port Alfred and once a 

month or more, in Port Elizabeth. 

“Head coach Debbie Gordon in Port Elizabeth is 

extremely experienced and identifies potential problems 

instantly. The SCG gymnasts all train on the Anderson’s 

programme in Port Alfred, with adjustments, to increase 

strength and to give them an edge on other Eastern 

Cape gymnasts,” S t i e ke m a said. 

As a word of encouragement to her students, 

Stiekema said: “Congratulations artistic team, you are 

lifting the bar in the Eastern Cape higher each time you 

compete. Keep shining, you can do all things through 

Christ who strengthens you – Philippians 4:13.” 

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ON FORM: The Downey 

sisters of Sunshine 

Coast Gymnastics, 

Amelia, left, and Bekie 

BOWLSBANTER 

... what’s happening 

Port Alfred Bowling and 

Croquet Club 

LAST Wednesday produced a 

heatwave of note during the Doris 

Ford at Kenton. 

It started promptly at 1.30pm, with 

the thermometer sitting at 40°C, but 

after four ends played, the game was 

abandoned. 

A lot of the ladies were overcome 

with the heat, which was proving 

detrimental to their health. 

After ice-cold drinks and rest we 

were able to drive back. 

The men played the Les Clarke at 

the Port Alfred Club and pushed 

through the heat, with the 

temperature sitting at 38ºC. 

The Colleen Timm and Moore Shield 

was scheduled to be played at Kowie, 

but the heavens opened and a deluge 

of rain flooded the Port Alfred area, 

which saw the games cancelled. 

Our Ladies Classic was held last 

Tuesday and Wednesday and the 

results will be in next week’s TotT. 

Unfortunately, our Radue-sponsored 

tournament was rained off, and the 

date for this event will be announced. 

A reminder that tabs-in green fees 

have increased to R25 from 


Good bowling to all the men taking 

part in the Kenton Men’s Classic 

on the weekend of September 

10 and 11. 

The Ocean Basketsponsored 

competition will 

be played on Tuesday 


Birthday night will also be on 

the 13th. Gird your loins girls and do 

some baking, especially after all the 

catering we have had to do for the 

classic. 

Duties for the week September 

13-17: Tabs – Rosemary Wood and 

Dallas Cowie, Bar – Vic Wicks, Ron 

Orford and Gaynor Renaud, Ironing – 

Noel Heale. 

Kenton-on-Sea Bowling Club 

Last Wednesday, the hottest day of 

the year so far, saw four of our men’s 

teams travel to Port Alfred Bowling 

Club for the bi-monthly Les Clarke 

competition. 

The quality of bowls on the green 

was as hot as the air temperature 

above the green. 

We shared the games, two wins 

each, but Port Alfred were the winners 

on the day with 22 points out of a 

possible 40. 

Our ladies played Port Alfred at 

home in the bi-monthly Doris Ford 

competition. 

Some of the players were overcome 

by the heat and play had to be 

abandoned. It was decided to share 

the points to be carried forward to the 

annual total. 

Seeff Supa Thursday Trips attracted 

a field of 26 players and Hermy 

Scholtz’s team walked off with the 

spoils. 

In a generous gesture, the team 

KOWIESTRIDERS 

... runners with pride 

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decided to donate the prize money 

(R325) to the club’s President Fund. 

Fr i d ay ’s attendance draw was 

forfeited by Don Baillie. Apart from 

not being at the club to win the 

money he also missed out on a lovely 

lasagne dinner prepared by Keith and 

E st e l l e . 

Addie Wolf won the whiskey draw. 

Next week’s draw will be for R900. 

Welcome rain managed to wash out 

all play on Saturday. Our planned 

competitions with Kowie Bowling Club 

will be rescheduled for a later date. 

Coming events: 

September 10-11: Personal Trust 

Men’s Classic 

September 14: Dias Insurance 

Brokers Jackpot 

Birthdays: September 9 Ivor Rule 

Kowie Bowling Club 

On Tuesday, August 30, we played our 

internal Megabucks competition with 

a very good turnout. 

The winner was Rob Owsley’s team 

of trips, with Judy Hunter and Rob 

Sandiland, who beat Pieter 

Stegmann’s team with the only full 

house of 10 points and shot profit of 

seven. 

The runner-up position was shared 

by Harold Bodill’s team of fours and 

Keith Kolesky’s team of fours on eight 

points and 11 shot profit. 

Sadly, the runners-up do not 

qualify for the Megabucks 

prize and only Rob Owsley’s 

team took home the big 

bucks. 

Last Thursday we played our 

snowball competition with 

another good turnout of bowlers. 

The ends were drawn (four) and 

then a score of eight came out and 

none of the teams could match it. 

Some of the guys thought they 

could add their two scores together to 

make eight to claim the Snowball 

prize, but it does not work like that – 

so the Snowball rolls over. 

On Saturday, some members 

reported 2.5 inches of rain and we 

were forced to call off the Colleen 

Timm/Moore Shields inter-club 

competition. 

I was at the club at 11.30am and the 

A green was just a sheet of water, as 

well as the kitchen, with the rain 

being blown in under the outside 

d o o r. 

The drainage system was clearing 

the water away, so there was no 

build-up. 

The club now has to find another 

date but there does not appear to be a 

date available this month, with all the 

competitions scheduled. A midweek 

date may have to be considered. 

A reminder to all members: The 

AGM is on Thursday, September 15. 

Duties for week September 12-18: 

Greens – (Roll) Siegie Rohrs, (Mark) 

Rod Allin and Stan Richter, Tabs – 

(Cash) Margaret Stegmann, (Select) 

Sally Moffat, Bar – Lawrie May and 

Rob Sandiland. 

Time Trials: August 

30 

5km Run 

Andrew Kinon 23:31 

Sticks Stiglingh 24:10 

Andrew Philpott 24:37 

Yvo Suijs 24:44 

Olivia Lange 25:20 

Lungisani Mtsatse 

26:09 

Justin Philpott 26:58 

Rob Joiner 28:50 

Chaardi Bosman 

2 8 : 57 

Megan Walwyn 28:57 

Chris Pike 29:17 

Louw Grobbelaar 

29:17 

Dudley Emslie 35:20 

8km Run 

Sizakele Dayimani 

3 0 : 07 

Rick Betts 34:00 

Allan Rob 44:19 

5km Walk 

Annamarie Hockly 

(walk/run) 37:01 

Louise Hepburn 


Nikki Lange 


Stella Kamedien 

43:35 

Imran Kamedien 

43:35 

Clare Wood 44:16 

Sharon Dacombe 

44:16 

Dianne Emslie 45:20 

Billy Futter 45:20 

3km Walk 

Jo Betts 25:45



QUALIFIED: Local lad 

Cuan Macgregor 

recently passed his 

international certificate 

for surf coaching, which 

enables him to provide 

surfing lessons with an 

emphasis on water 

safet y 

Picture: ROB KNOWLES 

Let law of ocean 

be surf master 

Learn how to surf safely with ISA coach 

ROB KNOWLES 

ACCORDING to Cuan Macgregor, 

learning to surf is not just about 

having a surfboard, and many 

surfing accidents are due to a 

lack of understanding of the 

ocean and the rules for its use. 

Macgregor, who comes from a 

family of surfers, recently 

attended a surfing coaching 

course in Durban by the 

International Surfing Association 

(ISA), and qualified as a level one 

surfing coach. 

“This means I am able to give 

lessons to anyone who wants to 

learn how to surf safely,” said 

M a c g r e g o r. 

The ISA courses are intended to 

establish an international system 

of coaching and instructing 

courses, improving the safety and 

efficacy of surf instruction around 

the world. 

It also intends to further 

develop, through educational 

programmes, a body of 

knowledge on which coaches and 

instructors may draw. The ISA 

further provides coaches and 

instructors employment 

opportunities, along with 

encouragement and support to 

enable them to standardise the 

way people are taught to surf. 

“I learned all the basics of how 

to surf and, more importantly, 

how to get the concepts across to 

those who want to learn how to 

sur f,” said Macgregor, who is one 

of only a few people in the 

Eastern Cape now ISA-qualified to 

teach surfing. 

“The course was pretty 

intensive, and it is the industry 

standard for surf instructors, and 

is used by quality surf schools 

around the world.” 

Macgregor said that a lot of the 

course was dedicated to water 

safet y. 

“We learnt all about evacuation 

planning, surf etiquette and the 

rules of the ocean; critical things 

that could save a life,” he said. 

Looking to the future, 

Macgregor said that he wanted to 

continue surf coaching locally, 

and teach people the proper way 

to surf safely. He said he would 

happily give one-on-one lessons, 

but that group lessons would 

work out cheaper for the 

par ticipants. 

“I realise I might have to put in 

around 3 000 hours to qualify for 

the ISA level two course,” he 

said. Level two coaching is 

intended for elite surfer contest 

p r e p a r at i o n . 

“I have no idea where I will be 

in five years’ time,” said 

Macgregor. “I might travel to 

Dubai or Costa Rica. All I know is 

that it will be near the ocean. 

“Although, as a surfer, I have 

always known safety is important, 

through this course I have come 

to appreciate safety is the most 

important aspect of surfing. 

“But I also know that the best 

surfers are those who have the 

most fun in the water.” 

Wednesday August 31: 

Sibuya Game 

Reserve/Arabella Wines 

Individual Stableford, with 79 

p l ay e r s . 

Results: 

1st: Dale Wisener – 43 

2nd: Trevor Taylor – 39 

3rd: At Nel – 39 

4th: Rowland Clayton – 38 

5th: Grant Acton – 38 

Two Clubs: 

6th: A Schultz, N van der 

Linde 

11th: A Nel 

13th: R Clayton, R Dales 

Best gross: 73 – Trevor Taylor, 

Grant Acton, Peter Thompson, 

Wayne Osborne 

Best nett: 64 – Dale Wisener 

Nearest the pins: 

Debonairs Pizza – 6th: Joos 

Vo s 

Kowie River Cruises – 8th: 

Derek Sinclair 

The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 

11th: Neil van der Linde 

Dulux – 13th: Gordon Bunting 

Wimpy longest drive – 14th: 

Grant Acton 

VW Nearest the pin for two on 

the first: Mark Shelton 

1820s GOLF 

Monday August 29: 24 

players in fine conditions. 

Winners on 41: Andy Simpson, 

Peter Rinaldi, Rick Hill, Dudley 

K i e s e r. 

GOLFW E E K LY 

... the results 

Moosehead on 45: Gordon 

Todd, Chris Day, Lionel Timm, 

Louis van der Walt. 

Good scores: 49 – Alber t 

Whitfield, 47 – Ted Bains, Rick 

Hill. 

Two clubs: 13th: Rick Hill. 

Thursday September 1: 19 

players in fine conditions. 

Winners on 38: Mick Parker, 

John Lardner-Burke, Rick Hill, 

Ram Piers. 

Moosehead on 45: Peter 

Rinaldi, Mike Reid, Don 

Howarth, Dudley Kieser. 

Good scores: 49 – Alber t 

Whitfield, Mike Reid, 48 – 

Dave Fraser, 47 – Ram Piers. 

Two clubs: 11th John 

L a r d n e r - B u r ke . 

ATHLETIC PROWESS: 

Victoria Girls' High 

School athletes were 

recently selected for 

the final round of the 

Sarah Baartman trials. 

From left, Faith Eddie 

(bronze medal for 

under-16 4km run), 

Attiya Mansoor 

(bronze medal for U17 

4km run) and Bianca 

Banfield (gold medal 

for U19 4km run). Not 

pictured are Linique 

Denston who got silver 

for the U16 4km run 

and Lukhanyiso Cuka, 

silver for the U17 4km 

run. By being placed in 

the top three, these 

girls were all selected 

to attend the Eastern 

Cape team trials 

CROQUETCORNER 

... rolls that count 

THE rain that we have 

received these past few days 

was most welcome and we 

look forward to having our 

lawns in perfect condition 

when we host the SA 

nationals in November. 

The list for players who will 

be playing in the friendly day 

against East London has 

closed. Those playing must 

be at the club by 8.30am on 


There is great excitement 

for our monthly rollover, 

which will take place on 

September 14 as there is a 

record kitty and up to four 

numbers will be drawn to find 

a winner. Remember you have 

to be present at the draw to 

win it! Our Radue-sponsored 

afternoon will take place on 

September 20. Again, many 

thanks to Radue Optometrist 

for their generous 

sponsorship. 

Birthday wishes to Correen 

Gie for the 2nd – hope you do 

not have to spend much more 

time in hospital and that you 

will soon be back home. We 

are pleased to hear that 

Barbara Davisson is back 

home after a long stay in 

hospital. 

We also wish Veronica van 

Coller a happy birthday for 

the 9th and Laura Perry for 

the 11th.

Contact us with any sports news: (046) 624-4356 (Jon Houzet) 

Sp ort 

Thursday September 8, 2016 

ANOTHER NOTCH IN HIS BELT: 

Karate master Shihan Koos Burger, 

right, presents Gary Grapentin of 

local dojo East Cape Shotokan-Ryu 

with his rokudan (6th dan) grading 

certificate. Grapentin completed 

the grading in Grahamstown 

recently 

Nemato teen hits 

gymnastic heights 

Indo Pacific champs 

a trampoline jump 

away for golden boy 

ROB KNOWLES 

HE flies through the air with 

the greatest of ease – t h at ’s 

a good way to describe 

African junior champion 

Onke Mangele, a 14-year-old 

gymnast from Nemato who 

has taken the world of 

trampolining by storm over 

the past year or so, and will 

be representing South 

Africa in the Indo Pacific 

Championships next month. 

Mangele is a member of 

the Nemato Gymnastics 

Club, itself part of the 

Nemato Change a Life 

(NCAL) foundation, 

specifically designed to 

help the poorer youth in the 

Ndlambe community excel 

academically or in their 

chosen sports. Mangele is 

no stranger to Talk of the 

Town, which has been 

reporting on his gymnastics 

career since he began in 

2013. 

Mangele competed in the 

Top Ten gymnastics 

competition in Pretoria 

earlier this year and 

brought home gold on the 

double mini trampoline. 

“Many of the routines 

were more difficult than 

those any other junior in 

South Africa is jumping,” 

NCAL founder Jan Blom 

said. “It was combined with 

trials for African 

Championships and for Indo 

Pacific Championships in 

New Zealand.” 

Blom’s dreams for 

Mangele came true at the 

African Championships, 

held in Walvis Bay in 

Namibia from August 28 to 

September 3, when his 

mentee brought home two 

gold medals, one for 

individual mini tramp in the 

junior section, and the other 

as part of the South African 

team. 

“I really enjoyed 

competing and have made 

lots of new friends,” said 

the shy and modest 

Mangele. “I feel good.” 

Next up for the golden 

boy is a trip to Cape Town 

 

for the national 

championships, then it’s off 

to Namibia again for the 

Junior Commonwealth 

Games and finally, the Indo 

Pacific Championships in 

New Zealand next month 

where Mangele is touted to 

top the medal tables in the 

trampoline events. 

“We are all very 

proud of Onke,” said 

Blom, who also had a 

discussion with 

president of the 

South African 

Spor ts 

Confederation and 

Olympic Committee 

(Sascoc) Gideon 

Sam at the African 

Championships. 

“Gideon was very 

impressed, and said 

that Onke was the 

best gymnast on the 

trampoline in the 

country at the moment 

and has excellent 

potential to reach 

Olympic gold in Tokyo in 

2020.” 

In fact, another 

up-and-coming gymnast 

with equal potential, 

Khanyile Mbolekwa, is also 

a member of the Nemato 

Gymnastics Club. 

“Gideon said that 

Khanyile also had great 

‘Olympic potential’,” 

 

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according to Blom. 

However, sending 

gymnasts to these events is 

a very expensive exercise, 

and has already cost the 

club more than R100 000 in 

expenses. 

“It would be nice to have 

some sponsorship from 

local businesses in order for 

us to send even 

more of our 

talented 

youngsters to 

events both in 

South Africa and abroad,” 

Blom said. 

It is also rumoured 

that the South African 

Gymnastics Federation 

might want to set up a 

high-per formance 

facility in Ndlambe, 

specifically on the 

strength of the 

talent based in 

the area. 

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY: Onke Mangele could be 

one of South Africa’s premier gymnasts and, at 

just 14 years of age, is already lighting up the 

world with his skills on the mini trampoline. 

Pictured here, Mangele showed off his gymnastic 

prowess at Nemato Change a Life and the Nemato 

Gymnastics Club this week Picture: ROB KNOWLES 

Do you have a sports story? 

E-mail houzetj@timesmedia.co.za

8 September 2016

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