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PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS 

IT’S WAR: Joining in 

the fun at the Bathurst 

Agricultural Museum 

Farm Fair held on 

Saturday, an 

impromptu tug-of-war 

mixed team claimed a 

couple of victories 

before they were 

‘outpulled’ by the 

Tractor Team. From 

left, are Thandolwethu 

Kosani, Patrick 

Stricker, Vivien 

Challis, Kane Whitney 

and Jason Northfield. 

See story and more 

pictures on page 4 

Picture: JON HOUZET 

Water woes 

Flow of water project stemmed by bad management 

JON HOUZET 

SERIOUS problems 

in the Ndlambe 

bulk water supply 

project have 

come to light 

after a source 

close to the project leaked 

information revealing bad 

decisions, a massive waste 

of taxpayers’ money, and 

highly questionable and 

possibly corrupt contract 

appointments. 

TotT was provided with 

minutes of meetings, official 

reports, e-mail exchanges 

and letters pertaining to the 

project going back to 2013. 

The main parties are the 

implementing agent and 

main contractor Amatola 

Water, the Department of 

Water Affairs (DWA) and 

Ndlambe Municipality, with 

various appointed 

subcontractors also 

mentioned in the documents. 

Projects were delayed by 

months and even years, at 

ever-increasing cost; 

contracts were terminated 

after botched jobs and had 

to be redone at a cost of 

millions of rands; water 

leaks wasting millions of 

litres a month were not 

being attending to. In one 

instance, a subcontractor not 

named in an award letter 

was found working on a 

project without any 

notification; and expert 

advice by engineering 

consultants was ignored. 

There is more information 

than can be captured in a 

single story, so TotT will 

focus on various issues over 

the next few weeks. 

Two of the most 

controversial contracts in the 

bulk water project involved 

the supply of water to 

Alexandria, which comprised 

the laying of a 10km pipeline 

from the Cannon Rocks 

reservoir to Fish Kraal 

(contract 14), and a 13km 

pipeline from the Fish Kraal 

reservoir to the Alexandria 

reservoir (contract 15). 

Both contracts were 

originally awarded to 

Ukamva in May 2013 and 

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had not been fixed properly. They said contractors working on the road 

were told by an official in the infrastructure directorate that it was a 

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asked for his identity 

to be kept 

confidential, said the 

awarding of this 

contract to Ukamva 

was against the advice 

of Aurecon, the 

engineers appointed 

to look for 

subcont ractors. 

“Aurecon’s choice 

was overruled by 

Amatola Water,” he 

said. “The original 

contractor [Ukamva] 

had no capacity when 

he started. But he was 

able to get loans for 

plant.” 

After numerous 

delays and botched 

jobs, the Ukamva 

contract was 

terminated in 

November 2013. 

Amatola Water 

initially tried to 

complete the work 

itself, but fell behind. 

A contract to fix a 

section of the pipeline 

in contract 15 was 

awarded to Give 

Ziyawa Construction, 

owned by Chris 

Gidana. Gidana is the 

husband of Asanda 

Gidana, who at the 

time was programme 

manager for regional 

bulk infrastructure at 

the Department of 

Water and Sanitation 

(DWS) and is currently 

director of operations 

at Amatola Water. 

In the minutes of a 

“Ndlambe 

inter vention” meeting 

on November 5 2014, 

it was recorded that 

Asanda requested that 

she be recused due to 

a potential conflict of 

interest on contract 15. 

The meeting agreed 

and said in future 

another DWS official 

would represent DWS 

on the intervention 

meetings, but Asanda 

would be kept on the 

distribution list. 

Give Ziyawa was 

originally awarded a 

contract for 

R2.6-million for a 5km 

section. The rest of the 

pipeline was going to 

be divided among 

CRIMEBRIEFS 

THE past week had been significantly quieter 

in terms of crime in Port Alfred and 

surrounding areas, with burglary incidents 

lower than they have been in months. 

However, petty crimes such as shoplifting 

have been on the rise over the last few weeks 

as well as an increase in reports of suspicious 

activity. But few of these resulted in crime. 

What can be concluded from these reports 

is increased vigilance, and that residents are 

practising basic safety precautions in keeping 

their neighbourhoods safe. 

Rice thieves at Zama Zama Shop 

Last Wednesday, MultiSecurity control room 

received a panic signal from the Zama Zama 

Shop in Runeli Drive. Response officers 

attended the scene and reported that two 

suspects stole two 5kg bags of rice. 

Harassment at VW Market Square 

MultiSecurity response officers were 

dispatched to VW Market Square last Friday to 

assist with a mentally disturbed man who was 

harassing staff and customers. The same man 

returned the next day and was again removed 

by SAPS. 

Cellphone stolen at Southwell Manor 

In the early hours of Saturday morning, the 

MultiSecurity control room received a phone 

call from a woman at Southwell Manor who 

was not a MultiSecurity client, but reported 

that a suspect had stolen a Samsung S3 cell 

phone and had jumped off her balcony. 

Response officers attended the scene and 

reported that the suspect had gained entry by 

climbing up the drain pipe and climbing 

through the open bathroom window. 

‘False alarm’ of assault 

In an incident that seemed to generate greater 

response than required, just before midnight 

last Saturday the MultiSecurity control room 

received a phone call from a client who 

reported that a man living on his premises 

had been assaulted. 

The assault victim reported that he had only 

suffered a cut to his hand and that he did not 

want an ambulance. 

other subcontractors. 

“But Amatola Water 

kept giving Give 

Ziyawa more work,” 

our source said. 

The full extent of 

contract 15, worth 

R13-million, was 

awarded to Give 

Ziyawa in August 2014, 

with a projected 

completion date of 

December 15 that 

same year. 

“At one stage, Water 

Affairs insisted on 

weekly progress 

reports. That lasted 

about a week, then it 

became fortnightly 

and then monthly,” our 

source said. 

The minutes of the 

November 2014 

meeting record that 

Ndlambe’s former 

deputy infrastructure 

director Richard Pote 

pointed out 

“inconsistencies and 

false information” in 

the weekly report. 

Craig Thompson gave 

apologies on behalf of 

Amatola Water and 

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requested the 

withdrawal of the 

report due to the 

incorrect information. 

Construction on 

contract 14 was 

terminated and all 

resources were 

allocated to contract 

15, with a view to 

getting that section 

completed as soon as 

possible, to supply 

water to Alexandria. 

Even so, further 

delays caused the 

project to be 

completed months 

after the projected 

d at e . 

Now there is a 

completed pipeline 

between Cannon 

Rocks and Alexandria, 

but it is not being 

used because the 

Cannon Rocks reverse 

osmosis plant does 

not produce enough 

water to also supply 

Alexandria, our source 

said. 

TotT sent questions 

to Amatola Water 

officials including 

R ay m o n d 

Bukubukwana, acting 

director of planning 

and development, who 

attended numerous 

meetings regarding 

the Ndlambe bulk 

water project. We also 

copied in officials from 

the DWA and Ndlambe 

for their information 

and input. 

None have yet 

responded. 

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Talk of the Town 3 

Dutch label brings 

music to DJ’s ears 

LOUISE CARTER 

A KENTON-ON-SEA 

youth has turned his 

schoolboy hobby of 

producing EDM 

(electronic dance 

music) into a charttopping 

iTunes reality, 

when his latest 

c o m p i l at i o n , 

Everybody Jump, 

recently achieved 

great success. 

Damian Howard, or 

DJ Chivvie, as he is 

known to family and 

friends, is on the fasttrack, 

with his latest 

dance hit having 

caught the attention of 

Dutch record company 

Wolf Rage Recordings, 

which has signed him 

as their latest talent. 

With over 11 000 hits 

on Facebook in the 

first three days, one 

can only expect big 

things from this 

y o u n g st e r. 

Producing and 

mastering music has 

been this Port Alfred 

High School 

mat riculant’s passion 

since he was 14 years 

old, when he started 

showing an interest in 

electronic music. 

His dad bought him 

a turntable and, since 

then, Howard has 

grown his passion into 

an art the whole 

family is proud of. 

Earlier this year, 

Howard spent some 

time in Johannesburg 

where he underwent 

an intensive training 

programme and 

received a DJ 

qualification that will 

give him an edge in 

the industry, when he 

pursues a degree with 

an audio college 

studying sound 

engineering. 

For production 

purposes Howard uses 

FL studio, Ableton Live 

and Presonus, and 

describes his style as 

KEYS TO THE FUTURE: Port Alfred High School pupil and DJ Damian Howard has recently enjoyed 

success with his latest computer-generated track, ‘Everybody Jump’. Earlier this year, he was also 

signed by a Dutch record label and has received lots of exposure through social media platforms 

i n t e g r at i n g 

elect ro-house, 

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room”. 

“I have always loved 

music, but after 

getting tired of 

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people’s music and 

imagining what I could 

do with it, I decided to 

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Howard said. 

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influences are 

concerned, Howard 

looks up to artists like 

DJ Blend – a 

Mexican-American 

producer, whom he 

describes as a genius 

behind a turntable – 

and the likes of South 

African favourite DJ 

Fr e s h . 

After spending some 

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programme in 

Germany, Howard 

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time to explore the 

nightlife and 

discovered a taste for 

the growing European 

market in EDM. 

With big dreams set 

on collaborations one 

day, with local and 

i n t e r n at i o n a l 

headliners such as 

David Guetta and DJ 

Fresh, Howard spends 

his free time creating 

new rhythm and hard 

rock sounds with 

different artists from 

around South Africa, 

which take hours and 

hours to blend, using 

vocals and beats from 

a range of genres. 

Although mom and 

dad are both 

extremely proud, 

Howard admits that 

not everybody 

understands the EDM 

movement. 

“They are very 

supportive, but it’s not 

exactly their taste. My 

dad gets it a bit more 

– he is the cool one,” 

Howard said. 

For now, Howard 

continues to juggle 

school, family and 

music while 

cultivating a name for 

himself in the industry. 

His music can be 

bought on iTunes and 

Beatport under 

“Chivvie Everybody 

Jump”. 

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FUN RACE: Brigid Guest, right, crosses the 

finish line in the sack race, while Basil Mills 

gives a helping hand to Holly Elliott during the 

boeresport at the Bathurst Agricultural Museum 

Farm Fair 

Pictures: JON HOUZET 

SNAKE CHARMER: Among the interesting 

activities at Bathurst Agricultural Museum Farm 

Fair, raconteur Basil Mills gave a talk on snakes, 

and displayed two pythons, including this albino 

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RESTORING PRIDE: 

Herman Paul started a 

Lister D-type engine 

comprising parts 

dating back to 1926, 

which he helped 

restore at the 

Bathurst Agricultural 

Museum. He said the 

engine was a tribute 

to all donors, models 

and types 

GRACE AND FLAIR: 

Kuhle Manana, left, 

and Simphiwe Gwente 

of Velile High School 

were two of the 

dedicated dancers of 

the Bathurst Dance 

Sport group 

performing at the 

Bathurst Agricultural 

Museum Farm Fair 

BIG PULL: The Bathurst Agricultural Museum tractor team, from left, 

Ryno Hattingh, Thulani Ncapayi, Tony de Gouveia, Thembinkosi 

Marumana and Gary Grey were tug of war champions at the farm fair 

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Farm Fair a hit 

with all ages 

Open day fun 

at museum 

JON HOUZET 

ALBINO pythons, sputtering old 

engines, classical music, ballroom 

dancing, a tug of war and sack 

races were all part of the fun at the 

Bathurst Agricultural Museum 

Farm Fair on Saturday. 

The latest open day at the 

museum was its best yet, with 

something for young and old alike. 

Visitors were greeted by the 

sight and sound of blacksmiths at 

work in a makeshift forge under 

the Pike’s Post awning. 

A long-cherished plan to have a 

permanent forge built at the 

museum is closer to fruition, with 

foundations prepared at the site. 

One of two local blacksmiths 

doing demonstrations at the 

museum, Jon Pieters, said the 

Eastern Cape Blacksmiths 

Association had been established 

about three months ago. 

“We plan to have a blacksmiths 

convention here from June 28 to 

July 4, with people coming from all 

over the country,” Pieters said. 

Around the corner from the 

smithy, the Bathurst Dance Sport 

group was conducting ballroom 

dancing demonstrations at Pike’s 

Po st . 

The serious young dancers from 

Qhayiya Primary School and Velile 

High School in Nolukhanyo 

impressed with their skill and 

grace. 

Shortly after, renowned 

raconteur and battle re-enactment 

BRINGING SMILES: 

Amy Wilson, left, and 

her pal Annabelle 

Villet share laughs in 

the three-legged race 

at the Bathurst 

Agricultural Museum 

Farm Fair on Saturday 

HAMMER AND TONGS: Blacksmith 

Jon Pieters demonstrates his work 

to Annerie Wolmarans 

enthusiast Basil Mills gave a talk 

about snakes, displaying two 

pythons to the wide-eyed children 

and adults. 

Herman Paul was pottering 

around the vintage engines on 

display in the museum, donated by 

various people and painstakingly 

restored and kept in working order 

by Paul and fellow enthusiasts. 

Gary Grey drove around in a 1955 

Field Marshall tractor, which bore a 

notice inviting all women to sit in 

the driver’s seat for five minutes 

without smiling. 

Mills returned with fun 

boeresport activities for the 

children, including sack, 

egg-and-spoon, hoop and 

three-legged races, tug of war (with 

their moms) and horseshoe toss. 

Later some adults also took part in 

the sack races and tug of war. 

The Keiskamma Music Academy 

strings section played relaxing 

classical music while the ballroom 

dancers returned to the floor, and 

members of the audience enjoyed 

tea and cake or a drink from the 

Ploughman Pub. Fresh farm 

produce was also on sale.



Music, art mix to set tone 

at next Classics evening 

Novel take on 

Messiaen’s 

compositions 

RICHMOND House Music Room will 

host a collaboration between a 

pianist and a painter at the next 

Classics at the Castle event – 

never before staged in Port Alfred. 

This unique music and visual art 

presentation on May 28 by artist 

Heleen du Preez and pianist 

Benjamin Fourie, features the work 

of Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) – 

an extraordinary 20th-century 

composer, pianist and organist. 

Fourie, who performed at 

Classics at the Castle last year, 

returns to play Messiaen’s Vingt 

Regards sur l’E n fa n t - J é s u s (20 

Contemplations on the Christ 

Child) surrounded by an exhibition 

of Du Preez’s 25 paintings, which 

were inspired by the music. 

Messiaen was a child prodigy 

from a literary background and 

also a devout Catholic. He became 

one of the most acclaimed 

composers of the last century, 

creating this epic work during 

World War 2 in 1944, in Paris. 

Having been a prisoner-of-war 

himself, he searched for a 

language of mystical love amid the 

most depressing turmoil of war. 

Vingt Regards is considered one 

of the most awe-inspiring works for 

Facebook question on 

Wo r k e r s ’ Day meaning 

draws varied response 

TALK of the Town asked the 

following question on Facebook: 

What does Workers’ Day mean to 

you? 

Within a few hours we’d already 

received a number of comments, 

and it seems to have drawn quite a 

varied response from the public at 

large. 

Dianne Miller wrote, “It means 

another day South Africans across 

the board sit around and waste valuable time to 

improve the economy. 

“We have so many holidays and we are a 

truly lazy nation. I can’t even imagine how we 

would function in the US for example when you 

might get Christmas eve and Thanksgiving off. 

Other than that it’s business as usual for all 

sectors. I am annoyed that we still think we can 

lounge around as ‘Rome Burns’. Get moving 

people!” 

Gavin Came responded to Miller’s post. 

“No one in SA is compelled to take a public 

holiday and many don’t. Anyway it’s great for 

tourism so at least that part of the economy 

gets a lift,” wrote Came. 

After a long explanation of the history of the 

day Bev Young wrote, “When I was in business 

– it was a disruption to the week. 

“Nog al, if the first was a Saturday or Sunday 

then you had to close on a Monday. I personally 

think there are too many public holidays.” 

Jaco van Rensburg took the fiscal approach 

and wrote, “Double pay”, while Ricky Collin 

wrote, “Another day for those that do nothing to 

do more nothing.” 

Zimbini Matyolo wasn’t sure about the holiday 

either when she wrote, “Have no idea! I just 

thought maybe back in the day there was a toyi 

toyi by workers and that’s why it’s a holiday. I’m 

bothered by this wasteful week of kids sitting at 

home doing niks!” 

Unsure whether to brag or complain, Twan 

EPIC PERFORMANCE: Pianist Benjamin Fourie will perform a unique 

collaboration with artist Heleen du Preez at the next Classics at the 

Castle event on May 28 

piano ever composed and presents 

extreme challenges technically and 

in terms of interpretation. 

Fourie says of the piece: “The 

grand style of the music caters for 

listeners, who are prepared to be 

thoroughly immersed in art”. 

Nature-lovers will be intrigued to 

hear how Messiaen incorporates 

the birdsong he loved. He regarded 

birds as the “greatest musicians on 

our planet”. 

Fourie gave the South African 

première of this work at the 2006 

National Arts Festival and has 

since performed it at several other 

venues. 

Du Preez, an artist from Lady 

Grey, has done 25 abstract 

paintings on the 20 parts of the 

music and she and Fourie have 

collaborated in various music/ 

visual art presentations, including 

the 2014 Lady Grey Passion Play 

w e e ke n d . 

“The music of Messiaen always 

intrigued me,” Du Preez said. “I 

have the CD of bird-calls that 

Messiaen wrote the piano notation 

for. After attending Benjamin’s 

performance of the entire Vingt 

Regards I started visualising the 

colours, lines and movement I 

experienced. 

Badenhorst wrote, “In the 

entertainment industry, public 

holidays don’t exist neither do 

w e e ke n d s . ..lol.” 

Russell Deutschmann wasn’t 

holding back when he wrote, 

“Another day for government to 

party and spend public money 

using workers as the excuse.” 

Stu-Art Lavender wrote, “Should 

be called “Jobbers Day” no one 

ever asked me, EVER for work.” 

But the simplest answer came from Gary 

Purdon who wrote just one word: “Zip”. 

Exhibition open for viewing from 

14h30 for both concert-goers and other 

members of the public, on a donation basis. 

“When my husband passed away 

in March 2011, the mystical/ 

spiritual quality of this 

monumental work offered comfort 

and I slowly began a process of 

interpreting the first eight 

movements visually, infusing my 

mind with every note of the music.” 

The Classics at the Castle 

concert will start at 3.30pm with a 

30-minute interval at 5pm and the 

second half from 5.30pm-7pm. 

Audience members are welcome to 

chat to the artists during inter val 

and before and after the concert. 

“Art and music lovers will likely 

experience this event as totally 

absorbing and even transcendent,” 

classics host Sue Gordon. 

Tickets became available at KNA 

on May 2. 

Similar to last year when Fourie 

performed in Port Alfred, an entire 

three-part package has been 

arranged. The full package 

includes a special three-course 

meal at the Wharf Street Brew Pub 

and Restaurant after the concert 

and art exhibition. Tickets for this 

entire package (concert, exhibition 

and meal) are R230 per person. 

The price for the art experience 

and piano recital combined, is 

R100 and includes welcome drinks 

and detailed programme notes. 

Out-of-towners may call KNA to 

reserve tickets – to be paid for 

within three days. Grahamstown 

residents may call Sue on 

082-456-7437 to make special 

arrangements. 

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OPINION 

P ro j e c t 

must be 

p ro b e d 

EVERY now and then a story comes around 

that is too big to tell in one article. 

In our small and mostly peaceful part of 

the country we do not often get the kind of 

stories told by the dailies, such as rampant 

corruption in the Eastern Cape government 

or the horrible way bodies were handled in 

a state hospital morgue. 

But the ANC has shown us that 

anywhere there is a municipality, and 

anywhere taxpayers’ money is handled, 

there is sure to be irregular, fruitless and 

wasteful expenditure, and highly 

questionable contract appointments. 

Such is the case with the Ndlambe bulk 

water supply project, although in this case 

the municipality appears for the most part 

to be a passive accomplice while the main 

contractor, Amatola Water, has been 

making bad decisions which will have 

far-reaching repercussions for consumers. 

And the Department of Water Affairs has 

also stamped its approval. 

When TotT’s source handed over a thick 

folder of documents illustrating the sorry 

affair, it was with a poetic quip: “So many 

contractual issues between the cup and 

the lip, and there hasn’t yet been a sip of 

wat e r ”. 

Understandably, he wants to remain 

anonymous. 

When we reported on the Port Alfred 

reverse osmosis (RO) plant project finally 

getting off the ground a few weeks ago, we 

thought we were telling a good news story. 

But since then, we have heard disturbing 

things about the unsustainability of the 

boreholes Amatola Water is using and how 

farmers have already been affected by a 

dropping water table, making their own 

boreholes useless and drying out their 

wetlands. 

That story has still to be told. 

Our source told us to ask about the cost 

of the RO plant – which seems to have 

tripled in price since early estimates – and 

about the affordability of RO technology in 

general, in an area where the municipality 

is billing consumers for just 47% of the 

water it supplies, meaning the remaining 

53% is given away for free, or lost to 

wa st e . 

At present, there is cross-subsidisation 

between all the towns and villages in 

Ndlambe, which has created a buffer for 

the areas with the most expensively 

produced water – Bushman’s River with its 

desalination plant, and Cannon Rocks 

which has an RO plant. 

When we all are on RO water, depending 

on sustainability, we will be paying a lot 

more. 

Other decisions have already been 

costing taxpayers money, like the 

appointment of an incompetent contractor 

on a multimillion-rand pipeline job. And to 

save the day, in steps his replacement who 

appears very well connected. 

– Jon Houzet 

HAVE YOUR S AY 

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Time to change leaders 

A NUMBER of the largest 

political parties in the 

country recently launched 

their election manifestos. 

As usual, the ANC had a 

lot to promise with little to 

show for past empty and 

broken promises. 

They even focused 

attention on stopping 

corruption, forgetting that 

their own president and the 

president of our country 

has much to answer for. 

Then, we had the EFF 

with their continued 

revolutionary talk and 

Pot h o l e s 

fixed at last 

IMAGINE our astonishment 

24 hours after you published 

the photograph of the 

potholes in Middle Beach 

Road, Kenton, we took our 

usual daily walk, and low and 

behold, potholes had been 

carefully filled with tar. 

Someone in municipal high 

places must have seen the 

picture and mobilised the 

troops to sort out the 

problem. Many thanks indeed 

to all concerned. 

ROGER CARTHEW 

m a r x i st / c o m m u n i st 

rhetoric. History has taught 

us that communism failed 

dismally, particularly in the 

old USSR. What new ideas 

can the EFF, and indeed 

Blade Nzimande, an ally of 

the ANC, add to 

communism that the 

Russians failed to do? 

On Workers’ Day, we had 

Cosatu, representing less 

than 50% of workers in the 

country, but with inordinate 

influence over the ANC, 

encouraging their members 

to vote ANC. 

THREE 

G E N E R AT I O N S : 

Arlene 

Randall, 

left, and her 

daughter 

Ta y l o r 

came 

from 

King 

William’s 

Town to 

run in the 

Siza Vitality 

5km fun run 

with gran 

Arlene Kirk 

from Bathurst 

We must acknowledge 

that South Africa has made 

significant progress in 

many ways since 1994. 

The ANC has, however, in 

the same period moved 

away from the principles of 

Nelson Mandela and is 

taking South Africa in the 

wrong direction. 

South Africans face a 

choice. We can choose the 

status quo, or we can 

choose the change that the 

DA-run local municipalities 

can bring. 

DA local governments 

will be honest and 

responsive to provide 

better services and work 

towards creating more jobs 

and opportunities for all. 

The DA will invest in 

infrastructure and provide 

an environment conducive 

to private sector investment 

and interact more closely 

with business chambers, 

small and micro enterprises 

and economic development 

agencies to promote local 

business. 

The DA has a good track 

record where they govern in 

the Western Cape and 

Midvaal municipality, which 

proves that real progress 

and change is possible. 

The DA will bring change 

that will move South Africa 

forward again. 

This is the change that 

will stop corruption, create 

jobs and deliver better 

services to create “One 

Nation, One Future” and 

bring freedom, fairness and 

opportunity to all. 

RAY SCHENK, DA CAUCUS 

LEADER, NDLAMBE 

AUCTION ANTICS: Jenni Louw and Jim Fox 

enjoyed the entertaining auction at 

Settlers Park’s Don Powis Hall last Friday 

night 


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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 

Netcare 911 – 0 8 0 - 0 8 2 - 9 11 

Fire Department – (046) 624-1111 

GOOD DEALS: Marty and Ed Senar bid on several 

items at the Settlers Park Trust auction last 

Friday night



HUFF AND PUFF: The train engine known as Blackie, after it was restored and put on display in 

Cape Town 

The tale of Blackie, 

SA’s first locomotive 

Engine No9 a noble workhorse of note 

SERENDIPITY 

... with Bev Young 

THERE is a sad tale of a noble train engine – a 

workhorse of note used in the construction of 

the Port Alfred Harbour in 1874. 

In the years 1853 and 1855, the Cape Town 

Railway and Dock Company was granted 

approval, by Act 10 of June 29 1857, to 

construct a 92km-long railway between Cape 

Town and Wellington. The company appointed 

Messrs E&J Pickering as contractors for the 

construction of the line. 

The company ordered a locomotive from 

Scotland for use as construction engine. 

The locomotive was built in 1859 by 

Hawthorns and Co, Leith, works number 162. It 

was a 0-4-0 side-tank locomotive and was built 

to run on a 1435mm broad gauge. The 

locomotive arrived in Cape Town on September 

8 1859 and has the distinction of being the first 

locomotive in South Africa. 

On July 4 1874, the rebuilt engine No9 was 

shipped to the Kowie, to be used in harbour 

construction at the Kowie Harbour at Port 

Alfred, which was being undertaken by the 

Kowie Harbour Improvement Company. It left 

Cape Town on board the ship Compage and 

arrived at Port Alfred on July 11. 

In Port Alfred, engine No9 was officially 

named Frontier. Since it was painted black at 

the time, it came to be affectionately known as 

Blackie. It was reassembled and put to work on 

the west bank of the Kowie River, but it derailed 

upon reaching the first curve on the existing 

rails, which had been laid for ox-drawn wagons 

and were not fish-plated together. 

It was found that the curves were too sharp 

for the locomotive and, during the repairs, the 

flanges on the second pair of coupled wheels 

were removed. 

The engine Blackie was also restricted to a 

3.2km/h speed limit. As pressure of work 

demanded, it became necessary to regularly 

ferry the locomotive from one bank of the Kowie 

to the other, until a second locomotive was 

obtained in 1877, an 0-4-0 saddle-tank engine 

named Aid. 

Blackie worked on the Kowie project until 

1883, by which time it was completely 

unserviceable and abandoned on a siding. 

For some bizarre reason, with hectic 

construction in the area, Blackie was dragged 

to a position along the cliff area and forgotten. 

It was later found buried, at a Mr Grogan’s 

house in Beach Road. 

In December 1897, a big South African 

exhibition took place at Grahamstown. Blackie 

was repaired, repainted, and railed to that town 

to be placed on show, albeit without side-tanks. 

When the exhibition drew to a close at the 

end of January 1898, the locomotive was placed 

in storage in Grahamstown. It remained there 

until the newly established South African 

Railways decided, in 1913, that it should be 

placed on permanent exhibition at Cape Town 

S t at i o n . 

The engine was repainted in the green Cape 

Government Railways livery, railed to Cape 

Town and plinthed on the old Cape Town 

Station's concourse, at the ends of Platforms 3 

and 4. 

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Question: Tell us about your 

job. 

Answer: I am the “Go to 

Gopher” at El Shaddai 

Christian Academy. I am the 

bus driver, technical advisor 

for computers and printers, 

media liaison, admissions 

and tour coordinator, general 

dog’s body and I love it. 

Q: What made you get into 

that line of work? 

A: I loved the school and 

wanted to use the gifts and 

talents God gave me to be of 

help. 

Q: Describe the most 

memorable experience you 

have had in your line of 

work. 

A: I have had so many but the 

most memorable is when I 

take children on outreaches 

to the retirement homes and 

see the joy on the faces of 

those we visit. 

Q: What do you do to 

unwind when you are not 

working? 

A: I like to walk on the beach 

and just soak in the treasure 

around me. 

Q: What is your motto in 

l i fe? 

A: Live as Christ intended me 

to live. 

Q: What makes you happy? 

A: Dancing for God. 

Q: What makes you angry? 

FA C E 2FA C E 

... with Amanda Mould 

A: Abuse of power and 

authority, abuse of children, 

women and animals. 

Q: What do you think about 

the youth of South Africa? 

Do you have any advice for 

t h e m? 

A: We are living in a 

fatherless society making our 

youth not know their role in 

life. The youth need to 

discover that they are 

fearfully and wonderfully 

made and that God has plans 

to prosper them and not to 

harm them. Seek God and 

you will discover who you are 

meant to be. 

Q: What do you like most 

about Port Alfred? 

A: It is a little piece of heaven 

on earth. I see God’s 

handiwork in the creation 

around me and the people. 

Q: If you could change one 

thing about Port Alfred ... 

A: That men and women of 

integrity and honesty govern 

and run our town so that we 

can be the town God meant 

us to be. 

Q: What is your favourite 

music of all time? 

A: Christian rock – Chris 

Tomlin, Michael W Smith, 

Mercy Me, Sanctus Real, 

Tenth Avenue North, Kari 

Jobe, Newsboys and so much 

more. 

Q: Three wishes for South 

A f r i c a? 

A: A nation under God; men 

to become the men God 

intended them to be; and for 

the youth to realise their 

potential and work hard for it. 

Q: Who is your role model? 

A: Jesus Christ. 

Q: Who would you take on 

the TV show, The Amazing 

Race, given the opportunity? 

A: My daughter, Deona 

Mould.



Port Alfred 

BUSINESSFORUM 

The necessity of 

a funeral policy 

Burial costs can be as much as R50000 

IT IS a natural reaction that 

the very last subject most 

people would prefer to 

discuss is death and funerals. 

Death is as much part of 

the reality of life as birth, or 

any other subject that we 

would rather discuss. I can 

assure anyone with doubts, 

that death is not something 

that only strikes “ot h e r 

people”. Without trying to 

scare my dear readers, I am 

just trying to bring our 

thoughts back to reality. 

Together with other 

increases in the cost of 

living, funeral costs also 

increase from year to 

year. The actual cost of a 

really ordinary funeral 

today can amount to 

anything between 

R30 000 and R50000. 

If I may ask the question: 

“How many of us have an 

extra R50000 lying around 

just in case tragedy might 

st rike?” 

What will happen if anyone 

in our family had to die 

today? Will we be able to 

raise R50000 in cash within a 

day or two? Where will we 

start? Will we try and obtain 

a loan or overdraft from our 

bank or will we run around 

begging our relatives and 

friends for loans or 

contributions to enable us to 

lay our loved one to rest in a 

dignified manner? 

I am certain that not even 

one person would like to go 

through such trauma during a 

time of intense grief. I can 

assure you that no funeral 

undertaker will attend to the 

burial or cremation without 

the assurance that they 

would be paid in full for their 

ser vices. 

How do we avoid such an 

unpleasant experience during 

this unsettling period? The 

only easy way out of such a 

predicament will be to invest 

MONEY 

M AT T E R S 

... with Nico Human 

a small monthly amount into 

a funeral policy with a 

reputable insurance 

company. Please be aware 

that there are many 

unscrupulous operators in 

this field, so it certainly 

would be extremely wise to 

deal only with a reputable 

financial advisor who is 

affiliated to a well-known 

insurance company. 

Very important details to 

observe, when taking a 

funeral policy, will be to 

ascertain that all details of 

the people covered by your 

funeral policy, such as full 

names of each person, 

should correlate with their ID 

document. Vitally important 

is that their ID number and/or 

date of birth is recorded 

correctly. I have seen 

numerous invalid funeral 

policies over the years 

recording dates of birth of all 

insured persons as January 1, 

with only the years that differ. 

Upon claim stage, certified 

copies of the deceased’s ID 

document, as well as the 

death certificate, should be 

lodged together with the 

death claim form. I am 

certain that people will 

most certainly realise 

that if details on a 

claim differs from the 

original details on the 

actual funeral policy 

contract, it will most 

certainly result in 

non-payment of such claim. 

Do yourself an enormous 

favour and check that the 

actual details recorded on 

your funeral policy are 

absolutely accurate. If in any 

doubt, consult with a 

reputable financial advisor as 

a matter of urgency. 

For absolute honesty, 

integrity and correct financial 

advice, feel free to phone me 

on 087-805-7712, or visit our 

offices at 20 Southwell Road, 

Port Alfred. 

We have been serving the 

entire Sunshine Coast with 

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Variety is the spice of life 

FL AME 

Try a tour to Namaqualand 

WOULDN’T you just 

love to visit the most 

magnificent flowering 

fields at the height of 

spring, around later 

August this year, in 

the blooming semidesert 

areas of 

Namaqualand? 

The whole 

countryside is just a 

carpet of 

magnificently coloured 

flowers often 

stretching as far as 

the eye can see. What 

better thing could you 

imagine to replenish 

your soul, mind and 

spirit? And of course a 

visit to the 

Namaqualand with its 

exquisite little towns 

and fascinating 

people, has our 

tourists raving for 

years afterwards about 

such an amazing 

cultural experience. 

And of course the 

west coast – it’s 

nothing like our coast 

– you should see the 

difference the cold 

Atlantic Ocean current 

m a ke s . 

I am considering 

putting together some 

Namaqualand 

Spring Flower 

Tour 

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from Port Alfred and Grahamstown! 

IT’S going to be laughs all the way at the 43 Air 

School Bistro on Saturday May 14 when Flame and 

Rob Knowles take to the stage to offer up their 

special brand of comedy and song at the “not so” 

Royal Variety Performance. 

The last show in which the entertaining pair 

performed together was a Valentine’s Day 

special performance for the SPCA at the Port 

Alfred Ski-boat Club. 

“We had an idea to do the show at the bistro 

and approached food and beverage manager 

Mike Flint to see if he was interested,” said 

Jeanne Harris Metter, known by her stage 

name Flame. 

Flint was excited, and immediately 

booked Knowles and Flame for the 

show on May 14. 

“We have a lot of new songs and 

new comedy to present,” Knowles 

explained. 

“It should be a great night, and 

Mike [Flint] is putting on some 

snacks for the intermission. He 

was thinking of soup in a basket, 

but that tends to be a bit messy,” 

Knowles joked. 

The show is planned to 

coincide with Queen Elizabeth 

II’s 90th birthday celebrations 

taking place from May 12 to 

May 15. 

“The show will include 

audience participation, which is 

always a good thing,” Flame 

said. “And the food will be served 

during intermission.” 

The show starts at 7pm and tickets 

are R90 each. 

For bookings, call 072-632-1281. A 

cash bar will also be available. 

T R AV E L 

TA L K 

... with Tony King 

tours ideally starting 

from Port Alfred and 

Grahamstown from the 

doorstep of your 

house – just lock up 

and go, what 

convenience! 

I am requesting a 

show of interest – 

please let me know 

should you have a 

desire to do 

something like this, 

and please tell your 

family and friends 

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about our tours. What 

a wonderful 

opportunity for locals 

of the Sunshine Coast 

to travel on a tour 

together. Come now 

guys – catch it while 

you can! 

This example of a 

tour has been put 

together by the 

outstanding tour 

operator – Alan Tours 

in Port Elizabeth. 

The cost is rather 

high, but we can still 

modify things if we get 

more numbers. This 

cost is based on only 

six passengers sharing 

three twin/double 

rooms on the tour. 

I have and am still 

getting more options 

should you be keen – 

just let me know. 

I am also planning 

to put together 

another tour 

originating at this 

stage from Kentonon-Sea, 

also for those 

of the Sunshine Coast, 

but I still await those 

final details. 

My very cheapest so 

far is a tour with JB 

(train) Tours starting 

from Cape Town for 

R 7300 per person 

sharing for five nights 

and there are many 

more options as well, 

all mostly starting and 

terminating in Cape 

Town. So of course to 

go from Port Alfred 

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I say? 

Come and visit us at 

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Moms best beings on planet 

Port Alfred treats for a special Mother’s Day 

MOTHERS are the 

most important people 

on the planet. 

The care and love 

they give to us is 

limitless, and this 

Sunday is the day 

when we celebrate the 

women who have 

nurtured our 

development, taught 

us right from wrong 

and made sure we 

were fed and clothed. 

We should be 

celebrating mothers 

all-year round but, as 

a minimum, Mother’s 

Day should be the 

time when you spoil 

your mom rotten with 

some great gift ideas 

or, perhaps, a great 

meal. 

Why not treat that 

special lady in your 

life to a scrumptious 

breakfast or lunch in 

the garden at Graze 

by the River this 

Sunday? Owner Nick 

Howard and his team 

have a fantastic 

selection of breakfast 

dishes ranging from 

full English breakfast, 

Eggs Benedict to a 

healthy bowl of fresh 

fruit, muesli, Greek 

yoghurt and honey. 

Apart from the 

comprehensive a la 

carte menu available 

at lunch time, there 

will be a selection of 

special dishes to 

celebrate Mother’s 

Day. This will include 

fresh mussels, foie 

gras, homemade 

vegetarian quiche, a 

slow cooker 

casserole and 

Graze’s famous 

line-caught fish dish. 

Call Nick on (046) 

624-8095 to book your 

table and let Graze by 

the River do the rest. 

Spoil mom this 

M ot h e r ’s Day with a 

gift that keeps giving. 

With the wide 

selection of indoor 

plants available at Re d 

Leaf Nursery you are 

spoilt for choice. All 

purchases of indoor 

plants will be entered 

into a draw and you 

can win a voucher to 

use at Morley House 

in Bathurst to continue 

spoiling your mom. So 

make Red Leaf your 

number one stop this 

M ot h e r ’s Day. 

Deliveries can be 

arranged - please call 

them on 

(046)624-8530. 

This Mother’s Day, 

visit the Fig & Daisy in 

Bathurst and spoil that 

special lady in your 

life with a delicious 

meal, or tea, coffee 

and cake, in a tranquil 

setting with many 

splendid items for 

sale, including 

jewellery, gifts, 

preserves and so 

much more. 

Visit Barmuda this 

M ot h e r ’s Day and 

enjoy great food and 

live entertainment 

along the Kowie River 

where mothers 

receive a free 

cocktail with the 

purchase of any 

main meal. Spend 

Sunday with family 

and friends with the 

two-for-one cocktail 

special from 4pm to 

6pm. 

Zest Cafe welcomes 

all to come and 

celebrate spoiling your 

mom this Sunday and 

enjoy the wide 

selection of delectable 

and delicious meals 

available while in a 

tranquil environment. 

To make a booking for 

Sunday, call 

(046)6 2 4 - 578 3 ; 

Make sure to visit 

Quest Leisure and 

Gear where you will 

find a wide range of 

women’s clothing and 

accessories, including 

new winter clothing to 

get ready for the 

winter months in style. 

The River Spa will 

be offering Mother’s 

Day specials to 

pamper the woman in 

your life – Swedish 

back massages, leg 

and foot massage, as 

well as specialised 

massages and product 

ranges to suit anyone. 

Looking for a treat 

this Sunday? Why not 

visit the H a l ya r d s 

Hotel which will be 

having a Mother’s Day 

lunch at their 

Char thouse 

Restaurant with 

complimentar y 

welcome drinks and 

spot prizes. Bookings 

are essential. Contact 

(046)604 3355. 

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS: 

Susan Read and 

Marelize Cawood 

stand among the many 

beautiful, fresh 

flowers available at 

Blooming Brilliance – 

ready to order for this 

M ot h e r ’s Day. Make 

sure to place your 

order today 

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Saturday – 09:00-13:00 Sunday – 09:00-12:00 

Tel: 046 624 8530 | 91 Alfred Road, Port Alfred 

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May 5, 

N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES 

TOO good to last, the price of petrol went up by 

12c per litre on Wednesday morning. The main 

reasons given are a little nebulous. It is said that 

the increase is due to fluctuations in the price of 

Brent Crude but, as we’ve seen over the past six 

months in Neighbourlies, the oil price has 

remained pretty stable over the period, dropping 

to even below the $40 (R591) per barrel mark. 

Another reason given is a strengthening of the 

rand against the dollar, but shouldn’t this make 

the price lower rather than higher? 

Anyway, whatever the reason, motorists have been 

hit once again, and this increase will invariably be 

passed on to the consumer in terms of higher 

prices on the shelves due to an increase in 

transportation costs. Diesel users, however, will 

have to pay between 1c and 2c per litre less. 

ALL the fuss around Ntokozo Qwabe, a leader of 

the “Rhodes must fall” campaign and a 

freeloading racist who is currently on a full Rhodes 

scholarship at Oxford University in the UK, has 

highlighted the fact that education does not 

necessarily imply intelligence. Having refused to 

leave a tip for a waitress at a Cape Town cafe, 

which is his right, this young black gentleman 

wrote on the bill, “We will give tip when you return 

the land”. The strange little fellow has been 

castigated, and even been subject to a three-day 

ban from Facebook for his racist comments. He 

bragged online that they had made the waitress 

cry “typical white tears”, and that he was, “unable 

to stop smiling because something so black and 

wonderful had happened”. 

There is also a petition to have Oxford University 

revoke his scholarship which, according to a later 

Facebook post, he is very amused over. Professing 

to know all about the law, the unrepentant 

hypocrite is prepared to defend himself in court 

(that should be interesting) and is proof positive 

that racism isn’t just a “white” thing. 

DESPITE all the hype over Easter about the roads 

being safer to travel during holiday season, more 

than 30 people have succumbed to death through 

injury on South African roads over the past long 

w e e ke n d . 

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has called for 

caution and responsible conduct on the roads. 

There has to be more done in this regard. Is it a 

DIARISE THIS 

Albany Vintage and Classic Motor Club Museum 

– open on the last Saturday of each month from 

9am to noon at Hawkins Industrial Park, Alfred 

Road, Port Alfred. 

Bathurst Farmers’ Market – held every Sunday 

rain or shine at Yesterday Today and Tomorrow 

Nursery, Kowie Road from 9am-12.30pm. 

Duck Pond Morning Market – on every 

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 

2pm, between Buksies Coffee Shop and Penny 

Farthing restaurant. Jams, pickles, second-hand 

books, cakes, quiches, second-hand clothing, 

crochet, knitting, plants. All stallholders welcome. 

Inquiries: Wendy 081-347-9562. 

FAST – Forum for Astronomy, Science and 

Technology meets on the first Thursday of each 

month in the cellar of the Wharf Street Brew Pub 

at 2.30pm. Visitors welcome. Inquiries: 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 

0 8 2 - 9 2 8 - 8 67 1 . 

Birdwatching Tours and Three Sisters Saunter – 

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

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First Port Alfred Scout/Cub – Umeetings every 

Friday at the Girl Guide Hall, from 3pm to 5pm. 

Visitors welcome. Inquiries: Dot Fethers on 

(046)624-3192. 

Kenton Pub Quiz – at 6.30pm on the first Sunday 

of each month at Kenton Bowls Club. Cash bar 

available. Cash and other prizes. Teams of four to 

six. Inquiries: Walter Grisdale (046)648-2440. 

Kowie History Museum – at The Old Railway 

Station, Pascoe Crescent. Open 9.30am to 

12.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. Closed Sunday, 

Monday and public holidays. 

Lower Albany Historical Society – meets on the 

third Thursday of the month. Some meetings in the 

Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park; others, outside trips. 

Inquiries: Suzette on 083-581-5777. 

Lower Albany Woodworkers’ Guild – meets on 

the first Tuesday of each month. Inquiries: 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/ 083-556-7562. 

National Sea Rescue Institute – practises every 

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

in person to undergo an evaluation. 

Port Alfred Garden Club – meets on the first 

Tuesday of every month at 9.30am at Red Leaf 

Nurser y. 

Port Alfred Floral Art Group – meets on the third 

matter of education or should the police take a 

more active role in preventing bad driving 

practices? 

H A P PY birthday greetings and many more to 

everyone celebrating a special day in the week 

ahead, especially Pieter van Niekerk, Sharon 

Hammond, Yvonne van Gass, Anet Fraser, Gavin 

Dell, Jean Hope Bailie, twins Darcie and Olivia 

Squires, Charmaine de Klerk, Dylon van der Spuy, 

Matt Wood, Gerald Denston, Len Holford, Keith 

Reid, Carlynn Garden, Marge Strange, Vici 

Champion, Yvonne Robinson, Dick Schuurman, 

Basil Rudman, Glynis Mather-Pike, Justin 

Sheffield, Ntombise Diamond, Bess Nel, Anton 

Maclean, Marguerite Smit, Pumza Rungqu, Jenna 

Barnard, Kathy Duffy, Deane Eales, Ntsikelelo 

Nodwala, Elizabeth Milln, Nicole Norden, Vicky 

Nelson, Nigel Coster, Ryan Lisher, Lindy Thurgood, 

Brandon Rademan, Kirsten Baart, Tyler Pullen, Rafe 

McKinnon, Connie Abbott, Antjie Rodgers, Edward 

Donaghy, Beryl Bentley, Stewart Kemp, John 

Gaylord, Lauren Pretorius, Sonja Blenkinsop, 

Cheryl Larson, Ralph Clegg, Donné Mather-Pike, 

Kristen Wilson, Ross Purdon, Clint Roesstorff, Lynn 

Rodgers, Anet Fraser, Juanita Lax, Lindy Hulley, 

Margie Stephenson, Kristen Fletcher, Storm Olivier 

and Angela Sousalis. 

BUSINESS anniversary congratulations followed by 

good wishes for continued success go to the 

following businesses and organisations, especially 

Pam Golding Boknes, Kenton Standard Bank, 

Sunny Sports (Main Street), Oxygen Fitness 

(Rosehill Mall), Buco (PA), Suncoast Kwikspar 

(Kenton-on-Sea) and certainly not forgetting the 

AA which was founded in Port Alfred in 1961, and 

which has been a godsend for many folk and their 

families since then and still going strong. 

AS for finances, at the time of going to press (and 

with last year’s figures in brackets to compare 

against), the rand was trading at R14.68 to the 

dollar (R12.01), R21.23 to the pound (R18.22) and 

R16.85 to the euro (R13.49). 

Commodities such as gold was trading at 

$1 280.92 per fine ounce ($1191.58), Platinum at 

$1 068.00 per fine ounce ($1143.00) with price of 

Brent Crude Oil at $45.07 per barrel ($67.42). 

SPECIAL thoughts and prayers are with all those 

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 MAY, JUNE AND JULY 

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Saturday of the month at Settlers Park hall at 

2.30pm. Inquiries: Hennie de Bruin 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 – 

this is a private non-profit museum established in 

2007. The building is a replica of the Castle, and 

displays the traces of 175 years of owners and 

alterations. No admission fee, but donations 

welcomed. Tours by appointment only: 

082-456-7437. Classics at the Castle classical/jazz 

concerts check press or 

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Rocky Ridge Farm Market – opens every 

Saturday and Sunday from 9am with a variety of 

homemade delights, free-range eggs, honey, 

biltong, droëwors, as well as its very popular 

breakfast. Inquiries: Desia Holmes on 

0 8 3 - 5 8 9 - 076 5 . 

Rosehill Mall Art and Crafters’ Market – on the 

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

true arts and craft market. Large selection of 

goods and handmade items available by our local 

craf ters. 

Scottish Country Dancing – at the Don Powis 

Hall, Settlers Park, every Wednesday from 5.30pm 

to 7pm. Inquiries: (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. 

Inquiries: 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 the historic Wharf 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 

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

information or to book a stall, contact Lynette on 

076 - 3 4 9 - 2 2 4 6 . 

U3A – the 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 to 

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 which is an 

attempt to encourage and support local tourism 

ARTY CRAFTERS: The Milkwoods Retirement 

Village community held a craft market to 

celebrate Freedom Day recently. The three 

colourful ladies in traditional dress are, from 

left, Nophumzile Mtya, Noxolo Hobana and 

Phathiswa Matyolo 

who are not well and will go through, or already 

have had, operations and treatments. 

Sterkte and best wishes to Sid Penney, Roy Potter, 

Andrew de Vries, June Hart, Linda Hulley, Val 

Kilian, Ben Kember, Llewellyn Wicks, Philly Dell, 

Myrna Keet, Barry Viviers and Bevan Edwards. 

WEDDING anniversary congratulations with best 

wishes for many more years of happiness ahead 

for all couples having an anniversary, especially 

Michael and Moira Schnehage, Ivor and 

and businesses. Inquiries: 082-808-5976 or 

info@woodlands.co.za 

To d a y 

Succulent workshop – by Allan Haschick, the 

author of Coastal Gardening in South Africa from 

9am to noon at Red Leaf Nursery. Learn about 

using succulents creatively in your garden at this 

intimate workshop. Only 20 people will be 

accepted. Cost is R120, which includes tea/coffee 

and light refreshments. Pre-payment and booking 

essential. For bookings, contact Red Leaf Nursery 

on (046)624-8530. 

Addo’s Golf Day – in aid of counter-poaching. The 

S A N Pa r k ’s Honorary Rangers of Addo Elephant 

National Park are organising their 11th annual golf 

day at the Port Elizabeth Golf Club. Companies and 

individuals are invited to enter a four ball at R1 400 

per team and/ or sponsor a tee or green for as 

little as R500. For further information, please 

contact Nicky Bosman on 082-336-4471 or 

bosmanpe@gmail.com 

PA Art Club – a DVD is showing at 9.30am at the 

Settlers Park hall, Water and Sea – Oil 30 – Wild 

Seas by Roy Lang. Please bring a plate of eats. All 

welcome. Visitors pay R20. 

Saturday May 7 

Christian Men’s Association – the CMA 

breakfast, at 7 for 7.30am – will be held at The 

Lodge (Old Victoria Hotel/ Celebration Centre). 

The speaker will be Lynn Rudolph who is a 

powerful testimony of a dedicated woman serving 

Jesus at all costs. After surviving a farm attack in 

1999, she left farming to dedicate her life to 

full-time ministry. Cost for the breakfast: a 

donation of not less than R40 as we have a 

top-class breakfast, coffee and cereals. Ladies are 

not only welcome, but must bring someone along 

and “be touched”. 

Port Alfred Pre-primary Barn Dance – at 7pm at 

the PAHS hall. R120 per person includes 

entertainment and a ranch burger. Cash bar 

ava i l a b l e . 

Raving for Rhino – The Port Alfred Masonic Lodge 

in conjunction with Stress-free Outdoor Clubbing, 

The Lounge Square and The Chipembere Rhino 

Foundation present world-class entertainment 

such as Chris Taylor and Jack Skandi live at The 

Lounge. All profits and money raised will be 

donated to the Chipembere Rhino foundation. 

Ticket prices are R60 and include something to 

eat. Pre-sale tickets are available at Seeff Port 

Alfred and Dulux Port Alfred. 

Wonderland Play Park – and educational talk by 

Sally-Ann Creed, nutritional therapist, on the 

dangers of sugar hidden in everyday food, 

preparing healthy lunch boxes and creating a LCHF 

Lesley-Ann Phillips, Paul and Gillian Lacey, Okkie 

and Chantelle Goosen, Twan and Kyle Badenhorst, 

Bruce and Gwen Venters, Andrew and Belinda 

Ross, Chelsea and Shane van Eeden, Gary and 

Theresa Smith, Ivan and Joyce Harrison. 

M AY the love you share today, increase as the 

years unfold and we hope you have a wonderful 

future together is the message we extend to 

Clinton Millard and Lize-Marie Daneel on their 

marriage last Saturday, April 30, in Haga Haga. 

Lize-Marie is the daughter of Marisa Daneel and 

Clinton is the son of Mike and Lynette Millard. Our 

heartiest congratulations to everyone. 

CONGRATULATIONS for a long and happy life 

together to Romi Louw and Chris Lambert who tied 

the knot in Kasouga last weekend. Wishing you all 

the good things that togetherness brings into life. 

May your marriage be filled with delight and 

happy moments! 

HAPPY M ot h e r ’s Day to all our moms in the area – 

here is a poem that comes to mind, entitled, A 

M ot h e r . 

“When you’re a child she walks before you, to set 

an example. 

“When you’re a teenager she walks behind you, to 

be there should you need her. 

“When you’re an adult she walks beside you, so 

that as two friends you can enjoy life together.” 

ENGLISH Premier League winners for the 

2015/2016 season, Leicester City, had their place 

in history confirmed on Monday evening after their 

closest rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, drew against 

Arsenal. 

Having been held to a draw themselves by 

Manchester United on Saturday, the city of 

Leicester was in celebration mode on Workers’ D ay 

as a brilliant end to the May Day holiday. 

The Foxes are celebrating their first EPL title in the 

132 years of the club’s history. Well done. 

THOUGHT for the week: “Bless our moms for the 

care they took (and still take) to build 

memories of faith, love and joy for us” – we 

wish all mothers a happy and peaceful day on 

Sunday, May 8. 

BEST regards as always, 

The Team 

family lifestyle. At the Port Alfred Golf Club at 

9.30am for 10am. Tickets: R150, booking essential. 

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Sunday May 8 

Oldenburgia Hiking Club – Assegaai Trails Day 

Hike, a circular 12km route which forms part of 

Assegaai Trails. It is a moderate hike which 

includes some ups and downs. Meet in the 

carpark outside Pick n Pay in Pepper Grove at 

7.45am for 8am departure time. Cost: R50 per 

person for the hike, plus shared fuel cost to be 

paid to driver R30. Bring good walking shoes, 

sufficient water, food (snacks and lunch), sunhat, 

sunscreen, swimming costume. Hike leader: Kate 

Hodge (e-mail oldenburgiahikingclub@gmail.com or 

call 076-149-0622). 

Monday May 9 

Port Alfred Ministers Fraternal – will be having 

their interdenominational Pentecost Services at 

the Presbyterian Church. All services start at 6pm. 

Every evening there will be a different minister 

preaching. All welcome. 

Mayoral Imbizo – Ward 6, Seafield Community 

Hall at 10am. 

Mayoral Imbizo – Ward 10, Civic Centre at 2pm. 

Tuesday May 10 

Probus Club meeting – 9.30 for 10am – Por t 

Alfred Ski-boat Club. Nadja Fredericks - "Living 

with Dementia". 

Port Alfred Ministers Fraternal will be having 


the Presbyterian Church. All services start at 6pm. 

Every evening there will be a different minister 


Mayoral Imbizo – Ward 2, Boknes Community 

Hall at 10am. 

Mayoral Imbizo – Ward 3, Bushmans Community 

Hall at 10am. 

Wednesday May 11 

Port Alfred Ministers Fraternal – will be having 


the Baptist Church. All services start at 6pm. Every 

evening there will be a different minister 


Mayoral Imbizo – Ward 1, Kwanonqubela Hall at 

2pm. 

Thursday May 12 

PA Art Club – Five-minute right-brain exercise 

(Marilyn). Painting water. Please bring your art 

materials. All welcome. Visitors R20. 

Mayoral Imbizo – Ward 2, Wentzel Park 

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A SHARK’S TALE: Following rough seas and 

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SEVERAL Port Alfred High 

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H I STO RY : 

Manning the 

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Sunday 

were, from 

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Howard Butler 

stirring a pot of 

gluhwein at the 

Bathurst BookFair, 

which was given to 

people who made 

donations to the 

Sunshine Coast 

Feeding Fund, 

started by his late 

wife Kay. The 

BookFair this year 

was dedicated to 

the memory of Kay 

Butler 

TIME WITH MOM: Noel Andrews, his mom Elaine and wife Leanne enjoyed 

some tea and cake at the Bathurst BookFair on Sunday 

WARM TOAST: Raymond Kirkland and Renee 

Graham enjoy a cup of gluhwein at the Bathurst 

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MELODY (24yr old, 

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CAR WASH 

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DENTIST 

Dr. D. de Vos 

Tel: 046 624 5111 

Help 

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AWNINGS, BLINDS & CARPORTS 

The Shade Factor 

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BUILDING & ALTERATIONS 

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LP Gaz 

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Harcourts - Glynis Mather-Pike 

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A sedentary bird 

THIS week we are going to 

take a walk into the forest in 

order to “visit” our bird of the 

week, the grey cuckooshrike. 

This beautiful bird is a fairly 

common resident and is still 

found fairly regularly in the 

right habitat. It lives in forests 

and wooded streams – 

particularly where the 

trees are larger and the 

canopy is a bit more 

open. 

One can usually find 

it where there is plenty 

of lichen and “Old 

Man’s Beard” hanging 

from the higher dead branches, 

where it makes a cup-shaped 

nest out of lichen to blend in 

with the surroundings. In our 

area, I have seen it at the 

Alexandria forest (Woody Cape 

section of Addo) and Waters 

Meeting nature reserve, among 

other places. 

It is a medium-sized bird, 

immediately recognised by its 

uniform blue-grey coloration. 

The black eye and beak stand 

out against these soft hues. 

The male and female are 

similar in appearance, the only 

difference being the males are 

LET’S 

CHIRP 

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slightly darker on the “lores” – 

that is, the area between the 

front of the eye and the base of 

the bill. 

I have found this bird quite 

sedentary, meaning it stays in 

its preferred spot pretty much 

permanently. I have found them 

in almost the same tree (or 

patch of trees) time after time. 

The grey cuckooshrike feeds 

on caterpillars and other 

insects, which it finds by 

creeping and clumsily flapping 

its way among the branches, 

peering around and then 

making short flights to grab its 

juicy snack, before returning to 

the perch to devour it. 

It is always on the 

move, albeit not very 

quickly, and if you 

happen to catch a 

glimpse of it through the 

forest foliage, all you 

need to do is stick 

around and wait. It will 

eventually come and perch in 

the open. 

Well, that’s all for this week, 

folks. Please remember I am 

available for guided birding 

tours in and around our area. I 

can be reached at t i m w c ro f t @ 

gmail.com or 072-314-0069. 

Until next time, happy birding! 

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HERO V HERO: It’s Captain America (Chris Evans) v Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) in ‘Captain America: Civil War’, now showing 

in 3D at Rosehill Cinema 

Top-class comic 

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JON HOUZET 

Captain America: 

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Mackie, William Hurt. 

Directed by Joe and 

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America solo outing, 

Captain America: Civil 

Wa r ups the ante in 

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plot involving 

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plot by Hydra leftovers 

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facility, killing citizens 

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Black Panther, and 

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by placing them under 

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expected to sign an 

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(Robert Downey Jr) 

leads the faction that 

agrees, while Cap and 

his followers do not. 

C o m p l i c at i n g 

matters, Cap’s old 

friend turned 

brainwashed villain, 

James “Bucky” Barnes 

(Sebastian Stan) is 

implicated in a bomb 

blast at the UN. 

Cap and his pal the 

Falcon (Anthony 

Mackie) create 

another international 

incident when they 

attempt to retrieve 

Barnes instead of 

letting the authorities 

apprehend or kill him. 

It escalates into a 

civil war between the 

superheroes as each 

one’s conscience 

leads them to take 

sides. Recently retired 

Hawkeye (Jeremy 

Renner) returns to the 

fray and brings 

a welcome 

addition to the 

party in the 

form of 

Ant-Man (Paul 

Rudd). But 

probably the 

b i g g e st 

surprise is the 

appearance of 

Spider-Man, although 

it’s a pity the 

character has been 

rebooted yet again. 

Mar vel’s dilemma 

up until now has been 

that its characters 

have been licensed to 

different studios, 

which has caused 

continuity problems. 

Still, it’s a comics 

fa n ’s dream to have 

these stories 

translated to cinema. 

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Saturday 7 May 2016 

Property Auction 

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9:30am 

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residence, timber deck with jacuzzi, two 

± 140sqm workshop, ± 95sqm 

carport, ± 1800sqm fully walled erf. 

Conditions to be read on day of sale. 

Household Auction 

10am 

Furniture, beds, cupboards, linen, washing 

machine, assortment of tools, ladders, timber, 

steel and lots and lots more. 

Viewing: Friday 6th May from 1pm - 5pm. 

Registration: On day of sale from 9am. 

Conditions of sale: Cash only. 

Enquiries: Peter Charter 082 569 3478



Grahamstown 

THISWEEK 

CHOIRS PACK MONUMENT STAGE 

THE Masicule massed choir performances in 

the Monument will be held on Sunday (4pm) 

and next Monday (7.30pm), celebrating the 

voices of Grahamstown. 

Among the participating choirs will be Ntsika 

Secondary School, Sakhuluntu Adult Choir, Pro 

Carmine Choir, Cathedral Choir, Kingswood 

College, Mary Waters High, Nathaniel Nyaluza 

Secondary, Diocesan School for Girls, St 

Andrew’s College, Nombulelo High, Abancedisi 

Adult Choir, Victoria Girls’ High School and 

Graeme College. 

The special guest artist will be Majozi. 

Tickets are R40 for adults and R20 for 

learners and pensioners, and are available at 

Makana Tourism, Fusion in Pepper Grove Mall, 

Access Music at the Extension 6 Hub in Joza, 

and at the door. 

TURNING IT INTO COMPOST 

By now, residents will have noticed that garden 

refuse containers have slowly but surely been 

doing a disappearing act of their own around 

Grahamstown, leaving local homeowners and 

gardeners confused as to what to do with their 

garden refuse, other than call in garden 

services firms. 

Enter Jeanine Rado, of Complete Compost. 

She told me last week that Complete 

Compost accepts all organic matter (garden 

refuse), which they convert into compost. 

The compost is then sold in bags or loose at 

their premises, as well as potting and top soil. 

“We aim to eventually recycle all of 

G r a h a m st o w n ’s organic matter.” 

Complete Compost is situated next to the old 

Grahamstown Engineering site off Cradock 

Road – enter the industrial area, turn left at the 

T-junction and they are at the third gate on the 

right, and can be contacted on 074-897-2942. 

G R A H A M STO W N ’S GOT TALENT 

Tickets are available at Makana Tourism, PG 

Glass and Jenny Gopal Optometrists for the 

G r a h a m st o w n ’s Got Talent variety concert in the 

Monument on Friday, May 27. 

Presented by the Rotary Club of Grahamstown 

Sunset, the concert will showcase the musical 

and dance talent that Grahamstown has to offer. 

Tickets are priced at R60, and proceeds go to 

Rotar y’s community projects. 

KINGSWOOD’S STAFF CHANGES 

Rhodes University director of student affairs Dr 

Colleen Vassiliou will be moving into a newlycreated 

human resources and staff 

development role at Kingswood College from 

J u l y. 

Also, head of the 

m at h e m at i c s 

CONTACT US 

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

COURT WINNERS: The Graeme College senior team has won the Knowling Shield inter-schools 

tennis competition for 2016, beating Kingswood College 3-2 and St Andrew’s College 4-1. The 

Graeme team members, with the shield, are, from left, Chris Gleaves, Bryn Reynolds, Jonathan 

Maasdorp, Nicholas Zimmerman, Richard Beyleveld, Mark Amm, Jeremy Beyleveld and Rudolph 

B ot h a 

department Penny Stephenson, a member of 

the Kingswood staff for the past 10 years, will 

be moving to Uitenhage. 

Her husband, Robin Stephenson, has been 

appointed headmaster of Muir College, after 

teaching at Graeme College for 17 years, and 

holding the position of deputy headmaster. 

PIRATES AND ANGELS 

Cartoon characters, angels, Spiderman, t raffic 

officers and pirates will be among many other 

characters taking part in Oatlands Preparatory 

School’s 67th birthday celebrations on 

Wednesday May 11. 

The parade begins at 10.30am. 

AGENTS FOR THIS AND THAT 

Five decades ago, Grahamstown estate agents 

and attorneys’ firms were agents for a variety of 

insurance companies and building societies. 

Most of them are no longer in existence. 

Digby & Francis on Church Square were 

agents for Chubb Lock & Safe, Walpamur 

Paints, National Venetian Blinds and Saambou 

Building Society. The owner of Digby & Francis 

in the 1960s was RK Wingfield-Digby, and in 

later years, Chris Vandoros. 

Stanley J Dold Auctioneers at 43 High Street 

were agents for Natal Building Society, under 

the ownership of Maurice Dold in the ’60s, and 

later John van Wijk who, some years later, 

moved to the Garden Route area. 

FACING THE TRAFFIC 

A local resident takes umbrage with people who 

run or walk with their backs to oncoming traffic, 

in some cases wearing earphones. 

He writes: “I find it, as a motorist and cyclist, 

extremely annoying and thoughtless of those 

who transgress common sense.” 

He would like to warn them of the danger of 

such behaviour. 

GOOD FINISH 

Well done to Grahamstown athlete Malibongwe 

Mbelu of Run/Walk for Life Athletics Club on 

finishing an amazing 12th overall out of 575 

finishers at the recent Sportsmans Warehouse 

15km road race in Port Elizabeth. 

The 43-year-old Mbelu completed the race in 

56 minutes 35 seconds. 

DONATING RED 

The next visit of the SA National Blood Service 

(SANBS) to the NG Kerk hall in Hill Street is 

from 1pm to 6pm on Tuesday May 10. 

SANBS spokeswoman Maryke Harris said 

first-time donors were always welcome. 

PROCEEDS TO HOSPICE 

The Grahamstown and Sunshine Coast Hospice 

raffle offers some great prizes. 

The prizes include a two-night stay at 

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, a gas braai, 

gift vouchers and meal vouchers. 

Tickets are R50 each and are available at 

Grahamstown Hospice (15 Milner Street) and 

Wa l l a c e ’s Pharmacy. The draw is on May 15. 

RUGBY GALORE 

It’s a derby day of huge proportions in 

Grahamstown on Saturday May 7 when the 

senior teams of St Andrew’s College and 

Graeme College meet at St Andrew’s in a full 

day of rugby, beginning at 8am. 

The first 15 clash forms part of the FNB 

Classic Clashes series. 

Up the road, St Andrew’s Prep will be at home 

to Graeme in junior rugby matches. 

Meanwhile, the senior rugby teams of 

FREEDOM TALK: PJ Olivier High School marked Freedom Day last week with a function in the school hall at which Cecile van Schalkwyk, an attorney 

with the Grahamstown Legal Resource Centre, was guest speaker. Here she is seen, centre, with PJ Olivier head prefects Storm Arnolds, left, and 

Janica Engelbrecht 

... with Sid Penney 

BLOOD DRIVE: Mike Gilfillan, owner of 

G r a h a m st ow n ’s longest-running driving school, 

M i ke ’s Driving School, wearing an appropriately 

coloured shirt when he donated blood at the NG 

Kerk hall last month. Handling the technical 

side of the donation is Sister Marlean Fouche of 

the SA National Blood Service (SANBS) in Port 

Elizabeth. The SANBS’s next visit to 

Grahamstown is on Tuesday May 10, from 1pm 

to 6pm 

Picture: SID PENNEY 

Kingswood College are off to Graaff-Reinet on 

Saturday for matches against Union High. 

Also travelling to Graaff-Reinet will be the 

Kingswood senior girls’ hockey teams that will 

play Union High. 

SHOPPING AND SAVING 

The following slogans appeared in a 

Grahamstown publication in the mid-’60s: 

Parisian Bazaars: “Where everybody buys 

everything for cash and really saves”. 

You may remember that PB Bazaars was one 

of the early supermarkets in town, on the corner 

of High and Hill Streets, where Truworths is 

t o d ay. 

LOOKING RUBBISHY 

Two or three weeks ago I wrote about the large 

mound of garden refuse dumped at the 

entrance to the lane between Hillsview Road 

and Beadle Street in Sunnyside. 

A resident in the area is unhappy about the 

situation and says people cut and trim trees in 

their gardens and dump it there. 

“And it’s weeks before it is removed,” she 

says. But that’s not all. 

Another garden refuse dump is developing 

about 100m further up the road. 

It seems there are some people who have 

absolutely no pride in their neighbourhoods. 

TO THE WATERS OF ENGLAND 

Congratulations to Caitlin Little of Diocesan 

School for Girls, who was selected for the SA 

Schools’ Rowing Union Under 17 team that left 

for England last week to take part in various 

regat tas. 

GROOVY IN A CAN 

Back in the late ’60s/early ’70s, Groovy fizzy 

soft drinks came in cans, probably one of the 

first, if not the very first, soft drink to be sold in 

cans in South Africa. Who remembers them? 

Talking about cans, I still have (I’m not sure 

why) a can of Castle Lager Beer (still full) 

purchased in Hout Bay, Cape Town, in August 

1965, while on holiday there. 

The can is a bit rusty these days, and I’m 

wondering if the 51-year-old contents might also 

taste a bit rusty! Also, I wonder what that can of 

beer cost back in the ’60s. 

HOSTING CONFERENCE 

The Eastern Cape branch of the South African 

Museums Association holds its 2016 regional 

conference at the Albany Museum from May 23 

to May 26, with the theme “The relevance of 

museums today”. 

C O LU M N 

As I was out of town at the weekend, this 

week’s column was submitted for inclusion in 

Talk of the Town on Friday. 

Thus, the past weekend’s sports 

reports/results and general news items have, 

regrettably, not been included. – Sid Penney



Vintage motocross thrills and spills 

RAISING DUST: Thomas Hanmer on his 

1989 Kawazaki KX 250 came third in the 

EVO and GP Support Class at the VMXSA 

Twin Shock Championship in Bathurst 

last weekend Pictures: JON HOUZET 

Kenton Bowling Club 

LAST week the fourth round of the sponsored 

Kenton Dias Insurance Consultants Jackpot was 

played in windy conditions. 

Forty-one members were on the greens. The 

winners for the day were Kate Beavis, Rodney 

Austin, Rob Smith and Stoffel Scheepers with a 

score of 18 points + 7 out of a total available of 25 

points. 

In addition to winning the day’s cash prize, 

Kenton Bowling Club ball pens, sponsored by Nick 

la Femina, were also won. For the jackpot 

individual score, after the four rounds from a total 

of 72 players, Stoffel Scheepers is on top with 61 

points, second is Lionel Howarth with 56, then 

Rodney Austin with 55, closely followed by Brian 

Aldag with 54. 

Then the weather changed and winter showed 

up with temperatures of 11-17° C being recorded. 

Last Saturday the first round of the ladies’ 

Colleen Timm and men’s Moore Shield was played 

at Port Alfred BC. Kenton ladies won this round but 

the men lost theirs. Two more rounds still to play. 

Entries for the EP Men’s Pairs Championships 

are up and close on May 9. Twenty-four teams 

have now entered for the sponsored GBS to be 

played on May 7. 

The draws for the Eastern Areas (EA) Novice, 

Open and Senior Singles are on the boards. First 

games are on May 15 so please look at the boards 

for your name and conditions of play. 

The draw for the club’s senior singles was done 

last week and is now on the board. Members must 

please note that these have to be played on time. 

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REVVING engines, the smell of petrol 

and dirt filled the air as scramblers 

roared around the track at the Bathurst 

Showgrounds for the Vintage 

Motocross Club of South Africa 

(VMXSA) Twin Shock Championship 

last Saturday. 

Forty-five riders from across the 

country attended the event, which 

showcased bikes from pre-1965 to 

more recent scramblers pre-1996. 

Some riders brought more than one 

bike to ride in several classes. 

One of the organisers, Rob Wicks of 

Hogsback, said the VMXSA had last 

held the event in Bathurst in 2012. 

“The guys like the course – it’s one 

of the only natural grass courses in the 

countr y,” Wicks said. 

Wicks and fellow organiser Dave 

Bevan laid out the course, and Wicks 

thanked Sheila Jones of the Bathurst 

Agricultural Society for her help. 

“There’s been a good standard of 

riding. It’s all about getting the old 

bikes out and racing old bikes. There’s 

not a lot of big jumps. We have guys 

spending time fixing their bikes, it’s all 

about love of the sport. 

“Some of us have been doing this 

BOWLSBANTER 

... what’s happening 

Today we play the sponsored Kenton Seeff 

Properties Trips Supa Bucks competition which 

offers a nice cash prize. 

Last Friday night’s draw worth R1100 was lost by 

Ivor Rule with no 103 drawn by Helen Armstrong. 

Ivor had gone fishing, so tomorrow night the 

draw will be worth R1200. 

Duties for week of May 9 to 15: Tabs – Br yony 

Shone, Bar – Lionel Howarth and Gloria Schmidt. 

Tail piece: Of all the things you wear, your 

expression is the most important. 

Port Alfred Bowling and Croquet Club 

The ladies’ handicap singles final was played and 

the winner is a novice player, Julie Sliziuk. 

Well done Julie. The Colleen Timm Shield 

competition round one was won by the Kenton 

ladies. The Moore Shield competition round one 

was won by the Kowie Men. Well played all. 

With the very cold and wet snap the conditions 

were a bit heavy, but the weather played along and 

we managed to complete all the games before the 

rain came. 

We had a very successful Personal Trust 

sponsored competition on Tuesday April 19. After 

closely contested games the winner was Lynda 

Schoning and her team. 

Second was Trevor Frost and his team, third was 

Trevor Collet and his team and fourth was Chris 

Armitage and his team. Well done all. All thanks to 

Personal Trust for their continuing sponsorship, we 

so appreciate it. 

Our ladies lost all their games in the Doris Ford 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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for a long time,” he added. 

“We ride as long as the bikes last,” 

said one of the riders with a laugh. 

Wicks said he had hoped for better 

spectator support, but acknowledged 

the morning rain and insufficient 

advance publicity had hindered them. 

The event drew some chance 

spectators from people attending the 

Farm Fair at the neighbouring Bathurst 

Agricultural Museum. 

“Anyone who’s got an old bike can 

contact us and we’ll get them on 

t rack,” Wicks said. “It’s not an 

every-weekend event. There are two or 

against Kenton, but all our men’s team won their 

games in the Les Clarke against Kenton. Chin up 

gals, and very well done guys. 

On Tuesday May 10 the Ocean Basket-sponsored 

competition will be played, and on Wednesday 

May 11 the first round of the men’s nominated 

pairs will be played. The markers course will be 

held tomorrow at 9am. 

Duties for the week May 10 to 14: Tabs – Nici 

Thomas and Norman Jordaan, Bar duty – Colin 

and Beryl Barnard, Ironing – Dave Lang. 

Kowie Bowling Club 

Last Tuesday this week we played our Megabucks 

competition with Siggie Rohrs’s team of Judy 

Hunter, Ronnie Smith and Flame Metter defeating 

Bob Ford’s team 8 / +11. 

In the runner-up spot, Rodney Gradwell’s team 

defeated Harold Bodill’s team 8 / +8. The winners 

shared the “big bucks” that we give away on 

Megabucks competition. The rest of the games on 

the day all went to a one shot difference. 

Last Thursday we played snowball competition 

and winner on the day was John Hubbard’s team 

of Mike Pfotenhauer and Jackie Watson who 

defeated Mike Tomlinson’s team of trips. 

The score for this competition is irrelevant with 

four ends being drawn. The score of seven was 

drawn and the Hubbard team were the only team 

to match this score so they shared the small kitty 

that is not being given a chance to grow. It is 

being won almost every week. 

All members and potential visitors are reminded 

CROQUETCORNER 

... rolls that count 

UNFORTUNATELY the 

weather did not play 

ball with us last Friday 

night so we had to 

cancel our final monthly 

floodlit croquet evening 

for the season. 

Our next floodlit 

evening will be held on 

the last Friday in 

RUNNING A 

RUT: Brian 

Renison taking 

a spill as he 

rounds a 

corner on his 

1987 Kawasaki 

KX 250 in the 

EVO and GP 

Support Class 

race during 

the VMXSA 

Twin Shock 

Championship 

in Bathurst 

last weekend 

three big races a year and then smaller 

races once a month if you’re lucky.” 

He may be contacted on 

082-563-1635 or e-mail rob@lpb.co.za or 

vmxsa@live.co.za 

Re s u l t s 

Pre 1975 VMX Short Travel 

1 Rob Wicks – Fabre BSA 500, 2 

Gareth Ireland – 1974 Husqvarna 

WR400, 3 Dave Bevan – 1975 CanAm 

250 

Pre 1978\Street Scrambler VMX 

Medium Travel 

1 Bruno Kausch – 1976 Maico 250 

AW, 2 Martinus Briers – 1978 Suzuki 

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RM125C, 3 Derek Johnston – 1979 

Yamaha XT 500 

Open Twin-Shock VMX Long Travel 

1 Rob Wicks – 1981 Maico MC 490, 2 

Marco de Nobrega – 1981 Suzuki 

RM250X, 3 Sean Koekemoer – 1981 

Yamaha YZ 465 

VMX 125cc Old School Twin Shock 

class (all ages) 

1 Dave Bevan – 1981 Yamaha YZ125, 

2 Marthinus Briers – 1978 Suzuki RM 

125C, 3 Andre Visser – 1982 Kawazaki 

KX 125 

VMX Open class (all ages) 

1 Sean Koekemoer – 1981 Yamaha YZ 

465 

VMX 40+ Class 

1 Theo Halgreen – 1987 Yamaha YZ 

250, 2 Paulo Do Couto – 1979 Suzuki 

RM 400,3 Evan Pretorius – 1981 Maico 

250 

VMX 50+ Class 

1 Marco de Nobrega – 1981 Suzuki 

RM250X, 2 Dave Bevan – 1981 Maico 

MC 490, 3 Thomas Hanmer – 1989 

Kawazaki KX 250 

VMX 60+ Class 

1 Mervyn Woods – 1981 Suzuki PE 

250, 2 Gavin Dunlop – 1976 Hercules 

250, 3 Hamish Ireland – 1974 KTM 250 

EVO GP Support VMX 

1 Theo Halgreen – 1987 Yamaha YZ 

250, 2 Brian Renison – 1982 Yamaha 

YZ125, 3 Thomas Hanmer – 1989 

Kawazaki KX 250 

September. Well done 

to the few players who 

braved the elements on 

Saturday afternoon – 

you deserve a medal! 

The entry list for the 

club championships are 

on the board so please 

enter your name and 

tick off which 

competition you will be 

entering, together with 

the name of your 

doubles partner. 

The closing date for 

entries is May 31. 

The B section will 

start playing during the 

two weeks starting 

Tuesday morning June 

14 until Friday June 24. 

Please try and make 

Do you have a sports story? 

E-mail houzetj@timesmedia.co.za 

that from May 1 our starting times reverted to the 

winter times. Start to play bowls at 1.45pm so your 

tabs are required to be in by 1.30pm. 

Friday night’s Round 7 of the Night Bowls 

competition ended up being postponed due to 

weather conditions. We had to make a decision by 

3pm for various reasons so people can make their 

arrangements and by 6pm that evening some 

thought that we had made the wrong decision. 

But between 7 and 7.30pm it turned out that the 

convenors had made the correct decision, anyway 

the weather was really miserable. So the next 

round will be played on Friday May 13 and the final 

will move out by one week. 

On Saturday the three coastal clubs travelled to 

Port Alfred Club for the first round of the Colleen 

Timm/Moore Shields competitions. Kenton ladies 

ended a very good day ending with a full house 

four points and Sh/prof of 28, in second place was 

Port Alfred with one point and shot profit of -7 

while Kowie want it a day to be forgotten on one 

point and -21 shot profit. 

The men’s teams of Kowie had a very good day 

with two wins for a four point and 13 shot profit to 

win the day. Port Alfred had two points with -4 

shot profit and Kenton came in next with zero 

points and shot profit of -9. This competition 

consists of four rounds through the year. 

We played “fun bowls” on Freedom Day and on 

Monday, another public holiday, we played another 

“fun day” bowls with a braai in the afternoon 

because we had no bowls at our club on Saturday. 

I will report on the two fun days in the next issue. 

Duties for week May 9-15: Greens – (Roll) 

Pieter Stegmann, (Mark) Ivo Chunnet and Rod 

Gradwell, Tabs – (Cash) Delene Deenik, (Select) 

Peter Ford, Bar – Pieter Stegmann and Jacques 

Krige. 

yourself available 

during those two weeks 

because it assists the 

organisers and referees 

in having a smooth 

championship. 

The A section dates, 

which will be in August, 

will be announced in 

due course. 

There are still a few 

openings for players 

who would like to go to 

East London on June 12 

for a fun day to be 

played with St Andrews 

Club. 

We wish Anne 

Prettejohn a very happy 

birthday for the seventh. 

May your year be filled 

with joy and happiness.



GOLFW E E K LY 

... the results 

LEAVE YOUR HAT ON: Royal Port Alfred Golf Club captain Steve Gardner, 

left, with Sandy Pelser of Nedbank, the main sponsor of the week-long 

Mad Hatter tournament, and Saturday’s winner Wes Stoltz 


THE annual Mad Hatter tournament 

at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club 

saw golfers from around the 

country take part in the festive 

week-long event. 

Many came bedecked in various 

hats, from the stylish to the silly, 

with coveys sporting the same hats 

to identify their group. 

After some stiff competition, the 

ultimate winner of the order of 

merit trophy was Rick van Zyl of 

Lalibela Game Reserve, which was 

also the sponsor of one of the 

fantastic raffle prizes. Van Zyl 

amassed 115 points. 

Re s u l t s 

Monday April 25 

Sponsor: Srixon Sports SA/RPAGC 

Competition: Four ball alliance 

Results: 

1st: Cecil Grobler, Trafford Grobler, 

Mike Gardner, Clive Gardner – 96 

2nd: Rupert Laatz, Barry 

Scarterfield, Mike Kieser, Dudley 

Kieser – 93 

3rd: Glynnis Renecle, Tom Tagg, 

Bruce Smith, Derek Sinclair – 93 

Tuesday April 26 

Sponsor: The Golf Specialist 

Competition: Four ball alliance 

Results: 

1st: Pogs Smith, Jenny Ralph, John 

Ralph, Bruce Smith – 92 

2nd: Rupert Laatz, Barry 

Scarterfield, Mike Kieser, Dudley 

Kieser – 91 

3rd: Kim Gardner, Shirley Heny, 

Maggie Segers, Sonia Reynolds – 

91 

Wednesday April 27 

Sponsor: Royal St. Andrews Hotel 

Competition: Better ball stableford 

Results: 

1st: Wynand Potgieter, Johan 

Potgieter – 46 

2nd: Max Stemele, B Jonas – 46 

3rd: Geoff Bladen, Norman Smith – 

45 

4th: Sue Roll, Sandy Fryer – 45 

5th: Michele Guest, Ria de Jager – 

45 

Thursday April 28 

Sponsor: Pick n Pay 

Competition: Individual stableford 

Results: 

1st: Dave Parsons – 45 

2nd: Billy McLachlan – 43 

3rd: Ashley Kretzmann – 42 

4th: Anton Emslie – 42 

5th: Leon Evans – 41 

6th: Kim Gardner – 41 

7th: Christo Willemse – 41 

Friday April 29 

Sponsor: Marko Polo 


Results: 

1st: Wayne Reed – 40 

2nd: Malcolm MacKenzie – 39 

3rd: Rob Immelman – 38 

4th: Rick van Zyl – 37 

5th: Charlie Pascoe – 36 

6th: Ivan Nel – 36 

7th: Wollie Wolmarans – 36 

Saturday April 30 

Sponsor: Nedbank 


Order of Merit Trophy Winner: Rick 

van Zyl 

Results: 

1st: Wez Stoltz – 47 

2nd: Buster Brotherton – 41 

3rd: Greg Kelley – 41 

4th: Nick Fox – 41 

5th: Niel Cowie – 40 

6th: Earl Tsolikele – 40 

7th: Rick van Zyl – 39 

Young Mcgregor snaps up 

longboard U14 champion title 

LOUISE CARTER 

AFTER three consecutive 

years of competing in the 

South African Longboard 

Championships, local junior 

star Kye Macgregor has 

finally brought the under-14 

champion title home. 

Kye, his father, David, and 

brother, Cuan, have each 

won titles in their respective 

divisions and have 

established the Macgregor 

clan as not only champions 

on the shortboard, but 

masters of the old-school 

longboard. 

Longboard surfing differs 

significantly as it requires a 

surfer to combine a surfing 

technique made popular in 

the ’60s with modern styles. 

For a longboard surfer, the 

judges look at a surfer’s 

ability to “wa l k ” across the 

board, in a criss-cross 

manner to the front – this is 

called a hang-ten, or a 

hang-five depending on 

va r i at i o n s . 

The championships took 

place in the cold Mossel Bay 

water at the challenging 

Inner Pool in an area known 

for its rocks, powerful waves 

and great white sharks. 

Young Kye, however, is no 

stranger to the area having 

previously surfed there for 

Re s u l t s 

A number of Kowie 

Striders competed in 

the Siza Vitality Half 

Marathon in Port Alfred 

last weekend. 

Noel Maddocks 

1:42:29 

Alex Weed 1:53:52 

Mike Varela 1:57:07 

Sherrie Webb 1:57:07. 

Sherrie was the second 

Ndlambe lady to cross 

the finish. 

Lungi Mtsatse 1:57:20 

Scott Harvey 2:03:27 

Avril Beyleveld 

2:05:14. Avril was the 

third Ndlambe lady to 

cross the finish. 

Marianne Stiglingh 

2:18:34 

Marlene Wiese 

2:23:34. This impressive 

result earned Marlene a 

first place in the ladies 

70 years age category. 

Time trial results: 

April 26 

Several school 

children from the Port 

OLD-SCHOOL STYLE: Kye Macgregor puts his toes on the nose 

of his longboard in a classic hang-five move at Inner Pool in 

Mossel Bay during the recent SA Longboard Championships 

Picture: ROBBIE IRLAM 

training and past 

competitions. More than 200 

surfers took part, which as 

the competition went, made 

for great camaraderie 

between contenders on the 

shore, as well as in the 

wat e r. 

Throughout the event, the 

notorious Inner Pool claimed 

more than 19 boards. 

Kye’s board snapped 

twice; once in an earlier heat 

and then again during the 

KOWIESTRIDERS 

... runners with pride 

Alfred area have 

recently joined us to 

participate in our 

weekly time trials and 

their results have been 

excellent. Unfortunately 

I don’t have some 

surnames. 

5km Run 

Awongiwe 20:58 

Mbiko 25:05 

Alex Weed 24:17 

Yvo Suijs 24:31 

Chris Pike 25:40 

Chris Roberts 26:05 

Russel Tarr 26:41 

Vanessa Barkhuizen 

26:48 

Rob Joiner 27:14 

Shannon MacLean 

30:14 

Lindi Ward 30:14 

Signet Howlet 32:11 

Lara Reed 32:41 

Elmi Jones 32:55 

Lisa Cane 33:14 

Nadine Fourie 33:14 

Kerry Butt 33:19 

3km Run 

Luetu 15:08 

Pawu 15:12 

Lewis 18:39 

Inam 19:05 

final after his first two 

waves. Luckily, a kind fellow 

competitor, Pastor Morne 

van der Walt, had been 

watching the incident and 

offered to fix his board for 

free.Being impressed with 

his style, Van der Walt said 

he wanted to see the 

youngster win it. 

Last year, Kye placed third 

and while feeling low after 

the second “snap”, he said 

he was over the moon with 

Zola 19:40 

Iviwe 19:43 

3km Walk 

Amanda 36:50 

5km Walk 

Billy Futter 47:43 

Stella Kamedien 

47 : 4 3 

excitement when he was 

announced as the U14 

winner of the competition. 

“I just heard some of the 

guys scream my name. It’s 

so exciting to finally get the 

title,” Kye said. 

Although Dave placed 

third in the kahunas division, 

he is super proud of his 

y o u n g e st . 

“It was nice to see some of 

these ‘legends’ compliment 

Kye on his big board. I’m 

super stoked he won.” 

Dave won last year and 

Kye’s older brother Cuan, 

who doubled up as contest 

judge, won the open section 

a few years back. 

This year Cuan performed 

well overall in the 

competition, placing ninth in 

the open division. 

“The weekend is one of the 

highlights of the year for my 

family. Kye is still not too big 

to cuddle with me in the 

back of my van after a long 

day of surfing, ” Dave said. 

Dave praised Kye’s 

sponsor Billabong for their 

support, team manager 

Grant Beck, the EP team, 

family, and Des Sawyer. As 

far as Kye goes, although he 

focuses on shortboard, he 

believes junior longboarding 

is doing well in South Africa. 

Imran Kamedien 

47 : 4 3 

Pauline Weed 47:43 

8km Run 

Zandi Dzudzudzu 

27:40 

Noel Maddocks 

36:26 

Lungisani 

Mtsatse 40:18 

Scott Harvey 

41 : 3 3 

Sherrie Webb 41:39 

Mike Varela 41:39 

GOLDEN 

GLOBE: Rick 

van Zyl, right, 

the winner of 

the order of 

merit trophy, 

receives his 

award from 

Sandy Pelser 

of Nedbank, 

who were the 

main sponsor 

of the Mad 

Hat ter 

tour nament 

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

Sp ort 

Thursday May 5, 2016 

Runaway success 

V I CTO R ’S FINISH: Bearing the number one and 

first across the finish line in the Siza Vitality 

Half Marathon last Saturday was accomplished 

East London runner Lusapho April 

April, Xiniwe win big in Siza Vitality Half Marathon 

TOP WOMAN: Zintle Xiniwe of Cape 

Town was first woman home in the Siza 

Vitality Half Marathon on Saturday 

JON HOUZET 

WET and cold 

weather did not 

deter nearly 500 

runners taking part 

in the second 

annual Siza Vitality Half Marathon 

in Port Alfred last Saturday. 

The race, which started and 

ended at Port Alfred High School, 

drew 456 runners – more than 

double the number of participants 

of the inaugural race. 

It also drew top marathon 

runner Lusapho April, who came 

first in 1:06:06, beating last year’s 

winner Melikhaya Frans of 

Uitenhage by 14 seconds, and 

also shaving two minutes off 

Fr a n s ’s winning time last year. 

East London-based April, 

who has established a name 

for himself in overseas 

marathons, received 

raucous cheers when he 

approached the finish-line. 

In third place was last year’s 

runner-up, Chabeli Nyedimane of 

B l o e m fo n t e i n . 

With stronger competition 

among the top runners this year, 

another favourite last year’s 

third-placed George Ntshiliza of 

Port Elizabeth, finished seventh. 

Among the women, Zintle 

Xiniwe of Cape Town came first in 

1:20:49, followed by Bulelwa 

Simae in 1:21:11 and Ntombesintu 

Mfunzi in third place at 1:22:07. 

Xiniwe described it as a good 

race, not at all difficult. 

“But I ran a bad time today. I 

used to run a half marathon in 73 

or 74 minutes. Today I ran 80,” 

she said. 

Among the Ndlambe runners, 

the top three finishers were 

Phumzile Nelo (1:19:04), Sizakele 

Dayimani (1:19:29) and Zandisile 

Dzudzudzu (1:19:43) – who were 

also the top three last year – but 

with Nelo and Dzudzudzu 

‘Final results will be 

e-mailed to us today 

[Tuesday] and we 

will call the winners 

and pay them’ 

switching places this year. 

First Ndlambe veteran home 

was Carriot Galela, 47, followed 

closely by his brother Elvis Galela 

of Port Elizabeth, who was also 

the first runner home in the 60-69 

categor y. 

This year’s event included a 

5km fun run, complete with prize 

money for the top three finishers, 

but no times were kept. 

The occasion was a festive 

event, with at least two runners, 

local DJ Kalani and Hanlie van 

der Westhuizen of Despatch 

celebrating their birthdays on 

race day. 

“It’s exciting. I’m so impressed 

we’ve more than doubled the 

numbers from last year,” Siza 

Vitality founder and chairman 

Xolani Masiza said. 

“We ’re growing from strength 

to strength. Even with the rain we 

got the entrants. We even got 

people from Mpumalanga and 

two ladies from the Western 

Cape,” he said. 

The top three finishers – 

overall among men and women – 

received cash prizes of R10000 

(first), R5000 (second), R3000 

(third), R1000 (fourth) and R500 

(fifth). As well as additional 

prizes for age-group categories, 

there was also an incentive for 

local runners, with cash prizes of 

R1 500 for first, R1 000 for second 

and R750 for third – for both men 

and women in the open and 

veteran categories. 

But Galela told TotT on Monday 

he had not received his prize 

money. TotT asked Masiza and 

Siza Vitality CEO Noluthando Vithi 

to comment on his claims. 

Vithi assured that the veterans 

would still get their prizes. “The 

final results will be e-mailed to us 

today [Tuesday] and we will call 

the winners and pay them 

a c c o r d i n g l y, ” she said. 

 

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AND THEY’RE OFF: The start of the Siza Vitality 5km fun run at Port Alfred High 

School on Saturday drew an appreciative field of runners, who are helping to 

grow the event 

Pictures: JON HOUZET

5 May 2016.compressed

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