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Thursday May 26, 2016 

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CLOSED FOR BUSINESS: The municipal pound in Alexandria was locked and empty when TotT visited last Saturday 

NOT USED: The municipal truck modified to transport cattle stands idle in 

the Alexandria municipal works yard 

Pictures: JON HOUZET 

Pound fury 

Municipal inaction causes headache for 

motorists and farmers as cattle roam free 

JON HOUZET 

AYEAR after it was 

completed, 

Ndlambe 

Municipalit y’s 

pound is still not 

operating, while stray 

animals continue to cause 

accidents on public roads 

and wander onto private 

fa r m s . 

Among the serious 

allegations levelled against 

the municipality is that 

municipal manager Rolly 

Dumezweni issued 

instructions for the pound to 

be closed shortly after it 

opened, in contravention of 

the municipality’s own 

by-laws. Dumezweni has 

denied the allegation. 

There were two accidents 

involving stray cattle – one 

in Alexandria and the other 

near Salem – last weekend, 

and cattle were also 

photographed wandering 

along Albany Road in Port 

Alfred on Wednesday 

morning. 

Chairman of the 

Alexandria Agricultural 

Association Brent McNamara 

recently reported two 

incidents to the municipality 

involving stray animals 

wandering onto farms, and 

Ndlambe only undertook to 

collect the animals 

after TotT sent questions 

about the issue. 

McNamara has been 

battling for years to have the 

municipality sort out the 

pound. A few years ago he 

was contracted to be the 

municipalit y’s pound master, 

until the stray cattle issue 

became a political hot potato 

and the municipality 

discontinued using his 

ser vices. 

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WASTED RESOURCE: While the municipality struggles to keep the water 

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BIT BY BIT: Local builder Anton Valentine makes an effort whenever he has leftover building rubble to try and fill and fix 

some of the ever-increasing potholes and dongas on Station Hill roads 

Picture: LOUISE CARTER 

Station Hill builder filling 

potholed roads himself 

LOUISE CARTER 

A FRUSTRATED Station Hill 

builder has taken on the job 

of improving sections of 

Station Hill roads himself, by 

fixing the worst potholes and 

making some repairs to 

structural collapses. 

Anton Valentine, who 

works as a small-time 

private contractor, said he 

was just one of many 

members of the community 

who were sick of seeing their 

neighbourhood in the 

“broken state” it was in. 

TotT came across 

Valentine recently while he 

was busy offloading a bakkie 

full of excess building rubble 

to fill potholes. 

“I know it’s not the right 

materials, and that it won’t 

last but it’s something for 

now – to help with safety,” 

Valentine said. 

Bathurst Street, a popular 

back road between Alfred 

Road and Station Hill, is 

riddled with big potholes 

and dongas. 

Valentine said the road 

was used by a large por tion 

of the community every day, 

from construction trucks to 

taxis. 

It is a quick link between 

the East Bank and Station 

Hill and is used by parents 

who take their children to 

Port Alfred High School 

every morning. 

Valentine said he believed 

the municipality had just 

turned a blind eye to the 

area. 

“People have complained 

hundreds of times – it 

doesn’t help. 

“The municipality says 

there is no money,” 

Valentine said. 

The humble builder said 

he was not doing anything 

extraordinary, but just 

wanted to do something to 

improve the area. 

“I could just as easily 

dump the leftover materials, 

but I see it as a chance to 

make an improvement,” he 

said. 

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municipality if it intended 

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Port Alfred residents 

up in arms over roads 

ROB KNOWLES 

ANGER and frustration 

at the poor condition 

of Port Alfred roads 

became a hot topic on 

the Talk of the Town 

Facebook group 

recently, starting off 

with a comment by 

local mechanic 

Andrew Lamei. 

He wrote: “As a 

mechanic I [am] 

getting extremely 

worried about Port 

Alfred’s bad road 

surfaces. Uneven 

roads and countless 

potholes destroy your 

suspension parts 

which are crucial for 

safety. Ball-joints get 

hammered and wear 

out prematurely, so 

too shock absorbers 

and rubber 

suspension bushes. 

“Yet the traffic 

department does 

nothing to [ease] 

these dangerous road 

conditions, but sit 

back and trap vehicles 

for speed, or do spot 

checks. 

“Those 

unroadworthy vehicles 

they fine and complain 

about are [directly 

caused by] their 

negligence in not 

forcing the 

municipality to fix the 

roads properly. What 

the municipality do try 

and fix, I think even a 

pre-schooler can do 

better. The municipal 

workers have no pride 

in their work too and 

are there just to 

collect a salary. B ot h 

Bathurst and Port 

Alfred are in a pathetic 

st at e , ” he said. 

His post generated a 

lot of response, most 

in support of what he 

said. 

Margaret Norton 

Weller wrote: “When I 

bought my new tyres, I 

got a free insurance 

policy from the 

tyre-makers against 

pothole damage. One 

day I was feeling a 

little more cheeky than 

usual and phoned the 

[municipality] and 

asked for the name of 

their lawyers so I 

could sue for 

damages. Needless to 

say I was not given the 

name.” 

Angi Bezuidenhout 

mentioned that the 

municipal workers 

were, “always out in 

force for overtime 

work”. 

Yvonne MacKenzie 

Botha was in full 

support of Lamei’s 

post. “You just nailed 

it Andrew. They waste 

our ratepayers’ m o n e y. 

I watched a gang of 

about eight do repairs 

of potholes for about 

half-an-hour one day. 

“Six leaned against 

walls or sat under 

trees while one stood 

and watched the only 

other one [dig a 

hole].” 

Siyabonga N 

Hendrik rushed to the 

municipalit y’s 

defence, posting: 

“Ladies and gents, the 

municipality is doing 

its level best to make 

sure all stakeholders 

are pleased. They have 

just advertised tenders 

to have the busiest 

roads here in town 

and Nemato rebuilt. 

“I’m also affected by 

this but let’s give the 

new director of 

infrast ructural 

development a 

chance. They will re-do 

the lane from the 

robot all the way to 

Guido’s restaurant and 

from there to where 

Mike Millard’s house 

is. Let’s all be patient.” 

Marie Wessels 

asked: “What about 

‘Pot Hole Alley’ alias 

Smith Street?” 

Lynn Coetzee said 

she put four new tyres 

on her car in February 

last year and has 

already replaced two 

and needs to replace 

the other two. “Our 

dirt road has just been 

graded for the first 

time in over a year. I 

have given up asking 

for them to fix it,” she 

wrote. Jenni 

N i c h o l a b e st 

complained about the 

road going past 

Umdoni Downs up to 

Emerald Heights, 

Magda van der Merwe 

mentioned the gravel 

road leading to 

Settlers Park, while 

Bezuidenhout was 

concerned with the 

condition of Horton 

Road. Michael Troy 

Swanepoel said he 

had, on numerous 

occasions offered his 

company’s services to 

the municipality, but 

they, “keep rejecting 

my offers and say 

there’s no money to fix 

anything.” 

Lamei invited the 

mayor, traffic officers 

and all municipal 

workers to drive on all 

the roads in town with 

their most expensive 

vehicle (but not a SUV 

or 4x4) for three days 

at no less than 

55km/h. “I’ll do the 

repairs on their 

vehicles afterwards at 

regular rates but give 

the same quality work 

they supply to us,” he 

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Amatola Water was warned about dune mining 

JON HOUZET 

TWO years ago, dunes at 

Cannon Rocks were illegally 

mined to provide bedding soil 

for the Amatola Water pipeline 

from Cannon Rocks to 

Alexandria. 

TotT wrote about it at the 

time, after receiving an alert 

and photographs of 

earthmoving equipment at 

work on the beach from 

concerned resident Jon 

Goetsch. He also informed the 

Eastern Cape department of 

economic development and 

environmental affairs (Dedea). 

Goetsch had observed the 

activity over more than a 

month, and estimated that 

trucks had removed about 36 

to 48 tons a day between July 

16 and August 27 2014. 

At the time, Amatola Water 

refused to answer questions 

about the dune mining 

operation, and Ndlambe 

Municipality insisted it was 

merely removing sand 

covering a car park and 

putting it to good use as 

bedding soil for the pipeline. 

However, Dedea’s manager: 

coastal zone management 

Sandiso Zide thanked Goetsch 

for “the photos that clearly 

show that there is indeed a 

DUNES DESTROYED: A Cannon Rocks resident blew the whistle on mining of sensitive dunes by Ndlambe Municipality and 

Amatola Water in 2014. Ndlambe said it was to clear a parking lot and the sand was being used in the bulk water project 

Picture: JON GOETSCH 

t ransgression”. Zide also 

referred the matter to Green 

Scorpions director Div de 

Villiers, but nothing more 

came of it. 

Background details of the 

dune mining operation came 

to light in documents recently 

provided to Talk of the Town 

by a source close to the 

Amatola Water project. 

The removal of sand had 

already started months before 

Goetsch noticed and reported 

it. Already in March 2014, De 

Villiers sent an e-mail to 

Ndlambe’s environmental 

inspector Willem Nel and 

Amatola Water’s regional 

manager of operations 

Raymond Bukubukwana, 

expressing concern that the 

municipality had 

misrepresented the removal of 

the sand by saying it was 

further than 1 000m from the 

high water mark and had no 

impact . 

De Villiers said based on 

the earlier communication, he 

had told Nel the activity would 

not require authorisation. 

In a separate memo, the 

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Deal with the important stuff rather, residents argue 

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Provincial 

Geographical Names 

Committee issued 

notices last week 

calling on all 

concerned citizens to 

submit their 

comments on 

proposed name 

changes for various 

towns, rivers, roads 

and human 

settlements across the 

province. 

Name changes can 

only happen if no 

objections are raised 

or, after debate, if they 

are approved by the 

National Geographical 

Names Committee. 

Anyone with 

objections to the 

official renaming of 

Grahamstown to 

Makana or Peddie to 

Ngqushwa was asked 

to write an objection 

to the provincial 

geographical names 

committee by June 6. 

Asked what she 

thought of the matter, 

Rose Maka 

Khanyisa 

D aw e t i 

responded 

st rongly: 

“W h at ? ” 

Chelsea Van 

Eeden Dower 

replied, “Makana 

Fe st i va l . .. Not quite 

the same ring.” 

André Erasmus 

laughed and said, 

“direct t ranslation 

means ‘Heads’. 

“So me thinks the 

next ‘Heads Festival’ 

 

 

will have a lot of 

leather and whips 

involved.” 

Dorothy Anne Sutton 

asked: “Is this so it 

will rhyme with 

Nkandla?” 

Dawn Butler wrote, 

[We] will see lost tourists 

wandering helplessly, 

looking for Cape Town 

“why not? Every other 

town’s name has been 

changed. When you 

hear a name you have 

no idea where it is!” 

Our own columnist 

Beverly Young wrote: 

“The only things that 

occurs to me is the 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

municipality informed 

Amatola Water that De Villiers 

had “granted permission for 

Amatola Water to remove sea 

sand from the beaches of 

Cannon Rocks… for the 

purpose of compacting new 

water pipes between Cannon 

Rocks and Alexandria”. 

But in his e-mail to Nel, De 

Villiers wrote: “Subsequent to 

amount of money this 

is going to take 

(tourism, maps and so 

for th). 

“And how the 

country will see lost 

tourists wandering 

around helplessly, 

looking for Cape 

To w n . 

“It will start with 

towns, then rivers, 

mountains and 

more. 

“This is a 

mega-under taking. 

“Strange too that 

countries like Kenya 

and Zambia have 

never changed 

important known 

names.” 

Christine Tapson 

commented, “what a 

waste of money”. 

Linda Edwards 

wrote: “It will always 

be Grahamstown to 

me.” 

Margaret Norton 

Weller said, “I always 

wonder about the 

overseas tourists 

coming here looking 

for Grahamstown, 

which is a historical 

city known over nearly 

all the world. 

“It will always be 

G r a h a m st o w n . 

“What I often 

wonder is, if there is a 

change of 

government, will they 

all go back to the old 

names? 

“I find most of the 

names 

unpronounceable 

although I was a fluent 

isiXhosa speaker. Not 

so fluent anymore, but 

learning again.” 

Heather Timm-Osner 

had a slightly different 

take on the matter. 

“All my life my 

hometown, Peddie, 

has been called 

N q u s h wa . 

“And if it is officially 

now called Nqushwa it 

will in the same way 

remain Peddie. 

“I must admit 

Grahamstown was 

Erini... so I don’t know 

why it needs a new 

foreign name.” 

In her response, 

Dawn Hains asked... 

w h y. 

“Does the country 

not have more 

important things to 

deal with?” she asked. 

our discussion, I received 

information from a 

complainant that sand is 

being removed from a road 

less than 200m from the high 

water mark in the Cannon 

Rocks area and affecting a 

dune system. This is a 

contravention in terms of 

NEMA [National 

Environmental Management 

Act] and the Integrated 

Coastal Management Act.” 

He urged that “work must 

[cease] with immediate effect” 

and said corrective measures 

would be taken. 

When De Villiers’ e-mail was 

circulated, Russell Yelseth of 

Amatola Water’s consulting 

engineers Aurecon, wrote: “It 

appears that the removal of 

the sand from the car park in 

Cannon Rocks is going to be a 

serious problem.” 

Tot T ’s source, who asked to 

remain confidential, described 

it as a “public relations 

nightmare” and said the 

bedding sand should have 

come “from a commercial 

source authorised and 

approved by the engineer”. 

He said it was a bad idea to 

use sea sand because of the 

corrosive effect it could have 

on the pipes, especially the 

joints. 

Ralph Kirsten 

suggested, “aw e s o m e ! 

Let’s go to the 

Makhanda Festival... 

Sorry, where”? 

Russell 

Deutschmann wrote: 

“Small things like 

town name changes 

are about all this 

government can 

handle. 

“Things like finance, 

job creation and 

things that promote 

the country are above 

them. 

“Cost of name 

change means nothing 

to them as the taxman 

pays the government 

costs and the public, 

who are the tax 

payers, pay the rest.” 

Alan Carter said that 

the proposed name 

changes were f***ing 

ridiculous, while Annie 

Muir wrote, “these 

buffoons have nothing 

better to do”. 

Tracy Lloyd 

suggested the money 

could be put to better 

use. “What a waste of 

m o n e y. 

“Fix the water 

situation instead,” she 

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residents will 

remember as the 

station commander 

about seven years 

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cluster commander of 

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the sector forums,” 

Govender said. 

“I also want 

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Port Alfred, Govender 

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and objectives. These 

included redefining 

Sector Policing and 

reviving the CPF. 

He formed 

partnerships with the 

community and other 

government and 

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OPINION 

Pillaging 

sand for 

water 

FINDING background information on a dune 

mining incident TotT reported on two years 

ago vindicates the concerns which were 

raised at the time. 

Over the years, the Cannon Rocks 

dunefield has been a popular target of 

various quarry companies and contractors 

to get sand on the cheap. 

Ndlambe Municipality allowed this to 

happen at least as far back as 2007, when 

it posted a notice permitting private 

contractors or any individuals to collect 

sand that was covering a car park. For 

Ndlambe this killed two birds with one 

stone – it solved the problem of the loss of 

the car park which was a bugbear for the 

r at e p ay e r s ’ association, and the 

municipality did not have to expend any 

money or effort to remove the sand itself. 

The municipality did an about face about 

a year later when we reported that a quarry 

company was removing tons of sand from a 

beachfront road blocked by a moving dune. 

Ndlambe explained that the permission to 

remove sand was not open-ended, and they 

would put a stop to it. 

At the time the department of minerals 

and energy also confirmed that such 

activities were considered illegal dune 

mining. 

But the removal of sand continued over 

the years. One does feel some pity for 

certain beachfront residents in Cannon 

Rocks who have been especially affected by 

the moving dunefield. Clearly, surveyors 

and developers had turned a blind eye to 

the phenomenon, and ignorant buyers 

bought properties oblivious to the huge 

shifting dunes. 

Ironically just a few clicks down the drag, 

the Alexandria Dunefield at Woody Cape is 

known as the largest coastal dunefield in 

the southern hemisphere. 

The largest case of pillaging of the 

Cannon Rocks dunes came in 2014, when 

Amatola Water, with the complicity of the 

municipality, removed untold thousands of 

tons of sand from the beach for the purpose 

of providing bedding and compacting for a 

R13-million pipeline project between the 

village’s reverse osmosis (RO) plant and 

Alexandria. 

The pipeline itself is controversial 

because of the circumstances of the tender 

and due to the fact that it is useless as long 

as the RO plant lacks the capacity to supply 

water to Alexandria. 

But as for the removal of sand, far from 

innocently clearing a parking lot 1000m 

from the high water mark, Amatola Water 

contractors with earthmovers ventured into 

the dunes themselves, gouging out sections 

with coastal vegetation. 

And this was after they had been warned 

by a clearly toothless Eastern Cape 

department of economic development and 

environmental affairs that what they were 

doing was against the law. 

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B at h u r s t 

museum 

says big 

thanks 

SORRY I have 

taken so long to do 

this. 

On behalf of the 

B at h u r st 

Agricultural 

Museum, I would 

like to thank you 

so much for the 

great article you 

put in the TotT 

about our Museum 

Open Day. 

It was good to 

see the museum 

being featured 

again. We really 

appreciate your 

spending the day 

with us. 

ALAN PIKE 

Pupils thanked for rhino support 

EL SHADDAI Christian 

Academy’s Grade 8 

class was privileged to 

get acquainted with 

the rhino at Sibuya 

Game Reserve. 

A few months ago 

Sibuya was devastated 

by two of their 

beautiful rhino being 

poached. The pupils 

were horrified and 

shocked upon learning 

what had happened. 

Emergency numbers 

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Police station – (046) 604-2001/2 

Multi-Security – (046) 624-2508 

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Black dust unhealthy for residents to breathe 

I WRITE this to see if we are the only 

ones that are affected by the black 

soot-like dust in the area adjacent to 

the road next to the Presbyterian 

church. 

We first noticed the black marks on 

our carpets down the walls. 

Our rainwater off the roof that 

passes through a filter clogs the filter 

with this soot. On taking out the filter 

Base vote on economic considerations 

NO one can argue that the 

ANC has changed and is no 

longer the ANC that Madiba 

and many others gave their 

lives for. 

The Constitutional Court 

found President Jacob Zuma 

guilty of breaking the law 

when he failed to pay back 

the money that was used on 

his Nkandla home. 

Despite this, the ANC rally 

around protecting and 

defending this corruption. 

The ANC does not care 

about the constitution and 

In response the 

pupils wrote letters of 

sympathy to Sibuya 

and made offers of 

help. 

Sibuya management 

replied a few weeks 

later saying the letters 

bought tears to their 

eyes. In appreciation 

for the concern 

expressed the pupils 

were invited to spend 

the day at Sibuya. 

The game reserve 

held nothing back and 

treated the pupils and 

staff who attended as 

royalty. We were 

treated to hot 

chocolate on the deck 

at the reception with 

an awesome view of 

the Kariega River. 

Game rangers Bryan 

and Daniel took the 

group on a boat cruise 

up the Kariega River. 

They were 

cartridges to replace, we see this 

black soot on them. 

We are breathing this junk all day. It 

cannot be very good for our lungs. 

Speaking to several people, we are 

sure that it comes from the big, heavy 

transporters that go down the hill with 

exhaust brakes on, spewing carbon 

out of their exhausts and metal and 

fibres from their brakes as they slow 

the South African people. 

This exposes their moral 

bankruptcy and is taking 

South Africa backward. 

Corruption is stealing 

opportunities from 

8.9-million jobless South 

Africans every day. 

This impacts on the fate of 

all South Africans for 

generations to come. 

Political party manifestos 

must therefore be judged on 

their ability to produce 

job-creating local economic 

growth. 

knowledgeable of the 

variety of birdlife 

along the river. 

Kingfishers, 

cormorants, egrets, 

gulls and fish eagles 

all made an 

appearance. 

Once at the reserve 

the group split in two. 

The wildlife also 

seemed to be curious 

and came out of 

hiding. Nyala, impala, 

zebra, blue wildebeest, 

giraffe, black backed 

jackal and a large 

variety of birdlife was 

on display. 

At the lion enclosure 

we met a very regal 

male which was 

nicknamed Ken by one 

of the pupils whose 

nickname is Barbie. 

At the viewpoint we 

were awed by the 

majesty of the area 

surrounding us. 

The DA focuses primarily 

on private sector investment 

and small businesses as the 

best drivers of growth and 

new jobs. The ANC in 

contrast, relies heavily on the 

local municipality itself to 

create local jobs. 

If investment by business 

and entrepreneurs is 

stagnant or receding, this will 

soon show up in the reduced 

size of the municipal budget 

and limit its wage bill. 

The ANC’s manifesto does 

not put job-creating 

down to get around the corner at the 

bottom of the hill. 

On the way up the hill these same 

trucks belch black exhaust fumes 

racing to get up the hill. 

Maybe a tollgate for all vehicles 

over 12 tons might persuade them to 

use the N2. 

Snacks and 

refreshments were 

served in true African 

safari style. 

We were then 

treated to a rare 

sighting of some 

magnificent rhino up 

close and personal. 

How these beautiful 

beasts could be 

callously poached for 

something as 

irrelevant as a horn 

made of keratin is 

beyond 

understanding. The 

pupils were awestruck 

to be in the presence 

of such rare creatures. 

We were then 

whisked off to the 

River Lodge where 

were received five-star 

treatment – a light 

lunch consisting of 

fresh garden salad, 

chicken pie, venison 

boerewors rolls, 

DENNIS WATSON 

economic growth centre 

stage and does not mention 

a concrete policy to generate 

private sector-led job 

c r e at i o n . 

In the local government 

elections on August 3, you 

can bring the change that 

South Africa needs. 

A vote for the DA is a vote 

for job creation bringing 

freedom, fairness and 

opportunity to all. 

RAY SCHENK, DA CAUCUS 

LEADER, NDLAMBE 

finished off with 

chocolate brownies, 

ice cream and cheese 

board. 

What a memorable 

o n c e - i n - a - l i fe t i m e 

experience. Thank you 

Sibuya Game Reserve 

and all your staff for 

making us feel so 

special and 

appreciated. This was 

the best day ever. 

Our pupils learned 

so much about our 

environment and now 

have an awareness of 

the beauty that 

surrounds them. 

Our prayers are with 

Sibuya in their efforts 

to preserve our natural 

heritage. We also lift 

up the plight of rhino 

all over South Africa. 

GRADE 8 PUPILS AND 

STAFF OF EL SHADDAI 

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY



HAVE YOUR S AY 

Councillor must represent all 

JUST a thought to share as we 

have to make another five-year 

decision, with the hopes and 

wishes that we can have a better 

life with better services in this 

ward this time around. 

This ward needs a people’s 

person who is approachable and 

accessible to all residents of this 

ward, at any time when needed by 

the people that he/she represents, 

not for selected individuals. 

Note this – I came to Port 

Alfred in March 2005 and, to this 

day, no one has asked me how I 

feel about the many potholes, the 

septic tank I wish never existed. 

Sometimes I read in TotT there 

was a meeting for Ward 10, but 

how it was organised, I can’t tell. 

My previous experience taught 

Producing fruit of the Spirit 

A FARMER sows with 

the expectancy of 

receiving a future 

harvest. He knows that 

the quantity and 

quality of the yield 

depends largely on 

h i m s e l f. 

So, he carefully 

prepares the soil, 

sows good seed, 

nurtures the growth 

tenderly, protects from 

harm, and then waits 

patiently for the time 

when he can enjoy the 

fruit of his labour. 

The Lord has done 

everything necessary 

for our salvation and 

s a n c t i f i c at i o n . 

The parable of the 

sower depicts the 

I N S P I R AT I O N A L 

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response people have 

after hearing the 

gospel message. 

Only those who 

believe and receive 

the message produce 

the desired fruit. 

These, the Bible 

says, “have been born 

again, not of 

perishable seed, but of 

imperishable, through 

the living and 

enduring word of God” 

(1 Peter 1:23). 

The Lord offers 

me to share and account to all 

structures equally as you 

represent them; to get their 

feelings at all times. 

To me, being a ward councillor 

means representing the interests 

of everyone in that ward, 

irrespective of who they are, as 

long as they live in that ward, 

have similar social interest – such 

as recreation, sports, arts and 

culture, museums and heritage, 

the Kowie River that is underutilised, 

job creation, a drive to 

cut crime – the list is long. 

These are bread and butter 

issues. All the above is achievable 

if all Ward 10 residents are 

treated as one and equally. 

SXEAKS NKWINTI 

nurture and protection, 

which will ensure 

spiritual growth. He too 

expects His children to 

bear fruit. 

A tree is known by 

its fruit, so what kind 

of distinguishing fruit 

ought a Christian to be 

bearing? 

It is known as the 

“fruit of the Spirit” and 

the list is found in 

Galatians 5:22-23. 

It says: “the fruit of 

the Spirit is love, joy, 

ANC ‘consistently’ failing electorate 

ANC councillor Phindile 

Fa x i ’s letter, “ANC 

consistency is key”, refers. 

Consistency in what? 

Reading Phindile’s letter I 

can’t help wondering what 

planet he is living on. 

Indeed, one of the major 

problems this municipality 

has in common with other 

numerous ANC-led 

municipalities, is the 

inability to face up to facts 

and reality. 

I find his pitiable excuses 

over our president being 

slighted when launching the 

ANC manifesto recently in 

Port Elizabeth, to what was 

hoped to be his numerous 

devoted followers, quite 

laughable. Transport 

peace, patience, 

kindness, goodness, 

fa i t h f u l n e s s , 

gentleness and selfcontrol. 

Against such 

things there is no law.” 

It is important to 

note that the source of 

this fruit is the Holy 

Spirit and not our own 

human nature. 

We struggle so with 

our emotions, actions 

and reactions, 

relationships and so 

much more. We could 

never produce the 

required harvest in our 

own strength. 

Sanctification is a 

life-long process! The 

Lord has given us 

everything we need to 

problems, accommodation 

problems, really? Seems to 

me, just bad planning and 

management which of course 

is the hallmark of many 

ANC-led municipalities. 

The economy of the metro 

received a major boost and 

temporary – note, not 

permanent – jobs were 

created. Really? 

I ask, why was it 

necessary in the first place 

to have all these so-called 

thousands bused in and 

accommodated if Zuma and 

the ANC are so popular? I 

would have thought devoted 

followers and supporters of 

Zuma’s ANC would have 

stampeded to the stadium to 

cheer the president on. 

produce the desired 

change in our lives. 

Yielding to His 

Spirit, obedience to 

His Word, daily prayer 

and good Christian 

fellowship are 

imperatives in this 

process. 

Quotations from 

New International 

Ve r s i o n 

And, one other point, who 

was footing the bill? I 

certainly hope that it wasn’t 

the taxpayers. 

“The ANC manifesto 

continues the good story to 

better the lives of ordinary 

people in human settlement, 

etc.” The impression I have 

had for many a year since 

Zuma commenced his 

debatable reign was that it 

was all about enriching 

himself together with his 

self-appointed henchmen. 

We all know the old 

adage, “a fish rots from the 

head”. I doubt that many folk 

in the townships feel that 

they are experiencing “a 

better life” under the 

stewardship of the ANC, 

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judging from all the service 

delivery protests 

countr ywide. 

I could go on, but finally, 

Schenk is correct in saying 

that the DA has a good track 

record in the Western Cape. 

Why, pray, are people 

rushing to the Western Cape, 

in particular from the 

Eastern Cape, to find better 

schooling, better health care 

and better infrastructure, 

roads etc. Explain that to me, 

Phindile! 

Finally, I am quite certain 

that the ANC will not reign 

until Jesus comes. More 

likely, just until a corrupt 

president is tried, found 

guilty, and jailed! 

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Uproar over closed stray animal pound 

From page 1 

claimed that McNamara 

was “stealing people’s 

cat tle” when he 

impounded strays, which 

he roundly refuted. 

The municipality 

eventually built its own 

pound in Alexandria, at a 

cost of R180000, but to 

date has not appointed a 

pound master and made 

excuses for the pound not 

opening. 

In response to a 

question about the pound 

at a council meeting in 

February, community 

protection services 

director Nombulelo 

Booysen, said the pound 

was operational, but there 

had been a problem with 

the vehicle needed to 

transport stray cattle. 

Booysen said there 

were two trucks in 

Alexandria used for parks 

and recreation, and the 

department of transport 

had been involved in 

modifying a truck for 

transport of cattle, but got 

the specifications wrong. 

When TotT visited 

Alexandria last Saturday, 

we saw both the pound, 

which was empty and 

locked, and the refitted 

truck, standing idle at the 

municipal works yard. 

McNamara pointed to a 

bar which had been fitted 

to strengthen the 

transport cage, making 

the truck suitable for 

cat tle. 

He provided TotT with 

letters he had sent to the 

municipality, none of 

which have been 

answered. 

“The lack of 

response by 

municipal 

officials and 

conflicting 

reports received 

by members of 

[our] 

a s s o c i at i o n 

when trying to 

send animals to 

the Alexandria Municipal 

Pound is extremely 

frust rating,” he said. 

He said one of the 

recent incidents involved 

Port Alfred 

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‘There had been a 

problem with the 

vehicle needed to 

transport stray cattle’ 

PROUD TO BE 

IN PROPERTY 

three stray donkeys that a 

farmer had found on his 

land. 

Attempts to reach the 

by-law enforcement 

officer, Simphiwe Klaas, 

were fruitless but 

McNamara said he did 

manage to contact 

Booysen’s deputy, Fanie 

Fouche, who promised 

that he would get Klaas to 

contact and assist him. He 

heard nothing further and 

a visit to the community 

protection services offices 

also yielded no result. 

He finally got hold of 

Klaas when he phoned 

him from the 

G r a h a m st o w n 

police station. 

“Mr Klaas told 

me that he could 

not receive 

animals on the 

express 

instructions of 

the municipal 

m a n a g e r, ” 

McNamara said. 

“The municipal manager 

has repeatedly refused to 

answer my requests for 

clarity on this matter.” 

In the most recent 

incident, McNamara found 

11 stray cattle on his own 

farm among his stud 

breeding cows. 

He again attempted to 

contact Klaas without 

success and opened a 

case with the police. 

He informed Booysen 

and Fouche of the 

incident. “Ten of the cattle 

are not marked in 

accordance with the 

Animal Identification Act. 

“One cow does have a 

type of illegible mark, 

which might be LS on the 

left rump. Due to the fact 

that these animals were 

found in with my breeding 

cattle, and their health 

status is unknown, I will 

require that they are 

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

tested for communicable 

diseases and the results 

received, before they are 

returned to their owners 

or disposed of.” 

In response to TotT’s 

queries about the pound 

not operating, municipal 

spokesman Cecil 

Mbolekwa said the matter 

would be discussed at 

tomorrow’s council 

meeting. 

He said a truck had 

been sent to collect the 

stray donkeys and cattle 

on McNamara’s farm. 

McNamara confirmed he 

had received a message 

in that respect at the 

same time TotT received 

the municipality’s 

answers. 

PRINCIPAL AND PARTNERS: Having a great evening and welcoming their many guests at the 

opening of the new Harcourt offices in town on Wednesday evening are, from left, partners 

Helen Purdon and brother-in-law Ross Purdon, with his wife and principal Claire Purdon 

Picture: ROB KNOWLES 

LUCKY LADY: Market Square Volkswagen held a competition last weekend from Friday to Sunday at 

Rosehill Mall and Vuyokazi Klaas-Buwa, right, was the lucky winner of a R250 gift voucher which 

she looks forward to spending at the mall. Presenting her with the prize is the branch manager of 

Market Square Volkswagen Port Alfred, PG Moodley, who was very pleased with the public’s 

response and the assistance of the mall management. ‘There will be another draw at the mall 

soon, so watch out,’ Moodley said 


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Speakers give Stenden 

graduates final ‘l e c t u re ’ 

ROB KNOWLES 

AT the Royal St 

Andrews Hotel it was 

smiles all the way at 

last Friday’s Stenden 

graduation ceremony 

where a record 

number of students 

graduated with BCom 

degrees in hospitality 

management. 

A total of 49 

students – plus their 

families and friends – 

gathered at the hotel 

to be capped 

Stenden’s 

graduation class 

of 2016. 

Rainbow 

Towers Hotel 

general manager 

in Bulawayo, 

Zimbabwe, 

Fungai 

Mutseyekwa was the 

keynote speaker. 

“Be ready to face 

the unexpected,” 

Mutseyekwa said. He 

recalled an incident 

where, as a young 

man in the hospitality 

business, he had been 

asked a question 

about service. 

“I said that the 

problem was the lack 

of equipment in the 

kitchen. The man in 

charge shouted down 

at me and asked what 

that had to do with 

service. I was very 

worried for my job at 

the time, but I had 

meant what I said.” 

A while later 

Mutseyekwa was 

actually promoted, so 

realised his comments 

had shown he was 

unafraid to speak his 

mind. 

“You need to live by 

your convictions,” he 

told the anxious 

students. “But you’d 

better be right.” 

M u t s e y e k wa 

reminded the students 

to remain resolute and 

to focus on their goals. 

“You never stop 

learning,” he said. 

“The world is changing 

‘But being privileged does 

not imply elitism. You 

graduates now have an 

opportunity to explore’ 

so quickly.” 

The previous 

manager of Stenden 

South Africa, now the 

head of sites for 

Stenden University 

worldwide, Wayne 

Johnson, delivered a 

very lively and 

amusing address that 

called for respect and 

dedication from 

students if they are to 

achieve their goals. 

“Having a passion 

for the work you do is 

critical,” Johnson said. 

Before both 

speakers, Ndlambe 

mayor Sipho Tandani 

showed the students 

that he was also 

currently studying 

toward his Master’s 

degree, and that every 

person present should 

always be prepared to 

learn. 

Vice-president of the 

executive board of 

Stenden University, 

Klaas-Wybo van der 

Hoek discussed the 

importance of 

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

and the fact that 

Stenden campuses 

were located at 

strategic points 

around the globe, and 

that students were 

encouraged to 

move to different 

environments 

and mix with 

different cultures. 

Stenden’s 

executive dean 

Dr Wouter 

Hensens also 

addressed the 

students and gave 

statistics as to how 

previous Stenden 

graduates had done 

better than the 

average in their search 

for quality jobs and 

career opportunities. 

“We are all 

privileged to be here,” 

Hensens SAID. “But 

being privileged does 

not imply elitism. You 

graduates now have 

an opportunity to 

explore your 

p ot e n t i a l . ” 

Academic dean for 

the hotel management 

school at Stenden 

South Africa, Dr Julia 

Chipumuro, assisted 

by Hensens and 

Johnson, then 

conferred the degrees 

on the students. 

Throughout the 

evening, education 

support manager 

Ronel Bartlett, kept 

order as the master of 

ceremonies. 

After the ceremony 

the students, family 

HATS OFF TO 

YOU: A record 

of 49 Stenden 

st u d e n t s 

g r a d u at e d 

with Bcom 

degrees in 

Hospitalit y 

management 

at the yearly 

g r a d u at i o n 

c e r e m o n y, 

held at the 

Royal St 

Andrews 

Hotel last 

Fr i d a y 

Picture: 

ROGER GAILEY 

Be ready for the unexpected, VIPs tell proud group 

and friends were 

invited to spend the 

rest of the evening at 

the hotel in its muchimproved 

garden area 

where a buffet of fine 

foods, including a 

chocolate fountain, 

were available. 

ACDP announces candidates 

THE African Christian Democratic 

Party (ACDP) announced its 

candidate list last week for the 

local government elections in 

A u g u st . 

The candidates as voted in by 

branch are as follows: Ward 1 

and 2 George Petzer; Ward 3 and 

6 Lorraine Samuels; Ward 4, 7 

and 9 Welcome Fani; Ward 5 

Leon Coetzee; Ward 8 Paul Zulu; 

Ward 10 Mark Price. 

The proportional 

representation list is: 1 Mark 

Price, 2 Welcome Fani, 3 Paul 

Zulu, 4 Lorraine Samuel, 5 

Strategic workshops 

to boost local music 

ROB KNOWLES 

THE Sarah Baartman and Ndlambe 

Municipalities will be developing a 

detailed music development 

strategy for the area, consisting of 

a music workshop as well as a 

training and music development 

day to teach aspiring artists the 

importance of the business aspects 

of musical production. 

“Music is not the same these 

d ay s , ” said Siyabelela Madyo of 

Grahamstown-based Tell Your 

Friends Productions which has 

been appointed to develop the 

strategy and run the workshops. 

“Technology has changed, and 

George Petzer, 6 Leon Coetzee. 

The list for the Sarah Baartman 

District Council is: 1 Paul Zulu, 2 

Lorraine Samuel. 

“All these candidates will be 

screened by a guardian 

committee to assess their ability 

to represent God and our 

communit y,” ACDP Port Alfred 

branch secretary Amanda Mould 

said. 

“Please keep them constantly 

in your prayers. They have been 

attending budget meetings in all 

the wards. They have also started 

campaigning in outlying areas,” 

she said. 

with new technology available we 

try to introduce up-and-coming 

artists to ways they can develop 

themselves, not only be cultivating 

talent but in a business sense.” 

Last year’s workshop included 

several items that are critical for 

artists to understand, including 

copywriting new material, 

developing an artist’s “brand”, an 

introduction to the music business 

structure and income streams. 

“Last year went well in 

Grahamstown and we’re hoping for 

the same success in Ndlambe,” 

Madyo said. 

The workshop is planned for 

June 29 and will take place at 

Jauka Hall in Nemato. 

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N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES 

IF you have been following our Facebook posts 

(either on the group page or the main page) you 

might have read about the disaster management 

workshops that are currently being undertaken in 

Ndlambe. The Port Alfred session at Memorial Hall 

on Tuesday - intended as a forum for residents of 

Wards 8, 9 and 10 - was attended by only two 

“n o n - of f i c i a l s ”. Apparently there was a bulk mail 

sent out by finance director Howard Dredge, as 

well as by chief traffic officer Fred Cannon, Ward 

10 councillor Ray Schenk and community 

protection services deputy director Fanie Fouche. 

Although Talk of the Town did not receive such 

an invitation, we were present when the 

workshop took place and the risks and 

vulnerabilities of the town were discussed and 

mapped. The intention is that Aurecon, the 

disaster management consultants on the 

project, will compile the data and present this 

to the Sarah Baartman District Municipality for 

its action. 

ST I L L on the subject of Facebook, our friendly 

neighbourhood group is intended to encourage 

frank and open discussion about matters that 

concern us all in the area. But please note, there 

have been a slew of recent posts expressing the 

vilest racist rants. These will not be tolerated. 

These posts and threads will be deleted and, if the 

problems persist, these people will be banned 

from the page. 

SATURDAY is World Hunger Day – in light of this, 

we at TotT would like to drive a small initiative to 

help some of the service organisations that work 

tirelessly to feed the hungry and destitute people 

of Ndlambe. Yesterday we started a tin-drive, 

asking readers, friends and passers-by to donate 

ONE tin of food to either our offices (29 Miles 

Street), a PAHS Interactor, Red Leaf Nursery or at 

Jade Ann Photography and Videographer (11 Wharf 

Street). If you can donate more than one tin we 

will award any businesses or individuals with 

significant contributions with a certificate of 

appreciation. Businesses are welcome to run their 

own internal depots and we will gladly collect. 

NATIONAL director of Public Prosecutions (NPA) 

Shaun Abrahams said he would challenge the 

DIARISE THIS 

Albany Vintage and Classic Motor Club Museum 

opens on the last Saturday of each month – 9am 

to noon – Hawkins Industrial Park, Alfred Road, 

Port Alfred. 

Bathurst Farmers Market – Every Sunday rain or 

shine at Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Nursery, 

Kowie Road from 9am – 12.30pm. 

Birdwatching Tours and Three Sisters Saunter. 

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

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

Duck Pond Morning Market every Wednesday, 

Friday and Saturday from 9am to 2pm, between 

Buksies Coffee Shop and Penny Farthing 

restaurant. All stallholders welcome. Contact 

Wendy 081-347-9562. 

FAST (Forum for Astronomy, Science and 

Technology) meets on the first Thursday of each 

month at the cellar of the Wharf Street Brew Pub 

at 2.30pm. Visitors welcome. Please contact 

Shirley Marais at shirley@theannouncer.co.za or on 

082-928-8671 for more information. 

First Port Alfred Scout/Cub meetings. Every 

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

welcome. For more information contact Dot 

Fethers on (046) 624-3192. 

Kenton Pub Quiz – 6.30pm – first Sunday of each 

month at Kenton Bowls Club. Cash bar available. 

Cash and other prizes. Teams of 4-6. All welcome. 

Enquiries: Walter Grisdale (046) 648-2440. 

Kowie History Museum, at The Old Railway 

Station, Pascoe Crescent. Open 9.30am-12.30pm 

Tuesday-Saturday. Closed Sunday/Monday and 

public holidays. 

Lower Albany Historical Society meets 3rd 

Thursday of the month – some meetings in Don 

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

Suzette on 083-581-5777 for details. 

Lower Albany Woodworkers’ Guild, meets 1st 

Tuesday of each month. Call 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 practices every 

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

in person to undergo an evaluation. 

Port Alfred Floral Art Group meets on the 3rd 

Saturday of the month at Settlers Park hall at 

2.30pm. For more information please phone 

082-464-4606 (Hennie de Bruin). All welcome. 

Port Alfred Garden Club meets on the first 

Tuesday of every month – 9.30am at Red Leaf 

Nurser y. 

Probus Club of the Kowie meets on the second 

Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Port Alfred 

FOR THE LOVE OF THE ARTS: In recent weeks 

PAHS Grade 11 pupils attended the Grade 11 

Festival of the Arts in Grahamstown. Both days 

were thoroughly enjoyed as the pupils were 

introduced to the arts and taught the vital role 

that it plays in our society. The group enjoyed 

wide variety of workshops relating to drama, 

dance and music while also observing 

productions that inspired them to laugh, cry 

and think. The festival was a good opportunity 

to interact with pupils from other schools. 

Beaming with excitement at Settlers Monument 

are, left, Ashleigh Van Antwerpen and Anesipho 

Ndinsa 

Picture: TATUM PRETORIOUS 

ruling of the North Gauteng High Court who 

recently decreed that dropping the 783 charges of 

corruption against President Jacob Zuma was 

irrational. The case against Zuma was cancelled 

just a month before he was made president, and 

Abrahams argued that Zuma’s lawyers had not 

been consulted and therefore needed time to 

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 JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST 

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

River and Ski-boat Club. 

Richmond House Museum and Music Room. 

Private non-profit museum est 2007. The building 

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

trace 175 years of owners and alterations. No 

admission fee, but donations welcomed. Tours by 

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

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

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

Rocky Ridge Farm Market opens every Saturday 

and Sunday from 9am with a variety of home 

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

honey, biltong, droewors as well as its very 

popular morning breakfast. Contact Desia Holmes 

on 083-589-0765 for more information. 

Rosehill Mall Art and Crafters Market, the first 

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

art and craft market. Only handmade items 

available by our crafters. Large selection of goods. 

Scottish Country Dancing at Don Powis Hall, 

Settlers Park, every Wednesday from 5.30pm to 

7pm. For more information please phone (046) 

6 0 4 - 0 478 . 

Sunshine Coast Women’s Forum meets every 

fourth Tuesday in the Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park 

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

For more information contact Muriel MacGregor on 

(046) 624-1963. 

The Riverside Ramble: a new self-guided tour 

(map R10 from Sunshine Coast Tourism or Kowie 

History Museum) of historic Wharf Street and Van 

der Riet Streets. 

The Village Green Market – first Sunday of every 

month. Join us in the garden at The Village Green 

in Bathurst for a festival of antiques, books, 

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

interesting stuff. From 9am ‘til 2pm. For more info 

or to book a stall contact Lynette on 076-349-2246. 

Woodlands Market, every Saturday from 8am to 

12 noon at Woodlands Cottages and Backpackers, 

just outside Kenton on the R343 Grahamstown 

Road. Yummy breakfast and treats, fresh produce, 

arts and crafts. There is no charge for traders of 

local arts and crafts and produce – an attempt to 

encourage and support local tourism and 

businesses. For more information contact 

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

U3A – Port Alfred Branch meets on the fourth 

Thursday of every month at 10am at the Don Powis 

Hall, Settlers Park village. All welcome. 

Thursday May 26 

PA Art Club – (in) Month End Meeting: Visit the 

library and bring your paintings for review. 

Followed by tea/coffee. 

U3A meeting – 9.30 for 10am – Don Powis Hall, 

Settlers Park. Jill Wolfaard talk on “Dagga, 

respond. He also argued that the high-court ruling 

would take away the independence of every one of 

his prosecutors. Perhaps he has forgotten two 

important facts. Firstly, the Supreme Court of 

Appeal has already overturned a previous decision 

not to prosecute former crime intelligence boss, 

Richard Mdluli, so the unit’s “integrit y” is already 

compromised. Secondly, very few South Africans 

have any confidence in an organisation that is 

quite obviously politically influenced, so the 

appeal is simply a delaying tactic to ensure Zuma 

will not be impeached before his term is over. 

HAPPY birthday greetings to everyone 

celebrating a special day next week, with good 

wishes and many happy times for many more 

years ahead, especially for Mary Thackwray, 

Mxolisi Mgeni, Chris Alexander, Robey 

Pretorius, Antoinette Swartz, Candida Goeda, 

Basil Wormaid, Caleb Kieck, Mike Whelan, 

Jesse Vogel, Graeme Kelbrick, Zelda 

Odendaal, Candy Dell, Terri Stander, David 

Haig, Ted Phillips, Yvette Eloff, Ron Ball, 

Qondile Mthwalo, Jessica Maritz, Bruce 

Venters, Natalie Horn, Lisa Fonseca, Cassandra 

Griffiths, Dylan Shardelous, Nikki Bendeman, 

Bruce Lloyd, Kathy Knight, Mabel Coetzer, Peggy 

Schuddinh, Gwen Arniston. 

CONGRATULATIONS and further success to all 

businesses and organisations on another 

anniversary with all good wishes for many more 

better years ahead, especially for Red Leaf 

Nursery, KFC, Creative Thinking Kitchens, Stix 2nd 

Hand Shop, PLC Computers, CosiHome, Soetbev 

Swimming Centre and the Collegiate High and 

Junior Schools which celebrate their 142 

anniversar y. 

THE financial markets are experiencing the results 

of uncertainty with respect to the European Union 

and the vote by the British as to whether to stay in 

or leave the EU. These things affect South Africa 

directly and Standard Bank is forecasting that 

gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by 

0.3% in 2016 if the country’s foreign scale credit 

rating is downgraded by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 

next month. The ratings agency, which will 

announce the results of its current review on June 

Dictionaries and Rainbow English”. 

Memory Book Scrapbook Club – 2pm to 5pm – 

Presbyterian Church Port Alfred. All welcome. 

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

The inaugural concert of the newly established 

string quartet GATE – Duncan Samson, Hayley 

Jackson, Lizzie Rennie and Lindsay Johnston – 

7.30pm - St Andrew’s College Drill Hall. Tickets 

R50 at the door. Scholars free. Contact: Duncan 

Samson d.samson@sacschool.com 

Friday May 27 

Sunshine Coast Hospice book sale at Heritage 

Mall. 

G r a h a m s to w n ’s Got Talent, presented by Rotary 

Club of Grahamstown Sunset – 7pm. A variety 

concert that showcases the musical and dance 

talent that exists in Grahamstown. All proceeds 

will go to Rotary’s community projects. Tickets 

(R60, school block bookings R40) will soon be 

available at outlets to be announced. Further 

details can be obtained on 082-809-3395 or at 

donhendry@imaginet.co.za. 

Saturday May 28 

Rotar y’s Bargain Hunt! Anything and everything 

on sale at the Port Alfred Civic Centre car park 

from 9am. Stalls, music, kudu burgers. Car booters 

welcome but must register beforehand. Enquiries: 

082-453-2618 or (046) 624-2075. 

Colour Run, Mini Market and Fun Day – 7:30am 

to 4pm – Alexandria Christian Academy. Potjiekos 

competition, food stalls, craft stalls, car boot sale, 

5km colour run, jumping castle, soccer games, 

netball and more. For more info call Kathy 

082-553-9033 or Liezel 078-026-2410. 

Kids Garden Club – 10am until 11:30am - Red Leaf 

Nursery. Cost R110. Van West from Icawa printing 

will be doing T-shirts with the kids. Children to 

bring plain T-shirts along for the activity. For more 

information please contact Red Leaf on (046) 

624-8530 or check out events on their Facebook 

page. 

Classics at the Castle – a unique music and 

visual art presentation 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. 

Richmond House at 3.30pm. Tickets for the full 

package of a special three-course meal at the 

Wharf Street Brew Pub and Restaurant after the 

concert and art exhibition are R230 per person. 

Tickets for the art experience and piano recital are 

R100. Tickets at KNA. 

NAC Mission Choir will perform at Kenton 

Methodist Church at 6pm. Tickets R50 (spot 

prizes) available at Kenton Pharmacy, Kenton Fruit 

& Veg. and Mega Build It - Bushman’s River 

Mouth. In aid of Jehovah Jireh Haven, Alexandria. 

Enquiries - Fiona Going 082-887-6672. 

3, has South Africa just one notch above junk 

status at BBB – with a negative outlook. With last 

year’s figures in brackets at the time of going to 

press the Rand was trading at R15.69 to the Dollar 

(R12.05), R22.95 to the Pound (R18.57) and R17.49 

to the Euro (R13.15). Gold was trading at $1 221.00 

per fine ounce ($1 189.34), Platinum to $1 004.60 

per ounce ($1 127.00) with only Brent Crude Oil at 

$49.17 per barrel ($64.33). 

SPECIAL thoughts and prayers are with all those 

folk who are not well. “Sterkte” and best wishes to 

Roy Potter, Andrew de Vries, June Hart, Linda 

Hulley, Val Kilian, Ben Kember, Llewellyn Wicks, 

Philly Dell, Myrna Keet, Barry Viviers and Bevan 

E d wa r d s . 

WEDDING anniversary congratulations to Anthony 

and Sharon Rudman, Ronnie and Audrey 

Slaughter, Gary and Joan Boucher, Arthur and 

Lynne Manning, Douw and Simoné Potgieter, Cyril 

and Laurie Ridden. 

OOPS, in birthday wishes to Lal Purdon last week I 

implied he was a she. My bad, and I wish to again 

wish Mr Lal Purdon a very happy belated birthday 

(and I’ll take back that nice frock I bought you, 

thank you). 

SOUTH Africa’s bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 

2023 was shot down in flames by sports minister 

Fikile Mbalula. On Monday a statement was issued 

by the Ministry of Sport, following a meeting late 

last week with the boards of SARU and the other 

major sports bodies in the country, which stated 

that the government, “would not rescind current 

penalties” on SARU, Cricket South Africa and 

others because of the slow pace of transformation. 

Mbalula, get your head on straight. The 1995 RWC 

held here was an unmitigated success and united 

a country. Your unreasonable political interference 

is not just hurting the various sporting bodies, but 

South Africans as a whole. It’s time to put away 

the racist agenda and admit that your lack of 

sporting initiatives at school level is a major 

reason why, after 22 years into your party’s rule, 

we are still faced with too few black rugby, cricket 

and other sportspeople. 

THOUGHT for the week: “Wholeness is not 

achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being, 

but by integration of the contraries.” 

BEST regards as always, 

The Team. 

Saturday May 28 and Sunday May 29 

Eastern Areas Singles finals at the Kowie 

Bowling Club. Prize giving between 4pm and 5pm 

on Sunday. 

Sunday May 29 

Diaz Cross Bird Club outing: Table Farm, 

Grahamstown. Bring a picnic brunch . Visitors 

welcome (R10 per person). Meet at Heritage Mall 

car park at 6am or Preston’s, Kenton at 6am. 

Rendezvous at Albany Museum in Grahamstown. 

Always Opera – 3pm – Beethoven Room, Rhodes 

University. Soprano Jo-Nette LeKay, tenor Chris 

Mostert, mezzo-soprano Linette van der Merwe, 

bass-baritone Christiaan Snyman and Paul Ferreira 

on piano. With well-known arias, duets and 

emsembles from operas by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, 

Bizet. Tickets: R70 adults, R30 concession. 

Tuesday May 31 

Dr Peter Hammond from Christian Action – 

6.30pm – Word of Truth. “The Greatness of the 

Great Commission”. 

Thursday June 2 

PA Art Club – (out) DVD: 9.30am Venue: Hall at 

Settlers Park – Abstract (awaiting new DVD). 

Please bring a plate of eats. All welcome – visitors 

R20. 

Tides, waves and sediments in the Bushman’s 

River. Join SST and Estuary Care in the next 

instalment of our Estuary Lecture Series with 

Doctor Eckart Schumann. Kenton-on-Sea Town Hall 

at 5.15pm. Entrance is free. 

Saturday June 4 

Christian Men’s Association breakfast (ladies 

welcome) – 7 for 7.30am – Celebration Centre 

(Old Vic Hotel). Speaker: Rod Burton, who 

intended making nature and game conservation 

his life work, but during his studies, God 

intervened, calling him to ministry. Served as a 

youth minister, pastoral counsellor and retreat 

leader, and is the author of a number of academic 

papers in the field of spirituality, spiritual direction 

and pastoral counselling. Suggested donation of 

R40 to cover costs of breakfast. 

Kleinemonde Morning Market – 8.30 to 10am – 

Kleinemonde Community Hall. Come and enjoy 

breakfast and browse the stalls selling wholesome 

farm chickens and home produce, including 

quality meats, vegetables, pancakes, frozen meals, 

quiches, bread, rusks, gingerbread houses, home 

baked cakes, doggy treats, candles, gifts and 

more. 

Cocktails and dirt at Red Leaf Nursery, from 

5.30pm until everyone wants to go home. Cost 

R100. Bring the ingredient of your favourite 

cocktail or a bottle of wine and a glass and gather 

up a friend or two and have some time just for 

you. For booking or more information please 

contact Red Leaf Nursery on (046) 624-8530.



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May 26 

IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE: Velile Senior Secondary School from Bathurst rocked the Titi Jonas Multi-Purpose Centre 

recently with their impressive singing and catchy rhythms during the Ndlambe Municipality school choral music festival. At 

the end of the competition judges decided to split the prize money between all six participating schools instead of 

selecting one winner 


OB/2016/TOT/01 

sushi 

A new FUSION OF MEDITERRANEAN 

AND ASIAN FLAVOURS 

ANGELIC VOICES: 

Nomzamo Senior 

Secondary School sing 

a beautiful song in 

isiXhosa at the 

Ndlambe Municipality 

school choral music 

festival. Nomzamo was 

one of six schools to 

evenly split the 

R10 000 prize money 


Hospice benefits 

from Bathurst fun 

ROB KNOWLES 

SUNSHINE Coast 

Hospice Port Alfred 

branch was given a 

financial boost on 

Tuesday when 

Bathurst Agricultural 

Society (BAS) 

president, Danny 

Wepener handed over 

a cheque for 

R9 243.35 as a 

donation from the 

profits of this year’s 

Bathurst Show. 

Overjoyed with the 

donation, hospice 

manager Zelda Elliott, 

said this donation was 

one of only a handful 

they can rely on each 

year. This was the 16th 

year BAS has made a 

similar donation. 

“Things are very 

tight at the moment,” 

said Elliott, “and this 

donation will go a long 

way to assist us do 

our work.” 

“This year’s show 

was a great success,” 

Wepener said. “The 

stall holders had an 

exceptional time and 

made lots of money. 

“But it’s getting 

more difficult to find 

volunteers to man the 

gates. We need young 

people to help out and 

shoulder some of the 

responsibilit y.” 

Despite the hard 

MUCH-NEEDED BOOST: Bathurst Agricultural 

Society president Danny Wepener, right, 

presents Sunshine Coast Hospice Port Alfred 

manager Zelda Elliott with a cheque for more 

than R9 000 


times, the entrance fee 

to the Bathurst Show 

has remained constant 

for the last five years. 

Wepener said it was 

important to keep the 

show going. It is one 

of the few remaining 

agricultural shows in 

the province, and 

certainly the largest. 

“We need to get 

back to basics,” 

Wepener said. 

“Children must learn 

that meat does not 

come from Pick n Pay 

or Spar, it comes from 

cows. They should at 

least see someone 

milking a cow so they 

understand where 

milk comes from.” 

Wepener is 

concerned that, with 

fewer young people 

taking up the 

agricultural reins, the 

show and, more 

importantly, farming in 

the area, might one 

day come to an end. 

“Next year we are 

proposing a ‘viewing 

fa r m ’ where children 

and others can get up 

close to the animals,” 

he said. 

Elliott also had 

some things to say 

about this year’s BAS. 

“We could not do 

this without all the 

volunteers,” she said. 

Wepener specifically 

thanked Howard Oats 

for his contribution 

and for rebuilding the 

lower gate at the 

showgrounds where 

the Bathurst Show is 

held each year. 

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KENTON KALEIDOSCOPE 

... your news from round the bend 

Musical mayhem 

in Mexican setting 

AS per tradition, Rotary Kenton’s 

pre-National Arts Festival show, 

El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi, 

should have everyone in stitches 

and rolling in the aisles as 

James Cairns takes on Gwydion 

Beynon’s one-man show. 

Cairns, who has performed in 

plays such as Dirt, The Three 

Little Pigs and The Snow Goose, 

teams up with Beynon, writer of 

The Epicene Butcher and 

Amateur Hour, to tell the tale of 

El Blanco: The White One, with 

songs and stories. 

Previously El Blanco, both the 

man and the play, has swept 

audiences off their feet during 

the show and on to their feet at 

the end of the show. 

El Blanco’s struggle, mostly 

with himself, to earn the title of 

mariachi is masterfully presented 

through music and storytelling, 

on a captivating minimalist set. 

“Stories are songs for people 

who cannot sing,” is one of El 

Blanco’s gems. “And songs are 

stories for those who can.” 

Here are some of the 

advantages that El Blanco has 

over other shows: 

Only one actor, so you don’t 

have to look around so much; 

one guitar and one ukulele, so 

you don’t get bored with the 

same instrument; songs for the 

people who like musicals, and 

talking for people who like jokes. 

And, the sounds are made 

right in front of your eyes to help 

you believe your ears. 

There are two shows. The first 

is on Saturday June 25 at the 

Kenton Town Hall, 6.30pm for 

7pm, where the proceeds will be 

for Rotary Projects. The show is 

repeated on Sunday June 26, 

also at the Kenton Town Hall, 

12.30pm for 1pm where proceeds 

will go to Bushken Pre-Primary. 

Tickets cost R150 per person, 

which includes the show and a 

two-course meal. There is also a 

cash bar available 

For bookings contact Chas 

Everitt, 21 Kenton Road, Kenton 

on (046) 648-1212. Seating will 

be in tables of eight. Please note 

the age restriction of 15 years as 

the content is intended for a 

mature audience. 

CRAYON MASTERS: 

Kenton Primary School 

pupils took part in the 

Kenton-on-Sea Buco 

colouring-in 

competition. The 

winners, from left, are 

Zusakhe Mabutsana 

(Grade 3), Anke Muller 

(Grade 5), Juliana 

Henning (Grade 6), 

Alexis Pienaar (Grade 

6) and Jarrod Els 

(Grade 2) 

MAKING AN IMPACT: Kenton Primary pupil Reece Pieters, far right, became 

the latest pupil to make the Eastern Province U13 rugby country first team 

and will join the other two selected pupils, from left, Hanno Mostert and 

Matthew Bedford, to take part in the Free State Cheetahs tournament in 

Bloemfontein this weekend. With them is coach Johan Welgemoed 

COLOURFUL CHARACTERS: Foundation phase 

teachers at Kenton-on-Sea Primary School 

recently encouraged pupils to dress up as a 

character from a book they have read. 

Joining in the fun are teachers, from left, 

Mare-Lise van der Berg, Michaeleen Bates, 

Shirley Povey and Melindi Maree 

CARING FOR ANIMALS: 

Kenton-on-Sea Primary 

School pupils have yet 

again managed to 

raise money for the 

SPCA. Grade 2 teacher 

Shirley Povey, and 

parent Jemima Fox 

arranged a Valentine’s 

Day sale as well as a 

M ot h e r ’s Day sale at 

the school for this 

worthy cause. This 

time they handed over 

R 6752.60 to SPCA 

chairman Derick 

Kleynhans and 

committee member 

Phyl Russell. The SPCA 

greatly appreciated the 

pupils’ generous 

donation. Pupils, Alexis 

Pienaar, front left, and 

Anri Jansen van 

Rensburg are pictured 

with, back row, Shirley 

Povey, Derick 

Kleynhans and Phyl 

Russell


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Bar muda 

toasts to six 

good years 

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SLICE OF THE BEST: The friendly kitchen 

and bar staff at Barmuda are always 

willing to make your visit a memorable 

one. From left are Memory Mhande, 

Saidi Amisi and Adrian Dos Santos 

Picture: BRYAN SMITH 

Van der Riet Street, Port Alfred | 046 624 3730 

Congratulations to 

Barmuda! 

Party next weekend on the 

banks of the Kowie River 

BIRTHDAY time has come 

around for Barmuda 

Restaurant and Cocktail 

Lounge which will be 

celebrating its sixth year, next 

weekend June 3 and 4, as the 

hottest entertainment venue in 

Port Alfred. 

Throughout the years 

Barmuda has thrived on 

providing an impressive list 

of top South African 

musicians and bands such 

as Zebra & Giraffe, the 

Parlotones, GoodLuck, 

Napalma, Veranda Panda, 

Gangs of Ballet, Black Cat 

Bone, DJ Fresh, PH Fat to 

mention but a few – and 

now it also includes a popular 

gaming area. 

Barmuda continues to be a 

popular destination for friends 

and families, whether they’re 

there to have a relaxing 

cocktail along side the Kowie 

River or for great food 

including gourmet burgers, 

nachos, beer-battered fish and 

much more. It is the 

atmosphere and vibrancy of 

Barmuda which makes it a 

place for everyone to enjoy 

and feel welcome. 

“We serve soul food,” said 

proprietor Kaine Charter. “Our 

portions are large and 

It is the atmosphere and 

vibrancy of Barmuda 

which makes it a place 

for everyone to enjoy 

s at i s f y i n g . ” 

Barmuda is not just for a 

relaxing afternoon on the river 

bank or for enjoying the 

delicious items on the menu. It 

is also the number one venue 

for patrons who flock there for 

excellent local entertainment 

events. The venue is also host 

to some of Port Alfred’s most 

popular events such as the 

Universities Boat Race Festival 

and Anything that Floats. 

Charter agreed that the 

standard of entertainment on 

offer at Barmuda, with local, 

national and even international 

acts performing there on a 

regular basis, had much to do 

with its success.. 

Come and celebrate six 

years with Barmuda on Friday 

June 3 and Saturday June 4 

where you are sure to be 

delighted by two-for-the-priceof-one 

on double brandy/ 

vodka and mixes and beers, as 

well as R6 shooters. 

There will also be live music 

from DJs on the Friday and 

Saturday, as well as the always 

popular 2-4-1 Sunday cocktail 

special, their delicious menu 

and the gaming area. Or j u st 

unwind along the banks of the 

Kowie with friends while 

listening to live music at what 

is Port Alfred’s premier fun and 

entertainment venue. 

MyPond Hotel wishes 

Barmuda a happy and 

prosperous 6th 

birthday! 

Congratulations! 

Port Alfred 

Heritage Mall, Port Alfred Tel: 046 624 4870 

Wishing Barmuda 

a happy 

6th birthday. 

May there be 

many more! 

Deliveries to and from 

Port Alfred 

Port Elizabeth 

East London 

Uitenhage 

Grahamstown 

and everywhere inbetween 

Call: 046 624 8043 / 072 711 0094 

Email: wbeetge@gmail.com 

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY - WISHING 

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NEW FABRIC ON THE BLOCK: New to Port Alfred, 

PA Fabrics & Formals is located at the Beavers 

Complex, where owners Barbara and Leon Horn 

are ready to welcome the community 


VEELS GELUK! 

advertising feature 

‘Fabric mama’ 

at Beavers 

Complex 

Experienced fashion designer 

launches PA Fabrics and Formals 

NEW to Port Alfred’s business 

scene is PA Fabrics & Formals 

located at the Beavers 

Complex on Southwell Road in 

Port Alfred. 

The business will officially 

open to the public on Monday 

May 30, with owners Barbara 

and Leon Horn at the helm to 

provide excellent service to 

the community. 

PA Fabrics & Formals is 

where you will find bridal 

wear as well as a range of 

formal wear and waste 

material such as off-cut 

material for sale. Owner 

Barbara Horn is a fashion 

designer with 30 years of 

experience from Klerksdorp 

and Polokwane (Pietersburg) 

and Leon has worked in the 

mining and engineering 

industry in the occupational 

health sector. 

The couple have been 

visiting Port Alfred on holiday 

for the past 12 years and in 

December last year they 

decided to make their stay 

permanent and establish a 

business. 

“Port Alfred is our little 

d e st i n y, ” said Leon, who will 

be assisting Barbara at the 

shop. The shop will stock a 

full range of fabrics including 

bridal satin, cottons, chiffon 

and poly-cottons as well as 

zips, haberdashery and lace 

from Fawz. 

“It is like a dream come 

t rue,” said Barbara who earns 

the title of “fabric mama” with 

her passion for fashion and 

design, having owned her own 

bridal shop in Klerksdorp for 

15 years. 

Looking forward to her 

future in Port Alfred, Barbara 

plans to render a friendly 

service to all seamst resses 

locally and in the surrounding 

area. 

The business will include a 

studio for dress design and 

formal wear. Barbara is 

available to assist with 

dresses for weddings and 

matric dances, as well as 

events requiring formal wear 

such as evening gowns, and 

much more. 

PA Fabrics & Formals will 

also be importing a range of 

formal wear from overseas to 

be made available to 

c u st o m e r s . 

Barbara and Leon thank the 

community for their support in 

their new endeavour and 

welcome everyone to come 

and enjoy their of f i c i a l 

opening on May 30 where 

there will be snacks available 

and balloon pop prizes. 

“We look forward to 

meeting all our customers,” 

said Barbara. 

PA Fabrics & Formals will 

be open from 9am to 5pm 

Monday to Friday and 9am to 

12 noon Saturdays. 

LITTLE DESTINY: Husband Leon Horn will be helping his wife in her shop which will stock fabrics, serve 

seamstresses and assist with evening gowns for weddings and other special events. The couple are 

ready to welcome the community at the launch on Monday 


 

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Good luck and best 

wishes to PA Fabric! 

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WE KNOW SPECIAL DEALS. 

PORT ALFRED: 

Main Street, Tel: 046 624 1103, Fax: 046 624 2115 

 

 

 

 

 

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best of success! 

P.A 

FABRICS & FORMALS 

fabric mamma 

079 820 4855 / 083 455 0979 

FABRICS / FORMAL WEAR / WEDDING DRESSES



ANGLICAN CHURCH ALBANY ARCHDEACONRY 

St Paul’s Port Alfred – Ferndale Road 

Sunday Eucharist 8.30am 

Wednesday: Eucharist 8.30am 

St Barnabas – Nemato Port Alfred 

Sunday Eucharist 9am 

St John’s – Bathurst Sunday Eucharist 8.30am 

St Mary’s – Cuylerville 11am Eucharist (first Sunday in 

the month only) 

St James – Southwell 11am Eucharist (third Sunday in 

the month only) 

Enquiries: (046) 624 -1236 

ANGLICAN PARISH OF ALEXANDRIA 

St David’s Bushman’s River Mouth – Holy Communion 

Service Sunday 8.30am, Wednesday 9am 

Christ Church, Alexandria – Eucharist Sunday 9am 

Enquiries: Rev Mxolisi Somandi (046) 648-1232 or 

078-950-39 60 

APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION BETH-EL ASSEMBLY 

ALEXANDRIA 

Sundays at 10am in the Keeton Fick Hall; Wednesday 

evening prayer meetings in private homes 

Enquiries: Pastor Raymond Matebiele 072-736-4527, M 

Malgas 079-952-8430 

AFRIKAANSE PROTESTANTSE KERK 

Vir AP Kerkdienste kontak Anton Kok by 082-964-3123 

BAPTIST CHURCH 

Morning services and children’s church (Ignite) 9.30am; 

evening services 6am 

Youth: Fridays: Grades R-3 (kick) at 5pm to 6pm, Grades 

4-7 (Swat) at 6pm to 7pm, Grades 8-12 (G63) at 7pm to 

9pm 

FMI Contact Vicky Dickson on 083-293-4891 or Mark 

Price on 081-792-3884. Pastor: Joshua de Wit 

073-166-2939/Office: (046) 624 -1335 

Visit w w w. p o r t a l f re d b a p t i s t . c o . z a or find us on Facebook 

KENTON BAPTIST CHURCH 

Sunday morning services at 9am 

All are welcome. Enquiries: Gavin – 079-211-4675 or 

Diana – 072-344 -1102 

BATHURST COMMUNITY CHURCH 

Please phone the pastor on 084-441-2876 or 

(046) 624-3623 for details of Sunday services 

CATHOLIC CHURCH 

St James Catholic Church – Caxton Lane, Port Alfred 

Mass Times: Tuesday – 5pm 

Wednesday – 4.30pm Holy Hour/Benediction 

Friday – 8.30am. Sunday – 9am 

St Thomas Catholic Church – Tenth St, Station Hill, 

Port Alfred 

Mass Times: Wednesday – 6pm; Sunday – 10.30am 

St Anthony’s Catholic Church – Bushman’s River 

Mouth 

Mass Times: Thursday – 9am; Sunday – 7.30am 

Sacred Heart Catholic Church – Alexandria. Mass 

Times: Thursday – 5.30pm 

Saturday – 5.30pm 

Enquiries: Fr Trymos Munyaka on (046) 624-1509 or 

0 8 2- 676 - 6 573 

CELEBRATION CENTRE 

The Lodge, 7 Albany Road, Port Alfred. Sunday morning 

service 9am 

Pastor Eldin and Lyn Rudolph (046) 624-3038, cell 

078-342-9194. All welcome 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 

Sunday 9.30am. Goodwill Centre 

Enquiries: 082-600-5429 

CHRIST AMBASSADOR MINISTRIES 

770 Runeli Drive, Nemato 

Sunday Services: 10am-12pm. Evening services 6-8pm. 

Tel/Fax: (046) 624 -2632 

CHRISTIAN HARVEST CHURCH 

3013 Shiceka Street, Nemato 

Sunday Services: 9.30am-12pm. Evening 5pm-7pm 

Contact 083-513-5638 

CHURCH ON THE WHARF 

Sunday 9am, Wharf Street, Port Alfred. Grace Bible 

College (Free) Monday to Friday 7am 

Contact John, 073-633-2465 or Mark, 073-465-4555 

FULL GOSPEL 

Sunday Morning service 9.30am 

Evening service 6.30pm. Friday junior youth 7pm 

Enquiries: (046) 624 -1915 

FULL GOSPEL (STATION HILL) 

Sunday morning 10am 

Enquiries: Pastor P Israel 084-582-4607 

GEREFORMEERDE 

Eredienste drie keer per maand om 9vm in die “Set tlers 

Kerk”. Vir besonderhede skakel Bert Venter by 

082-451-2426 of Ds Lourens Kruger by 082-320-2615 

GRACE AND TRUTH CHURCH 

“For the law was given through Moses, but grace and 

truth came through Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17). Sundays 

9.30am, Albany Centre, 90 Albany Road 

Contact Gary Ford 072-761-3417, (046) 624 -4985 

GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH 

Previously Bushmans Family Fellowship. Meet in 

SUDOKU - WIN A WIMPY VOUCHER 

Bushmans Town Hall 9am Sunday mornings. All welcome. 

Contact: Ps Charles Southey 078-650-3694 

KING OF KINGS GLOBAL MOVEMENT 

Meets at the MyPond Hotel Conference Centre every 

Sunday from 10am (intercessory prayer followed by the 

service) until 1pm 

LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE, ALEXANDRIA 

Sunday Morning Service and Club Jesus (ages four to 12) 

9am. (Baby cry room) 

Sunday Evening Service – 6.30pm 

(Praise and prayer). Friday evening “G U TS ” (All Teens 

Welcome) 6 to 8pm 

Free Bible school – Tuesdays 6.30pm 

Enquiries: PS Leon de Smidt 082-330-6865 

METHODIST CHURCH 

WESLEY (Hards St): Every Sunday 8.30am (only) 

ALEXANDRIA Sunday service – 10am, Bible Study: 

Wednesday 6.15pm 

Cell: 074-582-0812 

STATION HILL (Windvogel St): Every Sunday 11am and 

4pm 

B AT H U R ST (York Road): Every Sunday 9am 

C LU M B E R (Shaw Park Road from Bathurst, then 

Martindale turn off): Second Sunday 9am. Fourth Sunday 

11am 

ROKEBY PARK (Opposite Halfway Store on Grahamstown 

Road): Second Sunday 11am 

KLEINEMONDE ( N at u r e ’s Way): First, third and fifth 

Sundays 11am 

K E N TO N : Every Sunday at 8.30am 

Call 082-535-2734, Bev Fransis 

Enquiries: Rev Kamogelo Monoametsi (046) 624 -2420 

Services cover Bible Studies held on Tuesdays at 6.15pm 

in the Vestry and at Cannon Rocks – Thursday 3.15pm. 

You are most welcome to join us 

NEDERDUITSE GEREFORMEERDE KERK 

DIAS GEMEENTE KERKKANTOOR: Broadway 26, Port 

Alfred, 6170 

Kantoorure: Maandag tot Vrydag 8am to 12pm. Tel: 

(046) 624-3534 

PORT ALFRED: (Broadway 26) 9vm elke Sondag 

Kinderkerk and Kategese tydens erediens 

BOESMANSRIVIERMOND: (Main Street) 9vm, e l ke 

Sondag. Kinderkerk tydens die erediens en 10vm 

K at e g e s e 

KLEINEMONDE: 11vm dienste elke vierde Sondag van die 

maand. Leraar: Ds Wikus Venter Sel: 078-800-3353 

ALEXANDRIA: (Main Street) – Erediens 9.30vm e l ke 

Sondag. Kantoorure: Maandag tot Vrydag 8vm tot 1nm 

Tel: (046) 653 0147 

Kontak: Ds Willem Schoeman (046) 653-0010 of 

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NEDERDUITSCH HERVORMDE KERK 

Eredienste: Elke Sondag om 9vm te St Nicolas, 

Beachweg, Port Alfred. Kategese na erediens. Ko n t a k 

Prof John Gericke (046) 624-9025 of sel: 082-565-9534 

NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH 

Port Alfred and Kenton on Sea. For information on 

services. Eddie 078-752-2233 or Arnol 082-809-3421 

 

Wimpy in the Heritage Mall. 

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attempting to redeem prize. Last week’s winner is Glenda 

Jakins 

NUWE LEWE VOLLE EVANGELIE KERK 

Honeycombsentrum, 88 Albanyweg, Port Alfred 

Sundays: 9.30am and 6.30pm. Evening service starts at 

6pm. Friday – young adults (18 – 35) at 7pm 

Vir meer inligting kontak: Pastoor Theo en Marinda 

Snyman 084-811-0606/(046) 624-2265. Almal welkom – 

All welcome 

PERISOS SONSKYNKUS 

Perisos (Oorvloed/Abundance) nooi u uit na 

samekomste: Alexandria. Elke Sondag om 9.30vm te 

Maria-saal (agter Caltex-garage). 073-586-0201 

Prediker – Theunis Pienaar – 0 8 2- 8 9 5 - 8 8 3 0 

Ons verkondig: Oorvloed in Christus 

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Corner of Southwell and Becker Street 

Sunday worship and children’s church: 9am; Cell groups: 

Monday 4pm at the church and Thursday 7pm at 11 

Lambert Road. Enquiries: (046) 624 -4471 

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 

Service Times – Saturdays – 9.30am till 12 noon 

Enquiries: Simon Hawkins 073-610-6535 or 

(046)624 -1660 

SHEKINAH MINISTRIES 

Sunday mornings: 10am, Monday and Wednesday at 7pm 

and Youth on Friday evenings at 7pm. Enquiries: Dan 

Hilpert 079-649-8750. THE SHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD – 

1 PET 4:14 

STUDENT CHURCH 

Meets Sunday mornings 9am in Kenton-on-Sea Town Hall. 

It is the first church in South Africa that is run by full-time 

students from Generation Impact Bible College. Believers 

of all ages are welcome. Exciting children’s church 

available. A church that equips saints of all ages. 

Contact Madelein: 084-513-7306 

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTERDAY SAINTS 

Meets every Sunday for a Sacrament Service at 9am 

followed by Sunday School at 10am. Priesthood meeting 

at 11am and Relief Society meeting at 11am. 

New church location is 25 Biscay Road, across the street 

from Sky Security in Port Alfred. Visitors welcome. Phone 

083-452-8801 or 078-132-7336 

WESTSIDE CHURCH 

Contemporary – Connected – Committed. “Connecting 

people to people – Connecting people to God”. Meetings: 

Sunday 9am – Wednesday: 6.30pm “Connect Groups”. 

Directions: Turn left into Van Riebeeck Street – last street 

on main road leaving Port Alfred for PE (VW showroom 

on corner), 800m turn first right into Green Lane. Go 

straight up to T-junction, roof of church is visible ahead. 

Enquiries: 083-444-9380/082-373-8181/082-677-7800 

WORD OF TRUTH MINISTRY, LIVING WATERS BOOKSHOP, 

CHURCH OF THE NATIONS 

Across the road from the BP garage and fire station, 

open every day 8am to 12 except Mondays 

Sunday: 9am morning service with mother’s room and 

children’s church. Evening service is at 6pm. All are 

welcome. Youth: 6.30pm on Friday evening. 

Enquiries: (046) 624-2381, after hours: 072-219-9065 

Name:................................................................................................... 

Tel No:................................................................................................... 

WIN VOUCHERS FROM FISH RIVER SUN & HALYARDS HOTEL 

SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S SUDOKU 

Winners of last 

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Midweek Breakfast 

for Two – 

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collect voucher 

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OUT ON THE TOWN 

CONTACT US 

Newsdesk: (046) 624-4356 (Jon Houzet) Advertising: (046) 624-4356 (Mauneen Charter) 

New restaurant 

at Settlers Park 

Old dining hall 

turned into The 

Hibiscus Room 

JON HOUZET 

THE Hibiscus Room, Settlers 

Park Retirement Village’s own 

restaurant, officially opened 

with a cocktail party last Friday 

night. 

The restaurant is located at 

the old dining hall. It was the 

culmination of a project that 

has been worked on for just 

over a year. 

The chairman of the board at 

Settlers Park, Jim Truscott, 

said this year marked the 30th 

birthday of Settlers Park and it 

was fitting to mark the 

village’s third decade through 

the opening of this new facility. 

“The old dining hall served 

thousands of meals but it had 

to come to an end,” Truscot t 

said. 

He said plans had been 

made for a restaurant about 10 

years ago and various options 

were considered. At one time 

they had looked at the 

possibility of taking a wing of 

EVENING SOCIAL: Godfrey and 

Meryl Howes attended the 

opening of the Hibiscus Room 

r e st a u r a n t 

the care facility, but that would 

have meant patients doubling 

up in rooms. 

“Fortunately 18 months ago 

we found ourselves in a cash 

positive position and decided 

to rebuild this building.” 

He said it was good to have 

something happening in the 

older section of the park as 

everything else was moving in 

the other direction. 

“When it came to decorating 

the place, three ladies on the 

board somehow managed to 

overcome and outvote five 

men,” he said with a chuckle. 

The walls are adorned with 

the work of local artists. 

Truscott said the primary 

reason for the facility was to 

look after the village’s care 

section. Secondly it was to 

provide normal meals for 

residents and thirdly – to have 

a restaurant. 

“We ’ve come up with a 

menu and prices we think 

you’ll like,” he said. “We ’re not 

going to get extravagant, but 

we’re not going to condone 

mediocrity either.” 

The restaurant serves 

mid-morning treats like 

muffins, scones and toasted 

sandwiches from 10am to 12 

noon, and a mini a la carte 

lunch menu from 12 noon to 

3pm, including soup, salads, 

tramezzini, homemade pies, 

beef or chicken burgers, and 

fish and chips. 

Delectable desserts include 

ice-cream and hot chocolate 

sauce, pancakes and waffles. 

There is also tea and coffee 

and a liquor menu. 

The restaurant was named 

Hibiscus Room because of the 

many hibiscus plants in the 

park, and because “none of us 

know how to spell restaurant”, 

Truscott joked. 

“This project has been driven 

by one person – our Judy,” he 

said, referring to Settlers Park 

manager Judy Boland. 

FUN NIGHT OUT: From 

left, Rodney and 

Bianca Kleynhans with 

Norah Plaatjie and 

Nadine Swartz at the 

opening of the 

Hibiscus Room 

restaurant at Settlers 

Pa r k 

TEAM EFFORT: Fr o m 

left, architect Rick 

Betts and builder 

Bruce Lloyd with 

Settlers Park manager 

Judy Boland and 

chairman of the board 

Jim Truscott at the 


Hibiscus Room 

restaurant at the 

retirement village last 

Fr i d a y 

Pictures: JON HOUZET 

RELAX IN STYLE: 

Kathryn and Allan 

Sheridan enjoying the 

ambience at the 


Hibiscus Room 

restaurant at Settlers 

Pa r k

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CLASSIFIED INDEX 

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ANNOUCEMENTS 

1010 Births 

1040 Engagements 

1050 Marriages 

1070 Deaths 

1100 In Memoriam 

1220 Congrats / Best Wishes 

1230 Birthday Greetings 

1290 Thanks 

2. PERSONAL 

2070 Health & Beauty 

2110 Lifts 

2140 Lost 

2142 Found 

2240 Personal Services 

3. ENTERTAINMENT 

3060 Entertainment General 

5. SERVICE & SALES GUIDE 

5010 Education & Tuition 

5090 Plumbing 

5100 Electrical Services 

5120 Building Services 

5122 Home Maintenance 

5160 Walls / Fencing 

5190 Painting / Decorating 

5210 Pools, Spas, Accessories 

5260 Computer Services 

5330 Photography 

5360 Garden Services 

5380 Special Services 

5451 For Sale 

5480 Horses 

5510 Kennels and Pets 

5550 Misc Wanted 

5551 Wanted Known 

5570 Removals and Storage 

5630 Services Offered 

5640 Shuttle Services 

6. EMPLOYMENT 

6140 Education & Training 

6150 Employment Wanted 

6151 Employment 

6170 Estate Agents 

6370 Employment Wanted Domestic 

7. ACCOMMODATION 

7020 Accomm. Off / Wtd 

7060 Flats to Let 

7090 Houses to Let 

7151 Holiday Accommodation 

8. PROPERTY 

8010 Flats For Sale 

8050 Houses For Sale 

8161 Business Premises To Let 

8163 Business Premises For Sale 

9. MOTORING 

9070 Used Car Sales 

9440 Motorcycles 

2180 NOTICES 

1 

DOMESTIC 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

1230 

Birthday Greetings 

ŝŚĚĂŝŚĞ 

ŽĂĞĞĐŝĂů 

ŽŚĞĂŶĚĂŶ 

ŚŽŝůůďĞ 

ĐĞůĞďĂŶŐŚĞ 

ŚďŝŚĚĂŽŶ 

ŚĞŶĞ 

ŽĚůĞ 

ůůŽŽĞĚ 

ŝŶĚĂĞŐĂĚ 

ĂŶĚĂŶ 

2 

PERSONAL 

2070 

Health & Beauty 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact us 

for all your 

adversing 

needs. Tel: 

046 624 4356 

2070 

Health & Beauty 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ĐĄĆĬĲīİēİĶĠĥĘēĈ 

ēİĶĠĥĬıĥĢįĞĭĶ 

ĦīĠĩġĢĞĩĦīĤĴĦıĥĩĦģĢİĠĥĞĩĩĢīĤĢİ 

ĪĞĵĦĪĦķĦīĤĭĬıĢīıĦĞĩ 

ĆĬīıĞĠı 

ĖıĢĴĞįıĕĬĞġēĬįıĄĩģįĢġ 

Personal 

2230 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2240 

Personal Services 

 

 

ŽŶŽĮŐĂŶŝĂŽŶ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 

2260 

 

Žŵ 

ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂůĂĞŵĞŶ 

ĂĞŶ 

ŽŶŚůĂĐĐŽŶ 

Ğůů 

ŵĂŝů 

ůΛŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĐŽĂ 

SERVICES & SALES 

GUIDE 

Plumbing 

5 

5090 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5120 

Building Services 

 

 

 

ŽŵĞĂŶĚŽŵŵĞĐŝĂů 

 

ĂŶŵĞ 

5120 

Building Services 

 

 

 

 

Ž 

ŽůĨĞĚ 

Ğů 

Ă 

Ğůů 

ŝŶĐĂĞĞůŬŽŵ 

ůŝŶĞŝĚŽŶ 

5122 

Home Maintenance 

 

 

 

 

 

ŽŵĞůĞĐŝĐĂů 

ůŵďŝŶŐ 

ĂŝŶŐĞĐŝ 

ĂĞĞ 

ĞĂŝůĞĂŶŝŶŐ 

ĂŶŬůĞĂŶŝŶŐ 

Ğ 

5360 

Garden Services 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Sale 

 

 

5451 

 

 

 

 

 

5570 

Removals & Storage 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classified 

Deadline: 

Friday 10am 

for the 

following 

week’s 

publication. 

5510 

Kennels and Pets 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5550 

Misc. Wanted 

 

 

ĞŝĞŽĐŬĨŽŚĞŝ 

ĐŚĂŝŚŽĞĂĐĐĞ 

ĂŶŚŝŶŐŝŶĐůĚŝŶŐ 

ĨŶŝĞĐŽĐŬĞĐůĞ 

ŬŝĐŚĞŶĂŶĚĞůĞĐŝĐĂů 

ĂůŝĂŶĐĞŐůĂĂĞ 

ĂŝŶŶŐŽŶĂŵĞŶ 

ůŝŶĞŶĐĂŝŶĐůŽŚĞ 

ŽďŽŽŬďŝĐĂďĂĐĞĐ 

 

 

 

ĨŽŵŚŚĂ 

ŽůĨĞĚŽĂĚŽ 

ůĨĞĚĞů 

 

 

 

ŽŶĂĐŝŶĐĞŶ 

 

5630 

Services Offered 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ŶůŵŽďŝůĞĐĂĂŚ 

ĞŝĐĞŝŶŽŶ 

Ğů 

Call us 

if your 

business 

is about to 

celebrate 

something 

special. 

Call now on 

(046) 624 4356 

and find out more 

about our adversing 

features. 

5630 

Services Offered 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ĂŶĚΛĐĂĞĨŽĂůĂĞĐŽĂ 

ĐĂĞĨŽĂůĂĞĐŽĂ 

 

 

ŝŝĚĂŶĚ 

ĂŝĐŝĞŝŐŚŶŐ 

ŽĞĂĂŝůĂďůĞ 

ŽŶĂĐĂůĞŶĞ 

ŵĂŝůŵĂůĞŶĞΛ 

ĂůŬŝŶŐĂĚŝŽĐŽĂ 

 

 

 

Ğŝů 

Ž 

8 

PROPERTY 

8161 

Business Premises 

To Let 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 

ACCOMMODATION 

7020 

Accomm. Off / Wtd 

 

 

ŽůĞŝŚŐĂĚĞŶ 

ĞŵŝĨŶŝŚĞĚď 

ĐĂŶďĞŶĨŶŝŚĞĚŝĨ 

ĞĨĞĞĚ 

ĞŵŽŶŚŽŶĂĐ 

ĂŶ 

Advertising Deadline: 

Friday 10am for the 

following week’s publication. 

Flats to Let 

7060 

 

 

 

ďĂŚŽŽŵĂŶĚĂ 

ŶŶůŽŶŐĞŝŚĂĞůů 

ĞŝĞĚŬŝĐŚĞŶŐĂŚŽď 

ŝĂĞŶŶĐŽĂĚ 

ĞĐĞĂŬŝŶŐŽŽĚ 

ůŽĐĂŽŶŽŶĞĂŶŬ 

ůĞĐŝĐŝĂĞĂŶĚŝŝ 

ŝŶĐůĚĞĚŽůĚ 

ŝŵĂĞĚĞŶ 

ůĞĂĞŚŽŶĞŝŶĚ 

ŽŝĞ 

Flats to Let 

7060 

 

 

ŶŝŚĞĚ 

ĞĐůĚŝŶŐĞůĞĐŝĐŝ 

ŽĞŽŵĂůů 

ĐŚŝůĚĞŶŽŶĂĐ 

ĞŶŽŶĂΛ 

 

 

9 

MOTORING 

9070 

Used Car Sales 

Quality Select Used Vehicles 

2007 VW CITI 1.4 R 47 500 

2010 HYUNDAI i20 1.6 R102 500 

2010 NISSAN LIVINA 1.6 ACENTA 

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2011 VW POLO VIVO 1.4 A/C 5DR R 92 500 

2012 TOYOTA ETIOS 1.5 XS R 99 900 

2013 CHEV SPARK LITE LS R 77 500 

2014 VW POLO VIVO 1.4 A/C 5DR R124 900 

2014 FORD KUGA 1.6 EcoBOOST 

AMBIENTE R249 900 

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 

2014 CHEVROLET UTILITY 1.8 SPORT 

R172 500 

2015 NISSAN NP200 1.6 A/C SAFETY 

PACK R 99 900 

6150 

Employment Wtd. 

AGNES is looking for 

domestic work. Mondays & 

Thursdays including 

weekends. Shes hardworking 

and reliable. 

Phone: 063 2433 8777 

BABALWA is looking for 

full /part time domestic 

work. Friendly, good with 

kids. A good cook as well. 

Available immediately. 

Phone: 071 819 6676 

CYNTHIA 

is seeking 

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has more than 10 yrs. 

experience. Shes good 

with general cleaning, 

ironing & child care. For 

reference please Phone: 

083 425 1672. CYNTHIA: 

073 2172 936 

EDNA MLOTSHWA 

is 

seeking full/part time 

domestic work. Phone: 

083 477 1324 

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is looking for 

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work. Has good cooking & 

baking skills. Phone: 

078 8351 147 

LUNGELWA is looking for 

work as a pre-school 

practitioner. She has more 

than 8 years experience. 

Shes reliable, honest and 

loves children. Has a grade 

12 certificate and a level5 

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development qualification. 

Phone: 063 3687 322 

MATILDA is seeking 

domestic work. Wednesdays 

& Thursdays only. 

References available. 

Phone: 083 8620 609 

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is a Zimbabwean female 

looking for housekeeping 

work. Phone: 084 965 9563 

NOZI is seeking domestic 

work. Tuesdays, 

Wednesdays & Fridays 

only. For reference please 

phone: 082210 2844. 

Nozi: 073 393 0574 

SICHULLA KAMPARAMI is 

a hardworking female 

looking for housekeeping 

work. Available 

immediately. Phone: 

062 7066 468 

SIPHOKAZI JAKAVULA 

is 

seeking general work. Ha 

good cooking skills. With 

contactable references. 

Phone: 078 379 7763 

6151 

Employment Offered 

 

 

 

 

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ĂůŝĮĞĚďĂďĞŽ 

ũŽŝŶŶĞďĂďĞŚŽ 

ŝŶŽŶŽŽĚ 

ĐŽŵŵŝŝŽŶĞů 

ŝŶĐĞŶ 

6170 

Estate Agents 

TOP PRICES PAID FOR GOOD CLEAN VEHICLES 

Tel : 046 624 8468 

Shop A1, 90 Albany Road 

6 

ĞĐĞŵĂŬĞ 

ŽŶĂŝŶŽĐŬŶŝ 

ŝŚĞĂŝĞĂŶĚŝĞ 

EMPLOYMENT 

ŝĞŝŚŝŶŐůĞŐĂĂŐĞ 

ŵ 

ŽĂŐĞĨĂĐŝůŝ 

ŵ 

ďĞĚŽŽŵŚŽŵĞ 

ŽŽŝĞŚĞĐŚŽŽů 

ŵ 

 

 

 

 

 

ŏ 

ůůŶŝŚĞĚďĞĚ 

ďĂŚŇĂŝŚŝŶŐůĞŐĂĂŐĞ 

ĞŵŽŶŚ 

ďĞĚďĂŚŚŽĞ 

ĚŽďůĞŐĂĂŐĞŽŽŝĞ 

ĐŚŽŽůĞĨŝĞŶĚů 

ĞŵŽŶŚ 

ďĞĚďĂŚŽĞŶ 

ůĂŶŚŽŵĞŝŶĞĐĞ 

ĐŽŵůĞĚŽďůĞŐĂĂŐĞ 

ŝŚŐĂĚĞŶ 

ĞŵŽŶŚ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RENTALS PROPERTIES 

REQUIRED FOR 

QUALIFIED TENANTS! 

All Tenants are screened and 

Credit checks are done. 

We update payment profile 

at the national credit bureau. 

Contact us for professional 

and Experienced property 

management. 

Contact Arlene Du Plessis 

at Remax Kowie 

Tel: 046 624 1110 

arlene@remaxkowie.co.za



AUTO REPAIRS & SERVICES 

Motor Mate 

Tel: 046 624 5508 

CAR WASH 

Phil's Car Wash 

Cell: 082 600 2885 

COURIER SERVICES 

L&W Couriers 

Tel: 046 624 8043, Cell: 072 711 0094 

DENTIST 

Dr. D. de Vos 

Tel: 046 624 5111 

Help 

Guide 

AWNINGS, BLINDS & CARPORTS 

The Shade Factor 

Murray & Sandy: 082 366 9878 

BUILDING & ALTERATIONS 

Trimax Construction - Jacques Broodryk 

Cell: 082 367 7801 or Cell: 082 565 3205 

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY 

CLEANING 

Sunshine Cleaning / Homecare 

Michael: 076 792 4884 or 083 442 8208 

Kwikdri Cleaners/Carpets/ Walls etc. 

Darryl Holland 071 429 0028 

COMPUTER & PRINTER 

SERVICES 

Com Office 

Tel: 046 624 3123 / 3175 

CalComp Technologies 

Cell: 0793 358 277 

Nationwide Port to Port Couriers 

Tel: 046 624 1215, Cell: 087 354 0804 

DSTV 

Volcanik 

Tel: 046 624 3630 

GAS SUPPLIES & SERVICES 

Icon Hair 

Tel: 046 624 1265 

ELECTRICIAN 

JD Electrical 

John Dacombe 083 276 4627 

FRIDGE & FREEZER REPAIRS 

Domestic & Industrial 

Carel 082 451 6916 

LP Gaz 

Tel: 046 624 8070 

Gas.comm 

Tel: 082 441 1555 

GLASS & ALUMINIUM 

PG Glass - Grahamstown 

Tel: 046 622 2950, Cell: 082 800 9276 

HAIR STYLISTS 

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Harcourts - Glynis Mather-Pike 

Tel: 046 624 5222, Cell: 082 604 2733 

MARINE & POWER PRODUCTS 

Mr. Water Yamaha 

Landline: 046 624 4012 

Andre: 082 566 7774, Karen: 084 814 1139 

OPTOMETRIST 

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Tel: 046 624 4558 

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FRAMING & SIGNAGE 

The Frameworks & Sign Co. 

Kerry: 046 624 1716, Cell: 082 730 7573 

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Tony King: 046 624 4044 

TYRES 

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Tel: 046 624 4190 

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Tel: 046 624 9034 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MILKWOODS BRIDGE CLUB 

The interesting thing about this board is not that most N/S pairs were in a contract 

of 1 or 2 NT making 8 tricks, but that one South passed in 4th position. This pair 

naturally received a low score for their timidity, writing ‘ALL PASSED’ on the score 

sheet. The Acol system states that one must open the bidding with 12 points. If not 

playing Acol, presumably this South would open 1 Club. If partner replies 1 Spade, 

what is South’s next bid? Surely it would be 1NT in their system, getting to the same 

place in 2 rounds of bidding as Acol players get to in one round. This ‘ALL PASSED’ 

pair must have been using the old-fashioned system which stated that one had to 

have 13 points to open the bidding. 

Another interesting thing about this board is that most modern Acol Souths would not 

open a 12/13 point 1NT in 4th position. They would open the 4-card suit and pass 

whatever partner called. In this case, North says 2NT with 11 points, and there they 

are with 8 tricks for a shared top. 

MBC RESULTS……….19 May ‘16 

1. H.Clohessy & G.Wansell 57.3% 

2. P.Bailes & G.Ford 53.1% 

3. M.Wesselo & A.Ward 50.0% 

All other scores were below average. 

 

ŵůŽŵĞŶŽŶŝŽůŽŶ 

ŝůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽĂĂůŝĮĞĚĐŽŶůĂŶĨŽĂŶ 

ĂĂŝůĂďůĞŽŝŽŶůŝĐĂŶŵŽĚĐĞŚĞ 

ĨŽůůŽŝŶŐĚŽĐŵĞŶĂŽŶĂŶĚĐĞĮĐĂĞ 

ŽŚĂĞĞĂŽŬĞĞŝĞŶĐĞŝŶŽ 

ŚĞŽŝŽŶŝůůĞŶĂŝůĞŵŽĞŽŚŽŶĞ 

ŽŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐŽĨŚŽŶŐĞŶŝŽŶŵĞŶĂŶĚ 

ŽŶŝĞĐŽŶůŶŐůĞĂĞĞŶĚŚŽŐŚŽ 

ũŽďΛŝŶĞĐŽĂŽĚŽŽīĂŽůŽŶĂ 

ŽĨŝĐĂŶĞĞĂŚĂŵŽŶ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Results for Monday, 23 May 2016 

A Section (9 tables) 

N-S 1st N Wood & M Newport 60.0% 

2nd K Wong & J Faulkner 55.1% 

E-W 1st R Rodrigues & A Ridderhof 72.2% 

2nd Linglis & G Wansell 58.3% 

C Section (7 tables) 

N-S 1st D McCarthy & C Grobbelaar 65.8%% 

2nd W Emslie & J Worrall 55.4% 

E-W 1st A Paling & R Wicks 54.2% 

2nd Ann & Tom Kelly 51.8% 

Board 22: Dealer E, E-W vul. 

BELLY DANCE DIVAS: World Belly Dance Day was 

held on May 14, uniting dancers around the 

world in celebrating the art of belly dance. 

Local belly dance instructor Twan Badenhorst 

said the day was inspired by the idea of holding 

an event that would serve as a reminder that 

belly dance is an art form, a cultural event, a 

sport, and social and family entertainment. It is 

also a wonderful chance to help those in need. 

Each year a different charity gets chosen by the 

studio hosting the event and this year proceeds 

went to the Eastern Cape horse care unit. 

Zaharas studio in Port Elizabeth were the hosts 

and dancers from East London as well as Fella’s 

Dance School from Port Alfred took part 

DO YOU NEED 

1. Roman Blinds 

2. Curtains 

3. Curtain Alterations 

4. New Linings/Tape 

5. Cushions Re-covered 

6. Any soft domestic sewing 

PHONE MINTY 

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PORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUB 

Bidding these hands is easy if you play a strong 1C system with control showing responses: After East’s 

1C West bids 2D showing 6 controls (A =2 and K= 1 control) thus East knows that West has two Aces 

and two Kings. As soon as the trump suit is established as hearts East will bid 6H. It doesn’t matter if 

North bids 3S, because East will bid 4H and West 5H. 

Alternatively the bidding might be:- 

¹ 0 or 3 controls 

East takes note of the ‘weak’ 3S bid together with the passes from South 

to decide that East is showing 3 controls. 

West in answering the 4NT ‘RKCB’bid must assume that hearts have 

been agreed as trumps. 

Results by section 

A Section 3NT+4; 4H+3 (4); 5NT+2; 6H+! (3) 

C Section 4H+2; 4H+3 (2); 6H=; 6H+1 (2); 6NT= 

Full results at: www.pabridge.co.za, including details of all the hands. 

Need a partner, or want to improve your bridge? Contact us; phone Joy at 084 242 7777



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXCITING EVENT: 

Friends, from left, 

Micky Kelly, Gay Ford 

and Doreen 

McCarthy perused 

the menu at the 


Hibiscus Room 

restaurant at 

Settlers Park last 

Fr i d a y 

Picture: JON HOUZET 

 

ĂůĂĚŽĞůŽĞŽĨŚĞŝĞŽĞůŽ 

 

ŝĂďůĞĂůŝĮĐĂŽŶŝŶŽŽĚΘĞĞĂŐĞĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶŽĂ 

ůĞĂĞĂĞĞŝĞŶĐĞŝŶŚĞĮĞůĚŝŶĂůŝŬĞĂĞŶŝŽŶŵĞŶ 

ĞŝĞŶĐĞŝŶŚĞĞŵĂŶĚŝůůďĞŽĨĂĚĂŶĂŐĞ 

ŚĞĂůĂĚŽĞůŝĂŶŝŵůŽĞĂŶĚŚĞĞĨŽĞĞĨĞĞŶĐĞ 

ŝůůďĞŐŝĞŶŽĂŶĐĂŶĚŝĚĂĞŝĨĞĂůůĂůŝĮĞĚ 

ŚĞĞŶĞĂůĂŶĂŐĞ 

 

ĂŶĂŐĞ Ăůů Θ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŽĚĂ ŽĞĂŽŶ ŝŚŝŶ ďĚŐĞĞĚ 

ŐŝĚĞůŝŶĞĂŶĚŽŚĞŚŝŐŚĞĂŶĚĂĚ 

ĞĞĞĞĐĞůůĞŶůĞĞůŽĨŝŶĞŶĂůĂŶĚĞĞŶĂůĐŽŵĞĞŝĐĞ 

ĞŝŐŶ ĞĐĞŽŶĂů ŵĞŶ ĐŚĂĞ ŐŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶŶŽů 

ŵĂŬĞŶĞĐĞĂŝŵŽĞŵĞŶ 

ĚĞŶĨĐŽŵĞŶĞĞĚĂŶĚĞŽŶĚŽĂĐĞůŽĂůůŽĨŚĞŝ 

ĐŽŶĐĞŶ 

ĞĂĚΘĞĂŵďĂĂĐŶŐĞĐŝŶŐĂŝŶŝŶŐĂŶĚĂĂŝŝŶŐ 

ĂůĞŶĞĚĞŽŶŶĞů 

ĂďůŝŚĂŐĞĐŚĞĚůĞŽůŝĐŝĞĂŶĚŽĐĞĚĞ 

ŽŝĚĞĂŽĂĐŽŵŵŶŝĐĂŽŶĂŶĚ ŶĞĂŶŽŶĞŚŝ 

ĞŶŝŽŶŵĞŶŝŚĞŵŚĂŝŝŶŵŽĂŽŶĂŶĚĞĂŵŽŬ 

ŽŵůŝŚĂůůŚĞĂůŚĂŶĚĂĨĞĞŐůĂŽŶ 

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Mind-blowing 

mutant action 

JON HOUZET 

X-Men: Apocalypse, with James 

McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, 

Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Lawrence, 

Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne. 

Directed by Bryan Singer. 4.5/5 

THE younger versions of the 

X-Men are back, and facing 

probably their greatest foe ever in 

the form of En Sabah Nur aka 

Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), the 

world’s oldest mutant with 

near-godlike powers. 

We learn that Nur’s origins are in 

ancient Egypt, and he has attained 

immortality by transferring his soul 

into a new host body when the old 

body ages. But it’s an elaborate 

process, and his enemies strike 

when he is vulnerable, sealing him 

inside a tomb for more than 5 000 

years. 

Fast forward to 

1983, some 

misguided 

excavations and 

unfor tunately 

timed sunlight, 

and Nur is 

awakened. The 

power he exerts 

to free himself is felt around the 

globe. 

Dismayed that humans have 

taken over the world, he seeks out 

fellow mutants to recruit as his 

“Four Horsemen of the 

Apocalypse”, which supposedly 

inspired the biblical reference. 

The first one he comes across is 

a young Ororo aka Storm 

(Alexandra Shipp), who has been 

using her ability to conjure storms 

to provide a distraction for her 

shoplif ting. 

A visit to mutant power broker 

Caliban attracts his bodyguard 

Psylocke (Olivia Munn) to Nur’s 

cause. She in turn leads him to 

Angel (Ben Hardy), who is licking 

his wounds after being forced to 

compete in cage fighting. 

AT THE 

FIVE STARS 

MOVIES 

What’s hot or not at the box office 

GOING THE DISTANCE: Port 

Alfred High School is very 

proud of first team hockey 

player Yodwa Mthimkhulu 

who was recently selected 

to the U19 EP Hockey B 

Team Picture: ALYSSA DAVIS 

The fourth and most tragic 

horseman turns out to be Erik 

Lehnsherr aka Magneto (Michael 

Fassbender) who had retreated to 

a quiet life with a wife and 

daughter in Poland before 

circumstances again compel him 

to wreak vengeance against 

humanit y. 

In the meantime Mystique 

(Jennifer Lawrence) has been 

liberating oppressed mutants like a 

young Nightcrawler (Kodi 

Smit-McPhee), but heads to 

Professor Charles Xavier’s (James 

McAvoy) School for Gifted 

Youngsters when she hears what 

happened to Lehnsherr. 

The school has grown and 

among the new students soon to 

become major players are Jean 

Grey (Sophie Turner from Game of 

Thrones) and Scott Summers (Tye 

Sheridan), whose Cyclops powers 

have just 

emerged. 

One of the 

best roles is 

that of 

Quicksilver 

(Evan Peters), 

who has an 

opportunity to display his 

superhuman speed in a spectacle 

even more exciting and 

entertaining than his debut in 

X-Men: Days of Future Past. 

The forces of good and evil come 

into cataclysmic conflict back in 

Egypt, with the fate of the entire 

world in the balance. 

With a villain like Apocalypse 

there almost has to be a deus ex 

machina to solve the problem. But 

it is well handled, and points 

forward to something that happens 

in one of the earlier movies, but 

which actually happens later in the 

timeline. 

Full of thrills, action and amazing 

special effects, the story also 

provides some quieter moments 

and development of key 

characters. 

IN THE VILLAINS’ CORNER: From left, Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Apocalypse 

(Oscar Isaac) and Psylocke (Olivia Munn) in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’, now 

showing in 3D at Rosehill Cinema



Grahamstown 

THISWEEK 

CONTACT US 

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

... with Sid Penney 

ON THE BALL: PJ Olivier player Janica Engelbrecht, left, beats her Linkside High School opponent 

in their first-team hockey clash in Grahamstown on Saturday, while Jody Geldenhuys watches the 

action 

WAITING GAME: Rene Barnardt, foreground, and her PJ Olivier first-team hockey teammates, and 

Linkside High School players wait for the ball to be hit goalwards in their clash in Grahamstown on 

S at u r d a y 

W H AT ’S YOUR NAME? 

Residents who are comfortable with the idea of 

Grahamstown being renamed Makhanda, need 

just sit back and wait for the official 

announcement of the change. However, there 

are those who vehemently oppose the proposed 

name change, and they will need to submit 

their objections in writing to the Eastern Cape 

Provincial Geographical Names Committee by 

June 6. 

VARIETY GALORE 

The stage of the Guy Butler Theatre in the 

Monument will be bustling with activity from 

7pm tomorrow when Rotary Sunset stages its 

G r a h a m st o w n ’s Got Talent concert, with a wide 

variety of local talent. 

Among the acts are soloists from local 

schools, a jazz group, Movements Dance 

School, iRhini Suzuki Strings, a saxophone 

ensemble, Amaphiko Dancers and a school 

choir. Tickets are R60 each and will be available 

at the door. Proceeds go to Rotary’s community 

projects. 

STILL GOING STRONG 

Quite a few Grahamstown businesses are still 

trading under the same names and titles as 

they did in the ’60s, although they’ve 

undergone ownership changes in the interim. 

Knight & Co Shoe Store, under the ownership 

of Mr D Quick at 38 High Street on the edge of 

Church Square back in the mid-’60s, still 

operates there but under different ownership. 

And, they now have a branch at Heritage Mall in 

Port Alfred. 

Around the corner in Hill Street was the 

Grahamstown Building Society, and it’s still 

there, in the same building, but doing business 

as GBS Mutual Bank. None of the ’60s staff is 

on the payroll anymore, or am I mistaken? 

At 123 and 125 High Street, the Graham Hotel 

was owned by Benny and Bella Goldberg in the 

’60s, but now the Repinz family owns the 

extended business. 

And it has undergone several upgrades since 

the new owners took over. 

There will be locals – and former locals – 

who will no doubt miss the Graham Ballroom 

where many a dance and club function were 

held, as well as the men’s bar just off the 

pavement. Anyone remember the bar’s name? 

PANNING OUT FOR THE BAND 

In May 1997, the Graeme College steel band 

was awarded three gold medal certificates at 

the Grahamstown Eisteddfod. 

On Thursday last week, the steel band, under 

the leadership of music teacher Sylvester 

Appollis, received a special mention award 

(+90%) and a medal for best high school 

percussion band at the Port Rex Lions 

Eisteddfod in East London. 

Meanwhile, this month also marks the 20th 

anniversary of the band, having been formed in 

May 1996 by Steve Lawrie and Vivienne 

H a c k s l e y. 

BAZAAR AND BOOKS 

This is a reminder of two events being held this 

Saturday, both fund-raisers that the organisers 

TRENCH TROUBLES: For several months, many Grahamstown streets have been adversely affected 

by a myriad trenches dug for purposes of replacing underground pipes. The worst affected of 

these streets have been Somerset Street, above, and African Street. The situation in Somerset 

Street has seen traffic flow restricted to one lane in places 

Pictures: SID PENNEY 

are hoping will bring in the crowds and lots of 

cash. Up on the hill at PJ Olivier is the NG Kerk 

bazaar from 10am, while the Grahamstown Feral 

Cat Project holds a book sale outside Wallace’s 

Pharmacy in Pepper Grove Mall from 8am to 

12.30pm. 

GREY DOMINATES 

Grey High School from Port Elizabeth defeated 

Graeme College 52-11 in their first 15 rugby 

clash in Grahamstown on Saturday. Meanwhile, 

St Andrew’s College firsts lost 17-26 to Selborne 

College in Grahamstown, and Kingswood 

College firsts defeated Port Rex Technical High 

in East London 49-20. 

WALK A DOG 

Buddy, Butch or Fido, or whatever your canine 

friend’s name is, they’re all invited to take part 

in the Lumo dog walk over 5km this S at u r d ay. 

The event begins at Albany Sports Club at 

4.30pm, with registration from 4pm. 

Dog owners will pay an entry fee of R25 each, 

while the dogs’ entry fee is a can of pet food. 

Dogs must be on leashes, and prizes will be 

awarded. The event is being held under the 

auspices of the SPCA, and sponsored by Pam 

Golding Properties. 

MATHS OLYMPIAD 

Congratulations to Nic Kroon of St Andrew’s 

College on his selection to take part in the 57th 

International Mathematics Olympiad in Hong 

Kong from July 6–16. 

ALWAYS OPERA 

Sempre Opera presents Always Opera in the 

Beethoven Room at Rhodes from 3pm on 

Sunday with well-known arias, duets and 

ensembles from operas by Mozart, Verdi, 

Puccini and Bizet. 

The performing artists are Jo-Nette LeKay 

(soprano), Linette van der Merwe (mezzosoprano), 

Chris Mostert (tenor), Paul Ferreira 

(piano) and Christiaan Snyman (bass-baritone). 

Tickets are R70 (adults) and R30 (concessions). 

PROVINCIAL SELECTIONS 

A good number of St Andrew’s College players 

have been selected for Eastern Province hockey 

teams to take part in upcoming tournaments. 

They are: U18A – Luke Hobson, Ross Vides and 

Peter Tharratt; U18B – Jonty Hoard, Thabo 

Sifumba and Richard Brown; U16A – Josh Marx 

and Peter Jarvis; U16B – Ryan Stoddart and 

Jurgens Swart; U14 – Nick Barlow, Jason 

Thomas, James Mullins and Jonathan 

S h a m wa n a . 

LONG WAY FOR A VIVA 

In this edition of Talk of the Town there’s an 

advertising feature dealing with General Motors 

dealership Kenrich Motors. It reminded me of 

the time in June 1966 when I hitch-hiked from 

Mafeking (correct spelling in those days, I 

assure you) to Grahamstown while doing my 

military service at 3SRS radar station. 

Once in Grahamstown, I took delivery of a 

demo model 1966 Vauxhall Viva from local 

General Motors agents Williams Hunt. To the 

best of my knowledge, Tim Slatem was 

Williams Hunt manager then, and Wally Kent 

the man who sold me the Viva. 

After showing off with the Viva around town 

for a couple of days, I drove it all the way back 

to 3SRS to show it off there. There is a 

possibility, I believe, that a couple of former 

Williams Hunt employees are living along the 

Sunshine Coast and in Port Elizabeth. 

S E L E CT E D 

A total of 11 Grahamstown players were invited 

to take part in the Meyer Sauerman rugby 

tournament at Pearson High School in Port 

Elizabeth last Saturday, an event that acts as 

the preliminary rounds of provincial selection. 

They were: Merit A team – Sazi Sandi and Tim 

Bloem (both St Andrew’s College) and Lutho 

Nomyi and Athi Halom (both Kingswood 

College). Merit B team – Thembi Mangwana 

(Kingswood), Matt Moore (St Andrew’s) and Azi 

Mngcongo (Graeme College). Country Districts 

Academy A – Ollie Losaba and Siba Mzanywa 

(both Kingswood). Country Districts Academy B 

– Ewan Peters and Esona Mrwetyana (both 

Kingswood). 

HOME AND AWAY 

Kingswood College’s senior rugby teams, 

including the first 15, are at home on Saturday 

to Dale College from King William’s Town, while 

G r a h a m st o w n ’s two other colleges are headed 

in the same direction on Saturday. 

St Andrew’s College is off to Port Elizabeth to 

play Grey High School, while Graeme College’s 

teams travel to Humansdorp where they come 

up against Nico Malan High School. 

At the same time that Graeme travels to 

Humansdorp, so too will Victoria Girls’ High 

School’s hockey players, who will also meet 

Nico Malan. 

OLD-TIME SODAS 

A couple of weeks ago, I wondered whether 

readers remember Kool Aid powdered soft drink 

in packets. Well, Derrick Fellows of Port Alfred 

certainly does remember Kool Aid, and wonders 

if anybody remembers the Grahamstown 

Aerated Water Company. 

He writes: “Before the advent of a certain 

all-conquering cola, Grahamstown produced its 

own colddrinks which were sold for a tickey a 

bottle; that’s 2.5 cents to you youngsters. 

As I recall, they occupied premises in 

Anglo-African Street, diagonally across from the 

side entrance to the then Post Office. However, I 

may be open to correction on this score.” 

Just typesetting this story has made me 

thirsty! Where’s that ice-cold Coke? 

SCHOL ARSHIPS 

Miles Jackson, a Grade 7 pupil at The Ridge 

School in Johannesburg, has been awarded the 

Boxer Scholarship for entry into St Andrew’s 

College next year. 

St Andrew’s has awarded 11 scholarships to 

attend the school. 

Cameron Rafferty, presently in Grade 7 at 

Graeme College, is another of those awarded St 

Andrew’s scholarships. 

STRINGING ALONG 

There’s some string quartet action in the St 

Andrew’s College Drill Hall from 7.30pm today 

with the inaugural concert of the newly 

established GATE quartet – Duncan Samson 

(viola), Lizzie Rennie (viola), Hayley Jackson 

(violin) and Lindsay Johnston (cello). Entry at 

the door is R50, with pupils free.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CORNER 

... rolls that count 

THE rollover which took 

place last Tuesday was 

not won so next month 

there will be an even 

bigger kitty for 

someone to take home. 

The draw will take 

place on Wednesday 

June 1. 

Congratulations to 

the winners of our first 

Radue Optometrists 

sponsored afternoon. 

Roger Darkes and 

Mercia Kruger were the 

first prize winners, 

second prize winners 

were Jill Pople and 

Lorna Clayton and the 

third prize went to Phyl 

Russel and Lynn 

Petersen. Well done to 

you all. 

A reminder that the 

closing date for entry in 

the Club Championship 

for the B division is May 

31, and A division, June 

30. Any players who are 

still interested in joining 

us for our friendly 

match day in East 

London on June 12 

must please put their 

names on the list in the 

clubroom. 

Happy birthday to our 

green keeper Peter 

Wansell for tomorrow. 

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Kenton Bowling Club 

LAST weekend saw the playing of some more Eastern 

Areas (EA) Singles at Kenton, Kowie and Port Alfred 

BC. 

The novices at Kenton included Ivor Rule, Brian 

Aldag and Addie Wolf. Brian won his section with a 

tight game against David Tyrell of Kowie, so goes 

through to the next playoff. Well done Brian. 

In the seniors at PABC, Kenton players included 

Rob Croly, Bill Bedford, Tim Bradbury and Ken Nixon, 

but unfortunately none of our members won through. 

For the coming weekend there will be more singles 

play at Kenton and PABC and on Sunday there will be 

finals at Kowie BC. 

A small comment here – spectators are important 

but movement or noise adjacent to the game can 

break a player’s concentration. 

Last Thursday, due to overcast and chilly weather 

and the monthly trips the following day, the turnout 

was small for the weekly Supa Bucks Competition, 

which was won by Rob Smith, with Dave Wallace, 

Anthony Copeman and Helen Laufs with a score of 8 

+ 11 shots. 

The Friday sponsored Personal Trust Trips saw 22 

teams taking to the greens in quite nice weather. The 

winners were a close tie but on a count out Lionel 

Howarth, with Anthony Copeman and wife Marietjie, 

won with a score of 21 + 19. 

Second was Rob Croly’s team, also on 21 + 19. Third 

was George Chowles with 21 +12 and fourth Dave 

McNeill with 20 + 13. 

Keith Andrews of Personal Trust played in one team 

and at the end gave out the prizes. Thanks Keith for 

being with us. 

For the 20 end skin wins, Roxy Roxburgh with wife, 

Jenny and Marlene Hendriks, received three end 

prizes. 

There were some quite high scores called out. Roxy 

incidentally, together with Ron Ball and Wendy Austin, 

is one of the oldest members of our club of some 30 

to 40 years. 

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TAKING THE TROPHY: The 

winners of the Kowie Night 

Bowls competition were the 

MR Financial Services team 

of, from left, Clint 

Roesstorff, Peter Hains, 

Doepie Pittaway and, right, 

Mandy Roesstorff, with 

Pick n Pay manager Werner 

Pienaar, who handed out 

the prizes 

Picture: JON HOUZET 

Marlene Franklin, who drew out number 168, which 

belonged to, amazingly, Marlene Franklin! 

So tomorrow night the draw will go back to R500. 

The two braais have been modified. Fire bricks 

supplied by Keith Benson were cut to size by Don 

Young and installed by Stompie, which raised the 

height of the coals so no one can complain about the 

lack of heat. Great teamwork. 

During the evening, auctioneer Rodney Austin 

auctioned two tins of special bully beef for club 

funds. The first raised R130 and was so popular that 

the second went for R150! If anyone has a useful 

unwanted article that could be auctioned for club 

funds in future, please speak to Rodney. 

Duties for week May 30 to June 5 are: Cashier – 

Don Young, Bar – Stompie Bellingan and Addie Wolf. 

Tailpiece: Teach your children about taxes .. . eat 

30% of their ice cream. 

PA Bowling and Croquet Club 

Last Saturday saw the EA open men’s singles played 

at our club. 

Our only entry in this division, David Freeme, won 

all three of his games. Well done David. 

On Sunday, EA singles games proved successful for 

Maureen Heale (ladies’ open), Phil Taylor, Noel Heale, 

and Trevor Frost (men’s open), and John Hodges 

(novice men’s), who will play in the finals of their 

sections this Sunday at Kowie Bowling Club. Good 

luck and good bowling all. 

The mixed drawn fours round one were played on 

Tuesday and the Doris Ford on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Radue-sponsored competition will be played on 

Saturday. What amazing weather all the bowlers have 

enjoyed, sunny and windless – perfect autumn days. 

We had a great turnout for our Personal Trust 

competition on May 17 and the winners were David 

Freeme and his team of Emil Jurgensen and Rory 

Mason-Jones, second was Sheila Penny and her 

team, third Colette Reid and her team and fourth was 

Sylvia Prevost’s team. 

Well done everyone and grateful thanks to Personal 

Tr u st . 

Duties for May 31 to June 4: Tabs – Jenny 

Wallace and Emil Jurgensen, Bar – David and Mary 

Boyd, Hein Strombeck, Ironing – Colin Barnard. 

Thanks to all our volunteers who give so much of 

their time and talents to our club. 

Kowie Bowling Club 

Last Tuesday we played the normal Megabucks 

competition and I am afraid I have lost my records for 

the day. 

Then last Thursday we played the Ocean Basket 

competition and I can remember that Don Kelly filled 

in the ladies’ section and won the ladies’ section with 

two ladies. 

In the men’s section, Michael van de Sandt’s team 

won the competition and all winners are off to the 

Ocean Basket to enjoy a meal. Thank you to Ocean 

B a s ke t . 

On Friday night we ran the finals of the Pick n Pay 

Night Bowls tournament in perfect weather, with the 

Lions Club pumping out music across the green. After 

the round robin sectional play was completed, it was 

playing cross section for placing. 

The top position was played between last year’s 

winner MR Financials against Kenny’s Sports Bar, and 

what a tense game it was, with Kenny’s taking the 

early lead, being eight shots up on the 10th end. 

Then MR made their comeback, picking up eight 

shots in four ends to peel on 16 each at the 14th end. 

With one end to play, the game could have gone 

either way. Peter Hains delivered his first bowl onto 

the jack and that is how it stayed until the last bowl 

by Mike Kenny. 

His bowl touched the MR bowl and it rolled with 

the jack and Mike’s bowl stood upright next to it then 

fell over to be second shot. What a game and MR 

Financial won the tournament again. 

Then we ran the Swindle raffle for a bottle of 

whisky, sponsored by Pick n Pay, and Bronwyn from 

Albany Insurance Brokers won her second raffle of the 

tournament. Pick n Pay manager Werner Pienaar 

handed over the prizes to all participants, starting at 

No 16 and working up to the top. Pick n Pay took the 

wooden spoon and the top slots went to: fifth – Buco, 

fourth – Team Mega, third – Leach Pharmacy, second 

– Kenny’s Sports Bar and first – MR Financials. 

With all the thank-yous completed, a finger supper 

was served compliments of Pick n Pay, our main 

sponsor, which does so much to make this such a 

successful and enjoyable competition. 

Then to the Lions Club, we really appreciate your 

presence in our boma above the green, with your 

music pumping out and the aromas of braai m e at 

wafting over the green. 

Sunday was another full day of bowls with the EA 

Ladies’ Open Singles competition being played in two 

sections. 

Section one was won by G Bartlett (Albany) and 

Delene Deenik (Kowie) was runner-up on the same 

points, with Gwen having a one shot profit advantage. 

Section two was won by M Heale (PA) and the 

runner-up was M Jacobs (Albany). The two winners 

will go through to the finals this weekend at the 

Kowie Club with all other singles finals. 

Duties for week May 30 to June 5: Greens – 

(Roll) Tony Brown, (Mark) Rob Turner and Bob Ford, 

Tabs – (Cash) Jean Botma, (Select) Sally Moffat, Bar 

– Lawrie May and Rob Sandiland.



Wednesday May 18: Pick n Pay four-ball alliance, 

with 104 players. 

Results: 

1st: Corrie van Zyl, Freek van Rooyen, Noel Stötter, 

Bob Shaw - 98 

2nd: Okkie Pieterse, Rick van Zyl, Charlie Poulton, 

Viv Jordan - 94 

3rd: Derick Sinclair, Dallas Cowie, Ken Banks, Nick 

Oosthuizen - 94 

4th: Ian Moncur, Richard Farndell, Rob Hoar, 

Dennis White - 94 

Two clubs 

6th: A Schultz, A Sap, P Coetzer, B Shaw 

8th: D Mjimla, D Howarth, M Mbabela, O Pieterse, 

M Wood 

11th: D Mjimla, T Wagner, V Jordan 

13th: A Barnes, P Longhurst 

Best gross: 68 – Ian Moncur 

Best nett: 65 – Ian Moncur 

Nearest the pins: 

Debonairs Pizza – 6th: Piet Coetzer 

Kowie River Cruises – 8th: Melvin Mbabela 

The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 11th: Viv 

Jordan 

Dulux – 13th: Tom Wagner 

Wimpy longest drive – 18th: Tom Wagner 

VW Nearest the pin for two on the first: 

Leon Nell 

Saturday May 21: Auto Smart Body Shop 

better ball medal, with 60 players. 

Results: 

1st: Charlie Poulton, Steve Gardner - 61 

2nd: Neil Loundar, Bryan Connack - 61 

3rd: Warren Solz, Mike Moss - 61 

4th: Rob Hoar, Rocky Rowe - 62 

Two clubs 

6th: A Schultz, O Pieterse 

8th: R Dowding, K Erasmus 

13th: R Rowe, C Poulton 

Best gross: 70 – Brian Wright 

Best nett: 66 – Neil Loundar, Charlie Poulton 

Nearest the pins: 

Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Arnie Schultz 

Auto Smart Body Shop – 8th: Bryan Connock 

Lalibela – 11th: Ian Moncur 

The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 13th: Rocky Rowe 

Wimpy longest drive – 14th: Rob Dowding 

Royal St Andrews – Nearest the pin for two on the 

first: Ian Moncur 

1820s Golf 

Monday May 16: 27 players in perfect conditions. 

Winners on 38: Ken Banks, Ram Piers, Stan 

Weyer, Lionel Timm. 

Moosehead on 50: Derek van Harmelen, Roy 

Pople, Nic van der Merwe, Dudley Kieser. 

Good scores: 49 - Don Howarth, Graham Mengell, 

Dave Page, 44 - Ram Piers. 

Two clubs: None. 

Thursday May 19: 23 players in a strong westerly 

wind. 

Winners on 39: Albert Whitfield, Peter Rinaldi, 

Cecil Jones-Phillipson, Dudley Kieser. 

Moosehead on 46: John Lardner-Burke, Roy Pople, 

Louis van der Walt. 

Good scores: 49 - Stan Weyer, Cecil 

Jones-Phillipson, 48 - Dave Page, 47 - Dallas 

Cowie. 

Two clubs: 8th Dallas Cowie, 13th Juan Southey. 

Ladies’ Golf 

Ladies’ Championship Results: May 16-17: The 

RPAGC Ladies’ Championships were played over 

36 holes in cool conditions. 

The new ladies’ champion is Yvonne Hill who 

netted a superb 63 on Monday and 67 on Tuesday 

for a total nett score of 130 and grossing 166 to 

KOWIE 

STRIDERS 

... runners with pride 

Re s u l t s 

THE past week 

was a fairly quiet 

one for Kowie 

Striders, with 

even the 

int repid 

walkers taking it 

easier than usual. 

On May 21 Carol 

Nepgen was in 

Hoekwil, where she 

competed in the 

Hoekwil 10km road 

race. She walked this 

out and back race in 

an excellent time of 

1:18:43. 

Time trials: May 17 

3km 

Kelly Legg 24:13 

Gill Legg 24:13 

5km 

Philip Pilcher 24:06 

Yvo Suijs 24:20 

Imran Kamedien 

25:12 

Mike Harris 

25:21 

Kevin Lee 

25:56 

Chris Roberts 

27:00 

Vanessa Barkhuizen 

28:33 

Candice Pretorius 

2 9 : 41 

Juan Pretorius 29:41 

Dudley Emslie 33:20 

8km 

Rick Betts 34:58 

Richard Legg 34:58 

Noel Maddocks 

38:18 

Alex Weed 41:17 

Scott Harvey 42:07 

Monica Strydom 

51 : 0 9 

5km Walk 

Pauline Weed 42:09 

Annemarie Hockly 

42:09 

GOLFW E E K LY 

... the results 

GOLFING GREATS: The winners of the SPCA Golf Day, held at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club last Friday, 

were Dave Young, left, and Bobby McGarvie, right. Presenting the prizes was Wendy Bradfield, who 

also organised the successful event 

Picture: JESSIE BOHNEN 

take the championship trophy. 

Yvonne also hit the longest drive on the 14th on 

Tuesday in the lower handicap section with 

Amanda Broom doing likewise among those with 

more generous handicaps. 

Those closest to the pins on the par threes were 

Pogs Smith on Harcourts’ sixth, Yvonne on Top 

Carpets’ eighth and Ingrid Griffiths on Wimpy’s 

11th. Wendy Counihan was “closest-for-t wo” on 

River Spa’s 13th. 

Kim Gardner (nett 139) was runner up to Yvonne 

in the A division. Other winners were: B division 

Ingrid Griffiths (185 gross) to take the Babs 

Rushmere trophy, Sonia Reynolds her runner up 

(186 gross), C division Heather van Harmelen 

(200 gross) to take the Gwen Bands trophy, 

Maureen McGarvie her runner-up (202 gross). 

The senior championship was played on a net 

score basis over 18 holes. Sue Roll is the new 

seniors’ champion and holder of the Pearl Glazer 

trophy with Wendy Counihan the runner-up. 

Fresh Stop Port Alfred Mixed 

May 21: Superb weather for golf saw a relatively 

small turnout of just 20 players no doubt due in 

main to the popular ladies’ championships which 

taking place simultaneously in Bedford. 

Four three balls and two four balls battled it out in 

a two-to-count stableford alliance. 

Scores did not reflect the mildness of the weather 

with the greens slick and fast, conditions foreign 

to most RPAGC regulars. 

That is all except Glynnis Renecle, Derek Sinclair 

and Brian Reid who carded 86 + 5 = 91 points to 

run away with the competition. 

In fact runners-up Lynette Harbrecht, Paul Fryer, 

Barrie Brady and Terry Harris were all of five 

points off the pace on 86. 

The weekly energy drinks for the lowest score 

were handed out to Cecil Jones-Phillipson, Dale 

Wisener and Heather van Harmelen who must 

have been very disappointed with their 74 points. 

There were no two-clubs and only Derek Sinclair 

netted a sub-70 score (69). 

Paul Fryer’s drive was closest to the pin on the 

eighth to win the sponsor’s bottle of wine. 

KGB Results 

Tuesday May 17: Pleasant weather greeted the 35 

players who turned out to play the usual 

two-to-count stableford alliance drawn into one 

three balls and eight four balls. 

The 91 points carded by Tom Tagg, Derick van 

Harmelen, Wilton Adcock and Mike Brown were 

enough to win the competition from runners-up (1) 

Barrie B Brady, Tommy Meyer, Rosie 

Calmeyer-Leach and Jimmy van Rensburg and 

(2) Bryan Robinson, Richard Laing, John 

Abbot and Brian Reid who tied for second 

place on 90 points. 

Mike McNamara, Graham Findlay, Peter and 

Marina Murray had a difficult day on the 

course scoring just 70 points, insufficient for 

them to avoid the Hamer en Sukkel at the 

19th hole. 

Heinz Czepluch (66), Mike Brown, Hugh 

Holmes (68), Derick van Harmelen, John 

Muggeridge and John Abbot (69) all shot 

better than average net scores. 

Two-clubs were sunk on the sixth by Heinz 

and on the eighth by BB Brady. 

Friday May 20: Friday dawned a grey, cool 

overcast day but with little wind to worry about, 

just perfect for golf. 

Twenty-eight players were drawn into seven four 

balls in the ever popular two-to-count stableford 

alliance. 

Dave Curran, Eric Segers, Jimmy van Rensburg 

and Barrie B Brady scored 91 points and put Chris 

Niebieszczanski, Wilton Adcock, Mike Brown and 

Cliff Roberts into second place on 89 points. 

An undisclosed number of points relegated 

Debbie Longhurst, Tommy Meyer, Lynn and George 

Lake to last place and the inevitable receipt of the 

dreaded Hamer en Sukkel. 

Chris holed the only two-club of the morning 

(13th). 

Good nett scores were posted by Barrie (67), Mike 

Brown and Len Bohnen (69).

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

Sp ort 

Thursday May 26, 2016 

Top prizes for 

PA gymnasts 

Five awards include an honour for coach 

ORT Alfred gymnast 

Kayla Stiekema has 

been named best senior 

Partistic gymnast in the 

Eastern Cape for last year. 

The Eastern Cape Gymnastics 

Association annual awards 

were held at the German Club 

in Port Elizabeth recently. 

Sunshine Coast Gymnastics 

Club members were overjoyed 

to receive five awards. 

Selections are based on best 

results in each level and 

discipline for the entire year, 

over all the age groups in that 

level. 

As well as winning the trophy 

for best senior artistic gymnast, 

Stiekema also won a medal for 

This is the first time 

that we have received 

so many awards 

top achiever in the Eastern 

Cape – level 7 artistic 

g y m n a st i c s . 

Taylor du Plessis won an 

award for participation in the 

double mini trampoline zone 6 

international development 

competition. 

Mia de Clerk won a medal for 

top achieving female mini 

trampoline gymnast in the EC. 

Stafford Avis won a medal for 

top achieving male mini 

trampoline gymnast in the EC. 

K ay l a ’s mom, Carol-Ann 

Stiekema, was named best 

senior artistic gymnast coach 

in the EC, shared with Debbie 

Gordon of Anderson’s 

Gymnastics in Port Elizabeth. 

“This is the first time that we 

have received so many awards 

and the first time a coach in 

Port Alfred has received an 

Eastern Cape coaching award,” 

Carol-Ann said. 

“I really believe God has 

blessed our little club, 

rewarding us for being faithful 

with the ‘lit tle’ we have. 

“The gymnasts who received 

awards really have worked very 

hard for them. Taylor and Mia 

have left Port Alfred and 

continue to shine in their new 

clubs. We are so very proud of 

our gymnasts and grateful to the 

Lord for His favour,” she said. 

ART IN ACTION: Kayla Stiekema of 

Sunshine Coast Gymnastics has been 

named best senior artistic gymnast in 

the Eastern Cape for 2015 

Picture: RAILTIME PHOTOGRAPHY 

CONTACT DES OR DONNY 

TEL/FAX: (046) 653 0189 

KABA ROAD, ALEXANDRIA 

Sportsmen of year prove fit winners 

ROB KNOWLES 

THE sportsperson of 

the Year was 

announced at the Por t 

Alfred Country Club’s 

AGM recently, and 

Chris Pike was 

awarded the honour 

for his hard work in 

promoting sport in the 

area. 

Pike is from the 

club’s hockey section, 

but has also 

participated in many 

of the cross-country 

and road-running 

events held around 

the area. 

The runner-up was 

Richard Legg, from the 

Kowie Striders section. 

The Port Alfred 

Country Club offers 

hockey, cricket, 

running/walking and 

pigeon racing, and 

also has an active 

social section, with full 

bar facilities, and is 

open daily from 5pm 

until late. 

The new office 

bearers for 2016 are 

chairman James Fox, 

vice chairman Chris 

Pike, secretary Avril 

Beyleveld and 

treasurer Sonai 

O w s l e y. 

“Come and enjoy 

your sport and social 

activities at a safe 

environment at the 

Port Alfred Country 

Club,” Fox said. 

 

À 

 

FINE ACHIEVEMENT: The Port Alfred Country Club’s sportsperson of the year is Chris Pike, right, with 

runner-up Richard Legg, left. Club chairman James ‘Fo x y ’ Fox, centre, presented the two winners with 

their trophies 

Picture: ROB KNOWLES

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