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Talk of the Town 3<br />
Festive season planning<br />
sees same issues raised<br />
ROB KNOWLES<br />
LAST week’s seasonal<br />
planning meeting was<br />
well attended by<br />
Ndlambe Municipality,<br />
the SAPS, emergency<br />
services, councillors<br />
and members of the<br />
public, but those<br />
present brought up<br />
the same issues as at<br />
all previous meetings.<br />
The intention was to<br />
craft a plan for Port<br />
Alfred and Kenton-on-<br />
Sea for the New Year’s<br />
Eve celebrations.<br />
Seafield and<br />
Boknes/Cannon Rocks<br />
would establish their<br />
own plans in a<br />
separate meeting.<br />
The SAPS, headed<br />
by cluster commander<br />
Brigadier Morgan<br />
Govender, said there<br />
simply were not<br />
enough officers to<br />
enforce drinking laws,<br />
and that the SAPS<br />
would focus on<br />
preventing public<br />
violence, drinking and<br />
driving and other<br />
crimes such as housebreaking.<br />
Govender also<br />
explained that his<br />
cluster now included<br />
areas further afield,<br />
such as Hamburg, and<br />
his force would<br />
therefore be more<br />
spread-out than in<br />
previous years.<br />
As for public<br />
drinking, a hot topic<br />
every year, Govender<br />
said he did not have<br />
the manpower to<br />
arrest perpetrators,<br />
but that the SAPS<br />
would step in if such<br />
drinking led to crimes.<br />
Deputy director of<br />
community protection<br />
services for Ndlambe,<br />
Fanie Fouche, was at<br />
pains to point out that<br />
this was not tacit<br />
permission for people<br />
to drink.<br />
“As long as people<br />
do not infringe on the<br />
rights of others to<br />
enjoy themselves, and<br />
also do not break<br />
bottles and leave<br />
rubbish on the<br />
beaches, we have to<br />
accept that people will<br />
be drinking,” he said.<br />
With an estimated<br />
30 000 plus visitors to<br />
the area, specifically<br />
on New Year’s Eve and<br />
the following day,<br />
Fouche said ablution<br />
facilities, as well as<br />
access to the beaches,<br />
was a priority.<br />
“Access to the<br />
beaches by emergency<br />
vehicles is a priority,<br />
so we are<br />
reintroducing the oneway<br />
system on our<br />
streets leading to the<br />
beaches in Port<br />
Alfred,” he said.<br />
Tim Cockbain, of the<br />
Port Alfred Residents<br />
and Ratepayers<br />
Association, said that<br />
marshals were not<br />
adequately trained to<br />
cope with enforcing<br />
traffic rules.<br />
In response, Fo u c h e<br />
said training would be<br />
intensified this year.<br />
The same went for<br />
lifeguards, who will be<br />
stationed at all<br />
swimming beaches in<br />
Port Alfred, as well as<br />
in Kenton.<br />
The question of<br />
fences being installed<br />
at the traffic lights at<br />
the intersection of<br />
Causway and the R72<br />
to prevent people<br />
crossing into the<br />
krantz area, which<br />
Fouche insisted was<br />
not a “drinking area”,<br />
was not accepted by<br />
some present.<br />
The Ndlambe<br />
infrast ructure<br />
directorate was not<br />
present to answer the<br />
question of whether<br />
the resurfacing of<br />
Beach Road would be<br />
completed before the<br />
holiday season, which<br />
would cause a<br />
dramatic change in<br />
the way West Beach<br />
and Kelly’s Beaches<br />
would be accessed.<br />
Fouche also said<br />
anyone caught setting<br />
off fireworks without<br />
licences or other<br />
permission would be<br />
breaking the law and<br />
would be punished.<br />
ANC councillor<br />
Stwiga Njibani asked<br />
why drinking rules<br />
were not imposed<br />
during the university<br />
<br />
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SECURITY FEATURES<br />
boat races, but were<br />
at New Year’s. He<br />
questioned whether it<br />
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