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Land sale nullified
JON HOUZET
A
MUNICIPAL land deal made nearly
15 years ago has been reviewed
and set aside by the Grahamstown
High Court.
The case of erf 361 and 642 in Pascoe Crescent
has had a convoluted history, since Ndlambe
Municipality made a deal with Transnet to sell
their respective portions to Pegasus Khotso, a
company with a proposal to develop the land for
mixed use, incorporating both shops and
apartments. The deal was originally contested in
court by a group of Port Alfred ratepayers known
as the “Pascoe Six”, on the grounds that due
process had not been followed – and because of
the environmental sensitivity of the property.
In the meantime, the developer had also
changed from Pegasus Khotso to the PA River
Development Company, which did not exist at the
time Pegasus submitted its proposal to Ndlambe.
A high court judgment a few years later found
there had been “sleight of hand” in the way the
deal had been conducted by the municipality, that
land had not been properly rezoned, and ordered
the developer to begin an environmental impact
assessment from scratch. The process was started
High court rules against sale of Pascoe Crescent land
afresh, but then abandoned when the developer
changed environmental consultants and sought to
commence with development based on provisions
of the Development Facilitation Act.
They obtained approval from the Eastern Cape
Development Tribunal in 2013. The land deal was
contested in court by Pick and Pay owners Mark
Shelton and Jon Campbell, who both own property
and live in Port Alfred. They sought to have the
Pascoe land deal reviewed and set aside. The PA
River Development Company opposed their
application. The municipality said it would abide
by the decision of the court and Transnet said it
did not oppose Shelton and Campbell’s suit.
Fourth respondent Pegasus did not join the fray.
In addition to the earlier reasons that ratepayers
opposed the land deal, Shelton and Campbell took
issue with Ndlambe accepting the offer by
Pegasus, which is now a non-existent entity, and
yet selling the land to PA River Development
Company. They also said the consent of the
minister of public enterprises to sell the Transnet
portion (erf 642) was not obtained as required.
Shelton and Campbell also asked the court to
strike out parts of affidavits submitted by the
respondents which they said were either
“vexatious, scandalous, attack credibility,
argumentative or amount to hearsay”.
The application to strike out was not opposed
and were struck out by Judge NG Beshe.
The PA River Development Company director,
Nicolaas Louw, opposed the relief sought by
Shelton and Campbell on the basis they had not
met a deadline prescribed by the Promotion of
Administrative Justice Act (PAJA), had not
exhausted internal remedies available to them in
terms of the Local Government Municipal Systems
Act, and that he had already obtained approval for
development from provincial authorities.
He also said he had incurred considerable
expenditure on the project. Beshe accepted the
argument by Shelton and Campbell that they
launched the application within 180 days “af ter
they became aware of the impugned actions” and
thus complied with PAJA.
He said his task was made easy by the telling
concessions that had been made by Transnet in its
submissions to court, including that “towards the
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end of the process and selection of the successful
bidder [Pegasus], the transaction was suddenly
changed to one of outright sale. Clearly this
decision was in violation of the provisions of
section 217 of the Constitution” and that the PA
River Development Company was not party to the
submission made by Pegasus, so Ndlambe and
Transnet could not conclude a sale agreement
with the PA River Development Company.
Beshe ordered that the Ndlambe management
committee decision to market its property jointly
with Transnet’s property, the resolutions by council
to accept the proposal by Pegasus and approve a
deed of sale, and the decision by Transnet to
approve the sale of erf 642, be reviewed and set
aside. He declared the agreements of sale that
Ndlambe and Transnet made with the PA River
Development Company were unlawful and void.
Ndlambe and the PA River Development
Company were ordered to pay the costs of the
striking out application and the PA River
Development Company has to pay for Shelton and
Campbell’s costs.
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December 8, 2016
Dog impaled on fence
while fleeing ‘f i re w o r k s ’ Brazen thief flirts with
JON HOUZET
A DOG was impaled on a palisade
fence in Jack’s Close on the East Bank
on Saturday night during an attempt to
flee the noise of what sounded like
fireworks.
A vet later euthanised the dog, a
Rhodesian ridgeback male aged about
four years old.
Neighbour Barbara Main said she
and her partner Greg Olsen had heard
a bang, followed by a howl, at about
8.30pm.
“We rushed outside and tried to lift
the dog off the fence. We know he’s
spooked by bangs, and probably tried
to run away,” Main said.
“He latched onto my elbow with his
mouth and then my thumb. The dog
wa s n ’t to blame – he was scared and
in pain.”
Olsen opened the dog’s jaws and
they phoned the owner, who was away
in Port Elizabeth. He in turn phoned
his father-law, who arrived with a vet.
“They had to tranquillise him and
then lifted him off the fence. But his
gut was pierced and his intestines
were out. There was nothing she [the
vet] could do so she euthanised him
on the spot,” Main said.
She believed that fireworks had
been set off at the Krantz braai area,
as a loud party had been in progress
there that night.
“I went down to the hospital for the
bite on my hand and the Krantz was
packed with cars and people, with
braai fires going. Lots more crackers
were let off that night.”
Main said the hospital emergency
room was filled with people and,
realising she would have a long wait,
she decided to go home.
“I waited till Monday for a tetanus
shot at the chemist.”
Main reported the incident at the
Port Alfred police charge office and
also raised the matter with Ward 10
councillor Ray Schenk.
On Tuesday, Sunshine Coast Tourism
manager Sandy Birch, who has
previously expressed concern over the
distress caused to animals by
fireworks, told TotT it was more likely
that fireworks had been set off in
Station Hill.
But police spokeswoman Captain
Mali Govender said: “The incident/
complaint was attended to and it was
established that it was a vehicle.
“The driver was revving the car and
it backfired, which sounded like
fireworks. The driver was warned by
members of the SAPS.”
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victim’s phone contacts
Fears for their safety after PA house robbery
JON HOUZET
A HOUSE robber who allegedly
stole cellphones from an East
Bank home at gunpoint, later
tried to flirt with women on the
contact list of the one of the
stolen phones.
The incident was related to
TotT by Mike Varela, who was
at home with his girlfriend at
the time the robber struck in
the early hours of November
12. He asked for his girlfriend’s
identity to be kept confidential.
“I was using the bathroom
when I heard her calling out
from the bedroom. She called
repeatedly which made it
sound urgent,” Varela said.
He said he heard bumps in
the dark, but by the time he
got back to the bedroom, the
intruder had fled.
“He jumped out the window
in the garage flat. There were
signs of forced entry,” Va r e l a
said. Varela’s girlfriend said
she had seen a figure leaning
over the bedside table. He had
a gun and motioned for her to
be quiet. He took two
cellphones and fled.
“[My girlfriend] pressed the
panic button. I must commend
Multi Security on their fast
response. And a large force of
cops came shortly afterward.
From that level of the cops I
have no problem whatsoever,”
Varela said, but he took issue
with how detectives handled
the case thereafter.
“The next day I got a SIM
swap, getting my own number.
“A couple days afterward I
started to get strange SMS’s
and Whatapp messages which
made it seem he [the robber]
had been using my number in
the time before the SIM swap.
“An ex-girlfriend called my
mom to see if I
was OK as she
got a strange
message from
my number. I
later found he
had sent
messages to two
other women on
my contact list,”
he said.
Varela showed
TotT the
messages, which
said things like:
“I’m listen love
songs”, and
“Plzzz take me as
you lov you my sweat chclate”.
When one woman
responded that it looked like
the sender had the wrong
person, he asked: “Wy you
tlkng like so?”.
Varela said the detectives
were meant to see his
girlfriend on November 15 to
complete paperwork and show
photographs of suspects, but
had never showed up.
“On November 17 I went to
see CID and told them about
the messages I had received
and that my ex had received
and stressed the priority of the
case. I was told the detective
in charge of the case had gone
on leave and by the next day,
he would get hold of us to
commence the investigation.
“By November 21, I had
heard nothing and went to see
them again. I
once again
stressed the
importance of
the case, that I
had numbers
from people who
messaged me
that could be
friends of the
suspect and that
there were
possibly women
in danger whom
the suspect was
calling,” Va r e l a
said. He said
detectives
eventually met with his
girlfriend a week after they
said they would.
“When I discovered the
process they have to go
through to get my cellphone
records, taking up to two
months, I offered to drive
through to Port Elizabeth
myself and get them from MTN
if the police would pay my
pet rol.”
But the police said they
could not do this, he said.
Police spokeswoman
Captain Mali Govender i n s i st e d
that the investigating officer
had been in constant contact
with Varela.
“Several appointment dates
have been set with the
complainant. The case is still
under investigation. The
complainant brought in some
phone numbers, which he
alleged were those of the
suspects. Follow-ups of this
have been made. Other
investigative procedures were
also exhausted,” Govender
said. “The stolen cellphones do
not have a tracking application
and the complainant is
unhappy with the process of
tracking the cellphones that
the SAPS are using.
“We are in contact with our
unit that is busy with the
tracing of the cellphones.”
Govender said the branch
commander had also
contacted Varela and provided
him with feedback on his case.
A still dissatisfied Varela
said the police response
merely reinforced the problem.
He said his concerns were
about “a potential escalation
of the nature of these
housebreakings, the people on
my contact list which I don’t
have anymore, and I want the
police to do their job”.

December 8, 2016 ADVERTISING / NEWSDESK: (046) 624 4356 Find us on Facebook
Talk of the Town 3
New Fish chief believes staff
are the hotel’s greatest asset
Treating employees
well results in good
service, he says
ROB KNOWLES
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BORN in Fort Beaufort in 1977 and having moved
with his family to Port Elizabeth when still a small
child, the new general manager of the Fish River
Sun Hotel and Country Club, Ettienne Bester is
most definitely an Eastern Caper through-andthrough.
Having graduated from Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University (then, Port Elizabeth
Technikon) in public relations, Bester was
appointed as the operations duty manager for the
Boardwalk Casino, where he spent years learning
the intricacies of the job.
“T h at ’s served me well,” he said. “Although the
casino and the hotel are operationally very
different, the similarities have enabled me to hit
the ground running.”
Bester exudes confidence and treats guests and
his staff with friendliness.
“I call the people who stay in the hotel, or those
who use its amenities guests, not customers. I
think it’s important, as a service organisation, that
we understand we invite these people into our
establishment, and they deserve to be treated as
guests, not like customers,” he said.
Rating highest on his list of priorities is his staff.
Bester said the hotel required that all staff do their
jobs well in order for it to function.
“Things are very much personal when it comes
to looking after the guests and the hotel itself, and
I owe it to the staff to make sure they know what
they are doing and that I show appreciation when
a job is well done,” he said.
“I don’t want to get all new-age, but the staff are
the hotel’s greatest assets, and developing the
right culture is very important.”
Bester is a big sports fan and lists rugby, cricket
and soccer as his favourites.
“In soccer I support [English Premier League
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the All-Blacks and their style of rugby.
“Of course, when the Springboks play I support
them. But when they play the All-Blacks, well ... ”
he laughed.
Married with two children, Bester said his wife,
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“I rely on her support,” he said, adding it was
difficult with her living in Port Elizabeth with their
two children, Cullen, aged six, and daughter,
Caitlin, aged four.
“But she’ll come to the hotel shortly for a
weekend and we can have some time catching up.”
Bester is a family man and believes the
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Cayce Fielding, one of the best singers to come
out of the Eastern Cape in recent years.
“However, if anyone wishes to join us over the
period I suggest they book as early as possible to
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December 8, 2016
Talk of the
To w n ’s new
w e b s i te
Big celebration at Happy Hours
TALK of the Town has a new website,
w w w.t a l k o f t h e t o w n . c o . z a , which we
launched today.
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weekly read including news, human
interest stories, community events and
sports, as well as regular columns like
Neighbourly Notes, Serendipity,
Inspirational Insights, Let’s Chirp and
Ve t ’s Voice.
We will feature teasers from the
current hard copy edition, but full
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WAITING THEIR CUE: The shepherds, stars and wise men at the Happy
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December 8, 2016 ADVERTISING / NEWSDESK: (046) 624 4356 Find us on Facebook
Talk of the Town 5
S A N TA
IS IN
TOWN
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WE SAW SANTA: Overawed and
very happy, from left Jasmine
Vosloo, Jacques Grové and
Shenielle Hilpert of Happy Hours
loved the visit by Santa last
Friday Picture: ROB KNOWLES
Readers sound off on road upgrades
THIS week’s Facebook question was: It seems unlikely
that several of the roads most used by holidaymakers
will be resurfaced by the time the season is upon us.
Do you think this will have an impact on our visitors
and, if so, will they see it as progress or just bad
planning on the part of the municipality?
Lynn Coetzee wrote: “On a positive note, there are
many roads that have been completed and are
looking great! If we, as locals, are positive, we can
encourage others to look at it in a positive light. Lots
of improvements since the holiday-makers were here
last season”.
Nadine Haynes wrote: “It’s frustrating enough
when the town can’t cope with holiday traffic! I think
bad planning ... It could have waited a month,
surely?”
Adele Fivaz Steck wrote that much has been done
to sort out some of the roads, but asserted that some
planning should have been done to ensure the roads
will be ready for the season.
“No use waiting until number 99 and then starting
to get the town looking good. All Port Alfred residents
must come to the party and take pride in the town
they call home”.
Nick Louw said: “Bad planning, for sure. Locally,
[it’s] nice to see there is progress”.
However, Elsje Van Der Merwe disagreed. “N ot
bad planning, NO planning!” she wrote.
Gavin Came was positive about the anticipated
opinion of visitors. “They will see it as progress after
so many years complaining about it,” he wrote, while
Diane Hoppmann asked readers to understand that
this is South Africa.
Warwick Heny was also positive. “Progress all the
way. It’s up to locals to talk positive about these
changes and remind our visitors we have so many
bad roads that one can never expect them all to be
completed in time for the busy season. The
contractors must at least clean up [after them].”
Bram Coetzee wrote that Wharf Street looked
great. He pointed out all the work done during the
course of the year. “Take a drive through Nemato
loads of new paved roads, Wharf Street repaved,
Duck Pond repaved, part of Beach Road repaved,
Prince’s [Avenue] repaved.”
Linda Reynolds said it was lovely to see all the
work being done and tax money being put to good
use. She agreed with Henry that the rubble should be
cleaned up and wants Horton Road and Alfred Road
done too.
Cheryl Lee DeWet said the municipality had,
“...done River Road in Kenton-on-Sea and a few roads
in Alex. Well done Ndlambe municipality.” Amanda
Mould agreed: “I think it is great all the work being
done on all our roads. Yes it is an inconvenience but
the end result is worth it. Thank you Ndlambe
Municipality and Sanral that, in a few years, we can
boast about our new roads”.
On the other hand, Andrew Lamei was totally
dissatisfied with the work being done. “They’ll [the
visitors] see it as pathetic and will never return. Every
year I go to Cape Town twice and enjoy their good
smooth roads. I could go anywhere else, but most
other places have bad roads. When I go on holiday I
don’t want to spend most of my time driving dodging
potholes, uneven joints and badly repaired roads.”
Helen Cowie came to the municipality’s defence.
“At least our municipality is trying. It is the
contractors that are dragging their feet and need
jacking up. At the end of it all, there will be progress
made in trying to improve our wonderful little
paradise.”
Lamei agreed that the town is gorgeous, but added
that the roads were bad. “If nobody complains and
only find the positive in life, nothing would be done
p r o p e r l y. ”
Sue Horn said she thinks it’s good progress. “It’s a
pity it couldn’t have been completed on time for
season though but don’t think people will mind too
much. Bigger concern is the water.”
Allan Poultney said it was, “Bad planning for sure,
but most of visitors will probably not be aware of the
slow progress”.
Charl Human was in two minds. “Bit of both. But
mostly progress. Give credit when it’s due [and I’m]
very glad to see the improvements.”
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December 8, 2016
OPINION
Crime an
ongoing
problem
THERE was a bit of consternation last
week on the part of people who had
suffered from crime over a headline in last
week’s Talk of the Town.
The tongue-in-cheek headline was
“Crime at a snail’s pace in Port Alfred”,
which played on a particular amusing
snippet in a Multi Security report – and
the fact it was a relatively quiet week on
the crime front.
By no means were we saying that there
was no crime in the area, or diminishing
the seriousness of several incidents which
have taken place recently.
The Port Alfred SAPS communications
officer is constantly sending out stories of
police successes from proactive
operations, the apprehension of criminals,
seizure of drugs – and even news of
successful prosecutions.
Highway patrol police in Port Alfred and
Grahamstown deserve to be commended
for their stop-and-searches, which have
resulted in big drug busts in recent weeks.
We also get alerts, like the theft of a
vehicle and firearms from a farm between
Salem and Grahamstown yesterday
morning and the missing person report for
Gina Smith of Port Alfred, whose
disappearance earlier this week raised
widespread concern on social media.
Smith’s photo was widely circulated and
we learned she was tragically found dead
yesterday afternoon.
We know serious crimes are taking
place all the time. Housebreaking is
especially rife in our town, although it
seems to happen in spurts, with a period
of quiet in between.
Already an invasion of personal space
and loss of belongings, housebreaking
becomes even more alarming when
burglars break in while residents are
home, running the risk of encountering
and struggling with the occupants.
Some burglars choose this option, as it
is less likely alarms are armed when
residents are home asleep in their beds.
Some stealthy burglars do manage to steal
cellphones, wallets and jewellery from
bedside tables right next to their sleeping
victims, but sometimes their victim
awakes and surprises them. The best-case
scenario is that the burglar flees, but if
not, there is the risk of physical violence
and injury.
The next level is armed burglars, who
break in prepared to encounter – and
perhaps physically harm – their victims, an
especially insidious type, who is more
aptly called a house robber.
Such was the case in our Page 2 story
this week, which may be the first occasion
a robber armed with a gun, rather than a
knife, broke into a home and stole
cellphones. It could have ended badly, but
thankfully he fled.
We hope the police treat this case with
the urgency it deserves.
– Jon Houzet
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Riparian area, jetties cost owners
I HAD to have a giggle at the whiny
little dig at the riparian owners in
Van der Riet and elsewhere.
A couple of facts for you to
ponder:
ý The municipality decided years
ago that they were not interested in
the towpath and it deteriorated into
a mini-jungle.
ý We could not get them to
regularly mow so we took to doing
Thanks to all for
support this year
AS 2016 draws to a close, I would like to thank
everyone in Port Alfred for their wonderful support
through the year.
To the pupils of El Shaddai, Port Alfred High
School and Happy Hours – thanks for your
entertainment and love. Thanks Adele and Red
Leaf Nursery – our flower bed is blossoming
b e a u t i f u l l y.
The Allegra Singers, Kowie Quavers, PA Rotaract,
Sheilagh Simpson, Donne Wentzel, Rotary Annes,
The Evergreen Drama Studio, Dot Featherstone
and the Cubs and Scouts, Nadja Fredericks,
Christopher Jepp and all of the other kind people
who are part of the Damant Lodge extended family
– a huge thank you for your time, help, generosity
and kindness.
Have a blessed Christmas and enjoy spending
time with your family and friends. We’ll see you all
in 2017.
CHRISTINE HAWORTH, MANAGER, DAMANT LODGE
Emergency numbers
Port Alfred hospital – (046) 604-4000
Police station – (046) 604-2001/2
Multi-Security – (046) 624-2508
Chubb Security – (046) 624-4810
Sky Alarms – (046) 624-2806
NSRI – 082-990-5971
Electricity (a/h) - (046) 624-1111
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) – 10177
Gardmed –082-759-2134
Holistic EMS – 063-460-0042
Fire Department – (046) 624-1111
it ourselves either via a garden
service or on our own – bottom line,
we pay!
ý If it were not for our continuous
maintenance of the public open
space, you would have the weeds a
metre high and filled with
duwweltjies – we pay!
ý Most of us use weed-killer
regularly to keep the grass alive
and the thorns dead – we pay!
ý The jetties that you want to use
were built and paid for by us. The
municipality is not interested and I
don’t blame them as upkeep is
awful – bottom line, we pay!
ý The jetties have gates to
prevent kids from playing on them
and possibly falling off and being
injured. If we’re sued – we pay!
ý We are not keen on people
using the jetties as they leave the
gates open and the wind then
breaks the gate – we pay!
ý On top of that they leave all
their muck on the jetty, including
old bait, hooks, rocks and the like.
ý I do agree that the rotten
jetties should be repaired or
removed.
So now you know.
STUART NEAME
Clamp down on
drinking in public
THE ACDP in Ndlambe is
very concerned about the
lack of law enforcement
being applied to drinking in
public places.
Has the municipality
applied to the Eastern Cape
Liquor Board for a licence to
permit public consumption
of alcohol at the Krantz and
on the beaches? As far as we
understand, alcohol is only
allowed to be consumed in
licensed premises and in the
privacy of your own home.
Anywhere else can and
should be policed.
According to the Eastern
Cape Liquor Act 10/2003
Section 3 Item 59 e), “No
person may consume liquor
in any road, street, lane or
thoroughfare or on a vacant
land adjacent thereto, in an
urban area, or other area
subdivided by such into
erven or plots”.
Another area of concern is
pedestrian safety. The Krantz
is on a main road with no
fence to stop pedestrians
who have consumed large
amounts of alcohol crossing
the road and causing major
accidents. For the safety of
the people the Krantz should
be fenced off as this will
make policing and crowd
control in the area easier.
The residents of the area
have not been taken into
consideration. It is all well
and fine blocking off entry to
the area for vehicles, but
people urinate and defecate
on residents’ lawns and
walls. Litter also gets
dumped over the fences and
walls of private residences.
We appreciate that the
SAPS and municipal workers
have a challenging time
during the season trying to
manage the problems, but by
not arresting people for these
things it makes them think
they are allowed to do it.
We ask the municipality,
which gives permission and
which has created these
dangerous recreational sites
that are not lawfully
enclosed, what is the benefit
to the Ndlambe community
in allowing these activities?
Does it give us marketing
capabilities as a holiday
destination or tourist
attraction? Is it a safe place
for people to live? Because it
certainly is not financially
viable. It will only create
more work for the police,
traffic officers, medics,
hospitals and spending
millions on cleaning the area
with ratepayers’ m o n e y.
We encourage residents to
consider proactive measures
to assist the municipality
and SAPS during this
difficult time rather than
criticise and berate. We need
to work together as a
community to find viable
solutions to these difficult
and challenging issues that
will benefit all those affected
and not just those wanting to
party and make money from
the sale of alcohol.
We therefore will work
towards the fact that by-laws
must be put in place by next
season, so that there can be
no excuses, as mentioned in
last week’s TotT, for the
safety of the campers in the
Krantz and the people in the
vehicles passing by.
NDLAMBE ACDP SECRETARY
AMANDA MOULD

December 8, 2016 ADVERTISING / NEWSDESK: (046) 624 4356 Find us on Facebook
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your job.
Answer: I am a student
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Next year I am going to
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Q: What made you get
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T R A D I T I O N A L LY ,
Christmas is a time for
giving and receiving of
gif ts.
Some gifts are
valuable and useful,
while others ... well,
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beautifully wrapped
parcel.
The value of the gift
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A genuine Swiss
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Q: What makes you
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Q: What makes you
The greatest gift of all
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The Lord has given
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Romans 6:23 says,
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is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.”
The gift of God is
eternal life!
In our consideration
of the value of this gift,
we need to determine
what cost there was to
the Giver.
“For God so loved
the world that he gave
his one and only Son
... ’’ (John 3:16), who
in turn gave “His life
as a ransom for many”
(Matthew 20:28). The
cost of this gift is
incalculable!
The quality of this
gift is immeasurable,
for “No eye has seen,
angr y?
A: I really do well with
impatient people. It takes a
lot for me to get angry or
upset.
Q: What do you think
about the youth of South
Africa? Do you have any
advice for them?
A: I have met all of my
best friends in South
Africa. I don’t think the
world takes the youth
seriously. I once helped my
friend to teach little ones.
It is important to chase
your dreams and to find
someone to believe in you.
Q: What do you like
most about Port Alfred?
A: It’s peaceful and the
people are friendly.
My favourite hotel and
restaurant are MyPond and
C’est la Vie.
Q: If you could change
no ear has heard, no
mind has conceived
what God has
prepared for those who
love him” (1
Corinthians 2:9).
This incredible gift
will last for all eternity.
It seems
unreasonable that
people will refuse such
a gift as this ... yet,
billions have! The gift
is wrapped up in the
Son; by receiving Him
we receive the gift.
“To all who received
him, to those who
believed in his name,
he gave the right to
become children of
one thing about Port
Alfred ...
A: You want it to be a
bigger city (more things to
do), but it’s nice that it’s
small; it’s special.
Q: What is your
favourite music of all
t i m e?
A: My tastes change as I
get older, and in different
stages of my life.
Q: Who is your role
model?
A: My mom and Thulani
Xhali, the former manager
of MyPond Hotel.
Q: Who would you like
to take on the reality TV
show The Amazing Race
given the opportunity?
A: My best friend,
Michael Cornel.
Q: Three wishes for
South Africa ...
A: To develop as a
country and to be more
welcoming to other
cultures as it makes us
special having so many
cultures here.
God” (John 1:12). May
this Christmas season
be filled with family
and friends.
May many gifts be
found under your
Christmas tree ... but,
please do not forget
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December 8, 2016
Port Alfred
BUSINESSFORUM
WINNING TOUCH
HAPPY WINNER: Customer Elize Smit was the winner of a trailer in the
Cadbury's competition at Heritage Mall Pick n Pay, and received her
prize from manager Werner Pienaar
Catch up with what’s happening on the PA business front
Continental Deli opens in Kenton-on-Sea
NOW open in Kenton is the Continental
Deli Tapas and Wine Bar, which is located
next to Kenton Garage and offers a full a
la carte menu, bringing with it a taste of
the Mediterranean.
There are mezze dishes such as tapas
offering flavours from around the
continent as well as German fare and
pasta, all to be enjoyed in a fully
air-conditioned environment.
The owners of the new deli and
restaurant, Eugene and Ruleen de Witt,
bought the premises three months ago
and it has undergone tremendous
changes with renovations lasting eight
weeks.
“I believe in the town’s growth,” said
De Witt, who saw the opportunity to
provide something unique to the area.
The owner of several businesses in
Kenton, from the Kenton Garage, car
wash, mechanical workshop,
supermarket and take-away, including the
new deli, De Witt has a staff complement
of 40 employees.
The deli is a welcome addition to the
area and offers such products as artisan
bread, truffle oil, selection of wines, craft
beer, a large variety of frozen seafood,
Mediterranean delicacies and imported
cheeses, as well as the exclusive and
delicious Coffee in a Cone.
There are many other tasty treats in
different formats including Christmas gift
Bean and Olive opens
its doors in Port Alfred
JON HOUZET
A NEW haven for “lifest yle
fo o d ”, the Bean and Olive,
was launched in the
premises of the old Root
72 in Port Alfred last
Wednesday evening.
Owner Jo Wilmot said it
took three months of
planning and it all finally
came together for the
launch, which drew
throngs of guests enjoying
the tasty snacks along
with a glass of wine or
draught beer.
The décor is simple and
striking, homely and
uncluttered. Old bicycle
wheels make for unique
light fixtures.
“When I walk in here I
feel chuffed. This really
feels right,” Wilmot said.
“It’s been a tough year
and we got this done in
time for the season.”
She joked that her late
father, Keith Wilmot, would
not have approved of her
closing for renovations,
“so we traded right
through”.
Wilmot said she had
partnered with Nick
Howard of Graze by the
River to create food
plat ters.
“It’s all about
lifestyle food, for
trips on the river.”
The menu
describes it as
“simple,
wholesome, tasty
fo o d ”, which includes
gluten-free,
Banting-friendly and
vegan options.
The premises are
licensed, with Kowie
Gold pilsener, craft beer
and white and red wines
ava i l a b l e .
OUT WITH FRIENDS: The Bean and Olive was launched in the
premises of the old Root 72 in Port Alfred last Wednesday evening.
Enjoying a drink and a chat at the opening cocktail party were, from
left, Shona Bell, Miguel Teixeira and Barry Kilian Pictures: JON HOUZET
DELIGHTS AWAIT: The Continental Deli Tapas and Wine Bar in Kenton-on-Sea has
much to offer to tantalise your tastebuds
packs of olive oil and more.
The open-plan kitchen run by in-house
chef Brian Henry serves delicious meals
made to perfection, while you can also
enjoy a cup of coffee. Free Wi-Fi is also
available to customers.
The De Witts welcome everyone to visit
the Continental Deli for a true getaway
experience where you can indulge
yourself and try something different.
Bookings are essential, especially for
lunch and dinner.
Reservations can be made on (046)
648-1153.
TIME TO RELAX: Mingling with the crowds at the well-attended launch of
the Bean and Olive in Port Alfred last Wednesday evening were, from left,
Lucinda Stavridis, Edna Stocks and Nikki Lange
David Kau to take Fish
River Sun by storm
IF you are looking for
entertainment at its
best, Fish River Sun
Hotel and Country Club
is the place to be on
Friday December 16 at
8pm.
Catch popular
comedian David Kau
performing his highly
successful one-man
show, M o j o ke s , for the
very first time in our
area.
M o j o ke s promises
side-splitting comedy.
Fans can expect
razor-sharp wit and
hilarious antics. To
avoid disappointment at
the door, people are
encouraged to purchase
their tickets early via
Computicket to secure
their spot.
Also a writer,
L I F E ST Y L E
FOOD: Jane and
Ian Stockwell
e n j oye d
sampling the
wine and
delicious
snacks at the
launch of the
Bean and Olive
in Port Alfred
last Wednesday
e ve n i n g
producer, director and
filmmaker, Kau has
headlined a number of
local and international
comedy festivals. The
Pure Monate and Blacks
Only shows have made
this well-loved
comedian a household
name in South Africa.
M o j o ke s is
guaranteed to keep
guests talking, laughing
and reminiscing for
months. So be sure not
to miss out on this
evening of fun and
l a u g h t e r.
Tickets are on sale
from R120 per person
and are available from
Fish River Sun. For
more information,
contact Charmaine on
(040) 676-1101 ext 2168.
Doors open at 7pm.

December 8, 2016 ADVERTISING / NEWSDESK: (046) 624 4356 Find us on Facebook
Talk of the Town 9
An afternoon of music and song
ROB KNOWLES
MUSIC makers showed off their
talents at the Cause for
Applause Music Academy endof-year
show last Thursday
evening, held at the centre’s
grounds before an audience of
about 80 moms, dads and
friends.
Musical director Sandy
Maclachlan opened the
academy in January this year,
so will be celebrating its first
year of operation next month.
“This is our first concert
e v e r, ” Maclachlan said.
The end-of-year music
concert was intended to show
the parents, family and friends
just how well the children had
improved their musical ability
at the academy during the year.
With their voices, marimbas,
trumpets, guitars and
recorders, the pupils gave short
vignettes of the work they had
MAKING MUSIC: From left, Anthony Caplan assists Franco
Klopper and Conner Bessinger on a guitar piece at the Cause
for Applause Music Academy end-of-year show last Thursday
evening
Picture: ROB KNOWLES
Haircut led to pineapple farming
SERENDIPITY
IN THIS glorious,
pre-real-summer
weather, one needs to
be reminded of the
glorious fruit now so
endemic to this
interesting settler
region.
It was in 1865 that
Charles Purdon,
entering a barber’s
shop in Grahamstown
in the Eastern Cape,
belonging to Lindsay
Green, noticed a row of
pineapple crowns
(tops) set on the brims
of jars of water.
These having roused
Purdon’s curiosity,
Green informed him
they were from
pineapples, sent to him
as a gift.
The fruit had been
brought by ship to
Durban by a sailor
having returned from
Brazil. One must
assume that animated
discussion followed,
been doing, and it was not
immediately apparent that
many of the children had never
performed in front of such a
large audience before.
“It turned out to be a huge
success,” Maclachlan said.
“I am extremely proud of all
our wonderful pupils who,
generally, performed for the
first time ever.”
... with Bev Young
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS: This historical
photograph of the early pineapple industry in
the Eastern Cape was supplied by the Arnold
fa m i l y
with Purdon either
bargaining or buying
some of the tops.
Purdon was born on
March 18 1838 in the
Albany District of the
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If such progress can be made
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likely to be one not to miss.
Cape Colony
(subsequently Eastern
Cape). He was the son
of William Henry
Purdon and Eliza
Purdon (née Tarr), who
had come to the Cape
Colony as children with
the 1820 British Settlers.
He married Dorothy
Cockroft in 1863 and
farmed between
Grahamstown and Port
Alfred. In 1865, he
travelled to
Grahamstown by
ox-wagon; presumably
this was a regular visit
for supplies. While he
was there, he decided
to have his hair cut.
From one haircut to a
gigantic industry, the
Eastern Cape thrived.
Bishop preaches
leadership gospel
Mvandaba’s US
initiative inspires
ROB KNOWLES
ONE of the most
important factors for
the future of South
Africa is its ability to
train suitable leaders
that will enable the
country to improve the
lives of its people, and
Bishop Caleb Mvandaba
of Christ Ambassador
Ministries International,
has introduced a
programme that is
geared to do exactly
t h at .
Mvandaba was
inspired by the John
Maxwell leadership
programme, when he
visited the United
States on a
communication for
leadership conference
in 2010.
He spent some time
adapting the course
and, already, several
pastors have completed
the programme,
graduation of which
was held at Stenden in
2012 and 2014. But last
week, at a three-day
conference at the Titi
Jonas Centre in
Nemato, secular
citizens were assisted
with the techniques and
philosophy of the
programme and
afforded some practical
help to become
tomorrow’s leaders.
Dr Winston Lucien
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Daniel gave the keynote
address at the
conference, and each
participant was
provided with text
books to help them
better understand the
programme and how it
could change lives.
“I was initially
focused on the church.
“But training is
universal and I realised
this could be applied to
non-church people,”
Mvandaba said.
“The purpose of the
course is to develop
leaders for our future.
“The burden the Lord
has given me is
leadership. It has
always been my dream
to share this burden
with the people of
Ndlambe at large.”
Mvandaba is also
planning an application
strategy and has the
interest of people from
Bathurst, from Social
Development, ward
committees and early
childhood development
organisations that are
keen to learn the
principles the course
of fe r s .
Mvandaba said he
GIVING OTHERS A
CHANCE: Bishop
Caleb Mvandaba is
teaching others the
skills of leadership,
based on a US
programme
would like to thank the
municipality for their
assistance and
particularly municipal
manager, Rolly
Dumezweni, for
providing food during
the conference.

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N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES
THE Schools Boat Race takes place at the Kowie River
this Friday and Saturday, and the excitement is
mounting as pupils from schools all over the country
congregate at the Halyards Hotel to take part in this
prestigious event.
The youngsters and their supporters began to arrive
during the week, and practise on the river.
The weather forecast for Friday is 26°C and for
Saturday it’s 21°C, with a little morning rain – per fect
conditions for the rowers. Let’s hope this year’s
Schools Boat Race, to be hosted at the Halyards Hotel
for the first time, will prove a success and attract
many more people to our town.
THE stop/go on Southwell Road is causing some
concerns for locals who are attempting to avoid the
area by using back roads to get to their destinations.
However, a bigger question is whether the road will
be finished in time for the Christmas rush, or
continued work would mean massive traffic jams over
the holidays.
Talk of the Town has been told by Murray and
Roberts that work on the road will cease on Southwell
Road at midday today, and that the entire road works
will stop for the holidays on December 14, to resume
again on January 10.
HOORAY! The price of petrol decreased by 20c per litre
on Tuesday this week, and diesel decreased by 32.04c
per litre. The reasons given by government are the low
price of Brent Crude oil, as well as a strengthening of
the Rand.
However, the strength of the local currency will not
necessarily be a permanent factor as the world
markets still await decisions on Brexit and the
swearing-in of president-elect Donald Trump in
January. So, as has happened before, the relief for
motorists may be short-lived.
HIGH Court rulings, the Supreme Court of Appeal and
a disastrous culling of the news are the factors that
the new inquiry of the SABC board will have to
contend with as it commences its work on the
embattled public broadcaster this week.
Despite previous adverse court rulings that he is
unfit to hold office, former SABC COO Hlaudi
Motsoeneng was re-appointed as chief executive for
corporate affairs, and this will undoubtedly come
under scrutiny.
Mbulaheni Maguvhe, the current chairman (at the
moment the only remaining board member), has no
longer any ability to make any decisions as he cannot
form a quorum. How communications Minister Faith
Muthambi has allowed this to happen is not only a
DIARISE THIS
Albany Vintage and Classic Motor Club Museum
opens on the last Saturday of each month – 9am-12
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
Bonsai Club meets once a month on a Saturday. For
more information please contact David Brewis on
076-457-3218. Or e-mail d a v i d b re w i s 7 7 @ g m a i l . c o m
Duck Pond Morning Market every Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday from 9am-2pm, between Buksies
Coffee Shop and Penny Farthing restaurant. Jams,
pickles, secondhand books, cakes, quiches,
secondhand clothing, crochet knitting, plants. All
stallholders welcome. Contact Wendy 081-347-9562.
FAST (Forum for Astronomy, Science and Technology)
meets on the first Thursday of each month at the
cellar of the Wharf Street Brew Pub at 2.30pm.
Visitors welcome. Please contact Shirley Marais at
shirley@theannouncer.co.za or on 082-928-8671 for more
i n fo r m at i o n .
First Port Alfred Scout/Cub meetings. Every Friday
at the Girl Guide Hall, from 3pm-5pm. Visitors
welcome. For more information contact Dot Fethers
on (046) 624-3192.
Kenton Pub Quiz – 6.30pm – first Sunday of each
month at Kenton Bowls Club. Cash bar available.
Cash and other prizes. Teams of four to six. All
welcome. Enquiries: Walter Grisdale (046) 648-2440.
Kowie History Museum, at The Old Railway Station,
Pascoe Crescent. Open 9.30am-12.30pm
Tuesday-Saturday. Closed Sunday/Monday and public
h o l i d ay s .
Lower Albany Historical Society meets third
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 first
Tuesday of each month. Call Brian Edwards on (046)
624-2945, or John Moss on 082-829-5484 for more
i n fo r m at i o n .
Memory Book Scrapbook Club meets twice a month
on a Thursday afternoon. All welcome. Contact Cheryl
(046) 624-2733/083-556-7562.
National Sea Rescue Institute practises every
Wednesday at 5pm. To join the NSRI visit the base in
person to undergo an evaluation.
Night Scrapbooking classes every fortnight at
BCreative Scrapbooking Supplies at Shop 12, Rosehill
Mall. Wednesdays from 6.30pm-10pm. Call Nicolene
on (046) 624-3096 to book your spot for the next
class or for more information. Saturday morning and
weekday scrapbooking classes also available.
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Bill O’Connell, right, who is 80 years young, has lived in Perth for the last
30 years. His brother, Terry, who is 78, lives in Johannesburg and recently visited Port Alfred. He
recalled that when they were at QASS – Queen Alexander Secondary School, the principal was
Tubby Stuart. The boys left at the beginning of 1951 to attend Marist Brothers in Uitenhage and
subsequently Rondebosch. Billy was taught by Jock Killian and Piet Snyman and Terry by Joyce
Heny
mystery but her ability to hold such an office should
also be a major thrust of the inquiry.
FORMER police commissioner Mangwashi Victoria
“Riah” Phiyega is unfit to hold office. That was the
finding of the Claassen inquiry which was released
last weekend and was a damning finding that she
failed to disclose the two crime scenes at which 34
mine workers were gunned down in August 2012.
This is the third national police commissioner in a
row to have not completed a term of office, including
Bheki Cele and Jackie Selebi. With all the problems
associated with the Hawks, the National Prosecuting
Authority and the police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko,
South Africa is not looking good to the outside world.
CONGRATULATIONS and happy birthday greetings to
everyone celebrating a special day in the week ahead,
especially Dylan Brown, Nicholas Dempers, David
Steck, Brad Taljard, Annie Pike, Riekert Moller, Janine
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 DECEMBER, JANUARY and FEBRUARY
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
Bookings are required.
Port Alfred Bridge Club – Now at the Lodge on
Albany Road (the Old Vic Hotel). Meets every Monday
and Thursday – 1.15pm for 1.30pm start.
Port Alfred Community Police Forum meets on the
third Tuesday of each month at the Port Alfred Police
Station at 2.30pm.
Port Alfred Floral Art Group meets on the third
Saturday of the month at Settlers Park Hall at 2.30pm.
For more information please phone 082-464-4606
(Hennie de Bruin). All welcome.
Probus Club of the Kowie meets on the second
Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Port Alfred
River and Ski-boat Club.
Richmond House Museum will be open to the public
10am-12pm on the following four Saturday mornings
in December: 10, 17, 24 and 31 December.
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-4pm. A true art
and craft market. Large selection of goods.
Scottish Country Dancing at Don Powis Hall,
Settlers Park, every Wednesday from 5.30pm-7pm.
For more information please phone (046) 604-0478.
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
St reets.
U3A – Port Alfred Branch meets on the fourth
Thursday of every month at 10am at the Don Powis
Hall, Settlers Park Village. All welcome.
Woodlands Market, every Saturday from 8am-12
noon at Woodlands Cottages and Backpackers, just
outside Kenton on the R343 Grahamstown Road.
Yummy breakfast and treats, fresh produce, arts and
crafts. There is no charge for traders of local arts and
crafts and produce – an attempt to encourage and
support local tourism and businesses. For more
information contact 082-808-5976 or
info@woodlands.co.za
Thursday December 8
Memory Book Scrapbook Club – 2pm-5pm –
Presbyterian Church Port Alfred. All welcome. Contact
Cheryl (046) 624-2733/083-556-7562.
U3A meeting – 10am – Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park.
Entertainment by pupils from Cause of Applause with
Groenewald, Paul Griffiths, Roy Leming, Daniel
Drennan, Stewart Evans, Rudi van der Merwe, Loren
Hilpert, Merna Philips-Page, Gary Jones-Phillipson,
Denise Gunn, Mike Loewe, Nico Scheepers, Carol
Behrman, Daniel Ross, Gregory Gudmanz, Mia Mary de
Aroujo, Jean Botma, Donné Piquet, Jeanne Cloete,
Vivienne Reid, Renette Marx and Akhona Qunta.
WELL done and continued success to all businesses
celebrating another anniversary. Good luck for the
future to The Postmaster’s Village (in Steward Road),
Beavers Bakery and Kenny’s Sports Bar.
SOUTH Africa breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a
reprieve from credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings
last week.
The agency held South Africa’s foreign currency
sovereign credit rating at BBB-‚ the lowest
investment-grade rating‚ and kept its outlook negative.
S & P was the last of the big three agencies to
Sandy Maclachlan.
Clumber Methodist Church carols evening, from
6pm. All welcome. Just beyond Bathurst is the Shaw
Park turnoff. After 3km, turn left at the Martindale and
church signposts.
Thursday December 8 to Monday December 19
Christmas Lights Competition – Enter your home or
business in the Harcourts Christmas Lights
Competition. Begins on December 5 and judging will
take place December 19. Winners will be announced
December 20. Entry forms to be handed in at
Harcourts office
Thursday December 8 – Saturday December 31
Art Exhibition at 7 Campbell Street, between the
video shop and Bookends. Open from 10am-6pm
except Sunday. Enjoy a glass of refreshments while
perusing the paintings. Contact Lynn 082-770-9079 at
Port Alfred Art Club.
Friday December 9 and Saturday December 10
17th Annual South African Schools Boat Race on
the Kowie River. Hosted by St Andrew’s College and
stationed at the Halyards Hotel. Finals will begin at
7am on Saturday, with the women’s final being raced
at 2.15pm and the men’s final at 3pm.
Friday December 9
Santa comes to Red Leaf Nursery – 11am.
Saturday December 10
Christian Men’s Association breakfast (ladies
welcome) – 7am for 7.30am – Celebration Centre
(Old Vic Hotel). Derel Puffet of Ellel Ministries,
Pretoria, and the UK more widely, will be talking on
Ellel and its work in Africa, and globally. More
specifically, he will speak on the deliverance and
healing ministry for pastors and mature Christians
alike. Suggested donation of R40 to cover costs of
breakfast. Students R20.
AGM of the Bathurst Village Conservancy – 10am
at the Pig & Whistle, all welcome
Sunday December 11
Keiskamma Music Academy Christmas concert at
Hamburg Hall at 3pm. Sixty-five young musicians
performing all the favourite Christmas and South
African music, followed by a prize-giving. Entry by
d o n at i o n .
Christmas Cantata “The Prince of Peace” – 7pm –
Kenton Methodist Church. Come and enjoy a choral
festival of praise for the Christmas season. Suitable
for all ages – everyone welcome. For further
information contact the church office on (046)
648-1090, or Pam Gush (046) 648-3186.
Sunday December 11 to Friday December 23
The South African version of Tall Stories’ West End
hit, The Gruffalo, will play at the Port Alfred High
School Hall. The production is most suitable for
children aged three to 10 and their grown-ups. Tickets
cost R60 per person with a R5 discount for children,
grannies and granddads, and for bookings of 10 or
more seats. For more information call (046) 603-1103.
make an announcement in this round of rating
reviews‚ and was the most important as it was the
only agency that had South Africa’s foreign currency
rating one notch above junk with a negative outlook –
meaning it was the most likely to downgrade South
Africa to junk.
With the unemployment figures steadily rising, and
with fewer jobs in the market, a bad S&P rating could
have caused further damage to an already
beleaguered economy.
The producing industries, such as mining and
manufacturing, are all showing market declines. With
last year’s figures in brackets the rand it is trading at
R13.57 to the dollar (R14.61), R17.14 to the pound
(R21.98) and R14.56 to the euro (R15.94). Commodities
are trading with gold at $1171.75 per fine ounce
($1 076.44), with platinum at $937.20 ($847.25) and
Brent crude oil at $53.86 ($40.63).
SPECIAL thoughts and prayers are with all those folk
who are not well, who are having or have already had
tests, operations and treatments.
"Sterkte" to Harry Thackwray, Roy Potter, Andrew de
Vries, June Hart, Dot Fetherstonhaugh, Linda Hulley,
Ben Kember, Blake Squires, Llewellyn Wicks, Malcolm
Cock, Philly Dell, Myrna Keet, Barbara Tee, Bevan
Edwards, Jonathan Walker and Brenda Shelton.
OUR heartiest congratulations and good wishes for
continued happiness to the following couples
celebrating their wedding anniversaries in the week
ahead, especially Neville and Tilly Handley, Mike and
June Jones, Eben and Janine Groenewald, Chris and
Irene Snyman, Jonathan and Lisinda Hanstein, Russell
and Kerry Bartlett, Derick and Dominique Bamber, Des
and Sybil Kopke, Clayton and Kim Lloyd, Keith and
Sherle Hackart, Brandon and Alexa Calitz, Andrew and
Carlyn Smith, Ray and Glenda Hicks, Marcel and
Laurie-Ann Raven-Fabe and Michael and Kathryn
K i m b e r l e y.
AN annual special event which should not be missed,
is the switch-on of the Hospice Tree of Lights and
Carols by Candlelight service which will be held at the
Hospital grounds on Thursday, December 15 at
5.30pm, and which is a wonderful outing for the entire
fa m i l y.
Bulbs may be purchased in memory of loved ones
at R20 each from Sunshine Coast Hospice offices at 1
Alfred Road (behind the Magistrate’s Court), Halyards
Hotel and at the door on the night.
THOUGHT for the week: “If you want a limitless,
abundant, loving life, make sure that all that you
believe is limitless, abundant, compassionate and
loving.”
BEST regards as always,
The Team
To book, visit w w w. g r u f fa l o l i v e . c o . z a . Telephone
bookings 081-321-3574.
Monday December 12
Historic Bathurst AGM – 6pm – P i ke s ’ Post, Bathurst
Agricultural Museum. Apologies may be e-mailed to
the secretary at theshambles@vodamail.co.za
Thursday December 15
Hospice Tree of Lights and Carols by candelight by
the Port Alfred Baptist Church – 5.30pm – Port Alfred
Hospital grounds. Donation to hospice for admission.
Lights at R20 are available at hospice or at the
Halyards Hotel, or you may buy them at the event.
You will receive a felt heart when you purchase your
light. Bring your own picnic basket and chairs or
b l a n ke t .
Friday December 16 to Saturday December 31
Brian Hammond Art Exhibition – 43 Hill Street, Port
Alfred (046) 624-1081/ 082-899-8604
Friday December 16
Day of Reconciliation
SPCA Kowie Market – 8am-12pm – Port Alfred
library lawns. All traders. crafters and car boot-sellers
are welcome to participate at R30 per stall. Enquiries:
Sandra Pool (046) 624-8446.
Christmas Tea in the Garden – Kowie Museum
grounds from 9.30am-12.30pm. Teas, coffee and
delicious Christmas fare. Platform picture-painting
with chalk for the children and a vist to the museum.
Tickets cost R30.
FNB Fun Run – 8am – Kelly’s Beach. A 5km Fun Run/
Walk. There will be no major road crossings.
Marshalls will assist along the way and will finish at
Kelly’s beach. Donation: R30 per person and R10 per
children under 12. Contact person: Debra Harris
083-260-0334 and Lyn Harbrecht 083-811-4908.
Dirty Pineapple Mud Run – 2pm – Rufanes River
Farm, Port Alfred (5km from Port Alfred). For entries
or information: w w w. e l s h a d d a i p o r t a l f re d . c o . z a , call (046)
624-3616 or 082-418-6079.
Carols by Candlelight – 6 for 6.30pm – corner of
Bailey and Nautilus roads, Bathurst. Live nativity
scene, bring picnic baskets, tractor and trailer rides
for the kids before the carols. Call Nettie or Michelle
on (046) 624-5266.
VW Market Square Golf Day – Royal Port Alfred Golf
Club
David Kau at Fish River Sun.
Rosehill Art and Craft Market – Rosehill Mall, Port
Alfred. Starts at 9am.
PA Music Festival – Kiddies Programme, Hospital
Grounds, 10am to 5pm
Albert Frost Live at the Goatshed – Kenton-on-Sea.
The Goatshed, Kenton (R120pp) - 046 648 2867.
Starts at 8pm
Beach Party – Live music, Passionate Musos at
Horns up Kenton on Sea 071-195-9852. Starts at 8pm
Stuart Reece Festive Season Tour – Pig and
Whistle, Bathurst (R40pp) (046) 625-0673. Starts at
5pm

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PROUD PARENTS: Mom and dad Michelle and
Chris Swanepoel with son Kian
PROUD GRADUATE: Kestin Casson with his prize
at the Grade R graduation at Port Alfred High
School last Tuesday
SAYING GOODBYE: PAHS Pre-primary school
head, Melissa Tweedie said farewell to her
Grade R graduates and music teacher, Janet
Hyde, who played her swan song
SWEET SUCCESS: Amber Rogers receives her
certificate and prize at the Grade R prize-giving
at Port Alfred High School last Tuesday
Pre-school says farewell
to Grade R graduates
LOUISE KNOWLES
PRE-Primary school
head Melissa Tweedie
said goodbye to Grade
R pupils, at their
prize-giving at Port
Alfred High School hall
on Tuesday.
Tweedie said that
just as the parents
may have felt
separation anxiety,
when their children
started nursery school,
the teachers would
miss the pupils and
would always have an
interest in their future
fortunes, no matter
what they may be.
“They have been
given a strong
foundation, and are
well-equipped for
school,” Tweedie said.
She thanked the
parents for their
support throughout
the year especially as
times were hard.
Highlights of the
past year were literacy
week – when the
children dressed up as
story book characters
– the El Shaddai
Eisteddfod, NSRI water
smart talk, a
wheelchair project for
the aged, the barn
dance preceding the
fire which gutted the
foyer, singing at
Settlers Park on
Spring Day, game
viewing at Riverview
Estate, the foundation
phase concert Whale
of a Tale,
grandparents’ d ay,
Heritage Day, when
the children dressed
up and brought
traditional foods to
school, the African
Dream concert, and
carols by candlelight.
The children also
participated in
audioblock lessons,
drumming, dancing,
rugger kids, the splash
advertising feature
CLASS OF ’16: Grade
R pupils singing ‘I
Will Survive’ with
music teacher Janet
Hyde at the Grade R
prize giving at Port
Alfred High School
last Tuesday. Hyde is
leaving PAHS to
teach music and
maths at a school in
Richards Bay
Pictures:
LOUISE KNOWLES
GRADUATE: Gisele Barros Pestana receives her certificate and prize of
rainbow jellybeans from retired teacher and guest of honour, Lyn Riddin,
left, and Grade R teacher, Penny Paterson
gala and athletics.
The prize-giving was
held at the PAHS hall
instead of the
clubhouse, where it
used to be held.
Headmaster Clive
Pearson said it was
fortunate that the fire
did not affect the hall.
More than just a sports bar
Get ready to party this festive season as Kenny’s marks fifth birthday
IT’s time to party, as Kenny’s Sports
Bar celebrates its fifth birthday this
week, having opened its doors
officially on December 7 2011.
Kenny’s was established by Michael
(Mike) and Barbara Kenny along with
their family when they moved to Port
Alfred.
“When we took over the current venue
it became so popular that, in 14 months,
we were fortunate enough to have to
renovate due to needing more space,”
said Mike.
Kenny’s is a popular venue for viewing
sports games.
“We have seven full HD TVs with
awesome surround sound, the décor is
mostly rugby – Springbok memorabilia
adorns the walls and ceilings,” he said
As well as being a sports venue,
Kenny’s has become a great party venue
enjoyed by both young and old.
The pub serves most popular brands of
beers, ciders and spirits, and also has a
small wine list available.
On tap they offer Castle Draught, Black
Label Draught and, coming soon, they
will also have Castle Lite Draught, to be
served ice-cold.
Kenny’s runs daily specials as well as
offering a small pub menu.
“There are loads of promotions planned
for the season, including a spit braai
(bookings essential) on the evening of
December 31 and, to help you party the
night away into the New Year, there is
live music by Tequila Sunrise,” Mike said.
“Kenny’s management and staff would
like to take this opportunity to thank
everyone for the ongoing support and
wish everyone a very merry Christmas
and a prosperous 2017.”
READY TO SERVE: Staff members at Kenny’s Sports Bar are getting ready
for the Christmas season and their fifth birthday party this week. From
left are Sasha Badenhorst, Barbara and Mike Kenny, Natasha Kenny and
Nadine Liddle
Picture: MITCH HAUPT
Trading Hours Nemato Spar:
Mon– Sat: 7am – 7pm Sun: 7:30am - 6pm
Tel: 086 002 1039 | WE DELIVER -
Place orders telephonically or via email nemato1@retail.spar.co.za
Congratulations to
Kenny’s Sports Bar
on your
5th Anniversary!
All the best for
many years ahead!

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Von Memerty mesmerises fans
Showbiz veteran delivers on
the night for Kenton Rotary
LOUISE KNOWLES
IAN von Memerty has the kind of face that you
recognise, and a name you remember.
Is it just because he looks like Hollywood
celebrity Jeff Goldblum, with the chipped tooth
and black-framed glasses, or is he that rarity or
rather oxymoron, a South African celebrity?
He has been described variously as “a
confused eclectic” and as the “English
dictionary definition of showbiz”, but after
seeing his show at the Kenton-on-Sea Town Hall
on Friday night, one thing is clear, based on 33
years in the industry and his undeniable
personal qualities, he has successfully created
a personal brand.
But the man himself is, quite simply, just like
you and me. Haven't you ever known someone
who can play the piano, sing like a choirboy,
dance like a ballerina and stand up and be
funny? And that's just on stage.
Von Memerty also writes his own material
and he’s a well-known television presenter,
having presented the South African version of
Strictly Come Dancing and been a judge on
South Africa's Got Talent.
His family variety shows have included his
wife, Vivienne, who is a former national
ballroom and Latin dancing champion, and his
two children, Valeska and Oscar.
The Von Memertys have seen their fair share
of tragedy. Oscar suffers from Lamy Marteaux
Syndrome, although his life was transformed
when he obtained a bone-marrow transplant.
Ian, however, lost a daughter who died of a lung
complication after suffering from the same
disease. Perhaps that is what makes it so easy
to relate to him. Von Memerty was born in
Rhodesia in 1964 and grew up on a farm
outside Salisbury. His parents sent him to
boarding school, where he began piano lessons
at the age of seven. He likes to taunt critics
with the allegation that he first learned his love
of music while sitting on the potty.
He learned to sing in the school choir and
once went on an international tour. He studied
drama as well as music at school, but was
already 19 years old when he started ballet
lessons with 10-year-old girls, as well as jazz
and tap lessons.
His parents moved to Johannesburg, where
he attended St Johns, but was not happy at the
school. He then met the late Keith Galloway,
who started an acting company with Delia
Sainsbury, and started working as a pianist,
teacher and performer instead of attending
university after school.
He met a beautiful ballroom dancer, Vivienne,
with whom he thought it was possible great
things would happen, in 1989, and was proved
correct, when they were later married in 1991.
In 2006 they moved to a cottage in a forest
outside Port Elizabeth.
Convener Roger Carthew of Kenton Rotary,
said he had been trying for the past 18 months
to get Von Memerty to perform and was able to
book him for just one night at a third of his
normal price. Von Memerty also performs at
Monte Casino, Dubai and on cruise ships.
The dancing was double the magic, but his
comic rendition of well-known pianists and
songs, from the likes of Elton John and Stevie
Wonder, with a simple change of hats and
glasses, was everyone’s cup of tea.
DOUBLE THE MAGIC: Ian von Memerty and his wife, Vivienne, perform in ‘Double the Magic’ at
the Kenton Town Hall on Friday night, a show on behalf of Kenton Rotary Picture: LOUISE KNOWLES
Von Memerty's style was relaxed and easy,
and formed a nice counter-point with more
serious and poignant songs like Mr Bojangles,
while silhouetted in the spotlight.
He also did a rendition of a car GPS voice in
various guises, including the DA – “Yo u ' r e
going the wrong way”, the EFF – “get out,
cockroach, the taxman wants your car” and the
ANC – “honourable speaker, having complied
with all protocol, we have reached a consensus
and are going to hold another meeting to
decide what direction we should go in”.
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DELICIOUS FARE:
Pan-fried scallops in
the shell marinated
with ginger, lemon
grass and coriander,
served with fresh cut
garden greens
Pictures: LOUISE CARTER
SWEET STUFF: Apricot pavlova served with
chamomile cream
LIGHT AND SUMMERY: Risotto with roasted
sweet garlic, thyme and mascarpone, toasted
almonds and breadcrumbs
Spectacular food
and wine at Graze
Delicious fusion menu with summer flair
LOUISE CARTER and
LOUISE KNOWLES
DINING under the
African stars, foodies
and wine enthusiasts
indulged themselves in
a delicious menu by
Nick Howard of Graze
by the River for his last
official food-and-wine
pairing of the year.
Howard has a great
passion for food and
incorporated flavours
from all over the world
in a delectable fusion
menu bursting with
summer flavours.
All the dishes except
for the dessert were
paired with wines from
Baleia estate of
Riversdale on the Cape
south coast.
Once a grain
harvesting farm, but
rich in limestone, which
is crucial for vineyards,
Winezani realised the
potential in 2000 when
they started growing
grapes. Today they are
best known for their
white wine and also
their pinot noir.
Proximity to the
ocean also allows for a
cold breeze, which
enhances the flavour of
the grapes that are
har vested.
Howard explained
each dish, including
the ingredients and
method to make it, and
why he chose the wine
STEAMING HOT: Seared ostrich fillet served on
an Italian rosti with an apricot, port and honey
reduction
that was paired with it.
The welcoming drink
was a rosé, easy
drinking, light, with a
perfect pH, not too
sweet or too dry, and
low in acidity. It was an
easy-drinking, everyday
wine with hints of
strawberries and
raspberries and a
lingering taste of white
p e p p e r.
First on the menu
was wok-cooked
fragrant mussels
served with warm
ciabatta and paired
with chardonnay. It
featured lemon grass,
coconut milk, cream
and fresh herbs,
combining well with
butterscotch, tropical
fruit notes, dried
peaches and lemon
drop on the aftertaste
of the chardonnay.
This was followed by
pan-fried marinated
scallops, paired with
sauvignon blanc 2015
vintage with hints of
lemon grass. The
gooseberries on the
nose of this wine, a
palette of a firm acidity,
the aftertaste of
passion fruit, and the
greenish-gold colour
beautifully reflected the
cut grass and apples of
the dish.
Risotto roasted with
sweet garlic, thyme
and mascarpone was
paired with a pinot noir,
a light red wine with a
bit of a spicy note and
earthy tones, but in a
white wine style.
The main offering – a
seared ostrich fillet –
was paired with a
blended red wine called
Sebastian, the blend
being 20% pinot noir,
30% syrah (shiraz),
30% Cap Franc and
20% Tempranillo (a
Spanish grape).
An apricot pavlova
served with chamomile
cream was paired with
Riebeek Cellars’ r u by
port. Bright, dark,
fortified wine made in
the style of a port, and
matured in barrels, it
complemented the
flavour of the apricot
per fectly.
Fin Worral played
beautiful, blues-style
jazz on his acoustic
guitar in the
background. The local
crowd and foreigners
left feeling very happy.

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1290 Thanks
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2110 Lifts
2140 Lost
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2240 Personal Services
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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
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6150 Employment Wanted
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6170 Estate Agents
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7090 Houses to Let
7151 Holiday Accommodation
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8050 Houses For Sale
8161 Business Premises To Let
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9440 Motorcycles
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2070
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2230
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2240
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3
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3060
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GUIDE
Plumbing
5
5090
5120
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5120
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5122
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5360
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ĞĞĞůůŝŶŐĂŶĚ
ŵĞŵŽĂů
ĞĨĞĂĚĞŶĞŵŽĂů
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5510
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5550
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5570
Removals & Storage
5570
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5630
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EMPLOYMENT
6150
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ALFRED is seeking
employment. Has hand
gun, short gun and a riffle
with grade c security and
code driYers license
with PDP. Phone:
073 7647 927
ASANDA is looking for any
kind of work. Shes reliable
and honest. Available
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078 843 0390/ 073 571
8931
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078 525 7392
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Reliable and trustworthy.
Phone: 071 799 5522
DAVID
STENGILE is
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of trucks. Has good
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074 079 898383
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AUTO REPAIRS & SERVICES
Motor Mate
Tel: 046 624 5508
CAR WASH
Phil's Car Wash + numberplates
Cell: 082 600 2885
COURIER SERVICES
L&W Couriers
Tel: 046 624 8043, Cell: 072 711 0094
DENTIST
Dr. D. de Vos & Dr. N. Okonski
Tel: 046 624 5111
Help
Guide
AWNINGS, BLINDS & CARPORTS
The Shade Factor
Murray & Sandy: 082 366 9878
CARPET & UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
Sunshine Cleaning / Homecare
Michael: 076 792 4884 or 083 442 8208
Volcanik
Tel: 046 624 3630
Icon Hair
Tel: 046 624 1265
BARBER
Just Mens Hair & quality hair products
083 237 6612
Kwikdri Cleaners/Carpets/ Walls etc.
Darryl Holland 071 429 0028
CARTAGE, BOBCAT HIRE,
RUBBLE & REFUSE REMOVAL
Call Malcolm @ Noel Cartage
Cell: 084 580 9896
COMPUTER & PRINTER
SERVICES
Com Office
Tel: 046 624 3123 / 3175
Nationwide Port to Port Couriers
Tel: 046 624 1215, Cell: 087 354 0804
DSTV
ELECTRICIAN
JD Electrical
John Dacombe 083 276 4627
GARAGE DOORS
Exclusive Garage Doors
Tel: 083 345 7033
GAS SUPPLIES & SERVICES
LP Gaz
Tel: 046 624 8070
GLASS & ALUMINIUM
PG Glass - Grahamstown
Tel: 046 622 2950, Cell: 082 800 9276
HAIR STYLISTS
HOME RENTALS
Harcourts - Glynis Mather-Pike
Tel: 046 624 5222, Cell: 082 604 2733
KENNELS & PETS
Stanfield Farm Kennel and Cattery
Joy: 082 972 2279
MARINE & POWER PRODUCTS
Mr. Water Yamaha
Landline: 046 624 4012
Andre: 082 566 7774, Karen: 084 814 1139
OPTOMETRIST
D.M. Radue Optometrists
Tel: 046 624 4558
PROFESSIONAL PICTURE
FRAMING & SIGNAGE
The Frameworks & Sign Co.
Kerry: 046 624 1716, Cell: 082 730 7573
TRAVEL
GoTravel.co.za - Port Alfred
Tony King: 046 624 4044
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Tel: 046 624 3390
Supa Quick
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BURSARIES 2017
its students as well as focus on unleashing potential in
the local students as part of its active involvement in
community development.
BBA in Disaster Management:
Two full bursaries have been made available for the BBA
in Disaster Management commencing February 2017 for a
four-year study duration.
B.Com Hospitality Mangement:
The second two full bursaries are available for the B.Com
Hospitality Management degree commencing in February
2017 for a there-year study duration.
Application Requirements:
residents
R135 000 per annum
www.stenden.ac.za or fetched from campus reception
between 8 December and 15 December
January 2017 at 17H00
Enquiries: ronel.bartlett@stenden.com or 046 604 2214

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‘Elvis’ has them all
shook up at fundraiser
LOUISE KNOWLES
LIONEL Hunt is not an Elvis
impersonator but an Elvis variety
artist, he said at a fundraising
performance for the Moths held at the
Lodge on Saturday night.
But although Hunt claims “nobody
moves like Elvis”, there are those who
would beg to differ.
An appreciative audience made up
of members of the Moths, SA Legion
and SA Air Force Association, people
from Port Alfred and a table from
Kleinemonde, where Hunt lives, was
augmented by a church group which
came all the way from East London to
see him perform.
Hunt sang songs like Caught in a
Trap, Blue Suede Shoes, Don’t be
Cruel, Love Me Tender and Sweet
Caroline in a beautiful baritone voice.
But possibly his best rendition was the
patriotic song, American Trilogy.
Like the audience, who Hunt was
sure “were all patriotic South
Africans”, he said “Elvis was a great
patriot of America.”
Many of the members of the
audience grew up in the 50s and the
60s and could travel back in time with
Hunt.
Hunt wore platform shoes, complete
with studded oversized belt buckle, a
white all-in-one suit with bell-bottoms,
open-neck shirt, a cross around his
neck and a scarf, sideburns and a
p o m p a d o u r.
“I don’t wear this all the time,
usually I am just myself,” he said. “The
sideburns and wig are not my own,
they come in a box.”
Hunt has been an Elvis variety artist
all his life. Growing up in the town of
Bulawayo, he started listening to his
parents’ records, and couldn’t stop
listening to Elvis. The first song he
sang at a young age was: She
knows just how to make me laugh
when I feel blue.
He lived in Johannesburg for
22 years and said that the
Eastern Cape people were the
friendliest people in the world.
Hunt interspersed the music
with Elvis trivia. For example, his
whole life long Elvis never wrote a
single song, but because of his unique
style everyone assumed he wrote his
own material.
When he split up with Priscilla
Presley, he recorded the song You Are
Always On My Mind which was written
by Willie Nelson. Following an encore,
Hunt sang I Can’t Help Falling in Love
With You, and kissed the hand of
musical stalwart Lorna Els. He
complained that he was sick as a dog,
but had the audience on their feet to
the tune of Hound Dog.
Hunt also dedicated a song to
Annetjie, the wife of Moths treasurer,
John Rogers, titled The Wonder Of
Yo u , seeing as they were getting on so
well that night! Returning the
complement, Rogers obtained Hunt’s
autograph on the back of a poster for
the event.
“Does anyone know the exact date
LONG LIVE THE KING:
Lionel Hunt performed a
variety of Elvis songs at
the fundraiser for the
Moths held at the Lodge
on Saturday night
Picture: LOUISE KNOWLES
that Elvis “officially left the building?”
Hunt asked. It was August 16 1977.
Rogers also organised an auction at
half-time with Rob Knowles acting as
auctioneer, and a lucky draw chosen
by Ray Schenk “because he’s a
politician and can be trusted”, quipped
Knowles.
The winner of the lucky draw was
No 44, Ray Summers.
Up for auction was a lovely painting
by Eastern Cape artist Betsy Fordyce,
dated 1959, which was a gift to the
Moths and valued at R15 000. Bidding
was slow, and Knowles had to work
hard to raise the price above R2 400.
But Cynthia Eldren encouraged her
husband Bruce to bid and it went for
R2 500. The total amount raised for the
evening, after expenses, was R1 000.
Stenden South Africa is a registered Private Higher
Education Institute that offers a Bachelor of Commerce in
Hospitality Management and a Bachelor of Business
Administration in Disaster Management. Stenden South
Africa is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites
apply for the post of:
SECURITY SUPERVISOR (FEMALE)
Location:
Purpose:
Port Alfred, Eastern Cape
Security and Control Room Operator of
the Stenden South Africa campus and
student residences.
Responsible to: Security Manager
Salary: As per 2017 salary scaling system scale 3:
R6, 077 – R9, 115.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
1. Various Administrative and Computer tasks relating to
the security operation.
2. Monitor health and safety compliance at the campus
and residences.
incidents occur.
4. Enforce house rules at the student residences.
protocol.
6. Conduct security patrols.
-
Closing date: 15 December 2016
Commencement of duties:
Please submit your CV and letter of motivation to
chaardii.bosman@stenden.com or drop off a hard copy
at the reception of Stenden South Africa, attention:
Chaardii Bosman.
If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the
closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
WIZARD AND NO-MAJ: A zookeeper of magical beasts, Newt Scamander
(Eddie Redmayne), right, befriends and teams up with aspiring baker
Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) in 1920s New York in the Harry Potter
spinoff, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’, now showing at
Rosehill Cinema
The magical world of
Harry Potter revisited
LOUISE KNOWLES
Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them,
with Eddie Redmayne,
Katherine Waterston,
Colin Farrell, Ezra
Miller and Dan Fogler.
Directed by David
Yates. 4/5
JK ROWLING did not
develop the character
of fictional author,
Newt Scamander, until
she wrote the
screenplay for Fa n t a st i c
Beasts and Where to
Find Them in 2013, in
which he is the main
c h a r a c t e r.
Scamander was,
however, the fictional
author of a text book
which Harry Potter and
his class were required
to study in the first
Harry Potter book of
the series, Harry Potter
and the Philosopher’s
Stone (1997).
In 2001, Rowling
wrote Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find
Them in the name of
the fictional author,
Newt Scamander, to
raise funds for the
charity called Comic
Relief. Then in 2013,
Warner Bros
approached her to
write the screenplay
based on the book.
In the movie,
Scamander (Eddie
Redmayne) is a
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travels to 1920s New
York to recover and
protect magical beasts,
and runs afoul of the
wizard authorities
when some creatures
escape and cause
havoc among the
human “no-maj”
p o p u l at i o n .
The first victim is a
completely innocuous
no-maj named Jacob
Kowalski (Dan Fogler)
who is seeking a bank
loan to start his own
bakery when he
encounters the first
little critter, which
looks like a platypus
with a penchant for
stealing jewellery.
An unfortunate
switch of suitcases
results in even more
escapees and Kowalski
getting a nasty bite
which requires some
magical medicine.
By this time
Scamander has a
disgraced wizard cop,
Tina Goldstein
(Katherine Waterston),
in tow. Rather than
remove the memory of
Kowalski, Scamander
befriends him and
shows him a world of
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Milkwoods Bridge Club enjoying their Christmas lunch
Thursday December 1 at Wharf Street Brew Pub.
magical creatures no
human has ever
dreamed of.
The baker even
becomes a useful ally,
if only to distract one
of the creatures they
attempt to recapture.
Meanwhile, the
magical world does not
want to be discovered
and fears that if the
magical animals
expose them, war will
break out.
Agent Graves (Colin
Farrell) is sent to
obliviate anyone who
has been exposed to
these animals.
On the human side,
there is a threat from
the witch-hunting New
Salem Philanthropic
Society, led by the
cruel Mary Lou
Barebone (Samantha
Mor ton).
There are some very
dangerous magical
creatures, but there are
some very loveable
ones like a sentient
plant that walks on its
roots and has
attachment issues.
The final showdown
comes with the
unleashing of an
Obscurus, a dark,
destructive force
inadver tently
manifested by young
magical children forced
to conceal their
powers.
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movie for both children
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THISWEEK
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IN THE WILD: Kwandwe Private Game Reserve outside Grahamstown has won a string of awards at the Safari Awards ceremony in London. Kwandwe is a “Big 5” reserve. See story on this page
Picture: SID PENNEY
KWANDWE SCOOPS AWARDS
Situated not too far from Grahamstown on its northern
side, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve won a string of
awards at the Safari Awards ceremony in London last
week. The most noteworthy of these awards is the
“Best Ecologically Responsible” property awarded to
K wa n d w e ’s Ecca Lodge, achieving first place in the
South Africa category and second place in the overall
Africa category. Kwandwe spokesperson Cathy Braans
said Ecca Lodge also bagged second place for “B e st
Family Experience” in both South Africa and Africa, and
achieved second place in the “Best Community
Fo c u s s e d ” categor y.
Ecca Lodge was also highly commended in both the
“Best Safari Cuisine” and “Best Design” c at e g o r i e s .
“Last but certainly not least,” Braans said. “Ecca Lodge
achieved a second place in the “Best Safari Guiding
Te a m category in South Africa”.”
Also on the 22000ha Kwandwe reserve, Great Fish
River Lodge won the “Best Location” in South Africa
award and was third in the “Best Safari Guiding Team”
categor y.
Kwandwe is home to a wide variety of game,
including the “Big 5”, as well as threatened species
such as black wildebeest, crowned eagle and blue
crane, from which the reserve gets its name. With just
22 rooms split between Ecca and Great Fish River
Lodges, and two private villas – Melton Manor and
Uplands Homestead – Kwandwe has one of the highest
land-to-guest ratios in South Africa.
RHODES THANKS STUDENTS
A statement issued by Rhodes University last week
thanked students for choosing to study at Rhodes. The
statement was also directed at those students, who
completed the recent exams, and hoped their results
will be pleasing. The statement reminded students that
if they had fees outstanding for this year these need to
be settled as soon as possible to ensure that exam
results are released timeously. Rhodes has stated it will
withhold exam results of those, whose fee accounts
reflect a balance outstanding.
QUALIFYING ON PE ROADS
A huge entry of 880 runners took to Port Elizabeth
roads on Saturday for the Aspen PE City Marathon over
42km, an event incorporating the Eastern Province
marathon championships. The size of the field was due
to the fact that finishers were able to post qualifying
times for next year’s Two Oceans and Comrades
ultra-marathons. Thus, entrants came in their droves
from all over South Africa for the coastal race, held
over a relatively flat course.
First Grahamstown finisher was Mario Hockly of
Albany Saints & Sinners Multi-Sport Club, finishing a
highly-credible 128th in 3hr 30min 21sec.
Other Grahamstown finishers were (RWFL=Run/Walk
for Life Athletics Club):
278th John Offerman (RWFL) 3:57 : 12
298th Mzwabantu Nesi (RWFL) 3:58:52
308th Richard Foss (Albany) 3:59:26
442nd Liam Henaghan (Albany) 4:18:27
469th Willie Bosman (RWFL) 4:22:44
554th Rose-Marie Hurford (RWFL) 4:32:47
593rd Philippa Field (Albany) 4:37 : 53
648th Emlyn Gallant (Rhodes) 4:46:30
718th Colin Bennett (Albany) 4:56:17.
DONATING RED
The next visit of the Port Elizabeth branch of the SA
National Blood Service to Grahamstown will be next
Tu e s d ay. The mobile unit will be in the NG Kerk Hall at
59 Hill Street from 1pm to 6pm and is hoping for a
bumper collection of units of blood in view of the
coming holiday season and increased traffic flow on
the roads.
CASUAL IN THE MOONLIGHT
When the first night bowls competition was hosted by
ANGELIC: Some of the children taking part in
the nativity tableau at the Rotary Carols by
Candlelight service in the Cathedral. They were
drawn from local schools Picture: SID PENNEY
Grahamstown Bowling Club back in 1995 it was
sponsored by Two Ships Whiskey (or was it Three?)
and now, all these years down the line, it is sponsored
by Pepper Grove Pick n Pay, and they have been writing
out the sponsorship cheque for quite a few years.
The original idea of the event was to bring social
bowls to the community of Grahamstown and hopefully
to introduce and “sign up” players to established
bowling clubs. And both aims have succeeded, it would
seem. True, about 80 teams contested the annual event
in its early years, but this has now dropped to about
60. Nevertheless, it continues to prove very popular
with players and supporters. And yes, there has been a
spin-off for bowling clubs as the bug bites.
What makes the Pick n Pay night bowls league on
the Grahamstown greens so popular is the informal
mood – off-beat teams’ names, casual dress, plenty of
banter and shouts of encouragement, partaking of
liquid refreshment during play, as well as downing
burgers and chips. It is all great fun, but the usual
rules of the game apply, and flat-soled shoes are a
must on the greens – no heels, please!
The 2017 edition takes place from January 30 to
March 10 and teams – from companies, schools (staff
members), university departments, service clubs and
other organisations – are advised to submit their
entries soon. E-mail June McDougall on
june.mcdougall@gmail.com
CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER
Three leading Cape Town schools – SACS, Bishops and
Rondebosch – are among the 16 schools’ crews entered
in the junior men’s division for this weekend’s SA
Schools’ Boat Race on the Kowie River at Port Alfred. St
Andrew’s College is hosting and organising the
competition, and is the only Grahamstown school
rowing this year. Diocesan School for Girls has not
entered a crew.
Among the other schools taking part are St Alban’s,
St Stithian’s, St John’s, King Edward Vll, Jeppe,
Parktown, Germiston and Grey High in the junior men’s
category, and St Mary’s, St Andrew’s School for Girls,
Holy Rosary, Chisipite from Zimbabwe, Clarendon and
Somerset College in the junior women’s category.
The finals get under way at 7am on Saturday, with
the junior women’s final scheduled for 2.15pm and the
junior men’s final due to take place at 3pm.
GOING, GOING, GONE
Grahamstown resident Emily O’Meara had such a
wonderful way with words when she penned – or typed
– the text for the coffee-table book G r a h a m st o w n
Reflected back in the mid-1990s. I took great interest in
the chapter “Student Life” on pages 116 and 117, in
particular the second paragraph, in view of the fact
that our 2016 Rhodes students have recently left town
for their end-of-year holiday break.
Emily writes (remember it was written in the
mid-’90s): “When all 4000-plus students push off on
the lengthy end-of-year vac, the population (of
Grahamstown) ages overnight and an unearthly hush
descends.”
POSTERS ON THE ARCH
I was not happy the other day upon seeing the front
walls of the Drostdy Arch plastered with posters
advertising this and that. After all, the Arch is a
National Monument. Okay, some people call it Drostdy
Gateway, but I prefer Drostdy Arch – it’s sort of got a
ring to it!
IMPROVEMENT COMING
I read a Facebook post the other day saying that plans
are afoot to paint a mural on the exterior walls of the
old Odeon Cinema building in Bathurst Street.
Apparently a workshop will be held shortly to decide
exactly what will be painted on the walls. When I read
this I came pretty close to jumping for joy. I had been
planning to write a piece on the Odeon building, so this
Facebook post proved to be the impetus.
The green former Odeon Bioscope building in
Bathurst Street is surrounded by some very smart,
clean, refurbished and well-maintained buildings. Their
owners clearly take great pride in their appearance. Yet
the Odeon building itself is rather dirty and grubby, and
the signwriting is on the amateurish side.
This made me think back a few years when the then
municipality would send notices to property owners
whose buildings and grounds were unkempt and dirty,
overgrown, unpainted for years, grubby and, in some
cases, even falling apart. Unfortunately, it doesn’t
appear to be the case these days. Just take a walk
down Beaufort Street from the Bathurst Street traffic
lights for about 300m and you will see what I mean.
SPEEDY DOWN GEORGE
Oh my goodness, but the speeding in George Street
has to be seen to be believed. It really has become a
serious matter, and I see it happening almost daily. The
traffic department occasionally sets up speed traps,
WILD DRIVE: PJ Olivier Primary School’s Grade 7 prefects for 2016 ended their official duties for
the year with a leisurely game drive in Kwandwe Private Game Drive. They are, from left at the
back, Phillip Ferreira, Charlene Botha, Carla Odendaal, Tiaan de Villiers and Shirley Retief; in the
middle, Allestacia Adams, Branham McCabe and Litha Zabo. In front is Hendrien Coetzee (teacher
and co-ordinator of the outing)
but maybe the time has come for speed humps, rumble
strips or metal speed bumps to be installed. Oh, and
another thing – I notice during my walks there is a total
disregard for the law regarding talking on phones while
driving.
QUITE A PRICE
Admittedly I gasped with astonishment when I saw the
price of a property in the Oatlands suburb as
advertised in November’s newsletter of Makana
Tourism. The property is priced at R3.450-million and
the advert says Henri House is a “st at e l y
four-bedroomed period home” plus B&B suites. The
original home was built in 1856 for the rector of Christ
Church.
TOP ECO-LODGE
Shamwari Game Reserve’s Eagles Crag Lodge has been
named “Wo r l d ’s Leading Eco-Lodge 2016” at the World
Travel Awards gala ceremony in the Maldives.
Shamwari group general manager Joe Cloete said: “It
remains our goal at Shamwari to do our utmost to
conserve a vanishing way of life, not only through our
extensive wildlife and conservation initiatives but also
by building and maintaining our six lodges, off-the-grid
explorer camp and facilities as eco-friendly as is
feasibly possible.”
DONKEY CARTS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Twenty-one years ago Emily O’Meara wrote in the
coffee-table book “Grahamstown Reflected” that “Piet
Retief worked here, Thomas Baines painted here, Dick
King rode here. A donkey cart city but definitely not a
one-horse town, though there is just one set of traffic
lights”.
Twenty-one years later it’s still a donkey cart city, but
with the added attraction of scores of cows and goats,
plus a few free-range donkeys. Oh, and we also have a
couple of additional sets of traffic lights. And the
horse? That’s another story!
HERE AND THERE
Did you know (I for one did not) that in the early ’80s
Tom Tits Travel had its main office in Grahamstown and
a branch in Port Alfred. I knew of the Grahamstown
office but not the Port Alfred one. In Grahamstown, Tom
Tits Travel was situated on Church Square and was an
Avis Rent-a-Car agency, while their Port Alfred office
was in Boshoff Building.
BIRD IN THE HAND
It seems some people in town – car guards and
vagrants included – are allegedly playing on residents’
emotions by attempting to sell them wild birds.
Apparently they approach people with a bird in their
cupped hands, offering it for sale. Residents, fearing for
the safety and well-being of the birds, buy them for a
few rands and later release them.
DUO STILL ACTIVE AT THE SCHOOL
Earlier this year I was present at the official opening of
the new cricket nets on Somerset field at Graeme
College.
It was during Founders Weekend, and as such many
Old Graemians and friends of the school were present.
One of the photographs I took for my column
depicted Ian Suttie and Wayne Wiblin standing next to
the signage at the nets.
The new nets were named after Suttie, who rendered
many years of service to cricket at Graeme, while the
fund-raising project for the acquisition of the nets was
spearheaded by Wiblin.
A few weeks ago I was paging through the Graeme
College magazine of 1980, when a particular
photograph caught my eye. It was of the school’s
under-11A rugby team, of which Ian Suttie was one of
two coaches that year and Wayne Wiblin was captain.
And they are still doing so much good for Graeme.
WINNERS ON COURT
The Graeme College tennis team that won the Knowling
Shield in 1979 against Kingswood College and St
Andrew’s College comprised Brian McLean (captain),
John Richardson, Billy Emslie, Terry Ochse, Mark
Cowie, Nick Tremaine, Robert Gill and Adrian
Wat e r m e y e r.
LIGHTS OUT
Whatever happened, I wonder, to the pole and traffic
lights at the intersection of Bathurst and Beaufort
streets – the one on the Bathurst Street centre island
facing south. It must have been a rather big vehicle to
have wiped that one out!
NEW COAT NEEDED
Seeing Allen Street is so busy these days, I really think
the STOP sign painted on the tar leading into New
Street is long overdue a coat of bright white paint,
preferably a long-lasting brand.
NEW ON THE SHELVES
The Makana Tourism booklets for 2017 are now
available from their offices on Church Square. A total of
25 000 booklets have been printed by Makana Tourism
and Grahamstown Hospitality Guild. The booklets are
Frontier Country map, Grahamstown map and
information guide.
NEW ON BOARD
New staff members, who will be welcomed to St
Andrew’s College next year are Ms Laura de Lange
(mathematics department), Graeme Lucas-Bull
(Armstrong housemaster), Angus Nixon (life orientation
and head of the pipe band) and Andrew Stuart-Watson
(English department).
R E F L E CT I O N S
I paged through my copy of “Grahamstown Reflected”
the other day, something I do quite often when it
comes to obtaining info for this column. To think that it
has been 21 years since this gem of a coffee-table book
had its launch on June 24 1995. The trio responsible
for its production were Emily O’Meara (author), Duncan
Greaves (photographer) and Lyn Tyler (designer).
Occasionally I see Emily O’Meara outside her home in
Market Street, and bump into Duncan Greaves every
now and then in Pepper Grove Mall, where he once
owned FotoFirst. “Grahamstown Reflected” may have
been written over 21 years ago, but its text and pictures
still make for a great and enlightening read.
STRINGED DISTINCTION
Congratulations to Kingswood College music teacher
and violinist JF Viljoen, who has graduated with
distinction in Licentiate exam with Trinity College
(London).

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Kowie Bowling Club
LAST Tuesday we played our Megabucks competition
and John Hubbard’s pair with Don Munro were the
winners against Mike Beaumont’s pair with a full
house of points, and shot profit of 10.
The runner-up was Jackie Kriel’s trip, which
defeated Dick Schuurman’s team. Strangely the rest
of the games were all very close and peeled.
Last Thursday, we managed to get our club-drawn
pairs off to a start with four games being played with
Jackie Kriel defeating Stephen Minnaar 10 /+9, Sally
M of fat ’s team defeating Mike Pfotenhauer 8/+5,
Sieggie Rohrs defeating Jean Botma 8/+4 and Bob
Fo r d ’s team defeating Pieter Stegmann 8/+4.
For the rest we played tabs-in but there was no
competition played and all games were pretty close,
with the biggest shot profit being +4.
On Saturday, with three men’s teams playing in the
Harry Owsley, we had a smallish field for our Guido’s
competition. Harold Bodill’s team of Judy Hunter and
Gill Turner defeated John Hubbard’s team 2/+10 and
our runner-up was Mike Beaumont’s pair, which b e at
Lee Botma’s pair. Both winner and runner-up took
home Guido’s vouchers in what was our last internal
competition for the year.
A notice to all members and any prospective
bowlers who are sitting in the wings: we will be
having a fun day of bowls on Friday, December 16.
Bowls will start at 10am, followed by a bring and
braai, where you can relax in our boma for the
afternoon and just enjoy the day.
For those who need bowls we do have available.
Duties for the week December 19-25: Greens –
(Roll) Ed Hoseck, (Mark) Stan Richter and Rob
Sandilands, Tabs – (Cash) Jackie Kriel, (Select)
Charles Louw, Bar – Bev Lear and Flame Metter.
Kenton Bowling Club
Last Wednesday was the final round of this year’s
Dias Insurance Consultants Jackpot, with a total prize
money of R3000.
The competition runs over 11 months with individual
scores accumulated for the year-end jackpot.
At the start of the final round there were still four
players in contention for the first prize. In the end,
Addie Wolf walked off with the first prize followed by
Brian Aldag, Rodney Austin and Lionel Howarth.
Andrew Murray of Dias Insurance Consultants
handed out the prizes as well as providing snacks
and a round of drinks to all the players.
This annual competition has become very popular
and has attracted 460 individual player games, 10%
more than last year.
Last Friday was a toss-up about what “cultural”
event in Kenton to attend. Sixty of our members and
partners chose our club’s year-end dinner.
On arrival, the guests were greeted by a beautifully
decorated clubhouse with the tables laid out in a
typical Christmas theme. Guests were treated to a
three-course meal prepared by Bev Francis.
The chilled curried apple soup was a winner and
the many requests for “seconds” could fortunately be
accommodated. A typical Christmas main-course
consisting of glazed gammon and roast lamb, with
vegetables to match, was enjoyed by all.
Cecil Jones, of Spike Jones and the Satellites fame,
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entertained the guest with a musical interlude of
golden oldies (some lyrics were “naught y-fied”!) and
the catchy tunes soon encouraged couples to take to
the dance floor.
At the end of the evening the guest with a lucky
sticker under his/her chair could take the lovely table
arrangement home.
Richard Beresford won the Christmas hamper
consisting of wine, biltong, chocolates and bowling
goodies. All-in-all it was a lovely evening.
T h u r s d ay ’s Seeff Supa Thursday competition was
WORTHY WINNERS:
The takers of the Harry
Owsley Memorial
Trophy at the Port
Alfred Bowling Club
last weekend were a
team from Port
Elizabeth. Port Alfred
Bowling Club
president David
Freeme, left, presents
the trophy to, second
from left, Peter
Hufkie, Johan van der
Berg, Paul Spriggs and
Gary Adams
won by Di Gruneberg and her team. Saturday was our
social Saturday competition sponsored by Preston’s
Bottle Store. As per usual, tea-time treats were
provided for by some of our members.
The sugar rush at tea catapulted Ian Edwards’ team
into the lead and in the end, they won handsomely.
The welcome Preston’s gift vouchers will come in
handy over the festive season.
Upcoming events: December 14 – Kenton Garage
Skins; December 14 – annual awards and prize-giving.
Duty roster for the week starting December 12: Tabs
MUCH APPRECIATED: The St Andrew’s College Cricket Club donated a selection of refurbished bats,
pads, helmets, gloves and other cricket gear to the Tiger Titans of Bathurst recently. St Andrew’s
1st XI captain, Chris Benjamin, centre, led his team during this project. Members of the team
cleaned out the storerooms of boarding houses, scrubbed the pads and gloves and sent the bats
to Port Elizabeth for new handles. The presentation was made to Tiger Titans representatives at
the annual cricket dinner on November 19
cashier – Keith Benson, Bar service – Kevin Bates
and Brian Aldag.
Birthdays: December 11 – Addie Wolf, December 13
– Jenny Day.
Port Alfred Bowling and Croquet Club
Our Harry Owsley tournament has come and gone but
was a huge success.
A full house of players participated and came from
areas all around the Eastern Cape. The weather held
and good bowls was played.
The winners were Paul Spriggs and his team from
Port Elizabeth; second was Terry James and his team,
also from Port Elizabeth.
Applause to all the folk who worked hard to make
this event the success it was, from the greenkeepers,
bar, catering, organisers and scorers.
A special vote of thanks to all our sponsors, Market
Square VW, Warrick Wealth, Old Mutual, Leach
Pharmacy, Superspar, Harcourts and Pick n Pay.
Without such generosity our bowling calendar would
be very sparse.
The Kowie Hamper is taking place this Saturday at
Kowie. I hope the heatwave will have ended by then.
Good bowling all. The Guido’s-sponsored competition
will be held on Tuesday, after which no more
sponsored competitions will be played this month.
Our good wishes to all our members as the
Christmas season heats up and friends and family
arrive and get-togethers and fun times happen. Enjoy
our clement weather and cool down in the sea on the
hot days. Remember to save water as best you can.
Duties for the week December 13-17: Tabs –
Helen Thompson and Dallas Cowie, Bar – TBA, Ironing
– Trevor Frost.
CROQUET
CORNER
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LAST Tuesday we had
our annual prize-giving
evening which
incorporated the
achievers awards.
The following
players received
awards: Val Armstrong
– winner of the Open
Door Tournament; Phyl
Russell and Roger
Darkes – winners of
the A and B handicap
singles respectively at
the Allan Wilson
Classic.
Club Championship
results:
B Section
Handicap Doubles:
Runners-up – Janet
Thatcher and Des
Wright; winners –
Peggy Southey and
Roy Leeming
Open Doubles:
Runners-up – Pe g g y
Southey and Roy
Leeming; winners –
Roger and Sue Darkes
Handicap Singles:
Runner-up – Pe g g y
Southey, winner –
Roger Darkes
Open Singles:
Runner-up – Roger
Darkes, winner –
Peggy Southey
A Section
Handicap Doubles:
Runners-up – Anne
Prettejohn and Mercia
Kruger; winners –
Peter Wansell and
David Boyd
Open Doubles:
Runners-up – Mar y
McGhie and Jill Pople;
winners – Pe t e r
Wansell and David
Boyd
Handicap singles:
Runner-up – Mar y
McGhie; winner – Jill
Po p l e
Open Singles:
Runner-up – Mar y
McGhie; winner –
Peter Wansell
This month’s
rollover will take place
on Wednesday
December 14. We wish
Roy Leeming a very
happy birthday on the
13th. We wish all our
members a blessed
Christmas and a
prosperous 2017.
Croquet Corner will be
back mid-January.
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VICTORIOUS STROKE: The winning team at last year’s South African Schools Boat Race, St Alban’s, crossed the finish line a full 30 seconds ahead of rivals St Stithian’s
Picture: ROB KNOWLES
Schools Boat Race this weekend
ROB KNOWLES
THE Halyards Hotel will play host
to the 17th annual South African
Schools Boat Race tomorrow and
Saturday this year, and the
excitement is building as
thousands of rowers, their
families and friends descend on
Port Alfred.
This year’s event is hosted by
St Andrew’s College and
sponsored by Standard Bank. It
is the most prestigious event on
the schools’ rowing calendar,
attracting schools from all over
the country.
The regatta will include two
Wednesday November 30:
Sibuya Game Reserve/Arabella
Wines individual Stableford,
with 78 players.
Ohlssons Cup Winner: Heinz
Czepluch
Results:
1st: Derek Sinclair – 47, 2nd:
Tommy Webster – 43, 3rd:
Trevor Taylor – 42, 4th: Arnie
Schultz – 42, 5th: Andy Altson –
42
Two clubs:
6th: T Tagg, N Oosthuizen, C
Po u l t o n
8th: D McElwee, D Wisener, D
Cowie, G Churchley, S
Dorrington, R Clayton
11th: D Sinclair, V Jordan, R
Dowding
13th: D Broedelet, W
Wolmarans, L Nell, R Clayton
Best gross: 69 – Wian van
Aswegen
Best nett: 61 – Derek Sinclair
Nearest the pins:
Debonairs Pizza – 6th: Geoff
Bladen
Kowie River Cruises – 8th:
Dennis McElwee
The Wharf Street Brew Pub –
11th: Viv Jordan
Dulux – 13th: Wian van aswegen
Wimpy longest drive – 14th:
Wian van Aswegen
VW Nearest the pin for two on
the first: Mike Stadler
Saturday December 3: Viv
Jordan golf day, a two ball
alliance with 72 players.
Results:
1st: Roly Clayton, Ross Wright -
55
2nd: Colin Howard, Mike Legg -
50
3rd: Neil Loundar, George Lake -
49
4th: Wendy Counihan, Margie
Segers - 49
Two clubs:
1st: D Mjimla
4th: C Howard
6th: N Mbabela
8th: A Sap, S Osborne, R Acton,
R Clayton, M Segers
Best gross: 75 – Desmond
Thousands of rowers to compete for top honours
main events, namely, a Junior
Men’s Eights race over 6.4km
and a Junior Women’s Quads
race over 4km. Heats will be
raced tomorrow with the finals
taking place on Saturday.
In total, 17 junior men’s crews
will take part, including those
from St Alban’s College, St
Stithian’s College, St John’s
College, St Benedict’s High
School, Bishops, St Andrew’s
College, King Edward VII School,
SACS, Rondebosch Boys High
School, Jeppe Boys High School,
GOLFW E E K LY
Mjimla
Best nett: 66 – Ross Wright
Nearest the pins:
Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Roly
C l ay t o n ,
Auto Smart Body Shop – 8th:
Roly Clayton
Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th:
Marius Lombard
The Wharf Street Brew Pub –
13th: Jayden Roesstorff
Wimpy longest drive – 18th –
Brett Osborne
Royal St Andrews – Nearest the
pin for two on the first:
Desmond Mjimla
1820s Golf
Monday November 28: 22
players in windy conditions.
Winners on 38: Andy Simpson,
Peter Rinaldi, Ted Baines.
Moosehead on 44: Albert
Whitfield, Stan Weyer, Dudley
Kieser, Windsor Bagley.
Good scores: 49 - Ram Piers, 48
- Peter Rinaldi, 47 - Dudley
K i e s e r.
Two clubs: 13th Lionell Timm.
Thursday December 1: 32
players in fair conditions.
The Gordon Butler Trophy
winners on 40: Ken Banks, Gary
Godley, Lawton Amos, Cecil
Jones-Phillipson.
Moosehead on 47: Peter Rinaldi,
Albert Whitfield, Wolly
Wolmarans, Louis van der Walt.
Good scores: 49 - Ken Banks,
Juan Southey, 48 - John
Heather, 47 - Roy de Wet, 45 -
Cecil Jones-Phillipson, 44 -
Derick van Hammerlin.
Two clubs: 11th Rick Hill.
L ADIES’ R E S U LTS
November 29: A sunny and
warm afternoon with mild,
cooling breezes presented
pleasant conditions for the 30
Grey High School, Parktown Boys
High School, Selborne College,
Germiston High School and St
D u n st a n ’s College. This year will
also include a team from the
Nemato Rowing Club.
The 10 junior women’s crews
are St Mary’s School, St
Andrew’s School for Girls, Holy
Rosary, St Stithian’s College,
Chisipite Senior School from
Zimbabwe, Clarendon High
School, Germiston High School,
PGRC, Somerset College and
Buffalo Rowing Club.
Last year’s men’s winners, St
Alban’s, will be looking for a
repeat of last year’s finals. But
they will have to fight hard as
there are many other teams vying
for the honour.
St Mary’s Girls School have
won the women’s competition for
two consecutive years, but will
they be able to hold onto the
trophy for another year?
Master in charge of rowing at
King Edward VII School, Trevor
Dedlow, gave his opinion of the
races to come.
“Our King Edward Boat Race
crew [arrived in] Port Alfred on
Tuesday in order to spend some
time on the river to familiarise
themselves with conditions.
“The South African Schools
Boat Race requires a
combination of power and
endurance coupled with an
exceptional technical expertise,”
Dedlow said.
“Athletes will be subject to
physical fatigue, as well as
extreme psychological pressure.
Conditions are unpredictable and
can change during the course of
the race.
“This year we will be seen as
one of the possible favourites
after our recent win at the
Gauteng Championships.”
Boat Race is a different type of
event, however, being raced over
5.9km as opposed to the
championship distance of 2km.
There will be strong competition
from the coastal areas, as well as
from one or two local boats.”
The Halyards Hotel will be
offering lunches at R85 per head
for athletes and coaches. A
prize-giving dinner will be held at
the hotel at R100 per athlete.
Nick shot a two over par 74 to
nett 64 for the best round of the
day whilst John Abbott would
have gone home delighted with
... the results his nett 62. Other sub 70 nett
KOWIE
scores were shot by Mike
players who turned out for Harbrecht, Liz Mangham, Mike
Stadler, Fanie Smit (65), John
Tuesday's Lady section's and Terry Harris to win the
Muggeridge (67), Brian
better-ball Stableford sponsored morning's proceedings.
Haywood, Brian Shirley, Bryan
by the Ocean Basket.
It was not such good news for
Robinson (68), Peter Reed and
Lynette Harbrecht and Wendy Jenny Ralph, Glynnis Renecle,
George Lake (69). Two clubs
Counihan combined well to put Fanie Smit and Derek Sinclair as
were sunk by Mike Stadler, Time trials:
45 points on their card and win their carded 79 points “won”
Heinz Czepluch, John Abbott, November 29
the competition. Kim Gardner them the sponsor's resuscitating
Bryan Robinson (sixth), Nick
and Lizzie Lambrechts’ 44 was energy drinks for coming
Oosthuizen (eighth) and Chris 8km run
just one off the pace taking the bottom of the points list.
Niebieszczanski (11th).
Alex Weed 41:43
runners-up slot and counting John Ralph (sixth), Mike Harris Friday December 2: As a Rick Betts 38:28
out Gillian Brugman and Judy and Derek Sinclair (eighth) all prelude to the annual Christmas Gill Legg 45:00
Paterson into third.
sank two-clubs on the holes luncheon, a simpler and quicker Richard Legg
The longest drive competitions indicated. Cecil Jones-Phillipson version of the normal
45:00
were held on the seventh and shot the best nett round of the two-to-count Stableford alliance
struck by Kim Gardner and day (66) with John Ralph, Eric format in four-balls was applied 5km run
Lynne Lake in the lower and Segers, Margie Reid, Dee with a scramble drive on each Dudley Emslie
higher handicap sections Jones-Phillipson and June hole. Fifty-two players 34:26
respectively. Two-clubs were Bearzi all going home happy on participated in pleasant weather
holed by Margie Siegers (sixth) nett 69.
conditions.
Marian Stiglingh
and Jo-Anne Hillier (eighth). Gaby Hausman-Tarpani won a James Weisters, Heinz 26:44
Judy Paterson was nearest the bottle of wine courtesy of Fresh Czepluch, Peter Longhurst and Kevin Lee 23:46
pin on Top Carpet's sixth, Lizzie Stop for being closest to the pin Cliff Roberts prevailed with 114 Ayabonga Saul
Lambrechts on the eighth and on the eighth.
points followed by the fair Sally 22 : 47
Pogs Smith on Wimpy's 11th.
Greasley, Lady President Sandy
KGB Results
Judy was also “closest-for-t wo”
Fryer, John Abbott and Paul Louw Grobbelaar
on River Spa's 13th.
Tuesday November 29: J u st Fryer on 112 points.
31:14
The best nett rounds of the one short of a half a century of The Hamer en Sukkel trophy for Chris Roberts
afternoon were shot by Kim golfers teed off in perfect the day was “awa r d e d ” to Trevor 24:13
(67), Jo-Anne and Sonia weather conditions on Tuesday Evans, Peter Reed, Roy de Wet
Sticks Stiglingh
Reynolds (69).
to play the normal KGB and Colin Armstrong who only
The competition on December two-to-count Stableford alliance. managed to card a rather 25:01
13 will be an individual
The field was drawn into ten measly 86 points.
Lulu Mceka
Stableford sponsored by Viv four-balls and three three-balls. The annual awards ceremony 40:17
Jordan.
The conditions were good and was held during lunch with Mike Harris
these were reflected in the Barrie Brady being handed the
Fresh Stop Port Alfred Mixed scores. The best of them all was “Order of Merit” trophy by our 25 : 47
December 3: A weather-wise carded by Barrie B Brady, Len doyen (now country) member Yvo Suijis
good start to Saturday became
more difficult for golf as fierce
easterly winds sprang up
making club choice an
important issue. Thirty-two
players were drawn into eight
mixed 4-balls to play the usual
two-to-count Stableford alliance.
Visitor Chris Snyman, Heather
van Harmelen, Cecil and Dee
Jones-Phillipson's 92 points
pipped the 91 carded by Lynette
Bohnen, Fanie Smit and Heinz
Czepluch whose 96 shaded
runners-up Richard Laing, John
Abbott and Nick Oosthuizen's
95 by a solitary point.
Bringing up the rear and
consequently sharing the 19th
hole with the much to be
avoided Hamer en Sukkel were
Matt Chadwick, Russell Warren,
Dale Wisener and Vino Bearzi
on 79.
Angus MacDonald. John
Crandon shot the best average
net score for the year (71.4) and
Eugene Erasmus won the
dubious award for the highest
ratio of Hamer en Sukkel “wins”
(22.7%).
More than 100 KGB members
and family sat down to enjoy a
delicious lunch prepared by
Penny and her fabulous staff at
the RPAGC's kitchen.
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Trying Stars end off
in ‘sevens heaven’
ROB KNOWLES
ALEXANDRIA-based Trying Stars
ended a fairly disappointing season by
winning the inaugural rugby sevens
tournament between eight Eastern
Cape teams at Alexandria stadium on
Saturday November 26.
The tournament was held to raise
funds for the club, to assist with
development of young players and to
keep the youth off the streets by
getting them involved in the games.
The club also participates in the
Grand Challenge Cup tournament of
the Eastern Province and after ending
in a disappointing 11th place this year,
the small organising committee
decided the tournament would also be
a good idea to end the year on a high.
“We had a kiosk and tuck shop on
the day with a jumping castle
providing the kids with
enter tainment,” said club media
liaison officer, Selwyn Cannon.
The eight teams initially played in
one of two pools of four. Then
followed the semi-finals and, in the
end, only Harlequins from Port
Elizabeth were left to battle it out with
in the final.
And Trying stars came out on top
with a convincing display of fastpaced
sevens rugby.
“We would like to thank our
sponsors who made this day possible,
namely Hennie Venter, Savemore, One
Stop Cash Loans, Wsquare, Clicks,
Deon and Kozetta as well as Kowie
To y ot a , ” said Cannon.
“After many promises, our local
Ndlambe municipality were however
not able to come on-board and assist
us financially. We do hope that they
will do so in future so that we can
make this event even bigger,” he said.
Sp ort
Thursday December 8, 2016
SWIFT AND POWERFUL: Trying Stars of Alexandria managed to win the inaugural sevens championship recently
after a gruelling day of fast-paced rugby
1820s golfers recall past
ERNIE ALLEN
I
N 1968, five golfers, after playing the
par-three 13th hole in front of the Royal
Port Alfred Golf clubhouse, chose not to
play the remaining five holes, not
wishing to confront the two monsters of
the 15th and 17th.
Forty-eight years later, on December 1 the 1820s
golfers assembled in the RPAGC bar to celebrate
this remarkable achievement, before sitting down
to a splendid luncheon in the new dining-room.
A remarkable achievement, because surely the
five men who decided not to play the last five
holes of the course could not have known that this
concept would still be thriving.
The word “commitment” springs to mind.
CONTACT DES OR DONNY
TEL/FAX: (046) 653 0189
KABA ROAD, ALEXANDRIA
Without commitment nothing of any value would
come about. Alec Terry, Bob Holdren, Graham
Snelgar, Bill Cunningham and Frank Nicholson must
be extremely proud that their “commitment” on that
long gone day would still be here today.
The 1820s assemble every Monday and Thursday
mornings at 8am for tee-off at 8.30. The format is
a four-ball alliance medal, one to count. Anyone
playing in a four-ball medal covey and facing a
crucial 30cm putt would be extremely aware of the
word “commitment”.
The 1820s welcome all golfers to join them.
Coveys are determined by drawing a playing card,
with the Aces, Twos, etc, playing together.
The annual dinner was hosted by the evergreen
emcee, Juan Southey, a seasoned raconteur who
knows how to recount a slightly naughty story
without offending anyone. He asked the gathering
to stand for a minute’s silence to remember
members who have passed on this year.
Southey thanked all who had helped decorate
the dining-room and, especially the very artistic
flower arrangements by Jean Page and Daphne
Wilson. He also thanked the groundstaff for their
commitment in maintaining the course in such
beautiful condition. The front-office staff were also
complimented for their commitment in keeping the
financial wheels turning.
Gordon Todd aka “The Headmaster” was asked
to say grace.
After enjoying a very tasty starter, Southey
released the mischievous Noel Heale on some very
startled recipients of gold ‘’sweetie’’ medals for
either achieving – or not achieving – something or
the other. These committed recipients were Dave
Page, Albert Whitfield, Don Howarth, Mike Reed,
Vino “FBI” Bearzi, Dale “white fang” Wisener, Rick
Hill, Dudley Kieser and Ram Piers.
Tony Versfelt, our chief handicapper and
statistician, like all accountants, is a committed
perfectionist, and revealed some interesting facts
for the year.
Most games played: Lionel Timm 82, Peter
Rinaldi 82, Dallas Cowie 73, Dudley Kieser 73,
Mike Reed 72.
Most wins: Albert Whitfield 17, Peter Rinaldi 16,
Rick Hill 12, Guy Hilton Barber 12, Andy Simpson 11.
Most Mooseheads: Mike Reed 16, Albert
Whitfield 13, Roy Pople 12, Dudley Kieser 12,
Don Howarth 11.
Most two clubs: Dennis McElwee 16, Nick van
der Merwe 14, Juan Southey 8, Dudley Kieser 8,
Noel Heale 7.
Average nett scores: Rick Hill 51.19, Cecil
Jones-Philipson 51.30, Dave Fraser 51.38, Barry
Scarterfield 51.48, Ken Banks: 51.59.
1820s average nett score: 51.95.
Average gross scores: Dennis McElwee 55.00,
Nick van der Merwe 56.27, Roy Pople 56.28, Noel
Heale 58.85, Lawton Amos 59.00.
1820s average gross score: 64.82.
Total number of rounds played: 2078, total
number of strokes 134695, total two clubs 145,
average age of members: 76.38 years.
To show some real commitment, 330 years was
the combined ages of the winning 4 Ball on July
14: Vino Bearzi, Windsor Bagley, Dave Page and
Lionel Timm.
After a delicious main course, the highlight of
the day was to reveal who had won the morning’s
game and who had secured the dreaded
Moosehead.
The Gordon Butler Memorial Trophy was won by
the very capable and committed team of Ken
Banks, Cecil Jones-Phillipson (captain), Garry
Godley (the team vet) and Lawton Amos.
The winners of the Moosehead (for the most golf
played) were Albert “the ladies man” Whitfield,
Louis “play-it again” van der Walt, Peter Rinaldi
and Wollie “The Sheriff” Wo l m a r a n s .
Club captain Noel Stotter addressed the 1820s
and their wives/partners, thanking them for their
commitment to the club and for all the hard work
they do in organising the annual money-spinner,
the Mad Hatter tournament.
BEST GOLF: The ‘commit ted’ winners of the Gordon Butler Memorial Trophy, from left, Ken Banks,
Cecil Jones-Phillipson, Garry Godley and Lawton Amos
À
TOO MUCH GOLF: Ombudsman Dave Page, left, presenting the ‘Dreaded Moosehead’ to Albert
Whitfield (partially obscured), Louis van der Walt, Peter Rinaldi and Wollie Wolmarans