TOTT 21 February 2019

PROPHETS OF THE END TIMES VISIT PORT ALFRED – PAGE 2
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Big river clean-up
WELL DONE: Members of Port Alfred Lions Club pose with the pile of bags filled with refuse they collected from the banks of
the Kowie River during a clean-up last Saturday. They were on board the barge Integrity, owned by Mark Denson of the Port
Alfred Ski-boat Club
Picture: JON HOUZET
Piles of rubbish collected during
mopping up shocks community
JON HOUZET
Locals were astounded at the amount
of rubbish collected on the Kowie
River banks during a clean-up by
volunteers for just over two hours
last Saturday.
The clean-up, organised by the Port
Alfred Ski-boat Club, reined in the
support of the Port Alfred Lions Club, who
turned out in force and were taken on
Mark Denson’s barge, Integrity, to head
u p r i v e r.
Two other barges, Cunny Kla Nie and
Wildling, also took volunteers on board to
participate in the clean-up, which started
at 10.30am and continued to just after
1pm.
They received support from Ndlambe
Municipalit y’s river control officer Willem
Nel and the municipal health department.
The municipality also supplied sturdy
bags for the waste.
Integrity was first to return, with about
20 bags of rubbish, filled with all manner
of refuse – especially plastic bottles,
glass bottles, cans, polystyrene food
containers, plastic bags and used
condoms.
Lion Mike Newlands was pleased with
the effort. “The Ski-boat Club asked Lions
to join in and we decided to make it one
of our community projects,” he said.
Eddie Wepener, who is not a member of
Lions, but joined them on their barge,
said it was especially disappointing
coming across so much waste on the
river bank at Centenary Park.
“People use the old cricket field there
and it looks like they just turf their litter
into the river,” he said.
“There wasn’t much floating on the
river itself, it was on the banks. We got
out and walked about a kilometre. We
picked up wads of toilet paper too –
you’re afraid of putting your hand in
there.”
Cunny Kla Nie returned with 17 bags to
add to the pile, and then Wildling, which
had gone up all to the way to Black Rock
at Mansfield, added another seven bags.
Ski-boat Club member Wayne Barnard
said: “Imagine if we didn’t do this three or
four times a year – the river bank would
look like a dumpsite!
“We should do it on a springtide,
because the rubbish will be pushed
higher and the water will recede lower,”
he said.
Barnard said that it was encouraging to
see that a lot of Ski-boat Club members
participated in the clean-up.
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February 21, 2019
Messengers of the end times in Port Alfred
Modern day prophets attract attention
NTOMBENTSHA MSUTU
Travelling all the way from Cape Town by
foot, and making some stops in towns
along the way, four latter day prophets
have set up camp at the Port Alfred Duck
Pond, to bring the word of the Lord to this
area.
Their strange clothing and the fact that they
sleep outside generated some curiosity among
residents who wanted to know what they are
about.
Talk of the Town went to visit them to find
out what they came to town for. They were
more than willing to share their story.
“We have been here since December 24 last
year. We are the followers of the Most High,
we believe in Him and his Ten Commandments
and we came here to share the same message
to the people of Port Alfred,” one of the men,
Mzukisi Ndamase, said.
He said they had been doing this since 1994,
moving from town to town, province to
province to tell people about Jesus Christ and
that we are living in the last days.
They believe that everything that can be
read about in the Bible is happening and their
aim is for people to be aware.
“We want people to understand the Ten
Commandments in the Bible; we want them to
know about Christ our saviour. We feel like the
church is not doing enough to teach people
about the word of God.
“We go to town and prophesy about the
word of God. We think it is time that people
leave behind earthly things and start living for
God,” Ndamase said.
Wearing clothes made from the sisal plant,
the men explained the kind of life they chose
to live and why they make everything that they
wear by hand.
Another of the men, Mandla Mthembu,
explained: “We believe that buying is a sin,
and the fact that we have to buy things is a
punishment from God. Back in the days people
used to eat from trees, hence we only eat fruit
and vegetables, because we believe that that
kind of food is pure. We don’t eat meat. We
are not Rastafarians either.”
The men also seem to like Coca-Cola, as
there were plenty of empties at their campsite.
Asked when they will move on to the next
town, they said they don’t decide when to
leave and where to go next, they are normally
led by the Holy Spirit.
PREACHING THE WORD: Dressed in sackcloth like the prophets of old, from left, Mzukisi Ndamase,
Mduduzi Gumede, Lindelani Dlamini and Mandla Mthembu drew curiosity when people noticed them
living at the Port Alfred Duck Pond
Picture: ADELE STECK
CPF requires
support from
the community
SURF AND
TURF
CLEANUP
SESSION
ROB KNOWLES
The Port Alfred Community Policing
Forum (CPF) met at the SAPS offices
in Pascoe Crescent on Thursday
afternoon and analysed the crime
statistics for the month of January,
which revealed a slight increase in
contact crimes but a decrease in
property and integrated crimes.
The five sectors in Port Alfred are:
Sector 1 - CBD, Sector 2 - West Bank,
Sector 3A - East Bank, Sector 3B -
Station Hill and Sector 4 - farm
areas.
The statistics revealed a decrease
in contact crime in comparison with
the December figures, except in
Sector 3B.
However, the figures also indicated
that breaking into businesses was up
for the period but housebreaking
overall was down.
There were no cases of fraud in the
January figures and CPF chairman
George Galbraith, commented that
people seem to be more aware of the
potential for crime at ATMs.
In his chairman’s report, Galbraith
spoke of the need to adequately
resource the CPF and the police so
that crime can be lessened in the
area. The need for communication,
vehicle maintenance and the new
camera system all require funding
and that finding these funds was a
task the CPF had undertaken.
Galbraith also mentioned that the
Grahamstown (now Makhanda) CPF
is more active in its own area and
that the Port Alfred CPF could benefit
by learning more about how the
neighbouring CPF operated.
The recent Bathurst protests and
the damage incurred were also
mentioned and members commented
that the amount of money required in
replacing and repairing telephone
poles, roads, houses and other
infrastructure damaged during the
protests would require even more
funds.
The community WhatsApp groups
are growing very satisfactorily,
according to Galbraith. But he added
that the culture of using the groups
efficiently and in accordance with the
rules.
Most groups are intended to report
crime but some people, mostly new
members, have used the groups to
tender their opinions and
observations, and a few have even
attempted to publish jokes on the
groups. There are special chat
groups that can be used for more
social posts.
“However, this small frustration is
a worthy price to pay for community
security and safety cohesiveness, as
well as confidence and motivation,”
reported Galbraith.
The CPF is also launching the Port
Alfred Warden Project in order to
replace the unacceptably flawed ad
hoc car guard arrangement evident
in local car parks. There will be a
follow-up article describing the CPF’s
plan in a later issue.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT:
Eddie Wepener was
one of the volunteers
who helped clean up
the banks of the
Kowie River last
Saturday. He joined
members of the Port
Alfred Lions Club on
the boat Integrity and
spent a lot of time
picking up rubbish at
Centenary Park
Picture: JON HOUZET
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Tatum Koti, who is in the pre-primary Kittens Class
presented groundsman Wayne Hibbert with a heart she’d
made on Valentine’s Day. The pre-primary pupils visited the
staff room at break time and sang to the teachers before
handing over their gifts
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Excitement was
evident on the
faces of pupils
from various
schools in Port Alfred
when school shoes and
uniforms were handed
over to them at Titi
Jonas Hall last Friday.
The handover was a
corporate social
responsibility initiative
organised by
engineering and
construction company,
Real Towers Group
project management,
based in
Johannesburg, with
offices in East London
and Durban.
Real Towers CEO,
Mzukisi Kenneth
Njibana, said handing
over school uniforms to
assist vulnerable or
orphaned children who
could not afford
uniforms was there
way of giving back to
the community he
himself was raised in.
“The aim of
supporting these
schools is to provide
special social services
to pupils and attempt
to improve their
per formance,” Njibana
said.
He said it was the
first of his company’s
corporate social
investment (CSI)
projects to be done in
Port Alfred.
Its main aim was to
reach out to children in
need, promote
communit y
participation on issues
affecting children, and
provide social relief to
families in need.
Five township
schools – Dambuza
Primary, Mtyobo
Primary, Kuyasa
Combined, Nomzamo
High and Port Alfred
Primêre – were each
GRATEFUL SOULS: Pupils from Dambuza Primary, Mtyobo Primary, Kuyasa Combined, Nomzamo
Secondary and Port Alfred Primêre show off the new school shoes they received from Real Towers
Group last Friday
Picture: JON HOUZET
asked to identify 15
pupils to receive a pair
of school shoes, socks
and a shirt, with a total
of 75 beneficiaries. In
addition, Real Towers
Group identified an
early childhood
development centre,
Ikhabantwana creche,
to receive mattresses,
blankets, tables and
chairs for the needy
pupils.
Speaking on behalf
of the mayor, who was
unavailable, ANC
councillor Nosicelo
Xhasa gave the pupils
a few words of
encouragement,
emphasising to them
the importance of
education and that
they should focus on
their studies in order to
make it in life.
“We want to produce
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you guys to work hard,
so that you may
become what you want
to be in life. In order to
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need to study, and
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the community,”
Mbolekwa said.
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February 21, 2019
Sea Cadets to make a fresh start in PA
ROB KNOWLES
The challenge of youth development in
South Africa has never been more
important, particularly as the world
changes and new and unanticipated
pressures are being placed on our youth.
The Sea Cadets have a long history of
assisting youth development, the
organisation having been founded in
England in 1854.
The Sea Cadets provide training for
young people of school-going age in
necessary maritime skills. In addition the
Sea Cadets inculcates, perhaps more
importantly, honesty, morality,
responsibility, accountability, discipline,
obedience and self-respect.
Armed with these skills there is no limit
to the heights a Sea Cadet can attain in
l i fe .
In South Africa the Sea Cadets were
formed in Woodstock, Western Cape in
June 1905 and the opening ceremony was
attended by Rear Admiral Sir John
Durnford GCB.
There are now 15 active training centres,
named Training Ships (TS), in cities and
MARCHING WITH THE TIMES: The South African Sea Cadets on a general salute in Cape Town
towns across the country.
Staffed by adult volunteers, passionate
about passing on their skills and
knowledge to a new generation, the TSs
are an ideal place for the youth to start
exploring a maritime career in either the
SA Navy or the merchant navy, a fishing
fleet, ship building or any one of a number
of such careers. In 1993, the late professor
James Milln OBE opened TS Prince Alfred
which was named after the first steam tub
operating on the Kowie River.
Milln was the commanding officer of the
facility. The TS Prince Alfred was then
officially commissioned on April 16 1994
by then Chief of the Navy, vice admiral
Robert Simpson-Anderson, during a
parade at the civic centre. Joined by
Lieutenant Commander (Sea Cadet Corps
or SCC) Paul Ganter who would later take
over the reins, the TS boasted a great
esprit de corps and was well respected in
the area.
Unfortunately the TS was reluctantly
“m ot h b a l l e d ” in 2005 as a result of the
dearth of volunteer instructors.
“This was a sad loss to the youth of Port
Alfred,” said Elisabeth Milln, the widow of
the late professor, who is now on the
executive committee of the organisation.
The case for restarting the Sea Cadets
is further motivated by the recognition of
the South African International Maritime
Institute (SAIMI) as a link to its Blue
Continent project, run under the auspices
of Nelson Mandela University’s Ocean
Research Campus and under the
government’s Phakisa Ocean Economy
project.
This recognition has caused the Sea
Cadets to adopt more recognised maritime
qualifying subjects in its training, aimed at
providing the boys and girls with an
advantage when seeking employment in
the South African maritime sector.
The Sea Cadet executive invites any
ex-cadets and interested adults as well as
boys and girls to become involved in the
new beginning of the TS Prince Alfred.
Lieutenant Commander (SCC) Clarry
Hearne, who is based in Port Elizabeth,
will be pleased to provide prospective
applicants with more information. He can
be contacted on 083-292-3935.
YAHOO, IT’S SUSHI! Stenden South Africa recently held its bi-annual Information Market for
business suppliers in and around Port Alfred. The aim of this market is for all our new students to
experience and find out more about what Port Alfred and the rest of the Eastern Cape has to offer.
It was a very successful market with over 20 companies attending, with perfect weather and a
great vibe. Pictured is Bronwyn Dorrington from YAY Sushi, and also representing other businesses
at The Postmaster’s Village, with a student sampling her sushi
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students, from left, Mariëlle Kuiper, Amber
Meindertsma, Genna Visser and Wybe Meinema
enjoyed sampling wares and finding out all that
Port Alfred and surrounds have to offer at the
recent Information Market on campus attended
by business suppliers
BUILT TO LAST: CosiHome owners Cindy and Marius Claassens stand beside an enormous flatbed
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and assembly on site
Picture: ROB KNOWLES
Elegant design meets
practicality at CosiHome
ROB KNOWLES
Based in Port Alfred but offering its services to clients
anywhere in the country, CosiHome has world-class
facilities to produce elegant and practical solutions to
the design of kitchens and other cabinetry as well as
stone worktops..
So much so that the company was commissioned
to assist in the SABC TV programme Win a Home,
where design duos work with suppliers and
manufacturers to design and implement a new home.
Working as a preferred supplier to Balwin
Properties, one of South Africa’s leading property
developers, CosiHome worked alongside a the three
design duos during the fifth season of the series and
were featured in the programme.
Port Alfred can boast one of only a very limited
number of companies providing these services to
Balwin.
Apart from selling and installing fireplaces, pitfires
and pizza ovens CosiHome can also manufacture and
install pergolas, decking, staircases and much more.
Walking around the CosiHome offices and factory
in the Port Alfred industrial area attests to efficiency
and quality and anyone interested in computer
numerical control (CNC) and computer-aided design
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and even place edging along any exposed board
edges.
There is also a paint shop were the finished panel
or door is sprayed with Duco paint and then baked on
to ensure a hard surface to the finished product.
CosiHome also conserves as much of the natural
resources as it can by re-circulating water used in the
cutting and finishing stages of stone fabrication
through a series of sumps and holding tanks so that
minimal wastage occurs.
Further, because of the amount of water used in the
polishing and finishing stages, tools are
pneumatically operated thus eliminating any potential
electrical hazard.
The company started operation in 2013 when
owners Marius and Cindy Claassens purchased RD
Patternmakers and continued the job of working with
architects in the area.
Following several years of getting the factory
organised, they were approached by Balwin
Properties who recognised the company’s ability to
produce high-quality products.
“We had a lot of pressure to move the factory to
K wa Z u l u - N at a l , ” said Marius.
However, the couple chose to rather lose the
contract with Balwin than to move from their Port
Alfred base of operation should this not be acceptable
to Balwin.
“We love it here and decided that, with
transportation and mobile teams we could produce
our products from Port Alfred and supply anywhere,”
said Cindy.
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PASSING THE MANTLE: Outgoing Port Alfred
High School Interact Club president, Lynn
Baatjies, passes the chain of office to last
ye a r ’s vice-president and this year’s president
Sheena Louca
Picture: ROB KNOWLES
Readers discuss load-shedding problems
NTOMBENTSHA MSUTU
For our latest Facebook question, we
asked our readers how load-shedding has
been affecting their routine at home or at
work.
Leaza Tobias said it’s a pain. “Our time
is 11am-1.30pm – slap bang in the middle
of the work day. And then we may get
3-5.30pm as well which really destroys the
day, or 7pm-9.30pm at night. It means I
have to plan work very carefully and work
in the morning. It is destroying my
credibility with my USA clients as normally
I work with them from 4-9pm and simply
cannot communicate with them at the
moment,” she said.
Hector Ivan Mac Donald said the
preparation and cooking of meals at the
New Interactors bid a touching
farewell to headmaster Pearson
ROB KNOWLES
The emotions evident at the 2019
Port Alfred High School (PAHS)
Interact induction ceremony were
palpable as the pupils, past and
present, bade a fond farewell to the
man who has led the school
throughout their academic careers.
School principal Clive Pearson will
be retiring at the end of this year and
the Interactors made a special video to
thank him for all he has done for them
over that period, that saw barely a dry
eye in the PAHS clubhouse.
The 2018 and outgoing president of
the club, Lynn Baatjies gave a glowing
tribute to her mentor, Pearson, before
inducting her 2018 vice-president
Sheena Louca with her medal of office
as the new 2019 Interact president.
Port Alfred Soup Kitchen had been
affected, with the needy having to wait or
go without on the day. “Ver y
dishear tening,” he said.
Colleen Chamberlain feels we have so
much be grateful for instead of moaning
about being without power for a few
hours. “Just think what the people did
many years ago. People go camping now
for days without electricity but because
they are at home they rather moan. Yes, it
disrupts, but work around it. I understand
businesses do find it difficult but where
there’s a will, there’s a way,” she stated.
Wouter van den Berg replied to
Colleen’s comments. “I don’t know
whether you own a business or not. Yes,
where there is a will, there is a way, but
this costs money, elevating running costs
In his speech, Pearson thanked the
pupils and wished them all well for the
future.
Mike Millard of MultiSecurity, who is
known as Uncle Mike to his charges, is
the Rotarian appointed as the leader of
youth development and gave a short
speech of his own with a “behind the
scenes” look at the work PAHS
Interactors achieved during 2018.
After commenting that Pearson’s
speech was the shortest he had ever
heard him make – drawing laughter
from the audience of Interactors,
teachers, parents and friends – Millard
explained how he had been
“volunteered” into the position.
“Sandy MacLachlan, who is in the
audience this evening, was the Rotary
president at the time,” he recalled. “At
a meeting she announced that I had
of the business. We are not in the old days
at the moment, so making that
comparison is not reflective of our current
s i t u at i o n , ” he said.
Marty Senar said: “We have to adjust.
The only thing is it affects working people.
Many shops close down when there is an
outage.”
Beverly Young said: “It’s messing with
my rather expensive fridge. I have had to
call the repairer twice in the last week. I
am not happy about this.”
Karen Taylor said the outages had
affected the sewage pump station at
Middle Beach in Port Alfred. When the
pump stopped working sewage backed up
and spilled into West Beach Drive. “I’ve
contacted the municipality since the
problem started on Tuesday [February 12].
been appointed to head youth
development to which I responded,
‘But I don’t like children’. My wife,
Lynette, nudged me saying that I
couldn’t say that. But now I love these
kids. I would take them all home with
me and look after them if I could.”
His video showed past president
Baatjies and the sterling work she had
done last year, but not without showing
how enthusiastic she had been.
Particularly amusing was when
Baatjies was at one of the township
schools where she explained the use of
washable sanitary pads the Interactors
and Rotary had donated to the school.
“And every step of the way, Sheena
was behind her president, supporting
her and standing in for her when she
was unavailable,” said Millard. “J u st
the way any vice president should
Nothing has been done! The stench is
unbearable and it’s posing a health risk to
my household.”
Sandra Jordaan said: “Those antique
irons that you throw hot coals in from your
coal stove (in our case braai) need to be
produced again. But seriously the
problems are just hectic! I guess traffic
lights could never have a back-up battery
in a country where a life-saving device is
stolen from the beach.”
Charl Human said load shedding had a
drastic effect on his business. “I have to
reshuffle appointments with my customers
and incur extra traveling costs,” he said.
Doreen Flanegan said: “I am so
thankful that my husband and I decided to
go completely off the grid and are totally
self-sufficient. Best decision ever. I
support their president.”
Louca said how proud she was of
having been elected president and
described, with the aid of a video
presentation compiled by the PAHS
Marketing, Alumni and Development
(MAD) team, the projects the 2019
Interactors are undertaking under her
leadership and the approval of the
school.
These totalled 21 and included,
among others, a Stand against rhino
poaching, a swim-a-thon, production
and distribution of eco-bricks,
donations to Retreat 2 Eden and
building more shelters for animals at
the facility, visits to Damant Lodge,
coastal ghost walkers (beach
clean-up), youth challenge day and
dance, and “Celebrate Spring” with a
day of kite flying.
honestly feel for everyone the way this is
having negative effects on businesses and
individuals.”
Annie Muir said: “Apart from the fridge
and deep freeze going off it doesn’t affect
me at all. We eat by candlelight every
night of our lives anyway, so now it’s just
more ambiance in the evenings while we
cook and sip our wine.”
Jackie Nel said: “I’ve welcomed the
late-morning break – 11am to 1.30pm. It
forces me to concentrate on admin work
without the interruption of urgent e-mails
and nuisance calls. The 7pm to 9.30pm
break gives us plenty of time for supper to
be done. And we invested in a deep-cycle
battery years ago so that our viewing
pleasure and other essentials are not
interrupted at all.”
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OPINION
Cleaning
up after
p o l l u te r s
Clean-ups, like the one last Saturday
initiated by members of the Port
Alfred Ski-boat Club with the support
of the local Lions Club and members of
the public, are commendable community
projects.
There have been many such clean-ups
by volunteers in our area, Talk of the Town
having initiated one to clean up the Duck
Pond last year.
We will have another one soon to pick
up litter along the R67 between Nemato
and Thornhill, with the support of
councillor MK Raco and local pupils.
But these clean-ups by civic-minded
citizens have become necessary because
others in our community care not a lick
about polluting the environment and
making our town a worse place for
ever yone.
They show inconsideration for their
neighbour and complete disregard about
the far-reaching impact of choking
wetlands, rivers and the sea with such
garbage.
When we cleaned up around the Duck
Pond we were appalled at the amount of
litter we picked up around the pond.
Much of it was wind-blown plastic –
carelessly discarded bags from the CBD –
but other rubbish was deliberately
dumped there. The glass bottles I found
half-buried in the mud had clearly been
there for years. The same was true of the
car parts we found there.
Even more sickening was the littering
that took place right in front of our eyes –
people saw what we were doing and
tossed their lunch leftovers and
polystyrene containers on the grass bank
of the Duck Pond. There was a bin a
st o n e ’s throw away.
People like this lack any decency.
They have no sense of shame.
The people who cleaned the river banks
last Saturday felt the same
disappointment in humanity when they
found all manner of refuse, including
plastic bottles, glass bottles, cans,
polystyrene food containers, plastic bags
and most disgusting of all – used
condoms.
They did not come across much flotsam
in the water, the vast majority of rubbish
was on the river banks, and the worst
affected area was Centenary Park.
The way volunteer Eddie Wepener
described the scene, it looked like people
who had enjoyed fishing or picnicking on
the river bank simply turfed their rubbish
right there.
What goes through the minds of such
people, to find enjoyment in using a
public facility and then ruin it? Would that
not also ruin it for their future enjoyment,
or do they simply not care?
It is not as though the municipal refuse
collectors take a trip to Centenary Park to
pick up after them. If it wasn’t for clean-up
volunteers it would just become worse.
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WITH LOTS OF LOVE: Dressed in red and pink to celebrate Valentine’s Day last week, the whale class, with teacher Shirley Vorster, centre back, and
her two teaching assistants, Linda Khani, left, and Cecilia Qiqena, right, was just one of the classes at Bushken Pre-primary School to mark the
special occasion
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Wake up to ANC’s path of destruction
South Africans of every hue and colour, wake up!
We are acting like the proverbial ostrich with our
head in the sand or worse, still fiddling as Nero did
while Rome burnt as a spectacle to excite his addled
brain cells. History claims this was orchestrated for
the self-gratification of a sick mind.
The present actions of the ANC remind us of just
such a debacle. In their haste to pull the wool over a
gullible electorate, while feathering the nests of the
“fat cats” within their addled ranks, they are slowly
but surely orchestrating the demise of a wonderful
country which the majority of us love with a passion.
The wrongs of apartheid are now buried in the
past, and it sickens to see it used as a political ploy
whenever the ANC are accused of their many and
God uses times of drought to rebuke us
We gathered in Grahamstown and
prayed and poured out our hearts to
God at the 1820 Settlers Monument on
Friday February 8.
It happened under the electrifying
leadership of two of our leading
pastors, Geelbooi and Mashobane, two
men of God who love the Lord.
They unravelled the mystery of why
God imposes such severe drought and
trials upon us all. They proceeded to
present God’s reasons, reading from 2
Asbestos story: no issues
Regarding the article on page 2 of Talk
of the Town on February 14 – here’s
another slant on the subject.
I do not profess to be a fundi on the
new asbestos regulations, but what I
do know is how carefully the roof was
removed.
As one of Derek Jacobs’ neighbours,
I certainly did not witness any
grinding, sawing or drilling on the roof
sheets. On the contrary, they were
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varied corruption of an enshrined democratic system.
Lack of honesty, political graft and escalating crime
are but a few of the evils which are manifesting
themselves.
The hopes and wishes of the average citizen will
not improve under the corrupt system being
spawned by greedy and power-hungry individuals.
Any blessings we may expect from a Holy God are
fast disappearing out a window of evil delusion. We
are heading in the direction of a voodoo Haiti that
expelled the ordered system that existed and created
a pact with Satan.
Angus Buchan, the farmer and evangelist from
Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal, is doing commendable
work to help save our beloved country.
Chronicles 7:12-14, and the book of
Amos, chapters 4 and 5.
The service will be a marker in my
33-year walk with the Lord. The
presence of the Lord was so beautiful.
In the book of Amos, the Lord says,
“There shall be wailing in the streets.
And they shall call the farmer to
mourning ... Yet you have not returned
to me.” God says: “Seek me and live.”
God has always used the miracle of
his life-sustaining water (from Noah to
handled with care, not dropped but
placed gently on the ground.
As a result of the careful removal
process, I certainly did not witness any
dust or chips flying around and never
once did I fear for my health or even
think of closing my windows.
Thanks Derek Jacobs for your
consideration and for helping to
enhance Mentone Road.
ELDRED BRADFIELD
Go pineapples with art
The Bathurst Agriculture Show
from April 5 to 7 welcomes all
artists to bring their paintings or
drawings to be judged by
professional artists.
This is an ideal venue to
expose your work and get
recognition. The Bathurst Show
is the only show in the Eastern
Cape where your art will get
constructive criticism.
You will also be given the
opportunity to sell your
paintings.
Go online to print your entry
form at www.bathurstshow.co.za or
our Christian baptism) to show us his
displeasure by withholding it, at times,
because of our disobedience and
arrogance towards him.
“Those whom I love, I rebuke and
discipline, so be earnest and repent”
(Revelation 3:19).
The message to us is absolutely
clear: “Return to me and I will return to
you, and bless you once again and
heal your land.”
There will always be consequences
Dassies surely a delight
My husband and I get infinite
pleasure from watching the dassies
(hyrax) at play all around Wesley Hill.
We are concerned that residents
have indicated they consider them
undesirable and wish to have them
e x t e r m i n at e d .
We enjoy the evidence of animal
life ... I am an expert in human
behaviour and miss having pets in
you can collect from the show
office. Entry fee is R10 per entry.
Entry forms must be
submitted with payment to the
Bathurst Show office, PA Home
Industries or Sew Smart off Van
der Riet Street by March 27.
There are 15 categories this
year. The addition is “Anything to
do with Pineapples”.
We live in pineapple country,
so let your creative juices flow.
All paintings must reach the
Bathurst Show office or gallery
by April 2. No late entries will be
accepted.
There are now rumblings of nationalising mines
and rural land which will destroy the proven success
of individual endeavour. This smacks of communism
and atheism and will be the final nail to cause the
demise of our wonderful country.
We need look no further than Zimbabwe to see
what a power-hungry despot has done to a country
which was once the bread basket of central Africa. At
the moment the country is experiencing untold
hardship despite the food aid arriving from all around
the world. South Africa is hell-bent on a similar path
if we allow deceivers to continue dictating the
policies of our country. Wake up, South Africans!
DENNIS STIRK
for disobedience, individually or as a
n at i o n .
In Isaiah 65:2 God says, “All day I
stand with outstretched hands hoping
that you will include me in your day,
but you are a stubborn people who
provoke me to anger.”
Be warned. Return to him. A drought
turns God’s people away from
disobedience to avert disaster.
TONY BRYANT
my home and garden. As I walk up
and down Wesley Hill it is a delight
seeing them at play, particularly in
Wesley Close, across the road from
Wesley Heights, and living in the
bushes on either side of the one-way
extension down to the kiddies beach.
Do they worry anybody?
IGNORAMUS
Paintings will be hung on April
3, and judging will be on April 4.
The Bathurst Show will open on
Friday April 5 to Sunday April 7.
Paintings can only be taken
after the prize-giving on Sunday
after 2pm. We look forward to
viewing your pictures. Happy
painting! Quote: “Art should
disturb the comfortable and
comfort the disturbed!”
For more information, contact
the head art steward on
046-625-9060, 079-197-6031 or
e-mail m i l l s c a ro l 7 2 8 @ g m a i l . c o m
CAROL LYNN MILLS

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Outstanding service from Ndlambe Traffic Department
I live in Kenton-on-Sea. After I was fined for going
through a stop street which obviously should be a
yield (a large number of people have been fined at
the same point) and enduring the frustrations of
driving out of Kenton on to the R72 over the
holiday season, I decided to contact the traffic
depar tment.
I prepared a document with sketches, comments
and suggestions.
Manelec only
responsible for
some street
lights
With reference to the
debate over the
electricity provider in
the recent Talk of the
Town, we wish to
correct the obvious
m i s u n d e r st a n d i n g
regarding street
lighting.
The only street
lighting maintained by
Manelec Services
included in our
long-term contract are
as follows: Port Alfred,
Thornhill, Alexandria
and Wentzel Park.
The following are
maintained by the
Ndlambe Municipality:
Kasouga, Kenton,
Ekuphumleni,
Bushman’s River,
Klipfontein, Marselle,
Cannon Rocks, Boknes
Strand, Kleinemonde,
Station Hill, Nemato,
Bathurst, Nolukhanyo,
Fr e e st o n e ,
K wa n o n q u b e l a .
This might also serve
to assist consumers to
contact the correct
service provider as we
still receive lots of calls
from consumers in the
Ndlambe area.
JF STEYN, manager,
Manelec Services (Pty) Ltd
I had intended to have a discussion with Fred
Cannon, chief traffic officer. Unfortunately he has
not been well and I was referred to his deputy
Teresa Mamani.
I met with her on a Thursday and she then came
to Kenton the following Monday. We spent a
couple of hours together and I showed her 15
places requiring action. She agreed with all my
suggestions. To me the most important of these
relate to the exit from Kenton on to the R72, the
intersection between Buco and the school sports
field and the carpark at Middle Beach. The others
are mainly about lack of, incomplete and
unreadable signage.
Teresa Mamani said she would have the
Buco/sports field intersection signage changed
the same day. And she did! The sand at Middle
Beach carpark is already being removed. The exit
from Kenton requires agreement from SANRAL
who are responsible for the R72 – she will meet
with them.
I found Teresa to be a polite, well-spoken and
decisive person. She gave me outstanding service
and left me confident that all the matters
discussed will be attended to shortly.
JEREMY TURNER
DANCE NIGHT: El Shaddai Christian Academy pupils, from left, Julie Mbabela, Holly Naude and Lily Veto enjoyed themselves at the V-Day Dance
last week
Question: Tell us about your job.
Answer: I am a senior lecturer at
Stenden South Africa in their hospitality
management school.
Q: What made you get into that line
of work?
A: Pure luck. I had specialised in
events in London and completed my
M a st e r ’s degree there. We returned to
Port Alfred, and I was asked to give
some guest lectures in events at
Stenden. After doing this and some
other work for Stenden, I was asked to
join the team full time. I feel very lucky
to work there and I love my job.
Q: Describe the most memorable
experience that you have had.
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... with Tracey Painting
A: Doing events in London gives you
lots of opportunities to meet exciting
people. I did Gwen Stefani’s London
wedding, as well as many other
celebrity and royal functions.
Q: What do you do to unwind when
you are not working?
A: I love to be in my garden, or
walking our dogs on the beach.
Q: What is your motto in life?
A: Stay humble, work hard and be
kind.
Q: What makes you happy?
A: My family, friends and my job.
Q: What makes you angry?
A: Corruption.
Q: What do you think about the youth
of South Africa? Do you have any
advice for them?
A: Try to gain as much education as
you can, even if circumstances are
challenging. With education, anything
and everything is possible.
Q: If you could change one thing
about Port Alfred…
A: I am a shopper at heart. More shoe
and handbag shops please.
Q: What do you like most about Port
Alfre d?
A: What’s not to like? Great beaches,
friendly people and an amazing place to
bring up our children.
Q: What is your favourite music of all
t i m e?
A: Everything 80s.
Q: Name three people you would like
to invite for dinner (dead or alive).
A: Maya Angelou, Hillary Clinton and
Malala Yousafza.
Q: Three wishes for South Africa.
A: That corruption in all forms is
eradicated, all children receive a quality
education, and we learn to appreciate
and love where we live.
Going beyond the pen
The world of communication,
like most human undertakings,
cannot escape the vast changes
driven by technological
advances and pivotal
i n n o vat i o n s .
In fact, communication both
embraces and is at the forefront
of the technological revolution.
Those who keep abreast of
developments and dabble in
“futures” investments, are well
aware that we are living during
the fourth Industrial Revolution
... one which is likely to see the
most numerous and
significant changes to the
way things are done ever. Are
we ready to entertain and
adapt to these inevitable
changes?
In bygone days, the two
most significant forces in
communication and in power,
were the sword and the pen.
Each would carry sway at
times, depending on the
circumstances. History records
that there was an ongoing ebb
and flow of the superiority of
these abiding forces in the
affairs of man. One of the views
on their relationship was
expressed by Terry Pratchett:
“The pen is mightier than the
sword if the sword is very short,
and the pen is very sharp.”
According to Horace: “The
pen is the tongue of the mind.”
Andy Biersack contends that:
“The pen and the written word
hold a great deal of power.”
Clearly the process of the
written word has undergone
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profound changes during recent
times and “the pen”
consequently takes on a whole
new meaning.
Facebook, e-mails, WhatsApp
and their myriad derivatives are
the modern vehicles for written
communication. The
implications are vast.
The question that is likely to
occur to many is whether the
technological developments
that have taken communication
and “the power of the pen” to
the dizzying heights of the vast
range of social media and
instantaneous written, verbal
and visual interaction, have
enhanced the quality of human
l i fe .
The benefits are obvious, but
has enough attention been
given to the many dangers
associated with these modes
of communication? Some
may argue that in a strange
twist, the modern pen has
become a dangerous,
threatening sword in many
way s .
Consider the number of users
who become addicted to
Facebook and other social
media. What has happened to
healthy, face-to-face
conversations in families and
with friends who are with you
and not at other locations?
How about the vast numbers
of adolescents and teenagers
who have developed anxiety
and other health issues flowing
from cyber bullying?
The indiscriminate sending of
inappropriate photographs via
social media has destroyed
relationships and lives. Is the
pen mightier than the sword, or
has the pen become the sword?
A somewhat nostalgic view
from Juan Felipe Herrera adds a
credible perspective:
“A pen is different from the
pad, the key, moving your
fingers across a screen. I like
both. I like to work on
sketchbooks, big old white
sketch paper. I like how that
feels, and I like to put different
media on it. Then there’s the
phone, smartphone, iPad: It’s
the new page, and it’s not the
same page any more.”
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Port Alfred
BUSINESSFORUM
Catch up with what’s happening on the PA business front
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certainty in unpredictable times
The need to stay
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Staying true to your
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over the long term is
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Sanlam financial
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Stiglingh said Glacier
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given our human
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uncertain times many
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Stiglingh said
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Diversify offshore –
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“In designing the
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so without the typical
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said Roenica Tyson,
investment product
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Sanlam. “With the
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for equity investments
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designed the Capital
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Tyson explained that
the Capital Enhancer
provides exposure to a
portfolio of blue-chip
stocks in the Euro
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gives investors the
opportunity to
diversify their
exposure away from
local markets ? where
uncertainty and risk is
high ? to developed
equity markets
offering good value
and growth prospects.
“We also tried to
keep it simple for
investors by removing
the currency risk from
the performance. So
investors can easily
track how these
markets are
performing without
having to worry about
the impact of the
volatility in the rand
Understanding the mechanics of the Sanlam’s Capital Enhancer
over the next five
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Equity exposure
without the
downside risk
With Capital
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don’t have to be
concerned about
market corrections, as
their gross investment
amount is protected.
Investors will further
benefit from the tax
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Investors will enjoy
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Stiglingh concluded
by saying Glacier’s
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really tries to offer
investors the best of
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Allowing time to produce the best results
I love my garden for
many reasons not least
because it teaches me
so many lessons.
I woke up quite early
this morning. Sitting on
the veranda having my
first cup of tea.
I watched the sky
change colours before
the rays of the sun
came over the hill and
started to highlight the
houses on the other
side of the river.
I knew I had to wait
for the sun to come up
a little more and then
the tips of the bushes
in the garden would
start to shine and the
colours of the flowers
would appear from the
shadows. I just had to
wa i t !
As I start each new
project in the garden I
seem to get impatient
about how long it takes
to get the levels right,
to plant the grass and
MYHOME
... with Simon Oliver
get it established,
position trees, shrubs
and flowers and then
wait to see whether the
composition is right.
One might try to
speed up the effect by
overloading the garden
with plants only to find,
as they grow out you
have to remove some
shrubs that have grown
too big and prune the
t rees.
As with most things
in life, the best results
come from having a
clear idea of what one
wants to achieve,
planning thoroughly
and then not taking any
short cuts when
implementing the plan.
Take your time,
because as the project
develops so you will
find that adjustments
need to be made that
will make the final
product more special.
Judy will tell you that
I am the wrong person
to be advocating
patience, but I have
found that if one has a
clear idea of the
outcome and has
implemented according
to a plan, and you give
it enough time you will
get the best results.
You will also enjoy the
journey as your project
evolves.
Please tell me how
you go about
developing projects,
especially around the
home. Contact me on
s i m o n . o l i v e r @ s e e f f. c o m or
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Scientist’s warning on abalone stocks
TALKING ABALONE: Andrew Witte
answers questions about abalone
farming from the audience at the
Probus Club meeting held at the Port
Alfred Ski-boat Club last week Picture:
NTOMBI MSUTU
NTOMBENTSHA MSUTU
At the Probus Club of the
Kowie meeting last week,
guest speaker Andrew
Witte spoke about the
importance of abalone, and its
contribution to the economy of
SA, and why it is important to
end poaching.
Originally from East London,
Witte has a master’s degree in
science from Nelson Mandela
University, and is currently
studying towards his PhD at
Rhodes University.
Probus Club meets at the Port
Alfred Ski-boat Club.
“Last year I went to China to
find out about the importance of
abalone and I discovered that
they are state-of-the-art, and I
discovered that there are about
56 species of abalone,” Wit te
said. He talked about ranching
and enhancing and how abalone
farming had taken off over the
years.
He believes their aquaculture
project could stop the number of
poachers along the coastline.
“Poaching is a huge issue in
our coastline. Poached abalone
sells for R5,500 a kilogram,
[while] the legal one they sell for
R7,500-a-kilogram. They really
expensive which is why
poachers are always targeting
abalone,” Witte said.
It takes between four to five
years before abalone reaches an
appropriate size for the
commercial market and,
because no size uniformity for
stocks is enforced, harvested
abalone that has not yet reached
sexual maturity had led to a
situation where an
ever-widening generation gap
develops. “The inevitable result
is that wild South African
abalone will be extinct within the
next few years,” Witte said.
“Land-based pump-ashore
aquaculture farms were
established to meet demand and
to prevent the species from
extinction.”
A study being conducted by a
team from the Universities of
Fort Hare and Rhodes, as well as
NMU and commercial fisheries,
hopes to find ways to restock
natural populations and produce
abalone for the export market.
It is hoped that a sustainable
fishery will grow the local
economy and create jobs.
Profitability of commercial
aquaculture will depend on the
survival, growth and migration
of the stock being released,
which is is the focus of the
project.
Get ready for the Royal St Andrews Hotel Amanzi Challenge
ROB KNOWLES
In just two months’ time surfers, bodyboarders,
handball players, runners, swimmers and inflatable
boats rubber ducks) pilots will be heading to Port
Alfred for a feast of sporting activity at South
Africa’s biggest water-sport event, the Royal St
Andrews Hotel Amanzi Challenge which will run
from April 19 to 28.
This will be the third year of this prestigious
international event that sees sports professionals
from around the world gathering in Port Alfred to
compete for large cash prizes and the prestige of
being ranked among the top athletes in their chosen
spor t.
Once again the Royal St Andrews Hotel is the
main headline sponsor of the challenge, having
donated R1m in prize money until 2021, and is
supported by other sponsors namely Gijima,
Sunshine Coast Tourism, Sarah Baartman District
Municipality, the Small Boat Harbour, Ndlambe
Municipality, ECPTA, DSRAC and Talk of the Town.
TotT will be featuring more
information on each event in the weeks
leading up to the event. This week will
focus on two sports, one very popular
among the youth of the area and one
that is relatively new.
Organisation of the surfing events
will again be handled by Accelerate
Sports, and Hannelie Schoeman and
Tasha Mentasti were keen to promote the
internationally rated World Surf League (WSL) Town
Classic again this year. The event at East Beach will
form part of a road trip and proceeded by a city surf
event in Port Elizabeth from April 18 to 20 and
succeeded by another city in Durban in early May.
“Part of our budget is set aside for our CSI
(corporate social investment) initiative,” said
Mentasti who is the head of surfing at Accelerate
Sport, herself a champion surfer, said that social
upliftment played a huge role in
general sports development.
“We have fun activities planned to
attract our youth to the sport,” she
added. “And our professional surfers
can compete for WSL international
points without having to leave
home.”
SA Longboard divisions are also
included in this year’s surfing bonanza.
Handball is rapidly-growing sport in South Africa
and Zizo Papu, general secretary for the SA Handball
Federation (SAHF), is bringing beach handball for
the first time to the Amanzi Challenge.
“The Eastern Cape dominates the sport at this
time and there are 23 teams in the province excited
about handball,” said Papu.
This year the teams will be restricted to U16s, and
this is in preparation for the first Africa Beach
Games tournament that will be held in the city of Sal
in Cape Verde from June 14 to 23.
“We will be looking for talent to join us at Cape
Verde in June,” said Papu who added that Lihle
Nxobo from Nemato Change a Life (NCAL) was the
first sportsman from the club to compete in the U17
Beach Handball World Championships, held in
Mauritius in 2017.
Before the event Papu said the SAHF would also
be holding coaching clinics for kids who are
interested in the sport as well as coaches.
Once again the Royal St Andrews Hotel Amanzi
Challenge promises to provide two weeks of
world-class sporting entertainment for the entire
fa m i l y.
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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP: Shaw Park Primary (in red) played against El
Shaddai Christian Academy in U9 cricket. It was an exciting, fun match
played at Shaw Park. El Shaddai won, and the hosts congratulated them
SPREADING THE LOVE: Shaw Park Primary pupil
Likhona Solwandle and teacher Shani Stewart
celebrated Valentine's Day last week. ‘May Love
surround friends and families around the
wo r l d , ’ was the message from the school
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left are Mavis Matanzima, Khanyiswa Vuthuza, Ntombozuko Thimba, owner Charl Human, Selina
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Magical Gardens is not your ordinary garden service.
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manicure your garden in its entirety.
This includes relocation of plants, landscaping,
redesigning of gardens, cutting of trees, spraying of
weeds, and so much more.
One of their latest, exciting offerings is designing
and creating outdoor entertainment areas, like
bomas. Their team is small, but very well-oiled, and
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back to your garden.
For a free quote contact Gary du Randt on
082-324-9448
Sunnyside Garden Centre was founded in May of
1977 and has been meeting the needs of
Grahamstown gardeners for almost 41 years. In fact,
they have become a household name in the entire
Albany area and play an important part in everything
associated with gardens and the greater green
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open, sunny areas, simulate a realistic garden
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result, stand a greater chance of survival in clients’
gardens.
Their plants are sourced from all over SA and they
stock a large variety of both indigenous and
non-invasive exotic species, at competitive prices.
To add to the ambiance, customers can visit the
Garden Café, which serves light, tasty,
value-for-money meals, together with coffee, tea and
various cold beverages.
Hide ‘n Shade has been responsible for blinds,
awnings and garage doors locally for years. What you
may not realise is that the business was originally
started in Port Shepstone by Nic and Christa Naude in
2002. Nine years later, their son Rob Nel identified a
need in the Port Alfred area and brought the business
to our coastal town. Hide ‘n Shade not only serves the
entire Ndlambe area but also has a showroom in
G r a h a m st o w n .
When it comes to adding value to your home, there
are many advantages to choosing local. All products
are locally assembled, which means homeowners can
enjoy a much quicker turnaround time. The Hide ‘n
Shade team is always on standby (even on
weekends), ready to meet their customers’ needs and
guarantee a quick response to enquiries.
For DIY inspiration and home improvement tips, be
sure to follow @hidenshade on Facebook. For more
information or a quote, call 046-624-4131 or visit the
showroom at 88 Albany Road.
Not only is Trellidor a name you can trust when it
comes to quality, but the brand is also responsible for
a wide range of home security products. From
security gates and shutters to customised burglar and
cottage guards, Trellidor has it all.
Apart from the more well-known retractable and
burglar guard ranges, Trellidor offers the perfect
solution for homeowners that want proven protection
but still wish to admire their view of the outdoors.
Clear Guard is made from a high tensile, stainless
steel mesh panel and aluminium frame and is
available in a wide range of styles for your windows
and doors.
Trellidor Port Alfred has been helping locals to feel
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and with Rob Nel at the helm since 2011, they have
many satisfied customers. If you would like more
information or a quote, call 046-624-4131 or visit the
showroom at 88 Albany Road.
Step Sisters, a Port Alfred painting contractor, has
been part of the local landscape for many years.
Owner Robyn Smith said: “I have had the privilege
of owning the business for the past three years,
having emigrated from Zimbabwe.
“ Together with my hard-working and dedicated
painting team, we have painted many residential and
commercial properties in Port Alfred as well as
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only R149 and potting and compost at
R20 per bag to get you going on your
home and garden improvements.
DRESS UP DAY: El Shaddai Christian Academy
recently held a fancy dress day with the letter
‘A’ for Grade RR to Grade 3. The Grade 1 winners
were, from left, Micah Turner as Anchor for
Jesus, Xiyue Rattey as an Artist and Michael
Gebreslasie as the Ace of Spades
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DRESS TO THE LETTER
‘A’: The grade 3
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as an Aerial Antennae
and Rhandzu Khangale
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N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES
E-mail Rob Knowles at knowlesr@tisoblackstar.co.za or fax (046) 624-2293
or drop in at 29 Miles Street from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday
LET’S begin this week’s Neighbourlies with
some local news. The Amanzi Challenge,
two weeks of national and international
water-sport events, can truly put the
Sunshine Coast on the map. The Amanzi
Challenge committee met on Tuesday
morning at the Royal St Andrews Hotel to
finalise the programme and get everyone
up to speed. Read the story on page 9. On
Tuesday afternoon there was the CPF
meeting (see page 2) that discussed the
issues around crime in the area, And, on
Tuesday evening, the a new batch of Port
Alfred High School Interact nominees were
inducted into the organisation (page 5). At
the PAHS event it was announced officially
that headmaster Clive Pearson, will be
retiring at the end of the year, and pupils
paid a tribute to the man who had
mentored them over the years.
THE Sea Cadets, a youth organisation that
teaches morality and honesty but also
trains students in real-world nautical
skills, will be opening again here on the
Kowie River in the near future (story on
page 4). For some reason (let’s blame
technology as it’s an easy target) the
youth today don’t seem overly interested
in organisations like the Sea Cadets, the
Scouts or the Boys’ Brigade. Mind you,
enthusiasm for any youth, charity or
social-upliftment organisation seems to be
waning. In my early days (not antediluvian
as some would contend) I was a member
of the BB and served as an officer for a
few years before my move to South Africa.
I was proud to wear the uniform and blow
a bugle in the band (my mom, on the one
hand, could have done without the bugle
practice at the house), but today this
seems to be an outmoded idea. Yet, these
organisations help in terms of discipline,
and when I see videos of kids
disrespecting their elders (some even
physically assaulting their teachers or
others in authority) I am dismayed. And
I’m sorry if this upsets people, but the
parents must take full responsibility, not
the schools or the clubs or friends. We
have become a world of do-rights where
silliness and apathy are cleverly (and,
sometimes, not so cleverly) disguised as
MEET THE MEIRINGS: Supporting El Shaddai Christian Academy at its swimming gala held recently at the Port Alfred
Indoor Pool, were the Meiring family, from left, Zuney, Babs and Dirk Meiring Picture: ROB KNOWLES
liberalism. This is unsustainable as well as
being unacceptable, and if our children
are to grow up and fix the problems we
have caused, they need to learn discipline
and youth organisations such as the Sea
Cadets and others can help in this regard.
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone
celebrating a special day in the week
ahead, and with every best wish for many
more to Tracy Willemse, Sue Bradfield,
Sonia Nginase, Shirley Pheasant, Cole
Gailey, Chloe Rademan, Lisa-Jayne
Bezuidenhout, Phillip Swanepoel, Ankia
Hunke, Kelly van der Merwe, Terrence
Lansdell, Josephine Goliath, Lorna
Bradfield, Desmand Hand, Wesley
Mcmahon, Carolyn Clarence, Wendy
Clayton, Jonathan Steck, Jenna Henning,
Jennifer Worrall, Annette Coetzee, Nicole
Owen, Pam Taylor, Günter Johannsen,
Peter Whittington, Rita Hope, Lorna Els,
Teagan Shaddock, Sheryl Ann Drennan,
Ange Hutchinson, Andrew Dempers,
Chenelle Freeman, Danielle Spaumer,
Bianca Twynham, Sophie Bessinger, Felix
Clark, Zola Kerr, Caryn Bruyns, Jason
Currie, Louise Wiggett, Drewnei Potgieter,
Adele Broodryk, Wim Slieker, Greg Short,
Allan Nonqulo, Patrick Grafton, Belinda
Van Zyl, Jennifer Kukard, Pat Campbell,
Monica Watson.
HAPPY belated birthday wishes to Beryl
Smith who turned 88 on Tuesday February
19. Hope you had a fantastic day.
EVERY success for many more years to
follow are the wishes we are conveying to
the following businesses and
organisations on another anniversary,
especially Adviceworx and Rocky Ridge
Farm Stall (en-route to Bathurst).
THE 2019 budget was announced in
parliament yesterday (Wednesday) and
the country held its breath while Toto
Mboweni revealed his maiden budget
plan. As we are all aware, State Owned
Enterprises (SOEs) are not performing
and, collectively, have plunged South
Africa into a crisis situation with close to
R1-trillion worth of debt. Just to put this in
perspective, it implies a debt of over
R18,000 for every man, woman and child
in the country. This is not an exaggeration.
The debt will ultimately be paid by the
taxpayer, but Mboweni had the job of
spreading this debt in a way that South
Africans would find acceptable. Yet, the
majority of citizens are already living
frugally and cannot afford more taxes or
higher prices in the shops, but that was
inevitably going to happen. Added to this
the national elections are just a few
months away and the ANC do not want to
place any more problems and
controversies before their electorate.
Some, such as EFF leader Julius Malema,
said that corporate taxes should be
increased, but this is shortsighted. In the
longer term we need international
companies to come into the country to
create jobs, so we should not just look at
t o d ay ’s problem but rather the debt we
will be handing to our children. South
Africans are yet again expected to foot the
bill for the incompetence of the cadres
deployed by the ruling party to
mismanage our SEOs. But when will this
“New South Africa”, the vision of Mandela
and others, ever come to fruition? With
last year’s figures in brackets to compare
against, the Rand on Wednesday morning
(prior to the budget announcement by the
finance minister) was trading at R14.10 to
the Dollar (R11.74), R16.00 to the Euro
(R14.45) and R18.39 to the Pound (R16.34).
Gold was trading at $1,343.53 per fine
ounce ($1 329.01), Platinum at $809.70
per ounce ($1 006.95) and Brent Crude
trading at $66.40 per barrel ($56.85).
SPECIAL thoughts and prayers are with all
those folk who are not well, having or have
already had tests, operations and
treatments. ‘Sterkte’ to Roy Potter, Andrew
de Vries, Jenny Groenewald, Rowena
Collin, Malcolm Cock and Brenda Shelton.
SINCERE condolences to the family and
friends of Janet Marie Stirk who passed
away peacefully on Saturday February 16.
A celebration of her life will be held in the
Woodlands garden at Southwell on
Thursday February 28 at 2:30pm.
WEDDING anniversary congratulations and
continued happiness to all couples
celebrating this special occasion. Wishes
extend to Shawn and Tammy Peet, Allan
and Michelle Miles, Trevor and Stephanie
Warner, Rob and Sami Schofield, Clive and
Christine Haworth.
THOUGHT for the week: “It is difficult to
say what is impossible, for the dream
of yesterday is the hope of today and
the reality of tomorrow”.
BEST regards as always,
The Team.
DIARISE THIS
OUR ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR MARCH, APRIL and MAY
E-mail houzetj@tisoblackstar.co.za or fax (046) 624-2293 or drop in at 29 Miles Street from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday
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.
Alzheimer SA East Cape Support Group meets the last
Thursday of each month at 3pm at Brookshaw Home at 9
Donkin Street, Grahamstown.
The Support Group is for family, friends and caregivers of
those with Alzheimer’s Disease or any form of Dementia.
There is usually a speaker followed by discussion and tea.
Contact Dr Heather Rauch 081-350-8079 for information
and to get on to our mailing list.
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 77 @ g m a i l . c o m
Cricket Club – Practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
the Port Alfred Country Club, French Street from 5pm.
Contact Rob Nel on 076-394-4067.
East Cape Shotokan-Ryu Karate, Port Alfred – M o n d ay s
and Thursdays: 4.30pm for beginners. 5.15 for
intermediate class and 6pm for the advanced cl;ass.
Contact Gary Grapentin on 073-346-0059 for more
i n fo r m at i o n .
Healing Horses Therapeutic Riding Centre –
Therapeutic and recreational horse riding activities for
people living with disabilities. Mondays at 09.30am and
10.30am, Wednesdays at 10am and 11am, To book a ride,
or find out about volunteering, call Jann on 078-346-5412.
Hockey Club – Practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
5pm at the Port Alfred Country Club, French Street.
Contact Chris Pike on 082-350-0900.
Kenton Garden Club meeting second Wednesday of the
month at 9.30am. For info visit w w w. k e n t o n g a r d e n c l u b . c o . z a
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.
Kleinemonde Morning Market on the first Saturday of
every month, from 8.30 to 10am. Kleinemonde Community
Hall. Enjoy breakfast and browse the stalls selling
wholesome farm chickens and home produce, including
quality meats, vegetables, pancakes, frozen meals,
quiches, bread, rusks, gingerbread houses, home baked
cakes, doggy treats, candles, gifts and more.
Knit and Knatter Crafters club at Holly House, every
Wednesday at 9am. All welcome. Contact Kathy on (046)
624-4452 for further information.
Kowie Auctioneers – monthly auction every last Thursday
of the month at 35 North Street. Entries for the auction
need to be in on the Tuesday before the auction. Viewing
day prior from 2pm. For more information call Colin
Maclachlan 083-521-3623 or Peter Charter on
082 - 569 - 3478 .
The Kowie Camera Club monthly meeting, the last
Monday of every month (except December) at 7pm in the
Settlers Park Retirement Village hall. Contact Herman
Groenewald 078- 428-9551.
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 .
Kowie Striders time trial – every Tuesday at 5.30pm at
the Port Alfred Country Club. Distances of 3, 5 or 8km.
Runners and walkers welcome. Contact Sticks Stiglingh
on 071-612-7339 or Alan Robb on 082-495-6842
Kowie Striders casual long run from the Duck Pond -
every Sunday at 7am . Runners and walkers welcome. The
route will be determined on the morning of the run.
Lower Albany Historical Society meets third Thursday of
the month – some meetings in Don Powis Hall, Settlers
Park, others, outside trips. Call Avonne on 083-473-6823
for details.
Lower Albany Woodworkers’ Guild, meets first Tuesday
of each month. Call Brian Edwards on (046) 624-2945 for
more information.
Memory Book Scrapbook Club meets twice a month on a
Thursday afternoon. All welcome. Contact Cheryl (046)
624-2733 / 083-556-7562.
M OT H S – Old soldiers never die – Calling all
ex-servicemen “Ou Manne” and their ladies for a
get-together on the first Sunday of every month at 12 noon
and the MOTH Hall (next to the Ski-boat Club) for a light
lunch and some memories. RSVP MOTHS at 082-537-9033
for catering purposes.
National Sea Rescue Institute practices every
Wednesday at 5pm. To join the NSRI visit the base in
person to undergo an evaluation.
Port Alfred Art Club welcomes new members, both
experienced or wanting to learn. We meet weekly offering
a monthly DVD from leading artists, giving excellent tips
and guidance on how to draw and paint. Contact Jenny
(083-292-2650) or Paddy (083-226-5254).
Port Alfred Bowling and Croquet Club invites you to try
your hand at lawn bowls and Croquet,free coaching and
equipment available. Situated next to the Nico Malan
Bridge. Enquiries: Rod Wilson at: 082-375-2968 or (046)
624-5671. Croquet enquiries: Rodger Darkes at 082 373
8181 See our website at: www.pabcc.co.za and our Facebook
page.
Port Alfred Bridge Club – Now meets at the Eddie Grant
MOTH Hall (next to the Ski-boat Club) every Monday and
Thursday – 1pm for 1.30pm start. All bridge enthusiasts
and persons wishing to learn to play bridge are most
welcome.
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 (PAFAG) meets on the 3rd
Saturday of the month at Settlers Park hall at 2.30pm. For
more information please phone 082-464-4606 (Hennie de
Bruin). All welcome.
Port Alfred Park Run, Civic Centre. Every Saturday
8am-9am.
Probus Club of the Kowie meets on the second Tuesday
of each month at 10am at the Port Alfred River and
Ski-boat Club.
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. Only handmade items available by our local
crafters. Large selection of goods.
Scrapbook workshops and classes: Bcreative offers
monthly workshops, night classes, social classes and a
whole lot more. Call (046) 624-3096 to book or for more
i n fo r m at i o n .
Self Drive Heritage Map: All the historical sites in Port
Alfred, Bathurst and surrounding areas. Available at the
tourism office.
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 Tosca Spenceley (046) 624-4339.
U3A – Port Alfred Branch meets on the fourth Thursday of
every month at 9.30 for 10am at the Don Powis Hall,
Settlers Park village. All welcome.
Thursday February 21
PA Art Club – 9am – Catholic Hall. A change in format as
month-end meeting will be the AGM. Enjoy a social time.
DVD and book exchanges, tea, coffee and snacks. Bring
paintings for review.
Lower Albany Historical Society – 9.30 for 10am - Don
Powis Hall, Settlers Park. Trevor Webster will present a
talk entitled “A historical Journey from Hogsback to
Healdtown - with anecdotes”. All welcome. Contact
Avonne 083-473-6823.
Friends with Compassion – Caring for those who are
mourning a loved one. Presbyterian Church Port Alfred, at
3.30pm. All welcome- Join us for a cup of tea and a chat.
Contact Cheryl (046) 624-2733 / 083-556-7562.
Friday February 22
PAHS U11A and U13A cricket vs Kidds Beach on school
fields
Steak Braai – 5pm – Port Alfred High School clubhouse.
Tickets R50 plus weigh and pay for your steak. Includes
salad, baby potatoes, mushroom sauce, pap en sous. Cash
bar. Tickets available from the sports office,
sport@pahs.co.za, (046) 624-2440. A fundraiser for the
Westering tour.
Saturday February 23
PA H S U9, U11 and U13 cricket vs Grahamstown Primary on
school fields
Sunday February 24
Diaz Cross Bird Club outing to the Webb’s farm,
Tharfield. We will meet at Robbies at 6am and Heritage
Mall at 6.30am. Visitors welcome (R10 per person to
DCBC). Bring a picnic brunch. For more details contact
Tim Cockbain (046) 624-8483.
SS Mendi military parade – 2.30 for 3pm sharp – Por t
Alfred Moths Battleaxe Shellhole. To honour the 646,
mainly South African Native Labour Corps troops and
officers who were tragically drowned in the English
Channel on February 21 1917.
Monday February 25
U15 boys and 2nd team girls’ tennis vs PJ Olivier on the
town courts
Tuesday February 26
PAHS Grade 4-7 Interhouse Splash Gala
Wednesday February 27
PAHS Grades 8-12 Interhouse Gala from 12 noon and 1st
team girl’s tennis vs Kingswood College on school courts
in the afternoon
Aisling Foley Workshop for educators to talk about Foetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The workshop will be held at
Dambuza Primary from 10am till 12 noon, for more
information contact Sr Mary McAteer
m a r y m c @ m s a ss u m p t i o n . o r g
Thursday February 28
PA Art Club – 9am – AGM, St James Catholic Hall.
U3A meeting – A newcomer to Port Alfred, David Rose,
will be speaking on “The escalating dichotomy between
science and religion.” He is a practicing Catholic who
questioned the conflict of these two.
PAHS mixed U13 boys and girls’ tennis vs PJ Olivier on
school courts
Port Alfred Scrapbook Club – 2pm to 5pm –
Presbyterian Church Port Alfred. All welcome. Contact
Cheryl (046) 624-2733 / 083-556-7562.
Friday March 1
Port Alfred High Carnival and Food Fair, 3pm to 6pm on
the school fields, R10 entry. To book a stall or for more
information call Laura Guest 084-607-6174 or
lguest@pahs.co.za
Saturday March 2
Christian Men’s Association Breakfast – 7 for 7.30am –
Ta s h ’s Craft Bar. Guest speaker Dr Enocent Msindo of
Rhodes University, who has a background in Covenant
Faith Ministries in South Africa. Dr Msindo works in youth
development and has a passion for mentoring leaders and
marriage counselling. Cost: R45 (R20 for students).
Saturday March 2 to Sunday March 3
Windsong Event Centre 8th annual equestrian event.
Dressage will begin early on the Saturday morning
followed by show-jumping from 1pm. The cross country
phase will commence at 9am on Sunday starting with the
90cm course. Spectators are most welcome, refreshments
will be available. Dogs are welcome but must be kept on
leads.
Saturday March 2 to Saturday March 9
The 115th Pineapple Cricket Tournament – the world’s
oldest club cricket tournament of its kind will take place
at various locations around the Ndlambe area.
Tuesday March 12
Soup Kitchen / Kowie Striders annual Fun Run
sponsored by Adviceworx. Start 5.30pm at the Country
Club. Donations welcome.
Friday April 5 to Sunday April 7
Bathurst Agricultural Show – at the showgrounds.

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Making beautiful music together
Sounds of marimba, flute soothing for the
soul at Classics at the Castle concert
AUDIENCE RAPPORT: Marimba player Magdalena de Vries, left, and
flautist Malane Hofmeyr-Burger engaging with the audience during their
Classics at the Castle concert at Richmond
House on Sunday
Picture: JON HOUZET
JON HOUZET
Having heard
Magdalena
de Vries
per forming
solo on her marimba
at Richmond House
before, it was a
delight hearing her
collaborating with
flautist Malane
Hofmeyr-Burger as
they performed a
number of classics
as well as more
contemporary pieces
at the latest Classics
at the Castle concert.
Both are
accomplished
musicians,
performing regularly
with the
Johannesburg
Philharmonic
Orchestra and on
international stages.
The first piece they
performed at
Richmond House
was Sonata in a
minor by Belgian
composer Jean
Baptiste Loeillet,
which comprised
several parts –
adagio, giga, adagio
and allegro.
Hearing the two
instruments together
is unfamiliar, but
calls forth auditory
curiosity and then
soothing enjoyment.
Commenting on
the piece after they
had played it, De
Vries said it was
from the baroque
period of classical
music.
“There was no
marimba in the
baroque period, so
I’m playing second
flute and sometimes
you’ll hear me
playing guitar, but
never second violin,”
she said, to laughter.
The second
composition was by
Japanese composer
Michio Miyagi, called
Haru no Umi (The
Sea in Spring). The
programme notes
explained that
Miyagi, who lost his
sight when he was
eight years old,
started studying the
koto, a stringed
wooden instrument
which is the national
instrument of Japan.
He wrote his first
composition at 14,
and by 18 he had
become a recognised
master of the
inst rument.
When De Vries and
H of m e y r - B u r g e r
started playing, the
melody was
she was playing the
guitar part on her
marimba.
“Although the
marimba and guitar
are very different,
the character of the
guitar translates well
to marimba,” she
said.
“In chamber music
We always have to pretend
not to be ready, but we
always are ready
i m m e d i at e l y
recognisable as
Japanese. There was
a wonderful interplay
between the flute
and marimba.
A more recent
work by Argentine
classical guitarist
Maximo Diego Pujol
was next. Po m p e ya
from Suite Buenos
Aires has its
foundation in the
tango. De Vries said
it was composed for
flute and guitar, so
a lot of
communication has
to be non-verbal. But
in pieces like the last
one, we don’t want
to follow each other.
We have to be each
ot h e r ’s echo – when
one plays loud the
other will play soft
and vice versa,” De
Vries said.
The fourth piece
was a beautiful
classical piece by
Joseph Haydn,
appropriately called
Echo.
The final piece on
the programme was
Hungarian composer
Bela Bartok’s
Rumanian Folk
Dances.
It ended on a
crescendo, to loud
applause.
Of course, the
audience wanted
more, so De Vries
and Hofmeyr-Burger
returned to the stage
for an encore.
“We always have
to pretend not to be
ready, but we always
are ready,” she said,
to the audience’s
a p p r e c i at i v e
l a u g h t e r.
They played an
eminently familiar
piece, Mozart’s
Rondo alla Turca –a
fun way to end the
concer t.
The wide variety of
classical genres
encompassed by
these two gifted
musicians made for
a most satisfying
afternoon of music
a p p r e c i at i o n .
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husband to Barbara and
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IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE GAVIN
PAUL ROTHSCHILD, Identity Number
590308 5169 08 4, of 117 Birha Avenue,
Birha, Eastern Cape, who died on the
8 th March 2018
ESTATE NUMBER 001434/2018
Creditors of the above deceased are
hereby requested to lodge their claims
with the undersigned within 30 days of
22 February 2019
DATED at PORT ALFRED on this the
14 th Day of February 2019
AJ DONNELLY
Executor
Ipser Terblanche & Donnelly
75 Voortrekker Road,
Bellville, 7530
Tel: (021) 9495734
IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JOHAN
LODEWYK MARAIS, Identity Number 431227
5013 089 who died on the 8 th September
2018 and WINNIE NORAH MARAIS, Identity
Number 440425 0003 084 to whom he
was married in community of property, of
14 Muisvogel Street, Station Hill, Port Alfred
ESTATE NUMBER 3132/2018
The First and Final Liquidation Account in
the above estate will lie for inspection at
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Port Alfred for a period of twenty-one days
from the 22 nd February 2019
DATED at PORT ALFRED on this 12 th Day
of February 2019
GJ MARAIS
Agent for the Executrix
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LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION
ACCOUNT IN DECEASED ESTATE
LYING FOR INSPECTION.
In terms of Section 35(5) of the Administration
of Estates Act No. 66 of 1965, notice is
hereby given that copies of the First and
Final Liquidation and Distribution Account
in the Estate of the Late :
DAVID WILLIAM HALL –
ID Number 451231 5126 185
Estate Number: 01542 / 2016
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Eastern Cape
Will lie for inspection for a period of 21
days from 22nd February 2019 at the
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Port Alfred.
Executor: David Pohl
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7 Spring Street,
Rivonia
AROUND THE TABLE: Port Alfred Floral Art Group
members, from left, Carol White, Gift Wallace,
May Bennett and Liz Cooper enjoyed the social
time at the club’s meeting at Port Alfred High
School last Saturday Picture: JON HOUZET
One of our true eagles
This week we are flying high once
more, although it sounds like we are
staying on terra firma. Confused? Read
on!
The booted eagle is a migratory
raptor that consists of two
populations... one non-breeding
European population and one breeding
population that migrates within the
African continent.
In our area, it is mainly the breeding
birds present in our spring and
summer, as I have seen them raising
young. Some birds occasionally
overwinter, and I have seen the
occasional bird here in winter, but not
often. It is one of our smaller true
eagles, being about the size of a steppe
buzzard. They are found predominantly
in hilly country with plenty of gorges
ENGROSSED IN CONVERSATION: Carol Taggart,
left, and Rina Erasmus enjoyed tea, eats and
chats during the break in the Port Alfred Floral
Art Group meeting at Port Alfred High School
last Saturday
Picture: JON HOUZET
and cliffs. The Penny’s Hoek
area just beyond Bathurst is
ideal, although I have seen
them here in town as well.
They have a few different
colour forms, the most
common of which is the “pale
fo r m ”. Mainly cream-white
underneath, brown above and dark
brown flight feathers when seen from
underneath. Occasionally one will see
darker brown and intermediate forms,
but the constant feature among all
forms is the “landing lights”, or small
white spot at the base of either wing.
As with most true eagles, the legs
are feathered all the way down to the
base of the toes... and in the case of
the booted eagle, these leggings are a
bit more noticeable and looser.
LET’S
CHIRP
... with Tim Cockcroft
The call is a yelping,
“Kip-kip-kip-kip-kip”, uttered from a
perch or in flight. It also has a shor t
trill, which I have heard while watching
the bird giving a territorial display
flight. The eagle will glide, and then
give a quick dip and flutter of wings
while giving the shorter call.
So... that’s it for now, folks. Please
remember I am available for birding
tours in the area. You may contact me
at 072-314-0069.
TALKING FLOWERS: Flo Trenor, left, and Di
Kitson were at the Port Alfred Floral Art Group
meeting at Port Alfred High School last
Saturday
Picture: JON HOUZET
BOTTLE TOPS PLEASE: The Rotary EarlyAct
Club of Port Alfred High School are collecting
plastic bottle tops to be recycled as part of a
wheelchair exchange project and appeal to
the public to assist. Derryn Hulley, third from
left, handed over hundreds of tops already
collected by the club to Susan Harty, right, of
Child Welfare. Looking on are Rotarians Elize
Ellis and Julie Beer. About seven bakkie loads
make up the 480kg of bottle tops needed for
one wheelchair to be donated to a person in
need from our community. You are welcome
to send your plastic bottle tops to school or
pass them on to a Rotarian
FLYING HIGH: The Penny’s Hoek area
just beyond Bathurst is ideal for
catching sight of a booted eagle
Picture: TIM COCKCROFT
NDLAMBE
MUNICIPALITY
PORT ALFRED
APPLICATION FOR REZONING
FROM SINGLE RESIDENTIAL TO
GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ERF
1981, KENTON ON SEA
Applicant: Mr David Paul Cohead
Owner:
Mr David Paul Cohead
Property Description:
Erf 1981, Kenton on sea, 6191
Physical Address:
21 William Way, Kenton on sea, 6191
Detailed description of proposal:
The matter for consideration is an application
for rezoning from single residential to general
residential to allow three(3) self-catering holiday
accommodation units.
Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 93
of the Ndlambe Spatial Planning and Land Use
Management By-law (2015) that the abovementioned
application has been received and
is available for inspection during weekdays
between 09:00 to 15:00 at the Ndlambe Municipality,
Civic Centre, Causeway, Port Alfred
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application can also be viewed on the municipal
website (www.ndlambe.gov.za). Any written
comments may be addressed in terms of section
98 of the said bylaw to The MUNICIPAL
MANAGER, Causeway, Port Alfred, 6170, or
emailed to townplanning@ndlambe.gov.za or
portalfred@ndlambe.gov.za on or before 22
March 2019 Telephonic enquiries can be made
to the Town Planning Section at (046) 604 5520.
The Municipality may refuse to accept comment
received after the closing date. Any person who
cannot write will be assisted by a Municipal of-
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NOTICE NUMBER: 45/2019
21 February 2019 ADV. R DUMEZWENI
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
NDLAMBE
MUNICIPALITY
PORT ALFRED
APPLICATION FOR DEPARTURE
& REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIVE
CONDITIONS FOR RELAXATION
OF STREET BUILDING LINE ON
ERF 136, BOKNESSTRAND
Applicant: Mr C Hoffmann
Owner:
Mr C Hoffmann
Property Description:
Erf 136, Boknesstrand, 6189
Physical Address:
136, Alta Avenue,Boknesstrand, 6189
Detailed description of proposal:
The matter for consideration is an application
for removal of restrictive conditions & relaxation
of street building line from 5m to 1.4m.
Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 93
of the Ndlambe Spatial Planning and Land Use
Management By-law (2015) that the abovementioned
application has been received and
is available for inspection during weekdays
between 09:00 to 15:00 at the Ndlambe Municipality,
Civic Centre, Causeway, Port Alfred
¿
application can also be viewed on the municipal
website (www.ndlambe.gov.za). Any written
comments may be addressed in terms of section
98 of the said bylaw to The MUNICIPAL
MANAGER, Causeway, Port Alfred, 6170, or
emailed to townplanning@ndlambe.gov.za or
portalfred@ndlambe.gov.za on or before 22
March 2019 Telephonic enquiries can be made
to the Town Planning Section at (046) 604 5520.
The Municipality may refuse to accept comment
received after the closing date. Any person who
cannot write will be assisted by a Municipal of-
¿
NOTICE NUMBER: 46/2019
21 February 2019 ADV. R DUMEZWENI
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
NDLAMBE
MUNICIPALITY
PORT ALFRED
APPLICATION: AMENDMENT
OF GENERAL PLAN, REZONING,
SUBDIVISION & DEPARTURE
ON ERF 1014, MARSELLE
BUSHMANSRIVERMOUTH
Applicant: Johan van der Westhuysen
(URBAN DYNAMICS EC)
Owner:
NDLAMBE MUNICIPALITY
Property Description:
Erf 1014 Marselle Bushmansrivermouth
Physical Address:
1014 Marselle Bushmanrivermouth
Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 93
of the Ndlambe Spatial Planning and Land Use
Management By-law (2015) that the abovementioned
application has been received and
is available for inspection during weekdays
between 09:00 to 15:00 at the Ndlambe Municipality,
Civic Centre, Causeway, Port Alfred
¿
application can also be viewed on the municipal
comments may be addressed in terms of section
98 of the said bylaw to The MUNICIPAL
MANAGER, Causeway, Port Alfred, 6170, or
emailed to or
on or before 22
March 2019 Telephonic enquiries can be made
The Municipality may refuse to accept comment
cannot write will be assisted by a Municipal of-
¿
NOTICE NUMBER: 47/2019
21 February 2019 ADV. R DUMEZWENI
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
WELL-KNOWN COMPANY IS
LOOKING FOR A SPA THERAPIST.
We require a team player who is
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Please note that only qualifying
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NDLAMBE
MUNICIPALITY
PORT ALFRED
CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS:
ANNUAL REPORT 2017/2018
Notice is hereby given in terms of
Section 127 (5)(a) of the Municipal Finance
Management Act 56 of 2003, and section
21A of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of
2000 that the Annual Report for 2017/2018
financial period has been prepared by
Ndlambe Municipality and was tabled in the
council meeting held on the 31 January 2019.
The document is available for public comments
and inspection in all municipal administrative
units around Ndlambe municipality. These are
Alexandria, Bathurst, Cannon Rocks, Kenton
¿
in the Libraries and Ndlambe Municipality’s
website (www.ndlambe.gov.za).
Submission can be posted or hand
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Manager, 44 Campbell Street, Port Alfred
or by email to smjacu@ndlambe.gov.za or
tmagawu@ndlambe.gov.za
NOTICE NUMBER: 50/2019
21 February 2019 ADV R. DUMEZWENI
MUNICIPAL MANAGER

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PORT ALFRED
NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION
49 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
MUNICIPAL PROPERTY RATES ACT,
2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004): PUBLIC
NOTICE OF INSPECTION AND
OBJECTION OF THE NDLAMBE
MUNICIPALITY’S VALUATION ROLL
EFFECTIVE 01 JULY 2019
The Municipality has undertaken a general
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roll of all properties in its jurisdiction in terms
of applicable legislation and policies. Notice
is hereby issued in terms of Section 49 (1)(a)
of the Local Government: Municipal Property
Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004), hereinafter
referred to as the “Act”, that the valuation roll
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to 15:45. In addition the valuation roll is
available on Ndlambe Municipality website:
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An invitation is hereby made in terms of section
49(1)(a)(ii) of the Act inviting every person who
wishes to lodge an objection in respect to any
matter in, or omitted from, the roll to do so in the
prescribed manner and within the stated period
above. Please take note of and your attention is
drawn to the prescribed manner and procedures
of lodging an objection as determined by the
municipality from time to time.
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that in terms of section 50(2) of the Act an
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individual property and not against the
valuation roll as such. The form for lodging
of an objection is obtainable at the Municipal
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Port Alfred
following inspection points to assist any
person who may require help in the completion
of an objection form.
Port Alfred
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION
OF OBJECTIONS: FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019 ON
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MUNICIPAL MANAGER
TEACHERS IN RED: Port Alfred High School
grade 4 teacher Ryle Murray was complimented
on his creative red tie by colleague, grade 8
teacher, Marleen Gibson, on Valentine’s Day
19 PAHS tennis players
make Albany teams
TENNIS
At Monday’s assembly, Port Alfred High School
headmaster Clive Pearson announced that the
following players have made the Albany boys and
girls tennis A and B teams.
The top eight players will represent Albany when
they play against Midlands in Makhanda
(Grahamstown) later this term.
U10 boys – Connor Bessinger no 8.
U12 boys – Lou Coetzee no 3, James Campbell no 5
and Reinhardt Le Roux No 6.
U12 girls – Scarlett Tweedie no 7, Lily Heny no 8.
U14 boys – Josh de Vos no 12.
U14 girls – Liyabona Xanti no 6, Saffron Tweedie no
12 and Chani Campbell no 14.
U16 boys – Jack Botha no 2, Jarryd Harty no 4.
U16 girls – Lise-Marie Coetzee no 1, Siya Mayalo no
11, Nakita Avis no 12.
Open girls – Olona Landu no 6, Tami Booysen no 7,
Allysa Davis no 9 and Lynn Baaitjies no 10.
The PAHS girls 1st and U15 teams played against
the Victoria Girls High school tennis teams in the last
round of the Knight Shield matches. Very good tennis
was played and the PAHS 1st team won 7-5 and the
U15’s won 6-0. This result placed PAHS third in the
Knight Shield competition behind the DSG and
Kingswood College.
The U11 and U13 girls mixed team travelled to
Makhanda to play against Kingswood College and lost
their match.
The winners of the BUCO Doubles Girls U14
tournament , PAHS players Liyabona Xanti and Chani
NDLAMBE
MUNICIPALITY
PORT ALFRED
AMENDMENT TO NOTICE
NUMBER 34/2019 ADVERTISED IN
THE TALK OF THE TOWN DATED
14 FEBRUARY 2019
NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 49 OF
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL
PROPERTY RATES ACT, 2004 (Act No. 6
of 2004): PUBLIC NOTICE OF INSPEC-
TION AND OBJECTION OF THE NDLAMBE
MUNICIPALITY’S VALUATION ROLL
EFFECTIVE 01 JULY 2019
The roll will be open for inspection from
18 February 2019 to 3 May 2019.
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF
OBJECTIONS: FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019 ON OR
BEFORE 15:45
NOTICE NUMBER: 49/2019
21 February 2019 ADV R. DUMEZWENI
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
DOUBLES WINNERS: Port Alfred High School
pupils, Liyabona Xanti and Chani Campbell beat
their DSG opponents 6-3 to win the U14 division
of the BUCO Doubles Championships
CHEQUE HANDOVER: The
Grades 1-3 moms fundraise
all through the year for the
school and recently handed
over R20,000 to the Port
Alfred High Supporters and
Alumni Association for their
2018 pool upgrade project. A
delighted and grateful Laura
Guest, left, representing
PAHS Alumni Association,
received the cheque from
moms Monique Harvey and
Clare Wood, while head of the
Foundation Phase, Erika de
Klerk looked on
Campbell were each presented with a medal and gift
hamper at Assembly.
CRICKET
In a Mini Cricket Festival played on Friday February
8, the PAHS U9s lost to Kingswood by 61 runs and to
the SAP Rhinos team by 36 runs. The player of the
festival was however PAHS pupil, James Munro.
There was a mixed bag of results for PAHS in their
fixtures against Graeme College. The U9As played
against Graeme’s U9C team at home. The man of the
match was PAHS pupil, Dylan Erasmus. The visitors
won the match by 40 runs.
The U11As took on the Graeme College U11C team at
home. The hosts elected to bat first and scored 84/7.
Ibenati Kondile made 18 runs. Graeme College were
bowled out for 34. Yaya Booi took 3 for 4 runs. PAHS
won the game by 50 runs.
The U13A team also played at home and faced the
Graeme College U13C team. Graeme were 57 all out.
PAHS pupils did well with Caden Moller taking 2 for
8, Onwabile Bobo 2 for 8, Lutho Yose 3 for 10 and
Reinhardt le Roux 3 for 17. The hosts made 58 for 1 in
their 20 overs, winning the match by 9 wickets.
Onwabile Bobo made 27 (not out) and Caden Moller
19 (not out).
SWIMMING
Eleven PAHS swimmers travelled to the Nelson
Mandela Bay to compete in a B League Gala on
Saturday and returned with 29 positions in the top
five places in their events. Quade Bessinger was 5th
in the 50m Breaststroke, Robyn Dacombe was 5th in
the 50m freestyle, Scarlett Tweedie won a 5th, a 4th,a
3rd and two 2nd places, Connor Bessinger was 1st in
the 50m breaststroke, Emily Beatt took a 5th, two 4th
positions and a 3rd place, Kate Tinley was 4th and
added three 2nd places and a 1st, Saffron Tweedie
secured two 4th places, three 2nd places and a 1st
while Will Beatt won a 2nd place and brought home
five 1st places.
Kelly Legg, Hayley Pretorius and Caylem Simes also
participated and all achieved personal best times.
There were 84 girls competing in the 0–14 years
age group of the Nelson Mandela Bay River Mile and
PAHS pupils did well with Kate Tinley placing 7th,
Emily Beatt 10th, Saffron Tweedie 15th and Scarlett
Tweedie 22nd. Will Beatt came 11th out of 66 boys in
the 0–14 years age group.
AT H L E T I C S
The PAHS junior athletes won four medals at the
Sarah Baartman championships. Bronze medals were
awarded to Olwethu Landu for high jump and shot
put, Asabonga Kalipa for shot put and to Lara Heny
for high jump. Sine Mabece received fourth places in
the high and long jump events while Yaya Booi was
also placed fourth in high jump.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the PAHS track
athletes were prevented from competing in the Sarah
Baartman championships. This matter is being
i n v e st i g at e d .
GOLF
The PAHS golfers travelled to Eerste Rivier for the
weekend and took part in the Fynbos Inter-Schools
Tournament. The PAHS first team finished third in the
A Section and the PAHS second team took third place
in the B Section. The players played three rounds of
golf on a challenging course and acquitted
themselves really well.

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BLOOD BONANZA
At the beginning of 2019, the SA National Blood Service
(SANBS) in Port Elizabeth made the decision to extend its
visits to Makhanda (Grahamstown) by an hour from
Februar y.
This means their monthly visits to the Dutch Reformed
Church hall in Hill Street will be from midday to 6pm,
instead of 1pm to 6pm, as has been the case for several
years.
“And the results are showing,” said an ecstatic Maryke
Harris, donor relations practitioner of the SANBS, when she
revealed that no less than 106 units were collected on
Tuesday last week. She was hopeful that the trend would
continue throughout 2019.
Harris explained that while 106 units of blood were
collected on the day, several more donors presented
themselves, but their blood could not be drawn.
“There are many reasons why people cannot donate,
ranging from high or low blood pressure readings on the
day, as well as low iron levels. These donors can donate in
future, but not on that particular day.”
Harris added that many of the donor acceptance criteria
will be changing sometime in 2019 due to newer research
available to them.
The next visit of the SANBS to the Dutch Reformed
Church hall will be from midday to 6pm on Tuesday March
12.
The SANBS mobile unit makes other visits to Makhanda
each year, including schools and the university.
BOTTLED WATER BRINGS SOME RELIEF
Many residents in Makhanda (Grahamstown) were without
water for up to 10 days in recent weeks due to various
technical problems. Thus it was with considerable relief
that the Gift of the Givers disaster relief group responded
to requests from concerned members of the public for
assistance, and arrived in Makhanda in force – several big
trucks loaded with 5l bottles of water.
Gift of the Givers has, in the past, spent more than
R150m in SA alone on bottled water, boreholes, animal
fodder and food parcels for retrenched farm workers.
Accompanying the Gift of the Givers entourage last week
was Dr Gideon Groenewald, specialist hydrologist who
engaged Makana Municipality to ascertain what
sustainable alternatives could be found in the immediate
to medium term.
According to the Gift of the Givers website, Groenewald
has been responsible for successfully sighting water for
Gift of the Givers, enabling them to drill 200 boreholes in
an eight-month period.
THE GOOD AND THE BAD
Last week’s good news on the local water front was the
arrival of a bevy of Gift of the Givers trucks containing
bottled water that was distributed in areas where people
needed it the most.
However, last week’s bad news was that Settlers dam
was down to 13% of its capacity, and that water cannot be
extracted from the last 10% due to high silt levels.
There have been problems as well with water received
from the Orange-Fish River scheme, via Glen Melville dam,
due to high content of mud.
SAD SAMOOSA STORY
Oh no, my favourite snack is gone forever, it would seem.
For several years now a local lady has been making very
popular chicken, beef mince and vegetable samoosas for
Pepper Grove Pick n Pay. My absolute favourites were the
chicken ones.
Now they are no more. I was told last week that the lady
who made thousands of them over the years had died. I
don’t know who she was, but her samoosa recipe was
tops!
CELEBRATING ON THE RUN
Each year, the Makana Brick 8km Nite Race attracts a huge
entry of Makhanda (Grahamstown) residents from all
corners of the city, with townsfolk, students and scholars
taking to the streets for some fun and exercise.
This year is a rather special one for sponsors Makana
Brick, and they’ll be in generous mode come the evening of
Wednesday March 6 when the 2019 edition of the Makana
Brick Nite Race is held.
Makhanda’s own clay brick manufacturing company
celebrates its 25th birthday in 2018. Many local residents
will have noticed their huge multi-wheeler trucks loaded
with pallets of bricks rumbling through town on their way
to dealers and building sites throughout the Eastern Cape.
But not many people are aware of the location of the
Makana Brick factory. Just a handful of kilometres to the
north of Makhanda (on the other side of the municipal
electricity department) is what was once the farm
Mayfield, now Makana Brick’s head office and factory.
But back to the Makana Brick 8km Nite Race. The
popular annual event is not only sponsored by Makana
Brick, but also organised by staff members of the
company. Managing director Colin Meyer and his team will
be out and about on the evening of the event, doing this
and doing that, with their main focus of attention the start
and finish area on Graeme College’s Somerset field.
Not only will Makana Brick be donating the proceeds of
the event to Grahamstown Hospice, they will also be
handing out pineapples (an old favourite at the event),
medals and spot prizes to finishers, plus prize money (lots
of it) to the leading finishers.
ST ANDREW’S WINS FINAL
The St Andrew’s College 1st team defeated Grey High
School by four wickets in the Eastern Province T20 cricket
final on Sunday.
Scores in brief: Grey 148 for 8 off 20 overs (Ryan Ford 3
wickets). St Andrew’s 150 for 6 (Callum Francis 82 not
out). St Andrew’s won by four wickets.
BENEFITTING PETS
Grahamstown SPCA was well-pleased with the amount of
almost R3,500 collected in their tins in Pepper Grove Mall
last Saturday, plus all the dog and cat food that was
d o n at e d .
IN THE POOL
Graeme College’s annual inter-house swimming gala will
be held from 2pm on Wednesday, February 27.
BLUE GIVES RED: Provincial Traffic Officer Eugene Elie donates
his 35th unit of blood when the SA National Blood Service’s
(SANBS) mobile unit visited Makhanda (Grahamstown) last
week. Assisting him is the blood service’s Donor Care Officer,
Edwin Rademeyer. The SANBS visits the Dutch Reformed Church
hall in Hill Street from midday to 6pm on the second Tuesday of
each month. See story on this page
Picture: SID PENNEY
ST ANDREW’S ASSISTS PUPILS
Last month saw the launch of the St Andrew’s College
Academy that has been established to support 15 pupils
from Nombulelo Secondary School in Makhanda
( G r a h a m st o w n ).
Present at the introduction of the pupils to the academy
were St Andrew’s headmaster Alan Thompson, Nombulelo
principal Nicci Hayes and St Andrew’s community
engagement officer Ncumisa Mzaza.
Thompson said the main focus of the academy was to
enrich the academic results of pupils involved in the
programme.
The academy has been made possible through generous
support from Liberty and the HM Pitje Foundation.
TOURING THE PENINSULA ON FOOT
A handful of Makhandians (Grahamstonians) will head for
Cape Town in April for the 2019 running of the Old Mutual
Two Oceans ultra-marathon and half-marathon on Easter
S at u r d ay.
According to the Two Oceans website, three Albany
Saints & Sinners Multi-Sport Club members have entered
the 2019 ultra-marathon. Richard Foss will be running his
14th, Sally Price-Smith her fifth and Ryan Bruton his first.
Stephen Penney will be running his 27th consecutive
Two Oceans ultra – he’s entered in the colours of Kowie
Striders for 2019. Terri-Lynn Penney, a member of Nedbank
Athletics Club, will be touring the Cape Peninsula on foot
for the 15th time.
Three Albany members have entered the Two Oceans
half-marathon – Colin Price-Smith has completed 13, Karen
Meyer eight and Colin Meyer four.
ST ANDREW’S WINS VIDES
The St Andrew’s College 1st team successfully defended its
title at the Vides waterpolo tournament hosted by Selborne
College in East London at the weekend, beating Reddam
House from Cape Town in the final.
HOCKEY COMMITTEE
The Rhodes University Hockey Club committee for 2019
comprises: Sarah Wilmot (chairperson), Ben Abraham
(vice-chairperson), Patrick Walsh (secretary), Ryan Harley
(treasurer), Zoe Ahrends (ladies’ club captain), Jason
Maclachlan (men’s club captain), Jordan Fischer and Alex
Talbot (community engagement reps), Kelly Ebing
(entertainment rep), BK Raselomane (technical table
liaison) and Jessica Feldtman (umpire liaison).
STAGE FULL OF SINGERS
More than a dozen choirs will perform at Masicule 2019 in
the Monument on February 24 (6pm) and February 25
(7.30pm). The choirs will comprise school choirs and adult
choirs, while the guest performer will be Vusi Mahlasela.
Among the schools taking part will be Nombulelo,
Ntsika, Kingswood, VGHS, St Andrew’s, DSG, Graeme, Mary
Waters and Nathaniel Nyaluza.
Joining them on stage will be the Cathedral Choir,
Byrdsongs, Kwantu Choir and East Cape Midlands College.
Tickets are available from Makana Tourism on Church
Square, Fusion in Pepper Grove Mall and Madhatters in
upper High Street.
CELLO AND PIANO
Grahamstown Music Society’s first concert for 2019 will be
presented by duo Zappa-Mainolfi (cello and piano) in the
National English Literary Museum (Nelm) auditorium in
Worcester Street from 7.30pm on Tuesday February 26.
MAKHANDA’S MANY WOES
Makhanda residents have, over the last few days, shared
the following with me, and I, in turn, share it with readers.
Thousands of potholes, big and small, are evident in
most of Makhanda’s streets, posing a threat to motorists
and their vehicles.
Dozens of cows and donkeys roam the city’s streets,
posing a threat to motorists.
Electricity outages have been all-too frequent in
Makhanda in recent months, and the position is even
worse now, what with load-shedding.
In recent months (and even years), the quality of local
tap water has been questionable, its colour often of a
brownish hue.
Makhanda’s streets have, in recent weeks, been an
eyesore due to all the uncollected refuse bags littering
streets and pavements (as a result of the municipal
workers strike), until the arrival of “good citizens” to cart
the rubbish away. Generally the city is looking grubby.
Street markings have not been “refreshed” for some
time, resulting in fading STOP signs, centre lines, parking
bays, arrows and yield signs.
This month has seen residents, mostly on the eastern
side of the city, go without water for up to 10 days at a
time. The position will soon be exacerbated when Settlers
dam and Howiesonspoort dam run dry.
For years, residents have relied on the natural water
spring on the southern side of the city in times of crisis,
but this too is running dry. Once the dams are dry,
rationing of water will be introduced.
Life is SO tough in Makhanda!
IN A HURRY
A common occurrence for many motorists these days, it
seems, is to simply ignore solid lines on streets and roads,
whether on national and main roads, or urban streets.
The driver of this white LDV (with company owner’s
name painted on it) decided he was in too much of a hurry
to wait behind me at the speed hump-cum-pedestrian
crossing at the Hill Street/Huntley Street intersection on
Tuesday morning last week.
No problem to him – he overtook me on a solid white
line AND the pedestrian crossing on the wrong side of the
road and continued on his merry way. Yes, I did note his
registration number.
CLOCKING UP THE KAYS IN THE BOTS
The weather was perfect in Makhanda last Saturday
morning and 205 runners, joggers and walkers took to
Makana botanical gardens for their weekly dose of
parkrun.
While Steve Craigie completed his 50th parkrun, there
are several others who are nearing their 50th.
Nobulele Makholwane has just one to go to her 50th,
Zenobia Louw has two, Charity Manyika three, and Erika
Human, Justine Weeks, Tariro Mbira and Esther Mostert
each have five to go.
First three finishers overall were Justin Stoddart (1st in
19 minutes 32 seconds), Thanduxolo Royi (2nd in 21:09)
and Melikhaya Jacobs (3rd in 21:18). First three ladies were
Candice Serfontein (1st in 25:16), Charlotte Abraham (2nd
in 25:19) and Elisa Kirigin (3rd in 25:31).
Parkruns are held at 8am each Saturday from the
entrance to the botanical gardens in Lucas Avenue.
FROM POTTERY FACTORY TO MEWS
On a recent social media post a local resident said she
came across a casserole dish in her home that must be at
least 50 years old, and she noticed it had been made by
Grahamstown Potteries and was a Drostdy Ware product.
The post attracted several comments, among them:
“Grahamstown Potteries closed in the early to mid-1980s”;
“It was a large employer in Grahamstown in its day, but
went the way of most Grahamstown industry”; “D r o st d y
Ware ceased production in about 1965 when the factory
was sold to Continental China.”
Grahamstown Potteries was situated at the western end
of Worcester Street, and today it serves as accommodation
apartments, known as Worcester Mews.
BUSY START TO SEASON
Graeme College opens its 2019 rugby season on Saturday,
March 2 at the Andrew Rabie rugby festival in Port
Elizabeth for U16, U15 and U14 teams.
Then, on Saturday March 9, Graeme’s 1st, U16, U15 and
U14 teams will play in the Despatch rugby festival.
Graeme’s own rugby day will be held on Saturday, March
16.
Other Makhanda schools wanting their sports fixtures
published in this column can e-mail them to
sidp@imaginet.co.za
BAD STATE
A reader whispered in my ear at the weekend: “Our town is
in such a bad state. I believe there are more than 400
properties on the market.” Wonder if that’s true.
CENTURIONS IN THE WATER
The St Andrew’s College 1st waterpolo team took part in
the Vides tournament in East London at the weekend.
Friday night’s match saw six centurions in the St
Andrew’s team, having notched up 100 matches or more –
Matthew Hillary (161), Connor Stulich (136), and Lloyd
Koster, Josh Cowen, Joel Vides and Nic Sutherland (100
each).
THE ROUND BALL IN DAYS GONE BY
Some familiar names popped up when the Valentine’s Day
soccer tournament was held on the Rhodes University
campus at the weekend. Four of the participating teams
had roots dating back to the 1970s and 1980s – De Beers
House, Goldfields House, Graham House and Rhodes Staff.
These four, and several other Rhodes teams, contested
the Grahamstown Football Association (GFA) leagues in the
1970s and 1980s. Other Rhodes teams in the GFA back then
were Drostdy Hall, Founders Hall, Kimberley Hall,
Oppidans, Rhodes Law and Smuts Hall.
Town teams in the GFA four decades ago included
Defence, Graham Hotel, Grahamstown City, Mary Waters
High School, Olympics, Protea United, Scott’s United and
Wa n d e r e r s .
HEADED FOR EARTH
According to a post on social media at the weekend, EP
Skydivers has moved its operations from Makhanda to
Jeffreys Bay.
On several occasions in past years, when Deon Kraidy
and later Joos Vos were the owners, I would visit the local
airport for skydiving stories and photographs.
Even from Sunnyside, one could spot the parachutists
gliding their way from the clouds to the airport.
STOP-OVER FOR TOURIST BUSES
Last Friday’s edition of The Herald carried a front page
story under the headline “Bay sees big drop in foreign
visitors”. Its opening paragraph read: “While other SA
tourism destinations appear to have thrived over the
summer season, Port Elizabeth saw a significant drop in
the number of international visitors.”
I’m sure there are many readers who remember the big
tourist buses that used to park on Church Square,
alongside the Cathedral.
Their passengers would roam around the area, cameras
slung around their necks, visiting the Cathedral,
Observatory Museum and City Hall, and clicking away with
their Nikons. Occasionally they had lunch at a local hotel.
There are not many of those tourist buses these days, it
would seem, though there are plenty of inter-city buses
that charge down Bathurst Street to drop off and load
passengers across the road from the former Goodwood
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Rock and
Surf round
ro b i n
FINE GOLF AT FYNBOS: The Port Alfred High School first team golfers comprising, from left, Benjamin Burger, Meekah de Sousa, Jarryd Harty and
Jayden Roesstorff secured third place in the recent Fynbos Interschools Tournament held at Eerste Rivier. Coach Dr Ian Knott-Craig said that the
team played three rounds of golf and did exceptionally well scoring 197 behind Kirkwood High (202) and Grey High School (211)
Port Alfred Bowling
Club
Our president decided last
Tuesday to change the
format of the regular
“tabs-in” bowling
afternoon, which was a
welcome change from the
same old routine played
every Tuesday and
Saturday afternoon.
A Personal Trust prize
was given for the best
skip, best third, second
and lead, creating a far
more interesting and fun
af ternoon.
Each bowler played for
themselves. Well played
to Jenny Frost, Emil
Jurgensen and Richard
Henshaw who came first
in this competition.
The Ladies’ and Men’s
League continued this
weekend at Kowie
Bowling Club in very hot
conditions with
temperatures reaching
30°C.
The results are as
follows, with two
weekends to go:
Ladies: 1st Port Alfred B
team 9 + 57, 2nd
Grahamstown 9 + 39, 3rd
Port Alfred A team 9 + 25
Men’s 1st League: 1st
Kowie 23 + 49, 2nd Port
Alfred 16 + 2, 3rd Albany
10 – 4. Men’s 2nd League:
1st Kowie A 15 + 29, 2nd
Kowie B 13 – 21, 3rd
Albany 11 + 23. We have
night bowls on Friday
evening February 22,
bowlers and non-bowlers
are all welcome to join us
for a fun evening. Bowls
are provided for nonbowlers.
Tabs in 5.30pm -
6pm.
The ladies will play
their next league match in
Grahamstown on Saturday
February 23 and the men
will play their next rounds
at Kenton on the Sunday.
Round 2 of the mixed
pairs competition will be
played on Wednesday
afternoon, February 27.
Duties for the week
February 19 – 23: Tabs -
Emil Jurgensen and
Hilary Allen, Bar Duty –
Martin, Mike and Sue
Purdon.
Kenton Bowling Club
Some surprising trends
emerged during last
week’s Business League.
Teams who finished in
the top three in 2018 h av e
not won a game yet!
It will not be surprising
to see an outsider team
walk off as the Kenton
Business League
Champion for 2019.
The weekly after-game
meals have proved to be a
hit with most participants.
The format of different
people catering every
BOWLSBANTER
... what’s happening
week for an affordable
light meal seems to have
met with the approval of
most people.
The second round of
the popular Dias
Insurance Consultants’
Jackpot was held last
week Wednesday.
The early front-runners
for the year-end Jackpot
Prize are Rob Bowker,
Stompie Bellingan and
Johan Grobler.
There are still nine
rounds to play and the
competition is wide open.
The winners of the
monthly prize were
Stompie Bellingan and his
team.
Fridays are “p ay d ay ” at
the club. Last week,
several members were
lucky enough to go home
with something of more
value than they had when
they arrived at the club.
Nicholas Lefemme
secured his next month’s
supply of drams by
winning the whiskey draw.
Gloria Schmidt was the
lucky winner of the
weekly attendance draw
and walked off with a nice
paypacket of R800.
Anthony Copeman
wa s n ’t able to pick the
joker from the board.
However, he has done
other members a favour
by increasing the odds of
success at the next round
of the Joker Draw. The
total prize money is now
in excess of R6,900.
Fr i d ay ’s monthly
Personal Trust Trips was
well-attended, with 20
teams entering the
competition.
Our men’s captain has
to work hard at putting
teams together for this
competition and members
are requested to
timeously enter their
teams on the entry list on
the notice board.
The entries for next
month’s competition are
already open.
Dennis Stirk, ably
assisted by Moira and
Mike Palmer were the
eventual winners, with
visitors Jackie Kriel,
Megan Kriel and Keith
Benson in a close second.
The Eastern Areas
Ladies’ and Men’s
Leagues are at the
season’s halfway mark.
Our men’s second
league side enhanced
their chances of doing
well by beating Albany
7-3. Dennis Stirk and his
team won both matches,
while Stompie’s team won
one and lost one.
The ladies’ teams were
less successful.
Di’s team lost one
game and peeled both
their Sunday games.
Ruth’s team is still
searching for that elusive
win.
The men’s first league
side had a welcome bye
and had time to finish
some of the house chores
that had been on the
back-burner for a while.
Kowie Bowling Club
With the AGM of Eastern
Areas (EA) due on
Monday, I thought back
on the formative years of
the association.
In 1956-9, the executive
of EA was a bit tardy in
the execution of their
duties – so much so that
the Fort Beaufort Club
petitioned Bowls South
Africa for them to be
transferred to Border.
After investigation, Fort
Beaufort was transferred,
the EA executive was
disbanded and Bobby
Mortimer of Grahamstown
was asked to form a
committee to run the
association We had a
committee of three. I was
his vice-president and
Dick Beard his secretary.
At that stage, Men’s
and Women’s bowls were
separate. The EA
association was only for
men. There was no
equivalent for the ladies –
they had to play their
championships in Port
Elizabeth.
With a full committee
being formed and the
men’s events running
smoothly, we initiated
negotiations with Port
Elizabeth to incorporate a
ladies section in EA.
We started with a fours
competition, followed by
the singles. It took many
years before the Port
Elizabeth ladies finally
gave EA executive the
authority to run all the
ladies bowls in that area.
An EA Ladies’ League
followed a few years later;
With Bobby at the
helm, EA was the prime
mover in establishing the
annual Dewars Inter
Sub-Districts Tournament.
Although the name has
changed, this tournament
has stood the test of time.
A couple “C” and “J”
from Kowie laid the
groundwork for the
establishment of a similar
tournament for the ladies.
In 1988, Bobby was
elected to the executive of
Bowls SA. He and I had
been together for 26
years. From being the
pariah of the
Sub-Districts, EA was
eventually hailed as one
of the most efficient in
SA.
In 1995, the marriage of
SABA (men) and SAWBA
(women) was finally
c o n s u m m at e d .
Last Tuesday, we
almost had a maximum
with some very close
results being recorded.
Dick Schuurman, Siegie
Rohrs, Gerald Mills and
Louise Fleming posted a
runaway victory.
On Thursday, Siegie
and Gerald, very ably
supported by Howard
Oates, were back in the
winners’ circle – well
done. Unfortunately
Lawrie has been forced to
report Gerald’s winnings
to SARS.
Over the weekend, we
hosted the EA Women’s
and Men’s League.
In the first league our
men really excelled
themselves with a 10-0
victory over the old foe
from across the road. This
put them at the top of the
log.
Not to be outdone, our
“B” second League men
also pulled off an 8-2
victory over the old foe.
Our ladies had mixed
results but did not
disgrace themselves.
Our Saturday
“oorskiets“ had some
exciting games with
Michael van der Sandt,
Pat Joseph and Louise
Fleming emerging as
winners.
Duties: Roll – Eddie
Hoseck, Mark – Pe t e r
Ford/Lennie Clark, Tabs –
Helise Hattingh, Bar –
Lenny Clark.
The fifth round of the Claude Pittaway Round
Robin sponsored by Hillscapes took place on
Saturday February 9 from Dias to Springs.
The sea conditions were ideal for fishing with a
moderate westerly picking up later in the day
There was a 69% turnout from Port Alfred Rock
and Surf members for the day, with a total of 67
fish caught – over 10 species – with a 100%
release rate.
Prize-giving was handled by chairman Gary du
Randt and members of the committee. The
following achievements were recognised: Biggest
in the species: kob 3.98kg - Faan de Klerk; JB
1.59kg - Dave/Karen Kemp; zebra 1.89kg - Mark
Warren; steenie 0.48kg - Karen Kemp; baardman
1.23kg - Dave Kemp; shad 1.13kg - Rod Yendall;
black tail 1.08kg - Melissa du Randt; Cape
stumpnose 0.66kg - Adrian Bezuidenhout; klipvis
0.38kg - Melissa du Randt; yellow belly 0.62kg -
Adrian Bezuidenhout.
Top International Game Fishing Association
team (weight converted to points) for the day: In
1st place was Team 9 with 255 points consisting of
Dave Kemp as the captain, K Kemp, F de Klerk and
M Coetzee. In 2nd place was Team 1, captained by
Paul Knight with team members T Stewart, B
Amos, and R Yendall on 254 points, and in 3rd
place, Team 3, captained by Adrian Bezuidenhout
with his team consisting of M Wright, W van der
Berg and A Burgess on 164 points.
The heaviest fish caught and released was Faan
de Klerk’s 3.89kg kob. The sealed weight of 1.89kg
was Mark Warren’s zebra. The best lady angler for
the day was Karen Kemp with a total weight of
2.07kg of fish caught, sponsored by BUCO. The
best senior went to Dave Kemp with an excellent
23.14kg caught, sponsored by Rosehill SuperSpar
and the masters winner over 60 went to Terry
Stewart with 6.08kg caught, sponsored by Aloe
Oils.
Team 7 captained by Gerrie Botha received the
prize for all four team members on the beach,
sponsored by Chelsea Veg.
A total weight of 64.51kg of fish was caught and
there was a 100% release rate. “This was a really
excellent effort on behalf of all our members who
attended the day,” said Rock and Surf
spokeswoman Jo-Anne Hilliar.
Thanks went to the sponsors: Aloe Oils,
Bucklands Private Reserve, GBS Mutual Bank,
Leach Pharmacy, Kowie Toyota, McCullum Brokers,
Multi Security, Ocean Basket, Pick n Pay, BUCO
Albany Road, Rosehill Superspar, Sirac, Settler
City Toyota, Sotheby’s, Supa Quick, Sports & All,
Wimpy, Andy’s Service Centre, The Bed Store,
Wharf Street Pub, The Little Brewery on the Wharf,
Bruce Amos, Palms Video, Jack’s Paint, BUCO
Main Street, Chelsea Veg, Penny Farthing,
Hillscapes, Specsavers Pietermaritzburg, Country
Meat Market, Corrosion Block, Don Fryer, Feathers
Farm, Kekkel en Kraai, John Kew, Peddie Build it,
The Tab and Gidana Arms.
The next fixture takes place later on March 2
and 3 which will be the Open Areas Species 1
competition, followed by our next Round Robin 6,
commencing at 7am on March 9 and taking place
at Mpekweni. Also visit the Facebook page Port
Alfred Rock and Surf for more details and
upcoming events and pictures.

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FLEET-FOOTED: Port Alfred High School’s Alexia Pienaar, left, and a rival athlete are neck-and-neck
as they round the bend during the Makana/Ndlambe athletics trials meeting on the PJ Olivier track
in Makhanda (Grahamstown) last week. The event attracted high school athletes from Port Alfred,
Makhanda and Alexandria
Pictures: SID PENNEY
CLOSE RACE: Liyabona Xhanti, second from right, of Port Alfred High School is in the leading group
of athletes in one of the U14 middle-distance races at the Makana/Ndlambe track athletics trials
on the PJ Olivier track in Makhanda (Grahamstown) last week. The event attracted high school
athletes from Port Alfred, Alexandria and Makhanda
KOWIE
STRIDERS
Last week Striders had
their AGM. Due to loadshedding
we had to have
it by candlelight.
Sticks Stiglingh was
re-elected as chairperson.
Unfortunately Rob
Joiner decided to step
down as vice-chairperson
after many years of hard
work on the committee.
Marietjie Robb was
elected as vicechairperson.
Ray Basson has also
decided to step down and
we welcome Sue
Robertson to the
commit tee.
Our thanks go to Rob
and Ray for all they have
done and I am sure we
will continue to see them
at all the club functions.
Other members who
were re-elected were Alex
Weed, Alan Robb, Zanel
Venter, Lulu Mceka, Lungi
Mtsatse and Anel Heyns.
We look forward to a
year of fun and hard work.
The Border Masters Half
Marathon was held in East
London this past weekend.
Well done to Avril
Beyleveld on running it in
2 hours 20 minutes to
finish 3rd in her category
and to Rob Joiner on
finishing 4th in his age
group in 2:24.
Carol and Jean Nepgen
walked together in the
Kanniedood 21km in
extreme heat in Beaufort
West. Their time was 3:21,
which was good enough
for each of them to win
their age group categories.
Well done.
The next day, they both
competed in the 21km
event at the Peninsula
Marathon in Cape Town.
It was a very hot and
windy day. Carol walked it
in 3:09 and Jean in 3:19.
Marietjie Robb ran the
42km marathon in 5:38.
Billy’s Tips
A long, steady build-up
provides a foundation to
prevent injuries.
Know the reason why
you are training/racing. It
VOLO VIKINGS
... runners with pride
Time Trial: February 14
3.8km
1. Sipabalye Dili 23:28
2. Lucia January 25:13
3. Mandilakhe Nelo
25:20
4. Robyn van Rensburg
27:26
5. Thijmen Wigley
30:33
6. Stephen Wigley
31:08
7. Luc Wigley 31:11
5km
1. Lukhanyiso Ntenga
21:14
helps you set goals and
measure your progress.
Have a great training
week.
Time Trial: January 12
8km Run:
Sizakele Dayimani
32:25
Zamile Xanti 32:26
Alex Weed 40:11
Dave Sansbury 40:17
Ross Horton 43:02
Marianne Stiglingh 43:11
Mike Nelson 44:47
5km Run
Sinthemba Jilingisi
17:54
Lethemba Jekana 17:54
Ayabonga Saul 18:21
Gert Labuschagne 24:57
Shannon Ketheo 25:22
Oliver Momberg 25:33
Lungi Mtsatse 26:12
Elana Stiglingh 26:18
Chris Robertson 29:01
Mike Momberg 29:14
Alan Robb 29:42
Lulu Mceka 31:16
Shanon Horton 32:01
Sharon Hanson 32:20
Marietjie Robb 34:07
3km Run
Mpho Nxabazi 10:28
Siyambdlela Ngqslowa
11:23
Asakhe Solwadle 11:43
Siyanda Xanti 11:54
Lubabalo Sali 12:14
Phumela Memani 12:54
Athi Klaas 14:50
Siphelele Aayika 15:07
Rebecca Nelson 16:13
Kimberly Mphela 16:51
Sticks Stiglingh 17:39
Dinky Davenport 19:52
Sam Robertson 19:57
Lauren Meyer 19:57
Nicky Lange 21:09
8km Walk
Pauline Weed 1:21:57
John Howden 1:21:57
Billy Futter 1:21:57
5km Walk
Nicky Rossilee 47:00
Bradley Erasmus 47:00
Sue Robertson 49:50
Ian Robertson 51:03
3km Walk
Colin Murphy 30:52
Sally Blake 35:41
Jenny Basson 35:41
Alistair Blake 35:53
Ray Basson 35:53
2. Siphosetho
Magwaxaza 22:19
3. Syakha Kelemane
2 7 : 57
4. Thabo Klaas 29:13
5. Phumla Ngangqu
32:05
6. Xolisa Bingi 35:37
8km
1 Colleen Bedford
54:29
2 Jared Penny 54:38
Wednesday February 13GBS Mutual
Bank Betterball Medal, with 91 players.
Centenary Cup Winners: Rob Dowding,
Gordon Bunting
Results:
1st: Rob Dowding, Gordon Bunting - 60
2nd: Norman Smith, Tim Leach - 63
3rd: Barry Brady, Dennis McElwee - 63
4th: Andrew Manson, Dennis McElwee -
63
Two clubs:
6th: A Meyer, R Dowding, N Smith
8th: R Wright, D Young, R Rowe
11th: S Dorrington, R Pryce, B Shaw
Best gross: 70 – Ian Moncur
Best nett: 67 – Dennis McElwee, Dave
Young, Andy Hough
Nearest the pins:
Debonairs – 6th: Andrew Meyer
Thymes 2 Catering – 8th: Heinz Czepluch
The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 11th: Bob
S h aw
Trellidor – 13th: Nathi Mbambela
Wimpy longest drive - #14th: Chris
Rober ts
Kingsley Beverages - Nearest the pin for
two on the 1st: Jason Sharrock
Saturday February 16: Kowie Toyota
Better Ball Stableford, with 72 players.
Results:
1st: Adrian White, Bob Shaw - 49
2nd: Rob Dowding, Mark Shelton - 48
3rd: Roy van der Merwe, Riaan van der
Merwe - 48
4th: Rolly Clayton, Peter Longhurst - 44
Two clubs:
6th: H Czepluch. B Shaw, N Fox, D
Broedelet
8th: N Loundar, B Shaw, R Clayton, A
Corrans, W Counihan
13th: P Longhurst
Best gross: 73 – Ian Moncur
Best nett: 65 – Rob Dowding
Nearest the pins:
Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Bob Shaw
Auto Smart Body Shop – 8th: Roly
Clayton, Wendy Counihan
Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th: Rob Hoar
The Whart Street Brew Pub – 13th: Bob
S h aw
Wimpy longest drive - Men - #14th:Rob
Dowding
Royal St Andrews - Nearest the pin for
two on the 1st: Colin Mavuso
1820s GOLF
Monday February 11: 19 players in
perfect conditions.
Winners on 39: Herman Delbruch, John
Heather, Roy Pople, Stan Weyer.
Moosehead on 47: Albert Whitfield, Roy
de Wet, Ted Baines.
Good scores: 48 - Peter Rinaldi, 47 -
Dennis McElwee, 46 - Herman Delbruch.
Two clubs: 8th Peter Rinaldi, 13th Herman
Delbruch.
GOLFW E E K LY
... the results
CLEAR WINNER: Jenny Ralph, left, receiving the Jones-Phillipson Trophy
from Dee Jones Phillipson, after winning the ladies’ section at the Royal
Port Alfred Golf Club last week
Thursday February 14: 27 players in
ideal cool conditions.
Winners on 38: Ryan Coutts, Ted Baines,
Dave Rose.
Moosehead on 47: Roy de Wet, Keith
Wood, Peter Rinaldi, Dallas Cowie.
Good scores: 49 - Dale Wisener, John
Dell, 48 - Father Liam, Nic van der
Merwe, Dennis McElwee, 47 - Ted Baines.
Two clubs: 6th Rick Hill, 8th Ryan Coutts,
11th Ted Baines.
L ADIES’ R E S U LTS
February 12: The ladies’ section enjoyed
a great turnout of 39 players on Tuesday
afternoon and played an Individual
Stableford for the Jones-Phillipson
Tr o p h y.
Jenny Ralph carded a splendid 42 points
to win the competition and the trophy.
She was three points clear of both
second placed Helen Lockyear and
counted out Sonia Reynolds, on 39
points.
Jenny made the only two-club of the
afternoon (sixth) after her drive was
closest to pin on this hole sponsored by
Top Carpets. Sue Roll was closest on
Rosehill Driving Range’s eighth as was
Sonia Reynolds on Wimpy’s 11th. Jenny
PORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUB
Results for Thursday, 14 February 2019
Red Section (7 tables)
N-S 1st C Fletcher & G Wansell 57.1%
2nd J Tagg & E Jurgensen 55.4%
E-W 1st D Newson & S O’Lubaigh 55.1%
2nd E Rodrigues & A Osinski 53.0%
Green Section (8 tables)
N-S 1st C Fryer & M Smith 54.8%
2nd L Day & B Osborne 53.4%
E-W 1st J Ralph & G Renecle 66.7%
2nd L Inglis& L Futter 57.4%
Board 6: Dealer E, E-W game
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it is likely that N-S will win the auction; but if East opens 1S, it unlikely that South will bid 2H on
only 8 high card points. West, with four card support will raise the bidding to 2S, which should
conclude the auction, allowing E-W to make at least 9 tricks for a good score. In the Red section
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Results by section
Red Section 1NT= W; 1NT+1 E; 2C+1; 2H-1 (2) S; 2H=(S); 3H-2 (S)
Green Section 2C+1; 2C+2; 2S+1 (2); 3S+1; 4S=; 5H*-4 (S)
Lessons for potential new members will start soon. Contact Marge 0828068792
Ralph completed her successful day on
the course by being “nearest-for two” on
River Spa’s 13th.
The longest dive competitions were held
on the 2nd and were won by Wendy
Bradfield and Liz Gatenby in the lower
and higher handicap sections
r e s p e c t i v e l y.
The best nett rounds of the afternoon
were shot by Jenny Ralph (66), Liz
Gatenby, Sonia Reynolds (68) and Helen
Lockyear 69).
The competition on February 26 will be a
betterball Stableford sponsored by the
Ocean Basket.
FRESH STOP PORT ALFRED MIXED
February 16: Sunny, and warm with
south westerly cooling breezes coming in
from the sea made pleasant conditions
for the 32 players who registered for
Saturday morning’s weekly mixed
two-to-count Stableford Alliance
competition. The field was drawn into
four three-balls and five four-balls.
Glenn Lello had the round of his life and
led his covey consisting of his wife Jude
plus Yvonne and Rick Hill to victory with
93 points. Heather van Harmelen, Glyn
Renecle, Derek Sinclair and Martin
Results for Monday, 18 February 2019
Red Section (7 tables)
N-S 1st J Faulkner & A Ridderhof 58.9%
2nd M Newport & H Webber 57.1%
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1st K Botha 7 G Wansell 58.9%
Green Section (9 tables)
N-S 1st T Versfeld 7 J Gie 61.2%
2nd B Allan & E Jurgensen 60.9%
E-W 1st W Jurgensen & L Wisener 54.6%
2nd M Hobbs & G Ford 54.5%
Board 2: Dealer E, game all
Lambrechts were a close second on 91
points. The “longest walk” was enjoyed
by Eric Segers, Tim Shanks and Guy
Cash who struggled a tad in carding just
73 + 5 = 78 points.
On his way to shooting a fantastic nett
62, Glenn made a “hole-in-one” on the
eighth. Sue Kennedy and Tim Shanks
both made birdie on this hole.
Other good nett scores were shot by
Derek Sinclair and Lynn West both on 69.
KGB RESULTS
Tuesday February 12: Another good
turnout of 42 players graced the KGB
two-to-count Stableford alliance on
Tuesday after being drawn into two
two-balls and eight four-balls.
John Abbot, Andy Manson, Nick
Oosthuizen and Ian Gatenby carded 88
points which turned out to be sufficient
to win the morning’s proceedings.
Just two points in arrears were Bob
Shaw, Steve Kennedy, Don McGarvie and
Jan Immelman on 86 points which
claimed them the runners-up spot.
Alas, Derick van Harmelen, Guy Cash,
David Groenewald and Cliff Roberts
battled the course during the morning
and in the end the 75 points they scored
were insufficient to avoid receiving the
Hamer en Sukkel trophy at the end of
p l ay.
Ian Gatenby (sixth) and Barrie Brady
(13th) both made birdie on the par three
holes indicated. The best nett rounds
were shot by Barrie Brady (68), Steve
Kennedy and Jan Immelman (70).
Friday February 15: Friday morning
proved to be a hot, humid and sultry day
making play uncomfortable but not
sufficient to deter 44 players from
turning out for the early morning draw
into 11 four-balls in the two-to-count
Stableford alliance.
Neil Loundar, John Dell, Johny Johnston
and Russel Warren combined well to
card a massive 97 points to win the
morning’s competition. Uwe Blunk,
Barrie Brady, Paul Parker and Heinz
Czepluch carded 93 to secure the
runners-up slot.
The heat must have got to Roger Kidson,
Brian Reid, John Muggeridge and Andy
Stembridge as their card reflected a
lowly 76 points at the end of the
competition.
That was truly Hamer en Sukkel trophy
territory for the foursome.
Dave Curran (sixth) and Neil Loundar
(13th) holed the only two-clubs of the
morning . Bet nett rounds came from
John Dell (66), Neil Loundar (67), Uwe
Blunk, Heinz Czepluch (68), Len Bohnen
(69), Paul Fryer, Derick van Harmelen
and Gerald Churchley (70).
After West has opened 1C, North has to decide what action to
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are too strong to pass, so settle on 1H. South has an interesting
hand, worth much more than 9 points. Presumably the partnership has 10 hearts
between them, so a possible game will depend on the usefulness of the diamond suit
to a ‘free’ opening bid, but in this case you need to let partner know of the game possibility;
hence the jump to 3H. North is sitting behind the opener and is considerably
Results by section
Red Section 2H+3; 2S+2; 3H+1; 3H+2; 3S= (E); 4H+1 (2)
Green Section 2H+2; 2H+3 (2); 3H=; 3H+1; 3H+2; 3NT=; 4H=; 4H+1
Beginners lessons for interested people are starting later this month.
Contact Marge 0828068792

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Contact us with any sports news: (046) 624-4356 (Jon Houzet) Thursday, Februar y 21, 2019
Young equestrian star
overcomes obstacles
Isabelle Bowker, who lives between Prague and
Port Alfred, doesn’t get too much time in the
saddle to practise with her horse Fairy Lane, but
in just seven weeks she has achieved great
success through determination and huge passion
for her mount.
Last month, the pair competed in their first ever
South African National Equestrian Schools
Association (Sanesa) schools competition,
representing Port Alfred.
“In all of her four classes, which involved great
attention to detail and obedience at all times from
her horse, she came home with a lovely selection
of rosettes,” her instructor Helen Grapes said.
B o w ke r ’s most notable achievement was
getting two first place rosettes for the Prix Caprilli
dressage class (dressage with jumps in the
arena).
She was also placed in the working riding class
(obstacles and challenges to test the partnership
of horse and rider) and the performance test,
ridden from memory and displaying certain
movements in the correct sequence.
She will be competing in her next show in
Makhanda (Grahamstown) in March before
returning to Prague, where she spends 70% of her
time, making her achievements very hard won,
Grapes said.
Fairy Lane is kept at livery at Windsong Event
Centre near Kleinemonde.
Windsong is set to host its eighth annual
equestrian event from March 2 to 3, which sees
the region’s aspiring eventers coming together to
compete over challenging cross-country tracks
after first competing in dressage and
show-jumping.
There is plenty of action to be seen and
refreshments will be available for spectators, who
are most welcome.
Dressage will begin early on the Saturday
morning, followed by show-jumping from 1pm.
The cross-country phase will commence at 9am
on Sunday, starting with the 90cm course.
Dogs are welcome but must be kept on leads.
HORSE-RIDING AMBASSADOR: Young rider Isabelle Bowker, who lives in Prague for most of the year, has excelled in local equestrian events with her
horse Fairy Lane
Local archers excel at inter-schools shoot
Port Alfred High School hosted more than a
hundred archers from 20 schools and clubs
who competed in the Eastern Cape
Inter-Schools competition on the school fields
on Saturday.
The event falls under the National Archery in
Schools Programme.
Several of the host archers did very well in
the hot yet ideal conditions.
Peter du Plessis won a silver medal for the
Primary Boys bulls-eye division with a score of
253/300 and Rachel Lax won a silver medal in
the Junior High Girls 3D division with a score of
2 70 / 3 0 0 .
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LET THE ARROWS FLY: Archers line up in the 3D target section of the inter-schools archery
competition hosted by Port Alfred High School last Saturday
Picture: JON HOUZET