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Wate r 

Beach babes 

crisis a 

three -fold 

issue 

Finite supply, infrastructure, 

consumption the problems 

ROB KNOWLES 

Water has been an 

issue in Ndlambe 

for a long time, and 

independent water 

consultant for the municipality, 

Justin Wilmot, explained the 

problems associated with 

supplying water to the area at 

the combined Port Alfred 

Business Forum and Sunshine 

Coast Tourism meeting that 

took place at the Royal Port 

Alfred Golf Club last Thursday. 

Wilmot gave the worst-case 

scenario if residents did not 

restrict their water 

consumption, but also pointed 

out economical ways that the 

current situation could be 

rectified – solutions he has 

presented to Ndlambe 

Municipality, Amatola Water 

and other parties. 

“When it comes to water 

there are really only three 

issues; supply – including 

quality, delivery/infrastructure 

and consumption,” Wilmot told 

an audience of about 60 

people. 

The flow of the Kowie River 

to the Ndlambe area begins in 

Makhanda (Grahamstown), and 

then makes a long trip through 

a number of weirs and dams 

before it reaches Waters 

Meeting, where the Sarel 

Hayward Dam is located as a 

storage facility. 

Water is pumped to the 

balancing dam (that holds 

around 65 mega litres). 

At this point there are two 

My challenge for you is 

to save 25% of your 

current water bill. It’s 

up to us 

the water flowing down from 

the Belmont, it still needs to fill 

every single weir and dam in 

its path before it gets to the 

weir at the very top of the 

Kowie River. 

When there is excess it gets 

pumped back to the Sarel 

Hayward Dam, while the bulk 

is pumped to Port Alfred 

through an asbestos cement 

pipe. 

“[Last year] saw drought, 

infrastructure challenges and 

power outages [all] eroding 

our backup supplies,” W i l m ot 

said. 

“At capacity, the balancing 

dam can hold about 15 days of 

wat e r. 

“Breakdowns have been 

happening for years, but we no 

longer have a buffer, so feel 

every one of them.” 

When there was a 

breakdown it was often 

necessary to switch the entire 

system down as, Wilmot 

explained, there was no way to 

isolate specific areas. 

choices; excess water is kept 

and stored in the balancing 

dam where it settles before 

being pumped to the treatment 

works and into the reticulation 

system, or, when there is a 

shortage, the balancing dam is 

bypassed and the water flows 

straight to the treatment works 

in Nemato. 

Even with recent rains, and Turn to page 2 

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Generators or inverters explained 

at Port Alfred Business Forum 

ROB KNOWLES 

Simon Thesen of Thesens 

Generators gave a talk 

at last Wednesday’s 

Port Alfred Business Forum 

meeting, explaining power 

generation issues and how 

to resolve them to suit your 

budget as well as electrical 

requirements. 

Thesen was asked to 

speak as many residents in 

the Ndlambe area are 

looking for independence 

from Eskom. 

He said there were four 

Thesen empowers residents with power generation talk 

main components of a 

generator system that 

needed to be considered 

when purchasing, including 

the engine (petrol or diesel), 

the alternator (that 

generates the electricity), 

the distribution to 

appliances and the 

switch-over from Eskom to 

generator power. 

“Some agents use good 

engines but substitute the 

other components for 

cheaper alternatives,” said 

Thesen. “However, when you 

go to maintain these items 

they could be out of stock 

and unavailable.” 

His recommendation was 

therefore to choose the 

correct generator and its 

component parts as this will 

save money in the 

longer-term. He also spoke 

of the differences between 

generators and inverters, 

and the advantages of either 

s y st e m . 

“Generators can be quite 

noisy in operation,” he said, 

“and most require 

intervention to switch them 

on when the power is cut 

of f. ” 

Thesen explained that the 

life cycle of an inverter 

system depends on battery 

life and how many 

appliances can be used, as 

battery replacement can be 

a major cost should they not 

be able to slowly charge 

because of continuous use, 

as occurs when Stage 2 or 

higher load-shedding is 

implemented (more than 

one Eskom power-cut in a 

d ay ) . 

He said the fast recharging 

will cause damage to the 

battery banks which are very 

expensive to replace. 

However, one advantage of 

an inverter system is that 

the power will swap over 

very rapidly. 

“Your DStv decoder won’t 

even reboot with an inverter 

s y st e m , ” Thesen said. 

“Some people don’t want 

to have to get up to switch 

the generator on, so an 

inverter will switch over 

without any intervention.” 

PROVIDING ANSWERS: Presenters at the Port Alfred Business Forum and Sunshine Coast Tourism meeting last Thursday evening, from left, Justin Wilmot spoke of the problems Ndlambe is 

experiencing with regard to water issues and Simon Thesen, with business partner John Johnson, gave advice on the installation of electrical generators and inverters 

Picture: ROB KNOWLES 

Water: Bleak Christmas can be avoided 

From page 1 

Now that there are 

new valves at the 

Royal Alfred Marina it 

is possible to isolate 

certain areas. 

High-lying areas are 

the first to be affected. 

He said when the 

water was switched 

back on, the water 

hammer effect could 

break pipe joints and 

even burst pipes. 

Valves require air 

release valves that 

would allow trapped 

air to escape from the 

system – the only 

other way to release 

the air was by turning 

on the fire hydrants. 

Wilmot said Kentonon-Sea 

relied 

exclusively on Eskom 

to provide electricity 

for its reverse osmosis 

system, as it did n ot 

have an equivalent of 

the Sarel Hayward 

Dam. 

Water is drawn from 

sea-wells and mixed 

with dune-well water. 

At the end of 

October 2018, a 

meeting was called 

between Amatola 

Water, Ndlambe 

Municipality, the 

Kenton-on-Sea 

R at e p ay e r s 

Aassociation (Kosra), 

tourism and business 

to explain the 

challenges residents 

faced. A few rules 

were established at 

the meeting, the main 

being that all 

information should be 

made completely 

transparent, good or 

bad, and a WhatsApp 

group was established 

to aid information flow. 

With a full reservoir, 

Kenton only has two 

days of water in 

reser ve. 

“We have a finite 

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supply of water, we 

have some 

infrast ructural 

problems and there is 

excessive 

consumption. 

“As long as 

G r a h a m st o w n 

[Makhanda] has a 

problem, we have a 

problem.” 

The Sarel Hayward 

Dam holds about a 

year’s reserve but, 

when it is not being 

replenished, the water 

at the bottom of the 

dam that contains all 

the “good stuff” gets 

pumped directly to the 

water treatment works 

and is the reason for 

the smelly water. 

The recently 

released Amegwevu 

report for Bathurst 

(which is probably 

going to be rolled out 

throughout the Eastern 

Cape) had several 

“options” for water 

reticulation and bulk 

water supply, but 

should be treated 

carefully as the wrong 

decision could cost 

residents dearly in the 

future, Wilmot said. 

He explained several 

of the options in the 

report – all had some 

disadvantages as well 

as advantages. 

He suggested a 

non-political 

committee needed to 

be established to look 

into the matter 

including former and 

retired experts in the 

field. 

Wilmot said t ot a l 

buy-in from the 

community was also 

required. 

If the process was to 

be transparent, then 

people would also 

need to be more 

forgiving of mistakes 

made either in the 

past or the present. 

Wilmot said there 

were short- (Christmas 

2019), medium- 

(Christmas 2020) and 

long-term solutions 

required. 

Another solution 

was for people to 

install more storage 

tanks to reduce 

dependence on the 

s y st e m . 

He said if Port Alfred 

residents collectively 

could save just 

500,000l per day (less 

than 10% of Port 

Alfred’s daily 

consumption) it could 

be redirected to the 

balancing dam (which 

is currently being 

cleaned in 

preparation), the filling 

of which would take 

130 days to achieve. 

When this is full, 

excess water will 

bypass the balancing 

dam and be pumped 

directly to the Sarel 

Hayward dam. 

“If we start in May, 

the balancing dam will 

be full by spring. 

“This will give us 15 

days backup. If not, we 

will have a bleak 

C h r i st m a s . 

“My challenge for 

you is to save 25% of 

your current water bill. 

It’s up to us.”

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PARTNERS AGAINST POLLUTION: Zisa, the Stop Plastic campaign mascot, will join SPAR Eastern Cape sponsorships and events manager Alan Stapleton at the Wo m e n ’s Challenge 10km and 5km races 

in Port Elizabeth on May 4 

Picture: LEON HUGO 

Zisa joins plastic campaign 

SPAR Eastern 

Cape will use the 

Wo m e n ’s 

Challenge in Port 

Elizabeth on Saturday 

to introduce a new 

weapon in their 

ongoing fight for the 

environment in the 

bubbly figure of Zisa, 

the STOP Plastic 

campaign mascot. 

Zisa will be present 

at the Kids’ Challenge 

on May 1 and the 

Wo m e n ’s Challenge 

10km and 5km events 

at Pollok Beach on 

May 4 to remind all 

competitors about the 

damage plastic 

pollution is causing in 

the world. 

SPAR EC 

sponsorships and 

events manager Alan 

Stapleton said this 

was a wonderful 

opportunity to 

maintain awareness 

about the campaign in 

a fun way. 

“This will be the first 

chance to introduce 

Zisa to the people of 

Nelson Mandela Bay,” 

he said. 

“Zisa will also be at 

the Kids’ Challenge 

and will be bringing 

some surprise friends 

for all the children 

taking part to meet.” 

The campaign got 

under way a year ago 

and besides the 

awareness created by 

figures such as SPAR 

EC STOP Plastic 

ambassador Sarah 

Ferguson, the 

immediate impact was 

felt with 3-million 

fewer plastic bags 

being sold in the last 

few months of 2018. 

Now, said Stapleton, 

they wanted to 

continue educating 

the public about their 

efforts and to 

encourage all to join 

in the fight. 

“We have various 

plans in place to keep 

the Women’s 

Challenge a litter-free 

event,” he said. 

“But more 

importantly we want 

to change mindsets 

about how we use and 

re-use plastic. Yes, we 

have a plastic problem 

but it is caused by a 

people problem and 

we just want to 

remind people of the 

role they can play.” 

He said that Stop 

Plastic bins would 

“lit tered” all around 

the course and at the 

start and finish area. 

There will also be 

some new recycling 

bin stations. 

“There will be more 

than enough bins on 

the route for runners 

to throw their sachets 

away, ” Stapleton said. 

“We also want to 

remind people that 

there is an EP 

Athletics Association 

rule that runners can 

be disqualified for 

littering on the route.” 

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PROUD PRIZE WINNERS: Showing their trophies for coming in the top three in the P750 stock class for the surf race and the 

long-haul race in the Royal St Andrews Hotel Amanzi Challenge rubber duck racing are, from left, Johan Jansen, Josh 

Myburgh, JC Colombo and Werner Merwe 


SERVING THE DRINKS: Handling the drinks side at the Royal St Andrews 

Hotel Amanzi Challenge prize-giving ceremony on Sunday was Luvuyo 

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COOL DRINKS: Enjoying their time at the at the Thunder Cat prize-giving 

at the Royal St Andrews Hotel Amanzi Challenge on Sunday were, from 

left, Andiswa Sopela, Sange Nkwinti, and Julia Mvunelwa 

ENJOYING THE VIBE: Kate, left, and Sarah Hawkes at the 

prize-giving ceremony for the Thunder Cat rubber duck 

racing at the Royal St Andrews Hotel on Sunday 

DELICIOUS TREATS: Yonela Magaba served platters of food 

at the Royal St Andrews Hotel Amanzi Challenge prize-giving 

ceremony on Sunday 

SIBLINGS AND 

FRIENDS: Having fun 

at East Beach and 

watching the rubber 

duck racing on 

Saturday were, from 

left, Chani Campbell, 

James Campbell and 

Reece Coezter 

MARKETING AT THE FESTIVAL: Thsepiso Njibana, 

left, and her friend Wendy Plaatjie promoted a 

competition at the Royal St Andrews Hotel 

Amanzi Challenge on Saturday 

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were, from left, Ryan Watermeyer, Ben Vorster, Cait Arnott, Hannah Vorster and Chad Jacobs



Readers discuss 

the impact of 

the projected 

petrol price hike 

NTOMBENTSHA MSUTU 

For our latest Facebook question, 

we asked our readers how the 

projected petrol price increase 

would affect them or their 

business. 

Etienne Harris said: “On a 

lighter note... trading my car for a 

Karoo Hot Rod, if more wool gets 

pulled over our eyes.” 

Hazel Schreiber replied saying, 

“You will be able to get rid of the 

gardening service too.” 

Etienne Harris engaged further, 

saying: “Runs on kikuyu and 

water, free fertiliser and a trusty 

watchdog. The deluxe model 

comes with an umbrella to keep 

that relentless African sun off 

your back and the rain at bay.” 

Yvonne MacKenzie Botha also 

said she is seriously considering 

a Karoo Hot Rod. 

Margaret Norton Weller said: 

“Just a few days before the 

election. I wonder if it will make a 

difference to the voting.” 

Theo Kemp replied saying, “They 

are so besotted with the ANC it 

will make no difference. I hope 

I’m proved wrong. Meanwhile, I 

think we are all worse off since 

1994.” 

Martin Neethling said: “Use Port 

Alfred parkrun as a start to walk 

or run all over our small town.” 

Jacobus Reinier Grové said: “I 

will no longer be able to come to 

Port Alfred every second weekend 

as it is cheaper to stay in Port 

Elizabeth for two nights than to 

drive to PA.” 

Jenni Nicholabest said: “Don’t 

need to be a rocket scientist to 

know that everything will go up in 

price. Shops use it as an excuse 

every time.” 

Jessica Lee Brown replied 

saying, “It’s not an excuse, it’s 

reality. When petrol goes up, 

transport cost goes up and prices 

go up. Transport costs are worked 

into prices and it’s bound to go 

up if the petrol goes up, 

unfor tunately.” 

Leslie Cusens said: “Business 

can’t get much worse... petrol 

goes up 50c, supermarkets put 

prices up by R1.” 

Henri Steppe said: “It will affect 

everybody. Because of the fuel 

price increase, everything gets 

more expensive.” 

Jo Styles Worthington-Smith 

said: “We have a strict budget, so 

we just have to drive less. And 

buy less as the prices go up.” 

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OPINION 

Va l u at i o n 

deadline 

lo oming 

If you are a property owner in Ndlambe, the 

deadline for objecting against the 

valuation assigned to your property is 

tomorrow (Friday), so if you are unhappy and 

have not formally objected, time is fast 

running out. 

As the Port Alfred Residents and 

Ratepayers Association (Parra) informed 

readers in Talk of the Town a month ago, the 

general valuation of properties in Ndlambe 

was completed some time ago and the roll 

was made available for inspection and 

objection. 

Each municipal account holder should also 

have received a notice of their new valuation 

with their March municipal account. 

Parra chairman Dawie van Wyk said he 

was satisfied that valuations had been 

performed using recognised valuation 

methods with the comparative sales method 

being used predominantly where possible. 

This would have included all residential 

properties and vacant land. 

Many attributes are used to compare the 

various properties to each other, including 

land size, size and condition of 

improvements, location, view, street appeal. 

Obviously not all properties were 

inspected, but apparently a comprehensive 

set of street view photographs were taken by 

the valuers. These together with aerial 

photographs and municipal data were used 

to generate values for each property. 

Commercial properties are valued by 

capitalising the expected incomes based on 

information provided to the valuers by 

various owners and property managers. 

These incomes were capitalised using the 

yield expected by investors. 

Talk of the Town became aware of 

irregularities in valuations in some areas. 

One resident told TotT that some property 

values in Francolin Road had gone up by 

27% while prime beachfront properties in 

West Beach Drive had gone down in value by 

20%. 

She rightly pointed out this was a huge 

discrepancy and appeared to be irrespective 

of the size of house/erf or number of 

bathrooms or sea views or beachfront 

access. Values appeared to be assigned 

willy-nilly for entire streets and areas. But 

not all houses in these areas are of the same 

worth and size. 

Van Wyk said that in the Ndlambe 

Ratepayers Forum’s discussions with the 

valuation service provider and Ndlambe 

municipal officials, they acknowledged some 

calculation errors in the West Beach Drive, 

Greenmantle Drive and Francolin Road areas 

and that these were being addressed by the 

valuators and the municipality. 

But this week, the municipality reverted to 

the refrain that “all unhappy consumers 

must object against a valuation they are in 

disagreement with”. 

Van Wyk warned that “the mistake was 

made by the valuators and thus they/the 

municipality must inform all those who have 

incorrect values and how the values are 

going to be corrected. 

“The municipality is opening itself up for 

litigation as they have knowingly accepted 

incorrectly calculated values.” 

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USEFUL KNOWLEDGE: Winners of the first quiz evening at the Volo in Kenton last Friday were the team which called themselves the Bold and the 

Quizzical, from left, Johan Steenkamp, Annaline Hattingh, Pieter Bredenkamp and Cara van der Merwe 

FAMILY TEAM: New residents in Kenton, but familiar faces to Port Alfred residents, are the team Party of 5-1 

who played at the Volo quiz, from left, Dylan Murray, Ethan Murray, Tania Murray and Gaby Murray, front 

Buffalo paid ultimate price 

The recent Oceana buffalo 

debacle at Riet River begs 

the following questions: 

Does a boundary fence 

between Oceana and the 

beach (a public area) 

exist? If not, would that 

explain the “getting out of 

the reserve” st at e m e n t 

and, further, what would 

have happened had 

someone walking on that 

stretch of beach got in 

their path? 

What laws, if any, 

govern game reserves 

Emergency numbers 

Port Alfred hospital – (046) 604-4000 

Police station – (046) 604-2001/2 

Multi-Security – (046) 624-2508 

Chubb Security – (046) 624-4810 

Sky Alarms – (046) 624-2806 

NSRI – 082-990-5971 

Electricity (a/h) - (046) 624-1111 

EMS (Emergency Medical Services) – 10177 

Gardmed –082-759-2134 

Holistic EMS – 063-460-0042 

Fire Department – (046) 624-1111 

abutting on to public 

areas? 

Sadly, at the end of the 

day, irrespective of any 

reasons given, these 

creatures paid the 

ultimate price. 

DIANA TREMEER 

Article on Prof Neethling’s field 

study of marina, contained error 

In the article on page 12 of TotT 

April 25, there is a factual error 

that I wish to respectfully bring 

to your attention. 

I am incorrectly quoted in the 

article as saying “That was when 

we employed Professor Johan 

Neethling from the University of 

the Western Cape to carry out 

extensive studies...” 

That is unfortunately not 

correct. Dr Johan Neethling was 

the chief director of Nature 

Conservation for the Cape 

Provincial Administration and 

when the politicians in Cape 

Eye test begs questions 

My father-in-law went to renew 

his driver’s licence and failed 

the eye test. 

Surprised at this, I took him 

to Spec-Savers at the Heritage 

Mall and he passed with flying 

colours. I wondered if anyone 

Town were unable to reach a 

decision, we suggested that they 

depoliticise the marina issue by 

sending Dr Neethling to Port 

Alfred to carry out a field survey 

in Port Alfred and to make the 

final decision based on the 

environmental impact that the 

proposed Marina development 

would have on the Kowie 

Estuar y. 

At the end of his field study, 

he concluded that the proposed 

marina, by restoring a full tidal 

interchange to the lower part of 

the estuary after more than a 

Thanks for 

Amanzi 

success 

Words cannot express how 

grateful I am to you for your 

support and assistance in the 

build up to, and during the 

Amanzi Challenge. 

The event was a huge 

success, thanks to your 

effor ts. 

Looking forward to Amanzi 

Challenge 2020 with TotT by 

our side. 

ZWELI NKWINTI, BS Sports 

Disabled parking: vote ‘No’ or ‘Go’ 

I request a public response after 

being threatened with legal action 

after intimating that “i d i ot s ” are 

occupying disabled parking spots. 

Remember – I have a disabled 

nephew who often has to be dropped 

off at the entrance of malls, etc and 

his parents must drive and park 

elsewhere – despite having a 

disabled sticker. 

I have been publishing pictures for 

a year with only support and praise 

... until now. 

Three questions – yes or no: 

1. Are you displaying a disabled 

st i c ke r ? 

2. If “no”, did you know you were 

breaking the law when you parked 

there? (If no to both then a genius 

will not describe you). 

3. If you have seen the other 

pictures I posted in TotT and have not 

responded, then the law of passive 

acceptance applies. 

Please send any short message to 

TotT showing agreement or 

disagreement with my pictures. 

Port Alfred, please act with either 

“Go Doug” or “No Doug”. 

I trust TotT will support me (as 

much as friends and acquaintances 

have) in my quest to preserve morals 

and respect in our town. 

Comments like “it’s after hours”, “I 

have a limp”, “look at my bandage” 

do NOT count as a disabled sticker. 

I’m counting on a positive vote 

please Port Alfred. 

DOUG JENNINGS 

else had the same problem? 

Do your eye test before you 

go to the traffic department as 

there seems to be a problem 

with their equipment. 

M SINCLAIR 

century of stagnation, it would 

have a significant beneficial 

effect on the health of the 

estuary. This was subsequently 

confirmed by Professor Tom 

Hecht of the JLB Smith Institute 

for Aquatic Biodiversity in 

numerous field studies 

conducted by students under his 

guidance. 

I would appreciate it if you 

could arrange for the 

rectification of the error by 

publishing this letter. 

JUSTIN DE WET STEYN



M I L I TA RY 

H I S T O RY 

U N PA C K E D 

... with 

Ann Atteridge-Tyrrell 

Lucus Majozi 

DCM – truly a 

worthy hero 

Lucus Majozi, a Zulu, displayed great bravery at 

the battle of El Alamein on October 23 1942, for 

which he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct 

Medal, the highest British award for gallantry, after 

the Victoria Cross. 

Serving as a black soldier in the South African 

Army he was not allowed to engage in direct 

combat with the enemy nor carry weapons, and 

served as a stretcher bearer. 

During the long battle of El Alamein the Allies 

were attacking enemy forces and the South 

Africans needed to get through a minefield 

peppered with more than 500,000 mines. 

The battalion, commanded by General Dan 

Pienaar, forced their way through, under heavy 

machine gun and artillery fire from the enemy, 

commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 

Majozi accompanied his company into action 

and, although under heavy fire, thought nothing of 

his personal safety, continuing to evacuate 

casualties, assisted by co-bearers. 

Wounded by shrapnel and a number of bullets, 

he continued alone through the night to evacuate, 

often carrying men on his back to aid stations, 

finally collapsing the next morning. 

Through his extreme devotion to duty and 

gallant conduct, he saved the lives of many 

wounded who would otherwise have died of loss of 

blood and further wounds. 

His commander, Major-General Dan Pienaar, said 

of him: “This soldier did most magnificent and 

brave things with a number of bullets in his body, 

he returned time after time into a veritable hell of 

machine gun fire to pull out wounded men. He is a 

man of whom SA can well be proud. He is a credit 

to his country.” 

Lucus Majozi DCM died in 1969 in Zastron. 

Historian Susan Erasmus said: “In honouring 

these soldiers, we honour life, what we have now, 

and pay some tribute to the society in which we 

would like to live and in which they never would. 

We will remember them and we should ...” 

Should you wish to become a member or Friend 

of the Moths, meetings are held on the first 

Wednesday of every month at the Battleaxe 

Shellhole in Port Alfred at 5.30pm, or join us on 

the first Sunday of every month for lunch and 

friendship. 

Proceeds are in aid of the Moth o r g a n i s at i o n . 

FA C E 2FA C E 

... with Danielle Nortier 

Question: Tell us about your job. 

Answer: I’m a multi-talented 

designer in the creative field. 

Q: What made you get into that 

line of work? 

A: Being at the right place at the 

right time. 

Q: Describe the most memorable 

experience that you have had. 

A: The journey of discovering 

m y s e l f. 

Q: What do you do to unwind 

when you are not working? 

A: Seek out other opportunities to 

pursue because idle hands make 

fretful minds. 

Q: What is your motto in life? 

A: Poor planning on your side 

does not constitute for an 

emergency on mine! 

Q: What makes you happy? 

A: Accomplishing a set goal. 

Q: What makes you angry? 

A: The phrase “I forgot”. 

Q: What do you think about the 

youth of South Africa? Do you 

have any advice for them? 

A: Consider the consequences of 

Have faith in dark times of your life 

One of the fundamental 

and basic requirements 

of Christianity is faith. 

Its absolute necessity 

is revealed in Hebrews 

11:6, which says, “And 

without faith it is 

impossible to please 

God, because anyone 

who comes to him must 

believe that he exists 

and that he rewards 

those who earnestly 

seek him.” 

Grace is the door to 

salvation and to all the 

promises of God, but it 

is faith that unlocks the 

door. To substantiate 

this statement, let me 

quote Hebrews 4:2. 

It says, “For we also 

have had the gospel 

preached to us, just as 

they did; but the 

message they heard 

was of no value to 

them, because those 

who heard did not 

combine it with faith.” 

The Lord Jesus has 

done everything 

necessary for mankind 

to be saved, but if the 

gospel message is not 

applied to one’s own 

life by faith, it is of no 

benefit to them! 

“Whoever believes in 

the Son has eternal life, 

but whoever rejects the 

Son will not see life, for 

God’s wrath remains on 

him” (John 3:36). 

Faith in God is not for 

salvation only, for 

the choices you make. And only if 

you are willing to and know you can 

handle what would come back to 

you, yourself; then only take action. 

Otherwise don’t blame anyone else 

for your misfortunes in life. 

Q: If you could change one thing 

about the Port Alfred… 

A: The narrow-mindedness. 

Q: What do you like most about 

Port Alfred? 

A: The town’s general splendour, 

the warm and welcoming hospitality 

of its residents and beautiful natural 

surroundings. 

Q: What is your favourite music of 

all time? 

A: Prefer my own thoughts in 

silence. 

Q: Name three people you would 

like to invite for dinner (dead or 

a l i v e) . 

A: Cicilia Pieterse, and quality 

over quantity. 

Q: Three wishes for South Africa. 

A: I don’t believe in wishes. The 

country is exactly where it should be 

as a result of choices made by its 

residents. 

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

INSIGHTS 

... with Pastor Theo Snyman 

Christianity is trusting 

in the Lord through 

thick and thin. It is 

through the darkest 

hours of life that our 

faith is truly tested. It is 

so easy to doubt God’s 

grace when our prayers 

are not immediately 

answered. Remember 

that grace is the door 

but faith is the key. 

The apostles asked, 

“Increase our faith” 

(Luke 17:5) while 

another man cried out, 

“I do believe; help me 

overcome my unbelief” 

(Mark 9:24)! All we 

need is faith like a 

mustard seed – n ot 

faith in our faith, but 

faith in an Almighty 

loving and gracious 

Heavenly Father. 

“When the Son of 

Man comes, will he find 

faith on the earth?”



GLITZ AND GLAM: Yolanda Magawu, left, and 

Aphelele Bukani arrived in a black convertible 

BMW at the Port Alfred Civic Centre on Friday 

for the Port Alfred High School matric dance 


CELEBRATING THEIR DAY: Bradley Wilson, left, 

with his partner Danielle Steyn at the Port 

Alfred Civic Centre, waiting to go to the Port 

Alfred High School matric dance on Friday 


GLITTERING GOLD: Zukhanye Ndiniso, left, and 

Lindokuhle Tanana at the Port Alfred Civic 

Centre on Friday waiting for the convoy to the 

Port Alfred High School matric dance 

Picture: NTOMBI MSUT U 

MATCHING MAROON: Anesipho Makinza, left, 

and Wongalethu Saul wore matching colours for 

the Port Alfred High School matric dance last 

Friday 

Picture: NTOMBI MSUT U 

‘Illogical’ entertainment at one-man show 

JON HOUZET 

Rob Knowles held his first “One-Man Show, 

with Guests” at Harry B’s last Saturday night, 

which was also a fundraiser for the Rotary 

Club of Port Alfred. 

Knowles is familiar to many locals who have 

seen him perform his music mixed with comedy 

act before. He has performed a number of times 

with Flame Metter, more recently with Scott 

Harvey, and in earlier days with Roland Gaspar at 

the erstwhile Barmuda. 

Although an old hand at performing, this was 

the first time Knowles took the reins in terms of 

arranging and producing a show, roping in friends 

Claude Samuel and Kathleen MacDonald. 

He started with a Gordon Lightfoot classic, If You 

Could Read My Mind, which was well-suited to 

Knowles’ baritone voice. He then launched into 

some comedy, describing it as “a hodge-podge of 

my life” and warning the audience that were was 

“no chronological order or even logical order to 

the show”. 

MacDonald came on stage for a duet with 

Knowles, Stumblin’ In, made famous by Suzi 

Quatro and Chris Norman of Smokie. 

Singing to backing tracks, MacDonald, who has 

a very pleasant voice , continued solo with Help 

Me Make it Through the Night and Don’t it Make 

My Brown Eyes Blue. 

Then Knowles was back on stage for more 

comedy, after which Samuel, playing guitar and in 

a drum seat providing his own percussion, did an 

unusual and appealing cover of Blueberry Hill with 

raspy vocals. 

He continued with The Animals’ House of the 

Rising Sun, and a marvellous instrumental where 

he began with slide guitar on his lap then 

transitioned to playing upright. 

While people waited for the delicious meals 

prepared by Crystal Carelse at Harry B’s, Knowles 

played some gentle background music, including 

Moonshadow, Leaving on a Jet Plane and 

Sandman. 

After supper, Samuel returned with another 

instrumental and a song he wrote himself. He used 

a special vocal effects mic to sing By My Side. 

Knowles joined Samuel for a duet on Sweet 

Caroline, made unintentionally comedic by them 

losing track of the lyrics. 

MacDonald came back on for These Boots Are 

Made for Walkin’, Adele’s Set Fire to the Rain and 

Ve n u s , which was a hit both for Shocking Blue and 

Bananarama. 

Samuel closed out the show. It was a laid-back, 

enjoyable evening among friends. 

THE 

E N T E RTA I N E R S : 

From left, Rob 

K n ow l e s , 

K at h l e e n 

MacDonald and 

Claude Samuel 

at Knowles’ 

‘One-Man Show, 

with Guests’ at 

Harry B’s last 

Saturday night 

Picture: 

JON HOUZET 

NIGHT OUT: Enjoying the music and comedy at Rob Knowles’ ‘One-Man 

Show, with Guests’ at Harry B’s last Saturday night were, from left, Louise 

Hopkins, Trish Hopkins and Travis Dixon 

COOKING UP A STORM: The latest winner at Rosehill 

SuperSPAR, Wessie Westerman and his wife Annetjie, who won 

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B u l e l wa 

Maxam, left, 

and Tumelo 

Daniel manned 

a ‘pop-up shop’ 

for Fish River 

Resort last 

S at u r d a y, 

promoting a 

hospitalit y 

short course 

presented by 

Stenden South 

Africa at the 

Fish River 

Resort. The 

course is 

available to 

applicants 

living in the 

communities of 

Prudhoe, 

Mgababa, 

Benton, Nier, 

Bell, Peddie, 

Hamburg and 

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VINTAGE STYLE: Gemma Knott, left, and Jano 

Griesel at the Port Alfred Civic Centre on Friday 

before proceeding to the Port Alfred High 

School matric dance 

BEAUTIFUL DRESSES: From left, 

Chanelle du Plessis, Khanya Mzana 

and Hannah Vorster were excited 

for their evening at the Port Alfred 

High School matric dance 

HAPPY MOMENTS: Danielle 

Goosen, left, and Kirwon Scott at 

the Port Alfred Civic Centre 

waiting for the convoy to the Port 

Alfred High School matric dance 

on Friday 

BEAUTIFUL IN RED: Sabine Renaud 

and her date Jordan Faca at the 

Port Alfred Civic Centre on Friday 

waiting for the convoy to Port 

Alfred High School for the matric 

dance 

ROCKING BLACK: Rachel Veress with 

her partner Brandon Erasmus were 

rocking the colour black at the Port 

Alfred High School matric dance on 

Fr i d a y 

ARRIVED IN STYLE: Jaundre de 

Klerk, left, and Logan Hurn 

arrived in a Hummer with a 

personalised number plate at the 

Port Alfred Civic Centre on Friday 

night for the convoy to the Port 


RITES OF PASSAGE: Aphiwe Bavuma 

with her partner Zukhanye Ncapayi 

at the Port Alfred Civic Centre 

waiting for a convoy to the Port 

Alfred High School matric dance on 

Fr i d a y 

DAZZLING AND DASHING: Cady 

Fick, left, and Naeem Coert were 

nervous and excited for the Port 


on Friday Pictures: NTOMBI MSUTU 

LEGGY OUTFITS: Eagerly anticipating 

the Port Alfred High School matric 

dance last Friday were, from left, 

Lavela Dingela, Sinovuyo Sanson 

and Siviwe Ncanywa 

ALL SMILES: Khanya Mazana, left, with Jordan 

Mukwambo at the Port Alfred Civic Centre on 

Friday, waiting to go to the Port Alfred High 

School matric dance 

COLOUR OF THE EVENING: Beaming with confidence for the Port Alfred 

High School matric farewell last Friday were, from left, Wongalethu Saul, 

Zukhanye Ncaphayi and Dayne Jacobs 

LOOKING GLAMOROUS: Waiting at the Port Alfred Civic Centre for the 

convoy to the Port Alfred matric dance on Friday were, from left, 

Marinda Loubser, Alicia Labuschagne and Alyssa Davis 


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N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES 

HAPPY Workers Day for yesterday. Perhaps 

it’s just me but, there seems to be a lot of 

public holidays happening overthis period. 

After a very rainy end to April the 

predictions for this weekend are above 

25°C and there is only a slight chance of 

rain. Let’s hope the country can cope with 

the over-abundance of holidays and that 

the final two-thirds of 2019 will be more 

productive. 

WELL, another Royal St Andrews Hotel 

Amanzi Challenge is done and dusted for 

the year, and the visitors who accompanied 

the participants, plus those who came for 

the Easter holidays but stayed for the 

excitement of bodyboarding, surfing, beach 

handball and the rubber duck inflatable 

boat races have now mostly packed up and 

returned to their homes. First, we thank all 

the visitors who travelled to Port Alfred 

(despite the Sanral roadworks along the 

R72) and hope you had a great experience 

while hoping to see you again over the 

Christmas holidays. With the Bathurst 

Show having taken place earlier in April 

and then the RSAH Amanzi Challenge, 

there was certainly a great deal of 

excitement in the month of April. Well done 

to all those who beat their competition and 

commiseration to those that didn’t quite 

make it. We hope to see you all again at 

the next event. Well done to the 

organisers, BS Sports CEO Zwelimzima 

Nkwinti and the sub-organisers from the 

various disciplines for all their hard work. 

THE Bathurst Book Fair, held in Bathurst 

last Sunday, was another huge success 

with local authors and poets exhibiting 

their published works and the hundreds of 

people who attended the event. There is so 

much talent in our area with regard to 

writers, historians and poets (not even 

taking into account musicians, visual 

artists and many more talents besides) 

and a lot tend to congregate in Bathurst. I 

would suggest it might be something in 

the water, but there is usually not that 

much water in Bathurst. 

TO D AY the PA Art Club IS holding its 

monthly meeting at the Don Powis Hall at 

Settlers Park and then this afternoon the 

Forum for Astronomy, Science and 

Technology (Fast) group has Dr Steve 

DIARISE THIS 

LOVING COUPLE: Javan Eaton, owner of JE Cartage, and Nadine Eaton, clerk at Charteris and Barnes, Port Alfred were 

married on March 30 and we wish them all the best to the two of you for the future 

Gregory giving a talk on cancer research at 

the Royal Alfred Marina Clubhouse. On to 

the weekend, Saturday sees the Christian 

Men’s Association meeting for its monthly 

breakfast at Tash’s Craft Bar where retired 

construction contractor and MP Clement 

Abrahams will be giving the talk. On 

Sunday, it’s another Classics at the Castle, 

this time with Quintessence, an ensemble 

of piano, clarinet, French horn and cello. 

For these and other events in and around 

the Kowie, see the Diarise This section, 

b e l o w. 

H A P PY birthday greetings and many more 

to everyone celebrating a special day in 

the week ahead, especially Rowena Collin, 

Trish Reed, Zel-Rene Jacobs, Caitlyn Japp, 

Tristan Clayton, Elize Esteves, Anna Foonk, 

Helen Thompson, May Bennett, Richard 

Msesiwe, Rob Joiner, Meryl Bodill, 

Siyamthanda Rungqu, Wilma Sieker, 

Daphne Smith, Roma Young, Albert 

Johnson, Loretta Hawkes, Gerhard 

Strydom, Gavin Muir, Pieter van Niekerk, 

Sharon Hammond, Yvonne van Gass, Anet 

Fraser, Gavin Dell, Jean Hope Bailie, twins 

Darcie and Olivia Squires, Charmaine de 

Klerk, Dylon van der Spuy, Matt Wood, 

Gerald Denston, Len Holford, Keith Reid, 

Carlynn Garden, Marge Strange, Vici 

Champion, Dick Schuurman, Basil Rudman, 

Glynis Mather-Pike, Justin Sheffield, 

Ntombise Diamond, Bess Nel, Anton 

Maclean, Marguerite Smit, Pumza Rungqu, 

Jenna Barnard, Kathy Duffy, Deane Eales, 

Ntsikelelo Nodwala, Nigel Coster, Ryan 

Lisher, Brandon Rademan, Kirsten Baart, 

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 

Tyler Pullen, Lynn Rodgers, Juanita Lax, 

Lindy Hulley, Margie Stephenson, Ross 

Purdon, Kristen Fletcher, Storm Olivier, 

Angela Sousalis and Estelle Estevez. 

OUR heartiest congratulations to George 

and Zelda Petzer and also big brother 

Rueben on the arrival of their beautiful 

baby girl Anya Elizabeth. We know she will 

bring heaps of joy and happiness to the 

entire family. 

BUSINESS anniversary congratulations 

followed by good wishes for continued 

success go to the following businesses and 

organisations, especially Pam Golding 

Boknes, Kenton Standard Bank, Oxygen 

Fitness (Rosehill Mall), Buco (PA), and 

certainly not forgetting the AA which was 

founded in Port Alfred in 1961, and which 

has been a godsend for many folk and 

their families since then and still going 

st rong. 

THE most worrying thing that has 

happened recently is the increase in the 

price of petrol on Tuesday midnight when 

fuel prices increased by 54c per litre but 

diesel only saw a marginal increase of 1c 

per litre. How South Africans are supposed 

to absorb these increases and still function 

is a real mystery and, although 

government is not responsible for 

increased fuel prices internationally (Brent 

Crude oil prices are not under South 

African control), passing these increases 

on has made fuel almost inaccessible for 

many people. And, of course, the national 

elections and all the politicking that goes 

with them mean that less time is spent by 

politicians on subsidies, challenges and 

other ways to stabilise the rand. At the 

time of going to press (Tuesday) and with 

last year’s figures in brackets to compare 

against), the rand was trading at R14.34 to 

the dollar (R13.38), R18.54 to the pound 

(R17.25) and R16.00 to the euro (R14.60). 

Commodities such as gold were trading at 

$1,280.47 per fine ounce ($1,258.24), 

platinum at $900.40 per fine ounce 

($929.50) with price of Brent Crude Oil at 

$71.79 per barrel ($50.90). 

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, Chris de Wet 

Steyn, Marian Eaten, Martin Bekker, Trish 

Solz, Brenda Shelton and Theo Snyman. 

WEDDING anniversary congratulations with 

best wishes for many more years of 

happiness ahead for all couples having an 

anniversary, especially Michael and Moira 

Schnehage, Ivor and Lesley-Ann Phillips, 

Paul and Gillian Lacey. 

Congratulations to angler Taylor Bowdler 

on making the international team to 

represent SA Juniors next year. 

THOUGHT for the week: “A man travels 

the world over in search of what he 

needs and returns home to find it.” 

BEST regards as always, 

The Team 

OUR ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR MAY, JUNE and JULY 

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 7 7 @ 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 - 

Mondays 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 9.30am and 

10.30am, Wednesdays at 10am and 11am, To book a 

ride, or find out about volunteering, call Jann on 

078 - 3 4 6 - 5 41 2 . 

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. 

MOTHS – 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 

i n fo r m at i o n . 

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. 

Scottish Country Dancing at Don Powis Hall, Settlers 

Park, every Wednesday from 5-7pm. All welcome. For 

more information please phone Mary (046) 604-0478 

or Audrey (046) 624 3179. 

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 information. 

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 May 2 

PA Art Club – 9.30am – DVD at Settlers Park Hall. 

Theme for May: flower or plant study. 

FAST meeting – 2.30pm – Royal Alfred Marina 

Clubhouse. Dr Steve Kennedy will be telling us about 

current areas of cancer research, diagnosis, and 

treatment and will share some demographic statistics 

that may surprise you. Coffee and tea will be provided 

by our kind hosts at the Royal Alfred Marina. 

Saturday May 4 

Christian Men’s Association breakfast –7 for 

7.30am – Ta s h ’s Craft Bar. Clement Abrahams, a retired 

construction contractor and MP, recently moved to Port 

Alfred and attending the Baptist Church, will speak on 

“l i st e n i n g ” and then to “share in the unexpected 

developments” which follow. Donation to cover costs: 

R45, pastors/students R20. 

Port Alfred Sport Shooting Club. Shotgun shoot. 

Visitors with licenced firearms welcome. Contact the 

chairman on 083-633-1939. 

Live music Tash’s Craft Bar, by Durban-based 

alternative folk musicians, The Unassuming Roadshow 

Roarke Angelbright Music and The Name On The Drum. 

Free entry, starts 7.30pm. Get there early and enjoy 

Happy Hour! 

Sunday May 5 

Classics at the Castle – The quintet, Quintessence, 

will be performing at the Richmond House Museum 

Music Room. Featuring internationally-acclaimed 

pianist Joanna Wicherek along with clarinet, French 

horn, cello and violin. Tickets @ R90 go on sale from 

Friday April 12 from KNA Port Alfred. Out-of-towners 

may phone KNA (046) 624-2036 to reserve their 

tickets, but these need to be collected and paid for 

soon after. 

Sunday May 5 to Saturday May 11 

National Hospice Week 

Tuesday May 7 

Sunshine Coast Hospice – informative address by 

retired US onclogist Steve Kennedy. Cancer awareness 

– what you should know. The talk will aimed at the 

importance of screening, cancer-based data and recent 

changes in treatment. Royal Port Alfred Golf Club at 

6pm. Entrance: donation to Hospice. To attend, call 

Angela (046) 624-4107/ 083-799-1105. 


Gavin Camep presents South Africa and the World in 

25 pictures, a presentation on behalf of Sasfin, at the 

Pig and Whistle pub, Bathurst. RSVP to Teena Burger 

by May 3 on teena.burger@sasfin.co.za or (046) 625 

0028 if you wish to attend. Snacks will be served. 


Port Alfred Sport Shooting Club. Handgun shoot. 

Visitors with licenced firearms welcome. Contact the 

chairman on 083-633-1939. 


Probus Club – This month’s Club meeting will be at 

9.30am for 10am at the Ski-boat Club. Guest speaker 

will be Graham Holmes whose presentation is entitled: 

“Grahamstown/Makhanda: “Past, Present and Future”. 


Lower Albany Historical Society – 9.30 for 10am – 

Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park. Dr Billy de Klerk will 

present a talk on "SA Ecosystems in Deep Time: 

Evolution of life in the Karoo Basin – a110 million years 

of change". All welcome. Contact Avonne 

083 - 473 - 6823 . 


Port Alfred Sport Shooting Club. Sport and Hunting 

shoot. Visitors with licenced firearms welcome. Contact 

the chairman on 083-633-1939.



WORDS ABOUT BEES: Shaw Park Primary pupil 

Conner Hirtz gives an oral presentation about 

bees 

MAKING SOMETHING FOR MOM: Shaw Park 

Primary grade 2s Tiffany Engelbrecht, left, and 

Likhona Solwandle working up a storm with 

their artwork for Mother’s Day 

SERVICE IN LOVE: Alexandria Christian Academy 

had an Easter outreach where pupils took to the 

streets to spread the gospel, specifically the 

story of Easter, with pamphlets, and went to 

pray for people at the Dias Old Age Home, 

municipal clinic, government schools and 

offices. Pupil Likhona Fina is pictured serving 

sandwiches to people at the municipal clinic 

LIVING THE GOSPEL: Alexandria Christian 

Academy pupils Lihle Fondini, left, and Anke 

Bosman in the streets of Alexandria during the 

recent Easter outreach. It was well received. 

The pupils also prayed for people, making 

Jesus’ love visible in the town 

THE UNKNOWN TEACHER: Shaw Park Primary 

grade 6 teacher, Rosco Dredge, showing off his 

hiding skills 

SING-A-LONG: The children of Happy Hours Pre-primary school held a short concert at the Settlers Park Care Centre last Thursday morning, and 

residents sang along to the songs they knew while the children sat in a circle singing, ‘You are my grandparents, my only grandparents’. It was 

rewarding to witness the smiles on the residents’ faces as well as the pure joy the children exuded as they sang 

Picture: ROB KNOWLES 

SUDOKU - WIN A PENNY FARTHING VOUCHER 

Complete this Sudoku and be in line to win 2 cuppuccinos 

from The Penny Farthing in The Anchorage Mall. Entries 

must be in by 3:30pm on Tuesday at the TotT office - 29 

Miles St. Winner to please collect voucher (must show ID) 

from TotT offices before attempting to redeem prize. 

 

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

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

WIN A VOUCHER FROM CAMELOT SPA OR HALYARDS HOTEL 

SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S SUDOKU 

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

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

Entries must be 

submitted by 3:30pm 

on Tuesday at the TotT 

Office - 

29 Miles Street. 

Winner of last 

 

Royal St Andrews - 

Thistle Resaurant 

ă 

Cheryl Murray 

Pick n Pay Voucher 

ăLindsay Walker 

Winner to please collect 

voucher (must show ID) 

from TotT offices before 

attempting to redeem 

prize.



BAKING BRILLIANCE: Port Alfred High School 

grade 11 pupils, Skylar Cummings, left, and 

Rachel Lax display their chocolate eclairs baked 

during a consumers studies practical at school. 

They were delicious 

BUILDING THE WORLD: Port Alfred High School 

grade 6 pupil Esona Msipe hard at work 

building a puzzle of the world during the rainy 

weather experienced last week 

PLAYING TEACHER-TEACHER: Port Alfred High School pupil Emma Pretorius from the Pre-Primary 

class had great fun during the rainy weather last week drawing on the blackboard 

GOLD FOR KARATE: Five-year-old Port Alfred 

High School Pre-Primary pupil, Shaylee 

Hilpert-Scott won a gold medal in her EP Karate 

Trials division on Saturday and goes through for 

SA National selection. Headmaster Clive 

Pearson acknowledged her achievement at 

Monday’s assembly and explained to the 

school, who gave her a thunderous round of 

applause, that should she be selected at 

nationals then Shaylee will be eligible for the 

world championships taking place in Japan in 

2021 

LEARNING LIFE SKILLS: Port Alfred High School 

grade 5 pupils, Scott Elliott, left, and Kyle 

Hatton hard at work on a sewing project in a 

technology class 

KARATE SKILLS: Cecilia Stuurman came third in 

her division at the Eastern Province Trials for 

karate, putting her in line to be selected to 

participate on a national level and possibly be 

selected to go to Japan for the World 

Championship. Cecilia is in grade 1 at El 

Shaddai Christian Academy 

REAPING REWARDS: El Shaddai Christian 

Academy pupil Hannah Ford is no stranger to 

medals and trophies having just done extremely 

well at the Bathurst Show in horse riding and 

art. She recently won gold for 3D Shooting and 

gold for Bulls Eye in archery in the Primary Girls 

Division 

P.A. 

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TEL: 046 624 1117 

TOASTIES AND CHIPS 

R40 

BEEF BURGER AND CHIPS 

R55 

T-BONE STEAK AND CHIPS 

R110 

DEEP FRIED HAKE AND CHIPS R85 

DEEP FRIED HAKE NUGGETS R60 

CRUMBED CHICKEN STRIPS AND CHIPS R60 

BBQ PORK RIBS WITH POTATO SKINS R95 

STICKY CHICKEN WINGS BASKET R70 

MYPOND FAMILY BASKET 

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BILTONG AND DROEWORS BASKET R45 

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2 

PERSONAL 

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Physiotherapist 

Treating Backache, 

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Problems, Sports 

Injuries, Orthopaedic 

Rehabilitation, 

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Tel: 046 648 1396 

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for indiv, couples, families 

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To book an appointment: 

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084 5846629 

FOR INFO ON SERVICES/ 

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Port Alfred, EC 

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Betty is looking for parttime 

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Lennie is looking for full 

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References available. 

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PHUMLA is looking for 

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domestic work. She can 

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References available. 

Phone: 082 099 6841 

Sihle is looking for full-time 

or part-time domestic 

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clean. Phone:062 356 7485 

Thandeka is looking for a 

care-giver job for full or 

part-time. References 

available. 

Phone: 

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Unathi is looking for 

full-time or part-time 

domestic or waitressing 


clean. Phone:071 909 1948 

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time or part-time domestic 


clean. References 

available. 

Phone: 

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Contact us for professional 

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BOOK BROS: Daniel Roodt, left, and his friend Merrion Gess manned a bookstall at the Bathurst 

Book Fair on Sunday, including marketing a book by Roodt’s dad, Monty Roodt, titled ‘Dead Man’s 

Land’ 

Picture: JON HOUZET 

AMUSING ANECDOTES: 

Bartle Logie was one 

of the authors who 

spoke at the Bathurst 

Book Fair on Sunday, 

dealing especially with 

his latest work, 

‘To a st e d 

Marshmallows & 

Obies’ 

IN HONOUR OF DAD: Sheryl Bradfield and her 

daughter Sarah-Jane Bradfield were selling ‘The 

Cry of the Fish Eagle’, a book written by 

Sher yl’s late father, Roy Lewis Dunton, at the 

Bathurst Book Fair on Sunday 

FOR INFORMAL OCCASIONS: Maggie Ward and 

Riaan Jacobs, who was wearing one of his 

casual kilts at the Bathurst Book Fair on Sunday 

Hoërskool P.J. Olivier 

Grahamstad 

ĞĞŶĞůĂŶŶũŝĞ 

ůĞŐŐŽĞŝĞŽŽĞĚŝŶŐ 

AANSOEKE VIR 2020 

NOU BESKIKBAAR. 

Tel 046-6223322 

admin@hspjolivier.co.za 

Respek Integriteit Omgee 

NOTICE 

Notice is hereby given in terms of the NEMA 

EIA Regulations (2014), as amended by 

NEMA EIA Regulations (2017) as well as 

the Mineral and Petroleum Resources 

Development Act (2002) of intent to carry 

out the following activity: 

Activity: The Eastern Cape Department 

of Transport to apply for environmental 

authorisation with the Department of 

Mineral Resources in order to utilize 

Borrow Pits for road upgrade/re-gravelling 

projects located within the Ndlambe Local 

Municipality. 

 

as an Interested and Affected Party, please 

submit your name, contact information, your 

interest in the project and any comments, 

to the Consultant within 30 days of this 

advertisement. 

Proponent: 

Eastern Cape Department of Transport, 

Private Bag X0023, Bhisho, 5605 

Consultant: 

Engineering Advice & Services 

P.O. Box 13867, Humewood, 

Port Elizabeth, 6013 

Tel: 041 581 2421, Fax: 086 683 9899 

E-mail: enviro@easpe.co.za 

Web: www.easemp.co.za for further 

information 

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A TENDER 

ADVERTISEMENT, BUT A PUBLIC 

NOTIFICATION. 

Closing date: 03 JUNE 2019 

KENNISGEWING 

Kennisgewing geskied hiermee, kragtens 

die Nationale Wet op Omgewingsbestuur 

(NEMA, 08 Desember 2014 soos gewysig 

deur NEMA, 07 April 2017) en die Wet op 

Minerale Hulpbronontwikkeling (2002) van 

voorneme om die volgende aktiwiteit uit te 

voer: 

Aktiweteit: Die Oos-Kaapse Departement 

Vervoer stel voor om vir omgewingsmagtiging 

by die Departement van Minerale Hulpbronne 

aansoek te doen om gruisgroewe te gebruik 

vir die opgradering van paaie in die Ndlambe 

Plaaslike Munisipaliteit. 

Om te verseker dat u as ‘n Belanghebbende 

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stuur asseblief u naam, kontakbesonderhede, 

u belangstelling in die projek en enige 

kommentaar, binne 30 dae na hierdie 

advertensie, aan die Konsultant. 

Aansoeker: 

Departement van Vervoer (Oos-Kaap), 

Privaatsak X0023, Bhisho, 5605 

Konsultant: 

Engineering Advice & Services 

Posbus 13867, Humewood, Port Elizabeth, 

6013 

Tel: 041 581 2421, Faks: 086 683 9899 

E-pos: enviro@easpe.co.za 

Webtuiste: www.easemp.co.za vir verdere 

inligting 

LET WEL: HIERDIE IS NIE ‘N TENDER 

ADVERTENSIE NIE, MAAR ‘N 

OPENBARE KENNISGEWING. 

Sluitingsdatum: 03 JUNIE 2019 

ADVENTURES IN BATHURST: 

Brothers David, left, and Kyle 

Palmer, with their friend Logan 

Whitlie and puppy Jack at the 

Bathurst Book Fair on Sunday 

Pictures: JON HOUZET 

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ŝŶŽůĨĞĚĞŝĞĞĚĐĂŽ 

- FET PHASE: PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 

MATHEMATICS AND ACCOUNTING 

- SENIOR AND FET PHASE 

AFRIKAANS FAL 

- SENIOR PHASE ECONOMIC 

MANAGEMENT SCIENCES 

- INTERMEDIATE PHASE 

- GRADE 1 EDUCATOR 

The successful candidates will need: 

ŶĂŽŝĂĞĂůŝĮĐĂŽŶĂŶĚĞĞŝĞŶĐĞ 

ĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĂŚĞĞůĞĂŶŚĂĞůĞĞů 

ĞŝĞŶĐĞŝŚŝĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ 

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ĂŶĚŽŚĞĐŽĞĂůĞ 

 

Please send detailed CV with two contactable 

references and a pastor’s reference letter to 

principal@elshaddaiportalfred.co.za or fax: 

086 597 4246 by Friday 10 May 2019 

TANTALISING TASTEBUDS: Patrick Grafton was in 

demand for his chocolate eclairs, pies and 

coffee at the Bathurst Book Fair on Sunday 

IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DON 

GEORGE YOUNG, Identity Number 

410106 5093 082, of 22 Two Rivers 

Place, Kenton on Sea, who died on the 

4 th March 2019 and who was married out 

of community of property 

ESTATE NUMBER 1242/2019 

Creditors and Debtors of the above 

deceased are hereby requested to lodge 

their claims with and pay their debts to 

the undersigned within 30 days of the 

3 rd May 2019 

DATED at PORT ALFRED on this the 

17 th Day of April 2019 

N STÖTTER 

Agent for the Executor 

Neave Stötter Inc 

37 Campbell Street 

PORT ALFRED 

Ref: pk/MAT9530



NDLAMBE 

MUNICIPALITY 

PORT ALFRED 

GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT 

PROGRAMME 

(ONE YEAR CONTRACT) 

PROJECT NAME: THORNHILL 

LINK SERVICES (PHASE 1) 

Ndlambe Local Municipality in partnership 

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hereby invites qualifying graduates who 

wish to be considered for an experiential 

training in the abovementioned project. 

 

residing within the Ndlambe Municipal 

jurisdiction. 

The Settlers Church’s ancient 

graveyard, off Bathurst 

Street, was recently on the 

itinerary of the Lower Albany 

Historical Society when they 

toured places of interest 

around the town. 

Prior to the outing, 

members of the society did a 

pre-tour recce, which is 

always done in order to 

ensure a smooth-running 

tour, and found to their 

dismay that a number of the 

gravestones at Settlers 

Church were in disrepair, 

many of them having fallen 

over completely. 

David Hawkins, a 

vice-president of the society, 

decided to appeal to Jackie 

and Igor Taskov of Luja 

Granite, (who had made the 

replacement plaques at the 

Toposcope) to help with 

some repairs, which they 

gladly did as a public service 

Outing to local places of 

historical interest 

to the community. 

Consequently, during the 

tour, members were 

impressed with the state of 

the grave yard. The church 

and grounds are kept in good 

order by the Gereformeerde 

Kerk who use the church for 

Sunday worship. Also on the 

full morning’s itinerary were 

the façade of the Port Alfred 

Civic Centre and the 

building’s history, the Albany 

Vintage and Classic Car 

Museum, the West Bank 

Cemetery and the Richmond 

House Museum, all much 

enjoyed in the misty rain. 

Applicants need to meet the following 

criteria in order to be considered for the 

programme: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be eligible to be considered. 

¿ 

¿ 

¿ 

pality’s 

area of jurisdiction are required 

 

 

 

regarded as indigent. 

Duties and responsibilities of selected 

candidates will include: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

utilizing computer aided design 

 

 

 

 

estimates. 

 

construction tender documentation 

including technical and associated 

reports. 

 

contractors’ activities. 

CARING ABOUT HISTORY: Lower Albany Historical Society members visited the Albany Vintage and Classic Motor Museum in Alfred Road recently 

Candidates must: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but also to function well in a team 

environment. 

 

 

within the province for the purpose of 

undergoing training. 

Remuneration: 

Duration of Graduate Development 

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NOTICE NUMBER: 97/2019 

2 May 2019 ADV. R. DUMEZWENI 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

PORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUB 

Results for Thursday, 25 April 2019 

Red Section (7tables) 

N-S 1st C Fletcher & A Osinski 69.1% 

2nd J Tagg & E Jurgensen 55.1% 

E-W 1st R Wood & N Wood 63.4% 

2nd Patricia & David Townsend 59.8% 

Green Section (5 tables) 

N-S 1st S Leslie & M Segers 62.5% 

2nd G Gebhardt & D Wostenholm 60.0% 

E-W 1st S Coleman & D Boyd 60.0% 

2nd D Lang & J Gie 58.5% 

Board 2: Dealer E, N-S vulnerable 

East is likely to open by making a 2H bid, and West has all the requirements to raise the bidding 

to 4H. 4H was played 9 times in the two sections, but failed to make 7 times. 

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expose the bad break and may cost a trick; so decides to lead the spade 4 as an attacking option. 

Declarer considers his/her options and realises that two spades can be lost, together with 

À 

À- 

ÀÀ 

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declarer crosses to the heart Ace (learning that there are two trump losers) and repeats the 

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ensures that game can be made; losing only two trumps and a spade. 

Note that some players never lead away from a King as an opening lead; but four players in the 

 

Results by section 

Red Section 2D+1; 4H-2; 4H-1 (2); 4H*-1; 4H= (2) 

Green Section 3NT-2; 4H-2; 4H-1 (3) 

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

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Healing Horses Therapeutic Riding Centre recently filled the guest 

speaker slot at a Rotary Club of Port Alfred meeting where they detailed the work they do in the 

community through the interaction of horses with children who have special needs. From left are 

Chris and Jann Webb, Tammy Mbatcha Bower, Sheena Ferguson and Gunther Johannsen 

Results for Monday, 29 April 2019 

Red Section (6 tables) 

N-S 1st D Newson & M Newport 58.7% 

2nd J Tagg & A Osinski 54.0% 

E-W 1st A Ridderhof & T Paterson 64.7% 

2nd K Botha & G Wansell 56.7% 

Green Section (6½ tables) 

N-S 1st L Lombard & L Inglis 57.9% 

2nd H Clohessy & G Wallace 55.7% 

E-W 1st L Futter & B Osborne 59.6% 

2nd L Stephens W Emslie 55.0 % 

2nd A Paling & R Wicks 55.0% 

Board 6: Dealer E, E-W vulnerable 

After West’s 1H bid, North must decide whether to bid 1S or 2S? Most players 

will see the 6 card suit with 9 points and bid 2S automatically, but this is 

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of clubs and a singleton heart. If you play weak jump overcalls, you must distinguish between weak 

and strong hands because the auction is competitive and you must give an accurate assessment 

to partner, or he/she won’t know how far to compete. Over South’s 3S neither West nor East has 

enough strength to bid again, bearing in mind the vulnerability; so you would expect 3S to be the 

ÀÀtion 

5 out of 6 pairs pushed on to 4H (which South with two Aces after an overcall from North might 

 

4S). In the Red section all the contracts were in spades. 

Results by section 

Red Section 3S+1 (2); 4S= (3); 4S+1 

Green Section 4H-1 (4); 4H=; 4S= 

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



COUSINS ON THE KOWIE: Cousins Elandre Human of Makhanda (Grahamstown) and Rikus Human of Port Elizabeth piloting their craft at speed on the Kowie River at Port Alfred during the Thunder Cat 

inflatable boat racing series that formed part of the Royal St Andrew's Hotel Amanzi Challenge. The team enjoyed mixed fortunes over the weekend, due mainly to mechanical issues Picture: SUPPLIED 

THE DAY THE PRESIDENT CAME TO TOWN 

Had President Cyril Ramaphosa deviated 

just slightly from his pre-arranged route 

when he visited Makhanda (Grahamstown) 

last Saturday, he would have had a glimpse 

of the real Makhanda, not the hastily 

fixed-up streets along said pre-arranged 

route, as well as at the Miki Yili Stadium 

where he delivered his Freedom Day 

message. 

There had been frantic activity in the days 

leading up to the President’s visit, with 

municipal crews out in force filling in 

potholes, cutting grass on verges and in the 

stadium, removing rubbish from the streets 

along the route, and repairing stadium 

structures and walls. 

Residents complained bitterly about the 

waste of money in sending jets from 

Limpopo Province, as well as bringing the 

Silver Falcons aerobatics team from the 

West Coast for flypasts and a six-minute air 

d i s p l ay. 

Also appreciated by the crowd in the 

stadium and those gathered in surrounding 

neighbourhoods was the flypast by two 

helicopters. 

When the action in the sky was over, the 

aircraft disappeared into the distant clouds, 

and the speeches began. 

Besides the massive presence of 

residents who flocked to Miki Yili Stadium 

to see and hear the President, there was a 

string of high-ranking and smartly-attired 

military officers from the navy, army and air 

force, many of them with medals pinned to 

their chests. 

FESTIVAL OPTIMISM 

In his latest newsletter to prospective 

National Arts Festival visitors from across 

SA and indeed the world, CEO Tony 

Lankester was upbeat about ‘Fest 45’. 

He said: “A few weeks ago I wrote to you 

to let you know how we were progressing 

on the water issues our city is facing, and 

I’m happy to confirm that all is still on track 

and we’re confident that we will achieve our 

aim of making sure you’re safe and 

comfortable when you visit us.” 

Lankester continued by conceding that 

Makhanda (Grahamstown) had some big 

challenges ahead of it, but that issues of 

service delivery were receiving the attention 

they deserved. 

Lankester concluded his message by 

saying: “Meanwhile, we’re seeing an 

amazing ‘all hands on deck” attitude from 

our 70,000 residents as we work together to 

make sure we’re ready for the festival 

influx.” 

REACH FOR THE SKY 

Makhanda (Grahamstown) residents were 

treated to some thrilling antics above the 

city on Saturday during the visit by 

President Cyril Ramaphosa or, as one local 

put it, “shenanigans in the sky”. 

While security staff were keeping a 

watchful eye on the President and his 

surroundings wherever he went, members 

of the South African Air Force (SAAF) were 

‘doing their thing’ in the blue sky on a 

bright and sunny day. 

Somebody in the know told me a dozen 

aircraft had been despatched to Makhanda 

for the occasion – these included Gripen 

and Hawk Mk 120 fighter jets, Lynx and 

BK117 helicopters, as well as the Silver 

Falcons aerobatics team in Pilatus training 

aircraf t. 

The jets flew in from as far north as Air 

Force Base Makhado in northern Limpopo, 

while the Silver Falcons came from Air Force 

Base Langebaanweg on the West Coast. The 

aircraft and crews slept over in Port 

Elizabeth on Friday night and flew to the 

Makhanda action on Saturday morning. 

Of course, I was most interested and 

excited, seeing and hearing all those aircraft 

WINNERS: The Kingswood College 1st girls’ hockey team emerged unbeaten 

from the Kingswood Jubilee Co-Ed hockey festival at the weekend. Here, nine 

members of the team are seen moments after their final match, against 

Stirling High School, on Sunday morning. They are, from left, standing, Lukho 

Mbenyana, Taya Trivella. Lushana van Heerden, Amy Mills, Megan du Preez and 

Olivia Walker; kneeling, Robyn Koch, Bridget Mildenhall and Kirsti Wicks. Te a m 

captain Ciana Daniels was attending to captain’s business at the time of the 

photograph. See story on this page 

Picture: SID PENNEY 

in the sky. As excited as a little boy, I 

suppose. 

My childhood and teenage years were 

spent living on the southern edge of the 

Cape Town suburb of Milnerton, just 300m 

from the end of the runway of Air Force 

Base Ysterplaat. 

I remember, quite clearly, a massive air 

show hosted by Ysterplaat in the early 

1960s, which even saw aircraft being 

brought in from Pretoria and other bases. 

The base was opened to the public that 

Saturday, and it seemed the whole of Cape 

Town was at Ysterplaat checking out the 

aircraft and the hangars, and watching the 

myriad air displays. 

BAZAAR IN HUNTLEY STREET 

For the first time in several years, Good 

Shepherd Primary School holds a 

mini-bazaar on its grounds in Huntley Street 

from 11am to 2pm on Friday May 3. 

On offer will be cakes, boerewors rolls, 

curry bunnies, books, savoury eats, 

refreshments and a sweets table. 

Good Shepherd principal Manie Cronje 

said: “We invite the public to Huntley Street 

for three hours of enjoyment, and there will 

be games and a jumping castle for the 

younger ones.” 

All profits will be used to purchase 

educational equipment for the school 

UNBEATEN AFTER FOUR DAYS 

The Kingswood College jubilee co-ed hockey 

festival last week attracted boys’ and girls’ 

1st teams from George, Somerset West, 

Thornhill, East London, Johannesburg, Cape 

Town, Windhoek, Pretoria and Makhanda 

(Grahamstown), and saw 69 matches played 

over four days. 

The tournament formed part of 

Kingswood’s 125th Jubilee Year celebrations 

and saw matches being played on 

Kingswood’s City Lords astro and the 

Webster astro at St Andrew’s 

College/Diocesan School for Girls. A total of 

15 schools were represented. 

The host school’s girls’ team enjoyed a 

particularly successful tournament, winning 

five of its six matches and drawing one. 

The team, captained by Ciana Daniels, 

beat Glenwood House 4-0, beat Reddam 

House 2-0, beat York High 2-0, beat 

Somerset College 4-2, drew 2-2 with Parel 

Vallei High, and beat Stirling High 3-0. 

The Kingswood team comprised Lushana 

van Heerden, Amy Howard, Bridget 

Mildenhall, Taya Trivella, Kirsti Wicks, Robyn 

Koch, Zinathi Mbenyana, Lukho Mbenyana, 

Ciana Daniels (captain), Amy Mills, Megan 

du Preez, Olivia Walker, Qayiya Noguduka 

and Naledi Mabusela. 

The coach is Bevan Bennett, assistant 

coach is Cassie Lister and the manager 

Carey de Coning. 

PLANTS ON AUCTION 

A public auction of plants and pot plants 

will be held at Rhodes University’s grounds 

and gardens department from 10am to 1pm 

on Friday May 3. Public viewing is from 9am 

to 10am, and the venue is on the corner of 

Prince Alfred Street and South Street. 

AWARD FOR TEAM E-SMART 

Four Rhodes University PhD chemistry 

students have been awarded top position in 

the 2019 Hult Prize Challenge for their 

electronic and electrical waste management 

s y st e m . 

Team E-Smart, comprising Nobuhle 

Ndebele, Lindokuhle Nene, Reitumetse 

Nkahle and Gauta Matlou, took part in the 

2019 Hult Prize Regional Summit held at the 

Brookhouse International School in Nairobi, 

Kenya last month. 

GOOD TIMES IN THE GARDENS 

Teenager Cee-Jay Porthen is something of a 

‘veteran’ as far as parkrun is concerned, and 

on Saturday he completed his 137th parkrun 

in Makana botanical gardens, not bad for so 

young a runner. 

But that’s not all – Porthen also recorded 

a personal best time on the day when there 

were 134 participants. 

First three finishers were Thoko Sipungu 

(20 minutes 27 seconds), Cee-Jay Porthen 

(20 mins 49 secs) and Sylvester Jeffries (21 

mins 51 secs). First three ladies were 

Shimone Prince (28 mins 06 secs), Tosca 

Stoloff (29 mins 03 secs) and Jeanne du 

Toit (29 mins 52 secs, personal best). 

Parkrunners who are approaching 

personal milestones are: Cee-Jay Porthen 

(13 to go to 150), Ingrid Ford (6 to go to 

100), Hilton Adonis (9 to go to 100), Desiree 

Philipson (8 to go to 100), Val Varela (5 to 

go to 50) and Pearl Chuma Harwood (6 to 

go to 50). 

THANKS FROM THE PETS 

Grahamstown SPCA has extended its thanks 

and appreciation to the volunteers and the 

public who gave up their time and money at 

its collection in Pepper Grove Mall on 

Saturday, when a little over R2,100 was 

collected. 

RUNNING AND GLOWING 

Grahamstown SPCA’s “Glow in the Dark” fun 

run/walk (2km or 5km) on Tuesda, May 7 

will offer prizes to those who “glow the extra 

CLASSROOM CAPERS: Good Shepherd Primary School in Huntley Street held its 

first-ever Grandparents Day at the school last Friday. Principal Manie Cronje 

said the occasion was very special, and no less than 56 grandparents 

attended. They were treated to various musical items by Grade R to Grade 3 

pupils, and afterwards enjoyed refreshments. Cronje said the school had since 

received positive feedback and will now make this an annual event 

mile”, and participants are encouraged to 

dress as brightly as they can. 

The event gets underway at 5.30pm, and 

registration is from 4pm. Entry fees are R20 

for adults (or R35 which includes a 

boerewors roll), R10 for children under-12, 

and R10 for dogs (includes a ‘doggie’ 

c u p c a ke ). 

For more info e-mail glowingmay@gmail.com 

OPEN CAMPUS 

Rhodes University holds an Open Day for 

Grade 11 and 12 pupils and their teachers 

from 8am to 3pm on Friday May 10. 

Those attending will find out what 

courses they can enrol for, what life is like 

as a Rhodes student, participate in 

workshops and demonstrations, attend 

lectures, visit sports facilities and check out 

residences. 

For more information phone (046) 

603-8218. 

CATS AND BOOKS 

A reminder of the Grahamstown Feral Cat 

Project’s book sale on the verandah outside 

Wa l l a c e ’s Pharmacy in Pepper Grove Mall 

from 8am to 1pm on Saturday May 18. 

The annual book sale forms a major part 

of the fund-raising for the project. 

TALKING ABOUT HIKING 

Oldenburgia Hiking Club’s next social 

evening on Wednesday May 15 (5.30pm for 

6pm) will feature a talk by Jono and Marna 

Oettle on their hiking-related travels in Asia. 

They have completed hikes in the Yunnan 

and Sichuan provinces in China, which are 

close to the border with Tibet. 

The venue for the social is the Faculty of 

Humanities seminar room at 1 Prince Alfred 

Street (opposite Debonair’s on the campus 

side). The cost is R50 per person, and food 

platters and juice will be available (bring 

your own wine if you wish). 

Club members and friends wishing to 

attend should book with Karen Kouari at 

k.kouari@ru.ac.za by May 10. 

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 

A Grahamstown Building Society (now GBS 

Mutual Bank) advertisement in a local 

publication of 1981 caught my eye the other 

d ay. 

Not only were father and son KEM Stone 

(Kyle) and CKM Stone (Chris) chairman and 

vice-chairman respectively of the then GBS 

board of directors, they were also senior 

partners of well-known local law firm, Dold 

& Stone Attorneys. 

Other directors on the GBS board back 

then were PG Mansfield, LJ Denison-Clark 

and DR Butler, while the general manager 

was JVB (Joe) Keeton. 

WATERY ISSUES 

With water apparently the main topic of 

discussion in Makhanda (Grahamstown) 

these days, I thought this snippet might be 

a p p r o p r i at e . 

Some years ago I acquired a photocopy of 

the “Plan of the City of Grahamstown”. This 

street map is very old – as in ancient - and 

over the next few weeks I’ll be taking a look 

at its contents and sharing them with you, if 

you don’t mind, that is. 

Almost immediately I noticed the three 

dams on the south-western fringes of the 

city, called reservoirs on the map. There was 

Hamilton Reservoir on the western side of 

Gunfire Hill (as we know it today), Douglas 

Reservoir (commonly known as Dog’s Dam 

these days) and Grey Reservoir (at the foot 

of Mountain Drive). 

So, you may well exclaim, we know all 

about them. 

I’m pretty sure, however, you did not 

know about Hope Reservoir which was 

situated on the southern side of Hillsview 

Road (as it is called today) just off the bend 

a couple of hundred metres past Darling 

St reet. 

Another local history lesson next week! 

ALL AT HOME 

Whether you are a supporter of Graeme 

College, Kingswood College or St Andrew’s 

College, May 11 is a date to diarise. 

On that day, Graeme’s senior and junior 

rugby teams will be at home to St Andrew’s 

(College and Prep), while Kingswood’s 

senior teams will host Daniel Pienaar 

Technical High from Uitenhage. 

PRET TY 

According to an advertisement in a local 

publication in 1995, Fleur Petite Florist 

stocked “flowers of quality for all 

occasions”. No doubt the flowers were 

pretty, as was the pretty-sounding name of 

the business which was owned by Marlene 

Thompson. 

BOOKINGS OPEN SOON 

The 2019 National Arts Festival will offer 

world-class theatre, dance, music, 

performance and public art, visual art and 

c o m e d y. 

Bookings to all shows open on May 7, 

and tickets can be purchased online at 

www.nationalartsfestival.co.za or by phone on 

0860-00-004.



Sensei 

proud of 

his students 

Karate kids do well at EP trials 

ROB KNOWLES 

It was with pride that sensei Clive 

Naido came away from the 

recently held Eastern Province 

Goju Kai Karate Trials held at 

Fairview in Port Elizabeth. 

The provincial team is still to be 

selected but Naido is expecting 

good things from his students. 

“Some of these kids were 

attending their first tournament, 

and they did very well, with gold 

and silver medals,” he said. 

Naido takes children from some 

of the poorest families and trains 

them for free. 

“My family was poor and my 

sensei did not charge for my 

lessons when I was growing up, 

so this is my way of paying it 

forward, to help other kids from 

poorer families to learn the 

spor t,” he said. 

“If they are able to win at 

provincials they will be eligible to 

compete in the world 

championships, to be held in 

Japan in 2021,” Naido said. 

“Special thanks must go to 

some of our benefactors including 

Johannes Jordaan, Jane Cowley, 

Sandra Fryer, along with others 

for their continued support.” 

PROUD DISPLAY: The kids at the Station Hill dojo under the tutelage of sensei Clive Naido proudly show the medals they won 

at the recently-held Eastern Province Goju Kai Karate Trials held in Port Elizabeth. From left, back row, are Naido, Tazmin Cannon 

(gold in kata and silver in kumite), Ophelia Swartz (silver in kumite), Andy Swartz (silver in Kumite), Shante Hilpert (gold in 

kumite) with, front row, Dante Hilpert (silver in kumite), Shaylee Hilpert-Swartz (gold in kumite) and Cecilia Majuza (bronze in 

kumite) 

Kenton Bowling Club 

Not a lot of bowls played due to the wonderful and very 

welcome rains this last week but the greens have 

flourished in the rain, our irrigation tanks are all full and 

we are well set for the winter. The Rascal should be well 

pleased with the state of affairs when he returns from 

his travels. 

A good time to report on the club Men’s Pairs 

competition and a clash of the giants with Bill Bedford, 

Ted Birch, Ken Nixon and Gerald Roxburgh combining 

for a healthy average age of eighty four years. After a 

titanic struggle, youngster Ken and his lead Roxie 

pipped the more experienced Bill and Ted by a slender 

17-16 margin, well done gents and many more years of 

good bowling. 

Last Friday’s Personal Trust trips went ahead despite 

the rains and another short downpour in the morning, 

again a tribute to the great condition of our greens and 

the efforts of our apprentice green keeper Westy and 

Co. The popularity of this monthly event was very 

evident as a combination of cabin fever and a lack of 

bowls drew another great turnout. 

Patricia Greig, Kevin Bates and Dave Wallace were 

our winners, with Rina Maree, Roxie Roxburgh and 

Stoffel Scheepers just one point behind in second place. 

Well done Patrica and team and thank you again to our 

sponsors Personal Trust. 

What a wonderful turnout on Friday evening for the 

monthly braai and weekly draws, the bowling club is 

fast becoming the place to be in Kenton on Fridays. 

Cecily Massart was a very popular winner of the 

Attendance draw but Jerry “J o ke r ” Catto was 

confounded by the real joker and missed the chance of 

claiming the bumper jackpot. Thank you Stompie and 

Mike, you guys did a sterling job behind the bar. 

Not a great return for our Kenton teams in the 

Colleen Timm and Moore Shield competitions at Kowie 

on Saturday with both our men and ladies struggling on 

the day and failing to trouble the scorers in either 

competition. 

A lovely story from the Eastern Areas (EA) pairs finals 

on Saturday though, where Ruth Low and “Maybe not so 

young” Ken Nixon lost a seesaw encounter in their 

section to Pieter and Margaret Stegman from Kowie. 

Having played in the trips the day before, young Ken 

BOWLSBANTER 

... what’s happening 

arrived to play with only three bowls in his bag but was 

very kindly helped by Pieter who scurried around the 

bowels of the Kowie clubhouse to find him a full set of 

bowls to play with. After being well down at the halfway 

stage, Ken and Ruth staged a great comeback to lead 

by one shot with one end to play but Pieter and 

Margaret picked up two shots on the last end to win 

and progress to the final. Well done to Ruth and Ken 

and thank you to Pieter and Margaret for your great 

friendship. 

Lots of bowls happening this week with internal club 

competitions, Bess Tweedie and Kenton/Kowie and 

Social Saturday all coming up, we look forward to 

seeing you on the greens and please feel free to join us 

in the clubhouse for some refreshments afterwards. 

Club duties (April 29 - May 5): Tabs - Ruth Low, Bar - 

Addie Wolf and Lee Slater. 

Dates to remember (April 29 - May 5): 2nd - Bess 

Tweedie and Kenton/Kowie competitions at Kowie, 4th - 

Social Saturday at Kenton. 

Kowie Bowling Club 

There is an old saying that anything that grows where 

you do not want it to grow is a weed. Weeds on a 

bowling green are an indication that your grass is under 

st ress. 

This could occur in June/July when wear on the 

green from the traffic is greater than the recuperative 

powers of the grass. 

Our esteemed Department of Environmental Affairs 

has now decided that kweek grass (aka c. Dactylon, 

couch, Bermuda), what our “B” green is made of, is an 

invasive weed and cannot be propagated or sold. 

Anybody with a patch of this grass will have to obtain a 

permit (costing R100) to continue growing it. If the letter 

had been dated April 1 I would have accepted it, but it 

was for real. 

C. Dactylon is a warm season grass found mainly in 

the southern hemisphere. 

In 1949 when I started green keeping I was told by an 

old green keeper that if you walked from Durban to 

Oranjemund every second step you took you would be 

stepping on a c. Dactylon. 

I have read many articles on the origin of grasses and 

some Americans claimed that c. Dactylon was first 

discovered in Bermuda and only later found in other 

parts of the Southern Hemisphere. It was imported to 

the USA where to-day c. Dactylon covers 3,640 hectares 

of their greens, mainly on golf courses in the southern 

states – some weed! 

Our farmers refer to the grass growing in the high 

rainfall areas as sour-kweek while the grass growing in 

the semi-arid regions as sweet-kweek. I wonder if they 

will also be expected to get a permit for the grass 

growing naturally on their veld. Anyway appeals have 

now been lodged and we can only hope that common 

sense will prevail. Strangely enough the finer c. 

Transvalensis (Bayview – our “A” green) is recognised 

as a purely South African specie. 

The wonderful rains had everyone smiling except 

those who had looked forward to an afternoon of bowls 

last Tuesday. By Thursday many were suffering from 

withdrawal symptoms and although the green was slow 

and heavy they all enjoyed themselves. In the end those 

with the strongest arms came out on top. 

Congrats to Bryan Burger, Keith Benson, and Roland 

von Gericke who earned themselves a visit to Ocean 

B a s ke t . 

Big weekend at Kowie with us hosting the finals of 

the EA Mixed Pairs and the second round of the Moore 

Shield / Colleen Timm Cup. With four teams out of 

seven qualifiers from Kowie there was always a good 

chance that Kowie teams would contest the final-of the 

EA Pairs - and that is what happened. We saw some 

very good bowls with some good teams losing where 

they should not have lost. 

In the final analysis it was the superior green craft 

which determined the winner when Grumpy Enslin and 

Helise Hattingh won the final against Pieter and 

Margaret Stegman. Congrats to both teams as they 

have both qualified to play in the Eastern Province 

finals next week. Kowie men won both their games in 

the Moore Shield while our ladies won one and lost the 

other – well done. 

Duties: Roll – Stephen Minaar, Mark – Rob Allin/Martin 

Slattery, Tabs – Debbie Slattery, Bar – Mike Ryan. 

Port Alfred Bowling Club 

The welcome rains which we had this last week put 

paid to the various competitions that would have been 

played this week and gave everyone and the greens a 

welcome break. 

The club senior men’s and ladies’ singles will be 

played at a later date which is convenient for everybody. 

The greens were open again on Friday and we had 

our usual end of the month “bring and braai” as well as 

night bowls on Friday night. The winners of the Kekkel 

en Kraai night bowls was won by Phil Taylor, Andrew Nel 

and Marcel Mey. 

The Colleen Timm and Moore Shield were played at 

Kowie Bowling Club on Saturday afternoon against 

Kowie and Kenton. Well done to our ladies who won 

both their games. Our men won one game and lost one 

game. 

The finals of the EA Mixed Pairs were played at Kowie 

Bowling Club last weekend in perfect weather 

conditions. Congratulations to the winners Graham 

Enslin and Helise Hattingh from Kowie Bowling Club as 

well as the runners-up Pieter and Margaret Stegman 

who will go through to Port Elizabeth to play in the 

finals against Eastern Province on May 25 and 26. 

The Alan Wilson Croquet Tournament will be played 

the whole week. The tournament has been well 

supported with entries having been received from all 

round the country. 

Next weekend is the start of the EA Ladies’ and Men’s 

Novice and Senior Singles to be played at Kenton and 

Port Alfred Bowling Clubs. Please check the notice 

board to see where you will be playing. 

The club mixed trips will commence on May 7. Please 

put your name on the board should you wish to play. 

Duties for the week ending May 11: Tab duty - M 

Renaud and J Armitage, Bar duty - Vic, Ron and Stan.



KOWIE 

STRIDERS 

A whole busload of our runners went off to 

Motherwell, Port Elizabeth this past Saturday to 

compete in the Freedom Day Eastern Province 10km 

Championships. 

We had some great results and times. 

Sinethemba Jilisingi, 16, ran it in 34 minutes 14 

seconds to finish 32nd overall and second in his 

age group. Siza Dayimini did 35:43, Lithemba 

Jekana 35:57, Ayabonga Saul 37:49, Zamile Xanti 

39:19 and Sticks Stiglingh 42:10 to finish fourth in 

his age group. 

Some great running by our ladies saw Leah 

Shanks finishing in 51:29, Zanel Venter 53:49, Lulu 

Mceka 60:40 and Nelly Phiri 61:07. 

In the 5km Mpho Nxabaza finished second. 

Unfortunately the full results for the 5km are not yet 

ava i l a b l e . 

Our next away race is the EP 21km 

championships on May 25. It is a great route to do 

a personal best. There is a 10km as well. Get your 

names on the bus list. 

Anyone can run. Don’t think that because it is a 

championship event it is only for the top runners. 

Enter online. 

The nights are longer so wear bright colours and 

stay warm. 

GOLD AND MORE IN GONUBIE: Several Port Alfred High School pupils participated in the Buffalo Inter-schools Archery Competition in Gonubie over the 

weekend and brought home medals. From left are Peter du Plessi (silver), Rocco Bothma (bronze and gold), Rachel Lax (silver) and Scarlett Tweedie 

(bronze and silver) 

Wednesday April 24: 

Sibuya Game 

Reserve/Arabella Wine 

Individual Stableford, 

with 34 players. 

Results: 

1st: Gavin Yeats – 43, 

2nd: Russell Gardner – 

40, 3rd: Ian Moncur – 

38, 4th: Russel Broom – 

36 

Two Clubs: 

6th: G Bladen 

8th: V Jordan, A Morey, 

R van Zyl 

Best gross: 71 – Ian 

Moncur 

Best nett: 65 – G av i n 

Ye at s 

Nearest the pins: 

Debonairs – 6th: Geoff 

Bladen 

Thymes 2 Catering – 8th: 

Rick van Zyl 

The Wharf Street Brew 

Pub – 11th: Dennis White 

Trellidor – 13th: Russell 

Broom 

Wimpy longest drive - 

#14th: Nick Fox 

Kingsley Beverages: 

Nearest the pin for two 

on the 1st: Chris Roberts 

Saturday April 27: Inso 

Aluminium Better Ball 

Medal, with 72 players. 

Results: 

1st: Marius Lombard, Les 

Wasdell - 61 

2nd: Roger Acton, André 

Klopper - 62 

3rd: Dave Painting, 

Roger Coates - 64 

4th: Ian Moncur, Andries 

Small - 65 

GOLFW E E K LY 

... the results 

Two clubs: 

6th: R Coates 

8th: T Taylor, A Sap, F 

Kruger 

11th: D White 

13th: N Mbabela 

Best gross: 71 – Ian 

Moncur 

Best nett: 66 – Roger 

Acton 

Nearest The Pins: 

Mooifontein Quarry – 

6th: Andy Barnes 

Auto Smart Body Shop – 

8th: Trevor Taylor 

Sibuya Game Reserve – 

11th: Alan Harty 

The Whart Street Brew 

Pub – 13th: Nathi 

Mbabela 

Wimpy longest drive - 

#14th: Scotty Jackson 

Royal St. Andrews: 

Nearest the pin for two 

on the 1st: Roger Acton 

1820s GOLF 

Thursday April 25: 21 

players in fine 

conditions. 

Winners on 41: Peter 

Rinaldi, Colin Wiggett, 

Juan Southey. 

Moosehead on 50: Roy 

Pople (triple moose), 

Rick Hill, Ted Baines, 

Albert Whitfield. 

Good scores: 49 - Louis 

van der Walt, Eugene 

Erasmus. 

Two clubs: None. 

L ADIES’ R E S U LTS 

Tuesday April 23: 

Cancelled due to heavy 

and persistent rain. 

Thursday April 25: The 

new innovation of a 

better-ball Stableford for 

the Ladies’ Section every 

last Thursday of the 

month continued this 

past week with 16 

players attending. 

Helen Lockyear and 

Elanor Thomson won the 

morning’s outing with a 

great 49 points easily 

ousting runners-up 

Shirley Heny and Jill 

L a ke ’s 42 by a massive 7 

points. 

Both Helen Lockyear 

(nett 67) and Shirley 

Heny (nett 68) seem to 

be peaking at the right 

time just before the 

annual six-day Mad 

Hatter tourney. 

Elanor Thomson holed 

the only two-club of the 

competition (8th). 

PORT ALFRED MIXED 

April 27: The recent 

welcome rains have 

turned the course into a 

beautifully verdant, 

first-class venue for golf, 

but with the 

consequence that it has 

also lengthened the play 

considerably with the 

ball not travelling as far 

as in the recent past. The 

result of this is that 

scores are not as good 

as they have been earlier 

this year. Twenty-three 

players turned out for 

the early morning draw 

into one mixed three-ball 

and five four-balls 

The bachelor herd of 

Dave Stanley, Eric 

Segers, Tim and Greg 

Shanks reacted to the 

conditions the best and 

posted a winning 84 

points. Runners-up Rosie 

Calmeyer-Leach, Barrie 

Brady and Fanie Smit’s 

76 +5 = 81 points 

counted out Jenny Adair, 

Lynn West, Len Bohnen 

and Andy Manson into 

third place. 

Nothing went right for 

the” most golf” covey of 

Heather van Harmelen, 

Margie Reid, Martin 

Lambrechts and Terry 

Harris who could only 

manage to card a pitiful 

75 points to come 

bottom of the list. 

Two-clubs were holed by 

Greg Shanks (6th), 

Angela Trollip, Dave 

Rose (8th) and Eric 

Segers (13th) The best 

nett score was posted by 

Greg Shanks (70). 

PAM golf donated R1,000 

to Port Alfred and 

Ndlambe Districts SPCA 

during the course of the 

week. 

KGB RESULTS 

April 24: Rained off. 

April 26: The very 

welcome rains that had 

fallen earlier in the week 

softened the fairways 

considerably making 

them more yielding and 

lengthening the course. 

The 41 players drawn 

into three three-balls and 

eight four-balls found the 

course more difficult 

than to what they had 

become accustomed to 

over the past few 

months and this was 

reflected in the scores in 

the two-to-count 

Stableford alliance 

competition. 

In fact it took just 83 

points to win the 

morning’s proceedings, 

the very score recorded 

by Mark Warren, Tom 

Tagg, Paul Fryer and 

Johny Johnson. Two 

covies tied for second 

place on 81 points, 

namely (1) James 

Lobban, Derrick van 

Harmelen, Don Thomson 

and John Muggeridge 

and (2) Bob Shaw, Paul 

Parker, Russell Warren 

and Jan Immelman. 

The team of Andy 

Stembridge, Graham 

Findlay, Jimmy van 

Rensburg and Brian Reid 

found the going toughest 

of all managing only to 

card 71 points, the 

consequence of which 

was the temporary 

custody of the Hammer 

en Sukkel trophy at the 

19th hole. 

Neil Loundar, Tom Tagg 

and Mark Warren all 

managed to birdie the 

par three eighth, Tom 

repeating this on the 11th 

as well. There were no 

individual rounds worthy 

of mention. 

VOLO 

VIKINGS 

Time Trial: April 25 

The showers didn’t 

deter the runners and 

we had a healthy team 

of 18 people plodding 

the route. 

3.8km 

1. Lukhanyiso 

Ngengu 16:01 

2. Siphosethu 

Magwaxaza 16:38 

3. Iviwe Matyunu 

17:30 

4. Siphesithle Tokwe 

22:06 

5. Isasa Gidwa 

2 2 : 07 

6. Sima Smooks 

22:11 

7. Asakhe Padela 

22:13 

8. Mzivamale 

Smooks 22:16 

9. Jimmy 

Myerscough 32:09 

(with pram) 

10. Sarah 

Myerscough 32:12 

5km 

1. Uthimna Tana 

27:00 

2. Asiviwe Snele 

27:05 

3. Thabo Klaas 

28:30 

4. Jared Penny 

31:04 

5. Lynn West 35:09 

8km 

1. Vuyisani Nobi 

31:02 

2. Roxy Smith 36:45 

3. Athinkhosi James 

37 : 4 0

Sp ort 

Contact us with any sports news: (046) 624-4356 (Jon Houzet) Thursday, May 2, 2019 

Inflatables deliver 

thrills and spills 

WATER ACTION: One of the competing craft roaring through the waves and into the air at the rubber duck surf race on Saturday at the Royal St Andrews Hotel Amanzi Challenge at East Beach 

A spectacular finish to the ten 

day long Amanzi Challenge 

NTOMBENTSHA MSUTU 

It was adrenaline-pumping action all 

the way as the sounds of roaring 

engines filled the air during the 

Thunder Cat National Inflatable Boat 

Racing at the Royal St Andrews Hotel 

Amanzi Challenge last weekend. 

The event saw competitors from as 

far afield as Cape Town taking part in 

the races at Port Alfred’s East Beach, 

starting with a surf race on Saturday 

and the Barnacles RSAH Amanzi 

Challenge long-haul on Sunday. 

The long-haul race was competed 

over 16 laps with boats starting at Putt 

Bridge and heading toward the river 

mouth where they turned back toward 

Putt Bridge to complete a lap. 

For those who have never 

experienced the excitement, the roar of 

engines and the sight of inflatable 

boats speeding down the river in 

excess of 100km/h, this was a thrilling 

experience and spectators lined the 

river bank in order to get a good view 

of the powerful inflatables. 

The weather was also perfect for the 

pilots and co-pilots and spectators 

were happy to experience for 

themselves the excitement that 

accompanies the sport. 

Gugulethu Adam, sports 

development deputy director at the 

department of sport, recreation, arts 

and culture, said they decided to 

sponsor 2018’s event because they 

wanted to become part of this 

marginalised sport. 

“This year’s RSAH Amanzi Challenge 

was bigger and we are proud to be 

sponsors of this beautiful sport,” Adam 

said. 

“We started with a scale [sic] of 

R200,000 this year, [and] we will 

continue next year as well, and also 

consider giving more. 

“We want this event to be bigger 

and better next year. 

“We want to host it as a province but 

also on a national level.” 

Martin Bekker, owner of title sponsor 

the Royal St Andrews Hotel, 

announced the winners at the prizegiving 

ceremony on Sunday evening 

and thanked all who participated. 

“It’s been an absolutely fantastic 

weekend. It’s been absolutely amazing 

having you guys participating. 

“I am so sorry for those who 

sustained injuries during the race, 

[and] I am so sorry for your pain, but 

you guys love that,” Bekker said. 

Long haul and overall winners of the 

race were pilot Hugo Erasmus, with 

co-pilot Raynor Becker. 

In second place were pilot Marc 

Gleed, with his co-pilot Wiltas 

L e e u w n e r. 

Both teams also received the 

Barnacle Challenge Phil Kolbe 

Memorial Trophy. 

RUBBER DUCK CHAMPS: Receiving their trophies for the long haul and as overall winners 

in the rubber duck racing last weekend are, from left, Hugo Erasmus and Raynor Becker, 

with BS Sports CEO Zwelinzima Nkwinti and Royal St Andrews Hotel owner Martin Bekker 

presenting the prizes, and the second-placed pair of Marc Gleed and Wiltas Leeuwner 


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