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HIGH EMOTIONS: Local health care community workers and members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) from East London, Port Elizabeth, Bathurst and Port

Alfred hold a heated meeting with labour relations official Bongani Lose from Bhisho at Titi Jonas Hall on Friday. The workers shut down clinics in Port Alfred and Bathurst, demanding to be

absorbed as permanent employees Picture: TK MTIKI

Clinics shut by workers

PA, Bathurst facilities closed by Nehawu members wanting permanent posts as contracts near end

TK MTIKI

Emotions ran high among striking

health care community workers

who vowed to keep clinics in Port

Alfred and Bathurst closed when they

met with labour relations official

Bongani Lose at the Titi Jonas Hall in

Thornhill hall last Friday.

The health care workers, who are

members of the National Education,

and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu),

went on strike and shut down clinics

last week, demanding that the

provincial health department absorb

them as permanent employees as their

contracts are due to end in March.

Lose travelled from Bhisho to

present p r ov i n c e ’s response to the

wo r k e r s ’ demands, while also

attempting to convince them to reopen

clinics and resume their duties.

The meeting was also attended by

ward councillors from the affected

areas, including Ward 9 councillor

Siyabulela Melani, Ward 5 councillor

Andile Marasi, Ward 6 councillor

Mkhulisi Raco and Ward 7 councillor

Mbuyiseli Yali.

Delivering feedback, Lose said:

“The province says it is not able to

absorb health care community workers

until the task team in Pretoria finalises

its outcomes.

“The discussions leading to the

permanent employment of health care

community workers are still underway.”

Lose said the province was still

figuring out how it would absorb the

employees according to their levels,

based on their qualifications.

“So I cannot say you will be

employed on April 1 because the

discussions between the employer and

the employee have not been finalised

ye t ,” he said.

Lose’s feedback did not go down

well with the employees, who said they

were left not knowing whether they

would still have work or not as their

contracts expired next month.

Fuming protestors challenged Lose,

asking why it was impossible for the

Eastern Cape goverment to absorb

them when Gauteng had done so. In

response, Lose said the highest

decision-making board of health wrote

a letter to Johannesburg stating that it

did not welcome the decision taken by

Gauteng to absorb health care

community workers.

However, Lose’s explanations

continued meeting strong opposition

from the angry strikers.

One protestor, who did not mention

her name, said: “This is an old answer.

We are closing the clinics until the task

team finalises its discussions. We want

permanent letters.

“Do not tell us about Covid-19 – we

experience it more than you do while

serving the community.

“When we are infected we call each

other. At least you have a medical aid.”

Ward 5 Councillor Andile Marasi

asked Lose why the task team had

waited for the protest before updating

the workers on the situation.

He questioned the rationality

behind paying health care community

workers less than what domestic

workers earned.

“Some of these people are educated

and have qualifications,” he said.

Another complaint raised at the

meeting was that people who had been

employed to assist during Covid-19

were earning the same salary as longserving

employees, even though they

were untrained.

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Cable theft uncovered

Alert policeman recovers already

stripped bundles worth R150,000

Jumpy copper

cable thieves left

their loot behind

when they spotted a

SAPS member on foot

patrol in Addo last

Fr i d ay.

Po l i c e

spokesperson Captain

Mali Govender said

the member from

SAPS Addo was on his

way to the post office

when he saw four

men standing around

a bakkie at about

8.55am.

When the men

saw him they fled on

foot. The police

officer went to the

bakkie and noticed

four 50kg bags in the

b a ck .

“He opened the

bags and found pieces

of copper wire that

were already cut and

removed from their

c a s i n g s ,” G ove n d e r

said. “Th e

neighbouring stations

were checked to

establish whether

there were any cases

of copper theft

opened, and a

response was

received from

Kirkwood SAPS, as

two farmers had

reported that Eskom

cables were stolen

from their farms.

Eskom was also

contacted and the

cables were identified

as belonging to

E s k o m .”

Govender said the

value of the cables

and the damage

caused is estimated to

be more than

R200,000.

The acting district

commissioner for the

Sarah Baartman

District, Brig Jo h n

Lebok, commended

the vigilance of the

SAPS member.

“The community

needs to be mindful of

the fact that there are

fatal risks involved

when cables are

stolen. In the past,

people have been

electrocuted while

removing live cables.

“The destroying of

these cables can also

be a criminal offence,

for damage of

essential

i n f ra s t r u c t u r e ,” Lebok

added.

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relating to essential

infrastructure, any

person who

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intentionally (a)

tampers with,

damages or destroys

essential

infrastructure; or (b)

colludes with or

assists another person

in the commission,

performance or

carrying out of an

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Readers irate over

paying for dry taps

Most say their bills haven’t reduced due to drought tariffs

TK MTIKI

TotT’s latest

Fa c e b o o k

question was:

Have the water cuts

led to a reduction of

your municipal bill or

are you still paying a

similar amount?

Most readers

responded that their

bills had rather shown

incremental increases

or no reduction as they

were still paying for

water under drought

tariffs.

Dianne Miller said:

“Paying more for

supposed drought fees.

On what water?

“Household only

on tanks and this

should be investigated.

“No way we are

using as much as they

s ay.”

Leslye Caalsen

L i n d s ay agreed: “No

water but bill isn't

reduced, still paying

drought fees. For

wh a t ?” she asked.

Colleen Denniss

described paying the

current bills while

enduring water cuts as

sacrilege.

“We still pay for

availability of water.

“What a laugh, we

have no water. Not a

drop in the pipes,” she

said.

In an attempt to

drive her point home,

Linda Bekker

compared the current

situation with the

SAPS’ advice for crime

victims.

“It’s like the advice

you get from SAPS and

your security company

in a case of hijacking

or home invasion.

“Don’t argue, don’t

look them in the eyes,

keep your head down

and arms up, don’t

make any sudden

movements, your life is

more important,” she

said.

She went on to ask

local attorney Hein

Au d i e ’s willingness to

assist to hold the

officials to account.

Dawn Hains also

said her bill had

increased.

“Drought water

charges and increased

electricity as water

needs to be boiled,”

she said.

Monique Swart

said their account had

increased because

they have had to have

pumps pumping

rainwater into the

house, using

e l e c t r i c i t y.

Terry Stewart said

he was running on

rainwater only but still

paying for water

availability and

increased electricity

for running a booster

pump.

Denise Nelson

revealed that their tank

water was finished.

Ann Atteridge-

Ty r re l l said she had her

tanks refilled, but also

mentioned it was

c o s t l y.

Tony Brown said

though the account

pricing was a major

concern, the bigger

wo r r y was the lack of

contingency plans

generated by the

municipality to

overcome the critical

non-availability of

wa t e r.

Brown added that

the issue was beyond

local government.

“This urgent issue

must be resolved as a

top priority at

provincial and

national level before

we have another

human disaster on our

h a n d s ,” he said.

Dean Mace said:

“Just for interests’ sake,

[the] air in the pipes

spins the meters like a

slot machine as well.

“If you leave taps

open to get air out the

system, you could be

charged for

c o n s u m p t i o n .”

Responding to

Mace, Monique Swart

said: “And this is a

problem we regularly

have. It makes sense

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Anna Maria

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laughing matter but we

really need to cry.”

Nadine Haynes

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charge is charged even

if you have no house

built on the property. I

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“We need a new

system of town

management and not a

political one. It seems

corruption, nepotism,

theft, unwillingness to

work, go hand-in-hand

with politics,” she said.

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SCHOOLS IN REVIEW

Fun in just ‘Six Bricks’ at Happy Hours

New teaching

tool introduced

Happy Hours Preprimary

has included

the “Six Bricks”

Programme into their daily

routine.

Principal Tracy Lloyd went

on Level 1 and 2 training,

received from an international

trainer from the Irish Education

Board, and has since trained

other teachers.

“It is a phenomenal

learning and teaching tool that

can be used across all learning

areas – not only for preschools,

but across all junior

school classes,” Lloyd said. “It

has also been used in rehab

homes as well as for senior

citizens. Its foundation is built

on creativity, literacy,

numeracy, fine and gross

motor skills as well as life

skills. All it takes is six bricks!”

She said the programme

was used internationally in all

leading schools.

“We were blessed and

given 50 sets of Duplo Six

Bricks which now means that

every child in the school has

their own set of six bricks to

work with!”

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AROUND SCHOOL

FUTURE LEADERS: Due to lockdown restrictions and prize-giving being early in the year, El

Shaddai Christian Academy chose their new student leaders for 2021 last week. In the back row,

from left, are Ntandane Ngesi, Liyabona Mbolekwa, Amyoli Tyabazayo, Ceejay Hendricks,

Khazimla Mawu, Grace Kamwana, with, front, head boy Tafara Rukainga, head girl Asiphile

Mjingwana, Sarah Dollery and Khazimla Ajah

HEARTY AFFAIR: The Grade 1s at Kowie Foundation School had great fun dressing up for

Va l e n t i n e ’s Day last week and enjoyed creating beautiful art to take home

FOR THE SAKE

OF LOVE: The

Grade R class at El

Shaddai Christian

Academy loved

dressing up to

celebrate

Va l e n t i n e ’s Day and

shared smiles

celebrating the day

of love. Back from

left are Asavuya

Mawu, Misha

Shazad and

Annabelle Oduro,

with, front, Yvonne

Amoaduro and

Azande Feni

EXPLORE,

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AND

LEARN:

Making

new

friends,

Chiara

McPherson

and Ruby

Lloyd

share a

happy

moment at

Bushwillow

School,

which

re o p e n e d

last week

SWEET TREATS: Kowie Foundation School celebrated Valentine’s Day last Friday with the

Grade Rs decorating cupcakes to spoil a loved one. We hope the cupcakes made it home


EDITORIAL

OPINION

Sharing

the love

with food

One of the most catching and

encouraging community-driven

campaigns to come along in a

long time is the “restaurant challenge”

initiated by local businessman Ed Gutsche.

It started with Gutsche, who advertises

in TotT, calling our office a couple of

weeks ago and asking how many staff

members we had. Then he told us he

wanted to give us pizzas and just asked

that we tip the delivery man.

It was a delightful surprise and we felt

loved. It was a welcome change from the

flaming arrows that come our way, which

is what it sometimes feels like working at a

n e w s p a p e r.

We soon found out that Gutsche had

also bought pizza for three other

businesses, RemaxKowie, Harcourts and

Thospark, and after we posted a photo of

our food gift on Facebook, Gutsche issued

a challenge.

Knowing how hard restaurants had

been hit by the extended lockdown, with

reduced trading hours and a liquor ban

over the season, he said he came up with a

pay-it-forward type challenge to support

local restaurants.

“I challenge anybody out there to

surprise another company with a small,

surprise food gift delivery!” Gutsche said.

Participants were encouraged to send

photos to Talk of the Town of their pay-itforward

food gifts and the recipients, and

we have gladly published these on our

Facebook page.

As one of the initial recipients, we

chose a business to pay it forward to while

supporting a local restaurant. Remax,

Harcourts and Thospark did the same, and

the challenge has multiplied from there.

Some businesses have not waited till

they were challenged, but admirably

started the ball rolling on their own, which

has made the challenge grow even more.

Hi-Tec Security was the first company

to import the challenge to Kenton-on-Sea,

by giving pizzas to Kenton SAPS. We hope

it continues in Kenton and spreads to other

parts of Ndlambe.

Not everyone may be able to pay it

forward, and that’s OK. When Feathers

Farm paid it forward to the Port Alfred

Soup Kitchen on Wednesday, Gutsche told

the soup kitchen committee that he would

pay it forward on their behalf. They just

needed to choose a local business, as well

as a restaurant they wish to support, and

he would buy the food. This man is a gem.

Many local eateries have been

supported during this campaign, and

much goodwill has been spread among

local businesses. Anyone can take part.

Contact us if you want to know which

restaurants have not been included yet,

and choose someone to bless.

Jon Houzet

TEATIME FOR THE HOSPITAL: Port Alfred Round Table 144 decided to pay it forward last Friday by donating home-cooked biscuits, made by

the Tablers’ wives and donated by Buco to the health workers at Port Alfred Hospital to say thanks for their service during the pandemic. From left

are JP de Klerk, Jacques Scheepers, Julius Horak from Buco, Dr Mark Downey on behalf of the hospital, Brandan Marais and Hardus van Heerden

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Drinking at beach issue:

Krantz must be reopened

Your edition of February 11

devoted a great deal of

space, including your

editorial column, to the socalled

“Drunken chaos at

b e a ch ”, and you severely

chastised the party folk as

well as the SA Police.

May I respectfully draw

your attention to the fact that

one of the contributing

factors to the “chaos at the

b e a ch ” could possibly be

that the Krantz, a welllocated

and dedicated zone

for braaing and

WINING AND DINING

partying, which is even

favoured with its own on-site

parking and on-site toilets,

has strangely enough not yet

been reopened to the public.

W hy ?

If the Krantz site had

been reopened to the public

in time to welcome the

loosening of some of the

seemingly ridiculous

drinking restrictions that

have been imposed on us to

try and combat the Covid-19

pandemic, then we may all

have been spared the

“drunken chaos at the

b e a ch ”, which is really just

ordinary people who are

probably just a bit “g a t vo l ”

of all the top-down

imposed restrictions of the

past 10 months and who

need to let off a bit of steam.

We are only human after

all.

Please use some of your

considerable editorial

influence to have the Krantz

venue reopened without

d e l ay.

JUSTIN DE WET STEYN

C E L E B R AT I O N

OF LOVE: Aimee

Coleman and

Hugo Brook were

at the Valentine’s

dinner at the

Royal St Andrews

Hotel last

Saturday P i c t u re :

BRYAN SMITH

Boosting our

immunity vital

This is an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

As the debate about the efficacy of the Covid-19

vaccine continues unabated, and the fate of Ivermectin

lies in the balance, I would like to ask you one question.

Why are you not mentioning the critical subject of our

immune systems? Why are you not explaining, at every

address to the nation, that we each have a sleeping giant

within us, our ancient friend that has protected humanity

for thousands of years against microbial invasion? Why

not inform the nation of the importance of our immune

systems and how to take care of them?

As the second variant hits us, we should be nurturing

this sleeping giant, this wonderful, complex and

intelligent system.

Vitamin C, vitamin D and zinc are well-known

immune boosters. I do understand that financial

constraints make healthy eating habits difficult to

maintain and puts a regular daily vitamin regime beyond

most people’s pockets. However, perhaps you and your

government could roll out a vitimin C, D and zinc

protocol from your countrywide clinics?

Aa countrywide rollout of immune-boosting vitamins

would be a logistical challenge. Would it not still be

worth it to target our healthcare workers and the

vulnerable? The cost of boosting the national immune

system would be small compared to the financial and

personal chaos we are still witnessing.

Let nature work FOR us – it’s all she really wants to

do. It could be so simple. Inform us and encourage us, Mr

Ramaphosa, to strengthen our immune systems so our

bodies can naturally fight the virus, keep us at our jobs,

keep food on the table and keep our loved ones with us.

SHERYL BRADFIELD

Many hours, money wasted in effort to have vehicles scrapped

I refer to the article “Fr u s t ra t e d

with service at traffic

department”. In June last year I

attempted to have my beach

buggy, destroyed in a vehicle

accident, and an old motor bike

s c ra p p e d .

No forms are kept on the

shelf to complete this

transaction. I had to queue a

long time to have the required

forms printed from the

computer, then a second long

queue to hand them in.

I was informed that the

papers would take about three

months to complete.

On January 25, as I had not

heard anything from the traffic

department and the beach

buggy had to be licensed at the

end of the month, I approached

the department, after a threehour

wait outside, to be

informed that all I had done was

to apply for a licence and that I

must do the whole process

again. Nothing that I said would

change the staff member’s

mind. I then submitted all the

papers and affidavit again – a

repeat of what I did before.

I have been told that the

department does not like to

scrap any vehicles as they then

lose out on the revenue. I was

also told that one person has

been trying to scrap a vehicle

for years now. In the meantime,

I have to keep paying the license

fees for both vehicles.

D Pocock

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The passing parade

FACE 2 FACE with /

Athenkosi Felem

In As You Like It, William

Shakespeare penned his very

powerful and thought-provoking

description of the life of man.

“All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women

merely players;

They have their exits and their

e n t ra n c e s ,

And one man in his time plays

many parts,

His acts being seven ages ...”

In a sense, it can be argued that

each one of us is a member of the

“passing parade”, and we all have

our roles to play as we go through

the allotted passageways of our life

journeys.

Some of those journeys include

fame and fortune, achievements and

significant milestones.

Others reflect the challenges of

failure and myriad obstacles that

have been encountered on their

particular routes.

For most, their life journeys

consist of a combination and range

of the positive highlights and the

sobering low points that challenge

man.

Clearly the circumstances of our

individual journeys are

incontrovertibly directed by the

timing and location of our earthly

existence.

Early stone-age man would have

encountered social and

environmental factors vastly different

to the realities of technology-driven

21st century living.

The lifestyles and challenges of

the Roman Empire era were nothing

like those of the Eskimos in

Greenland and Iceland.

Some people would contend that

fate is the determining factor.

But nobody can escape the reality

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ABOUT IT

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that we all play out our roles in the

passing parades of life.

Students of history, a rch a e o l o g y,

sociology and other humanitiesrelated

fields invariably come to an

understanding and appreciation of

the absorbing vibrancy and

captivating interest-value reflected in

the affairs of mankind.

The historical and current

parades depict events, achievements,

actions and deeds that range from

groundbreaking to astounding,

exciting, regrettable, catastrophic

and evil.

But they all contribute to our

flawed and dynamic human journey,

and reflect whom we are.

Some would interpret “p a ra d e ”

in its military or ceremonial sense...

there is merit in that on the

appropriate level.

Perhaps this more contained

interpretation is a microcosm of the

broader application.

But its huge significance to the

military is reflected in:

“We were a self-centred army

without parade or gesture, devoted to

freedom, the second of man’s creeds,

a purpose so ravenous that it

devoured all our strength, a hope so

transcendent that our earlier

ambitions faded into its glare”-

Arabia Seven Pillars of Wisdom,

1926.

There is also:

“The muffled drum’s sad roll has

beat

The soldier’s last tattoo;

No more on Life’s parade shall

meet

The brave and fallen few.

On Fame’s eternal campingground

Their silent tents are spread,

And Glory guards, with solemn

round

The bivouac of the dead”.-

Theodore O’Hara, Bivouac of the

Dead

While it seems accurate and a

transcendental truth that our role is

inextricably bound to the “passing

p a ra d e ” of all humanity, it is arguably

not healthy to focus on or become

obsessed with this thought, though.

Going with the flow seems the

sensible choice and Hollywood

actor Sylvester Stallone expressed an

aspect of this in his views:

“When you’re on top and you

lead the parade, everyone’s there

throwing lilies and lilac water on

your head.

“But when those parades have

gone by and there’s a storm in your

heart, there are very few people that

[sic] are going to sit there and listen

to you bemoan life”.

Finally, for those who have an

abiding interest in the affairs of man,

the observations by Gary Trudeau:

“I’m still passionately interested

in what my fellow humans are up to.

“For me, a day spent monitoring

the passing parade is a day wellspent.“

QTell us about your occupation.

AI am a beauty therapist and a coowner

at Athies beauty spa in

Marselle.

What is the most satisfying aspect of

the work you do?

I love to help improve a client’s

appearance of their face and body, to

make them feel better about themselves.

What is the one tourist aspect you

would recommend to a visitor to the

Sunshine Coast?

Taking a morning or evening walk

alongside the Kwaaihoek, close to the

Boknes lagoon.

What is your motto in life?

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

What keeps you motivated?

The love I have for what I do and the

happiness I see in my clients’ faces

when I’m doing their treatment.

What do you think can be done to

address unemployment in SA?

More practical work should be

introduced at schools, especially in the

higher grades – even to those who did

not have the opportunity to finish their

studies, so that when they look for jobs

one day, they will already have the skills

and experience. This will help decrease

u n e m p l oy m e n t .

If you have a bucket list, what is the top

item you would like to do?

Change someone’s life for the better.

Do you think enough is being done to

reduce our carbon footprint on the

planet? If not, how can we change this?

No, we need to lessen our personal

environmental impact by using energy

more efficiently, while also producing

electricity and natural gas, conserving

water and travelling less.

What is your favourite type of music?

Afro-soul.

What is always in your fridge?

I always have carrots.

If you were president of SA for one day,

what top three things would you do?

Make sure the homeless have homes;

tighten the law, including with regards

to corruption; and change the cabinet.

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N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES

E-mail Rob Knowles at knowlesr@tisoblackstar.co.za or fax (046) 624-2293

or drop in at 29 Miles Street from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday

IT has now been 329 days since the

national lockdown was imposed and

things are slowly returning to normal;

well, sort of.

While beaches and other public

amenities are open once more, the 11pm

to 5am curfew is still in place and pub/

tavern opening times are still restricted.

Yet, by and large, things are getting

better, albeit not fast enough to suit the

most vulnerable of our community.

Unemployment is officially just over

30%, but unofficially closer to 50%.

Grant payments have been hampered

by an inefficient system and it is alleged

that considerable fraud has been

perpetrated by companies and officials

alike on TERS funding.

Getting people back to work is

therefore a major focus but, with several

sectors of the economy under threat

(tourism and hospitality being two of the

worst hit), full employment may be an

unachievable goal. After all, it hasn’t

happened over the last 27 years when

there was no threat of a pandemic.

THE water crisis is hitting the area hard,

with some without water for weeks and

even months.

Despite the rain, the entire water

scheme in Ndlambe is failing, b a d l y.

For many years, the area’s water supply

has been an issue as the population has

grown but little to no changes have been

implemented regarding water demand.

When Absa/DevCo and Bigen Africa

built Thornhill there was a plan to extract

water from the Gariep Dam, via

Makhanda and to the Sarel Hayward

Dam, supplementing our dwindling water

supply. This was abandoned when a

licence could not be obtained.

Later, Amatola Water came into the

picture, appointed by the Eastern Cape

provincial government.

A litany of wastage of money and water

followed, with a R200m reverse osmosis

plant left almost complete but unused,

just north of Nemato.

In January 2020, there was an open

public meeting where the concerns of

residents were expressed and Ndlambe

mayor, Khululwa Ncamiso, echoed their

concerns and stated that she no longer

wanted Amatola Water involved in the

water scheme.

However, an irregular and unlawful

tender appointment by the municipality

caused delays in Port Alfred getting a new

seawater RO plant. This has been delayed

again until April by the lack of a permit.

Residents want to know when they will

have water in their taps but, to date, there

is no positive solution and so we continue

to crouch over buckets to wash ourselves.

PUBLIC schools reopened on Monday,

but many pupils are on a day-on/day-off

rotation.

Private schools have been open for

longer, giving these pupils an advantage

in any upcoming examinations.

In fact, our educational system has

been badly hit by the Covid-19

lockdowns and may take years to recover.

This is therefore an ideal time to focus on

reforms to education and a chance to

rebuild the system from the bottom up.

E S KO M ’S CEO, Andre de Ruyter, has

stated that renewable energy is a major

focus of the company, in line with

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement in

the recent State of the Nation Address.

Large, cumbersome and dirty coalfired

power stations such as those at

Medupi and Kusile are relics of the past.

With the design faults at both stations,

SA is facing perhaps five years of

loadshedding, according to government

sources. This is an untenable situation for

the country as we need to attract overseas

businesses if we ever hope to get the

economy on a firm footing. But who will

invest in a country with an irregular and

unpredictable power supply?

The tens of billions of rand pumped

into attempting to rescue the failed coalfired

power stations would be put to

better use in implementing solar, wind

and tidal renewable energy plants, and

decentralising and democratising power

generation in the country.

FORMER president Jacob Zuma has again

SPECIAL EVENING

FOOD, WINE AND ROMANCE: Patricia and Ivaan Kannemeyer enjoy

themselves at the Valentine’s dinner at the Royal St Andrews Hotel last

Saturday night Picture: BRYAN SMITH

defied a summons to appear before the

Inquiry into State Capture in defiance of a

constitutional court ruling that he must.

Chair of the inquiry, deputy chief

justice Raymond Zondo, has requested

that imprisonment be imposed shoud

Zuma be found guilty of ignoring the

summons.

If Zuma is allowed to flagrantly

disrespect the constitution of the republic,

then that particular document is worthless

and should be torn up.

The ANC National Executive

Committee (supposedly the highest

authority within the party) made a ruling

that those charged with crimes should

“step aside”, but this is evidently not

working. The ANC is falling apart, with

factionalism evident at every turn. How

can the ANC govern the country when it

can’t even abide by its own rulings?

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S to everyone

celebrating a special day in the week

ahead, and with every best wish for many

more to Don Wood, Arthur Haig, Lindsay

Ross, Marilyn Michau, Mandy Pretorius,

Debbie Duncan, Edmund Hall, Joyce

Webb, Mark Charter, Brendan Welsh,

Tracy Willemse, Sue Bradfield, Sonia

Nginase, Shirley Pheasant, Cole Gailey,

Caitlin Bessinger, Chloe Rademan, Lisa-

Jayne Bezuidenhout, Phillip Swanepoel,

Ankia Hunke, Kelly van der Merwe,

Terrence Lansdell, Josephine Goliath,

Lorna Bradfield, Desmand Hand, Wesley

Mcmahon, Carolyn Clarence, Wendy

Clayton, Jonathan Steck, Bes Radue, Beryl

Smith, Chenelle Freeman, Danielle

Spaumer, Bianca Twynham, Zola Kerr,

Caryn Bruyns, Jason Currie, Louise

Wiggett, Drewnei Potgieter, Adele

Broodryk, Wim Slieker, Greg Short, Allan

Nonqulo, Patrick Grafton and Belinda

Van Zyl.

E V E RY success for many more years to

follow are the wishes we are conveying to

the following businesses and

organisations on another anniversary,

especially Adviceworx and Rocky Ridge

Farm Stall (en-route to Bathurst).

DON’T be too impressed with the

markets and that SA appears to be on an

upswing with respect to the currency

c o nve r s i o n .

Any positives in the market are

temporary and more a sign that the world

is happy to be rolling out vaccines.

Yet, as the euphoria diminishes we will

find out the true value of the rand.

With last year’s figures in brackets to

compare against, the rand was trading at

R14.47 to the dollar (R14.95), R17.63 to

the euro (R16.16) and R20.60 to the

pound (R19.45).

Gold was trading at $1,817.60 per fine

ounce ($1,608.46), Platinum at $1,313

per ounce ($970.58) and Brent Crude at

$62.43 per barrel ($58.12).

SPECIAL thoughts and prayers are with all

who are not well, having or have already

had tests, operations and treatments.

Sterkte Roy Potter, Andrew de Vries, Jenny

Groenewald, Jan Haig, Lesley Stevenson.

WEDDING anniversary congratulations

and continued happiness to all couples

celebrating this special occasion.

Wishes extend to John and Lodene

Pohl, Shawn and Tammy Peet, Simon and

Clare du Plessis, Trevor and Stephanie

Warner, Rob and Sami Schofield, Clive

and Christine Haworth.

THOUGHT for the week: “It is difficult to

say what is impossible, for the dream of

yesterday is the hope of today and the

reality of tomorrow.”

BEST regards as always,

The Team

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Medicinal plants talk a real tonic

Botanist Finn Rautenbach joins Homegrown Nursery for an informative, well-attended workshop

AMBA HOLMES

Free-spirited botanist Finn

Rautenbach was the guest

at a medicinal herb

workshop hosted by

Homegrown Nursery in Bathurst

last Saturday.

Homegrown owner Linda

Edwards and Rautenbach have

known each other for years,

making for a wonderful

c o l l a b o ra t i o n .

After graduating from

NMMU with a Bsc in botany,

Rautenbach went on to manage

the well-known Botanical

Gardens in the Garden Route.

For the past year, he has

been working with a globally

recognised African medicinal

herb company, Afrigetics, where

he has expanded his medicinal

plant knowledge.

It has led him on an exciting,

winding path through the rural

villages of SA in search of

medicine, sacred knowledge

and wisdom, which he shared

with an eager group of

“planties” on a pristine Saturday

morning.

The workshop was a

gathering of happy faces, with a

lighthearted atmosphere and a

strong sense of community.

Over about two hours,

Rautenbach shared and

elaborated on the bewildering

properties of local “medicinal

treasures” that can be found

right on our doorstep in the

Eastern Cape.

Attendees learnt how to

identify and safely harbour the

benefits of plants such as

U m h l o mya n e / A f r i c a n

wormwood (Artemisiaafra)

and aloe arborescence for

everyday usage for a variety of

ailments, such as colds and

severe sunburn.

Among the lessons imparted

were that plant growers had so

much to learn and gratitude to

give to the traditional

knowledge holders for retaining

and passing on such beneficial,

sacred information for people to

be able to benefit from today.

Not only did attendees learn

how to use these plants, they

were also educated on the

importance of maintaining

sustainable harvesting practices

for all flora and how crucial this

is for the planet, its ecosystems

and its people.

The workshop demonstrated

R a u t e n b a ch ’s passion for the

earth and people.

He was pleased with the

fantastic turnout and will be

hosting this workshop on a

month-to-month basis.

See events on Facebook at

Finngrows and Homegrown

N u r s e r y.

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The most important questions

on everybody’s lips currently

will certainly be: “What does

the future hold?” and “Will I

have sufficient funds to retire

one day?”

The first question, I am sure,

will remain unanswered.

Unfortunately our future

depends on many outside

factors that I am certain nobody

would like to elaborate on or

even try to predict. The different

factors controlling our futures

are too many to mention.

Wide

selection at

Josies Plants

Retirement planning

Fortunately, about concern

number two, many of us can

still do something to assure a

positive result.

Statistics show that only 6%

of South Africans will be able to

retire, financially securely, upon

reaching the normal retirement

age of 65. The remaining 94%

will battle.

The days when people could

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still use their retirement funds to

live in luxury are past. If you can

just manage to maintain your

normal lifestyle during

retirement, I can assure you that

you will be counted as one of

the fortunate minority.

How does one prevent

financial hardships during

retirement? My only reply to

that will be to save sufficiently,

in a well-planned and

structured manner, during one’s

working life. If a person starts

with a carefully planned savings

plan right from their very first

p ay ch e q u e , it will result in a

comfortable retirement.

However, it is also better to

start at a late stage, than not to

start at all. To avoid a desperate

predicament upon retirement,

please, for the sake of your

loved ones, establish a good

relationship with an

experienced and trusted

financial advisor without any

further delay.

For qualified, experienced

and honest financial advice

presented with a passion, please

feel free to telephone me on

087-805-7712 for an

appointment to secure your

financial well-being.

Our offices are situated at

20 Southwell Road, corner of

Becker Street, Port Alfred.

It is the office where the blue

light shines at night.

Jo-Anne Hilliar is a well-known South African

landscape design consultant who is now, due to

Covid, working mainly internationally and

operating under the company name of

Landscape Design Consultants International.

Working within South African borders, the

c o m p a ny ’s areas of expertise includes training,

horticultural knowledge and auditing of

completed landscapes.

Hilliar’s portfolio also includes being the

regional head judge for the South African

Landscape Institute for KZN.

The birth of Josies Plants has come from her

own garden in Port Alfred, which has a huge

selection of groundcover planting material,

mainly indigenous, grown specifically and

suited to local conditions.

The hardy, self-sustaining groundcover

plants are suited to the Sunshine Coast climate

and drier conditions, requiring little watering.

Good groundcover also provides a lowmaintenance

approach to gardening, and fills

up spaces where many plants won’t grow.

The cost of the plants, in 1l to 2l bags, is

extremely affordable.

They are planted in good compost and

potting medium mix.

It is always good to call the nursery

beforehand so customers can be guided on their

appropriate needs.

Josies Plants also supports African Dream

organic compost/fertiliser combination, which

is available at the nursery.

For further information contact Josies Plants

on 082-570-5858.

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Top legal, financial help on hand

Local businesses, individuals enjoy broad range of services

HM Botha was formed by

Marietjie Botha (now Robb) 31

years ago.

“We are an all-woman professional

team. Our firm is dynamic and delivers

excellent service,” Robb said.

She is assisted by Zanel Venter at

the Port Alfred office, while Colleen

van Wyk oversees the Midrand office.

“We combine professionalism with

a relaxed personal environment at our

offices in Midrand and Port Alfred, as

well as virtually, offering a wide range

of professional services.”

HM Botha’s range of services

include property law and

conveyancing in general, commercial

law, advice on property development,

commercial agreements, setting up and

registration of trusts, estate planning,

drafing of wills, deceased estates and

notarial, and more.

Leading financial advisors,

A d v i c ewo r x has teamed up with

Cornerstone Insurance to increase the

products and services it offers.

“We are really excited to add more

value to our existing clients as well as

bring aboard new clients,” A dv i c e wo r x

partner and financial advisor Barry

Allen said.

A national business for the last 10

years, Cornerstone has established a

reputation for sound advice and Allen

has been working with Cornerstone

founder, and also a co-founder of

Adviceworx, Simon Sayer, for the last

20 years.

Sayer said: “The Cornerstone team

is a close-knit group who take personal

pride in delivering an intimate service

proposition to their clients.”

Audie Attorneys is a leading family

run law firm, with its roots firmly in Po r t

Alfred. Their range of services include

conveyancing, property law, family

law, litigation, notarial, tax law,

commercial law, administration of

estates, trusts and wills.

The firm specialises in property law

and transfers, and has the largest

conveyancing department in Ndlambe.

“We deal with private individuals,

homeowners, real estate agents,

property developers, banks and

mortgage originators. We provide a

seamless service ensuring property

registrations in record time.”

The office consists of three

attorneys, Liesl Erasmus, Hein Audie,

Micke Erasmus and a paralegal, Jenine

Hector. Both Liesl and Micke are also

conveyancers and notaries.

They firmly believe in building

lasting relationships through

knowledge, experience and trust.

De Jager & Lordan is a leading law

firm with offices in Makhanda,

Alexandria and Kenton, which sees its

clients as its most important asset.

They serve private individuals and

corporations, including many

agricultural service providers across

various industry sectors, providing a

broad range of legal services.

The firm was established by

attorney Oscar van Wyk in 1940. Carl

Balan succeeded Van Wyk and after

acquiring the firm from Balan, the

currently known De Jager & Lordan Inc

was founded in 1982.

They expanded to Kenton-on-Sea

and Makhanda in 2012, providing

direct access to the Grahamstown high

court to their clients, who stretch from

Humansdorp to East London.

They offer a broad range of legal

services such as conveyancing, bond

registration, litigation, commercial

contracting, trusts, and more. Since

they always put their clients first, they

occasionally adapt the services offered

to comply with each client’s needs.

Furthermore, all the directors,

associates and clients are always up to

date regarding changes in legislation.

De Jager & Lordan is a proud

member of the Phatshoane Henney

Group of Associated Law Firms, which

is the largest legal network in SA.

Currently comprising nearly 50 law

firms with more than 60 offices in nine

provinces and more than 500

professionals, the group continues to

grow year-on-year and expand its

presence to major centres across SA.

Established in 1971, Neave Stötter

I n c o r p o ra t e d is celebrating 50 years of

providing a variety of quality

professional legal services to the local

communities, with offices in Port Alfred

and Kenton-on-Sea. Under the

leadership of MD Grant Marais, who

has been with the firm for more than 20

years, the dedicated, friendly team,

many of whom have been there for over

15 years, are ready to assist in all legal

areas, specialising in conveyancing,

drawing of wills, the administering of

deceased estates and commercial law.

“We are on the bond panel of most

major banks and, along with the rest of

our conveyancing department,

efficiently and professionally cater for

all property transactions,” Marais said.

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As part of the national BVSA

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understand each client’s unique

position, delivering high-quality

personal service and staff with good

financial knowledge and experience.

B V S A’s clients range from young

entrepreneurs to businesses across a

wide range of industries, to retirees.

Clients include small family-owned

businesses and medium enterprises in

various sectors such as agriculture,

retail and education.

BVSA Port Alfred believes in giving

back to the community, supporting

various local charities and projects.

These include subsidised services to

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F E AT U R E

Not to late to plan for retirement

Investment options more flexible now

Articles about making sufficient

provision for your retirement

usually pop up at this time of the

year, possibly because we face the end of

the financial and tax year … Fe b r u a r y.

In truth, retirement is all about ultralong-term

planning. The earlier one

starts, the less painful the journey as you

take advantage of the powerful force of

compound growth or interest on interest.

One of the ways of showing

compound growth at work is to look at

ultra-long-term money.

The first month’sR100 saving you put

aside 30 years ago will today buy you ten

d ay s ’ worth of mini breakfasts at the

restaurants around town.

The R100 saved at the beginning of

this month will pay for three days of

breakfasts. So that’s seven more

breakfasts for starting early!

For many readers, 30 years ago is a

distant memory. “We are already retired,”

you will say. The rest of this article is

about you.

What is retirement?

Retirement is no longer at 60 or 65,

it’s no longer a particular age. It is

nowadays better to describe retirement

as that point in life where one starts to

partly or completely live off the

accumulated savings and capital you

have built up.

The benefit of this approach to

retirement planning is that it allows

freedom of thought to “partially retire” or

start a second career or turn a hobby into

an income-generating business.

Accessing your accumulated capital is

now only part of a much more

productive way of planning the rest of

your life. It allows for a much more

flexible thought process to emerge as one

explores all the options including living

off one’s capital, or when to sell the

mansion and downscale.

What are my choices when I start

living off my savings?

In the bad old days when computers

were weak and options were few, a

retiree would shop around with various

insurers and buy a lifetime’s monthly

pension.

He or she would trade accumulated

retirement capital for a guaranteed

monthly payment for life. If you died

early or late you would receive the same

guaranteed amount, with nothing for

your beneficiaries but with absolute

peace of mind.

But as Nobel prize-winner Bob Dylan

famously sang in the early ’60s, “Th e

times they are a-changing”.

Today, in addition to the old fixed

income or guaranteed pension, there are

now literally endless ways to receive a

monthly pension.

Together with your adviser you can

now plan your phased retirement with

matching financial solutions.

Key among these is the living annuity.

Developed in the early ’90s, this flexible

solution to providing retirement income

allows you to choose a level of taxable

cash flow to suit your monthly budget

while the remainder of your capital is

invested totally free from all taxes. You

don’t pay a cent in income tax, capital

gains tax, dividends tax or estate duty.

What’s more, on your death, you can

pass what is left of your capital to your

surviving spouse and other beneficiaries

with no executor’s fees. Your

beneficiaries will also receive the same

tax benefits should they wish.

Where to invest?

In addition to their unique structure,

living annuities also offer endless

investment choices to underpin your

retirement strategy. These range from

personalised share portfolios to cash and

bond funds. For example, you could

decide in conjunction with your adviser

to invest a large component of your funds

in growth assets offshore and hold

sufficient in cash to provide for, say, two

ye a r s ’ income.

Phased retirement is now the name of

the game and there are now infinite

flexible financial solutions to help you

achieve a seamless and interesting

transition from working for a living to

allowing your capital work for you …

and to those of you reading this who are

still working, start saving now, it’s never

too late.

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F E AT U R E

Kenton Garage

celebrates big 10

De Witt couple thank coustomers, staff and suppliers for

making business venture a success

MILESTONE: The owners of the Kenton Garage complex and

adjacent eatery businesses, Eugene and Ruleen de Witt, are

celebrating 10 years since taking over the garage

Kenton Garage owners Eugene and Ruleen

de Witt said it felt like only yesterday that

they changed gears from being

holidaymakers in the corporate world with a

home in Kenton-on-Sea, to becoming permanent

residents and business owners in December

2010.

“It was the year we all remember for the Fifa

World Cup held in South Africa,” Eugene said.

“Ten years on and looking back, we have

been able to develop our business offering to

where we can claim to be a hub where tourists

and locals can get a number of needs fulfilled.”

The Kenton Garage complex with the

supermarket, car wash and mechanical

workshop is complemented by the food offering

in their sister complex housing the Continental

Restaurant, Pizzeria and Take-away.

“It’s one-stop sustenance for humans and

m a ch i n e s ,” Eugene said.

“Looking back over the years we have been

blessed and privileged to do business in a town

as special as Kenton-on-Sea. It is a town with an

abundance of wonderful people that make you

feel that every effort you put into your business is

appreciated and supported.

“People give constructive feedback that helps

us grow and improve what we do on an ongoing

basis.

“On a personal level we have been able to

get involved in community projects, the

Chamber of Business, and in 2018 Ruleen and I

joined the Rotary family of Kenton-on-Sea,” he

said.

“When we first arrived we had four

permanent employees with a handful of casuals.

As we grew we added staff in order to offer a

level of customer service that would support our

service offering. Today we employ 49 staff across

our businesses on a permanent basis.

“We want to take this public opportunity to

acknowledge these individuals over the years

that have made our vision real.”

Continuing their story, Eugene said: “No

business can be successful if you don’t respect

and partner with your suppliers. To this end we

want to thank every single supplier that has

made it possible for us to keep to our standards

of having adequate stock of whatever we trade in

at all times.”

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, besides

raising a glass of the best, the De Witts have

refurbished and upgraded Kenton Garage

forecourt as well as the supermarket to be fresh

and more in step with a very much transformed

e c o n o my.

“Our celebration would not be complete if

we didn’t extend a sincere and huge thank you,

to all our customers that have supported us

through good and bad times in the last 10 years.

“Without you, the customer, our staff and of

course suppliers, our business would not be

where it is today.”

Sharwoods Tyres

Corner of Kempston & Commercial Rd

Sidwell, Port Elizabeth

Telephone: 0677493622

Congratulations on

your 10 th anniversary

Kenton Garage.

We are proud to be

associated with you.

From Richard,

Peter and the rest

of the team.


The city is renowned for its

educational institutions, for

being the national seat of

the judiciary and for its

cultural events

makhanda

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SPCA NEWS

SPCA Grahamstown has announced

that Dr Amy Jackson-Moss will be

running an onsite veterinary clinic at

the SPCA premises from March. She

did her year of compulsory community

service at the SPCA in 2019, after

qualifying as a veterinarian.

It was quite a rude awakening wh e n

I walked up Hillsview Road the other

day from Lawrance Street towards the

clinic.

For the first 300m, verges were

overgrown with grass and weeds,

branches of pavement trees were

hanging dangerously low over the

roadway, with large bushes actually

protruding into the street.

Then one reaches what was once a

fully tarred road, now a horrendous

strip of road with scores of potholes,

trenches not properly filled in, and

crumbling tar. Maybe the ward

councillor should go up there and have

a look at Hillsview Road.

Visitors to the SPCA centre on the

southern side of the industrial area in

recent days will have noticed work in

progress in the office and clinic areas.

The renovations are being

undertaken to improve the clinic

section and move the office to the front

entrance nearest the parking lot.

NEW STAFF

Three new staff appointments in the

music department at the Diocesan

School for Girls (DSG) are: Kutlwayno

Kepadisa (chamber choir conductor),

Peter Black (music teacher in voice and

St Andrew’s College chapel choir

conductor) and Nhlanhla Xipa (music

teacher in strings and marimbas).

WELL DONE

Congratulations to Kingswood College

Matric pupils Colby Cockcroft, Anke

Muller, Daniel Reid, Jenna-Rose Smith

and Anna Timmermans who have been

awarded academic honours based on

their third-term results of 2020.

Academic colours have been

awarded to Wanda Madasa and Anda

Poya .

WATER DISRUPTIONS

Makhanda residents across the city

have had to put up with water

disruptions and outages over the past

couple of weeks.

A statement issued by the

municipality 10 days ago revealed that

oxygen has been in very short supply

and it is required for various uses in the

water pumping process.

“Until these issues are resolved,

please expect ongoing disruptions,”

said the statement.

Then, last Friday, a major pipe burst

occurred at Phaphamane reservoir and

the water supply was shut off.

The part needed to repair the pipe

was ordered from Port Elizabeth and

was expected to arrive three days

l a t e r.

Water was expected to be restored

by Tuesday this week.

RESIDENTS MEET

In accordance with Covid-19 protocols

and restrictions, a maximum of 53

people will be permitted to attend the

Grahamstown Residents’ Association

AGM next month.

The meeting will be held at

AMAZWI in Worcester Street (formerly

NELM)) at 5.30pm on Wednesday,

March 3.

The meeting will also be streamed

via Zoom.

Among the items on the agenda

will be the chair’s report, election of

new committee, and views from the

floor on the proposed name change of

the association.

FINAL JOURNEY

For many years, Greyhound and

Citiliner inter-city buses have been

cruising along Makhanda’s streets,

becoming a familiar sight as they

dropped off and picked up passengers.

The Greyhound buses had two

stops in town – Kimberley Hall on the

Rhodes University campus and

Bathurst Street, just below Birch’s.

However, an announcement by the

company this month saw Greyhound

and Citiliner operations grinding to a

halt at the weekend.

C E L E B R AT I N G

St Andrew’s Preparatory School is

officially 136 years old this year, having

been founded in January 1885 and

opening its doors to 25 pupils.

Congratulations to the school

council, headmaster Brendan Brady,

staff members and pupils. Trust you

enjoyed your celebratory cupcakes!

APPOINTMENTS AT PJ

PJ Olivier has appointed Mrs Mare-Lize

Els as the new grade head for the

foundation phase (Grade R to Grade 3)

in its primary school. She has been on

the staff since January 2020.

Another appointment at the

“school on the hill” is that of Miss

L’May Pyper, new Grade 3 teacher.

TWO DAYS, TWO COURSES

There’s a classic coming up, and it’s the

first-ever Makana Sunshine two-day

golf classic over two courses in a

we e k ’s time.

The courses are Belmont outside

Makhanda (Saturday, February 27) and

Royal Port Alfred (Sunday, February

28).

The competitions are being coordinated

and organised by Makana

Tourism and Sunshine Coast Tourism.

It is hoped the tournament will

become an annual flagship event for

the tourism bodies to generate interest

in the region, and raise funds towards

the Belmont and Royal Port Alfred golf

clubs’ caddie academies.

Entries can be phoned through to

082-924-4797 (Belmont) or 046-624-

4796 (Royal Port Alfred).

HONORARY OLD ANDREANS

Gavin Keeton, acting vice-president of

the Old Andrean Club, welcomed Pete

Andrew and Lin Andrew, as well as

Dean Andrew Hunter, as Honorary Old

Andreans during assembly at St

A n d r ew ’s College at the beginning of

the month.

Lin Andrew retired at the end of

2020 after serving for 10 years as the

archivist at St Andrew’s College, and a

further 15 years at St Andrew’s Prep as

director of the children’s arts festival.

Pete Andrew was director of sport

at St Andrew’s College for 15 years and

retired at the end of 2020.

He was also housemaster at

Mullins for six years and in charge of

the annual Fish River Journey. They

have retired to Bushmans.

Andrew Hunter served on the St

Andrew’s College Council, and also

promoted the spiritual wellbeing of St

Andrew’s pupils. He and wife Claire

have moved to Cape Town.

BOTH RACES OFF

Some Makhanda athletes will have

been bitterly disappointed at the news

emanating from the organising bodies

of the Two Oceans Ultra-

Marathon/Half-Marathon in Cape

Town and the Comrades Marathon in

KwaZulu-Natal, that the races have

been cancelled for this year.

The Two Oceans was scheduled to

take place on April 3 and the

Comrades on June 13.

SPORT APPOINTMENTS

The Diocesan School for Girls (DSG)

has made two new appointments in its

sports division.

Geowynne Gamiet is the new

director of sport and head of hockey at

the school.

He is a former hockey player of

note and represented SA for six years,

and is a highly regarded schools’ and

provincial coach.

Lucy Twane is the new sports

administrator at DSG and was a highly

accomplished netball player, having

started her elite netball career with

Buffalo City Metro based in East

London and later with Madibaz in Port

Elizabeth.

She also represented SA at the

Netball Youth World Championships.

Latterly, she has been employed by

SA Rugby and the Southern Kings, who

were liquidated last year.

PRIVATE COACHING

Former professional cricketer with the

Warriors and Tshwane Spartans, and

current cricket coach at Kingswood

College, Andrew Birch, is offering

private coaching sessions at the

school’s high performance centre

under the Young Guns Cricket

Academy banner.

Birch has almost 15 years’

professional cricket experience, and

can be contacted at

abirch23@gmail.com

LEADING THE TEAMS

Malibongwe Mkosi has been

appointed captain of basketball at St

A n d r ew ’s College and Jake Boateng-

Aidoo vice-captain.

Samuel Francis is the 2021 First Xl

cricket captain, while Oliver Rose and

Matthew Dovey are captain and vicecaptain

respectively of waterpolo.

PRINTING AND PROPERTIES

How time has flown! According to a

social media post last week, it’s been

all of 17 years that David and Jean

Rodgerson have been at the helm of

the RE/MAX Frontier Properties brand

in Grahamstown/Makhanda, as well as

in Port Elizabeth.

Congratulations on your 17

RE/MAX years, and here’s wishing you

17 more years of successful property

t ra n s a c t i o n s .

Meanwhile, there was cause for

further celebration at RE/MAX last

week when it was revealed that its

agents made 20 sales worth almost

R20m in January 2021.

It seems like just the other day that

the three of us were working together

as part of a great team of people at

Grocott & Sherry.

Those were the days when

Grocott’s had a full stationery shop,

printing works, rubber stamp division

and, of course, the twice-weekly

Grocott’s Mail newspaper.

Good old days, those, with an everpresent

Jeff Grocott in the shop and in

his office, and Dennis Richardson in

the printing division.

In the newspaper offices I

remember former editors Richard

Buckland, Jill Joubert, Rob Cooper and

Peter Croeser, as well as reporter/chief

photographer Stephen Penney, and

production staff Emily Mardon and

Monica Kara.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Over the years friends, acquaintances,

readers and residents have often asked

of me whether I knew what had

happened to former local business

people and well-known personalities –

some who left the city long ago and

others not so long ago. I too

sometimes wonder where they are

t o d ay.

Let’s have a look at a few – I can be

contacted by e-mail on

sidp@imaginet.co.za

Leon Reich was the owner of the

Grand Hotel in lower High Street, and

left the then Grahamstown many years

ago. Wonder where he is today.

Naren Gajjar and his wife were

one-time owners of Patel’s general

dealer store (and freshly roasted

peanut experts) at 12 Bathurst Street.

About 15 years ago I bumped into

Naren at a big cricket match at St

George’s Park, and wonder if he still

lives in PE.

Charles Brouckaert was a former

optometrist with rooms in the Carlton

Arcade. The last I heard he had retired

and settled along the Garden Route.

Ivor Gelvan was part of

management at the Graham Hotel in

upper High Street, and managed

Grapevine Bottle Store in Bathurst

Street before leaving for Cape Town.

The last I heard he had settled in

Sea Point.

I was able to help some people who

had asked about long-time residents,

and was able to inform them that Mrs

Molly Haefele (Butterfly Snack Bar),

Clyde Wallace (T Birch & Co – B i rch ’s),

Jeff Grocott (Grocott & Sherry) and

Victor Banks (Victor Banks

Refrigeration) still live in Makhanda.

ON THE RAILS

I drove past Christ Church in Speke

Street the other day and my mind

travelled back in time to the not-sodistant

days when children and their

parents would make their way to the

manse garden for rides on the

miniature train on a specially-laid-out

track on occasional Saturday mornings.

I visited now and then to take

photos of all the happy faces!

The drive past Christ Church made

me wonder where all those children

are today. Some may be at university,

others working, others married and

settled down with sons and daughters

of their own, and others living

overseas. Unfortunately I forget the

names of the regular train driver and

his assistant. Wonder if the train still

runs to this day?

FIRST DAY

ALL IN THE

FAMILY: Mom

Sonai Owsley (nee

Oosthuizen), a

proud past pupil

of Port Alfred

High School,

confidently

dropped all three

of her daughters

off at school on

the first day of

term on Monday.

Baby Talia is in the

Cherubs

class in the care of

Gladys Pieters,

while Carly goes

into Grade 3 and

Zoe is in the

Kittens class. Their

dad, Ryan Owsley,

is also a past pupil

of the family

school at the sea

SO SMART IN THEIR

BLAZERS: Indiphile

Lubelwana and Scott

Elliott wore their Port

Alfred High School

blazers for the first

time on Monday

when school

reopened. This year

is an important one

as the pupils

transition from

primary to high

school and are

encouraged to

embrace their

academic challenges

with more diligence

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LOVE IN THE AIR

TIME FOR ROMANCE:

Ryan and Bryony Lincoln

enjoy themselves at the

Va l e n t i n e ’s dinner at the

Royal St Andrews Hotel last

Saturday night P i c t u re :

BRYAN SMITH

SPECIAL

NIGHT: Azola

and Refiloe

Ndamase

celebrate at

the Valentine’s

dinner at the

Royal St

Andrews Hotel

last Saturday

night P i c t u re :

BRYAN SMITH

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FORM JJJ

LOST OR DESTROYED DEED

(Form JJJ added by GNR. 62 of

25 January 2019)

Notice is hereby given in terms Regulation

68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of the

¿

copy of Crown Grant No. G235/1939CTN

passed by The Council of the Municipality

of the City of Grahamstown in favour of

Makana Local Municipality, in respect

of Remainder of Erf 1 Grahamstown,

Makana Local Municipality, Division of

Albany, Province of the Eastern Cape, In

extent: 1086,7012 (One Thousand and

Eighty Six Comma Seven Zero One Two)

Hectares, which has been lost or destroyed.

All persons having objection to the issue

of such copy are hereby required to lodge the

same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds at

King Williams Town within two weeks from the

date of the publication of this notice.

Dated at Port Alfred on this the 18th of

February 2021.

De Jager & Lordan Inc., 2 Allen Street,

Grahamstown, 6139.

Tel: 046-622 2799; Ref: Mr. W. de Jager.

SPECIAL OCCASION: Sam

and Lipuo Mamabolo at the

Va l e n t i n e ’s dinner at the

Royal St Andrews Hotel last

Saturday night P i c t u re :

BRYAN SMITH

FORM JJJ


(Form JJJ added by GNR. 62 of

25 January 2019)

Notice is hereby given in terms Regulation

68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937,

of the intention to apply for the issue of

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destroyed.

All persons having objection to the issue

of such copy are hereby required to lodge

this notice.

Dated at Port Alfred on this the 18th of

February 2021.

GOOD TO BE OUT AGAIN: Linda and Bill

Rowlston at the Valentine’s dinner at the

Royal St Andrews Hotel last Saturday night

Picture: BRYAN SMITH

NOTICE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL

BASIC ASSESSMENT AND

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PROGRAMME

BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

FOR THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION, ADDITIONS

AND ALTERATIONS ON ERF 309, BUSHMANS

RIVER MOUTH, NDLAMBE MUNICIPALITY IN THE

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE

Notice is hereby given in terms of the Environmental

Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations published in the

Government Notice No. R324 to R327 of 7 April 2017;

in terms of section 24(5) of the National Environmental

Management Act (Act No 107 of 1998), which Mr. Bray

intends to carry out the following listed activities which

trigger a Basic Environmental Assessment:

The proposed activities include the demolition of the

existing structure and the development of a multi storey

residential dwelling. The existing single storey dwelling

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approximately 600m2. Building materials will consist

of brick and mortar; steel; glass and timber. Power

and water supply will be from existing bulk municipal

supply, with additional augmentation from rain water

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for removal and treatment by municipal services. The

proposed activity will further adhere to all National

In terms of the requirements of the EIA Regulations,

all Stakeholders and interested and affected parties

(I&AP’s) must be provided with opportunities to partici

pate in the EIA process. For further information, and

or to register as an I&AP, please contact:

Mr Warren Lange

Tel: 046 624 1522

Email: warren@hortcouture.co.za

OBITUARY

MERWYNNE TWENTYMAN JONES

Beloved mother and dear friend passed

away peacefully on Wednesday

10.02.2021 at Damant Lodge, Port Alfred.

She leaves her two daughters,

Vanessa and Alyson; and three

grandchildren Rell, Laila and Tariq.

FORM JJJ


Notice is hereby given in terms of

regulation 68 of the Deed Registries Act,

1937, of the intention to apply for the issue

¿ Deed of Transfer

number T104317/2005CTN passed by

HEINRICH SCHMIDT ZINSERLING

& SUSARA CATRINA WILHELMINA

ZINSERLING in favour of JOHN MARK

THOMPSON in respect of certain ERF

740 BOKNESSTRAND, NDLAMBE

MUNICIPALITY, IN THE DIVISION OF

ALEXANDRIA, PROVINCE OF THE

EASTERN CAPE, which has been lost or

destroyed.

All interested persons having objection

to the issue of such copy are hereby

required to lodge the same in writing with

the Registrar of Deeds at King Williams

Town within two weeks from the date

of the publication of this notice.

Dated at Northcliff on 28 JANUARY 2021

JOHN MARK THOMPSON

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Thursday 18 Fe b r u a r y, 202 1

BOWLS BANTER

Port Alfred Bowling Club

The highlight last Wednesday

was the continuation of the

club mixed pairs on the C

green.

This follows two games the

Wednesday before, which saw

Hein and Anna, and Neil and

Joan win through to the next

round.

Winners this past

Wednesday and through to the

semifinals are Hein and Anna,

who will play Trevor and

Helise, and Lynda and Peter,

who come up against Elsabe

and Christo.

Well done to the above and

all the other players who had to

deal with the terrible heat.

Talking of competitions, this

scribe overlooked

congratulating Hein and Anna

for winning their section of the

Eastern Area Mixed Pairs fought

out at the Grahamstown

Bowling Club last weekend.

Well done, you two.

The heat is certainly getting

to everyone but at least the beer

is ice cold at the end of the day.

The first club executive

meeting was staged last

Monday morning and all

executive members were

present, except croquet

president Roger (Darkes), who

sent a representative.

During the meeting, club

president Trevor (Frost) voiced

his extreme thanks to all club

members who helped when A

and B greens were cut, topsoiled

and fertilised. A lot of

hard work took place.

At this stage, the club has no

greens staff as they were laid off

some time ago.

Last Saturday, the Build-Itsponsored

mixed trips was

played with the winning skip

being Trevor, while Eddie

skipped the runner-up team.

Grateful thanks to Build-It’s

store manager for organising

the sponsorship.

Think about it. Bowls is the

only sport where a player pays

for every mistake.

A person can muff a serve at

tennis, miss a strike at baseball,

evade the posts in football and

still have another chance.

But in bowls, every bad

delivery counts against you. –

Author unknown.

Lack of water and rain

continues to be a problem and

without heavy rains, greens

woes are set to continue. So

pray people, pray hard.

Kenton Bowling Club

The main event of last week

was the Cansa Day last

We d n e s d ay.

There was a lovely turnout

of bowlers and three games of

trips and three of fours were

played on “A” green.

It was, however, incredibly

hot on Wednesday afternoon

and everyone welcomed the

cold refreshments from the bar

a f t e r wa r d s .

It was great seeing faces we

hadn’t seen for a while turning

out to support this event.

In addition to the tabs

money, we had a donations box

and all money collected will be

donated to the Cancer

Association of SA.

There was also a raffle for a

hamper and the lucky winner of

this was Johan Grobler.

Thursday bowls had a

much smaller turnout but there

were a good number of bounce

games played on Friday

afternoon.

There was no joker draw last

week but the winner of the

newly named Personal Trust

lockdown draw was Ken

Nixon.

Congratulations Ken, nip on

down to Kenton butchery to

collect your R100 voucher.

According to the latest

communique from Bowls SA,

we are now allowed to play all

forms of the game.

We are, of course, still

adhering to the protocols that

are in place to ensure the safety

of our members.

Kowie Bowling Club

Time marches on for all of us,

and the club assiduously sends

out a WhatsApp message

congratulating us on the

occasion of our birthday.

It, tactfully, omits the year in

which the great event occurred.

Unfortunately, we are

legally bound, every year, to

add one to our age. Recently I

had the same experience.

One day I was 95 and the

next day I had aged

dramatically to 96.

All this made me wonder to

what extent one could couple

our numerical age to our

physical and mental being.

There is no constant for the

rate at which we age.

The Greek philosopher,

Aristotle (about 350 BC) was

the first person to suggest an

alternative to the ages of man.

He only had four ages. In

the next 2,000 years seven ages

became the popular choice but

it was left to Shakespeare

(1620) to provide an accurate

description of each age.

It is rather significant that

both Aristotle and Shakespeare

started with “I n f a n cy ” and

ended with “Dotage” (as

helpless as the infant, where it

all started).

Shakespeare was more

expansive when describing his

last age: “In second

childishness and mere oblivion,

sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste,

sans everything.”

For both Aristotle and

Shakespeare, the separation of

mind and body had already

occurred.

At the club we are looking

forward to a continuation of the

Eastern Areas Mixed Pairs next

weekend.

Three of the six finalists are

from Kowie and we hope they

will give a good account of

themselves vying for the two

places which will qualify them

for the EP finals.

Bowlers cannot resist a bit of

a fling and when the monthly

Personal Trust comes up they

are there in their hordes.

We had a record entry of 24

teams last Friday.

The actual winners were

Jackie Ktiel and Megan, with

Rob Walker and Sally Warmold

as runners-up. The other prizes

were well divided and a happy

crowd went home after a

boisterous prize-giving.

LOVE ENDURES

KOWIE

STRIDERS

Time Trial: February 16

3km

1. Mackay Vuyolwethu 10:33

2. Annamarie Joubert 20:22

3. Jo Betts 21:05

4. Marietjie Robb 21:33

5. Nomontse Henzele 22:57

6. Sue Robertson 33:56

7. Floss Howden 33:56

GOLF W E E K LY

Wednesday February 10:

GBS Mutual Bank Betterball

Medal, with 78 players.

Results:

1st: Dennis White, Andrew

Marshall – 59

3rd: Andy Altson, Neil Shaw – 62

4th: Rick Pryce, Tommy Webster –

62

2 Clubs:

6th: B Scarterfield, O Pieterse

8th: A Morey, G Bladen, C

Poulton, L Nell

11th: P Thompson

13th: P Thompson

Best Gross: 72 – Peter Thompson

Best Nett: 65 – Arnold Morey

Nearest The Pins:

Fishaways/Debonairs – 6th:

Wollie Wolmarans

Galileo Risk – 8th: Charlie Poulton

Tekserve – 11th: Basil Dukas

The Firm – 13th: Harold Horne

The Firmest Drive – 18th: Colin

H owa r d

Remax Kowie – Nearest for 2 on

the 1st: Arnold Morey

Saturday February 13:

Kowie Toyota Better Ball Bonus

Bogey, with 71 players.

Trophy: Centenary Cup winners –

Philip Swanepoel, Reon van Zyl

Results:

1st: Phillip Swanepoel, Reon van

Zyl +12

2nd: Arnold Morey, Simon

Matthews +11

3rd: Dave Painting, Brent Emslie

+11

4th: Wendy Counihan, Sonia

Reynolds +11

Two Clubs:

6th: N Fox, A Morey

8th: E Tsolekile, M Mbabela, W

Counihan, P Swanepoel, C

Poulton, A White

11th: S Foster, D Painting, F Kruger

13th: S Reynolds, S Du Plessis

(Hole in One)

Best Gross: 65 – Dave Painting

Best Nett: 65 – Sonia Reynolds,

Reon van Zyl, Dave Painting

Nearest The Pins:

Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Zola

M g u dwa

Tekserve – 8th: Reon van Zyl

Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th:

Sylvia Foster

5km

1. Lithemba Jekana 16:59

2. Ayabonga Saul 17:42

3. Mpho Nxabazi 18:42

4. Lime Valuvalu 19:42

5. Lulu Mceka 31:55

6. Rob Joiner 32:20

7. Brad Wepener 32:20

8. Dianne Emslie 42:41

9. Lyn Harbrecht 42:41

Fishaways/Debonairs – 13th:

Simon Du Plessis

The Firmest Drive – 14th: Simon

White

Royal St Andrews – Nearest for 2

on the 1st: Reon van Zyl

1820s GOLF

Monday February 8: 20 players in

fine conditions.

Winners on 42: Rick Hill, Nick

van der Merwe, Barry Scarterfield,

Dudley Kieser.

Moosehead on 49: Stan Weyer,

Ron Ruiters, Neil Shaw, John Dell.

Good Scores: 49 – Dudley Kieser.

Two Clubs: 6th Ted Baines.

Thursday February 11: 14

players in hot conditions.

Winners on 36: Derick van

Harmelen, Stan Weyer, Rick Hill,

John Heather.

Moosehead on 43: Wi n d s o r

Bagley, Juan Southey, Barry

Scarterfield, Dudley Kieser.

Good Scores: 49 – Wi n d s o r

Bagley, Stan Weyer, John Heather,

Ron Ruiters, Peter Rinaldi, Ted

Baines, 47 – Derick van

Harmelen.

Two Clubs: None.

LADIES’ R E S U LTS

February 9

On a hot and unusually windless

day, 39 ladies took part in a Pick n

Pay 3-ball Alliance with two

scores to count on every hole.

Ignoring the sapping heat,

Jenny Adair, Jan Wale and Anita

De Bruin won the competition

with 89 points.

Second place was taken by Jill

Lake, Carol Lee and Marleen

Gibson with 88 points.

Carol Lee was nearest the pin

on the 6th hole, while Shirley

Heny was nearest-for-two on the

13th.

The longest drive on hole 7 was

won by Shirley Heny in the 0-21

handicaps division and Rouxle

Hattingh was longest in the 22-

onwards division.

There were several good nett

scores: Prue Peacock on nett 67

and Sonia Reynolds and Carol Lee

both on nett 68.

The Ladies’ Competition on

February 23 will be a 4 Ball

10. Dinky Davenport 45:02

11. Billy Futter 45:38

12. Linda Wepener 51:00

13. Lesley Futter 51:35

14. Sean Harper 51:35

15. Dee Joiner 51:35

16. Lisa Loveland 54:00

17. Rick Loveland 54:00

18. Azukile Hendale 54:00

8km

Betterball Medal sponsored by

Ocean Basket.

PORT ALFRED MIXED

R E S U LTS

February 13

After the heat of the previous few

days, only 14 players took part in

the Port Alfred Mixed Competition

on Saturday morning.

Very close scores saw Linda

Dobson, Glynnis Renecle, Derek

Sinclair and Barrie Brady winning

the competition with a score of 85

points and each took home a cash

prize.

On a count out, the runners-up

were Margie Reid, Brian Reid and

Maureen McGarvie, who scored

84 points (79+5).

Taking the longest walk with 83

points (78+5) were Kevin Maree,

Fanie Smit and Heather van

Harmelen.

There were no two-clubs but

Greg Shanks was nearest the pin

on the 8th.

Glynnis Renecle’s 69 nett won

her a voucher from Fishaways for

the best nett of the morning.

KGB RESULTS

Tuesday February 9: Fo r t y - o n e

players were drawn in eight 4-

balls and three 3-balls and the

weather forecast was accurate

with temperatures just under

30°C.

It was a close contest at the top of

the field, Peter Longhurst, Keith

Rugg, John Abbott and Andy

Barnes coming home in first

position with 89 points to

narrowly beat Peter Reid, Guy

Cash, Bob Shaw and Jan

Immelman in second place with

88 points.

Fanie Smit, Dennis Dallas and

Don Thomson combined to

secure the Hamer en Sukkel with

a return of 78 (73+5) points, to the

delight of another 3-ball.

Jimmy van Rensburg displayed

masterly talent with his birdie on

the par three 11th to be the only

player on the day to have a 2-club

and take the pool for his covey.

Individual highlights included

John Ralph, Arnie Schultz and

Rose Calmeyer Leach all with nett

70s, Peter Reed with a nett 69,

KEEPING

THE FLAME

GOING: Mike

Mzimkaglu

Shoba and

Nonceba

Shoba attend

the Valentine’s

dinner at the

Royal St

A n d re w s

Hotel last

Saturday night

Picture: BRYAN

SMITH

1. Sinethemba Jizingisi 27:30

2. Richard Legg 36:06

3. Rick Betts 36:06

4. Reon van Zyl 37:24

5. Stiglingh 40:06

6. Shannen Kethro 45:25

7. Alex Weed 45:25

Andy Barnes with a nett 68 and

Phillip van der Byl rounding off an

excellent morning with a nett 67.

Bob Shaw and Phillip also

reflected their golfing prowess

carding gross 79s.

Friday February 12: E a r ly

morning saw a mist over the

course as 40 players entered

the draw to compete in a

Stableford Alliance 2-scores-tocount

with a Portuguese twist.

Mark Warren, Phillip van der

Byl, with visitors Lindy Krige and

Mike Krige, came home without

any embarrassment to post 103

points and take first place.

Second position was shared by

three coveys that on a normal day

would have been delighted with

the outstanding score of 93 points.

Sadly for John Ralph, Bryan

Robinson, Jenny Ralph, and

Jimmy van Rensburg, along with

Dave Curran, Russell Warren,

Barrie Brady and Maureen

McGarvie, as well as Bob Shaw,

Steve Kennedy, Nick Oosthuizen

and Donald McGarvie, this return

yielded second spot.

Neil Loundar, Heinz Czepluch,

Andy Stembridge and Don

Thomson wilted away in the heat

to claim the Hamer en Sukkel with

their 81 points.

Peter Reed birdied the par three

8th hole and Lindy Krige emulated

the feat on the par three 6th.

Fanie Smit, with a magnificent

eagle on the par four, 4th put all

claims to the 2-club pool to bed as

he pocketed the pool for his

c ove y.

John Ralph, Russell Warren,

Nick Oosthuizen and Donald

McGarvie all shot solid nett 70s,

Barrie Brady an even better nett

69, Jenny Ralph, Fanie Smit and

Phillip van der Byl, keeping

momentum going, nett 68s, Steve

Kennedy a superb nett 67.

But top of the pops, Mark

Warren and Lindy Krige were

individual performers of the day

with their nett 65s.

Phillip van der Byl and Nick

Oosthuizen also were happy with

their gross 79s.

Talk 18 February 2021

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