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CLASSIFIED
INDEX
DOMESTIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
1010 Births
1040 Engagements
1050 Marriages
1070 Deaths
1100 In Memoriam
1220 Congrats / Best Wishes
1230 Birthday Greetings
1290 Thanks
PERSONAL
2070 Health & Beauty
2140 Lost
2142 Found
ENTERTAINMENT
3060 Entertainment General
SERVICE & SALES GUIDE
5010 Education & Tuition
5090 Plumbing
5100 Electrical Services
5120 Building Services
5122 Home Maintenance
5160 Walls / Fencing
5190 Painting / Decorating
5210 Pools, Spas, Accessories
5260 Computer Services
5360 Garden Services
5451 For Sale
5510 Kennels and Pets
5550 Misc Wanted
5570 Removals and Storage
5630 Services Offered
5640 Shuttle Services
EMPLOYMENT
6140 Education & Training
6150 Employment Wanted
6151 Employment
6170 Estate Agents
6370 Employment Wanted Domestic
ACCOMMODATION
7020 Accomm. Off / Wtd
7060 Flats to Let
7090 Houses to Let
7151 Holiday Accommodation
PROPERTY
8010 Flats For Sale
8050 Houses For Sale
8161 Business Premises To Let
8163 Business Premises For Sale
MOTORING
9070 Used Car Sales
9440 Motorcycles
9381 Motor Sundries
9640 Vehicles Wanted
9200 Used Bakkies / Panelvans
NOTICES
11010 Legal Notices / Auctions
11030 Businesses for Sale
5541
Under R300
2
PERSONAL
2275
Loans & Finance
5
SERVICES & SALES
GUIDE
Under R300
5541
BATHROOM CABINET -
mirrored single door. Like
new. R299. Contact
Lynette 084 506 093.
BEARING PULLERS - 1 x
two jaw (small) and 1 x
three jaw (large). Still
new : R100 for both.
Phone 083 390 8450.
CAMERA TRIPOD in good
condition : R100. Phone
083 390 8450.
CLASSIFIEDS
Contact Cheryl Larsen on T: 082 432 5665 |
E: cheryll@goexpress.co.za or Yaneliseka
Dyomfana on T: 043-702 2122 |
E: dyomfanay@goexpress.co.za
FAX: 086 545 2648
BOOKS: Cooking and
gardening. 25x mixed at
R10 each. Phone 043-
7436513.
DECK CHAIRS: Two
beach fold-up deckchairs
in good condition.
Non-timber frames.
R290. Phone 063 244
9202.
DRILLING MACHINE:
Bosch Industrial Drilling
Machine in Case. Model
GSB 18-12, 600watt. 2
speed with hammer action.
In good condition :
R250. Phone 083 390
8450.
DStv DISH: Aluminium.
Perfect condition. R299.
Contact Lynette 084 506
093.
FLOODLIGHTS: Eurolux
10w LED Floodlights.
Still new in boxes : R50
each. Phone 083 390
8450.
GARDENING: Ceramic
strawberry planter with
9 flowering African
Violets. R280. Picture
available. Phone 073 668
5992.
GARDENING: Garden fork,
spade, rake, strong
broom. R250 the lot.
Contact Lynette 084 506
093.
HAIRDRESSING: Hair-
perm curlers
(different sizes). R100 for
a pack. Phone 063 244
9202.
HAIRDRESSING: Hairdresser
salon swivel chair
(round) in good condition.
R99. Phone 063 244
9202.
HAIRDRESSING: Hairdressers'
curlers. All sizes.
Black bagful. R100.
Phone 063 244 9202.
INK CARTRIDGES: HP Ink
Cartridges - 655 Black,
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow,
still new in their boxes :
4x R50 each. Phone 083
390 8450.
MUSIC STAND: Old type
Music Stand - in good
condition (collectors
item) : R100. Phone 083
390 8450.
PAPERBACKS: +- 25
Westerns. Most authors.
R10 each. Phone 043-
7436513.
PLANE: Jack Plane - still
new in box : R100.
Phone 083 390 8450.
PLIERS: Crescent make
Pliers - still new in box
(collectors item) : R150.
Phone 083 390 8450.
PRINTER: HP Desk Jet Ink
Advantage Printer -
Model 3525. Needs
attention : R150. Phone
083 390 8450.
SELLOTAPE TAPE
DISPENSER (large type)
: R25. Phone 083 390
8450.
BOOKS:
books. 20 priced at R2,
R5 or R10 each. Phone
043-7436513. SPANNER: Gedore Shifting
Spanner - - in
BOOKS: Sports (autobiographies,
tours etc, cricket,
good condition : R50.
Phone 083 390 8450.
rugby, soccer, athlet-
SPANNERS: Gedore
ics). Fiction: murder Wrench Spanners -
mysteries, romance, (400mm) - in good
various authors. All in condition : 2x R100
excellent condition. Select
your own, 10 for 8450.
each. Phone 083 390
R230. Phone 083 890
5269.
SPIRIT LEVEL: Rabone
Chesterman Spirit Level
BOTTLES: Glass bottles - in good condition
with good lids for pickling.
(strong cast type) : R50.
20x R2 each. Phone Phone 083 390 8450.
043-7212240.
TRESTLE TABLES: 3x
CAR SEAT BOOSTER for Wooden trestle tables.
child. Like new R150. Very large, large, medium
Contact Lynette 084 506 sizes. R299. Phone 043-
093.
7436513.
FISHTANK plus extras. 27
Litre fish tank. R200
Phone 083 5659 606.
MICROPHONE STAND in
good condition : R100.
Phone 083 390 8450.
Under R300
5541
GARDENING: Ryobi Lawn
Edge Trimmer - still new
: R200. Phone 083 390
8450.
LEAD LIGHT: Heavy Duty
type Lead Light with +/-
10 metre cable : R100.
Phone 083 390 8450.
SIDE CUTTERS: Crescent
Side Cutters - still new
in box (collectors item)
: R150. Phone 083 390
8450.
SKOTTELBRAAI: (Cadac)
top only R289. Phone
063 244 9202.
SPANNER: Bahco Shifting
Spanner - - in
good condition : R100.
Phone 083 390 8450.
WALKING STICKS: Solid
wood. R299 for 3. Contact
Lynette 084 506 093
5320
Musical Equipment
A good used guitar,
acoustic or electric
wanted for musician.
Tel 08325 66229
5550
Misc. Wanted
5550
Misc. Wanted
A nice used car wanted
BMW, Mercedes or VW
up to R80,000. Tel
083 256 6229
A set of 6 dining chairs
wanted. I can pay in
cash. Tel 0832 566 229.
5120
Building Services
5560
Repair / Services
FRIDGE REPAIRS Regas
of fridges on site. Contact
Hendrik 072 368
3030 / 067 084 7026.
Under R300
BUILDING PLANS DRAWN
Home & Comm. SACAP.
Large & small Entire SA
Kathy 082 939 8131 or
kathy@yourplans.co.za
DEREK'S ELECTRICAL:
Fault finding, repairs,
new installations. Prepaid
electricity and water metres
for sub lets supplied
and installed. Call Derek
082 557 4099.
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ACCOMMODATION
WEAVERS RETIREMENT
SHAREBLOCK Various
flats To Let or For Sale.
Persons between 50-80.
Call Elaine from 8-2pm
043-7029800 Prices have
been reduced Come see.
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PROPERTY
5541
5121
Home Improvement
7020
Accomm. Off / Wtd
8161
Business Premises
To Let
A shop space to let
in town 200sqm just
R14,500 p/m + vat
Tel 082 452 5567
FULLY LICENCED MOBILE SCRAP DEALER
BUYING ALL TYPES OF SCRAP METAL ON
A WEIGH AND PAY BASIS
CALL / WHATSAPP WESSEL:
078 218 6112 (SAVE THIS NUMBER)
Key moments in
a life well lived
REFLECTIONS
Charles Beningfield
“G o d ,” I said to myself
philosophically, “works in
mysterious ways.”
It was one evening over the
Easter weekend and I was alone
reminiscing while sipping a cold
libation on the balcony of my
first-floor flat here at Berea
Gardens overlooking the suburb
of Stirling to the mist-shrouded
ocean beyond.
Content and at peace, it
occurred to me that had it not
been for two seminal events I
would not be sitting here on this
lovely autumn evening.
The Lord had placed me in
East London in the month of
March 60 years ago next year.
Of course I didn’t know it at the
time, but He had, as He has for
everyone of us, a plan for me.
In a tin trunk somewhere in
the flat is a large brown
envelope containing important
documents such as birth
certificates, passports etc, and a
letter of appointment to the
Cape Times.
At that time I was on my way
there to take up a position as a
compositor with that newspaper
after several stints at other
newspapers in this country and
the then Rhodesia.
I had off-loaded my sole
possessions (in an old suitcase)
in so-so accommodation at the
old Clontarf Hotel in Inverleith
Terrace on the Quigney after a
successful spur of the moment
decision to try and secure a
temporary position at the Daily
Dispatch in order to make petrol
money for my old Morris Minor
for the onward journey to the
Cape.
In the adjacent, equally tatty,
room was a young man called
Alan Joseph who had also
recently joined the Dispatch as
a reporter.
One Friday evening (it was
my night off as I recall), Alan
came into my room and asked
me to accompany him to the old
Windsor Hotel where he had
been assigned to cover an art
exhibition. It was ironic really,
as at the time Alan was the
reigning Free State heavyweight
boxing champion and here he
was being asked to report on an
art exhibition of all things!
Anyway, I went. There,
unbeknown to me at the time,
was my future wife Naomi
Guy. She was with a friend, who
happened to be the bureau chief
of the Port Elizabeth
(now Gqeberha) Weekend Post
with whom Alan was
acquainted.
I was introduced to Naomi, a
vivacious little thing whom I
learned was a travel clerk on
loan to the local Union-Castle
Line from Durban. Her smile
was like the morning sun rising
from the ocean. It lit up her face
and the whole room for that
m a t t e r.
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And those eyes... They
sparkled like diamonds framed
by a halo of auburn hair. I was
absolutely captivated.
Within a few months we
were married; I never saw Cape
Town or the Cape Times and
Naomi has looked after me
through thick and thin, with the
British tenacity from where she
hails, ever since. God willing
we will soon be celebrating our
diamond wedding anniversary.
We are into our 80s now and
Naomi’s beautiful smile and
sparkling eyes, perhaps dulled
somewhat now by the passage
of time, still melt my heart - my
darling wife who trusted her life
to me all those years ago and
gave me three wonderful and
accomplished sons who learned
early in life not to mess with
their mother whose green, half
Irish eyes would flash with a
very different kind of fire if
p r ovo k e d .
Her friend, by the way, was
❝ I was taking an
afternoon jog in
Southernwood where
we lived when a red
Ford Zephyr slid up
alongside me. It was
Len Beacom, newly
appointed Daily
Dispatch technical
director who had
scoured the
neighbourhood
looking for me
Elizabeth McPherson an
accomplished journalist, now
retired and living in Australia.
She later married Tony Rider,
once editor of the Daily Rep in
Queenstown and later a strong
contender for the position of
Daily Dispatch Editor which
went to the incomparable
Donald Woods.
Tony was killed some years
later when covering the Ian
Smith-Robert Mugabe upheaval
in Zimbabwe for the Rand Daily
Mail.
What happened to Alan
Joseph, tasked by the Lord to be
the catalyst to transform my life
forever, I do not know.
And the second trial set by
our heavenly father, I firmly
believe, to keep me in East
London happened a little later
on. I was taking an afternoon
jog in Southernwood where we
lived when a red Ford Zephyr
slid up alongside me.
It was Len Beacom, newly
appointed Daily Dispatch
technical director who had
scoured the neighbourhood for
me after being told by Naomi
what I was doing.
“Charles, I want you to take
the shift tonight,” he
commanded.
“But I am just an ordinary
c o m p o s i t o r,” I whined to no
avail. The rest is history.
The passing years have been
kind and I have met and worked
with some wonderful, talented
people over the years, many of
whom are no longer with us.
Perhaps I will be privileged to
tell you about some of them
sometime in the future.
Indeed, the Lord works in
mysterious ways!