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Patient says urine sample vials

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ROB KNOWLES and JON

HOUZET

Apatient at the Port Alfred

Hospital has expressed

her dismay at the abysmal

state of the public toilets at the

hospital, which she said

completely negated other health

precautions being taken for

C ov i d - 19 .

Leigh Naude, who lives at

Fish River but travels to Port

Alfred Hospital fortnightly for

her appointments, told TotT of

her experience.

“Firstly, the hospital grounds

probably admit 1,000 people

through the gates daily [to queue

for Covid vaccinations],

following a Covid screening,”

she said.

“The heliport and the space

between the casualty and

emergency has chairs lined up,

all correctly socially-distanced.

“But, at my appointment two

weeks ago, a urine sample was

required before seeing the

doctor, and a nurse with a trolley

was testing the samples. I had

never seen this before.”

But, according to Naude, that

was just the start of her ordeal.

“There is only one bathroom

available for women to give a

sample, but it is disgustingly

u n s a n i t a r y.

“Firstly, there is only one tap,

and that is broken. There is no

toilet paper in the bathroom

e i t h e r,” she said.

“But the final problem is that

you are expected to take the

sample vial with you to the

bathroom and wash it out before

returning it to the nurse with the

trolley. But there is only a bucket

of water available to do this, and

everyone has to wash their urine

samples in that same bucket.

“Who knows what diseases

you can pick up like that?”

Disgusted at the state of the

bathroom, Naude used another

bathroom at the hospital that she

said was previously for patients,

but now had a sign on the door

stating “Staff Only”.

Naude ignored the sign and

used the bathroom.

“That bathroom was

immaculate; the taps worked

and there was toilet paper and

fresh towels,” she said.

Naude questioned why all

the precautions were taken to

prevent Covid transmission

when entering the hospital,

while the public toilets were left

in an unhygienic state.

Talk of the Town contacted

Bulelwa Mzileni of the

provincial health department for

comment.

She replied that she would

investigate the complaint and get

back with an answer in the

week.

In the meantime, patients

using the public toilets will have

to await the outcome of her

i nve s t i g a t i o n .

The Port Alfred Hospital used

to be a public/private

partnership between the Eastern

Cape Department of Health and

Nalithemba Hospitals, a

partnership between Netcare

and a consortium of other

shareholders.

The private side was taken

over by province when Netcare

withdrew from the partnership in

early 2020, citing a lack of

demand for private healthcare.

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Municipality slow to pay bill

R650 finally to be paid for broken complex gate

JON HOUZET

After one of their sewage

vacuum tankers

(honeysuckers) crashed

into the security gate of a

townhouse complex in April

last year, Ndlambe Municipality

had still not paid the R650

repair bill until Talk of the Town

asked questions last week.

Acting chairperson of the

Anglers Way Estate

homeowners association at the

time of the incident, Jean Scott,

approached TotT in frustration

last Thursday as a “last resort”.

Scott said the incident

happened on April 14 2020,

during the first hard lockdown,

when a municipal honeysucker

was called to pump out a

conservancy tank at one of the

homes in the complex.

“The driver of the vehicle on

the day was unable to apply his

brakes as he came down

Kabeljou Road and the lorry

crashed into our remote electric

gate. The gate and electric wires

were severely damaged, and

the gate dislodged from its

t ra ck s ,” Scott wrote in her initial

letter to the municipality in

August last year.

As acting chairperson, Scott

was asked to contact the

security company for the

complex, Sky Alarms, to

urgently repair the gate and

electric fence.

“The driver told me to

contact Sipho [Babama, of the

municipality’s infrastructure

directorate] to report the

damage. I informed him that

Sky would be repairing the gate

and wiring,” Scott said.

“He told me to get an

account from Sky and we could

claim from Ndlambe.”

But she said owing to the

prolonged lockdown, she found

it difficult to collect the account

from Sky and deliver it to the

m u n i c i p a l i t y.

“There was also confusion

about whether we had to pay

Sky and claim, or whether the

account from Sky could have

gone straight to the

municipality, which also caused

the delay in claiming.”

Scott provided the

municipality with the account

and proof of payment in August,

as well as the banking details to

reimburse Anglers Way Estate.

With no payment

forthcoming over the

intervening months, Scott

repeatedly contacted Babama

and another official, Onke

Sopela, and was assured the

municipality would pay for the

damage.

She was, however,

perplexed when Babama asked

her for the name of the driver of

the honeysucker.

She said the municipality

should have its own record of

who attended the callout.

Scott said a municipal

employee residing at Anglers

Way Estate had been of no help

in resolving the matter.

Even speaking to municipal

manager Rolly Dumezweni

proved fruitless, she said.

TotT sent queries to the

municipality last Thursday and

by Monday Scott was happy to

report the municipality had

contacted her and told her the

R650 would be reimbursed.

PARTY POSITION: Members of the EFF Ndlambe sub-region hold a press briefing on the water crisis, the new RO plant and other issues at the Port Alfred Civic Centre on Monday Picture: TK MTIKI

EFF deny causing RO plant handover delay

TK MTIKI

Outspoken EFF

councillor Xolisa

Runeli categorically

denied assertions in a

statement by Ndlambe

Municipality last week

that the handover of

the new reverse

osmosis plant last

Tuesday was halted

because of a disruption

caused by members of

the party.

The EFF held an

urgent media briefing

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Centre on Monday to

“set the record

s t ra i g h t ”, saying the

statement issued by the

municipality was a

“lie”, misleading the

c o m m u n i t y.

The Municipality

reported last week that

the planned h a n d ove r

of the 2ML seawater

reverse osmosis

(SWRO) plant on June

15 had been delayed

after EFF members

came to the plant site

and argued with

workers over safety

concerns.

“[The] Quality

Filtrations Systems

manager reported that

there was a heated

exchange of insults

between EFF members

and workers, and for

the sake of employee’s

safety, QFS took the

decision to evacuate

their employees from

the site,” municipal

manager Rolly

Dumezweni said.

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He said QFS had

opened a case at the

Port Alfred police

station and would seek

an interdict.

QFS also sent a

letter to Runeli through

their attorney Hein

Audie, demanding that

the EFF refrain from

“interfering with or

obstructing the normal

operation of our

client’s business at any

of its sites and not to

intimidate or threaten

any of its employees or

c o n t ra c t o r s ”.

Among the

allegations cited by

Audie was that EFF

members had said they

“would rather not have

water than racist

wa t e r ”.

In his statement,

Dumezweni said: “As

a consequence of the

above, the team that

was supposed to hand

over the plant could

not proceed to site for

safety reasons.

“Therefore, the

commissioning of the

RO plant will be

announced once the

above matter has been

handled as the

contractor is sceptical

of going back to site

due to their personal

safety concerns.”

Denying this,

Runeli said: “Pe o p l e ,

we want to state to you

that the EFF at no point

stood against this RO

plant.

“We at no point

went at the site to

threaten the staff at the

RO plant site.

“We know our

people want water and

we want water too.”

Runeli said the EFF

was being used as a

scapegoat.

“People are

tarnishing the name of

the EFF because they

know the EFF is a

solution to the

problems facing this


“Last month, we

were told that water

was coming but no

water has come to the

people of Ndlambe.

“We were again

told that water was

going to come last

week and then [the]

EFF is alleged to be the

one that stopped the

water from coming.

“Those are lies

coming from people

who know they have

misled this community.

“Those people

knew that they were

not going to meet the

date where they always

said that water was

coming to Ndlambe.

“Now the name of

our organisation has

been used as a

scapegoat. “

Runeli said the EFF

had visited the RO

plant site only to

investigate the recent

incident of an alleged

rape which took place

at the site.

“We went to QFS

because of a matter of

an incident of a female

security guard that was

raped by an alleged

colleague.

“We went there to

investigate the matter

to see where it

happened because this

security guard is

working for Hi-Tec,

which is contracted by

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Q F S ,” he said.

According to Runeli,

QFS employees

voluntarily stopped the

operations because of

an altercation between

EFF members and a

Mpumalanga

Construction official

who was “wo r k i n g

without a letter of good

standing”.

Runeli described a

letter of good standing

as a document that

ensured the safety of

employees at the site.

He further said it

ensured the employer

would be held

accountable should

there be any injuries.

Runeli further

questioned Ndlambe

Municipality’s

communication office,

asking why it

communicated its

updates and media

statements through

Sunshine Coast

To u r i s m .

He said tourism

was an independent

entity from the

municipality and

should not act as a

spokesperson for the


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Concern over bush fire, crime risks

Municipality to seek help regarding squatters

JON HOUZET

Ndlambe

Municipality

will seek

assistance from another

arm of government to

address the issue of a

small group of squatters

who have set up camp

on municipal land next

to Stocks Avenue/West

Street.

Talk of the Town

first noticed the

encampment when our

reporter saw smoke

rising from a fire in the

bush from Southwell

Road on June 8.

The reporter

investigated and found

a few men huddled

around a campfire,

along with cardboard

boxes, a chair and

other paraphernalia.

They appeared to be

some of the same group

of homeless people

who had been camping

in the bush next to the

Port Alfred Duck Pond

along Southwell Road.

After municipal

workers cleared bush

and cut down trees

during a clean-up of

the Duck Pond a few

weeks ago, a couple of

the men living there

moved to the edge of

the Duck Pond, while

others moved to the

land in Stocks

Avenue/West Street.

Soon thereafter,

alerts were raised about

the group of squatters

on a crime WhatsApp

group.

Neighbouring

residents expressed

concern about the fires

in the bush, the crime

risk and that the camp

might eventually grow

into an informal

settlement.

One resident said

the fire department had

visited the scene after a

camp fire was reported,

but the situation

persisted.

Port Alfred

Community Policing

Forum representatives

on the WhatsApp

group undertook to

take up the matter

f u r t h e r.

Talk of the Town

sent repeated questions

to the municipality over

the past two weeks

before receiving an

answer on Wednesday.

“We have visited

the place and

discovered that these

are young males who

claim to be there

because of hunger and

bad treatment back

h o m e ,” municipal

spokesperson Cecil

Mbolekwa said.

“We are still to

continue with our

investigation and

possibly ask other

g ove r n m e n t

department[s] to get

involved as this matter

does not reside with the

municipality alone,” he

said.

CAMPFIRE THREAT: Neighbouring

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of squatters who have set up camp on

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Classics at Castle curtain falls

Final performance of popular series that has brought so much enjoyment, goes off with a bang

ROB KNOWLES

It has been 14 years since the

first Classic at the Castle was

performed and Sunday June

20 saw the 50th and final

concert in the series.

Impresario Sue Gordon and

her team, including her

husband Neville, daughter

Jessica, along with other friends,

have allowed Port Alfred a

window into the classical music

scene usually only afforded in

the bigger cities.

For 14 years, residents of the

area, as well as farther afield,

have descended on the

Richmond House Music Room

to listen to and enjoy the

musical talent that has graced

its small stage.

Before the concert began,

Jessica Gordon, unable to

attend the concert due to the

closeness of her pregnancy duedate,

instead made a video

where various artists from

around the world and who had

performed at the Classics paid

tribute to Sue.

Artists from Italy, the US,

South America and more

locally in SA thanked her for her

h o s p i t a l i t y.

Each also said that they

would enjoy playing here again

and that Port Alfred was a

highlight of their overseas trips.

This final concert was

performed by David Bester on

the violin and JF Viljoen on the

piano.

The pair of very talented

musicians performed several

works for piano and violin

including the Sonata for violin

and piano in C major, opus 45,

by Edvard Grieg. Best known for

his work, the Peer Gynt Suite

and folk music of the period,

the three sonatas represented a

view into the development of

the composer and were

brilliantly interpreted by Bester

and Viljoen, who seemed very

at home with the composition.

Next, the pair played Fratr es

by Estonian composer Arvo

Pärt, a very technical and

challenging piece of music for

both musicians and their

audience.

Challenging in the sense it is

a technical piece written in

Pä r t ’s unique own musical

language, earning him the

epithet as a “natural composer”.

Having been supressed

under the Soviet system, Pärt

spent years away from

performances and then

developed his own

compositional language for

which he is known.

Fratr es, from 1977, evokes

stillness in the listener even

though the violin plays

furiously, so much so that

smoke could have ignited from

the strings.

Difficult, but ultimately

rewarding, the piece was just

right for the afternoon’s

performance.

After an interval, Bester and

Viljoen returned with Arthur

Fe d e r ’s Sonata for violin and

piano.

Feder, who studied at

Stellenbosch, is a true 21st

century composer.

His film scores, jazz

compositions, mixed media and

other works show him to be a

force to be reckoned with in the

FINE MUSICIANS: Performing at the 50th and final Classics at the Castle on Sunday, pianist JF Viljoen, left, and violinist David

Bester, gave the audience their best, playing a series of pieces by Grieg, Pärt, Feder and Piazzolla Picture: ROB KNOWLES

music world. With influences

from Debussy and Prokofiev,

Fe d e r ’s Sonata fitted into the

programme perfectly.

Finally, the pair played

Oblivion and Café by Astor

Piazzolla, a piece that brought

to mind art deco, straight lines

in the architecture and a typical

feel of the early 20th century.

Brilliantly played, it brought

the audience to its feet

demanding and encore. This

brought the Classics at the

Castle series to a sad, but fitting

end.

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WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE 2021

On Friday June 18 at

8.28am the

MultiSecurity control

room received a call

from the owner of a

property reporting in

Hards Street that guests

at the establishment

had suffered a

burglary. The visitors

reported they were

asleep in their

camping van without

switching on the

alarm. On waking they

noticed that they had

been burgled, and an

undisclosed amount of

cash stolen out of a

bag along with wool

and knitting needles.

Response officers

found the wool and the

knitting needles in the

bushes. Later the

owner asked to cancel

SAPS attending as the

guests wanted to leave

Port Alfred.

At 12.52pm in

September Street,

Station Hill, water was

reported running at a

property as copper

pipes had been stolen.

However, a

representative of the

property owner did not

want to open a case

with the SAPS.

At 2.28pm the


room received an

alarm from a premises

in St Andrews Road.

The client reported

someone wearing a

grey hoodie and

tekkies had stolen a tap

on site but did not

want the SAPS

i nvo l ve d .

At 11.31pm the


Distinctive

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room received a call

from a client in

Campbell Street

reporting noises on the

roof from the shop next

door. The response

officer reported that

someone was on the

roof and the SAPS was

informed. Checking

the cameras the

intruder was observed

running across

Causeway Road to the

municipal toilets

opposite FNB. At

11.48pm, the SAPS

arrived and patrolled

the area, but no one

was found. A roof

sheet on the shop

premises had been

removed but no entry

had been gained.

On Saturday June 19

at 2.24am, the


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room received an

alarm from a premises

in Albany Road. The

response officer

reported there had

been a break-in at the

premises. The thief

had gained entry

through the bathroom

window with no

burglar bars. Cutlery, a

kettle and a microwave

had been stolen and

found outside the

premises. A case was

opened with the SAPS.

At 5.06am a man

phoned reporting that

his son was staying at a

friend’s house in

Muller Drive that had

had a break-in. It was

reported that three

cellphones had been

stolen and the burglars

had forced open the

door. A case was


Then, at 6.14am a

woman phoned

reporting that they had

a break-in at a

premises in Hards

Street, and requested

SAPS. The


room was informed

that a laptop was

stolen and that the

burglar had gained

entry into the house by

lifting the door hook. A

case was opened with

the SAPS.

On Monday June 21

at 2.55pm, a break-in

was reported in West

Beach Drive. The

response officer

reported that criminals

had removed the

planks by the garage

door and used a

homemade hook to

hook items. It was

uncertain what had

been stolen but it

didn’t appear they had

gained entry into the

garage. A case was


At 5.40pm, a

WhatsApp message

reported a break-in at a

premises in Albany

Road that had

occurred during the

night. Only food had

been stolen and no

case was opened.

Also, at 5.33pm, a

panic alarm was

received from a flat in

Freshwater Road. The

criminal had gained

entrance by bending

the bathroom window

where no burglar bars.

A fishing rod and water

boots had been stolen

and the SAPS was not

informed.

Sky Alarms responded

to a panic signal at a

property in Campbell

Street on June 13, and

found a drunk man

trespassing. They

removed him from the

p r o p e r t y.

Sky responded to a

break-in in Nico

Malan Drive in

Bathurst on June 14,

scaring off the burglars

who had gained entry

through a security gate

and sliding door. The

key holder and SAPS

were notified. No

property was stolen.

A theft in Biscay Road

on June 16 resulted in

a suspect with the

stolen property later

being spotted and

apprehended by a Sky

response officer on

patrol. The owner

declined to open a

case.

Also on June 16, Sky

was asked to attend to

harassment of

customers at Wimpy

by vagrants. They had

been asked to leave by

the manger but later

returned. Sky removed

them from the

premises.

Sky also removed a

drunk man trespassing

at a home in

Atherstone Road.


Make winter better for the animals

Join pay-it-forward challenge for Retreat 2 Eden

WARMING HEARTS

Most locals are familiar

with Retreat 2 Eden

and their unrelenting

care for animals of all sizes.

Their needs change regularly

and with winter arriving, Retreat

2 Eden need assistance to build

three additional enclosures to

accommodate the growing

number of animals rescued.

The proposed doghouses

will protect the animals from the

elements, while still allowing

them an environment where

they can all run freely.

The architectural designs for

the doghouses were drawn up

by Kathy Kennard-Davis, who

did them pro bono.

Royal St Andrews Hotel is

taking up a challenge to help

raise funds for this much needed

project and has pledged a

donation of R10,000 on the

Retreat 2 Eden Facebook page.

Three businesses were

challenged to kick-start the

fundraising project, with the

hope they would take up the

ch a l l e n g e .

One of the three businesses ,

Kowie Toyota, immediately

accepted the challenge.

The idea is similar to the

restaurant challenge started by

businessman Ed Gutsche a few

months ago, in which he

challenged businesses to order

from a restaurant to bless

another business with meals.

This challenge is for the

animals which need your help.

In true Royal St Andrews

style, there will be a prize up for

grabs and challenge supporters

will stand a chance to a win a

two-night stay for two guests,

including bed and breakfast at

the hotel.

All you need to do is pledge

your donation on Retreat 2

Eden’s Facebook page and

challenge the next business or

person to pay it forward.

The best part is that you

don’t have to be nominated or to

nominate a business.

All donations are greatly

appreciated, so open your

hearts and wallets and make

your pledge for our furry friends.

Funds can be deposited into

the following account:

eMthunzini, Branch: 107410,

Account type: Savings account,

Account number: 2007586134.

Reference: RSAH Kennels.

For more information,

contact Louis Steyn at Royal St

Andrews Hotel on 046-604-

5400 or Johann at Retreat 2

Eden on 072-966-7692.

So go on, don’t wait to be

challenged, do your bit to make

this dream a reality.

KEEPING WARM ON COLD NIGHTS: As is now a well-established custom, the members of

Port Alfred Round Table 177 collected warm clothes to distribute to those in need at their

annual Winter Knights collection, held at West Beach on Friday evening. With the weather likely

to get colder in the coming weeks, many destitute people in the area rely on the generosity of

the Round Table and their donors each year. The Tablers and their family as well as 41ers

(former members who reached the age of 40) set up at West Beach car park for their collection

Picture: ROB KNOWLES

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EDITORIAL

OPINION

Asking

questions

can help

It has been stated in this column

before that in any given week we

might send half a dozen inquiries to

the municipality on different topics.

Rarely are these all answered. Some

might be answered weeks later, others

n e ve r.

And even when we get answers, it

might not necessarily become an article

in the newspaper.

This week municipal spokesperson

Cecil Mbolwkewa was on a roll. Though

he waited till Wednesday, he responded

to four of my queries.

To be fair to Mbolekwa, the delay in

response might not be his fault, as he

depends on various municipal

departments to give him the information

we ask f o r.

One of our queries was about the

dune wells on East Beach.

A regular visitor to town last Saturday

saw a TLB driving on East Beach and

found out that it was digging to find the

dune well pumps that had been covered

by sand.

As shifting dunes are a known factor,

the visitor wondered how often the

pumps were monitored and why there

wa s n ’t a better system in place to keep

them accessible, especially considering

our severe water shortage.

We asked the municipality if the TLB

venture was successful and if the pumps

had been located and were in use.

Mbolekwa responded: “We were

having electrical problems with our dune

well pump, but we have maintained it,

now [it] is working.”

We sent another query about the

state of Horton Road, a dirt road with a

huge rut in it caused by rain.

A resident contacted TotT about it and

said if vehicles were coming from

opposite directions, one side had to wait

for the other to pass, as a portion of the

road was u n n av i g a b l e .

This road is being used heavily during

the week by parents dropping off their

children at school, and if a motorist is

unaware about the damage to the road, it

could lead to an accident.

Mbolekwa said: “We have noted the

concern by the resident, at the moment

our grader is being repaired and hope

next week will be ready to operate. This

road will [be] our priority.”

The municipal spokesperson also

responded to our query about the small

group of squatters who had set up camp

on a piece of municipal land in Stocks

Avenue/West Street.

But the most satisfying response,

especially for the residents involved, is

that after haggling with the municipality

for 14 months over a R650 bill, the

municipality is finally going to pay it – all

because TotT asked questions.

Even though it was not one of the

t ow n ’s big issues, we are happy we could

influence positive action.

Jon Houzet

THRILLED BY VISIT: The middle group children at Happy Hours Pre-primary have been learning about emergency vehicles and had a treat

when one of the moms organised a ‘drive by’ by four different emergency vehicles. Due to Covid restrictions, pupils have been unable to

visit any of the local emergency services, so they were delighted when the vehicles came to them – a fire truck, police van, traffic patrol car

and an ambulance. ‘We would like to extend a real big appreciative shout-out to them all,’ said principal Tracy Lloyd. ‘Living in a small town

like Port Alfred has so many different advantages for our children’

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PA set to

become a

ghost town

An open letter to Ndlambe Municipality

regarding the sand obstructing the car parks at

East and West Beach: It is with great

disappointment that I return from being away,

after seven weeks since my last mail over this

m a t t e r.

The disappointment arises not only because

nobody has even had the courtesy to reply to

me, nor has my request for copies of the

environment application/authorisation been

shared with me, but more so because absolutely

nothing at all has been done to remove the sand.

Your municipality, ladies and gentlemen, is a

joke. It appears there is no interest at all in

residents or ratepayers. Small wonder there are

about 500 houses for sale in Port Alfred.

I have questioned some of those leaving this

town and top of their list is the municipality’ s

inability to provide any service at all to the

t ow n ’s inhabitants.

Water, sewerage, road repairs, beach

cleaning, refuse removal, are all non-existent or

leave a lot to be desired.

The council sit and bank their salary every

month and that is all they care about.

My own home is going on the market in the

next two weeks. I love this part of the Eastern

Cape, and after owning a home here for 16

years and watching the slow degradation of

what was once a most sought-after destination,

my best option is to leave. Port Alfred will soon

be a ghost town if the ineptitude on the part of

the council continues.

I have many things I could add to this letter

of complaint but I am sure you get my point.

Sincerely, your departing ratepayer.

Great support for mini show

PAUL PARKER

Milky Way most dazzling

during darkest winter

Monday June 21 was the

southern winter solstice, and

during the shortest days of the

year, we get the most

spectacular sky viewing.

The southern skies are more

beautiful than the northern.

For us, the heart of our

galaxy – I n d l e l ayo b i s i ,

Melkweg, the Milky Way –

passes straight overhead in the

middle of the night. It is visible

from sunset to sunrise.

The Milky Way is our view

of the hundreds of billions of

stars that make up the galaxy in

which our Sun was born.

We orbit the centre of this

galaxy every 200 million years.

From our place in its outer

reaches, its centre is in the

constellations Scorpius (the

scorpion) and Sagittarius (the

archer). That is the direction

where the stars are thickest in

the sky.

The Milky Way is best seen

when there is no bright moon.

With the new moon on June

10, the viewing was excellent

and is with each new moon

throughout the winter.

In the dark skies of the

Karoo at Sutherland, I have

often seen my own shadow by

the light of the Milky Way.

You will not find the sky that

dark near Port Alfred, but you

can still marvel at the beauty of

our galaxy.

Rising in the east after sunset

in June is one of the best

constellations, Scorpius, which

actually looks like a scorpion.

In Greek mythology, the

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goddess Artemis sent the

scorpion to kill the hunter

Orion, who eternally flees from

Scorpius, setting in the west as

Scorpius rises in the east.

In the middle of Scorpius is

the bright red supergiant star,

Antares, the “Rival of Mars”.

It is similar in brightness to

Mars, and is also red.

However, Mars is red

because of its oxidised rock and

sand; Antares is red because it

is cool – “only” about 4,000 ºC!

(Our own Sun is about 6,000ºC

and so is yellow.)

Antares has a mass seven

times that of our Sun.

Now, late in its life, it has

swollen up to where it is so big,

that, if you put it where the Sun

is, Antares would stretch out

beyond the orbit of Mars.

It would engulf all the inner

rocky planets: Mercury, Venus,

Earth and Mars.

Look to one side of Antares

and you will see the tail of the

scorpion curl around to the

stinger, the bright blue-white

star Shaula, which is 14 times

bigger than our Sun and has a

temperature of 25,000 ºC.

Compare the red of Antares

with the white of Shaula and

you will see that stars do have

different colours. Shaula is very

young still (for a star), but in a

few million years it too will

swell into a red supergiant.

On the other side of Antares

three stars form the front of the

Scorpion, and the claws stretch

out to the constellation of Libra,

the scales. The two brightest

stars in Libra were once the

claws of the scorpion.

They have beautiful names:

Zuben Elgenubi (a popular boat

name) and Zuben Elshamali.

For those who rise early, you

can see the star cluster, the

Pleiades, in the east before

sunrise this month.

This is a young cluster of

several hundred stars, only

about 100 million years old.

In the Xhosa calendar June

is the month when the star

cluster iSilimela (the Pleiades)

first rises before sunrise.

This important month of

initiation ceremonies,

U k wa l u k a , is marked by the

rising of iSilimela.

Other cultures also venerate

the Pleiades.

In Maori culture in New

Zealand, the Pleiades are

Matariki, and their rising in June

marks the beginning of the New

Year in a season also called

Matariki.

And in Japanese the name

for Pleiades is Subaru. Look at

the logo on any Subaru car.

On behalf of the Bathurst Agricultural Society

[BAS], I wish to thank all of you folks out there for

the awesome support shown on the weekend of

the mini show [Weekend Diversion].

Thank you to the R72 pub, the R72 garage,

the Kowie Striders, sponsors, workers, helpers

and volunteers who made the weekend a great

success.

We were overwhelmed by all the generosity

shown such as the donations for the auctions and

the wonderful music by Anthony Caplan and, of

course, the Sunshine Rockers who really got the

party going.

S a t u r d ay ’s arena events of horse barrel racing

and run, ride and drive and the lawn mower race

were extremely entertaining.

The finances of the society are looking a lot

healthier now and the show goes on.

Our heartfelt thanks. Stay safe

DANNY WEPENER, BAS president

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FACE 2 FACE with /

Oneza Mkangisa

QTell us about your occupation.

AI am a matriculant as well as a

prefect at Port Alfred High

School (PAHS).

Q: What is the most satisfying

aspect of the work you do?

A: The most satisfying aspect about

being a student at PAHS is that I get to

obtain an education to be able to

give back to my community.

Q: What is the one tourist

aspect you would recommend to a

visitor to the Sunshine Coast?

A: I would definitely recommend that

a visitor should go to the Big

Pineapple.

Q: If you have a bucket list,

what is the top item you would like

to do?

A: One thing I have always wanted to

do is to go on a hot air balloon ride.

Q: What is your motto in life?

A: “I can do all things through Christ

who strengthens me” (Philippians

4:13).

Q: What keeps you motivated?

A: The smile on my mother’s face

after I tell her about something that I

have succeeded in, keeps me

m o t iva t e d .

Q: With the high

unemployment rate in our country,

what do you think could be done to

address the situation?

A: The one thing that would change

the unemployment rate in our

country is the eradication of the

mentality that you need a degree to

succeed in life.

Often pupils feel they can’t do

what they have always wanted to do

in the practical work space, for

instance, plumbing.

Q: Do you think enough is being

done to reduce our carbon footprint

on the planet? If not, what do you

think could be done to change it?

A: No, we need more environmental

campaigns and awareness in

different languages to ensure

everyone can be educated.

Q: What is your favourite music

of all time?

A: Gospel.

Q: What is the one item that is

always in your fridge?

A: I always have milk in my fridge.

Q: If you could be president of

SA for one day, what would be the

top three things you would do for

your day in office?

A: 1. I would ensure there is equal

education for all. By that I mean all of

the resources in schools should be of

the same standards; 2. I would also

give all teachers R10,000 each

because they need recognition for

the good work they do; 3. Lastly, I

would ensure homework is limited to

no more than 20 minutes per subject.

Living with neck and

back pain (part 2)

DR ILANA JOUBERT

The spinal column is one entity from the

neck to the lower back, and patients with

lower back problems will frequently also

develop neck problems.

Spinal surgery should be reserved for

severe nerve compression and extreme

pain that impairs the everyday life and

functionality of a patient.

Spinal surgery changes the

biomechanics of the spine and frequently

leads to further spinal injury over time.

P r e ve n t i o n , therefore, is the mainstay

of treatment for back and neck pain.

During certain stages of sleep an

important hormone called serotonin is

secreted by the pineal gland in the brain.

It is both a natural painkiller

(endorphin) – the body’s own “morphine”

– and an antidepressant.

Enough and good quality sleep is of

utmost importance.

Reduced sleep leads to fatigue,

leading to reduced levels of endorphins

and enhanced perception of acute pain.

Good quality sleep can be improved

by adequate pain relief (antiinflammatories,

simple analgesics).

Additional drugs such as

amytripteline increase serotonin levels

and aid with sleep without addictive

properties.

Precautions for your back:

Do not sleep on your stomach. Lie on

your side with a pillow between your

knees, or on your back with a pillow

under your knees.

Do not stand for long periods of time,

and do not slouch with an arched lower

b a ck .

When driving, remember to stabilise

H E A LT H

DR ILANA JOUBERT

your core muscles, and stop every one to

two hours on a long-distance journey to

stretch your legs.

Bending down should always be with

bent knees and a straight back.

Walking and swimming is strongly

recommended, as well as any e x e rc i s e

prescribed by your physiotherapist.

Te s t s / s c a n s :

CT (computer tomography) consists of

ordinary X-rays, fed into a computer, with

or without contrast (dye).

This test is done to evaluate the

integrity, alignment and pathology of the

ve r t e b ra e .

It is not as effective to evaluate soft

tissue structures.

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

can display all the tissue in the body very

c l e a r l y.

It is best to evaluate soft tissue

structures such as ligaments, discs and

nerves to create an overview of the spine

in entirety.

An EMG (electromyogram) tests the

electric conductivity of the nerves of the

b o dy.

A discogram involves injecting dye

directly into the intervertebral disc to try

mimic your pain by putting stress on the

disc and also fluoroscopy to see what the

anatomy of the disc fibres look like.

These tests are all done by specialists

and only for specialised indications.

Most back and neck pain, however,

can be managed conservatively, as

discussed above.

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Served Friday 02 July 2021

Lamb Bunny Chow: Served with a

Carrot and Chilli Sambals

Durban Lamb Curry: Served with

Basmati Rice, Poppadums and Sambals

Beef and Vegetable Casserole

Served with Rice and Roast Vegetables

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A l f re d BUSINESS FORUM Keeping you up to date on the local business front

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So much under

Silverleaf roof

Come explore the shops at Kenton-on-Sea gem

Ahidden secret to many locals is the

Silverleaf Centre in Kenton-on-Sea, so join

in on a journey through the businesses

based there.

Paint House offers a stunning range of Fired

Earth Samples inspired by the textures and tones

of nature.

Fired Earth offers an array of locally produced

coatings for interior and exterior use, in a wideranging

selection of earthy colours and luxurious

surface textures and finishes.

If you have an old pot you want to paint or

patio furniture in need of a revamp or even just a

wall that needs some new beach life colours, then

phone Paint House to discuss your project.

No project is too big or small and Paint House

staff look forward to discussing your interior need

with you. Contact Caramae Venter on 065-961-

2738 or WhatsApp 065-849-5980 or e-mail

mae.painthouse@gmail.com

At Fre s h every dish and product is created

with fresh, local ingredients and lovingly prepared

in their kitchen.

A variety of products are handpicked, tested

and developed with some of the best local bakers

and suppliers to provide a variety of choices and

options to suit your taste buds and dietary needs.

Fresh is helping create awareness about local

products, wellness, the food one eats, where it

comes from, how it tastes and how this affects

one’s health, energy levels and the world around

us.

Visit the friendly little deli to collect your meal

of the day, birthday cake or platter.

Silverleaf Centre

Kenton-On-Sea

Call 065 961 2738 | w/a 065 849 5980

shopprettyhouse@gmail.com

Silverleaf Centre | Contact: 083 943 7700

Call 065 961 2738 | w/a 065 849 5980

Call 065 961 2738

w/a 065 849 5980

arthousekenton@gmail.com

FRESH KENTON

1 Kenton Drive

Silver leaf Centre

Kenton-on-Sea, 6191

073 428 1427

freshkenton@gmail.com

❝ Fresh is helping create

awareness about local

products, wellness, and the

food one eats

Fresh stocks a wide variety of cakes, desserts,

braai items, Asian curries, vegan and gluten-free

options, preserves, cold meats, cheese, fresh

vegetables and bread, and delicious frozen meals.

Call and WhatsApp: 073-428-1427 or e-mail

f r e s h f wh @ g m a i l . c o m

Imagine… Books and Beautiful Things i nv i t e s

you to discover gems among its w e l l - c u ra t e d ,

quality secondhand books.

Along with a good balance of fiction and nonfiction

there is a variety of young adult and

ch i l d r e n ’s books. Book swaps are also welcome.

Many of the “beautiful things” are handcrafted

on the premises with an emphasis on upcycling.

Origami earrings made from Chappie

wrappers, journal covers stitched from teabags

and seahorses fashioned from found sea glass are

examples of some re-imagined products. Contact

Jannet Flynn on 083-943-7700.

Art House Gallery not only features a diverse

range of paintings by well-known artists but also

plays host to various creative workshops.

For your convenience they carry a range of art

materials.

Also, take a walk down to Pretty House &

Gifting along the pathway in the beautiful and

tranquil garden where they stock a range of

beautiful local gifts.

Last but not least, visit Photo House, a shoot,

print and frame studio offering ID photos, printing

images onto canvas, stretching or custom framing

- the perfect way to display your personal

memories or decorate your walls.

Contact Corlette Venter on 071-844-2420.

WELCOMING SIGHT: From left, Caramae Venter, Jannet Flynn, Bianca Binneman look forward

to seeing you at Silverleaf centre. See article and advert and be inspired

Millenials can’t afford

to forego medical aid

BIANKA BENNETT

Would you believe that the eldest of the

millennials is closing in on the age of 40?

Millennials make up a decent portion of the

workforce, but few have medical aid.

Millennials may question the need to have

medical aid. They consider themselves to be

healthy. They lead active lives. They have yet to

develop any chronic conditions.

After paying for rent, utilities, transport, food,

and the occasional night out, millennials are not

left with much breathing room in their bank

account to put money aside for medical aid.

So why should this young, healthy and cashstrapped

generation stretch their budget further?

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a wake-up

call for everyone.

The value of ensuring a healthy life for oneself

and one’s loved ones has taken top priority. Covid-

19 has touched us all and never has it been more

apparent that our health is our most important

asset.

Millennials are seeing their health decline

faster than previous generations.

This extends to both physical health

conditions, such as hypertension and cholesterol,

and behavioural health conditions, such as major

depression.

The pressure on individuals and families due

to increased medical costs can be devastating.

Especially for those unprepared.

There are important aspects to be considered

when choosing medical aid, from the type of plan

that best suits your pocket to which medical

services you want to be covered for.

These services could include medicine, doctor

consultations, cover for chronic conditions,

hospital cover, optometry or dental expenses and

other unexpected medical emergencies.

These are some of the basic guidelines to take

into consideration:

1 Look at your family history - how healthy are

you and are there any genetic diseases that you

may inherit later in life? Conditions such as

diabetes, asthma or epilepsy may require regular

check-ups, medication or even hospitalisation.

Even if your family does not suffer from any

chronic conditions, a full medical history is

always useful to know.

2 How many times did you want or need to go

to the doctor, hospital, or an emergency room, but

didn’t because of cost concerns?

3 Do you have any injuries that could cause

problems later in life?

4 Do you need day-to-day cover?

5 Consider what you might need in the next

year. Perhaps you are thinking about starting a

family or feel you may need physical therapy.

6 What can you afford? Draw up a budget,

listing everything from your monthly cellphone

spend, gym membership, and your grocery bills.

Look at which expenses are non-essential. Ask

yourself whether you would rather have that daily

cappuccino or know that in an emergency you

have access to quality private healthcare.

Factoring in medical aid as one of your

monthly budget items can save you from

unanticipated medical expenses, giving you

peace of mind that you are covered in the event of

unexpected illness.

Another key aspect is the transition from being

a dependant on a parent’s medical aid to having

your own cover.

It is important to understand that having a gap

between medical aids may result in waiting

periods. This could mean you will not be able to

access certain benefits for stipulated timeframes.

Let us assist you in making the best decisions.

E-mail: bianka@edgefinance.co.za for further

a dv i c e .


SCHOOLS IN REVIEW

PUDDING PERFECTION: Port Alfred High School matric

pupils Caitlin Marais, left, and head girl Carissa le Roux proudly

present their dish for assessment earlier this week. This is the

last matric practical for the year

THUNDERSTRUCK: During ‘show n tell’ in the Port Alfred

High School Grade 2 class, Connor Venter showed off his pet

hen, Thunder, who caused a bit of a ruffle

YUM YUM: Sonwabise Lenya, a pupil in the Port Alfred High

School Tiggers class tucked into the birthday treats provided

by a classmate with great gusto


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

SA is currently on Level 3 of the national

lockdown which was implemented in April 2020,

a total of 454 days.

However, as the number of Covid-19 cases

increases, specifically in Gauteng, it is rumoured

that this level may shortly be raised to Level 4 or

even Level 5.

At Level 5, first implemented at the start of the

pandemic, the restrictions meant most citizens

were confined to home, shops restricted the

purchase of “non-essential items”, businesses had

to close and industry ground to a halt. Such

measures will seriously cripple the economy and

must be considered an absolute last resort.

While much of the world is lifting restrictions

due to successful vaccination rollout, SA has been

hampered in its rollout by myriad problems

including being too late to order vaccines to

having to dump doses because of potential

contamination.

The government does not seem to be able to

present a clear and coherent message to the

public and, after so many false starts, stalls and

back-tracking, citizens are beginning to question

how any of the Covid-19 command council

rulings have actually helped the situation.

THERE has been a call by the Educators Union of

SA to temporarily close schools while the third

wave of the pandemic plays out, despite the

announcement by education minister Angie

Motshekga on Monday that schools would

remain open.

Motshekga and others are concerned pupils

h ave lost a considerable amount of classroom

time, and this should be avoided this year.

Lockdown is undesirable for most if not all

businesses and institutions but, should Level 5

lockdown regulations come into force, the

education system will be devastated.

For pupils who can study at home, have access

to the internet and can still communicate with

their school, this is still an issue and certainly not

the preferred way of study.

During the previous shutdowns parents had to

become educators while working. Yet, to those in

more rural settings with no access to the internet,

it represents a total disaster.

Many families in rural areas may have several

children of school-going age who require

supervision and assistance with their studies, and

such support is simply not available to them.

M OV I N G to Level 5 would undoubtedly be

another crushing blow to the hospitality and

liquor industries.

More so, Ndlambe relies heavily on tourism

and, given that most social events have been

postponed or cancelled over the last 14 months,

the entire area is suffering.

Without the influx of tourists the area cannot

generate funds to sustain itself.

Revenue has been lost as events such as the

Amanzi Challenge, the Bathurst Agricultural

Show and many others have left the area far

poorer than in the past. Level 5 restrictions would

cripple the local economy even further.

ON to some local news, and last Sunday was the

last in the Classic at the Castle series.

Impresario Sue Gordon and her team were

visibly moved as a video was played before the

concert began featuring many local and overseas

artists who expressed their gratitude to Gordon for

inviting them to perform at Richmond House.

The concert itself was with JF Viljoen (piano)

and David Bester (violin) and was a fitting end to

the series. See the article in this week’s edition.

THE polar plunge, a fundraiser for Port Alfred

High School inviting locals to participate in a

mid-winter swim, was cancelled again due to

Covid precautions.

Even if you did not want to swim in the cool

Indian Ocean, just being there to celebrate the

fact that winter is halfway through is a rush, but

we will have to wait for next year’s winter solstice

for another opportunity.

FOR the dads among us, did your family do

HAPPY TO SERVE: Judy Lottering, owner of

Judy’s Kitchen at the Rosehill Mall, having

served her customer’s needs, takes a welldeserved

break on Father’s Day last Sunday


anything special for you on father’s Day last

Sunday? Travelling around town in the

unseasonably warm weather it seemed that

people were anxious to be outdoors enjoying the

sun and the company. However, with Level 3

restrictions in place there were far fewer people at

our restaurants than would normally be seen.

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S and happy birthday

greetingsto everyone celebrating a special day in

the next week, especially Madelaine Murray,

Lizzy Gouws, June Keeton, Robert Godfrey,

Marsha de Kock, John Champion, Margaret

Ilderton, Brenda Pringle, Ann de la Rey, Amber

Berry, Harold Holt, Marion Konig, Isabella

Coetzee, Liza Kohler, Melville Vogel, Ann

Hewett, Peggy Goosen, Mollie Jordaan, Kim Nel,

Jean Babin, Stella Crawford, Mirna Myburgh,

Tyler-John Lang, Marjorie Wilmot, Lucille

Scheepers, Delina van Heerden, Eileen Roussow,

Anne Harris, Deirdre Odendaal, Mark Warren.

M AY the following businesses continue to be

successful as they celebrate another business

anniversary. Best wishes for the future to The

Water Bar in Van der Riet Street.

THE threat of another hard lockdown alone has

markets nervous and investors hesitant.

Together with the electricity crisis, water

problems (not to mention our local problem of

sewage flowing in our streets) these are definitely

discouraging investment in the area.

On the international markets, and with last

ye a r ’s figures in brackets to compare against, the

Rand was trading at R14.19 to the Dollar

(R17.27), R19.82 to the Pound (R21.49) and

R16.95 to the Euro (R18.82). Commodities such

as gold were trading at $1,782.03 per fine ounce

($1,757.32); platinum $1,084.00 ($825.55) and

Brent crude oil at $74.81 per barrel ($42.98).

WEDDING anniversary congratulations to

couples, especially Len and Pat Holford, Johan

and Anne Roos, Rodney and Lyneth Gradwell,

Terry and Margaret West, Cecil and Dee Jones-

Phillipson and Jason and Megan Sharrock.

THOUGHT for the week: “An inevitable though

often ignored dimension of the quest for

wholeness is that we must embrace what we

dislike or find shameful about ourselves as well as

what we are confident and proud of.”

BEST regards as always,

The Team

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Signs of bullying and

how to address it

During the month of June we

celebrated child protection

week, and as such I want to talk

about bullying.

The “red flag” is up. We

need to sit up and pay attention,

and not let the topic of bullying

fade into the background once

again.

Bullying degrades, it

demeans and it violates.

Current statistics show that

about 41% of children develop

social anxiety after being

bullied, 37% develop

depression, 26% have suicidal

thoughts, 25% engage in selfharm,

24% stop using social

media altogether, 20% start

skipping classes, 14% develop

an eating disorder, while 9%

begin to abuse alcohol and

drugs.

We all – the youth, parents,

educators, counsellors, law

enforcement and the

community – are key to dealing

with this problem.

Depression and suicide are a

particularly high risk in South

African teens as they navigate a

new world of online learning,

social isolation, loss, grief and

trauma, increased anxiety and

depression.

Now more than ever, parents

need to connect and engage

with their children - listen, ask

questions, understand, and get

to know what is happening in

their teens’ lives and what they

are feeling and thinking.

There is still fear and stigma

around suicide and parents and

teachers are afraid to talk about

it to teens.

To get back to bullying,

❝

Parents need to

connect and engage

with their children -

listen, ask questions,

understand, know

what is happening in

their teens’ lives

M E N TA L

H E A LT H

Ruleen de Witt

bullying is unwanted, aggressive

behaviour among school-aged

children that involves a real or

perceived power imbalance.

The behaviour is repeated,

or has the potential to be

repeated, over time.

Both youngsters who are

bullied, and who bully others,

may have serious, lasting

problems.

There are different types of

bullying – verbal, social and

physical bullying.

Bullying is not a problem

that children can solve on their

own and it is not part of normal

ch i l d h o o d .

Signs a child is being bullied:

1 Unexplained injuries

2 Lost or destroyed clothing,

books, electronics or jewellery

3 Frequent headaches, or

stomach aches, feeling sick or

faking illness

4 Changes in eating habits,

suddenly skipping meals or

binge eating

5 Difficulty sleeping or

frequent nightmares

6 Declining grades, loss of

interest in schoolwork or not

wanting to go to school

7 Feelings of helplessness or

decreased self-esteem

8 Self-destructive behaviours

such as running away or

harming themselves or talking

about suicide

9 Sudden loss of friends or

avoidance of social situations

Ways parents and teachers

can help change the bullying

b e h av i o u r :

1 Start early: Focus on

building self-esteem and

resilience as early as preschool.

Children need a basic

foundation of self-worth to stand

up to bullying.

2 Practice assertiveness at

home: Family interactions can

serve as a practice ground for

standing up to bullies.

The “I” statement is an

assertive statement which can

be used in difficult

circumstances such as bullying.

The “I” statement has three

parts: Behaviour, feeling and

consequence.

For example, “when you talk

behind my back [behaviour], I

feel mad [feeling] because it is

not true but some people

believe it [consequence]”.

3 Stick together: Using peer

support is a good way to cope

with bullying.

Some children need specific

guidance about the positive

power of their peer groups.The

bully needs as much help as the

person being bullied.

4 Identify coping strategies.

What helps the child feel better?

Some options include talking

about their feelings with peers or

adults, role-playing situations,

reading books about bullying or

peer conflicts, doing things that

make them feel good about

themselves and awareness talks.

5 Emphasize telling an

adult: If bullying is occurring,

reporting it to school personnel

is essential. It can be reported by

a victim or a bystander.

If the problem persists,

despite school intervention,

parents should consult a

qualified mental health

professional.

Let’s all work together to

make this a bully-free society.

Contact Ruleen de Wit if you

would like to join the support

group meeting every month in

Kenton-on-Sea. You can also

contact her should you need

some help dealing with loss or

grief on 084-280-9126.

Sadag also have a support

group meeting on a Sunday at

4pm. Contact Dr Glenda Hicks

on 046-624-8500.

❝ Bullying is not a

problem that children

can solve on their

own, and it is not

part of normal

childhood. Look out

for the signs

INSPIRATIONAL ARTWORK: Paulette Wheatley, left, and husband Colin are pleased to be

opening the new gallery on Van der Riet Street, Paulette’s Place, and hope to encourage other

artists in the area to visit them. The centre painting is one of Paulette’s powerful pieces, which

she titled, ‘In God anything is possible’ Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Call to artists/crafters

ROB KNOWLES

It’s an inspirational journey stepping inside

Pa u l e t t e ’s Place, the new gallery next to The

Courtyard on Van der Riet Street, and that is its

purpose.

Paulette Wheatley, an artist of many years,

attributes her talents to God and wishes to share

what she has been given with everyone.

She and husband Colin opened the gallery

recently, each at the tender age of 79, to inspire

other artists, crafters and residents of the area to

understanding that life goes on after the

traditional retirement age and, given their

commitment to the new business, their message

is loud and clear.

While Paulette is the artist, Colin can restore

furniture, frame pictures and more, presenting a

one-stop-shop for your creative ideas.

Together with its partners, Paulette’s Place is

able to restore old furniture items and bring

them back into use.

In the gallery are examples of mosaic work

using tiles and shells, paint and more to

revitalise tired and defunct furniture and other

items.

The couple are no strangers to Port Alfred

and have owned a home here for many years,

and their family is intricately bound in the area.

Having had no formal training as an artist,

Paulette sees her talents as God-given and feels

it her mission to bring similarly blessed artists

and craftspeople to come visit her gallery and

contribute and cooperate.

“That is what art is; taking something old

and creating something new,” she said.

“We have suffered through sewage leaks, no

water and no electricity, so we need inspiration

at this point.”

Paulette has been in the ministry for many

years and feels it her obligation to share what

she has been given.

If you have an artistic bent, pay the gallery a

visit and help build a new community.


The city is renowned for its

educational institutions, for

being the national seat of

the judiciary and for its

cultural events

makhanda

festival city

with SID PENNEY

Send your news of local events

and achievements, or of any

issues you might be having to

sidp@imaginet .co.za

or call (046) 624-4356

picture © bernard mackenzie / 123RF.com

MAKHANDA COMES TO A HALT,

AG A I N

Shutdown, lockdown, call it what you

like. With shops, supermarkets and

filling stations closed for business, and

no teaching taking place at

educational institutions, Makhanda

(Grahamstown) came to a standstill for

two days late last week.

For the second time in as many

weeks, taxi drivers and protesters

virtually took over the city, as it were,

and local streets were barricaded with

rocks, rubble and burning tyres.

But worst of all, for two days the

protesters forced the closure of

businesses, shops, supermarkets,

schools and the university, even

preventing employees from reporting

for duty last Thursday, and forcing

other staff out of their places of work.

Municipal services came to a

grinding halt, including refuse

r e m ova l s .

Water supply was affected due to

valves that could not be opened

because of blocked roads, preventing

workers from reaching the water

supply plants.

Earlier last week, on the day before

Youth Day, Church Square was

occupied in front of City Hall by about

60 peaceful protesters holding

placards reading, among others,

“Dissolve Council”, “Stop breaking

our Town”, “Save our City” and “Fi x

our Town”.

Two ominous-looking SAPS N ya l a

vehicles, with Public Order Policing

(POPS) members from other centres

seated inside, were parked within

metres of protesters, keeping a

watchful eye on proceedings.

Barely two days later POPS units

and vehicles were back in Makhanda

when protesters forced the closure of

shops, businesses and schools, and

blocked streets leading to the CBD.

The situation was tense on

Thursday and Friday.

Police vehicles and staff were

deployed to monitor gatherings, while

local security companies Hi-Tec

Security and Smhart Security were on

high alert and had vehicles patrolling

and monitoring ‘hotspots’.

Protesters have been demanding in

the light of poor service delivery by the

municipality in recent years, the

resignation of all Makana Municipality

councillors, or alternatively, that the

council be dissolved.

CONTRACT EXTENDED

The Rhodes University Council has

unanimously resolved to extend Dr

Sizwe Mabizela’s contract as vicechancellor

for a further seven years.

Council chairperson Judge Gerald

Bloem said the decision was taken to

continue the proud academic “story of

quality of the past seven years”.

Mabizela was appointed vicechancellor

in 2014 as the sixth

principal of the 117-year-old

institution.

Author Emily O’Meara wrote in the

book Grahamstown Reflected,

published in 1995: “Education is

G ra h a m s t ow n ’s main industry and

Rhodes University the main producer.

Not assembly line think-alikes but

individuals encouraged to shine in

their own special way.”

PARKRUN OFF

Makhanda parkrun organisers advised

participants late last week that the

event planned for Saturday, June 19

had been cancelled by its head office

due to the return to level 3 restrictions.

Presumably this will be the case

until the restrictions are moved to level

2 again.

RUNNING IN THE ROUGH

Makhanda athlete and schools’

athletics coach, Terri-Lynn Penney,

finished first in her category at the EP

cross-country championships in

Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) on Saturday,

at the Fairview course.

Penney won the ladies’ 40-44 years

category in the 4km race, and was

sixth lady overall.

HERE’S A LEAK, THERE’S A LEAK

Ending off a water supply update

released on Saturday, Makana

Municipality urged consumers to use

water sparingly as the supply

“continues to be less than the

demand”.

What about the numerous water

leaks around Makhanda that are

reported to the municipality but

continue to leak for days, sometimes

weeks, on end?

A case in point is the water leak at

the entrance to Rennie Avenue in

S u n ny s i d e .

READING METERS

According to notices placed on social

media, Makana Municipality is

LET THE BLOOD FLOW: Members of the SA National Blood Service’s mobile division have set up all their

equipment in the NG Kerk hall in Hill Street, and now they await the arrival, hopefully, of hordes of Makhanda blood

donors. The group of four who travelled from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) on a recent Tuesday are registered nurse

Nomapita Kanuka, in chair, and, from left, Patricia Gallant (staff nurse), Edwin Rademeyer (phlebotomist) and

Lulama Magwadi (registered nurse) Picture: SID PENNEY

seeking the assistance of Makhanda

residents to grant access to meter

readers to obtain actual readings from

water and electricity meters.

OV E RTA K I N G

So true what a local resident posted on

social media last Friday: “This business

of not being overtaken by a taxi at the

Church Square robots when they’re red

over the past two days takes some

getting used to.”

NO MARKET

The organisers of the Winter Market

scheduled to have been held at PJ

Olivier High School on June 26 have

announced that it has been postponed

“until further notice”.

ACE ON THE EIGHTH

Well done to Stuart Beer on his holein-one

on the par-three eighth hole at

Belmont Golf Club last week.

T R I L I N G UA L

Hlumelo Gaqa, in Grade 10 at Victoria

Girls’ High School, has won the

s ch o o l ’s annual trilingual competition

for 2021. Second was Lorena Jass

(Grade 9) and third was Kamva Ncula

(Grade 11).

UNPLUG AND UNWIND

Eastern Cape Tourism has been

advertising on social media that

Thomas Baines Nature Reserve, 12km

to the south of Makhanda, offers

visitors the opportunity to “unplug and

unwind with awesome activities” on

o f f e r. One of the features of the reserve

is Settlers Dam, albeit almost empty at

the moment.

According to the adverts, the

r e s e r ve offers water sports, bird

watching, game drives, a 5km hiking

trail and picnicking facilities.

The photograph used in the adverts

must surely have been taken many

years ago, at a time when there was still

ample water in Settlers Dam. Yet the

advert mentions water sports.

I remember the days, three or four

decades ago, when exciting r ow i n g

and sailing events took place involving

the university, schools and clubs.

ON CAMERA: Concerned Makhanda resident and businesswoman Daphne Timm (holding

banner) is interviewed by a television crew during last week’s peaceful protest on Church

Square. About 60 people took part and heard that the MEC who came from Bhisho was not in

the City Hall meeting with councillors and other stakeholders, but in the Monument. See story

on this page Picture: SID PENNEY

SAVE AND FIX: Makhanda residents take part in a peaceful protest in front of the City Hall on

Church Square on Tuesday last week, many holding posters calling for the city to be fixed and

for council to be dissolved. See story on this page Picture: SID PENNEY

TALK OF THE TOWN 24 June 2021 A DV E RT I S I N G

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F E AT U R E

VAST ARRAY: From kiddies’ tricycles to the latest e-bikes, you can find them all, along with expert advice, at The Cycle Asylum. Owner Ian Storer shows off some of the many bicycles in stock


Find a bicycle for every need

This month, The Cycle Asylum celebrates 10 years in successful business

ROB KNOWLES

The world is waking up to the concept of

using alternative methods of transport to

reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, with

cycling becoming a popular choice.

Cycling is fast becoming the preferred way to

travel through towns and cities all over Europe

and The Cycle Asylum is ready to supply a

bicycle that will precisely meet your needs.

Beginning in 2011 with Richard Legg and

Lappies Labuschagne as the originators, a firm

foundation has been created for the bicycle

community in Port Alfred that is not scared of

tackling large or small service work from the

humblest of bicycles to top of the range.

In 2018, Ian Storer and his wife, Hilary, took

over as the current owners of the Cycle Asylum

and have managed it ever since.

“The business battled, losing staff due to

Covid last year, but we have managed to breathe

new life into the business, offering an opportunity

to train local, enthusiastic youngsters as

m e ch a n i c s ,” said Ian.

“We are a community bike shop with a wide

range of bicycles to suit all ages, pockets and

preferences. Ranges include balance bikes,

kiddies’ bikes, ladies’ bikes, 24, 26 and 29ers and

moderately priced e-bikes for town and the

beach [especially for fishermen].

“For the more determined, we can supply and

service more upmarket e-bikes, hard tail and full

suspension carbon bikes.”

Ian emphasised the problems the pandemic

placed on his and other industries, saying Covid

had put an enormous strain on bicycle and parts

supplies but that The Cycle Asylum would a l way s

endeavour to make a plan to keep its customers

mobile.

Customers may visit The Cycle Asylum on

Albany Road in Port Alfred to find bicycles to suit

various requirements or to see the latest range.

Their hours of business are 8am to 4.30pm

from Monday to Friday, Saturday 8.30am to 12

m i d d ay, or by appointment, but they are closed

on public holidays.

“We would not have been able to do this

without the support of the community and across

the country,” Ian explained.

“I would like to say a huge thank you to you

all, it is much appreciated.”

The Cycle Asylum is one of the co-sponsors,

along with Buco, of the local cycling event

known as the G2C, which is happening on

November 7 this year, and the “Bikes and Pines”

run which is at Shaw Park Country Club School in

September – date to be confirmed. From now and

until the month of July, The Cycle Asylum will be

offering up to 20% off existing parts and

accessories as well as discounts on bicycles for

cash purchases only. Terms and conditions will

a p p l y.

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CONGRATULATIONS

TO IAN AND STAFF

AT CYCLE ASYLUM!

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Congratulations to

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Congratulations on your

business milestone -

Looking forward to many

more years together!

Wishing Cycle Asylum

all the best on their

10th year milestone -

We wish you many

more happy and

successful years ahead!

Congratulations

Cycle Asylum!

Well done on your 10 Year

Business Anniversary -

We are very proud to be

associated with you!


FAT H E R ’S DAY

THE TREAT’S ON DAD: The Xamesi family enjoyed their Father’s Day lunch at The Highlander at the Royal St Andrews Hotel on

Sunday. From left are son Qiqa, mom Lucinda, dad Boyce and daughter Phelokazi Picture: JON HOUZET

PROUD DAD: Enjoying the ambiance and great food at Graze

by the River for Father’s Day on Sunday, Bruno Menin, centre,

with daughter Leigh-Anne Horne and wife Diane Menin P i c t u re :

ROB KNOWLES

FAT H E R ’S DAY WITH GRANDKIDS: Josephine Moss, left, and her husband Llewellyn Moss,

right, enjoying a day out with their grandkids, Chelsea and Luke Oosthuizen, at Fish River

Resort for Father’s Day on Sunday

A SUNNY SUNDAY: Des and Marinda Claase had a relaxing Father’s Day at the Penny Farthing

Restaurant on Sunday Picture: ROB KNOWLES

PORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUB

BBO Pairs Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Board 1 Dealer N, love all. No 46007

You are West, on lead

having taken note of

the bidding shown in

the table. If you just

play the Ace and King

of clubs you have done

the defense a disservice and will not get a good

score. You have seven clubs and partner has

supported you, presumably holding 3 or four clubs; this means that your

opponents have two or three; therefore you may be able to win one club trick,

but definitely not two. Leading a diamond can only help the opposition, as it

will help to establish one of their suits. From the bidding North surely has five

diamonds, very likely with Ace, Jack. A trump lead will only help your opponents;

so you are left with leading a heart or the club King;

So you lead the Club King, North plays the 3, East plays the Jack and South

plays the 2. Clearly the Jack is a suit preference signal asking for a higher

ranking suit; obviously not spades, because South has shown six of them, so

it must be hearts. You lead the 5 of hearts, hoping that West will be able to read

it as a doubleton. Declarer has a problem here because he/she has also seen

the signal from East and has to guess which card to play. As the cards lie it

doesn’t help if North plays the King, or a small one; the defense will take three

heart tricks, a club and a diamond. For down two.

But check the results below to see how the rest of the ‘field’ fared!!

Results…..

3S= (2); 4C= (W); 4S-1; 4S-2; 4S+1

1st J Faulkner & D Newson 71.1%;

2nd K Botha & A Osinski 60.0%;

3rd Louise & Dave Gibbon 59.4%

Beginners Bridge lessons are under way; please phone Elzabe on

073 218 5735 to enroll. AT this stage it is necessary to be able to play

online: i.e. have a computer and internet access to be able to play. Later

we hope to get back to ‘face to face’ bridge.

CELEBRATING DADS: Enjoyed Father’s Day at Judy’s Kitchen at Rosehill Mall on Sunday were, from left around the

table, Lisolethu Faku, Nomatamsanqa Payi, Nosphatise Payi, Sakhe Payi, Tana Memani, Nomaxabiso Memani and

Luyani Memani Picture: ROB KNOWLES


GOES HERE

ALWAYS LENDING A HAND: A regular feature at the Classics

at the Castle series, Penny Schultz, right, always helped to

hand out complimentary drinks. With her was another patron

of the arts, Annali Smith Picture: ROB KNOWLES

LEARNING EXPERIENCE: The Ackerman’s, Lindy and her

husband Dewald, a teacher at El Shaddai Christian Academy,

enjoy attending the final Classics at the Castle performance at

the Richmond House Music Room on Sunday Picture: ROB

KNOWLES

MUSIC LOVERS: Enjoying the unseasonably warm weather on

Father’s Day, from left, daughter Cameron Shield, dad David

Shield and mom Megan Slyper attended the final Classics at

the Castle performance on Sunday Picture: ROB KNOWLES

TWO AT THE CLASSICS: Classics veterans,

Alderman Louise Swanepoel, left, and Dr Glenda

Hicks, who wouldn’t miss the final Classics at the

Castle, at the last in the series of concerts held at

the Richmond House Music Room on Sunday


LEAPFROG PROPERTY GROUP ENTRY INTO THE PORT ALFRED REAL ESTATE MARKET

SUPPORTING THE ARTS: Craig and Elize

Ellis attend the final Classics at the Castle,

held on Father’s Day on Sunday Picture: ROB

KNOWLES

LOST KEY

SINGLE CAR KEY with black tab lost on

Monday 14 June 2021 between Duck Pond

Car Park and Leach Pharmacy. If found

please hand in at Pick n Pay (Heritage Mall).

EMPLOYMENT OFFERED

VODACOM REQUIRES A

PORT ALFRED RESIDENT

qualified in cellular sales/marketing

Only candidates with cellular sales

experience need apply.

e-mail CV to:

vodacomshop.hemingways@vodadealers.co.za

Successful applicants will be contacted

after Friday 2nd July 2021

Don’t miss out on a

great career opportunityŹ

ųŘ

Kenneth Schalkwyk 081 877 3038kenneth.schalkwyk@leapfrog.co.za

www.leapfrog.co.za


Nemato adds cricket and karate

Two new academies a boost for local children

ROB KNOWLES

Finally, after seven years the

Nemato Foundation has

been able to launch two

new academies for boys and

girls in Nemato.

This was announced by

Ellen Fober, founder of the

mirror organisation in Holland,

Nemato Stichting.

Firstly, the Nemato

Foundation Cricket academy

has just been formed with

Thanduxolo Shotana as the

c o a ch .

Shotana is also the coach of

the Rainbows team which p l ay s

in the Pineapple Cricket

tournament.

Next, the Nemato

Foundation karate academy is

another initiative with sensei

Clive Naido, who has trained

children from the town and

surrounding townships for many

ye a r s .

Both of these academies

keep the children busy and

entertained, while also

increasing hand-eye

coordination, focus and

concentration, building teams

and cooperation - all skills

required of the leaders of the

future.

“We are very proud that the

two academies are running and

the kids are practicing cricket

every day after school,” said

Fo b e r.

Visiting from Holland on a

regular basis (though prevented

during the Covid-19 pandemic),

Fober has been integral to the

foundation of these academies

and responsible for collecting

donations from overseas patrons

as well as establishing and

supporting many projects in the

area.

These include two Happy

Homes in Bathurst for orphaned

children, support for the

Jehovah Jireh Haven caregivers

and a host of other charitable

donations.

Working in SA with Child

Welfare and other charitable

organisations in the area, the

Nemato Foundation has

supported the less privileged in

the area for many years.

“I am so happy [these have

been established], after all these

ye a r s ,” said Fober.

GAME FOR CRICKET: Children in Nemato who are part of the newly launched Nemato

Foundation Cricket Academy. The official launch of the much-welcomed academy will be in

October, but the children are reported to be playing cricket every day after school, so keen are

they in learning the sport

Regenerative agriculture defined

Regenerative agriculture is a concept laid down

by Bob Rodale, the head of the Rodale Institute in

Pennsylvania, in the US.

The idea was to make it easy for commercial

agriculture to take a step-by-step approach to

achieving sustainability, which is just another, less

politically charged word for organic.

There are seven points in total, each one feeds

neatly into the other, eventually facilitating for the

return of the biological systems which nature so

perfectly designed.

FORM JJJ

LOST OR DESTROYED DEED

(Form JJJ added by GNR.62 of

18 January 2019)

Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation

68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of

¿

copy of

Deed of Transfer Number T33564/2007(CTN)

Passed by The Joint Trustees for the

Insolvent Estate

MARIE ANNICK ANGELE

HENRIETTE ISERNHINKE

Identity Number 510615 0640 08 4

and

KURT FRITZ ISERNHINKE


Married in community of property

to each other

In favour of CHARLES BENN


Married out of community of

property

in respect of ERF 1403 PORT ALFRED

IN THE AREA OF NDLAMBE

LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

DIVISION OF BATHURST

PROVINCE OF THE EASTERN

CAPE

which Deed 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 WILLIAM’S TOWN within two

weeks after the date of the publication of this

notice.

Dated at PORT ALFRED this 24th day of

JUNE 2021

Application:

NEAVE STOTTER INC.

25 VAN DER RIET STREET

PORT ALFRED

6170

Email : grace@palaw.co.za

Tel : 046 6241163

AGRI COLUMN

KIM VAN LINGEN

The fundamental idea revolves around the

core concepts of diversity, mutualism/symbioses

and honouring the law of return.

Breaking each down it is easy to see how the

one aspect is the foundation for the next, time

after time, cycle after cycle in an ever-enriching,

positive feedback loop.

Once stabilised, this facilitates for

sustainability and stability.

One part of the soil food web cannot work

unless all the parts are present, much like a

gearbox that needs every tooth on every gear in all

the gears for a vehicle to move forward.

Drop a tooth and things don’t go so well.

FORM JJJ


(Form JJJ added by GNR. 62 of

25 January 2019)

Notice is hereby given in terms of

Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries

Act, 1937, of the intention to apply for the

¿

Number T79328/2003CTN passed by

ARLENE ATHOLIE MARX (Formerly

Callaghan) Identity Number 370824 0074

08 3 Married Out of Community of Property

to DONALD ROBERT PEARSON Identity

Number 351231 5028 08 5 and PAMELA

ANNETTE PEARSON Identity Number

400111 0027 08 7 Married In Community

of Property to each other of property in

respect of REMAINDER OF ERF 1401

PORT ALFRED, In the Area of NDLAMBE

Eastern Cape Province 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

date of this publication of this notice.

Dated at Port Elizabeth this 18 day of

June 2021

Applicant:

Woodlands

Port Elizabeth

041 367 5512

Drop a couple more and that vehicle will not

move, though getting the biology back is a lot less

complicated than repairing a gearbox.

Diversity means diversity of species.

Every gram of healthy soil should be home to

75,000 species of bacteria and 25,000 species of

fungi, along with protozoa, micro and macro

arthropods, all the way up the food chain.

The finely interlocked relationships between

all the below-ground organisms is one of nutrient

exchange through consumption and defecation or

the poop loop.

Bacteria and fungi harvest minerals and the

protozoa eat them, retaining what they need and

pooping out the rest.

The protozoa get eaten by the micro

arthropods, which get eaten by the macro

arthropods, and so on.

The poop is now nutrient in plant available

form in the root zone where your plant needs

them, just like drip irrigation, constantly feeding

your plant day in and day out.

The hugely complex relationship between

plants and all the below-ground microorganisms

is one that can only be defined as mutualism.

Simply put, plants cannot break down the

FORM JJJ



regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries

Act, 1937, of the intention to apply

¿

SUBSTITUTED DEED OF GRANT

NUMBER G219/1948CTN passed by

GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF

SOUTH AFRICA in favour of JOSEPH

HLWITANA, BORN ON 1ST AUGUST

1899, in respect of certain ERF 3826 RINI,

IN THE MAKANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY,

DIVISION OF ALBANY, EASTERN

CAPE PROVINCE 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 GRAHAMSTOWN this 24th day

of JUNE 2021.

NEVILLE BORMAN AND

BOTHA ATTORNEYS

22 HILL STREET, GRAHAMSTOWN, 6139

E -mail address:

conveyancing@nbandb.co.za

Contact number: 046 622 7200

Ref: Jamie-Lee Arries 3/PIE17/0002

hard crystalline structure of sands silts and clays to

harvest their tightly bound minerals.

For this they need the help of bacteria and

fungi and bacteria, and fungi need the energygiving

nourishment of the plant’s exudates to live

and grow.

Plants are host to tens of millions upon

millions of bacteria and fungi, which in turn fetch

the plant all the minerals, any other nutrients, and

water if it needs it.

This is how plants meet all their nutritional

requirements and how they manage their

i m m u n i t y.

Honouring the law of return is to me one of

the most important aspects of life – this is where

you get to put something back.

In the context of soils, this happens when the

plant organic matter is returned to the soil in the

form of proper compost to keep the system

t h r iv i n g .

The higher the organic matter in the soil, the

better the biology functions, the more carbon is

sequestrated, the bigger the nutrient pool

becomes.

The bigger the nutrient pool, the more plants

grow and even more biology.

The more air and water can infiltrate, the

deeper the plants roots can go, which then makes

your crop resistant to drought, pests and disease.

Sustainability and seventh generational

stability are the next important aspects but just get

those three right and everything else happens as a

happy consequence, and so life happens.

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 a

¿¿

Equistock Properties 7 Proprietary Limited,

Registration Number 1999/023531/07, in

Local Municipality, Division of Alexandria,

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.

Grahamstown, 6139.


FAMILY OUTING

FAMILY TIME: From left, Antoinette Sorven, Tommy Sorven, Ann Barkhuizen, Johan and Sandra

Sorven enjoyed their lunch at the Penny Farthing Restaurant on Father’s Day on Sunday P i c t u re :

ROB KNOWLES

NO EX-SPENCE SPARED: Taking the granddaughter to lunch, or was it the other way around,

Mekanzie Cox and grandparents Delene and Claude Spence had a great time at the Penny

Farthing Restaurant on Sunday Picture: ROB KNOWLES

NDLAMBE MUNICIPALITY

PORT ALFRED

AMENDMENT NOTICE

TENDER 98/2021 - WATER MANAGEMENT DEVICE METERS

(PREPAID METERS) (Meter Box, Water meter, Prepaid Water

Controller (PWC), Consumer Interface Unit (CIU))

Prospective bidders are hereby advised that amendments have been made to

the invitation notice and returnable document in respect of the abovementioned

tender as follows:

The Previous Experience section of the functionality tables as set out in both the

invitation notice AND the detailed functioned matrix (page 3 of the returnable document)

is amended to read:

Further details may be obtained from the Revenue Manager, Mrs D May at Tel: 046 604

5539, dmay@ndlambe.gov.za

NOTICE NUMBER: 116/2021

ADV R DUMEZWENI

24 JUNE 2021 MUNICIPAL MANAGER

NDLAMBE

MUNICIPALITY

PORT ALFRED

APPLICATION FOR THE

PROPOSED SUBDIVISION OF

ERF 4658, PORT ALFRED INTO

TWO PORTIONS

Applicant:

Owner:

M.E.H Sulter & Son Inc

Martha Winnie Blom

Property Description: Erf 4658, Port Alfred

Physical Address:

31 Muisvogel Road,

Port Alfred,

6170

Detailed description of proposal:

The matter for consideration is an

application for the Proposed

Subdivision of Erf 4658, Port Alfred

into two portions as per the Ndlambe

Municipality Spatial Planning and

Land Use Management By-Laws (2016)

and Ndlambe Integrated Land Use

Scheme Regulations.


Section 93 of the Ndlambe Municipality

Spatial Planning and Land Use

Management By-law (2016) that the

abovementioned application has been

received and is available for inspection

during weekdays between 09:00 to

15:00 at the Ndlambe Municipality,

Civic Centre, Causeway, and Port Alfred

Municipal Office. The application can

also be viewed on the Ndlambe website

(www.ndlambe.gov.za), under Resource

Centre, Town Planning Portal, Current

Land Use Applications. Any written

comments may be addressed in terms

of Section 98 of the said Bylaw to

The MUNICIPAL MANAGER, Causeway,

Port Alfred, 6170, or emailed to

townplanning@ndlambe.gov.za or

unxesi@ndlambe.gov.za on or before

26 July 2021. Telephonic enquiries

can be made to the Town Planning

Section at (046) 604 5520. The

Municipality may refuse to accept

comment received after the closing

date. Any person who cannot write will

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transcribing their comments.


ADV. R DUMEZWENI

24 June 2021 MUNICIPAL MANAGER

NDLAMBE

MUNICIPALITY

PORT ALFRED

APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED

SUBDIVISION INTO TWO PORTIONS

(PORTION A AND LEAVING THE

REMAINDER) OF ERF 1847,

KENTON ON SEA AND REMOVAL

OF RESTRICTIVE TITLE DEED

CONDITIONS

Applicant:

Owner:

M.E.H Sulter & Son Inc

FD Theron Family Trust

Property Description: Erf 1847, Kenton on Sea

Physical Address:

5,7,9 Kenton Road,

Kenton on Sea, 6191

Detailed description of proposal:

The matter for consideration is an

application for the Proposed Subdivision

(Portion A and Leaving The Remainder)

and Removal of Restrictive Title

Deed Conditions as per the Ndlambe

Municipality Spatial Planning and Land Use

Management By-Laws (2016) and Ndlambe

Municipality Integrated Land Use Scheme

Regulations.

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section

93 of the Ndlambe Municipality Spatial

Planning and Land Use Management

By-law (2016) that the abovementioned

application has been received and is

available for inspection during weekdays

between 09:00 to 15:00 at the Ndlambe

Municipality, Civic Centre, Causeway, and

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can also be viewed on the Ndlambe website

(www.ndlambe.gov.za), under Resource

Centre, Town Planning Portal, Current Land

Use Applications. Any written comments may

be addressed in terms of Section 98 of the

said Bylaw to The MUNICIPAL MANAGER,

Causeway, Port Alfred, 6170, or emailed

to townplanning@ndlambe.gov.za or

unxesi@ndlambe.gov.za on or before

26 July 2021. Telephonic enquiries can

be made to the Town Planning Section

at (046) 604 5520. The Municipality may

refuse to accept comment received after the

closing date. Any person who cannot write will

be assisted by a Municipal official by

transcribing their comments.


ADV. R DUMEZWENI



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IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE ADRIENNE

MARGARET GODLEY, Identity Number

410225 0002 086 who died on the 7th April

2021 and EDWARD ROLANDO GODLEY,

Identity Number 390626 5004 080 to

whom she was married in community of

property, of 31C Muller Drive, Port Alfred

ESTATE NUMBER 2503/2021

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

25th June 2021

DATED at PORT ALFRED on this 11th Day

of June 2021

GJ MARAIS

Agent for the Executors

Neave Stötter Inc

25 Van Der Riet Street

PORT ALFRED

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STRIDING

REASON TO CELEBRATE: Bringing back medals from the EP Cross Country Championships last weekend

were Kowie striders members, from left, Mpho Ngxabazi (silver boys U19 8km) Sinetemba Jilingisi (gold

same race) and Sticks Stiglingh (gold men 65 to 69 6km)

In the estate of the late David Kenneth

McNeill, ID Number 410804 5113 187,

who was married out of community

of property of 60 Westborne Road,

Kenton-on-Sea, 6191 and who died

on 2nd March 2021

Master's Reference No: 002240/2021

Debtors and Creditors in the above

Estate are hereby called upon to lodge

their claims and pay their debts to

the under-mentioned within THIRTY

(30) days as from Friday 25th June

2021

Daphne McNeill

Executrix

60 Westborne Road

Kenton-on-Sea, 6191

046 648 2215

WELL DONE: The Eastern Province Athletics

Championships were held in Gqeberha (Port

Elizabeth) at the Fairview Sports Grounds on

Saturday June 19. Kowie Striders member

Avril Beyleveld, right, won gold in the 65-69

female age category, running 4km in 23:29.

With her is Jos Els, silver medal winner from

Madiba Warriors Club

IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE PETRUS

JOHANNES DE WET, IDENTITY NUMBER

341214 5016 08 9, A WIDOWER, OF

SETTLERS FRAIL CARE, PORT ALFRED,

6170, WHO WAS BORN ON 14 DECEMBER

1934 AND WHO DIED AT PORT ALFRED

ON 26 NOVEMBER 2019.

ESTATE NUMBER: 000847/2020

Notice is hereby given that the First and

Final Liquidation and Distribution Account

in the above Estate will lie for inspection

at the office of the Master of the High

Court, Grahamstown and a duplicate thereof

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for a period of 21 (Twenty One) days, from

25 JUNE 2021.

METCALF, SAHD AND COMPANY

AGENT FOR THE EXECUTOR

P.O. BOX 127

8 GREY STREET

QUEENSTOWN

5320

IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE NEIL

MARTIN WILSON MENARY, Identity

Number 581129 5032 085 who died on the

1st May 2021 and BERDENE MENARY,

Identity Number 630502 0067 085 to whom

he was married in community of property,

of 22 Hillcrest Road, Kleinemonde






25th June 2021

DATED at PORT ALFRED on this 11th Day

of June 2021

N STÖTTER

Co-Executor

Neave Stötter Inc


PORT ALFRED

Ref. pk/MAT10542

ESTATE LATE LESLIE PETER VAN STADEN

BORN ON THE 11 TH SEPTEMBER 1931

WHO DIED ON THE 18 TH APRIL 2021

of address: NO 8 Ravenswood Village,

30 George street, Port Alfred, 6170

IDENTITY NUMBER: 310911 5019 081

ESTATE NO: 2356/2021

CROQUET

CORNER

A very big thank you to

Ocean Basket and

Guido's who provided

vouchers for our

Saturday competition

last weekend. They

were won by Peggy

– well done.

Any new players

who may be interested

in playing the game?

The Port Alfred

Bowling & Croquet

Club offers free croquet

lessons every

Wednesday at 9am.

Games are played on

Wednesday and

Saturdays afternoons

from 1.15-4.30pm.

Come down and watch

to see how the sport is

p l aye d .

For info contact

Roger 082-373-8181 /

Peter 071-552-9780.

Croquet is a light,

enjoyable sport

which involves hitting

plastic/wooden balls

with a mallet through

hoops embedded on a

grass playing court.

Lastly best wishes

to Julia (currently in the

UK), who celebrates

her birthday on the

23rd.

All persons having claims against the

above Estate are required to lodge such

claims with the undersigned within thirty

(30) days from date of publication hereof.

DATED at PORT ALFRED this 25 th day of

June 2021

DOLD AND STONE INC.

Attorneys for Executor

37 Campbell Street

PORT ALFRED

6170

(Ref: S G McNaughton/Elizabeth)

SHANE HALL

(TITLE DEED T48542/1998CTN)


regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries

Act, 1937, of the intention to apply for the

¿

is described as:

Which has been lost or destroyed.

All interested persons having objection to

of this notice. Attorney for Applicants

IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JOHAN

ELS, Identity No. 450906 5016 087, of

4 Bathurst Street, Kenton on Sea who

died on the 28th November 2020 and

who was never married






25th June 2021

DATED at PORT ALFRED on this the

11th Day of June 2021

GJ MARAIS

Executor

Neave Stötter Inc


PORT ALFRED

Ref. pk/MAT10447

NDLAMBE

MUNICIPALITY

PORT ALFRED

INVITATION TO PROSPECTIVE

PROVIDERS OF GOODS AND

SERVICES TO REGISTER AS

SUPPLIERS ON THE CENTRAL

SUPPLIER DATABASE (CSD)

Ndlambe Local Municipality has approved

that the registration of suppliers on the

Central Supplier Database (CSD) is the

only listing criterion required to become

an accredited prospective provider to the

municipality in terms of the Supply Chain

Management Regulations of 2005.

Prospective service providers to government

are therefore invited to register on the

National Treasury Central Supplier

Database (CSD). The CSD is a single

database that serves as the source of

all supplier information for all spheres of

government i.e. ALL National, Provincial

and Municipal organs of state. The

purpose of centralising government’s

supplier database is to reduce duplication

of effort and cost for suppliers and

government while enabling electronic

procurement processes.

Please note that registration on the database

is free of charge and a registration number

(MAAA…) will be allocated by the CSD

system to all successful applicants. This

process will ensure eligibility to conduct

business with Ndlambe Local Municipality,

but does not guarantee immediate

business opportunities.

Ndlambe Municipality hereby urges

suppliers who have not yet registered on

the CSD, to do so.

The following information is required to

complete your registration online:

1. Active e-mail address

2. Cell Phone Number

3. Details of Directors, Proprietors,

etc (identity numbers and full

names)

4. Bank account details

5. B-BBEE certificate/B-BBEE

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6. NHBRC registration data (if

applicable)

7. CIDB registration data (if

applicable)

8. Entity Registration Number (if

applicable, Sole Prorietorships

may also register)

9. Tax Reference Number (a SARS

clearance is required to conduct

business, of a value exceeding

R15 000, with organs of state)

Suppliers can use the following link to

register: www.csd.gov.za. Contact National

Treasury for further clarity on the process

at csd@treasury.gov.za or 012 406 9222.


ADV R DUMEZWENI


nSPORT

Ta l kTow OF THE

CONTACT US WITH SPORTS NEWS: (046) 624-4356 (Jon Houzet)

Thursday 24 J u n e, 202 1

GOLF W E E K LY

Wednesday June 16: Pick n Pay 4

Ball Alliance, with 99 players.

Results:

1st: Colin Howard, Brian

Robinson, Andy Barnes, Paul Fryer

- 89

2nd: Peter Thompson, Kevin

Heny, Rob Dowding, Alan

Rosenthall - 89

3rd: Dave Hawkins, Leon Nell,

Wollie Wolmarans, Andries Small

- 88

4th: Andy Altson, Ian Sawers,

André van Zyl, Trevor Stötter - 86

2 Clubs:

6th: I Sawers

11th: J Dell, T Scheepers, A

Barnes, D McGarvie, C Roesstorff

Best Gross: 74 – Colin Mavuso,

Peter Thompson, Ian Moncur

Best Nett: 67 – Alan Rosenthal

Nearest The Pins:

Fishaways/Debonairs – 6th: Greg

Shanks

Galileo Risk – 8th: Derek Sinclair

Tekserve – 11th: Zola Mgudwa

The Firm – 13th: Tim Shanks

The Firmest Drive – 18th: Ed

Butler

Remax Kowie - Nearest for 2 on

the 1st: Len Bohnen

Saturday June 19: Build It

Betterball Stableford, with 72

p l aye r s .

Results:

1st: Zola Mgudwa, Nathi Mbabela

- 46

2nd: Dave Painting, Juan Pretorius

- 44

3rd: Trevor Taylor, Nick Fox - 44

4th: Terry Counihan, Paul Griffiths

- 43

Two Clubs:

6th: D Broedelet, N Smith

8th: N Loundar, Z Mgudwa. T

Tagg, C Poulton, R Acton, R van

Zyl

11th: C Poulton, D Painting

13th: N Fox

Best Gross: 72 – Peter Thompson,

Dave Painting

Best Nett: 68 - Dave Hoets

Nearest The Pins:

Mooifontein Quarry – 6th:

Norman Smith

Tekserve – 8th: Roger Acton

Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th:

Charlie Poulton

Fishaways/Debonairs – 13th: Nick

Fo x

The Firmest Drive – 14th: Kevin

Lee

Royal St Andrews - Nearest for 2

on the 1st: Desmond Mjimla

1820s GOLF

Monday June 14: 20 players in

good conditions.

Winners on 38: Ted Baines, John

Heather, Neil Shaw, Juan Southey.

Moosehead on 43: Peter Rinaldi,

Ron Ruiters, Noel Stötter, John

Feather, Mike, Stadler, John

Arnold, Brian Robinson, Dallas

C ow i e .

Good Scores: 49 - John L Burke,

48 - Peter Rinaldi, 47 - Mike

Stadler, Windsor Bagley, Ted

Baines, 45 - Neil Shaw.

Two Clubs: 8th Peter Rinaldi.

Thursday June 17: 16 players in

good conditions.

Winners on 38: Peter Rinaldi,

John Arnold, John Lardner-Burke,

Dallas Cowie.

Moosehead on 39: Derek van

Harmelen, John Heather, Trevor

Stötter, Ted Baines.

Good Scores: 49 - John Lardner-

Burke, Nick van der Merwe,

Dudley Kieser, 48 - John Feather,

47 - Ted Baines, 45 - Trevor

S t ö t t e r.

Two Clubs: None.

LADIES’ R E S U LTS

June 15

Perfect conditions greeted the 31

ladies who took part in a Viv

Jordan Individual Stableford

Competition (95% H/A) and

competed for the Settlers Cup.

Winning the competition and the

Settlers Cup with 41 points was

Trish Barwick and second place

was taken by Yvonne Hill who

counted out Angela Trollip, both

scoring 38 points.

Battling to keep drives on the

fairway on hole 10, the longest

drive in the 0-21 handicaps

division was won by Yvonne Hill

and by Lynn Lake in the 22-

onwards handicap division.

Nearest the pins were won by

Angela Trollip on the 6th

(sponsored by Top Carpets), Sue

Roll on the 11th (sponsored by the

ladies section) and Sandy

Thompson outshone everyone by

being both nearest on the 8th

(sponsored by Penny Farthing) as

well as (nearest-for-two) on the

13th (sponsored by The Firm).

Jill Lake had the only two club of

the afternoon on the 11th.

The best nett score of the

afternoon was Trish Barwick’s nett

67.

The ladies’ competition on June

29 will be a Bonus Bogey and the

Atherstone Cup.

PORT ALFRED MIXED

R E S U LTS

June 19

After the previous day’s rain, the

16 players in the Port Alfred

Mixed Competition had to

contend with wet underfoot

conditions for the first few holes

on Saturday morning until the sun

eventually began to dry the course

up.

Winning the competition with a

score of 83 points were Mark

Maritz, Jane Spriggs, Fanie Smit

and Maureen McGarvie who each

took home a cash prize. In second

place on 80 points were Greg

Shanks, Andy Manson, Tim

Shanks and Eric Segers. The

longest walk was made by

Glynnis Renecle, Kevin Maree,

Mike Krige and Derek Sinclair

with a total of 76 points.

Greg Shanks shot was closest to

the pin on the 8th which earned

him a bottle of wine and he also

made the only two club of the

morning on the same hole.

The best nett of the morning went

to Fanie Smit for his nett 71 which

won him a Fishaway’s voucher.

KGB RESULTS

Tuesday June 15: The 36 players

that entered the draw to play a

Stableford Alliance 2-scores-tocount

a la Portuguese

competition, a bonus point for

three nett birdies or better, in nine

4-balls enjoyed early morning

dampness, cloudy skies with the

odd spatter of raindrops and cool

conditions.

Mike Stadler, Guy Cash, Nick

Oosthuizen and John Dell all put

together good rounds and dovetailed

well to take first place on 87

points. Bob Shaw, John Ralph,

Graham Finlay and Len Bohnen

secured second position on 84

points.

Coming in a way behind, certainly

not smelling of roses, Don

Thomson, Peter Sinclair, Derek

van Harmelen and Jan Immelman

saw their 71 points take the

Hamer en Sukkel from a few

relieved coveys.

Paul Parker captured the 2-club

pool for his covey, with the only

birdie recorded initially,

succeeding on the par three 13th.

Stop John Muggeridge also

birdied the par three 11th

although this was not enough to

change pay-outs.

Dave Curran and Brian Shirley

both shot 69 netts while John

Muggeridge and Len Bohnen,

keeping up his good form, came

home with 68 netts.

VICTOR’S

T R O P H Y:

Tr i s h B a r w i c k ,

winner of the

Settlers Cup in

the ladies’

competition at

the Royal Port

Alfred Golf

Club

Friday June 18: Overcast skies

saw 34 players enter the draw to

be drawn in two 3-balls and seven

4-balls to play a Stableford

Alliance 2-scores-to-count. In

spite of wishes and prayers the

forecast rain duly arrived.

Due to only three of the nine

coveys completing their rounds

the official competition was called

off.

BOWLS BANTER

Port Alfred Bowling Club

With the Covid-19 virus into the third wave, the

bowling scene has been fairly disrupted leading to

the first round of the Eastern Areas (EA) league being

postponed.

Talking of league, this scribe apologises for the

false information in last week’s column.

This writer did not know how the EA league is

run and had no idea that the A teams played each

other in the morning then the A sides played the B

teams in the afternoon.

Coming from the Border region, the league was

run entirely differently. Apologies once again.

The women’s open singles is currently being

played, with Lynda beating Joanne and Collette

causing an upset against Joan last Friday.

Unfortunately, in the third game, ladies’ club

captain Elzabe had to withdraw against Julie after

picking up a shoulder injury, resulting in Julie

winning through to the next round.

The Mary Hobbs nominated pairs was also

played last week with Mary arriving to watch on

Thursday. Grateful thanks, Mary.

The men’s senior and open singles have yet to be

played after both were postponed for various

reasons. Appropriate dates will be set soon.

The idea of bowls and croquet members teaming

up – two bowlers with two croquet players on

Sunday July 18 – is good as it will bring both sections

c l o s e r.

Mixed teams, who will play both croquet and

bowls, will be limited to 12, so first come first served.

Play will be followed by a braai.

The winners of the Build It-sponsored trips played

last Saturday was the team of Stuart, Neil and Mike,

skipped by Hein.

LOCAL CHAMPS: The winners of the men’s Eastern Areas Trips Championship played at the

Albany Club are, from left, Lester Scriven, Michael van der Sandt and Stephen Minnaar, with

Judy Alexander, president of Eastern Areas, who presented the trophy

The runners-up were Rosemary, Joanne, Richard

and Maria. Thanks to Frank of Build It once again.

Today, a further round of the Peg and Horace

Purdon gets played at Port Alfred which sees Port

Alfred A play Kenton B and Port Alfred B playing

Kowie B.

The latest on club president Trevor (Frost) who is

still suffering severe back trouble is, according to his

wife Jenny, that he is undergoing ozone treatment

but cannot walk without a walking stick. All are

thinking of you Trev, get well soon.

Kowie Bowling Club

Like the proverbial “bad penny”, Covid-19, has

come out of its temporary hibernation to pose a

threat to our very existence, with the EA committee

forced to cancel the league fixture on Sunday.

While most of our senior members have been

able to avail themselves of the dispensation which

gives them preference in the vaccination queue,

there would have still been a number of visitors who

have not been so fortunate.

It must be comforting to the club that with about

85% of the members having already had their jab,

the “herd” principle would prevent the virus from

gaining access to the club and surrounds.

The League is a very important fixture in any

bowling calendar. Whereas winning a p r ov i n c i a l

championships is an important achievement for the

individual and, by association, the club, the League

teams are club selected and success redounds

directly on the club. The teams as selected would

have given a good account of themselves.

With a surfeit of talent available it was more a

question of sorting out the ideal combinations than

placing players in unaccustomed positions.

Best of luck to those teams taking part in the

preliminary rounds of the EA fours – let us make a

clean sweep of the EA Men’s titles.

Summer awaits. At 5.31am on June 21 we passed

TEAM TOPS: The winners of

the ladies’ Eastern Areas

Trips Championships are ,

from left, Marlene Jacobs,

Gwen Bartlett and Wendy

Eichoff of Albany, who

defeated Jackie Kriel,

Wendy Heny and Megan

Kriel

the Winter Solstice. What a lovely thought that every

morning you wake up now, the sun will rise a bit

earlier. Apart from “Ouma Lucia” having had a

wrong bias, nobody seems to have won this week.

TOTT 24 June 2021

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