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Koranna group make

their mark in Ndlambe

New leaders

inducted at

c e re m o n y

SUE MACLENNAN

Koranna chief Johannes

Opperman and senior

headwoman and

spokesperson Zelda Masimla

spoke to Talk of the Town about

a recent Koranna leadership

ceremony and its implications

for local government decisionmaking.

Twelve Ndlambe residents

were awarded certificates after

they participated in a NAU

(traditional Khoi-san ceremony)

at St Hilpert Cricket Field,

Centenary Park, last weekend.

Johannes Opperman, who

uses the traditional name

Gaokx’aob Doup and was

nominated by community

members as the Koranna ch i e f

in the Ndlambe municipal area,

said the three-day NAU was

held to induct and recognise

local Koranna leadership.

This was a process being

undertaken in every local

municipality, Opperman said.

Historically, the Khoi-san

comprises five groupings: San,

Griqua, Nama, Koranna and the

Cape Khoi.

“It’s important to perform

your rituals. That’s where you

will make contact with your

a n c e s t o r s ,” Opperman said.

Adding to that, Korana

senior headwoman and

spokesperson, Zelda Masimla,

said: “We are no more called

coloured. We are now officially

recognised as Khoi-san.

“With that certificate comes

the head band, and beads.”

For now, the recognition is

cultural and spiritual rather than

formally political.

“We will officially apply for

recognition as Khoi-san leaders

through our chief,” said

Masimla.

The process started last year

for individuals and communities

to apply to be recognised in

terms of the Traditional and

Khoi-san Leadership Act.

In October 2021,

cooperative governance and

traditional affairs minister Dr

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma

appointed members to serve in

ELECTED: Koranna chief Johannes Opperman, led a NAU

(traditional Khoi-san ceremony) at St Hilpert Cricket Field,

Centenary Park, last weekend. Picture: SUE MACLENNAN

the Commission on Khoi-San

Matters.

The Commission was

established in terms of the

Traditional and Khoi-San

Leadership Act, 2019 (Act 3 of

2019) (TKLA). ( https://bit.ly/

TOT T K h o i s a n )

Four people were appointed

as members of the Commission

with their term of office starting

on September 1 2021 and

ending on August 31 2026.

The Commission’s task is to

receive all first-time applications

for the recognition of Khoi-San

communities and leaders. They

will assess the applications and

make recommendations to the

m i n i s t e r.

The application process

opened in March and according

to Masimla closes in 2024.

Recognition will open the

door for their representation in

government at national,

provincial and local level.

Some Ndlambe residents

who have identified themselves

as members of the Koranna

(there were 600, Masimla says),

are on the ward committees of

wards 3 and 6.

Even though formal

recognition is at least two years

away, “we have been

recognised by our community

as [Koranna community] branch

h e a d s ,” Masimla explains.

“And we have been

nominated to have a seat in the

local ward committee in

N d l a m b e .”

Masimla said there was a

similar arrangement in other

local municipalities.

“Our application has been

successful and we are officially

r e c o g n i s e d .”

Masimla confirmed the

group had applied for

recognition of different levels of

leadership.

“Chief Opperman filled in

the forms for the community

and submitted them to Cogta.”

She the community had

elected Opperman and

recognised him as their chief.

“The Act refers to ‘senior

leader’,” Masimla said. “We use

the word ‘ch i e f ’.”

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY: Medolino Caravan Park owners Susan Coetzee and Johnny

Young stand with Sunshine Coast Tourism Manager, Sandy Birch, Kenton Tourism Manager, Jo

Wilmot, Yoliswa Matwa Marketing Manager for SANParks Garden Route and Frontier, and

Rosslee Wagenaar Tourism Manager for SANParks Addo Elephant Park as the Medolino

Caravan Park receives its fourth star from the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa. P i c t u re :

BRYAN SMITH

Medolino celebrates one

year… and four stars!

TK MTIKI

Medolino Caravan Park

celebrated its one year

milestone under the new coowners

Suzan Coetzee and

Johnny Young on Saturday.

Coetzee described their

Farmers Market journey as

“living a dream”.

Making it an even sweeter

dream, Medolino was also

awarded four-star grading

status by the Tourism Grading

Council of South Africa - an

achievement that Sunshine

Coast Tourism manager Sandy

Birch said was significant for a

business only in existence for

one year.

Medolino’s monthly stall

holders were part of the

celebration on Saturday,

selling their food, vegetables,

art works and clothing.

They also sponsored prizes

for various competitions on the

day, while Miss Port Alfred’s

Got Talent, Ellie Denson sang

with her golden voice to make

the celebration even more

remarkable.

Speaking to the stall

holders on Medolino’s green

lawns, Coetzee thanked them

and their visitors for their

continued support.

“Thank you to all the stall

holders and the visitors. We

would not have achieved this

without your support,” she said.

Coetzee acknowledged the

role played by her staff

members, saying that when they

bought the Caravan Park, they

had no experience.

“Without the help of the

staff, we would have been lost,”

she said.

“We have been so busy just

growing from strength to

strength. We are actually living

our dream and we are so

blessed. Thank you to the Port

Alfred community. When we

came here we were strangers

and they opened up their hearts

and they embraced us and we

feel part of Port Alfred,” she

said.

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Renal dialysis centre launches in Port Alfred

GKRT specialises

in treatment of

kidney disease

FAITH QINGA

The Graham & Kolff Renal

Therapy (GKRT) centre hosted

their official opening at their

Albany Road complex last Thursday,

July 28. GKRT is a renal company that

specialises in the treatment of patients

with chronic and acute kidney

disease.

The founder and CEO of GKRT,

Thiecouta Traore, established the

centre last year when he saw the need

to cut travelling costs for patients

residing in town. “Patients from Port

Alfred used to travel to PE or East

London for treatment, which posed a

risk to their health and lifestyle.

“The goal became to alleviate the

burden of travelling and improving

the odds for a better prognosis,” he

said.

The Port Alfred centre is the fifth

branch of the GKRT Group, with

other centres operating in

Bloemfontein, Burgersfort, Gqeberha

and Makhanda. The nephrologist is in

charge of standard operation and

management of the centres.

Tra o r e ’s presentation brought

awareness about kidney failure and

introduced a testing programme,

Early D, which the centre is

implementing to help patients detect

renal disease earlier to get the needed

treatment much sooner.

“Early D would help identify

patients at risk at an earlier stage of

their renal disease therefore starting

treatment sooner and increasing the

chances of survival,” he said. The

GKRT Group is hoping to treat more

patients with the introduction of the

early detection programme.

In his presentation about renal

failure, Traore highlighted peritoneal

dialysis which he explained as one of

the most gentle types of renal

replacement therapy. The costs is

quite expensive, with a session

costing about R2,000 because

everything is used once.

“The equipment used is of good

quality. We consume a fair amount of

electricity and water, therefore the

costs of running such an operation

can rise high. If you include loadshedding

then it becomes a tall

o r d e r,” he said. Adding that it is,

however, worth it when patients no

longer have to travel to PE or East

London for treatment.

GKRT offers different types of

treatment including but not limited to

Chronic Haemodialysis and Acute

Haemodialysis. The centre also offers

clinical education and support for

patients in stage 1 to stage 4 CKD.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Graham & Kolff Renal Therapy CEO Thiecouta Traore

giving a presentation on renal failure at the launch of the centre recently. P i c t u re :

FAITH QINGA

Kenton optometrist’s diagnosis saved friend’s life

To complete the mentally

and physically demanding

Ironman triathlon (3.86km

swim, 180.25km bike ride

and 42.2km run) you have

to be fit and healthy. So

when Toinette Koumpan

had headaches for days, and

an issue with her vision that

glasses didn’t improve, she

knew something was wrong.

Getting the right help at

the right time may have

saved her life. Toinette

Koumpan tells her story

her e.

In the month leading up to

this year’s Ironman 70.3, I

started suffering from

h e a d a ch e s .

I’m generally healthy, so

I tried drinking more water

and taking headache tablets,

but this made no difference.

On April 8, a week after I

had successfully completed

the 70.3, I booked an eye

test at a Gqeberha

optometrist, as I thought the

headaches were caused by

poor eyesight. I told them

about the headaches. They

diagnosed me with a lazy

right eye and prescribed

specs for computer viewing.

The next morning, I kept

testing my right eye by

covering it with my hand. I

then realised it was weaker

than the left eye and my gut

feeling told me that

computer specs were not

going to help the

h e a d a ch e s .

I realised I needed to try

a different avenue for help.

I messaged my fellow

triathlete, optometrist

Graham Chrich, and told

him about my visit to the

optometrist the day before,

and their unsatisfactory

diagnosis.

Graham and I are fellow

triathletes and we belonged

to the same club when he

lived in Gqeberha. He

owned the Summerstrand

Optometrist for many years.

He has moved to Kenton but

he was in Gqeberha that day

and he fetched me and took

me to his new practice in

Ke n t o n .

He spent a lot of time

doing an optical coherence

tomography (OCT) scan on

my eye and then took me

into the room to test my

PICTURE OF

HEALTH: To i n e t t e

Koumpan

sight. After doing a few

tests, Graham pushed the

chair back and gave a big

sigh.

I asked him to be honest

and he said in his view, it

was either an aneurysm or a

t u m o u r.

Graham then drove me

home (back to Gqeberha).

The next day, he messaged

me to see how I was feeling,

specifically asking about the

h e a d a ch e s .

That afternoon (Sunday)

Graham messaged me to say

that he’d made an

appointment for me to see

an opthalmologist at 7am

the next morning. He

referred me to Greenacres

radiology for an emergency

MRI. When I came out of

the MRI tunnel the

radiographers asked me not

to leave.

The doctor took me to a

side office and said they had

found a large aneurysm.

The opthamologist then

called me and told me to

wait in radiology.

The surgeon was busy

operating and a couple of

hours later he came down in

his scrubs to speak to me.

He said that due to the

shape, size and position of

the “a n ny ” I needed to be

treated by the professors of

neurosurgery in Cape Town.

He advised that they were

arguably the best in the

wo r l d .

The next morning, I got a

WhatsApp from the

neurosurgeon, who

confirmed a date for my

procedure in Cape Town a

week later.

The professors

successfully treated the

aneurysm by placing coils

and a stent in the artery.

G ra h a m ’s quick thinking,

unsurpassed knowledge as

an optometrist and kind

decision to drive me to

Kenton on a Saturday

evening saved my life. His

forward-thinking approach

and strong relationships in

the visual and medical field

ensured I got an

appointment with the

opthamologist. Within 48

hours, Graham made

decisions that ensured I was

correctly diagnosed and

receiving the best treatment

in the world.

I am so thankful to have

been given another chance

for great living and thankful

to have a friend and

optometrist like Graham: he

truly is a local hero.

Note on aneurysms

An aneurysm is a bulge

in a blood vessel caused by

a weakness in the blood

vessel wall, usually where it

branches. Blood passing

through causes a small area

to bulge outwards. Most

brain aneurysms only cause

noticeable symptoms if they

burst (rupture). Bleeding

caused by a ruptured

aneurysm can cause

extensive brain damage and

symptoms. Source:

h t t p s : / / w w w. n h s . u k /

conditions/brainaneur

ysm/

More than just a pair of

specs

Talk of the Town asked

optometrist Graham Chrich

for comment on his role in

diagnosing Koumpman’s

potentially life-threatening

condition. An optometrist’s

bread and butter is, of

course, testing people’s eyes

and providing them with

customised glasses and

contact lenses. But because

of their specialised

diagnostic equipment,

optometrists are often the

first to detect several other

serious conditions.

“We ’re the first port of

call for anything that affects

a person’s eyes, so often we

are the gatekeepers for more

serious conditions,” he said.

Talk of the Town will

feature eye care tips and

advice from the experts in a

series leading up to World

Sight Day on Thursday,

October 13.

M U LT I S ECU R I T Y

CRIME REPORT

On July 25, a client phoned Multi Security

reporting shoplifting in Bathurst Street. Armed

response caught the suspects and handed them

over to the SAPS.

On July 25 at 9.05pm, a client reported a

suspect in the yard. Armed response attended

and patrolled the area in Wesley Hill.

On July 26 at 12pm, a client reported a

vehicle had been broken into in Oriole Road.

Armed response and SAPS attended.

On July 26 at 4.14pm, armed response

attended to a break-in in Sevenoaks Street.

On July 27 at 1am, armed response attended

to an alarm in Wiersman Road. Suspects were

caught on site and handed over to SAPS.

On July 27, armed response attended to a

panic signal, due to shoplifting in Rosehill Mall.

A suspect was handed over to SAPS.

On July 27 at 10.28pm, armed response

caught a suspect trying to break into a vehicle in

Albany Road. He was handed over to SAPS.

On July 28 at 2.30pm, a client reported that

he chased a suspect from a premises and needed

help in York Lane. Armed response attended.

Copper pipe elbows were stolen. SAPS attended.

On July 30 at 10.50pm, a client reported a

suspect on the premises in Princess Avenue.

Armed response attended and handed over

suspects to SAPS.

On July 31 at 4.35am, a client called armed

response as suspects were trying to break into his

boat. Armed response patrolled the area.

On July 31 at 1.20am, a client reported a

suspect at a premises in Medolino Lane. Armed

response attended and caught the suspects and

handed them over to SAPS.

On July 31 at 4.35am, a client requested

armed response as suspects were trying to break

into his boat in Southdowns Avenue. Armed

response attended and patrolled the area.

On July 31 at 9am, a client requested armed

response and SAPS due to an attempted break-in

on site in Princess Avenue. Armed response

attended and patrolled the area.

On July 31 at 9.15am, control room received

a message reporting a positive break-in in High

Street. Armed response attended and reported

that the suspect ran off to the bushes.

On August 1 at 1.35am, armed response

attended to an alarm at a Muisvogel Road

premises. A fitting had been stolen off a tank.

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Community unites for Bushken pupils

Seagull Regatta

donates R31,000

towards new facilities

SUE MACLENNAN

“I have never been in a situation where I have

seen more kindness in a time of need. We can be

so grateful to have people like this in our

c o m m u n i t y.”

An emotional Maryke Taljaard was speaking to

Talk of the Town at the official opening of two

brand-new play areas at Bushken Primary School

in Kenton.

As chairperson of the school’s Finance

Committee, Taljaard and other parents have a

crucial role in fundraising because the school

receives no state subsidy.

Along with school fees, it runs entirely on

donations in cash and kind. When she heard the

school had been selected to receive a donation of

R31,000 from the Seagull Regatta, she cried.

The Seagull Regatta is a fun, annual event on

the Kariega River. The “Seagull” part is because it’s

vintage outboard engines that power boats and

other floating devices of every shape and size.

The event is organised by Dale Cunningham of

Eastcape and Karoo Safaris.

“Let me start from the beginning. The two years

of lockdown were incredibly difficult for young

children and their parents, as we know,” Ta l j a a r d

said.

“There was no contact and when children

finally did come back to school, they wore masks

that made face-to-face communication difficult.

“On top of that, many of our parents lost their

jobs or had to close their businesses.”

The school has 49 children not only from

Kenton, but also the surrounding communities of

Ekuphumleni, Merrihill, Cannon Rocks, Boknes

and Klipfontein.

Th e y ’re a feeder school for Kenton Primary,

but, Taljaard said “because of the quality of the

education here, and the focus and commitment of

these teachers, you can take your child from here

and they will hold their own anywhere”.

There are three age groups: two-three, threefour

and four-five.

“We have never had a committee that has had

to hustle as hard as this one. It was those

dedicated parent volunteers and the kindness of

the community that kept our doors open.”

They were blown away when Cunningham

told them the school would be a recipient from

the Seagull Regatta. Because the donation was a

significant amount, they asked the staff what it

should be used for.

“We wanted to do something that would

benefit the school and its children for years to

come.

“A kitchen,” was the final decision.

Not a place to make tea and coffee and warm

up your lunch: they already had that. But a

generously-sized, outdoor covered-over play area

in the form of a kitchen, where children could

play and socialise to their heart’s content.

And not one, but two – one for the younger

group and one for the older children.

“The kitchen is the heart of the home – it’s

JOINT EFFORT: The new outdoor kitchen play areas at Bushken Pre Primary in Kenton

are thanks to a donation from the Seagull Regatta, along with generous support in kind

and labour from local businesspeople. With Bushken staff Antoinette Swanepoel, Mel

Samsom and Kaitlyn Cummings are, back from left, Marco Taljaard, Okkie Goosen, Dale

Cunningham, Bruce Murray, Maryke Taljaard, Melanie Roux, Daleen van Wyk and, front

right holding a drawing, Megan Murray. Picture: SUE MACLENNAN

where people learn to share, to be considerate,

and to have fun over a shared activity. It made

perfect sense,” Taljaard said.

The trouble was, they had R31,000 and the

quote came to R36,000.

Th a t ’s when the community really played their

part. Okkie Goosen, from BUCO, made materials

available at cost price; wood crafter Bruce Murray

provided labour for free; Marco Taljaard, of Tallies

Supply & Removal got the materials to the site;

and finance committee members Melanie Roux

and Daleen van Wyk continued f u n d ra i s i n g .

“Nothing was a problem for this project – it

was a ripple effect.

“We want to share this story because we want

to encourage other schools to reach out to their

communities for support, and for communities to

support their local schools,” Maryke Taljaard said.

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MOTHER

OF THE

DESTITUTE:

Getrude

Sigonyela in

Nemato

To w n s h i p .

She feeds

more than

50 people

on Tuesdays

and Fridays.

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Gertrude a beacon of hope

for poor, hungry in Nemato

TK MTIKI

Asolid meal was always part

of the day at Sikhulise Skills

Development. The project,

based in a building opposite the

Port Alfred Police Station, came to a

halt when hard lockdown

restrictions were implemented in

2020.

With any form of gathering

banned, Gertrude Sigonyela was

also forced to stop the meals she

had been providing there.

So hungry people simply

followed her to her house.

“My phone never stopped

r i n g i n g ,” she said.

Desperate people whom she

used to feed at Sikhulise Skills

Development would ask, “Mama,

where are you”?

Woman helps feed those left destitute after lockdown

Soon, her house in Nemato

became a beacon of hope for the

n e e dy.

Sigonyela said at Sikhulise

Development Centre, not only men

had come for food at her house,

they came with their children and

other family members.

“The numbers of the people

have increased because it’s closer.

“It’s much easier for people to

come with their kids and family and

you cannot turn them away,”

Sigonyela said.

“Sometimes they do not only

come on Tuesdays and Fridays; they

come any day of the week to ask if I

have something.

“I end up sharing with them

everything I have.

“Others just come to help me

with washing or house chores, then

I know that they need something to

e a t ,” she said.

Sigonyela said she was grateful

for support from the Port Alfred

Soup Kitchen and individual

donors, but the numbers of hungry

people coming to her was growing

every day. She has now turned to

gardening to try and meet the huge

need.

“I am about to start planting

veggies in my yard, but I am a bit

concerned about goats wandering

in the township,” she said.

If someone out there has an old

fence that he or she is about to get

rid of, Sigonyela would make good

use of it to protect the fledgling food

garden. “I am doing this for the

people. I know God is watching

over me,” she said.

If you’d like to support

S i g o nye l a ’s work in the c o m m u n i t y,

and a goat-proofing fence is not

within your means, please consider

donating non-perishable food, or

fuel. Here are some suggestions:

● Ingredients for soup such as split

peas, beans, samp and soup

p ow d e r ;

● Firewood for cooking;

● Gas to cook on when it rains.

Any donations can be dropped

off at the Talk of the Town office, 29

Miles Street, Port Alfred.

To t T ’s latest Facebook question was:

“Banyana Banyana should earn the

same as Bafana Bafana players.” Safa

president Danny Jordaan said this after

their 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of

Nations victory. What do you think?”

Talk of the Town’s online Facebook

question did not attract as many

comments as usual but the few

answers were thoughtful and detailed.

Mzukisi Ka-Gwata said Safa had

conceded to the demand that Banyana

Banyana be paid the same as Bafana

Bafana, and questioned what other SA

sports federations had done towards

gender equity p ay m e n t .

“I would say the call to pay female

footballers the same as their male

counterparts has been made in places

like the US and Europe and there has

been progress,” he said.

“SA is in line with the global trends.

Perhaps it’s better late than never.

“The question we should ask: What

is the situation in other sporting codes

like rugby and cricket? Are we making

any progress at all?”

Sue Gordon said, “Ye s .” Agreeing

with the call for equal pay.

Gavin Came said: “The Bafana

Bafana team should have their income

reduced to the same as the women.”

Mike Stephen argued: “No, not the

same. The girls should get paid more

for their better results. The guys don’t

deserve to get paid at all.”

BUZZING IN NDLAMBE

Mzansi’s Rugby Academy

Mzansi’s U15/U19 vs Port Alfred

High School on July 30

U15: PAHS 8-5 Mzansi’s

U19: PAHS 29-8 Mzansi’s

Replying to @puadibetso

It happened in Makhanda first at a club

where I got pickpocketed then in Port

Alfred again same thing.

Academic returns to inspire Ndlambe pupils

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MEETING

Notice is hereby given of the Annual

General Meeting of the Bathurst

Agricultural Society to be held

at the Show Grounds on

Thursday 1 September 2022 at 16h00.

Office telephone number 072 880 7302.

Email: bathurstshow@intekom.co.za

All Welcome.

ENKUTHAZWENI CENTRE

FOR THE DISABLED

We are looking for volunteers to assist

our organisation.

Please note these are non paying

positions.

If you are interested in assisting,

please contact Ren at

SUE MACLENNAN

If you’re a young person living in

Kwa-Nonkqubelo township in

Alexandria, it can be difficult to see

beyond your dusty street, let alone

imagine a successful future in a

bigger world.

Dr Nesizwe Titi knows this

because she grew up there.

When she left school, she

studied psychology and now works

as a researcher and children’s rights

advocate at the Children’s Institute

Home cooked meals

delivered to your door.

Elsebé: 079 538 5880

or WhatsApp.

at the University of Cape Town. She

recently used her personal and

professional networks to bring seven

tertiary institutions and the National

Student Financial Aid Scheme

(NSFAS) to Ukhanyo Secondary

School in Kwa-Nonkqubelo.

So it was that on a wet, cold

Saturday, Eastcape Midlands

College and Port Elizabeth TVET

College, the universities Fort Hare,

Nelson Mandela, Rhodes, Cape

Town and Western Cape told

Ndlambe pupils everything they

needed to know about

their academic and

technical offerings, and

how to access them.

In addition, Dr

Luvuyo Bayeni briefed

pupils on healthrelated

careers. Talk of

HOME TRUTHS: Researcher and child advocacy activist Dr Nesizwe

Titi, left, in red mortarboard, with pupils from four schools in and

around Alexandria, along with representatives from various tertiary

institutions, Ukhanyo principal Mthuthuzeli Jonas and Sarah Baartman

district education department EDO Ntomboxolo Ntanga Picture: SUE

MACLENNAN

the Town caught up with Titi,

wearing her bright red mortarboard,

in between classrooms as she

ensured groups rotated between the

institutions’ information stations.

“When I was at high school, an

event like this never happened.

“I also realised Alexandria took

ownership of my work. Whenever I

would speak somewhere, they

would make sure everyone knows.

“It’s my desire for children from

this area to know how to access

higher education. My observation

has been that they don’t ,” she said.

That changed on July 23 for

close to 200 pupils from Ukhanyo,

Kamvelisizwe, Nompucuko and

Alexandria high schools.

Ukhanyo principal Mthuthuzeli

Jonas said described the event as an

eye-opener for pupils, who realised

that even if they did not h ave

money, NSFAS meant they still had

a hope of getting into tertiary study.

Senior education official

Ntomboxolo Ntanga said: “It’s one

thing to talk about careers on paper,

in a life orientation lesson; here they

are hearing and seeing what is

expected and how to get there.”

Jonas said Titi had inspired the

pupils to realise that nothing was

impossible.


FACE 2 FACE with / PETRO HORNER

NIGHT OUT

QPlease tell us about your

wo r k .

ASince I moved to Port

Alfred from Makhanda, I

have put all my focus into

Rotary and the good work they

do.

This year I am the president

of the Rotary Club of Port

Alfred.

Q: How and where did it all

start?

A: I was introduced to Rotary

when I lived in Makhanda and

became a member of the

Rotary Club of Grahamstown

Sunset in 2014.

I joined the Rotary Club of

Port Alfred in 2019.

Q Best moment?

A: When I had my two

ch i l d r e n .

Q: Low point (and how you

re c ove re d ) ?

A: The ‘empty nest syndrome’ –

I immersed myself in a new

hobby – Rotary!

Q: Down time: how do you

unwind?

A: I love to walk my dogs and

listen to music.

Q: A song, mantra or phrase

that sums up the way you see

the world …

A: Peace for the World that won

Nicole the Eurovision 1982 title.

Q: Something South African to

c e l e b ra t e ?

A: A typical braai with friends

while watching our Springboks

play rugby.

Q: One thing the country needs

to fix?

A: Where do I start? First, kill

corruption and use that money

for the upliftment of the needy.

Q: Top of your

recommendations for visitors

to Ndlambe and the Sunshine

Coast?

A: The fabulous flora and fauna

and our beautiful beaches.

Q: Top of your own bucket list?

A: To do a bungee jump and

travel more!

Q: Favourite book?

A: The books written by my

uncle, HJ Vermaas.

Q: Favourite movie?

A: Any Gerard Butler move,

such as Angel has fallen.

Q: Favourite artist?

A: Theuns Jordaan

Q: Who is your hero, and why?

A: My dad. He was such a

gentle, kind-hearted, loving

and giving man – such a fine

example to me and my

ch i l d r e n .

DRESSED TO IMPRESS: Danie Schmidt with his fiancé and

Hotspot manager, Angelique Spaumer. Picture: BRYAN SMITH


EDITORIAL

OPINION

A salute

to the

boundary

b re a k e r s

When someone who’s

been part of your daily

life for a long time,

suddenly out of the blue

and for no evident reason, starts telling

you how extraordinary, amazing and

completely irreplaceable you are, be

wary: they’re probably about to dump

you. South African women have learnt

to set strong boundaries when they’re

hailed as superheroes every year

around this time, as politicians across

the spectrum seek mileage from the

historic Women’s March in Pretoria.

sahistory.org.za describes as a

spectacular success the 1956 protest

against laws that would further restrict

the movement of black women in

urban areas by extending the Pass

Laws to them.

“Women from all parts of the

country arrived in Pretoria, some from

as far afield as Cape Town and Port

Elizabeth. They then flocked to the

Union Buildings in a determined yet

orderly manner. Estimates of the

number of women delegates ranged

from 10,000 to 20,000, with FSAW

claiming that it was the biggest

demonstration yet held.”

Waves of violence and cruelty have

shocked South Africans over the past

year. Ordinary people going to the

neighbourhood spaza shop, visiting a

tavern to meet up with friends, or just

walking home from work are in

criminals’ sights,

It gives no pleasure to say that

women have forever had to secondguess

themselves when it comes to

where, when and how they move

around in public and private spaces.

To fear being out on the streets at night,

or in an entertainment venue, or just

going to the shop, is not something

one would wish on anyone and it’s

become a reality for many South

Africans.

The South African government’s

theme for National Women’s Month

2022 is “Wo m e n ’s Socio-Economic

Rights and Empowerment: Building

Back Better for Women’s Improved

Resilience”.

In August 2021, Stats SA reported

that close to half of black women

(41%) were unemployed and so it’s

appropriate that the Department of

Women, Youth and Persons with

Disabilities focuses on

entrepreneurship for the launch of this

ye a r ’s Women’s Month. The official

launch will take the form of a full day

workshop on waste management and

“identifying economic opportunities in

the waste sector value chains for

women, youth and persons with

disabilities”.

Teachers, sport coaches, musicians

and other artists, as well as community

activists constantly create spaces for

girls and boys, women and men, to

develop the confidence and skills that

help them reach beyond the

boundaries their circumstances have

set. In this edition, in one way or

another, we feature some of those

inspiring humans.

This week’s editorial by Sue Maclennan

TideGuide courtesy of the South African Navy

Welcome UAE donation for Nolukhanyo school

SUE MACLENNAN

Velile High School learners had a

high-level delegation from the

United Arab Emirates up on their feet

dancing with a drum majorette

squad, roof-raising singing and

inspiring poetry last week.

UAE deputy ambassador Fatima

Alsuwaidi led a team handing over

school kit and learning tools to the

school in Nolukhanyo, Bathurst.

Velile was the 17th South African

school to receive the special

attention of the UAE, and one of

only two in the Eastern Cape. The

windfall included 250 pairs of

school shoes, uniforms and school

bags, as well as stationery and

books, tablets, a smartboard and 120

desks and chairs.

A further donation of 250 copies

of Winning the Money Game wa s

part of the donation and there to

encourage learners to take financial

literacy seriously was the author

himself, Mlamluli Mbambo.

“It’s thanks to the good legacy of

learners in past years,” said principal

SERIOUS MATTERS: Author and financial literacy activist Mlamluli

Mbambo, centre, talked to learners from Velile Secondary School in

Nolukhanyo. He was there alongside a delegation from the United

Arab Emirates Embassy. Velile was the 17th school in SA to receive a

visit and donations from the embassy Picture: Sue Maclennan

Wanga Ntantiso. “From 2015 to

2020 this school produced good

matric results.”

The 2020 matric class obtained a

69.4% pass rate, a drop from 2019’s

88.5%.

“They asked us what we

wa n t e d ,” said Ntantiso, who has

been at the school since 1994.

UAE Embassy project manager

Buhle Sibanyoni later announced

that they had committed to

C h i l d re n ’s mental health,

the digital world: how to

get the balance right

RACHANA DESAI

Technology has increasingly blurred

the boundaries between the physical

and digital worlds. This has led to

dramatic shifts in daily life and

changed the way children and

adolescents live, socialise, move

around and learn.

Never before has this been so

evident than at the onset of the

COVID pandemic and the

subsequent exponential rise in

technology and internet use. Global

estimates suggest that one in three

internet users is a child.

Digital technology exposes

children to information, social

connection, education, online

support groups and professional

help. Yet, children engaging in the

digital world are also exposed to a

range of threats. These include

inappropriate content (violent or

sexual), undesirable contact with

strangers and online bullying and

victimisation.

The South African Child Gauge is

an annual publication that aims to

report on and monitor the situation

of children in South Africa, in

particular the realisation of their

rights. This year, the theme of the

report focuses on child and

adolescent mental health.

Get your news from people who

know what they’re talking about.

Lately, there’s been increasing

public debate and concern that

digital technologies may contribute

to mental health problems such as

depression, self-harm and suicide

among adolescents and children. To

contribute to the collective

understanding of the experiences

and consequences of growing up in

a digital world, our chapter in the

Child Gauge report aims to

interrogate the impact of digital

worlds on children’s mental health.

We also want to provide

recommendations for policy and

p ra c t i c e .

How South African children use

digital technology

South Africa has approximately

38 million internet users (1.5 million

households). Children most often go

online on smartphones, using

mobile data at home, and the level

of online engagement increases as

children become older. Mobile

phone plans in South Africa also

provide free or cheaper access to

social media platforms, resulting in

social media use being much more

prevalent than any other online

activity, driving the content that

children engage with online.

The relationship between digital

technology and mental health is

complex.

Understanding the impact of the

digital environment on children’s

mental health requires a balanced

consideration of not only the

potential risks, but also the benefits

of the online world.

Not all exposure to online threats

leads to harm. For example,

participation in a public Facebook

group could put a child at risk of

sexual grooming, because adults

sometimes pose as children. But, this

wo n ’t necessarily lead to harm if a

child is able to prevent, foresee and

manage the attempted harassment.

Adolescents struggling with

offline mental health problems may

be more likely than others to seek

out negative content online. This

may amplify their existing mental

health issues and may result in self

harm. But social media may also be

a source of mental health

information, support and

professional help.

It’s therefore useful to consider

how to foster the (digital) resilience

of children so that they understand

what risks they are likely to

encounter at different ages and

know when they are at risk. It’s also

important that they know what to do

and how to recover from adverse

experiences.

Keeping children safe online

Realising the benefits of

technology for children’s mental

health and well-being, while

restricting exposure to online threats,

requires a holistic approach. This

includes recognising the role that

parents and caregivers, educators,

government regulators, tech

companies, and children themselves

have to play in promoting children’s

mental health and well-being in all

aspects of children’s online

engagement.

Parents often think that banning

social media and the internet will

keep their children safe, but that’s

not the case. Banning internet use

may result in children being socially

excluded or prevent them from

accessing mental health services or

information.

While parental controls and

surveillance tech have their place,

it’s the internal safeguards like

empathy, resilience and values that

are more powerful and serve

children throughout their lives,

whether online or offline.

Parents need to start an open

dialogue with their children. This

will build rapport and allow children

to open up about their social media

use. Parents should model good

citizenship (social literacy,

community engagement,

accountability, respecting others’

rights and perspectives) and healthy

digital habits for their children as

well.

The technology industry has a

huge part to play in designing

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providing sanitary pads for the girls,

for one year, as part of a countrywide

programme. Ward 5 councillor

Mzwandile Sweli expressed his

sincere appreciation to the embassy

for the gift to the community and

one of the oldest schools in the area.

He revealed that Velile had been

housed in a temporary buildings

since 1996 and said he had raised

the school’s plight in the provincial

portfolio committee on education.

The committee had met at

Nomzamo Secondary School in

Nemato the day before.

“I am happy the embassy has

recognized this school,” Sweli said.

Learners led the entertainment

that included the school choir

conducted by Anele Tokwe, Maya

Angelou’s poem And Still I Rise read

by Unamandla Kofi, imbongi

AchumaPayi, drum majorettes led by

Anezwa Apleni and a welcoming

speech by school representative

Cindy Samson. Archbishop Vuyisile

Futa of the Jerusalem Spiritual

Catholic Church in Zion presided

over prayers.

products with the best interests of

the child in mind. The privacy of

young users’ personal data needs to

be protected and their right to

freedom of expression needs to be

preserved. Systems need to be put

in place to address violations of

ch i l d r e n ’s rights when they occur.

School policies, regulations and

guidelines should aim to balance

the protection of children with their

rights to privacy and to use

technology in a way that’s

appropriate to their age. Such

policies should promote positive

use of digital technologies, while

taking steps to restrict access to

harmful content.

Training for educators is also

needed so that they can identify

children who exhibit symptoms of

trauma or distress as a result of

online harm and can refer them to

psycho-social support services.

Finally, and most importantly,

children need access to

information, education and training

to support the development of their

own digital literacy skills. They must

feel confident to seek help when

needed and know that it will be

p r ov i d e d .

● Dr RachanaDesai is a contributor

of the South African Child Gauge

2021/2022. This annual report on

the status of South Africa’s children

is published by the Children’s

Institute, University of Cape Town

in partnership with the DSI-NRF

Centre of Excellence in Human

Development, University of the

Witwatersrand; UNICEF South

Africa; the Standard Bank Tutuwa

Community Foundation and The

LEGO Foundation. RachanaDesai is

a Post-doctoral Research Fellow,

University of the Witwatersrand.

This piece was first published in The

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NG Kerk Alexandria celebrates Christmas in July

LIVING LEGACY

TK MTIKI

After a two-year wait, the

Dutch Reformed

Church of Alexandria

had a joyful and blessed event

on Sunday afternoon with

different choirs raising the

rafters to mark the occasion. It

ended on a high note with a

mouth-watering meal, tea and

coffee in the church hall.

Feeding the soul before the

feast were various choirs. The

Algoa@Cantando choir and

Eastern Cape Youth choir

under Gustel Agenbag,

Alexandria UCC, a clarinet, a

violin and the king of

instruments, the church organ,

made the occasion very

special. Together with other

musicians, including a

keyboard player, they filled the

church with their golden

sounds, blessing the audience

with worship.

After the Carol celebration

in the church, a winter

wonderland atmosphere and a

variety of soups, bread and

treats in the church hall warmed

bodies and hearts.

Church member Melinda

Wells mentioned that the Dutch

Reformed Church of Alexandria

SINGING FROM

THE HEART:

After patiently

waiting for

Covid-19

lockdown

restrictions to be

done away with,

the Dutch

Reformed

Church of

Alexandria

celebrated on

Sunday

afternoon its

long awaited

Winter

Christmas Carol

festival with a

feast of choral

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had been unable to have its

Winter Christmas Carol festival

for two years due to Covid-19.

So the event was a double joy.

MILESTONE BIRTHDAY: Phumelelo Blow recently celebrated

his 85th birthday at his home in Tantyi, Makhanda.

Congratulating him is ward 2 councillor Ramie Xonxa. The

Robben Island veteran’s 85 years so far have been full of rich

and varied experiences, but he asked TotT to focus on his

schooling and political history. Blow attended Nathaniel

Nyaluza High School, at a time when it was the only secondary

school available for black learners. The principal was respected

educationist Benjamin Mahlasela and his English teacher was

DD Siwisa. Having experienced the 1953 Defiance Campaign

and being influenced by Robert Sobukwe’s visit to the school,

he became involved in politics. In 1959 he was elected as youth

organiser for the Pan African Congress. In 1962 he was fired

from the Grahamstown law firm he worked for because of

belonging to a banned political organisation. In 1963, he was

arrested and sentenced to six years hard labour on Robben

Island. He was released in 1969. Picture: SUE MACLENNAN

HERE FOR YOU

PORT ALFRED LIONS DIABETES SCREENING

EMERGENCY

CARE:

Gardmed EMS

personnel

Christoff van

der Merwe (left)

and Corné

Smuts attended

the Graham &

Kolff Renal

Therapy Centre

opening at the

Albany Road

Complex.

Picture: FAITH

QINGA

H E A LT H

MATTERS: Lions

Zelda Elliott, Paula

Stander and

Lorenda de Klerk

screen blood

glucose (sugar)

levels for the

patrons at Nemato

SPAR on 23 July.

Port Alfred Lions

provided a free

Diabetes Screening

and awareness

facility and patrons

and staff were

tested by qualified members. Those whose readings were not within the recommended

prescribed limits, were advised to consult their medical practitioner or clinic for follow up. Eighty

people were tested and six fell outside the limit. The Port Alfred Lions will continue to conduct

similar screenings and the details will appear in Talk of the Town’s ‘Diarise This’ page. This is a

signature project of Lions Clubs International.

Settlers Park

residents rock

their talent

WARRICK STRACHAN

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Settlers Park Retirement Village hosted their

inaugural talent show at the Don Powis Hall on

Friday, July 29 with 170 tickets sold and a full

house attending. The money raised from the

ticket sales will go to the Settlers Park Trust,

which was formed to help residents who might

have fallen on hard times.

Performances of the night included the outfit

Brian & the Bandits, whose lead singer Brian

McLean had come up with the idea of Settlers

Park Got Talent. Other dazzling performers were

Akhona Magobiyana who sang with a truly

magnificent voice before the interval and as the

last act to a standing applause.

The complex’s entertainment committee has

come up with new events since the Covid

restrictions were lifted at the beginning of the

year. “We had a dance that was a sell-out and

had the people jiving and rocking like it was still

the swinging sixties,” said Trevor Langley, who

was the MC at the talent show.

Other events the committee has co-ordinated

this year include a concert given by The Lost

Chords, a male voice choir, which was hosted on

a Sunday afternoon. They plan another concert

with a Christmas theme early in December. A

soup evening was also hosted to get people out

of their cottages and socialising.

In August, the committee is planning to host

a quiz and there are regular bridge drives hosted

at the retirement complex. In November they

will be hosting their annual craft fair. Langley

said the objective of all these events was to allow

people to have fun, and going by Friday night’s

event, they really do!

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CROWD PLEASER

PLAYING IT COOL

PARTY TIME

L I V E LY

PERFORMANCE:

Joe van der

Linden performs

live to a jolly

crowd at Port

Alfred River & Ski

Boat Club on

Friday, July 29.

Picture: FAITH

QINGA

BRIGHT SPARKS: The July winners of the Ploughman Pub Quiz

were, from left, Shannan Mackenzie, Stephanie Goetsch,

manager Bob Goetsch, Kathy Knight and Sandra Knight P i c t u re :

BRYAN SMITH

HOT SPOT: Celebrating the opening of Hotspot Sports Bar in

Campbell Street, Port Alfred, were Lusi Mkita, Nicolette

Zondani, who was celebrating her birthday, and Khanya Ntozini

Picture: BRYAN SMITH

NDLAMBE MUNICIPALITY

PORT ALFRED

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9. Bids may only be submitted on the returnable document issued by

Ndlambe Municipality (see below).

PROCUREMENT OF GUARDING SERVICES –

NDLAMBE EAST

Ndlambe Municipality hereby invites bids from Private Security Industry Regulatory

Authority (PSIRA) registered service providers to submit tenders for security services

in respect of municipal properties in the area of jurisdiction of the municipality relating

to GUARDING SERVICES for the period 1 October 2022 to 31 October 2024.

This procurement for the following (full details of the required services are set

out in the tender document):

PREQUALIFICATION CRITERIA

Bidders shall take note of the following BID CONDITIONS:

1. Prices must be valid for at least ninety (90) days from the closing date.

2. ¿

VAT.

3.

4.

5. Bidders MUST furnish:

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returnable document).

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(included in the returnable document).

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A completed form MBD 6.1 (included in the returnable document)

certified copy of the proof of B-BBEE status

NOTE THAT ONLY B-BBEE

STATUS LEVEL BIDDERS 1 WILL BE CONSIDERED, SO

SUBMISSION OF THE BELOW DOCUMENTATION IS COMPUL-

SORY):

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a true copy of the original) are required i.e. TWO stamps

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(80 for price and 20 for the B-BBEE status level).

Management Policy.

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FUNCTIONALITY EVALUATION CRITERIA

Bids will be evaluated for functionality as follows (full details are set out in the

returnable tender document):

Bidder proposals not providing this information or not achieving functionality

score of at least 80 points will NOT go forward to the Price/PPPFA points

calculation stage of the evaluation process.

Bids may only be submitted on the returnable document issued by Ndlambe

Municipality.

N.B. Tender documents may be downloaded free of charge, but bidders requiring

a hard copy to be supplied by the municipality must pay a non-refundable tender

deposit of R120-36 inclusive of VAT in order to submit bids. In the latter case,

the original receipt should be attached to the submitted tender document.

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NUMBER 134/2022 – GUARDING SERVICES – NDLAMBE EAST” and placed in the

05 September

2022. Tenders will be opened immediately after the closing date and time in

N.B. ENVELOPES NOT MARKED AS INDICATED ABOVE WILL NOT BE OPENED

AND SUCH BIDS WILL, AS A RESULT, BE DISQUALIFIED.

NOTICE NUMBER: 134/2022

ADV R DUMEZWENI

04 August 2022 MUNICIPAL MANAGER


SCHOOL SCENE

MANY HAPPY HOURS

MEDALS: Port

Alfred High

School won two

medals at the

Eastern Cape

A rc h e r y

Championships

on Saturday 30

July. With a

strong PAHS

team are Leana

Potgieter (back

row 4th from

the right),

bronze, and

Annika Horak

(front row 2nd

from the left),

s i l v e r.

CUDDLE TIME: Celebrating

PJ Day at Happy Hours is

TehilaNtamo , Blake

Baartman and Nicholas Cox.

Happy Hours had their

Pyjama Day, themed ‘Polar

Bears in Pyjamas’, to

celebrate Winter on Friday

29 July. They snacked on all

things starting with a "p"

and had Polar dancing,

Polar stories, Polar ‘I Spy’

and many more fun

activities

NETBALL: Port Alfred

High School’sU9

netball team played in

Fort Beaufort recently.

Back row (from left)

are Acqobile Kobe,

Crislyn Jordaan, Alexa

Adams, Zingce

Madlebe; (front row,

from left) Swazi

Sopela, Caitlin de Wet,

Lukolo Xanti and

Iguglethu Maqubela.

PRINCES AND PRINCESSES: Happy Hours Pre-Primary Middle Group. Happy Hours had their

Pyjama Day, themed ‘Polar Bears in Pyjamas’, to celebrate Winter on Friday 29 July. They

snacked on all things starting with a "p" and had Polar dancing, Polar stories, Polar ‘I Spy’ and

many more fun activities.

POWER MOVES

FEELING BRIGHT: Grade 6 learners at Kowie

Foundation School connecting a circuit during

Natural Science.

TOP THREE

TOP ACHIEVERS

CAKE SALE: Rhyle Murray and

Lunje Makoni at Port Alfred High

School’s Grade 5 Cake Sale.

ON TARGET: The

Eastern Cape Archery

championships took

place on Saturday 30 July

at the Port Alfred

Country Club.

Congratulations to

James Simpson from El

Shaddai who got third

place for primary school

boys.

AWARDS: Port

Alfred High School

held their sports

awards during

assembly on

Monday 1 August

(front, from left)

Scarlet Tweedie,

Kendra Shuman,

Ané Coetze ,

Annika Horak,

Ibenati Kondile,

Yonela Fani, Quma

Dayile; (back from

left) Jadelyn

Shuman, Saffron

Tweedie, Nigel

Adams (Principal),

Liya Kalipa, Denillo

J o rd a a n .

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Advertising Administration Manager

Talk of the Town

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Port Alfred

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES/OUTCOMES

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client base.

clients, internal and external

and one on one meetings

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targets

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PLEASE SEND YOUR DIARY ENTRIES TO: E-mail e d i to r i a l @ t a l kof t h e tow n .c o. za

or message the Talk of the Town Facebook page or drop in at 29 Miles Street, Port Alfred, from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.

The MOTHS Battleaxe Shellhole

functions are as follows: Monthly

meetings: second Sunday of the

month, 11am to 12 noon. Monthly

social bring ‘n braai: fourth

Sunday of the month, midday

onward. All ex-servicemen and

their families are most welcome.

Annual Remembrance Parade

dates will be announced. Contact

numbers: 082-454-5868 or 083-

325-0000 or 060-881-1791.

Every first Tuesday of the month

The Lower Albany Woodworkers

Guild meets at various venues at

5.30pm for 6pm. All visitors and

those interested in woodworking

are welcome to attend. For further

information contact the

chairperson at 082-771-0009 or

the secretary at 066-037-7985.

Third Sunday of every month

SA Legion hosts a lunch at Port

Alfred Country Club, 12 noon for

12.30pm. R30 per person. All

welcome.

1820s Golf every Monday and

Th u r s d ay

At 8.30am sharp at the Royal Port

Alfred Golf Club. A 13-hole round

of social and friendly golf is played

off the blue tees. No bookings

required.

Every Monday at 9.30am and

every Wednesday at 10am

Healing Horses Therapeutic

Centre 15km on the R72 just after

Riet River. Visitors and prospective

volunteers welcome. For further

information and/or directions call

078-346-5412.

Every Monday at 5.15pm

Club Netball – Mixed teams at the

PAHS netball courts. Everyone is

welcome to play. Call Johaliza on

083-306-9882 for more info.

Tuesday to Saturday

Kowie Museum open, 9.30am to

12.30pm, old station building next

to police station. ‘The Historic

Hub of Port Alfred’. R20 adults,

R10 children.

Every Wednesday from 2pm to

#SunshineCoastUnplugged: Marianne Verschool’s photo of houses

on the Kowie River is Talk of the Town’s choice this week in the

@Sunshine Coast South Africa #SunshineCoastUnplugged photo

challenge. Share your favourite images featuring you, a family

member or friend making the most of our pristine outdoor

environment on Sunshine Coast Tourism’s Facebook page @Sunshine

Coast South Africa using the hashtag #sunshinecoastunplugged. Talk

of the Town will choose one photo to publish each week. More on

@Sunshine Coast Africa. Picture: MARIANNE VERSCHOOL

8pm

Port Alfred Tennis Club. Everyone

is welcome for social tennis and

fellowship. A bring and braai after

with cash bar available. Contact

082-329-3399 for more info.

Every Friday from 9am to 12pm

The Petticoat Lane Charity Shop is

open. The shop is located next to

the Sikhulisa Skills Centre,

opposite the Police Station on

Pascoe Crescent.

Friday August 5 – Sunday August 7

Bathurst Country Affair at The

Ploughman Pub. Friday: Lunch &

Supper special, joker jackpot at

7pm. Tickets R10 each (jackpot

over R10,000). Saturday: The

beard, beer & brawn competition,

comedy snippets by Corrie

Willoughby. Sunday: birthday

braai for the Leo ladies.

Saturday August 6 at 9am

Friends of Waters Meeting Nature

Reserve: Tree expert Prof Eugene

Moll leads a walk in the Waters

Meeting Nature Reserve outside

Bathurst to look at some special

thicket trees. Meet at the reserve

gate 9am for 9.30am. Entrance fee

R40. For more info, email

f r i e n d s o f wa t e r s m e e t i n g @ g m a i l . c o m .

Saturday August 6 at 12pm –

6:30pm

Makhanda Stibili Music Festival at

the Joza Indoor Sport Centre,

Extension 6, Makhanda. MC:

TsepisoNzayo. Choirs

participating are Khutliso Daniels,

VGHS, Nombulelo, Ntsika,

Midlands, Rhodes University,

Mrwetyana, Nyaluza, Kwantu.

Tickets are R50. More information

from Velile Phantsi 083-243-8295.

Saturday August 6 at 9am –

12:30pm

Come and sell your unwanted

goods at The Homestead

Community Garage Sale at The

Homestead (11 York Rd, Port

Alfred). Book your spot for R50 per

stall. For more details, contact

Sheila on 076-486-1090.

Sunday August 7 at 9am –

12pm

Bathurst Farmers’ Market at 237

Kowie Rd, Bathurst. Fresh

produce, artisan cheeses, breads,

gingerbread goodness, sweet

treats, quiches, jams, preserves,

food stalls, handcrafts & more.

Sunday August 7 at 3pm

Emzini Live Sessions: Women’s

Celebration at Emzini Lounge in

Nolukhanyo, Bathurst. Limited

tickets, indoor performance,

dinner R100 includes desserts.

Dress formal/ smart casual. Call

073 129 4767 for reservations.

Tuesday August 9 at 9:30am

Probus Club of the Kowie meeting

at R72 Saloon. Speaker, Yvonne

Surtees will present a talk on the

topic: Alaska The Last Frontier: A

fascinating place with interesting

South African parallels. Meeting

fee is R30. All welcome for tea and

s a n dw i ch e s .

Thursday August 11 at 4pm

Doug Bullis will present a talk

entitled Does the Universe need

God? at the University of the 3rd

Age (U3A) meeting in the Don

Powis Hall in Settlers Park

Retirement Village, Port Alfred.

This talk will not discuss God or

gods that relate to humans. Doug

will be talking only about the

universe itself. It may surprise

people to know that the universe

has a number of properties that

resemble the metabolisms of our

more familiar cells, animals, and

human bodies. Doug will discuss

and illustrate those, then pose the

question whether or not the

universe is self-created (as

astrophysics states) or requires

some sort of unknown energy and

intelligence to pop it into

existence. All welcome. Meeting

Fee: R5 (members), R10 (visitors).

For more information, contact

Gwynn 083-678-5050.

Friday August 12 at 10am

Fo u n d e r ’s Day assembly at Port

Alfred High School. RSVP:

reception@PAHS.co.za by 10

August 2022. We look forward to

welcoming you to our beautiful

campus!

Friday August 12 at 5pm

Join the Makana Community

Orchestra. Play an instrument?

Want a regular place to play

music? Keen to meet other

musicians? All welcome to an

introductory meeting on Friday 12

August at 5pm. More information

from Anna Talbot:

a.t albot@ru.ac.za or call 046-

603-7667.

Saturday September 3 from 10am

Cross country development and

schools league at the Bathurst

showgrounds (hosting for

Qhayiya Primary School). For

enquiries on how to enter contact

Mr Melikhaya Dyubele on 068-

143-6276 or email

mbobelanamm@gmail.com.

Entry fee is R20 per person.

Saturday September 3 at 10am

Friends of Waters Meeting Nature

Reserve: Fascinating Fungi - Prof

Jo Dames of the Department of

Biochemistry and Microbiology at

Rhodes University looks at the

fungal kingdom and explores how

it impacts our lives every day,

from bread and wine making to

the cycling of nutrients in

nature. 10am at Pike’s Post at the

Ploughman Pub (in the grounds of

the Bathurst Agricultural

Museum) in Bathurst. For more

info, email

f r i e n d s o f wa t e r s m e e t i n g @ g m a i l . c o m

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Science and history

meet in the Kowie

Ichthyologist gives

interesting talk to

U3A members

FAITH QINGA

Science reflects eras in history through

the names it gives to new discoveries.

Ichthyologist Paul Skelton was

explaining how the Sandelia Bainsii fish

(popularly known as the Rocky) is named

after the great war warrior, Xhosa King

Sandile Mgolombane and geologist Andrew

Geddes Bain.

Members of Port Alfred’s University of

the 3rd Age (U3A) and guests recently

enjoyed Skelton’s informative talk, ‘Fi s h

Tales on the Kowie’. This while they

celebrated the club’s15th birthday with

cake and tea.

The talk highlighted the scientific

exploration and naming of freshwater

fishes. Skelton worked as a taxonomist for

many years, describing new species and

correcting the names when there were

errors made.

“The British occupation of the Cape in

1806 heralded a new era of scientific

exploration in southern Africa,” Skelton

said.

One of the first and better known

explorers who visited the Kowie during his

expedition of 1811-1812 was William John

Burchell. He not only collected plants but

many other organisms and made sketches

of fishes that became the source of the first

described freshwater fishes from southern

Africa.

Interestingly, Skelton mentioned how

the Keiskamma River was used as the

meeting point for trading between the

British administration and the AmaXhosa

tribe. The ichthyologist also pointed out that

the Burchell original map can be found at

the Clivia Wonders Nursery located just out

of town on the river.

The story of the ‘R o cky ’, an anabantid

FISHTALES: Ichthyologist Paul Skelton gave an informative talk titled ‘Fish Tales on

the Kowie’ at Settlers Park for the U3A recently. Picture: FAITH QINGA

RICH HERITAGE: Sandelia Bainsii.

Picture: PAUL SKELTON

fish described in 1861 as Sandeliabainsii

from the Kowie by a French Consul to the

Cape in the 1850s – Count F de Castelnau -

anchored Skelton’s presentation.

Skelton said he encountered the classic

frontier fish for the first time in his

professional career when he was deployed

to investigate the big fish kill when the

NicoMalan pass bridge was being built in

1972.

The specimens of the Rocky collected by

Castelnau are in the Natural History

Museum in Paris, where the name-bearing

(type) specimens of other species from

southern Africa, including the earliest

known specimens of freshwater fishes of a

sister-species to the Rocky (the Cape kurper,

Sandeliacapensis) are also found.

Sir Andrew Smith, the ‘Father of South

African Zoology’ a Scottish army medical

doctor who founded the South African

Museum and became the Surgeon General

of the British Army Medical Department

during the Crimean War, also described the

‘R o cky ’ and its sister species. That

description was lost in the turmoil of the

times.

George Ford, who lived in a farm near

Bathurst, in 1831 was the first artist to have

his fish illustrations published in SA. He said

Ford was discovered at age 12, by the father

of South African zoology, Andrew Smith,

and through his guidance he became one

the greatest illustrators in the country. Smith

conducted several expeditions in southern

Africa and took artists including Ford and

Charles Bell. Ford became one of the best

known artists at the Natural History

Museum in London. Ford’s sketches during

the Great Expedition of 1834-36 are in the

William Cullen Library at the University of

Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg.

Drawing the

line - and

crossing some

“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.” Gilber t

K. Chesterton

‘Drawing the line’ is a real and relationship-defining action at all

levels in the interactions of humans (and animals). Of course

personalities, values and the extent to which individuals or

organisations are prepared to accommodate the behaviour and

actions of others, determine where and when the line will be drawn.

Tolerance and patience play their part, but there is always a limit

beyond which few are prepared to go.

Conventional wisdom, borne out of

many experiences of people reaching

their limits, suggests that it is preferable

to draw the line at an earlier stage. Much

damage and unnecessary fallout could

often be curtailed were those involved to

follow that practice. Reaching

‘e x p l o s ive ’ level is seldom a good idea.

A reflection by Shonda Rhimes,

conveys an interesting perspective:

“At some point, you have to make a

THINK

ABOUT IT

Roy Hewett

decision. Boundaries don’t keep other

people out. They fence you in. Life is

messy. That's how we're made. So, you

can waste your lives drawing lines. Or

you can live your life crossing them.”

The wisdom of that view could

possibly apply under certain conditions but we could risk reckless

behaviour at times, were we all to model our actions on that advice.

Judgement and discretion should be applied when

contemplating drawing or crossing lines.

Perhaps more realistic, are the two quotes which follow:

“Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws.

And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line

s o m e wh e r e .” Huston Smith

“The longer we stay in a violating situation, the more traumatised

we become. If we don't act on our own behalf, we will lose spirit,

resourcefulness, energy, health, perspective, and resilience. We

must take ourselves out of violating situations for the sake of our

own wholeness.” ― Anne Katherine, Where to Draw the Line: How

to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day

Happiness, health and wellbeing are closely aligned to the

ability and willingness to draw the line at the appropriate time.

When principles are compromised, or there is physical danger, a

strong call to take a stand is indicated. The “sake of our own

wh o l e n e s s ” should carry sway in most instances.

In the final analysis, the observation by Anne Katherine arguably

makes the strongest point regarding how and when we should draw

our own lines: “Your time is your life. You are absolutely the final

authority on how you will use it.”

CHURCH NOTICES

ANGLICAN CHURCH

ALBANY ARCHDEACONRY

St Paul’s Port Alfred – Ferndale Rd

Sunday Holy Eucharist 8.30am

Wednesday Holy Eucharist

8.30am

St John’s – Bathurst

Sunday Holy Eucharist 8.30am

Enquiries: 046-624-1236

ANGLICAN PARISH OF

ALEXANDRIA

St David’s Anglican Church

Bushmans River Mouth

Wednesday - Eucharist 9am

Sunday - Eucharist 8.30am

Phone: 081-087-4045

Email: alexparish@eastcape.net

Rector: The Revd Deon Lombard

Christ Church, Alexandria

Holy Eucharist Sunday 10am

APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION

BETH-EL ASSEMBLY

ALEXANDRIA –

6 Kloof Street

Sunday at 10am and 6pm

Wednesday Prayer meeting at

6.30pm

Enquiries: Pastor Alan Cannon

072- 907- 8405

BRIDGE CHURCH PA

8 Sea Valley Estate Street,

Port Alfred

Sunday 9am & 5pm

Enquiries: Whatsapp

066-127-2343 |

pa@bridgechurch.org.za

CATHOLIC CHURCH

St James Catholic Church –

Caxton Lane, Port Alfred

Mass Times: Sunday – 9.30am

Tuesday – 5pm

Friday – 8.30am

Fr Francis Kaumba

046-624-1509 / 084-583-0861

St Thomas Catholic Church –

Tenth St, Station Hill, Port

Alfred


St Anthony’s Catholic Church –

Bushman’s River Mouth


Sacred Heart Catholic Church –

Alexandria

Mass Times: Saturday – 3pm

CHRIST AMBASSADOR

MINISTRIES

770 Runeli Drive, Nemato

Sunday Services: 10am-12pm.

Tel/Fax: 046-624-2632

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD

35 Masonic Street, Port Alfred

Sunday Service 9.30am

(Sunday School during service)

Tuesday Ladies Prayer Meeting

10am

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7pm

Enquiries: Pastor Theo and

Marinda Snyman

046-624-2265

FULL GOSPEL (STATION HILL)

Sunday morning 10am

Wednesday 7pm

Friday Youth Service 7pm

Enquiries: Pastor P Israel

084-582-4607

GEREFORMEERDE KERK

Eredienste elke Sondag oggend

om 9.30vm in die “Settlers

Church” historiese monument)

h/v Bathurst Str and North Str

Navrae Ds Aucamp by

046- 654-0106/083-654-9190

of Bert Venter by 046-654-0272

/082-451-2426.

GRACE AND TRUTH CHURCH

Albany Centre, 90 Albany Road.

“For the law was given through

Moses, but grace and truth came

through Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17).

Sunday Services 9.30am and 6pm

Wednesday Ladies Group 9.30am

Friday Youth 12-18yr 6pm

Enquiries 060-765-7581

LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE,

ALEXANDRIA

Sunday Morning Service and

Sunday School. (preteens) 9am

(Mother’s room available)

Friday Evening Worship

Service: 5pm

Care Group Wednesday 4.30pm

Enquiries: PS Leon De Smidt

082-330-6865

METHODIST CHURCH

For general enquiries contact

Maria 082-650-8468

WESLEY (Hards St):

Every Sunday: 8.30am (only).

Thursday Bible Study 3pm

STATION HILL (Windvogel St):

Every Sunday: 11am


ABEL MNABA:

Every Sunday: 10am


PA EXTENTION:

Every Sunday: 10am


NOKHELE:

Every Sunday: 10am


BATHURST (York Rd):

Every Sunday: 9am

Enquiries: 079-399-2030

CLUMBER (Shaw Park Rd from

Bathurst then Martindale turn off):

For information on services

contact 082-801-0511.

ROKEBY PARK (Opp Halfway

Store on Grahamstown Rd):


contact 082-373-3953

KLEINEMONDE (Nature’s Way):


contact 083-558-3195

ALEXANDRIA

(Loop Street, Alexandria)

Every Sunday 10am

Enquiries: 046-648-1090

KENTON:

29 Kariega Road, Kenton-on-Sea

Every Sunday 8.30am

Enquiries: 046-648-1090

NEDERDUITSE

GEREFORMEERDE KERK

DIAS GEMEENTE

Broadway 26, Port Alfred, 6170

Kantoorure: Maandag, Woensdag

en Vrydag 8.00vm-12nm.

Tel: 046-624-3534

Elke Sondag: 9vm

Kinderkerk and Kategese tydens

erediens

BOESMANSRIVIERMOND

(Main Street)

Elke Sondag: 9vm

Kinderkerk tydens die erediens en

10vm Kategese

KLEINEMONDE:

Dienste elke 4de Sondag van die

maand: 11vm

Leraar: Ds Wikus Venter Sel:

078-800-3353

ALEXANDRIA: (Mainstreet)

Erediens elke Sondag: 10vm.

(Van Oktober Erediens 9.30vm)

Kantoorure: Maandag, Dinsdag,

Donderdag, Vrydag 8am- 1pm

Tel: 046-653- 0147

NEDERDUITSCH HERVORMDE

KERK

St Nicolas, Beachweg, Port Alfred

PLEASE SEND YOUR CHURCH NOTICES ENTRY TO:

E-mail hansteina@arena.africa | Phone 046 624 4356 |

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

Eredienste: Elke Sondag om

9.30vm. Kategese na erediens.

(Van 4 September eredienste om

9vm)

Kontak Prof John Gericke 046-

624-9025 of sel 082-565-9534

PERISOS SONSKYNKUS

Perisos (Oorvloed/Abundance)

nooi u uit na samekomste:

Alexandria. Elke Sondag om

9.30vm te Maria-saal (agter

Caltex garage).

Ons verkondig: Oorvloed in

Christus.

PORT ALFRED BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday morning service and

Children’s church (Ignite) 9.30am

Sunday evening service 6pm

Youth: Fridays: Grades 1-7 (KICK)

at 5pm-6.30pm, Grades 8-12

(G63) at 7pm-9pm

Pastor: Josh de Wit –

073-166-2939

Office: 046-624-1335

Website:

www.portalfredbaptist.co.za

Email:

portalfredbaptist@gmail.com

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Corner of Southwell and Becker

Street

Sunday Worship Service 9am – 10am

Communion Services: 1st Sunday

of the month

Kleinemonde - Service -

5th Sunday of the month

Enquiries: Rev C Erasmus

083-254-7554

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

CHURCH

Service Times – Saturdays:

First Service 9.30am

Sabbath School 10am

Church Service 11am

Enquiries: Judith on

083-652-5655

SHEKINAH MINISTRIES

Sunday mornings: 10am

Wednesday: 7pm

Enquiries: Pastor Dan Hilpert

079-649-8750

THE SHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD -

1 PET 4:14.

THE CHURCH AT MERRYHILL

36 Merryhill Drive, Kenton

Sunday: 9am

Enquiries: Gavin Kidd

079-211-4675

EPHESIANS 2:8 ‘FOR BY

GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN

SAVED THROUGH FAITH;

AND THIS IS NOT OF

YOURSELVES, IT IS THE

GIFT OF GOD’

WORD OF TRUTH

MINISTRY, LIVING WATERS

BOOKSHOP, CHURCH

OF THE NATIONS

Cnr Galpin & North Street.

Across from R72 Astron Garage

and the fire station

Join us for a dynamic worship

experience at Word of Truth

Ministry. We are a family

church that is affiliated to

Church of the Nations.

Sunday Family Celebration 9am

Sunday Evening Encounters 6pm

Friday Youth 6.30pm

Office opens Monday to Friday

8:30am to 4pm

All welcome.

Enquiries: 085-300-0324 or

Whatsapp 082-603-1995


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

GREAT TIMES IN THE ROUGH

Four Makhanda (Grahamstown) athletes

put in some great performances at the

Eastern Province Athletics (EPA) crosscountry

championships in Gqeberha on

Saturday, returning home with two first

places, one second place and one fourth.

It was a Makhanda 1st and 2nd in the

girls’ U17 race over 4km when Emma

Kruse of the Diocesan School for Girls

(DSG) cruised to victory in 15 minutes 58

seconds, with Victoria Girls’ High

S ch o o l ’s (VGHS) Emma Gush runner-up

in 16 mins 43 secs, a personal best time

for her.

Jene Banfield, who competes in the

colours of Run4Christ Athletics Club, won

her age group race in 17 mins 01 sec,

while Terri-Lynn Penney (Nedbank

Athletics Club) finished fourth in her age

group in 20 mins 13 secs.

THERE COMES A TIME

“If I could choose again, I would become

a teacher again,” were the words of

highly-respected Makhanda educator

Manie Cronje upon his retirement last

week from the profession he had a

passion for, after 34 years in the

classroom.

Of the 34 years, no less than 30 were as a

teacher and head of department at PJ

Olivier High School, and the latter four

years as principal of Good Shepherd

Primary School.

Cronje, who trained as an educator at

Oudtshoorn Teachers’ Training College,

said his proudest moments came

whenever he met former pupils of his,

discovering they were doctors, business

leaders, estate agents, teachers, engineers

and managers.

“I am proud of my alumni who are

making their mark in life. Teaching is a

calling and not just a job. I always tried to

put my pupils first,” he said.

But it was not only in the classroom that

Cronje made his mark and earned the

respect of the primary school children and

their parents as a highly-regarded teacher

and leader.

Something that Grade 7 pupils looked

forward to each year for more than 20

years were the educational tours that took

the boys and girls to places of interest

throughout SA such as the Garden Route,

Cape Town, Oudtshoorn, Kruger National

Park and Sun City.

These tours were the original idea of

Cronje who initiated them, undertook the

organisation and arranging, and

accompanied the ‘tourists’ along with

other staff members.

Then there was the sporting side of

Cronje’s involvement at PJ Olivier, and

this was considerable, coaching athletics,

cricket and rugby.

In his formative years as a rugby coach,

Cronje’s highlight came in the 1988 rugby

season when his U9 team was unbeaten

the entire season and had zero points

scored against them.

By then the rugby coaching and

administration bug had bitten, and Cronje

was ready to take on more, much more.

The idea of an U13 rugby tournament

came to his mind and he set about the

mammoth task involved in organising a

two-day junior event involving schools

not only from Makhanda but also from

centres across the Eastern Cape Province.

Later, U13 netball was added to what

became known as the Frans Erasmus U13

rugby and netball tournament, and its

success had become legendary.

Returning to the matter of his retirement,

Cronje said Grahamstown and Makhanda

had been good to him and his wife Alice.

Both are retired now, and at the end of

August they move to their coastal home at

Still Bay/Stilbaai in the Western Cape.

UNDER LITIGATION

Shoppers and visitors to the myriad stores,

shops and businesses in Pepper Grove

Mall will have noticed that building on

the proposed Clicks store on the eastern

side of the mall appears to have slowed

down or come to a halt.

Wa l l a c e ’s Pharmacy, meanwhile, has shut

shop and Clicks Pharmacy has opened for

business on the southern side of the ‘new’

building.

Objections have been raised in what is

deemed to be a second supermarket

planned for Pepper Grove Mall, and the

matter is being litigated in the High Court.

On the other hand, the Competition

Commission is believed to be dealing

with the matter, submitted by another

p a r t y.

While these behind-the-scenes issues are

being dealt with, the Crazy Store

premises, previously occupied by

Wa l l a c e ’s Pharmacy, has opened its doors

for business.

TIME TO CELEBRATE

Last Thursday saw the Diocesan School

PORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUB

Kos/PA Pairs Monday, 25 July 2022

Board 02 Dealer E, N-S vulnerable. BBO 85239

With a 4:6;1;2 shape North elects to play

in 4H rather than to consider 3NT. South

has bid the two minor suits but presumably

has at least 12 points, so game must

be bid. What lead do you make as East?

The likely choice is between a trump and

the club 9; you select the latter hoping

rather optimistically that you may get a

ruff if your trumps haven’t been drawn.

Now you are declarer; your objective is to

beat all the other players, who are almost

certain to be playing in 4H. How do you

plan the play? You win with the club Ace

and lead the Spade Jack, West plays the 6,

you play the Ace and East plays the 7. Now

you cash the spade King and lead a low

spade ruffing with the heart nine. Then you cash the club King and ruff a club with

the heart 10, followed by leading your last spade then ruffing with the heart King.

Now get off lead with a diamond, win the next trick and draw trumps thus making 12

tricks (six hearts, four spades and two clubs.

When planning the play you must not draw trumps as a reflex

action. Take note that the 9 and King of trumps cannot be

over-ruffed. Additionally you lead the spade Jack at trick 2, if

West has the Queen he/she may cover then you only need to

ruff one spade before you draw trumps. If the spades break

3:3 then you only need to ruff one spade. Your declarer play is designed to score

the maximum number of tricks against reasonable breaks. Note that a trump was

led only twice; a lead which restricts declarer to 11 tricks; once was against the 6H

contract. 12 tricks were made by only one declarer.

Results

2HW +5; 4HW =; 4HW+1 (8); 4HW+2; 6HW-1

N-S 1st H Clohessy & A Paling….59.8% 2nd N Buratovich & T Paterson …56.0%

E-W 1st Robot & Robot……..……..66.9% 2nd B Levin & M Minitzer.…..……..60.0%

THE COAST BECKONS: Good Shepherd Primary School principal Manie

Cronje has retired after 34 years in the teaching profession, and he and wife

Alice will move to Still Bay in the Western Cape at the end of August. Here

he is seen in front of a picture of the original Good Shepherd building. Read

story on this page. Picture: SID PENNEY.

for Girls (DSG) celebrating 148 years

since it opened its doors on July 28, 1874.

It also marked the countdown to the

s ch o o l ’s 150th celebrations in 2024, the

provisional dates of the Foundation

Weekend being May 9 to 12, 2024.

BIG BANGS

There was plenty of gunfire emanating

from the 6SAI Battalion military base last

week. To a layman it may have sounded

like machine gun fire and cannon booms,

but the military uses other terms for these

weapons, like medium machine guns

(MMG) and mortars. Wonder what they’re

training for.

NO SHORTAGE THERE

Carte Blanche on M-Net last Sunday

evening dealt with, among other items,

the dire shortage of ambulances and illequipped

ambulances in the Eastern

Cape. Yet, there were four ambulances

parked at the side of Lower field at St

Andrew’s College on Saturday when St

Andrew’s hosted Dale College at rugby.

What were they expecting?

THRILLER ON LOWER

In an exciting rugby encounter on Lower

field on Saturday, St Andrew’s College 1sts

narrowly defeated their Dale College

counterparts from Qonce (King William’s

Town) by 22 points to 19.

Other results between the schools: U16A

– St Andrew’s won 41-7; U15A – Dale

won 17-10; U14A – St Andrew’s won 17-

15.

LIFE-SAVING FLUID FLOWS

July proved to be a rather good month for

the SA National Blood Service (SANBS)

mobile unit from Gqeberha when the

phlebotomists and medical technicians

returned with 117 units of the life-saving

fluid donated at the Dutch Reformed

Church hall in Hill Street.

The next blood drive at the hall in Hill

Street is from 12 noon to 6pm on Tuesday,

August 9.

SUNNYSIDE’S ROOTS

A recent item in this column dealt with

Sunnyside Garden Centre in Cromwell

Street on the southern side of town,

mentioning previous owners but

inadvertently omitting the original

owners. They were Brian and Lynne

Butterworth who settled in Crete after

several years, and where Brian later

passed away.

STILL FLOWING

With water shortages and outages

prevalent in many parts of Makhanda in

recent weeks, accompanied by plenty of

moans and groans from residents, it’s no

surprise at all that the water spring just

outside town on the road to Stones Hill

has been quite busy of late. And, a ‘wa t e r

collector’ tells me the spring outlet is

flowing quite strongly. And. he adds, it’s

free!

CIRCLE OF POTHOLES

An intersection in Makhanda that’s ultrabusy,

and riddled with potholes at that, is

the circle at African Street and Hill Street.

SEEKING OUT THE SNARES

As World Conservation Day drew to a

close last week, the Snare Clean-up Crew

Makhanda issued a sincere thank-you to

those who had joined or supported them.

The group has managed to remove 225

snares.

SELECTED, BUT DID NOT PLAY

The annual national top schools’ squash

tournament took place in East London at

the end of July, and saw the best schools

from each province competing over four

days to find the best senior schools’

squash teams in the country.

Selected as the best girls’ squash team in

the Eastern Province for 2022 and invited

to compete at the event was the Diocesan

School for Girls’ (DSG) side comprising

Erin Powers, Lise-Mari Coetzee, Abby

Holderness, Wendy-Mae Turner, Ashley

Price and Megan Marx.

Unfortunately they had to withdraw their

position in the tournament as the dates

fell over DSG’s busy examination period.

THERE WAS A TIME

Who remembers, going back five or six

decades right here in the then

Grahamstown, the bop sessions that were

held on Friday and Saturday nights at St

George’s hall, St Patrick’s Church hall, Boy

Scout hall, Recreation hall in Albany

Road and the Girl Guide hall?

Mostly, seven-single and long-playing

records provided the rock ‘n roll music in

the early to mid-1960s, but on occasion

bands made appearances, such as the

Shanes, Visions, Custard Apple,

Sheridans, Coffee Pot, Xaviers, Pleasure

Machine and the Ravens.

NO LONGER THERE?

It was explained last week that the origins

of street names in newer suburbs of

Makhanda are not included in this

column due to the fact that the official

listing of street names was compiled in the

1960s, before the suburbs were

established.

This week we take a look at street names

that do appear in that same listing but no

longer exist, as far as I am aware.

Take a look at these names – m ay b e

yo u ’re aware that they still exist and

where they are situated. Let me know via

e-mail at sidp@imaginet.co.za

Brereton Road; Bankes Street; England

Street; Ford Street; Knobel Street;

Mortimer Street; Wuppertal Street; Wait

Street; and Sephton Lane.

RUGBY AWARDS

Kingswood College Honours for rugby

have been awarded to Stanley

Muranganwa, Shingirai Manyarara,

Tadiwa Chikutiro and Lethu Gwarube,

while rugby Colours have been awarded

to Elias Chitengwa, Rotino Flusk, Benoni

Nhekairo and Lyle O’Connell.

BACK AFTER TWO YEARS

The 26th Scifest Africa festival of science

from September 7 to 13 in Makhanda,

sporting the theme “Back to the Basics”,

will highlight the crucial role of basic

sciences – physics, chemistry, maths and

b i o l o g y.

In addition to three international

exhibitors and an exciting partnership

with J & J Can-Do Robotics and Split-

Second Science, the regular Scifest

contributors will be back, plus the famous

laser shows and the Rhodes University

high schools’ quiz.

HOCKEY COLOURS

Kingswood College Colours for girls’

hockey have been awarded to Leah Jonas,

Anna-Leigh MacKay and Aphiwe

Mvunelwa, and for boys’ hockey to Brian

Bennett, David Bennett, Brad Goss, Luke

Kelly and James Scorgie.

BALLOON WEEK

Are you perhaps wondering when this

ye a r ’s Diocesan School for Girls (DSG), St

Andrew’s College and St Andrew’s Prep

Balloon Week takes place?

Balloon Week, comprising sport, cultural

events, prize-giving functions, retreat

ceremony and various social gettogethers,

takes place from September 30

to October 4.

JUNIORS TURN ON THE ACTION

The U13 rugby team of Oatlands

Preparatory School was in fine form last

week, beating PJ Olivier Primary School

by 17 points to 12, while Oatlands also

won the U11 match 51-0 and the U9

game 30-0.

Of the four netball matches played

between the schools, Oatlands won three

and PJ Olivier won one. Results were:

U13 – Oatlands won 11-7; U11 – PJ

Olivier won 4-0; U10 – Oatlands won 6-

3; U9 – Oatlands won 4-1.

Meanwhile, PJ Olivier High School’s 1st

rugby side scored a narrow 24-20 win

over Alexandria High School, while the

Alexandria U15 team won its match 22-

15.

KOWIE UNITED IN LOCAL LEAGUE

Following an item in this column about

the Grahamstown City football team

being joint-winners of the Dewar Shield

back in the early 1970s, a former City

player, Terry Butterworth, popped around

to show me a trophy awarded to him in

1965 when he was a member of Kowie

United Football Club based in Port Alfred.

Kowie United’s home field was in the

hospital grounds in Port Alfred and the

team contested the Grahamstown

Football Association’s league, coming up

against teams such as Saints, Albany

United and Fort England.

FINALLY COMPLETE

Did you know that building on the then St

George’s Church in the centre of

Grahamstown began in 1824 and it

opened for worship six years later. After

several additions, including the tower and

spire in 1879, the Lady Chapel was finally

added in 1952 after 128 years – building

complete!

COLOURS ON THE COURT

Kingswood College Colours for netball

have been awarded to Ophola Bulani,

Dominique de Jongh, Taryn Hurly,

Aphiwe Mvunelwa and Catherine

Wi l l i a m s o n .

V I C TO R I O U S

St Andrew’s College won all five hockey

matches played against Dale College last

week, with the 1sts winning 5-0 and the

2nds victorious by one goal to nil. Other

results: U16A – St Andrew’s won 2-1;

U14A – St Andrew’s won 7-2; U14B – St

Andrew’s won 2-0.

PHOTO

SHOOT: The

St Andrew’s

College flag

flies at halfmast

on

Saturday as

Old

A n d re a n s

gather at the

base of the

historic

Clock Tower

for a group

photograph.

St Andrew’s

s t a ff

member

Donna-lee

Griffin Page

died the

p re v i o u s

S a t u rd a y.

Picture: SID

P E N N E Y.


GREENIES & GARDENERS

Gogos get going in Bathurst

township gardening project

Mike Loewe

“Foodscaping, one garden at a

time!” is how Makhanda and

Bathurst artist Tori Stowe

described a joint project

between suburbanites and

township residents at the Seven

Days Creche and Church in

Nolukhanyo, Bathurst.

Ndlambe municipality,

which includes Nolukhanyo,

endures a 61.7%

unemployment rate, and 50% of

the population earn less than

R1,660 per household,

according to the 2016 Stats SA

community survey data-scraped

by Wazimap. Sixteen percent of

people earn zero.

Stowe, famous for her

material print, fine art and

creative objects from her shop,

The Corner, in Bathurst, posted

a photograph taken in 2021 and

one taken last Thursday.

From bare earth, a profusion

of edible and eye-pleasing

plants and foliage has taken

hold.

“The project is now entirely

independent of us. People are

planting their own seedlings,

harvesting their own seed,” she

said.

Her post showing before and

after pictures drew 400 likes, 50

shares and 72 positive

comments.

Stowe, also a prolific and

well-read Facebook writer, said:

“Now that the school, creche

and clinic gardens are running

independently, Nolukhanyo

Grow has a new mission!”

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GREEN GROWTH The Seven Day Adventist Creche and

Church where one of 83 food gardens is thriving in

Nolukhanyo, Bathurst. Picture: TORI STOWE

She said the idea had come

from a church member Anesu

Chitura, who dedicated his

Sundays to helping the elderly

with their food gardens.

“So, boom! the Gogo Project

was born!

“We have identified 10

household food gardens that we

can help and we’re going to

tackle them one by one: with

fencing, providing seeds,

seedlings, food vines and trees,

plus flowers and succulents.

“Compost, manure, fertiliser

and assistance with working the

land and getting the plants

e s t a b l i s h e d .”

The project would

customise, focusing on the

individual and specific needs of

each property, she said.

“Many of these gardens have

been with our programme since

2020, so we know that the

interest and commitment are

there.

“In our experience this

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means that success is

guaranteed. An amount of R250

per garden will cover our costs

for each as, thanks to Monique

and David Vajifdar and friends,

we’re fully stocked, funded and

equipped to do this.

“However, in assessing each

property we have seen other

needs (and expenses) which fall

out of what we do.

“For example, two of the

houses don’t have steps to the

front door.

“I asked for a quote from a

local builder, and he said it

would cost R4,500.

“So this week I am trying to

raise that amount as our first

focus garden is that of Mrs

Angeline Xali.

“She has a thriving little veg

garden, which we’re going to

fence and stock as described

above, but we’d love to give her

steps so she can sit up there with

coffee and survey her work, and

the views of the village below.”

She called for funds, and two

days later posted a joyful:

“Thank you, you wonderful

people! Ms Xali is going to get

her steps built next week. I met

builder Ayanda Richards at the

site yesterday; he's grateful for

the work in these quiet times,

and is going to start on

M o n d ay.”

She thanked four

suburbanite women for “for

making steps towards a brighter

future for Mrs Xali!”

“In the meantime we cleared

a new area for mielies, onions

and potatoes, planted a row of

flowers and herbs above the

veggie garden, and some

succulents along the front fence.

“We also supplied shade

cloth, big bags of compost and

fertiliser to three neighbouring

gardens who are also in our

Gogo Project.

“We were approached by

another gogo two houses down,

BRIGHT FUTURE: Lina Kileka, right, chats to community

activist Tori Stowe in the Ndesi family’s garden in Nolukhanyo,

Bathurst, recently. Picture: SUE MACLENNAN

who is fighting a battle of

veggies vs goats.

“She said she got a handful

of seed potatoes from us last

year, so she cleared a patch, and

they grew so beautifully that she

got hooked on gardening and

subsequently bought a whole

range of seedlings from Peddie

and she’s loving it — except for

the goats and chickens!

“We have an appointment to

check it out next week.

“And so we grow. Huge

thanks again to this online

community that makes these

things happen.”

● This article originally

appeared in the Daily Dispatch

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NEAVE STÖTTER INC.


PORT ALFRED

6170


Tel : 046 6241163

6150

Employment Wtd.

LINDA is looking for domestic

work or general

employment. She also

bakes cakes and tarts. Full

time or part time. References

available.

Phone: 073 5013 722.

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ACCOMMODATION

7020

Accomm. Off / Wtd

B & B IN WALMER,

PORT ELIZABETH.

ueuppeds

Jacky Holm 041 581 6308

or 083 495 2690

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Estate of the Late THOMAS

GUARD WEBB Master’s Reference

No: 000889/2020 Notice is hereby

given in terms of Section 35(5) of

the Administration of Estates Act

that the First and Final Liquidation

and Distribution Account will lie for

inspection at the Master of the Supreme

Court Grahamstown and the Magistrate

Port Alfred for Twenty-One (21) days

as from the 05th August 2022. Any

person objecting to the said account

must notify the Master of the Supreme

Court, Grahamstown in writing before

the expiry of the said period.

MR H A WORMALD

c/o CHARTERIS & BARNES CC,

P O BOX 2083, PORT ALFRED, 6170

Help

Guide

AWNINGS, BLINDS AND

CARPORTS

The Shade Factor

Murray: 082 366 9878

BIKES & E-BIKES

SERVICE AND SALES

The Cycle Asylum

Tel: 046 624 8358 | 072 727 7382

COURIER SERVICES

L&W Couriers

Tel: 046 624 8043 | 072 711 0094

DSTV

Volcanik

Tel: 046 624 3630

ESTATE AGENTS

RE/MAX Kowie

Tel: 046 624 1110

ELECTRICIAN

JD Electrical

John Dacombe 083 276 4627

GAS SUPPLIES & SERVICES

LP Gaz Port Alfred

Tel: 046 624 8070 | 072 188 2633

Kowie Gas

Cell: 063 227 2438

OPTOMETRIST

D.M. Radue Optometrists

Tel: 046 624 4558

TYRES

Supa Quick

Tel: 046 624 4190

WATER TANK AND

GUTTER CLEANING

Rain Catchers

Warren: 076 315 6246


GOLF

W E E K LY

EPA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

KOWIE

STRIDERS

ALEXANDRIA GOLF CLUB

A good turn-out last Wednesday,

in lovely weather, saw Hilton

Delport dominate proceedings

with 37 individual points,

followed by Pierre Schoeman on

33 points. The Alliance was won

by Hilton, Brad van der Riet, Leon

Naude and Trevor Hyson, while

Jan Stark won the Jackpot holes.

After the forecast for rain on

Saturday changed to just cloudy

and cool, Owen Putzier was

streaks ahead of the field with 37

points, with Dave Nicoll second

on 28 points and Likhona Fina

third on 26. In the Bonus Ball

Alliance Owen, ChristoBosman

and Dave Nicoll prevailed, with

Owen winning the Jackpot

holes.

This Saturday the Club is

hosting the Alexandria Methodist

Church Golf Day. It will be played

as a BetterballStableford and the

cost will be R200. This will

include a halfway house and a

light meal after golf. Bookings can

be made with Hanli on 046-653-

0207. The Bokke take on the All

Blacks at 5pm that day, so it

should lead to a festive day.

KENTON GOLF

B ROT H E R H O O D

Tuesday 26 July 2022

Bitterly cold and damp on the

course saw 32 golfers contest a

Stableford Alliance 2-scores-tocount

on the odd holes and 3-

scores-to-count on the even holes

competition.

Donald McGarvie, Tom Tagg,

Nick Oosthuizen and Richard

Farndell won on 98 points. Tony

Halse, John Abbott, John Dell and

Paul Fryer came second on 92

points.

The covey of Peter Longhurst,

Russell Warren, Brian Shirley and

Andy Stembridge, came home

with 80 points to secure the

Hamer & Sukkel.

No 2-clubs on par threes were

recorded resulting in a carryover

pool.

John Dell shot a sound individual

70 nett but Richard Farndell was

the star with his outstanding 67

nett.

Friday 29 July 2022

38 entered the draw to play an

Alliance Stableford 2-scores-tocount

format.

Dee Kidson, Ian Kidson, Keith

Rugg and Mike Krige stormed into

first place on 88 points. A

respectable second were the 3-

ball of Arnie Schultz, Henry Ellis

and Don Thomson on 84 (79+5)

points.

James Lobban, Jimmy van

Rensburg, Derick van Harmelen

and Paul Fryer claimed the Hamer

& Sukkel on 63 points.

Arnie Schultz, Brian Reid and Dee

Kidson were satisfied with

individual 70 netts; Mike Krige

surpassed their performances with

a 67 nett; but all accolades went

to Mark Warren with an excellent

66 nett.

No 2-clubs were recorded, and

the pool rolled over.

ROYAL PORT ALFRED

GOLF CLUB

DATE: Wednesday 27 July 2022

ESTATE LATE MICHAEL EVANS DACOMBE

DIVORCED

BORN ON THE 24TH OF APRIL 1936

who died on the 22ND OF MARCH 2019

of 59 NEW STREET, MAKHANDA 6139

IDENTITY NUMBER: 3604245064080

ESTATE NO: 1310/2019

The First and Final Liquidation & Distribution

Account in the above estate will lie for

21 days as and from the 5th August 2022.

2022.

DOLD AND STONE INC.

Attorneys for Executor

10 African Street

(Ref: T Turner/ Loren)

SPONSOR: R72 MOTORS /

ARABELLA WINES

COMPETITIION: INDIVIDUAL

S TA B L E F O R D

No of Players: 66

Results: 1st: Pete Longhurst – 37

points c/i

2nd: Wollie Wolmarans - 37

points c/o

3rd: Geoff Bladen - 36 points c/i

4th: OckiePieterse - 36 points

c/o

Nearest the Pins: 6th: sponsor

Fishawayls/Debonairs: Leon Nell

8th: sponsor Efficient Insure:

Trevor Taylor

11th: sponsor Bram’s @ the 19th:

Mark van Rensberg

13th: sponsor The Firm: Colin

H owa r d

The Firmest Drive 18th : sponsor

The Firm: Colin Mavuso

Nearest for 2 on 1st: sponsor

Remax Kowie: Andries Small

Longest drive on Blue Tee:

sponsored by Juan Pretorius

A rch i t e c t u r e :

Derek Sinclair

DAT E : Saturday 30 July

SPONSOR: Build It

COMPETITION: B E T T E R BA L L

S TA B L E F O R D

No of Players|: 64

Results: 1st: Carol Lee & Lindy

Wright - 46 points

2nd: Paul Griffiths & Simon

Matthews - 44 points

3rd: Gary Botha & Juan Pretorius

- 42 points

4th: Trevor Taylor & Ockie

Pieterse - 41 points

Nathi Mbabela & Des Mjimla

41 points; Zola Mgudwa & Earl

Tsolikile 41 points

Nearest the Pins: 6th: sponsor

Mooifontein Quarry: Winnie le

Roux

8th: sponsor Juan Pretorius

Architecture: Nathi Mbabela

11th: sponsor Bram’s @ the 19:th:

Milo Mills

13th: sponsor

Fi s h away s / D e b o n a i r s :

Ockie Pieterse

Longest Drive

14th : sponsor

The Firm:

Chante van Zyl

Nearest for 2

on 1st:

sponsor: Bram’s @ the 19th Rob

D ow d i n g

RPAGC LADIES RESULTS

DATE: 26 July 2022

SPONSOR: Shirley Heny

TROPHY: HENY TROPHY

COMPETITION: 4 Ball Better Ball

NO OF PLAYERS: 24

WINNERS OF HENY TROPHY:

Mo Marsay and Sandy Fryer

Results:

1st: Mo Marsay, Sandy Fryer

2nd: Trish Barwick, Donne Piquet

& Maureen McGarvie - 49

points

Yvonne Hill, Maureen

McGarvie 42 points c/i

Trish Barwick, Jill Lake, c/o,

Linda Krige, G Renecle, c/o

Two Clubs:

6th Hole: Mo Marsay

8th Hole: Maureen McGarvie

Nearest the pins:

6th: Ingrid Griffiths (sponsored by

Kekkel en Kraai)

8th: Jan Bladen (sponsored by

R PAG C )

11th: Chante van Zyl (sponsored

by The Grapevine)

13th (nearest for two):

TrishBarwick (sponsored by Top

Carpets)

Longest Drive: Hole 17

Chante van Zyl (0-21 handicap

d iv i s i o n )

Donne Piguet (22-36 handicap

d iv i s i o n )

PORT ALFRED GOLF CLUB

MIXED RESULTS

DAT E : Saturday 30 July 2022

Number of Players: Ladies - 4

Men - 7

Results: 1st: Maureen McGarvie,

Glynnis Renecle, Derek Sinclair,

Fanie Fouche - 80 points

Sponsored by The Boys

2nd: Keith Rugg, Neal Shaw,

Devon Brittle - 80

FORM JJJ



Regulation 68(1) of the Deeds Registries

Act, 1937, of the intention to apply for

¿

Transfer No. T37535/1999CTN passed by

Grahamstown Transitional Local Council

in favour of Phindile Elliot Ngcete, Identity

Number 550101 5654 08 2 and Shumikazi

Ethel Ngcete, Identity Number 550621

0822 08 7 in respect of Erf 2864 Rini,

Makana Local Municipality, Division of

Albany, Eastern Cape Province which has

been lost or destroyed

All persons having objection to the issue of

such copy are hereby required to lodge the

same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds

at King William’s Town within two weeks after

the date of publication of this notice.

Dated at Grahamstown this 4th August 2022

Brenda Campbell Attorneys

87 High Street

Grahamstown

6139

legal@brendacampbell.co.za

046 622 2757

Longest Walk: Lindy Krige,

Margie Reid, Brian Reid, Mike

Krige - 78 points

Best Nett: Sponsored by

Fishaways: LindyKrige - 72

Closest to the Pin #8: Sponsored

by Mt Vernon Wines: Maureen

McGarvie

Ladies mixed tournament:

Sunday 31 July 2022

Competition: 4 Ball Alliance

No of players: 40

Sponsor: Continental Foods in

Ke n t o n

R E S U LT S :

1ST: Winnie l e Roux, Mark

Maritz, Anita de Bruin, Ian

Roberts - 91 Points

2nd: Maureen McGarvie, Don

McGarvie, Sandy Fryer, Paul

Fryer - 87 points

3rd: Angela Trollip, Brent Thorp,

Chante van Zyl, Andre van Zyl -

84 points

Nearest the Pins: Sponsor

O’Neils Insurance

6th: Paul Fryer

8th: Butch Lee

11th: Juan Pretorius

13th: Mark Maritz

Straightest Drive: Simon Cox

1820s GOLF CLUB

DATE: 25 July

16 players in lovely weather

Results:

1st: John Thompson, Wollie

Wolmarans, Joh Arnold, John

Dell - 43 points

Moosehead: John Feather, Derek

van Harmellen, Ted Baines, Ron

Piers - 45 points

Good Scores: Mike Stadler 49,

John Arnold, 48, Ron Piers 49,

Rick Hill 49

DAT E : 28 JULY

Miserable weather – no

competition

FORM JJJ



Regulation 68(1) of the Deeds Registries


¿

Rini, Makana Local Municipality, Division

has been lost or destroyed

All persons having objection to the issue of

such copy are hereby required to lodge the

after the date of publication of this notice.

6139

legal@brendacampbell.co.za

MAKING

TRACKS:

Kowie

Striders

Academy

members

participated

in the

Eastern

P ro v i n c e

Athletics

C ro s s

Country

Championships

2022

which were

held in Port

Elizabeth

on

S a t u rd a y,

July 30. The

Kowie

Striders

members

achieved

exceptional

re s u l t s .

P i c t u re :

SUPPLIED/KS

CLUB

MEMBER

3KM RUN

Xabiso Mazantzi 10:06

Lime Valuvalu 10:35

Lukhanyo Mafani 10:58

Asimanye Nobebe 11:50

Dumzela Siyamthanda

15:11

Lisabonya Marimane

15:11

Eva Schultz 16:35

Sivenathi Hobana 17:46

Alwabe Booysen 17:46

Madison Wood 19:11

Jaimey Shaw 19:17

Marietjie Robb 20:20

Mike Momberg 22:07

Cathy Momberg 22:07

3KM WALK

Lesley Futter 32:42

Floss Howden 32:42

FORM JJJ






¿


ST8177/2006CTN

Passed by 1. TERRENCE KENNITH

LANSDELL

Identity Number

380222 5023 080

Married out of community

of property

In favour of

2. HELEN MARIE LANSDELL

Identity Number

421115 0003 084

Married out of community

of property

DAVID WILLIAM

COCKCROFT

Identity Number

620718 5006 082

Unmarried

in respect of: A Unit consisting of

(a)

Section No. 9 as shown and

more fully described on Sectional

Plan No SS 582/1998 in the

scheme known as VILLAGE

GREEN in respect of the land and

building or buildings situated at

PORT ALFRED, IN THE NDLAMBE

MUNICIPALITY, DIVISION OF

BATHURST, EASTERN CAPE

PROVINCE, of which section the

À

sectional plan is 144 (One Hundred

and Forty Four) square metres in

extent and

(b) An undivided share in the

common property in the scheme

apportioned to the said section in

accordance with the participation

quota as endorsed on the said

sectional plan.

HELD BY Deed of Transfer Number

ST 8177/2006



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 4 TH day of

AUGUST 2022

Application:

NEAVE STÖTTER INC.


PORT ALFRED

6170


Tel : 046 6241163

Billy Futter 36:40

Eddie Wepener 36:50

Andrew Nell 36:50

5KM RUN

Paola Vignani 26:38

John Arnold 28:02

Patrick Knowles 28:03

Sticks Stiglingh 28:03

Mike Nunn 28:18

Alan Robb 28:32

Nelly Phiri 32:28

Lulu Mceka 32:34

8KM RUN

Rick Betts

Ida Paulsen 36:48

Richard Daneel 36:49

Shannon Arnold 39:39

Shannen Kethro 41:52

Alex Weed 42:10

Chris Pike 42:31

Ta l k

OF THE Tow nSPORT

Thursday 4 Au g u st , 202 2

CONTACT US WITH SPORTS NEWS: (046) 624-4356 or email

e d i to r i a l @ ta l kof t h e tow n .co. za

Hockey action

for primary

schools

TK MTIKI

Last Thursday, schools participated for

the first time in a modified hockey

programme in Kenton, providing great

sporting action for spectators.

Participating schools were Alexandria

Full Service School, Alexandria High

School, Klipfontein Primary School,

Kenton-on-Sea Primary, Ikamvalesizwe

Combined School, Port Alfred High

School and Port Alfred Primary School.

South African Hockey project

manager, Gary Dolley said: “SA

Hockey have aligned our modified

hockey programme with the physical

education curriculum in primary

s ch o o l s .

“Getting kids physically active by

participating in inter class games,

followed by inter grade games and then

participating in a local neighbourhood

league, underpins our growth strategy.”

Dolley said they had supplied

modified equipment and had trained

teachers to enable schools to

participate within their communities.

He described Alexandria Hub as a hive

of activity, saying it had hosted a

number of workshops and festivals.

“Thanks to Laetitia Golden, our

volunteer coordinator, and Italtile

Foundation for supporting the growth

of modified hockey,” Dolley said.

Port Alfred Primary joined the

programme for the first time.

TOUGH CONTEST

Run with a view: last chance for

early bird entries

TOTT REPORTER

The Makhanda/ Grahamstown

and Sunshine Coast

Hospice offices have served

the Lower Albany

community for many years.

They wanted to create a

fundraising event that would

involve multiple generations

so as to spark a spirit of

volunteerism among young

people, and to create

awareness of what Hospice

does for families.

“This is when we decided

to combine our love for trail

running and giving back to

our community by

organising a trail run in aid

of our palliative care

f a c i l i t y,” said organisers

Shannen Kethro and

Shannon Arnold.

In addition, over the

course of the pandemic,

opportunities to fund

Hospice’s efforts had been

limited by lockdown

c o n s t ra i n t s .

They will be hosting this

trail run on Sunday 7 August

, with varied distances.

Online entries cost R50

(3km), R100 (5km), R150

(12km), R210 (25km) and

close at noon on Friday 5

August. Enter here:

http://grandontrails.wixsite

.com/website

On-the-day prices: R70

(3km), R120 (5km), R210

(12km), R330 (25km). There

are card facilities.

Race start times:

7.30am (25km)

8am (12km)

8.45am (5km)

9am (3km)

THE BATTLE OF THE

FIELD: On July 30, top

of the log rugby team St

Marks (Alicedale) faced

a stubborn Ndlambe

Tigers playing a 12-12

draw at the Nomzamo

Secondary School field.

According to Ndlambe

Tigers official Christo

Breytenbach, these

results came after St

Marks had beaten them

before by 38-12 in the

first round. P i c t u re :

SUPPLIED

TRAIL BLAZERS: Candice Norden,from left, Shannen

Kethro and Shannon Arnold run part of the 12km ridge.

Picture: SUPPLIED

B

WLS

BANTER

KENTON BOWLING CLUB

Apart from tabs-in, on Wednesday and

Saturday, Thursday saw four men’s teams

from Kenton playing in the Les Clarke

challenge against Port Alfred Bowling

Club, while two Kenton ladies’ teams

played in the Doris Ford challenge, also

against Port Alfred BC.

Port Alfred won the Men’s challenge

with 23 points and +3 shot profit, while

Kenton scored17 points with -3 shot

profit. Kenton ladies won with 15 points

and +14 shot profit, with PA ladies

scoring 5 points and -14 shot profit.

Two Kenton mixed fours teams

competed in the Kowie Mixed Fours

Challenge over the weekend, with Pam

Bowker's team taking second place, and

Peter Levey’s team finishing 13th.

Upcoming events:

● Wednesday 3 August SPAR sponsored

tabs-in

● Saturday 6 August Social Saturday tabsin

● 13 and 14 August Kenton Mixed

Classic

KOWIE BOWLING CLUB

With the weather playing along superbly,

another great week of bowling was

enjoyed by our members, and visitors.

Tuesday saw a good turnout for the

playing of the Men’s and Ladies’ Singles

Championship play-offs. There have been

some scintillating games played during

the course of the week in the three

different categories of competition.

Tu e s d ay ’s tabs-in competition was

won by Linda May and Bugs Wilmot who

beat Gill Turner and Peter Ford in their

game of pairs.

The group of Novices enjoyed another

great morning of bowling on Wednesday

morning, with the continuation of the

Singles Championship games being

played out during the rest of the day.

On Thursday afternoon, the ever

popular Pam Golding sponsored trips

Winners of the Kowie Centenary Mixed Rivalry 4s competition: Cyprian

Guard, Christa von Gericke, Gill Turner and Stan Long, all from Kowie

Bowling club. Picture: SUPPLIED

competition was well supported this

week, with 6 rinks being used to the full.

The team that walked away with the

winning hamper was skipped by Denny

Richardson, with Mike Ryan and the very

talented Ronel Hough making up his

team.

Lester Scriven, Linda May and Martin

Slattery took the second place hamper,

and in third spot was Jackie Kriel, Michael

van der Sandt and Uncle Don Kelly.

Once again, a big thank you to

Andrea Meyer for handing out the prizes,

and Pam Golding Properties for their

generous hamper sponsorships.

Friday saw the continuation of the

Singles Championship games being

played out.

Saturday morning got off to an early

start where our club hosted the Kowie

Centenary Mixed Rivalry 4s competition.

With lots of great prizes on the line, 24

teams from far and wide entered the

competition with great expectations.

With five games of 15 ends to play

over the weekend, and 10 points for grabs

for every game, the leader board changed

hands continuously after the first three

games were decided on Saturday

afternoon.

After a long day of bowling, the

evening ended on a jovial note where all

the players were invited to a steak braai

and some good old rock and roll songs

from our local muso, Peter Drennan. Until

the last round was called, it was pleasing

to see a number of our senior visitors

getting down to some serious twisting and

j iv i n g .

The competition continued at 9am on

Sunday, with the last two games being

played before a late lunch was served.

After five gruelling games of

competition, the winners of the Kowie

Centenary Mixed Rivalry 4s competition

was deservedly won by Kowies very own

"Silver Fox", Stan Long. He was ably

assisted by his team of Cyprian Guard,

Gill Turner and Christa von Gericke.

Second place winners went to the

Kenton team of Pam Bowker, Neville

Emslie, Lin Andrew and Cecilia

Immelman.

3rd place went to the Kowie team of

Jack Wiid, Yvonne Hill, MJ de Speville

and Andre Laas.

4th place went to Jason Prince, James

‘Fo x y ’ Fox, Jacques Krige and Ronel

Hough.

5th place winners were Jonty and Judy

Alexander, Martin and Debbie Slattery.

The Plate was won by Brian Aldag’s

team of Allan Sheridan, Sheila Walker

and Louise Flemming.

Congratulations to all the deserving

winners. Hopefully, we'll see you all next

year, same time, same place.

Th a t ’s not all. The MASSIVE hamper of

yummy goodies (and more) which was

raffled, was won by the ever smiling Jill

Reed. The smaller hamper was won by a

very happy Meagan Alexander.

Without our two major sponsors, this

tournament would not have been made

possible, so a massive thanks goes to

BUCO and Eco Tanks.

Thanks to Jill Reed and her team in the

kitchen for all the hard work that was put

in for the two days of competition. Thanks

to Andrew Meyer and his team behind the

bar who kept the players and visitors

hydrated throughout the weekend.

To Michael van der Sandt for the

immaculate greens, and his tireless team

for doing the marking and

boards placement etc.

Yet another very

successful tournament

organised and hosted by the

Kowie Bowling Club.

PORT ALFRED

B OW L I N G

Bowls, bowls and more

bowls. That’s the name of

the game in this part of the

wo r l d .

For instance, following

the Kowie Rivalry held this

past weekend in which

several Port Alfred members

took part, the next round of

the club’s drawn trips for

men took place this past

Tuesday, followed by the

wo m e n ’s drawn trips on

Wednesday. In the first

round of the men’s event,

Brian McLean, Jim Haswell

and Fred Stowe beat Trevor

Frost, Mike Connelan and

Michael Long by two shots.

Earlier last Thursday, the

Doris Ford and Les Clarke

competition between Port

Alfred and Kenton took

place in Kenton. Then this

weekend, teams will be playing in the

annual Inggs Cup to be staged at different

venues, among them Uitenhage.

But back to the Kowie Rivalry

competition where Trevor played in a

mixed team, while Brian managed to

persuade his wife Mary, Joanne Brown

and Joan Jacobs to join in. However,

neither side was among the prize winners,

despite both having some excellent wins.

The cold weather saw the Raduesponsored

day being postponed and

when played, it was the team of Ben

Niewoudt (skip), Boela Burger, Joan van

Rensburg and Neil McCullum who

walked away with the main prize. Well

done to the winners and many thanks to

the sponsor.

The Bingo evening set for last Friday

evening at the club proved a huge success

and many thanks to the organisers. Good

bowling to all.

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