In hierdie uitgawe

Tog het die Wes-Kaapse Direkteur van
Openbare Vervolgings toentertyd verkies
om nie te vervolg nie.
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Vanselfsprekend is die les wat die
ANCJL in 2010 geleer het, die een dat
hulle met geweld en vandalisme kan
wegkom – selfs wanneer hul lede op
nasionale TV betrap word terwyl hulle in
aksie is. So iets laat ernstige twyfel
ontstaan oor die stand van ons
regspleging.
Al hierdie dinge neem niks weg van die
feit dat die lewe wat baie van ons medelandsburgers
moet lei, uiters moeilik is
nie. Om die beskikbare infrastruktuur te
vernietig, maak alles net veel erger.
My belofte dat ek aan die ANCJL se
versoek sou voldoen en Maandag hul
memorandum persoonlik sou ontvang
(en dan ‘n konstruktiewe gesprek met
hulle sou hê oor ons
diensleweringsmandaat) was onderhewig
aan die terugtrekking van hul onwettige
dreigemente en die aanbied van ‘n
verskoning aan die mense van die Wes-
Kaap.
Die uwe
If you are
going to
achieve
excellence in
big things,
you develop
the habit in
little matters.
Excellence is
not an
exception, it
is a prevailing
attitude.
~Charles R. Swindoll
Dannalize (left), daughter of Dennis
en Liz Clarke from Kleinzee,
represented SA in the Martini
Royale competition in Ibiza, Spain.
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TOBIE KOTZE PROKUREURS
KRY TWEE NUWE
KANDIDAATPROKUREURS
Tobie Kotze, Prokureur van Port Nolloth se dogter
Maxie en skoonseun C F Liebenberg het hulle as
kandidaat Prokureurs by hom aangesluit op 1
Augustus 2012. Cf en Maxie is albei boorlinge van
die Noord-Kaap en het gematrikuleer op Upington by
Upington Hoërskool en daarna te Potchefstroom
gaan studeer.
Hulle het die afgelope 4 jaar te Taiwan gewoon en
werk waar hulle Engelse klasse vir jong kinders op
skool en ook volwassenes na-ure gegee het. Hulle
het 2en ‗n half jaar gelede by Unisa ingeskryf vir die
Graad LLB en is tans in hulle 3de jaar van
Regstudies.
CF en Maxie het ‗n 4 jarige dogtertjie Nika en ‗n
babaseuntjie Dian wie op 20 Julie 2012 te Springbok
gebore is met die bekwame hulp van Dr Ettienne
Boer.
Hulle sien uit daarna om hulle in Namakwaland met
sy pragtige landskap en blommeprag en eiesoortige
mense te vestig en hulle as Prokureurs te bekwaam.
Tobie praktiseer reeds vir die afgelope 7 jaar as
Prokureur te Port Nolloth en het ook ‗n takkantoor te
Springbok wat weekliks besoek word vir hofwerk daar
en konsultasies. Die firma is ook in assosiasie met
Van Sitterts Prokureurs te Port Nolloth. Die firma
bied regsdienste oor ‗n wye spektrum en Tobie doen
hofwerk in die hele Noord Kaap en Namakwaland.
Tobie en Gesie, sy vrou wie ook by hom werk, sien uit
daarna om die kinders en kleinkinders nou na 4 langjare
weer by die huis te hê.
Development threatens SA
frog
Port Nolloth - Increased tourism and growing
residential developments may threaten the
survival of the Desert Rain frog (Breviceps
macrops) a herpetologist has said.
"They are already starting to build houses in
prime habitat, not just in habitat where they
might occur, but in places where they occur at
high density," Professor Alan Channing told
News24.
The Rain frog is one of the only frogs that have
the ability to live within 10m of the beachfront
areas. According to Channing the frog has a
unique set of characteristics that make them
successful in this habitat.
"They are well adapted for burrowing. They've
got flanges on their back feet which act like little
spades, so they can dig in backward into the
sand. They also have a belly patch which is an
area with lots of blood vessels and capillaries
through which they can take up water through
the soil," he said.
Channing said that the frogs form part of simple
ecosystem which may be sensitive.
Threat
"There are desert plants which are eaten by
beetles and the frogs eat the beetles, the frogs
are then fed on by birds, snakes, and small
mammals. So they are part of the energy flow
from plants through to larger mammals."
The initial threat to the frog populations was
Diamond mining at the coastal areas. Prior
studies have shown that the now declining
industry has caused extensive population
fragmentation.
Luxury housing developments like Kai Kai
coastal estate have now targeted the remaining
beachfront areas and represent a direct threat.
Kai Kai managing director, Jimmy du Toit, who
is in possession of the Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) said there is reference to the
existence of the frog in the dunes in the area.
"It wasn't dealt with in depth. It was considered
and certain recommendations were made.
Culverts were created for movement of animals
and roads were designed in accordance with
the assessment," he said.
From a conservation point of view, Channing
suggests that the population would survive if
development within 50m of the beachfront were
discontinued.
Channing's five year study, published in the
African Journal of Herpetology, found that the
Desert Rain frog should be able to recover
rapidly from disturbance.
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