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RUINS... While Tutu Gqamfana (top left) tries to salvage what’s left of his shed in Eluxolweni, his neighbours (bottom left) wait
for the level of water in their yard to subside. Nomakhaya Ntlanjeni (right) stands by her ruined RDP house in Extension 9
with her two children. Their home was destroyed on Monday evening during the storm. See Page Two for the full story.
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Grocott’s Mail Friday, 30 October 2009
NEWS
Citizen
journos
ride the
airwaves
BUSISIWE HOHO
FROM next week, Grocott’s Mail
citizen journalists will be hosting
a news show called Izwi Labahlali (Voice of the Citizens) on Radio
Grahamstown.
The show will be based on
content researched, collected,
produced and presented by the
citizen journalists. The objectives
of the show are to give ordinary
Grahamstown citizens a chance
to contribute, feel a sense of belonging and engage with their
community. The half hour slot will
be piloted over a period of four
weeks to see how Radio G listeners respond to it.
“Citizen journalists are reporters who are more citizens
and less journalists, they help
journalists in fulfilling the watchdog role and informing society,”
said Khaya Thonjeni, the schools
outreach officer at Rhodes University and the producer of the
radio show.
The show’s content will be
pre-recorded to make sure that all
the information provided is factually sound.
As a way of engaging listeners, the show will run an SMS
competition that will give people
a chance to voice their thoughts
and opinions about contentious
issues. The show’s lineup will
consist of news, sports, events
and arts and culture stories, all of
which must have a local angle.
Station Manager at Radio
Grahamstown Phumlani Wayi
said “We are very happy with the
way the show has been structured and the involvement of the
community because the station is
for the community.” The show is
planned to serve as another form
of output in addition to the online
pages dedicated to the citizen
journalism course.
Tune in to 102.1fm from 5 to
5.30pm on every Wednesday in
November.
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Stormy weather
wreaks havoc
From Page One
MARIA SIBIYA
D
ue to Monday’s severe stormy weather many local residents were left
with damaged houses while some spent the night without electricity.
Various houses in Eluxolweni, Extension 9 and Phumlani either collapsed or had their roofs blown away.
Tutu Gqamfana, an Eluxolweni resident says the mud hut on the property
of his RDP house blew away. “Our clothes are wet and there’s nothing that we
can do because the house is gone,” he says. He also says that an electric meter
box that was next to the house was blown away and that if they hadn’t retrieved
it would have been destroyed completely. The rain also leaked in at his neighbour’s house, damaging the furniture. They were then forced to use buckets to
keep most of the water out. Gqamfana’s neighbour, Bulelani Fondini says, “We
can’t sleep in wet houses because it’s cold.”
In Extension 9, Eunice Ogqoyi says her son phoned her while she was still
at work, informing her that the corrugated iron sheeting on her roof had been
partially blown away. “This is the first time I’ve ever experienced this because
during past stormy weathers this never happened,” said Ogqoyi. She also says
that they spent the night in the damaged house. Her neighbour, Mkhuseli Adam
who was helping fix the roof, says “We have to help each other as neighbours
because you will also get assistance when you need it.”
Another Extension 9 resident, Nomakhaya Ntlanjeni now lives at her sister’s house in Extension 4 after her house collapsed and ruined all the furniture.
Ntlanjeni says she was not home when the bad weather caused her RDP house
to collapse completely. “I have lived in this house since 2002 and I never thought
this would happen, I don’t know what to do now,” she said. Some of her neighbours also said they had to move their furniture out due to the water flooding in.
Vuyokazi Sam, the Makana Fire Department station commander, accompanied by Councillor Thuleka Ngeleza and Makana Mayor Vumile Lwana, donated
blankets and food parcels to affected families throughout the week.
ARE THESE YOURS?... In May this year, police found various items of
clothing on a suspected thief near Kingswood college. It is alleged
that the stolen goods were from someone’s washing line as they were
found to be still be damp. The clothes are: a pair of blue Guess jeans,
Relay green cargo shorts, Billabong yellow hooded top, Oakridge
khaki shorts, Copperfield white jersey, Rip Curl black golf shirt with
green stripes, RJ green and white zip hooded top, effekt blue and
black t-shirt, grey-blue long sleeve t-shirt, hot-air red shorts, navy golf
shirt, brown t-shirt and a RT red, black, grey striped jersey. It is presumed that some of these clothes belong to KG Hoffhakk, Donald and
N Smythe as labels with these names are still attached to some of the
items. Morgan Govender, the station commissioner is asking whoever
is familiar with these items of clothing to please contact him on 046
603 9427. Photo: Zimkhitha Mbunge
Ghost of Glenmore holds one man picket
ASANDA NAKETI
“GLENMORE ghost is back for justice” read Ben Mafani’s placard during his one-man picket in front of the
High Court on Wednesday morning.
“Government and the Department of
Justice must take the people of Glenmore out of that hole. We have been in
that hole forever,” he declared.
Mafani is a self proclaimed activist desperate to attract the government’s attention to the plight of
the residents of Glenmore, a village
where all the inhabitants live in abject
poverty.
On the other side of his placard
were pictures of some Glenmore
“heroes” whose faces he had marked
with red ink to symbolise that “the
residents of Glenmore are crying
blood”. Underneath he had written
the slogan: “Ngoku siyabona” (now
we see) pertaining to how the residents of Glenmore “were in the dark
UNMOVING... Glenmore activist, Ben Mafani brandishing a placard on
which he pasted photographs of Glenmore residents. He wants the government to do something about the village where all the inhabitants are
unemployed. Photo: Asanda Naketi
but now they know what is rightfully
theirs”. Mafani considers his village
as “a civic prison” for all who live
there and that it is time for the resi-
dents to be “released”.
He says he has sent letters to the
Public Protector, the Human Rights
Commission and the Premier’s Of-
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Partly cloudy. Wind light
north easterly.
Partly cloudy. Wind
moderate north westerly.
Partly cloudy. Wind light
north easterly.
Partly cloudy with 30%
chance of thunderstorms. Wind moderate
southerly.
Temperature:
Min 9◦C, Max 25◦C
Tides:
Low tide: 7.58am and
8.23pm
High tide: 1.58am and
2.09pm
Temperature:
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Tides:
8.54pm
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Temperature:
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3.11pm
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fice with his three main demands
outlined. Topping the list is relocating the 140 bodies that were buried
alongside the Fish River to the new
cemetery. Mafani says these people
had all died within the first years after their forced removal in 1979. He
is now requesting a copy of the letter that authorised their forced relocation from Colchester, Kouga and
Klipfontein to Glenmore, around 40
kilometres from Grahamstown in the
Peddie direction. He states that the
Glenmore residents were promised
R45-million at the time of the relocation and now he wants to know where
it went. “The money was going to be
used to fix the area and turn it into
a model township, now it is a ghost
town,” he said.
Mafani says he is picketing to get
the government’s attention and he is
planning to continue until today. “If nothing is done before the end of the week I
will hold a symbolic protest where I will
throw a brick through a small window in
the High Court,” he says.
If he does so, this will not be the
first time he has commited such an
offense as Mafani has been previously charged with breaking the windows
of the high court building on two occasions. He was released in August last
year on condition that he not repeat
the crime in the space of five years.
He said he has faxed letters to different media houses inviting them to
make South Africa aware of the situation. The letter is entitled “I am not
making a noise – I am speaking.” He
vows not to stop until the government
takes a decision, providing an ultimatum saying that, “If the government
thinks I am disturbing the peace and
causing havoc over nothing, they are
welcome to arrest me and sentence
me to life imprisonment or the death
penalty.” But he says if what he is
fighting for is indeed justified, something should be done to correct the
problem as soon as possible.
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News
X-Nasty weds love of his life
Kwanele Butana
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WEDDING BLISS... Newly-weds X-Nasty and Nomalanga Mkhize pose with Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor Saleem Badat
(far right) and his wife Shireen. Photo: 3P Photography/Paul Greenway
towns only come here to
study,” she explained. “I never really took him seriously.”
Zweli Mkhize said his
daughter is easy-going and
advised X-Nasty to sit down
with her so that they can
talk through their problems.
“We’ve never had reports
suggesting she was unruly,”
he said.
The ceremony unfolded
in a relaxed non-religious
environment with Spirals
director Theresa Edlmann
Makana-Capitec Bank
Civic Awards
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“any of the Grahamstown
girls”. “I once asked him
how did he plan to meet a girl
from outside our shores, he
told us that girls from other
Grocott’s -
ocal rapper X-Nasty
of Def Boyz fame
got married to his
longtime girlfriend Nomalanga Mkhize in unique
style on Saturday at a high
profile ceremony at the
newly-revamped
Makana
Resort Conference Centre.
The rapper was at a
loss for words when he addressed the packed conference centre and said that
he was overwhelmed with
emotion because he had
not anticipated such a huge
turnout. X-Nasty, whose real
name is Xolile Madinda, exchanged vows with Nomalanga, who is the daughter
of ANC provincial chairman
and KwaZulu-Natal premier
Zweli Mkhize, in front of
their family and friends. The
bride wore a striking grey
silk dress while the groom
donned a light grey pinstriped suit. The Port Elizabeth-based accoustic soul
band Usiba Noncwadi entertained the guests with lively
tunes such as These are the
times and Ungathinina between speeches.
X-Nasty’s mother Nolulamile Menzi told the guests
that it was her son's childhood dream not to marry
facilitating the process. A
nervous marriage officer
from Home Affairs department oversaw the legalities
while confessing that she
had never officiated in front
of a big crowd as she is used
to working in the privacy of
her office.
In addition to the families
of the couple, friends from
different walks of life came
to celebrate with the happy
couple. Local artists and
academics rubbed shoulders
and exchanged contacts
while friends took turns posing for photographs with the
newly-weds.
Rhodes University vice
chancelllor Saleem Badat
and his wife Shireen sat next
to the university’s Dean of
Humanities Prof Fred Hendricks and his wife Dr Monica Hendricks. Also in attendance were university staff,
especially from the history
department where Nomalanga was junior lecturer,
including Head of Department Paul Maylam and his
wife Gill.
Nomalanga is one of the
presenters of Shoreline, a
series that provides a broad
overview of what the ecology
and history of our country’s
shore, which was broadcast
on SABC 2 recently.
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YOUR SAY
How will learners perform in this year’s matric exams?
Matric learners around the country began their end of year exams this week. Grocott’s
Mail reporters Maria Sibiya and Alinka Brutsch asked local matric learners and teachers
for their views on whether the matrics will perform well
Sandile Mvula
Thembakazi Nyoka
Asanda David
Keith Lawless
Victoria Girls’ High School
Samuel Ntsika High School
TEM Mrwetyana Secondary
St Andrew’s College
I don’t have confidence in
this year’s matric results
because at our school we
always had 100% pass
rate but it seems like the
teachers are not confident.
I think there will be an
improvement in this year’s
results compared to last
year’s results.
I have confidence because
I’m studying hard this year
and I know that I will make
it.
I have confidence because we are working
hard this year and we also
have good teachers.
Emmanuel Akanbi
Geoff Embling
Robin Stephenson
Mary Waters High School
Mary Waters Teacher
Bonolethu Mtshaba
Head at Graeme College
I think we will make it
because we are working
hard. It’s unfortunate that
some students don’t want
to work hard.
I don’t know much about
this province’s matric pass
rate because I just came
back from overseas.
Well, it depends on the
teachers. One also needs
to have a different mindset
because you can’t expect
to pass without working
hard.
There might be a slight
drop but people shouldn’t
judge a school based only
on its pass rate but should
take other factors into
consideration.
Nqabakazi Mafikinca
Alfonzo Michaels
SERIOUS STUFF... Matric learners from Grahamstown’s
schools have been hard at work, studying for and writting
their en-of-year exams. Photo: Alinka Brutsch
Thulani Tshandu
Xolelwa Kuneli
Mary Waters Teacher
Gadra Matric Learner
We don’t know what
to expect. As a matric
learner, you need time to
study hard and produce
the best results.
In our school it’s either
there are not enough
matric teachers or some
leave during the course of
the year.
It’s possible for this year’s
matrics to get good results because they have
learned from last year’s
matriculants.
I’m confident because we
were given enough time
to study and prepare ourselves. Our teachers also
assist us when we have
problems understanding.
Phelisa Thame
TEM Mrwetyana Secondary
Students are studying
hard this year because we
have study groups where
we help each other and
teachers also help us so
I’m confident.
Ken
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Flying school in G’Town?
kwaneLe Butana
SHAMED... Not even bad weather could dampen the spirits of Rhodes University students
and workers protesting against the University of the Free State rector, Prof Jonathan
Jansen's decision to drop internal charges against the four white students who are accused
of committing acts of racism on the UFS campus. Photo: Thyla Nel
Re-instate charges, say
Rhodes students
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The petition was accepted
due disciplinary
processes ivestock
ool
by the Deputy Vice-Chancelshould follow”.
Dr Peter Clayton, who said
In relation
ohair to Rhodes Uni- lor,
roperty
lead and others
lookfollow”
into
versity, they demanded the Rhodes will“Wequickly
publication of the name of the these demands and respond
DAVID FORD on 082 655 2326 or 046 636 2669
student who racially insulted a in time.
GARY WILLOWS on 082 497 8234 or 046 684 1487
“We take all issues like this
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to the public.
A
bout 60 Rhodes University students and
workers defied the
rainy weather on Monday
and marched to the university's main admin building to
hand out a memorandum of
demands regarding racism in
institutions of higher learning.
The march was primarily
provoked by the decision of
Prof Jonathan Jansen, the
rector of the University of the
Free State to drop the internal
charges against four white
students who are accused of
committing acts of racism
on the campus. They also
voiced their concerns regarding acts of racism at Rhodes
University, particularly the
case of a student who racially
insulted a black academic during this year’s Inter-Varsity
tournament.
Xanti Njozela, the chairperson of the South African
Students Congress (Sasco),
read the petition. In relation
to the University of the Free
State, they demanded an immediate re-instatement of
charges laid by the university
“against the Reitz Four and
GRAhAMSToWN residents are invited by the
municipality to consider the application of a
Port Elizabeth aviation company that wants to
run a flying school at the Grahamstown Aerodrome.
This is after the Makana council's social
services committee decided that community
participation be sought after the application
was taken through other committees so that
the views of the wider community are solicited.
The parks and recreation department received
an enquiry in July from Aptrac Aviation about
the possibility of negotiating a long term lease
for the terminal building and municipal hangars at the Grahamstown Aerodrome.
Committee chairperson Julia Wells told
Grocott’s Mail that in line with the municipality's procurement laws, the use of the aerodrome will have to go to tender, in which case
the company will have to compete with other
companies. The Aptrac presented its plans
during a council committee meeting on Thursday and councillors asked about job creation
and training opportunities for locals.
It assured the committee that jobs will be
created as it plans to build a residence for its
students. The company said it will also offer
flights to other cities as it already offers such
services in other towns.
According to Wells, having a company
which can offer that service will be a “big bonus” for our town. The municipality had previously explained to the aviation company that
the clubhouse and municipal hangars at the
aerodrome are already on lease and that there
are a number of privately owned hangars.
“The Grahamstown Flying Club currently
holds the lease although it is up for renewal
and council would most certainly welcome
competition,” reported Makana social services
director Mandisi Planga during the meeting.
he added that Aptrac Aviation managing director Grant Soule gave a number of reasons
for wanting to move a “sizeable the portion” of
his business to Grahamstown: the air traffic
congestion at the Port Elizabeth airport having
increased to a point where it is affecting their
training; the company being charged exorbitant rates for airport services and; Grahamstown being strategically placed and serving
the company's need for training in both inland
and maritime conditions as the eastern coastline is in close proximity.
The company is expected to make a presentation at the next meeting of the council’s
economic development, tourism and heritage
portfolio committee scheduled to take place
next month.
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Editorial
Write to: The Editor PO Box 103 Grahamstown 6140
Fax to: 046 622 7282 Email: [email protected]
Liberty and Progress
Established 1870
Welcome rains
F
ields in and around Makana Municipality are looking
green and healthy. Farmers must be happy as they
watch their livestock fattening up on the fresh pasture. After all, less than two weeks ago they held a special
meeting at a local church to pray for rain – and now we
got some.
Gardeners, especially those participating in next
week’s Grahamstown Flower Festival, are surely also
delighted with the recent rains that have bathed their gardens and supplied enough water to ensure that they are all
on their brightest behaviour for show time.
Municipal officials, and the rest of us have to be satisfied with the week’s downpours that we hope lifted the
dangerously low levels of the dams that supply our city.
Well, that is not necessarily so. Not everyone is thrilled.
Farmers that we have spoken to are happy that the
grass in their fields is growing again. But they say that
recent rains were only enough to provide a short term solution. It did not rain enough to provide run-off to fill their
dams. In fact, they say we are experiencing what is known
as a green drought – the fields are green but the water
table is low and the dams are empty.
Gardeners are really are pleased about the rain although one was overheard expressing concerns about too
much rain damaging their roses.
Municipal officials might have remembered to close the
valves to our dams so that the recent rains can begin filling
our reservoirs and retain a slightly better buffer supply.
In other words most people are reasonably pleased
with the week’s rains.
However, the heavy downpour accompanied by gale
force winds had a devastating effect on a number of homes
in the township. Our front page shows a recently built RDP
house that was almost completely destroyed by the wind.
It was not the only one.
Some residents were faced with severely damaged
houses while others merely had to contend with leaky roofs
and drenched kitchen floors.
The municipality has offered some assistance, but then
people are still waiting for help promised in the wake of last
year’s tornado. There are also residents who are suffering
the after effects of a storm that wreaked havoc in August
2006. They are still waiting for the funds promised by the
provincial authorities.
What could possibly be holding up the disbursement of
these funds?
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Farmers must
stand together
Allow me to respond to the article in
Grocott’s Mail, 16 October about Martin
Fick and the unregistered Salem Land
Claimants’s Committtee (SLCC).
On behalf of the Makana Farmers
Association we condemn the racist statements made by some individuals of the
so-called SLCC. We believe that Christians are not supposed to play dual roles
or be like cunning twee gat jakkalse or
ombolo-mbini as we say in Xhosa.
What kind of message has been
sent out to our new generation? When
1994 dawned everyone was expected to
preach reconciliation in this country.
Our government is faced by farm killings
which are especially directed at white
commercial farmers. Therefore we don’t
want our colleagues, the white farmers,
to start blaming the land restitution
process for anything untoward because
of the behaviour of certain ill-disciplined
individuals.
Racism must be rejected, particularly in the area of the Makana farming
sector. Our request is for the individuals
who uttered racist remarks against Mr
Fick as a person, as a farmer, and as a
colleague of the farming community to
make a public apology to him and to the
public at large. Failing which, the law
must take its course. The Makana Farmers’ Association issued this statement
with full understanding that racism is an
offence in terms of our Constitution.
Let me state publicly that emerging farmers are not producing on the
farms given to them by the government.
Some of us have been on these farms for
more than ten years now. The problems
encountered by emerging farmers is
a lack of capacity to run these farms.
The government of the Eastern Cape in
2007 issued the six pegs policy so we as
emerging farmers could opt for human
resources management.
We want commercial farmers of
Fick’s calibre to mentor emerging
farmers in South Africa and in Salem
in particular. Emerging farmers must
be commercial farmers now and in the
future. If we want to eradicate poverty
in this country it is only by employing
sustainable agricultural programmes
designed by professionals like the Ficks
and Mullins of our country. Let us join
hands with commercial farmers who are
keen to help.
It is our belief that this could be
possible after a period of five to ten
years from now. However this remains
to be proposed to the government to
verify who of the emerging farmers need
training or mentorship. Then throw out
all those empty vessels that make the
most noise. It is only after this has been
done that a meaningful progress will be
noticeable.
As long as devils are within our
midst it is unlikely that hunger and
poverty will be eradicated in our country
and in Africa.
Qondile Bill
Action is needed
While Monday night’s storm, as I write,
does not seem as bad as last year’s
tornado that tore through Hlalani, Kingswood College, Scott’s Farm, Tantyi and
Vukani, I do wonder how the folk affected
then are coping tonight. Representatives
from the local department of housing
in Bhisho assessed last year’s damage
over the weekend of 11 and 12 October
(Grocott’s Mail, Friday 17 October, 2008).
On Saturday, 24 October 2009, I was
part of the International Clean Up Day
of Action in the Scott’s Farm (Ward 11)
area of our city. While walking to the
stream, a tributary of the Bloukrans river, to clean up rubbish I noticed a house
that still had plastic sheeting covering a
large hole in the roof.
Will it be another year before we get
past the Public Relations-speak of “the
official had to take photographs of the
damaged houses to the provincial housing department for an informed decision
to be made”. If the department waits any
longer, and we get more welcome rain
(for everybody else) then they may have
to go downstream to the coast to view
the damage! Please some action here.
Concerned Citizen
Donations needed
The Friends of Fort England would
appreciate the donation of magazines,
Afrikaans and Xhosa bibles as well as
clothes. All previous gifts are deeply appreciated. Please phone 083 630 8696.
BE Stone
Thank you to the
Grahamstown
community
The President’s Award National Office
Staff and Grahamstown Schools Youth
Committee wish to thank you for the
support given to our fun run/walk held
on 7 October in aid of The Barratt Wing
of the Settlers Hospital, Grahamstown
Hospice and Youth Development. This
support came in the form of cash donations, great gifts for our spot prize table
and the 320 adventurous people, young
and old who ran the race either competitively or just walked the route with family and friends. Your involvement raised
R4 180 which will be handed to the
beneficiary organisations soon. A special
word of thanks and appreciation for the
wonderful support from the following 21
local donors: Albany Business Machines,
Albany Sports, Beergunn Investments,
Birch’s, Calabash, Connock’s Butchery, Dennis Wicks Sports, EP Mufflers,
Fruit & Veg, GBS Mutual Bank, Kodak,
Madhatter’s, The Mustard Seed, Pearl
Reef, Phoenix Roller Mills, Pick n Pay,
Postnet, Redwood Spur, Shoprite, Steers
and UPB.
A thank you to our local traffic department for their support on the day, it
was much appreciated.
Mandy May
Thanks for all the
fish
Thanks to all businesses and people who
sponsored the late Curly Eaton fishing
outing. It was a great success and fun
and it was enjoyed by all.
Lyn
Grahamstown Engineering Services
Let the voice of the
people be heard
The ANC’s decision to recall Standerton, Mpumalanga’s Lekwe municipality
mayor and mayoral commitee deserves
applause. It sends a clear message that
the voice of the people will be heard and
that public representatives who lose
the confidence of the electorate have
no moral right to stay employed. The
message was very clear that the people
shall govern. One should also applause
the President for stating it very clearly
that the reason of slow service delivery
in most of the municipality is a result of
political interference within the administration which is politically incorrect.
Because the two do not mix, not now, not
ever.
Laduduma’izulu
A farmer’s shower
of healing
Farmer see you not the heavens cry
with joy for all, showers of blessings
sprinkled on all, a reward and future for
all, emerging farmer, pioneering farmer,
sharing farmer, greatful farmer, happy
farmer, fortunate farmer; we are all
God’s children. The land shared by poor
and rich, fortunate and unfortunate, disadvantaged and advantaged, we will talk,
we will share our knowledge, we will
share our fortune in the land provided
for all. We will grow and show tolerance
and sharing, living side by side, sharing
knowledge and expertise. We will show
what a blessed country we can be with
patience, healing wounds and moving
forward.
What reward do we deserve? for
tolerance and sharing and healing was
the way of the Lord. Oh Lord, we thank
you for the showers of blessings. Raising
us above on reclined thrones, beneath
which the sound of rippling water flows,
fertilising our land, reaping the fruits
of the seeds of peace and tolerance and
sharing our knowledge with the disadvantaged farmer. Oh Lord, what a beautiful country of abundance and sunshine
for all healing wounds of anomosity and
poverty, rewarding with abundance and
bounties through your showers of mercy
and sprinkles of healing.
Mahomed Moorad
Books for
Brookshaw
Brookshaw Home is holding its annual
fete in just under four weeks on Saturday, 21 November.
I appeal to the generous Friends
of Brookshaw and Grahamstonians to
donate books for our fete.
We need all kinds of books and
magazines – Africana, children’s, cooking, fiction, history, militaria, novels and
tourism, hard covers and soft covers.
Please go through your bookshelves
and see what you can spare. Books can
be delivered to the office at 9 Donkin
Street or I can collect them.
Thank you one and all
Alan Bamford
SMS
082 049 2146
So Zuma is now
addressing gun laws. One
hopes he isn’t still
calling for his machine
gun! Karen Wentworth
Pseudonyms may be used, but all letters must be supported by a name, signature and street address. Preference will be given to letters which are not
longer than 400 words and are clearly legible. The editor reserves the right to edit or reject letters/photographs.
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NEWS
Saving costs on your Sunday roast
ANDY SOPER
T
his is an ingenious,
cost-saving method to
prepare your Sunday
roast (see table on the left).
So why not do the entire job
in your microwave oven? The
appetising colours, aromas
and above all the flavours
of cooked food are the result of the Maillard chemical
reaction.
In this reaction, amino acids and reducing sugars react
to produce many of the desirable characteristics of a fine
meal. The Maillard reaction
only occurs at or above 155°C;
it also requires a relatively
dry and alkaline environment.
In the microwave oven, the
food is heated by electric currents circulating within the
meat.
The meat juices ensure
that the temperature remains
below the boiling point of water, 100°C, and so there is little or no Maillard reaction in
a microwave oven. The higher
Accommodation
starting from R200 per
person, per night
Accommodation
Step 1
Step 2
Place the roast in a dish or in a
microwave roasting rack. Microwave at
80% power for 5 minutes per kilogram
uncooked mass or until the internal
temperature reaches about 60% of the
target temperature (e.g. 60°C for 90°C
target). While microwaving the roast,
preheat the convection oven to normal
roasting temperature (about 165°C).
Now transfer the roast to the
convection oven for between 20 and 30
minutes/kg or until the desired internal
temperature is attained. A braai-vleis
meat thermometer is useful for measuring internal temperatures.
temperature of the convection oven begins to dry the
outer layers of the meat and
raise the temperature: cellular contents tend to be slightly
alkaline. This is just what is
needed for Monsieur Maillard
to work his magic.
To conclude, we use the
microwave to boost the temperature of the meat close
to that required for real
cookery to start. The convection oven then takes over.
Vive le difference!
Learn
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Lights, camera, action for St Mary’s Day Care Centre
LUZUKO BUKU AND THYLA NEL
IT was like being in Hollywood when the children of
St Mary's Day Care Centre
in Grahamstown took part
in the making of a documentary which will form part of
an educational campaign to
give children in Africa laptop
computers.
In June St Mary’s Day
Care Centre (DCC) and the
Holy Cross after-school programme at Mariya uMama
weThemba Monastery were
ecstatic to receive one laptop for each child from General Mills, an American food
company, in collaboration
with One Laptop per Child
(OLPC), an American nonprofit organisation. Both companies are devoted to enhancing early childhood education
and visited Grahamstown to
document the schooling and
development of the children
who received laptops from
them.
This is part of the Win and
Give marketing campaign
that the initiative plans to
launch in January next year,
where American children can
win and give a laptop to someone less fortunate than themselves. Jeff Fuller, the marketing manager at General
Mills said the initiative behind
their project was to get each
and every child in the world
involved and “what motivates
children most is helping other
children”.
Three of the St Mary’s
DCC children – Simamkele
Mpehlo, Anthnetia Mackay
and Brandon Botha – boarded a flight for the first time
to Cape Town. There they
took part in the making of an
advertisement for General
Mills fruit snack. The advert
features an American child
who runs all the way to Africa
where he hands over a laptop
to an African child, performed
by Simamkele Mpehlo from St
Mary’s. The shooting of the
documentary for the General
Mills website took place at the
day care centre.
Roger Domingo, project
manager at St Mary’s said
the aim of the website is to
take an American child into
the life and living conditions
of African child. “Yes the child
in Africa is disadvantaged but
it's not meant to be sad rather
just show that by helping give
a laptop you can enhance the
life and opportunity of another child,” said Domingo.
Fuller explained that the
aim at the end of the day is
to get each and every child
in the world a laptop. “Many
people often ask why would
these children need laptops
when something like clothing
and food is far more of a priority, however by giving each
child a laptop it is also giving
them more of an opportunity
to motivate themselves by giving them access to the world.”
Domingo said that he could
see a vast improvement of the
children in their attitudes towards their school work.
The design of each laptop is specifically aimed at
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Win and Give marketing campaign. Photo: Thyla Nel
children, making each programme fun and informative.
“They will come from school
with their maths and science
homework and be excited to
try and do it on their laptops,”
said Domingo. St Mary’s Day
Care Centre provides food
and care to some of the most
impoverished and disadvantaged schoolgoing children
in Grahamstown. “Before the
attitude towards school work
was lacking but now each and
every child seems inspired,”
said Domingo.
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News
Grahamstown Residents’ Association (GRA) has questions
Clive
Whitford
“H
ow much will I have to pay?” This question is uppermost
in the mind of every ratepayer at the moment. Property
has been revalued and valuations open for inspection.
On average, these are quite a lot higher than the values given a
few years ago. But that does not answer the crucial question. The
Treasury, headed by Chief Financial Officer Jackson Ngcelwane, has
worked out a formula for calculating rates. This is based on cents in
the rand which is a percentage. So multiply your cents in the rand by
your valuation and you get your rates. Some examples:
Residential property: Multiply the new value by 0.0020 to get your
annual rates (That means R2 000 per annum if your house is worth
a million.)
B&B: Multiply by 0.0025
RDP houses: 0.0005
Agriculture: 0.0005
Business: (Sale of goods) 0.0195
Schools (Governemnt and independant) 0.0030
University 0.0045
There are many other categories and churches are exempt.
This formula is much more generous than the one used previously, but it has been devised so as not to whack ratepayers with a
huge increase. Some lucky people may even pay less. But a word of
warning. These figures are not yet official, although published in the
budget and treasury portfolio agenda. The portfolio meeting did not
take place owing to the lack of a quorum. It was postponed by a few
days, but again no quorum. “No comment” is the most polite thing
one can say. So the recommendation by the Treasury will probably
short circuit the Portfolio Committee and go straight to the Mayoral
Committee and Council. Let’s hope they have a quorum!
Poor, if not dismal, attendance was also evident at the recent
round of imbizos – public consultations – held by the mayor and
municipal staff in the various wards. What does one read into this?
Are the public not interested in the wellbeing of Makana? No! They
are sick of talk talk talk and promises promises promises. The water
outage in the Joza area caused unhappiness verging on anger. One
unnamed Joza citizen interviewed by Grocott’s Mail put his finger
on the whole problem by saying: “The municipality must employ engineers who know how to control the valves in the water supply.”
True, and it really is as simple as that. The report to the council on
the previous water outage was incomprehensible and the Director
of Technical and Infrastructure, Dabula Njilo, frankly admitted that
the municipality does not have the capacity to manage the water
and electricity distribution. Now we hear that Messrs Mentoor and
Olifant, superintendents of Sewerage and Water Reticulation, have
resigned and that their posts, together with other vacancies will be
advertised in the local and national press. Pray hard that we do not
have a break in the sewer line or water distribution until these posts
are filled and that they will be filled with engineers who know how to
control the valves.
The GRA Committee is to continue its campaign to get the municipality to a) take a decision, and b) act upon it immediately about
the shortage of water-carrying capacity in the reservoirs supplying
Grahamstown from the east. This was highlighted in a survey of our
water system undertaken at the National Government’s expense
by Consulting Engineers Ninhan Shand of Cape Town. They recommended the construction of an extra reservoir before 2010. The
recommendation was noted and nothing was done. The GRA had
it restored to the agenda and it was decided that a sub-committee
should investigate, but no sub-committee was named. The matter
seems to have fallen off the agenda. No wonder the people in Joza
are jumping up and down.
Good news is that the Minister of Water Affairs has quashed the
ludicrous suggestion of AbsaDev that the water supply from Howison’s Poort be abandoned. No more water can be allocated from the
Masifunde Education & Development ProjectTrust
[Affiliate of the National Trust for Community Outreach and Education-TCOE]
Private Bag X1024, 8 Bathurst Street, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
Telephone: (046) 622 6527, 636 2017, 622 7894. Facsimile: (046) 622 5587
Electronic mail: [email protected] Registration numbers: IT 4/99 & 006-434 NPO
Getting to know the genius
behind Braille
Luzuko Buku
Masifunde has a vacancy for a Finance Officer.
The Masifunde Education and Development Project Trust is a Non Governmental Organisation founded in 1983 and operates mainly in the Makana, Ndlambe and Ngqushwa Municipal areas of the Eastern
Cape
Grocott’s
GAO1135
Its main programme thrust is Land access, resource management and education; Local Governance and
Service Delivery, Institution building and leadership development.
Finance Officer’s Responsibilities:
• Managementofthefinancesandallbankaccounts
• Preparefortheinternalandexternalaudit
• Preparationofaccountingthroughtotrialbalance
• Preparemonthly,quarterlyandannualbudgets&financialreportsfordonorsandTrustees
• Financialforecastingandmonitoringincomeandexpenditurepatterns
• Managementofthepayroll(salaryslips,PAYE&otherdeductions)
• Facilitateregistrationofpersonnelandpaymentofmonthlysalaries
• Preparecashbooksandmakebankreconciliation
• Overseemanagementandutilisationofpettycash
• Strengtheningandimprovingfinancialandadministrativesystemsofcontrolandaccounting.
• Collectionandadministrationofmonthlyrentalsandcontractsofofficetenants.
• Preparationofincomeandexpenditurecashflowprojections
• Assistinthediversificationofthefundingbasefororganisationalsustainability.
• Facilitatetrainingforcommunitiesonfinancemanagementandfinancesystems.
• Assistinthedevelopmentofalong-termfundraisingstrategyandplan.
• FacilitateMaintenanceoftheorganisationalvehicles,equipmentandassets.
Gariep Dam! Why this stupid idea was not thrown out immediately
is difficult to explain.
A delegation from the GRA met the Makana Commissioner of
Police, Director Morgan Govender about the noise and goings on
in New Street. An enthusiastic, capable and friendly senior police
officer, he pointed out that the police need sworn affidavits from
members of the public before a prosecution can be contemplated.
These are difficult to obtain. Such affidavits will have to stand up to
the scrutiny of defence lawyers in court. But good news from Govender is that senior police echelons have been in contact with the
Liquor Board about clarifying pub closing times in the Liquor Act.
They have recommended that if, for example, the closing time is
midnight, all patrons are kicked out at midnight and the sale of drink
stops at 11.30pm. Good idea. Buckets of beer for dronkies is not
a good thing.
The Aesthetics Committee meeting did not happen. No quorum.
Ag, sies man. This watchdog committee preserves what is essentially Grahamstown, what it is unique and famous for, what we are
proud of, and what brings many thousands of tourists to our city
every year with big bucks that they have earned outside Makana.
But there is no quorum for the Aesthetics Committee. Greening Grahamstown has allocated money to upgrade the Fairburn Spring on
the Port Alfred Road just beyond the N2 – an ample parking lot with
a pathway to the spring with a water collection point on the other
side of the road. The plan is to make this a pleasing feature even
with toilet facilities. An excellent plan. Water and toilet facilities are
scarce in Grahamstown.
The proposed wind farm has upset the good Fathers of the
Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery on the Highlands Road just
beyond Waainek. This monastery, run by Episcopalian monks, is
known in Christian circles all over South Africa as a place of quietude for bible study, prayer, worship and retreat, The GRA Committee is unanimous that the din of a whirring 80m windcharger must
not be allowed to smash the work of this spiritual powerhouse in
our midst.
Clive Whitford is the chairman of
Grahamstown Residents’ Association
Requirements of a Finance Officer
• Five(5)toeight(8)yearsofexperienceinfinancesandworkinginNonGovernmentalOrganisations
• Soundcommunicationandconflictmanagementskills
• Teamplayerandteambuilder
• Thoroughknowledgeofpastel,excel&Businessonlineandinternet
• Thoroughknowledgeoflegislativerequirementsinrelationtosalaries&deductions
• Thoroughandsoundknowledgeoffinancialplanningandaccounting
Masifunde’s Offer: A negotiated Annual Salary package of R130 000 to R144,000.00 depending on
theexperienceoftheapplicant.
Closing Date for applications: 13 November 2009 at 17h00.
SuitableapplicantsmustsubmitandforwardadetailedCV,certifiedcopyoftheIdentitydocument,
certifiedcopiesofeducationalqualifications;namesandtelephonenumbersofthree(3)contactable
referees to: Mr. Fundile Mafongosi, Director, Masifunde , Private bag X 1024 Grahamstown,
6140.
Date to assume duties:Asuccessfulcandidatewillbeexpectedtoassumedutiesassoonaspossible
or preferably on the 1st December 2009.
If you have not heard from us by 27 November 2009. please consider your application unsuccessful.
INTO THE LIGHT... The book,
Louis Braille: A touch of
genius inspired blind people
at the Grahamstown Library
for the Blind last Thursday.
Photo: Luzuko Buku
Blind people who attended
the presentation on the life
story of louis Braille at the
Grahamstown library for the
Blind last week, felt most motivated and inspired afterwards.
louis Braille is respected
and celebrated internationally
for inventing the Braille code,
a method of reading and writing for blind people, but there
seems to be little knowledge
about his life. delivering the
presentation was Michael Mellor, the author of the biogra-
phy Louis Braille: A Touch of
Genius.
The book tells the life story
of louis Braille from the day he
was born in France 1809 until
his death in 1852 and the impact that his inventions had on
the world. in the 43 years that
he spent on earth, Braille made
developments that would help
blind people for many more
centuries to come.
Bongani nonto said the
presentation boosted his selfesteem and he would like to
buy a copy of Mellor’s book.
“This book will open our
minds and those of others. The
life story of this guy gives me
confidence to do things,” he
said.
internationally the Braille
code is used as an official
reading and writing method
for blind and partially sighted
people and in South Africa it is
the compulsory code for all official blind schools. despite this,
there seems to be little knowledge about the man who developed this method, even among
the many teachers of Braille
worldwide.
Fikile Mshiywa who teaches Braille at Gadra Advice
Centre says this will help him
answer many questions asked
by his students.
“The way he approached
the subject is reviving, our students asks us about as to why
is this thing called Braille and
we would say it is named after
a surname of a French guy
called louis Braille and we did
not know anything beyond this.
This will help us a lot,” said
Mshiywa.
The book is available in
Braille in several languages including English and Afrikaans.
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BLOOD:THE LAST
VAMPIRE
A
tion as well as the Unisa and
Samro (South African Music
Rights Organisation) overseas scholarships.
The programme suits his
“deeply romantic spirit”, as
one critic put it. Beethoven’s
Sonata no. 2 in A major leads
on to Rachmaninoff ’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Mendelssohn’s Prelude
and Fugue in E minor and
the Liszt Sonata in B minor.
These works all lie well within
“the splendour and strength
of Schoeman’s dazzling virtuosity”, to quote another
reviewer.
Schoeman will perform in
the Guy Buttler Theatre on
Friday, 6 November at 7.30pm.
GMS members enter for free
and tickets at R30 for students, R50 for pensioners and
R70 for other adults are available at the door.
ROMANTIC SPIRIT... Ben
Schoeman is to perform
at a special concert at the
Guy Buttler Theatre on 6
November. Photo: Supplied
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sunday, 1 november 2009
A
en Schoeman stands
out as a leading South
African pianist who has
delighted local concert goers
in previous appearances. By
request, the Grahamstown
Music Society (GMS) has organised another recital for
him here next month for their
last concert of the year, ending on a celebratory note.
Schoeman has had a busy
year since winning the first
grand prize in the 2008 Unisa
Vodacom International Piano
Competition in Pretoria as he
was the first South African to
win this prize in the history of
the competition. Since then
he has won the gold medal
and was the first prizewinner
of the 2009 Royal Overseas
League Music Competition
in London. Over the past few
years he has won all the South
African national music competitions for which he was
eligible, including the Unisa
National Piano Competi-
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monday, 2 november 2009
THE TAKING OF
PELHAM 123
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InterfaIth
CHURCH SERVICES
TRANQUIL BEAUTY... Beautiful flowers have been planted to make the remembrance garden at Christ Church a peaceful
sanctuary to contemplate the memories of our loved ones. Photo: Steven Lang
Remembrance garden to be rededicated
Steven Lang
T
he remembrance garden
at Christ Church in Speke
Street will be rededicated
at 10am on 8 November. The
church and a number of generous supporters began work
about six months ago to spruce
up the garden after it had lain
abandoned for many years.
Rev Richard Goodfellow
has appealed to members of
the public who might have
some connection with the
church or the remembrance
garden to participate in the
rededication ceremony which
will take place soon after the
Sunday morning service this
weekend. He said that members of the community can
place a plaque on the wall of
remembrance and can also
have the ashes of their loved
ones buried in the garden. He
hopes that people will come
forward at the service and
give names of people who they
would like to be incorporated
in the wall with the names and
dates which will be put up early next year.
After the rededication
service, breakfast and tea will
be served. Christ Church Grahamstown is unusual in that it
is an Anglican Church but it
is exempt from the Diocese.
Executive power is vested in a
board of trustees. The church
owes its existence to Rosa
Wright (1792 – 1867) who left
money in her will to build and
endow a church as an offering
of thanks for “all the blessings she had received in her
adopted country”. The building itself is a replica of an old
church in Saxony and is considered one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture
in the country.
For more information call
Rev Richard Goodfellow on
046 622 4006.
In remembrance of our children
Staff reporter
NAAS and Gay Ferreira initiated a floral
tribute in 2004 in loving memory of their
son, Martin, who tragically died at the
age of 24 in 2003. Members of Compassionate Friends or individuals who would
like to make a floral tribute in memory
of their children are welcome to bring a
flower arrangement or flowers in a container to the Kingswood College Chapel
on Saturday morning. The chapel will
also be available to those who feel they
need to spend some quiet time and light
a candle in memory of their child on the
Saturday.
To conclude the event, the Kingswood
College Plainsong Choir will sing Mattins
in the College Chapel at 11am on Sunday
and all members of the public are invited
to participate. Donations will be forwarded to Compassionate Friends.
Plainsong is the ancient traditional
music of the Christian Church. it is therefore especially appropriate for an occasion such as this – an act of commemoration and reflection.
Matins was originally an office sung
by monastic communities very early
in the morning and later a night office
known as vigils. The version which will
be sung on Sunday morning was devel-
oped in 16th century England – hence
the spelling mattins- and comes from
the Book of Common Prayer. The service
opens with penitence and moves on to
the praise of God.
A psalm and two readings from the
book of isaiah and from the Gospel of
John will follow. Prayers follow the readings and the service concludes with an
anthem: a setting of the text from Matthew Chapter 5, which are the verses often called The Beatitudes.
interested members of the public are
welcome to contact either Gay Ferreira
on 046 622 5013 or Elmarie Retief on 046
603 6605 for further information.
Thought for the week
An amazing truth
KiNG Herod, dressed in his royal robes, delivered a public
address to the people. “They shouted: This is the voice of a
god, not of a man. immediately, because Herod did not give
praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he
was eaten by worms and died.” (Acts 12:22-23)
Oh, the pride of man which invariably leads to foolishness.
The scriptures remind us that it is pride that causes us to despise wisdom and discipline (Proverbs 1:7).
it is pride that makes us believe that we are self sufficient,
(Proverbs 12:15) “The way of the fool seems right to him, but a
wise man listens to advice.”
it is our pride that makes us overly self confident, (Proverbs 14:16) “A wise man fears the Lord and shuns evil, but a
fool is hot-headed and reckless.”
indeed, it’s our pride that deceives us into believing there
is no God, (Proverbs 14:1) “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is
no God.’”
God’s word reminds us that we are not just fools when our
pride rejects His existence or when our pride rejects our dependence on Him, but we are just as great a fool when our
pride attempts to rob Him of His Glory.
Herod accepted the applause of the crowd knowing he was
not God and God’s judgement came upon Him. Friends we
have not been created for our own glory or to glorify mankind
but to acknowledge that all glory belongs to our God and creator. Worship Him, love Him, adore Him, serve Him, acknowledge Him for He alone is God.
Pastor Dirk Coetzee
Grahamstown Baptist Church
ABUNDANT LIFE WORSHIP
CENTRE (Johnny Burges Hall, Middle Terrace Road)
10.30am morning service
Pastor NC Julius 079 496 4256
or 084 581 0151
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SA (cnr Ncame and Makana Way,
Ext 4, white tent next to Telkom
tower)
9am Youth and Sunday School
Services
10am morning service
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
(Blackbeard Street)
10am – erediens, 6nm aanddiens
Pastoor B Brown 046 622 4963
AGS/ATMEL SHADDAI
(Johnny Burgess Hall, Middle Terrace Road)
10am Erediens
5pm Aanddiens
Oud Rolen 073 453 9934
Dieken Ronnie 083 610 2926
Evang Edwin 079 306 7577
CATHEDRAL OF ST MICHAEL
& ST GEORGE (High Street)
7.30am: Holy Eucharist (AAPB)
9.30am: Holy Eucharist (AAPB)
Preacher: Dean Andrew Hunter
7pm Songs of Praise
With Graeme College
CHRIST CHURCH (Speke Street)
8.30am Holy Eucharist 2nd, 4th
Sundays APB 1989, all other Sundays BCP1662
CONQUERORS COVENANT
CHURCH (Nombulelo Hall, Joza)
Services every Sunday 10am –
12pm
Nceba Ngeju 073 653 2655
EMMANUEL ASSEMBLY
(12 Paton Place, Vergenoeg)
9am Sunday School, 10.30am
morning service
5.30pm evening service
Rev L Williams 046 622 4388 (H)
FRONTIERS CHURCH
INTERNATIONAL
(Oatlands School Hall, African
Street)
9.30am morning service
Dave Koch 084 470 2095 or
046 636 7815
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD
(11 Caldecott Street)
9am Morning service and
9am Promise land (Sunday School)
6.30pm evening service
Pastor Neels Prinsloo 046 622 5949
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD
(24 P Street)
10am Kidz Church
Pastor TP Dube Ngcayisa 082 355
8860
GRAHAMSTOWN BAPTIST
CHURCH (Bathurst Street)
9.30am morning worship and
Sunday School Every 1st Sunday
Communion
6.30pm evening service Every 3rd
Sunday Communion
11.30am Kariega Church 4th
Sunday only
GRAHAMSTOWN CHRISTIAN
CENTRE (Lucas Meyer Ave)
9am Sunday worship
Pastor D Hagemann 046 622 3309
HIS PEOPLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(VG High Scool hall)
9am Morning services
6.30pm. Evening service
046 622 3426
JABEZ HOUSE ASSEMBLY
(Sun City community creche)
6pm evening Service
Pastor T Smit 079 622 9812
MARIYA uMAMA weTHEMBA
MONASTERY (Highlands Road)
Holy Cross Benedictine Monks
9am Holy Eucharist
046 622 8111
METHODIST CHURCH OF SA
Commem 9am T Scheepers
Wesley Terry Butterworth
Sole Memorial
10am R Peters and M Jantjies
NEDERDUITSE GEREFORMEERDE
KERK (38 Market St)
9vm oggenddiens, aand
selgemeentes
Tuesday 6pm stilworddiens
046 622 4598
NEDERDUITSCH HERVORMDE
KERK
Every Sunday 9am erediens Port
Alfred
2nd and 4th Sundays
11am eredienste Cannon Rocks
Prof John Gericke 046 624 9025
PEACE OF CHRIST MINISTRIES
AND PRAISE (Samuel Ntlebi Hall)
9am: Kidz Church
9.30am Intercession
10am: Sunday Service
Pastor PP Pango 082 662 9422
PINKSTER PROTESTANTE KERK
(Brushwood Farm, industrial area,
behind Grahamstown Prison)
9am Sondagskool 10am oggenddiens 7pm aanddiens
Shawn Warren 082 808 6136
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
(QUAKERS)
622 3382 or 622 3076
RIVER OF LIFE (Assembly of God
cnr Hill and Huntley St)
8.30am MORNING ALIVE
( Worship service & Kidz Church)
10.30am ( Worship service &
Kidz Church) 6.30pm (Dynamic
evening service)
Pastor John & Debbie Sloane 046
622 3626
ROCK OF AGES CHRISTIAN
CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
Duna Library - Joza
10am: Sunday Service
Past FW Arendse 072 118 9049
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH (next to Pick n Pay)
9.30am Sabbath School
(Saturday)
11am worship service
ST AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH
9.30 am Sunday service
ST BARNABAS (Alicedale)
10am Xhosa service on the 1st,
2nd and 4th Sunday of each
month and the English service on
the 3rd.
J Olckers 042 231 1159 or Rev Cynthia Webbstock 046 636 2090
ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH
(Market Street)
9am Eucharist with hymns
(APB1989)
Fr Eric Kelly 046 622 4552
ST CLEMENT’S CHURCH
(top end of High Street, next to
Railway Station)
9am – Holy Eucharist
ST CYPRIAN’S
(Highlands) 10am every second
Sunday.
Contact R Wilmont 046 622 8841
or Rev Cynthina Webbstock 046
636 2090
ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
(Joza)
Mass: 8am
ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
(Albany Road)
Sunday Mass 10am
Tuesday service 6pm
ST PATRICK’S CATHOLIC
CHURCH (47 Hill Street)
8.30am Sunday Mass.
046 622 2808
ST PETER CLAVER’S CATHOLIC
CHURCH (Raglan Road)
11am Mass
ST PETER’S (Sidbury)
10am Every 1st Sunday.
R Hart 042 235 1250 or
Rev Cynthia Webbstock on 046
636 2090
THE APOSTOLIC FAITH
MISSION OF AFRICA
(Z Street, Joza)
10am Sunday School, 11am
Service
Rev KA Ndaleni
THE OLD APOSTOLIC CHURCH
IN ZION OF SA
(behind Benjamin Mahlasela High
School)
11am Sunday Service, 6pm
Wednesday service
Archbishop NT Chrisjan
083 363 1073
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER–DAY SAINTS
(6 Bennett Street)
9am Sundays
046 622 5705
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH (Hill Street)
9.30am morning worship and
Sunday School
7pm evening worship
Rev Geoff Probert
046 622 3812
UNION CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH (Albany Road)
9am Sunday School, 10am morning service
6pm evening service
WAY OF GOD MINISTRIES
(Ext 6, next to Joza Indoor
Sports Centre) 10am Sunday
service 6pm evening service
Apostle PS Ngqezana
084 824 2363
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Riebeeck east
Good time to visit Riebeeck East
Steven lang
T
his weekend the Dutch
Reformed Church in
Riebeeck East will be
holding its annual fundraising
bazaar. About 100 members of
the church, which is closely
linked to NG Kerk Albanie in
Grahamstown, will be offering a wide range of farm produce and other tasty snacks
for sale.
Brian Hoole, a church
elder, says that three head
of cattle have already been
slaughtered for mince and
other meat products for the
highly anticipated event.
He says there will be a lot of
boerewors,
sosaties
and
homemade salamis.
Local residents will also
be supplying home grown
fruit and vegetables as well
as a selection of rusks, puddings, sweets and cooldrinks.
An odds and sods table will
sell gifts and small items for
anyone looking to pick up a
bargain and entertainment
for the kids will be laid on in
the form of a jumping castle
and a clown.
The
bazaar
includes
a livestock auction where
sheep, goats and others are
expected to be the main animals on the block, but Hoole
says there must also be one
or two game species on offer.
He said that in the afternoon
a large screen TV will show
the Currie Cup rugby final so
that you can stay on and enjoy
a beer or two while watching
the match.
INVITATION TO TENDER
National English Literary Museum (N E L M)
FUN AND FOOD… The Dutch Reformed Church of Riebeeck
East (above) will hold its annual bazaar in this historic building on Saturday afternoon. The original church was established in 1830 on the farm Mooimeisiesfontein. Photo: Steven
Lang
Eastern Star Museum: Additions
NELM is inviting capable and competent contractors to
submit tenders for the construction of an Activities Room
at the Eastern Star Museum in Anglo-African Street, Grahamstown.
Preference will be given to tenders that comply with
NELM’s Procurement Policy and Procedures, and submissions will be evaluated in terms of the P.P.P.F. Act and the
PFM Act.
Tender documents will be available from the NELM office,
87 Beaufort Street from 02/11/2009 - 04/11/2009.
THIS WAY... The sign showing the way to Riebeeck East,
20 kilometres outside Grahamstown. Photo: Steven Lang
A mandatory briefing session will be held at the site in
Anglo-African Street on Tuesday, 06/11/2009 at 09:30.
Tenders shall be placed in sealed envelopes clearly
marked: “NELM – EASTERN STAR MUSEUM PROJECT”.
The closing time and date for receipt of tenders is Friday,
13/11/2009 at 12:00.
Tenders shall be placed in the NELM tender box at 87
Beaufort Street. Tenders will be opened in public and no
late tenders will be considered.
Telegraphic, telexed, faxed or email submissions will not
be considered.
No canvassing of NELM Councillors or staff is permitted
and the Council reserves the right not to accept the lowest
or any tender.
For information contact Basil Mills, 046-622 7042 or 083
420 2633
HOSPITALITY… Right, Wickus Knoesen stands behind the bar
of his Big Five Pub & Grub. Whenever visiting Riebeeck East
this is a good place for a light meal. Photo: Steven Lang
Southwell/Manley Flats imbizo postponed
Kwanele Butana
THE community meeting which was scheduled to take place
last week at Ezintle Primary School where the mayor was due
to present the city’s development plans and budget has been
postponed to next Saturday.
A new schedule of Makana mayoral imbizos published by
the municipality this week revealed that the meeting meant
for residents of Southwell and Manley Flats to discuss a review of the municipality’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP)
will be held on 7 November at 2pm. In preparation for the next
financial year’s budget towards the end of September, the mu-
nicipality published a schedule of meetings outlining how it
planned to meet with residents from all over Makana.
The previous schedule reflected that the Ezintle Primary
School meeting would be held on 21 October at 5.30pm. Dates
of meetings in other rural areas have remained unchanged.
The residents of Seven Fountains and Highlands will meet at
the Seven Fountain Country Club on Monday at 5.30pm.
Residents from Farmersfields, Salem and Broughton
will meet at the community hall on Tuesday at 5.30pm while
Alicedale residents will meet at KwaNonzwakazi Hall at the
same time on Wednesday. On Thursday, Riebeeck East residents will meet at Alfred Dike Hall at the same time.
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News
Creating new Futures
TEMPORARY LECTURERS
Vacancies
FOR 2009
Eastcape Midlands College is looking for suitably qualified people to be appointed as lecturers for the
following Programmes / Subject(s) on Levels 2 – 4 of the National Certificate Vocational. These positions
will be College Council appointments.
Post Reference Position
Post Level
Programme/Subject(s)
Campus
001
Senior Lecturer
Post Level 2
Tourism *1
High Street
002
Senior Lecturer
Post Level 2
Electrical Infrastructure
Construction *1
Park Ave
003
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Information Technology
and Computer Science *2
Grahamstown
004
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Business Practice
Grahamstown
005
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Life Orientation
Grahamstown
RAISING AWARENESS... Rhodes University student, Amina Ebrahim, wearing a pink hijab
in support of breast cancer awareness. In the background is the Rhodes University JK, the
Muslim prayer facility. Photo: Bilal Randeree
006
Lecturer
Post Level 1
New Venture Creation
Grahamstown
007
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Economic Environment
Grahamstown
008
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Office Data Processing
Graaff-Reinet
Donning pink hijabs for
breast cancer awareness
009
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Safety in Society *2
Graaff-Reinet
010
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Mathematical Literacy and
Life Orientation
Graaff-Reinet
011
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Automotive Repair and
Maintenance
Charles Goodyear
012
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Mathematics and
Mathematical Literacy
Charles Goodyear
013
Lecturer
Post Level 1
English
Charles Goodyear
014
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Life Orientation
Charles Goodyear
015
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Business Practice and
High Street
016
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Science of Tourism, Tourism
Operations and Sustainable
Tourism in SA
High Street
017
Lecturer
Post Level 1
High Street
018
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Consumer Behaviour and
Marketing
High Street
019
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Electronics
Park Ave
020
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Mathematics and English
Park Ave
021
Lecturer
Post Level 1
Electrical Systems and
Construction, Workshop
Practice and Introduction to
Systems Development
Park Ave
022
Lecturer
Post Level 1
English
Park Ave
Bilal RandeRee
P
ink Hijab Day is a global event that aims to
shatter
stereotypes
of Muslim women and raise
awareness and funds for
breast cancer research. It is
held on the last Wednesday of
October every year. Women
of all faiths across the world
participate by wearing pink
hijabs (headscarves) and ribbons, and raising funds for
breast cancer organisations.
“Thousands of women
in South Africa die of breast
cancer, so this is a good way
of making women aware and
raising funds for research,”
said Amina Ebrahim, a student at Rhodes University
who promoted the event in
Grahamstown and assisted
others across the country. “It
is also a good way of challenging the myths about Islam and
Muslim women,” she added.
Hijab is an Arabic word
that literally means ‘cover’
and usually refers to the head
covering traditionally worn
by Muslim women. Islam requires men and women to
dress modestly, and for women this includes covering the
hair. Covering the face (niqab)
and wearing black garments
is not a requirement of Islam, but a cultural practice
found largely in certain Arab
and south Asian countries.
Many young Muslims around
the world, especially in Muslim minority countries, are
choosing to wear the hijab to
express their faith. The term
‘Hijabi’ is not an Arabic term
but is what most English
speaking Muslims call someone who wears the hijab.
“Pink Hijab Day allows for
Muslim women to break the
stereotype that hijab is forced
on us and that it needs to be
black,” said Ebrahim. “This
is an expression of faith and
solidarity with those suffering
from breast cancer.” She said
that even young women need
to be aware of the dangers
and testing should be encouraged for all. There is no sure
way to avoid breast cancer but
if detected early enough, the
risk of fatality is drastically
reduced.
The initiative was started two years ago by Hend
Al-buri in the USA and this
year initiatives across the
country were organised by the
Muslims Professionals Network (MPN), the Muslim Students’ Associations and many
others. In Johannesburg, the
MPN and Absa bank distributed pink scarves to offices
and distributed material on
breast cancer awareness. The
Voice of the Cape (VOC) radio
station in Cape Town hosted a
fundraising event at the Good
Hope Centre for the Cancer
Association of South Africa
(Cansa). The VOC reported
that the event was dedicated
to the memory of Shireen
van der Ross, a woman who
supported the campaign last
year but died of the disease in
January.
*1
*2
Programme: Lecturing as well as supervision of all subjects in the specified programme
Lecturing of all subject in the specified programme
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
•
Fundamental Subjects: An appropriate qualification with majors in the relevant subjects and
Diploma in Education
•
An appropriate qualification with majors in the relevant subjects
•
Engineering Subjects: Accredited Trade Test Certificate in the relevant field
•
Three years working experience
•
Lecturers: Two years lecturing experience / Senior Lecturers: 5 Years lecturing experience
•
Registered Assessor will be an added advantage
•
Knowledge of National Certificate Vocational Programmes
•
Proficiency in English
NB: Separate applications must be made per post, clearly indicating the post reference.
Ingredients:
ENQUIRIES:
Park Avenue Campus:
High Street Campus:
Charles Goodyear Campus:
Graaff-Reinet Campus:
Grahamstown Campus:
CONTACT NO:
041 995 2000
CLOSING DATE:
6 November 2009
Pumpkin Soup
• 1 medium onion chopped
R8.99 p/kg
• 3 tablespoons butter
R26.99 for 500g
• 2 cups cubed pumpkin
R24.99 each
• Pinch of salt and pepper
Pack R9.99
• ½ cup fresh cream
R11.99 for 250ml
• 3 cups chicken/vegetable stock N/A
• Pinch of nutmeg - N/A
Pumpkin soup is a great
and easy way to make use
of your pumpkins this
Halloween.
Method:
Sauté the onions in the butter on
a medium heat, add the stock and
pumpkin cubes and simmer until
the pumpkin is soft.
Add a pinch of nutmeg, salt and
pepper and let simmer for another
minute or so.
Mix everything together with a
hand blender or place into a food
processor and blend until smooth.
(Sometimes it’s great to leave a
few larger pieces)
Serve it with a swirl of fresh
cream or just as it is with some
warm crusty bread.
Phone Number: 046 622 3258
Mr T Daniell
Mr D Roux
Mr L Nieuwoudt
Mr C Foster
Ms N Ntsho
Applications should include a cover letter, a comprehensive CV as well as certified copies of certificates
and be directed to The HR Manager, EMC, Private Bag X35, Uitenhage, 6230. If you have not been
contacted within 30 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application
was unsuccessful.
EMC is an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. (EMC reserves the right not to
proceed with the filling of the post. An application will not in itself entitle the applicant to an interview
or appointment and failure to meet the minimum requirements of the advertised post will result in
applicants automatically disqualifying themselves.)
UITENHAGE
Private Bag X35,
Uitenhage, 6230
Tel: 041 995 2000
Fax: 041 995 2008
GRAHAMSTOWN
P.O. Box 142,
Grahamstown, 6140
Tel: 046 636 1575
Fax: 046 636 1823
GRAAFF-REINET
P.O. Box 696,
Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Tel: 049 891 0201
Fax: 049 891 0181
Dumisa Design 10250
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NEWS
Grahamstown Flower Festival
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1. STATELY HOME... Vernon Marais and Koe Koe Jonker’s home will be on view. An interesting feature of the house is Koe Koe Jonker’s collection of antique clocks and telephones in
their kitchen.
2. INTRIGUING... Allen and Robyn James entered their St Aiden’s Cottage and garden into
the stately homes and gardens competition at the Grahamstown Flower Festival. Admission to these and other stately homes will be by donation, with the proceeds going to the
Masiphilisane food garden project.
3.COMING UP ROSES... Vernon Marais’ rose garden in Belmont Valley, just outside town, will
be on view as part of the Grahamstown Flower Festival next weekend. Photos: Thyla Nel
See story on Page 15
Makana
Municipality
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW VALUATION ROLL
Kindly be informed that as from November 2009 the new Valuation Roll which has been laid
open for public scrutiny during the month of October 2009 will be implemented, and that basically mean that your account will be charged Property Rates for the current financial year
2009/10. I must also indicate that all objections that were submitted by concerned ratepayers will be attended to from now onwards, with the aim of ensuring that a Supplementary
Valuation Roll is made available early in the New Year (2010). I must take this opportunity
to thank everyone for positive participation in this process, and fully aware that everyone is
patiently waiting for the results in order to see the financial impact of the exercise.
NB: Water is life, use it wisely. Please take note of Water Restrictions that have recently been approved by Council!!!
Kind regards
Makana Municipality
Makana Municipality IDP Review 2009/2010
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
FOR THE PREPARATION OF IDP/BUDGET 2010-2011.
(MAYORAL IMBIZO’S)
Ms. NL Baart
Municipal Manager
UKUHLAWULISA NGO KO-MQULU WONIKO
MAXABISO LWEZINDLU OMTSHA
The Executive Mayor hereby invites you to attend the Public Participation meetings
to be held as follows:
Nceda qaphela ukuba ukususela kwi-Nyanga ka Novemba walonyaka uMqulu Woniko Maxabiso eZindlu (Valuation Roll) omtsha, uyakuthi usetyenziswe ukwenzela ukuba u-Masipala
akwazi ukuhlawulisa irhafu kubahlali (property rates) kusetyenziswa wona. Lomqulu ubuthe
wapapashwa ukusukela ngomhla wama 1st uyokuma ngowama 31st Oktobha 2009. Kwananjalo mandithathe elithuba lokuba ndinazise ukuba ukusukela ngoku ukuya phambili
zonke izikhalazo ebethe zaziswa ngaphambili ngabahlali malunga nalo Mqulu Woniko Maxabisi Ezindlu Omtsha ziyakuthi zihoywe ukususela ngoku kwaye zibe zigqityiwe malunga
nokuqala ko-Nyaka ozayo (2010). Mandithathe elithuba lokubulela wonke ubani ngenxaxheba athe wayidlala kulenqubo, kwaye ndisazi ukuba sonke silinde kananjalo iziphumo
ukwenzela sazi ukuba lenqubo izakusichaphazela njani na kwii-mpokotho zethu.
NB: Amanzi abubomi, wasebenzise ngobunono. Qaphela ukuba i-Bhunga lisandukuphumeza imigaqo yokonga amanzi!!!
Date
Ward
Venue
Time
2-11-09
1
Seven Fountain/Highlands (Country
Club)
17h30
3-11-09
1
Farmersfields/Salem/Broughton/
Country Club (Community Hall)
17h30
4-11-09
3
Alicedale (KwaNonzwakazi Hall)
17h30
5-11-09
3
Riebeeck East(Alfred Dike Hall)
17h30
7-11-09
1
Southwell/Manley Flats (Ezintle Primary
School)
14h00
For queries please do not hesitate to call the IDP Manager, Mr Mzolisi Pasiya at
046-6036114/8.
Owakho Ozithobileyo
Ms. NL Baart
Umpathi Sixeko
MS. NL BAART
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
Grocott’s
GAO1137
Grocott’s
GAO1136
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Creating new Futures
TemporaryLECTURERS
Lecturing Positions
TEMPORARY
FOR 2009
for 2010
Eastcape Midlands College is looking for suitably qualified people to be appointed as temporary
lecturers for the following subjects on Levels 2 – 4 of the National Certificate Vocational. These positions
will be contract positions for 2010.
CAMPUS
FUNDAMENTAL SUBJECTS
CORE SUBJECTS
PARK AVENUE
• English
• Mathematics
• Life Orientation
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HIGH STREEET
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• Business Practice / Office Practice
• Consumer Behaviour / Marketing
• Advertising & Promotions / Call Centre
Operations
• New Venture Creation / Business Practice
• Economic Environment / New Venture
Creation
• Science of Tourism / Sustainable Tourism
in SA
• Tourism Operations / Client Service
• Client Service / Science of Tourism
• Sustainable Tourism in SA & Regional
Travel / Tourism Operations
CHARLES
GOODYEAR
• English
• Mathematics
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE:
• Engineering Systems
• Engineering Technology
• Engineering Fundamentals
• Materials Technology
• Engineering Graphics and Design (CAD)
• Engineering Practice and Maintenance
FITTING & TURNING:
• Engineering Processes
• Professional Engineering Practice
• Applied Engineering Technology
• Engineering Systems
• Engineering Graphics and Design (CAD)
• Materials Technology
GRAAFF-REINET
• English
• Mathematical Literacy
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•
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•
•
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•
•
•
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•
•
Office Practice
Business Practice
Introduction to Law
Introduction to Governance
Principles of Criminal Practices
Introduction of Policing Justices
Governance
Criminal Law
Criminal Justice structures and mandates
Theory of Policing Practices
GRAHAMSTOWN
• English
• Mathematical Literacy
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Financial Management
Electronics
Computer Hardware and Software
Data Communication and Networking
Introduction to Information Systems
Systems Analysis and Design
Introduction to Systems Development
Principles of Computer Programming
Computer Programming
Business Practice
Personal Assistance
MI CASA, SU CASA... Vernon Marais and Koe Koe Jonker’s South American style home was
built in the 70s. Photo: Thyla Nel
Stately homes open for
G’town Flower Festival
Thyla Nel
T
he rain has come just
in time for gardens
around Grahamstown
to take on a final flourish of
green in preparation for the
upcoming flower festival. Grahamstown home owners will
open their garden gates and
doors to the public on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, as part of the Grahamstown Flower Festival.
This is the second year
that home owners will be
opening the houses as well
as their gardens to the public for a good cause. Admission will be by donation,
with the proceeds going to
the Masiphilisane Project.
Masiphilisane, which in Xhosa means “let’s give one another good health”, is a job
creation initiative sponsored
by the Grahamstown Railway
Job Creation Project, and falls
under the umbrella of the St
Barnabas Anglican Church in
Alicedale. Coordinated by Rev
Cynthia Webbstock, this vegetable growing project aims
to build an eco-oasis which
will provide jobs and create
income for members of the
Alicedale community.
Three of these stately
homes have also entered the
Gardens of Grahamstown
competition that Daphne
Timm of Pam Golding in Grahamstown has co-ordinated.
She has generously sponsored a cash prize of R500 for
the winner of each category.
Regional and local horticultural businesses have
sponsored product hampers
for the runners up.
The gardens of the winners and runners up will also
be open to the public over the
weekend of the festival. Details of these gardens will only
be known a few days before
the festival commences.
Two gardens on show
will be the permaculture vegetable gardens located in the
township, and a shuttle will be
available at 12.30pm on both
days of the festival to transport
anyone wishing to visit the
garden.
Michelle Griffith of the
Umthathi Training Project
can accommodate seven people in their Condor at R20 a
ticket. Those wishing to travel
out to the township in their
own vehicles should link up
with the shuttle in the car
park opposite the Lucas Avenue entrance to the Botanical Gardens. Directions to the
town gardens will be provided
at the Pam Golding on show
boards located in Somerset
and African Street.
Flyers with the names and
addresses of all the open gardens will also be available to
the public at the festival information table.
All information on the festival, along with the brochure
and the various booking forms,
is available on the festival website www.grahamstownflowerfestival.co.za, or contact Sharon Richner on 072 244 3863.
On the weekend of the
Grahamstown Flower Festival, the following homes will be
open from 12pm to 4pm on Saturday and from 10am to 3pm
on Sunday:
14 Henry Street - Doug and
Heidi Cuppleditch
10 Henry Street - Mike and
Kate Lorentz
English/Simulation room
English
Life Orientation
2 Trollip Street - Susan
Schutte
23 Fitzroy Street - Marius
and Celeste Wolmarans
11 Worcester Street - Colin
and Sally Price-Smith
St Aidans Guest Cottage,
cnr Milner & Worcester Allen and Robyn James
Belmont Valley - Vernon
Marais’ rose garden
For more information on
the Masiphilisane project, contact Cynthia on 046 636 2090
and c.webbstock@telkomsa.
net.
Grocott’s Mail
DEADLINES
Electronic Control & Digital Electronics
Electrical Systems & Construction
Introduction to Systems Development
Introduction to Information Systems
Electronics
System Analysis & Design
Computer Hardware & Software
Principles of Computer Programming
Data Communication & Networking
Computer Programming
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Fundamental Subjects: An appropriate qualification with majors in the relevant subjects and
Diploma in Education.
Core Subjects: An appropriate qualification with majors in the relevant subjects
Engineering Subjects: Accredited Trade Test Certificate in the relevant field
Three years working experience
Two years lecturing experience
Registered Assessor will be an added advantage
Knowledge of National Certificate Vocational Programmes
Proficiency in English
NB: Separate applications must be made per campus, clearly indicating the subject(s) applying for.
CONTRACT PERIOD:
1 February 2010 to 31 December 2010
ENQUIRIES:
Park Avenue Campus:
High Street Campus:
Charles Goodyear Campus:
Graaff-Reinet Campus:
Grahamstown Campus
041 995 2000
6 November 2009
R9 000 per month
CONTACT NO:
CLOSING DATE:
REMUNERATION:
Mr T Daniell
Mr D Roux
Mr L Nieuwoudt
Mr C Foster
Ms N Ntsho
Applications should include a cover letter, a comprehensive CV as well as certified copies of
certificates and be directed to The HR Manager, EMC, Private Bag X35, Uitenhage, 6230. If you have
not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your
application was unsuccessful.
Property deadline:
Tuesday @ 13:00
EMC is an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. (EMC reserves the right not to
proceed with the filling of the post. An application will not in itself entitle the applicant to an interview or
appointment and failure to meet the minimum requirements of the advertised post will result in applicants
automatically disqualifying themselves.)
Classified deadline:
Wednesday @ 16:00 for Friday
Thursday @ 16:00 for Tuesday
Main Body deadline:
Wednesday @ 13:00 for Friday
Thursday @ 13:00 for Tuesday
hradmin@em
UITENHAGE
Private Bag X35,
Uitenhage, 6230
Tel: 041 995 2000
Fax: 041 995 2008
GRAHAMSTOWN
P.O. Box 142,
Grahamstown, 6140
Tel: 046 636 1575
Fax: 046 636 1823
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GRAAFF-REINET
P.O. Box 696,
Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Tel: 049 891 0201
Fax: 049 891 0181
Dumisa Design 10242
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work so well is the multi-disciplinary team approach. The
team includes palliative care
specialists, professional nurses, community careworkers,
social workers and auxiliary
social workers, primary carers, family members and of
course the patient. Networking partners are also included
such as church leaders and
physiotherapists.
The Hospice team works
with the patient and family to
develop a programme, which
will be appropriate to their
needs. This involves home
visits, bringing medical, emotional and practical support.
The team also trains the family on how to care for the patient at home.
A regular clinic is held at
Hospice where patients can
be seen by a doctor and the
social worker. The Hospice
team also work in partnership
with Settlers Hospital to manage the in-patient palliative
care facility.
A weekly support group
for paediatric patients and recently bereaved children, as
well as a monthly cancer support group are held. Bereavement support and counselling is offered to families and
community members when
needed.
Grahamstown
Hospice
is a very special organisation which cares for all people requiring palliative care.
In desperate circumstances
they provide emergency poverty relief in the form of food
and clothing. The team also
assists patients to apply for
a social support grant and to
work within a budget.
Grahamstown
Hospice
started in 1984, as a member of the Hospice Palliative
Care Association of South
Africa (HPCA), the national
body which ensures that internationally agreed upon
standards are maintained.
Applause must be given to
the Grahamstown Hospice
for being the first Hospice to
receive the Cohsasa (Council
for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa)
accreditation in 2005 and once
again 2008.
Without the donations
from many people living in
Grahamstown and surrounding areas, this support would
not be able to happen.
Grahamstown
Hospice
would like to extend their sincere thanks to all those who
have contributed in so many
valuable ways over the past 25
years.
PIONEER... Robin Kent was the first employee at Grahamstown Hospice.
Photo: Stephen Penney
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ADVERTISING FEATURE
“There isn’t enough
darkness in the
universe to extinguish
the light of one small
candle.”
CHEERS... Founder member of Grahamstown Hospice, Robin Kent (third
from left) with, from left to right, mother, Tish Brown; daughter Jenilyn
and father Graham. Photo: Supplied
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WE CARE... Some of the Grahamstown Hospice staff, back row, from left, Marie Nel, Angela Hibbert, Kaylene
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Feature
Bedford Garden Festival
Thyla Nel
T
he sleepy hollow of
Bedford tried to forget
the severe drought as it
transformed itself into a spectacular and vibrant display of
gardens, scarecrows and people last weekend.
Many people were worried that the lack of water in
the region would threaten
the festival but in a short
two weeks the festival took
form and “was just as beautiful as the years before,” said
Gerhild Scholzl, a Port Alfred
resident who has been attending the festival for the last five
years.
The first stop on entering
Bedford from the R360 had to
be The Village Farm Stall with
its tempting array of tasty
treats, salad rolls, quiches,
pies and many more delicious
items.
“The Padstal always has
the most amazing goodies
and is definitely a place to
refuel before you start or end
your day,” said Sarah Pickering, a Rhodes photojournalism student who attended the
festival.
Bedford’s very first strawberry farmer, Dave Robbins,
rushed in and out The Padstal
and surrounding food places
delivering his first harvest of
fresh strawberries.
If you happened to visit
De Kleine Maasström, the
farm he co-owns with Franz
Mulder, before lunch you
would be lucky enough to pick
up a kilogram of strawberries for only R30. Die Kleine
Maasström also hosted The
Tafel, a trattoria and deli that
stayed open all weekend “We
have over thirty cheeses, it’s
amazing,” said Robbins. On
display were Franz’s artworks
which would appeal to wildlife
enthusiasts as the large oil
paintings showed off the natural beauty of kudu, zebra and
wild dogs.
The entire town and surrounding farms opened up for
public viewing while 20 gardens remained open from 8am
until 6pm the entire weekend.
One of the highlights for
those particularly interested
in the gardens was definitely
Charlotte and George van der
Watt’s farm, Maasström.
“The Maasström Garden
is stunning, I’ve never seen
anything quite like it before,”
said Scholzl. Charlotte started
the garden from scratch 20
years ago. “The drought has
made it difficult and I have
had to water a lot of it by
hand,” she said. The Bedford
Festival is not a competition
so there is no prize for the
best garden. “I garden just for
pleasure, every garden has
its own personality and the
Maasström garden is mine,”
said Charlotte.
Creatively
designed
scarecrows attracted visitors
and warded off birds in some
of the most unlikely places
such as the petrol station, the
pharmacy, side streets, shops
and houses. The scarecrows
were dressed as brides, petrol
attendants and some unusual
characters that are rather difficult to describe.
Tilly Rhipsalis, the Andrea
Ginn scarecrow was just one
of the many interesting creations on display.
“Her clothes were made
from Tillandsia Bromeliads
and her hair was Rhipsalis
Cactus and that is how she
got her name,” said Marion
Hendry a consultant at Andrea Ginn properties.
The festival is a lot of fun
and it also benefits the local
community by creating at
least 30 temporary jobs.
SPLENDID... A view of the mountain behind Bedford from Maasström Farm. Charlotte van der Watt started the garden from
scratch when she first arrived on the farm 20 years ago. “Every gardener has their own taste, coming from Natal I just
wanted something that is me,” she said. Photo: Thyla Nel
ROYAL VISITOR... A beautiful Emperor butterfly sits on a
statice flower in the garden at Maasström farm.
Photo: Thyla Nel
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FEATURE
Denver Mentoor stands with his fellow petrol attendant, the
Caltex scarecrow. Photo: Thyla Nel
1
1. Bedford’s Last Chance Bottle Store’s lively scarecrow
hopes all the customers will save the last dance for her.
2
3
2. Nazeem Pieters, a Bedford learner, gets into a festival
mood by showing off some tricks on his bicycle for passers by.
3. Marion Hendry poses with the Andrea Ginn scarecrow,
Tilly Rhipsalis. This rather creative scarecrow attracted a
lot of attention with her beautiful plant body.
4. The Village Farmstall’s two scarecrows keep you company while eating a treat or two before you heading off on
your garden viewing.
Photos: Thyla Nel
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NEWS
Tuli cattle are Hobson’s choice
STAFF REPORTER
T
he total dispersal sale of Tom van Rensberg’s Spekboom Tuli Stud held on Tuesday, 20 October in Paterson proved once
again the growing popularity of the breed. Buyers from throughout the country registered
and bidding was brisk. The auctioneers were
Hobson & Co of Grahamstown.
The auction ran like clockwork and the
highest price achieved was for lot 35, a cow
with a calf at foot, which fetched R36 000. She
was sold to Eagles View Tulis. Seven other females fetched more than R20 000 each. The
Description
bulls were also in demand, and lot 16 sold for
R28 000 to Alwyn Marx of Burgersdorp. The
year older bulls also sold well with the highest
price paid being R13 000.
Paul Hobson of Hobson & Co expressed his
satisfaction at the outcome of the sale, and said
he was excited about the future of the beef industry, and the livestock business in general.
The auctions have been good throughout
the year as there is a shortage in the meat markets. Once general rains have fallen the breeding stock market should also improve.
Highest price
Average price
Cows & Calves
R36 000
R17 636
Cows
R27 000
R11 045
Pregant Heifers
R22 000
R14 625
Heifers (Running with bulls)
R 8 000
R 6 875
Weaner Heifers
R18 000
R 7 772
1Yr Bulls
R13 000
R 8 928
Bulls
R28 000
R18 250
NO BULL... This pregnant Tuli heifer was sold for R21 000 at the recent Spekboom Tuli
disperal sale held by Hobson & Co Livestock agents. Seen in the picture is Denham Price of
Hobson & Co and Johan van der Nest, a stud auctioneer from Vryburg. Photo: Supplied
Donkeys, drum majorettes
and a band
Makana Municipality I
ALINKA BRUTSCH
Development of a Local Economic Development Strategy for Makana Local Municipality
2nd ECONOMIC INDABA WITH STAKEHOLDERS
INVITATION
Dear Sir/ Madam
The Makana Local Municipality would like to thank all who attended the first Economic
Indaba for the Makana LED strategy held on the 23rd of September 2009.
Invaluable input was received and incorporated into the LED strategy’s components,
namely the Situation Analysis and the Strategic Framework. Please note that
these documents are available on the Municipality’s website: www.makana.gov.a /
hard copy is also available at the LED office’s.
t’s a sight you don’t see all
that often: donkey carts
proceeding casually yet
orderly, through the streets of
Grahamstown, accompanied
by drum majorettes and a
band. Actually, it’s a sight you’ll
see just once a year in our little ol’ town during the Donkey
Carnival.
Organised by the Makana
Donkey Association and the
Makana and Ndlambe Donkey,
Equine, Livestock Association
(MaNDELA), the Donkey Carnival will begin at 7am tomorrow morning when the donkey
carts meet at Chan Henry’s
General Dealers in Raglan
Road to begin their procession
through Grahamstown.
The organisers hope the
carnival will encourage cart
owners to take better care of
their donkeys and a panel of
judges will award prizes to the
owners with the best kept animals. The judges will be Brenda Lisk, Jane Dalton, Malone
Dingana and Eric Dingana.
The donkey carts participating in tomorrow’s parade have been sponsored by
either Grahamstown businesses or residents. The
sponsorship fee of R300 will
go toward repairing and treating the donkeys’ hooves and
providing them with medication and new harnesses.
If you would like to sponsor a cart or donate a voucher
or spot prize, you can contact
Makana Donkey Association
chairperson Annerie Wolmarans on 082 655 7579.
As a valued participant and stakeholder, we would like to cordially invite you to the
2nd Economic Indaba . A presentation will be made on the outcomes of the Strategic
Framework, which is available on the Makana Municipality’s website. The objectives
of the Economic Indaba will be to facilitate stakeholder consultation regarding feedback and comments on the draft LED strategy.
The details for the Indaba are as follows:
Date:
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Venue: City Hall
Time:
09:00 – 13:00
For enquiries contact Director: LED at 046 603 6116 / [email protected] or
Tatenda Mzezewa at 041 585 6640 / [email protected]. Kindly confirm your
availability for the Indaba with Babalwa/ Nothando on 046 603 6116/6168 during office
hours or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].
We look forward to engaging with you at the Indaba.
MS. NL BAART
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
NOTICE NUMBER: 109/2009
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SECOND CHANCES... Bismark the black eagle had a lucky break recently after he was
caught in a gin trap in the Fort Beaufort area. Debbie Mills, pictured left, has worked with
the bird for eight months and successfully rehabilitated him after his flight feathers were
damaged by the trap. Bismark is now in the care of the Shamwari rehabilitation centre
where he will be released back into the wild. Photo: Paul Mills
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News
Local achiever awarded
scholarship for Oxford
Staff reporter
T
he headmaster of St
Andrew’s College, Paul
Edey has announced
that the St Andrew’s College/
DSG Rhodes Scholarship has
been awarded to Clive Eley as
the scholar-elect for 2010.
Clive was head boy of St
Andrew’s College in 2005,
the year of the Jubilee 150
celebrations.
He was awarded academic and debating Honours,
captained the first XI hockey
team (for which he received
colours) and played cricket
for the First XI for which he
also received colours.
He is a natural and talented actor, playing the lead
in Noah and Percy Gilbert
in Ingrid Wylde’s premiere
production of Iron Love. He
obtained his BSc with distinctions in Chemistry and Mathematics at Rhodes University and achieved First Class
credits in every course of his
degree.
As a debater, Clive
BIG ACHIEVER... Clive Eley
is the recipient of the St Andrew’s College/DSG/Rhodes
Scholarship. Photo: Supplied
represented Rhodes at the
World Universities Debating
Championships in Bangkok,
Thailand, as well as in Cork,
Ireland. He was awarded the
Golden Key Chapter Award
in 2007 for outstanding scholastic, sporting and cultural
endeavours, and took up the
role of community engagement officer.
His community engagement has been generous
and extensive, involving the
Khanya Maths and Science
Club, repainting Samuel Ntsiko Junior School, the Grahamstown Hockey Development Programme and the
Currie Street Courts Project.
Currently, Clive is involved in research for a B.Sc.
Honours degree with the eminent Prof Tebello Nyokong
(OMB) in which he is exploring the anti-cancer properties of phthalocyanines using
photodynamic therapy. Clive
is looking to register for a
DPhil research programme at
Oxford University under Prof
Edman Tsang which will pursue the development of novel
nano-materials with biomedical applications.
GOOGLEMOBILE... The Google Street Maps car has been positively identified in
Grahamstown. This photograph was taken as the Toyota Prius with the bizarre mapping
contraption on its roof was turning right from Bathurst Street into High Street. We’re
thrilled to see that Google is mapping every last detail of Grahamstown – as this bodes
well for the quality of map-based content that we’ll soon be able to offer our readers.
Photo: Steven Lang
Mathematically possible
Staff reporter
Physiotherapy
Diana Palmer
Registered Physiotherapist
THE Epoch Optima Trust
Mathematics Centre was officially opened at St Andrew’s
College recently by David
Wylde, past headmaster of
the College. The Mathematics
Centre is actively involved in
the St Matthews Mathematics
camp and the Leap and Loseby programs which work with
students from various Grahamstown township schools.
“The establishment of
the Mathematics Centre with
the generous funding of the
Epoch and Optima Trust has
made St Andrew’s and DSG
well placed to be leaders in
the field of innovative Mathematics teaching and learning.
“We look forward to continuing to energise mathematics education and strengthening the foundations that have
been laid in this first year,”
said Dr Mellony Graven, director of the Mathematics
Centre.
Margie Keeton, past DSG
pupil and a trustee of the Epoch and Optima Trusts said,
“What Epoch and Optima are
asking of schools like these
is an end to Cremora-type
interventions around maths
excellence by which I mean
efforts that are ‘not inside, but
on top’.
“Maths excellence needs
to become part of the every
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MAKE SENSE... Guests
viewing what the new maths
centre has to offer.
Photo: Supplied
day at independent schools,
part of their very identity and
purpose.
“May this maths centre
and all the associated work
it has already given rise to,
truly come to embody the efforts and respective mottos
of these great schools – Nec
Aspera Terrent and En Avant
– just as much as they do for
other areas of school life and
where boys and girls here aspire to be the best,” Graven
concluded.
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Grahamstown Campus
Tenders are hereby invited for the proposed erection of three separate three storey buildings of student residences (area ± 1900m2
each) and sundry external works. (Contract Period : 18/01/2010
- 12/11/2010).
1. Interested MBA Registered Builders must please fax the Quantity
Surveyors/Principal Agents, Messrs KWMH.QS with all their
contact details, on 041-585 9046 to reserve Construction Bills
of Quantities – non-refundable payment of R250.
2. Interested Electrical/Mechanical Contractors must please fax the
Electrical/Mechanical Engineers, Messrs Clinkscales MaughanBrown with all their contact details on 041-585 5733 to reserve
documents for the following separate tenders:a)
b)
c)
Electrical Installation (registered members of ECA)
Ventilation Installation
Fire Detection Installation
(Note: Each document carries a non-refundable payment of R100).
Many problems arise from our posture- the way we sit,
stand, walk and even lie down. We tend to let gravity take
over and this can lead to head aches, neck pain, shoulder
stiffness, numbness in the fingers, back ache and even
breathing difficulties.
Muscle groups work in pairs and need to balance each other. We often sit with our chins sticking out and this tends to
increase the normal curve of the spine, shortening the muscles at the back of the neck, crunching down on the small
joints of the spine and limiting the space for the nerves that
emerge between the bones, and stretching the muscles in
front of the neck. To counteract this the muscles over the
upper back stretch letting the shoulder blades move forward
away from the spine and so the opposite muscles in the
front of the chest and shoulders shorten. The shoulders are
pulled forward which is not a good starting position for arm
movement or for using the dreaded mouse.
On top of all this most of us find that our abdominal muscles are not as strong as they used to be and they become
stretched so they can not support the lower back in its right
position. The lower back muscles shorten and get tight, increasing the lumbar curve and putting strain on all the ligaments in the lower back and hip region, even sending pain
down the leg sometimes.
These problems are known as "mechanical back pain" as
there is nothing to see on X-ray and nothing that needs an
operation.
Physiotherapy works well on all these conditions. By carefully assessing the problem we can see which tight structures have to be mobilised and stretched and which need to
be strengthened. We use manual techniques, special electrical currents, exercises and a lot of education in correcting
posture.
So if you have a problem contact a Physio and in the mean
time just remember the spine has normal natural curves. Try
to support them, especially the lumbar curve in your waist.
If that one is right the others usually stack up in the correct
way. When you are standing try lifting the sternum (breast
bone), you will feel your shoulder drop and your tummy
muscles tighten a little. Next time you sit down to work don't
just flop down in front of the computer. Sit properly in the
chair using the back support, get close enough so your chin
stays over the notch between your collar bones. Then move
the keyboard and mouse toward you and make sure the
screen is easily visible. Unfortunately no sitting position is
comfortable for long periods so make sure you give yourself
short regular breaks.
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David
Rodgerson
Gail Shanley 083 307 0852
SOMERSET HEIGHTS
WESTHILL
R1 590 000
From R1 380 000
A UNIQUE LIFESTYLE
The Briar Rose
Once in a lifetime opportunity to
invest in a property which
enables you to watch the sports on
St Andrew’s Main Field, from your
own private balcony. Secure
3 bedroom lock up and go
apartments to be built in 2010 at
today’s prices.
Facing St Andrews Sports Pasvillion on Lower Field
ON SHOW SAT 10-12
STUNNING TOWNHOUSE: In secure complex.
This upmarket residence has spacious living spaces
and superb bathrooms and is immaculate
throughout. Come look and buy.
WEBREF: 300264126
Facing Ki
WENDY 082 863 9483
CBD
NEW RELEASE
R755 000
WEBREF: 300265729
KINGS GARDENS
R1 295 000
OATLANDS NORTH
KINGSWOOD
R950 000
SOLE MANDATE
CE ED
I
PR UC
D
RE
SECURE COMPLEX. 2 bedroom apartments with
modern finishes PLUS communal swimming pool.
All bedrooms en-suite.
OLDE WORLD CHARM. This home offers 3
bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and study, undercover braai
area, pool and double garage PLUS separate flat.
WEBREF: 300195319
WEBREF: 300241610
JEAN 082 772 0396
JEAN 082 772 0396
KINGSVIEW ESTATES
R775 000
SOLE MANDATE
R1 550 000
CBD
R695 000
SOLE MANDATE
JEAN 082 772 0396
KINGSWOOD
R1 550 000
NEW RELEASE
WORKSHOP & FLAT - This property consists of
a workshop of 315sqm as well as a flat of 50sqm.
The flat has 2 bedrooms, kitchen and BIC. 3-Phase
electricity. Zoned light industrial.
MAGNIFICENT VIEWS of Grahamstown from this
top security estate. Top quality finishes. Complex
also boasts a swimming pool and tennis court.
IMMACULATE HOME. Peaceful and perfectly
positioned home with panoramic views. Immaculate
home for everyday living.
NEWLY BUILT 2 X 2 BEDROOM FLATS available
in Gowie Street. Complete by 1 February 2010. Tiled
throughout. There is already an existing remote
controlled gate and electric fencing will be erected.
LIFESTYLE OR INVESTMENT. Beautiful villa with
large rooms, new 2 bedroom cottage. Let for 2010.
75m from College.
WEBREF: 300266540
WEBREF: 300265299
WEBREF: 300198397
WEBREF: 300264939
WEBREF: 300268125
JEAN 082 772 0396
KINGSWOOD
R1 400 000
JEAN 082 772 0396
OATLANDS NORTH
DUAL MANDATE
R640 000
JEAN 082 772 0396
WESTHILL
SOLE MANDATE
R1 395 000
JEAN 082 772 0396
CENTRAL
SOLE MANDATE
R650 000
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
THE GREENS
SOLE MANDATE
R800 000
SOLE MANDATE
LOADS OF SPACE. Great family home on large
grounds. Pool, flat, separate office and more. So
much on offer here!
1ST TIME BUYERS. Great starter home in
immaculate condition. Stop renting now!.
LOCK UP & GO. Gorgeous character cottage.
3 bedrooms and secluded garden close to SAC’s
and DSG.
INVESTMENT PROPERTY. Let for R4 800p/m
for 2010. Secure, low maintenance, perfect rental
property. 7.4% return.
NO 1 STUDENT COMPLEX in town. Situated in the
heart of town in excellent, secure location, metres
walk from Rhodes University and direct access into
all shops at Pick n Pay mall.
WEBREF: 300261336
WEBREF: 300255406
WEBREF: 300260567
WEBREF: 300249619
WEBREF: 300212139
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
KINGSWOOD
FROM R350 000
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
KINGSWOOD
R3 500 000
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
JOZA
DUAL MANDATE
R220 000
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
CRADOCK HEIGHTS
SOLE MANDATE
R1 069 000
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
CBD
R490 000
SOLE MANDATE
SOLE MANDATE
VACANT LAND: Choice of stand in upmarket
neighbourhood. Great value for money.
MAGESTIC VILLA set in large grounds. Lovingly
restored 4 beedroom, 3 bathroom character home
near College.
GUARANTEED TO PLEASE AT THIS PRICE.
Semi-detached home with spacious rooms perfect
for handy husband and hardworking housewife lots of room for improvement
QUIET AREA AND UNUSUAL STREET ADDRESS
Fabulous new home for the discerning buyer. Stylish
fittings and blank canvas garden.
SUPER SEMI: This home is situated in the heart
of the CBD and has spacious living areas and
backyard for soccer practice.
WEBREF: 300194322
WEBREF: 300088526
WEBREF: 300263407
WEBREF: 300263406
WEBREF: 300263967
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
CBD
R520 000
ALEXIS 083 461 5572
KINGSVIEW ESTATE
R1 485 000
WENDY 082 863 9483
SOMERSET HEIGHTS
WENDY 082 863 9483
PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
OF
R780 000
• BODY CORPORTATES
• HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
• RENTALS
2-BEDROOMED FLAT located centrally. Within
walking distance to Rhodes University, taxi rank and
shopping centre.
WEBREF: 300264747
WENDY 082 863 9483
Jean Rodgerson
Sales Associate
Manageress
STYLISH LOCK UP AND GO accommodation for
the discerning buyer that can appreciate attention to
detail and luxury. Call me now!
WEBREF: 300268141
WENDY 082 863 9483
Alexis Bowker
Sales Associate
Wendy King
Sales Associate
CONVENIENCE AND STYLE - Secure living at
its most convenient. In the lovely area known as
Somerset Heights, there lies a superb cluster of
townhouses.
WEBREF: 3002643973
Needing more detail? Contact
Gwyneth at
[email protected]
Cell no: 076 239 8583
Office hours: 046 622 6061
WENDY 082 863 9483
Executive Club 2008
Leon Kruger
Farming & Lifestyle
Associate
WENDY 082 863 9483
RENTAL
DIVISION
STUDEN DIGS LIST FOR 2010!!!
• Webber Street - Family home @ R6 200 available
mid November.
• Durban Street - 2 bedroom flat @ R4 400 including
water and lights.
• 12 Hope Street - 3 Bedroom house @ R4 200
available immediately.
• Kettlewell Street - 3 Bedrooms, study and an
outside flat @ R7 500 per month, Double garage.
• Caldicott Street - 3 Bedrooms @ R5 000 per month
• Jackson Street - 1 bedroom flat @ R2 300 per
month
• Tintagel Flats - 3 Bedroom @ R7 500
per month (Post Graduate Students Only)
CHARMAINE 079 491 8355
Meyrick Bowker
Farming
Associate
Dave Mullins
Auctioneer
Farming Associate
Eric Miatsha
Sales Associate
Charmaine
van Staden
Rental
Associate
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Homefinder
“Artfully uniting extraordinary properties with extraordinary lives”
ceNTRAL - R999 000
Web Ref No: 0000 555 412
NEW
Web Ref No: 0000 555 412
SE
EA
REL
Sole Mandate
Sole Mandate
STuDeNT AccOMMODATiON
Fantastic opportunity to invest in a light, spacious townhouse in well-located African
Street. Don’t miss out, this is a wonderful investment option.
OATLANDS NORTh - R745 000
Web Ref No: 0000 259 540
Well positioned and in outstanding
condition, this thriving business has it all.
This is a “must see”.
STuNNiNg VicTORiAN hOMe
This beautifully restored character home is
ideally located to Kingswood College, yet in
the heart of Oatlands. Owner looking at
offers.
kiNgSwOOD - R640 000
Web Ref No: 0000 574 480
Sole Mandate
Sole Mandate
Web Ref No: 0000 529 258
ceNTRAL - R680 000
Web Ref No: 0000 565 595
Web Ref No: 0000 471 891
Sole Mandate
Sole Mandate
beAuTifuL LOcATiON OppOSiTe
chRiST chuRch
Family home with spacious bedrooms.
Private and secluded north-facing garden and
double garage.
cALLiNg iNVeSTORS
Immaculate 2 bedroom unit with sweeping
views over Grahamstown. Perfect lockup-and-go with beautiful finishes. Pool in
complex. Don’t miss out.
Where will you get 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
inside a walled and secure complex for R640
000? Nowhere!! And it’s 100m2 BIG!! Talk to
us today – there are ONLY 2 LEFT!! Don’t
let this bargain slip through your fingers!
gReAT LOcATiON gReAT
iNVeSTMeNT
5 Man student digs. Lease signed for 2010.
Remote access and secure.
peRfecT LOcATiON
For excellent student accommodation.
Rental secured for 2010. Well placed and
well priced.
Riebeeck eAST - R89 000
SuNNySiDe - R700 000
fORT eNgLAND - R510 000
fORT eNgLAND - R795 000
gRAhAMSTOwN eAST - R167 000
Web Ref No: 0000 550 213
Web Ref No: 0000 547 470
Web Ref No: 0000 564 294
Web Ref No: 0000 507 685
Sole Mandate
VAcANT LAND
Build your dream home on this 6 710m²
stand. Lovely views, enclosed on three sides.
Venita Arguile
Joy Miles
Marlene Prinsloo
Mzoli Luzipo
STuDeNT AccOMMODATiON
A STONeS ThROw AwAy fROM
RhODeS
2 Bedroomed flat with large open-plan living
area. Flat available February 2010.
yORk STReeT
This Central property is spacious and offers
great value. It is on the doorstep of all
amenities.You don’t need a car if you stay
here!
fAcebRick fOR eASy
MAiNTeNANce
This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit is neat with
attractive finishes.
VeRgeNOeg
Lovely 2 bedroom starter home with a
beautiful garden.
Peppergrove Mall, African Street, Grahamstown. Tel: 046 636 1388 [email protected]
www.sothebysrealty.co.za
072 600 0065
084 320 9238
072 209 6658
078 527 5465
Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated
MAKANA MUNICIPALITY
MUNICIPAL NOTICE
1st Floor Eskom Building
110 High Street
Grahamstown
HILL SIXTY - R1 300 000
SOLe MANDATe
4 beDS, 2 bATHS. TReeTOP DeCk. LOADS Of
ROOM. PANORAMIC vIewS Of TOwN.
call natalia 072 214 4700
COMMeRCIAL PROPeRTY - R8 MILL
Postnet Suite 7
Private Bag X1672
Grahamstown
OATLANDS NORTH - R2 300 000
Tel/Fax: 046 636 2636
[email protected]
kINgSvIew eSTATe - R1 400 000
feATUReS 4 beDS, 2 bATHS (MeS SPA bATH),
gAMeS ROOM + 2 fLATS! LARge gARDeN. TOP
LeveL SeCURITY. call anDrea 082 550 1937
eASY LIvINg - eASY STYLe. weLL DeSIgNeD
SPACIOUS TOwNHOUSe IN SeCURe eSTATe
COMPLeX. call marion 083 244 6409
CONCLORe STReeT - R595 000
vILLAge gReeN MewS - R545 000
PUBLIC INVITATION TO PARTCIPATE IN
WARD DELIMITATION PROCESS
Invitation is hereby made to members of the public and the
following stakeholders: to attend meetings related to the Ward
Delimitation Process to be held on the below mentioned dates,
venue and time:
Ward Committees; Church Organisations, Political Organisations,
Government Departments, Traditional Organisations, NGOs,
CBOs, Youth Organisations; etc
The purpose of the public participation process is to accord
members of the public opportunity to participate in the ward
delimitation process and to comment on the proposed draft ward
boundaries as proposed by the Demarcation Board.
Date
Venue
Time
28/10/09 Town Hall, Grahamstown
17h30
04/11/09 Kwanonzwakazi, Alicedale
17h30
05/11/09 BB Zondani Hall, Grahamstown 17h30
bUSINeSSeS fOR SALe fROM R165 000 ....
IDeAL OveRNIgHTeR fOR SCHOOL & UNIveRSITY
PAReNTS, YOUNg PROfeSSIONAL OR fIRST
TIMeRS. call marion 083 244 6409
keNTON-ON-SeA - R750 000
ReNTALS
• plenty of rooms in digs and flats
AvAILAbLe. PLeASe PHONe/e-MAIL US fOR A LIST.
2 beDS, 2 bATHS (MeS). NewLY bUILT. DeCk wITH
bUILT-IN bRAAI. vALLeY vIewS.
call anDrea 082 550 1937
• several commercial premises
IN New STReeT.
anDrea: 082 550 1937
natalia: 072 214 4700 leslie 082 652 4158
2 beDS, 1 bATH. IDeAL weekeND geTAwAY.
MINUSTeD fROM THe RIveR AND beACH.
call anDrea 082 550 1937
For further enquiries please don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Unathi
Nondzube at 046 603 6032 during office hours.
MS. N. L. BAART
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
Notice Number
:
107/2009
GAO1133
ALeXANDRIA - R695 000
5 beDROOMS, 1 bATHROOM
HOUSe OR bUSINeSS.
call natalia 072 214 4700
Grocott’s
SOLe MANDATe
PRIMe COMMeRCIAL SITe STeePeD IN HISTORY
AND fULL Of CHARACTeR. SeveRAL bUILDINgS.
call leslie 082 652 4158
Documentation regarding the Ward Delimitation Process can
be obtained from the following offices: Director: Corporate
Service, City Hall, Grahamstown: Municipal Offices Alicedale and
Municipal Offices Riebeeck East.
visit www.grocotts.co.za
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Homefinder
GRAHAMSTOWN
OFFICE
FAX
EMAIL
046 622 2778
046 622 7877
[email protected]
NEW RELEASE
R1.3 MILLION
AFRICAN STREET
R700 000
STONES HILL
R2.6 MILLION
SUNNYSIDE
R750 000
NEW RELEASE
R1.195 MILLION
Bedrooms 6 | Bathrooms 3 | Garage 0 | WEB ACCESS 1GC1011711
Bedrooms 2 | Bathrooms 1.5 | Garage 0 | WEB ACCESS 1GC1008885
Bedrooms 8 | Bathrooms 7 | Garage 0 | WEB ACCESS 1GT352094
IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN
Versatile property consisting of 3 x
2-bedroom flats, each with separate
entrance. An excellent investment.
CBD ADDRESS
Cute, versatile unit with double volume
ceilings and large living space. Off-street
parking and your own private garden.
AWESOME VIEWS
This property set on over 6000m2 boasts a
farmhouse with a 5-suite B&B component,
including all furniture, appliances and linen.
CHARACTER LOVERS NEEDED
This stunning, semi-detached Victorian home
offers exceptionally large rooms and a truly
welcoming feel.
DELIGHTFUL STARTER HOME
Private and secure. Ideal lock-up-and-go for
parents or retired couple in a good area.
Neat, manageable garden.
Brenda Cadle 083 529 5551
Bridget Fourie 082 775 8877
KINGSWOOD
KINGSVIEW
CENTRAL
SUNNYSIDE
R1.4 MILLION
R1.495 MILLION
R1.995 MILLION
R560 000
NEW RELEASE
R1.1 MILLION
Bedrooms 2/3 | Bathrooms 22.5 | Garage 2| WEB ACCESS 1GC1010181
Bedrooms 3| Bathrooms 2 | Garage 0 | WEB ACCESS 1GC1006026
SPACE TO RUN
Lovely family home with swimming pool
and guest suite. Set on large grounds with
entertainment area, it is ideal for the busy family.
NORTH-FACING UNIT
Gorgeous unit in security complex. Beautiful
finishes and access to pool and tennis court.
WORK FROM HOME
Zoned Business 1, live in this delightful
settler cottage and have offices at the back.
Prime location.
LOCK-UP-AND-GO
Apartment with brand new kitchen, situated
in Sunnyside.
OATLANDS NORTH
Contemporary facebrick family home, close
to Graeme College. Lovely flat with private
garden for extra income.
Adéle Barnard 084 509 3889
FAMILY HOME
R510 000
RIEBEECK EAST
R450 000
EXTENSION 7
R60 000
OATLANDS NORTH
R990 000
COUNTRY ESTATE
R3.2 MILLION
Bedrooms 3 | Bathrooms 1 | Garage 0 | WEB ACCESS 1GT448619
GREAT STARTER HOME
Spacious home close to shopping complex
and CBD.
QUAINT COTTAGE
Recently renovated. Nestled in this peaceful
village only 40km from Grahamstown.
FACEBRICK HOME
Come home to your own house after work.
Large garden to grow vegetables in.
SWEETWATER
Modern style and grace in an intimate
security complex of only four homes.
ORGANIC LIVING
The indigenous forest is home to 200 bird
species and forest game including the rare
blue duiker. Water flows from a natural spring.
Kim Webber 082 523 8277
Kim Webber 082 523 8277
Kim Webber 082 523 8277
OATLANDS
WESTHILL
CENTRAL
PRICE REDUCTION
KINGSWOOD
R810 000
R4.6 MILLION
R3.25 MILLION
R2.25 MILLION
R675 000
Bedrooms 2 | Bathrooms 1 | Garage 0 |
CUL-DE-SAC
Solid, well built home in a quiet area with
lots of space for your children to run and
play. Ideal starter home.
SPACE AND TRANQUILLITY
Home set in peaceful position, offering space
and comfort. Reception areas overlooking
large, beautifully manicured garden.
ON ST ANDREW’S DOORSTEP
Home on St Andrew’s doorstep with large
grounds, beautiful wooden floors, pool and
a separate flatlet. Suitable for a large family.
LOCK-UP-AND-GO
Perfect lock-up-and-go for St Andrew’s/
DSG parents. Centrally situated and within
walking distance of The Highlander.
BRILLIANT RETURN
Don’t miss out on the last phase – first two
phases sold out. Fantastic investment.
Kim Webber 082 523 8277
Daphné Timm 082 809 4283
Bedrooms 3 | Bathrooms 1 | Garage 1 |
WEB ACCESS 1GC432511
WEB ACCESS 1GC1001153
RENTALS
HOUSES:
5 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
R9 000
R6 300
R7 000
1 Dec (Res or Comm)
1 Dec
1 Dec
TOWNHOUSES:
2 Bedrooms
2 Bedrooms
R5 500
R4 400
1 Jan 2010
1 Dec
COTTAGES:
2 bedrooms (pool)
R4 000
1 Nov
FLATS:
2 Bedrooms
2 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
R4 500
R4 000
R6 600
R4 800
R5 610
1 Nov
1 Dec
1 Dec
1 Dec
1 Dec
COMMERCIAL:
Industrial units
R700
Immediately
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Health
Birthday
HAPPY Birthday Nontle Samson.
May you have a wonderful day.
Love your Mother and Father.
Ann Ashburner
ANN ASHBURNER
Clinical
Psychologist
Msc. Clin Psych.
as a
will be practicing therapy
Individual/Couple/Family
Psychologist
Clinical
Colcade
Centre
the
from
41
Hill Street
Colcade
046 622Centre
4386
41 Hill Steet,
in a solo private
practice:
FROM MAY 2007
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Happy Birthday
Zurayda & Zunaid.
Lots of love from your
mum Ruwayda,
Mummy, Daddy &
extended family.
Sports, Spinal &
6224386
Tel/Fax:(046)
General Practice
Cell: 0836326350
Medann@imaginet.
aids accepted
E mail:
co.za
Mark Anderson
BSc(Hons)
079 381 4466
046 603 2314
Happy Birthday
Lucinda.
From your Grade 1
teacher Mrs Jackson
and Zoë
Condolences
Please join us for
tasting, advice and free recipes
Peppergrove Mall
Phone/Fax: 046 636 1496
[email protected]
Lost
A SHY 4-year-old tan coloured
pure ridgeback female, Roxy,
went missing from Salem, seen
heading to Grahamstown. 082
588 1334, reward offered.
2. ANOUNCEMENTS
Code 10 - POA
Code 8 - POA
Mike: 082 430 9855
This will enable us to
ensure a fair, transparent
and equitable process
when selecting and
rotating suppliers.
Finance
The necessary forms can
be obtained from
Superintendent KETELO,
Supply Chain
Management, 1st Floor,
Room 269, SAPS
Building, Beaufort Street,
Grahamstown
Notices
GERRIE Groenewald sadly
passed away 2009-10-25. Sadly
missed by family. Funeral 200910-30 at 11am at NG Kerk,
Grahamstown.
AA PROTEA GROUP. Antic Hall,
7.30pm Monday nights. 22 Albany
Road, next to New Apostolic Church.
Cell: John 071 984 1379. Eugene
082 784 7685. Wilfred 078 602
6341. If anyone, anywhere reaches
out for help we want the hand of
the AA to be there.
ISAACS Veronica. Our heartfelt
condolences to Hazel, Tersia,
Mario, Fabian & fam. We thank
God for Veronica, who enriched
our lies & whose beautiful smile
brought joy to our hearts. Rest
in Peace my friend. Monica and
family.
KIRTON Gavin. Tragically paased
away on 23/10/2009. Deeply
missed by Kim. Till we meet
again my love.
Funeral
FUNERAL Service of the late
Veronica Isaacs (neé Agnew).
Venue: Union Congregation
church, Albany Road.
Time: 2pm.
Visit
www.grocotts.co.za
The Fifty Seventh Annual
General Meeting of the
G&DWMA
“Homes for the Aged”
will be held in the Seniors
Club, Hill Street at 3pm
on Tuesday
1st December 2009
All interested parties are
invited to attend
Come and join local group
“CRISP” performing live.
Date: 31 October 2009
Time: 20h00 till late
Place: T.D.E
Entrance: R30
Enquiries:
Call 073 685 6009
Date: Sat 31 October
2009
Time: 10am
Venue: Scout Hall
Viewing Time: 2-4pm
Friday 30 October 2009
Items:
3 Phase 13KVA Diesel
Generator (in mint condition), Yamaha 50CC Quad
bike (engine totally
reconditioned), Plasma
screen, 2X Imbuia single
beds, 3X tumble dryers,
fridge, 4 seater Oregon
table, 4 X Oregon pine
bedside cabinets, doors
and windows, bedroom
suite, deepfreeze, stove,
assortment of chairs.
Sundries too numerous
to mention.
LOOKING FOR MORE
ITEMS TO SELL.
Please contact Mike
046 636 1137
073 264 8845
3. SALES & SERVICES
Books & Stationery
70 High Street
Grahamstown
Tel/Fax 046 622 3115
Classic Blinds
Can’t pay your accounts?
Phone Shirley Robinson @ Alpha
Debt Counselling on
082 083 5709 or 046 622 8064.
7 Beadle Street, Grahamstown
083 468 0887 046 622 5634
Office Hours After Hours
For Professional and
Affordable Blinds
FED-UP WITH DEBT?
Venetian Blinds / Vertical Blinds
Grass & Bamboo Blinds
Repairs to Blinds
We render services in and
around Grahamstown/Port
Alfred/Kenton-on-Sea etc
For free quotations contact Bennie
Concerned? - You might loose your car
or your house. Phone Marianne @
Keystone Financial Solutions
046 622 2427 or 083 270 8986
Room 16, EPBS building, Cnr 87 Hill &
High Street
CITY OF SAINT PAINTERS.
Together there is nothing impossible. Please don’t hesitate to
contact Zolani 046 637 9990 or
Luvuyo 073 449 4410.
Room 15 EPBS
Building Cnr of 87 High & Hill Street
BOOKS
AND
STATIONERY
FOR RHODES
UNIVERSITY,
SCHOOLS,
BUSINESSES &
GENERAL PUBLIC
Miscellaneous Sales
GARAGE DOORS x 2, Meranti
with motors. In very good condition. R2 000 each onco. Phone
046 622 4504.
Pets
FAIRBAIRN
KENNELS
& CATTERY
Tel: 046 622 3527
Cell: 082 552 3829
For Well Cared-for,
Happy Pets
DEBT PROBLEMS?
I can reduce the monthly
payments on all your accounts,
yes your HOUSE and CAR
to. You don’t have to appear
in court or even speak to your
creditors, you just complete the
application form and I will do
the rest.
Phone Nico today.
076 371 6640
SPCA
Furniture
Bu
yers & Seller
bentwoods
Select 2nd Hand Furniture
nt
b
iqu
es & Collecta
2A Cawood Street
(Up the road from Village Green)
Tel: 046 622 5171
&
Cleaning
Services
Mobile Auto Valet Service
Carpets/Upholstery/Windows
Household/Office Cleaning
Maid Service
046 636 1214 * 073 217 8258
BIRITE
27 Bathurst Street
Telephone 622 2983
Buyers & Sellers of
• New and Secondhand
Furniture
The Knock Shop
129 High St 6223549
Jewellery
[email protected]
www.mikesdrivingschool.co.za
A
Death
Driving
School
s
ISAACS Veronica. My beloved
friend you will be missed, but
you will always be in my heart.
My deepest sympathy to the
Isaacs family and Agnews. Sally
Marais. Psalm 23.4.
at the Mustard Seed
Health Shop
Saturday 31 October
from 09h00 - 12h30
Home Maintenance
We appeal to all types of
businesses in and around
Grahamstown, no matter
how big or or how small,
who are not registered on
the SAPS database as a
supplier, to do so.
KNOWLES
AUCTIONS
Tofu tasting
Education
The SAPS is a large
organisation which require
many different types of
services outside our
environment from the
private sector.
les
1. PERSONAL
Cottage Furniture
Antiques
2nd Hand Furniture
Furniture Removals
etc.
TEL: 622 3473
CELL: 072 399 1678
Gardening
GRASS Cutting. Once-off
clean-ups. Refuse removal. Tree
felling/Pruining. Free quotations.
082 696 6831/083 410 3561.
The Sunshine
Cleaning
Company
Cell: 082 820 5598
Tel: 046 622 3937
Personal Supervision
• Carpets • Upholstery
• Windows • Office Valet
• Car Valet
• Maid service - supervised
Commercial and Domestic
046 622 3233
EMERGENCY: 079 037 3466
Hours: Mon-Fri 9.30am - 4.30pm. Sat
9.30am - 12noon & 3pm - 4pm. Sun
9.30am - 10.30am & 3pm - 4pm.
Public Holiday CLOSED.
ANIMALS FOUND
• Cattle and donkeys found on the N2
and Town
• Tan and blackish silky haired well
cared for and pregant found at
Pick n Pay.
• Maltese, well cared for found Fitzroy
Street.
• Small black fluffy dog found Worcester
Street.
• Afikanis Black and tan male found at
the Monument.
ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION
• Daschund female, spayed, nice nature.
• White Maltese male, found and never
claimed.
• Black and tan medium size and friend
X Daschund, good companions.
• Beautiful Swiss White Shepherd and
loving JR X in need of a loving home.
• Several lovely puppies, black and
white, tan, fluffy, tan and white, all very
trainable.
• We have some really beautiful kittens,
creamy grey, tabby, dark greey tabby,
tabby and white and many more.
• Several adult cats, 2 Calico, a beautiful
black cat, ginger and white teenager,
black and white cat, all good natured
and waiting for loving homes.
SPCA says a very bing thank you to
Wendy Jacobs for the constant supply
of cat food and other goodies, Ruth
Jackson and the Students of Milner
House for the wonderful donation of
food, blankets and toys. Jo Higgens
and Rosanna Moskovitch for their very
generous donations.
Guy Fawkes day is coming up on the
5th, please ensure all animals have
identification, if possible stay at home
with them, if you suspect fireworks are
about, keep them inside, try to mask the
noise by drawing the curtains and playing calming music, provide them with
something to do such as chewy play
bone and cats a cat nip toy, if your pets
react badly to fireworks, seek professional advice from your Veternarian.
To advertise here contact
Tamie on 046 622 7222
classifieds 1. Personal 2. Announcements 3. Sales & Services 4. Employment 5. Accommodation 8. Motoring 9. Legals 10. Extras
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Security
4. EMPLOYMENT
GADRA EDUCATION
East Cape
Access Systems
Employment Offered
MATHEMATICS
TEACHER
“For all your access control
and vehicle security needs”
Electic gates, burglar bars,
pallisade fencing, VESAapproved car alarms/
immobilisers/gearlocks
Call 046 622 5668 or visit
us in Anglo-African Street
for a free quotation
Dennis van der Merwe
TRELLIDOR
AGENT
Tel: 082 657 3719
Services Offered
BUTTRICH
CARTAGE
RAILWAY GOODSHEDS
JOHNSON STREET
SAND – STONE – BLOCKS
CRUSHER RUN & DUST
046 -622 7102
Rodney: 072 648 4294
HOUSESITTER. Mature reliable femail available to house
sit from 28 November to 16
December 2009. Willing to care
for pets. Call 082 937 9080 to
secure service.
Swimming Pools
• Pool Installations
• Pool Maintenance
• Pool Repairs
• Pool Equipment
• Pool Covers
• Solar Heating
SERVICING NOW IN GHT
083 236 4663/046 624 2128
[email protected]
www.papoolservices.co.za
Club
Manager or
Management
Couple
We need a passionate and
energetic person or couple to
manage the Grahamstown Golf
Club.
Employment
Opportunities
The ideal Candidate or
Candidates must be hard
working, target driven and have
good communication and people
skills.
Office Administrator
• Secretarial/Personal
assistant Duties
• Moderate bookkeeping
and administration skills
advantageous
• Drivers License required
• Position can be tailored
to be either part time or
full time and or flexitime
• Remuneration Packages
negotiable according to
skill levels and experience
• Position available
immediately
The candidate must have some
form of catering experience and
be computer literate
(preferably in pastel ).
We offer a competitive salary
with free in-house
accommodation.
The closing date for
submission of your CV is the
31th October 2009.
Please submit your CV the
following ways:
1. email : [email protected]
2. Fax: 0866188463
3. Hand delivered to Attention:
Wayne Wiblin Postnet Offices,
123 High Street , Grahamstown
TEMPORARY VACANCY
Experienced Dictaphone Typist
Required for Legal firm
(must be fluent in English)
Forward CV to:
The Advertiser
PO Box 469
GRAHAMSTOWN
If you don’t hear from us
by 16/11/09 consider
your application unsuccessful
HOSPICE
Invites
compassionate, caring registered staff
nurses to apply for the
following position in a full
time/part time capacity
Registered Nurse/
Staff Nurse
Restaurants
To supervise careworkers
and offer home based palliative care
We offer:
• A competitive remuneration
• The ability to work flexi
hours and be part of a
multi-disciplinary team
The position is based in
Grahamstown
OFFICE
CHRISTMAS
PARTY
Do something
different this year,
and come to
Ruanthai.
Book now!
Lunchtimes or
evenings.
Tuesdays to
Saturdays
046-6226788
0727016937
7 New Street
Insight
Technologies
is Expanding
Join Us!
Please fax your CV to:
046 622 9676
[email protected]
Enquiries: 046 622 9661
For repair of
wheelchairs, contact the Society for
the Physically Disabled, Day Hospital
Grounds
Tel: 046 622 5359
Sales Representative
• Good Interpersonal Skills
essential
• Experience in computing
& technology sales
advantageous
• Full-Time Position
IT Support Technician/
Consultant (Senior)
• Degree/Diploma in
IT field essential.
• Good Interpersonal skills
essential as large
degree of onsite work.
• Experience in IT support
advantageous including
networking
• Full-Time Position
• Drivers License required
• Benefits include Vehicle,
Cell phone allowance
and laptop.
• Pay rate based on
experience – Up to R96K
per annum if candidate
possesses abundant
skills and experience.
• 3 Year Contract (1&2
Year Contracts will be
considered).
IT Support Technician
(Junior)
• Learning Position with
pay rising on gaining of
experience.
• IT support work
experience advantageous
but not essential.
• Interpersonal skills
advantageous.
• Candidate must enjoy
technical work.
• Part-time and Full time
positions available.
• 2 Year Contract
Please email your CV’s to
[email protected],
or post to: P.O. Box 7092,
Grahamstown North,
6148 or drop them off at
Insight Technologies
(Old Mutual Wing),
Peppergrove Mall,
Grahamstown.
Closing Date for
Applications: 03/11/2009
(Earliest Applications
favoured)
GADRA Matric School seeks
an experienced teacher
at Grade 12 level, familiar
with the new NSC curriculum. This is a part-time post
requiring about seven hours
teaching per week commencing in 2010. Please
submit CV and three
referees before Nov 17th to:
The Manager, PO Box 126,
Grahamstown 6140 or hand
in to GADRA Offices at Old
Gaol, Somerset St, Tel: 046
622 4837. Only shortlisted
applicants will be contacted
5. ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation
Offered
ALL facilities available in
serviced rooms. Phone 046
622 4464. HELEN WALLACE
ESTATE AGENT.
Accommodation
Wanted
ACCOMMODATION WANTED:
Within walking distance of Pick
n Pay shopping complex. Single
middle-aged lady of sober habits
- no pets, requires granny flat,
single flat etc. ASAP. Long term
lease acceptable. Please call 074
205 8663.
LOOKING TO RENT A FAMILY
HOME IN GRAHAMSTOWN
Large family home required
in safe area preferably 4
bedrooms or more.
Nice size garden with pool.
Contact Judy Bezuidenhout
046 624 3366 or
078 220 1453.
Holiday
Accommodation Offered
KASOUGA cottage on green.
Sleeps 6/8. Available December
school holidays. Cotnact 072
427 7747.
To Let
LARGE, 3 Bedroom, newly renovated family home in Sunnyside,
Grahamstown at a rental of R4
100 per month, including garden services. Pre-paid electricity. Available 1 November 2009.
Contact numbers (O/H) 046
622 7152 or 046 622 7172.
2 BEDROOM duplex flats available for 2010. Central, very quiet
neighbourhood. Secure parking.
Phone 083 708 2909.
FLAT TO RENT. Brand new
units, Summer Place, 2 bedroomed, 2 bathroom, includes
washing machines, tumble
dryer, fridge and oven. Available from 1 Dec 2009. Phone
Tamsin on 084 684 0261, R4
800 per month.
COTTAGES AVAILABLE in open
space with beautiful surroundings. 8km from Grahamstown
City Centre. Immediate occupation. Preferably mature student.
Contact 083 273 5173.
Owners!!! - free listing
For your property on
Our website
FOR SALE...
Commercial, Farms,
Residential
www.sacomprop.com
Tel no: 0860 77 77 55
FURNISHED 2 bedroom semi-detached house (alongside owner).
To suite post-grad students or
mature couple. Off-street parking. Telkom connection. Shared
garden with owner. Hi-Tec. R3
200 per month excl electricity
and water, pre-paid electricity
meter submitted to Municipality.
Contact Debbie 076 884 4470 or
046 603 8463 (w).
UPMARKET, fully furnished garden flat overlooking pool. Private
entrance. Security in place. ADSL
available. R2 000 per month
inclusive of electricity. Available
immediately. 076 600 6488 or
082 576 5507.
8. MOTORING
Motoring Sales
FIAT UNO MIA. R20 000
onco. 112 000km Year 200
model. RWC available.
Recently serviced by FIAT PE.
Additional Equipment: Rear
wiper, Alarm/Immobiliser/Gearlock, Radio/Tape, Front Fog
Lights, Rev Counter, Ammeter,
Vacuum gauge, Dashboard
Clock, Internal/External Air
Temperature Display. Orignal
Documents and Tools. Contact
Andy Soper 079 329 6211
Motoring Services
PARKHILL
MOTORS
YOUR VOLKSIE SPECIALISTS
046 622 2978
082 730 1527
083 760 0576
MIKE & GRANT
REPAIR & SERVICE
ALL MAKES OF CARS
9. LEGALS
ESTATE LATE
IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE
IRENE MARIE GRANT, IDENTITY
NUMBER 331229 0090 089,
UNMARRIED OF BROOKSHAW
HOME, DONKIN STREET, GRAHAMSTOWN, 6139, WHO DIED
ON 19 APRIL 2008.
Estate Reference No.
1430/2008
The First and Final Liquidation
and Distribution Account in the
above estate will lie for inspection at the office of the Master of
the High Court, Bathurst Street,
Grahamstown for a period of 21
(twenty one) days from date of
publication hereof.
Dated at GRAHAMSTOWN this
22 October 2009.
WHITESIDES
Attorneys for Executor
53 African Street
GRAHAMSTOWN
(B Amsterdam/C07232)
To advertise
here contact
Tamie on
046 622 7222
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Motoring
Circle construction going in circles
Stephen penney
C
onstruction of the traffic circle at the
Cradock Road, Worcester and Somerset Streets intersection is taking shape,
although work has slowed down this week due
to the rainy conditions as well as the circle itself being re-designed.
When Grocott’s Mail visited the circle
this week, is was quite obvious that the circle was lopsided. Oldo Rudolecky of Aurecon
Consulting Engineers said the circle is not
skew but it may look that way because it is built
on an incline. However, Rudolecky said that
the circle had been re-designed “so now it’s
coming right”.
A contractor on site, who did not want to
be named, said that while the circle was built
higher on the Cradock Road side than the
Somerset Street side, he said this should be
the other way round and they were waiting for
the updated plans before work on the circle
START AGAIN... The traffic circle at the Cradock Road, Worcester and Somerset Street intersection is currently being reconstructed after workers realised the circle was lopsided. Photo:
Stephen Penney
continued.
Construction of the R3.5-million traffic circle is funded by the provincial Department of
Roads and Transport as the road is part of a
provincial road through Grahamstown that
leads to other towns and beyond.
The project arose out of an initiative from
St Andrew’s College two years ago to look
at how the safety of pedestrians could be
improved. Once completed, the circle will have
two vehicle lanes and pavements will also be
constructed for pedestrians. Meanwhile, a
number of signs in the area of the circle have
gone missing.
These include a 40km and a 30km sign as
well as a temporary end of construction sign
and a keep right arrow. It is believed that the
traffic department is in possession of photographs of people in a bakkie trying to uproot
one of the stop signs in the vicinity of the circle
and believe this group is involved in the theft of
the missing signs.
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MOTORING
Mini Motoring
BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics
The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept car, unveiled
at the Frankfurt Motor Show, is a 2+2-seater with plug-in
full-hybrid technology. This vehicle is able to combine the
performance of a BMW M Series model with a standard of
fuel economy and emission management exceeding even the
current level achieved by the latest small cars in the market.
2009
Toyota Corolla 1.3 Professional
R169 900
Sportyfluence
2009
Toyota Yaris T3 A/C
R137 900
DEMOS
2006
Toyota Yaris 1.3 Sedan
R 94 900
2006
Toyota Rav 4 2.0P
R229 900
2005
Toyota Run X 140 RS
R 98 900
2004
VW Jetta
R 85 900
2004
Toyota Prado 40 VXP
R299 900
The Renault Fluence, designed with the aim of being the
most attractive car in its class, has a sporting exterior with
a comfortable cabin and a barrage of useful technological
aids. Fluence targets customers looking for a status-enhancing saloon and will be built on the existing assembly line at
the Oyak-Renault plant in Bursa, Turkey, where the booted
Mégane II was previously produced.
2008
VW Polo 1.4i A/C
R109 900
2002
Toyota Tazz 130
R 49 900
2008
Toyota Yaris T3 5DR
R119 900
2000
Toyota Tazz
R 44 900
2008
Toyota Yaris HB T3
R114 900
Renault SA achieves record highs
2007
Toyota Yaris T3
R109 900
2007
Isuzu KB300 D/C 4X2
R184 900
Renault South Africa recorded its best market share of 4.11%
since June 2006 and also its highest sales volumes since
June 2007 during August 2009. Renault’s record performance came against a backdrop of a market that being 25.7%
down on August 2008, remained depressed despite a further
cut in the interest rate.
USED PASSENGER
Charmaine King 082 496 9081
Warren Henry 083 391 1177
Garry Botha 082 926 6637
Hyundai’s eco-initiatives move into high gear
USED TRUCKS
R 89 900
1998 NISSAN CABSTAR 4 TON TRUCK
USED LDVS
2007 ISUZU KB300TDi D/CAB 4X4
R199 900
2006 ISUZU KB250 LE LWB
R119 900
2006 MITSUBISHI COLT 2.0 LWB
R 69 900
R104 900
R104 900
R109 900
2003 OPEL CORSA 170D UTILITY
R 49 900
2002 ISUZU KB300TDI D/CAB LX
R109 900
USED CARS
R 89 900
R119 900
R114 900
R114 900
2009 OPEL CORSA LITE 1.4 SPORT A/C
2008 VW POLO 160I A/C HATCHBACK
2008 VW POLO 140I A/C HATCHBACK
2008 VW POLO CLASSIC 140I SEDAN
24-HR BREAKDOWN SERVICE
082 557 4706
Allow us to source any
pre-owned vehicle you require
SETTLER CITY TOYOTA
TEL: 046 622 7017
Blue Drive, Hyundai Motor Co’s eco-initiative, moved into
high gear at the Frankfurt Motor Show. On centre stage was
the world debut of the ix-Metro, a daring new Hybrid Electric
CUV for the European sub-B segment which promises CO2
emissions of just 80g/km. The fifth in a series of concept cars
to be created by the Global Design Team in Namyang Korea,
the ix-Metro is powered by an inline three-cylinder petrol
engine displacing just one-litre.
GM KENRICH
USED COMMERCIAL
18 AFRICAN STREET
046 622 7312
2008 OPEL CORSA 1.4 ESSENTIA 5DR
2008 OPEL CORSA LITE 1.4 A/C
2008 OPEL CORSA LITE 1.4
2008 TOYOTA YARIS 1.3 T3+ SEDAN
2008 TOYOTA YARIS 1.3 T3 + SEDAN
2008 TOYOTA YARIS 1.3 T3 + HATCHBACK
2007 OPEL MERIVA 1.4 ESSENTIA
To advertise here contact our
advertising department on
046 622 7222 or fax 046 622 7282
R129 900
R 76 900
R 65 900
R122 500
R119 900
R114 900
R105 000
SUMMER SPECIAL
New OPEL CORSA 1.4 UTILITY
BASE now only R99 900.00
(includes service and delivery)
Wheel Alignment Check
Only R160
Vehicle Airconditioner service
Only R350
We make the Dif ference
Contact : Dean Kent 082 573 3379
Richard Axe 082 788 2794
WWW.KENRICHMOTORS.CO.ZA
JW AUTO - Grahamstown
•Lukwe 073 544 9346 •Tel: 046 622 8600 •Fax: 046 622 8601•40 Beaufort Street •Michael 079 490 7027
2009 Ford Fiesta 1.4 Trend
2009 Mazda 5 Original A/C
2009 Ford Ikon 1.4 TDCi A/C
2009 Ford Ranger 2.5 TDi XL LWB
2009 Mazda 3 1.6i A/C
2009 Mazda BT50 D/Cab Full House
2009 Ford Bantam 140 TDCi XLT
2009 Geely 1.3GS A/C
2008 VW Citi 140i Sport R/CD Mags
2008 Opel Corsa 140 Lite
2006 Nissan Almera 1.6 Lux A/C R/CD
R169 950
R219 950
R139 950
R179 950
R169 950
R299 950
R159 950
R 79 950
R 69 950
R 65 950
R 79 950
2008 Opel Corsa 1.4 Essentia
A/C R/CD ONLY R124 950
2008 VW Polo 150 hatch A/C
2008 Geely 1.5 GT A/C Leather
2008 Toyota Yaris T3 + A/C
2008 Geely 1.5 GT A/C Leather
2008 Hyundai H100 + Canopy
2008 Ford Ranger 3.0 S/Cab
2008 Isuzu KB250D TEQ LE E/CAB
2007 Nissan 2.4i SE 4x4 D/Cab
2007 Ford Ikon 1.6 Trend A/C R/CD
2005 Mazda 2.5 TDi Drifter 4X4 + Kappie
2001 Toyota Prado VX 3.0D 8 Seat
Lots more to choose from. Give us a call
R124 950
R 79 950
R113 950
R 79 950
R139 950
R219 950
R189 950
R189 950
R105 950
R139 950
R159 950
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WHAT’S ON
What to do, Where to go
Keep sending me your weekly listings and I’ll keep you informed on what is happening in and around Grahamstown! If you know of an event that you think Grocott’s Mail
readers would be interested in, let us know by faxing us on 046 622 7282, by dropping it off at 40 High Street or email [email protected].
Please ensure that it reaches us by the Tuesday before publication. – Susan Powers
FRIDAY, 30 OCTOBER
SHERWOOD GARDEN FESTIVAL
When Friday, 30 October to 8 November
Where Sherwood Garden Centre, 16
Walker Drive, Sherwood, Port Elizabeth
What Come and see South Africa’s
Kirstenbosch Chelsea Flower Show
exhibit and lots more.
Who Carmel Wolf at
[email protected]
or 041 398 4400.
LA LECHE LEAGUE OCTOBER MEETING
When 3pm
Where The Barn
What Breastfeeding help, information and support. All
pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and babies are
welcome! www.lalecheleague.org.
Who Victoria on 083 553 7719 or victoria@aquaafrica.
co.za for more information or directions.
POETRY @ REDDITS
When Friday, 30 October at 6pm
Where Garden behind Reddits Books &
Coffee, 31 New Street, Grahamstown
What The usual cornucopia of wonderful
poetry and performance will be there,
hosted by Harry Owen. If you love poetry,
please come and share some with us –
either your own or a favourite written by
someone else. It’s relaxed, friendly and a genuine mix of
voices and styles. All welcome.
THEATREINMOTION
When 7.30pm
Where Rhodes Main Theatre ( Programme A )
What The Rhodes Drama Department brings you
choreography, dance and contemporary performance to
intrigue and stimulate your imagination. Tickets available
from the Theatre Café, in the foyer between 9am and 4pm
on weekdays. Ticket price: R20 and R15.
Who www.ru.ac.za/drama/productions/events
JAM (JESUS AND ME)
When 3pm - 5pm
Where Full Gospel Church,
11 Caldecott St
Who Megan Webb at
[email protected].
SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER
FLORAL TRIBUTES
Where Kingswood College Chapel
What Members of Compassionate
Friends or individuals who would like to
make a floral tribute in memory
of their children are welcome to bring a
flower arrangement or flowers in
a container. The chapel will also
be available for those who feel they need to
spend some quiet time and light a candle in
memory of their child.
Who Gay Ferreira on 046 622 5013
FARMERS MARKET
When 9am – 1pm
Where Old Gaol, Somerset Street
What Fresh produce, dairy products,
food stalls, essential oils, music,
pottery, garden- and potted plants,
roses, homemade preserves, crafts and
many other stalls. Fabulous handmade
goodies and gift ideas. Come, see, taste
and join the festivities!
Who Vanessa on 082 754 7172 or
Leigh on 071 242 3050.
RIEBEECK EAST BAZAAR
When 12pm (bazaar begins) and 1.30pm (sale and stock
auction commences)
What All kinds of homemade goodies will be on sale as well
as traditional potjie lunches.
Who Brian or Jo on 046 622 7716
GREEK DINNER
When 7pm
What Three course Greek dinner at R70 per head.
Cash bar. Full or partial traditional dress is encouraged.
Organised by the Commem Church fundraising committee.
Who For tickets contact Caryl 082 658 3932 or Brian
083 391 1179.
THEATREINMOTION
When 7.30pm
Where Box Theatre (programme B)
(Please see Friday, 30 October for details)
SUNDAY, 1 NOVEMBER
FEATHERSTONE KLOOF DAY HIKE
When 8am
Where Meet in the Pepper
Grove Mall parking lot
What Costs are R5 for the
hike and R5 for fuel. The
estimated hiking time on
parts of the Oldenburgia Hiking Trail is 5 to 6 hours. Bring
water, hat, sunscreen, snacks and light lunch. Leader: Roger
Rowswell.
Who Viv Botha on 046 636 1940 (after hours)
RESTIO (FYNBOS) COURSE AND FIELD TRIP
When 9am
Where Departing from Botany Department Gate
What Restio expert Els Dorrat, visiting lecturer from Cape
Town, will lead a field excursion to the fynbos of Lady’s
Slipper under the auspices of Rhodes Botany Department
and the Botanical Society. This will be followed on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday with local outings, a lecture
(Monday at 4pm) and workshop on restio identification.
Free. All welcome.
Who Roy Lubke, organiser on 082 576 2626 or
[email protected]
COMMEMORATIVE FLOWERS
When 11am
What Plainsong Choir sings Mattins
ST ANDREW’S PREP CARNIVAL
When 11.30am
Where St Andrew’s Prep, Bedford Road
JS BACH REFORMATION DAY SERVICE
When 6.30pm
MONDAY, 2 NOVEMBER
HUMANITIES PUBLIC LECTURE
When 10.30am (tea served from 10am in Eden Grove Foyer)
Where Eden Grove Blue Lecture Theatre,
Rhodes University
What “Crisis of the Capitalist System:
Where Do We Go From Here?” Presented by
Dr Immanuel Wallerstein, Senior Research
Scholar at Yale University. All welcome.
INAUGURAL LECTURE
When 6.30pm
Where Eden Grove Blue Lecture Theatre, Rhodes University
What “Finding New Work for Old Genes” by Prof Rosemary
Dorrington. An academic procession will be held. All welcome.
Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
MONDAY, 2 NOVEMBER
SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING
When 8pm
Where St George’s Hall, High Stree
What Join us for a fun evening of Scottish
country dancing. All are welcome, including
beginners.
Who Val on 046 622 2308
WEDNESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER
CIRCLE DANCING
When 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Where The Scout Hall, African Street
(next to the bowling green)
What Dance to traditional music from
all over the world; both traditional
steps and modern choreographies. All
welcome.
Who Anthea Ribbink at 046 603 8045/072 132 2376
THURSDAY, 5 NOVEMBER
SUNDOWNER CONCERT
When 5.45pm
Where Kingswood music school auditorium
What Terry Riley in C by Ensemble 5:45
Forthcoming Attractions
ILAM’S 55TH YEAR CELEBRATION
When Friday, 6 November at 4pm
Where Ilam Amphitheatre, off Prince Alfred street
What Ilam, the School of Languages and the International
Office invite you to the launch of Prof Jeff Opland’s
latest book: SEK Mqhayi, Abantu Besizwe: historical and
biographical writings, 1902-1944. Performances by the Ilam
Marimba band and NIA. Refreshments will be served. All
welcome.
PIANO RECITAL
When Friday, 6 November at 7.30pm
Where Guy Butler Theatre, 1820 Settler’s
Monument
What Ben Schoeman plays Beethoven,
Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn and Liszt.
Free for members of Grahamstown Music
Society, students R30, pensioners R50
and other adults R70. Tickets available at the door.
GRAHAMSTOWN FLOWER FESTIVAL
When Saturday, 7 November at 9am–5.30pm & Sunday, 8
November at 9am-4pm
Where Botanical Gardens
What Flower competition, open gardens, garden stalls,
BotSoc plant sale, workshops, food and entertainment.
Who Sharon on 072 244 3863 or visit www.
grahamstownflowerfestival.co.za
1820 SETTLERS ASS0CIATION LUNCH MEETING
When Saturday, 7 November at 12pm (drinks), 12.30pm
(speaker), 1pm (lunch)
Where The Highlander, Worcester Street
What “Images from a European Spring” by Richard Grant.
A presentation on his recent cycling tour of Holland and
Scotland. All welcome.
Who Contact Highlander Club on 046 622 3564 to book
your lunch or Hilde Slinger on 046 622 2100 for enquiries
REMEMBRANCE DAY PARADE
When Sunday, 8 November at 10.30am
Where Church Square
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Sport
PJ fun run
SWOP ‘EM... DSG and Hoërskool PJ Olivier participants seen after the recent PJ/Rapportryers 5km fun run. The DSG pupils dressed up in St Andrew’s rugby kit, while the PJ boys
dressed in the girl’s hockey kit and the girls dressed in the boy’s rugby kit.
HELPING EACH OTHER...
Eric Wells and Megan
du Preez cross the line
together during the recent
Hoërskool PJ Olivier/Rapportryers fun run. At the
age of 70, Wells was the
oldest finisher in the 5km
fun run, while Du Preez
was one of the youngest to
complete the fun run at the
age of eight. Photo: Stephen
Penney
PROMISING ATHLETES...
The recent Victoria Primary
School interhouse athletics
meeting saw 20 records broken. Seen above, from left to
right, Kamvalethu Cengani
(U10 long jump 3.90m),
Sisipho Macingwane (U12
long jump 4.03m), Jasmin
Jattiem (U13 800m, 400m
and 200m), Cailin Fuller (U9
long jump 3,03m), Siphokazi
Soxujwa (U12 cricket ball
and 200m), Bongizwa
Simayile (U13 cricket ball),
Mary Royi (U11 cricket ball,
200m high jump, 800m and
long jump 4.20m). Ricayla
Denston (not pictured) also
broke a record in the U12
400m and 800m. Mary Royi
not only broke five records
during the interhouse athletics meeting, but she also
won another six events. During the triangular athletics
meeting against DSG and
Kingswood, Royi won the
U11 100m, 200m, 400m,
high jump and long jump in a
new record of 4.20m. Photo:
Supplied
Sport in brief
EP waterpolo
Six Kingswood College pupils were selected for the Eastern
Province girls waterpolo side.
Laura Bennet made the U14A side, Carryn Dodds and
Janetta van Wyk made the U16A side, Amy Berrington made
the U19B and Senate Mahase and Bonny McLachlan were
selected for the U19A side.
Water is the solvent of the universe.
Many of the contaminants are dissolved and invisible to the naked
eye. Our water could contain many contaminants that we would
prefer not to drink. Those contaminants may amongst other, include:
Algae, especially in summer.
Rust and soil, from broken pipes
Pesticides and herbicides, which run off the farm lands into our rivers.
Nitrates, also used in farming.
Raw sewage, epecially in arears that have squattercamps along
the river banks.
Lead and other heavy metals, especially in the older homes and
arears that have very corrive water.
Fluoride
Chlorine
UNFILTERED WATER ACTUALLY INCREASE BODY TOXINS.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATIONS IDENTIFIED 750 DIFFERENT CHEMICALS IN TAP WATER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
LEAD
ALUMINIUM
CADMIUM
MERCURY
NITRATES
LOWERS THE IQ IN CHILDREN
CAUSES ANAEMIA
ATTACKS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
ATTACKS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSSTEM
STUDIES SHOW THAT IT CAUSES CANCER IN
LABORATORY ANIMALS
CHLORINE CHLORINE INTERACTS WITH DECAYING PLANT
MATTER TO FORM THRIHALOMENTHANS, A KNOWN CANCER
CAUSING AGENT. IT HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO CAUSE A
RISE IN CHOLESTOROL LEVELS WHEN PRESENT IN PURE
DRINKING WATER. CHLORINE DRIES OUT SKIN AND PRESENT
IN PURE DRINKING WATER. CHLORIDE DRIES OUT SKIN AND
HAIR, WHAT IS IT DOING TO YOUR INSIDES?
CHLORINATED DRINKING WATER IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR MORE THAN 4200 CASES OF BLADDER CANCER AND
6500 CASES OF RECTAL CANCER EVERY YEAR IN AMERICA.
Cancer run
The Boardwalk/Algoa FM Cancer 10km run, Grahamstown
results:
247. Spencer Jones (Albany Road Runners) 54:32
613. Leigh-Ann Jones (Albany) 1:13:50
705. Jean Nepgen (Kowie Striders) 1:24:36
THE HIMAN BODY CONSIST OF 70% WATER NEXT TO OXYGEN, PURE WATER IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO
SUSTAIN HUMAN LIFE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE SHOULD DRINK BETWEEN 6& 8
GLASSES OF WATER PER DAY.
U14 waterpolo finish sixth
The St Andrew’s College U14A water polo team traveled to
Bloemfontein recently for the Grey College U14 tournament
which featured 20 of the top sides in the country.
St Andrew’s began the tournament with a good 9–2 win
against Dale High School, and continued to perform well the
following day, winning 9–3 against Jeppe and 14–1 against
Parktown. They wrapped up first place in their pool with a
10–2 win against Northwood to set up a quarter-final against
Rondebosch.
In their quarter-final against a Rondebosch side which
included six Western Province players, St Andrew’s College
played some excellent water polo, but eventually went down
in a tight contest 5-7.
In their first playoff game, St Andrew’s bounced back to
beat Westville 7–5 and in their final match they lost a close
encounter against St Stithians 3-4 to finish the tournament
in sixth place out of 20 teams.
This was the best finish by a St Andrew’s team at this
tournament, and “a fine achievement by the U14A side. The
tournament provided invaluable experience for the boys
against top quality opposition, which will stand them in good
stead for the years to come,” said team manager, Graham
Creese.
Compiled by Stephen Penney
The Quality Of Water Is A Global Issue
THE MAIN REASONS ARE:
IF OUR BODY WATER LEVEL DROPS, OUR PERFOMANCE
DROP & WE FEL LISTLESS & TIRED.
WATER HELPS TO P-URIFY THE BLOOD.
IT REDUCES STRESS ON THE HEART & STOMACH.
IT CLEANS THE BODY’S OWN FILTERING SYSTEM.
IT PROMOTES THE REMOVAL OF BODY TOXINS.
WATER IS FOR MORE THAN QUENCHING YOUR THIRST.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL WATER PROBLEM IN EVERY HOME!
Allergies, Angina, Arthritis, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cancer, Constipation, Influenza, Stress, Sleeplessness, Kidney Disease.
SOCCER STAR GOES FAR... Sonwabile Vellem (13) from NV
Cewu Primary School is congratulated by his soccer coach
and principal, Anele Ndyolsashe on his latest achievement.
Sonwabile represented Makana Municipality and Cacadu
Disrict Municipality in Johannesburg for the U13 final soccer
trials sponsored by South African Football Association School
of Excellence and Transnet. The final selection forms part of
the South African Schools Football Association (SAFSA). “We
are all proud of him and wish him all the best,” says Ndyolashe. He also says that he sees a lot of potential in Sonwabile
as he also performs well academically.
Photo: Alinka Brutsch
BENEFITS OF PURE WATER.
•
You will enjoy drinking water again, as it tastes great!
•
More water, less fruit juices, fewer calories, you will look great!
•
Your coffee and tea will taste better, do the tea test for yourself!
•
Food cooked in purified water retains it’s natural colour and
has a more aromatic flavour.
•
Ice cubes are clearer and taste better too.
•
Try a scotch on the rocks or with purified water and you will
never look back.
•
Make your sparkling water and compare it with any leading
sparking water brand, you will not know the difference.
•
Saves you a fortune on soda water and carbonated drinks.
•
We should consider very carefully not only the quantity of water we drink but most importantly the quality of the water.
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30 O ctOber 2009
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MATERIAL
DEPARTMENT
Metalic Foil Material in
colours: Silver, Gold, Green
and Royal blue
New Taffeta in all colours
Dress
Patterns,
Zips and
Cottons
Come and browse ! Come and browse !
SPORTS DIARY
SOCCER – Safa-Cacadu SAB
Regional League – Phoenix
Pioneers vs Everton at JD Dlepu
Stadium at 1pm. Eleven Attackers vs Try More at JD Dlepu at
3pm.
RUGBY – Swallows Rugby
Club play host to Universals
Rugby Football Club in various
matches to be played at the
oval. Matches start at 11am
with the juniors. The first reserves will then take to the field
before the veterans entertain
the spectators. The two first
teams then take to the field in
an epic clash.
CRICKET – Grahamstown Cricket Board 2nd league – Manley
Flats vs Cuylerville (at Manleys),
Station Hill vs Rainbows (Port
Alfred Hospital). Bathurst
2nd league – Port Alfred vs
Port Alfred High School (Port
Alfred Country Club). Central
Albany 2nd league – Salem vs
Southwell (Salem), Swallows vs
Kenton (Albany Sports Club).
ROAD RUNNING - The Builders
Warehouse 27km, 10km and
5km road races take place from
Builders Warehouse, Buffelsfontein Road, Port Elizabeth at
6am. For more information contact Cheryl on 083 233 1618.
Triathlon
finishers
Stephen penney
A SPRINT and Olympic triathlon was held from hobie
Beach in Port elizabeth on
Sunday, with a group of local
athletes taking part in the
sprint event. The sprint included a 750m sea swim, 20km
cycle and 5km run. First local
to finish was Kevin Rafferty in
a time of 1:16:00, just five minutes behind overall winner Armand Niewenhuys.
Local finishers: 12. Kevin
Rafferty 1:16:00, 16. Sean
Swanepoel 1:17:32, 18. Neil
Currie 1:19:00, 25. Natalie
Ross 1:25:50, 28. Kerry Longhurst 1:26:32, 52. Candice
Mullins 1:43:15, 53. Mike
Loewe 1:43:15.
Night bowls final re-scheduled
Stephen penney
T
he final of the Albany
Night Bowls tournament will take place
on Friday, 6 November and
not tonight as previously
advertised.
Gwen Bartlett, organiser
of the night bowls, announced
this week that since Tuesday night’s games were not
played due to the hail storm
and heavy rains, the final will
now take place next week.
After the three groups have
played their group games,
the 12 teams with the most
points will take part in the
finals. While Bartlett said it is
difficult to say who has made
the finals so far, she said
Dup Meyer Builders made it
through as they emerged from
the group games unbeaten.
Next week’s final will start
at 6.30pm and the club will
hold a steak evening during
the final matches as well as
the prizegiving function.
PERFECT BALANCE... Willie van Jaarsveld of Khula Nathi sends down a wood during the Albany Night Bowls tournament
which is currently underway at the Albany Bowling Club. The night bowls finals have been changed to 6 November.
Southwell wins Bathurst league
Stephen penney
BOWLS TEAM... Marlene Jacobs and Sharon Meistre of the
Albany Bowling Club were selected to represent the Eastern
Province women’s bowls team. Photo: Supplied
Albany Bowling stays
active in EC
Stephen penney
The Albany Bowling Club had an active season with members
taking part in a number of tournaments around the province.
The club entered a men’s A and B fours in The Inggs Cup in Port
elizabeth in August, with Albany finishing fifth out of 16 clubs.
They then took part in The Whiteside which was hosted
jointly by the Grahamstown Bowling Club and the Albany Bowling Club at the beginning of October. The same men’s teams
which took part in the Inggs Cup, finished fourth out of the 15
competing clubs. With both competitions combined, Albany finished a credible third “which is an outstanding achievement as
we were playing against some very strong and big clubs,” said
Billy Krige, president of Albany Bowling Club.
The women members of the club have also enjoyed a great
season and “have brought some fantastic results and honour to
our club,” said Krige.
Marlene Jacobs and Sharon Meistre were selected to reprepresent the eastern Province bowls side. Marlene Jacobs and
Gwen Bartlett (Albany) and Rina Goosen (Grahamstown) were
selected to represent eastern Areas women’s bowls team. The
Albany women’s side also went on to win the D&A trips which
was held in Port Alfred earlier this month.
BATHURST 1st and 2nd leagues, which fall under the Grahamstown Cricket Board, ended
with Southwell winning the Bathurst 1st league
with 11 points after their three matches. Last
year’s winners, Manley Flats finished second
with 10 points, Port Alfred third on six points and
Cuylerville finished in fourth with two points. In
the Bathurst 2nd league Cuylerville took the top
spot with 23 points, followed by Port Alfred High
School (15 points), Station Hill (11), Rainbows
(8), Early Birds (5) and Port Alfred (0).
The Central Albany league sees the last
matches taking place this weekend, before the
GCB 1st and 2nd league fixtures kick in. Cuylerville go into the 1st league as defending champs,
although they will have a lot of work to do, after
finishing bottom of the Bathurst league.
The Eastern Province Grahamstown take part
in their second rural league match of the season
when they meet Border Country in King William’s
Town tomorrow. The Grahamstown side lost their
first match to Border Villages two weeks ago.
Latest results from the Grahamstown Cricket
Board:
First league:
Willows 66 all out, Rhodes Rhodents 69/2.
Rhodents won by eight wickets.
Rhodes Rats 117, Salem 120/1. Salem won by
9 wickets.
Southwell 264, Manley Flats 186. Southwell
won by 78 runs.
Cuylerville 158/9, Port Alfred 159/5. Port Alfred
won by five wickets.
Sidbury 92, Makana Sona 94/1. Makana Sona
won by nine wickets.
Second league:
Salem 175, Swallows 176/4. Swallows won by
six wickets.
Southwell 163, Manley Flats 95. Southwell won
by 68 runs.
Rhodes Shrews 332/6, Kenton 105. Shrews
won by 227 runs.
Station Hill 175, Port Alfred 124. Station Hill won
by 51 runs.
Cuylerville 167, Rainbows 110. Cuylerville won
by 57 runs.
Two locals in national golden oldies
Stephen penney
The National Golden Games took part in Port
elizabeth this week, with two Grahamstown
senior citizens taking part.
Over 1 000 athletes from across the country took part to promote and increase sporting
participation among senior citizens of 60 years
and older.
The events included soccer, pass the ball,
ring the stick, 100m sprints, and 800m and
500m brisk walks.
Anthony Groats and George Welcome, both
of Grahamstown, represented the eastern
Cape in the event which saw all provinces except KwaZulu-Natal taking part.
Groats took part in the 800m walk, finishing
third overall, while Welcome finished third in
the 500m brisk walk for the over 70s.
Groats was the only local to take part in last
year’s provincial event between the eastern
Cape and the Western Cape.
For the selection of this year’s team, the
locals took part in the Makana/Ndlambe zonal
event in Grahamstown.
The top achievers then travelled to
humansdorp for the Cacadu champs and then
the provincial side was chosen in east London.
hilton Adonis of the Department of Sport,
Recreation, Arts and Culture, Grahamstown
branch, who was with the Cacadu side, said
the event was going well, despite the windy
conditions.
By yesterday morning, Adonis said the
eastern Cape side was lying second overall
and with only soccer matches left he said the
side should manage to keep their second spot.

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