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Burnt to ashes 

NOTHING LEFT: Bukelwa Khundulu, left, and her daughter and three grandchildren who live in the ‘cricket field’ informal settlement of Endlovini lost everything recently after her angry b oy f r i e n d 

allegedly burnt her shack down. Khundulu says she and her boyfriend had had a dispute the previous week and he allegedly retaliated by setting fire to her house 

Picture: LOUISE CARTER 

LOUISE CARTER 

BUKELWA Khundulu, 

her daughter and 

three grandchildren 

have been left 

devastated after 

their shack was 

maliciously burnt down, 

allegedly by Khundulu’s 

boyfriend. 

Witnesses close to the family 

suspect the boyfriend may have 

acted in retaliation after a 

domestic dispute the previous 

week left the couple estranged. 

The family, which includes a 

14-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy 

and a 16-month-old baby girl, were 

with Khundulu at a relative’s house 

Family ruined by alleged arson attack 

during the alleged arson attack 

and were all unharmed. The fire 

destroyed all of the family’s 

possessions and the entire 

structure of the house. 

The two older children are both 

pupils at Mtyobo Primary School 

and have lost all their school 

supplies and school uniforms. 

TotT was alerted to the family’s 

plight by local EFF member, Xolisa 

Runeli, who condemned the 

alleged arson attack. 

“It is highly unacceptable. No 

man has the right to vent their 

sense of frustration and jealousy in 

that manner in burning a shack. A 

fire that could have affected many 

people because that place is 

situated close to other shacks. 

What is worse, we have people left 

with nothing. We are calling on the 

authorities to further their 

investigation and apprehend this 

particular man,” Runeli said. 

At the site where the house once 

stood, there remained only a burnt 

out shell of the structure. 

Khundulu, in too much shock to 

speak to TotT, carefully inspected 

the debris to salvage any items. 

ANC ward 7 councillor Myuyiseli 

Yali confirmed he had made an 

appeal for help to disaster 

management. 

“We are assisting the person. 

“Men need to process jealousy in a 

different way, burning a house is 

not the answer. All of these other 

houses could have been set 

alight,” Yali said. Ward 7 DA 

proportional representation 

councillor Khanyisa Daweti said: 

“Any assistance would be of great 

assistance as the family has lost 

literally everything. No ID books, 

no clothes, no furniture. They are 

residing with a neighbour of 

theirs.” 

Daweti said she would contact 

Child Welfare for assistance 

regarding the children and is 

sourcing food parcels, clothing, 

bedding for the family. 

“I do not condone any form of 

violence. The men need to go back 

to their roots. Men in our families 

are meant to protect us, not harm 

us. Our men need to be father 

figures and role models for the 

youth, our brothers and our sons,” 

Daweti said. 

“As a woman you need to be 

safe in your home, and be 

protected by a man, not violated.” 

Dambile Mbolekwa of Sarah 

Baartman District disaster 

management said that their role 

 

 

 

was to coordinate and to liaise 

with Red Cross and Social 

Development. 

“We want to organise a 

temporary structure for the family,” 

he said. 

There is an appeal for help – any 

clothes, food, baby clothes, 

toiletries, kitchenware that can be 

spared would be appreciated to 

help Khundulu and her family 

rebuild their lives. 

Khundulu is a size 36 and wears 

size 6/7 shoes and the daughter is 

a size 30 and wears the same size 

shoes. 

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Officer secures accident scene 

ON MONDAY evening, a 

resident reported there 

had been an accident 

on the corner of Smith 

and Stewart streets. 

A MultiSecurity 

officer attended and 

reported that the driver 

of a white Audi A6 lost 

control of the vehicle 

and rolled it. The 

reaction officer 

requested that someone 

from Manelec also 

come out as power 

wires were also 

damaged by the 

vehicle. Control room 

informed Manelec, fire 

control and Kowie 

Towing. Gardmed 

arrived on the scene 

but the driver of the 

vehicle had fled the 

scene. 

Manelec was able to 

temporarily fix the 

electrical problem. 

Kowie Towing took the 

vehicle away. Fire 

control reported that 

they were busy at a 

house fire in Nemato, 

so were unable to 

at tend. 

ý A vehicle was 

reported stolen from 

The Lodge in Albany 

Road on Saturday 

morning. All reaction 

officers on duty were 

informed to look out for 

the vehicle. Soon after, 

a MultiSecurity reaction 

officer reported that he 

found the vehicle and 

he was driving behind 

the vehicle in Albany 

Road. The reaction 

officer reported the 

vehicle owner’s 

girlfriend took the 

vehicle without the 

owner’s permission and 

bumped the car. 

ý Last Friday, the 

manager of Buco called 

MultiSecurity Control 

Room to report two 

men fighting in front of 

the shop. SAPS were 

informed and 

Multisecurity attended. 

A MultiSecurity 

reaction officer 

apprehended one of the 

men and SAPS gave 

both the men a 

wa r n i n g . 

ý Last Wednesday, 

Port Alfred High School 

contacted MultiSecurity 

to report that there was 

a suspect on premises 

in Horton Road. 

The MultiSecurity 

reaction officer reported 

that on his arrival he 

made contact with the 

domestic who informed 

him that she spotted 

the suspect inside the 

outside room and the 

suspect laughed at her 

and left the premises. 

The domestic worker 

said nothing had been 

t a ke n . 

ýLast Wednesday 

evening, a MultiSecurity 

reaction officer radioed 

in that a male and a 

female were fighting 

outside Kemsley 

Marine. He reported 

that the female had a 

knife. SAPS arrived and 

confiscated the knife. 

ýThe MultiSecurity 

control room received a 

call from a client in 

Greenmantle Drive in 

the early hours of 

Sunday morning who 

reported that there had 

been a break in at the 

premises and requested 

a s s i st a n c e . 

MultiSecurity reaction 

officers attended the 

scene who reported 

that suspects gained 

entry by an open 

window near the sliding 

door at the back of the 

premises. He reported 

that a Hurley backpack 

containing a camera, 

I-pad, Mac-Book and 

wallet was taken. The 

alarm was not armed so 

no signals were 

received 

ýOn Sunday 

evening, shortly before 

10pm, the control room 

received a panic signal 

from a home in Alfred 

Road. The homeowners 

requested SAPS as 

there had been a 

break-in at the 

premises. MultiSecurity 

reaction officers 

reported that burglars 

gained entry by 

squeezing through the 

burglar bars by an open 

bedroom window. They 

stole a handbag 

containing make-up, a 

credit card and an 

expensive ball-point 

pen. The alarm was not 

armed as the clients 

were still awake. 

ýOn Monday, a 

break-in occurred in 

Muirfield Avenue. The 

client pressed the panic 

button and 


officers attended to the 

premises. A reaction 

officer reported that the 

burglars gained entry 

by the open bathroom 

window of the flat and 

bent the burglars bars 

open. They stole a 

Playstation 4. 

ýA business in Best 

Drive, Albany Road, 

phoned the 

MultiSecurity control 

room to report a 

break-in last Saturday. 


officers attended and 

reported that burglars 

gained entry by 

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window of the tyre store 

room, and pulled the 

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window. A case was 

opened with the SAPS. 

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LEFT AS IS: A huge bougainvillea on the bend from George Street to Smith Street was cut back more than a month ago, 

apparently by municipal workers, but the mass of branches has been left lying on the verge ever since. A member of the 

public alerted TotT about it, saying he was thankful the bush had been cut back as it was growing into the road, but that 

the cuttings themselves were a nuisance now. Queries to the departments of community protection services and 

infrastructural development, as to who was responsible, went unanswered 

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Blind school evicted from offices 

28 members at Cannon Rocks facility stranded after rent not paid 

BONGANI FUZILE 

A LITTLE-KNOWN 

school for the blind 

has been kicked out 

of the premises it rents 

in Cannon Rocks for 

non-payment of rent. 

The school, Konwaba 

Training Institute, which 

is operated by an East 

London businesswoman, 

Nandipa Bhayi, is 

situated at Ndlambe 

Municipalit y’s conference 

centre complex in 

Cannon Rocks. The 

centre was a white 

elephant for several 

years until the 

municipality awarded a 

business contract to an 

agent to run the facility. 

With the abrupt 

closure of the school, 28 

blind people and two 

others who are 

wheelchair-bound had to 

be removed from the 

school last Friday, 

leaving their belongings 

and wheelchairs behind. 

Bhayi yesterday 

confirmed that they had 

been removed from the 

centre due to 

non-payment of rent. The 

school owes R150000 

rent to Siwelele 

C o - O p e r at i v e . 

The co-operative’s 

deputy chairman, Cecil 

Wentzel yesterday 

confirmed the closure, 

saying Bhayi had not 

been forthcoming with 

rent payments for some 

time. 

“We had to remove 

them [blind members] 

from the chalets and put 

them in the place’s hall, 

but after she again failed 

to pay us on Friday, we 

had no option but to 

remove all of them and 

lock the place,” We n t z e l 

said. When TotT’s sister 

newspaper the Daily 

Dispatch visited the 

centre last Friday 

afternoon they found it 

padlocked. All 28 

students, who are from 

Cape Town, East London, 

Port Alfred and some 

other parts of the 

country, were gone. 

A vehicle believed to 

belong to Bhayi was 

locked inside the 

premises by the landlord. 

“We will keep that 

vehicle until we reach 

some sort of an 

agreement with her,” 

Wentzel said. 

IN A FIX: SA Council for the Blind members, from left Thandile Butana, Lutho Xintolo, and 

Nomthandazo Rasayi at Kenton-on-Sea police station following the forced removal of colleagues 

from a Cannon Rocks school for the blind after rental payments remained unpaid 

Picture: MICHAEL PINYANA 

The clothes, including 

blankets and wheelchairs 

for the students had to 

be taken to the nearest 

police station by police 

and South African 

Council for the Blind 

(SACB) officials, who 

responded after hearing 

the news of the closure. 

Lutho Xintolo of SACB 

said it was bad for Bhayi 

not to be paying rent 

while she was taking 

money from the 

students. “These 

students were paying 

money to be here and 

they expected to get 

education as promised 

by Bhayi.” 

Bhayi confirmed she 

was struggling to keep 

up with rent payments. 

“It’s a struggle that we 

are facing and if we are 

not getting a vacant 

government building to 

use for these students, 

we will close the school,” 

she said. 

If our sponsors are not 

coming forward, we face 

these predicaments,” she 

said. Asked which 

sponsors she was 

referring to, Bhayi 

refused to divulge their 

identities. Another SACB 

official, Thandile Butana, 

said they didn’t believe 

anything that Bhayi said. 

“Our wish is that these 

students can be taken to 

better places and not be 

part of this. It’s painful to 

see a blind person 

suffering because of 

things like these,” 

Butana said. 

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A mother’s personal story of 

raising twins with autism 

JON HOUZET 

AFTER lying in a drawer for 30 

years, a great-grandmother’s 

true-life story of her immense 

challenge raising twins with autism 

has finally been published. 

Enid Mary Stanton, 81, currently 

lives at Diaz Old Age Home in 

Alexandria, but still calls her 

Bloemfontein smallholding home. Her 

daughter, Felicity McNamara, lives on 

an Alexandria farm and after years of 

persuading her mother to have her 

book published, was finally able to get 

it done when Stanton had a nasty fall 

and needed special care. 

She is recovering well and was in 

good spirits when TotT interviewed her 

at Diaz Home last weekend. 

She titled her book Through a Glass, 

Darkly – taken from the scripture in 1 

Corinthians 13:11-12. 

Felicity was the first-born of her 

siblings, and was two years old when 

her mother gave birth to twins Kevin 

and Steven. Stanton’s overwhelming 

joy was soon clouded by the 

realisation that her boys were not 

normal. What follows is a story of a 

m ot h e r ’s fierce love and sheer 

determination to do the best she can 

to get the most out of life for her boys. 

With all the visits the family made 

to doctors to see how the twins could 

be treated, Stanton began keeping a 

diary of what was happening in the 

boys’ lives. 

“It was easier than explaining things 

over and over to the doctors,” she said. 

At first, the family did not know 

what was wrong with the twins as 

autism was not commonly known. As 

babies they seemed apathetic and 

reluctant to feed properly. Of the two, 

Kevin was worse off and a neurologist 

confirmed a brain haemorrhage 

occurred at birth. 

At the age of two, the boys started 

attending a school for cerebral palsied 

children. Steven began to show a 

violent temper. The twins were 

hospitalised to have extensive brain 

tests done. 

“It was only later, at Martin du 

Plessis School in Bloemfontein when 

the inspector came around and said 

he thinks it’s autism. They were about 

four then,” Stanton said. 

“We went to Red Cross Children’s 

Hospital in Cape Town where there 

was a doctor who was the only 

authority on autism in the country.” 

Amid Kevin’s destructiveness and 

Steven’s bad temper, the family found 

that Steven had an aptitude for music 

and art. There seemed to be no hope 

for Kevin, as the school said his 

mental disability was too great. 

A heart-wrenching decision was 

made when the principal at Steven’s 

school insisted that Kevin should be 

institutionalised to give Steven a better 

chance in life. Kevin was placed in a 

mental institution at the age of six. 

“We put Steven in a special school 

in Pretoria, Unica. He was very happy 

there and was allowed to stay until he 

was 23. I dedicated the book to 

Unica,” Stanton said. 

She continued writing about the 

t wins’ journey until they were 23. 

Currently Steven lives in a sheltered 

workshop in Bloemfontein and visits 

his mother every weekend when she 

is up there. Stanton also visits Kevin 

in the mental institution, but less 

frequently now as she has gotten 

older and more frail. 

There is a deep melancholy in 

Stanton’s story, but it is not all sad. 

The book is also balanced with 

funny anecdotes and gives a 

glimpse into life on the 

smallholdings near Bloemfontein 

during the years the 

twins were growing up. 

Originally a handwritten 

collection of diary notes, a 

friend of Stanton’s typed it up 

for her on an old typewriter 

about 30 years ago. Then it 

was put on floppy disc, 

which since corroded. 

Fortunately the typed 

version was still lying in 

a drawer at her smallholding, 

and as things 

worked out, her daughter was 

finally able to get the 

manuscript and put it in 

digital form. The book is 

self-published in hardcover, 

and the first batch already 

sold out. A second batch is 

being printed in softcover. 

It will be available at 

Fogar t y’s and Exclusive 

Books in Port Elizabeth. 

“Autism is still a mystery,” 

Stanton said. “I don’t know all 

the answers.” 

LIFE STORY: 

Enid Mary 

Stanton, 81, 

has finally had 

her true-life 

story of 

raising twins 

with autism 

published 

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HOUZET 

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WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: Members of the 

Moths, SA Legion, SA Air Force Association, 

First City Regiment and councillor Ray 

Schenk representing Ndlambe Municipality, 

laid wreaths in honour of fallen soldiers at 

the Remembrance Day parade at the Moth 

hall on Sunday 

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poppy sticker. 

It was Remembrance Day, 

commemorated to mark the 

cessation of hostilities in World 

War 1, which ended 99 years 

ago. It has also become a day to 

remember the fallen in many 

wars since then.On Sunday, old 

military veterans were joined by 

a few current serving soldiers 

and members of the public for a 

Remembrance Day parade at the 

Moth Hall. Rev Des Spenceley 

officiated as chaplain and took 

his Scripture reading from 1 

Samuel 17, the story of David 

facing Goliath. 

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giant, Goliath, when others were 

too afraid. Declining the offer of 

armour and a sword, he went 

into battle with just his sling and 

a few stones, and his faith in the 

Lord. 

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some men saw in World War 1,” 

Spenceley said. “And then World 

War 2 was even worse. 

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wa r s . ” 

Spenceley spoke about 

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people who risked their lives to 

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men like David who go out to 

battle not knowing if they would 

come back. 

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sacrifice. For those who came 

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bravery. We might think we can’t 

overcome them, but with God 

nothing is impossible.” 

Spenceley quoted one of King 

George VI’s inspiring messages 

to the soldiers about to go to war 

against Nazi Germany, and 

ended with two poems about 

soldiers. 

Hymns were sung and the 

wreath laying ceremony followed 

at which a bugler played the Last 

Post and Reveille, and a piper 

played while members of the 

Moths, SA Legion, SA Air Force 

Association, First City Regiment 

and councillor Ray Schenk 

representing Ndlambe 

Municipality, laid wreaths in 

honour of fallen soldiers. 

The well-known excerpt from 

Robert Laurence Binyon’s poem, 

For the Fallen, was read: “They 

shall grow not old, as we that are 

left grow old. Age shall not 

weary them, nor the years 

condemn. At the going down of 

the sun and in the morning we 

will remember them”. 

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VISIONARY PROJECT: The Port 

Alfred Lions Club continues 

assisting folk in the 

community who need 

spectacles as part of the Lions 

International Bright Sight 

project. Pictured, from left, are 

the chairman of the Sunset 

Park Residents Committee 

Richard Francis, Bright Sight 

convenor and charter president 

of PA Lions Rob Brunette, 

94-year-old Sunset Park 

resident Bill Hill who received 

his new spectacles and Lions 

past president Lloyd 

Stephenson 

Readers give their views on home schooling 

OUR most recent Facebook question asked 

readers what they think of home 

schooling. We asked if there were any 

readers who are currently home schooling 

and what the challenges as well as the 

advantages are. 

Most respondents said they had done 

home schooling but agreed that it takes 

really dedicated parents to make it a 

success. 

Kate van Rensburg said: “As a new 

home schooling mom, I am on a steep 

learning curve but can already see the 

love of learning has returned. Not stifled 

by a dull restrictive and substandard CAPS 

curriculum, children can explore their 

passions and learning can be made fun. It 

really allows children to ask questions, 

think critically and work outside the box in 

academic and practical skills which are 

important qualities our children will need 

in their future careers. This Bela Bill if 

passed will cause unimaginable damage 

to home schoolers, not be mention the 

knock on effect of pressurising already 

struggling state schools.” 

Carol-Ann Rattey Stiekema said that 

home-schooling is not for everyone, “and 

nobody should feel pressurised into 

educating their kids from home. It is a 

challenging but uniquely rewarding 

experience that can be really quite 

terrifying initially for the h-s [home-school] 

fa c i l i t at o r ”. 

She said it takes a brave person to 

make the decision and without God's 

leading, direction and support she 

wouldn’t have had the courage to home 

school her kids. Stiekema believes in 

educating kids to educate themselves; 

passion has to ignite the desire to learn 

and home school gave her the opportunity 

to spend time identifying the best learning 

style for each child and tailoring their 

experience to develop a passion for 

lifelong education. She feels the best 

educators in the world are freely available 

on Youtube to inspire and explain difficult 

concepts. 

Mary-ann van der Wath said she is a 

home educator. “My two children are a 

year ahead. There were many reasons why 

we chose to home school. We are happy, 

till now, now we are stressing about the 

government trying to implement a new 

law, the Bela Bill. There is a shortage of 

state schools, not enough space for 

children. But instead of taking this 

opportunity to change that, home 

educators are now getting targeted. There 

is bullying, rape and pregnancies in state 

schools, but again the state is not tackling 

the problem at hand. Instead, the people 

who chose to home school gets targeted? 

Seriously, our South Africa is failing on too 

many levels. And now finally they are 

falling our children,” said Van der Wath. 

Sally Ross Miller said she home 

schooled her two daughters for several 

years – the eldest was dux of Cedara 

Agricultural college in KZN last year and is 

currently the top student at NMMU in her 

honours year of agricultural management, 

their second daughter is completing her 

first year at Stenden and doing very well. 

Her son is being home schooled. 

“Home schooling worked fantastically 

for my girls as they became motivated 

self-learners learning to take 

responsibility. Home-schooling allows our 

children to find their passions and 

strengths and to go forward in the 

direction of their choosing so that when 

ready for the work place, they are already 

streets ahead of the mainstream schooled 

counterparts who wasted 12 years being 

force-fed curricula subjects that do not 

interest them and set them back years. 

Adele Fivaz Steck said: “We home 

school, it is challenging when you work 

full-time, but it can be done. Individual 

attention outweighs normal school. Totally 

agree with Mary-Ann, bad stuff happening 

in some schools. The upside too of home 

schooling is there is no homework and the 

child can work at his/her own pace.” 

Stephne Evans said she was very 

sceptical about home schooling until I she 

saw how it should be done. “The key 

factor is a committed parent/teacher. In 

our area the children are stress free, 

happy and doing far better than in "big" 

schools,” said Evans. 

Dorothy Anne Sutton said her 

granddaughter was home schooled for all 

her high school years and she finished last 

year and got a university entrance pass 

matric. “I don’t think it would work with all 

children, but it was a lot less stressful for 

mother and child than formal schooling 

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OPINION 

Ke e p i n g 

memor y 

alive 

IT WAS an encouraging sight to have a 

full house at the Port Alfred Moth hall 

for the Remembrance Day parade on 

S u n d ay. 

It was one of the best-attended such 

gatherings I have seen in the last 10 

years, as they usually draw only a dozen 

or so veterans and their wives, as well as 

a few other old souls for whom occasions 

like this are important. 

They are occasions to remember not 

only the fallen in two world wars and 

other conflicts since then, but those who 

came back from war, grew old and died in 

peace – the ranks of their friends ever 

thinning. 

I remember attending a Remembrance 

Day parade in Pretoria 25 years ago, 

when there were still a few veterans of 

World War 1 around, their hair grey and 

white, and their bodies thin and frail, but 

still standing at attention as they 

honoured the solemnity of the service 

and wore their memories on their faces. 

It struck me that soon after that the 

direct memory of that conflict by living 

survivors would be gone, and what a loss 

that would be for the world. 

A few years ago there were still a few 

World War 2 veterans among the old 

soldiers at the various commemoration 

ceremonies held by the Moths, SA Legion 

and SA Air Force Association – both at 

the Moth hall and 43 Air School – but 

they too have passed on. 

Moths members have lamented 

previously how their members are few, 

with no younger military veterans joining 

their ranks. One day they will be gone, 

and who will remember then? 

I had a grandfather who fought in 

World War 1 at the age of 16, lying about 

his age as many young men did because 

they felt the call to serve their country 

and the commonwealth against a 

powerful aggressor. 

Though he did not speak in any 

personal detail about his wartime 

experiences, and I was too young to 

appreciate it anyway at the time he died, 

the memory of that was passed on to me 

by my mother, who always was quietly 

emotional during the Remembrance Day 

services she attended with me. 

What a precious thing to be able to 

pass on to your children – that they can 

inherit at least a portion of your memories 

and care about what you cared about. 

T h at ’s why it was good to see the 

mixture of generations at this most recent 

parade – the support of families and 

friends to keep the memory alive. We will 

remember them. 

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creations at Settlers Park craft market last 

Saturday 


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Khayalethu Mona and Captain Vusumzi Tukulu attended the Remembrance Day parade at the Port 

Alfred Moth hall on Sunday and laid a wreath on behalf of their regiment Picture: JON HOUZET 

Big thank you from PAHS archers 

ON BEHALF of the Port Alfred High School 

Archery Club, I would like to extend a sincere 

thank you to our community for supporting the 

recent raffle run by our archers. 

Funds raised helped cover the costs of 

attending the 2017 NASP National Tournament 

in Uitenhage earlier this year. 

Congratulations to raffle winners Johanna 

van der Merwe – Umgwenya Boat Cruise (third 

prize); Jacques Lategan – Oceana Beach and 

Child Welfare needs ‘go odies’ for market 

ON of Child Welfare, Port 

Alfred, I would like to extend 

our thanks to the people of the 

town, as well as those from 

outside town, who have 

assisted and always supported 

the organisation. 

However, although this 

year’s raffle was an 

overwhelming success in 

generating much-needed 

funds, we have decided that 

early next year we will be 

holding a morning market. 

We are asking for “goodies” 

for our stalls. If you have any 

clothes, household items or 

electrical appliances in good 

working order, we would be 

pleased to accept them for our 

white elephant and tombola 

stalls. Please drop them off at 

the Child Welfare offices at the 

Wildlife Reserve voucher (second prize) and 

Richard Legg – whole lamb (first prize). 

Archery is growing in popularity in our town. 

Whether enjoyed socially or competitively, the 

sport requires precision, control, focus, physical 

strength and determination. These are 

attributes we encourage at PAHS and your 

involvement in sponsoring a prize or buying a 

ticket, is truly appreciated. 

JOHN TWEEDIE, CLUB CO-ORDINATOR 

old station building, or call me, 

Heather on 083-267-0010 or 

Susan Harty on (046)6 2 4 - 57 9 3 

during office hours. 

Once again, the staff at Child 

Welfare and especially the 

children, thank you for your 

generosity in the past and look 

forward to a great morning 

m a r ke t . 

HEATHER LEICHER



Called to loving relationship not religion 

CHRISTIANITY that is 

a mere religion is 

things people do in 

order to win the 

favour of God. 

Christianity that is 

a relationship is 

things that people do 

because of the 

favour of God. 

Mere religion can 

become tedious, for 

it is based on 

traditions and things 

that are done for 

conscience’ sake. We 

can never win the 

favour of God by the 

things we do. 

Salvation is a free 

gift of God. “For it is 

... with Pastor Theo Snyman 

by grace you have 

been saved, through 

faith – and this not 

from yourselves, it is 

the gift of God – n ot 

by works, so that no 

one can boast” 

(Ephesians 2:8, 9). 

We became sons 

or daughters of our 

parents as a result of 

a natural birth. 

We become sons 

or daughters of God 

as a result of a 

I N S P I R AT I O N A L 

INSIGHTS 

spiritual birth. 

When we receive 

the Lord Jesus as 

our Saviour and 

believe in His name, 

He gives us the right 

to be called the 

children of God. This 

is not a natural birth, 

for we are “born of 

God”. See John 1:12, 

13. 

We now have the 

absolute privilege of 

calling the Lord God 

FA C E 2FA C E 

... with Helen Averbuch 

Question: Tell us about your job. 

Answer: I am a sculptor and arts 

teacher. I work from home so I have 

absolute freedom to do what I want. 

Q: Why did you get into this line of 

work? 

A: After many years of working for 

other people, my husband and I drove to 

Kenya and back and then began working 

for ourselves. I have trained as an artist 

and art teacher, so this is what I have 

always wanted to do. 

Q: What do you do to unwind when 

you are not working? 

A: I love the sea and walk with my 

dogs or go swim and surf when I’m not 

working. 

Q: What is your motto in life? 

A: Transcend the bullsh*t. Meaning 

you can live by your own rules and not 

take society too seriously. 

Q: What makes you angry? 

A: Stupid people and negativity. 

Q: What makes you happy? 

A: Silliness, friends, fun and the sea. 

Q: What do I like about Port Alfred? 

A: I like the climate, the beach and my 

garden. 

Q: What is your favourite music? 

A: I listen to anything, from Mozart to 

Eminem. 

Q: Name three people you would like 

to invite to dinner? 

A: My father who passed away five 

years ago, my six-year-old son and the 

gentleman who tends to my garden 

whose name is Pumelelo Goni. 

Q: Three wishes for South Africa. 

A: Accountability, forgiveness and 

rain. 

Almighty our 

Heavenly Father. 

“How great is the 

love the Father has 

lavished on us, that 

we should be called 

children of God! And 

that is what we are ” 

(1 John 3:1)! 

Our motivation for 

going to church, 

reading the Bible, 

praying, striving to 

live an exemplary 

life, etc, is based on 

our love for God and 

a deep desire to 

please Him. It can no 

longer be tedious or 

boring, for it 

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emanates from an 

exciting and vibrant 

relationship with the 

Creator of the 

universe and His 

Son, the Lord Jesus 

C h r i st . 

Mere religion or 

loving relationship? 

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Stenden bids farewell to board president 

MANAGEMENT and 

staff together with 

the board of 

governors of Stenden 

South Africa held a 

farewell for Leendert 

Klaassen, president of the 

executive board of 

Stenden University last 

Fr i d ay. 

Klaassen has been 

serving as president of 

the executive board of 

Stenden University since 

2011 and will retire at the 

end of this year. 

At the cocktail event 

held at My Pond Hotel, 

words of appreciation 

were passed on to 

Klaassen for the role and 

impact his leadership has 

had on the Stenden South 

Africa campus. 

Chairman of the board 

of governors of Stenden 

South Africa Adrian 

Gardiner spoke about how 

in the past seven years he 

had worked with Klaassen 

and personally learnt from 

him. Gardiner thanked 

Klaassen for the support 

he had given the board of 

governors during his 

tenure at the helm of 

Stenden University. 

Executive dean for 

Stenden South Africa Dr 

Wouter Hensens wished 

Klaassen well and 

thanked him for his 

tireless efforts of ensuring 

that the campus in Port 

Alfred strives to better the 

lives of others, not only 

through education, but 

also for the amount of 

community development 

Stenden University has 

done for the wider 

Ndlambe community. 

Communit y 

development manager 

Mzameli Dikeni paid 

tribute to Klaassen by 

honouring him in isiXhosa 

tradition for 

distinguishing himself in 

his deeds of valour, and 

as such, Dikeni awarded a 

feather of the blue crane, 

as “I s i t h wa l a n d w e ”, to 

Klaassen. 

Head of international 

sites of Stenden 

University Wayne 

Johnson said that in the 

journey with Klaassen, the 

campus in Port Alfred had 

been taken from strength 

to strength not only in the 

growth of student 

numbers, but also in the 

increased community 

engagements. 

Johnson said it was not 

only time to look back 

now, but also to look 

fo r wa r d . 

Stenden wished 

Klaassen and his wife, 

Geerdie, all the best on 

their new ventures. 

Port Alfred 

BUSINESSFORUM 

END OF JOURNEY: From left, chairman of the board of governors for Stenden SA, Adrian Gardiner, board of 

governors member Thembi Kunene-Mavuso, president of the executive board of Stenden University Leendert 

Klaassen, board of governors member Dr Renier Mornet, executive dean of Stenden SA Dr Wouter Hensens and 

head of international sites for Stenden University Wayne Johnson, at the farewell for Klaassen last week 

Catch up with what’s happening on the PA business front 

FRESH MEAT: The new Inyama Rama is located in the old Solly Kramers building in Port Alfred 

Inyama Rama comes to Port Alfred 

THE popular 

Grahamstown-based butchery, 

Inyama Rama, has come to 

Port Alfred much to the delight 

of the residents 

The butchery has opened its 

doors at the corner of Main 

Street and Van der Riet Street, 

in the old Solly Kramer’s 

building. The building has 

been renovated and painted to 

create a wonderful shopping 

experience for locals with a 

large variety of meat, fish and 

grocery items as well as bulk 

items at fantastic prices. The 

business, having opened in 

November is running specials 

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welcomes the community to 

come and visit. 

“We pride ourselves on 

quality and the best price,” 

said owners Michael and Yafit 

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LOOKING SHARP: The Station Hill Cricket Club has new kit sponsored by Buco Albany Road, and were 

keen to show it off in their game against St Andrew’s College in the Bathurst League last Saturday. 

With Buco Albany Road manager Judy Horak, third from left, and staff member Matthew Nieuwoudt, 

fourth from left, are team members Edgar Tarentaal, Andy Jones, Rusty Denston, Lyndon Coltman, 

Alvin Marney, Riaan Jacobs, Nathan Hilpert, Leroy Oliver and Cody Jones Picture: JON HOUZET 

Property barometer keeps 

homeowners in the loop 

FNB produces a monthly 

“Property Barometer”. 

It tells us what is 

happening in the market from 

one month to the next. This is 

a national barometer so local 

factors will undoubtedly have 

an impact on one’s local 

m a r ke t . 

According to their research, 

house prices, once they are 

adjusted for inflation have not 

increased since 2010. I imagine 

this is as result of the slowdown in 

the economy and the political 

turmoil we are experiencing at the 

moment. FNB does, however, give 

homeowners some good news by 

saying that in nominal terms 

house prices have grown about 

twice as fast as the cost of 

consumer goods and services. It is 

therefore good to own property! 

So how is all of this affecting 

MYHOME 

... with Simon Oliver 

our market, and what choices 

should we be making when 

deciding to buy or sell? 

I think for those looking to buy 

their perfect holiday or retirement 

home this is a good time to look at 

our market. Not only because of 

the general market conditions but 

also because house prices in the 

Lower Albany area have not grown 

as fast as some of the other 

coastal towns in the Eastern and 

Western Cape. Our area offers 

va l u e . 

We have noticed that some 

astute investors have picked up on 

this and are prepared to pay 

up for the top end of the 

market. There is also demand 

for houses in the lower end of 

the market, ie below 

R1-million. 

However, there are still a lot 

of houses for sale in the 

“middle market” (bet ween 

R1.5-million and R3-million). So if 

you are selling in this bracket I 

recommend that you price your 

property realistically to make sure 

that you attract the few buyers 

that are interested in this sector. If 

you are considering selling I do 

recommend that you ask the 

advice of an expert to make sure 

that you are not disappointed. 

Please contact me on 

simon.oliver@seeff.com if you would 

like to discuss your property or 

property needs with me. I look 

forward to hearing from you.



Modern view of Karoo fossils 

ROB KNOWLES 

T 

HE Port Aflred Ski-boat Club 

meeting room was filled to 

capacity on Tuesday to hear Dr 

Billy de Klerk’s talk, entitled 

“Ancient Karoo Fossils in a Modern 

Wo r l d ”. 

De Klerk holds a PhD in 

palaeontology from Rhodes University, 

and lists among his many degrees and 

achievements that he is currently 

enjoying retirement and also turns a 

mean piece of wood in his garage. 

With relatives living in the area he 

regards Port Alfred as a second home, 

he told the audience. 

A renowned palaeontologist, De Klerk 

has spent many years hunting for 

fossils in the Karoo and has an intimate 

knowledge of the area. 

He began by explaining that the 

Karoo itself was an excellent area to 

hunt for fossils due to its unique nature, 

and that it had remained in virtual 

pristine condition, aside from water 

erosion that formed a pyramid shape, 

with older rock formations at its base 

and newer strata at the apex in what is 

termed the Karoo Basin. 

“The Karoo Basin was formed 

between 300 and 190 million years 

ago,” said De Klerk. 

He and his teams have extensively 

searched the area to determine the 

types of animals that lived there when 

the continents of South America, Africa, 

Antarctica, the Indian subcontinent and 

even Australia, were all part of a single 

landmass; a supercontinent named 

Gondwana, which began to break apart 

about 180 million years ago. 

At this time, and until just 40 million 

years ago, the Earth’s northern 

hemisphere was ice-free and had thick 

vegetation, with no north polar ice-cap, 

Palaeontologist speak of high-tech methods used today 

but the southern hemisphere was 

covered in glaciers, said De Klerk. 

The average temperature on the 

planet was 12°C. Due to climatic 

changes caused by volcanos and 

extraterrestrial impacts, the average 

temperature rose by a massive 32°C for 

a period. 

“We talk about global warming today, 

but this was like nothing we have ever 

experienced,” said De Klerk. 

From his manner and tone it was 

clear that De Klerk has a vast 

knowledge of the subject. He further 

spoke of continental drift and the 

similarity of flora and fauna across the 

wide band of the southern hemisphere, 

which is now separated by vast oceans, 

but was all in the same physical 

location when Gondwana existed. 

De Klerk brought with him a 

collection of fossils from the Karoo, but 

specifically spoke of the modern 

methods of determining the types of 

animals and plants that existed in the 

area over the past 300 million years. 

Asked how he determined the age 

of fossils he explained that, by 

observing the amount of decay of 

certain atoms of minerals it was 

now possible to give very 

accurate dates as to when certain 

events occurred. 

The earliest creatures that 

walked the Karoo Basin were 

related to turtles, then small 

shrew-like mammals and, later, true 

dinosaurs and, eventually birds. 

The talk included a 

slideshow where images 

of many of the animals De 

Klerk was speaking of 

were shown. 

“It is possible to now use the 

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility 

in Grenoble, France to look inside rocks 

to determine the type of animals 

fossilised in them,” said De Klerk. “We 

can then capture a 3D image and print 

out a plastic copy of the fossil in 

incredible detail, without having to 

break the rock apart.” 

De Klerk showed that the ability to 

determine our history is now possible 

through the use of hi-tech equipment in 

a way that was not available to us in the 

p a st . 

THANKS DOCTOR: Probus 

president Doug Sutherland, 

left, presented a small token 

of appreciation following Dr 

Billy de Klerk’s excellent 

talk on fossils and early life 

in southern Africa at the 

club meeting which was 

held at the Port Alfred 

Ski-boat Club this week 

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N E I G H B O U R LY NOTES 

WITH the rain pouring down in buckets at the time of 

writing and the dams filling nicely, the farmers are 

happy along with everyone else. Well, perhaps not 

everyone, as there have been a number of road 

accidents in the last few days. The weather conditions 

and the Stop/Go on the main R72 arterial road 

through town, seem to be causing some drivers 

problems. We urge all drivers to be cautious when 

driving through town and to be careful of flooded 

roads that always occur whenever it rains for more 

than a few minutes in Port Alfred. 

AS IS now the custom, please assist the South 

African National Blood Services (SANBS) on its drive 

to stock its shelves and fridges with much-needed 

blood, specifically with the holiday season fastapproaching 

and considering the number of units that 

will be required over this period. SANBS will be at the 

Port Alfred Girl Guide Hall (close to the municipal hall 

and the library) on Tuesday November 21 from 1pm to 

6pm. 

MOTORISTS are in for another fuel increase before 

the end of the month, but this has far more impact on 

citizens in general because, as transportation costs 

rise, so do the prices on the supermarket’s shelves. 

According to the Automobile Association, illuminating 

paraffin is projected to increase by 75 cents a litre‚ 

petrol is set for a 74-cent rise‚ and diesel 63 cents. 

IN national news, President Zuma, speaking on the 

(previously, or is it?) Gupta-owned news channel 

ANN7, said on Monday evening that he will lead the 

fight against corruption and state capture. His 

commission of enquiry is intended to root out 

corruption and, as he said, “if Zuma is corrupt‚ it is 

going to be found by this commission”. In the same 

interview, Zuma also spoke of the assassination 

attempt on his life by poisoning. It is difficult to know 

who is fooling who in this political landscape. 

DEPUTY president of the country, Cyril Ramaphosa, is 

fighting hard in the race for presidency of the ANC, 

and has already produced his manifesto and plan to 

create one-million jobs and have the economy 

showing growth of 5% by 2023. The question must 

be, will Ramaphosa be elected to the presidency of 

the ANC at the 2017 conference, running from 

December 16 to December 20, to enable him to 

change the ANC and, in turn, the government’s 

policies, or is this just electioneering? 

MINISTER for Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, was in 

the hot seat on Tuesday when she was accused of 

having been “captured” by the Guptas at the Eskom 

board inquiry by Eskom spokesman Khulani Qoma. In 

DIARISE THIS 

Albany Vintage and Classic Motor Club Museum 

opens on the last Saturday of each month – 9am-12 

noon – Hawkins Industrial Park, Alfred Road, Port 

Alfred. 

Bathurst Farmers Market – Every Sunday rain or 

shine at Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Nursery, 

Kowie Road from 9am-12.30pm. 

Birdwatching Tours and Three Sisters Saunter. 

Book with Anne (046) 675-1976 or 083-719-4950. 

w w w. a n n e s b i r d i n g . c o . z a 

Bonsai Club meets once a month on a Saturday. For 

more information please contact David Brewis on 

076-457-3218. Or e-mail d a v i d b re w i s 7 7 @ g m a i l . c o m 

Bring your tools and layout in and enjoy the creative 

atmosphere and free coffee at Bcreative 

Scrapbooking, Shop 12, Rosehill Mall. Available 

weekdays and Saturdays, groups welcome. Call 

Nicolene on (046) 624-3096 to book. 

Duck Pond Morning Market every Wednesday, 

Friday and Saturday from 9am-2pm, between Buksies 

Coffee Shop and Penny Farthing restaurant. Jams, 

pickles, secondhand books, cakes, quiches, 

secondhand clothing, crochet knitting, plants. All 

stallholders welcome. Contact Wendy 081-347-9562. 

FAST (Forum for Astronomy, Science and Technology) 

meets on the first Thursday of each month at the Port 

Alfred Ski-boat Club at 2.30pm. Visitors welcome. 

Please contact Shirley Marais at 

shirley@theannouncer.co.za or on 082-928-8671 for more 

i n fo r m at i o n . 

First Port Alfred Scout/Cub meetings. Every Friday 

at the Girl Guide Hall, from 3pm-5pm. Visitors 

welcome. For more information contact Dot Fethers 

on (046) 624-3192. 

Graze by the River – Live music by Ant Kaplan – 

Saturdays from 12 noon to 3pm. Contact Nick: (046) 

624-8095. 

Kenton Pub Quiz – 6.30pm – first Sunday of each 

month at Kenton Bowls Club. Cash bar available. 

Cash and other prizes. Teams of four to six. All 

welcome. Enquiries: Walter Grisdale (046) 648-2440. 

Kleinemonde Morning Market on the first Saturday 

of every month, from 8.30am-10am. Kleinemonde 

Community Hall. Enjoy breakfast and browse the 

stalls selling wholesome farm chickens and home 

produce, including quality meats, vegetables, 

pancakes, frozen meals, quiches, bread, rusks, 

gingerbread houses, home baked cakes, doggy treats, 

candles, gifts and more. 

Kowie Auctioneers - monthly auction every last 

Thursday of the month at 35 North Street. Entries for 

the auction need to be in on the Tuesday before the 

auction. Viewing day prior from 2pm. For more 

information call Colin Maclachlan 083-521-3623 or 

Peter Charter on 082-569-3478. 

Kowie History Museum, at The Old Railway Station, 

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: The bottom of Park Road in Port Alfred is once again flooded due to 

the seasonal rains. Motorists attempting to avoid the Stop/Go on the R72 at the Port Alfred High 

School will not be able to use Park Road as an alternative route until the rainwater recedes 

Picture: ROB KNOWLES 

fact, Qoma was particularly damning in his criticism 

of the minister and said, “she lies all the time,” and, 

“she is an atrocious minister”. 

A N D, with the deadline for transferring the grants 

payments to another body, Bathabile Dlamini is still 

umming and ahhing about the ability of the SA Post 

Office to handle the job. These are very worrying 

times and they don’t appear to be getting any easier, 

with the ratings agencies just waiting to pounce and 

plunge the country into financial ruin. Please, Mr 

president, fix this mess your ministers have caused. 

Your duty is surely to protect the people of the 

country, even though you have previously stated that 

you put the ANC first. 

A L S O, on our borders, it is a tumultuous time in 

Zimbabwe at the moment, and we hope that the 

“coup” (if that is what it is) is resolved quickly and 

without bloodshed. 

A N OT H E R year has passed, so it’s time to wish 

E-mail Rob Knowles at knowlesr@tisoblackstar.co.za or fax (046) 624-2293 

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

OUR ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR NOVEMBER, DECEMBER and JANUARY 

E-mail houzetj@tisoblackstar.co.za or fax (046) 624-2293 or drop in at 29 Miles Street from 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday 

Pascoe Crescent. Open 9.30am-12.30pm 

Tuesday-Saturday. Closed Sunday/Monday and public 

h o l i d ay s . 

Lower Albany Historical Society meets third 

Thursday of the month – some meetings in Don Powis 

Hall, Settlers Park, others, outside trips. Call Suzette 

on 083-581-5777 for details. 

Lower Albany Woodworkers’ Guild, meets first 

Tuesday of each month. Call Brian Edwards on (046) 

624-2945, or John Moss on 082-829-5484 for more 

i n fo r m at i o n . 

Memory Book Scrapbook Club meets twice a month 

on a Thursday afternoon. All welcome. Contact Cheryl 

(046) 624-2733 / 083-556-7562. 

MOTHS - Old soldiers never die – Calling all 

ex-servicemen “Ou Manne” and their ladies for a 

get-together on the first Sunday of every month at 12 

noon and the MOTH Hall (behind the Ski-boat Club) 

for a light lunch and some memories. RSVP MOTHS at 

082-537-9033 or 084-983-8550 for catering purposes. 

National Sea Rescue Institute practices every 

Wednesday at 5pm. To join the NSRI visit the base in 

person to undergo an evaluation. 

Night Scrapbooking classes every fortnight at 

BCreative Scrapbooking Supplies at Shop 12, Rosehill 

Mall. Wednesdays from 6.30pm-10pm. Call Nicolene 

on (046) 624-3096 to book your spot for the next 

class or for more information. Saturday morning and 

weekday scrapbooking classes also available. 

Bookings are required. 

Port Alfred Art Club welcomes new members, both 

experienced or wanting to learn. We meet weekly 

offering a monthly DVD from leading artists, giving 

excellent tips and guidance on how to draw and 

paint. Contact Jenny (083-292-2650) or Netty 

(084-584-6629). 

Port Alfred Bowling and Croquet Club invites you to 

try your hand at lawn bowls. Free coaching and bowls 

available every Friday from 16:00. Situated next to the 

Nico Malan Bridge. Enquiries: Rod Wilson at: 

082-375-2968 or (046) 624-5671. Other times can be 

arranged by appointment. See our website at: 

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Port Alfred Bridge Club – Now at the Lodge on 

Albany Road (the Old Vic Hotel). Meets every Monday 

and Thursday – 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. 

Port Alfred Community Police Forum meets on the 

third Tuesday of each month at the Port Alfred Police 

Station at 2.30pm. 

Port Alfred Floral Art Group (PAFAG) meets on the 

3rd Saturday of the month at Settlers Park hall at 

2.30pm. For more information please phone 

082-464-4606 (Hennie de Bruin). All welcome. 

Probus Club of the Kowie meets on the second 

Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Port Alfred 

River and Ski-boat Club. 

everyone having a birthday especially to Zoey Harris, 

Blake Botha, Ian Sawers, Bella Metcalf, Jenny Hoseck, 

Amy Wilmot, Jenny Nel, Peter Godson, Andre Crous, 

Denise van der Merwe, Jacques Westraadt, Shelley 

Handley, Des Spenceley, Clive Haworth, Sandra 

Hayward, Fiona Timm, Ruan Cannon, Kathleen Hill, 

Cordelia Quma, Michael Millard, Buks de Kock, Tarryn 

Hickman, Lettie Plaatjie, Kayleigh Anne Parsons, 

Deleste Van den Meulen, Cindy Charter, Lynn Roberts, 

Graham Strachan, Duncan Minott, Jill Bax, Colette 

Reid, Hilpert twin sisters Michaela and Monique, 

Lydia Atteridge, Lisa Tarr, Anne McCann, Josh 

Alexandre, Chan Kahn, Gary Gailey, Susan Gombert, 

Basil Terry. 

CONGRATULATIONS and even more success for the 

future, to all businesses celebrating an anniversary, 

especially the Christie’s Complex in Campbell Street, 

The Bathurst Farmers Market on 18 marvellous years, 

The Goat Shed Bush Bistro at Woodlands in Kenton. 

Richmond House Museum and Music Room. P r i vat e 

non-profit museum est. 2007. The building (1948) is a 

replica of the Castle, and the displays trace 175 years 

of owners and alterations. No admission fee, but 

donations welcomed. Tours by appointment only: 

082-456-7437. ‘Classics at the Castle’ classical/jazz 

concerts check press or 

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Rocky Ridge Farm Market opens every Saturday and 

Sunday from 9am with a variety of home made 

delights, “egg-cellent” free-range eggs, honey, 

biltong, droewors as well as its very popular morning 

breakfast. Contact Desia Holmes on 083-589-0765 for 

more information. 

Rosehill Mall Art and Crafters Market, the first 

Saturday of every month, from 9am-4pm. A true art 

and craft market. Only handmade items available by 

our local crafters. Large selection of goods. 

Scottish Country Dancing at Don Powis Hall, 

Settlers Park, every Wednesday from 5.30pm-7pm. 

For more information please phone (046) 604-0478. 

Sunshine Coast Women’s Forummeets every fourth 

Tuesday in the Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park at 

2.30pm. Come and join us. Visitors welcome. For 

more information contact Muriel MacGregor on (046) 

624-1963. 

The Riverside Ramble: a new self-guided tour (map 

R10 from Sunshine Coast Tourism or Kowie History 

Museum) of historic Wharf Street and Van der Riet 

St reets. 

U3A – Port Alfred Branch meets on the fourth 

Thursday of every month at 10am at the Don Powis 

Hall, Settlers Park village. All welcome. 

Thursday November 16 

Lower Albany Historical Societyouting to Waters’ 

Meeting, Bathurst, entry cost R10 pp. Meet at Civic 

Centre at 10am with picnic tea. Talk of local historical 

interest to be given by Basil Mills. All welcome. 

Contact Avonne 083-473-6823. 

PA Art Club – 9am – Outing to Sandy Thomas in 

Bathurst. See her studio and paint and draw in her 

garden. Phone (046) 624-4565 or 073-273-2912 for 

details. 

Friday November 17 

Special Ndlambe Council meeting – 10am – Council 

Chambers, Campbell Street. 

Blood Drive – 11am-6pm - Heritage Mall, Port Alfred. 

Tuesday November 21 

Blood Drive – 1pm-6pm - Girl Guide Hall, Port Alfred. 

Thursday November 23 

U3A - 10am - Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park. Speaker: 

Brian “Bugs” Wilmot presenting “A literary walking 

tour of old Cradock”. 

PA Art Club – 12.30pm – Just a reminder to those 

who have booked for our Christmas party at the Golf 

Club. Call 074-181-0530 for enquiries. 

IT is a highly volatile market and always is as we 

approach the New Year, but internal problems in the 

country are seeing the rand fall dramatically against 

most international currencies. As we go to press, the 

Rand was trading at a lower R14.37/$ (was R14.34), 

R18.91/£ (R17.85), with the Euro at R17.02 (R15.33). 

Commodities such as gold were trading at $12 8 5 . 67 

per fine ounce ($1226.33), platinum trading at 

$929.00 per ounce ($940.10) and Brent Crude now 

trading at $61.44 per barrel ($45.23) 

SPECIAL thoughts and prayers are with all those folk 

who are not well, who are having or have already had 

tests, operations and treatments. “Sterkte” to Roy 

Potter, Andrew de Vries, Dot Fetherstonhaugh, 

Howard Dredge. 

SINCERE condolences to the family and friends of 

Ryin Von Schanke who passed away Saturday 

November 11. May cherished memories of all the 

happy times spent together comfort all the family 

during your bereavement. 

SINCERE condolences and kind thoughts to the family 

and friends of Charles Edward Coetzer who passed 

away on Wednesday, November 1. Heartfelt sympathy 

to his wife Reta, family and friends. May you feel the 

warm embrace of loving memories and hear happy 

echoes of all the good times and many years you 

shared together. Our condolences also go the friends 

and family of Eden Bradfield, especially his children 

Grant, Bev, Candice and his grandchildren who 

passed away suddenly on November 10. 

A memorial service will be held to honour Eden 

Bradfield on Monday November 20 at the Wesley 

Methodist Church at 11am. 

WEDDING anniversary congratulations and all good 

wishes for many more to all couples celebrating this 

special occasion next week. Especially Mark and 

Suzanne Wyllie, Malcolm and Carole Christie, John 

and Jaida Ball. Tim and Imare Patterson, John and 

Sharon Dailkin, Jaco and Cheryl Delport, Leon and 

Reonette Jansen van Rensburg. 

WE must speak about the virtues of the last few 

Springbok games. What, nothing to say? And Bafana 

Bafana? Not a great sporting week for the country. 

THOUGHT for the week: “Success, happiness, 

peace of mind and fulfilment...are available to all 

among us, without exception, who make things 

happen...in the world around them.” 

BEST regards as always, 

The Team. 

Saturday November 25 

Diaz Cross Bird Club outing: Visit to John and 

Coreen Timm’s farm. This is our Christmas outing. 

Bring a picnic brunch. Visitors welcome (R10 per 

person to DCBC). Meet at Heritage Mall at 6am and 

P r e st o n ’s Kenton at 6am. For more details contact 

Ivan Greenwood on (046) 648-1104. 

Thursday November 30 

PA Art Club – 9am – St James Hall. Enjoy a social 

cup of tea or coffee, library and DVD exchange. Bring 

paintings for review. 

Grahamstown Christmas Market – 10am-7pm – PJ 

Olivier High School Hall. Over 60 exhibitors with a 

wide variety of mostly handmade gifts, eats and a 

coffee shop. 

Friday December 1 

Grahamstown Christmas Market – 10am-7pm – PJ 



coffee shop. 

Saturday December 2 

Christian Men’s Association breakfast – 7am for 

7.30am – Port Alfred Celebration Centre (Old Vic 

Hotel). Speaker: Reddie Ndoro, born Zimbabwean, to 

a family deep into ancestral worship. Her father was a 

spirit medium. Her talk will share how she broke the 

grip of ancestral worship and transitioned into 

Christianity. Suggested donation of R40 (students 

R20) to cover costs of breakfast. 

St Paul’s Anglican Church fete – starts 8.30am. 

Teas, cakes, breakfast rolls, deli, white elephant stall, 

second hand books, clothes, crafts. 

Rosehill Mall Arts and Crafters Market – 9am to 

4pm. 

Grahamstown Christmas Market – 9am–3pm – PJ 



coffee shop. 

Sunday December 3 

Classics at the Castle: Opera found with multi 

award-winning soprano Emma Farquharson and her 

accompanist, Garreth Robertson on piano. Starts at 

3pm. Tickets are R80 and are on sale now at KNA 

Port Alfred. Out-of-towners please call (046) 

624-2036). The price includes a programme and 

welcome drink. Enquiries: 082-456-7437. 

Saturday December 9 

Methodist Church in Port Alfred fete. Starts at 

8am. “Give a hand-made gift this Christmas”. 

Red Leaf Nursery – Christmas Cracker Workshop with 

Linda Reynolds from Stained Glass and Mosaic 

studio. Each child will make get the material to make 

five crackers and fused glass items to put inside (it 

will be in bubble wrap). Time 10am until 11am. Cost 

R150. Pre-pay essential to secure spot. Only 10 

children for this workshop. Book on (046) 624-8530.


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SO MUCH HISTORY: Two masted ships are moored at Cocks Wharf in this undated photo which 

gives a glimpse at the historical buildings on the west side of the Kowie River 

Bringing back the old 

SERENDIPITY 

... with Bev Young 

IT IS as though 

readers cannot get 

enough of the old. 

How satisfying. 

This time, I want to 

refer to clearly 

identified buildings. 

In the photo on the 

top left, you can see 

the old Grand Hotel. 

On the top right is 

Cocks 

C a st l e / R i c h m o n d 

House. 

Below is Cocks 

flour mill on the 

right, with Blackie’s 

shed on the left. This 

was the old train. 

There are more 

sheds on the right, 

with garages built 

over them, masses of 

machinery, chains 

and the like. 

This was covered 

over in about 

1999-2000, and then 

the mill was 

refurbished. 

Helping the community 

through Winter Knights 

Many open hearts and hands to give 

A 

S part of their annual 

Winters Knights 

campaign, the 

Kenton/Alex Round Table 

collected numerous items of 

clothing, bedding and food 

items in aid of local 

communities in and around 

the greater Kenton-on-Sea 

and Alexandria areas. 

084 094 1288 

Hallier Str, 

Port Alfred 

Specialising in 

Korean Motors 

“It was absolutely amazing 

to experience the open 

heartedness of so many of 

the public,” Round Table 

public relations officer 

Jacques van Wyk said. 

“What makes it more 

noteworthy however is that 

these donations where made 

after the massive ‘Help 

Knysna’ initiative, also 

initiated by Round Table. 

“We cannot thank the 

public enough for the 

support shown. 

“Even the smallest of 

actions can make a massive 

difference to others who 

might not have the capacity 

to do it for themselves.” 

ABUNDANT 

GIVING: Jacques 

van Wyk and 

Maryke Taljaard 

of Kenton/Alex 

Round Table with 

children at the 

Groentuin 

community, De 

Kol, who were 

among the 

beneficiaries of 

Round Table’s 

Winter Knights 

charity drive 

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 

The four oldest active 

members at the Port 

Alfred Bowling Club 

are, from left, David 

Cameron, John Gie, 

Bones Renaud and Bob 

Hobbs. They have 

reached a collective 

350 years. ‘We have 

other octogenarians at 

the club, but they are 

the youngsters in 

comparison,’ club 

member Elzabe 

Rodrigues said 

Founder of entrepreneur centre 

honoured at graduation ceremony 

LOUISE CARTER 

A 

LUMNI of the Robert Veenstra Entrepreneurship 

Centre in Nemato recently held a celebration 

and graduation day at the centre. 

Centre founder and Stenden University executive 

Robert Veenstra, who coincidently was visiting Port 

Alfred at the time, was surprised to learn he was one 

of the guests of honour at the event. 

The graduation ceremony honoured its graduates 

who had successfully completed computer, as well as 

accounting courses. 

Executive dean of Stenden South Africa Wouter 

Hensens said it was great to see a full hall and 

welcomed Veenstra. 

“He inspired me from the beginning to not only 

look inside but to be involved with the community,” 

Hensens said. “Robert Veenstra approved me in my 

role. But he played a more significant role – the 

reason why you are all here today.” 

Hensens said the entrepreneurship centre had been 

successful over the last 10 years, but that as an 

institution, learning takes place every day and is 

parallel with community development. 

“For every one successful project, nine fail,” 

Hensens said. 

According to him, the entrepreneurial centre is 

turning out between 200 and 250 graduates each 

year. “The course confronts you at first, but you learn, 

develop, persist and gain confidence,” he said. 

“T h at ’s what we see with people who do this 

course,” Hensens said. 

Thanks and recognition was given to John Mabote, 

who Hensens said is hands-on with looking after and 

facilitating the centre. 

He also acknowledged Rotary’s input, as well as 

collaborating with the municipality. 

Councillor Ayanda Nqosha addressed the graduates 

and the audience. “If you invest in yourselves, we 

have a brighter future,” he said. 

“We appreciate what you have done for Ndlambe. 

We trust God is around. Stenden is doing a great deal 

for work in Ndlambe. We are getting to be known by a 

l e g a c y. ” 

Nqosha handed over a token of appreciation to 

Veenstra on behalf of the municipality. 

Teacher Nomawethu Kepe, from Velile High School, 

one of the schools that actively work with the 

entrepreneurship centre, also addressed the 

g r a d u at e s . 

“I knew nothing about computers. But I was very 

i n t e r e st e d , ” she said. She graduated in 2013 with a 

class of teachers and is now a third-year student at 

Rhodes University. 

“As teachers we are struggling with computers. 

Thanks to this family, you have opened our eyes. This 

is not the end; I want you to go further.” 

She spoke of the documentary she recently 

completed and thanked Stenden for the role they play 

in the community. She was proud to say that as 

teachers they managed to recruit their principal in 

WORKING TOGETHER: Councillor Ayanda Nqosha awarded Robert Veenstra Entrepreneurship Centre 

founder Robert Veenstra with a certificate of appreciation for his contribution to community 

development 

Picture: LOUISE CARTER 

completing the course. 

“Keep on supporting us as alumni,” she said. 

Veenstra took the podium and said it was difficult 

to say thank you. “My journey began 14 years ago. At 

the time, the main goal was financially driven, and we 

were thinking of closing the university down,” 

Veenstra said. 

He told the audience that he then met with Adrian 

Gardener and realised that it was not only about 

finance but the impact of unleashing potential in 

people, and that meeting made him decide to keep 

Stenden South Africa open. 

“I’m so glad it’s successful, it makes me proud,” 

Veenstra said. 

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Dancesport 

Club needs 

assistance 

to get to SA 

Champs 

JON HOUZET 

THE talented dancers of a Nemato-based 

dance sport club need assistance getting 

to the Dance Sport Federation of South 

Africa’s Championships in Sun City on 

December 14-16. 

Ben Lumko Dlukulu Dancesport Club 

founder and coach Azisa Shode is proud 

of his students who have been excelling in 

recent contests. 

“We qualified for the Eastern Cape 

championships which were held at 

Potsdam Walter Sisulu campus in East 

London on October 2,” Shode said. 

“We have been doing well from regional 

competitions to national competitions. We 

recently attended a competition for the 

Sarah Baartman District at Rhodes 

University in Grahamstown, and we also 

attended the Arnold Classic competition in 

Johannesburg. It started out as a 

bodybuilding competition, but now it 

includes karate and dance sport.” 

Shode said 22 of members (11 couples) 

of his club will be going to the SA 

Champs. For entries, transport, and 

accommodation it costs R2150 per 

individual. 

“Two of our students, Batandwana 

Zondani and Liyabona Kofi, were elected 

to represent Eastern Cape, so their costs 

are being covered, but the other 20 have 

to pay their own way. They depend on 

parents and fundraising,” Shode said. 

“Our students can barely afford to go to 

East London and Grahamstown, so it’s 

very expensive for them. We’re appealing 

to the community to help out.” 

Anybody who can help can contact 

Azisa Shode on 078-480-1449, or deposit 

directly into Ben Lumko Dlukulu 

Dancesport Club’s bank account: 

Nedbank, account 2010744020, branch 

code 107410. 

Tel: 046 624 1275 

Gammon Smoked 

R 90 /kg 

Gammon Smoked & Glazed R105 /kg 

Salt Beef 

R175 /kg 

Beef Tongue 

R185 /kg 

Smoked Ham 

R175 /kg 

ALL PICKLED & COOKED 

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BEFORE DECEMBER 11



Looking back on a life of 

sporting achievements 

WELCOME DONATION: Mzwandile Mgweba, left, of the Nemato Golf Club 

was pleased to accept a set of second-hand clubs from Terence Perkins 

this week. Perkins said he still plays golf and has a new set and was 

looking for a worthy recipient of his old clubs. Mgweba said the clubs 

would be put to good use by the young players they are developing 


Lions Club offers free 

diabetes testing 

DIABETES contributes to more 

than five-million deaths a year, 

making it the eighth-leading 

cause of death in the world. 

The World Health 

Organisation estimates that 

more than 422-million people 

worldwide have diabetes, 

which is expected to increase 

to 642-million by the year 

2040. Only one out of every 

two people who have diabetes 

have been diagnosed. 

With these statistics and 

concerns in mind, Lions have 

taken action through the 

diabetes programme. This 

includes among others, 

education, awareness, 

detection and control. 

Lions throughout the world 

have hosted diabetes 

awareness programmes as 

part of their commitment to 

the prevention of blindness for 

many years. 

November is National 

Diabetes Awareness Month 

and November 14 is World 

Wide Diabetes Day. Lions all 

From Tarkastad’s dusty courts to Wimbledon lush 

BOB FORD 

GOING from the dusty clay tennis 

courts of Tarkastad to the lush 

hallowed turf of Wimbledon in 

England is something many an aspiring 

young tennis player would dream about. 

But for retired farmer Ivor Phillips, now 

living in Settlers Park in Port Alfred, this 

became a reality way back in 1956. It 

came about when a group of six talented 

young South African tennis players, 

including the legendary Sandra Reynolds 

and Buster Farrer, toured England to gain 

more experience. 

Phillips teamed up with Farrer in the 

men’s doubles to qualify to play in this 

world-famous event. The pair managed to 

win their first-round match, but were then 

knocked out in the second. 

They also hoped to play in the singles 

and had to qualify for this event as well. 

Phillips came up against the British junior 

singles champion and went down in a 

mammoth match that lasted five sets. 

“But it was all an unbelievable 

experience,” he said. 

On the eve of flying to England, Phillips 

came up against Gordon Forbes, who was 

later to become a Springbok, in the finals 

of the Kaffrarian men’s under-21 singles 

in King William’s Town. He managed to 

pull off a dramatic win. 

But it all started long before this. One 

of four sons, Phillips started his education 

at the small Tarkastad school. It was 

already obvious in those early days that 

he was a talented all-round sportsman. 

However, it was only when he was sent to 

the famous Queen’s College in nearby 

Queenstown as a boarder that he really 

blossomed. It was at tennis that he made 

over the globe participate in 

this day. 

The Port Alfred Lions Clubs 

joined Lions throughout the 

world by hosting a free 

diabetes screening facility at 

the Heritage Mall on Tuesday. 

This project proved very 

popular with just under 100 

members of the public tested. 

“Free screening has been a 

project of the Port Alfred Lions 

Club for some time and will 

continue in the future,” Lion 

Mike Newlands said. 

his immediate mark. He was soon 

selected to play in the first team and did 

so for six years before leaving school at 

the end of 1954. He went on to captain 

this team and was also awarded his 

honours blazer. 

But Phillips was to excel also at both 

rugby and cricket. He played in both the 

first XV and XI, both for four years, 

captaining the cricket team 

for three. He was a versatile 

backline player on the rugby 

field and a stylish 

middle-order batsman. He 

was awarded his colours for 

cricket and his honours 

blazer for rugby. 

More outstanding 

achievements were to follow. 

He did not captain his 

school’s rugby side, but did 

lead the Border schools team 

in his last year. He was 

selected to play in the 

Border Nuffield cricket team 

for four consecutive years, 

captaining the side for three 

of these. 

It was during these years 

that Phillips came up against 

the talented Buster Farrer, who was fast 

making a name for himself at Dale 

College in King William’s Town, and was 

to go on to become a double Springbok in 

cricket and hockey. While competition 

between these two was fierce, they 

became lifelong friends. 

It came as no surprise when Phillips 

was named head boy in his last year at 

school. On leaving school, he was offered 

a rugby scholarship by the famous Dr 

Danie Craven, of Stellenbosch University. 

ALL-ROUNDER: Ta l e n t e d 

sportsman and 

successful farmer Ivor 

Phillips 

Picture: BOB FORD 

But he never took this up as his father felt 

it was time for him to return to the family 

farm and join his brothers. 

In between farming, there was still time 

for this illustrious sportsman to continue 

his career as he played tennis for Border’s 

senior side for eight years and cricket for 

four. Perhaps his most notable 

achievement at this stage of his life was 

that he was selected to play 

in the SA Country Districts 

cricket team for 19 years, 16 

of these as captain. 

On the farming side, 

Phillips’s farm in the 

Tarkastad district was 

incorporated into the Ciskei 

after 22 years. He then 

moved to the Molteno 

district where he continued 

to farm with cattle, merino 

sheep and his Dorper sheep 

stud, which he started in 

about 1978. Over the 21 

years of farming in the 

Molteno district, he built up 

a successful operation 

before handing over to one 

of his sons, Leroy. 

Phillips retired to Gonubie 

near East London in 1999 and it was there 

that he took up playing bowls. It was 

soon obvious that he had a talent for this 

as well as he represented Border seniors 

for six years. It was here that he met up 

with Farrer again on the sportsfield as the 

two played together. 

He has since moved to Port Alfred with 

his wife, Leslie-Anne, and has played 

bowls for EP seniors for a year. The 

couple have four children and 10 

grandchildren. 

DIABETES 

AWA R E N E S S : 

For November’s 

N at i o n a l 

Diabetes 

A wa r e n e s s 

Month, the Port 

Alfred Lions 

Club offered 

free blood 

sugar tests at 

the Heritage 

Mall on 

Tuesday, part of 

an international 

project by the 

Lions. Maureen 

Edlmann, 

seated, was 

tested by 

Lucinda de Vos 

Picture: 

JON HOUZET


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ANGLICAN CHURCH ALBANY ARCHDEACONRY 

St Paul’s Port Alfred – Ferndale Road. 

Sunday Eucharist 8.30am 

Wednesday: Eucharist 8.30am. 

St Barnabas – Nemato Port Alfred 

Sunday Eucharist 9am. 

St John’s – Bathurst Sunday Eucharist 8.30am 

St Mary’s – Cuylerville 11am Eucharist (1st Sunday in the 

month only). 

St James – Southwell 11am Eucharist (3rd Sunday in the 

month only). 

Enquiries: (046) 624-1236. 

ANGLICAN PARISH OF ALEXANDRIA 

St David’s Bushman’s River Mouth 

Holy Communion Service: 

Sunday 8am 

Wednesday 9am. 

Christ Church, Alexandria. Eucharist Sunday 9am. 

Enquiries: Rev Mxolisi Somandi (046) 648-1232 or 

078-950-39 60. 

APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION BETH-EL ASSEMBLY 

ALEXANDRIA – 14 De Wet Street 

Sundays at 10am and 6pm 

Wednesday Prayer meeting at 6.30pm. 

Enquiries: Pastor Alan Cannon 072-907-8405.. 

AFRIKAANSE PROTESTANTSE KERK 

Vir AP Kerkdienste. Kontak Anton Kok by 082-964-3123. 

BAPTIST CHURCH 

Morning services and Children’s church (Ignite) 9.30am. 

Evening services 6pm 

Youth: Fridays: Grades R-3 (kick) at 5pm-6pm, Grades 4-7 

(Swat) at 6pm-7pm. Grades 8-12 (G63) at 7pm-9pm. 

FMI Contact: Vicky Dickson on 083-293-4891 or Mark 

Price on 081-792-3884. 

Pastor: Joshua de Wit 073-166-2939/ OFFICE: (046) 

624 -1335 

Visit w w w. p o r t a l f re d b a p t i s t . c o . z a or find us on Facebook 

BATHURST COMMUNITY CHURCH 

The Village Chapel, 1 The Stables, Kowie Road, Bathurst 

Ser vices: Sundays at 9am 

Pastor on 084-441-2876 or (046) 624-3623. 

CATHOLIC CHURCH 

St James Catholic Church – Caxton Lane, Port Alfred. 

Mass Times: Tuesday – 5pm 

Wednesday – 4.30pm Holy Hour/Benediction 

Friday – 8.30am. Sunday – 9am 

St Thomas Catholic Church – Tenth St, Station Hill, 

Port Alfred. 

Mass Times: Wednesday – 6pm, Sunday – 11am 

St Anthony’s Catholic Church – Bushman’s River 

Mouth. 

Mass Times: Thursday – 9am 

Sunday – 7.30am 

Sacred Heart Catholic Church – A l ex a n d r i a . 

Mass Times: Thursday – 5.30pm 

Saturday – 5.30pm 

Enquiries: Fr Trymos Munyaka on (046) 624-1509 or 

0 8 2- 676 - 6 573 

CELEBRATION CENTRE 

The Lodge, 7 Albany Road, Port Alfred. 

Sunday morning service – 9am. 

Pastor Eldin and Lyn Rudolph (046) 624-3038, cell 

078-342-9194. All welcome. 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 

Goodwill Centre. 

Sunday 9.30am. 

Enquiries: 082-600-5429. 

CHRIST AMBASSADOR MINISTRIES 

770 Runeli Drive, Nemato. 

Sunday Services: 10am-12pm. 

Evening services 6-8pm. Tel/Fax: (046) 624-2632. 

CHRISTIAN HARVEST CHURCH 

3013 Shiceka Street, Nemato 

Sunday Services: 9.30-12pm. 

Evening 5pm-7pm. 

Contact: 083-513-5638. 

CHURCH ON THE WHARF 

Wharf Street, Port Alfred. 

Grace Bible College (Free) Mon – Fri am. 

Sunday: 9am. 

Contact: John 073-633-2465 or Mark 073-465-4555. 

FULL GOSPEL 

Sunday Morning Service 9.30am. 

Evening Service: 6.30pm. 

Friday Junior Youth: 7pm. 

Enquiries: (046) 624-1915. 

FULL GOSPEL (STATION HILL) 

Sunday morning: 10am. 

Enquiries: Pastor P Israel 084-582-4607 

GEREFORMEERDE KERK 

Eredienste elke Sondag oggend om 9vm in die “Set tlers 

Church” historiese monument) h/v Buthurst str and North 

str. Navrae ds Aucamp by (046) 654-0106/083-654-9190 

of Bert Venter by (046) 654-0272/082-451-2426. 

GRACE AND TRUTH CHURCH 

Albany Centre, 90 Albany Road. 

“For the law was given through Moses, but grace and 

truth came through Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17). 

Sundays: 9.30am 

Contact: Gary Ford 072-761-3417, (046) 624-4985 

GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH 

Previously Bushmans Family Fellowship meet in 

Bushmans Town Hall 9am Sunday mornings! All welcome! 

Contact: Ps Charles Southey 078-650-3694. 

KING OF KINGS GLOBAL MOVEMENT 

Meets at the MyPond Hotel Conference Centre every 

Sunday from 10am (intercessory prayer followed by the 

service) until 1pm. 

LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE, ALEXANDRIA 

Sunday Morning Service and Club Jesus. (ages 4 to 12) 

9am. (Baby cry room). 

Sunday Evening Service: 6.30pm. (Praise and prayer). 

Friday evening “G U TS ” (All Teens Welcome) 6pm-8pm. 

Free Bible school – Tuesdays 6.30pm. 

Enquiries: PS Leon De Smidt 082-330-6865. 

METHODIST CHURCH 

WESLEY (Hards St): 

Every Sunday: 8.30am (only). 

CHURCH NOTICES 

ALEXANDRIA 

Sunday service: 10am. 

Bible Study : Wednesday 6.15pm 

Cell 074-582-0812. 

STATION HILL (Windvogel St): 

Every Sunday: 11am and 4pm 

B AT H U R ST (York Rd): 

Every Sunday: 9am 

C LU M B E R (Shaw Park Rd from Bathurst then Martindale 

turn off): 

Monthly services on fourth Sunday of every month at 

10.30am. 

ROKEBY PARK (Opp Halfway Store on Grahamstown Rd): 

Second Sunday: 11am. 

KLEINEMONDE ( N at u r e ’s Way): 

First, Third and Fifth Sundays: 11am 

Enquiries: (046) 624-2420. 

K E N TO N : 

Every Sunday: 8.30am. 

Call 084-319-9634, Rev Rod Burton. 

NEDERDUITSE GEREFORMEERDE KERK 

DIAS GEMEENTE KERKKANTOOR: Broadway 26, Port 

Alfred, 6170 

Kantoorure: Maandag tot Vrydag 8am-12pm. 

Tel: (046) 624-3534 

PORT ALFRED: (Broadway 26) 

Elke Sondag: 9vm. 

Kinderkerk and Kategese tydens erediens. 

BOESMANSRIVIERMOND: (Mainst reet) 

Elke Sondag: 9vm. 

Kinderkerk tydens die erediens en 10vm Kategese. 

KLEINEMONDE: 

Dienste elke 4de Sondag van die maand: 11vm. 

Leraar: Ds Wikus Venter Sel: 078-800-3353 

ALEXANDRIA: (Mainst reet) 

Erediens elke Sondag: 09:30am. 

Kantoorure: Maandag tot Vrydag 8am- 1pm. 

Tel: (046) 653- 0147. 

Kontak: Ds Willem Schoeman (046) 653-0010 of 

0 8 3 - 6 07- 8 7 9 0 . 

NEDERDUITSCH HERVORMDE KERK 

St Nicolas, Beachweg, Port Alfred 

Eredienste: Elke Sondag om 9vm. 

Kategese na erediens. 

Kontak Prof John Gericke (046) 624-9025 of sel 

0 8 2-5 6 5 -9 5 3 4 

NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH 

Port Alfred and Kenton on Sea. 

For information on services. Eddie 078-752-2233 or 

Arnol 082-809-3421. 

NUWE LEWE VOLLE EVANGELIE KERK 

Honeycombsentrum, 88 Albanyweg, Port Alfred. 

Sondae: 9.30vm en 6nm. 

Vir meer inligting kontak: Pastoor Theo en Marinda 

Snyman 084-811-0606 / (046) 624-2265. Almal welkom 

– All welcome 

PERISOS SONSKYNKUS 

Perisos (Oorvloed/Abundance) nooi u uit na samekomste: 

Alexandria. Elke Sondag om 9.30vm te Maria-saal (agter 

SUDOKU - WIN A WHARF STREET FRUIT & VEG VOUCHER 

Complete this Sudoku and be in line to win a R30 voucher from 

Wharf Street Fruit & Veg in Wharf Street.Entries must be in by 

3:30pm on Tuesday at the TotT office - 29 Miles St. Winner to 

please collect voucher (must show ID) from TotT offices before 

 

Wharf Street 

Caltex-garage). 073-586-0201. 

Prediker Theunis Pienaar – 0 8 2- 8 9 5 - 8 8 3 0 . 

Ons verkondig: Oorvloed in Christus. 

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Corner of Southwell and Becker Street. 

Sunday worship and Children’s Church: 9am 

Cell groups: Monday 4pm at the church and Thursday 7pm 

at 11 Lambert Road. 

Enquiries: (046) 624-4471 

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 

Service Times – Saturdays: 9:30am- 12 noon. 

Enquiries: Simon Hawkins 073-610-6535 or (046) 

624 -1660. 

SHEKINAH MINISTRIES 

Sunday mornings: 10am 

Monday and Wednesday: 7pm 

Youth on Friday evenings: 7pm. 

Enquiries: Dan Hilpert 079-649-8750. 

THE SHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD - 1 PET 4:14. 

STUDENT CHURCH 

Meets Sunday mornings 9am in Kenton on Sea Town Hall. 

The 1st church in South Africa to be operating on this 

concept. Called Student Church as the services are run by 

the full time students from Generation Impact Bible 

College. Believers of all ages welcome. Exciting Children’s 

Church available.A church that equips Saints of all ages. 

Contact: Madelein 084-513-7306. 

THE CHURCH AT MERRY HILL 

Sunday morning services: 9am. 

All are welcome. 

Enquiries: Gavin – 079-211-4675 or Diana – 072-344 -1102 

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTERDAY SAINTS 

Meets every Sunday for Sacrament Service at 9am 

followed by Sunday School at 10am. 

Priest hood meeting at 11am and Relief Society meeting at 

11am. 

New church location is 25 Biscay Road across the street 

from Sky Security in Port Alfred. Visitors welcome. 

Phone: 083-452-8801 or 078-132-7336. 

WESTSIDE CHURCH 

Contemporary – Connected – Committed. “Connecting 

people to people – Connecting people to God.” 

M e et i n g s : 

Sunday 9:30am 

Wednesday: 6:30pm 

“Connect Groups”. Directions: Turn left into Van Riebeeck 

Street – Last street on main road leaving Port Alfred for 

PE (VW Showroom on corner) – 800m turn first right into 

Green Lane – Go straight up to T-junction will see roof of 

church ahead. 

Enquiries: 083-444-9380/ 082-373-8181 / 082-677-7800. 

WORD OF TRUTH MINISTRY, LIVING WATERS BOOKSHOP, 

CHURCH OF THE NATIONS 

Across the road from the BP garage and fire station 

open every day 8am-12pm except Mondays. 

Sunday : 9am (Morning Service with Mother’s room and 

Children’s Church) 

Evening service: 6pm. All are welcome. 

Youth: 6.30pm on Friday Evening. 

Enquiries: (046) 624-2381, After hours: 072-219-9065. 

Name:................................................................................................... 

WIN A VOUCHER FROM PA SKI BOAT CLUB 

Tel No:................................................................................................... 

SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S SUDOKU 

Name:......................................................................................................................... 

Winner of last 

 

Halyards Sunday 

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ă 

Beryl Barnard 

Winner to please 

collect voucher 

(must show ID) from 

TotT offices before 

attempting to 

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Address:....................................................Tel No:......................................................



OUT ON THE TOWN 

CONTACT US 

Newsdesk: (046) 624-4356 (Jon Houzet) Advertising: (046) 624-4356 (Mauneen Charter) 

TALKING RUGBY: Port 

Alfred High School 

teacher Charles 

Kantor, left, chatted 

with Themba 

Ngqungqumba and her 

husband, Phila, who is 

the U13A rugby coach, 

at the PA H S 

sundowners and 

snacks social event 

STANDING TALL: Port Alfred High School teachers Marleen Gibson, left, 

and Chix Pearson at the end-of-year sundowners and snacks for sponsors 

and supporters at the PAHS clubhouse last Thursday Pictures: JON HOUZET 

A GOOD YEAR: Port 

Alfred High School 

invited sponsors and 

supporters of the 

school for sundowners 

and snacks to thank 

them for their 

contribution during 

the past year. Enjoying 

themselves at the do, 

were, from left, deputy 

principal Dr Ian 

Knott-Craig, head of 

marketing Laura Guest 

and school governing 

body member Dave 

H aw k i n s 

DRINKS AND CHATS: Vanessa Ehrke, left, and Angela Hibbert enjoyed 

socialising at the end-of-year sundowners and snacks event 

MEET AND GREET: Parents Deon and Anita Botha with teacher Stefani 

Prinsloo, right, at the end-of-year sundowners and snacks



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1010 Births 

1040 Engagements 

1050 Marriages 

1070 Deaths 

1100 In Memoriam 

1220 Congrats / Best Wishes 

1230 Birthday Greetings 

1290 Thanks 

2. PERSONAL 

2070 Health & Beauty 

2110 Lifts 

2140 Lost 

2142 Found 

2240 Personal Services 

3. ENTERTAINMENT 

3060 Entertainment General 

5. SERVICE & SALES GUIDE 

5010 Education & Tuition 

5090 Plumbing 

5100 Electrical Services 

5120 Building Services 

5122 Home Maintenance 

5160 Walls / Fencing 

5190 Painting / Decorating 

5210 Pools, Spas, Accessories 

5260 Computer Services 

5330 Photography 

5360 Garden Services 

5380 Special Services 

5451 For Sale 

5480 Horses 

5510 Kennels and Pets 

5550 Misc Wanted 

5551 Wanted Known 

5570 Removals and Storage 

5630 Services Offered 

5640 Shuttle Services 

6. EMPLOYMENT 

6140 Education & Training 

6150 Employment Wanted 

6151 Employment 

6170 Estate Agents 

6370 Employment Wanted Domestic 

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7020 Accomm. Off / Wtd 

7060 Flats to Let 

7090 Houses to Let 

7151 Holiday Accommodation 

8. PROPERTY 

8010 Flats For Sale 

8050 Houses For Sale 

8161 Business Premises To Let 

8163 Business Premises For Sale 

9. MOTORING 

9070 Used Car Sales 

9440 Motorcycles 

2180 NOTICES 

DOMESTIC 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Deaths 

1 

1070 

EDEN 

BRADFIELD 

Husband of Late Diane 

and Dearly loved 

father of Grant, Bev, 

Candice and grand 

children. Passed 

away suddenly on 

10 th November 2017. 

He will be sorely 

missed and will be in 

our hearts forever. 

Details of the 

Memorial Service 

in honour of Eden 

to be announced. 

EDEN 

BRADFIELD 

Passed away on 

10 November 2017. 

When a treasure 

becomes a memory, 

that memory becomes 

a treasure. I miss you. 

Lucille and Family. 

CHARLES EDWARD 

COETZER: 

15/9/1947 - 1/11/2017 

Passed away at his 

home in Bathurst 

on 01/11/2017. 

A big thank you to all 

our many friends and 

family for their love, 

support and prayers 

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Call now on 

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PORT ALFRED HIGH. 

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AGNES is looking for 

domestic work. Tuesdays, 

Wednesdays and Fridays 

only. Reference available. 

Phone: 061 631 0404 

ANGELA is looking for 

housekeeping work. 

Mondays only. Phone: 

062 8714 510 

ANGELINA is seeking domestic 

work. Can cook 

and look after children. 

Fluent in English can 

speak a little bit of 

Afrikaans. Can read and 

write. Available immediately. 

Willing to take sleep-in 

or out. 083 685 3378 

6150 

Employment Wtd. 

DAVID is looking for garden 

work. He is hardworking 

and reliable. Hes also 

a qualified security officer 

with grade CE certificate. 

Phone: 078 4164 879 

EMMA is looking for 

domestic work. Full/part 

time. Phone: 065 172 5326 

JULLIAN is looking for 

full/part time domestic 

work. Hardworking and is a 

care giver for old age 

people. Phone: 078 797 

1847 

MELODY is a hardworking 

and reliable lady looking 

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084 965 9563 

My name is JOYCE Im a 

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your house/pets while 

youre away. Hardworking, 

reliable and honest. With 

contactable references. My 

number is 073 033 0881. 

NELLY is looking for 

domestic work. She has 

been working for a Swiss 

family in Port Alfred for 5 

years (reference). Please 

call 072 498 7883. 

NWABISA is seeking 


work. Reliable and friendly. 

Phone: 081 003 1433 

OLIVIA is looking for 


FULL TIME PERSONAL 

ASSISTANT / 

RECEPTIONIST WANTED 

for local estate agency. 

Must be computer 

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MANAGER REQUIRED 

for a food outlet. 

Must be computer 

literate, have 

previous catering 

experience and 

own transport would 

be an advantage. 

To start ASAP. 

Please fax CV to 

043 726 8096 

6170 

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Harcourts Port Alfred 

046 624 5222 

portalfred@harcourts.co.za 

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The Memorial Service to 

honour 

will be held on Monday, 

20 November 2017 at 11h00 

at the Wesley Methodist 

Church, Port Alfred. 

W A N T I N G 

T E M P O R A R Y 

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DEBORAH JOUBERT 

AMAANULLAH AYUB 

JOINT TRUSTEE 

NDLAMBE 

MUNICIPALITY 

PORT ALFRED 

APPLICATION FOR DEPARTURE 

AND REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIVE 

TITLE DEED CONDITIONS OF 

ERF 138, KENTON ON SEA 

Applicant: Kathy Kennard Davis 

Owner: 

Craig Alexander Renaud 

Property Description: Erf 138, Kenton on Sea 

in the area of Ndlambe Municipality, division 

of Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province 

Physical Address: 

Erf 138, Lyon Road, Kenton on Sea 

Detailed description of proposal: 

The matter for consideration is an application for 

a departure and a removal of restrictive title deed 

condition to relax the Street building line from 5m 

to 3.5m, western lateral building line from 1.57m 

to 0m; eastern lateral building line from 1.57 to 

0.8m and the rear building line from 3m to 0.5m 

to legalise existing shed, existing deck and the 

proposed new garage on Erf 138, Kenton on Sea 

Notice is hereby given in terms of section 69 

and section 74 of the Spatial Planning and Land 

Use Management By-law (2015) that the abovementioned 

application has been received and is 

available for inspection during weekdays between 

09:00 to 15:00 at the Ndlambe Municipality, Civic 

Center, Causeway, Port Alfred and at the Kenton 

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may be addressed in terms of section 98 of the said 

bylaw to The MUNICIPAL MANAGER, Causeway, 

Port Alfred, 6170, or emailed to nngxwashula@ 

ndalmbe.gov.za on or before 15 December 

2017. Telephonic enquiries can be made to Ms N 

Ngxwashula at (046) 604 5520. The Municipality 

may refuse to accept comment received after the 

closing date. Any person who cannot write will 

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their comments. 

NOTICE NUMBER: 214/2017 

16 November 2017 ADV. R DUMEZWENI 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

Wigging out at the herons 

PROMINENT VISITORS: Though similarly built, 

there noticeable differences between the 

black-headed heron and grey heron 

Picture: TIM COCKCROFT 

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& Breakfast on Erf 3272, Port Alfred 

Notice is hereby given in terms of section 68 

and section 69 of the Spatial Planning and Land 

Use Management By-law (2015) that the abovementioned 

application has been received and is 

available for inspection during weekdays between 

09:00 to 15:00 at the Ndlambe Municipality, Civic 

Center, Causeway, Port Alfred. Any written comments 

may be addressed in terms of section 98 

of the said bylaw to The MUNICIPAL MANAGER, 

Causeway, Port Alfred, 6170, or emailed to 

nngxwashula@ndalmbe.gov.za on or before 15 

December 2017. Telephonic enquiries can be 

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16 November 2017 ADV. R DUMEZWENI 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

LET’S 

CHIRP 

... with Tim Cockcroft 

MANY years ago I decided to have a little fun and 

started trying to think up some original, unofficial 

(and incorrect!) collective nouns for birds. 

A friend of mine who was living in Port Alfred at the 

time, was very good with words, so I asked for his help. 

About a week later, he gave me quite a long list of 

originals that he had thought up. One of them was a 

“wig of heron” Wig? Get the pun? A wig of “hair on”! 

Back to the present. Last week, I was called out to 

help identify the various species of heron and egrets 

that had “wigged” some trees in town. The 

non-birders there were having a friendly discussion of 

sorts as to whether they were grey herons, 

black-headed herons or something completely 

different altogether. So I pointed out the differences 

between the species to them. This week I am going to 

do the same for my readers, but for now I’m taking 

two of the species known to nest in such heronries. 

Firstly, the black-headed heron is quite distinctive 

with its grey plumage, black crown and hindneck, 

white throat, black bill and yellow eye, which turns 

deep red when breeding. The young birds are duller 

grey on the crown and neck. In flight, the broad black 

border along the wing is distinctive. 

The black-headed heron is primarily a grassland 

bird, where it can be seen stalking and catching 

rodents, small snakes, lizards and even baby birds. 

The grey heron is similarly built, being about the 

same size, and proportions. The first impression is 

generally that of a paler bird, being white underneath 

with a pretty blue-grey wings that don't show a broad 

black border in flight. The neck is mostly white, 

dusted with silvery-grey hues and a broken black line 

down the front, and the crown is white. The only black 

on the head is a line starting just above and behind 

the eye, like an “eyebrow” for sorts, ending at the 

back of the crown. These feathers grow much longer 

during the breeding season. The bill is yellow, not 

black, and turns a deep vermillion colour during 

breeding. 

The grey heron prefers fish, rather than the more 

“ear thy” taste of its black-headed cousin. 

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NOTIFICATION OF DECISION ON AN 

APPLICATION - RE-CONSTRUCTION AND 

UPGRADING OF THE KAP RIVER BRIDGE, 

WITHIN THE KAP RIVER NATURE RESERVE, 

PORT ALFRED WITHIN THE NDLAMBE 

MUNICIPALITY 

DEDEAT REF: EC05/C/LN1&3/M/28-2017 

You are hereby notified in terms of the National 

Environmental Management Act (Act No 107 of 1998) 

and its subsequent amendments as well as Regulation 

4(2) of the amended Environmental Impact Assessment 

Regulations published in Government Notice No. R326 

and the associated listing notices of April 2017, which 

the Environmental Authorisation (EA) for the abovementioned 

project, was issued on 31 October 2017 (and 

received by the EAP on 7 November 2017) - approving 

this project. The reasons for the decision are detailed 

in Section 4 on page 10 and 11 of the EA (available on 

request). In addition, a General Authorisation for Water 

Use, in terms of Section 21(c) and Section 21(i) of the 

National Water Act (Act No 36 of 1998), was authorised 

by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in 

July 2017. 

Notice of Appeal process: 

In accordance with sub-regulation 4 (2) of the amended EIA 

Regulations, GNR 326 dated April 2017, as well as Section 

44 of the NEMA Appeal Regulations, GNR 993 dated 

December 2014 (attached), read together with Section 43 

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the decision by Department of Economic Development, 

Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) to authorise 

this application and your attention is hereby drawn to the 

fact that an appeal may be lodged against the decision in 

terms of Regulation 4 (1) of the NEMA Appeal Regulations. 

A notice of intention to appeal must be lodged with the 

Member of the Executive Council, Ministry of Economic 

Development, Environmental Affairs & Tourism (hereafter 

referred to as the MEC), within twenty (20) days of the 

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November 2017). A notice of intention to appeal must be 

submitted to the MEC and copied to the EAP (Mrs Kim 

Brent at EOH CES). 

For more information or to view a copy of the EA, 

contact EOH Coastal & Environmental Services by 

post, phone, fax or e-mail: 

Mrs Kim Brent: 13 Stanley St, Richmond Hill, 

Port Elizabeth, 6001; Tel: (041) 585 1715; 

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Classics 40th performance is a show stopper 

OPERA BRINGERS: Soprano Emma Farquharson, left, will be 

performing ‘Opera Found’ at the Castle on December 3. 

Accompanied by Garreth Robertson on the piano 

Unnecessary afterlife horror remake flatlines 

JON HOUZET 

Flatliners, with Ellen Page, Nina 

Dobrev and Diego Luna, Directed by 

Niels Arden Oplev. 3/5 

THIS is one of those movies that 

shows how Hollywood is running out of 

ideas. 

The original Flatliners came out in 

1990, and was probably most famous for 

casting three rising stars together in the 

form of Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland 

and Kevin Bacon. 

The premise was memorable – a 

group of medical students induce death 

and then are resuscitated to be able to 

see if they have any experience of an 

afterlife. It becomes like an addictive 

game. 

They do remember things from their 

brief clinical death, each one unique. 

Great show at Tash’s Craft Bar 

GET ready for a great night out on November 26 when 

Scott Harvey and Rob Knowles, aided by Melissa du 

Randt and Sasha Badenhorst, will be putting on a 

show full of songs, laughter and dancing at Tash’s 

Craft Bar at the small boat harbour. 

“Following the departure of Jeanne “Flame” Harris 

Meter to her home in the States, Rob and I decided to 

put on a show toward the end of the year,’ Har vey 

said. 

“It’s not a cabaret like Flame used to produce, but 

it has a lot of sing-along songs and comedy, and 

dancing. We’ll be doing songs from the fifties and 

I N T H E M A G I S T R A T E ’ S C O U R T F O R T H E 

D I S T R I C T BATHURST O F 

H E L D A T PORT ALFRED 

I n t h e m a t t e r b e t w e e n : 

C a s e N o 151/2017 : 

But what they share in common is that 

they start being haunted by things in 

their past. It goes beyond bad memories 

– the guilt of past misdeeds starts 

manifesting itself in their lives through 

terrifying visions and what seem to be 

tangible experiences. 

The new F l at l i n e r s is almost exactly 

the same. The only justification for 

remaking this movie would be to bring 

the concept to the millennial generation 

of movie-goers. 

Courtney (lead actress Ellen Page) 

has the most plausible reason for 

wanting to see if there is an afterlife, as 

she carries with her the guilt of a car 

crash years ago in which her young 

sister died. 

She manages to persuade two other 

students, Jamie (James Norton) and 

Sophia (Kiersey Clemons) to join her in 

THE Classics at the Castle 

team is pleased to 

announce their exciting 

Sunday summer concert on 

Sunday December 3 at 3pm, 

Opera Found – a show that 

won a Standard Bank Encore 

Ovation award at the NAF in 

Grahamstown in July. 

Originally, the Port Alfred 

show scheduled for August 20 

had to be postponed owing to 

the soprano’s ill-health – but 

now she’s in fine voice again 

and raring to go. 

Soprano Emma Farquharson 

and her accompanist, Garreth 

Robertson, are the two talented 

young musicians who will be 

on stage for the 40th Classic at 

the Castle performance. 

sixties and seventies,” said Knowles, “as well as 

some newer songs and even a few origin songs 

especially for this performance.” 

Harvey is known for his love of anything Elvis, but 

will also do some songs from Simon and Garfunkel, 

Johnny Cash and others. 

Knowles is responsible for the comedy and will also 

be singing some Beatles, Cat Stevens and others as 

well as a few original pieces he has been anxious to 

share with an audience. 

Of course, Du Randt and Badenhorst will be 

dancing and, Du Randt will also be accompanying 

Harvey and Knowles in a few duets. 

“This is going to be the best show yet,” said Scott. 

“But that’s not difficult as it’s our first.” 

Unorthodox Jukebox will take place at Tash’s Craft 

Bar, at the small boat harbour on Sunday November 

26. Tickets are R130 each and include one of Tash’s 

famous beef or chicken burger and chips. The show 

starts at 6pm, so have your Sunday evening supper at 

Ta s h ’s and be entertained and set yourself up for the 

week ahead. 

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P l a i n t iTickets f f are available from the venue and at 

Standerwick Nursery in town, or call Tash on 

a n d 

076-707-0963, or Scott on 076-933-7803. 

“Support local talent. We would love to see you 

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AT THE 

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MOVIES 

What’s hot or not at the box office 

her experiment, using a conveniently 

fully-fitted but unused medical facility in 

the hospital basement. 

They use defibrillation to stop 

Cour tney’s heart for 60 seconds while 

recording her brain activity on a MRI 

scanner. The minute ticks by and Jamie 

and Sophia start panicking when they 

can’t revive Courtney. They call on 

fellow student Ray (Diego Luna) for help 

and revive her. Figuring something is 

up, Marlo (Nina Dobrev) also arrives 

and learns of the experiment. 

MILKWOODS BRIDGE CLUB 

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MBC RESULTS…………9 Nov ’1 

1. M.Wesselo & A.Ward 115 

2. L.Chalmers & S.Coleman 87 

Other scores were below average. 

Farquharson s love of and 

fascination with the human voice 

continues to drive her from stage 

to stage. Just 22 years old with 

accolades from her school in 

choral music, she now holds 

eight tertiary scholarships, four 

in recognition of her 

performance achievements, a 

partial bursary from the 

Southern African Music Rights 

Organisation, Samro and a prize 

at this year’s Grahamstown 

Music Competition. 

Opera Found, Emma’s solo 

debut in this year’s Arts Festival, 

comprises operatic and classical 

arias, German art songs, 

operetta and Spanish folk 

songs. In her three years at 

Rhodes University Music 

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THE SHERIFF’S STORE, UNIT 19, THE DUNES 

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Department, she has thoroughly 

enjoyed being the student of 

vocal coach-technician and 

international soprano, Jo-Nette 

Le Kay. 

“The reason I named the 

show Opera Found, was firstly 

because, as a little girl, I hated 

opera. It was only through 

years of classical choral 

training (which I loved), and 

coming to RU and Miss Jo, that 

I began to appreciate opera, 

and then sing it,” Fa r q u h a r s o n 

said. 

“I just marvelled at how my 

voice began to change with all 

the weird exercises I was made 

to do, and by how I moved from 

being a lyric soprano, to a 

soubrette, to a [now] coloratura 

Initially the death and resuscitation 

experience seems to have a beneficial 

effect on Courtney, as she can 

remember her grandmother’s recipe for 

bread and obscure information from her 

studies that proves useful in her 

internship. 

One by one, the other students want 

to go through the same flatlining 

experience. One would think that after 

struggling to revive Courtney they would 

have it down to an art, but no, each one 

is a battle, with their periods of death 

lasting longer. 

And despite their initial euphoria and 

new sense of purpose, they all start 

having horrible visions. It actually starts 

feeling like a horror movie. 

Ultimately it felt like I was watching 

the same movie with different actors. It 

wa s n ’t necessary. 

in-the-making. Also, the Opera 

pieces in my programme are 

scattered, hence the notion of 

finding’ opera.” 

Robertson comes from East 

London and is a teacher at DSG 

and an honours student and 

accompanist at Rhodes 

University Music Department. 

Tickets are R80 and are on 

sale now at KNA Port Alfred. 

Out-of-towners please call 

(046) 624-2036. The price 

includes a programme and 

welcome drink. Inquiries: 

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“We are looking forward to 

seeing local music lovers at our 

last Classic at the Castle for 

2017,” local impresario Sue 

Gordon said. 

NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE: Nina Dobrev 

stars in ‘F l at l i n e r s ’, now showing at 

Rosehill Cinema 

MUSIC AND LAUGHS: Scott Harvey, left, and Rob Knowles will be performing in ‘Unor thodox 

J u ke b o x ’ at Tash’s Craft Bar at the small boat harbour on November 26 

PORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUB 

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Results for Monday, November 

Red Section (7 tables) 

N-S 1st M Andrews & D Wright 58.3% 

2nd N Wood & M Newport 55.4% 

E-W 1st E Rodrigues & K Botha 54.2% 

2nd Patricia & David Townsend 53.3% 

Green Section (9 tables) 

N-S 1st D McCarthy & M Hobbs 61.6% 

2nd R Francis & J Weisters 59.3% 

E-W 1st Tricia & Tony Border 65.7% 

2nd J Gie & T Versveld 63.7% 

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ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME ON EVEREST 

It’s not every day, or every year for that matter, that 

one’s neighbour packs his or her bags and heads for 

Asia, maybe with a tinge of nervous apprehension at 

the prospect of scaling a good portion of the world’s 

highest mountain. 

Yet, that was the case a little more than a month 

ago when Sunnyside resident, and my neighbour 

across the road, Lynne Angus, boarded one of those 

huge Qatar Airways planes at OR Tambo International 

Airport, headed for Kathmandu in Nepal. Once in 

Nepal, the iInformation and technology services 

division manager at Rhodes University met up with 

Hayley Wood, her best friend from her schooldays in 

Pietermaritzburg, for their joint extreme adventure. 

The duo’s decision to tackle the 62km trek from the 

village of Lukla to the Mount Everest base camp was 

made just four months beforehand. Lynne said the 

base camp is situated 5364m above sea level, so 

there was quite a climb ahead of them. In the four 

months leading up to the ascent to base camp, she 

had completed various day hikes around 

Grahamstown, plus longer hikes in the Baviaanskloof, 

Stutterheim and Middelburg districts. Regular gym 

work was thrown in for good measure. 

Various tour options are available for hiking to the 

Everest base camp, with Lynne and Hayley opting for 

a private tour which saw them being accompanied by 

guide Dorjee, of Sherpa descent, and porter Surendra. 

Lynne recalled: “Dorjee was excellent and very 

knowledgeable, while Surendra was amazing and 

would carry our heavy bags along the same path as 

us, but make it hours before us.” 

It took the foursome eight days to reach base 

camp, including two separate days of acclimatisation, 

and overnight stays at Namche Bazar (3430m), 

Dingboche (4350m), Thado Koshi, Lobuche, 

Tyanboche and Gorak Shep. Compared to the uphill 

slog to base camp, the descent back to the village of 

Lukla was exhilarating stuff. 

“Hiking back to Lukla took us just three days, but 

they were three very long days of 20km a day,” Ly n n e 

said. 

October is the busy month for Everest base camp 

trekking, and the trails leading to base camp were 

extremely busy when Lynne and Hayley were there. 

“We came across many, many people from all over 

the world,” Lynne said. 

She remarked that one would think there would be 

much celebration upon reaching base camp after 

eight days of uphill trudging, but it was rather 

l o w - ke y. 

“When we reached base camp we had put in lots of 

distance that day, it was cold, it was very high and the 

air was thin. We didn’t have all that much energy and 

high spirits to celebrate.” 

Another group of South Africans joined Lynne and 

Hayley at base camp, and they all gazed at the icy 

shards of the Khumbu glacier that stretches around 

Nuptse Mountain, and leads into the treacherous 

Khumbu icefall which Everest summiteers encounter 

on their way to Camp 1. 

Lynne recalled: “This was a once-in-a-lifetime sight, 

but we couldn’t linger, so we donned our backpacks 

once again and started the long trek back to Gorak 

Shep for the night.” 

The next morning, Lynne and guide Dorjee tackled 

Kalapatar, which Lynne describes as “the highlight of 

the entire trek”. 

She described it as a steep ascent of 400m 

elevation from Gorak Shep to the top of Kalapatar in 

less than two hours at 4.30am. 

“The view of the sun rising over Everest was worth 

every second. In one sunrise scene, our destination of 

the trek where we had been merely the day before, 

Everest base camp, was visible against the highest 

mountain in the world, along with the Khumbu glacier 

and Khumbu icefall – as if the thin air wasn’t 

breathtaking enough,” enthused Lynne. “I get 

emotional just thinking about it.” 

Back in Grahamstown, Lynne Angus reflected on 

her adventure of a lifetime. 

“I am stunned at how easy it was when I put my 

mind to it. Often people have a mind block against 

achieving a dream because they feel it is 

unattainable. But as soon as one accepts that 

anything is attainable given the right mindset, then 

making a start and working bit by bit towards that 

goal will eventually get you there,” she said. 

Lynne looked up the blue sky above Grahamstown 

during the interview, as if gazing at the white peaks 

of the Himalayas, and said wistfully: “I have no words 

to describe the experience I have just had, yet I have 

all the words to describe it. It was all a very humbling 

experience under very harsh conditions. The people 

are so kind and eager to help, getting by on the bare 

necessities.” 

Soon it was back to normal life in Grahamstown 

after receiving a rather enthusiastic “welcome back” 

from her two German shepherds – Christian and 

Oakley. The office beckoned, as did the poring 

through, in the evenings, of many hundreds of 

memorable and stunning photographs. 

TOP AWARDS FOR KWANDWE 

Located not too far north of Grahamstown, Kwandwe 

Private Game Reserve’s Ecca Lodge outshone some of 

the continent’s finest safari lodges at the 2018 Safari 

Awards in London last week. 

Nominated as the Safari Awards’ overall winner, 

K wa n d w e ’s Ecca Lodge was named Africa’s best safari 

experience. Ecca Lodge’s guiding and tracker team 

won the award for Africa’s best safari guiding team, 

while the lodge was placed second in the South African 

category for best ecologically responsible lodge. 

PL ANTING 

Have you noticed the planting of succulents taking 

place in Grahamstown’s central business district? 

Last month I noticed succulents being planted in 

the centre island at the intersection of African and Hill 

streets, and on Sunday I walked past the centre island 

across the road from Connock’s Butchery in Bathurst 

Street and it was full of newly planted succulents. 

Well done to all those concerned. 

Meanwhile, the Grahamstown Residents’ 

Association said in a statement at the weekend that 

“some of the project will entail major works to 

landscape and place structures, while other parts will 

be simple planting”. 

VET CLINIC CLOSES 

The closure of Frontier Veterinary Clinic up there in 

the industrial area on November 14 has been received 

with shock and dismay among residents. The reason 

given for the closure is that there is no veterinarian to 

service the clinic. 

THE BELLS RANG – AND RANG 

It has been some time since the Cathedral bells have 

been rung with such energetic enthusiasm, and last 

Thursday residents were quick to ask the reason 

when the bells rang for about an hour. 

It appears a group of bell ringers from the UK 

visited Grahamstown and wanted to try out our bells. 

And it appeared they enjoyed themselves! 

CAROLS AND CANDLES 

Carols like Silent Night, Away in a Manger and O 

Come All Ye Faithful will be sung with gusto in the 

glow of candlelight at the Carols by Candlelight 

service in the Cathedral from 7pm on Tuesday 

November 21. Presented annually by Rotary Club of 

Grahamstown, the service will be followed by the 

switching on of the Hospice Tree of Lights. 

WATER WOES 

Fellow Grahamstonians, we have serious water 

problems, in case you haven’t heard, read or realised. 

We ’ve got water restrictions in place, and that means 

the gardener in Thackeray Street should not have been 

hosing down the owner’s car one morning last week. 

BIG FIELD IN THE BOTS 

It was double-smiles day at last Saturday’s parkrun in 

the botanical gardens, affectionately known as “The 

B ot s ”, with Ross Marriner completing his 100th 

parkrun, and Peter Stockwell his 150th. Somewhere 

in-between was Comrades legend Alan Robb who 

came up from Port Alfred to do his 101st parkrun. 

First overall out of the 154 Parkrunners was Brad 

Landrey in 20 minutes 42 seconds, while Alice 

Godlonton was first lady in 24:39. 

Parkruns are held each Saturday at 8am from the 

entrance to the Makana Botanical Gardens. 

POTHOLES EVERYWHERE 

Oh my goodness, the pothole situation in Hillsview 

Road up there in Sunnyside has really got out of 

hand, and the road is in an atrocious state. Wonder if 

it will ever be repaired. 

LESSONS AND CAROLS 

A service titled “Nine Lessons and Carols” will take 

place in the Cathedral from 6pm to 7pm on Sunday 

with the full Cathedral choir in attendance. 

IN SA SQUAD 

James Kelly of Kingswood College has been selected 

for the SA Schools’ tennis squad. He has a string of 

successes and achievements to his credit, including 

being invited to the Eastern Province Top-10 selection 

tournament where he was runner-up. 

IN THE WATER 

DSG Junior School players selected for Eastern 

Province waterpolo teams are Catherine Williamson, 

Derrin Bush and Cate Stretton (all three EP U13A), 

and Lucy Pringle, Erin Powers and Ruby 

Graven-Dugmore (all three EP U13B). 

MUSICAL HONOURS 

Kingswood College Music 

Honours have been 

awarded to Maka 

REMEMBERING THE FALLEN: Corporal Stefan 

Pieters was one of four sentries at the corners 

of the World War 1 Memorial on Church Square 

during the annual Remembrance Day parade on 

Sunday. Hundreds of residents and visitors 

watched the proceedings in very hot weather. 

One of the highlights was the laying of wreaths 

to the accompaniment of bagpipe tunes played 

by piper Chris Terry 

Picture: SID PENNEY 

UP AND UP: Lynne Angus, left, and Hayley Wood 

pictured on their first acclimatisation day (day 

3) during their eight-day trek to the Mount 

Everest base camp. They had hiked from 

Namche Bazar to an Everest viewpoint that has 

a 360-degree view of the Himalayas. Mount 

Everest is in the background 

Makoni (clarinet), Georgia Cadle (clarinet) and Emily 

Fryer (flute). 

FOUR IN THE TEAMS 

Four Kingswood Junior School pupils have been 

selected for Eastern Province waterpolo teams for 

upcoming tournaments. They are Shanae Webb (EP 

U14A), and Megan Hobson, Amy Hobson and Keena 

Losaba (all three EP U13A). 

MADE IT!: Grahamstown resident Lynne Angus, suitably attired, on top of Kalapatar Mountain with Mount Everest above her head and slightly off-centre on the left. The Everest base camp is below her 

fist on the left of the photo with Khumbu glacier and Khumbu icefall. See story on this page 

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BOWLSBANTER 

... what’s happening 

Port Alfred Bowling and 

Croquet Club 

A SUCCESSFUL Triangular 

Tournament was held between 

Western Suburbs, Old 

Selbornians and ourselves last 

w e e ke n d . 

Congratulations to our teams 

who won the coveted trophy for 

2017! Congratulations to all 

those who participated, as well 

as to those who worked very 

hard to make it such a success. 

Duties for the week ending 

November 25: Tabs – Emil 

Jurgensen and Sylvia Prevost, 

Bar – Roger and Sue Darkes, 

Ironing – Dave Lang. 

Kenton Bowling Club 

November has traditionally been 

the month of the Sunshine Coast 

SPAR Kenton Ladies’ Classic 

Bowls Tournament and this year 

was no different. 

The inclement weather 

conditions forecast earlier in the 

week was no damper on the 

number of entries. Tuesday 

November 7 saw 18 teams from 

as far afield as East London, 

Hofmeyer and Jeffreys Bay arrive 

at the Kenton-on-Sea bowling 

club to start the two-day 

tournament. 

This year the “Prophets of 

Doom” (the weather forecasters) 

proved to be correct. The first 

morning’s play had to be 

cancelled due to regular squalls. 

An early lunch of a delicious 

Cricket 

logs 

GCB 1st League 

Willows 14 (4) 

Sidbury 13 (4) 

Salem 11 (3) 

Southwell 11(3) 

Cuylerville 9 (3) 

Port Alfred 6 (3) 

Makana Sona 3 

(2) 

Rhodes 2 (5) 

Manley Flats 0 (1 ) 

Bathurst 1st 

League 

Manley Flats 14 (4) 


Southwell 10 (2) 

St Andrews 5 (3) 


Station Hill 0 (2) 

Central Albany 1st 

Le a g u e 

Salem 15 (3) 

Makana Sona 6 

(3) 

Kingswood 4 (2) 

Sidbury 4 (2) 

Willows 1 (2) 

Kenton 0 (2) 

GCB 2nd League 

Rainbows 35 (8) 

Shrews 31 (7) 

Kenton 25 (6) 

Salem 20 (6) 

Station Hill 10 (3) 


Manley Flats 9 (5) 

Southwell 9 (5) 


Sidbury 2 (4) 

Tiger Titans 0 (4) 

Early Birds 0 (5) 

MOTOR 

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* Bosch Diagnostic Equipment 

* Auto Electrical 

* Engine Overhauls 

* Wheel Alignment 

* And Much More 

PHONE US FOR 

FRIENDLY SERVICE 

Tel (046) 624 5508 

33 North Street 

smoked salmon and avocado 

salad lifted the spirits and the 

ladies managed to play two 

shortened games in the 

afternoon. Apart from a little 

scare of a few drops in the 

morning, the second day was 

played in perfect weather 

conditions. 

This is one of the two premier 

annual fundraising events of the 

club. In keeping with its 

importance, the club members 

all contribute their services to 

ensure that the guests are well 

catered for. 

A lot of hard work went into 

providing sufficient opportunities 

for players to enjoy themselves 

on and off the greens. 

Competition was fierce, and 

the winning team was only 

determined after the last game 

on Wednesday afternoon. 

In the last round, A Kritzinger’s 

team (L Hayward, W Gouws, S 

MacLauchlan) from Western 

Suburbs beat P Wallis’s team 

from Walmer 17-8 to be crowned 

the 2017 champions. 

M Buchanan’s “Smar tie” team 

(Marlene, Hilary and Desiré) 

edged out B Coetzee’s Jeffreys 

Bay team on shot profit to finish 

second. 

The traditional Spider raised 

almost R800 for Sunshine Coast 

Hospice. Through the generosity 

of local business, all 

participating teams qualified for 

a prize. The coveted Sibuya 

BIG TURNOUT: The Port Alfred Bowling Club hosted a Triangular Tournament last weekend between their club, Old Selbornians from 

East London and Western Suburbs from Port Elizabeth 

day-trip raffle was won by Anabie 

Marais from Bushman’s River 

Mouth. All-in-all it was a very 

successful event. 

Friday night’s attendance draw 

was forfeited by Wynn Daly. She 

had participated in the Ladies’ 

Classic earlier in the week and 

travelled home with her 

teammates, hence her absence 

at the Friday Draw. 

The draw now stands at R1200. 

This Friday is Personal Trust Trips 

and a steak braai. Be there just 

in case the drawn name is you! 

Kenton Garden Services 

sponsored last Saturday’s Social 

Saturday competition. 

The 3-2-1 scoring method was 

used, and Rob Coly’s trips team 

won with a score of 73-53 from 

Ruth Low’s team. 

The other three matches were 

close affairs and could not match 

Rob’s 20-point advantage. 

Duties (November 20-26): 

Bar – The Crandons; Tabs – A 

Wo l f. 

Events (November 17-23): 17 – 

Personal Trust Trips (Kenton), 17 

– Steak Braai (Kenton), 18 – 

Clem Jacob Trips (Albany), 23 – 

Kenton/Kowie (Kowie), 23 – 

Bess Tweedie (Kowie). 

Birthdays (November 17-23): 

23 – Rodney Austin. 

GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED: Lurika Cannon, left, and Samuel Stone, right, of Klipfontein United Rugby 

Club received the funds raised for the club from Jacques van Wyk, centre, of Kenton/Alex Round 

Ta b l e 

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E m a i l : r o b e r t . a v i s @ e c m p a . c o . z a 

SPAR CHAMPS: From left, Ruth Low of the Kenton Bowling Club 

and Craig Smith of SPAR with the Sunshine Coast SPAR Ladies’ 

Classic winners – A Kritzinger, L Hayward, W Gouw and S 

MacLauchlan from Western Suburbs Bowling Club 

Rugby club 

benefits from 

fun fundraiser 

ONE of Kenton/Alex Round Table’s initiatives is 

a fundraiser for the Klipfontein United Rugby 

Club. 

The Round Table uses Superbru, an online 

prediction game to raise funds. Round Table 

public relations officer Jacques van Wyk 

explained how it works. 

“Like with previous years we opted to use the 

SuperRugby competition. Every week a member 

will make his/her prediction of which team he 

or she believes would win and by how many 

points,” he said. 

“Points are given to those who choose the 

correct winning team. Bonus points are then 

awarded if your score is within five points of the 

actual difference. A match point is also given to 

the person who either guessed the correct score 

or was the closest to it. If there was a tie points 

would be split.” 

There was a R200 per person buy-in, with half 

the funds going towards assisting Klipfontein 

United’s travel costs and the other half goes to 

the cash prizes. 

The top three positions all received a cash 

prize. This year saw Ross Bedford take the 

honours as the man who was the best at the 

guessing game. 

CROQUETCORNER 

... rolls that count LAST Wednesday, 16 of 

our members attended 

a coaching clinic given 

by Lionel Tibble, a 

visitor from England 

who is a prominent 

English player. 

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It was extremely well 

received and, it is fair 

to say, was of immense 

help to all who 

attended. Those, 

several, of our members 

who are playing in the 

Nationals in Cape Town 

are saying that they are 

enjoying the occasion. 

Their results will be 

in next week’s Talk of 

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SUCCESS FOR PAHS SWIMMER: Senior swimming 

coach Roger Nock congratulates Port Alfred High 

School U9 swimmer Will Beatt upon winning the EP 

Merit Award for accumulating the most points at the 

3rd A League gala held recently in Port Elizabeth 

GOLFW E E K LY 

... the results 

Wednesday November 8: 

BUCO – Albany Road Better 

Ball Medal, with 76 players. 

Results: 

1st: Dale Wisener, Barry Brady – 

59 

2nd: Mark Warren, Rob Gobey 

–59 

3rd: Ockie Pieterse, Dennis 

White – 61 

4th: Arnie Schultz, Roly Clayton 

–61 

Two clubs: 

6th: R Turner, I Moncur, G 

Bunting, T Taylor, K Heny, A 

Barnes 

8th: J Weisters, A Sap, V 

Jordan 

11th: D Mjimla 

13th: B Brady, A Sap, L Nel 

Best gross: 70 – Wian van 

Aswegen 

Best nett: 66 – Barr y 

Scarterfield, Dale Wisener, 

Mark Warren 

Nearest the pins: 

Debonairs Pizza – 6th: Gordon 

Bunting 

Thymes 2 Catering – 8th: Tim 

Shanks 

The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 

11th: Gordon Bunting 

Trellidor – 13th: Rob Turner 

Wimpy longest drive – 14th: Ian 

Moncur 

Kingsley Beverages – N e a r e st 

the pin for two on the first: 

Colin Howard 

Saturday November 11: John 

Burnett Brokers Better Ball 

Stableford, with 105 players. 

Results: 

1st: Brian Wright, Nick Fox - 48 

2nd: David Brunt, Michael Kelly 

–47 

3rd: Freek van Rooyen, Corrie 

van Zyl – 44 

4th: Andy Barnes, Alan Corrans 

–44 

Two clubs: 

8th: T Wagner 

13th: Ian Sawers 

Best gross: 74 – Brian Wright, 

Tom Wagner 

Best nett: 68 – Andy Barnes 

Nearest the pins: 

Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: 

Warren Solz 

Auto Smart Body Shop – 8th: 

Tom Tagg 

Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th: 

Leon Nell 

The Wharf Street Brew – 13th: 

Greg Reed 

Wimpy longest drive – 18th: 

Dave Young 

Royal St Andrews – Nearest the 

Pin for two on the first: Terry 

Counihan 

1820s Golf 

Monday November 6: 23 

players in a strong westerly 

wind. 

Winners on 39: Barry 

Scarterfield, Ted Baines, Lawton 

Amos, Juan Southey. 

Moosehead on 45: Mick Parker, 

Albert Whitfield, Nic van der 

Merwe, Dennis McElwee. 

Good scores: 49 - Lionel Timm, 

48 - Patrick O’K e l l y. 

Two clubs: 11th Stan Weyers, 

13th Barry Scarterfield, Dudley 

K i e s e r. 

Thursday November 9: 22 

players in a very strong 

westerly wind. 

Winners on 40: Roy Pople, 

Kevin Reid, Rick Hill. 

Moosehead on 45: Stan Weyer, 

Dave Page, Don Howarth, Louis 

van der Walt. 

Good scores: 49 – Dennis 

McElwee, 48 – John 

Lardner-Burke, 47 – Dave Page, 

45 - John Heather. 

Two clubs: 6th Roy Pople. 

Fresh Stop Port Alfred Mixed 

November 11: Despite forecasts 

of a strong easterly wind, which 

materialised, 26 players pitched 

for the draw to be drawn in 

three and four-balls to contest 

the weekly Freshstop mixed 

Stableford alliance competition. 

An air of desperation was 

apparent with some players 

being denied their golfing fixes 

by rain earlier in the week. 

Winners on the day, handling 

conditions superbly, was the 

team of Heather van Harmelen, 

Glynnis Renecle, Nick 

Oosthuizen and Derek Sinclair 

with 89 points. Second, and a 

little behind, on 85 points were 

Sandy Fryer, Lizzie Lambrechts, 

Barrie Brady and Paul Fryer. 

Conditions did not suit Martin 

Time Trial: November 9 

5km 

1. Joy Stephens 32:41 

2. Nosipho Vazi 37:20 

8Km 

1. Vuyisani Nobi 29:40 

Lambrechts, Liz Mangham, 

Maureen and Donald McGarvie 

and their return of 74 points 

was sufficient to earn the 

sponsors’ Energade for the day. 

The only two-club of the day 

went to Martin on the sixth and 

Margie Reid collected the bottle 

of wine for closest the pin on 

the eighth. 

Only two sub 70 rounds were 

recorded being Bridget McNelis 

and Lizzie both with 69’s 

therefore Bridget was rewarded 

for the best round not in a 

winning covey. 

KENTONRUNNERS 

KOWIESTRIDERS 

... runners with pride 

Time Trial: November 7 

8km Run 

Rick Betts 37:53 

Sticks Stiglingh 38:12 

Alana Stiglingh 38:12 

Alex Weed 44:09 

Mariaan Stiglingh 45:05 

5km Run 

Ayabonga Saul 19:28 

Lungisane Mtsatse 24:44 

Mike Nelson 24:54 

Chris Roberts 27:25 

Shane Lagaay 29:06 

Imran Kamdien 29:36 

Marietjie Robb 33:34 

3km Run 

Lethemba Jakana 13:33 

Yamkelani Dayimani 13:33 

Rebecca Nelson 16:24 

Stella Villeneuve 22:54 

7km Walk 

Ray Basson 01:16:46 

5km Walk 

Ann-Marie Hockley 37:00 

Pauline Weed 53:34 

Billy Futter 53:34 

3km Walk 

Colin Murphy 30:44 

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GOING THE DISTANCE: The Port Alfred Swim Team took part in their first triathlon in East London 

last Sunday and had a successful race as well had loads of fun, coach Sharon Lemmer said. The 

team, which consists of, back from left, Luke Lemmer and Saffron Tweedie, with front from left, 

Kate Tinley, Oliver Lange and Scarlett Tweedie, took part in a 400m swim, 10km cycle and 2.5km 

run. The team were joined by past pupils Richard Herrington and Mark Kieck who took part in the 

Olympic Challenge 

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Contact us with any sports news: (046) 624-4356 (Jon Houzet) Thursday November 16, 2017 

Trampoline gymnasts 

flying high 

Four from Port Alfred at world champs 

but quest for Olympic support continues 

PORT Alfred can say with 

pride that four local 

gymnasts are attending 

the 25th Fédération 

Internationale de 

Gymnastique (FIG) 

Trampoline Gymnastics World 

Championship in Bulgaria 

from today until Sunday. 

The four gymnasts – O n ke 

Mangele, Liyema Nxobo, 

Siyabulela Siwa and Khanyile 

Mbolekwa – are members of 

Nemato Change a Life 

(NCAL), and were selected by 

South African Gymnastics 

Federation (SAGF) for this 

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 

Three of the four – 

Mangele, Nxobo and Siwa – 

are also South African 

national champions in 

trampoline gymnastics. 

As another accolade they 

have also been select by 

SAGF to attend the Junior 

Olympics next year. 

The team is currently 

coached by the national team 

coach, Lee Budler, who is 

based in Port Elizabeth, which 

means the team travels to 

Port Elizabeth weekly to train 

with this world-class coach. 

Their efforts have been 

rewarded with their selection 

to the national team and 

selection to the world 

championships, but without 

continued sponsorship not 

only is the opportunity of 

these future world champions 

in jeopardy, but their Junior 

Olympic dreams for next year 

may also not be fulfilled. 

NCAL director and founder 

Jan Blom said: “We have, 

without doubt the potential of 

world champions. It is only 

funding that is holding us 

back. We have to find a way 

forward urgently, we can’t 

lose another year on the way 

to the Olympics.” 

Anyone who would like to 

sponsor the team or find out 

more about these talented 

young gymnasts, can contact 

Nemato Change a Life. 

Blom can be contacted on 

073-505-9168 or send an 

e-mail to 

m a t i n ya n a f u n d @ g m a i l . c o m 

IS IT A BIRD, IS 

IT A PLANE? No 

it’s Nemato 

Change a Life 

g y m n a st 

Khanyile 

M b o l e k wa 

reaching full 

flight on the 

t rampoline 

TOP TENNIS: Coaches 

Marleen Gibson, left, and 

Chix Pearson, second from 

right, with Port Alfred High 

pupils, Sam Solz and 

Lise-Mari Coetzee who 

secured number one spots 

in their respective Albany 

open and U14 teams. 

Lise-Mari has also been 

selected as 1st reserve for 

the U15 EP tennis team 

going to the national 

tournament next year 

INTERNATIONAL STAGE: Nemato Change a Life’s four champions are partaking in the Fédération 

Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Trampoline Gymnastics World Championship in Bulgaria from 

today. They are, from left, Onke Mangele, Liyema Nxobo, Khanyile Mbolekwa and Siyabulela Siwa 

24 Hours : ( 046) 624 2508 

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SWIM STARS: Coaches Sino Bakaqana, back left and Roger Nock, back centre, were all smiles 

after the recent Dolphin Gala held in Grahamstown recently where the Port Alfred High School 

junior swimmers excelled. The Port Alfred High School U9 boys won the shield having accumulated 

the most points while the U9 girls secured 4th position, the U10 girls 2nd position and the U12 

girls 3rd overall. This is a fine result for a small team of dedicated swimmers. The swimmers are, 

Saffron Tweedie, back right, and then middle from left, Reece Coetzer, Scarlett Tweedie, and front 

from left, Connor Bessinger, Kaylem Simes, William Beatt and Robyn Dacombe

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