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Year 2 • Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Tel. 028 312 3717
Second protest for Bot River JANINE VAN DER RIET Chaos erupted when residents of Bot River once again blocked the access roads to the town – after six spaza shops in the informal settlement of Newfrance were robbed and torn to the ground by protesters early on Monday morning.
An officer of the police’s special task force keeps watch over residents of Newfrance during a protest at Bot River yesterday. PHOTO: JANINE VAN DER RIET
The 1 000-odd protesters split up between the N2, Bot River itself, and the OK Minimart in the town. One group tried at around 07:00 to block the N2 using burning tyres and trees. The police and special police task teams managed to move them down the road. There they blocked the gravel road leading from Bot River to the N2. About 800 people, meanwhile, blocked the road outside the OK Minimark, threatening to burn the shop – and all the while angry protesters walked through the streets of Bot River. At the time of going to print, police were waiting on backup from Cape Town. One police vehicle had been damaged and 12 people had been arrested, Lieutenant Cyril Coetzee, spokesperson
for the Caledon police, said. Bricks were thrown at the glass doors of a house in town. Resident Tim Groenewald was standing only a metre away, with his back to the glass doors, when the glass was hit. He says the impact sounded like an explosion. The protesters screamed at him to join the march, but Groenewald just kept quiet, waiting for them to leave. The protesters were apparently from the informal settlement of Newfrance and a local low-cost housing project. Yesterday’s protest happened almost a month to the day after the first service delivery protest in Bot River this year. Held on Monday 28 May, 800 protesters brought the town to a standstill when they blocked all access roads. The angry residents claimed that poor service delivery from the Theewaterskloof Municipality – untarred roads and a lack of housing, specifically – was the main reason for the protest. Yesterday some protesters said their protest was partly because of poor service delivery – but said they had also targeted spaza shops run by foreigners.
Stiffie Cronjé, spokesperson for the Theewaterskloof Municipality, says an agreement was reached last week by the Bot River Residents’ Association (BRA), the national Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), and councillors of the Theewaterskloof Municipality. The agreement, which supports further conversation between the municipality and the BRA, was signed by the municipality and a representative of the COGTA – but the BRA has not signed it yet. Cronjé says that on Friday afternoon the municipality received an email requesting a meeting with the BRA on Sunday. But an hour after the first email came in, a second email arrived to say that the BRA had been dissolved. The municipality was not informed of the protest, Cronjé adds. “We are not sure who is responsible for this protest, but TWK has done everything to accommodate residents with their grievances.” ) See page 3 for an account of this journalist’s encounter with the protesters.
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Church service times Seventh Day Adventist Church: Corner of 13th Avenue and Sixth Street, Kleinmond. Saturday service at 09:30. 0 028 271 4173. Pringle Bay United Church: Corner of Crescent and Park Streets. Sunday service at 09:00. 0 028 273 8172. Kleinmond Aanbiddingsentrum : Corner of Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street. Sunday service at 09:45. 0 028 271 5694 or Pastor Gerrit Smit: 083 6336 172. Lakeside Chapel: Lakeside Drive, Betty’s Bay. Sunday service at 09:30. 0 028 272 9214. St Nicholas Anglican Church: Heide Street, Proteadorp. Morning prayer on first and third Sunday morning of every month at 10:00. Communion on second and fourth Sunday of every month. 0 028 271 3546. Kleinmond Fellowship Church: 72 Sixth Street, Kleinmond. Sunday service at 09:30; Sunday school for children in Grades R to 3.
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Something for all at Kalfiefees Even if you don’t praat die taal, you’ll be pleased to know that there are some productions at this year’s Kalfiefees that won’t need your Afrikaans–English dictionary – you need only take your sense of humour and musical appreciation. In You Can’t Be Serious, Nik Rabinowitz, the “world’s leading Xhosa-speaking Jewish comic” satirises the state of the rainbow nation, examining all things proudly South African, from Cape Town to Perth, and back via outer space. Then there’s Leopards, Love Potions and other Marico Tales, in which Eric Nobbs takes up the mantle of the late, great Patrick Mynhardt, whose portrayal made Oom Schalk Lourens a part of our literary fabric. Nobbs brings these touching stories to a new generation of theatre lovers. Albie van Schalkwyk, a leading chamber musician and vocal accompanist in South Africa, will (on piano) play extracts and full works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Fauré and Dvorak with Anna van der Merwe (violin), Aristide du Plessis (cello), Francois Botha (piano) and Hanna van Niekerk (storyteller). From classical chamber music to young choir voices, you’ll get to join friends and family and listen to the choirs of Zwelihle Primary, Hawston Primêr, Qhayiya Second-
AGS Kerk Kleinmond: Sunday service at 18:00; Prayer service Tuesday 19:00. VCSV building, 11th Avenue. 0 Pastor Tewis de Jager: 082 771 9365 or 028 713 3988 Email your church service times to Janine van der Riet at janine@hermanustimes.co.za
ary and Hoërskool Hermanus. After hearing the choir from Qhayiya Secondary sing at the recent launch of Qhayiya – Friends of the School, attendees spoke of being totally captivated by their performance. Although undeniably an Afrikaanse fees at heart (now in its 12th year) there is something for everyone at the Kalfiefees, especially when it comes to music. Whether you like the classics or something traditional, a good tune can have lyrics in Punjabi and still be moving to listen to – or in Spanish: you all remember the Macarena, no? ) Kalfiefees 8 to 12 August 2012. Book at Computicket. Collect a programme at the Kalfiefees office next to the De Wet Hall in Roos Street, Onrus, or at the Hermanus Times office.
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Catholic Church: Twist Street, Betty’s Bay. Saturday mass at 17:30. 0 021 859 5397. St Francis Anglican Church: Services in the Roman Catholic Church, Twist Street, Betty’s Bay. Sunday Eucharist at 09:00.
Tuesday 26 June 2012
KERRY VAN RENSBURG Winter market ) The Fynbos Senior Centre holds a winter market from 26 to 30 June at the DR Church Hall, 36 First Avenue, Kleinmond. The market runs from 09:30 to 16:00, 26 to 29 June, and from 09:30 to 13:00 on 30 June. Browse and buy some beautiful handmade goods and treats, and sustain yourself with delicious home-made soup and bread, pancakes, curry and rice, and boerewors rolls. Forthcoming events of the Friends of Hangklip Library, Betty’s Bay ) 28 June: talk on oyster catchers by Richard and Sara Starke at 10:30. ) 29 June: book and pancake sale from 10:00 to 14:30. ) 5 July : DVD presentation by Audrey McGeorge on the Camino Walk in Spain, taking place at 19:00 at Stoney Point Boat Club. ) 23 August: Kids Can presentation by Hannalie Quass at 10:30.
The winter holidays are upon us, and there are a number of holiday clubs on the go that will help keep children inspired and entertained. For Kleinmond parents working in Hermanus, a holiday programme at the United Church in Hermanus started yesterday (Monday) and runs until this Friday, from 09:00 to 12:00 daily. The week includes games, singing, memory verses and skits, and all primary school children are welcome. The programme is run by a group of students from Stellenbosch. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. For more information call 028 312 2717. The holiday club at Live the Life Church in the Gateway Centre will run from Monday 2 July to Friday 6 July between 08:00 and 13:00. The theme is Operation Space; pupils from Grades 1 to 7 may attend, and the charge is R20 per person a day. To find out more call Michael Earle on 083 793 6696.
Children in Hawston can take part in the holiday programme at the Thusong Centre, Hawston, from 2 to 6 July. They will be kept busy with an assortment of activities from 09:00 to 13:00 daily. Children are asked to give a donation of R1 per day. Each day they’ll be given breakfast as they arrive and lunch before they go home. LIG will host a Holiday Club in Mthimkhulu Village, Kleinmond, from 9 to 13 July, partnering with local churches, businesses and individuals. They are going to hold their own Olympic Games to coincide with the Olympics in England. The primary focus is to engage the children in positive, uplifting activities so as to make the most of their vacation time. The programme runs from 08:30 to 13:30 and accommodates children between the ages of 3 and 13. Upon arrival each morning the children will enjoy sandwiches and tea, while a hot meal awaits them at lunch time. Contact: Antionette on 072 511 2311 or Carina on 073 351 4480 to find out more.
LISTEN UP: A novel new double CD has just been released to help people uncover the charm and interest underlying the Cape Country Meander. Once Upon a Time on the Cape Country Meander can be played in the car to experience the meander through a layer of storytelling. This famous route links eight rural towns – Elgin, Botrivier, Caledon, Greyton, Genadendal, Riviersonderend, Tesselaarsdal and Villiersdorp – in the Theewaterskloof area. Lizette Kok (left), tourism official at the Theewaterskloof Municipality, and Joanna Dibden, manager of local economic development at the Theewaterskloof Municipality, were involved in the production of the double CD, and say it will add depth to the understanding of the towns on the map without the added pressure of reading and researching. The CD is available at R80 from the tourism offices in the region; alternatively, you can request it by mailing info@thecapecountrymeander.co.za. PHOTO:ANNETTETHERON
Share your warmth During these freezing winter months, spare a thought for those who cannot afford the simple, fundamental need for warmth. Gazette implores readers who have an extra blanket or warm clothes in the cupboard, or who have the means to buy a blanket or jacket for a needy neighbour, to deliver these items to the Gazette office on Thursdays and Fridays during office
hours. In turn, we’ll give them to charity organisations that will distribute them to those who need them most. In this way we hope to help fellow residents who don’t even have a roof over their heads, and have to face the cold Cape winter with little in the way of comfort. Deliver your contributions at the office in Kleinmond, or phone us on 028 312 3717 if you want to know more.
Tuesday 26 June 2012
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Kleinmond Gazette
Protest and pain: how I felt the anger JANINE VAN DER RIET You always read of marches and protests by dissatisfied residents or employees. We see in newspapers and on TV how tyres, branches and rubbish bins are set on fire. But we sometimes do not concern ourselves all that much about it, because “it’s the police’s problem”. On Monday morning I was frightened for the first time in my career as a journalist when protesters lured me into a trap. I drove to Bot River to take photos of the protest. I took the dirt road between the settlement and the train station and saw many people next to the road, whom I greeted with a polite nod of the head. They looked anxious, but still greeted me without warning me of what I was to encounter within minutes. As the road turned, near to the N2 linkup, I saw for the first time that the road was blocked. The police were standing on the other side of the blocked road. Trees and tyres were burning between us. I’d driven right into the protest, without anyone along the road having warned me. Men started running at my car, armed with sticks and stones. I knew I was in danger and I hurriedly made a three-point turn. I hit the accelerator and sped away as fast as I could. One of the men succeeded in hitting my car with his stick. He had a violent, hate-
Protesters in the distance flex their muscles at the camera. filled expression on his face. This man and other men ran after my car to “teach me a lesson”, but I thankfully got out of there in time. I am angry that I was scared. I think back and wonder if I should have “stood my
PHOTO: JANINE VAN DER RIET
ground”, but I fear I may not have made it out. The violence and hatred in the men’s eyes were alarming. I’d done nothing to them. Why would they want to hurt me? Violence is not the answer.
Baboon incursions under review FANIE KRIGE A community meeting on Friday evening shed new light on the cause of the riotous baboon behaviour in Pringle Bay. About 70 people attended the meeting, organised by the Pringle Bay Conservancy to accommodate homeowners who are only in the village over weekends. Several people said that, in all the years they’d been coming to Pringle Bay, this was the first time the baboons had displayed such “bad behaviour”. A woman who works in Stellenbosch and lives in Pringle Bay suggested that the cause was a leadership battle within the troop. She’d witnessed the ousting of the troop’s alpha male in December, and said the group’s leadership had changed three times since because of a preponderance of strong beta males. Other speakers also called for actions to deal with the “skollies” in the troop. Conservancy chairperson Bernard Heydenrich highlighted the waste transfer station at the entrance to the village as a major
problem in the community’s efforts to keep baboons out of the town. Having a place where baboons can get “a free daily morning meal” made monitors, public awareness programmes and hefty fines for baboon feeding “absolutely meaningless”, he said. Heydenrich said 28 people had already been recruited and trained for the monitoring programme, and that an application had been made to CapeNature for equipment. The group’s aim is to keep the baboons outside the village, and to collect data to identify problem animals for removal. Heydenrich mentioned the Pringle Bay baboon hotline – 081 581 5403 – and called on residents to report, for example, the spots where the baboons spend the night. Ward councillor Lisel Krige told the meeting that council and the municipal administration were keen to play their role hand-inhand with the community to manage baboon behaviour, and were willing to tighten up waste management practices, among others. But people were generally not in favour of the removal of the waste transfer station, which to the municipality appeared as a possible option in the effort.
Krige said she realised there would be as many opinions for solutions as there were people in the audience. The onus to have a baboon-proof waste container rests on each and every household in the Overstrand according to a bylaw, she pointed out. Among the possible solutions offered at the meeting were to arrange feeding places outside towns, set up electrical fences, and even reintroduce other species into the Kogelberg area. You can help by following these guidelines: ) Ensure that your rubbish is sealed in black bags and then placed in baboon-proof bins for collection. ) If you drop your rubbish off at a central municipal collection point, ensure that it is placed in a sealed container inside the enclosure and not easily accessible to visiting baboons. ) Do not leave food and fruit visible and accessible in your home, or on patios and balconies. ) Do not leave windows and doors open and unattended. It is better to bar door and window openings that are regularly left open. ) Do not feed any baboons!
Pearl pulls 3 from sea Three men were rescued after a fivemetre fishing boat capsized in Palmiet Bay near Kleinmond harbour, about one nautical mile offshore of the town, last Wednesday morning. All three crewmen were in the water in rough conditions, with breaking swells up to three metres tall and a 10- to 15-knot northwesterly wind. According to Deon Langenhoven of the Hermanus NSRI, a private fishing boat was responsible for rescuing the crew of the capsized boat. A number of private fishing boats, trying to help, also ran into some difficulty. “Our NSRI volunteer sea rescue duty crew responded in our rescue vehicle, towing our sea rescue craft Hunters Gold Rescuer to be launched on the scene, and the SA police, the Western Cape provincial government’s Emergency Medical and Rescue Services (EMS) and the EMS Air Mercy Services helicopter (Skymed) responded. “Prior to our arrival we were informed that all crew had been brought safely ashore by the fishing boat Pearl, but the casualty boat remained capsized approximately one nautical mile offshore.” While the NSRI, the police and EMS ambulances continued to respond, Skymed was returned to base. “On our arrival on scene we confirmed that all of the casualty crew – skipper Jacque de Jager (49) with Daniel Berry (32), and JJ Snel (61) all from Kleinmond – were safe ashore and not injured,” Langenhoven says. “They had been rescued and brought ashore by the fishing vessel Pearl, assisted by a number of other private fishing craft.” NSRI Hermanus volunteers then set out to sea to reclaim the capsized boat. They could not risk attempting to bring her into the Kleinmond small boat harbour as the waves breaking there may have put the recovery operation at risk. At the time of going to print it was understood that the boat remained adrift around one nautical mile offshore. The Maritime Radio Services have been informed of the boat, and will broadcast warnings about the maritime hazard to other craft in the area if need be. The owner of the capsized craft is investigating the best way to salvage the boat. The authorities commend the crew of the fishing boat Pearl, as well as the other local fishing boats that assisted, for their quick and bold actions in bringing the seamen safely ashore.
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Kleinmond Gazette
Tuesday 26 June 2012
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The countryside: idyllic, symbolic, forgotten Talk, don’t destroy Another protest in Bot River. Another day lost to employees who wanted to go to work. More money lost to fear. Has our country become so violent that, whenever there is a problem, we need to intimidate and destroy other people’s property to be heard? Surely there are other ways to settle problems in our communities. Can residents, protesters and community leaders please take hands and sit around a table to make the future better for everyone involved? It is now school holidays. The children in Bot River saw the way the so-called grown-ups protested. This is not the example we want to set for the children, our future.
During the weekend of Father’s Day, I was treated to a few days in Citrusdal, land of the hot baths and rooibos tea. On Friday evening, while searching for the proverbial cappuccino and a restaurant to cater for my country-fare experience, I was privy to an amazing sight: literally hundreds of people of colour clotted the sidewalks of the main and surrounding streets. Long queues snaked in front of Absa ATMs, of which there were quite a few. Standard Bank had a lone client, and there was no sign of the other major banks. It is fairly understandable – Absa is the farmer’s bank, and Citrusdal is an agricultural town. Later I surmised that Citrusdal becomes a social gathering place when the sun goes down. A lack of recreational facilities obviously determines the type of entertainment people seek. The bottle stores and supermarkets dominated trade. With mechanisation of labour, unemployment becomes a reality. The infrastructure cannot support a growing population. On the flip-side, the statistics also show a decrease in able-bodied workers, with many migrating to urban areas in search of better prospects. The rural areas are a particularly neglected terrain, and
politicians only appear when elections loom. Huge financial costs are incurred when government and the private sector allocate money to urban development. A fraction of their budgets ends up in rural areas. It reminds me of what I overheard a community activist in Riversdale saying: “They stop off in Riversdale to fill up on petrol on their way to Johannesburg. Then it’s election time, and then we get the overnighters”. Marginalised groups are denied access to the necessary social services, such as unemployment bureaux, mental and physical allied institutions, legal aid and a host of subsidiaries that are permanent features of urban living. It’s a never-ending cycle in which people migrate to urban regions, further contributing to urban sprawl and placing huge stress on society. Money does not circulate back into the rural areas, but remains concentrated in the cities. One of the most insidious pieces of past legislation was the issue of migrant labour. For many the cities became a home away from home, and financial constraints hindered the flow of income, however small, back into the rural hinterland.
It takes courage and vision to prioritise the rural areas. Strangely, all our overseas visitors want to experience the countryside. It gives them a sense of the country. During the holidays – especially over the summer – the Overstrand is brimming with city dwellers and international tourists. They say that to discover the real America, you have to travel through its heartland, the Midwest. The essence of a country does not lie in its anthems or national insignia, but its rivers, mountains and above all its people – and the rural areas have that in abundance.
Stoned Olives to ‘unite SA through the braai’
On and on we went
On occasion life throws a few curve balls our way. Sometimes it is needed to just put down the worries a bit and dream for a change. Some of you already know that I entered the Ultimate Braai Master competition with my life partner, Billy Stanley, under the name “The Stoned Olives”. We saw an insert on SABC3 of Justin Bonello calling South Africans to enter and stand the chance to join 14 other teams on a 52-day, 8 000 km culinary road trip trough our beautiful country, and to take each other on in a competition in a reality show with “survival-style” eliminations to win the ultimate prize: R500 000 cash and a brand new Renault Koleos. He challenged us by holding up a geelbek; some of you know that Billy is obsessed with spear fishing and that we eat a lot of seafood. I have never really owned my own car either, and half a million bucks sounded kinda lifechanging to me. So the dream was born. More than 7 000 people entered online, and we were narrowed down to 300 teams countrywide. The objective of the first audition day was to braai against the other teams and get into the top 15 places for the Cape. And we did it! The next day we had to compete against the other top Cape teams and became part of the top 43 for South Africa to try and secure a spot on the actual TV show. Yesterday morning the names of 15 teams to go on the road trip of a lifetime were announced – and we were on that list! I have to leave Betty’s Bay on 13 July to start filming. Every week one team will be
I am tired and tubeless and bent, but I feel a little bit self-congratulational at the same time. Today, Micycle and I went for our longest and, I dare say, most enjoyable ride to date. I thought we were just going to do a spin around the block, but once we got put into the road Micycle just turned towards Betty’s Bay and the game was on. When we reached the 10 km mark at the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens I thought to turn back, but Micycle’s wheels just kept going straight, so what could I do but pedal? We went right through Betty’s Bay and out into the country beyond, and still we kept going, up hills and down again. When we got to the booms at Pringle Bay I was relieved when Micycle turned off the national road, but to my dismay we were not due to stop yet. We wound along through the little town for several kilometres, and then back out onto a country road. This was a dirt road, but a good one.
eliminated. We do not plan to be eliminated! If we make it through to the end I will only be back in Betty’s Bay at the beginning of September. I want you all to be secure in the knowledge that the proverbial show must go on with The Hangklip–Kleinmond Book, and so it will. The deadline to book and advertise has always been 30 September, but for the 2013 edition the deadline will be extended to 30 October. The book will still be distributed, as usual, on the first week of December. My email box will be open, and prospective advertisers are urged to send me all the info required. I have also made an arrangement with our wonderful Tourism Bureau to leave a big book at their counter for people to leave me their details and notes. I am asking all of you to give me leave for a while so that I can go and promote our beautiful area to South Africa, and after that to the BBC and the rest of the world. Please follow us in our journey to try and unite South Africa through the braai. Ultimate Braai Master will be aired during prime time on Thursdays on SABC3 from 13 September, and the winners will be announced during a live show on 6 December. In the meantime you can follow all the action on Facebook on the Ultimate Braai Master page, and stand the chance to win amazing prizes. Oh, and please like “The Ultimate Braai Masters – The Stoned Olives” on Facebook. A shoutout for us on their official page will also help us greatly.
NEAL ALLEN If you’d like to join the Kleinmond Cycle Club, call 079 314 4368 or send a mail to kleinmondfietsklub@gmail.com.
RONEL THERON,
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Food fight: thinking inside the box STATISTICIANS have been looking differently at us humans in the grander scheme of things. For instance, our presence can be usefully expressed in physical terms: if you packed all of us into a box, we would not occupy much more than two-and-a-bit cubic kilometres. The entire human population of the earth would easily fit into False Bay, with lots of room to spare. Our total biomass – everyone who needs to be fed – is just short of 300 million tonnes. One clear trend is that a large and growing percentage of the earth’s substance is being turned into North Americans. The average body mass for them is 80,7 kg; for the rest of us it is 62 kg. A third of those heavies are described as overweight, and of them another third are obese. (I wonder how that big US lady in the caravan is doing.)
It’s to do with their ancestry: all those hungry Irishmen, Germans, Englishmen and Dutchmen that created and filled the US of A were soon in a position to fill their larders and fridges and cram themselves with all those foodstuffs that were largely inaccessible to them in the Old Country: lots of meat, butter, refined flour and sweet stuff. “Vegetables? Nah, our grandparents ate turnips and cabbage because that was all they had.” I recently popped into a coffee shop for a bite and ordered a scone. The plate arrived, bearing two scones. I told the waitress I had ordered only one. She took my remark as an expression of gratitude for the unexpected bonus. “A scone is two scones(!)” she smilingly added. Same with another popular franchise: a
scrambled egg on toast now consists of two to three eggs. Why? Most of their clients like that quantity, and for a mere R2 to R3 the operator can easily add an extra R10-plus to the price. And so it goes, upwards and outwards exponentially. Complaints are taken as a sign of poverty or meanness. This trend is growing, clearly following the American way of eating, dished up in the endless stream of TV stuff from over there being foisted on us by our lazy executives having to fill channels. Here at home the weather continues to play tricks. These winter days are a bit nippy in the morning, but by midday everyone is in shirtsleeves. The fountain behind my house has dried up for the first time in 20 years, and some fynbos species have started dying, or dying out, I fear.
The soil is dampened by the fog and frequent little showers, but my newly dug plaasdam is bone dry. It takes a while for such structure to mature when it is first filled and achieve a reasonable degree of impermeability, but it has to be full of water for that. Someone recommended lining the dam with cabbage leaves covered with soil. Anyone willing to help cover 100 m² at 20 leaves a square? 2 jhfourie@mweb.co.za
Tuesday 26 June 2012
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Kleinmond Gazette
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Retha van Huyssteen honoured by society FJ VAN DER MERWE On 13 June, the management committee and members of the Kleinmond Nature Conservation Society received their new honorary president – Professor Retha van Huyssteen – with a citation at a cocktail occasion in the Kleinmond Library hall. Van Huyssteen was unanimously elected to follow two revered past presidents, Dr Schalk Walters and Dot Aves. The citation was handed over by Annette Mason, chairperson of the society. Van Huyssteen, former head of nursing studies at the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg), started her love affair with Kleinmond when she had her first holiday here in 1986. While she was still working in Johannesburg, she put down firm roots when she built a home here, and aptly called it “Gryp die Dag” (“Seize the Day”). “This is how we have come to know Retha: always seizing every day, always on the go, always happy, friendly, helpful and terribly efficient,” a spokesperson says. “A wonderful leader and organiser, but above all a wonderfully loyal friend.” Van Huyssteen’s successful working life culminated in her professorship at the RAU. Even after she settled permanently in Kleinmond in 1990, she commuted for a few years between Cape Town and Gauteng to fulfil her continuing obligations to post-graduate students, and for the meetings of the boards and commissions on which she served. Around 1992, Van Huyssteen became a founding member of the Kleinmond Hiking Club, and in 1994 she became fully involved
with the management and activities of the Kleinmond Nature Conservation Society (KNCS) when she was co-opted to serve with founding members such as the late Dr Schalk Walters and Henriette Botha. Some of Van Huyssteen’s first enthusiastic activities in the service of the Kleinmond environment were to become leader of the newly founded Hack Group and, as a member of the municipal “Verfraaiingskomitee”, to take the lead in the cleaning and greening of the western entrance to Kleinmond. In 1996 Van Huyssteen was elected chairperson of the KNCS, in which position she served for four years with distinction. During this period she served on the then Hangklip–Kleinmond Environment Advisory Board. “Under her energetic and competent leadership the society went from strength to strength, gaining a strong voice with the municipality,” the spokesperson says. Highlights during her terms of office were the inauguration of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve in 1999 and the revision and amendment of the society’s constitution, which enabled fundraising and the ability to build the organisation’s investment and development funds to generate a fixed income and receive donations, used mainly for the building and maintenance of hiking paths. Other highlights in her several terms of service – ending in 2009 – were the revision of the Walk Book, the founding of the Friends of the Coastal Reserve and other interest groups under the wings of the society, and the change from the annual Species Exhibition to the celebration of Our Colourful Environment – not to mention the start of the permanent fresh flower species exhibitions in the library and tourism bureau.
John Trewick, Retha van Huyssteen, Hendrik Bosman, Joy Rüger – all past committee members and friends of Van Huyssteen’s.
Annette Mason (chairperson) with Van Huyssteen after she was given the citation.
Raadslede by Gerimed Ouetehuis na brand PIETA PIETERSE Overstrand se burgemeester, Nicolette Botha-Guthrie, het Gerimed Ouetehuis in Kleinmond die afgelope week besoek om haar te vergewis van die omvang van die brand wat verlede week by hierdie inrigting uitgebreek en groot skade aangerig het. Die brand het agt woonstelle totaal vernietig en een bejaarde vrou, Sophie Rautenbach, is in die brand oorlede. ’n Geskokte Botha-Guthrie het haar meegevoel betuig met die inwoners wat alles in die brand verloor het, sowel as met die familie van me. Rautenbach. Sy het haar dank en waardering teenoor Carel Pieterse, eienaar van Gerimed, en sy personeel uitgespreek vir die knap en flinke wyse waarop hulle hul noodplan uitgevoer het om die kompleks binne minute heeltemal te ontruim – in ag genome dat sowat 20 pasiente met beddens en al na die Kogelpark-ontspanningsaal, die versamelpunt, geneem moes word. Sy het ook waardering gehad vir die brandweer en die polisie se knap optrede. Botha-Guthrie het ook met groot dank kennis geneem van die fantastiese reaksie van die gemeenskap wat onmiddellik uitgereik het en baie skenkings van klere, beddegoed en andere na Gerimed gebring het. Die mense wat alles verloor het is intussen almal in ander behuising in Gerimed gehuisves. Pieterse en die personeel en inwoners van Gerimed is baie dankbaar vir die belangstelling wat die burgemeester en die raadslede, Liesl Krige en Phillip Appelgryn, getoon het en die pragtige ruiker wat Botha-Guthrie aan Gerimed gestuur het.
Lisel Krige, Nicolette Botha-Guthrie, Phillip Appelgryn en Carel Pieterse.
’n Geskokte Nicolette Botha Guthrie, burgemeester van die Overstrand Munisipaliteit, saam met Carel Pieterse voor die uitgebrande woonstel van Sophie Rautenbach. Foto: PIETA PIETERSE
Burgemeester Nicolette Botha-Guthrie luister na Tiekie Moller, bestuurder van Gerimed. Tweede van links is Carel Pieterse, mede-eienaar van Gerimed, en heel regs is raadslid Lisel Krige. FOTO’S: PIETA PIETERSE
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General - Algemeen
Kleinmond Gazette
Tuesday 26 June 2012
A pink affair As part of the duties involved in taking part in the Winelands Winter Queen pageant, every contestant has to host a fundraiser to generate at least R1 000 to be handed over to Cansa. Local first princess Chantal Witthuhn decided to do her bit for the fight against cancer by holding a high tea for 17 women at the Art Café on the Lamloc Estate. “Art Café did a spectacular job of decorating the restaurant with pink and white – even the cupcakes had pink icing – and a wonderful array of delicacies were served,” Witthuhn says. “The ladies also showed their support by wearing pink and white.” Natural Beauty Salon showed its support by arranging gift bags for the guests. Dr Jeanette Fischer and Corrie Bothas, both Kleinmond residents and Cansa volunteers, informed people about Cansa and the work it does both locally and in
the war against cancer on the whole. “As women, we must go and have mammograms and pap smears done,” Witthuhn says, pointing out that cancer can be curable if it’s detected in its early stages. Amid the proceedings Witthuhn presented her Picture Perfect workshop, giving information and tips on how to look good in photographs. She says the guests were “wonderful, responsive and supportive” – they discovered their “good sides”, and all got to understand “how important it is to breathe when faced with a camera”, Witthuhn says. “My challenge to the ladies was to seize every moment, live as if today was their last day, and to have no regrets.” Witthuhn thanks all her guests for supporting her fundraiser and contributing to Cansa’s cause. The gala event of the Winelands Winter Queen pageant takes place on Saturday 28 July in the Paarl City Hall.
The guests were given the royal treatment.
Chantal Witthuhn talk to the woman about living as if every day was their last day. The place was beautifully decorated to make the women feel extra special.
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VOL•UN•TOUR•IST: 1. A guy who attempts to save the world in an attempt to save himself. 2. Someone who can only do it two weeks at a time. Ken, whose father dies when he is 39, struggles with grief – and starts questioning his own life. He signs up for volunteer work in New Orleans, Costa Rica, China, Ecuador, West Bank and Kenya, and so starts his quest to live a life that matters. This book is wry, funny and heartbreakingly honest, with plenty of food for thought.
Daan Dreyer voel soos ’n hasbeen. Sy vrou het hom gelos en sy twee kinders rol hul oë vir sy musieksmaak en gee eenwoordantwoorde op al sy vrae. By die werk gaan dit ook maar droewig. Sy beste pel se vrou gee vir hom ’n geranium, om sy donker woonstelletjie mee op te kikker. Maar wat Daan betref, gaan dit veel meer as ’n malvaplant vat om weer vrolikheid en vreugde in sy ou lewetjie te saai. ’n Verfrissende, eerlike en snaakse roman oor ’n man op die rand van ’n nuwe lewe.
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Tuesday 26 June 2012
Meet
a local Please state your name, surname and town. Elize Potgieter, in Betty’s Bay one month and counting. Why are the town and surroundings special to you? I heard about Betty’s Bay about 15 years ago, and it sounded absolutely idyllic. Being an avid Farmer’s Weekly reader – as I was living on a farm – I saw the advertisement for Jock’s Bay Hardware and just knew that it was time. What would you like to change in the area? Not having been here for long, it is a bit difficult to comment, but speaking to the people I have noticed that there is a need for young people to develop some skills. I am considering – but I still need to do some serious homework on this – providing daily DIY courses in the shop. The idea is to find a person, such as a painter, builder, plasterer or carpenter, with the necessary skills to present a one-day workshop to empower people with some knowledge on the basics of how to do it yourself. If you did not stay here, where else would you like to live? I miss the farm on the Highveld, but at the moment I would not consider living anywhere else, as the scenery coming to work in the morning and going home in the evening does provide me with the food for my soul that I so sorely needed. What do you do for a living, and why do you like it? I am owner of Jock’s Bay General Dealer, but I was in the corporate world for 38 years in Johannesburg. Finance has been my strong point for many a year, so this is all new to me and life-changing. Fortunately I am a fast learner. I love the total newness of this venture. Who would you like to invite for dinner and why? This may sound absolutely corny, but I would love to have just one evening with my late mother, father, aunt, uncle, grandmother and grandfather and reminisce about all the fantastic times we have had together. As a teenager and young adult you do not seem to have enough time to spend with your direct family, and only once they are gone do you realise there are still so many things that you should have asked, so much advice you should have heeded, and so forth. What is the best advice you’ve ever received, and what advice can you give to others? A very dear person once told me, “Remember the people you met on your way up, as they are the people you are going to need on your way down.” This has always remained with me, as it is so true. In your haste to work your way up to the top, you often tend to forget about the people you have met along the way who, in some way or the other, have helped you achieve your success. Why do you feel passionate about the Overstrand? I think the peacefulness, friendliness and overall cheerfulness of the people impress, as does the small town feeling. This should never change.
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Kleinmond Gazette
Overstrand puts a green foot forward The national adjudicators of the Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) received a warm welcome when they visited the Overstrand Municipality last week for a two-day evaluation. The Overstrand was the winner of the Western Cape leg of the competition in 2010, and based on that is a finalist for the GMC prize-giving taking place later this year. The national winner will once again win funding of R3,5 million for green projects that will create employment, a prize that the municipality Greenest Municipality Competition adjudicators Balanganani Nengovhela,Mandla Mentoor, Kgomotso won last year. Mokgoka, Duduzile Ndala, Russell Baloyi and Phuti Mabotha with Johan van Taak, the Overstrand MuniMayor Nicolette Botha-Guthrie cipality’s coordinator for the competition. said in her welcoming speech that the Overstrand Municipality had always ronmental Affairs, Phuti Mabotha of the conservation, water management, envibeen a great supporter of such competi- Limpopo Department of Economic Devel- ronmental management, and treetions, and that just by participating in opment, Environment and Tourism (DE- planting and beautification projects. them it was already a winner. DET), Duduzile Ndala (DEDET), Russell They were also briefed about the local This competition helps the munici- Baloyi (EnviDev), Balanganani Nen- ward committees and other structures for pality “focus on things that really mat- govhela (South African Local Govern- public participation and community emter”, and helps to improve the environ- ment Association) and Mandla Mentoor powerment, as well as leadership and inment and people’s quality of life, she said. (a social entrepreneur from Soweto). stitutional arrangements. The panel consisted of Kgomotso The group received presentations on The local officials then accompanied the Nokgoko from the Departement of Envi- waste management, energy efficiency and delegation on their field inspections.
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POSITIEWE BOODSKAP: Op 16 Junie het die Hangklip-Kleinmondtak van die DA ’n Jeugdagpoging gehad waaraan ’n groep jongmense van verskillende kultuurgroepe deelgeneem het. Dit het behels ’n rit per bakkie deur die woonbuurte van Kleinmond, die uitsaai (per luidspreker) van positiewe boodskappe deur die jongmense in die onderskeie tale, en die verspreiding van pamflette oor onderwerpe soos die gevare van alkohol- en dwelmmisbruik, tienerswangerskappe, ens. Plaaslike wetstoepassingsbeamptes het die ‘toertjie’ in voertuie begelei.
Plaaslike wetstoepassingsbeamptes het die toer in voertuie begelei. By die jongmense is Lisel Krige, wykraadslid.
Niks kom by ’n Weskussnoek Die snoekbraai was toe ’n heerlike fees wat laas week by die NG Kerk, Kleinmond gehou is. “Wat ’n voorreg om met sulke entoesiastiese medewerkers ’n taak aan te pak,” het Rudolf Visser, een van die organiseerders trots gesê. Blok Ba het weer eens ’n groot sukses gemaak van die snoekbraai en genoeg komplimente ontvang vir die heerlike ete dat hulle dit oorweeg om dit te herhaal. “Alles hang natuurlik daarvan af of ons weer snoek van die Weskus kan kry. “Ons is baie dank verskuldig aan donateurs, borge en verskaffers van produkte, soos Loe en Sybil Morkel, Spar en Blou Bakkie. Dankie aan elkeen wat met soveel bereidwilligheid en goeie gesindheid hul insette gelewer het. Dit was werklik ’n fees. “Confucius het gesê: ‘Kies ’n werk wat jy geniet en jy sal nooit in jou lewe ’n dag se werk hoef te doen nie’,” het Visser geëindig.
WIN MONEY: The winning numbers for the monthly Overstrand Hospice 600 Club were drawn by Inez Barnard (second from left) on Thursday 14 June. Her grandson Hansa Winshaw (left) joined her, as did Amanda Duberly from Don Adams Auditors and Fransil Kotze (right), the new social worker at Overstrand Hospice. The winners are the estate of the late Stella Dickin (R5 000), SJ Bell (R2 000) and Althea Greeff (R1 000). Photo: KERRY VAN RENSBURG
Elize Potgieter, owner of Jock’s Bay General Dealer, Betty’s Bay.
If you know of an interesting person in the Overstrand/Overberg area, please send us their details, and they can become the next Meet A Local. Send details to janine@hermanustimes.co.za.
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Heerlike snoek vir die gaste om aan te smul.
Fisherhaven | Hawston | Kleinmond | Bettysbaai | Pringlebaai | Rooi-Els
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Galjoen fever strikes shore anglers FISHING was curtailed during the past weekend by an unusually stiff southeaster in the earlier part of the weekend, followed by a cold northern wind and rainy weather, which put an end to most fishing plans. However, the good news is that better weather for galjoen angling should soon follow. Galjoen is a sought-after winter fish, and can be caught all along our coastline from Strandfontein to Kleinmond and beyond. The Strandfontein and Macassar beaches, as well as the Swartklip cliffs and the rocks and the beaches all along Broken Road right down to the Eerste River mouth, are all good galjoen fishing spots. The Strand beaches also have several good locations for galjoen fishing – starting from the old pipe and fence at the mouth of the Lourens River. Melk Bay reefs all the way to the small tidal pool, where anglers can fish from the wall, are also good areas. Good catches of winter fish can also be expected from Blake’s Beach and the reefs right up to the large retaining rocks near the end of Beach Road. The rocks, reefs and small sections of beach in front of Greenways stretch right up to Mosselbank in front of the Harmony Park swimming pool, and all these reefs and beaches can produce good catches – if fished at the correct tides. Die Hel and the new harbour wall also have good fishing holes and gullies. Favourite fishing areas for galjoen and Steenbras are Bikini Beach and the rocks and reefs up to the Nun’s Pool, right up to Blackrocks. Farther along the mountain it is not safe to park vehicles. Just before the Kogel Bay beach is a famous
loosen a snagged sinker from obstructions. On the West Coast the anglers often use a double-hook trace and bait one hook with mussel and the other with red bait or kreef. The hooks are tied in such a way that they cannot snag each other or the sinker. Anglers and visitors who wish to go onfishing trip can contact South Sea Safaris on 021 853 3532; alternatively, send an email to suzuki@telkomsa.net. For all your reel repairs and services contact Art on 0 021 854 3831, and remember to keep sending all your fishing news and photos to 2 bjridgway@telkomsa.net. ,Art Ridway celebrates his 82nd birthday on Wednesday 27 June. Happy birthday Arty – and keep up the great column! and now-popular venue called Dappat se Gat, and the surrounding high rocks are famous for galjoen and white steenbras catches. Vehicles may be parked at the parking area at the top of Kogel Bay beach, where there are usually car guards. Kogel Bay beach, from the reefs to the tidal pool right up to the Rondeklip area, is a safe fishing location with the added plus of safe parking. Remember that when fishing for galjoen the lightest tackle should be used, depending of course on the terrain. A thicker leader of between three and four metres long should always be used. This thick leader will enable the angler to land the fish and allows for wear on the rough mussels and rocks. There are a number of traces and rigs that may be used for galjoen fishing. Beach areas are the only places where normal tackle should be used. Only fixed trace rigs or the so-called Gansbaai rigs allow a fair-size galjoen to actually
Stony Steenkamp from Strand with the 3,5 kg galjoen caught at a fishing spot known as The Garage on Sunday 3 June.
Trace examples.
Hengel en visbraai by Fees van die Ganse
Roy Galloway, Dirk Kotze (agter), Bekkie Galloway en Alan Bryant het tweede geëindig in die B-afdeling. By hulle is Pieter Conradie (Boland Sone 3-verteenwoordiger). Foto: Pia Nänny
Kleinmondrolbalspan rol goeie tweede plek los ’n Boland Classic gemengde toernooi vir sone 3 is op 16 en Junie by die Hermanusrolbalklub aangebied en minstens een Kleinmond-span het ’n prys ontvang. Lede van verskeie klubs in die Boland, asook vier spanne van WP, het aan die toernooi deelgeneem. Die 24 spanne van vier spelers elk is ná die eerste drie rondes ingedeel in ’n A- en B-afdeling. Die spanne het die Sondag in hul onderskeie afdelings deelgeneem en twee rondes van 18 koppe elk gespeel. Spanne van Hermanus het die eerste, tweede en derde plek in die A-afdeling ingeneem. Dave Buckley en sy span – Rudy Buckley, Blackie de Swardt en Eddie Kelbrick – het die toernooi gewen met ’n puntetelling van 82 plus 57. Die naaswenners
het 72 plus 47 punte aangeteken en die span in die derde plek se telling was 66 plus 29. In die B-afdeling het ’n span van Helderberg-rolbalklub onder leiding van Stefan Koen met die louere weggestap (puntetelling van 62 plus 25). Tweede was ’n Kleinmond-span onder leiding van D. Kotze (60 minus 8) en derde ’n span van Robertson onder leiding van Mark Saron (51 plus 13). Pieter Conradie, Boland Sone 3-verteenwoordiger, het die pryse oorhandig en die bedankings behartig. Spesiale melding is gemaak van die hoofborge Faircare, Walkerbay Nursery en Black & White Whisky, sowel as van die spysenier Quintin Church en sy span. CHRIS VAN WYK
’n Gekombineerde 5-Been Fees-hengelkompetisie is een van die hoogtepunte tydens die Fees van die Ganse op Saterdag 30 Junie wees. ’n Gesellige visbraai op die feesterrein sal die aand afsluit. Volgens een van die koördineerders, Francois de Jongh, was die samewerking deur die onderskeie hengelklubs oorweldigend en word daar vertrou dat hierdie feesitem ’n jaarlikse feesinstelling sal word. Wayne Gabb van Lomond-wynlandgoed het Lake Lomond (Kraaiboschdam) vir varswater-oewerhengel, -boothengel en -kunsvlieghengel (“fly-fishing”) vir die dag oopgestel. Die twee plaaslike rots- en strandhengelklubs, Pearly Beach en Overstrand, is entoesiasties oor hul deelname. Die twee plaaslike boothengelklubs, Birkenhead en Overberg, is ewe entoesiasties. Daar sal vanaf 15:00 ’n kolgooi-kompetisie op die feesterrein aangebied word. Feesgangers en hengelaars is welkom om daarvoor in te skryf. Die inweeg van vis sal vanaf 16:00 op die feesterrein plaasvind. Die prysuitdeling is 17:00. Intussen sal Boetie Otto deurgaans sorg vir gebraaide vis op die feesterrein. Voorafinskrywings noodsaaklik. Kontak die volgende koördineerders: ) Francois de Jongh, borgskappe – 082 897 5135, ) Hardus Botha, algemene navrae – 082 786 0494, ) Wayne Gabb van Lomond Lake – vars-
waterhengel – 082 552 4124, ) Gerrie Barnard van Pearly Beach rotsen strandhengelklub – 082 220 3880, ) Leibrandt van Niekerk van Overstrand rots- en strandhengelklub – 082 487 3106, ) DP Burger van Overberg boothengelklub – 082 775 5110, ) Johan Burmeister van Birkenhead boothengelklub – 082 895 7647.