Kleinmond Gazette 31 Aug 2012

Fisherhaven | Hawston | Kleinmond | Bettysbaai | Pringlebaai | Rooi-Els

Year 2 • Tuesday 28 August 2012 | Tel. 028 312 3717

Vroue vereer Die Overstrand-burgemeester se jaarlikse Aand van Uitnemendheid is verlede Woensdag gehou.

Van die finaliste in die Vrou van die Jaar-kategorie saam met burgemeester Nicolette Botha-Guthrie (tweede van links), is (van links): Debbie Hull van Mtimkhulu Village, Ilze Smith van Hermanus Dierebeskermingsvereniging, Jenny Sauls van die Lombardi-sentrum in Mt Pleasant, Angela Heslop, Sebina Jantjies, vrywillige sieketrooster in die Hawston-gemeenskap, sr. JM Beukes van Golden Harvest se versorgingskliniek in Sandbaai, en sr.

Loryna Wentzel van Onrus Manor se sorgeenheid.

Sien bladsy 7 vir meer.

Slootgrawer versteur duin HEDDA MITTNER Verskeie inwoners van Pringlebaai is besorg oor dié gebied se sensitiewe duine-ekosisteem, nadat munisipale werkers onlangs met ’n slootgrawer ’n duin by die strand versteur het om ’n stormwaterpyp wat onder die sand was, oop te maak.

Volgens Bernard Heydenrych, voorsitter van Pringlebaai Bewarea, het hy die Overstrand-munisipaliteit ingelig oor die skade wat aangerig is. ’n Munisipale natuurbewaringsoffisier, Neville Green, het Heydenrych op die toneel ontmoet en onderneem om ondersoek in te stel na die voorval.

“Pringlebaai Bewarea beskou die aangeleentheid in ’n baie ernstige lig,” het Heydenrych gesê. “Omdat die plantegroei op die duin vernietig is, het dit erosie veroorsaak wat tot

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langtermynprobleme vir nabygeleë huise kan lei. Die amptenare wat by die voorval betrokke is, moet verantwoordelik gehou word vir die skade wat aangerig is.”

Steve Geldenhuys, bewaringsdienstebestuurder van CapeNature, het bevestig dat nie meer as 5 m³ materiaal (soos sand) verwyder mag word sonder dat ’n omgewingsimpakstudie, soos bepaal deur NEMA (National Environmental Management Act), uitgevoer is en ’n permit uitgereik is nie.

Cecile Jonkheid, Overstrand-munisipaliteit se areabestuurder van die administratiewe gebied van Hangklip-Kleinmond, sê die klagte word tans deur amptenare van die munisipaliteit se departement van omgewingsbestuursdienste ondersoek om te bepaal of die optrede toelaatbaar is of nie, en of daar verdere optrede en regstellende stappe nodig is.

Volgens haar is die gemelde stormwaterpyp ’n deel van die bestaande infrastruktuur in

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Pringlebaai wat ’n hoë vlak van instandhouding verg. Die pyp is aangebring om stormwater uit die gedeelte van Williamweg weg te lei, ten einde oorstroming van die pad en eiendom in dié area te voorkom. Die normale afvloei van die water word deur die sandduinstelsel verhinder.

Die bek van die pyp wat onderdeur ’n duin loop, word van tyd tot tyd toegewaai en moet gereeld oopgemaak word om te verseker dat dit behoorlik funksioneer. Dié taak word gewoonlik met die hand gedoen, maar in hierdie geval het die omstandighede, volgens die toesighouer se oordeel, geverg dat masjinerie gebruik moes word. ’n Geskikte roete is oor die strand bepaal en die slootgrawer wat gebruik is, het op dieselfde spoor daarheen en terug beweeg.

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saak verwikkel met ’n groep inwoners van Bettysbaai oor die sandduine wat hulle eiendom in Nerinastraat verswelg.

Die munisipaliteit het vroeër ’n verklaring uitgereik waarin daar aangevoer word dat hul mandaat beperk is tot die wegry van sand wat in die padreserwe voorkom en dat hulle aan bande gelê word deur verskeie wetgewing soos die Nasionale Omgewingsbestuurswet en die Geïntegreerde Kusbestuurswet.

Die saak het op 22 Augustus in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof gedien en uitspraak is voorbehou.

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General - Algemeen

Kleinmond Gazette

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.

Afrikaans blink afgestof by musiekaand KOBIE COETZEE Afrikaans het weer al sy glorie uitgehaal met die woordkuns- en musiekaand wat 17 Augustus deur die Vriende van Afrikaans in die volgepakte Gereformeerde Kerk van Kleinmond gehou is.

Die kunstenaars was Christine Dreyer met voordrag en Stef Liebenberg met voordrag en klavierspel van toeka se tyd tot nou.

En moenie dink dit was hoog-Afrikaans vir elite nie. Afrikaans het geklink en geblink in

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.

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.

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

Tuesday 28 August 2012

Karlien Venter begelei die samesang.

al sy skakerings en fasette. Daar was ook werke van Griekwas en selfs van die Tsotsi Evangelie wat aangrypend was.

Heerlike samesang is deur Karlien Venter gelei. Dit was sommer lekker om ’n jong musikant in die midde te hê wat die klavier so kan tokkel, met van die ou bekende volkswysies soos Suikerbossie en Bobbejaan klim die berg tot by Umfaan en Jantjie en Hannoverstraat.

Christine Dreyer se sielvolle voordrag van ernstige gedigte soos Totius se Repos Ailleurs tot guitige woordespel soos in Philip de Vos se Moenie ’n mielie kielie, het die gehoor deur alle emosies gelei – van verwondering tot hartseer tot plesier. En Stef Liebenberg se klavierspel uit die Afrikaanse musiekskat het die atmosfeer heerlik ondersteun.

Aan die einde van die program kon almal maar net weer saamstem: Afrikaans – jy is ons blinkste skat.

“Ons het al nege programme so saam gemaak en dit is vir ons heerlik!” het Stef ná die program vertel.

Hulle kry ’n tema en dan sit hulle saam en werk prosa, poësie en musiek uit wat die tema ondersteun.

Ná die aand se program is heerlike sop en broodjies deur die bestuur van die VVA en Dameskringlede bedien en die kunstenaars en gehoor kon nog lank saamkuier om die lekkerte van die aand ’n bietjie uit te rek.

Christine Dreyer en Stef Liebenberg ná hul uitvoering.

Besoek Wellington­bostuin Klein Olyvenbosch Bostuin bied ’n buitelug-uitstappie in die platteland vir die hele gesin waar almal saam kan ontspan.

Die bostuin van Adriaan Joubert naby Wellington in die Wes-Kaap beslaan ongeveer 0,8 hektaar. Die jong tuin sal vir die eerste keer aan die publiek oopgestel word gedurende September van Dinsdae tot Sondae tussen 10:00 en 17:00.

Die tuin, wat bestaan uit aanplantings teen ’n klipperige helling onder ou wilde olienhoutbome, is sedert 2005 begin vestig.

Daar is reeds meer as ’n duisend clivias so wel as azaleas, bromelias en varings tussen die bome en langs stroompies te sien.

Inheemse en eksotiese plante vertoon goed as plantpasmaats in hierdie ambisieuse

) Die Kleinmond Kiekieklub het Wicus Leeuwner gekry om sy aanbieding, Celebrating Nature, op 28 Augustus om 18:00 te wys in die kerksaal in Eerste Laan.

Sop en tuisgebakte brood sal voorgesit word teen R25 per persoon ten bate van die Fynbos Seniorsentrum. ) Kleinmond Seniorburgerklub hou hul jaarlikse speledag Donderdag 6 September in die stadsaal om 08:00. Almal word uitgenooi; dis nie net vir deelnemers nie – toeskouers is ook welkom. Kerrie en rys sal vir middagete te koop wees. ) Hangklip Athletics Club is informing residents and athletes participating in the race Saturday 8 September that there will be a

tuin.

Die teetuin bedien heerlike koffie, tee en koek. Piekniekmandjies kan vooraf gereel word. (Bring eie kombers.) Olyfolie en olywe van die plaas sal te koop wees. Wandelpaaie en bergfietsry deur fynbos met asemrowende uitsig oor die vallei, bied ’n addisionele aktiwiteit vir buitelug-entoesiaste.

Ingangsfooi is R10 per persoon ten bate van liefdadigheid. Gratis toegang vir kinders jonger as 12 onder ouertoesig.

Die tuin is nie geskik vir rolstoele nie.

Aanwysings: www.kleinolyvenbosch.co.za, of Ko-ordinate is 33* 40’ 44” S and 19*02’33” N. Bel Adriaan Joubert 073 217 6926 vir meer inligting.

closure of Peak Road in Pringle Bay from 07:00 to 13:00. ) The Overstrand Association for Persons with Disabilities will hold its annual general meeting on 19 September at 17:30 for 18:00 at the Thusong Centre, Church Street, Hawston.

RSVP to Rosina or Noreth by calling 028 315 2610. ) The Kogelberg Botanical Society had to postpone its fundraiser, Call of the Kalahari ( 8 September), due to unforeseen problems. Now scheduled for 3 November at 18:00 in the Nivenia hall at the Harold Porter Gardens. Light supper after the talk, with wine sponsored by Benguela Cove.

Wellington oop tuine.

PIKKEWYNE KUIER BY DIE POLISIE: Die Pikkewyntjies van Mooi Uitsig het vir ’n uitstappie na Kleinmond Polisiekantoor gegaan waar Kaptein Jacobus Marthinus die oggend vir die kinders so interessant moontlik gemaak het. Eers het hy hulle al die ammunisie en gewere gewys. Hulle is ook geboei en daarna is almal agter in die polisievangwa toegesluit. Toe is dit tjoekie toe saam met juf. Zaan, waar sommige van die kleintjies tranerig geword het. Daarna is almal se vingerafdrukke geneem en daar is aan die kleintjies gewys hoe vingerafdrukke op gesteelde goedere geneem word. Die kinders is deur die hele polisiekantoor asook die speurafdeling geneem- beslis ’n ondervinding waaroor die Pikkewyntjies nog lank gaan praat.

WOORDE NEERPEN IS HAAR KOS: Moscha Langeveldt, gr. 8-leerling aan die Overberg Akademie in Kleinmond, het die finale ronde gehaal in die Overberg Onderwysdistrik se Taal Bonanza 2012 vir Afrikaans huistaal. Die leerlinge het by ’n prysuitdelingsgeleentheid in Caledon sertifikate ontvang. Dié opstel-kompetisie is een van die bene van die 2012 Taal Bonanza, en die beste opstelskrywers sal die kroon dra as die Bonanza-skryfkampioen van 2012.

Die skryfwerk is deur die Afrikaanse Kurrikulum Adviseur van die Overberg Onderwysdistrik gekeur.

FOTO: HANLIE HAASBROEK.

Tuesday 28 August 2012

News - Nuus

Kleinmond Gazette

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Three children raped in one week JANINE VAN DER RIET Residents of Overhills in Kleinmond marched to the police station on Monday last week, demanding that a man accused of raping three children be handed over to them “as they will take the law into their own hands”.

The 37-year-old man was arrested that Sunday. Three children under the age of 10 had been raped in the preceding week.

Station commander Captain Jacobus Marthinus says the suspect is himself from the informal

settlement of Overhills. The cases have been reported to the local social worker, and counselling has been provided by local service providers.

Following the arrest on Sunday, residents met on Monday and decided to take their grievances to the station commander. They started marching from Overhills to the police station in Main Road.

Witnesses say shops had to be closed in Main Road as the group “destroyed everything in their path” while screaming and shouting slogans. They ignored all attempts by police to stop them. At the

station they demanded that the suspect be handed over to them.

They said that if he were to be released on bail, they would also take the law into their own hands.

Marthinus explained to the residents that the correct procedure would be to lodge their grievances in the form of a petition and form part of the appeal to keep the suspect in custody until the finalisation of the investigation and court proceedings. The crowd then dispersed peacefully in the direction of Overhills.

Three other rape cases with children as victims are currently on the

court roll for continuation in October. There is a different suspect in these cases, who is presently in custody in Caledon prison. The police say the cases are not related to each other.

Winnie Nywebeni, an auxiliary social worker at Rainbow Trust, an NGO focusing on social welfare in the Overstrand area, works with and counsels children, and is shocked at what has happened in Kleinmond.

She says there are many motives behind the rape and sexual abuse of children. “Sometimes it could be revenge, alcohol- or drug-related, or

due to stress.

“Some believe that raping a child can cure them of HIV/Aids – which cannot be further from the truth.”

Nywebeni says most rape cases are not reported as the crime is often committed by a close family member or friend.

“Children must know they are allowed to speak out if anything bad is happening to them,” she says.

She has worked with many abused children in Kleinmond in her 12 years of working for the Rainbow Trust, and she says she is more shocked than ever at the increase in rape against minors.

Bobbejaan in Pringlebaai van kant gemaak – raad oor kese Die Kleinmond-polisie was verplig om verlede week ’n wyfiebobbejaan in Pringlebaai van kant te maak, omdat die dier te veel gely het as gevolg van ’n vorige wond.

“Die wond was reeds septies. Sy was baie swak en het baie bloed verloor,” het Wendy Tawse van CapeNature gesê.

Wat die wond veroorsaak het kon Tawse nie bevestig nie. ’n Nadoodse ondersoek is nie aangevra nie.

Tawse het bevestig hulle het die polisie toestemming gegee het om die dier dood te skiet, en dit is in haar teenwoordigheid gedoen.

Kaptein Jacobus Marthinus van die Kleinmond-polisie het die geval op 21 Augustus bevestig en dat die beseerde bobbejaan naby Anne Road gevind is.

Pringlebaai het twee maande gelede ’n bobbejaanmonitorprogram ingestel. Volgens Bernard Heydenrych, voorsitter van Pringlebaai Bewaria, het die gerapporteerde gevalle van bobbejaanmoles in Pringlebaai afgeneem ná die inwerkingstelling van dié program. Statistieke van ’n plaaslike sekuriteitsmaatskappy toon gerapporteerde bobbejaan-inbrake in Pringlebaai het met 80% verminder.

Heydenrych sê voorts hulle het ’n handvol permanente veldwagters in diens wat bobbejane monitor, sowel

as 40 vrywillige inwoners wat optree as skoftoesighouers. “Verlede week Donderdag, byvoorbeeld, het ons ’n trop van 21 bobbejane suksesvol bokant die skeidslyn gehou.”

Elke oggend om 08:00 word die veldwagters by ’n sekere punt op die skeidslyn afgelaai, óf by Clarensstraat óf High Levelstraat, afhangend van die weersomstandighede.

“Ons weet waar die bobbejane se lêplek is in onweer en goeie weer. Die bobbejane ken teen dié tyd ook al die geluid van my bakkie en hulle weet die veldwagters het geel baadjies aan.”

Heydenrych sê hulle maak nie staat op elektriese heinings nie, maar gebruik verfbalgewere.

“Daar word nie op die bobbejane self geskiet nie – ons mik na ’n rots naby hulle.

“Hulle hoor die knal van die geweer, maar dit is die tweede geluid langs hulle op die rots wat hulle skrikmaak.”

Heydenrych het die volgende insae gegee oor die hoofoorsaak van bobbejaan-inbrake, en hoe om op te tree: Wat is die hoofoorsaak van bobbejaan-inbrake?

“Ons het die afgelope twee maande agtergekom as daar konstant by ’n sekere huis ingebreek word, is die rede 99% van die tyd omdat ’n inwoner óf iemand in die nabye area die bobbe-

HAWSTON ROU OOR DUBBELE TRAGEDIE: Die hegte gemeenskap van Hawston is in rou gedompel ná die dubbele tragedie waarin twee inwoners hul lewens verloor het. Rochelle de Kock het haar pa, Jusuf Claasen (66), en haar man, Lesley de Kock (45), verloor in die ongeluk wat op 18 Augustus op die R43 by die Hawston-afrit gebeur het.

Claasen is reeds die dag ná die ongeluk begrawe en De Kock se roudiens is Sondag gehou. ’n Groot skare het by die De Kock-huis saamgedrom om afskeid te neem van Lesley, waarna ’n diens in die Shalom-kerk vir hom gehou is.

FOTO’S: HEDDA MITTNER

Beyoncé de Kock (7 jaar) is een van die vier kinders wat in die ongeluk beseer is. Sy is Vrydag van die Rooi Kruiskinderhospitaal ontslaan en het haar pa se begrafnis in ’n rolstoel bygewoon. By haar is haar tante, Lillian Smith.

jane kos gee, of wanneer swart vullissakke uitgesit word.”

Wat doen die skoftoesighouers?

“Die rede vir ons sukses in die bekamping van bobbejaan-moles of inbrake in Pringlebaai is die inwoners se betrokkenheid. Die toesighouers identifiseer wie willekeurig of onwillekeurig die bobbejane aanhits, en dié persone word aangespreek.

“As die inbrake hand uitruk en te dikwels gebeur, kan mense aansoek doen om die probleemdier permanent te verwyder. Dit moet egter die laaste uitweg wees.”

By wie doen ’n mens aansoek?

“By CapeNature. Na hulle ondersoek ingestel het, het hulle die reg om ’n permit uit te reik om die dier van kant te maak, wat deur ’n veearts gedoen word of, soos in die geval verlede week, deur die polisie.”

Wat staan inwoners te doen as bobbejane op hul erf is?

“Bobbejane is doodbang vir water.

Hou altyd ’n tuinslang gereed of ’n speelwaterpistool. Die bobbejane sal skrik en weghardloop. Indien nodig, draai die tuinslang oop en spuit water na hulle kant toe, of gebruik die waterpistool. Dit is ook belangrik dat ouers hul kinders inlig oor wat om te doen as ’n bobbejaan hulle nader. As kinders bv roomys in hulle hand het moet hulle onmiddellik die roomys/kos neergooi en in die huis ingaan.”

Kayra Jacobs (4 ) en haar boetie, Wyan (1½) is ook lig beseer. Hier (links) is hul ouma Marlene Jacobs en Wesley Slabber. Die beseerde Carlene Jacobs (22), Marlene se dogter, het ook die begrafnis in ’n rolstoel bygewoon.

Lesley de Kock se weduwee, Rochelle (regs), verlaat die stampvol kerk met haar ma. Daar is by die diens getuig dat Lesley “almal se vriend” was – “’n omgeemens wie se hande vir niks verkeerd gestaan het nie”. Rochelle se suster, Joanette Muller, het namens die familie hul dankbaarheid uitgespreek teenoor die gemeenskap vir hul onderskraging en ook die reddingsdiense, polisie en Hermanus-hospitaal se personeel bedank vir hul flink optrede ten tyde van die ongeluk.

Indien bobbejane reeds in die huis is?

“Dis belangrik om nie tussen die bobbejaan en sy ingang te kom nie. Hy kan aggressief raak. Hoewel dit instinktief is, moet mense nie op die bobbejaan skree nie – dit sal hom verbouereerd maak.

Hou jou hande horisontaal voor jou en ‘stoot’ hom in die rigting van die oop ingang.”

Wat is die basiese voorkomingsmaatreëls?

“Geen oop deure of vensters, veral as daar nie diefwering is nie. Moenie vrugte los waar dit maklik gesien kan word nie. En onthou, as daar verhoogde bobbejaanaktiwiteit is, is die rede daarvoor gewoonlik omdat iemand hulle voer, of nalatig is oor die uitsit van swart sakke.” ) In geval van bobbejaan-moles, skakel Pringle Bay Conservancy by 078 815 5708; of Kleinmond polisie: 028 271 8200 of CapeNature 082 783 8585 / 028 271 5138.

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Leader - Hoofartikel

Kleinmond Gazette

Tuesday 28 August 2012

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Rubbish is in the eye of the beholder Keep the balance It is tragic that a baboon had to be put down last week in Pringle Bay, as a result of an already festering wound.

What this incident does bring to the fore is that the baboon issue is being taken seriously by all parties involved, and the lines of communication and procedures to follow are being treated with the necessary respect.

The apparent success of the monitoring system put into place two months ago in Pringle Bay, is to be applauded. Even more so because of the community volunteering to help.

Efforts need to continue to maintain a balance between baboons and people. When residents take the necessary steps to limit opportunities for baboons to access their homes and properties, a natural balance can be more easily fostered.

Ever wondered what happens to lost socks?

Well, I believe that they run off to footwear land.

I have so many odd socks that I merely end up wearing mismatched pairs. During the London 2012 Olympics, I noticed an athlete competing in the men’s javelin throw wearing different shoes on each foot.

What is worse than losing socks is the accumulation of unnecessary items. I have clothes that I will never wear, gardening tools that I will never use and office equipment that should be put on a museum display.

In New York, they have huge dumpsters on the Manhattan city streets available to the public to get rid of household items. I know of people who, when they were students, furnished their flats from these dumpsters.

They hold a treasure trove of lounge suites, desks, lampshades and even beds. As the city is a transient place and each flat comes only with a stove or fridge because of the gas fittings, recent residents to the city who cannot afford to purchase new goods often raid those dumpsters.

In Japan the dumpsters contain electronic equipment that is in perfect condition, except that it is dated. I found an excellent dictaphone

in working order, bar the battery cover.

We all have stuff that we no longer will use. There are so may organisations that can benefit from our redundant household goods.

It reminds me of the television programme dealing with hoarding. It is obviously a serious psychological condition and one that needs professional help.

Collecting and hoarding are two different phenomena. One is an obsession and the other is a passion. I used to collect coins or paper currency from the different places I visited.

Other people have interests ranging from matchboxes to transport schedules. I know of certain women who have hundreds of pairs of shoes and cupboards bursting with clothes, and of men harbouring garages filled with car parts that will not see the light of day.

I suppose it is human nature to acquire things. I personally prefer the Japanese way of minimalism. The Japanese do not work with clutter and, because space is at a premium, even the sleeping area is utilised during the day.

There are special mementoes that do carry sentimental value, even though one’s guests

would cringe on viewing them – such as a wedding gift ornament, poster or place mats.

My grandmother’s doilies look faintly quaint in the family home, and my favourite jeans will be worn as long as I am alive, or as long as the material holds.

The useless baggage simply adds to a hidden mess. It is amazing, the emotional upliftment one receives by going through the unwanted things in the home and passing them on to someone who might find a use for them.

Keep these items and they will inevitably join the land of lost socks, irrevocably forgotten and useless.

828 dog complaints since January

Ongegronde aantygings

While the current public debate regarding the Overstrand Municipality’s bylaw relating to the keeping of dogs and cats is welcomed and also followed with interest by municipal councillors and officials, it must be pointed out that it is based on the wrong premise that the bylaw was recently amended.

The bylaw has not been changed whatsoever since its adoption by council in 2008 and promulgation in the Provincial Gazette of 27 June 2008. This was preceded, as is always the case with adopting new or amending bylaws, with a proper public consultation process.

What did change was the structure of the admission-of-guilt fines. This list was approved by the office of the Hermanus magistrate, as it is customary in a democratic system that there is a division of powers between the legislator (council), the executive authority (administration) and the judiciary (magistrate’s court), which must ensure that citizens get a fair and independent hearing in court.

Non-adherence to the bylaw led to the request to the magistrate to increase the amounts

Geagte Heer, Mark Twain of Oscar Wilde het per geleentheid gesê: Never pick a fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel. Ek gaan die raad volg.

In die groter Hangklip/Kleinmond gebied is baie buurtwagte – veral in Pringlebaai en Bettysbaai. Die Kleinmond-buurtwag het gevra dat die GPF hulle geldelik moet ondersteun vir administratiewe kostes wat petrolgeld ingesluit het. Ons het geweier. Jy kan nie vir een doen wat jy nie bereid en in staat is om vir die ander te doen nie. Hulle het ’n sogenaamde dispuut verklaar wat hulle nêrens gebring het nie.

Ons taak is om die polisie te ondersteun – om hulle hande te sterk. Op die kantlyn staan heelwat mense en kritiseer.

Van tyd tot tyd moet ons vir hulle ook nee sê. Vandaar die kritiek teen die GPF. Ons ken ons kritici by name. Ons doen ’n beroep op almal om darem net met ons te praat voordat hulle onnodige negatiewe kritiek die wêreld instuur. Die klein groepie in die GPF is mense wat hulle tyd en (dikwels ook geld) opoffer om met die polisie saam te werk. GPF/polisie samewerking is baie goed. As die los kanonne in die dorp dink dat ons alles gaan beduiwel ter wille van skinderstories maak hulle ’n groot fout. Hangklip/Keinmond het toegewyde polisie beamptes. Ja, ons het ’n probleem met misdaad. Almal weet dit. Werk saam met ons. Stig straat- en buurtwagte. Vriendskaplik die uwe,

of admission-of-guilt fines to emphasise the gravitas of the bylaw.

So far this year, we have had two serious incidents of dog attacks that created a lot of bad publicity for the Overstrand. In addition, it should be mentioned that complaints about dogs accounted for the most call-outs for municipal law enforcers – 828 since January this year.

We realise dog owners need space to exercise their dogs, and requests in this regard are being handled through ward committees and investigated by the offices of the area managers.

In the designation of such areas, a number of matters must be looked into to ensure the action is legal and in the best interest of the community.

In the meantime, dog owners who need to exercise their dogs must investigate other options, for example using school sports grounds that are fenced in, or farmlands in close vicinity to where they live.

FANIE KRIGE, spokesperson, Overstrand Municipality

ROBERT CROWTHER, voorsitter, Gemeenskapspolisieforum

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The trouble with money: when excess is just too much It seems our prez needs R500 million annually from the state for his harem.

Still a bargain, though, compared to some of his predecessors. Mobutu sese Seko held a world record in this regard when he died with an estate of billions (stashed away in a numbered European bank account) while his subjects starved. Like so many of the things presently craved by our people, this practice originated in Europe. “We want to live like whites!” as Comrade Juju expresses and practises.

Most exemplary of these early European plunderers of their own people was of course Sunny King Lewis (AKA Louis Quatorze of Bourbon etcetera), whose household absorbed 40% of the total revenue of France at the time – makes Zumaville sound a bit scrappy, doesn’t it?

Sadly for all, this type of excess is not sustainable in the long run, and Sunny’s poor grandson Louis Seize and wifey-poo, had to

pay through their necks after running the business into the ground.

During my wanderings I once landed up in a little village in the north of France. I was the guest of a family who lived in a 16th century granary converted to a dwelling. There were other buildings in the village, all arranged along three sides of a square – old stables, a brewery, a smithy, a bakery and a dairy – but the top end of the square was innocent of any buildings, although it showed the foundations of a substantial structure.

My host explained that his family had lived in the village since forever as tenants of the seigneur, whose chateau had stood at the top of the village square.

“What happened to it?” I inquired.

“We strung the bugger up in 1789, knocked down his pad and shared out the village among us,” replied my host gleefully, as if he had it seen it happening himself.

We learn from history that no-one ever

learns from history, but we must not stop hoping that our leaders will moderate their material ambitions in time to avoid a sticky end over here too.

In similar vein: one reason for the great economic successes of first Japan and now China is said to be the relatively narrow earnings differentials between everyone employed in the economy. Expressed as a ratio, for a long time it stood at 7 in Japan and is presently 10 in China. Of course there were investors who made (and are making) billions, but the huge amounts of capital made available for training and education, research and development and expansion by this deliberate restraint fuelled the supersonic economic growth of those countries for the benefit of all.

FW de Klerk and his advisers from Sanlam and Anglo-American probably reasoned that if South Africa wanted any kind of future, they would have to devise a strategy that

would quickly create a wealthy middle-class holding shares, bonds and bank accounts; sadly their BEE tool turned out to be distressingly blunt and easily misdirected, so the people suffer on. 2 fouriejh@mweb.co.za

Tuesday 28 August 2012

News - Nuus

EROSIE: ’n Besorgde inwoner het hierdie foto’s ingestuur van die stormwaterpyp by Pringlebaaistrand wat onlangs oopgemaak is deur munisipale werkers.

Letter: Sponsors and people turning the mayor’s dream into reality The Overstrand Mayor, Nicolette Botha-Guthrie would like to thank the following sponsors and people for making the Cape Whale Coast Variety Show and Charity Ball a big success.

SPONSORS 1 Arabella Hotel and Spa 2 Shark Lady Adventures 3 Good Hope FM 4 Okasie 5 Checkers 6 Hermanus Times 7 High Season Farm 8 Creation Wines 9 Wildekrans Wine Estate 10 Fricken Lacker – Hermanus in Hollywood 11 Die Skuur – André 12 James Paiser Music for all Occasions 13 Coca Cola 14 Whale Talk 15 Marine Dynamics 16 Woolworths 17 Pro-Video - Eeden Spies en Johan Vorster 18 Downing Hiring Supplies 19 Overstrand Municipality ARTISTS The artists performed free of charge, to support this valuable cause.

1 Zwelihle Marimba Band

2 Devon Scott 3 Abagold Choir 4 Goodness Gracious 5 Snater Teater 6 Gerry Fourie 7 Overstrand Municipality Protection Services 8 Tribal Echo 9 Johan Steyn en Carina Schoonraad from Hermanus Social Ballroom 10 The Whale Crier 11 Lee-Ann Williams – the presenter tonight and 12 Dieter Odendaal And a special thank you to the following people: 1 Dieter Odendaal, for organising the entire event and making it very special.

2 Lawrence Heron and his family - stage manager 3 Nick de Klerk – auctioneer 4 Charalize Crail and Judy Cheney – Arabella 5 André Lambrechts – Okasie (the flowers) 6 Mariska at Tigme Design - designer of programs and menu’s.

7 Esmé Bronkhorst that worked with Dieter Odendaal to make the evening a success.

8 Last but not least, Elize Verrij, the mayor’s right and left hand.

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Hierdie sensitiewe sandduin-ekosisteem is versteur toe munisipale werkers die sand met ’n slootgrawer moes wegstoot om by die stormwaterpyp uit te kom. (Sien berig op bl. 1.)

Have your will drafted free of charge in National Wills Week From 17 to 21 September attorneys participating in the National Wills Week will draft basic wills for members of the public free of charge. Attorneys’ firms throughout the country are participating in the National Wills Week initiative. ) Why should an attorney draft your will?

An attorney has the necessary knowledge and expertise to ensure that your will is valid by complying with all the legal requirements in the Wills Act. An attorney can also advise you on any problem which may arise with your will, and assist your executor. Often a will is not valid because the person who drafts it does not have the necessary legal knowledge to ensure that the re-

quirements of the Wills Act are met. ) What could happen to your estate if you die without a valid will?

If you die without leaving a valid will, your assets will be distributed according to the provisions of the Intestate Succession Act. These provisions are generally fair and ensure that your possessions are transferred to your spouse and children, and where applicable, to siblings, parents, and if required, to extended family in terms of degrees of relationships.

But, the following problems may arise if you die without leaving a will: . Your assets may not be left to the person of your choice. . It can take a longer time to have an executor appointed. The executor

who is appointed may be somebody you may not have chosen yourself. . There could be extra and unnecessary costs. . There could be unhappiness and conflict among members of your family because there are no clear instructions on how to distribute your assets.

Attorneys participating in the National Wills Week initiative will display posters with their contact details so that members of the public can make appointments with participating attorneys in their area. ) Where to find an attorney to draft your will? The contact details of attorneys participating in the National Wills Week can be accessed at www.LSSA.org.za.

Building Council roadshow a success The Cape of Good Hope branch of the Building Industry Bargaining Council (BIBC) has just wrapped up a series of information sessions for employers and employees in the Overstrand.

“Target groups were presented with an overview of the council’s role and the effect it will have on the industry in the area,” says Arnold Williams, secretary of the Cape of Good Hope BIBC. Employers and employees were also able to voice their concerns at the information sessions.

The main issues raised by employers were related to additional

labour costs and monitoring of the area to ensure all employers are compliant. “It is natural that employers are concerned that the industry competes on a level playing field,” said Williams.

“Employees were largely positive regarding the BIBC’s new jurisdiction, since currently there aren’t any organisations servicing this group in terms of labour relations.”

Following the information sessions – which were held in Kleinmond, Hermanus and Gansbaai – the BIBC is due to start a registration drive to ensure the council’s

records accurately reflect the activity in the area.

Thereafter, the council will finalise its approach in terms of services in the Overstrand building industry, as offices are presently open on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings only.

From 1 November, all building and related contractors in the Overstrand area must comply with the Building Industry Bargaining Council’s employment conditions. ) For more information, go to www.bibc.co.za or phone 0 021 950 7400.

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Kleinmond Gazette

Canine psychology 101: dogs on leashes MAXZELL LERM Hermanus’s own dog whisperer has stepped up to have her say amid the bitter tiff that has sprung up over local leash laws.

Naomi Pretorius moved from Gauteng to Hermanus with her husband in 2008. She soon became known as the “animal whisperer”, communicating on a profound level with dogs and other animals.

Although there are many caring, responsible dog owners in Hermanus and surrounds, she says, some people do not take responsibility for their animals.

Dogs are gregarious animals (especially breeds such as basenjis, huskies and border collies), she says, and these days are all too often kept in secluded areas, yards and houses – and sometimes not allowed the exercise they so badly need. They become deprived of social interaction with other animals and can then become overly energetic or aggressive once finally taken for a stroll.

Naomi says if a dog is on a leash and is overeager to run free, three things can happen when they encounter other people and dogs: “They can freeze, flee or fight.”

On leads their options are limited, and this could lead to aggressive behaviour. However, with proper puppy socialisation and basic obedience training, dogs tend to remain calm and friendly, Naomi says.

A lack of understanding of dog psychology can make the task of walking on a lead a miserable one, Naomi continues. Though many people believe dogs’ pack instincts have been bred

out of them, Naomi says they will always be pack animals: they need to be led by a leader.

This is where Naomi and the many dog and puppy trainers in the community come in.

There are various ways, she says, to walk dogs on leads without chaos. As a dog behaviourist, she encourages locals to seek advice on how to make their dogs familiar with leads, how to take their animals for a stroll without hassle, and how to be a true leader to an obedient pet.

She stresses that pet owners should take responsibility – they should select the right breed for their needs, and realise that having more than one dog is not always the best option.

She goes on to say that dogs need mental stimulation. Giving it to them will prevent everyday strolls with pets turning into a nightmare.

“No dog wants to be locked up without some form of exercise,” she says.

Dogs should be on leads in general for obvious reasons: to prevent untrained dogs from getting into fights, to give frightened citizens peace of mind, to prevent free-running animals from defecating everywhere, and most importantly to keep them out of harm’s way, what with cars racing up and down roads.

But they must also have places where they can run free, she says. “As I have said, dogs are very social animals: they must be able to explore without restrictions. Therefore dog parks and areas on certain beaches must be made available for people with pets – and leave it up to restaurant and shop owners to decide who is going to have the privilege of having dogs as patrons.”

Call Naomi at Paws and Listen on 083 226 3526.

Tuesday 28 August 2012

Counting sheep not for falling asleep The annual sheep-counting competition, a highlight of Agri Mega Week, will this year take place at Mega Park in Bredasdorp in the month of September.

The ability to count every animal in a flock of fastmoving sheep from a distance is an art mastered by only a few.

South Africa was the first country in the world to pit professional sheep-counters against one another in a competition in Dewetsdorp in 1984.

The competition went on to become a fixture at many

shows, and features on the programmes of events like Agri Mega Week.

This year’s competition will again be hosted under the watchful eye of Daan van Tonder, the committed team of the Driekop Dewetsdorp sheep-counting officials, and BKB. BKB and Voermol are the sponsors of this year’s competition.

The contest will commence at 09:00 on Friday 14 September at the SAB Arena at Mega Park. Those taking part will compete for sizeable cash prizes.

All sheep counters, whether professionals, amateurs, farm workers or curious individuals, are invited to participate in the competition.

Entry into the contest is free.

For more information about Agri Mega Week 2012 or the upcoming sheepcounting competition, get in touch with Reinette Basson by calling 021 863 0397 or sending an email to eventsadmin@agrimega.co.za.

Pay a visit to Agri Mega Week’s website at www.agrimegaweek.co.za.

Vroue­bederf by Agri Mega Week LAPA Uitgewers, in samewerking met BredasdorpVLV, gaan ’n voorlesing en aanbieding deur Riana Scheepers uit haar boek Katriena Vertel! aanbied by Agri Mega Week wat van 12 tot 15 September op Mega Park, buite Bredasdorp gehou word.

Met haar vermoë om stories te vertel, pluk Katriena die lewe se skeefkante reg; of dit nou is om te vertel van die man wat ’n Namakwalandse plaas geërf het onder ’n skuil-

naam, of van die genade wat uit ’n leivoor kan kom, of van die vrou wie se geraamte so diep in haar lyf sit . . . Met Katriena het Riana Scheepers ’n onvergeetlike karakter geskep wat Suid-Afrikaners laat lag – vir onsself.

Bring jou eie Katriena, wat al jou kombuis- en hartsgeheime ken, en geniet ’n heerlike oggend saam met voorlesings uit die Katriena-verhale, kom lag saam en kom geniet hierdie oggend van bederf by Agri Mega Week 2012

op Donderdag 13 September van 09:30 af by die Elite Gastetent op Mega Park.

Die Katriena-boeke sal te koop wees en nog ’n paar ander verrassings. Elke gas sal ook ’n gratis eksemplaar van die boek ontvang. Kaartjies is R100 en besprekings kan

by Elzebet van LAPA Uitgewers gedoen word by 021 914 0936 of elzebet@lapa.co.za.

Kaartjies is beperk, bespreek dus betyds. Bel Reinette Basson by 021 863 0397 of besoek www.agrimegaweek.co.za.

Something savoury: stuffed calamari tubes Ann Somerville shares her stuffed calamari recipe with our readers this week.

Ingredients 4 calamari tubes with heads 2 onions, chopped 1 clove garlic Salt and pepper 1 egg yolk

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) Fry the onion, garlic and bay leaf till brown and divide in half. ) Cook half the onion mix with calamari heads and wings for five minutes, then cool and blend quickly. ) Place back in saucepan and add egg, milk and cornflour, stirring well on low heat.

) Stuff calamari tubes with mixture; fill only half, as calamari shrinks. ) Cook the tubes with the remaining mixture. ) Add the water and cook slowly for one hour, garnish with parsley and serve with rice, mash or boiled potatoes.

Stuffed calamari can be served with anything from rice to crispy French fries. PHOTO:ANNSOMERVILLE

Tuesday 28 August 2012

General - Algemeen

Kleinmond Gazette

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Mense van uitnemendheid word vereer CILENE BEKKER Verskeie Kleinmonders was onder diegene wat by die Overstrand burgemeester se jaarlikse Aand van Uitnemendheid verlede Woensdag erkenning gekry het vir hul bydraes, op verskeie terreine, tot dit wat die Overstrand so spesiaal maak.

Onder die finaliste in die omgewingsbewaring-kategorie was Cuan McGeorge vir sy toegewyde bydrae tot die behoud van die pikkewynkolonie by Stony Point, en Mariana Delport van die Tygerberg-voëlklub. Sy is vereer vir haar betrokkenheid by ’n bewaringsprojek om die getalle watervoëls by die Botriviervlei en Kleinmond-estuarium te monitor.

Wilfred Chivell van Marine Dynamics en Dyer Island Conservation Trust is as die algehele wenner in dié kategorie aangewys.

In die kategorie Vrou van die Jaar, is Debbie Hull vereer. Raadslid Lisel Krige, wat hierdie finaliste aangekondig het, het haar bedank vir haar onblusbare passie en pogings om ’n gesonde gemeenskap rondom haar te sien gedy. “Al haar fisieke, emosionele en intellektuele krag word aan hierdie ideaal gewy en as ’n ouma van vier is sy steeds bereid om opleiding te ontvang om haar beter toe te rus vir haar rol as gemeenskapswerker, fasiliteerder en administrateur by Mtimkhulu Village, en nou ook as voedingsversorger.

Dit is veral die jeug wat Debbie se hart warm laat klop en wat sy vry van die afkraking van drank- en dwelmmisbruik wil sien – en haar so onvermoeid hiervoor beywer.”

Sebina Jantjies, vrywillige sieketrooster in die Hawston-gemeenskap, was ook ’n finalis in die kategorie Vrou van die Jaar, wat deur Angela Heslop, voorsitter en vise-voorsitter van verskeie liefdadigheidsorganisasies in Hermanus, gewen is.

In die derde toekenningskategorie, naamlik vir voortreflikheid, is Kleinmonders Louis van Heerden, Carel Pieterse en Russell Witthühn vereer. Pieterse is mede-eienaar van die Gerimed Kliniek vir verswakte bejaardes. Hy het die toekenning ontvang vir sy en sy span se toegewyde en doeltreffende uitvoering van die sentrum se noodontruimingsplan toe ’n noodlottige brand in die nag van 12 Junie vanjaar in ’n vleuel van die kliniek uitgebreek het. Meer as 30 inwoners is na veiligheid gebring. Die slagoffers, waarvan die

meeste alles in die brand verloor het, is bygestaan om alternatiewe akkommodasie te vind en hul normale lewensroetine te herwin.

Pieterse het ná die geleentheid gesê hy sien die toekenning as een vir Kleinmond. “Dit is absoluut vir die Gerimed-personeel en inwoners van die dorp. Soveel mense het agter die skerms gehelp op die aand van die brand, en daarna. Dit is ’n toekenning vir hul menswees.”

Witthühn, ’n elektronika en sagteware ingenieur, sowel as ’n uitvinder, is vereer vir sy innovasies rondom die maklike verkryging van data oor weerstoestande tot voordeel van loodse; vermindering in geraas- en vibrasievlakkie van windturbienes, en die bevordering van groen tegnologie oor die algemeen. “Dit is ’n eer en voorreg om erkenning op so ’n wyse te ontvang. Dit spoor mens aan om net nog harder te werk,” het Witthühn gesê.

Die burgemeester, Nicolette Botha-Guthrie, het in haar bedankingstoespraak gesê dié aand vul haar met nuwe hoop “want ek het weereens gesien dat daar met die nodige passie en liefde, berge verskuif kan word. Al red jy nie ’n volk nie, sal jy met ’n volgehoue poging tog ’n verskil aan iemand anders se lewe maak.”

Die Aand van Toenemendheid is in sy vierde jaar, en is by die munisipale ouditorium in Hermanus aangebied.

Wilfred Chivell was die algehele wenner in die omgewingsbewaringskategorie en het die pikkewyne-wisseltrofee van burgemeester Nicolette Botha-Guthrie ontvang. Angela Heslop is aangewys as die algehele wenner in die kategorie Vrou van die Jaar.

FOTO’S: CILENE BEKKER

Louis van Heerden ontvang sy sertifikaat van uitnemendheid, toegeken vir sy bydrae as raadslid en vir die bevordering van die uitvoerende kunste in die Overstrand. Hy het die aankoop van ’n vleuelklavier vir die ouditorium gemotiveer en die gemeenskapsgebaseerde Overstrand Arts/Kunste gestig.

Die opbrengs van opvoerings word onder meer gebruik om jong mense uit voorheen benadeelde gemeenskappe blootstelling te gee aan klassieke musiek.

Cuan McGeorge is vereer vir sy toegewyde betrokkenheid by die pikkewynkolonie in Bettiesbaai.

Carel Pieterse (links) en Russell Witthün met hul sertifikate vir uitnemendheid.

Mariana Delport het ’n passie vir die bewaring van watervoëls en is vereer vir haar vrywillige bydraes tot die monitor van voëlgetalle by die Botriviervlei en Kleinmond estuarium. Mariana is een van die telspan wat uit die Kaap uit ry, waar sy woon, om haar bydrae te maak.

Junk to Jive takes flight KERRY VAN RENSBURG A heavenly host of delicately embroidered felt angels are being handmade by the Junk to Jive team at Hermanus Child Welfare.

The angels are part of a new felt range the women of the Junk to Jive sewing and handcraft initiative are working on. They’ll be joined by an assortment of necklaces made of colourful felt beads interspersed with glass beads to be sold at the Junk to Jive stall during the 2012 Whale Festival.

Gerda Mohr, a volunteer at Hermanus Child Welfare, developed and designed the felt items, and has trained the members of the project to make them.

The Junk to Jive initiative is one of Hermanus Child Welfare’s community upliftment projects. It was established in May 2011, and is coordinated by Ruth Hibberd. She is very excited that Hermanus Child Welfare was recently granted funding by the Independent Development Trust for 100 low- or no-skilled jobs.

Stipends are paid to community members involved in the various projects Hermanus Child Welfare has going.

Ten of these stipends have been allocated to the Junk to Jive initiative, which means the women producing the various items, mostly made from recycled material, can have a modest income instead of having to wait until the products they produce are sold.

The women, who are from Zwelihle, Mount Pleasant, Hawston and Fisherhaven, work from Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 17:00.

Ruth says the felt angels can be customised for individuals. Personal messages can be embroidered on the back of them in memory of a loved one, to welcome a new baby, or to mark a special occasion.

HEAVENLY VOICES: The Cape Town Male Voice Choir will perform at the Grobbelaar Hall in Hermanus on Friday 7 September at 20:00 (doors open at 19:00). The choir recently returned from the Wales Choir of the World concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, where they received a standing ovation.

Tickets, at R100, are available at the NG Kerk office, Hermanus. Alternatively, contact Derek on 0 028 312 3904 or 074 165 6794.

The angel-making project falls under the auspices of Hermanus Child Welfare.

Only a small supply will be made for the upcoming Whale Festival. Prices range from R120 to R140 per angelic item.

If you’d like to find out more about the Junk to Jive project, or you’re interested in placing an order, you can give Ruth Hibberd a call at Hermanus Child Welfare on 028 313 0830.

FLOWER DISPLAY: The 2012 gold medal winning Chelsea Flower Show display will be one of the displays visitors can look forward to during Agri Mega Week at Mega Park in Bredasdorp. This will be the only event where garden enthusiasts will be able to see this prestigious show garden in the Western Cape this year. David Davidson will be doing a talk on Chelsea Flower Show on the Thursday 13 September at 10:00. The Mega Gardens display will be open from Wednesday 12 September to Friday 14 September from 09:00 to 17:00 and on Saturday 15 September from 08:00 to 16:00. For more information contact Helen Manson-Kullin at 082 632 2391 or flowersagri@gmail.com.

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Year 2 • Dinsdag 28 Augustus 2012 | Tel. 028 312 3717

Anglers lose lures to marauding snoek THE present temperatures and wind direction are keeping the snoek shoals around Cape Point and in False Bay, from Seal Island right around the coast to Kleinmond, Hermanus and Gansbaai, where good hauls of the fish are being caught regularly between spells of heavy weather.

There are enormous concentrations of snoek in Buffel’s Bay, which is also an excellent venue to stock up on chokka for the coming yellowtail and kob seasons.

Unfortunately, boatmen cannot even try to replenish their chokka supplies at Buffel’s Bay currently, as chokka jigs are bitten off as they start to sink. Even when jigs are dropped down with multi-strand wire and anglers do manage to jig a chokka tube, it is instantly eaten up by a snoek.

The anglers who’re trolling with Rapalas, plugs or other dollies for yellowtail are also los-

ing their lures to the marauding snoek.

Interesting information is that the green tassels, dollies and plugs are being snapped up before most other colours. Most tassels and lures

can be changed to green with a light green spraypaint.

The recent galjoen derby was not well attended, and very few fish were bagged. Pearly Beach Club had the most success. Fourteen anglers competed and seven galjoen were landed during the competition. Local angler Hein Kleyn weighed in the biggest galjoen, at 2,9 kg.

Some English visitors recently enquired about the possibility of chartering a trip to catch broadbill or swordfish from the canyon area in the deep waters off Cape Point.

These fish are successfully caught at night, but unfortunately the long-line fishing industry has practically cleaned out the species in that area.

The last broadbill was caught about a year ago at night from the Agulhas Bank off Struisbaai. The anglers who caught this broadbill had been referred to one of the top deep-sea anglers, Earl Fenwick, who explained to them

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Kom warm op vir Botrivier Van der Stel­pas Uitdaag Met die koue wat wyk en lente wat wink, is dit haas tyd om voor te berei vir die mees opwindende gebeurtenis in Botrivier, die agste Botrivier Van der Stelpas Uitdaag.

Botrivier kom Saterdag 27 Oktober tot ’n stilstand vir die honderde bergfiets-geesdriftiges, stappers en drawwers asook deelnemers aan die gewilde historiese stap.

Dit begin en eindig op die historiese Botrivier-stasie.

Die aanbieders is, soos gewoonlik, die Botrivier Education Foundation (BEF).

Fondse wat ingesamel word, word gebruik om tersiêre studie onder studente te bevorder. BEF spog met 11 studente wat by verskeie universiteite en technikons studeer. Hul studierigtings is ingenieurswese, wetenskap, rekeningkunde, musiek, sielkunde en onderwys.

Dit is juis die ouers van die BEF-studente wat grootliks deel uitmaak van die reëlings vir die Botrvier-uitdaag.

BEF is nie meer beperk tot Botrivier nie. So is daar nou studente van Caledon, Kleinmond asook Grabouw in die mentor-program.

Die afgelope sewe jaar was die uitdaag ondersteun deur uithaler atlete, skole en families en selfs atlete van Rusland, Australië en China het al deelgeneem.

Vanjaar word 2 000 atlete verwag.

Op 15 September om 09:00 uur vanaf die Botrivier biblioteek is daar ’n opwarmingstap van 10 km asook ’n twee uur lange bergfietsrit op deel van die roete.

Kom neem deel aan hierdie litte- losmaak plesier deur Coleen Hansen by 079 856 1995 te skakel.

Die 2012 T-hemp en bypassende kappie is alreeds te koop en sal op die 15 September by die opwarmingstap beskikbaar wees.

Inskrywingsvorms vir die wedloop op 27 September is verkrygbaar by die Botrivier Advies en Ontwikkeling-sentrum by Coleen Hansen op 079 856 1995.

Aanlyninskrywing kan gedoen word by die BEF webadres, www.bef.org.za waar vorige wedloopfoto’s en vanjaar se T-hemp en kappie ook te siene is. ’n Gelukkige trekking van R1 000 en kleurryke medaljes vir alle deelnemers word aangebied met hope vermaak.

whole situation and the use of rubber-padded hooks, a big chokka bait and large activated glow-sticks to attract the broadfish to the bait.

The hooks are padded with rubber strips to stop the bare hook from cutting through the soft jaw of the swordfish.

Last Tuesday morning Strand professional fisherman, Tone de Wet, told me that he had heard reports that the snoek were now widespread from Yzerfontein all around the coast to Mossel Bay. Tone added there had been an excellent run of snoek in the Kleinmond area during the past few days and some of the local professionals were catching up to 100 snoek each. He said although the fish were plentiful they still had to be caught, meaning that catching 100 snoek per man still took some doing. ) For all your reel repairs and services contact Art on 0 021 854 3831. Send your fishing news and photos to 2 bjridgway@telkomsa.net.

Die rolbalklub hou Vrydag 7 September ’n sosiale aand vir sy lede.

Kom geniet ’n bord kerrie-en-rys, asook ’n bietjie pret. Die geleentheid kos R35 per kop en begin 18:00 vir 18:30.

Sit jou naam op die lys by die klub voor Maandag 3 September.

GHOLF-KUIER: Die Overberg Agri Ope Toernooi het op Saterdag 18 Augustus plaasgevind. Twaalf spanne het lekker gekuier en die wenspan was Hendre de Wet se span van Villiersdorp. Die span van Bredasdorp was tweede en derde plek het aan die span van L’Agulhas gegaan. Hier (van links) is Granville Johannes, verteenwoordiger van Overberg Agri, Iaan de Jongh, Hendre de Wet, Tienie Boshoff, Coetzee Burger, en Victor Treu van Overberg Agri.

FOTO: VERSKAF

Get your entries in for the Double Century ENTRIES for this year’s Coronation Double Century opened in August.

The 202 km team race, now in its 20th year, will take place on Saturday 24 November, once again starting and ending in the town of Swellendam.

You can enter at www.coronationdc.co.za; a valid credit card is required to pay the R4 500 entry fee per team. Only the first 200 paid teams will be accepted, and entries will close as soon as this limit has been reached.

Riders can make use of the notice board at www.coronationdc.co.za/ notice-board to help put their teams together.

Cyclists are encouraged to enter early.

A team of riders enjoys the spectacular scenery along the 202 km Double Century route in a previous racer.