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NEWS Dog beaches in offing for Overstrand Writer De Waal Steyn

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esignated areas known as ‘dog zones’ are set to be introduced early next year on three Overstrand beaches for a trial period of six months.

This initiative from the Executive Mayor Dudley Coetzee, who asked Dr Mark Brown of the Nature’s Valley Trust for assistance with a pilot study on the impact of dogs on our various beaches, will be welcomed by dog owners in the Overstrand.

Members of the Trust have implemented such a system very effectively at several beaches along the Garden Route.

Overstrand Municipality is to introduce three zones: red, yellow and green, starting at three beaches: Pearly Beach, Grotto and Kleinmond Main Beach.

The red zones will be where dogs are not allowed, the yellow zones will require owners to keep dogs on leads and the green areas are where dogs can be

This busy honey bee was spotted gathering nectar from a Lavender bush on the beautiful Stanford Valley Guest Farm. In most species a bee’s tongue (which can be seen extended in the photograph) is guarded by a long, two-sided sheath called a maxilla. This folds under the body when the bee flies. When perched at the mouth of a flower, the bee unfolds the maxilla and extends its tongue into the corolla of the flower, dipping and retracting it to lap up the nectar. (source: www.sciencedaily.com) PHOTO: Taylum Meyer

let off leashes, but must be kept under control.

The red zones will be specifically for the protection of the nests of African Black Oystercatchers and White-fronted Plovers breeding and raising their chicks on the beaches and rocky shores. Warning signs regarding these breeding activities will be rolled out by members of BirdLife Overberg, in collaboration with the municipality and the Nature’s Valley Trust.

The first round of discussions with relevant stakeholders started last week, and a public workshop will be held during the middle to the end of January 2020 to introduce the concept. According to the municipality, more information will follow later.

The final proposal will be open for public comment for a month before it is taken to council for consideration.

on dogs and cats are clear, both in contextual and literal interpretation: “No person may or cause to allow any dog to be in a public place unless it is kept on a leash.”

In the meantime, residents and visitors should remember that for the coming December holiday period, the following still applies: All dogs must be kept on a leash. Section 6 (2) and (3) of the by-law

Note that public spaces include any beach, road, path, bridge, footpath or garden, and any other place under the control of the municipality.

Dog owners making use of Overstrand’s beaches that earned Blue Flag status – Grotto, Hawston, Castle Beach and Kleinmond – must respect the stipulation that no dogs will be allowed on these beaches whilst the Blue Flag is flying.

Pet owners are also requested not to bury dog poop in the sand or throw it out to sea. They are re-

quired to clean up after their dogs and to dispose of poop bags in the correct bins.

Rob Fryer of Whale Coast Conservation welcomed the plan. “Although we would be in favour of dog-free beaches, this is an innovative plan and we look forward to hearing what the feedback is after the 6-month trial period.”

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Lamloch a success with or without elephants

The view from the high water level towards the sand dunes and the ocean. KWS plans to erect ten eco-friendly tented units here on one-metre platforms.

Writer & Photographer Raphael da Silva

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ork is continuing at Kleinmond Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) but the exact timing of the opening and what type of elephant interactions will take place have not yet been decided, said owner, Craig Saunders, during a guided walk on 17 November, with the Kogelberg Branch of the Botanical Society (BotSoc) of South Africa.

The walk on the historic Lamloch Farm, east of Kleinmond, was organised by Dr Allan Heydorn, a wellknown coastal and marine ecologist, former CEO of the WWF South Africa and a part-time resident of Betty’s Bay. Along with Tim Attwell, chair of the Kogelberg BotSoc, the approximately 40 guests heard first-hand about the clearing of alien vegetation on the 455-hectare property, the restoration of indigenous fynbos vegetation and the re-introduction of historically indigenous wildlife in the area.

Craig said that the Kleinmond Wildlife Sanctuary project comprises four phases. The first was to establish properly designed fencing that would keep the elephants and other wildlife within the property but also allow corridors for the Rooisand horses to pass through. This necessitated building new fencing, mostly along the R44 main road, and the replacement of existing fencing along the sand dunes.

The second was to get permits for all the wildlife species that will be reintroduced to the property. Already, approximately 40 kudu, eland, springbok and bontebok are roaming, with plans to introduce zebra and other antelope species, all indigenous to this region.

Permits, with conditions, have also been obtained for elephants. One of these conditions, Craig said, is that he needs to build holding pens as it is a requirement that an elephant, when being moved, needs to spend a period of time in a secure boma before it can be introduced to its new environment.

The third is to build the infrastructure and this is the phase that KWS is focused on right now. Given that the property is classified as a wetland, all construction, waste, water and power facilities must adhere to strict environmental standards, Craig pointed out.

The final phase will be the introduction of the elephants themselves.

Craig said that the plan at this stage is for three to four bulls (adult males) to be settled first. “We work with bulls generally, which are solitary animals,” said Craig. “Males may associate with other bulls but normally in small, open-ended groups.”

“We haven’t defined what type of interaction there will be between the public and the elephants and what the programme will be,” said Craig.

“Markets change and we need to adapt to them. However, I think that a massive opportunity will be lost if, when the elephants are here, we don’t educate people about them.

My intention is to influence mindsets and behaviour, and to make people passionate about elephants,” he added.

However, a key component of the whole project has been the restoration of the property to its original indigenous fynbos vegetation. The previous owners spent R3 million on this and KWS has already spent over R4 million. From a team of 18 who first started the alien vegetation clearing, six are now employed on a permanent basis to continue with maintenance.

A total of 350 ha have been completely cleared without the use of herbicides and 100 hectares, mostly near the sand dunes by the ocean, have been partially cleared while KWS awaits confirmation from CapeNature on whether they should completely clear the area, given ecological sensitivities. Photos from the 1950s and ’60s show that the dunes were originally completely free of alien vegetation.

“I was very dubious and full of doubts about some of the things that Craig wanted to do,” said Allan. “But when

we drove down in his 4X4 this year, I could not recognise this terrain.

The birdlife amazed me. Within three years, the environment has rehabilitated itself. What is coming up now is what was originally here.”

KWS owner, Craig Saunders, discusses his plans with Tim Attwell of BotSoc.

Craig said that new pans have formed, the water table has risen and over 350 species of birds have been sighted on the property. What has surprised him is the strength and diversity of the seed bank in the soil that germinated once the aliens were cleared.

But what really excites Allan and Tim is that a new ecological corridor has now been established in Kleinmond that links the ocean to the mountains which will promote the genetic transfer of both plants and wildlife.

“Craig has broken the barrier that has been there and established a pristine ecological environment,” said Tim. “Lamloch links the Bot-Kleinmond Estuarine System with its mountains in the hinterland.”

The properties on either side of Lamloch are full of alien vegetation, which means that KWS must continuously maintain a programme of alien clearance to stop seeds blown by the wind or transferred by birds or animals from taking root. However, Craig has begun discussions with the owners of both properties on potential solutions.

“Luckily though, aliens generally

germinate more quickly than the fynbos does. Port Jackson, for example, comes up first so we are able to clear it without damaging the fynbos,” said Craig. Going forward, the elephants will be fed the Port Jackson and wattle that are pulled out. “Elephants do eat fynbos but it consists of only 5% of their diet.”

The Bot-Kleinmond Estuarine System became South Africa’s 23rd Ramsar wetland on 31 January 2017. The System supports more than 20 000 water birds and 20 of the 41 fish species recorded are indigenous. The wetland accounts for 12% of total estuarine fish nurseries stretching along 900 km of coastline from False Bay to Port Alfred and forms an im-

portant breeding and migration path on which fish stocks depend.

A key focus of Kogelberg BotSoc has been the creation of the Hangklip Ecological Corridor, an area that was originally established between Betty’s Bay and Pringle Bay from 1998 to 2010 to guard against urban creep and progressive property development, and is now part of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve.

For more information about the Kleinmond Wildlife Sanctuary, go online to thevillagenews.co.za and read Safari park mooted for Kleinmond, 5 March, 2019. thevillagenews.co.za/safari-park-mooted-for-kleinmond/

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Two rare breeds meet face to face Writer Elaine Davie

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fter a successful land grab of the slipway in Betty’s Bay by the Stoney Point penguins, members of the boat club decided the best they could do would be to turn the situation to their advantage. Which is how it came to pass last Wednesday that two of the world’s rarest species came face to face at the scene of the take-over.

Visitors to the endangered African penguin colony at Stoney Point got more than they bargained for that day, as five of the sleekest, most expensive and rarest cars in the world growled to a halt outside the boat club, each sporting the famous EB marque of the House of Bugatti, 110 years old this year. The eyes of the bemused bystanders popped, and gasps of astonishment could be heard as the owners rolled rather than climbed out of their unique, low-slung works of automotive art.

This elite group of well-heeled aficionadas and their passengers, mainly from Germany and Argentina, were on a tour of the Western Cape and on into a small piece of the Eastern Cape. Every year for the past five years a group of these Bugatti fans have travelled to a different part of the world, to see the sights, of course (hence the penguins), but most of all to test their cars under different road and climatic conditions and to share notes and their passion with one another.

This is luxury travel at its most exclusive. The convoy of six of these supercars (one of them confined to a carrier van until the owners, side-lined by visa problems, can be reunited with it) is accompanied by 24 support staff, including a doctor, technicians, security staff and car cleaners. The smallest organisational detail has been taken care of by the specialist travel company ‘2 Fast 4 You’ based in Milan, Italy. Its director, Franco Majno, is himself the proud owner of a vintage 1922 Bugatti, and is President of the International Bugatti Club. Since 1995 Franco has organised over 80 luxury car tours, but as he confesses, “Of course, each one has been special, but what can I say, the past five with Bugatti, they have been extra-special. My clients and I, we are all in love with the same thing.”

So what is it about Bugatti that elevates it above all the rest? Well, it’s the history of course; it’s the engineering and hand-tooling, as well as the speed and performance of the cars; it’s their rarity and their classic beauty. Now part of the Volkswagen stable, they are still manufactured in limited numbers in the town where they were first launched in 1909, the brainchild of Italian entrepreneur, Ettore Bugatti.

Born in Milan to a family of artists, he was only 17 when he designed his first car and 28 when he founded his own sports car manufacturing plant In Molsheim, Alsace, then part of Germany. The first cars he produced were of course racing cars in which he merged innovation and creativity with tradition. In the 1920s his Type 35 set all records, winning more than 2 000 races including the Grand Prix de Monaco. This record is still unbeaten.

His engineering skills were legendary and he introduced ground-breaking

ABOVE AND RIGHT: Four of the five Bugatti hyper sports cars during their pitstop in Betty's Bay on Wednesday.

FAR RIGHT: Bugatti owners hold up a Springbok flag to show their support after South Africa's Rugby World Cup win. innovations, including the use of aluminium wheels 95 years ago in his Type 35 racer. In all, he registered 500 patents and his son, Jean is credited with having designed some of the most beautiful cars in the world. The Bugatti brand dominated the race tracks between 1925 and 1930.

However, for the Bugatti family at least, the story would not end well.

Before, during, between and after the two world wars, the province of Alsace ping-ponged between Germany and France, with both countries at different times nationalising the firm. Ettore poured everything he had into suing the French government for return of the company that he had built from scratch with so much love and hard work. The court case was won in 1947, but sadly, by that time Ettore had passed away, a broken man.

Shortly after that the company closed down and although the brand changed hands a couple of times, its only noteworthy achievement occurred in 1995 when the then owner, Italian entrepreneur, Romano Artioli, launched the very first car made of carbon fibre, the EB110, before going into liquidation. Finally, in 1998, Volkswagen bought what was left of the once proud company and decided to recreate it from scratch in its original setting in Molsheim. By that time, the car had morphed into what had become known as the hyper sports car.

In 2005, amidst great fanfare, the magnificent Bugatti Veyron was launched, followed two years later by a five-car production run of the Veyron Pur Sang. In 2013 one of these ultra-rare cars came on the market for US $2.98 million. The Veyron brand was discontinued in 2015 when it had reached a total production run of 450 cars. Fulfilling the dream of Volkswagen’s top dog, Ferdinand Piech, it was described as ‘the world’s most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car’.

However, in 2016 the fabulous Chiron was launched with a planned limited production run of 500 cars spread over a period of several years. Earlier this year exactly one model was produced of La Voiture Noire at a price of US $19 million, but that aside, on the 2019

list of the world’s most expensive cars, Bugatti fills both the 6th and 10th places. The 2019 Chiron comes in at just under US $3 million and at a road speed of 261 mph is the fastest production car in the world.

And there were five of them, these indescribable beauties, outside the Betty’s Bay boat club, with the penguins in the background. Bugatti CEO, Stephan Winkelmann, whose own net worth has been estimated at around US $1.2 billion, once described the typical Bugatti customer as ‘a selfmade man, from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Japan who collects cars (in his garage the average car number is 30) and may own private jets and yachts’. And there some of them were, nonchalantly greeting the locals and taking a comfort break.

With customers who expect to get what they want at a snap of the fin-

PHOTOS: John Floyd gers, planning for a trip like this has to be meticulous, and organiser, Franco and his assistant, Elena Preda made three scouting trips to South Africa over a period of a year. “We originally thought we would do a trip round the whole of South Africa,” says Elena, but we were so impressed with what the Western Cape has to offer that we decided to go no further. From a driving point of view, the roads are excellent and the terrain is so varied – I mean, there are coastal roads, mountains, the flatness of the Karoo, everything – and the scenery of course is fabulous.

The owners like to get off the beaten track a bit, too, so that’s why we chose Betty’s Bay for a stop.

But she says the clincher for them was the friendliness of the people and the food. “We are Italian,” she laughs, “you

can imagine how important food is for us and this area is a gastronomic paradise – everything is so fresh, so well-prepared. We knew our clients would love it and the excellent accommodation available.”

And then with a diminishing growl they were gone, these exotics; all but one that is… owner had lost his car key! Italian drama; chaos; running round in circles, cell phones clutched to ears; German owner striding up and down with clenched jaw. Mama mia! Who had it last?! Ah… One of the other drivers, well on his way to the next stop, had picked it up by mistake; it was in his pocket. Problem solved.

A team member dispatched to bring it back and beers all round. A memorable visit to Betty’s Bay – nothing ordinary for Bugatti!

Some impressive figures: The Chiron utilizes ten radiators: three heat exchangers for the airto-liquid intercoolers, three engine radiators, one for the air conditioner, one to cool the transmission oil, another to cool the differential oil and finally one to keep that engine cool.

The top speed is electronically limited to 420 km/h for safety reasons, specifically related to the specially developed tyres. The manufacturer states that no ordinary tyre would be able to handle the stress at the Chiron’s maximum speed. Acceleration figures according to Bugatti are 0-97 km/h (0-60 mph) 2.4 seconds, 0-200 km/h 6.5 seconds and 0-300 km/h 13.6 seconds.

A modified Chiron driven by Andy Wallace, became the first production hypercar to crack the 300 mph (482.803 km/h) mark with a speed of 304,77 mph (490.479771 km/h).

A continuous top speed run is only possible for approximately 12 minutes as the fuel consumption at full

power would empty the 100-litre tank within that time. You would be covering 7 km of road every minute requiring more than 84 km of said road, not including braking distance. Fuel consumption at top speed is around 120 l/100km, but at normal driving speeds the Chiron would return 22.5 l/100 km.

Such speeds require a serious braking system. Carbon fibre, cross-drilled, radially-vented discs with lightweight aluminium monobloc calipers employ eight titanium pistons up front and six at the rear ensure that the Chiron’s hyper speed is rapidly retarded. As a safety precaution the handbrake is equipped with anti-lock braking and at speeds above 200 km/h the rear wing becomes a 55-degree air brake in just 0.4 of a second.

As well as being the world’s fastest production car it also ranks as the world’s most expensive new car.

Bugatti’s La Voiture Noire, of which only one will ever be built was sold for a staggering $18.68 million. It

will take two and a half years before it is delivered to its new owner.

Every new Chiron which began production in 2017 is priced at around $3 million before personalizing and taxes and only 500 will be built.

The 1937 Type 57 SC Atlantic Coupé of which only three remain are worth in excess of $40 million (R588 000 000).

Perhaps you consider this type of vehicle an example of world excesses, I see it as a culmination of man’s unbelievable ambition to preserve a motoring legend and continue to develop and produce one of the world’s greatest cars, it ranks, in my book, as the earth-bound equivalent of a Concorde. Each car built is sold at a loss, so why does VW continue to produce it? I think it is simply for the immense pride and the fact that they can.

Read motoring journalist John Floyd’s full story at Floyd on Cars on thevillagenews.co.za

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Tyre dump planned for Tesselaarsdal Writer De Waal Steyn

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esidents of Tesselaarsdal are up in arms over the proposed establishment of a storage and pre-processing facility for waste tyres in this peaceful hamlet across the mountain from Hermanus.

PHOTO: Kos Coronaios, Gansbaai & Pearly Beach Horse Trails

Uilkraals Estuary artificially breached Spectators from all over the Overstrand gathered on the beach at Uilkraals Estuary near Gansbaai last Friday to watch the water flow into the ocean after it was artificially breached by Overstrand District Municipality (ODM).

According to the ODM, the artificial breaching took place after thorough consultations with key role-players and coastal management authorities, in order to gather enough motivation to support the breaching of the estuary mouth.

According to David Beretti, ODM Municipal Manager, a breaching committee meeting was held on 1 November to discuss the criteria and the potential to breach.

“Consultations took place with CapeNature and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) the next day. After motivations were gathered, the application to breach was submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, who in return gave a verbal directive to the ODM to proceed with the breaching on Friday 15 November 2019,” said Beretti.

According to him, the Uilkraal Estuary system is an open system and therefore it is required that it be breached artificially. The window period to breach decreases after spring tide on 12 November, and while the authorities waited for both the spring tide and good rains to have an effect, the estuary unfortunately still did not breach naturally.

“After the spring tide and the rain, the water in the system exceeded a depth of 2 metres. The normal breaching level is between 1.8 and 2 metres. Irrespective of the water level, natural breaching did not take place due to the berm

height (sand build up in the mouth area). The water level at 2.1 metres was ideal for breaching and it was recommended that it be done as soon as possible,” he said.

The estuary has been closed for five consecutive months, which resulted in reduced salinity, a reduction in water quality and flooding of the lower reaches. It also impacted on the endemic salt marshes.

“Considering the impacts, it was decided to proceed with the breaching of the estuary mouth in order to restore connectivity with the marine environment and to enhance and maintain estuary health and ecosystem functions.

"These functions include maintaining connectivity and protecting the fish and invertebrate nursery functions, preventing further loss of and / or restoring conservation worthy salt marsh vegetation in the estuary, preventing macro algae and / or benthic microalgae blooms, restoring intertidal habitat, invertebrate and bird communities in the estuary and preventing further degradation in water quality of the estuary and as far as possible to restore it to what was like under referenced conditions.”

The breaching was conducted under supervision of CapeNature, the Overberg District and Overstrand Municipalities. A local contractor was used and with the use of an excavator a channel was dug to allow for a good outflow.

“The breaching was done on high tide to ensure maximum outflow and sufficient scouring of the estuary mouth. Authorities trust that the estuary will remain open to the benefit of the ecological processes and functioning of the system,” said Beretti.

According to Tesselaarsdal Action Group (TAG) chairperson, Frigga Graham-Parker, the establishment of a tyre dump anywhere on farm 811 (that constitutes the town), “never mind such a publicly visible portion, is an absolute contradiction and direct threat to our planned economic development path. A facility such as this shouldn’t even be under any kind of consideration. Tyre storage and processing is an industrial activity and has no place on land zoned for agriculture or as residential in an area earmarked for eco-tourism.”

A press release from TAG states that the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Waste Bureau has recently awarded 30 tenders to businesses to store and process waste tyres around the country. A total of 25 of these tenders were awarded to Gauteng-based, Magogudi Construction Projects, who have applied for one of their facilities to be developed on Erf 54 of farm 811.

“This erf is a 5.5-hectare portion of the original farm of settler, Johannes Tesselaar which he bequeathed to nine slave families on his death in 1810. The property is on the main road to the village of Tesselaarsdal, just 3 kilometres away.

With a hilltop and steep slope that runs down to the Klein River, it is a highly visible portion of farm 811.

A representative of the Theewaterskloof Municipality said an application for a departure from the current zoning of agricultural to industrial has been received and is being considered because it is a government contract. It is unclear whether a public participation process has begun or when the start or end date of such a process will be.

According to Graham-Parker, the village is in a fight to protect its integrity as a scenic Overberg hamlet that welcomes weekenders and wedding goers, mountain bikers and eco-tourists to its greener pastures. “TAG was established ten years ago after Eskom proposed to erect massive overhead nuclear power lines across the town, and today the group is a fully-fledged non-profit organisation committed to upholding the area’s strategic development plan

(SDP) to promote sustainable agriculture, rural lifestyles and nature-based tourist activities.

“We have a clear SDP in place that has been agreed upon with the Theewaterskloof Municipality,” said Graham-Parker.

According to the draft EIA report, the business owner intends to clear all vegetation off approximately 3.5 hectares of the land for tyre storage. It is proposed that some 470 000 could be stored in stacks measuring 20 metres long X 3 metres wide.

“It is astonishing that an enterprise such as this would be considered in a high-risk fire zone such as this, especially considering that we are in an area that lacks water for fire-fighting and has limited access to emergency fire services.

Tesselaarsdal is in a low-rainfall region with a long dry season. The prevailing south-easterly and north-easterly winds can reach speeds of up to a 100 km/h. The high risk of tyre fires is well-known. They emit highly toxic smoke that necessitates mass evacuations. They are notoriously hard to extinguish, with the Heyope tyre fire in Wales burning for fifteen years. According to the draft EIA report, the business owner intends to employ only one on-site fire assistant, who will have no access to water during the dry season. The report does not detail the business owner’s liability should a tyre fire spread to the neighbouring barley, cattle, sheep and egg farms,” she said.

In addition to the fire danger it would be difficult for the business owner to prevent toxins leached from the stored tyres, including an array of heavy metals and chemicals, from entering the Klein River system which traverses farm 811. This system runs into the Klein River Estuary that bypasses Stanford on the way to Hermanus’s Blue Flag Grotto Beach.

Rob Fryer, chairperson of Whale Coast Conservation, said it is inconceivable that a development such as this can even be considered for this region. “Apart from the fact that the roads leading to the facility are gravel, which will cause a great deal of dust pollution, the area is totally unsuited for such activity. The environmental risk of something like this is simply too great and should something go wrong all the towns in the area will suffer the consequences.

In short, it is a badly conceived proposal that should not be allowed to happen.”

According to the Waste Bureau, Magogudi Construction Projects is set to earn R220 000 a month during its first year of operating the tyre storage facility in Tesselaarsdal.

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Historic artists' link with Hermanus Writer Dr Robin Lee

Terence McCaw

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everal well-known artists of the 20th century were inspired by the village charm and scenic beauty of Hermanus. One of them was the internationally recognised South African artist, Martinus (Tinus) de Jongh. Although based in the Cape, he had easy access to Hermanus and stayed here often in the 1930s.

After each painting holiday, it was de Jongh’s practice to hold an exhibition of his work in The Marine Hotel, where he was staying, and sell paintings to visitors and locals.

One year he must have had a wonderful time, as he presented Joey Luyt with a gift in the shape of a painting of Montagu Pass.

Tinus de Jongh was born in Amsterdam in 1885, the youngest of four children. He revealed artistic talent early on, and on completion of his schooling in 1900, he expressed a wish to make art his career. He spent the next two years studying decorative painting at the Ambachtsschool, where he learned the fundamentals of colour and paint mixing. Employing broad palette knife strokes, his early works are fastidiously detailed and somberly coloured portrayals of the canals and streets of Amsterdam.

Landscape was de Jongh’s true métier, and the Dutch impressionists influenced his refined brushwork and subject choice. He started to receive critical attention as a young artist when one of his works was purchased by the Stedelijk Museum. In 1911, he married Maria Verhoef and, in due course, they had three children. He became well-known in a short time and even received attention from Queen Wilhelmina. He served in a civil defence unit during World War I, but suffered a severe illness and did not see military action.

In 1921 the de Jongh family moved to South Africa and set up home in the town of Fish Hoek. They were persuaded to come to the country by

Etchings by Tinus de Jongh of a Voëlklip House (above) and the Marine Hotel (below).

LEFT: Tinus de Jongh later on in his life.

RIGHT: The Hawston Harbour in 1957 painted by Terence McCaw.

The seascapes and striking flowers attracted artists to Hermanus throughout the 20th century.

Another one who came frequently and enjoyed the Hermanus view sites was Terence McCaw, who first visited as a young man in 1934.

Joey Luyt remembers him clearly: Mrs John Garlick [owner of the department store Garlicks] telephoned me one day from Stellenbosch. Could we accommodate a struggling young artist with very little money? His name was Terence McCaw, and he was going to Gansbaai to paint the fishermen’s cottages there and then would like to spend some time in Hermanus.

Tinus’s brother who had emigrated a couple of years before. De Jongh plunged into painting local scenes in Cape Town, and these proved popular and sold well. He was commissioned by the Government to paint a view of the Houses of Parliament, which was later displayed in South Africa House in London.

After a few years, he had saved the funds to buy a motor car and immediately set out on trips into the rural areas and began to focus on country scenes, especially mountains. But he switched subjects dramatically when the University of Cape Town commissioned a series of medical illustrations to be used in teaching.

In 1933, the family travelled to the then Rhodesia, the Drakensburg and Durban, and de Jongh started the practice of presenting his works for sale in exhibitions at the venue where

the family was staying. However, he deliberately did not sell a portrait of a ‘Rickshaw Boy’, painted in Durban. He later exhibited this painting in Paris and London in 1934.

Etching and print-making became a unique skill he developed and took to new heights. In Hermanus, he made etchings of The Marine Hotel, and a boarding house called Voëlkliphuis, which still stands in Voëlklip. From about 1938 his landscape painting of scenes in the Cederberg area revealed a much more colourful and impressionistic style.

Today, de Jongh’s works are in the collections of the Pretoria Art Museum and the Durban Art Gallery in South Africa, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, among others. The artist died in Bloemfontein in 1942, and his reputation has continued to grow.

It was during the Season, but we managed to accommodate him by moving him from room to room as one became vacant between bookings. Later, in January, we were able to give him two rooms in the little cottage at Schoongezicht (the Luyt’s own house) that Harold Webb and his band had occupied over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Naturally, we gave Terence specially reduced rates, and he stayed with us for three months.

Terence was saving to go overseas.

His paintings in Hermanus sold well (we hung them on the ballroom walls), mainly to overseas and upcountry visitors, and by the time he left Hermanus, he had his fare to England. He was a charming, quiet young man, and we liked him very much. He gave me one of his paintings of an old ruin at Stellenbosch.

McCaw made the trip to London, and learned a great deal, attending the Central School and Heatherley’s School in London. He was also invited to exhibit at the Royal Waterclour Society. When he returned to Johannesburg, he joined a group known as the New Group. In 1938 he settled in Cape Town.

In the years before the Second World War, he travelled extensively in West Africa, Spain and Italy, but was back in South Africa when World War II broke out.

His reputation grew, and in 1943 he was appointed as the Official War Artist to the South African Forces.

One critic recalls the following about his work in this position: His pictorial account of people, places and events along the battle fronts won him considerable applause and he returned home to an even more secure position in the public’s favour after he served as official War Artist in North Africa and Italy.

McCaw had the approval of the people, and he settled into popular descriptive style, which, because so many other painters share its general features in the Cape, has come to be known as Cape Impressionism.

In the 1950s McCaw took up residence in a house in Hout Bay and completed work for exhibitions each year from 1960 to 1975. After he died in 1978, a Retrospective Exhibition of his work was held in Johannesburg in 1980.

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A clown of many talents New provincial number plates ‘Mr Clown’ (real name: Sean Justin Kvalsvig) was among one of the first people to get his hands on a copy of The Village NEWS on delivery day last Wednesday.

“I read the newspaper every week,” chuckled the ‘living statue’, who can be found in front of the Hermanus Pharmacy in Main Road on weekday mornings, and at the Village Square on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from about 13:30 – 20:00.

Sean, who is also a fire performer, balloon sculptor and tarot card reader, says he “ran away from home and joined a circus” when he was 17. The circus in question was the Back Door Initiative (BDI) – no animals involved – and it’s where Sean learnt all manner of skills, from clowning to fire eating.

He’s been performing at arts festivals throughout the country for many years but is now happily based in Hermanus. Being a living statue means that you have to be able to remain ‘frozen’ for up to 40 minutes, but Sean says modelling for an art school in Johannesburg provided good training for the job.

As Mr Clown his only wish is to amuse people – “Laughter is the best medicine” – and during season he will also be entertaining people with his fire show at the Hermanus Country Market on Wednesday evenings. PHOTO: Hedda Mittner

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esidents of the Western Cape will soon see the introduction of new number plates for the province next year. In the Provincial Gazette published on Friday, the department said in a notice that the new number plates will be an alphanumeric combination.

“The introduction of new number plates is a pre-emptive one, driven by the rate at which the current ‘CAA’ and ‘CAW’ licence numbers are being used up,” the notice said. It further describes the number plate as follows: two letters, two figures and two letters in any sequence; a ‘WC’ licence mark which follows this alphanumeric combination.

A government spokesperson said this new format would give authorities room to produce a possible further 16 million number plates and is similar to the current plate formats used in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.

The notice stated that more than one municipality shares the same number plate, such as the municipalities of Theewaterskloof and Overstrand share CAM plates. “The

current municipal areas do not in all respects align with the areas of the then Department of Inland Revenue through which number plates were originally established and allocated.

This situation leads to a vehicle being allocated with a number plate that contains a licence mark (as programmed on NaTIS) at a registering authority that is not part of the local municipality of the vehicle owner – a situation where revenue (through vehicle licence fees) is then not paid to the correct municipality leading to a loss of revenue.”

“Other practical reasons for considering provincial number plates as opposed to adding more local marks to the existing ones, including the manipulation of address information by vehicle owners favouring one number plate over another, such as within the City of Cape Town which uses the CA, CAA, CEY, CF, CFM, CFR and CY number plates,” the government noted.

Since its introduction on 13 April 2019, close on 82 000 CAA numbers for the City of Cape Town have been allocated.

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The Overberg is not a rubbish dump Amidst all the hard work that is being done by various individuals and organisations to help conserve our fauna and flora, news of the proposed storage facility (read dump) for used tyres in Tesselaarsdal is simply shocking.

will be felt throughout the region.

Apart from the numerous ecological hazards that go along with such a facility, the mere presence of a dump site for black rubber waste will devastate the scenery of one of our last true villages. Imagine the scenes flashing on millions of television screens all over the world should the ABSA Cape Epic again make its way along this route in the Overberg.

The ‘storage facility’ will be in direct line of sight of riders, spectators and television crews. An epic mistake, if ever there was one.

Should such a facility become a reality, the cost will be immense for the upgrading of infrastructure, such as tarred roads for huge dump trucks, without adding any economic value to the town. In fact, one can assume that it would lessen the attraction of Tesselaarsdal to visitors.

Should a repeat of the fires of earlier this year happen, the consequences

by Eskom a decade ago to run power lines on huge pylons through the little town. This was in the time when Pearly Beach was still considered as an option to build a nuclear power plant.

It is shameful for a government agency to award a contract to a company when both clearly have no comprehension of our region’s shared conservation ethos.

At a cost of R220 000 per month, which the taxpayers will pay the contractors, it must be expected that a more economically viable option nearer to a city will make much more sense.

This plan calls to mind the proposals

With our region’s Blue Green Economy fuelling sustainable tourism and becoming increasingly important, we as a community must do everything in our power to help conserve our natural heritage. We must all be amateur park rangers, ambassadors for sustainable living, and examples of eco-tourists, for the sake of our future.

Our region needs to cling to its status as a forerunner in conservation and sustainability if we are to grow our local economies. For this to happen we cannot allow our region to become a rubbish dump.

This is the good NEWS - Ed

We spent a wonderful night on Stanford Valley Guest Farm over the weekend. Upon arrival we were greeted by the friendly owner Elsabe and shown to a beautiful cottage – our accommodation for the evening. For dinner and breakfast we enjoyed delicious meals at the farm’s restaurant, Manor House, which has a view of the mountains and the farm’s horses.

On Sunday morning we were able to relax as we only had to check out at 2pm. It was such a lovely experience and we will definitely go again. Thank you to Elsabe and her amazing staff for making our weekend an unforgettable one.

– Jandré & Co

Stranded penguin rescued at Grotto

Just after 3pm on Saturday 16 November, a couple from Germany found a young penguin that was stranded and in a very distressed condition at Grotto Beach, approximately 400m east of Dutchies Restaurant. The man stood guard whilst his partner found a local couple walking their dog on the beach (me and my partner!) who alerted both local law enforcement and a volunteer from the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, who happens to live in Hermanus and coincidentally was on his way to the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary (APSS) in Kleinbaai to feed the penguins there. Whilst awaiting rescue, another local family arrived with a box and a towel to keep the penguin warm. Luckily, although the weather was poor, the lack of dog walkers on the beach meant that the penguin could remain relatively undisturbed until both local law enforcement and the volunteer arrived to take care of it. – David Wilson

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LET'S TALK Healthy and robust debate are crucial for democracy. The Village NEWS firmly believes in freedom of the press as well as the right of individuals to freely express themselves, as long as they don’t infringe upon the rights of others. The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors therefore do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of The Village NEWS. Letters may be shortened and/or edited for clarity and style. Enjoy our paper.

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Siyakha ends the year with more good news forming our communities, please visit the website, www.HermanusSiyakha. org.za and see where you can assist one of our current projects, either with a loan or by offering to mentor one of our loan recipients. If you would like to make a contribution directly to Hermanus Siyakha, either by way of a loan or a donation, this can be done via the Hermanus Siyakha NPC bank account at Standard Bank Hermanus, Account Number: 10113212397.

Many readers have been following the Hermanus Siyakha journey since the initiative was launched in March this year. We have provided regular updates in the media and via our website, but as the year draws to a close we are pleased to report that the initiative has gone from strength to strength.

Hermanus Siyakha is grateful for the support it receives from its supporters: our volunteers, mentors, funders and partners. A particular word of thanks goes to the Grootbos Foundation, FinGlobal and the Overstrand Municipality.

We have received loans and grants from 37 Individuals ranging from R500 to R40 000. To date we have disbursed R153 000 in interest-free loans to 25 small business enterprises in the Overstrand region. These interest-free loans range in size from R1 500 to R12 000. In addition we have made two non-repayable grants to two individuals to the value of R7 000.

All business owners who have received a loan are being actively mentored by 16 mentors who give of their time to meet with the loan recipients on a regular basis and provide support and guidance to ensure that the business is viable and sustainable. Most loan recipients are meeting their loan repayment obligations and where these are not being met, we are actively engaged with the recipients to find equitable solutions to the problem.

Pure statistics do not tell the full story, however. A comment from one of the loan recipients provides insight into the difference that Hermanus Siyakha is making: “[it] is helping the Zwelihle community a lot by aiding the growth of small

businesses. There is hope and I can see the difference that is being made.” A recipient of a very small loan said: “HS is so special because now people can know what to do even though the unemployment rate is too high. We really appreciate HS for the effort you have done for us.”

The benefit is reciprocal, with mentors indicating how they have benefited from the relationships: “I have benefited mostly by gaining a greater understanding of how environment, social norms and cultural responsibilities impact on daily life in Zwelihle. Although the cultural setting (of my own up-bringing) is different, I can identify with the anxieties they experience in providing for daily needs.”

Another mentor commented: “I get frustrated with them now and again but then I realise that they think differently about some things. In many ways they are better than me and that's the challenge. We never stop learning.”

Hermanus Siyakha continues to gain momentum, with a number of new loan applications currently advertised on our website for loan funding. As the number of loans grows, so the need for additional financial support and particularly mentors increases.

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I commend this support to budding entrepreneurs seeking to grow their businesses, as well as to those Hermanus residents who want to be part of this exciting development, which promises to be a blueprint for other towns in South Africa to follow. As I understand it you have already had enquiries from like-minded leaders in two other towns and Hermanus can be justly proud of what Siyakha is doing.

To give practical effect to my support, an amount of R10 000 will be made available from the Mayoral Fund. This will be a contribution for the Siyakha administration to use as loan money for projects of your choice.”

Phillip G Parsons Onrus River

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The current CCTV co-ordinated by the OnVerWag Neighbourhood Watch team has proved its worth when the perpetrators of the recent armed robbery in Vermont were apprehended in under an hour thanks to the local street’s CCTV. Without proper sustainable funding, this system cannot be maintained, let alone extended. The SRA is the only viable option for this. The Municipality will not, and in fact cannot, provide extra security in selected areas. We the residents should and must look after ourselves.

With a 50% +1 YES vote we will be able to have a dedicated vehicle patrolling Vermont and Onrus 24/7, with foot patrols on the coastal path and cameras at all entry and exit points to the area, monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This in our case will cost less than R70 per month and others about half of that on average. We cannot afford not to do it. Other areas locally are getting organised and unless we do the same we will become the soft target.

There is no conspiracy, there is no ulterior motive, only a few public-spirited local residents giving time freely in all our interests. The deadline is the end of November, so cast your vote and encourage friends, neighbours and especially absentee property owners to do the same.

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“I want to congratulate the Siyakha team. I endorse your efforts, and on behalf of the Council I wish you all success. This initiative of ‘building together’ accords fully with the Council’s earnest desire to build relationships and grow small businesses.

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This situation is not likely to get better, but unless something is done it is likely to get a lot worse.

Here is an extract from the letter received from the Executive Mayor, Alderman Dudley Coetzee following a presentation made to him and to Councillor Kari Brice by Hermanus Siyakha:

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The Overstrand Hospice 600 Club Draw took place on Thursday, 14 November by André Koekemoer, owner of Shade & Steel, who thanked his customers for their support over the past 10 years. They have the expertise to cover and protect your car and stoep, whatever the weather. Call them on 028 312 1650. Also present were Lyn Sillifant from Don Adams Auditors and Dave Shutte, Board member and Vice-Chairman of Overstrand Hospice. Winners: Laura Sterley (first); Carol Connor (second) and Rob McDavid (third). For only R50 a month you can join the 600 Club, and support Overstrand Hospice in the work that they do in the community. There are cash prizes up for grabs every month. Please contact Norma Scott-Tomlin on 028 312 4679 for more information or visit them at 10 Hope Street. Alternatively you can email 600admin@overstrandhospice.org.za.

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MY ENVIRONMENT

Twice a month, in partnership with PSG Wealth Hermanus and Sterling Private Wealth, The Village NEWS provides investment information on a range of topics to help you grow your wealth and save for the future.

Is your money tree for the future growing? thevillagenews.co.za/is-your-money-treefor-the-future-growing/ As you dig deeper into investment options and strategies, and how to diversify and be more flexible, you will realise that there are quite a lot of opportunities, even when times are tough. Along the way, you want to be sure that tax efficiency is part of the mix.

Get money advice from a professional thevillagenews.co.za/get-money-advice-from-a-professional/ There are a myriad of investment options available, even with as ‘little’ as R500 per month. The important factor is to start investing from an early age, and to increase the contribution over time. Individuals have unique circumstances, and everyone has different needs and objectives. A qualified investment adviser will assist in identifying the appropriate investment vehicle.

How to spend your money mindfully this festive season thevillagenews.co.za/how-to-spend-yourmoney-mindfully-this-festive-season/ As the year ends and we start thinking about 2019, it’s usually a good time to consider the benefits of having a December spending strategy. It is easy to overspend during the holidays, especially if you’ve been lucky enough to receive a bonus.

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Impact of children on global warming

By Dr Anina Lee

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hildren born in 2019 have a good chance of living to the end of the century. They will probably see the year 2100. What will the world be like then? It is difficult to know – it all depends on what people are prepared to do about climate change in the next couple of decades.

If we have any hope of keeping climate change within safe boundaries, global carbon emissions need to fall to zero by 2050. That was the message of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2018.

Yet Daily Maverick reports emission gains of 6.3% in India, 3.4% in the US and 2.3% in China, showing the world's worst contributors to global warming. (Did you see the almost invisible smog-clouded cricket match in Delhi? It was estimated to be the equivalent of 50 cigarettes a day.) This depressing reading was revealed in the newly published World Energy Markets Observatory report. In addition to these increases, investment in clean emissions during the first half of the year fell 14%.

Rising temperatures may not be entirely human-induced, but we, Homo sapiens, are certainly contributing massively to them and we can only control our own actions. An SA Government Report released last month looked at the effects of climate change in South Africa.

Of the many resounding alarms raised in this report, threats to water security rank among the most pressing.

The report says: A hotter world means changing movements in rainfall, with dire consequences for unprotected estuarine and inland wetland ecosystems. Nearly 99% of estuarine and 88% of wetland areas [in SA] are threatened, making nature’s most important pollutant-filtration systems the most vulnerable, yet least protected ecosystems of all.

Fewer than 2% are “well-protected”.

No living things can exist without water, nor survive the “water wars” that are sure to result from lack of water.

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We all know that climate change is “fuelled” by fossil fuels – coal and oil – that we are still burning at an ever-increasing rate. How can we prevent carbon emissions from getting further out of control? The answer is unexpected.

According to a new study from Sweden that identifies the most effective ways people can cut their carbon emissions, the greatest impact individuals can have in fighting climate change is to have fewer children.

The next best actions are selling your car, avoiding long flights, and eating a vegetarian diet. These actions reduce emissions many times more than common green activities such as recycling, using low energy light bulbs or drying washing on the line. However, the high impact actions are rarely mentioned in government advice and school textbooks, researchers found.

Carbon emissions must fall to two tonnes of CO² per person by 2050 to avoid severe global warming, but in the US and Australia emissions are currently 16 tonnes per person, and in the UK seven tonnes.

The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, sets out the impact of different actions on a comparable basis. By far the biggest ultimate impact is having one fewer child, which the researchers calculated equated to a reduction of 58 tonnes of CO² for each year of each of the parents’ lives.

The figure was calculated by totting up the emissions of the child and all their descendants, then dividing this total by the parent’s lifespan.

Each parent was ascribed 50% of the child’s emissions, 25% of their grandchildren’s emissions and so on.

The warnings come thick and fast – just last week, The Guardian newspaper filed this sobering report: The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists.

“We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency,” it states. “To secure a sustainable future, we must change how we live. [This] entails major transformations in the ways our global society functions and interacts with natural ecosystems.”

There is no time to lose, the scientists say: “The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity.”

A key aim of the warning is to set out a full range of “vital sign” indicators of the causes and effects of climate breakdown, rather than only carbon emissions and surface temperature rise.

“A broader set of indicators should be monitored, including human population growth, meat consumption, tree-cover loss, energy consumption, fossil-fuel subsidies and annual economic losses to extreme weather events,” they said.

Other “profoundly troubling signs from human activities” selected by the scientists include booming air passenger numbers and world GDP growth. “The climate crisis is closely linked to excessive consumption of the wealthy lifestyle,” they said.

We have heard these warnings before, but how many people are really prepared to change their lifestyles? Changes will only succeed if governments lead the way. Recently the government of New Zealand announced a new budget that shifts the focus from growing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to growing well-being. This is being mirrored by others including Iceland and Northern Ireland. How long will the SA government still stay married to coal?

Or will the year 2100 present the sort of post-apocalyptic world we see in fiction or the movies? A Mad Max type of scenario? Is it even a likely scenario? As a wise man once said to me: “I know it can happen, but I don’t want to be there when it does”.

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One of the main objectives of FynArts is to have relevance for the wider community and to initiate projects to stimulate and develop the arts in under-served local communities, said Mary. Which is why she was excited to give feedback on Phase 1 of a new initiative – the FynArts Music Project for pre-school and primary school children and teachers, facilitated by Axolile Hoza, the artistic director of the Handevat music development project in Kleinmond. This FynArts music project now operates in three pre-schools and one primary school in Zwelihle.

n enthusiastic group of FynArts Festival supporters attended the annual general meeting last week, where feedback was given on this year’s festival, followed by a quick peep at next year’s programme.

While the 2019 festival showed a 16% increase in ticket sales, the costs had also gone up, resulting in a smaller increase in revenue. With the ticket sales having surpassed the R1 million mark, VAT will have to be paid next year but auditor, Juan Pieterse cautioned that the extra 15% could not be added to the ticket prices, which are already at the high end of the scale. The need is therefore greater than ever before for sponsorships and additional income streams to ensure the sustainability of the festival.

In her festival director’s report, Mary Faure said there were more events on the 2019 programme than ever before and she was pleased that the ‘winter school’ component of the festival was doing so well and showed potential for growth. “We had about the same number of music concerts but more talks, demonstrations and workshops, which were very well supported. More children’s events were offered, and the art and wine tour through the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley was also very popular, so we’ll continue with those next year.”

The 2020 FynArts Festival will wow audiences with a Beethoven concert on the opening night, and performances

by Emo Adams, Dance4All, Richard Cock and the FynArts orchestra, amongst others.

Mary added that she would be talking to Darryl David, who facilitated the Overstrand’s designation as a UNESCO Creative City for Gastronomy, to share ideas and form collaborations. New options will be explored for the food and wine events on the programme, including the Wine Plus series and chefs’ demos. A special lunch for Fathers' Day is also on the cards.

The recipient of next year’s FynArts Legacy Award will be opera legend, Angelo Gobbato, who has been an advisor to FynArts since inception. Gobatto’s name is synonymous with opera in Cape Town and, apart from being an operatic baritone, he’s had a distinguished career as an opera director, Head of the UCT Opera School and Artistic Director of CAPAB. Angelo has received many prestigious awards both locally and internationally and last year published a book, A Passion for Opera to coincide with his

In conclusion, Mary said it’s been a tough year and that in the current economic climate businesses are battling and cutting down on advertising and sponsorships. Getting the festival onto a sustainable footing remains a challenge.

One way in which everyone can support this important festival is by becoming a Friend of FynArts.

All Friends of FynArts receive the following benefits: • Priority booking for themselves for all the events in advance of the general public • A free ticket to any one of the events in the Strauss & Co series of talks and presentations held at the Municipal Auditorium, The Marine, Windsor Hotel and Harbour House • An invitation to the welcome cocktail party before the Opening Concert • A special invitation to the Annual General Meeting • An invitation to exclusive Friends events during the year • All Friends are listed on the Friends page at hermanusfynarts.co.za The annual cost of becoming a Friend is R300 (single) or R500 (couple). For corporate Friends the annual contribution is R1 000 (the benefits are the same but extend to two representatives). To become a Lifetime Friend entails a once-off, life-time contribution of R3 000 (single); R5 000 (couple); or R10 000 (business). Once again, the same benefits apply, but in addition to these, Lifetime Friends receive a free pass to all events in the Strauss & Co series of talks and presentations held at the Municipal Auditorium, The Marine, Windsor Hotel and Harbour House. Lifetime Friends will also receive an invitation to an exclusive lunch.

To become a Friend please contact the coordinator of Friends of FynArts, Joanna Hardie at joanna@hardie. co.za or FynArts Administrative Coordinator, Chantel Louskitt at admin@hermanusfynarts.co.za or 060 957 5371.

Niki Daly with Paddy Bouma who opened his exhibition at the FynArts Gallery.

PHOTO: Elaine Davie An exhibition by Niki Daly which opened at the FynArts Gallery in Hermanus this past Saturday is titled ‘Matters of the Heart’. An internationally recognised children’s book writer and illustrator (indeed he has recently been nominated for the premier Hans Christian Andersen prize for children’s literature), this is Niki’s first solo art exhibition. As his long-time friend and former colleague, Paddy Bouma articulated when opening the exhibition, Niki has had many incarnations and all of them are reflected in this exhibition.

From songwriter/musician to university lecturer, to publisher, to children’s book illustrator/writer, to origami artist, everything Niki has tackled has been done with child-

like enthusiasm. This mixed-media exhibition reflects his life of passion, most of it in miniaturised form. Even the found frames he uses are unique, having been specially chosen to enhance individual paintings. Attracting particular attention at this exhibition are his painted wall plates. A watercolour effect has been created using ceramic oxides applied with pen and brush.

As pointed out by Paddy, his work dances, floats, flies and plays games, at the same time reflecting a poignancy and deep sense of humanity. In Niki’s own words, “I am incurably curious, so who knows what’s next.” The exhibition continues at the FynArts Gallery until 4 January 2020.

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From Alexandra Fuller, the bestselling author of Don’t let’s go to the dogs tonight and Cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness comes another utterly original story, this time of her father, Tim Fuller, a man who swallowed life whole.

After his sudden death in a hospital in Budapest, Alexandra looks back on the life of this self-exiled black sheep who moved to Africa to fight in the Rhodesian Bush War before settling as a banana farmer in Zambia. A man who preferred chaos to predictability, to revel in promise rather than wallow in regret, and who was more afraid of becoming bored than of getting lost. It is another unforgettable memoir of joy, resilience, and vitality.

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A timeless love story set in a secret world from the bestselling author of The Night Circus. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book that contains a story from his own childhood.

Bewildered and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues – a bee, a key, and a sword – that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth.

In this magical underground world – a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea – Zachary discovers his purpose – in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

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As China battled through 100 years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair.

Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China and a major political figure in her own right. Big Sister, Ei-ling, became Chiang's unofficial main adviser – and made herself one of China's richest women. In a group biography that is by turns intimate and epic, Jung Chang, the bestselling author of Wild Swans, reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape 20th century China. – goodreads.com

More than 50 years after the astonishing success of The spy who came in from the cold, the master of spy novels publishes a new unputdownable thriller at the age of 88. Set in London in 2018, Nat, a veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (Agent Running in the Field) follows Ed, a 26-year-old solitary figure who hates Brexit, hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency.

In a desperate attempt to resist the political turbulence swirling around him, Ed makes connections that will take him – and Nat – down the dangerous path of political anger that will ensnare them all. Agent running in the field is a chilling portrait of our time, now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told with unflagging tension by the greatest chronicler of our age.

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Together they embarked upon an extraordinary creative journey that culminated in Cecile & Boyd. “Cécile encouraged me to express my originality and to execute my own paradigm-shifting, rule-breaking ideas because she, too, was the same,” writes Boyd, describing Cécile as “original, courageous, loving, non-judgmental, affirming, motherly, wise and always funny”.

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Tafelberg Prokureur Ian Brand stuur 'n ondeurdagte twiet die kuberruim in en sy lewe word oornag pure hel. Thuli Khumalo, studenteaktivis op 'n kampus wat stink na petrol en traangas, moet kies tussen vaderverraad of haar beginsels versaak. Snaar Windvogel, vroeër van Matjiesfontein, is nou in transisie onder die lem van 'n enigmatiese plastiese chirurg. En al hoe gereelder slaan 'n kruisboogmoordenaar in die Moederstad toe…

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New book on history of Hermanus Dr Robin Lee of the Hermanus History Society will be launching his new book, For Keeps: Articles on Hermanus history – worth keeping next month.

Several of the 30 articles in this book, researched and written by Robin between 2013 and 2019, have been published in The Village NEWS in one form or another over the past three years.

Readers may recognise some of these characters who influenced the development of Hermanus, such as PJ Luyt, Meester Paterson, TD Ravenscroft, Sir William Hoy, and Sandy and Gertrude Grant. Featuring high and low points in Hermanus’s history over a period of 150 years,

readers can also look forward to learning about the rise and fall of the hotel holiday culture and the development of tourism; the frequent and destructive fires that ravaged our town; the sad story of an under-utilised New Harbour and the depletion of Walker Bay’s marine resources.

All the articles have been brought up to date and reflect the latest information available to the author, some of which came to light after the original article was written.

They paint a vivid picture of the gradual metamorphosis of a 19th century fishing village, Hermanuspietersfontein, into a modern, prosperous town, Hermanus, despite having no

specific industry or mineral resources to sustain its growth.

In the final section of the book, the author sets out what he regards as the main, long-lasting features of the history of the town, and identifies several developments that will be important to Hermanus in the decades to come, including tourism, nature conservation, wildfires, agriculture, water resources and population growth.

Copies of Robin's book will be available for purchase at the launch at the Catholic Church Hall on Thursday 12 December at 17:30. They can also be pre-ordered from The Book Cottage on 028 313 0834 or bookcott@hermanus.co.za.

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Poetry increasingly becoming a financially viable genre T

use by AVBOB’s customers and communities, for poets across South Africa, and for all the bereaved across this nation.

he revival in and the demand for poetry is inspiring news for aspiring and established poets. It not only gives them more scope for getting published, it also offers them the opportunity to earn an income from doing what they love.

De Lange says that it was decided from the outset to compensate poets whose poems are accepted for publication on the website with a decent amount.

According to Johann de Lange, editor-in-chief of The AVBOB Poetry Competition, there has been an increase in the popularity of poetry and poetry books globally, most notably in countries such as the US and the UK. Says de Lange, “Book sales are up and more books are published every year. There has also been a surge in popularity of the poetry scene on the internet, with many sites offering decent pay for published poems, and some bigger publishing houses publishing these authors. Poets no longer need to be limited to the borders of their countries, as they can publish anywhere.”

Nini Bennett recently wrote on Versindaba (www.versindaba.co.za) – a collective weblog on Afrikaans poetry – that despite South Africa’s struggling economy, it’s not unusual for poems to receive individual compensation, which is in line with overseas trends. She says the South African community is a microcosm of a greater global picture, which saw a 21% rise in the sale of anthologies from 2015 to 2017. “This establishes poetry as one of the fastest-growing genres in the publishing industry,” says Bennett.

Bennett further points out that South African publisher Naledi has already published 13 anthologies so far this year, establishing them as the leading poetry publisher in our country.

The exceptional growth in The AVBOB Poetry Competition, which was established in 2017, is positive proof that poetry in South Africa is alive and well. The first year saw about 6 000 poets register for the competition with just over 20 000 poems entered, shooting up to close to 11 400 poets and more than 29 000 entered poems in year two.

The current competition, for which entries close at the end of November this year, is already ahead of last year’s performance. If the current momentum is maintained, double digit growth is again expected.

One of the distinguishing features of The AVBOB Poetry Competition is that it is open to all 11 official language speakers, with the winner in each vernacular receiving R10 000 in cash, as well as a R2 500 book voucher.

Moreover, every poem that is accepted on the AVBOB Poetry website receives R300 in cash. To date, 8 200 poems have been published on the AVBOB Poetry website for

“Historically, poets have been worst off when it came to making money from their writing.

In many cases, in order to get their poems published in magazines or anthologies etc, they are paid little or nothing at all. Quite often they are expected to do this or that ‘for the love of poetry’. You try that line on a fiction writer and you’ll be laughed out of the pub. So, we were clear that we wanted to address that. We also wanted the cash prize for the best poem in the different languages to be substantial. The growth we see yearon-year, as well as the feedback we get from poets, proves how successful this project is.”

Bennett says technological advancement and the use of multimedia functions play a significant role in the revival of poetry. “The new international fad is to put poems on Instagram (the so-called ‘Instapoets’). Plus, not too long ago, things were still abuzz with the work of the Twitter-poets,” she explains. “Thousands of readers worldwide wait daily for their dose of online poetry that can be read on a cell phone. And thanks to the shareability of websites and media platforms, poetry has become a consumer-friendly commodity which aids the reading and distribution of poets’ work within seconds.”

To enter the latest AVBOB Poetry Competition, visit www.avbobpoetry.co.za. The competition closes on 30 November 2019.

For a good cause

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The Overstrand Hospice Quiz Night was held at the Hermanus Golf Club on Friday evening. The members of the winning team, The Silver Streakers were (from left) Alison Toombs, Christine Pierce, Ken Adams, John Pierce, Alan Toombs, Lizette Adams, Danie van Niekerk and Desirée van Niekerk. This fundraiser, with Piano Ben as the quizmaster, is a popular annual event and much fun was had by all. The Overstrand Hospice Board of Directors wishes to thank all the supporteers and sponsors who made this evening possible.

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Hermanus Bird Club Monthly Meeting Mike Ford will be presenting a talk titled A Bird in the Hand which will illustrate some of the more interesting species that he has caught and ringed around the world. He takes superb photos of each species and with his terrific sense of humour, it will be a fascinating evening. All guests are welcome. Wine is available at a donation of R10 per glass. For more information, contact the club chairperson, John Saunders, on 078 955 9785 or antares@hermanus.co.za Fernkloof Hall | 18:00 for 18:30

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Gansbaai Farmers Market Specialising in organic, homemade and homegrown products such as fresh farm produce, oven-fresh bakes and pastries, local wines and craft beers, and indigenous plants and herbs. No plastic or polystyrene packaging; only eco-friendly wood, paper, glass and earthenware used to display goods. For enquiries, contact 028 384 1439 or doulene@gansbaaitourism.co.za Kapokblom Street, opposite Gansbaai Tourism | 09:00 – 14:00

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Whalers Athletic Club Join the Whalers for their weekly time trials, every Thursday afternoon.

Runners and walkers of all ages are welcome. Choose between a 3 km, 5 km or 8 km route.

Meet at Hermanus Country Market | 18:00 Rotary Club of Hermanus Visitors are welcome at Rotary’s weekly meetings, every Thursday.

Contact Frank on 082 870 1187 to confirm your attendance.

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Hermanus Hacking Group Volunteers are welcome to join the HHG in the clearing of invasive vegetation, every Friday morning. Meet at the beginning of Rotary Way. For more information contact Charlyn on 082 558 8731 or charlynvosloo@ gmail.com Rotary Way | 06:45 for 07:00 Bhuki Café Everyone is welcome at Friends of the Library's Bhuki Cafe where a cup of tea or coffee and delicious eats will cost only R25, every Friday. Each cup helps to raise funds for new books.

Hermanus Library | 09:00 – 11:30 Kolwyntjie Teetuin Enjoy a sweet treat and tea or coffee at a nominal fee, and make new friends at the Onrus Care Centre, every Friday morning.

Onrus Dutch Reformed Church | 09:30 – 11:30 Under the Greenwood U3A Overberg presents a new series of BBC Dramatised Novels in honour of Mike and Verna Leighton, who donated their extensive library of dramatised novels to U3A. In the delightful and light-hearted novel,

Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy, the beautiful new village school teacher is pursued by three suitors.

Catholic Church Hall | 10:00 KAWS Golf Day Join the Kleinmond Animal Welfare Society (KAWS) for their fund-raising Golf Day which promises to be a fun-filled day of great golf, fantastic prizes, live music, snacks and drinks, and an entertaining auction. The format will be a four-ball alliance, with two scores to count and a shotgun to start. For bookings at R250 per player, contact the ProShop at Kleinmond Golf Club on 028 271 3525 or book online at www.kleinmondgolfclub.co.za. It’s all for a good cause!

Kleinmond Golf Club | 11:30 Wine Down Friday Join Hermanus’s trendiest wine bar for their 2-for-1 special every Friday afternoon. Buy a glass of any of their lifestyle wines, beers or bubblies (MCC), or a tapas dish of dates and bacon, and get the second one free. A great way to wind down your week and ease into the weekend!

The Wine Glass, 2 Harbour Rd | 16:00 - 18:00 Hockey Clinic C&N Hockey Coaching presents a hockey clinic for children U6 – U9 (from 16:00 – 18:00), U10 – U14 (from 18:15 – 21:00) and for any goalies (from 16:00 – 18:00). R150 per player,

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with registration 30 min before the start of the session. To book, send a WhatsApp to Niel on 072 426 4829 or Carl on 072 775 2733.

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Hermanus parkrun Meet for the weekly 5 km timed walk or run, come rain or shine. Run for your own enjoyment at your own pace. The route is dog friendly and children are most welcome.

Camphill Road, Hemel-en-Aarde Valley | 08:00 Betty’s Bay parkrun Join this free weekly 5 km timed run (or walk) where it’s only you against the clock. The whole family is welcome. Grab a post-run coffee in the Red Disa restaurant with fellow parkrunners.

Harold Porter Botanical Garden | 08:00 Groeneweide parkrun Bring the whole family (dogs on leashes are welcome too) and enjoy this free, timed 5 km run/walk at your own pace. Register online at www. parkrun.co.za Groeneweide, Franskraal | 08:00 Hermanus Country Market A favourite among the locals. Young, old, two-legged and four-legged family members are all welcome. You’ll find wholesome goodies, homemade crafts, local produce, beers and

Die Markie Looking for koek? Vetkoek, pannekoek, soet koekies, sout koekies, lewer koekies? A peaceful place to while away Saturday mornings, glass of wine in hand, with Woefie lying at your feet? Olives, freshly shucked oysters and other nibbles made by real people? Served on real porcelain, using real cutlery, sipping wine from a real wine glass? Then you’ll want to hotfoot it across to Die Markie at Hermanuspietersfontein. Here safe parking is a doddle and life is easy.

Hermanuspietersfontein Wine Cellar | 09:00 – 13:00 Market in the Garden Hunt for treasures at this peaceful market set among the shady trees of a beautiful garden.

St Peter’s Church, Main Road, Hermanus | 09:00 – 13:00 Stanford Saturday Morning Market Come and sample the artisanal delights on display, from home-made sheep and goats’ cheeses to cured

Market to Market Experience Hermanus and see how the locals live by joining the ChillGuru bus and cruising from market to market. Your ticket (R150 for adults and R80 for children U18) includes a round trip to the Hermanus Country Market and Die Markie at Hermanuspietersfontein, with a free coffee or drink and a tasty homemade something to nibble on, followed by a free lifestyle wine tasting at The Wine Glass. To make a booking, call 082 700 4163.

Departing from Lemm’s Corner | 09:30 PROE Seafood & Wine Festival With more than 18 participating wineries, 70 different wines to taste and 30 delicious seafood dishes, PROE 2019 is set to be one of the event highlights this summer. There will be lucky draws and live entertainment, while the Kiddies’ Corner will keep the little ones entertained. A Gin bar, Oyster Bar and Champagne Bar will also be available on a cash bar basis. Children under 13 enter free of charge, teens R100 and adults up to R450. Get all the details at proepringle.co.za or book tickets online at quicket.co.za.

Glen Craig Country Hotel & Restaurant, Pringle Bay | 11:00 – 16:00 Christmas Garden Market Enjoy live entertainment, food, wine, arts & crafts stalls in the delightful garden of Hemel-en-Aarde Village.

Wonderful Christmas gifts and much more! This event is hosted by The Classroom Restaurant & Function Venue in aid of Camphill School and the Overberg Wheelchair Association.

To hire a table or stall, contact 028 316 3582 or 082 359 5608.

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The bikers will meet up at Hermanus McDonalds, Whale Coast Mall and then depart at 08:30, following a route via Hemel-en-Aarde to meet the Caledon bikers at the Caledon Caltex Garage at 09:30. From there they’ll travel towards Napier and turn off to Stanford at the Van Brakel Store. Those bikers meeting up at Gansbaai Wimpy at 08:30 will ride via Baardskeerdersbos and Elim to Bredasdorp, and from Bredasdorp Wimpy at 09:30 they’ll also make their way to Stanford. The mass ride will end on Market Square. For more info, contact Stanford Info on 028 341 0340 or ask@stanfordinfo. co.za Stanford Market Square | 10:00 – 15:00

OAK Violin Recital The brilliant 16-year-old violinist and overall winner of the 2019 National Youth Music competition, Jordan Brooks will play several works, including Sonata for Solo Violin by Peter Klatzow; Sonata in E Minor by Veracini; Sonata No 4 in A Minor by Beethoven; and Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert by Ravel, accompanied by Tertia Visser-Downie. Jordan is currently the concert master of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, as well as of the Beau Soleil Senior Strings. Tickets at R150 pp (R60 for students) are available from the Tourism Office on 028 312 2629. For enquiries contact René du Plooy on 082 940 4238.

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Members will be able to renew their subscriptions while residents who have not done so already will also be able to join VREA at a cost of only R150 a year per household. Snacks and refreshments can be enjoyed after the meeting. For enquiries, contact Chairperson Duncan Heard on 082 495 3943 or duncanheard@ telkomsa.net.

Dutch Reformed Church, Berg St, Onrus | 17:30 (registration at 17:00) Think & Drink Join Stanford Conservation Trust’s fun quiz evening, every last Thursday

of the month. Only R150 includes a delicious meal and a R50 donation to the Trust for the upkeep of Stanford’s beautiful Wandelpad. Stanford Hills wines will be available at cellar-door prices to enjoy with your meal. Get friends and family together to form a team of eight or join a table on the night. To book, contact Marian at stanfordconservationtrust@gmail.com or 083 303 4330.

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long ago they passed away. Bring along friends and family, picnic baskets, blankets and chairs. Refreshments will be on sale and candles will be sold at R50 each in aid of Overstrand Hospice.

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Camphill Nativity Play Share in the joyous spirit of this Christmas season by joining the children, staff and board members of Camphill School for their annual Nativity Play. RSVP to 028 312 4949.

Mercury Hall, Camphill | 10:00 Lights of Remembrance Overstrand Hospice invites you to join in this special celebration to commemorate the lives of loved ones, regardless of whether they received care from Hospice, or how

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Exploring equity funds

By Jana Visagie Assistant Portfolio Manager, PSG Wealth Hermanus

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n our previous article, we gave a detailed explanation of how the Association for Savings and Investment SA (ASISA) classifies unit trust funds based on geography and asset class, among other criteria.

In this article, we will specifically focus on one classification type (mandate) of unit trust funds, namely ‘equity unit trust funds’.

What type of assets do these fund managers include in their portfolios? What are the costs related to investing? What are the risks involved and what potential earnings can you expect?

We will set out some of the basics so you'll be more informed whenever you look at a fund’s fund fact sheet (so-called ‘minimum disclosure document’), or are speaking to an investment adviser.

What is an equity fund?

This is a common question asked by new investors. An equity fund invests principally in equities (also called

shares). It is a type of investment fund that buys ownership in businesses – hence the term ‘equity’. It gives investors a simple and cost-effective opportunity to invest in some of the largest companies in South Africa and the world!

Your money is pooled with the money of other investors and the fund managers use this pool of money to buy the underlying equities. The unit trust fund is split into equal portions (‘units’) that are allocated to you, based on the amount of money you invest and the price of the units on the day you buy them.

Is an equity fund suitable for your risk profile and investment objectives/needs?

Now that you understand what an equity fund is, you will have to determine whether it would be the most appropriate type of investment fund for your unique circumstances.

Growth assets (equities and property) have historically been the asset classes that deliver inflation-beating returns for investors over the long term and that have proven to be one of the best ways for investors to create wealth.

Having said that, growth assets are also inherently volatile and you will

have to determine if you are comfortable with those fluctuations or whether you prefer more stability.

You might consider the following when weighing the returns you require against the stability you need: how long do you have to invest for and how quickly will you have to access your money?

Equity funds may be suitable for you if: • You are seeking long-term capital growth (rather than income) • You have at least five years to invest (preferably longer) • You are comfortable with stock market fluctuations and the possibility of losing capital.

Which fund manager should you choose?

You’ve decided that an equity fund is indeed appropriate for your circumstances, and now you must decide which asset manager will do the best job for you.

There are literally hundreds of options available and you will have to do thorough research or speak to an experienced, independent financial adviser in order to choose a good-quality asset manager.

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Different asset managers have different views and convictions on the market and how to structure a portfolio (investment style). It is important to understand the views of the asset manager and believe in their strategy to establish a successful relationship.

‘Style’ can also be described as a fund manager’s investment philosophy with regard to the companies it chooses to invest in, and the process by which those investment decisions are made.

Some managers focus on ‘value’ (shares purchased at below-average prices and trading below their intrinsic value), others on ‘quality’ (high-quality companies with management credibility and balance sheet stability), and others on ‘growth’ (young companies with the potential to generate high future profits and strong earnings growth).

Asset managers must be consistent in their investment processes, whichever style they decide to pursue.

There can be a significant variation in returns across different styles during the shorter to medium term. By combining different management styles, it is possible to create a portfolio that delivers more stable returns in varying market conditions.

What fees will you pay?

All fees must be clearly stated on the fund’s minimum disclosure document. Make sure you understand the fund’s total investment cost (TIC).

Fees can typically be divided into four categories: administration charges, investment management charges, advice charges and other fees like termination charges, penalties and loyalty bonuses.

The lower the risk of the fund, the lower the investment management fee will usually be, e.g. a money market fund will have lower fees than an equity fund.

Finally, remember that it’s essential to exercise patience: once you’ve chosen an equity fund, stick to your decision as it takes time for a fund to achieve its objectives. Always speak to your financial adviser when you need additional information or assistance.

The information in this article does not constitute financial, tax, legal or investment advice and the companies in the PSG Konsult Group do not guarantee its appropriateness or potential value. As individual needs and risk profiles differ, we recommend that you consult your qualified financial adviser if need be.

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Dancing to the slow music of life Writer & Photographer Elaine Davie

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NDANTE is the name of a new shop in the The Yard on Harbour Road, Kleinmond. ‘In moderately slow tempo’ is how the Oxford Dictionary defines this musical term – which could probably describe life in Kleinmond in general. And certainly as you step through the front door of the shop, nostalgia for an unpretentious, more leisurely lifestyle is what strikes you immediately – liberally spiced with iconic items of startling ‘Boere’ kitsch.

The owner of this quirky emporium, Helma Potgieter is no stranger to the residents or regular visitors to Kleinmond. Referred to as a force to be reckoned with, her previous project was the busy little shop called ANEW, also in The Yard and also filled with interesting retro items, including clothes, many sourced from her own family. She sold the shop in mid-2017.

But after a period, which included three months, then six months in the UK, as well as a serious health scare, she thought: “Okay, so I’ve been there, done that, so what’s next?”

When her former landlord called and asked if she might be interested in another, larger venue in the same complex, she took it without a second thought. “I always follow my dreams and knew it was exactly the right time and space to bring together several of the projects I had been involved with in the past. And that’s what ANDANTE is all about. I don’t want to speed

along in the fast lane any more, I want to ‘dance to the slow music of life’.”

This slowing down thing doesn’t seem to have kicked in yet, though. The large double-volume, rough-plastered space is already packed with memorabilia of every kind – display cabinets filled with glassware and china, stainless steel, old prints and paintings on the walls, previously-loved dolls and teddy bears, small items of furniture, an old sewing machine, a hippo made from bottle caps…

“I’m having such fun visiting charity shops and sales,” laughs Helma. “The best is when I unpack the boxes in the shop and clean the pieces up; you never know how something is going to turn out. I love the fact that each piece has a history of its own.”

Prominently displayed in the shop, too, is a stand laden with beautiful, hand-made gift bags in every shape, size and colour. These are the Pamphiri Indaba bags Helma and a partner designed and started producing in 2009. “It was the beginning of the recycle movement, and we used old newspapers and magazines to make the bags. We sold them throughout this region and even in Cape Town; they became very popular. One of the original crafters, Felicia April, has now taken over the project and is also my right hand in the shop.”

Another of Helma’s passions is the performing arts, whether music or the spoken word. From time to time in the past, she and her friend, Christa

Dreyer, organised successful poetry readings and other mini theatrical events. The deciding factor when she saw her new premises was that they lent themselves to the creation of a tiny theatre at the back which could accommodate about 50 seats in the manner of a baroque-era music salon or voorkamer (front room) home theatre.

the better. Kleinmond has, on occasion, been likened to something of a cultural wilderness, but a number of initiatives in the town like this one are intent on proving the nay-sayers wrong. And in its own slow, old-fashioned way, it’s beginning to make its mark.

Helma is wildly excited about the possibilities this offers and is planning from next year on to organise at least a monthly event. “It’s ideal for anything small and relaxed,” she bubbles, “like Niki Daly’s recent children’s book launch or a book reading by Greyton’s Carol Gibbs that we’re planning for 7 December.

Helma can be contacted on helma@vodamail.co.za or 082 443 2292.

“The main thing is we want to feature local talent, rather than bringing performers in from any of the metropolitan centres. We have a well-tuned piano and it would be great to feature soloists or small groups of musicians, even a drumming circle, perhaps an open mic, or play or poetry readings; for instance, at the time of André P Brink’s death, we presented a tribute to him which turned out to be very successful. There definitely is an audience here for this kind of event. We may even link up with one of our local coffee shops or restaurants in a kind of supper theatre format. It’s not just theatre, it’s about building community, too.”

Helma is presently organising live music in the shop over weekends. With a name like ANDANTE, the more music,

TOP: Helma Potgieter relaxes on the small stage of her mini theatre in ANDANTE. ABOVE: Helma’s assistant, Felicia April, beside a stand of Pamphiri Indaba gift bags which Felicia makes.

OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALITEIT ERF 988, MEERKATSINGEL 2, SANDBAAI: AANSOEK OM OPHEFFING VAN BEPERKENDE TITELAKTEVOORWAARDES, VERGUNNINGSGEBUIK EN AFWYKINGS : WRAP (nms JE HOLLOWAY)

OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY ERF 988, 2 MEERKAT CRESCENT, SANDBAAI: APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIVE TITLE DEED CONDITIONS, CONSENT USE AND DEPARTURES: WRAP (obo JE HOLLOWAY)

UMASIPALA WASE-OVERSTRAND ISIZA 988, 2 MEERKAT CRESCENT, ESANDBAAI ISICELO SOKUSUSWA KWEZITHINTELO, IMVUME YOKUSEBENZISWA NOKUPHAMBUKA: WRAP (EGAMENI LIKA JE HOLLOWAY)

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Notice is hereby given in terms of Sections 47 and 48 of the Overstrand By-law on Municipal Land Use Planning, 2015 (By-Law) that the following applications have been received:

Esi sisaziso esikhutshwa ngokwemiba yeSolotya lama-47 no 48 loMthethwana kaMasipala wase-Overstrand weSicwangciso soYilo lokuSetyenziswa koMhlaba, sonyaka wama-2015 ngokwezicelo ezichazwe ngezantsi:

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Application in terms of Section 16.(2)(f) of the By-Law for the removal of restrictive title deed conditions B.2(a), B.2(c) and B.2(d) as contained in Title Deed T29357/2018 applicable to Erf 988, Sandbaai in order to be in line with the development rules and primary rights as contained in the Overstrand Zoning Scheme Regulations, as well as to conduct a two bedroom self-catering unit for tourists from the property;

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Isicelo ngeCandelo 16.(2)(f) lalo Mthethwana sokushenxiswa kwemiqathango yeemeko ezithintela iitayitile ngokwemihlathi B.2(a), B.2(c) kwaye B.2(d) yeTitle Deed T29357/2018 ecapazela Isiza 988 eSandbaai, ukuze uhambelane nemithetho yophuhliso kunye namalungelo aphambili njengoko ziqulathwe kwImigaqo yeNkqubo yokuCandwa koMhlaba kaMasipala wase-Overstrand, kwaye nokuvumela iyunithi enamagumbi amabini yokuhlala yabakhenkethi.

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Isicelo semvume yokusebenziswa ngeCandelo 16.(2)(o) lalo Mthethwana ukuvumela indawo yokuhlala yabakhengkethi enamagumbi amabini apho kuvumelwa ukupheka kwipropathi.

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Izicelo zokuphambuka ngeCandelo 16.(2)(b) lalo Mthethwana ukuvumela okulandelayo: • ukuphambuka kumca wokwakha empuma ukusuka ku 3m ukuya ku 0m ukuvumela ibraai, uphahla, kwaye nokuphambuka kumca wokwakha osecaleni ukusuka ku 2m ukuya ku 0,85m kwaye no 0,35m ukuvumela ibraai kwaye nophahla; • ukuphambuka kumca wokwakha emazantsi osecaleni ukusuka ku 2m ukuya ku 0,85m ukuvumela utshintsho lokusetyenziswa kwegaraji ekhoyo ukuba ligumbi lokuhlala kwaye igumbi labakhenkethi elinye kulamagumbi amabini acelwayo ibe hiunithi okuvumelwa ukupheka; kwaye • ukuphambuka kumca wokwakha osecaleni osentshona ukusuka ku 2m ukuya ku 1,8m ukuvumela utshintsho lokusebenziswa lwe garagi ukuze ibe hiunithi enamagumbi amabini wokulala apho kuvumela ukupheka kubakhenkethi.

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Aansoek ingevolge Artikel 16.(2)(f) van die Verordening om opheffing van beperkende titelaktevoorwaardes B.2(a), B.2(c) en B.2(d) soos vervat in Titelakte T29357/2018 van toepassing op Erf 988, Sandbaai ten einde in lyn te wees met die ontwikkelingsreëls en primêre regte soos vervat in die Overstrand Soneringskemaregulasies, asook om ’n twee slaapkamer selfsorgeenheid vir toeriste vanaf die eiendom te bedryf;

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Aansoek om vergunningsgebruik ingevolge Artikel 16.(2)(o) van die Verordening om toeristeakkommodasie ten einde ‘n twee slaapkamer selfsorgeenheid vir toeriste vanaf die eiendom te bedryf;

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Application for a consent use in terms of Section 16(2)(o) of the By-Law for tourist accommodation in order to conduct a two bedroom self-catering unit for tourists from the property;

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Aansoek om afwyking ingevolge Artikel 16.(2)(b) van die Verordening, ten einde die: • oostelike straatboulyn te verslap vanaf 3m na 0m ten einde ‘n oop braai en pergola te akkommodeer, asook die suidelike lateral boulyn te verslap vanaf 2m na 0,85m en 0,35m om respektiewelik genoemde oop braai en pergola te akkommodeer; • suidelike lateral boulyn te verslap vanaf 2m na 0,85m ten einde die gebruik van die bestaande motorhuis te verander na ‘n sitkamer en een van die gasteslaapkamers van die voorgestelde twee slaapkamer selfsorgeenheid vir toeriste; en die • westelike laterale boulyn te verslap vanaf 2m na 1,8m ten einde die gebruik van die bestaande motorhuis te verander na die twee gasteslaapkamers van die voorgestelde twee slaapkamer selfsorgeenheid vir toeriste.

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Application for departure in terms of Section 16(2)(b) of the By-Law in order to: • relax the eastern street building line from 3m to 0m to accommodate an open braai and pergola, as well as to relax the southern lateral building line from 2m to 0,85m and 0,35m to respectively accommodate the said open braai and pergola; • relax the southern lateral building line from 2m to 0,85m in order to accommodate the use change of the existing garage to a living room and one of the guestrooms of the proposed two bedroom self-catering unit for tourists; and to • relax the western lateral building line from 2m to 1,8m in order to accommodate the use change of the existing garage to the two guest bedrooms of the proposed two bedroom self-catering unit for tourists.

Volle besonderhede rakende die voorstel is beskikbaar vir inspeksie gedurende weeksdae tussen 08:00 en 16:30 by die Departement: Stadsbeplanning, Patersonstraat 16, Hermanus

Full details regarding the proposal are available for inspection during weekdays between 08:00 and 16:30 at the Department : Town Planning at 16 Paterson Street, Hermanus.

Iinkcukacha eziphelelyo eziphathelelene nesi sindululo ziyafumaneka ukuze zihlolwe ngulowo nalowo ufuna ukuzifundela ngeentsuku zokusebenza ngamaxesha okusebenza aphakathi kwentsimbi yesi-08:00 neye-16:30 kwiSebe: kuCwangiso lweDolophu kwa-16 Paterson Street, Hermanus.

Enige kommentaar op die voorstel moet skriftelik ingevolge die bepalings van Artikels 51 en 52 van die Verordening ingedien word en die Munisipaliteit (Patersonstraat 16, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / aconradie@overstrand.gov.za) bereik voor of op 24 Januarie 2020 met u naam, adres en kontakbesonderhede, belang in die aansoek sowel as die redes vir kommentaar. Telefoniese navrae kan gerig word aan Mnr. H Boshoff by 028 313 8900. Die Munisipaliteit mag weier om kommentare te aanvaar na die sluitingsdatum. Enige persoon wat nie kan lees of skryf nie kan die Departement Stadsbeplanning besoek waar hul deur ‘n munisipale amptenaar bygestaan sal word ten einde hul kommentaar te formuleer.

Any written comments must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 51 and 52 of the By-Law and reach the Municipality (16 Paterson Street, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / aconradie@overstrand.gov.za) on or before 24 January 2020 quoting your name, address and contact details, interest in the application and reasons for comment. Telephonic enquiries can be made to Mr. H Boshoff at 028 313 8900. The Municipality may refuse to accept comment received after the closing date. Any person who cannot read or write may visit the Town Planning Department where a Municipal official will assist them to formulate their comment.

Naziphi na izimvo ezibhaliweyo mazingeniswe kuMasipala (16 Paterson Street, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / (e ) aconradie@overstrand.gov.za) ngokuhambelana nezibonelelo zamaCandelo 51 nelama-52 zalo Mthetho oYilwayo ochaziweyo ngomhla okanye phambi komhla wama-24 kaJanuwari (EyoMqungu) 2020, ukhankanye igama lakho, idilesi, iinkcukacha ofumaneka kuzo, umdla wakho kwesi sicelo nezizathu zokunika izimvo. Imibuzo ngemfono-mfono ingabhekiswa uMyili wedolophu, uMnu. H Boshoff kule nombolo 028-313 8900. UMasipala angala ukwamkela izimvo ezifike emva komhla wokuvalwa. Nabani na ongakwazi ukufunda okanye ukubhala angaya kwiCandelo leDolophu apho igosa likamasipala liza kumnceda avakalise izimvo zakhe ngokusemethethweni.

Munisipale Bestuurder, Overstrand Munisipaliteit, Posbus 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Munisipale Kennisgewing Nr. 169/2019

Municipal Manager, Overstrand Municipality, P.O. Box 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Municipal Notice No. 169/2019

UMlawuli kaMasipala, kwi-Ofisi kaMasipala, PO Box 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Inombolo yeSaziso sikaMasipala 169/2019

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o you have cellulite or skin dimples you can’t get rid of?

Do you wish your figure was more streamlined? Would you like help smoothing out frustrating lumps and bumps? With summer on our doorstep, we are all diving for those last-minute, go-to treatments to get us ‘body-ready’ for the season.

Lipomassage No matter how many sit-ups we do, or how many litres of water we drink a day, there always seems to be a bulge or a bump somewhere that we just can’t shift. The solution is – a full-body massage treatment, using the LPG body slimming machine from France. LPG is a leading name in the beauty industry and is renowned for achieving excellent results. Its Lipomassage machine is unique and effective, whilst its methods are 100% natural.

This innovative and effective, yet non-invasive body-contouring solution works to eliminate excess fat and boost cellular activity. LPG Lipomassage targets unwanted fat just beneath the skin to reduce cellulite and smooth out lumps and bumps. It is the perfect aid to achieving a sleeker figure. LPG Lipomassage targets

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Two sessions are usually recommended and the amount of fat present will determine how much fat dissolve is injected. The injections are perfectly safe and the melted fat is excreted via the lymph glands and gallbladder through the colon.

To take this treatment to the next level, we combine it with carboxytherapy (blowing carbon dioxide under the skin to tighten it) and tripollar (heat massage treatment), which helps to melt and eliminate the fat. If you opt for the combination package,

Spray tan Once your body is perfectly smooth and contoured, it’s time for the finishing touches. Spray tan is essential if you plan to stay out of the sun and protect your skin. Refine has invested in a spray tan tent and the best quality spray tan product, guaranteeing a smooth, even glow in natural shades.

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A warm heart and helping hand for Seniors Writer Elaine Davie

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ver the past 80 years or so, advances in communication and other everyday technology seem almost to fall into the realm of science fiction for those whose extent of technical mastery may have been to learn to use a manual typewriter instead of relying only on the trusty fountain pen. No wonder then that many older people feel as if technology has left them behind. They might be able to cope with Skype, e-mails and Facebook to keep in touch with children who live far away; they may even have learnt to do internet banking, but that’s about it; for the rest, total confusion.

There are other lifestyle shifts with which they may also struggle: For example, in days of yore, if one had financial issues to deal with, you could make an appointment with your bank manager and sort it all out amicably over a cup of tea. The same could be said for your insurance agent. Not anymore. Now you speak to someone on a help line who seems not to care about you or your problem.

Well, fear not, help is at hand. Di Möhr, a Stanford resident, whose mother of 80-plus lives with her has taken all those irritating and confusing tasks off her hands, relieving her of a great deal of stress and anxiety. In the process, she has begun

to realise how many seniors there are in these parts who have no one to help them with these finicky, time-consuming and frustrating jobs and for whom she could provide similar assistance.

“What I have in mind,” she explains, “is to be neither a carer, nor a live-in companion, but to provide a personalised support service to help seniors deal with intellectually and sometimes physically challenging management tasks.”

She calls her nascent business the ‘GentleWoman Executive Assistant to Seniors’ and with an MA and MBA behind her name and many years of management experience in running her own environmental systems consultancy, as well as working with demanding high flyers like Patricia de Lille and Dr Mamphela Ramphele, she has bags of experience to draw on. Importantly, she believes she has the judgement, integrity and business acumen seniors and their children would need in such a person.

The sky’s the limit when it comes to the kinds of tasks she would be prepared to carry out, depending on the specific circumstances and needs of individual clients. They may indeed include sorting out technological glitsches, but could also ensure that licence, credit card and insurance renewals take place timeously and that medical aid claims are submitted and tracked.

Or what about the wife whose husband of many years passes on? Not only is she bereft, but she

now needs to pick up all the financial and administrative tasks which he handled so efficiently throughout their marriage and which she knows nothing about.

On the other hand, her client may want her to take the pet to the vet, have the car serviced, or oversee service providers like garden services, plumbers or electricians. “I’m also thinking of an elderly person who has had a bad fall or a stroke, for instance, and who would need someone to make the necessary arrangements for transport and admission to hospital, as well as notifying the family, sorting out the house and pet care and sourcing mobility aids after release from hospital”, adds Di. “Another scenario might be a need to downsize and move to a retirement or frail care centre.

This is often a hugely traumatic and stressful process for the person involved and I would see myself taking a lot of that responsibility off their shoulders.”

But then, it may also be something as simple as driving them to the hairdresser, the library or on a shopping trip; even just to have a cup of tea at a coffee shop. Older people who live alone sometimes feel cut off from the ebb and flow of everyday life and outings like this give them a sense of still being part of their community. The possibilities are endless.

However, the most important factor in such a relationship, Di feels, is building a strong sense of mutual trust based on recognition of the client’s sense of self-worth and continued desire for independence and privacy, as well as a need to be treated with dignity and compassion. “I would like them to know that I am a caring friend, but that whatever service I provide is not a favour; it is their right,” she says.

Di Möhr can be contacted on di.mohr@iafrica. com pr 082 5583916

Lighthouse Ladies walk for Movember O

ver 50 people joined the members of the Lighthouse 2 Lighthouse Ladies committee on their third practice walk for the year in Betty’s Bay on Sunday 17 November.

The walkers were treated to beautiful vistas and perfect walking weather – little wind and rain, some sunshine here and there, and cool temperatures.

The Betty’s Bay practice walk wasn’t the only one held this weekend as the Lighthouse Ladies are spread throughout the whole of South Africa, even though the headquarters

are based here in Hermanus. The ladies who were unable to make it to Betty’s Bay on Sunday hosted their own practice walks in their areas to show their support and to get ready for the big 100 km walk in March 2020.

Those attending the practice walks were asked to wear blue and to dress up in moustaches to show their support for Movember, an annual initiative that encourages the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues.

There was also a gift bag of tasty

goodies and a bottle of wine for the best-dressed walker, which went to Marlinda Wright who rocked a large horseshoe snor.

The next practice walk will take place on Sunday 8 December in Hermanus from Grotto beach to Sopies Klip and back (12 km). The walk will start at around 07:30 at low tide to allow for easier walking on hard sand.

The walk is free and open to everyone.

Visit the Lighthouse 2 Lighthouse Ladies Facebook page for more information on the December walk.

Walkers who joined the Lighthouse committee for the practice walk in Betty’s Bay on Sunday wore blue to show their support for Movember.

The walkers were treated to beautiful sea and mountain vistas and were challenged with a variety of terrains.

PHOTOS: Ronelle van Zyl

Veterans of the Lighthouse 2 Lighthouse walk, Cathrine Nkonyane, Leslie Clark and Marlinda Wright. Marlinda won the prize for the best-dressed walker with her massive moustache.

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MY HOME

Credibility of building service providers being challenged By Stuart Cohen CabinCare Property Management & Project Specialists

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ith the economic effects of the past 18 months being felt across the spectrum, the latest run of casualties in Hermanus is within various sectors of the building trade.

Most conversations with builders and associated service providers are peppered with phrases like “we are looking elsewhere to find building opportunities”, “people won’t pay the high rates that are charged in the Overberg” or “land or homeowners are bringing in builders from Gauteng as it still works out more cost-effective than using locals”.

The messages are all similar and it does leave one wondering about the state of our building trade.

The larger, well-established and entrenched building firms are carrying on regardless as they have a good pipeline of projects. While they may

be the more expensive firms to use, they do generally provide the highest quality finish, which is sorely lacking with many of their competitors.

The same applies to the plumbers, electricians, carpenters, aluminium suppliers and the rest who are deemed to be “too expensive”, yet only get called in after the “cheaper option” delivers a sub-standard result.

Many of the medium-sized builders are looking elsewhere for opportunities as fewer new builds are planned for the foreseeable future and there as so many competitors chasing a tiny piece of a shrunken pie.

The “bakkie brigade” builders, who are often the cheapest and less focused on exceptional levels of quality or customer service are vanishing overnight as more and more homeowners hold back on their building or renovation spend, or no longer use the same builders as before, due to the reworking that constantly has to take place.

Whilst we have to take our hats off to those with an entrepreneurial spirit who are providing quality service and

workmanship, the number of disillusioned homeowners with horror stories of bad delivery is increasing.

In the past month, we have seen numerous examples where companies have been entrusted with a contract, in many cases based purely on being the cheapest, and the quality of work delivered is beyond unacceptable.

That should not come as a surprise as when the price is “too good”, the end result will most likely be sub-standard. Fortunately, there are the odd individuals whose services are affordable and who provide the level of workmanship that dreams are made of.

We have witnessed situations where clients have been billed for a particular product and related service, only to find out six months later that the product they paid for is not what was used – and they have to fork out a heap more money to get what they thought they already had.

There have also been cases where contractors use a reputable, branded product’s packaging, but an inferior product is used to do the job. That

is a blatant rip-off and downright unethical, but the responsibility does also lie in the hands of the homeowner who must do due diligence when selecting a contractor.

So the question is: What can homeowners do to avoid the pitfalls of bad quality worksmanship and service delivery?

Firstly, people are not taking the necessary precautions to reference check the builders or contractors. It is imperative, depending on the nature of the work to be done, that you look at the quality of the contractor’s work done elsewhere, speak to their clients about their experience and any pitfalls they had.

Don’t just look at the visible result, but delve into the details of the work that was done.

Many contractors have a brilliant ability to “put lipstick on the pig”, but when that lipstick fades away after a few months, the pig is still there.

Unless you are 100% sure of what you are getting, you have every right to get comparative quotes and we

always recommend that you do so, at least until you have a track record of successful performance with a specific company.

If embarking on a large renovation or new build, it is advisable also to check which sub-contractors the prime contractor uses, as that could also be a point of contention once the job is underway.

Alternatively, involve your architect or an independent third party, neutral to the prime contractor, to ensure that you are getting the best deal for the budget at hand.

From our personal experience, the prime contractor could be exceptionally good at what they do, but it often happens that they get dropped by a subcontractor who delivers a bad end result and tarnishes the builder’s reputation. That is a two-edged sword though, as it also highlights the level of effectiveness of the prime contractor’s supervisory and project management capabilities.

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Des Collins of Saint Vincent de Paul, Overstrand Mayor Dudley Coetzee and Bern van Niekerk, the owner of Eastcliff Spar who is again subsidising the Bags of Love that can be purchased at the store.

PHOTO: Hedda Mittner

Spread the cheer this Christmas season with Bags of Love

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he 2018 Bags of Love campaign, now in its 12th year, was launched this month, with the Executive Mayor, Ald Dudley Coetzee generously lending his support as patron.

Bags of Love was initiated by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, a worldwide charity run by Catholic lay people. The Hermanus conference of Saint Vincent de Paul is hoping, with the help of the Overstrand community, to add a bit of Christmas cheer to the poorest of the poor in the community by providing them with a Bag of Love.

The bags will be distributed prior to Christmas across all our needy communities – and the number available for distribution will depend on the generosity of the people of the Overstrand.

“Support for the campaign comes from Rotary, the various church communities in Hermanus, Eastcliff Spar and many generous donors in their individual capacities,” says Terry McCarthy, President of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. “We are hoping that with the public’s support we’ll be able to distribute 1 000 Bags of Love between Hermanus and

Stanford this Christmas season.”

The bag contains an assortment of basic food stuffs such as rice, sugar, mealie meal, beans, tea bags, peanut butter, cooking oil and salt.

Bern van Niekerk, owner of Eastcliff Spar, has again generously agreed to subsidise the Bags of Love at a special price of R185 each.

While doing their shopping, customers can simply request the cashier to add the cost of a Bag of Love and Spar’s personnel will pack the bag on your behalf. Customers are also welcome to add extra treats to the bags or to purchase a bag directly from Eastcliff Spar and give it to someone they consider most deserving.

Alternatively, individuals or businesses can participate by donating money directly into the following bank account: SVP-Bags of Love, ABSA Bank, Hermanus Branch, Account number 925 114 2278. All funds donated will be used to make up bags which will be delivered to St Vincent de Paul for onward distribution to those in need in the community.

For more information, contact Terry McCarthy on 083 2558614 or Des Collins on 082 8241058.

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Getting SHARP on the internet who could benefit from what SHARP offers. Wonga Makalima is based in Zwelihle and has been with SHARP since the beginning. Ally Msweli is based in Gansbaai and joined the team in July. And in Stanford, people wanting to do the courses can go to Chaldine Moses.

Writer & Photographer Sarah Taylor

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o one can take away your talent or your education. These are key to your future.” These words were spoken by Winnie Nywebeni from Zwelihle at her graduation from a free, community-driven, mobile-based digital literacy course.

To date, SHARP offers one course called ‘Your Digital Life’ and by the end of the course learners can search the internet for content, protect their devices and their personal content using passwords, and use data more efficiently. They have an email address and know how to use it. They can create digital documents, spreadsheets and presentations and all on their phones. They have also been introduced to the critical evaluation skills needed to be wise digital users.

“SHARP Digital provides a great opportunity for young people to learn new skills and get ahead. Don’t destroy your lives,” motivated Winnie, the eldest of a group of more than 40 students to receive their digital literacy certificates.

They are among the 250 adults and children trained by SHARP in digital literacy since January this year. The average age of those attending the courses so far is 20, with some as young as 13 and up to 70. Of the adults, most are unemployed and 70% are women.

ABOVE: Winnie Nywebeni speaking to fellow SHARP digital graduates last week at the Zwelihle Community Hall.

SHARP Digital is the initiative of Cath Croxton of Stanford and Olwethu Petros of Zwelihle in Hermanus. In January, they jointly established the not-for-profit organisation (NPO). Its aim is to provide starter digital literacy skills to first generation and first time users of the internet and digital technology to ensure these users can enter and begin to participate in South Africa’s increasingly digitally connected 21st century economy.

And the statistics show how limited our digital skills actually are. “At least 80% of South Africans are either not connected to the internet or struggling to use it,” says Cath. “There are a lot of people with smartphones, but we assume that they know much more than they do. In reality, most people who are connected use their smartphones for Facebook and WhatsApp

LEFT: SHARP Digital graduate Nontlantla Golotile, 31, mother of seven-month-old Mandilakhe.

and are unaware that they can use them for the same things we use computers for.

“Because our courses work on a mobile device,” says Cath, “learners can learn on the device they have in their own homes. Or they can come to one of our workshops or centres and learn on our tablets. This is a really flexible

and authentic way for students to learn about how to use digital – it also means they are learning by doing.”

And with only 22% of households having a computer at home, it makes sense for students to learn on a mobile device rather than a computer.

SHARP, an acronym for Sharing, Hunting, Access, Roles/Responsibilities and Protect, has Diginkokhelis (Inkokheli means leader in IsiXhosa) from the community who are there to support learners, facilitate workshops, and build awareness among the people

Next year, the NPO plans to offer new entry-point courses, with themes ranging from ‘Using digital for your business’ and ‘Online banking’, to ‘Is it real?’ (discerning fake from genuine news) and ‘How to apply for a job online’.

However, before they start creating these new courses, they will run more focus groups in the community to find out perceptions of need. Nothing is ever done without buy-in from those who need it the most.

Fellow graduate Nontlantla Golotile, 31, mother of seven-month-old Mandilakhe who attended all the classes with his mom, says she is looking forward to starting her own business one day but for now she feels confident to apply for a job in a supermarket. “I finished Grade 10 only and one day, maybe, I’ll go back and finish Grade 12, but first I want to see my baby grow before I think of going back to school myself,” Nontlantla says.

Recently, SHARP Digital has been celebrating. In October, they held a graduation party with learners who had graduated from the course this year.

And last week, they were proud to

present their story to the Overstrand Municipality’s Connectivity Summit.

Cath says: “There were two main messages to come out of the summit.

One was the need to provide internet access to the more disadvantaged communities to build economic transformation. The other was the need for skills to enable them to utilise it.”

SHARP Digital is a community-based organisation and has many people in the community to thank for their support, including William Ntebe and Fikiswe Gxamesi of the Zwelihle Youth Café, from where the Hermanus operation first began operating; Olwethu Petros from Petros Media for supporting the idea and helping to drive it in his community; Luvo Bomwani from the Local Economic Development team at the Overstrand Municipality for recognising the potential of the project and making it easier for his team’s clients to use the service; the OK Foods supermarket at Gateway which donated the drinks and snacks for the graduation party; the dance group, The Mighty Eagles, from Gansbaai; the Zwelihle Young Brothers, an a capella quintet who sang at the graduation party and also the Connectivity Summit; and the Hermanus Rainbow Trust for incorporating the course into their Parenting Worx programme.

SHARP Digital is opening real digital doors to some of our communities’ most disadvantaged people and it cannot do this alone. As a non-profit organisation with public benefit organisation status it can issue donation tax certificates to people who would like to support what it does. However, it is also looking for partnerships and collaboration to open more digital doors for more people.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Cath on 078 254 5693 or cath@sharpdigital.co.za or visit www.sharpdigital.co.za.

OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALITEIT VERHURING VAN MUNISIPALE EIENDOM, ‘N GEDEELTE VAN ERF 76 ZWELIHLE

OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY LEASE OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTY, A PORTION OF ERF 76 ZWELIHLE

UMASIPALA WASEOVERSTRAND UKUQESHWA KWEPROPATI KAMASIPALA, INXALENYE YESIZA 76 E-ZWELIHLE

Kennis geskied hiermee dat die Raad ʼn aansoek ontvang het vir die hernuwing van ‘n huur van munisipale eiendom, synde ‘n gedeelte van Erf 76 Zwelihle, geleë te Petros Ntlapostraat 28, ingevolge die Raad se Beleid op die Administrasie van Onroerende Eiendom, 2015.

Notice is hereby given that Council received an application for the renewal of the lease of municipal property, being a portion of Erf 76 Zwelihle, situated at 28 Petros Ntlapo Street, in terms of Council’s Administration of Immovable Property Policy, 2015.

Kukhutshwa esi saziso sokuba iBhunga lifumene isicelo sokuhlaziywa kwesicelo sokuqeshwa kwepropati kaMasipala, eyinxalenye yeSiza 76 e Zwelihle, emi kwisitalato unombolo 28 Petros Ntlapo, ngokungqinelana nomGaqo-nkqubo weBhunga ongoLawulo lweePropati ezingenakuSuswa ka-2015.

Aansoeker: Ligging: Doel: Huurtermyn: Grootte:

Applicant: Locality: Purpose: Lease period: Size:

Umceli: Nomzamo Educare Centre Ingingqi 28 Petros Ntlabo Street, Zwelihle Injongo: Indawo yokuhlala yabantwana abakhathalelwa ngonoNtlalontle Isithuba senqgesho: Iminyaka eyi 3 Ubungakanani: ±1,028.3m²

Nomzamo Educare Centre Petros Ntlapostraat 28, Zwelihle Bestuur van Nomzamo Vroeë Kinder Ontwikkeling Sentrum 3 Jaar ±1,028.3m²

Nomzamo Educare Centre 28 Petros Ntlabo Street, Zwelihle Manangement of the Nomzamo Early Childhood Development Centre 3 Years ±1,028.3m²

Die aansoek is gedurende normale kantoorure per afspraak ter insae by die Eiendomsadministrasie kantore, h/v Molteno- en Viljoenstraat, Onrustrivier. Navrae moet gerig word aan Mev Madelein Erasmus, (028) 316 - 3724/ merasmus@overstrand.gov.za.

The application can be viewed during normal office hours by appointment at the Property Administration Offices, c/o Molteno and Viljoen Street, Onrustrivier. Enquiries must be directed to Mrs Madelein Erasmus, (028) 316 -3724/ merasmus@overstrand.gov.za.

Isicelo singabonwa ngamaxesha okusebenza aqhelekileyo ngokuthi wenze idinga neOfisi yoLawulo lweePropati, ekwikona yeziTalato iMolteno neViljoen, eOnrust River. Imibuzo mayijoliswe kuNkszn. Madelein Erasmus, kwezi nombolo zomnxeba, (028) 316-3724 okanye kule dilesi yeimeyili – merasmus@overstrand.gov.za.

Enige beswaar teen die voorgestelde verhuring moet behoorlik gemotiveerd en skriftelik wees en die ondergetekende voor of op 20 Desember 2019 bereik.

Any objections against the proposed lease must be properly motivated in writing and be lodged at the undersigned by no later than 20 December 2019.

Indien ʼn persoon nie kan lees of skryf nie, kan so ʼn persoon sy/haar beswaar/kommentaar mondelings by die Munisipale Kantore, Magnolialaan, Hermanus aflê waar ʼn personeellid sal help om dit op skrif te stel.

Persons who are unable to read or write can submit their objection/comments verbally at the Municipal Offices, Magnolia Avenue, Hermanus, where they will be assisted by a staff member to put it in writing.

Nayiphi na inkcaso ekhaba oku kuqeshwa kundululwayo kumele izathuzwe ngokufanelekileyo ngokubhaliweyo kwaye ingeniswe kulowo utyikitye apha ngezantsi ungadlulanga umhla we 20 Disemba 2019

Kennisgewing Nr 171/2019 Munisipale Kantore HERMANUS, 7200 Datum: 20 November 2019 The Village NEWS

Notice No 171/2019 Municipal Offices HERMANUS. 7200 Date: 20 November 2019 The Village NEWS

CC GROENEWALD MUNISIPALE BESTUURDER

CC GROENEWALD MUNICIPAL MANAGER

Abantu abangakwazi ukufunda okanye ukubhala bangangenisa inkcaso okanye izihlomlo zabo ngomlomo kwiOfisi zikaMasipala Magnolia Avenue eHermanus, apho bayakuncedwa ukubhala oko lilungu elingumsebenzi Inombolo yeSaziso 171/2019 iiOfisi kaMasipala HERMANUS, 7200 Umhla: 20 Novemba 2019 The Village NEWS

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Smiles as first fibre connections go live I

t was big smiles all around last week as the first Hermanus residents their fibre connections installed.

“It was a momentous occasion, not only for our clients, but also for Hermanus.

Not only is everyone delighted to finally have a super-fast internet connection, but they are overjoyed with the fact that it is reliable and cost effective,” said Hannes Pieterse, Managing Director of fibre installers company, Lightstruck.

Test fibre connections were installed into the first three homes in Northcliff and Eastcliff last Thursday, where they were welcomed by happy home owners. The first home to have it installed was William Lane’s in Luyt Street, Eastcliff. His son, Dylon was at the house when they installed it. “I am super excited and can’t wait to try it,” he said excitedly.

A few blocks away, Walter Esterhuizen and his family were also eagerly waiting for the installation team to complete their work. Walter, who is also the IT rep-

resentative for both Hermanus Primary and Hermanus High, said he was looking forward to testing the connection speeds – and with a ten-year-old in the house it is certain that download speed will be at the top of the priority list!

According to Hannes, Lightstruck was established in 2016 with the focus of developing last mile fibre networks across Southern Africa.

experience and have been involved in over USD 15 billion in infrastructure transactions in the last 15 years. For us to achieve the highest possible uptime we use only the very best design tools and principles during the installation process. We have made sure to partner with premium fibre suppliers to ensure world-class fibre internet becomes a possibility for homes and businesses across the country and in Hermanus,” said Hannes.

“Our team consists of highly experienced individuals. Lightstruck has a successful track record and ten years of experience in the deployment of fibre optic networks in Southern Africa. It is our aim to apply only the best infrastructure principles to our networks to ensure that our clients have access to not only a fast, but also a reliable fibre network.

“Fibre optic internet is a remarkable advancement in communication technology. It is here to change the way we do business, the way we go about our daily lives, and even the way in which we educate the youth. What distinguishes fibre from traditional internet connections is its reliability and speed,” he said.

“We are backed by Eaglestone, a leading international infrastructure player focused on infrastructure and development in Southern Africa. They have over 100 years of infrastructure

If you are interested in changing over to a fibre optic internet connection, go to www.lightstruck.co.za to register your interest and to see the various internet packages on offer.

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OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALITEIT RESTANT ERF 243, HERMANUS: AANSOEK OM VERGUNNINGSVERBRUIK: WRAP CONSULTANCY NAMENS OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALITEIT

OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY REMAINDER ERF 243, HERMANUS: APPLICATION FOR CONSENT USE: WRAP CONSULTANCY ON BEHALF OF THE OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY

UMASIPALA WASE-OVERSTRAND INTSALELA YESIZA 243, EHERMANUS ISICELO SEMVUME YOKUSEBENZISWA: WRAP CONSULTANCY EGAMENI LIKA MASIPALA WASE-OVERSTRAND

Kragtens Artikels 47 & 48 van die Overstrand Munisipaliteit Verordening vir Munisipale Grondgebruikbeplanning, 2015 (Verordening) word hiermee kennis gegee van die onderstaande aansoek van toepassing op Restant Erf 243, Hermanus, naamlik:

Notice is hereby given in terms of Sections 47 & 48 of the Overstrand Municipality By-Law on Municipal Land Use Planning, 2015 (By-Law) of the application below applicable to Remainder of Erf 243, Hermanus, namely:

Esi sisaziso esikhutshwa ngokwemiba yeSolotya lama-47 & 48 loMthethwana kaMasipala wase-Overstrand weSicwangciso soYilo lokuSetyenziswa koMhlaba, sonyaka wama-2015 ngokwezicelo ezichazwe ngezantsi ezisebenza Nentsalela Yesiza 243, Hermanus ezizezi:

Aansoek om vergunningsgebruik ingevolge Artikel 16(2)(o) van die Verordening vir nutsdienste ten einde ‘n afvalmateriaal-herwinnigsaanleg met gepaardgaande fasiliteite en infrastruktuur op die eiendom te ontwikkel.

Application for consent use in terms of Section 16(2)(o) of the By-Law for utility services in order to develop a waste materials recycling plant with associated facilities and infrastructure on the property.

Besonderhede aangaande die voorstel lê ter insae gedurende weeksdae tussen 08:00 and 16:30 by die Departement: Stadsbeplanning te Patersonstraat 16, Hermanus.

Details regarding the proposal are available for inspection during weekdays between 08:00 and 16:30 at the Department: Town Planning at 16 Paterson Street, Hermanus.

Iinkcukacha ezipheleleyo mayela nesi siphakamiso ziyafumaneka ukuze zihlolwe ngexesha laphakathi evekini phakathi kwentsimbi ye-08:00 ukuya kweye-16:30 kwiCandelo: Lokucwangciswa kweDolophu kwa16 Paterson Street, eHermanus.

Enige kommentaar op die voorstel moet ingevolge die bepalings van Artikels 51 en 52 van die Verordening ingedien word en die Munisipaliteit (Patersonstraat 16, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / (e) loretta@overstrand.gov.za) bereik voor of op 24 Januarie 2020, met u naam, adres, kontakbesonderhede, belang in die aansoek, en redes vir kommentaar. Telefoniese navrae kan gerig word aan die Stadsbeplanner, Mnr. H Boshoff by 028 313 8900. Die Munisipaliteit mag weier om kommentare te aanvaar na die sluitingsdatum. Enige persoon wat nie kan lees of skryf nie kan die Departement Stadsbeplanning besoek waar hul deur ‘n munisipale amptenaar bygestaan sal word ten einde hul kommentaar te formuleer.

Any comments on the proposal must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 51 and 52 of the By-Law and reach the Municipality (16 Paterson Street, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / (e) loretta@overstrand.gov.za) on or before 24 January 2020, quoting your name, address, contact details, interest in the application, and reasons for comment. Telephonic enquiries can be made to the Mr H Boshoff at 028 313 8900. The Municipality may refuse to accept comment received after the closing date. Any person who cannot read or write may visit the Town Planning Department where a municipal official will assist them in order to formalize their comment.

Naziphi na izimvo ezibhaliweyo mazingeniswe kuMasipala (16 Paterson Street, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / (e) loretta@overstrand.gov.za) ngokwezibonelelo zamaSolotya ama-51 nama52 alo mthethwana ukhankanyiweyo ngaphambi, 24 uJanuwari (EyoMqungu) 2020, okanye ngaphambi kwalo mhla, unike igama lakho, idilesi, iinkcukacha zonxibelelwano nawe, umdla wakho kwesi sicelo nezizathu zokunika izimvo. UMcwangcisi weDolophu, Mr. H. Boshoff ku-028 313 8900. UMasipala angala ukwamkela izimvo ezifike emva komhla wokuvala.

Nabani na ongakwaziyo ukufunda okanye ukubhala angaya kwiCandelo loCwangciso lweDolophu apho igosa likamasipala liza kumnceda avakalise izimvo zakhe ngokusemthethweni.

Municipal Manager, Overstrand Municipality, P.O. Box 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Municipal Notice No. 167/2019

UMlawuli kaMasipala, uMasipala wase-Overstrand, P.O. Box 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Isaziso sikaMasipala esinguNombolo. 167/2019

Munisipale Bestuurder, Overstrand Munisipaliteit, Posbus 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Munisipale Kennisgewing Nr. 167/2019

Isicelo semvume yokusebenziswa ngeCandelo 16(2)(o) laloMthewana ukuvumela Iinkonzo zokusetyenziswa ukuze kuphuhliswe indawo yokurisayikilisha inkunkuma kwaye nezakhiwo ezinxulumene nayo kwipropathi

OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALITEIT VERHURING VAN MUNISIPALE EIENDOM, ‘N GEDEETLE VAN RESTANT ERF 243 HERMANUS

OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY LEASE OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTY, A PORTION OF THE REMAINDER OF ERF 243 HERMANUS

UMASIPALA WASEOVERSTRAND UKUQESHWA KWEPROPATI KAMASIPALA, INXALENYE ESHEKILEYO ISIZA 243 E-HERMANUS

Kennis geskied hiermee dat die Raad ʼn aansoek ontvang het vir die hernuwing van ‘n huur van munisipale eiendom, synde ‘n gedeelte van Restant Erf 243 Hermanus, geleë te Swartdamweg, Hermanus ingevolge die Raad se Beleid op die Administrasie van Onroerende Eiendom, 2015.

Notice is hereby given that Council received an application for the renewal of the lease of municipal property, being a portion of the Remainder of Erf 243 Hermanus, situated in Swartdam Road, Hermanus in terms of Council’s Administration of Immovable Property Policy, 2015.

Kukhutshwa esi saziso sokuba iBhunga lifumene isicelo sokuhlaziywa kwesicelo sokuqeshwa kwepropati kaMasipala, inxalenye eshekileyo isiza 243 e-Hermanus, ese Swartdam Road, eHermanus, ngokungqinelana nomGaqo-nkqubo weBhunga ongoLawulo lweePropati ezingenakuSuswa ka-2015.

Aansoeker: Ligging: Doel: Huurtermyn: Grootte:

Applicant: Locality: Purpose: Lease period: Size:

Bluebird Trio (Pty) Ltd h/a Nissan Hermanus Swartdamweg, Hermanus Vertoning en parkering van voertuie te koop 3 Jaar ±105m²

Umceli: Bluebird Trio (Pty) Ltd t/a Nissan Hermanus Ingingqi Swartdam Road, Hermanus Injongo: indawo yokupaka neyokubonisa imoto ezithengiswayo Isithuba senqgesho: Iminyaka eyi 3 Ubungakanani: ±105m²

Bluebird Trio (Pty) Ltd t/a Nissan Hermanus Swartdam Road, Hermanus Display and parking of vehicles for sale 3 Years ±105m²

Die aansoek is gedurende normale kantoorure per afspraak ter insae by die Eiendomsadministrasie kantore, h/v Molteno en Viljoenstraat, Onrustrivier. Navrae moet gerig word aan Me Rovaida Skaduwee, (028) 316 - 3724/ rskaduwee@overstrand.gov.za.

The application can be viewed during normal office hours by appointment at the Property Administration Offices, c/o Molteno and Viljoen Street, Onrustrivier. Enquiries must be directed to Ms Rovaida Skaduwee, (028) 316 -3724/ rskaduwee@overstrand.gov.za.

Enige beswaar teen die voorgestelde verhuring moet behoorlik gemotiveerd en skriftelik wees en die ondergetekende voor of op 20 Desember 2019 bereik.

Any objections against the proposed lease must be properly motivated in writing and be lodged at the undersigned by no later than 20 December 2019.

Indien ʼn persoon nie kan lees of skryf nie, kan so ʼn persoon sy/haar beswaar/kommentaar mondelings by die Munisipale Kantore, Magnolialaan, Hermanus, aflê waar ʼn personeellid sal help om dit op skrif te stel.

Persons who are unable to read or write can submit their objection/comments verbally at the Municipal Offices, Magnolia Avenue, Hermanus, where they will be assisted by a staff member to put it in writing.

Kennisgewing Nr 172/2019 Munisipale Kantore HERMANUS, 7200 Datum: 20 November 2019 The Village NEWS

Notice No 172/2019 Municipal Offices HERMANUS, 7200 Date: 20 November 2019 The Village NEWS

CC GROENEWALD MUNISIPALE BESTUURDER

CC GROENEWALD MUNICIPAL MANAGER

Isicelo singabonwa ngamaxesha okusebenza aqhelekileyo ngokuthi wenze idinga neOfisi yoLawulo lweePropati, ekwikona yeziTalato iMolteno neViljoen, eOnrustriver. Imibuzo mayijoliswe kuNkszn. Ms Rovaida Skaduwee, kwezi nombolo zomnxeba, (028) 316-3724 okanye kule dilesi yeimeyili – rskaduwee@overstrand.gov.za.

Nayiphi na inkcaso ekhaba oku kuqeshwa kundululwayo kumele izathuzwe ngokufanelekileyo ngokubhaliweyo kwaye ingeniswe kulowo utyikitye apha ngezantsi ungadlulanga umhla we 20 Disemba 2019.

Abantu abangakwazi ukufunda okanye ukubhala banganenisa inkcaso okanye izihlomlo zabo ngomlomo kwiiOfisi zikaMasipala, Magnolia Avenue, eHermanus, apho bayakuncedwa ukubhala oko lilungu elingumsebenzi.

Inombolo yeSaziso 172/2019 iiOfisi kaMasipala HERMANUS, 7200 Umhla: 20 Novemba 2019 The Village NEWS

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OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALITEIT VERHURING VAN MUNISIPALE EIENDOMME, ‘N GEDEELTE VAN ERF 832 EN ‘N GEDEELTE VAN ERF 829 HERMANUS

OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY LEASE OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES, A PORTION OF ERF 832 AND A PORTION OF ERF 829 HERMANUS

UMASIPALA WASEOVERSTRAND HERMANUS: UKUQESHWA KWEPROPATI KAMASIPALA, INXALENYE YESIZA 832 NENXALENYE YESIZA U 829 E-HERMANUS

Kennis geskied hiermee dat die Raad ʼn aansoek ontvang het vir die hernuwing van ‘n huur van munisipale eiendomme, synde ‘n gedeelte van Erf 832 en ‘n gedeelte van Erf 829 Hermanus, geleë te Marinerylaan, Hermanus ingevolge die Raad se Beleid op die Administrasie van Onroerende Eiendom, 2015.

Notice is hereby given that Council received an application for the renewal of the lease of municipal properties, being a portion of Erf 832 and a portion of Erf 829 Hermanus, situated in Marine Drive, Hermanus in terms of Council’s Administration of Immovable Property Policy, 2015.

Kukhutshwa esi saziso sokuba iBhunga lifumene isicelo sokuhlaziywa kwesicelo sokuqeshwa kwepropati kaMasipala, eyinxalenye yeSiza 832 nenxalenye yesiza u 829 e-Hermanus, ese Marine Drive, e-Hermanus ngokungqinelana nomGaqo-nkqubo weBhunga ongoLawulo lweePropati ezingenakuSuswa ka-2015.

Aansoeker: Ligging: Doel: Huurtermyn: Grootte:

Applicant: Locality: Purpose: Lease period: Size:

KEE Property Investments (Pty) Ltd Marinerylaan, Hermanus Plasing van tafels en stoele vir restaurant doeleindes 5 Jaar Gesamentlik ±702.34m²

KEE Property Investments (Pty) Ltd Marine Drive, Hermanus Placing of tables and chairs for restaurant purposes 5 Years Jointly ±702.34m²

Umceli: Ingingqi Injongo: Isithuba senqgesho: Ubungakanani:

KEE Property Investments (Pty) Ltd Marine Drive, Hermanus kubekwa kwetafile kunye nezitulo Iminyaka eyi 5 Jointly ±702.34m²

Isicelo singabonwa ngamaxesha okusebenza aqhelekileyo ngokuthi wenze idinga neOfisi yoLawulo lweePropati, ekwikona yeziTalato iMolteno neViljoen, eOnrust River. Imibuzo mayijoliswe kuNkszn. Rovaida Skaduwee, kwezi nombolo zomnxeba, (028) 316-3724 okanye kule dilesi yeimeyili – rskaduwee@overstrand.gov.za.

Die aansoek is gedurende normale kantoorure per afspraak ter insae by die Eiendomsadministrasie kantore, h/v Molteno en Viljoenstraat, Onrustrivier. Navrae moet gerig word aan Me Rovaida Skaduwee, (028) 316 - 3724/ rskaduwee@overstrand.gov.za.

The application can be viewed during normal office hours by appointment at the Property Administration Offices, c/o Molteno and Viljoen Street, Onrustrivier. Enquiries must be directed to Ms Rovaida Skaduwee, (028) 316 -3724/ rskaduwee@overstrand.gov.za.

Enige beswaar teen die voorgestelde verhuring moet behoorlik gemotiveerd en skriftelik wees en die ondergetekende voor of op 20 Desember 2019 bereik.

Any objections against the proposed lease must be properly motivated in writing and be lodged at the undersigned by no later than 20 December 2019.

Nayiphi na inkcaso ekhaba oku kuqeshwa kundululwayo kumele izathuzwe ngokufanelekileyo ngokubhaliweyo kwaye ingeniswe kulowo utyikitye apha ngezantsi ungadlulanga umhla we: 20 December 2019.

Indien ʼn persoon nie kan lees of skryf nie, kan so ʼn persoon sy/haar beswaar/kommentaar mondelings by die Munisipale Kantore, Magnolialaan, Hermans, aflê waar ʼn personeellid sal help om dit op skrif te stel.

Persons who are unable to read or write can submit their objection/comments verbally at the Municipal Offices, Magnolia Avenue, Hermanus, where they will be assisted by a staff member to put it in writing.

Abantu abangakwazi ukufunda okanye ukubhala banganenisa inkcaso okanye izihlomlo zabo ngomlomo kwiiOfisi zikaMasipala, Magnolia Avenue, eHermanus, apho bayakuncedwa ukubhala oko lilungu elingumsebenzi.

Kennisgewing Nr 173/2019 Munisipale Kantore HERMANUS, 7200 Datum: 20 November 2019 The Village NEWS

Notice No 173/2019 Municipal Offices HERMANUS, 7200 Date: 20 November 2019 The Village NEWS

Inombolo yeSaziso 173/2019 iiOfisi kaMasipala HERMANUS, 7200 Umhla: 20 November 2019 The Village NEWS

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CC GROENEWALD MUNICIPAL MANAGER

CC GROENEWALD UMPHATHI KAMASPALA

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MY SCHOOL

Congratulations to Curro Hermanus’s top academic achievers for 2019 from Grades 4 to 7. From left are Lucas Winter (Grade 6), Mignon van Zyl (Grade 7), Samira Gabow (Grade 5) and Tiaan Lamminga (Grade 4). Lucas Winter was recognised as the top academic achiever of the intermediate phase. Well done to each and every learner for their hard work and perseverance.

Services

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an ORDINARY MEETING of the OVERSTRAND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL will be held in the BANQUETING HALL, CIVIC CENTRE, HERMANUS on WEDNESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2019 at 11:00.

08:30 James Gray 10:00 Ken Jackson 09:45 Lighthouse Kids & Gen-Z Youth

KENNIS GESKIED HIERMEE dat ʼn GEWONE VERGADERING van die OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALE RAAD gehou sal word in die BANKETSAAL, BURGER SENTRUM, HERMANUS op WOENSDAG, 27 NOVEMBER 2019 om 11:00.

OKU KUKWAZISA ukuba INTLANGANISO YESIQHELO yeBHUNGA LIKAMASIPALA WE-OVERSTRAND, iza kuba se BANQUETING HALL, KWIZIKO LOLUNTU, eHERMANUS ngoLWESITHATHU, Umhla we 27 NOVEMBA 2019 ngeye11:00.

MUNICIPAL MANAGER / MUNISIPALE BESTUURDER / UMPHATHI KA MASIPALA NOTICE/KENNISGEWING/ISAZISO 153/2019

028 312 2717 | www.uchermanus.com Corner of Lord Roberts Road and Royal Street, HERMANUS

OVERSTRAND MUNISIPALITEIT ERF 1292, KLEINESTRAAT 34, STANFORD: AANSOEK OM AFWYKING: BJB PROJECT SERVICES CC (nms ADENCO CONSTRUCTION (PTY) LTD)

OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY ERF 1292, 34 KLEINE STREET, STANFORD: APPLICATION FOR DEPARTURE: BJB PROJECT SERVICES CC (obo ADENCO CONSTRUCTION (PTY) LTD)

UMASIPALA WASE-OVERSTRAND, ISIZA 1292, 34 KLEINE STREET, STANFORD: ISICELO SOPHAMBUKO: BJB PROJECT SERVICES CC (obo ADENCO CONSTRUCTION (PTY) LTD)

Kragtens Artikel 47 en 48 van die Overstrand Munisipaliteit Verordening vir Munisipale Grondgebruikbeplanning, 2015 word hiermee kennis gegee van die onderstaande aansoeke van toepassing op Erf 1292, Stanford naamlik:

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 47 and 48 of the Overstrand Municipality By-Law on Municipal Land Use Planning, 2015 of the application mentioned below applicable to Erf 1292, Stanford namely:

Isaziso sikhutshwe ngokwemiqathango yeCandelo lama-47 kunye nelama-48 loMthetho oYilwayo kaMasipala waseOverstrand ongoCwangciso lokusetyenziswa koMhlaba kaMasipala 2015, yesicelo esichazwe ngasezantsi esihambelana neSiza 1292, eStanford eyile ilandelayo:

1. Aansoek om afwyking ingevolge Artikel 16(2)(b) om die volgende te verslap ten einde ‘n voorgestelde transmissietoring te akkommodeer: a. Straatboulyn vanaf 5,0m na 0m; b. Syboulyn vanaf 2,0m na 0m; c. Om die toepaslike 12,0m hoogtebeperking te oorskry om ‘n 21m hoë monopoolantenna te akkommodeer; en d. Om die toepaslike 2,1m hoogtebeperking te oorskry om ‘n 2,4m hoë heining te akkommodeer.

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Besonderhede aangaande die voorstel lê ter insae gedurende weeksdae tussen 08:00 and 16:30 by die Departement: Stadsbeplanning te Patersonstraat 16, Hermanus en by die Stanford Biblioteek, Queen Victoriastraat, Stanford.

Detail regarding the proposal is available for inspection during weekdays between 08:00 and 16:30 at the Department : Town Planning at 16 Paterson Street, Hermanus and at the Stanford Library, Queen Victoria Street, Stanford.

Enige kommentaar moet skriftelik ingedien word in terme van Artikels 51 en 52 van die bogenoemde Verordening aan die Munisipaliteit (Patersonstraat 16, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / (e) aconradie@overstrand.gov.za) voor of op 24 Januarie 2020, stipuleer u naam, adres, kontak besonderhede, belang in die aansoek en redes vir kommentaar. Telefoniese navrae kan gerig word aan die Stadsbeplanner, Mnr. P. Roux by 028 313 8900. Die Munisipaliteit mag weier om kommentare te aanvaar na die sluitingsdatum. Enige persoon wat nie kan lees of skryf nie kan die Departement Stadsbeplanning besoek waar hul deur ‘n munisipale amptenaar bygestaan sal word ten einde hul kommentaar te formuleer.

Any written comments must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 51 and 52 of the said By-law to the Municipality (16 Paterson Street, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / (e) aconradie@overstrand.gov.za) on or before 24 January 2020, quoting your name, address, contact details, interest in the application and reasons for comments. Telephonic enquiries can be made to the Town Planner, Mr. P. Roux at 028 313 8900. The Municipality may refuse to accept comment received after the closing date. Any person who cannot read or write may visit the Town Planning Department where a municipal official will assist them in order to formalize their comment.

Munisipale Bestuurder, Overstrand Munisipaliteit, Posbus 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Munisipale Kennisgewing Nr. 170/2019

Municipal Manager, Overstrand Municipality, P.O. Box 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Municipal Notice No. 170/2019

Application in terms of Section 16(2)(b) for a departure to relax the following in order to accommodate a proposed transmission tower : a. Street building line from 5,0m to 0m; b. Lateral building line from 2,0m to 0m; c. to exceed the applicable 12,0m height restriction to accommodate a proposed 21m monopole mast; and d. to exceed the applicable 2,1m height restriction to accommodate a 2,4m high fence.

Isicelo ngokwemiqathango yeCandelo 16(2)(b) elilungiselela uphambuko lokunyenyiswa okulandelayo ukulungiselela ukumiselwa kophongoma lothungelwano olucetywayo: a. Umda wesakhiwo osesitalatweni ukususela kwisi-5,0m ukuya kwi-0m; b. Umda wesakhiwo esisecaleni ukususela kwi-2,0m ukuya kwi-0m; c. Ukudlula kwisithintelo somphakamo oli-12,0m ukulungiselela ipali ende ecetywayo engama-21m; kunye d. Nokudlula kwisithintelo somphakamo ovunyelweyo we-2,1m ukulungiselela umphakamo wothango osi-2,4m.

Iinkcukacha eziphathelelene nesi sindululo ziyafumaneka ukuba zihlolwe kwiintsuku zaphakathi evekini, phakathi kwentsimbi ye-08:00 ukuya kweye-16:30 kwiSebe: loCwangciso lweDolophu 16 ePaterson Street, eHermanus kunye nakwiThala leeNcwadi laseStanford, Queen Victoria Street, Stanford.

Naluphi na uluvo olubhaliweyo malungeniswe ngokwezibonelelo zamaCandelo lama-51 nelama-52 oMthethwana kaMasipala (16 Paterson Street, Hermanus / (f) 028 313 2093 / (e) aconradie@overstrand.gov.za) ngomhla okanye ngaphambi komhla wesi-24 kuJanyuwari 2020, unike igama lakho, idilesi, iinkcukacha ofumaneka kuzo, umdla wakho kwesi sicelo nezizathu zokuhlomla. Imibuzo ngefowuni ingathunyelwa kuMcwangcisi weDolophu uMnu P. Roux kule nombolo 028 313 8900. UMasipala angala ukwamkela iziphakamiso emva kosuku lokuvalwa. Nabanina ongakwaziyo ukufunda okanye ukubhala angandwendwela iSebe likaMasipala lokuCwangcisa iDolophu apho igosa likamasipala liza kumnceda ukuze ahlomle ngokusemthethweni.

UMphathi kaMasipala, uMasipala waseOverstrand, P.O. Box 20, HERMANUS, 7200 Inombolo yesaziso sikaMasipala 170/2019

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20 November 2019

MY SPORT/SCHOOL

Thank you to Hermie supporters I

t has been three months since Hermanus High School hosted its second Gentlemen's Evening, and the school is extremely grateful for everyone’s support in making this fundraising evening the success that it was.

The funds raised at the event amounted to R210 000. Due to this generous contribution, the school was able to embark on, and complete, several projects.

Learners’ Quads (Total cost: R300 000) The first quad at the school has been

upgraded, and the aim is to also upgrade the boys’ quad by the end of the year.

Sports Pavilion (Total cost: R310 000) The sport's pavilion was in dire need of renovation. With a portion of the funds raised at the Gent's Evening, the school was able to repaint the walls, fix and replace some of the seating and build a new wall at the back. The plan is to extend the existing facility in order to accommodate all Hermanus High’s learners. The pavilion can currently seat around 500 learners and with the new 2020 intake, there

will be 1 000 learners in the school.

Cricket Facilities (Total cost: R285 000) New cricket nets have been ordered and the school looks forward to receiving them before the end of the year. They are still in need of boundary ropes, cages and a new pitch, but were not able to get these for the current season.

Hermanus High School would not be able to reach the success it does without the support of the community.

Should you wish to become involved in any of its projects, please contact 028 312 3760.

BEFORE

Hermanus Golf Club hosted its own Ryder Cup last week. This is the second running of the event, with 12 players participating – six players from Zimbabwe and Britain who competed against six players from South Africa. A very competitive game was played, with the ‘Bokke’ continuing their winning streak, beating their opponents by one shot. A most enjoyable day was had by all, followed by a fun evening. From left are Malcolm Baldwin, Brian Robertson, Tony Behagg, John Atkinson, Les Adams , Bill McGeachy, Harold Barker, David Boers, Richard Franck, Kees Verburg (Referee) Guy Devenish, Rob George and David Bunn.

PHOTO: Supplied

AFTER

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Hermanus Ratepayers Association will be held on Thursday, 12 December 2019 in the Fernkloof Hall @ 17h30. The agenda and supporting documents are available electronically at www.ratepayers.co.za.

Kennisgewing word hiermee gegee dat die Algemene Jaarvergadering (AJV) van die Hermanus Belastingbetalersvereniging om 17h30 Donderdag, 12 Desember 2019 in die Fernkloof Saal gehou sal word.

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