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Drag racers, watch out >> Msunduzi to open 24hour traffic law enforcement stations in city
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LLEGAL drag racers and traffic offenders beware. Stung by criticism over the lack of traffic and other law enforcement, theMsunduziMunicipalityistoclamp down on lawlessness in PMB. A report detailing the opening of 24-hour traffic law enforcement stations across the city was tabled during a recent Executive Committee (Exco) meeting. The municipality plans to build the traffic stations in all areas under its jurisdiction.Thefirsttwowillbeinthe CBD and northern suburbs. Provisions are also being made to increase the operating budget to R2,5 million for the night shift and standby allowances for staff. Reckless and negligent driving, and the illegal parking of heavy-duty vehicles in the municipal district are prime targets of the plan, which has been in the pipeline since 2013. AreporttabledatExcosaidthecity had grown over the past three years with young people moving here for the nightlife and education opportunities. “While the above is applauded, the city on the other hand is experiencing almost a 30% increase in its maintenance and repairs budget, particularly on the replacement of traffic lights, crash barriers, electricity poles [from] motor vehicle accidents predominantly at night,” it said. Msunduzi head of traffic Kwenza Khumalo said there was a need for a
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The remains of a crash at the corner of Moses Mabhida and Camps Drift roads. 24-hour policing initiative. “The city’s night life is growing, andbecauseofthatyoufindthatthere are many illegal businesses that are mushrooming. There are illegal metered taxis and people are frying chips to sell on all corners at night. “You find that what was once a fabric shop is now a tavern that operates illegally on certain days at certain times,” Khumalo said. “People do all this because they know that in Pietermaritzburg there is no law enforcement. “There is a traffic light in College Road that is always knocked down on Monday. “Our budget to fix the infrastructure is increasing - that is a sign of a problem.”
Khumalosaidacentralstationhad already been opened at Publicity House, operating from 6am to 6pm for now. They would identify other buildings where officers would be based. Hesaidthefull24-hourshiftwould begin around July once the costs had been factored into the new financial year. Khumalo said they were looking to recruit more staff, but would start the initiative with the staff on hand. “We cannot wait to have a full complement of staff. If we wait any longer, by the time we start the buildings would have been stolen and there will be drag racing in all the streets of Pietermaritzburg.” Northdale councillor Rooksana Ahmed said the council was losing money because of traffic violations. “IntheNorthdalearea,thereisjust a general violation of the municipal by-laws. You have the municipal infrastructure being damaged, traffic lights get knocked down. There is also the issue of drag racing, and all that damage comes at a huge cost to council,” she said. Sources in the drag-racing communitysaidtheywould“waitand see”. “Drag racing is very common in the Northdale area. It takes place twice a week … it might work, it might not,” said the source. Another said Victoria Road in the CBD and Prilla Road near Greytown Road are popular venues for drag racing which normally take place on Thursdays and Sundays.
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UNDREDS of DA members took to the streets last week demanding that the KwaZulu-Natal government urgently deal with the water crisis facing the province. Members from all over KZN painted a strip of Langalibalele Street blue, chanting, “Down withdirtywater,down,”and“Nowater,nolife”. The march started at Dales Park at 10am and proceeded down West Street, into Langalibalele Street and ended at the Provincial Legislature building. DA MPL Mbali Ntuli told the crowd of about 600 people that KZN was facing a water crisis. “How can we have no water in the province when there are people enjoying R400 million tenders in the province?” asked Ntuli. Lifting up a two-litre bottle filled with murky water, she said, “This is water from Umkhanyakude district. I brought it here for you to see. Would you drink this?” asked Ntuli. DA KZN leader Sizwe Mchunu said: “More than20yearsintoourdemocracyandthereare people who are still fighting for water.
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“In the State of the Province Address, the premieradmittedthattherearepeoplewhoare still waiting for water. Those people cannot wait any more,” he said. Mchunu said the government had lied when it promised to deliver running water. “You should have told them that it would take more than 25 years to get them water. “We are here to remind you of the promises you made to the people of KwaZulu-Natal,” he said. Senior ANC MPL Sipho Gcabashe, who accepted the memorandum on behalf of the Premier, commended the DA for conducting a peaceful march. “I am saddened by the stories I am hearing today. I want us to go to those municipalities to find out if they can explain why those women struggle to get access to water. “Working together brings solutions. To my colleagues at the legislature and fellow ward councillors, this march tells us that we are not doing our job. “Let’s put politics aside … and deal with the real issues affecting our people,” he said.
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vacant land between the runway and the Bisley residential area. The municipality will be responsible of facilitating the zoning of this land, making sure of speedy procurement processes for contractors and coming up with a set of incentives for investments in the technology park. “We have had two presentations before on a programme that has already been approved by provincial cabinet of establishing technology parks at airports. “This report is requesting that we formally support the establishment of a technology park at the Pietermaritzburg airport, and we authorise the municipal manager [Mxolisi Nkosi] to sign an agreement of financial support from the province,” said Ngcobo. KZN has approved the establishment of four technology parks through the provincial growth development strategy. The technology hub project is based on the integration of institution, enterprise and business fraternities with the aim of generating innovation. The aim of the technology hub is the commercialisation of break-through concepts through which products, processes, strategies and services are created for job opportunities and wealth generation.
Puppy donated for possible K9 unit inclusion
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>> ‘I wanted to do something to fight crime’ NICOLE JOHN
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ERRY Reid from Solar It, a local swimming pool repair company, recently donated a puppy to his friend Sergeant Sean Noordman of the Pietermaritzburg K9 Unit. Jerry Lee, a 15-week-old Malinois Belgian Shepherd, named after Bruce Lee, will be brought up and trained by Noordman until he is old enough to be tested to become a K9 partner.
Noordman’s current K9 partner Spike, will be 10 next year and is nearing retirement. “I wanted to do something to help fight crime as I’m an active member in a community crime watch group in my area and have seen first-hand the benefits of our K9s and their partners in the battle againstcrimeinoursuburbs,”said Reid. Reid said there is a shortage of dogs for the K9 unit. “What better way to help the brave members from SAPS K9 by
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With Jerry Lee is Sergeant Sean Noordman (left) and Jerry Reid from Solar It. replacing a partner - it’s just a small token of my appreciation.” The Pietermaritzburg branch was awarded the best K9 Unit in 2014/2015. “It just goes to show the dedication and commitment of these men who endanger their lives and their partner’s lives daily just for our
safety. I ask that we continue to help the SAPS PMB K9 Unit with ongoing donations. The more ‘ Jerry Lees’ out there the better,” said Reid. To find out more about how to get involved and make donations, contact the SAPS K9 Unit at 033 387 9667.
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WITH excavations in Pietermaritzburg, the producer of fibre infrastructure Dark Fibres Africa (DFA) said it has hired approximately 120 staff members from three civil sub contractors. However, DFA spokesperson and executive of brand and communications at DFA, Tshego Ditshego, said that the numbers of
people employed will vary. DFA has, since inception, had a presence in Durban however, it will not be opening an office in Pietermaritzburg. “DFA will be constructing a fibre optic-based telecommunication network in the area to serve the needs of its customers. “Our customers range from government entities to private sector companies,” he said. Itwasreportedthatlastyearthe
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in favour of DFA to construct a fibre optic-based telecommunicationnetworkinthe city. This after the Msunduzi Municipality filed a case with the Pietermaritzburg High Court to halt DFA construction in PMB
because Msunduzi reportedly believed that the construction was unlawful, offered a safety risk and negatively affected the drainage and electricity installations. Ditshego said that DFA could notrevealhowmuchithasinjected into the Pietermaritzburg growth plans.
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4pm and from 7pm to 8pm at night. She said that scrapping the morning visiting hour was a decision taken by hospital management. “We therefore request patients and relatives to accept our humble apology for any inconvenience caused by this measure,” she said. Northdale Hospital public views and suggestions are welcome and can be forwarded to the hospital public relations officer Mandisa Dlamini at 033 387 9048.
NORTHDALE Hospital’s plan to cut its morning visiting hours has been met with mixed emotions from PMB residents. As from today the hospital will do away with the visiting hour from 10am to 11am. Nomusa Ngcobo of Northdale said that the sudden change will affect her schedule as she normally takes her morning tea time to visit loved ones at the hospital. “This means I will have to speak to my supervisor and request the afternoon visiting hour.Itisbettertocome in the morning because there is no traffic congestion,” she said. Mary Padayachee said that she is happy the hospital will be dedicating more time to its patients. “The patients come first, no matter what. For Affordable Hearing Care Not everyone will like the change, but it is for the better.” • Hearing Tests (FREE Screening Test) Sol Sivaprasad also • Hearing aids (All leading international echoed Padayachee’s brands) sentiments. • Medical Aid rates – we claim. “If there are more • FREE trial period on all hearing aids visiting hours this • Hearing Aid batteries R24,95 (pack of 6) means the nurses and doctors will take longer HEARING AID ACOUSTICIANS tea breaks. This is not Laurie Butlin Kate-Marie Butlin allowed,” he said. 082 444 5426 082 067 7698 Northdale Hospi By appointment at these Pharmacies: tal’s public relations of ficer Mandisa Dlamini Hayfields • Wembley • Hilton • Howick said that the afternoon Tel: 033 330 3404 and evening visiting hourswillnotbeaffect www.butlinhearing.co.za ed. Afternoon visiting hours are from 3pm to
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>> Parishioners sang hymns and songs of praise as they took to the CBD
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At the beginning of the Palm Sunday ecumenical march at Marian Centre (from left) Father Terry Nash (St Anthony’s), Pastor Reuben Maistry (Obededom Temple), Reverend Beryl Arrikum (St Paul’s) and Father Noel McHenry (St Anthony’s).
The annual Mum’s Mail Sunflower Fund Ladies Breakfast took place recently at Victoria Country Club. Women dressed in chic Parisian outfits, which was the theme of this year’s event. Ladies were treated to a free foot or hand massage from iNsingizi Lodge and Spa and a free photo booth session to commemorate the day sponsored by Oakleigh Funeral Home. At the event Natalie Buck (left, marketing manager, Jam Clothing) and Kenwyn Geyser (Sunflower Fund).
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HE first Ecumenical Palm Sunday march took place on 29 March at 7am and included parishioners from churches in the CBD including Obededom Temple, St Anthony’s Catholic Church, St Paul’s Anglican Church and Uniting Presbyterian Church. Participating congregations gatheredatMarianCentrealongJabu Ndlovu Street where there was a scripture reading and a short service before beginning the procession. Parishioners sang hymns and
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songs of praise while waving palm branches and crosses. The march began at the centre and went around the block, stopping at each of the churches where the congregations left the procession and continued celebrating Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the week of services leading up to Easter celebration on Sunday 5 April. This was the first time other denominations were invited to celebrate with the Catholic and
Anglican churches. Reverend Beryl Arrikum, rector at St Paul’s Anglican Church and organiser of the march, said she was welcomed by leaders of the other churches and the idea was embraced by all, which showed in the large numbers who gathered together. “We hope this is the first of many ecumenical marches as well as worshipping together with the churches of other denominations and together forming unity among us,” she said.
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Do your bit, keep PMB clean GROWING up, I remember my dad always saying: “Cleanliness is next to godliness”. Those words have stuck to me like glue. But it saddens me to see a city, our city,Pietermaritzburg,onceoneofthe cleanest and most beautiful cities in South Africa, covered in filth. We have dirt in the gutters, filthy streets, uncut grass and areas laden with dirt, and sadly nothing is being done about it. There is no doubt our municipality cannotmaintainacleantown,oreven half a clean town. Despite promises and many a “clean up the city” drive, the municipality has failed and I’m sure will continue to fail as there is no hope. So as a resident of a city that has the potential to be clean again or not get worse, I ask the people of PMB to help. If we all play a role in keeping our homes and properties clean, and do notlitter,wecanatleasttrytokeepour city clean. It’s sad when you see someone toss a piece of paper or even dump dirt on the side of a road or at a no-dumping site. Our municipality can’t even fine offenders, and how will it manage to clean this up? We should be proud to be part of Pietermaritzburg and do our bit to maintain it for generations to come. It sounds unbelievable when my mum says to me how beautiful this city was, and the sad reality is that our children will never know if we don’t do something about it. Let’s all do our little bit to keep our Pietermaritzburg clean and beautiful. VASH DEEPLAUL Pietermaritzburg
Grateful for concern and support A YEAR ago my husband and I discovered he had pancreatic cancer. He died peacefully on 11 March. Please convey my appreciation to the wonderful doctors and staff at Netcare St Anne’s Hospital, Hopelands Cancer Centre and Wembley House. Your compassion and love have gone a long way to easing this journey. To my work colleagues, I am so grateful for all the support, care and concern shown to both myself and my family. PETRA LANGEVELD Pietermaritzburg
Letters to the Editor must be received by no later than Friday 4pm to be considered for the following edition.. Let ters and emails should be addressed to The Editor and emailed to editorial@pmbfe ver.co.za or posted to PO Box 362, PMB, 3201. Letters should not be longer than 350 words. While pseudonyms are allowed, writers must still include their full names and contact details or letters will not be printed. The Edi tor reserves the right to not run letters or to al ter letters so they are legible.
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HE municipality’s apparent tacit agreement to consider allowing flats to be built along Jesmond Road for student accommodation is of deep concern and shouldbe of concern to all stake- holders, owners and occupants of houses from Alexander Road traffic lights up to King Edward-Oribi roads. The formal notice of the intention is tied on the fence of 2 Jesmond Road. It does not stop there. By the municipality allowing building plans to proceed to this stage indicates a willingness of the municipality to bend the rules and to change properties from “Special Residential” (houses) to “General Residential (flats) wherever it so desires in order to support a developer.Pelhamoppositethetearoom a prime example. High rise is now on the way to a Jesmond Road property near you. Privacy will be a thing of the past.
Property values will drop and traffic will increase, and so on. This should be stopped, opposed and scrapped in its tracks now otherwise this flat development on Jesmond Road will snowball. Student behaviour is now well known and out of control in and around the UKZN campus and environs in digs and houses converted to accommodate students and are already a menace to complex and flats on Alexander and Jesmond roads from Waalhaven flats. The notice looks innocent enough, but tells us that the municipality did not deter the development and will be even more pliable in future. “The Msunduzi Municipality has received an application in terms of item 1(a) of Schedule 1 of the KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act (No 6 of 2008) for an amendment to the Town Plan-
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ning Scheme to rezone from ‘Special Residential’ to ‘General Residential’ in respect of part of Portion 35 of Erf 318, Pietermaritzburg , being 2 Jesmond Road.” What this means is 2 Jesmond Road, which was stand-alone now encompasses 4 Jesmond Road to be developed from houses to three blocks of flats by three storeys high initially and perhaps another two at a later stage. Residents of Jesmond Road, do nothing at your peril. We have until 8 April to object. Email Ziphelele.Shinga@ msunduzi.gov.za or write to Town Planning Administrator, Msunduzi Municipality Private Bag x 1393.Pietermaritzburg 3200, before 8 April. Plans can be viewed at Professor Nyembezi Building, 5th floor,corporateassetmanagement public inquiry counter. JOHN HAYES Jesmond Road
Councillor judged by deployees I REFER to the article “Ward Councillor in Hot Seat” in the Maritzburg Fever 18 March. The explanation given by Councillor Glenn Mc Arthur (Ward 26) for not holding meetings timeously, certainly can be attributed to some council officials. This incompetency includes withholding of reports coupled with a lack of response to queries and 11th-hour apologies (as displayed in Ward 30)
which cunningly avoids the public at meetings. It is the lack of service delivery, as wellasbrokenpromisesmadebythe ruling ANC party, which eventually leads to “service delivery protests”. Therefore, the statement by Councillor Thulani Xulu that not holding public meetings forces peopletoengageinboycottsistotally refuted. Several requests have also been made over the past three years
by the pubic for the municipal manager and officials to present themselves at my Ward 30 meetings. To date, this has not yet happened. Sadly, a hard-working councillor was hauled before Exco to be judged by a few ANC deployees and not the electorate in his ward who expressed their appreciation for all the work he does in his ward. DA COUNCILLOR J. SINGH Via email
Time for taxpayers to take to the streets CITIZENS beleaguered with huge hikes in petrol and electricity tariffs have to speak in one voice, and that is protesting on the streets. This is the only voice government understands. Citizens in this country are being rippedoffofeverylastcentwhilecorruption and incompetence in governmentdepartmentscontinue.The most recent case is where the Department of Public Works could not corroborate the billions it spent on so-called jobs created and the actual number of jobs created. The price of petrol went up by
R1,62 a litre on Wednesday (April 1) and this is not an April Fool’s joke although in the eyes of government we seem to be. The reasons given by the Department of Energy Affairs is the higher international prices of petrol and the weakening rand against the dollar. The price of Brent crude has fallen to $56 a barrel. Almost eight months ago the price was between $113 and $118 a barrel. How is the increase in fuel prices being quantified? I wonder what the price of petrol would have been if the price of Brent crude was at these high levels.
Could it mean that consumers would be paying double (R24 a litre) if the oil price recovers to $113 a barrel? The only way to get answers is to protest, blocking roads, throwing stones, burning tyres and unwanted destruction has worked in many parts of the country. Maybe as taxpaying citizens this is the only route to follow. Complaining and doing nothing does not work. Critical action is required now. Protest action will send a message to government that they need to think twice before raising tariffs. VIJAY SURUJPAL, PMB
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Landfill law violation THE entire waste recovery facility at the New England Road landfill seems to be a farce. Why do municipalities keep passing the buck, and where did the post-1994 buzzwords “accountability” and “transparency” get to? Chris Whyte took a proposal, together with funding, to the Msunduzi Municipality before 2008 and nothing has been done in the interim. The landfill site is operated in an atrocious manner and in complete violation of the law. The waste should be deposited and compacted in a small area each day and be covered within 24 hours. Instead, it is spread over the entire site and not covered at all, which is ridiculous, to put it mildly. Properly managed, the site still hasdecadesofusefullife,withother alternatives, outside the city, being totally unaffordable in terms of transport costs which would skyrocket. PAUL GAYDON Water and Waste consultant Pelham
Good luck with proposal MR Ashe, your letter printed in the Maritzburg Fever dated 18 Februaryandheadlined“Electricity tariff increases” refers. What a pleasure to see that someone is on our side. When I first moved to Pietermaritzburg, I inquired about the domestic single-phase charge and was told that it was the privilege of having power from the road. As a pensioner, I find it ludicrous that I have to pay R373.70 before I switch on (if there is power) to make a cup of tea. Goodluckwithyourproposalin the next budget. V. STRYDOM Bellevue
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Plans to improve city NQOBILE MTOLO >>nqobile@pmbfe ver.co.za
FOCUSING on the 2030 vision, the Executive Committee (Exco) council meeting accepted the final draft ofthecitydevelopment strategy (CDS). In his presentation, the founding partner of City Insight (Pty) Ltd Mike Sutcliffe told Exco that cities need a city development strategy to deal with issues such as high rates of urbani sation, climate changes, poverty and municipal funding constraints that affect municipalities . He said that the Msunduzi municipal CDS is backed by eight key elements of build ing a capable and developmental munici pality going back to basics, improving infra structure, achieving financial sustainability, making Msunduzi a learning city and a city of learning, growing the regional economy, achieving spatial effec tiveness and improving the provincial capital. In 2013, Msunduzi presented its 2030 vision. The municipality will use this develop ment strategy as a guide for longterm goals and objectives for the city. The objectives, which the municipality wants to attain by 2030, include Msunduzi being a carbonneutral city, all households will be fitted with solar waterheating geysers, 70% of streetlights and 30% of traffic signals in the CBD will be powered by renewable energy, waste collec tion will take place twice a week for busi nesses, a reduction in traffic congestion, public transport will be available throughout the day and night, 100% eradication of informal settlements, and all indigent house holds and schools will have free access to telecommunications and highspeed broad band. “To achieve this the municipality will have to make sure it does not have any skills shortfall, that it has a strong and supportive leadership, has professional and technical staff, simple clear and transparent operating procedures, a clean city and it needs to address underser viced areas. The municipality will have to respond to the ageing infrastructure and engage local businesses,” said Sutcliffe.
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THE Msunduzi Munici pality is hopeful it will soon achieve a clean audit from the Auditor General (AG). At a recent Execu tive Committee (Exco) sitting, municipal manager Mxolisi Nkosi said: “We think the clean audit is some thing that is within reach.” He said there are four glitches the mu nicipality needs to solve for it to match the standard,whichinclude asset management, revenue management which incorporates achieving meter reading free from estimates and errors, dealing with the irregu lar expenditure and dealing with the thorny issue of water and electricity losses. “We haven’t had irregular expenditure so that means we are get tingthere.Ifwecandeal with these issues we will be fine. We have spoken to internal audit and identified internal controls,” said Nkosi. Exco member Jabu Ngubo suggested that the municipality looks at solving waterloss issues and annual leave management. Exco member Thulani Xulu said that with the right support from upper manage ment and officials the municipality can achieve a clean audit. Mayor Chris Ndlela said that leave man agement is purely a management issue. “It is important that these issues are dealt with and that we work hard to get a clean audit. We have a role to play when it comes to water and electricity losses. We need to nag the officials,” said Ndlela. A report from financialservicesstates that audit findings prove that study leave is incorrectly classified as family responsibility. Some municipal workers take family leave, which exceeds the required number of five days, no leave forms are available to capture leave, leave is taken without prior approval and that employees took leave which was more than required resulting in negative leave balances. Other teething problems the munici pality has to solve include recovering monies from debtors, recovering rental income and recovering fine revenue.
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SUPERSPAR MILLS opens in Hayfields T
HE Rolyats group’s second Pietermaritzburg store, SUPERSPAR Mills in Mills Circle Hayfields, is now open. This is the message from Nick Christodolou, Greg Christodolou and Lloyd Mentory. Christodolou and Mentorysaythegroupisontrackwith their roll-out of stores in PMB, with their Market SPAR outlet in Foxon Road having just celebrated its first birthday. “The fantastic support from the residents of Hayfields and surrounding areas has seen the Foxon Road Market SPAR sales increase substantiallysincethetake-overfrom the previous retail store,” said Mentory. Customers regularly share their enthusiasm and satisfaction about the Foxon Road store with Christodolou and Mentory and both thank residents of Hayfields and surrounding areas for their support. The new Mills store is a SUPERSPAR, the largest in PMB, and is one of the largest SUPERSPAR’s in South Africa. The planned opening date for early April was specifically chosen in order to bring a wide range of options, choice and value to residents during a time when most stores are back to their normal mode after Christmas. This will make it a period of many opportunities for the residents of Hayfields and surrounding communities who shop at the new SUPERSPAR Mills. This is evident because the two stores will have already generated more than 300 full-time jobs in the area,thefirsttimenewjobshavebeen createdonthisscaleintheareaforthe past decade. Thefactthatthestaffareemployed full-time in the business, and not as temporary staff as they are elsewhere in the industry, leads to improved service levels for valued customers.
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Lloyd Mentory with city Mayor Chris Ndlela and Nick Christodoulou at the new SUPERSPAR Mills in Hayfields.
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In the men's corner at the newly opened SUPERSPAR Mills are (from left) Grant van Rooyen, Ravi Moodley, Ravi Sewnarain, Nick Christodoulou and Lloyd Mentory. Service is also enhanced by the convenience of approximately 400 parking bays available at SUPERSPAR Mills. The new store is green, with a fully computerised refrigeration
which further reduces the lighting required, polished concrete floors rather than tiled flooring and raw brick, all contributing to a greener low energy building. The building was erected by
The new Mills store is a SUPERSPAR, the largest in PMB, and is one of the largest SUPERSPAR’s in SA. The planned opening date for early April was specifically chosen in order to bring a wide range of options, choice and value to residents of Hayfields, when most stores are back to their normal mode after Christmas. system which reduces electricity consumption while creating hot water for the store, LED lighting, which further reduces electricity consumption, extensive windows to improve natural lighting
SUPERSPAR Mills employees at their new store in Hayfields.
the Rolyats Property Group, as was the Market SPAR. Rolyats Property Group was responsible for upgrading the traffic flow in the area with a wider road, the insertion of a taxi
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Congratulating the store, city Mayor Chris Ndlela said: “We applaud the initiative as it will also encourage healthy competition between businesses. We are excited that our people are getting employment, thus reducing poverty. This is a huge investment. “We have to shed the smalltown mentality. Hopeful city residents will take full advantage of this opportunity.” lay-bye, an island to stop u-turns, an additional set of traffic lights, improved waste water and sewage flows, and an underground rainwater attenuation pond to minimise the impact of stormwater during heavy rains. Nick Christodolou said the Rolyats Group will be bringing a broader than normal range of products to even more residents in the city when they open the next three stores on the new sites that have already been identified in Pietermaritzburg. “It is time that our unique brand and fresh approach to supermarket retailing benefited the wider Pietermaritzburg community, and so we are glad to have a growth path laid out for the city.” Mentory said that this has only been possible due to the efforts oftheKZNPremierand Pietermaritzburg’s mayor, municipal manager, LED manager, and the various
department heads from water, electricity, town planning, roads, engineering and many more. “We thank these officials for their efforts, which have made it possible for us to establish a strong base in Pietermaritzburg. “We would also like to thank Melanie Veness and Bill Lambert from the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business for their assistance,” said Mentory. He also thanked Sibusiso Sithole, who was acting municipal manager at the time, for having the vision to support the approval of the development at Mills Circle Hayfields. “Finally we would like to thank Dr Rob Smorfitt who helped to secure the site and who has been involved since inception in this development and who will be involved in our future plans and developments,” he said.
At the new SUPERSPAR Mills are (from left) James Leornard, Sphindile Dlomo and Sfiso Dladla.
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THE Greater Edendale Mall, in partnership with Eldonai School of Fashion and Intsha Yomzansi Modelling Agency, on Saturday hosted a fashion show at the mall. The show was aimed at promoting young designers
around PMB. The young designers will be givenaspacenexttoPepstoreswheretheywill market their designs for the next three months. Renowned SA hip-hop artist Speedy also entertained guests.
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LEFT: Speedy entertains guests at the Greater Edendale Mall on Saturday.
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ABOVE RIGHT: Ayanda Shange struts her stuff during the fashion show.
IETERMARITZBURG, hold onto your hats, the Karou Charou is back in town. Aftertheunprecedentedsoldoutsuccesses of the original show, the enigmatic and charismatic Karou Charou unleashes the much anticipated sequel Kama Sutra 2 (Come Again). Currently the most commercially successful Indian comedian in SA, Karou takes his audience on a 90minute journey of discovery, tackling many aspects of sex and sexuality. In this show Karou’s intent is to build healthier sexual relationships between couples and as such, he takesontheroleofasexcoach,butdealingspecifical ly with challenges that face the Indian community. He dissects the effect 50 Shades of Grey has had on people, advises how important dressing is to a healthy sexual relationship, relates his own experien ces on the various sexual positions, explores the
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Three Carter High School pupils were awarded ‘Recognition of Service’ certificates for their participation in the Blood Donor Representative Peer Promotion Project at a recent special assembly (from left) Samke Hadebe, Hannah Hargreaves and Nonkanyiso Danisa. All are involved in promoting blood drives at the school and promote a healthy lifestyle. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Clarendon Primary recently participated in an Easter egg drive, headed by their outreach group Clout. Clarendon children were encouraged to bring marshmallow Easter eggs which would then be distributed among various children’s homes. Clarendon is proud to announce they managed to collect over 1 040 Easter eggs. A big thank you to all the children who contributed (back, from left) Jadine Sam, Vhulenda Jordan, Jasmine Banks, Ashleigh Perks (front) Sarah Croshaw (left) and Dillyn Nair.
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Boys and their dog St Charles College Prep pupils were treated to The Incredible Dog Show, where they saw the exciting things that can happen when dogs are trained. They also learnt about responsible pet ownership. Having fun at the event are Nicolas van Zyl (left) and Creedon Smith. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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The first round of the Model United Nations (Mun) debates was held at The Wykeham Colle giate recently. The delegates represented countries on the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (Unesco) council, debating whether the countries had met the United Nations Millennium Development (MDG 2) – universal primary education for all, and the way forward after 2015. The Wykeham Collegiate entered three teams where Team Zambia, consisting of Amanda Peake, Tashiana Roshan and Natasha Balmer, were placed second and Team Mexico (above, from left) Sibulelo Jolwana, Nicole Player and Caitlin Militz, were placed first. Caitlin was also placed second in the best speaker category.
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Keeping winning streak alive Team Jeep’s Mikaela Jonsson has qualified for the national champi onships in Bloemfontein next month. This follows Jonsson’s recent victory when she out sprinted the province’s best athletes to claim gold and a personal best in the junior women’s 800m at the Track & Field KZN Athletics Champion ships in Durban. She also finished first in the U19 category at the Cordwalles Aquellé Mudman Triathlon at Midmar Dam. She completed the 600m swim, 20km mountain bike and fivekilometre trail run in 1:47:12. Jonsson was the third women overall to race winner Hayley Smith (1:45:23) and secondplaced Sarah Gray (1:46:23).
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Epworth Junior A cricketers ready for action (from left) Tynin Sampson, Liketso Tsanyane, Toby Nuttall, Philip Schütte, Rowen Rajah, Kimrin Manickum, Nkanyiso Faku, Khazimula Mkhwanazi and Tshepang Masuku.
St Annes Lyle A league tennis winners
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Interprovincial netball tournament under way
The St Anne’s first team celebrate after winning the Lyle A league, retaining the Lyle Tennis trophy for another year (back, from left) Tessa van der Merwe, Kath Lowe (coach), Megan McDonald (front, from left) Jessicalee Redfern, Julia Saulez, Sohie McDonald and Grace Ireland. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Victory in the SCS pool
ACTION Sports Pietermaritzburg will be hosting an inter- provincial national netball tournament which will see about 700 netball players from throughout South Africa participating in this tournament at the Action Sports Arena in Mkondeni on 6 April starting at 8am. The players and coaching staff will meeton5Apriltopractice.Thesevenyear-old age group will play from 6 until 12 April. The U13 to U18 and a mixed U16 and U18 categories will do battle to walk away with the honours. The round-robin tournament will be followed by a knock-out system playing for gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams have been planning this tournament for nine months and willstartarrivinginPietermaritzburg
from Saturday 4 April and will be staying at B&Bs, lodges, hotels and boarding establishments for eight days. SouthAfricannetballplayers,who have been chosen to represent Action Netball South Africa at the Junior World Cup in Perth, Australia in July, will also take part. Entrance to watch the inter-provincial is free. Make sure you are there to support local teams. Provinces being represented are KZN Midlands, KZN Coastal, Gauteng North, Gauteng South Gauteng East, Gauteng West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Boland, Western Province and the Eastern province. For more information on the tournament contact the arena on 033 346 2934. - Supplied.
Meeting the Sunfoil Dolphins
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Taking part in the Spur mudskippers race at the aQuelle Cordwalles Mudman event is an enthusiastic athlete, Matthew Steel.
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The St Charles College Junior Primary boys showed that their hard work over the past term was worth it when they swam in their gala. Slade Siebert celebrates his win.
The Willowton Oil group recently held a tour of the factory for the Sunfoil Dolphin cricket team. Players and guests were taken on a tour of the factory and shown where the various products get manufactured and packaged. Players then held a singing session for Willowton Oil employees who queued patiently to meet their favourite player. At the signing session are players Craig Alexander (left) and Cody Chetty.
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Swedish champ to take part in MTB festival >> Festival participants will take part in a variety of mountainbiking disciplines
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IETERMARITZBURG will be hosting the 2015 Pietermaritzburg Mountain Bike Festival at Cascades MTB Park from Friday 3 April until Sunday 5 April. New and old riders will participate to obtain UCIpointsaheadofnextyear’sOlympicGames. Swedish national champion Emil Lindgren
will be participating in hopes of gaining points for the Olympics. Lindgren was quoted in a statement: “Earning UCI points at this stage is huge as everyone looks to try qualify their nation and then qualify themselves. I’ve been to Cascades many times and I’ve seen the development not
only of the track but of cycling in the region in general and it has been great to see how PMB has become a cycling community. “With Pietermaritzburg not being on the World Cup calendar this year, but with a lot of international guys being in South Africa because of the Cape Epic, the HC race is a great opportunity and I’m sure it’s going to be a great race.” Festival participants will take part in a variety of mountain-biking disciplines including downhill (DH), marathon (XCM) and enduro and cross-country (XCO). Entry to the festival is free. More information can be found at www. cyclingsa.com/2015-pmb-mtb-festival - Supplied.
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Swedish national champion Emil Lindgren will take part in this year’s mountain bike festival at the Cascades MTB Park.
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