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Taverners oppose smoking regulations REPORTER TAVERN owners and customers in the Eastern Cape have sent a petition to the Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, protesting against the intention to push through extreme anti-smoking regulations without consulting them. The petition was organised by the Bay Taverners’ Association which represents over 70 tavern outlets in and around Port Elizabeth. A copy of the petition was sent to the Ministers of Finance, and Trade and Industry, as well as the new Minister of Small Business Development whom the taverners, as small business owners, say they would also like to meet. In their correspondence with the Ministers, the Association said that it had recently found out about the proposed regulations which will ban all smoking indoors, and require their customers to smoke more than 10 metres from a window, entrance or a walkway. In their petition tavern owners said, “We believe that this law cannot be implemented in townships and that it will cause enormous problems with our customers and damage our businesses. As I am sure you are aware, it is very difficult to find space within a township that is 10 metres from a door, window or walkway and for this reason, we be-

lieve that regulations, in their current format, will make it impossible for any township in South Africa to comply and this means that they will be operating on the wrong side of the law. “We are all hard-working, tax-paying licensed operators of small businesses who create jobs in an area of high unemployment and many poor people. No one from the Government has ever been to speak to us or discuss these regulations with us. We are concerned about this lack of consultation when the regulations will directly impact upon our businesses,” the statement read. Tammy Nqam, Secretary of the Bay Taverners’ Association, said, “These regulations are completely out of touch with the realities of township life and culture. We are very disappointed that Motsoaledi has not taken us and our circumstances into consideration. “I think the Minister has his priorities all wrong. The other day I listened to a story on the news about two people to a bed at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. That’s shocking! The public hospitals are a mess. It is with respect that we say the Minister should focus on what’s really important.” The tavern owners said they also have a problem with the regulation which only allows smokers to remain in the outside designated smoking area for as long as it takes them to have one cigarette.

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Sithandile Ngxangxa from Mcobothini location near Umtata said his Masters Degree bursary in Analytical Chemistry from REDISA research programme will change the way the country sees the beneficiation of waste tyres. See the full story on page 3. PHOTO:SUPPPLIED

Dead or Alive – Your Choice Most people won’t accept a substandard product if they were properly informed. Yet every day people choose substandard / illegal / shoddy electrical work - mostly motivated by price, because of not being informed.

Most of us have become very safety conscious as crime and violence in our society has increased over the past years. We want to protect our property, family and possessions and will spend huge sums of money to do this. Have you considered the safety of the electrical installation that you use every single day of your life? Fact - Most domestic residences that has burned down, was as a direct result of an unsafe electrical installation. We don't even want to consider the risk our families are subjected to on a daily basis. Electricity is a killer! Because you cannot see it, does not mean it is not there.

Editor: Bettie Giliomee

Fact – The user or lessor of electricity is solely responsible for the safety of the electrical installation. The only way to prove compliance is to have a certificate of compliance (COC) Fact – Only a registered electrical contractor is allowed to do electrical installation work. That is what the Law states. Fact - The ECA (SA) (Electrical Contractor Association of South Africa) is a voluntary association for registered electrical contractors in SA. Fact – You can get referred to a registered contractor/s in your area at no cost to you. We do the background checks for you and recommend a suitable contractor for your project. Fact – You get a guarantee against defective workmanship if you make use of an ECA (SA) member, at no cost to you. Fact – You have recourse to resolve complaints if you make use of one of our members. No legal fees, no standing in a queue at Department of Labour to report a complaint.

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