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The Eastern Cape’s Department of Roads and Public Works has undertaken to repair dangerous

potholes on the R67 between Gra-hamstown and Stones Hill, accord-ing to Chief Traffic Officer and acting manager of social services in Makana Municipality, Coenraad Hanekom.

This comes after a vehicle over-turned after the driver tried to avoid a large pothole in wet and misty con-ditions early last Friday.

Hanekom said the driver lost con-

trol of the vehicle and that no injuries were reported.

The incident and subsequent re-pairs follow long-running concern about the hazardous section by resi-dents who commute on the route daily.

Suzanne Wille, who owns a B&B in Stones Hill, this week expressed concern in a Facebook post that the “crater” opening up on the road needed urgent attention. Also com-menting on social media, Stones Hill resident Dominic Thorburn said,

“The general condition of the road is appalling despite signs that a con-tractor (tenderpreneur?) was ap-pointed more than a year ago.

“Very poor to non-existent road markings and speeding through Stones Hill continue to be an issue – with a serious accident last week at Fairburn and the Southwell turnoff.

“Some years back we organised a meeting with the local author-ity to discuss these issues and some new signage and speed limits were changed (later reversed).”

Thorburn said it was time for traf-fic-calming measures in the area.

“We are also regularly almost tak-en out by cars speeding round the corner on the other side of Stones Hill,” he said.

Another resident said cars came around the corner towards Port Al-fred so fast that often the wheels on the right side lifted off the ground.

Hanekom confirmed that the road falls under the authority of the Pro-vincial Roads and Public Works De-partment.

No holiday stop-and-go on R72 between Port Alfred and Great Fish RiverSTAFF REPORTERWork on the rural section is in pro-gress with the completion of new storm water culverts and the con-struction of the seaward side of the R72 from Port Alfred to the Fish River the most prominent. Ancillary work like the concrete side drains and other minor storm water struc-tures has started, according to San-ral.

“This upgrade includes the con-struction of two 3.7m driving lanes,

with auxiliary (climbing) lanes, and a surfaced shoulder on both sides of the new road.

“The new geometric design of the road has made the upgraded road safer for motorists” Mbulelo Peter-son, SANRAL Southern Region Man-ager said.

Current roadworks in Port Alfred’s urban area include widening climb-ing lanes, constructing new kerbs and walkways.

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is also currently underway and only two intersections will be constructed at any time, weather permitting.

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The completed works will include climbing lanes to ease slow moving traffic, an underground storm water system, sidewalks, kerbing, traffic lights and street lights.

“Activities in the urban area of Port Alfred will start to increase.

The contractor is planning to start with a 24-hour stop and go asphalt-ing of sections in the period after the Easter weekend. The old surface will be removed and replaced with a new bitumen treated base layer, followed with an asphalt layer,” Peterson said.

“Residents of Port Alfred and mo-torists are requested to be patient and obey road signs, observe speed restrictions and other safety meas-ures while construction takes place in town.”

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Nursing Services Manager at Tower Psychiatric Hospital Lawrence Baart in the facility’s clean state-of-the-art Ward 6B. Long term Ward E was a very different picture and photographs were not permitted by the CEO. Photo: Sue Maclennan

TowermanagersrespondBy KATHRYN CLEARY

Following recent claims about Tower Psychiatric Hospital in Fort Beaufort,

Grocott’s Mail approached the Eastern Cape Department of Health to request permission to visit the facility. Spokesper-son Sizwe Kupelo arranged permission for Grocott’s Mail to visit the facility, encourag-ing our journalists to “see eve-rything”. This followed claims of a clean-up and cover-up ahead of Health MEC Phumza Dyantyi’s inspection of the facility on 5 March. Two jour-nalists visited the premises on Friday, 16 March.

Upon arriving at Tower, Grocott’s Mail was escorted through the gate to the main administration building. An interview was conducted with hospital CEO, Ntombizandile Ngcume followed by a tour of the hospital. Deputy Nurs-ing Manager, Lawrence Baart, accompanied Ngcume on the tour.

The tour included the laun-dry and kitchen facilities, as well as admission ward 6B and long-term ward E (LTE). Ngcume expressed that tour-ing all 14 wards would take “all day”, hence the journal-ists were only taken to two.

The CEO rubbished claims by the National Health and al-lied Workers Union (Nehawu) that the hospital had been specially cleaned up the night before the MEC’s visit. The tour of sections of the hospital premises and interview with the CEO seemed to support Dyantyi’s insistence that noth-ing was amiss; however, Gro-cott’s Mail found contradicto-ry information about the use of the single rooms – one of which was depicted in a filthy state in the original Rapport article.

Grocott’s Mail confidential-ly spoke to several staff mem-bers after the visit who re-main adamant that a clean-up ‘cover-up’ did occur the night before the MEC’s visit. A for-mer hospital board member stated that they “saw them cleaning until midnight”.

Two community mem-bers emphasised that “when Bhisho comes [to Tower] everyone knows”. Another

stated this was due to lights being on at the facility the night before because staff and management were cleaning and fixing.

Nehawu branch chairper-son Lawrence Mtsila con-firmed this week to Grocott’s Mail, “Lights were really on, seen by me. Doing what is called preparation or clean-ing up dirty things. They did that until midnight, even seen by night staff. Some staff members were supposed to go [home] as early as 6pm but due to this cleaning went home at 9pm.”

Grocott’s Mail’s visit to Tow-er was four hours in total.

The whistleblowerIn response to the claims made by former Tower psychiatrist, Dr Kiran Sukeri, Ngcume said, “It has been very hard for all of us, because the things that are said are not true.” Suke-ri’s allegations against Tower include the ill-treatment of patients, forged death regis-ters and unsatisfactory food, as well as the taxation of pa-tients’ money.

Ngcume said Sukeri had not informed her of his griev-ances before the publication of the Rapport article on 4 March.

Concerning Sukeri’s resig-nation, Ngcume said she be-lieved he was angry in light of plans to open a 60-bed acute unit at the hospital. Tower is currently a referral hospital, meaning patients are sent there from other institutions - mostly with long-term chronic conditions.

An acute unit would mean patients could be admitted there directly. “I think [it] was this problem, we were going to open an acute unit,” said Ngcume, who asserted that Sukeri did not want to work in such a unit. She later added that he had resigned to pursue his private practice, and claimed he had been a part-time psychiatrist at the hospital.

Ngcume said they had ad-vertised a position for a full-time psychiatrist at the be-ginning of 2018 and found a candidate from Limpopo. Ngcume emphasised that

there are “so few psychia-trists” in the Eastern Cape, so this was a challenge.

Ngcume claimed Sukeri was angry about this news. “I am still wondering why was he angry when we said we were getting a new psy-chiatrist. I really do not un-derstand, but in any case he seemed to be angry,” she said. The cover-upNgcume also refuted claims of a ‘cover-up’ the evening prior to the MEC’s visit. “That story is totally untrue,” she empha-sised.

She also denied the claim that staff knew of the visit. “There was no way [we could have known]. It was a sur-prise, we didn’t even tell the day staff,” she said.

Mtsila told both Rapport and Grocott’s Mail that staff had worked alongside Ngc-ume until midnight, cleaning and fixing the night before the visit. “Who worked until midnight?” Ngcume said to Grocott’s Mail. “No such thing happened.”

“Maybe there are things that we do not know hap-pening in the institution”, she said. “We did [ward] rounds.” She said the rounds had fin-ished before seven that even-ing.

However, when Grocott’s Mail put this new version of events to Nehawu’s Mtsila, he said, “Doing rounds is some-thing totally different. As I said before, they worked up until midnight.”

Ngcume said the union members had fabricated the cover-up as a way to express their own grievances. “They wanted to make the story of Dr Sukeri strong. It’s because they’ve got their grievances – they see it as an opportunity,” Ngcume said.

Ngcume emphasised that there cannot be management that allows each person to do what they want. “What is wrong is wrong, what is right is right. You cannot manage an institution that is ‘laissez-faire’,” she stated. “You have to make controls, you have to make stability in your institu-tion.”

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LEGAL NOTICENotice is hereby given in terms of section 59(1) and 68(1) of the Makana By-law on Spatial Planning and Land Use Management (2016) that Grahamstown Brick (Pty) Ltd has applied to the Makana Municipality, in respect of REM FARM NO.243 ALBANY located at BRAK-KENFONTEIN ALBANY for the SUBDIVISION AND REZONING - Agriculture to Industrial and a Special for a Living Village.

The application will lay open for inspection at the Town Planning Department (“BAB Office”) in Joza, daily from 08:00 to 16:00 with Ms N. Ncilata, 046 637 0424/8.

Anyone who has comments or objections to the applica-tion is invited, according to section 98, to do so in writing.The application is open for inspection during office hours with Ms Ncilata.

Closing date for objections is 23rd April 2018.

In terms of Section 21(4) of the Local Government Munic-ipal system act, 2000 (act 32 of 2000) people who cannot write may approach Ms Ncilata to assist them to put their comments or objections in writing.

On behalf of:MR. D.M. PILLAYACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER

ISAZISO SASEMTHETHWENIOku kukwazisa ukuba uMasipala wase Makana ufumene isicelo esenziwe ngokwecandelo 59(1) and 68(1) lase Makana, uMthetho kaMasipala loCwangciso lweMihlaba noLawulo lokuSetyenziswa koMhlaba (2016), elo ngu Grahamstown Brick (Pty) Ltd bafake isicelo kuMaspala waseMakana, ngokubhekisele kwisiza REM FARM NO.243 ALBANY e BRAKKENFONTEIN ALBANY, ngenxa uKUCANDA NGOKUTSHA & ULWAHLULO. Isicelo sikwavulelekile ukuba sihlolwe kwi-ofisi yocwangciso lwedolophu zase (“ofisi BAB”)Joza, yonke imihla ukusuka 08:00 ukuya 16:00 Ms N. Ncilata, 046 637 0424/8.

Nabanina onezimvo okanye inkcaso yesicelo uyamenywa akwenze oko, ngokutsho kwecandelo 98, ngokubhala isicelo esikwavulelekile ukuba sihlolwe ngexesha lomsebenzi kuye uMs Ncilata.

Umhla wokuvalwa kokungeniswa kwezichaso yi 23rd April 2018.

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LEGAL NOTICENotice is hereby given in terms of section 59(1) and 68(1) of the Makana By-law on Spatial Planning and Land Use Management (2016) that Grahamstown Brick (Pty) Ltd has applied to the Makana Municipality, in respect of REM FARM NO.243 ALBANY located at BRAK-KENFONTEIN ALBANY for the SUBDIVISION AND REZONING - Agriculture to Industrial and a Special for a Living Village.






ISAZISO SASEMTHETHWENIOku kukwazisa ukuba uMasipala wase Makana ufumene isicelo esenziwe ngokwecandelo 59(1) and 68(1) lase Makana, uMthetho kaMasipala loCwangciso lweMihlaba noLawulo lokuSetyenziswa koMhlaba (2016), elo ngu Grahamstown Brick (Pty) Ltd bafake isicelo kuMaspala waseMakana, ngokubhekisele kwisiza REM FARM NO.243 ALBANY e BRAKKENFONTEIN ALBANY, ngenxa uKUCANDA NGOKUTSHA & ULWAHLULO. Isicelo sikwavulelekile ukuba sihlolwe kwi-ofisi yocwangciso lwedolophu zase (“ofisi BAB”)Joza, yonke imihla ukusuka 08:00 ukuya 16:00 Ms N. Ncilata, 046 637 0424/8.





MUNICIPAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING

The acting Municipal Manager, Mr D.M Pillay, as duly in-structed by the Speaker of the Makana Municipality (Clr Y. Vara), hereby gives notice that, in terms of Section 19(a) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, Act No. 32 of 2000, a Special Council meeting of the Makana Lo-cal Municipality will be held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, High Street, Grahamstown on Wednesday, 28 March 2018 at 09h00. The draft Operating and Capital Budgets and Integrated Development Plan for the 2018/19 financial year and the Adjustment Budget will be among the items on the agenda.

MR D.M PILLAYACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER

Notice number: 04 of 14 March 2018

POETIC LICENCE

HARRY OWEN

Calling all Grahamstown poets!Until I visited Grahamstown for the first time in July 2007, I had barely heard of the place. It might have been a forgotten settlement on the dark side of the moon for all I was aware.

Although supposedly a poet, I knew nothing at all of just how richly poetic a place this small city is, or of how central a part it would come to play in my life. For more than a decade now Grahams-town has been my home – and I haven’t regretted a moment of that time.

Many excellent poets live and work here, and there are many more resident elsewhere for whom Grahamstown has been much more than a place to visit or to quickly pass through on the way to some-where else. For this City of Po-ets exerts a grip on the imagi-nation of many who feel a real closeness to and (occasionally reluctant!) affection for the place. It may be frustrating, but it is special.

So when I was asked re-cently if I would consider compiling and editing a ‘Gra-hamstown poetry anthology’, not of poems about Graham-stown but one whose con-tributors either live here or who have a close and abiding relationship with the place, I readily agreed.

This week’s Poetic Licence, then, is an invitation to all those of you who fit the de-scription to submit up to three poems for consideration in this so-far unnamed Graham-stown anthology. I hope you will do so.

Please read the Submis-sion Guidelines carefully and get scribbling! Deadline for submissions is Friday 1 June 2018.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Submission Guidelines• Topic/theme: None. Grahams-town may form the background, whether explicitly or metaphori-cally, but poems are not expect-ed to be about Grahamstown. What connects the selected poems is the close connection of their writers to the city of Gra-hamstown, not the poems’ sub-ject matter.• You may submit up to three (3) poems, each with a maximum of 40 lines (no minimum). Please use a clear, unfussy black font (e.g. Times New Roman, 12pt) and do not illustrate your work or otherwise decorate it.• Entry is by email only.• By submitting your poetry, you affirm that it is entirely your own work and that you alone hold copyright. Any necessary ‘bor-rowings’ or quotations must be properly acknowledged.• Copyright in all accepted po-ems remains with the poet.• Please enter once only, with all submitted poems in one docu-ment (separate pages, please).• In the same document, include your name, contact details and a list of titles of submitted poems.• Also include in the same docu-ment a brief biographical note which clearly outlines your close connection to the city of Gra-hamstown and/or surrounding area (e.g. living or working here or having done so in the past; attending school, college or uni-versity here now or in the past; family association etc).• Poems may have been pub-lished previously but please in-

clude full details of the original publication if this is the case (journal/book; publisher; date).• Once sent, it will not be possi-ble to change your submission, so please check that it is exactly as you would like it to appear.• All submissions must be in English. If single words or brief phrases in other languages are used, please include an English translation.• There is no submission fee.• Unfortunately, it is not pos-sible to provide poets with a free copy of the anthology, but the book will be made avail-able at a considerable dis-count for those contributors who wish to purchase copies. There is absolutely no require-ment to purchase.• Email submissions to Harry Owen at [email protected]. The subject line should read ‘[Your Surname] - Grahamstown anthology’• Submission deadline: Friday 1 June 2018• N.B. - Submission of your work is not a guarantee that it will be included. Acceptance or other-wise is at the sole discretion of the editors, and no correspond-ence will be entered into about this.Title: To be decidedLanguage: EnglishPages: 100 (approx.)Editors: Harry Owen and Am-itabh MitraPublisher: The Poets Printery, East London Good luck!

HAVE YOUR SAYLiving with yourreligionWith Easter commemoration around the corner, Lindani Donyeli asked residents how religion sits in their lives.

JOHN RAYMOND UNEMPLOYED

Religion is something that is living for

everyone.

GAIL LOTZPHARMACIST

Nothing can be possible without God.

DEBORAH SEDDONLECTURER

I’m not much into religion but, I respect it.

LIYABONA MENZE PRINTER

The things that are happening make me doubt. So I don’t have

that much space.

ZOLEKA NDAYILAUNDRY WORKER

I live it. I don’t believe what is happening to others. The bad things

are from false prophets.

FELDA JACOBS WORKER

Heart-breaking to see people hurting each

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Azapo marks Human Rights By SUE MACLENNAN

Around 50 Azapo and PAC members gathered in Extension 4 on Wednes-

day 21 March to mark Human Rights Day with a drug-abuse awareness campaign.

“Drugs are destroying our children,” said Zingisile Zake, secretary for youth develop-ment on Azapo’s PEC. “They

are being used as agents to sell drugs. Drugs are destroy-ing our future leaders.”

Zake said Azapo and PAC’s aim was to help unite the com-munity against drug sources and agents.

“These people are hiding behind the community,” Zake said. “We need the police to assist in finding them and

rooting them out - but also for the community to co-op-erate in exposing them. Not as informers, but to co-operate. “For a few, drugs provide and income; but for others, drugs kill them.”

Zake said they encouraged youth to engage in cultural and sporting activities to avoid the drug trap, and should them-

selves become leaders in those activities.

Zake also spoke about the origins of Human Rights Day, the Sharpeville Massacre, that left 69 people dead after a pro-test against apartheid pass laws.

“They call it Human Rights Day – but we don’t want to forget what happened,” Zake said.

Zingisile Zake, secretary for youth development on the Azapo PEC and Phakamisa Zatu, Azapo regional chairperson, lead the national anthem at the end of a Human Rights Day event in Extension 4 on Wednesday. Photo: Sue Maclennan

"Reading for the Tortoise"STAFF REPORTER“Reading for the Tortoise” is the ear-catching theme of the sixth annual Mandela Bay Book Fair (MBFF). Billed as a “writers’ and public book and exhibition event”, the MBFF gathers a diverse line-up of award-winning authors, poets, academics and school teachers alongside university students, scholars, speakers, librarians, book publishers at the Port Elizabeth Opera House on Fri-day March 23 and Saturday March 24.

New Brighton-based poet and lecturer in the MA Crea-tive Writing department at Rhodes University, Mxolisi Nyezwa is the co-curator of the book fair.

In an interview with The Herald earlier this week he explained that the aim of the MBBF this year is “to create the necessary infrastructure to support young South Afri-can writers practising in local languages, especially isiXhosa in the Eastern Cape”.

Friday kicks off with Dr

Zoliswa Matshoba (Nel on Mandela University), Zongezile Matshoba (the National Eng-lish Literary Museum) and Dr Hleze Kunju (Rhodes Creative Writing department) tackling the topic of “Creative Writing as an Industry”.

Saturday’s line-up includes workshops on creative writing and independent publishing by Deep South veteran Rob-ert Berold, and scriptwriting and radio drama by Monde Ngonyama and Toffe Zitshu. Additional highlights include legendary poet Lesego Ram-polokeng’s session on the legacy of Drum Generation scribes in relation to today’s poets and MCs, as well as the launch of outspoken young Khayamnandi-based ‘literary thug’, Unathi Slasha’s debut novella, Jah Hills.

The programme is from 9am to 6pm and admission is free. For full programme information visit the Port Elizabeth Opera House Fa-cebook page, or contact 041 585 1300.

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In recent times, residents from Joza and surrounding exten-sions have been writing letters complaining about the poor state of roads. In this issue, a resident says that the main road in Extension 4 and 5 is impassable. As a result, vehicles zig-zagging around the road to avoid potholes are endangering their passengers and pedestrians.

Grahamstown in a financial crisis out of which it cannot es-cape without help. Yet, services like roads, streetlights, water, and electricity must still be available for residents.

Acting Municipal Manager Ted Pillay knows how bad things are across Makana. During the first three days of his tenure here, at the beginning of February, he made a point of visiting every part of Grahamstown and speaking to ordinary residents, as well civil society activists and other stakehold-ers.

He has the job of turning around this municipality and at his first public address last month said water, sanitation, roads and refuse were the priorities identified by residents. Sustainable electricity and finances were the other priorities he had identified.

Pillay will speak about his turnaround plans at a public meeting organised by the Grahamstown Residents Associa-tion at Noluthando Hall on Tuesday at 5.30pm and this will be a further opportunity for residents to ask questions and raise problems.

He knows, now, as well as we do, that in parts of Gra-hamstown East, the roads remain untarred while most tarred roads are so full of potholes that they are virtually impass-able. There is no road in the whole of Grahamstown in as terrible a shape as some of those in Transit Camp.

Service delivery is for everyone and it’s a massive job to make this uneven city viable for all its citizens to live in – let alone thrive in. Most of us want Grahamstown to work. With the right leadership who listens and responds, and our active participation, it could and definitely should.

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Long-term psychiatric patients who live for extended peri-ods in institutions could be among the least heard voices in our community. Ethics and the inviolable principle of patient confidentiality mean there are limits to what a journalist can do in reporting on the kinds of claims that were made in a Rapport article at the beginning of this month about Tower Psychiatric Hospital.

Nevertheless, it is in the spirit of giving the 400-odd chronic, long-term patients at that institution a voice – even if indirectly – that the Grocott’s Mail team made the trip to Fort Beaufort last Friday.

We’ve reported on some of the contradictions we saw and heard and will continue to share our findings.

These events have unfolded as former CEO of Fort Eng-land, Roger Walsh, takes his dispute with the Eastern Cape’s Superintendent-General and MEC of health, as well as the Minister of Health, to court. This follows unsuccessful at-tempts to finalise his labour dispute with the Department through formal mediation, according to his lawyers.

An unhealthy situation

LETTERSto the Editor and COLUMNS

Last week Kingswood College celebrated its 124th birthday and set off the weekend of celebrations with a full school chapel service on Friday morning. Pupils in the Foundation phase, whom Kingswood officials call “our little Kingswoodians” each entered the chapel carrying a balloon to mark a year in the school’s history – eventually reaching 124 balloons at the altar. This year is important for Kingswood as not only a celebration of 124 years, but also as the start of the “final countdown” to the 125 Jubilee Year in 2019. Photo: Supplied

Somerset Place Retirement Villages fundraiser thanksOn behalf of Somerset Place Retirement Village, I would like to thank everyone who supported our Sing-Song evening on 9 March. An amount of R4 500 was raised, for which we are very grateful.

Most of the money will be spent for a sitting-out-area and gazebo for the residents in the flats.

Donations received from Doug Bullis, Jane Osbourne, Norma

and Ben Bezuidenhout, Maureen and Roger Clayton, Heather and John Inge, Ronwynne and Wilheyn Barnard, Mrs Puchert, Emily O’Meira, Peter and Christine Midlane, Sue van der Riet, Ingrid Moss, Mary Godlonton and Mike Godlonton. Our sincere thanks to everyone

Jenny Haswell

A lesson on the N2 for the road of lifeIt was a simple mistake. I saw a traffic officer on the N2. I pulled off the road a little past him, not being sure if that is what I must do. I was told to reverse where he was, and was met by a barrage of verbal abuse. It was unpleasant, to say the least, but I want to thank him for an important reminder.

When I, as a teacher, am frustrated, I need to deal with that frustration outside the classroom. I do no good by letting it out on my students, many of whom may be as sensitive as I am. I do no good by shouting reprimands. I do no good by asking demeaning questions such as, “Didn’t they teach you that at

(driving) school?” and not bothering to wait for the answer. I do good by being mindful of my frustration and dealing with it. I do good by returning to those with whom I work and treating them with the respect that even those who make mistakes deserve.

Sometimes it takes a humiliating experience to look inside. And even though it was painful, I want to thank the traffic officer in question for prompting that introspection.

Ruth Woudstra

What a terrible road! I write this letter to highlight the state of the main road between Ext 4 and Ext 5 in Joza. The road is full of potholes and vehicles are driving on the wrong side of the road. This will cause bad accidents.

Something needs to be done urgently before the road is finished. Anele Ndyolashe

GOOD IDEA

GRA public meeting at Noluthando HallYou are very welcome to attend a GRA Public Meeting @5.30pm on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 at Noluthando Hall, Joza. Acting Municipal Manager, Ted Pillay, will be presenting information about the situation at Makana.

The local Ward 2 Councillor, Mphumzi ‘Ramie’ Xonxa will also be attending to assist with answers to questions. The meeting will be introduced by GRA committee member Xolani Simakuhle. This is expected to be a well-attended meeting, and a good chance to ask and hear answers to questions.

Doors open at 5pm so that the meeting can start on time. [For people driving from central Grahamstown – travel up Jacob Zuma Drive until it levels out, take first left turn, go straight across first 4-way stop, as road bends to the right you’ll find Nolunthando Hall on your right]. Enquiries - call Ntuthu during office hours: 8.30am to 12.30pm Monday to Friday. Telephone, sms or Whatsapp the office at 078 922 5760 or [email protected]

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A most beautiful thingWhenever we think that we have Jesus figured out, we ought to think again.

In Mark 14, the Apostle records a woman who anoints Je-sus for his burial with a jar full of expensive perfume that was possibly worth a year’s wages. The disciples and others were indignant, describing this as a waste that could have been spent on the poor.

Despite his great love and compassion for the poor, Jesus sur-prises the room, describing her act as a beautiful thing and not a waste. In fact, it was such a profound act that Jesus said that this story must be told throughout the world where the gospel will be preached.

To put it differently, Jesus essentially declared that the great-est and most beautiful cause to give to is Himself. Why?! Be-cause the gospel of Jesus strikes at the heart of our universal human need, and when we have Christ, we have regenerated hearts that are reconciled to God.

From this foundation, we can then embrace reconciliation with mankind and creation at large. Rather than a waste, liv-ing and giving for the cause of Christ is in fact a most beautiful thing for the whole world to benefit from.

Blessings

Tendai Chitsike

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Do not give your pets away for free. They may end up in at a puppy mill, as food for predators like pet snakes, bait for dog fighting or be be killed for human consump-tion. Please be responsible and take them to your local SPCA or animal shelter.

We will adopt the animals to loving homes and have a formalised adoption process which is there to ensure the animals find a safe loving and caring home.

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ISAZISO SASEMTHETHWENIOku kukwazisa ukuba uMasipala wase Makana ufumene isicelo esenziwe ngokwecandelo 74(1) lase Makana, uMthetho kaMasipala loCwangciso lweMihlaba noLawulo lokuSetyenziswa koMhlaba (2016), elo ngu G MUGIZI bafake isicelo kuMaspala waseMakana, ngokubhekisele kwisiza ERF 279, eFITZROY STREET, GRAHAMSTOWN, ngenxa yoKUVANDA. Isicelo sikwavulelekile ukuba sihlolwe kwi-ofisi yocwangciso lwedolophu zase (“ofisi BAB”)Joza, yonke imihla ukusuka 08:00 ukuya 16:00 Ms N. Ncilata, 046 637 0424/8.





LEGAL NOTICENotice is hereby given in terms of section 68(1) of the Ma-kana By-law on Spatial Planning and Land Use Manage-ment (2016) that G MUGIZI has applied to the Makana Municipality, in respect of Erf 279 located at FITZROY STREET, GRAHAMSTOWN for the REZONING.






ISAZISO SASEMTHETHWENIOku kukwazisa ukuba uMasipala wase Makana ufumene isicelo esenziwe ngokwecandelo 74(1) lase Makana, uMthetho kaMasipala loCwangciso lweMihlaba noLawulo lokuSetyenziswa koMhlaba (2016), elo ngu G MUGIZI bafake isicelo kuMaspala waseMakana, ngokubhekisele kwisiza ERF 279, eFITZROY STREET, GRAHAMSTOWN, ngenxa yoKUVANDA. Isicelo sikwavulelekile ukuba sihlolwe kwi-ofisi yocwangciso lwedolophu zase (“ofisi BAB”)Joza, yonke imihla ukusuka 08:00 ukuya 16:00 Ms N. Ncilata, 046 637 0424/8.






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FreelanceDraftingConsultancycelebrates21yearsSTAFF REPORTERMike Behrens came to Grahamstown with his wife Tracey Behrens in 1984 and worked for the local municipality for 12 years as a civil engineering assistant, pegging and surveying new areas for devel-opment including Rautenbach Road in the Industrial Area.

In 1996 he resigned and started his own business doing design and contract administration.

“Twenty one full years in business, we’re still going strong!”His commissions include the new Nando’s being built at the en-

trance to Pepper Grove mall, as well as Gold Rush casino Mugg & Bean, the Crazy Store and Specsavers, Wimpy, Romans and Spur there; The Worcester and The Hub flats, the new BuildIt and the re-cent extensions to the Rat & Parrot.

Freelance Drafting Consultants is an efficient three-person op-eration that undertakes town planning, architectural planning and project management.

With Mike as the principal professional, assisted by draftsperson Donovan Colyn, Tracey is the business’s financial administrator.

Visit them during office hours at 1 Bennett Street, email [email protected] or call 046 622 8660 or 082 432 2993.

Donovan Colyn, draftsperson, Tracey Behrens, Financial administrator and Mike Behrens of Freelance Drafting Consultancy. Photo: Sue Maclennan

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Grocott’s Mail 23 MARCH 2018 OUTSIDE/SCIENCE 9

Project takes on City cleaningBy LINDANI DONYELI

The Grahamstown CBD cleaning campaign aims to mobilise communi-

ties’ participation in keeping our city clean. The Commu-nity Work Project, in partner-ship with Makana Municipal-ity, has committed to lead the way with monthly cleaning campaigns both in the CBD and in townships.

On Tuesday 13 March, cleaning started at the Drost-dy Arch at upper High Street and continued to the old train station.

The CWP Site Manager of Makana, Phumlani Satyi, said they had been approached

by the municipality to start in town because this was the face of Grahamstown. The major targets were Beaufort Street, Bathurst Street and High Street. Team members came from Wards 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13.

Satyi said the project was supposed to start on Monday, but transport from the pickup points hadn’t arrived. The aim of the CWP was to work hand in hand with the municipality to clean up Grahamstown, he said. Phumzile Smile, Opera-tion Manager of Public Safety and Community Service, said it was a management decision that they should make the

town clean. “But our hands are not enough.”

“The project in itself does not have tools,” said Smile. “They work but they don’t have trucks to take the rub-bish. Most of the time they burn it, which is unaccepta-ble - but sometimes they don’t have an option. The munici-pality is doing collection Mon-day to Thursday so we will align them so that the cleanup matches rubbish collection days.”

“Dumping is bad public-ity for Grahamstown,” Smile said. “No one will want to do business with us in a dirty town.” CWP members work on cleaning up High Street this week. Photo: Lindani Donyeli

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By KATHRYN CLEARYGrahamstown entrepreneurs and inventors have a new champion.

Rhodes University is a growing generator of Intellec-tual Property (IP) and newly appointed Rhodes University tech transfer manager, Su-zanne Wolhuter aims to help navigate the tricky waters of transferring IP rights to their respective founders.

For the less tech savvy, an example of IP could be a new vaccine that students cre-ated in a Rhodes science lab. Should the students wish to

take their new product to market, Wolhuter would as-sist in ensuring the students have full ownership over their product (or IP).

“It’s a lot of admin work”, she said, but rewarding to assist in the beginning of a startup.

Wolhuter’s background is in health sciences and private consulting. Having recently relocated from Cape Town, she is excited to experience the startup dynamics of a “backwater town”. “Unite the platforms [and] unite the key players”, she said.

Rhodes is a rich resource for biotechnology and science and community members should be able to work in part-nership with these innovation centres to increase production. Wolhuter emphasised that it must be “locally appropriate yet internationally viable”.

Every two weeks, Wolhuter hosts ‘Lean Coffee’ startup sessions - a programme that embraces the “fail fast idea” – “something South Africa isn’t good at”, said Wolhuter.

The programme aims to help budding entrepreneurs take their product to market

as quickly and efficiently as possible. ‘Lean Coffee’ con-nects like-minded people from different backgrounds and practises as a means to foster a resourceful and local entre-preneurial culture.

“You can’t keep being com-petitive in an ivory tower”, added Wolhuter. By sharing re-sources and ideas, startups can better succeed in the market. “It’s about creating a winning model!”

The next session will be 5 April at 7pm at Oscar’s Café. Email [email protected] .

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Human rights day21 March was Human Rights Day. The environment is often a forgot-ten aspect of human rights. The South African constitution in Sec-tion 24 spells this out and it is worth repeating in full: EnvironmentEveryone has the right—to an envi-ronment that is not harmful to their health or wellbeing; and to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future gen-erations, through reasonable legis-lative and other measures that—(i) prevent pollution and ecological degradation;(ii) promote conservation; and(iii) secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural re-sources while promoting justifiable economic and social development.

In 2012, the UN surveyed its 193 member countries and found that the overwhelming majority had constitutional protection for the right to a healthy and protected environment. Hold-outs included North Korea, Australia, China and the US.

South Africa is in good company in placing the environment in our Bill of Rights – but are we also in

good company only paying lip ser-vice to this right? China is known for major violations of their envi-ronment but so is India, a country that as of 2012 did claim to protect the environment.

One area where we have been ex-tremely remiss is placing the inter-ests of mining ahead of the environ-ment. Acid mine drainage, pushing coal when its time is clearly up and pressure to mine pristine coastal regions in the northern part of our province are examples.

This is not about stopping all mining: a proper application of Sec-tion 24 would require that much stronger emphasis be put on harm prevention and harm minimization than is currently the case, including assessing long-term costs and ben-efits, and rehabilitation of mined land. One Eastern Cape Organisa-tion fighting for this balance is the Amadiba Crisis Committee who have been fighting off titanium min-

ing and other unsustainable devel-opments in Pondoland, sometimes at high personal cost. In 2016, one of their strongest activists, Sikhosiphi ‘Bazooka’ Rhadebe was murdered.

We should learn the lesson of Ni-geria where massive oil extraction has benefited a tiny minority while destroying fishing and agriculture for large numbers. Rapid develop-ment without concern for sustain-ability can in the long run take the economy backwards so it is not a question of development or environ-ment – we need to consider both.More here: https://bit.ly/2FWLUNRMap: https://bit.ly/PxkDmb Greening Grahamstown ProjectThe environment is not just about wild spaces but also where we live. Humans are largely urban creatures so the urban environment is our en-vironment.

If our streets are a dirty and ugly mess, it affects our quality of life. For this reason, the Greening Gra-hamstown Project is important. I thank Mike Powell for his report that follows.

Over the years the CBD of Gra-hamstown has become tatty and lost

most of its charm, dignity and func-tionality. Grahamstown is home to a diverse range of institutions and na-tionally important events and there is a need to improve the aesthetics of all the urban open green spaces. A number of institutions (Makana Parks Department, Grahamstown Residents Association, the Graham-stown Business Forum, Rhodes Uni-versity and Makana Revive) have started an initiative to bring back the appeal of the city centre.

The first phase of the project is taking all the centre islands in High Street and giving them a complete make-over (landscaping and green-

ing). The vision is to celebrate the rich botanical diversity of the eastern Cape, while simultaneously making the city beautiful. The Project is be-ing led by Mongamo Dlulemnyango ([email protected]) and Kwanele Mbangi ([email protected]), with support from a large group of volunteers who have donated time, expertise and resources.

If you would like to become in-volved and or make donation (in-cluding plants) to the project, please contact Grahamstown Resi-dents Association: [email protected].

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NASA scientist visits local schoolsSTAFF REPORTERDr Anne Verbiscer, a scientist from NASA, spent Monday and Tuesday at St Andrew’s College and DSG, address-ing science classes and each school as a whole. Dr Verbis-cer is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Virginia and worked with data from the Cassini Mission ex-ploration of Saturn from 2007 until it ended in September 2017. She is currently work-ing on the science team for the New Horizons mission, which is exploring the Pluto system and Kuiper Belt beyond.

In her address to the whole school, Dr Verbiscer told the

story of how the New Hori-zons mission has revealed de-tails about the surface of Pluto and its moons. The space craft, having orbited Pluto, is now continuing towards the Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto and is due to pass the Kuiper Belt Object named MU69 on 1 January 2019, to reveal more about this planetary body and its surface.

In the senior science classes, Dr Verbiscer told the story of the Cassini mission and how she became involved when water plumes from geysers in fissures on Saturn’s moon Enceladus were observed. Dr Verbiscer also visited jun-ior science classes to answer

questions.Dr Verbiscer was accompa-

nied by Sam Chevalier (OA 2008, Merriman). Chevalier met Dr Verbiscer when they travelled to Patagonia in 2017 to document the planetary event called a stellar occula-tion, when MU69 passed in front of a distant star, blocking its light from us.

Chevalier wanted the boys and girls to hear Dr Verbiscer’s stories and discover that sci-ence could provide adventure and opportunity beyond the laboratory. Chevalier’s initia-tive, a company called ReWild, tells stories through film to promote awareness and em-pathy.

Oscar Liss, Dr Anne Verbiscer, Kate Cobbing (HOD - Physical Science) and Sam Chevalier.

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Lindsay Davy (DSG science teacher), Amy Hamilton, Vuyo Motsilili and Sarah de la Harpe with Dr Anne Verbiscer from NASA. Photos: Supplied

The Grade R class at Victoria Primary School has a veggie garden, which they started with the help of Music teacher Donovan Wynne.

The children planted peas, basil, tomatoes, chilli, mielies, gooseberry bush, salad greens, and carrots. Grade R teacher Kerry Barrow said they planted the garden so that the pupils can “see growth from the garden to table, so they can see where food comes from.”

They should not see food only in the market, she added. Barrow said that the Grade teachers do help with watering because the children sometimes give too much; or too little water. – Text and photos by Lindani Donyeli

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CommitmenttocommunitySTAFF REPORTERMark Shelton and Jon Campbell said they wanted to thank the Grahams-town community for their overwhelm-ing support of Makana Service Station, now trading as a new Caltex outlet.

“The demolition and rebuilding of the site has taken many months to complete, but we are happy with the open and spacious layout of the new forecourt,” Campbell said.

Campbell said the staff and man-agement from the previous business were offered first option of employ-ment, which they had all accepted.

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“With the configuration of the fuel pumps, we have improved ease of ac-cess for motorists and tried to reduce traffic congestion as well as ensur-ing the safety of pedestrians in and

around the site.”Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer

(CECM) – master franchisor of more than 103 Caltex service stations in the Eastern Cape – has invested over R500 million in just over a decade in revamps, upgrades and building new sites, to ensure that locals and travellers have access to Caltex ser-vice excellence across the length and breadth of the province.

Makana Service Station would like to thank the local contractors and ser-vice providers that were involved in the renovations, namely Roy Bowles Construction, Gavin Dell, Jakes Elec-trical, Davies Plumbers, Peter Heyns, Brendon Coetzee, Signs Unltd, Gem Paving , Hitec Security and Night Watch Security, De-Klerk and de Villiers Insurance Brokers, Makana Municipal-ity, Hendri Frankenveldt Architects, MEH Sulter and MBB Engineers as well as the specialised fuel installations by Fueltech from Port Elizabeth and SRK Environmental Services, Tshawe Con-sultants and Thesens Generators from East London.

Shelton extended a special thanks to the Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer development team, for their support and guidance throughout the transi-tion.

The second phase of the develop-ment will include a small convenience store which will also be open from 6am to 9pm daily.Norman Bunde (Hi-Tec), Gavin Pagel and Simon Pieterson (manager) with customer Mathias Chirombo, at the

forecourt of Makana Service Station, which will open on Friday 23 March. Photo: Sue Maclennan

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Friday 23 MarchPALM CROSS WORKSHOP3pm at The Cathedral of St Michael and St Geogre Chapter House. Come and help to make palm crosses for the Palm Sunday services. No previous experience required, no age limit.

REDDITS POETRY6pm at Cafe D’Vine, 31 New Street. Please come along and share your love of poetry – your own work or a favourite by someone else – or simply sit with a glass of wine and enjoy the friendly welcome and superb poetry. Entry is Free.

HOSPICE GRAND BAND CHEESE AND WINE CONCERT7pm at the Kingswood College High Performance Centre. This year the concert will feature Kingswood’s First Band and Concert Band. Tickets cost R100 per person / R1 000 per table of 10 guests. All funds raised go to Grahamstown Hospice. Contact Alke Bradfield ([email protected] / 046 - 603 6670)

Saturday 24 MarchGOOD SHEPHERD PRIMARY SCHOOL’S PANCAKE AND 2ND-HAND UNIFORM SALE12.45pm at Good Shepherd School in Huntley Street. Come and buy some second-hand school uniforms at ridiculously cheap prices and snack on a pancake while you shop. Contact 046 622 8998.

ALBANY HORTICULTURAL AND LILIUM SOCIETY2:30pm: Meet in Knight Street next to the Fire Station. Summer garden visits. To visit the gardens at Settlers Close then on to Sally Koen’s garden and a picnic tea in Adrienne Ehrich’s garden. Bring a hat a chair and your picnic tea if it rains bring an umbrella. For more information contact Heather Surridge 079 587 9077

Sunday 25 March and Monday 26 MarchMASICULE - LET’S SING6pm on 25 March and 7.30pm on 26 March at the Guy Butler Theatre, Monument. Sibongile Khumalo will be the special guest artist. Tickets: Adults: 40, Concession - R30, Block bookings (10 or more) - R20. Book at www.tickethut.co.za or contact 046 603 1103.

Tuesday 27 MarchGRA PUBLIC MEETING5.30pm at Noluthando Hall. Acting Municipal Manager, Mr Ted Pillay, will be presenting information about the situation at Makana. The local Ward 2 Councillor, Mr Mphumzi ‘Ramie’ Xonxa will also be attending to assist with answers to questions. The meeting will be introduced by GRA committee member Xolani Simakuhle. This is expected to be a well-attended meeting, and a good chance to ask and hear answers to questions. Doors open at 5pm so that the meeting can start on time. [For people driving from central Grahamstown – travel up Jacob Zuma Drive until it levels out, take first left turn, go straight across first 4-way stop, as road bends to the right you’ll find Nolunthando Hall on the right]. Enquiries - call Ntuthu Hours: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday to Friday. Telephone, sms or Whatsapp the office at 078 922 5760 or [email protected]

Wednesday 28 MarchGUY BUTTERY IN CONCERT7pm in the Monument Foyer. The 2018 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Music, Guy Buttery, is currently on a nationwide tour - and we’re hosting him in Grahamstown for one night only. Cost: R70 - R90pp. Buy tickets at Pick n Pay or online - https://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=1479599925

Thursday 29 MarchU3A LECTURE10am at the Grahamstown Bowling Club. Speaker: Ron Weissenberg. Topic: Potholes, Politics & Potheads. All welcome. Charge R5. Contact Malcolm 046 636 1762.

Friday 30 MarchCHRIST THE SAVIOUR MOUNT ZION PILGRIMAGE9.30am at St Peter Claver Catholic Church in Raglan Road. 10am Depart to Mount Zion, Makana’s Kop. Wear: Comfortable clothes and shoes for hiking, take water, light jacket and a hat. Contact Sizwe 073 664 9849 or Nomsa 063 188 8082

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19 March 2018 5 Table 27 Board Howell MovementPair Names1. Margaret Banks & David Gain 62.96%2. Frank Kroon & Jenny Kroon 58.33%3. Mike Dacombe & Shirley Shaw 54.17%4= Jo Fitzhenry & Torquil Paterson 51.85%4= Val Buchner & Jenny Haswell 51.85%6. Mary Schudel & Peter Midlane 51.39%7= Ern van Hille & Maureen van Hille 50.93%7= Viv Botha & Agata Runowicz 50.93%9. Pair 4 34.26%10. Pair 8 33.33%

MondaysGRAHAMSTOWN BRIDGE6:30pm at Grahamstown Bowling Club. Duplicate Bridge. Contact Mary Birt on 083 657 0067.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING7:30pm at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Learn Scottish Country Dancing in a friendly social setting. Beginners welcome. Contact Val Hodgson 046 622 2308

TuesdaysSENIORS BRIDGE AND TEA 2pm at Christ Church Speke Street. Come and boost your weekly bridge. Join our 10 to 20 cheerful, friendly players. Cost R10 per person per week. Contact Maureen 046 622 5215.

ThursdaysGRAHAMSTOWN BRIDGE CLUB1:30pm at Grahamstown Bowling Club. Duplicate Bridge. Contact Mary Birt 083 651 0067.

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KOCK DAWID residing at 78 Vygie Street, Alicedale will be buried on Saturday the 24March 2018. ZONDANI BOY-BOY KHAY-ALETHU uhlala eBelcrest Farm, KwaPeter ungcwatywangoMgqibelo umhla we 24 March 2018. NCIYA PHINDILE JOHN uhlala e Freestone, Bathurst ungcwatywa ngoMgqibelo umhla we 24 March 2018.KAPO MONGAMELI DANIEL uhlala kwa 343 Mati Street, Alicedale ungcwatywa nge-Cawa umhla we 25 March 2018.BOOI THANDEKA ESTHER uhlala kwa 178 Extension 5, Grahamstown ungcwatywangeCawa umhla we 25 March 2018. SLAVAARD DONALD MNCE-DISI uhlala kwa 23 Nelson Street, Port Alfred ungcwat-ywa ngoMvulo umhla we 26 March 2018.

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Do you require a highly skilled painter who can also plaster walls, lay tiles, glaze windows, and repair roofs and gutters? If so, phone Patrick Mgqobele at 083 929 1317. For a recommen-dation, contact Mike or Sue at 046 636 2312 or

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4. EMPLOYMENTEmployment Offered

Looking for a licensed driver (motorbike) to do deliveries in Port Alfred. For interview please call 046 624 2240.

1. Child Welfare Grahamstown is looking for Sithembiso Gumede, the alleged biological father of Ayanda Noqayi, born 14/072001, Andile Noqayi, born 04/11/2002, Kamva Noqayi, born 16/12/2004, Siphelele Noqayi, born 12/05/2008, Philani Noqayi, born 10/09/2010 and Akhona Noqayi, born 25/03/2014 in Johannesburg.

Please could the father or anyone knowing his details contact Ms.Ziyanda Mooi, Social Worker at Child Welfare SA-Grahamstown on 046 636 1355 as soon as possible.

2. Child Welfare Grahamstown is looking for Luyanda Ngcewana, alleged to be in Port Elizabeth and the alleged biological father of Lihle Ncula born 21/09/2009.

Please could the father or anyone knowing his details contact Ms.Ziyanda Mooi, Social Worker at Child Welfare SA- Grahamstown on 046 636 1355 as soon as possible.

Bedroom to let in two-bed-room flat. Close to Rhodes. Lounge, bathroom, kitchen, secure private garden, off-road parking, WiFi avail-able. Phone 0828011353

Bedroom with en-suite bathroom in attractive digs in Sunnyside, close to Rho-des. Free wifi, maid, lounge with flat screen TV, secure off-road parking, big gar-den. Phone 0828011353.

Contact information: phone: 046 6223233 – call this number for all emergencies too, a voicemessage will give you the on call number; email: [email protected]

We are in desperate need of food donations as we are continuing to receive large numbers of unwanted animals into our care. These can be dropped either to the SPCA directly or to Madhatters Coffee Shop, Blu Robin and Pam Golding. We are also having a Tin Collection at Pick and Pay today (23 rd March) from 8am – 3pm Please pop along and support us with any donations you can. Thank you.

Cats and Dogs: We have a large selection of Cats, kittens, Dogs and a couple of Puppies to adopt please visit the Grahamstown SPCA to meet them and for more information

Cat of the week Hi….My name is Mr Jingles. I am a beautiful ginger cat, with lots of love to give. I love to talk and am very affectionate, especially once I have gained your trust. I am atrue lap cat and have the most adorable purrrrr. To meet me, please visit the Grahamstown SPCA or for more information call 046 622 3233.

Dog of the week: Hi, friends, my name is Charlie Brown. I am a tan and white collie cross, who is playful, friendly, energetic and very curious. I have a lovely joyful nature and am looking for a family to love me forever. Please visit me at the Grahamstown SPCA or for more information call 046 622 3233.

Thank you very much to the Grahamstown community for your continued food donations.Blu Robin, Madhatter’s Coffee Shop and Pam Golding Grahamstown are very kindly acting as pet-food drop off points.Kennel Sponsorships are still available for only R850 for a year!! Thank you to Grahamstown Vets and Ikhala Vets for your continued support. We are very pleased with all the young people becoming involved with the Grahamstown SPCA, thank you all for all thehelp you give us and the time you spend with the animals. Thank you to DSG girls for coming up to the SPCA, walking and socialising the animals and for helping with dog dipping.

Please come and visit our thrift shop and you can also buy books in aid of the SPCA from Madhatters Coffee Shop in town and Noom Coffee Shop in the industrial area.

Look in our facebook ‘Adoptions’ photo albums, to see who has found their forever home.Visit our SPCA shop on site! All books only R20! Boarding fees : Dogs- XL R55; L R53; M R47;S R42; Puppy or Cats R39. We desperately need fundraising ideas. Please call 046 622 3233.

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WANDISILE BOYIUhlala kwa 743 Extension 6 Grahamstown, ungcwatywa ngomgqibelo umhla we 24 March 2018. MNCEDISI JACKSON MAGOPENI uhlala kwa 755 Extension 6 Grahamstown, ungcwatywa ngomgqibelo umhla we 24 March 2018.NOFANI FLORANCE BOMVANA uhlala kwa 5422 Extension 6 Grahamstown, ungcwatywa ngomgqibelo umhla we 24 March 2018.XOLISWA JESSICA MAFILIKA uhlala kwa 12 Magqabi Steve Tshwete Village Motherwell eBhayi, ungcwatywa ngomgqibelo umhla we 24 March 2018.NTOMBODUMO GOTYIUhlala kwa 166 ‘A’ Joza Grahamstown, ungwatywa ngolwesihlanu umhla we 23 March 2018..

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Cops warn on car sales scamsSTAFF REPORTERPolice have urged members of the public to be cautious when they are buying used vehicles following several cases of poten-tial customers losing their cash in online scams.

“Make sure you actually see the vehicle before you pay over anything,” said SAPS spokesperson Captain Mali Govender in a statement, “Never send money or give credit card or online account details to anyone you do not know and trust. Govender also shared the following general safety tips for digital transac-tions. How to protect yourself from fraud and scamsPhishing and fraud scams are methods of deceitfully obtaining personal information such as passwords, identity numbers and credit card details by calling, sending emails or cellphone mes-sages that look like they originated from trusted sources, such as banks. Typically, these emails or messages request users to click on a link which directs them to a spoofed website – one designed to fool them into thinking it’s legitimate – to obtain, verify or update contact details or other sensitive financial in-formation. These emails and messages also contain a telephone number and contact person whom you should call, and you’re often promised a chance to win large sums of money. How to prevent the scam• Never respond to emails or cellphone messages appearing to be from your bank, which request your personal details. No bank will ever ask you to confirm or update your account details by email.• Never provide your online ID, password or PIN to anyone and never write them down or share them.• Do not save your Internet banking password on your desktop.• Do not leave your computer unattended after you have en-tered your Internet banking password.• Always log off or sign off at the end of a session.• Avoid conducting Internet banking in public places such as Internet cafés, or on computers that are accessed by people you do not know.• Change your PIN and passwords regularly.• Put sensible transaction limits on your accounts (for example, say that not more R3000 can be withdrawn at any one time and to have raise the limit inside the bank branch).• Only provide your credit card details to reputable companies.• If it looks too good to be true, it usually is.• Be cautious when purchasing any item online, it is advisable to conduct verification if the company is registered.

CHURCH SERVICESABUNDANT LIFE WORSHIP CENTRE - Kuyasa School Hall10.30am Morning Service - Pastor NC Julius 079 496 4256 AFM OF SA - God’s Glory Assembly - Indoor Sports Centre - Ext 69am Youth and Sunday School Services 10am Morning ServicePastor B.L. Kutu 082 828 6194AGS/AFM EL SHADDAI (Former AOG Church, Blackbeard Street)10am Morning ServicePastor Pieter Swartz 082 414 7711 Elders: Dennis Goliath 073 272 8112Ronnie Scheepers 083 610 2926BODY OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL RAINBOW MINISTRIES - Makana Hall9am Children Ministries 9.30am Intercession 10am Sunday ServiceApostolic MM Mngcongo 071 906 4286BOWKER STREET BAPTIST CHURCH10am: Sunday Service - Pastor: Eugino NelCATHEDRAL OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE7.30am Holy Eucharist (AAPB) 9.30am Sung Eucharist (AAPB)CHRIST CHURCH - Speke Street8.30am Sunday: Holy Eucharist with Hymns (APB 1989)9am Wednesday: Holy CommunionVic Graham 076 098 5763CHRIST EMBASSY CHURCH - 19 African Street in Princess Alice Hall9am Morning ServicePastor Stewart 078 875 0319CONQUERORS COVENANT CHURCH - Nombulelo Hall, Joza10am – 12pm SundayNceba Ngeju 073 653 2655EMMANUEL ASSEMBLY - 12 Paton Place, Vergenoeg10.30am Morning Service 5.30pm Evening ServicePastor Apost NJL Williams 084 226 2457EVERY NATION CHRISTIAN CHURCH - VGHS Hall, Beaufort Str9.30am Morning Service12.30pm isiXhosa Service 6.30pm Evening Service046 622 3426FRONTIERS CHURCH INT - VP School Hall, Beaufort Street9.30am Dave Koch 084 470 2095 or 046 636 7815FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD - 11 Caldecott Street9am Morning Service and Promised land (Sunday School)6.30pm Evening ServicePastor JJ Botha, 046 622 5949 or Email: [email protected] REVIVAL MINISTERIES - 8073 Lingelihle Loc Ext 6 Joza10am Morning ServicePastor TP Dube Ngcayisa 083 671 9686GRAHAMSTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH - Bathurst Street9.30am Morning Worship and Sunday School Every 1st Sunday Communion6.30pm Evening Service every 3rd Sunday Communion11.30am Kariega Church 4th Sunday onlyGRAHAMSTOWN CHRISTIAN CENTRE - Lucas Meyer Ave9am Sunday WorshipPastor D Hagemann 046 622 3309GOD'S KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP - 8 Frere Street7pm Wednesday 10am SundayMrs Mildred Oosthuizen 046 622 6655 or 079 475 0868JABEZ HOUSE ASSEMBLY - Sun City community creche10am Morning Service 6pm Evening Service Pastor T Smit 079 622 9812MARIYA uMAMA weTHEMBA MONASTERY - Highlands Road - Holy Cross Benedictine Monks9am Holy Eucharist 046 622 8111METHODIST CHURCH OF SA Commem 9am English ServiceWesley 9am English ServiceSole Memorial 10am Afrikaans ServiceSt. Mark's 11am Afrikaans ServiceSt. Mark's 6pm Afrikaans ServiceNEDERDUITSE GEREFORMEERDE KERK - 38 Market St9am Erediens, aand selgemeentes 046 622 4598NEDERDUITSCH HERVORMDE KERK9am Every Sunday erediens - Port Alfred 2nd and 4th Sundays 11am Eredienste Cannon RocksProf John Gericke 046 624 9025PEACE OF CHRIST MINISTRIES AND PRAISE - Nduna 1, Ext 1, Joza9am Kidz Church 9.30am Intercession 10am Sunday ServicePastor PP Pango 082 662 9422PINKSTER PROTESTANTE KERK - Brushwood Farm, industrial area, behind Ght Prison

9am Sondagskool 10am Oggenddiens 7pm AanddiensShawn Warren 082 808 6136RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) 622 3382 or 622 3076 RIVER OF LIFE - Assembly of God cnr Hill and Huntley St8.30am MORNING ALIVE ( Worship service & Kidz Church)10am Worship Service & Kidz Church 6pm Dynamic Evening Service Pastors Innocent and Milcah Matepo. 046 622 3626ROCK OF AGES CHRISTIAN CHURCH INTERNATIONAL - Duna Library - Joza10am: Sunday ServicePast FW Arendse 072 118 9049SALEM CHURCH8.30am Rev Mike KirbySEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH -next to Pick n Pay9.30am Sabbath School (Saturday) 11am Worship ServiceST AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH 9.30 am Sunday ServiceST BARNABAS (Alicedale)10am Xhosa service on the 1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month and the English service on the 3rd.J Olckers 082 601 9665ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH (Market Street)9am Eucharist with hymns - APB1989Fr Eric Kelly 046 622 4552ST CLEMENT’S CHURCH - (top end of High Street, next to Railway Station)9am – Holy EucharistST CYPRIAN’S - (Highlands) 10am Second Sunday of month. Contact R Wilmot 0825796886 or P Rose 082 801 1353ST MOSES CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ZION OF RSA - (9772 Manka Veleleni Street, Vukani Location)Sunday 11am to 1.30pm Wednesday 6pm to 7.30pmSiyabulela Mnyakama 073 961 7839ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC CHURCH (Joza) 8am Mass ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH (Albany Road)10am Sunday Mass 6pm Tuesday service ST PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH (47 Hill Street)8am Sunday Mass. -046 622 2808ST PETER CLAVER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH (Raglan Road)11am MassST PETER’S (Sidbury) 10am Every 1st Sunday.R Hart 042 235 1250 or Rev Isaias Chachine 071 005 0185THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION OF AFRICA (Z Street, Joza)10am Sunday School, 11am ServiceRev KA Ndaleni THE ROCK FAMILY CHURCH(1 Dundas Street)8.30am - Sunday Services Makana LibraryShaun Brandon 073 227 9143THE OLD APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN ZION OF SA (behind Benjamin Mahlasela High) - 11am Sunday Service, 6pm Wednesday serviceArchbishop NT Chrisjan 083 363 1073THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER–DAY SAINTS (6 Bennett Str)9am Sundays 046 622 5705THE UPPER ROOM, W.O.W MINISTRIES7pm Monday: Bible Study - 19 Frere Street, 7pm Thursday: Holy Spirit Evening - Antics Centre, Albany Road5.30pm Sunday: Evening Service - Antics Centre, Albany RoadEv. Jenfred Engelbrecht 083 204 4456TIBETAN BUDDHIST MEDITATION CENTRE - 19 West StreetTuesdays 6pm - 7pm MeditationSundays: 9am - 10am Green TaraTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Hill Street) 9.30am Morning Worship and Sunday School6.30pm Evening ServiceChurch Office: 046 622 4254Rev Boitumelo Gaborone 081 554 5485UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (Albany Road)9am Sunday School, 10am Morning Service, 6pm Evening ServiceUNIVERSAL CHURCH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD (UCKG) 33 Beaufort StreetWeek: 6am, 7am, 10am, 3pm, 5pmSat: 7am, 10amSun: 8am, 10am, 1pmWAY OF GOD MINISTRIES (Ext 6, next to Joza Indoor Sports Centre) 10am Sunday Service 6pm. Apostle PS Ngqezana 084 824 2363

14 NEWS Grocott’s Mail 23 MARCH 2018

From Page 3The single roomsLast week, Grocott’s Mail re-ported that the single rooms (as depicted in Rapport) had been used until the MEC’s visit. This was confirmed by Nehawu Chairperson, Mtsila.A subsequent photo released by the DA showcased the same room as the Rapport photo but it was completely empty. A delegation from the DA had visited Tower on 12 March.

The delegation was told by Ngcume that the rooms were not used because they failed to meet the required stand-ards.

On Friday 16 March Gro-cott’s Mail journalists found the single room in the photo to be empty, but other single rooms had mattresses stored inside, while at least one was complete with a made-up bed, with linen and a pillow. Ngcume earlier told Grocott’s Mail, “The patients that are there in the single rooms wanted to be there.

“Some patients are there voluntarily.” Patients could otherwise be placed in single rooms only on doctor’s orders, she said.

The kitchen and laundryMtsila told Grocott’s Mail last week that the night before the MEC’s visit, brand-new supplies were brought out. These included new patient uniforms, ward beds and fresh food. However, Ngcume said that it would not have been possible for the hospital to ac-quire new patient clothing or food stock before the MEC’s visit.

She said food was ordered at the beginning of each month, and patient clothing was delivered from a manu-

facturer in KwaZulu-Natal.Grocott’s Mail journalists

were showed a linen store room filled with patient cloth-ing and bedding, as well as various fridges and pantries in the kitchen fully stocked. Both premises were clean and organised. Further investigationsSince the visit on 16 March, Grocott’s Mail spoke to Abong-ile Sipondo, Area Manager of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

Sipondo confirmed that the SAHRC was aware of the al-legations against the hospital.“The Monday after the City Press article (i.e. 5 March) we drafted an allegations letter and sent it to the MEC.”

“We gave them seven days to respond to the allegations. In addition, we decided to go

and visit ourselves. We spoke to the CEO as well as two hos-pital senior managers – asked about the allegations. We did a tour – the wards, the laun-dry, the kitchen – all the places mentioned in the story.”

SAHRC received the MEC’s response within seven days, Sipondo said, and was told that she had not found any-thing suspicious during her visit.

However, she decided to set up an investigative team.

Sipondo said that the MEC’s task team would be at the hospital for two weeks, 12 through 24 March.

“When the Department of Health has finished their in-vestigation, we will do our re-port. It will be a compilation of what we saw, and what the Department reports.”

Sipondo said that during a

visit to the hospital with two other staff members every-thing had seemed in order and hospital management had provided responses to each al-legation made by Sukeri.

SAHRC had also been told that only two out of the eight single rooms in ward 6B were not used. The others were used if a patient was restless, they had been told.

The final status of the SAHRC’s report will depend on the outcome of the MEC’s investigation. “Most reports published on our website – in-vestigative reports – make a directive, i.e. the ‘respondent must do this and that’,” stated Sipondo.

Grocott’s Mail will continue to report on further develop-ments of this story.

• Additional reporting by Sue Maclennan

Human rights probe waits

Laundry Operations Manager, Babalwa Ndarana, shows a hospital linen storage room filled with clean linen, and neatly folded tracksuits for patients. Photos: Sue Maclennan.

Isolation cells in the Ward 6B complex. The depiction of one of these in the 4 March Rapport article was among the concerns that has triggered a series of investigations into the facility in the past three weeks.

Call for more whistleblower helpBy KATHRYN CLEARYPublic Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) continues to call for the protection of the Tower Hospital whistleblower.Last week, Grocott’s Mail re-ported that according to the Protected Disclosures Act, or ‘Whistleblower Act’, former Tower psychiatrist is protected against victimisation or unfair consequence.

PSAM Director Jay Kruuse emphasised that the Depart-ment of Health must uphold the rights outlined in the Act.

On 18 March, the Sun-

day Times reported that Life Esidimeni whistleblower, Nomawethu Kunene, had been missing for 20 days. Kunene’s disappearance fol-lowed her confusing arrest in December of 2017, as well as an unexplained R10 million that was deposited into her NGO’s bank account.

The article stated, “neigh-bours said that on the night of Kunene’s disappearance, they heard a loud bang com-ing from her house. It was later followed by the sound of a moving car”.

News of Kunene’s disap-pearance is unsettling, par-ticularly with regards to the rights outlined in the Protect-ed Disclosures Act.

Since Rapport’s publication of the Tower whistleblower’s claims, both the Department of Health as well as the South African Human Rights Com-mission have begun investi-gations.

Kruuse stated; “While it’s encouraging in some respect to have the Human Rights Commission investigating the affairs at the hospital, the

[Protected] Disclosures Act envisages that a whistleblow-er can also make their disclo-sure to the Auditor General and the Public Protector.”

“Not only should this case be taken up and looked at by the Human Rights Commis-sion, but strictly speaking the law requires the Public Pro-tector to act on protected dis-closures when they are made to that office.”

Grocott’s Mail will continue to investigate Tower Psychi-atric Hospital in conjunction with PSAM.

Single-cell rooms: the much publicised one (left) empty but another furnished with a mattress and bedding. Photos: Sue Maclennan

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Rhodes Archery

Rhodes University Archery Club hosted the Eastern Cape Target Championships on Sun-day 11 March 2018. In addition to hosting a suc-cessful event, Rhodes Archery Club could cel-ebrate a strong performance from all of their archers. However, it was Yashin Naidoo, Derryn Nel, and James McAlpine that really shone in the Grahamstown sun on the day.

Naidoo, took home the gold in the Recurve Junior Men division, while Nel and McAlpine, both students at Rhodes, won gold in the Compound Women’s and Compound Men’s competitions respectfully.

McAlpine and Nel have been competing at a national level since 2017, and racked up a num-ber of medals in that time. Nel has won a total of three gold and one silver medals in various events over this time period. McAlpine has a total of three gold, two silver and one bronze medals in a number of competing in the same period. McAlpine has also earned his Eastern

Cape Provincial Colours for Outdoor Archery.However, the star of the trio lies in the

youngster, Naidoo, who has represented South Africa at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships, as well as earning his SA Na-tional and Eastern Cape Provincial Colours. Naidoo has held the National Champion title every year since 2014 in Recurve U15 and Re-curve Cadet Men.

Naidoo has broken 6 SA National records in Recurve U15 and Recurve Cadet men. He also made history as being the first junior archer to be selected as a SA Archery Gold Squad athlete, and he has broken 8 South African re-cords, two of which are African records during the same period.

“While winning a medal is always reward-ing, it is also a reminder to stay focused,” Nai-doo said, “ Archery is a challenging sport on many levels, so I try to keep my focus on my short and long terms goals.”

Yashin Naidoo, Derryn Nel and James McAlpine alongside the other Rhodes winners from the Eastern Cape Championships last weekend. From left to right: James McAlpine, Derryn Nel, Yashin Naidoo, Matthew Barwick and Trevor Rochat. Photo: Supplied

KNOW THE SCOREDiocesan School for Girls: DSG started off their winter sports season with vari-ous fixtures over the last weekend. Full results from the weekend are as follows: Hockey DSG vs Volkskool (in Graaff Reinet): DSG 1sts 6-0 Volkskool DSG U16A 4-1 Volkskool DSG U14A 3-1 Volkskool 2nds DSG vs Union (in Graaff Reinet): DSG 1sts 1-0 Union DSG 3rds 1-2 Union 2nds DSG 4ths 4-0 Union 3rds DSG U16A 3-1 Union DSG U14A 6-0 Union UHS U16B DSG U13A 1-0 Union DSG U13B 0-1 Union DSG U13C 0-0 Union SPAR Hockey Festival at Kingswood College (all results for DSG 2 nd team): DSG 1-1 Victoria Girls 1sts DSG 0-0 Brandwag 1sts DSG 1-2 Gill College 1sts DSG 0-6 Kingswood College 1sts DSG 1-0 Cradock HS 1sts DSG 3-0 Volkskool 1sts Netball: DSG vs Framesby: DSG 1sts 13-26 Framesby DSG 2nds 8-18 Framesby DSG 3rds 7-17 Framesby DSG U16A 12-21 Framesby DSG U16B 14-19 Framesby DSG U16C 12-24 Framesby DSG U14A 9-27 Framesby DSG U14B 6-22 Framesby DSG U14C 2-23 Framesby

Kingswood College: Kingswood College took part in a number of spot-ting fixtures over the past weekend. Here are a full look at their results: Rugby: Kingswood 1sts 67 -3 Muir Kingswood 2nds 34 – 0 Muir Kingswood 3rds 55 – 0 Muir Kingswood 4ths 60 – 5 Muir Kingswood U16A 53 -10 Muir Kingswood U15B 10 – 15 Muir Kingswood U15A 31 – 7 Muir Kingswood U14B 12 – 35 Muir Kingswood U14A 10 – 22 Muir Hockey (Girls): 1st XI Spar EC School Girls’ Challenge: Kingswood 4-0 Cradock Kingswood 3-0 Gill Kingswood 2-0 Brandwag Kingswood 6-0 DSG 2nd XI Kingswood 5-0 Volkskool Kingswood 2-0 Victoria Girls Kingswood 1-0 Brandwag (Final) Tennis (Girls): Kingswood U11A 31-39 DSG Kingswood U11A 63-35 Port Alfred Tennis (Boys): Kingswood U13A 56-54 Graeme U11A Kingswood U13B 28-65 Graeme U11B Swimming: KC Interhouse Relay Gala: 1st Place – Wood (121 points) 2nd Place – Gane (120 points) 3rd Place – Chubb (111 points) 4th Place – Jagger (107 points)

BoklegendvisitsKingswoodBy SHAUN GOOSEN

Kingswood College en-tertained Springbok legend John Smit on

Friday afternoon, when the Test centurion arrived in Grahamstown to present the 2018 First XV players with their jerseys ahead of the new season.

The school’s First XV squad, who got the new sea-son underway at Muir Col-lege on the weekend, were patently delighted to be in the presence of the 50th Springbok captain. The Wy-vern pavilion at Kingswood College was the venue for the presentation, and the 39-year-old fielded questions from the pupils about his playing days, before hand-ing over their jerseys for the rugby season ahead.

Friday marked the second Eastern Cape school visited by Smit this past week in his capacity as an ambassador for Xerox, following a trip to Grey High in Port Elizabeth a few days prior. Indeed, his involvement was met with great gratitude from both schools whose First Team players were thrilled at the prospect of interacting with the most capped Springbok captain of all-time.

“I’ve actually come for the weekend [to Grahams-town],” Smit quipped. “I’ve

John Smit was at Kingswood last week to hand over the First XV rugby jerseys to the players. Photo: Shaun Goosen

had a few visits to schools; started off at Grey and fin-ished off here. I chatted to the boys at their assembly and it’s a great opportunity to be able to pass on some advice and in-formation to the next genera-tion.

“Xerox brought me and my boy here and we’ve had a day filled with talking to the schoolboys; we go back on Sunday. I’ve got the weekend with my son, he’s never been to the Eastern Cape so it’s a

first for him.”Smit played in 111-Test

matches for South Africa, whom he led to two Tri Na-tions titles (2004 & 2009), a 2007 Rugby World Cup crown as well as a series win over the British & Irish Lions in 2009. The ex-Shark also played for Clermont Auvergne in France following his successful World Cup campaign, before call-ing time on his career in 2013 whilst plying his trade for Sar-acens in England.

Frisbee tourney coming By STEPHEN KISBEY-GREENThe Rhodes University Ulti-mate Frisbee society will play host to this year’s South Afri-can Flying Disc Association (SAFDA) Mixed Nationals tournament in late April. This will be the first time that Gra-hamstown has hosted such an event.

The Ultimate Frisbee Mixed Nationals is a team event which contains a mixture of both men and women in each team. Teams from across the

country, including several uni-versity teams, will converge on Grahamstown on April 27, to take part in the tournament. Rhodes Ultimate has opted to make use of Albany Sports grounds for the event, as the Rhodes sports fields are too scattered to host the number of matches required in quick succession. Rhodes Ultimate chairperson, Eduard Andersen, is excited for Grahamstown to host their first mixed nationals event. “For the locals here, we

want to have a bit more expo-sure. We want people to come, watch and have a good time. With the clubhouse there, and the market, it’s not only for Frisbee, so come and have a good day.”

Andersen added, “The teams in the Eastern Cape are usually developmental, but, especially for Rhodes, hosting this and participating in this tournament will be of great importance because the soci-ety is so young”.

PJ trounces Ntsika in U13 tourneyBy GARFIELD KHANYILEEighteen schools descended on PJ Olivier’s A and B rugby fields on 16-17 March to take com-pete in the Frans Erasmus U/13 Rugby tournament. A total of 42 matches were played between the various primary schools.

Local sides Graeme Col-lege and PJ Olivier competed against schools from as far away as Port Alfred and Cra-dock. PJ primary played seven matches and won three of them, with two draws and a two loses. The tournament had no outright winner, as it was played more as a festi-val, but the experience these young athletes obtained is sure to benefit them in the long run.

The final game of the week-end saw two first teams going

head to head. PJ Olivier’s High School first team played Nt-sika’s first team. There was not really much at stake other than a good start to the sea-son for both teams. PJ Olivier got off to a great start, scor-ing two converted tries in the opening minutes. The conver-sions were made by fullback Waldo Marcus. PJ Olivier con-tinued to pile on the pressure and moments after a Ntsika player went down they added more points to the scoreboard. This is when the floodgates opened; increased pressure and great play from the home side resulted in them heading into halftime with a resound-ing 40 point lead.

The second half saw the home side come out to contin-ue where they left off, scoring

minutes after kick-off through their scrumhalf Keano Felix, after showing the Ntsika de-fenders a clean pair of heels. Ntsika’s ill-discipline resulted in their fly half receiving a red card and the game being soon cut short by the referee due to Ntsika players letting their emotions get the better of them. PJ Olivier walked away with a 50-0 win.

“I was nervous seeing as that this is our opening match of the season, so I didn’t know what to expect,” said the home side’s coach, Manie Cronjé. He, however, was pleased with the team’s per-formance despite the match being called to a halt. The sea-son is yet to busier, but so far both the team and coach are content. For the netball results

HIGHLIGHTSSuper Rugby The Bulls kick off this weekend’s Super Rugby for the South Afri-can franchises when they take on the Crusaders in Christchurch, with the Sharks playing the Mel-bourne Rebels in Australia just after. Saturday will see the last two remaining SA franchises, the Stormers and the Lions, take on the Reds in Cape Town, and the Jaguares in Argentina respec-tively. Pro14 back Round 18 of the Pro14 sees the action back in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, when the Southern Kings take on Benetton on Saturday afternoon. The Kings’ last outing saw them win their first Pro14 match in emphatic fashion against the Dragons in PE. The Cheetahs will open the weekend against the very same Dragons in Newport on Friday night. SAC Tennis The second St Andrew’s Col-lege Lawn Tennis Challenge took place this past weekend as a fundraiser fr the local Child Wel-fare branch. The overall winners were Dr Mike Godlonton and his partner Mrs Alke Bradfield from Kingswood. The SAC/DSG section was won by James Sparks and Lollie van Coller. Split Blitzbokke The South Africa Sevens team will send two different teams to the Hong Kong Sevens tourna-ment and the Commonwealth Games in Australia. The Blitz-bokke will send their more experienced players to Australia for the weekend of 14-15 April. This will give the younger players an opportunity to shine in Hong Kong the week earlier. Rabada returns The Protea’s no. 1 test bowler, Kagiso Rabada, is available for the South African side’s third test against Australia, after he was found not guilty of the level two charge of making ‘inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with a player’ following an ap-peal hearing in Cape Town on Monday.

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UWC break Rhodes Stallions 58-15By: CHANEEZ SIAS

The Rhodes Stallions welcomed the University of Western Cape on Monday 19 March, in their

last match of the 2018 Varsity Shield competition. The Stallions had not been in good shape, having lost every game they had played in the Varsity Shield this year. To make mat-ters more difficult, the current Varsity Shield champions, UWC looked to finish the season on a high.

With the memories of last season’s 88-8 embarrassment still fresh in the mind of most Rhodents, the Stal-

lions certainly had a point to prove. UWC made their first try look like child’s play when Sthaba Mqhafu dove onto a slight grubber from his team mate. UWC extended their early 0-8 lead after Keagan Fortune secured the points for the conversion.

It seemed like the score sparked the Rhodes Stallions as Petu Ntutu closed the gap with his first uncon-verted try for Rhodes. Soon after this, the home side were within touching distance of the visitors, with a score of 10-13, after both teams managed to score unconverted tries.

However, this was when UWC kicked into second gear and showed once again, why they are the new champions by scoring 37 unanswered points. UWC scored through AB Carstens, MS Bright (x2), CJ John and TT Herecke, which took the score up to 50-10.

The stallions still managed to squeeze one last unconverted try onto the scoreboard but it was too little too late for the home side. The visitors had the final say after the fi-nal hooter when UWC widened the gap even further, taking the score up

to a whopping 58-15.With their latest result Rhodes

Stallions have ended a disappointing season, with no wins and now face an uphill battle to possibly reclaim their place in The Varsity Shield competi-tion. Coach Carlos leaves the Varsity Shield season on a positive note de-spite his team’s heartbreaking loss-es. “From where we were when we started, there’s a vast improvement and it’s a pity that the scoreboard does not reflect on the entire game. As a coach I am very proud of the guys.”

Rhodes outside centre Cian Waugh made some very influential runs and played well on attack. Above pictured drawing in four UWC players. Photo: Daniel Goldberg

FRIDAY 23 MARCH ATHLETICS •SA Schools’ Championship (Rustenburg, North West) HOCKEY: • Kingswood (Girls & Boys): U13 Co-Ed Hockey Festival: Girls vs Holy Cross 16:00; Boys vs Holy Cross 16:25; Boys vs Glenwood 18:00 • Kingswood (Boys): Tony Godding Festival (EL): 1st XI vs Cambridge (Cambridge) 18:00 • Kingswood (Girls): Greg Beling Festival (EL): 1st XI vs Cambridge (Cambridge) 17:00 • DSG: 16:00 Girls-U13A v All Girls Festival (Col-legiate); 17:25 Girls-U13B v KC Festival vs Holy Cross • St Andrew’s College: 16:00 1st XI v Stirling High School, East London NETBALL: • DSG: 12:55 1st Team Netball various fixtures (Away); Girls-U16A various fixtures (Away); Girls-U15B v Kingswood College; 16:00 Girls-U13A v All Girls Festival (Collegiate)

SQUASH: •DSG: 16:00 Girls-U13A v All Girls Festival (Col-legiate) TENNIS: • DSG: 16:00 Girls-U13A v All Girls Festival (Col-legiate); 16:00 Girls-U12A v All Girls Festival (Collegiate) WATER POLO: • DSG: 16:00 Girls-U13A v All Girls Festival (Col-legiate)

SATURDAY 24 MARCH RUGBY: • Graeme Rugby Day: 08:00-14:00 - See grocotts.co.za/…/graeme-college-confirm-fixtures-for-graeme-day for full fixtures. • St Andrew’s College: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, U16 A, U16 B, U16 C, U15 A, U15 B, U15 C, U14 A, U14 B, U14 C vs Hudson Park High School (Home) - 08:00-14:00 • Kingswood College: 1st XV (Graeme - Som-erset), 2nd XV, 3rd XV, U16A, U15A, U14A vs

Framesby - 09:00-15:00 (Home) HOCKEY: • St Andrew’s College: 11:00 1st XI v Hudson Park High School; 15:00 1st XI v Merrifield HS • DSG: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U16 A, U16 B, U16 C, U14 A, U14 B vs Hudson Park High School (Away) - 09:00-12:00 • Kingswood (Girls & Boys): Kingswood U13 Co-Ed Hockey Festival • Kingswood (Boys): Tony Godding Festival (EL): 1st XI vs Merrifield (Selborne) 10:00; 1st XI vs Selborne (Selborne) 18:00 • Kingswood (Girls): Greg Beling Festival (EL): 1st XI vs Eunice (Clarendon) 11:00; 1st XI vs Pearson (Selborne) 16:00 ATHLETICS: •SA Schools’ Championship (Rustenburg, North West)

NETBALL: •DSG: All teams vs Hudson Park High School and others (Hudson Park) - 08:10-13:10

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