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CONFIDENTIAL evidence ex-pectedtosurfaceat theTongaatMall inquiry could badly dam-
age developer Jay Singh’s case.Expected to be formally entered
into the record in October, the find-ings, described as “mind-boggling”by inquiry commissioner PhumudzoMaphaha, are the result of tests —which cost more than R500 000 toundertake — on crucial support col-umnsSingh’s legal teambelievesmayhave been under-designed andplayed a crucial role in the collapse.
The mall, built without municipalapproval, collapsed on 19 Novem-
ber last year, killing two and injuring29 people.
Singhwas both the developer andcontractorbuilding themallusinghisownconstructionfirmGralioPrecast.
The test included the constructionofareplicacolumnsimilartoadisput-ed column in the collapsed section,built under the supervision of theDe-partment of Labour.
Sources revealed these resultscould halt any “smoke-screening” ofevidence and should show the testedcolumn could support a load (weight)in excess of 50% of what was re-quired.
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“It is mind-boggling what has hap-pened. We hope to get a full reportsoon,” said Maphaha.
In previous hearings it hademergedtheconcreteusedonthesitewassubstandardandtherewereonlyseven of the required 19 steel barsneeded to reinforce a beamholding acollapsed concrete slab.
At a hearing held in Umhlanga onMonday,AndreBallackpresentedhisoriginal 3D modelling of the mall.
“Our opinion is the structure wasproperlybraced[securedfrommove-mentandable towithstandpressure]and modelled correctly,” he said.
However,consultantengineerRobYoung—whowastheleadconsultantin developing King Shaka Interna-tional Airport, and now acting forSingh—badgeredBallack on severalalleged anomalies in the model.
“It is a complex model, but any-thing can be done mathematically,but itmust [withstandpracticalappli-cation],” said Young.
AfterMonday,thelast tworemain-ing people to take the stand will beBallack and Singh.
Ballackislikelytobequestionedonhis responsibility on site, defendalle-gations he seldom signed off docu-mentstimeously,aswellas faceabar-rage of questions over the structuraldesign.
Singh — who will be last up — isexpected to face the toughest grillingandwill bequestionedonmultiple fa-cets of the disaster.
Singh prepares totake the stand
FROM PAGE 1 Residents feel ‘safer’ onCoronation Road>> Speed calming measures put in place afterreckless drivers wreak havoc
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THE construction of speedhumps on Coronation Road,Buffelsdale has assisted the
community in garneringmore safety.This according to some members
of the community and ward council-lor Michael Abraham.
According to Sunny Pillay, a resi-dent of Calendula Crescent, he hadpersonally witnessed the fast andreckless drivingof many motor-ists recently.
“We appreci-ate the sterlingwork done byAbraham andhis excellent ser-vice deliveryprogrammes.
“Tongaat has been given a newlookwiththenumberofnewroadsur-faces, sidewalks and footpaths.”
Abraham said that many roadswere in a bad state of repair and thathe “fought a hard fight to secure sucha huge budget for Tongaat”.
“Of course in a major project likeourswefirsthadtocutandremovethestructurally unsound material and
then repair. Old speed humps thenhad to be removed. Resurfacing fol-lowed. The surface had to be curedbefore painting of the lines and stopstreets.
“Finally new speed humps had tobe constructed. Therefore I request-edthepublictobepatientandtoexer-cise restraint, to be extra careful aslines had to be marked and speedhumps put back. In two weeks I had22publicmeetings toappraiseall the
Abrahamstressed thatpainting of thelines on theroad surface
and the installation of speed humpsalready commenced and would thenmove on to other roads until all thework is finished.
He reminded all road users to ob-serve all the road rules especiallyspeed limits and to readily considerthe interests of other motorists andpedestriansstatingthatoncelivesarelost or maimed “it is too late for re-grets”.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDConstruction workers on Coronation Road.
Tongaat has been given anew look with the number ofnew road surfaces, sidewalksand footpaths.
AFORTY-year-oldman is fighting forhis life following a pedestrian acci-dent on the R102 between Verulamand Canelands on Tuesdaymorning.
Details surrounding the accidentare still unclear at this stage.
According to Netcare spokesper-son Santi Steinmann, Netcare 911paramedics arrived on the scene andfound the critically injured man lay-
ing on the road after hewas knockedover by a car.
“Due to the extensive injuries hehad sustained, a medical helicopterwasactivatedtoairliftthecriticallyin-jured man to hospital for the urgentmedical care that he required.”
The trafficon thenorthboundwasseverelyaffected,asall thelaneswerecloseddownforthehelicoptertoland.
Paramedics takeaway the injuredman.
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MEDICLINIC Victoria Hospitalin Tongaat have opened theirnew medical suites recently,
whichisthefirstofitskindontheNorthCoast.
The medical suites, situated at 10Ushukela Drive, Tongaat, is just onepartofphase1ofamajorprojectwhichalso includes a new laundry, kitchen,administrationdepartment, receptionand emergency unit.
The building project commenced ayear ago and significant progress hasbeen made.
Hospital manager JennyMeer saidthe renovation is part of the hospital'slong termvision to effectivelymeet theneeds of the community.
"The expansion responds to theneedsofourspecialists,generalpracti-tioners and the community at large."
Mrs Meer added that the hospitalhas a waiting list everyday and morebeds will help alleviate this problem.
Seven resident specialists - Dr RMoodley and Dr MI Sarvan (physi-cians),DrLMKunnieandDrRCNaran-bhai(paediatricians),DrKTSubrayen,DrSPMoodley andDrMPillay (gynae-
cologists), Dr M Naicker (gynaecolo-gists), Dr CDJ Moolla (ophthalmolo-gist), Dr K Naik (orthopaedic surgeon)and Dr SI Hussain and Dr DG Munks(urologists) - have alreadymoved intothe hospital’s newwing of themedicalsuites.
The new building comprises twofloors and two levels of parking.
The hospital has a licence for 120bedsand thenewwardwill accommo-
date22morebeds.MediclinicVictoriarecentlyreceivedalicencefromtheDe-partment of Health for a day-hospitalfacility. "Thehospital is anoperationalsite and revamp will continue toprogress.
Next on the list areour theatres.Wewould like to thank the community fortheir patience and are confident thattheexpansionwillenableustoprovidea more comprehensive and conve-nient service."
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Headdedthatup-on arrival three pas-sengers were treat-ed for their injuriesand transported to alocal hospital.
“Thedriver of thevehicleinformedRe-action officers thathe was travellingfrom Trenance Parkin the direction ofVerulam when hedecided to overtakea vehicle in front ofhim.
“The driver fur-ther stated that hefailed to see an ap-proaching vehiclewhich he attemptedto avoid resulting inthe taxi leaving themain road andcrashing down aparallel road,” saidBalram.
“The force of theimpact ripped theleft hand side frontrim of the hub andthe right hand sidetyre to burst.
“The vehicle slidon itshubforseveralmetres before itcame to a completestop,” he added.
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The temple, which was estab-lished in 1916, used the heritage rec-ollections get together to commencewiththeirprocessofgatheringhistor-ical information for the sake of cap-turing the100yearhistoryofboththeMudamandtheMaidstoneShreeEm-perumal Temple.
Some of the senior members whorecollected with historical fervourwereMrRMoopanar,MrDGMoodley,Mr Thanga Padayachee.
Moopanar went as far back as the1940’s to reminisce over the roleplayed by his father and other stal-wartsattheMudamwhichwassituat-ed at thepresent venueof the temple.
Moodley and Padayachee recol-lectedwithnostalgiathehistoryoftheMaidstoneShreeEmperumalTemplewhich was situated in the vicinity of
thepresentMillHostel soccer groundadjacent to theMaidstoneSugarMill.
They recalled themany organisa-tionswhichemanatedfromtheMaid-stone Temple and hall whichwas thenucleus of the Maidstone Barracks.
Some of the organisations whichoperated from the school hall includ-ed a primary school, a physical cul-
ture club for boxing and gymnastics,drama club, two orchestras, and ahost of sporting and other civic orga-nisations.
All these organisations operatedamidst the core functions performedby the temple in terms of the prayersand festivals observed by the temple.
The temple makes an earnest ap-
peal to all devotees, officials andmembers of the public who have hada long relationship with the temple,who in possession of photographsand other memorabilia to call thetemple on 032 945 1496.
They aim to gather the relevantmaterialrequiredfortheirc entenarybrochure.
Seen are the seniorfolk from the Gandhi’s Hill settlementand the MaidstoneBarracks who recollected with fervourincidents and anecdotes from the past.
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NORTHWICK Den-tal Centre hosteda heritage healthday programme forresidents on Tues-day, 23 September.
The teameducat-ed the communityon general anddental health, bloodpressure, blood sug-ar assessments, HIVawareness and test-ing, dental hygieneeducation, dentalscreening, dentureassessment and pol-ishing.
The elderly fromthe Verulam DayCare Centre weretreated to freeclean-ing and polishing oftheir dentures.
One of thepractitionerstalks to theresidents.PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Northwick celebrates Heritage Day
MORE than 150 people attended themedical camp hosted by the NorthCoastIndependentPractitionersAsso-ciation at the Stanger Training Centreon Saturday, 22 September.
The IPApartneredwith theDepart-ment of Health, Lancet andMediclinicVictoria Hospital.
Residents had their glucose andblood pressure tested while the chil-dren received their immunisations.
Females were also able to have papsmears done.
Trained professionals also provid-ed those present with informationabout family planning as well as HIV/Aids.
General practitioners, Dr UN Nai-doo, Dr YNNaidoo, Dr RM Pather andDr S Hajaree as well paediatrician, DrS Chetty and dentist, Dr W Sahadewwere on hand to treat the adults and
children.Bethel Baptist Church together
with Sanlamhosted the secondpart ofthe programme where they providedsnacks and lunch to all who attended.
Medical camp a huge success
They alsoprovidedministry,music andsporting ac-tivities at theevent for theunderprivi-leged resi-dents.
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Water shortages hit>> Restrictions implemented for the second time this yearJYOTHI LALDAS AND SHANNONHOPKINS
BELOW average rainfall in thepast 15months has resulted inwaterrestrictionsbeing imple-
mented on the North Coast.Dam levels have fallen sharply,
causing water shortages to alreadyoccur in some areas in iLembe.
Service provider Siza Water an-nounced last week that all their ser-vice areas - from Zimbali through toTinley Manor, Shakaskraal, Eteteand Nkobongo - would be under wa-ter restrictions. This after restric-tionswereputinplaceinFebruaryfora period.
Readings show the Hazelmerecatchment, the source of water sup-ply, is under pressure. On 11 Sep2013 the supply was at 98%, butdropped to 56% by 10 September2014.
“Theuseofhosepipes,washingofdriveways, roofs and vehicles aswellas the use of irrigation systems is
banned, until further notice,” said aSiza Water notice.
Consumers who do not complywill be liable for a fine of R3000. Re-strictions will remain in place untilthe public is otherwise informed.
Thesituationhasbeenexacerbat-edbyunusuallyhighspring tempera-tures. If this continues, more exces-sivelyhotdayswilloccurinapproach-ing summer months.
This is according to Shami Hari-chunder, the corporate stakeholdermanager at Umgeni Water, the ser-vice provider for most areas in theiLembe District.
According to Harichunder, hightemperatures cause increased evap-oration.
“This possible scenariowill be ex-acerbated if theElNino effect occurs,as is expected, by resulting in belowaverage rainfall. El Nino is aweatherphenomenon that occurs irregularly,usually once in every three to sevenyears. It leaves in its trail low rainfallin somepartsof theworld,drought in
some countries and floods in manyother parts of the globe.”
Harichundersaidoperationalme-teorologists in SouthAfricahavepre-dictedthatthetrendof lowrainfallex-periencedthusfaris likelytocontinueuntil January 2015 - through thespring and early summer monthswhen the highest rainfall usually oc-curs - in KwaZulu-Natal, in general,and in the Umgeni Water catchmentareas, in particular.
“Thiswill have the effect of inade-quate raw water being available forUmgeni Water to treat and supply toitscustomers-oneofwhichis iLembe- for reticulation to domestic, busi-ness and industrial users.”
In a state of stress is the NorthCoast system (Hazelmere and Imvut-shane River).
“The North Coast System (Hazel-mere), which supplies parts of Dur-ban and the iLembe District, also fa-ces the possibility of drought. TheUmvutshane River, which suppliesMaphumulo, is almost completely
dry. This has resulted in 66% reduc-tion in the volume ofwater that is be-ing treated.”
An earnest appeal is being madeto consumers to use water sparingly.It is believed that if water conserva-
tionmeasuresare implementednow,there may be sufficient water availa-ble to meet future needs.
View the full list of waterrestric-tions and to download necessaryforms at www.sembcorp-sizawa-ter.co.za. Customers can register foralerts fromSiza. These can be sent [email protected] orcontact our Customer Services De-partment on0329467200duringof-fice hours.
JEHOVAH’S Witnesses from Tongaat and Verulam can look forward to theirregional convention to be held from 3 to 5 October at the Moses MabhidaStadium in Kwa Zulu Natal. A whopping 25 000 delegates from KZN, including South and North Coast as well as Inland and extending to Pietermaritzburg are expected to attend.
A series of threeday international and regional conventions takes placearound the world from June 2014 to January 2015. It started the UnitedStates and continued in Australia, Ecuador, England, Germany, Greece,Mexico, South Korea, and Zimbabwe.
Present world conditions, economic hardships, family breakdowns, depression and daily anxieties of life are challenges that the entire humanrace is facing today.
A world free from this is the hope the Bible delivers. (Rev 21: 3,4). Aspart of a Global campaign Jehovah’s Witnesses from a local congregation
Members from the Verulam Congregation with theirinvitations: Maya Mohan, Allyssa Mungal, CreightonSamuel and Norman Govender.
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THEDepartment of EconomicDevel-opment,TourismandEnvironmentalAffairssaiditwas“thrilledthebiggestmeeting of airlines in the world iscoming to Durban in 2015”.
The announcement was made atthe 20th World Route DevelopmentForumheld thisweek in Chicago and
attended by a delegation of tourismandbusinessofficials fromKwaZulu-Natal.
It will be the first time the WorldRouteDevelopment Forum is held onthe African continent.
The department’s Bheko Madlalasaid this provides an opportunity to
lobby for more international airlinesto fly directly into and out of KingShaka International Airport.
“The fact that the world economyis indemandgivesus theopportunitytobeable to leverageandattractevenmore airlines to the province ofKwaZulu-Natal. We have worked
quite hard to ensure thatwe increaseinternational arrivals into KZN andwethink the fact that theWorldRoutecongress is being held here next yearfits well with this vision,” he said.
Theeventwill beheldat the InkosiAlbert Luthuli International Conven-tion Centre in September next year.
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have started inviting allin their neighborhoodto the event by meansof a colorful invitation.
The cover of the invitation draws attention to “A World Government”.
This is summed upby three questions:Why do we need one?Is it possible? Who isqualified to rule?
The answer to thesewill be delivered in English, isiZulu and Signlanguage.
A highlight will betwo theatrical productions which will bring aBible story and a modern day drama to life.
The first of the dramas will be on Friday at3 pm and the second onSunday at 2pm. Theprogram will start on allthree days at 9.20 am.OnSaturdayat11.45amthe Baptism talk will befollowed by water immersion of new delegates.
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Where logic and reason fail
SIBUSISO BIYELA
IAMa self-proclaimed advocate ofscience, but as I have learnt overtheyears,mineisastupidventure.
Science is abodyof knowledge that isappliedbypeoplewe call scientists tounderstand the physical world usingexperimentation and reasoning tocome to conclusions.
It is also very important that advo-cates of science, suchasmyself, driveintheirownlanesandrealise thatsci-
ence cannot solve, know, or under-stand everything.
This is a very humbling fact, onethat needs to be accepted as is, on ac-countof theexistenceofopinionsandthe growing tendency to let logic andreason take a backseat in a worldruled by counter-knowledge.
Now, I have been told, and havesubsequently read many a literatureon the internet, telling me that thereare some things that science cannotknow and can never explain.
Thatstatementcanseemvery flat-worldly, but such an analysis wouldbeunfair to theadvocateof thesuper-natural.
Howcanwedifferentiate betweenestablished facts and counter-knowl-edge?
Well, the western world has comeupwithafewuseful tools forthephys-icalworld: experimentationandOck-ham’s razor sums up most of thesetools.
When researchers are faced witha natural phenomenon that is not yetunderstood, they use experimenta-tion to determine the mechanismdriving the phenomenon.
Where experimentation fails or
not is possible (such as a historicalevent), it is useful to ‘cut the crap’.
This is where Ockham’s razorcomes in; it looks at the many expla-nations presented and cutting thebull@#t, settles for the simplest one.
In other words, where there is aperfectly natural explanation for aphenome-non, the su-pernatural isfrowned up-on –that isuntil testableand reliableevidencesupports it.
It is im-portant thatthe most established theories of na-tureencounter themost rigorousandrevealingepisodesofscientists tryingto prove it wrong.
Themost accepted are only so be-cause they withstand the plethora ofattempts to disprove them.
Such is for the physical world,though,whilst thesupernaturalhasadifferent set of rules outside therealms of science.
And out there, pretty much any-
thing goes.This remindsme of the old slogan
of The Church of Scientology: “if it’s afact for you, it’s a fact.”
Let us consider aman of God whoclaims that the Holy Spirit resideswithin him.
This is a fact that cannot be tested,and there-fore residesoutside sci-ence.
If, howev-er, the ambi-tious man ofGod claimsthat he canuse the HolySpirit to heal
the injured, cure AIDS and cancerthrough prayer, he then brings as-pectsof thesupernaturalworld toourphysical reality, and at this point al-lows scientific testingof these claims.
No occurrence of faith healingworking has been recorded or peer-reviewed.
Amore physically viable explana-tionwouldbethathewhoclaimstobehealedbyafaithhealerthroughnoth-ingmore thanprayer, is tellinganun-
truth.Whilst thismaybreak thecredibil-
ity of the witness, it keeps intact thelaws of physics by cutting the crap, inotherwords, we use Ockham’s razor.
Whilst this fact means faith heal-ing does not work in the physicalworld, itsaysnothingofthesupernat-ural, which as I said earlier, anythinggoes.
This place where anything goes iscalled by Collin Campbell the culticmilieu;whichisthecesspoolofall thatis unbelievable andwhere those thatforego reason, logic and choose to ig-nore all manner of established evi-dence, reside.
Ihavebeen toldalso, thatmiraclescannot be explained by science be-causetheyoperateoutsidethe lawsofphysics.
This is a face-palm-worthy state-ment at face value, but then I remem-ber how science cannot explain “ev-erything.”
When it comes to so-called mira-clesand thehocuspocus thatplaguesthe cultic milieu, the phenomena ofthis supernatural world are only asstrong as those who believe in it, theadvocates.
And this is where science (whichencapsulates logic and reason), dif-fers: it works whether you believe init or not.
So, what do you believe in?
Sibusiso Biyela
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PEOPLE often ask others what they would dowith their last day on earth.
Theansweris typicallysomethingthorough-ly un-thought-out, like spending the time
in Paris.If the pre-warnedwere to stop and consider
their answermore carefully, theywould realisethe unpleasantness of spending 19 of their last24 hours in airports, and squashed next to thatobligatory obesemanwithhalitosiswho seemsto be on every aircraft I have ever boarded.
Last weekend, I was faced with a differentquestion, albeit one just as difficult.
Beingatthetailendofmyfirstmonthofbeingpaid on the last day of the month, rather thanthe25th,mypursestringsareshorterthanever,and frayed to the point of decay.
So, armed with my R4.33, I debated how tospend my weekend and what to do with theselast few hard-earned cents.
I put in a call tomybankmanager to seekhis
advice,buthemerelylaughedandremindedmeof the prudence of frugal living.
I told him it was a little late for that, and weparted ways on our usual frosty terms.
My nextmovewas to use some ofmy last re-mainingdatatotaketoWhatsappandFacebookand find out what my posse were planning forthe weekend.
It pays to have friends wealthier and betterconnected than oneself, and this bout of mes-saging scored me a free ticket to Friday night’slocal rendition of “Whose Line is it Anyway”,whichhasbeenaptlyrenamed“WhatKind”, forits Durban audience.
As a thank you to my friends over at theCatalina, I must pause here to tell you thatthe place is awesome.
Before youbegin yournext tiradeabouthowboring Durban is and how the city is a culturalvacuum,checkouttheCatalina’sofferingonlineat catalinatheatre.com.
The “What Kind” show, held once a month,is produced by local independent producer,Sandy Bigara, who, in my opinion, is as awe-someat directing as she is at sportingpinkhair.
Theshowisheld in theCatalina’s trademarklate-night slot, starting at 10pm, on the last Fri-day of every month.
This slot, by theway, is open on other nightsto any production accepted by the Catalinateam, so I implore all directors andplaywrightsto help make Durban a more happening place.
Myplans to spend the rest of theweekendonthe beach, using my R4.33 to tip car guards,were well and truly scuppered by the rain,which, while much-needed, would have beenscheduled to begin onMondaymorning if Iwasany kind of deity.
On Saturday night, I attended a friend’sJames-Bond-themedbirthday party, and theredevisedabrilliant plan to avoid further week-ends of month-end destitution.
Iamgoing todevelop, in thewordsof theaw-fulLadyGaga,a“poker face”so formidable thatanightatacardtablecanaddzeroes tomybankbalance.
Luckily forme, thebest things in life, suchasfriendships, sleep, and theneighbour’swifi, re-main free.
As long as I have those, and a boxof month-end Salticrax, I will survive tosee another payday.
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A world in our grasses>> Estate manager reestablishes grasslands which are now rare country wide
SHANNON HOPKINS
ANORTH COAST eco estate en-vironmental manager, PeterCoulon, is hard at work re-es-
tablishing grasslands in the area.Grasslands are now considered
under threat of disappearance inSouthAfrica. Thiswas highlighted ata talk by Professor Eugene Moll atSimbithi recently (reported in BallitoFever 12 September edition).
Coulon,whohasworkedatSimbi-thi sinceearlier thisyear,hasbeen fo-cussing on restoring natural grass-land on the estate.
MostofSimbithiwasformerlypartof a sugar cane farm.Sugar canenowtakesupmostofwhatwasoncecoast-algrasslandafewhundredyearsago.
The only naturally occurringgrasslands remaining on the North
Coast are around Nonoti, Tugela andthe Amathikulu Nature Reserve, ex-perts say.
“Grasslands are hugely underval-uedby society, beingnot as attractive
as forests. They do have their ownbeauty though.Weaimtobeabench-mark here for coastal grasslands,”Coulon explained.
He is currently working on about
50 hectares of grassland in Simbithi,and says it is a long-term project.
“Creatures that frequent thewoodlands would not inhabit grass-landsandviceversa, thuswestand tolose certain species if we do not lookafter our remaining grasslands.
“Unlike forests, that mostly ‘dotheir own thing’, grasslands have tobe carefully managed,” said.
He said environmentalists are do-ing much research on the subject, aslittle is known about some aspects ofgrasslands and the role they play. Vi-tal to creating healthy grasslands aremowing and grazing by animals.
“We are currentlyworking on get-ting support from the local fire de-partment to allow us to burn, whichis crucial to keeping grasslandshealthy.
“We are also mowing and taking
out grasses and plants that have es-tablished themselves in excess,” saidCoulon.
“In2015wearehoping to conductsome trail burns in our grasslands ifwe get support from the local fire de-partment to allow us to burn, whichis crucial to keeping grasslandshealthy. We are also mowing and re-moving some invasive local grasseslike panicum deustem, that have es-tablished themselves in excess,” saidCoulon. Excess tick berry - which iscrowding grasslands - is also beingremoved.
One of his key areas of focus is es-tablishingRedGrass(Themedatrian-dra),whichisafinegrassforthegraz-ing of animals. The estate has anum-berof buckwhichwouldbenefit fromthis - including different duiker spe-cies, reedbuck and bushbuck.
Coulon has a Btech in nature con-servationandhasworked inreservesand establishments in KZN for thepast 30 years. He has worked forEzemvelo KZN Wildlife, Natal ParksBoard and Msinsi Holdings, and in anumber of reserves such as Ndumoand Hluhluwe Game Reserve.
Simbithi environmentalmanagerPeter Coulon pointsto the patchof RedGrass he isworking onestablishingin the estate.PHOTO:SHANNONHOPKINS
DEBI BLAKE
JEANS. Almost all of us have a pairor two in our wardrobe.
It is hard to believe that there wasa timewhen clothing retailers hadnoidea what they were or who would
want to buy them!Malcolm (MAK) Smith (93) is the
man responsible for bringing the Le-vi’s brand of jeans to SouthAfrica - in1955.
England-bornSmith,spenttimeinthe United States and Canada pre-
Second World War, which was whenhefirstsawcowboyswearing jeansinthe Midwest.
He sailed to South Africa postwaron the Union Castle and began doingbusiness in the jewellery retail trade.After a few years, realising that thiswasanelitemarket,hedecidedto im-port clothing into the country. Levijeans to be specific.
Smith is also the man responsiblefor Converse and Sebagos footwearappearing on local shelves. When hefirst approached the buyers at topclothingstoresinJohannesburg,theyhad never seen jeans before.
“After negotiations with Levi’s inSan Francisco I brought out a fewpairs and initially had a tough timegetting the clothing retailers at thetime to consider stocking the brand.
“They couldn’t work out whowould want to wear them!”
It took three weeks to get the firstconsignment from the US to Johan-nesburg. The first batch of 12 pairswas a sell-out. And the rest is history.The factory cost of apair ofLevi’s cost
$2.78intheearly50s.Theretailpricethen was the equivalent of R5,95.
Women’s jeans first appeared inclothing stores in themid-60s - Levi’sforGals - “before that ifwomenwant-ed a pair they would have to ventureinto the men’s section,” Smith said.
At93yearsold,Smith is still anac-tive businessman and shows no signof stopping any time soon.
“I have flownaround theworld 57times!” he said.
Post-Second World War - Smithwas in the RAF - he was commis-sioned to fly press despatches toLon-don from the Nuremberg War Trials(1945/46).
Hehassomanyotherstoriestotell.OnoneofSmith’smanybusinesstripshe foundhimself seatednext tooneofthemen involved in the great Oppen-heimer Diamond Robbery of 1955 -who was being extradited back to
England (Google OppenheimerDiamond Robbery).
When Smith recognised him, andexpressed his concern about his ownpersonalbelongingsduringtheflight,
the man said, “Don’t worry, I onlysteal from those who can afford it!”
Smith’s association with local ho-tels began in the late 1940s.
“I first came to Durban around1948/1949andusedtostayattheBal-moral. In later years I would stay attheMaharani and bring clients to theBeverly Hills Hotel for dinner.Umhlanga Rocks in the early dayswasaverytinyvillage!”Smithrecalls.
Accompanying him on his manybusiness trips is his personal assist-ant - Cynthia Sing -who beganwork-ing for Smith in Johannesburg about40 years ago.
They both reminisce about howtechnologyhasmadetravel,businessand communication so much easier.
“In theolddaysonehadtobookte-lephone calls overseas...and some-timeshavetowaitadaytobeconnect-ed,” Sing said.
Smith has embraced the latesttechnology. “I find the internet usefulin keepingup-to-date on current af-fairs and studying the world’s stockexchange.”
PHOTO: DEBI BLAKESeasoned traveller Malcolm (MAK) Smith and his personal assistant CynthiaSing are welcomed to the Beverly Hills Hotel by general manager John deCanha (right).
Globetrotter par excellence
THE Entrepreneur of the Year competitionparticipants enjoyed a new challenge tothe initiative recently.
The event was an added feature andbenefit of this year's iLembe Chamber'sEntrepreneur Programme.
The challlenge was held to encouragebusiness problem solving, team cohesion,competitiveness and creativity, especiallyin a group context. Firm Deloittes agreedto get involved.
Ironically the team called "The A team"won.
They received R3000, to be donated tothe small business development/entrepreneurship programme at a school oftheir choice.AR500prizealsowenttoeachmember of the winning group.
“We were very pleasantly surprised bythe quality of the presentations. Given thecommitment the entrepreneurs have already put in this year's entrepreneur pro
gramme was five months long and theamount of information they have been assimilating, such a standard was remarkable,” said iLembe Chamber’s Nobuhle Funda, who is running the competition.
The final will be held this week.
Zaahid Abdul, Andre Pottans, Nobuhle Funda, Guy Braizer and Cahmaber CEO Cobus Oelofse.
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The Entrepreneur's Deloitte business challenge October 3, 2014
OUR common heritage was celebrated in style at a gala evening of cultural and artistic performances at
the Sibaya Casino’s Izulu Theatre lastweek.
Crawford College and Preparatory pupils collaborated with the LIV Village Choirand the KZN Youth Orchestra to presenta range of heritagethemed music, songand dance items.
Commencing with the “Circle of Life”and “I am an African”, the musical spectacular wove together the cultural influencesof our region.
“Somewhere over the Rainbow” wasperformed delightfully by Robyn Gillespie,supported by the KZN Youth Orchestraconducted by Lyk Temmingh.
Music specialists Rozanne Paragon andNina Watson led the programme furtherwith “Pata Pata”, sung by Robyn Ndlovuand Amanda Kunene, supported by theLIV, Prep and College choirs. “Spirit of theGreat Heart” was amongst many othermemorable performances.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDGumboot dancers from left: Lebohang Mohlomi, Thandolwethu Sibiya, Sakhile Mamoepa, Thembela Sibisi and Sihle Junior Magubane.
School celebrates Heritage Day>> Musical event held to honour the rainbow nation
MOUNTVIEW Sec-ondary School'sgirls chess teamwascrowned the bestteam in the Pine-town district afterwinning the districtchampionship re-cently.
They were victo-rious after beatingWestville Girls Highin the finals. Theteamwillnowrepre-sent the PinetownDistrict in the Pro-vincial Tops SchoolsTournament in pur-suit of their provin-cial colours.
Michford Primary School pupils participated in a volleyball competition organised by the MafukezelaGandhiCircuit Primary Schools. Boys U13 were declared winners.and Deneshan Arumugam was selected as the mostvaluable player. Seen are the winning team.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Michford pupils shinein volleyball tourney
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDCrawford Preparatory grade two pupil VaryaNaidoo takes first place in the sight readingcategory at the Crawford Arts Festival heldrecently.
Naidoo takesnumber one
AUM NAMA SIVAYA
You’re kindly invited to attend the YearlyMemorial Service of the Late
Mr Amuthavasan Naidoo (Vasan)
Date: Sunday 05 October 2014Time: 11:00am to 12:00pmVenue: Belvedere Community Hall
Sadly missed by his loving wife Yano,children Preshan, Daveshen, Kirosha and
a host of family & friends.
Please accept this as a personal invitation.
10 Years has gone by and it seems likeyesterday that God chose you from the rest
because you were the best.
Your humour, wise words of wisdom andsmile will always be treasured and remain
dear forever in our hearts.
Sadly missed by her sons, daughters,son-in-law, daughters-in-law, grand and great
grand children.
In Loving Memory
MRS ANNAMAH MUTHUSAMY84 YEARS
YEARLYMEMORIALSERVICE OFRADHA NAIDOO
You were a Mum who was so special and loved so much.You brought immense happiness to every heart you touched.You were always kind and caring, so understanding too.And if help was ever needed, it so freely came from you.
Our hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow what itmeans to lose you, no one will ever know.
Date: 03 October 2014Time: 7pm Service & supper will be served from 5pmVenue: V. Moonsamy Hall, Buffelsdale, TongaatSadly missed by you loving family, friends and relatives.
Please accept this as a personal invitation.
DATE: Tuesday 7thOctober 2014VENUE: Belvedere Community Hall,
TongaatTIME: 5:30pm–Supper
7:00pm–Formalities
Her laughter will forever resonatein our hearts.
Sadlymissed by son Erin, daughterErona and a host of family & friends
Your presencewill be appreciated
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MERVYN KRISHNA
USA based organisation, "Circle of LoveFoundation",whohavebeenworkinginthedisadvantagedareasinKwaDukuza
for several years, has partnered with KZNCrossroads for their latest project.
They have previously distributed necessi-ties suchasshoes, clothing,blanketsandsoap.They have also opened a computer lab at oneof the schools.
Last Thursday, the team visited GledhowPrimarySchoolandhelpedpupilswithmedicalneeds.
Child-sized quilts made by the ChristianComforters were handed to all Grade R chil-dren.
Theteamthenwent toseveral schools in theVerulamareaandhosteda two-dayclinicopento the public.
Disadvantaged communities were givenreading glasses to older adults and sunglassesto those with cataracts.
TheteamalsosharedtheGospelwithsever-al families. Zulu and English Bibles were dis-tributed as well.
Patients received free consultation and freemedicine.
PHOTO: MERVYN KRISHNAAn American doctor seen attending to some of the Grade R pupils at Gledhow PrimarySchool.
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Taking the new Ford Mustangfrom sketch to production>> The design of the 2015 Mustang is allnew yet unmistakably Mustang
FOR a car designer, the chance to reimagine an icon like Ford Mustang isalways exciting. Doing this for the fa
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As Ford’s performance leader, the basicparametersofMustangwereobvious:rearwheel drive combined with the sound andperformance of a V8 engine to create thevisceral experience that Mustang driversexpect.
Part of the appeal of Mustang over theyears has been the way it combines style,performance and everyday usabilitythanks to its fourseat cabin and sizabletrunk.
These attributes had to be part of thenew design. With these basic parameters,Ford designers established a footprint towork with roughly the same as the fifth
generation model.
From a design standpoint, the challenge washow to design a car that was contemporary, but unmistakably
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a bold, aggressive face, with chiselled de
tailing on thebody and a more athletic stance on its tires.
Several hundred sketches were submitted in early 2010 incorporating many of theprimary Mustang DNA cues to varying degrees. The long bonnet, short deck, boldgrille, sharkfront nose, fastback profile
interior featured the distinctive symmetrical instrument panel with a double browdesign and large analogue gauges.
Throughout 2011, hundreds of initialsketches were narrowed down to a handfulofproposalsthatwouldbetransformedinto an initial batch of clay models for evaluation in three dimensions. After further development, three themes went into the final selection phase in early 2012.
By the summer of 2012 as with all previous generations the main Dearborn, Michigan, studio took the lead on developingthe Mustang into a production car.
Designers, clay sculptors and digitalmodellers spent countless hours refiningthe lines and surfaces that create the threedimensional body side and the powerfulhunches as well as the longsculpted hoodwith a forward leaning nose that give the2015 Mustang its unique look and personality.
Details such as the shape and size ofthe grille and headlamps were refined andthe rear track was widened by 70 millimetres, giving the new car an even more aggressive stance.
The elimination of the front and rearbumper shelves and the use of unified sideglass with the Bpillar hidden behind the
rear quarter windows contribute to thenew Mustang’s more contemporary shape.
On the interior, the team paid close attention to the relationships of the variouselements, and designed them in a way toachieve optimum fit and finish.
The final theme was inspired by thewing of an airplane, with the double browcarved out of the wing.All the gauges, registers, toggle switches and other design elements are placed into the wing. Everything is where it needs to be for usability,just like the cockpit of an airplane. The toggle switches are a highlight of the moderncentre stack.
The designers have also taken advantage of modern lighting technology atboth ends of the car. Indirect LEDs illuminate the blade style tribar tail lamps witha uniform glow. LEDs are also used for thethree gills mounted inboard of the highintensity discharge headlamps, recalling thegills moulded into the headlamp bucketsof the original 1965 Mustang.
Along the way, the shape of the newMustang underwent twice as much aerodynamic testing as any previous generation.
The final production design of the allnew sixthgeneration Ford Mustang wasrevealed to the world on 5 December 2013and it will go on sale in the US later thisyear.
This is also the first generation of theMustang that will be sold across the world,including South Africa, Australia, and theUK.
The allnew Mustang, with V8 and EcoBoost® engines will go on sale in South Africa late 2015.
A sketch of new Ford Mustang.PHOTO: SUPPLIED
TOYOTA has released images of a stunning conceptcar that provides the first hint of a type of vehicle thecompany would like to bring to the small SUVmarket.
The radical Toyota CHR concept, which will have
its world premiere next week at the Paris Motor Show,presents a bold new dynamic design language.
The striking blue CHR concept introduces an expressive new “diamond architecture” styling themeto the segment and features a hybrid powertrain. Be
PHOTO:SUPPLIEDThe newToyotaSUV.
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low its compact, sensual cabin profile, the lower bodywork has beensculpted to representthe faceted surfaces ofa highlydurable, precisioncut gemstone.
The front view debuts new stylingthemes that hint at afuture design directionfor Toyota vehicles afurther development ofthe company’s “underpriority” and “keenlook” design identity.
From the side, thehighlyfaceted lowerbody, aggressively angularrearshouldersandmuscular wheel archesare contrasted with anexceptionally sleekcabin profile.
Highlydistinctive,aeroinspired, floatingrear light clusters further enhance the broadshoulders of the concept car’s lower bodywork.
and rear tribartail lamps werereinterpreted indozens of different ways.
A challenge forlocal athletes>> Walkers and runners enjoy HyperSave seriesWEEKLY REPORTER
THE 30thlegoftheAsmalsHyperSaveSe-ries which symbolises an annual mile-stone of Checkout Verulam Falcons AC
development programme was held last week-end.
Theseriesisafertilefieldtounearthnewtal-entandaperfect launchpadforathletes to takeon new challenges. For the seasoned cam-paigners it helps hon e skills and assists run-ners to reclaim their fitness.
Stalwart JosephMangcwangule ran a swift64minutesthroughthechallenging15kmfromVerulam toNaninga along theKing ShakaAir-port.
He was followed by Michael Mohlongo.WalkingmaestroEddieSinghandCeliweNda-ba were the leading 15km walkers.
With Premie Reddy and the gutsy KB Chainleading the10kmrunningandwalkingcatego-ries.
Meanwhile Bala Govender ran an easypaced township to township marathon fromUmlazi toKwaMashuona cool and refreshingSpring morning.
Hecompletedtheuniquepoint topointmar-
athon tying the twoworld'swhich sandwichesthe CBD across a tapestry of communities.
THE ILembe District Municipality in conjunc-tionwith theJacobGZumaFoundationhostedMsholozi soccer tournament last weekend forthe first time in iLembe.
The tournament was started by the presi-dent of South Africa, Jacob G Zuma.The cornerstone of the tournament is to de-crease substance abuse activities in the youth.
As the tournament grows, organisers plan toaddmore sports codes, and even include peo-ple with disabilities.
ILembe District selected their players whowill represent iLembe inDecemberatNkandlaassisted by iLembe District Municipality.
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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDSeen are some of the players in action.
Msholozi soccer a hit
Some ofthe localsoccerplayerswho tookpart inthe Msholozi soccertournament recently.PHOTO:SUPPLIED
Saturday 4 OctoberSheik Mohideen Stadium8:30am U13 Calypso Sporting vs Trouble
Makers; 9am U17 Tongaat United vs Maid-stone; 10am U15 Shakas Head United vsTrouble Makers; 11am U15 Real Attackers vsBarcelona United; 12pm U17 Tongaat Unitedvs Trouble Makers; 2pm Tongaat United vsScorpions; 3.30pmUthongathi vs Beeva Ram-blersBuffelsdale Stadium10am U17 Cottonlands vs Dallas Young
Stars; 11:30am U15 Belvedere vs Maidstone;2pm Spain B vs Belvedere; 3.30pm Cotton-lands vs Disco BHambanathi Stadium10am U13 Hambanathi Tigers vs Gandhis
Hill; 11amU15 Gandhis Hill vs Calypso Sport-ing; 2pm Hambanathi Tigers vs Umbhayi Li-ons;3.30pmNewtownStarsvsSupersportEa-glesSunday 5 OctoberSheik Mohideen Stadium11am Uthongathi vs Maidstone; 1pm Sab
Uthongathi vs SizweRangers; 3pmSabCalyp-so Sporting vs CoronationBuffelsdale Stadium11am Umbhayi Lions vs Disco A; 1pm Su-
persport Eagles vs Shakas Head United; 3pmSab All Stars vs Eleven MenHambanathi Stadium11am Dallas Young Stars vs Gandhis Hill;
1pmThanx vs Belvedere United; 3pm Spain Avs Newtown Stars;
Dolphins defeatedby record play>> An international experience for local team
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ROBIN Uthappa and ManishPandey struck a record part-nership to lead the Kolkata
KnightRiders toa36-runvictoryoverthe Dolphins in their ChampionsLeagueTwenty20GroupAmatchyes-terday.
Uthappa and Pandey put on arecord CLT20 third-wicket stand of153 off 91 balls as Kolkata posted aformidable 187-2 after the IndianPremier League team had won the
They took the attack to the SouthAfrican team with Uthappa bringingup his half-century off 35 balls andPandeyracing tohis50off39deliver-ies.
Seamer Robbie Frylinck was thebestof theDolphins’attackasheend-ed with 1-29 off his four overs.
The Dolphins’ reply never got offthe ground as they struggled to 57-4despite a 47-run third-wicket standbetween Vaughn van Jaarsveld (19)and Morné van Wyk (34).
Khaya Zondo (32) and Phehluk-wayoaddedsomerespectabilitywitha 63-run fifth-wicket stand off5.4 overs.
The left-handed Phehlukwayolooked a good prospect as he strucksix fours and a six during his enter-taining 18 balls innings before beingbowled by Narine.
Narine accounted for Robbie Fry-linck(11)andZondowithconsecutivedeliveries, both men caught at deepmidwicket by Piyush Chawla as theDolphins’ innings faded.
The win was Kolkata’s 13th T20victoryinarow,arecordforanIndianteam and they play Hobart in thesemi-finals after ending the leaguephaseof thecompetition topofGroupA while the Dolphins bow out afterlosing all four of the matches.
toss and elected to bat.Mystery spinner Sunil Nar-
ine nabbed 3-33 as the Dol-phins stumbled to 151-8 with18-year-old Andile Phehluk-wayo top-scoring with 37.
OpeningbatsmanUthappa,who was circumspect at thestart of his knock, ended on 85notoutoff55ballswith13fourswhilePandeywasunbeatenon76 off 47 deliveries with fivefours and five sixes.
The duo turned around apoor start for their team afterthey had slipped to 34-2 afterfive overs with GautamGamb-hir (12) and Jacques Kallis (6)both being dismissed cheap-ly.
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