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MATRIC RESULTS:OVERBERGDISTRICT TOPS INWCAPE

Yippee forHermanus schools

HEDDA MITTNER

Manyaparentheavedasighof relief and

many a 2013matric pupil was out on the

towncelebratingafter thematricresults

were announced at the various schools

on Tuesday.

Of the eight education districts in the

Western Cape, the Overberg district came

out topsbyachievingthehighestpercentage

pass rate in the province with 89,9%.

In a statement released by the Western

Cape Education Department (WCED), the

minister of education Donald Grant said he

is very pleased with the 2013 results. They

have confirmed that the system is qualita-

tively getting better and I believe that fur-

ther improvements canandwill beachieved

in the years to come because our focus has

always been on systematic, sustainable im-

provements not band-aid solutions.

Although the Western Capes pass rate is

the fourthhighestnationally after theFree

State, North West and Gauteng the prov-

ince has the highest percentage of Bachelor

Degree passes (university exemption) in the

country.

Among the Western Cape education dis-

tricts, the Overbergs top pass rate of 89,9%

is followed by the West Coast with 88,4%,

Eden and Karoo (87,5%), Cape Winelands

(86,8%),MetroNorth (85,4%),MetroCentral

(84,2%), Metro South (83%) and Metro East

80,3%).

WernerLadewig,who retired as principal

of Hermanus High School at the end of last

year, was at the school on Tuesday to an-

nounce the results. He said he was excep-

tionally proud of the matrics of 2013 and

their outstanding results.

Hermanus High once again achieved a

100% pass rate. During the 21 years that

I have been headmaster at the school this

is the 18th year the school has achieved

this, he said.

Another outstanding achievement is the

fact that 137 out of the 162 candidates (84,6%)

achieved Bachelor Degree passes. This will

allow these pupils to further their studies

at any university or other tertiary institu-

tion. A further 23 pupils achieved diploma

passes while two pupils leave the school

with only a school-leavers certificate.

Among the 162 candidates, a total of 149

subject distinctions were achieved. The

school boasts 62 C candidates, 27 B candi-

dates and 16 A candidates. The three top

achievers are Cara Landes with an average

of 91,3%, Bianc Huysamen with 90,8% and

Luka Dreyer with 88,7%.

The other A candidates are Nolan Ess

(87,8%), Kayla-Anne Jordaan (85,3%), WL

Kruger (84%),Pierre-AndrRossouw (83%),

Taylum Meyer (82,6%), Lisa-Mari Kramer

(82,2%),MiandOberholzer (81,8%),Danera

Andrews (81,5%), Cherie-Lyn Grace and

TaintonHutton (both 81,3%),Marni van der

Westhuizen (81%),NicovanderWesthuizen

(80,2%) and Marique van Dalen (80%).

Ladewig thanked the staff members for

their dedication and hard work, and on be-

half of the school governing body, he con-

gratulated all thematrics and their parents.

You have done us proud and we wish you

only the best for the future, he said.

For more results and photos see pages

8 & 9.

Jubilant learners from Qhayiya Secondary, Hawston Secondary and Hermanus High

School after receiving their matric results on Tuesday.

Heavy rains: not

again?

HEDDA MITTNER

The idyllic weather experienced in Decem-

bercametoanabruptendonSunday5Janua-

rywhen heavy rain came pouring down and

continued for the next few days.

The office of the areamanager of theOver-

strandMunicipality, DonKearney, reported

66,5 mmraininlessthan24hoursonMonday

morning. By Tuesday morning another

48 mmhad fallen, followed by 28,5 mmmeas-

uredonWednesdaymorning.The total so far

is 143 mm and there is a 60% chance of more

rain until Friday.

It is definitelyunusual for this timeof the

year, as the total rainfall for January 2013

was only 22,8 mm, saysHeatherAppel from

the area managers office.

With residents holding their breath after

the massive floods that occurred in Novem-

ber, it ishoweverreassuring that the143 mm

measured so far over a three day period is

not as severe as the 165 mm that was meas-

uredon17Novemberafter less than24hours.

Therecentrainshavehadadoublewham-

my effect because we are still busy with re-

pairs and rehabilitation of roads and infra-

structure due to the widespread flooding in

November last year, says Peter Burger, se-

nior operations manager.

He adds that no injuries or severe damage

damage to property has been reported.

Operational and emergency services are

working around the clock to open culverts

to allow storm water to flow away, to empty

septic tanks and pumpwater from low-lying

areas.

Johan Montgomery from Hamilton Rus-

sell Vineyards says even higher rainfall was

measured in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley a

total of 180 mmbyWednesday. This is a cri-

tical time for wine and fruit farms, says

Montgomery,asitisthestartoftheripening

stageand thedownymildewpressure isvery

high at the moment.

According to Montgomery their records

show that 2013 had the highest annual rain-

fall recorded in 16 years and that the recent

rains have already exceeded the highest re-

corded monthly rainfall for January in the

last 17 years.

5 drown in

peak season 2

Get ready for CBD

road closure 3

Tydelike vergunning,

lynvissers skepties 3

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9 January, 2014

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Fivedrownduringpeakseason

KERRY VAN RENSBURG

The Hermanus NSRI crew had

their work cut out for them over

the Christmas seasonwith five fa-

tal incidents and as many near

drownings.

)A 29-year-old man drowned

when a catamaran ski-boatwith four

people from Pretoria aboard, cap-

sized 150m off-shore near Schulp-

hoek in Hermanus at 13:05 on Tues-

day 24 December. The incident oc-

curred while they were returning

from crayfishing.

NSRI spokesperson, Craig

Lambinon, says the NSRI Hermanus

crew were dispatched following re-

ports of reddistress flaresbeing fired

from the boat. The police, provincial

health emergency medical servic-

es (EMS), EMR private ambulance

service and the Overberg Fire and

Rescue Services also responded.

On arrival at the scene, a member

of the public had waded into the surf

to secure the body of the 29-year-old

man to prevent the body, which was

floating near to rocks, from being

swept out to sea.

Lambinon says a 47-year-old man,

who had stayed with the boat, was

rescued by a private boat CMichelle

that was nearby at the time. He was

transferred onto the sea rescue craft

and brought to shore. Two boys aged

19 and 12 years managed to swim

ashore.

The three survivors, whose inju-

ries included fractured ribs, cuts,

bruisingandshock,weretransported

to Mediclinic Hermanus by ambu-

lance. The body of the deceased man

was recovered and handed to the po-

lice and forensic pathology services.

Police have opened an inquest dock-

et.

) The bodies of a father and son

were recovered following a drown-

ing incident at Pringle Bay on Satur-

day 14 December.

Lambinonsays: At 09:27 theNSRI

Gordons Bay volunteer sea rescue

duty crew were dispatched to the vi-

cinity of the Hangklip hotel, Pringle

Bay after a young man from Mitch-

ells Plain had alerted bystanders to

raise thealarm.His fatherandgrand-

father, also both from Mitchells

Plain,hadbeensweptouttoseawhile

crayfishing in shallow surf among

therocks. Itappears that the twomen

had been caught in a rip current.

We recovered the bodies of both

men approximately 400m off-shore

and paramedics declared them dead

on the scene.

) Lambinonsaysat 09:42onSatur-

day28DecemberNSRIGordonsBay,

the Skymed rescue helicopter, West-

ern Cape Government Health EMS,

police, police diving unit and Cape

Town Fire and Rescue Services dive

unit were dispatched following re-

ports of a drowning in progress at

Rooi Els.

An extensive air, sea and shore

search revealed no sign of a 57-year-

old Mitchells Plain man who was al-

legedly swept off rocks while cray-

fishing and then swept out to sea be-

fore disappearing under water.

The man is missing and is feared

to have drowned.

)OnSunday29Decemberatabout

13:15 four people were swept off the

rocks by awave in front of theWind-

sor Hotel.

TheNSRIHermanusaswellasvar-

ious other emergency services re-

sponded. Ontheirarrivalatthescene

all four people involved in the inci-

dent, including a fifth person who

dived in to rescue those in trouble,

were already out of the water.

According to the NSRI incident re-

port, Lionel Cunningham (42), his

daughter (15) and son (11) all from

Bothasig, Cape Town as well as his

nephew (12) from Johannesburg,

were standing on rocks close to the

waters edge when a large wave

washed over the rocks engulfing

them.

Cunninghammanaged to hang on-

to a rock and grab hold of his son to

prevent him frombeing swept off the

rock by the waves backwash.

His daughter and nephew were

sweptpasthimandintotheseabythe

waves backwashandbothwere then

caughtinripcurrentsandwerebeing

swept further out to sea.

Cunningham and bystanders

helped his son off the rocks and then

he jumped into the sea to attempt to

rescuehisdaughterand nephew,but

reports suggest that hewas then also

caught in the rip current.

SavvasStylianouNelfromPotchef-

stroom,whowas a guest at theWind-

sorHotel,witnessed the incident and

ran down to the shores edge and

jumped into the sea to assist.

It appears that he was responsible

forrescuingall threeoutof thewater.

Allfiveweretreatedbyparamedics

for cuts, abrasions, bruising, exhaus-

tion and shock. Theywere transport-

ed to hospital by ambulances for fur-

ther treatment. The NSRI commend-

ed Nel for his rescue effort.

)At the same spot in front of the

WindsorHotel, a 24-year-old Chinese

man died after being swept off rocks

on Monday 30 December at 15:27.

Lambinon says the NSRI Her-

manus volunteer sea rescue duty

crew responded following eye-wit-

ness reports of a man who was

knockedoverbyawaveandsweptout

to sea by rip currents between the

Windsor Hotel and the Old Harbour.

Amanwasrecovered fromthesurf

onto the sea rescue craft whereNSRI

medics initiated CPR efforts.

The man was brought to the New

Harbour aboard the sea rescue craft

andparamedics continuedwithCPR

efforts in the ambulance enroute to

a local hospital. After extensive CPR

effortsbythedoctorswereexhausted,

the man was declared dead.

His family were assisted by police

and the Department of International

Relations and Cooperation and the

Consulate General of the Peoples Re-

public of China were informed in or-

der to lend diplomatic assistance.

A Chinese man

drowned after being

swept off the rocks

by a wave in front

of the Windsor Hotel

on 30 December.

The day before, five

people were involved

in a near drowning

incident in this exact

spot. PHOTO: JUDY

MILLER

Roudiens vir drie seuns

wat steeds in see vermis is

Die familie van die drie seuns

wat op 7 Desember by Hawston-

strandverdrinkhet, het op 26De-

sember n roudiens gehou. Die

diens is op die strand deur eer-

waarde Franklin Davids van die

St Andrews kerk, Hawston,

waargeneem.

Die drie seuns wat verdrink

het enwie se lyke nog nie gevind

isnie, isAntonioFischer (15),Ro-

jei Spanneberg (19) en Chelton

Biewes (12). Hulle was almal van

Kalkfontein naby Philippi.

Rdl. Rudy Smith en Rdl. Mer-

cia Andrews het hul meegevoel

asook woorde van bemoeding

teenoor die familie betuig. Hul-

deblyke is deur die familie van

die drie seuns gebring. Kerse is

op die plek waar die seuns ver-

moedelik verdrink het aange-

steek en daarna is drie kranse op

die water gelaat.

Die familie wil hul dank en

waardering uitspreek teenoor

die Hawston-gemeenskap vir

hulle bystand.

n Gedenk-

diens vir die

drie oorlede-

nes is op 26

Desember

deur familiele-

de en die

Hawston-ge-

meenskap op

Hawston-

strand gehou.

SURFER SAVES DIVER: Thanks to the bravery

of local surfer Josh Brodie (24) (photo), Theuns

Bos (58) was rescued after he experienced dif-

ficulty while diving for crayfish in Sandbaai.

The incident happened at about 15:50 on 23

December. When Theuns son saw that his fa-

ther was in trouble, he called for help. Josh,

who lives in Marine Drive in Sandbaai, re-

sponded swiftly. His father James Brodie as-

sisted. Josh swam out on his surfboard and

says the rocks were pretty hectic and the

swells were very big. James directed him as Josh could not see the

diver. Theuns was bobbing in the kelp and then got swept further

out to sea. Josh reckons he was about 300 m from the shore and

he was worried about sharks. He says when he put Theuns on his

board he was struggling to breathe and it was a challenge to get

him back to shore. Theuns says Josh was very brave to come to

his rescue and he has since called to thank Josh for saving his life.

PHOTO: MARNUS GROENEWALD

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London trained beauty therapist

Please call Val

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to make an appointment

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9 January, 2014

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Effect of CBDroadclosureondeliveriesandmotorists

The resurfacing on Main Road between

Harbour Road and Marine Drive in Her-

manuswill start nextWednesday, 15 Jan-

uary (weather permitting) and both sec-

tions of that road will be closed for traffic

until the expected completion time of the

project at the end of February.

This means that while pedestrians will be

able to use both sidewalks of Main Road, no

general vehicle access to Main Road will be

possible during that period.

This includes delivery vehicles of suppliers

to businesses.

Mike Bartman, Deputy Director: Opera-

tional Services of the Overstrand Munici-

pality says that suppliers who normally

park and off-load in Main Road will have

to make use of the adjacent High Street or

other nearby streets like Long, Broad or

College Streets for deliveries.

Our traffic department has undertaken

to be somewhat lenient over

this resurfacing period to ac-

commodate delivery vehicles

in such streets not regularly

used for Main Road deliver-

ies. They also appeal to Her-

manus motorists to co-oper-

atewiththeirofficersregulat-

ing the traffic over this

period, he said.

Some special arrange-

ments will be made. Market

Street, for instance, which

leads to theparkinganddeliv-

ery area next to FNB, will be

accessible from Marine

Drive. Because the street is narrow it cannot

carry two-way traffic andpointdutywill bepro-

vided to facilitate entrance to and exit from the

parking area andMarineDrive, Bartman add-

ed.

Members of the public with enquiries can

contact Mike Bartman on 028 313 8972, Jaco

Smith of the contractors Zebra Surfacing & Isi-

dima Civils JV at 076 147 8289 or Bertus van

Wyk of V&V Consulting Engineers at

082 339 0521.

Business owners inMain Road can direct en-

quiries to Kees van de Coolwijk, at FotoFirst

in Main Road (082 658 5370), also for copies of

the map.

Road signs and alternative

route indicators will guide

motorists throughout the re-

surfacing period of the sec-

tion of Main Road between

Harbour Road and Marine

Drive. Deliveries for suppliers

to businesses in Main Road

will have to be done from

High Street or other adjacent

streets. Map used with the

kind permission of Hermanus

Tourism.

Raaisel oor twee dooie bobbejane in Pringlebaai

HEDDA MITTNER

Die gemeenskap van Pringlebaai is in rep

en roer oor die twee Kaapse bobbejaanwy-

fies wat verledeweek binne n tydperk van

drie dae doodgemaak is. Dit blyk dat die

bobbejane, wat binne n radius van 80 m

vanmekaar gevind is, moontlik geskiet is.

n Inwoner van Pringlebaai, Marianne

Kitching, het aanDie Burger vertel dat die

eenbobbejaanwyfieverledeVrydagvirure

in die veld gel en skree het. Kitching het

hulp ontbied maar die bobbejaan is dood

voordat hulp opgedaag het.

Volgens Bernard Heydenrych van die

Pringlebaai-bewarea is altwee bobbejane

aan CapeNature oorhandig. Daar is nog

geen bewyse dat die bobbejane geskiet is

nie, s hy. Indien dit wel bevind word,

sal daar streng opgetree word.

Justin Lawrence, woordvoerder van

CapeNature, het bevestig dat die saak on-

dersoekword endathynie inhierdie stadi-

um wil bespiegel oor die oorsaak van die

bobbejane se dood, of die aard vanhulwon-

de nie.

Heydenrych s diemens-bobbejaan-kon-

flik inPringlebaaihet indie laaste jaarbaie

verbeter en die ses bobbejaanmonitors in

die area doen uitstekende werk.

Die bobbejaanmonitors is verlede jaar

deur Pringlebaai-bewarea se Baboon Ac-

tion Group ontplooi in samewerking met

CapeNatureendieOverstrand-munisipali-

teit. Hulle gebruik verfbalgewere om die

bobbejane af te skrik, wat volgens Heyden-

rych neffektieweoplossingbied.Dtnadat

dieareasebobbejane tot enmet n jaargele-

de gereeld groot skade aangerig het deur

toegang te verkry tot huise en besighede.

n Dokumentre minireeks, Big Baboon

House, wat deur die TV-kanaal Nat Geo

Wild in Pringelbaai verfilm is en in 2012

gebeeldsend is, het sterk kritiek ontlok.

Daar is aangevoer dat die filmspan deur

middel van verskeie eksperimente die

bobbejane aangemoedig het om by persele

in te breek en dat hulle met kos beloon is.

Hulle het glo selfs geleer om skuifdeure

uit hul rame te lig om toegang te verkry.

Daar kom nou baie minder insidente

voor, s Heydenrych. Hy is van mening

dat die oorgrote meerderheid van Pringle-

baai se inwoners juis daar woon of vakan-

siehuise het omdat hulle daarvan hou om

na aan die natuur te leef.

Ons voel almal sterk oor die bewaring

van die bobbejane, waarvan daar hoog-

stens ndosynoor isvan n tropwat23 sterk

was n jaar en n half gelede.

Tydelike vergunning,maar vissers skepties

JAN-HENDRIK COETZER

Hoes jy eweskielikvir iemandwat

vankindsbeenaf visvang en sydaag-

liksebroodenbotter soverdien: jam-

mer, jymag dit niemeer langer doen

nie?

Dit is die vraagvanAljomaduToit

vanGansbaaiwie seman,Eddie, ook

opOujaarsaandmoeshoordatsyvis-

vangregte nie hernu is nie en hy ba-

sies nou sonder werk sit.

Eddie vang al van skooldae af vis,

soveel so dat sy onderwysers baie

keermet hommoes raas en s dat hy

mindermoet visvang enmeer by die

skool moet wees. En dan is dit boon-

op hoe jy jou Nuwejaar moet ingaan

deurdat jy 22:00 op Oujaarsaand

moet hoor jy het niemeerwerk nie,

s du Toit.

Dit kom nadat die departement

van landbou, bosbou en visserye die

sowat 445 lynvisregte vanaf 1 Janua-

rie vanjaar na 215 verminder het,

waarvan 100 hiervan nuwe visvan-

gregte is. In totaalhet 330visserman-

ne hulle regte verloor.

Volgens die voorsitter van die

Overstrand Lynvisvereniging, Oc-

kieViljoen, ishulleontevredeaange-

sien baie van die visvangregte toege-

ken is aan mense wat nie voorheen

visgevang het nie.

Ek kan seker verstaan dat n

transformasieproses rens aan die

gang gesit moet word, maar hoe kan

jy regte toeken aan mense wat nie

voorheen visgevang het nie? vra

Viljoen.

Die departement het Dinsdag met

lynvisverenigingsvergaderomnty-

delike oplossing vir die ongelukkige

vissermanne te vind. Dit sal beteken

dat vissermanne wie se permitte nie

hernu is nie, n vorm kan invul, en

indien hulle aan die nodige kriteria

voldoen,watgrotendeelsverlangdat

hulle vanaf 2007 tot 2012 meer as 120

dae moes visvang, hulle dan tydelik

weer op die see kan uitgaan. Visser-

manne het dan n 30 dae periode

waarin hulle appl kan aanteken om

weer aansoek te doen.

Viljoen, wat ook die vergadering

bygewoon het, s daar is darem biet-

jie lig aan die einde van die tonnel

en dit skep weer nuwe hoop. Ek glo

dis n korttermynoplossing,maar ek

hoop nie dat te veel manne wat gaan

appelleer gaan uitval nie, want dan

gaan ek omgekrap wees, s hy.

Nog n visserman van Gansbaai,

Pieter du Toit, s: Met hierdie tyde-

likeoplossingisektevrededateknog

vir n tyd sal kan see toe gaan. Ek

dink ons staan n goeie kans om ons

permitte terug te kry omdat ek heel-

wat meer as 120 dae uit was op die

see.

Christopher Groenewald, ook een

van Gansbaai se vissermanne, s eg-

terhyvertrouniedieheleprosesnie.

Ekhetmypermit al die afgelope agt

jaar, ek betaal dit soos hulle wil h

ekmoet, ekgebruikdit sooshullewil

h ekmoet, en nou word dit terugge-

trek en aan ander mense gegee en

moet k sonder werk sit.

Volgens Aljoma du Toit het haar

man sowat ses mense op sy boot.

Nou kan jy by jouself dink, saam

met ons is dit sewe gesinne wat son-

der werk sit. En dis slegs weens n

permit wat nie hernu is nie.

ShaheenMoolla, n konsultant vir

die visbedryf, beskryf die toewysing

van permitte as onwettig. Alhoe-

wel hy die tussentydse permit en ap-

plproses verwelkom, meen hy dat

vissermanne steeds regsaksie moet

neem. Volgens hom kan die besluit

oor permitte nie op n ministeriele

vlak omgekeer word nie en sal dit

slegs indieHooggeregshofuitgedaag

kan word. Hy verduidelik dat die

stappenodigsalweesomdat,volgens

hom, slegs 18 applle toegestaan kan

word. Verder dring Moolla daarop

aan dat die departement die punte-

toedieningbekendmoetmaakomdat

dit volgens hom verdag voorkom.

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Best festive seasonon record

HEDDA MITTNER

Various favourable factors combined to

result in oneof thebest tourist seasons ev-

er experienced in the Overstrand glori-

ous weather, warmer sea temperatures,

the weak rand which attracted overseas

visitors and at the same time encouraged

locals to holiday in South Africa, and the

fact thatHermanus isbecomingmorewell

knownforitsnaturalbeautyandexcellent

accommodation, restaurants, wine route,

adventure activities and other tourist at-

tractions.

Various role players have done an excel-

lent job in marketing the attractions of Her-

manus and the area is definitely becoming

knownasaprimedestination, saysBlakeAl-

bert,manager of theWindsorHotel. Wehave

had a great season and its still ongoing.

Teressa Jones,manager ofHermanusTour-

ism Bureau, conmfirmed that they have had

a record number of visitors to the office, with

83% being local and the balance from France,

the UK, Germany, Holland, the USA and Swe-

den.

The town has been busy and with the good

weather, the beaches were packed. Our statis-

tics indicate largergroupsbookinglongerstays

and a definite increase in activity bookings.

Steph Richards from Stanfordinfo said: We

are still having one of the best tourism seasons

on record. All our accommodation was fully

booked and the restaurantswell supported.We

have had 42%more guests staying in Stanford

than last year, coupledwith an increase of 23%

in the length of stays. The Stanford tourism of-

ficewas visited bymore than 2 650 visitors dur-

ingDecember andwe experienced amarked in-

crease in international visitors, mostly from

Germany.

Over 390 referrals were handled in Decem-

ber for activities like river cruises, quad bik-

ing, horse riding and wine route tours.

Glenda Kitley from Gansbaai Tourism says

accommodation in

the area was fully

booked and they

had to turn people

away. The amount

of visitors to their

office more than

doubled from 899

last season to 1 939

this season.

The restaurants

were also very busy

and the shark cage

diving operators

were booked to ca-

pacity up to 5 Janu-

ary, says Kitley. The majority of our visi-

tors were South African, and many of them

were here for the first time we are not usu-

ally this busy in December!

The Hermanus Wine Route also reports a

bumperseasonwithan increaseboth invisi-

tors and wine sales. It seems the glorious

weather that usually keeps holidaymakers

at the beach, did not prevent them fromven-

turing inland and visiting the wine farms.

This indicates that the wine route is becom-

ing known as one of the areas main tourist

attractions.

RoyMoultonfromLaViergeconfirmsthat

the cellar and restaurant had at least a 40%

increase in the number of visitors. Wine

sales were well up as was the turnover in

therestaurant.Ourbest salesperiodwas the

last week in December after Christmas.

PeterFinlaysonfromBouchardFinlayson

says they had a very successful season and

hewas happy to report an increase in sales

over the corresponding period the previous

year. More purchases on top-end wines pro-

vided greater return.

Bevan Newton Johnson similarly reports

that their wine sales were about double that

of the previous season, andGavin Patterson

from Sumaridge says they were 30% up on

sales. Creation also reports about 2 000

morevisitors than last year and recordwine

sales.

Restaurants did a brisk trade with the ev-

er-popular Burgundy restaurant experienc-

ing queues that started at 9am and did not

let up until 4pm a

steady stream of cus-

tomers all day long.

Petri Hendriksz,

the owner of Eat and

co-owner of At the

Farmstall, says he

was insanely busy.

We had an excel-

lent season, much

busier than last

year., and people

spent more money

than before.

Retail outlets in

and around Her-

manus also experienced a boom over the fes-

tive season.

Rohann Maree from Pick n Pay said they

had approximately 7% more customers than

last season. Theydid especiallywell on liquor

sales and all their Christmas products, like

gammon and tongue, were sold out.

WillemJoubert, the newowner ofOKMini-

mark in Onrus, said it was busier than he ex-

pected.Thestoreopenedon28Novemberlast

yearand itwasmyfirst festive season.Rough-

ly we had about 50 000 customers, which is a

lot for a small place like Onrus.

We did run low on stock at times but never

somuch that itwas aproblem.Otherwise eve-

rythingwentsmoothlyandweare lookingfor-

ward to the rest of the year.

Even the weather cooperated and Decem-

ber was characterised by a succession of sun-

ny wind-free days, in contrast to previous

yearswhen thereweremorewindy and rainy

days over the festive season.

To use the words of the Hermanus Timess

Weerhaan: Its as though the weather got

stuck on lekker. It never got uncomfortably

hot and betweenChristmas andNewYear the

weather remained virtually unchanged for

six consecutive days with a maximum of

around 26 C and a low of 18 C at night. And

while the southeaster was up to its usual

tricks over the mountain, Hermanus was

practically wind free.

The warmest day in December was on the

31st when the temperature reached 30 C and

rainfall for themonthwasonlyabout 10 mm.

Popular beaches such as Grotto, Volklip (above) and Onrus (right) were packed. The lagoon at Onrus beach was a playground for many holidaymakers.

Queues of customers wait patiently to be se-

ated at Burgundy restaurant.

5Hermanus Times

9 January, 2014

Nuus

News

Vuurwerkherriebars los

HEDDA MITTNER

Dit was maar n lawaaierige Nuwejaar

met klappers en vuurwerk wat na bewe-

ring op verskeie plekke afgeskiet is en

dithetooknieendgekrymetdieaanvang

van die Nuwejaar nie.

Verskeie inwonersvanVolklipenKwaai-

water was erg ontstoke toe hulle Saterdag 4

Januarie ongeveer 22:00 die aand versteur is

deur vuurwerke.

Volgens Emilia Knight het sy in die bad

gel toe die vreeslikste lawaai losbars. Ek

was woedend. Dit was nie eers meer Nuwe-

jaar nie en ons diere was vreesbevange!

Sy enhaar seunhet onmiddellik in diemo-

tor gespring om te gaan ondersoek instel en

afgekom op twee mans wat by Mosseldraai

se parkeerarea doenig is met wat sy beskryf

as duisende rande se vuurwerk. Die verto-

ning was glo in opdrag van n huiseienaar

wat sy gaste wou vermaak.

Volgens Knight was daar reeds n aantal

bure wat ook by die parkeerarea opgedaag

en die mans beveel het om die vuurwerk te

staak.Hullewassokwaadekhetgedinkhul-

le gaan die arme mans aanrand, s Knight.

Een van die omstanders, Jaco Engel-

brecht, wat oorkant die pad in Fernkloof

woon, s die geraas was so erg dat sy honde

heeltemal verwilder was.

nAnder buurvrouwat ookopgedaaghet,

het ges haar kat het weggehardloop en sy

kon hom nie weer vind nie.

Volgens Engelbrecht het die huiseienaar

ensygasteopdie stoepgesit endievuurwerk

aanskou. Die eienaar het glo hande geklap

en uitgeroep: Well done; good show!

MyvrouhetdiepolisieendieOverstrand-

munisipaliteit gebel en niemand het enige

kennis gedra van die vuurwerke nie. Daar

was geen toesig nie en afgesien van die la-

waai was daar ook n brandgevaar. Ek het

vir die ouens ges hulle gaan beslis nie ver-

der enige vuurwerke afskiet nie, al het daar

nog n hele arsenaal gel.

n Beampte van wetstoepassing was ook

spoedig op die toneel en het egter bevestig

dat die betrokke huiseienaar wel toestem-

mingverkryhet vir die vuurwerkvertoning.

Die vuurwerk is nietemin stopgesit en

Knight s sy is dankbaar dat die polisie die

situasie ast ware ontlont het.

Maar hoe gebeur so iets? vra Knight.

Die eienaar woon nie eers hier nie en kom

vanStellenbosch.Mosseldraai is n publieke

area en nie een van die bure is in kennis ge-

stel nie.

Die owerhede het die vuurwerke op On-

russtrand tot vermaak van die wyer publiek

op Oujaarsaand verbied, maar toestemming

verleen aan n enkele individu vir n reuse-

vertoning in die middel van n woonbuurt

op 4 Januarie, wat nie eens n vakansiedag

is nie. Hoe rym dit?

By navraag het Joe Schoeman, afdelings-

bevelvoerder: Overstrand Brand & Red-

dingsdiente, slegs bevestig dat toestemming

virdievuurwerkvertoningwelverleen isna-

dat die volle aansoekproses gevolg is.

Schoeman het bygevoeg dat vuurwerk in

die feestyd taboe is en nie sonder toestem-

ming van die brandweerhoof afgevuur mag

word nie.

Op Oujaarsaand was dit slegs toelaatbaar

op Grottostrand (oos van die Blouvlag-

strand), Hawston- en Kleinmondstrand van

22:00 tot 01:00.

AlleandervuurwerkwatopOujaarsaand

afgeskiet was, is onwettig gedoen, het

Schoeman ges en geen verdere kommen-

taar gelewer op die vuurwerkwatwel opOn-

russtrand afgevuur is nie.

Die brand wat Oujaarsaand by Habonim

ontstaanhet, het hy toegeskryf aan n nood-

fakkel wat iemand in die nabyheid afgeskiet

het. Dit het die bosse in die kamparea aan

die brand gesteek. Danksy die vinnige optre-

de van die brandweer was die brand spoedig

geblus en slegs sowat een hektaar bos is uit-

gebrand.

Talle inwoners en vakansiegangers het Oujaars-

aand jolyt gemaak op Onrusstrand. In die ag-

tergrond woed die brand by Habonim.

FOTO: ERLO BROWN

LINKS: Die Oujaarsaand vuurwerke op Onrus-

strand.

BekendeOnrusinwoner sterf

HEDDA MITTNER

Ronnie Nell, eggenoot

van wykraadslid Elzet-

te Nell, is op 31 Desem-

ber in sywoning opOn-

rus oorlede in die ou-

derdom van 76 jaar.

Ronald Casper Ron-

nie Nell is op 13 De-

sember 1937 gebore in

Keetmanshoop en het

grootgeword op die fa-

milieplaas Gocharus in

die Kos-omgewing.

Hy was n gebore en

geto Suidwester, s

Elzette. Ronnie het sy

hele lewe lank n be-

hoefte gehad aan ruim-

te en ooptes. Hy het gehou van stilte; hy was

tevrede met sy eie geselskap en kon altyd

homself besig hou.

Nadat hy aan die Hor Jongenskool in die

Paarl gematrikuleer het, het Ronnie op Go-

charus met verskeie beesrasse, swartkop-

dorpers en wild geboer. Hy is in die negenti-

gerjare aangewys as Namibi se Wildboer

van die Jaar.

Ronnie en sy eer-

ste vrou, Madelief,

het twee kinders

gehad. N hul eg-

skeiding het hy vir

Elzette, destyds n

laerskoolonderwy-

ser, in die Kaap

ontmoet.

Hulle is in 1996

getroud en het hul-

le in Onrus geves-

tig waar Elzette be-

trokke geraak het

bydieOnrus-belas-

tingbetalersver-

eniging terwyl

Ronnie sy stok-

perdjie beoefen het

die restourasie

van veteraan motors. Elzette is in 2011 ver-

kies tot wykraadslid vir Onrus en Vermont.

Ronnie isvyfmaandegeledemet limfklier-

kanker gediagnoseer en is op Oujaarsaand

by die huis oorlede. Hy word oorleef deur sy

vrou Elzette, kinders Hendrik en Louwina,

en drie kleinkinders. Die gedenkdiens vind

vandag, Donderdag 9 Januarie plaas by die

NG gemeente Onrusrivier om 10:30.

Elzette Nell en haar man, Ronnie, wat op

Oujaarsaand oorlede is aan kanker.

FOTO: VERSKAF

6Hermanus Times

9 January, 2014

Mense

People

DANSKAMPIOEN: Emma Basson (links)saam

met haar dansmaat, na afloop van die SA

Danskampioenskappe wat van 13 tot 15 De-

sember in Kaapstad gehou is. Dit was dank-

sy die NG Gemeente Onrusrivier dat Emma

die geleentheid gehad het om deel te naam

hulle Kersmelodrama wat op 15 November

in die kerksaal opgevoer is, was ook n

fondsinsamelingsprojek vir Emma. Haar trot-

se ouma, Mariet, s Emma het aan 10 dan-

sitems deelgeneem en een tweede plek en

nege eerste plekke verower, onder meer vir

wals, tango, sakkie, jive en boogie. FOTO:

VERSKAF

VEELS GELUK!: Heidi Booysen

en Albert Oberholzer is op 14

Desember in die huwelik be-

vestig by Mosaic buite Stan-

ford. Die paartjie vertrek eers-

daags na Bermuda waar Al-

bert gaan werk. FOTO: VERSKAF

Schulphoek n trekpleister

opNuwejaarsdag

W.C.M GIBSON

Vir die afgelope 20 jaar was

Schulphoek nog nooit so n

miernes van kampeerders

soos op Nuwejaarsdag van-

jaar nie. Die gemeenskap

van Mount Pleasant het in

groot getalle soontoe ge-

stroom.

Sowat 50gesinne (bruin,wit

en swart) het almal in die son-

skynweer gebraai en gedans.

Van die ingang tot by die uit-

draaipad na die swembadwas

volgepak. Baie kampeerders

moes selfs op die rotse by die

see kamp opslaan.

Die lug was gevul met lek-

ker reuke van braaivleisvure

en die hele voorkant van

Schulphoekwas nseevanhel-

derkleurige sambrele en ten-

te. Daar was selfs besoekers

vansoverasKaapstad,Worce-

ster, Grabouw, Botrivier, Ca-

ledon en Stanford.

Baie van die kampeerders

en die gemeenskap praat met

groot lof van die heerlike nu-

wejaarsdag en almal het reeds

aangedui dat hulle weer so n

saamtrek oor die Paasnaweek

wil hou.

Die gemeenskap voel egter

dat die Overstrand Munisipa-

liteit weer die kampplek by

Schulphoek moet oopstel, dat

die pad na die kamp regge-

maak moet word, toilette en

braaiplekke verskaf moet

word en dat die swembad her-

stel moet word.

Die dag is afgesluit sonder

ongewenste voorvalle en baie

van die besoekers het eers die

kampplek om 20:00 verlaat.

W.C.M. Gibson en gesin geniet Nuwejaar by Schulphoek. FOTO: RUFUS

THERON

HUWELIKSKLOKKIES: Morn

en Meliza Potgieter het op 7

Desember by Season restau-

rant in die Hemel-en-Aarde

Village getrou, waarna hulle

met wittebrood vertrek het

na verskeie dorpe in beide

die Boland en langs die

Weskus. Hulle troue was ook

die laaste wat by Season

gehou is voor di restaurant

sy deure gesluit het.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Hilary

Spilhaus, a resident at Sofca,

turned 101 on 26 December.

In celebration of her birth-

day, everyone at Sofca was

treated to a slice of cake

kindly donated by Gateway

Spar. PHOTO: IAN MOSTERT

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

This is our son Dani-

an du Plessis and our

grandson Ronan King

crossing the lagoon.

Above is Danian

playing with the dogs

on the Plaat; mother

Liefie, son Chappie

and dad Tjommie.

PHOTOS: ANDR DU

PLESSIS

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Roger Summers has no problems culti-

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hereinHermanusandhethoughtreaders

may be interested to know this.

Having been a keen gardener in the UK,

Summers (80) has enjoyed trying tomake an

English garden in our climate.

It is possible. I grow lots of plants from

seed and have some excellent roses. Other

plants in the garden are chrysanthemums,

impatiens, begonias, agapanthus, polygala,

lots of lavender and indigenous geraniums,

senecio, calendula, bougainvillea, cosmos,

nemesia, giant asters, penny royal, holly-

hocks, honeysuckle, alstromeria to name a

few. Perhapsother readers of theHermanus

Times would like to add their ideas for mak-

ing Hermanus even more beautiful.

The most colourful picture (above, right)

shows, from front to back, winter pansies

which are still flowering, petunias, lobelia,

marigolds, delphiniums, larkspur, dahlias,

asters, yesterday today and tomorrow and

oleanders.

At themoment therearesunflowersat the

back. The idea is for plants to grow up

throughtalleronesbehindandevenwiththe

wind we get in Hermanus it works well.

Summers does have a bee in his bonnet

though about some of the public green areas.

Imust say that the conditionof the cliff path

in the town centre is appalling. People plant

unsuitable plants in the wrong position and

do not bother towater ormaintain them and

the cost goes on the rates.

Roger Summers picturesque English mass planted garden in Hermanus.

PHOTOS: ROGER SUMMERS

Make a film forWorldOceans Day

The South African Shark Conservancy

(SASC) invites creative youngsters be-

tween the ages of 7 and 18 to take part in

the second annual 40Fathoms Film Festi-

val by submitting a short marine-related

film of their making.

World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8

June this year and the SASC will make

it a day of unique celebration and aware-

ness-raising through this fun, education-

al and entertaining film festival.

The 40Fathoms Film Festival will be

held in Hermanus over three days. Ac-

cording toMeaghanMcCord of the SASC,

they already have some exciting interna-

tional submissions and are also looking

to highlight local talent with a focus on

marine biodiversity and challenges fac-

ing Africas oceans.

Both short and feature films are wel-

come, and submissions from amateur

filmmakers will also be accepted for the

festival.

We are challenging South African

youths to submit short films of 35 min-

utes on a marine-related topic of their

choice, says McCord.

The films will be screened on Sunday

8 June and the best film by a youngster,

as selected by the audience, in the Young

African Filmmaker component of the fes-

tival will be awarded theViewers Choice

Award.

The submission deadline is Friday 16

May at noon.

For more information, contact Mea-

ghan McCord at info@sharkconservan-

cy.org.

BID & BUY ART EXHIBITION: In the Her-

manus Times issue of 19 December it was

reported that the Hermanus Art Circle made

R16 000 with their lucky ticket raffle. The

amount, which was donated to Hermanus

Child Welfare, was in fact R1 600. The

lucky winner of the raffle draw was Bruce

Henderson from Bs Steakhouse, who won

this mother and child sculpture donated by

Susan Karalis, chairperson of the Hermanus

Art Circle. From left are Rina Louw from

Hermanus Child Welfare, Susan Karalis,

Christine Henderson and Claudie Lemoine.

. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

) RESEARCHING EXOTIC TREES: Dr Robin

Lee, secretary of the Hermanus History Society

is carryingout research into exotic or nonin

digenous trees in Greater Hermanus. Exam

ples would include the Norfolk Island pine

trees, flowering gums, palm trees and the noto

rious blue gum. He is focussing on trees in

public places (e.g. pavements), which were

probably planted by the municipality or other

groups, not aware of the invasive properties

of the species.

Dr Lee would be grateful to hear from any resi

dentwho canprovide informationabout exotic

trees. To give one example, it is recorded that

the (now) huge blue gums along Jose Berman

Drive, near the high school, were planted by

members of the famous 1949 All Black rugby

team, after they had trained in Hermanus. But

are there any other stories?

Please contact Dr Lee on 028 312 4072 or at

[email protected].

) LOST KEYS: A bunch of keys, with a name

tag Allan was lost near Woolworths Her

manus on Saturday 4 January. If found, plse

contact Allan Stewart on 074 113 4255.

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9 January, 2014

Nuus

News

10Distinctions for siblings

KERRY VAN RENSBURG

There was great excitement in the

Van Biljon household in Her-

manus when the Independent Ex-

aminations Board (IEB) 2013 mat-

ric results were released on 30 De-

cember.

Elan and Noelle van Biljon, who

attendedSomersetCollege, earned

10 distinctions between them in

the final matric exams.

Noelle earned distinctions in

maths higher degree, fine arts,

maths paper 3, life sciences, Eng-

lish first language (she had both

English andAfrikaans as first lan-

guages as they grewupAfrikaans)

and life sciences (biology).

Noelle was also the rowing cap-

tain for Somerset Colleges 1st

rowing team.

Elan earned distinctions in IT

(he won the prize for best marks

in IT),maths higher degree,maths

paper3andphysical science.Heal-

so won several University of Cape

Town (UCT) maths Olympiad

awards in the last five years.

Hermanus sonologist Dr Deir-

dr Grobbelaar is Elan and Noe-

lles mother, and says they are fol-

lowing in their older sisters foot-

steps.

Chloe van Biljon matriculated

fromSomersetCollege in2010with

ninedistinctions.Sheisnow doing

herhonours inactuarial scienceat

UCT.

Elan, Noelle and sister Lin van

Biljon are triplets.

Linhas just startedatCamphill

Farm Community after being at

Northcliff House College in 2013.

Elan will soon be off to Stellen-

bosch University to study electri-

cal and electronic engineeringand

Noelle is going toUCT to studymo-

lecular biology as an undergradu-

ate degree and hopes to later study

biomedical engineering.

Dr Anton van Biljon, well-

known local ophthalmologist, is

the father of these academically

gifted children.

Deirdr says: I guess it helped

coming from an academic family.

Both their grand-dads were medi-

cal specialists inPretoria andboth

their great grandfathers were uni-

versity professors, andmost of the

uncles and aunts are doctors.

Celebrating their matric results are Elan and Noelle van Biljon, with

their mother Dr Deirdr Grobbelaar and sister Lin van Biljon.

88,4%slaagsyfer virHawston

JAN-HENDRIK COETZER

HawstonSekondr se 69ma-

triekleerders het n gesa-

mentlike slaagsyfer van

88,4% behaal met agt leer-

ders wat nie geslaag het nie.

Volgens die skoolhoof, Idy

Adams, is dit wel n teleurstel-

ling vir diegene wat dit nie ge-

maak het nie, maar hullemoet

dit egter nie sien as die einde

van die wreld nie.

Joran Gelderblom was die

toppresteerder met n gemid-

deld van 67,8%.

Adams sonder ook elke jaar

n leerder uitwat die beste vor-

dering getoon het en di jaar

was dit Kevin Swartz, wat ook

onderdietop-driegeindighet.

Die voorsitter van die be-

heerliggaam, Jan Gelderblom,

het bygevoeg dat hy geweldig

trots is op die skool en sy ma-

trieks enges dit hangnouvan

elke individu af watter beslui-

tehyof syvirdie toekomsgaan

neem.

Matriekleerders van Hawston Sekondr in die skoolsaal in afwagting om te hoor of hulle geslaag het.

FOTOS: JANHENDRIK COETZER

Van links is Nolene Gelderblom (ma van

Joran), Joran Gelderblom (beste presteer-

der) en Thomas Swart (Joran se pa asook

adjunkhoof van Hawston Primr). Agter

staan Tommie Gelderblom (oom van Joran

asook lid van die beheerraad).

Kevin Swartz

(regs) is uit-

gesonder as

die matriek-

leerder wat

die beste

vordering

gemaak het

en word hier

deur die

skoolhoof,

Idy Adams,

gelukge-

wens.

Nog n leerder ontvang hier sy sertifikaat

van een van die personeelbeamptes.

Qhayiyamatrics up their

game by a further 10 %

KERRY VAN

RENSBURG

Qhayiya Second-

arys matric pass

rate has improved

by more than 10%.

Nkosilungile Lol-

wana, the school

principal, says

76,1% of the 71

learners who wrote

the National Senior

Certificate exam in

2013 passed.

He says 27 learn-

ers achieved bach-

elor passes, which

means they are eli-

gible to study at a

university. The school had 16 di-

ploma passes and 11 certificates.

Thetopachieverforthematric

class of 2013 isAsipheMdlokova-

na who earned four distinctions

and says he wants to become a

commercial pilot.

Lolwana says the schools im-

proved pass rate is thanks to the

hardworkof the teachers aswell

as tutors who came

from Cape Town to

help learners prepare

for the exams.

The school was also

assisted by Sanlam

who donated R27 000

to the tutoring pro-

gramme, anda further

R10 000 from a Her-

manus resident.

As was the case in

2012, Dennis Ekbom

and a small group of

friends from Sweden

and Hermanus gave

each of the 27 learners

who achieved bach-

elor passes their own

laptop. Ekbom says

the laptops were sponsored by

theMunicipality of Uddevalla in

Sweden, and he and his group

brought them to Hermanus.

Weareasmallgroupofpeople

who are concerned about the

community of Hermanus and

more specifically Zwelihle. We

are ordinary people trying to

make a difference, he says.

Asiphe Mdlokovane

is Qhayiya Second-

ary Schools top

2013 matric learn-

er.

PHOTOS: KERRY VAN

RENSBURG

Among the 27

learners from

Qhayiya Second-

ary School who

achieved bachelor

passes were (from

left) Zubenathi Lel-

ki, Ntomboxolo

Kutuka and

Thandiswa Cleo-

patra Kosani.

9Hermanus Times

9 January, 2014

Nuus

News

n 93,2%slaagsyfer vir

Gansbaai Academia

JAN-HENDRIK COETZER

Gansbaai Academia se 74 matriek-

leerders het n gemiddelde slaagsy-

fer van 93,2% behaal met 68 wat ge-

slaag het. Bianca de Koning het die

beste presteer met 79%-gemiddelde

en vyf As.

Volgens skoolhoof Tommy Wils-

on is hy baie tevrede en trots op sy

matrieks. Ons is een persentasie-

punt op van laasjaar en Gansbaai

Academia is vir seker n skool om

dop te hou op akademiese gebied.

Gansbaai Acade-

mia se skoolhoof,

Tommy Wilson,

staan hier trots

met die twee ma-

triekleerders wat

die beste gevaar

het. Links is Jolene

Filander (tweede

plek) en Bianca de

Koning wat die

toppresteerder

was. FOTO: VERSKAF

HORSKOOL HERMANUS: Die 16

A-kandidate van Horskool Her-

manus is, voor van links: WL

Kruger, Danera Andrews, Bianc

Huysamen, Cara Landes, Kayla-

Anne Jordaan, Taylum Meyer,

Marique van Dalen en Lisa-Mari

Kramer. Agter is Pierre-Andr

Rossouw, Tainton Hutton, Nico

van der Westhuizen, Luka Dreyer

en Nolan Ess. (Cheri-Lyn Grace

was afwesig toe die foto geneem

is.)

Miand

Oberholzer.

FOTOS: HED

DA MITTNER

100% pass rate for

Northcliff House College

KERRY VAN RENSBURG

With seven of Northcliff House Col-

leges 17 2013matricshaving special

needs, it isall themoreamazingthat

the school has yet again achieved a

100% pass rate.

Vivienne Mitchley, the school

principal, says special needs can

range from autism and dyslexia to

sight and hearing problems. She

says these pupils write exactly the

same National Senior Certificate

exam, although the school applies

for certain concessions earlier in

the year to accommodate the specif-

ic needs of each pupil.

Mitchley is particularly proud of

Astrid Edson who, despite learning

difficulties because of herweak eye-

sight and hearing difficulties since

she was a youngster, managed to

passallhersubjects.Shescored70%

forAfrikaans and 71% for tourism,

which is nothing short of remarka-

ble according to Astrids mother,

SandraEdsonandMitchley,whode-

scribes Astrid as my superstar.

Suthea van derWesthuizen is the

schools top achieverwith threedis-

tinctions.

Her journey has also been chal-

lenging. Shewasunable tocomplete

Gr 11 as she landed in hospital with

what was thought to be encephali-

tis. Sutheawas then diagnosedwith

epilepsyandtreated for it.Whenshe

came back to school, she had to

make up the time she had lost, and

went on to make it to the top of the

class. Suthea is registered to study

for a BSc in genetics.

Waiting for the clock to strike 12:00

before the 2013 matric results could

be handed out to the anxious

Northcliff House College matric class

of 2013 were (back from left) Bar-

bara Liefeldt (vice-principal), Vivi-

enne Mitchley (principal), Monique

Scheepers, Anli Bucchaneri, Astrid

Edson and Suthea van der Westhui-

zen. In front are (from left) Chad

Hendricks, Gerhard Coetzee (teach-

er) and Jethro Hadingham. PHOTO:

KERRY VAN RENSBURG

YOUNG ENTRE-

PRENEURS: Daniel

Weinright, Juwayne

Fortuin, Daniel Carr

and Bradley Slin-

gers made hay

while the Christmas

sun was shining by

selling trees in the

Hemel-en-Aarde

Valley. This photo

was taken by a

visitor from KwaZu-

lu Natal while

buying a tree -

who showed it to a

friend who recog-

nised one of the

boys and forward-

ed it to his mom in

Hermanus.

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Hermanus Times

9 January, 2014

Briewe

Letters

Got matric, now what?

With the overwhelmingly positive matric results

gladdening the hearts of many learners (and

parents), it reminds one of the speech given by

esteemedbusiness leader andStellenboschUni

versity chancellor, Dr Johann Rupert, at one of

the universitys graduation ceremonies in De

cember.

The speech was short, powerful and to the

point. Themainquestionheaskedof the students

was What now? Now that you have all this

learning, what are you going to do about it?.

Although the question was directed at univer

sity graduates, it has relevance for school leav

ers. He stared the students down after this ques

tion. Most of them fiddled and bowed their

heads to avoid eye contact. Yes you, he said.

You who have just earned a law degree.What

areyougoing todoabout justice?Areyougoing

to play a role in protecting the Public Protector?

Are you going to defend freedomof speech and

media freedom?

You who now hold an accountancy degree.

Are you going to play a role in tackling corrup

tion in the workplace? Or are you going to dis

appear into the masses and turn a blind eye?

He called for entrepreneurs and encouraged

them to start their own small businesses which

can grow into bigger businesses and become

creators of jobs not just another person work

ing for a big boring corporate.

Rupert also told a joke about two middle

aged men who sat behind two students on a

pavilion at a rugby match.

The students became irritatedby the twowise

guys behind them who seemed to have the an

swer to everything. One turned around and

commented, What do you guys know anyway

about anything? You never had internet, cell

phones, computers....

Ja boet, dit is so, was the reply. But the

amazing thing is that our generation invented

all that stuff. The question is what are you going

to contribute to society. What will your legacy

be?

It was a universal message to the youth, who

are taking a big step into their future. And the

challenge will be to do something constructive.

To make a difference. To play a part and not

disappear into the masses.

Graham is a local hero

With reference to the Lucky not to lose a

limb article in the Hermanus Times, 19 De-

cember, about the shark attack:

The story about Graham Tjabring aiding

thesharkattackedThomasBrownereminded

us when Graham also helped us. We were

locked in our bedroom one night last year

when the snib broke in the lock. We are on

the third floor. Without any fear, Graham

climbed the outside of our building and man-

aged to open our door with his handyman

skills to release us. Our local hero.

BRUCE AND JULIET CURRIE

Bullet is home safe, thank you

It can only happen in Hermanus. On

Tuesday 24 December our 16-year-old

cross Daschhund/Jack Russel called

Bullet, completely deaf and half blind,

ran after my wifes car and disap-

peared.

Mywifephoned justabouteverybody

in the book animal welfare, police, se-

curity firms and law enforcement. On

Christmas day, law enforcement

phoned and told us there is a stray dog

atAloeLane, homeofAdrian andKath-

rynLouw.Wesoonfoundout that itwas

not at their house but at the premises

ofCurves slimmingsalon, but this after

we had sent e-mails and SMSes to all

of them.

Bradley, who was a visitor at Aloe

Lane, phonedus to say that thedog they

have is not ours but a littlemaltese poo-

dle. Great was the disappointment and

back to the cry room for my wife.

After a fairly gloomy Christmas and

Boxing day, phone calls from the chil-

dren and grandchildren, we all accept-

ed the fact that Bullet had left us. My

wife packed away his little bed and his

plate and went back to bed with the du-

vet over her head.

On Saturday the 28th, which is also

mywifes birthday, at about 9:00 we got

a phone call from Peter at the animal

hospital in Dirkie Uys street to tell us

they had Bullet alive and well. I have

never seen such a transformation from

gloom to joy on my wifes face.

What happened is that he got lost and

went into the Anadia security complex

where he had settled on a kind ladys

stoepwho tookhimtoSandywhichwas

the only place that was open.

He was already there for four days

when law enforcement gave them our

number and the rest is history.

Where does one begin to thank all

these people? Hermanus animal hospi-

tal and especially the staff of law en-

forcement who went out of their way

to help to find Bullet and to make an

elderly couple very grateful andhappy.

May you all have a wonderfully hap-

py and healthy 2014. Bullet is sitting

herenext tomewagginghis tail; I think

hewants to joinme in thanking you all.

VAL AND HANNES STEENKAMP

SANDBAAI

More English during the

festive season please

I noted with interest the statistical break

down of those living in the Overberg pub-

lished in Hermanus Times on 19 December

2013. The preferred language of English is on-

ly 12%. For that reason I think we need to be

accepting of the predominance of Afrikaans

in the Hermanus Times for most of the year.

Havingsaid that I think that it is acceptable

to shift focus during peak holiday periods to

predominantlyEnglishfor thosearticlesdeal-

ing with touristy matters such as upcoming

places for fun and celebrations, places to visit

andof courseplaces to eat andmeet the locals.

The rest of the articles about who is who in

the zoo could quite happily be in Afrikaans.

Foreignvisitors tend touseEnglishas their

lingua franca. Local English speakers can ei-

ther cope with the HT Afrikaans articles or

theycannot.Thentheyhavethechoice toread

it or not.

From a purely personal perspective, I find

the colloquial Afrikaans a real mission to de-

cipher, so mostly I give it a miss.

BARBARA SUMMERELL

Road block how many officers were guarding our safety on this sunny day?

It was Saturday 14 December at about noon

beginning of a long weekend and the seaso-

nal holidays. The whole of the Greater Her-

manus was crammed with people and lots of

laughter and goodwill. I turned from Main

Road Onrus onto the R43. It was immediately

evident that there was a traffic problem. The

trafficwasbumpertobumpereventhoughthe

road into townwas recently upgraded formil-

lions of rand, to accommodate large volumes.

At a crawl I proceeded because most shops

would have been closed on the 15th and 16th.

The cause of the problem soon became ap-

parent: there were blue lights flashing up

ahead. An accident? No, a road block!

I thought the time and placewas quite inap-

propriate, but thebestwas still to come.When

I was pulled over, it wasnt for drunken dri-

ving,unlicensedvehicle, roadworthiness,not

wearing a seatbelt or any present offence. It

was to check on previous offences.

Instead of practising what they are em-

ployed for, i.e. ensuring traffic safety, they

were busy cashing in.

In themeantime therewas chaos at the traf-

fic lights at the Sandbaai crossing withmoto-

rists being caught in the crossing because of

the traffic trickle. The same went for the pe-

destrian crossing. Both in clear sight of road-

block personnel. This was pointed out to the

superintendent in charge. He shrugged his

shoulders and commented that his brief for

the day was only to man the road block.

My frustrationwith thewhole incidentwas

mounting as the clock kept on ticking all

of 27 minutes to establish that I indeed owe

somemoney. I was given a print-out of my al-

leged offences and told that if I dont paywith-

in 21 days I could be charged with contempt

of court.Orevenworse, bearrested.All of this

without me ever receiving a summons.

The piece of paper I was given with my al-

legedtransgressionsissurelynota legaldocu-

ment.

But wait, there is more. The officials on the

scene watched my red face turning purple

without a hint to direct me back into the traf-

fic. There were several of them, maybe thin-

king of the double pay for their noble day of

weekend duty. Lo and behold, there was a

small gap. I accelerated. The front tyres gave

a squeal in protest it was never, ever done

to them before.

Back in the bumper-to-bumper traffic I no-

ticed one of cop cars screaming out the gaggle

of police cars ensuring the safety of all and

sundry. More chaos was visible in my rear

view mirror motorists were having a hard

timemakingway for thepursuingblue lights.

Then to my astonishment I was forced off

the road by a gesticulating officer with sirens

blaring. Thirty minutes later, after being on

the radiowith theSup. to establishanoffence,

I was given a summons and fined R600 for

spining (sic) my wheels on a public road.

(By the way, the act quoted on the summons

is wrong).

I cant wait for my day in court (Im not

Zuma, I meant it!). Maybe the traffic chief for

Hermanus can explain tome howmany of his

loyalmenwithblue lightswereon thisbeauti-

ful Saturday guarding over safety.

Imay justmention that on the opposite side

of the beautiful double lane on a sunny Satur-

day afternoon, they had closed off one lane,

painting road markings and causing a mas-

sive traffichazard. I amgoing tohavesomuch

fun having my day in court with somebody

addressing the magistrate on these issues of

major concern to officialdom.

JAN CELLIERS

Haphazard trapping

Houwhoekpas and other speed-trapping in-

justices, referring to theHT article Spoedmet-

ing op Hoehoekpas vol ongerymdhede on 19

December and that of 12 December 2013.

Severalmonths agomy sisterwas caught

in the same area and equally, in my opinion,

she should not have paid the fine, given the

circumstances. Several people have since ex-

pressed their annoyance, providing similar

valid arguments regarding the location,

methods used and execution of the notices.

While I understand and sympathise with G

Loedolffs argument, I consider that the rea-

son for the so-called authority trapping,

there is a greater problem. Perhaps someone

should take thematter to court, accompanied

by the media if possible, to establish how

many incidents (collisions) of a serious or fa-

tal nature have been registered in this area

to warrant this constant activity?

Going back in years, the authorities had to

havevalidreasons foreffecting traffic-control

methods such as this.

The CSIR provided traffic authorities with

specific guidelines such as Quality Control

Modules by which the respective authority

could accurately measure the need and cor-

rect location for such action.

Today and every other daywehavehaphaz-

ard speed trapping by authorities, and they

get away with it. Why, because most people

do not have the time or do not wish to go to

court, whenever that may be, often having to

travel several hundred kilometers to do so.

So they pay the reduced fine.

Why, for example, should we allow speed

traps at the entrance to a town when there

are few serious incidents recorded in the area

while people are involved in serious and fatal

collisions on the outskirts of the same town?

Sound familiar? What are our politicians do-

ing about this? Do they know what a serious

or fatal collision costs the affected parties, let

alone the taxpayer?

CONCERNED LAW-ABIDING ROAD

USER AND TAXPAYER

EDITORIAL COMMENT

NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL: This photograph with its surreal colouring, which makes

it resemble a Constable painting, was taken at sunset at the Vermont Salt Pan on 22

December. It was sent in by Diane Hunter from Vermont on behalf of her daughter.

PHOTO: TAMARYN HUNTER

11

Hermanus Times

9 January, 2014

Briewe

Letters

Shameon themunicipality

It appears as though the same lack

of care for society, as experienced

from the presidency, is now firmly

entrenched at local level.

Apart from the time factor of the

new road into Hermanus that took

forever to complete, with built-in

flaws, you have left our town look-

ing terrible when entering, with no

gardening on the new slope. What

must visitors think? Surely a time-

ous, caring thought from staff could

have rectified this for all residents

pride and pleasure.

Living in Mountain Drive since

1990whenitwasnotpossibletowalk

on theonlyonepavement, due to the

spray of water from some of the un-

caring, passing motorists, several

home owners complained bitterly

and thanks to the caring local au-

thority a run-off trench was formed

on the mountain side. This had the

desired effect, surely at minimal

outlay howmuchmud they had to

remove from the pipeline is un-

known.

After the recent high tension ca-

ble installation the staff were left to

gently rake down from the plateau

above to street level. The floods on

16 November left some of us with

flooded garages, kitchens, base-

ments and bedrooms all this at

great inconvenience and cost.

The water exited the plateau at

the slope and caused the one and on-

lyproperrun-offkerbtospill thewa-

ter into our driveways. My neigh-

bours basement flooded, after

which the boundary wall collapsed.

This inaddition to thewater thaten-

tered our driveway and also totally

flooded us.

The usual flooding of Mimosa

Street in the industrial area at The

GlassMerchantswasagainevident,

possibly compounded by the main

drainbreakdownat the traffic inter-

section of Main Road and Mimosa

Street.

Shame on you, Overstrand Mu-

nicipality.

PETER M SCHOEMAN

AsomewhatunanticipatedChristmasDay

In no way did I anticipate, in my

wildest dreams, that I would spend

the Christmas of 2013 in the fold of

complete strangers in Hermanus

and yet, fate often has a trick or two

up its sleeve.

Just after midnight on 24 Decem-

ber 2013, I officially became a mem-

ber of the dreaded HA brigade.

Twenty minutes later, I was draped

with needles (at one stage they

seemed real oversize), drips and a

variety of pills all colours and

shapes attended to by a very effi-

cientandprofessionalmedical staff,

somestill inChristmasattire,allmy

lifesaving new found friends atHer-

manus Mediclinic.

Baie dankie aan die mediese per-

soneel van die Hermanus Medicli-

nic wat tot in die laat oggendure op

Kersoggend so getrou ophul posmy

bygestaan het ommy te stabiliseer.

Ookvir die bekwame relings om

my vroegoggend per ambulans na

Panorama Mediclinic te vervoer.

En, aan die twee jong ambulans-

personeel van EMS wat op Kersdag

hul tyd moes opoffer en my veilig

oor die berg besorg het, hartlike

dank.

n Spesiale woord van dank aan

dr. Abelwat tot 03:30 die oggendnog

getrou sy verantwoordelikheid na-

gekom het en my weer 07:00 die og-

gend kom besoek het.

Aan Suster Theresa, net dit ek

en Peter Stuyvesant se paadjies het

nou finaal geskei.

May you all experience awonder-

ful 2014 and thank you for your

friendship and dedication on

Christmas Day.

THEO SMIT

ONRUSRIVIER

Familiefoto spoor

kamera-eienaarop

Hiermee net baie dankie aan Her-

manusTimes vir die plasing vandie

fotoenberigoordieverlorekamera.

Groot dankie ookaanJoppieNel vir

al die moeite wat hy gedoen het met

die soeke na die eienaar van die ka-

mera.

Diekamerabehoortaanmyklein-

dogter (7) wat vanaf London hier

kuierenmenskan joudieverligting

en dankbaarheid voorstel toe dit te-

ruggevind is.

Van haar en oupa nogmaals baie

dankie aan almal wat my gebel het

om te s van die berig in HT.

BRUWER SCANNELL

Cancer Fund raisesR60000

Two wonderful evenings of music

took place once again at Bouchard

Finlayson before Christmas in aid

of the Hermanus Cancer Fund.

Christopher Duigan, a fine pianist

was joined by Darius Brubeck, an

acclaimed jazz pianist. It was a full

houseonbothnightsand theoverall

amount raised for the fund includ-

ing the Christmas raffle was

R60 000. During the coming year,

thiswillbeusedtosupportindividu-

al cancerpatients and their families

in this part of the Overberg.

There is a great need for such fi-

nancial help and the Hermanus

Cancer Fund can respond swiftly.

Requests may be for the purchase

of specialised equipment for pain

control, nebulisers or special mat-

tresses, as well as assistance with

medical costs.

Thiswas the tenth anniversary of

these Christmas concerts, all of

which have been sponsored very

generously by Charles and Lilian

Lloys Ellis and held in the cellar at

BouchardFinlaysonwinery.Thank

you to those who donated superb

raffle prizes, to Talk2 who kindly

sponsored our tickets and promo-

tional material and to Louis at Art

of Flowers for two beautiful bou-

quets.

Congratulations to theraffleprize

winners who were: 1. Jenny Vesey.

2.BarbaraSwanson. 3.HelenDavid-

son. 4. Lynde Perold. 5. Wade

Maude. 6. Jeanette Doury. With

many thanks to all of you who sup-

ported the fund.

HELEN GARDNER

)Waarom beskerm Hermanus Times

verkeersoortreders deur nie hul regi

strasienommer te wys of bekend te

maak nie? Julle blok dit uit. Die Burger

doen dit. n Oortreder, maak nie saak

wie hy/sy is nie, bly n oortreder, en

inHermanus, glomy, is baie van hulle.

HELENA

)Ek stel voor dat alle artikels inHerma

nus Times in 2 kolomme verskyn. Met

ander woorde linker kolom Afrikaans

en regs Engels. Dan is die probleemop

gelos vir diegenewat nieAfrikaans ver

staan nie.

) Baie geluk aan Onrus NG Kerk vir

die buitelug Voedselfees wat jaarliks

aangebied word vanaf 17:00. Maak

weer so!

) To all the complainers about the dogs

on the back of the bike: those doggies

have been riding bike for years. So its

none of your business. The owner at

least can take them with him. Stop

moaning. TJAART SMITH

) Sandbaai Ratepayers Committee:

you did well on the (first ever) Family

Festival evening on 28 December. We

enjoyed a super evening. Goed

gedaan! Doen weer so. SUE

) To the idiot who has been speeding

around town for the last two weeks on

his white super bike: get a life before

you take someone elses. NEIL JAN-

GLE

) To all the visitors from out of Her

manus: you think we are just a little

dorpie.Obey the rules, use your indi

cators, park properly and consider us

old folk. OUPA CEM

) Verskeie mense het nou al op groen

verf voor storte by Volklip gegly en ge

val. Kan daar asseblief iets gedoen

word voor iemand seerkry?

) Baie dankie aan Armand van PC4

EVER in Sandbaai dat jymybeursie op

getel het en my geskakel het. Ek waar

deer jou gebaar regtig baie. HETTIE

) Ek haal my hoed af vir Cattle Baron

wat ongeag die toestroom van toeriste

na ons, die locals, omsien en nie pry

se verhoognie en steeds die pensioena

ris Carvery aanbied. DANIERIA

) Ry versigtig ons het kinders. Die

man wat die geel Atos in Mount Plea

sant ry, jy moet darem briek aandraai

as jy Freesia, Bluebell & Daisyslot toe

ry. Ons het kinders wat soms in die

straat speel.

) Ek wil graag vir die bestuurder van

MidasHermanus,Hennie,enverkoops

man, Morn, baie dankie s vir die ek

stra myl wat hulle vir my gestap het na

dat die agente van Opel nie die part

kon voorsien nie. Hennie het agteroor

gebuigenselfdiepartopgebouendaar

is alles uitgesorteer. Nogmaals dankie,

julle is die beste. PRISCILLA SHER-

RIFF

)Op 2 Januarie het iemand n baba

kiewiet in De Villiersstraat doodgery.

Die kuiken se ma het vir etlike ure ver

geefs op die plek waar hy was nog na

hom geroep.

Dit het my hart gebreek. Kan mense nie

maar net versigtiger ry as hul diere of

vols in die pad sien nie?

) Sies! Julle wat die afgeskiete vuur

werke se oorskot by die pompstasie in

Kusweg in Sandbaai gelos het, vat weg

julle gemors. OMGEKRAPTE

SANDBAAI BELASTINGBETALER

) I had a terrible nightmare last night.

I dreamt I was queuing in the post office

and thereafter at Clicks Pharmacy. The

nightmare lasted all night. Nee man!

MW

) Lovely photo, Suzanne Clark.

) Why must I pay R4,90 for the Times

atCheckersandon the frontpage it says

R4,10 ? (Apologies for this printers er

ror on the cover of the 19 December

2013 issue. Please note that our cover

price has marginally increased to

R5,20 from this issue. Ed.)

Lekker koel

vakansieweer

Langfaan, ons bekkige weerkenner van ander-

kant Struisbaai, had kort voor krismis byna die

floute toe hy hoor daai vroumens vanBrandfort

in die Vrystaat, kla oor Hermanus se suidoos.

En dt nadat sy op hoors die hele pad gekom het

omdieOverberg se uitsonderlike klimaat te kom

geniet.

Nou hoor ons die gastehuis waar sy ingeboek

het moes sukkel om haar uit te kry toe sy vra

om langer aan te bly. Sorry. Dis alles tot einde

Januarie volbespreek. Die laat vakansie vir

mense wat krismis moes werk, het al begin.

En gister het Langfaan bynaweer die floute toe

hy hoor van NASA se moedswillige verklaring

dat die son op sy kop gedraai het en die wreld

weer heeltemal in sy glorie is. Ek probeer hom

reghelp, maar kry hom nie stil nie.

Nie net dieweer nie, tel hy die feite oor die foon

af. Hengel sal stilstaan, die vrugte gaan alles van

die bome afvoeter en die wingerde gaan ren kry

voor die druiwe by die parskuipe is.

Hy sny sy profesie eers kort toeWeerhaan vra

hoe lyk die weer daar by hom. Mense kan mos

oor niks anders praat as jy s jy wonder wat die

weer gaan maak, en biedm diegene wat nog in

die son wil rondl.

Langfaan sal maar elders in die koerant moet

leeshoe lekkerhetalmal indieOverstrandgekui-

er terwyl hy by sy kinders in Struisbaai vir die

baie besoekers gaan wegkruip het.

Daar is n oostewind wat waai terwyl hy vertel

dat hy nie die oostewind hierdie tyd van die jaar

vertrou nie. Die 13mmwat uitsak is ook nie heel-

temal in die patroon van ons Januarie-weer nie,

wanneer daar gemiddeld eintlik net drie dae van

die maand konveksie is.

Eergister was daar boonop n rukwind van by-

na 60 km/h sowat n kilometer bokant die Over-

strand wat eers n agtuur bedaar het.

Di wind gee vandag pad voor die suidwes en

ons sien opnuut n volledige ommeswaai, wat

hierdie naweek dalk kan lol. Die temperature bly

egter getrou aan die ou patroon en ons sien om-

trent niks nattigheid uit die wolke nie.

In n neutedop, is dit lekker koel vakansieweer

tot ons koerant volgende week weer verskyn.

En waarom Langfaan in sy eie woorde soveel

spokesien, salnethyendieweerkykervanNASA

weet.

En buitendien loop die vis dat dit bars weers-

kante van die strandmeer se louwarm stroom.

AAAW CUTE: Dave Smith

(our regular DOGS on the

golf course contributor) sent

in photos of their new ba-

by traipsing around in their

garden in Fisherhaven on

Christmas Day.

This coming weekend the rain clears and no wet conditions

are expected, but locals and visitors can still experience ra-

ther cooler holiday weather. Mostly sunny conditions can be

expected with temperatures ranging between 17 26 degrees.

12

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9 January, 2014

Algemeen

General

THURSDAY 9 JANUARY

)Whalers Athletics Club time trials at

18:00 at the cricket club.

) Hermanus Rotary Club meets at

18:30 at Mollergren Retirement Village.

Call Frank Matthee:0 082 870 1187.

) The Hermanus Astronomy Centres

monthly meeting is at Sansa at 19:00.

2 [email protected]

FRIDAY 10 JANUARY

) Langarmsokkie (elke eerste Vrydag)

by die Hermanusrolbalklub, om 19:00.

R30 p.p. of R80 p.p. met n ete ingesluit.

Kontantkroeg en restaurant sal oop

wees.

SATURDAY 11 JANUARY

) Hermanuspietersfontein se kosen

wynmark, 09:00 13:00.

) Hermanus Country Market from

09:00 13:00 at the cricket grounds.

) Garden Market, 09:00 14:00 at

HemelenAarde Village.

SUNDAY 12 JANUARY

) Fountain of Victory InternationalMin

istries fellowship at Qhayiya Secondary

School from 09:30 12:00.

MONDAY 13 JANUARY

) Duplicate bridge at 13:00 at Fern

kloof: 0 028 314 0662 or

0 072 230 9179.

) Hermanus ProMusicaChoir practises

in the Grobbelaar Hall from 18:00

20:00.

) Touching Hearts meets at 18:45 in

Onrus. Call Martin:0 082 438 6008.

TUESDAY 14 JANUARY

) Join the Early Birds at the Hermanus

Tennis Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays

07:00 to 09:00. Call Vic HamiltonAtt

well: 0 082 785 5145 or Ken Collett:

0 082 806 8292.

WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY

) Summer Night Market from 16:00

20:00 at the cricket club. Call:

0 072 883 3894.

) The Hermanus Bird Clubs first meet

ing of the year is in the Fernkloof Hall

at 19:00. Mike Ford will present:Anoth

er Slice of Turkey. Call Barbara:0 076

586 3714.

) Die Christelike Afhanklikheidsbe

weging vergader 18:00 19:00 by die

Grobbelaarsaal. Bel Nick Kruger:

0 074 890 2250 of Badisa:

0 028 312 3909.

Two concerts on theOAKprogramme

Overstrand Arts/Kuns (OAK) will kick off

2014 with two concerts in January.

On Friday 17 January the German tenor,

Christoph Genz, will be accompanied on the

piano by Cornelia Herrmann. They will per-

formFranzSchuberts famoussongcycleDie

Schne Mllerin (Op.25, D 795)) to poems by

Wilhelm Mller.

OnFriday 24 January an exciting evening

of arias, Lieder, duets and piano solos will

be presented by Reiner Schneider-Water-

berg (baritone), Christoph Genz (tenor) and

Cornelia Herrmann (piano). Some of the

most well-loved arias from operettas like

Dein is mein ganzes Herz fromDas Land des

Lchelns andWie ein Rosenknospe from The

Merry Widow and other well-known songs

like the Venetianishes Gondellied will be

sung.Bothconcertsstartat19:00 in theOver-

strand Auditorium.

Tickets are R100 (R50 for students/learn-

ers). Book at Bellini Gallery, Shop 33 in The

Village Square, or phone 028 312 4988. Fur-

therenquiriesmaybedirectedtoOAKsecre-

tary Ren du Plooy on 082 940 4238.

Christoph Genz:

tenor

PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Reiner Schneider-

Waterberg: bari-

tone

Cornelia Herrmann:

pianist

Hawssays thankyou

Iwishtoexpressourheartfeltgrat-

itude for all the support we re-

ceived from our wonderful resi-

dents during 2013.

The response from the general

public as far afield as Cape Town

when our premises were flooded

was overwhelming. It is actions

and support like these that make

ourjob,whichiscaringforourani-

mals, so rewarding.

Donations received for the

Christmas Lights display at the

house at 12 Krintang Crescent,

Vermont amounted to R623,90.

Thank you animal lovers.

On behalf of the Hermanus Ani-

mal Welfare Society (Haws) we

wish our supporters a healthy and

prosperous 2014. We sincerely

hope that we can rely and depend

on your continued support.

)Hawsrecentlyhadastreet col-

lectionand themagnificent sumof

nearly R23 000 was collected.

The committee of this society

would like to thank the people of

Hermanus and our visitors for

their generosity.

Thank you also to our staff, vol-

unteers and the many box shak-

ers who made the day such a suc-

cess.Wegreatlyappreciateyouall.

ILZE SMITH

HERMANUS ANIMAL

WELFARE SOCIETY

Pro

Musica

soek

koorlede

Die Pro Musica-koor

doen oudisies vanaf

Vrydag 10 Januarie.

Skakel Annemarie

Rautenbach by

083 290 7692 vir meer

inligting.

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9 January, 2014

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FAMILIE-

KENNISGEWINGS

STERFGEVALLE

1005

ELIZABETH JAMES

01/03/1985 -30/12/2013.

Met liefde en groot hart-

seer en mooi herinneringe.

Met liefde van jou ma,

seun, broer, suster en

familie. Begrafnisdiens

Saterday 11 Jan om 10uur

by huis. Kerk 11uur.

DANKBETUIGINGS

1020

ALBERT EN MARIANE

bedank almal opreg vir

geskenke en teenwoordig-

heid tydens hul 50 jarige

huweliksherdenking vir die

harde werk om die

geleentheid sprokiesmooi

en smul lekker te maak,

asook vir diegene wat van

vr gekom het, hartlik

dank.

BEGRAFNIS-

DIENSTE

1025

GELUKWENSINGS

1030

RAAI WIE IS 21 OP 12

JANUARIE? Baie geluk

my liefkind van jou ma,

darra, Yulin en Jasmin.

Ons is baie trots op jou.

ALGEMENE

KENNISGEWINGS

DIERE VIR

AANNEMING

1201

KITTENS- 2 Months old.

Cute, gentle & playful.

Approved homes only. Call

Cheri 083 301 8559.

GEMEENSKAPS-

KENNISGEWINGS

1210

ALCOHOLICS ANONY-

MOUS/ Al Anon. Herma-

nus group meetings. Tues-

day 19:30 United Church

Hall. Phone 028-313

2789/083 412 6856/ 082

757 0291 or e-mail:

[email protected]

HERMANUS DIABETIC

SUPPORT GROUP. Mee-

tings on first Tuesday of

the month. Contact Liezl

Jordaan at 028 313 0643.

NARCOTICS ANONY-

MOUS. Hermanus group

meetings. Are drugs a pro-

blem? Mondays 19:30 Uni-

ted Church Hall. Phone 076

114 3218.

ONDERSTEUNINGS-

GROEP vir Geestesge-

sondheid(depressie, skiso-

frenie, angs, bipolre ver-

steuring ens). Bloukamer

by Fynbospark, Kerkstraat.

Elke eerste Maandag van

die maand, 3:30nm. Almal-

welkom - ook familie-

lede.Navrae Nonnie 028-

316 2461, Phil 083 456

5017, Elsje 028-313

2031/071 853 2106. E-pos

[email protected].

VERLORE/VERMIS

1225

ANTIQUE BROACH. Lost

in Hermanus on Friday

morning 3rd January.

Great sentimental value. I

am devastated. Please

phone 028 312 1882.

PERSOONLIKE

DIENSTE

SPYSENIERING

& LOKALE

1401

HERMANUS HIRING

will fill all your function

needs - Tables, chairs, cut-

lery, crockery, linen, etc. At

good prices. Call 028-312

4291 or Ken on 082 420

0060.

1st FOR FUNCTIONS.

Tables, Chairs, Cutlery,

Linen, Co-ordinating of any

event. Birthdays, Wed-

dings, or any celebration.

Call 028-313 2792 or 083

236 3608.

SUGAR PLUM Party

Shop. Themed cakes, kid-

dies, tables & chairs,

helium balloons, jumping

castles, etc. Purple Shop,

across Waltons. Call

Estelle

072 401 5913.

DAGSORG

& CRCHES

1410

FUNKSIES &

KONFERENSIES

1425

GESONDHEID &

SKOONHEID