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Passiespel bederf deur

harde musiek 3

Mayor is first Proust

interviewee 9

Lemms sad

corner 10

Quietweekend

for lawenforcers

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Law enforcers had a relatively

quiet Easterweekendwith no se-

rious incidents and no fatalities

reported in the Overstrand area,

despite the thousands of cars

coming into Hermanus during

the weekend.

The Hermanus Police also had a

relatively quiet weekend with only

a few incidents, while the Her-

manus National Sea Rescue Insti-

tute (NSRI) also attended to a few in-

cidents which included trying to

save a small dolphin.

Rudi Fraser, chief of traffic, said

they were well prepared and their

operationalplanningwasinplaceat

the start of the Easter weekend.

Traffic officers focused on high

visibility patrols on all main routes

in the Overstrand.

Incoming traffic started picking

up on the evening of Thursday 17

April the highest volume of traffic

was experienced between 17:00 and

18:00 with 1 140 vehicles per hour

coming into Hermanus.

On Friday 18 April the highest

number of vehicles incoming was

between 16:00 and 17:00 with 1 140

vehicles per hour.

On Saturday 19 April between

15:00 and 16:00, 2 363 vehicles per

hourwere incoming and on Sunday

20 April 698 vehicles per hour were

counted coming in between 14:00

and 15:00.

On Monday 21 April, the highest

count for vehicles leaving Her-

manus was between 12:00 and 13:00

with 1 360 vehicles per hour outgo-

ing.

All officers focused on high visi-

bility, blue light patrols, public

transport and fatigue management

in the Overstrand area.

Three taxis were impounded for

violationsof theroadworthinessact

and had no transport permits.

Speed enforcement was done in

the whole of the Overstrand for the

duration of the Easter weekend.

Fraserisverypleasedthatnofatal

accidentsoccurred.Onlya few fend-

er benders and minor accidents

were reported.

According to Sergeant Mbongeni

Mazuthu of the Hermanus Police,

four people were arrested for driv-

ing under the influence of alcohol

during the Easter weekend.

SAPS thanks all the road users

who were responsible during the

Easter weekend, says Mazuthu.

On Friday the NSRI crew mem-

bers were contacted to transport a

dolphin that had washed up on

shore at Grotto beach, to the SA

Shark Conservancy on a sea rescue

vehicle. Unfortunately this attempt

to save its lifewas unsuccessful and

the dolphin sadly died during trans-

portation.

Later on the same day, the NSRI

was contacted to assist five people

on a rubber-duck, off-shore of

Schulphoek, after their boat had

sustained motor failure. The NSRI

towed the boat to the NewHarbour.

OnSaturday a seakayak capsized

at Harderbaai in Onrus. A helicop-

ter searched for one of the two men

after oneman safely swam to shore,

but the othermanwas still missing.

A while later the second man

walked to the scene and said he had

managed to swim to the shore.

On Saturday afternoon, two vehicles collided at the Sandbaai intersection

on the R43. It is alleged that the driver of the Mazda bakkie (left on the

photo), travelling from Hermanus in the direction of Hawston, collided

with a Ford KA that was travelling towards Hermanus from Onrus. Au

thorities are still investigating the cause of the accident. No serious injuries

were reported. PHOTO: CILENE BEKKER

PAASHAAS EN SY MAATJIES: Checkers Hermanus het Don

derdag 17 April al die kinders van Hermanus PrePrimr met

Paaseiers bederf. Baie dankie aan die Paashaas (Luzuko Matan

zima) en Veronica Badenhorst van Checkers, wat hier saam met

juffrou Lorna Such se klassie staan. Kinders van verskillende

klasse het by die Hermanuspolisiestasie gaan kuier en Paasei

ers vir die polisiebeamptes gegee, en ook vir die siek kinders

by die Hermanus Provinsiale Hospitaal. FOTO: LORNA SUCH

EASTER:NOFATALACCIDENTS

Paaseierbederf vir

kleuters, polisie en siekes

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Crime snippets

) Business robbery

On Sunday evening 21 April at about 19:30

fourmenwalked into theMount Pleasant Su-

perette, pretending to be customers.

AccordingtotheHermanusPolice, themen,

who were carrying firearms and a knife, sud-

denly demanded money. They took around

R10 000 in cash and fled the scene on foot.

No one was injured in this robbery.

Noarrestshavebeenmadeandanyonewith

informationisaskedtocontactDetectiveCon-

stable Graig Philander on 028 313 7000.

) Sexual assault

A60-year-oldmanwasarrested for thesexu-

al assault of a 14-year-old girl on Saturday.

Themanwalkedintothe14-year-oldsshack

in Zwelihle and tried to rape her.

She screamed and her mother called the

neighbours tohelpher.Thepolicewerecalled

to arrest the suspect. He will appear in court

this week.

With Child ProtectionMonth coming up in

May, Hermanus Police members said they

will not tolerate people who abuse children

in any way.

SAPS urge parents to safeguard their chil-

drenandbreakthesilenceinallkindsofabuse

inflicted on their children, even if it is done

by family members.

Wish list for foster

homemakeover

KERRY VAN RENSBURG

On 8 May all property agents and staff from

Keller Williams Realty branches worldwide

will stop what they are doing, roll up their

sleeves, and get stuck into a community

project.

Pat McLoughlin, director and principal at

Keller Williams Hermanus, says they have

chosen to partner with Hermanus Child Wel-

fareandwill giveJubileeHaven, a foster- care

home in Hawston, a major revamp.

This community project initiative is called

RED, which stands for: renew, energise and

donate.

McLoughlin says: Its about ploughing

something back into our community.

Rina Louw, manager of Hermanus Child

Welfare, says Jubilee Haven is a foster home

forchildreninneedofcare.Shesays theWom-

ens Union from the United Church are in-

volved in the home and support the house-

mother in her tasks.

A social worker does all the legal work and

the therapeutic processes.

McLoughlin says the home needs to be re-

painted inside and outside, the flooring needs

to be replaced, the wiring and electrical fit-

tings need attention, as does the security situ-

ation, and some of the furniture needs to be

updated.

Although the home was opened by Child

Welfare in May 2011, the place is showing

signs of wear and tear.

McLoughlinsayshewantsthechildrenwho

live inthehometosee thatabetter life ispossi-

ble. We want to show them we care and we

want to give them a positive environment in

which to live.

He says this is a community project and the

focus is on Child Welfare. Although 8 May is

the key day, their teamwill get stuck into the

refurbishment of the home from Saturday 3

May.

The childrenwill be temporarily accommo-

dated elsewhere while the extreme home

makeover is under way.

McLoughlin says theyneed input andmate-

rial from individuals and members of the

business community.

So far, Pierre Henning from Electro-Q has

offered to see to the homes electrical needs.

If you can contribute in anyway, this is the

wish list for the project: Roof paint, interior

and exterior paint, paint brushes and sup-

plies, floor tiles, paving, fencing, gates, arm

chairs for each bedroom,mirrors, sturdy gar-

den furniture, a washing line, playground

equipment, aswell as tilers, painters andany-

one who wants to be involved in the project.

Call Pat McLoughlin on 082 924 8238 or

028 312 3142, or Leana Kriel on 028 3123 142 if

you are able to contribute towards this initia-

tive.

HANDOVER OF HOMES: A ceremo

nial hand over of RDP houses took

place in Eluxolweni, Pearly Beach on

Tuesday 15 April. A total of 183 new

houses were built for beneficiaries in

this area and a further 28 sites were

serviced for people who did not quali

fy for houses. After the formalities,

which took place in the Eluxolweni

Community Hall, Bonginkosi Madikizela

(left) Western Cape Minister of Human

Settlements, officially handed over the

housing units to the beneficiaries.

Alongside the minister is new home

owner Selanga Sabela.

PHOTO: NOLUTHANDO ZWENI

NATUREMATTERS: The amazingCape Floral Kingdom

Did youknow: The Cape Floral Kingdom is about

the same size asMalawi or Portugal. It hasmore than

8 600 species, and over 5 800 of them are endemic.

They occur only here in our backyard.

On the other hand, the British Isles is 3,5 times the

size of the Cape Floral Kingdom but it only has about

1 500 species of which fewer than 20 are endemic.

During the ice ages glaciers wiped the surface veg

etation clean off these little islands.

RIGHT: Protea cynaroides PHOTO: RON HAZELL

A reader sent in this

photo of a mole snake

eating a frog in his gar

den. According to Wiki

pedia the primary food

sources of a mole snake

are golden moles (hence

the name), rodents and

other small mammals.

For this reason, it is con

sidered useful for the

natural control of prob

lem rodents.

PHOTO: RONNIE HAZELL

NEW COASTAL DEVELOPMENT: The Fla

mingo Bay development, within the Mid

dlevlei Estate, was officially opened re

cently. Only a limited number of erven

are on offer at this exclusive develop

ment, which is situated inside a 360 hec

tare Marine Nature Reserve and within a

UNESCO World Heritage Biosphere. It is

flanked by the Atlantic Ocean and the

Botriver Lagoon and overlooks the Kogel

berg mountain range. With the Overstrand Mayor, Nicolette BothaGuthrie (second

from right), who officiated at the opening ceremony, is the Seeff marketing team: Lin

da Woolnough, Rion van der Merwe and Corlia Smuts.

EGG HUNT: Children

from Leisure Park in

Sandbaai had great

fun during the Easter

weekend while hunting

for Easter eggs in and

around the complex.

Egg markers were

planted in the grass as

clues to where the

eggs were hidden.

Marinus Neethling and

his sister Nicole, to

gether with a friend

Skye du Preez, each

filled their baskets with

lots of Easter eggs and

goodies they had

found. PHOTO:

JANINE VAN DER RIET

PLAY TIME: The children from Siyakha Educare Centre in Zwelihle recently received a dona

tion of toys from Oakhurst Girls Primary School in Rondebosch, Cape Town. The donation

was facilitated by Joan McKee, who is Siyakhas financial manager and a former principal of

Oakhurst. With the children are Noluthando Kulupele (left) who is the Gr R teacher at Siya

kha, and Callinah Mpemba (right), principal of Siyakha. PHOTO: KERRY VAN RENSBURG

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Passiespel lokduisende,maar

klubsemusiekdoof speleuit

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Vrydagaandhetdie jaarlikseHer-

manus-Passiespel vir die 19de ag-

tereenvolgende jaar in die OuHa-

we plaasgevind. Fanus le Roux,

regisseur van die Passiespel, s

tussen3500en4000mensehetdie

geleentheidbygewoonendieaand

was n groot sukses behalwe vir

die laaste halfuur toe Shimmi, n

klub bokant die Ou Hawe, klip-

hard musiek gespeel het.

Dithetveroorsaakdatbaiemense

niks op die verhoog konhoor nie. Dit

is n groot skande! het LeRouxges.

Besoekers aan Hermanus van

KwaZulu-Natal wat Vrydag die Pas-

siespel bygewoon het, was ook baie

ontsteld oor die klub se oorverdo-

wendemusiekwat die opvoeringuit-

gedoof het.

Dis baie jammer dat hierdie be-

sigheid, pleks daarvan om die ge-

leentheid te ondersteun deur vir n

halfuur die volume af te draai, dit in

die wiele gery en vir die honderde

toeskouers bederf het, het Renate

Rhrs van KwaZulu-Natal ges. n

Dorpwat bekend is as n toerismebe-

stemming se mense moet eerder

saamwerkasommekaar so tedwars-

boom.

Lucas Steyn, eienaar van Shimmi

s hy vra om verskoning as hy Vry-

dagaand ongelukkigheid veroor-

saak het.

OnswasbewusvandiePassiespel

en het alle respek vir die toneelop-

voering. Ons was regtig nie bewus

dat ons musiek so hard was dat dit

die klank van die Passsiespel ben-

vloed het nie. Dit was beslis nie op-

setlik nie.

LeRouxsbehalwevirdimusiek-

demper is hy en sy span baie dank-

baar vir almal se ondersteuning en

lojaliteit elke jaar. Dankie aan die

munisipaliteit se elektrisiteitsafde-

ling, so ook almal wat gehelp het om

die aand n sukses te maak.

Hulle was baie opgewonde om ou-

dergewoonte die Ou Hawe in n ver-

hoog te omskep, s LeRoux. Drie dae

voor Goeie Vrydag word daar n stel

gebou om Jerusalem, Betani en Ge-

tsman so na aan die werklikheid

te laat lyk as moontlik.

Die kruise waar Jesus vir die af-

gelope 18 jaar gespeel deur Rein-

hardt Singleton gekruisig word,

staanopdiehoogstehellingmetslegs

die horison as agtergrond.

Nagenoeg 90 spelers is betrokke

bydieopvoering,wat indiedonkerte

afspeel met net n

volglig op die bepaal-

de plek waar die to-

neel afspeel.

Geelbek, die donkie

waarop Jesus sit met

die intog in Jerusa-

lem,word vanaf Stan-

ford aangery en ver-

tolk sy rol al die afge-

lope 19 jaar.

Donderdagaand 17 April het die Passie

speltoneelspelers n Bybelse ete saam om

die nagmaaltafel in die Ou Hawe geniet,

geklee in Bybelse kleredrag. Daarna het

die kleedrepetisie begin om vir oulaas te

oefen voor die Passiespel Vrydagaand.

FOTOS: KERRY VAN RENSBURG

Fanus le Roux ver

tolk die rol van Ju

das Iscariot, en is

ook vir die afgelo

pe 10 jaar die regi

seur van die toneel

stuk wat elke jaar

op Goeie Vrydag

opgevoer word.

Johnny Slamat (links) is al vir vier jaar deel

van die Passiespel. Hy speel die rol van Pe

ter, een van die 12 dissipels, en Dennis de

Koker wat die afgelope drie jaar by die spe

le betrokke is, speel die rol van n skrifge

leerde. Beide mans is van Stanford.

Voor die Bybelse ete, het Maria de Koker

(links) van Stanford en Im du Preez van

Onrus opgewonde gewag om aan te sit vir

die maaltyd.

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Overstrand junior councillors

embarkonorientation tour

Members of the 2014 Overstrand Jun-

ior Town Council (OJTC) embarked on

the first leg of their orientation tour of

the Overstrands facilities and infra-

structure on Tuesday 8 April.

The tour began at the Waste Transfer

Station and Recycling Plant where Johan

VanTaak (OverstrandMunicipality:man-

ager solid waste management planning)

gave a talk on the importance of recycling.

In Kleinmond the group was joined by

CllrLiselKrigeandDenzelArendse (Over-

strand Municipality: administrator in

Kleinmond).

The group visited the Stony Point Pen-

guin Colony where Rulay Oncker gave a

presentation, the Harold Porter Botanical

Garden where Neville Green spoke about

the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, and a

new housing development in Kleinmond.

The last stopwas theKidsCanAfter-school

Care Centre, where the children sang a

welcome song for theOJTC. Toys collected

by Northcliff House College learners were

handed over to the KidsCan staff for the

children.

The learnerswere accompaniedbyman-

ager Unity Mtomile (OJTC manager),

Bulelwa Mbane (Overstrand Municipali-

ty: assistant area manager), Julia Gugel

and Elisa Furman, both interns from Ger-

many,NoluthandoZweni (OverstrandMu-

nicipality: communications officer), and

Ren du Plooy (Overstrand Municipality:

secretary mayoral office).

The second leg of the tour is scheduled

forTuesday 13Mayandwill cover theGan-

sbaai area.

Members of the Overstrand Junior Town Council with the mentors, managers and experts who facilitated and provided input during

the first leg of their orientation tour last week. PHOTO: REN DU PLOOY

Kansa Relay samel

derduisende in om

mense te help

Kansa is opreg dankbaar vir almal se bydraes

tydensdieRelayforLife2014watinMaartplaasge-

vind het.

Jul meelewing, deelname en finansile onder-

steuningwordopregwaardeer, sElnetteduToit

van Kansa.

Almal se betrokkenheid het dit vir Kansa

moontlik gemaak om R135 780,73 in te samel.

Weens die feit dat Kansa nie n subsidie van die

staat ontvang nie, is deurlopende fondswer- win-

gaksies soos die Relays baie noodsaaklik, s Du

Toit.

Tydens die afgelope jaar het Kansa 91 pasinte

in die Overstrand bedien, en is 513 mense in die

Overstrand bereik deur hul uitreikings en Wel-

weesdae.

Kansa raak betrokke by die hele gesin en bege-

lei hulle ombinne hierdiemoeilike omstandighe-

de te groei, hulself te bemagtig met inligting en

steeds n sin en doel uit die lewe te haal.

Waar nodig word toerusting en hulpmiddels

gratis voorsien soos doeke, linensavers, Nutrimill

en toerusting soos rolstoele, eierdopmatrasse,

commodes, wigkussings en pruike.

Kansa benut ook geleenthede soos Welweesdae

en optredes by skole, werksplekke en verenigings

om die publiek in te lig en aan te moedig om n

gesonde leefstyl tehandhaafomhulrisikovirkan-

ker te verminder.

Jaarliks word PSA-toetse, bors-, servikale- en

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We opened a Trading market on 20 April at

and would like to invite you as a stall holder to

participate if interested, in having a stall at this market

or know of any other person that would be interested

in having a stall at themarket -

if so you could contact me on

072 339 3303 or028 3161860

email:

to forward you the documentation.

Salandra

Right hand side of Farm Stall & Coffee Shop on

the Grass Area - very visible from the Main Road-

R43 -

[email protected]

SALANDRA MARKET NOW OPEN

Times for

trading would

be from 09:00

to 15:00 on

Sunday's

Best plant sale in 20 years

KERRY VAN RENS-

BURG

It was a record-

breaking Easter

weekend for the

Fernkloof Nurserys

annual indigenous

plantsale,whichran

from 18 to 21 April.

Jack Bold,

Fernkloofs nursery

manager, says: We

have broken all previ-

ous sales records,

since the Easter plant

sale startedmore than

20 years ago.

The Fernkloof

Nursery is a non--

profit organisation

which is owned and

run by the Hermanus

Botanical Society

(BotSoc).

Deirdr Richards, secretary of BotSoc,

says: Initially, localplantswerepropagated

by volunteer members and distributed free

ofchargewithin thesocietyasamembership

benefit.

The present nursery has grown from

those early beginnings. The society now

employs a nursery manager and two

permanent staff.

The original aim remains to encourage

local gardeners to appreciate the diversity

of beautiful plants growing wild around

them,and touse these indigenousandwater-

wise plants in their gardens.

Fernkloof Nature Reserves nursery was a hive of activity over the

Easter weekend as residents and visitors took advantage of their

annual indigenous plant sale. At work on Sunday afternoon were

(from left) Thulani Gobjoni, Jane Crawford (BotSoc), Jack Bold

(nursery manager), Deirdre Richards (BotSoc secretary), Wanga

Bokolo, Isaac Magwaza and Maya the nurserymans dog.

PHOTO: KERRY VAN RENSBURG

Knowledge transfer at wastetransfer station

Agroupof learners fromHaw-

ston and Mount Pleasant Pri-

mary schools visited the Her-

manus Transfer Station and

Walker Bay Recycling last

week, as part of a waste and

recycling project run by

Whale Coast Conservation

(WCC).

Both these schools are reg-

istered on the WCC Eco-

Schools programme and Jo-

han van Taak from the Over-

strand Municipality gave

themdetailsofhowthemunic-

ipality treats our refuse.

Anina Lee, communica-

tionsmanageratWCC,saysthelearnerswere

taught thatall thegeneralwasteofHermanus

is transported to theHermanus Transfer Sta-

tion before being taken to the nearest landfill

cell at Gansbaai.

It costs the municipality, (and therefore

us), about R13 000 a day to take 360 cubic me-

tres of waste to Gansbaai, well over R3 mil-

lionayear,which iswhyratepayers payR140

a month for refuse collection.

In addition, it costs between R12 million

andR20milliontobuildeachnewlandfill cell,

so we need to put as little waste as possible

into it.

The learners were shown overWalker Bay

Recyclingwhereall therecyclablesaresorted

and baled and sent to factories where thema-

terial can be reused. Apart from being fasci-

nated by an old rusting car, the learners en-

joyed seeing the conveyer belt where recy-

clers sort paper from glass and the tins from

plastic. They were also impressed by the

crusher compacting bales of plastic bottles.

WCC is leading the learners through their

Grade 6 waste project. They will be involved

in practical projects, do a waste survey in

their communities and, with a drama teach-

er, create a play about recycling. This play

will educate other learners about thenecessi-

ty of recycling, not only to save money, but

also to save resources.

The project is funded by the Overstrand

Municipality.

If the residents of Hawston and Mount

Pleasant learn from their children about the

two bag system (black bag for general refuse,

clearbag for recyclables), the amount of recy-

cling in the Overstrand can be increased and

the amount of waste can be reduced.

Did you know?

. You can take up to one tonne of waste to

the Hermanus Transfer Station for free.

. The Transfer Stationwill accept hazard-

ous household waste such as paint and gar-

den poisons, and Ewaste such as old comput-

ers and cellphones.

Johan van Taak, Overstrand waste manager, introduced

learners to the transfer station and told them how the mu

nicipality treats our refuse. PHOTO: ANINA LEE

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General

Liana Knutsen (regs) is oortuig die ontbyt wat sy by die tuinmarkie

in die HemelenAarde Village bestel het, is van die beste in die

dorp. Sy het saam met Elizabeth en Jakkie Swanepoel Saterdagog

gend di markie met al sy lekkernye besoek. Hulle is van Somer

setWes, maar het vakansiehuise op Onrus en besoek die Over

strand gereeld.

HEMELENAARDE TUINMARKIE: Plaaslike in

woners en selferkende markieverslaafdes ma

en dogter Barbara en Silke Eckard geniet n

koppie koffie by die tuinmarkie in die Hemel

enAarde Village. Voor sit Chlo en William le

Roux by Khaya, die Eckhards se hond. Die Le

Rouxs woon tans in Lagos, Nigeri en di

twee spruite se ouers het snuisterye by die

markie besigtig toe di foto geneem is.

FOTOS: JANINE VAN DER RIET

EASTER AT IPIC: Easter celebrations were in full

swing at the Ipic/Pick n Pay Centre this past long

weekend. Doing their bit at Taurus Jewellers were

(from left) Neethling, Tawani and Bertus Naud.

Yelllow chicks were

popping up all

over the place at

A. Stewart Phar

macy this Easter

and taking charge

of them were (from

back left) Riana

Buys, Faith Mnyan

zeli, Amanda Sym

ington and Juanita

Shepherd. In front:

Maril Geldenhys,

Hannelie Roux and

Lindsay Light.

Corine Geyser from the Vet

shop cuddles an armful of

chickens for Easter.

GENIET MARK: Bruce Burgess en

Angela Inglis van Kaapstad het vir

die langnaweek Hermanus toe gery

en n draai by Hermanuspietersfon

tein se kosenwynmark gemaak. Die

mark, soos die ander markte, het

Saterdag gewemel van al die mense.

FOTO: JANINE VAN DER RIET

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General

TROUKLOKKE: Rolanda Jansen (But

ler) en Jason Jansen het op 8 Maart

getrou. Die seremonie het by die Le

wende Waters Gemeente plaasgevind

terwyl die onthaal by Houwhoek Inn

gehou is. Hulle sien uit na n mooi,

liefdevolle toekoms saam.

FOTO: LLOYD LOTTERING

Buyyour

Hermanus T-shirt

TheHermanus TourismBureau is challeng-

ing all guest houses, restaurants and coffee

shops to join in thecelebrationofHermanus.

Participants are encouraged to buy a Her-

manusT-Shirt for themselves and their staff

at R70 each or R100 for two.

The Tourism Bureau asks that all partici-

pants wear their T-shirts on 2 May to show

their love for our coastal town.

T-shirts are available in black, red and

light blue.

The back reads:HereEveryoneRecogniz-

es Music Art Nature & Undisturbed Scen-

ery. T-shirts can be bought at the Hermanus

Tourism Office.

For more info, call 028 312 2629.

Deon Matinka from HPP and Eric Davalala

(whale crier) from Hermanus Tourism show

ing off the back and front of the Tshirts.

PHOTO: JANINE VAN DER RIET

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daarop dat een van sy agente, Irma Herbst,

wat op Onrus en Vermont fokus, sewende

gekom het onder individuele agente in die

WesKaap. Hier is Samuel Seeff saam met

Herbst.

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Ex-Hermieachievesgreatheights

A past learner from Hermanus High

School is doing her alma mater proud

with her exceptional achievements since

graduating top of her class in 2002. Sanja

Lutzeyer (29) recently met up with Liz

Huysamen, who was her grade 5 teacher

in 1995.

She always stood out as a learnerwhowas

motivated and academically very strong as

well as exceptionally talented in sport, said

Huysamen. She was a learner at Hermanus

High from 1998 to 2002.

Lutzeyer said that she was exceptionally

grateful for the quality education that she re-

ceived in Hermanus.

She said her years were very memorable

and that she felt thatHermanusHigh encour-

ageddiversityand leadership.Sheadded that

the school prepared her very well for her ca-

reer.

A comment made by Sanja which struck

homeformewasthatshewillalwaysbegrate-

ful that she was able to spend her formative

high school years livingwithherparents, the

two people who have been her mentors and

friends throughout life, said Huysamen.

After completing Grade 12 and being the

topofherclass, shedecided thatafter12years

of school, it was time for a break.

Sanja took a gap year to

travel through Europe and

do a four-month intensive

Spanish language course at

theUniversityofSalamanca

in Spain.

Sanja says that taking the

gap year and learning Span-

ishwasoneof thebest things

she has ever done.

Travelling, she said, ex-

panded her view on life and

learning a new language

providedaccess toanewcul-

ture, newmusic and awhole

newwayof seeing theworld.

Upon her return to South

Africa, Sanja did a BA PPE

(Politics, Philosophy and

Economics) at Stellenbosch

University (SU).

The combination of the

three majors taught her to

think critically and logically and made her

realise thatsingledisciplinesprovide limited

answers to multifaceted world problems.

Once she completed her Honours in Eco-

nomics at SU, she was awarded a Fulbright

Scholarship to do her doctorate at North

Carolina University.

After five years in the US,

Sanja graduated with her

PhD in Economics in May

2013.

While she knew that she

was fully committed to re-

turning to SouthAfrica, her

love for languages and cul-

tures led her to do a three-

month stint with her best

friend in a small French

town called Eymet, where

shewasable to learnFrench

and enjoy their food and

wine.

Sanjawasveryaware that

shehadtofindajobinwhich

she could interact with peo-

ple, work on real-life issues

and be surrounded by like-

minded people.

In December 2013, after a

three-month interview

process, she received her dream job: a posi-

tion as a management consultant at McKin-

sey and Company, where she now works.

Hermanus High is indeed very proud of

Sanjas incredibleachievementsandourbest

wishes accompany her for the future, said

Huysamen.

Sanja Lutzeyer

PROUST INTERVIEW

Mayor BothaGuthries answers to Proust questions

Thewell-known Proust Questionnaire is a

questionnaire about ones personality it

reveals the tastes and aspirations of the in-

terviewee, in this case the Mayor of the

Overstrand Municipality, Nicolette

Botha-Guthrie who agreed to be the Her-

manus Timess first candidate to answer

these insightful questions.

Your favourite virtue

Integrity and faith

Your favourite qualities in a man

Honesty

Your favourite qualities in a woman

Caring and gentleness

Your chief characteristics

Passion, motivation and fairness

What you appreciate most in your

friends

Loyalty

Your main fault

Impatience

Your favourite occupation

To serve my community

Your idea of happiness

Being withmy family and time tomyself

Your idea of misery

Loneliness

If not yourself, who would you be

Godcreatedmeand Ihonourhis creation

Where is your favourite place

Hermanus and Corfu

What is your favourite building

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

Your favourite colour and flower

Blue; Strelitzia

Your favourite authors

Danielle Steel (for fun and relaxation).

Max du Preez (Political - A Rumour of

Spring)

Your favourite poets

Elizabeth Barrett Browning and A.G.

Visser

Your favourite heroines in fiction

Clarice Starling, an FBI Agent. (Clarice

Starling isa fictionalcharacterandthepro-

tagonist of the novels The Silence of the

Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris)

Your favourite heroes in fiction

James Bond

Your favourite composers

JS Bach and Johann Strauss

Your heroes/heroines in real life

NelsonMandela,HelenZille andMarga-

ret Thatcher

Yourheroes/heroines inworldhistory

General JannieSmutsandMotherTere-

sa

Your favourite food and drink

Dry white wine and prawns

Your favourite names

Mark, Philip, Memr

What isyour favouriteplace toholiday

Greece and Istanbul

What I dislike most

Dishonesty

The reform I admire the most

Reconciliation

The natural talent Id like to be gifted

with

Patience

How I wish to die

Happy and surrounded by family

Whats your present state of mind

Open and optimistic

Forwhat fault do you havemost tolera-

tion

Ignorance

Your favourite motto

This too shall pass from Persian Sufi

Poets.

10

Hermanus Times

24 April, 2014

Briewe

Letters

Geduld, mense

Mens verstaan die nuuskierigheid van moto

riste wat hul nekke breek om n ongeluksto

neel te wil sien meeste van ons is skuldig

daaraan. Dis menslik om nuuskierig te wees.

Wat nie menslik is nie is die ongeduld van

sommige motoriste by n ongelukstoneel. Be

seerdes word nog op die toneel behandel.

Die pad is vol glasstukke en motorolie. Ver

keersbeamptes en die polisie moet nog aan

kom. Die toneel is nog chaoties en vars.

Maar daar is motoriste wat hoet en toet

en tussendeur al die chaos deur die toneel

vleg. Met ongeduld. Dit is wat die geval was

by die botsing Saterdag etensuur by die

Sandbaaikruising. Dit was skokkend om te

sien. Een wintiemotoris het amper n ver

keersbeampte raakgery in sy haas om te kom

waar hy ook al wou wees.

Volgende keer, onthou:Vra jouself afwaar

jy eerder sou wees op daardie tydstip. Veilig

en ongeskonde in jou motor, of opgekrul

langs die pad, bebloed en in pyn, met jou

hele naweek in sy maai en dalk nog verdere

probleme vorentoe.

Geduld, mense. Bel jou familie of vriende

om te s jy gaan laat wees. Wees dankbaar

dis nie jy wat in n ongeluk betrokke is nie.

S vir jouself There, but for the grace of

God, go I.

Choir was a treat!

A full house of over 250 fortunate people en-

joyed a rare treat on Friday evening, 11 April

in the Grobbelaar hall when the Cape Town

Male Voice Choir presented a varied and in-

teresting programme singing mostly in four-

part harmony.

This choir, together with a Johannesburg

choir, represented South Africa in 2012 at the

InternationalWalesChoirsof theWorld inthe

Royal Festival Hall. Some of the items of this

concert were included on Friday.

The programme began with some well-

known church music, an arrangement of the

23rd Psalm being one of the highlights. The

soloist Victor Kasongo had a magnificent

voice.Come Colours Arisewaswritten in 1994

with Tutus Rainbow Nation as inspiration

and it was stirring stuff! A richly deep-voiced

bass singer, ThabileGxwalintloko, sang a sad

and moving traditional southern spiritual;

and later in the programme sangOlManRiv-

er from Showboat, a rendering which was

reminiscent of Al Jolson himself.

The pice de rsistance was from Africa

South featuring a Highveld storm the pitter

patter of the first rain drops (finger clicking)

was soon accompanied by rolling thunder

(feet tapping) and increasinglyheavyrain, re-

alistically depicted by hand clapping, and

then hands-on-thighs clapping. Slowly the

thunder softened and the rain reverted first

to pitter patter and then eventually dying

away. We almost wanted to check if we were

wet through!

It was a memorable occasion and the Over-

strand Hospice are to be congratulated on

bringing this talented choir to Hermanus.

From the excited buzz afterwards, this

choir would be welcomed back any day!

MICHAEL MATHEWS

Librarys Easter draw

a resounding success

The librarians and Friends of the

Hermanus Library (FOHL) recently

held an extremely successful Easter

lucky draw, in which the prizes were

a cake and baskets of Easter eggs.

TicketssoldatR5each.Thanks to the

generous support of the public, we

raised R2 000 which will be spent on

new books, dvds, cds and librarymate-

rial.

We are so proud of our library, and

the enthusiasm ofmembers enables us

to carry on the good work of keeping

the shelves stocked with new and

requested titles, all of which remain in

Hermanus. Thank you somuch, every-

one.

HETTIE ROUX, CHAIR: FOHL

KOMMENTAAR

BALL OF FIRE ON THE ROLL: Hettie Maree from Sandbaai sent in this photo of a

sunrise spectacle taken last week. Her poetic caption reads: What it touches, it sets

on fire with shades of yellow.

Lemms (sad) corner a reflectionof thependingdemiseof theheart ofHermanus

Shouldyouhaveseentheplasticban-

ner erected upside down on three

gum poles, advertising Lemms Cor-

ner Craft Market, you may have

thought it was April Fools Day. But

in fact, it was Saturday 22 March,

part of the recent Family Day long

weekend. And not surprisingly, the

town was bustling with visitors.

Although at first glance, signage

standing on its head could have been

seen as maybe a little quirky, the re-

ality of this farcical incident carries

a sinister foreboding of the tragic de-

mise of Lemms Corner and its once

famous craft market.

In the 1990s, as Hermanus began

togrow,sodidits craftmarketwhich

thenwenton tobecomeaweeklydes-

tination for visitors from Cape Town, sur-

rounding areas as well as international tour-

ists. Somuch so that, as its popularity spread,

the colourful mosaic of this market featured

in coffee table books advertising a scenic

SouthAfrica. Sadly, long gone are those days,

when amidst an ambience of joie de vivre, ga-

zebos were erected on Market Square and

both local and out-of-town crafters created a

diversity of innovative skills to offer the pub-

lic. Each Saturday a local band entertained

thecrowdsat theFishermansCottage restau-

rant.

Today tells a different story. During the

week, in goodweather, staff from local restau-

rants and loiterers invariably take up a hori-

zontal siesta on theopenground.WhenSatur-

daycomesround there isadepressingandsad

huddle of a few desperate stall holders who

rememberwithnostalgiathegoodtimeswhen

thismarketwas abuzz and packed to capacity

with traders and visitors.

The reason for the tragic demise of a once

lucrative market can be placed solely on the

shoulders of the controlling body, namely the

executives of the Old Harbour Trust. Apart

from various in-house issues, lack of commu-

nication as well as a non-proactive attitude

from management created conflict and even-

tually forcedthetraders torelocate tosuccess-

ful venues such as the Hermanus Country

Market and Hermanus-pietersfontein Boere-

mark.

Unfortunately, another result of the dismal

deterioration of Lemms Corner Market has

been the detrimental financial effect on the

surrounding retail outlets. Themanyvisitors

to the once lucrative craft market resulted in

a spill over including the towns charming

speciality retail venues and restaurants in

their shopping experience.

However, this is certainly not the case to-

day. The current downwardmarketing trend

has been exacerbated by the shift of the CBD

to both the Checkers andWoolworths centres

situated adjacent to The Marine hotel. And

recently, in the same area, yet another devel-

opment offering commercial space has

opened its doors.

These factors add up to a realistic equation

that the old town centre is increasingly in a

critical situation. Asmentioned, the CBDhas

a mix of speciality shops and certain factors

need to urgently be addressed to preserve

thesesmallbusinessesand toencouragemore

of an old-world charm to the town.

ShouldHermanuslosetheseshopsit is inev-

itable that in the future they will be replaced

by cheapies, franchise outlets and offices

which will only discourage tourism to the

townandwill impactseverelyontheeconomy

of Hermanus.

Recently, a programme online showed the

surreal and dismal images of nine malls in

the Midwest of America which have been

abandoned due to the downward spiral of the

economy. They tell a sinister story of greed

and over-development with a lack of insight

towards the sensitive and fragile infrastruc-

ture of a town.

The following steps are suggested as a sur-

vival strategy to be put into effect to prevent

thesamescenario fromhappeningonourown

doorstep:

1. The trustees of the Old Harbour need to

appointmanagement that ispro-activeandre-

alistic in their approach to the possibility of

negotiating the return of crafters to Lemms

Corner.

2. The municipality which to date has

shown little or no interest in the restoration

of the old town urgently needs to appoint a

team to investigate and formulate ideas to re-

store this once popular and lucrative tourist

destination.

3. A committee of concerned retailers

should be formed to address the immediate

problems regarding the deterioration of the

CBD. This is especially vital as the Sandbaai

shopping mall is a reality and will be built

sometime in the future.

4. Shop owners in the CBD need to realise

that the outdated attitude of trading hours

fromMonday tomid-day Saturday is no long-

er viable especially in view of the fact that

tourist resorts such asKalkBay andFransch-

hoek trade extensively throughout the week-

end. Visitors to Hermanus arriving on Fri-

daysaredisappointed to find thatmostoutlets

shut down midday Saturday to only re-open

their doors again on Monday morn-

ing, by which time the visitors have

left. This regressive and unrealistic

retail attitude is questioned again

and again by visitors to the town.

5. Landlords of buildings in a once

vibrant and sought-after CBD need

to take cognisance of the retail shift

to the new malls, a sure indication

that the dynamics of the old town

have changed. These landlords are

urgently requested to review their

exorbitantmonthly rentals and hike

increases charged at present. Unless

this problem is addressedmany spe-

ciality shops could be under threat.

6. Harbour Road urgently needs to

be reconsidered as a one-way route

down to the sea to increase the flow

of traffic into this area so that it can spread

out into theCBD.Currently this section is not

only being bypassed but is confusing to visi-

tors.

7. One of the most important factors for the

survival of the CBD is to create an attractive

and tourist-friendly town as is seen in many

European countries. For one thing, the CBD

isdevoidofcolour.Mostbuildingsarepainted

in neutral white, beige or grey.Many of these

buildings are neglected and their drab exteri-

ors remain unattended to. A landscaper re-

cently described one of the lanes in the CBD

as a construction site without maintenance.

A paint chart could make all the difference.

Interleading lanes connecting the town toMa-

rine Drive and others could be painted with

seascape/fynbos murals and made more wel-

coming and user-friendly. Hermanus has a

nucleus of talented artistswho could enhance

the bland and empty canvas of the town with

their creativity. Colour creates energy.

8. What about the creation of a park at

Lemms Corner? What about a beautiful ven-

ue of trees and indigenous flower beds under

the custodianship of Fernkloof Nature Re-

servewithafountain,benchesandwalkways?

Art in the park and similar events could be

held on Sundays.

9. As Hermanus constantly grows so is the

heavy traffic increasing. Surely it makes

sense to have a vision for the town which in-

cludes more tree-lined walkways to create

pleasant outdoor accessibility to the shops

and restaurants.

Sadly, LemmsCorner today reflects the de-

mise of the heart of Hermanus and these pro-

posed suggestions should be given urgent at-

tention and put into effect as soon as possible.

It is important to note that in the 1980s

Lemms Corner was purchased by means of

public money, municipal and government

funds and the landwas intended to be a venue

for the residents of the town and to become

a vibrant centre.

As it stands today, Lemms Corner has be-

come a desolate and deserted area and is of

no benefit to Hermanus.

NOEL AND BETH HUNT

11

Hermanus Times

24 April, 2014

Briewe

Letters

) Just want to ask: Where have all the crickets

gone? Since they made it to the front page of the

Hermanus Times, they seem to have disappeared!

Maybe they didnt like the exposure? Good show!

But really, I am fascinated they have gone!

R DU P

) Ek kry vanmiddag n oproep van n dame wat

gesien het hoe n man in n wit Fordbakkie amper

my kind van sy motorfiets af ry naby CTM, terwyl

hy soos n vark deur die karre gevleg het. Ek won

der hoe jy sal voel as iemand so n oproep aan

jou doen? Ek weet wie jy is, volgende oproep sal

aan die hoof van verkeer gaan! Daar is al hoe

meer skoolkinders wat van motorfietsvervoer ge

bruik maak en dis skokkend om te sien hoe min

respek motoriste vir die kinders op hul fietse het.

WOEDENDE MA

) Could the 15 % increase in rates be due to the

large overdraft brought about by mismanaged

overspending by the Overstrand Council?

AUDREY

)Well said Piet Louw, please keep it up! Problems

have been exacerbated since councillors were al

lowed to draw salaries and not small ones either.

C.P

)We need a mall with movie houses etc to give

the moaning and interfering people of Hermanus

Eastcliff something to do. They are clearly bored.

WORKING, BUSY RESIDENT

) Ek woon in Chanteclairweg 11 in Onrus en in

Berghof isdaarook nChanteclairweg11,volgens

pos en goedereaflewerings. Hoe is dit moontlik?

Gaan die munisipaliteit iets doen nadat hulle al

jare lank bewus is van die probleem?

CHARLES T

) To the entire staff of a wellknown restaurant:We

as customers dont owe you anything. We still

want a service, even if we do come every day.

Best of all, to bad mouth companies around you

to those companies clients, shows what type of

business you really are. From your no longer

group of 10 patrons. SHARON

) As n laerskool meneer op sy rugbyseuns vloek

wonder mens wat se voorbeeld hy stel? Daar is

vir seker beter maniere van spanbou, meneer.

) Estelle Oelofse, ek het ook daai stel afgetrap,

maar gelukkig het ek die fynskrif gelees en was

geregtig om die gimkontrak te kanselleer binne

vyf dae. Dit het wel ses maande en n oproep na

die verbruikersraad geneem voormy geld aanmy

terugbetaal is. Voorspoed. LINETTE VERSTER

) In n kerkkantoor in Hermanus speel die perso

neel net rekenaarspeletjies. Wonder wat sou ge

beur het as hulle betaal sou word volgens werks

produktiwiteit en nie n vaste salaris gekry het nie?

) Accident intersection at Sandbaai traffic lights

Saturday refers: Therewas a vehicle and tow truck

in themiddle of the intersection. But oh,myword...

there was one traffic officer, a number of police

officers and two civilians directing traffic, all at

the same time. I tried to keep my eye on the traffic

officer for instructions, while a police woman

standing at the kerb told me to go, but what about

the traffic coming from my right who had been

told by the traffic officer to proceed? Oh yes, and

not forgetting the civilian lady in the centre of the

roadalso indicating that vehicles from theopposite

side could proceed. I felt so sorry for the lonesome

traffic cop surely he needed assistants who could

actually work in unison with him and the others

should have butted out, most especially the lady

in the black pants and black spaghetti strap top.

Chaos I cant believe there wasnt another acci

dent!

) Ja, nog n plakkerkamp langs die sinagoge in

Hermanus met n beskadigde heining en daar

word net vuur gemaak. Ek is bekommerd oor hoe

ons dorp nie meer skoon is nie. WILLI

) There is a house in the Lakewood precinct that

has three prisontype floodlights shining all night.

It is not apparent why such a level of surveillance

would be necessary in a secure golf estate, but

for neighbours, the glare of the lights spoil our

wonderfulnight skies. The fynbosdwellers toomust

live in perpetual bright light in the area. Perhaps

a motion sensor may be an answer to this glaring

problem? I am beginning to see the light.

) I lostmykeyonWednesdayat the library. Please

phone me on 028 316 2902 or 083 518 7278.

) Ek het my sleutel verloor by Checkers. Kontak

my asb op 028 316 3111 of 061 427 9023.

MEVROU NOBLE

Leenasbvir onsdiehandfiets vir ons resies

BesteTiaan, baie gelukmet jougouemedaljes

met jou vinnig nuwe fiets. Ons vra dat jy asb

die ou rooi fietsie wat die mense van Herma-

nus vir jou gekoop het vir ons sal leen. Die

mannevanHawstonwilgraagweerinHerma-

nus rystoelresies ry op 10 Mei en het nie n

handfiets nie. Een van onsmanne het verlede

jaar so fantasties gery.

Jyhet tweefietseenonsvraomdieoufietsie

te leen asb. Ons oefen nou van hierdie week

af. Jy het mos in die koerant ges dat jy dit

sal skenk aan iemand wat dit nodig het.

Kan iemand dalk vir Euodia fietswinkel n

geldjie gee vir nuwebande as ons die fiets kan

gebruik vir die resies. Baie dankie.

HAWSTON FANS

Thanks toallwhomadeNight Shelter eventa success

On behalf of the Hermanus Night Shelter As-

sociation, I wish to express my appreciation

to all who assisted in making our first fund-

raising event the success it was.

The hosts and hostesses, who were so com-

mitted to filling their tableswith guests, were

an integral part of the success of the evening.

Thankyouall thosewhoparticipated in the

evenings programme: Kevin Abbot (the

Caller), theHermanusDanceStudio,Edian

Barnard and David Shreeve, a guest who

turned auctioneer.

Last,butmostcertainlynot least,ourgener-

ous sponsors: Spookfontein, Whalehaven,

Hermanuspietersfontein, Bouchard Finlays-

on, La Vierge andNewton Johnson for donat-

ing excellent wines for auctioning. We were

also privileged to auction a pair of magnifi-

cent earrings donated by Geta Finlayson.

This may well become an annual event on

the social calendar of our wonderful town.

LINDA DANEEL

SECRETARY, HERMANUS

NIGHT SHELTER ASSOCIATION

Duisende spinnekoppewoekeraansoutpan-webbe

Die uitgebreide webbe wat Cha-

n Payne aan die oewer van die

Vermont-soutpan gefotografeer

het (HT 14 Apr 2014) word deur

duisende spinnekoppe gebou,

veral die talle roesrooi langlyf-,

langbeenspinnekoppewat rond-

loop of in die middel van n web

sit. Daar is ook ander spinne-

kopspesies, waterjuffers (dam-

sel flies), en hottentotsgotte

(praying mantis). Om hulle al-

mal aan die lewe te hou, vereis

n goeie voedselbron.

Dr. Ansie Dippenaar-Schoe-

man (Landbou-navorsingsraad)

het die roesrooi spinnekoppege-

dentifiseer as ledevandie fami-

lieTetragnathidae,moontlikTe-

tragnatha sp. (langkaak-water-

spinnekop).

Hierdie familie het goed ont-

wikkelde kake (cheliseras) met

sterk tande, agt o en n verleng-

de abdomen. Interessant is dat

al die eksemplarewat gefotogra-

feer is, mannetjies is.

Die spinnekoppe is predatore

en vreet muskiete, muggies en

ander spinnekoppe.

Wat n wonderlike ekologiese

sisteem is onse pan nie.

VIC HAMILTON-ATTWELL

HERMANUS

Die Tegragnathaspin

nekop, in Engels be

kend as die long

jawed water spider.

Oostewind begin

stoot

Die bolug wat oor die Overberg-gebied hang, ge-

dra hom goed vir hierdie tyd van die jaar, so tus-

sen die oorgang van somer- na winterrens. Die

windstaandieafgelopepaardaepalopsuid/suid-

oos tussen 19 en 35 km/h. Dit peper ons met n

14,5 C bries.

Maar, vir di wat wonder, so 3 km bokant ons

kop is die wind saans maar weer sy ou self die

maltrapwat tussen 2 en 3 in die oggend so te kere

gaan. Vanoggend is hy weer terug op die grond

maar steeds baie sterk op 36 km/h.

Die algemene prentjie daar bo is stabiliteit

want die Atlantiese hoogdruk is duidelik nog in

beheer van die algemene weerpatroon. Dit is n

klomp koue wat uit die suide gekom het en weer

by Gough weggedruk word, maar in die proses

was daar sommer baie goeie konveksie wat met

al die warm weer in die laaste tyd ook baie vog

uit die see opgeneem het.

Diemeeste van die water sal oor die Suid-Kaap

terug val, maar dit lyk of die Overstrand die ver-

wagte driedagren vrygespring het.

Langfaan swatwo!Onsmoet onthou dieOver-

strand is op die grens tussen die somer enwinter

renvaltyd (n gebied) en as die isobaar van die

Atlantiese hoogdruk nader aan Mosselbaai in-

draai land toe, kan enige iets voor die naweek

gebeur.

Die glas is aan die styg en dit lyk of die ooste-

wind ook bietjie sterker begin stoot. Dit is net

vir vanmiddag, want vanaand druk die suide-

wind weer in. Lesers wat dan wakker is moet

dit sien as n oorskakeling,want die noordwes

steek na middernag sterk op met vog wat hy

die hele pad vanaf die noordweskus bring.

Teen Vrydagaand sak n rentjie van agtuur

tot Saterdagoggend uit met n goeie 4 mm.

Saterdagmiddag is die son spesiaal vir n

bietjie pret agter die wolke uit, maar ons sal

voel hoe die luggie weer 16 C word.

Sondag word dit n toutrekkery tussen die

oostewindendiewestewind,maarmensemoet

maarwarmaantrek. Dit gaan 12 C daar op die

kerkbanke en in die koffiewinkels word.

Die koue weer bly aan en af irriterend tot

Maandag se namiddag wanneer die son weer

warm deurbreek en 20 C verskaf. Maar hier

kom oom Langfaan se voorspelling in: Die

tweede front is in die noordweste op die hori-

son en dit kan nie anders nie; dit ren so 3mm

tot daai volgende Woensdag toe.

During this transitional period from summer to winter there

is a tug of war between the south/east and north/west winds

that will bring cold and rain (about 4 mm) on Friday evening.

By Saturday afternoon the sunwill be out again but the tempe-

ratureonlyreaches16 C, followedbyamaxof12 ConSunday.

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Hermanus Times

24 April, 2014

Briewe

Letters

Statistics reveal shocking levels ofpollution. Where is theestuarymanagementplan?

While discussing the Hermanus Lagoon re-

cently, a remark was made, that in 25 years

time the estuary will be a large vlei, with the

Klein River meandering through it, choked

with reeds, algae, and foul smells.

We may come to regret the day we laughed

and dismissed this sad ironic joke, because

wedidnothing tostemthe tideof theestuarys

decay, now being supercharged by sewage ef-

fluent and nitrate/phosphate run off, due to

archaic and outdated planning, building and

farming practices.

Studies have shown that there are approxi-

mately 255 functional estuaries in SouthAfri-

ca; the Klein River estuary is known to be the

5th most ecologically important.

On 23 November 2007 a report was pub-

lished by Dr Victor Hamilton-Attwell titled:

Sewage Pollution in the Klein River from

thebridge (R43) on theKleinRiveratStanford

up to Scout Camp (Hermanus). A summary

reads: The most important source of pollu-

tion are the septic systems along the shore.

All indications are that human impact and es-

pecially sewagemanagement,must be target-

ed as the biggest pollution source. Along the

estuary it has been ascertained that conserv-

ancy tanks are seldom pumped and that grey

water is dumped in soak-aways and at some

stands, all sewage is dumped directly into a

soak-away.

In January I managed to obtain, with great

difficulty, and only through the Access to In-

formationAct, themunicipal water sampling

records for the estuary, Grotto beach and the

Klein River. These records were previously

published on the Overstrand Estuaries web-

site until March 2013. The site was discontin-

ued and no results have been published since

then. We wonder why?

InDecember2013 themunicipality sampled

the estuary, in its customary bi-monthly wa-

ter sampling program, in order to determine

the level of intestinal enterococci, one of the

bacterial indicator organisms used to deter-

mine faecal pollution.

The following figures were recorded at the

sample points in the Klein River estuary:

Scout Camp: 1 940 cfu/per 100 ml

Prawn Flats: 3 100 cfu/per 100 ml

Hermanus Yacht Club: 5 200 cfu/per 100 ml

Stanford (Kings Street) 1 100 cfu/per 100 ml

The last flood (1:50 year) occurred on 16 No-

vember 2013. These water sample readings

were taken on 12 and 19 December 2013, a sig-

nificant lapse of time between the flood and

sampling, indicatinghowthe floodconditions

affect the pollution levels.

The SA Water Guideline for Recreational

Water (2009) states a level in excess of 185 cfu/

per 100 ml as poor (unacceptable) with a gas-

tro-intestinal (GI) health risk index of 8.5%.

The above water samples average well over

1 000%higherrisk factorcomparedto theoffi-

cial health hazard levels, and in the case of

the Hermanus Yacht Club, an unbelievable

2 500 % higher on those specific days.

The Blue Flag registered Grotto beach had

a reading of 1 733 cfu/per 100 ml on 28Novem-

ber, and in the storm water stream alongside

Dutchies on 23 January an unbelievable

2 419cfu/per100 mlwasrecorded flowingonto

Grottobeach,confirmingthetheses thatsome

have expressed that sewage contamination

will threaten the Blue Flag status of Grotto

beach.

It is understood that the flood conditions af-

fected not only the flooding of septic tanks,

but runoff from the land and increasing un-

dergroundbiofilmseepage (originally formed

by leakingseptic tanks)all contributing to the

exceptionally high readings.

Between 2010 and 2012 (three years after the

Hamilton-Attwell report was published) an

auditwas conducted amongst a groupof prop-

erty owners on the Klein River Estuary (Her-

manus Lagoon). Of those participating it was

found that 80% of the tanks inspected were

found to be faulty and beyond repair inmany

instances, furthermore many of these tanks

and their soak-awayswere founda fewmeters

fromthehighwater levels anda largenumber

below these levels. Regardless of the efforts

to renovate the septic tanks, sewage pollution

continues to rise and any discussion of the

owners converting to conservancy tanks was

avoided.

Estuary water levels are defined as levels

above mean sea level (msl) and it is said that

the estuary should breach naturally at 3 m

above msl, furthermore that the official set

back line for properties should be 5m above

msl (or in the case of the Coastal Protection

Zone 100 m, to be managed, regulated and re-

stricted). In your dreams, none of this occurs,

nor has it ever been implemented!

Of further interest, the high water mark is

nowpegged at 2.6msl, thanks to the expedient

lobbying of home owners who have built too

closetothehighwaterlevelandsufferinunda-

tion whenever the estuary rises to the level

it should and could rise. There are over 100

houses built below the 5m msl and the 1:50

year flood line on the river.

Stanford alone has 65 properties found be-

low the 50 year flood line and it may well be

asked if the developers and town planners

who passed this very irregular, ill conceived

development (onzonedagricultural land)will

now pay for the water-born sewage installa-

tions that are presently being installed. An-

other of themany costly lessons of town plan-

ning gone wrong, for both the tax payers and

the environment.

Where will the leadership be found to put

into place an estuary management plan (20

years on the drawing boards) that has regula-

torycloutandconsequence thatwill effective-

ly manage, intervene and rehabilitate the es-

tuary (and river catchment) ecosystems?

JOHN WILLIAMS

Liezl Bezuidenhout, Senior Manager:

Environmental Services, responds:

One cannot deny that theKleinRiver estuary

has environmental problems which are partly

caused by riparian developments that took

place in the early days when people were not

as knowledgeable about environmental im-

pacts as they are today. One of these problems

is indeed faecal pollution, as indicated by the

high readings for intestinal enterococci.

It is important, however, to remember that

both intestinal enterococci and E. coli occur in

the faecies of allwarm-bloodedanimals,which

means that the high readings in the estuary

cannot be attributed purely to human waste,

although the latter is part of the problem.Estu-

aries, especially when they are closed off from

the sea, are the collection points for everything

that flows from the catchment, including the

runoff from farms and towns (e.g. stormwater

pipes).

Water resources in the Overstrand are man-

aged by the Breede-Overberg Catchment Man-

agementAgency (BOCMA)based inWorcester.

They are also responsible for water quality

monitoring in order to establish compliance

with theNationalWaterAct 36 of 1998. Thewa-

ter quality samples that are collected twice a

month by the Overstrand Municipality (OM)

isaBOCMAfundedproject,andthemunicipal-

itys role is purely to collect the samples for

BOCMA. Environmental health is not a func-

tion of theOM,but of theOverbergDistrictMu-

nicipality (ODM) which has offices in Her-

manus and Kleinmond.

The water quality results have previously

beenmadeavailableon theOverstrandEstuar-

ies website (a private website), but the munici-

pality has not been allowed to use it since the

middleof lastyear.Efforts tostartourownestu-

aries website have failed due to financial con-

straints, but BOCMA is presently looking into

the possibility of placing the results on their

own website (www.bocma.co.za).

We find it hard to believe that the personwho

wrote the letter had to resort to the Access to

Information Act to obtain the water quality re-

sults.TheyhavebeenavailableatBOCMAand

at the Environmental Management Section

(EMS) of the municipality since August 2013

when BOCMA started a new bi-monthly pro-

gramme (the previous one was every three

weeks). Letter and response shortened Ed.

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24 April, 2014

Algemeen

General

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PAASFEES PRET: Graad een leerders van Curro Hermanus is Donderdag

deur Hermanus Toyota bederf met paaseiers. Die kinders moes oral op die

terrein na die paaseiers wat weggesteek is, gaan soek.

PAASPAKKIES: Die kleintjies van Duifies en Kuifies skool in Mount Pleasant was

baie opgewonde toe hulle Donderdag pakkies vir Paasfees ontvang het. Twee

mas, Kaylin May en Megan Benade, het deur die nag gebak en brou om die 52

kinderharte bly te maak.

OUMA- EN OUPA-

DAG: Die gr. 5leer

ders van Laerskool

Hermanus het Donder

dag n Oupa en Ou

madag vir die bejaar

des van Huis Lettie

Theron by die skool

saal gehou. Elke leer

der het ekstra werkies

tuis gedoen om sak

geld te verdien waar

mee die skool gesken

kies vir al die oupas

en oumas gekoop het.

Die leerders het gesing,

gedigte opges en bal

letdanse uitgevoer. Die

gr. 5meisies van Mari

na Skool van Dans het

ook n pragtige ballet

uitvoering gelewer.

FOTOS: JANINE VAN DER

RIET

Willa Gerber (middel) is as die oudste oupa

van die dag gekroon. Hy het vanjaar 94 jaar

oud geword. Juffrou Louisa Smit het hom ampte

lik gekroon met n spesiale serp.

Die gr. 5leerders het vir tannie Netta Pieterse

Veels geluk, liewe maatjie gesing. Sy het Sa

terdag 82 jaar oud geword.

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24 April, 2014

Algemeen

General

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Cartoonist Corakuierby

Hermanus Leeskring

CILENE BEKKER

Cora Coetzee het bekendheid verwerf as illustreer-

der, of eerder cartoonist, soos sy na haarself verwys.

Syhetmeeras150boekegellustreer (virskrywerssoos

Elsa Joubert, Audrey Blignaut en Philip de Vos) maar

deesdae skets sy op die ingewing van die oomblik en wy

haarself toe aan groter kuns.

Cora was die gasspreker by die Hermanus Leeskring

se samekoms Dinsdagoggend. Om haar in die sitkamer

vandieSandbaaiCountryCottageisvanhaarnuwergro-

ter werke uitgestal, meestal houtskoolsketse. Johnny

Cash is duidelik herkenbaar op een.

Ds.JamesGreyvandieUnitedChurchheteendagver-

wys na n liedjie van Cash op YouTube. Ek het dit oor

en oor gekyk. En vandaar het die inspirasie gekom om

hom te skets, met sy gesig effe vertrek n sy beroerte.

Ander kere is dit n foto in n koerant wat inspireer of

bloot net die prag van die Overstrand. Dit word al hoe

meer opwindend. Ek werk nou vry. Ek vat n stuk wit

papier en dinge gebeur. Soms werk dit, ander kere is dit

n flop en dan begin ek weer.

Cora is n gebore engeto Stellenbosser enwas eenvan

die eerste kunsstudente byMaties. Sy vertel hoe dissipli-

nehaargevormhet.Daarisniekreatiwiteitsonderdissi-

plinenie.Ofditnouwasomnskulp900keeroor te teken

om die vorm en groewe 100% reg te kry, of die halfuur

van oefeninge voor hul kunsklas op Maties begin het.

Die verwysing na hierdie soort dissipline vat n draai

na kinders en inkleurboeke. Is dit reg of verkeerd om

n kind te dwing om binne die lyne van die prentjie in

te kleur? word sy gevra. Cora, self ouma, se

raadis:Geediekindnopsie.Houineenhand

n inkleurboek en in die ander n stuk wit pa-

pier en vra die kind watter een verkies hy.

Cora het sewe jaar gelede na die Overstrand verhuis

en s Hermanus is n salf vir haar. Ek kan maak nes

ek wil. Ek teken die see, berge, wolke. Die mense s mos

Hermanus is die voorportaal van die hemel.

Regs agter Cora is die

sketse van Johnny

Cash. Die skets links

van haar, van vyf kin

ders, is genspireer

deur n koerantberig

oor Joodse kindertjies

in die konsentrasie

kampe. Die titel is

Ons het Auschwitz

Birkenau oorleef. Co

ra se pa as vyfjarige

is die middelste kind

in die kunswerk. Hy

was nie in die kon

sentrasiekampe nie,

maar ek wou hom in

die sketse inwerk

saam met al die an

der sad gesigte. Sy

ma is oorlede toe hy

vyf was en die foto

van hom is toe ge

neem.

Cora is nog steeds mal oor cartoons doen, maar net

per geleentheid. Hierdie Veels geluk, liewe maatjie,

omdat jy verjaarskets het sy vir vriendin Linda Zaai

man gedoen. FOTOS: CILENE BEKKER

Susan

Radloff,

Colleen

Naud en

Anna

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He claims that the majority of

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We are literally digging our

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He suggests which foods and

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24 April, 2014

Kuns

Arts

167a Main Road. Hermanus

Tel: 028 313 2741 / 082 9767302

Workshop of Handprinted African Fabric

Ceramics, Gifts, Jewellery,

Studio of Artist Ed Bredenkamp

Gallery & Studio

LEMBU

1614nj

Modern & Contemporary

Fine Art

028 313 2935

www.abalonegallery.co.za

[email protected]

Francois Grobbelaar

[email protected] /

www.walkerbayartgallery.co.za

TEL/FAX: 028 312 2928

CELL: 082 719 0907

167 Main Road, Hermanus, 7200

1614nj

1614nj

Jenny Jackson

@

Jenny Jacksons Gallery 19

072 270 1883

19 High Street, Hermanus

Email: [email protected] / www.jennyjackson.co.za

THURSDAY 24 APRIL

) Join the Hermanus Hacking Group from 07:00

to 11:00 at Lagoon Edge. Call Andr van den

Berg: 0 072 191 3516.

) Die borduurgroep vergader by die DeWetsaal

elkeDonderdagvan09:00 13:00.KontakAnna

le Roux: 0 028 316 1612.

) The Probus Club meets every second Thursday

of themonth at The Class Room restaurant in Hem

elenAarde Village at 12:15. Contact Lyle:

0 028 314 1390 or 073 778 2777.

) Yoga classes every Tuesday and Thursday at

17:30 at the De Wet Hall in Roos Street, Onrus.

Call Henriette Vlugter: 0 082 738 7809.

) Hermanus Rotary Club meets at 18:30 at

Mollergren Retirement Village. All are welcome.

Call Frank Matthee: 0 082 870 1187.

) Sandbaai Belastingbetalersvereniging hou hul

algemene jaarvergadering in die Sandbaaisaal

om 18:00.

Alle belangstellendes is welkom. Bel Chris Theron:

0 028 316 3812.

FRIDAY 25 APRIL

) Hermanus Hacking group meets from 06:30

08:45 above the sports field near Old Boys Club.

All volunteers are welcome. Call Charlyn Vosloo:

0 082 558 8731.

) Geniet tee/koffie en tuisgebakbydie biblioteek

se Bhuki Kafee 09:00 11.30. Elke besoek help

om n boek te koop.

) Die Kolwyntjie Teetuin by Onruskerk: 09:30

11:30. Heerlike tuisgebak, terte en koeke met tee

of koffie ingesluit vir net R20.

) Kunsklasse by die De Wetsaal in Onrus van

09:00 12:00. Bel Estelle Valkenburg:

0 028 316 3522.

) Brug by die De Wetsaal van 13:00 17:00.

Kontak Jaye Howse: 0 028 312 1553.

SATURDAY 26 APRIL

) HermanusCountryMarket from09:00 13:00

at the cricket grounds.

) Hermanuspietersfontein se kos en wynmark

van 09:00 13:00.

)Market in the Garden from 09:00 14:00 at

HemelenAarde Village.

) EmileMinnie stel sy nuweCDbekend bySprok

kelster Teater in Onrus om 20:00. Kaartjies kan

bespreek word by Louise: 0 082 896 5106/

028 316 4567.

MONDAY 28 APRIL

) Hermanus Hacking Group meets from 07:00

to 11:00 at Lagoon Edge. Call Andr van den

Berg: 0 072 191 3516.

) The U3A presents French Rural Art Posters

as a form of Art, by Klaus Dembeck in the Catholic

Church hall at 10:00. Call Barbara Pretorius:

0 028 312 1438.

) AfriForum hou hul ledevergadering by die mu

nisipale auditorium om 18:30.

) Fiksheidsklasse by die De Wetsaal: Maandae

08:00 09:30; Woensdae 15:00 17:00 en

Donderdae 08:00 09:30. Belangstellendes kan

Alida Liebenberg bel: 0 028 316 3994 of

082 783 5160.

) Duplicate bridge at 13:00 at Fernkloof. Call:

0 028 314 0662 or 072 230 9179.

) Zumbadans, De Wetsaal, Maandae en

Woensdae 17:30 18:30. Bel Emilia Knight:

0 028 316 1491.

) Linedancing, DeWetsaal, 18:30 19:30. Call

Maryanne Calitz: 0 073 469 9132.

) Hermanus Pro Musica Choir 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 29 APRIL

) Hermanus Hacking Group meets from 07:00

to 10:00 at Lagoon Edge. Call Andr van den

Berg: 0 072 191 3516.

) A talk on Local Restaurants and Cooking will

be presented at the U3A meeting at the Catholic

Church hall at 10:00. Call Letitia Snyman:

0 028 316 5170.

WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL

) Hermanus Hacking Group meets from 07:00

to 10:00 at Lagoon Edge. Call Andr van den

Berg: 0 072 191 3516.

) Trimgimklasse vir seniors weekliks deur

Mathilda Roos by die Onrusrivierdienssentrum

van10:00 11:00.R30perdienssentrumlid,R45

vir nielede.

)WeighLess group meets at the De Wet Hall in

Onrus at 08:30. Call Annette Meiring:

0 082 560 2836.

) Recycle Swop Shop AGM, Grobbelaar Hall,

17:30.

) Die Christelike Afhanklikheidsbeweging kom

byeen van18:00 19:00bydieGrobbelaarsaal.

Bel Nick Kruger: 0 074 890 2250.

) Egskeidingsondersteuningsgroep elke tweede

en vierde Woensdag om 18:00 in die gebeds

kamer by die NG gemeente Onrusrivier. Bel Erika

Oosthuysen: 0 072 322 0998.

THURSDAY 1 MAY

) Join the Hermanus Bird Club on a birding jaunt

to Hawston View and Van der Stels Pass. Meet

at Onrus Trading Post at 08:00. Visitors welcome.

Call Craig: 0 083 227 9003.

EVENTS

) Join theHermanus Ladies LuncheonClubonFri

day 9 May at 12:00 for 12:30 at The Class Room

restaurant. Booking essential. Call Erna:

0 028 316 2866 or 082 932 6276.

ABALONE GALLERY: Abalone Gallery is

showcasing the exhibition Reflections with

work by four prominent female artists: Alta

Botha, Lien Botha, Pippa Skotnes and Lynette

ten Krooden.

Alta is exhibiting her Universe series, which

she completed before she started her studies

for the MFA degree at the Michaelis School

of Fine Art in Cape Town, which she has just

obtained with distinction. Odd Objects

(2008) her solo exhibition was highly

appreciated by art collectors and friends of

the Abalone Gallery. Lien Botha, whose work

is an integral part at Abalone Gallery exhi

bitions, is showing some of her narrative

photography, the Amendment series. Pic

tured is Amendment 3: The case of going

Dutch in the desert. Her solo exhibition An

thology was hosted by Abalone Gallery in

2009. Her tenth solo exhibition Yonder is

presently on view at the Barnard Gallery in

Cape Town. The critic and author Amanda

Botha referred to it as n hoogtepunt in Lien

Botha se reeds bewese kunstenaarskap.

Numbered and signed limited edition cata

logues are available at Abalone Gallery. Pip

pa Skotnes, daughter of late icon in the arts,

Cecil Skotnes, and professor at the Michaelis

School of Fine Art in Cape Town, is repre

sented with two very special etchings from

the 1980s, which are collectors pieces. Or

trud Mulder has shown many series of Sko

tness works at museums and institutions

overseas before she relocated to Hermanus.

Lynette ten Krooden, a Pretoriabased artist,

has some of her smaller works on show, re

flecting her research on the old trade routes

from Petra in Jordan to Kimberley. Her most

recent solo exhibition, African Mysteries in

September last year, was accompanied by a

presentation of her career as artist and re

searcher over thirty years.

WILLIE BOTHA SCULPTURE GALLERY:

The Willie Botha Sculpture gallery opened

its doors in June 2013 at 171 Main Road,

Hermanus. The gallery forms a part of the

Hermanus Art Amble. This follows the in

ternational trend to have concentrated are

as in cities and towns dedicated to the vis

ual arts where art lovers can casually stroll

from gallery to gallery. People also like to

see the artists in action or at least meet the

artists whose work they are buying. That is

why Willie Botha decided to use part of his

gallery to work on smaller pieces where

the public can learn more about sculpting

as well as the bronze casting process. You

can visit the gallery to view their fantastic

collection of works by old master painters

such as Jan Dingemans, Frans Claerhout,

Piet van Heerden, Hennie Niemann, G.W.

Pilkington, Chris Tugwell, Alfred Krentz, Di

no Paravano, Trechikoff, Gregoire Boonza

ier and Majory Wallace among others with

works of Pieter Vermaak and Angela Keys.

LEMBU GALLERY: Lembu Gallery is the

home studio of artist Ed Bredenkamp, best

known for his dramatic and vivid red ele

phant paintings and other wildlife studies.

During FynArts, Lembu will stage an exhibi

tion entitled Portrayals which will feature

the work of both Ed and Elsie Macdonald,

the Knysnabased surrealist artist, a few of

whose beautiful and whimsical paintings are

currently on show in the gallery. Lembu has

also just unveiled a new collection of hand

crafted, handpainted glassware from talen

ted glass artists Ronel Basson and Janette

Anderson. Each piece of glass is individually

hand painted before being fused and slum

ped in a high temperature kiln. Its a slow

and meticulous process and each item is uni

que. A new range of jewellery has also re

cently been released featuring fiery red co

rals and dazzling black and green agates.

WALKER BAY

ART GALLERY:

The coup[e

Francois and

Christine Grob

belaar, who run

Walker Bay Art

Gallery, have

brought a won

derful variety of

artistic media to

the public, in

cluding pain

tings, sculptu

res, ceramics

and glassware.

Since its incepti

on in 2007 the gallery has housed one of

the countrys finest collections of South Afri

can art pieces in a beautifully restored his

torical building in Main Road. The gallerys

Courtyard Caf also offers refreshments.

On Saturday 3 May, all art lovers and col

lectors are invited to the opening of the

Aviva Maree exhibition at 18:30 for 19:00.

Heln Truter will be the guest speaker.

JENNY JACKSONS GALLERY 19: Jenny

Jackson was a late bloomer who only star

ted painting when she was in her sixties. Her

first solo exhibition was hosted at the Rossouw

Modern in 2012 and her gallery attached to

her home/studio in High Street opened in De

cember last year. This restored fishermans cot

tage is filled with light and reflects Jennys

boundless energy and delight in her work. Her

unique technique of using a palette knife to

apply thick strokes of paint to canvass re

minds one of weathered walls with peeling

paint. The paintings, ranging from still lives to

portraits, are rounded off with finer touches of

charcoal.

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24 April, 2014

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Hermanus Times

24 April, 2014

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www.ayandambanga.co.za

Sales Representative RTD

Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, your key performance areas will include, but will not be

limited to: calling at On- and Off-consumption outlets in the Overberg area adherence to the Calling

Pattern ability to identify potential business opportunities and activate successful implementation

achieve sales and distribution targets for the areas execute all promotions/cycles in line with

the national/regional promotional plan maintain a high quality control of products in the trade

maintain high level of product, channel and market segmentation knowledge achieve promotions

and merchandising targets per plan control and correct use of ROI and POS material building of

long term customer/consumer relationships internally and externally ability to work independently

administration compiling reports controlling budgets company asset management.

The successful candidate must preferably have the following experience/skills: a relevant

tertiary qualication in Sales/Marketing/Commercial minimum of 3 years relevant sales experience

in the FMCG market a valid Code 08 drivers licence with endorsements good communication and

negotiation skills a willingness to travel and act independently comprehensive computer skills (MS

Ofce) demonstrate business acumen and understanding a high level of energy as this position

involves working long, exible hours, including evenings, weekends and public holidays when required

demonstrate the ability to function without supervision.

We offer market-related remuneration packages, incorporating the valuable benets of a large

company.

If you are interested and qualify, please forward your written application/detailed CV to Sonette

Naude at the HR Department, Parow. It can also be e-mailed to [email protected]

Closing date: 3 May 2014 at 17:00

Distell is committed to diversity within its workforce and encourages applications from

all suitably qualied persons.

If you have not heard from us within one month after the closing date, please assume that your

application was unsuccessful. We hereby thank you for applying.

www.distell.co.za

Your career is your greatest asset, people are ours

Distell Ltd, a leading producer of wines, spirits, ciders and avoured

alcoholic beverages of high quality, invites applications

from suitably qualied and experienced individuals for the

following key opportunity based in the Overberg Area.