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033 413 2735 Fax 033 413 1933 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 e-mail [email protected] GAZETTE Greytown Greytown Umvoti | Kranskop | New Hanover | Msinga Magisterial Districts 10 000 copies weekly | Est. 1903 FREE MANAGERS PICK MANAGERS PICK 22 99 Johnson’s Baby Wipes - lightly fragranced ONLY 80s Tel: 033 413 2196 • Fax: 033-413 2100 GREYTOWN 120 Pine Street, Greytown Making home building simple GET THE CREDIT YOU NEED IN-STORE TODAY Apply for your home building loan in-store Get approval within 24 hours 1 2 3 Get everything you need to start building All loan applications are subject to final credit approval. Terms and conditions apply. Scare tactics employed by Umzinyathi BIG brother bullying tactics to try to frighten water consum- ers to pay up are now being used by Umzinyathi District Municipality. They are trying to obtain the exorbitant, non–proven amounts charged in 2008 - which have also been pre- scribed a 3 year limit. Water consumers receive an SMS from Umzinyathi saying “handed over to NICS - Pretoria phone number and your refer- ence number.” Then on this month’s water account, the following is print- ed: “Dear customer, please note that Umzinyathi District Mu- nicipality has appointed debt collectors to assist in collecting all monies that are due and payable to the Municipality. The company name is New In- tegrated Credit Solutions(Pty) Ltd.” These exorbitant amounts, on which monthly in- terest has been charged since 2008, cannot be supported by any documentation - from the time they were ‘claimed’ by uThukela Water there is no documentation that was made available or supplied. In fact uThukela personnel told Umvoti water customers to pay just the current monthly amounts. In October, when Umzinyathi made a renewed attempt to ob- tain these amounts through, admittedly, a very polite ap- peal, the Greytown Gazette re- quested those affected to con- tact it. Close to one hundred people submitted statements with amounts ranging up to R110 000. A Greytown lawyer then wrote to Umzinyathi to drop these ridiculous billings and normalize the accounts and al- so pointed out that the law of prescription applied. This was in October last year and no response has been re- ceived from Umzinyathi. Umvoti Municipality has called a meeting to discuss wa- ter supply on 19 February - written complaints to be sub- mitted by 7 February to Umvo- ti. A number of residents have queried whether Umvoti is go- ing to support its residents or is going to baUnfortunately, at the time of going to press, Um- voti Municipality had not re- plied to the Greytown Gazette’s written request for informa- tion, so that residents are in- formed what their Municipality is doing to support and assist them.ck Umzinyathi in its bul- lying tactics. Report by: Nokulunga Majola and Andile Ngubane ANGRY residents of Emakhabeleni, just 20 kilometres outside of Kranskop, took to the streets in the early hours of last Monday morning. They blocked the road with rocks, tree branches and burning tyres in a service de- livery protest. About 400 disgruntled residents, many with knobkieries and sticks, came from var- ious areas around Kranskop including Ng- caza, Stulwa, Sizweni, Dimane and Gcotoi, claiming they were tired of empty promises and demanded better services. Siyabonga Makhaye, a ward committee member, told Greytown Gazette that taking to the street was the final solution after go- ing through all the right channels but with no success. Makhaye said they were many issues af- fecting the community. A major complaint was the changed opening hours of the Ma- khabela clinic which, for years, had been open from 7.30am to 7pm, but now closed at 4pm. “We have incidents where residents have been turned away in the evening, people who really need medical assistance are told to call an ambulance themselves and there is no service on Saturdays and Sundays. An- other issue is electricity. We are in the dark here, we do not have electricity. We feel ne- glected since we have no essential services,” he said. Although water pipes were laid about five years ago, there is no water. Many walk long distances to fetch water from stand pipes as the river is dry Residents handed a memorandum with a list of their grievances, including water supply, electricity and RDP houses, to Um- voti Mayor Zamokwakhe Xaba and the Kranskop police commissioner. They threatened that if there was no re- sponse to their concerns within seven days, they would burn down the clinic. During the week Xaba urged residents to calm down. “We are busy dealing with the issue at hand. We will give them feedback on Mon- day. I have contacted all the relevant de- partments to come on board.” A community meeting was held on 3 Feb- ruary at Makhabeleni Community Hall at which Xaba addressed over 400 residents. Representatives of the various municipal departments were also present. Xaba stated that the meeting had been positive. The main complaint in regard to the opening hours of the clinic had been re- solved in that the clinic will be open every day but for emergency services only on Sat- urdays and Sundays. A further community meeting will be held on 3 March to discuss outstanding issues. Blocking the road was the only option left to the residents to make their grievances heard. Photo supplied. ANGRY ANGRY at l at l ack ack of of SER SERVICE VICE DELIVERY DELIVERY

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033 413 2735 Fax 033 413 1933 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 e-mail [email protected]

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Scare tactics employed by UmzinyathiBIG brother bullying tactics totry to frighten water consum-ers to pay up are now beingused by Umzinyathi DistrictMunicipality.

They are trying to obtain theexorbitant, non–provenamounts charged in 2008 -which have also been pre-scribed a 3 year limit.

Water consumers receive anSMS from Umzinyathi saying“handedover toNICS -Pretoriaphone number and your refer-ence number.”

Then on this month’s wateraccount, the following is print-ed:

“Dear customer, please note

that Umzinyathi District Mu-nicipality has appointed debtcollectors to assist in collectingall monies that are due andpayable to the Municipality.The company name is New In-tegrated Credit Solutions(Pty)Ltd.” These exorbitantamounts, onwhichmonthly in-terest has been charged since2008, cannot be supported byany documentation - from thetime they were ‘claimed’ byuThukela Water there is nodocumentation that was madeavailable or supplied.

In fact uThukela personneltoldUmvotiwater customers topay just the current monthly

amounts.InOctober,whenUmzinyathi

madea renewedattempt to ob-tain these amounts through,admittedly, a very polite ap-peal, the Greytown Gazette re-quested those affected to con-tact it. Close to one hundredpeople submitted statementswith amounts ranging up toR110 000.

A Greytown lawyer thenwrote to Umzinyathi to dropthese ridiculous billings andnormalize the accounts and al-so pointed out that the law ofprescription applied.

This was in October last yearand no response has been re-

ceived from Umzinyathi.Umvoti Municipality has

called ameeting to discuss wa-ter supply on 19 February -written complaints to be sub-mitted by 7 February to Umvo-ti. A number of residents havequeried whether Umvoti is go-ing to support its residents oris going to baUnfortunately, atthe time of going to press, Um-voti Municipality had not re-plied to theGreytownGazette’swritten request for informa-tion, so that residents are in-formedwhat theirMunicipalityis doing to support and assistthem.ck Umzinyathi in its bul-lying tactics.

Report by: Nokulunga Majola and AndileNgubane

ANGRY residents of Emakhabeleni, just 20kilometres outside of Kranskop, took to thestreets in the early hours of last Mondaymorning.

They blocked the road with rocks, treebranches and burning tyres in a service de-livery protest.

About 400 disgruntled residents, manywithknobkieriesandsticks, came fromvar-ious areas around Kranskop including Ng-caza, Stulwa, Sizweni, Dimane and Gcotoi,claiming they were tired of empty promisesand demanded better services.

Siyabonga Makhaye, a ward committeemember, told Greytown Gazette that takingto the street was the final solution after go-ing through all the right channels but withno success.

Makhaye said they were many issues af-fecting the community. A major complaintwas the changed opening hours of the Ma-khabela clinic which, for years, had beenopen from 7.30am to 7pm, but now closedat 4pm.

“We have incidentswhere residents havebeen turned away in the evening, peoplewho really needmedical assistance are toldto call an ambulance themselves and thereisno serviceonSaturdaysandSundays.An-other issue is electricity. We are in the darkhere, we do not have electricity. We feel ne-glectedsincewehavenoessential services,”

he said.Althoughwaterpipeswere laidabout five

years ago, there is no water.Many walk long distances to fetch water

from stand pipes as the river is dryResidents handed a memorandum with

a list of their grievances, including watersupply, electricity and RDP houses, to Um-voti Mayor Zamokwakhe Xaba and the

Kranskop police commissioner.They threatened that if there was no re-

sponse to their concerns within seven days,they would burn down the clinic.

During the week Xaba urged residents tocalm down.

“We are busy dealing with the issue athand. We will give them feedback on Mon-day. I have contacted all the relevant de-

partments to come on board.”A communitymeetingwas held on 3 Feb-

ruary at Makhabeleni Community Hall atwhich Xaba addressed over 400 residents.

Representatives of the various municipaldepartments were also present.

Xaba stated that the meeting had beenpositive. The main complaint in regard tothe opening hours of the clinic had been re-solved in that the clinic will be open everyday but for emergency services only on Sat-urdays and Sundays.

A further communitymeetingwill beheldon 3 March to discuss outstanding issues.

Blocking the road was the only option left to the residents to make their grievances heard.Photo supplied.

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Coolair residentswere caught bysurprise lastThursday whenstreets becamewaterlogged andvehicles had to betowed out. Thisphotograph wastaken in EricaAvenue at 8am.

by Andile Ngubane

FIVE suspects were arrested inMuden during a joint operationbetween the Greytown Crimeintelligence and Pietermaritz-burg Public Order Police in theOphathe area on 29 January.

The suspects, aged between17 and 56, were arrested on

various charges including pos-session of unlicensed firearmsand ammunition.

Police acted on informationreceived as to the whereaboutsof the suspects.

Police spokesperson, ColonelJay Naicker, said that two 9mmpistols, as well as a 38’ specialand 47 rounds of ammunition

were recovered.“One of the suspects was

found in possession of daggawhilst anotherwas arrested foranattemptedmurderwhichoc-curred in Greytown during2013.”

Naicker added that the threefirearms would be sent for bal-listic testingtoascertainwheth-

er theywereusedtocommitanyother crime in the province.

All five suspects were due toappear in the Greytown Magis-trates’ Court this week oncharges of attempted murder,possession of dagga and for be-ing in possession of unlicensedfirearms and ammunition.

Five arrested,firearms recovered

THESE dates were unfortunately left out ofthe Shadow Column published in last week’sGreytown Gazette:

14 February: KammalandGrandparents day15 March: Pedal for Rands20 June: Kammaland lucky draw supper28 August: Kammaland concert

ShadowcolumnADDITIONS

JANUARY just past hadoneof the lowest rain-falls recorded in the records kept by the Pan-nar research department.Ram Bgadath reports that the 40 year meanfor the month is 140.16.Highest recorded was 2008/9 - 178.9; in2007/2008174.6andin2012/2013171.4;andin 2009/10 125.1was the total. The next year,2010/11, it was 97 and dropping again in2011/12 where it was 78.8.January 2014 dropped even further with just

21.21beingrecorded. InGreytown,GrantGif-ford recorded a slightly higher rainfall forJanuary at 67mmFor most of the month, maximum tempera-tures recordedwere in thehigh twenties,with14 days over 30 degrees - the hottest being15 January at 35.6.The coldest day was 31 January at 18.9 de-grees. Most minimum temperatures wouldhave been appreciated by residents in outerSiberia - the lowest being 1 January at 11.8.The level of Lake Merthley is 80% and 057mbelow the wall.

January weather update

IT is with great sadness that the Greytown Gazette recordsthe sudden death of Sylvia Langa last Saturday night.

Sylvia has been an integral member of the Greytown Ga-zette for well over 25 years, stretching back to the GreytownBookshop years.

Langa’s many photo copy and fax customers became herfriends, where she always greeted them with a quiet smileand got on with the job. And they usually walked in askingforher.Shewaswell likedacross theboardandwill begreatlymissed.

She was taken ill very suddenly on Friday night and diedin hospital. Sylvia leaves behind her husband and family

A funeral service will take place on Saturday 8th at 9:00am at the Catholic Church Enhlalakahle Khomba Road.

Tribute toSylvia Langa

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Thewholefamily isencouragedtopartic-ipate as kids and adults fishing togetherhelps eliminate any generation gap. Fish-ing teachesyoungpeoplepatience,concen-tration and this time spent bonding witheach other is priceless.

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Everyone standsa chance because,unlike many pro-fessional typesports where youmust have ex-traordinary abili-ties, fishing is anoutdoor sport and

TWOof Greytown’smost beautifulgardens feature in the recentlypublished ‘KwaZulu-Natal is myGarden’, edited by dedicated gar-den lover, Jacqueline Kalley

The purpose of the book is toshow the ‘diversity, allure and ro-mance of (KZN) gardens and thepassionate love of the gardens,shown by owners and visitorsalike.’

A number of the gardens cov-ered can be seen in the annualMidlands Open Gardens pro-gramme.

Filled with outstanding photo-graphs by Eric Cornhill and oth-ers, the book features 38 specialgardens,withan interestingback-ground brief on each.

“TheFolly”, homeofMartin andMadeleine Hill, and “Silverley”,home of Walter and Colleen Slat-ter, are the two local gardens inthis prestigious publication.

When theHillsmoved in to “TheFolly” in the early 90’s, the 100year old house and garden hadbeen sadly neglected.

Now the impeccably restoredVictorian homestead is an imme-diate eyecatching focal point forthe many different, well thoughtout and planned surrounds.

Indigenous trees and plants in-termingle with exotics, stretchesof roses in the white garden, justmore and more roses, a blossomdraped pergola, a croquet lawnand to enjoy the spectacular 360degree scenic views of the sur-rounds, huge felled tree trunks siton on the lawn. Chickens happilywander around from their home

an extension of the other.”As a young wife and mother

when Colleenmoved into the Slat-ter home at “Silverley”, she knewnothing about gardening but re-sorted to watering.

She soon gained the skills andexpertise to add her own imprintto the magnificent garden set upby Walter’s grandmother Joan.

Manyof themagnificent shrubs,including azaleas and rhodeden-drons, were imported from Eng-land in the 1950’s and continue toflourish in breathtaking beauty. Inthe mid-80’s, Colleen undertookmajor alterations to the garden,and also the old home.

The garden beds are filled with

a riot of cottage plantings - a com-bination of so many classic andtraditional flowers. Myriads oftrees link the large expanse intoasweepingpicture-copperbeech,pin oak, flowering cherry, Japa-nese maple, London plane treesand many more are strategicallygrouped to add impact.

Verymuchaspringgarden,dur-ing open garden time visitors areimpressedby thestunninglybeau-tiful power of the azaleas, mol-luscs, rhododendrons and otherspring blossoms.

Check the open garden pro-gramme which will be publishedin the Greytown Gazette later thisyear to view these two (and other)very special and unique gardens.

Gorgeous Greytown gardens hit the headlines

in theconvert-ed old sum-mer house.

The book’seditor sums itup as a “houseand gardencombinationthat fits com-fortably to-gether, each

Azaleas in full bloom at Silverley

On of theincrediblescenicviews from“The Folly”

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKSUMZINYATHI DISTRICT OFFICE

SERVICE: ATTEND TO DAMAGED ROOF AT DOE: KHULEKANI PRIMARY SCHOOLBID NO.: ZNQ-13/14 /53/11/SCIDB GRADING: 2GBCOMPULSORY SITE INSPECTION: 11/02/2014 at 11:00 amTECHNICAL ENQUIRIES: Mr S.S. SHABALALA Tel.: 033 413 2000

Bidders who wish to claim BBBEE points must submit BBEE certificate or EME certificate issuedby a Verification Agency accredited by SANAS or a Registered Auditor.

B-BBEE POINTS WILL BE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS:

Only bidders who are registered on the Provincial Suppliers Database and ConstructionIndustry Development Board (CIDB) are eligible to submit bids. Should you not beregistered with the CIDB on the closing date you will not be considered.Bids may be submitted on the official tender form, which shall be completed in all respectsand all information must be supplied as stipulated in the bid documents. Requirements forsealing, addressing, delivery, opening and assessment of tenders are stated in the tender data.Telegraphic, telephonic, telex, facsimile and late tenders will not be accepted.

Documents will be issued at R100,00. The bid document amount is not refundable and mustbe deposited to the Departmental Bank Account before collecting the document. Wheremore than one projects are advertised, deposits must be done individually.Banking Details are as follows:NAME: KZN PROV GOV-WORKSBANK: ABSAACCOUNT NO.: 4072485515ACCOUNT TYPE: CURRENT ACCOUNTBRANCH: 630495 (CHATTERTON ROAD)REFERENCE NO.: 14019621Note: Bidders are required to produce proof of payment (receipt) when collecting documents.BID ENQUIRIES: Ms N.N. Zondi Tel.: 033 413 2000DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON: SiteCLOSING DATE: 18/2/2014 at 11:00

B-BBEE STATUS LEVELOF CONTRIBUTOR

NUMBER OF POINTS(80/20 SYSTEM)

1 202 183 164 125 86 67 48 2

Non-compliant contributor 0

NOTICE AND INVITATION TO BID ON MASAKHE PROJECTS

NOTICE AND INVITATION TO BID ON MASAKHE PROJECTS

UMVOTI MUNICIPALITYCOMMUNITY CONSULTATION: IDP

REPRESENTATIVE FORUMSNotice is hereby given in terms of Section 16(1)(a)(i) and (iv) ofthe Local Government Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000 asamended, read together with Section 17 (3), Section 23 (1) & (2)and Section 22 (a) (ii) of the Local Government Municipal FinanceManagement Act, Act 56 of 2003 that the Municipal Council is ina process of compiling the IDP Review and Budget for 2014/2015financial year, to comply with Section 152 (1) (a) of the Constitutionof the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, as amended and toensure a democratic and accountable government.

Item Date Time Venue

1st IDP RepresentativeForum

12 February 2014 10H00 Umvoti Council Chambers

2nd IDP RepresentativeForum

02 May 2014 10H00 Umvoti Council Chambers

The Municipality is also in the process of establishing its LocalEconomic Development Forum in order to ensure that the issues ofeconomic development and growth are dealt with in an integratedmanner. The LED Forum is scheduled for 28 February 2014 at 10H00,Umvoti Council Chambers.

All interested and affected stakeholders/organizations wishing to serveon the IDP Representative Forum meetings should contact

Mrs N. Mbhele on 033 413 9203/06 or [email protected].

MR B.A. XULU PO Box 71 Notice No. 1906MUNICIPAL MANAGER GREYTOWN

3250

WELL done to the following Wembley swimmers whocompleted the Merthley Marathon swim on Sunday:

Renier and Amoré van Rooyen, CG Nefdt, MazwiSimelane, Georgia Bown, Louné and Carlien Lötter,Timothy and Nicholas Gorzellok, Sarah andMarc Bar-ber, Robyn and Kristen Steyn, Amy Cope, Tayla and

Luke Poreé who were also first in their age groups,Hope Poreé, who was also the first Greytonian ladyand J Carter, who was the first Greytonian man.

Well done to our teachers J Lottering and C Copefor also taking part.

Wembley will be having an enjoyable cultural ‘port

GALA TROPHY WINNERS(Front, from left) Michaela Dutton - senior primary junior victorix ludorum, Ricky Lottering - junior primary victor ludorum, Joshua Cope - most improved swimmer inthe junior primary, Nicola Herbst - junior primary victorix ludorum, Ludwig Herbst - senior primary junior victor ludorum (middle, from left) Taylor Poreé - high school junior victrix ludorum, LukePoreé - senior primary senior victor ludorum, Calista Muna and Melissa Dutton - senior primary senior victorix ludorum, Amber Trussler and Londi Nxele (back, from left) Emma Eoreé - high schoolvictorix ludorum, Mazwi Simelane - high school senior victor ludorum, NG Sibisi, Eric Nefdt and Lance Comins - high school junior victor ludorum

and pudding’ evening where judges willselect items from the senior primary andhigh school phases from five categories:dance, skit/acting, poetry recital, musicandmime.Pleaseencourageyourchildrentoparticipate inoneof theseandhelp themto prepare for it too.

On 28 January, the 1st and 2nd teamsplayed against TWC at the town courts.

Although supporters were treated withexcellent tennis, the 1st team lost 6-0 andthe 2nd team drew three all.

Well done to Yenziwe Dube and JaimeeBuchan who won their singles matchesand also to Ashleigh and Jaimee for win-ning their doubles match.

On 27 January, the high school boys sec-ond team played tennis at Voortrekkeragainst Hilton College. Great tennis wasplayed all round and even though we didnot win, we walked away with our headsheld high after playing excellent tennis.

The overall score was Hilton 39 andWembley 27.

Well done boys for your good attitudeandoutstandingmanners.Thehighschoolboys first team won against MaritzburgCollege’s second team. Well done to youtoo.

Our first league matches of the termwere played onMondaywith the followingresults:

U13A drew 18 – 18 vs TWCU13B drew 18 – 18 vs Treverton AU11 lost 6 – 32 vs TWC

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JOINT HERITAGEWe South Africans have a very colourful and interesting history, which inter-weaves many different cultures and religions.

We would like to invite you to join us in celebrating our Rainbow Nation, as Madiba taught us to.15 Missionaries/Colonists from Hermannsburg in Germany arrived here on Perseverance Farm on 19 September 1854. Aftermany months of hard work, the Mission House was completed a year later in September 1855. It is now the home of the

Hermannsburg Museum, still of original construction.

Please help us raise funds to conserve the valuable old books and documents of Hermannsburg’s Heritage in our Museumarchive. Tickets will be available in Hermannsburg office and Museum and in Greytown at Build it, Dr Roodts’ rooms,

Barts Computers, Greytown Office Machines, Aheers Information Desk andArcadia Old Age Home.

TICKETS COST R20 SO BUY AS MANY AS YOU LIKE, IT WILL INCEASE YOUR CHANCESSUBSTANTIALLY. THE DRAW WILL BE HELD ON 3 MAY 2014 AT THE HERMANNSBURG

SCHULFEST. MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!

THE FIRST PRIZE IS PROUDLY SPONSOREDBY UMFULANA

2-night stay for 2 at Rhino River Lodge nearHluhluwe, out of season

Hermannsburg Happenings

AFTER several overcast, wet days, the suncame out on Saturday for the 2014 aQuelléHermannsburg Mudman, the first in thisyear’s Mudman series of multi-sportevents. Almost 600 athletes signed up forthe various Mudman events, and over 170mudskippers and their proud parents par-ticipated in the Spur Mudskipper Adven-ture, cheered on by friends and family.

Hermannsburgs’ Tobias von Seydlitzcrossed the finish line after just two min-utes over an hour to take first place in theindividual half-distance (swimming) cate-gory, a minute ahead of lead lady RoxanneDovey.

The ‘Pidelta Dustbusters’ and the ‘PAN-NAR going for growth’ took the honours intheir respectiveagegroups in the teamcat-egory, asdid theMichaelis School teamand‘Pionier 2 Chicks and a Guy’.

Gavin Dundas-Starr and Janice Wilsonled the fieldhome in the individualhalf-dis-tance (canoeing) category, while ‘DavidsMidas’ and ‘Cereal Killers’ did the same inthe team category.

PastMudmanSerieswinner, SarahGray,came back after a four year sabbatical to

take the ladies’ trophy, andDaniel Carletontook the honours for themen in the full dis-tance (swimming) category, closely fol-lowed byBrydeyWeber andTravis Hesom.

The runners-up, Lisa Bontekoning andBenjamin Kilian, led the veterans acrossthe finish-line in the 40+ age group.

In the full-distance (canoeing) category,Grant Dekker and olympic bronze medal-list Bridgitte Hartley took first places, withveteranEugeneNel taking first place in the40+ category. The teams ‘Croccrunch’ and‘Team A’ earned their first places on theday.

Congratulations to ‘PANNAR going forgrowth’ and Hoërskool Pionier’, who wonthe Business Challenge and the schools’trophy respectively. Full details of theMud-man results are available on the schoolwebsite at www.hermannsburg.co.za/mudman.

Thank you to all those who worked tire-lessly behind the scenes to make the daysuch a success, and a big thank you to allthe athletes, their supporters andespecial-ly to all our very generous sponsors andprize donors.

Winner in the half-distance swim, Hermannsburg's Tobias von Seydlitz(centre) with deputy head girl Nadia Christiansen (L) and head boy ThomasMahnecke.

Sarah Gray (R), ladies' winner in the full distance swimming category withhead boy Thomas Mahnecke.

The Spur Mudskipper Adventurers had many willing hands to make sure they got a good start.

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UMVOTIMUNICIPALITY

BID NO 2014/02/03/BSPROVISION OF BANKINGSERVICE

TO UMVOTI MUNICIPALITY FOR A PERIODOF 60 MONTHS (1 July 2014-30 June 2019)Umvoti Municipality hereby invites registered Financial Institutions interms of the Banking Act 1990 (Act No: 94 of 1990), with a short-termrating of zaA1+A grading and a long-term grading of zaAAA, read togetherwith Sections 83 of the Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, Section110(1) (a) of the MFMA Act 56 of 2003, Section 19(1) of the Supply ChainManagement Policy, to submit Bids for a wide range of Banking Services.The current banking services contract expires in June 2014.BID DOCUMENTSBid document together with the terms of reference will be available fromStores Department at 100 Pine/Prince Mangosuthu Street, Greytown on the7th February 2014 upon payment of a non-refundable fee of R500,00 perdocument by means of cash, bank guaranteed cheque or electronic transferin favour of:”UMVOTI MUNICIPALITY”.The procurement of banking service shall be undertaken in line with Section30 of the Municipal Supply Chain Management Regulation, promulgated inGovernment Gazette 27636 dated 30 May 2005.Bidders who demonstrate the ability to deliver on the objective ofMunicipality and who score above 60% for the functionality evaluation willbe further considered and their Bids will then be evaluated on the 90/10 pointsystem in line with the Preferential Policy Framework Act No. 5 of 2000.Canvassing of councillors and/or the Municipal officials will result indisqualification and no faxed, electronic and late bids will be considered.BRIEFING SESSIONA COMPLUSORY BRIEFING SESSION WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY THE 7THFEBRUARY 2014 AT 10H00 in the Umvoti Municipal Council Chamber,situated at 41 Bell Street/Kind Dinuzulu Street Greytown.BID SUBMISSIONSThe bid document must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked“PROPOSAL: BANKING SERVICES” and deposited in the uMvotiMunicipality bid document box at the Customer Relation Centre by no laterthan 12h00 on Friday the 28th February 2014 and will be opened in publicat the said date and time.ENQUIRIESAll enquiries shall be directed to Mr M.E. Swanlow or Miss Z. Ngcobo on 033413 9161/55 during normal office hours.B.A. Xulu PO BOX71MUNICIPAL MANAGER GREYTOWN 3250 NOTICE: 1907

NOT only are there bizarre dailyhappenings for the 12 months ofthe year, but there are equally bi-zarre functions identified for eachmonth as can be seen from the fol-lowing list for February:

* Adopt A Rescued Rabbit* International Boost Self-Es-

teem* International Expect Success* International Hoof-care* Marijuana Awareness* National Care About Your In-

door Air* National Haiku Writing*NationalMendABrokenHeart* National Pet Dental Health* National Teen Dating Violence

Awareness* National Women Inventors* Plant the Seeds of Greatness* Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall* Return Shopping Carts to the

Supermarket* Spunky Old Broads

ADOPT ARABBITor return aSHOPPING

CARTAS the class of 2013 scramble tosecure a space at universities andcolleges, an education expert haswarned prospective students toensure that they carefully scruti-nise institutionsbefore signingup.

“Thousands of newly matricu-lated young people are beingturned away at universities due tospace constraints. It is encourag-ing to see somanyprospective stu-dents include private higher andfurther education institutions asthey consider alternatives. It istherefore most regrettable thatthere are still some unscrupulouspeople exploiting students’ diffi-cult situation for fraudulent andselfish financial gain,” said Dr Fe-licity Coughlan, director of the In-dependent Institute of Education(IIE).

Mostprivate institutionsoperat-ing throughout the country areregistered and accredited, and al-most all offer a viable alternativefor students seeking a post–schoolstudy opportunity.

But it is a travesty that the ac-tions of some taint the whole sec-tor, Coughlan said.

“All the key information aboutthe registration of an institution isavailable in theRegister of PrivateHigher Education Institutionskept by the Department of Higher

Steer clearof fly-by-nightcolleges

Education andTraining, and theinformation is alsoreadily availablefrom reputable in-stitutions,” shesaid.

Additionally,there areways stu-dents can – andshould – interro-gate institutionsbeforepartingwithany money.

Before signingup, ask the institu-tion:

· To show youtheir certificate ofregistration withthe Department ofHigher Education.It should detail thecampus, providerand the qualifica-tions offered. Nocertificate – no go.

· All higher edu-cation qualifica-tions need to be ac-credited by theHigher EducationQuality Committeeof the Council onHigherEducation–if they are not ac-credited they willnot appear on thecertificatereferredto above. There isno other documentdetailing the ac-creditation whichis why checking ifthe qualification ison the certificate isan essential step.

· All qualifica-tions must be reg-istered on the NQFby SAQA and stu-dents should askfor the SAQA NQFidentity numbers.

Issued by:LANGE 360 on be-half of the Inde-pendent Instituteof Education.

IT is a fascinating record of thepeople and the district - theHer-mannsburg Museum serves asan archive of the history andheritage of the 15 missionarieswho arrived there in 1854 fromGermany.

The Museum is housed in theold Mission House, which wasbuiltover150yearsago,andthisoriginal building although in

good condition, does need someupdating in order to take care ofthe many valuable historictreasures.

A fundraiser competition hasbeen launched to upgrade thenewroomfor valuable oldbooksand documents.

In order to provide these up-dated and correct conservationrequirements, steel shelves and

cupboards and blinds will be in-stalled once funds are obtained.

There are a wide range of ex-citing prizes for winners in thefundraising competition - tick-ets cost R20 each and the drawwill be made at the annual Her-mannsburg Schulfest on 3 May.See the advertisement on page5 for more details.

Hermannsburg Museum launches appeal

The Hermannsburg Museum premises were built in 1855 and still going strong.

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SIR,First of all I would like to compliment

the municipality on the really outstandingjob being done in keeping the towns verg-es, pavements etc looking so trim andparklike. Hopefully this applies through-out the town and not just in certain resi-dential areas.

That’s the bouquet for today.On the reverse side -whathashappened

to the calibre of driving in this town? Asa recent resident I am absolutely appalledat thetotal lackofkeepingtothebasicrulesof the road.

Driving into work eachmorning, I avoidthe vehicles which do not stop at the stopstreets, in particular the one on the cornerof Pine and Shepstone.

Then at the robots, I have to avoid thevehicles which turn right immediatelywithout giving the right of way to driversgoing straight.

If I make it to my office on the outskirtsof town,undentedandnon-stressedIreck-on I have had a good start to the day.

Even without seeing any traffic police -except on duty outside the schools. Thatbrings me to another issue.

Are any of the schools visited by trafficofficials to educate the childrenon the safeand correct methods to cross a road?

Surely this should be part of their activi-ties?

TERRIFIED ROAD USERGreytown

Mixed bag ofcomments

SIR,With reference to the letter from Coun-

cillorPaulBuss,published in theGreytownGazette on 29 January in the Reader’sWrite column.

Please consider yourself andotherswhohave received comments from themunici-pality regarding residents’ concerns onvarious issues, to be among the privilegedGreytonians.

For the past five years, I have written,at monthly intervals, to the GreytownMu-nicipalitywithout any response tomyque-ries.

Greytown Municipality is joined by ES-KOM, Telkom, SARS, magistrate courtsand other municipalities in the country allof which just ignore correspondence.

These are all government or semi-gov-ernment organizations - it does make youwonder.

From this, I have concluded that it is nolonger fashionable to reply to someone’sletters.

At leastGreytownresidentshave theop-portunity to be ‘fobbed-off’ by the munici-pality through this newspaper.

Welcome to the new age of ignoring thepeoplewho pay for the upkeep of those or-ganizations.

Please can someone answer as to whymunicipalities are now governed by politi-cians andnot by capable peoplewhocare?

Helmut Bruss

Municipality’sdodgy answers

READERS WRITE

900271/Z

SIKUBHALISELEUKUVOTA, WENA?

8 - 9 FEBRUARY8AM-5PM 0800 11 8000

ITHUBA LOKUGCINA LOKUBHALISA

FOR those of you out therewho re-allyshouldbeexpressingyourloveon Valentine’s Day, why not makeeven more of an impact with himor her by making it publc.

Write that message of love andbring it into the Greytown Gazetteofficeby1pmon7February.Usualclassifieds rates apply but nocharge for “yellow” highlighting.

If you want to splash out with adisplay ad, all usual rates applybut no charge for colour.

Polish your marble with yourloved one and publish a messageof your love.

Valentinedaymessages

AT the voter’s registration weekend last Novemberin Umvoti, over 5000 voters went to the various out-lets. Of these, only 312were new voters - the balancewere checking whether they were still on the roll.

Thisweekend,all polling stations in thedistrictwillbe open from 8am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.

This is your last chance to register before the elec-tions which are expected to be in April or May thisyear. Please remember to take along your ID.

According to Chris Naidoo of Greytown IEC, thereare a possible 56 000 voters in Umvoti, of which cur-rently 44 627 are on the voter’s roll.

Registration weekend thisSaturday and Sunday

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DESPITE themost severe circumstances ofpoverty, having to rely on donations forschool uniforms and often food, Vikeliwe(Vicki)Ndlovuachievedanoutstanding fivedistinctions in her 2013 matric exams.

Willem Holdt, who manages Build Itstore in Tugela Ferry, was told about herby her teacherMrMbatha, and onmeetingherwasvery impressedbyher intelligence,determination and “her wonderful faith inthe Lord.”

She has registered at DUT, but wouldprefer to be in Pietermaritzburg but has nohousing options there. Vicki is determinedto study economics and hopes she will beable to fulfil her dream.

An appeal is being made to anyone whocould offer accommodation to Vicki in Pie-termaritzburg (she is registered there) orassist financially with her studies to callWillem at 072 965 5670 or [email protected].

An appeal to help Vicki

THANKS to thegenerosity of herschool and anumber of otherpeople,a2013ma-triculant has real-ized her dream tocontinue her edu-cation.

Nokuthula Ndi-mande of BusanaHigh School,achieved four A’sand three B’s in the2013 matric ex-ams.

But shewasuna-ble to afford uni-versity until Busa-na principal MrMabaso, and theschool teachers,collectedher regis-tration fee for theUniversity of Dur-ban, Westville,where she is study-ing Social Sciencewith the aim of be-coming an indus-trial psychologist.

Mabaso then ap-pealed to variousindividuals andbusinesses and to-gether withNokuthula, ex-press their deepestappreciation to: DrGcumisa, Aheersmanagement,Greytown OfficeMachines (PaulTaylor),OscarZon-di of Old Mutualand GreytownBookshop.

Nokuthula toldthe Greytown Ga-zette “I would liketo say thank youvery much formaking my dreamcome true. I prom-ise that I will workhand and makeeveryone proud!”

Now her dreams will come true

Nokuthula Ndimande with Busana Principal, Mr Mabaso

Kammaland Kapers

Learning Jolly Phonics at Kammaland is such fun! Etienne Fouche (L) and Albert van Rooyenwelcomed the mouse “Inky Ink” into the classroom.

“You have to have a little bit of joy juiceto do well in school.” (Gallup Inc.)

Theheadmasters letter noted the follow-ing: ‘Itwaswonderful toseetheenthusiasmwithwhich the children returned to school.It is hard not to feed off their energy. It didnot take long for the term to be in full swingand the pace and buzz of life at NewHano-ver to be palpable once again. The newGrade ones were made to feel very specialwith their blessing in assembly, receivingtheir Zuckertüte and of course ringing theschool bell.’

What a great start to the year.

New Hanover Prep School

S RedingerAS psychologist Rick Hanson has ob-

served, our brains are “like Velcro for neg-ative experiences and Teflon for positiveones.”

At New Hanover Prep this year, we areplacingprimaryfocusonnurturingpositivethinking.

Positive thinking is amental attitude thatperceives situations in a constructive way.When it is nurtured, it is a powerful copingtool and helps foster resilience. A childtherefore learns to better manage life’s in-evitable disappointments.

The New Grade ones with their Zuckertüte.

TOGETHER WE WORK FOR THE FUTURE

www.humanjobs.co.za Human Communications 106137

PANNAR SEED (PTY) LTD, a company with its origins deeply rooted inagriculture, is a leader in the seed industry and an award winner in its field.Our longstanding successes, both locally and abroad, have made us not onlya choice provider, but also a choice employer. We now offer the followingsought-after opportunity:

Accounts ClerkGreytownOur ideal applicant will have matriculated with Accounting as a subject, haveat least 3 years’ general office experience, encompassing creditors and/or debtors administration and will be computer literate. Basic bookkeepingknowledge will be an advantage. Good communication skills in dealing withcustomers/suppliers are essential.We offer pleasant working conditions and a competitive salary package.Forward written applications, accompanied by a comprehensive CV, inconfidence to the Manager: Human Resources, Pannar Seed (Pty) Ltd,PO Box 19, Greytown 3250, South Africa. Please quote “Applicationfor Employment” in the subject line when applying via e-mail.Fax: +27(0)33 413-9682E-mail: [email protected]

www.pannar.com

Closing date:12 February 2014

123 Durban Street, Greytown. Tel: 033 413 3378/9

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PLEASE NOTE:DEADLINE FOR GAZETTE

CLASSIFIEDS ISMONDAY, 10 am

PHONE033 413 2735

6 Deaths

NDAWONDEPETROS

We mourn the loss ofPetros who has beenpart of the guesthousesince its inception. Al-ways so willing. Loyal,capable, honest,friendly and alwaysready for a laugh. Wewill miss you sorely.Our thoughts andprayers go out to yourdear Mum and family.Too young to die. Sueand John and theteam at The Raw-stornes@268.

12 Thanks

THANKS to my lovinghusband Martin, myfamily and friends whomade my surprisebirthday party so spe-cial. To all those whotravelled from farthank you for spend-ing that time with me.May God bless youall. Mavis.

18 Clubs andMeetings

ASSEMBLY of God Fel-lowship. Old DundeeRoad. Sunday 9 am.Tuesday 6 pm.

UMVOTI Polocrosse AGM.Thursday 20 February at6:30. Venue to be con-firmed.

19 Lifts

LIFT required from Pmb toTugela Ferry daily, 079197 1264.

20 Lost andFound

HOUSE keys found.Please contact the Grey-town Gazette urgently.

22 Personal

VALENTINE’S Day, Fri-day 14 Feb - for freshflowers, choc s or specialgifts phone Frieda 072461 7695.

30 BuildingServices

M3 Contractors. MasterBuilders and PropertyMaintenance. Bricklaying,plastering, painting, tiling,roofing, welding,, plumb-ing, glazing. Contact Mo-hamed for a free quote.Phone 072 101 9081 /033 417 1362.

34 CleaningServices

CARPET / UpholsteryCleaning. Experiencedowner supervised andquick. Phone Nola 083320 4008.

38 FencingServices

FAIRVIEW Fencing. Quali-ty workmanship andback-up service on auto-mated gates and all typesof game, agricultural andsecurity fencing. ContactKeith Cowie 082 7725436.

WELDING and wroughtiron incl. burglar guards,gates, carports, palisadefencing, structural etc.Call Brian 073 212 6627.

41 GardenServices

PROFESSIONAL TreeFelling. Phone Brian 073212 6627.

44 Loans andInvestments

LOANS!!! Up to R120000. Blacklisted / gar-nished welcome. Callwhatsapp 074 155 5371.

47 PersonalServices

FOR all your diesel repairsto trucks, Bell engines,hydraulics on tippertrucks, air brakes ontrucks and trailers etc.Rajan: 082 460 9341.

73 General Sales

AFRICA Wendy houses,grade A Pinewood. Big,small, low prices, louvrestyle. Contact Sylie on084 295 8471 / 083 9960526.

CULL’S cleaned and cut.Phone 079 539 7602.

ICE cream machine forsale. Contact: Michael084 746 3110.

WOODEN Wendy houses.Prompt delivery, bestquality, new Pinewoodand excellent services.For free quotes and or-ders call Lloyd: 072 4173229.

79 Pets/Aquariums/Tropical Fish

DOG and cat boarding.SPCA. Tel: 072 0969634.

124 Flats to Let

1 Bedroom flat at the topend of Greytown. Neatand tidy, safe parking, R2500 pm. Contact: 082774 9550.

125 Garden Cottage/Flatlet to Let

SMALL cottage to let, sin-gle person. Contact: 033413 2393.

127 Holiday Guide

RAMSGATE beach houseto hire for school holidays@ R800 per night. Out ofseason R500 per night.Contact Di Mason 082930 4015.

144 Housesfor Sale

HOUSE for sale with in-come potential. House ingood area. Divided into 3separate units. Offers onR1 million will be consid-ered. Tel. 082 570 5833.

173 GeneralEmployment

EXPERIENCED truck driv-er required with PDPdrivers licence. Contact:076 354 3535.

TELKOM. White male xemployer desperatelylooking for work, have acode 08 driving licencewith more than 31 yrsdriving experience. Relia-ble at all times. 079 3902632.

179 Work Wanted:Domestic

ROSEMARY seeks do-mestic work: 074 5261218.

189 Public Notices

UMVOTI LAND USESCHEME SPECIAL

CONSENTNotice is hereby given in

terms of Section 67 bis of theTown Planning Ordinance

No. 27 of 1949, as amendedand Clause 1.1,4 (c) of the

Umvoti Municipality Land UseManagement Scheme, thatUmvoti Municipality will con-sider an application for Spe-cial Consent to build 3 addi-tional residential units on Erf1142 (130 John HavemannStreet) Greytown. The rele-vant documents will lie for in-spection at the Umvoti Munic-ipality offices in Greytown, 41Bell Street, during normal of-fice hours (7H45 to 16H30

pm). Any person having suffi-cient interest therein maylodge written objections orrepresentations with the un-dersigned in writing by no lat-er than 5 March 2014. Anyperson, who fails to lodge orforward comments in re-

sponse to this notice by thedate given above, shall be

precluded from further partici-pation in process, and takingfurther steps, with respect tothe proposed amendments.

Mr B.A. Xulu, MunicipalManagerP.O. Box 71Greytown 3250

We cater for kiddies parties,bridal showers and stork

parties. For bookings and moreinformation please contact

Ros.Tel: 082 964 0612

Email: [email protected]

Tranquili – TeaBUYING – SELLING

– LETTING

ADENDORFFSESTABLISHED 1946ESTATE AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS,

APPRAISERS

170 Pine Street, Greytown 3250Tel: 033 413 2118

Mel: 082 976 5507 • Ash: 082 756 5663“FOR ALL YOUR PROPERTY

REQUIREMENTS”

DANIELBARBIE

(née Morris)Much loved wife of

the lateGus Daniel, mother ofKate and Rob, Markand Lisa and Bruceand beloved Gogoand Nana, passedaway on Sunday,2 February 2014

DANIELBARBIE

(née Morris)The memorial service

for Barbie will beheld at All SaintsUnited Church, 73Montgomery Drive,Pietermaritzburg onFriday, 7 February2014 at 11 am.

GAZETTESMALLSSomething for everyone

2 BEDROOM house to rent.Contact 076 354 3535after hours, 033 413 2748/079 013 8048.

126 Houses to Let

1st: Give Kids A Smile Day:Change Your Password Day:

Working Naked Day:2nd:Dump Your Significant Jerk

sic Died:4th:*Facebook’s Birthday:5th*Digital Learning Day:6th:*CanadianMaple SyrupDay:*Lame Duck Day:7th;Bubble Gum Day: *Wave All

Your FingersAt Your Neighbor’s Day:*8th:*Laugh and Get Rich Day:9th:*Read in the Bathtub Day:

*National Gum Drop Day:16TH:*Innovation Day:17th*My Way Day:18th:*Cow Milked While Flying

In An Airplane Day:19th:*Chocolate Mint Day:20th*Love Your Pet Day:*Northern Hemisphere Hoodie

Hoo Day:21st:*International Mother Lan-

guage Day:22nd:International Sword Swal-

lowers Day:International Tongue Twister

Day:*National Margarita Day:23rd:*National Dog Biscuit Day:

23 \24th:*National Cupcake Day25th:Spay Day USA:26th:*For Pete’s Sake Day: 26Inconvenience Yourself Day: (27th:*International Polar Bear

Day:National Chili Day:28th*Floral Design Day:*National Tooth Fairy Day:29th:Bachelor’s Day:*International Underlings Day:

(On a Year With 29 days)

BIZZAREdays inFebruary

Celebrating his very own day on 27th February!

Day:*World

Play YourUkuleleDay:

3rd:*TheDayTheMu-

10th:Clean Out YourComputer Day:

11th*Don’t Cry OverSpilled Milk Day:

*Satisfied Staying SingleDay:

12th:*Safety Pup Day:*13th: *Get a Different

Name Day:*Madly In Love With Me

Day:*14th*Pet Theft Aware-

ness Day:14th:*National Have A

Heart Day:15TH:*National Hippo

Day:

24th:*NationalCupcake Day25th:Spay DayUSA:26th:*For Pete’sSake Day: 26InconvenienceYourself Day: (27th:*Interna­tional Polar Bear

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CHILD Welfare Greytown icela ukufuniswaumama ka Sphesihle Zondi ohlala Engome.Igama likamaka Siphesihle uSamukelisiweBongi Zondi owanyamalalamhlaka15 Janu-ary. Washiya ingane ekhaya akaphindangawabuya. Onolwazi makathintane noSonhla-lakahle uNomusa Nzama kulenombolo 033413 3174.

Missing person

IN a genus containing approximately 1400plant species, begonias are not short of va-riety these days.

Of all the begonia cultivars, semperflo-rens is one of the most popular ones com-mercially available. The secret to why theyare so loved is cleverly wrapped up in theirname. Semperflorens means ‘ever bloom-ing’, which is exactly what one would wantfrom a bedding plant.

Bedding, or wax, begonias are such easyplants to grow. With some average to mod-erately fertile,well-draining soil, either ac-idoralkaline, these floriforousbeautieson-ly ask that you keep their bed moist, butnot soaked. They’ll even tolerate a milddrought at a push.

To plant in the sun, or the shade, that isthe question. It depends on what you wantfrom your begonias as to what that answeris, because luckily they really don’t mind.Begonias reach for the sun when they’restarved of it, growing taller and spreadingout more, a little like an umbrella, so they

can be planted further apart in the shade.Whenplanting themin thesun, it’s essen-

tial to bring them closer together so thatthe smaller umbrella of leaveswill manageto shade the ground between the plants,and that it will do so sooner to avoid thesoil heating up too much. Begonias are notfans of sweaty feet while they’re settling in,so usingmulch to keep the soil cool straightafter plantingwould goa longway to estab-lishing healthy and happy adult plants.

Bedding begonias requires very littlemaintenance, offer an incredible show offlowers for most of the year and are avail-able from dwarf sizes for pots and hangingbaskets to some 30 to 40cm tall varietieswhich can be used to create borders in theback of a flower bed. While they won’t sur-vive a heavy or black frost, they could pullthrough mild winters if you don’t mindkeeping some scrappy looking plants inyour beds for a few months.

Information supplied by the BeddingPlant Growers Association. For more goto www.lifeisagarden.co.za

Ever blooming begonias

Begonia’s in bloomPHOTO: SUPPLIED

GreytownHigh School

ADMINISTRATIONSECRETARY POST

Requirements:• Matriculation Certificate• Fluent in English andAfrikaansThe applicant will be requiredto undergo a typing test to

determine level of skills in typingand use of software application.

Applications:The Principal

Fax: 033 413 1330Closing date: 10 February 2014

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN

Win a 3 day river rafting tripfor 2 people to the value of R5300!

Be the Citizen Journalistwho submits theHIGHESTnumber of stories, photographsand events before the end ofFebruary 2014!

To enter:www.greytowngazette.co.za

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A NEW soccer association, the Enhla-lakahleSoccerAssociation,was formedre-cently at a special meetingwith represent-atives of various teams, andUmvotiMunic-ipality Sports and Recreation.

Chairman of the committee is NhlahlaKhoza, with Mabo Ngidi as deputy chair.

The secretary is Delani Mzolo, deputy

Sbu Khathi and the treasurer, NgwegweMajola.

Committee members are: Cebo Gwa-manda, Yeno Zakwe, Samke Bhengu,Lungisani Mzila, Sbu Dlamini, Dipha Sit-hole, SboneloZakweandMbusoChamane.

The Umvoti Municipality representativewas Lungisane Mngadi.

ENHLALAKAHLESOCCER ASSOCIATION

AGROUPofschool-boys in Enhla-lakahle have de-cided that playingsport generates apositive approachand healthy ap-proach to life.

Under the guid-ance of ThabaniNdlomo andSpinashi Dlamini,the 16 youngstersfromBuhelbuyeza,Indlovana andTholinhlanla haveformed a soccerteam, the FIFAStars.

Theyareappeal-ing for assistanceas they cannot af-ford to buy any kitor equipment.

If anyonecando-nate soccerballs oruniforms, trainingequipment etc,please contactThabani at 0720893 9505 orSpinashi at 072547 8543.

The team willplay in localleagues and anyassistance willhelp improve theirquality of life.

FIFAStarsaskforhelp

THE ‘Sunday 9@9’ played on 2 Februarywas won by B Ngonyane on 19 points.

The next ‘Sunday 9@9’ will be on 9 Feb-ruary. Entry fee is R25 to play nine holes.Richard Chiazzari is sponsoring a chickenthat will be up for the winning on Sundaymornings.

Reminder of theMonthlyMug this Satur-day, 8 February.

Fridaynight, 31January,wasourweeklyattendance draw: Aimee Cooper was notpresent to claim the R100. This Friday, 7February is the next attendance drawwithR200 to be won.

The African Sun is hosting a sushi nighthere at the Country Club on Friday, 7 Feb-ruary, please book.

Next special is Cheap-as-Tuesday andwill be on Tuesday, 11 February - beefburger and chips for only R30.

Dates to diarise:7 February: Sushi evening and next at-

tendance draw.8 February: Mascor Monthly Mug/Busi-

ness League.9 February: Golf ‘Sunday 9@922 February: Greenkeepers revenge.

Greytown Country Club

IT was a quiet golfing weekend, with mostlocal golfers busy at the HermannsburgMudman either as competitors or as hardworking parents and/or supporters.

The family group who stayed over theweekend were keen fishermen, and manyfishwerecaughtandreturned to thewater.

We will be having a three course dinneron Valentines day on 14 February and askall interested to book early. The

menu will be given on inquiry.This Friday, 7 January, wewill be having

a street braai, weather permitting.There is a rumour that the rosebuds will

provide theentertainmentwithVlamNew-lands in charge. Please contact Piet at 0832691661 to book for golf andormeals. Thenext Farmers Agri-Care Monthly Mug willbe held on 15 February.

St Cathryn’s news JACK Drew and Clive Edkins were fresh off the starting blocksagainst Chris Fischer and Jacques Minnaar in the nominatedpairs semi-finals, and kept up the pace in a thrilling match thatwent all the way.

Their 21-19 win means they meet Ericka Fischer and BobbyPistor in the finals.

Chris Fischer and Omo Dinkelman continued their winningstreak in the NIBA ladies pairs with a fantastic win against theKokstad ladies 27-9, andwill nowplay in the finals against ever-green Rose Varty.

With all the depth of good bowlers in Greytown, and the highstandard of quality greens, it is hoped that more people will beinspired to join in.

Chris Fischer has obtained his Grade 1 greenkeepers certifi-cate and companies are encouraged to send team members tojoin in, in preparation for business league which will be playedon Wednesdays on 5, 12, 19 and 26 March and 2 and 9 April.

Wearehopingour first Sundaybowlsbashwill beon16Marchso please keep that date open.

From the ditchWITH ALL THE DEPTH OF GOODBOWLERS IN GREYTOWN, AND THEHIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY GREENS,IT IS HOPED THAT MORE PEOPLE WILLBE INSPIRED TO JOIN IN.

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Just about everybodyreads Gazette Smalls

and Gazette smalls are low-priced so you canuse them often

UMVOTI MUNICIPALITYINTENTION TO AWARD

In terms Section 49 of the Umvoti Municipality supply chain management policy, theawarding of contract will be confirmed in writing after 14 calendar days, therefore if thereare any objections they should reach the Municipal Manager’s office within 14 days fromthe date of this advert.

BIDDER NAME TENDER INTENDED TO AWARD

Black Balance Project (Pty) Ltd Service provider to develop Greytownurban regeneration plan.

The grievance period will expire by close of business on 20th February 2014.Any enquiries relating to above should be directed to Mr B.A. Xulu on 033 413 9101.MR B.A. XULU PO Box 71 Notice No. 1903MUNICIPAL MANAGER GREYTOWN

3250

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