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IT sounded like a brief rat–tat–tat of fire-crackers but it was certainly not, as sixarmed robbers grabbed millions of randfromoutsideABSAbankonFriday,coveringthe raid with a fullisade of shots.

Miraculously, despite the many peoplearound and customers in the bank, the onlyinjury was one of the robbers.

As the bullets sprayed at random, peopledived for cover behind walls, trees and intothe Town Hall.

Just after 9am, the armoured security ve-hicle arrived to collect cash from the bank– unconfirmed estimates of R4 million.

In a somewhat laid back approach, thecash was wheeled out in a trolley with ap-parentlynosecuritypersonnel checking thesurrounds before this was done.

Inwhat has been described as a verywellplanned and slick operation, the robberspouncedonthe trolley, threwit into thebackof their vehicle, a Toyota Hi Lux, and thencalmlydroveupPineStreet toOkesandthenleft intoVoortekker to pick up theKranskoproad.

Eye witnesses said there were three men

crouching very low in the back of the bakkiewhich had been stolen previously in Pieter-maritzburg.

While the outside drama was on the go,bank customers and staff threw themselvesonto the floor and hid behind counters asone bullet hit a glass door.

Two bank employees and a customerwere trapped in the entrance door whichwas lockeddown for securityandwereuna-ble tomoveoutas thekeywas in themanag-er’s office.

Considerabledamagewasdone toat leastthree vehicles parked outside – shot tyres,

radiators, windows and windscreens.An alert went out immediately – a police

van which came out of the station (justround the corner), literally a minute afterthe bakkie had driven away, unfortunatelytook no notice of the shouts of witnesses topursue and just drove off.

The bakkie was found on Townlandswhen Sudesh Maharaj of Field Security, onhis way back to Greytown, saw it turningright into the plantation. They waited forthe police, then gave chase.

Thebloodstainedbakkiewas foundaban-doned and the cash, apart from one bag,

had gone.ByTuesdaymorning,despitean intensive

manhunt, no arrests had been made.Many people have expressed their con-

cern to the Greytown Gazette on the slackapproach to security generally by localbanks– the fact that thecashwas offloadedin the open putting members of the publicat risk and the slow reaction of the police.

This is the third bank cash heist in Grey-town in the past year.

With the approach of the festive season,there could be an increase in such raids onbanks and businesses.

It is therefore essential not only for thebanksandbusinessestoreviewtheirsecuri-ty,butalso forall security forces,particular-ly thepolice, tobeprepared forsucheventu-alities.

Greytown rumourmongers and socialmedia users went over the top, making ri-diculous and untrue claims that not onlywere the six men shot dead by one man inKranskop, that a customerwas killed in thebank and that a garage, two other banksand a print shop were also robbed.

Armed robbers grab millionsThe abandonedbloodstained bakkiewith three of therobbers' caps leftbehind as theyescaped.

UMVOTI currently has an 80% registrationof voters...44 627 on the voter’s roll out ofa possible 56 000.

Last weekend’s registration, accordingto Greytown IEC Chris Naidoo, attracted5527but only 312of thesewerenewvoters

– the rest were checking whether theywereon the roll orhadmoved fromonevot-ing district to another.

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A NUMBER of Greytown water consumerslast month received a very polite “first re-minder notice” from Umzinyathi Districtmunicipal manager suggesting that out-standing balances be paid promptly.

These so called “balances” range fromR2000 to R65 000 and not one single socalled debtor has ever beengivenany state-ments relating to these amounts – and thisis since 2008 involving uThukela, UmvotiMunicipality and Umzinyathi.

In response to the number of statementsreceived by The Greytown Gazette fromconcernedconsumers, theEditorrequesteda Greytown legal firm to respond on behalf

of all involved.The following letter was sent on Monday,

11 November to the Umzinyathi municipalmanager:

“We have been approached by a numberof residents in Greytownwho have recentlyreceived a reminder to pay their outstand-ing water accounts.

These accounts include exorbitantamounts thatweredebitedto theiraccountsinabout2008withoutanypropersubstanti-ation in the accounts.

There was an outcry in the communitywhen these debits first appeared on the ac-counts of many residents. After discussions

withuThukela, theywereadvisednot topaythe unsubstantiated debits but to continueto pay the current accounts until the debitswere substantiated.

This has never happened andwe ask youto please clarify whether your reminder re-fers to these unsubstantiated debits.

We have advised our clients that theyshould not pay the debits until they havebeen substantiated as was undertaken byuThukela.

Further, on the face of it, it seems that theclaims have prescribed and, unless you canconvince us that the debits are in fact due,we expect to receive instructions compel-

ling you to reverse the debits so that our cli-ents can have peace of mind.

Please revert to us by return.”

Water woes action

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THE Greytown Gazette re-sponded to this appeal fromNS Phungula and forward-ed it to Umvoti Municipali-ty:

“Dear voice of GTN citi-zens.

I have been trying to geta hold of our new mayor, ZXaba, but its becoming animpossible goose chase.I’ve called the municipalityand have checked on theUmvoti website but none oftheemailaddressesareval-id, not even his number onthe website. How is thecommunity meant to com-municate with their publicservant?Whathappened tothe “open door policy” andtending to theneeds of eachcitizen. Please could youforward me the contact de-tails of our mayor and pub-lish themaswell, so that thecommunity as a whole isable to access him, as en-

tailed in our citizen rights”.Toassistall residents, the

reply from Umvoti Munici-pality IT manager, RajeevKirpal, is as follows:

“Frommyunderstandingof the writers complaint, Ibelieve they visited thewrong website since thereis only one email addressdisplayed on the officialUmvoti Website which isrecords@umvoti.gov.za.This is received by ourrecords departments,which in turn sends thequery to the relevant de-partment.

It ispossible that thewrit-er foundour informationona third party website – wehaveno control over the va-lidity or accuracy of the in-formation displayed onthose websites. They alsomight have used the oldemailaddresswhichwasonour old domain – umvo-

ti.org.za – this has nowchanged to umvoti.gov.za.The change happened in2011.

Under the contact us tab,there is also a web basedformwhich the user can fillout and will get a responsefrom corporate services.

This is 100% functionaland all contact details de-picted on the municipalwebsite www.umvo-ti.gov.za are working andcorrect”.

Email contact details:Municipal manager:

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cfo@umvoti.gov.zaCorporate services:

records@umvti.gov.zaEngineering services:

mespa@umvoti.gov.zaProtection services:

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UMZINYATHIDistrictMunicipalitywas voted second best performingdistrictmunicipality inKZNduringtheMunicipality Awards hosted byCo–Operative Governance andTraditional Affairs (Cogta) in Dur-ban's ICC lrecently.

Thereareelevendistrictmunici-palities in KwaZulu–Natal, and allof them participated. The commu-nities of these municipalities votedfor them.

This announcement came as asurprise to many since Umzinyathiwas, for some months, in the newsforbeingamunicipality thathadal-legedly misappropriated its fundsand requested Cogta MEC NomsaDube for intervention.

This serves as proof that thismu-nicipality did not in any way mis-

manage its funds, but avoided thedanger of being bankrupt by takingprecautions on its finances by re-questing the intervention.

Umzinyathi Mayor Cllr RevJamesMthethwa thanked theman-agement, led by Municipal Manag-er Mdu Mngomezulu and SpeakerBonga Chambule with councillors,and said the award is proof of self-lessness, hard work and dedica-tion. “This is a sign of recognition

by the community we are servingthat indeed,Umzinyathi doesdeliv-er on its mandate. Votes for thisaward were as a result of the com-munity we are serving, which hasconfidence in us,” said Mthethwa.

He further thanked the commu-nity of Umzinyathi who voted andsaid that they were the onlyjudges of themunicipality's perfor-mance and it would remain thatway.

Umzinyathi wins top awardHis Worship the Mayor Cllr RevJames Mthethwa together withMunicipal Manager MduMngomezulu, Thandeka Nukani PAto the Mayor holding the certificate,Speaker Bonga Chambule, TechnicalManager Thami Malunga and Mayorsoffice Manager Langelihle Zulu.

Mascor Toyota Greytown opens in styleIt was a grand opening last Friday for themagnificent state of the art sparkling newpremises of Mascor Toyota Greytown. Pictured are(from left) Brian Corbishley: chairman Mascor,Stephen McIntyre: general manager vehicles, BillComins: managing director and Wayne Beadsworth:dealer principal. The silver bowl being held byComins and Beadsworth was presented by ToyotaSA Motors to commemorate the opening on 8November.

Mayor: may-or@umvoti.gov.za

Greytown li-brary: li-brary@umvo-ti.gov.za

Disaster man-agement: Bheku-muzi.Vilaka-zi@umvoti.gov.za

Councillors cell-phone numberswill be availablefrom the speaker’soffice at 033 4139198 or mailspeakerpa@umvo-ti.gov.za.

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WORLD Diabetes Day is celebratedon 14 November with the positivetheme “Let’s take control of diabe-tesnow”,andbydoingsoleadanor-mal life.

Being diagnosed with diabetes isnot theendof theworld– thesecretis learning how to manage it 24–hours a day through healthy diet,medication and exercise.

Diabetes is a medical condition,not a disease. The body is unable tomake enough insulin or is unable tocorrectlyusetheinsulinitdoesmake.

Diabetes in children is known asType 1 and these diabetics are al-ways dependent on insulin becausetheir bodies donotmanufacture in-sulin any more.

Type 2 is the most common typebut, due to its gradual onset, is un-diagnosed in many people whichcan lead to complications in laterlife. It is caused when the insulin

regard to food, exercise or medica-tion, is affecting your blood glucoselevel.

Medication which lowers bloodglucose levels is insulin injectionsfor Type 1 which, with a correctmeal plan and exercise program,will mimic the work of the normalpancreas as closely as possible.

With Type 2, if diet and exercisefail to bring the glucose level down,tablets could be prescribedwhich may stimulate the pancreasto producemore insulin,maymakeyour insulin work better and mayslow down digestion.

For more information, pleasecontact the Diabetes South Africaoffice in Pietermaritzburg which isopen Monday, Wednesday and Fri-day from8.30amto12.30pmatMil-borrow Optometrist. Phone 033346 0934 or email sadap-mb@sai.co.za.

World Diabetes Day is on14 November

GREYTOWNMuseumcontains afascinating range of items of in-terest donated by Greytoniansand others over the years.

Based in theoldGreytownres-idency it is steeped in the historyof Umvoti.

There isa special roomfeatur-ing the history of BhambathaZondi and the uprising whichtook place in 1906 against theimpostitionofpoll taxonhispeo-ple.

There is militarymemorabilia

covering different wars reflect-ing the residents who took partin theWorldwars, and the liber-ation struggles to remind ofthose who lost their lives andpossessions.

Information on the first PrimeMinisterof theUnionofSouthAf-rica in 1910, General LouisBotha, who was born in Grey-town can be seen.

Other feature of interest in-clude the Zulu cultural room,history of Indians and Muslims

in the area, an old kitchen filledwith implements from manyyears ago and lots of artefacts.

On display outside the oldcoach house are blacksmithtools, and there are steam en-gines, tractors, a cannon, Spidercoach, hearse, ancient sundialand lots more.

Greytown Musuem is treas-ured by all who visit – local andfrom afar. For a group visit,please phone 033 413 9124 oremail museum@umvoti.gov.za.

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Greytown Maidens enjoyed their visit to the Zulu cultural room at the Greytown Musuem

KFC now open in Kranskop

KFC Kranskop is proving to be very popular with residents in the village and further afield. itwas officially opened on 30th by Councillor R. Maharaj , who is Ward Councillor for that areaand the owner Lucky Khumalo who has other KFC outlets and is very enthusiastic abouttraining staff (currently 19) and maintaining a high standard of service.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

producedbythepancreasis either not enough, ordoes not work properly.

Most Type 2 people areover 40, usually over-weight and do not exer-cise.

Some of the commonsymptoms are excessivethirst, frequent urina-tion, tiredness, exhaus-tion and unexplainedweight loss.

The important thing istovisityourdoctororclin-ic and be tested. Once di-agnosed, it is important tofollowahigh fibre, low fatdiet, combinedwith exer-cise.Beingactiveonadai-ly basis will help improveyour blood sugar controlthroughbetter insulinuseby your body and weightcontrol.

Being active, the bodyuses blood glucose faster.

It is also important totest your blood sugar reg-ularly to monitor howgood diabetes control, in

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Bring your family and friends andjoin us at our carol evening starting at5.30pm.

This year, we will have a selection ofsavoury and sweet goodies as treatswhile wandering around the stalls.

We have vendors selling everythingfrom wire art, to arts and crafts, sheepskin slippers and other gift ideas forfamily and friends.

For the entertainment of our youngermembers of the community, there willbe face painting, jumping castles and aslide.

On Saturday, 9 November, the firstboys’ cricket team played a matchagainst St Charles’ third team.

St Charles won the toss and sentWembley College in to bat first. Wem-bley put up a decent total of 147 runsfor the loss of nine wickets. A battingpartnership of 57 runs off 60 balls wasbuilt by Joshua Meyer, who scored 36runs, and NG Sibisi who scored 29runs.

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Wembley bowled St Charles out for77 runs, winning the match by 70 runs.Well done to all the Wembley boys for agreat season of cricket.

Also on Saturday, 9 November, Wem-bley’s U15 cricket team played, andwon, against the St Charles U15B team.St Charles batted first and scored 188runs for four wickets off 30 overs.

Wembley then went in to bat andchased down the target in 23 overs.This leaves Wembley’s U15 cricket teamundefeated for the year. Well done toRoss Goble for his unbeaten 107 runs,and Timothy Norris for his unbeaten 51runs in the match.

On Saturday, 2 November, Wembley’sU15 cricket team played against Grey-town High School’s U15 cricket team.Wembley batted first and scored 262runs for eight wickets off 30 overs.Greytown then went in to bat andreached 85 runs for 10 wickets off 22overs. Well done to all the cricketers.

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SIRI have often worried

about water quality inGreytown and recently MrTindall, who is involvedwith a well–known waterpurification firm, and I de-cided to undertake a pro-fessional test on Greytownwater.

A sample was correctlytaken and sent to a labora-tory in Stellenbosch.

Here is part of the sum-mary received of the de-tailed four page test report.

“Overview of the water isthat there is very little ac-tive chlorine present. Thismeans the water is mostlyunprotected and as such,we are seeing a prolifera-tion of organic growth.

It is this organic growththat is causing sensitivepeople to feel ill. Hence, weneed a purification systemthat can protect consumersfrom these biological enti-ties”.

In the interests of all wa-ter consumers in Greytown,I have given local Council-lor Paul Buss a copy of thereport for presentation toCouncil – obviously actionneeds to be taken to rectifythe situation.

Anyone wishing to seethe results and discuss thesituation is asked to con-tact me, Roy Thomson, at082 777 9039.

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I AM a ground orchid growing in a Eu-calyptus plantation near Seven Oaks.I stand just over a metre tall and havepretty yellow flowers.

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SIR,The ANC in Inkosi Bhambatha

wishes to congratulate all com-munity members within the dis-trict of Umzinyathi who partici-pated in the registration over theweekend, especially young peo-plewhowill be voting for the firsttime in the next year generalelections 2014.

TheANCalso furtherwishes toencourage those who could notregister to visit municipal officesto check and register themselveswith IEC offices in their respec-tive municipalities

The ANC is disturbed by acts

of hooliganism which occurredin Sithembile in ward 3, wherethere were signs of intimidation,damage and defaced ANC post-ers.

The ANC calls upon the peacelovingpeopleofSithembilenot tobe drawn in to behaviour whichundermines the gains of democ-racy and backward thinking.

The leadership of the ANC inthe Inkosi Bhambatha regioncondemn any form of intimida-tion and encourage everyone toassist theSAPS inuprooting suchbehaviour in our society.

Wefurther thankallourvolun-

teers and party agents aroundthe district of Umzinyathi whohave shown political maturityand commitment in serving theorganisation of the people withdistinction. The ANC stands forpeace, transparency and believeindemocratic values,whereeve-ryone has a right to associatewith any political affiliation oftheir choice without fear of anyform of intimidation.

Zakhele ZuluIssued by ANC Bhambatha

RegionMedia and Communication

Department

ANC on voter registrationREADERS WRITE ...

READERS WRITECorrespondence - Namesand addresses of corre-spondents must in allcases, accompany thecommunications, not nec-essarily for publication,but as a guarantee ofgood faith. A free inter-change of matters of pub-lic interest will be encour-aged but we are not heldresponsible as endorsingthe opinions of our corre-spondents.

ON the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of theeleventh month in 1918, the First World Warended with hundreds of thousands of men intheir prime killed,many thousands injured andscarred by this devastating war of four years.

InNorthernFrance, theareasknownasFlan-ders and Picardy saw some of the worst andbloodiest fighting in the first year of the warin 1914.

There was complete devastation. Buildings,roads, trees,homes, farmsandnatural lifeweredestroyed. In their place, a sea of mud, a gravefor the thousands who had lived and fought.

Butone thingsurvived– thebright redpoppywhich as summer approached, covered thescarred battlefields with a carpet of colour andhope.

On seeing this brave display, a Canadian doc-tor JohnMcCraewas so deeplymoved hewrotethe following:

“In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on rowThat mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the dead.Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glowLoved, and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foeTo you from failing hands we throwThe torch, be yours to hold it highIf ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders field."Using this poem as the theme, red poppies

became the symbol to honour the dead and areproudly worn throughout the world on Armi-stice Day, also known as Remberance, Armi-stice, Veteran or Poppy Day on 11 November.

Two minutes silence is obsrved throughoutthe world at noon on the 11th – the first minutein memory of all those who lost their lives inwars and the second minute for the survivors.

Eleventh hour... day ...month

The bright red poppy which coveredthe scarred battlefields of WW1 with a

carpet of colour and hope.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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UMVOTI MUNICIPALITYPROJECT NUMBER : T 2013/11/08/E

SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING 2 KM MVABC OVERHEAD AND 7,5 KM LV ABC OVERHEAD NETWORKS IN 497

SITE TO SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TO 497 HOUSEHOLDS AT UMVOTI LOCALMUNICIPALITY - CIDB GRADING OF 4EP PE OR HIGHER

Bids are hereby invited in terms of Section 83 of the Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, as amended andread together with Sections 110, 111 and 112 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003 forsuitably qualified contractors with the stipulated CIDB Grading in an EP Class of Works to supply, install, andcommission. Only bidders that are registered as contractors on the Eskom Eastern Region’s database will beeligible for this bidder.

This electrification project encompasses the electrification of the following area:Enhlalakahle 497 Site.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTSDocuments will be available at the site inspection, upon payment of a non-refundable deposit of R200.00per document. All bank guaranteed cheque are to be made payable to “uMvoti Local Municipality”. Nodocuments will be available after compulsory site inspection. Bidders who paid deposit in terms of notice1787 previously advertised need not to pay again.

Documents will be available at the site inspection,

COMPULSORY SITE INSPECTIONA compulsory site inspection will be held on Wednesday, 20th November 2013. Prospective bidders shouldmeet at the Town Hall of Umvoti Local Municipality, 41 Bell Street, Greytown 3250 at 11h00 am. The engineerwill meet prospective bidders to provide details of the contract, thereafter proceeding to site.Bidders must take note of following:• The uMvoti Local Municipality Supply Chain Management Policy will apply and will be evaluated in terms ofthe 90:10 points system.

• Failure to complete all bid forms, data sheets and submit all supplementary information will lead to the bidbeing considered non-responsive and therefore not considered for the award of contract.

All bids submitted should remain valid for 90 days after the bid closing date.

BID SUBMISSIONThe closing date for receipt of bids is 12h00 on Friday, 6th December 2013. Sealed bids bearing the projectname “497 SITE ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT: PROJECT NUMBER T2013/11/08/E” must be deposited inthe bid box of the uMvoti Local Municipality located at their offices at 41 Bell Street , Greytown, 3250 inGreytown. Telegraphic, telephonic, telex, facsimile, e-mailed and late bids will not be accepted.Telegraphic tenders, late bidders and bids not clearly marked as prescribed will not be considered.

BID ENQUIRIESMr Gerhard Balzer Miss Fezile NxumaloUMVOTI MUNICIPALITY DIHLASE CONSULTING ENGINEERS (PTY) LTDTelephone No.: 033 413 9119 Telephone: 033 342 4658

Fax. 033 342 4648

UMvoti Municipality’s Procurement Policy will apply and the Municipality is not bound to accept thelowest or any bid and reserves the right to accept any bid or part thereof.

B.A. Xulu PO Box 71 Notice No. 1867Municipal Manager GREYTOWN 3250

Ntandoyendu Primary

ACTIVITIES

Ntandoyethu Primary School pupils were excited about their career guidance day held on 29October with the theme “quality education to make things happen for our country – it beginswith us!” With the children are M Gwala, L Skhozana (motivational speaker) and (far right) TNxumalo.

Christmas came early for Ntandoyethu pupils when they happily received brand new schoolshoes from the Holy Samaritans, Mr Zondi ( Metropolitan rep) and Pastor Ngubane and otherfellow worshippers of ZCC church. Handing out the gifts are PV Cele, M Gwala and RBNxumalo.

THE eyes of Little Oaks and the Grade 1class grewbigger and bigger in excitementand awe as the exquisitely crafted puppetsof Heather Tomlinson's annual ChristmasPuppetShowcameto lifeatHermannsburglast week. Afterwards, the Little Oakshelped make the music, with drums andshakers,while the primary school childrenhad loads of fun, stomping around as gum-boot dancers.

Our current theme is 'circus', so the blueand green groups dressed up as clowns,magicians, weight–lifters, acrobats and li-on tamers.

Stage make–up was, of course, a mustto give each character the right look. Welook forward to our graduation ceremonyonFridayafterayearofworkingwhilehav-ing fun – or is that having fun while work-ing?

HMB LittleOaks oracle

It was so exciting and so much fun – Little Oaks playing out their circus theme

Page 10 The Greytown Gazette, Wednesday, November 13, 2013

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GAZETTESMALLSSomething for everyone

ERICCHHOTEYLAL

25-11-1958 –13-11-2013

A year has passedyet not a momentgoes by without

remembering yoursmiling heart. I

thought that I wouldmiss you so, andnever find my wayand then I heard anangel say: “He’s withyou every day.” Thesun, the moon, thewind, the stars willforever be around,reminding us of thelove you shared andthe peace you’vefinally found. No

amount of words canexpress the sorrowthat we still feel.

A loving husband toNorah, father to Josh,Isaac, Ellenor andbrother to Ronnieand Steven and

also missed by yourloving family.

New political partyTheEconomicFreedomParty hasformed anUmvotibranchandopened inGreytownthis week.

THIS is the third in a series of articles writtenby Greg Ivins of Harmony Retreat published bythe Greytown Gazette in the interests of makingpeople aware of the dire consequences of drugabuse.

“The festive season is almost upon us.Traditionally, it is a time for family, sharing and

embracing the spirit of goodwill that prevails. Asmuch as it is a time for giving and receiving, italso has a more sinister side to it, which I wouldbriefly like to elaborate on. Many people see itas a time to unwind from the burdens and stressesthat they faced throughout the year. There isnothing wrong with this, however one shouldshould tread cautiously. Tragically, alcohol andsubstance abuse seems to spike around this timeof year. Along with it, comes a host of social ills

such as reckless spending, domestic violence anddriving under the influence, to name just a few.It is up to each one of us to take personal responsi-bility for our actions and how they may negativelyaffect ourselves and others. We do not live ina vacuum and our actions do affect others in oneway or another. If you feel that substance abusemay be a problem for you, seek help. There aretrained professionals out there who can help youbeat this scourge. Getting help is a sign ofstrength, not weakness. Failing to accept and ad-dress the problem is a sign of weakness.

Finally, be true to yourself, put your faith inGod and live a life of peace, happiness and abun-dance.

Have a safe, joyous and prosperous festive sea-son”. Harmony Retreat: 033 417 2227

Festive season

CAUTION

THE acronym “LACES” was developed with the goal to provide a simple way to help firefighters remembersomekeyelements to survival. LACES stands for “Lookouts”, “Awareness”, “Communications”, “EscapeRoutes”and “Safety Zones”.

Umvoti fire protection association –Acronym LACES

GREYTOWN Youth Desk is to holdawalkabout campaign through thestreets of Enhlalakahle and theColoured Village on Friday, 22 No-vember from noon with the theme“Blow the whistle against drugs/substance abuse and HIV/AIDS”.

The walkabout, distributingpamphlets etc will start at noon af-

terwhich, there will be presenta-tions by the Departments of SocialDevelopment and Health at theNew Hall in Enhlalakahle at2.30pm. A short play highlightingthe risks faced by drug users willbe performed.

This campaign is focusing on theprevention of the use and abuse of

drugsandsubstancesand is target-ing the youth, parents and drug us-ers. Greytown Youth Desk is a sub-committee of the CPF working to-gether with the SAPS to preventyouthbeing involved incriminalac-tivities. For further information,please contact ZenzoMsomi at 082371 1724.

Blow the whistle against drugs

L = LookoutThe Lookout is theeyes of the firefight-er, especially of thecrew boss, fire con-troller or sectionfire boss. Lookoutsshould be in a posi-tion from wherethey can see the fireline, the fire staffand the crewsworking the fire.The lookout shouldbe able to recognizeand anticipate situ-ations and must re-port changes imme-diately.

A = AwarenessAll firefighters, in-cluding the look-outs, should beaware of the actionplan. Everyone in-volved should alsobe aware of the fireweather, fire be-haviour, the activi-ties around them,the terrain, etc.

C =CommunicationsThe fire officer,crew leaders andlookouts should atall times be able tocommunicate. Thismay be by direct ra-dio contact, orthrough a lookoutor other relay point.Ensure good com-munications at alltimes.

E = Escape RoutesHave at least twoplanned routes ofescape. If your pri-mary route is cutoff, know what youaregoing todo.Eve-ry personon the fireline must know theplan.

S = Safety ZonesSafety zones areplaces (known toevery person on thefire line) of refuge,places you can beassured of yoursafety. Their size isdictated by the fuel,terrain, weatherconditions andworst-case fire be-haviour.

Be proactive and fire wise – join Umvoti FPA by phoning Charles Haden at076 154 1090 or email hadencf@gmail.com.

PLEASE NOTE:DEADLINE FOR

GAZETTECLASSIFIEDS ISMONDAY, 10 am

PHONE 033 413 2735

1 Births

PIETERSE(NÉE TARR)

To Dawie and Linda abeautiful daughterMary-Kate. Grandpar-ents David, Erica, Jeffand Barbara delilght-ed.

10 In Memoriam

LINDAVAN DER VYVER

26.02.1975 - 12.11.2006We love and miss youmore with each pass-ing year. Your place inour hearts will neverbe filled. You aregone but will never beforgotten. Our memo-ries keep you alive inour hearts! Love al-ways and forever.Dad, Mom, Lizette,Juan, Ana and kids.

12 Thanks

ST Cathryns Golf Clubwould like to thank thefollowing sponsors fortheir generous sup-port and sponshor-ship. Inter club Spon-sors 2013. Agricare -Paddy O’Sullivan.Mascor - Bill Comins.Supa Quick - Jason.GM - Rory Melton.Platt Plant - Guy Platt.Rhino Charcoal - IanHill. CPS - JulianChaning-Pearce. JohnDeere - Link Seed -Nico Herbst. UmvotiRepairs - WilliamCooper. Origin Water- Greg Hull.Liekie Steyn aQuelleSt Chathryns GolfClub.

UMDENI wakuamavundla uphakamisaukubonga ibandlalase zicc nama bandlaahalangene nompha-kathi wase nhlakahlenegzithobo. Ezawsingatka. Sihanjelwe uantiSicealanikwenze nak-wa banye obalile um-deni wakwa mavundlaAmen.

20 Lost andFound

KEYS found in CooperStreet. Please contactthe Greytown Gazetteurgently!

30 BuildingServices

ISIHLABATHI amatshekanye nanablocksngentengo yasewholesale. Telephone033 413 1414 /0 8 2 7 8 3 6 0 3 5kuhlangene konkenokudilivaedolobheni.

34 CleaningServices

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

38 FencingServices

FAIRVIEW fencing qualityworkmanship andback-up service onautomated gates and alltypes of game,agricultural amd securityfencing. Contact KeithCowie 082 772 5436.

39 For Hire

10 Seater round tables,patio gas heaters, whitemarquees, decor, cook-ing. Greytown HiringServices. 033 417 1157,082 957 2812, 082 3156653.

AMATAFULA. 10 Seaterawo round noma tendeamasha amphlophe. Tel.082 957 2812 / 082 3156653.

42 Health andBeauty

CHIROPRACTOR. Grey-town Drug Store, 033 4132157. Dr White will beavailable at the Clinic onWednesdays.

47 PersonalServices

ABORTION alternative -Wednesday 2 - 5 pm.Free councelling by ap-pointment. Call or SMS078 879 7484.

STITCHINGS: GreytownJunior School dressesnow available. Also track-suits for all schools madeat Stitchings. Tel. 082319 0972.

73 General Sales

AFRICA Wendy houses.Grade A Pinewood, big,small, low prices, louvrestyle. Sylie 083 9960526.

CULL’S cleaned and cut.We deliver 079 539 7602.

L.B. Wendys. QualityWendy houses, grannycottages, guard housesetc. Treated new pine-wood. Lenny: 071 9385766.

73 General Sales

FRESH homemade pine-apple & mango pickles,R20 a bottle or R30 fortwo bottles. Green dhya-nia chutney for savouryfilling or pasta, R35 for400g (24 blocks).. Purebutter ghee, 1,5kg, onceoff price, R65 until end ofNovember. Contact 033413 1229 or 072 1078612.

79 Pets/Aquariums/Tropical Fish

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

95 Livestock/Poultry

WE wholesale and retailgoats, cows and sheep.Tel: 033 413 2748, 076354 3535, 079 013 8048.

125 Garden Cottage/Flatlet to Let

GRANNY flat, two bed-room house to rent. Con-tact: 033 413 2748, 076354 3535, 076 475 5047.

126 Houses to Let

3 Bedroom house for rent.Lower Durban Street, R3500.00 a month excllights and water. Availa-ble 1 Dec 2013. Contact:082 396 6206.

127 Holiday Guide

TOT Hier Toe CaravanPark between Kranskopand Greytown. Tired ofthe stress of city life? Getaway for a little quiet andtranquility! The CaravanPark and it’s facilitiesover a large, tranquildam, attractive for it’sbass and carp fishing.The dam is suitable forrow boats and swimming.Tot Hier offers fullyequipped, self-cateringchalets, caravan and tentstands with hot waterablutions. Contact 076801 3451.

129 Outbuildings

1 Bedroom outbuilding forrent. Contact: 074 8884759.

173 GeneralEmployment

DRIVER with code 10 andPDP, experience andtraceable references im-perative, absolutely nochancers. Full CV to TheManager, Greytown BuildIt, P.O. Box 39, Greytown

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UMVOTIMUNICIPALITYBID No. 2013/11/07

Bids are hereby invited in terms of Section 83 of the Municipal SystemsAct No. 32 of 2000 as amended and in terms of Sections 110, 111 and112 of the Municipal Finance Management Act No. 56 of 2003 for thefollowing:

4-TON TIPPER TRUCKS x 2DocumentsBid documents will be available from the Stores department at 100 PineStreet from Wednesday, 13th November 2013, Mondays to Fridays,between 08h00 and 15h00.Bids SubmissionsThe bid documents must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked “4-Ton Tipper Trucks” and deposited in the Umvoti Municipality bid boxat the Customer Relations Centre by not later than 12h00 on Friday,29th November 2013 and will be open in public at said date and time.Telegraphic bids, late bids and bids not clearly marked as prescribed willnot be considered.Reputable companies are hereby invited to submit their bids.NB: Calling for recognised, approved, registered dealers. Should be therean unrecognised dealer bidding, at least there must be a service levelagreement plan between the parties concerned.EnquiriesAll enquiries shall be directed to Andile Majola, TelephoneNo. 033 413 9179 during normal office hours.Umvoti Municipality’s procurement Policy will apply and theMunicipality is not bound to accept the lowest tender and reserves theright to accept any tender or part thereof.Mr B.A. XULU PO Box 71 Notice No. 1866MUNICIPAL MANAGER Greytown 3250

“GO throw your TV set away,And its a place you can hang

A lovely bookshelf on the wall”

Teachers face difficult situationsdaily.Studentscometo theclass-room with very different experi-ences and circumstances, yet allare expected to transcend thosedifferences, focusonthecurricu-lum, andmeet the objectives es-tablished by the state.

Using children’s literature,teachers at New Hanover Prephelp their classes through diffi-cult situations, enable individualstudents to transcend their ownchallenges,andteachstudents to

consider all viewpoints, respectdifferences and become moreself–aware.

Fluttering in the breeze on ourschool verandas are colourfulkites designed by each child. Tothese kites, bows are added forbooks that have been read.Uponexceeding their target, andreadingover1500booksoverthelast three months, the childrenwere given the opportunity todress up as different charactersfound in legends, fablesand fairytales, aswell as those frombookswritten by Shakespeare, DrSeuss and Roald Dahl.As a treat, they also spent some

lessons on interactive games onthe sports field.

Books are indeed nurturing,self–affirming and life changing.

“The more that you read, themore things you will know. Themore you learn, the more placesyou'll go”.

New Hanover Prep School news

(From left) Christen Scheuer, Tersha Pitoutand Caroline Woerner, in Grade five,dressed up as the three witches from oneof Shakespeare’s classics.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

HERMANNSBURGHAPPENINGS

Fourteen young people associated with the schoolconfirmed their faith and commitment on Sunday in thePeter–Paul church in Hermannsburg on Sunday – threebeing baptised and 11 confirming the baptismal vowstaken by their parents. Pastor Brand led the service andholy communion, with contributions from the confirmandsand Reverend Hayward.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

ON Saturday 9November, Grey-town Juniorschool U13 crick-et side travelledto Mooi River.

We played 20overs. Mooi Rivermade 78 runs forthe loss of sevenwickets. EthanOliver took threewickets in twoovers. Greytowncame in to batand struggledwith the requiredrun rate as welost three earlywickets. Grey-town made 58runs for the lossof nine wickets.

Juniorjottings

Page 12 The Greytown Gazette, Wednesday, November 13, 2013

THE nerves were clearly visible onday one of the KZNGU Interclub onthe South Coast this past weekend.Nine of St Cathryn’s golfers tookpart on this annual event, playingin two divisions.

Frog senior had one entry andFrog had two entries.

The nerves come into play whenyou stand on the first tee box, withup to 16 other golfers in the queuewaiting to tee–off, all watching youattempt your tee shot.

Chirping and comments werethe order of the day and the ten-sions only released when you areable to disappear around the cor-ner of the first fairway.

Senior Frog, captained by PietNel, played on Selbourne on thefirst day andonUmdoni the secondday.

Frog one, captained by Paul Els,and Frog two, captained by BrentBarkhuizen, played at Umdoni ondayoneandScottburghondaytwo.

If any of the teams were to havewon in their divisions, theywere toplay in the finals at Selbourne onthe Sunday. The top four teamsthen play in a match play formatand the other top ten placementsin an alliance format, and this iswhat our Senior Frog achieved,playing in the alliance finals onSunday.

Lots of new golfing friends weremade over the weekend, not tomention the possible business op-portunities that are made due tothe shirts and the advertising thegolfers wore, sponsored by differ-ent companies from Greytown andKranskop.

Results:Frog 1 were placed 27th and

Frog 2 37th after day two.Senior Frog 1 were placed 10th

after day two. Other golf clubs thatwent through to the finals in thisdivision were Selborne, Boschoek,Umdoni, Howick Umkomaas, Riv-erside and Richards Bay.

We are waiting for the final re-sults of day three to be sent out bythe Golf Union.

This Saturday, 16 November, isa special day on the golfing calen-dar – the local farmers and mem-bers of the Kranskop Farmers As-sociation hold their annual funnine hole golf day at St Cathryn’s.

Teams are made up of a golferplus two “hackers” and the formatis American scramble, with eachgolfer having to use three of theirdrives.

This is a fundraiser for Golf 911and all are welcome to play. PleaseRSVP to 083 269 1661 for golf andthe supper to be held afterwards.

The next Farmer’s Agri–CareMonthlyMugwill be held on23No-vember from10amonwards – golf-ers please note.

This Friday, November 15, thepub will be open and there will bea bring and braai – there are alsobraai packs for sale so come alongand join in.

StCathryn’snews

THEbreeding of racing pigeonsis a very engrossing subject thatrequires a lot of attention if onewants to produce future win-ners.

The simplest way of course istoallowthebirds tochoosetheirown mates and hope for thebest. The wisest and most pro-ductive method is to chooseones matings by study of previ-ous race records and mate bestto best.

This does not always work as80% of the time, its only thegrandchildrenthatwillperformwell.

After selecting our pairs andmating themup,wesitwithbat-ed breath for them to start pro-

ducing.After approximately eight

days, the first egg shouldbe laidat about 4pm. Incubation doesnot begin immediately as thehenonly standsover theeggun-til she lays her second, which istwo days later at about 2pm.

Bothbirds then take turns sit-ting – the cock from about10am to 4pm and the hens sitsthe overnight shift until re-leased the next morning.

Incubation takes approxi-mately 21 days but some birdswill sit a couple of days longerif hatching is not on time. Butsoon desert the eggs if nothinghappens.

Normally, the babies appear

withinashort timeofoneanoth-er so that there is no differencein size.

Feeding is done by both par-ents by regurgitating soft foodknown as pigeon milk.

This is a soft curd which isformed on the lining of the par-ents crop during the incubationperiod.

The babies are fed by insert-ing the beak into the parentsbeak and milk is then virtuallypumped into the babies crop.This milk is fed for approxi-matelyseventoeightdayswhentheparentswill thenstart solidsuntil the babies are ready to beweaned at between 24 to 28days.

Greytown RacingPigeon Club

news

NO fewer than five singles champi-ons were involved in this year’s sin-gle handicap play–offs.

Toughest line was Chris Fischer,who had to eliminate Bryan Pauland then Jacques Minnaar, beforemeeting Clive Edkins who beat RoyThomson on his way.

It was extremely good bowls andevery bowl counted in this battleroyal, before Fischer managed topull it off. The pairs did not fare as

well – this Saturday needs to seeBryan Paul and Ernie Weyks playingKaren Cardy and Omo Dinkelman toclear the backlog of challenges.

Meanwhile the club is very activewith their year end party on 30 No-vember, the highlight of this year’ssocial calendar. Anyone interestedin tickets at R75 per person includingdinner, can get them from most clubmembers but remember, there areonly 60 available.

From the ditch

OURgolf course is showing theben-efits of spring treatment and some,as well as the effects of loving careby Wally, as the greens are puttingtruerandaremore receptiveby theday.

With the generous help and ad-vice from some of our members,and lots of determination and hardwork by Chris and Wally, we seemto be on top of the weeds on thegreens.

Thenewsprayeralso seems tobeeffective.

Our Mascor monthly mug/busi-ness league was played on Satur-day and results were:

A div:First: and winner of theMug: Pe-

ter Hardy (64 net)Second: Marthinus Steyn (67 net

oco)B div:First: Gary Schwartz (67 net oco)second: Egon Kassier (67 net

oco).Our sincerest thanksagain to our

sponsors Mascor Greytown.Sunday9@9entryfee isR9toplay

nine holes – Richard Chiazzarisponsors a chicken to win.

Flip Bothawas not present at theattendancedrawonFridayand lostout on R200 – don’t miss out on thisFriday’s draw with R300 up forgrabs.

Dates to diarize:15 November: Attendance draw29 November: Happy Hour30 November: Moths golf day7 December: Hackers bring and

take14 December: Mascor monthly

mug

GreytownCountryclub news

SAPS and the Greytown Community Policing Forum (CPF)have appealed to members of the public to:

* Increase their co–operation and supply of information tobe one jump ahead against crime, for the safety of yourfamily and surrounds.

* Identify problems through the CPF and help of the po-lice to find solutions

* Become involved to get a better understanding of prob-lems being experienced by the police working under verystressful circumstances, but perform to the best of their abil-ities.

* If you want a crime free town, do not hide behind yourblinkers and only criticise the CPF and understaffed police toidentify the trouble spots and criminals in town.

* Failure to co–operate with the police and not reportingknown criminals is actually protecting them and creating acriminal paradise.

The pre–requisite key element to the success of the con-cept of a successful community policing forum is a struc-tured consultation between the police and community roleplayers.

For further information, contact Greytown Station Com-mander Lt Col Maphalala at 033 413 9017 or CPF pro IsmailMoola at 072 874 7445.

FOR YOUR SAFETYAND SECURITY

SATURDAY nights hailstormcaught most people by surpriseas it erupted into explosive ac-tion on its path through Grey-town and parts of thedistrict.

At the time of going to press,

noreportsofmajordamagehadbeen received.

According to PANNARresearch, 16.8 rainfall was re-cordedonSaturdaynightbring-ing the total for the month todate to 30mm.

Obviously the hail, some ofwhich was still piled up onSunday morning, cooled the at-mosphere as Sunday’s mini-mumwas 12.69withmaximumnot being very much more at13.65.

Weather update