Kouga Express 03.11.2011 by Kouga Express - issuu
Council ‘approves’ nuclear power plant
IS this the start of a national disaster
or the end of unemployment and poverty in the Kouga region?
This is the question residents of the
Kouga are struggling with after the
majority of the Kouga Council made
it clear that they are in favour of the
proposed nuclear plant at Thyspunt.
This decision comes despite the
furour the planned nuclear plant has
caused in the local communities. The
general feeling among community
members are that they cannot just sit
back and accept that a nuclear power
plant will be constructed right on
According to municipal spokesperson, Laura-Leigh Randal, the majority
of the Kouga Council supports the proposal that a nuclear power plant be
built at Thyspunt, but further public
consultation must be undertaken before an official commitment is made.
“That was the outcome of a lively
debate about the potential pros and
cons of the proposed Thyspunt development at a Council meeting on Monday,” said Randall.
“The debate centred around an
item recommending that the Kouga
Council approved in principle the development of the proposed nuclear
power plant at Thyspunt.”
Kouga Executive Mayor Booi
Koerat said Eskom had asked for the
Council to make an “in principle” decision so that it could start putting in
place the working structures that
would be required should National
Government give the go-ahead for
the Thyspunt development.
The mayor emphasised that no final plans were in place yet since the
was still being finalised and a Record
of Decision (ROD) was expected next
He said the majority of the 26 councillors present at the discussions on
Monday were in favour of approving
the development in principle based
“Their view was that the potential
economic spin-offs of the development, both directly and indirectly,
would serve as a much-needed lifeline for Kouga’s people. Residents
are battling financially and Council
cannot stand in the way of a project
that could give our economy the
boost it needs,” he explained.
He said that despite this majority
view, Council resolved that a final
decision would only be made after
“The development is a highly emotive issue. That is why it is important
that our final decision should reflect
the will of the people and not that of
individual councillors. Consequently,
we resolved that a public participation
process must be undertaken before a
final commitment is made,” he said
The mayor said those who had voted against the recommendation (the
final vote was 14 - 13) - “that the development of the proposed Nuclear-1
project of Eskom at the Thyspunt site
be approved in principle subject to
public participation meetings” –
were mainly concerned that they
were not well enough informed to
make a final decision..
“I would like to urge councillors to
do their homework thoroughly and
to consult their communities extensively before Council meets to make
“This decision might prove to be
this Council will make. Let us ensure
we make a decision that is in the best
interest of our community as a whole.”
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Housing lists on display at halls
RESIDENTS who registered for RDP
houses in three new projects at
Kruisfontein, Ocean View and Pellsrus will know this week if they have
made it to the next step of the housing
The Department of Human Settlements last week released the list of
applicants who passed the prescreening process for the 2 500 houses to be
built at Kruisfontein, 1 500 at Ocean
View and 220 at Pellsrus next year.
These lists are on display at the
Kruisfontein and Pellsrus Commu-
Koerat said the municipality’s Human Settlements section would be
holding meetings with applicants
whose prescreening was successful
from November 2 to 17.
The schedule of meetings are also
be on display at the Pellsrus and
Kruisfontein Community Halls.
The Human Settlements offices
will close on 12pm on these days.
“The purpose of the meetings is to
confirm that applicants’ status have
not changed since they registered on
the needs database because this
could affect their final applications
for a housing subsidy,” he explained.
“The meetings will also be used to
establish project steering committees for each of the areas. Each committee will consist of six of the prescreened applicants, three municipal staff members and two provincial
Human Settlements staffers.”
He said the target was to finalise
the beneficiary list by March 30, 2012.
The winner of the Kouga Express Pet­Look­Alike competition
is none other than the soul of Jeffreys Bay and the town’s
last true hippie, Bruce Gold (64) and his dog, Scooter Girl.
Kouga Express: Donderdag, 3 November 2011
Kouga Express: Thursday, November 3, 2011
Nuwe laerskool op St. Francisbaai nader en veiliger
ST. Francisbaai gaan in die nuwe
jaar met ’n splinternuwe laerskool spog, terwyl Hankey Primêr
sy vere regskud vir ’n nuwe
Konstruksiewerk aan ’n nuwe
laerskool, wat die toekomstige tuiste
van Sea Vista Primêr sal wees, gaan
vroeg in 2012 op die hoek van Tarragonalaan en St Francisrylaan waar
twee erwe vir die doeleinde gekonsolideer is, begin.
“Sea Vista Primêr is tans op
privaat grond langs die R332 geleë.
Die grond behoort aan St Francis
Links en hulle wil dit graag ontwikkel. Dit is die vernaamste rede
waarom dit ’n saak van dringendheid geword het dat ’n nuwe skool vir
dié leerders gebou word,” het munisipale woordvoerder, Laura-Leigh
“Die tender vir die bou van die
skool is reeds uit. Die belangrikste
werk sal vroeg volgende jaar begin,
maar dit is ons doel om die omheining teen die einde van die jaar reeds
klaar te hê.”
Die nuwe skoolgebou sal bestaan
uit twee graad R-klaskamers met hul
eie toilette en speelgrond, 14
klaskamers met kantore vir die hoof
van die verskillende departemente,
’n administrasie gebou, ’n multi-media/ rekenaarkamer, ablusie fasiliteite, ’n eetsaal, ’n sekuriteit waghuis, ’n geplaveide vergadering area,
sportvelde, omheining en ’n moontlike veeldoelige saal geborg deur St
Francis Links Golf Estate.
Personeel, kinders en ouers is baie
opgewonde oor die verwikkeling en
kan nie wag om die nuwe skool te betrek nie. Volgens hulle gaan die skool
in St. Francisbaai nie net meer
gerieflik, modern en ruimer wees as
die huidige skool nie, maar dit is ook
baie nader aan die huise van die
kinders en hoef hulle nie meer oor
die hoofpad te loop om by die skool
Die nuwe jaar beteken ook nuwe
en groot veranderings vir Hankey
Primêr, wat dié skool van ’n lelike
eendjie in ’n mooi swaan sal sien
Werk sluit hoofsaaklik opknappings- en veranderingswerk in, sowel as die konstruksie van ’n aantal
Leerders en onderwysers van die
skool kan uitsien na ’n splinternuwe
rekenaar/ wetenskap laboratorium
blok, ’n veeldoelige saal, uitbreidings
aan die administrasie-gebou, ’n
graad-R blok en ’n sekuriteit waghuis.
Klaskamers, die ablusie-fasiliteite, sportvelde en die omheining
rondom die skool gaan alles opgegradeer word.
Volgens Randall gaan die stormwater- en grond dreineringstelsels
ook opgegradeer word, met die grootste deel van die ou stelsels wat heelte-
Twee voor ná 95 bevrore seekatte gevind is
’n Restaurantbaas van Jeffreysbaai
en sy bestuurder is Donderdagmiddag
in hegtenis geneem nadat 95 bevrore
seekatte en ’n perlemoen, waarvoor
daar geen fakture was nie, op sy perseel gevind is.
Gorgeo Sarmias (54) en Sonja
Hoflen (47), onderskeidelik eienaar en
bestuurder van The Greek Restaurant and Wine Bar in Beverlandstraat, het later in die landdroshof op
Albei is op borgtog van R1 000 elk
vrygelaat, het ao. Marianette Olivier,
Vir sulke oortredings kan die hof
’n boete van R2 miljoen oplê en/of
tronkstraf van tot vyf jaar, het Dennis Mostert, hoofinspekteur verbonde aan die departement landbou,
bosbou en visserye in Port Elizabeth,
Volgens hom is die skulpvis in ’n
roetine-inspeksie by die restaurant
“Die eienaar het verduidelik dat hy
die seekat by bestaansvissers gekoop
het en die perlemoen as aas vir
hengeldoeleindes sou gebruik. Dit is
onwettig om dié soort skulpvis
sonder ’n faktuur of permit te besit of
’n Woedende Sarmias het gesê hy
gaan die saak gewis verder voer.
“Hulle het my in hegtenis kom
neem asof ek die grootste misdadiger
op die dorp is. Hulle was baie aggressief.
“Ek besit een van die mees ikoniese restaurante in die Oos-Kaap.
Die hele wêreld weet van my, ek sal
mos nie so dom wees om enigiets onwettigs te doen nie.
“Ek koop by die strandlopers
(bestaansvissers) omdat ek
hulle wil help om ’n bord kos op
die tafel te sit.
“Boonop het die departement
seevisserye wel lisensies aan
hulle uitgereik vir die insameling van seekat, mossels
en oesters. Hulle het dit vir my
Oor die perlemoen in sy besit
DIE verkoop en verspreiding van die uiters
giftige insekdoder Aldicarb, wat deur inbrekers gebruik word om
honde te vergiftig, sal
binnekort heeltemal in
SA verbied word.
Steve Galane, kommunikasiedirekteur
van die departement
van landbou, het gesê
Bayer Agro Science
het vrywillig besluit
om alle verkope en
Temik teen Desember
wil die departement
teen 31 Maart volgende jaar die registrasie van die middel
Bayer is die enigste maatskappy wat
Temik wettig in
Misdadigers kry vermoedelik hul Aldicarb, wat ook as TwoStep bekend staan,
van gesteelde voorraad of generiese
produkte wat onwettig die land inkom.
het hy gesê: “ ’n Strandloper het dit vir
my gegee omdat dit die beste aas is vir
Mostert het gewaarsku teen die
aankoop van visprodukte van mense of
smouse op straat. “Wetgewing is baie
streng hieroor en vervolgings is aan die
orde van die dag.”
Maar, het Sarmias weer gesê, “toe
een van die plaaslike inspekteurs van
visserye ’n ruk gelede by my kom koffie
drink het, het ek juis vir hom gesê ek
koop eerder by die strandlopers. Hoekom het hy nie toe vir my gesê dis onwettig nie?”
Die saak kom op 21 November in die
landdroshof op Humansdorp voor.
mal vervang sal word. “Verder gaan
die verouderde waterpype en die
skool se elekstriese toevoer opge-
knap word. Sloping sal ook moet
plaasvind om die nuwe uitleg van die
skool te fasiliteer.”
Sea Vista Primêr Departementshoof Mentoor Leander en graad eens Simamkele
Makuzeni (links) en Sharonay Baadjies voor die huidige skoolgebou wat op privaat­
grond langs die R332 in St. Francisbaai geleë is.
Sandriver: the other side of the bridge
“WHILE everyone was looking in
awe at the river coming down
with all its might and completely
inundating the bridge and its approaches, I was fearing that I will
not have a house to go back to.”
The story of what happened on the
other side of the bridge slowly unfolds as Frances Becker, who lives on
the old bank of the Sandriver Bridge
in St Francis Bay, still looks in disbelief over the metres of sand and piles
of debris in front of her house, which
once used to be a field of fynbos and
According to Becker, approximately 80 000 cubic metres of sand
came down the Sandriver in the first
week of July this year, not only
washing away the Sandriver Bridge,
but also leaving total destruction in
its wake as it passed only a few me-
tres in front of several houses in the
“When the river came down it deposited between three to four foot of
solid sand in a time frame of about
two to three hours along the river
bank, stretching nearly 200 metres in
diameter. Now all that meets the eye
are endless stretches of sand and pile
upon pile of debris,” said Becker.
“There used to be trees higher
than myself on the open land in front
of my house, but now the trees hardly reach up to my waist. The four feet
high bridge that used to form a walkway over a small stream in front of
the house, are also level with the
“Furthermore, we have suffered a
total loss of privacy. We used to be
totally tucked away, but now are
more visible. People coming to the
area, never used to walk on the grass,
but with all the sand that makes our
property look like a part of the beach,
they do not care at all. When you ap-
proach them and tell them they are
they get extremely rude and obnoxious. It got so out of hand that I was
forced to put up a fence at our border.”
But all of this seems minor in comparison to the one thing she fears the
“With the flood the river has been
taken of its natural course and are
now running right in front of our
house. At the moment it is only a
trickle, but when it comes down it
roars and has a huge temper. I do not
even want to think what will happen
if the river has to come down again,”
When the river came down it deposited between
three to four foot of solid sand along the river bank.
Pile upon pile of debris were left
behind. Becker was forced to put
up a fence at her property’s
border to keep trespassers out.
Photos: Monique Vermeulen
With the recent flood the Sandriver has
been taken of its natural course and is
now running right in front of Becker’s
Before the flood in July the piece of land in front of the Becker’s house
used to be a field of fynbos and lush greenery.
DIE ‘CROWN JEWELS’
Meer as R800 000 in kontant om te wen.
• Trekkings 9nm elke Woensdag &
Donderdag tot 24 November 2011.
‘HIS ROYAL HARLEY’
as R250 000 in kontant & pryse om te wen.
• Dit sluit ’n Harley Davidson motorﬁets in.
• Trekkings 9nm elke Vrydag tot
Dolfynstrand hys blou vlag
NET in tyd vir die feesseisoen wat
alreeds sy voelers begin uitsteek.
Dolfynstrand in Jeffreysbaai,
wat verlede jaar sy gesogte blouvlagstatus verloor het, mag nou
weer met trots die gesogte blou
vlag op die hoofstrand hys.
Dit was so hittete of Dolfynstrand was weereens sy blouvlagstatus kwyt weens die riool wat op
’n gereelde basis op die strand uitgeloop het. Maar die Kouga Munisipaliteit het dié probleem darem betyds in die kiem gesmoor.
Volgens munisipale woordvoerder, Mfundo Sobele, is die herinstelling van die strand se blouvlagstatus te danke aan al die verskillende departemente wat saamgewerk het om te verseker dat die water skoon is en skoon bly.
“Jeffreysbaai is ’n gewilde toeriste-bestemming vir beide nasionale en internasionale toeriste.
Die blouvlag-status plaas ons weer
stewig op die landkaart van toeris-
me wêreldwyd. Ons sien uit daarna om te sien hoe toeriste na ons
pragtige dorp stroom en sodoende
die ekonomie ook ’n welkome hupstoot gee,” het Sobele gesê.
Morgan Griffiths, blouvlag-inspekteur vir Wessa, het sy hoed
gelig vir die Kouga-munisipaliteit.
“Hulle het behoorlik ingespring
om die rioolpompstasies aan die
strandfront op te gradeer. Ons is
nou tevrede dat toekomstige rioolstortings van die Dolfynstrand
weggehou sal kan word.”
Daar wapper al nagenoeg 4 000
blou vlae op verskillende strande
van die 42 deelnemende lande in die
Internasionaal is blouvlagstrande ’n baie sterk toerismemagneet omdat dit die onbetwisbare waarborg van gehalte ten opsigte van watergehalte, sekuriteit
en omgewingsbestuur is.
Die Natuurlewevereniging van
Suid-Afrika (Wessa) is die plaaslike waghond om seker te maak dat
die land se blouvlagstrande aan internasionale standaarde voldoen.
HUMANSDORP CPF HOLDS SECURITY
DIS ONS KROONVERJAARSDAG,
SO KOM VIER SAAM MET ONS ‘N KONINKLIKE AFFÊRE
DIE BOARDWALK CASINO ONDERSTEUN VERANTWOORDELIKE DOBBEL. DOBBEL
SLEGS VIR PERSONE 18 JAAR EN OUER. WENNERS WEET WANNEER OM OP TE HOU.
0800 006 008. SUN INTERNATIONAL CASINOS IS GELISENSIEERDE CASINOS.
The Humansdorp Community Policing Forum hold a Safety and Security Aware­
ness Campaign for all children up to 16 years by the Pitch next to the Country
Club on October 26. In attendance were the SAPS, Traffic Department, Fire
Brigade, Ambulance and Rescue, SMHART, ADT and G4S. On the day the safe­
ty and security departments demonstrated a crash assimilation to a total
of 509 children and 38 adults. Afterwards all the safety and security personnel
drove their vehicles through the suburbs, with sirens and emergency lights
on. A big thank you goes out to Zak Speed for donating the wreck, as well
as to Auto Towing for their assistance.
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POLICE MEMBERS HONOURED FOR EXCELLENT WORK
Members of the Jeffreys Bay Police were honored for their excellent work during a Cluster
meeting on October 26 in Humansdorp. Brigadier Neil Jantjies (left) of the Humansdorp
Cluster congratulated the following members: Warrant Officer Johnny Hayward (right) who
made three arrests within 24 hours on a house robbery and also found back all the stolen
items; Detective Warrant Officer Eunice Potgieter (third left) was honored for the investiga­
tion of a rape case which occurred during 2008 in which the suspect received an effective
sentence of 15 years imprisonment, as well as the investigation of a house robbery which
occurred in 2008 in which the accused was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment; Consta­
ble Martin Bell (second left) was congratulated for making the most arrests and sending
the most cases to court for the month of September 2011. Nect to Potgieter are Lt Col
Malibongwe Ntsabo (Station Commander SAPS Jeffreys Bay), W/O Johnny Hayward and
(back) Captain Rudy Kock (Commander Jeffreys Bay Detectives).
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(8 years), a purebred Chow. She
is spayed and is a very proud girl,
her independent streak is there.
She’s not a dog that stresses easi­
ly or even gets worked up. She
does not fight with the other dogs.
If she could walk all day she
would, she’s active for her age.
Chimai’s time is up at the SPCA.
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AT THE MOVIES: THE
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who
returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives ­­ and
a Mississippi town ­­ upside down when she decides to interview the black women
who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis),
Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, is the first to open up ­­ to the dismay of her friends
in the tight­knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life­long friendships hanging in
the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come
forward to tell their stories ­­ and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the
way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before every­
one in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly ­­
and unwillingly ­­ caught up in the changing times.
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Kouga Express: Thursday, 3 November 2011
Skollie is die perfekte gids
Skollie ­ die nie­amptelike gids van Bo­Kloof in die Baviaanskloof.
HY ken elke klip, boom en
stroompie op sy plaas en wanneer
’n voertuig sy neus by die
plaashek indraai hardloop hy met
’n laggende mond en ’n sopnat
tong na dié hek, want hier is nuwe
besoekers vir wie hy sy pragtige
kloof kan gaan wys.
Jou voete raak skaars die grond óf
Skollie - die nie-amptelike gids van
Bo-Kloof in die Baviaanskloof - kom
druk sy koue neus teen jou hand en
hardloop kort draaitjies na die naby
geleë hek met die wit en blou mannetjie daarop, in die hoop dat jy hom
Want agter dié hek lê Skollie se onvergeetlike kloof.
Na ’n paar minute wanneer jy met
jou bagasie in die huis verdwyn,
blaas hy tydelik die aftog en maak
hom ewe tuis by die voordeur - gereed om op te spring en om jou sy koningkryk te gaan wys.
Die ses-jarige Skollie is die werfhond van Quintis en Anina Bezui-
denhout, die eienaars van Bo-Kloof.
Volgens Quintis is Skollie op die
plaas gebore - sy ma is ’n opregte
Australiese Kelpie en sy pa is van
duistere afkoms - en het reeds van ’n
vroeë ouderdom saam met hom en
besoekers die Waterkoofstaproete
op die plaas aangepak. “Later het
Skollie die kloof so goed leer ken dat
hy homself as die amptelike gids
aangestel het, en hy neem sy ‘werk’
baie ernstig op,” vertel ’n laggende
Die volgende oggend word ons
wakker met die geluid van kwetterende voëls en word begroet met
’n wolklose sonskyndag, ideaal om
die Waterkloofstaproete te takel.
Nog skaars is ons uit by die deur
of Skollie hardloop al stertswaaiend
na die hek. En toe die hek eers oop
is, is daar geen keer aan Skollie se
geesdrif nie - ons is nou in sy wêreld.
Skollie is die perfekte gids. Hy
hardloop kort entjies vooruit, spits
sy ore vir die geringste geluid en snuf
oral rond om seker te maak dat alles
veilig is. As dié twee onfikse stadsjapies ’n bietjie te hard na hul asems
hyg en die naaste rots soek om ’n
bietjie te rus, wag hy geduldig.
Dié maklike staproete van ongeveer 3 km is op in ’n ravyn van tot
80m diep wat water oor eeue heen uit
rots gekerf het. Op party plekke is die
ravyn só nou dat jy met uitgestrekte
arms aan die kante kan raak.
Hoe dieper jy die ravyn instap, hoe
nouer word dit. Jy spring van rots tot
rots oor die talle stroompies water en
verkyk jou aan die plantegroei wat
oral uit die rotsskeure groei.
As jy later na die plaashuis terugstap, is jy ’n nuwe mens met
vrede in ou hart.
rots die tal
stro r en
wat yk jou
v k die
aan tegroe in
plan ’s: Col
Dié Waterkloofstaproete van ongeveer 3
km is op in ’n ravyn van tot 80m diep wat
water oor eeue heen uit rots gekerf het.
Enter now for our Christmas Baby
ENTER the Kouga Express & RRAD
Photography Baby Competition and
stand the chance to grace the front
page of our last edition on December
The Kouga Express, in conjunction
with RRAD Photography is looking
for a baby to grace the front page of
our last edition of the year. One winner will be chosen to grace the cover
of our Christmas edition. Babies entered must be resident in the Kouga
area. Entry is free.
The Kouga Express & RRAD Photography Baby Competition is aimed at
making the day even more special for
babies who are celebrating their first
Christmas. This competition is therefore open to all babies who are younger
than one year old on December 25.
To enter, parents must send a recent colour jumbo-size photograph of
their baby with their contact details,
the area where they live, and the baby’s name and date of birth to 2 Corporate Park, 75 Da Gama Road, Jeffreys
Bay, 6330. Alternatively, e-mail the
photo to kougaexp.@media 24.com.
Entries must reach our office before 10am on Friday, November
25.Parents can enter any photo, taken by themselves or any professio-
nal photographer. Entry photos need
not have a Christmas theme to them.
the photographic entries by judges
who will be representing the prizesponsor. Entry photos will be selected at the discretion of the Kouga Express editor, to be published in the
run-up to the finals. Not all the entries will be published in the Kouga
Express. Winners will have to be
available between December 1 and 12
for the front-page shoot, which will
be done by RRAD Photography. The
winner will also win a photo shoot to
the value of R1 900.
Meet one of our first entrants, Shaun Bosch (6
months) from St Francis Bay.
GLA & FOUNTAINS MALL TAKE HANDS WITH ITHEMBA
For the first time in their lives, the pre­schoolers from the Ithemba after
school centre in Tokyo Sexwale had the opportunity to go watch a movie
at the cinema. Not only was this a first for the learners, but also for
some of their teachers. At Global Leadership Academy (GLA) each class
gets a turn to organize a daytrip for the children at Ithemba. This forms
part of the ATKV­handevat project. The grade 10 students came up with
the idea of taking the children on an outing to the cinema. On Tuesday
25th October the children, teachers and students went to watch the
Smurfs on the big screen after Fountains Mall selflessly sponsored the
movie tickets, cool drinks and popcorn to each child attending.
GROOT PRET BY KLUB GLORIA
Vroue wat by Klub Gloria aerobiese oefening doen het onlangs bietjie
rugby gespeel. Hulle het hulle gate uit geniet.
Kouga Express: Donderdag, November 3, 2011
Local beauties helped raise funds
A LOCAL Beauty from Jeffreys Bay, Daph-Marie Theron, was crowned Senior Miss
BayFM 2011 on October 22 and
at her side is another local
beauty, Anchen van Rensburg
who scooped up thrid place
during the annual Miss BayFM 107.9 pageant.
Miss BayFM 107.9 is a pageant
with a purpose, as the contes-tants
spent four weeks raising funds
and collecting much-needed items
for the Liebenhaus Child and
Youth Care Centre situated on
the premises of PE Childline offices in Shauderville, Port Elizabeth.
Theron was crowned Miss
Debutante after she raised just
over R11 900s worth of cash and
products. This amount forms
part of the total funds and items
raised to the value of R64 560 by
all the Miss Bayfm finalists.
Theron, who is studying to become a teacher at the Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University, will be seen zipping around
town in her white branded sponsored Spark too and from various upcoming BayFM events.
Organiser and choreographer
of Miss Bayfm, Lisa Perino, said
the finalists were all extremely
loyal and committed to this years
project and elimination was a
difficult task for the panel of seven judges.
Love Feast to benefit
TONIGHT the Victory 4 All community centre will be transformed into a restaurant, complete with a photo booth, live music, dance and testimonies - all in
aid of the underprivileged in the
On November 3 the Victory Gap
Year (VGY) students and Victory 4
All will present a Love Feast as a
community project to reach out
and bless the underprivileged in
the town. During the course of the
night 120 youngsters fro Tokyo Sexwale will be served a three course
meal, which the VGY students will
serve to them, and at the end of the
night each person will walk away
with a small gift that will remind
them of the experience.
“The goal is that by serving
them a meal and providing them
with an excellent evening, hope,
value and love will be imparted to
them,” said André van Mollendorf
“Most of these youngsters don’t
served and blessed by someone
else, a lot of them night not have
hope for the future. Some of them
feel like their life is going nowhere
and that they will be stuck in poverty all their lives.
“One of the goals of this project
is to grow over the next couple of
years, so that it will be able to
bless more of the community and
become an annual event that is
well-established and financed.
the VGY office at 0 042 296 1384 or
team leader martin van Diggele at
0 79 075 6179.
ORRELUITVOERING BY MOEDERKERK
Christiaan Carstens, orrelis van die NG­gemeente Humansdorp
(Moederkerk), lewer op Donderdagaand 10 November om 7.30nm.
’n orreluitvoering. Opwindende en virtuose orrelwerke van o.a. Fran­
caix, Franck en Bédard (variasies op “Amazing Grace”), asook Bach
se indrukwekkende Tokkate en Fuga in d­mineur, sal uitgevoer
word. Toegang is R50 per persoon.
APD­KONSERT ’N GROOT SUKSES
Die APD­Kouga het ‘n
konsert by die AGS Deo
Doxa aangebied. Jacques
Arendt van die BayFM was
die seremoniemeester. Daar
was ‘n vol program met die
baie bekende Ken J Larkin
wat die eregas van die aand
was. Opkomende sterre soos
die APD se eie Grafsteen­
makers en die kinders van
7th Heaven, Naomi Mower ,
Sonovia Beukes, Daph­Mari
Theron, Elsabet Theron­Le
Roux, Soné and Dewald
Lindeque en talle ander het
die gaste vermaak. Beken­
des soos die Happy Feet
Lyndansers, Charne Ferreira
en die twee pare sussies,
Jedija en Daniah de Villiers
en Elandri en Jané Venter
(foto) se optredes was
ongelooflik. Estie Schenk het
die gehoor met vrolike
“oldies” op die klavier
The winners of Miss BayFM (back from
left), Clarize Merrick from Seaview (third
place), Tamanique de Meillon from
Uitenhage (second place), Bianca Jou­
bert from Port Elizabeth (Teen Miss Bay­
FM 2011), Daph­Marie Theron from Jef­
freys Bay (Senior Miss BayFM 2011), Le­
oni Erasmus from Port Elizabeth (second
place) and Anchen van Rensburg from
Jeffreys Bay (third place). In front (all
front Port Elizabeth) are Michaela
Adams (third place), Anneke Bushby
(Junior Miss BayFM 2011) and Nicole
Riekert (second place). Photo: SUPPLIED
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THIS week the panel considers the
tax and other financial implications of selling a property that is
not your primary residence.
The question comes from a reader
who has been renting out such a
property for a decade and now wishes to sell it. He has obtained a valuation but is uncertain as to what the
costs will be on his side.
The reader asks firstly about the
tax situation and secondly about the
recommended commission payable
to an estate agent with a sole mandate to sell the property.
The second question is the more
difficult one to answer, says Herman
PROPERTY POSER - ASK THE EXPERTS
“This is a very negotiable aspect of
the agreement between seller and
estate agent and is affected by various aspects.”
As long as the parties are clear as
to what their expectations are, says
Pieterse, both are free to accept or
refuse the specific negotiated terms
of the mandate, including the commission scale.
“Factors to consider include the
selling price of the property and the
ease with which it may be sold. The
parties could also agree to a fixed
Pieterse says the more non-negotiable aspect of the sale relates to the tax
implications, as the disposal of cer-
tain assets has been subject to capital
gains tax (CGT) since October 1, 2001.
“In other words, the growth in value of an asset is taxed when the asset
is sold or disposed of in another way.”
Pieterse says the starting value
from which the growth is taxed is
called the base cost and one of its
main components is the value of the
asset at the above-mentioned date.
“In terms of the provisions of the
Income Tax Act relating to CGT, this
value could have been determined by
a valuation done within a specified
period, or by using a formula called
the Time Apportioned Base Cost.”
Once the base cost has been determined and the selling price set, the
owner can get an idea of the potential
tax payable, says Wanda Hayes from
Huizemark Jeffreys Bay.
“CGT is not a tax in itself. Instead,
a portion of the gain realised when
disposing of the asset is included in
your normal income tax calculation.”
Hayes says this means that 25 per
cent of any gain is included with
your other taxable income and is
taxed along the normal marginal
rates. Before this is calculated, the
net capital gains or losses are reduced by R20 000 based on an annual
exclusion allowed by the Act.
“This only applies however if you
are a so-called ‘natural person’ and
not a ‘juristic person’ such as a company, trust or close corporation. For
such entities, 50 per cent of the gain
According to Hayes, the other implication of this system of tax is that
the CGT due is not necessarily payable at the same time that the property
is sold. “The taxpayer will account
for the transaction only at the end of
the tax year.”
For individuals, the tax year ends
on February 28, says Hayes, therefore,
should the property be sold during
April for instance, the tax will only become payable the following year.
“This is a very important implication if the proceeds of the sale are to
be used in another transaction.”
INWONERS WEN MET TOPS
HOSPICE HOSTED LUNCHEON
Hospice hosted an elegant fund­raising luncheon at the Kromme Island Lodge on Saturday, October
29. It was a rip­roaring success and very well attended in perfect weather in a beautiful setting.Dr
Chris Maske was the guest speaker and gave an excellent account of the causes of cancer and the
hope that exists these days with modern medicine. Here are (left) guest speaker Chris Maske with
Doyen of the Kouga area Cecil Rautenbach. Elegant tables were laid for the guests in a beautiful setting
and the outstanding lunch added to the enjoyment of the occasion.
LINKS: S. Zietsman is die gelukkige wenner van die Klipdrift prys tydens
`n kompetisie van Tops en Klipdrift. REGS: M. Watson ontvang die Vawa­
ter prys wat deur Frikkie van Tops oorhandig word. Foto’s: VERSKAF
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Bay to host one of the most elite tennis tournament
TENNIS enthusiasts in the Kouga and surrounding areas can
look forward to top-class tennis
that will be played from December 17 - 24 at 16 venues all over
the city during the Eastern Province KeyHealth Series Tournament South African Junior
During a launch-breakfast at the
Town Lodge last week, tournament
director, Suzette Bosch, said the
South African Junior Championships will attract the best junior
players from all over South Africa.
More that 800 players are expected
to take part in this level-8 tournament.
According to Hennie de Klerk,
vice- president of EP Junior Tennis,
who was the guest speaker at the
launch, said this is the first time
that Port Elizabeth will host such a
“A level-8 tournament is the best
tournament that one can participate in. This means the best players
will be seen in action.”
De Klerk, who is also the official
head coach at the Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University, said this
tournament is a national coastal
tournament where as other tourna-
NICO MALAN ATLETE ONDERSTEUN KANKERWEDLOOP
ments are usually played in-land.
“During the tournament, which
will take place from December 17 to
the 24, tennis players will have the
chance to meet and get to know
their opponents. They will also
have the opportunity to interact
with each other’s coaches,” De
A total of 121 tennis courts will be
used during the tournament.
played. The age groups range from
under-12 to under-18.
According to Phrosné Phillips
from the Nelson Mandela Bay tourism board, the tournament will see
about 2 500 visitors descending upon the city.
“This is great news for the Bay.
Tourism will be boosted. Shopping
guesthouses will benefit greatly.
The city will be a buzz.”
14­JARIGE WEN MEDALJE MET DANSPASSIES
McLachlan­leerder en lid van
die World Class Dansgroep
onder leiding van Maryna
Wentzel, het ’n goue medalje
in die Rieldans uitdunne op 8
Oktober by die ATKV kultuur
kompetisie gehou te Frazen­
burg in die Noord­ Kaap ver­
werf. Die World Class Dans­
groep in Joubertina bestaan
uit kinders tussen die ouder­
domme van 4 ­ 18.
Atlete van Hoërskool Nico Malan het aan die 5 km Kankerwedloop in Port Elizabeth deelgeneem en uit
5 000 deelnemers besonder goed gevaar. Elkeen het ‘n medalje ontvang. Sino Gallant het ‘n eerste plek
(16 min.05) en William Cele ‘n 5de plek behaal. Op die foto is William Cele, Ben Banda, Oswin Browne,
Sino Gallant, Okuhle Mathuthu, Ollie Desha, Chrisna Meyer, Andrey van Wyk en Soné Liebenberg.
SURFERS MADE IT TO FINALS IN
FYNBOS GOLF AND COUNTRY
Monthly Medal (Sponsor Goose
Wines, Morné Jonker)
.A Division Winner: Marthinus
Erasmus (73-7=66 Nett)
.B Division Winner: Piet Swart (8510=75 Nett)
.C Division Winner: Hardus Van
Den Berg (87-18=69 Nett)
.Ladies Winner: Suzi Van Den Berg
.Most Golf: Quinton Fegen (90 Nett)
October 22 - 4 ball alliance 3 scores
to count all holes
1. Tom Steed (125pts)
2. Peter Wood (121pts)
1. Mimi Rautenbach (107pts)
LAERSKOOL STULTING GOLFDAG
22 Oktober - Zwartenbosch Golfklub
1. Jacques en Peet Steenkamp
2. Kippie Louw en Daantjie Rossouw
3. Olof Cilliers en Rowan Jackson
4. Wynand van Wyk en Morne
The Seven finalists in the Ripcurl contest are (from left) Tahra
Uren, Gina Smith, Dylan Lightfoot, Jerry Van Wyk, Jose Faulkner
and Matt Mc Gillivray.
Skakel enige van ons bekwame
om in die Kouga Express te adverteer by 0 042 293 2973 of
faks 0 042 293 3957.
Kouga Express 03.11.2011