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JANINE VAN DER RIET

n Botsing reg van voor op 3 Julie het die

lewe geis van n wiskundeonderwyser

aan die Horskool Hermanus.

Die gedenkdiens virHesterNel,wat in di

ongeluk op die toneel dood is, word vandag

(Donderdag 10 Julie) by die NG gemeente in

Hermanus gehou.

Di geliefde onderwyser gee die afgelope

sewe jaar by die horskool klas. Sy het Don-

derdagoggendeers nkoppiekoffiesaammet

haar man, Johan, by hul huis in Hermanus

Heights geniet voordat sy na Villiersdorp

vertrek het omminderbevoorregte leerders

indidorpgedurendedieskoolvakansiemet

ekstra wiskundelesse te help.

Hester (59) het daarna by haar ma, wat in

nouetehuis indiePaarlbly,gaankuiervoor

sy op pad terug na Hermanus by haar seun

Louis en dogter Joanine in Stellenbosch

gaan inloer het.

Nadat sy almal gegroet het, was sy op die

N2 naby Grabouw op pad terug Hermanus

toe, in n botsing reg van voor met n ander

voertuigbetrokke.Volgenslt.RaldeenAtson

van die Grabouw-polisie, is Hester op die to-

neel dood verklaar.

Die bestuurder van die ander voertuig,

ClaytonHindlevanSomersetWes,isvolgens

JamesWayne, n familievriend, in n kritie-

ke toestand met verskeie beenbreuke in die

intensiewesorgeenheid van die MediClinic

Vergelegen opgeneem, waar hy steeds in n

kritieke toestand verkeer.

Honderde boodskappe van simpatie aan

die Nel-familie het sedert die ongeluk op die

sosiale netwerk Facebook ingestroom.

Familielede, kollegas, vriendeenverskeie

leerders is geskok oor Hester se skielike

dood.

Ria Bouwer Theron, die skoolsekretares-

se, is baie hartseer oor haar vriendin en kol-

lega se skielike heengaan. Hester skuldmy

nog bran muffins. By elke sportgeleentheid

was sy verantwoordelik vir die spysenie-

ring.Danhetsydieheerlikstemuffinsgebak

met appel en wortel in. By die laaste byeen-

koms het sy nie gebak nie, en toe sy my te-

leurstelling sien, het sy belowe sy sal virmy

spesiaal met die volgende geleentheid bak,

wat nou nooit gaan gebeur nie, het Bouwer

Theron ges.

Ek kon so lekker met haar gesels. Altyd.

Oor enigiets. Ek onthouhaar as iemandmet

n passie vir onderwys en spesifiek vir wis-

kunde. Sy het altyd die ekstra myl geloop.

En dis juis weens haar passie om ander te

help dat sy haar lewe op so n noot moes af-

sluit.

Skoolhoof Greg Hassenkamp het ges die

skool is erg geskok oor die voorval. Ditwas

nhartseerdag.Sywasnongelooflikeonder-

wyser en briljant in die klaskamer. Sy was

alles wat n mens in n onderwyser sou wou

h.

Die owerhede ondersoek die ongeluk.

Hester se man, Johan, s die teraardebe-

stelling om 13:00 Donderdag 10 Julie is slegs

vir familie. Diegedenkdiens sal om14:00by

die NG gemeente in Hermanus plaasvind

wat vir alle belangstellendes oop is.

) Huldeblyke aan Hester op bl. 7.

NEWS:

) Woman falls off cliff 2

) Stanford road upgrade 5

SOSIAAL:

) Kleinmonders is Bruidspaar

van die Jaar 3

Die ongelukstoneel Donderdag naby Grabouw op die

N2 waarin Hester Nel (links) gesterf het.

FOTOS: ANNETTE THERON / EN ROUTE TOWING / VERSKAF

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Attempted rapedat stopandgo

JANINE VAN DER RIET

A woman working at the stop and go

system while the roadworks project is

being completed on the R43 Hemel-en-

Aarde Road between Hermanus and

Caledon, was attacked and almost

raped on Sunday morning at around

10:00.

The woman was working alone at the

stop and go station near the farm Spook-

fontein, when she saw a man standing in

the little office stationed next to the stop

and go area.

According to lieutenantFadila Septem-

ber, spokesperson for the Hermanus po-

lice, the man grabbed the woman and

started to tear all her clothes off. He was

about to rape her, when a vehicle stopped

and he ran away.

The womanwas taken to the police sta-

tion and also received trauma counsel-

ling.

The suspect had a cream jacket and

light coloured pants and a cap on.

Acaseofattemptedrapehasbeenopened

at the Hermanus police station.

No arrests have beenmade at this stage.

Warrant Officer Edward Abels can be con-

tacted on 028 313 7000.

The contractor on site, Kingstone Gore

said on Wednesday they are aware of the

incident. We can only comment when all

information likemedical reports are avail-

able, Gore said.

Kingstone Gore

After many attempts by the Hermanus

Times to receive comment from Brink &

HeathCivils, the company did not respond

by the time of going to print.

A woman working at the stop and go system on the R320 near the farm Spookfontein

was almost raped on Sunday morning.

Woman injured after falling off cliff nearMarineHotel

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Awoman suffered serious injuries includ-

ingmultiple fractures andhead traumaafter

fallingmore than10 moff a cliff nearTheMa-

rine Hotel on Monday afternoon.

The place where she fell is almost exactly

where a German tourist had slipped and fell

from the cliff top in November 2011.

Responding to an emergency call-out

around lunchtime on Monday, Emergency

Medical Rescue (EMR) and Metro Ambu-

lanceServiceswere on thescenequicklyand

found the woman at the bottom of the cliff,

in severe pain.

They stabilised her before carrying her up

the steep incline and transporting her to

Hermanus Provincial Hospital.

She was very confused and wasnt sure

what happened to cause her to fall, said a

paramedic from EMR who assisted at the

scene.

Her confused state could be due to a possi-

ble concussion.

Management at The Marine rushed to the

scene immediately when they heard about

the fall.

They offered blankets to the ambulance

personnel for the victim and also tried to

keep members of the public away from the

cliff while the woman was attended to.

Hennie Niemand, manager of Hermanus

PublicProtection(HPP)saidHPPguardsand

supervisors also ran to the scene when they

saw people gathering around the cliff, just

seconds after the incident occurred, and of-

fered their help.

According to Jo-Anne Otto, spokesperson

for the Western Cape Department of Health,

the patient, who cannot be named due to pa-

tient confidentiality protocols, has been

transferred from Hermanus Provincial Hos-

pital to Worcester Hospital a few hours after

the incident.

The patient is in a stable condition and

is being evaluated for possible surgical pro-

cedure and further care, Otto said on

Tuesday.

Desperation drives families to seek shelter with the homeless

KERRY VAN RENSBURG

Familieswithchildrenhavebeenseeking

accommodation at the temporary night

shelter in Hermanus that was set up to

provide thehomelesswith a place to sleep

and a plate of food during the winter.

Les Abbott, chairperson of the Night

Shelter Association, says: In the last

four weeks I have had two couples and

two families with children, who are not

part of the regular group of bergies or

homeless community, looking for shel-

ter.

Abbott says: There is a bigger problem

growing. Other sectors of society are in

need of help. Why are families with two

kids pitching up at the shelter?

He says this trend is possibly as a result

of people losing their jobs, and with no

income can no longer afford to pay their

rent. The recession is biting people hard-

er than we realise.

Abbott says he has spoken to other peo-

ple working closely with people in need,

who say this is the tip of the icebergwhen

it comes to families who were once doing

well, who can no longer make ends meet.

The Hermanus Night Shelter commit-

tee has been in existence for more than

five years, and operates as a sub-commit-

tee of the Poverty Alleviation Forum

The current night shelter for the home-

less is in a converted garage near theHer-

manus clinic, but land has been allocated

opposite the Waste Transfer Station in

Zwelihle so that a new and bigger shelter

can be established.

Abbott says the application for this

land will be considered by council in Au-

gust. He says the situationwith the home-

less isnothisproblem, it is themunicipal-

itys problem.

But we, as the Night Shelter Associa-

tion, have taken on this social problem.

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LaastedaevirDeMondinwoners

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Ek is nie klaar met die munisipaliteit

nie. Nog lank nie klaar nie!

So het een van die laaste inwoners van die

DeMond-karavaanparkinVolklipMaandag

gesn syhaarhuis begin oppakhet. Dit volg

n die Overstrand-munisipaliteit in n jare-

lange hofgeding n uitsettingsbevel by die

KaapseHooggeregshof teen inwoners verkry

het.

Diegedingspruituitdiebesluitwatdiemu-

nisipaliteit geneem het om nie sy huuroor-

eenkomsmetdieDeMond-karavaanparkver-

eniging (DMKV), wat die kamp bestuur, te

verleng nie. Die kontrak het op 29 Februarie

2012 verstryk.

Van die 219 betalende lede van die DMKV,

waarvan die meeste hul staanplekke vir va-

kansiedoeleindes benut het, het almal reeds

hul huise ontruim of elders heen vervoer, be-

halwe vir drie permanente inwoners.

HannaAuret (66) het diweekhaar lewens-

besittings begin inpak. Sy moet teen einde

volgende week op die laatste die perseel ver-

laat,volgens nhofbevel.Syisbitterenteleur-

gesteld, maar s die feit dat sy trek, beteken

nie dat sy klaar is met diemunisipaliteit nie.

Ek sal die saak los as die munisipaliteit

minstens R500 000 aan my uitbetaal. Ek het

my huis aan mense van Bredasdorp verkoop

enhullegaandiehuiskomhaalenna nander

perseel neem. Ek kry maar R75 000 vir die

huis met sy groot houtstoep.

Haar buurman, Keith Hampshire, se huis

staan nog langs haar huis, maar Auret s hy

blynouby familie inDurbannadathykanker

opgedoen het.

Ons is nie seker wanneer ons ander buur-

vrou, woonagtig in die derde huis, gaan trek

nie, s Aurett.

Die sekuriteit is baie streng by di kara-

vaanpark.MetdieHermanusTimessebesoek

aan die perseel, moes Auret eers gebel word

vir toestemming. Hierna moes sy na die hek

ry om haarself, sowel as die joernalis in te

teken. Identiteitsnommers en nommerplaat-

nommers word ook vereis.

Auretsbesoekersmaggladnieoornagnie.

Myvriendeen familiemagvan08:00 tot 17:00

my besoek. Nou die dag was my niggie hier,

ennetna17:00hetdiesekuriteitsbeampteaan

my deur geklop en ges die besoekers moet

uitteken.

Dalk is die sekuriteit n goeie ding, reken

Auret. Behalwe vir die inbrake voorheen,

waar inbrekersonderandereselfshaaryskas

weggedrahet, isdieparksnagsdonkerenmet

al die huise wat geskuif of gesloop is, is di

eens beroemde vakansie-oord nou baie leeg,

en stil.

Auret s sy gaannouby familie in dieKaap

bly. En haar ongelooflike mooi uitsig oor die

mond en see verruil vir n slaapplek op haar

suster se sitkamerbank. Volgens Lionel Wal-

lace, senior bestuurder van regsdienste by

die Overstrand-munisipaliteit, is die terrein

in terme van die hofbevel skoongemaak.

Daar is nog twee okkupeerders in die

kamp. Overstrand-munisipaliteit het alles

moontlik gedoen om die oorblywende inwo-

ners te akkommodeer.

Hanna Auret voor haar huis in De Mond-karavaanpark. Sy is glad nie gelukkig dat sy al haar besittings moet oppak en wegtrek nie. Sy

het reeds begin om te pak en die huis staan binne en buite vol bokse en sakke. FOTO: JANINE VAN DER RIET

Hierdie is die pragtige uitsig vanaf Auret se

stoep, wat sy nou moet prysgee.FOTO: JANI

NE VAN DER RIET

Kleinmonders is Bruidspaar van die Jaar

n Paartjie van Klein-

mond is pas aangewys as

SARIE-tydskrif seBruids-

paar van die Jaar vir 2013.

Die bruidegom, Chris

Venter, is n fanatiese

sportman en veral gholf-

speler en sy bruid, Rachel

van Wyk, bedryf al die af-

gelopevier jaar nhaar- en

grimeersalon in Klein-

mond.

Di twee het tussen hul

studies deur in 2007 ogies

virmekaar gemaak enRa-

chel s daar was dadelik

n spesiale geestes- en

vriendskapsband tussen

ons en sedertdien is ons

onafskeidbaar.

Di tweeverliefdes is op

n warm Karoo-dag op 21

Desember 2013 getroud op

GaryPlayer seperdeplaas

Rietfontein, naby

Colesberg.

Alhoewel ons in Klein-

mond woon, het ons ge-

kies om in Colesberg op

die plaas te trou waar

Chris n groot deel van sy

lewe deurgebring het.

VolgensRachel,diedog-

ter van Leon en Loumarie

vanWykvanCaledon,wat

in Kleinmond afgetree

het, was hul troudag n

dag propvol omgee, pret

en DIY-elemente.

Ons was omring deur

geliefdes en vriende wat

nie twee keer gedink het

om hulp aan te bied nie.

Met die samewerking van

ons geliefdes sal ons altyd

ons troudag onthou as n

gemaklike, informele fees

waar mens elke oomblik

kon inneem.

Die Venters wen pryse

ter waarde van sowat

R80 000. Dit sluit in n ro-

mantiese tweede witte-

broodbyLionSands indie

Kruger Nasionale Park

ter waarde van R54 000,

plus geskenkbewyse van

Arthur Kaplan en Bulga-

ri, Rotary horlosies, en

Cellini-reistasse.

)Meer fotos en n arti-

kel verskyn in SARIE se

Julie-uitgawe wat tans op

die rakke is.

Allesoorhul trouesal in

SARIE BRUID, wat vanaf

10 September te koop is,

verskyn.

Rachel en Chris Venter.

FOTO: JENNI ELIZABETH PHOTOGRAPHY EN SARIE.

REPORT CRIME: Report any suspicious vehi-

cles, persons or activity, at the Hermanus Po-

lice Station at 028 313 5300 / 5348 / 5349.

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Chineseeyesonabalone

ELB VAN HEERDEN

AChinese delegation paid a visit

to the Overstrand last Monday

with the Department of Agricul-

ture, Forestry and Fisheries.

The four day visit included a tour

of three local abalone farms in the

Overstrand, and was organised to

aidandstrengthen international re-

lations.

The delegation included mem-

bers from the Chinese body AQSIQ

(Administration, Quality, Supervi-

sion, Inspection and Quarantine)

that is in charge of regulating any

imports and exports to and from

China. Theywere escorted bymem-

bers from DAFF, as well as the local inspec-

tors fromtheNationalRegulator forCompul-

sory Specifications (NRCS).

According to Marisa Kashorte, from the

intergovernmental and international rela-

tionsoffice for fisheries, thiswasthe firstvis-

it for AQSIQ members to the local abalone

farms.

Weare currently in the process of compil-

ing a memorandum of understanding be-

tween South Africa and the Peoples Repub-

lic of China. This tour was organised to

strengthen the relations between the two

countries

We started onFridaywith discussions re-

garding issues, followedbyavisit to theCSIR

in Cape Town on Saturday.

On Monday the delegates visited the I&J

Abalone Plant in Danger Point, Combined

Abalone Processors and lastly paid a visit to

Abagold.

Thedelegationendedtheirvisitwithdelib-

erations at DAFF head offices in Cape Town

to sign an agreement and to record the find-

ings from their visit.

According toAsandaNjobeni, the director

for sustainable aquaculture management at

DAFF, the visit is a great initiative for all

parties involved.

The abalone industry has welcomed us

with open doors and from our side, all our

expectations were met.

It is notable that Abagold, on the day of

their visit, exported live abalone toChina for

the first time.

Werner Piek, marketing manager at Aba-

gold, said that some of the other farms have

done so in the past, but it was the first for

them.

According toPiek, thevisitwentverywell.

We received feedback that they found our

industry (including the other farms they

paid a visit to) very professional and ad-

vanced.

Every governmental visit, whether from

China or other countries, is always good. It

helps us in building a better picture of how

things work here.

We hope that it will grow future market

access.

According to Piek, South Africa delivers

around 1 300 ton farmgrown abalone per an-

num, most of which is farmed in the Over-

strand. Around 98% of South Africas pro-

duce is exported toAsia. Of this, around 65%

is sent to China, Macau and Hong Kong.

Werner Piek (left), the marketing manager for Aba-

gold, explains their processes to the visiting Chinese

delegation, Dr Yang Binbin, Mo Weiyuan and Lin

Wei, with Lionell Adendorff from DAFF at the back.

PHOTO: ELB VAN HEERDEN

Abagolds staff excel at aqua

culture training

Abagold Ltd was the first abalone farm in

the country to invest in ABET (Adult Basic

Education and Training) as the primary

meansof improvingemployeescommunica-

tion and numeracy skills.

This education and training was the foun-

dation for further development of employ-

ees.

Abagold identified the need for aquacul-

ture training through learnerships but no

learningmaterial was available in the aqua-

culture industry in South Africa. Dr Lizeth

Botes, director of Sound Interaxions, agreed

to compile the relevant trainingmaterial for

accreditation with the Agricultural Sector

Education and Training Authority (AgriSE-

TA).

The accredited learningmaterial was pre-

sented to selected Abagold employees as

skills courses over a period of three years.

The learners accumulated a total of 120 cred-

its (1 credit equals 10 hours of notional train-

ing) which qualifies as a full learnership in

animal production. These eightAbagold em-

ployees are the first to obtain this qualifica-

tion in theaquaculture industry inSouthAf-

rica. Abagold is already in the process of

training the next group of employees (23) to

obtain this qualification as well.

TheAnimal ProductionCertificate: Aqua-

culture, laid the foundation for learners to

advance to higher qualifications. Three

learnersalsocompletedanAquaculturePro-

ductionManagement Certificate (NQF level

6) through Stellenbosch University.

The Abagold employees who received their certificates after completing a training course in

Aquaculture are Evan May, Beauty Mgwedane, Christo du Plessis (managing director), Le-

onore Steneveld, Elizabeth Mabuya, Travor Deez, Janodien Swartz, Mynhardt van Dyk

(training manager), Khayalethu Jonga and Franciline Gardiner.

The students who completed a course through

Stellenbosch University are here with Christo

du Plessis (managing director), Khayalethu

Jonga, Monica Xashimba, Thando Xwantini

and Mynhardt van Dyk (training manager).

Jumper dog

needs new home

Remember last year November when this

thin dog with droopy teats used to hang

around Gateway Spar and everyone was so

concerned about her and her unseen pup-

pies?TheHermanusAnimalWelfareSociety

(HAWS) tookher ineventuallywhenshehad

weaned her puppies, which HAWS never

found.

Later she was adopted by a loving family,

but unfortunately they brought her back to

HAWSmonths later.The familywasveryup-

set to let her go, but theywereunable to keep

her in their grounds as she loves to jump

walls and go walk about.

HAWS are asking for a clever person to

perhaps come forward with a solution for

dogs who manage to climb high walls and

would be willing to take Letta, perhaps even

a farm as she is now on the last chance list.

Judy Miller from HAWS says they really

want to give her a second chance. She is a

super friendly and social dog, it is just hard

tokeepher fromclimbingwalls.CallHAWS

on 028 312 1281 if you can help.

Letta likes to jump walls and now needs a

home with a family who can cope with this.

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Road linkingStanfordandHermanus tobewidened

ELB VAN HEERDEN

The R43 linking Stanford and

Hermanus is due for an upgrade,

but only in a few years time.

According to the head of commu-

nications at the Department of

Transport and Public Works, Al-

Ameen Kafaar, the project is sched-

uled for construction in 2019, de-

pending on fund constraints.

Last year announcements of the

proposed projectwere advertised in

the 29 May 2013 editions of Die Bur-

ger and Cape Times. A notification

letter was distributed and registra-

tion of interested and affected par-

ties (I&APs) was conducted.

Information-sharing meetings

wereheld inStanfordaswell asHer-

manus on 13 June 2013 where con-

cerns could be raised.

Some of the concerns raised in-

cluded safe access roads and right-

turn lanes; pedestrian, cyclist and

animal safety; the privatisation of

serviceroadsaswellasproblemsre-

garding fencing and storm water

drainage. All these issues are ad-

dressed in the final BAR.

The estimated budget for the

project is around R180 million. Ac-

cording to the final BAR, the exist-

ing road has a surfaced width of

6.4 m.Theproposal istoincreasethe

surfaced width by 1 m and include

2 m of surfaced shoulders. The total

surfaced width would be 11.4 m.

TheKlein River Bridgewill be re-

aligned and facilitate a pedestrian

walkway, and will be wide enough

to accommodate horse riders in the

area. Vogelgat Bridge will also see

some improvement.

It is further proposed to create a

traffic circle at the intersection of

the R43 and Queen Victoria Street

in Stanford. A cattle culvert will be

constructed close by onWalshacres

Farm.

A commuter, who uses this

stretch of road on a daily basis, was

extremely concerned that the road

might be closed for an extended pe-

riod, but is happy that the road will

be made safer. There is not a lot of

work in Stanford and many of the

residents commute to Hermanus,

whether in their own vehicles or by

taxi, and delays will be even worse

for commuters travelling between

Hermanus and Gansbaai.

According to Kafaar it is estimat-

ed that the construction to the

18,4 km of road should take about a

year to complete. It is proposed that

two-waytrafficwillbeaccommodat-

edwithbypassesatcertainsections,

with some Stop-Go sections where

necessary.

The design process still has to be

completed to finalise traffic issues,

said Kafaar.

)The final Basic Assessment Re-

port (BAR) closes for comment on

17 July 2014. The documents are

available at www.ccaenvironmen-

tal.co.za or at the Hermanus and

Stanford libraries.

Upgrades to the R43 due to start in 2019. IMAGE: GOOGLE MAPS

MOTOR CLUB GETTOGETHER: The Pleasant Cruise

Crew, a local motorcar club, was established in Febru-

ary this year to promote togetherness in the community.

There are currently 26 vehicles registered with the club.

Meetings take place at the Mount Pleasant pool where

there is enough parking for all. The club is in the proc-

ess of connecting with other clubs in the Overberg,

Grabouw, Caledon and Worcestor, to plan a community

project to help make a difference where needed. Their

next run will be a trip to Kleinmond on 27 July. For

more information call Grant Plaatjies at 076 296 4007

or Whatsapp: 076 920 9633.

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10 July, 2014

Algemeen

General

STANDARD MENU

& SUNDAY LUNCH

Buffet/French Country Table

Harbour Road 028 313 0629

For the month of July

Please reserve early!

(Kids half price on Buffet)

Thanks for the support at our

buffet on Sunday. It was so

successful, were doing it again!!

Restaurant

De Voorskooten

JULY WINTER SPECIAL

Lunch from R45.00

Fish, Fishcakes, Mussels, Calamari

Homemade Cakes and Waffles (Have

th

5 Coffee's the 6 one FREE)

Pensioners Special - 10%

Dinner in Familiar Atmosphere

th

Each 10 Guest gets 50% off

(without beverages) and a dessert for free!!

82a Main Road, Hermanus

(Book a table for tonight!!)

Opening hours for July:

Wednesdays Saturdays

12:00 21:00

(028) 312 2689

Thursdays - 19:00

Musical & Trivia

Quiz

with Piano Ben

Food specials, Prizes and of course

thefamous Piano Ben!

Friday 11th July

Watershed

Live at the Gecko Bar

Tickets R130 - only a few left.

Inquiries (028) 3124665 or (028) 3122920

Gecko Bar - Your Soundtrack for Summer

- IN THE NEW HARBOUR -

TEL: 028 312 4665

87 Marine Drive, Village Square, Hermanus (Old Mediterrea Restaurant)

SEAFOOD GAME STEAKS PASTAS VEGETARIAN SOUPS

028 313 1685

TUESDAY - SUNDAY

Dry Aged T-Bone Steak (500g): R120

Ovenbaked Garlic Butter Crayfish (350g): R135

PENSIONERS LUNCH

2 Course R75

Gabrilskloof embracesa

neweraofwinemaking

Peter-Allan Finlayson has start-

ed as the new winemaker at

GabrilskloofWine Estate in Bot

River.

The move comes as a result of Pe-

ter-Allans own brand, Crystallum

(which focuses mostly on Hemel-

and-Aarde grapes), needing a more

permanent winemaking home. He

will be making his own wines as

well as the Gabrilskloof wines on

the estate.

He is excited about the new chal-

lenge, and looks forward to continu-

ing the tradition of Finlayson fami-

ly winemaking with his wife

Nicolene and her father Bernhard

Heyns,who is theownerofGabrils-

kloof.

This is really an incredible op-

portunity. I look forward to enter-

ing into a new, challenging wine-

makingchapter inmy life.BotRiver

has some of the best soils in the

country and this area, while al-

ready having produced world-class

wines, will only become more re-

nowned, he says.

Bernhard is delighted to have his

son-in-law as the new winemaker

and sees it as an important evolu-

tionary step in Gabrilskloofs

progress.

Apart from the fact that its

sometimes necessary to re-focus

and rethink a business like Gabril-

skloof, its clear to us that Peter-Al-

lan has the necessary flair and pas-

sion to take our wines to the next

level.

Kobie Viljoen has been Gabrils-

kloofs winemaker since 2008. I am

proud to have been associated with

Gabrilskloof and the Heyns family

and grateful for the successes weve

achieved together in the past six

years, says Kobie. Peter-Allan Finlayson

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10 July, 2014

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Huldeblyke en boodskappe van

oraloor het na die sosiale netwerk

Facebook ingestroom n die nuus

bekendgemaak is dat Hester Nel,

onderwyser by Horskool Herma-

nus, verledeDonderdag in n onge-

lukdoodis.Oudenjonkhethulme-

delye deurmiddel van boodskappe

betoon. Hier is n paar van hulle:

) Melisha Theron graad 11

leerder: Ek gaan my wiskundejuf

frou baie mis. Juffrou Nel het ons

altyd aan die einde van n kwartaal

gemotiveer vir die volgende kwar

taal. So sal ek haar altyd onthou.

) Anneri Theron Juffrou Nel

was my wiskundeonderwyseres by

Horskool Hermanus. Ek het wis

kunde altyd netnet deurgekom. Ek

het tweeweke terugvirhaar inChec

kers gesien en vir haar vertel dat ek

self nou n onderwyseres is en dat

ek wiskunde as hoofvak

op universiteit behaal

het. Haar woorde aan

my met glimlag en blink

o: Dan het ek tog iets

reg gedoen. En sy het.

Ek sal haar baie mis en

sy sal altyd inmygedag

tes bly.

) Dayne Elizabeth

Nel Juffrou Nel het n

ander wiskunde juffrou

inmymatriekjaarbyHorskoolHer

manus afgelos. Sy was kalm en rus

tig en het wiskunde maklik gemaak.

N matriek het sy my altyd gegroet

en wou altyd weet wat ek als doen.

Wonderlike mens!

)Monica Alberts Nel Wonder

like persoon, sagte fynmensie. Reg

tig omgegee vir die kinders in haar

klas.

) Marike Carstens Dit is ver

skriklik hartseer om te hoor. Juffrou

Nel was n wonderlike on

derwyseres gewees.

) Jeanetta Sophia

Hoekstra Dis darem ver

skriklik hartseer! My inni

ge meegevoel aan haar

man, kinders en hele fami

lie. Hulle is in my gebede.

)Milty Plaatjies Very

sad news.My sincere con

dolences to the Nel Family

) Kelly Mari Sauer

man Baie hartseer! My heart goes

out to everyone in this difficult time.

)Hannelie Roux Sy het uit haar

pad gegaan om jou te help en altyd

joumooimet n sagte stemverduide

lik en al was jy klaar met skool het

sy nog altyd gevra hoe dit met jou

gaan.

) Leon en Liesl Gildenhuys My

seun was in sy graad 12 jaar vir ek

stra klasse by haar aan huis so am

per ses jaar gelede. Sy was so n

besonderse mens en het hom so

mooigehelp, soveel liefdeengeduld

en altyd saam geloop tot by my mo

tor om verslag te doen van die dag

se vordering. Sy was so sag en

vriendelik.

Inmemoriam 1/02/1955 3/07/2014

Geskryf deur haar eggenoot Johan Nel

My vrou was baie lief vir mense. Sy het n

sagteplekvirhaarmedemensgehadenwasdie

een wat altyd sou uitreik na die ander. Sy was

ontsettend lief vir haar familie, haar gesin en

haar kinders. Sy souhaar laaste bietjie energie

tap en vir hulle dit gee.

Hester was die oudste van vier kinders van

Johan en Estie Smit.

Toe sy nege jaar oud was het die gesin van

Virginia in die Vrystaat verhuis na Clanwilli-

am, waar haar pa die plaas Pakhuis gekoop en

beginboerhet.Nahyaan nhartaanvaloorlede

is het die familie dorp toe getrek waar Hester

haar skoolloopbaan in 1973 voltooi het.

Indi jarehetdiegesinbaievakansiesopBot-

rivierplaas deurgebring en het die Overberg

haar tweede grootword-wreld geword.

Hester was n aktiewe redenaar op skool en

sy het haar talent van logiese redenasie en de-

batvoering begin uitleef; n karaktertrek en ta-

lent wat sy met groot welslae tot aan die einde

van haar lewe kon uitvoer.

Vramaar vir ons as haar huisgesin hoema

joukonvastrekenjynaderhandniekonbeweeg

na n kant toe nie.

Hester het matriek geslaag met drie onder-

skeidings en haar akademiese loopbaan voort-

gesitopStellenboschwaarsyinHeemstedekos-

huis ingewoon het.

Sy kwalifiseermet n BSc-graad in rekenaar-

wetenskap met wiskunde en voorligtingsiel-

kunde as hoof-

vakke, wat sy

opgevolg het

met n hor -on-

derwys diplo-

ma.

Ek was n ge-

oktrooieerde re-

kenmeester in

wording,toeons

in haar eerste-

jaar ontmoet.

Aan die einde

van 1977 is ons

getroudenbeginsyaswiskunde-onderwyseres

skoolhouaandieHorskoolBrackenfell. In1980

is sy aangestel as wiskunde-onderwyseres by

Bloemhof HorMeisieskool in Stellenbosch en

is later bevorder tot vakhoof van wiskunde.

Ons het in 1984 verhuis na Secunda nadat ek

as GR (SA) gekwalifiseer en by SASOL aange-

sluithetasrekenmeester,wat tot n22 jaar loop-

baan gelei het by Sasol en sy aktiwiteite.

Hesterhethaarloopbaanindieonderwyslaat

vaar toe ons met n gesin begin het, eers Louis

enlaterJoanine.Syhethaarabsoluutgewyaan

diekindersvirwie sy so liefwas.Hullewasook

die laaste twee mense wat sy gegroet het voor

haar dood.

Nanege jaar inSecundaisonsJohannesburg

toe waar Hester weer haar onderwysloopbaan

hervat het, by die oorbruggingskool, Sekolo Sa

Borokgo, waar minderbevoorregte kinders ge-

helpisomophoof-

stroom-standaard

te kom.

Met my verpla-

singDuitslandtoe

deurSASOLvirn

maatskappyoor-

namehetsybydie

internasionale

skool se biblio-

teek gewerk. Hier

leef sy haar ook

weer uit in haar

ander liefde: lees.

Toe kom die

groot trek na Her-

manus. Na n bietjie afloswerk het sy voltyds

byHorskoolHermanusbeginomwiskundeen

wiskundige-geletterdheid aan te bied.

Sy is later betrek by die nasien vanmatriek-

vraestelle enhet totApril vanjaar gedien as ad-

junk-hoofnasiener in die Wes-Kaap.

Hester was nou betrokke by Stellenbosch

Universiteit se Hoopprojek waar agtergeblewe

kinders met onder andere wiskunde gehelp is.

Dit het sy in haar vakansietye en somsVrydae

na skool gedoen.

Haar laaste woorde aan my verlede Woens-

dagaand, net voor die ongeluk Donderdag, toe

syVilliersdorp toe is omkindersmetwiskunde

te help, was dat sy moeg is, maar dat sy die ek-

straonderriggeweldiggeniet, so tussendiekin-

ders vir die kinders.

Sy was n prentjie van liefde en deernis met

n babatjie inhaar arms enhet ookhierdie lief-

de betoon aan haar geliefde bull terrier.

Sywasookbaie liefvir ligteklassiekemusiek

en U eie Keuse op n Saterdagaand was haar

vaste afspraak.Menigmale het sy vraestelle ge-

sit en merk met haar oorfoontjies op terwyl sy

werk.

Endanwassynmammawatheerlikkonbak

wanneer sy kans kry. Haar beskuit was haar

eie resep en die kinders het haar bakke leeg ge-

dra en dan bak sy maar weer.

Hester was n dierbare ondersteunende en

liefdevolleeggenootwatvirmyinmyelkeambi-

sie die grootste steunpilaar was.

My hartseer was haar hartseer enmy vreug-

de was haar vreugde en die omgekeerde. Die

liefdewaarmeesyonskindersgekoesterhet sal

my altyd bybly.

n Familiefoto van Hester en Johan Nel saam met

dogter Joanine en haar vriend Jacques de Vries en

seun Louis en vriendin Michelle Rossouw.

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10 July, 2014

Briewe

Letters

Vereer vroue

Hester Nel, n ma van twee en

eggenoot van Johan, is skielik

vanhaar familieweggeruk in n

motorongeluk op die N2 buite

Grabouw.

Diehartseerste is sekerdat sy

di dag van haar dood, tydens

die skoolvakansie, op die pad

was juis om n goeie daad te ver-

rig. Sy het kinders in Villiers-

dorp gaan help met ekstra wis-

kundeklasse.

Ons glo en vertrou dat die fa-

milie wat agterbly deur vrien-

de, familie en geloof deur die

moeilike tyd gedra sal word.

Ander skokkende nuus is dat

n vrou amper op die Hemel-en-

Aarde pad verkrag is toe sy by

die stop-en-wag teken diens ge-

doen het.

En innog n voorval is n vrou

ernstig beseer toe sy van n ho

rots by die kuspaadjie afgeval

het.

In Augustus vier ons Vroue-

dag. Dit is die perfekte dag, be-

halwevirelkeanderdagvandie

jaar, om die vroue om ons te be-

derf, te waardeer en te vereer.

Nominasies word ook inge-

wagvirOverstrandseVrouvan

die Jaar toekenning. Spesiaal

vir vroue wat n verskil maak

in die gemeenskap, vroue wat

omgee.

Lees meer op bl. 9 hoe om ie-

mand te nomineer.

Scurrilous untruths

deserves apology

One cannot allow the scurrilous un-

truthspennedanonymouslyintheSMS

column under A curious bystander

(HermanusTimes 3 July) regardingMr

Hendriksz and his involvement with

the music entertainment during the

past Whale Festival to pass unchal-

lenged.

To state that ... he (Mr Hendriksz)

secured table reservations at R100 just

to have a view of the tent and hear the

music is nothing short of libellous.

For the record all monies collected

for table reservationswent towards the

purchase of a whale disentanglement

kit.

Thiskitwashandedover to theNSRI

ata functionheldontheNSRIspremis-

esandcoveredby theHermanusTimes.

It was a collective goodwill gesture by

the organisers of the event, Distell, the

Whale Festival committee and Village

Square - of whichMrHendriksz is part

of.

I will be pleasantly surprised if, now

that A curious bystander is aware of

the facts, whether he or she will again

take the time to put pen to paper - this

time in an apology to Mr Hendriksz.

JEFF TANNER

CHAIRPERSON, VILLAGE

SQUARE TENANTS ASSOCIATION

Hermanus Hospital maternity ward is tops

C2 = Caring, Competence;

A = Accountability;

I = Integrity;

R2 = Responsiveness, Respect.

These are the words that you read on the

first banner you see when you are on your

way down the lengthy hallway towards the

maternity ward at the Hermanus Provin-

cial Hospital.

I was expecting our second child, a boy

due on 19 June 2014, according to my latest

sonar.

When the 19th arrived, without our baby

making an appearance, I decided to go and

see the sisters at the maternity ward, seek-

ing their professional opinion.

They kindly seated me down and did all

their observations.

They then asked me what my earliest so-

nardated, andaccording to that oneourboy

was due on 22 June.

They then told me that one should rather

work according to the date of the earliest

sonar and assured me that I can even go

over that date by six days.

If little one hadnt made his appearance

by then, the doctor on duty would have to

decidewhether the birth should be induced

or for me to have a caesarean.

The 22nd came and went: still no baby

boy.

I returned on the 23rd to see the sisters

but their observations said there was still

no sign of the little one making his appear-

ance soon.

I returned four times forobservation, and

every time the sisters showed me a caring

attitude, without the slightest notion of ir-

ritation for this over-exited pregnant lady.

On the 26th, at around midnight, my wa-

ter broke and my husband and I were on

our way to the hospital, this time knowing

for sure something was busy happening

and little Timothy John was duly born on

27 June at 05:50 the morning.

I would just like to thank the sisters at

the maternity ward for the outstanding

service they rendered tome through all the

aches and pains of childbirth.

I was truly treated like royalty every step

of the way, from the time I arrived till the

time I left.

I would also like to thank the doctors for

their professional advice and service when

it came to some of the complications after

the birth they are truly first class!

I would also like to compliment the kitch-

en staff for the superb meals I received at

breakfast, lunchandsupper (not tomention

the soup and bread in between).

Onealwayshasdoubts about aprovincial

health facility, but I can truly say after my

experience, that our Provincial Hospital

(staff and infrastructure) are tops and that

they live up to every aspect of their slogan.

Bravo.

MRS M WRIGHT

VIA HERMANUSTIMES.CO.ZA

Thank you for warm re

ception of Ellas Horses

On behalf of myself and the actors Id like

to thank all, especially Angela Heslop (Her-

manus History Society), for a generous re-

ception and professionally executed event

with the performance of our production El-

las Horses on Friday night.

It was a real pleasure to share our work

withaveryappreciativeaudienceand Ihope

that Ellas legacy struck some chords and

awakened people to her heritage and the

wonderful person she was.

Thank you for the gifts too!

Our gratitude also to Dane and John who

assisted with the technical side of things.

I look forward to engaging with you again

in the future.

CHARLES FOURIE (DEIRDRE,

LEONARD & JARRID)

EDITORIAL COMMENT

REFLEKSIES IN DIE PAN Die Vermont-soutpan loop oor en vroegoggend lyk dit s

mooi, s n leser wat di twee fotos verlede week ingestuur het.

FOTO: LEONIE VAN LOGGERENBERG

JOYFUL ART: John Maclean from Stanford,

was full of joy as he admired the bright,

happy art along the coastal path.

PHOTO: TERTIA BOTHA

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10 July, 2014

Briewe

Letters

) Wat van n soetkoekhoekie in die Hermanus

Times soos op RSG: Vrou soek man en huis, moet

van diere hou. DOUNA, BOTRIVIER

)Ai tog,hoehartseerdatdieeienaarsvanParadi

se Park die vermetelheid het om n enorme huur

verhoging te vra maar daar is nie eens ordentlike

paaie nie. So nat dat jy vasval met jou voertuig.

As inwoners vra ons kry jul prioriteite reg. Moenie

bolangs reg probeer maak nie dit help niks, net

dubbele werk. AJ

)Wat gaan aan by nagskuiling? Daar word tik,

dagga en drank gebruik. Daar word gekla by die

opsigtermaar nikswordgedoennie.Die inwoners

is tebangomtepraatwanthullewordgentimideer

deur misbruikers wat daar woon.

) Hospice Shop would like to thank everyone for

their donations. It is not always possible to thank

eachdonor individually, but please know thatHos

pice Shop really appreciates your support. / Die

Hospice Winkel s baie dankie aan almal wat so

vrywilliglikdonasiesaanons skenkdit is niealtyd

moontlik om persoonlik dankie te s nie, maar

wees verseker alles word opreg waardeer.

) Thank you Dr A Liebenberg for your kindness

and gentle bedside manner! You are an asset to

Hermanus, may you stay for a long, long time!

A PATIENTS DAUGHTER

) Please dont make the mistake of going to the

Onrus post office within 10minutes of closing time

on a Saturday. You are likely to get a tongue lash

ing from the person behind the counter who wants

to close at 12:00 sharp. B

) Sjoe Andrew Buck. As jy sulke taal in die Times

kan gebruik en so n aggressie teenoor die kinders

toon, wil ek myself nie indink hoe jy teenoor die

kinders self aangegaan het nie! Ja, baie van die

kids van vandag het nie maniere nie, maar baie

van die grootmense ook nie, nie eens gepraat van

respek! Jy was seker n engeltjie toe jy n kind

was..... JUSTINE

) Thank you to Daphne of Super Seconds for

amazing customer service. BARBARA

BRYDEN

) If your dog is frightened u should take the dog

to training classes where it will learn to socialise.

It is unfair to blame or expect other dog walkers

to accommodate your or your dogs anxiety. An

anxious dog normally has an anxious owner.

DOG LOVER.

) SMS in HT of 3 July, A Curious Bystander

only cowards do not reveal their real name when

belittling other people. EMMARENTIA

) End Street andWalvis Street in Sandbaai were

eventually tarred, sowhywasGaljoen, Perlemoen

section ignored and given a speed bump? JILL

ROSSOUW

) Dankie Calvin vir goeie diens van Autopage.

HANLIE

) Two out of three for A Curious Bystander hid

ing behind a nom de plume. Yes, I did not get

elected and yes I am the owner of Fusion. You are

completely ignorant on theWhale Festival andyou

are spreading malicious rumours. Fusion did not

secure any table reservations at R100 nor did we

charge any other fees. We conducted business as

usual. Festival organisers charged R100 entrance

fee for the two evening shows inside the tent and

proceeds went towards purchasing a Whale Dis

entanglement Kit for HermanusNSRI. Pleasewake

up and next time check your facts! PETRUS

HENDRIKSZ

) Voor die verkiesing was die behuisingskantoor

se mense by ons om ons papierwerk reg te kry

want ons gaan ons kaart/transport kry. Gou het

sekere mense gekry. Tot op hede, as jy gaan na

vraag doen, is die antwoord, ons sal laat weet

wanneer joune hier is. Wanneer is dit 2016?

Waar is die topmense, help ons!

) I just want to share with the people of Hermanus

that knows me. I was blessed in 2O11 with a 3x3

wendyhousewith everything in it tomakemecom

fortable. And thats all through the Grace of God.

From being a homeless person. He has seen me

through having been an alcoholic too. Now He

has blessed me once again with another 3x3 to

have a bigger space to move around cause I am

disabled.God is so good I just wish and pray daily

for those guys in town (homeless) that they too will

realise that there is hope.

JACKIE

) Taxis with school children are driving like crazy

on HemelenAarde Valley road, overtaking on

solid white lines at 100 km. There is going to be

a tragic accident with these children soon.VERY

CONCERNED

)Kandiemunisipaliteit asb kyknadie riool lekka

sie by die Thusongsaal in Hawston. Dit lek nou

al vir maande. RMHAWSTON

) Ek en vriende stem saam met teer asseblief

grondpad na Sandbaai. Ons voertuie word ge

daan geskud. HANLIE, SANDBAAI

)Aloes lyk fantastiesdieheleareavol. HANLIE

) Please can the municipality start clearing the

open stands in Vermont (Oker Street and sur

rounds). We feel unsafe especially with all the re

centbreakins in thearea.CONCERNEDRESI

DENT

) Baie dankie aan Lorraine, Riekert en Marnus

by Maxitec vir julle puik diens. Julle is regtig n

klomp staatmakers! C & L AUTO REPAIRS

Highest award bestowed on

Prof Ernst Sonnendecker

KERRY VAN RENSBURG

In recognition of his distinguished contribu-

tion to theart andscienceofmedicine,Profes-

sor Ernst Sonnendecker was elected a Fellow

AdEundemof theCollegeofObstetriciansand

Gynaecologists, by The Colleges of Medicine

of South Africa (CMSA).

This rare honour and special recognition

was bestowed onProf Sonnendecker at an ad-

missions ceremony of the CMSA which took

place at the University of the Witwatersrand

on 15 May. On 4 June, back home in Her-

manus, he celebrated his 80th birthday.

After a long and distinguished career,

where he served as professor and academic

head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gy-

naecology at the University of the Witwa-

tersrand, and chief specialist at Johannes-

burg Hospital, Sonnendecker and his wife

Cynthia, retired to Hermanus in 2001.

But Sonnendecker, who began his medical

studies at Wits at the age of 16 in 1951, did

not come to Hermanus to sit idly and enjoy

the mountains and the sea for the rest of his

days.

Because teaching and learning remain

close to his heart, Sonnendecker spent six

years as an Extraordinary Professor in Ob-

stetricsandGynaecologyatStellenboschUni-

versity

In1998,hispassionconcerningmenopausal

issues, led him to establish the SouthAfrican

Menopause Society (SAMS) and in 2000 he

was subsequently elected as the organisa-

tions founding president.

SonnendeckerstillpractisesatVincentPal-

loti Hospital where he attends towomenwith

menopausal or osteoporotic issues.

Despite his achievements, Sonnendecker

remains humble, sayingmatter-of-factly that

few South Africans have been elected to Fel-

low Ad Eundem.

This fellowship recognises and acknowl-

edges Sonnendeckers exceptional contribu-

tion as an excellent teacher, superb clinician,

researcher and outstanding surgeon.

His particular interest was the manage-

ment of women with ovarian cancer, and he

contributed significantly to their treatment

both nationally and internationally.

He enjoys travel, reading, environmental

issues, classicalmusic and scientific courses.

Prof Ernst Sonnendecker, a medical doctor

specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology re-

ceived recognition for his life-time contribu-

tion to medicine and was elected a Fellow

Ad Eundem at a recent awards ceremony

held at Wits. He has lived in Hermanus with

his wife Cynthia since 2001.

Nominations sought for 2014mayoral awards

At theAnnualNight of Excellence, recog-

nition will be given to achievers who

makeadifference in theOverstrand,with

the awarding of the mayoral trophy for

environmental conservation, the wom-

an/women of the year award and the

award for achievers of excellence.

This year Mayor Nicolette Botha-

Guthrie will present the awards on

26August.

Nominations for these awards must be

handed in on or before Friday 1 August.

The award for the mayoral trophy for

environmental conservation will be han-

dled by the Overstrand Environmental

Department.

Well motivated nominations can be

sent to Liezl Bezuidenhout at lbezuiden-

hout@overstrand.gov.za.

Nominations for Overstrand women

who have made a difference in their area

and ought to be considered for a woman

of the year award, can be submitted to

Elize Verrij at everrij@over-

strand.gov.za.

Achievers of excellence in communi-

ties are also identified by councillors.

Wellmotivatednominations canbehand-

ed to the relevant councillor or sent to

Verrij. All nominations must be accom-

panied by contact details of the nomina-

tor and the nominee.

Ons weer is vreemd

Ontspan! Die neerslaewat oormre oor die Over-

strand uitsak is nie n skaduwee van die aaklige

rens wat ons pas agter die rug het en mens en

dier in ellende gelos het met bittere koue nie.

Weerhaankanvoorspel datbaiewenkbroue tot

na die naweek sal lig want vir baie lesers sal die

naweekseweeronverklaarbaarwees,met tempe-

rature wat val as die son skyn en styg wanneer

die koue van die see se kant af kom.

Maak dus gerus notas om te sien hoe noord-

en oostewindewat uit diewarmer tropiese gebie-

de kom en gewoonlik warm weer bring, skielik

die vark in die verhaal is. Dit kan verklaar word

temiddevanhuidigeuitstralingswat ookons sel-

fone omkrap en diensverskaffers aan die hard-

loop het.

DienoordooshetWoensdagnagkortnamidder-

nag die pas aangegee om temperature teen dag-

breek van 10 tot 8 te laat daal. Teen Donderdag-

middag kry die aarde kans om bietjie te bak ter-

wyl ons dit op die bankies langs diewalviswaters

indrink. Dit alles te danke dat die winde gaan l.

Onssienniediewinddraai oosenword teenaand

sekantkoelernie.Vrydagoggendisditmaarweer

8 en ons dink twee keer voor ons weer afsit see

toe.

Onssienrondomdiemiddaguurookdievreem-

de verskynsel dat die wind reg suid draai en uit

die koue suide op ons afpeil, maar in plaas van

nog koue in te dra, styg dit na 17 daar op die

straatbankies.

Die prentjie herhaal hom tot middernag maar

nog is dit nie die einde van die vreemdheid nie,

want Saterdag kom ons renwind uit die noord-

weste en die Overberg kry sy kwota water daar-

uit. (Sorrie.) Daar sal tot voor kerk Sondag om-

trent 14 mmval.Daremnienaastenbysoerg soos

laasweek nie.

Die winde wat so met ons woer-woer speel, be-

gin Dinsdag weer en hou dalk tot Vrydag so aan.

Die andersheid van die Overstrand se weerpa-

troon is egter beslis nie ter sprake in die wreld-

patroonwaarvoor tansvraegesoekwordnie.Wat

egter seker is, is dat Hermanus in n spreekwoor-

delike blindehoek van die windpatrone is en

dalk die dirigent genoem kan word van die vier

winde van ons land.

A sunny Friday is expected, but by Saturday the weather will

be overcast again,with rain expected onSunday.Warmer tem-

peratures can be expected, although it will still be cool with

a low of 9 on Monday.

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FRIDAY 25 JULY 2014

Bouchard Finlayson Boutique Wine Estate 18.00 for 18.30

Please contact Penny for tickets (R 100) at

pcharteris@mweb.co.za or on 028 316 2489

THE HERMANUS MUSIC SOCIETY

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presents

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An Acclaimed Pianist from London

Playing works by

Mozart, Liszt, Chopin & Debussy

and the

World Premiere of a James Wilding Composition

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Onrusrivier sebankiesverfraai

ELB VAN HEERDEN

Die Onrusrivier Belastingbeta-

lersvereniging neem dit op hul-

self om die gebied skoon en net-

jies te hou en dit is nou die beurt

vandie bankies langs die kuslyn.

Volgens Ina van Rooyen, wat op

die komitee dien en verantwoorde-

lik is vir die netheid van di dorp,

betaal die belastingbetalers elkeen

R100 per jaar en ditword dan aange-

wend om werk te doen waar die

Overstrand-munisipaliteit nie by

uitkom nie.

Dieprojekwaarmeehulle tansbe-

sig is, is om die sowat 14 bankies,

al langsdiekuslyn tot enmetDavies

Pool, op te knap.

Baiemensehet in vroer jare die

bankies aangekoop enkykwelmooi

na hulle. Maar daar is baie verweer

so naby aan die see, en nou en dan

loop die bankies deur onder vanda-

le.Onshetdienodigemateriaalaan-

gekoop enRudie Taljaard het sy tyd

vryelik gegee om die opknappings-

werk te doen.

Ons hou ook die kuslyn skoon.

Ons het n persoon wat elke oggend

in die vakansie en elke naweek om

06:00 die strandgebied skoonmaak.

Daar is ook iemand wat elke dag al

die rommel rondom die verkeerslig

en die hoofweg skoonmaak.

Van Rooyen noem dat sy verant-

woordelikheid aanvaar vir die net-

heid van die area, in samewerking

met die kontrakteur Dion Louw en

ook die munisipaliteit.

Rudie Taljaard en Handsome Matsilele aan die werk om bankies langs die

kuslyn in Onrus op te knap.

Nuwe ou hande nou eienaars van Burgundy

CILENE BEKKER

Tydens n informele samekoms in

die horlosiekamer byBurgundyhet

die ou en nuwe eienaars gesels oor

dit wat die restaurant spesiaal

maak, en die pad vorentoe.

Soos Rayno Rabie s, die Burgun-

dy, wat reeds 85 jaar bestaan, is n

landmerk, het klaar n hart en siel,

enhetaldiepadgeloopmetverskeie

generasies wat hier kom eet.

Dit is n goed-geoliede masjien.

Die Burgundy is jou baas, en almal

gee jou raad. Die eienaars is net die

keepers.

Alhoewel die nuwe eienaars, Wil-

lem en Esthie Steyn, in murg en

been Johannesburgers is, groei hul

wortelvertakkings in Hermanus

sterk.

Benewens die Hermanus Gaste-

huis, wat die Steyns al vir 9 jaar be-

dryf, en n paar bestaande restau-

rante, was hulle ook die mede-eie-

naars van Annie se Kombuis. Di

restaurant is gesluit en die belange

is oorgeskuif na @Food &Wine wat

onlangs in die Carriages-sentrum

geopen het.

Die nadraai van die Steyns se be-

langenou inBurgundy isdat@Food

& Wine tans in die mark is. Savan-

nah Caf, waarin hulle ook n aan-

deel het, is in die proses omverkoop

te word.

Dit blyk uit die gesprek dat Bur-

gundy al geruime tyd in Willem se

visier van n droom-restaurant

was.

Ek het my prokureur gevra om

voelers uit te steek en toe sy s dit

iswel in diemark,was dit dit. It cost

me an arm and a leg, maar ek is n

dromer en ons hou van lekker en

mooi kos!

Willem noem hy het by een van

diemarkies gehoormensepraat oor

dieBurgundy severkoop endathul-

le hoop daar word nie aan die spys-

kaart getorring nie.

Hygee die versekering dat dit die-

selfdesalblywantallesopdiespys-

kaart is puik. Veranderinge sal net

komasdaar nvraagdaarnais.Men-

se laat gou vanhulle hoor as iets nie

na hul smaak is nie. Dit is n sukses-

volle besigheid en ons gaan nie n

goed-geoliede wiel herontwerp nie.

Onsgaanookdiehuis-gevoelbehou,

maar my vrou - die mooi-maker - se

handsalwelhier endaargesienkan

word. Ons noem haar the queen of

beauty.

Die ander ou bekende gesig in

die nuwe Burgundy bestuurspan is

sjefRudolphvanderBerg.Hygeniet

tans n ruskansie in die Bosveld

maar wanneer hy in die komende

weekweer sy Burgundy-hoed opsit,

sal dit met n gevoel van d j-vu

wees.

Rudolph is n aandeelhouer in

Burgundy saam met die Steyns,

soos die geval ook was met Savan-

nah Caf en @Food & Wine.

Agter: Rayno Rabie en Willem Steyn. Voor sit Juliana Steyn (die familie se prokureur), Celia Rabie en Marieka

Dreyer Steyn (een van Willem en Esthie se twee dogters). Die Steyns, nuwe eienaars van Burgundy is ou hande

in die gasvryheidsbedryf. Hulle is ontwikkelaars van die Belvedere aftree-oorde in Johannesburg, en benewens

restaurant- en gastehuisbelange in Hermanus is hulle ook vennote in n wynplaas. FOTOS: CILENE BEKKER

ELLA GORDONS STORY: A performance of Ellas Horses, the

true story of the horse-lady of the Overberg, written and directed

by Charles Fourie, was presented at the Overstrand Auditorium on

Friday 4 July. Deirdre Wolhuter (left) played the part of Ella Gordon,

and Leonard Moss played the part of the Moravian minister, Rev

Schaberg. The play was presented in association with the Hermanus

History Society and according to Angela Heslop, they sold 120 tick-

ets for the show. PHOTO: RONNIE HAZELL

Leonard Moss (left) and Deirdre Wolhuter (right) acted in the produc-

tion of Ellas Horses on Friday evening. The play was written and

directed by renowned playwright Charles Fourie (second from right)

and Angela Heslop (second from left), from the Hermanus History

Society, coordinated the presentation of the play as a fundraiser for

the Hermanus History Society. PHOTO: KERRY VAN RENSBURG

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AnneFrankexhibition

The internationalAnneFrank travelling ex-

hibition being hosted in the foyer of the Over-

strand Municipality, was officially opened by

MayorNicoletteBotha-Guthrieon theevening

of 1 July.

The exhibition, which runs until 17 July,

tells the story of Anne Frank against the back-

ground of theHolocaust and the SecondWorld

War.

In her speech, the mayor outlined how thir-

teen-year-old Anne Frank wrote her diary be-

tween 12 June 1942 and 1 August 1944 in the

formof letters addressed to a fictitious charac-

ter named Kitty.

Thediaryreveals theeveryday lifeofJewish

people in hiding and establishes a symbolic

link to the suffering of the Jewish population

during World War II.

Anne Frank a history for today, has trav-

elled all over the world, and is presentedmore

than 300 times per year. The tour is coordinat-

ed by the Anne Frank House, but locally by

the Cape Town Holocaust Centre.

The mayor told guests that the aim of the

exhibition is to informvisitorsabout thehisto-

ry of the Holocaust from the perspective of

Anne and her family.

It also shows visitors that cultural, ethnic,

religious and political differences between

people exist in every society. said Botha-

Guthrie.

Thisexhibitionchallengesvisitors to think

about concepts such as tolerance, mutual re-

spect, humanrights, anopenopportunity soci-

ety and democracy.

Finally, it helps visitors to understand that

asocietywheredifferencesbetweenpeopleare

respected, does not come about by itself. Legis-

lation is of course necessary, but people also

have to make a personal commitment.

Among the guests at the opening of the Anne Frank exhibition were (from left) Robin Lee (His-

tory Society), Unity Mtomile (Enlighten Trust and Junior Town Council manager), Tracey Petersen

(education director at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre), Mayor Nicolette Botha-Guthrie, Sonwa-

bile Calata (junior mayor) and Linda Hackner (senior educator at the Cape Town Holocaust

Centre). PHOTO: REN DU PLOOY

Sorry, no gayweddings

JANINE VAN DER RIET

An engaged lesbian couple have been left

very bitter and sad when, according to the

brides-to-be, they were told by an employee

of a Stanford wedding venue sorry, no gay

weddings.

Rocky Medina and her partner, Ericka,

have been dating for seven years and been

engaged for five years and decided to at last

tie the knot.

We saw several venues in the area and

being the typical girls, planning the big day,

we bought two bridal magazines on Tuesday

(17June).WesawvenuesintheWesternCape

andoneof themwasBeloftebos.We loved the

name from the get go!We checked their web-

site and it was a dream come true. Until I

phoned them...

Medina says she phoned thewedding coor-

dinator at Beloftebos, Danica Steyn, on the

same day.

I called and introduced myself. I men-

tioned that we love the wedding venue and

we want to book it for our wedding, a gay

wedding. As soon as I said that, Steyn said

sorry no gay weddings and she put the

phone down. We were shocked.

Weare ina loving lifecommittedrelation-

ship.Weare surroundedby friendsand fami-

lythattrulyloveus,wesharethesamevalues

andhave the sameneeds as anybodyelse and

now. Now we are being treated like we are

sub-humans, like we are doing something so

wrong, Medina said.

After the Hermanus Times asked for com-

ment fromBeloftebosabout the incident,An-

dries de Villiers, owner, said in an email:

I confirm that I am taking advice on the

matter and will not be in a position to com-

ment by your deadline.

On the allegation that Steyn put the phone

downbeforeMedinacouldcontinue tospeak,

De Villiers said it is untrue.

Newpresident to focus on elderly

KERRY VAN

RENSBURG

The Rotary Club of

Hermanus induct-

ed Wynand Ham-

man as the a new

club president at a

special function on

19 June.

Outgoing Rotary

president for the

past year, Frank

Matthee, says he

has been involved

with the rotary

club for the past 14

years and served

as president for a

year from July 2013 to June 2014. He says:

My main objective for the year was to

grow membership by 50% and I achieved

this.

Frank, who has a background in the

hospitality industry, says the highlights

of his term as president included, among

other things, Rotarys very successful in-

volvement in the FynArts Festival, the

most successful Carols by Candlelight

evening in tenyears, thesponsoringof the

Cliff Path Management Groups bro-

chure, and continuing to be the main

sponsorofthepre-schoolsituatedonHam-

ilton Russell Estate, which serves the

whole community

in the vicinity.

Wynand Ham-

man, who has tak-

en over the reins

from Frank, says

this is the third

time he is serving

as president of the

Hermanus Rotary

Club. Hewas pres-

ident 13 years ago

and served for two

consecutive years

astheywerebuild-

ing the Mollegren

Park community

hall at the time.

Wynand, a re-

tired engineer, has been a member of the

Hermanus Rotary Club for 21 years and

in his term as president this time round

he says: My hope for this year is to look

after theelderlywhocant lookafter them-

selves.Wewill do this in cooperationwith

other organisations already doing this.

He says they are also busy with a big

project involving pre-school children.

Rotary is an organisation of business

and professional leaders who provide hu-

manitarian service, and encourage high

ethical standards in all vocations. The

ClubmeetseveryMondayeveningat18:30

at the Mollegren Park community hall.

Outgoing president Frank Matthee, (right)

congratulates the new Rotary Club presi-

dent, Wynand Hamman.

PHOTO: OHNA HEYNS

HELP ROLA ROLL WITH BLANKET DRIVE:

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swing. If you would like to help spread winter

warmth please donate a blanket for the drive at

Rola at Gateway Centre, or buy one of these

warm blankets for R80 at Montego Bay, Sports-

zone or Jaydeens Clothing. You can also buy

one to keep for yourself for R100 and R20 will

be donated to the drive. Here is Rola VW Her-

manus dealer principal Erno Coreejes with a

truckload of blankets.

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PERK. Dis nvoordragleesprogramvanpo-

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Dit word opgevoer in die Sprokkelstertea-

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R80 pp kan bespreekword deur Louise te bel

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each plaque, says Kearney,

and the municipality ar-

rangedfortheconstructionof

the pedestals and also sup-

plied the plaqueswith the en-

graving.

After the wording was fi-

nalised, site visits were held

todecideonthelocationofthe

plaques and what structures

they shouldbemountedonto.

Kearney approached the

two volunteers who had been

involved with the Swallow

Park sundials, namely Dr

Pierre de Villiers and Chris

Theron, to provide assist-

ance with the delicate opera-

tion of fixing the engraved

granite history plaques to

their pedestals.

Many residents would not

knowwhat thewasbakkies

were and although the ruins

just below thecliff toparenot

that impressive, the history

displayed on the plaque on

the cliff top, adjacent to the

Western corner of Swallow

Park, is most interesting.

For their involvement in

the project, Kearney thanked

Dr Pierre de Villiers and the

Astronomy Society for de-

signing the first granite sun-

dial inHermanus thatwas in-

strumental in setting the

trend.

For assisting with the

mountingof theplaques,Ker-

aney thanked the History So-

ciety, and in particularAnge-

la Heslop, Robin Lee and Es-

telle Spaarwater, the Ward 3

committee.

Healsothankedformerand

current ward councillors

Maxie Lerm and Kari Brice,

for being bold enough to allo-

cate the funds for what has

turned out to be a worth-

while, unique project.

Did you know: The worlds

tiniest frog clings to life here in

parts of the

Overstrand. The

micro frog (Mi

crobatrachella

capensis) is only

the size of a finger nail. It occurs

in just a few areas between Bet

tys Bay and Cape Agulhas and

on the Cape Flats, where it sur

vives in acidic blackwater fyn

bos vleis. The tiny

amphibian is criti

cally endangered

because these wet

lands are being

drained, filled in and polluted

by humans for coastal strip de

velopment.

NATUREMATTERS

Graniteplaques recordhistoryofHermanus

Thehistoryandheritageof

Hermanus have been the

focus of a recent Ward 3

project,whichhasresulted

in the addition of granite

plaques inscribedwithhis-

torical details beingplaced

at eight historically signif-

icant sites.

For the past three years the

ward committee of Ward 3

has focused on the towns

tourism attractions and have

therefore spent all their

funds in and around the CBD

area.

Other wards in the Over-

strand Municipality have

spent their ward allocation

on projects in their residen-

tial areas, whereas the Ward

3 committee found it prudent

to upgrade the CBD to attract

and impress tourists and in-

vestors.

Previous projects included

the upgrading of CBD side-

walks, improvements to

SwallowPark, the additionof

two sundials, convenient

parkingatHermanusPieters-

fontein, cliff path mainte-

nance and so forth.

In compiling the 2013/14

budget, theWard3committee

decided to allocate funds to

the History Society, which

has wanted to make the

towns history more visual

and informative.

Discussions owere held be-

tween Angela Heslop from

the History Society and Don

Kearney, the Overstrands

area manager.

TheHistorySociety initial-

ly wanted to print brochures

for distribution to tourists

andhave the stolen brass his-

tory plaques replaced. Kear-

ney, impressed by the design

andmaterialused for thesun-

dials in Swallow Park, sug-

gested using granite slabs in-

stead of the riskier brass or

stainless steel plaques.

He proposed sand-coloured

granite on sandstone-clad

pedestals to depict historic

facts of Hermanus at various

sites. Such pedestals would

complement the stone walls

visible all over town.

I asked the History Socie-

ty to draft the wording for

Celebrating the com-

pletion of the Ward

3 project to replace

stolen or worn

plaques at four his-

torically significant

sites with engraved

granite plaques,

were, from left: Don

Kearney, Hermanus

area manager,

Councillor Kari Brice,

Angela Heslop, His-

tory Society, and

David Beattie, chair-

person of the Cliff

Path Management

Group. PHOTO: KERRY

VAN RENSBURG

Dr Pierre de Villiers and

Chris Theron helped mount

the granite plaques, assisted

by Cheswin Pietersen from

the municipality.

The worlds tiniest frog

can be found in the

Overstrand.

One of the new plaques at the Hermanuspie-

tersfontein site.

Taswill Siegels and Cheswin

Pietersen from the Over-

strand Municipality were

part of the team that en-

sured the plaques were

placed on specially built

stone plinths.

The old wasbakkies site on the clifftop be-

tween Swallow Park and Hermanuspietersfon-

tein has been cleared and a plaque detailing

its historical significance placed nearby.

14

HermanusTimes

10 July, 2014

Algemeen

General

Four studentsgraduate from

GreenFuturesprogramme

Four students from

the Grootbos Foun-

dations Green Fu-

tures Field Guiding

Training Pro-

gramme recently

passed their FGASA

(Field Guiding Asso-

ciationofSouthAfri-

ca) level-1 exam.

As soon as these stu-

dents complete their

additional practical

hours they will be able

to guide tourist groups

on their own.

Anchelle Damon, Daveline Phil-

lips, Delano Mauers and Siyavuya

Twala celebrated their achieve-

ment by giving a presentation

about what they have learnt to the

children of Masakhane and Blom-

park, at the Spaces for Sports Cen-

tre in Gansbaai.

The students spend a year at

Grootbos Private Nature Reserve

studying FGASA theory and doing

practical fieldwork, which in-

cludes horse grooming, beekeep-

ing, trail guidingand floral safaris.

For Anchelle Damon (27) the

course afforded her the opportuni-

ty to reconnect with her inner

childhood.

My oupa stayed on a farm and

he had a big vegetable garden.

Thatswheremypassionfornature

and things that grow comes from.

The course was interesting. It

was fascinating to see how vegeta-

bles grow in a greenhouse and I es-

pecially loved cultivating cucum-

bers.

And I am totallymad about ani-

mals so learningaboutanimalhus-

bandry was another highlight.

Anchelle, who lives in Stanford,

had just heard she has been ap-

pointed as a project facilitator at

Grootbos.

Theproject Iwill be involved in

is to teach children how to plant

andgrowvegetablesinappleboxes,

what we call green boxes.

We will now be teaching grade

6 learners in the area how to culti-

vatevegetablesandalsoteachthem

how they can go about selling the

veggies to their neighbours so they

cangenerate a small income tobuy

home necessities.

Just before their exams, the stu-

dentswere put through their paces

at a challenging two-week training

courserunbyLouisWillemseofAf-

ritracks.

Joining them on this two-week

course were Bongani Mjokweni

and Nashlin Groenewald from

Grootbos Lodge, Eugene Gordon

from Flower Valley, and Jan Rabe

from Fynbos Retreat, all of whom

were also partly sponsored by the

Grootbos Foundation.

Susan Lochner, the head of the

Grootbos Foundations Green Fu-

tures College, is the course admin-

istrator and has been driving the

FGASA mentorships for over four

years.

Previous traineeguides fromthe

Green Futures Field Guide Train-

ing Programme are employed at

theGrootbos Lodges aswell as oth-

er eco-tourism ventures through-

out the Western Cape.

The trainee guides with Louis Willemse (second from right), FGASA instructor

from Afritracks, and Susan Lochner (far left), head of the Green Futures College

at Grootbos are Siyavuya Twala, Eugene Gordon, Jan Rabe, Delano Mauers, An-

chelle Damon, Daveline Phillips, Nashlin Groenewald and Bongani Mjokweni.

Learners plant a beefriendly garden

Following on from the fascinating

talk on bees hosted by Whale Coast

Conservation (WCC), six volunteers

fromHermanusHighSchool tackled

theestablishmentofabeeforagegar-

den at the Green House. The rather

difficult terrain was prepared and

pollen-producing plants were plant-

ed in between existingChasmanthe.

Our thanks go to Walker Bay

Nursery that donated the starter

pack of beautiful plants, including

a blushing bride in full bloom,

says Anina Lee, communications

manager at WCC. The volunteer

work undertaken by the learners is

part of the life orientation pro-

gramme at the school. Lee says:

Considering the essential role bees

play in the pollination of more than