The Midlands

Halfway Toyota Howick

033-330 2175
HERALD Number 199 • Friday 6th June 2008
Telephone 033-330 6000 • Fax: 033-330 6950 • P.O. Box 1500, Howick, 3290
Sleeveless
fleeces &
longsleeve
fleeces for
men and
ladies

www.halfwaytoyota.co.za
e-Mail: mherald@mweb.co.za • Proprietor and editor: Russell Barnes

John
Hone’s
encounters
with the
‘Berg PROPERTY PROFILE
— Tim Lindsay-White —

Right:
Cyndi Jonker and
Khumbulani Ndaba rest
at sunset after
ascending a high point
in the Vulture’s Retreat
area of the Central
Drakensberg. The
piece of spine falling off
on the left is part of the
lower end of the
Dragon’s Back.
Photographer John Recovery of Rates by a Municipality
Hone returned to this In terms of section 28 of the Local Government
spot in the Cathkin area Municipal Property Rates Act, if an amount due
in the Central for rates levied in respect of a property is un-
Drakensberg three paid by the owner, the municipality may recover
times before he finally
the amount in whole or in part from a tenant,
captured the mood he
was after. despite any contractual obligation to the con-
trary! The amount recoverable from a tenant,
The picture is one of however, is limited to the rent due to the land-
numerous full-colour lord, and is deductible by the tenant from the
photographs he has rent payable. The tenant, on request by a mu-
taken over the years in nicipality, is obliged to furnish a written state-
the Drakensberg — now ment specifying all payments to be made to the
featured in a beautiful
owner. Furthermore, a municipality may, despite
new 277-page
coffee table book, the Estate Agents Affairs Act, recover the amount
Encounters with the due for rates on a property from the agent of the
Dragon. See our review owner if this is more convenient for the munici-
on page 14. pality!
Banks Limit Full Bonds
One by one the banks have exercised increasing
caution in their loan-to-value lending policy, de-

Sewerage flows foully nying 100% bonds and costs to all but first time
buyers, and then only to a maximum value of a
million Rand.
12%

into Umgeni River at Howick The number of sellers leaving S.A.!

Household sewerage flows freely into the
Umgeni River at Howick from the pump sta-
tion below York Road on a regular basis.
The pump station transfers sewerage to
the works on Main Road below the Fairways
on Main shopping centre.
“Previously — as far back as two years
ago when I reported it to Umgeni Water —
it wasn’t handling it at peak hours but now
it’s even worse with the extra demand from
the new developments,” resident Rob Mac-
kellar told The Herald.
“Then with the power outages, the pumps
of course switch off too but they don’t come
on again automatically.
“So during outages the sewerage flows di-
rectly into the river.
“If the operator doesn’t call on the pump
station — and he doesn’t necessarily every
day — then it doesn’t restart.”
He pointed out that 28 babies had re-
cently died in the Eastern Cape as a result
of water contamination.
He had contacted the Department of Wa-
ter Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) in Dur-
Continued on page 2
R 1 million Plus
The best selling sector of the property market at
present, illustrating that there are still monied
locals who have faith in South Africa, and for-
eigners who still see good value here!
Sotheby’s International Realty
Tel: 033 330 3865

N.M.R. HARDWARE
"YOUR ONE-STOP HARDWARE SHOP"
Suppliers of concrete blocks, timber, roof trusses,
Hi-Q
stone, sand, cement. Plumbing & electrical fittings
Nottingham Road
& gypsum products. Stockists of all Corobrik
products, and Dulux & Plascon paints. Wishing all Dads Philips 32-inch LCD TV — R9 499
Kwikot geysers/fittings and sinks on special !!
a very Happy Telefunken 30-inch LCD TV — R5 399
• Hire of TLBs & tip trucks Philips radio/CD/tape — R399
H. BUDHU — KKK Logistics,
Father’s Day
Philips 160gig HDD DVD
Building Contrac- for all your long
tors, for all your and short-distance Tel: 033-266 6748 recorder — R2 299
building require- haulage, Teac DVD player — R399
ments. Contact contact
Fax: 033-266 6754
Suresh at Kimesh at Hi-Q Countrywide 2-bar halogen heaters — R120
082-782 8585. 082-929 6950. Gas heaters from R799
12 Market Street, Mooi River, 3300
Akira emergency lights — R179
Tel.: 033-263 1852 or 263 1454
Fax: 033-263 2480 • Cell: 082-926 2196 8 000 papers Est. May 1996 FREE Sunbeam 17l microwave — R499
Page 2 — 6th June 2008
Metro decision raises many questions for uMngeni
T
he Demarcation Board’s decision not
to include surrounding municipalities
into the creation of the Msundusi
Metro has left several parties in uMngeni
municipal area dismayed.
The belief was that the best combination
would be to include the area bordering from
the Durban Metro Durban of Mhlabathini
(i.e. the Camperdown area) all the way up
to Nottingham Road (i.e. uMngeni).
Both the Pietermaritzburg and uMngeni
chambers of commerce felt that these mu-
nicipalities should have been included as they
are a natural conduit of business, transport
and the movement of people.
Questioning this, uMngeni councillor Tim
Lindsay-White said that there had been a
strong expectation from uMngeni that the
boundaries would be extended — “so are we
to expect this at a later date?
“Why would the ratepayers from World’s
View to Nottingham Road in uMngeni con-
sider motivating to be part of the Msundusi
proposed metro when there’s no real cer-
tainty of how they would be treated once
When Eskom fails
business . . .
F
or the people of the Midlands the
current Eskom power outages are
something that interrupts their daily
lives.
But for businesses it is more than just a
minor nuisance.
“We shut down totally,” said Giovanni
Fardella of Giovision in Howick, who re-
pairs televi-
sion sets and
v i d - e o
mach-ines.
“ T h e
only thing
that prior
notification
does is al-
lowing the
completion
of work that
Above: Paul Hodkin of Howick
is of great Pharmacy.
importance.
But once the power is off the work stops
because the business can do nothing with-
out it.”
Howick Pharmacy is experiencing a simi-
lar situation.
Without power the business does not func-
tion effectively, and the partners have been
investigating obtaining a generator.
“An uninterrupted back-up power genera-
tor for two tills and the mainframe would
cost R30 000,” said Paul Hodkin.
What was most annoying was when busi-
nesses were given no notification of when
the power would be out and when they did,
Eskom did not always do what it says.
Mr Hodkin’s solution was that they
MIDLANDS
PLANT HIRE
For all your small plant hire requirements
including:
• Trailer •Concrete Mixers
• Bomags • Power Tools
• Mobile Generator/ • Water Pumps
welder • Breakers
We will happily deliver anywhere you require
We also service and repair small engines
Tel. 033-330 5965 60 Main Street,
Cell. 082-922 3735 Howick, 3290.
they’re part of it — i.e. would they be
sidelined and see the money go elsewhere?
“Yet the main ratepayers associations like
Howick, Hilton and Nottingham Road met
to discuss the issue and made individual de-
cisions that they wished to be included.
“Such an amalgamation would have re-
quired the standardisation of voting wards,
with uMngeni ward sizes likely to have dou-
bled from 3 000 to 6 000 voters — as is cur-
rent in Pietermaritzburg, meaning that 50%
of uMngeni councillors would not have found
a position for themselves in the next elec-
tions.
“Hence the likelihood of resistance from
those councillors that may have lost their
seats, and management that would not have
been employed in the new Metro.”
He said that minor technical changes are
proposed to the boundaries, which is in con-
flict with the Demarcation Board’s statement
that it was leaving the boundaries intact.
“Is this a political decision to protect the
uMgungundlovu District Council?”
More importantly, he asked what effect
By Amy Jordaan
should turn the power off at night between
9 pm and 6 am, although that would defeat
Eskom’s point.
“It is bad planning on their behalf,” he
said.
KFC in Howick is a popular place to buy
food, and equally cannot function without
power.
To put in a generator to be able to run the
business adequately would cost about
R300 000.
Manager Ashley Richardson said that
Eskom’s service centres should be more
“jacked up”, and alert the community about
impending load shedding.
A petrol station is another entity that has
no hope of continuing to run if there is no
power. Because it does not have back-up
power it comes to a halt.
“Judging by Eskom’s current situation,”
said dealer principal of Halfway Toyota Theo
von Mollendorff, summing it all up, “it will
be years until everything returns to normal.”
Below: Giovanni Fardella at Giovision.
Cawood Accounting
Solutions cc
41 Bell Street, Howick
Tel 033-330 8116 • 330 5546
The Midlands Herald
the decision would have on the municipali- sense to utilise the resources of uMngeni.
ties left out. “We have plenty of land to develop, par-
If Msundusi Metro now will receive three ticularly for industry and commerce, which
times as much national funding as before, is in short supply in Pietermaritzburg, and
what effect is that going to have on the sur- the natural corridor of the N3.
rounding dormitories that remain — creat- “In addition, it would have been an ideal
ing extra jobs, extra taxes, etc. and thus opportunity to control the water resources
greater attraction to Msundusi, but not to from the headwaters of Midmar Dam to the
neihbouring municipalities lower reaches below Albert Falls Dam, with
“The question of money coming up here the enormous development opportunities
is an important one as it is said that 80% of they represent, which have been squandered
uMngeni’s local economy is spent in by uMngeni.”
Pietermaritzburg, so all of the taxes that are Furthermore, an important consideration
being raised don’t come back here. was that with the broader rates base, the ex-
“The local Chamber and the ratepayers’ pectation was that the rate randage for
associations wanted to be part of it so they uMngeni ratepayers — a sore issue at present
could realise some of that investment.” — would have dropped.
Finally, he said: “It would have made
Sewerage flows most foully
Continued from page 1
ban, which had sent a technician
to take water samples from the
river.
These had shown conclusively
the presence of raw sewerage
with high E.coli counts.
The Herald spoke to Zakhe
Gumede, acting executive man-
ager: operations, for the
Umgungundlovu District Coun-
cil, who said that the pump sta-
tion was overloaded as it had
only been designed to be con-
nected to a few buildings like the
Greendale Shopping Centre.
Most dwellings in the area oper-
ated on their own septic tank.
The pump station was checked
several times a day, he said.
On his way home he would
call in at the sewage works to
give instructions
to schedule an
additional daily
visit. Above and left: Walkers along the banks of Umgeni
He disagreed River have noticed that sewerage is flowing straight
that the problem into the river from this pump station at the bottom of
York Road in Howick.
had existed for
two years, saying
that it was caus- LONGONOT
ed by Eskom’s COMPUTERS
load-shedding.
Your specialists for computer sales,
repairs, upgrades and networking
Get well, Russell.
LAURIE BUTLIN We look forward
B. Pharmacy (Rhodes) 1973
Adv. Dip. in Hearing Aid Acoustics to a regular Herald again !
(Pretoria Univ.) 2005
Tel. 033-330 5144 • 1 Harvard Street, Howick
Hearing Aid Acoustician
By appointment, in Howick
and Pietermaritzburg
Howick: 103 Main Street; tel. 033-330 3601
AFROX’s
Monday, Wednesday and Friday official supplier of gas
Cell: 082 444 5426
Pietermaritzburg: Wembley Pharmacy
to the Midlands
Parklane Centre; tel. 033-394 7855
Tuesday and Thursday
Nottingham Road
C&M Mechanical
033-330 7803 or 082-578 3884 GAS SUPPLIES
86 Main Street, Howick
Get well, Russell. We
We wish Russell look forward to seeing you
well and hope in regular operation again.
For all your fuel, oil & gas requirements,
he gets better soon ! contact Chris or Lesley: Tel/Fax —
033-266 6390 / 033-266 6119
The Midlands Herald Page 3 — 6th June 2008

Can the The

Midlands Herald

Read all
about it!
1987
floods
happen
again?
Recently — following the 20th anniversary of the 1987 floods
in the Midlands in September and the high rainfall patterns in the
first half of summer — The Herald examined the question of whether
this disaster could recur, particular the situation of having an uncon-
trolled flow of water over Midmar Dam, as happened then.
Since the dam wall was raised by 3,5 metres just a few years ago, there
are those that now consider that this will forever prevent it.
A civil engineer specialising in water told
The Herald that the answer is that it solely amount of rainfall to hit the area.
depends on how much water is in the dam at So the floods can occur again.
the time and the (totally unpredictable) Howick is an unusual town in that
it rather queerly finds itself perched
THE HOWICK just downstream from a massive dam and
above a spectacular waterfall.
VILLAGE PHARMACY The current position regarding develop-
Howick Medical Centre, Main Road, Howick ment along or near a riverbank sees the De-
Tel: 033-330 7020 • Cell: 082-854 2413 partment of Water Affairs and Forestry charging
the local municipality with the responsibility of Above left: The 1987 flooding of Howick — Ian
Wishing editor russell Johnson and policeman Wayne Lotter in the
overseeing that it adheres to the 100-year floodline. former’s rubber duck rescue two Impendle Bus
barnes all our very best (Until not long ago it was the 50-year level). Service employees (in centre of boat) after the
wishes as he makes his When the disaster hit Howick, the most affected ar- Umgeni River burst its banks, trapping them on
eas were the low-lying industrial area in Campbell Road the premises, in the industrial area of Exchange
recovery to full health. Lane. Monty’s Hydraulic Services in the
that today include Howick Test Centre and Mahindra, background is now the Howick Test Centre.
KwaMevana (the soccer field was flooded), and several houses
in Moonwalk Road.
These properties should be just as vul- * For the effects of this on
uMngeni Council — nerable if the water comes down again. Howick at the time, view our feature
Calendar of meetings with pictures on pages 4 and 5 over-
leaf.
First Wednesday of every month: The Midlands Herald — notice
9 am: Technical cluster committee. We wish to apologise for the non-
Second Wednesday of every month: appearance of The Midlands Herald
9 am: Social services cluster committee. over the past nine months. The news-
paper has not been published since editor
Third Wednesday of every month: Russell Barnes contracted an illness for
9 am: Management cluster committee. which he is still being treated. We look
Fourth Wednesday of every month: forward shortly to being able to bring the
12 noon: Exco (Executive Committee). news to you on a more regular basis.
2 pm: Council
These meetings are open to the public, who are welcome
to attend, and all take place in Council Chambers at the Howick
municipal premises at 5 Dicks Street, Howick. Insurance
Brokers
033-330 3601 • 103 Main Street, Howick

We have enjoyed
our dealings with
Kark loof The Herald over
FARMERS’ MARKET
the years and
our good times
together. Get
EVERY SATURDAY 07H00 - 11H00 well soon,
2.6km from Howick • Along the Karkloof Road
• Access off the D507 • Contact
Russell !
• Kim - 082 851 8649 • Andrea - 082 820 8986
Page 4 — 6th June 2008 The Midlands Herald

The 1987 floods — so

what did happen 20 years ago?
This 20-year-on look at the 1987 floods was being prepared by Herald editor Russell Barnes for publication on its anniversary last September, when he contracted a
serious skin disease and suspended all future editions of the newspaper. He is now on his way to recovery, and for your interest still presents this look at those events.

“Normal business and community life

“Flood!”
been given temporary shelter by friends, rela-
“Caversham Mill nearly came to a standstill on Tuesday when
Umgeni River broke its banks and started
tives or neighbours.
“Water pipes across the Umgeni were also
damaged by floods” flooding low-lying areas in the early hours
of the morning. The front-page story of the editor, Garth
broken and at the time of going to press it
was still necessary for residents to take pre-
Sutherland, of the town’s Weekly Herald,
“David (Taffy) Walters and his wife “Approximately 30 houses in the lower cautions with drinking water — purifying
in its 30th September 1987 edition.
Michelle and their two children aged parts of Howick bordering on the Umgeni by boiling, etc.
6 and 9 years have had to move in with were flooded out and had to be evacuated. “So far no deaths or injuries have been “At this stage residents can be thankful
their neighbours, the Christians, be- Most of these houses were in the white group reported and the Borough’s Civil Defence that there has been no loss of life and al-
cause of the devastating damage done area with 12 houses in KwaMevana having organisation have done a marvellous piece though damage by floodwater has been fairly
to their home, the ‘Old Mill’, by the to be evacuated. of work in keeping essential services oper- extensive let us not relax our vigilance as
floods.” “The occupants of the houses in ating almost normally. more rain has been forecast for the week-
KwaMevana and 20 families from Howick “Some of the cables stretching across the end.
The Weekly Herald, Wednesday 21st South have been given temporary shelter at Umgeni which supply Howick with electric- “It was a weary Mr Strydom, the Town
October 1987 Midlands Hospital, the total amount being ity were broken at various times but thanks Clerk, who told me on Tuesday night that
just over 200 at time of going to press. to the Borough staff’s sterling efforts most he had nothing but praise for the commu-
“The whole of Jupiter and Moonwalk residents were only without electricity for a nity and colleagues for the marvellous way
roads had to be evacuated plus parts of short period on Tuesday morning. everyone has rallied around to handle this
HOWICK Oakleigh Drive. “All of the residents from these areas have disaster.”
PHARMACY
1 Main Centre • 330 2102/3 • a/h 082-800 5256
The 1987 floods hit the Midlands hard
Let us help you According to editions of the local news-
paper of the time, The Weekly Herald,
Howick: The N3 bridge across the Umgeni
was closed to traffic, which was then diverted
fered to heavy equipment, tools, office equip-
ment, and vehicles and stores.
widespread rains fell over the Midlands through the town. At the town’s bridge, the One of the more dramatic elements of the
get well, Russell ! area from Saturday 26th to Wednesday river was flowing at 4-5 metres above its disaster was the washing downstream and
30th September. normal level whilst further upstream 3-4 over the Falls of one of Impendle Bus Com-
On Monday 28th traffic authorities re- metre rises were measured. pany’s buses. According to stories it has
ceived reports of flooding of dams and riv- Two houses in Moonwalk Road were never been found.
Nottingham Road Brewing Co. ers in the Boston area. flooded, one to second-storey level and the Services: Three overhead mains cables were
At about 3 o’clock that afternoon the other to ground-floor window level, and lost and related cables damaged, and vari-
May you make a good three houses in Jupiter Road to window level.
Umgeni River started to rise above the nor- ous other power lines suffered temporary
recovery and get back mal dam overflow level, and Howick’s Civil In KwaMevana, the waters reached under damage.
to your usual beat Defence thereafter maintained constant com- window height in two houses, the tennis Power to the town was maintained miracu-
covering the munications with the superin- lously through a single line
comings & goings tendent at the dam wall. across the Umgeni bridge!
of Nottingham Road . . . The Borough of Howick, as The sewer main between
Telephone/fax: 033-266 6728 it was then called, convened a the SPCA’s premises in
meeting at 8:30 pm to carry out Campbell Road and Impendle
Nottingham Road * Natal Midlands
an appraisal of the situation, Bus Services (now Mahindra)
attended by town clerk Gerard was washed away. The sewage
Strydom, its “chief of civil de- pump station adjacent the river
fence”, chief traffic officer Ian was unable to cope with the
Stuart, borough engineer and flood and stormwater entering
assistant head: civil Ken the system, and sewerage be-
ENGINEERING Hobson, assistant town clerk G gan flowing directly into the
AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALISTS Garside, and senior traffic of- river.
ficer Johnny Oosthuizen. Numerous septic tanks —
Get Well Soon, They took measurements of
the rise in the river and paid a
Above: KwaMevana’s soccer field — here seen under water during the height of
Umgeni River — was severely eroded during the 1987 floods, in this picture from
mostly in Howick West —
overflowed.
Mr Editor final visit to the Midmar su-
The Weekly Herald of September 30th 1987.
There were water losses.
perintendent at 10:30 am, after which Mr court was washed away and the soccer field The 6-inch main pipe across the Umgeni was
98 Zeederberg Rd, Merrivale • 033-330 5408 Strydom informed the South African Police was severely eroded. swept away, which meant that Merrivale/
and the mayor of the threatening situation. In Howick West seven wattle-and-daub Heights and the lower end of Howick West
At this time the rise in the river had al- houses were damaged, and in Howick South and Greenfields were without water.
ways been gradual but by 10:45 am it con- a number of houses were made uninhabit- Umgeni Water’s pump station adjacent the
O&S tinued at an alarming rate of over 30 cm per able as a result of run-off storm water over- river was flooded and for a while Howick
30 minutes. flowing into the buildings. was left without a supply.
ELECTRICAL Umgeni River bursts its banks The hiking trail and the natural vegetation Roads: Throughout the town roads suffered
The flooding continued to worsen and the that had been newly created along the river varying degrees of damage, compounded by
Telephone 033-330 5405 Umgeni burst its banks, threatening houses below the residential area were also de- the fact that the Natal Provincial Department
84 Main Street, Howick
along the riverbank and the lower industrial stroyed. had closed the N3 freeway and rerouted traf-
Electrical, air conditioning area. Howick industrial area fic through Howick.
& refrigeration contractors The river reached its highest peak in the The lower industrial area in Exchange As the supports to the Umgeni bridge were
early hours of Tuesday afternoon and main- Lane, Power Lane and Campbell Road saw under a raging torrent of water, it was not
tained that level until Tuesday evening. various buildings flooded, including the possible to ascertain damage to the bridge
Wishing Russell Thereafter it began to subsidise.
Extent of flooding and
Borough’s electrical workshop, its stores and and officials were extremely concerned as
other workshops, Trentyre, the Lions River to the stability of the structure at the height
a speedy and details of affected areas Farmer’s Exchange (now Afgri), Monty’s of the flood.
Midmar Dam: At the peak of the flood Hydraulics and the Impendle Bus Company Telephones: In many parts of the town, tel-
successful recovery. Midmar Dam was in extent over 130% full (now Mahindra Howick). ephones were disrupted, including those of
with water calculated as flowing over the wall Despite the evacuation of the properties the Civil Defence.
at a rate in excess of 1 000 kl per second. listed above, loss or serious damage was suf- The Weekly Herald, 4th November 1987
The Midlands Herald Page 5 — 6th June 2008

All the The Midlands Herald

photographs of
Read all about it!
The 1987 Floods the effect of the
September 1987
floods on the page
below were taken EVERDON
by editor Russell
ESTATE
in Pictures Barnes’ late
brother, Graham
(pictured at right). Tel: 033-330 2071
The Home of Organic Avocados

The Howick Museum has a display of articles and photographs of the “1987
Wishing Russell a Complete
Floods”. The display is up from May to September. Natural disasters are
studied as part of the Gr. 7 Geography curriculum, and local schools are and Speedy Recovery —
encouraged to use the display at the museum as an additional resource. and to seeing him soon !
Museum: Tel. 033-239 9240; fax 033-330 8051; curator@netfocus.co.za

Below: A crowd of people looks on at the floodwaters that spilled over into the BIG OR SMALL
Below: A closer look at today’s Mahindra property, then occupied by the
industrial area, today occupied by Mahindra (at right) and Afgri (at left). Impendle Bus Company, whose buses are mostly under water here. One bus STEVE’S HOME REPAIRS
was washed over the Falls — and it has never been found, to date.
AND RENOVATIONS
DOES IT ALL
Stephen Glutz PAINTING
TILING
BUILDING EXTENSIONS
Cell: GENERAL REPAIRS
083-251 6511 WATERPROOFING
Tel/Fax: HIGH-PRESSURE
(033) 330 4618 (all hrs) CLEANING
PLUMBING etc

BRENTWOOD
FLOORING
“For expert advice, quality service
and superior fitment on
Far left: The two-storeyed all your flooring needs!!”
thatch cottach in Moonwalk CHARLENE BRENT
Road was flooded to the top of Tel/Fax 033-330 5066 • Cell: 084-430 4260
the first floor. 84 Main Street, Howick (in O&S Electrical
Left: The Moonwalk Road building) • e-Mail:brentwood@telkomsa.net
signpost peers out — but only
just ! — from the waters.
Below left and right: The two
pictures below, if joined at the
telegraph pole, show a
panorama of the flood that
includes the Midmar Dam wall
and houses in Jupiter and ENGINEERING
Columbia roads.
Bottom left: Mills Falls (behind AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALISTS
trees at left) disappears under
the deluge of Umgeni River.
Petrol and diesel engine
Bottom right: Residents of rebuilding, cylinder head
upper Oakleigh Driver might be overhauls, reboring and
forgiven for thinking that they crank-grinding
really did have a waterfront !
98 Zeederberg Rd, Merrivale • 033-330 5408

Battery Centre
The only battery specialists
• For all your battery problems
• Free testing and battery fitments in
the Howick area
For all your auto-electrical problems, we
have fully-equipped vans on call 24 hours

UNILECT
AUTO ELECTRICIANS
330 4196 • 083-552 7308 • 60 Main St., Howick

* Sunday Roast
* Light Lunches
* Breakfast all day!
* Mighty Milkshakes
* Toasted Sandwiches
* Delicious Desserts
* Pensioners’ Lunches
Come and join us for a relaxing meal !
Telephone 033-330 8373 • 082-467 8140
We are open 7 days a week !
Agric. Hall, 1 Falls View Drive, Howick
Page 6 — 6th June 2008 The Midlands Herald

A Festival of Fairy Tales ballet Dining out in the Midlands

Below: Pupils of the Ros Nicholson School of Ballet in “The Ugly
Duckling” in A Festival of Fairy Tales.
A Festival of Fairy
Tales will be produced at
The Hilton College
Theatre by the pupils of
the Ros Nicholson
School of Ballet on Fri-
day 13th June at 6 pm and
Saturday 14 th June at
2 pm and 6 pm. Pro-
ceeds will go to the
Howick SPCA.
Tickets at R40 for
adults and R25 for chil-
dren are available at the
door.
Michaelhouse School’s
Good food, good vibe
at Harry Jack’s
Family Restaurant
Our dining experience at Harry Jack’s
Family Restaurant in Howick started off with
Catalina and me thinking that the cold front
had spoilt our chances of sitting on the at-
tractive outside deck.
Not so. Management had booked us a ta-
ble right next to the fireplace, pulled the
shutters down and brought up an additional
gas heater to ensure that we were cosy for
our visit.
Elsewhere, the restaurant was busy that
evening, providing a pleasant, convivial at-
Catalina’s legendary ability among the
wines soon had a 2005 Zonnebloem Merlot
(R75-00) plonked on our table.
She was perfectly right: it was smooth and
easy drinking, and complemented well the
main dishes we were about to order.
Catalina’s 250g fillet steak (R68-00),
chargrilled to order, with mash and a
Madagascan peppercorn sauce, she pro-
nounced tender and tasty.
Likewise, my succulent gammon steak —
served with pineapple and fried egg, and

scholarships for 2009 mosphere.

Michaelhouse provides a range of merit-
based scholarships for students of outstand-
ing academic, musical and sporting ability.
Awards are made to boys entering
Michaelhouse in Grade 8 and are valid for
the five year duration of their career at
Michaelhouse.
The Academic Scholarship examination
is written by invitation, at Michaelhouse,
and awards are hence based upon the candi-
dates’ performance in the Scholarship ex-
amination.
Scholarship Surname
Sports Scholarship awards are based upon
the submission of a curriculum vitae and
performance at an afternoon of sport at the
School.
The Music Scholarship awards are based
upon the submission of a satisfactory cur-
riculum vitae and an audition with an exter-
nal adjudicator.
Michaelhouse takes great pleasure in an-
nouncing the following Scholarship Awards
for 2009:
First Name School
Catalina and I started off by ordering a
large house salad (R23-00).
creamy mashed potato (R45-00).
For dessert, Catalina enjoyed a small
chocolate milkshake at R7-00 and I had a
For her starter, she followed this with homemade creamy chocolate mousse (R17-
baked mushrooms (R25-00) — grilled black 00).
mushrooms with stir-fried fresh vegetables Our evening was memorable — warm and
topped with melted mozzarella cheese and cosy, with a wonderful exchange of conver-
baked — while I favoured the chicken livers sation and hours to enjoy it all.
peri-peri (R25-00), which were sautéed Owners Sean and Rebecca tastefully re-
chicken livers with a peri-peri sauce, and stored a century-old house and almost two
served with toast. years on, have settled into a winning for-
The service was attentive, and the man- mula. Telephone Harry Jack’s at 033-
ager for the evening friendly and helpful. 330 5036. Russell Barnes
Below: Regular Harry Jack’s customers in the form of the Wakefields Estate Agents family — Theresa Wil-
liams, Delene van der Westhuizen, Steven Willaiams, Juzzy van der Westhuizen, Helen Wakeford (daughter
of the owners of Harry Jack’s), Luke van Rooyen, Harry Jack’s chef Happy Zwane and Lara Williams.

Major Open McDonald Michael Ruzawi School

Minor Open Schram Nicholas Highbury Prep. School
Open Exhibition Holzbach Sebastian Cordwalles Prep. School
Open Exhibition Potter Matthew St Peter’s Prep. School
Major Trust Clowes Steven Underberg School
Minor Trust Mgoduso Lonwabo Montrose Primary School
Closed Morkel Justin Clifton Prep Sch., Nott. Rd
Closed Joubert Matthew The Ridge School
Exhibition De Beer Darren Waterkloof House Prep.Sch.
Exhibition Thompson Ryan Pridwin Preparatory School
Exhibition Wolfson Adrian Highbury Preparatory Sch.
Sports Bird Cameron Highbury Preparatory Sch.
Sports Oldfield Gregory Highbury Preparatory Sch.
Sports Exhibition Bouwer Michael Westville Sen. Primary Sch.
Sports Exhibition Stevens Luke Westville Sen. Primary Sch.

Local heritage award

presented to a
worthy recipient
The Lions River Heritage So-
ciety (LRHS) honoured Mrs Noo
Dorning on Heritage Day last
year for her contribution towards
the preservation of Midlands her-
itage.
Members of the Society
gathered at the Howick Museum
to honour the occasion.
In particular they expressed
their gratitude to her for her deep
involvement and dedication in
maintaining our heritage.
The members were proud to
present her with a well-earned
reward, namely a framed picture
of early Howick.
Above: Alf Lincoln, president of the Lions River Heritage Society (LRHS), Mrs Noo Dorning, Moira Crookes (chairman, LHRS) and guest LHRS president Alf Lincoln
speaker on myths and facts about King uShaka, Dr Tony Cubbin, at the Howick Museum on Heritage Day last year. Mr Lincoln is holding said to The Herald afterwards:
the society’s floating trophy, an aerial photograph of Howick presented in recognition of her contribution. “Mrs Dorning has such a deep
knowledge and she’s been very
dedicated to the cause of heritage
over many years.”
Mrs Dorning is also the au-
thor of a book on the historical
properties of the Midlands,
Chimnays in the Clouds, first
published in 1997 and which she
has recently revised and re-
printed in a fuller edition.
At the time of the first launch
she said: “I hope that it makes
people aware of the heritage in
the area, and of just how fragile
it is, particularly in the country
areas of KwaZulu-Natal”.
* The editor regrets that this ar-
ticle and photograph, dated Sep-
tember 2007, were unable to be
published earlier due to illness.
The Midlands Herald Page 7 — 6th June 2008

Brookdale Health
Hydro — leader in Health
and Wellbeing Telephone/fax: 033-266 6208
Email: info@brookdale.co.za
www.brookdale .co.za

Above: Tony and Wendy Somers-Cox — founders of

Brookdale Health Hydro.

Right: Rooms
lead onto a
magnificent
central courtyard
at Brookdale
Health Hydro.

Brookdale Health Hydro celebrated its alized the potential of this special place.
15th anniversary last year and many recent The estate was developed intensively over
additions and upgrades are testimony to the a period of 18 months and opened in 1992
endurance of the quality health and lifestyle as Brookdale Health Hydro.
experiences on offer. Through the years, the facilities have con-
Bordered by forest and farmland with a stantly been upgraded unobtrusively to en-
meandering stream running through the sure that Brookdale remains a leader in its
property, the Brookdale estate consists of the field of health and wellbeing.
main Health Hydro with accommodation and Through passion and commitment,
treatment facilities, and a separate Day Spa. Brookdale has grown from twelve rooms to
This is popular amongst guests who are 23 rooms ranging from Standard rooms to
pressed for time or are simply looking to Executive Suites.
escape for the day. Garden courtyards border the guest suites
The potential of a special place and the whole environment is conducive to
In 1989, Tony and Wendy Somers-Cox relaxation and tranquillity.
purchased an old farm and immediately re- A limit of 34 guests and an unusually high
ratio of qualified
staff to guests ensure
the personal atten-
tion and exclusivity
that has become a
hallmark.
Today, Brookdale
is considered one of
the premier health
destinations in
South Africa, having
won numerous Over 50 years of uncompromising
commitment to quality,
awards and acco-
affordable luxury and durability
lades over the years
— including the
ALL COTTON
Guinot Prestigious
Salon Award, Health
Spa Guide Spa of the Glodina , proud supplier of 100% quality towels ,
congratulates brookdale health hydro on their 15th anniversary
Year, Les Nouvelles
Destinations Spa Fi-
nalist, Getaway
Readers’ Choice
Award for best Spa Bl ack l aB e l
destination in SA www.glodina.co.za
(2007).
Page 8 — 6th June 2008
• C•C•W•
CATERING
Suppliers to the Catering Industry
24 Winston Rd, Pietermaritzburg
Tel: 033-345 4505/345 4536
Fax: 033-394 2935
Our very best wishes
to you on this
unforgettable occasion
Proud suppliers
to Brookdale Health Hydro
Tel. 033-394 0870 • Fax 033-394 3834
231 Greyling Street, Pietermaritzburg
www.ontap.co.za
We are proud to be
associated with
Brookdale • Wishing
you all the very best
for the future.
KITCHENS, BICs, PUBS AND CUSTOMISED
WALL UNITS IN ALL POPULAR MATERIALS
Over 30 years of combined
experience in the kitchen is the
foundation of our personalised
attention and realistic prices. Agents
for Inovar Floor and Fin Floor
Congratulates Tony, Wendy
& their Staff of Brookdale
Health Hydro on
their 15 successful years!
Brand new showroom at:
6 BULMAN RD
MKONDENI
Plenty of onsite parking
TEL/FAX: 033-386 1400/1
e-mail: lyall@capitalkitchens.co.za
www.capitalkitchens.co.za
The Midlan
“. . . a forest walk, followed by a healthy breakfast”
A typical healthy
day at Brookdale
A typical day at
Brookdale Hydro
begins with a walk
through the forest
and farmlands, fol-
lowed by a healthy
breakfast.
The unique and
realistic Nutri-fit
Programme has
been scientifically
developed to incor-
porate good diet,
moderate exercise
and stress manage-
ment.
Three delicious,
balanced meals are
served daily and
fasting is not en-
couraged.
While the meals
are low fat, they are
delicious and beau- Above: Tony and Wendy Somers-Cox with the 2007 team of Brookdale consultants.
tifully presented.
Daily informa- Guests are encouraged to set realistic goals towards A garden labyrinth has been planted and is currently
tive talks on stress maintaining a healthier lifestyle once they plunge back being treated with tender-loving care to establish it as
relief and coping, into the pressures of every day living. a place of meditation and rest for the future.
nutrition, exercise Facilities are geared towards At Brookdale, deep relaxation is at the core of de-
and supplementa-
tion are fitted in
guests’ relaxation and healing
The crisp KZN Midlands winters have long been an
stressing and qualified therapists present a range of pam-
pering treatments focused on restoration
between activities attraction to visitors, but now even if and rejuvenation.
and treatments. it’s snowing outside you can es- Only reputable products from es-
cape into your own warm tablished brands are used in treat-
world at the indoor wet area ments, which range from Swed-
of Brookdale. ish massages, facials, reflex-
Swim leisurely in a heated ology and relation tech-
natural-look pool surrounded niques to the signature
by a sandstone terrace, lounge heavenly twin mas-
on the glassed deck while gaz- sage, which is under-
ing over peaceful farmland and taken by two consultants
forest, or lose yourself in a book massaging opposite sides
in the sunny conservatory. of the body in synchronicity.
The wet area also includes a jacuzzi, Brookdale recently
sauna and steam rooms and a health bar. launched its own stunning cof-
In addition, the hydro also offers a mosaic fee-table book, written by re-
steam room, sauna, hydrotherapy baths and a fully spected radio personality and author,
equipped gym. M o n i c a Fairall, packed with useful tips,
It’s a place where you can retreat from the world, healthy lifestyle information and mouthwatering reci-
relax the spirit and refresh the soul. pes.
The Studio at Brookdale offers a quietly spectacular The book, appropriately titled Heavenly and Healthy
place to relax your mind and tone your body with Pilates, — The Brookdale Experience, is available by online
Yoga and Guided Relaxation classes. order via their website, from the Hydro at Nottingham
An expansive wraparound deck with sweeping views Road, or from Big Sky Marketing in Durban (telephone
offers space to unwind after a class, or simply soak up 031- 266 9653).
the sun while enjoying birdsong, fresh air and the natu-
ral stillness.
F&F
033-330 3928 • 38 Main Street, Howick
Our congratulations
to all at Brookdale!
For all your building &
hardware requirements
Congratulations to all at Brookdale.
Wishing you all the best for the future.
PEEL’S HONEY, MERRIVALE
TELEPHONE 033-330 3762
nds Herald Page 9 — 6th June 2008

Cosmotech Natal
Distributors of Environ(R)
Tel. 031-764 5764 • Fax 031-764 45753
Tasica House, 12 Charles
Way, Kloof, 3610

Our congratulations
to Tony, Wendy & Staff at
Brookdale Health Hydro !

NOTTINGHAM ROAD

TO TONY, WENDY & STAFF

OUR VERY BEST WISHES ON
Clockwise from above: Brookdale’s magnificent indoor pool and heated wet area; Time stands
still in between blissful massage treatments at Brookdale; The body is gently massaged by numerous
THIS SPECIAL MILESTONE FOR
air and water jets during a hydrotherapy bath; Exercise and professional support help ease back BROOKDALE HEALTH HYDRO
pain; Dining al fresco on the deck overlooking the outdoor pool at Brookdale; and early morning
walks enjoyed in the crisp Midlands air.
CANDICE, TERRY & NORMA

HAVE YOU VISITED OUR

BIGGER, BETTER,
BRIGHTER STORE?
JOIN US ON THE 20TH JUNE
FOR OUR GRAND OPENING
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK —
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS & SUNDAYS
Take Away/ Bakery/ Groceries
Tel: 033 2666 710

Spa Nail & Beauty Suppliers

Happy Birthday
“BROOKDALE HEALTH HYDRO”
May you enjoy another 15 years from all of us at
Upfront Distribution

Everything you need under one roof

Head Office: Dianic House 55 Goble Road Morningside Durban 4001
Tel: 031 – 312 3502 / 312 1266 Fax: 031 – 303 2461
E-Mail: info@upfrontdistribution.com
Website: www.upfrontdistribution.com

Congratulations from
The Midlands

HERALD
is distributed

FOODPAK (MIDLANDS)
monthly door-to-
door in Hilton,
Merrivale, Howick
Congratulations to Tony & Wendy & all their Staff and in Oak Park
on the 15th birthday of Brookdale Health Hydro! and Montrose in
We are suppliers of Foam Trays, Foil Containers, Clingwrap, Plastic Cups
Pietermaritzburg,
and Tubs, Plastic and Paper Packets, Refuse Bags, Cake Boxes, as well as in shops The Organic Health and Nutrition Specialists
Baking Ingredients, Serviettes, Toilet Rolls and Cleaning Chemicals. in Boston, Mooi www.absoluteorganix.co.za
River, Rosetta and
Tel: 033-394 5309 • 394 5310 • Fax: 342 4574
157 Victoria Road, Pietermaritzburg, 3201 Nottingham Road
Page 10 — 6th June 2008
First Photo Centre
Peter, Deon Kodak Express
& Staff Congratulations from a proud
congratulate supplier to
Brookdale Health Hydro
Tony and
Promotional clothing 22 MAIN STREET
Wendy on 15 and gifts
The Midlands Herald HOWICK
splendid years ! TELEPHONE: 033-330 6515
can feature your Telephone 031-262 8143
wwwmegaski.co.za
business expansion or Telephone/fax: 033-266 6728
patrick@megaad.co.za
anniversary, too. The Lawnmower
Nottingham
Road
Congratulates
Give us a call at telephone
Brookdale on 15
Shop, Howick
033-330 6000 or e-mail The Natal 16 Campbell Rd • 033-330 2504
mherald@mweb.co.za Midlands successful years!
Congratulations to
The Midlands Herald Brookdale Health Hydro.
Read all about it Keep going!

Tel. numbers: Office: 033-330 5584

24-hr control room: 033-330 3777
Riaan Claassen:
082-877 0662
44 Main Road, Howick • ballid@mweb.co.za
The Midlands Herald
All the very best 346 Greyling Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
Tel.: 033-394 5412 • Tel/Fax: 033-342 2181
Specialised Cleaning Services
P.O. Box 754, HOWICK, 3290
to Brookdale Health Our best wishes to
TEL/FAX: 033-330 3908 Hydro for the future Brookdale on this special Congratulations
CELL: 082-759 1691
For all your security needs occasion. to Tony, Wendy
Congratulations to you contact Riaan. Armed response,
Congratulations!
both. Delighted to have alarm monitoring and guarding.
and Staff !
helped you over the last
15 years. Looking AFROX’s Proud supplier to
official supplier of gas Brookdale Health Hydro.
forward to the next 15. to the Midlands

Farmark No. 2 Cullinan Place, Cullinan Close,

Morningside • Tel. 011-305 1600 On TapRoad
Nottingham
Telephone 033-386 2538
Cell 082-574 4257
• A proud supplier GAS SUPPLIES
Suppliers of Specialised Chemicals For all your fuel, oil & gas requirements,
Wishing all at
to Brookdale • contact Chris or Lesley: Tel/Fax —
Brookdale Health
033-266 6390/033-266 6119
To Tony, Wendy Congratulations on Hydro the very best
& Staff Chris, Lisa and Staff
your success • wish to congratulate
on the occasion of
Congratulations their 15th
We look forward to Tony & Wendy of
on your 15th Brookdale Health Hydro on Anniversary.
Anniversary — many more years of being your 15th birthday!
of service to you ! • A proud supplier to
from Farmark cc Thank you for your support.
Brookdale Health Hydro

Dulcet 2 Wareing Road, 35 Wareing Park

Pinetown 3600
Farms P.O. Box 15070, Westmead 3608
Tel. (031) 701 5177
Fax: (031) 702 0322
183 Pietermaritzburg Street, Pietermaritzburg Karkloof
Telephone 033-394 1233; Fax 033-345 2005

Pietermaritzburg’s Leading
Paint and Wall Paper Specialists Sending you our
warmest wishes Gary Brokensha of D&G Print
Congratulations
to all at on congratulates Tony & Wendy together
Brookdale your with all your staff on your 15th
Health Hydro 15th birthday. Thank you for your support,
on their 15th which is very much appreciated.
Anniversary birthday
The Midlands Herald Page 11 — 6th June 2008

From the Chamber — the Municipality Matters

Council uMngeni ward committees muzzled
The Democratic Alliance (DA) and tures of the administration; on the the council reach the ward commit-
Comment Inkhata Freedom Party (IFP) locked
horns with the African National
contrary they are overseers of the
administration. They are legislated
tees”. The speaker’s office would be
the best to co-ordinate this require-
Cllr Tim Lindsay-White Council (ANC) in the uMngeni committees of council, chaired by ment, but this recommen-dation by
council over the freedom of the ward councillors, are obliged to report to the DA and IFP was dismissed by
“Democracy is the worst form of government. committees to report to council, and council, and council is obliged to the ANC.
Except all the others that have been tried” — Sir Winston Churchill to be reported back to by council report to them. The object of a ward The municipal manager has fur-
and not be diverted by the munici- ther sought to dictate what could and
A country can have one of the best constitutions in the world with some of
pality. ““What is particularly could not be discussed by the ward
the finest supporting legislation, but if it is not consistently applied through worrying . . . is the way the
the tiers of government allowing for full public participation at grass roots
The issue arose after Cllr committees ! It was resolved that “the
level it will still be denied democracy. Our closest experience of govern- Lindsay-White called for the ward ANC caucus consistently discussions during meetings should
ment is invariably the local council where we are most likely to have committee needs to be a standing allows the municipal be based on the needs of each ward
personal contact with our elected representatives, so it is disappointing to item on the council’s agenda, hav- manager to dictate.” and must be developmental in its
consistently battle with the growing tendency of the administration to ig- ing pointed out on several occasions nature”. However, section 74(a) of
nore legislation and policies that emphasise the need for meaningful pub- that not once had the ward commit- committee is to enhance participa- the Structures Act clearly states that
lic participation and effective communication — the corner stone of de- tees been represented in council nor tory democracy in local government “a ward committee may make recom-
mocracy. reported back to by council as re- structures (Structures Act section mendations on any matter affecting
Towards the end of the last council term a building, later termed a
quired by legislation and the mu- 72(3)). The primary function of a its ward”, which would include mu-
“recycle centre”, was erected at the edge of our precious heritage site
valley, in the prime heart of the CBD, without public consultation and in
nicipality’s own policy. “Council ward committee is to be a formal nicipal operational issues that are
contravention of legislation. Early in the current council term, unsightly has simply not been carrying out its communication channel between the constantly receiving com-plaints that
urban billboards sprouted up at the entrances to Howick and Hilton, de- mandate with the people,” he said. ward community and the council and are not being answered.
stroying the village atmosphere, disregarding hundreds of petitioners. Fol- “The majority of ward committees its political structures. Nevertheless It was further resolved that “a sys-
lowing a petition of over 1 100 concerned residents to be appraised of the are non-functional, whilst the few the municipal manager, supported by tem be instituted in order to have a
plan and reasons to unceremoniously fell the town’s trees, altering its that have been regularly meeting the ANC caucus, is trying to force way of assessing the nature of dis-
leafy appearance for posterity, Municipal Manager Dumsiani Vilikazi once since July 2006 when established the ward committees to report to cussions that take place and the na-
more refused to address the people at a public meeting. With the aliena- have received no reply to any of the him, with him alone deciding what, ture of intervention that council can
tion of the only green public space in the CBD to be used by a pub and
matters raised in respect of their if anything, is relayed to council apply in dealing with the matters”.
restaurant for parking, the concern of members of the public to erosion of
the “sense of place” of the town centre was ignored. Then again when
wards.” despite section 74(a) of the Local Such a Draconian measure would
requested to consult the public before closing the caravan park, the Mu- “What is particularly worrying Government Municipal Structures be an infringement of the Bill of
nicipal Manager dismissed it as undesirable. to the residents of uMngeni is the Act, 117 of 1998, clearly stipulat- Rights enshrined in the Constitu-
Last year municipal manager Vilakazi closed the Oversight Committee way the ANC caucus consistently ing that recommendations be made tion !
meeting into the annual report not only to the general public but equally allows the municipal manager to “to the ward councillor, or through With Ward Committees being
against councillor observers, in defiance of the Municipal Finance Man- dictate to them, dismissing the con- the ward councillor to the local coun- forced to report directly to the mu-
agement Act and the Constitution itself. This year, just two years into the stitutional imperative to preserve the cil/executive committee”. nicipal manager and not to the mayor
current five year term, a disturbing culture of out-put based, rather than separation of powers between ad- Furthermore, the Policy for the (as chair of the executive) or to the
out-come based, meetings had clearly set in. The outcome of a recent
ministrative and political bodies, Establishment of Ward Committees speaker (as chair of the Council), the
facilitation meeting by the uMngeni Chamber of Commerce and Industry
together with a service-provider on the issue of the Howick Falls Master
and thus having the effect of the for uMngeni Municipality requires position is far from satisfactory and
Plan emphasised the need for the restoration of meaningful public partici- municipal manager dictating to the that “the recommendations from the needs to be addressed as a matter of
pation and effective communication but barely weeks later the municipal- people he is there to serve.” ward committees reach the council, urgency.
ity refused to go back to the people for submissions when they arbitrarily “Ward committees are not struc- and ensure that resolutions made by Tim Lindsay-White
raised property rates by 7,5% instead of the previous 6,2% they had pre-
viously advertised for comment. Then came the debacle of denying Ward
Committees a direct conduit to council as legislated!
It is little wonder, therefore, that when the Demarcation Board adver-
“Big sleepover” cost R332 000 Mayor’s house
tised for comment on the proposed Msundusi Metro, ratepayer associa-
tions from World’s View to Nottingham Road motivated to be included.
The “big sleep-
over” at the Fern
ed for the duration despite living in or
near Howick, has cost the ratepayer
is “tool of trade” —
When asked why they would take this step, not knowing for certain if
things would actually be better, the response was to escape the non-par-
Hill Hotel on the
weekend of 14th and
R332 000.
The total cost worked out at R1 661
uMngeni’s attorneys
ticipatory management of municipal manager Vilakazi (considered by some
down the hill in Msundusi to be their greatest weapon in driving uMngeni 15th June last year, per delegate. More than R170 000 was But auditor-general says money
into the arms of the Metro!!!). where 200 delegates spent on banners, gifts and advertising should be recovered from him
to a youth summit (although the function was by invitation
Tim writes in his personal capacity were accommodat- only). It was also needlessly advertised Commenting recently on the uMngeni Mu-
You can contact him on 083 379 8051 twice in The Witness and in The Mercury nicipality’s annual financial statements, the
at an estimated cost of about R2 400 per auditor-general has said that the provision of a
advertisement. house, electricity and water for the mayor,

Classified ads For the event, uMngeni Municipality

booked out the entire hotel of 27 rooms
for municipal officials from uMngeni and
144 places at Midmar Dam for the youth.
Edward Dladla, contested by the Democratic
Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party council-
lors, did not fall within the framework of the
Public Office Bearers’ Act.
At Exco on 27th September 2007, Cllr Thus, if occupied at no cost to the mayor, it
Pam Passmoor queried whether Council would result in a transgression of the Munici-
Antiques Books For Hire Kennels had ever approved the expenditure, as it pal Finance Act and constitute irregular ex-
was never presented to Council. penditure. He indicated that the market-related
10 am - 6 pm weekdays, drills, angle-grinders, Dargle Dale Kennels and
9 am - 12 noon Satur- lawn-mowers, water Cattery. Boarding, An item on its agenda for 1st June gave value of this benefit should therefore be recov-
Wanted: days. After hours on re- pumps etc for hire. 033- grooming and clipping. the background of the event and issued ered from the mayor.
Antique Furniture, quest. 033-330 7886/ 3305965/082-922 3735. Heated kennels. 033- invitations to all councillors to attend. Attorneys acting on behalf of the munici-
Silver, English Tea Sets, 083-777 0754. TC 330 6035. Minutes of the meeting merely state that pality, however, contended that the mayor’s
Books, Stamps, Wine, lazylizard@netfocus.co.za TC
the staging of the summit was “noted”. house, and the perks that go with it, were not
Jewellery, Figurines,
or anything collectable! Internet Municipal manager Dumisane Vilakazi remuneration but a “tool of trade”, similar to
We buy and sell — Call Carpet Care Thatching replied that the figures had been presented that of a car for a travelling salesman, without
Pat or Ross Cannon
NetFocus with Council’s budget for 2007/2008, and which he could not do his job.
Carpet Care — prompt, Internet Country Craft That-
033-342 3870/3 professional cleaning of service-provider ching, established 1974. speaker Surya Pillay added that the mayor, A SARS consultant supported the auditor-
carpets and upholstery. Tel. 330 3543. Big on workmanship, Edward Dladla, had taken the money and general’s interpretation that the house was con-
Free quotes. 033- TC moderate on price. Tel/ put it towards the youth. She was referring sidered a perk that should be classified as re-
Books 330 2625. fax 036-438 6243, to a meeting on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 muneration. Democratic Alliance councillor
TC Anthony Carte.
LAZY LIZARD Kennels where Cllr Dladla had consented to a Pam Passmoor called the municipality’s legal
BOOKTRADERS reduction of R100 00 from an allocation interpretation “disturbing in that, if not con-
New and nearly new For Hire Hilton Boarding Kennels of R500 000 for the purchase of a mayoral tested, it could literally open the door for 283
books to suit all ages and Cattery. Phone 033- vehicle, to allow the extra money to be other municipal mayors to claim their house
and tastes. 56, Sym- Bomag rollers, c/mixers, 343 3492.
monds Lane, Howick, generators, ladders, TC utilised for community welfare. expenses !”
Page 12 — 6th June 2008 The Midlands Herald

Two Howick
businesses
under one roof
Cawood Accounting Solutions CC
3A Mare Street, Howick. Tel 033-330 8116.

Above: Bi;ly and Carol Cawood pose at left with the large staff of Cawood Accounting Solutions CC, which has grown steadily over the 10 years of business.

Above: An exciting move — comfortable, centrally-
situated premises in Howick for Cawood Accounting
Solutions CC, upstairs in the old Thabo’s Antiques
building.
Cawood Accounting Solutions CC have
relocated to our new premises upstairs at 3A
Mare Street, formerly Thabo’s Antiques
building.
Cawood Accounting Solutions CC have
been in Howick for 10 years this year.
We started as a very small bookkeeping
service, offering only a bookkeeping serv-
ice; however, over the last 10 years we have
grown to 18 staff members, offering a wide
range of services:
Standard monthly bookkeeping
On Site contract bookkeeping
Company registrations
All statutory registrations
Tax and all related tax issues
Mentorship
Payroll Bureau
Company Audits
Cipro annual returns
Tax season is looming again. Please feel
free to come in and have a chat with us and
see how we can be of assistance to you as an
individual tax payer or for your company
requirements.

Le Miel Cosmetics, 3A Mare Street, Howick. Tel. 033-330 8388/9

Le Miel Cosmetics have recently moved cosmetics, manufactured in our factory.
to their new premises at 3A Mare street (for- Our products are based on aromatherapy
merly Thabo’s Antiques building). and physiotherapy —
Our factory is fully operational for con- No animal testing
tract manufacturing, and our standards are Natural Ingredients
compliant with international requirements. Scientifically formulated and tested to in-
We have our own “in House” range of ternational standards

Below: Beautiful and natural — pop in today and see the wonderful range of in-house cosmetics manufactured by Le Miel —
the French name means “the bee” — Cosmetics at the old Thabo’s Antiques building at 3A Mare Street, Howick.
The Midlands Herald Page 13 — 6th June 2008

Two Howick
businesses
under one roof
Left and below: Comfortable, centrally-situated premises
in Howick for Cawood Accounting Solutions CC, upstairs in
3A Mare Street the old Thabo’s Antiques building at 3A Mare Street, Howick.

Howick

How can we help you?

Telefax:
Our (033) 330 3433 LONGONOT
Renetta Bosse
congratulations Cell: COMPUTERS
082-457 0391
Your specialists for computer sales,
E-mail: renetta@idsineternet.co.za
to all at Le Miel repairs, upgrades and networking
Carol & Staff, here’s wishing
from Management all the very best to you Go for it, Carol! We’re
all in your two ventures !
and Staff behind you all the way.
Protective Clothing * Safety Equipment
20 Main Street, Howick • Tel. 033-330 2105 Uniforms * Chef Wear Tel. 033-330 5144 • 1 Harvard Street, Howick

SharonBolel
CHEMICAL MARKETING

SharonBolel
CHEMICAL MARKETING
20
ANNIVERSARY
th
Telephone 011-704 2282
Suppliers of speciality raw materials Cosmetichem is
for foods, flavours, cosmetics and
pharmaceuticals proud to supply
Moving the way people think cosmetic raw
about Ingredients materials to Le Miel
for food, cosmetics, Cosmetics, and
pharmaceutical,
nutraceutical, and beyond... congratulates you
on
We are proud to be
associated with Le Miel Cosmetics your recent
Tel 27 11 454 5400 • Fax 27 11 454 6549 • www.sharonbolel.co.za expansion.

P.O.BOX 631 14 - 18 WESTMEAD ROAD

WESTVILLE
3630
WEST MEAD
PINETOWN 3610
SHAFT PACKAGING
REP.OF SOUTH AFRICA..
Email: gsbc@eastcoast.co.za
TEL: (031) 700 4168/9
FAX: (031) 700 3508
(PTY) LTD
LION MATCH PARK P.O. Box 35431
892 Umgeni Road Northway 4065
Durban Telephone: (031) 303 8014

We are proud to be
4001 Fax: (031) 303 9615

Congratulations on
associated with you ! your past achievements.
Wishing you all the very We look forward to
dealing with you for
best for the future. many years to come.
Page 14 — 6th June 2008 The Midlands Herald

Outstanding photographer’s encounters with the Drakensberg

By Russell Barnes
Professional photographer John Hone thinks that the
Drakensberg is a treasure but I surmise rather that it’s
John Hone that’s our treasure.
For this native of Durban has just compiled a mag-
nificent coffee table book called Encounters with the
Dragon of his photographs taken over the years while
hiking and camping in these mountains.
As an example of his wellknown work, there can-
not be too many Natalians that won’t recognise
the photograph at far right, which was taken from
the skies above Durban on 12th July 1988.
Mr Hone took three attempts to get it right
finally while a heavy covering of snow lay on
the ‘Berg (the burning of fire-breaks usually
mars the skies) — and bear in mind that each
time he had had to charter an aircraft.
To date, he has sold over 50 000 large
copies of the picture.
If you have bought or just looked at postcards of the
‘Berg, the chance is also that he took most of them,
reproduced by his publishing business, Art Publishers,
in Mayville.
Mr Hone brings the same sense of perfectionism to
his book, Encounters with the Dragon, and concurrently
demonstrates that he is one of the finest landscape pho-
tographers we have in the country.
Drakensberg’s origins and its early settlers
The book is illustrated by the photographer’s beauti-
ful pictures, all in full colour except for older pictures.
Here is a master photographer who is prepared to get
out of his sleeping bag to catch a sunrise at dawn’s
freezing weather — in all seasons — to travel to the
The legendary, pioneering climbers of yore
Particularly enthralling is the account of the “legendary” climbers
who set their sights on scaling peaks never before climbed, from Brian
Godbold who started in the 1920s to those of the 1950s.
One of these latter, Martin Winter, who still resides on his farm near
Winterton,like his climbing mates surmounted major peaks in just
veldskoens or takkies as no fancy climbing shoes were then available,
and with minimal protection gear.
“Four or five pitons and a hard rope was all we had,” he recalls today.
Page upon page of John Hone’s spectacular photographs
But the real attraction of Encounters with the Dragon is its magnificent
array of full-colour photographs — page after page of mountain peaks and
clefts, hills and valleys, rivers, clouds, sunrises and sunsets, oddities of
camping life, its colourful characters, and mountains, mountains, moun-
tains. It is truly a priceless addition to ‘Berg literature — a real treasure.
* Encounters with the Dragon is available at most Midlands book stores.
Above left: The front cover — camping in snow on a level terrace on the Trojan
Wall.
same
Right:
setting on several different occa- Art
sions until he has captured that Publishers
perfect shot, or who risks slowing to date has
sold over
a hike in order to record the expe-
50 000
rience faithfully. large
The chapters set out to tell about Above: John Hone. copies of
the geological origins of the Drakensberg, the oldest this picture
that John
identified inhabitants the Bushmen, the settling of the
Hone took
area by whites and the Zulu in the 1800s, his own early from
experiences, the tragedy of climbers that have lost their Durban on
lives, the many colourful characters and the ‘Berg itself 12th July
1988.
— its nature, beauty, and the unpredictable weather that
cautions one to give it the utmost respect.

Local sisters publish novels simultaneously

Gloria Keverne has brought out her long-
awaited second novel to follow her inter-
national bestseller, A Man Cannot Cry,
while sister Brenda George has released
her first novel, Falling Leaves and Moun-
tain Ashes — the first in a five-book se-
ries.
Gloria Keverne
The Divine
Dawning
22 years ago, in 1985, a first novel by an
unknown South African author was pub-
lished in America, the British Common-
wealth and several foreign countries.
A Man Cannot Cry, the twenty-years-in-
the-writing saga, became an international
bestseller widely compared to The Thorn
Birds and Gone with the Wind.
It received rave reviews worldwide. In
America The Washington Post called it “a
wonderful book” and it was a PEOPLE
Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year, while
in Britain it was voted “a bookseller’s most
promising title”.
Its moving and unforgettable story ap-
pealed to both sexes, young and old, and
over the years Mrs Keverne has received
scores of sequel-begging letters from inter-
national fans who expressed the hope that
she would take less time to put out her next
epic.
Unlike Margaret Mitchell, she has finally
produced another work.
But her second 20-year stint has caused
her long-suffering family and friends to
wonder if her painstaking pace is a world
record!
Readers who loved her first novel will be
equally enthralled with the trilogy, which,
like its predecessor, is largely set on a mis-
sion station in Africa.
It is also solid mainstream fiction featur-
ing adventure, suspense, mystery and a
strong central love story with the additional
dimension of a ground-breaking spiritual
Below: From left to right, international bestselling author, Gloria Keverne with her author sister and free-
lance editor and literary agent, Brenda George, at the launch at the Maritzburg Golf Club late last year of the
latter’s first published novel, Falling Leaves and Mountain Ashes, and Musa E. Zulu, motivational speaker
and author — who launched his own book The Language of Me in 2004.
dimension.
Originally written as a single book, the
trilogy was split into three when it was found
to be way too large to be contained in a sin-
gle book.
The three books in the Josiah’s Kingdom
Trilogy are titled: The Divine Dawning, The
Sacred Dream and The Holy Purification.
The first has just been released; the sec-
ond and third will follow at successive in-
tervals.
* The Divine Dawning published by
Chrysalis Dreams can be bought at Adams
& Co. in Durban or in Pietermaritzburg at
Shuter and Shooter, or ordered through Ex-
clusive Books.
The publisher or author can be contacted
at glory@chrysalis-dreams.co.za. Or tel-
ephone 033-343 1625.
feud with the neighbouring Galtrey clan.
But Mary is determined to improve the
lives of her primitive moonshine-imbibing
in-laws, and constantly comes up against
the evil Eli, the meanest Bucko of them all.
Years later, Eli suffers a traumatic “dark
night of the soul” and a heinous childhood
secret is revealed.
Starting in 1899, and set against the back-
ground of the isolated wilderness of the Blue
Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Brenda
George weaves an elaborate tapestry of rich,
compelling characters, and a passionate
story of love, courage, violence, heartache
and humour.
Annette Handley-Chandler, ex-literary
agent, Hollywood screenplay agent, Emmy
Award winning producer and writer, said:
“Brenda’s writing is lyrical and visual — a
movie in the making! Don’t miss this com-
Brenda George
Falling Leaves and
Mountain Ashes
Brenda George’s first epic novel, Falling
Leaves and Mountain Ashes, was seven years
in the writing and researched from 1981.
In 1982, Brenda had two very powerful
realistic dreams, one week apart. The first
gave her her main characters, and the sec-
ond her story.
The day after the second dream, she
started writing.
It is a forty-year saga of life and love on
the dreaded Claw Mountain in the Blue Ridge
Mountains of Virginia, America, amidst the
lawless Buchanan clan headed by the de-
praved patriarch, Obediah Buchanan.
18-year-old Mary Harley elopes with
handsome Zachary Thomas, the eldest son
of the wild and dangerous “Buckos”, and
finds herself caught up in a web of brutality
and violence, including a vicious, senseless
pelling, page-turning read!”
Brenda was a semi-finalist last year in the
annual USA Hidden River Arts Awards with
her book.
She was the only non-American named
among the winners from many thousands of
entrants from all over the world.
* Brenda George grew up in Northern
Rhodesia/Zambia and now lives in
Pietermaritzburg.
She has been a freelance editor, a literary
agent, a convenor of novel-writing work-
shops and a novel-writer of longstanding.
She edited the international best-seller, A
Man Cannot Cry, and the recently-released
Divine Dawning, both of which were writ-
ten by her sister, Gloria Keverne.
* Falling Leaves and Mountain Ashes is pub-
lished by Sherando Sun Publications.
The Midlands Herald Page 15 — 6th June 2008

Local cyclists making their mark . . . and Dale’s

internationally
See overleaf:
• Craig Paul in Scotland
and Italy; and
• Sharlene McGilvray in
France, Brazil, Canada
and China
Right: The winners of the women’s 45+
category at last year’s BMX World
Champs in Canada — from left, 1st,
Liesbeth van der Jagt (NED); 2nd,
Sharlene McGilvray (South Africa);
3rd, Ellen Kuiper (Canada); 4th, Joni
Siebenlist (USA); 5th, Kathryn
Bostrom (USA); and 7th and partly
cut off, Kittie Weston-Knauer (USA).
Continued from page 20
the gate — but saw her chances of the title
fade when a small mistake near the finish
meant she slipped a place.
Competitors assembled their bikes from
the pieces that they had brought in, while
the rain conspired to render the track unus-
able.
On a special indoors track built overnight,
the 49-year-old raced for the first time in
her own age group and not against twenty-
somethings.
“The outdoors track there was beautiful,”
she said, adding that it was drizzling when
she had arrived earlier in Vancouver for the
pre-worlds event.
“I came third in the 19-and-over class on
a special indoors track built overnight, as
the rain conspired to render the outdoor track
unusable.”
Back home and later in the year, Sharlene
won the “Ladies’ BMX Rider of the Year”
award at the Standard Bank Cyclist of the
Year 2007 awards held at The Emperor’s
Palace in Johannesburg in November.
She received a cheque for R500 “and a
humungous bunch of flowers; it
was like carrying a small
child !”
For the second year running
she also earned her KZN col-
ours and has been re-selected for
the SA squad attending the 2008
World Championships.
In May she will be leaving
for Tauyuan, near Beijing.
She will still have to pay her
own travelling expenses, but for
the first time in ten years she
will be competing with full
sponsorship from Rob
Cunnington of Cycles Africa —
kit and an Intense BMX bike
with Sinz components —and
product sponsored by USN.
All her South African race
entry fees and licence fees are
fully paid.
“They obviously saw how
passionate I was about BMX so
travelling to Canada
Russell Barnes
Dale Morphew of Howick The game of canoe polo is
has been chosen to represent played in an area of 23 metres by
South Africa at the Eighth Ca- 35 metres on pools, dams and
noe Polo World Champio-ships even — as he discovered on an
in Edmonton in Canada from overseas trip in 2005 — on ca-
20th to 27th July. Six of the nals in Belgium.
seven team members are from Each side has five players and
KwaZulu-Natal. three substitutes.
Dale has been playing for According to the rules, each
Natal A since 2004, having half lasts 10 minutes, with just a
been selected for the U21 side two-minute break in between.
in 2001 while a Grade 10 pu- The world championships are
pil at Weston. held every second year, and this
will be Dale’s first trip.
Below: Dale Morphew — travelling to Canada in July for the Eighth Canoe Polo
World Championships. In this file photograph taken last year he is holding his
Natal colours for canoe polo and gold medal for Natal’s winning efforts at the 2007
I got lucky !” she laughs, and SA Champs.
then says enthusiastically: ”I’m
also writing an all-South African
BMX book aimed at Junior
School kids.
“It’s going to be 32 pages of
SA BMX news — where to go,
how to start, who’s who, etc.
“Shuter and Shooter are go-
ing to publish it and all the roy-
alties will go back into the de-
velopment of BMX, so that’s
something I’m really looking for-
ward to doing.”
Sharlene teaches spinning at
the Midlands Health and Fitness
Centre in Howick on Tuesdays
and Thursdays and trains at Vir-
gin Active in Pietermaritz-burg.
And finally, with all the above
credentials, not surprisingly she
will be featured in Femina’s July
issue.
Look out for it !

Polo season begins Fundraising golf day at

What is the Midlands without its century-
old tradition of playing polo on its beautiful
fields ?
And remember, all tournaments welcome
visitors, and have excellent catering, free
entrance and the promise of lovely days in
the sunny winter countryside at a lovely
venue.
Up at the Karkloof Club
The Karkloof Club’s polo section will be
hosting three major tournaments this win-
ter.
First up from 13th to 15th June is the
Karkloof Polo Classic, the most popular tour-
nament of its kind in the country. Two weeks
later, from 27th – 29th June, there will be the
SAPA tournament, a new event from the
South African Polo Association.
Then a fortnight later — from 11th to 13th
July — the South African Championships
will be playing for the century-old Beresford
Cup (circa 1890).
A special feature of these three top tour-
naments is that the senior section is rated at
15 goals — the best level in South Africa at
present.
“The winning performer over the three
matches will be awarded the Triple Crown,
which is a new feature,” said Mike Benson.
“It’s as good polo as you’ll get here.”
Across at the Lions River Polo Club
The Lions River Club was a bustle of ac-
tivity last weekend, with a Seniors Tour-
nament of five polo teams of the over-50s
playing on Friday and Sunday, according
club vice-captain, Julia Rees.
On Saturday the Natal Horse Fair was
held in aid of the Horse Care Unit, which
is a “horse version” of the SPCA.
The fair featured displays of various
horse breeds, and sports such as
polocrosse, show-jumping and dressage,
as well as talks by various horse experts
on horse communication, caring for
horses’ eyes, a farrier speaks, etc.
From 20th to 22nd June the club’s an-
nual tournament takes place with 12 teams
doing battle. A cocktail party will be held
on Friday night.
On 2nd and 3rd August the club will be
hosting a 4x2 tournament — a smaller,
local event that aims to encourage younger
players and beginners, playing with the
more experienced players.
Then up at Mooi River
Early birds Mooi River have already
had their annual Mooi River Polo Tour-
nament, which was held from 9th to 11th
May, club captain Clive Cole said.
For the remainder of the season the
team will now be busy playing various
tournaments in the area, but will be host-
ing a season-end mini tournament in Sep-
tember.
Gowrie to aid Nottingham
Road Tourism
The new Gowrie Golf Course at
Nottingham Road is holding a fundraising
“Golf Day” in aid of Nottingham Road
Tourism on Friday 13th June.
The competition format will cost
R280-00 per golfer and consist of a four-
ball alliance, with two scores to count.
There will be prizes for longest drive
and closest to the pin.
Halfway Toyota, Howick, are sponsor-
ing prizes for the winners of the Betterball
Stableford competition, run in conjunction
with the 4-ball alliance competition.
Teeing off will be from 11h am at
seven-minute intervals.
Please supply names of four balls.
Gowrie has 10 caddies. Players should
let management know should they require
any further caddies.
Tea/coffee and biscuits will be served
at 10 am.
Halfway house will be a choice
between pie, gravy and gravy or quiche
and salad, while dinner will consist of
beef stroganoff, salad and rolls.
Dinner for partners will cost R65-00
per head, numbers to be confirm before
the time for catering purposes.
The registration table will open at
10 am, where golfers will be given their
scorecards, local rules and info on the
course.
Prize-giving and dinner will be hosted
at the Clubhouse after the golf day.
The club is also appealing to busi-
nesses to sponsor a hole @ R500-00 per
hole.
This is an opportunity to showcase
your business, promoting it by means of
banners, promotional gift packs and/or
making your “hole” the most fun and
wacky of the day.
Branding/banners need to be at the
Gowrie Golf Course by Thursday 12th
June.
Please contact René at Nottingham
Road Tourism ASAP to reserve your 4-ball
and/or sponsorship for this prestigious
event. Telephone or fax 033-266 6308, or
e-mail: notts@bundunet.com
 Factory shop The Midlands
Men’s Check Jackets
& Ladies’
Tracksuit
Top

Tel: 033-
HERALD S po r t
330 7374 Number 199 • Friday 6th June 2008
74 Main St.,
Howick

Local cyclists
making
their mark
internationally
Two local cyclists have much to
look forward in 2008 to. For
each year, Sharlene McGilvray
and Craig Paul, both of
Howick, compete in the an-
nual World Championships as
well as starring in the
numerous local races. Varsity
College graduate Amy Jordaan
caught up with them.
GEARBOX & DIFF
EXCHANGE & REPAIRS
Midlands Branch
Telephone 033-330 5568/96
Repairs to all Gearboxes & Diffs
Wide range of reconditioned
units available. Clutch
overhauls.
ALPINE
Alpine Automation
SA (Pty) Ltd
TRUSS CITY
SUPPLIERS OF:
G METAL ROOF SHEETING G ENGINEERED ROOF TRUSSES
G STRUCTURAL TIMBER G ROOF TILES
G ATTIC ROOFS AND DORMERS OUR SPECIALITY
Right: Craig Paul of
Howick in action at the
offroad mountainbiking
World Championships in
Scotland last year. Craig
was further honoured
when the picture was
used for promotion in the
SA mountainbiker
magazine.
Craig Paul in Scotland and perhaps Italy
Craig Paul of Howick competed in the
offroad mountain biking World Champion-
ships in the foothills of Ben Nevis in Scot-
land last September.
He was among a group of 19 South Afri-
cans racing in the under-23 age group.
Back in South Africa, and now 23, he is
currently third in the elite men’s category
(age 23 to 29) in the local championship.
He finished second last year in the U23
category.
In Scotland at the World Champs, com-
petitors were required to complete the 7.8km
circuit five times.
Member of the Truss Plate
The first lap started with multiple crashes
but Craig managed to recover later on.
The lap began with a track width of
around 10m, narrowing down to five metres
further on before further decreasing to a sin-
gle-lane track less than one metre wide.
“This causes the competitors to bottle up
and meant that there was a large amount of
waiting, running and walking, while wait-
ing for the bottleneck to clear,” he explained.
“In an international event the competi-
tors are all so evenly matched that the bot-
tleneck obviously gives some an advantage.”
The answer would be for Craig to com-
pete overseas more — from the small spon-
sorship available to South African cyclists
he manages only to attend the World Cham-
pionships — and thus obtain an international
seeding.
Hence — those starting lower down in the
field getting caught at the bottlenecks.
From the second lap onwards everything
settles down to racing per se, he said.
In 2006 Craig finished 73rd in New Zea-
land and in Scotland in 2007 improved to
finish 58th overall. Burry Stander from the
KwaZulu-Natal South Coast finished a stag-
gering 6th overall in the event.
“I was a lot more satisfied this year com-
pared to last year,” Craig said, noting that
the experience is helping.
The 2008 World Championship will be
held in Italy in June, and as a reserve Craig
will only go in the event of injury.
Sharlene
McGilvray in France,
Brazil, Canada
and China
Sharlene McGilvray is looking forward
to competing in her fourth BMX World
Championships this year, in China.
In Canada last July she was placed sec-
ond in her class.
Riding a Crusader (a BMX bike with 24-
inch wheels), she managed a “hole shot” —
the vital achievement of being first out of
Continued on page 15

Deliveries and Association of South Africa

quotations
throughout Telephone nos: (033) 397 Tel. 082-413 5003 • 033-266 6535
KwaZulu-Natal 0876, 387 5438, 397 9277; Rustic Concrete
Natal Fax: 397 0876. Tiles • Pavers
Ample Parking at: Cladding • Various sizes
5 Oldham Place, Allandale, New showroom open at
Open: 7:30 am - 5:00 pm new Nottingham Road Contact Lyn or Rob
Pietermaritzburg, 3201.
Saturdays: 7:30 am - 1:00 pm Home Centre (ex Dr 3 Geekie Road, Howick (opposite Merrivale
Swart’s premises). KwikSpar) • Cell 082-578 0659 or
telephone/fax: 033-330 7054 (a/h).