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Umzinto brought to a halt

>> Umzinto Testing Centre Action Committee and riot police eyeball each otherSETON THOMPSON>>ucnews1@feveronline.co.za

THE main street of Umzinto— one day to be officiallynamed Nelson Mandela

Street, so it has been said — wasbrought to a halt between 4.30pmand5pmonThursday16January,as public order police and mem-bersof theUmzintoTestingCentreAction Committee (Uteca) wran-gled face to face with each other.

The confrontation was set offwhen the Uteca members arrivedat the Umzinto Dining Hall for ameeting for which they believedthey had booked the hall, somedays previously.

However,when theUteca com-mittee members arrived, theyweredeniedentranceandUmdonimanager Pooven Pillay confirmedthe municipality’s belief that thebooking had not been confirmedby a payment. Calls to the mayor

andtopmanagementcouldnot re-solve the situation and riot policeon the scene did not augur well.The Uteca delegation was con-vincedtitwasapoliticallymotivat-ed action by the municipality toprevent Uteca, with which it is inconflict, from holding its meeting.

The cavalcade of vehicles,jammedat theentrance to thehall,set off down Umzinto main streetand halted and spread out acrossthe intersection with Monkey

Road. Within minutes, the roadwas blocked off by driving schoolvehicles, taxis, trucks and policevehicles.

A shoutingmatch eruptedwithconfrontation between Uteca andthe police, while the municipality,whichhadplayeda leadingpart inthe outcome, was nowhere to beseen. Eventually, municipal au-thorities briefed on the stalemate,gave in and the delayed meetingstarted around 5.45pm.

PHOTO: SETON THOMPSONRiot police and Uteca leaders in confrontation in the middle of a blocked Umzinto main road (from left) Skumbuzo Ngwane (white shirt,Samwe regional chairman), Captain Naicker of the SAPS Public Order Unit, and Lulu Memela (blue shirt) argues with an unidentified police of­ficer.

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Call forMM’s headintensifies>> Allegations of wrongdoing increase

SETON THOMPSON>>ucnews1@feveronline.co.za

DEMANDSbytheUmzintoTestingCentreAction Committee (Uteca) for UmdoniMunicipalManagerXolaniLuthuli tobe

fired have ratcheted up over the December re-cess.

Utecaplannedmajorstreetdemonstrationsin the Umdoni area on 4 December, 2013, butthedeathof formerPresidentNelsonMandela,the next day, curtailed this. The festive seasonclosely followed, but with 2014 now on track,hostilities have resumed.

On Thursday evening 16 January, a Utecameeting to report back to and consult the com-munity featured strong criticism of UmdoniMunicipality and Luthuli in particular. He wasdescribed by lead speakers such as chairmanLuluMemelaandlocalSouthAfricanMunicipalWorkers’ Union chairmanSkumbuzoNgwaneas the key target behindall six demandswhichUtecahas laidat thedoorofUmdoni,Cogtaandthe premier’s office.

After detailing themunicipalmanager’s re-sponsibility for virtually all of UmdoniMunici-pality’sactivities,Uteca’ssecondcomplaintde-mands the removal of Luthuli from that postand his replacement by an interim appointeewhile other issues are investigated.

Inwhatappeared tobeabroadeningofUte-ca’sallegationsanddemands,Ngwanetold themeeting that the cost of upgrading the currenttesting centre in Umzinto had risen fromR1,4 million to around R2,4 million. This hadhappenedonLuthuli’swatchandhadallegedlyresulted from work which should have beencarried out by themunicipality, but which hadbeen diverted to an outside contractor.

Ngwane argued that apart from raisingquestions over the legitimacy of such actions,a key consequence had been that work on thecontracthadgroundtoahalt.Themeetingwasasked tosuggestwhatactionUtecashould takeandconsensuswas that thedemands, particu-larly the removalofLuthuli, shouldbepursuedwith increasing intensity, particularly in thelight of the upcoming general election.

PHOTO: SETON THOMPSONSouth African Municipal Workers’ Union chairman Skumbuzo Ngwane addresses the meeting.

Alien trees removed

SONJA NELL>>ucnews@feveronline.co.za

THE trees along Beach Road in Amanzimtotiwhich are being removed will possibly makewayforpalmtreestoaddatropicalatmosphereto the area.

Ward97CouncillorAndréBeetgeconfirmedthatadecisionwasmadebytheeThekwiniMu-nicipalitytoremovethetrees,butsaidthatresi-dentscanrestassuredthattheywillbereplacedby more appropriate trees.

“Fifteen mature Cassurina trees are in theprocess of being removed along Beach Road.Thereasonforthis is thatCassurinaisacatego-ry-two invader that has, largely due to igno-rance, been planted at various locations alongthe coastline. The removal of these trees hasbeen long in the planning — similar to thoseremoved fromRogiesPark in2013,and formspart of the municipality’s ecological mandateof alien invader removal and replacementwith indigenous trees,” Beetge said in a state-ment.

However, unaware of the municipality’splans, some residents voiced their dismay tothe Fever.

“I’mnotatreehuggerwhowillmakeanoiseabout just anything, but this is outrageous.Why cut these beautiful, shady trees down?Are theyat least going tobe replacedwithoth-er trees?” asked a concerned resident, whowishes to remain anonymous.

While the eThekwini Municipality has ex-tended preference to the trees being replacedwith Red Milkwood, after consulting with theSapphire Coast Tourism body, requests havebeenmadethat theyalsoexplore thepossibili-

ty of planting speciesof indigenouspalm,how-ever a decision has yet to be taken.

“My first reaction when the municipalitysaid itwants to replace the treeswithRedMilk-wood was, is it a messy tree and does it bearfruit?Theanswer is, yes it does.Mysuggestionis that they rather plant palm trees. I think thatpalm trees will compliment the area along thelines of adding a tropical feel. It will contributeto theholidayatmosphereonewants toexperi-ence when at the coast,” said Sapphire CoastTourism Chairman, Jacques van Schalkwyk.

According to the eThekwini Municipality,the removed Cassurina trees will be cut intomanageable sections and applied towardsdune rejuvenation, starting from the parkingarea north of the water park continuing in thedirection of Pipeline beach.

A munici­pal workercleanswhereCassurinatrees inBeachRoad havebeenremoved.PHOTO:SONJA NELL

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3A 30­YEAR­OLD taxi rank manager was on duty atthe Isipingo Taxi Rank when he was shot dead by fourunknown gunmen on Thursday morning, 9January.

According to police spokesman Captain ThulaniZwane, the man died on the scene.

“Two taxi passengers also sustained gunshot

wounds and were taken to hospital for medical atten­tion,” Zwane said.

The motive for the killing is unknown.Police are investigating a case of murder and two

counts of attempted murder. No arrests have beenmade.

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Man shot dead attaxi rank

Winkle dunesrevived>> ‘Stabilising the dunes involves multiple actions’

SONJA NELL>>ucnews2@feveronline.co.za

FOR many residents who own or live inhomes on the shoreline, the degenera-tionofdunes isamajorconcern. InSouth

Africaformaldunerehabilitationprogrammesdo exist, but not significant ones being run inNew Zealand, Australia and the United Statesfor instance.

It is for this reason that Jan and Zeele Pauwstarted maintaining and rehabilitating thedunes in front of their Winklespruit house inEllcockRoadaboutthreeyearsago.Dunespro-videhabitat forspecialisedplantsandanimals,including rare and endangered species.

“Stabilising the dunes involves multiple ac-tions. Firstly planting vegetation reduces thedegenerating impactofwindandwater.Wood-en fences canhelp retain sandandothermate-rial needed for ahealthy sand-dune ecosystemand lastly, building footpathsprotect thedunesfromdamage from foot traffic,” Zeele explains.

Sand dunes are an important part of thecoastas theyare land’s firstdefenceagainst the

forces of theocean says Jan.

The pas-sionate duo in-spired theirneighbours toalso get in-volved.

“If we don’tdoit,whowill?”asks Jan.

Lookingback on theirwork over thethree years,they are

pleased with the results.“It is hardwork and very costly. We employ

a teamof eight guys from time to time to assist.We have removed many bakkie loads of alienvegetation and try to educate people as coastaldunesare sensitive tohumanactivity.Holiday-makers are sometimes ignorant, but under-stand when we explain what we do and whatwe aim to achieve,” Zeele says.

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THE wrangle between the Umdoni TestingCentreActionCommitteeand theUmdoniMu-nicipality is clearlynotgoing tosubsideorvan-ish. As reports in our pages show, after a lullduringthemourningperiodforNelsonMande-la and the festive season, hostilities have beenresumed at an even higher tempo.

Some peoplewill scoff at the significance ofthis but it should be borne in mind that Utecais a blend of business people from the drivingschools,taxis,tradesunionistsandpoliticalac-tivists.

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EDITORIAL COMMENT

Coming home to roost

Driving on what is left of roadDear Fever,

THIS is Raymond Avenue, Scottburgh South,probably not the worst, but one that is used by manycars as a thoroughfare up to the main road.

There is a crèche at the top of the road where theroad is just pothole after pothole, but difficult to pho­

tograph because ofthe dappled effectfrom the overhangingtrees. What hap­pened to our infra­structure?

In South Africa weused to drive on theleft side of the roadnow, we drive on whatis left of theroad.

Some of thesepotholes are deepenough, if you don’tsee them, to bucklewheels and break sus­pension.

As with the stateof the footpaths inthe town, if we injureourselves or damageour cars, maybe weshould stop com­plaining and sue thetown council.

It works in othercountries.

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Burn blasts through Drak>> Toti star finishes on podium as Athlone Park ace Ward wins Under­23 gold

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MICHELLE Burn (Team Jeep)of Amanzimtoti clinchedthird place in the women’s

race at the 2014 N3TC Drak Chal-lenge in Underberg at the weekend.

The women’s title fell for a fourthtime toAbbyAdie (Best4Healthcare/Kayak Centre), who got engaged onthe weekend.

However, her romantic milestonedidn’t afford her any leeway fromteammate Robyn Kime, who closed

down more than half of Adie’s over-night lead on the final stage on Sun-day.“Istarted inelapsedtimeandRo-bynwasinthefirstbatch,whichmadeit verydifficult tokeep trackonwhereshe was relative to me,” said Adie.

Adie can now turn her full atten-

the low level river, in stark contrast tothe flooded N3TC Drak Challengeraced last year.

Andy Birkett snatched a sensa-tional maiden title as he exploited amistakebytriplechampionHankMc-Gregor in the closing stages of therace.RacingonalowUmzimkuluRiv-er, Birkett (EuroSteel) and McGregor(Kayak Centre/Team Jeep) startedthe 23km final stage from CallawayBridgetoHopewellFarmsidebyside,with McGregor having won the psy-chological advantage of winning thefirst stage.

The pair challenged each otherthrough the final stage, but theywerestill locked together as they enteredthe Lower Gorge, just 20 minutesfromthefinish.McGregorracedtothebottomofMkhuluRapidwherehegotstuck on some rocks, while Birketttook another line that he had re-searched and managed to get a 50-metre lead on McGregor.

“For the next two kilometres Ilooked back overmy shoulder at eve-ry corner and every rapid to see ifHankwaschasingme.OnlywhenIre-alised that he had given up the chasedid I start thinking about the fact thatI might win the title,” said Birkett.

“Iamreallystokedwiththewinbe-cause it helpsmeprove tomyself thatmy paddling is improving, and that I

can mix it up with Hank McGregorand the flatwater marathon pad-dlers,”saidBirkett,wholastyearwontheUnder-23WorldMarathonCham-pionships title in Copenhagen.

Birkett,whohasmadeUnderbergabase forhisDusi training campaignwith his partner Sbonelo Zondi, wasfrustrated that the race did not startat the traditional first stage start atCastleburn bridge, a decision takenbytheorganisersduetotheunusuallylow river conditions.

“Itwasadauntingtaskstartingthefinal stagealongsideHankMcGregor,and so it should be. He is South Afri-ca’s topcanoeist and I thinkhewill beforever, based on what he hadachieved,” said Birkett.

“It was a very tough race.Wewer-en’tgivingeachotheraneasytimeoutthere but that is what racing is allabout. So I am a little surprised butverychuffedwithmywinhere today,”said Birkett.

Defending champion Grant vanderWalt (Varsity College/Team Jeep)grabbed the last spot on the podiumfrom K1 Dusi champion and Under-23 ace LanceKime,with Len Jenkinsholding off the gutsy visiting Austral-ian Josh Kippen for the fifth place.

DamonStampwas in a class of hisown as he romped to a comfortablewin in the junior boys ranks.

PHOTO: ANTHONY GROTE/GAMEPLAN MEDIAAmanzimtoti’s Michelle Burn (Team Jeep) powers her way through Heaven and Hell rapid onthe way to a solid third place in the women’s race at the N3TC Drak Challenge in Underberg.

ON THE BALL >>E­mail all local fishingand sport news to FeverSports EditorQuintin vanJaarsveld atsports@feveronline.co.za

tion to her bidfor the2014Du-si Canoe Mara-thon title, as herpartnerAnaAd-amova has justarrived back inSouth Africa forthe final run-into thebigrace inFebruary.

Kime wonthe CSA silvermedal withBurn racingconsistently tograb the thirdsteponthepodi-um, with fifth-placed JennaWardofAthlonePark takinghome the Un-der-23 goldmedal. The fieldof 750 paddlersenjoyed thechallenges of