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www.bolandgazette.co.za bolandgazette.mobi Year 17 • Tuesday 12 November 2013 | Tel. 021 853 0211 Helderberg Vissersgemeenskap verdeeld V issersgemeenskap issersgemeenskap verdeeld verdeeld DALEEN FOUCHÉ Die kwotas vir die 2013–’14-kreef- seisoen – wat weereens verlaagde kwotas vir kleinskaalse kommer- siële vissermanne meebring – is verlede week deur die departement van landbou, bosbou en visserye aangekondig. Die seisoen open op 15 November 2013 en sal op 21 April 2014 sluit. Die totale toelaatbare vangs vir dié kreefseisoen is 2 16,06 ton teenoor die vorige seisoen se 2 426 ton. Kleinskaal- se kommersiële vissers word 276 ton (138kg per persoon) hiervan toege- staan. Maar die plaaslike vissersgemeen- skap is onderling verdeeld op die voor- aand van die uitreiking van permitte. Die Helderberg-vissersgemeenskap het met die vorige kreefseisoen ’n groepspermit bekom wat in Andries van der Merwe, voorsitter van die Hel- derberg Kleinskaalse Vissersvere- ning, se naam was. Die permit het toe- gelaat dat 70 vissermanne elk 167 kg kreef vir die seisoen kan vang. Die Helderberg Gazette verneem dat die nuwe permit 76 vissermanne sal toelaat om 138 kg kreef elk te vang. Tydens ’n vergadering op Woensdag 6 November by die Strand Sekondêre skool, wat deur die Hottentots-Hol- land Vissersvereniging sowel as lede van die Helderberg Kleinskaalse Vis- sersvereniging bygewoon is, is ’n mo- sie van wantroue eenparig teen Van der Merwe ingestem. Die Hottentots-Holland Vissersver- eniging het ’n jaar gelede weggebreek van die Helderberg Kleinskaalse Vis- sersvereniging. Volgens John Pretorius, ondervoor- sitter van die Helderberg Kleinskaalse Vissersvereniging, het vissermanne met die vorige kreefseisoen nie hulle volle betaling gekry nie. Dié visser- manne is in die proses om ’n nuwe ver- teenwoordiger te kies om hulle by die departement te verteenwoordig. ’n Brief is ook aan die departement van landbou, bosbou en visserye gestuur om ’n dispuut te verklaar oor dié groepspermit. Volgens Pretorius is die Hottentots- Holland Vissersvereniging besig om regsaksie te neem om uitstaande geld in te samel. Volgens Van der Merwe is die geld met die medewete van vissermanne by ’n trust, wat vroeër vanjaar gestig is, inbetaal. Hy sê dat hy, as uitvoeren- de voorsitter van Helderberg Klein- skaalse Vissersvereniging, aansoek by die departement van landbou, bos- bou en visserye gedoen het vir die groepspermit in die trust se naam. Hy verduidelik dat die Helderberg groepspermit ’n voorloper tot ’n voor- gestelde korporasie is. Die stigting van korporasies binne die kleinskaalse vissersgemeenskappe is ’n stap nader aan realiteit nadat die parlement op Donderdag 7 November die Wysiging op die Wet op Lewende Mariene Hulp- bronne goedgekeur het. Die wet sal vissersgemeenskappe in staat stel om korporasies te stig. Volgens Pretorius is hy verheug dat die wysiging goedgekeur is omdat die stigting van ’n korporasie die vissers- gemeenskap voordele soos jaarlikse salarisse en pensioene sal voorsien. Hy sê verder dat korporasies ook self hulle vangste sal kan verwerk en uit- voer en sodoende die vissermanne be- magtig. Maar nie alle groepe is ten gunste van die stigting van korpora- sies nie. Die SA United Fishing Front meen dit is onkonstitusioneel om klein- skaalse vissermanne “te forseer” om korporasies te stig. Die wysiging van die Wet op Lewen- de Mariene Hulpbronne sal nou na die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies ge- stuur word en dan na die president om die wetgewing te onderteken. Die plaaslike vissersgemeenskap het verlede week in Strand vergader om die kwotas vir die 2013–’14 kreefsei- soen te bespreek. FOTO: DALEEN FOUCHÉ

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Helderberg gazette 12 nov 2013

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www.bolandgazette.co.zabolandgazette.mobiYear 17 • Tuesday 12 November 2013 | Tel. 021 853 0211

Helderberg

Vissersgemeenskap verdeeldVVissersgemeenskapissersgemeenskap verdeeldverdeeldDALEEN FOUCHÉ

Die kwotas vir die 2013–’14-kreef-seisoen – wat weereens verlaagdekwotas vir kleinskaalse kommer-siële vissermanne meebring – isverledeweekdeurdiedepartementvan landbou, bosbou en visseryeaangekondig.

Die seisoen open op 15 November2013 en sal op 21 April 2014 sluit.

Die totale toelaatbare vangs vir diékreefseisoen is 2 16,06 ton teenoor dievorigeseisoense2 426 ton.Kleinskaal-se kommersiële vissers word 276 ton(138kg per persoon) hiervan toege-staan.

Maar die plaaslike vissersgemeen-skapisonderlingverdeeldopdievoor-

aand van die uitreiking van permitte.Die Helderberg-vissersgemeenskap

het met die vorige kreefseisoen ’ngroepspermit bekom wat in AndriesvanderMerwe,voorsittervandieHel-derberg Kleinskaalse Vissersvere-ning, se naam was. Die permit het toe-gelaat dat 70 vissermanne elk 167 kgkreef vir die seisoen kan vang.

DieHelderbergGazetteverneem datdie nuwe permit 76 vissermanne saltoelaat om 138 kg kreef elk te vang.

Tydens’nvergaderingopWoensdag6 November by die Strand Sekondêreskool, wat deur die Hottentots-Hol-land Vissersvereniging sowel as ledevan die Helderberg Kleinskaalse Vis-sersvereniging bygewoon is, is ’n mo-sie van wantroue eenparig teen Vander Merwe ingestem.

Die Hottentots-Holland Vissersver-eniging het ’n jaar gelede weggebreekvan die Helderberg Kleinskaalse Vis-sersvereniging.

VolgensJohnPretorius,ondervoor-sittervandieHelderbergKleinskaalseVissersvereniging, het vissermannemet die vorige kreefseisoen nie hullevolle betaling gekry nie. Dié visser-manneis indieprosesom’nnuwever-teenwoordiger te kies om hulle by diedepartement te verteenwoordig. ’nBrief is ook aan die departement vanlandbou, bosbou en visserye gestuurom ’n dispuut te verklaar oor diégroepspermit.

Volgens Pretorius is die Hottentots-Holland Vissersvereniging besig omregsaksie te neem om uitstaande geldin te samel.

Volgens Van der Merwe is die geldmet die medewete van vissermanneby ’n trust, wat vroeër vanjaar gestigis, inbetaal. Hy sê dat hy, as uitvoeren-de voorsitter van Helderberg Klein-skaalse Vissersvereniging, aansoekby die departement van landbou, bos-bou en visserye gedoen het vir diegroepspermit in die trust se naam.

Hy verduidelik dat die Helderberggroepspermit ’n voorloper tot ’n voor-gesteldekorporasieis.Diestigtingvankorporasies binne die kleinskaalsevissersgemeenskappe is ’n stap naderaan realiteit nadat die parlement opDonderdag 7 November die Wysigingop die Wet op Lewende Mariene Hulp-bronne goedgekeur het. Die wet salvissersgemeenskappe in staat stel omkorporasies te stig.

Volgens Pretorius is hy verheug datdie wysiging goedgekeur is omdat diestigting van ’n korporasie die vissers-gemeenskap voordele soos jaarliksesalarisse en pensioene sal voorsien.Hy sê verder dat korporasies ook selfhulle vangste sal kan verwerk en uit-voer en sodoende die vissermanne be-magtig. Maar nie alle groepe is tengunste van die stigting van korpora-sies nie.

Die SA United Fishing Front meendit is onkonstitusioneel om klein-skaalse vissermanne “te forseer” omkorporasies te stig.

Die wysiging van die Wet op Lewen-de Mariene Hulpbronne sal nou na dieNasionale Raad van Provinsies ge-stuurwordendannadiepresidentomdie wetgewing te onderteken.

Dieplaaslike vissersgemeenskaphetverlede week in Strand vergader omdie kwotas vir die2013–’14kreefsei-soen te bespreek.

FOTO: DALEEN FOUCHÉ

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Helderberg Gazette News - Nuus Tuesday 12 November 20132

Dillyn Leyds sluit aan by Force in OzDELIAH BRINKHUIS

Voormalige WP-speler en ’n inwonervanStrand,DillynLeyds (21),hetverle-de Dinsdag na Australië vertrek waarhy ’n kontrak by die Australiese SuperRugby-franchise, die Western Force,aangebied is.

Dillynhet heelagter gespeel vir dieBabaBokke (SA o. 20’s) in 2011. Die Bokkies hetdie JuniorWêreld Kampioenskap beklinknadat hulle die Baby Blacks in die finaalgeklop het.Dillynhet hierdie seisoenvir dieWPVo-dacombekerspan uitgedraf.Sy ouers, Erica en Gershwin, is vanself-sprekend baie trots op hul seun se presta-sies en ondersteun hom heelhartig in syloopbaan.“Ek weet die WP sou hom graag wou be-houhet,maarhierdie is ’n geleentheidvan’n leeftyd waarvoor hy baie hard gewerkhet,” sê Erica.Dillyn se rugbytalent kom van sy pa enoupa, wyle Hubert Stewart, wat losskakelvir die destydse Somerset-Wes Rugbyraadgespeel het.Gershwinselfwasinvroeërjareookkap-tein van die Strand Rugbyklub.Dillynhet sy laerskoolloopbaanbyLaer-

skool Hendrik Louw in Strand in 1999 be-gin, waar hy ook sy eerste rugby saammetdie huidige WP-stut, Steven Kittshof, ge-speel het. Hy het later ’n beurs byWesternProvince Preparatory School in Clare-mont gekry, waar hy rugby en krieket ge-speel het en kaptein van al die ouderdoms-groep-rugbyspanne was.“Ons het mekaar net oor naweke ge-sien,” onthou Erica.In 2005 het Dillyn sy skoolloopbaan byBishopsCollege inRondeboschvoortgesit.Hier is hy later vir dieWPo. 18-Akademie-span gekies. In dieselfde jaar is hy ook asplaasvervanger vir die Cravenweek-spanopgeroep.In2011hethyhombydieWPRugbyAka-demie in Stellenbosch aangesluit en washy ’n gereelde lid van die WP o. 19-Currie-bekerspan.In 2012, wat ’n groot jaar vir hom was,is hy vir UK se Varsitybeker-span gekies.Met sy uitstekende vorm is hy as die 2012Varsitybeker se jongeling van die jaar be-noem. In dieselfde jaar is hy ook ingesluitbydievoorlopige JuniorSpringbok-groep.“Iemand het sy talent raakgesien,” sêGershwinoor sy seunsenuutsteprestasie.“Hy het hierdie uitdaging aangegryp –watbewyshyisbereidomhardaansyloop-baan te werk ,” voeg Gershwin by.

Voormalige WP o.21-speler Dillyn Leyds, met sy trotse ouers, Gershwinen Erica. FOTO: IAN BAARD

Wen metDistriksPos enSavemoreWonder jy oor waar vanjaar se Kers-fees-vleis vandaan gaan kom?Dan hoef jy nie verder as Distriks-

Pos te soek nie. ’n R1 000-vleiskoe-pons kan gewen word in die Gazettese susterskoerantDistriksPos, enSa-vemore Meat Market, Macassar, seplak-en-wen kompetisie.Die kompetisie het reeds op 7 No-vemberbegin.Die inskrywingsvormtesame met die eerste plakstuk hetin dié DistriksPos verskyn. Die vol-gende plakstukke sal in dieDistriks-Pos-uitgawes van 14, 21 en 28Novem-ber gepubliseer word. Na afloop vandie kompetisie moet inskrywings-vorms by die DistriksPos-kantoor,Mynhardtstraat 37, Strand of by Sa-vemore Meat Market Macassar (h/vVis- en Kabeljoustraat) ingehandigword. Die sluitingsdatum is Woens-dag 4 Desember en die wenner sal indieDistriksPosvan12Desemberaan-gekondig word. Slegs oorspronklikekoerant-inskrywings en plakstukkeword aanvaar. Koerante is steeds be-skikbaar by die DistriksPos-kantooras jy ’n uitgawe gemis het.Vir meerinligting, bel 021 853 0211.

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Rugby player yet to appear in courtDELIAH BRINKHUIS

The 20-year-old WP Rugby playerwhowas arrested at a roadblock inFaure Marine Drive for drunkendriving in the early hours of lastSunday morning has not appearedin court.

Lt.col André Traut, provincial po-lice spokesperson, says the player wasstopped at a police roadblock just after01:00 on Sunday 3 November.

A blood alcohol test was conductedon the scene and his blood alcohol lev-el allegedly exceeded the legal limit of0,05 g per 100ml.

The player was detained in the Gor-

don’s Bay police cells and was later re-leased by police who granted him R500bail. The player is set to appear in theStrand Magistrate’s Court on 13 Au-gust next year. He cannot be namedyet as he has not yet appeared in court.

When Helderberg Gazette directedan enquiry to the National Prosecut-ing Authority as to why the player hadnot appeared in court following his ar-rest, spokesperson Eric Ntabazalilaresponded: “I do not have details ofwhat you are talking about as this per-son you are alleging to have been ar-rested did not appear in any of ourcourts, including the Strand Magis-trate’s Court”.

Before his arrest at the roadblock,

the player had apparently been at thefarewell party of another WP player,Dillyn Leyds, in Strand.

Leyds left on Tuesday to join theWestern Force in Australia (see page3).

A statement on WP Rugby’s websiteconfirms that one of its players wasarrestedonsuspicionofdrunkendriv-ing.

WPRugbysaystheywillsupporttheplayer, “who has an exemplary disci-plinary record to date”, through itsemployee assistance programme.

“Western Province Rugby regardsthe matter as sub-judice and neitherWP Rugby, nor the player, will com-ment further.”

Spate of break-ins in LwandleLwandle residents are warned to bevigilant after a spate of house robber-ies in the area.

According to police, robbers gainaccess to the properties by forcingopen burglar bars in front of windows.The latest incident happened in Asan-

da Village in the early hours of Thurs-day 7 November.

The owner woke up to find out thatcertain items in his house were miss-ing. This, to a collective value ofR25 000, included an LCD Sansui TV,a Toshiba laptop, a Samsung Galaxy

note 3, a Blackberry cellphone and aHuwei media pad.

The police are requesting anyonewith information to report any personselling these stolen items to DetectiveConstable Zimasa Nungu on 021 8452060.

Brand by herwinningsprojek’n Brand het verlede Woens-dag by Strand-inwoner en ge-meenskapswerker KatieArendse se huis uitgebreek.

VolgensArendseweetsyniewie vir die brand by die her-winningsarea in haar voor-tuin verantwoordelik was nie.

Arendse bedryf ’n voeding-skema asook dié herwinnings-projek in samewerking metWasteplan. Volgens Arendsehet bure haar omstreeks 02:00dieoggendwakkergemaaktoedie herwinningsarea aan diebrand was.

Die brand is spoedig geblusmet die hulp van haar bure,maar ’n gedeelte van die om-heining is in puin gelê.

Mense wat Arendse kan on-dersteun kan haar by074 327 6323 bel.

Katie Arendse by die herwinningsarea wat vermoedelik deur iemandaan die brand gesteek is. FOTO: DELIAH BRINKHUIS

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Helderberg Gazette Letters - Briewe Tuesday 12 November 20134

Lesers praat saam per smsBeslaggelêoponwettigeperle-moen

Alhetdiepolisiedieskuldigein hegtenis geneem vir die smok-kelvanperlemoen, is10 638perle-moen gekonfiskeer. Dit wys datperlemoen teen ’n geweldige pasuitgeroei word! Die mense is hon-ger en werkloos terwyl perle-moenlekkerbetaal.Smokkelaarskan julle sien wat julle ooit doen?Gelukkig is daar reeds met perle-moen-plase begin, maar vir hoelankvoordatsmokkelaarsditookgaan teiken, veral wanneer diesee s’n verdwyn?P. Steyn, Strand

Daar word oor en oor by ker-ke ingebreek, perlemoen wordvir die vale gesteel wat miljoeneinbring. Dit is misdaad op mis-daad! Oop grense, ’n verswaktepolisiemag, swak regstelsel engrootskaalse werkloosheid, om-skep SA in ’n misdaadparadys!

Smit, Somerset-WesHulle kan maar perlemoen

seisoen oopmaak sodat ek ook myeen of twee met ’n permit kangaan uitduik. Dis belaglik hoe diegoedgestroopword.Niemandgeeom vir die gereg nie, maar laat eknou net een uithaal om te eet danmoet jy die gala sien.Algemeen

Ek vra vir Ananias Eyman,wat op die VG-Kerk Strand se dakgesit het, of hy ook beskikbaar isom as Kersvader op te tree?Char-les HauptVerkiesingstyd

EkleesindieGazettevan taxirankswat gebou word, vuil areaswat skoongemaak word en minis-ters wat brandgeteisterde gebie-de in die Helderberg besoek. Kandit nie heel jaar verkiesing weesnie?Politici treknoueershulsok-kies op. James September

Residents still rebuilding homesResidents of the Ethembeni in-formalsettlement inLwandlearestill rebuildingtheirhomes,aftera fire on Sunday 3 November.

Almost 200 people were lefthomeless when 52 houses wererazed in the fire.

Asanda Mini (21), a matricu-lant at Khanyolwethu SecondarySchool who lost all his posses-sions in the fire, including hisschool books, was given a newschool uniform from school prin-cipal, Eric Titipane.

Asanda has started rebuildinghishomeandafriendalsooffered

himstudymaterial toprepare forthe exams.

On Friday, Bonisile Nogcinisawas laying the foundation to hishouse, with the help of his friendDumisani Nzelani. Nogcinisawill share the new home with hiswife Lungiswa and four-year-oldson, Someleze. He says they alsoreceived donations of food andclothing earlier the week.

Anyonewhocanassist theresi-dents with clothing or food canphone community leaderSimthembile Mfencane on073 248 0407.

Matriculant AsandaMini, who lost all his posses-sions in the fire, received a new school uniformfrom his school principal, Eric Titipane. With himis his sister Beauty Mini. PHOTO: DELIAHBRINKHUIS

Sluit aan bybuurtwagDie Firgrove /Salvo ParkBelastingbetalersvereni-ging is op soek na jong men-se om by die buurtwag aante sluit.

Die bestuur wil graag diewoonbuurt beveilig, veralvir bejaardes. Belangstel-lendes mag nie ’n krimine-le rekord het nie.

Bel mnr. Fortuin by073 885 9087 vir meer inlig-ting.

City needs to prevent firesCity needs to prevent firesI read your article in the Gazetteabout “everything lost in blaze”.

Isn’t it nice that the City pro-vides support and building mate-rials for those poor people? Andthis with taxpayers’ money,while they are not moving onefinger efficiently to avoid suchdisasters: it is a pure politicalshame intended to gain voters!

Allow me to develop my stance:1. As a professional architect I

understand that forcing people toleave a distance of 3 m betweenshacks would avoid the spread-ing of fire! I also understand thatthe spaces left open between theshacks would be easily filled upwith new shacks unless a bylawis in place to enforce this. Also,the City’s officials would need todo their job... which, of course, isnot evident since they are not

even capable of enforcing build-ing legislation in so called “whitedevelopments”...

2. Of course this simple rulewill never see the daylight be-cause it would not serve the “vot-ers’ search and collection” of thepowers inplace (althoughtheyallpromised to serve the communi-ty!), while enforcing people is notvery popular.

3. I thereforethinkthat theonlyway to enforce accountability atthe officials’ level would be tomake them pay from their ownpocket toalleviate thosepoorpeo-ple’s burden, since they failed totake the necessary efficient stepsto avoid this happening.

Hence,whyIstillmaintainthatit is a blatant shame!

JWJM (Hans) PootGordon’s Bay

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NODDY’S HERE AGAIN: The Somerset West Round Table 31’s annual Noddy’s Party will start on Thursday28 November at Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West. This year marks the 38th anniversary of the partyand will, according to this year’s convenor André Bouwer, be an outing to remember as always. The showwill be from 19:00 until about 21:30. Gates open at 17:00 on weekdays and 16:00 on weekends. Tractorrides will begin at 18:00. Bring a picnic to enjoy while Noddy and friends entertain you. Tickets, from R50to R65, can be bought online at www.noddy.org.za or at the Indigo Spur, Waterstone Village, Somerset Westdaily between 09:00 and 22:00. Additional shows are on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 November and fromWednesday 4 to Friday 6 December, with the grande finale on Saturday 7 December. Proceeds of the eventare distributed to various local welfare organisations throughout the year.

TIME FOR MISS BUTTERFLY: The annualMiss Butterfly pageant takes place in theMacassar High School hall on 13 Decem-ber. This year, the event has been extendedto include the entire Helderberg, which al-lows girls from other areas to enter. Inter-ested contestants are urged to enter be-fore 15 November. There are three catego-ries: Juniors (6 to 9 years), seniors (10to 13) and teens (14 to 17). The eventis presented by Easy Events SA and spon-sored by the Butterfly Foundation. It startsat 19:00 and tickets are R20. Picturedis contestant AmyWilliams. Formore infor-mation, phone Bernadette Rossi on078 767 5885.

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Wickets and sixes galore at Beaumont sixesThe 19th annual District-Mail/Beaumont CricketSixes Tournament held atBeaumont on Saturday 2Novemberwas once againa huge success.

Hermanus PrimarySchool beat SomersetHouseby one run in the final to be-come the 2013 sixes champi-ons.Somerset House batted

first and scored 65 runs forthe loss of two wickets intheir five overs.Hermanus scored 66 runs

for three wickets and wonthe match with the last ballof the match when the Som-erset House bowler bowleda wide.There was a big crowd of

spectators who watched thefinal and they were enter-tained by some of the mostthrilling finals ever seen atthis tournament.The twelve u.13 primary

school teams that played in

the tournament were: Beau-mont, Danie Ackermann,Strand Moslem, Methodist,De Hoop, Eikestad, HendrikLouw, Hermanus, Lochner-hof, Rhenish, Somerset Col-lege and Somerset House.In this tournament teams

are made up of six playersand each game is five oversper innings (wicketkeepersdo not bowl).All the teams played three

matches each with the aimof scoring as many runs aspossible in the three games.The two teams scoring themost runs in these gamesthen play each other in thefinal.Expectations are that the

20th tournament next yearwill be bigger and betterwith a few added extra sur-prises.Coaches and the organis-

ers agreed after the tourna-ment that the standard ofcricket playedhere seems toimprove year after year.

CAUGHT OUT: With his flowing dreadlocks and a lollipop in his mouthMaurice Petersen of Danie Ackermann makes a great catch whilewarming up for a match at the DistrictMail /Beaumont Cricket Sixestournament held at Beaumont on Saturday, November 2.

PHOTOS: PETER BEE

SWING: Ruwaan Pieters of Danie Acker-manngoes for a big hit during theDistrict-Mail/Beaumont Sixes Tournament,miss-es the ball and is bowled out.

BIG PULL: Danie Ackermann’s Du-wayne Swarts goes for a big pull shot,but takes his eye off the ball and isclean bowled.

FUN AT THE CRICKET: Part of the large group of spectators who enjoyed theSixes cricket action at Beaumont.