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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A HARDENED WATER SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED PIPING AT

KOEBERG NUCLEAR POWER STATION, LOCATED ON THE FARM DUYNEFONTYN NO. 1552,

MELKBOSSTRAND

Notice is hereby given of a public participation process in terms of the National Environmental Management Act,

1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA), as amended, and the Amendments to the Environmental Impact

Assessment Regulations, 2014, promulgated on 07 April 2017.

Proposal and location: the proposed development of a hardened water supply comprising two tanks and

associated piping, hereinafter referred to as the Hardened Water Supply, at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station

(KNPS) located on the Farm Duynefontyn No. 1552, Melkbosstrand.

The purpose of the proposed hardened water supply is to ensure that adequate water inventory is available at

KNPS to provide for core cooling and spent fuel pool cooling to cope with an extended period (more than 14

days) beyond-design-basis loss of ultimate heat sink and/or station black-out, which could be precipitated by an

extreme seismic and/or flooding event(s).

Applicant: Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

Environmental Authorisation is required in terms of NEMA for the following listed activities: Government

Notice R. 327 (Listing Notice 1): Activity 19A, and Government Notice R. 324 (Listing Notice 3): Activities 2 and

12. The procedure for a basic assessment process is being followed.

Availability of the Basic Assessment Report (BAR): the Draft BAR will be available for public comment from

Tuesday, 25 April 2017 – Monday 29 May 2017 at the Koeberg Public Library (Merchant Walk, Duynefontein),

Wesfleur Public Library (Arnold Centre, Bunting Crescent, Atlantis), Cape Town Central Library (Old Drill Hall,

corner of Parade and Darling Streets, Cape Town), Koeberg Visitors Centre, and Doug Jeffery Environmental

Consultants’ office in Klapmuts. The BAR will also be made available on our company website,

www.dougjeff.co.za.

Opportunity to participate: Interested and affected parties (I&APs) are hereby invited to register as I&APs

and/or to submit comment with regard to the proposed application. In order to register or submit comment,

I&APs must provide their names and contact details (e.g. postal address as well as preferred method of

communication, e.g. e-mail, fax, registered mail, normal mail, etc.), and must indicate any direct business,

financial, personal or other interest which they have in the application to the contact details below.

Doug Jeffery Environmental Consultants

Attention: Adél Groenewald

P.O. Box 44, Klapmuts, 7625

Tel: 021 875 5272 | Fax: 086 660 2635 | E-mail: [email protected]

COMMENTS MUST REACH US ON OR BEFORE 29 MAY 2017.

http://www.dougjeff.co.za/mailto:[email protected]

PUBLIEKE DEELNAMEPROSES

DIE VOORGESTELDE ONTWIKKELING VAN ’N ROBUUSTE WATERTOEVOER EN

GEPAARDGAANDE PYPLEIDINGS BY KOEBERG KERNKRAGSTASIE, PLAAS DUYNEFONTYN

NR. 1552, MELKBOSSTRAND

Kennis word hiermee gegee van ’n publieke deelnameproses kragtens die Wet op Nasionale Omgewingsbestuur, 1998

(Wet 107 van 1998) (“NEMA”), soos gewysig, en die Gewysigde Omgewingsinvloedbepalingsregulasies, 2014

gepromulgeer op 7 April 2017.

Voorstel en ligging: die voorgestelde ontwikkeling van ’n robuuste watertoevoer bestaande uit twee tenks met

gepaardgaande pypleidings, hierna verwys as die Robuuste Watertoevoer, geleë op die plaas Duynefontyn Nr. 1552,

Melkbosstrand. Die doel van die voorgestelde robuuste watertoevoer is om te verseker dat voldoende water by Koeberg

Kernkragstasie beskikbaar is om die reaktorkern en die tenk vir berging van gebruikte kernbrandstof te verkoel sou ’n

onvoorsiende langdurige toestand ontstaan waar die uiteindelike warmteput (ultimate heat sink) en/of geen elektriese krag

(blackout) beskikbaar is nie weens buitensporige seismiese aktiwiteit en/of oorstromings.

Aansoeker: Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

Ingevolge “NEMA” word omgewingsmagtiging vir die volgende gespesifiseerde aktiwiteite vereis:

Staatskennisgewing R. 327 (Gelyste Kennisgewing 1): Aktiwiteit 19A; Staatskennisgewing R. 324 (Gelyste Kennisgewing 3):

Aktiwiteite 2 en 12. Die prosedure vir ’n Basiese Invloedbepalingsproses sal gevolg word.

Beskikbaarheid van die Konsep Basiese Invloedbepalingsverslag (BIV): Die Konsep BIV sal vir kommentaar aan die

publiek beskikbaar gestel word vanaf Dinsdag, 25 April 2017 – Maandag, 29 Mei 2017 by die volgende lokale: die Koeberg Openbare Biblioteek (Merchant Walk, Duynefontein); die Wesfleur Openbare Biblioteek (Arnold Sentrum, Bunting-

singel, Atlantis); Kaapstad Sentrale Biblioteek (Ou Drilsaal op die hoek van Parade- en Darlingstrate, Kaapstad); die

Koeberg Besoekersentrum; en by die kantoor van Doug Jeffery Environmental Consultants in Klapmuts. Die Konsep BIV sal

ook op hierdie maatskappy se webwerf, www.dougjeff.co.za, beskikbaar wees.

Geleentheid om deelname: belanghebbende en geaffekteerde partye word genooi om as sodaning te registreer en/of om

kommentaar op die voorstel te lewer. Om te registreer of kommentaar te kan lewer moet hierdie partye hul name en

kontakbesonderhede (posadres, asook voorkeur-kommunikasiemetode ,byvoorbeeld e-pos, faks, geregistreerde pos,

gewone pos, verskaf, en moet hulle ook aandui watter direkte sake, finansiële, persoonlike, of ander belang hulle in hierdie

aansoek het. Skrywes kan gerig word aan die adres hieronder vermeld.

Doug Jeffery Environmental Consultants

Aandag: Adél Groenewald

Posbus 44, Klapmuts, 7625

Tel: 021 875 5272 | Faks: 086 660 2635 | E-pos: [email protected]

KOMMENTAAR MOET ONS NIE LATER AS 29 MEI 2017 BEREIK.

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60-year-old disabled man burns to death in a shack fi re

Usapho lukhathazekile kukubanjwa

ISOLABANTU

Usapho lwase Dunoon luzama uku-qhelana nesehlo sokubanjwa kwa-malungu alo ngezityholo athi ze-zobuvuvu.Intwazana ezimbini eziminyaka ingama 21, ne 16 kunye nomakazi wabo ona-ma 44 ziye zachitha iintsuku ezintathu zinkolonkoloza esiseleni e Milnerton.Bezityholwa ngelokuba ziye zaxaba endle-

leni yamapolisa negthuba esenza ugqogqo ekhayeni lazo. Ezizityholo ziye zacinywa ngumantyi waseKapa ngethuba bevela emkhumbini.Olusapho luxelele Ilisolabantu ngendlela elingonwabanga ngethuba bexambulisana nalampolisa.Bathi lombhodamo uqale ngethuba besiva umntu enkqonkqoza ngamandla ekhayeni labo e Cosmos Street ebutsheni beveki.Kumbonzeleke amapolisa amabini an-

ganxibanga zivatho, esithi afuna uSiya-bonga Ndzigwa, ongubhuti wabo.Umama wabo uPatricia Noyi uwabuze isizathu lamapolisa nanjengoko umsila wengwe owawugunyazisa ukuvalelwa kwakhe wachithwayo kamantyi.UNoyi uthi lamapolisa amphendule ngony-hamnhyeko esithi awadingi msilawengwe ukuze abambe umntu. Uthi uwabonise umsilawengwe orhoxisiweyo aza aqalisa ukuvutha ngumsindo lamapolisa.Uthi aye amkhomba ngomnwe wokugabha ebunzi egrogrisa ngokumbetha. Oku ku-vuse umnyelwe kwintombi zakhe eziwax-elele ezinkonqeni ukuba indlela yabo yo-kuthetha ayivumelekanganga.Intombi ka Noyi engu Asisipho Dzingwa uthi wonke lombhodamo uwufote nge-fowuni, ntoleyo equmbise amapolisa, aphinde agrogrisa ngokuyixutha locell-phone.Ingxwabangxwaba iphumele ngaphandle apho elinye ipolisa liye lakhupha ivolovolo lajongisa kwizintombi.UAsisiphe utyhola neglithi elinye ipolisa limbambe ngobholobholo lifuna anikeze ngemfonomfono, uthi uyithe jwi kude lom-fonomfono.Ngelithuba kusenzeka lombhodamo ivo-lovolo yepolisa iye yawa kwaza kwawa isigcin-imbumbulu kodwa amapolisa khange akuqonde oku.Emva kokuba emkile lamapolisa uYolan-da uye wafumana esisigcini-mbumbulu engceni ekude kufuphi wasichola. Babize amapolisa ukuba kodwa bawa phantsi.Uthi uye wapheleka umakazi wakhe uNo-kuthembela Gaba emgodusa esiya eBhek-ela apho asishiye khona esisigcini-mbum-

bulu.Uthe xa ebuyela ekhaya wagagana neeveni ezimbini zamapolisa, yena nodade bavalel-wa ngoko nangoko.Bancinwe bebuzwa ngesisigcini-mbumb-ulu uYolanda wawaxelela lonke ibali wat-sho echaza ukuba basishiye kwamakazi eBhekela.Kwangoko amapolisa aye endlwini kam-akazi asifumana aze athatha naye amgi-bisela evenini.Umakazi okhathazwa sisifuba uye wax-hozula asakuba selevuvalelweni, kuba khange afumane amachiza wakhe ngeth-uba ewabiza.Uye watyatyekwa izityholo zokuba neento ezibiweyo waze nangona benikeze ingxelo yokuba zifumaneke njani kubo.U-Asisiphe uthi amapolisa abanyanzele ngelithi mabatyikitye uxwebhu oluthile nacingela ukuba beluzakutshonisa bavele ngesilevu emjiva, bala ukutyikitya.Baty-holwa nangelokuba bazama ukusiba es-isigcini-mbumbulu.Usapho luqumbile ngoku kuba izityholo abazibekwa ngamapolisa khange zihlale tu kwaphela.Umakazi uGala uthi uboleke imali ezalayo ukuze aqeshe amagqwetha.Othethela amapolisa ephondweni uL-ieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut uxelele Isolabantu ngenxa yokuba kukho into ezakwenziwa ngokunxamnye nepolisa elibandakanyekayo apha akwazi ukuphe-fumla ngalomba.“Abachaphazelekayo mabadibane nabap-hathi bamapolisa ase Milnerton bafake isi-mangalo khona, sele bebuza nemakwen-ziwe,” uTraut utshilo.

A 60-year-old disabled man burnt to death in his back yard shack situ-ated along Mnandi Street near Si-yahlala squatter camp in Dunoon.The blaze that razed to the ground 10 back yard shacks and gutted one up-graded RDP house, left approximately 50 people including mothers and children destitute and homeless.Confirming the tragedy, City’s Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Liezl Moodie , said one adult male died as a re-sult of fatal burn wounds and the cause of the fire is undertermined.The fire started after 1am on Saturday, April 22. At the site on Saturday morning, fire vic-tims were seen sifting through charred shack material debris trying to recover building material they could use to re-construct their homes.Mother of three children Nondumiso Tyebise, 32, said she lost all her belong-ings to the fire including ID’s and children birth certificates.“I am angry and heart broken. We lost everything including children school uni-form and text books,”said Tyebise.

Loyiso Sondlo, 29, was at work when the fire started.He returned home to find his fathers up-graded RDP house gutted. He was only re-maining with the clothes he wore.“Fortunately I was not home when the fire started. We lost literally everything. We lost belongings almost to the value of R70 000. I am devastated especially that someone lost his life. It is sad,”said Sondlo.One of the deceased man neighbour Andile Mahlalaba, said the fire spread so quickly that they were unable to save the deceased.“I screamed for help so we could rescue my neighbour but we couldnt. The fire was so fierce and spread so fast,” said Mahlalaba.The deceased man daughter Chriszelda Jambey came to the site and stood next to the plot of his late father shack. Police had cordoned it off with a yellow tape.She appeared distraught.She said she was heart broken that her father was dead.“My father is gone,” she cried.Silulo Ulutho Technologies donated mat-tresses to the fire victims.

Notice is hereby given of a public participation process in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA), as amended, and the Amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014, promulgated on 07 April 2017.

Proposal and location: the proposed development of a hardened water supply comprising two tanks and associated piping, hereinafter referred to as the Hardened Water Supply, at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station (KNPS) located on the Farm Duynefontyn No. 1552, Melkbosstrand.

The purpose of the proposed hardened water supply is to ensure that adequate water inventory is available at KNPS to provide for core cooling and spent fuel pool cooling to cope with an extended period (more than 14 days) beyond-design-basis loss of ultimate heat sink and/or station black-out, which could be precipitated by an extreme seismic and/or fl ooding event(s).

Applicant: Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

Environmental Authorisation is required in terms of NEMA for the following listed activities: Government Notice R. 327 (Listing Notice 1): Activity 19A, and Government Notice R. 324 (Listing Notice 3): Activities 2 and 12. The procedure for a basic assessment process is being followed.

Availability of the Basic Assessment Report (BAR): the Draft BAR will be available for public comment from Tuesday, 25 April 2017 – Monday 29 May 2017 at the Koeberg Public Library (Merchant Walk, Duynefontein), Wesfl eur Public Library (Arnold Centre, Bunting Crescent, Atlantis), Cape Town Central Library (Old Drill Hall, corner of Parade and Darling Streets, Cape Town), Koeberg Visitors Centre, and Doug Jeffery Environmental Consultants’ offi ce in Klapmuts. The BAR will also be made available on our company website, www.dougjeff.co.za.

Opportunity to participate: Interested and affected parties (I&APs) are hereby invited to register as I&APs and/or to submit comment with regard to the proposed application. In order to register or submit comment, I&APs must provide their names and contact details (e.g. postal address as well as preferred method of communication, e.g. e-mail, fax, registered mail, normal mail, etc.), and must indicate any direct business, fi nancial, personal or other interest which they have in the application to the contact details below.

Doug Jeffery Environmental ConsultantsAttention: Adél Groenewald

P.O. Box 44, Klapmuts, 7625Tel: 021 875 5272 | Fax: 086 660 2635 | E-mail: [email protected]

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESSPROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A HARDENED WATER SUPPLY

AND ASSOCIATED PIPING AT KOEBERG NUCLEAR POWER STATION, LOCATED ON THE FARM DUYNEFONTYN

NO. 1552, MELKBOSSTRAND

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A HARDENED WATER SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED PIPING AT KOEBERG NUCLEAR POWER

STATION, LOCATED ON THE FARM DUYNEFONTYN NO. 1552, MELKBOSSTRAND

COMMENTS MUST REACH US ON OR BEFORE 29 MAY 2017

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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A HARDENED WATER SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED PIPING AT KOEBERG NUCLEARPOWER STATION, LOCATED ON THE FARM DUYNEFONTYN NO. 1552, MELKBOSSTRAND

Proposal and location:

Applicant:

Environmental Authorisation is required in terms of NEMA for the following listed activities: Government Notice R. 327(Listing Notice 1):

Opportunity to participate:

COMMENTS MUST REACH US ON OR BEFORE 29 MAY 2017.

Notice is hereby given of a public participation process in terms of the National Environmental ManagementAct, 1998 (Act No. 107of 1998) (NEMA), as amended, and the Amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014, promulgatedon 07April 2017.

the proposed development of a hardened water supply comprising two tanks and associated piping,hereinafter referred to as the Hardened Water Supply, at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station (KNPS) located on the FarmDuynefontyn No. 1552, Melkbosstrand.

The purpose of the proposed hardened water supply is to ensure that adequate water inventory is available at KNPS to provide forcore cooling and spent fuel pool cooling to cope with an extended period (more than 14 days) beyond-design-basis loss of ultimateheat sink and/or station black-out, which could be precipitated by an extreme seismic and/or flooding event(s).

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

Activity 19A, and Government Notice R. 324 (Listing Notice 3): Activities 2 and 12. The procedure for a basicassessment process is being followed.

Availability of the BasicAssessment Report (BAR): the Draft BAR will be available for public comment from Tuesday, 25April 2017- Monday 29 May 2017 at the Koeberg Public Library (Merchant Walk, Duynefontein), Wesfleur Public Library (Arnold Centre,Bunting Crescent,Atlantis), Cape Town Central Library (Old Drill Hall, corner of Parade and Darling Streets, Cape Town), KoebergVisitors Centre, and Doug Jeffery Environmental Consultants' office in Klapmuts. The BAR will also be made available on ourcompany website, www.dougjeff.co.za.

Interested and affected parties (I&APs) are hereby invited to register as I&APs and/or to submitcomment with regard to the proposed application. In order to register or submit comment, I&APs must provide their names andcontact details (e.g. postal address as well as preferred method of communication, e.g. e-mail, fax, registered mail, normal mail,etc.), and must indicate any direct business, financial, personal or other interest which they have in the application to the contactdetails below.

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High cost of a hearing problem

Jody Bell, Miss Deaf SA 2017 finalist PHOTOS: NIELEN DE KLERK

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Having a hearing problem is expensive.And a deaf woman from Tyger Val-ley is on a mission to inform the worldjust how much of a burden this is.

Jody Bell (24) wants to use the Miss DeafSA (MDSA) 2017 pageant as a platform to tellpeople about the soaring costs that hearing-impaired people have to deal with through-out their lives.

Bell, one of 12 finalists in this year’s com-petition, was born with profound hearingloss – a problem only diagnosed when shewas one year old.

“My grandmother thought somethingwas wrong,” she says. It was only when theyread about hearing loss in a magazine thather family realised she may be deaf.

General hearing tests for babies are muchmore common these days, she says.

Jody grew up in Edgemead and nowworks as a research assistant at TygerbergHospital while completing her master’sstudies.

Growing up with hearing loss meant shehad to overcome numerous challenges.

She was the only person with hearing lossor any type of disability in the variousschools she attended.

She was often socially excluded or evenbullied.

Having to live with one form of hearingaid or another for most of her life, Jody ismore than aware of the price tag attached

to hearing.She received her first cochlear implant in

2009 in an operation costing R300 000.“I mean, who can afford that?” she asks.Her school helped to raise money for the

implant, but upgrades are needed everythree years and cost between R100 000 andR200 000.

The batteries for her implant alone costR6 000. She is fortunate, she says, as she hassupport systems in place, but many deafpeople aren’t that lucky.

“If I were to win, my focus would be onthe financial issues and costs surroundinghearing loss, from assistive devices to sup-port, medical aid, insurance, cochlear im-plants and more,” she explains on her fun-draising website for Miss Deaf SA.

The winner of Miss Deaf SA will be an-nounced during “An African Dream Night”gala evening on 15 September at the StateTheatre in Pretoria.

Finalists are given various tasks to com-pete – including fundraising.

They are also expected to create and weara traditional African headpiece on the galanight.

The one thing Bell wants people withouta hearing problem to know is that being deafdoes not make one stupid.

“I wish people weren’t so afraid to askabout a disability. If you want to know howyou should talk to me, just ask. Don’t as-sume”

Bell is passionate about helping otherdeaf people, and she occasionally gives talks

at support groups. She re-cently met a young girlwho didn’t want to get acochlear implant, butwas inspired by Bell’stalk to give it a go. Thisreally touched her.

“I always say comewith the good, the badand a solution,” she says.

“If I win, it’ll bring mein contact with people Ihaven’t spoken to be-fore.”

This bigger networkwill help her make moreof a difference, she be-lieves.

“It would be nice towin, but it’s not as impor-tant as making a differ-ence.”

) Anyone wishing todonate towards Jody’scause can contact her [email protected].

) To vote for Jody towin the Public ChoiceAward, SMS “MDS 06” to47439 (R3 per SMS).VWhat is your opinion on thisarticle? Let us know [email protected].

Jody Bell, Miss Deaf SA 2017 finalist, showing her cochlear implant.

Milnerton library will host a book sale onSaturday 6 May. The sale is organised by theFriends of Milnerton Library. “We welcomedonations of books, children’s books, maga-

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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A HARDENED WATER SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED PIPING AT KOEBERG

NUCLEAR POWER STATION, LOCATED ON THE FARM DUYNEFONTYN NO. 1552, MELKBOSSTRAND.

Notice is hereby given of a public participation process in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA), as amended, and the Amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014, promulgated on 07 April 2017. ,



Applicant: Eskom Holdings SOC Limited

Environmental Authorisation is required in terms of NEMA for the following listed activities: Government Notice R.327 (Listing Notice 1): Activity 19A, and Government Notice R. 324 (Listing Notice 3): Activities 2 and 12. The procedure for a basic assessment process is being followed.

Availability of the Basic Assessment Report (BAR): the Draft BAR will be available for public comment from Tuesday, 25 April 2017 – Monday 29 May 2017 at the Koeberg Public Library (Merchant Walk, Duynefontein), Wesfl eur Public Library (Arnold Centre, Bunting Crescent, Atlantis), Cape Town Central Library (Old Drill Hall, corner of Parade and Darling Streets, Cape Town), Koeberg Visitors Centre, and Doug Jeff ery Environmental Consultants’ offi ce in Klapmuts. The BAR will also be made available on our company website, www.dougjeff .co.za.

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■ The Cyclopaths Cycling Club will host a Western Province Cycling Association (WPCA) winter league race at the Paarl de Ville venue, Durbanville, on Sunday April 30. On-the-day registration will open at 7am, and the races start at 8am. Online registration is available. Entry fees vary according to categories. The year-old club has members in Goodwood, Parow, Monte Vista, Panorama, Parow, Elsies River and Edgemead. They have adopted Filia School, Goodwood, as their community project. For details, contact [email protected]

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■ New offices under development at Century City

New offices for Discovery

A new development of 16 300m2 of office space, which will include Discov-ery’s new regional headquarters, is to be built at Century City.

Being developed by the Rabie Property Group at a cost of R460 million, Sable Park will comprise two four-storey buildings of 8 000m2 and 8 300m2. Each block has two levels of underground parking and will face Sable Road, says Rabie director Colin Ander-son

Discovery’s Cape Town staff, who will be relocating from else-where at Century City due to their existing lease expiring, will occupy the larger building.

David Pierre-Eugene, head of group facilities at Discovery, said: “As part of our assessment for new premises, we surveyed other developments outside of Cen-tury City and found that from a location, convenience and amenities point of view, Century City was still the best location to meet our requirements.”

Sable Park is situated in the

Bridgeways precinct, which is home to a number of other blue- chip companies including the new Absa regional offices, Chev-ron, Philip Morris, the Business Centre, and the Rabie Property Group among others.

Also located in the precinct is the mixed-use Century City Square, which comprises the Century City Conference Centre and Hotel, 15 000m2 of offices, 51 apartments and five restau-rants, pubs and coffee shops surrounding a public square and served by 1 330 parking bays.

STAFF REPORTER

Rob Heaney, Parklands

The view from Blaauwberg beach, overlooking Table Bay and on to Table Mountain, is truly beautiful. And, apart from a few hulking cargo ships and some high rise buildings in the city centre, that view hasn’t changed since Jan van Riebeeck pull into the bay all those centuries ago.

But just like the Huguenots couldn’t take it with them, neither can we.

The view doesn’t belong to anyone. Although we like to think it does.

I feel for the Burgers, it is a bit of a k*k one, but if someone builds in front of yours, there’s not much you can do about it (“Neighbours fight over room with no view”, Tabletalk April 19).

Especially when they went the legal route like Mr Brown did.

You make mention of how the renovations don’t consider the original plans of the “complex”.

The word “complex” is thrown around a lot, but Mill Row is clearly in a “free

standing” situation.Nice thing with free

standing is there are no complex levies to pay.

In the complex where I live, there is a body corporate, everyone pays their monthly levies and there are a whole bunch of rules set in place so that you can’t even erect a satellite dish.

No alterations are allowed to the complex and if there ever are, the whole complex has to be on board.

It’s a bit restrictive, but the nice thing is, I’m guaranteed that nobody’s gonna build a great big brick wall up in front of my view.

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THE Western Cape High Court heard yesterday that former provincial police com-missioner Arno Lamoer and four other co-accused face 109 criminal charges of cor-ruption, racketeering, buying firearms and ammunition illegally, and money laun-dering involving R1.6 million.

State advocate Billy Downer said Lamoer and his co-accused – business owner Saleem Dawjee and three brigadiers, Darius van der Ross, Kollin Govender and his wife Sharon Govender – are accused of taking money and expensive gifts from Dawjee in exchange for special treat-ment.

Downer quoted the Pre-vention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act saying that the “mere offer of grati-fication is the same crime as receiving or giving gratifica-tion”.

Lamoer pleaded not guilty to all the charges brought against him, adding in his plea explanation, presented by defence lawyer Grant Smith, that Dawjee and he had been friends for “well over two decades”.

“I may venture to suggest that he is in fact my best friend and that our relation-ship had grown through the hardships and successes we have both encountered in our personal, business and family lives.”

Lamoer said his prosecu-tion by the State “contains an element of ulterior motive” suggesting that he is being “witch-hunted”.

He admitted that he received money from Dawjee but justified that by saying the deposits received included a “wedding gift” to his daugh-ter.

“(It was) merely received on her behalf and in a manner exercising logistical conven-ience.

“At the time he did not have my daughter’s banking details and arranged for the funds to be deposited into my account,” Lamoer stated.

According to Lamoer, he was “somewhat surprised” by the deposit made into his account by Dawjee.

“I believe (Dawjee) at the time did not have my daugh-ter’s banking particulars and arranged for the funds to be deposited into my account,” Lamoer said.

Lamoer added that cloth-ing accounts were paid on his behalf by Dawjee from his credit card, but said the money was paid back as Dawjee needed cash on the day.

Lamoer denied having done any favours to any person while holding office as lieutenant general in the police service.

The case continues today.

Lamoer, co-accused face

109 criminal charges

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BERNING Ntlemeza’s lawyer Comfort Ngidi will approach the court today to interdict Police Minister Fikile Mbal-ula from preventing his client from executing his duties as head of the Hawks.

This followed Ngidi’s insist-ence that the axed Ntlemeza was still entitled to his job at the Hawks until the Supreme Court of Appeal had ruled on the matter.

Ngidi said the high court’s decision in Pretoria to axe Ntlemeza would not apply because his appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal was pending.

However, he wanted Ntle-meza to remain in the job.

“I have already instructed the advocate to prepare papers. By the end of business tomor-

row the process will be clearer,” he said.

Ngidi would not say if Ntle-meza was paying the legal costs from his own pocket.

He said he was more focused on justice being served for his client, than on the issue of who was footing the bill.

Mbalula’s spokesperson Vuyo Mhaga confirmed that the State was not covering Ntlemeza’s legal costs.

Mhaga said Ntlemeza was

paying the legal fees from his own pocket.

Meanwhile, an analyst warned that the stand-off between Ntlemeza and Mba- lula would further damage the credibility of the Hawks.

Professor Roger Southall, of the University of the Wit-watersrand, said the unit’s image was already damaged over its poor prosecution rec-

ord in the recent past.“I think its credibility is

fragile because we know from the statistics the number of prosecutions is lower than the Scorpions’,” said Southall.

The Ntlemeza affair had added to the woes of the Hawks, he said, and it would be diffi-cult for the unit to recover from this dispute.

The parliamentary portfolio

committee on police yesterday called on Ntlemeza to respect the judgments of the courts.

Chairman of the committee Francois Beukman said Ntle-meza could not be a law unto himself.

“The committee maintains our point of view that there is a court decision by the high court that the appointment is invalid.”

Beukman said Ntlemeza must respect that decision of the court and the fact that Yolisa Matakata was now the acting head of the Hawks.

Beukman also said he would look at the request of the DA for an urgent meeting of the committee to deal with the Ntlemeza matter.

The DA has proposed that an inquiry be conducted into

the fitness of Ntlemeza to hold office.

This would be done in tan-dem with the court appeal by Ntlemeza.

DA MP and spokesperson on police Zakhele Mbhele said the inquiry would set the record straight. The committee had the power to act in matters of this nature, and it would have to act urgently, he said.

BID TO INTERDICT MBALULA

Ex-Hawks boss turns to court again

The stand-off would further damage the image of the Hawks

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DEFIANT: Berning Ntlemeza’s lawyer insists his client should still be carrying out his duties as Hawks boss. Picture: IAN LANDSBERG.

THE ANC has capitulated to threats by the African Independent Congress (AIC) that it will withdraw from its governing coalition with the party in Ekurhuleni and Rus-tenburg if Matatiele muni-cipality is not reincorporated with KwaZulu-Natal.

Yesterday, the AIC and the ANC signed a memorandum of understanding to start the process of putting in motion the moving of Matatiele from

the Eastern Cape to KZN.The AIC helped the ANC

retain the Ekurhuleni and Rustenburg municipalities following last year’s hotly contested municipal elections.

The ANC lost control of Tshwane, the City of Joburg, Umkhanyakude District Muni-cipality and Nelson Mandela Bay in the elections.

Earlier this year, it emerged that the AIC wanted to pull out of the coalition if the ANC did not deliver on its promise to move the municipality.

“The ANC will, by the beginning of next month, put the motion in the National Assembly. To complete the

incorporation, legislation has to be changed. We hope that the process will be wrapped up by the end of the year,” the memorandum said.

AIC spokesperson Aubrey Mhlongo said they did not expect a lot of resistance from other parties in Parliament.

“We can’t speculate on that, but the other parties also have members in Matatiele who want to go back to KZN.

‘‘They have a mandate from them, and they have to fulfil that.”

If the motion does not pass in Parliament, the party would go back to the drawing board.

“We will not pull out of the coalition because the ANC would have done the best to keep their end of the promise.”

Other than incorporating Matatiele into KwaZulu-Natal, the two parties have also agreed that an agricultural college be opened in the area and that all provincial rural roads, especially those con-necting the area to Lesotho, be tarred.

Party helped the ANC to win elections in Ekurhuleni and Rustenburg

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AIC pressures ANC into Matatiele return to KZN

Charges against Motsoeneng ‘may be illegal’

DEFIANT former SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Mot-soeneng may dodge the new charges put to him by the cor-poration’s interim board – on a technicality.

Motsoeneng has once again thrown the gauntlet to the broadcaster’s new board, say-ing the process they followed to try and summarily dismiss him was illegal.

His position is backed labour analyst Michael Bagraim, who argues that it was illegal for the SABC to write to Motsoeneng, calling for him to motivate why he should not be “summarily dismissed”. This after Mot-soeneng called a media briefing where he verbally attacked the interim board and Parliament’s ad hoc committee, which looked into the corporation’s affairs.

“They can’t dismiss him without a hearing. That’s old-style government, we live in

a new era where people have labour rights. It’s illegal for them to have written that letter in the first place. That’s not the way it’s done. It doesn’t matter how bad you think someone has behaved, you still subject him to a disciplinary hearing. If they think he did wrong while on suspension they must invite him to a hearing, call witnesses and give him enough time to prepare for a hearing,” said Bagraim.

On Friday, the SABC interim board slapped Motsoeneng – who was in hospital at the time – with a letter asking him to explain why he should not be summarily fired for his com-ments during a press confer-ence last week.

He was given until 4pm yes-terday to reply.

Yesterday, Motsoeneng’s lawyer Zola Majavu, confirmed that his client had met the dead-line but refused to comment on the contents of both the letters to his client and his reply to

the SABC.“I confirm that we received

a letter. The letter said he must respond by 16h00 and we did. Out of respect for the SABC I don’t want to talk about it until they acknowledge receipt,” he said.

But Independent Media has independently established that Motsoeneng argues that he could not be summarily kicked out for what he said at the press briefing without a proper pro-cedure during which he will be able to defend himself.

Motsoeneng’s defence, a source said, will be similar to that of the eight SABC jour-nalists who were last year reinstated by the Labour Court after the broadcaster fired them without following proced-ure for voicing their concerns about the banning of protest visuals.

Our sister paper, The Sun-day Independent, reported on Sunday that Motsoeneng had been served with fresh disci-

plinary charges. “Motsoeneng has been

served with charges and will face a disciplinary hearing for negative publicity. He can be summarily dismissed,” a source familiar with the case said.

In a no-holds-barred media briefing in Johannesburg last week, Motsoeneng tore into the interim board, chaired by businesswoman Khanyisile Kweyama, saying it was con-flicted and lacked integrity.

Motsoeneng called for the SABC board to be appointed by ordinary citizens and not Parliament and that it should be chaired by a retired judge.

SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said they did not want to discuss the matter in public.

“As we have said before, we don’t want to communicate with our employees through the media. That’s how we want to get involved.

“If anyone has got issues

it will be the person we have written to.”

Kweyama couldn’t be reached for comment.

The former SABC strong-man appears to be on his own after Communications Minis-ter Ayanda Dlodlo dismissed his criticism of the board, say-ing it was legally appointed by President Jacob Zuma and that she would give it her full support.

Motsoeneng alleged the board was never vetted and that Krish Naidoo should not have been appointed to serve on it. Naidoo and Vusi Mavuso resigned as board members in Parliament in October.

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HLAUDI MOTSOENENG

JOHANNESBURG: A dark cloud of sorrow hung over Refano Primary School in Sokhulumi Village near Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng yesterday morning, where pupils broke down after they were told their schoolmates were among the 20 who died in Friday’s minibus taxi crash.

The crash in which a minibus, carrying 28 people including pupils, and a truck collided along the R25 road near Bronkhorstspruit occurred on the border of Gauteng and Mpumalanga.

The minibus burst into flames, making it difficult to identify the deceased, including 18 pupils, the driver and a groundsman from Refano Primary School.

Tshwane Emergency Services last week reported that the minibus was a 22-seater, but 29 people, including the driver, were travelling in it.

The pupils were travelling from Refano Primary School and the nearby Mahlenga Secondary School to their homes in Wolvenkop and Verena when tragedy struck.

Yesterday, Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the school, where he told pupils and family members that it would take up to a week for DNA tests to be conducted and the charred remains of the deceased to be identified.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety Pat Ngomane were part of the visiting government delegation.

Lesufi said 14 pupils who died in the crash were from Refano Primary School and four were from Mahlenga Secondary School.

He said two pupils had since been discharged from hospital.

“We are here to formally break the sad news to our learners,” said Lesufi.

As the MEC related details of the horror crash, more and more children broke down into tears.

Emergency services workers, nurses and social workers were on hand to comfort the children.

“We want to help you. The social workers will be with you.

“The police have taken over the crime (accident) scene. Let us treat everyone equally, including the family of the driver.”

Lesufi said only one body had been positively identified so far.

At Mahlenga Secondary School, things were much calmer – the learners were sad but composed.

Grade 11 pupil John Mdluli said he was saddened by the deaths of his schoolmates.

“I still can’t believe they are gone. I wish there was something that could have been done to prevent that accident,” the boy said.

Earlier yesterday morning, the government delegation visited Mahlenga Secondary School.

Accident aftermath leaves learners grievingBalise MabonaAfrican News Agency

UN condemns DRC showing video of killings

KINSHASA: The UN says it is horrified by a video screened by the government of Democratic Republic of Congo that appeared to show the brutal killing of two UN investigators.

Congo’s government showed the film to reporters in Kinshasa on Monday, say-ing it showed members of an anti-government militia carry-ing out the act.

Government spokesperson Lambert Mende did not explain how author-ities obtained the video, but said they were showing it to rebuff suggestions that Congo authorities were complicit in the killings.

The pair, from the US and

Sweden, went missing on March 12 on a mission to the Kasai Central province where rebels have intensified an anti-government insurgency that has left dozens dead on both sides. Their bodies were found later last month.

“Our colleagues in the DRC have seen the video and we are utterly horrified at what appears to be the killing of Michael Sharp and Zeida Catalan,” said UN human rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.

The UN is carrying out its own investigation into the kill-ings and has urged Congo to do so as well.

The video appeared to show the two experts walking with a group of men wearing red headbands characteristic of

the local Kamuina Nsapu militia, according to a Reuters reporter present.

Since July, when the militia first launched an uprising, the UN estimates at least 400 people have been killed.

The film, narrated by a Con-golese police spokesperson, cuts mid-way through and the two are seen sitting on the ground and then shot. Catalan is subsequently beheaded.

Mende said it was filmed by the Kamuina Nsapu militia and had been secured by police.

“Our police and soldiers are accused of being impli-cated in the assassination of the two UN experts. That is not the case.”

The government also pre-sented another video includ-

ing images showing a large group of beheaded bodies wearing police uniforms that authorities say were also vic-tims of militia violence.

Congo’s government is under pressure to investigate the violence in Kasai, where the UN says it has found a total of 40 mass grave sites it says may need to be probed by the International Criminal Court if the government fails to.

Several Congolese officials close to President Joseph Kabila are subject to Western sanctions for police brutality, allegations which Congo regu-larly denies.

Tensions with the West are also high due to criticism of Kabila, whose mandate to rule the country of 70 million people expired last December.

Reuters

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